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[Call to Order]

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GOOD. AND WELCOME TO THE AUGUST 16TH 2022 REGULAR MEETING OF THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL. IT IS A CUSTOM AND TRADITION OF THIS COUNCIL TO HAVE AN INDICATION IN RECITALS PLEDGE BEFORE MEETINGS , UH, LED BY ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS. YOU ARE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO JOIN US. BUT IF YOU DO NOT, THAT IS YOUR CHOICE AND WILL NOT HAVE ANY EFFECT ON ANY DECISIONS WE MAKE HERE TONIGHT.

TONIGHT WE WILL BE LED BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM SMITH FROM DISTRICT EIGHT. SIR THANK YOU.

MAYOR. PLEASE BACK YOUR HEADS. ONLY FATHER. WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES WE'VE HAD THIS YEAR AS A COUNCIL TO SERVE OUR CITIZENS. WE ASK THAT YOU GARNER NATION THE HEALING AND PEACE THAT IT SO DESPERATELY NEEDS RIGHT NOW. WE ASK THAT YOU GOT OUR HEARTS AND OUR MINDS AND THE SPIRIT OF FAIRNESS, RIGHT? THOUGHT RIGHT SPEECH AS WE MAKE OUR DECISIONS HERE TONIGHT. AND WE ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO WATCH OVER EVERY PERSON WHO'S TRYING TO MAKE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE IN YOUR NAME. WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. IN THIS CROWD.

[Mayoral Proclamations, Recognitions, and Announcements]

WELL WELCOME. GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOUR FACES HERE TONIGHT. WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO BEFORE WE GET STARTED WITH OUR COUNCIL MEETING. WE HAVE OUR PET OF THE MONTH HAS JOINED US FOR THIS EVENING. CRYSTAL, IF YOU LIKE. INTRODUCE OUR PET OF THE MONTH. SHE'S ONE OF OUR ADOPTION SPECIALISTS FOR THE DOG, OKAY, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CRYSTAL. I'M AN ADOPTION SPECIALIST AT GARLAND ANIMAL SERVICES. AND THIS IS HONEY. SO SHE IS FOUR YEARS OLD, ALREADY SPAYED AND ALREADY CHIPPED. SHE'S AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION. ALL OUR ADOPTION FEES ARE WAIVED THIS MONTH FOR CLEARLY SHELTER. SO PLEASE COME AND CHECK US OUT. WE HAVE SEVERAL CATS AND BIG DOGS, SMALL DOGS AND SHE'S AVAILABLE. SO GIVE US A CALL. WE CAN SAY YOU HAVE AN APPOINTMENT . PERFECT SO WE'LL SEE YOU THERE . THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND, UH, BUT YES, IF YOU ARE, IF YOU ARE IN THE MARKET FOR A DOG OR A CAT ARE ANIMAL SHELTER CAN DEFINITELY CAN DEFINITELY HOOK YOU UP. AND I THINK CRYSTALS BEING VERY CONSERVATIVE WHEN SHE SAYS WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CATS. WE HAVE A LOT OF CATS, SO PLEASE GO AHEAD AND SEE HIM. UH ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE'RE DOING TONIGHT IS WE HAD EARLIER EARLIER IN THE EVENING. THE INDUCTION OF OUR GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR, AND THEY HAVE JOINED US HERE THIS EVENING.

ELISA, IF YOU WANT TO COME FORWARD. THIS IS AT LEAST MORALES. SHE IS THE STAFF LIAISON FOR OUR GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL. YOU CAN JUST SPREAD OUT ACROSS HERE. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TONIGHT. MY NAME IS ELISSA MORALES AND I AM THE STAFF LIAISON FOR THE GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL. WE JUST HAD OUR INDUCTION THIS EVENING AND WE ARE EXCITED TO KICK OFF THIS 2022 23 YEAR WHILE WITH LOTS OF ACTIVITIES AND LOTS OF PROGRAMS AND THINGS THAT WERE GOING TO BE OUT DOING IN THE COMMUNITY AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST NAME OUR MEMBERS THAT WILL BE IN OUR GROUP THIS YEAR, STARTING OVER HERE TO MY RIGHT, MS HAYLEY. MS ALINA, MISS CASSINA. MISS JOY.

MISS SARAH. MISS AMY. MR SESSA, MR. BRIAN MR. SENSEI, MR PRESTON. MS MEDINA, MISS MEN ALL IN KIM AND MR STEPHEN, PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME THEM TO THIS NEW YEAR. THANK YOU. UM I'M VERY IMPRESSED THAT YOU JUST GO THROUGH THEIR NAMES JUST LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S A VERY GOOD WILL . UH, THIS IS OUR YOUTH COUNCIL FOR THIS YEAR, AND THEY ARE WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW FACES ON OUR YOUTH COUNCIL THIS YEAR. A LOT OF THE KIDS FROM LAST YEAR GRADUATED, SO YOU KNOW THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF YOU AND I'M GONNA SPIN AROUND HERE OPPORTUNITY. OF EVERYBODY BEING

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NEW KIND OF AT THE SAME TIME IS YOU HAVE A REAL GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO ESTABLISH YOURSELF AS A LEADER. YEAH, AND GET INVOLVED WITH THE GROUP. SO I WISH YOU ALL A VERY GOOD YEAR.

I KNOW THERE'LL BE LOTS OF LOTS OF ACTIVITIES FOR YOU TO DO, AND EARLIER THIS EVENING, WHEN WE DO THE INDUCTION CEREMONY, THEY ALL GET PINS. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THEM THAT ARE WEARING THE GARLAND PINS. AND I SAY THE SAME THING EVERY YEAR TO EVERY CLASS. AND I WILL SAY IT AGAIN THIS YEAR. I AM WAITING. FOR ONE OF YOU TO RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL. OKAY? I AM. I HASN'T HAPPENED YET. BUT I KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. SO WHICH ONE OF YOU IS GOING TO DO? GOOD. WELL, I CHALLENGE YOU. TO DO THAT. AND YOU CAN TURN THAT PIN. THAT THAT PAIN THAT YOU'VE GOT THERE THAT SAYS TEXAS MADE HERE. MAYBE YOU CAN HAVE THIS ONE THAT SAYS MAYOR SOMEDAY. SO CONGRATULATIONS. I WISH YOU THE BEST. GOODYEAR.

STUCK. MY DRAWERS STUCK. SORRY. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GET TO OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING.

[Consent Agenda]

UM THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA. ALL ITEMS UNDER THIS SECTION RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY A SINGLE MOTION OF COUNCIL WITHOUT DISCUSSION. COUNCILS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW EACH OF THESE ITEMS THAT ARE PREVIOUS WORK SESSION AND APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AUTHORIZES THE 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 AN ITEM BE REMOVED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY AT THIS TIME. I DO NOT HAVE ANY REQUEST FOR ANY ITEMS TO BE PULLED. BUT I WILL NOW READ THROUGH THE AGENDA. ITEM ONE. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE AUGUST 2ND 2022 REGULAR MEETING ITEM TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING BIDS ITEM TO A EROSION MITIGATION AT 1006 CAROL DRIVE IN 6 25 AVENUE B. ITEM TO BE G, P AND L.

OVERHEAD STRUCTURES AND MATERIALS FOR YOGI BOTTLENECK, INTERSECTIONS EIGHT AND 11. ITEM TWO C G, P AND L OVERHEAD STRUCTURES AND MATERIALS FOR C O G BOTTLENECK, INTERSECTIONS 13 AND 19. ITEM TWO D G, P AND L ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE CONSULTING. ITEM TWO E MPA DANSBY, TOO STEEP, HOLLOW TRANSMISSION LINE CONDUCTOR AND O P G W ITEM. TWO F DATA CENTER STORAGE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ITEM. TWO G RELIC CREEK. WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS. SECONDARY, CLARIFY IRS AND TRICKLING FILTER NUMBER TWO REHABILITATION. ADAM TO H G, P AND L. MILLWOOD SWITCH STATION CONSTRUCTION SERVICES. ITEM TWO I G, P AND L OVERHEAD DISTRIBUTION LINE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR BELTLINE ROAD. ITEM TWO J G, P AND L CRANE TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION. ITEM TWO K TRANSFORMERS FOR WAREHOUSE INVENTORY. ADAM TO EL CABLE FOR WAREHOUSE INVENTORY. AND ITEM TWO M AUDIO VISUAL DESIGN, PROGRAMMING AND EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION FOR E OC RENOVATION. I AM. I'M SORRY. ADAM. THREE MILLWOOD SWITCHING STATION LAND PURCHASE. ITEM FOUR. A PUBLIC HEARING WAS PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONING CASE COUNCIL APPROVED THE REQUEST AND INSTRUCTED STAFF TO BRING FORTH THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE FOR CONSIDERATION. ITEM FOUR. A ZONING FILE NUMBER Z 22-6 CO.

TRAN IN DISTRICT EIGHT, AND THAT IS THE THAT IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANY OF THOSE ITEMS PULLED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY? SAYING NONE. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM SMITH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. I HAVE A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM SMITH AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MORE TO APPROVE

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THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED, MADAM SECRETARY. IF YOU COMPARE THE VOTE FOR US, PLEASE AND COUNCIL. AND DISPLAY THE VOTE. AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ON TO OUR ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, MADAM SECRETARY IF YOU COULD GO OVER THE SPEAKER REGULATIONS FOR ME, PLEASE. YES SIR. THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IS 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 THIS 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 RECEIVED THE SPEAKERS INFORMATION APPLICANTS ARE ALLOWED 10 MINUTES FOR A PRESENTATIONS AND ALL OTHER SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON THE PODIUM. BUZZER SOUNDS, THE SPEAKER MUST END THEIR COMMENTS. MARYLAND, MAY WE HAVE, UH 13 ITEMS. 13 SPEAKERS REGISTERED FOR ITEM EIGHT. OKAY 34 SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD. OKAY VERY GOOD. WE'LL GET TO THOSE SHORTLY.

[5. Appointment of the Garland Housing Finance Corporation]

ALRIGHT THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS ITEM FIVE APPOINTMENT TO THE GARLAND HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM SMITH. THANK YOU. MAYOR WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE DALE ADAMS TO THE GARLAND HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION AND CARE. VERY GOOD COUNSEL. UM, NORMALLY WE DON'T.

WE DON'T NEED A SECOND FOR NOMINATIONS, BUT I'M SURE MR ADAMS APPRECIATES THE THREE OR FOUR SECONDS. HE GOT OUT OF THAT. UM AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE A NOMINATION TO APPOINT OR REAPPOINT DALE ADAMS TO THE GARLAND HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. MADAM SECRETARY.

YOU CAN PRAY THE VOTE FOR US, PLEASE.

I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, IS IT GOING TO WORK? WELL THE SYSTEM IS ASKING ME FOR A MOTION AND HE'S STICKING MOTION. OKAY THE MOTION WOULD BE DEPUTY MAYOR, PRO TIM SMITH AND SECOND WOULD BE COUNSELOR OF BASS. I THINK I SAW OUT OF THE CORNER OF MY EYE. SORRY.

AGAIN. ALRIGHT COUNSELOR. TELL YOU WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IN THE INTERIM, NOT ALLOWING ME IT WILL JUST DO, UH, IF YOU CAN ABOUT RAISE YOUR HANDS IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AND LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT THAT IS UNANIMOUS. UH FOR THE REAPPOINTMENT OF MR ADAMS. THE

[6. Hold a Public Hearing on the 2022-23 Proposed Budget]

NEXT ITEM IS ITEM SIX HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 2022 23 PROPOSED BUDGET. NO, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS LINED UP FOR THIS ITEM. BUT IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS SIDE? UM WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. HAVING NO COMMENT. COME FORWARD. WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING JUST A REMINDER. THE 2022 23 BUDGET IS SCHEDULED TO BE ADOPTED HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS ON SEPTEMBER 6TH 2022. NEXT ITEM ITEM SEVEN HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE

[7. Hold a Public Hearing on Proposed FY 2022-23 Tax Rate]

PROPOSED 2022 23 TAX RATE. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. SAYING NO COMMENTS COMING FORWARD. WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS SIDE OF AND AGAIN A REMINDER OF THE TAX RATE IS ALSO SCHEDULED TO BE APPROVED AT THAT ON SEPTEMBER 6 2022 HERE IN THE IN THE CHAMBERS. AND THAT MOVES US TO AUTOMATE PUBLIC HEARING HOLD

[Items 8A - 8C]

A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM EIGHT ALSO ACTUALLY HAS THREE PARTS. ITEM EIGHT. A CONSIDER A PLAN DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT REQUEST BY MASTER PLAN GUARDIAN RECOVERY NETWORK TO ALLOW A SUBSTANCE ABUSE RECOVERY FACILITY FROM THE EXISTING BUILDING. THE SITE IS LOCATED AT 34 50 WAGON WHEEL ROAD IN DISTRICT SEVEN. PART EIGHT B IS CONSIDERED SPECIFIC USE PROVISIONS. SAME APPLICANTS , SAME ADDRESS AND PART EIGHT C IS CONSIDERED A DETAILED PLAN. SAME APPLICANT. SAME ADDRESS, MR GARRETT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THANK YOU. THIS IS A REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT TO

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ALLOW A SUBSTANCE ABUSE RECOVERY FACILITY FROM AN EXISTING BUILDING. THE LOCATION IS 34 50 WAGON WHEEL ROAD AND THE ACREAGE OF THE EXISTING SITE IS ABOUT 7.1 ACRES. IT IS ZONED WITHIN PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 0 7-45 , WHICH IS BASED IN COMMUNITY RETAIL ZONING, ALTHOUGH IT THE PD DOES LIMIT THE LAND USES TO NURSING HOMES AND ASSISTED LIVING. FACILITY ONLY SO THIS REQUEST DOES TAKE REQUIRE AN AMENDMENT TO THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS AN S U P BECAUSE THIS PARTICULAR LAND USE IS ALLOWED IN THE COMMUNITY RETAIL ZONING DISTRICT BY SCP ONLY. HERE'S A GENERAL LOCATION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. AND. MORE SPECIFICALLY SHOWN HERE ON THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF NORTH GARLAND AVENUE AND WAGON WHEEL ROAD. AGAIN IT IS AN EXISTING BUILDING. UM THIS IS THE BUILDING IS ABOUT 74,000 SQUARE FEET. AND SURROUNDING THE PROPERTIES TO THE EAST ACROSS WAGON WHEEL ROAD AS A VACANT PROPERTY BUT WAS RECENTLY APPROVED FOR A SELF STORAGE FACILITY. THERE IS EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST OF THIS SUBJECT. PROPERTY TO THE WEST IS A MULTIFAMILY APARTMENT COMPLEX AND TO THE NORTHWEST IS AN EXISTING NURSING CARE FACILITY AND ACROSS NORTH GARLAND AVENUE, THE CHURCH AS WELL AS A TELECOMMUNICATIONS UM , FACILITY. THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN IDENTIFIES THE SITE AS URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS. AND SOME PHOTOS OF THE AREA. THIS IS THE FRONT OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ON THE LEFT LEFT HAND PHOTO. LOOKING AT THE FACILITY FROM WAGON WHEEL ROAD. THE BUILDING BY THE WAY, IS CURRENTLY VACANT . IT USED TO BE USED AS A ASSISTANT CARE FACILITY TO THE RIGHT IS THE VACANT PROPERTY TO THE EAST THAT WAS APPROVED FOR SELF STORAGE. THIS IS THE EXISTING NURSING CARE FACILITY TO THE WEST, AND THIS IS LOOKING ACROSS NORTH GARLAND AVENUE. HERE'S A SITE PLAN. THIS IS, UM REALLY JUST SHOWING THE EXISTING BUILDING AGAIN ABOUT 74,000 SQUARE FEET IN SIZE, IT HAS ACCESS FROM WAGON WHEEL ROAD AND NORTH GARLAND AVENUE. THE APPLICANT IS NOT PROPOSING ANY EXPANSIONS OF THE BUILDING OR ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE SITE. AS FAR AS LANDSCAPING. THERE'S LANDSCAPING EXISTING ON THE SITE, WHICH THE APPLICANT WOULD MAINTAIN THERE ARE ALSO EXISTING INTERNAL COURTYARDS ON THE SIDE AS WELL. WHICH WOULD BE PER THE APPLICANT USED AS OUTDOOR SPACE FOR THEIR CLIENTS.

