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          IT IS 12 AFTER 
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12. 
          AND SO 
          [Downtown Area Tax Increment Finance Board on July 27, 2022.]
WE WILL CONVENE THE TIF BOARD MEETING A BOARD AREA. 
          ONE, I THINK IS WHAT OUR TITLE IS, WHERE TIF ONE, UM, UH, DOWNTOWN AREA ANYWAY. 
          UM, AND IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETING TO MO UH, TWO MEETINGS AGO WAS MADE BY AN INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS NOT ON THE BOARD. 
          SO, UM, I'LL, I'LL MAINTAIN, UH, OR HEAR A, A MOTION FROM A BOARD MEMBER TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES AND THEN WE WILL READ, OR WE GET STARTED UP. 
          WE ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE A CORUM TODAY. 
          I WAS ASKING. 
          SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WE'LL WE CAN CONTINUE THE MEETING IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE, JUST TO GO OVER THE PRESENTATION AND GIVE THE INFORMATION SO THAT SINCE Y'ALL ARE HERE, WE HAVE LUNCH, BUT AS FAR AS ANY ACTIONABLE ITEMS, WE'LL JUST NEED TO HOLD OFF UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT'S WHY I KNOW ONE INDIVIDUAL IS NOT HERE TODAY BECAUSE SHE HAS A FAMILY MEDICAL EMERGENCY. 
          SO, UM, DRAIN THAT IN MOTION. 
          WELL, I HAVE TO TAKE THAT UP LATER, BUT EVERYBODY'S GOOD WITH HEARING THE UPDATES WE'RE HERE. 
          WE'RE HERE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WE'LL STILL DO THE FUN PART. 
          UH, SO MOVING ON, AS WE TYPICALLY DO, JUST TO AN UPDATE ON EXISTING PROJECTS IN DOWNTOWN, SO UNDER MANAGED DISTRICT SERVICES, UM, TO UPDATE THE BOARD ON SOME THINGS THAT ARE UNDERWAY. 
          SO AS CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES TO PROGRESS, EDO IS FOCUSED ON TRULY ACTIVATING THE DISTRICT, BOTH IN PERSON AND ONLINE. 
          SO WE HAVE SEVERAL INITIATIVES UNDERWAY AT THE MOMENT. 
          WE UPDATED THE BOARD AT OUR LAST MEETING REGARDING SOME SMALLER, SKILLED BANNERS, UM, ABOUT MID INSTALLATION ON THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE DISTRICT. 
          THOSE BANNERS ARE REPRESENTED HERE, DID COMPLETE THAT INSTALLATION AND ARE NOW, UM, IN PROCESS INSTALLING LARGER SCALE BANNERS, CLOSER TO THE SQUARE AND ON AND ON IT. 
          OUR SMALL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT SERIES, WHICH ORIGINATED FROM THE BOARD'S RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC AS, AS WE INFORMED YOU LAST TIME DID KICK OFF AGAIN, ALL UNDER THE STORYLINE OF REALLY SHARING THE BEHIND THE SCENES DETAILS OF ALL OF OUR BUSINESSES AND BUSINESSES IN DOWNTOWN TO DATE. 
          WE'VE HAD 14 BUSINESSES TO PARTICIPATE. 
          I'D SAY THAT'S ACTUALLY A REALLY HIGH PARTICIPATION RATE GIVEN THAT WE'RE SINKING OUR INVITATION TO THESE BUSINESSES AS THEY'RE IMPACTED BY CONSTRUCTION. 
          WE KICKED OFF A DEMO ART CAMPAIGN PRIOR TO THE STREET SCAPE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG MAIN STREET. 
          SO YOU'LL SEE HERE. 
          UM, THIS PICTURE DEMONSTRATES THE ARTWORK OF A LOCAL ARTISTS CALLED LASSETER WHO'VE. 
          WE WORKED WITHIN DOWNTOWN IN THE PAST. 
          HIS APPROACH TO OUR TEST RUN FOR THE PROGRAM WAS TO CREATE A GIANT COLORING BOOK ALONG THE SIDEWALKS OF A STOREFRONT THAT WILL EVENTUALLY BE DEMOED AND THEN IMPROVED. 
          SO THE APPROACH WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. 
          THE GIANT COLORING BOOK LINE BY BUCKETS OF SIDEWALK, CHALK ENCOURAGED THE PUBLIC JUST TO COME OUT, UM, AND ENGAGE WITH, WITH THE SIDEWALK. 
          THE MAP YOU SEE HERE ILLUSTRATES OUR PHASED APPROACH TO THE REMAINDER OF THE CAMPAIGN. 
          AND WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR NEXT PHASE OF INSTALLATIONS WILL KICK OFF THIS WEEKEND ALONG STATE STREET. 
          ADDITIONALLY, I WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD AND WE'VE, WE'VE VISITED ABOUT THIS PROGRAM IN THE PAST AND THE FORMER AND IT'S PILOT PROGRAM FORM RATHER, BUT WE HAVE OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED THE POCKET PROGRAM. 
          SO THIS IS A PROGRAM IN COLLABORATION WITH THE BUSINESS OWNERS IMMEDIATELY AROUND THE SQUARE, THE, UH, RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNER OR THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY MANAGERS RATHER, UM, OF THE MULTIFAMILY AROUND DOWNTOWN AND THE CITY. 
          SO THOSE BUSINESSES CHOOSING TO PARTICIPATE, HAVE REGISTERED WITH OUR PROGRAM AND HAVE RECEIVED THESE POCKET PROGRAM PERMITS TO PLACE ON THE BACK OF THEIR VEHICLES. 
          AND THAT ALLOWS THEM TO PARK IN PERMITTED AREAS OF THE GARAGE BEHIND CITY HALL. 
          AND THE INTENTION THERE IS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE CREATING A MAXIMUM OPPORTUNITY OR AVAILABILITY, RATHER FOR THAT PRIME REAL ESTATE PARKING FOR CUSTOMERS AND VISITORS OF THE DISTRICT TEAM DOWNTOWN IS AS ENGAGED AS EVER. 
          UH, THE VOLUNTEER BASED CONCIERGE SERVICES PROGRAM HAS, UM, BEEN OUT AND ABOUT AND DOWNTOWN AND, AND ENGAGING WITH VISITORS AS THEY, AS THEY COME INTO THE DISTRICT. 
          I WILL SAY THAT, UH, ANY TIME 
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WE'VE REACHED TEMPERATURES ABOVE A 95 DEGREES, WE'VE ASKED THE VOLUNTEERS NOT TO COME OUT. 
          SO THEY'VE BEEN ON A HOLDING PATTERN THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKENDS IN A ROW. 
          UH, BUT IN THE MEANTIME BEHIND THE SCENES, WE'RE WORKING EFFORTS, AS WELL AS EXPANDING THE PROGRAM WITH THE HOPES OF EVENTUALLY TAKING THESE VOLUNTEERS AND ASKING THEM TO REPRESENT DOWNTOWN AT EVENTS OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT, AND REALLY GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT, UM, DOWNTOWN GARLAND AND FOLLOW UP TO SOME OF THE BOARD'S REQUESTS FROM OUR LAST MEETING. 
          I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT AS CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES TO PROGRESS, WE ARE EVALUATING OR REALLY APPROACHING SOME HOUSEKEEPING INITIATIVES AS FAR AS EVALUATING ORDINANCES THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO DOWNTOWN. 
          AND GIVEN THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE A POLICY RELATED PROJECT, WE'LL BE GETTING IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL JUST AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AT A WORK SESSION AND COMING BACK TO THE BOARD WITH AN UPDATE. 
          SO SOME OF THOSE INITIATIVES OR FOCUS AREAS RATHER INCLUDE RECYCLING AND WASTE SERVICES IN DOWNTOWN, HOW THE RIGHT OF WAY AMENITIES ZONE WILL BE USED IN THESE, UM, LARGER STREETSCAPES AND, UH, PARKING IN GENERAL. 
          SO JUST FOLLOW UP THERE. 
          I DO ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO THE BOARD WITH A MORE DETAILED UPDATE AT OUR NEXT MEETING OVER THE REVITALIZATION PROGRAM. 
          SO, UM, OUR STANDING UPDATE HERE, I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THAT THE PROGRAM HAS DEMONSTRATED TO BE QUITE SUCCESSFUL. 
          WE HAVE REACHED FISCAL CAPACITY AND COMMITTED $500,000 IN PUBLIC FUNDING TO THE PROGRAM. 
