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GOOD EVENING. OH GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO THE MAY 15TH 2023 WORK SESSION FOR THE GARLAND

[1. Public Comments on Work Session Items]

CITY COUNCIL. AND THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT ITEM. ONE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON WORK SESSION ITEMS. I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK THIS EVENING. NO ALRIGHT, WE WILL

[2. Consider the Consent Agenda]

MOVE ON TO ITEM TO CONSIDER THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR TOMORROW NIGHT. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY REQUESTS FOR HAVING ITEMS PULLED OR EXPLAINED FURTHER, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S STILL TIME FOR

[3. Written Briefings]

THAT, SHOULD ANYBODY SHOULD ANYBODY HAVE THAT? MOVING ON TO ADAM. THREE WRITTEN BRIEFINGS.

EXCUSE ME, 38 TEXT DOT CLICK IT OR TICKET GRANT MAY 2023. ITEM THREE B T MOBILE CELL, YOUR CELLULAR SITE LEASE EXTENSION. ITEM THREE C PARKING RESTRICTIONS ON COLONEL DR.

THREE D CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEES PENDING ITEMS LIST. ITEM THREE E PEDESTRIAN ROUTES TO JUPITER FOREST DART STATION. AND THREE F DRAINAGE PARTICIPATION ORDINANCE. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON

[4.a. Introduction of a new member of Team Garland: Michael Brinkmann, Managing Director of Water Utilities.]

TO ITEM FOUR. VERBAL BRIEFINGS FIRST UP ITEM FOR A INTRODUCTION OF A NEW MEMBER OF TEAM GARLAND . MICHAEL BRINKMAN, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF WATER UTILITIES. EXCUSE ME. COME ON UP HERE. MHM.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL . I AM SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR NEWEST TEAM. GARLAND MEMBER . THIS IS MIKE BRINKMAN. HE IS THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF WATER UTILITIES. UM FOR ALL OF A WEEK, NOW THE SECOND WEEK WEEK. MIKE COMES TO US WITH ALMOST THREE DECADES OF EXPERIENCE IN WATER UTILITIES, AND WE ARE JUST SUPER EXCITED TO SEE HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER, UM TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT THE CITIZENS OF GARLAND OR ACCUSTOMED TO YOU, AND THE WATER UTILITIES DEPARTMENT. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD? SIR I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. UM, I USED TO, UM JOKE. MY BROTHER MOVED UP HERE. HE'S IN THE FRISCO AREA FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS. SO WHEN YOU MOVE BACK DOWN WHEN YOU MOVE BACK DOWN AND SO ANYWAY, NOW HE'S TEASING ME, HE SAYS. OH, YOU'RE MOVING UP HERE AND IT'S GREAT BECAUSE MY FIANCE HER FAMILY'S HERE. I HAVE FAMILY HERE. MY SON'S MOVING UP NEXT WEEK. TO DO A STINT WITH S M U FOOTBALL TRAINING AND COACHING, SO IT'S EXCITING TIME AND IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO HELPING GARLAND WITH THEIR WATER AND WASTEWATER ISSUES. VERY GOOD, SIR. WELCOME THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LET YOU KNOW THE NEXT TIME YOU COME UP IN FRONT OF US. IT PROBABLY WON'T BE THIS SIMPLE OR QUICK. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO ADAM. FOUR B COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE REPORT. YOU WANT TO

[4.b. Community Services Committee Report]

START A SOF? FIND THE BUTTON. THERE YOU GO. ALRIGHT THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM COMMITTEE. THIS IS THIS IS GOING TO BE, UH, I MEAN, COUNCIL. THIS IS GOING TO BE A PRETTY SHORT, UM, COMMITTEE REPORT. UM SO THIS IS A AN IMMEDIATE ONE PART REPORT FROM COMMUNITY SERVICES. THIS WAS A REFERRAL BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM ROBERT JOHN SMITH, AND HE HE URGED US TO, UH UM EXPEDITE THIS BECAUSE THIS IS IN FACT, HIS LAST, UM, WORK SESSION NIGHT WITH US, AND, UH SO HE ASKED US TO CONSIDER SECTION 2 TO 8.231 OF THE HEALTH CODE, WHICH PROHIBITS MOBILE ICE CREAM SALES OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ICE CREAM TRUCKS. AND SO WE MET. WE ACTUALLY HAD AN EXPEDITED MEETING AND MET TO HEAR ABOUT WHY, UM WHY IN THE MANY DECADES PAST ICE CREAM TRUCKS WERE ACTUALLY PROHIBITED IN THE CITY OF GARLAND, ALTHOUGH YOU'D NEVER KNOW IT. AND UH, WE LEARNED THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH HEALTH ISSUES THAT THIS WAS A DECISION MADE BY A COUNCIL MANY YEARS AGO FOR COMPLETELY OTHER OTHER CONCERNS THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH PUBLIC HEALTH OR PUBLIC SAFETY. UM SO THE, UM THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE IS

