Mar 20, 2023 Work Session

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WELL GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE MARCH 20TH 2023 WORK SESSION FOR THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL. WE HAVE A VERY FULL AGENDA THIS EVENING, SO WE'RE GOING TO GET GOING ITEM ONE IS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON WORK SESSION ITEMS. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP THIS EVENING. WE DO NOT OKAY? THAT WILL MOVE US ON TO ITEM TO CONSIDER THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR TOMORROW NIGHT. I

[2. Consider the Consent Agenda]

[3. Written Briefings]

DO WE OWE IT TO THE CAMPERS? UM CAMPERS ARE PRESENT AT OUR CAMPS. WE DO TAKE THE WE TO TAKE . THE PLACE IS THE LATIN WORD FOR IT, WHICH I WON'T SHARE BECAUSE NOBODY CARES ABOUT LATIN, BUT OKAY, BUT THERE IS A LATIN WORD THAT WE JUST TAKE THE PLACE OF THEIR PARENTS OUTSIDE OF THE HOME, BASICALLY, BUT IN REGARD TO WHAT LIABILITY WE HAVE , AS FAR AS SOCIAL MEDIA GOES, THERE'S NOT ANY CASE ALL OUT THERE THAT I'M AWARE OF CITY LIABILITY THERE. CERTAINLY THERE'S NO WAIVER OF TORT LIABILITY IN TEXAS FOR THAT THING. FOR A FOR SUCH A CASE.

HOWEVER WHAT LIABILITY EXISTS FOR OTHER CAMPERS POSTING PICTURES OF CAMPERS, NONE TO THE CITY. THEY MIGHT HAVE SOME, BUT WE CERTAINLY WOULDN'T HAVE ANY OF THE CITY, SO I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY REAL LIABILITY TO THE CITY, OR THAT WOULD CAUSE ME GREAT CONCERN FOR THAT PARTICULAR ITEM. UM, STATE LAW DOES HAVE SOME SPECIFIC, UM UM, UM, REGULATIONS AGAINST POSTING PICTURES IN CERTAIN AREAS OF BUILDINGS LIKE RESTROOMS AND IN THAT LOCKER ROOMS AND THAT TYPE OF THING, BUT SHORT OF THAT, THERE'S NOT A GREAT CONCERN ON MY PARTNER. OKAY THANKS. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND ONE OTHER QUESTION FOR YOU, UM THE LEADERS. ARE THOSE GARLAND RECRUITMENT POOL IS ARE THOSE GARLAND YOUNG PEOPLE OR METROPLEX? DO WE HAVE ANY BOUNDARIES FOR RECRUITING MEASURES? ARE WE LOOKING AT GARLAND KIDS OR OR KIDS OUTSIDE OF OUR OUR CITY LIMITS. WE DON'T HAVE ANY BOUNDARIES. UM WE JUST PUT IT OUT ON OUR CITY OF GARLAND WEBSITE ON THE HR WEBSITE AND WE GO THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS, REVIEWING

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WELL I HAD THAT QUESTION ASKED OF BEING OUT AND I KNEW YOU COULD CLARIFIED FOR ME, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THAT WILL BE NEXT UP IS ITEM THREE B 2022 23 BUDGET AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. ITEM THREE C PRODUCER, DR PARKING RESTRICTIONS. AND FINALLY INTO THAT SECTION ITEM. THREE D ENTER LOCAL AGREEMENT FOR THE INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN GRANT PROJECT. ALL RIGHT. THAT WILL MOVE US TO ITEM FOR VERBAL BRIEFINGS. FIRST UP.

[4A. Dallas College Update]

AND SO FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE AIMING OUR EFFORTS TO ELEVATE SKILLS OF GARLAND COMPANY WORKERS, BOTH INCUMBENT WORKERS AND NEW HIRES. SPECIALIZING AS A FOCUSED HUB OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TRAINING. AT THE GARLAND CENTER. PURSUING PROACTIVELY GRANTS AND OTHER CONTRACT TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES , AND WE HAVE MADE A DECISION TO INVEST MORE THAN A MILLION

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INVOLVES A COMMITMENT TO GROWING AND EXPANDING TALENT. GAINING VALUABLE HANDS ON SKILLS FOR THE STUDENTS WHO ARE ENROLLED AND THAT THEY BE ABLE TO EARN FULL TIME SALARY WHILE THEY'RE DOING ON THE JOB TRAINING AND LEARNING ON THE JOB. CUSTOMIZED TRAINING THAT'S SPECIFIC TO THE BUSINESS PARTNER THAT WE'RE ENGAGING WITH. AND OFFERING. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, LABOR REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS OR INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS. AND SO TO OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE CURRENTLY ARE PROVIDING. I'LL GIVE YOU TWO. THESE TWO EXAMPLES . THE GENERAL DYNAMICS CNC, MANY MACHINE OPERATOR APPRENTICE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE OFFERED AT THE GARLAND CAMPUS FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW AND COHORT THREE ENROLLED IN 2022 THAT INVOLVES 352 CLASS HOURS AT THE GARLAND CAMPUS, FOLLOWED BY 2000 HOURS ON THE JOB TRAINING AT GENERAL DYNAMICS WITH THEIR MENTORS. AND WE ALSO HAVE AN EXAMPLE FOR THE EAST FIELD CAMPUS, AND THAT'S THE AMAZON MECHA TRONIC AND ROBOTIC APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM. WHICH HAS PRODUCED 400 COMPLETAR OF THE FAST TRACK 12 WEEK PROGRAM SINCE MID 2020, AND THAT'S PRETTY STRONG, CONSIDERING THAT IS DURING THE PANDEMIC YEARS. SO THOSE TYPE OF OPPORTUNITIES UM ARE ONES THAT WILL AID SPECIFIC COMPANIES IN THE GARLAND REGION AND BEYOND. WE MOVED THE ASCEND INSTITUTE TO THE GARLAND CENTER, AND THE ASCEND INSTITUTE IS OUR DESIGNATED ARM OF DALLAS COLLEGE. FOR SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FUND GRANTS, CONTRACT TRAINING AND SO ALL THAT EXPERTISE IS HOUSED AT THE GARLAND CENTER. WILL GIVE YOU JUST A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.

WE'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL FOR MANY YEARS AT GARLAND CENTER WHEN IT WAS THE GARLAND CAMPUS AT THAT TIME WITH SKILLS DEVELOPMENT. TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FUND GRANTS, AND SO THIS LAST ONE, WHICH JUST ENDED WAS NEARLY $900,000 AND PROVIDED A NUMBER OF BUSINESS PARTNERS, INCLUDING LOVERA COSMETICS AND BTS. IRAQ GENERAL DYNAMICS MICRO PACK AND DORFMAN MILANO. SO GARLAND COMPANIES OVER 9000 TRAINING HOURS TO EMPLOYEES OF THOSE COMPANIES JOBS THAT WERE UPGRADED NUMBER 244 AND NEW HIRES TRAINED 142. SO THAT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL GRANT JUST CONCLUDED. AND THEN CONTRACT TRAINING. OF COURSE, THAT'S SPECIFIC TO THE COMPANY THAT WE CONTRACT WITH. SO THE EXAMPLE I WILL OFFER YOU THIS EVENING IS A LONGSTANDING ONE, THE DALLAS COUNTY MANUFACTURING ASSOCIATION LEADERSHIP ACADEMY BOTH ONE POINT. OH, AND TWO POINT OH, AND WHAT THIS DOES IS DEVELOPED THE SKILLS OF PLANT MANAGERS AND SUPERVISORY ROLES. AND WE KNOW THAT IS CRITICAL TO SUCCESS ON THE PLANT FLOORS AND THE GARLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ACTUALLY, IS OUR CONTRACT ENTITY WITH THE ASSENT INSTITUTE FOR THE D. C. M

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OF OUR ACADEMIC OFFERINGS AND SPECIFICALLY THE SCHOOL OF MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY. AND THEN THE DALLAS COLLEGE WORKFORCE AND ADVANCEMENT DIVISION, WHERE THE ASCENT INSTITUTE IS PLACED IN THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE. WE WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE DYNAMIC LABOR MARKET INTELLIGENCE CENTER DATA FOR GARLAND. UM COMPANY EXPANSIONS, RELOCATIONS, AND WE PROVIDE THAT FREE OF CHARGE TO, UH UPON REQUEST, AND WE ALSO WILL BE SERVING AS A CONVENER FOR GARLAND, BUSINESSES AND INDUSTRIES. SO I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A VERY RECENT EXAMPLE OF OUR WORK AND IN SERVING AS A CONVENER, AND THIS HAPPENED JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. UM THAT WAS THE CHIP WORKS CONVENING, AND IT IS, UM IN RESPONSE TO THE CHIPS AND SCIENCE ACTIVE 2022.

IT IS BEING, UM. SPEARHEADED BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. SO WE BROUGHT TOGETHER. UM A NUMBER OF COMPANIES AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND PROVIDED A SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF THE REGIONAL ECONOMIC IMPACT OF EXPANDING THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY. LEARN TOGETHER ABOUT REGIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR. WORKFORCE NEEDS. AND ABOUT BUILDING TECHNICIAN TRAINING PATHWAYS FOR A REGIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY. WE ALSO LOOKED AT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND SUPPORTING IN SUPPORT OF SKILLING AND RE SKILLING WORKERS AND ALREADY WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER A PARTNERSHIP TO BEGIN FAST TRACK CERTIFICATE TRAINING. FOR TEXAS INSTRUMENTS. INCUMBENT WORKERS BEGINNING IN JUNE OF 2023 AT THE GARLAND CAN CENTER.

SO I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF HOW WE CAN SERVE AS A CONVENER AND HOW WE CAN HELP TO ADVANCE AND LAUNCH GREATER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE GARLAND REGION AND BEYOND. WE'LL CONTINUE TO SERVE AS A COMMUNITY RESOURCE. AND THAT INCLUDES SERVING AS A DALLAS COUNTY ELECTION SITE, WHICH WE DO FOR ALL OF THE ELECTIONS AND WILL PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR PARTNERSHIP AND RENTAL USE. WE HAVE, UH, REVISITED ALL OF OUR CONTRACTING PROCESSES SO THAT WE'RE MORE COMMUNITY FOCUSED. AND LOOK FORWARD TO GREATER OPPORTUNITIES TO HOST EVENTS ON OUR OUR LOCATIONS, OF COURSE. THE OFFICES OF THE GARLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WILL WILL REMAIN THERE. AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INITIATIVES . ALL KINDS OF INITIATIVES, INCLUDING SERVICE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WHICH I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF DOING, UM, PARTICIPATE IN LEADERSHIP. CARLIN MANUFACTURING DAY. A NUMBER OF, UM ACTIVITIES. COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP BREAKFAST, ANNUAL MEETING SPONSORS, ETCETERA, SO WE BELIEVE IN BEING GOOD PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY. AS WE GO FORWARD. I WAS

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THAT PROJECT TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO BE ABLE TO LAUNCH BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME CHALLENGES TO THE DALLAS COUNTY ELECTIONS. AND SO THAT FINALLY WAS RESOLVED AND WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. SIX PROJECTS IN PHASE ONE OR CURRENTLY UNDERWAY , WITH COMPLETION SCHEDULED FOR LATER THIS YEAR. DELAYED A LITTLE BECAUSE OF SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES AND, UM, THE CHALLENGES OF BUILDING IN THIS ENVIRONMENT THAT YOU'RE VERY WELL AWARE OF, BECAUSE YOU'RE IN BOND PROGRAMS AS WELL. UM BUT WE WILL HAVE A 100,000 SQUARE FOOT. BUILDING ADDITION ON THE RICHLAND CAMPUS.

TO EXPAND OUR, UM EARLY COLLEGE P TECH HIGH SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS WHICH WILL DIRECTLY IMPACT G I S D IN THIS COMMUNITY AND WE WILL BE EXPANDING OUR SCHOOL OF BUSINESS TO INCLUDE A STATE OF THE ART BLOOMBERG FINANCE TRADING LAB. AND WE HAVE KNOW THAT THERE ARE INCREASING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE AREA OF FINANCE. AND SO WE WANT TO. WE HAVE OUR BUILDING ON A STRONG ACCOUNTING BACKGROUND AT RICHLAND WITH THAT EAST FIELD, UM, WE WILL HAVE ABOUT 110,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING. AND THAT WILL ALSO HOUSE CLASSROOMS. STEM LABS, OFFICES, MEETING SPACES, ETCETERA, SO BOTH OF WHAT I'LL CALL THAT TWO FT. CLOSEST FEEDER INSTITUTIONS TO THE GARLAND COMMUNITY WILL HAVE VERY SIZEABLE NEW BUILDINGS IN THE FIRST PHASE OF THIS PROJECT. UM SEVERAL OTHER OF OUR CAMPUSES ARE HAVING SMALLER BUILDINGS, HAVING PRIMARILY TO DO WITH ONE STOPS, STUDENT ACCESS CENTERS AND EXPANDING HIGH SCHOOL OPERATIONS. SO WHAT I REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON IS PHASE TWO, WHICH IS JUST GETTING UNDERWAY NOW, AND THAT IS GOING TO FOCUS ON REPLACEMENT OF THE L. CENTRAL CAMPUS DOWNTOWN WITH AN ENTIRELY NEW CAMPUS. LOCATED. WHEREVER THE BEST, UM. PACKAGE WILL BE THAT WE CAN PUT TOGETHER. SO THAT HAS JUST LAUNCHED THE WEEK BEFORE SPRING BREAK, AND THAT WILL TAKE. A GOOD PART OF PHASE TWO. IT'LL BE A VERY SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE BOND. AND WE JUST ALSO APPROVED AT OUR BOARD MEETING THE WEEK PRIOR TO SPRING BREAK A CONTRACT WITH PAIGE SUTHERLAND PAGE FOR CONSULTING SERVICES. THROUGH 2025 TO ADVISE US ON THE DOWNTOWN REAL ESTATE STRATEGY. ON HOW WE MIGHT APPROACH INNOVATION PLANNING.

AND ALSO SYSTEM WIDE LAND USE POLICY AND LONG TERM REAL ESTATE AND FACILITIES PLANNING. WITHIN THE PAGE SOUTHERLAND PAGE WORK. IS WHERE WE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE FUTURE NEEDS AT GARLAND CENTER. SO AT THE POINT THAT THEY BEGIN THAT PHASE. OF THE WORK. YOU KNOW, WE WILL WANT TO HAVE GOOD COMMUNICATION ABOUT NEEDS EXPECTATIONS, HOPES DESIRES.

ETCETERA FOR THE GARLAND CAMPUS AND THEN PHASE THREE WILL IMPLEMENT THOSE STRATEGIES NOW, 2015. WE DID A CAMPUS UPDATE TO THE MASTER PLAN. AND THAT DID HAVE A NEW WORKFORCE EDUCATION BUILDING AND COMMENSURATE PARKING FOR THE CARLING CENTER CAMPUS AT THE TIME. BUT WHAT HAS CHANGED SINCE THEN, IS NOW WE ARE ONE COLLEGE, NOT SEVENTH SEPARATE ONES AND OUR UTILIZATION AND OUR, UH. DELIVERY AND THE NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE CHANGED. SO THAT PLAN IS REALLY NO LONGER CURRENT AND WE NEED TO HAVE THE UPDATED PLAN SO WHEN THOSE OPPORTUNITIES

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VERY GOOD. AND I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS LINED UP FOR YOU HERE. MAYOR PRO TIM MORRIS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM JUST JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION. IT'S A QUESTION. I GET A LOT AND I'VE NEVER ACTUALLY GOTTEN AN ANSWER FOR PEOPLE. UM DO YOU? CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT HOW MANY STUDENTS UH, COMPLETED TRAINING OR RECEIVE CERTIFICATION THROUGH THE GARLAND CENTER? IN 2022. I PROVIDED YOU THE TWO EXAMPLES, BUT THE CONTRACTOR ALL OF THE CONTRACT TRAINING, I CAN PROVIDE THAT TO YOU. I JUST GAVE YOU AN UPDATE THE UPDATE AND THE NUMBERS ARE SMALLER THAN THEY HAVE BEEN IN PRIOR YEARS BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE NOT RETURNED TO FULL ENROLLMENT FROM THE PANDEMIC, SO WE'RE REBUILDING AND OUR ENROLLMENT IN OUR CREDIT. UM. STUDENTS ACROSS THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. IS THAT 64,500 RIGHT NOW, SO IT'S LARGE, BUT WE ARE ABOUT 4% LITTLE OVER 4% BELOW, UH, A YEAR AGO, AND WE HAVE NOT YET RETURNED TO FULL ENROLLMENT. LIKEWISE WITH OUR CONTINUING EDUCATION ENROLLMENT ACROSS THE WHOLE SYSTEM. THAT HAS NOT REBOUNDED. YET SO WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK THAT WE SEE A NEED TO DO. I UNDERSTAND IT. ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FOLLOW UP AND YES. A LOT OF CITIZENS JUST REALLY WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY STUDENTS PASS THROUGH THE SPECIFICALLY THE GARLAND CENTER, AND I'VE NEVER HAD A CLUE. SO I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT IF YOU COULD PROVIDE THAT AFTERWARDS, AND A GREAT DEAL OF THAT ENROLLMENT HAPPENS AT THE COMPANY'S BECAUSE OUR CONTRACT TRAINING MUCH OF IT. WE TAKE OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AT AT THE COMPANY'S, BUT WE'LL DO THAT FOR YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY? WHEN YOU LOOK UM SO WHAT WAS THE. IT WASN'T AROUND. THEN WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL INTENT FOR THE GARLAND CAMPUS? BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS COMING THROUGH? I WAS EXCITED THAT I HAD THOUGHT THAT WE WERE GETTING ANOTHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ARE YOU KNOW ANYONE SEEKING SECONDARY EDUCATION? SO WHERE HOW IS THAT EVOLVED FROM WHAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO DO A AND WHERE DO YOU SEE IT GOING FROM THERE? IT WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO BE A NON CREDIT CONTINUING EDUCATION. FACILITY THAT SUPPORTED BOTH THE RICHLAND CAMPUS AND, UM EAST FIELD.