DEFINITELY REQUEST THE SPECIFIC USE PROVISIONS TO BE IN EFFECT FOR 30 YEARS. NOG DEVIATIONS HAVE BEEN REQUESTED BY THE APPLICANT. THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED THIS CASE ON MAY 23RD 2022. THEIR VOTE WAS DENIAL OF THE CASE THAT INCLUDES THE PD AMENDMENT AS U P AND DETAILED PLAN AND THE VOTE WAS A 6 TO 1 DENIAL VOTE. AND MAYOR. WE. MAILED OUT 108 NOTIFICATION LETTERS ON THIS CASE WE RECEIVED ONE IN FAVOR WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA 169 AGAINST THE REQUEST WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA. WE RECEIVED THREE IN FAVOR OUTSIDE THE NOTIFICATION AREA, AND WE RECEIVED 732 AGAINST THE REQUEST OUTSIDE THE NOTIFICATION AREA MAKING FOR A TOTAL OF 905 RESPONSES. AND MAYOR ALSO MENTIONED WE DO HAVE A TRANSLATOR HERE AVAILABLE. MR VIVIAN PREZIOSI NEGO. WHO'S WHO'S AVAILABLE IF NEEDED. YES, SIR. OKAY THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM? CASPER WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. MAYOR I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF. BUT AFTER RESERVE THAT UNTIL AFTER THE PRESENTATION BY THE APPLICANTS FAIR ENOUGH. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. DOES HE KNOW? THANK YOU. MADAM SECRETARY. I BELIEVE WE HAVE SPEAKER CARDS FOR THE APPLICANT. MAXWELL FISHER AND JOSHUA SCOTT. MR FISHERMAN. SCOTT IF YOU CAN GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU WILL HAVE 10 MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR PRESENTATIONS A FEW THINGS TO PASS OUT OF, THAT'S OKAY.

I THINK WE HAVE AN EXTRA ONE. MAXWELL THERE, OKAY? OKAY YEAH. ALRIGHT MAYOR COUNCIL, MAXWELL

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FISHER. ONE SECOND. HANG ON ONE SECOND. CAN WE SIT? THERE WE GO. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE TIMER SAID GO AHEAD. BARRY COUNCIL, MAXWELL FISHER, UM TO 502 GRAND. YOU DIE. DR RICHARDSON, TEXAS 75080, REPRESENTING JOSH SCOTT GUARDIAN RECOVERY NETWORK. WE'RE PLEASED TO PRESENT THE PROJECT TONIGHT. WE HAVE SELECTED THIS SITE. UM BECAUSE IT JUST SUITS GUARDIANS NEEDS REALLY WELL, IT'S A IT'S A LARGER FACILITY. UM THAT HAS FAILED AS A SENIOR LIVING OR SISTER LIVING FACILITY A COUPLE OF TIMES AND SO IT'S CHALLENGING TO FIND SITES LIKE THIS. THAT WORKS SO WELL FOR GUARDIAN AND AS I'VE GOTTEN KNOWN JOSH SCOTT OVER THE YEAR OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, AND THEN YOU'LL YOU'LL FIND THAT HE'S IN EXCELLENT OPERATOR IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT SUZANNE WE'VE HAD SOME COMMUNITY, UM, LETTERS THAT YOU'LL SEE TO SHOW THAT HE'S AN EXCELLENT IT'S COS AN EXCELLENT PARTNER, UM AND THOSE COMMUNITIES AND THAT THIS WOULD BE A GREAT ASSET FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THAT THERE WILL BE SOME MISCONCEPTIONS. I BELIEVE THAT, UM, REALLY ARE UNFOUNDED WITH THESE TYPES OF FACILITIES AND PARTICULARLY FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS. ONE IS THAT THIS IS A VOLUNTARY FACILITY. AND SO THIS ISN'T A PUBLIC FACILITY WHERE PEOPLE ARE KEPT, UM AGAINST THEIR WILL. PEOPLE PAY 5 TO $800 A NIGHT, UM, TO STAY IN THESE FACILITIES, AND SO THEY THEY'RE THEY WANT TO BE IN THESE FACILITIES TO RECOVER. AND THERE'S DISCHARGE METHODS THAT ENSURE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ISSUES NOW INTO THE PEOPLE, THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE THAT ARE STAYING THERE, BUT ALSO TO THE TO THE PUBLIC, AND JOSH WILL GO THROUGH SOME OF THOSE ITEMS. UM UM, YOU KNOW, GUARDING NETWORK IS ALSO IN A NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES. AS I MENTIONED THAT SOME OF THOSE ARE FLUENT. SOME OF THOSE ARE NEAR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. AND SO I'M NOT UNLIKE THIS REQUEST BEFORE YOU UM SO I WILL STOP THERE AND TURN IT OVER TO JOSH AND THEN ON THE BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE PASSED OUT SOME INFORMATION ON PROPERTY VALUES THAT WE WANT TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL. UM IT RELATES TO SOME OF THEIR FACILITIES. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MR MERRIN COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM MR MANAGER. AH. I'M HUMBLY HERE BEFORE YOU GUYS TO REALLY REQUEST THAT YOU GUYS, UM THE COUNCIL GIVES ME A FAIR HEARING ON OUR PROPOSED USE AT THIS PROPERTY. UM. OVER THE LAST MONTH AND A HALF. WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE WORKED.

AS HARD AS WE CAN TO CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS. UM. WE ARE GOOD OPERATORS. AS MAXWELL SAID. WE'VE BEEN IN OPERATION I STARTED GUARDIAN 15 YEARS AGO WITH MYSELF AND ONE REGISTERED NURSE AND WE TRAVELED AROUND THE COUNTRY AND WE HELP FAMILIES THAT HAD A FAMILY MEMBER THAT WAS IN NEED OF MENTAL HEALTH OR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT THAN IN CRISIS. AND WE WOULD TRAVEL AROUND THE COUNTRY AND WORK WITH FAMILIES WHERE WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL WAS RESISTANT TO TREATMENT, AND WE WOULD HELP MOTIVATE THAT PATIENT TO ACCEPT CARE. AH FOLLOWING A SUCCESSFUL CAREER START OF MY CAREER IN THIS SPACE, I REALIZED WHAT GOOD PROGRAMS DID BECAUSE I WORKED WITH PATIENTS AS THEY WERE COMING INTO TREATMENT. I WORKED WITH FAMILY SYSTEMS AS THEY WERE SENDING PATIENTS TO TREATMENT. AND THE FAMILY SYSTEMS THAT I WORKED WITH MANY OF THEM WERE AFFLUENT, AND MANY OF THEM HAD THE RESOURCES TO MAKE TREATMENT AVAILABLE WHEREVER WAS MOST APPROPRIATE. AND I GOT TO SEE THE BEST TREATMENT CENTERS OUT THERE, AND SOME OF THEM DID WORK THAT LIVED UP TO THEIR REPUTATION, AND SOME OF THEM DIDN'T SOME OF THEM DID FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. AND THEN THERE WAS A CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP AND THE QUALITY OF CARE DROPPED OFF. I BUILT GUARDIAN BASED ON BASED ON MY KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT GOOD TREATMENT IS. I'M ALSO A RECIPIENT OF GOOD TREATMENT. I WENT THROUGH A TREATMENT PROGRAM SIMILAR TO GUARDIAN 23 YEARS AGO, AND IT SAVED MY LIFE. I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS WORK.

BECAUSE IT'S A IT'S A MISSION. IT'S A, UM IT'S MY LIFE'S PURPOSE. AND I BUILD PROGRAMS THAT I WOULD ATTEND, OR I WOULD SEND ONE OF MY OWN FAMILY MEMBERS, TOO. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 10 PROGRAMS AROUND THE COUNTRY WHERE IN SIX STATES WE HAVE SIX OF THOSE 10 PROGRAMS THAT OPERATE WITH A DETOX OR RESIDENTIAL INPATIENT LEVEL CARE SIMILAR TO WHAT IS PROPOSED IN FRONT OF THIS EVENING. IMMEDIATE PROXIMITY. TWO RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES, SINGLE FAMILY

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HOMES. AND WE'VE PROVIDED FOR YOU GUYS, AND I'VE ALSO MADE AN EXTRA 100 COPIES THAT ARE RIGHT OUT IN THE LOBBY FOR ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WANTS THE SAME THING THAT YOU GUYS RECEIVED THE SAME PACKET OF INFORMATION. I'VE ALSO CIRCULATED THE SAME PACKET OF INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY A FEW WEEKS AGO, UM, AT A COMMUNITY DINNER THAT WE HELD UE NUMBERS. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OPPOSITION TO THIS. AND I WILL SAY THAT I BELIEVE THAT THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THAT OPPOSITION COMES FROM A PRECONCEIVED FEAR ABOUT WHAT GUARDIAN IS NOT. A PRECONCEIVED FEAR THAT THAT WAGON WHEEL ROAD WILL BE TURNED INTO A TENT CITY OF HOMELESS DRUG ADDICTS. STREWING UM, SYRINGES AROUND INTO THE NEIGHBORS AND THEN STEALING CARS AND BREAKING INTO HOMES. WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT EXPERIENCE ANYWHERE. AND SO I HOPE. AND I PRAY THAT COUNCIL IS ABLE TO UNDERSTAND. WHAT IT IS THAT WE DO. HOW WE ARE GOING TO ACTUALLY AFFECT THE COMMUNITY, NOT THE FEARS OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO AFFECT THE COMMUNITY. AND. TWO RESPECTFULLY VOTE AND IN FAVOR OF OUR USE. UM. I'D LIKE TO TAKE MY LAST COUPLE OF MINUTES. I'D LIKE TO READ THIS LETTER. HMM. UM, IT'S ADDRESSED TO MAYOR LEMAY AND CITY COUNCIL TO NEAR BINDERS. UM. DATA MAY 23RD OF THIS YEAR DEAR MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M WRITING IN SUPPORT OF GUARDIAN RECOVERY NETWORK WHO DOES BUSINESS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY AS IMMERSION RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTER AND IMMERSION RECOVERY CENTER. I'VE HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE OF KNOWING THE TEAM OF GUARDIAN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND HAVE WITNESSED FIRSTHAND THE QUALITY SERVICES THAT THEY HAVE PROVIDED TO OUR COMMUNITY. BELOW ARE A FEW AREAS OF OBSERVATION THAT HAVE STOOD OUT. THE GUARDIAN TEAM WERE ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN OUR SOBER HOME TASK FORCE. THAT WAS DESIGNED TO HOLD UNETHICAL TREATMENT PROVIDERS ACCOUNTABLE TO THE LAW. GUARDIAN HAS BEEN AND REMAINS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, VOLUNTEERING AND AWARENESS. BOTH THE IMMERSION RESIDENTIAL AND IMMERSION RECOVERY CENTER PROGRAMS ARE EXTREMELY WELL RUN , WELL MAINTAINED AND HAVE NOT BEEN A HINDRANCE IN ANY WAY TO THE COMMUNITY OR THEIR IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS. GUARDIAN TREATMENT PROGRAMS ARE INDUSTRY LEADING AND HIGH QUALITY OFFERINGS THAT BRING MUCH NEEDED ACCESS TO SERVICES IN OUR COMMUNITY. IN MY ROLE AS THE MAYOR OF PALM BEACH COUNTY. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT I HOLD BOTH ANY BAD INDUSTRY ACTORS ACCOUNTABLE AND ALSO SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE THE GOOD ACTORS TO OFFER MORE SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS IN NEED. I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT GUARDIAN RECOVERY NETWORK AND THEIR PROGRAMS ARE QUALITY PROVIDERS. AND HAVE ADDED MUCH NEEDED QUALITY SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY. I AM CONFIDENT THAT YOU WILL FIND THE SAME FOR YOUR COMMUNITY AND THAT YOU WILL BE GRATEFUL THAT THE GUARDIAN TEAM IS SERVICING YOUR POPULATION. SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS REGARDING MY FULL SUPPORT AND ENDORSEMENT OF GUARDIAN RECOVERY NETWORK AND IMMERSION TREATMENT CENTER? PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO REACH OUT. RESPECTFULLY. MAYOR ROBERT WEINROTH. TRUE STORY. TESTIMONY. TEST. UM YOU KNOW, I UM, IF I I'VE MET. MARIJUANA, ROTH ONE TIME ONLY ONCE. NOT FRIENDS WITH HIM. I COULD NOT BELIEVE THE GLOWING ENDORSEMENT WHEN WE ASKED IF THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE SAID TO THIS COUNCIL. JUST INFORM YOU GUYS ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO, AND THIS IS WHAT WAS PRODUCED. UM. SO WITH MY LAST MINUTE I'LL SAY THIS, UM I THINK. THE QUESTION THAT I'D LIKE FOR EVERYONE TO THINK THROUGH IS GARLAND. BETTER OFF. WITH GUARDIAN RECOVERY NETWORK. BRINGING A WORLD CLASS TREATMENT PROVIDER. TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AT A FACILITY THAT IS DERELICT FOR TWO YEARS. AND WHEN WE VISITED NOT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO. OUR ARMED SECURITY GUARD THAT TOURED US THROUGH THE BUILDING DREW HIS WEAPON BECAUSE SOMEONE HAD BROKEN IN AND WAS SQUATTING IN ONE OF THE BEDROOMS. IS THE CITY BETTER OFF APPROVING OUR USE, BRINGING A GOOD OPERATOR TO THAT SPACE? AND PROVIDING NEEDED SOCIAL SERVICES TO THIS COMMUNITY. OR. IS THE COMMUNITY BETTER OFF DENYING OUR

