[Call to Order]
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WELL GOOD EVENING AND. 53 REGULAR MEETING OF THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL. IT IS A CUSTOMER TRADITION OF THIS COUNCIL TO HAVE AN INVOCATION RECITAL OF THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PRIOR TO OUR MEETING LED BY ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IF YOU SO CHOOSE, BUT YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED. TWO AND YOUR DECISION WILL NOT IMPACT ANY DECISIONS WE MAKE HERE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT WE WILL BE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MORE FROM DISTRICT THREE. PLAY WITH ME. OUR LORD AND OUR GOD. WE'VE REACHED THIS EVENING WITH THE WORDS THE FIRST CORINTHIANS TWO AND NINE. ISAAC NOT SEEN EARS HAVE NOT HEARD. NOR HAVE IT ENTERED INTO THE HEARTS OF HUMANITY, THOSE THINGS WHICH GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM. LORD IT'S A NEW DAY, THE DAWN OF A NEW BEGINNING. AND AS THOSE WHO SIT UP ON THE PODIUM, TAKE THE MANTLE OF SERVANT LEADERSHIP TONIGHT. REMINDED THAT WE'VE BEEN CALLED OUT FROM AMONG THOSE TO WHOM WE SERVE TO DO JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS. WE STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF MANY WHO HAVE COMMON GONE BEFORE US.
WE BELIEVE THAT JUST AS YOU HAVE BEEN WITH THEM. YOU ARE NOW WITH US. WE BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE NOT GIVEN US SPIRITS OF FEAR OR TIMIDITY. BUT YOU HAVE GIVEN US SPIRIT OF POWER. END OF LOVE.
AND OF SOUND MIND. WHEN YOU ASK DAVID. WHAT HE MOST DESIRED AFTER BEING CHILDREN TO LEAD, HE SAID. THERE ARE FOUR GIVE YOUR SERVANT AND UNDERSTANDING HARD TO JUDGE YOUR PEOPLE THAT I MAY DISCERN BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL. NOW WE ASK YOU OH, GOD. THAT YOU GIVE US UNDERSTANDING HEARTS, LISTENING EARS AND BRIDAL SPEECH. HELP US TO BE THE MEN AND WOMEN AFTER YOUR OWN HEART.
WE INTERCEDE TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF THOSE TO WHOM YOU HAVE PLACED IN OUR CARE. FOR THE PEACE, PERSEVERANCE AND PROSPERITY OF THE CITY. SO BE WITH US AS WE DELIBERATE THE DECISIONS OF THE COMMUNITY, CITY AND COUNTY THAT WE MIGHT EXPERIENCE THOSE THINGS THAT TRULY EYES HAVE NOT SEEN YEARS HAVE NOT HEARD NOR HAD IT IN IT INTO THE HEARTS OF HUMANITY. WE ASKED THIS ALL OF GOD'S CHILDREN TOGETHER THERE TO SEE AMEN JOINT WOULD BE IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, I INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE AT ALL.
[MAYORAL PROCLAMATIONS, RECOGNITIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS]
WELL GOOD EVENING. EVERYONE ALWAYS SAY THIS EVERY TIME WHEN I WHEN I STAND UP HERE, AND THERE'S MORE FACES THAN THERE ARE EMPTY CHAIRS. I'M ALWAYS HAPPY, SO ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY AND WE DO HAVE WE HAVE A LOT OF SPECIAL GUESTS TONIGHT, BUT WE OFTEN HAVE, UH, BOY SCOUT BOY SCOUTS HERE WHO ARE WORKING ON VARIOUS MERIT BADGES. AND TONIGHT WE HAVE SEBASTIAN FROM TROOP 1989. WHO IS WORKING ON HIS STAND UP. LET THEM ALL SEE YOU. HE IS WORKING ON HIS COMMUNICATIONS MERIT BADGE SO VERY GOOD LUCK TO YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. SO IT IS OUR. OF THE MONTH HAS TAKEN A LOT OF INTEREST IN YOU. ALL OF A SUDDEN IT IS THE FIRST MEETING OF THE MONTH AND DAD. ON THAT NIGHT. WE ALWAYS HAVE OUR PET OF THE MONTH AND WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL LITTLE GUESTS WITH US TONIGHT. THIS IS I BELIEVE ONLY THE SECOND TIME WE HAVE HAD A CAT JOIN US FOR PELL THE MONTH. SO CRYSTAL WHO? WHO IS THIS? THIS IS GUACAMOLE. SHE IS ABOUT THREE MONTHS OLD FROM THE GARLAND SHELTER. SHE IS AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION FOR ONLY $25 FOR THIS MONTH. YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME AND VISIT US. WE'RE OPEN FROM THURSDAY TO TUESDAY 11 TO 6 AND WE HAVE SEVERAL OTHER PETS AS WELL, NOT JUST HER, BUT YEAH, SHE'S HERE SPECIAL TONIGHT. I'M JUST KIND OF CHANGE IT UP, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS BRING DOGS, SO WE HAVE SEVERAL CATS UP FOR ADOPTION AS WELL. BUT SHE'S BEEN HERE AND SHE'S BEEN MEETING EVERYBODY'S SHOES AND PARENTING[00:05:04]
THE WHOLE TIME. SO UM, SHE'S BEEN PRETTY CALM THIS WHOLE TIME AND HASN'T YOU KNOW, BARK DIRTY THING? AND BY SEVERAL YOU MEAN MANY? YES YES, WE HAVE THE TIME OF YEAR. YES KITTENS. BUT YEAH, WENT ON TO TEACH YOU THAT EARLIER, SAYS GUACAMOLE ADOPTION MESSAGE. E UM, IS THAT A BIOPSY ON BOARD WITH AGAIN? THEY IN GARLAND CHOSE GATO SARITA FOR LATIN PARADA VARIOUS, PERO ESTA LISTO ADOPTION. HE LIKE MOST, UM GRACIAS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I SHOULD POINT OUT THAT OUR OUR ANIMAL SERVICES STAFF NAME ALL OF THE PADS. IN THE ANIMAL SHELTER DOGS, CATS, YOU NAME IT, AND THEY TEND TO GO THROUGH LIKE LIKE ONE WEEK. IT'S ALL NAMES OF FLOWERS AND THEN SOMETIMES IT'S OBVIOUSLY FOOD GUACAMOLE. I'M SURE THERE'S A CASE. SO A SALSA OF SOMETHING YOU KNOW THAT ARE THEY'RE ALL RELATED. BUT SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE GUACAMOLE THE NAME GUACAMOLE COMES FROM, IS THEY THEY GET VERY CREATIVE WHEN NAMING ALL OF THE ANIMALS, SO VERY GOOD. WELL. I'VE GOT. WE'VE GOT SEVERAL THINGS SEVERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RECOGNITIONS TONIGHT. UM AND ONE WANT US TO TAKE A MOMENT. UM OUR CITY OF GARLAND FAMILY. WE LOST ONE OF OUR OWN LAST WEEKEND, ROBERT PALKIN. ROBERT PALKIN BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH THE CITY OF GARLAND ON FEBRUARY 20/4 1997 AS A ZONING INSPECTOR. IN HIS 26 PLUS YEARS IN THE BUILDING INSPECTION DEPARTMENT, ROBERT HELD SEVERAL POSITIONS, INCLUDING BUILDING COORDINATOR PLANS EXAMINER AND MOST RECENTLY, CHIEF INSPECTOR. THOSE WHO KNEW ROB KNEW HE WAS A FOOD ENTHUSIAST, ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW WAYS TO CREATE AND COOK AND SHARE MEALS. UH AND HE SHARED THEM WITH EVERYONE AND LOVE, SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS. AND ALTHOUGH HE DIDN'T LIVE HERE IN GARLAND, HE WAS VERY TIGHTLY CONNECTED TO THE GARLAND COMMUNITY AND NOT JUST THROUGH HIS WORK, BUT THROUGH HIS PASSION FOR GIVING. AND WE CERTAINLY WILL MISS HIM AND OUR CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS. YEAH. AND NEXT UP. COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS IF YOU WILL JOIN ME, SIR.YEAH. WELL I'VE ASKED COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS TO JOIN ME. I DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR JUNETEENTH AND WE WILL BE CELEBRATING OUR SECOND ANNUAL JUNETEENTH EVENT ON JUNE 17TH AT AUDUBON PARK, WHICH IS IN MR WILLIAMS DISTRICT. SO WHEREAS THIS IS FOR THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION, WHEREAS JUNE 19 2022, THE CITY OF GARLAND HOSTED ITS INAUGURAL JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION. THIS YEAR'S CELEBRATION WILL BE A DAY OF CONTINUED REFLECTION, RENEWAL AND PRIDE. IT IS THE TIME TO APPRECIATE AND HONOR THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. IT IS INCLUSIVE OF ALL RACES, ETHNICITIES AND NATIONALITIES, AS NOTHING IS MORE COMFORTING THAN TO COME TOGETHER AS ONE COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS JUNETEENTH IS A DAY IN WHICH HONOR AND RESPECT IS PAID FOR THE SUFFERINGS OF SLAVERY, IT IS A DAY WHEN WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE EVILS OF SLAVERY AND TALK ABOUT HISTORY AND REALIZED THAT BECAUSE OF IT, THERE WILL FOREVER BE A BOND BETWEEN US.