CAMPUS IT WAS NEVER DESIGNED AS A CREDIT. INSTITUTION THAT WOULD DUPLICATE, UM. THE RICHLAND CAMPUS, WHICH IS JUST NINE MILES AWAY, BECAUSE THE ACCREDITING GROUP SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS. REQUIRES THEN THAT WE DUPLICATE AND HAVE ON SITE ALL OF THE REGISTRATION LIBRARY, ALL THE SERVICES EVERYTHING AND THE BUILDING. I WAS NEVER LARGE ENOUGH. TO ACCOMMODATE ALL OF THAT. SO THE NICHE FOR THE GARLAND CENTER WAS NON CREDIT AND PARTICULARLY CONTRACT TRAINING AND SKILLS, DEVELOPMENT FUND GRANTS, AND, UM , A VERY SPECIFIC NICHE AND THEN STUDENTS COULD CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION BEYOND AT RICHLAND. AND EAST FIELD. SO DO YOU EVER SEE THE PROGRAM GOING? PAST MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL TO OTHER THERE ARE PROGRAMS THAT YOU KNOW HER. SOUND AND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT COLLEGES THAT YOU HAVE, OR IN THE ONE COLLEGE BUT ALL THE CAMPUSES THAT YOU HAVE. WELL, THAT WOULD BE BASED ON DEMONSTRATED NEED AND OUR ABILITY TO EXPAND FACILITIES THEN OKAY. OKAY AND SO THERE IS THE OPPORTUNITY AS WE PLAN AND

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ALMOST NOW, ALL OF THE G I S D HIGH SCHOOLS. TOGETHER SO. I'M SORRY. I DON'T HAVE THAT WITH ME. UM, YOU KNOW, THE AND WHAT DR ADELSON IS REFERRING TO AND WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT, UH, THE PARTNERSHIPS WITH GILBERT'S READING PARTICULAR DRC TC IS A LOT AROUND THE FAME PROGRAM, WHICH IS AN ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNICIAN PROGRAM WHERE, RIGHT NOW RECRUITING THE THIRD COHORT. WE'VE ACTUALLY DOUBLED THE SIZE FROM PREVIOUS YEARS. THESE WILL BE IT'S A TWO YEAR PROGRAM, EARN AND LEARN. YOU'RE WORKING WITH A COMPANY. WE HAVE 11. INDUSTRY PARTNERS.

MOST OF THOSE STUDENTS ARE COMING FROM THE DRC TC, ALTHOUGH WE'VE EXPANDED NOW AND TO MESQUITE, THEIR HIGH SCHOOL SO, UH, BUT BEYOND THAT. ONGOING WITH ALL OF THEIR PROGRAMS, NOT JUST MANUFACTURING. BUT ALL THE PROGRAMS WERE LOOKING. WE PUT INDUSTRY PARTNERS IN THERE, TOO.

TO DO THE URN AND LEARNED THE INTERNSHIP KIND OF PROGRAMS AND SO THAT THAT WILL JUST GET BIGGER AS AUTOMATION. UH ADVANCES THE NEED FOR THOSE THOSE WORKERS GOING TO ADVANCE AND SO WILL BE EXPANDING THAT PROGRAM. UH T I ALONE WAS LOOKING AT 3000 OF THESE JOBS FOR THEIR NEW PLANTS UP IN SHERMAN DENISON, SO AS DR EAGLESON SAID, IT'S VERY ROBUST PARTNERSHIP WITH THE RCT. THAT PARTNERSHIP IS WITH. THE MAIN CAMPUS OF. THE RICHLAND CAMPUS FOR DELIVERY OF INSTRUCTION BECAUSE THAT DOES PROVIDE AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE. AS. MANY OF THE OPPORTUNITIES WITH G I S D. AT EACH OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS. THEY'RE DESIGNED WITH PATHWAYS THAT LEAD TO ASSOCIATE DEGREES ALONG WITH THEIR HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETION AND CAN HAVE SOME STACKABLE, UM CERTIFICATIONS ALONG THE WAY THOSE STUDENTS DO NOT. TYPICALLY COME THROUGH THE GARLAND CENTER. THEY ARE AT ONE OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND IN THE G I S D SYSTEM AND THEN THEY

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AND MY QUESTION IS IN DURING HAPPY INSTITUTION THAT YOU'RE PALLING MAY HAVE SOME THOUGHTS.

BUT HOW CAN WE AS PARTNERS? AH ON THE MARKETING SIDE. AH SORT OF TAKE SOME OF THE PROBABLY OFF THE DIAMOND AND REALLY UH UM. SO THAT OUR PUBLIC IT'S MORE AWARE OF THE. THE AUDIENCE WHICH YOU SHARE WITH US TONIGHT. AND THAT WE REALLY DO HAVE A DIAMOND IN GARLAND START JUST TO BUILDING THAT'S SITTING THERE THAT THAT SOME FOLKS THINK THEY ARE EMPTY OTHER THAN THE CHAMBER'S OFFICE.

BUT YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON PERHAPS MORE THAN SHIPS THAT WE COULD WORK WITH, WITH WITH YOU AND, UM YOU KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY WITH THE CITY. HOW CAN WE AH! COLLECTIVELY. UM CALL THE ATTENTION TO THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING ON THIS CAMP ALS. IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE THOUGHTS IN THAT AREA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. WELL, AND I THINK THAT, UM WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES, JUST LIKE THE CITY DOES AND HOW YOU'RE PROMOTING. HOW GARLAND IS CHANGING AND THE AMENITIES THAT YOU'RE BRINGING INTO THAT PEOPLE WILL LIVE WORK AND PLAY AND GARLAND AND WILL WANT TO, UM, YOU KNOW TO BE HERE AND BRING THEIR FAMILIES HERE, AND SO WE HAVE A NEW CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER FOR DALLAS COLLEGE. SHE'S JUST JOINED US AND SHE HAS PRIOR EXPERIENCE EXTENSIVE PRIOR EXPERIENCE. IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, INCLUDING FRITO LAY, UM , YOU KNOW MAJOR MAJOR COMPANIES, AND SO I THINK WHAT I WOULD FIRST SUGGEST IS THAT WE COLLABORATE TOGETHER ON HOW WE CAN BETTER TELL THE STORY OF. THE CAPABILITIES THAT WE HAVE AT THE GARLAND CENTER AND THE GARLAND CENTER GOING FORWARD BECAUSE IT IS NOT BUSINESS AS USUAL. IT IS REALLY, AND A REEMERGENCE. FOR THE CONTEMPORARY NEEDS. OF BUSINESSES TODAY. E. J. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT DURING THE ELECTION THAT WHETHER IT WAS SLED AND IMPLICITLY OR JUST IMPLIED REASON WHY YOU ELECTED ME TO YOU COLLECTIVELY LIKE TO ME TO BE ON THAT BOARD TO REPRESENT THE NEEDS OF GARLAND AND THIS THIS COMMUNITY AND THAT CENTER, SO I THINK THAT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY AND HIS DOCTOR, EDELSON SAID. WE HAVE A NEW MARKETING PROCESS. SO, UH, TRUST ME THAT THAT MESSAGE IS NOT GONNA GET LOST. OKAY, VERY GOOD.

UH DEPUTY MAYOR, PRO TIM SMITH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. IT'S KIND OF A COMPLEX QUESTIONS. SO LET ME SEE IF I CAN TALK MY WAY THROUGH IT, AND THEN WE'LL SEE IF THERE'S A QUESTION IN THERE THAT WE CAN PULL OUT TO ANSWER. UM YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB OF GETTING INTO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND PROVIDING THAT BRIDGE INTO A POST HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION THAT HASN'T GONE UNNOTICED. UM. YOU ALL HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB AND WORKFORCE TRAINING AS WELL. THE GROUP OF CITIZENS I WORRY ABOUT ARE THE FOLKS WHO MAY BE UNDEREMPLOYED OR IN AN AREA WHERE THERE WERE NOT REALLY EARNING TO WHAT THEIR POTENTIAL IS. AND COMBINING THAT WITH THE DISCUSSION OF THE BOND AND THE BIG AL CENTRAL REBUILD. AND WHAT'S PERCEIVED AS A LACK OF CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN THE GARLAND AREA. I WONDER HOW WE CAN GET FOLKS WHO ARE EMPLOYED TODAY THAT HAVEN'T HAD THAT PATH INTO THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM. INTO A BUILDING IN GARLAND TO TAKE THAT NEXT STEP IN THEIR CAREER. AND SO IT'S KIND OF AN AMALGAMATION OF THE STRATEGY AND THE QUESTION ABOUT THE BOND AND ALL THE REST OF IT JUST KIND OF BRINGING IT TOGETHER. HOW DO WE GET THAT LAST SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION AND HELP THEM EARN A BETTER LIVING? DOCTOR LET ME APPLAUD THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT BECAUSE MONTHS AGO WE SAT DOWN WITH THE DIRECTOR OF LABOR MARKET INTELLIGENCE AND OUR CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER ON THAT VERY SUBJECT. AND YOU YOU HEARD DURING THE PRESENTATION, UH, THE TERM STACKABLE CREDENTIALS THAT'S AIMED AT UP SKILLING FOLKS AND AIMED AT IN GARLAND SPECIFICALLY, AND THOSE THOSE CLASSES WILL BE TAUGHT

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MOVE THROUGH THE SYSTEM. INCLUDING WITH THOSE WHO ARE JUST STARTING, OR DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO START IN A PROGRAM IF THAT'S G E D IF THAT'S ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS, WE HAVE SPECIFIC ARMS OF DALLAS COLLEGE THAT HER INVESTED IN IN THOSE OFFERINGS AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR THAT, UM AND JUST ONE LAST THING, AND WE'LL HEAR ABOUT THIS. PROBABLY WE WILL LOOK AT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN THAT'S COMING UP LATER IN THIS MEETING, AND THE COUNCILMAN LOOKS POINT. WE'RE NOT AS BLUE COLLAR AS WE THINK WE ARE. WE THOUGHT WE WERE. WE THOUGHT, REALLY. THE FOCUS WAS ALL FABRICATION AND MANUFACTURING AND WE LEARNED SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT FROM THIS PLAN. SO UM, TO HER POINT, YOU KNOW, I LOOK FOR HOPEFULLY, THE COLLEGE CAN SORT OF MIRROR ITS EFFORTS ALONG THE LINES OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS THAT WE HAVE, AND THAT'S IT'S COME AS A SURPRISE TO ME. IT'S PROBABLY COME AS A SURPRISE TO A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT THAT'S THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY. SO UM YOU KNOW, I KNOW WHAT THIS IS CONSTANTLY EVOLVING AND CHANGING AND THE DATA IS DIFFERENT EVERY YEAR, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND I APPRECIATE THE UPDATE. WELL, LIKE WHAT IT SAYS TO US IS, WE HAVE TO CONTINUE COMMUNICATING AND FREQUENTLY AND YOU KNOW BEING SURE THAT THAT WE ARE IN TOUCH WITH WITH THAT CHANGING, UM EVEN IN MANUFACTURING, IT'S THE EXPECTATIONS. WHEN MANUFACTURING IS. COMPLETELY AUTOMATED AND WE'RE DEALING WITH, YOU KNOW, ADVANCED MANUFACTURING. PRECISION. EXPECTATIONS. I MEAN, THAT'S NOT ENTRY LEVEL WORK. I MEAN THAT. YES AND SO, UM, WE'RE CHANGING AS AS THE JOB. SCENE IS CHANGING AS WELL. HOPEFULLY WE'RE PROVIDING DATA. BY DIRECTIONALLY THAT YES, WE GET WHERE WE KNOW WE WERE. YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.

I SEE NONE. THANK YOU, BOTH FOR RECIATE THE INFORMATION. HMM. AND NEXT UP IS

[4B. Valoris Health Park Garland - Landscape Master Plan]

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EVENING, JUDD. UM. I WANTED TO INTRODUCE YOU ALL MY NAME IS JACOB ACTON, AND I WORK WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT UNDER AYACKO. UM AND I WANTED TO INTRODUCE YOU ALL TO STUDIO OUTSIDE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE PRESENTING OUR VALOROUS HEALTH PARK 90% KIND OF, UM, MASTER PLAN. THIS IS AN ABBREVIATED VERSION OF WHAT THEY'VE SHOWN US LAST WEEK ON THE 15TH. SO WE WILL GET YOU THE FULL VERSION AFTER THIS PRESENTATION. UM BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE YOU ALL THE ABBREVIATED VERSION. GIVEN THE TIME CONSTRAINTS TONIGHT. THE FULL DOCUMENT IS 86 PAGES, SO WE DIDN'T WANT YOU TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THAT. UM, BUT I'LL HAND IT OVER TO JESSICA.

AND SHE'S GREAT. THANK YOU, JACOB. THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT AND WE HEAR THAT YOU HAVE A PACKED AGENDA, SO WE WILL TRY TO MAKE THIS FAST. UM MY NAME IS JESSICA. I WORK WITH STUDIO OUTSIDE AND TERRY ARTERBURN HERE AS WELL. WE ARE BOTH PRINCIPLES. UM, AT THE OFFICE HERE IN DALLAS. AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING. LET'S SEE HERE. LET'S GO FOR IT. THERE WE GO ON THIS PROJECT FOR ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS BEHIND US, A TEAM OF RATHER QUALIFIED FOLKS FROM A CIVIL, UM, LIGHTING GRAPHICS AND THEN SAYS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS. THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE LAST SEVEN MONTHS AND I WON'T BORE YOU WITH IT. BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT WE ARE ALL THE WAY OVER. HERE YOU ARE HERE. UM AND WE HAVE HAD VARIOUS MEETINGS WITH ALL SORTS OF FOLKS.