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USE? BASED ON THE FEARS, AND I WILL SAY IRRATIONAL FEARS, AND I SAY THAT RESPECTFULLY TO ALL THE RESIDENTS. BASED ON THE FEARS OF WHAT THEY THINK WE BRING TO A COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. OKAY? ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT. I KNOW WE'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR STAFF. BUT FIRST, WE'LL DO, UH DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SMITH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST ONE QUESTION, SIR. WHAT IS YOUR TRANSPORTATION POLICY FOR PARTICIPANTS IN YOUR PROGRAM THAT CHECK OUT AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE. GREAT QUESTION. UM. WE PROVIDE WERE REQUIRED ETHICALLY , WHERE WERE ACCREDITED BY THE JOINT COMMISSION, WHICH ACCREDITS ALL HOSPITALS AROUND THE COUNTRY. IT'S A VERY STRICT ACCREDITATION WHERE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A SAFE DISCHARGE PLAN FOR EVERY PATIENT WHETHER THEY DISCHARGE VOLUNTARILY OR THEY DISCHARGE AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE. WE PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION TO A DESTINATION LOCATION FOR ANYONE THAT'S LEAVING OUR FACILITY WHETHER THEY DISCHARGE AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE OR WHETHER THEY DISCHARGE VOLUNTARILY. WE YEAH, THAT THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. VERY GOOD. COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. CAN YOU SPEAK A BIT ABOUT ANY SITE PLAN CHANGES YOU MAY MAKE TO THE FACILITY ITSELF. SURE UM, SITE PLANS WITH THAT INCLUDE RENOVATIONS. NO MEAN EXTEND THE EXTERIOR PLANS, NOT AN INTERIOR . BUT NEXT YEAR MODIFICATIONS TO THE SITE. SURE YES, SIR. SO UM, WE ARE, UM IF WE WERE. SIMPLY APPROVED, WE WOULD IMPROVE THE LENS SIMPLY APPROVED. AS FOR OUR USE, WE WOULD COME IN AND WE WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY INVEST IN IMPROVING THE LANDSCAPING TO MAKE THE EXTERIOR THE PROPERTY TO BEAUTIFY THE PROPERTY. WE ALSO HAVE A BIG BUDGET INSIDE TO DO THE SAME THING. UM IT WAS SUGGESTED AT THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING THAT TO SATISFY THE CONCERNS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT PERHAPS WE PUT AN OFFENSE. MY INITIAL REACTION WAS THAT, UM, WAS THAT OFFENSE. MHM WASN'T NECESSARY TO ANY BROTHER AT ANY OF OUR OTHER FACILITIES FOR OUR OPERATION OR FOR THE COMMUNITY SAFETY, SO I WAS OPPOSED TO IT GENERALLY BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT COST. BUT DUE TO THE OVERWHELMING. OPPOSITION AND CONCERNS WE ARE WILLING AND OPEN TO PUTTING A FENCE UP. WE WOULD COMMIT TO THAT TONIGHT. UM WE WOULD ERECT IF. IT WAS A CONDITION WE WOULD ERECT A AN ORNAMENTAL FENCE THAT WOULD FURTHER BEAUTIFY THE PROPERTY WITHOUT FEELING RESTRICTED OR INSTITUTIONAL IN ANY WAY. I NOTICED WHEN, UM WHEN WILL WAS WALKING THROUGH THE PICTURES OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT THE NEIGHBORING UH REHABILITATION CENTER SENIOR REHABILITATION CENTER HAS A OR AN ORNAMENTAL FENCE AROUND IT. UM WE ARE ALSO OPEN TO PUTTING A GATE INGRESS AND EGRESS FOR AUTOMOBILE TRAFFIC. OKAY. AND CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE ABOUT THE EFFORTS YOU MADE TO OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY? SURE, UM, I, UH.

YEAH, I. RETURNED ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO TO ATTEND THE DISTRICT SEVEN COMMUNITY MEETING AND WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO AGAINST SPEAK ABOUT SOME OF THE TO SPEAK TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT SOME OF OUR, UM TO ADDRESS CONCERNS. GIVE US AN AUDIENCE. FOLLOWING THAT MEETING, I ATTENDED TWO DINNERS WITH, UM, THAT WERE OPEN INVITATION TO THE COMMUNITY. THE FIRST DINNER ACTUALLY THE FIRST DINNER I WAS INVITED TO ATTEND, AND I PARTICIPATED IN THAT DINNER. I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK WITH THE NUMBER OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA AND ADDRESS CONCERNS. THE FOLLOWING DAY, I HOSTED AN OPEN INVITATION DINNER. AT A RESTAURANT IN GARLAND THAT WAS ATTENDED BY ABOUT 22 23 PEOPLE. UM AND THAT THAT MEETING WENT WELL. IT WAS AN OPEN DIALOGUE AND THERE WAS SOME CONCERNS. I ANSWERED A NUMBER OF THE CONCERNS AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WAS POSED AT THAT DINNER WAS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. TO US.

HOW DO WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE IT? IF YOU GET APPROVED TO WHICH I SAID WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PUT ANY OF THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS NEED IS A COMMUNITY THAT ARE ACCEPTABLE

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TO US THAT DON'T HINDER OUR OPERATION. WE'RE HAPPY TO PUT ANY OF THOSE THINGS INTO CONDITIONAL USE, AND THERE WAS NOTHING PROPOSED BY THE BY THE NEIGHBORS BY THE COMMUNITY THAT WHAT HINDER OUR YOU. IT WAS, YOU KNOW. HAVING SECURITY ON THE PROPERTY HAVING A SECURITY GUARD 24 7 WAS NOT ALLOWING FIREARMS ON THE PROPERTY, WHICH ARE NOT ALLOWED ON ANY OF OUR PROPERTIES ANYWHERE. THAT'S AN EASY THING. UM UM AND A FEW OTHER THINGS THAT YOU KNOW THE FENCE AND, UM THAT WE WOULD NOT BE DOING OUTPATIENT SERVICES SO THERE WOULDN'T BE ANYONE COMING OR GOING FROM THE PROPERTY ON A DAILY BASIS. WHEN A WHEN A PATIENT CHECKS IN THEY STAY WITH US FOR THE FULL LENGTH OF STAY, THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE. IF THEY WANT TO LEAVE EARLY. THEY ARE DISCHARGING COMPLETELY FROM THE PROGRAM AGAIN. AND COUNSELORS, SMITH, WE'RE PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION TO WHEREVER THEY'RE GOING BACK HOME. UM SO FORTH, SO THAT'S THAT IS A BULK OF THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH. ACTUALLY, NO, AND NOT NOT. THAT'S NOT THE EXTENT BUT I ALSO MET WITH, UM WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MET WITH, UM, WITH PAUL MAYER AND, UM I ALSO, UM WAS PUT IN TOUCH WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS MENTAL HEALTH LIAISON, WHICH IS A SIMILAR ROLE THAT WE STARTED IN DELRAY BEACH, AND YOU GUYS ALREADY HAVE THAT ROLE AND PLACE. WE STARTED IT AND. YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY AHEAD OF THE BALL WITH THAT, BUT I SPOKE TO THE MENTAL HEALTH LIAISON FROM FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. UM UM TODD GEIR. AND. HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION WITH HIM. HE WAS VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF THE NEED. HE DIDN'T MAKE A STATEMENT ABOUT THIS PROPERTY SHOULD BE APPROVED. BUT HE DID SAY THAT HE THINKS THE NEED IS VERY CLEAR.

AND THAT, UM THAT HE UNDERSTANDS THAT THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE AN INCREASE IN CRIME BECAUSE OF OUR USE, AND THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE AN INCREASE. AND, UM AND VAGRANCY AND HOMELESSNESS AND DRUG ADDICTION IN THE COMMUNITY. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THERE WOULD BE A DECREASE AND HOMELESSNESS, VAGRANCY AND DRUG ADDICTION IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE ORIGINALLY, WE I THINK YOU MAY HAVE ATTENDED. UM WE HELD A ZOOM MEETING. WE SEND OUT ABOUT 100 LETTERS TO EVERYBODY WITHIN A CERTAIN RADIUS OF THE PROPERTY. UM AND HELD A ZOOM MEETING WE HAD ABOUT FIVE OR SIX OF 10. UM AND THEN THEY WERE MOVED UP, MOVE FORWARD. AND WHEN THE NOTICES WENT OUT, THEN, UM WE OBVIOUSLY HAD QUITE A BIT OF UM , INVOLVEMENT AND INTEREST. THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT SURPRISING. SO THEN WE'VE JUST KIND OF TOOK A STEP BACK SINCE PLANNING COMMISSION AND, UM DID MORE ONE ON ONE OR MORE FACE TO FACE IN PERSON. UM, MEETING TO REALLY, YOU KNOW. TO ADDRESS QUESTIONS AND, UM, ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY THAT CONCERNS. CANCELING WILLIAMS. I SEE YOU'RE IN THE QUEUE. IS THAT A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT? I KNOW YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF ON A QUESTION FOR MR SCOTT. OKAY? COUNCILOR WILLIAMS. GOOD EVENING, SIR.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. UM COUNCILMAN HAD AS MUCH I HAD TWO QUESTIONS ARE THEY ASKED MY FIRST QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR THAT RESPONSE. UM. HAVING WATCHED THE PND UM. THE CONVERSATION OF SECURITY CAME UP. YES, SIR. DISCUSSED. AND. WE PLAYED THIS SEVERAL TIMES. MAKE SURE THAT I HEARD IT CORRECTLY. RESPONSE TO A QUESTION ABOUT WHICH BROUGHT SECURITY, HE SAID . IT WASN'T ORIGINALLY PLANNED, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO DO. AND YOU CONTINUE JUST AND YOU SAID HE ALSO SAID THAT YOU PROVIDE SECURITY. BUT THE PARTY IS THE PURPOSE OF THE SECURITY. WE PRIMARILY FOR YOUR PATIENTS INSIDE THE BUILDING. AND NOT FOR THE PEOPLE OUTSIDE BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T WANT THE NEIGHBORS OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE. INTERFERING WITH YOUR PEOPLE INSIDE. CAN YOU. CLARIFY IT THAT STATEMENT. I'M TRYING. I WROTE IT DOWN AS CLOSELY AS YOU STATED IT. DO YOU CARE TO? CLARIFY OR HELP ME UNDERSTAND? THAT STATEMENT? YES, SIR. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, COUNCILMAN. UH, PROVIDING SECURITY FOR THE PATIENTS INSIDE THE FACILITY WOULD DO THE SAME THING AND PROVIDING IT WOULD SECURING THE PATIENTS INSIDE THE FACILITY SECURES THE COMMUNITY OUTSIDE THE FACILITY. AT THE SAME TIME, IT WOULD BE A SIMULTANEOUS THING. UM THE MHM. THE CONCERN. THAT. I WAS BROUGHT UP THAT DRUG DEALERS WOULD COME

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TO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THERE WOULD BE IT WOULD BECOME COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE THAT THERE WAS A UM HI OF. THAT DRUGS. AND OR. SO THAT DRUG WOULD AND TRY. TO MARKET TO. AH. CUSTOMERS. TO OUR PATIENTS. SO WAS THE STATEMENT. MORAL NOT HAVING PEOPLE COME ONTO THE PROP. THAT AREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE PROPERTY. OF DEFENSE FOR SOMEONE THAT IS GOING TO ABSCOND IN THE COMMUNITIES. MIND THAT IS GOING TO LEAVE OUR FACILITY AND JUMP A FENCE AND GO RUN. WHILED IN THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORHOOD. UM SO SECURITY WOULD BE PROVIDED, UM, FOR PEACE OF MIND. MORE THAN ANYTHING, I DON'T THINK OUR SECURITY AH, OFFICER WOULD EVER ACTUALLY NEED TO, UM. AFFECT ANYTHING AND LIKE, I DON'T THINK HE WOULD BE RESPONDING TO INCIDENTS. BUT IT WOULD BE PEACE OF MIND FOR THE FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S WHAT I INTENDED. OKAY THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION BECAUSE THEY DID I DRAG QUOTES YOUR STATEMENT . PRETTY ACCURATELY. YES YOU DID . OKAY GOOD NIGHT, AND THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT BECAUSE THE MESSAGE AS YOU STATED THAT NIGHT. AH WAS GAVE DIFFERENCE TO YOUR PATIENTS AND NOT TO THE COMMUNITY. AND THAT HONESTLY, FRANKLY, THERE WAS A CONCERN OF MINE. THAT THAT THERE WAS SOME SOME FEARS THAT THESE FOLKS NEARBY. I MEAN, INFRINGE ON THE PRIVACY OF YOUR PATIENTS, AND THAT WAS A PRIORITY. SO I APPRECIATE YOU CLARIFYING THAT BECAUSE YES, SIR. IF I MAY HAVE MY CONCERN ME. THANK YOU, UM, TWO THINGS. ONE IS, UM, THAT, PLANNING BOARD MEETING WAS A FEW HOURS AFTER, UM HAD THE ARMED SECURITY GUARD. DRAW A WEAPON IN THE FACILITY BECAUSE SOMEONE HAD BROKEN IN. SO I WAS A LITTLE RATTLED BY THAT EXPERIENCE, AND I WAS COMING IN ACTUALLY NOT FEELING ALL THAT SAFE AT THAT LOCATION THAT DAY. SO THAT WAS PART OF THE THAT STATEMENT THAT I MADE AND THE SECOND PART IS THAT, UM YOU KNOW, I'M. I'M FIERCELY PROTECTIVE OF. INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES LIKE SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AND THE PATIENTS IN MY COMMUNITY, THE PATIENTS IN OUR FACILITIES.

THAT LOOK LIKE ME. LOOKS LIKE YOU GUYS LOOK LIKE THE AUDIENCE. THE PATIENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

BEING PAINTED AS A THREAT. TO A PEACEFUL NEIGHBORHOOD. UM YOU KNOW? IT OFFENDED ME. IF I CAN BE FRANK. I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN, BUT I JUST GOT OFFENDED . IT'S NOT THE WORD. I JUST GOT A LITTLE DEFENSIVE ABOUT IT AND SAID, YOU KNOW, I'M I'M MORE INTERESTED IN KEEPING MY PATIENTS SAFE WITH THE SECURITY GUY. THEN THEN NEED TO THE. AGAIN WE FOUR. RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE NO SECURITY GUARDS AT ANY OF OUR FACILITIES. WE'VE BEEN OPERATING INPATIENT RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS FOR NINE YEARS AND HAVE HAD NO INCIDENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANSWER TO THE QUESTION. I UNDERSTAND. THE YEAR YOUR PROGRAM HAVE GONE TO THE SITE WEBSITE. BUT THE QUESTION BEFORE US BEFORE WE NEED TONIGHT. IT'S NOT THE MERITS OF YOUR PROGRAM. THAT'S A THING.

IT'S. IT'S LIKE NEWS, MR. THE X RAY MR MAXWELL AND STANDS THAT IT'S NOT THE MERIT YOUR PROGRAM.

