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WELL, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE OCTOBER 10TH, 2022 WORK SESSION FOR THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL.

UH, JUST LET EVERYBODY KNOW, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS BASS AND WILLIAMS WILL NOT BE JOINING US THIS EVENING.

UH, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GET INTO OUR AGENDA.

ITEM ONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS ON WORK SESSION ITEMS. I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK THIS EVENING.

WE NOT.

WE DO NOT.

OKAY, VERY GOOD.

WE'LL MOVE ON.

UH, ITEM TWO, CONSIDER THE

[2. Consider the Consent Agenda]

CONSENT AGENDA.

THIS WILL BE FOR TOMORROW NIGHT.

I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY REQUESTS TO HAVE ANY ITEMS PULLED, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S TIME IN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.

I WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE, WRITTEN BRIEFINGS.

[3. Written Briefings]

ITEM THREE, A FY 22, JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT, MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.

UH, ITEM THREE B, DEPOSITORY BANK SERVICES OR BANKING SERVICES.

ITEM THREE C COVID 19 BRIEFING ITEM THREE D, NEXT GENERATION 9 1 1 FUND, SUBRECIPIENT GRANT CONTRACT.

ITEM THREE E INTERAGENCY COMMUNICATION SITE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH TEXAS DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY.

ITEM THREE F ENCORE, RATE, DENIAL RESOLUTION, AND 3G WALL STREET PARKING RESTRICTIONS.

ALL RIGHT, AND THAT WILL BRING US

[4a. Introduction of Phillip Urrutia - New Assistant City Manager]

TO ITEM FOUR, VERBAL BRIEFINGS.

OUR FIRST ITEM FOUR, A INTRODUCTION OF PHILIP UIA, A NEW ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, GLAD TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT TO INTRODUCE, UH, THE NEWEST MEMBER OF OUR CITY MANAGEMENT TEAM, PHIL UU.

WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE PHIL ON THE TEAM, AND, UH, HE'S IN HIS SECOND WEEK, SO YOU CAN ASK HIM PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING AT THIS POINT.

, UM, PHIL JOINS US FROM THE CITY OF ODESSA, AND I'LL OF COURSE LET HIM INTRODUCE AND SAY A FEW WORDS HERE IN A, IN A MINUTE.

BUT, UH, HE JOINS US FROM THE CITY OF ODESSA, WHERE HE MOST RECENTLY SERVED AS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AFTER KIND OF WORKING HIS WAY UP THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION.

IT, IT WAS VERY CLEAR THROUGH INTERVIEWS AND, AND ONCE YOU GET TO KNOW HIM, THAT, UH, THAT YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH GIVE PHIL ANYTHING.

AND HE'S GONNA BE NOT JUST SUCCESSFUL, BUT HE'S GOING TO EXCEL IN WHAT HE DOES.

AND, AND YOU SEE THAT IN HIS CAREER PATH.

AND, AND, UH, GARLAND'S VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE HIM ON THE TEAM NOW.

SO, UH, PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING PHIL AND SAY A FEW WORDS, SIR.

UH, WELL, UM, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO, UH, TO SPEAK BRIEFLY, UH, AND FOR THE INTRODUCTION FROM, UH, MR. REX FOR, UM, FOR BEING HERE.

BUT, UH, OUR FAMILY OR MY FAMILY IS DEFINITELY, UH, GRATEFUL TO BE IN, UH, IN GARLAND.

MY WIFE IS A, UH, TEACHER FOR GIS, G I S D NOW.

UH, WE WERE FORTUNATE THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO GET A JOB AFTER THE SCHOOL YEAR HAD STARTED, AND MY DAUGHTER IS ALSO A, A STUDENT OF, UH, OF THE DISTRICT AS WELL.

AND SO WE'VE, UM, UH, REALLY MADE IT, UH, UH, A POINT TO MAKE GARLAND OUR, OUR HOME, NOT ONLY THROUGH, UH, WORK, BUT THROUGH, UM, UM, THE WAY WE SERVE.

WE WILL ALSO GO TO CHURCH AND, AND, UH, DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS IN, IN GARLAND.

SO WE WANT GARLAND TO BE, TO BE OUR HOME.

AND, UH, WE DEFINITELY LOOK FORWARD TO, TO CONTINUING TO GROW AND GETTING TO KNOW THE, THE PEOPLE HERE.

UH, AS MR. REX STATED, I WAS WITH THE CITY OF ODESSA, SERVED AS AN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

I WAS FORTUNATE TO SERVE IN, UH, MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS.

I, UH, WAS ABLE TO SERVE IN MUNICIPAL COURT, UH, PURCHASING IN FLEET.

AND, UH, I HAD ANYTHING IN THE THAT TOUCHED THE, UH, THE PUBLIC IN, UH, IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

SO IT WAS, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UH, PARKS, MUNICIPAL COURT, AND THERE WERE A FEW OTHERS.

SO, UM, DEFINITELY HAVE, UM, UH, A GOOD BIT OF EXPERIENCE, UH, WORKING WITH, WITH CITIES.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, TO BRINGING THAT EXPERIENCE TO, TO GARLAND AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TOGETHER.

VERY GOOD.

TRY IT AGAIN.

MAYOR, BRO.

TIM MORRIS.

THANK YOU.

MY, UH, I WAS IN Q AUTOMATICALLY LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY WELCOME TO GARLAND.

WE ARE VERY GLAD YOU'RE HERE.

WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU DO ALL THE MAGIC THAT MR. REX JUST TOLD US ABOUT.

BUT WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO HAVE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY HERE, AND I HOPE YOU'LL FIND NOT ONLY THIS CITY TO BE WELCOMING AND HOSPITABLE, BUT THIS COUNCIL AS WELL.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

VERY GOOD.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, UH, WELCOME TO THE TEAM.

WE'RE, WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU.

AND IT'S NICE, IT'S NICE TO HAVE ANOTHER WEST TEXAS GUY ON THE TEAM.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO KINDA STICK TOGETHER WHEN WE MOVE OUT HERE TO THE, TO NORTH TEXAS.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A SECRET HANDSHAKE, THAT KIND OF THING.

WE DO SO WELL, WE'RE VERY EXCITED

[00:05:01]

TO HAVE YOU AND, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT, WHAT YOU CAN BRING TO US.

YES, SIR.

APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

UP NEXT, ITEM FOUR B, DOWNTOWN ORDINANCES AND POLICIES.

INTRODUCTION.

HELLO THERE.

SORRY, GIMME JUST A SECOND.

I'VE NEVER BEEN FIRST ON THE VERBAL BRIEFING, BRIEFING, .

OKAY, THERE.

DON'T SEE IT.

DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE IT ON YOU? I HAVE A USB, YES.

OH, THIS WILL BE AN EPIC FAIL.

WHERE IS, THIS IS, THIS IS NOT A DAN ISSUE.

I DON'T HAVE MY NAME.

WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO PROCEED THAT WE COME BACK? I THINK THE BEST THING TO DO IS COME BACK, CUZ GUESS WHAT? WE'RE MEETING NEXT WEEK.

SO I THINK WE WILL JUST BUMP YOU TO NEXT WEEK.

BEAR, IF WE CAN JUST GO TO THE NEXT, KEEP GOING OR WE'LL CIRCLE BACK AROUND UPSTAIRS AND WE CAN GET IT DOWN HERE OR I MY OFFICE AND GET IT.

I APOLOGIZE FOR WE'LL, WE'LL CIRCLE BACK TO YOU.

WE HAVE IT.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, LET'S SEE.

WE'LL JUMP OVER TO ITEM

[4c. 2023 Scheduling of Council Meetings]

FOUR C, 2020, AH, 2023, SCHEDULING OF COUNCIL MEETINGS.

THAT'S ME.

DO YOU HAVE YOUR PRESENTATION? DON'T HAVE MUCH OF ONE THAT'S ALREADY BEEN IN THERE BEFORE YOU, I HAVE TO SPEAK TO YOUR SUPERVISOR, , AND IT'S NOT ON THE COMPUTER, SO , BUT MAYOR, I HAVE SUBMITTED AND COUNSEL TO EACH OF YOU, UH, JUST SOME OF OUR THOUGHTS, UH, AND WANTED TO GET YOUR INPUT ON THOSE COUNSEL DATES, UH, THAT WE HAVE, UM, PROVIDED TO YOU, UH, IN, IN LISTING EACH OF THE DATES BEFORE YOU, AS WELL AS IN CALENDAR FORM.

SO, ONE OF THE DATES THAT I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IF YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WHAT WE DID ON THE MONDAY HOLIDAYS THAT WE PULLED UP AND LOOKED AT AND DID, BASICALLY WHAT I PUT BEFORE YOU IS WHAT WE DID THIS CALENDAR YEAR AND DOUBLED UP, YOU KNOW, ON THE TUESDAYS HAVE THE WORK SESSION AND THE REGULAR SESSION ON TUESDAYS, WHICH IS WHAT, AGAIN, WHAT WE DID THIS YEAR.

UM, WE WERE LOOKING AT ON THE VERY FIRST, THE, THE HOLIDAY MONDAY, JULY 2ND, I'M SORRY, MONDAY, JANUARY 2ND, UM, WHICH WOULD MEAN RIGHT AFTER THE FIRST OF THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.

JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE Y'ALL ARE OKAY WITH THAT.

BUT I THINK WE CAN DOUBLE UP ON THAT.

UH, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE FOR YOU THIS YEAR, THE P THE PROPOSED DATES FOR BOTH THE C I P EXTRA MEETINGS AND THE BUDGET WORK SECTION, EXTRA MEETINGS ON THERE AS WELL.

SO, OTHER THAN THAT, UH, JUST HAD, IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU AND IF YOU, OF COURSE, HAVE COUNSEL CHOSE TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THAT, I'LL BE HERE WHATEVER DAY WE DECIDE .

THAT'S HOW IT KINDA WORKS FOR ME.

SO WE'LL BRING THOSE BACK, UM, BEFORE YOU AND A ON A TUESDAY NIGHT.

UM, AND THAT'LL BE PROBABLY, ACTUALLY, IT WILL BE NEXT, NOT TOMORROW, BUT THE NEXT TUESDAY, SINCE WE'RE MEETING NEXT WEEK AS WELL, MONDAY AND TUESDAY, WE'LL BRING BACK THAT TO YOU IN A RESOLUTION FORMAT TO FINALIZE THOSE.

SO, VERY GOOD.

OKAY.

VERY GOOD.

ALL WE WILL MOVE TO FOUR

[4d. Cultural Arts & GCAC Update]

D, CULTURAL ARTS AND GC A C UPDATE.

AND DO YOU HAVE YOUR PRESENTATION ABOUT, WELL, UM, BECAUSE I TALKED TO DAN EARLIER AND NO, HE DIDN'T, HE HAD NOT BEEN SENT ANY PRESENTATIONS FOR THIS EVENING.

SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN ELECTRONIC VERSION OF IT ON YOU WE'RE, OKAY.

SO IT'S, IT'S ON MY LAPTOP.

IT'S ON THE WAY OVER.

SHOULD BE JUST A MINUTE.

ALL RIGHT.

ALSO UPLOADED TO ONLINE.

IT WAS UPLOADED, SO IF WE COULD GET ONLINE, MAYBE THERE'S A, YEAH.

SO, YEAH.

SO ARE WE ABLE TO GET ONLINE HERE? AND IT'S NOT

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POPPING.

OKAY.

YEP.

OH, WAIT A MINUTE.

OH, HANG ON.

GOTTA HAVE YOUR FINGERS ON THE RIGHT KEYS.

SO NOT STANDING.

YEAH, LET ME GET IT.

THERE IT GOES.

THERE WE GO.

IT'S NOT BUMPING UP WITH AND YEP.

10TH.

YEAH, HERE WE GO.

SESSION AND, YEP.

A LITTLE BIT MORE.

YEAH, THERE WE GO.

HERE WE GO.

AND LET'S DO THIS RIGHT THERE.

TA DA.

OKAY.

TA.

RIGHT.

OKAY.

WELL, WELCOME.

SO, I'M, I'M AMY ROSENTHAL.

ROSENTHAL.

THE SHOW MUST GO ON.

UM, LET ME SEE.

I DON'T, I GUESS, IS IT THIS, IT'S THIS MICROPHONE.

YOU GOT IT.

VERY GOOD.

ALL THREE OF THEM ARE ON, SO ALL THREE OF THEM.

GREAT.

WELL, FANTASTIC.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO I AM, UH, SO THRILLED TO BE HERE IN GARLAND.

UH, VERY GRATEFUL TO BE HERE.

UM, THIS IS SUCH AN EXCITING TIME FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND.

WE HAVE A FANTASTIC TEAM, AND I'M ACTUALLY REALLY EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT, UH, ARTS TONIGHT.

SO, UM, AS YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR, UH, LAST SUMMER, COUNCIL ADOPTED A CULTURAL ARTS PLAN FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND.

UM, SO THIS WAS AFTER LOTS OF INTERVIEWS, UH, IN COMMUNITY TOWN HALLS, UM, LOTS OF INFORMATION TO HELP COME UP WITH A REALLY COMPREHENSIVE CULTURAL ARTS PLAN.

AND IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS, UM, WHY I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE.

SO, UH, IN THE PLAN, THERE WERE SIX GOALS IDENTIFIED, AND IT WAS TO PROVIDE EXPERIENCES IN ALL NEIGHBORHOODS AND DOWNTOWN FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS, UH, TO GROW OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH TO CELEBRATE AND SUPPORT DIVERSITY AND HERITAGE, TO SUPPORT AND ATTRACT ARTISTS AND CREATIVES, TO FOSTER COLLABORATION AND TO OP OPTIMIZE MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS.

UM, AND SO TONIGHT WHAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE GARLAND, UH, CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION AND THE PRIVATE NONPROFIT ASSOCIATED WITH THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION.

UH, WE'RE GONNA REVIEW THE OPERATIONS OF THE CITY OWNED FACILITIES AND CULTURAL ARTS FACILITIES, AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT HOW THE CULTURAL PLAN, HOW THOSE GOALS ARE BEING ADDRESSED.

UM, SO AS YOU MAY KNOW, THE GARLAND CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION, UH, IS A NINE MEMBER COUNCIL APPOINTED BOARD.

OKAY.

IT WAS ESTABLISHED AS A PRIVATE 5 0 1 C THREE IN 1986, AND THEY MEET FOUR TIMES A YEAR.

NOW, LAST OCTOBER, THEY DID, UH, DECIDE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS TO EVERY OTHER MONTH, BUT SO FAR THIS YEAR, WE'VE HAD MEETINGS IN JANUARY, MARCH, MAY, JULY, UM, AND JULY WAS MY FIRST MEETING.

AND, UH, THEN IN SEPTEMBER, WE ACTUALLY TOOK A LITTLE FIELD TRIP.

WE WENT TO VISIT SOME, UH, CULTURAL, UH, SOME ARTIST INCUBATORS IN DALLAS.

WE WENT TO THE GOLD MAR CULTURAL CENTER AND THEN TO THE CEDARS UNION.

THIS IS TO HELP, UH, BUILD, UH, SOME TEAM SPIRIT, SOME BONDING WITH OUR COMMISSIONERS, AND TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT ELSE WAS HAPPENING.

UM, SO THE PURPOSE OF, OF THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION, WHEN YOU CAN LOOK AT THEIR BYLAWS, AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO, UH, REFERENCE, UH, SECTION 10 31 IN OUR CITY ORDINANCES.

IT'S TO PROVIDED CLEARING HOUSE, UH, FOR CULTURAL EVENTS, AND TO INCREASE CULTURAL EDUCATION FOR CITIZENS.

IT'S TO REVIEW AND APPROVE POLICIES FOR FACILITIES.

IT'S TO ESTABLISH CRITERIA AND TO REVIEW AND APPROVE COMMUNITY BASED GROUPS APPLYING FOR GRANTS.

UM, AND IT'S TO STUDY AND SUBMIT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CITY COUNCIL FOR THE IMPROVEMENT IN THE EXPANSION OF THE ARTS.

UM, SO THOSE ARE LISTED IN THEIR BYLAWS AND ACTUALLY, UH, IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.

SO ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION, UM, ONE OF THEIR MOST IMPORTANT EFFORTS IS TO, IS THIS GRANTING PROCESS.

SO, 15% OF HOT FUNDS, UM, ARE ALLOCATED FOR ARTS PROGRAMMING AND HISTORIC INITIATIVES.

SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT THE PRIVATE NONPROFIT RECEIVES, UH, THE 15%, AND THEN THEY GO THROUGH A REALLY, UM, INTENSIVE, UH, GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS TO REVIEW, UH, AND TO SCORE DIFFERENT LOCAL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS ON GRANT AMOUNTS.

SO IN 23, UH, WE'RE PROJECTED TO, TO RECEIVE $187,000, AND 140,000

[00:15:01]

OF THIS IS ALLOCATED TOWARDS GRANTS.

SO YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK, UM, AT THE PAST FEW YEARS, UH, YOU, THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE OF HOW MANY APPLICANTS, UH, WE HAD IN 2020 AND 2021, AND IN 2022.

UM, AND IF YOU, YOU CAN SEE IN 2022, WE, WE HAD 17 APPLICANTS.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE WERE, UH, HEARING THAT, UH, THERE ARE LOTS OF, WE WERE TRYING TO GROW OUR IMPACT OF ARTS IN GARLAND.

AND, UH, SO WE DID MAKE EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT GROUPS, NEW GROUPS THAT MAY NOT BE AWARE OF OUR GRANT PROCESS, UH, HAD INFORMATION AND WE, WE HAD SOME RESULTS.

BUT WHEN YOU HAVE MORE, UH, MORE PEOPLE ASKING FOR A SLICE OF THE PIE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE SLICES GET A LITTLE THINNER.

SO IT MAKES IT, UH, CHALLENGING.

IT'S, IT'S VERY CHALLENGING FOR OUR COMMISSIONERS, UM, TO, TO HELP DIVVY UP THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF FUNDS.

SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HEARD, UM, FROM SOME GROUPS THAT MAYBE YOU HAVE TO BE A 5 0 1 C THREE IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR GRANT FUNDS FROM THE GARLAND CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION.

AND WE HAVE HEARD THAT MAYBE THAT 5 0 1 3 STATUS IS A BARRIER FOR GROUPS THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED IN APPLYING.

UM, AND SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE CALENDAR.

UH, YOU KNOW, ORGANIZATIONS TYPICALLY BUILD OUT THEIR PROGRAMS IN THE SPRING, UM, BUT OUR GRANT CYCLE DOESN'T START UNTIL AUGUST.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THINKING AHEAD, WE, WE PROBABLY HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP GET THE WORD WORD OUT ABOUT OUR GRANT PROGRAM EARLIER IN THE YEAR.

UM, BUT YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, THE APPLICATIONS OPENED ON AUGUST THE FIRST.

THEY WERE DUE MID-SEPTEMBER.

THE COMMISSIONERS GET THEIR 17 PACKETS OF APPLICATIONS, UH, LOTS OF HOMEWORK, LOTS OF TIME AT HOME, READING AND REVIEWING AND THINKING THROUGH THIS.

THEY SUBMIT THEIR SCORES ANONYMOUSLY.

UH, AND THEN WE HAVE THIS BIG, LAST WEEK, IT WAS A THREE HOUR MASSIVE, UH, SUMMIT WHERE WE, UH, PUT EVERYBODY'S NAMES OUT THERE, LOOKED AT THE SCORES, AND TRIED TO, TO ASSIGN AMOUNTS TO THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES.

SO, UM, NEXT WEEK I'LL BE BACK AND WE'LL HAVE SOME AWARD RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, AND THEN WE'LL ALSO SUBMIT A BUDGET FOR YOUR REVIEW AND APPROVAL AS WELL, TOO.

SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF AN OVERVIEW, A SNEAK PEEK OF THE BUDGET THAT YOU'LL GET TO SEE NEXT WEEK.

UM, AS YOU CAN SEE ON HERE, WE'VE GOT THE HUNDRED AND $87,000 FROM THE, THE HOT FUNDS.

YOU CAN SEE HOW WE'VE GOT IT DIVIDED OUT.

140,000 OF THE HOT FUNDS GOES TOWARD.

UM, YOU KNOW, THE GRANT APPLICATIONS.

WE DO HAVE A PAYMENT HERE LISTED FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT OF THE VISION OF THE ARTS SCULPTURE.

UM, THERE'S ABOUT $38,000 LEFT OF THAT, THE COMMISSION.

THERE'S AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY, UM, TO REPAY THE CITY OF GARLAND FOR THE, THE SCULPTURE.

UM, YOU KNOW, THERE, THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF ASKING COUNCIL, UH, TO FORGIVE THIS REMAINING BALANCE.

AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, THEY'RE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT HOW THEIR, THEIR DOLLARS ARE ALLOCATED, AND THEY'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT FUNDING TO HELP TOWARD ARTS PROGRAMS. UM, YOU CAN ALSO SEE, UH, THAT WE'VE BECOME MEMBERS OF THE BUSINESS, UH, COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS.

THAT'S A GREAT ORGANIZATION IN NORTH TEXAS.

THIS IS GONNA HELP, UM, OTHER ART ASSOCIATIONS AND ART LEADERS KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN GARLAND.

UM, AND IT'S ALSO GONNA GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP DEVELOP OUR BOARD AND LEARN MORE ABOUT FUNDRAISING, UH, AND OTHER INITIATIVES.

SO THE BUDGET, UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE ON THE COMMISSION'S MIND RIGHT NOW.