AND WHEREAS WE THINK ABOUT THE MOMENT WHEN THE ENSLAVED IN GALVESTON'S TEXAS RECEIVED WORD OF THEIR FREEDOM AND WE CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE DEPTH OF THEIR EXCITEMENT, JOY AND FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN THEY EXPERIENCED. AND WHEREAS ON JUNETEENTH WE PLEDGE SUPPORT TO FAMILY, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. IT IS A DAY WE BUILD COALITIONS AND FORGE A NEW PATH FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND OUR NATION. WHEREAS JUNETEENTH IS A DAY WE CAN COME TOGETHER YOUNG AND OLD TO LISTEN, LEARN AND TO SUPPORT. IT IS A DAY WHERE WE CAN ALL WE'RE ALL CAN TAKE ONE STEP CLOSER TOGETHER. TO BETTER USE ENERGY THAT IS WASTED ON RACISM. THIS DAY. THIS GRAND DAY IS ONE WHEN WE CAN PRAY FOR PEACE AND LIBERTY FOR ALL. SO NOW THEREFORE, I SCOTLAND MAY MAYOR OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, ALONG WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 17TH 2023 IN GARLAND, TEXAS, OUR SECOND ANNUAL JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION. SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. RIGHT AND. WE WILL. WE HOPE TO
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SEE YOU ALL OUT THERE. AUDUBON PARK, THE 17TH 5 O'CLOCK, AND LAST YEAR WE HAD OUR INAUGURAL CELEBRATION. IT WAS A FANTASTIC TIME. WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT, EVEN THOUGH THAT PARTICULAR DAY IT WAS ABOUT 105 DEGREES. UM WE'RE HOPING FOR A LITTLE BIT COOLER WEATHER THIS YEAR, BUT YOU'RE CERTAINLY ALL WELCOME TO JOIN US. THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT. YEAH, WE HAVE FANS AND TENS EITHER WAY. YES. AND I HAVE ONE MORE RECOGNITION TONIGHT, YOU KNOW. WE DO LOTS OF RECOGNITIONS, UH, HERE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL AND FOR LOTS OF LOTS OF REASONS, ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS AND ALL OF THOSE SORTS OF THINGS AND I HAVE ONE TONIGHT THAT, UM IT IS CERTAINLY NOT OUR NORMAL UH, YOU KNOW, SORT OF THE NORMAL ACTIVITIES OR NORMAL ACTIONS THAT THAT WE RECOGNIZE, BUT THIS ONE IS CERTAINLY WORTHY OF RECOGNITION. SO IF I COULD HAVE AREVA DOUGLAS TO COME FORWARD, PLEASE AND ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO COME WITH HER? WE COULD MAKE A GROUP THING OUT OF IT. WHATEVER. JUST YOU AND ME. WELL. REBA DOUGLAS HAS BEEN A BUS DRIVER FOR GARLAND. I SD FOR 16 YEARS. ON MAY 18TH AND FIRST OFF CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT. UM THAT . 16 YEARS IS A LOT OF KIDS AND A LOT OF MILES AND PROBABLY AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF TYLENOL. YES WELL ON MAY, 18TH RIVA WAS APPROACHING ONE OF HER MORNING STOPS WHEN SHE NOTICED AN UNFAMILIAR CAR APPROACHING ONE OF HER STUDENTS. SHE SAID HER GUT FEELING WAS TELLING HER THAT SOMETHING WAS NOT RIGHT. RIVA SAID SHE PULLED UP AS CLOSE AS SHE COULD TO THE FEMALE STUDENT AND OPENED THE DOORS OF THE BUS . THE STUDENT GOT ON THE BUS QUICKLY AND RIVA AND TOLD THE MAN TOLD RIVA THAT THE MAN WAS SAYING STRANGE THINGS TO HER AND TRYING TO GET HER INTO HIS CAR.RIVA SPRANG INTO ACTION. MANEUVERING THIS IS PROBABLY MY FAVORITE PART OF THIS STORY.
MANEUVERING HER BUS IN ORDER TO BLOCK THE MAN ON THE STREET AS HE HURRIEDLY TRIED TO GET AWAY.
SHE STALLED HIM LONG ENOUGH TO GET HIS LICENSE PLATE NUMBER AND THEN CALLED INTO DISPATCH. AND AS IT TURNS OUT, THE MAN WAS WANTED IN A NEIGHBORING CITY FOR A SEXUAL ASSAULT AND WAS ARRESTED LATER THAT DAY. AND ALL THAT IS, THANKS TO RIVAS. QUICK THINKING SO, REBA, THANK YOU FOR GOING THAT EXTRA MILE TO KEEP OUR CITY SAFE TO KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE. UM, THAT IS, UH I THINK THAT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT I THAT I THAT WE HAVE EVER ACKNOWLEDGED ANYONE FOR AND A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE CREATED THE MAYOR'S MAKE YOUR MARK AWARD. SOMETHING WE GIVE OUT EVERY YEAR TO CITIZENS OR GROUPS THAT GO ABOVE AND BEYOND . TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. MAKE AN IMPACT HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE USUALLY DO THAT IN JANUARY. BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO WAIT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO AWARD YOU WITH THE MAYOR'S MAKE YOUR MARK AWARD. FOR YOUR ACTIONS.
AND WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND YES, AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE ANY WORDS WITH US, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO I THINK I WORKED FOR THE GREATEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN TEXAS IN THE GREATEST CITY IN TEXAS, THE GREATEST CITY IN TEXAS FIVE STAR ORGANIZATION AND, UM, IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT THAT MORNING. UH NOT ONLY JUST THE BUS DRIVER DISPATCH JUST CAME ACROSS AND HELP ME REALLY A LOT. UH HUH. AND THEN THE POLICE TOOK IT UP AND RAN WITH IT, AND I WAS REALLY SURPRISED THAT GOT IN THAT AFTERNOON. SO I THOUGHT, YES, TEAMWORK. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
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GOT LOTS OF PAPER HERE TONIGHT. SORT THROUGH SOME OF THIS BEFORE WE GET STARTED. ALL RIGHT. WE[CONSENT AGENDA]
WILL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER . THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA. ALL ITEMS UNDER THIS SECTION ARE RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY A SINGLE MOTION OF COUNCIL WITHOUT DISCUSSION. COUNCILORS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW EACH OF THESE ITEMS AT A PREVIOUS WORK SESSION AND APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO IMPLEMENT EACH ITEM. I WILL ANNOUNCE THE AGENDA AND PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE OR THE CITY COUNCIL TO REQUEST THAT AN ITEM BE REMOVED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY. I DO NOT HAVE ANY REQUEST TO HAVE ANY ITEMS PULLED AT THIS POINT, SO LET ME GO AHEAD AND READ THROUGH THE AGENDA. ITEM ONE. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE MAY 16 2023 REGULAR MEETING ITEM TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING BIDS ITEM TO A APPROVAL OF A BLANKET PURCHASE.ORDER FOR AMBULANCE CUTS, CUT LOADERS AND PATIENTS STAIR CHAIRS. ADAM TO BE. AUDUBON PARK , WATER AND WASTEWATER REPLACEMENTS ITEM TO SEE CALENDAR BONITA CORTEZ, LA MISA AND BELITTLE PAVING DRAINAGE, WATER AND WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENTS. ADAM TWO, D G. P AND L PLANTS, STAFFING SERVICES. ITEM TWO E G P AND L SPENCER PLANT, YOU KNOW, X AND C O TO ANALYZE HER RENTAL. ADAM TO F DUCK CREEK. WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT RAW WATER LIFT PUMPS. ITEM TWO G SIXTH STREET AVENUES, F AND E IMPROVEMENTS. ADAM TO H WORKDAY FINANCIAL SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES. ITEM TWO. I 2022 UNPAVED ALLEY IMPROVEMENTS. ITEM TWO J.
MOTOROLA SUBSCRIBER REPLACEMENT. ITEM TWO KAY DANES BE TOO STEEP HOLLOW TRANSMISSION LINES STRUCTURES. ITEM TWO L G, P AND L EMERGENCY RESTORATION CONTRACTOR MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
OKAY I HAVE A REQUEST TO PULL ITEMS. SEVEN WE WILL PULL ITEMS SEVEN AND HERE IT SEPARATELY.
MOVING ON TO ITEM. THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS WERE PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED ON THE FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONING CASES COUNCIL APPROVED THE REQUEST AND INSTRUCTED STAFF TO BRING FORTH THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCES FOR CONSIDERATION. ITEM THREE A CASE Z 22-48 MODERN TH LLC IN DISTRICT 23 B CASE, Z 22-59 MCGUINNESS DEVELOPMENT IN DISTRICT FIVE. AND ITEM THREE C KZ 23-01 PAPE DAWSON ENGINEERS INCORPORATED IN DISTRICT ONE. ITEM FOUR PEDESTRIAN ROUTES TO JUPITER FOREST DART STATION. ITEM FIVE DRAINAGE PARTICIPATION ORDINANCE. ITEM SIX ENTER LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITIES OF GARLAND, MESQUITE AND FORNEY FOR THE G M R S, UH, RADIO SYSTEM.
WE'LL COME BACK TO ITEM SEVEN. ITEM EIGHT REVISED THE CITY OF GARLAND ORDINANCE REGULATING ICE CREAM, TRUCK OPERATIONS AND SALES. WORDS YOU NEVER THOUGHT YOU'D READ THAT IS THE CONSENT AGENDA MINUS ITEM SEVEN, WHICH WE WILL COME BACK TO. I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER REQUESTS.
CANCER MORE. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED , WITH EXCEPTION TO ITEM SEVEN. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MORE AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BASS TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA MINUS ITEM SEVEN. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.
NOT MADAM SECRETARY. IF YOU COMPARE THE VOTE FOR US, PLEASE. AND COUNCIL MEMBER MORE. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. THAT BEING THE CASE TO KEEP THINGS MOVING, UM WHILE IT'S RESET, UH ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT THAT IS UNANIMOUS. NOW WE WILL COME BACK
[7. Parking Restrictions on Colonel Drive]
. EXCUSE ME, WE WILL COME BACK TO ITEM SEVEN ITEM SEVEN PARKING RESTRICTIONS ON COLONEL DR. MR[00:20:01]
LEWICKI. I BELIEVE YOU HAVE SOME INFORMATION FOR US. YES, I WAS. OH, YOU'RE GONNA REQUIRE ME TO PUSH SOME BUTTONS NOW. AH! THERE IT IS. LOOK AT THAT. SO MAYOR COUNCIL. THIS IS, UH SOME PARKING RESTRICTIONS THAT WE WERE REQUESTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT ON COLONEL DR. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, IT'S UH, ACROSS FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL NEXT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE AH, UM. THE HOUSES THAT ARE ALONG THIS SECTION ARE ALONG THE SIDE OF THE HOUSES AND THE HOUSES THAT FRONT THIS SECTION. WE RECEIVED A COMPLAINT THAT THE THAT THERE WAS A SIGHT VISIBILITY OBSTRUCTION WITH PEOPLE PARKING ALONG THIS SECTION. AND WE TOOK A LOOK AT IT, AND WE CONCURRED WITH THAT ASSESSMENT. AND SO WE UM RECOMMENDING THAT WE GO AHEAD AND RESTRICT PARKING IN THIS AREA SHOWN IN RED THE PARK, THE PART SHOWN IN THE BLUE ON THE ON THE MAP THERE NOW. IS ALREADY RESTRICTED. UM AND SO WE'RE REALLY JUST EXTENDING THAT PARKING RESTRICTION DOWN. IN THAT ADDITIONAL AREA. OKAY, UH, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM. CANCER. WILLIAMS THANK YOU, MAYOR. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK MR LOKI AND HIS TEAM FOR OUR VALUE VERY WELL IN THIS AREA IN RESPONSE TO THE CONSTITUENTS AND TAKING THIS STEP AND FOR SHARING THE INFORMATION WITH US TONIGHT, BASICALLY WANTED THIS INFORMATION TO BE SHARED WITH THE NEIGHBORS IN THE CONSTITUENTS IN AREAS SO APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM DID TO GET THIS DONE AND WORKING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SCHOOL, AS WELL AS OUR CITY STAFF AND THE NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MAYOR, SIR. THANK YOU. I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM. MADAM SECRETARY IF YOU COMPARE THE VOTE FORCE, PLEASE. OH, IS IT WORKING? NO, NOT YET. OKAY DAD, THEN I'M GOING TO LOOK FOR EMOTION. HANG ON. WE'RE HAVING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, MOSTLY WITH MY BRAIN COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS. MAYOR MOTION FOR ADOPTION OF IRAN NUMBER SEVEN FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER TO LOOK TO APPROVE ITEMS SEVEN AND WE'RE STILL HAVING SOME VOTING MACHINE ISSUES SO ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL. THAT'S A RECORD REFLECTED THAT WAS UNANIMOUS. MOVING ON TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. MADAM SECRETARY, CAN YOU GO OVER THE SPEAKER REGULATIONS FOR US, PLEASE? YES SIR. THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IS GIVEN TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY RATHER THAN TO QUESTION THE CITY COUNCIL OR STAFF, THE CHAIRMAN, COLLEAGUES SPEAKER OUT OF ORDER IF THE SPEAKER PRESENTS QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION THAT WILL UNDULY DELAYED THE TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS AT THIS MEETING. SPEAKER SHALL BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK ON A FIRST COME FIRST TO SPEAK BASIS AS DETERMINED BY THE ORDER IN WHICH THE CITY SECRETARY RECEIVES THE SPEAKERS. INFORMATION APPLICANTS ARE ALLOWED 10 MINUTES FOR PRESENTATIONS AND ALL OTHER SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. WHEN THE PODIUM BUZZER SOUNDS, THE SPEAKER MUST END THEIR COMMENTS. WE DO HAVE, UH MULTIPLE SPEAKER CARDS FOR THE GRANT ITEM. OKAY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL I KNOW THERE'S I KNOW SOME OF YOU DO THIS EVERY YEAR AND SO YOU KNOW THE ROUTINE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WHO'S PLANNING ON SPEAKING TONIGHT HAS FILLED OUT A SPEAKER CARD OR REGISTERED THROUGH THE KIOSK OUT IN THE LOBBY. IF YOU HAVEN'T IF YOU COULD SEE THE CITY SECRETARY SHE'LL GET AND GET A SPEAKER CARD FROM HER. AH UM AND WE'LL GET YOU IN THE Q AND AS FAR AS THE AS FAR AS THE TIME LIMIT GOING TO BRING, UH, NORMALLY.I'M GONNA I'M GONNA BASICALLY SET THE TIME LIMIT AT FIVE MINUTES PER PRESENTATION THIS