MAYBE THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT UP FOR DEBATE. TODAY IT'S THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE OF THIS LAND. THAT'S OUR THAT'S OUR CHARGE, SO I APPRECIATE YOUR CLARIFICATION. THANK YOU, MAYOR . DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFFS? YES I DO. LET'S GO AHEAD. AND SINCE WE'VE GOT YOU IN THE QUEUE, OKAY, MR GUERIN, THANK YOU, SIR. WOULD YOU PUT THE SITE PLAYING BUT BACK UP FOR ME, PLEASE? JUST QUICK, QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU. HERE WE GO, RIGHT? OKAY, MR CARON. THE IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE AND PLAYING, BUT THE MAIN TRICK, MAJOR MAIN ENTRYWAY THAT GOES INTO THE CANOPY TO THE MAIN ENTRY. COULD YOU POINT TO THAT? YES SIR. I BELIEVE IT IS HERE ALONG THE IF YOU CAN KIND OF SEE MY CURSOR THERE ALONG THE WAGON WHEEL. UM FRONTAGE WHERE THE BELIEVE THERE'S A KIND OF A PORTAL TO SHARE. OKAY WHAT? WHAT IS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM

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THAT MAIN ENTRANCE? CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT'S ACROSS THE MIND? I'M GOING TO JUMP BACK TO THE LOCATION MAP. AND SO IT APPEARS. IF YOU LINE UP WITH THE MAIN ENTRANCE, THERE IS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME THERE. A LITTLE BIT FURTHER TO THE NORTHEAST IS THE VACANT PROPERTY AND OBVIOUSLY FURTHER, UM. FURTHER INTO THE EAST AND SOUTH IS THE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD. IF YOU'RE REGRESSING THE DRIVEWAY THE PROPERTY DIRECTLY IN FRONT ACROSS THE STREET. I THINK THAT STREET IS MUSTANG IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. WHAT'S WHAT'S IN THAT AREA. MUSTANG RIDGE IS SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. OKAY MY SECOND QUESTION IS WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS THE DISTANCE FROM, UM, THE FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDING. TO THE MASONRY WALL. AT ITS FARTHEST POINT. THE MEETING. WELL BEING LONG WAGON WHEEL ROAD. YES RIGHT. YES YES, SIR. ACTUALLY STARTS THERE RIGHT OUT FOR WAGON WHEEL AND EXTENDS OTTAWA PRETTY MUCH ALL THE WAY AROUND AROUND THE PROPERTY.

OKAY, OKAY. B C. LET'S GO BACK TO THAT. OH, YES, YES, YES, YES. PROBABLY GOT 80 FT OF I'M SORRY.

YOU MIND? NO MR. MAX GO AHEAD. I'M LOOKING AT THE SAME THINGS. YEAH RIGHT AWAY IS PROBABLY ABOUT WHAT 80 FT 80 FT OF RIGHT AWAY 60 TO 80 FT OF RIGHT AWAY AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR 10 FT LANDSCAPE. BUFFER. PARKING LOT, SO 60 70. 140 PLUS THAT ADDITIONAL DRIVES. YOU'RE PROBABLY 100. 6860 YES, SIR. TO THE TO THE BUILDING INTEREST. OKAY I WAS CLOSE. I HAD ABOUT 100 AND 80. OKAY SO YOU'RE INJURED. OKAY YOU, YOU YOU PLAYING IT YOU'RE PLAYING SAYING? I AGREE WITH THAT? MY LAST QUESTION IS WHAT WOULD USE A SC THIS. THE ENTRY PORCH.

DRIVEWAY. DISTANCE. TO THE ACTUAL HOUSE. RATHER, YES, OKAY. UM I'D PROBABLY SAY THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL. YEAH, I CAN GO BACK TO THE LOCATION MAP, SO THAT'S A SIDE SET YARD. UH PROBABLY ABOUT 170 175 FT AND SEVEN FT, RIGHT, OKAY. RIGHT OKAY. AND, UM. THE. ROAD AND FENCING. WOULD YOU POINT TO THAT THAT'S BEHIND THE BUILDING ALONG THE DRIVEWAY. YES, SIR. UM THAT WOULD BE WOULD BE ALONG THE BETWEEN THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND THE NURSING CARE, CORRECT, MAXWELL? YEAH GO TO THE SITE MEASURING WALL AND THEN THERE'S A ROD ON ENCLOSED AREA. YES SIR. WHAT'S THAT? CAN YOU BRIEFLY THAT AREA? YOU ARE MR MAXWELL. IT'S A IT'S AN AREA THAT WAS NEVER DEVELOPED. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S PROBABLY A LEFTOVER PIECE. MAYBE THE FORMER ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY HAD PLANS FOR PHASE TWO, MAYBE AN EXPANSION BUT IT NEVER HAPPENED NEVER CAME TO FRUITION. THE PD THAT'S IN PLACE BY ORDINANCE BASICALLY LOCKS IN WHAT'S THERE IF SOMEONE WANTED TO DEVELOP ON THAT PORSCHE AND THEY'D HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE IN A MINUTE? THE PD? TO ALLOW EXPANSION? PROTEIN, MORRIS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST HAD ONE QUICK QUESTION. MAXWELL UM, THANKS WILL THANK YOU WILL UM. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE OUTREACH AND THE IN THE ZOOM MEETING AND 100 LETTERS. I THINK YOU SAID WENT OUT. UM WERE THOSE LETTERS WERE THEY IN VIETNAMESE AS WELL AS ENGLISH? THEY WERE NOT. OKAY SO I'VE HEARD A GREAT NUMBER OF PEOPLE SAY THAT THE FIRST THING THAT THEY KNEW OF THIS WAS THE PLAN COMMISSION. NOTIFICATION LETTERS. WHICH STARTING. SO UM, I THINK THAT'S UNFORTUNATELY BLINDSIDED A LOT OF OUR VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY. SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS SINCE 100 LETTERS DID GO OUT, SO THAT WAS MY ONLY QUESTION. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU. CUSTOMER LOOK. MR SCOTT? UM DID ANY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY PROVIDE ALTERNATE LOCATIONS TO YOU FOR RELOCATING THE SITE? MHM NOT ANY VIABLE ALTERNATE LOCATIONS. THERE WERE

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SOME SUGGESTIONS TO LOOK THROUGH THE MEDICAL DISTRICT FOR PROPERTIES, BUT THERE'S NOT ANOTHER 75,000 SQUARE FOOT SPACE ON SIX ACRES OF LAND. ANY OF THE LOCATIONS APPEARED? TO RESIDENTIAL? ANY ADDITION. QUESTION. FOR THE APP. OR WE'VE GOT HIM. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. OKAY WE HAVE REACHED THE POINT WHERE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. UM MATCH SECRETARY WHO GOING TO BE CALLING THE FOLKS FORWARD. A MAYOR LEMAY. I AM GOING TO READ A PORTION OF THE CARDS, PERSONS THAT HAVE REGISTERED AGAINST AND THEN OUR TRANSLATOR IS GOING TO READ THE REMAINING CARDS AND I WILL PROMPT HER TO COME TO THE PODIUM TO DO SO. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. BEGIN. AND THEN I'LL TELL HER TO START. AFTER MY. JAMES DRAPER. FILLMORE WOODLEY. GEORGIANA WOODLEY. KAREN WADE. EMMA VILLA REAL. FAST, CHIN ABRAHAM. AND KATHLEEN CAMERON AND I'LL ASK MISS VIVIAN. PRESIDIO'S OH, NO TO COME TO THE PODIUM AND REALLY REMAINING CARDS AGAINST THE ITEM. YES, MA'AM, I HAVE MR PHAM PHONE.

LET'S UH TWEETED WING. BYE FAM. JENNIFER DOW. ABOUT YEAH, I NATHAN. THERESA. SALLY TRAN.

JOHN TRAN, ONLY BLANDO. I LEFT JAPAN. JOE. YEAH, FAM. DELAY. CHANTEL WING. TANGO.

FREQUENTING. TECHY I'M NOT SURE THIS IS VIETNAMESE. TWEETY. YES. GIRL HAM, RAMZAN. AND DANGLING.

IT WILL. I THINK THERE WAS A CARD PLACED ON THE TABLE. THEY HAVE TWO MORE AND I NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ALL NOT TESTIFYING BEFORE WE GET OKAY? CHOSEN, NOT TESTIFY, SIR. VERY GOOD. AND TRAIN. UM OKAY AND READ THIS ONE. LOOKS LIKE BANKING WING. OKAY? AND I HAVE NOT SATISFIED KIM WING AT LEAST. AND THIS IS. I CAN'T PRONOUNCE THAT DOES NOT VIETNAMESE. I CAN'T PRONOUNCE IT CAN'T PRONOUNCE EITHER. AND. I THOUGHT WE HAD FOUR PEOPLE. THAT'S WANNA, UH, ORAL TESTIMONY. AND ALSO VOTED AGAINST. YES, I DO. WE HAVE, UH , PEOPLE, SIR, THEY WANT TO TEST TO DO THE ORAL TESTIMONY AGAINST LET'S HOLD OFF ON THOSE FOR JUST A SECOND. SECRETARY, CAN YOU FINISH OUT? ON THE NOT TESS? CARD? I ADORE YOU. THAT'S THE LAST TWO. OKAY SO JUST TO BE CLEAR. UM ALL OF THOSE ALL THOSE FOLKS WERE IN OPPOSITION BUT NOT TESTIFYING. CORRECT. YES, SIR.

OKAY. ALRIGHT ALRIGHT. SO NOW FOLKS WILL MOVE TO THE FOLKS WHO WANT WHO HAVE COME TO TESTIFY.

UM I WILL ASK YOU OR OUR TRANSLATOR WILL ASK YOU ONE OF US WHEN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM IF YOU CAN GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, YOU WILL HAVE THREE. MAKE YOUR. BUT WE

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ARE GOING TO STICK TO THE THREE MINUTES ONCE THE TIMER IS UP, IF YOU ARE STILL TALKING, I OR TRANSLATOR WILL ASK YOU TO SUM UP YOUR COMMENTS SO THAT WE CAN MOVE TO THE NECK. SPEAKER. OKAY? OH SHE IS. I'M SORRY. WHO'S CALLING THE SPEAKERS HERE TODAY TO CALL ALL OF THE OKAY. SORRY MADAME SECRETARY PROBLEM. UM OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS TREE HUANG. THREE PHONE. YEAH. WHERE WE WILL . WE WILL. WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT FIGURE, PLEASE. KAYLA HONG. YES MA'AM. IF YOU COME FORWARD AND GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. HMM I'M KAYLA HUANG. I LIVE AT 35 33 MOST LANGUISHED GROWTH. GARLAND, TEXAS 75 YEAR OLD 44, OKAY? TODAY I'M PRESENTING FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. UM. SO. JUST RELAX ALL WE REALLY APPRECIATE. UH THE LAST MEETING IN MAY 23RD OUR VOICE QUO HURT BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. UH AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT TONIGHT. WE GATHER HERE TOGETHER . UH WE BACKING THANK, THE MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN TOOK HEAR OUR VOICES AGAIN. UM WE HOPE OUR VOICES WILL BE HEARD BY COUNCILMAN AND MAIL TONIGHT. UMT IS. LARRY IN RECOVERING THAT COOK. COME INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WILL DESTROY OUR LIFE. I WILL FUTURE AND OUR COMMUNITIES. I WILL FAMILY ISN'T EXAMPLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE BUILD A HOME THERE NINE YEARS AGO. THE REASON IS, WE WON OUR OUR MOM WANTS TO GO TO VIETNAMESE CHURCH EVERY DAY, EVEN TWICE A DAY. SHE ELDERLY. SOMETIMES SHE COULD TRY TO WORK FOR EXERCISE. SOMETIMES WE COULD DRIVE A SHORT DISTANCE . WE HAVE A NO CHOICE TO MOVE ANYWHERE ELSE. WE HAVE A NO CHOICE. UM AND, UH WHEN WE MOVE FURTHER AWAY. MY MOM CANNOT GO TO OTHER CHURCHES BECAUSE NOT VIETNAMESE LANGUAGE. SLEEPING LOVE FOR OTHER ELDERLY'S IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY REALLY NEED TO GO TO VIETNAMESE TEMPLE. THEY WORK. THEY'RE LI. THEY'RE PEACEFUL THERE SO THEY CANNOT MOVE ANYWHERE ELSE. SO WE, OUR COMMUNITY MOVED TO THAT AREA JUST BECAUSE THE VIETNAMESE CHURCH AND THE SAMPLE VIETNAMESE TEMPLE AROUND THE AREA, WE TOTALLY CANNOT MOVE ANYWHERE ELSE. WE FEEL OUR LIFE IS IT, DESTROY IT. THE CITY OF GARLAND LET THE GUARDIAN RECOVERY. COME THROUGH, I WILL NEIGHBORHOOD. WE CANNOT MOVE. WE CANNOT MOVE. BELLY I BRING MY SON TO THE SCHOOL BUS PIPE FROM THE BUILDING OR NOT MUST THERE YESTERDAY I MET WITH TWO KIDS. I ASKED THEM HOW OLD THEY ARE. THEY SAID 2012 AND HIS SISTER, IT'S 11. THEY WORK BY THEMSELVES . THAT WAS YOUR THREE MINUTES. I APPRECIATE YOUR APPRECIATE YOU COMING DOWN AND I WANT YOU TO RELAX AND IT THEY COULD EAT BREATH. BUT THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS HAN WIND. STRONGLY. IF YOU COULD GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. HELLO, EVERYBODY. AND IF I STEP OVER? YEAH WHERE? YOUR LITTLE CLOSER TO THE MICROPHONE THERE. THANK YOU. SORRY I DON'T SPEAK MUCH ENGLISH, BUT I TRIED THE BEST TONIGHT. MY NAME IS

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EOGHAN WIN. I LIVE 35 34 MUSTANG GREAT ROLE IN IRELAND. LITERALLY SEVEN. DO NOT. I COME HERE I TELL EVERYBODY ALL MY HEART. OH, MY HEART EVERY MORNING I OPENED THE DOOR. I HAVE BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBOR. THEN I SAW A LOT OF WORK THE SCHOOL THE PARENTS, TAKE A KID GO TO SCHOOL AND THE BUT PICK UP KIT GOLD SCORE. THEN MORE AND MORE PEOPLE WALK AROUND 34 50. THE BUILDING THERE. BEN MORE PEOPLE WELCOME FROM TAMBO FROM CHURCH EVERY SINGLE DAY, SOMETIMES TWICE A DAY. THEN WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL MY COMMUNITY. I BUILD A HOUSE THERE ONWARDS AND NIGERIA WE PAY TAX VERY GOOD.

AND ACTUALLY OH, I TO MY COMMUNITY. LOCKED WE HAVE THREE TEMBO THERE. TO SCHOOL ONE CHORES. ONE ADULT CARE. ONE LIBRARY AND HAWAII FAR WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL. NEIGHBOR AND COMMUNITY. APPLE I GOT LAID OFF FROM CITY OPTICAL, AND THEY SAY THE COMPANY REHAB CENTER OPENED THERE. MY FAMILY FEEL DROP. I CANNOT SLEEP EVERY NIGHT EVERY NIGHT. WE FEEL NOT SEPTEMBER.

