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HELLO AND WELCOME TO ANOTHER CITY COUNCIL UPDATE. I'M DOROTHY WHITE. I AM JOINED BY DISTRICT FOUR CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE B. J WILLIAMS. WELCOME THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DOROTHY. AND THANK YOU TO THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU FOR THE CONSTITUENTS AND NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS OF DISTRICT FOUR.
WE'RE GLAD TO SEE YOU. AND IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO BE SEEN. HOPE ALL OF YOU DOING WELL AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS DISCUSSION. WELL, GOOD. WELL, WE'RE GONNA KIND OF LOOK BACK AT SOME GREAT THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN 2022 LOOK A LITTLE BIT INTO 2023 . SO LET'S GET STARTED ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON IN THIS CITY RIGHT NOW IS PUTTING TOGETHER PROJECTS FROM THE 2019 BOND PROGRAM. TALK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN DISTRICT FOUR WITH THAT. OH, THAT'S THAT'S A PERFECT TOPIC. YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT THE 2019. THE BOND PROGRAM IS ALMOST AS GOOD AS TALKING ABOUT CHRISTMAS. IT'S LIKE CHRISTMAS AROUND. IT'S LIKE CHRISTMAS.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT AGAIN TO THINK THAT THE CITIZENS OF GOLAN FOR APPROVING THEY'RE MORE THAN FOR 423,000 $0.7 MILLION BOND PACKAGE THAT ALLOWS US TO TAKE ON THESE INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER PRIDE PRIDE PROJECTS. THAT IMPROVES THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS WHO ARE IN GARLAND. SO WE'RE JUST STUPID, EXCITED, AND DESPITE THOSE SO ISSUES THAT WE CAN CONTROL SUPPLY CHAIN CONTRACTORS OVER THOSE THINGS. UH BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH AN OUTSTANDING STAFF AND THEN AWESOME COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER . WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE SOME TOUCHDOWNS WITH THE BUN PROGRAM.
UH EXCITED DISTRICT FOR THE AUTOBAHN RECREATION CENTER. WE DID THE RIBBON CUTTING EARLIER THIS SPRING, AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO BE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THE PARTICIPATION AND THE USED RATE HAS HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY AUTOBAHN, BUT WE'RE NOT DONE IT OUT OF BODY.
YET THE HAVE BEEN ASKING A NUMBER OF TIMES ABOUT THE SURF AND SWIM, WHICH IS A REGIONAL FACILITY. AND THAT FACILITY IS NOW IN DESIGN. OKAY AND WE'RE PROJECTING TOLD ME TODAY, BUT WE'RE REJECTING BY THE END OF 2024 X SHOULD BE A NEW FACILITY ON THE GROUND THERE AND, UH, THAT WILL BE THE REALLY BE A BOTH BOOST, NOT ONLY TO SOUTH KOREA IN DISTRICT FOUR, BUT OUR ENTIRE CITY BECAUSE WE HAVE FOLKS FROM FROM, UH FROM OTHER CITIES. OTHER STATES THAT COME TO GARLAND FOR THE FACILITIES. SO WE WERE EXCITED ABOUT THIS. WE WERE ALSO EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THAT PARK SYSTEM. WE'VE GOT. WE'VE GOT A NEW PARKS. ONE WITH LION KING THING THAT'S THAT WAS OPEN THAT WAY. RIGHT RIGHT, THE LION KING AND THEN FOR YOU FROG LOVERS.
WE'VE GOTTA PARK CRAIG. THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S, UH, THAT'S A HAVEN FOR FROGS OVER THERE.
AND UH, WHERE NON PARK IT'S BEING TOTALLY REDONE. THAT'S WHERE WHAT ABOUT CITIES SWIMMING POOLS OR HAVE A FULL MAKEOVER? SO YOU'LL NOTICE THE MAKER WAS ALL OF OUR CITY PARKS THAT BEING THERE BEING EXPANDED, UH, BOTH FROM A INFRASTRUCTURE STANDPOINT , AND FROM A SECURITY STANDPOINT , UH, IN ADDITION TO OUR TRAILS , I MEAN, THAT'S A THAT'S A THAT'S A THAT'S VERY VALUABLE.