[9a. 2023-2024 CDBG, HOME and ESG Federal Grant Allocation Public Hearing]
EVENING, OKAY? SO FIRST UP ITEM . NINE. A HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS. NINE A. IS 2023 24 CDBG HOME AND E S G FEDERAL GRANT APPLICATION ALLOCATION PUBLIC HEARING. MM. SECRETARY CALL HER FIRST SPEAKER. HEY FINN MUTUAL POND WALL. AND MA'AM WHEN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM HERE YES. YOU'RE[00:25:02]
GONNA BE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH OUT. OH, YEAH, I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT USES IT BACKWARDS.EVERYBODY ELSE USES IT THE RIGHT WAY. FOR SOME REASON. I'M THE ONLY ONE IF YOU COULD GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE HAVEN WHICH ARE PAWNED ONE STRENGTHEN STEM EDUCATION. AND WE ARE ON ONE OR TWO NORTH CHILD OR ROAD. HERE IN GARLAND, BUT WE HAVE OFFICES IN DALLAS, SENDING KOPPEL. OKAY I'M NOT GONNA TAKE THAT MUCH TIME. WE ARE PRIMARILY A SCHOOL WORKFORCE, DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT. BUT THEN WE EVOLVED BECAUSE WHO WANTS TO GO TO SCHOOL IF THEY DON'T HAVE FOOD, AND THEY DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO SLEEP, AND SO WE EVOLVED, AND NOW WE'RE DOING HOUSING ASSISTANCE RENTAL ASSISTANCE. SO WE DO RAPID RE HOUSING HOUSING THAT LITERALLY HOMELESS PEOPLE AND WE DO MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE, HOMELESS PREVENTION AND, UH, SHELTERING IN GARLAND. WE EXCEEDED OUR TARGET BY 230% WHEN WE DID THE CDBG AND THE E S G C V TO BETWEEN 2020 2022. AND THE WAY WE DID THAT IS BY LEVERAGING WHAT WE HAD BECAUSE WE BUDGET WHAT WE BUDGET BUT WE TRY TO GET PEOPLE TO GET THEMSELVES TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES IN PAY PART OF IT FOR THEMSELVES, BECAUSE THE NEW PANDEMIC THAT WE ARE SEEING IS THAT WHEN PEOPLE GET USED TO GETTING HELP IN THAT DOING ANYTHING FOR THEMSELVES, THEN WE'RE ENABLING THEM. WE'RE NOT GIVING THEM. TAKING THEM HOW TO FISH. BUT WE ARE GIVING THEM FISH. SO WHAT WE DID IS WE NOW STUDY LIVES. FIRST WE GET PEOPLE WE WORK WITH THE HOMELESS TASK FORCE WITH OFFICER KID WILSON AND, UM, NOW DEBBIE REMOVED FROM THE SALVATION AND IN THE ZONING DEPARTMENT, DID RYAN THEM AND WHEN THEY BRING PEOPLE OR WHEN WE GET REFERRALS, WE GET THOSE PEOPLE STABILIZE, FACED BY GIVING THEM CLOTHING, HOUSING FOOD, AND THEN WE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT SCHOOL ABOUT FINANCIAL LITERACY, THE BASICS AND THEN WE PUT THEM IN CERTIFICATIONS. THAT TAKES BETWEEN THREE MONTHS TO SIX MONTHS, AND THEN WE HELPED THEM GET INTO EMPLOYMENT. THOSE PEOPLE THAT CARE THOSE WITH DISABILITIES OR OUR SENIORS. WE TRIED AND REFER TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN WORK WITH THEM TO HELP WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY BECAUSE THERE'S A NEW PANDEMIC COMING IF WE'RE NOT VERY CAREFUL. WE HOUSING ALL THESE PEOPLE? AT THE END OF OUR HELP, THEN WHAT? SO THAT'S WHAT WE STAND FOR. WE DO A HOLISTIC APPROACH SO WE CAN HELP THE WHOLE ENTIRE FAMILY AND WE HOPE TO SEE GALLANT TO BETTER BECAUSE IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CITY, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE THAT JUST NEED HELP NAVIGATING IN A LITTLE BIT MORE FOCUSED RIGHT NOW ON THE YOUTHS, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE EDGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE. SO THAT'S WHAT WE DO AS AN ORGANIZATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME. I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR WANTED TO HEAR THAT. OR IF I WAS I WAS TO SAY SOMETHING VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU MADE THREE MINUTES, RIGHT THERE . THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TANYA DOWNING.
THE DYNAMIC DUO. THERE WE GO. HONORABLE MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL. HONORABLE MAYOR PRO TEM. DEBORAH MORRIS AND STAFF CITY STAFF. WE LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REQUEST HELP AND SUPPORT FOR HOPE CLINIC. HOPE CLINIC IS A FREE CLINIC. IT'S THE ONLY FREE CLINIC IN GARLAND PROVIDING, UH, BOTH CLINICAL CARE IN BEHAVIOR, HEALTH AND SPIRITUAL HELP TO PEOPLE THAT DON'T OTHERWISE HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE. UH, ONE OF THE SITUATIONS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH IS WITH ORIGINALLY WE WERE FUNDED, UH AND SUPPORTED BY BAYLOR. SCOTT WHITE HOSPITAL HERE IN GARLAND. AND WHEN THAT HOSPITAL SHUT DOWN. THE FUNDING ALSO SHUT DOWN. SO WE'RE IN NEED OF THIS GRANT? UH THIS YEAR VERY DESPERATELY. AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF VERY SUCCESSFUL STORIES AND HELPING PEOPLE NAVIGATE AND GET HEALTHY . IT'S A SERIOUS PROBLEM BECAUSE WE ARE KIND OF THE LAST GATE. BEFORE GOING INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM WHERE THE I C U. S INTO THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM. AND SO WHAT WE DO IS WE DEAL WITH THE HEALTH ISSUES THAT PEOPLE HAVE WHEN WE
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CAN UP FRONT. SO UH, APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT, AND I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO. AH TANYA DOWNING OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WHO'S GOING TO TELL YOU MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE HOPE CLINIC. MARK, UM, GOOD EVENING, AND FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY I WORK IN THE BEST CITY. BUT I WORK AT AN AWESOME ORGANIZATION. HOPE CLINIC OF GARLAND AND THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR. I REMEMBER LAST YEAR I WAS ONLY ON STAFF FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS. SO I'M JUST SO EXCITED TO SAY I'VE BEEN HERE NOW A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AND TWO MONTHS, AND IT'S JUST BEEN AMAZING FOR ME TO HAVE BUILT SO MANY PARTNERSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIPS WHILE WORKING AT HOPE, CLEANING OF GARLAND. SO AS MARK WAS SAYING, I DON'T LIKE TO ALWAYS USE YOUR STORY MARK. IT'S MORE THAN JUST COMING IN WITH A STOMACHACHE AND GETTING A PRESCRIPTION AND WALKING OUT THE DOOR. WE DO TREAT OUR PATIENTS KIND OF MORE FROM A HOLISTIC APPROACH, AND WE HAD A SITE VISIT TODAY, AND DR CAMPUS WAS VISITING WITH, UM POTENTIAL FUNDER AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY RESPECT ABOUT OUR PROVIDERS. IS THAT NOT ONLY DO THEY SEE THE PATIENT FOR WHATEVER THE ELEMENT IS, BUT THEY TAKE THE TIME TO IDENTIFY WHATEVER THE OTHER SITUATIONS MIGHT BE. WHETHER IT'S JUST A SIMPLE I NEED PRAYER AND THAT THEY TAKE THE TIME AND THEY PRAY FOR THE PATIENT. HOPE CLINIC IS A FAITH BASED ORGANIZATION, BY THE WAY, AND IF THEY NEED WRAPAROUND SERVICES. WE HAVE A LICENSED SOCIAL WORKER ON STAFF, AND SHE TAKES THE TIME TO PROVIDE WHATEVER NECESSARY RESOURCES. THAT THE PATIENT MIGHT NEED. AND SO AS AS MARK SAID, WE ARE DOING SOME AMAZING THINGS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW, IN ADDITION TO BEING THE ONLY NON PROFIT, UH PROVIDING FREE AND CHARITABLE SERVICES IN GARLAND, WE'VE BEEN AROUND 21 YEARS AND THAT'S A LOT TO CELEBRATE 21 YEARS HERE IN GARLAND. PROVIDING FREE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR THE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY. WANT TO JUST GIVE YOU JUST A FEW STATISTICS? REAL QUICK? LAST YEAR WE SERVED WE HAD 7500 PATIENT VISITS. THAT'S ABOUT 1200. PATIENTS WERE PROBABLY 70 70% HISPANICS, UM AS FAR AS PATIENT BASE, THE PRIMARY LANGUAGE AND THE CLINIC IS SPANISH, AND IT HAS INCENTIVIZED ME TO EVEN BECOME BILINGUAL. NOT ONLY DO WE PROVIDE MEDICAL SERVICES, BUT WE ALSO PROVIDE OTHER WRAP AROUND SERVICES AS AN EXAMPLE. LAST YEAR, I TOLD YOU THAT I AND IT'S STILL ONE OF MY MOST FAVORITE THINGS TO DO IS OUR FOOD DISTRIBUTION EVERY MONTH, THE FOURTH THURSDAY WE PROVIDE FOOD FOR THE GARLAND COMMUNITY, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGING IN MOST RECENTLY IS A COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH PARK RIDGE APARTMENTS. IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT COMMUNITY, IT IS A LOW INCOME APARTMENT COMPLEX, AND WE'VE BEEN GOING OUT ON SATURDAYS. JUST OUT. REACHING MY PHILOSOPHY IS WE DO GREAT THINGS INSIDE OUR WALLS, BUT SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE OUR WALLS TO PROVIDE AND REACH. WE HAVE TO MEET THEM WHERE THEY ARE, AND SO THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT MOST RECENTLY AND SO, BUT I AM HERE. I'VE GOT 45 SECONDS. I AM HERE TO PLAY. YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING HOPE CLINIC FROM MANY, MANY YEARS AND I CAN GIVE YOU NUMBERS OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR US, UH, EVERY YEAR, BUT I'M ASKING FOR AND I'M A FUNDRAISER BY PROFESSION AND IT WOULDN'T BE RIGHT IF I DIDN'T SAY WE ARE ASKING FOR AN INCREASE OF SUPPORT. AS MARK MENTIONED. WE LOST OUR FUNDING FROM BAYLOR. I DON'T KNOW, FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO, BUT WE'VE BEEN MANAGED TO KEEP OUR DOORS OPEN. WE'VE MANAGED TO KEEP THE SAME EMPLOYEES DEDICATED EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN WITH US FOR 10 15 YEARS. DR. CAMPUS HAS BEEN THERE SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING. AND SO I ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER WE WANT TO DO MORE. WE WANT TO INCREASE THE 1200 PATIENTS 1500 PATIENTS IN 2023 INSTEAD OF 7500 PATIENTS BUSINESS WE WANT TO DO 78. SO PLEASE, AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND. WE LOVE OUR NEW PARKING LOT, JUDGE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO IN THE PARTNERSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIPS.THAT WE HAVE BUILT THROUGH THE YEARS. THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVIS WAVY.