WHEN THIS COMPANY OPEN WE HAVE FOUR GENERATION LEAVE MY HOUSE. MY MOM, ME, MY KIDS AND MY GRANDKIDS. THEY SAY MOVE. WE HAVE TO MOVE. I SAID, WHERE'D YOU MOVE? EVEN YOU SAW THE HOW NOBODY BY THEM BECAUSE OF MY HOUSE. BEAUTIFUL SPENCER, BUT NOBODY BUY IT NOW I COME HERE. I KNOW I HAVE THREE MINUTES TIME, BUT I AGREE FOR THE REHAB LOOK, COMPANY CENTER REHASHING THE I AGREE FOR THE OPEN, BUT NOT DID LOCATION, PLEASE SOMEWHERE ELSE, FAR AWAY MY LOCATION. MY VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY. PLEASE LEAVE MY FAMILY ALIVE. WE FEEL NOT STEP. THEY WENT THIS COMPANY OPEN. THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY LISTENING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MA'AM. OKAY LETS COULD HOLD THE APPLAUSE, PLEASE. MADAM SECRETARY. IF YOU CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE, NEXT SPEAKER IS HEY SIS VILLA. STEP SITTING DOWN. YEAH. WELL, IF YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD POLICE VILLA 17 13 HIGHGATE PLACE GARLAND, TEXAS HAVE BEEN THERE SINCE 2003. I HAD AN ALCOHOLIC SON. I KNOW THIS GENTLEMAN OVER HERE WAS THE LUCKY ONE. HE CAME OUT, OKAY. MY SON DID NOT. WE SENT HIM TO THE THREE DIFFERENT ALCOHOLIC CENTERS. COST US A LOT OF MONEY.

AND IT FAILED HIM. ALL THREE FAILED HIM. HE DIED AN ALCOHOLIC 6% ALCOHOL IN HIS SYSTEM. HE DRANK EVERYDAY GALLONS OF VODKA. THAT'S ALL HE DRANK. HE WOULD GET UP IN THE MORNING. GO GET SOME MORE. UH, THIS PLACE IS DO NOT ONLY TAKE RESIDENTIAL PEOPLE WHERE MY SON WAS AT. HE TOLD ME THERE WAS PEOPLE FROM CALIFORNIA, OREGON. NEVADA. ARE THEY GOING TO DRIVE THESE PEOPLE OUT? BACK TO NEVADA, OKLAHOMA WHEREVER THEY COME FROM. I'M AGAINST THIS. THEY FAILED MY SON AND I'M AGAINST THIS. THEY'RE GOING TO FAIL OTHER PEOPLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR.

PLEASE. NO CLAPPING. THANKS. MADAM SECRETARY. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE TREE HONG. FOR YOU ON 10 YEARS? YEAH GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE, SIR. LADIES GOOD EVENING , LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I AM 31 LIVING AT 35 33 MUSTANG RITUAL. GARLAND, TEXAS 75 YEAR OLD FOR AH, I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I'M AGAINST THE DUCT RECOVERY CENTER. WHY? YOU KNOW, OUR HOME IS A FEW STEPS. DROP THE SWITCH , IF NOT THE 175 FT AT THE ESTIMATE IT WAS WRONG. SO IT TOOK A FEW STEPS ACROSS, SO WE DIVIDE BY THE TWO WAY LANDS. SO OH, AND VERY CLOSE, NOT 175. FT.

I THINK MY ESTIMATE MAYBE THE IS ABOUT 100 FT, NOT 175. AND THE REASON I, UH AGAINST ITS BECAUSE EVERY MORNING I WAKE UP, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A BEAUTIFUL AND PEACEFUL PLACE. I DON'T WANT TO

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HEAR AND TO SEE THE FENCE IN FRONT OF MY HEART IN FRONT OF MY HOME, AND I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THE SOUND. THE KNOW. YELLING ON THOSE STUFF. BUT WHEN THEY MOVE IN THE VALUE OF THE HOUSE IN THAT AREA FOR SURE WILL DROP. NO ONE WOULD BUY BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU A QUESTION. IF YOU LOOK FOR HOW GOOD TO BUY A HOUSE NEAR THAT CENTER. I DON'T KNOW YOU BUT FIRST FOR ME, 100.

I WOULD SAY NO. THE SECOND IMPORTANT THING IS THE SECURITY. I REALLY WORRY THAT WHEN PEOPLE MOVE IN, THE PATIENT MOVED IN THERE FOR SURE THAT UNDER THEIR PLAN, THEY DO THE GOOD THING FOR THE PATIENT. I AGREE. BUT WHY? I ADDRESSED THAT THAT LOCATION BECAUSE IT WILL WEAR THEIR OWN THE PEOPLE ON THE WHOLE SYSTEM. EVERYBODY WANTS TO CONNECT WITH INSIDE TO SELL THE DRUGS BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT REALLY MEN INSIDE THAT HOW WE HIDE SO PEOPLE WHO HANG AROUND THAT ONE NOT LOCATION TO SELL, NOT HANG AROUND TO SELL THE TRUCK'S NOT THE THING. I REALLY WORRY. AND UH, I REALLY WORRY ABOUT THAT NOT ONLY INSIDE, BUT OUTSIDE MET . PEOPLE WILL HANG AROUND THERE AND IT AFFECT MY NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD LIKE, PLEASE RECONSIDER. I DON'T. I'M NOT AGAINST THEIR WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT THE IMPORTANT THING HERE IS THE WRONG LOCATION. THE LAST THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT BECAUSE THEIR CUSTOMER IN THE DRUG USER , SO I HAVE BEEN WE HAVE BUSINESS. WE UNDERSTAND. SO THE BOOKS USER BRING THE PROFIT TO THEIR, UH, BUSINESS BECAUSE THE IT'S NOT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD DO IT UNDER THE GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THEY HAD A PRIVATE BUSINESS. SO THEY WANT TO PEOPLE. SO IT MEANS TO BE NICE.

THEM. IF THEY TO THE PEOPLE NO, NO ONE WILL COME TO THAT CENTER . SO THE MORE THEY NICE TO THOSE EASY TO THEM THAN WILL AFFECT MY OUTFIT AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY. SO THAT THE ONLY THING, PLEASE THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU, SIR. OUR NEXT SPEAKER PETER SPEAKER IS TONY BUI. TONY. SIR IF YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE BE 23 02 LONG OAK . 12 IS IN GARLAND, TEXAS. OKAY, GO AHEAD, SIR. RESPECTFULLY TO THE MAYOR RESPECTFULLY TO ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COUNCIL WOMAN. UM UH, I HEARD TWO THINGS FROM IT TO SCOTT. I HAVE NO DOUBT HE IS AN EXCELLENT DESIGNING IMPLEMENTING INTER VERSION. AND TREATMENT STRATEGY FOR THE PATIENTS, BUT I HEARD TWO THINGS FROM HIM. PEACEFUL NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT'S THE ONE THING. BUT WHEN WE HAVE PATIENTS PEACEFUL NEIGHBORHOOD ALREADY WHY DO ONE THE WHY DO WE WANT TO STEP UP SECURITY? THAT'S THE SECOND THING I PLACED TO MY FLAG . I CAME HERE AS A YOUNG KID 14 YEARS OLD ACROSS THE OCEAN ON THE SMALL LITTLE BOAT 11 M BOAT AT 14. I CAME HERE TO CHICAGO WITH ONE CHICKEN ONE T SHIRT. AND ONE SLIPPER SIX YEARS LATER. I TRIED THE U. S. NAVY. I SERVED ON THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER DOES THREE SIDES OF A FOOTBALL FIELD AND SINCE THEN CHANGED MY LIFE.

YES UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE PEOPLE THAT NEEDS HELP, WE WILL HELP THEM IN MANY OTHER WAYS, BUT NOT THIS WAY, NOT IN THIS PEACEFUL NEIGHBORHOOD AND PEACEFUL COMMUNITY. AH I BLESS YOU THAT YOU HAVE TO RECONSIDER THIS. THIS IS HURTING THE CHURCH. RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET IS THE IT'S A TEMPLE. RIGHT BEHIND THEM IS ANOTHER TEMPLE. FEW STEPS. WHY IT MIGHT BE FIVE MINUTES WALK. IT'S A HUGE JUDGE IN THIS COMMUNITY IN GARLAND AND SURROUNDING AREA. WELL I TRAVEL TO WAR. I TRAVELED THE COUNTRY TO WORK, BUT I CHOOSE THE ISLAND LAST YEAR. GARLAND WAS VOTED ONE OF THE DESIRABLE PLACE TO LIVE. DO YOU WANT TO HAVE THAT RISK? I'M ASKING YOU. NO, WE DON'T. I DON'T. THE TWO THINGS THAT CAN HURT US IS THE FINANCIAL WHICH IS THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTIES.

WE GO DOWN. WE DON'T KNOW THAT BUT CONSEQUENCE WILL COME. THE SECOND THING IS THE MAN'S FAMILY . I HAVE A SEVEN YEARS OF SUN ALL THAT BACK BACK THERE. I WANT HIM TO GROW UP HERE. AND I'M VERY PROUD TO BE A PARENT AND THE CASE GO TO GARLAND S D, OKAY? LEAVE. THIS NEIGHBORHOOD

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ALONG. I GIVE ORDER EXPECT TO MEET THE SCOTT. BUT IF HE NEEDS HELP, WE WILL HELP HIM. TO INTERVENTION. SOME OTHER WAY IN ANOTHER NEIGHBOR 25 MINUTES AWAY , HE CAN HAVE TWO ANCHORS. THREE ANCHORS. AND CHEAPER, LESS EXPENSIVE, MORE DESIRABLE AND MORE RELAXED FOR THE PATIENTS.

HOW MANY MINUTES DO I HAVE? YOU HAVE SIX SECONDS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. I'M SORRY, BUT THIS THING. DID NOT FIT MY BRIEFCASE, SO I BOUGHT THIS IS A VICTORIA'S SECRET FROM MY WIFE. BUT THEN THIS IS THE STUFF THAT WITH THE SIGNATURE WE COLLECT OVER THE LAST WEEKEND HAVE THANK YOU, SIR. MAKE SURE YOUR WIFE GETS HER BAG BACK. DEFINITELY SN KEY WIN. THANK YOU. WELCOME SIR. IF YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE, MY NAME IS SINKING WHEN I'M ACTUALLY REPRESENT THE CHURCH. BUT TO HELP JUDGE 21 QUARTER MILE APOLLO ROW GARLAND, TEXAS 750441. MR MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. UM HERE BECAUSE I'M AGAINST WE ARE AGAINST THE GUARDIAN RECOVERY CENTER. A COUPLE OF REASONS MANY REASONS THAT EVERYBODY ELSE ALREADY STAY. BUT ONE OF THE MAIN THING IS OUR CHURCH HERE. MANY CHILDREN, UH ON SUNDAY SCHOOL ON WHAT'S 1000? KID. BRINGING THE RECOVERY CENTER. IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND NEAR ALL THE CHURCH AND ALSO NEAR THE SOCCER FIELD WITH A LOT OF CHILDREN. YES, PLAYING. RECOVERY TEND TO ATTRACT THE WRONG CROWD. THAT'S WHAT WE OFFER IR AND, UM THE FINANCIAL SIDE OF THINGS LIKE EVERYBODY IS SAYING IS THAT COULD BRING DOWN THE VALUE OF THE HOME AROUND HERE COULD ATTRACT AND WRONG CROWD. AND EVEN FURTHER, UH, DEGRADING THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO UH, I REPRESENT THE CHURCH AND WE TOTALLY AGAINST, UH BRINGING THE RECOVERY CENTER. WHILE WE SUPPORT THE CAUSE OF RECOVERY CENTER. BUT IT SHOULD BE DONE IN SOME OTHER LOCATION. FAR AWAY FROM THE COMMUNITY. ANY COMMUNITY ANYBODY MATTER? SO ONCE AGAIN, I'M AGAINST IT, BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. ONE MORE THING. I'M ALSO COLLECTING AROUND 1000 SIGNATURE. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, SIR. MADAM SECRETARY. NEXT SPEAKER IS MORE WHEN. MARWIN. I AM MOMENT. I THANK YOU VERY MUCH IF YOU CAN GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. KAYLA MY UP MY OFFICE. AMERICAN I LIVE IN THE OREGON. 18 YEAR AND TWO MONTHS. I COME HERE 777 MONTHS, SEVEN YEAR NOW I ALL PEOPLE TALKED. READY NOW I COME HERE. I TOLD YOU I LITTLE ENGLISH. I. I TALKING ONE OR 10 P VERY MUCH OLD PEOPLE, GARLAND AND THAT LOT. GO LOOK AND I LOOK A LOT A LOT. PEOPLE SAY HI. ONE ITALIAN PEOPLE A LOT. NO. ONE NO ONE BUILDING. KEEP PEOPLE NOW I WANT ALL PEOPLE. I KNOW ALL PEOPLE LOOK. LITTLE PEOPLE, PEOPLE WORK . VERY GOOD. I LIVE IN THE OREGON. I KNOW AMERICAN. VERY GOOD. MM WORKED VERY GOOD. I KNOW I TOOK ALL PEOPLE WORK HERE AND. THAT THAT'S HIS TAXI. NO NO. KEEP PEOPLE. OKAY? I FAILED MY MIGHT GET AND MY RENT. YOU'RE IN MY A LOT OF PEOPLE. NOW I AM PEOPLE. NO, NO, NO, LADY LADY, BUT, BABY COME COME. NO OUT OF FIGHTING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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RECORD, AND ALSO I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT SHE A. THE U. AND AM MON WIN. AND AU AND AU N G U Y E AND IT'S AN ADDRESS KAYLA PAM, WITH KAYLA, THE FIRST SPEAKER. FAIR ENOUGH.

NEIGHBORHOOD. GO HOME. GO DOWN, SAID OKAY. EVERY DAY EVERY NIGHT, I KNOW CAN SLEEP. ARE YOU AFRAID PEOPLE CUBIC? OKAY, MA'AM . WELL I TALK. I LOOKED ALL PEOPLE, I HOPE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND , OKAY. LIKE YOU AND I, YOU AND I HAD A VERY SIMILAR CONVERSATION ON THE PHONE, AND I WISH MISS VIVIAN HAD BEEN THERE TO TRANSLATE FOR US. BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MA'AM . THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MY GOD AND AMERICA. MY GOD. BE VERY GOOD. YOU SPEAK MORINGA. THAN I . VIETNAMESE. SO PROUD OF YOU. GOOD EVENING. HI I'M DEBBIE STRAND. I LIVE AT 18 20 BRIAR CREEK CIRCLE, AND I'VE LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS FOR 30 YEARS AND I'M AGAINST THIS FACILITY. I UNDERSTAND THAT GUARDIAN RECOVERY NETWORK IS REQUESTING A ZONING CHANGE FOR THE CARE OF ALCOHOLIC DRUG DEPENDENT AND PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS. AFTER DOING RESEARCH. I HAVE FOUND THESE RACERS RESOURCES IN OUR AREA ALREADY. AT 28 48 WEST KINGSLEY, THE WEST TEXAS COUNSELING AND REHAB CENTER, IS SIX MILES FROM THIS LOCATION. THE PERIMETER BEHAVIORAL HOSPITAL OF DALLAS IS LESS THAN FOUR MILES FROM THIS LOCATION AT 26 96 WEST WALNUT. DISCOVERY POINT RETREAT IS 13 MILES FROM THIS LOCATION AT 6500 GREENVILLE AVENUE. THESE FACILITIES ALREADY EXIST. WHY DO WE WANT TO PUT IT IN OUR COMMUNITY? OUR URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD IS FAMILY ORIENTED.

AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH AROUND 600 STUDENTS, A MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH AROUND 1100 STUDENTS. HIGH SCHOOL WITH AROUND 200 STUDENTS. THE SOCCER AND SOFTBALL FIELDS HOST HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES. AND NOW THE CITY OF GARLAND. IT'S USING THE WINNERS PARK EMPATHY, ATTAR. FOR YOUR CONCERT. DO WE REALLY NEED TO PUT THIS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD? WITH THE STATE OF THE WORLD TODAY. SECURITY HAS ALREADY HEIGHTENED DO WE NEED TO RISK DO WE NEED TO RISK ADDING A DETOXING PATIENT? DECIDING THEY WANT TO LEAVE TREATMENT AND WALK INTO OUR COMMUNITY. ADDING TWO EXTRA CALLS TO OUR GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE PAIN TO THIS FACILITY WILL BE COULD BE DETOXING FROM METH OR HEROIN.

SHOULDN'T THESE PATIENTS BE CLOSE TO HOSPITALS? IN CASE OF MEDICAL EMERGENCIES, INSTEAD OF ADDING EXTRA CALLS TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR AMBULANCE SERVICES. AFTER PUSHBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY GUARDIAN HAS AGREED TO LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDING SECURITY GUARDS AND PRISON LIKE FENCING AROUND THE FACILITY. DO WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS EVERY TIME WE PASS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AT THE TOWN HALL MEETING ON AUGUST 4TH. JOSH SCOTT, THE CEO OF GUARDIAN STATED TO THE HOMEOWNERS. THAT IF WE DID NOT WANT HIM IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HE WOULD HE WOULD NOT CONTINUE HIS REQUEST. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE DOCUMENTATION SUBMITTED TO YOU.

THE HOMEOWNERS DO NOT WANT THIS IN THEIR FACILITY IN THEIR COMMUNITY. RIGHT NOW THE NURSING HOME THAT IS IN THE AREA. IT MAY BE EMPTY, BUT IT PROVIDES A BENEFIT TO OUR AREA. THIS FACILITY WILL NOT PROVIDE A BENEFIT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. HE SAYS. HE WANTS TO BRING IN PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE FROM OTHER AREAS, NOT OUR AREA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW. SORRY THAT WASN'T FOR YOU, UM WE WILL. I WILL ASK THAT. AND DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM SMITH AT. UH WE WILL ENTER THE IF YOU CAN GIVE US THE PETITIONS, WE WILL TAKE THOSE

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INTO OUR RECORDS. ONCE WE'RE DONE, GO AHEAD AND DO IT NOW. UE HAVE LEFT? WE HAVE LOST COUNT.

SORRY. JUST ONE MOMENT. WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY EIGHT REMAINING, OKAY? OKAY MY THREE MINUTES. I'M SPEAKING FOR TWO PEOPLE SO MY NAME IS YOUR GOOD HEALTH SICK. I LIVE AT 17 21 HIGHGATE PLACE.

GARLAND TEXAS 75044. I BOUGHT MY HOUSE 37 YEARS AGO ON THE ORIGINAL OWNER NEVER LEFT THE STREET. THIS IS MY NAME. HER NAME. IS BOB. SHE LIVE AT SEVEN. OH, NINE. HIGHGATE. PLACE. 18 OH, NINE HIGHGATE PLACE GARLAND, TEXAS 7544 WRITING THIS LETTER TO INDICATE THAT I AUTHORIZED MISS MARIANNE TO READ MY VOICE REGARDING REZONING. 34 50 WAGON WILL ROAD GARLAND, TEXAS AS I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND. BECAUSE URGENT. MY SCHOOL HER. CHILD HAD SCHOOLMATE. TONIGHT.

AND CITY COUNCIL SINCERELY BALDWIN. OKAY ON MINE. I KNOW MR HEDRICK HAD ASKED ABOUT OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY. THE ONLY LETTER I HAVE EVER GOTTEN FROM MASTER PLAN WAS TO MEETING WEDNESDAY. AUGUST. APRIL, 26. AT SIX O'CLOCK. AT NIGHT. I LEFT MY JOB. BECAUSE I DOWN.

I ANY RESIDENTIAL AREAS, THEY ANSWERED ONLY ONE AND, UH, OUTSIDE OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND IT WAS ACROSS FROM A TRAILER PARK. WELL, NOW THEY KEEP ADDING MORE PROPERTIES CLOSE TO RESIDENTIAL AREAS. AND SINCE THEN I'VE GOTTEN TWO LETTERS FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON THE MEETINGS AND THE CITY COUNCIL. I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED A SINGLE LETTER OR CORRESPONDENCE FROM GARDEN RECOVERY, NO PACKET . NOTHING ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING. AND I'M WITHIN THE 400 FT HIGH GATE PLACE IN COURT. AND LIKE SO NONE NONE OF US HOMEOWNERS WERE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE. MY STREET IS ON THE SOUTHERN END. THAT WALL. WE HAVE RECEIVED NOTHING FOR THEM. THEY HAVE NOT. REACHED OUT. TO US. AMONG THE KIDS WALK TO AND FROM SCHOOL. I HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE ACROSS THE STREET IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW EACH OTHER BECAUSE OF THIS REZONING ISSUE. AND, UM ALSO FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. TO ME, THIS IS NOT A COMPATIBLE USE FOR THIS RESIDENTIAL AREA. YOU KNOW IF IT WAS LIKE A DAYCARE OR ADULT DAYCARE, THE CITY BUYS IT OR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. YOU KNOW , JUST SOMETHING THAT WOULD FIT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT WE KNOW PEOPLE NEED HELP. BUT WHY DON'T THEY GO TO PLANO, WE'RE NOT SUCCESSFUL PROFESSIONALS WITH HIGH STRESS JOBS THAT CAN AFFORD THAT $1000 A DAY. WE DON'T YOU KNOW WHEN I WAS CORPORATE AMERICA, I DON'T HAVE THAT HEALTHY. THAT PAY FOR THE. AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE HOUSEHOLDS. BUT THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME TONIGHT AND I AM OPPOSED TO IT. THANK YOU, MA'AM.

YOU'RE WELCOME, SIR. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KIM LIN DAI. WHEN. MY NAME EDNA KIM CLINTONIAN. I LIVE AT 35 OUT OF NINE. FIRE. TEXAS 75 YEAR OLD FOR FOUR. I WOULDN'T, UH, WHEN I AND MY KID TO E FORM REALLY INTEND TO OPEN THE NEXT TO MY HOUSE. AND THEN MY KIDS, OKAY? SHE TOLD ME MOM, YOU REMEMBER YOU HAVE A SOME GUY UNDER THEY HARD. LISTEN. BE BECOME, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW AND THEY DROPPED YOU. AND THE REGULAR AROUND YOU WRITE YOU OUT A CAR IN EUROPE. YOUR ANKLE. AND UNTIL OKAY, MOMMY. HOW CAN I GO TO GORDON WHEN THEY OPENED? STAY THERE. I CAN HEAR A LOUD LIKE THE BULLET EVERYDAY ALLOW FOR BULLET AND THE LAVA. ROLLING AROUND IT. HOW CAN I STARTED

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SCHOOL, HE SAID. MORNING SHE ALWAYS RIGHT. MAKE IT I RAN MY YOUNG, MY KID. THE OLD ONE SCONE. AND THEY SAY, I CAN'T GO TO SCHOOL WHEN THEY THEY OPEN COMMUNITY. MAYBE SO. SHE TOLD ME LIKE THAT, SHE TOLD ME. MOM SO I CAN I CAN GO TO SCHOOL ANYMORE. I AM SO OKAY. AND I SAID, BUT I CAN DO ANYTHING WE COULD MAKE IT. VERY GOOD. SEE, I WELCOME HOME. AND TELL ME, MAMA, I HAVE A GOOD REMIND ME HAVE AN R A GIVE ME THE LAPTOP ONE HOUSE AND FIVE 100 YEAH, WE SAW ME. SAID SHE DID. WANT TO. GO TO SCHOOL. ANYMORE. CAN I DO OKAY? AND THEN I HAVE THE HOW. I HAVE A COUPLE OF HOW FOR SOMEBODY WHO RAN IT. GARLAND. AND THEY CALLED ME AND THEY SAY WHEN THEY OPENED THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO RENT ANYMORE. OKAY AND I HAPPEN WHEN ANOTHER WHAT? HOW CAN I HAVE A MONEY TO FIGHTER? THE FADER THE ATTACK EVERY YEAR. ABOUT HOW OUR WHO CAN COME TO DRINK ANYMORE FOR EDDIE. I, YOU KNOW. GARLAND. AND MY KID, YOU KNOW IF YOU SAT AND THEY DON'T WANT TO SCHOOL. I WOULD COME HERE 20 YEAR. BUT I ALWAYS WORK SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. FOR WHO? FOR MY KID, WHICH YOU KNOW. FOR MY KID FOR FROM, UM, YOU KNOW AND NEVER HAVE A DAY OFF. WE COULD FOR MY KID NOW, THEY SAY WHEN THEY OPEN DIDN'T WANT KATIE IN ONE SCHOOL ANYMORE. STAY HOME. OKAY MAN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. IF YOU COULD JUST CONFIRM WITH ME. OR WITH HER THAT SHE IS OPPOSED TO THE USE CHANGE. I THINK THAT I JUST WANT TO. YES I DON'T WANT THE OPEN. OKAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JAMES ADAMS. MR ADAMS. IF YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. YES MY NAME IS JAMES ADAMS. I'M IN 18 OH, SIX. GREEN SPRING CIRCLE. GARLAND, TEXAS 75044. AND I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE THAT I HAD, UM MR SCOTT AND IN DEPTH ABOUT THE FACILITY AND WE'RE NOT OPPOSED OF WHAT HE'S DOING. WE ONLY OPPOSE OF WHERE HE'S GOING TO PUT IT. IT'S THE LOCATION. LOCATION. LOCATION. LOCATION IS EVERYTHING. UH, EVERYBODY IS IN AGREEMENT THAT YOU KNOW THERE WAS A NEED FOR WHAT? HE PROVIDES. IT'S JUST THAT THE LOCATION THAT HE'S WILLING TO PUT THE FACILITY AND WE THINK THAT GARLAND IS A BIG ENOUGH CITY. IT HAS ENOUGH AREAS THAT COULD PROVIDE JUST AS WELL OF THIS FACILITY, AND HE'S LOOKING FOR IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION THAT WOULD BE MORE CONDUCTIVE TO HIS TYPE OF SERVICES. HE'S PROVIDING. OWN UNUSED BY, UH FACILITY THAT IT CLOSED DOWN OR ON MOVED. OR CHAIN. OVER TO A TIME. OF. SO MANY OTHER LOCATIONS AND ACROSS THE CITY, THEIR ANOTHER LOCATIONS, AND THAT'S PRIMARILY WHAT EVERYBODY IS OPPOSED OF. IT'S NOT WHAT HE'S DOING IS THE LOCATION AND IF YOU LOOK AT IT AND EXAMINE IT, AND LIKE I SPOKE WITH HIM ABOUT, I THINK THE CITY OF GARLAND AND. IF THEY DID THE RESEARCH, THEY WOULD FIND THAT YOU COULD STILL FIND A FACILITY THAT COULD DO JUST WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO. AND PROVIDE THE SAME. AMOUNT. OF AND HE NEED FOR HIS FACILITY. 50. CLIPPERS TO SEE THAT HE COULD PROBABLY FIND JUST GOOD FACILITY IN THE DO JUST WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO IN ANOTHER LOCATION. THANK YOU. THANKS SIR. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CECILIA WIN.

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HELLO. GOOD EVENING, MA'AM. MY NAME IS CECILIA WIN AND DAILY. THE ADDRESSES DARK, WANT TEMPLE BUDDHIST MEDITATION ASSOCIATION INC. 35 36 NORTH GARLAND. AND ZIP LOADS. 7504. ZERO YES, THANK YOU. AND I'M HERE TO OPPOSE TO THE GUARDIAN OPENING BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE TEMPLE AND LIKE YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE ABOUT 2000 PEOPLE COMING TO THE TEMPLE. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF FAMILIES, CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY YOUNG CHILDREN FOR THE SCHOOL ON SUNDAY, AND, UH, THE MEANING OF THE OPENING IS GOOD, BUT NOT THAT LOCATION OPPOSED TO THE LOCATION. YES AGAIN. SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TO WIN FROM THE DELL KWAN TEMPLE.

WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE. I AM THE ONE. OH, WELL, THE COURT T U E. OKAY HANG ON ONE SECOND, WE SEEM TO HAVE TH HEY. ANYWAY THAT WHERE. SWEAT. YEAH HE JUST HE JUST SPOKE FOR HIM. OKAY OKAY.

VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD LIGHTING. OKAY YEAH, OKAY. DOESN'T HAVE HER NAME ON HERE, SIR. BUT SHE WANTS TO SPEAK. OKAY OKAY. WELL, I'LL NEED YOU TO SIT DOWN FOR IT WILL HOLD ON FOR JUST A SECOND.