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PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. THERE IS A FINAL UM SECTION 2 TO 8.231 SENTENCE ADDED TO THE END OF THE PRE EXISTING, UM, CODE, AND IT'S SIMPLY READS, UM NO PERSON SHALL SELL OFFER FOR SALE OR CONVEY FOR CONSIDERATION ANY ICE CREAM SHAVED ICE OR FROZEN NOVELTY FOOD PRODUCT. FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE AT ANY PLACE WITHIN THE CITY, OTHER THAN FROM A MOBILE FOOD PREPARATION VEHICLE IS PROVIDED IN 2 TO 8.230, WHICH IS OUR REGULAR FOOD TRUCK ORDINANCE. SO IT WAS THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION THAT THAT BE JUST STRICKEN. AND THE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN ASKED TO COME BACK AND GO THROUGH MORE EXTENSIVELY. SOME OF THE OTHER RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATING TO ICE CREAM TRUCKS AND, UM, PUSH CARDS AT A FUTURE DATE AND BRING BACK A MORE NUANCED, UM, SET OF REGULATIONS. UM, MR ENGLAND. DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? TO ADD TO THAT LEGAL GUIDANCE. I DID NOT. OKAY? SO THAT'S THAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE.

AND I WILL SAY THAT, UM UM DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM ROBERT. JOHN SMITH'S COMMENT ON THAT WAS DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF THE SUMMER MONTHS AND REQUESTING AN EXPEDITED HEARING A REPORT BACK TO THE COUNCIL. SO THERE YOU HAVE IT, UM OKAY, SO WHEN WILL WE SEE THIS FOR FORMAL CONSIDERATION. AND THE WORK. GO AHEAD. I HAVE THE ORDINANCE DRAFTED. IT'S READY TO GO SO WE CAN PUT IT ON THE NEXT AGENDA. WORK SESSION AND WE CAN DO THE FOLLOWING NIGHT OR WE CAN DO TWO WEEKS LATER FOR THE REGULAR MEETING. IT'S UP TO UP TO YOU FOLLOWING NIGHT MEETS THE EXPEDITED REQUEST. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS TO THIS BECAUSE WHO DOESN'T LOVE ICE CREAM? OKAY ANY THAT WAS THE ENTIRE REPORT? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. THAT WAS OUR

[5. Announce Future Agenda Items]

LAST VERBAL BRIEFING THAT MOVES US TO ITEM. FIVE ANNOUNCED FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. ANYBODY HAVE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS FOR TONIGHT? COUNCILOR OVER HEDRICK. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR, JUST SEEING THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE PINNING ITEMS LIST ON THE AGENDA. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT MORE FREQUENTLY, IF POSSIBLE ON THE JENNER JUST TO SEE WHAT THE OTHER COMMITTEES ARE UP TO.

MAYBE QUARTERLY. IF THAT'S THANK YOU. I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY ARRANGE THAT. HMM. ALRIGHT. ANY OTHER ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDA. SORRY. MAKE SO. OKAY? VERY GOOD, ALRIGHT. WELL THAT, UH. MOVES US

[6. Council will move into Executive Session]