STAKEHOLDERS WITH THE VIA WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WITH G P AND L WITH THE ENGINEERING GROUP . WE ATTENDED THE BETTER BLOCK EVENT. ALL IS AN EFFORT TO TRY TO UM, YOU KNOW, ACCUMULATE KNOWLEDGE TO MAKE THIS VISION COME TO LIFE. UM AND WHAT WE ARE GOING TO SHOW YOU TODAY IS THAT IT'S A VISION. UM WE'RE PRETTY HIGH IN THE SKY, AND WE'RE DESIGNERS. SO UM, WE WANT TO CAST A PICTURE AND ASPIRATION FOR WHAT WE BELIEVE THIS AREA COULD BE. WE'VE HEARD A LOT FROM THE VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS AND YOU CAN SEE A FEW OF THE OPINIONS ON THE SCREEN HERE THAT HAVE ALL FACTORED INTO WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE. SO WE AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROJECT CAME UP WITH SOME GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT I THINK YOU'LL SEE REFLECTED IN THE VISION THAT WILL BE PRESENT TO YOU HERE. UM ACCOMMODATE CONNECT , BE A BEACON AND UNIFY, AND I THINK MAYBE UNIFY HAS BEEN ONE THAT WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME THINKING ABOUT THE DISTRICT RIGHT NOW IS NOT REALLY BOUND BY MUCH, AND WHAT WE HOPE TO DO IS MAKE IT A PLACE. UM AND I DON'T WANT TO UNDERESTIMATE A COMEDY AS WELL. WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A PART OF THE HOME FOR THE VETERAN COMMUNITY, AND WE WANT THEM TO FEEL WELCOME THERE AS WELL AS ANY OTHER VISITOR WHO WOULD BE COMING TO USE THIS. UM THIS AREA FOR THEIR HEALTH CARE NEEDS. UM, WHETHER THAT BE AN 80 A ACCOMMODATION THAT WERE MAKING AND WHAT WE'RE DOING, OR JUST MAKING PEOPLE FEEL WELCOME. WE ARE SORT OF WORKING WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS PROBABLY UP AND COMING TO THE DISTRICT. WE DON'T KNOW ALL OF THAT PICTURE, BUT WE THOUGHT WE'D YOU KNOW, PUT ON PAPER, THE ONES THAT WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT. AS WE PUT THIS PLAN TOGETHER, UM, CHIEFLY AMONG THEM. WE KNOW THAT THE V A IS GROWING AND THAT THEY WILL ADD AN ENERGY CENTER TO THE CAMPUS. AND THAT HAS A UM, IMPLICATION FOR HOW THAT MIGHT GET USED. UM AND THE IDEA OF A COMMUNITY HOSPITAL AND MORE MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING. SO AS WE LOOK TO UNIFY THE DISTRICT AND CREATE A PLACE IN IT, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT HOW ALL SORTS OF FOLKS WILL USE THE SITE. WE KNOW THAT CARS ARE IMPORTANT, BUT WE ALSO LIKE TO THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE WALKING WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND JUST WANTING TO GET AROUND OR WALKING TO THE DISTRICT. AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE A LITTLE LIMITED IN THE SPACE THAT WE CAN USE. CURRENTLY IN THIS DIAGRAM HERE, UM, A LITTLE COMPLICATED IF YOU CAN JUST SORT OF SQUINT YOUR EYES THERE. THERE'S A MIDDLE BAR OF LIGHT GREEN IN THERE, AND THAT LIGHT GREEN

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WE'RE LOOKING AT PARKS AND OPEN SPACE HERE. UM AND WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW TO DEFINE THE DISTRICT WITH THE PERIMETER. UM WITH SOMETHING THAT UNIFIES AND SAYS, AS PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, GOING PAST THE AREA THAT YOU'VE ARRIVED SOMEWHERE. I'M GOING TO GO INTO MORE DETAILS WE FLIPPED THROUGH SO UM, STREETSCAPE DESIGN IS MAYBE ONE OF THE FIRST TENANTS HERE TO TALK ABOUT. UM CLARA BARTON AND YOU'LL SEE DOWN HERE. I INCLUDED A LITTLE KEY MAP JUST TO KIND OF ORIENT YOU WITH WHERE YOU ARE, IS CURRENTLY THE MAIN DRIVE KIND OF WELCOMING YOU INTO THE HEALTHCARE DISTRICT IN THE V A IS JUST HERE IN THE END OF THE SCREEN. YOU CAN SORT OF SEE THE BUILDINGS, BUT WE ENVISIONED THIS STREET TO BE RECREATED TO HAVE A WIDER PARKWAY THAT IT WOULD MAKE ME FEEL LIKE A PARK. UM, AND HAVE WIDE SIDEWALKS. EIGHT FT. CURRENTLY I THINK THEY MAY BE JUST DESIGNED AN EIGHT FT OUT THERE. BUT THIS IS MAYBE THE ONLY EIGHT FT SIDEWALK ON THE SITE, AND SO WE WANT TO INCLUDE THAT ELSEWHERE INCLUDE ENHANCED LIGHTING, UM AND, UH AND REALLY BEAUTIFICATION STRATEGY. WE KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME WONDERFUL LIVE OAKS ON THE SITE RIGHT NOW. AND SO WE WOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE AND THEN ADD MORE TREE CANOPY. TO CREATE MORE SHADE AND MAKE IT A MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT. MARIE CURIE HERE IS SORT OF THE SPINE TO THE PROJECT, AND YOU CAN SEE ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING IS A WE THINK VERY REALISTIC, UM, IS TO HAVE AN EXTENSION THAT TAKES IT OUT TO WALNUT OR EXCUSE ME TO SHILOH OVER HERE, AND, UM, AS IT IS SORT OF DISSECTING THE MIDDLE OF THE SITE. WE THINK THAT THIS STREET MIGHT BE A WONDERFUL CONNECTOR TO THE SITE, BOTH CONNECTING PEOPLE WITHIN IT. AND CONNECTING PEOPLE TO THE SITE GIVING NEIGHBORHOOD ACCESS HERE . UM AND THEN COMING ALL THE WAY OVER TO THE END OF THE DISTRICT. YOU CAN SEE HERE WOUND ABOUT MIGHT BE SORT OF A NEW FOCAL FEATURE TO THIS STREET WHERE WE'RE ENVISIONING LIGHT AS POTENTIAL ART. UM SO WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY COOL, EYE CATCHING LIGHT STICKS HERE THAT, UM, WE THINK COULD CHANGE COLOR AND JUST MAKE AGAIN A BEAUTIFUL FOCAL POINT TO THIS DISTRICT. PEGGY LANE AND WESTWOOD ARE THE SORT OF TWO BOUNDING STREETS TO THE SITE WITH WHICH WE WOULD RECOMMEND TO IMPROVE AS WELL.

THESE ONES MIGHT BE A LITTLE MORE SIMPLE THAN THE OTHER STREETS. WE JUST LOOKED AT, UM, STILL BEAUTIFUL TREE CANOPIES AND LANDSCAPE AND WIDE SIDEWALKS. AND THEN WE DO HAVE SOME GRAPHICS THAT DEPICT WHAT THE PERIMETER MIGHT LOOK LIKE ALONG WALNUT IN SHILOH, UM AND SO HERE YOU CAN SEE AN IDEA OF ENHANCED LIGHTING AGAIN. UM, WITH A WIDER UM RIGHT OF WAY.

THIS IS MAYBE AN AREA WHERE WE WOULD STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU GUYS LOOK TO ACQUIRE A LITTLE MORE SPACE RIGHT NOW. IT'S UM IT'S PRETTY SMALL. UM, AND THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS GOING ON BEHIND THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT ARE NOT WITHIN OUR CONTROL. AND SO WE THINK THAT BY INCREASING THE SPACE HERE FOR THE PEDESTRIAN AND FOR LANDSCAPE THAT THERE'S A POTENTIAL TO REALLY, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, MAKE THAT PRESENCE AND THAT IDENTITY OUT ON YOUR MAIN CONNECTOR STREETS SHILOH AND WALNUT. UM, AND SO WE'RE DOING THAT THROUGH LIGHTS THROUGH TREES AND HANDSOME LANDSCAPE AND THEN A PERIMETER WALL, WHICH WE THINK COULD JUST BE A NICE WAY OF SORT OF STOPPING YOUR EYE. UM AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER GOES ON BEHIND THAT CAN CONTINUE TO GO ON AND HOPEFULLY IMPROVE IN TIME. THIS IS AN IMAGE ALONG ONE. IT. OKAY SO WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE PARKS THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT FOR THIS DISTRICT. WE ARE THINKING ABOUT

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WE KNOW THAT SOME OF THIS MIGHT BE A LARGER PLAY. WE KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME PHASING AHEAD OF US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT COMES AND WHEN. BUT SIGNAGE IS A GREAT THING THAT WE COULD DO PRETTY QUICKLY TO START TO MARK THE IDENTITY TO THE SITE. WE THINK SOME LIGHTING INSTALLATION COULD ALSO AGAIN START TO EXPRESS THE IDENTITY. UM AND REALLY JUST PLANTING ENHANCEMENTS. AND EVEN IF YOU JUST GO OUT TO THE SITE TODAY, THERE'S SOME SITES THAT COULD BE IMPROVED FROM SIMPLE MAINTENANCE. BUT EVEN DOWN CLARA BARTON IF WE'RE WAITING FOR A LARGER PLAN TO FALL INTO PLACE, JUST SOME IMMEDIATE ENHANCEMENTS TO LANDSCAPE COULD ALREADY BEGIN TO IMPROVE THE DISTRICT AS WE'RE DREAMING UP THE REST OF THE VISION. I THINK THAT'S ALL WE'VE GOT HERE, SO I KNOW A LOT IN 10 TO 15 MINUTES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. OKAY? YEAH. VERY GOOD , UH, GOT A FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM SMITH. THANK YOU, MARY. JUST TO ADD A FEW THINGS. THERE'S A LOT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS HERE. A LOT OF GREENERY ANYWHERE WHERE THERE ARE WALLS. THEY'RE LOW WALLS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THINGS TO FEEL CONFINING BROAD WALKWAYS IN THE LONGER PLAN.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT CAROLINE BURIAL, WHICH I KNOW ONLY G P AND LS HELP WITH, UM WE'VE GOT THE TIE INS SET UP FOR FUTURE TRAILS. WE KNOW THOSE AREN'T FUNDED YET, BUT THEY'RE THE NEXT LOGICAL STEP WHEN IN THE NEXT COUNTY CALL FOR PROJECT AND THEN IN THE NEXT BOND. AH THIS IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE USE OF AROUND ABOUT I'VE EVER SEEN. SO MY, UH, HISTORIC. ISSUES WITH THAT PARTICULAR TRAFFIC, CALMING DEVICE OR SET TO THE SIDE HERE. THEY'RE THAT GOOD. THEY CONVINCED ME THAT AROUND ABOUT WAS THIS WAS THE WAY TO GO, UM, AND A SMALL TRAILHEAD AT THE WELLNESS PARK MAKES A LOT OF SENSE BUT KEEPING IT SMALL TO WHERE WE DON'T IRRITATE THE D A AH! YOU KNOW, WE MENTIONED SETBACKS QUITE A BIT IN THE V, A POST OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING HAD ADOPTED 200 FT SETBACKS. AND SO WE NEED TO KEEP THAT IN MIND. WE ALSO NEED TO KEEP THE 500 FT RADIUS AROUND THEIR THEIR NEW POWER CENTER IN MIND AS WELL. SO THAT'S THAT'S GONNA NECESSARY NECESSITATE AS BEING VERY FLEXIBLE ON THE NORTH END OF THE PROPERTY, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO DESIGNING PARKLAND, I THINK WE'LL HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY. IT'S NOT A HUGE DEAL. SO UM, VERY, VERY, VERY HAPPY WITH WITH WHAT'S BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD. AND UH, THIS IS KIND OF THE

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IN DALLAS AND LANCASTER, AS A MATTER OF FACT, WATCHED IT GROWING FROM A LITTLE ONE BUILDING IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE TO WHERE IT IS PRESENTLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S A REAL COMMUNITY THIS POINT AND I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO JUST TALK FOR A FEW MINUTES. WITH ALL THIS BEAUTY. AGAIN BEING AN OAK CLIFF, SOUTH OAK CLIFF. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DID OBSERVE AS WE OBSERVE THAT GROWTH. WHILE THE PUBLIC SAFETY ASPECT OF IT CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT, AND IT MAY NOT BE THE RIGHT TIME FOR THIS, BUT CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN THE WAY OF PROVIDING PUBLIC SAFETY? ALL THIS BEAUTIFUL GREENERY? UH THE MIXED USE SPACE EVEN HERE, YOU'RE GONNA EVEN HAVE LOOKS LIKE SOME RETAIL AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, WHICH IS THE DALLAS FACILITY DOESN'T HAVE. BUT CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, IN THE WAY OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND KEEPING IT SAFE. I'LL TAKE THAT QUESTION. I THINK TWO THINGS. ONE IS VISIBILITY IS REALLY CRITICAL AND PUBLIC SAFETY SO THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY PLACES THAT PEOPLE CAN HIDE BEHIND OR BE. SHIELDED OFF. THAT SORT OF THING . BUT THE OTHER THING THAT'S REALLY THE MAJOR THING IS LIGHTING THAT'S VERY POORLY LED OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. AND, UM THE AREAS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE THE FUTURE LIGHTING INSTALLED NOW WOULD BE AN IMPROVEMENT AND WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF WORK WITH AYACKO AND JACOB TO MAYBE LOOK AT SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO MAIN THINGS WE HAVE NOT DISCUSSED OR LOOKED AT SOME SORT OF SECURITY. PROGRAM OR CAMERA THING. THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DEVELOPED, AND WE CAN CERTAINLY PUT THAT IN A BUDGET LINE ITEM FOR FUTURE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE THAT THE CITY WANTS TO LOOK INTO OKAY? AND I'LL BRING THAT FORWARD BECAUSE OF ALL THE THINGS THAT I'VE SEEN WITH THE V A IN DALLAS. THAT IS PROBABLY ONE THAT IS REALLY HURT THAT HAS CRIPPLED THAT IS CALLS CONCERN, ESPECIALLY IN THE COMMUNITY AND OUR GARLANDS. NOWHERE NEAR I DON'T BELIEVE LIKE SOUTH OAK CLIFF. BUT OF COURSE, WITH THIS TYPE OF BEAUTY AND ALL THE AMENITIES THAT WE'RE SPEAKING OF THE POTENTIAL IS THERE SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. I THINK, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S IN THE WEEDS. BUT POTENTIALLY ESTABLISHING A PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION OUT THERE THAT WOULD MAYBE PARTICIPATE IN LONG TERM MAINTENANCE. IS SOMETHING THAT WE OFTEN DO WITH OTHER TYPES OF CLIENTS THAT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE OUT HERE, SO THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE TO PAY THE WHOLE BILL. I THINK YOU KNOW ALL THE LANDOWNERS WOULD LOVE FOR YOU GUYS, TOO. YOU KNOW, PROVIDE ALL THAT, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE REALISTIC TO THINK ABOUT THE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION FOR MAINTENANCE. OKAY? MAYOR PRO TEM MORRIS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE LONG VERSION, UM, IT WILL BE EXCITING TO GO THROUGH IT. AND I AM I AM ENTHUSIASTICALLY IN SUPPORT OF THE INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS, THINGS WE CAN DO NOW AS FAR AS SIGN IT JUST FAR AS LIGHTS AS FAR AS BETTER MAINTENANCE OF GREENERY AND SHRUBBERY. UM WE CAN START MAKING IT LOOK BETTER SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. AND AS WE SEE WITH NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE GO IN AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND PEOPLE START TAKING CARE OF THEIR FRONT FLOWER BEDS. THERE IS A THERE IS A CHANGE IN HEART A CHANGE IN ATTITUDE IT IT SNOWBALLS IN A VERY POSITIVE WAY. I'M I'M VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF DOING THAT AS MUCH AS WE CAN . THAT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE NOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT OUT, AND THERE WILL BE MORE REALISTIC RENDERINGS, UH, THAT ARE COMING

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AND THEN VOTE WITH BOTH HANDS. YES SO, SO WELL DONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. VERY GOOD AND THE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY. I'M VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF THIS PLAN MOVING FORWARD. I MEAN, WE'RE LOOKING AT YOU KNOW? YES THERE'S SOME QUICK WINS. BUT THIS IS A LONG TERM INVESTMENT AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE ESSENTIALLY STARTING FROM ZERO. I MEAN, THIS IS A SITE THAT HAS FOR THE MOST PART WAS ABANDONED FOR MANY YEARS AND SO LACK OF MAINTENANCE AND HONESTLY , THERE'S MORE GREEN ON THIS SCREEN, AND PRACTICALLY THERE IS ON THE SITE AS IT SITS THERE TODAY. UM AND SO WE CAN START DOING, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY SOME OF THOSE AESTHETIC IMPROVEMENT AND JUST HAS MADE PRO TIM MORRIS WAS SAYING IT, IT WILL HOPEFULLY START TO BUILD ON ITSELF. UM AND SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE REMAINDER OF THE PRESENTATION AND JUST A REMINDER COUNCIL. THIS WILL BE ON OUR APRIL 4TH AGENDA FOR FORMAL CONSIDERATION.