          SO THAT EQUATES TO OVER $1.5 MILLION IN REINVESTMENT IN DOWNTOWN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS AND BUSINESS OWNERS, UM, JUST TO RE-INVEST DIRECTLY INTO THE DISTRICT. 
          THIS CHART SUMMARIZES THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN AWARDED UNDER THE CURRENT PROGRAM FUNDING AND THE FOLLOWING SLIDES. 
          WE'LL JUST PROVIDE SOME VISUALS OF PROJECTS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY THAT WILL BE QUICKLY SUBMITTING FOR REIMBURSEMENT. 
          SO 700 MAIN STREET. 
          AND I THINK THE WORD IS OUT. 
          AND IF IT'S NOT, WE'LL SHARE IT WITH YOU AS LIFE AND BAKERY. 
          UM, THIS IS A VERY EXCITING PROJECT, CONVERTING WILD. 
          WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS WILD GRACE INTO, UM, MORE THAN A BAKERY, A BAKERY THAT OFFERS, YOU KNOW, THE OPPORTUNITY TO PICK UP A BIRTH, A BIRTHDAY CAKE FOR AN EMPLOYEE'S BIRTHDAY, OR TO GRAB A BITE FOR BREAKFAST, LUNCH, AND DINNER. 
          UH, THIS PROJECT COMPLETION THIS SUMMER, I'M PRETTY CERTAIN THEY BEGAN WORK ON THE PATIO THIS WEEK. 
          SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT. 
          THIS, UM, BAKERY HAS ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS, ONE IN KAUFMAN, DOWNTOWN KAUFMAN, DOWNTOWN FORNEY, AND I BELIEVE CANTON. 
          UM, SO WE'RE JUST VERY EXCITED IF YOU HAVEN'T STARTED FOLLOWING THEM ON FACEBOOK, MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T. 
          AND THAT WAY YOU WON'T GET AS EXCITED AS WE ARE EVERY DAY. 
          AND THEY'RE GOOD AT PUTTING PICTURES OUT JUST TO KIND OF TEMPT ALL YOUR TASTE BUDS, 500 MAIN STREET, FORMERLY KNOWN AS GARLAND FURNITURE. 
          THIS IS A LARGER SCALE PROJECT THEN SOLELY THE PARTNERSHIP AND THE REVITALIZATION PROGRAM THEY HAVE INITIATED WORK WITH INSIDE, UH, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING. 
          AND THEY JUST RECENTLY DID KICK OFF THE, UM, THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT'S SPECIFIC TO THEIR REVITALIZATION PROGRAM, WHICH FOR THEIR PROJECT WAS ACTUALLY LIMITED TO EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS. 
          SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THAT COME TO FRUITION. 
          THERE'S GOING TO BE THE OWNER IS STILL FINE, FINALIZING HIS TENANTS. 
          SO CURRENTLY HE'S APPROACHES TO, TO RENOVATE THE BUILDING AND PREPARE IT FOR THE IDEAL CANDIDATE, 5 0 7 WEST WAIT WEST WAIT STREET, WEST STATE STREET. 
          AND THIS PROJECT WILL BRING INTRINSICS PATIO, UH, BACK INTO ACTIVE STATUS, MUCH MISSED CATALYSTS ENVIRONMENT OFF OF THE SQUARE BY ADDING A, UM, A ROOFTOP DECK. 
          AND ALSO VERY IMPORTANTLY, BRINGING THE ENTIRE BUILDING UP TO, UM, CODE WITH A, A FIRE SUPPRESSION. 
          SO A SUMMARY THEN OF OUR ENHANCED SQUARE PROGRAMMING. 
          SO THIS IS WHERE ALL THE PARTY PLANNING SITS, AND THIS IS OUR INITIATIVE, UM, TO REALLY GET THE WORD ABOUT DOWNTOWN GARLAND OUT TO ANYONE AND EVERYONE, AND TO, TO REALLY, UH, GET FEET ON THE STREET AND DOWNTOWN GARLAND. 
          SO JUST A, A GOOD STANDING RECAP. 
          WE'RE STILL RUNNING STRONG WITH OUR THIRSTY THIRD THURSDAY'S CAMPAIGN. 
          SO THIS IS THE EXTENDED HOURS CAMPAIGN ON THE THIRD THURSDAY OF THE MONTH WHERE I'M PARTICIPATING BUSINESSES. 
          I BELIEVE WE HAVE 11 SO FAR, 
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UM, FOR THIS RENT FOR OUR, UM, ROUND THAT WRAPPED UP IN, IN SPRING. 
          THEY REALLY GO ALL OUT AND IT'S ALL ABOUT THEIR, UM, THEIR PARTICIPATION AND HOW THEY MAKE THE EVENT, UH, REALLY SOMETHING TO ENJOY AND LOOK FORWARD TO. 
          WE DID TAKE A, A BREAK FOR THIS MONTH AND NEXT, JUST TO KIND OF GET THROUGH THE SUMMER HEAT AND WE'LL BE KICKING OFF THE THIRD ROUND OF THAT PROGRAM IN SEPTEMBER BAND TOGETHER ON THE SQUARE OF, WE GAVE A SNEAK PEEK OF THIS INITIATIVE TO THE BOARD AT OUR LAST MEETING. 
          AND IT FEELS LIKE THAT MUST'VE BEEN AGES AGO BECAUSE WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH THE PROGRAM. 
          SO THIS IS A DIRECT RESPONSE TO, UM, CONSTRUCTION SURVIVAL IN DOWNTOWN AND ENSURING THAT WE'RE CREATING AN EXPECTATION FOR CRAFTED CURATED, UH, LIVE MUSIC FRIDAY NIGHTS IN DOWNTOWN GARLAND. 
          SO WE'RE ALL PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH 5 0 6 MAIN OTHERWISE KNOWN AS 5 0 6 ART. 
          THAT'S THE VACANT LOT BETWEEN THE FORMER GARLAND FURNITURE BUILDING AND THEN THE FROCK SCENE HERE IN WEIZMANN. 
          UH, OUR PARKS TEAM DID A PHENOMENAL JOB OF JUST COMPLETELY TRANSFORMING THAT SPACE. 
          UH, ADDING A LOT OF COLOR SEATING SHADE DURING THE TEXAS HEAT, UM, AND THEN A STAGE FOR PERFORMANCES. 
          SO THIS IS LIVE MUSIC HAPPENING EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT IN DOWNTOWN GARLAND AND STARTING AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. 
          BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE MESSAGE IS TO STOP IN AT OUR DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES BEFOREHAND, GRAB A BITE, TO EAT, GRAB SOMETHING, TO DRINK, SHOP FOR AN OUTFIT, AND THEN COME AND JOIN US. 
          UM, AT 5 0 6 ART WE'VE HAD SEVERAL BUSINESSES PUT TOGETHER BAND TOGETHER, BUNDLES. 
          WE HOPE THAT MORE WILL BE OPEN TO PARTICIPATING IN THAT REGARD, BUT IT'S JUST THIS CROSS-PROMOTION COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES IN THE CITY. 
          FAIR FAIR ON THE SQUARE. 
          SO THIS IS OUR NOW THIRD YEAR RUNNING FOR THE, UM, SEPTEMBER MONTH LONG CAMPAIGN, UH, WHERE ALL OF OUR DOWNTOWN RESTAURANTS HAVE COME TOGETHER TO GET AS CREATIVE AS POSSIBLE AND DEVELOP DISHES THAT YOU WOULD FIND OUT AT THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS. 
          THIS IS ANOTHER INITIATIVE THAT WAS THE SILVER LINING FROM THE PANDEMIC, UM, AT THE ONSET OF IT AT LEAST, AND HAS JUST BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S MAINTAINED. 
          IT SEEMS LIKE WE JUST WRAPPED UP THIS CAMPAIGN AND WON THE AWARD FOR IT IN NOVEMBER. 
          BUT HERE IT IS, AGAIN, WE'LL BE KICKING THAT OFF. 
          UM, NEXT MONTH, AN URBAN MARKET DDO CONTINUES TO PARTNER WITH URBAN MARKET AND THAT WE ARE SPONSORS IN THEIR FIRST TYPICALLY HUNDRED ITEM GIVEAWAY, UM, FOR THEIR ATTENDEES AND SPECIFICALLY THEME THOSE TO, TO THE MONTH OF THE YEAR. 