MADAM SECRETARY. IF YOU COULD GET COLOR. NEXT SPEAKER WILL GET HER A SPEAKER CAR AND I THINK SHE'S GOT ONE IN YOUR HAND, BUT LAURA FORM TREND. BUT EVEN IN MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN , MY NAME IS LAURA FUNCTION AND I'M RETIRED 40 TO ATTEND STRONG CASTLE DRY IN TEXAS 75044 MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN NORTH LIKE RIGHT AT WAGON WHEEL, RIGHT WALKING DISTANCE WITH THIS CENTER, BUT DOWN THE STREET AND I'M SPEAKING AGAINST THE OPEN THAT FACILITY BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT DIRECTLY TOO MANY NEIGHBORHOOD BUT IT'S LIKE WALKING DISTANCE AND THE REASON I OPPOSE IS BECAUSE THE LOCATION IS VERY TO THE. TOO. SCHOOL TOO YOUNG CHILDREN TO CHURCH TEMPLE AND, YOU KNOW, UM AND WHAT THEY DO IT GOOD. BUT UM, WE DON'T LIKE BEING ON LOCATION BECAUSE IT'S NOT. WE CANNOT TAKE A CHANGE TO BE A TESTING LOCATION BECAUSE ONE DISPLAY THAT WILL BE FOR 30 YEARS NOT JUST LIKE ONE OR TWO YEARS OR, YOU KNOW, JUST TESTING TROUT HARM LIKE THAT. SO UM UM AGAINST THAT FIRST BECAUSE THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY AND SECONDLY IS BECAUSE, UM, I FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BE DISMISSAL. THE UM UM VALUE OF THE PROPERTY THERE SO THEREFORE WE DO THE REVEREND TECH REVENUE. UM SO I MEAN, LIKE, IF PEOPLE HAVE A CHOICE, THEY WANT TO MOVE FAR AWAY FROM THE CENTRAL LIKE THAT. I MEAN WHAT THEY DO GOOD, BUT I EXPECT THEM TO BE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS FAR, FAR FROM THE RESIDENT. UM SO BECAUSE I READ ON WHAT THEY DO THEY HAVE INSTITUTION TO LET ME LIKE SOMEONE LIKE NOT REALLY, UM LIKE WILLINGLY TO DO THE PROGRAM. UM SO I, UM. NOT AGREED FOR THEM TO OPEN THAT THAT LOCATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. WE CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. MARIA MAY. GOOD EVENING. GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. EVENING MY NAME IS MARIA. MAY I LIVE AT 24 41 KIMBERLY DR GARLAND, TEXAS. UM THIS IS THE FIRST TIME TONIGHT THAT I HEARD ABOUT THIS PROJECT , SO THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY IS THAT I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AGAINST THE GUARDIAN RECOVERED IN NETWORK SERVICES. I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THEM. HOWEVER I AM AGAINST THIS PROJECT BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION WHERE THEY ARE PLANNING TO SIT. UM THESE LOCATION THAT THEY HAVE CHOSE IS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH I DON'T THINK IS HEALTHY FOR ANYBODY

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KNOW FOR THE PROPERTY VALUES, NOT FOR THE FAMILIES FOR THE CHILDREN. UM IT'S VERY CLOSE TO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL IS ALMOST ACROSS THE STREET FROM WINTER'S PARK. WHAT A LOT OF KIDS AND PARENTS MEET ALMOST EVERY DAY TO FOREST SOCKET PRACTICE BASEBALL PRACTICE, WHATEVER. AND ON THE WEEKEND SPORTS THEY PUT IN GAMES OR WHATEVER. SO IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SOMETHING POSITIVE FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND EVEN THE CITY AND ALSO I THINK I THINK THE FACILITY SHOULD CHOOSE ANOTHER. PLACES IF THEY WANT TO SIT IN THE CITY OF IRELAND. THERE ARE A LOT OF EMPTY LOTS IN THIS GOOD OF IRELAND. PROBABLY IT WILL. THEY WILL BENEFIT MORE FROM THIS PROJECT. AND I HAVE HERE FROM PROFESSIONALS THAT SAYS THAT PATIENTS WILL BENEFIT. UM ABOUT MORE OF THIS KIND OF FACILITIES . IF THEY ARE OUT OF THE CITY, THEY ARE LIKE MORE CLOSE TO NATURE, USUALLY GOOD FACILITIES ARE NICER FACILITIES IS LIKE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE WHERE YOU ARE CLOSE TO NATURE, WHICH IS VERY GOOD FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE BECAUSE THEY PROBABLY CAN HAVE MORE PEACE. THEY HAVE MORE THAN YOU KNOW. LIKE I SAY, NATURE THEY HAVE FRESH AIR. IT'S GOING TO BE HEALTHIER FOR EVERYBODY, BUT HERE CLOSE TO TRAFFIC SCHOOLS. UM I DON'T THINK IS NOT GOING TO WORK. I MEAN, I DON'T LIVE LIKE CLOSE TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD PER SE, BUT I AM BY WINTER'S PARK, AND I AM LIKE I SAY, I AM. I DON'T AGREE WITH THIS PROJECT. I'M THINKING THAT IF THE CITY OF GARLAND HAS FUNDS TO INVEST WILL BE BETTER TO BE REINVESTED INTO EXISTING FACILITIES. THAT ALREADY HAS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THE LAST SPEAKER CARD I HAVE IS FOR CHANTAL WIN. MAN IF HE GIVES YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD PLACE, AND I'M REPRESENT FOR THE MOTHER OF PERPETUAL HEALTH 21 21 WEST, A POLO ROAD AS A PASTORAL MINISTRY COUNCIL REPRESENT THE CHURCH WITH 4000 PEOPLE THAT'S COMING TO THE CITY OF GARLAND EACH WEEKEND, AND THAT'S NOT THAT'S JUST WEEKEND BUT WEEKDAY AS WELL. WE HAVE A LOT OF, UM PARISHIONERS. FROM OTHER CITY PLAN OF FISCAL UM ALAN? AUTHORS SURROUNDING AREA THAT COME TO THE CITY OF GARLAND BECAUSE THEY WANT THEIR CHILDREN TO GO TO THE CHURCH. AND I'M SURE ALSO AS WELL AS THE TEMPLE. WE HAVE A LARGE COMMUNITY VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY AND I HOPE THAT YOU ARE COMPASSIONATE ENOUGH TO HEAR ARM MINORITY VOICE. TO HEAR THE REPRESENT THE PEOPLE HERE. THAT. YOU KNOW, HAVING THE GUARDIAN ANGEL IS GOOD. IT'S A GOOD CAUSE. WE'RE NOT TOTALLY AGAINST IT. IT'S A GOOD BUT WE HAVE A MAJOR. WE HAVE A MAJOR DRUG ISSUES HERE IN THE UNITED STATES ARE CHILDREN IS OUR FUTURE. WE NEED TO PROTECT THEM. WE HAVE A SOCCER FIELD. WE HAVE THE TEMPLE. WE HAD THE LIBRARY. KIDS ARE WALKING HOME FROM SCHOOL. THE CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE. OUR TARGET. PLEASE. HAVE A COMPASSION HEART. AND PROTECT OUR CHILDREN AS A MOTHER AS A SCHOOL TEACHERS, OR AS YOU KNOW, COMING INTO CITY OF CALLING TO HAVE MY KIDS ATTEND THE CHURCH HERE. WE WOULD LIKE TO YOU KNOW FOR YOU TO RECONSIDER. A DIFFERENT ZONING FOR GUARDIAN ANGEL. YEAH, BUT YES, LEAVE THE COMMUNITY BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY. THE LIBRARY, THE TEMPLE THAT NOTES IN HOME THE CHURCH.

PROTECT THE RESIDENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. AND JUST LAST SPEAKER, MARY LEMAY. VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU. FOR SPEAKING THIS EVENING. THAT WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER. AND NORMALLY AT THIS POINT, WE WOULD GIVE THE APPLICANT UH FEW MINUTES FOR REBUTTAL, IF NECESSARY, IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THAT TIME WILL OFFER THAT NOW. MAXWELL I'LL OFFER YOU GET, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY FIVE MINUTES REBUTTAL . I THINK I THINK YOU'VE YOU'VE HEARD THESE COMMENTS AT OTHER MEETINGS, SO I'LL GIVE YOU THE MOMENT. I'M GONNA TAKE LONG AND I'LL LET JOSH FINISH UP. IF YOU DON'T IF YOU DON'T MIND. UM SO YOU KNOW, JUST REACT TO REHASH.

THIS WILL BE A REPUTABLE FACILITY. IT WILL ALL BE INTERNALIZED MEANING? UM. JUST

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BECAUSE IT'S VOLUNTARY DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU CAN JUST GO OUTSIDE ANYTIME YOU WANT. UM THE FACILITY SETS UP REALLY WELL FOR PATIENTS AND THAT PATIENTS ARE THAT ARE THERE CANNOT JUST WALK OUTSIDE OF THE EXTERIOR WALLS OR DOORS. UM, THEY WILL BE INSIDE. AH CHECKED IN OR THEY'LL GO TO THE INTERIOR COURTYARD, SO IT'S CONTROLLED ACCESS, SO THERE'S NO LOITERING. UM, THERE WOULDN'T BE THE ONLY TIME PEOPLE YOU WOULD YOU WOULD SEE ANYONE GOING AROUND IS WHEN THEY'RE CHECKING IN, AND WHEN THEY'RE CHECKING OUT, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE THERE FOR SEVERAL DAYS, UM THERE'S NO OUTPATIENT SERVICES. UM SOME OF THESE FACILITIES HAVE OUTPATIENT SERVICES WHERE YOU HAVE PEOPLE COMING AND GOING ALL DAY LONG, LIKE A MEDICAL CLINIC. UM THAT'S NOT THIS KIND OF FACILITY. THIS IS MORE RESIDENTIAL NATURE. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE STAYING FOR OVER 20 DAYS. SO THE INTENSITY OF WHAT YOU HEAR FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE WHAT YOU WOULD HEAR IF WE WERE PROPOSING , UM AND UNINTENDED CAR WASH OR A LIQUOR STORE OR GAS STATION WHERE YOU DO HAVE LOITERING ISSUES AT TIMES. UM AND THAT'S JUST NOT NOT PART OF THE NATURE OF THIS REQUEST REQUEST. UM I THINK I THINK THAT'S IT. I'LL LET JOSH WRAP UP AND ADDRESS A FEW YEARS. QUESTIONS I YOU KNOW, I WOULD ASK THE COUNCIL TO REALLY LOOK AT THE MERITS OF THIS REQUEST AND THE COMPATIBILITY OF THE AREA. WE FEEL LIKE IT'S A WE CAN CONTROL.

THE FACILITY BECAUSE IT'S WORKED ELSEWHERE AND HAS BEEN THE COMPATIBLE AUDITION TO THOSE COMMUNITIES. THANKS. THANKS. YEAH A COUPLE OF THE NOTES THAT I HAD, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CONCERNS WAS ONE OF ONE OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE NEARNESS TO THE RESIDENTS, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN THE BINDER THAT I PROVIDED YOU GUYS HAVE THE PROPERTY VALUE ANALYSIS THAT WE DID, UH, FOLLOWING, UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE DISTRICT SEVEN COMMUNITY MEETING. THREE OF THE FIVE PROGRAMS THAT ARE IN THAT BINDER ALL HAVE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT ARE BUT THE PROPERTY NOT NEARBY, NOT 100 YARDS, 100 FT AWAY, NOT ACROSS THE STREET BUT ACTUALLY SHARE A PROPERTY BOUNDARY. UM AND THOSE HOUSES HAVE NOT BEEN ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY OUR USE. UM AND THE OTHER QUESTION OF ALTERNATIVE LOCATIONS LIKE THE SUGGESTION THAT YOU KNOW WE GO LOOK AT, UM , EMPTY GREEN SPACE SOMEWHERE. THE THAT DOESN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE NEEDS THAT GUARDIAN HAS WHEN WE FIND A BUILDING THAT HAS THE APPROPRIATE SIZE, THE CURRENT BUILD OUT THE REPLACEMENT COSTS OF THIS BUILDING, EVEN IF YOU CALCULATE CONSTRUCTION OF $200, A FOOT WOULD BE $15 MILLION, AND THAT IS. THAT BECOMES. UNVIABLE FOR US ECONOMICALLY. AND WHEN WE FIND A BUILDING THAT IS THAT IS ON ITS FORMER USER THAT HAS FAILED AT THEIR USE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE A BUILDING AND A RATE THAT IS AFFORDABLE THAT ALLOWS US TO PRICE OUR SERVICES AT A MORE AFFORDABLE RATE. UM AND THERE ARE SIMPLY NOT 75,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDINGS WITH INTERIOR COURTYARDS. ROOMS BUILT OUT WITH IN SUITE BATHROOMS, NURSING STATIONS, GROUP ROOMS AND COMMUNITY AREAS INSIDE OF A BUILDING THAT REALLY JUST TAKES SOME MILDER INNOVATIONS FOR US, WHICH WOULD STILL BE A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT BUT TO FIND AN ALTERNATE LOCATION, UM BELIEVE ME, WE'D LOVE TO. I'D LOVE TO FIND A LOCATION. THIS IS THE I'LL CLOSE WITH THIS. UM THE STATEMENT OF YOU KNOW? THAT A FEW PEOPLE MADE THIS EVENING THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GOOD OPERATORS. UM AND I WANT TO JUST RECIPROCATE THAT BY SAYING , YOU KNOW, I GENUINELY BELIEVE THAT THESE ARE WONDERFUL PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE JUST AFRAID. BUT THE IDEA THAT JUST DO IT SOMEWHERE ELSE. WHAT ABOUT THOSE NEIGHBORS LIKE IF OUR USES GOOD? BUT JUST NOT HERE BECAUSE OF. BECAUSE THESE NEIGHBORS DON'T WANT IT AND THE REALITY IS IF WE WERE IN AN OPERATING THERE WOULD BE A HARMONIOUS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UM PATIENTS AREN'T SEEN CHILDREN. ON NEIGHBORING STREETS AREN'T IN DANGER. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, SIR.

COUNCIL, OBVIOUSLY, UM WE HAVE. WE HAVE HEARD PRESENTATIONS FROM STAFF FROM THE APPLICANT AND

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QUITE A BIT OF COMMUNITY RESPONSE. I DON'T HAVE ANYONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. COUNCILOR HEDRICK TWO SENIOR DISTRICT, SIR. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR, AND I WANT TO ALSO THANK EVERYONE WHO'S COME OUT TO SPEAK. NOT ONLY AT TONIGHT'S MEETING, BUT TOWN HALL MEETING THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING AND THE VARIOUS OTHER MEETINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HELD. THIS CERTAINLY HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT CASES I'VE HAD ON PLAN COMMISSION AND WHILE I'VE BEEN ON CITY COUNCIL AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THIS NEED IS GREATLY NEEDED. THIS USER ISRAELI NEEDED OUR REGION, OUR CITY, BUT I'VE ALSO HEARD THE OUTCRY THE CONSTITUENTS AND THAT BEING SAID, I MOVED TO THE DYE, THE PD AMENDMENT AND THE SPECIAL USE PROVISIONS REQUEST.

PROMOTION BY COUNCILOR HEDRICK TO DENY THAT WOULD BE FOR ITEMS . EIGHT A AND EIGHT B. CORRECT YES, SIR. MOTION TO DENY AND I HEARD A SECOND SOMEWHERE OVER HERE ON THIS COUNSELOR MORE AGAIN COUNCIL. THE MOTION IS TO DENY FOR ITEMS EIGHT A AND EIGHT B. MADAM SECRETARY. THE VOTE FOR US, PLEASE. UH, THAT'S NOT A GOOD SIGN. THERE WE GO. AND DISPLAY THE VOTE. OKAY LET THE RECORD REFLECT COUNSELOR MORE INTENDED TO VOTE YES, ON THE DENIAL, SO THE DENIAL IS UNANIMOUS. MS BEAR. GO AHEAD, SIR. I ALSO MOVED TO DENY THE DETAILED PLAN BECAUSE IT DOES NOT MEET THE TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE INTENDED USE OF IT NOT BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE UNDERLYING ZONING DESIGNATION. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNSELING RHETORIC IS SECOND BY COUNCILOR REVERE TO DENY THE DETAILED PLAN. THAT WOULD BE ITEM EIGHT C. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. MADAM SECRETARY PRAYER THE VOTE FOR US, PLEASE. AND AGAIN, THE MOTION IS TO DENY. AND DISPLAY THE VOTE. AND THE MOTION FOR DENIAL IS UNANIMOUS. MR SCOTT.