BUT ALSO SAY THAT WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK WITH THE CITY STAFF AND OBVIOUSLY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE PRODUCED A BUDGET. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE, BUT IT'S SUBSTANTIAL AND IT PROBABLY IS BEST TO KIND OF DISSECT THAT INTO PIECES. AND IF YOU GUYS NEED HELP, KIND OF ORGANIZING THAT, IN THE FUTURE BUCKETS WERE HAPPY TO KIND OF TALK THROUGH IT WITH YOU. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. Q. COUNCIL WE'RE GONNA PLOW AHEAD

[4C. Economic Development Strategic Plan - Draft Final Report]

RIGHT. THANKS. YES. SO UM, THE WAY WE KIND OF ORGANIZED GETTING TO WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS LOOK LIKE IS WE WENT THROUGH A PROCESS OF KIND OF, IF YOU BELIEVE CERTAIN THINGS THAN WHAT WE WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT THEM? AND THEN THAT TURNED INTO THE WHAT? WHICH IS WHAT WERE THE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN THE WHO AND THE HOW AND THE WHO PART IS NOT COMPLETELY IN HERE. BUT JUST SO YOU KNOW, TO CUT OFF THE DISCUSSION. WE DID HAVE A WORKSHOP IN NOVEMBER WHERE WE LITERALLY PLOTTED EVERY RECOMMENDATION ACROSS EVERY CITY DEPARTMENT. AND THERE WAS A COUPLE THAT WAS UNCERTAIN TO BE NAMED LATER. UM AND WHICH IS WHY THERE'S NOT, UH WITH THE CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP OF THE CITY. YOU KNOW, WE WANTED SOME FLEXIBILITY TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS ABOUT HOW TO MOVE SOME STUFF AROUND. SO WE DID ADDRESS THAT. JUST THE KIND OF THE KEY PIECES UM, BEGAN. THE CITY IS LARGELY BUILT OUT. YOUR ABILITY TO GROW PROPERTY TAXES IS CONSTRAINED GOING FORWARD

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SO YOU'RE TAKING LET'S SAY, LIKE ANY SPORTS ARENA AND YOU'RE ADDING STUFF AROUND IT, AND THEN WE ALSO THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES YOU KNOW, HARBOR POINT FIRE WHEEL. MY BIG THING IS THE WATERFRONT. I THINK IT'S A VERY UNIQUE ASSET. UM I KNOW IT'S COMPLICATED, BUT YOU KNOW THINGS ARE COMPLICATED. YOU'RE YOU'RE BUILT OUT CITY IS GOING TO BE COMPLICATED ANYWAY. UM SO ALSO EXPANDING SOME LODGING OPTIONS. THERE'S NO REASON FOR PEOPLE TO NOT STAY HERE. AND YOU KNOW, INCLUDING THINKING ABOUT A BOUTIQUE HOTEL DOWNTOWN. UM AND SOME OTHER OPTIONS AND SO KIND OF WE'VE IDENTIFIED A COUPLE OF KEY NEXT STEPS. SO UM, YOU KNOW, YOU ALREADY HAVE DONE SOME STUFF AROUND DOWNTOWN. AND YOU'VE DONE THE HARPER MARK HYPERMARKET SITE . SO BEGIN THINKING ABOUT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR ASSEMBLAGE. CHECK THE ZONING. MAKE SURE THE INCENTIVES ARE THE RIGHT KINDS OF INCENTIVES. AND YOU'RE ALREADY DOING SOME STUFF RELATED TO DESTINATION TENANTS. SO THE NEXT ONE, AND THIS IS THE ONE THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLICATED BECAUSE IT'S A QUESTION OF THERE'S A QUESTION OF WHO TO DO IT. HOW WOULD YOU FIND IT? UM BECAUSE THIS CAN GET THIS CAN ADD UP QUITE A QUITE EXPENSIVE SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ENERGY IF YOU RECALL, AND THERE'S A LOT OF DIVERSITY IN THE COMMUNITY, LIKE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED FROM THE MEDICAL DISTRICT PROJECT WAS THE GROWTH IN, UM THE DIVERSE BUSINESSES, ETHNIC BUSINESSES AND HOW THAT IS A HUGE DRIVER OF A LOT OF THINGS THAT TAKE PLACE IN GARLAND AT THE SMALL BUSINESS LEVEL. SO IDEAS HERE ARE CAN YOU PROVIDE A MIXED SPACE FOR ENTREPRENEURS? I KNOW THERE'S SOME STUFF THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING WITH THE LIBRARY AS IT RELATES TO, LIKE, KIND OF A SMALLER COWORKING. CAN YOU BEGIN THINKING ABOUT POP UP AN EVENT ACTIVATIONS, UM, THAT ALLOWS SMALLER RETAILERS. CAN YOU GUIDE FIND SPACES SUPPORTIVE OF MAKERS AND FOOD ENTREPRENEURS? THERE IS A THERE IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT MAKER COMMUNITY HERE, UM, TO THE POINT WHERE ONE OF YOUR RETAIL OPERATIONS HAS A TRAINING PROGRAM FOR WOODWORKERS. UM.

MAKING SURE THAT THE ZONING CODE ACCOMMODATES THESE HYBRID BUSINESSES. AND IF YOU RECALL

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THAT ALSO INCLUDES MAKING IT BETTER LOOKING. UM, WE THINK. THIS IS ALMOST LIKE THIS IS ALMOST AROUND ABOUT TO ME ISSUE , WHICH IS YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE TRUCKS. THE STAGING A PARKING YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DO THIS. UM PARTICULARLY AS IT'S MORPHED FROM PURELY MANUFACTURING TO ALMOST HAD FUNCTIONS, PARTS PORTIONS OF A FUNCTION LIKE FUNCTION LIKE AN INLAND PORT. UM WE ALSO THINK YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT OPTIONS FOR STORM WATER AND FLOOD MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING THINKING ABOUT DOING IT AT A DISTRICT WIDE LEVEL. SO THAT IT'S NOT ON EACH INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY PROBABLY CAN'T GIVEN HOW TIGHT THE SPACES. AND NOT THAT DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WAS DISCUSSED ABOUT WITH THE HEALTH PARK. WE THINK YOU MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT A SPECIAL DISTRICT TO HELP MANAGE AND MAINTAIN THE IMPROVEMENTS GOING FORWARD. IT'S IN THE INTEREST OF THE BUSINESS FOR THESE THINGS TO HAPPEN. IT'S ALSO IN THE INTEREST FOR THIS BUSINESS IS TO MAKE SURE THEY MAINTAINED. UM AND SO WE THINK LOOKING AT THE SPECIAL DISTRICT MODEL MAKES A LOT OF SENSE FOR OUT THERE. UM WE THINK YOU NEED TO BE GIVEN WHAT THE NATURE OF THE CITY THAT YOU NEED TO BEGIN THINKING ABOUT A BROWNFIELDS PROGRAM, WHICH WOULD ALSO INCLUDE COMMERCIAL SPACE, NOT JUST INDUSTRIAL, BUT ALSO COMMERCIAL, PARTICULARLY SINCE YOU HAVE SOME OF CERTAIN AGES WHERE YOU MAY HAVE ASBESTOS AND LEAD ISSUES IN SOME OF THE BUILDINGS. UM. 100 BUSINESS, A TOP 100 BUSINESS OUTREACH PROGRAM JUST BECAUSE JUST KEEP AN EAR ON TO WHAT PEOPLE ARE THINKING, UM SO SECTOR TARGETED SECTOR MARKETING, WHICH INCLUDES ALSO WORKING WITH THE DALLAS REGIONAL CHAMBER. THERE SOME AREAS AND SOME OF THE MAJOR BROKERAGE FIRMS WHERE IN OUR EXPERIENCE NOW IN THE DFW METROPLEX. THERE'S CERTAIN PARTS OF THE BUSINESS RECRUITMENT, FOLKS THAT LOOK AT THE REALLY BIG GUYS AND THEN THEY KIND OF DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO SMALLER GUYS. AND THERE'S YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET THE REALLY BIG GUYS. YOU DON'T HAVE 1000 ACRES OF LAND. TO GIVE SOMEBODY BUT YOU DO HAVE 20 ACRES. AND SO THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR TO WORK WITH THOSE AND PICK UP THAT LEAD STREAM THAT THE LARGER RECRUITMENT, BUSINESS RECRUITMENT INSIGHT. SELECTING PEOPLE DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO BECAUSE IT'S NOT WHAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN. AND THERE IS ALSO BEGINNING TO THINK ABOUT WHETHER AH, LOWER MID SIZE SPACE REQUIREMENTS AROUND HYDROPONICS , BIOTECH, SOME OTHER THINGS THAT ARE STARTING TO EMERGE IN THE AREA. SO ARE TOO UM BIG STEPS, AND I HATE TO HAVE A PLAN THAT DOES HAVE A PLAN. BUT SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOING TO HAVE

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IF YOU GET IF YOU LOOK BACK AT OUR THE DATA THAT WE PROVIDED THERE IS A HUGE VALUATION DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NEW STUFF AND THE OLD STUFF. UM, AND SO WHILE THEY ARE EXPENSIVE THEY'RE NOT AS EXPENSIVE AS THE NEW STUFF OR EVEN THE MID MID AGE STUFF. PARKS AND MAINTENANCE.

KEEP DOING THAT CONTINUE TO SUPPORT TRADE DEVELOPMENT AND AGAIN CREATED NEIGHBORHOOD AMENITIES REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM WE HAD IDENTIFIED AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE MEANT, UM, THERE'S AN AREA IN SOUTH GARLAND THAT ACTUALLY WORKS. FOR THIS WE INTRODUCED A DIFFERENT CONCEPT.

TYPICALLY RETAILERS OR RESTAURANT RETAILERS OR CHANGE FORMULA STORES, WHICH ARE NATIONAL CHAINS. HAVE THEY HAVE A MODEL? AND IF YOU'RE NOT THERE BECAUSE YOU DON'T FIT THEIR MODEL. BUT WE DID NOTICE THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE VERY HIGH INCOMES IN SOME PLACES, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A LOT OF DENSITY. SO COMBINED, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A LOT OF INCOME. THERE'S A LOT OF SPENDING POWER IN A PLACE THEY'RE JUST DOESN'T HAVE TO BE , YOU KNOW, HIGH INCOMES. AND SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED WE MAPPED OUT WHERE THAT WASN'T CITY AND IDENTIFIED A FEW PLACES WHERE THERE ARE INTERIOR CORRIDORS. SO IT'S NOT VERY IT'S NOT THE TRADITIONAL TEXAS DEVELOPMENT, MEANING IT'S NOT ON A HIGHWAY WITH A BIG SIGN THAT SAYS HERE, STOP HERE TO SHOP. IT IS LIKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIND OF CAFE. THERE'S A FEW PLACES ACROSS THE CITY THAT YOU CAN DO THAT AND THERE'S ENOUGH INCOME IN THE AREA, PROBABLY TO SUPPORT IT. AH LAST IS I BELIEVE THIS IS LAST. YEAH IS, UH, ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY. THE INTERESTING THING IS, AND I WILL ACTUALLY POINT OUT THE MEETING THAT THE PRESENTATION BEFORE THIS IS THE PROOF OF WHAT I MEAN BY THIS THERE IS NOBODY IN CHARGE OF PLACE. WHICH SOUNDS KIND OF WEIRD BECAUSE YOU HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD PEOPLE. YOU HAVE HOUSING. YOU HAVE PARKING. YOU HAVE PARKS BUT PLACES ALL OF THOSE THINGS PUT TOGETHER. UM AND SO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT JUST DID THE LANDSCAPING TO CREATE A PLACE IN A PLACE THAT ISN'T A PLACE SO IT JUST KIND OF POINT EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. WE MIGHT, WE WOULD CONSIDER REALIGNING SOME EXISTING FUNCTIONS. YOU HAVE SOME EXPERTISE IN THE DOWNTOWN DEPARTMENT THAT CAN ALSO TAKE WHAT THEY KNOW AND NOT BE JUST DOWNTOWN. SO FOR EXAMPLE, THEY'VE DONE FACADE IMPROVEMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT KIND OF PROGRAM CAN GO ACROSS THE CITY. UM AGAIN THINKING ABOUT THE SPECIAL DISTRICT. SOME PLACES ARE VERY AFRAID OF THESE BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY LOSE POWER. I LIKE TO LOOK AT IT AS, UH, DIFFERING WITH, UH UM, SPREADING RESPONSIBILITY AND CREATING SHARED RESPONSIBILITY OPTIONS. AND WE WOULD THINK DOWNTOWN IN AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, POTENTIALLY THE HEALTH PARK ONCE IT GETS MOVING. AND WE DO THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE TO CLEARLY DELINEATE THE ROLES OF THE CHAMBER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOURISM IN THE AREAS OF

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OKAY YOU DON'T HAVE A SIDE THAT SAYS QUESTIONS. SHE WOULDN'T LET ME BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT I'D READ IT. ALL RIGHT. GOT SOME QUESTIONS LINED UP FOR YOU HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER MORE. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. AND BASED ON WHAT I'VE JUST HEARD. WHAT DO YOU ACTUALLY DONE IS GONE, AND YOU'VE TAKEN A LOOK AT THE ENTIRE CITY. YOU'VE TAKEN A LOOK AT ALL OF THE DETRIMENTS AND THE PROBLEMS AND THE CONCERNS THAT FACES AND NOW YOU'VE GIVEN US SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT RATES TO OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE PRESENT THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO, UH, TO SELL OURSELVES TO MR MAYOR. I WOULD LIKE ALSO TO INCLUDE SOMETHING THAT I'VE NOT SEEN IN ANY OF THE PLANS THAT HAVE COME FORWARD. AND THAT IS AS YOU WERE. DISTRICT THREE. ENCOMPASSES ABOUT 90. OF THE LAKE SHORE. OF LAKE RAY HUBBARD.

AND THERE JUST SEEMS TO BE SO MANY AMENITIES AND SO MANY THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE THERE IN THE WAY OF THE FUTURE. OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND NONE OF OUR REPORTS AT THIS POINT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH NOTHING TO SAY IT RELATES TO WHAT DO WE DO THERE? SO I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO ALSO CONSIDER AS WE BEGAN TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE ENVISIONING GARLAND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND TAKING A LOOK AT OUR FUTURE THAT DAVID THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT'S INCLUDED ALONG WITH IT THAT THAT MAY BECOME PART OF THE REPORT THAT WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT MAYBE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THERE. THAT WILL SHOW US SOME OF THE CONCERNS AND SOME OF THE PROBLEMS BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY SHOW US SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US AS YOU WERE RIGHT ACROSS THE BAY FROM US NOW, RIGHT ACROSS THE WATER FROM US. THERE ARE THE MULTI BILLION DOLLAR PROJECT TAKING PLACE AND THEY'RE JUST SO MUCH GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE IN THE WAY OF WHAT I BELIEVE. DESTINATION LOCATION. OPPORTUNITIES. THERE'S JUST NO REASON WHATSOEVER THAT WE SHOULD NOT HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE FOR OURSELVES ALSO SUCH THAT IF WE HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE, THEN WHEN ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES COM OPEN RESOURCES BECOME AVAILABLE, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO FIGURING OUT A WAY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, BUT WE'RE ALREADY PREPARED TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. SO IS IT POSSIBLE THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO INCLUDE THAT WILL AMPLIFY THAT HAPPILY. I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. SEE HOW EASY THAT WAS LIKE YOU? CONSIDER WILLIAMS. CAN WE HAVE A ROUNDABOUT THERE, THOUGH? FITNESS. OKAY WRONG ABOUT THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THAT'S PROBABLY SIMPLER. OKAY I WANT I WANT TO EAT MASS FOR US A SIGN, OKAY? YOU MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION ABOUT YOU MENTIONED THE WORD. MAY GOLAN DESTINATION. AND WE HAVE. INVESTED A LOT OF RESOURCES, AND IT'S BEEN A LOT OF TIMES. FIRST THING I WANT TO MENTION IS THAT PARKS MASTER PLAN AND. I DON'T KNOW HOW, BUT I WOULD IF HE'S TALKING ABOUT DESTINATION AND WE'RE ALREADY WE'RE NOT. WE'RE NOT THERE YET. WELL, WE'RE ON OUR WAY. TO A CLASS A PARK SYSTEM. AND WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED. YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROBABLY AROUND THE 45 YARD LINE. WE'RE NOT UPSIDE FIELD.