AND WIDELY USED FACILITY IN OUR CITIES, SO WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD WITH OUR PARKS DEPARTMENTS TO IMPROVE OUR TRAILS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. UM THE OTHER THING IS A LIBRARY SYSTEM. ALL OF OUR LIBRARIES UNDERGOING MAJOR CHANGES, STARTING WITH OUR CENTRAL LIBRARY, WANTED CREEK LIBRARY ALL OF OUR SYSTEMS OR OR UNDERGOING CHANGES. UH THE GIRL FEELS RECREATION CENTERS, ANOTHER ONE THAT I WANT TO MENTION. THAT WE DID SOME MEDICATIONS EARLIER THIS YEAR AND WE WERE HONORED. AT THAT AT THAT DEDICATION, MRS. FIELDS MHM THEY THE WIFE, FAR GAIL FIELDS AND HIS AND HER FAMILY WERE ABLE TO JOIN US FOR THAT. THAT WAS A VERY EXCITING, EXCITING TIMES REALLY ENJOYED THAT REALLY ENJOYED THAT. AND FOR YOU ANIMAL LOWS. UH IF YOU HAVE NOT VISITED OUR NEW ANIMAL SHELTER PLACE, DUDE. NO I'VE HAD PEOPLE DOROTHY COMMENT TO ME, BUT WHAT? IT
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DOESN'T LOOK LIKE AN ANIMAL SHELTER. AND WHY SHOULD IT AND WHAT? AND WHY SHOULD WHY SHOULD IT? AND UH, IT'S AN AWESOME DESIGN. AWESOME FACILITY. YOU'VE GOT AN OFFICE STAFF. SO I INVITE YOU, UH, YOU'RE OUT ON TEXT OR SIX. PULL IN AND EVALUATED FOR YOURSELF. AND YOU KNOW, EVEN IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BRING ANOTHER PET INTO YOUR FAMILY AT THIS TIME, YOU CAN ALWAYS VOLUNTEER OUT THERE TO HELP. WALK THE PADS AND THEN INTERACT WITH THE PETS THEY NEED. THEY NEED THAT HUMAN TOUCH, AND THERE'S ALWAYS HELP THAT CAN BE MADE ALWAYS HELPED SET THAT COULD BE MADE OUT THERE. MM HMM. SO AND THERE'S ALSO A PROGRAM OUT THERE WHERE YOU CAN, YOU CAN PUT YOUR STEP IN. THERE'S A THERE'S A BREAK. WALK? YES. UH SO IF YOU WANT TO PUT YOUR FAVORITE PET'S NAME, I'VE DONE THAT MY FIRST PET. SO IF YOU EXAMPLE MY FIRST PET'S NAME WAS RUSTY, SO I DONATED A BRICK MHM PET WALK OUT THERE. THAT WILL BE OUT THERE FOREVER SONGS. WE HAVE THAT FOR SILTY PROCEEDS FROM THOSE THINGS. WE HAVE THIS WONDERFUL SHELTER, BUT WE ALWAYS AND WE BUDGET FOR THE FOR THE NEEDS, OF COURSE, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS MORE NEEDS ALWAYS NEED EXTRA SUPPLIES FOR THE ANIMALS. WE NEED EXTRA FOOD FOR THE ANIMALS. THERE'S ALL IN THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. AH TO BETTER SERVE THAT PART OF OUR CITIZENRY. EXACTLY EXACTLY. AND I VOLUNTEERS WHO GIVE UP THEIR TIME TO SUPPORT OUR STAFF OUT THERE. YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO. WE WANT TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO ENCOURAGE OUR VOLUNTEERS IN A TANGIBLE WAY. SO IF YOU GET A CHANCE YOU'RE OUT THERE. TAKE A LOOK AT THE THEY WHAT I CALL THE ANIMAL WALK OF FAME. YEAH AND GET A BREAK AND PUT YOUR PET'S NAME OR YOU DON'T PUT ANY NAME ON IT. SHOULD YOU WANTED YOUR STAFF OUT THERE WOULD BE WILLING TO HAVE AND YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THAT PROGRAM ON OUR WEBSITE. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. YOU CAN IT IS THAT GARLAND TX DOT GOV. THERE'S THE ANIMAL SERVICES PAGE. JUST FIND THAT AND YOU'LL BE THERE. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT STREETS AND INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THOSE GOING ON ALL OVER TOWN, BUT I KNOW YOU'VE GOT SOME SPECIAL ONES IN YOUR DISTRICT. OH THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S ANOTHER ONE OF MY NOW FAVORITE TOPICS. TELL FOLKS THAT AH, DOING MY PREVIOUS YEARS OF THE COUNCIL. THAT'S ONE THING DOROTHY THAT KEPT ME UP AT NIGHT BECAUSE WE HAD ALWAYS REQUEST. WE HAD ALL THESE NEEDS, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE RESOURCES. AND GARLAND. WE'RE PLAYING CATCH UP. THE MAJORITY OF OUR STREETS, PARTICULARLY IN DISTRICT FOR WE'RE ACTUALLY AND THE HOMES THEY WERE ACTUALLY BUILT IN THE LATE SIXTIES, EARLY SEVENTIES SEVENTIES TO ABOUT 82 83 THAT TIME WINDOW. RIGHT SO EVERYTHING IS AGED TOGETHER. ALRIGHT SO NOW THANK BOTH OF THE BOND PROGRAM. WE FINALLY GOT FUNDED. AND JUST JUST IN THIS LAST YEAR LONG WE COMPLETED 16 STREET PROD PROJECTS OUT THERE WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT, UH THAT MANY AND MORE PROJECTED FOR AS YOU CAN SEE, ON THE BOARD HERE. THESE ARE A LIST OF OUR ALLEY RECONSTRUCTIONS. PROJECTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED IN DISTRICT FOUR.THAT'S JUST A PARTIAL LIST OF ALICE AND I GET THIS REQUEST OR DOROTHY ALMOST EVERY DAY EVERY WEEK ABOUT ADDITIONAL BUT STRAIGHT DEPARTMENT HAS A PLAN. YEAH I HAVE A FIVE YEAR PLAN. SO IF YOUR ALLEY AND YOU STREETS NOT ON THAT PLAN YET, YOU KNOW, GIVE ME A CALL. I'LL CALL STEVE OLIVER AND STREETS AND THEY WERE GOING TO EVALUATE THAT ALI OR THE STREET CONDITION AND IF WARRANTED, THEY WILL PLACE IT IN IN THE FIVE YEAR PLAN, AND WE WILL GET TO YOU AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THERE'S A LOT OF VARIABLES THAT GO INTO THAT PLAN, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS THE CONDITION OF THE EXISTING STREETS. BUT THEY'RE ALSO TRYING TO COORDINATE OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE UNDERNEATH THE STREETS, WATER LINES, SEWER LINES, THOSE SORT OF THINGS SO THAT HOPEFULLY IT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK THIS WAY, BUT HOPEFULLY THEY TEAR OUT THAT STREET ONE TIME AND DO ALL THOSE PROJECTS AT ONCE AND THEN COVER IT BACK OVER IN THE STREETS INTACT AND IN GOOD SHAPE FOR A GOOD NUMBER OF YEARS. BEFORE YOU HAVE TO TEAR INTO FOR ANOTHER WATER MAIN OR SOMETHING, EXACTLY, AND WHAT'S KNOWN AS THE CONDITION OF PAYMENT INDEX AND OFTEN THANK
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YOU FOR MAKING THAT POINT, BECAUSE OFTENTIMES THERE MAY BE SOME POTHOLES IN THE SURFACE OF THE STREET. WELL UNDERNEATH. YOU KNOW THE WATERLINE, THE SEWER LINES ALL OF THE UNDERNEATH. BUT IF THAT NEEDS TO BE BE, UH, TAKEN OUT AND REPLACED THAT WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE FIRST, SO THAT WE DON'T I DIDN'T KNEW STREET AND THEN HAVE TO GO BACK A YEAR AND A HALF AN HOUR UNTIL THAT STRAIGHT OUT THAT THAT'S NOT A VERY GOOD USE OF TAXPAYER MONEY OR STAFF TIME CORRECT EVALUATION PROCESS, AND OUR STREET DEPARTMENT DOESN'T EXCELLENT JOB REALLY DO EVALUATING THE NEED AND I JUST