[00:00:12] MONDAY MAY 1ST 2023 WORK SESSION OF THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL. I'M MAYOR PRO TEM DEBORAH MORRIS, ACTING TONIGHT FOR MAYOR LEMAY. HE SENDS HIS REGRETS FOR MISSING HIS FIRST OFFICIAL MEETING IN 10 YEARS. UM. HE'S RUNNING A FEVER AND DIDN'T WANT TO SHARE IT WITH ANY OF US OR WITH YOU, SO HE IS STAYING HOME AND OBSERVING THOSE PROTOCOLS. NOW LET'S GET TO OUR AGENDA. I DON'T WANT IS PUBLIC [1. Public Comments on Work Session Items] COMMENTS ON WORK SESSION ITEMS AND I DO HAVE THREE SPEAKER CARDS HERE THAT I'LL CALL IN ORDER. IF ANYONE IS HERE, WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO AN ITEM THAT IS LISTED ON THE AGENDA? UH I THINK WE'RE ALREADY PAST. I'M LOOKING AT THE CITY SECRETARY. I THINK WE'RE ALREADY PAST ACCEPTING NEW AND SO HERE WE GO. SO WE HAVE THREE SPEAKERS. THE FIRST SPEAKER, UM, NOT TESTIFYING. BUT LET ME READ THIS INTO THE RECORD. MELANIE KIRBY COMBER. UM 21 16 SUNNYBROOK LANE IN GARLAND AND SHE IS HERE TO SPEAK TO ITEM FOUR. A. WHICH IS THESE SKATEPARK? UM PARKS AND RECREATION REPORT REGARDING THE BONEYARD SKATEPARK. UM AND SHE IS TESTIFYING IN FAVOR OF A NAME CHANGE. SECOND SPEAKER CARD. ORAL TESTIMONY IS VICTOR NELSON . MR NELSON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP? AND WE'LL NEED YOU TO PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. HELLO VICTOR NELSON, 18 . BENDER BENDER. ELAINE GARLAND , TEXAS. MY NAME IS VICTOR NELSON. I'M ONE OF THE OWNERS AND OPERATOR OF ACTION PARK ALLIANCE. SO LOCAL SKATE PARK MANAGEMENT GROUP AND THE PRODUCER OF THE JOHN COVER MEMORIAL SKATE JAM. UM I WON'T GO TOO INTO DETAIL OF MYSELF TODAY TO SAVE TIME, BUT JOHN HAD A HUGE IMPACT ON MY LIFE AS A AS A KID AND FAST FORWARD. UM I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH JOHN IN PRODUCING CONTESTS AND EVENTS AND THE ADAPTIVE SKATEBOARDING SPACE. UM EXCUSE ME ALLERGIES THIS TIME OF YEAR. UM MY GOOD FRIEND OSCAR LORETO, WHO IS ALSO ADAPTIVE SKATEBOARDER SENT ME THIS LETTER AND I JUST WANT TO READ IT OFF TO YOU GUYS TODAY. UM I'M WRITING YOU TODAY TO NORTH THE CAMPAIGN OF CHANGING THE NAME OF THE BONEYARD SKATEPARK TO THE JOHN COVER MEMORIAL SKATEPARK. I AM AN ADAPTIVE SKATEBOARDER FROM LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA I FIRST DISCOVERED JOHN IN 1999 WHEN I WAS A SIZE SKATEBOARD ADVERTISEMENT IN THE CCS CATALOG FOR THE LONGEST. I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE ONLY AND FIRST PERSON WITH A PROSTHETIC LEG THAT SKATED. I WAS WRONG AND IMMEDIATELY LOOKED UP EVERYTHING ABOUT JOHN UNKNOWINGLY. JOHN WAS PAVING THE WAY FOR A FUTURE GENRE OF SKATEBOARDING WHERE PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES COULD USE LESSONS THAT CAME FROM SKATEBOARDING TO EMPOWER THEMSELVES IN ALL FACETS OF LIFE. THIS GENRE WOULD BECOME KNOWN AS ADAPTIVE IN JOHN INFLUENCE THE ENTIRE CATEGORY. WITHOUT JOHN THERE WOULD NOT BE AN INFLUX OF PROFESSIONAL ADAPTIVE SKATEBOARDERS IN TODAY'S WORLD AS REPUTATION, REPRESENTATION MATTERS. JOHN WAS OUR PIONEER AND REPRESENTATIVE, SOMEONE WHO COULD RELATE TO IN THE SKATE VIDEOS AND MAGAZINES, SOMEONE WHO INSPIRED ADULTS AND CHILDREN ALIKE. JOHN WAS THE PERSON WHO COULD SEE IN A MAGAZINE AND THINK HE LOOKS LIKE ME. I CAN MAKE IT ONE DAY TOO. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO MEET AND KNOW JOHN PERSONALLY, AND I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL FOR ALL OF HIS GUIDANCE STORIES AND FRIENDSHIP. JOHN WAS A PIVOTAL PART OF THE GREATER TEXAS SKATEBOARDING COMMUNITY AND IN THE GREATER SKATEBOARDING COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. HIS NAME IS ON THE MOUNT RUSHMORE OF SKATEBOARDERS ALONGSIDE JEFF PHILLIPS AND TONY HAWK. SO ESTEEMED MAYOR AND COUNCIL I EMPLOY YOU TO IMMORTALIZE THIS ICON JOHN COMER WITH THIS SKATEPARK NAME CHAINS AS IT WILL BE A BUILDING BLOCK TO MAKE JOHN CAMERA HOUSEHOLD NAME ONCE THE PARK IS RENAMED, AND WE HAVE THE SICKEST JOHN COVER MEMORIAL SKATE JAM CONTEST. THERE WILL PURSUE GETTING JOHN INTO SKATEBOARDING HALL OF FAME AND INTO TONY HAWK'S PRO SKATER IN THE ESCAPE VIDEO GAMES, SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED WHEN JOHN WAS ALIVE, BUT IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO MAKE IT RIGHT. UH OSCAR LORETO, ADAPTIVE SKATEBOARDER SERVES ON THE TEAM USA SKATEBOARDING COMMITTEE. I ALSO STARTED WITH HIM ON THE PARALYMPIC SUBCOMMITTEE FOR USA SKATEBOARDING. UM THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST RIGHT NOW AND ADAPTIVE SKATEBOARDING BECOMING A PARALYMPIC SPORT AND SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD REALLY BE A CATALYST THING TO HAPPEN IN THE INDUSTRY. AND I JUST HOPE THAT YOU GUYS AH YOU KNOW, HEAR US OUT AND TAKE A PARKING REX RECOMMENDATION TO CHANGE NAMES. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU, SIR. YOU YOU DID REALLY WELL, SIT FOR JUST A MINUTE. UM, COUNCIL. DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THIS SPEAKER? DOESN'T LOOK HERE TO BE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS [00:05:02] AL COKER, UM, DOES WANT TO GIVE ORAL TESTIMONY. SO, MR COKER, IF YOU WILL COME FORWARD. HELLO AGAIN, AND NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. AL COKER 3504. GUILLEN AVENUE, DALLAS, TEXAS 75205. AFTER THAT ELOQUENCE, UH AND HEARTFELT, UH, SPEECH. IT'S THERE'S NOT A LOT FOR ME TO ADD. AH JOHN WAS INCREDIBLY INSPIRATIONAL. HE INSPIRED ME TO BUILD TWO NONPROFIT SKATEBOARD PARKS. BUT ALONG THE WAY, I GOT TO KNOW HIM AND WATCH HIM INSPIRE A WHOLE GENERATION OF PEOPLE. JOHN MAY HAVE HAD A DISABILITY, BUT YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW IT AND HE WAS CERTAINLY WANTED WOULDN'T HAVE WANTED TO BE TREATED ANY DIFFERENTLY. BUT I THINK IF HE KNEW AND COULD SEE THE INSPIRATION HE PROVIDES AFTER HIS PASSING AND KNOWING THAT THAT WOULD GO INTO THE FUTURE IN PERPETUITY. I KNOW HE'S SMILING FROM SOMEWHERE, AND I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE A HUGE ASSET FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND AND THAT IT WOULD ATTRACT NATIONAL ATTENTION IN AN INCREDIBLY POSITIVE ASPECT OF YOUTH SPORTS, AND YOU KNOW I'M AT THE AGE WHERE I COULD PROBABLY BE CONSIDERED ADAPTIVE BECAUSE I STILL SKATEBOARDS SO FROM THAT STANDPOINT, I'M LOOKING AT. I'M THINKING THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A ANCIENT DIVISION TO THAT I CAN GET IN THERE WITH MY WALKER AND STUFF. BUT AGAIN, I HAVE, UH BEEN BLESSED TO BE INVITED AND HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE BEEN A PART OF HIS LIFE IN A SMALL PART, AND I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT THE CITY WILL GIVE IT STRONG CONSIDERATION BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A POSITIVE NOT ONLY FOR ADAPTIVE SPORTS, BUT FOR ALL SPORTS AND ALSO FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND. THANK YOU, SIR. HOLD ON COUNCIL. ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER? APPARENTLY NOT. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU ALL. RIGHT THOSE WERE ALL OF OUR SPEAKER CARDS COUNCIL. SO, UM WE WILL MOVE ON NOW BACK TO THE REGULAR AGENDA. UM ITEM TWO IS [2. Consider the Consent Agenda] CONSIDER THE CONSENT AGENDA. UM DOES ANYONE HERE HAVE ANY, UM ITEMS FROM TOMORROW NIGHT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. OKAY AND IF YOU THINK OF SOMETHING LATER, IF ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WANTS TO HAVE A CONSENT OF GENERAL ITEM POLLED, THAT'S CERTAINLY POSSIBLE. LET US KNOW. ITEM THREE WRITTEN BRIEFINGS. UM SO MONA WOODARD AT THE [3. Written Briefings] ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 13 17 BLANCO DRIVE. OKAY? UM, DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ITEM? OKAY PROJECT SPECIFIC AGREEMENT. THREE B WITH DALLAS COUNTY FOR DUCK CREEK SOUTH EXTENSION TRAIL. ALL RIGHT. THREE C INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO SUMMARY. ALL RIGHT. D ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 25.15 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE ON TO VERBAL BRIEFINGS AND COUNSEL AT AT REQUEST. UM, THE ITEM FOUR E 2023 LEGISLATIVE SESSION UPDATE. UM WE WILL BE MOVING THAT FORWARD TO COME RIGHT AFTER THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD REPORT SO THAT I CAN MAKE HIS LONG DRIVE HOME TONIGHT. SO WE ARE AT FOUR, A PARKS AND RECREATION [4.a. Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Report regarding the Boneyard skate park.] ADVISORY BOARD REPORT REGARDING THE BONEYARD SKATE PARK AND THE BOARD CHAIR, DAVID PARRISH. UM, WILL BE PRESENTING TO US TONIGHT. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR PRO TEM. MY NAME IS DAVID PARRISH AND I REPRESENT DISTRICT SEVEN ON THE PARK BOARD. AND IT WAS ALSO ON THE FACILITIES AND, UM, FINANCE SUB COMMITTEE OF THE PARK BOARD THAT MADE THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE PARK BOARD. UM. ACCUMULATED TOO MUCH PAPER IN MY WAY AGAIN. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT'S LIKE. THE CITY OPENED THE SKATE PARK IN OCTOBER UNDER THE NAME THE MOON BONEYARD IN GARLAND IN JANUARY, W. F A TV AND OTHERS REPORTED A VIDEO BY TONY HAWK CLAIMED PROFESSIONAL SKATEBOARD ADVOCATE. WHO HAD POSTED A VIDEO ENCOURAGING THE CITY TO, UH, NAME THE SKATE PARK AFTER JOHN COMER. WE HAD NEVER HEARD OF HIM. AT THAT POINT I HAD NEVER HEARD OF HIM. AND THE CITY COUNCIL REFERRED THE MATTER TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD FOR A RECOMMENDATION. JOHN IN [00:10:05] THAT YOU'VE HEARD SOME OF THIS ALREADY, AND THERE'S SEVERAL NEW PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME INTO TO SUPPORT THIS THING. I SEE JOHN'S MOTHER AND HER BROTHER AND A FEW OTHERS THAT ARE CONNECTED OVER THE LIFE. MR JEFFERS TALKED TO US SEVERAL TIMES AT LEAST THREE TIMES EVERY TIME, SO I APPRECIATE HIS. HIS INPUT. UM JOHN COMER WAS THE FIRST PROFESSIONAL SKATEBOARD TO SKATE ON A PROSTHETIC LEG. MR KUMMER GREW UP IN GARLAND. HE ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN GARLAND, AND HE GRADUATED FROM LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL, MR COMERS, ACCOMPLISHMENTS HAVE BEEN AND CONTINUE TO BE AN INSPIRATION TO FAMILY, FRIENDS AND THE SKATEBOARDING COMMUNITY , PARTICULARLY THE ADAPTER, SKATEBOARDING COMMUNITY, WHICH YOU HEARD. AND, UH, MR LETO'S HAS A VIDEO ON THE INTERNET ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCES WITH JOHN COMER, AND YOU KNOW WHAT IS MEANT TO HIM. HIS LIFE WAS DOCUMENTED IN A MOVIE SHORT MOVIE AND ONE HOUR LONG IT'S WORTH WORTH THE WAIT. BUT IF YOU YOU KNOW, DON'T HAVE TIME FOR A WHOLE HOUR. THE TRAILER KIND OF GIVES YOU THE CLIFF NOTES VERSION OF THAT, AND THE MOVIE IS CALLED, NEVER BEEN DONE. THE JOHN COMMERCE STORY. AH, AND IT WAS PUT OUT IN 2001, AND IT CHRONICLES HIS LIFE AS A SKATEBOARDER. UM. THE GARLAND PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD, CONSIDERED THE MATTER AT THE REGULAR MEETINGS IN FEBRUARY, MARCH AND APRIL. 2 TO 3 MONTHS 42 PIECE SPEAKERS SPOKE IN FAVOR OF THE NAME CHANGE AND TWO SPEAKERS OPPOSED. SO THE FACILITIES AND FINANCE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED IT AND HE CAME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION. AT THE MARCH MEETING, WHICH WAS VERY EMOTIONAL. WE DEFERRED THE MATTER UNTIL APRIL IN WHICH WE MADE OUR RECOMMENDATION. AND ONE NOTE ON RECORD IN PARK. IT ALREADY CELEBRATES THE LIVES OF THREE GARLAND RESIDENTS WHO ARE NO LONGER WITH US. THEY MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. RICK ODIN, A YOUNG BASEBALL PLAYER, JACK COLEMAN, WHO WAS, UH, RANDY TENNIS CENTER FOR A LONG, LONG TIME, AND MARIANNE WILLIAMS, THE FOURTH WHO, UM, IS A GARLAND FAMILY. IT IS GRANDFATHER. GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS THE FIRST MAYOR OF GARLAND AND, UH, SO IT'S JUST FITTING. WE THINK THAT ANOTHER DISTINGUISHED GARLAND RESIDENT SHOULD BE HONORED AFTER RICK GOLDEN PARK. UM SO THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE. PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD IS TOO UM, CHANGED THE NAME OF THE SKATE PARK TO THE GIANT CALMER SKATEPARK AT THE BONEYARD AND GARLAND. WE ALSO RECOMMEND THAT WE CONSIDER PUTTING ON 100 ACTIVE SKATEBOARDING. UM UM. EVENT IN HONOR OF JOHN COMER, AND THEN WE PUT IN A PLAQUE BECAUSE WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO TELL THE STORY OF JOHN COMER AND WHAT HE MEANT NOT ONLY TO GARLAND TO NORTH TEXAS, TEXAS YOU KNOW THE COUNTRY AND INTERNATIONALLY SO HIS HE IS THAT IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY , SO WE THINK HE HIS STORY IS ONE OF MANY IN GARLAND AND NEED TO BE TAKEN TO, UH, TOLD ANYWAY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? AH, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, UM UM. GOOD EVENING, SIR. HOW YOU DOING THIS CRASH? GOOD GOOD TO SEE YOU. REALLY JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. UM, I'LL GO IN REVERSE. YOU YOU CHRONICLE. YOU LISTEN TO SEVERAL NAMES MENTIONED SEVERAL NAMES OF DISTINGUISHED GARLAND NIGHTS FOR WHICH THAT PART ONE WAS VERY COLD AND THE OTHERS. YES, SIR. SO. IF THE NAME IS CHANGE. YES SIR. HOW DO WE RETAIN THE LEGACY AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THOSE WHO WERE PREVIOUSLY RECOGNIZED ANY DON'T RECOMMEND ANY CHANGES THAT ANY CURRENT NAMING OF THE OTHER FEATURES THE OTHER FACILITIES AT THE PARK OR THE PARK IT SO THAT'S MY QUESTION? YEAH WE'LL KEEP EVERYTHING THE SAME, AND WE JUST ADD MR COMER'S NAME. TO THE SKATE PARK PARK. OKAY? UM, THE NAME BARNYARD. YOUR YOUR THOUGHT YOU YOU STARTED OUT WITH WITH WITH THAT, REMEMBER? YOU REMEMBER WHEN THAT DESIGNATION WAS MADE MY IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WAS MADE LAST SUMMER IN THE NEED TO HAVE A NAME FOR THE SKATEBOARD BEFORE IT OPENED. AND THAT IT WAS MADE BETWEEN THE STAFF AND YOU KNOW [00:15:04] THIS BODY HERE? ALL RIGHT. AND IT NEVER CAME TO THE PARK BOARD. SO WHICH UNDERSTOOD. MY LAST QUESTION IS YOU MENTIONED THAT ONE OF YOUR PORK BOARD MEETINGS. YOU HAD 42 SPEAKERS OVER THE SPAN OF THREE MONTHS. WE HAD 40 44 SPEAKERS. 42 SPOKE IN FAVOR TO SPOKE AGAINST MY QUESTION TO YOU IS DO YOU RECALL OR HAVE ANY RECORD OF THOSE 44 SPEAKERS? APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE GARLAND RESIDENTS? UM. A LOT OF THEM ARE BUT I CAN'T GIVE YOU THAT EXACT INFORMATION. DO YOU HAVE ANY. ACTUALLY IT'S NOT REFLECTED IN R THAN THE MINUTES WHERE I DID MY RESEARCH, SO OKAY , BUT STAFF WOULD HAVE THE CARDS AND COULD GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION. OKAY, OKAY. AND OUT OF THOSE THREE MEETINGS. I THINK YOU MENTIONED AND YOU USED THE WORD CONTENTIOUS. I WON'T EMOTIONAL, BUT YEAH, OKAY. I WON'T TOUCH THAT. I WON'T TOUCH THAT ONE. BUT BUT AT ANY OF THE MEETINGS THAT AND APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT THE PARK BOARDS HAVE DONE TO DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE WE REALLY DO. AH BUT ALL THE SERIES OF MEETINGS THAT THAT THAT YOU HAVE LET ME GO BACK TO MY QUESTION TO YOU. UM UM. AND I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, I'M I'M. I'VE READ UP BECAUSE I HAD NOT NEVER HEARD OF MR HOMER, BUT I KNOW A LOT ABOUT IT NOW, BECAUSE I'VE READ EVERYTHING I COULD PUT MY HAND IN MY EYEBALLS OWN SPENT HOURS AND HOURS AND YOU KNOW, AND I APPLAUD EVERYTHING HE'S DONE AND UPLOAD THAT. UH HUH. BUT MY CONCERN IS AND THIS IS NOT [00:21:28] THE MEETINGS AND IF ANYBODY HAD ANY ANY INSIGHTS ON HOW TO RESOLVE THAT PARTICULAR TECHNICAL ISSUE IT WAS DISCUSSED , AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IT WOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE. THAT WOULDN'T BE A CONFUSION. OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, MA'AM. COUNCILMAN, MORE. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. I'VE BEEN VERY INSPIRED. BY THE STORY. UM, NEVER BEEN DONE. I WENT OUT AND TOOK A LOOK AT IT AND IT JUST TOUCH ME AND I'LL LOOK AT THIS ENCLAVE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT. ALL OF THE AND IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THEY HAVE COME TONIGHT, REPRESENTING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE NAME OF THE PARK CHANGED. THE STORYLINE. IT'S JUST SO INSPIRATIONAL. I THINK IT'S THE TYPE OF THING THAT WE PROBABLY GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR. TO THOSE WHO HAD A QUESTION THAT THAT RELATED TO B NAME, THE NAME CHANGE. AH SO WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE TRYING TO COMPROMISE. YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS IT'S A WIN WIN SITUATION. THAT'S WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE DOING. YES, SIR. OKAY? I DO BELIEVE THAT COMPROMISE NEGOTIATION IS PART OF THE AMERICAN WAY IS THE WAY THAT WE TRY TO GET THINGS DONE. SO UH, APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN VERA THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM MR. BEARISH, YOU SAID. YOU WANT TO NAME THE PARK BONE YARD SKATEPARK. UM COMMERCE SKATEPARK AT THE BONEYARD. OKAY AND THAT'S JUST THE SKATE PARK FACILITY. NOT THE HOPE. NO, I KNOW THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW. THANK YOU, SIR. FACILITY AND THE PARK IS A WHOLE OKAY? OKAY IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE CLEARED THE QUEUES. SO MR PARRISH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND APPRECIATE THE WORK OF THE PARKS BOARD PUTTING IT ON EARLY BECAUSE I NEED TO GO. OKAY ALRIGHT. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY READY TO, UH TO LEAVE. ALL RIGHT. UM SO COUNCIL, LET'S LET'S GO AHEAD AND DISCUSS THIS. AND UM, COUNCIL MEMBER LUCKED. UH LET'S LET YOU GO FIRST. THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT, AND I KNOW YOU HAVE HAD A LOT OF, UH, TIME SPENT ON THIS. MANY THANKS TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD FOR FIELDING MULTIPLE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND TAKING THE TIME TO PRESENT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. I OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORT THE WRECK THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO HONOR DON COMBER WITH A PLAQUE AND AN ADAPTIVE SKATING EVENT. AS TO THE NAME CHANGE. WE ARE GIVEN ONE CHOICE, WHICH IS TOO LONG AND AN OBVIOUS ATTEMPT TO PLACATE BOTH SIDES OF THE NAME CHANGING ISSUE. I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THE RECOMMENDED NAME TO JOHN COMER SKATEPARK. IT IS MY OPINION THAT ANY COMMUNITY DRIVEN FACILITY, WHICH INVOLVES A STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE SHOULD INCLUDE POSSIBLE NAMES THROUGHOUT THE STAKEHOLDER PROCESS. IF THE SKATEPARK STAKEHOLDERS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY , I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT A LIST OF SUBMISSIONS TO COUNSEL WOULD HAVE INCLUDED JOHN COMER'S NAME. WE FAIL OUR STAKEHOLDERS BY NOT INCLUDING THEM IN THE NAMING PROCESS. I WILL REQUEST COMMITTEE INVOLVEMENT TO AMEND OUR CURRENT NAMING POLICY LATER THIS EVENING. I HAVE WAVERED WITH THIS RENAMING ISSUE. THERE IS SIGNIFICANT COST ASSOCIATED [00:25:04] WITH THE NAME CHANGE AND THE VEHEMENT OPPOSITION OF MY PREDECESSOR AND OTHERS. TO HAVE AN EVENT AND A PLAQUE IN A CITY PARK IS A BIG DEAL. AND SHOULDN'T THAT BE ENOUGH? ON THE OTHER HAND, WE HAVE A REAL OPPORTUNITY HERE TO RECOGNIZE SOMEONE WHO SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTED TO HUMAN BETTERMENT AND FULFILL REQUESTS MADE BY DEDICATED USERS OF THE PARK. I SEE NO REAL HARM IN CHANGING THE NAME. BUT I DO SEE HURT IN THE HEARTS OF FAMILY, FRIENDS AND OTHERS WHO WERE SO INSPIRED BY AN INDIVIDUAL. THAT THEY ASKED FOR A PART TO BE DEDICATED IN HIS NAME. ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THIS ROOM WERE PRESENT THE EVENING THE BONEYARD NAME WAS ADOPTED EXCEPT FOR RICH, OFTEN WITHOUT WHOM WE WOULD NOT HAVE SUCH AN AMAZING AND IMPACTFUL PARK. I WOULD LIKE TO MOTION WE ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS SET FORTH BY THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD WITH THE AMENDED NAME. OKAY SO WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO ACCEPT FROM A COUNCIL MEMBER LUCKED TO ACCEPT THE. WE HAVE OTHER SPEAKERS IN THE QUEUE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO? SURE OKAY. ALL RIGHT. LET ME LET THE OTHER SPEAKERS IN THE QUEUE SPEAK, AND THEN WE WILL TAKE UP THE RECOMMENDATION. AH UM DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SMITH. THANK YOU, MARY. JUST REMIND HER THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO CONSENSUS STEERING WORK SESSIONS, BUT FORMAL VOTES HAVE TO WAIT FOR TUESDAY'S, BUT I APPRECIATE THE UM. LET ME START BY SAYING THAT YOU KNOW, I GREW UP DURING THE 20 HAWK ERA WHEN YOU YOU KNOW, I SPENT MANY, MANY SUMMERS AND NOT ACTUALLY SKATING BECAUSE I HAVE NO AGILITY BUT CERTAINLY PLAYING IN A IN VIDEO GAME FORM. AH! YEAH APPRECIATE THE LAUGH, GUYS , UH, I DO HAVE SOME SOME MINOR TECHNICAL CONCERNS. THE KUMAR KUMAR THING, UH, YOU KNOW IT'S SMALL, BUT IT'S SIGNIFICANT. I DO AGREE. ABSOLUTELY THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, BASED ON HIM COMING FROM GARLAND. THE PLAQUES APPROPRIATE THE MEMORIAL EVENT OR TOURNAMENT TYPE EVENT IS APPROPRIATE. WE SHOULD BRING. WE SHOULD DEFINITELY LEVERAGE THAT AND USE IT AS A PLATFORM TO CONTINUE GARLANDS TREND OF INCLUSIVENESS SO WITH THEIR SENSORY FRIENDLY PARK AT CENTRAL PARK UM AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT. WE CAN SHOW THAT WE TRULY HAVE ROOM FOR EVERYBODY AND EVERY SPORT, UM AS FAR AS THE RENAMING GOES. I'VE LOOKED AT HOW WE HAVE RENAMED THINGS IN THE PAST. AND I GUESS, LET ME START BY SAYING I HAVE NO FIRM COMMITMENT TO THE PAST. BUT I JUST WANT TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS WE NAMED. AND SEE IF WE WANT TO GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST IS WE'VE NAMED THINGS AFTER PEOPLE WHO HAD SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. OKAY NOW THE POLICY FOR NAMING WHICH I AUTHORED SO AND I HAVE A PRETTY GOOD FEEL FOR IT IS VERY OPEN. IT'S VERY BROAD. IT SAYS HEY, IF YOU WANT TO NAME SOMETHING AFTER SOMEBODY HAS MADE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION IN THE FIELD, YOU CAN DO THAT. AND THAT'S WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED HERE TONIGHT. SO THERE'S NOTHING GOING AGAINST OUR POLICIES. IT'S IN LINE WITH OUR POLICIES. IT'S IN LINE WITH WITH OUR OBJECTIVES. BUT I LOOK AT EVERY OTHER THING WE'VE NAMED IN THE CITY, AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT SOMEBODY WHO REALLY MADE THAT IMPACT INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS. AND SO THE QUESTION IS, DO WE WANT TO STICK WITH THAT? OR DO WE WANT TO TAKE THIS IN A NEW DIRECTION? UM I'M GONNA KEEP MY EARS OPEN IN MY MIND OPEN IS THE REST OF YOU SPEAK AND DECIDE IF WE WANT TO GO IN THE OTHER DIRECTION. AH BUT I AM STILL CONCERNED ABOUT THE NAMING SIMILARITIES. AND I'M LOOKING AT THE JUST HOW WE HAVE NAMED THINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. SO THOSE ARE MY TWO CONCERNS AND I'LL GET OFF THE MIKE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, SIR. COUNCILMAN BASQUE. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. UM YOU KNOW, FIRST, I'D LIKE TO ECHO PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER LOCKED SAID. AND UM, REALLY GLAD THAT YOU HIT ON THE POINT ABOUT THE NAMING PROCESS AND INCLUDING STAKEHOLDERS, BECAUSE, REALLY, I THINK AT THE ROOT OF WHAT WE'RE CONVERSING ABOUT HERE IS THE FACT THAT WE DIDN'T DO THIS THE RIGHT WAY. THE FIRST TIME WE DID IT. UM YOU KNOW, WE DID NOT DO OUR RESEARCH. UM WE DID NOT INVOLVE STAKEHOLDERS AND SO IN IN OUR NEGLIGENCE. WE REALLY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SHORT SIGHTED IN THE NAMING PROCESS. YOU KNOW, I THINK IF WE WOULD HAVE DONE MORE RESEARCH IF THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD IF WE WOULD HAVE ASKED FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, THEN WE WOULD HAVE BEEN HAVING THIS CONVERSATION LAST SUMMER ABOUT NAMING AND I THINK THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DONE RIGHT. FROM THE START. SO I REALLY FEEL LIKE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS [00:30:07] WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING BACK AND FIXING. WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE DONE RIGHT THE FIRST TIME WE DIDN'T DO OUR HOMEWORK. AND YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE PAYING THE PRICE FOR THAT NOW, AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD GO BACK AND CORRECT THAT. I DON'T I'M NOT A FAN OF 15 WORD. LONG NAME. I THINK THAT THE JOHN COMER SKATE PARK IS GREAT. AND OF COURSE, I THINK WE SHOULD ALSO HAVE A BLACK AND THE FACT THAT WE COULD, UM THEN YOU KNOW, CATAPULT THAT INTO, YOU KNOW, HAVING AN ADAPTIVE SKATEBOARDING EVENT. UM YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S A REALLY, REALLY GREAT WAY TO HONOR HIS LEGACY AND AS FAR AS COMERS IMPACT YOU KNOW WHEN. WHEN SOMEBODY IMPACTS THE WORLD AROUND US. THEY ALSO IMPACT AS LOCALLY AS WELL. AND YOU KNOW HIS INFLUENCE GLOBALLY. HAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ATTENTION TO GARLAND AND SO THEREFORE, THAT DOES AFFECT US AND THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN PLAY HERE. SO UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IT DOES DEFINITELY HAVE A LOCAL LOCAL EFFECT AS WELL. UM SO I JUST WANT TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF COUNCIL MEMBER LOCKED AND I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT, SHE SAID. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. COUNCILMAN HEDRICK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM PRO TEAM. UM APPRECIATE YOU WRITING THE. THE PROCEDURES BY WHICH WE EVALUATE OUR NAMING AND THEN ON A LOT OF LOOKING INTO THAT, AND I KNOW THERE'S GENERALLY, IT SAYS GENERALLY, PEOPLE SHOULD BE CORRECT CONTRIBUTED THE CITY FIELD, GOVERNMENT OR HUMAN BETTERMENT, AND I APPRECIATE HAVING THAT HUMAN BETTERMENT CLAUSE IN THERE. OBVIOUSLY, FROM ALL THE TESTIMONY WE'VE HEARD FROM THE VARIOUS PEOPLE WHO'VE COMEURING THE PARKS, BOARD MEETINGS AND EVEN LEADING UP TO THAT ALL THE MOVEMENT WE HAD EVEN BRING A SKATEPARK TO GARLAND. YOU CAN SEE ALL THE IMPACT THAT SKATERS AND JOHN CUMBERS HAD ON THE CITY. SO, UM THERE'S NOTHING IN OUR GUIDELINES AND WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES. THE VERY BEGINNING. IT SAYS A SOLE AUTHORITY RESTS IN THE CITY COUNCIL SO HE COULD MAKE UP OUR OWN GUIDELINES AS FAR AS THAT GOES, BUT YOU CAN'T BE CONVICTED OF A FELONY, WHICH, AS FAR AS I KNOW, THAT'S A CHECKMARK CURRENTLY DOESN'T HOLD PUBLIC OFFICE, WHICH THOSE TWO MIGHT BE TOGETHER AT SOME POINT. YEAH UM AND BUT. AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE CITY NAMING INDUSTRY. OUR WHOLE CITY IS NAMED AFTER SOMEONE WHO HAS NEVER BEEN TO GARLAND, DALLAS COUNTY, OR EVEN IN TEXAS. HE WAS A GOVERNOR IN ARKANSAS AND WE HAVE A CITY OF GARLAND NAMED AFTER HIM, WHO WAS ALSO A AND YOU KNOW, IN THE IN WASHINGTON, D C AS THE ATTORNEY SO THAT'S GREAT. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM NAMING THAT WE'RE JUST SEEING THE IMPACT OF ALL THE PEOPLE WHO TESTIFIED, AND HIS IMPACTS OBVIOUS HERE IN GARLAND, SO I AGREE WITH THE NOT INCLUDING THE BONEYARD, HAVING TO JUST SIMPLY THE JOHN CULMER SKATEBOARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU , SIR. AND THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THE HISTORY OF GARLAND THAT HAD NOT CROSSED MY MIND. AND I APPRECIATE YOU BROUGHT IT UP. I WON'T FORGET IT IN THE FUTURE. THAT'S GOOD. UH, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. THANK THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH FIRST UP A. I. I'M ON BOARD WITH WITH COUNCIL ATED LUX RECOMMENDATION. I AM. UH ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I FOLLOWED THE LINE OF QUESTION WITH WITH THEIR PARK BOARD CHAIRMAN WAS FLASHING BACK THIS THIS THIS SKATE PARK. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN PRESENTED AND WAS CONCEIVED, DESIGNED CONSTRUCTED AS ONE OF OUR FLAGSHIPS. ATTRACTIONS IN THE CITY OF GARDEN. FOR THE GARDEN AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. AND FOR REASONS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED AROUND THIS HORSESHOE. SOME OF THE GLITTER. SPARKLE FROM THAT INTENT HAS HAS SORT OF. BECAUSE OF HE LAID OUT YOU KNOW SOME OF THE EXERCISE THAT SOME OF THE PARK BOARD MEETINGS AND SO WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS THAT I THAT I HOPE THAT AND AS AS, UM COUNCILMAN SMITH MENTIONED WE CAN'T TAKE FORMAL ACTION TONIGHT. BUT WHEN WE DO I WANT TUESDAY NIGHT. AND IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH COUNCILMAN LUX RECOMMENDATION. THAT THE FOLKS WHO WERE INVOLVED IN INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS EVEN THOUGH THEY CAME LATE AND WE HOPE TO CORRECT THAT. THAT. THAT THAT THE NAMING OF THIS PART WILL BECOME. COMMUNITY BUILDING PROJECT AND NOT COME BACK. I'LL SAY THAT I'M [00:35:03] GOING TO WALK TO MY CAR TO THIS MEETING. BUT I'M JUST HOPING THAT ONCE THIS IS FINALIZED THAT THOSE WHO ARE PLEASED WITH THE NAMING. AND THOSE WHO ARE NOT PLEASED WITH THE NAMING. THIS BOTTOM LINE IS THIS IS GARLAND. AND THIS FACILITY IS FOR THE GOLDEN COMMUNITY AND FOR OTHERS WHO VISIT THE GARLAND COMMUNITY. AND I WOULD NOT WANT TO SEE US. DAMPEN THAT DISTRACT THOSE VISITORS WHO WANT TO COME UTILIZED, PARTICULARLY YOUNG PEOPLE. BECAUSE I'M VERY SENSITIVE YOUNG PEOPLE MODEL OUR BEHAVIOR. AND SOMETIMES WE NEED SOME ADULTS IN THE ROOM. SO BY THE IS ONCE WE ARE HAVE VOTED ON THIS. YOU KNOW, MY HOPE IS THAT THIS PROJECT GETS THE ATTENTION THE MERIT THE INVESTMENT. AND YOU THE TAXPAYERS. IT BELONGS TO YOU. IT DOESN'T BELONG TO FOCUS ON ITS COUNCIL BELONGS TO YOU. AND IT IS AN AMAZING FACILITY. AND EVERYBODY SHOULD BE WELCOME. AND EVERYBODY SHOULD FEEL THAT THEY ARE WELCOME AT THAT FACILITY. IRREGARDLESS OF HOW THEY MAY HAVE STOOD ON THIS SIDE OF THIS ISSUE. THAT'S MY HOPE. WHEN THESE THINGS DONE THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU, SIR. OKAY THE Q IS CLEAR. UM SO KEEPING TRACK OF COMMENTS AROUND THE HORSESHOE. IT SOUNDS LIKE WE LIKELY HAVE A CONSENSUS, UM, WITH COUNCIL MEMBER LUX RECOMMENDATION, SO I WANTED TO START THERE WITH A THUMBS UP THUMBS DOWN. HER RECOMMENDATION WAS TO ACCEPT THE PARK BOARDS. RECOMMENDATION AMENDED TO MORE BRIEFLY, THE JOHN COMMERCE SKATEPARK. OKAY? UM. WELL THAT IS UNANIMOUS. YES ALL RIGHT, AND WE DON'T NORMALLY ALLOW, UH OF DEMONSTRATIONS OF EMOTION, BUT BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT AND I JUST WANT TO PERSONALLY JUST MY THOUGHTS ON THIS, UM ALL OF US AROUND THIS HORSESHOE VERY RIGHT, INCLUDING THE MAYOR, WHO IS NOT HERE, BUT WHO GIVES HIS PHONE NUMBER TO EVERYBODY ALL THE TIME. PERSONAL CELLPHONE NUMBER WE ALWAYS SAY. PLEASE ENGAGE WITH US. IT IS THIS CITY BELONGS TO THE CITIZENS. IT DOES NOT BELONG TO THE NINE OF US, AND WE REPORT TO YOU. WE SERVE YOU. WE WANT YOUR INPUT. AND SO EVEN THOUGH YOUR INITIAL MESSAGES FROM SEVERAL YEARS AGO DID NOT GET THROUGH TO US YOU ALL PERSISTED AND ENGAGED WITH US AND I WILL SAY WE HAVE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED. AND THIS IS, UM WE'VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED WITH YOUR DEMEANOR WITH YOUR PROFESSIONALISM, AND WE APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL STAY ENGAGED WITH US, AND NOT ONLY JUST ABOUT THE SKATE PARK. I HOPE THAT YOU WILL STAY ENGAGED WITH US WITH OTHER, UH, ISSUES THAT ARISE THAT WILL AFFECT THIS CITY. AND WE APPRECIATE VERY MUCH, UM YOU ALL GIVING US YOUR OPINIONS, STATING THEM RESPECTFULLY AND HELPING US ARRIVED AT A CONSENSUS DECISION, SO. THANK YOU AND COUNCIL. WE WILL BRING THIS BACK AND ORDINANCE FORM. I ASSUME AT A FOLLOWING COUNCIL MEETING MEETING SEVERAL WEEKS FROM NOW. OKAY ALRIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM NEXT WE HAVE [4.e. 2023 Legislative Session Update] WE ARE MOVING UP ITEM FOR A THE 2023 LEGISLATIVE SESSION UPDATE. WE'RE MOVING THIS UP. UM MORE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO RUN AWAY AS FAST AS THEY CAN. YEAH. THANK YOU ALL FOR HEARING. MOVE IT RIGHT THERE. YEAH. STEPHEN PRETTY FANCY. MR ENGLAND. ARE YOU GOING TO LEAVE THIS OFF? I WILL. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TIM AND COUNCIL. THANK YOU ALL FOR GIVING SOME TIME FOR US TO TALK ABOUT THE CURRENT LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT'S HAPPENING IN AUSTIN. AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE FINAL MONTH. I POINTED OUT THAT IT'S 28 DAYS FROM TODAY WHEN THEY CLOSE AND WHATEVER DAMAGE IS BEING DONE IN AUSTIN AND WILL STOP HIM THAT DATE. SO [00:40:02] UM, ALTHOUGH, ALTHOUGH WE WILL, ALTHOUGH LET'S LET'S NOT SAY THAT. UM, ALTHOUGH THE. THE DAMAGE THAT IS DONE. THERE WILL BE CONSEQUENCES THAT WILL BE FELT GOING TO THE FUTURE. I'M SURE THIS EVENING. AS YOU'RE PROBABLY AWARE YOU'LL PROBABLY RECOGNIZE HIS FACE SOMEONE GOLF TALKED TO HIM MANY TIMES BEFORE . SOME HAVE NOT MET HIM BEFORE THE NAP. THIS IS TY EMBRY. HE'S BEEN OUR OUTSIDE COUNSEL DOWN IN AUSTIN, REPRESENTING THE CITY OF GARLAND AND THE RESIDENTS OF GARLANDS. INTEREST DONE AT THE LEGISLATURE FOR 10 YEARS AS OUR MAIN CONTACT, BUT EVEN A LITTLE LONGER THAN THAT, THOUGH, LORD GASOLINE 20 YEARS YEAH, SO IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME. UM SO TONIGHT HE WANTED TO COME UP AND SOME OF Y'ALL WANTED TO HAVE HIM UP TO DISCUSS THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND HAVE IT GIVES YOU ALL A CHANCE TO ASK HIM. QUESTIONS AND SENATE TABLE ALSO HAS MATT WATSON AND MATT WATSON IS GOING TO BE HERE TO TALK ABOUT SOME SPECIFIC BILLS IN WHICH THAT HE'S OUR SUBJECT MATTER. EXPERT THAT'S HERE IN THE HOUSE THAT HE CAN, UM, ANSWER SOME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT BILLS THAT COULD AFFECT OUR FINANCING MOVING FORWARD. BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. IT'S GREAT TO SEE SO MANY FAMILIAR FACES AND LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING TO YOU AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. YOU HAVE, UM SO I'LL JUST LAUNCH INTO IT, AND BRIAN SUGGESTED A POWER POINT. SO HOPEFULLY THIS WILL HELP THE CAUSE. UM SO JUST TO KIND OF START FROM THE BEGINNING, TEXAS CONSTITUTION REQUIRES THE LEGISLATURE TO HOLD A REGULAR SESSION. FOR 140 DAYS EVERY TWO YEARS AND THE PARTICULARLY THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. THE JOKE IS LOT OF PEOPLE IN AUSTIN, WHICH THEY HELD IT FOR TWO DAYS, EVERY 140 YEARS, SO, UM, BUT THEY IT STARTS ALWAYS BY THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION . IT STARTS ON THE SECOND TUESDAY OF THE YEAR AND WHICH WAS JANUARY 10TH. AND THEN IT ENDS 140 DAYS LATER, WHICH FALLS ON MEMORIAL DAY. MAY 29TH SO, LIKE I SAID, LIKE BRIAN AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT 44 WEEKS FROM TODAY, 28 DAYS. SO UM JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THEIRS WERE SINCE ITS MAY ONE, WE'RE GONNA START RUNNING INTO SOME INTERNAL LEGISLATIVE DEADLINES THAT THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE HAVE PLACED ON THEMSELVES TO MAKE SURE THEY KEEP THE BULL BILLS MOVING AND HAVE DAYS WHERE THEY'RE LIKE, OKAY? NEVER BILL HADN'T MADE IT POINTS AT THIS POINT. IT'S DEAD FOR THIS SESSION, SO MAY 8TH IS THE LAST DAY THE COMMITTEES CAN REPORT HOUSE BILLS AND HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTIONS OUT OF COMMITTEE, THEN MAY 11TH AS THE LAST DAY THAT THEY CAN CONSIDER BILLS ON THE HOUSE BILLS AND HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON THE ON SECOND READING, BASICALLY HEAR IT ON THE HOUSE FLOOR. AND THEN THE MAY 24TH IS THE LAST DAY THE SENATE CAN CONSIDER ALL BILLS AND THEN SO THEY'LL SPEND THE LAST FROM THE 25TH UNTIL THE 29TH THEY'LL SPEND WORKING ON CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORTS. UM WHICH PRETTY MUCH HAVE TO BE TURNED IN BY MIDNIGHT ON SUNDAY . THE 28. THEN THEY HAVE THEY HAVE ON SUNNY DAY THE LAST DAY OF SESSION. UM WHICH SUNNY DOT MEANS WITHOUT DAYS, SO THAT'S THE LAST DAY OF SESSION. THEY'LL WORK ON CORRECTIONS AND PATTING EACH OTHER ON THE BACK. SO, UM, AND THEN THEY GO HOME AND AS WE'LL TALK THROUGH IT. I THINK MY PREDICTION IS THEY'RE HEADING TO SPECIAL SESSION ABOUT PROPERTY TAXES. THEY'RE SO FAR APART THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE, BUT WELL, I'LL GET INTO THAT HERE SHORTLY. BUT JUST TO SHOW YOU THERE'S UM WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FOLLOW AND KEEP UP WITH AN AUSTIN. THERE'S 8335 BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN FILED. WHEN I STARTED WORKING AT LOW GAS LINK IN 2003, WE HAD 6000 BILLS APPROXIMATELY 6000 BILLS FILED. SO IT SHOWS IN 20 YEARS. HOW MANY MORE BILLS HAVE BEEN FILED? AND I KNOW A LOT OF THAT IS THE PRODUCT OF WE'RE GROWING STATE WITH A LOT OF, UM, GROWING NEEDS THAT THAT THEY'RE THE LEGISLATURE IS TRYING TO ADDRESS SO HERE WE ARE MAY ONE AND YOU CAN SEE MOST OF THE A LOT OF ACTIVITY REALLY HAPPENS IN MAY BECAUSE HERE WE ARE MAY ONE, AND WE'VE HAD THREE BILLS SENT TO THE GOVERNOR SO FAR AND ONE JOINT RESOLUTION, SO THEY'VE HAD 1000 BILLS FILED, BUT ONLY THREE BILLS HAVE BEEN SENT TO THE GOVERNOR SO FAR, BUT THAT NUMBER WILL INCREASE GREATLY, TYPICALLY, UM, THE PERCENTAGE OF BILLS THAT PASSES ABOUT 18% 18 TO 16 OR 18% THE PEOPLE TALK THE LEGISLATURE IN THE WAY THAT TEXAS LITERALLY TROOPS SET UP. IT'S A PROCESS THAT'S UP TO KILL BILLS, SO AND YOU CAN SEE BY THE PASSAGE RATE THAT'S THAT REFLECTS THAT, BUT I THINK THAT PERCENTAGE OF I'M THINKING WILL PROBABLY BE IN THE 14 TO 15% PASSAGE RATE THIS SESSION BECAUSE THERE WAS SO MANY MORE SO MANY BILLS FILED AND THEY'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME TO ADDRESS THEM. SO UM I THOUGHT IT WAS WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE TWO BILLS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITH BRIAN AND THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THAT WE'VE REQUESTED LEGISLATE DOORS THAT THAT REPRESENT GARLAND TO FILE ON YOUR BEHALF. ONE OF THEM. UM UH . HOUSE BILL 14 40 BY REPRESENTATIVE BUTTON THAT'S BEEN SIGNED ON BY REPRESENTED RAMOS AND REPRESENTATIVE NAVY CREADO, WHO ALSO REPRESENTS PARTS OF GARLAND. UM THEY DEALS [00:45:09] WITH, UM, RAISES THE LIMITS BY WHICH, UM UH, WHEN YOU HAVE TO DO A CHANGE ORDER, YOU KNOW, WHEN DO YOU HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THIS JUST MAKES IT MORE. UM A MANEUVERABLE , I THINK BASED ON THE EXPERIENCE THAT BRIAN AND IN THE CITY OF COUNCIL HAVE EXPERIENCED, UM AND BRIAN CAME DOWN TO AUSTIN AND TESTIFIED IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL, AND IT WAS PASSED OUT OF THE HOUSE URBAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE 9 TO 0 THAT'S BEEN PASSED OUT OF THE SENATE. EXCUSE ME HAVE BEEN PASSED OUT OF THE HOUSE. IT'S NOW IN THE SENATE AND RUBBER AND SENATOR HALL. Y'ALL NOW HAVE ONE STATE SENATOR BASED ON REDISTRICTING. THERE'S ONE STATE SENATOR THAT REPRESENTS YOU AND THAT STATE SENATOR BOB HALL, AND HE HAS AGREED TO PICK UP THE BILL AND MOVE IT THROUGH THE PROCESS. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH REPRESENTATIVES. EXCUSE ME, SENATOR HALL STAFF, TOO. TO GET A HEARING ON THAT BILL AND GET IT MOVING THROUGH THE SENATE. UM IF YOU CAN, AS YOU CAN UNDERSTAND, THE HOUSING SENATE ARE STILL FOCUSED ON PREDOMINANTLY ON PASSING THEIR OWN BILLS. AND THEN A LOT OF TIMES IN MAY THEY'LL YOU KNOW THAT'S THE PROCESS WHEN THEY'LL START WORKING ON EACH OTHER'S BILLS. BUT THERE, OF COURSE, THERE'S A LOT OF BRINKSMANSHIP AND GAMESMANSHIP AND SO TRYING TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT GETTING TOO FAR OUT OF THE CHURCH, OTHER AS FAR AS PASSING EACH OTHER'S BILLS, SO AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A HOUSE BILL 16 94 THAT REPRESENTED BUTTON FILED. UM AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IT WOULD ALLOW GARLAND TO HOLD A LOCAL OPTION ELECTION. THE SALE OF ALCOHOL. UM IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY OF PORTLAND DOWN IN THE CORPUS CHRISTI AREA DID TWO YEARS AGO. AND UM, UH, IT WAS VOTED AND BRIAN AGAIN CAME DOWN AND TESTIFIED IN SUPPORT OF IT IN THE HOUSE LICENSING AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES. COMMITTEE UM, IT WAS 10 TO 1 VOTE AND THE ONE VOTE AGAINST IT WAS REPRESENTATIVE SHAHEEN FROM PLAYING FROM THE COLLIN COUNTY AREA. AND HE HE VOTED AGAINST IT. I THINK BASED ON HIS OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, HE HAD LED MULTIPLE CITIZEN PETITIONS. AND SO HE THOUGHT THAT THIS CIRCUMVENTED THE CITIZEN PETITION PROCESS AND SO HE PERSONALLY JUST HAD A PROBLEM WITH IT BASED ON HIS OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, BUT EVERYBODY ELSE ON THE COMMITTEE LIKED IT. AND SO, UM, BUT SO IT'S IN THE HOUSE, UM, CALENDAR'S COMMITTEE. SO THE WAY THE HOUSE WORKS WHEN YOU PASS A BILL, YOU GET IT OUT OF COMMITTEE PASSED OUT OF COMMITTEE GOES TO THE HOUSE CALENDAR'S COMMITTEE. OR THE HOUSE LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR COMMITTEE, AND THEN THEY PLACE IT ON EITHER THE HOUSE REGULAR CALENDAR OR THE LOCAL CONSENT, CALENDAR AND HOUSE BILL 14 40 WAS SENT TO LOCAL AND CONSENT CALENDAR, AND THEN IT WAS PLACED ON THE LOCAL COUNTER AND THEN VOTED OUT AND THEN HOUSE BILL 16 94 BECAUSE THEY HAD THE ONE VOTE AGAINST IT. IT WAS SENT TO THE REGULAR CALENDAR AND WE'RE WORKING WITH REPRESENTATIVE BUTTON AND HER STAFF TO TRY TO GET THAT SET ON THE REGULAR CALENDAR IN THE HOUSE, SO WORKING HARD TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. UM. THERE WAS ONE MEMBER FROM, UH, FRESCO ON THE COMMITTEE VOTED FOR IT, REPRESENTATIVE PATTERSON, BUT HE HAD SOME CURRENTS EARNS ABOUT HIS CITY, FRISCO GETTING CAUGHT INTO THE BRACKET THAT WAS IN THE BILL. SO WE'RE WORKING TO TRY TO ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS HE MIGHT HAVE, AND HE'S ON THE CALENDAR'S COMMITTEE. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH HIS HE AND HIS STAFF SO THOSE ARE THE TWO BILLS. WE'VE BEEN SPECIFIC SPECIFICALLY WORKING ON ON BEHALF OF GARLAND AND THEN, UH, QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR TWO LOCAL BILLS BEFORE HE GOES TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THE STATUS OF THOSE NOBODY IN THE QUEUE. THERE'S HOUSE BILL 24 64 BY REPRESENTATIVE PRICE FROM AMARILLO, AND, UM, THAT WOULD IT'S A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT . DEALING WITH TMR S, UM GOOD NEWS IS IT'S PASSED THE HOUSE AND IT'S NOW OVER IN THE SENATE HADN'T GOTTEN THE COMMITTEE HEARING YET, BUT I KNOW THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S UM YOU KNOW THAT THAT IS ON COMING SOON , I WOULD IMAGINE BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING THAT HAD A LOT OF SUPPORT IN THE HOUSE SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HAVE THE SAME KIND OF SUPPORT IN THE SENATE. UM THEN SOMETHING THAT'S PROBABLY ARGUABLY THE BIG ONE OF THE BIGGEST NEGATIVES, IF NOT THE BIGGEST NEGATIVE FOUR CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES AT THE LEGISLATURE. THIS HOUSE BILL 21 27 BY REPRESENTATIVE BURROWS FROM LUBBOCK, UM, AND ITS PEOPLE ARE CALLING IT THE SUPER PREEMPTION BILL AND I KNOW TML AND CITIES ACROSS THE STATE HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR FRUSTRATION WITH THIS BILL. AND BASICALLY SAYS THAT IF THE STATE LEGISLATURE UM YOU KNOW, IN CERTAIN CODES, CODES LIKE THIS LISTED AGRICULTURE, BUSINESS AND COMMERCE, FINANCE INSURANCE, NATURAL SOURCES, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. IT'S IF THEY IF THERE'S A STATE LAW IN THERE THAN THE CITY CAN'T PASS ORDINANCES THAT CONTRADICT THAT. SO THEY [00:50:02] BASICALLY SAY STATE LAW PREVAILS IN THESE AREAS OVER ANY STATE EVER IN A CITY LAWS ARE CITY ORDINANCE. EXCUSE ME, AND SO THAT'S THAT'S A PROBLEM, AND I THINK A LOT OF EXAMPLES WERE BROUGHT UP OF HOW THAT WOULD BE A PROBLEM, INCLUDING WATER CONSERVATION EFFORTS BY CITIES. UM BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE REPRESENTATIVE THAT'S CARRYING IT REPRESENTED. BURROWS FROM LUBBOCK IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE CALENDAR'S COMMITTEE. HE'S THAT'S ARGUABLY THE MOST POWERFUL COMMITTEE IN THE LEGISLATURE BECAUSE IT DETERMINES WHO BILLS GET HURT ON THE HOUSE FLOOR. UM, AND HE GOT 60 CO AUTHORS ON THE BILL, SO IT PASSED THE HOUSE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT BY PRETTY SIGNIFICANT MARIO AND MARGIN AND THEN IT'S OVER IN THE SENATE. THE SENATE IS I THINK, YOU KNOW , JUST IN MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION IS PROBABLY MORE ANTI CITY THAN THE HOUSES AND SO IF IT'S IF IT'S OUT OF THE HOUSE IS GOING TO GO OVER TO THE SENATE. IT'LL PROBABLY PASS. I MEAN, I FEEL PRETTY SOON FEEL PRETTY STRONGLY THAT HOUSE BILL 21 27 IS GONNA PASS. NOW IT MAY BE AMENDED ON THE SENATE SIDE, BUT IT'S GOING TO PASS BECAUSE I KNOW HOW THE SENATE HAS ACTED ON CITY BILLS. BILLS THAT AFFECT CITIES IN THE PAST, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM YEAH, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY WORLD ARE VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT THAT'S GOING THE DIRECTION IT IS SO UM, YES. EXCUSE ME. WE DO HAVE, UM, AT LEAST ONE. OKAY? AH DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SMITH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM AND I JUST JOTTED DOWN A LIST. OF AREAS THAT WERE PREEMPTED FROM, AND I GUESS MY QUESTION. LET ME JUST READ THROUGH REAL QUICK, SHORT TERM RENTALS, WATER CONSERVATION , PET STORES. LIVESTOCK PAYDAY ENTITLED LENDING HEAT BREAK ORDINANCES FAIR HOUSING EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE AREAS OF LAW , UH, ARE GONE FOR US. WHEN THE AND I SAY WIN THIS PASSES BECAUSE YOU ALREADY SPOKE TO THE REASON THE SENATE WILL PROBABLY PUT IT FOR IT, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY ON THE GOVERNOR'S AGENDA AS WELL. TO GET A BILL LIKE THIS THROUGH AND BASICALLY, WE'RE CAUGHT IN A IN THE CROSSFIRE BETWEEN THE LEGISLATURE AND THE CITIES. THE BIG CITIES AUSTIN, DALLAS, HOUSTON, AND THERE'S NOT MUCH WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO TO CONVINCE OUR OUR ELECTED REPS THAT LOCAL CONTROLLERS IS BETTER THAN THE NON, UM I DID HAVE A QUESTION THAT JUST POPPED INTO MY HEAD BEFORE THE MEETING ABOUT THE LIVESTOCK PEACE. NO, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO REGULATE THAT. DOES THAT PREVENT OUR ABILITY? TO TELL CITIZENS NO, YOU CAN'T HAVE BUFFALO IN YOUR BACKYARD IN A RESIDENTIAL ZONE. HIT IT'S UH , YES SPECIFICALLY TO THAT QUESTION, BUT AS YOU DESCRIBED IT TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL IS ACTUALLY MUCH WORSE THAN WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING. UM UM OH, YEAH. OVERSTATE HOW BAD THIS BILL CAN BE SUED, BUT IT'S INDIVIDUALS. THE REASON THE REASON IT'S WORSE IS BECAUSE THERE'S TENTACLES. IT'S NOT JUST THE DIRECT REGULATION OF THESE TYPES OF BUSINESSES, BUT YOU CAN MAKE AS AN ATTORNEY, I CAN MAKE AN ARGUMENT THAT ARE SIGNED. REGULATION FOR THESE TYPES OF BUSINESSES ARE GET CAPTURED BECAUSE IT'S A FIELD PREEMPTION . IT'S EVERYTHING RELATED TO THESE TYPES OF BUSINESSES. SO I COULD MAKE AN ARGUMENT AS AN ATTORNEY THAT THIS INCLUDES OUR SIGN REGULATIONS AND ANY OTHER TYPE OF REGULATION THAT'S NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE BUSINESS ITSELF OR THE OPERATIONS OF THE BUSINESS, BOTH FOR JUST, UM, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY AND, UM , AND IN REGARD, FOR EXAMPLE, SIGNS, YOU KNOW IT'S CONSIDERED A ZONING. UM UM, APPLICATION, THE POLICE POWER OF THE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND, UM AND SO THERE ARE MANY TENTACLES THAT COME FROM THIS, AND SO IT'S MUCH WORSE THAN WHAT YOU CAN EVEN POSSIBLY IMAGINE UNTIL YOU REALLY START TO GET INTO THE DETAILS OF IT AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE LAWYERS OUT THERE WHO ARE GOING TO MAKE THESE ARGUMENTS. PART OF THE THING THAT'S BOTHERED ME IS, OF COURSE WE ANYBODY WHO'S IN THE CITY OR IN THE COUNTY. I BELIEVE HE HAS STANDING TO SUE US ON THESE ITEMS. UM EVERYTHING THAT OUR CITIZENS MAY WANT TO CHANGE VIA EITHER A LOCAL ELECTION OR REFERENDUM. IT DOESN'T MATTER AND IF YOU WANT TO GET ANY OF THESE ITEMS CHANGED THE END UP HAVING TO PETITION YOUR LEGISLATURE. WELL. KEEP IN MIND THAT THE AUTHOR OF THIS BILL IS ALSO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CALENDAR'S COMMITTEE. SO ESSENTIALLY, WE PUT ALL THESE AREAS OF LAW. YOU KNOW THE HANDS OF ONE GUY. ONE GUY AND THAT. THAT'S NOT THE TEXAS I SIGNED UP FOR. BUT THIS ISN'T A CAMPAIGN SPEECH, SHE'LL GET BACK TO QUESTIONS. UH, ARE THERE OTHER WHEN THIS PASSES, I ASSUME WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH OUR LAWS AS A AS A WHOLE. AND I DEFINITELY RECOMMEND THAT, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICE IS NOT A SC HANDLE THAT, UM OR INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH EVERY LAW WE HAVE ON THE BOOKS AND STRIKE ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING THAT THAT IS NOT IN LINE WITH WITH THIS NEW SET OF [00:55:02] FIELD, PREEMPTIONS, UM IS THERE ANY ANTICIPATED AND OBVIOUSLY DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS TOO MUCH IN REGULAR SESSION, BUT I'VE GOT TO IMAGINE THE THREAT TO NORMAL CITIES VERSUS TREATING US LIKE A GENERAL LAW CITY WILL LEAD TO SOME LITIGATION. WHAT'S WHAT IS THE LEGAL OPINION OF THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THIS TYPE OF LAW? YOU KNOW, IT'S A AND THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT BRAD TALKED ABOUT. QUITE A BIT IS OF HOW THE YOU'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST THREE SESSIONS OF THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE. THE HOME RULE AUTHORITY BE DIMINISHED AND CARVED AWAY. UH, EVERY SESSION. AND SO YES, THERE IS. THERE ARE RUMORS FLOWING FLOATING OUT THERE AMONGST CITIES, MIDSIZE AND LARGE CITIES IN TEXAS THAT, UH, THERE WILL BE A CHALLENGE TO THIS BASED ON THE CONSTITUTION. NOW, WHETHER THAT CHALLENGES SUCCESSFUL, YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFICULT TO SAY I WOULD PROBABLY IN MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY A LONG SHOT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT AN EXECUTIVE SESSION IF AND WHEN THAT THOSE CONVERSATIONS DEVELOP INTO SOMETHING SOME TANGIBLE ACTION MAY BE ILLEGAL ACTION AND WE'LL HAVE A CONVERSATION IN EXECUTIVE SESSION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT GARLAND WANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO EVALUATE WHAT EXACTLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF A LAWSUIT VERSUS THE STATE, SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE RIGHT. A LOT OF WHAT OUR CITY DOES, BUT FOR THE PUBLIC, UM YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT AS A CITY AND WHY WE'RE NOT MANAGING CERTAIN ITEMS THAT WE'VE MANAGED TO ALL THESE YEARS. I RECOMMEND YOU GET AHOLD OF THE LEGISLATURE AND ASK THEM WHAT THEY WERE DOING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MARY. THANK YOU, SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER LOCKED. DO ANY OF THE CO AUTHORS OF HB 21 27 REPRESENT THE CITY OF GARLAND. YES. REPRESENT REPRESENTATIVE BUTTON. READ REPRESENTATIVE ANDY 10 BUTTON. THANK YOU. OKAY COUNCIL AND WILLIAMS. OKAY THANK YOU. I GETTING UP. I DIDN'T KNOW YOU DIDN'T EVEN DROVE UP. I THOUGHT I, UM CITY ATTORNEY, YOU KNOW, DEAD AT YOU UP HERE, SO YOU KNOW, BUT HE DIDN'T EVER SEE Y'ALL. OKAY OKAY. OKAY. WELL, APPRECIATE APPRECIATE APPRECIATE YOU. AH WHAT ARE THE THINGS TO MISSISSIPPI ATTORNEY WE TALKED ABOUT THAT TIES PRESENTATIONS THAT WILL BE SHARED WITH FULL COUNCIL. CAN WE SHARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT? BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME NOTE TAKING GOING ON. SO I WAS JUST TELLING MY COLLEAGUES YOU KNOW HOW TO DO THAT? BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO SHARE THIS WITH EVERYBODY. UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS. THEY SUPER PREEMPTION BILL, ONE OF THE OTHER AREAS THAT IS THAT IS REALLY BECOMING A CONCERN FOR US. YOU KNOW, IT COVERS SHORT TERM, REYNOLDS. UH SISTER CITIES IN A BIG DOG FIGHT. SEVERAL OF OUR SURROUNDINGS IS YOU'RE IN BIG DOLL FACE NOW. OR WHAT? OVER THAT. AND WE KNOW WHAT OUR MOST OF OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE SAME. UM BUT BUT THAT THAT'S A BIG ONE. THE OTHER THING IS THAT I YOU MENTIONED AH, YOU MENTIONED. IN THE BEGINNING, THE BILLS THE GARLAND THOSE TWO BILLS. YES, SIR. UH UM. CAN YOU TALK A BIT ABOUT THE DYNAMICS? TO GET THOSE BILLS OUT OF CALENDAR. CERTAIN CONCESSIONS WERE MADE. UM I DON'T. I'M NOT. I'M I'M TRYING TO SELECT MY WORDS. RIGHT? UM CERTAIN CONCESSIONS ARE MADE BY FOLKS WHO REPRESENT GARLAND. AH AS TO REASON WHY THEY DID WHAT THEY HAD TO DO. SO CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW SPONSORING INSPIRED FOLKS SPONSORED BILL THAT COMES TO THE CALENDAR. SOME OF THE DYNAMICS OF WHETHER IT GETS OUT OF CALENDAR. IT GETS POSTED ON CALENDAR, RIGHT. CAN YOU TALK TO IT ABOUT ABOUT ABOUT THAT ABOUT THAT PROCESS, AS RELATES TO HOW THE LEGISLATURE WORKS AND NOW AND HOPEFULLY THEY'LL GIVE OUR FOLKS WHO ARE WATCHING UNDERSTANDING. BECAUSE QUESTION IS WHY THEY DO WHAT THEY DO, AND PARTICULARLY YOUR OWN ELECTED DELEGATION. SO CAN YOU TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT? SECOND THING IS, IF YOU CAN GOING BACK 21 27. THERE'S SOME ENTITIES THAT THAT, UH THERE ARE FINANCIALLY UM. ARCHITECTS OR. THE PUSHERS OF THIS LEGISLATION. CAN YOU REALLY TALK TO WHATEVER GRADE YOU CAN. WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE ENTITIES? UH THAT THAT OR. I'M NOT GONNA USE THE WORD SPONSORS, BUT ACTIVELY UH, BECAUSE ALL [01:00:01] LEGISLATION THAT'S THAT'S PASSING AUSTIN. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY DRAFTED BY THE FOLKS WE SEND AUSTIN. SO CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THOSE 22 THINGS? WHAT INTEREST GROUPS. I GUESS WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR? UH HUH. AND I'M ASKING YOU TO DO THIS JUST TO GET A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING OF WHY WE ARE WHERE WE ARE. AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE ENERGIES THAT WE DEAL WITH ON AN ALMOST DAILY BASIS AS A CITY THERE ARE ALSO ON THAT TRAIN. AND WHY THEY WOULD BE ON THAT TRAIN. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THOSE TWO THINGS? SO I'LL START OFF WITH THE YOUR SECOND QUESTION FIRST ABOUT 21 20. SO THERE'S A CONSERVATIVE THINK TANK IN AUSTIN, THE TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION THAT YOU CAN SEE THEIR INFLUENCE AND A LOT OF LEGISLATION. THAT'S THAT'S BEEN FILED. UM THEY'RE VERY MUCH I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THEY HAVE A VERY ANTI LOCAL GOVERNMENT. UM YEAH, FEELING OR OR MESSAGE AND THE YOU KNOW DRAFT LEGISLATION THEY PROVIDE TO MEMBERS REFLECTS THAT , UM AND THEY'RE THEY'RE PRETTY PROUD OF THAT. UM THEY THINK ANY OF THE ENTITIES THAT TYPICALLY DEAL WITH CITIES THE BUSINESSES , THE DEVELOPERS, THE HOMEBUILDERS, YOU NAME THE GROUP THAT HAS TO INTERACT WITH CITIES. UM THEY ALWAYS WANT THAT THEY WOULDN'T THEY HAVE INFLUENCE AT THE LEGISLATURE. AND SO I THINK THEY'VE WANT THEIR APPLICATIONS PROCESS FASTER, AND SO THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE RELATIONSHIPS AND THAT THEY HAVE AT THE LEGISLATURE TO HAVE BILLS LIKE 21, 20 AND SOME OF THE OTHER BILLS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT LATER. SO, UM I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE 21 20 AND SIMILAR BILLS ARE COMING FROM TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. UM. AND I'M GOING TO USE THE CLICHE, BUT IT REALLY PARTICULARLY AND I'LL REALLY BE SAYING THIS MAY 30TH BUT THEY CALLED THE LEGISLATION THEY SAY THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESSES LIKE SAUSAGE MAKING. YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE HOW IT'S MADE. YOU JUST WANT TO TRY TO HOPEFULLY ENJOY THE END RESULT AND THAT'S TO YOU KNOW, TO GO BACK TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT CALENDARS. THAT'S WHY THE CALENDAR'S COMMITTEE IS SO POWERFUL, ARGUABLY THE SECOND MOST POWERFUL PERSON IN THE HOUSE OTHER THAN SPEAKER WHO NAMES THE CALENDAR'S COMMITTEE. CHAIRMAN UM AND REPRESENTATIVE BURROWS IS THE CALENDAR'S COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN. UM THEY BASICALLY CAN UM, LEVERAGE. UH, YOU WANT YOUR YOU WANT TO GET YOUR THE BILL IS THAT YOU FILED PAST THEN YOU GOTTA WORK. YOU GOTTA GO WITH ME ON OTHER BILLS , AND I THINK REPRESENTED BURROWS VERY MUCH DID THAT ON HOUSE BILL 21 27 HE WHEN HE TESTIFIED IN THE HOUSE STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. HE WAS VERY, UM, PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS BILL, VERY PASSIONATE. AND SO HE HAS TOLD PEOPLE THIS IS NUMBER ONE BILL FOR HIM THIS SESSION, AND SO WHEN THE CALENDAR'S COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN IS MAKING IT VERY WELL KNOWN, THIS IS HIS NUMBER ONE BILL. THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE 60 CO AUTHORS. UM AND BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT. THEY WANT THEIR THEIR BILLS THAT THEY FILED TO LIVE AND TO BENEFIT THE PEOPLE OF THEIR COMMUNITIES. SO, UM THAT'S WHY, UH, WHEN YOU YOU KNOW, THAT'S AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE FOR CITIES BECAUSE REPRESENTED BURROWS FOR SEVERAL SESSIONS HAS FILED NUMEROUS BILLS THAT I WOULD CHARACTERIZE HIS HURTFUL TO CITIES. UM AND, UH, SO IT'S UNFORTUNATE FOR CITIES THAT HE'S NOW CALENDAR'S COMMITTEE CHAIR. SO THAT'S JUST THE REALITY. UM SO. THERE'S JUST THERE'S ALL KINDS OF HORSE TRADING GOING ON . SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT THAT'S A FACTOR IN, UM 21 27 BEING AS SUCCESSFUL AS IT YOU KNOW, GETTING THROUGH THE HOUSE WHEN IT DID, AND, UM AND I DEFINITELY THINK IN IN, UH YEAH, I THINK THE YEAH, THE BIGGER CITIES THAT ARE, UM, PERCEIVED AS BEING DEMOCRATIC CITIES. UH, THE PRO LED THE OTHER REPUBLICANS HAVE HOLDS EVERY STATEWIDE OFFICE AND HAVE THE SPEAKER AND THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR REPUBLICAN. THEY HAVE THE MAJORITIES IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE. THEY THERE'S A THERE'S A FRICTION BETWEEN THE BIG CITIES AND THE LEGISLATURE AND THEN AND I FEEL LIKE CITIES LIKE GARLAND OR CAUGHT UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT. LET ME TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION TO TIE ONTO WHAT I SAID, UM, I CAN BE PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE DIRECT ANTI CAN BECAUSE OF HIS RELATIONSHIPS DOWN IN AUSTIN , AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US AND FOR HIM TO MAINTAIN RELATIONSHIPS, BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION EXAMPLE WOULD BE WE COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE A LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE SOMEONE THAT REPRESENTS THE CITY OF GARLANDS. RESIDENTS VOTE ON APPEAL OF BILL OR OR SPONSOR. I [01:05:02] BILL LIKE SUPER PREEMPTION LIKE THE SUPER PREEMPTION BILL 21 27. BECAUSE THEY MAY HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CALENDAR'S COMMITTEE THAT IF YOU WANT ANY OF YOUR BILLS PASSED THIS SESSION. IF YOU WANT TO GET ANYTHING DONE THIS SESSION, THEN YOU NEED TO VOTE FOR THIS BILL RIGHT HERE BECAUSE THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT BILL TO ME THIS SESSION. AND SO THAT'S THE POWER THAT TIES TALKING ABOUT AND DO. I THINK THAT PROBABLY HAPPENED? YES, I DO THINK THAT HAPPENED SO I I'M I'M NOT MAKING EXCUSES FOR ANY LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I JUST I KEEP GOING BACK TO. I DON'T KNOW WHAT CITY OF LUBBOCK DID TO REPRESENTATIVE BURROWS, BUT HE HAS NO PROBLEM BEING, YOU KNOW, FILING BILLS THAT ARE THAT ARE HURTFUL TO CITIES. THAT'S JUST HIS HE'S DONE IT FOR SEVERAL SESSIONS AND THAT AND HE'S NOT APOLOGETIC ABOUT IT. THANK YOU FOR SHARING IT. THANK YOU, MADAM M PROTEIN. COUNCILMAN, MORE THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. FOR FEAR OF PROLONGING THIS DISCUSSION BEFORE WE YOU KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO. IT'S EVIDENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO BACK AND REDO MANY OF THE LAWS AND ORDINANCES THAT WE HAVE IN THE BOOKS. DOES THAT MEAN THAT THE LAWS THAT ARE PRESENTLY ON THE BOOK AS IT RELATES TO THE STATES? ARE GOING TO BE WOULD JUST BEGIN TO FOLLOW THOSE LAWS. ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL LAWS ARE PUT IN PLACE? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IN THE WAY OF WHERE WE ARE? THAT I CAN SEE YOU SHAKING YOUR HEAD THAT THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. AND SO WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THIS BILL IS TO PREVENT ANY ARGUMENTS THAT THE WHAT THEIR LEGISLATURE DID WAS JUST A REGULAR PREEMPTION, MEANING THAT IF THEY DON'T IF THEY DON'T EXPRESSLY SAY SOMETHING THAT'S IN CONTRADICTION OF LOCAL ORDINANCE , THEN THAT'S JUST REGULAR PREEMPTION. THE REASON THIS IS CALLED THE SUPER PREEMPTIONS, BECAUSE IN THIS BILL IN THE LANGUAGE OF THIS BILL, THE TEXT ITSELF USES THE WORD FIELD PREEMPTION THROUGHOUT MULTIPLE TIMES. IN THAT, AND THAT'S A LEGAL TERM. THAT MEANS WE'RE PREEMPTING THIS WHOLE FIELD AND SO EVEN IF THERE'S NOT SOMETHING DIRECTLY CONTRADICTORY TO YOUR LOCAL ORDINANCE, IF IT'S IN THIS FIELD THEN IT'S PREEMPTED AND SO TO ANSWER. YOUR QUESTION IS, IF THERE ISN'T IF IT'S LISTED ON THAT LIST OF AREAS IN WHICH THE LEGISLATURE SAYS THE CITIES ARE NO LONGER ALLOWED TO PASS REGULATIONS BECAUSE OF FIELD PREEMPTION. EVEN IF THE STATE HASN'T HAD SOMETHING TO DIRECTLY , UM, ADDRESSES THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE. WE'RE STILL PREEMPTED, BUT WE IMMEDIATELY WE PRETTY MUCH ARE ALREADY UNDER STATE LAW . IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S ALREADY IN THE BOOK. WHAT WILL THIS UNDER THESE AREAS WE WILL BE LIKE GENERAL LAW CITIES IN THE STATE GENERAL DID FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT BE AWARE A GENERAL LAW CITY. UNLIKE A HOME RULE MUNICIPALITY CAN ONLY EXERCISE AUTHORITY THAT IT HAS BEEN SPECIFICALLY GRANTED BY THE LEGISLATURE SO THAT THE LEGISLATURE HASN'T TOLD A GENERAL LAW CITY YOU CAN DO THIS AND THE GENERAL LAW CITY CAN'T DO ANYTHING. CAN'T YOU CAN CAN'T DO THAT. HOME RULE. CITIES CAN HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY AND HAVE THE AUTHORITY BY CONSTITUTION TO EXERCISE POWER AND AUTHORITY, ALL POWER AND AUTHORITY THAT HASN'T BEEN PREEMPTED BY THE LEGISLATURE. AND SO THAT'S HOW THAT WORKS. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. MHM ALRIGHT, QUEUE IS EMPTY, SO LET'S KEEP GOING. UM SO YEAH, ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES THIS SESSION IS PROPERTY TAX REFORM. SO THE LEGISLATURE YOU KNOW THE THEY CAMPAIGN EVERY TWO YEARS, AND MOST OF THEM EVERY HOUSE MEMBER DOES. THAT'S FOR SURE. UM AND THEY HEAR FROM THE VOTERS. EVERYBODY'S FRUSTRATED WITH HOW MUCH THEY'RE PAYING PROPERTY TAXES. SO THEY THE NUMBER OF PROPERTY TAX RELATED BILLS THAT WERE FILED THIS SESSION. WE'RE I THINK I'VE GOT 100 ON A BILL TRACKING REPORT BECAUSE EVERYBODY WANTS TO GO HOME AT THE PRIMARY AND SAY I FILED A BILL TO TRY TO HELP YOUR PROPERTY TAXES. BUT REALLY EVERYTHING IS COALESCING AROUND A COUPLE OF BILLS IN THE HOUSE AND A BILL IN THE SENATE. SO THE LEGISLATURE DOES HAVE THE LUXURY UM AND THE ECONOMY IS GOING GOOD AND THE SALES THE TAXES ASSOCIATED WITH A GOOD ECONOMIC TIMES THE LEGISLATURE'S BENEFITING FROM AND PARTICULARLY FROM OIL AND GAS TAXES ON OIL AND GAS. UM THAT IS REALLY BENEFITED AND THE YOU KNOW THE SURPLUS THE BIRD BUDGET SURPLUS . IT WAS 27 BILLION. THEN IT WAS 33. I'VE HEARD IT. THEY THINK IT'LL BE $50 BILLION. THAT'S A BUDGET SURPLUS THAT THEY HAVE TO DO. YOU KNOW, THE LEGISLATURE HAS TO USE UM AND THE ECONOMIC UH, STABILIZATION FUND. ALREADY, DAVON JUST KEEPS GROWING AND GROWING AND GROWING SO THE LEGISLATURE IS TRYING TO TAKE IN [01:10:01] THE, UH, MOVEMENT TOWARDS SOME KIND OF LEGISLATION TO GIVE PEOPLE PROPERTY TAX RELIEF. WHAT'S FASCINATING IS THE HOUSES TAKING ONE APPROACH AND THEY SEND IT IS TAKING SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT, AND THAT'S WHY I PREDICT THEY'RE SO DIFFERENT APPROACHES THAT I'M USE A LOT OF TIMES, THINGS GET WORKED OUT, NO MATTER HOW MUCH RHETORIC GOES BACK AND FORTH, THINGS GET WORKED OUT AT THE END OF SESSION LAST WEEK, BUT THIS ONE I THINK MIGHT BE HEADING TO A SPECIAL SESSION. UM SO JUST TO BRIEFLY TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT THE TWO DIFFERENT APPROACHES ARE THE HOUSES TAKING THEY'RE GOING AFTER THE APPRAISAL CAPS, AND THEY'RE LOWERING THE APPRAISAL CAPS FOR 10 FROM 10% TO 55% ANNUALLY. AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO PUTTING A CAP ON TAXES ON BUSINESSES. BUSINESS PROPERTY. UM WHICH MY UNDERSTANDING HAS NO CAPS RIGHT NOW. SO, UM THEN THE SENATE. UM IS THEIR APPROACH WITH SENATE BILL THREE IS THEY'RE INCREASING THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, SO THEY'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FROM 40 TO 70,000 AND THEN FOR YOU KNOW PEOPLE 65 OLDER, AN ADDITIONAL 20% HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. IT'S REALLY THERE'S BEEN A WAR OF WORDS ABOUT THIS APPROACH. THE TWO APPROACHES, UM . LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR PATRICK NAMED PATRICK HAS STARTED CALLING THE SPEAKER DADE FILLING CALIFORNIA DADE VERY DERISIVELY , BECAUSE, UM, THE, UH, APPRAISAL CAP. UH APPROACH IS SOMETHING THAT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DID DECADES AGO AND ARGUABLY, PEOPLE ARE SOME PEOPLE DON'T THINK THAT WORKED OUT REAL WELL AND SO BECAUSE THAT'S THE APPROACH THAT THAT THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER AND THE HOUSE OR TAKING THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR FUNDAMENTALLY DISAGREES WITH THAT APPROACH AND IN TRYING TO LINK THE SPEAKER WITH WITH CALIFORNIA, WHICH IN TEXAS AND THAT THE LEGISLATURE IS NOT A GOOD THING, UM SO IT ACTUALLY DID BRING A LITTLE BIT OF HUMOR TO THE LEGISLATURE BECAUSE THE SPEAKER WHO'S PROBABLY 45. PRETTY GOOD SHAPE, HAD A PICTURE WITH HIS SHIRT OFF WITH TWO SURFBOARDS. THEY SENT OUT A TWEET AND SAID, YOU KNOW, CALIFORNIA DATE IS READY FOR ACTION. AND SO THEN THE SPEAKER , HIS FOLKS DID A PHOTO SHOP OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ON A SURFBOARD, AND SO THEY WERE HAD DUELING TWEETS BACK AND FORTH AFTER THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR'S CALIFORNIA DATE COMMENTS SO UM. I WILL LAUGH. JUST A QUICK SIDE NOTE STORY. YOU KNOW YOU'RE SENDING THESE HEARINGS ALL DAY LONG. AND THERE WAS A BILL. UM THAT DEALT WITH RECYCLING, BUT SOMEBODY FROM THE CHEMICAL COUNCIL GOT UP AND SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS IS LIKE WHAT THEY DID IN CALIFORNIA, AND THIS STATE REP FROM LONGVIEW SAYS CALIFORNIA, CALIFORNIA GET A ROPE. AND IT WAS LIKE THE PACE PICANTE COMMERCIALS AND, UH AND AS SOON AS THE CHEMICAL COUNCIL PERSON SAID, MENTIONED ABOUT CALIFORNIA THAT BILL, YOU COULD JUST SEE IT DYING IN COMMITTEE, SO, UM, BUT, YEAH, THAT'S THE TWO APPROACHES. AND SO THE LEGISLATURE IS GOING TO TAKE MONEY FROM THE SURPLUS AND ECONOMICS, RAINY DAY FUND AND GIVE IT TO PARTICULARLY SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO MAKE UP FOR THE MONEY, THEY'LL LOSE, UM, FORM THE TWO DIFFERENT APPROACHES. BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATOR LOOKING AT GIVING SCHOOL DISTRICTS $5 BILLION TO MAKE UP FOR WHAT THEY DIDN'T COLLECT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS SINCE PROPERTY TAX REFORMS AND PUT IN PLACE WELL SINCE 2019 ACTUALLY SO THE LAST FOUR YEARS BUT PARTICULARLY LAST TWO. AND THEN ALSO REPLACE WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSEDLY THINK THEY'RE ESTIMATING, UH, STATES. EXCUSE ME. THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WILL LOSE IF THEY EITHER LOWER THEIR PROPERTY TAX APPRAISAL CAPS OR THE INCREASED THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. SO UM, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. UM THERE'S MULTIPLE THANK THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR HAD SENATE BILLS, YOU KNOW, UM, TWO THROUGH 30, AND HE HAD THAT WHAT'S IN IT? WILL 1 TO 30 AND THOSE ARE HIS 30 REFORM, YOU KNOW? AH HIGHLIGHTED BILLS THAT HE WANTED TO PASS THIS SESSION AND ALL 30 PASSED THE SENATE. SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE SENATE BILL THREE. SENATE BILL FOUR. SENATE BILL FIVE, DEALING WITH DIFFERENT PARTS OF PROPERTY TAX, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF NEGOTIATION GOING ON, UM BETWEEN THE TWO CHAMBERS AND THEY WILL BE FOR THE REST OF THE MONTH. AND I THINK I PERSONALLY I PREDICT THROUGH THIS, YOU KNOW, INTO THE SUMMER, UM SO JUST TO TALK ABOUT PROPERTY TAX. UM LEGISLATION. UM YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A GOOD BILL. I THINK THAT WOULD HAVE HELPED CITIES HOUSE BILL 27 14, WHICH WOULD HAVE ALLOWED CITIES TO RECALCULATE THEIR NO NEW REVENUE AND VOTER APPROVAL. TAX RATES THAT WERE RESULTS OF SENATE BILL TWO AND 2019 AFTER RECEIVING THE CERTIFIED APPRAISAL ROLE. AND [01:15:04] THAT WOULD HAVE GIVEN CITIES OPPORTUNITY TO, UM YOU KNOW, HAVE A BETTER FEEL FOR WHAT THEY'RE WHAT THEY'RE WAS ACCURACY OF THOSE TAX RATES AND SO, BUT THAT WAS LEFT PENDING AND I DON'T. I DON'T THINK THAT ONE'S GONNA MAKE IT PERSONALLY. UM AND THEN YOU HAD SENATE BILL 9 78 THAT BASICALLY ANY TAX INCREASE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO TO THE VOTERS FOR APPROVAL. UM AND THE GOOD NEWS IS, I THINK FROM A CITY STANDPOINT IS THAT BILL GOT A HEARING LAST WEEK AND IT WAS LEFT PENDING. SO IT'S PRETTY LATE IN THE PROCESS FOR THOSE BILLS TO BE GETTING HEARINGS, AND IF THEY'RE NOT VOTED OUT THAT DAY. THAT'S UM AND THERE'S NO HOUSE. COMPANION VERSION OF THAT. SO UM, WHAT'S A BAD BILL FOR CITIES BUT IN SOME WAYS, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT BILLS. MY PREDICTION IS NOT GONNA MAKE IT. UM AND THEN THERE'S A SENATE BILL 23 50 THAT , YOU KNOW, JUST TALKING ABOUT AND WE'RE GETTING INTO YOUR EXPERTISE BUT UNUSED INCREMENT TAX. IT PASSED THE SENATE, BUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT IN THE HOUSE. UM AND THEN THE HOUSE BILL ONE SENATE BILL ONE, WHICH IS THE VOTE WAS JUST THE STATE BUDGET. THE APPROPRIATIONS BILL IS GOING TO ALLOCATE 5.3 BILLION TO COVER SOME OF THE PROPERTY TAX CUTS. THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE IN PAST SESSIONS. UM OKAY, CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. THIS IS A POPULAR SUBJECT BY THE NUMBER OF BILLS THAT GOT FILED. I'M JUST LISTING THE ONES THAT ARE MOST LIKELY TO MOVE. UM OR HAVE HAD SOME MOVEMENT, BUT SO YOU HAVE SENATE BILL 2035, WHICH THERE'S A, YOU KNOW. THE IT'S INTERESTING AFTER THE SENATE BILL TO THE BIG PROPERTY TAX REFORM THAT MOVED WHAT WAS THEN THE ROLLBACK TAX RATE FROM 8% DOWN TO 3.5. WHEN THE LEGISLATURE DID THAT IT WAS LIKE, OKAY, WE'VE WE'VE WE'VE TAKEN CARE OF THE ROLLBACK TAX NOW, THEN THEY MOVED ON. AND THEN THEN THEY STARTED ATTACKING IN MY OPINION CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION LAST IN 2021 20 IN 2021 2023. THERE'S BEEN A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF BILLS, AND I KNOW THE PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION IS REALLY TARGETED. THAT AS OH, THIS IS A WAY FOR CITIES TO GET AROUND. UM YOU KNOW WHAT WE PUT IN PLACE WITH SENATE BILL TWO, AND IT'S WE JUST GOTTA KEEP KNOCKING DOWN FOR THE DIFFERENT VEHICLES AT THE CITY'S CAN USE FOR FINANCING VEHICLES, AND SO UM SO THIS BUILD 2035 IT? YOU KNOW, UH. BASICALLY VOTERS REJECTED PROJECT. THEY DON'T WANT CITIES TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND USE THE CEO TO DO THE SAME PROJECT EVEN THOUGH THE VOTERS HAVE EVERY JEK DID IT, AND SO THAT WAS, THAT'S WHAT 2035 IS AIMED AT. THEN YOU GOT HOSPITAL 40 82 . UNFORTUNATELY THERE'S EVERY NOW AND THEN THERE'S BEEN SOME BAD EXAMPLES OF CITIES DOING A, UM, CIVIC CENTER OR A WATER PARK . UM THAT I HEAR THAT EXAMPLE OVER AND OVER AGAIN WITH WITH CEOS. AND THAT THAT SO THAT'S WHAT'S BROUGHT UP WHEN A BILL LIKE HOSPITAL 40 40 82 IS FILED WHEN IT'S BROUGHT UP IN COMMITTEE, BUT THAT'S LIKELY TO PASS OUT OF THAT THE STATE ON THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE TOMORROW . UM AND, UM SO THAT'S JUST TRYING TO. IT'S KIND OF TRYING TO DEFINED DEBT AND WHAT CEOS CAN BE USED FOR. UM SO, UM, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT A HOUSE BUILT 14 89, WHICH LIMITS THE ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATIONS. IT REALLY PUTS A, UH RESTRICTING EFFECT ON C. O S AND THE USE OF IT BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUT, THANKFULLY, THAT BILL WAS LEFT PENDING. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OPPOSITION TO THAT, THANKFULLY. AND THEN YOU HAD HOUSE BILL 33,002, WHICH ALSO WAS AN ATTEMPT TO LIMIT THE USE OF CEOS. AND THAT WAS THAT HADN'T EVEN GOTTEN A HEARING YET. SO I DON'T THINK THAT ONE'S GOING TO MAKE IT. THANK GOODNESS. SO, UM AND THEN PUBLIC FINANCE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE HOUSE BILL 5 61. IT PASSED OUT THAT SENATE THIS MORNING I SAW IT PASSED OUT OF THE SENATE FLOOR. UM AND THEN A COUPLE OF UM, NOT SO GOOD BILLS FOR CITIES SENATE BILL 1976 AND 1977, WHICH TALK ABOUT DEFINING DEBT, UM, AND THE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, NEEDING VOTER APPROVAL FOR ANY KIND OF SORT OF CERTAIN KINDS OF DEBT INCURRED BY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION. UM THE GOOD NEWS IS WHILE 5 76 DID PASS, UM SENATE BILL 9 76 5 61 PASSED TODAY IT'S GOING OVER THE HOUSE, BUT 9 76 AND SENATE BILL 9 77. JUST LIKE SENATE BILL 9 78 THEY HURT. THEY GOT A HEARING LATE LAST WEEK AND THEY WERE NOT VOTED OUT OF COMMITTEE. SO IT'S TIME'S RUNNING OUT ON ON THOSE BILLS. I [01:20:05] DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING. I'LL START WITH SB 5 61. SO ON THE SERVICE THIS BILL LOOKS LIKE A GOOD THING BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT REALLY WANT TO DO TIME YOUR DEBT SERVICE TO THE EXPRESS EXPECTED USEFUL LIFE OF THE ASSET THAT ITS PURCHASING AND AS A CITY. WE DO THAT NOW ALREADY, BUT WHAT WE DO IS WE ISSUE ONE OBLIGATION AND WEIGHT THAT BASED ON THE USEFUL LIFE. WHAT THIS BILL WOULD DO IS WE WOULD HAVE TO ISSUE A FIVE YEAR CEO A 10 YEAR. CEO OF 15 YEARS CEO 20 YEARS ZERO, ALL SEPARATELY WHICH COST MONEY TO ISSUE DEBT. SO THAT IS WHY THIS BILL, IN MY OPINION IS JUST FROM A MECHANICAL STANDPOINT DOESN'T WORK. UM I'M ALL FOR MAKING IT, YOU KNOW, TIED TO THE USEFUL LIFE, WHICH WE ALREADY DO, BUT THAT'S MY ISSUE WITH THAT. 1976 AND 9 77 IS A HUGE ATTACK ON CEOS AND YOU'VE HEARD THE NAME BURROWS THROWN OUT THERE. THIS WAS TRIED TWO YEARS AGO ON THE HOUSE SIDE, AND IT EVENTUALLY GOT WATERED DOWN TO CALLING, UH , SEE, YOU COULD ISSUE CEOS FOR WHAT'S CALLED DESIGNATED INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND WAS BASICALLY EVERYTHING WE DO, EXCEPT FOR BUILDING BRAND NEW LIBRARY. UM WHAT THESE BILLS LOOK TO DO IS GO BACK TO THAT AND MAKE THE DEFINITION OF DEBT MEAN IT HAS TO BE VOTER APPROVED AND THAT'S ON THE I N S. WE COULD STILL ISSUE CEOS, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO ISSUE IT OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH BECAUSE OF THE 3.5% CAP. ISN'T POSSIBLE, SO THIS BASICALLY EFFECTIVELY MAKES CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION AND TAX NOTES, WHICH WE ISSUE OBSOLETE. AND WHAT WE ISSUE THOSE THINGS FOR OUR OUR ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE. WE ISSUE ABOUT $32 MILLION OF CEOS EVERY YEAR TO FUND FIRE TRUCKS, AMBULANCES STREETS IN OUR EXISTING FACILITIES. WE HAVE BACKS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED. WE HAVE ROOFS THAT NEED TO RE REPLACE. AND SO THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT WE ALREADY ISSUED FOR. IT'S NOT A CIVIC CENTER. IT'S NOT A BRAND NEW FACILITY. WE TYPICALLY DO GO TO THE VOTERS FOR THOSE BUT THIS REALLY LIMITS US FROM THAT, AND ELECTIONS AREN'T CHEAP. PROBABLY RUN ABOUT $100,000 EVERY TIME WE HAVE TO GO TO ELECTION, WHICH IS PROBABLY A YEAR'S WORTH OF INTEREST RIGHT THERE. SO THERE'S A LOT OF MECHANICAL ISSUES WITH THESE. IN ADDITION, 9 77 DOESN'T HAVE A CARVE OUT FOR REFUNDING SO MUCH LIKE YOU WITH YOUR MORTGAGES. WHEN INTEREST RATES GO DOWN, EVERYONE LOOKS TO REFINANCE THAT INTO A LOWER RATE THAT WOULD EFFECTIVELY NOT ALLOW US TO DO THAT. WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO REFUND ANY OF OUR DEBT TO GET A LOWER RATE. IN ADDITION, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO UTILIZE OUR COMMERCIAL PAPER PROGRAMS. WE RIGHT NOW USE OUR COMMERCIAL PAPER PROGRAMS TO HAVE SHORT TERM INTEREST RATES, WHICH IN MOST MARKETS ARE MUCH LOWER THAN LONG TERM. AND WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THOSE BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE NO MECHANISM TO REFUND THEM INTO LONG TERM DEBT AT A LATER DATE. SO IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THAT THESE TWO ARE STUCK IN COMMITTEE AND THE ATTENTION WILL TURN TO 5 61 AND, UM, LOOKED HOPEFULLY FOR THAT ONE, TOO. IT LEASED THEM TO LISTEN TO US ABOUT THE ISSUE THAT IT'S CAUSING. THIS GOES TO THE SUPER PREEMPTION BILL WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER. THERE'S HOUSE BILL 2023. IT'S BEEN VOTED OUT OF COMMITTEE, UNFORTUNATELY, AND IT'S WAITING FOR THE CALENDAR'S COMMITTEE TO SET IT. BUT BASICALLY, IT SAYS, IF YOU HAVE A CITY OR A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION ADOPTS AN ORDER MAKES A DECISION. UM FAILS TO ISSUE A PERMIT THAT, UM, IS BASED ON STATE LAW THAT YOU THAT THE CITY OVERSTEPPED HIS BOUNDS VIOLATED SUIT. YOU KNOW, PREEMPTION AND THE STATE LAW SAYS, YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE ENTITLED TO THAT. UM AND THE CITY GOVERNMENT SAYS NO . THEN THEY CAN SUE YOU AND THEY CAN GET THEIR ATTORNEY'S FEES. THEY CAN GET THEIR EXPERT WITNESS FEES THEY GET COURT COSTS. SO IT'S INCENTIVIZING IN MY OPINION PEOPLE TO SUE CITIES IF THEY FEEL LIKE THE CITY, UH, OVERSTEPPED HIS BOUNDS AND SO THAT I THINK HOUSE BILL 2023 IS WORKING IN. IT WORKS KIND OF PARALLEL TO THE SUPER PREEMPTION BILL 2027. SO THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE'RE WORKING ON. UM SO UM. AND THEN LAND DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION REVIEW LEGISLATION THAT THE SHOT CLOCK BILLS THERE . THERE'S SEVERAL OF THEM OUT THERE. THE ONE MAIN ONE THAT'S MOVING IS HOUSE BILL 8 66 PASSED OUT OF THE HOUSE PRETTY OVERWHELMINGLY HAS BEEN SENT TO THE SENATE. UM YOU KNOW, I THINK [01:25:01] WITH THE AMOUNT OF HORSEPOWER THAT'S BEHIND HOUSE BILL 8 66. I THINK IT'S PROBABLY GONNA PASS. IT WILL PASS THE SENATE AND IT WILL GO TO THE GOVERNOR. UM BASICALLY IT, YOU KNOW, MAKE SOME SOME REVISIONS TO THE LAW THAT DEAL WITH, UM, WHEN YOU CALCULATE TIMEFRAMES WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH YOU KNOW, LAND USE APPLICATIONS. UM SO I, YOU KNOW, IT'S UM. I KNOW THE COUNTY'S TESTIFIED AGAINST IT. THE CITY'S 90 ML IS NEUTRAL ON IT IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, UM AND TO GO AHEAD, GREAT BILL. I MEAN, IT'S NOT A GREAT BILL, BUT IT'S ALSO THE WAY WE DO IT A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN MOST CITIES. AND SO WE DON'T HAVE TECHNICAL PRE OR PREREQUISITES THAT THEY HAVE TO INCLUDE BEFORE FILING A DEVELOPMENT PLAN. WHAT WE DO IS WE INCENTIVIZE GOING THROUGH THE PRE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS BECAUSE RECOGNIZING THAT IT'S IT TAKES MORE STAFF TIME, MORE RESOURCES AND MORE MONEY FOR US TO GET A GET A PLAN DEVELOPMENT PLAN THROUGH THE PROCESS IN 30 DAYS, AND SO WE ACTUALLY INCENTIVIZED BECAUSE WE DON'T SPEND AS MUCH MONEY IF THEY GO THROUGH THE PRE CEMENT SUBMITTAL PLAN. WE DON'T END UP SPENDING AS MUCH SO WE DON'T THE FEES AREN'T AS MUCH AND THEY'RE QUITE A BIT DIFFERENT IF THEY INSIST ON DOING IT THROUGH 30 DAYS, AND SO AND THAT'S WHEN WE REALLY WANT TO AFFECT THE WAY WE'RE DOING IT THAT MUCH. THERE MIGHT BE SOME MINOR MINOR CHANGES THAT WE MIGHT NEED TO MAKE IN OUR PROCESS. BUT FOR THE MOST PART OF THIS BILL ISN'T HARMFUL TO THE CITY, BUT OVERALL, IT'S HARMFUL TO CITIES. AND BOTH HOUSE BILL 8 66 AND HOUSE BILL 14 THAT HAS MENTIONED HERE. UM THAT'S PASSED THE HOUSE AUTHORIZED CITIES AND COUNTIES TO HAVE A THIRD PARTY REVIEW THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPLICATIONS LAND USE APPLICATIONS TO TRY TO EXPEDITE