BUT WE YOU KNOW, WE WERE INDIANS ONLY ABOUT 45 YEAR OLDS. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT THOSE MILESTONES AND THOSE JEWELS SOME WAY INCORPORATED HERE DESTINATIONS. HA BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN AROUND THE CITY AS AS AS A PROJECTS, PARTICULARLY PARKS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. I HAVE RESERVED AN UPTICK AND FAMILIES AND CHILDREN UTILIZATION. DESTINATION. THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT IS WE'VE GOT TWO MAJORS. WE'VE GOT A SKATE PARK. RIGHT DOWN STRAIGHT. THAT WE CONSIDER

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ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT PEOPLE MIGHT TAKE A LOOK AT TO GET A BETTER FEEL FOR WHAT GARLANDS LIKE THAT ENCOMPASSES WHAT GARLAND THE GARLAND THAT IS ACTUALLY HERE, NOT THE GARLAND AND MAYBE SOME PEOPLE MAY HAVE IN THEIR HEADS OR EVEN FRANKLY, THE PERCEPTION THAT A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAD WHEN WE WERE INTERVIEWING PEOPLE. UM I MEAN, THERE'S SOME BEAUTIFUL NATURAL AREAS IN THE CITY, AND THERE'S SOME REALLY COOL HOUSES. YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME REALLY GREAT ACTIVISM. INTERESTING COOL ARCHITECTURE. THAT AND THE THING THAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT GARLAND VERSUS SOME OF THE OTHER. CITIES AND IN THE METROPLEX IS AND THIS IS WHAT I THINK IS REALLY UNIQUE ABOUT, UM YEAR DOWNTOWN AND, FRANKLY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES YOU SOMEWHAT UNIQUE IS YOU'RE ACTUALLY AUTHENTIC. LIKE THERE'S PLACES. I'VE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY. THAT'S KIND OF FAKE LOOKING UM IN THE METROPLEX, AND PEOPLE LOVE THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE CLEAN AND ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS, BUT IF YOU CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THE MANAGEMENT SIDE OF IT AND YOU AND GRAB ONTO THE AUTHENTICITY. THAT IS COMPLETELY UNIQUE. UM AND SO TO ME, IT'S ABOUT TAKING THE IMAGES THAT YOU HAVE. AND CLEARING OUT AND IN SOME PLACES, IMPROVING SIGHTLINES WHERE YOU CAN, UM SO THAT UH, BUT YOU KNOW THE LOGO AND TAGLINE. I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, THAT'S I THINK IT'S MORE ABOUT THE IMAGES, AND I THINK IT'S MORE ABOUT THE MESSAGES THAT YOU SEND THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND GETTING OTHER PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE GARLAND FOODIES STUFF THAT'S GOING ON LIKE THERE'S SOME REALLY GREAT EXTERIOR. MESSAGES THAT I THINK I JUST NEED TO BE NOT COORDINATED BECAUSE BUT JUST TO BUILD ON TO BUILD ON THANK YOU, UM. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE COME ACROSS WITH RESIDENTS ESPECIALLY IS PUTTING HIGH DENSITY, RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL NEXT. TO SMALL OR SINGLE, FAMILY LOAD, LOWER DENSITY NEIGHBORHOODS. UM DO YOU ADDRESS THAT SPECIFICALLY, HAVE YOU WILL YOU SHOW US WHERE IT WOULD BE GOOD, TOO. GO AGAINST THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHOSE LIKE WE DON'T WANT IT HERE, UM BECAUSE THOSE ARE REALLY HARD ISSUES FOR US TO TACKLE THAT YOU HAVE. YOU KNOW, A BASE THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO REPRESENT, AND THEN YOU ALSO SEE WELL. THIS WOULD BE REALLY GOOD FOR US IN THE LONG TERM, SO UM, YEAH, THERE'S NO EASY ANSWER TO THAT ONE. AND FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING. I THINK THAT'S BEYOND WHAT WE WOULD PROBABLY YOU WOULD WANT TO DO HERE, BUT I DO THINK IT'S A LEGITIMATE PART OF THE DISCUSSION IN THE COM PLAN. UM BUT I WOULD ALSO TELL YOU BASED UPON WHAT I KNOW OF THIS CITY AND THE AMOUNT OF EXTENSIVE MAPPING THAT WE'VE DONE. I THINK THERE ARE PLACES WHERE YOU CAN START TO PROVE THAT IT IS AN AWFUL BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO RUB UP AGAINST NEIGHBORHOODS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MARY. AND MAYOR PLATOON, MORRIS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM THANK YOU. FOR THE GOOD JOB. YOU DID, UM BEAUTIFYING OUR INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS AND INFORMING AND AN OFFICIAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TO, UM INVEST IN. INCLUDING TRUCK PARKING AND STAGING. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THAT. I MEAN, WE CAN EITHER DO IT VOLUNTARILY BECAUSE WE THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA, OR WE CAN WAIT UNTIL OUR BACKS ARE AGAINST THE WALL, AND THEN WE HAVE TO DO IT ANYWAY. BUT UM I CAN SEE THAT BEING IMPORTANT FOR OUR FUTURE. UM IT'S NOT AS FUN FRANKLY AS THE DOWNTOWN STUFF. YEAH AND I KNOW THAT BUT I REALLY DO THINK THAT YOU'RE QUITE RIGHT AND IN PINPOINTING THAT AS BEING ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WILL BE IMPORTANT FOR OUR FUTURE. AND THAT'S SOMETHING I'M I'M CERTAINLY IN FAVOR OF LOOKING AT . I APPRECIATE, UM COUNCILMAN HEDRICK BRINGING UP THE THING ABOUT THE ZONING, SO I WAS GOING TO ASK THE SAME QUESTIONS. CAN YOU GIVE US SOME EXAMPLES? UM BECAUSE THOSE THINGS ARE ALL GREAT IDEAS, BUT WE WOULD REALLY RATHER NOT REINVENT THE WHEEL IF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY DONE THIS SUCCESSFULLY, THEY MAY NOT BE FROM TEXAS. OH, SURE. YEAH.

YEAH. THIS AIN'T MY FIRST RODEO HERE. YEAH SO WE MAY NOT DO THAT WE'LL BACKTRACK OHIO. THAT WAS PROBABLY A WISE QUESTION ON YOUR PART. BUT YEAH, AND THE OTHER THING HE SAID THAT THAT REALLY CAUGHT MY EYE, MY EAR AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ADDRESSED DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT THE OUR

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AND. THERE'S GOT TO BE A FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD AND SIMPLE WAY TO FIX THAT ONE. UH AND I WOULD LIKE TO CERTAINLY LIKE TO SEE US DO THAT. SO UM. THOSE WERE THE BIG ONES. SO THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU, SIR. VERY GOOD. WE SEEM TO HAVE CLEARED THE QUEUE. THANK YOU GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO OUR INITIAL MEETINGS. WHICH FOR THE LIFE OF ME, I CAN'T TELL YOU WHEN IT STARTED. I'M SURE YOU HAVE THE DATES OF ALL THAT. BUT THEY, YOU KNOW, JUST STARTING WITH THOSE INTERVIEWS WITH US AND STAKEHOLDERS AND ETCETERA, ETCETERA TO COME TO THIS FINAL SORT OF CONCLUSION THAT WE WILL HAVE ON OUR APRIL 4TH AGENDA FOR FORMAL CONSIDERATION. I THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU BROUGHT TO US IN IT HAS BEEN. AH. IT HAS BEEN EYE OPENING. ARE YOU KNOW HE WAS GETTING THOSE THOSE PERCEPTIONS THAT LIVE WITH US AROUND THIS DESK. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. AND COUNCIL WITH THAT WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY WE WERE HALFWAY THROUGH, BUT WE'RE NOT WITH OUR AGENDA. LET'S HAVE EVERYBODY BACK ALRIGHT WE ARE COMING BACK FROM RECESS. THIS IS THE MARCH 20TH 2023 WORK SESSION AND WE ARE

[4D. Veteran's Tribute Garden Location]

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. WE ARE GOING TO TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT THE TRIBUTE GARDEN, SO WE WANTED TO START OFF WITH JUST SOME HISTORY TO PUT IT IN CONTEXT FOR EVERYBODY. FOR PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT KNOW, BUT THIS IMAGE IS THE I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY EXISTING, EVEN THOUGH IT'S BEEN TORN UP NOW, BUT THIS WAS THE EXISTING TRIBUTE GARDEN AND I WANT TO DIFFERENTIATE. IT WAS A TRIBUTE GARDEN, NOT A MEMORIAL GARDEN, SO PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO BUY BRICKS OR HAVE BENCHES FOR PEOPLE THAT HAD SERVED NOT NECESSARILY WHO HAD PASSED AND CONFLICT. SO THE ORIGINAL GROUNDBREAKING WAS DONE IN SEPTEMBER OF 2005 CONSTRUCTION WAS COMPLETED IN MAY OF 2006, AND THEY DID A DEDICATION CEREMONY IN NOVEMBER OF 2006. SIX. UM PUBLIC WAS THAT WAS STILL ABLE TO BUY BRICKS AND BENCHES THAT WERE PURCHASED FOR THE GARDEN AND THEY WERE AGAIN PURCHASE WHAT TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THEIR LOVED ONES, SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO EVEN LIVE IN GARLAND.

AND THEN I WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL CONTEXT OF THE INVENTORY. WE HAVE. SO ALL OF THE ITEMS IN THE WHAT WAS THE EXISTING GARDEN HAVE IT'S BEEN REMOVED OVER AT THE PARK OPERATION CENTER. SO WE HAVE TO REALLY LARGE MONUMENTS. I PUT AN EXAMPLE WE HAVE THE VIETNAM MEMORIAL AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER REALLY LARGE MONUMENT. WE HAVE SEVEN LARGE STONES THAT WE'VE SAVED. UM WE HAD THREE CONFLICT PLAQUES BELIEVE IT WAS, UM KOREAN VIETNAM. HMM IN WORLD WAR ONE, BUT WE HAVE THREE OF THEM. THE VISION WAS THAT WE WOULD HAVE A PLAQUE FOR EACH OF THE CONFLICTS. DEAD TO DEDICATION, PLAQUES, 10 BENCHES AND APPROXIMATELY OVER ALMOST 600 BRICKS THAT WERE IN THE GARDEN, AND THEY WERE A VARIOUS SIZES. THOSE BRICKS SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE AS WE GO INTO THIS PROJECT ARE I WANTED TO GIVE YOU PICTURES OF THIS IS A BRICK, UM, AND A BENCH AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY ARE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO READ, BUT WE HAVE INVENTORY TO EVERY SINGLE BRICK AND BENCH THAT WERE IN THAT GARDEN AND FOR THE MOST PART, KNOW WHAT ALL OF THOSE BRICKS AND BENCHES SAY SO THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO RECREATE THEM IF NEEDED. BE. SO ON FEBRUARY 23RD. WE DID A STAKEHOLDER MEETING. AND THAT WAS PART OF THAT PRE

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AND THEN WELL. OKAY I'LL GO OVER THIS BECAUSE THAT HAD THAT HAD SOME THINGS THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO NOT BE ON THERE. SO LET ME JUST TELL YOU WHAT'S ON THAT ONE CAN BRING THAT SLIDE BACK. YEAH, LET'S THOSE ARE NOTES THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DELETED BUT DIFFERENT DAY. DIFFERENT WOMAN.

UH, DIFFERENT CHALLENGE SO THE RELOCATION CHALLENGES WOULD BE FUNDING. UM SITE DEVELOPMENT AT A NEW LOCATION. AND, OF COURSE, THE PROJECT TIMELINE IF YOU MOVED IT DOES THAT EXTEND THE TIMELINE AND THEN OPPORTUNITIES WOULD BE, OF COURSE, IT WOULD ALLOW FOR A LARGER SCOPE FOR THE GARDEN PROJECT. THERE ARE A LOT OF IDEAS, UM, PRESENTED BY THE DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS IN THE MEETING ABOUT DIFFERENT IDEAS THEY HAD FOR THE MEETING OF WHAT THEY COULD DO. UM AND SO THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR A DIFFERENT A LARGER SCOPE. AND OF COURSE, IT WOULD ALLOW FOR MORE SPACE ON THE EXISTING SITE FOR THE CENTER . UM, THE ACTUAL NEW FACILITY. THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT TO GIVE YOU ALL SOME CONTEXT AND ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM THERE. AND HAVING THINGS YOU WANT TO. OKAY? I WASN'T SURE. ALRIGHT BEFORE WE HAVE GOT SOME FOLKS IN THE QUEUE. WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER CARD. WOULD YOU? BEFORE WE GET TO QUESTIONS. OKAY? THE HONORABLE LAURIE DOTSON IS JOINING US THIS EVENING. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. I DON'T MISS THIS AT ALL. RIGHT? YEAH. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THIS OTHER THAN YOUR RELIEF AT NO LONGER BEING IN OFFICE, BY THE WAY, THIS STUFF OVER ON SHALLOW AND PEOPLE TAKING CARE OF THEIR FRONT FLOWER BEDS.

THERE WAS THAT PHRASE OF 2021. SO THERE'S NOTHING IN MY FLOWERBEDS, BUT MAYBE I'LL WORK ON IT. NO I'M SORRY. UM, JUST VERY QUICK. THE GROUP AND I BELIEVE ONE OF OUR VETERANS THAT ATTENDED THE GROUP IS IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL. BUT THERE WERE ABOUT 10 OF US. THROWING AROUND IDEAS OF, YOU KNOW. WHERE IT SHOULD BE WHAT WE SHOULD DO. AH MAIN THING 1000% IS IT'S NOT BEHIND THE SENIOR CENTER. TRULY I WAS ON COUNCIL. FOR SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE I KNEW IT EVEN EXISTED. AND SO IT NEEDS TO BE MORE PROMINENT, WELL SEEN. UM THE DISCUSSION OF MAYBE USING

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THERE WERE A LOT OF GOOD IDEAS THAT CAME OUT OF IT. UM AND SO EARLIER, I WAS TALKING TO LEE AND OFFERED UP BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO GET IN FRONT OF VETERANS, ONE THAT WE SPOKE TO WANT SOMETHING THEY CAN BE PROUD OF. THAT HONORS THOSE THAT HAVE SERVED AND PROTECTED OUR FREEDOMS. AND YEAH. WHAT I MIGHT BE PROUD OF. I'M NOT A VETERAN. AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO GET IN FRONT OF THE VETERANS HAVE SAID IF THEY'LL GIVE ME A COUPLE OF WEEKS, I WILL GO AROUND AND FIND EVERY VETERAN THAT I CAN FIND. AND HAVE THEM TELL US WHAT WHAT IS PROMINENT AND WHAT IS, UH, HONORING THEIR SERVICE. AND THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH ALL WE HAD.

THERE WERE A LOT OF GOOD IDEAS. BUT THE BIGGEST ONE WAS, DO NOT PUT IT BEHIND THAT CENTER. YEAH AND I WOULD HAVE TO AGREE WITH THAT, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE JUST THE SHEER VOLUME OF NOISE OFF OF AVENUE B IS JUST REALLY DISRUPTIVE TO THAT ENVIRONMENT. SO YES. WELL THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO SIT THERE. WE MAY HAVE A MAD QUESTION MAY COME YOUR WAY THAT YOU CAN THAT YOU CAN FILL US IN READY FOR THIS. YEAH. MAYOR PRO TIM MORRIS. THANK YOU, UM. IF I HAD KNOWN I WAS GOING TO GET TO GRILL LORI, I WOULD HAVE COME UP WITH A REALLY HARD QUESTION. UM A MAKEUP ANYTHING ANYWAY, IT'S FINE. THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S THAT'S DATA. SO UM WELL, COUNSELOR, I PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA JUST BECAUSE NUMBER ONE, ABSOLUTELY THE LOCATION OF THE TRIBUTE GARDEN STUCK BACK BEHIND OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND. IT WAS TERRIBLE, AND I ALSO DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT. IT WAS IN MY OWN DISTRICT AND DOWN THE STREET FROM ME, UM, FOR QUITE A WHILE.

SO UM, I IT STRUCK MY MIND. UM AND I WONDERED AT THE TIME WHEN WE TOOK DOWN THE SENIOR CENTER.

HMM AND I ASKED AT THE TIME. WHAT ABOUT THE TRIBUTE GARDEN? AND THEN I HEAR THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE. IT'S GOING TO GO BACK ON THAT SITE, NOT NECESSARILY BEHIND THERE. BUT I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW THIS DESERVES TO BE TALKED ABOUT. AND NOT JUST RANDOMLY PLANNED WITHOUT INPUT. UM, INPUT FROM US. SO I WONDERED. IT CROSSED MY MIND THAT GIVEN WHAT WE'RE DOING OUT AROUND THE V, A HOSPITAL, IF WE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER INCORPORATING THE TRIBUTE GARDEN OR PLAZA OR WALKWAY OR WHATEVER WE WANT, UH INTO THAT, UM, THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT NOW GIVEN WHAT WE SAW EARLIER THIS EVENING THAT THE TIMELINE WOULD PROBABLY BE NOT MOST ADVANTAGEOUS. UM BUT.