SO, IN JANUARY, WE'RE LOOKING TOWARD A STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETING, UH, REALLY SITTING DOWN AND TAKING A LOOK AT THIS AWESOME CULTURAL ARTS PLAN AND IDENTIFYING SOME TOP STRATEGIC GOALS TO ACCOMPLISH FOR THIS NEXT YEAR.

WE KNOW IN MARCH, UM, WE WANNA TAKE A LOOK AT THE GRANT APPLICATION ITSELF, AND, UH, MAKE SOME UPDATES AND MODIFICATIONS, MAYBE STREAMLINE THE GRANT PROCESS A LITTLE FOR OUR GROUPS AND FOR OUR COMMISSIONERS.

UM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE COMMISSIONERS ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, UH, IS A JURIED POPUP ART EXHIBIT.

AND SO, UH, THIS TIES DIRECTLY INTO THE CULTURAL, UH, PLAN, AND ITS GOAL NUMBER ONE, WHICH WAS, UM, PROVIDING EXPERIENCES FOR, FOR OUR RESIDENTS, UM, IN DOWNTOWN AND IN ALL NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A WAY THAT THE COMMISSION IS WORKING TOWARDS IMPLEMENTING THE CULTURAL ARTS PLAN.

UM, I WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR BEAUTIFUL FACILITIES.

SO IN ADDITION TO THIS AMAZING PLAN THAT THE CITY OF GARLAND HAS FOR ITS ARTS ENDEAVORS, THE FACILITIES ARE AWESOME TOO.

AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I WANTED TO COME TO GARLAND, WAS TO GET TO BE A PART OF THESE INCREDIBLE BUILDINGS.

UM, SO WE HAVE OUR,

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UH, OUR FACILITIES ARE ALL RENTAL FACILITIES.

EVERYTHING, MOST EVERYTHING THAT YOU SEE ON STAGE IN A CITY OF GARLAND FACILITY IS A RENTAL.

OKAY? THOSE ARE OUR LOCAL GROUPS, UH, PRODUCING WORKS.

AND WE HAVE A BUDGET OF ABOUT 400,000 THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE IN RENTALS.

UM, AND THERE'S REALLY SOMETHING ALMOST EVERY SINGLE WEEKEND NOW, IT'S NOT ALMOST, IT'S NOT ALL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

UM, YOU KNOW, UH, THERE'S, THERE ARE LOTS OF OUR LOCAL GROUPS THAT HAVE SHOWS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, BUT THEN THERE ARE ALSO LOTS AND LOTS OF PRIVATE EVENT RENTALS, A LOT OF DANCE RECITALS.

UM, AND THEN A LOT OF OUR, OUR SHOWS THAT ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, THOSE ARE ALL FUNDED BY THE ARTS COMMISSION, BY THE PRIVATE NONPROFIT.

SO ONCE YOU HEAD INSIDE, WE'VE GOT THE BROWNLEY, THERE'S 720 SEATS.

UM, AND THOUGH OUR PRIMARY USERS IN THE BROWNLEY ARE THE GARLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, THEY HAVE A SHOW ON FRIDAY NIGHT, UH, THE GARLAND SUMMER MUSICALS, DALLAS BALLET, U I, AND THEN, AGAIN, LOTS OF THOSE PRIVATE RENTALS.

SO ONE THIRD OF THE EVENTS IN THE BROWNLEY ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

TWO THIRDS ARE PRIVATE RENTALS.

BUT IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THOSE PRIVATE RENTALS, AGAIN, GENERATE THE RENTAL REVENUES THAT HELP SUSTAIN OUR PROGRAMS. SO, TAKING A LOOK AT THE SMALL THEATER, THE SMALL THEATER IS 220 SEATS.

UH, THE PRIMARY USER IS A GARLAND CIVIC THEATER, AND THEY'RE 55 YEARS OLD.

THEY ARE A STAPLE, UM, OF GARLANDS ARTS.

THEY HAVE SIX SHOWS.

THEY'RE, UH, THEY'RE SHOWS THEY KICKED OFF THEIR SEASON WITH CARNIVAL, UH, COMING UP SOON IS SLEUTH.

UM, AND THEIR, THEIR SEASON RUNS FROM SEPTEMBER THROUGH MAY.

SO, THE, THE GARLAND, UH, THE OTHER PRIMARY USER OF THE SMALL THEATER IS THE DALLAS YOUNG ARTISTS.

IT'S NOT THE ACTORS, IS THE DALLAS YOUNG ARTISTS.

UM, AND THEY WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SUMMER MUSICALS.

THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE THE THEATER TEAM TO THE SUMMER MUSICALS.

THEY START, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE, AND A LOT OF THEIR YOUNG PEOPLE, UH, BECOME INVOLVED WITH THE SUMMER MUSICALS AS THEY GET OLDER.

SO THE, THE SMALL THEATER, UM, IS ALWAYS, THERE'S VERY LIMITED AVAILABILITY OF THE SMALL THEATER.

IT'S ALWAYS IN ACTION.

THEN WHEN WE HEAD TO DOWNTOWN, WE HAVE THE PLAZA, AND THIS IS OUR OLD HISTORIC MOVIE THEATER THAT OPENED IN 2001.

YOU KNOW, AND IT SERVES AS HOME FOR A COUPLE OF, UH, THEATER COMPANIES, INCLUDING THE COMPANY OF ROT PLAYERS AND BRIGHTLING PERFORMING ARTS.

UM, WE HAVE A MOVIE, UH, SERIES EVERY, EVERY MONTH AT THE PLAZA.

UH, DOWNTOWN, THE, THE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION ALSO HAS A MOVIE, UH, UH, MOVIE SERIES AS WELL, TOO.

AND, UM, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW TOO, THAT THOSE MOVIES, YOU KNOW, IT'S ABOUT $10,000 ANNUALLY TO, TO, UH, FOR THE LICENSING OF THE MOVIES.

AND THEY'RE ALL FREE.

WE, WE DON'T CHARGE ANY ADMISSION, UH, FOR THE MOVIES.

ONE THING THAT WE HAVE DISCOVERED IS THAT THE PLAZA IS A REALLY COOL MUSIC VENUE, AND WE HAD A LOT OF FUN THIS SUMMER, UH, EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT, WELL, IN SEPTEMBER, AT LEAST, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH BAND TOGETHER.

UM, IT'S A GREAT, GREAT MUSIC VENUE.

SO, MOVING ON TO THE ATRIUM, THE ATRIUM, 450 GUESTS.

SATURDAY NIGHT IS THE PREMIUM NIGHT, UH, IS A HOST TO LOTS OF S AND WEDDINGS, UH, AND FUNDRAISERS.

UM, EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE DID APPROVE, OUR COUNCIL DID APPROVE A SLIGHT INCREASE FOR OUR SATURDAY RENTAL RATES.

SO IN 2022, UH, WE DID START SOME EFFORTS TO ADDRESS, UM, SOME OF THE, THE ITEMS IN THE CULTURAL PLAN, AND SPECIFICALLY, UM, NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS DIVERSITY AND HERITAGE, AND NUMBER FOUR, WAYS TO SUPPORT AND ATTRACT ARTISTS AND CREATIVES.

SO, MOSES UVE IS A GARLAND CITIZEN.

HE'S A CHRISTIAN HIP HOP ARTIST.

UM, HE KICKED OFF LAST SPRING WITH A, A SERIES, UH, FOR YOUR MAKE YOUR MARK CONCERT SERIES HOSTING.

UM, A FEW PROGRAMS WE DID, WE OPENED UP THE GRANDVILLE FOR ART EXHIBITS.

SO EVERY MONTH THERE IS A DIFFERENT ARTIST AT THE GRANDVILLE.

UM, THIS IS MICHELLE NOAH.

SHE HAS A GALLERY IN DOWNTOWN, UM, GARLAND ARTIST, UH, OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION.

AND THEN THEIR SHOWS ARE ON, YOU KNOW, USUALLY OUT AND AVAILABLE FOR ABOUT A MONTH.

UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, WE HAD BITTY BITTY BUNDA , UH, WHICH WAS A TERRIFIC SUCCESS, UM, FOR NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.

AND THERE'S, UM, MAYOR LEMA WITH OUR, UH, SELENA LOOKALIKE WINNER.

SHE'S ACTUALLY, SHE'S AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT A GARLAND ELEMENTARY.

SO, REALLY COOL.

LOTS OF FUN THERE.

BEING MAYOR IS A TOUGH JOB, .

SO WE, UH, WE CONTINUE TO,

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UH, TO ADDRESS, UH, THINGS IN THE CULTURAL ARTS PLAN, UM, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

AND, AND BIG ART DAY LAST YEAR WAS A GREAT, UH, PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND STUDENTS.

AND EVERY YEAR, TOO, THE ARTS COMMISSION ALLOCATES, UH, DOLLARS TO GIVE TWO STUDENTS FOR THEIR, UM, STUDENT ART SHOW.

SO, AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW, TOO, THIS IS THE 40TH YEAR OF THE GRANDVILLE ARTS CENTER.

IT WAS BUILT IN, UH, 1982.

I LOVE THESE CARS OUT HERE, THE TRANSAM AND THE FRONT.

MR. BRADFORD, WAS THAT YOUR YET? I DON'T KNOW.

YOU KNOW, , YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A, I LOVE, I LOVE THE LOOK OF THIS BUILDING.

IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF FUN.

AND SO, BUT WE ALSO NEED A, YOU KNOW, IT'S TIME FOR A LITTLE, A LITTLE REFRESHING.

SO, UM, THIS NEXT YEAR WE HAVE A FACILITY ASSESSMENT, UH, THAT WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS AND APPROVE, UM, AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR, OUR FACILITIES, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO SERVE THE, THE PUBLIC.

SO, OKAY, SO WHAT'S GOING ON NOW? HOW, HOW ARE WE BRINGING THE CULTURAL PLAN TO LIFE NOW? SO, UH, NEXT YEAR WE ARE GOING TO, UH, APPLY FOR A CULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION FROM THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS.

THIS IS A REALLY PRESTIGIOUS DES DESIGNATION.

THERE ARE ONLY ABOUT 50 CITIES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT HAVE THIS DESIGNATION.

UM, AND WE HAVE, GARLAND HAS EVERYTHING TO BE A CULTURAL DISTRICT.

UM, SO THE WAY THAT THE PROCESS WORKS, YOU FILE A LETTER OF INTENT IN JANUARY, YOU SUBMIT A REALLY INTENSE APPLICATION IN JUNE, AND THEN THEY, UH, ANNOUNCE, UH, DESIGNEES IN SEPTEMBER.

PART OF A CULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION MEANS THAT YOUR DISTRICT HAS TO BE WALKABLE, UH, AND THAT YOU ALSO HAVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE A 5 0 1 C THREE PARTNER.

AND SO THE ARTS COMMISSION PROVIDES US THAT 5 0 1 C THREE TO HELP WITH THE CULTURAL DISTRICT, UH, UH, CULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION.

REALLY SUPER IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT OPENS UP GRANTS.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY, UH, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT LATER IS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT EXPLORING OUR REVENUE.

UM, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO DIVERSIFY OUR REVENUES AND OPENING UP SOME GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR US AS A CULTURAL DISTRICT FOR OUR GROUPS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND THAT PLAYS INTO, UH, NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS SUPPORTING AND ATTRACTING OUR ARTISTS.

NUMBER FIVE.

OKAY.

UH, NO.

ANOTHER THING THAT WE ARE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW, UM, IS A PUBLIC ART PROCESS.

AND THIS IS NUMBER SIX.

THIS IS THE OPTIMIZED OPTIMIZING MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS.

UH, WE, WE NEED, AND THIS WAS ALSO A TOP PRIORITY FROM THE CULTURAL PLAN ITSELF.

UM, WE NEED A PUBLIC ART PROCESS THAT ALLOWS US TO, UH, GET WORKS.

WE HAVE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY THAT ARE WORKING ON PUBLIC ART PLANS, AND WE NEED A, A CONSISTENT WAY, A TRANSPARENT WAY, AN AN EQUITABLE WAY, UH, TO, TO GET MORE PUBLIC ART IN GARLAND.

UM, AND, UH, WE DON'T WANNA SLOW ANYBODY DOWN.

I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING TOO, IS WE DON'T WANNA SLOW ANYBODY DOWN.

SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE THINKING OUT, UH, IS AN INTERMEDIATE TYPE OF GOAL.

UM, WE REALLY NEED TO REVIEW OUR FACILITY FEES.

YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANNA OUTPRICE, UM, OUR FACILITY FOR OUR LOCAL GROUPS.

BUT, UH, BUT IT'S AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, WE ARE PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST AFFORDABLE FACILITIES IN NORTH TEXAS.

AND SO MAYBE THERE'S A WAY TO LOOK AT OUR PRICING FOR OUR CORPORATE PARTNER PARTNERS, OR FOR OUR PRIVATE PARTNERS.

UM, WE'RE PUTTING INTO PLACE A NEW RESERVATION PROGRAM, UH, AND A NEW TICKETING SYSTEM THAT WILL ALLOW US TO TRACK DATA BETTER AND HELP US MAKE SOME BETTER DECISIONS.

UM, AND THEN THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT AS WELL, TOO, UH, ADDRESSING THE, THE NUMBER ONE AND THE NUMBER THREE.

THIS IS EXPERIENCE FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS.

AND NUMBER THREE, TO SUPPORT DIVERSITY AND HERITAGE.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT PERFORMANCES TO COMPLIMENT OUR LOCAL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS.

WE DON'T WANNA COMPETE WITH OUR LOCAL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS.

WE WANNA FIND SOME PROGRAMS THAT WILL BRING IN SOME VISITORS AND COMPLIMENT WHAT'S BEING HAPPENING, WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.

UM, THIS WAS ALSO LISTED AS A TOP PRIORITY IN OUR CULTURAL PLAN.

SO NEXT MARCH, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PEAKING ACROBATS.

THEY'VE BEEN TRAVELING THE WORLD FOR 30 YEARS.

THEY DO AMAZING THINGS.

IT'S GONNA BE SO COOL AT THE GRANDVILLE.

SO, UH, THAT'S COMING SOON.

AND THEN WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE MAVIS STAPLES.

SO SHE IS A LEGEND.

SHE IS A KENNEDY CENTER HONOREE.

SHE IS A GRAMMY AWARD WINNING LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT ARTIST.

I MEAN, THIS WILL BE A REALLY SPECIAL, SPECIAL PERFORMER FOR OUR FACILITY.

UM, AND SHE'S GONNA HAVE A SOLD OUT

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SHOW.

SO, UM, YEAH, SO THIS IS, AGAIN, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SOME PROGRAMS THAT WILL HELP, UM, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO ATTRACT VISITORS, SERVE OUR RESIDENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, BRING IN PROGRAMS THAT COMPLIMENT WHAT OUR LOCAL GROUPS ARE DOING.

SO AS A LONGER TERM TYPE OF, UH, GOAL, AN ARTS INCUBATOR.

YOU KNOW, PART OF OUR, UM, FIELD TRIP, OUR ADULT FIELD TRIP WITH THE ARTS COMMISSION LAST MONTH WAS TO TAKE A LOOK AT A COUPLE OF THESE CENTERS.

WE KNOW THAT WHEN YOU BRING ARTISTS INTO A COMMUNITY, INTO AN AREA THAT THEY BRING AN ENERGY AND VITALITY, UM, THAT WILL HELP REALLY DRAW ATTENTION TO OUR CULTURAL DISTRICT.

WE KNOW THE CREATIVES ARE HERE, AND WE JUST NEED AN AFFORDABLE SPACE FOR STUDIO SPACE, A CO-OP SPACE TO PROVIDE A LITTLE EXHIBIT.

UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S ON THE, ON THE RADAR.

UM, THE OTHER THING THAT'S ON THE RADAR IS A FILM FESTIVAL.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS ADDRESSING OUR, OUR HERITAGE, UH, AND DIVERSITY, AND ALSO PARTNERSHIPS.

WE HAVE LOTS OF FOLKS IN GARLAND THAT, UM, HAVE SOME TYPE OF CONNECTION TO THE FILM INDUSTRY.

YOU KNOW, WHAT BETTER WAY TO SHOW OFF OUR BEAUTIFUL PLAZA THEATER THAN WITH A REALLY COOL FILM FESTIVAL.

SO, AND WE'RE THINKING TOO, KIND OF IN A CULTURAL CAPACITY.

UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE'VE GOT LOTS OF GREAT RESOURCES HERE WITH OUR MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION.

UM, PRETTY COOL STUFF, UH, LONG TERM AS WELL, TOO.

FUNDING.

THERE'S THAT FUNDING AND BRANDING.

YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, AGAIN, WITH THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, THAT BUDGET IS TOTALLY DEPENDENT ON HOT.

AND WITH OUR FACILITY, IT'S RENTAL REVENUES.

WE NEED TO REALLY FIGURE OUT SOME NEW REVENUE SOURCES.

AND WHETHER THAT BE SPONSORSHIPS OR FUNDRAISERS OR GRANTS, THAT'S, THAT'S A TOP PRIORITY FOR, FOR ME.

UM, AND THEN BRANDING, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP HEARING THIS, YOU KNOW, ANDY'S WORKED REALLY HARD FOR MUSIC THIS LAST YEAR.

THERE'S, THERE'S SOMETHING HERE, AND IT'S KIND OF PUTTING IT TOGETHER.

UM, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE Y'ALL KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE OUR COMMISSIONERS HERE, OUR, UH, CHAIR DAN DRIVER, AND THEN OUR TREASURER CHIP VAN PELT.

UM, YOU KNOW, THERE, CHIP HAS TALKED ABOUT A VIBE.

SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO FIGURE OUT A BRANDING OPPORTUNITY THAT REALLY SHOWCASE, UH, GARLANDS WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.

AND IT'S AUTHENTIC TO GARLAND AS WELL, TOO.

UM, AND THEN FINALLY, I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO REMEMBER THAT WE ARE OPERATING UNDER THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT WERE ESTABLISHED IN THE CULTURAL ARTS PLAN.

AND I, AND I LOVE THESE, UM, IT'S A VIBRANT COMMUNITY FOR ALL, AND TO IMPROVE THE LIFE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO SUPPORT AND DEVELOP GREAT NEIGHBORHOODS TO ATTRACT VISITORS AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, AND TO CELEBRATE LOCAL CULTURES AND HERITAGE AND INCREASE CIVIC PARTICIPATION.

SO THOSE ARE OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT WE'RE GOING TO, UM, TO USE TO HELP WITH ALL OF OUR ENDEAVORS.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE END.

AND I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? WELL, I WAS JUST GONNA ADD, WE, WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S, UM, INTEREST IN THIS, IN THIS TOPIC, AND THAT WE COVERED A LOT OF GROUND THAT KIND OF PROVIDE SOME MEMORY REFRESHERS OF THE HISTORY OF HOW THINGS WERE SET UP, AND THEN TYING IT TO THE, TO GOING FORWARD WITH THE FUTURE.

UM, AND THERE'S SOME PIECES IN, IN PLACE THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED TO KIND OF CONSIDER AND, AND PROVIDE SOME, YOU KNOW, GET SOME DIRECTION AND FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL.

SO WE, UH, LOVE TO HEAR SOME OF THAT AND, AND HOW, HOW YOU THINK WE'RE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION OR NOT, WHAT THE NEXT STEPS MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

ALL RIGHT.

GOT SOME FOLKS LINED UP.

COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK.

HI.

THANKS FOR COMING TONIGHT.

UM, THE JURY POPUP, HOW ARE YOU, UM, HOW DO YOU PLAN TO CREATE THAT EXPERIENCE WITHIN NEIGHBORHOODS? WHICH NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOW ARE YOU CHOOSING THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS? AND ARE YOU VISITING EVERY DISTRICT, UM, AT NEIGHBORHOOD AND EVERY DISTRICT? SURE, SURE.

I MEAN, CHIP, THIS IS REALLY KIND OF, UH, ONE OF THE ENERGIES OF CHIP.

DO YOU WANNA COME UP AND SHARE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE VISION FOR POPUPS? OKAY, YEAH.

THIS IS JUST IN THE PLANNING STAGES RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT'S THE WHOLE DIRECTION, IS THE WHOLE IDEA BEHIND THIS IS TO HAVE A GARLAND VISUAL ART SHOW THAT WOULD GO OUT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO YES, IT WOULD, WE, RIGHT NOW THE THINKING IS WE WOULD HAVE A SIMULTANEOUS ART EXHIBITION IN EACH OF THE EIGHT DISTRICTS.

WE DON'T KNOW THE LOCATIONS YET.

IF IT'S A REC CENTER LIBRARY, WHATEVER, OR A RETAIL SPOT, OR A CHURCH OR WHATEVER, WE WOULD HAVE, UH, WE WOULD TAKE THE ENTRIES AND THE ACCEPTED ENTRIES, DIVIDE THEM UP INTO EIGHT PARTS, HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A, A SMALL, UH, DISPLAY MADE FOR EACH, EACH ONE.

AND, UM, POSSIBLY EVEN MAKE IT AN INTERACTIVE THING.

YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE THERE'S FOOT TRAFFIC MM-HMM.

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, AND PEOPLE SEE IT WHERE THEY DON'T USUALLY SEE ART, WHERE THEY, IT'S KIND OF UNEXPECTED.