TO ITEM SIX COUNCIL MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO BEAR WITH ME BECAUSE I HAVE TWO PAGES OF EXECUTIVE ITEMS TO READ TO YOU. THE CITY COUNCIL MAY RECESS FROM OPEN SESSION AND CONVENIENT AND CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION IF THE DISCUSSION OF ANY OF THE LISTED AGENDA ITEMS CONCERNS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING MATTERS A CITY COUNCIL ADJOURNED INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 551.7155. POINT 072 AND 551.87 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DELIBERATE OR DISCUSS ONE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT MATTERS RELATE TO COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT THE CITY HAS RECEIVED FROM ONE OR MORE BUSINESS PROSPECTS THAT THE CITY SEEKS TO HAVE LOCATE, STAY OR EXPAND IN OR NEAR THE TERRITORY OF THE CITY IN THE VICINITY OF THE GEORGE BUSH. TURNPIKE AND HOLFORD ROAD WITH WHICH THE CITY IS CONDUCTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS. AND ATTORNEY CLIENT MATTERS CONCERNING PRIVILEGED AND UNPRIVILEGED CLIENT INFORMATION RELATED TO SING. ADAM TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MATTERS RELATED TO COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT THE CITY HAS RECEIVED FROM ONE OR MORE BUSINESS PROSPECTS AT THE CITY SEEKS TO HAVE LOCATE, STAY OR EXPAND IN OR NEAR THE TERRITORY OF THE CITY IN THE VICINITY OF FORCED LANE AND SOUTH SHILOH ROAD WITH WHICH THE CITY IS CONDUCTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS AND ATTORNEY CLIENT MATTERS CONCERNING PRIVILEGED AND UNPRIVILEGED CLIENT INFORMATION RELATED TO SAME ITEM THREE. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MATTERS RELATED TO COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT THE CITY HAS RECEIVED FROM ONE OR MORE BUSINESS PROSPECTS THAT THE CITY SEEKS TO HAVE LOCATE, STAY OR EXPAND IN OR NEAR THE TERRITORY OF THE CITY AND THE VICINITY OF SOUTH GARLAND AVENUE AND WEST AVENUE B WITH WHICH THE CITY IS CONDUCTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS AND ATTORNEY CLIENT MATTERS CONCERNING PRIVILEGED AND UNPRIVILEGED CLIENT INFORMATION RELAYED THE SAME OUT OF FOUR. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MATTERS RELATED TO COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT THE CITY HAS RECEIVED FROM ONE OR MORE BUSINESS PROSPECTS THAT THE CITY SEEKS TO HAVE STAY, LOCATE, STAY OR EXPAND IN OR NEAR THE

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TERRITORY OF THE CITY AND THE VICINITY OF STATE HIGHWAY 66 EAST CENTERVILLE ROAD WITH WHICH THE CITY IS CONDUCTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS AND ATTORNEY CLIENT MATTERS CONCERNING PRIVILEGE AND PRIVILEGED CLIENT INFORMATION RELATED TO SAME ITEM FIVE. THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY IN THE VICINITY OF WEST AVENUE D IN SOUTH FIRST STREET AND ATTORNEY CLIENT MATTERS CONCERNING PRIVILEGED AND UNPRIVILEGED CLIENT INFORMATION, READ THE SAME ITEM SIX. THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY IN THE VICINITY OF SOUTH GARLAND AVENUE AND LEON ROAD AND ATTORNEY CLIENT MATTERS CONCERNING PRIVILEGED AND UNPRIVILEGED CLIENT INFORMATION RELATED TO THE SAME ITEM SEVEN. THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY IN THE VICINITY OF WEST STATE STREET AND NORTH, FIRST STREET AND ATTORNEY CLIENT MATTERS CONCERNING PRIVILEGED AND UNPRIVILEGED CLIENT INFORMATION RELATED TO SAME ITEM EIGHT. THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY IN THE VICINITY OF EAST AVENUE B AND HOPKINS STREET AND ATTORNEY CLIENT MATTERS CONCERNING PRIVILEGED AND UNPRIVILEGED CLIENT INFORMATION RELATED TO SAME AND FINALLY, NUMBER NINE. THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY IN THE VICINITY OF DOWNTOWN GARLAND AND ATTORNEY CLIENT MATTERS RELATED TO SAME AND JUST LIKE WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ITEM NINE TO ITEM ONE WHEN WE RECONVENE. AND AT THIS POINT WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A SHORT RECESS JUST TO CLEAR EVERYBODY OUT. SO LET'S HAVE EVERYBODY BACK HERE AT AH! LET'S MAKE IT 6 15 SO WE CAN KIND OF KEEP MOVING HERE SO WE ARE IN RECESS.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.