GOING WHERE THE VETERANS ARE AND HAVING MORE THINGS FOCUSED AROUND A VETERAN CENTRIC AREA. I THOUGHT AT LEAST DESERVED US THINKING ABOUT IT. UM I'VE HEARD FROM A NUMBER OF CITIZENS AND SOME OF THEM, YOU KNOW, HAVE SUGGESTED IT GO OVER BY HERITAGE MUSEUM. SOME OF THEM HAVE SUGGESTED IT GO IN THE CURRENT CONSTRUCTION LOT KIND OF BEING USED RIGHT OFF OF AVENUE A I'M NOT WILD ABOUT ANY OF THOSE SUGGESTIONS, BUT I DO THINK THIS THIS DESERVES CAREFUL CONSIDERATION AND AS CHOOSING SOMEWHERE THAT WE CAN BE PROUD OF THAT VETERANS CAN, UM, BE HONORED BY THAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN TAKE THEIR CHILDREN TO AND LET THEM LEARN ABOUT PEOPLE WHO'VE SACRIFICED GREATLY. SO. THAT'S ALL. I'M I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION. AND IF THIS IS A MATTER OF US REACHING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND OH, IT SEEMS LIKE KIND OF AN OPEN ENDED QUESTION IS PROBABLY NOT THE BEST WAY TO REACH OUT. SO IF WE IF WE COME UP WITH SOME POSSIBILITIES AND THEN REACH OUT TO OUR VETERANS AND THE COMMUNITY, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTING. SO ANYWAY , I'M OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS EXCEPT FOR STICKING IT BACK BEHIND THE NEW SENIOR CENTER. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. CATHERINE. SO I FEEL THE SAME WAY. I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE VETERANS GARDEN UNTIL I WAS ON THE PARKS BOARD AND WE DID A TOUR. I THINK I WAS ON THE PARKS BOARD FOR MAYBE TWO YEARS BEFORE I EVEN FOUND OUT ABOUT IT. SO DEFINITELY IT NEEDS A MORE, UM, PUBLIC AREA TO BE PART OF, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE CONSIDERED ANY KIND OF LIKE CREATE, UH LOOPING IT IN WITH ANY OF THE GEO CASHING SITES THAT WE HAVE AROUND THE CITY. UM

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JUST BECAUSE I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE DEDICATED SPECIFICALLY TO VETERANS, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A FIRST RESPONDERS PLAZA SOMEWHERE, TOO. SO UM, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I DON'T WANT TO LOOK AT. IT'S JUST SOMETHING I DON'T THINK SHOULD BE INTEGRATED INTO THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MARY. WE'RE GOOD INTO THAT POINT. OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS A MEMORIAL GARDEN AT THEIR FACILITY ALREADY, SO COUNCILOR WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH I WILL BEAT A DEAD HORSE, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IT EITHER. I HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SENIOR CENTER FOR AN EVENT AND I HAPPEN TO GO OUT THE WRONG DOOR. AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE I WAS. AND I SAID, WHERE AM I? HOW DO I GET AND I WAS IN THE I WAS IN THE GARDEN. SO CUTE TOES. GOODBYE. SENTIMENTS ARE I'M NOT UM, I'M NOT READY TO LAND MY PLANE ON ANY RUNWAY. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE SUGGESTION WAS STAFF AS, UH, LOWER HIS RECOMMENDED I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE VETERANS. GET THEIR FEEDBACK. UM AND THEN, UH, THAT WILL, UH BE MY DIRECTION. SIT SIGNAL. I THINK THEY ARE THE ONES AND AH, UM I'M NOT EVEN CLOSER LOCATIONS BUT A CONCERN OF MINE. HE IS IF WE GET LOCATION OPTIONS TO SHARE WITH HIM. I WANT, YOU KNOW FROM, UH, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT A NUMBER OF VETERANS FACE. IS ACCESS AND TRANSPORTATION. AND I'D LIKE FOR THAT. THAT VETERAN TO GROUP THAT BE WITH US, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. BECAUSE I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THE FACILITY WITHOUT GOING THROUGH. HOOPS AND THINGS YOU KNOW, I'M NOT. YOU KNOW I CAN DRIVE TO IT, BUT A LOT OF EVIDENCE CAN'T A LOT OF VETERANS HAVE CHECKED. PHYSICAL AND OTHER CHALLENGES.

SO UH, MY NUMBER ONE QUIET PERIOD. A IS THERE WHERE THEY WANTED. AND THEIR ABILITY TO GET TO IT WHEN THEY WANT TO GET TO IT AND HAVE ACCESS. SO I'M TOTALLY ON BOARD WITH WITH HEARING BACK FROM FROM THEM, AND THEY ARE ACCOUNTABLE. THAT IT'S PLACED SOMEPLACE WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH HOOPS. TO GET THERE. I'D RATHER FORWARD TO BE CLOSER TO THE VETERANS IN CLOSER TO US DOWNTOWN. RIGHT SO THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, SIR. THE MAYOR, PRO TIM SMITH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAVE NO PROBLEM AT ALL. LOOKING AT THE V, A AREA FOR THIS AH FOR THIS, BUT ONE THING I WANT EVERYBODY TO KEEP IN MIND IS A LOT OF THE WELLNESS PARK, THE HEALING GARDEN AND ALL THAT HAS SOME VERY DIFFICULT CHALLENGES WITH THE FLOODPLAIN. AND SO WE'LL HAVE TO WORK AROUND THAT QUITE A BIT. AH! WHEN MAYOR PRETEND MORRIS HAD BROUGHT THIS UP TO ME, I WAS LOOKING AT THE CORNER OF MARIE CURIE AND PEGGY LANE, WHICH IS SORT OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE ROAD SYSTEM THERE, BUT THE FLOODPLAIN IS INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING. UM IF WE CAN FIND A SPOT FOR IT, AND WE CAN MAYBE RAISE IT UP A BIT. KEEP IT OUT OF THE FLOOD BLADE. I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME OPTIONS THERE AGAIN. THE TIMELINES CHALLENGING BECAUSE I DON'T SEE THE FUNDING FOR THIS COMING UNTIL THE NEXT BOND, WHICH OSTENSIBLY COULD BE 2026. SO I KNOW THAT THE SENIOR CENTER SHOULD BE DONE WITH ITS REBUILDING. IS IT 2025? 6 26, OKAY, AND SO THERE I MEAN, THERE MAY BE SOME OPTIONS THERE. THIS THE MEMORIAL MAY HAVE TO STAY WAREHOUSED FOR UH, AND EXTENDED AMOUNT OF TIME. IF WE DO CHOOSE THE VIA AS OUR AS OUR FINAL SPOT FOR IT, BUT APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION, AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD IN THE PIECES ON THE V A PROPERTY, BUT I'M ALL FOR LET ME JUST ECHO EVERYBODY ELSE. LET'S LET'S GET IT OUT IN THE OPEN WHERE PEOPLE CAN GET TO IT CAN SEE IT AND I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THE MASS TRANSIT ANGLE. THAT'S VERY, VERY WELL STATED SO THANK YOU, MAYOR. VERY GOOD.

CUSTOMER BASS. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO, UH I AGREE WITH EVERYONE WITH, UH, DEBORAH AND ROBERT THAT THE VETERANS TRIBUTE . I THINK A PERFECT SPOT FOR IT IS AT THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL DISTRICT . UM, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A NO BRAINER TO ME. AND, UM I MEAN, IT HAS ACCESS TO YOU KNOW, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, AND IT'S ACCESSIBLE TO ALL AND SO AND I DON'T THINK IT NECESSARILY WOULD EVEN HAVE TO BE CONFINED TO 11 SPACE. THERE. WE HAVE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT MONUMENT SIZES AND BRICKS AND SUCH AND SO IT COULD BE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE AREA,

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ON THAT SITE, SO CURRENTLY TO YOUR QUESTION IS THE NEXT STEPS. I NEED SOME GUIDANCE ON WEIRD AS A PLACEHOLDER ON THE SITE RIGHT NOW, GIVEN THE NEW SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE BUILDING THAT THAT'S TO THE MASTER PLAN THAT WE ALL EXPECT, AND THE PARKING AND THE SITE WORK. THERE'S A PLACEHOLDER FOR ROUGHLY 5000 SQUARE FEET. AND APPROXIMATELY 100,000 IN THE BUDGET, AND IT'S VERY BIG CONCEPT NUMBERS BECAUSE IT'S WE'RE LITERALLY STILL IN THE BUBBLE DIAGRAM PHASE. BUT IN AND WHERE THAT BUBBLE IS FOR THE TRIBUTE GARDEN IS DEFINITELY NOT IN THE BACK ON AVENUE B. IT COULD BE ON ONE SIDE. IT COULD BE KIND OF AN L SHAPE. IT COULD BE LINEAR AND FOLLOW. SOME KIND OF A LOOP TRAILED AND SO A LOT OF THAT'S YET TO BE DETERMINED. BUT THERE WILL BE A POINT WHERE WE NEED KIND OF A GO NO GO ON THE SENIOR CENTER EXISTING SITE. AT SOME POINT WHAT THAT IS. I DON'T KNOW. WE'RE PROBABLY NOT QUITE TO THAT PHASE WHERE WE'RE READY TO PRESENT A CONCEPT PLAN.

THAT COULD BE SEVERAL WEEKS, MAYBE A FEW MONTHS OUT BEFORE. WE'RE REALLY, REALLY TO SHOW ANY KIND OF CONCEPT. FOR THAT WAY. THAT SITE WOULD 17TH FOR THE CONCEPT PLAN. OKAY ALRIGHT SOONER THAN I THOUGHT, BUT THAT THAT WILL BE VERY BUBBLY. VERY BUBBLES. LOTS OF CONCEPT LEVEL STEPS. SO THOSE ARE SOME PARAMETERS THAT I JUST THOUGHT I'D THROW OUT THAT, UM NOW IF IT MOVES TO ANOTHER LOCATION COMPLETELY. WE WILL DEFINITELY HAVE TO IDENTIFY SOME FUNDING FOR IT, WHICH I'M NOT GOING TO HAPPEN TODAY. BUT JUST BE TRANSPARENT. THERE'S NOT AN IDENTIFIED FUNDING SOURCE FOR LARGER SCALE OFF THE SIDE OF THE CURRENT SENIOR CENTER. AND I THINK I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY BASED ON WHAT HE SAID THAT THEY WOULD STILL DO SOMETHING THAT THE CENTER SO IF YOU HAD VISITED THE EXISTING THE CENTER BEFORE IT WAS TORN DOWN, THERE WAS, UM OH, REALLY BEAUTIFUL WALL WRAP IT HAD THE AMERICAN FLAG AND HAD THE DIFFERENT SEALS THE BRANCHES . AND SO THAT PURPOSE WAS THEY HAD A SCROLLING. UH, SCROLLING PICTURES ON A TV OF PEOPLE THAT

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CANCER. WILLIAMS THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MARY. SO ANY IF. FROM HEARING YOU, RIGHT? WE'RE LOOKING AT TWO PIECES. LOOKING AT THE SHORT TERM. WHEN I SAID SHORT TERM 2026 THE CURRENT

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[4E. Community Services Committee Report]

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USUALLY, USUALLY THEY'LL GO IN AT THE SAME TIME. SOMETIMES THEY'LL GO IN YEARS APART. THE PROGRAM OVERALL IS WORKED PRETTY WELL. IT'S PRETTY WELL RECEIVED BY MOST CITIZENS. I THINK PRIMARILY BECAUSE IT'S CITIZEN LETTERS KIND OF GRASSROOTS, SO IT'S UM DOES REQUIRE 80% OF THE APPROVAL BY THE CITIZENS ON ON THE AFFECTED STREETS, SO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTED MOST BY IT OR ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE TO APPROVE IT BY, YOU KNOW, OVERWHELMING MARGIN.

THE COST IS SHARED BY THE CITIZENS. UM SO AND IT AND IT'S GENERALLY BEEN LED BY THIS BY THE PERSON THAT'S ASKING FOR THEM. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT REALLY HAVE HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN HER MORE INTERESTED IN DRIVING THE PROGRAM FORWARD. JUST JUST TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT THAT WE TO GET A STREET HUMP THE CITIZEN OR ANYONE WILL COME AND THEY'LL TALK TO US ABOUT SAYING WE WANT TO ST HUMP ON OUR STREET. UM ONCE THEY ONCE THEY MAKE THAT REQUEST WILL WILL WORK WITH THEM ON EXACTLY WHERE DO THEY WANT IT? WHAT? HOW MANY DO THEY WANT? UM WE'LL GO THROUGH. THE FIRST THING WE'LL DO IS WE'LL DO A SPEED STUDY TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS ACTUALLY A DOCUMENTED SPEEDING PROBLEM ON THE STREET. UM, IF THEY FIT IF IT IS, UH IF THAT'S DOCUMENTED, AND THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD, THE PRODUCT WITH THE PROCESS WILL MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT NEAR. YOU KNOW ANY, UM INTERSECTIONS OR OR FIRE HYDRANTS OR THINGS LIKE THAT.

ONCE ONCE WE'VE GOT THE ACTUAL LOCATIONS SET AND WITH THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, MAKE SURE THAT IT DOESN'T IMPACT. SEND WATER INTO PEOPLE'S YARDS. MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T DIVERT THE WATER. WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF PLACES WHERE UM, THE STUDIES WOULD SHOW THAT IT COULD POTENTIALLY DO THAT. AND, UM AND I KNOW OF TWO PLACES WHERE THE PEOPLE HAVE ACTUALLY STILL WANTED THE STREET HUMPS AND THEY'VE SIGNED WAIVERS, SAYING WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT MIGHT FLOOD OUR PROPERTY, BUT WE SHOULD WE STILL WANT THE STREET HOME. SO SOMETIMES IT'S THAT'S NOT EVEN A DETERRENT. UM. ONCE WE DO THAT GO THROUGH. THAT PROCESS WILL PUT TOGETHER A SURVEY THAT THAT ACTUALLY DOCUMENTS EVERY H INDIVIDUAL HOUSE THAT HAS TO, UH SAY YES OR NO? UH AND THAT, THEN WE'LL HAND THAT OFF TO THE CITIZEN THAT CAME IN FOR THE HUMP. UM AT THAT POINT, THEY HAVE THE OPTION. UM THEY CAN TAKE THAT DOOR TO DOOR. WE DO GIVE THEM THE OPTION NOW, TOO. UM TWO. WE CAN MAIL THOSE OUT TO THE RESIDENTS, UM WE DO GIVE THEM THE OPTION. SO FAR, NOBODY HAS ASKED FOR THAT OPTION. UM. THEY GO OUT THEY GO COLLECT THE SIGNATURES. IF THEY GET 80% THEN THEY'LL BRING THAT BACK TO US. AND WE WILL. WE WILL SEND OUT LETTERS BY CERTIFIED MAIL TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT SAID YES TO MAKE SURE THAT AN ELIGIBLE PERSON DID ACTUALLY SIGN THAT. ONCE WE VERIFIED THAT THE CITIZEN WE'LL, WE'LL PAY FOR HALF THE COST OF THE HUMP THAT'S BEEN $700 IS ABOUT HALF THE COST OF A HUMP. IT'S BEEN THAT SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PROGRAM.