BUT THEN ALSO MAYBE, MAYBE POSSIBLY MAKE IT INTERACTIVE IN THAT EACH OF THE EIGHT PLACES HAS A QR CODE AND YOU CAN CHECK IN AND MAYBE EVENTUALLY, IF YOU CAN MAKE ALL EIGHT ART EX EXHIBITS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU GET INTO, YOU KNOW, YOU MAYBE WIN SOMETHING.

I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, BUT TO MAKE IT, UH, ALMOST, UH, WELL, AN INTERACTIVE, UH, EVENT FOR THE, FOR THE VIEWERS.

SO, UH, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE, WHERE WE'RE THINKING RIGHT NOW.

AND IT'S KIND OF STILL IN THE PLANNING STAGES, AND HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS WE'LL HAVE IT ALL IRONED OUT.

BUT THAT'S, THAT'S THE THOUGHT, IS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE DIS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE DOWNTOWN, THE WAY IT IS.

THIS IS A NICE TIME TO GO OUT INTO THE, INTO THE DISTRICTS.

AND SO, YEAH, THAT'S THE MAIN PURPOSE OF IT.

SO THAT'S WONDERFUL.

I'M EXCITED TO SEE THAT COME TO DISTRICT FIVE TOO.

UM, YOUR PUBLIC ART PROCESS, UM, HOW DO YOU PLAN TO BRING THAT PROGRAM INTO AREAS OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN? WELL, IT WOULD BE PROJECT DRIVEN.

SO THE, THE CONCEPT WITH THE PROCESS IS, UM, EITHER STAFF, UH, RECOMMENDS A PROJECT OR MAYBE A PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER RECOMMENDS A PROJECT.

SO YOU START WITH THE PROJECT AND THEN IDENTIFY, OKAY, UM, IF IT'S PUBLIC PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE THE STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED WITH THE PUBLIC PROPERTY, IF IT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY, WHO ARE THOSE STAKEHOLDERS AND HOW'S IT GOING TO BE FUNDED? A CALL OUT TO ARTISTS.

UM, AND THEN THERE WOULD BE A SELECTION COMMITTEE THAT WOULD HELP REVIEW THE SUBMISSIONS.

UM, AND AGAIN, THIS IS ALL WORKING VERY CLOSELY, YOU KNOW, WITH THE ARTS COMMISSION, WITH STAFF, UM, WITH, WITH OTHER EXPERTS.

I, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF THE KEY INGREDIENT THAT WE'RE STILL TRYING TO NAIL DOWN.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD SOME MORE SURE.

AND, AND, AND SOME OF THOSE DETAILS OF YET TO BE WORKED OUT.

AND WE'LL BRING THAT PROCESS FORWARD JUST IN AND OF ITSELF FOR DISCUSSION.

BUT IT'LL BE, UM, TRIGGERED ANYTIME THERE'S PUBLIC MONEY AND OR PUBLIC PROP PROPERTY INVOLVED.

IF IT'S PRIVATE MONEY, PRIVATE PROPERTY, THEN IT TRIGGERS OTHER THINGS THAT TEND TO FALL IN PLANNING AND ZONING.

BUT SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE GETTING WORKED OUT.

BUT IT, IT, IT WILL CENTER AROUND THE SELECTION PROCESS.

AND SO THERE MIGHT BE, UH, WHERE THE COMMISSION SELECTS A TEAM OF FOLKS THAT WILL DO THAT.

WILL, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE PUT OUT A CALL FOR ARTISTS THAT THEY SELECT THE ACTUAL, UH, ARTIST FROM A, A SUBMISSION IN A CRITERIA.

CUZ IT'S NOT ALWAYS JUST ABOUT THE ART ITSELF AND WHAT'S APPROPRIATE, WHAT, YOU KNOW, CAUSE WE'RE ALL GONNA DISAGREE ON WHAT'S ART.

AND I LIKE BLUE, I LIKE RED.

IT'D BE MORE ABOUT DOES THE ARTIST HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO THE WORK? IS IT GONNA BE REPRESENTATIVE OF, OF THE GOAL OR THE VISION OF THE PIECE OF ART? THOSE KIND OF DETAILS.

THE MAINTENANCE OF IT.

WHEN IS IT, WHAT ITS LIFE CYCLE IS, WHEN DOES IT GET DECOMMISSIONED? ALL THOSE NUTS AND BOLTS THAT HAPPEN BEHIND THE SCENES THAT IF YOU FORGET ABOUT 'EM, END UP BEING A PROBLEM FOR SOMEONE LATER.

SO IT'S KIND OF A COMPREHENSIVE WAY TO SELECT, UH, A SUSTAINABLE AND AND IMPACTFUL PROJECT.

SO ESSENTIALLY SOMEONE BE, WOULD BE COMING TO, TO YOU FOR A PROJECT THAT THEY WANT TO, UH, SURE.

AND, AND A PROJECT COULD BE GENERATED IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS.

IT COULD BE GENERATED BY ANOTHER CITY DEPARTMENT.

IT COULD BE SOMEBODY THAT COMES IN AND, AND, AND BRINGS A PROJECT AND SAYS, HEY, I'VE GOT FUNDING, BUT I NEED A PLACE TO PUT IT IN A, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE IT IN A PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO IT COULD COME TO US OR BE GENERATED BY THE CITY IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.

AND SO THE PRO PROCESS WOULD HELP MANAGE THAT SO THAT IT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ADVANCE IT FORWARD, BUT DO IT IN A WAY THAT IS MEANINGFUL.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO, TIM SMITH.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, ON ONE OF YOUR SIDES, YOU HAD MENTIONED THE 5 0 1 C UH, VERSUS FOR PROFIT CORPORATIONS.

UH, IS THAT SOMETHING Y'ALL ARE LOOKING TO CHANGE? AND CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? NO.

UH, YES, ABSOLUTELY.

OKAY.

SO NO.

YES, .

SO, UH, THE, THAT WAS A POSSIBLE MAYBE, YEAH.

OR POSSIBLE MAYBE.

UM, OKAY.

IN ORDER FOR THE GRANTS TO BE, UH, DISTRIBUTED, AND IT, UM, IT KIND OF GOES BACK TO ACTUALLY SOMETHING IN THE, UH, THE TAX CODE ORDINANCE.

SO YOU CAN USE HOT FUNDS.

THE HOT FUNDS ARE GIVEN THEN TO THE NONPROFIT, AND THEN THE NONPROFIT ALLOCATES OUT TOWARDS GRANTS.

THAT NONPROFIT, UM, ACTUALLY PROVIDES A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY TO DO BUSINESS QUICKLY OR TO DO, YOU KNOW, OTHER TYPES OF TRANSACTIONS THAT FROM A CITY STANDPOINT MIGHT BE A LITTLE MORE CUMBERSOME.

I DON'T, I, I THINK THAT NONPROFIT, UM, IS A VERY IMPORTANT, UM, DESIGNATION.

I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THAT IT WOULD CHANGE TO A FOR-PROFIT OR COMMERCIAL STANDING.

SO, SO YOUR, YOUR QUESTION IS RELATED TO THE RECIPIENTS OF THE, OF THE GRANT.

NOT, NOT SO MUCH THE, NOT SO MUCH THE INK.

SO MY RECOLLECTION IS, IS THAT THAT IS A FUNCTION OF THE BYLAWS.

SO WE WOULD, WE WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO EXPLORE IS THAT, UH, IF IT'S AN UNTENABLE BARRIER,

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WHAT ARE THE, WHAT'S, ARE THERE ANY DOWNSIDES TO IT BEING OPEN TO WHAT WE WOULD MIGHT CON CONSIDER A CIVIC GROUP WHERE THEY MEET, THEY, THEY MEET THE INTENT IN THE SPIRIT OF A NONPROFIT, BUT MAY HAVE NOT HAVE GONE THROUGH THE, THE TIME AND THE EXPENSE OF, OF THEIR IRS STATUS.

AND GENERALLY, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU KNOW, IN, IN THE CITY'S POSITION, WE DON'T WANNA GET BETWEEN AN AGENCY AND THE IRS THAT'S KIND OF BETWEEN THEM.

SO WE WOULD EXPLORE THOSE KIND OF THINGS THAT IF IT'S A BARRIER AND WE COULD GET OTHER APPLICANTS, THAT'S WHAT WE WANT, EXPLORE.

DO WE HAVE ANY, UM, ANYTHING ELSE BYLAWS, UH, THAT ADDRESSES, UM, ANY, ANY CERTAIN PERCENTAGE ALLOCATION FOR, UH, NEW RECIPIENTS, NEW CONTENT? YOU KNOW, I, I, I'VE SEEN IN SOME YEARS WHERE WE'VE GIVEN THE SAME MONEY TO THE SAME GROUPS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

AND, AND THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE, THE BEST THING TO DO.

UH, BUT, BUT I'M WONDERING, YOU KNOW, ARE WE CROWDING OUT ANY NEW MEMBERS OR ANY NEW PLAYERS IN THAT SPACE? UM, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES THAT LOOK? I, I COULD ANSWER THAT IF, IF, IF YOU WANT ME TO.

IT'S, IT'S, IT'S BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, WITH THE, WITH THE HOT FUNDS KIND OF GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, UM, IT PROVIDES A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA, UM, AS THINGS STAY THAT WAY FOR, FOR ADDITIONAL REVENUE.

AND, AND SMALL DEGREE THAT, AND THAT'S A DISCUSSION THAT WE'VE HAD AMONGST OURSELVES IS, IS DO, DO WE SET ASIDE, OR, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S A HARD PERCENTAGE OR JUST EARMARK KIND OF, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN AMOUNT FOR ALLOWING A NEW GROUP OR ARTIST OR OR EVENT TO COME IN JUST TO, TO EARMARK THAT AS A, AS AN OPTION FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN AND, AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FUNDS.

AND I WILL SAY THAT THE COMMISSIONERS, IT WAS REALLY TOUGH FOR THEM THIS LAST SESSION.

I MEAN, THEY HAD 17 GROUPS.

FIVE WERE NEW APPLICANTS, AND THEY WANTED TO BE SUPPORTIVE, YOU KNOW, OF THE NEW APPLICANTS.

THEY WANTED TO GIVE THEM, THEY GAVE EVERYBODY AT LEAST A LITTLE SOMETHING.

UM, BUT THEN AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT HELPS KIND OF, WHEN YOU HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF DOLLARS THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH TO SUB-GRANT, THEN IT DOES IMPACT EVERYONE.

SO I THINK ULTIMATELY WE GOTTA FIGURE OUT A WAY TO EITHER GENERATE SOME ADDITIONAL REVENUES OR MAYBE THERE IS A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT GRANT PROGRAM WHERE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU ARE A NEW APPLICANT, YOU'RE AT A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OR THERE, THERE ARE A VARIETY OF WAYS THAT THAT COULD BE HANDLED WELL.

WE, UH, AS A COUNCIL, WE TACKLE THE SAME ISSUES WITH OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT EVERY YEAR.

AND WE HAVE ALL OF THE SAME PROBLEMS. YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANNA WATER IT DOWN THE ALLOCATIONS TOO MUCH, UH, BUT YOU, AND YOU ALSO WANT TO GO BACK TO SOMEBODY WHO'S PROVEN THEMSELVES, BUT YOU ALSO WANNA CYCLE IN SOME, SOME FRESH BLOOD, AS IT WERE.

UM, I, IS THERE ANYTHING, ARE THERE ANY RULES, LAWS, ARTIFACTS OF OLD POLICIES THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE GETTING IN THE WAY OF Y'ALL PROGRESSING AT ALL THAT COME TO MIND? WELL, I, I'M STILL LEARNING A LOT.

I'M JUST A LITTLE OVER THREE MONTHS HERE.

SO, UM, I, I WOULD SAY, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES OF THE FACILITIES, WE, WE DO NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

I MEAN, WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY INCREDIBLE LEGACY GROUPS THAT HAVE DEFINED THE ARTS FOR GARLAND, MADE LOTS OF CONTRIBUTIONS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT IS HARD TO PROVIDE A LITTLE SPACE FOR SOME OF OUR NEWER GROUPS AS WELL TOO, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE RESERVATION SYSTEM.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I'LL CONTINUE, WE'LL WORK THROUGH IT AND, AND KEEP Y'ALL POSTED AND INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS AS WELL AS OUR COMMISSION AND STAFF IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

WELL, NOT, NOT TO SPEAK FOR MY COLLEAGUES, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE ALL INDIVIDUALLY MADE COMMITMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL SUCCEED.

IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP YOU, PLEASE, PLEASE LET US KNOW.

UH, THERE'S NOT MUCH OF AN EGO OVER HERE, SO WE'RE HAPPY TO THROW OUT RULES THAT THEY DON'T WORK, YOU KNOW.

AWESOME.

APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

VERY GOOD.

AND MAYOR PRO, TIM MORRIS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE FACILITY FEES THAT YOU BROUGHT UP.

SO WE INCREASED RECENTLY FACILITY FEEDS IN SOME CASES.

SO WAS THAT COMMENT MOSTLY, ARE YOU LOOKING TO HAVE FACILITY FEES INCREASED MORE? SO WE ONLY INCREASED FOR THE ATRIUM, RIGHT.

AND PRIMARILY SATURDAY NIGHT.

I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE LOOK AT INCREASING FEES FOR THE GRANDVILLE AND FOR THE PLAZA, PROBABLY MORE ON OUR PRIVATE OR CORPORATE SIDE.

UM, AND THEN TWO FOR THAT SATURDAY NIGHT, YOU KNOW, WE, UM, I, I THINK THERE IS A ROOM, I THINK WE'RE UNDER MARKET.

UM, AND I THINK THERE IS ROOM FOR A SLIGHT INCREASE, BUT IT IS A BALANCE, YOU KNOW, KNOW WE DON'T WANNA OVERPRICE OR OVERBURDEN OUR GROUPS.

WE KNOW THAT THESE ARE FACILITIES THAT ARE DESIGNED FOR THE COMMUNITY AND WE WANT THEM USED.

SO, UH, BUT JUST I THINK THERE IS ROOM FOR A LITTLE BIT OF GROWTH ON OUR PERFORMANCE FACILITIES.

OKAY.

AND, AND I KNOW WE ALL APPRECIATE YOUR, UM, EXPERTISE IN THAT AREA, EYES ON FOR THAT.

AND, UH, CERTAINLY I WOULD SUPPORT US TAKING A LOOK AT THAT.

MY OTHER QUESTION IS ABOUT THE ARTS INCUBATOR.

UM, WHAT

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ARE YOU ENVISIONING AS FAR AS USING SPACE SPACES? WHERE CAN YOU ENLARGE ON THAT TAD? WELL, WHERE, WHERE WE HAVE SEEN THEM BE SUCCESSFUL IN OTHER COMMUNITIES, AND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE GOLD MARK WAS PRETTY INTERESTING.

IT WAS 64,000 SQUARE FEET OF ABANDONED KIND OF OFFICE SPACE DIVIDED UP INTO, I DON'T REMEMBER HOW MANY ARTISTS THEY HAD, TOTAL HUNDRED PLUS, BUT IN SIZES THAT RANGED ANYWHERE FROM PROBABLY LIKE, YOU KNOW, 200 SQUARE FEET TO ABOUT A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.

AND YOU JUST, YOU'RE, IT'S PROVIDING THESE SPACES, THESE LITTLE MAKER SPACES FOR, FOR GROUPS OF PEOPLE TO GET TOGETHER.

IT'S AFFORDABLE.

THEY FEED OFF OF ONE ANOTHER.

BUT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS IN THESE PLACES WHERE IT BECOMES AN ATTRACTION.

THEY HAVE ART SHOWS, PEOPLE ARE COMING, THEY'RE FEEDING UP, OH, HEY, HAVE YOU BEEN DOWN TO THE CEDARS UNION TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING? IT'S, IT'S A REAL, UM, A SPECIAL WAY THAT WE COULD REVITALIZE OR REUSE A CERTAIN SPACE TO ADD SOMETHING THAT WOULD CREATE, I THINK, A SENSE OF VIBRANCY.

SO, AND I'LL ADD TO THAT.

SO IF THAT IS ONE OF OUR INTER INTERMEDIATE OR LONG TERM GOALS, CUZ IT WOULD TAKE SOME TIME TO IDENTIFY A SPACE.

SO I THINK IF THERE IS, YOU KNOW, THE GENERAL IDEA THAT THAT IS A, A, A GOAL FROM THE MASTER PLAN THAT IS WORTHY OF PURSUING, WE WOULD GO THROUGH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THAT GO, GO SHOPPING FOR SOME PROPERTY.

SO THERE MIGHT BE EXISTING FACILITIES, THERE MIGHT BE, UH, THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE CITY INVENTORY.

THERE MIGHT BE OTHER PRIVATE FACILITIES THAT COULD BE UP FOR GRABS IN SOME CAPACITY.

SO THOSE EXACT DETAILS HAVEN'T BEEN WORKED OUT, BUT I THINK THE IDEA ITSELF IS, IS VERY WORTHWHILE TO EXPLORE JUST BECAUSE OF THE WAY SHE DESCRIBED JUST THE, THE ENERGY OF IT.

AND THE OTHER THING THAT THE MASTER PLAN TALKS ABOUT IS, AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES A GREAT JOB OF, OF SHOWING THOSE STUDENTS IN THE VISUAL PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAM HOW TO MONETIZE THEIR SKILLS.

NOT JUST, HEY, THIS WAS A, A GREAT JOB ON YOUR PAINTING.

IT'S ACTUALLY HOW TO TURN THAT INTO A CAREER.

WELL, THESE INCUBATOR SPACES, WHEN THEY'RE AFFORDABLE EACH MONTH DO A REALLY GREAT JOB OF TEACHING THOSE KIDS HOW TO AND YOUNG ADULTS HOW TO MONETIZE AND, AND MAKE A CAREER OUT OF THEIR SKILL AND THEIR TALENT.

OKAY.

AND YEAH, I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE WHOLE, UM, INCUBATOR, UH, CONCEPT.

SO I WAS JUST MORE CURIOUS IF YOU ALREADY HAD IN YOUR MIND SPACES, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE, WELL MAYBE YOU DO AND YOU'RE NOT SAYING IT, BUT WE HAVE IDEAS AND WE'RE SHOPPING.

SO WHEN GOT IT, AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, THOSE, THOSE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR DISCUSSION.

BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S ALL DFAS.

OKAY.

WHAT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.

I'LL BE VERY EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT IT.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

MM-HMM.

CONSIDERED, UM, HOW ARE YOUR REGULAR THEATER OCCUPANTS LIKE THE GARLAND CIVIC THEATER USING THE CULTURAL ARTS MASTER PLAN TO PROGRAM THEIR SEASONS? NOW? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

SO, UM, AND WHEN I'M NOT SURE THAT I'M TOTALLY EQUIPPED TO ANSWER, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT, THAT EVERYONE HAS BEEN MADE AVAILABLE, THE PLAN, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE IDEAS AND THOUGHTS AND THE PLAN THAT ARE, ARE OUT THERE.

AND I, AND I'M SURE THAT THE GROUPS ARE, ARE, YOU KNOW, TAKING THIS IN.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT THE PLAN A LOT WITH THE ARTS COMMISSION.

UM, BUT, BUT THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT POINT.

I'D HAVE TO, TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW ARE THEY USING THE INFORMATION FROM THE PLAN IN MAKING SELECTIONS FOR THEIR SHOWS.

SO IT, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE A GREAT ANSWER FOR, HONESTLY, CUZ IT, IT IS A CHALLENGE.

UM, BUT I THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN STAFF LEADERSHIP AND THE ARTS COMMISSION LEADERSHIP, UM, FOLKS WILL FOLLOW, OKAY.

I MEAN, IF THEY'RE RECEIVING MONEY FROM THE CULTURAL ART ARTS COMMISSION AND THEY'RE NOT FOLLOWING THAT PLAN IN SOME SPECIFIC WAY, THEN THAT SHOULD KIND OF AFFECT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEY GET ON A REGULAR BASIS IF, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR PLAN.

SO IT'S JUST, I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT HOW YOU WOULD KIND OF LOOK AT THAT AND KIND OF REPORT IT BACK.

I THINK IT'S THE NEXT LITTLE FOR THAT'S A GREAT, THANK YOU.

OKAY.

CONSUMER MOORE.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

AND LET ME SAY, UH, JUST AS I BEGAN THAT, UH, THERE, THAT OLD THING THAT SAYS PLAN THE WORK AND THEN WORK THE PLAN, AND JUST BASED ON WHAT I'VE HEARD SO FAR, IT SEEMS THAT DEFINITELY YOU GUYS, THIS, UH, CULTURE, THE, UH, CULTURAL ARTS PLAN, IT, I THINK IS A VERY AWESOME PLAN THAT YOU, YOU'VE IMPLEMENTED.

AND MANY OF THE QUESTIONS AS I'M LISTENING, MANY OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I'M RECEIVING MAY BE A RESULT OF, UH, THE PLAN HAS GONE INTO PLACE, BUT WE ARE NOT NECESSARILY SEEING THE IMPLEMENTATION, UH, TAKING PLACE, BUT IT IS TAKING PLACE, BUT IT'S GONNA BE SLOW.

AND, UH, AMY, YOU'VE JUST GETTING HERE AND, UH, THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE PART OF, UH, ASSURING AND MAKING SURE THAT, UH, THE PLAN, UH, IS IMPLEMENTED AS IT SHOULD BE.

AT THE SAME TIME, OF COURSE, THERE ARE STILL QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY.

UH, AND MY JOB IS TO TRY TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.