          AND THAT'S BEEN A VERY, UM, FUN CAMPAIGN OF IN JULY. 
          WE SPONSORED A HUNDRED WATERMELONS TO THEIR FIRST, UH, FIRST FEW CUSTOMERS. 
          OUR PUBLIC ART UPDATE LOOKS DIFFERENT THAN IT HAS IN THE PAST. 
          UM, YOU MAY BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD BY THE PUBLIC RESTROOMS ON OUR PUBLIC ART SLIDE, BUT JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WE ARE INITIATING THE RFP AND CALL FOR ARTISTS PROPOSAL FOR THE PUBLIC PUBLIC RESTROOMS, GIVEN THAT THAT IS A COMPONENT COMPONENT OF THAT INSTALLATION. 
          UH, WE WANTED TO SHARE A SMALL WIN, OR AS FAR AS IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF OUR PUBLIC ART INITIATIVES IN THE PAST, THE COMMUNITY CHALKBOARD ADDED TO THE 5 0 6 ARTS SPACE WHERE THE BAND TOGETHER SERIES IS HAPPENING. 
          A GREAT PARTNER IN CODY BEDNARZ, WHO WE'VE PARTNERED WITH IN THE PAST FOR DIFFERENT PUBLIC ART INITIATIVES. 
          HE CAME OUT AND DETAILED THE CHALKBOARD AND ACTUALLY, UH, ADDED THE LOGOS OF EXISTING BUSINESSES IN DOWNTOWN THAT ARE TENANTS OF THE PROPERTY OWNER OF THE BUILDING THAT'S BEING RENOVATED AND AS WELL FEATURE HIS, ONE OF HIS INTENDED, UM, CANDIDATES FOR THAT SPACE. 
          AND ADDITIONALLY, AS FAR AS PUBLIC ART, WE ARE REVIEWING BEST PRACTICES FOR OUR PROPOSED MURAL PROGRAM. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'LL SEE WHEN WE, UM, GIVE YOU AN UPDATE HERE IN A FEW SLIDES REGARDING OUR FYI 23 BUDGET PROPOSALS. 
          THE INTENTION FOR THE MURAL PROGRAM IS TO PARTNER WITH PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS AND HAVE A CAMPAIGN TO UNIFY THE DISTRICT THROUGH MURAL INSTALLATIONS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, DOWNTOWN AREA IMPROVEMENTS. 
          SO THIS IS, UM, OUR, OUR BIG, OUR BIG PROJECT UNDERWAY AT THE MOMENT. 
          SO WE ARE CURRENTLY IN PHASE TWO OF THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE REDESIGN AND STREET ENHANCEMENTS PROGRAM. 
          THIS VISUAL REPRESENTS THE WORK IMMEDIATELY IMPACTING SQUARE. 
          SO KEEP IN MIND THAT AROUND THE SQUARE, THIS IS WHERE YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE, UM, CONSTRUCTION TAKING PLACE ON THE STREETS FOR LACK OF A BETTER DESCRIPTION, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE 
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GOING UNDERGROUND AND REPLACING ALL THOSE UNDERGROUND UTILITIES, THEN REPLACING THE STREET AND THEN TRANSITIONING INTO THE SIDEWALKS, SIGN UP BEYOND THE SQUARE. 
          YOU HAVE SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS, UM, TAKING PLACE DDO. 
          HIS ROLE THROUGHOUT THIS PROJECT HAS, HAS REALLY BEEN ONE TO ENSURE THAT THE BUSINESSES ARE JUST AS BUSINESSES AND PROPERTY OWNERS ARE JUST AS INFORMED AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND UP TO SPEED AS THE PROJECT PROGRESSES, WE SHARED WITH THE BOARD, OUR INTENTION TO HOST A MONTHLY OPEN HOUSE AT OUR LAST MEETING. 
          AND WE HAVE ACTUALLY HELD THREE MEETINGS TODAY, THREE MEETINGS TO DATE. 
          SO THAT SUSTAINING MEETING AN HOUR LONG OF FREE REFRESHMENTS TO START YOUR DAY WITH, UM, COFFEE AND PASTRIES AT ROSLYN'S AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER WHILE HE'S OFF OF THE JOB SITE OFFICIALLY. 
          SO WE REALLY ENCOURAGE OUR BUSINESSES TO COME BY. 
          SHOULD THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, BURNING IN THEIR MINDS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND, AND CAPITALIZE ON THAT OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH THEM DIRECTLY IF THEY'RE NOT ALREADY. 
          AND AT THIS POINT, I WOULD LIKE TO HAND IT OVER TO ZIAD TO GIVE THE BOARD A MORE THOROUGH UPDATE THAN I HAVE IN THE PAST PARTYING MONTGOMERY PARK AND OUR FOREST JUPITER IMPROVEMENTS. 
          YEAH, SORRY. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS . 
          I M PROJECTS ADMINISTRATOR IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND, UM, LEAD THE, UH, EFFORT ON GETTING ALL OF OUR CIP PROJECTS ON THE GROUND AND MASTER PLANS COMPLETED AND ALL THAT. 
          UM, SO, UH, MONTGOMERY PARK IS ONE OF 25 PLAYGROUNDS THAT WE ARE REPLACING, UH, CITYWIDE. 
          AND, UM, THANKS TO HOW, UH, THE TIF DISTRICT WAS. 
          UM, RECONFIGURED MONTGOMERY PARK IS NOW GETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE IN TERMS OF, UH, WHAT AMENITIES, UH, WE WERE ORIGINALLY PLANNING. 
          AND SO IN ADDITION TO THE PLAYGROUND, UH, WE ARE GETTING, I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH OF THIS Y'ALL HAVE HEARD BEFORE. 
          UM, BUT, UH, THERE THERE'LL BE SOME MORE IMPROVEMENTS BEYOND THE PLAYGROUND. 
          THERE'LL BE A, A STAGE, UH, SOME ACTIVITY AREAS, SOME SHADE, UH, PERMANENT RESTROOM BUILDING AND, UH, SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SOCCER FIELD. 
          SO, UH, THIS IS ONE LOCATION THAT REALLY NEEDED A LITTLE EXTRA, UM, LITTLE EXTRA ATTENTION. 
          AND, AND THANKFULLY, UH, WITH THE TIPS HELP, WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT DONE. 
          UM, THIS IS ONE AREA THAT DOES GET A LOT OF ACTIVITY CURRENTLY WITH SOCCER, A SOCCER PLAY, UH, JUST KIND OF FREE PLAY. 
          UH, SO THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE AT NIGHT. 
          UM, HAVING A PERMANENT RESTROOM BUILDING, THERE WILL CERTAINLY, UH, ALLEVIATE A LOT OF, UH, ISSUES. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, SO PART OF THE PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT, YOU KNOW, THOSE PLAYGROUND COMPONENTS HAVE BEEN OUT THERE FOR A REALLY LONG TIME. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE WAY THAT WE APPROACH DESIGN ON ALL OF OUR PLAYGROUNDS, WE KIND OF WENT WITH, UM, OVERARCHING THEMES THAT WE, WE, WE, WE FOLLOWED FOR ALL THE 25 LOCATIONS SO THAT WE COULD KEEP EACH LOCATION UNIQUE. 
          AND SO THE UNIQUE ASPECT OF THIS PARK IS, UH, MORE OF, UM, ARTS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, WHIMSICAL KIND OF PLAY. 
          A LOT OF THAT IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SCHOOL THAT'S NEARBY, IT'S A MAGNET SCHOOL THAT'S HEAVILY, UM, UH, FOCUSED ON ARTS. 
          AND SO IN OUR MINDS, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A LOT OF POSSIBILITY AND POTENTIAL FOR, UH, THE STUDENTS WHO MAY BE GOING TO THAT SCHOOL, UH, TO KIND OF SPILL OVER AND PLAY AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, CONTINUE SOME OF THEIR ACTIVITIES IN THE PARK. 
          SO YOU'LL SEE A STAGE, UH, YOU'LL SEE KIND OF A COLLABORATIVE AREA WHERE PEOPLE CAN, UM, YOU KNOW, GET TOGETHER AND CREATE THINGS AND HAVE A LOT OF FUN. 
          SO, UH, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, UH, CONSTRUCTION AND, UM, IT'S PART OF OUR THIRD GROUP OF PLAYGROUNDS. 
          SO WE'RE FINISHED WITH GROUP ONE. 
          WE'RE ALMOST DONE WITH GROUP TWO. 