ONCE WE RECEIVE THAT THE STREET DEPARTMENT PUT PUT THE HUMP IN AND THEN WE'LL MAINTAIN THE HUMPS OVER. UM FOR FOREVER UNTIL UNTIL THEY WANT TO TAKE IT OUT. SO WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY TAKEN OUT SO FAR. UM A COUPLE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE HAD IS IN THE KIND OF COME UP HERE RECENTLY OR ALL. THE ONE OF THE ONE OF THE CHALLENGES HAS BEEN THAT THERE'S BEEN PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAVE ONCE THEY FIND OUT HOW MUCH THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME UP WITH, AND IT DOESN'T THIS THIS IS IN THAT BRINGS THIS TO US DOESN'T HAVE TO COME UP WITH THE MONEY. THEY JUST HAVE

[02:30:05]

[02:35:01]

WHAT'S THE INTENT OF THE PROGRAM AND I WANT TO SAY GO INTO THIS THAT I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T PUT OURSELVES INTO A WEIRD POSITION ON WHAT'S ALLOWED AND WHAT'S NOT ALLOWED. SURE THE AND THIS IS UM. THE GUIDELINES HAVE BEEN CHANGED SEVERAL TIMES. SO NOT THIS WASN'T ONE CHANGE THAT HAPPENED THAT THAT THAT'S LIKE, I WON'T BE ABLE TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO ALL OF THEM. UM FOR SOME OF THEM. JUST MAINTENANCE IN GENERAL IS NOT ALLOWED OR UPGRADES OF THINGS THAT ARE WORKING. FOR EXAMPLE, UM WE HAVE BEEN GETTING BACK IN. I THINK IT WAS 2015 A LOT OF IRRIGATION UPGRADE REQUESTS, SO THIS IS PERFECTLY WORKING IRRIGATION, SOME OF WHICH WAS INSTALLED BY THE MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM THAT PEOPLE WANTED TO UPGRADE ON AND THEN COUNSEL AT THE TIME THOUGHT THAT SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED FOR SIDEWALKS. AS I RECALL THE DISCUSSION, IT WAS MORE ABOUT THERE'S A SIDEWALK PROGRAM IN PLACE. WHY DON'T WE JUST USE THAT RATHER THAN INCLUDE THIS? WITH SPEED HUMPS. I HONESTLY DON'T REMEMBER WHAT WHAT? THAT OR SEE DOCUMENTED. WHAT WHY IT WAS ON AND THEN OFF. I JUST I DON'T RECALL. OKAY? I KNOW. LIKE I THINK ARMSTRONG PARK GOT A NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY GRANT, WHICH PUT IN THE TRAIL LOOP, WHICH IS A SIDEWALK, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY, UM OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A STREETS PROGRAM. BUT THIS THE HUMPS ARE NOT REALLY STREETS. THEY'RE MORE OF A PUBLIC SAFETY KIND OF FUTURE. I WAS LOOKING TO SEE IF THERE WAS SOME SORT OF METHODOLOGY OR THEME GOING ON WITH THIS, BUT IT LOOKS KINDA KIND OF LIKE IT'S THROWN TOGETHER THROUGH JUST VARIOUS COUNCILS. JUST DECIDING WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO THAT YEAR. AND I'M FINE, CONTINUING THAT UH HUH. THAT UH, PROUD TRADITION. THAT'S A PROUD TRADITION. I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH IT. I THINK IT'S A IT'S A GOOD PUBLIC SAFETY. IMPROVEMENT WE'VE GOT SECURITY CAMERAS IN THE NOT ELIGIBLE LIST, BUT YOU KNOW IF WE START TALKING ABOUT FUNDING FLOCK UPGRADES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

WELL, MAYBE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE ON THE ELIGIBLE LIST AS WELL. SO UH, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE CHANGE. I MEAN, WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE THERE. THERE'S A DETRIMENT TO THE SPEED AT WHICH A FIRE TRUCK OR AN AMBULANCE CAN GET TO A HOUSE BECAUSE OF THE SPEED HUMP. BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT PEOPLE SPEAKING DOWN YOUR STREET CAN ALSO CAUSE THE NEED FOR FIRE TRUCK IN OUR AMBULANCE TO GO TO YOUR HOUSE, SO I THINK WE'RE JUST AIRING ON THE SIDE OF SAFETY HERE. I'M GOOD WITH THIS. THANK YOU. CASPER HEDRICK. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THERE'S A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LOGISTICS OF THE SURVEY. UM IS THERE A TIMELINE EXPECTED FOR RESPONSE TO THAT AND WELL, LET'S SAY ON THERE MAY BE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WHO INITIATED IT, OR MORE THAN THIS IS COMING FROM, BECAUSE IF THE LETTER JUST SHOWED UP WITH YOU WANT TO SPEED HUMP ON YOUR UNDER STREET AND HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. HMM HMM . SO WE HAVEN'T MAILED ONE OUT YET. SO I DON'T HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT PART OF IT. UM, AS FAR AS, UM WHAT WAS THE FIRST QUESTION? SORRY. WHAT IS TIMELINE ON RESPONSE TIME LINE? YEAH WE HAVEN'T. WE HAVE NEVER ENFORCED THE TIMELINE. UM, USUALLY. I MEAN, A LOT OF TIMES THEY'LL TAKE ABOUT A YEAR TO GONNA GO WORK THEIR WAY THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS. SOME WILL GO A LITTLE FASTER THAN THAT.

USUALLY IF THEY DON'T COME BACK WITHIN A YEAR. THEY DON'T COME BACK SO IT'S SORT OF, I GUESS.

SELF REGULATES. IF YOU WANNA CALLED THAT RIGHT? OKAY? OTHERWISE I'M FINE WITH THE CHANGES. I THINK I'M I'M ONLY ASKING A QUESTION ABOUT THE BULLET POINT THERE. THE SURVEY JUST BECAUSE IF THIS IS LIKE THE COMMUNITY INITIATIVE. I WOULD HOPE THAT SOMEONE WILL TAKE

[02:40:03]

GOVERNMENT FORM LETTER. I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA IS GONNA DO IT MANY. YES I WOULD PREFER THE NEIGHBORS DO IT, BUT CANCER MORE THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. I THINK DURING THAT PAST TWO YEARS I MAY HAVE HAD TO REQUEST IN DISTRICT 34 SPEED HUMPS. AND THE THING THAT HAS BEEN THE PREVENTING MEASURE. FOR MOST OF THEM. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY BEEN THE COST. IT'S BEEN THE 80% GETTING ON AND THAT FOR THAT REASON, I THINK THAT I WOULD BE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY GRANT BEING AVAILABLE FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WANTS TO DO IT. NOT NECESSARILY THE IDEA OF SENDING OUT THE NOTIFICATIONS, THOUGH, BECAUSE THERE'S WHERE I REALLY DO FEEL THAT THE CITIZEN NEEDS TO BE IN PERSONAL CONTACT NEEDS TO MAKE THAT CONTACT WITH THE PEOPLE TO GET THAT 80% BECAUSE THAT REALLY IS GOING TO BE BEFORE THEM CONCERNED, UH, THE DETRIMENT TO BE THE SITUATION IS GOING TO CAUSE THEM TO GO ORDER NOT TO GO FORWARD. AND I BELIEVE THAT RIGHTFULLY SO. SHOULD NOT BE A SITUATION WHERE ONE PERSON TWO PEOPLE, UM , ARE GOING TO DICTATE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ON THAT PARTICULAR STREET. SO I WOULD VERY MUCH BE, UH IN LINE WITH NUMBER ONE. EVEN NUMBER TWO. NUMBER THREE HOURS BE HESITANT. GO FORWARD WITH. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR, RIGHT? AND EVEN IF IT DOES GO THROUGH UNDER NEIGHBOR WAS THERE GOES THROUGH UNDER NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY OR NOT, IT STILL HAS TO GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS OF THE 80% AND ALL THAT, SO, OKAY, VERY GOOD. CUSTOMER, WILLIAMS. IF I WERE IN CHURCH, IT'LL BE QUICK. I JUST SAY, AMEN . UM. OKAY UH WOW. OKAY WELL PAST THE PLATE. AH. AH! I LIKE TO RECOMMENDATIONS. I HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS WITH WHAT BULLET NUMBER THREE. AH I'VE HAD MAYBE 23 REQUESTS WHEN USUALLY AND I'M NOT YET HAD AN INSTALLED THE SURVEY THAT PAUL TALKED ABOUT THE THAT THAT HIS TEAM DOES. AH, ONCE I PROVIDED THAT FEED, IS THERE A NEED AND THAT HAS ADDRESSED THE QUESTIONS THE REQUESTED I GOT IN MY DISTRICT ONCE I GOT FEEDBACK FROM FROM TRANSPORTATION. ON THE NEED BECAUSE THEIR PERCEPTIONS THAT DRIVE A LOT OF THESE REQUESTS. UM. AND AGAIN A MAN ON ON THREE.

UH IT'S BEEN SAYING, I THINK BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T THEY DON'T GET THAT I THAT 80 87 TOURS. HOW MUCH SHARED FALLOUT DO WE EXPERIENCE AS A CITY? WE TAKE ON THAT TASK OF DOING THAT? SO I JUST WOULD JUST JUST I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO READ RETHINK THAT PARTICULAR ONE. I DON'T HAVE A STRATEGY IN MY HEAD. WE GOTTA ELECTRONICALLY, BUT I THINK IF.

IF I CALL THE CITY ABOUT SPEED HUMPS THEN THE FACT THAT I MAY NOT KNOW WHAT FIVE NEIGHBORS BUT IF I WERE GOING TO GET THIS DONE, THAT MEANS I'VE GOT TO GET TO KNOW SOME MORE NEIGHBORS. AND I WOULD PUT THAT ON A SONG MAY BECAUSE IF IT DIDN'T GO RIGHT SYRIA'S DOING THE CELEBRATING STUFF. WHO AM I GONNA BLAME FALLS THROUGH? I'M GOING TO BLAME THE CITY. EVERY TIME, SO I

[02:45:07]

YEAH AND COUNSELOR BASS WILL ROUND US UP. THANK YOU, UM, QUESTION I HAVE FOR THE DID THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THE 80% AND CHANGING THAT NUMBER. WE DIDN'T DISCUSS WE DISCUSSED IT AND DIDN'T. OKAY OKAY, SO I'LL DECIDE LATER PERCENT WAS A GOOD NUMBER STILL. OKAY. THANK YOU.

OKAY. THAT'S IT, TOM, GO AHEAD. YOU'RE ON. THANK YOU, UM AND COUNCIL. I JUST WANTED TO POINT LIKE UM, MARGARET SAID, I GET CALLS ASKING FOR SPEED HOMES CONSTANTLY AND HAVE FOR THE WHOLE LAST FIVE YEARS. SO YES, YOU'RE LUCKY IF YOU'RE IN A DISTRICT WHERE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, ALSO SAY YOU'RE LUCKY IF YOU'RE IN A DISTRICT WHERE YOU ARE TOTALLY COMFORTABLE TELLING YOUR CONSTITUENTS TO GO KNOCK ON THE DOORS OF STRANGERS ALL DOWN THERE BLOCK. I WILL TELL YOU IN MANY OF MY NEIGHBORHOODS, AND IN MANY OF I THINK MARGARET'S NEIGHBORHOODS WERE NOT COMFORTABLE. NECESSARILY SENDING THEM TO STRANGERS. DOORS UM, SO IT'S DIFFERENT DISTRICT TO DISTRICT AND NEIGHBORHOOD TO NEIGHBORHOOD. UM THE MAILED QUESTIONNAIRE DOES NOT TAKE AWAY THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE REQUESTER TO TAKE IT DOOR TO DOOR. THIS ISN'T LIKE INSTEAD OF ITS, THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WALK AT DOOR TO DOOR. BUT IF THEY'RE NOT COMFORTABLE DOING THAT, THEN THE THINGS GET MAILED OUT. MAILING THEM OUT, PROBABLY REDUCES THE CHANCES THAT THEY WILL GET 80. AND THERE YOU HAVE IT. BUT, UM, I JUST I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY. WHO ARE NOT COMFORTABLE. WITH THEIR PERSONAL SAFETY WALKING DOOR TO DOOR. AND KNOCKING ON STRANGER'S DOORS, AND WE HAVE TO I WANT TO RESPECT THAT. AND GIVE THEM OPTIONS SO UM, THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. UM WELL, I WILL TELL YOU AH, MY NEIGHBORHOOD PROBABLY HAS THE LAST TWO SPEED HUMPS THAT WERE ALLOWED UNDER THE NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY GRANT PROGRAM. WE GOT HIM PUT IN ON THE STREET, AND THEN I THINK THEY WERE REMOVED WITH THE HE WAS REMOVED FROM THE POLICY, PROBABLY IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO. AFTER THAT. SO, UM YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE WHAT I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT BRINGS TO THE DISCUSSION, BUT OBVIOUSLY I DON'T I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT. AND SO AS FAR AS THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF US, ARE WE IN CONSENSUS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HIM? I THINK LOCATION. ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND IF WE MOVED MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AS THE DEPUTIES FINAL OR OR THEY COULD BE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ISSUE. WANT CLARITY? EDGE WENT

[02:50:02]

I THINK WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH WHAT'S WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US. YES, CLEAR. AND WHAT DOES THAT DO FOR US? AS FAR AS NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY, DO WE? OBVIOUSLY WE NEED I MEAN THOSE GUIDELINES WHICH WE'VE WE'VE DONE BEFORE. THROUGH WRITTEN BRIEFING OR HOWEVER YOU ALL PREFER, BUT I THINK THAT'S I THINK THAT WORKS WELL. AND YOU KNOW FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH. MAYBE WE CAN SEE A DRAFT OF THE OF THE POSSIBLE MAIL SURVEY LETTER, YOU KNOW. PUTTING SOME WORDS TO OUR THOUGHTS. SO LET'S BACKTRACK. A COUPLE OF SECONDS. UM HOLD ON, THERE SEEMS TO BE THERE. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO. WE ARE GOING TO PUT TOGETHER WITH THAT. I MEAN, RIGHT NOW WE DO. IT'S A SPREADSHEET. BASICALLY, THAT'S GOT EVERYBODY'S NAME ON IT. SO OBVIOUSLY WE WOULDN'T SEND THAT TO EVERY HOUSEHOLD, SO IT'S GOING TO LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT. WE'LL HAVE TO PUT TOGETHER WITH THAT LOOKS LIKE OKAY. SO I THINK WHEN WE ACTUALLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT DURING THE COMMITTEE, UM, MEETINGS. IT WAS TO REPLACE THE PETITION THAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE TO GO OUT AND GET THE SIGNATURES ON. AND BECAUSE TRANSPORTATION IS ALREADY SENDING OUT THE LETTERS A CERTIFIED LETTER. I'M NOT SURE THIS SURVEY IS INACCURATE OR HEARD. THING. IT'S MORE SO THE CERTIFIED LETTER THAT WILL BE GOING OUT. UM IT WOULD BE GOING OUT IN ADVANCE OF THE, UM. OF US ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS. IF THAT MAKES SENSE. WE'RE KIND OF REVERSE THE ORDER OF THE WAY THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING THINGS. RIGHT NOW. THEY GO OUT.

THEY GET THE PETITION. THEY GET THE SIGNATURES, AND THEN WE SEND OUT A CERTIFIED LETTER SO WE WOULD SKIP THE PETITION PART. THE CERTIFIED LETTER WOULD GO OUT AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO RESPOND TO THIS SORT OF LETTER. SAME CONCEPT, BUT I'M STRUGGLING WITH THE WORD SURVEY. I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I'M STRUGGLING WITH. YEAH. AND AGAIN. THE. OKAY? JUST WHEN I THOUGHT WE HAD THIS RIGHT, RIGHT. BUT. WE'RE STILL WANTING TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY. FOR THE NEIGHBOR OR NEIGHBORS IN QUESTION TO ALL GET IN CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER. SO THEN THAT DOES THAT BRINGS THE PETITION BACK INTO THE PICTURE. YES. RIGHT I'M WALKING UP AND DOWN MY STREET. I AM ESSENTIALLY DOING THE SURVEY. YEAH DOING IT. I AM DOING THIS IN THE WAY THAT THE POLICY OR THE PROCESS LAYS OUT NOW. THAT WOULD REPLACE IT, BUT WE STILL WANT. WE STILL WANT TO OFFER THAT AS AN OPTION.