FOR EXAMPLE, UH, WHY ARE THE AFFILIATES THE ONLY GROUPS THAT

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SAW AN ELECTION INCREASE IN FUNDING AND WILL OTHER GROUPS SEE INCREASES NEXT YEAR? IN OTHER WORDS, YOU WERE SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE 2022 OF APPLICANTS, YES, THERE ARE A MUCH OF AN INCREASE THERE.

WHAT'S, IS IT POSSIBLE TO, TO GO BACK TO THE PRESENTATION, TO, YOU'RE JUST STILL THERE.

THERE, OKAY.

YEAH, HE'S THERE.

OKAY.

AND, AND I'M SORRY.

PLEASE, PLEASE REPEAT THE QUESTION, SIR.

WHAT IS HAPPENING THAT IS CAUSING MORE APPLICANTS OR MORE APPLICATIONS IN THIS PARTICULAR ELECTION GROUP THAN THERE ARE IN OTHERS? I GUESS THAT'S THE QUESTION FROM, FROM OTHER YEARS.

YES.

WELL, UM, I, I THINK THE PLAN HAS BEEN IN PLACE.

UM, THERE WERE RELATIONSHIPS MADE PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL, UH, THAT ENCOURAGED, UH, MORE APPLICATIONS AND THEN WE PUT THE WORD OUT MORE.

I MEAN, WE SAID, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT I WAS HEARING FROM OUR MANAGEMENT AND FROM LEADERS, UM, WAS HOW CAN WE MAKE A GREATER IMPACT IN ARTS PROGRAMMING? AND SO A GREATER IMPACT WOULD BE HAVING MORE INVOLVEMENT.

SO WE SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A REALLY TERRIFIC, UM, CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE GRANTS AVAILABLE, PLEASE APPLY.

YOU KNOW, TAKE A LOOK AT OUR PROGRAMS. YOU KNOW, WE REACHED OUT EVEN TOO, TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS.

I, I THINK, BUT TIMING IS CRITICAL.

WHEN YOU HAVE A GROUP LIKE, UM, CARIA THEATER IN DALLAS, THEY PLAN THEIR SEASON IN THE SPRINGTIME FOR THE NEXT YEAR WHEN AMY EMAILS THEM IN THE SUMMER AND SAYS, HEY, GARLAND HAS A GRANT FOR YOU TO COME TO OUR SPACES, IT'S TOO LATE.

BUT, SO I'M HOPING THAT FOR NEXT YEAR, YOU KNOW, EVEN SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE TO REACH OUT TO OTHER GROUPS THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED TO COME TO GARLAND, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA.

WE'LL HAVE OUR, OUR SCHEDULES OUT FARTHER IN ADVANCED.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE ABLE TO, TO GET THE TIMELINES ALIGNED A LITTLE BIT MORE.

BUT AGAIN, WE, WE DID, THERE WERE EFFORTS MADE PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL AND EFFORTS THAT, YOU KNOW, MY TEAM THAT WE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT OUR GRANT APPLICATIONS, SHE'S BEING MODEST.

I THINK THAT THE, THE PRIMARY THING THAT I'M, I'M HEARING IS, AND, AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, I BELIEVE THAT OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION AND NEW PRESENTATIONS WE'RE SECOND TO NONE.

I MEAN, AS FAR AS, UH, TAKES PLACE, I'VE, I'VE GONE TO CULTURAL ARTS IN OTHER CITIES, I'VE SEEN PLAYS IN ORCHESTRAS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

I JUST THINK THAT WE HAVE MUCH TO OFFER AT THE SAME TIME.

IT SEEMS OFTENTIMES THAT PEOPLE ARE CONCERNING THOUGH, UH, THAT IT'S THE SAME THING THOUGH, OR THE SAME GENRES.

WHAT CAN WE DO NOW? I HEAR YOU SAYING, YES, WE'RE GOING TO OTHER GROUPS, BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING TO BE PROACTIVE ABOUT THAT OTHER THAN A LETTER? DO YOU THINK THAT MAYBE, UM, PERSONAL APPEARANCES, MAYBE, UH, WE, WE ASK THESE QUESTIONS WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE ASK THESE QUESTIONS WITH THE, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU THINK THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO DO TO ATTRACT MORE DIVERSITY? WELL, I, I THINK OUR INVOLVEMENT WITH BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS IS VERY IMPORTANT.

I THINK THAT THAT WILL SHOW, HEY, LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE IN GARLAND.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT RELATIONSHIP.

UM, THAT WILL INCREASE AWARENESS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR FACILITIES AND OUR, OUR PROGRAMS AND OUR GRANTS AVAILABLE.

YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO DECIDE WHAT SHOWS, THE GROUPS THAT WE FUND PRODUCE.

THOSE ARE, THOSE DECISIONS ARE MADE BY THE ORGANIZATIONS.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE TRYING TO, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, USE THEIR BUDGETS, USE THEIR BEST RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO MAKE THE DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT TO PRODUCE.

UM, BUT WE CAN CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE THE PLAN.

I, I THINK THERE, THERE WAS A GREAT COMMENT ABOUT ASKING HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT OUR GROUPS ARE BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR, YOU KNOW, OR, OR USING THE PLAN AS A RESOURCE.

UM, BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE A RENTAL FACILITY.

THESE ARE ALL RENTALS.

THESE ARE NOT THE CITY OF GARLAND PRODUCING THIS MATERIAL.

BUT THANKS TO ANDY AND TO THANKS TO SOME CREATIVE THINKING ABOUT SOME CREATIVE, UM, FUNDS, WE'LL HOPEFULLY DIP OR TOE INTO PRODUCING A FEW THINGS THAT PROVIDE, UH, RESIDENTS WITH DIVERSE PROGRAMS. THE MAPLE STA, THE MAVE STAPLES, THE P KING ACROBATS.

THOSE WILL BE PROGRAMS THAT WE WILL PRODUCE.

SO, AND, AND I'LL ADD TO THAT, AND THAT'S KIND OF WHY WE WENT THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL ON THE HISTORY, BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A STRUCTURE THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

SO THE TWO MOST DIFFICULT, UM, CHALLENGES FOR US ARE, AS SHE MENTIONED, FINANCE, FINANCES, AND THE SCHEDULE WHEN THE BUILDING IS BOOKED QUITE SOME TIME IN ADVANCE, FINDING SPACES TO FREE UP IN THE, IN THE CALENDAR IS VERY CHALLENGING.

SO IT TAKES TIME AND IT TAKES, UM, AN ALTERNATE PLAN FOR THOSE LEGACY GROUPS OR ANY OTHER GROUPS THAT,

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UH, ARE COUNTING ON A FACILITY FOR X AMOUNT OF SPACE.

SO TRYING TO SHOEHORN ANOTHER PRODUCTION IN IS QUITE THE CHALLENGE.

UM, WE DO HAVE KIND OF AN INTERIM FUNDING OPERATION OR A, A MECHANISM IN PLACE THAT WAS APPROVED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, UM, THROUGH THE PERFORMANCE FUND.

SO THAT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF SEED MONEY THAT WE, THAT WE'VE DONE NOW OUR THIRD PRODUCTION AND JUST LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.

SO THE, THE, THE SEEDS ARE PLANTED AND THE THINGS ARE GOING IN THAT DIRECTION, IT JUST TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME BECAUSE OF THOSE, THOSE TWO ISSUES.

WE HAVE A LOT ON OUR PLATE TONIGHT AND, UH, I'M NOT GOING TO CONTINUE TO PURSUE THE QUESTIONING.

UM, UH, THERE ARE OTHER QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE, BUT I WANT TO SAY THIS, IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THOUGH, THAT YOU'RE VERY CONSCIOUS, UH, YOU'RE VERY AWARE BOTH SOME OF THE CONCERNS AND THAT YOU ARE PURSUING, UH, UM, MAKING THE PROGRAM AND MEET SOME OF THE EXPECTATIONS THAT WE HAVE.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

VERY GOOD.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I WOULD JUST SAY, UH, I, I DEFINITELY THINK WE ARE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN IN AND AROUND THE PERFORMING ARTS IN THE CITY FOR A WHILE AND, AND WHAT I'VE SEEN THIS SUMMER, UM, IS, IS REALLY START, IT'S KIND OF PUSHING THE, PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES FOR US AND, AND OUR CAPABILITIES, BUT WE ARE RESPONDING VERY WELL.

UM, AND AMY, I KNOW YOU ARE STILL STILL VERY NEW HERE IN, IN LEARNING THE CITY AND THE PEOPLE AND THE PLACES AND ALL THAT, BUT I'VE APPRECIATED SEEING YOU OUT AT THESE EVENTS AROUND THE CITY, NOT EXPECTING THE CITY TO COME TO YOU, UM, AT, AT THE THEATER.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

I THINK THAT'S A HUGE, HUGE STEP FORWARD.

AND ALSO ONE OF YOUR COMMISSIONERS AND I HAVE SPENT MANY A SWEATY, UH, EVENING WATCHING MUSIC OUTSIDE HERE DOWNTOWN FRIDAY.

YES.

IT'S VERY GOOD TO SEE YOU, SIR.

AND I APPRECIATE, I APPRECIATE YOU SUPPORTING THE ARCH YOU SUPPORT.

ABSOLUTELY.

ALL RIGHT.

SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, COUNSEL.

WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT AND WE ARE GONNA

[4b. Downtown Ordinances and Policies - Introduction]

JUMP BACK TO FOUR B DOWNTOWN ORDINANCES AND POLICIES.

WELL, HELLO AGAIN.

, HAVE A PRESENTATION.

OH, LOOK, IT'S THE ONLY ONE ON THERE.

HOPEFULLY I'LL GET IT RIGHT.

AND FULL SCREEN.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE EVERYONE, AND, UM, YOUR GRACE FROM EARLIER.

MY NAME'S LATISHA MCMA, I'M WITH THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.

GOOD EVENING, MARRYING COUNCIL.

UM, JUST KIND OF A BIT OF A HIGH LEVEL INTRO TO SOME HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS IN DOWNTOWN.

WE WANTED TO COME IN FRONT OF COUNCIL TONIGHT AND JUST SHARE OUR PROGRESS TO DATE.

SO AS WE STEADILY PROGRESSED THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION PROJECT, UM, THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF EXCITEMENT BUILDING AROUND THIS PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN THE DISTRICT.

SO WE'RE STRIVING TO ASSERT DOWNTOWN AS A RESPITE FOR LOCALS FROM ACROSS THE CITY, AS WELL AS THE DESTINATION FOR VISITORS.

AND AS WITH ANY MAJOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, UH, WE TRULY WANT TO PROTECT THE CITY'S INVESTMENT IN THE AREAS OF DOWNTOWN WHERE WE'RE MAKING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.

SO KEEPING THAT IN MIND, AGAIN, WE'D LIKE TO GO THROUGH THIS HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW, BUT BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT OUR TEAM.

SO AS ONCE ESTABLISHED DURING THE LAST PHASE OF REDEVELOPMENT IN DOWNTOWN, THE CORE TEAM IS BACK ONLINE.

THIS IS AN INTERDEPARTMENT TEAM FOCUSED ON ADDRESSING KEY ISSUES ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

SO YOU'LL SEE HERE WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS COLLABORATING IN ORDER TO COVER ALL OF OUR BASIS.

UH, WHEN, WHEN TACKLING KEY ISSUES IN DOWNTOWN.

AND THOUGH NOT LISTED BY DEFAULT, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS HELPFUL AS WELL.

, SORRY, IT'S A GOOD SPOT FOR THEM.

DEFAULT RIGHT.

.

UM, I'D LIKE TO SHARE WHAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AS KEY POLICY AREAS FOR REVIEW.

SO THE MAJORITY OF THIS WILL TRULY BE JUST AN INTRODUCTION.

AND ON OUR LAST TWO ITEMS, WE'LL DIVE JUST A BIT DEEPER.

CONSIDERING RESEARCH DONE TO DATE, SO UNDERGROUND UTILITIES, WE WOULD PROPOSE EVALUATING THE POTENTIAL OF ESTABLISHING A UTILITY CORRIDOR AND DOWNTOWN.

SO AS FUTURE, UH,

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PROJECTS COME ONLINE, FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, THIS IS REALLY THE INTENTION TO ENSURE THAT UTILITIES REMAIN UNDERGROUND.

SO THIS MAY ULTIMATELY MEAN SHORING UP REGULATIONS IN THE GVC AS FAR AS PARKING.

UH, IN 2018, KIMLEY HORN COMPLETED A DETAILED PARKING STUDY OF THE DISTRICT.

QUITE A FEW OF THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED.

FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THAT QUICK WIN IN CREATING MORE PARKING SPACES ALONG AVENUE A, UH, WAS PART OF THE, WAS ONE OF THE PROJECTS ON THE LIST.

AND WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO REVISIT THE REMAINDER, AND IMMEDIATELY WE'D REVIEW THE APPROACH TO PARKING MANAGEMENT, PARTICULARLY IN REGARDS TO THOSE TIMED INTERVAL STALLS.

SO THESE ARE YOUR THREE HOUR, UH, PARKING INCREMENTS SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

WE WOULD LIKE TO ASSESS THE TIMEFRAME THE LOCATIONS AND ENFORCEMENT, SO USE OF WE OF WIDER SIDEWALKS.

UM, YOU KNOW, AS THE PROJECT CONTINUES TO, TO PROGRESS IN THESE RENOVATIONS, WE'LL SEE EXPANDED SIDEWALKS OR ADDITIONAL REAL ESTATE THAT JUST DIDN'T EXIST PRIOR TO THE PROJECT.

IN SOME AREAS AROUND THE SQUARE, THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE CREATING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BUSINESSES TO EXTEND THEIR FOOTPRINT, UM, POTENTIALLY THEIR BUSINESS PERSONALITY INTO THE RIGHT OF WAY.

AND WE JUST WANT TO ENSURE THERE IS A MINIMUM STANDARD, UM, AS TO HOW THIS NEW SPACE WILL BE USED WHILE MAINTAINING AMPLE ROOM FOR PEDESTRIAN FLOW AND CAPITALIZING ON THIS EXCITING OPPORTUNITY AND SHARED WASTE SERVICES.

SO AS WE CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP DOWNTOWN, WE'RE REMINDED THAT OUR SMALL TOWN FEEL IS STILL ANCHORED IN AN URBAN SETTING.

SO AS NEW BUSINESSES COME ONLINE, SO DOES THEIR TRASH, AND WITH THE INTENTION OF MAINTAINING AESTHETICS, WE'D LIKE TO EVALUATE OPPORTUNITIES TO TIDY UP CLUTTER DOWNTOWN, SPECIFICALLY CONCERNING INDIVIDUAL TRASH RECEPTACLES.

SO THINK OF THE GREEN POLY AS WELL AS DUMPSTERS IN DOWNTOWN, AND WE'LL DIVE, UH, A BIT DEEPER INTO THAT HERE SHORTLY.

SO, AS I'D MENTIONED, I'D LIKE TO JUST EXPAND ON TWO OF THE KEY ISSUES.

SO REGARDING THE USE OF WIDER SIDEWALKS, I WILL SHARE THAT THE GEOGRAPHY OF OPPORTUNITIES DOES VARY.

SO KEEP IN MIND THAT THOSE SIDEWALKS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE SQUARE ARE SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDING, BUT WE JUST WON'T HAVE QUITE AS MUCH REAL ESTATE TO WORK WITH IN THE BROADER AREA, STREET SCAPES AND BEYOND.

AT THIS POINT, WE DO NEED TO DEFINE THE ZONE FROM THE PEDESTRIAN PATH, AT LEAST THAT DOES SEEM LIKELY, UM, TO ENSURE WE DON'T ENCROACH UPON WALKING SPACE.

HOWEVER, FENCING COULD CREATE CHALLENGES AND CONTRADICT THE PROJECT DESIGN AND TENT OF MAINTAINING THAT OPEN SPACE FEELING FROM BUILDING FRONT TO BUILDING FRONT ACROSS THE SQUARE.

SO THOUGH, WE'LL MOVE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, UM, AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE, SOME SEGMENTS OF STREET SCAPES ARE NEARING COMPLETION, SO WE'LL BE OPERATING IN AN INTERIM PHASE AND UNTIL, UM, UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE SHARED WASTE SERVICES.

SO OVERALL, THE GOAL OF SHARED WASTE SERVICES, UH, THIS INITIATIVE IS REALLY TO ELIMINATE OBSTACLES FOR PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICLES.

AGAIN, THIS ISSUE IS PARTICULARLY COMPLICATED, UM, WHEN THINKING OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND THE URBAN SETTING.

SO IT'S, UM, A SITUATION WE CONTINUE TO FIND OURSELVES IN HERE.

IF YOU, AND THEN THIS PICTURE IS A GREAT EXAMPLE.

SO THIS DUMPSTER IS LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE ALLEY AND SIXTH STREET BETWEEN MAINE AND AVENUE A.

THIS IS, UM, ALMOST LIKE A NO END SITUATION.

SO YOU HAVE THE DUMPSTER EITHER ON THE STREET TAKING UP PARKING SPACES, OR YOU HAVE IT IN THE SIDEWALK, REALLY NOT, UM, JIV WELL WITH PEDESTRIAN FLOW, UH, WHILE THE SIDE, WHILE THE DUMPSTERS ARE ON THE SIDEWALK.

THEY THEN ALSO ARE A SITE IMPEDIMENT TO VEHICLES AS THEY'RE EXITING THE ALLEY ONTO SIXTH STREET.

SO THIS SCENARIO JUST CONTINUES TO REPEAT ITSELF IN DOWNTOWN WHERE YOU'RE WORKING WITH TIGHT QUARTERS, PEDESTRIANS, VEHICLES, AND TRASH, AS WELL AS LIMITED REAL ESTATE.

THIS MAP IS JUST, UM, AN ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE OF OUR STUDY AREA FOR SHARED WASTE SERVICES.

SO IT ALIGNS WITH THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DOWNTOWN CORE, AND IT CAPTURES ALL OF THE AREAS IMPACTED BY PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, WHETHER THEY BE IN THIS CURRENT PHASE OR PREVIOUS PHASES.

SO I'LL NOTE THAT OUR FOCUS AREA HAS REALLY BEEN MAINTAINED TO THESE LOWER NINE BLOCKS.

THE TOP THREE BLOCKS ARE SOMEWHAT TAKEN CARE OF, IF YOU WILL, GIVEN THE, THE MAKEUP OF MIXED USE, MULTI-FAMILY, MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS, AND A SINGLE COMMERCIAL OFFICE.

BUT JUST FOR VISUAL REFERENCE.

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SO KEEPING THAT SCENARIO IN MIND THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER.

SO TIGHT QUARTERS, PEDESTRIAN, PEDESTRIANS, VEHICLES, AND TRASH.

I'D LIKE TO RUN THROUGH WHERE WE STAND TODAY, AS WELL AS A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF OUR RESEARCH TO DATE.

SO OUR CURRENT INVENTORY OF ASSETS DOWNTOWN CONSISTS OF, AGAIN, POLY CARDS AND DUMPSTERS.

CUSTOMERS CAN REQUEST A DUMPSTER AT ANY TIME, AND WE LOOK TO ACCOMMODATE THAT, UH, REQUEST WITH VERY LIMITED REAL ESTATE OPTIONS SERVICING OF BOTH THE POLY CARDS AND DUMPSTERS TAKES PLACE SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK, AND IN SOME CASES, OUR HEAVY USERS ARE SERVICE SIX DAYS A WEEK.

REGARDING RESEARCH.

TO DATE, OUR TEAM HAS, HAS LOOKED INTO SEVERAL STRATEGIES, UM, AS FAR AS OUR APPROACH IN TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL OF TIDYING THINGS UP.

SO WE'VE EVALUATED POLY CARTS ONLY WITH DEDICATED DAILY SERVICE, MULTIPLE VISITS PER DAY.

THIS IS, UM, AN APPROACH THEY TAKE IN DENTON.

WE'VE ALSO LOOKED AT UNDERGROUND SOLUTIONS, UM, WHETHER THEY BE, AND WHEN YOU THINK OF UNDERGROUND SOLUTIONS, THINK OF LARGE CONTAINERS, DUMPSTERS EITHER COMPLETELY SET IN THE GROUND OR PARTIALLY IN GROUND.

UM, WE'VE ALSO LOOKED AT A HYBRID OF, OF EACH.

BUT THE TWO MAIN TAKEAWAYS FROM FROM EITHER OF THOSE APPROACHES OR EITHER OF THOSE THREE APPROACHES THAT WE SEEM TO RUN INTO ARE DEFINITELY FISCAL CONSTRAINTS AND THEN UNDERGROUND UTILITIES.

I'D JUST KIND OF LIKE TO RECAP, UM, WHAT TACTICAL URBANISM IS FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR.

SO, TACTICAL URBANISM.

THINK OF THE DUMPSTER THAT YOU SAW PREVIOUSLY THAT'S PAINTED.

SO, TACTICAL URBANISM IS FINDING, UM, OPPORTUNITIES TO GET CREATIVE AND MAKE THE BEST OF MAYBE NOT AN IDEAL SITUATION.

SO WHEN WE PAINTED THE DUMPSTERS, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING GREAT OF MAYBE SOMETHING, UM, I HATE TO SAY A NECESSARY EVIL, BUT .

AND THEN I'D ALSO KIND OF LIKE, I WOULD LIKE TO UPDATE COUNSELED IN REGARDS TO RECYCLING.

WE HAVE HEARD, UM, THAT REQUEST FROM SOME OF OUR DOWNTOWN CUSTOMERS, AND WE ARE EXPLORING THOSE OPTIONS AS WELL.