WANT TO SAY TO MY CONSTITUENTS AND ALL OF YOU WHO MAY SEE THIS UM HMM. BE PATIENT WITH US IF YOU WILL. YOUR STREET OF ELLIE MAY NOT BE ON THE PLANT RIGHT NOW. BUT IF YOU ARE CONCERNED, AND YOU THINK THAT UH , WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR STREET. THE ALLEY, PLEASE LET US KNOW. OKAY, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT OUR STATE DEPARTMENT TAKES A LOOK AT IT. PROVIDE US WITH FEEDBACK AND WE WERE CERTAINLY YOU OR THE INDIVIDUAL WHO CONTACTED US. WE WILL CERTAINLY CIRCLE BACK OR OR A MEMBER OF OUR STREETS TEAM WAS CIRCLE BACK WITH YOU AND EXPLAIN THE FINDINGS, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT ? WHAT WHAT ARE GOING TO BE THE STEPS GOING FORWARD FOR YOUR STUDIO VALLEY? SO IF YOU IF YOU THINK IT NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED LET US KNOW. YEAH. ABSOLUTELY EXACTLY EXACTLY SO THAT THAT IS JUST AWESOME. AND YOU KNOW THE SIGN THAT WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS . I GET CALLS ABOUT THE YELLOW CONES, YOU KNOW? YEAH BARRICADES ? MM HMM. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. YOU KNOW I IT TAKES ME IT TAKES ME 15 MORE MINUTES TO GET TO THE GROCERY STORE BECAUSE I HAVE TO DRIVE AROUND AND SAID WELL, THAT'S A SIGN OF PROGRESS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO TEAR UP. TO FIX IT. THAT'S RIGHT. RIGHT? SO BUT BUT IT'S NOT PERMANENT. YES, PERMANENT, SO WE'RE WORKING AS DILIGENTLY AS WE CAN, FROM THE COUNTER LEVEL FROM A STAFF LEVEL TO GET TO GET THIS DONE. AND UPLIFT THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ASSISTANCE. THAT'S EXCELLENT. I KNOW IT IS. IT CAN BE FRUSTRATING, BUT OH, MY GOODNESS. IT IS SO GOOD TO SEE US ABLE TO DO THESE PROJECTS AND GET THESE IMPROVEMENTS MADE ALL OVER THE CITY CORRECT ALL OVER THE CITY. I KNOW YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER REALLY IMPORTANT PROJECT IN DISTRICT FOR THE GREEN BELT PARKWAY. TALK ABOUT THAT.ABSOLUTELY AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO, UH MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR. I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE THE WALMART AND I 30 AND BROADWAY YEARS, RIGHT, SO THAT'S THAT'S A POINT OF REFERENCE. UH, THERE IS THERE IS VACANT PROPERTY JUST ADJACENT TO, UH, JUST SOUTH, THE WALMART. THERE'S ALSO THE LAKE RAY HUBBARD DOT STATION IN THE AREA. THERE'S ALSO JENNA THENS PLACE. YES SO I WANTED TO SORT OF GIVE PEOPLE AN IDEA OF WHERE I'M TALKING ABOUT. UM WE ARE VERY LIMITED AND OPEN SPACE IN MY DISTRICT. WE HAVE VERY FEW. SO I HAVE RESPONSIBILITY LISTENING TO YOU. HER CONSTITUENTS. TO BE VERY PRUDENT AND VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT WHAT GOES THERE. SO WHAT? WHAT WE'VE DONE BACK IN MARCH, WE HELD A CHARETTE. AND THE PURPOSE OF THAT WAS WE RETAIN IT CONSULTANT. AND WE HAD RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT FOUR WHO CAME IN AND SAYS THIS IS WHAT WE'D LIKE TO LIKE TO SEE IN THAT AREA. THIS IS OUR VISION. AND FROM THAT HOUR CONSULTANT PREPARED THREE CONCEPTUAL PLANT. BUT THAT CAME TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEN TO THE COUNCIL, AND WE SELECTED ONE OF THOSE PLANS FOR HOPEFULLY, IMPLEMENTATION. UH HUH. THE SECOND THING THAT THAT COUNCIL DID IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT ENSURE THE QUALITY WHETHER IT'S COMMERCIAL. RESIDENTIAL WHATEVER TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT GOES THERE. THAT THAT THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT FOUR CITY OF GARLAND HAVE THE FINAL SAY IN THE COUNCIL. SO WE PUT ALL OF THAT INTO WHAT'S CALLED A PLAN DEVELOPMENT. OKAY OKAY. SO THEREFORE ANY PROJECT GOES IN. WE'LL HAVE TO CUT WILL HAVE TO BE SUBJECT TO A PUBLIC HEARING. BECAUSE IT'S CRITICAL TO ME. THAT I HEAR FROM MY CONSTITUENTS. MM HMM. AND SO THE CONCEPT THAT WE ADOPTED WAS NOT A CONCEPT THAT WAS DEVELOPED BY COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. IT WAS DEVELOPED BY THE FOLK. WE HAD TWO SESSIONS AND WE HAD WE HAD A EXCELLENT TURNOUT OF RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT FOUR CAME IN. UH THEY THEY INTERACTED WITH THE
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CONSULTANT. FACT. FOR LARGE MANNER OF TIME. I WAS NOT EVEN IN THE ROOM INTENTIONALLY SO THEY CAN FEEL FREE TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES AND THEY DID THAT. OKAY SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE NOW THE MAJOR PLAYERS AND IN THIS AREA. THE GREEN BELT. WALMART. DARK HMM HMM. JONATHAN'S PLACE.OKAY, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE DIRECT IMPACT. SO WE'RE HAVING ONGOING DISCUSSIONS WITH ALL OF THE MAJOR STAKEHOLDERS. AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE VERY, VERY CAREFULLY. UH WE'RE GOING TO TURN OVER EVERY STONE. UM TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE IT'S OUR VIEW THAT. WE ONLY HAVE ONE TIME TO GET IT RIGHT. EXACTLY IT TAKES IF IT TAKES LONGER. THEY GET IT RIGHT. THEN WE'RE GOING TO TAKE LONGER TO GET IT RIGHT, BECAUSE WHATEVER WE DO THERE IT WILL BE WITH US FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO ENJOY AND APPRECIATE. EXACTLY CAN I JUST SAY HOW PROUD I AM OF THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT FOR BEING SO PROACTIVE AND RESPONSIVE TO GET INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS? I WISH I COULD JUST BOTTLE THAT AND GET EVERYBODY TO DO IT. THE MORE PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS, THE BETTER. OUTCOMES WE HAVE EXACTLY EXACTLY, AND THAT'S THAT'S WHY I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND SO APPRECIATIVE. FOR THOSE RESIDENTS WHO TOOK THEIR PRIVATE TIME. YOU KNOW, THEY MISSED SUPPER. THEY NOT ONLY CAME. YOU KNOW WE HAD IT. WE HAD ONE EVENING AND THEN WE HAD A HALF DAY THE NEXT DAY, SO WE HAD SOME FOLKS WHO WERE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT THE NIGHT BEFORE, BUT WE EXTENDED IT TO THE FOLLOWING DAY. SO WE HAD SOME FOLKS TO SHOW UP IN THE MORNINGS THERE, AND THAT JUST IS, AS YOU SAID, THAT JUST TELLS US THAT IS FOLKS CARE. THEY'RE INVESTED IN THEIR COMMUNITY INVESTED AND REALLY, REALLY APPLAUD THEM BECAUSE.