THAT'S WHERE I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET CROSSED UP IN THIS BECAUSE PEOPLE BEING PEOPLE THEY'RE GOING TO SAY YEAH, YOU DO IT. AND THUS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING THEIR CHANCES, PROBABLY OF GETTING. THE NUMBERS THEY NEED. SO THAT'S WHERE I'M AT. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S. I GUESS WHAT WE'D LIKE IS CLARITY. ARE WE MOVING FORWARD WITH THREE TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS PROCESS. THE WAY THAT IT'S WRITTEN RIGHT NOW. YOU KNOW NOW BECAUSE BECAUSE THREE ELIMINATES PART OF THE PROCESS THAT THE WE ARE ENCOURAGING. ON THE TABLE. THAT'S THE WAY THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS. IT MAY BE AN OPTION. I DON'T IF THEY'RE NOT ABOUT THE WHITE GOING DOOR TO DOOR. THEY CAN DEPEND ON THE MAIL OUT. OKAY IF THE MAIL OUT DOESN'T GET THE NAVY THEN THEY DON'T GET A SWEET WE DO WE DO CURRENTLY. OFFER THAT AS AN OPTION. YEAH, OKAY. I MEAN, THEY HAVE THE IT'S REALLY JUST REVERSING. WHICH ONE WE'RE PRESENTING PERSON I GUESS TO THE OKAY ALRIGHT. I'M GOOD CANCER MORE. WE'RE GONNA TRY TO WRAP THIS UP YET AGAIN. INITIALLY I REALLY HAD SOME CONCERNS WITH YOUR NUMBER THREE. BUT I THINK AS A COUNSELOR, MORRIS HAS STATED HIS 80% REGARDED IT'S 80% AND IF THEY MAIL THEM, THE LIKELIHOOD OF GETTING A BRUISE THAT IS LESS THAN IF THEY GO

[02:55:04]

THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO THE COMMITTEE. I AM PULLING THE PLUG ON THAT ONE. ALL RIGHT. MOVING

[4F. Public Safety Committee Report]

PUNCH IN, YOU KNOW, THERE WE GO. GO AHEAD. OKAY YES. OKAY, MAYOR. THANK YOU. AH! CHEAPLY WILL EXPLAIN ALL THE HE THAT GOING ON THERE? THANK YOU, CHIEF. YES SIR . THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TONIGHT. I'M GONNA TRY TO BE BRIEF, SO Y'ALL CAN, UH, SEE THE OTHER ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE TO DISCUSS TONIGHT? WE MET WITH THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND DISCUSSED WHAT IS. KIND OF BEEN AN EMBARRASSMENT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. UM IN THE COLLECTION OF OUR INSPECTION FEES. UH, WE HAD AN AUDIT. THREE YEARS AGO. GAS MAWILLIAMS THREE YEARS AGO, WE WERE AUDITED ON OUR INSPECTIONS AND OUR INSPECTION FEE COLLECTION AND WE DIDN'T DO REAL WELL IN THAT. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR THREE YEARS TRYING TO SOLVE THIS ISSUE. SO WE MET WITH PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND HAVE KIND OF COME UP WITH SOME STUFF THAT THE HISTORY UM THE RECOMMENDATION IN THE AUDIT WAS TO MOVE TOWARDS CRM AND YOU CRM IS OUR SOLUTION FOR INSPECTIONS AND INSPECTION FEES AND COLLECTIONS AND ALL OF THAT. NOT SURE IF IT WAS A FIRE DEPARTMENT PROBLEM OR A CRM PROBLEM. BUT THE DATA RETRIEVAL AND THE TRACKING WAS NOT ON TARGET FOR US. WE ALSO HAD SOME PERSONNEL CHANGES THAT TOOK PLACE AND WE LOST THE PEOPLE THAT WERE DOING ALL OF THAT BUILDING. UM SO THE NEXT SOLUTION FOR US WAS TO MOVE TOWARDS IMAGE TREND AND DO THAT BE OUR SAVIOR OF COLLECTIONS FOR INSPECTION FEES. IMAGE TREND WORKS REALLY WELL FOR THE FIRE INSPECTIONS, BUT IT'S A PASSIVE PROCESS AT THE INSPECTION REPORT . THE LAST PARAGRAPH LIST YOUR INSPECTION FEE IS AND YOU LAY REMIT PAYMENT TO AND PEOPLE READ THEIR INSPECTION REPORT. GET TO THE BOTTOM. IT'S JUST SUMMARY STUFF, AND THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. WE HAVE LOOKED AT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE FOR US TO PUT SOMEBODY ON STAFF TO DO ENVELOPE STUFFINGS AND TRACKING OF ALL OF THESE COLLECTIONS AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND WE'RE LIKE IT'S NOT WORTH IT. WE STARTED SEEKING OUT AND THIS WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE TO DO A THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR TO DO THESE COLLECTIONS FOR SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO WITH RMS AND AMBULANCE BUILDING AND THE RECONCILIATION SO UM. THAT'S WHAT THE COMMITTEE CAME UP WITH . THAT'S WHAT WE RECOMMEND AS WELL. AND WE'RE HERE TO KIND OF GET A THUMBS UP FROM COUNCIL IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON HOW WE PROCEED, OR OR CONCERNS ABOUT HOW WE'RE PLANNING TO PROCEED WILL WORK WITH GARY'S GROUP TO GET RFP ISSUED. WE'RE AT THAT STAGE SO WITH THAT OLD ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS, SIR? VERY GOOD.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHIEFLY ON THIS ITEM? EVERYBODY GOOD WITH MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS SIDE UP. SEE JUST LIKE THAT. I'M OUT . I'M GONNA SEND YOU A CERTIFIED LETTER TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S

[03:00:08]

[4G. Adoption of the Proposed HOME American Rescue Cost Allocation Plan]

ALRIGHT ALRIGHT. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US AGAIN TONIGHT. I JUST THIS IS A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE PLAN ON RECEIVING THROUGH THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN. UM ALL OF YOU, I BELIEVE HAVE SEEN THE PLANT THE PROPOSED DRAFT PLAN THAT WE PLAN ON SUBMITTING ON MARCH HOPEFULLY, MARCH 22ND UM. AND I'LL JUST GO THROUGH THIS VERY QUICKLY. THE ELIGIBLE USES OF THE HOME MARK FUNDS THAT WERE GETTING, UM IS FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, PEOPLE AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS, PEOPLE FLEEING OR ATTEMPTING TO FLEE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR DATING , VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, STALKING OR HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND IT CONSERVATIVE THE POPULATIONS SUCH AS VETERANS AND YOUTH. UM WE'RE GOING TO GET $2.54 MILLION FROM HUD. THIS IS A ONE TIME FUNDING SOURCE. OUR PLAN. IDENTIFY OUR PLAN THAT WE'RE SUBMITTING SAYS THAT WE'RE GOING TO OFFER SUPPORT SERVICES TO THESE ASH AT RISK POPULATIONS AND SOME EXAMPLES OF SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. SOME OF YOU MAY RECOGNIZE SOME OF THESE ARE LIKE , UM THE PUBLIC SERVICES WE DO WITH CDBG. WE HAVE HOMELESS PREVENTION SERVICES CASE MANAGEMENT. CHILD CARE COUNSELING, HEALTH SERVICES AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. UM AND THEREFORE CLIENTS THAT ARE AT 30% BELOW THE AREA MEETING INCOME, SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM CDBG. WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING TO USE MOST OF THE FUNDING FOR TO DEVELOP AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, AND IT'S FOR CLIENTS THAT MAKE 50% AND BELOW OF THE AREA MEETING INCOME. AND THEN 15% OF THAT GOES TOWARDS PLANNING ADMINISTRATION. HERE ARE THE NUMBERS FOR PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION PROPOSING 381,000 TO 61. FOR HOUSING, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. WE'RE PROPOSING $648,143 AND FOR DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING WHEN THEY IN 5 12, $334, AND THIS HAS A DEADLINE TO SPEND OF SEPTEMBER 30TH. SO WHEN YOU SEE SOME OF THESE, UM WE HAVE IT'S A LONG TERM GRANT. SO THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS IS IT'S COMING IN AT A TIME WHEN R E S G CARES ACT FUNDING IS LEAVING. IT'S GOING AWAY IN SEPTEMBER, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO OFFER REPLACEMENT FUNDING FOR SOME OF THESE OTHER, UM, ENTITIES THAT'S GOING TO BE LOSING IT IN SEPTEMBER THAT HAVE SPENT ALL THEIR FUNDING AND TEARS ARE ANTICIPATED PATH FORWARD TOMORROW IS THE FORMAL CONSIDERATION TO, UM COUNCIL CAN ALLOW US TO SUBMIT THIS PLAN THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT IT IS MARCH 30TH. IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES WE CAN GO THROUGH AFTER MARCH 30TH AND CHANGE THAT PLAN. IF WE SEE THAT SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE ARE ACTIVITIES AREN'T WORKING. SO WE HAVE OUR GRAND APPLICATION PROCESS OPENS ON MAY 1ST I PLAN ON BRINGING THIS WITH OUR REGULAR CDBG ENTITLEMENT PROCESS. NOW THAT'S A GOAL.

BECAUSE I ALSO HAVE TO HAVE HARD TO PROVE IT. SO IT MAY BE THAT I HAVE TO BRING THIS SEPARATELY.

BUT RIGHT NOW I PLAN ON BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER IN THE SAME WORKBOOK SO WE CAN DISCUSS ALL OF THIS AT THE SAME TIME. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE COUNT OUR FIRST COUNCIL DISCUSSION. JUNE 5TH.

PUBLIC HEARING ON JUNE 6TH COUNCIL DISCUSSION AGAIN ON JUNE 19TH AND FIRE COUNCIL. APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT ARE SUBMITTED FOR HOME MARK ON JULY 11TH. WITH THAT I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. YOU'RE BRAVE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM SMITH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM OF COURSE I WON'T BE HERE FOR THE FINAL VOTE. BUT THE QUESTION I HAVE IS, IS THIS MONEY THAT WE'RE SPENDING BEING STRUCTURED IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT DOESN'T CREATE A LONG TERM LIABILITY FOR THE CITY AFTER THE FEDERAL MONEY RUNS OUT. YES IT WILL HELP THE WAY THIS IS GOING TO BE STRUCTURED. IF WE DO THE DEVELOPMENT RENTAL HOUSING WILL JUST HAVE A LONG TERM DEED ON THE PROPERTY TO ENSURE THAT IT'S STILL REMAINS AS RENTAL HOUSING FOR THE NEXT 15 YEARS. OKAY SO

[03:05:03]

VERY GOOD. APPRECIATE IT. YES, THERE ARE MORE. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. I'M LOOKING AT THE REPORTS HERE. I DON'T SEE THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE PRESENTATION UNDER THE ADOPTION OF PROPOSED HOME. IT GOES TO HISTORICALLY ON THE UTILIZE BUSINESSES. CAN YOU MAKE SURE THAT IF THE UM, I THINK THEY THINK MAYBE ON THE ON THE AGENDA. IT'S WHAT HE RIGHT. YEAH THIS IS THIS IS A POINT THAT WE'RE HAVING TO ADDRESS AND COMMUNITY PRESENTLY. THIS HAS TO DO WITH HOMELESS AND WHAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO DO WITH THESE FUNDS, SO I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS PRESENTATION AND MADE AVAILABLE SURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, OKAY. OKAY? OKAY YEAH, I THINK THERE'S JUST AN ATTACHMENT ISSUE IN THE AGENDA. OKAY ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? I AGAIN THIS SIDE, UM , WILL BE COMING BACK FOR FORMAL CONSIDERATION. APRIL 4TH. ACTUALLY, IT WILL BE BACK FOR FORMAL CONSIDERATION TOMORROW. THERE WAS A MISTAKE ON THE AGENDA. YES WE HAVE TO. WE HAVE TO SUBMIT THIS TO HUD. UM OUR FIRST SUBMISSION HAS TO BE BY MARCH 30TH. OKAY SO IT'LL BE BACK ON THE CONSENT. URGENT THE HOPEFULLY TOMORROW FOR COUNCIL FORMAL CONSIDERATION, AND AS I SAID BEFORE, IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE NEED TO CHANGE AFTER WE GET INTO THIS, SINCE THIS IS A LONG TERM GRANT, WE CAN ALWAYS AMEND THAT POLICY, BUT JUST REGULATION REQUIRED FIRST SUBMISSION TO BE MARCH 30TH VERY GOOD. WE WILL TAKE IT UP AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

[4H. Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) Procurement Report]

SO IS THE PRESENTATION COMING UP? YEAH. OKAY LET'S TAKE A LOOK . IT'S JUST A IT'S A LINK ISSUE IN THE AGENDA. IT'S NOT YEAH. LET'S GO OLD OLD SCHOOL ON THIS. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN AND SPEAK ABOUT PROCUREMENT AS PERTAINS TO A HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESS IS THIS IS AN UPDATE OF THE PRESENTATION I'VE GIVEN IN PREVIOUS YEARS, BUT FOR SOMEBODY , THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU'LL BE SEEING THIS SO LIKE TO START WITH THE DEFINITION OF WHAT IS A HUB. WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE? AND AS A TEXAS MUNICIPALITY. WE HAVE ADOPTED THE STATE. COM SHOULDERS DEFINITION OF HUB, WHICH IS 51% OWNED AND OPERATED BY EITHER BLACK AMERICAN, HISPANIC AMERICAN. ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN NATIVE AMERICAN AMERICAN WOMAN OR SERVICE, DISABLED VETERAN. SO AGAIN, THERE ARE OTHER DEFINITIONS, MINORITY WOMEN, BUSINESS ENTERPRISES, UH, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OTHER W M B E S, BUT FOR OUR PURPOSES, WE ADOPT THE HUB REQUIREMENT FROM THE STATE. THERE IS CURRENTLY LEGISLATION TO ADD DISABLED AMERICANS AS DEFINED BY THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT , SO WE'RE TRACKING THAT LEGISLATION SEE WHAT KIND OF IMPACT THAT'S GOING TO HAVE ON OUR EFFORTS. AND SO WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT TO USE HER BUSINESSES ? IT'S NOT ONLY, YOU KNOW, GOOD BUSINESS AND GOOD FOR THE ECONOMY, BUT IT'S ALSO REQUIRED BY STATE LAW AND THE CHAPTER 2 52 LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE THE WAY THE LAW IS CURRENTLY WRITTEN AS ANYTHING BETWEEN $3000 AND $50,000. WE HAVE TO CONTACT TWO HUBS, BUT THE CITY OF GARLAND, WE DON'T CONTACT JUST TWO HUBS IF THERE ARE 10 15 20. IF THE HUBS ON THE HUB LIST, WE WILL CONTACT THAT HUB FOR THE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY. WE DON'T WANT TO BE IN THE BUSINESS OF PICKING WINNERS AND LOSERS AS FAR AS HE GETS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BID, SO WE CONTACT THE ENTIRE LIST. AND I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE DON'T STOP AT $50,000. SO IF THE BID IS 50,000 OR 100,000, IT DOESN'T MATTER TO US BECAUSE WE WANT HUB PARTICIPATION IN EVERY AREA OF THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT, WHERE THIS INFORMAL BID OR FORMAL BID. AGAIN THERE'S ANOTHER BILL SPIN INTRODUCED TO INCREASE THE LIMIT TO 100,000 FOR ALL STATE GOVERNMENTS. THEY'LL BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO THE HUB BUSINESSES ON A STATEWIDE BASIS, BUT THEY WON'T AFFECT THE WAY THAT WE'RE DOING BUSINESS BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY EXCEEDING THAT REQUIREMENT. AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, AS FAR AS A HUB ACTIVITY YOU CAN SEE IN 2022. WE CONTACTED OVER 1000 HUBS, THE SAME AS 2021. WHAT THIS CONTACT LOOKS LIKE THIS ISN'T JUST THE EMAIL BLAST FROM OUR E

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CANCER. WILLIAMS MAYOR. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, GREG. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU. OVER THE YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL THE WAY YOU MANAGED AND LEADERSHIP YOU PROVIDED TO THIS PROGRAM I WAS IN CONVERSATION WITH RECENTLY AT TML CONFERENCE AND TALKING AROUND TALKING ABOUT THE COUNCILMAN AROUND THE STATE. WE'RE LIGHT YEARS. AHEAD OF THEM. UH LIKE YOU SAID, YOU ARE PROGRAM DOES NOT JUST MEET MINIMUM REQUIREMENT, BUT YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN OUT FRONT. AND EXCEEDING THOSE REQUIREMENTS. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO WANT TO SAY, SAY THANK YOU AND COMMEND YOU ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY. FOR BEING A LEADER. AND RECOGNIZING THIS AND NOT JUST, UH, DOING WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO MEET THE LETTER OF THE LAW, BUT GOING BEYOND THAT, SO I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING. AND UH, YOUR LEADERSHIP IS RECOGNIZED BY SOME OF THIS IN THE STATES. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. THANK YOU, MA'AM.

THANK YOU. BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM I WE JUST HEARD WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE NEEDED TO REACH OUT TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND THAT THAT WOULD BE QUITE EXPENSIVE. SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU HAVE A SERVICE ALREADY IN PLACE THAT WE CAN, UM WE CAN UTILIZE IN THAT ENDEAVOR. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND GOOD LUCK IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. GARY AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU. MY PLEASURE.

[5. Discuss Appointments to Boards and Commissions]

[6. Announce Future Agenda Items.]

[7. Council will move into Executive Session]

CITY COUNCIL WILL ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 551.72 AND 551.87 OF

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* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.