          WE'RE ABOUT TO START GROUP THREE. 
          UM, AND SO THIS IS GOING TO FALL SOMEWHERE IN THE OCTOBER TIMEFRAME IN TERMS OF US GETTING STARTED. 
          SO, UM, WE HAVE A FEW THAT HAVE KIND OF JUST, UM, SHUFFLED AND, UH, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE STANDING CURRENTLY ON OUR, ON OUR SCHEDULE WITH MONTGOMERY. 
          SO, UM, YEAH. 
          DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? YEAH, GO AHEAD. 
          I SHOULD KNOW THIS. 
          I REALLY SHOULD. 
          I SPENT 34 YEARS OF MY LIFE WORKING FOR THE CITY, SO I SHOULD KNOW THIS, BUT I DON'T, WHEREAS MONTGOMERY PARK, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT IS. 
          IT'S A WEST GARLAND, UH, OFF OF WALNUT NEAR, UM, I THINK IT'S INTERNATIONAL 
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AS THE MAJOR CROSS STREET THAT YOU COME DOWN INTERNATIONAL, UH, SOUTH OF WALNUT UP NEAR THE NATIONAL CROSS. 
          UH, I BELIEVE SO. 
          I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT CROSS STREET, BUT IT'S OVER NEAR THE WALNUT GLEN LIBRARY. 
          UH, THAT'S BEING RELOCATED WHERE ALL THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES ARE ON WALNUT STREET IN THAT AREA. 
          CORRECT? YEAH. 
          IT'S JUST WEST OF SATURN. 
          I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY. 
          UM, I KNOW HOW TO GET THERE. 
          I JUST CAN'T RECALL THE EXACT STREET INTERSECTIONS, BUT YEAH, IT'S OVER FOREST JUPITER DART AREA. 
          YEAH. 
          RIGHT. 
          CONNECTED TO THE TIP SOUND BECAUSE OF THE DARLINE LINE. 
          RIGHT? YEAH. 
          SO YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED SOME WORK THAT WAS DONE RECENTLY IN MONTGOMERY PARK AS PART OF THE SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY CONNECTED FROM THE DART STATION TO THE VA HOSPITAL. 
          UH, PART OF THAT ALIGNMENT WENT THROUGH MONTGOMERY PARK AND REPLACED THE EXISTING SIDEWALK THAT WAS THERE. 
          UH, IT WASN'T ADA COMPLIANT. 
          AND SO, UH, WE HAD TO REPLACE IT AS PART OF THE PARAMETERS OF THAT SCOPE OF WORK. 
          SO, UM, YEAH, SO WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE THAT IMPROVEMENT DONE, UM, YOU KNOW, AHEAD OF TIME. 
          SO, UM, YEAH. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT MONTGOMERY? WHAT WAS IMPROVEMENT? NUMBER ONE, YOU SAID THAT THIS WAS A THIRD ONE. 
          WHAT WAS NUMBER ONE? UM, SO THIS, THIS IS GROUP THREE OF, UH, THREE GROUPS OF PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENTS HAPPENING. 
          CITY-WIDE SO 25 PLAYGROUNDS TOTAL HAPPENING. 
          UH, THIS IS IN THE THIRD GROUP OF PLAYGROUNDS. 
          SO WE HAD THIS, WE HAD TO DIVIDE UP 25 PLAYGROUND 25 SIDES JUST BECAUSE IT'S JUST TOO MANY TO DO ALL AT ONCE. 
          UH, SO WE SEQUENCE I'VE BEEN ABLE TO DEVELOP ANYTHING IN THE EAST GARLAND IN THAT AREA THEN. 
          OH YEAH. 
          WE ALL HAVE OUR PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENTS ARE PRETTY WELL SCATTERED ALL ACROSS THE CITY. 
          AND SO THERE'S, UM, AN EAST GARLAND, THERE'S A EASTERN HILLS PARK. 
          WE REPLACED THAT RECENTLY. 
          UM, BETSY ROSS PARK, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S A COUPLE OTHERS AND HE'S GROWING. 
          IT'S INTERESTING. 
          VERY NICE. 
          YOU GUYS HAVE REALLY ACCOMPLISHED MORE SINCE I RETIRED THAN WE EVER DID WHILE I WAS WORKING. 
          THAT'S SURE A LOT, A LOT HAS HAPPENED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. 
          THAT'S FOR SURE. 
          WE HAD A PROGRAM THAT I WAS A PART OF AT ONE TIME CALLED A MAIN STREET GARLAND. 
          HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF THAT ONE? YEAH. 
          OH, THAT WAS A JUUL. 
          LET ME TELL YOU COMPANY. 
          I WAS RETIRED THEN, BUT THE COMPANY THAT I WAS WORKING FOR GAVE THE PROJECT MAIN STREET GOING ON $50,000. 
          AND MY JOB WAS TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE $50,000. 
          AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, WE PUT UP SOME STREET LIGHTS AND THAT WAS THE END OF THE $50,000. 
          SO THIS IS A REALLY FASCINATING AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING OVER THERE. 
          IT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE A REALLY GENEROUS PORTION OF THE BOND PROGRAM ASSIGNED TO PARKS. 
          SO WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING A LOT HAPPEN. 
          UM, SO IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT MONTGOMERY, I'M HAPPY TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TRAILS AND BIKE WAYS. 
          CAUSE THAT'S A MAJOR INITIATIVE. 
          WE, UM, WE, WE STARTED, UH, WE CONTINUED, I SHOULD SAY, UM, THE ORIGINAL, WHAT THEY CALL THE NON-MOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION PLAN WAS ADOPTED BACK IN 2015. 
          AND SO, UM, UH, COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, UM, YOU KNOW, HAD, UH, REALLY WANTED TO GET GOING ON A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK OF TRAILS AND BIKE WAYS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          SO TRAILS ARE WHAT WE GENERALIZE AS OFF STREET, UH, FACILITIES THAT PEOPLE CAN HIKE AND BIKE ON BIKE. 
          OUR ON-STREET FACILITIES THAT COULD BIKE LANES SHARED SHARED LANES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          AND SO, UH, WE TOOK A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK CITY-WIDE AND DID A REALLY LONG LOOK AT AND LONG ANALYSIS OF TRAILS AND BIKEWAYS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          AND LAST YEAR AROUND FEBRUARY, FINALLY ADOPTED IT AND IS NOW, UH, CURRENTLY GETTING IMPLEMENTED, UH, AS, AS WE CAN MAKE IT WORK. 
          AND SO, UM, W THE SLIDE YOU SEE HERE IS A SNIPPET OF THAT FINAL REPORT THAT IS HUNDREDS OF PAGES LONG. 
          AND, UM, THERE ARE, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THERE. 
          WE CAN, IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE IN CASE YOU WANT TO DOWNLOAD AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT. 
          BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST KIND OF A SNIPPET OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA. 
          SO SOME OF THE LINES THAT YOU SEE HERE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE BLUE LINES REPRESENT ON-STREET FACILITIES, THE, UH, ORANGE LINES REPRESENT ENHANCED SIDEWALKS, WHICH ARE, UM, ESSENTIALLY EIGHT FOOT WIDE SIDEWALKS THAT ARE BEHIND THE CURB. 
          UM, OUR, OUR CITY STANDARD RIGHT NOW FOR COMMERCIAL AREAS IS SIX FEET WIDE. 
          SO THIS JUST PROVIDES A LITTLE BIT MORE ROOM FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS TO, TO MOVE AROUND. 
          AND SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE CITY, YOU KNOW, COMPREHENSIVELY IT'S, ESPECIALLY WITH THE CITY AS, AS DEVELOPED AND AS, UH, AGED AS GARLAND IS, IT'S HARD TO RETROFIT 
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A LOT OF THESE FACILITIES INTO EXISTING RIGHTS AWAY AND, AND MAKE THINGS LIKE THAT HAPPEN, UM, FULLY CONNECT. 
          AND SO THE WAYS WE ACCOMPLISH THAT WERE THROUGH, UM, ENHANCED SIDEWALKS AND SHARED USE LANES TO HELP CONNECT TO SOME OF OUR, UM, OPPORTUNITIES LIKE IN GREENBELTS AND, AND AREAS THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH, UH, ENGINEERING ROADWAY PROJECTS, THAT WE DID HAVE A CHANCE TO KIND OF FIT IN THOSE FACILITIES INTO, UH, THOSE RIGHT AWAY PROJECTS. 