HMM. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING . THANK YOU. COUNCIL CITY MANAGER. UM THIS MARKS MY START OF MY 43RD YEAR WITH THIS WONDERFUL CITY. UM CAME HERE FROM THE MILITARY IN 1981, AND
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THERE'S ALSO MARKS THE START OF THE 20/9 YEAR OF THE GARLAND POLICE BOXING PROGRAM, WHICH I HAVE WHAT I LIKE TO CALL MY CDS. MY CHILD DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE BACK HERE BEHIND ME. UM WE HAVE DONE SOME AMAZING THINGS, IT WAS SAID EARLIER AS I WAS TALKING TO MR WILLIAMS. UM AROUND THE METROPLEX. PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT I HAD AN OBNOXIOUS DESIRE TO JUST BRING TOO MANY KIDS TO A BOXING TOURNAMENT THAT WE WERE NEVER GOING TO TRULY DEVELOP. THOSE WE WERE JUST BRINGING KIDS IN, UH, THE PROGRAM ALL BEGAN WHEN WE HAD, UH PROBLEM HERE IN THE CITY WITH THE GANGS AND I HAD GROWN UP AS A BOXER, AND SO DID OFFICER STEVE MARTIN. SO UM, WE WERE ABLE TO START THE PROGRAM WITH WITH VERY LITTLE MONEY, AND THE OPPORTUNITY HAS JUST EVOLVED. UM, WE I HAVE SOME WONDERFUL KIDS THAT I WANT TO INTRODUCE TO YOU TONIGHT. SOME OF YOU GUYS HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT WITH THEM THE OTHER DAY. UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, UM I CALL THEM MARBLES BECAUSE WHEN HE WAS ABOUT EIGHT, WHEN HE FIRST STARTED WITH US, HIS EYES WERE BIGGER THAN HIS HEAD. HE JUST QUALIFIED TO GO TO THE OLYMPIC TRIALS, WHICH WILL BE IN LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, IN DECEMBER. AS THE NATIONAL GOLDEN GLOVES CHAMPION THAT HE WON IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA HERE JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. SO IF YOU WOULD INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND SAY WHAT WHAT'S YOUR NEXT ENDEAVOR IS? HELLO EVERYBODY. HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY? MY NAME IS ALEX ESPINOZA. I'M 19 YEARS OLD AND I'VE BEEN WITH THE BOXING GYM FOR 11 YEARS NOW. UM YEAH, AND IT'S THE OXYGEN HAS BEEN REAL GOOD FOR ME AND MY FAMILY BECAUSE THEY'VE HELPED US OUT A LOT. AND THEY HELPED ME STRAIGHT. THEY'LL ME ALWAYS STAY IN SCHOOL AND ALWAYS TOLD ME THAT TO LOOK FOR A CAREER OUTSIDE OF BOXING. AND THAT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT'S HELPED ME A LOT, SO YEAH, THANK YOU. I THINK HE'S UH HE JUST GOT HIRED BY A T I SO HE'S GOING TO START THERE. HE JUST GOT HIS DEGREE IN MED ATRAN IX, I BELIEVE IS WHAT IT'S CALLED TRONICS DEGREE. NICE BELT. YEAH. UM THIS YOUNG LADY ACTUALLY CAME TO OUR PROGRAM 18 YEARS AGO IN A BASSINET BECAUSE THEY'RE OLDER BROTHER WAS BOXING FOR US WHO IS NOW AN ENGINEER. AND SHE JUST GRADUATED AS THE VALEDICTORIAN ITSELF. GARLAND.HMM. HELLO MY NAME IS SELL YARN. ELLA'S I AM THE FIRST VALEDICTORIAN AT SOUTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL TO GRADUATE WITH NOT ONLY A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA BUT WITH ALSO AN ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE DEGREE. AND I'M ALSO A CERTIFIED EKG TECHNICIAN AND A CERTIFIED MEDICAL ASSISTANT. AND I AM 18 YEARS OLD AND I PLAN ON ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS, WHERE I WILL PURSUE THE BACHELOR'S OF SCIENCE IN BIOLOGY DEGREE AND THEN I WILL PLAN ON ATTENDING MEDICAL SCHOOL TO BECOME AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST. YEAH MHM. NOTHING SMALL. HERE, UM. CHRIS'S CLAIMS IN SCHOOL. I THINK THEY USED TO DO THIS WITH THEIR TEACHERS. THEY'RE NOT TWINS, BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY PROPOSE. SOMETIMES CHRIS HAS BEEN WITH US , AND HE'S JUST BEEN ACCEPTED INTO TEXAS TECH AND THEIR BROTHERS INTRODUCE YOURSELF. MY NAME IS CHRIS ESPINOSA. UM, I'VE BEEN BARFING WITH THE GARDEN POLICE SINCE I WAS SIX YEARS OLD. AND YEAH, THEY'VE HELPED MY BROTHER AND ME AND MY SISTER AND A LOT OF LIKE COLOR FAMILY. ANYWAYS YEAH. SORRY SO I JUST GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL TO PLANNING TO GO TO TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY IN THE FALL. UM, I'M HOPING TO GET MY BACHELOR'S DEGREE AND NURSING RIGHT NOW. I GOT MY CERTIFICATION AS A MEDICAL ASSISTANT AND THEN KG TECHNICIAN, SO I HOPING THAT HOLDS ME AND MY FUTURE. VERY GOOD. MM HMM. TALL KIDS DON'T COME INTO THE BOXING PROGRAM VERY OFTEN. THEY'RE USUALLY SHORT FOR WHATEVER REASON, AND SO WHEN HE FIRST ARRIVED, I NICKNAMED HIM GREEN BEANS BECAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS PART OF THE JACK AND THE BEANSTALK. BUT VICTOR WHO I CALL BEING, UH, IS HIS DESIRE DESCRIBED JU ATED FROM SAXONY HIGH SCHOOL AND HIS DESIRES TO BE A GARLAND FIREFIGHTERS. SO, JERRY UH, YOU GUYS ALL KNOW, JERRY. VERY WELL. JERRY'S KIDS, JERRY CLICK IS MENTORING HIM AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE GET HIM TO NOT ONLY GRADUATE FROM A CERTIFICATION FIREFIGHTER ACADEMY BUT ALSO BECOME A GARLAND FIREFIGHTER. YOU WANT TO SPEAK? LIKE YOU SAID. MY NAME IS VICTOR CASTILLO. AND I'M A GRADUATE FROM SEXY, HIGH SCHOOL AND BOXING. THE BOXING GYM HAS OPENED UP MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR ME. UH, JUST AROUND PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, NETWORKING STUFF LIKE THAT. SO THE BOXING GYM IS A GREAT PLACE FOR ME, AND IT'S UH , OPENED MY EYES TO A CAREER IN FIREFIGHTING AND E. M S AND STUFF LIKE THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU. WE HAVE A COUPLE OTHER YOUNG, UH, FEMALES
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THAT AREN'T ABLE TO ATTEND TONIGHT. ONE OF THEM JUST ONE THIS AFTERNOON. SHE'S FIGHTING FOR THE U. S UH, JUNIOR OLYMPIC NATIONALS TOMORROW AND AT 15 YEARS OLD. SHE'S IF SHE WINS TOMORROW, SHE'LL BE A FIVE TIME NATIONAL CHAMPION COLORADO SPRINGS HAS ALREADY LOOKING AT HER FOR AN INVITATION, POSSIBLY TO ATTEND SOME OF THE YOUTH CAMPS UP THERE. AND THE GIRL THAT'S WITH HER MENTORING HER IS 18 RECENT GRADUATE, AND SHE IS IN THE PROCESS TO BECOME A JAILER FOR THE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH HER INTENT TO BECOME A POLICE OFFICER WITH THE NEW PROGRAM THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS INSTITUTED, WORK FOR THE CITY AND ANY CAPACITY AND BE ABLE TO APPLY AND TEST SO THAT THAT IS HER DESIRE. UM SO WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS UNIQUE THAT ARE GOING ON. I'M SURE THAT YOU'RE NOT AWARE THERE'S A CORPORATION CALLED ICON, WHICH IS IN AND FARMERS BRANCH, AND IT'S RUN BY A GENTLEMAN THAT USED TO BE AN NHL HOCKEY PLAYER.AND WITH THOSE IT'S AN ATHLETIC MEAL BASED PROGRAM AND WITH THOSE PROGRAMS HE RECEIVES AND MAKES THESE SPILLS ON A ON ANY GIVEN MONTH, HE PROBABLY DONATE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THREE AND 500 ALOT. SO I'M ABLE TO PROVIDE A VERY NUTRITIOUS MEAL THAT'S RUNNING BETWEEN 11 AND $15 APIECE FOR THE KIDS. UM, AND THOSE ARE FREE TO THE CHILDREN BECAUSE THEY'RE FREE TO US. OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. YOU KNOW, DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE OBVIOUSLY LOST OUR TUTOR OF 17 YEARS AND WE WERE UNABLE TO ACQUIRE A NEW ONE THROUGH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR A LOT OF REASONS THEY'RE LACKING OF TEACHERS. UM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT ALLOWED ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT AND FIND SOMEONE. SO WE HAD A TUTOR BACK ON STAFF. THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR NOW, JUST RIGHT AT TWO YEARS. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT.