SO DUE TO PRACTICALITY, COST, UTILITIES AND WHATNOT, UM, ULTIMATELY TACTICAL URBANISM APPEARS TO BE OUR FRONT RUNNER AT THIS TIME.

SO OUR TEAM PROPOSES A PILOT PROGRAM TO CONSOLIDATE OUR SAN OUR SANITATION ASSETS DOWN TO NINE SHARED CONTAINERS.

SO THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A CONTAINER PER BLOCK, BUT PULLING THE CONTAINERS OFF THE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS AFTER PLACING THE CONTAINERS AND ASSESSING JUST THE RIGHT FIT AND FREQUENCY OF SERVICE, WE THEN WOULD MOVE FORWARD, UM, SIMILAR TO OUR OUT OF THE BOX PILOT PROGRAM FROM LAST YEAR AND, AND PAINT THE DUMPSTERS AS WELL.

SO REAL ESTATE IS, UH, IS LIMITED, AND, UH, I WOULD SHARE THAT OUR FINAL SITE LOCATIONS ARE PENDING, GIVEN THAT SOME OF THE LOCATIONS ARE PRIVATE PROPERTY.

AND ONCE THOSE LOCATIONS ARE FINALIZED, WE'LL FOLLOW THEN WITH, UH, POTENTIAL LOCATIONS FOR SHARED RECYCLING.

SO, VERY QUICK, HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW AND INTRODUCTION.

UM, BUT JUST WANTED TO SHARE WHERE WE STAND AND THEN, AND ALSO SHARE WITH COUNCIL THAT WE'D LIKE TO COME BACK WITH A SUMMARY OF OUR FINDINGS, RESEARCH FEEDBACK AND PROPOSAL OF BEST PRACTICES IN THE, IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

IN REGARDS TO WIDER SIDEWALKS, WE ANTICIPATE SHARING PROPOSALS OF MINIMUM STANDARDS, ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES, IF ANY.

AND WE SEE OUR NEXT UPDATE ON SHARED WASTE SERVICES TO BE IN THE FORM OF A PROGRESS REPORT AND HOPE TO HAVE, UH, LOCATIONS FINALIZED AT THAT TIME.

AND WITH THAT COUNCIL, THANK YOU AND I'LL, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

VERY GOOD CUSTOMER, HEDRICK.

THANK YOU.

MR. MERRI.

UM, QUESTION ABOUT THE UNDERGROUND UTILITIES.

THE, ARE YOU MAINLY TALKING ABOUT ELECTRICAL LINES THAT ARE OVERHEAD AND PUTTING THOSE UNDERGROUND, OR CAN YOU EXPAND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON WHAT YOU MEAN BY THAT? THE UTILITY CORRIDORS? SO WE HAVEN'T QUITE DUG INTO IT QUITE YET.

UM, IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY JUST AN, AN INTRODUCTION OF THE IDEA, BUT YES, IN GENERAL DEDICATING SPACE FOR OVERHEAD UTILITIES TO REMAIN UNDERGROUND.

TO GO UNDERGROUND WITH FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.

IT'D BE GREAT TO GET RID OF A LOT OF THE WIRES THAT ARE OVERHEAD THAT THOSE UNDERGROUND, ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF RESILIENCY AND APPEARANCE AS WELL.

SO I THINK THAT'D BE GREAT.

HAVE YOU HAD ANY, UM, FEEDBACK ON THE SHARED DUMPSTERS YET? ARE THE DOWNTOWN TENANTS, ARE THEY ALL FOR IT OR ARE THEY PREFER THEIR OWN SERVICE? OR ARE YOU JUST KIND OF IN EARLY PHASES RIGHT NOW? A LITTLE BIT OF ALL .

OKAY.

SO, UM, WE DID DO SOME PRELIMINARY OUTREACH, IF YOU WILL, JUST TO KIND OF FEEL THE PULSE OF ALL OF OUR EXISTING CUSTOMERS AND VISITED WITH A FEW OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT WE WOULD APPROACH REGARDING SOME SORT OF, SOME

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SORT OF SHARED USE AGREEMENT TO PLACE THE CONTAINER ON THEIR PROPERTY.

UM, OF THE EXISTING 35 CUSTOMERS, UM, FOR SANITATION CUSTOMERS WE VISITED WITH 30 13 DIRECTLY.

THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE ON BOARD.

TWO OF THEM, UH, WERE STRONG, STRONGLY OPPOSED AS A MATTER OF PREFERENCE.

AND ONE WAS SOMEWHAT OPEN TO THE IDEA, BUT CONCERNED ABOUT FUNCTIONALITY AS A RESTAURANT.

I'LL ALSO SHARE THAT 12 OF THOSE 35 CUSTOMERS ARE CURRENTLY ACTUALLY UTILIZING SHARED CONTAINERS OKAY.

AS OF TODAY.

OKAY.

AND ONE FINAL QUESTION ABOUT THE USE OF THE WIDER SIDEWALK STA ESTABLISHING THESE STANDARDS.

IS IT SOMETHING YOU ENVISION, LIKE WE HAD THE STANDARDS WHERE YOU COULD USE THE PARKING SPACES TO PUT A, THE TABLE AND CHAIRS DURING COVID OR KIND OF A PUBLIC USE OR, UM, ORDINANCE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ENVISIONING BY THAT? SO IT'S INTERESTING YOU BRING THAT UP.

I'LL SAY THAT THE TEAM WAS, UM, REFERENCING THAT RESOURCE WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO, UH, ASSESS WHAT THE DIRECTION MIGHT BE.

I'LL SAY AT THIS POINT, WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE YET.

WE'RE ACTUALLY, UH, WORKING TOWARDS ESTABLISHING WHAT THE TRUE GEOGRAPHY OF THE ZONE WOULD BE.

OKAY.

YEAH.

SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE A LOT UPCOMING.

SO I, I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE IN THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

THANK YOU, SIR.

CUSTOMER LUCK.

SO I, I LOVE THE PAINTED DUMPSTERS AND, UM, I HOPE THAT THAT BECOMES THE STATUS QUO FOR ALL DUMPSTERS IN GARLANDS.

I JUST WANNA SAY BECAUSE IT REALLY IS NICE TO SEE IT.

IT, IT DOES MAKE THAT NECESSARY EVIL, SO MUCH MORE ENJOYABLE TO LOOK AT.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND Y'ALL ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CUTS, UH, MAYOR TIM MORRIS.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

AND, AND LATISHA, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, AND YOU ALREADY KNOW THIS, UM, I SO APPRECIATE THE, UM, INTERACTION BETWEEN ALL OF THE, THE DEPARTMENTS, UM, ADDRESSING ALL OF THE, UH, THE COMMENTS AND THE NEEDS AND, AND THIS REMIND THE WHOLE DOWNTOWN RIGHT NOW WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING, REMINDS ME OF A SWISS WATCH WITH ALL THE ZILLIONS OF GEARS ALL MOVING TOGETHER.

AND, UM, YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THAT.

AND ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, UM, MOVING TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH THESE PLANS, UM, ARE REALLY DOING AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB OF STAYING ON TOP OF THINGS.

SO JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING MORE WHEN YOU HAVE MORE OF THE, UM, RESEARCH READY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

VERY GOOD.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I WILL TELL YOU THANK YOU.

AND I DO APPRECIATE THE PAINTED DUMPSTERS, BUT THERE'S OFTEN TIMES WHERE I WOULD LOVE TO PARK WHERE THEY ARE SITTING.

SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO CONSOLIDATE SOME OF THAT, I, THOSE TWO OF THOSE YOU SHOWED ARE ABOUT 20 FEET APART ACROSS THE STREET, AND I WOULD LOVE TO PARK IN EITHER ONE OF THOSE PLACES.

SO WE CALL THEM COUSINS.

THEY ARE DEFINITELY THAT.

.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

UH, COUNCIL, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND TAKE, UH, A QUICK RECESS.

UH, LET'S HAVE EVERYBODY BACK AT, UH, 7 25, PLEASE.

WELL, GOOD EVENING.

WE ARE COMING BACK FROM RECESS, UH, FROM THE WORK SESSION ON OCTOBER 10TH, 2022.

WE ARE AT

[4e. Intragovernmental Affairs Committee Appointments]

ITEM FOUR E, INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS DEPUTY MAYOR PRO, TIM SMITH.

UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, UH, I'M CURRENTLY CHAIRING THE AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR IGA.

AND WHILE THIS IS MR. ENGLAND'S PRESENTATION, HE'S NOT CURRENTLY HERE, SO I'M GONNA WING IT, SIR.

OH, THERE HE IS.

YOU'RE UP, SIR.

WOW.

SEE, I TOLD YOU THIS ABOUT, CAN I ASK, WHERE WAS YOUR MIND? ? OH, I'M UP, MR. ENGLAND.

YOU'RE UP, SIR.

SO, YEAH, I HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT YOUR JOB DESCRIPTION TONIGHT.

HE'S SNUCK UP ON ME.

I APOLOGIZE.

YEAH, HIS, HIS PREDECESSOR WOULD'VE NEVER DONE THAT.

AND WE PUT HIS NAME ON A BUILDING TODAY, SO, EXACTLY.

OKAY.

SORRY, IT SNUCK UP ON ME.

I APOLOGIZE,

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BUT I HAD A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.

THAT'S ACTUALLY HOW I FEEL ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

SO, OR THIS IS ON THE, UH, OR THIS IS ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT.

.

OKAY, SO WE ON NUMBER G E SIR.

E SIR.

OKAY.

INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS.

SO THIS IS, OKAY, I APOLOGIZE.

UM, UM, AS Y AS Y'ALL ARE AWARE, CURRENTLY THE IGA OR IGC, UM, UM, MEETS AS AN AD HOC COMMITTEE.

IT MEETS, IT REALLY MEETS FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE FALL PRIOR TO A LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION ALL THE WAY THROUGH MAY.

AND SOMETIMES IF THERE'S A SPECIAL SESSION INTO JUNE.

AND SO CURRENTLY IT'S AD HOC, IT'S AN AD HOC STATUS.

AND, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL'S BEING ASKED TONIGHT TO D DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT TO MOVE THAT TO A PERMANENT COMMITTEE AND THEN ALSO TO APPOINT, UM, UH, MEMBERS TO THAT COMMITTEE TO SERVE ON THE IGC.

AND THAT'S, UM, COUNCILMAN BJ WILLIAM IS THE CHAIR MAYOR PRO TIM, DEBORAH MORRIS AS A MEMBER OF IT, AND DEPUTY MAYOR PRO, TIM ROBERT.

JOHN SMITH IS A MEMBER ALSO.

AND IF WE ADOPTED THIS AS A STANDING COMMITTEE, IT WILL THEN GO ON THE FORM FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SELECT OR PUT DOWN THEIR INTEREST IN, IN FOR, FOR FUTURE.

THAT'S CORRECT.

APPOINTMENTS.

IT WILL, YES.

AND, AND I SUSPECT THAT THERE'S ENOUGH TO DO IN THE OFF YEARS THAT IT WILL CONTINUE TO MEET EVEN DURING THE OFF YEARS.

UM, SURE.

OKAY.

YEAH, THIS IS, THIS IS TEXAS.

SO YES, , UH, ANY OPPOSITION TO MOVING TO A, MOVING IT TO A STANDING COUNCIL COMMITTEE? I SEE NONE.

THANK YOU.

YOU BET.

AND

[4f. Audit Committee Meeting Report]

NEXT UP IS ITEM FOUR F, AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM SMITH.

AND I SHOULD BACK UP ON THAT LAST ITEM.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO, TIM SMITH HAS BEEN REMINDING ME ABOUT THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE FOR A, I DON'T KNOW, PRETTY MUCH SINCE THE LAST, UH, YEAH, FOUR MONTHS, WELL, HE'LL SAY FOUR MONTHS, BUT IT WAS PROBABLY SINCE THE LEGISLATURE ADJOURNED, UH, THE LAST TIME.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

GO AHEAD.

ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT.

UM, AND YOU'RE FREE TO, UH, BAIL ON US, MR. ENGLAND.

OKAY.

GOOD DEAL.

, I WAS GONNA SET UP HERE IN CASE YOU NEEDED ME.

.

NO, I THINK WE'RE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE.

UM, UH, JED'S GONNA PRESENT THIS.

UH, I DO WANNA MAKE ONE QUICK NOTE FOR THE FYI 2023 AUDIT PLAN.

UH, BASED ON, UH, THE DISCUSSION THAT WE JUST HAD WITH THE CULTURAL ARTS AND GC C UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO ADD A, AN AUDIT THAT IS APPROPRIATE, UH, TO, TO THEIR STRUCTURE AND WHERE THEY'RE TAKING THINGS, UH, WOULD LIKE TO AIM FOR THAT TO BE AT THE END OF THIS AUDIT YEAR.

SO, UH, LATE NEXT YEAR.

UH, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT EXACTLY FLUSHED OUT WHAT WE WANNA SEE AND HOW WE WANNA DO IT YET.

SO WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO COUNCIL AS AN AMENDMENT LATER.

JED, THANK YOU.

YES.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TONIGHT.

AS THE CHAIRMAN INDICATED, WE MET ON SEPTEMBER 30TH FOR THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING.

UH, I DO HAVE OUR EXTERNAL AUDITOR WHO PERFORMS THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDITS FOR THE CITY FROM WEAVER, UH, SARAH DK, WHO'S OUR PARTNER.

SO ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE COVERED IS THEIR AUDIT PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022.

I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO SARAH.

SHE'S GONNA COVER WHAT THE SCOPE AND THE OBJECTIVES OF THE AUDIT ARE.

SURE.

SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR THE EXTERNAL AUDIT.

AS YOU KNOW, YOUR YEAR END IS SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022.

SO WHAT WE DO IS WE COME IN DURING THE INTERIM PERIOD, WHICH IS DURING THAT FISCAL YEAR, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE INTERNAL CONTROLS, UM, THE WALKTHROUGHS OF THOSE CONTROLS, AND WE'RE TESTING THEM.

IT'S DIFFERENT FROM AN INTERNAL AUDIT, THOUGH, VERY DIFFERENT.

SO OUR PURPOSE OF DOING THIS EXTERNAL AUDIT IS TO GIVE AN OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

THAT'S ONE OPINION THAT WE GIVE.

ANOTHER OPINION THAT WE GIVE IS OVER COMPLIANCE WITH THE DIRECT AND MATERIAL COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS.

SO THAT'S AS PART OF THIS SINGLE AUDIT.

AS YOU KNOW, THIS CITY EXPENDS MORE THAN $750,000 OF FEDERAL MONEY.

AND SO OUR JOB IS TO COME IN, FIND OUT WHAT THOSE MAJOR PROGRAMS ARE, AND TEST THEM FOR COMPLIANCE.

AS PART OF THAT, WE'RE HAVING TO ALSO TEST THE INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER COMPLIANCE.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO TESTING THE INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT IT, WE'RE GIVING AN OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND OPINION OVER COMPLIANCE ON THE SINGLE AUDIT.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT INTERNAL CONTROLS, BUT WE'RE NOT GIVING AN OPINION.

SO THAT'S WHERE IT'S A LITTLE BIT SEPARATE FROM THE INTERNAL AUDIT, WHERE IT IS VERY INTERNAL CONTROL GIVEN, UM, DRIVEN PROCESSES.

[01:20:01]

OURS IS REALLY DRIVEN ON THE BALANCES WITHIN THOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

SO YOUR ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.

SO THAT'S THE PRODUCT THAT WE'RE AUDITING.

WE GET THE NUMBERS FROM THE CITY, AND THEN IT'S THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY.

AND WHAT WE DO IS WE WORK WITH THE CITY TO AUDIT THOSE NUMBERS.

SO WE'RE ASKING FOR THEIR RECONCILIATIONS, THE THIRD PARTY, UM, DOCUMENTATION THAT SUPPORTS THE BALANCES THAT EVENTUALLY MAKE IT INTO THAT, UM, WHAT'S CALLED AN ACT FOR THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.

WE TEAM UP WITH THEM TO GET THE AUDIT COMPLETED, BUT WE REPORT TO YOU.

SO THAT'S WHY IT'S GOOD FOR ME TO BE HERE TODAY IF YOU WERE TO HAVE ANY CONCERNS OVER THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

UM, THAT'S WHAT THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, I PRESENT OUR PLAN, UM, OUR SPECIFIC RISKS, UH, TALK ABOUT THE MAJOR PROGRAM FOR THE SINGLE AUDIT.

AND SO WE GO THROUGH THAT WITH THEM AND ASK FOR ANY FEEDBACK AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, IF THEY WERE TO HAVE A SPECIFIC CONCERN TO, TO LET US KNOW, OPEN UP THAT DIALOGUE.

UM, THAT'S A HIGH LEVEL, IF THAT'S, UM, ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU'D LIKE ME TO COVER FOR IT.

UM, USUALLY THEIR AUDIT IS DONE BY FEBRUARY OF NEXT YEAR.

SO WE'LL COME BACK TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE IN MARCH.

AS SARAH INDICATED, UH, FINANCE DEPARTMENT OR FINANCE DEPARTMENT ASSIST THEM SIGNIFICANTLY DURING THIS PROCESS.

WE ALSO PROVIDE, CONDUCTED A LOT OF TESTING FOR THEM, RIGHT? THE INTERNAL AUDIT, BECAUSE THEY REPORT TO YOU, WE CAN TEAM UP WITH THEM AS WELL.

UM, SOME CITIES HAVE AN INTERNAL AUDIT DEPARTMENT AND WE CAN'T, BUT BECAUSE THEY REPORT TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, WE CAN.

UM, AND THEN IT HELPS LOWER THE COST OF THE AUDIT AS WELL.

VERY GOOD.

MM-HMM.

MAYOR, THE NEXT AUDIT THAT WE COVERED WAS THE INTERNAL AUDIT, UH, THAT WE COVERED WAS THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT FEES.

AS YOU'RE AWARE, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ADMINISTERING THE HIGHLY VISIBLE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND THE S AND COLLECTS FEES RELATED TO PROJECTS FOR APPLICATIONS SUCH AS ZONING PLANNING AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, OR AS WELL AS ZONING VERIFICATION LETTERS AND TREE PRESERVATION AND MITIGATION EFFORTS.

SO WE HAD TWO OBJECTIVES FOR THESE.

THIS AUDIT FIVE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UH, ARE ASSESSING FEES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FEE SCHEDULE AND ALSO DETERMINE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE PAYMENT PROCESSING AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PAYMENT TRACKING.

OVERALL, THE DEPARTMENT ASSESSED APPLICATIONS AND INFORMATION REQUESTS FEES ACCURATELY.

HOWEVER, WE DID FIND AN AREA FOR IMPROVEMENT WHEN IT COMES TO FREE MITIGATION FEES.

UH, AND, UH, PART OF THE ISSUE WAS THERE WERE DEALING WITH A LOT OF, UH, VOLUME OF WORK WITH LIMITED TECHNICAL RESOURCES AS WELL AS, UM, LIMITED PERSONNEL.

WE LOOKED AT NINE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.

UH, ONLY TWO OF 'EM HAD THE FEES ASSESSED ACCURATELY.

THERE ARE MULTIPLE REASONS FOR IT.

WE IDENTIFIED THOSE CAUSE AND HAPPY TO INFORM YOU THAT PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS IMPLEMENTED OR IS IN THE PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING A LOT OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ALREADY.

AND SO GOING FORWARD, UH, UH, THEY WILL HAVE A THIRD PARTY ASSISTANCE WHEN IT COMES TO REVIEWING THE TREE MITIGATION PLANS, AS WELL AS, UM, THEY HAVE DEVELOPED SOME INTERNAL MECHANISM, UM, TO IDENTIFY ANY WEAKNESSES THAT OR IN ANY INACCURACIES, UH, THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED WITH THE CURRENT AUDIT.

WE ALSO FOUND A, A FEW AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT IN, UH, STRENGTHENING OUR, UH, INFORMATION GATHERING AND PROTECTING CUSTOMER DATA.

UH, SUCH AS, UM, UM, CURRENTLY IT'S ALL TRACKED AND ASSESSED MANUALLY.

AND ONCE WE, ONE OF OUR RECOMMENDATION IS FOR THEM TO OBTAIN A SYSTEM, UH, OF CUSTOMER FACING SYSTEM AND ALSO A TRACKING SYSTEM SO WE CAN HAVE BETTER PROTECTION OF THE INFORMATION AND PROVIDE BETTER SERVICES TO CUSTOMERS.

WE ALSO HAD A FEW INCONSISTENCIES THAT WE HAD IN DEFIED WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, ZONING VERIFICATION, LETTER OF FEE ACCURACY.

UH, AGAIN, WE WORKED WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND THEY ARE UPDATING AS, AS WE ARE SPEAKING, ONE OF THE ACTION PLANS, UH, THEY, THEY HAVE COME UP WITH IS THEY'RE GOING TO, UH, COME BACK TO THE, UM, UH, TO, TO THE DEVELOPMENT COM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE WITH SOME OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO UPDATE GDC.

I'M SURE ONCE THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE UPDATES, THE GC WILL COME TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.

SO THAT WAS KIND OF VERY HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FEE AUDIT.

ONCE AGAIN, WE WANT TO THANK JED, ALSO THANK THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR WORKING WITH US.

THEY WERE EXTREMELY PROFESSIONAL, WORKED WITH US.

UH, EVEN WHEN WE IDENTIFIED SOME OF THESE ISSUES, UH, THEY IMMEDIATELY WERE RECEPTIVE AND ALL THEY WANTED TO DO WAS ENHANCE THEIR IMPROVEMENTS WHEN IT COMES TO INTERNAL CONTROLS AND ALSO TO THE PROCESSES.

SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE AUDITS THAT WE COVERED.

THE NEXT ITEM THAT WE COVERED WAS, UH, VEGETATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

AS YOU'RE AWARE, GOLAN POWER LIGHT

[01:25:01]

TRANSMISSION DIVISION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 532 LINEAR MILES OF TRANS TRANSMISSION LINES IN EAST, NORTH, AND WEST TEXAS.

IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SAFE AND RELIABLE ELECTRIC SERVICES, GP L MUST CONTINUOUSLY PROVIDE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES IN RIGHT OF AWAYS AND NEAR TRANSMISSION LINES.

SO, UM, WE HAD TWO OBJECTIVES, UH, WHERE THE FIRST ONE WAS WE WANTED TO SEE, UH, HOW WE PROCURED THE SERVICES.

THIS, THESE, THIS SERVICES CURRENTLY OUTSOURCED WITH TWO DIFFERENT ENTITIES.

SO WE WANTED TO SEE HOW THE PROCUREMENT FOR THOSE SERVICES WAS CONDUCTED.

AND WE ALSO WANTED TO SEE IF THE SERVICES PROVIDED AND PAYMENT PROCESS WERE IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR AGREEMENTS WITH THOSE ENTITIES.

THE TWO ENTITIES, TWO VENDORS THAT WE ARE USING.

WE PROCURED THEM THROUGH TWO INNER LOCAL AGREEMENTS.

UH, AND THAT'S HOW WE PROCURED IT.

SO ONE OF OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS THOSE AGREEMENTS ARE COMING TO AN END AT THIS POINT WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

AND WE THOUGHT, UH, IF WE, UH, IN FACT GO FOR A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, UH, TO SEE WHAT WE CAN GET, UH, FROM A, IF WE CAN FIND COST EFFECTIVENESS FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE.

AND ALSO IF WE CAN REDISTRIBUTE, UH, OUR CURRENT, UH, SERVICES BASED ON THE AREAS OR WHERE THESE VENDORS ARE, UM, EXPERTS IN.

AS YOU KNOW, THE TERRAINS IN WEST TEXAS AND EAST TEXAS ARE VERY DIFFERENT FOR THAT REASON.

THE FEES THAT THESE COMPANIES ARE ASSESSING TO THE CITY ARE VERY DIFFERENT.

I ALSO, SO WE JUST NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT OVERALL WHICH VENDOR WOULD PROVIDE US THE CITY WITH THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE PRICING.

SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

WE ALSO FOUND A NUMBER OF INCONSISTENCIES AND INACCURACIES IN THE INVOICES, WHICH WERE BILLED TO THE CITY.

UM, APPROXIMATELY $148,000 IN OVER PAYMENT.

WE IDENTIFIED WHEN WE REVIEWED THESE TWO VENDORS.

UH, SOME OF THE CAUSES WERE HOURLY LABOR RATES WERE INVOICE INCORRECTLY.

LABOR NOT ALWAYS RECONCILE WITH THE SUPPORTING EVIDENCE THAT THEY PROVIDED PER DIEM RATES WERE CHARGED, EVEN THOUGH THOSE WERE NOT APPROVED AT A POINT, UH, IN THE CONTRACT.

SO A NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT WE HAD IDENTIFIED.

I DO NOT WANT TO GO OVER ALL OF THOSE TODAY, BUT THESE REPORTS ARE ONLINE.

WE ALSO COVERED EXTREMELY IN DETAIL AT THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING.

SO OUR AUDIT REPORTS, UN, UNLESS IF IT'S CONFIDENTIAL OR SENSITIVE INFORMATION CONTAIN, THESE REPORTS ARE POSTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

I JUST WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE, DARL AND HIS TEAM, AS SOON AS WE, UH, WE MADE, MADE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, JUMPED IN.

THEY HAVE ALREADY STARTED OUR RECONCILIATION PROCESS.

IN FACT, AFTER THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING, THEY REACHED OUT TO US, THE PERSON WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE VENDOR, MA VENDOR, UM, NOT THE VENDOR.

THE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES, UH, IS SCHEDULING A MEETING WITH MY DEPARTMENT TO GO OVER SOME OF THE PLANS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING TOGETHER JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ON BOARD WITH THIS PLANS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO, UH, APPRECIATE THEM FOR DOING THAT.

UH, UH, ALSO, UH, HOPEFULLY, UM, BY THE EARLY PART OF NEXT YEAR, THEY'RE ALSO PLANNING ON PUTTING A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR VENDOR MANAGEMENT VEGETATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

I KEEP ON SAYING VENDOR MANAGEMENT SERVICES CUZ WE JUST DID A VENDOR MANAGEMENT AUDIT LAST TIME, , SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

THE LAST AUDIT THAT WE COVERED WAS THE CASH COUNT AUDIT PRIOR TO COVID.

THIS IS ONE OF THE ARTISTS THAT WE HAVE DONE EVERY YEAR.

THIS IS A SURPRISE AUDIT, SO WE DON'T MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT, WE JUST SHOW UP IN DEPARTMENTS, BASICALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE DEPARTMENTS ARE FOLLOWING, UH, OUR DIRECTIVES.

ALSO, THE CASH IS ACCOUNTED FOR.

UM, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE THAT SINCE COVID HIT US.

WE, THIS TIME AROUND, WE WENT TO 16 DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, WHICH INVOLVED 11 CHANGE FUNDS AND SIX, SIX PETTY CASH FUNDS.

OVERALL, WE DID NOT IDENTIFY ANY MAJOR OVER REGISTER SHORTAGES, BUT WE DID FOUND A NUMBER OF, UH, AREAS WHERE WE COULD MAKE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, FOR TIMELY RECONCILIATION AND MANAGEMENT REVIEW, TIMELY REVIEW OF SYSTEM ACCESS, UH, TIMELY REVIEW OF VOIDS, UM, VARIOUS THINGS, UM, TRAINING TILL NOT SHARING TILL LOCKING POS SYSTEM AND NOT IN USE.

A NUMBER OF INTERNAL CONTROL DEFICIENCIES WERE IDENTIFIED THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

THE GOOD NEWS IS, SINCE WE HAVE GIVEN, ISSUED THIS REPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT'S, MITCH HAVE ALREADY, I BELIEVE, CONDUCTED TWO OR THREE MEETINGS WITH ALL OF THESE DEPARTMENTS.

I REALLY DO APPRECIATE HIM FOR DOING THAT.

SO THAT HIGH LEVEL, THAT WAS THE SUMMARY OF ALL THE AUDITS THAT WE COVERED.

BEFORE I GO THROUGH THE AUDIT PLAN, I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THESE THREE AUDITS, IF YOU HAVE ANY.

OKAY, I THINK YOU'RE GOOD.

ALL RIGHT, CHAIRMAN, YOU WANT ME TO COVER THE AUDIT PLAN? UH, HERE, THIS IS THE AUDIT PLAN, WHICH WAS APPROVED IN THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING.

SO I'M GONNA HIGH LEVEL COVER THE AUDITS THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE PLAN.

UH, THE FIRST AUDIT IS THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT FEE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION AUDIT.

THIS WILL BE A VERY SIMILAR AUDIT COMPARED TO WHAT WE DID IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

SO THAT'S

[01:30:01]

THE FIRST AUDIT.

THE NEXT ONE IS THE CONTRACT PROCUREMENT AND MANAGEMENT AUDIT.

UH, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS ACTUALLY MADE THIS REQUEST, UH, EVALUATE HOW CONTRACTS THAT FELL BELOW THE CITY COUNCILS SIGNATURE AUTHORITY, UH, WERE PROCURED AND RELATED CHANGE ORDERS WERE PROCESSED.

SO THIS IS IF ALL THE PROCUREMENTS THAT FELL BELOW THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORITY, CURRENTLY, THAT'S A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

AND SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THOSE TO SEE HOW THESE WERE PROCURED.

THE NEXT AUDIT WILL BE THE MUNICIPAL COURT COMPLIANCE PROGRAM.

THIS IS ONE AREA THAT WE'VE NEVER LOOKED AT AS THE MUNICIPAL COURT HAS A COMPLIANCE DIVISION WHERE THEY ALLOW PEOPLE TO GET INTO A PAYMENT PLAN, UH, IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO, UH, TAKE CARE OF THEIR CITATIONS OR OTHER, OTHER, OTHER FINES.

SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THE INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER THIS COMPLIANCE DIVISION AND ALSO DETERMINE WHETHER PAYMENTS OR PLANS ARE MONITORED FOR DEFAULT.

NEXT ITEM IS THE TAKE HOME VEHICLES.

ONCE AGAIN, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS MADE THIS AUDIT REQUEST.

HIGH LEVEL PRELIMINARY OBJECTIVE IS TO ASSESS THE REASONABLENESS OF CURRENT TAKE ON VOCAL PRACTICES.

SO THAT WILL BE THAT AUDIT.

THE AUDIT AFTER THAT WILL BE BORN PROGRAM AUDIT, AND YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH IT.

WE DID AN AUDIT ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, SO THIS WILL BE MORE OF A FOLLOW UP.

I KNOW J AND HIS TEAM HAVE PUT A PUT IMPLEMENTED A LOT OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THAT AUDIT.

SO WE'LL BE GOING BACK AND MAKING SURE THOSE ARE EFFECTIVELY WORKING AS WELL AS ENSURING THAT OUR PROGRAM PROGRAM MANAGER IS PERFORMING AND BEING COMPENSATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AGREEMENTS.

NEXT AUDIT WILL BE THE COMMERCIAL SERVICES REVENUE AUDIT, AND WE DO HAVE A LOT OF CONTRACTS WITH THIRD PARTIES, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO COMMERCIAL SERVICES.

AND SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THOSE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE THERE.

IN COMPLIANCE.

THAT IS THE, THAT WILL BE COVERED DURING THAT AUDIT PARKING ENFORCEMENT AUDIT.

THIS WILL, THIS AUDIT WAS REQUESTED BY THE AUDIT CHAIR, UH, JUST TO FII, THE CITY MARSHALLS OFFICE HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH US FROM THE TIME THEY IMPLEMENTED THIS PROGRAM.

SO WE DON'T EXPECT TO SEE ANY ISSUES IF, IF MAYBE SOME MINOR THINGS BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN IN CONSULTING WITH US.

SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE MIKE BETS AND HIS TEAM, AND OF COURSE, THE CITY ATTORNEY AS WELL, UH, FOR REACHING OUT, ASKING FOR RECOMMENDATIONS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY INCORPORATE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AS THEY WERE PUTTING THIS PROGRAM TOGETHER.

HOWEVER, WE WILL STILL CONDUCT AN AUDIT, UH, JUST TO ENSURE THAT IT IS, UH, WORKING OUT SMOOTHLY.

THE NEXT ITEM IS THE EVIDENCE DISPOSITION AUDIT AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE JUST WANTED TO VERIFY INTERNAL CONTROL OVER DRUG AND FIREARM DESTRUCTION.

ANOTHER AUDIT WILL BE, UH, VEHICLE REPLACEMENT AND AUCTION PROGRAM, EVALUATE THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THE CITY'S VEHICLE REPLACEMENT AND AUCTION PROCESS BENEFITS PROGRAM.

MR. BRADFORD MADE A REQUEST TO THIS AUDIT AND NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, WE DID AN AUDIT AT ONE POINT, BUT THIS IS MORE OF A FOLLOW UP.

I KNOW THE PROCESSES SYSTEM, UH, HAVE CHANGED.

SO WE'LL MAKE SURE, UH, TO ASSESS THE ADEQUACY OF INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER THE CITY'S BENEFITS PROGRAM, WHICH MAY INCLUDE BENEFIT COVERAGE CLAIMS AND PAYMENT PROCESSING.

NEXT AUDIT IS THE FUEL MANAGEMENT AUDIT.

EVALUATE THE FUEL ORDER AND DELIVERY PROCESS TO VERIFY THE CITY HAS AN EFFECTIVE MONITORING IN PLACE.

UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS THE LED LIGHT STREET CONVERSION, AND THIS IS WITH THE GP L YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS.

DETERMINE IF THE DIVERSION PROJECT IS PROGRESS, REST PLANNED AND VERIFY THE ACCURACY OF THIRD PARTY WILLING.

LAST TWO AUDITS WILL BE THE PCARD AND CASH COUNT AUDITS.

UH, IT IS SELF EXPLANATORY, UH, SO I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH THE OBJECTIVES RIGHT NOW.

UH, THE ONE OF THE AUDITS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON, WHICH WE WILL FINISH WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, IS THE ALARM PERMITTING PROGRAM.

THIS AUDIT WAS REQUESTED BY THE AUDIT COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN.

THERE ARE TWO OTHER AUDIT FOLLOW UPS IN THIS AUDIT PLAN.

VEGETATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES, I KNOW WE JUST COVERED THAT.

WE MADE, UM, THE AUDIT REPORT, UH, HOWEVER, THE AUDIT COMMITTEE REQUESTED FOR US TO DO A FOLLOW UP TO THAT.

UH, WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, WE'LL CONDUCT A FOLLOW UP TO THAT AUDIT CIP P REIMBURSEMENT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AUDIT.

WE HAD DONE THAT ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.

THERE WERE A FEW RECOMMENDATIONS WE'RE GONNA FOLLOW UP ON THAT AS WELL.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WILL COVER A FEW OTHER, UH, OBVIOUSLY S INDICATED.

WE WILL HELP 'EM WITH, UH, A NUMBER OF, UH, PRO TESTS FOR THE EXTERNAL AUDIT IF TIME ALLOWS, I WOULD LIKE TO DO A FUEL, UH, FLEET FUEL INVENTORY OBSERVATION NEXT YEAR.

AND WE ALSO PERFORM VARIOUS OTHER TASK SUCH AS INVESTIGATION, SPECIAL PROJECTS, UH, ADVISEMENT RISK ASSESSMENT, ET CETERA.

SO THAT IS THE AUDIT PLAN, WHICH WAS COVERED DURING, I WENT REALLY FAST, BUT THIS, I EMAILED ALL OF YOU.

I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A COPY OF THIS.

UH, PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION.

ALSO, AS THE CHAIRMAN INDICATED, WE MIGHT AMEND THIS AUDIT PLAN TO INCORPORATE THE GCS C I AUDIT.

OKAY, ANY QUESTIONS?

[01:35:01]

I DON'T HAVE ANYONE IN THE QUEUE AT THIS POINT.

THAT'S GREAT NEWS.

AND THAT'S, I WAS GONNA SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT WANT TO, IT'S LIKE LEAVE WHILE YOU CAN , BUT, UH, THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU TO THE COMMITTEE AS WELL.

[4g. Administrative Services Committee Report]

NEXT UP WE HAVE ITEM 4G ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE REPORT.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM SMITH.

MAYOR, YOU GET ME THREE ITEMS IN A ROW.

I'M TELLING YOU THIS IS A BONUS.

NINE.

YEP, YEP, YEP.

JUST GETTING IT ALL OUT OF THE WAY IN ONE MEETING.

UM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD ON, UH, GETTING A NEW SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, TO YOU FOR THIS YEAR'S COUNCIL POLICY ADJUSTMENT.

UH, SPECIAL THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO'S PARTICIPATED IN THE PROCESS.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK JOINED US LATE IN THE PROCESS, BUT, UH, DID A LOT OF WORK IN TRYING TO CONSOLIDATE AND SIMPLIFY LANGUAGE FOR US AS WELL.

UH, AND SO YOU'RE GONNA SEE SOME HIS SANDY WORK IN HERE TOO.

UH, WE KNOW THAT THE SHORT OF THE POLICY CAN BE, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS THAT PEOPLE WILL READ IT AND FOLLOW IT.

SO OUR PLAN TODAY IS TO GO THROUGH THE RED LINE, UH, ONE BY ONE.

UH, GET THROUGH THE CHANGES TODAY.

UH, WE'RE NOT ANTICIPATING THAT THE COUNCIL WILL BE READY TO MOVE FORWARD TODAY.

UH, PLUS I'D LIKE TO GET COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS AND BASS AND GET THEIR FEEDBACK ON THIS TONIGHT.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS I WARN YOU AHEAD OF TIME THAT YOU'RE GONNA LOOK AT IT AND GO, WHAT WERE THEY THINKING? UM, AND A FEW OF THOSE WERE, UH, WE BROUGHT THEM TO YOU TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOUR, WHAT'S YOUR THINKING ON IT, BECAUSE WE COULDN'T AGREE, UH, BETWEEN THE THREE OF US ON WHAT THE DECISION THE RIGHT DECISION WAS OR EVEN IF THERE SHOULD BE A CHANGE.

SO WE'RE GONNA STOP AND, AND KIND OF POINT THAT OUT, UM, AND, AND GIVE IT TO THE, TO THE BODY FOR SOME WHAT I FEEL WILL PROBABLY BE ROBUST DISCUSSION.

SO I'M GONNA HAND THIS OVER TO, UM, MR. ENGLAND.

I'LL STAY IN, HANG IN THE QUEUE HERE TO EXPLAIN SOME THINGS, UH, AS WE GO.

BUT, UH, FEEL, FEEL FREE TO STOP US AT ANY TIME AND, UH, WE'LL DISCUSS WHATEVER YOU WANT DISCUSSED.

RIGHT? VERY GOOD.

I THINK, UM, UM, FOR THE FIRST LOOK AT THIS, UH, IT'S, IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT THIS IS JUST AN INTRODUCTION AND IT'S A VERY HIGH LEVEL LOOK.

AS I GO THROUGH AND EXPLAIN THE RED LINES OF THE, OF THE POLICIES, I THINK THE EXPECTATION IS THE NEXT TIME, UM, THE COUNCIL MEETS IN WORK SESSION, Y'ALL ARE BEING IN A BETTER POSITION TO ACTUALLY, UM, BRING FORTH, UM, UM, OTHER IDEAS OR DECIDE THAT WHAT THE COMMITTEE DECIDED WAS, UM, WERE GOOD POLICY DECISIONS AND, AND ARE SUPPORTED BY THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE.

UM, THE FIRST ONE, FIRST RED LINE IS JUST, JUST A MINOR LITTLE, UM, NOTE OR PARENTHETICAL THAT, UM, TALKS ABOUT THE DEPUTY MAYOR PROTE.

UM, IF ONE HAS BEEN APPOINTED, AND IT'S JUST BASICALLY THAT, UM, IF THE MAYOR OR THE MAYOR PROTE IS NOT PRESENT DURING A, DURING A LOCAL EMERGENCY, THEN THE DEPUTY MAYOR PROTE WILL, UM, UM, UM, SELECT OTHER PLACES FOR MEETINGS IF THE REGULAR MEETING IS NOT, UM, IF THE REGULAR MEETING LOCATION IS NOT AVAILABLE.

THE NEXT, UM, THE NEXT CHANGE IS WITH, UM, HAVING TO DO WITH THE RECORDING OF MEETINGS.

UM, AS SOME OF Y'ALL MAY BE AWARE, WE HAVE STOPPED PLACING THE RECORDINGS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION ON THE, ON THE WEBSITE FOR PUBLIC VIEW.

THE REASON FOR THAT WAS BECAUSE, UM, THERE ARE SEVERAL REASONS.

UM, THE FIRST REASON FOR THAT BEING THAT MANY TIMES THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION HEARS MATTERS THAT ARE DISCIPLINARY IN NATURE AND THEY HAVE BEEN FINALLY ADJUDICATED.

AND, UM, MANY TIMES IT'S, IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY NOT BEST TO ALLOW EASY ACCESS OR READY, READY ACCESS TO, UM, ACCUSATIONS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN PROVEN OR THAT ARE STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.

AND, UM, THIS ALLOWS WHERE THIS INFORMATION IS STILL PUBLIC INFORMATION, BUT IT'S NOT JUST A, UM, A CLICK AWAY ON THE, ON THE WEBS ON THE WEBSITE.

UM, WE HAD SEVERAL, UM, UM, ARTICLES PRESENT, UM, UM, PRINTED IN THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS WHERE, UM, QUOTATIONS WERE TAKEN DIRECTLY OFF THE WEBSITE AND WE REALIZED WE WERE PUTTING OUR OFFICERS IN A DIFFICULT FIREFIGHTERS IN A DIFFICULT POSITION WHERE THOSE DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS ARE BEING PUT OUT THERE IN THE PUBLIC BEFORE THEY HAVE A FULL CHANCE TO GO THROUGH THE APPEALS PROCESS.

JUST, AND JUST STOP ONCE Y'ALL HAVE A QUESTION.

UM, THE NEXT ONE HAS TO DO WITH, UM, UM, OBTAINING THE FLOOR.

UM, AND IT'S JUST A, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S NOT NEW, IT'S JUST SOME CHANGE IN THE LANGUAGE.

AND, UM, UM, IT JUST BASICALLY SAYS IT REPLACES THE LANGUAGE OF THE CHAIR WITH PRESIDING OFFICER.

UM, UM, AND IT, IT, IT BASICALLY ACCOUNTS FOR THE FACT THAT TRADITIONALLY, ESPECIALLY, UM, SOMETIMES WE ALLOW VERBAL OR ELECTRONIC RECOGNITION.

UM, THE IDEA IS OF COURSE, WHEN WE GOT THE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM WAS THAT WE WOULD GO FULLY ELECTRONIC FOR BOTH OUR

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MOTIONS AND OR OBTAINING THE FLOOR.