          AND SO, UM, YOU'LL NOTICE, YOU KNOW, I THINK ONE OR TWO GREEN LINES ON THIS MAP, AND, UH, THOSE REPRESENT A REALLY AMBITIOUS GOAL OF TRYING TO GET A TRAIL THROUGH DUCK CREEK, UM, ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE CITY. 
          UM, THAT'S GOING TO BE, UH, A BIG CHALLENGE TO DO. 
          I MEAN, QUITE FRANKLY, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF PRIVATE PROPERTY AND, AND PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS THAT, UH, WE'LL HAVE TO OVERCOME, BUT IT'LL TAKE A LOT OF SUPPORT TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE EVERY LITTLE BIT OF WORK, HOWEVER, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IT WORK. 
          AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL NOTICE, UH, IN, ESPECIALLY IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, WE DO HAVE, AS, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY THERE'S AN EXISTING BIKE LANE BETWEEN, UH, GARLAND AVENUE AND SEVENTH STREET ALONG MAIN. 
          AND SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NO INTENTION OF DOING ANYTHING WITH THAT, JUST KEEPING IT WHERE IT IS, UH, HOPEFULLY CONTINUING WHAT WE CAN INTO, UH, OR THROUGH DOWNTOWN TO FIFTH AND ASSIGN A NON STREET, UH, FACILITY, UH, BASICALLY A SHARED USE LANE ALONG FIFTH, UH, THAT WOULD CONNECT NORTH AND SOUTH TO THE DARK STATION. 
          UM, THE ORANGE LINE THAT YOU SEE, UM, THAT CONNECTS TO THE DARK IS ALONG WALNUT STREET. 
          AND ONCE WALNUT STREET GETS REDEVELOPED, IF, AND WHEN, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENHANCE THOSE SIDEWALKS, TO MAKE THEM EIGHT FEET WIDE WHERE WE CAN, CAUSE WE DO KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WALKING EAST AND WEST TO GET TO THAT DART RAIL STATION. 
          UM, THE ONE THAT WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, OPPORTUNITY AND FLEXIBILITY ON IS ALONG IT'S, UM, AUSTIN STREET, I BELIEVE IS THAT LINE THAT CONNECTS IN WHERE, ON THE, JUST SOUTH OF THE ORANGE LINE THAT YOU SEE, UM, THAT IS, I BELIEVE AUSTIN THAT CONNECTS DOWN TO WHERE THE, UM, POLICE STATION, THE ROAD TO THE POLICE STATION LEADS PAST GARLAND AVENUE. 
          AND SO IT'S A KIND OF A LOW VOLUME STREET THAT WE FEEL WOULD BE A GREAT CANDIDATE FOR A SHARED USE LANE, UM, ALONG THERE TO GET USED IN WEST. 
          SO ONE OF OUR MAIN CHALLENGES IN GARLAND IS GETTING EAST WEST. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF NORTH SOUTH OPPORTUNITIES BEGINNING EAST WEST IS, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE, BUT, UM, SO YEAH, AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER BLUE LINE THAT YOU SEE HERE. 
          I BELIEVE THAT IS AVENUE D OR B. 
          I THINK THAT'S AVENUE B ACTUALLY, UM, UH, TO HAVE A BIKE LANE, UM, ALONG AVENUE B. 
          AND SO, UH, THERE'S THAT WE FEEL THAT THERE'S ENOUGH RIGHT. 
          OF WAY TO, TO TAKE ONE LANE OR AT LEAST EIGHT FEET OF ONE LANE, UH, TO ASSIGN A BIKE LANE. 
          SO IN A NUTSHELL, THAT'S KINDA WHAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR THE DOWNTOWN AREA I COULD GO ON AND ON AND TALKING ABOUT TRAILS AND BIKE WAYS. 
          UM, CAUSE I HAVE A PRETTY INTIMATE VIEW OF WHAT THIS WHOLE CITY'S KIND OF ARRANGED, UH, TO DO. 
          AND SO I'M, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          SO BIKES ARE ALLOWED ON SIDEWALKS EVERYWHERE. 
          IS THAT ALWAYS, SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE LAW SAYS ABOUT BICYCLES ON SIDEWALKS. 
          I'M MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED ON SIDEWALKS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE WANT BICYCLISTS WHO ARE OUT THERE TO FEEL THAT THEY'RE RIDING IN A SAFE PLACE. 
          AND SO I DON'T MESSAGE. 
          IT IS, I THINK, YOU KNOW, BUT FROM A, UM, FROM, FROM MY STANDPOINT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE DO IS TRY TO BUILD FACILITIES TO KEEP PEOPLE ON SIDEWALKS. 
          SO ENHANCED SIDEWALKS WOULD ALLOW BICYCLISTS TO BE ON THEIR, UM, SIDE PATHS WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE, UH, GREEN LINE THAT WOULD GO ALONG A ROADWAY. 
          AND THOSE WOULD BE, THOSE WOULD ALLOW BIKES AS WELL. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REASON BEHIND, AND I'VE, I'VE HEARD THAT I'VE NEVER READ THE LAW TO KNOW WHY A BICYCLE IS ON A LOT ON SIDEWALKS. 
          I WOULD IMAGINE IS A WIDTH ISSUE IN TERMS OF CONFLICT WITH OTHER USERS. 
          BACK IN MY DAY, BICYCLES HAD TO REMAIN ON A PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY IF THE PUBLIC RIVAL RIGHT AWAY, IT WAS PROVIDED. 
          UM, WE, WE HAD PEDESTRIANS INJURED BY BICYCLES ON SIDEWALKS. 
          AND SO WE WERE ASKED TO ENFORCE THAT AND WE WOULD TELL THE KIDS, HEY, YOU KNOW, HE GOT A STREET HERE, RIDE CAREFULLY, BUT YOU NEED TO GET OFF THE SIDEWALK AND ONTO THE STREET. 
          AND THAT'S THAT STOOD FOR MY WHOLE CAREER. 
          UH, I THINK 
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THE TRAFFIC CODE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS SAYS IT, BICYCLES ARE NOT PERMITTED ON SIDEWALKS. 
          IF A ROADWAY IS PROVIDED AND I'VE SEEN YOUR MARKINGS OUT THERE, WHICH IS EXCELLENT, THEY'VE ACTUALLY GOT A BIKE TRAIL AND THAT'S A, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT THING, BUT THAT'S THE DEAL. 
          UH, DOES ANYBODY TAKE ACTION OF A KID'S RIDING HIS BICYCLE ON THE SIDEWALK? OF COURSE NOT, BUT IF SOMEBODY GETS HURT BY BICYCLE ON THE SIDEWALK OH YEAH. 
          AND WE WANT TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE AS MUCH AS WE CAN. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF VEHICLE, UM, AND BICYCLE COLLISIONS THROUGHOUT GARLAND. 
          AND SO KEEPING THEM ON THE SIDEWALK WOULD HELP PREVENT THAT. 
          SO LIKE I SAID, I MEAN, I, I'M NOT, I'VE NEVER SEEN IT IN FOREST PERSONALLY. 
          IT MIGHT BE A GOOD MESSAGE. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          OR TO HAVE A CLEAR MESSAGE, MIGHT ACTUALLY BE GOOD TO SHOW WHAT THE CITY IS DOING FOR BIKES AND TRAILS AND VESTRY AND RIGHT AWAY. 
          YEAH. 
          IF I'M CONFUSED, OTHERS MIGHT BE TOO. 
          THAT'S A GREAT POINT. 
          YEP. 
          YEP. 
          IN MY, IN MY EXPERIENCE CARS, BUT HE DON'T LIKE PLASTIC. 
          YOU'RE TRYING TO GET ALONG, TRYING TO GO DOWN THE ROAD THE SAME WAY THEY ARE AND THEY'RE IN A HURRY AND YOU'RE ALREADY GOING AS FAST AS YOU CAN GO. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST NOT FAST ENOUGH FOR THEM. 
          SO THEY EITHER HONK AT YOU OR YELL AT YOUR STAY SOMETHING. 
          BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, IS THAT A SPECIFIC LANE FOR A BICYCLE? IT'S, IT'S PRETTY HARD TO RIDE, ESPECIALLY ON ANY KIND OF A STATE HIGHWAY, EVEN IN GARLAND. 
          IT'S JUST, PEOPLE JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, BIKES NEED TO BE IN THE ROAD WHERE THEY CAN RIDE IN THE ROAD. 