OBVIOUSLY, EVERYBODY'S COMING IN FOR BOXING. WE KNOW THAT WHAT WE'RE REALLY STRIVING FOR US TO TRY TO GET THESE KIDS THROUGH THAT PROGRAM WITH THE IDEA NOT ONLY TO GRADUATE, BUT TO MOVE ON TO WHETHER IT'S A TECH SCHOOL MILITARY OVER KID RIGHT NOW, THAT'S UH HE'S IN THE HE'S, UH IN THE U. S. MARINES HE GRADUATED NUMBER ONE AND BECAUSE OF THAT, HE GOT TO GET EMBASSY DUTY. SO I SEE HIM ALL OVER THE PLACE. HE'S RIDING CAMELS AND BEING CRAZY, BUT THERE THERE'S AN INTENT HERE. UH AND IT'S IT HAPPENED TO ME. BOXING REALLY CHANGED MY LIFE. I WAS A LITTLE FAT KID THAT REALLY JUST WATCH TOO MUCH TELEVISION. I CAN DO VOICES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT I REALLY NEVER REALLY UNDERSTOOD WHAT I WANTED TO BE. AND BOXING REALLY KIND OF CHANGED MY LIFE.
SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT THIS IS ALL BEEN ABOUT, AND WE'VE LOVED WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY OF GARLAND. YOU GUYS KNOW GUNS AND HOSES IS GOING TO BE COMING UP HERE REAL SOON. I THINK WE ALREADY HAVE 49 POLICE OFFICERS AND 36 FIREMEN THAT HAVE APPLIED SO WE'LL BE PUTTING THAT ON REAL QUICK SO AGAIN. THANK YOU SO VERY, VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME THE GYM, THE CITY EMPLOYEES THAT ARE USING TO GET ON A DAILY BASIS IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 10 AND 15. MAD IF HE'S STILL HERE, MATCHING THEIR USUALLY IF YOU GUYS AREN'T USING HIM. BUT FIVE MINUTES IT WAS A LITTLE MORE THAN THAT. BUT OKAY, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH ABOUT HOW TO STOP TALKING. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS BRIAN GAVITT. GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL MAYOR CITY STAFF. UM AS STATED, MY NAME IS BRIAN GADDIS. I'M A LITTLE TALLER THAN LAST SPEAKER , RECREATION SERVICES SUPERVISOR FOR THE CITY. AND I, UM COME TO YOU TONIGHT SEEKING FUNDING FOR AN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM WOULD BE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE G I S D. AT ONE OF THEIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. IT WOULD BE FOR LOW INCOME STUDENTS, AND IT WOULD BE UH, FOR STUDENTS OTHERWISE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND TRADITIONAL AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM. THE AFTER SCHOOL HOURS ARE SUCH A CRUCIAL TIME FOR A CHILD IN THEIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YEARS AND IT'S A CHOICE CHOICES THAT THESE YOUNG ONES MAKE THAT NOW THAT'S SO SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT THEIR GROWTH IN THE YEARS AHEAD. SO WE HOPE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HELP THEM MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICES BY APPROVING FUNDING. IT IS WITH THIS FUNDING THAT WILL BE OFFERED BE ABLE TO OFFER A LITANY OF ACTIVITIES TO THESE STUDENTS. AH! FOR THE GARLAND STUDENTS AT NO COST TO THEM. WE BELIEVE THAT ALL CHILDREN SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THESE HAVE ACCESS TO AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, REGARDLESS OF INCOME. PLEASE JOIN US IN MAKING OUR MARK ON THIS YOUNGER GENERATION IN THE
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CITY OF GARLAND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND BRIAN, I'VE SEEN YOU MAKE THESE PRESENTATIONS FOR MANY YEARS NOW, AND I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE EVER WORN IT JACKET. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SUSAN. HIM, UM.GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE YOU ONCE AGAIN AND WITH COUNSELING INSTITUTE OF TEXAS. WE HAVE BEEN SERVING GARLAND FAMILY. SINCE 1986. I'VE BEEN WITH THE AGENCY . SINCE THEN. I WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL FOUNDERS OF COUNSELING INSTITUTE. WE'RE NONPROFIT FAMILY COUNSELING CENTER. I WANTED TO BRING YOU A LITTLE BIT OF OUR TOTALS. LET YOU KNOW WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. I WAS GOING TO TELL YOU TALK TO YOU FIRST ABOUT THE CDBG COVID GRANT. I REALIZE WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT TONIGHT, BUT I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT WE HAD DONE WITH THAT. DUE TO THOSE FUNDS TODAY, WE'VE ABLE BEEN SEEN 124 ADULTS 45 TEENAGERS AND 40 CHILDREN. WE WERE ABLE TO SEE FAMILIES WHO LOST FAMILY MEMBERS DUE TO COVID SOME OF OUR FAMILIES, MULTIPLE FAMILY MEMBERS DUE TO COVID. WE SAW CHILDREN WHO LIVE WITH THEIR GRANDPARENTS, AND WE'RE TOO AFRAID TO GO TO SCHOOL BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO BRING THE VIRUS HOME. WE SAW SOME TEENAGERS WHO GOT SO FAR BEHIND. THEY FELT LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT WAS HE USED? WHY SHOULD THEY EVEN GO BACK AND GO TO SCHOOL? SO IT MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THOSE FUNDS. IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THOSE FAMILIES AND MAKE THAT DIFFERENCE TO DATE ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, WHICH WE CURRENTLY ARE WORKING ON. WE'VE SEEN 42 ADULTS 14 TEENS AND 18 CHILDREN. TOTAL OF 46 FAMILIES. WE EXPECT TO BE OUT OF THE FUNDS BY JULY. OUR MAIN OFFICE ON SOUTHERNER DRIVE , AND WE ALSO HAVE AN OFFICE AT JST STUDENT SERVICES. WE HAVE SERVICED 260 GIST FAMILIES LAST YEAR THAT BRINGS US UP TO ABOUT A TOTAL OF 4000 FAMILY MEMBERS SEEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT. LAST YEAR. WHEN I CAME I TOLD YOU THAT TEXAS RANKED NEXT TO LAST IN OVERALL ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH. UNFORTUNATELY I'M SAD TO SAY THAT CHANNEL KICKS IN AND OUT OF AUSTIN REPORTED ON MAY 10TH THAT A STUDY CONDUCTED BY FORBES RANKED TEXAS AS THE WORST STATE FOR MENTAL HEALTH CARE IN THE USA. I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU ALL THAT YOU'LL SEE THE NEWS. YOU SEE THE SCHOOL SHOOTINGS AND THINGS THAT'S GOING ON. UM ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK THAT MAKES. OUR TOWN.
DIFFERENT MAKES OUR AGENCY DIFFERENT IS, UM, WE'RE ALL FROM GARLAND. ALL OF THOSE OFFICE, FOLKS. WE ALL LIVE IN GARLAND. OUR KIDS ALL WENT TO GARLAND. SCHOOLS GOT ONE GEAR G H S GRADUATE, ONE SEXY GRADUATE, MY DAUGHTER'S SCHOOL NURSE AT COOPER. UM GRANDKIDS GO TO GARLAND. YOU KNOW, WE ALL WE DO. WE LIVE IN OUR TOWN. WE ALSO VOLUNTEER WITH LOCAL SERVICE CLUBS. I'M IN QANTAS. I'VE BEEN A GOVERNOR FOR TEXAS. OKLAHOMA ALSO HAD MOST OF THE OFFICES LOCALLY. I WOULD VOLUNTEER IN MY OWN TOWN, MY OWN SCHOOL DISTRICT. I THINK THAT'S WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT. OUR AGENCY NOT ONLY LIVES HERE, WE WORK HERE. WE LOVE OUR CITY. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW IMPORTANT THIS MONEY IS. WE HAVE FAMILIES THAT ARE JUST COMPARABLY CAN BARELY SURVIVE KIDS. THEY CAN'T GET OUT OF BED. I'M AMAZED AT THE CALLS A GET OF PEOPLE THAT CAN'T GET THEIR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS STUDENTS TO GO TO SCHOOL FOUR AND FIVE, YOU KNOW, FIVE YEAR OLDS IN PRE K. THEY CAN'T GET HIM OUT OF BED IN THE MORNING. UM FAMILIES NEED YOU. I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE. I JUST MENTAL HEALTH IS SO IMPORTANT. EVERYTHING TIES IN TO MENTAL HEALTH. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT AND THANK YOU FOR THE FUNDS IN THE PAST. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CALEB MARINA. I HAD TO BRING BACK UP. MALARIA GO FIRST. I'M SORRY IF WE COULD GO BACK TO IF YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. I APPRECIATE IT. MY NAME IS LAETITIA. AND I AM WITH HELEN'S PROJECT. WE ARE 39 39 SOUTH POKE PERFECT AND KAYLA MY ANGEL WITH HELEN'S PROJECT AS WELL. 39 39 SOUTH BROKEN DOWN.