ONCE ONCE. SORT OF ONCE THE INKS DRIES. HMM. CAN'T UNDO IT. AND SO IT'S CRITICAL. THAT WHATEVER THIS FINAL DEVELOPMENT LOOKS LIKE AND WE HAVE SOME CUNT'S CONCEPT. THAT'S WHY WE CALL IT A CONCEPTUAL PLAN. THAT'S ALL IT IS RIGHT NOW. OKAY? BUT WHATEVER IT LOOKS, LOOKS LIKE THAT IT REFLECTS AS YOU'VE STATED DOROTHY, AND IT REFLECTS THE WILL AND DESIRE. OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVED THERE. IT'S NOT GONNA BE PERFECT. NOBODY'S GONNA GET EVERYTHING THAT THEY WANTED IT, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A MIXTURE OF THAT INPUT. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M THAT THAT THAT'S WHAT AND IF IT IF IT OUTLASTS IF PLANNING FOR THIS GREENBELT DEVELOPMENT OUT LAST MAY, SO BE IT. BUT I WANTED TO PLANT THE SEEDS. AND LAID THE GROUNDWORK AND THE FRAMEWORK. SO THAT WHOMEVER SITTING IN THIS CHAIR WE'LL HAVE WE'LL HAVE A TEMPLATE. TO GO WITH HOW MANY IMPORTANT PROJECTS IN OUR COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN THE DECISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE ACROSS MANY YEARS. TIME BY MANY COUNCILS HAVE LED TO A FINAL PRODUCT THAT WE GET TO ENJOY FOR MANY, MANY MORE YEARS. IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS WORK TOGETHER TO LOOK FOR THE FUTURE. UM AND NOT JUST TODAY EXACTLY EXACTLY EXACTLY BECAUSE. I DON'T CARE HOW SMART YOU THINK YOU ARE. BUT YOU CAN'T DO IT BY SIX. UNIQUE YOU NEED THE TEAMWORK. YOU YOU NEED A FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS YOU NEED YOU NEED THE COMMUNITY YOU NEED STAFF. AND I'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THAT LEVEL OF TEAMWORK ON OUR COUNCIL. WELL WE WE'VE TRIED AND WITH OUR STAFF THEY'VE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND.