          SO I AGREE AND WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO GET THOSE LANE MARKINGS DOWN AS, AS MUCH AS WE CAN. 
          SO WE MAY HAVE THE PLAN IN PLACE AND NOW WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING THE FUNDING IN PLACE SO WE CAN GET AT LEAST THE FIRST PRIORITY OF, OF ON STREET MARKINGS ON THE GROUND. 
          I THINK MORE THAT BICYCLISTS FEEL SAFE ABOUT RIDING IN A, IN A PUBLIC STREET AND MOTORISTS EXCEPT THAT, BUT I THINK THE BETTER OFF WE'LL BE, IT'S PRETTY HARD TO GET THAT ACCEPTANCE. 
          I THINK IF KATIE TRAIL IS KIND OF, I THINK THERE'S MARKING, SET, SAY I COULD BE WRONG IN THAT, BUT LIKE, THEY KIND OF SAY BIKES SHOULD BE ON THIS PART OF THE TRAIL. 
          THERE'S NO CARS OBVIOUSLY AND WALKING OR SHOULD BE ON THIS PART. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          MAYBE WHEN YOU'RE MAKING THE SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS, THAT'S ONE WAY A LITTLE LINE OR SIGN. 
          I GOT A CURIOUS QUESTION. 
          I DON'T RIDE BIKES MUCH, BUT I GUESS IS THERE LIKE AN APP OR WHERE PEOPLE CAN SAY, LIKE, I'M TRYING TO GET FROM ONE SIDE OF TOWN TO ANOTHER, IS IT OUT THERE FOR THEM TO SAY THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT TRAILS TO TAKE OR WILL IT BE OUT THERE? I'VE TRIED DOING THAT ON GOOGLE MAPS AND I'M NOT SURE GOOGLE MAPS HAS UPDATED BASED ON LIKE OUR PLAN AND WHAT'S ON THE GROUND. 
          UM, SO OUR PLAN IS STILL VERY NEW. 
          AND SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS GET, YOU KNOW, WHAT PORSCHE PORTIONS THAT WE DO HAVE ON THE GROUND, UM, YOU KNOW, CAPTURED IN THE OTHER PARTS OF THE INTERNET. 
          UM, WE'RE JUST, WE'RE JUST NOT THERE YET. 
          WE'RE STILL KIND OF GETTING ALL THIS, ALL THIS STUFF, THE GROUND LAID, THE GROUNDWORK LAID THAT'D BE THE INTENT DOWN THE LINE IS WE GET IT OUT THERE. 
          SO PEOPLE HAVE, THEY, THEY CAN USE, THEY CAN LOOK UP AND SAY, OH, THERE'S A GOOD ROUTE SAFE ROUTE TO TAKE. 
          UM, AND REALLY, I MEAN, WE HAVE, WE HAVE JUST INITIATED A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT GIS ANALYSIS, UH, PROGRAM IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. 
          AND SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS GET THINGS LIKE THAT ACCESSIBLE TO GARLAND RESIDENTS THROUGH A GIS INTERACTIVE MAP. 
          UM, WE'RE STILL OBVIOUSLY WORKING, UM, THROUGH A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, GETTING STARTED. 
          AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE RELYING A LOT ON GOOGLE, UM, GOOGLE MAPS, CAUSE THEY HAVE A FUNCTION ON THERE THAT YOU CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO WALK AND HOW TO BIKE IN CERTAIN AREAS. 
          UM, BUT EVENTUALLY WE'LL GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE, I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO BE FUTURE FORWARD. 
          AND SO WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN NOW TO GET THINGS LIKE GIS TO HELP US, YOU KNOW, INTERACT WITH THE PUBLIC A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          NOW THERE'S A, SORRY, THERE IS A FEATURE ON GOOGLE THAT DOES HAVE A BIKE PATH OR THE BIKE WAY. 
          COOL. 
          AND LIKE WAS SAYING SOMETIMES IT'S NOT SOMETIMES IT'S OKAY. 
          AND SOMETIMES IT'S REALLY NOT. 
          BUT UH, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YEAH, WE, WE DO WANT TO HAVE ENOUGH SIGNAGE AND MARKINGS TO HELP, YOU KNOW, UM, CREATE KIND OF AN UNDERSTANDING OF, OF WHO'S RIGHT AWAY IS 
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WHERE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO PASS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT BICYCLISTS NEED TO PASS ON THE LEFT AND YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT HEAR IT ON YOUR LEFT, YOU KNOW, IT'S UH, BUT YEAH, THAT'S A PART OF, UH, AND YOU BROUGHT UP A COUPLE ISSUES, NOT ISSUES, BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, POINTS THAT, UM, WE'LL NEED TO DO KIND OF A, UH, AN ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS CAMPAIGN JUST TO HELP EDUCATE PEOPLE, WHAT THE, UM, UM, WHAT THE COURTESIES ARE, WHAT THE KIND OF LIKE, UM, EXPECTED BEHAVIORS ARE BICYCLISTS AND OF, OF DRIVERS, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU SEE A CERTAIN SIGNAGE, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          SO, UM, WE'RE JUST, THIS IS STILL A VERY KIND OF NASCENT EFFORT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET ON THE GROUND. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS AND PARTICIPATION. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT. 
          IS THE AD, IS THERE MORE INFORMATION YOU HAD FOR US? THAT'S IT FOR TODAY, BUT TISHA, THANK YOU. 
          WAIT, SO WE UNINTENTIONALLY HOPPED AHEAD ON THE AGENDA. 
          UM, BUT ZIAD WAS HERE IN RESPONSE TO THE BOARD'S REQUEST FOR A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW OBVIOUSLY THE BICYCLE AND TRAILS MASTER PLAN IMPACTS DOWNTOWN. 
          SO THANK YOU SIR. 
          VERY MUCH, ANYTIME THAT WRAPS UP. 
          SO WE DID WRAP UP OUR UPDATE ON EXISTING PROJECTS AND WOULD IT BE GOOD WITH THE BOARD TO GO BACK TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE AND UPDATE ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR ? I'M GOOD WITH IT. 
          OKAY. 
          BILL, YOU GET WITH IT. 
          I THINK IT'S JUST THE FOUR OF US HERE, SO, ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD, THE EM FUND SUMMARY SHEET FOR FY 23 IN OUR PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          AND AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST, I WILL DETAIL OUT, UM, OPERATIONS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF OUR EXISTING PROJECTS UPDATE. 
          SO SIMILAR TO ALL THE UPDATES THAT YOU JUST RECEIVE, UM, THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR MANAGED DISTRICT SERVICES, OR LET ME BACK UP, I'M SORRY, CALLING YOUR ATTENTION TO THE OPERATIONS LINE ON THE FUND SUMMARY SHEET ITSELF OF $873,000, DETAILING THAT OUT. 
          UM, THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR DVO. 
          SO MANAGED SERVICES IS PROPOSED FOR, UH, $230,000. 
          THE REVITALIZATION PROGRAM FOR  WE'VE PROPOSED FOR $513,000, UM, 500, EXCUSE ME, $513,000. 
          AND THAT CONSISTS OF EXISTING FUNDING THAT WAS INCORPORATED INTO THE CURRENT PLAN, AS WELL AS WE'LL FOLLOW UP HERE SHORTLY REGARDING PROPOSED REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING MOVING FORWARD, ENHANCED SQUARE PROGRAMMING OF $66,000 AND PUBLIC ART FUNDING FOR $63,000. 
          SO THE FOLLOWING SIDE IS A SUMMARY OF OUR ADDITIONAL REQUESTS FOR THE  BUDGET, THE FIRST REQUEST, UM, A PROGRAM ASSISTANT. 
          SO AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, I BELIEVE WE CAME TO THE BOARD TO DISCUSS THE POSITION OF THE PROGRAM ASSISTANT, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS HUNTER. 
          UM, WE'VE HAD A GREAT YEAR WITH HUNTER AND, UM, HIS PARTICIPATION IN OUR INITIATIVES, UH, HAS PROVED TO BE QUITE VITAL, BUT WE'RE PROPOSING TO MOVE THE POSITION AS IT WAS PREVIOUSLY FUNDED, WHERE IT WAS A SPLIT BETWEEN THE TIF AND THE HOTEL MOTEL FUND TO TRANSITION THAT INTO BE COMPLETELY FUNDED FROM THE TIF. 
          SO HUNTER WOULD THEN BE, UM, DEDICATED TO THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE. 
          WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING THE MURAL PROGRAM, WHICH I REFERENCED EARLIER. 
          SO THIS IS A MURAL PROGRAM FACILITATING AND PARTNERSHIP, UH, BETWEEN THE CITY AND PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS INSTALLATION ON, ON PRIVATE PROPERTIES, A DISTRICT PROFILE AND MARKET ANALYSIS. 
          SO THIS IS A TOOL WHICH WE WOULD USE TO REALLY IDENTIFY KEY DEMOGRAPHICS, PSYCHOGRAPHICS, AND, UM, JUST BENCHMARK ANALYSIS FROM AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE FOR THE DISTRICT ITSELF AND ENSURE THAT WE ARE GOING AFTER THE MOST APPROVED, APPROPRIATE CATALYST BUSINESSES TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE ECONOMIC VITALITY OF THE DISTRICT, THE DOWNTOWN WEBSITE, UM, WHICH WE ARE APPROACHING OUR, UH, INITIATION OF THAT RFP FOR THAT PROJECT. 
          AND WITH IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, THIS IS A REQUEST FOR HOSTING AND MAINTENANCE RELATED TO THAT PROJECT. 
          WE'RE ALSO REQUESTING FUNDING FOR ANOTHER YEAR OF BAND TOGETHER ON THE SQUARES. 
          SO THAT'S THIS THE CONCERT SERIES THAT I WAS DESCRIBING EARLIER OVER AT 5 0 6 ART. 
          AND THEN HERE, AS I MENTIONED, JUST A MOMENT AGO, UM, NEW FUNDING FOR THE REVITALIZATION PROGRAM. 
          AND AT THIS POINT, I'D LIKE TO HAND IT OVER TO MATT, JUST TO ADDRESS, UM, SPECIFICALLY HOW THESE REQUESTS WILL IMPACT THE CURRENT PROJECT PLAN. 
          SURE. 
          THANKS LATICIA. 
          AS Y'ALL ARE AWARE, TIFF BOARD'S PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY IS TO UPDATE A 
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PROJECT AND FINANCE PLAN THAT BASICALLY DETAILS OUT ALL THE PROJECTS THAT Y'ALL ARE RECOMMENDING TO COUNCIL FOR FUNDING. 
          AND THIS, THIS PLAN WAS LAST UPDATED TWO YEARS AGO, I BELIEVE. 
          AND AT THAT TIME, WE COULD HAVE NEVER PREDICTED THE TAX BASE INCREASES THAT WE HAVE SEEN THIS YEAR. 
          I'M SURE YOU'VE ALL GOT YOUR TAX BILLS. 
          AND WE'RE LIKE ME AND LOOKED AT IT AND RE WE WERE SOMEWHAT SHOCKED. 
          UH, THE CITY-WIDE WHERE OUR TAXABLE VALUES GOING UP 16.5%. 
          AND IN THE DOWNTOWN TIF THAT TRANSLATES TO ABOUT A 25% INCREASE IN THE TAX BASE. 
          NOW THERE IS TRUTH IN TAXATION RULES FOR OUR TAX RATE THAT WILL BASICALLY CAPS OUR O AND M, WHICH IS FOR OUR OPERATIONS PORTION OF OUR TAX RATE AT THREE AND A HALF PERCENT. 
          SO BECAUSE OF THAT, WITH THAT 25% INCREASES IN THE TAX BASE, THE TAX RATE WILL GO DOWN BY ABOUT 4 CENTS, BUT THAT STILL, UH, IF THE FUND SUMMARY IS STILL NOT UP THERE, BUT ON THE FUND SUMMARY, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT OUR REVENUES AND 23 THAT'S ABOUT A 20% INCREASE AND THAT WAS NOT CONTEMPLATED AT ALL WHEN WE LAST LOOKED AT OUR PROJECT PLAN. 
          SO WHAT THAT BASICALLY MEANS IS AS WE HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND RESOURCES THAT WE CAN APPLY TOWARDS OUR TIF PROJECTS, UH, THIS TIF IS CURRENTLY SET TO EXPIRE IN 2024, AND WE HAVE BROKEN UP, IT WAS LATISHA WAS SHOWING MOST OF OUR PROJECTS INTO THE CATEGORIES OF MANAGED DISTRICT SERVICES, HAVE THE REVITALIZATION PROJECTS AND WE HAVE ARTS, AND THEN WE HAVE THE DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENTS, BUT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY NOW TO INCREASE SOME OF THOSE FUNNY AND FUNDING. 
          AND LETICIA MENTIONED THAT OUR FACADE PROGRAM WAS ORIGINALLY IN OUR PROJECT PLAN BUDGET, HALF A MILLION. 
          WE ARE PROPOSING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL TO INCREASE THAT PORTION SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THAT PROGRAM, THAT ALL THOSE FUNDS HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED FROM THE CURRENT REVITALIZATION PLAN. 
          BUT WE'RE ASKING JUST TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD AND PRESENT TO COUNCIL TO CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM. 
          AND THEN AT Y'ALL'S NEXT MEETING, IF Y'ALL ARE OKAY WITH IT, WHERE OUR PROPOSAL IS TO BRING BACK, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, PROJECTS AND HAVE Y'ALL BASICALLY TALKED THROUGH ALL THOSE AND SEE WHICH PROJECTS WE WANT TO FORMALLY BRING BACK TO CITY COUNCIL TO UPDATE OUR PROJECT PLAN. 
          SO THIS PIECE WOULD BE BASICALLY KIND OF DOING OUR PR OUR INTERNAL PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          GO AHEAD AND MOVING FORWARD WITH SAYING, YES, WE NEED, WE'RE GOING TO ADD ADDITIONAL FACADE MONEY WITH THE INTENT OF ADDING THAT INTO THE PROJECT PLAN AT OUR NEXT MEETING. 
          AND THAT, UM, WRAPS UP OUR UPDATE ON THE BUDGET. 
          AND ZIAD HAS ALREADY UPDATED THE GROUP ON BICYCLE AND TRAILS MASTER PLAN. 
          AND ASK HIM ONE QUICK QUESTION ABOUT A PREVIOUS ITEM INTRINSIC BREWERY. 
          WHEN IS THE REHAB OR THE ROOFTOP GOING TO BE DONE? WHEN ARE THEY EXPECTED? THEY'VE BEEN ISSUED THEIR NOTICE TO PROCEED. 
          UM, I BELIEVE IT WENT OUT IN LATE JUNE AND FROM THAT DATE, THEY HAVE A 90 DAYS TO BEGIN THEIR WORK IS IT IS A PIZZA PIZZA, REAL THING I'M ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SQUARE. 
          IS THAT DAWN? YES, SIR. 
          IT'S NOW INFINITY ARCADE. 
          SO IT IS AN ARCADE WITH A BAR AND RESTAURANT SERVICE, BUT ESSENTIALLY YOU GO IN AND PAY A FLAT RATE AND THEN HAVE ENDLESS HOURS OF PLAY AT OLD-SCHOOL ARCADE GAMES, ENDLESS HOURS. 
          GOOD. 
          UM, I, ONE TIME WE WERE TALKING A LITTLE ABOUT, ABOUT PARKING, UM, YOU KNOW, IS THAT SOMETHING MAYBE WE CAN LOOK AT AGAIN? CAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING A LOT OF WONDERFUL THINGS DOWNTOWN AND A LOT OF THIS CONSTRUCTION STUFF AND THE TREES COMING IN, ALL THOSE PLANS, IT LOOKS LIKE IT TOOK A BITE INTO SOME OF THE PARKING, UM, YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE THE SQUARE REDEVELOPMENT IS OPENING UP A FEW MORE PARKINGS AND YOU JUST KIND OF WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE. 
          UH, I DON'T KNOW IF WHERE THE RESTROOMS ARE BEING DONE. 
          IS THIS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT MORE PARKING OVER THERE? YOU KNOW, SO JUST KIND OF, UH, YEAH, I MEAN, YOU CAN HAVE THE NICEST PLACE, BUT THERE'S NO PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO PARK. 
          THEY'RE NOT COMING. 
          YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN A REMARKABLE. 
          HE MENTIONED THAT THROUGHOUT MY HISTORY IN THE COMMUNITY, THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN A PROBLEM IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. 
          THERE'S NOT ENOUGH PARKING TO DO ANYTHING. 
          UM, BACK IN THE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES, EIGHTIES, THEY USED TO HAVE THE PICKERS AROUND THE SQUARE. 
          YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WOULD PICK THEIR GUITARS AND BANJOS AND WHAT HAVE YOU, AND PEOPLE WILL WANT TO COME DOWN AND LISTEN TO THAT. 
          THERE WASN'T ANY PLACE TO PARK, SO THEY JUST DRIVE OFF. 
          THERE'S JUST NO PLACE TO PARK. 
          SO I HOPE, UH, WE MADE THEM BROUGHT THAT INTO THE PROGRAM. 
          I GOT 
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SOME MORE PARKING. 
          SO IF I COULD GO BACK TO THE POCKET PROGRAM, I GAVE A, UH, A NARRATIVE ON WE'RE REALLY WORKING TO TRY AND CAPITALIZE ON EXISTING PARKING INVENTORY, UM, AND REALLY ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO UTILIZE WHAT IS CURRENTLY NOT BEING UTILIZED. 
          AND FROM THERE, UM, THEN CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ON-STREET PARKING AS WELL. 
          WHEN WE SPEAK TO THE PUBLIC RESTROOMS GOING IN, UM, WE DID ADD ADDITIONAL PARKING THERE ALONG AVENUE, A AS A RECOMMENDATION OF THE PARKING INFRASTRUCTURE STUDY, AS FAR AS THE ADDITIONAL PARKING RELATED TO THE RESTROOM, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THAT EXISTING INVENTORY POST, THE STREETSCAPE ENHANCEMENT. 
          SO THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY A PLAN TO ADD MORE PARKING THERE. 
          UM, WE HAVE TALKED SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT EXTENDING THE TIF. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          I MEAN, OUT OF OUR HANDS, I THINK I W I DON'T KNOW THE PROCESS, OR IF THAT'S BEEN PUSHED UP THE LADDER, IT HAS, WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS ON IT. 
          AND AT THE NEXT MEETING, I KNOW WE KEEP SAYING THAT, BUT AT THE NEXT MEETING, WE CAN BRING FORWARD A, A FORMAL, UM, WHAT THE PROCESS WOULD BE. 
          AND IF Y'ALL WANT TO MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TO THAT. 
          MOST OF THE CHALLENGES COME IN TO THE FACT THAT, UH, WE DO HAVE PARTICIPATION FROM THE COUNTY AND, UH, LIKE THE DALLAS COLLEGE STATE, DALLAS COLLEGE DISTRICT ON THAT. 
          AND, UH, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM TO ENSURE THAT IT SEE IF THEY'RE ON BOARD WITH THAT. 
          SO THERE IS A PROCESS, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT YES, YOU CAN EXTEND THE LIFE OF A TIF. 
          AND, UH, YEAH, SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN BRING FORWARD FORMALLY AT THE NEXT MEETING AND A QUESTION ABOUT THE, UH, ART RFP. 
          HOW DOES ONE FIND THAT OR PARTICIPATE IN THAT FOR THE MURALS? AND IT HASN'T BEEN POSTED YET. 
          I WAS JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING BEHIND THE, BEHIND THE SCENES WORK. 
          I FEEL LIKE EVERY UPDATE IN THE PAST, WE HAVE VISUALS OF INSTALLATIONS. 
          AND AT THIS POINT IT'S MORE SO PREPARING FOR OUR NEXT ONE. 
          UM, BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU THE HEADS UP ONCE THAT HAS OFFICIALLY GONE OUT. 
          AND I MAY HAVE MISSED ON THIS, THE BUDGET SLIDE. 
          WHAT WAS THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING DUE TO THE TAX SPACE IN GREECE? IT WAS THE REVITALIZATION PROGRAM. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, WE'VE EXHAUSTED THE 500,000. 
          AND SO WE'RE BASICALLY GOING WELL, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE BRINGING HIM BACK ANOTHER HALF A MILLION OR SO WAS STILL IN THERE. 
          HE LOOKED THROUGH THE NUMBERS SINCE WE JUST GOT THE CERTIFIED NUMBERS MONDAY, SO WE'VE BEEN KIND OF SCRAMBLING, BUT THE INTENT HERE IS JUST TO AT LEAST PROVIDE THE FUNDING IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD TO COUNCIL FOR THERE'S A BACKLOG OF APPLICANTS THAT, UH, GO AHEAD AND GET THOSE PROCESS. 
          AND THE, SO IT'S EXHAUSTED THROUGH, WELL, IT'S COMPLETELY EXHAUSTED, UM, THROUGH 23 AND THE FISCAL YEAR IS OCTOBER TO OCTOBER. 
          IS THAT OCTOBER TO SEPTEMBER? YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          OCTOBER 1ST. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IF, SO, WHAT'S THE TIMELINE ON THOSE ADDITIONAL FUNDS? SO, WELL, NOT INSTEAD OF LIKE 250,000, ALL RIGHT. 
          THAT WOULD JUST BE TO PLUG INTO COMPLETE THE ADDITIONAL CORRECT. 
          THE ADDITIONAL YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THE APPROVED ONES THAT WOULD THE 253 IS ADDITIONAL. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE FOR THE NEW FUNDING, BUT THAT WOULD BE FOUR APPLICANTS THAT YOU HAVE IN THE QUEUE THAT HAVE NOT PRESENTED YET. 
          BUT AS FAR AS FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN THE TOTAL, UM, REQUESTS FOR 23 ALSO INCLUDES FUNDING TO, TO PAY FOR THOSE APPLICANTS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN APPROVED THAT HAVE NOT, THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED. 
          SO THE TOTAL IS 513,253,000. 
          THE INITIAL WOULD BE STILL AVAILABLE, CORRECT. 
          AVAILABLE FOR APPLICANTS THAT HAVE PUT IN THAT HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED. 
          CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          IT'S JUST BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF NEED, UM, RIGHT. 
          AND THIS ATTENTION IS JUST TO GET THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO GET THE PROCESS STARTED. 
          WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE FINANCING PLAN, WE COULD TALK THROUGH ON HOW MUCH THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL AS A TOTALITY FOR THE REST OF THE THROUGH 2024, THE EXTENSION OF THE TIFF, WHATEVER TO, TO ENSURE THAT THAT PROGRAM CONTINUES. 
          THIS IS JUST TO GET THE APPLICANTS THAT SHE HAS ON THE TABLE SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THE MOVEMENT. 
          SO W LETICIA, WHEN WOULD YOU EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO TELL THEM, OKAY, SEND YOUR APPLICATION. 
          I KNOW IT'S KIND OF A HARD ONCE COUNCIL APPROVES THE  BUDGET. 
          YEAH. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          WANTING TO GIVE YOU NO PROMISES OR FALSE HOPE. 
          UM, AND IS THERE, IS THERE ANY TALKER RECOMMENDATION THAT WE CAN GIVE TO COUNCIL THAT 
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WE TAKE THIS, YOU KNOW, FINANCIAL BURDEN OR THIS PROGRAM OUT OF THE TIF AND CONTINUE IT AS ITS OWN THING? WE CORRECT. 
          I MEAN, THE TIFF'S GOING TO EXPIRE AT SOME POINT AND THE INTENTION OF THE CITY IS TO CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM RIGHT NOW, JUST BECAUSE THE TIFF EXPIRES. 
          IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT MONEY DISAPPEARS OUT OF GOES AWAY. 
          THE MONEY WOULD JUST BASICALLY GO BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND COFFERS AND BE SPLIT BETWEEN OUR DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE, WHICH WOULD FUND ALL CAPITAL ITEMS AND OUR OPERATING. 
          SO IT'S NOT AS IF THAT MONEY GOES AWAY. 
          WE'RE FULLY AWARE THAT THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL. 
          AND THERE'S FROM MY DISCUSSIONS WITH CITY MANAGEMENT, THE INTENT IS TO CONTINUE WITH, OKAY, WELL, WHATEVER WE CAN DO EITHER WAY, IT'S JUST WHERE YOU WANT TO BE AT THE TIME. 
          THERE'S A TIF THERE, IT HAS THE FUNDING. 
          SO I GUESS IF I WERE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, TO CONTINUE TO UTILIZE IT TO THE TIF UNTIL THAT TIME COMES, THAT THE TIF EXPIRES ALL RIGHT. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENT BEFORE WE DISMISS? I GUESS TECHNICALLY IT WOULD STILL BE IN GERMAN, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT AN OFFICIAL. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THEN THE TIF BOARD WILL STAND ADJOURNED AT 1 0 3. 
          OKAY.
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