THANK YOU FOR THE TIME THAT YOU HAVE PUT INTO THIS PROPOSAL, MASTER PLAN. THANK YOU KNOW AH.

IT HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT CASE FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR GOALS AND YOUR MISSION. NOW TO THE NEIGHBORS. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING DOWN HERE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU. TO KEEP COMING DOWN HERE. OKAY? IT'S VERY EASY TO GET INVOLVED WHEN THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T LIKE. IT'S VERY EASY TO GET INVOLVED WHEN THERE'S SOMETHING YOU OPPOSE. BUT I'LL TELL YOU, IT HAPPENS A LOT. PEOPLE WILL GET INVOLVED IN SOMETHING BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIKE IT. AND THE DECISION WILL BE MADE AND WE NEVER SEE THEM AGAIN. AND I HOPE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN. IN THIS CASE. AND YOU'VE GOT TO NEIGHBORHOODS. THAT ARE DIVIDED BY A STREET AND I HOPE THAT THAT STREET IS THE ONLY THING DIVIDING YOU FROM NOW ON. I HOPE THIS IS BROUGHT YOU TOGETHER. I HOPE IT IS SHOWN YOU WHAT YOU CAN DO TOGETHER, AND I ALSO HOPE THAT YOU ARE COMFORTABLE NOW WITH YOUR CITY COUNCIL. OKAY SO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING DOWN. I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS THAT YOU PUT INTO THAT, UM AND I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WOULD TAKE THE SIGNS DOWN THAT HAVE MY PHONE NUMBER ON THEM. IF YOU COULD DO THAT FOR ME TONIGHT, I WOULD CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL I REALIZE WE ARE LONG PAST OUR NORMAL TIME WHEN WE TAKE A RECESS, BUT I HAVE A FARM FEELING THAT WE ARE ON THE DOWNHILL SIDE OF THIS AGENDA. SO WE ARE GOING TO PLOW ON. THAT BRINGS US TO GOING TO SAY ITEM

[8D. Consider amending Section 2.52, “Special Standards for Certain Uses,” Section 6.03, “Definitions,” and Table 7-1 “Downtown District Land Use Matrix,” of Section 7.06 of the Garland Development Code, regarding Mobile Food Truck Parks.]

EIGHT D CONSIDER AMENDING SECTION 2.52 SPECIAL STANDARDS FOR CERTAIN USES SECTION 6.3.

DEFINITIONS AND TABLE 7-1 DOWNTOWN DISTRICT LAND USE MATRIX OF SECTION 7.6 OF THE GARLAND DEVELOPMENT CODE REGARDING MOBILE FOOD TRUCK PARKS. MR GARRETT, I HAVE A LOT OF FAITH IN YOU, SIR. MAKE IT QUICK. MY ON HERE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? OK YES, SIR. GO AHEAD

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COUNCIL. SO THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE GARLAND DEVELOPMENT CODE REGARDING MOBILE FOOD TRUCKS AST IS AS YOU MAY RECALL, THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED, ADDING, THIS IS A LANE USE MATRIX OR INTO THE LAND USE MATRIX INTO THE GARLAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AS IT IS CURRENTLY NOT DEFINED WHEN USE ANYWHERE IN THE G D. C SO JUST AS KICK THINGS OFF, THESE ARE JUST SOME PHOTOGRAPHIC EXAMPLES IN THE DALLAS FORT WORTH REGION OF SOME MOBILE FOOD TRUCK PARKS, WHERE IT'S KIND OF MORE OF A PERMANENT LAND USE TYPE WHERE THE TRUCKS ARE THERE TO STAY.

THERE'S OFTENTIMES OUTDOOR SEATING AND THE LIKE. THE PROPOSED DEFINITION HAS DRAFTED BY THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. MOBILE FOOD TRUCK PARK IS A FIXED COMMERCIAL LOCATION AND PERMANENT DEVELOPMENT DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE MOBILE FOOD PREPARATION VEHICLES OFFERING FOOD AND BEVERAGES FOR SALE TO THE PUBLIC AS THE PRIMARY USE OF LAND. SO IN THE DRAFT ORDINANCE , THESE WOULD BE ALLOWED BY S U P ONLY SO IN THE ZONING DISTRICTS WHERE THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE, IT WOULD BE BY SCP ONLY SO THESE WOULD COME THROUGH. THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION. CITY COUNCIL TO REVIEW ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS THEIR ZONING DISTRICTS WHERE THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED BY S. U P R COMMUNITY RETAIL LIKE COMMERCIAL HEAVY COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL, URBAN BUSINESS AND ALL OF THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICTS, EXCEPT FOR IN TOWN RESIDENTIAL THEY WOULD REQUIRE PERMANENT RESTROOM ON SITE WITH HAND SINKS AND FLUSHABLE TOILETS. HOURS OF OPERATION PROPOSED WOULD BE BETWEEN SIX A.M. AND 11. P.M. VEHICLES MUST BE PARKED ON AN APPROVED SURFACE AS DEFINED BY THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, AND ANY DUMPSTERS ON SITE MUST BE SCREENED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE G D. C SECTION 4.5. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. AND THE PLANE COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AS WELL WITH THE 7 TO 0 VOTE. THEY HAD SOME ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS AND CONSIDERATIONS ALL KIND OF RUN THROUGH THOSE ONE WAS TO CONSIDER EXPANDED WEEKEND HOURS FOR THIS USE, SUCH AS TO ONE A.M. THEY ASKED AFTER REVIEW RESTROOMS AND PROPORTION TO THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES AND PATRONS ON SITE. I SPOKE WITH MR VAN HORN AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND WE KIND OF AMENDED THE ORDINANCE TO REFER TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCE SECTION THAT THEN REFERS TO THE BUILDING AND PLUMBING CODE, WHICH HAS THAT BUILT IN PLACE, SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE BUILDING OFFICIAL AND HER STAFF WOULD HAVE THE CHANCE TO REVIEW AND MAKE SURE THE ADEQUATE NUMBER OF RESTROOMS ARE PROVIDED AS, UM THESE REQUESTS COME THROUGH.

REVIEW THE TRIGGER REQUIREMENT FOR DUMPSTERS. UM DUMPSTERS KIND OF A RESPONSE TO THAT DUMPSTERS ARE NOT NECESSARILY REQUIRED ON SITE. APPLICANTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE SANITATION DEPARTMENT IS IN SOME CASES AND 90 GALLON CART MAY WORK DEPENDING ON THE JUST SCALE OF THE SITE AND HOW, UM HOW MUCH, UM REFUSE IS ANTICIPATED. BUT WHEN A DUMPSTER WOULD BE PROVIDED, THAT MUST BE, UM, THAT LOCATION MUST BE IN PLACE AND SHOWN ACCORDINGLY. REVIEW THE TYPES OF VEHICLES ALLOWED. WE MADE SURE IN THE ORDINANCE THAT THE, UM MOBILE FOOD TRUCK PARKS ARE SPECIFIC TO THE MOBILE FOOD PREPARATION VEHICLES, AS OPPOSED TO FOOD UNITS, WHICH WOULD OPEN UP THE CARTS, PUSHCARTS AND THE LIKE, SO THIS WOULD BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL VEHICLES WHERE IT'S THE FOOD IS PREPARED REVIEW S U P REQUIREMENTS BY OTHER CITIES. THIS WAS REVIEWED ACTUALLY IN THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE DISCUSSIONS. SOME CITIES REQUIRES UPS. OTHERS THERE'S ALLOWING MY RIGHT. THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED S UPS AND CONSIDER LIVE MUSIC ALLOWANCES. UM THERE WAS A REFERENCE TO THE COLONY, WHICH HAS A FOOD TRUCK PARKED WITH LIVE MUSIC THAT WAS THROUGH A PARTICULAR PD. IN THAT INSTANCE THERE'S NOTHING REALLY THAT WOULD PROHIBIT LIVE MUSIC AND THIS ORDINANCE THAT WOULD JUST BE PRESENTED THROUGHOUT. UM S U P ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. SO UM, WITH THAT MAYOR, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

VERY GOOD. AND, UH, YES, WE DID . LOOK AT THIS. DON'T KNOW WHATEVER IT WAS A MONTH AGO.

LOST TRACK OF TIME. UM ANYBODY HAVE ANY ANY ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM? NO QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. CANCER LIKE. IF WE WERE TO EXTEND THE WEEKEND HOURS WITH THEIR BE A WAY TO MAYBE RESTRICT THAT TO FOOD TRUCK PARKS THAT ARE LOCATED CLOSE TO A NEIGHBORHOOD SO THAT IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BOTHER THE NEIGHBORHOOD LATE COULD BE POSSIBLE. WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO WORK SOME LANGUAGE ON A DISTANCE MINIMUM DISTANCE REQUIREMENT FROM RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, SO THAT COULD PERHAPS BE THE EXCEPTION TO THAT, UM, WE CAN OUR EXTENSION YEAH. GOOD WORK WITH THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ON THAT LANGUAGE. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE

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SOMETHING LIKE THAT. OKAY, MR CITY ATTORNEY. SO THAT'S CERTAINLY POSSIBLE. WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET AN UP DOWN FROM EVERYBODY, IF THAT'S WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO INCLUDE IN THE FINAL ORDINANCE. BUT DO YOU FEEL LIKE WE CAN PUT THAT TOGETHER? THAT'S EASY. YES, SIR.

ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. I LIKE EASY. CUSTOMER, WILLIAMS. ANOTHER EASY ONE. UM. LOOKING AT THE COMMENT. WHAT DO THEY MEAN? REVIEW TYPES OF VEHICLES ALLOWED? YES SIR. THERE WAS THERE WAS A QUESTION. UM, IT DIDN'T REALLY HAVE THE ANSWER ON THE SPOT DURING THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING. IT WAS WHAT ? WHAT IS A FOOD TRUCK? WHAT'S THE DEFINITION AND UNDERSTAND THAT WENT THROUGH THE COUNCIL RECENTLY FOR INDIVIDUAL FOOD TRUCKS, SO WE WENT BACK AND MADE SURE THE ORDINANCE AS FAR AS WHAT? WHAT WE MEAN BY FOOD TRUCKS AS IT PERTAINS TO FOOD TRIP PARKS. WE MADE SURE THAT IS SPECIFIC TO FOOD TRUCK PREPARATION VEHICLES AS OPPOSED TO. THERE'S ANOTHER DEFINITION OUT THERE FOR MOBILE FOOD UNITS . I BELIEVE IT'S CALLED MOON MOBILE FOOD TRUCK UNITS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHERE THAT OPENS IT UP TO FOOD, PUSHCARTS AND ALL TYPES OF VEHICLES THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE A MOTOR. SO THAT IS NOT THE CASE HERE. THIS IS SPECIFIC TO ACTUAL FOOD TRUCKS WHERE FOOD IS PREPARED THERE. THEY HAVE. YEAH MOTORS, AND THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO BE MOVED IN AND OUT THAT BICYCLES WITH COURTS AND ALL THAT, CORRECT. YES, SIR. I JUST WANTED TO BE BE SURE. EXACTLY WHAT WHAT THEY MEANT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MAYOR ER I HAVE NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE AT THIS POINT, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE HEDRICK. I KNOW, UH, AS FAR AS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UM. I WOULD LIKE TO AS FAR AS THE AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SUGGESTED. DO YOU FEEL THAT THAT IS IN LINE WITH THE COMMITTEE'S DISCUSSION? GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION IN THE COUNCIL LADY ABOUT DISTANCE REQUIREMENT AND OURS. GO AHEAD, SIR. GO AHEAD WITH YOUR IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, GO AHEAD AND ASK IT, PLEASE. WHAT ARE YOUR INTENDED HOURS AND DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS. UM. THE INTENDED DISTANCE REQUIREMENT, I WOULD THINK AROUND 100 50 FT, UM. WHATEVER IT WOULD TAKE TO REDUCE NOISE. THAT'S REALLY MY MAIN CONCERN IS HAVING NOISE AROUND THE RESIDENTIAL AREA AND ONE O'CLOCK AM THAT SUGGESTED TIME FROM THE PLAN COMMISSION. AND IS THAT 150 FT. FROM PROPERTY LINE TO PROPERTY LINE. YES. OKAY WE ARE IN OUR COMMITTEE. WE DIDN'T DISCUSS THIS, BUT I'M BUYING WITH IT WITH THE HAVING THESE AMENDMENTS. I THINK THAT THAT WEEKEND HOURS IS I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITHIN THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENT IS MINIMAL. SO I'M FINE WITH THAT. THOSE AMENDMENTS VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, SIR. WITH THAT. I BELIEVE WE HAVE CLEARED THE Q ON THIS SIDE. UM, AND LOOK FOR A MOTION. FROM SOMEBODY. ANYBODY GOOD COUNCIL MEMBER RHETORIC. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. I MOVED TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE WITH THE AMENDMENTS. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILOR HEDRICK SECOND BY COUNCILOR LUCK TO APPROVE THE TWO TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE WITH THE AMENDMENTS AS DISCUSSED. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. MADAM SECRETARY. PRESIDENT VOTE FOR US, PLEASE. AND DISPLAY THE VOTE. THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU THAT

[9. Consider appointments to Boards and Commissions.]

MOVES US TO ITEM. NINE CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. MAYOR PRO TIM MORRIS. I BELIEVE YOU HAVE SOME FORESTS. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MAYOR. YEAH, I WAS SCROLLING BACK TO GET TO MY LIST. SO, UM YES, MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO APPOINT , UM THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS TO THE FOLLOWING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. ISAAC ABU TO THE COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION, DAPHNE DEAN TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD, MICHAEL DEEGAN TO THE LIBRARY BOARD JONATHAN FERGUSON TO PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD. JULIUS JENKINS TO THE PLAN COMMISSION, JOHN SPENCER TO THE PROPERTY STANDARDS BOARD AND JOHN BALL TO THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING NUMBER TWO SOUTH BOARD , THE LONGEST NAMED ABOARD VERY GOOD COUNSEL. YOU'VE HEARD THE NOMINATIONS. BY MAYOR PRO TIM MORRIS. UH MADAM SECRETARY. IF YOU COMPARE THE VOTE FOR US, PLEASE. I BET IT'S GONNA ASK FOR A SECOND AGAIN, ISN'T IT? COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK, WE'LL LOOK, WE'LL DO THAT. OKAY? ALL RIGHT, GET UP, SORT OF. ALRIGHT COUNSEL, PLEASE VOTE QUICKLY.

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DISPLAY THE VOTE. THOSE NOMINATIONS ARE APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. THAT

[10. Citizen comments.]

BRINGS US TO ITEM 10 CITIZEN COMMENTS PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS ISSUES NOT ON THE AGENDA MAY HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AT THIS TIME COUNCILORS PROHIBITED FROM DISCUSSING ANY ITEM NOT POSTED, ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AT THIS TIME? I HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS ON THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. HMM. ALRIGHT SAYING NO ONE FORWARD THAT IS THAT WAS THE LAST ITEM ITEM. 11 IS ADJOURNMENT. SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AT NINE O'CLOCK ON THE DOT WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.