TO MAKE THESE THINGS BECAUSE IT'S AN EXAMPLE CLOSE ON ON THAT PROJECT ON THIS. GOING BACK TO THE AUDUBON REC CENTER. THE AUTOBAHN REC CENTER RENOVATION WAS IN THE 2004 BOND PACKETS. MM HMM. BUT OKAY, BUT IT WAS NOT COMPLETED UNTIL 2021. SO THINGS . IT WAS THERE IN THE SIGN, BUT WE DID NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO EXECUTE THE SAME THING. WHICH STREETS WE DID NOT HAVE. OKAY MOST THINGS TAKE PEOPLE SAID WELL, WHAT DID IT DIDN'T HAPPEN ? IT TAKES IT TAKES TIME. IT DOES IF YOU PUT THE BUILDING BLOCKS TOGETHER. THE GREAT WAY. THE OUTCOME WILL BE WILL BE GREAT. EVEN BETTER LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS AND WE WERE WE WERE CERTAINLY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ADDITIONAL TOWN HALLS AND CHARETTE. WE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I AM THAT THAT NUMBER ONE ON MY LIST IS KEEPING KEEPING THE RESIDENTS INFORMED. SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THAT WAY WE START
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TOGETHER INFORMATION ABOUT DEVELOPMENT OVER THERE. BE ASSURED THAT, UH I WILL STRICTLY SET UP FORUMS. FOR RESIDENTS, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIVE IN DISTRICT FOUR TO COME TO ONE OF MY TOWN HALLS. CERTAINLY WHAT WE DO, THEN THE IMPACTS ENTIRE CITY , SO IT DIDN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE A RESIDENT OF GARLAND. AND YOU SAID, YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME TO A DISTRICT FORWARD. TOWN HALL MEETING. YOUR VOICE BE HEARING IS EXCELLENT. LET'S SPEND JUST A FEW MINUTES. I KNOW YOU WANTED TO TALK JUST BRIEFLY ABOUT THE BUDGET THAT WE JUST APPROVED IN SEPTEMBER AND ITS IMPACT FOR THE NEXT YEAR. YEAH WE HAD, UM UM, AGAIN. WE HAD SOME CHALLENGES AS AS AS A REORGANIZATION. UM, ENERGY HAS, BUT I'M NOT GONNA I'M NOT GONNA TOSS NUMBERS AROUND. BECAUSE THEY THEY'RE NUMBERS THAT THEY MEAN SOMETHING TO ME AND MEANS SOMETHING TO YOU. BUT RESIDENT BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT UM BYE BYE BYE. LOGGING MY CONSTITUTION. WE HAVE A BALANCE THE BUDGET ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE REFLECTED IN THAT BUDGET. THERE ARE NO FRILLS IN OUR BUDGET. UH WE BUILT IN, UM, PHYSICAL SOUNDNESS AND OUR BUDGET. ACCOUNTABILITY. AND TRANSPARENCY. THAT THOSE ARE THE KEYS THE FOUNDATIONS FOR OUR BUDGETS. IF SOMEONE IS INTERESTED IN NUMBERS SHE COULD BUDGET IS ON OUR CITY WEBSITE. BU CAN GIVE ME A CALL AND WE CAN DIVE INTO THE NUMBERS. BUT THE MAIN THING WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT. UH BUDGET MET THOSE 333 THINGS. AND MYSELF, AND I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR MY COLLEAGUES ON COUNCIL. ANY ANY RESIDENT OF GARLAND. WHO HAS A QUESTION ABOUT BUDGET. OKAY? WE ARE. IT'S NOT A MATTER OF WHETHER I AGREE WITH YOU OR YOU AGREE WITH ME, BUT FEEL FREE TO CONTACT US OR STAFF. ABOUT THE BUDGET. THAT'S THE WAY WE DO IN GARLAND OPEN AND TRANSPARENT. AND EVERYTHING BECAUSE WE REALIZED WE'RE ACCOUNTABLE TO YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE THE ONES WHO PAY THE BILLS. RIGHT SO WE AND, UH I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ONE AREA. THERE'S JUST A LOT OF TALK ABOUT IS PUBLIC SAFETY. WELL, I REMINDED RESIDENTS NOT JUST THIS PAST YEAR. BUT HISTORICALLY IN GOLAN AH! MORE MORE THAN 50% RIGHT NOW. WE'RE AT ABOUT 56% OF OUR BUDGET GOES TO PUBLIC SAFETY. SO WE ARE AND THAT SHOULD THAT DIDN'T JUST HAPPEN THIS PAST YEAR. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN YOU GO BACK HYSTERICALLY AND LOOK AT THE BUDGET FOR THIS CITY. OKAY THAT WEEK, WE PUT A VERY HIGH PRIORITY. ON PUBLIC SAFETY. AND ON AND. OUR RELATIONSHIP AS POLICYMAKERS WITH THAT PROVIDERS OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND I WOULD SAY THAT ONE OF THE REASONS THAT GOLD AND THEN HAVE SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS IF YOU WILL. THAT OTHER CITIES HAVE WITH PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS. IT'S BECAUSE IN GARLAND WE TALKED TO EACH OTHER. IF WE HAVE ISSUES AND CONCERNS WE SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR FIRE OR POLICE. AND, UM. AH, IN THE SAME ROOM AT THE SAME TABLE. BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S ALL ABOUT GARLAND MHM AND THAT APPROACHES AND WE'VE BEEN ALWAYS INVOLVED. WE'VE GOT A WE'VE GOT A COMMUNITY LEADERS ORGANIZATION HERE COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION, SO THEY BRING THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY TO THE TABLE. EXACTLY OKAY. SO AND WE DO THAT, AND THAT IS EQUIVALENT TO BE EFFECTIVE. UH FOR GARLAND . SO THAT'S A HIGHLIGHT ABOUT BUDGET. UM WE ARE ONE OF THE FEW TITTIES THAT HAVE MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITY AND I WILL TELL YOU AND THIS IS ALL ON SALE BY G. P AND L. IT'S THEIR VERY SOUND. UH, EXCELLENT LEADERSHIP.AND GUIDE US THROUGH SNOWMAGEDDON. MHM. YES RIGHT, RIGHT. AND, UH AND AGAIN WE HAD OUR CHALLENGES. BUT UH, GPL STAFF WERE ABLE TO MITIGATE MANY OF THE ISSUES. THAT OTHER CITIES HAD. BECAUSE BECAUSE OF THEIR PREPARATION, YEAH TIMES, I WANTED TO SEND OUT A STAR FOR A GPL TEAM. EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO SHARE BEFORE WE
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WRAP UP? WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY AGAIN. UH TO ME, IT'S A IT'S A NUMBER. YOU KNOW, I'M HUMBLE WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF. DISTRICT FOUR AND THE CITY OF GARLAND BECAUSE ACTUALLY, I REALIZED THAT FOLKS HAVE OPTIONS. WHEN THEY GO TO THE POLLS AND VOTE. HMM I RECOGNIZE THAT SO AND, UH, UM THEY THE INPUT THE OPINIONS. YOU KNOW THOSE WHO AGREE THOSE WHO DISAGREE. UH, I NEED ALL OF THAT. OKAY BECAUSE I MEAN THAT SHE USED TO SAY SOMETIMES THOSE THOSE YOU LEARN YOUR BEST LESSONS FROM FOLK. WHOEVER DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE THAN YOU HAVE OKAY? AND THOSE FOLKS ALSO KEEP YOU HUMBLE. OKAY SO YOU DON'T YOU DON'T YOU DON'T YOU DON'T. YOU DON'T GET TOO HYPED UP OVER YOUR PRESS CLIPPINGS AS AS MY DAUGHTER WOULD SAY YOU ALL IN THE BAG OF CHIPS. WE REALIZED THAT, BUT I THINK THAT WE ARE BLESSED AS A CITY, DOROTHY. UM TO HAVE THE QUALITY OF COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE A MAYOR. SAID MANAGER AND OUR STAFF. AND THERE'S NO PLACE I'D RATHER SAY, SIR, THE PUBLIC THEN HERE IN GOTLAND, SO I APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR TEAM. FOR WHAT? BECAUSE YOU GUYS TELL OUR STORY THANK YOU AND KEEP ON TELLING US STORY, AND I BELIEVE THAT THE BEST IS YET TO COME. COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE SO VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US. WE HAVE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. WHENEVER YOU MIGHT NEED TO REACH HIM, HE'S ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO YOU.THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. WE'LL SEE YOU AT THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL UPDATE. THANK YOU.
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