THE PROCESS, SO THAT'S DEFINITELY A RECURRING THEME FROM UM, SEVERAL OF THE BILLS THAT HAVE BEEN FILED THAT I THINK WE'LL MAKE IT TO THE FINISH LINE. UM AND THEN THERE'S HOUSE BILL 92 AGAIN. KIND OF GOES ALONG WITH THE SUPER PREEMPTION, BUT IT BASICALLY ESTABLISHES. HERE'S ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT THE CITY IS PROHIBITED FROM REGULATING. UM AND, UH. YOU KNOW, IT'S PASSED THE HOUSE OVERWHELMINGLY AND IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO THE SENATE AND I THINK IT WILL PASS THE SENATE. AND I WANT YOU TO NOTICE THE ONE IN THERE THAT SAYS, INSTALLING A GENERATOR THAT HAS SOME REAL SERIOUS HEALTH AND SAFETY CONSEQUENCES FOR R J P AND L WORKERS AND FOR OUR BECAUSE WE ARE A MOU AND GENERATORS ARE CAPABLE, OF COURSE, PUTTING ENERGY INTO A HOUSE BUT ALSO BACK INTO THE SYSTEM, AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE SOME LOCAL REGULATION THAT SAYS HOW THEY CAN DO THAT AND WHEN THEY CAN DO THAT, AND WHEN THEY CAN'T DO THAT, IN, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE THAT SAFE. THAT'S A THAT'S A THAT'S A THAT'S PROBABLY OF ALL THE SUPER PRESIDENTIAL STUFF. THAT'S THE MOST DANGEROUS LOCALLY FOR US. IS THAT PARTICULAR ONE? AND THEN HIT ON TAXPAYER FUNDED LOBBYIST BILLS. THERE'S SENATE BILL 1 75 BY SENATOR MAZE MIDDLETON FROM UM, SOUTHEAST TEXAS. HE WAS IN THE HOUSE AND WOULD FILE BILLS. UH AND YOU KNOW, OR PROHIBITING TAXPAYER FUNDED LOBBYING, AND THEN NOW HE'S MOVED TO THE SENATE, AND HE'S FILING THE BILLS ON THE SENATE SIDE. UM IT PASSED ALONG PARTY LINES 19 TO 12 BECAUSE THAT'S THE BREAKDOWN OF DEMOCRATS OR REPUBLICANS TO DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE. AND THEN IT'S OVER IN THE HOUSE. THE HOUSE IS TYPICALLY THERE HADN'T BEEN THE APPETITE FOR TAXPAYER FUNDED LOBBYISTS BILLS IN THE HOUSE. THEY PRETTY MUCH THAT'S WHERE THE IT'S. THAT KIND OF LEGISLATION HAS PASSED. PROBABLY THE LAST THREE SESSIONS IN THE SENATE, TWO OR THREE, AND IT'S ALWAYS IT'S NEVER HAD THE VOTES TO MAKE IT IN THE HOUSE, SO I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY CHANGES TO THAT THIS SESSION, SO AND THEN THERE WAS LIKE MORE OF A WATERED DOWN VERSION. MORE REPORTING FOR HOUSE BILL 1 70. BUT IT HADN'T EVEN GOTTEN A HEARING. SO I DON'T THINK THAT BILL IS GOING TO MAKE IT AND THEN THAT'S I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS ANYBODY MAY HAVE. COUNTING DOWN, BUT THERE'S NOBODY. UH YEAH. YOU SHOULD HAVE RUN WHILE YOU HAD THE CHANCE. UH, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I JUST WANT TO SAY TO MISSISSIPPI JOURNEY TIE. THANK YOU FOR THIS BRIEFING. UM WE JUST WHEN WE DISCUSSED IT IN COMMITTEE, WE CAME OUT OF THE COMMITTEE, SAYING WE WANTED THE COUNCIL FOR COUNCIL. WE THOUGHT WHAT WAS GOING ON AUSTIN THAT IT WAS WORTH THE FULL COUNCIL. THIS INFORMATION MEANS SHARED WITH FULL COUNCIL. SO APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONSE TO APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION. TIE, YOU KNOW, APPRECIATE. UM APPRECIATES ALL THE GOING TO GOING TO BED FOREST DOWN THERE. APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU AND YOUR TEAM DOES DOWN THERE WORKING WITH MR C A. OVER THERE. SO WE APPRECIATE THAT, SIR. EXCEPT WE'RE GOING TO SHARE THIS WITH WITH FULL COUNCIL. BUT FOR THOSE CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE ALSO WASHED [01:30:04] WATCHING THIS IT, I THINK IT'S INFORMATION FOR THEM TO SHOW WHAT THE IMPACT OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN AUSTIN. IMPACT WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO HERE. AND THE SCOPE OF WHAT'S GOING ON DOWN THERE, AND, LASTLY, I SHARED WITH I ACTUALLY HAD I'M NOT GONNA USE WORD ON OUR PRIVILEGE, WHATEVER , BUT I'M NOT GOING TO USE THE TERM THAT WAS USED WHEN I TOOK 20 TOLD YOU ABOUT IT, BUT I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO ONE OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES, ALONG WITH ONE OF THE AUTHORS THAT YOU MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES DURING YOUR PRESENTATION. AND UH, HE WAS. HE WAS PART OF THE COURSE. AS SHE REFLECTED IT HERE. SO THAT WAS A NATURAL CONVERSATION THAT I HAD WITH HIM. BUT THANK YOU FOR WHAT? YOU'VE DONE THIS THIS VERY HELPFUL INFORMATION TO BOTH OF YOU. SO KEEP PLUGGING AWAY. SO I JUST WANT TO WANT TO EXTEND OUR APPRECIATION ATTIRED TO WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND WORKING WITH US. THANK YOU FOR THOSE VERY KIND COMMENTS AND I'M REALLY PROUD TO REPRESENT CITY OF GARLAND AT THE LEGISLATURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR JERRY. THANK YOU. OKAY AND I WILL. I WILL ECHO COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. UM THANKS. EVEN THOUGH ONE OF YOU, I FORGET WHICH ONE MENTIONED, UM, KIND OF CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE BETWEEN THE LARGE CITIES THAT THE LEGISLATURE FEELS LIKE OR MISBEHAVING. AND NORMAL, WELL, BEHAVING CITIES LIKE US, AND I FEEL LIKE WE'VE BEEN CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE TAKING ALL THESE SHOTS. UM BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU LETTING US KNOW ABOUT IT AND ALSO LETTING OUR CITIZENS WHO ARE WATCHING UM , KIND OF SHARE THE PAIN WITH US . SO UM, COUNCIL THAT THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS. I'M GOING TO, UH, LET TY HEAD HOME AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A 10 MINUTE BREAK. UM SO CAN YOU PLEASE BE BACK A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 10 MINUTES? PLEASE BE BACK AT, UM OH 45 7 45. IT IS 7 45. WELCOME BACK FROM RECESS, GARLAND CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION AND WE ARE NOW AT [4.b. Garland Youth Council Update] ITEM FOUR B. THE GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL UPDATE. WE'RE GOING TO HEAR A PRESENTATION BY AT LEAST A MORALES REGARDING THE GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL. I SEE THE YOUTH COUNCIL OVER HERE. WERE YOU ALL? PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STAND HERE SO THAT WE CAN ADMIRE YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL. UM I WILL NOT BE MAKING THE PRESENTATION THIS EVENING. OUR YOUTH COUNCIL WILL BE PRESENTING TO YOU WHAT WE HAVE DONE THE SECOND PART OF THE SEMESTER. IT SEEMS A LITTLE CRAZY THAT IT WAS JUST MAYBE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. IT SEEMED OVERNIGHT THAT THAT WE WERE HERE AND HERE WE ARE SHARING WITH YOU THE WRAP UP OF OUR OF OUR PROGRAM FOR THIS SEMESTER. WE APPRECIATE VERY MUCH THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS AND SHARE EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE GOING ON. AND THEN, UM I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO OUR PRESIDENT. MS. HAYLEY GONZALEZ? YES. HELLO. HELLO. THE REST OF YOU IF YOU WILL KIND OF LINE UP BEHIND HER, SO WE CAN GET YOU ALL ON CAMERA AND ADMIRE YOU. THERE YOU GO. GOOD EVENING. EVENING HALEY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND LET'S HEAR WHAT YOU'VE ALL BEEN DOING. OF COURSE . SO HI. MY NAME IS HALEY GONZALEZ. I AM THE PRESIDENT FOR THE 2022 2023 GARLIC YOUTH COUNCIL. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BE OF TO HAVE BEEN SERVED FOUR YEARS ON THIS COUNCIL. QUITE SOME TIME. AND I'M GLAD TO BE ABLE TO SEE ALL OF YOU ONCE AGAIN. AND YOU'LL NOTICE SHE KNOWS HOW TO OPERATE. SHE'S GOT EXPERIENCE. WELL DONE. WE'LL CALL YOU BACK, PERHAPS IN A WHILE. WE HAVE SOME OTHER THINGS TO PUT IT UNDER MY BOOKS. BUT UM , IT IS DEFINITELY A PLEASURE BEING HERE. UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT. BEFORE GETTING STARTED WITH ALL THAT STUFF. I APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU GUYS DO FOR US. I APPRECIATE FOR ELECTING US TO BEGIN WITH. IT'S VERY BENEFICIAL TO HAVE THE YOUTH SERVED. AS A VIEWPOINT OR A VOICE FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT AND NOT ONLY MY EYES, BUT IN I BELIEVE IN THE EYES OF YOU GUYS, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ALWAYS ARE LIKE, WHAT DOES THE YOUTH WANT? WHAT WHAT? WHAT DOES THE YOUTH INQUIRE ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS? AND LIKE SITTING HERE, UM LEARNING ABOUT DIFFERENT STUFF LIKE LEGISLATURE AND LEARNING ABOUT HOW NAMES [01:35:02] COULD BE SIGNIFICANT TO PARKS AND STUFF LIKE THAT AND RECOGNITION THAT I COULD SEE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF IMPORTANT STUFF THAT I BELIEVE THE YOUTH SHOULD BE MORE INVOLVED WITH AS WELL. BUT ANYWAYS, MOVING ONWARDS. UH, WE HAVE OUR PROJECTS FOR THIS. WHAT I WOULD CALL OUR SECOND SEMESTER OF THE YEAR. BUT GOING INTO THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR FOR US. WE HAVE. THE 34TH ANNUAL GARLAND, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR PARADE AND MARCH, SO THE GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL WAS INVOLVED IN THIS MARCH. WE HELPED, UM DO A LOT OF PREPARATIONS. WE HAD A COUPLE OF FLYING BALLOONS HERE AND THERE HAD TO GO ON A CHASE FOR THEM. UNFORTUNATELY BUT IT WAS AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO HELP IN THIS MARCH AND ALSO PROMOTE OURSELVES IN THIS MARCH BECAUSE IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT DAY, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD ALWAYS CELEBRATE THROUGHOUT HISTORY AND, YES, HELLO, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS CASSINA DASSEY'S. IT'S ACTUALLY MY FIRST YEAR ON THE GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL, BUT SO FAR I'VE HAD AN ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE SERVING ALONGSIDE MY COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM THEY'VE REALLY MADE ME FEEL LIKE FAMILY AND I'M SO GLAD TO HAVE HAD THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ALONGSIDE THEM. TODAY I WILL BE PRESENTING , UM MY EXPERIENCE AS LONG AS WELL AS MY COUNCIL MEMBERS EXPERIENCE WHEN WE WENT TO THE TEXAS YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION SUMMIT THIS YEAR IN FEBRUARY, AND, UM. TO BE BRIEF, UM, THE TEXAS YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION SUMMIT, THOUGH IT WAS ONLY TWO DAYS LONG. IT PROVED TO BE A LIFE CHANGING AND EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE THAT I ALONGSIDE MY MEMBERS WILL REMEMBER FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES. WITHIN TWO DAYS WE EXPERIENCED FOR SKILL BUILDING WORKSHOPS. THAT INCLUDED INCLUDED TOPICS ARE SURROUNDING CIVIL DISCOURSE HOW TO PRESENT OURSELVES IN A PROFESSIONAL SETTING, UM, AS WELL AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HOW TO CREATE OUR OWN ELEVATOR PITCH TO, UM PROMOTE OURSELVES TO COMPANIES ARE OR TO ANY JOB OPPORTUNITIES WE MAY FACE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. UM AND WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO NETWORK ALONGSIDE WITH OTHER YOUTH COUNCILS. OF ACROSS TEXAS AND SEE HOW THEY WORK AS A YOUTH COUNCIL, AND IT REALLY GAVE US INSPIRATION ON WHAT WE COULD DO AS A YOUTH COUNCIL TO BETTER PROMOTE OUR PEERS, OUR CLASSMATES AND OUR FELLOW TEENS WHAT WE COULD DO TO HELP THEM. AND UM, THIS OPPORTUNITY REALLY PROVED TO BE INSPIRATIONAL AND BENEFICIAL NOT ONLY TO OUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS AS THE GARLAND COUNCIL BUT ALSO IN OUR PERSONAL LIVES AS WE NAVIGATE THROUGH THE REST OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL CAREER AND NEVER TO BE FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR EVERYTHING. FOR YOUR SUPPORT. UM AND FOR GRANTING US THIS OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALRIGHT. UH HELLO. MY NAME IS BRIAN FENOMENO . AND THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR IN THE GARDEN YOUTH COUNCIL AS WELL. I AM PRESENTING THE 2023 BORDER AND VOLUNTEER AFFAIR THAT WE WENT TO AS A GROUP. IT WAS VERY FUN. WE GOT TO TALK TO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND MANY DIFFERENT VOLUNTEER GROUPS, AND IT WAS JUST AND IT WAS JUST A GOOD WAY TO PROMOTE OURSELVES AND TO GET TO KNOW OTHER THINGS AROUND THE CITY THAT WE CAN HELP IN, LIKE AN EXAMPLE IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. THE TRAINS. I REALLY LIKED THE CHAINS. YEAH IT WAS. IT WAS VERY FUN. IT WAS A VERY FUNNY EXPERIENCE, AND I GOT TO KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE AND IN THE GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL, I FEEL LIKE THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. GETTING TO KNOW PEOPLE AND JUST LIKE NETWORKING WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE. IT'S VERY FUN. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU, SIR. HELLO UM CESAR GARCIA, AND THIS IS ALSO MY FIRST YEAR AT THE GARDEN YOUTH COUNCIL, AND I AM PRESENTING THE COLUMN RECYCLING CENTER TOUR. IT WAS A REALLY FUN EXPERIENCE. WE GOT TO SEE THE COMPLEX SYSTEM. THEY HAD TO KEEP CALLING BEAUTIFUL AND TO KEEP THOSE RESOURCES FOR AND CLEAN. I THINK IT WAS REALLY FUN AND EXCITING AND WE GOT YOUR FEET EVERYTHING THEY HAD TO DO TO MAKE SURE WE GOT TO RECYCLE AND THEN GIVE IT I THINK IT I THINK IT WIDER PERSPECTIVE OF JUST EVERYTHING [01:40:06] THEY HAVE TO DO FOR THAT. ONE MINOR THING OF JUST MAKING SURE WE DON'T LEAVE GARLAND TRASHY, AND I THINK IT LOOKS LIKE A BEAUTIFUL HEART OR CORE TO WHAT THE GARDEN CITY ALSO WE GOT THESE LIKE MANY TRASH CANS AT THE END. WHICH WE DIDN'T GET TO KEEP THE BEST OF RIGHT. THEY'RE LIKE YOU GOT TO GIVE THE BEST BACK. OKAY I GUESS LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A BLOOD DRIVE COMING UP SOON, AND LIKE YOU GUYSLWAYS SAY TO ALWAYS TELL YOU WHEN WE HAVE THINGS GOING ON, SO I AM FLOOR. YOU TOO. LOOK AT HER BLOOD DRIVE THAT'S COMING UP SO WHO IS SPONSORING WITH BLOOD DRIVE THE GARLIC YOUTH COUNCIL ALONGSIDE WITH CARTER. BLOOD CARE. WE HAVE UH, A COUPLE OF MONTHS IN THE WORKS, BUT FINALLY GOT IT UP AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE CAR OF THE CARTER BLOOD CARE, DR. IT'S A BLOOD DRIVE TO THOSE WHO WISH TO DONATE BLOOD TO SAVE THE LIVES AND THOSE IN NEED. HMM THERE'S ACTUALLY A FACT LIST THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME ABOUT WHY IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO DONATE BLOOD. AND THE TOP FIVE BLOOD FACTS YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW IS THAT ONE SOMEONE NEEDS BLOOD EVERY THREE SECONDS. AND IF YOU COUNT READ THREE SECONDS. THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WITHOUT WITHIN THE DAY. AND. THREE LIVES ARE SAVED WITH ONE POINT OF BLOOD. I THINK THAT, UH. IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, TWO PINTS OF BLOOD ARE USUALLY TAKEN FROM EACH PERSON THROUGHOUT THE BLOOD DRIVE. SO JUST TO SAVE ONE PERSON WITH OR THREE PEOPLE WITH ONE POINT IMAGINE MULTIPLYING THAT TIMES. TWO MULTIPLYING THAT TIMES, HOWEVER, MANY PEOPLE COME TO THE BLOOD DRIVE. BLOOD PRODUCTS HAVE A SHELF LIFE, WHICH IS WHOLE BLOOD IS FOR 42 DAYS, PALLETS. FIVE DAYS AND PLASMA CAN BE FROZEN UP TO ONE YEAR. THERE'S NO SUBSTITUTE FOR HUMAN BLOOD. IT CANNOT BE MANUFACTURED AND WAIT TO BE ALTRUISTIC INDIVIDUALS TO HAVE OTHERS TO DONATE BLOOD. AND 37% OF THE US POPULATION IS ELIGIBLE TO DONATE BLOOD LESS THAN 10% DO ANNUALLY. SO THIS IS VERY THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT. WE'VE DONE THIS FIRST. THE COUPLE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN IN THE YOUTH COUNCIL AND I THINK IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT, WHICH IS WHY WE KEEP BRINGING IT UP EACH YEAR, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE YOU GUYS COME HELP US OUT. HELP US PROMOTE THIS. SO IT'LL BE THIS WEDNESDAY ON MAY 3RD OF 2023. AH THANK YOU TO MR JEFF. FAST UH, HE LEND US THE LOCATION OF DICKEY'S BARBECUE THAT WILL BE ON 14 13 WEST BARBEQUE WEST BUCKINGHAM ROAD ON GARLAND, TEXAS BARBECUE. GREAT ADDRESS. SORRY IT'S A LITTLE LATE, LITTLE TIRED. AND IT WILL START FROM 3 TO 7 P.M, SO ANYBODY WHO'S WILLING TO COME WE'LL BE THERE AND ANY HELP THAT WE CAN GET. THAT'S THAT'S ALL WE NEED. REALLY? BUT HAVING THAT SAID, THAT'S THE LAST ON OUR LITTLE PRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE FOR YOU GUYS ONCE AGAIN. I REALLY DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO FOR US. IT MAY NOT. IT MAY NOT SEEM LIKE A LOT JUST BY APPOINTING US. IT MAY NOT SEEM LIKE A LOT, BUT IT REALLY REALLY DOES IMPACT US. BECAUSE THROUGHOUT MY FOUR YEARS I'VE LEARNED SO MANY THINGS I HAVE LEARNED. DIFFERENT WAYS THAT I CAN HELP THE CITY AND DIFFERENT WAYS OF THE CITY HELPS ME. AND IT'S JUST SO INTUITIVE AND SO IMPORTANT TO KNOW, AND I FEEL LIKE EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SEE. HOW BIG IT IS TO BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE TO YOUR COMMUNITY. THAT'S SO THAT WHAT YOU DO IS IMPORTANT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS THEY PUT BECAUSE, UH, COUNCILMAN VERA UM. AND WHO IS THE LITTLE GIRL STANDING UP THERE THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT? MY NAME'S AMY ROSAS. AND THIS IS ALSO MY FIRST YEAR SERVING ON THE GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL, AND IT'S REALLY BEEN AN HONOR. TRULY I ALSO ATTENDED THE, UH, TEXAS USE SUMMIT AND FEBRUARY AND THAT JUST OPENED MY EYES TO JUST HOW MUCH THE YOUTH CAN GIVE BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITY. AND IT'S JUST IT'S REALLY BEEN AN HONOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD. UM ANYONE NOBODY ELSE IS IN THE QUEUE. I'LL JUST SAY, UM THANK YOU FROM [01:45:06] ALL OF US. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTITUDES. UM HALEY, YOU THIS IS YOUR FINAL YEAR. CORRECT AND WE ARE SAD ABOUT THAT. BUT YOU JUST MADE. UM, ACTUALLY, ALL OF YOU MADE ONE OF THE GREATEST PUBLIC PITCHES FOR OTHER YOUTH IN THE CITY, UM, TO SEND IN APPLICATIONS TO SERVE ON FUTURE YOUTH COUNCILS, AND YOU SAID IT BETTER THAN ANY OF US SO FAR HAVE MANAGED TO. SO UM APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO APPRECIATE YOUR ATTITUDES. UM SOMEDAY YOU GUYS MAY MAYBE SITTING IN ONE OF THESE SEATS AND WE WILL BE VERY WELL FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. BECAUSE YOU ALL HAVE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB. AND I THANK YOU FOR SAYING THINGS LIKE YOU KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCES EXPERIENCE FOR YOU. UM, I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION. DID YOU SAY THAT AFTER YOU TOURED? YOU DIDN'T GET TO KEEP THE LITTLE TRASH CANS. WE GOT THE LITTLE TRASH CAN. OKAY ALRIGHT. I WAS JUST GONNA SAY WE CAN FIX THAT LITTLE TRASH CAN IS HOLDING ALL MY PENS. I KNOW AND THAT'S WHAT REALLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE LITTLE THINGS FROM THE CITY. I ALSO HAVE IT ON MY DESK WITH ALL MY PENS, AND I LOVE IT, SO I WAS GONNA HOOK YOU UP IF YOU HAD NOT GOTTEN TO KEEP THE LITTLE TRASH CANS AND ALSO APPRECIATE I FORGET WHICH ONE OF YOU SAID, UM , THAT YOU WOULD BE BRIEF. UM ALL OF YOU WERE BRIEF, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE A LOT MORE TROUBLE WITH SO WELL DONE. WELL DONE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. THANK YOU. YOU DON'T. ALRIGHT COUNCIL. WE'RE [4.c. TxDOT Grant Application - Harbor Point Shoreline Trail] GONNA MOVE ON TO, UM I DON'T FOUR C, WHICH IS TECH STOP GRANT APPLICATION HARBOR POINT. SHORELINE TRAIL. I BELIEVE THIS IS MR HESSER. OR IS THE AD OR BOTH? OKAY? IT'LL BE EASY. ADD. GOOD EVENING MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL. I'M HERE. TO PRESENT AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY THAT IS OUT THERE. CURRENTLY WITH THE A TEXT OR GRANT. AND, UM. I WANT TO COME TONIGHT AND PROVIDE YOU SOME INFORMATION. ABOUT THE PROJECT. UM. MAKE YOU AWARE, MAKE THE PUBLIC AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON. HOPEFULLY GARNER YOUR SUPPORT FOR EVENTUALLY, UM, RESOLUTION THAT WILL BE FORTHCOMING, AND IT'S REQUIRED AS PART OF OUR GRANT APPLICATION, AND SO THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE KIND OF RUN THROUGH TONIGHT WITH WITH THE PROJECT AND THE GRANT OPPORTUNITY AND HOPEFULLY GET A PAINT YOU A PICTURE OF WHAT? WHAT WE'RE GOING AFTER IT'S A IT'S A VERY EXCITING AND POTENTIALLY TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECT. UM. SO I WANT TO JUST BRING UP A FEW POINTS ABOUT THIS SEGMENT IN PARTICULAR, IT'S ON OUR UM, REGIONAL VELA WEB THAT'S THROUGH THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS. IT'S ALSO, UM A PLANNED ROUTE ON OUR 2021 ADOPTED TRAILS AND BIKE WAYS MASTER PLAN. AND SO MY GOAL WITH PRESENTING THIS INFORMATION IS TO BRING IT TO YOU ALL TONIGHT TALK YOU THROUGH ALL THE DETAILS. UM YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY PROVIDE YOU THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED TO FEEL COMFORTABLE PROVIDING YOUR SUPPORT. UM BECAUSE EVENTUALLY WHAT WE'LL NEED TO DO IS COLLECT SUPPORT FROM THIS BODY AND OTHER AGENCIES TO PRESENT AS PART OF OUR GRANT APPLICATION. TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY . ALSO MY PLAN IS TO TAKE THIS TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD THAT'S MEETING THIS WEDNESDAY FOR THEIR MAIN MEETING. WE'RE ALSO, UM, HONORING LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM VARIOUS COMMUNITY LEADERS. DALLAS COUNTY DALLAS WATER UTILITIES. UM SEVERAL STATE LEGISLATORS AND WITH THE HOPES OF GATHERING ENOUGH POOL OF SUPPORT AND TO HELP BOLSTER OUR CASE. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS GRANT. THERE'S IF YOU'VE HEARD ICED TEA TEA SAFETY OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS HAS KIND OF TAKEN ON DIFFERENT FORM THIS YEAR. TECH STARTERS AS UM, UM, FACILITATING THIS GRANT THROUGH THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT THAT CAME THROUGH FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. IT'S ALSO CALLED THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE ACT. AND SO, UM, IN TOTAL OF THE STATE HAS $250 MILLION TO ALLOCATE TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. AND WHERE GARLAND LIES IN THIS CATEGORY. HOW THE HOW THE FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED. UM WE'RE IN A, UH A, UM. THE T M A . WHICH IS THE TRANSPORTATION? UM I'M SORRY. I FORGOT ABOUT THE [01:50:09] ACRONYM STANDS FOR IT. WE HAVE AROUND 200 MILLION THAT'S ALLOCATED FOR OUR POPULATION SIZE AND OUR CITY. AND SO, UM, IN OUR CATEGORY WERE A LARGE SCALE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE CATEGORY. THAT'S THE ONE THAT WE AS A CITY ARE ELIGIBLE TO, UM, TO APPLY FOR, AND SO THE RANGE OF FUNDING GOES FROM $5 MILLION TO $25 MILLION AS A CAP PER PROJECT. AND SO, UM , YOU KNOW THIS KIND OF OUTLINES THAT SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW TO BE, UM, CONSIDERED FOR THIS AND SO WHAT? I'LL WHAT I BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION IS THE LOCAL MATCH IS 20% OF THE PROJECT AND SO I'LL GO THROUGH IN A MINUTE. WHAT UM, DETAILS OUR PROJECT KIND OF, UM THE LIMITS OF OUR PROJECT AND KIND OF SOME OF THE DETAILS THAT WE'VE BEEN UM WE'VE BEEN IDENTIFYING SO FAR. AND SO, UM, OF THE LOCAL MATCH, YOU KNOW 20% IF IT'S $25 MILLION PROJECT, THE CITY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO COMMIT $5 MILLION AS PART OF THAT PART OF THAT PROJECT. AND SO JUST GIVING YOU SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE VARIOUS PROJECTS THAT ARE OUT THERE. AS PART OF THIS GRANT, THERE'S A COMMUNITY BASED A LARGE SCALE, WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE IN NETWORK ENHANCEMENTS THAT SUCH AS CROSSWALKS AND BIKE RENTAL STATIONS AND THEN NON INFRASTRUCTURE. UH ITEMS SUCH AS MASTER PLANS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO AS PART OF OUR LARGE SCALE CATEGORY, THEY'RE LOOKING TO GET PROJECTS THAT ARE, UM YOU KNOW, LONG DISTANCE, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION ROUTES. UH, CONNECTION TO INTERMODAL HUBS SHARED USE PATHS ALONG UTILITY CORRIDORS OR RAIL CORRIDORS. UM AND THEN MITIGATE BARRIERS OF TWO CYCLING AND BICYCLE AND THEY'RE REALLY TRYING TO PROMOTE THIS, UM WHAT THEY CALL MOTEL OPTIONALITY OR MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION. AND SO THE PROJECT THAT, UH, WE IDENTIFIED UM, WE MET AS A GROUP AND LOOKED AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT OPTIONS. WE FELT LIKE THIS. THIS ROUTE HERE, UM, PROVIDED THE MOST IMPACT AND WOULD ALLOW US TO BE, YOU KNOW, THE MOST ELIGIBLE PROJECT. THE CHECKED ALL THE DIFFERENT BOXES THAT THEY HAVE. THEY HAVE A VERY COMPREHENSIVE SITE SELECTION OR OR PROJECT SELECTION CRITERIA. AND SO WHAT? I WANT TO SHOW YOU ARE THE LIMITS. UM MAYBE A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO SEE JUST BECAUSE OF THE SCREEN SIZE, BUT THE LIMITS ARE FROM THIS CALLED A SACK ZION ROAD NEAR THE LAKE RAY HUBBARD. UM WE'RE PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE INTERSECTS WITH LIKE WHERE HUBBARD IN THIS AREA. WOULD RUN THROUGH JOHN PAUL JONES PARK. THROUGH THE THROUGH THIS AREA AND REPLACE THE EXISTING SIX FT. SIDEWALK. THAT'S THERE. AND RUN ALONG THE TAKE AREA AND AROUND I 30 AND ONCE WE GET TO I 30 THIS THIS TRANSITION WOULD GO TO FROM A TRAIL TO A BOARDWALK EXPERIENCE. AND SO BY BOARDWALK. IT WOULD BE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SEE, UH , WAS RECENTLY BUILT IN RECORD IN PARK, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW LARGE CONCRETE PLANKS, RAILING, DECORATIVE RAILING. THAT WOULD BE, UM, VARIABLE AND WRITTEN WITH AND HELPED GET PEDESTRIANS UNDERNEATH. I 30. AND SO, UM, THE GOAL WOULD BE TO NOT ONLY BASICALLY INTRODUCE A MULTIMODAL PATHWAY FOR BICYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS BUT ALSO A PLACE WHERE UM, PATRONS OF THIS AREA CAN JUST GO AND LINGER AND ENJOY THE LAKE EXPERIENCE AND HAVE SOMETHING REALLY, UM, REMARKABLE AND EXTRAORDINARY AROUND THE LAKE THAT CURRENTLY DOESN'T EXIST. AND SO, UM, THE LIMITS WOULD GO ALL THE WAY AROUND WHERE THE RESTAURANTS ARE AND THEN TIE INTO A CITY OWNED PARKING LOT. THAT'S AT THE END OF END OF THE ROW OF RESTAURANTS AND SO UM WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A CONSULTING FIRM THAT'S HELPING US PUT TOGETHER AND PACKAGE ALL OF THE INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE GRANT AND HELPING US PREPARE THIS COST ESTIMATE AND SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE WE'RE ESTIMATING THIS ENTIRE SCOPE OF WORK TO BE AROUND $25 MILLION UM AND SO WHERE WE'RE CURRENTLY GETTING AS I MENTIONED GATHERING SUPPORT. UM WE'RE PREPARING ALL OF THE DETAILS THAT IS PART OF OUR DETAILED APPLICATION. UM IT'S A IT'S A TWO PHASE. UM SORRY. IT'S A TU TUESDAYS APPLICATIONS. SO WE'VE ALREADY CROSSED THE FIRST PHASE , WHICH IS BASICALLY IDENTIFYING ANY POTENTIAL BARRIERS TO ADVANCING THROUGH THE THROUGH THIS APPLICATION AND ANY AGENCY THAT REALLY APPLIED THAT. COULD YOU KNOW, CONVEYED THE TECH STOCK BECAUSE WE HAD A MEETING WITH TEXT DOT THAT THERE AREN'T ANY MAJOR BARRIERS IN THE WAY OF GETTING THIS PROJECT DONE, UH, LOGO ADVANCED TO THE DETAILED [01:55:05] APPLICATION PHASE, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE IN. NOW THE DETAILED APPLICATION PHASE IS ACTUALLY DO IN JUNE AND SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE SPENDING THIS TIME IN MAY GET GATHERING OUR SUPPORT AND GETTING ALL THE INFORMATION READY, READY FOR THAT SUBMISSION. SO I WANTED TO PRESENT JUST A KIND OF A ROUGH SKETCH OF WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE THIS WOULD BE BEHIND THE BASS PRO STRUCTURE AS YOU AS YOU KNOW, I 30 WOULD BE KIND OF IN THE DISTANCE HERE. AND SO THE IDEA WOULD BE THAT THIS BOARDWALK AND AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS REALLY CONCEPTUAL AND NATURE. UH THE INTENT IS TO HAVE THE BOARDWALK UP AGAINST THE SEAWALL THAT'S CURRENTLY AT HARBOR POINT, AND IT WOULD FLUCTUATE AND WET AND SO YOU'D HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OBSERVATION. YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT THINGS, YOU KNOW, SEATING AND SHADE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT REALLY PROVIDE THAT EXPERIENCE THAT THIS UNIQUE LAKEFRONT EXPERIENCE THAT REALLY DOES NOT EXIST ANYWHERE ELSE. AND SO I WANTED TO SHOW YOU AN EXAMPLE OF A SIMILAR IDEA THAT'S IN UM AND ACTUALLY AN INSPIRATIONAL IDEA THAT'S IN AUSTIN CURRENTLY ON LADYBIRD JOHNSON LAKE, SO THEY'VE HAD SIMILAR CHALLENGES AND ALIGNING TRAILS ALONG THERE ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER. BECAUSE OF RIGHT OVER ISSUES AND DEVELOPMENT RIGHT UP AGAINST THE LAKESHORE. AND SO THEY CAME UP WITH AN INNOVATIVE SOLUTION, WHICH IS THE SAME CONCRETE PANELS WITH THE RAILING AND CONCRETE SUPPORTS IN THE LAKE, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S IT'S A IT'S A BEAUTIFUL AMENITY, AND IT'S WIDELY POPULAR WITH WITH PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN AND WORK IN AUSTIN. AND SO JUST ANOTHER CONCEPTUAL LOOK AT WHERE IT'S CUT TIES INTO THE, UH, THE ZION ROAD CALLED A SACK ON THE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE. UM WE WORKED OUT AN AGREEMENT WITH, UH UM N T T A TO ALIGN THE TRAIL UNDERNEATH THE TURNPIKE AND CONNECT UP HERE AND SO UM YOU KNOW, THIS WILL CONNECT TO AN EXISTING, UM OR REALLY A PLANNED ROUTE ON OUR ON OUR SHARED USE NETWORK, SHARED USE PATH NETWORK AND ULTIMATELY CONNECT. YOU KNOW RESIDENTS IN THIS PART OF GARLAND AND PARK PATRONS AND JOHN PAUL JONES UNDERNEATH. GEORGE BUSH AND I 30 WITH A SAFE, SAFE CROSSING. SO HERE'S ANOTHER. LOOK AT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. A CROSS SECTION MIGHT LOOK LIKE UM, SO OUR INTENTION IS TO DRILL CONCRETE PIERS INTO THE UM INTO THE LAKE BOTTOM AND ESSENTIALLY CREATE THIS. BOARDWALK EXPERIENCE AND AS IT AS IT FLUCTUATES AND WIDTH AND GROWS WIDER WHEN THEY END UP WITH A THIRD COLUMN JUST TO HELP SUPPORT ADDITIONAL DIMENSION. SO AS I MENTIONED, IT'S A TWO STEP APPLICATION PROCESS. WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THIS STEP TO BOX. OUR DEADLINE IS JUNE 5TH. WE'RE WORKING HARD TO GET OUR SUBMISSION PREPARED FOR, UM, YOU KNOW TO BE SUBMITTED BEFORE THAT , AND THEN TEXT DOT WILL BE REVIEWING FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS. AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO GRANT UM THEIR FUNDING IN OCTOBER. SO AS I MENTIONED, UH, THE TEXT DOT DALLAS DISTRICT ENGINEER WILL BE THE ONE ULTIMATELY MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ON WHICH PROJECTS THEY RECOMMEND MOVING FORWARD FOR GRANT AWARD. BUT ULTIMATELY, THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION IS THE AWARDING AGENCY. AND SO JUST A QUICK, UM BRIEF INFORMATION ABOUT SAFETY AND THE SELECTION CRITERIA ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GRANT. SO THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AH SAFETY AND CONNECTIVITY PROJECT READINESS. THOSE ARE REALLY THE TOP THREE CATEGORIES THAT IN TERMS OF THEIR WEIGHT, UM EACH OF THOSE THREE WAVE LIKE 25% OF THE 100. UM AND THEN THERE'S A THERE'S A COMPONENT OF THE GRANT THAT LOOKS AT GEOGRAPHIC EQUITY AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND PLANNING, AND SO THOSE ARE ARE WEIGHTED DIFFERENTLY A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THE OTHER ONES ARE REALLY TRYING TO GET. UH SAFETY CONNECTIVITY AND, UM, THE MAIN PRIORITY AND THEN, OF COURSE PROJECT READINESS, WHICH INCLUDES SUPPORT, AND, UH YOU KNOW, FISCAL READINESS AS WELL. UH ONE THING THAT'S NOT MENTIONED HERE. ACTUALLY IT ISN'T MENTIONED IN THE SMALL BOX IN THE BOTTOM. AN ADDITIONAL CRITERION THAT THEY'RE USING IS THIS TRANSFORMATIONAL ELEMENT COMPONENT. YOU KNOW, WHEN AND IN THIS PROJECT SPECIFICALLY HAS A REALLY GREAT POTENTIAL FOR BEING A TRANSFORMATIONAL COMPONENT OF THE HARBOR POINT DISTRICT. AND, UM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE PLAY INTO THIS AND THAT AND MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, BENEFICIAL FOR OUR CASES THAT ARE TRAIL WILL EVENTUALLY CONNECT IN WITH THE PROPOSED TRAILS THAT ARE ON I 30 [02:00:06] AND SO TECH STARTERS BUILDING, YOU KNOW, SHARED USE PASSED ALONG MY 30 THAT CONNECT ACROSS LAKE RAY HUBBARD. THIS PROJECT WOULD CONNECT INTO THAT AND THEN EXTEND ESSENTIALLY THOSE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE EVEN FURTHER. AND SO WE FEEL LIKE THERE'S A REALLY STRONG CASE THAT THIS SUPPORTS THEIR CURRENT EFFORTS AND THEIR FUNDING AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY EXPAND ON THEIR INVESTMENT ALREADY. SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF BREAKS DOWN. THE WHAT I MENTIONED EARLIER IN TERMS OF UM YOU KNOW THE CATEGORY WEIGHTS? AND SO AS I MENTIONED THE NEXT STEPS PARK BOARD IN A COUPLE OF DAYS AND, UM, AS AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE FUNDING RESOLUTION AS A REQUIREMENT OF THE GRANT APPLICATION, AND SO, UM, WITH YOUR SUPPORT, WE WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK AND REQUESTED FUNDING RESOLUTION IN THE AMOUNT OF $5 MILLION TO HELP SUPPORT THIS PROJECT FOR OUR LOCAL MATCH FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND. AND SO, UM, WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. FOR THE INFORMATION, JUST ONE QUESTION ON YOUR GRANDAD ELIGIBILITY SLIDE. THEY FOOTNOTE NUMBER ONE. IT TALKS ABOUT SOME COMMUNITIES MAY BE ELIGIBLE. FOR T. D. C S AND I ASSUME THAT NEEDS TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT CREDITS. AM I RIGHT? MR CITY MANAGER. OKAY, I GOT THAT RIGHT. UH, AWAY. WOULD WE BE IN THE BALL PART ON A CONSIDERATION? WITH PARTNER WITH THE DARK WOULD BE AND IF YOU ARE THAN THERE WOULD BE ONE EVER SENT, FEDERAL FUNDING WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT 20% OR WE AT ALL REMOTELY. WOULD WE BE UNDER THAT FOOTNOTE NUMBER ONE WOULD WE BE EVEN REMOTELY? UH ONE OF THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED. UNDER THIS PROGRAM. JUST CURIOUS UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE GARLAND IS NOT, UM, ELIGIBLE FOR T. D. C S. AS PART OF THIS GRAND OKAY? ALRIGHT. THANKS, SIR. THANK YOU, MAN. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN, MORE. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT SHOWED THE LANDSCAPE OF HOW THE TRAIL IS GOING TO GO AROUND THE WATER LINE. I JUST WANT TO SAY TO COUNCIL TONIGHT THAT I AM RIGHT THERE. I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T GET TO COME BEFORE COUNCIL VERY OFTEN AND TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING DOWN THE SOUTHERN END. AND TO BE ABLE TO COME TONIGHT AND TO SHOW SOME OF THE THINGS THAT PARKS, RECREATION THEY'RE DOING IS VERY EXCITING FOR ME. UM I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU A QUESTION, THOUGH, OUT THERE WHERE THE BOAT RAMP THE PUBLIC BOAT RAMP IS OKAY. ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT BOAT RAMP THERE? ARE WE GOING TO GO AROUND THAT AND CUT IT OFF WITH THE TRAIL? YES SIR. WE'RE ABSOLUTELY GOING TO HAVE THAT BOAT DOCKED THERE. IN FACT, IT'S ASSOCIATED WITH ANOTHER PROJECT THAT IS FUNDED, UH, PARTIALLY FUNDED THROUGH THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE GRANT AND OUR 2019 BOND PROGRAM TO REPLACE THAT BOAT DOCK AS WELL AS MAKING OTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PARKING LOT AND THE SEAWALL. VERY GOOD. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE TALKED TO SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT IS COMING WITH SOME TYPE OF PROPOSAL TO DO A KIND OF A RESEARCH TO DO SOME TYPE OF GRANT THAT WILL ALLOW US TO REALLY FIGURE OUT DIFFERENT WAYS BY WHICH WE CAN USE THAT ENTIRE COASTAL LYING AROUND THE LAKE AREA. BECAUSE AS YOU'RE AWARE OF DISTRICT THREE INCOMPETENCE IS ABOUT 85 TO 90% OF THAT COASTLINE, BUT IN TALKING WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION, THERE ARE QUITE A FEW PLANS IN PLACE ALREADY WHEREBY WE MAY BE ABLE TO USE THIS THIS BIKE TRAIL AND WALKED REAL AS A MEANS OF TRANSITIONING SAFE FROM, FOR EXAMPLE. GO BACK OVER IF YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT JOHN PAUL JONES PARK THERE. ALL THE WAY BACK AROUND TO, UH, THE BOAT RAMP. AND THAT RELATES TO BASS PRO SHOP. YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE ABOUT THAT BASS PRO SHOP IS NOT THERE ANYMORE. NOT THE BASS PRO JOB, BUT THEY BOAT RAMP IS NOT THEIR M O AS A RESULT OF WEATHER, AND SO ALL OF THIS, WE'RE REALLY HELP US IF WE TRANSITION AROUND THAT PENINSULA THERE AND THEN BACK DOWN TO MAYBE JUST MAYBE WINDSURF BAY PARK. IT MAY EVEN BE ABLE TO USE SOME OF THE TREATMENT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, SO I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD THE AD AND ANDY AND PARKS AND RECREATION ON THIS PROPOSAL. THEY'RE BRINGING [02:05:06] FORWARD AND HOSPITAL HOPE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL BE ABLE TO PROCEED WITH IN THE WAY OF OBTAINING THE GRANT AND THEN BEGINNING TO DO THE BUILDING PROCESS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMAN BATH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATIONS. UM I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THIS PROJECT COORDINATES WITH SOME OTHER PROJECTS THERE, SUCH AS THE, UM REROUTING GEORGE BUSH. THE I 30 EXPANSION. AND THEN ALSO, UM YOU KNOW THE ROAD THAT'S GOING TO CONNECT SO THE RVS CAN GO ACROSS TO BASS PRO SHOPS. HOW DOES THIS PROJECT COORDINATED WITH THOSE FUTURE PLANS. SO THERE ARE SEVERAL PROJECTS IN THE WORKS. UM IN THIS AREA, SO ALONG WITH THE I 30 EXPANSION, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE TEXT DOT IS THAT THEY ARE, UM, ALSO IMPROVING THE BEST PRO UNDERPASS WAS GOING TO BE AN UNDERPASS BECAUSE I 30 IS NOW GOING TO GO OVER BEST PRO DRIVE. AND AS A RESULT OF THAT THERE ARE SOME BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES INTRODUCED WITH THAT REWORK OF THE OF THE OVERPASS, ALONG WITH SOME ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS AND MY UNDERSTANDING WITH THE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF I 30 ON SHAHA ROAD. UM IS THAT THEY'LL GO DOWN TO MARVIN LOVING DRIVE TO MATCH UP WITH THE CITY OF GARLANDS ENGINEERING PROJECT TO REDO TO HYDRA. OUR ROAD. FROM MARVIN LOVING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE SHORE LINE, AND , UM ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PROJECT IS ANOTHER TRAIL PROJECT THAT IS IN THE BOND PROGRAM, WHICH IS LIKE REHABBER GREENBELT TRAIL. AND THAT'S THIS GREEN LINE THAT'S DOWN HERE. IT STARTS AT THE END OF THE ROAD AND WILL ULTIMATELY GO AROUND IN THE TAKE AREA TO CONNECT INTO THIS PARKING LOT. THAT'S OVER HERE. UM, AND IN THAT PARK AND SO, UM YOU KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE QUITE A BIT OF IMPROVEMENTS MADE ON THE NORTH SIDE. UM THEY'RE THEY'RE EXTENDING THE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS A CERTAIN DISTANCE . I DON'T BELIEVE THEY'RE GOING AS FAR DOWN AS TO GO TO ZION ROAD. UM AND SO YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE IN THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BICYCLES OR PEDESTRIAN TO FIND THEIR WAY DOWN TO THIS TRAIL FROM FROM THAT BIKE FACILITY. THAT TEXT ARTISAN IS, UH IT'S BUILDING. UM AND THEN YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY WE'LL WE'LL BE HOPEFULLY COMING BACK TO COUNSEL WITH A PROPOSAL FOR, UM, CONTRACT FOR, UM, INSTALLING ON STREET BIKE NETWORK. THE SIGNAGE THAT WILL BE PART OF IN ZION ROAD AS PART OF THAT THAT NETWORK AND SO WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS CONNECT PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE ON STREET ON THE BIKE NETWORK TO GET TO THIS AREA AND THEN FIND THE PLACE TO GET OFF THE ROAD AND ONTO THE ONTO THE TAKE AREA AND THE PARKS TO RIDE SAFELY AND GET AROUND TO DIFFERENT AREAS. SO THOSE ARE THE CURRENT PROJECTS THAT I'M AWARE OF AROUND HERE. OKAY AWESOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM. WHATEVER. AH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM I LOVE THIS. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS. WHO ARE WE COMPETING AGAINST? THERE ARE OVER 300 APPLICANTS IN THE STATE. AND SO, UM, WHILE 200 MILLION SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY, YOU KNOW, 25 MILLION IS A PRETTY BIG CHUNK OF THAT. AND SO, UM, WE'RE COMPETING AGAINST OTHER CITIES IN OUR SAME POPULATION CATEGORY. AND SO IT IS GONNA BE VERY COMPETITIVE. UM BUT WE FEEL LIKE WE CHECK A LOT OF THE BOXES THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, AND WITH WITH YOUR SUPPORT AND ALL THE SUPPORT THAT WE'RE GETTING. I THINK WE HAVE A REALLY STRONG CASE. OKAY WELL, SINCE THIS APPEARED ON THE ON THE AGENDA WILL TELL YOU I'VE HEARD FROM A LARGE NUMBER OF CITIZENS WHO JUST EMAILED AND SAID YES. SO I THINK I PRETTY MUCH KNOW WHERE OUR GARLAND CITIZENS ARE, AS FAR AS HAVING A TRAIL LIKE THIS DOWN IN THAT AREA, AND I CERTAINLY KNOW WHERE COUNCILMAN MORE IS ON THAT. SO, UM THE TIMELINE. LET'S SAY WE RECEIVED THIS GRANT. UM WHAT KIND OF TIMELINE? WOULD YOU BE ENVISIONING THAT THIS WOULD ACTUALLY START BEING BUILT? THEY'RE ON A VERY SHORT TIMELINE. THEIR THEIR INTENTION IS TO GET THESE PROJECTS BUILT WITHIN, SAY, THREE YEARS, AND SO, UM, THEY HAVE REALLY AMBITIOUS GOALS AND YOU KNOW THEY WHAT THEIR THEIR THEIR INTENTION IS NOT TO LET SOME OF THE PROJECTS OF THE PAST KIND OF REPEAT THEMSELVES IN TERMS OF FUNDING LAYING DORMANT OR NOT, YOU KNOW, UNUSED FOR SO MANY YEARS, AND SO, UM THEY'RE PUTTING PRETTY STRONG CONTROLS OVER LOCAL AGENCIES TRYING TO [02:10:03] GET THESE PROJECTS DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER. WE'RE IN FAVOR OF TIMELY MANNERS WHEN IT COMES TO AMENITIES LIKE THIS. ALRIGHT COUNCIL. UM DOES ANYONE OBJECT TO THIS MOVING FORWARD AND US HAVING A FUNDING RESOLUTION? COME BACK TO US AND ON MAY 17TH AND A COUPLE OF WEEKS, EVERYBODY GOOD WITH THIS. ALRIGHT THAT WOULD BE UNANIMOUS. WE WILL KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED AND HOPE FOR APPROVAL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK IT'S WELL THE SLIDES, SAID 17TH, BUT WHATEVER OUR NEXT, OKAY, 16. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO ITEM FOR D GARLAND CULTURAL ARTS UPDATE AND CULTURAL [4.d. Garland Cultural Arts Update and Cultural District Designation from Texas Commission on the Arts] DISTRICT DISTRICT DESIGNATION FROM TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS. AMY ROSENTHAL WILL BE PRESENTING AND I'VE ALREADY SEEN A LOT OF THIS, BUT I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT. EVERYBODY SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION AHEAD , AMY. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM. YES AMY ROSENTHAL CULTURAL ARTS, AND I AM ALSO SUPER EXCITED TO SHARE ABOUT THIS AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG NIGHT TONIGHT AND SO I'M GOING TO MOVE FAST. I'LL GO THROUGH THIS FAST, SO I WAS ALSO ASKED TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE ABOUT CULTURAL ARTS IN GENERAL. AND SO SINCE THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE LAST FALL. LOTS OF PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE ON SOME OF THE PRIORITIES FROM THE CULTURAL ARTS PLAN. UM, WE HAVE A PUBLIC ART PROCESS CHECK AND VERY NICE, SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN ARTIST SELECTION PANEL AND WE ASKED FOR CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS INPUT. WE HAVE 34 OF THOSE CITIZENS WILLING TO SERVE ON A PANEL. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PROJECTS THAT ARE GETTING QUEUED UP AND SO LOOKING FORWARD TO ENGAGING THE ARTIST SELECTION PANEL NON RENTAL PROGRAMMING. WE'VE HAD SOME GREAT SUCCESSES THIS SPRING. SO WE HAD THE PETERSON BROTHERS. WE HAD BEETLE GRASS. WE HAD LOVELY MISS MAVIS STAPLES AND PEKING ACROBATS. SO LOTS OF GOOD GOOD NON RENTAL PROGRAMMING IN OUR FACILITIES SO THRILLED ABOUT THAT. UM A LITTLE PEEK OF WHAT'S TO COME THIS FALL , SO THIS FALL WILL HAVE LUCIA IN LEO. ACTUALLY HE'S A BRAZILIAN GUITARIST, AND SHE IS A VOCALIST AND VIOLINIST. IT'S GOING TO BE A FANTASTIC WE'LL CONTINUE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH JIMMY WALLACE WITH LIVE AT THE PLAZA, AND THEN WE HAVE LITTLE JOE L. A FAMILIA. HE WAS A TEXAS STATE ARTIST FOR 2019 AND 2023 ANY A FELLOW SO EXCITED ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS HAPPENING THIS FALL. SO POP UP ART EXHIBITS. I'M THRILLED TO SAY THAT THE GARLAND CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION HAS REALLY SPEARHEADED AN INITIATIVE TO HAVE AN ART EXHIBIT ALL THROUGHOUT GARLAND AND ARE EIGHT DIFFERENT DISTRICTS, AND THAT OPENS NEXT FRIDAY, SO KEEP AN EYE OUT. IT'S REALLY EXCITING, GOOD STUFF, UM AND THEN JUST REALLY STRENGTHENING IN OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS. WE HAD A FANTASTIC BIG ART DAY IN BIG ART AFTER DARK. UM WE HAD ART CARS IN FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE. WE HAD 40 LOCAL ARTISTS FEATURING THEIR WORKS THAT THE ATRIUM, THE DUMPSTER BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT . I MEAN, LOTS OF GREAT ENERGY THERE SO WE'RE MOVING ALONG NOW . THIS PRIORITY NUMBER SEVEN, THE CULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION FROM THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON. SO WHY? WHY SHOULD WE DO THIS? WHAT'S IN IT FOR US? SO IT'S THE STATE, SAYING THAT GARLAND HAS CULTURAL ASSETS THAT ARE WORTHY OF RECOGNITION GIVES US TERRIFIC PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE THESE COLLABORATIONS WITH WITH CITY GROUPS AND WITH GROUPS OUTSIDE THE CITY. A AND A LITTLE MONEY GIVES US A LITTLE MONEY ACCESS TO SOME GRANTS, SO VERY IMPORTANT, BUT Y'ALL HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A LONG TIME WAY BEFORE I EVER GOT HERE . SO BACK IN 2017, TEXAS DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION CAME OUT AND DID A REALLY COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT OUR DOWNTOWN AND VERY COMPLIMENTARY OF SOME OF THE ARTS. UM POSSIBILITIES AND SOME OF THE ART THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING IN DOWNTOWN GARLAND AND THEY'RE RIGHT THERE. YEP PURSUE THE TEXTURAL, THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS DESIGNATION. BUT IT EVEN GOES BACK A LITTLE BIT FARTHER THIS PICTURE DOWN HERE WITH KIND OF A RENDERING DRAWING THAT'S FROM THE 2015 SEEING SCN, YOU LEADERSHIP. IT WAS A CONFERENCE KIND OF A AN ANALYSIS, AND THEY TOO, TALKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES OF A CULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION. AS YOU ALL KNOW YOUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ECONOMIC STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN. WE WANT TO FIND WAYS TO PROMOTE GARLAND AS A DESTINATION. FOR DAYTIME AND NIGHTTIME AND WEEKDAYS AND WEEKENDS. SO IN HERE AGAIN IN OUR CULTURAL ARTS PLAN, SO THIS [02:15:02] IS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION ABOUT GARLAND NEEDS A CULTURAL DISTRICT. SO WHAT IS A CULTURAL DISTRICT? IT'S AN ANCHOR OF A RECOGNIZED LABELED MIX USED AREA OF A COMMUNITY IN WHICH THERE EXISTS A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF ARTS AND CULTURAL FACILITIES, INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS AND EVENTS THAT ARE PROMOTED TO ATTRACT. CULTURAL TOURISTS. SO WHAT ARE CULTURAL TOURISTS? WELL WITH MAVIS STAPLES. WE HAD LOTS OF THOSE CULTURAL TOURISTS. WE HAD PEOPLE IN FROM KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA AND NEW MEXICO COMING IN TO GARLAND TO SEE THAT SHOW. EAT IN OUR RESTAURANTS SPEND THEIR MONEY HERE. SO THESE CULTURAL TOURISTS ARE INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS SEEKING DISTINCTIVE CULTURAL EXPERIENCES, FOCUSING ON VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS, ARCHITECTURE, CUISINE AND CRAFT . THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO EAT AT INTRINSIC. THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO SHOP LOCALLY. THESE YOU KNOW, AND WE DEFINITELY WANT THEIR MONEY BECAUSE THOSE CULTURAL TOURISTS SPEND MORE MONEY THAN THE AVERAGE JOE TOURIST. SO WHO SHOULD APPLY COMMUNITIES WITH AN EXISTING CONCENTRATION OF ARTS AND CULTURAL ASSETS AND ONE WALKABLE AREA OF THE CITY THAT THEY WANT TO PROMOTE TO VISITORS . SO THIS TERM WALKABLE WELL, KIND OF THINK ABOUT THAT DIFFERENT CITIES ACROSS TEXAS APPROACH WALKABLE AND DIFFERENT WAYS. UM WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT OUR DISTRICT TO CAPTURE AS MANY RESOURCES AS POSSIBLE. SO HERE ARE CITIES WITH DESIGNATIONS. THERE ARE 52 CITIES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT HAVE A CULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION. THE CITIES THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW REPRESENT OUR NORTH TEXAS NEIGHBORS. SO ARLINGTON DENTON MCKINNEY, PLANO. DALLAS OBVIOUSLY HAS THREE DISTRICTS. THEY HAVE THE DALLAS ARTS DISTRICT. THEY HAVE DEEP ELLUM, AND THEY HAVE FAIR PARK FORT WORTH HAS TO SO THAT THE STATE IS PRETTY, UM THIS IS THIS IS A TOUGH DESIGNATION TO ACQUIRE SO WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT HERE IN JUST A MOMENT, BUT THEY HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PROCESS. WE SUBMITTED A LETTER. MR REX SUBMITTED A LETTER BACK IN JANUARY HAVE BEEN ON THE ROAD. I'VE DONE THE ROADSHOW TOUR OF ALL THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WITH LOTS OF GREAT FEEDBACK AND INPUT FROM DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDER GROUPS. TONIGHT I'M HERE WITH Y'ALL FOR WORK SESSION AND THEN SIT ON THE 16TH LEGS. THE AD WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING FOR SOLUTION AND SUPPORT OF OUR PURSUIT OF A CULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION. SO THE REQUIREMENTS WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THESE STRONG PARTNERSHIPS WITH ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE G D B A. THE ARTS COMMISSION VISIT GARLAND, THE CHAMPION CHAMBER LANDMARK. WE NEED A RESOLUTION FROM THE CITY . WE HAVE TO HAVE A CULTURAL ARTS PLAN. THE CITY OF GARLAND HAS A FANTASTIC CULTURAL ARTS PLAN. WE NEED TO DEMONSTRATE A MARKETING PLAN. WE HAVE TO HAVE LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION. THERE'S A FIVE MINUTE VIDEO, WHICH IS 50% OF THE SCORE. NICK IS WORKING HARD WITH ME ON THIS SO, BUT AGAIN, IT'S VERY COMPETITIVE. AND I HAVE ARLINGTON LISTED HERE BECAUSE ARLINGTON HAD TO GO THROUGH IT. TWICE AND THE CITY OF CONROE ACTUALLY HAD TO GO THROUGH IT. THREE TIMES, BUT I HAVE LEGACY WEST HERE ALSO LISTED BECAUSE THE YEAR THAT MCKINNEY WAS APPLYING LEGACY WEST WAS ALSO APPLYING AND THEY DUMPED A LOT OF MONEY INTO THEIR APPLICATION AND INTO THEIR VIDEO. AND THEY WERE NOT DESIGNATED. SO WHAT I THINK THAT SAYS, IS THAT GARLAND THEY THE COMMISSION WANTS AUTHENTIC COMMUNITIES THAT REALLY HAVE CULTURAL ASSETS THAT YOU CAN'T I MEAN LIKE A GHOST CITY WEST HAS FANTASTIC EATERIES AND GREAT RETAIL, BUT IT'S NOT A CULTURAL DISTRICT, RIGHT? SO THE DISTRICT DESIGNATION SPANS 10 YEARS. UM AND AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT THESE BENEFITS. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST THE STATE SAYING, HEY, GARLAND HAS GOT THESE FANTASTIC ASSETS AND IT'S THE DOLLARS TO AND HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE AWARDS THAT OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE USED THEIR DOLLARS AND, UM, ABILENE TO LIGHT SCULPTURES AND AMARILLO FOR CONCERTS IN CANADIAN, WHICH IS WAY UP THERE AND MARFA AND ABILENE. THEY ACTUALLY USE THEIR DOLLARS TO PUT IN AN ELEVATOR. FOR THEIR ART MUSEUM IN DENTON. IT WAS FOR THE DEBT AND ART AND JAZZ SO YOU CAN USE THESE DOLLARS FOR PROGRAMMING. YOU CAN USE THEM FOR CAPITAL. YOU CAN ALSO USE THEM FOR MARKETING, WHICH IS PRETTY TERRIFIC AS WELL TO PASO TALKED THE BLOCK GALVESTON'S A SERIES OF EXHIBITIONS HOUSTON A MARKETING CAMPAIGN, YOU KNOW, ALMOST $70,000 FOR MARKETING PRETTY TERRIFIC. FRESH ART. YOU KNOW $25,000 FOR AN ARTIST RESIDENCY. UM LUBBOCK IMPROVEMENTS TO A COURTYARD CNN TONIO AGAIN A WEBSITE TEXARKANA, ALI ACTIVATIONS, LIGHT SCULPTURES [02:20:01] AND WACO SOMETHING FOR THEIR DST LOSS MARTOS SO AGAIN, JUST TO SEE AN IDEA OF HOW THESE DOLLARS COULD REALLY BENEFIT GARLAND. I MEAN, IT'S PRETTY EXCITING TO THINK ABOUT SO HERE'S GARLANDS OPPORTUNITY, RIGHT? SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT AN EXISTING CONCENTRATION OF ARTS AND CULTURAL ASSETS IN A WALKABLE AREA OF THE CITY TO PROMOTE TO VISITORS, YOU KNOW YOU START TO LOOK AT WHERE WE HAVE THESE ASSETS. I MEAN, WE HAVE OUR CROWN JEWEL, THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE . WE HAVE THE ARTS CENTER. WE HAVE THE MUSEUM. WE HAVE THE LIBRARY THAT'S UNDERGOING A COMPLETE REMODEL AND REFRESH, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE COLLEGE. AND WE'VE GOT THIS NEW POTTERY STUDIO THAT'S COMING IN BY THE COLLEGE AND WE'VE GOT THE NINTH STREET GALLERY. WE HAVE LOU HAVE PARK WE HAVE THE CARVER SENIOR CENTER. WE HAVE THE SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER MAGIC 11TH STREET, THE HIGH SCHOOL AND WE HAVE CENTRAL PARK. SO WHEN YOU START TO LOOK AT ALL OF THAT ALL OF THESE ASSETS YOU KIND OF GO BACK 100 YEARS AND YOU SEE THAT THERE WAS A RIBBON RIBBON OF ROAD, THE BANKHEAD HIGHWAY THAT CONNECTS ALL OF THESE ASSETS. AND ALL OF THESE ASSETS HAVE THEIR OWN DISTINCT IDENTITY, RIGHT? BUT IN ORDER TO THINK ABOUT A BROADER DISTRICT, THE BANKHEAD HIGHWAY CONNECTS THE DIFFERENT ASSETS AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LOVE BEST ABOUT THE BANKHEAD HIGHWAY IS GARLAND WAS VERY INTENTIONAL THAT IT WENT THROUGH THEIR DOWNTOWN. THOSE MERCHANTS SAID. DON'T, DON'T YOU MESS WITH THAT ROUTE? IT NEEDS TO COME RIGHT DOWN MAIN STREET, SO I THINK THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING. THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK SPEAKS TO GARLAND SO WELL, IS THAT GARLAND. AND THIS IS JUST SO GARLAND TO ME. VOLUNTARILY ORGANIZED AND WENT TO WORK WITHOUT ASKING FOR HELP. GARLAND DID IT. WE SAID WE'RE GOING TO JUST MAKE THIS HAPPEN. OKAY AND SO, UM, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE BANKHEAD HIGHWAY IN THE POTENTIAL FOR ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL IMPACT, THERE'S GREAT STORIES OF MR WILLIAMS THAT WAS THE PARK PRIOR TO CENTRAL PARK, AND HE MADE SURE HE PUT OUT SOME PICNIC TABLES, SO THOSE TOURISTS DRIVING BY COULD STOP AND EAT THEIR LUNCH AT HIS PICNIC TABLES, AND HE COULD SELL SOME CONCESSIONS. I MEAN, GARLAND, REALLY, THE ENTREPRENEURS REALLY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE BANKHEAD HIGHWAY. SO IF WE START TO THINK ABOUT GARLAND'S BANKHEAD. CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT GARLANDS BANKHEAD ARTS DISTRICT AGAIN. IT'S JUST A RIBBON OF ROADS THAT THAT REALLY CONNECTS GARLANDS MOST IMPORTANT IMPORTANT CULTURAL ASSETS. AND IT HELPS PROVIDE UNITY. SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS CENTRAL AREA, IT GIVES US ALL A COMMON WAY TO TALK ABOUT OURSELVES AGAIN. THIS IS JUST VISIT GARLAND'S, YOU KNOW, WE WERE THE FIRST IN THE STATE TO HAVE A MARKER ABOUT THE BANKHEAD HIGHWAY. THIS IS AUTHENTIC. THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT WE JUST MADE UP. THERE'S 100 YEARS OF BANKHEAD HIGHWAY IN GARLAND. SO HERE'S WHAT THE DISTRICT LOOKS LIKE. FROM A TRAFFIC STANDPOINT, ZED'S TEAM HELPED US PUT THIS TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE HERE ON FIRST STREET, JUST SOME OF THE TRAFFIC , UM, AND SOME REALLY VISIBLE LOCATIONS FOR SIGNAGE OR FOR OTHER TYPES OF PUBLIC ART INSTALLATIONS, SO IT'S PRETTY COOL TO SEE SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS, YOU KNOW, 42,000 VEHICLES A DAY. PRETTY COOL. AND AGAIN THINKING TOO. YOU KNOW WHAT WAS IMPORTANT TO PARKS AND REC BOARD WAS THE CONNECTIVITY AND THINKING ABOUT THEIR MASTER PLAN THAT INTENDS TO WIDEN SOME TRAILS OR MAKE YOU KNOW SIDEWALKS WIDENED. HELP WITH BIKES, YOU KNOW, INCREASING BIKE TRAILS, JUST THE CONNECTIVITY. AND AGAIN BACK TO THIS ECONOMIC STRATEGIC PLAYING THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT THAT RED HOT AREA RIGHT HERE IN THE CENTRAL DOWNTOWN AREA. UM AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE STRATEGIC PLAN JUST REALLY EMPHASIZES ALL OF THE OPPORTUNITY IN DOWNTOWN. SO UM, WITH THAT, I'D LOVE A LITTLE FEEDBACK OR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT OUR CULTURAL DISTRICT PROCESS. THE APPLICATION IS DUE JUNE 15TH. IT WILL BE REVIEWED IN JULY AND AUGUST AND VOTED ON AND WE WOULD KNOW SOMETIME IN THAT SEPTEMBER OCTOBER TIME FRAME IF WE RECEIVED THE DESIGNATION SUCH A GREAT TIME TO LAUNCH A NEW, BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN SQUARE. SO UM , THAT THAT THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. THANKS. COUNCIL. I'M SITTING HERE. COUNTING AND LOOKING AT THE Q. SO UM, IF NONE OF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, I CERTAINLY WILL. I'M WATCHING. OKAY THERE WE GO. OKAY ALRIGHT. THE PICTURES I KNOW WHICH IS SO FUN. ALRIGHT, COUNCILMAN MORE I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO SAY AGAIN. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE VISION , CREATIVITY, THOUGHTS AND IDEAS THAT YOU'RE BRINGING TO OUR [02:25:08] CULTURAL ARTS. UH JUST LISTENING . TONIGHT WE BEGAN TO TALK ABOUT GARLAND BECOMING A DESTINATION LOCATION. I CAN SEE IT. I CAN I CAN BEGIN TO SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL, AND I THINK THAT IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH LEADERSHIP LOT TO DO WITH YOUR COMING ON BOARD. AND I THINK ANDY DID A GREAT JOB BRINGING YOU I WAS. I'VE BEEN THERE WITH YOU AT ALL OF THE WELL, NOT ALL OF THEM. I MISSED THE LAST ONE. BUT AT MOST OF THE ATTRACTION THAT YOU BROUGHT AS FAR AS THE ATRIUM IS CONCERNED THAT MABEL STAPLES AND SO ON AND SO FORTH, AND IT'S JUST GOOD TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE THERE AND YOU'RE NOT JUST PUTTING IT TOGETHER, BUT YOU'RE THERE. YOU'RE THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SUCCESSFUL, SO I'M JUST EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S TAKING PLACE WITH OUR CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION. AND JUST SAYING TO YOU JUST KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER LUCKED. I'VE ACTUALLY HAD THE PLEASURE OF SEEING YOUR PRESENTATION SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE I WAS AT THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WHEN YOU PRESENTED, SO IT'S REALLY IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU HERE TONIGHT, AND I'VE YOU KNOW, I'VE OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORT THIS ENDEAVOR, AND I THINK IT'S AWESOME. SO GOOD LUCK AND, UH I HOPE IT GOES. WELL, THANK YOU. OKAY. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. UM THANK YOU FIRST FOR YOUR ENERGY LEVEL. UH THAT I MEAN, IT HAS BEEN. IT'S CONTAGIOUS. AH I HAD NEVER BEEN TO AN ACROBAT SHOW BEFORE, BUT I ATTENDED ONE IN GARLAND. I MEAN, THAT WAS THAT WAS AN EXPERIENCE A REAL EXPERIENCE. YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A D OLD AND YOU KNOW IT THE COOKIE STORE OR SOMETHING. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. YEAH, BUT BUT AWESOME. AND JUST THE ENERGY NOT NOT JUST WITH DOWNTOWN. BUT THROUGHOUT OUR CITY, PARTICULARLY THE SOUTHERN SECTOR. UM RESPONSIVENESS. THE QUESTIONS WE'VE GOT AND PEOPLE ARE YOUR YOUR CALENDAR EVENTS THAT YOU'RE PUSHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. PEOPLE ARE NOTICING THEM. THEY'RE ASKING ABOUT THEM. AND SO IT'S JUST I WANTED 10% SUPPORT. PROPOSAL TONIGHT AND YOU REQUEST BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THE SHORT TIME THAT YOU'VE BEEN HERE. I'VE NOTICED. A DIFFERENCE. PARTICULARLY IN ENERGY, AND PARTICULARLY I LISTENED A LOT FROM YOUNG FOLK TALK WHEN THEY AND YOU KNOW SOME HIGH SCHOOLERS THAT LIVE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE BEEN TO SEVERAL SHOWS. THERE WERE NONE OF THEM HAD THE MAVIS STAPLES. I DIDN'T EVEN THINK YOU KNOW IF YOU WERE ON THE 25 YOU EVEN KNEW WHO MADE A STATEMENT WAS BUT A BUNCH OF THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO HAVE MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE AT THAT PACKED HOUSE OVER THERE, THE ONLY THING THEY SAID WHY DIDN'T SHE SAYING LONGER THAT OTHER THAN THAT, BUT BUT KIDDOS AND, UH, APPRECIATE YOUR VISION HERE , AND WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS DESIGNATION. UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP. THANKS A LOT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. COUNCILMAN HEDRICK. THANK YOU, MADAM PRO TIM. I'M ALL FOR THIS. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA. BUT CAN YOU GIVE US AN IDEA OF HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE WERE COMPETING AGAINST? HOW MANY APPLICANTS? WHAT ARE OUR CHANCES? I MEAN, IF CANADIAN TEXAS CAN WIN, I THINK WE CAN WIN. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THAT WAS. I HAD TO LOOK IT UP. IT'S IN THE PANHANDLE. FAR NORTH FOR ALL THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, BUT I WANT TO WHAT ARE OUR CHANCES? I'M VERY EXCITED. NO I AM IN A IN. IT DEPENDS ON YOUR SUPPORT SO MUCH, AND I AM SO GRATEFUL TO BE HERE. AND JUST I MEAN, THE SUPPORT IS AMAZING. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT WILL HELP. VICIOUS THROUGH. SO THERE ARE NINE CITIES APPLYING THIS YEAR. UM, I KNOW GRANBURY IS APPLYING . I KNOW LEFT GIN IS APPLYING. I HAD HEARD RUMORS THAT FRISCO WAS APPLYING. BUT MAYBE THAT'S BEEN TAMPERED DOWN. UM I SUSPECT THAT THEY MAY YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T ALL BE CULTURAL DISTRICTS. BUT I WOULD SAY MAYBE 3 TO 3 GOES FORWARD. SO UM, YOU KNOW AGAIN, I WE HAVE IT. I MEAN, WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE INGREDIENTS. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE CULTURAL FACILITIES. WE HAVE THE PARTNERSHIPS. WE HAVE THE HISTORY. WE HAVE THE INVESTMENT. OH, MY GOODNESS. I MEAN, WE HAVE IT. SO UM I FEEL VERY POSITIVE. BUT I ALSO GET SWEATY PALMS TOO. SO LIKE I THINK ABOUT ARLINGTON , YOU KNOW WHO HAD TO GO THROUGH IT A COUPLE OF TIMES WHERE I FEEL LIKE MAYBE ARLINGTON DID IT NECESSARILY LEAN INTO ITS IDENTITY? I THINK YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT THE BANKHEAD. WE DO HAVE THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT COULD SEPARATE US IN TERMS OF IDENTITY AND AUTHENTICITY. SO UM, SO, YEAH. SO I KNOW NINE [02:30:08] CITIES ARE APPLYING, OR AT LEAST SUBMITTED THEIR LETTER OF INTENT. ALRIGHT WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM. MADAM BROUGHT HIM MHM AND COUNCIL MEMBER LIKED. THANK YOU, MAYOR. PROTEIN I WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT THE BANKHEAD CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT THAT I FORGOT TO ASK YOU MY QUESTION ABOUT THE POP UPS, AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU'VE DETERMINED THE LOCATIONS OF THOSE POP UPS YET. WE HAVE. SO UM, FIRE WHEEL NORTH LIBRARY SOUTH LIBRARY FIELDS, AUDUBON. ART CENTER IN THE COLLEGE AND I FEEL LIKE I'M MISSING ONE. UM I'D HAVE TO GO BACK, BUT I WILL SEND. I'LL SEND IT OUT. I'LL SEND IT OUT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS THAT SO, YEAH, THAT IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY COOL. AND THESE ARE ALL GARLAND ARTISTS EITHER LIVING IN GARLAND OR WORKING IN GARLAND. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY, COUNCIL. THE QUEUE IS CLEAR. UM AND WHAT STILL IS OKAY . UM AMY, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I'M I'M INCREDIBLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, AND I THINK YOU HAVE, UM, ROBUST SUPPORT FROM THE COUNCIL. WE'VE APPRECIATED ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE. AND YOUR POINT ABOUT THIS . THE BANKHEAD ARTS DISTRICT BEING AN AUTHENTIC UM, IT JUST DOESN'T GET MUCH MORE AUTHENTIC THAN THAT. UM NONE OF US WERE BORN AT THE TIME THAT THAT HAPPENED. SO UM, I DO THINK WE'LL STAND OUT. SO EVEN THOUGH YOU KNOW, EVEN IF WE'RE UP AGAINST EIGHT OTHER CITIES I THINK THE VERY THINGS THAT YOU LISTED OFF WILL CAUSE US TO STAND OUT. AND SO I AM VERY HOPE . I WISH I WISH FOR YOUR VIDEO THAT WE ALREADY HAD THE SQUARE DONE. UM BUT, UH, BUT IT'S ALREADY STARTING. YOU CAN SEE IT FROM HERE. SO WHEN ANDY AND I HAD THE CONVERSATION WITH THE STATE OFFICIAL, THAT KIND OF CAME UP, I THINK THEY THEY LIKE THAT. OUR STORY ISN'T FINISHED. THEY LIKE THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY KNOW THAT THIS DESIGNATION HELPS COMMUNITIES GROW. AND I THINK THAT WE SHOW YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE RENDERING OF WHAT OF WHAT THE FINAL WILL LOOK LIKE, BUT I THINK THAT THEY'RE EXCITED TO SEE THAT WE ARE ACTIVELY INVESTING IN THIS DISTRICT. SO AND WE ARE OKAY, COUNSEL. I DON'T SEE ANY OBJECTIONS FROM ANYONE ABOUT THIS MOVING FORWARD . SO UH, WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN AND HAVING A RESOLUTION READY FOR YOU WHEN YOU COME BACK. FANTASTIC. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT UM, COUNCIL. WE ARE NOW AT FOUR F WHOOPS. OKAY LET ME [4.f. Audit Committee Meeting Report] OKAY. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SMITH. DO WE NEED A ME BACK? NO NO, I'M PUNCHING IN FOR THE AUDIT PIECE THAT COMES NEXT. ALRIGHT YOU CAN'T EVEN LET ME GET THE SENTENCE OUT. OKAY SO WE ARE AT FOUR F AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING. I'LL SPEAK SLOWLY TO GIVE HIM TIME HERE. REPORT AUDIT COMMITTEE CHAIR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, ROBERT JOHN SMITH AND JEFF JOHNSON, OUR CITY AUDITOR. UM ARE GOING TO PRESENT THE REPORT OF RECENT ACTIVITY. SO AH, GOOD. YEAH. GO FOR IT. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM. ON THIS AUDIT. WE HAD THE CONTRACT PROCUREMENT AUDIT REQUESTED BY COUNCILOR WILLIAMS AND A SURPRISE CASH COUNTS. AUDIT UH, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS IMPROVING OUR PROCESSES COMING BACK FROM THE COVID PANDEMIC AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF PROGRESS IN THIS AUDIT. JED. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. GOOD EVENING MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE. AS THE CHAIRMAN INDICATED. WE'VE MET ON APRIL 27TH AND DISCUSS THOSE TWO ITEMS BEFORE I START THAT IF I MAY TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK OUR WONDERFUL ARCTIC COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN FOR ALL HIS SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE PAST SIX YEARS, HE WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE AUDIT FUNCTION AND PERSONALLY TO ME AS WELL. I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS THAT. THANKS. TO HIM FOR EVERYTHING THAT HE HAS DONE BACK TO THE AUDIT. THE NUMBER FIRST STARTED WAS THE CONTRACT PROCUREMENT AUDIT HAS THE CHAIRMAN INDICATED. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS REQUESTED THIS AUDIT? UM BASICALLY, WE WANTED TO EVALUATE HOW CONTRACTS THAT FELL BELOW THE CITY COUNCIL SIGNATURE AUTHORITY WERE PROCURED AND ANY RELATED CHANGE ORDERS WERE PROCESSED. THIS IS PRIOR TO OUR CURRENT OR DIRECTIVE UPDATE FROM FEBRUARY 2022. SO WHEN I TALKED ABOUT THE CITY COUNCIL SIGNATURE PUT AUTHORITY PRIOR TO THAT IT WAS $100,000. SO THOSE WERE THE , UH, PROCUREMENT THAT WE LOOKED AT OUR SCOPE WAS PHYSICALLY AT 21 22. DURING THAT TIME, THE CITY PROCURED APPROXIMATELY $66 MILLION WORTH OF UM VARIOUS SERVICES AND PRODUCTS THAT FELL [02:35:04] BELOW THE DOLLAR LIMIT OF $103,000. OVERALL WE FOUND THAT THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT WAS IN COMPLIANCE, ENSURING THAT THE CITY'S WASN'T COMPLIANCE WITH THE ESTABLISHED CITY DIRECTIVE AND THE STATE PROCUREMENT LAWS APPROPRIATE OR THE RECESSION WAS DOCUMENTED FOR THE TEST OF CHANGE ORDERS. AH WE DID SOME ANALYSIS WE? FIRSTLY WE WANTED TO DO A PROCUREMENT METHOD AND ANALYSIS TO FIND OUT HOW WE PROCURE THESE ALL OF THIS. UNFORTUNATELY WE COULD NOT DO THAT FOR THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF 2500 PRS, WHICH SERVED 45 DEPARTMENTS FROM ABOUT 1000 BUSINESSES. THE REASON BEING WAS AH, WE WERE NOT CAPTURING THE PROCUREMENT METHOD IN OUR CONTRACT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, SO UNFORTUNATELY, WE COULD NOT DO FOR THE ENTIRE POPULATION. INSTEAD WE TOOK A STATISTICAL SAMPLE AND LOOKED AT 106 OF THEM . BASED ON OUR ANALYSIS WE ARE IN DEFIED THAT APPROXIMATELY 40% OF WHAT WE PROCURED DURING THAT TIME FRAME WORK, EITHER THROUGH COOPERATIVE PURCHASE OR IN A LOCAL AGREEMENTS. WHICH ARE ALLOWED ALLOWABLE PART OF THE STATE LAW AND PER HOUR DIRECTIVE. WE ALSO WANTED TO DO SOME ANALYSIS TO FIND OUT WHAT KIND OF COMMODITIES WHERE REPURCHASING BETWEEN THREE AND $100,000 THE TOP FOUR WERE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, SUCH AS ENGINEERING, SURVEYING AND CONSULTING NUMBER TWO WAS COMPUTERS FOR HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE NUMBER THREE WAS CONTRACTING BUILDING, REMODELING , REPAIR, WATER, UTILITIES AND OTHER TYPES OF CONTRACT WORK. THE LAST ONE WAS SPECIAL SERVICES. SUCH AS GROUND LANDSCAPING, MAINTENANCE, TESTING, INSPECTION AND PROMOTIONAL SERVICES. OVERALL THOSE WORDS OF TOP FOUR COMMODITIES THAT WE PROCURED BETWEEN $300,000. THERE WERE A FEW OBSERVATION IN ADDITION TO THESE TWO THAT I'M INDICATED, AS I INDICATED BEFORE OUR CONTRACT LIFE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND THE DEPARTMENT'S DATA RECORDING PROCESS ARE NOT CONFIGURED AT THIS POINT. TO PROVIDE RELEVANT , ACCURATE AND COMPLETE REPORT. PARTIALLY THIS WAS DUE TO OUR SYSTEMS, NOT INTERFACE OR TALK TO EACH OTHER. WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT SYSTEM, BEATING SYSTEM OR FINANCE SYSTEM CONTRACT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ON RECORD RETENTION SYSTEM. THESE SYSTEMS DO NOT NECESSARILY TALK TO EACH OTHER. IF WE WOULD WE CAN DO A LOT OF ANALYTICS AND WHICH WOULD PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY AND IT WILL HELP US. UM BAKE MAKE BETTER DECISIONS IN THE FUTURE FOR THAT WE ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED TO VALUE EIGHT. THE SYSTEM CAPABILITIES TO INTERFERE IN THE FACE WITH WITH OTHER SYSTEMS IN ORDER TO CAPTURE, ANALYZE ALL PROCUREMENT DETAILS IF NECESSARY, CONSIDER OPTIONS FOR A NEW SYSTEM WITH MORE ADVANCED CAPABILITIES, AND SOME MANAGEMENT CONCURRED WITH THAT. THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING WITH PURCHASING IS IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING WITH FINANCE AND IT TO PUT A DEADLINE ON HOW WE CAN EITHER INTERFACE OR GET A NEW SYSTEM TO DO BETTER REPORTING AND BETTER. UH, BUT HELP US MAKE BETTER DECISIONS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED MANAGEMENT TO RECORD AND ANALYZE THE PROCUREMENT METHOD FOR EACH PURCHASE TO FACILITATE TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPARENCY. AND ASSISTING, EVALUATING THE BEST OPTION FOR PROCURING VARIOUS PRODUCTS AND SERVICES MANAGEMENT AGAIN CONCURRED WITH THAT, UM, AS YOU'RE AWARE BETWEEN THREE AND $50,000 PROCUREMENT PURCHASES, THE CITY'S PER STATE LAW REQUIRED TO CONTRACT TO HISTORICALLY UNDER YOUR LIFE BUSINESSES IS STILL JUST SATISFY THE STATES HAVE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT. UH CURRENTLY WE ARE USING THE STATE COMPARABLES CENTRALIZED MASTER JUDICIAL LIST TO MEET THAT REQUIREMENT, AND WE DID TEST A FEW OF OUR SAMPLES. AND YES, WE ARE MEETING THEIR REQUIREMENTS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THAT IS IMPLIED. WE ARE COMPLYING WITH THE REQUIREMENTS HAVE OVER IN THAT LIST AT THE STATE CONTROLLERS LIST. THERE ARE ONLY 13 GARLAND BUSINESSES IN THE PAST. HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESS IS SO WE FELT LIKE WE CAN PROBLEMS, DO A BETTER JOB IN ADVERTISING AND GET GET WITH OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO INCREASE THEIR REGISTRATION BY COLLABORATING WITH VARIOUS BUSINESS COMMUNITY WITHIN GARLAND, AND SO SOME OF OUR RECOMMENDATION, VERSE TWO OR GO TO WORK WITH VARIOUS CHAMBERS WITHIN THE CITY, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT BUILDING INSPECTION DEPARTMENT UTILIZE SERIES NEWSLETTER AND DISTRIBUTE INFORMATIVE FLIERS. RELEVANT CITY OFFICES AGAIN. MANAGEMENT CONCURRED WITH THAT, AND I BELIEVE PHIL ALREADY PUT AN AD IN THE CITY'S NEWSLETTERS. APPRECIATE THAT, UM, SO THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S IN THE WORK. LASTLY, THE THIRD OBSERVATION [02:40:02] WAS, AS I INDICATED BEFORE WE IDENTIFIED THE MOST OF THESE PROCUREMENTS. WE WERE PROCURING THROUGH THE INNER LOCAL IN COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS, WHICH ARE COMPLETELY FINE FROM A COMPLIANCE PERSPECTIVE. BUT WHEN WE DO THAT, WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY COMPARING EVEN WITH BETWEEN DIFFERENT, UM COOPERATED PURCHASES OR OTHER OPTIONS. THERE ARE MULTIPLE REASONS FOR IT. IT ACTUALLY ADDS EFFICIENCY TO THE PROCESS, BUT WHEN WE CAN WE WANT TO REEVALUATE THE CURRENT PROCUREMENT PROCESS PRACTICES TO CONSIDER ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES FOR COMPARING VARIOUS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH ALTERNATIVES. THIS MAY ALLOW THE CITY TO ATTEND THE BEST VALUE AND UNIVERSITY OF COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT PARTIALLY CONCURRED WITH THAT THEY WILL GOING FORWARD. THEY WILL EVALUATE ANY NEW PURCHASING CO OPS. SO THAT IN HEIGHTENED THE NUTSHELL, THAT WAS THE AUDIT FOR THE PROCUREMENT AUDIT THAT WE DID AGAIN. I WANT TO THANK PHIL AND HIS LEADERSHIP AS WELL AS GARY WHO WORKED WITH US TREMENDOUSLY DURING THIS AUDIT, AND IT WAS A VERY, UH VERY THOROUGH AUDIT. WE HAD TO PULL IT OFF INFORMATION TO DO THIS ANALYSIS, BUT I DO WANT TO THANK MANAGEMENT FOR ALL THEIR SUPPORT. OKAY? THE NEXT AUDIT THAT WE COVERED, AS THE CHAIRMAN INDICATED, WAS THE CASH COUNT AUDIT PRIOR TO COVID. WE USED TO DO THIS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS LAST YEAR, WE DID IT, SO WE WANTED TO EXPAND IT AGAIN THIS YEAR, AND THERE WERE TWO OBJECTIVES WE WANTED TO VERIFY. WHETHER THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE CITY'S CASH FUND IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH CITY DIRECTIVES , POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, AND ALSO WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT THE CD ASSETS OR CASH IS SECURED . OVERALL WE MADE APPEARANCE. SURPRISE ACCOUNTS AT 12 VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, SO WE LOOKED AT THE CHANGE FUNDS AS WELL AS PETTY CASH FUNDS. NO SIGNIFICANT OVER EDGES OR SHORTAGES WERE FOUND. THE DAY THAT WE COUNTED MADE A SURPRISE COUNT JUST TO GIVE YOU A PERSPECTIVE ON THAT DAY BY AROUND 2 30 CUSTOMER SERVICE TOOK $78,000 MORE MORE THAN $78,000 IN CASH PAYMENTS AND THE AVERAGE THAT WE HAD WAS 10 CENTS , AND SO A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOU. NOT EVERY DEPARTMENT TAKES THAT MUCH CASH, BUT, UM, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT RISK ASSOCIATED WITH THAT GARLAND. HE'S THEIR CASH COMMUNITY REPAY A LOT OF OUR FEES WITH CASH. SO THERE IS THAT'S WHY WE CONTINUOUSLY DO THIS AUDIT. AND A LOT OF TIMES WITH OUR HOPE IS THAT WE WON'T FIND ANY SIGNIFICANT OVER REGISTER SHORTAGE. JUST WE WANT TO BE THERE TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE GOOD INTERNAL CONTROLS IN PLACE. UM MOST OF THE DEPARTMENTS WERE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITY DIRECTIVES AND HAVE OVER WE MADE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. TO ENHANCE ACCESS TO FUNDS. SECURITY CAMERAS WENT VERY NEEDED. YES SEGREGATION OF DUTIES, SOME PROCEDURAL CHANGES, REIMBURSEMENT APPROVALS, OUTSTANDING CASH, REPLENISHMENT REIMBURSEMENT, REIMBURSING RECEIPT PROCEDURE, SO A NUMBER OF INTERNAL CONTROL RECOMMENDATIONS WERE MADE TO VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, EVERY DEPARTMENT ALL TO ALL DEPARTMENTS. WE'RE EXTREMELY COOPERATED WITH US. THEY UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE OF US BEING THERE, SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY THE CITY MANAGER AND HIS LEADERSHIP FOR OR FOUR FOR ENHANCING THE INTERNAL CONTROL THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO APPRECIATE THAT. THAT WAS THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE COVERED DURING THE LAST YEAR, THE COMMITTEE MEETING OF CHAIRMEN SMITH THANK YOU, SIR. AND JUST HAD A JUST TO TOUCH ON A COUPLE OF POINTS THAT THE JUDGE MADE. UH, WE ARE DOING A GOOD JOB AS A CITY OF REACHING OUT TO OUR HISTORICAL AND UTILIZE BUSINESSES. THE PROBLEM IS, THERE ARE SO FEW THAT ARE REGISTERED. TO BE REACHED OUT TO AND SO WE DISCUSSED AS A COMMITTEE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANTED TO BRING BACK TO COUNCIL AND PUT IN FRONT OF Y'ALL AND OBVIOUSLY ALREADY MAKING STEPS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THANK YOU FOR THAT, PHIL, BUT THAT THAT DEFINITELY CAUGHT OUR ATTENTION, AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ADDITIONAL OUTREACH. UM. I THINK THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. OBVIOUSLY THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE MORE INTEGRATION THAT WE LOOK FOR BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY. UH BUT THAT'S A FUNCTION OF TIME AND MONEY. AND YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE GETTING FOR THE VALUE? BECAUSE THE MORE THINGS YOU INTEGRATE THE MORE EXPENSIVE AND COMPLICATED THOSE SYSTEMS BECOME ANY EUROPEANS ARE JUST NOT CHEAP. THE LAST PIECE WAS THE VALUE VERSUS EFFORT IN THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT DOING THESE COMPARISONS, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY SUBJECTIVE. YOU KNOW, THE SMALLER THE CONTRACT AMOUNT, THE LESS VALUE THERE IS IN DOING THE COST COMPARISONS, BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO NEVER DO THEM, SO WE WERE GOING TO RELY HEAVILY ON STAFF TO USE DISCRETION AND INVEST JUDGMENT ON THAT. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, MARY. HEY [02:45:02] COUNCIL. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE A QUESTION? AND WE DON'T. WELL JED . THANK YOU AGAIN, AS ALWAYS FOR YOUR EFFICIENCY, AND, UM AND BEING WILLING TO WORK WITH, UH, WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS SO THAT THEY DON'T FEAR YOU COMING THAT THEY'RE WILLING AND ABLE TO WORK WITH YOU. THAT IS A HUGE ASSET TO ALL OF US INTO OUR CITY, AND , UH AND I WILL ECHO YOUR YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM ROBERT JOHN SMITH AND HIS SERVICE. UM, WITH THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND OTHER COMMITTEES, UM, OVER THIS LAST SIX YEARS HAS BEEN EXCEPTIONAL. AND THANK YOU. SO, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. [5. Announce Future Agenda Items] AH ALRIGHT. UM. COUNCIL THAT BRINGS US TO OUR, UM ITEM FIVE, WHICH IS ANNOUNCED FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, AND I KNOW I HAD ALREADY HEARD THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF IT'S A RACE TO GET IN FIRST, BUT HERE WE GO, UH DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SMITH. YOU, MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A REFERRAL OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER REWRITING OR APPEALING SECTION 228.231 OF THE HEALTH CODE, WHICH PROHIBITS MOBILE ICE CREAM SALES. WE ACTUALLY STILL HAVE THAT DEPTH AND RIGHT IF WE COULD EXPEDITE THE COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON THAT, BECAUSE SUMMER IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU, MA'AM. WE APPARENTLY HAVE A LOT OF ROGUE ICE CREAM TRUCKS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND I SUPPORT THEM. SO I MEAN, IN EVERY WAY EMOTIONALLY AND WITH MONEY, SO, UM OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER LUCKED. UM I WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE OPPORTUNITIES TO PRESENT NAMING SUGGESTIONS DURING THE STAKEHOLDER PROCESS. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT CREATE REQUIREMENTS AND PARAMETERS FOR RENAMING REQUESTS, SUCH AS A PETITION OR MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS. OKAY SO LET'S SEPARATE ITEMS, SEPARATE ITEMS AND PRESENT NAMING SUGGESTIONS DURING THIS WOULD BE PROBABLY COUNCIL POLICY, SO THAT WOULD BE A SC. AND ALL RIGHT. AND THEN CREATE REQUIREMENTS. AND PARAMETERS FOR RENAMING REQUESTS. THAT WOULD ALSO BE A SC. ALL RIGHT? AND DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? NO MA'AM. THANK YOU. OKAY ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? AND THAT'S NO SO, UM COUNCIL ITEM, SIX SAYS THAT WILL MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION , BUT THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE NIGHT. SO WE WILL MOVE HAPPILY TO NUMBER SEVEN, WHICH IS TO ADJOURN. SO AT NINE O'CLOCK PM EXACTLY. TONIGHT WE ARE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.