BUT WE KNOW IN REALITY WHAT SOMETIMES HAPPENS TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AND TO BE QUICKER.

AND BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE HAVE TECHNOLOGY ISSUES, UM, UM, SOMETIMES IT'S, UM, UM, EASIER AND, AND QUICKER AND MORE EFFICIENT TO JUST DO IT VERBALLY.

AND SO IT'S JUST ALLOWS FOR A VERBAL, UM, OBTAINING OF THE FLOOR.

THE NEXT ONE, SAME THING, SAME IDEA IS THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE DONE BY ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM CUZ IT CAN BE INOPERATIVE.

AND THEN SUBSECTION H IS MOTIONS TO AMEND A MOTION.

WE JUST DREW A DISTINCTION BETWEEN MOTIONS TO AMEND BECAUSE OF SUBSECTION I PRIMARILY, AND THAT'S FLOOR AMENDMENTS.

THIS IS NEW TO THE POLICY.

AND THIS DEALS WITH THE SITUATIONS WHERE COUNSEL HAS CONSIDERED AND DISCUSSED AND DEBATED AN ISSUE OR A MATTER HERE IN WORK SESSION.

AND IT GOES TO THE FULL COUNCIL DURING REGULAR MEETINGS AND IT'S PUT UP FOR A VOTE VOTE, BUT BEFORE THE VOTE, UM, THERE'S A FLOOR AMENDMENT MADE ON THE NIGHT THAT IT'S GONNA BE ADOPTED.

AND SO THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT OPTIONS ON WHAT THE COUNCIL CAN DO.

THERE WAS A CONCERN FROM THE COMMITTEE THAT, UM, UM, OFTEN TIMES WHEN THE FLOOR AMENDMENT'S MADE, THE COUNCIL MAY NOT HAVE TIME TO FULLY CONSIDER THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OR THE CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR VOTE.

AND SO THIS ALLOWS, UM, THE, THE OPTIONS THAT THE COMMITTEE EXPLORED WERE INTENDED TO HELP WITH THAT SITUATION, BUT ALSO ALLOW FOR SOME FLEXIBILITY WHEN THERE IS IN FACT IN TRUE EMERGENCY AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE, UM, VOTED.

AND SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THIS.

THIS IS PROBABLY OF THE ALL THE AMENDMENTS.

THIS IS PROBABLY THE ONE THAT'S THE MOST COMPLICATED BECAUSE WE, CUZ THE, THE COMMITTEE LEFT SEVERAL OPTIONS.

THE FIRST OPTION OF COURSE IS OBVIOUS WHEN NO CHANGE FOR AMENDMENTS ARE NOT EXPRESSLY ADDRESSED IN THE POLICY, JUST DO IT THE WAY WE'VE BEEN DOING IT IS WHEN A FLOOR AMENDMENT COMES, YOU JUST HANDLE IT LIKE YOU WOULD ANY OTHER AMENDMENT TO A MOTION.

THE SECOND OPTION IS REALLY SEVERAL OPTIONS AND SOME SUB OPTIONS.

UM, UM, THE FIRST ONE IS IN THE EVENT A COUNCIL MEMBER DESIRES TO MAKE A SUBSTANTIVE FLOOR AMENDMENT.

AND THAT SUBSTANTIVE IS A KEY WORD THERE.

UM, HONOR RESOLUTION, ORDINANCE MATTER OR OTHER ITEM THAT Y'ALL HAVE PREVIOUSLY DELIBERATED AND THAT Y'ALL REACHED A CONSENSUS AND WORK SESSION.

THE COUNCIL MEMBER SHALL MAKE A MOTION THAT STATES THE SUBSTANCE OF THE PROPOSED FLOOR AMENDMENT AND THEN IT HAS TO HAVE A SECOND TO BE CONSIDERED.

AND IF THERE IS NO SECOND, OF COURSE THE FLOOR AMENDMENT SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED.

THAT MAKES SENSE.

THE SECOND PART OF THAT IS IN THE INVENT.

THE, IN THE EVENT, THE MOTION FOR THE FOUR MINUTE RECEIVES A SECOND AND IS PASSED.

THE COUNCIL SHALL SUBSEQUENTLY TAKE A VOTE ON THE ADMITTED RESOLUTION OR MATTER.

AND THEN IF PASS THE RESOLUTION ORDINANCE MATTER ITEM SHALL COME BACK BEFORE THE COUNCIL DURING THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING FOR A FINAL VOTE ON SUBSTANCE AND FORM OF THE RESOLUTION ORDER MATTER, UH, MATTER OR ITEM UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED IN THE MOTION.

AND SO THIS IS LIKE WE DO OUR ZONING CASES.

IT'S A TWO STEP PROCESS WHERE YOU VOTE ON IT AND THEN YOU HAVE TWO WEEKS FOR IT TO COME BACK.

YOU CAN EITHER RECONSIDER IT AND ALSO GIVES THE, UH, MY OFFICE A CHANCE TO DRAFT IT UP BASED ON THE MOTION THAT WAS PRESENTED IN PASS TO DRAFT IT UP.

AND THEN AT THAT POINT THAT OF COURSE Y'ALL WILL SEE THAT MOTION BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING.

YOU'LL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT AND SEE IT ON PAPER AND, AND FIGURE OUT THAT THAT MAY OR MAY NOT WORK.

AND YOU HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE IT THERE IN THE SECOND MEETING.

AND THEN, UM, TWO B IS THE OTHER OPTION.

AND TWO B IS THE OPTION WHERE IF IT'S RECEIVED THE SECOND AGAIN AND IT'S PASSED, UM, UM, THE, THE MATTER SHE'LL COME BACK BEFORE COUNCIL DURING THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING FOR A FINAL VOTE.

SO IT'S STILL A TWO STEP PROCESS UNLESS OTHERWISE STAYED IN THE MOTION.

AND THE APPROVAL RECEIVED TWO THIRDS VOTES OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS'S PRESENCE.

UM, UM, AND SO IN TWO B IT WOULD GO, IT WOULD COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL THAT NEXT RE RESOLUTION IF IT RECEIVED TWO THIRDS VOTES OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S PRESENCE.

SO IT'S THIS, IT'S A HIGHER STANDARD.

AND SO, UM, UM, AND THAT JUST MEANS THAT IF IT DOESN'T RECEIVE, HANG ON A SECOND, I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT.

AS I'M LOOKING THROUGH THIS AGAIN, UM, I THINK I MAY HAVE REDLINED THIS WRONG IF PASSED THE RESOLUTION ORDER MATTER OR SHE'LL COME BACK BEFORE COUNCIL DURING THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING FOR A FINAL VOTE ON THE SUBSTANCE FORMULA OR ITEM.

UNLESS OTHERWISE, STATE IN THE MOTION AND THE APPROVAL RECEIVE TWO THIRDS VOTES.

OKAY, SORRY.

TWO B BASICALLY SAYS IF IT RECEIVES TWO THIRDS VOTES IN THE FIRST MEETING, THEN IT WON'T COME BACK BEFORE COUNCIL AND X IT TAKES A TWO THIRDS VOTE THOUGH.

AND SO THE FIRST OPTION TWO A DOESN'T TAKE TWO THIRDS OF VOTES.

IT JUST TAKES A STRAIGHT VOTE.

IT COMES BACK TWO WEEKS LATER, THE TWO B, IT TAKES TWO THIRDS VOTES FOR IT TO STAY AND MAYBE B FINALLY DECIDED THAT NIGHT AND NOT COME BACK.

SO IT WON'T COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS.

AND THEN THE THIRD, THE COUNCIL MADE BY TWO THIRDS VOTES OF MEMBERS PRESENT VOTE TO WAIVE THE TWO STEP PROCEDURE AND TAKE A FINAL VOTE ON THE SUBSTANCE AND FORM OF THE RESOLUTION ORDINANCE MATTER

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OR ITEM DURING THE SAME MEETING IN WHICH THE FLOOR AMENDMENT WAS PASSED.

SO AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S THE TWO STEP AND IT'S THAT TWO THIRDS VOTE.

AND THEN THE LAST IS THE FOUR MENTION TWO STEP APPROVAL PROCESS DOES NOT APPLY TO NON SUBSTATIVE CHANGES OR MATTERS IN WHICH DELAY UNTIL THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING WOULD RESULT IN A VIOLATION OF A DEADLINE SET BY LAW.

SO THIS TAKES INTO ACCOUNT MATTERS THAT ARE OF EMERGENCY AND THAT NEED TO BE PASSED IMMEDIATELY OR THE MIGHT RESULT IN A VIOLATION OF LAW OR THAT IT JUST, UM, UH, A DELAY WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE UNDER THE, UNDER, UNDER, UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

AND AGAIN, THIS OPTION TOO, ESPECIALLY, IT'S RATHER COMPLICATED.

IT'S REALLY, UM, UM, SOMETHING THAT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AS Y'ALL LOOK AT IT, READ THROUGH IT AND FIGURE OUT WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE FOR YOU.

AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK AND, AND, AND REALLY DIG INTO IT ON THE, DURING THE NEXT MEETING.

I THINK YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANNA SAY, MR. CHAIR? UH, THIS WAS, UH, THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE WAS BROUGHT TO US A COUPLE OF TIMES IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS, UH, THAT EVEN HAD US LOOKING AT DIFFERENT RULES OF ORDER.

UH, THIS IS THE BEST WE'VE COME UP WITH SO FAR.

IF THE COUNCIL'S INTERESTED IN PURSUING IT, UH, COOL.

IF NOT NO HURT FEELINGS.

THIS IS JUST THE BEST WE COULD DO.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, REACH OUT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY.

UH, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER, UH, ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN.

I THINK HE'LL BE MORE COMPETENT TO DO SO THOUGH, SO, UM, REALLY, YOU KNOW, JUST, UH, I CAN ALREADY FEEL THE MAYOR LOSING INTEREST CUZ HE'S GONNA HAVE TO, TO RUN THIS SHOW ON WHATEVER THE RULES ARE AND WE LIKE TO COMPLICATE HIS WORLD AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

BUT, UH, THAT'S WHERE THIS CAME FROM.

THIS WASN'T US LOOKING FOR, UH, COMPLICATION IN THE POLICY.

AND THE THIRD OPTION IS, IS, IS TAKES AWAY THE TWO STEP PROCESS AND IT'S A 30 DAY WAITING PERIOD FOR IT TO BECOME EFFECTIVE.

AND SO YOU VOTE ON IT AND ONCE THE MATTER PASSES AND IT RECEIVES A, A SECOND AND THEN IT PASSES, UM, IT, IT DOES NOT BECOME EFFECTIVE PROBABLY 30 CALENDAR DAYS.

AND, AND, AND IT JUST KIND OF DESCRIBES HOW YOU COUNT THOSE CALENDAR DAYS.

UM, AND YOU CAN VOTE TO WAIVE THE 30 DAY WAITING PERIOD FOR THE RESOLUTION ORDER MAT OR A MATTER OR ITEM SO THAT IT BECOMES EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON PASSAGE.

SO IT IF, UM, UM, TWO THIRDS OF YOU VOTE THAT INSTEAD OF WAITING THE 30 DAYS, UM, UM, IT'LL BECOME EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.

LIKE MOST OF WHAT Y'ALL DO, UM, UM, ON A REGULAR BASIS.

AND, AND AGAIN, THAT 30 DAY WAITING PERIOD DOES NOT APPLY TO NON SUBSTITUTE CHANGES.

ANY QUESTIONS ON OPTION THREE? I HAVE NOTHING.

OKAY.

AND THEN THE, AND THEN THIS NEXT SECTION IS, IS ABOUT REMOTE ATTENDANCE.

AND THIS IS, THIS KIND OF, THESE QUESTIONS KIND OF CAME TO THE FOREFRONT DURING THE PANDEMIC, AS Y'ALL ARE AWARE.

UM, WHAT DO YOU DO, UM, WHEN NOW THAT WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY IN PLACE WHERE REMOTE ATTENDANCE IS A MORE, IS A VIABLE OPTION FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHAT CONTROLS DO YOU PLACE ON YOURSELVES IN TERMS OF HOW MANY TIMES YOU GET TO USE A REMOTE ATTENDANCE, IF AT ALL? UM, WHAT RULES DO Y'ALL WANNA SET FOR YOURSELF? AND THE COMMITTEE CAME UP WITH THE FOLLOWING RULES FOR REMOTE ATTENDANCE.

UM, A COUNCIL MEMBER MAY ONLY REMOTELY ATTEND COUNCIL MEETINGS HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, AND THAT'S REALLY A TECHNOLOGY ISSUE MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

AND SO IF IT'S A W WORK SESSION OR A SPECIAL MEETING OFFSITE OR A RETREAT, THEN REMOTE ATTENDANCE WON'T BE AN OPTION.

UM, EACH COUNCIL MEMBER MAY ONLY REMOTELY ATTEND ONE PUBLIC MEETING PER CALENDAR YEAR, HOWEVER, THE MAYOR OR MAY ALLOW A COUNCIL MEMBER TO REMOTELY ATTEND ADDITIONAL MEETINGS FOR GOOD CAUSE.

AND SO THE IDEA THERE WAS THAT WHAT YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IS HAVE AN ABSENTEE COUNCIL MEMBER JUST NEVER SHOW UP FOR MEETINGS ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE OPTION OF REMOTE ATTENDANCE.

AND SO IT PUTS A CONTROL AND YOU GET ONE FREEBIE FOR NO CAUSE FOR ANY REASON OR NO REASON AT ALL.

AND THEN AFTER THAT, UM, YOU HAVE TO CALL THE MAYOR AND HAVE A CONVERSATION AND, AND HE GETS TO CHOOSE BY HIS AND HE GETS TO DETERMINE WHAT'S GOOD CAUSE.

UM, AND THE MAYOR OR WHOEVER IS PRESIDING, OF COURSE, AS THE STATE LAW HAS TO ATTEND IN PERSON.

AND, UM, AND AGAIN FOR TECHNOLOGY REASONS, NUMBER THREE, THERE MAY ONLY BE ONE COUNCIL MEMBER ATTENDING REMOTELY.

UM, AND THE EVENT MORE THAN ONE COUNCIL WILL REQUEST TO ATTEND A MEETING REMOTELY.

THE COUNCIL MEMBER WHO FIRST GAVE WRITTEN NOTICE, THE MAYOR SHALL BE GIVEN PRIORITY.

AND THAT'S, AGAIN, MORE OF A TECHNOLOGY ISSUE.

AND THE DIFFICULTIES RAISED THAT WE LEARNED, WHEN YOU HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE ATTENDING REMOTELY, IT'S HARD TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S FACE IS, IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC AND MEETING STATE LAW REQUIREMENTS WITH THAT.

AND THEN MEMBERS, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES MAY NOT REMOTELY ATTEND.

SO IT'S

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JUST COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT CAN, OR IT'S JUST MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL? YES.

OKAY.

HANG ON ONE SECOND, COUNCIL, LUCK.

LUCK.

DOES WRITTEN NOTICE, UM, INCLUDE EMAIL? YES.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS ON REMOTE ATTENDANCE? I HAVE NO, NOBODY IN THE QUEUE.

OKAY.

OKAY.

AND THEN IN SECTION EIGHT HERE, APPOINTMENTS TO BOARD AND COMMISSIONS.

IT WAS, UM, DISCUSSED IN THE, IN THE COMMITTEE AND IT WAS A CONCERN TO, UM, OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE AN APPOINTEE WHEN A COUNCIL MEMBER, SOMEONE WHO RESIDES IN A DISTRICT THAT IS NOT REPRESENTED BY THAT COUNCIL MEMBER AND THEY WANTED TO PLAY SOMETHING IN HERE THAT WAS REALLY A REMINDER TO ONE ANOTHER, THAT IT'S GOOD PRACTICE, IT'S GOOD ETIQUETTE TO CALL THE COUNCIL MEMBER IN WHICH THAT APPOINTEE, UM, RESIDES AND DISCUSS THAT APPOINTMENT WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER.

UM, AND, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT SAYS, SHALL MAKE A REASONABLE EFFORT THAT'S INTENTIONALLY LEFT, UM, VAGUE.

IT WAS, UM, INITIALLY THE LANGUAGE WAS A LITTLE STRONGER, BUT THEY DIDN'T WANNA MAKE IT PUNITIVE.

THEY DIDN'T WANT, THEY JUST WANTED TO BE A SERVE AS A REMINDER TO COUNSEL.

YOU KNOW, IT SOMETIMES GOOD EFFORT IF YOU'RE A GOOD ETIQUETTE IF YOU DO THAT TO JUST, JUST MAKE A, TRY TO TRY TO MAKE THE, MAKE A CALL AND HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THAT COUNCIL MEMBER.

AND THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GO INTO DETAILS.

THE COMMITTEE DIDN'T WANNA GO INTO DETAILS OF WHAT REASONABLE EFFORTS LOOK LIKE.

IS IT MORE THAN ONE CALL? IS IT A CAR, A CALL IN AN EMAIL? IS IT JUST AN EMAIL? IT'S JUST MORE OF A REMINDER.

IT'S SO CONSEQUENTLY THE MAYOR WOULD HAVE TO, ANYTIME THE MAYOR HAS AN APPOINTMENT, THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO CONTACT THE DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE.

THAT'S A FAIR POINT BECAUSE I, I WOULD THINK MY DISTRICT IS 32 33 SHIELD LANE, BASICALLY IS MY, YOU KNOW, SO GO AHEAD.

UH, BECAUSE YOU DO REPRESENT THE ENTIRE CITY.

YEAH.

THAT WOULDN'T COME INTO PLAY HERE.

OKAY.

BECAUSE THEY ARE DIRECTLY YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

OKAY.

WE GO.

HOWEVER, IF YOU'D LIKE TO CALL ME ANYTIME, SIR.

I'M, I'M HAPPY .

ALL RIGHT, FAIR ENOUGH.

AND THE SECTION NINE IS ADDRESSING CITIZEN COMMENTS AND IT'S REALLY UPDATING OUR CURRENT POLICY, UM, TO ACCOUNT FOR ELECTRONICALLY REGISTRATION, ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION AT THE KIOSK.

AND SO IT ADDS THAT IN THERE.

UM, UM, AND IT STILL ALLOWS FOR COMPLETING A SPEAKER CARD FOR THOSE THAT ARE, UM, MAYBE NOT, UM, UM, AS ADEPT AT TECHNOLOGY AS OTHERS.

AND, UM, IT ALSO MAKES CLEAR THAT A PORTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETINGS AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS SHALL BE SET ASIDE FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL.

NOW, KEEP IN MIND THAT THE WORK SESSION, THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETINGS IS REQUIRED BY LAW THAT WE HAVE TO GIVE 'EM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

THE ADDITION THAT THE COMMITTEE THREW IN THERE IS THEY ADDED THAT IT ALSO APPLIES TO COMMITTEE COMMITTEES.

AND SO, UM, UM, QUITE FRANKLY, WHEN I, I THINK THE COMMITTEE BELIEVED THAT WHEN THE PUBLIC ACTUALLY SHOWS UP FOR COMMITTEE MEETINGS, THEY'RE THERE TO, FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE AND THEY GENERALLY HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S, UM, NEEDED TO BE HEARD.

AND SO THAT WAS THE ADDITION IN SUBSECTION B IS THE COMMITTEE FIRST.

AGAIN, THE FIRST IS REQUIRED BY LAW, AND THAT'S THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND WORK SESSION.

BUT THE SECOND IS AN EXTENSION OF THOSE STATE LAW AND MAKING IT MUCH MORE BROAD AS FAR AS A POLICY GOES.

AND IT, IT ALSO IN SUBSECTION C, UM, UM, IT ADDRESSES IT, IT MAKES IT CLEAR THAT IT'S DISCUSSING THAT IF CI COMMENTS AT THE END OF THE MEETING, UM, IF THEY'RE NOT RELATED TO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, THEY'RE PERMITTED AT THE END OF THE MEETING AND NOT AT THE BEGINNING.

ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE NO ONE IN THE QUEUE.

OKAY.

AND THEN LITTLE MINOR RULE OF DECORUM, AND THAT IS, UM, VISITORS ARE ALLOWED TO BRING WATER INTO THE, UM, INTO THE MEETINGS.

AND THIS IS REALLY SEC SECTION THREE WITH COUNCIL COMMITTEES AND OUTSIDE BOARD.

UM, IT'S REALLY JUST SOME CLARIFYING LANGUAGE.

THERE'S NOT ANY SUBSTANTIVE POLICY CHANGES THERE, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST KIND OF SOME CLEANUP LANGUAGE THAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN.

AND THEN IF YOU, AS WE GO DOWN TO SECTION THREE COUNCIL COMMITTEES AND OUTSIDE BOARDS, YOU'LL NOTICE THE CHANGE THERE IS THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.

IT'S BEEN ADDED TO THE LIST AS

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A STANDING COMMITTEE, AND THAT ASSUMES THAT Y'ALL PASS THE STANDING COMMITTEES TOMORROW.

THE, UM, UM, Y'ALL VOTED INTO PLACE TOMORROW, AND IF SO, THIS WILL BE MEMORIALIZING THAT INTO POLICY.

AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE CAN BE, WILL HAVE THE REVIEW OF LOCAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE CHANGES STRICKEN FROM ITS OBLIGATIONS.

AND, AND IT WILL BE ADDED DOWN BELOW TO HERE, WHICH IS THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.

AND IT EXPLAINS THE PURPOSE OF THAT.

AND THAT'S REVIEW COUNCIL POLICIES AS THEY RELATE TO BUILDING, MAINTAINING RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES SUCH AS SCHOOL BOARD REVIEW, LOCAL COUNTY, STATE, AND NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE CHANGES, AND RECOMMENDING LEGISLATIVE AGENDA ITEMS TO THE FULL COUNCIL.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE'S RESPONSIBILITIES? I'VE DONE WHAT IN THE QUEUE? YOU NAMING AN INTRO OR IT'S INTRO? YEAH, I SAW THAT.

IT'S GONNA BE INTRO .

I WILL MAKE SURE THAT GETS FIXED.

AND THEN THIS IS SOME CLEANUP LANGUAGE.

AGAIN, NOTHING SUBSTANTIVE HERE.

IT, IT JUST MAKES IT CLEAR, UM, UM, THAT COUNCIL, UM, THAT THE MAYOR WILL SEND, UM, THE COUNCIL RECOMMENDING WHICH COMMITTEE SHOULD BE BOTH ESTABLISHED, CONTINUED, OR DISSOLVED.

UM, AND IT'S JUST CLEANUP LANGUAGE.

THERE'S NO REAL SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE THERE.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS, I GOT THE INTRO GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE RIGHT HERE.

AS YOU CAN SEE, , THIS IS A DIFFERENT COMMITTEE.

WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT MEMBERSHIPS.

AND, UM, AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST, UM, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF CLEANUP.

IT'S, UM, IT'S MAKING THE POINT THAT THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE WILL BE, UM, DOING THOSE TASKS.

OKAY? AND THIS IS HAS, THIS IS RELATED TO COUNCIL BUDGET FOR TRAVEL BUSINESS EXPENSES, EQUIPMENT AND, AND, AND APPROVAL OF FUNDS FOR TRAVEL AND RELATED EXPENSES.

AND INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH THE CURRENT POLICY HAS A WHOLE LIST OF DIFFERENT CONFERENCES THAT IN YEARS PAST THE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR WERE INTERESTED IN, UM, ATTENDING.

AND INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH A LIST AND HAVING A, A LAUNDRY LIST OF, OF THE DIFFERENT CONFERENCES, THE IDEA WAS THAT WHATEVER GETS APPROVED DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, UM, THEN, UM, UM, THOSE WILL BE THE CONFERENCES IN THE MEETINGS OR THE EVENTS OR ORGANIZATION, UM, THAT THE, UH, MEMBER IS THE EXPENSES OF THE MEMBER THAT ARE GOING OR APPROVED.

SO IT'S JUST KIND OF SIMPLIFYING THE PROCESS A LITTLE BIT.

ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? OKAY.

AND THAT'S JUST A CLEAN UP, CLEAN UP.

AND THIS IS A, UM, CLARIFICATION ABOUT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT ARE MEETING AT CITY HALL.

WHAT, WHO DOES THE, THE RECORDINGS AND IT JUST SAYS THAT THE CITY SECRETARY SHALL PUBLISH THE AUDIO RECORDINGS, AUDIO RECORDINGS OF THE MEETINGS OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

AGAIN, CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION IS GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AND YOUTH COUNCIL AND THE COUNCIL COMMITTEES ON THE CITY WEBSITE.

SO THERE, THE CITY SECRETARY IS GONNA PUBLISH THE AUDIO RECORDINGS OF THOSE MEETINGS.

AND THEN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR, IT DOESN'T SAY THIS HERE, IT SAID IT IN THE PREVIOUS POLICY THAT WE DISCUSSED, THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION RECORDINGS AND THE YOUTH COUNCIL'S, OF COURSE, WILL NOT BE RECORDED.

SO SOME CLEAN UP.

THIS IS ONE THAT DIVISION TWO, UM, MISCELLANEOUS DEVELOPMENT PROCEDURES.

THIS IS ONE THAT WAS, UH, THE POLICY HAD A BUNCH OF PROCEDURES THAT WE, IN THE, UM, UM, IN THE YEARS FOLLOWING THAT THIS WAS FOLLOWING, THIS WAS WRITTEN, HAD BEEN INCLUDED IN THE G.

AND SO INSTEAD OF HAVING 'EM PUBLISHED IN TWO PLACES, WHICH OBVIOUSLY PRESENTS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CONFLICT, ESPECIALLY AS THE ORDINANCE CHANGE OR THE LAW CHANGE, THE, THE COMMITTEE THOUGHT IT'S BEST TO REMOVE IT AND STRIP IT OUT OF THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND JUST FOLLOW THE GDC.

AND I THINK THAT WAS A WISE CHOICE AND IT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION, QUITE FRANKLY, TO REMOVE THESE FROM THE POLICY SINCE THEY'RE ALREADY IN THE GDC.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT?

[02:00:01]

HMM.

NOW HERE'S A, HERE'S ONE THAT, UM, UM, EVERYONE SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO.

IT'S A, IT'S A FAIRLY BIG CHANGE.

CURRENTLY THE CITY MANAGER, AS Y'ALL ARE AWARE, HAS SPENDING AUTHORITY, UM, UP TO, UM, NINE 99,999 POINT 99.

UM, UM, AND THAT WAS SET BACK IN, I THINK WE DETERMINED 1987.

IT WAS .

UM, OBVIOUSLY I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE THAT LONG, RIGHT? AND WHAT'S THAT TRUE? IT WASN'T A SET FOR BRIAN.

AND, AND SO WHAT THE, WHAT THE COMMITTEE DID WAS THEY TIED IT TO SOMETHING THAT WAS FAIRLY INTERESTING AND, UM, THEY TIED THE SPENDING AUTHORITY TO WHAT IT WOULD COST IF THE CITY MADE THE DECISION TO PURCHASE THE AVERAGE HOME IN GARLAND.

AND, UM, THAT'S AROUND $250,000 RIGHT NOW.

AND SO THEY THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD NUMBER TO WHERE BRIAN COULD NOT, A CITY MANAGER COULD NOT MAKE THE DE DECISION TO GO OUT AND BUY THE AVERAGE HOME IN GARLAND WITHOUT COMING TO THE CITY COUNCIL FIRST.

AND SO THAT WAS THE REASON THAT NUMBER WAS CHOSEN AND THE, UH, INFLATION WOULD'VE PUT THAT NUMBER AT 262.

SO IT WAS IN THE SAME BALLPARK.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENT, MAYOR, THAT'LL MAKE THE CONSENT AGENDA QUITE A BIT SHORTER.

WOW.

YEAH.

YEAH.

I MEAN, YOUR MOTION WORKS GONNA BE HARD, BUT YOUR CONSENT AGENDA'S GONNA BE YEAH.

WELL, FOR, YEAH.

NEVERMIND.

LET'S JUST MOVE ON.

.

OKAY.

IN THIS SECTION SIX.

UM, YOU WANT ME TO TACKLE THIS ONE, BRIAN? YEAH, YOU CAN.

YOU MIGHT WANNA DO THIS ONE.

YEAH.

UM, PRIOR COUNCILS, CERTAINLY NO ONE ON THIS ONE, UH, HAD HAD ISSUES WHERE THEY WERE TRYING TO LEVERAGE CITY STAFF, UH, TO DO SOME DIRTY WORK FOR THEM, UH, IN REGARDS TO THE SIGNS OF THEIR POLITICAL OPPONENTS ON ELECTION DAY.

WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST POLICY IN PLACE THAT ESSENTIALLY BOILS DOWN TO ON ELECTION DAY.

WE DON'T ENFORCE THE SIGN POLICY AS FAR AS, UH, POLLING LOCATIONS GO ADD TO THAT COMPLICATION.

THE, THE SUPREME COURT RULINGS SAY WE CAN'T SIG TO DETERMINE ITS CONTENT, AND THINGS GET REALLY, REALLY WEIRD.

UH, WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS SIMPLIFY THE EXISTING POLICY THAT'S IN PLACE, UM, RESPECT THE SUPREME COURT DECISION, AND OTHERWISE FUNCTIONALLY LEAVE THE POLICY ALONE.

SO THE POLICY REWRITTEN HERE WITH THE RED LINE DOES THE EXACT SAME THING THAT IT USED TO DO.

UH, IT JUST DOES IT IN A WAY THAT HOPEFULLY MORE OF US CAN READ AND UNDERSTAND.

BASICALLY, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE NEVER, EVER WEAPONIZE OUR CITY STAFF, UH, FOR POLITICAL REASONS.

AND THAT'S WHAT THIS SPEAKS TO.

NOW.

THANK THE, UM, AND THIS IS NOT A CHANGE, IS, IS THE CURRENT POLICY ONE OF THE MORE IMPORTANT, UM, UM, SENTENCES IN THIS POLICY? IS THE END OF SUBSECTION C OR NOW THE ONLY ONE IN SUBSECTION C? NO MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL DEMAND THAT A SIGN BE REMOVED OR THAT ANY PROVISION OF THIS CITY SIGNED REGULATIONS OTHERWISE BE ENFORCED WITH RESPECT TO ANY POLITICAL SIGN COVERED BY THIS POLICY.

AND QUITE FRANKLY, EVERYBODY ON THIS, ON THE CURRENT COUNCIL.

I THINK, UM, UH, I DON'T, I CAN'T IMAGINE ANYONE THAT'S CURRENTLY SENT ON COUNCIL CALLING UP STAFF AND DEMANDING SOMETHING TO BE REMOVED.

UM, BUT IT HAS BEEN A PROBLEM IN THE PAST, AND THAT'S JUST A CLEANUP MATTER.

IT'S NOT A CHANGE.

AND THAT IS IT, THAT IS A HIGH LEVEL VIEW OF THE WORK THAT THE, UM, COMMITTEE DID.

AND, UM, UM, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UM, PLEASE ASK.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, MAYOR PRO, TIM SMITH, WHEN WOULD YOU LIKE TO BRING THIS BACK AROUND? I MEAN, I KNOW WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF MEMBERS NOT PRESENT TONIGHT.

YOU WANNA REACH, OBVIOUSLY WE NEXT WEEK IS NOT THE OPTION, BUT IS.

THANKS.

SO THE FIRST WE, WE'VE SECOND NOVEMBER, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE'VE ALREADY GOT SOMETHING COMING BACK.

WHAT IS IT? ETHICS? ORDINANCE ETHICS IS COMING BACK TO FIRST MEETING IN NO.

IS IT FIRST MEETING IN NOVEMBER THAT WE SET? I CAN'T RECALL.

I THINK YOU SAID FIRST OR SECOND.

SO IT'S YOUR PLEASURE.

OKAY.

I MEAN, IF WE'RE GONNA TACKLE THESE THINGS, HIT 'EM BOTH SAME TIME.

YEAH.

AT THE SAME, YOU KNOW, HAVE, HAVE SORT OF THE DEADLINE BE THE SAME FOR BOTH.

UH, IT'S YOUR PLEASURE.

IF YOU WANT TO JUST WAIT 'EM, BASED ON OUR WORKLOAD ON EITHER WORK SESSION, THAT'S FINE.

BUT, UH, WE CAN TACKLE 'EM EITHER TIME.

UH, I, I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT.

I MEAN,

[02:05:02]

UH, WITH COUNCIL PERMISSION, WE'LL SIMPLY PUT IT ON THE ONE AS THE SHORTEST AGENDA.

PERFECT.

SHORTEST, BASED ON WHAT, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE GOOD INDICATION.

WE'VE HAD THREE ITEM AGENDAS THAT HAVE GONE FOR SIX HOURS, SO.

WELL, I KNOW WE'LL INCLUDE REFRIGERATOR MAGNETS ON THAT DISTRICT.

EXACTLY.

YES, PLEASE.

THANK YOU, .

I APPRECIATE THAT.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT

[4h. Development Services Committee Report]

MOVES US ON TO ITEM FOUR H, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE.

REPORT.

COUNCIL HEDRICK.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

I'M HAPPY TO BLOCK, UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO.

TIM'S CONNECT FOUR WITH MY ITEM.

HE HAD THREE IN A ROW THERE, BUT , UH, THE DEVELOPMENT, CAREFUL HE'LL COME UP WITH A POLICY ON THAT.

I KNOW HE WILL.

, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICE COMMITTEE, UH, WE DISCUSSED A ORDINANCE PROHIBITING CAR ORIENTED BUSINESSES FROM USING PUBLIC STREETS FOR PARKING CARS THAT THEY SERVICE OR PROVIDE SERVICES TO.

AND THIS WOULD RESTRICT THOSE AND ALLOW THE PARKING MARSHALS TO ENFORCE THOSE AND, AND INCLUDE THAT IN OUR LIST OF RESTRICTIONS FOR THE PARKING MARSHALL TO ENFORCE.

SO, PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

LOTS OF HEADS ALREADY NODDING ON MM-HMM.

, UM, CONCERN BUREAU.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT WOULD BE THE, UM, CONSEQUENCES OR HOW WOULD YOU, MR. ENGLAND IS BACK.

I'M GONNA, SINCE MIKE IS OUT OF TOWN, UM, I'M GONNA DO SOMETHING THAT HE WOULD BE VERY UPSET WITH.

I'M GONNA SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE MARSHALLS.

YEAH.

, UH, YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT THIS LATER.

ABOUT THIS LATER.

.

YEAH.

HE'S NOT GONNA BE PLEASED.

UM, THIS IS ACTUALLY, UM, WE PROBABLY NEED TO SET SOME EXPECTATIONS WITH THIS PARTICULAR, UM, AMENDMENT TO SECTION 2.52.

THE, THE SPECIFIC ISSUE THAT WAS, THAT, THAT WAS TRYING TO BE ADDRESSED WAS WHERE YOU HAVE AN AUTOMOBILE USE AND, UM, IT'S REALLY GARAGES REPAIR PLACES.

AND EVEN SOME SALES PLACES WHERE THEY HAVE OVERFLOW PO PARKING, WHETHER THAT'S EMPLOYEES OR CUSTOMERS OR CARS OF CUSTOMERS WHERE THEY'RE PARKING THOSE IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS JUST AROUND THE CORNER OR ON THE STREET JUST NEXT TO THEIR BUSINESS.

BUT THEY'VE LEARNED PRETTY QUICKLY THAT, UM, ONCE THE NO PARKING SIGNS CAME UP, UM, NEXT TO THE BUSINESS, TO THE STREET ADJOINING THEIR BUSINESS, THAT THEY COULD GO AROUND THE CORNER AND PARK IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND IN, AND SOME OF Y'ALL KNOW, BECAUSE Y'ALL RECEIVE THE COMPLAINTS THAT THAT'S REALLY HAPPENING.

SO IT'S TRYING TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.

AND HAVING SAID THAT, THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE MARSHALLS DEAL WITH.

THIS IS REALLY GONNA BE A, A, A TOOL THAT'S IN THE TOOL BELT OF BUILDING OFFICIALS AND CODE ENFORCEMENT TO WHEN THERE IS A PROBLEM LOCATION.

THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT'S AN EVERYDAY ENFORCEMENT, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS ONCE, BECAUSE IT'S GONNA REQUIRE THAT THE OFFICIAL OBSERVING THE OFFENSE TAKE PLACE AND, AND OBSERVING ENOUGH FACTS SHOWING THAT THIS WAS A EMPLOYEE OF THE LOCATION THAT PARKED IT, AND THEN WENT BACK AND, AND, AND LEFT THE VEHICLE THERE.

SO THIS IS REALLY A PROJECT, UM, BASIS ENFORCEMENT AND NOT SOMETHING THAT'S EVERY DAY I'M GONNA DRIVE BY AND CHECK BECAUSE A MARSHALL, QUITE FRANKLY, JUST TAKES A PICTURE AND THEN IT GOES OFF TO ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND THE, THE ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT, UM, UM, OFFICER CAN LOOK AT THE PICTURE AND SEE JUST FROM THE PICTURE FROM THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE PICTURE, THAT THERE IS A VIOLATION HERE.

AND HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TELL WITH THIS TYPE OF OFFENSE BECAUSE THERE'S OTHER FACTS THAT HAVE TO BE, UM, UM, DETERMINED BEFORE YOU HAVE A VIOLATION HERE.

SO THE EXPECTATION THAT'S TRYING TO BE SAID HERE IS THAT THIS IS A TOOL TO HELP BUILDING EFFIC OFFICIALS, THE BUILDING OFFICIAL AND CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN RESPONDING TO COMPLAINTS ABOUT A PARTICULAR BUSINESS.

AND IT WOULD BE A TICKET THAT GOES THROUGH OUR MUNICIPAL COURT AND NOT THROUGH OUR, UM, UM, BUT IT'D BE GO CIVIL ENFORCEMENT.

BUT IT WOULD GO TO THE CAR.

IT WOULD GO TO THE CAR, YES.

NOT TO THE BUSINESS OWNER.

NO.

IT, IT ACTUALLY, THE BUSINESS OWNER COULD GET A TICKET.

ABSOLUTELY.

THE WAY IT'S DRAFTED, IT'S, IT COULD EITHER BE THE CAR OR THE BUSINESS OWNER.

GOOD.

YEP.

CAUSE I HAVE PROBLEMS OVER THERE IN THE DISTRICT.

I ACTUALLY THINK THAT, I THINK, I THINK IT'S EITHER YOUR DISTRICT OR, UH, MAYOR PROTE MORRIS'S DISTRICT THAT HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, THAT SECURITY DRIVE ALL THE TIME.

MM-HMM.

, YOU CAN SEND SOMEBODY THERE EVERY WEEK AND YOU CAN GIVE HIM A TICKET, BUT HE GOES TO THE CAR.

HE DON'T GO TO THE OWNER OR WHO BLOCK GET THERE.

OKAY.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

VERY GOOD.

UH, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? UH, AT THIS POINT, UM,

[02:10:01]

WE HAVE CONSENSUS TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, WITH BRINGING THIS BACK FORMAL CONSIDERATION.

I WOULD TAKE THAT AS UNANIMOUS.

AND THAT WAS OUR LAST, UH, VERBAL BRIEFING.

UH, WE ARE NOW

[5. Announce Future Agenda Items]

AT ITEM FIVE, ANNOUNCED FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. IS THERE ANYONE WHO HAS ANY FUTURE? LOTS OF THEM ALL OF A SUDDEN HERE? UH, COUNCILMAN RERA.

MAYOR.

THANK YOU.

UM, I WANNA BRING UP THE, UM, STATIONS THAT WE HAVE IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY FOR ELECTRIC CARS THAT ARE FOR FREE.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, WE COULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, AND I WOULD LIKE TO PUT IT ON PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND I'M NOT SURE THAT FALLS UNDER PUBLIC SAFETY.

UH, WHAT ASPECT OF YEAH.

YOU HERE? YEAH.

I, WITHOUT GETTING INTO A LONG DISCUSSION, WHAT, WHAT IS WELL, THEY'RE FREE.

OKAY.

AND WE'RE GIVING PEOPLE TO GO AND CHARGE THEIR CAR FOR FREE, AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR FOR OTHER PEOPLE RIGHT.

TO HAVE GAS CARS.

OKAY.

OKAY.

THIS WAS IMPLEMENTED A LONG TIME AGO.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

AND I DON'T THINK IT'S SERVING THE PURPOSE NOW, RIGHT? YEAH.

I DON'T THINK IT'S, I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE.

I THINK IT'S MORE OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES ISSUE.

I'M GONNA GET HIM BACK FOR ALL THIS HYGIENE, SO I'M GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH SOME NIGHT IF SOMEBODY MAKES AN AMENDMENT.

I, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, AND I MEAN, IT, IT SORT OF BORDERS ON THE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE.

I MEAN IT WELL, THAT'S OKAY.

.

LET'S GO TRANSPORTATION.

LET'S GO TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE ON THAT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

YES.

WE'LL GO TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE ON THAT.

I WILL SECOND, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY IS SECOND IT, BUT I WILL SECOND.

OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

UH, KE RIVER HEDRICK.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT ONE ITEM IDENTIFIED IN THE AUDIT REPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT FEES.

AND THAT WAS A POSSIBILITY OF TREES BEING REMOVED AND PUT INTO EITHER A OFFSITE LOCATION OR INTO A TREE BANK FUND.

OKAY.

AND, UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO, TIM SMITH IS THE SECOND ON THAT.

I THINK THAT'S, UH, DEV SERVICES.

DEV DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR SURE.

ALL RIGHT.

ANYTHING ELSE? NO, SIR.

THANK YOU.

VERY GOOD.

ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? ALL RIGHT.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT COMES UP AFTERWARDS, THERE IS A PROCESS, UH, THAT BRINGS US

[6. Council will move into Executive Session]

TO ITEM SIX.

COUNCIL WILL MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THE CITY COUNCIL WILL ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 5 5, 1 0.0 8 6 5 5 1 0.074 AND 5 5 1 0.07, ONE OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DELIBERATE OR DISCUSS ONE, UH, COMPETITIVE MATTERS OF A PUBLIC POWER UTILITY UNDER 5 5 1 0.086 CONCERNING GENERATION UNITS AND ATTORNEY.

CLIENT MATTERS CONCERNING PRIVILEGE AND UNPRIVILEGED.

CLIENT INFORMATION RELATED TO SAME UNDER 5 5, 1 0.071 AND TWO PERSONNEL MATTERS RELATED TO THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISCIPLINE, OR DISMISSAL OF PUBLIC PUBLIC EMPLOYEES UNDER 5 51 0.074.

UH, COUNSEL SAYS WE JUST HAD A BREAK.

UH, LET'S, UH, GIVE US FIVE MINUTES.

UH, WE WILL, UH, RECONVENE AT EIGHT 30.