VERY GOOD. GO AHEAD. I AM THE THERAPIST FOR HELEN'S PROJECT. I AM THE PRIMARY THERAPIST THERE, AS THE LAST SPEAKER JUST SAID. WE DEAL WITH MENTAL HEALTH. WE ACTUALLY DEAL WITH DUAL DIAGNOSIS, AND SO IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE HERE TODAY WITH YOU GUYS. AND I JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I AM THE THERAPIST THAT GETS TO DEAL WITH ALL OF OUR FINE FOLKS. AS FAR AS THE HOMELESS POPULATION THAT COMES IN THE UNDERSERVED THAT NOBODY WANTS TO REALLY TALK ABOUT. BUT EVERYBODY SEES AND THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT I GET TO WORK WITH EVERY DAY AND I'M VERY PROUD AND PASSIONATE TO WORK WITH THEM. WE JUST GIVE HER A LITTLE ROUND OF
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APPLAUSE BECAUSE I THREW HER INTO SECONDS AGO. I WAS LIKE, OH, YOU'RE TALKING. SO YOU KNOW, GOOD JOB. SO AS I SAY, YES, MY NAME IS CALEB MIND JOHN, THE FOUNDER OF HELEN'S PROJECT, AND LAST YEAR WE WERE FUNDED THROUGH E S G THROUGH THE CITY OF GARLAND. WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL WE WERE ABLE TO USE UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS TO GET INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LIVING LITERALLY HOMELESS AS DEFINED BY HOOD. THEY'RE LIVING UNDER A BRIDGE IN THEIR CAR. OUTDOORS SO A PLACE NOT MEANT FOR HABITATION. WE WERE EITHER ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM SUPPORT SERVICES TO LIKE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT. WE WERE ABLE TO GET, UM FOOD SUPPORT OR WHATEVER BARRIERS WERE IDENTIFIED TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM HOUSED AND THEN KEEP THEM HOUSE. THAT'S THE KEY COMPONENT OF IT ALL IS I CAN TAKE SOMEONE AND I CAN PUT YOU IN AN APARTMENT THROUGH OUR LANDLORD SUPPORTS. I CAN CALL ONE OF OUR LANDLORD PARTNERS AND SAY, HEY, I'VE GOT SOMEONE WE CAN PUT THEM IN. GIVE THEM A GREAT PLACE TO STAY. BUT IF YOU HAVE SOMEWHERE TO STAY, BUT YOU HAVEN'T ADDRESSED YOUR MENTAL HEALTH. AND THEN YOU CAN'T KEEP YOUR JOB BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING THROUGH MAYBE A PSYCHOTIC EPISODE OR YOUR DEPRESSION IS TOO BAD THAT YOU CAN'T GET UP THAT MORNING. HOW CAN YOU SUSTAIN YOUR INCOME TO KEEP YOUR APARTMENT? YOU CAN'T SO IF WE CAN SUPPORT THAT, AND WE CAN SUPPORT YOUR MENTAL HEALTH, WE CAN SUPPORT THE CHALLENGES OF CHILDCARE. SO LET'S SAY AGAIN, WE PUT YOU IN AN APARTMENT. YOU HAVE CHILDREN, AND YOU'RE CONSTANTLY GETTING CALLS BECAUSE YOUR KIDS ARE HAVING CHALLENGES IN SCHOOL. SO YOU'RE CALLING OUT OF WORK ALL THE TIME. SO US BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE PICTURE OF WHAT CAUSES INSTABILITY OF WHAT CAUSES YOU KNOW HOMELESSNESS. WHAT CAUSED IT? CHRONIC INSTABILITY WERE ABLE TO DO THAT, AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT UTILIZING ESG FUNDS LAST YEAR, SO WE'RE COMING BACK AGAIN THIS YEAR TO DO IT BIGGER AND BETTER, BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO, RIGHT. UM SO LAST YEAR WE WERE AWARDED $5000 AND WE STRETCHED EVERY PENNY OF IT. AND SO IT WILL FINALLY BE ALL UTILIZED NEXT MONTH. SO WE DID REALLY GOOD. I THINK WE DID A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM THE GARLAND COMMUNITY. SO WE ARE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. AND SO WITH THAT WE'RE HOPING GOING INTO THIS YEAR THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, EXPAND THAT SUPPORT, SO THAT WAY WE CAN HELP MORE AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO THE CITY OF GARLAND TO CONTINUE THAT SUPPORT FROM THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE. TELLING US WHERE THEY'VE NOTICED NEW ENCAMPMENTS WHERE THEY'VE NOTICED NEW INDIVIDUALS LIVING UNDER BRIDGES , EVEN PEOPLE STANDING OUTSIDE PANHANDLING AND LETTING US KNOW.OKAY WE'VE SEEN THIS GOING ON. CAN YOU GUYS ADDRESS IT? I SAW THIS. CAN YOU GUYS ADDRESS IT, AND WE'RE ABLE TO BRING OUR SERVICES TO THE FIELD, SO THAT'S ANOTHER BARRIER THAT WE REALLY ARE REALLY PROUD OF IS THAT YOU WILL SEE OUR RED JEEP OR OUR VAN. PARK SOMEWHERE. IT PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BE SORRY, GARLAND PD, BUT WE'RE USUALLY TREKKING THROUGH THE WOODS AND YOU'LL SEE US SITTING IN IN THESE ENCAMPMENTS BRINGING OUR SERVICES BRINGING CASE MANAGEMENT, BRINGING MENTAL HEALTH TO THEM AND NOT TELLING THEM. HEY, YOU GOTTA COME ALL THE WAY TO DALLAS TO US, BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY CAN EVERYBODY IS CAPABLE OF TO DO THAT. SO THAT'S WHAT SETS US APART TO BE ABLE TO BRING THAT SUPPORT TO GARLAND, AND WE'RE PROUD TO BRING IT TO CARL. AND WE'RE PROUD TO BRING THE IMPACT THAT THAT WE'VE BROUGHT SO FAR INTO CONTINUE TO SERVE, YOU GUYS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHARLES LEAVITT.
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CHARLES LEAVITT ON THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF METRO RELIEF. AND WE'VE BEEN PARTNERED WITH THE CITY OF GARLAND WERE THIRD YEAR. I BROUGHT THIS LITTLE THING.
IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE HARD FOR ME TO GO BUY IT. I HAD RATHER HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOMELESSNESS. BUT I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND READ THIS ABOUT THREE MINUTES. METRO RELIEF WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY OF GARLAND YOU THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT ABOUT THIS DISPLACED AND EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN THE CITY OF GARLAND. METRO RELIEF IS IN OUR 11TH YEAR OF OPERATIONS IN THE DFW METROPLEX AND IN OUR THIRD YEAR OF A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF GARLAND. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS RELATIONSHIP. IF WE HAVE SEEN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SUCCESS IN THE GARLAND STREET OUTREACH PROGRAM. IT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION THAT OTHER CITIES IN THE METROPLEX SHOULD REPLICATE YOUR COMMITMENT.
INSTEAD FAT FASTNESS THAT THE CITY OF GARLAND HAS TO PROVIDE SOLUTIONS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE IN YOUR CITY. RELEASE MODEL IS 100% MOBILE. OUR CASE MANAGERS ARE PERSON CENTERED SOLUTION. FOCUS WHICH IS WHAT CREATES THE SUCCESS WE'RE EXPERIENCING. WE MEET OUR CLIENTS WHERE THEY LIVE , AND WE TAKE THEM WHERE THEY NEED TO GO. A LOT OF TIMES.
WE'RE GIVING THEM THINGS THEY THINK THEY NEED AS SOUP, LEMONADE PARA SOCKS. NEW SHOES.
TO GIVE THEM WHAT THEY DON'T. I THINK THEY NEED WHICH IS SERVICES DETOX REUNION WITH THEIR FAMILY. UM SORRY ABOUT THAT. BACK TO THIS THE PURPOSE OF, UH. METRO RELIEFS GARLAND
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STREET OUTREACH PROGRAM IS TO WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY OF GARLAND. THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. TO DECREASE THE NUMBER OF DISPLACED AND CHRONICALLY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN ENCAMPMENTS AND THEN UNINHABITABLE PLACES. THE METRO RELIEF. GARLAND S. O. P IS INTENTIONALLY DESIGNED TO PROVIDE EXTREMELY LOW BARRIER PERSON CENTERED, NON FACILITY BASED SERVICES ARE GOALS TO MAKE HOMELESSNESS. RARE, BRIEF AND NON RECURRING IN THE CITY OF GARLAND. I BELIEVE TO THIS YEAR WE THERE WAS A COUPLE OF OPPORTUNITIES WE DID BOTH BECAUSE WE WANT TO GO A LITTLE BIT HARDER. WE BELIEVE WE CAN GET MORE PEOPLE HELP AND, UH SO THE FIRST ONE WAS THE E S. G FOR 23 24. THAT'S THE CONTINUE THE PROGRAM AS IT IS NOW, UM, ADD A LITTLE BIT OF SUPPORT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF IDEAS AND A LOT OF PAPERWORK THAT WE DO TO MOVE PEOPLE THROUGH. UM, ONE OF THE BEST THING WE DO IS DIVERSION, WHICH KEEPS PEOPLE OUT OF THE SYSTEM. AND THEN THERE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY WAS THE AARP. AND WITH THIS, WE COULD EXPAND OUR SERVICES. SO WE RUN INTO A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT THAT CALL US OR WE MEET THEM ON THE STREET AND THEY'RE ABOUT TO GET EVICTED AND WE MAY HAVE HOUSED THEM. THEY RAN IN. THEY GOT KIDS, SO THE AARP WILL HELP US EXPAND OUR SERVICES TO LEGAL WEIGHED, UH, HOUSING EMERGENCY HOUSING. UH OH, GOSH. I GOT ALL NERVOUS. IT'S RARE. IMMIGRATION. AH, I DON'T KNOW. PREVENTATIVE STUFF, WHICH IS NEW TO US, BUT WE'RE DOING IT. SO THIS WHOLE PLAN THAT THE AIR P WOULD DO WOULD HELP ME TOO. HELP MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE PREVENTED FROM BEING HOMELESS BEFORE THEY GET HOMELESS AND AFTER, UH THROUGH THE WHOLE PROGRAM. OUR APPROACH IS QUICKLY IDENTIFYING AND ENGAGING PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WITHIN GARLAND CITY LIMITS, PROVIDING IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO CRISIS SERVICES AND FACILITIES. ACCESS TO SHELTERS WITHOUT BARRIERS TO ENTRY. WILL CASE MANAGE HOMELESS CLIENTS WITH THE GOAL, SECURING PERMITS STABLE HOUSING INDOOR WITH APPROPRIATE SUPPORTS. WE TAILOR OUR ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES TO THE UNIQUE AND OFTEN COMPLEX. NOBODY IS THE SAME. SO IT'S NOT EVERY, UH, IT'S NOT THE SAME THING FOR EACH PERSON. SOME OF THEM NEED DETOX. SOME OF THEM DO NEED HOUSING. WE'RE NOT HOUSING FIRST, BUT IT'S A GREAT TOOL TO HAVE TO HELP SAVE SOMEBODY'S LIFE. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO REVERSE ENGINEER IT, LIKE, GET HIM IN HOUSING FIRST AND THEN MAYBE TRY TO GET HIM IN DETOX AND THEN MOVE THEM ON THAT WAY, BUT WE REALLY PREFER TO TRY TO REUNITE THEM WITH THEIR FAMILIES . UM WE'LL DRIVE THEM. WE'VE DRIVEN PEOPLE TO BALTIMORE, CHICAGO THAT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE AN IDEA IN THE FAMILY OF 62 YEAR OLD GUY NAMED HECTOR. WE DROVE TO THE BRONX. WE JUST TRY TO TAKE CARE OF IT. THE BEST, HOLISTIC WAY POSSIBLE, BUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST BENEFITS IS WE HAVE NINE CASE MANAGERS, SO FIVE OF THEM ARE NAVIGATORS. AND THEY TAKE PEOPLE THROUGH THE HOUSING PROGRAMS AND ALL UH, THE OTHER STUFF SO WE KNOW THE SYSTEM. YEAH, WE TRIED TO DIVERT HIM. IF WE CAN OUT OF THE SYSTEM, TOO. SO WITH THAT TOTAL CONFUSING COMMENTS. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU. AND ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? IT SEEMS HOMELESSNESS IS KIND OF ON THE NEWS A LOT RIGHT NOW. AND SO SOME PEOPLE ARE SITTING AND I WANT TO KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT GARLAND OR HOMELESSNESS AS A WHOLE. I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. YOU BET. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS SUZANNA SELF DEAD. GOOD EVENING . I'M SUSANNA SOFT STATE. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE LONG TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM AT THE SENIOR SOURCE, WHICH IS LOCATED AT 39 10, HARRY HINES AND DALLAS. OUR PROGRAM WORKS TO PROTECT THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE IN DALLAS COUNTY, NURSING HOMES AND ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES. THERE. OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF GARLAND, WE USE CDBG FUNDING TO PROVIDE A GARLAND ON BUD SIMON, WHO SERVES THE FRAIL ELDERLY AND DISABLED RESIDENTS LIVING IN THE SIXTH GARLAND NURSING HOMES, AND THROUGH THAT PARTNERSHIP, WE'VE PROTECTED THOUSANDS OF GARLAND RESIDENTS OVER THE YEARS. IN HER ROLE THE GARLAND ON BEDS. HMAN MAKES REGULAR UNANNOUNCED VISITS TO EACH OF THE FACILITIES WHERE SHE GOES ROOM TO ROOM, TALKING WITH THE RESIDENTS ABOUT THEIR CARE AND WORKING TO IDENTIFY AND RESOLVE COMPLAINTS ON THEIR BEHALF. MANY OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT SHE'S ADDRESSED THIS YEAR OR RELATED TO THE SHORTAGE OF[01:00:04]
STAFFING, WHICH IS PLAGUED NURSING HOMES FOR YEARS AND ONLY WORSENED SINCE COVID. IN FACT, ALL SIX OF THE GARLAND NURSING HOMES ARE RATED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS BEING BELOW OR MUCH BELOW AVERAGE FOR STAFFING LEVELS, WHICH CAN HAVE A DEVASTATING IMPACT ON THE RESIDENTS CARE. AND ALL ASPECTS OF THEIR LIFE WITHIN THE FACILITY. THE GARLAND ON BED.ZEMAN HAS ENCOUNTERED SITUATIONS WHERE ONE STAFF MEMBER WAS ASSIGNED TO CARE FOR 30 RESIDENTS WHICH, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IS NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE. THE GIRL AND OMBUDSMAN HAS ALSO OBSERVED IN FACILITIES, ODORS OF URINE AND FECES PERMEATING THE BUILDING AFTER RESIDENTS WERE LEFT LYING AND SOILED BEDS FOR HOURS. NOT ONLY DID THAT LEAVE THE RESIDENTS AT RISK OF DEVELOPING BEDSORES AND ALSO LEFT THEM WITH LITTLE DIGNITY. WHEN THE OMBUDSMAN BECOMES AWARE OF CONCERNS SUCH AS THE SHE WORKS WITH THE ADMINISTRATOR AND FACILITY STAFF AT TO GET THEM ADDRESSED, AND THIS YEAR SHE'S BEEN ABLE TO RESOLVE 90% OF THE COMPLAINTS. THE CDBG FUNDING THAT WE'RE REQUESTING WILL ALLOW THE GARLAND OMBUDSMAN TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A MORE FREQUENT PRESENCE AND THESE FACILITIES, WITH EACH ONE BEING VISITED AT LEAST TWICE PER MONTH INSTEAD OF THE MINIMUM NINE VISITS THAT ARE REQUIRED EACH YEAR BY THE STATE. THIS INCREASED PRESENCE IS ESSENTIAL FOR BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS OF TRUST WITH THE RESIDENTS AND REDUCING THAT FEAR OF RETALIATION THAT SO MANY OF THEM EXPERIENCE THE OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM IS THE ONLY PROGRAM OUT THERE WORKING TO PROTECT THESE VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS AND THIS WAY AND WITH 50% OF OUR RESIDENTS, NEVER HAVING VISITORS BASICALLY BEING PLACED IN THESE FACILITIES AND FORGOTTEN THE GARLAND OMBUDSMAN REALLY SERVES AS THE EYES, THE EARS AND OFTEN THE VOICE FOR RESIDENTS WHO ARE ARE NOT ABLE OR AFRAID TO SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PARTNERING WITH US OVER THE YEARS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF OUR PROPOSAL. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRISTIE GUNTER. HELLO MAYOR CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY. I'M DOCTOR CHRISTIE GUNTER AND THE DIRECTOR OF CLIENT SERVICES AT HOPE STORE NEW BEGINNING CENTER AND WE'RE AT 2 18 NORTH 10TH STREET RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A SECURE SHELTER LOCATION. WE'RE ASKING FOR CDBG FUNDS TO GO TOWARDS OUR NONRESIDENTIAL ADVOCACY AND COUNSELING. AND WE EXPECT TO SERVE ABOUT 200 HAVE ABOUT 2400 SERVICES AND SESSIONS WITH THAT FOR THE HOME. AARP WE'RE ASKING FOR THAT FOR CASE MANAGEMENT TO GO TOWARDS STABILITY, PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS AND SHELTER, ADVOCACY AND CASE MANAGEMENT. WE EXPECT THE NUMBER OF PERSONS TO BE SERVED WITH THAT AROUND 300.
AND WITH E S G. WE'RE ASKING THIS TO GO TOWARDS SHELTER AND RAPID RE HOUSING AND WE EXPECT 380 PEOPLE TO BE SERVED IN SHELTER AND 20 RAPID RE HOUSING. OUR VISION IS TO END ABUSE FOR EVERYONE. WE PROVIDE A FULL CONTINUUM OF SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THE GARLAND AREA AND THE GREATER AREA TO FLEE ABUSE TO SEEK SHELTER TO FIND HEALING. AND AGAIN STABILITY. WE DO THIS THROUGH HOUSING? SHELTER COUNSELING, CASE MANAGEMENT, LEGAL SERVICES, AND I'M THE PERSON WHO'S OVER THOSE PROGRAMS . AND SO I'M HERE TO TELL YOU ABOUT HOW AMAZING THE THINGS WE DO ARE. WHAT HAVE WE DONE? WELL IN IN 2022 479 PEOPLE WERE SHELTERED, WHICH IS A 24% INCREASE SINCE 2021. WE HAD 15,865 NIGHTS AND SHELTER CARE.
OUR DAYS OF SERVICE INCREASED BY 42. WE HAD 8078 HOTLINE CALLS. WE HAD 9035 HOURS OF COUNSELING.
1790 VICTIMS WERE SERVED. AND 8000 LIVES WERE IMPACTED. THAT'S A HUGE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE DOING FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND AND BEYOND. WE KNOW THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OCCURS WHEN ONE PERSON IN A RELATIONSHIP TRIES TO ESTABLISH POWER AND CONTROL OVER ANOTHER. THROUGH A PATTERN OF ATTENTIONAL BEHAVIORS. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CAN AFFECT ANYONE. THERE'S NO LIMITS TO RACE, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, AGE OR ANYTHING ELSE. IT'S A WORLDWIDE EPIDEMIC THAT AFFECTS US ALL. WE ALSO KNOW THAT 25% OF ALL REPORTED CRIME IN DALLAS COUNTY IS FAMILY VIOLENCE RELATED. AND SO WE PARTNER WITH GARLAND. WE HAVE SERVICES TO GARLAND RESIDENTS ACROSS ALL PROGRAMS. WE PARTNER WITH A GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE ACCESS TO BED SPACE FOR HIGHLY THEOLOGY CASES.
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WE OFFER COUNSELING, A TRAUMA SUPPORT BOTH IN OUR GARLAND OUTREACH OFFICE, TELEHEALTH AND SOMETIMES IN SHELTER. WE HAVE COURT APPOINTMENT AND ACCOMPANIMENT AVAILABLE. WE HAVE BASIC NEEDS MET JUST AT THE GARLAND OUTREACH OFFICE AND IN SHELTER. IN OUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT COMES FROM ALL OVER AND WE REALLY NEED YOUR HELP TO CONTINUE TO MEET THIS HUGE INCREASE IN VIOLENCE THAT WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE IN CALLS. YOUR SUPPORT HELPS US ACHIEVE OUR MISSION. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CONSIDERING TO SUPPORT THIS AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT US . THIS TRANSLATES INTO SAFER FAMILIES AND HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES FOR GARLAND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALICIA FRY. THEY'RE MAKING YOU COME DOWN HERE BY YOURSELF. I THINK WE SHOULD MAKE THEM COME DOWN HERE, TOO. YEAH. I SAW THAT GOING ON BACK THERE LIKE YOU. YOU'RE GONNA MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO CITY HALL. YOU MIGHT AS WELL MAKE IT TO THE PODIUM, SO MY NAME IS ALICIA FRY, AND I'M THE CEO OF JONATHAN'S PLACE, AND WE ARE A NON PROFIT AGENCY THAT CARES FOR ABUSED, ABANDONED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN, TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS. WE HAVE BEEN CARING FOR THIS POPULATION FOR 31 YEARS, 20 OF WHICH HAVE BEEN RIGHT HERE IN GARLAND. WE STARTED OUT WITH A SMALL EMERGENCY SHELTER IN DALLAS AND IN ORDER TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE KNEW WE NEEDED TO GROW, AND SO WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL CAPITAL CAMPAIGN AND WE BOUGHT 29 ACRES IN GARLAND. WE COULD HAVE PURCHASED THAT ANYWHERE. WE COULD HAVE GONE ANY PLACE. BUT WE SELECTED GARLAND AND WE CAN'T THANK YOU ALL FOR THE SUPPORT THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US THROUGH THE YEARS WE ARE REQUESTING FUNDING TO BUILD AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. THE 16 BAD APARTMENT COMPLEX FOR YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. WE CURRENTLY HAVE SEVEN PROGRAMS AND THOSE HAVE GROWN THROUGHOUT THE YEARS IN ORDER TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE A TEMPORARY EMERGENCY SHELTER FOR BOYS AND GIRLS, RANGING IN AGE FROM BIRTH TO 18, OR ONE OF THE ONLY SHELTERS THAT CARE FOR CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE. AND A LOT OF SHELTERS WON'T DO SO BECAUSE IT'S VERY COSTLY TO DO SO. BUT WE DON'T WANT TO SEPARATE SIBLING GROUPS. WE FEEL LIKE THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH ENOUGH TRAUMA AND WE WANT TO DO ALL WE CAN TO KEEP THEM TOGETHER. WE ALSO HAVE A GIRL'S RESIDENTIAL THERAPEUTIC PROGRAM FOR GIRLS RANGING IN AGE FROM 10 TO 18. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE GIRLS HAVE BEEN SEXUALLY ABUSED AND BOUNCE THROUGHOUT THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM. WE HAVE A TEAM THAT CAN PROVIDE A THERAPEUTIC APPROACH TO THEIR CARE. AND THOSE GIRLS CAN ACTUALLY AGE OUT WITH US. THAT IS NOT OUR GOAL. OUR GOAL IS TO HELP THEM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH WHAT THEIR TRIGGERS ARE SO THEY CAN GO INTO A FOSTER PLACEMENT OR AN ADOPTION PLACEMENT AND IT BE A SUCCESS. WE ALSO HAVE A TRANSITIONAL LIVING PROGRAM FOR GIRLS 14 TO 23 FOR GREAT GIRLS WHO ARE AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE SYSTEM ARE READY FOR THAT NEXT EXCITING PHASE OF THEIR LIVES, SO WE HELPED TO GET THEM IN COLLEGE OR TRADE SCHOOL OR HELP THEM. JUST FIND A JOB. IF THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO DO FOR THE TIME BEING. WE ALSO HAVE A COTTAGE FOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN SEX TRAFFICKED AND THAT COTTAGES FOR CHILDREN RANGING IN AGE FROM FIVE 2 17. WE DO FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION AND WE HAVE AN OFFICE IN FORT WORTH FOR FOSTER CARE AS WELL. AND WE HAVE A LAST BUT DEFINITELY NOT LEAST. PROGRAM IS OUR RUNAWAY PREVENTION PROGRAM CALLED SAFE PLACE, AND THAT IS WHERE WE WILL GO TO ANY ANY CHILD WHO'S WHO IS EXPERIENCING ABUSE OR HAS ARE THERE LIVING ON THE STREET? THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO. THEY CAN GO INTO A DART. THEY CAN JUMP ON A DARK BUS OR TRAIN OR GO INTO A Q T CONVENIENCE STORE AND THEY WILL CALL US 24 HOURS A DAY. 365 DAYS A YEAR AND WE WILL GO OUT TO THAT CHILD AND ASSESS THE SITUATION AND EITHER BRING THEM BACK TO OUR SHELTER OR FIND A RELATIVE THAT CAN TAKE THEM FOR THE TIME BEING UNTIL THEY CAN WORK THROUGH THEIR SITUATION. WE ARE ABOUT TO OPEN A STABILIZATION AND ASSESSMENT CENTER FOR HIGH ACUITY, YOUTH. I'M SURE ALL OF YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT YOU SLEEPING IN OFFICES. THEY CALL THEM SEA WATCH CHILDREN WITHOUT PLACEMENT. AND WE KNOW THAT THAT IS NOT GOOD FOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED A GREAT DEAL OF TRAUMA. AND SO WE'RE GONNA OPEN THE STABILIZATION TO HELP THAT POPULATION. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE CONTINUED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR CHILDREN BY OPENING PROGRESS PROGRAMS TO HELP THOSE CHILDREN. THEY CAN COME INTO OUR CONTINUUM OF CARE. THEY MAY COME IN THROUGH OUR EMERGENCY SHELTER , BUT THEY CAN GO TO OUR GROWTH THERAPEUTIC PROGRAM. THEY CAN GO INTO ONE OF OUR FOSTER HOMES.AND SO WHAT THIS GRANT WILL ALLOW US TO DO IS CARE FOR THOSE GIRLS AND YOUNG MEN WHO ARE WHO ARE AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE, AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE SUPPORT SYSTEM NEEDED TO MAKE IT IN
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LIFE. YOU KNOW, SOCIETY TELLS HIM AT 18. THEY'RE GROWN AT 18. YOU'RE AN ADULT. YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT. WE KNOW THAT CHILDREN THAT COME FROM HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT ARE NOT READY TO DO BEYOND THEIR OWN 18. SO CAN YOU IMAGINE A CHILD A GIRL WHO'S BEEN SEXUALLY ABUSED? IF WE PUT THEM OUT THERE THEY ARE JUST YOU KNOW THESE MEN WHO ARE IN WOMEN WHO ARE TRAFFICKING. OUR GIRLS ARE WAITING FOR THEM. THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO LOOK FOR AND WHEN YOU'RE HUNGRY, AND YOU'RE HOMELESS. THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO GO. AND SO WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE ANOTHER PLACE TO GO THAT THEY HAVE A PLACE TO CALL THEIR OWN, WHERE THEY CAN GET THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEEDED THAT THEY NEED. WE HAVE A MEDICAL. WE HAVE A CLINICAL TEAM. WE HAVE A CRISIS INTERVENTION SPECIALIST. WE HAVE A BEHAVIORAL AND INVENTED IT. SPECIALISTS WE HAVE THERAPISTS, AND THESE ARE THE SAME SERVICES THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE PROVIDED TO THE YOUNG ADULTS THAT ARE IN THESE APARTMENT COMPLEXES BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S NOT JUST ONE THING. IT'S NOT JUST PUTTING A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS. IT'S ALSO ENSURING THAT THEIR MEDICAL NEEDS ARE MET THAT THERE GOING TO THE DENTIST APPOINTMENTS THAT THERE THEY'RE ALL BE APPOINTMENTS OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE RIGHT THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE SEEING THEIR THERAPISTS THE WAY THAT THEY NEED TO SEE THEIR THERAPIST, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE TO DO TO BE ABLE TO STAY IN OUR APARTMENT COMPLEX. I DON'T BELIEVE IN TAKING CARE OF ADULTS AND SO WE WILL ENSURE THAT THEY WILL HAVE JOBS AND THAT THEY WILL OR GO TO SCHOOL SO THEY CAN TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES. WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS BREAK THIS CYCLE. AND SO ALONG WITH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH G I S D. AND THEY'RE MCKINNEY VENTO TEAM HERE . THEY WILL ALSO BE PROVIDING REFERRALS TO CHILDREN. WHO ARE I CALL EVERYONE A CHILD BECAUSE I'M OLD, BUT TO YOUTH WHO ARE HOMELESS AT G, N G. I S D AND SO THEY WILL SUPPORT SUBMIT REFERRALS TO US AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO HOUSE THOSE YOUTH AS WELL AS THE YOUTH AGING OUT OF OUR PROGRAMS. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT THROUGH THE YEARS. THERE'S NO PLACE WE'D RATHER BE THAN HEARING GARLAND AND WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL FIND THIS PROGRAM SO WE CAN ADD TO OUR CONTINUUM OF CARE AND ENSURE THAT THESE YOUTH DON'T END UP HOMELESS WHEN WE SEE A HOMELESS PERSON ON THE STREET. THE FIRST THING WE THINK ABOUT IS A FOSTER CHILD THAT DIDN'T GET THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEEDED. AND SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THAT SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR FINAL SPEAKER IS RHONDA MCINTYRE WITH STARS CAMP.SECRETARY. I THINK WE MAY HAVE ONE APPLICANT WHO MAYBE DIDN'T GET IN THE QUEUE. UM. DR GUNTER WAS THE ONLY PERSON I THINK SHE'S GOING TO COME SEE YOU. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. HOPE YOU ALL ARE DOING WELL. MY NAME IS RHONDA MUKTAR. I AM THE RECREATION SERVICES SUPERVISOR, JALABAD RECREATION CENTER, AND I'M OVER ALL OF OUR CAMPS. AND OF COURSE, THE BABY WHICH IS OUR STARS. CAMP CAMP HAS BEEN AROUND FOR OVER 20 YEARS. 20 YEARS WE'VE WATCHED CHILDREN START AT THE AGE OF SIX. AGE OUT AT 12 AND CONTRIBUTE AS A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE COLLEGE STUDENT AS A CAMP COUNSELOR BEEN OVERALL CAMPS SINCE 2020 THE START OF A CHALLENGING SUMMER FOR MEETING DURING THOSE PANDEMIC TIMES, WE STILL PULL THROUGH TOTALLY A CAMPERS AND 2020 100 CAMPERS IN 2021 AND 100 AND 25, CAMPERS AND 2022. THIS YEAR. WE STRIVE TO CONTINUE TO GROW. STARS CAMP, TWO LOCATIONS, USUALLY AT HOLLABAUGH, BUT GRAIN DIRECT RELATIONSHIP RECREATION CENTER HAS BEEN AN EXCELLENT SUBSTITUTE DUE TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO HOLLOW BALL AS WELL. BRADFIELD RECREATIONS, AND IT CONTINUES TO BE THE OTHER SITE THAT HAS OUR STARS CAMP. AS CAMPERS ENJOY FUN ACTIVITIES, EXCITING FIELD TRIPS AND MOST OF ALL LIFELONG FRIENDSHIPS. TO WRAP UP EACH SESSION. CAMPERS ARE TREATED TO AN END OF CAMP COOKOUT IN A FIELD ALL CAMPS FIELD DAY PROVIDED BY STAR STAFF. HAMBURGERS HOT DOGS, CRAZY OUTFITS AND THE ANNUAL STARS IDOL WERE STARS WATER, THE CAMPERS GET TO SHOWCASE THEIR TALENT FROM SINGING TO DANCING. THAT'S FINE. UM WITH WE ARE ASKING FOR FULL FUNDING FOR STARS CAMP AS OUR COSTS RISE. WE HAVE HAD TO RAISE UP THE PRICE FOR KIDS TO PARTICIPATE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. WE APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL SUPPORT FOR THIS PROGRAM AND HOPE FOR MORE FUNDING FOR 2020 FOR MY ADVICE TO ANY PARENT, Y'ALL. OUR PARENTS AS WELL. IS THAT THESE PROGRAMS AT THE RECREATION CENTER, IT KEEPS KIDS OFF THE STREETS. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
THANK YOU. THIS IS ACTUALLY OUR FINAL SPEAKER. MISS SHARON SHEPHERD. NOT MY APOLOGY TO HER.
I THOUGHT SHE WAS SPEAKING IN CITIZEN COMMENTS, BUT SHE'S SPEAKING UNDER THIS ONE ITEM.
FIRST GIVING HONOR TO GOD. TO THE MIRROR AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL. I CAN TRULY SAY HOPE
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DOOR. NEW BEGINNING WAS THE ONE TO LET ME UNDERSTAND ABOUT BEING ABUSED, WHICH HAVE BEEN A STRONG INDIVIDUAL AND HAVE WALK IN THE LIGHT OF GOD. BUT THEY LET ME KNOW WHAT ABUSE IS ABOUT. AND AT THIS POINT I HAD A POLICE OFFICER LAST YEAR. CONFRONT ME AND TOLD ME THAT THE VOICE WELL, I'M PROCEEDING WITH THAT. AND ALSO, HOPE SAID, YOU NEED TO GET A PROTECTIVE ORDER BECAUSE THE BUMPING THE HITTING, HITTING YOU UPSIDE THE HEAD. THOSE ARE THINGS THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE, WHICH I ACCEPTED IT AND JUST TOOK TOOK IT BECAUSE HE'S THE MAN HE'S WORKING. HE NEEDED JOB . ANYBODY FIND OUT YOU WON'T HAVE A JOB. LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT I WOULD BE HERE? UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT I'M ASKING FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE POLICE OFFICERS. I HAVE A PROTECTIVE ORDER, BUT THE POLICE REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING. MY TIRES HAVE BEEN , UM ADJUSTED LOW AIR PRESSURE.I HAVE A CERTIFIED STATEMENT FROM GONNA NEED YOU TO KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO THE ORGANIZATION, BUT ANYWAY WELL, I WAS KEEPING IT FOR ME. I WAS JUST SAYING THAT WHAT I WAS SAYING IS THAT MY TIRE HAD BEEN TAMPERED WITH, AND I CALLED THEM OUT AND IT'S LIKE WE KNOW WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING. AND I DON'T AND MY MOTHER WAS THERE AND SOMEONE WAS IN THE HOUSE, AND SHE'S 86 FRIGHTENED HER. MY SISTER TIRES WAS TWO NAILS WAS PUT IN A TIRE'S GONNA NEED YOU TO LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE ORGANIZATION. YOU'RE HERE TO SUPPORT WELL, I'M ALSO HERE AS I'M JUST TELLING YOU NOT NECESSARILY ORGANIZATION. I'M HERE FOR NOT THAT ORGANIZATION.
I'M TELLING YOU, I'M HERE FOR MY SELF SPEAKING ON MY HALF OF MYSELF OF WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO DO IS ASKING THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND EVERYONE HERE IS SUPPORT ME WITH THE EFFORTS ARE TELLING THE POLICE TO COME OUT AND HELP ME. HANG ON A SECOND. I THINK WE GOT HIM. I GOT HER IN THE WRONG CUE. I CHECKED WITH HER BEFORE. HAVING HER COME FORWARD. SHE SAID SHE WAS NOT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. YEAH I AM BOTH. I'M FOR BOTH PUBLIC COMMENT AND FOR THAT AS WELL, BUT ANYWAY, I'M GONNA END MY ON MY NOTE IS SAYING I NEED YOUR HELP. I NEED YOUR SUPPORT. I'M A WOMAN THAT'S BEEN BATTERED. AND I JUST WANT TO STOP IT. I WANT TO GET OFF THIS RIOT. WHATEVER YOU COULD DO TO HELP ME TO SUPPORT ME IN MY EFFORTS. APPRECIATE IT AND THANK YOU AGAIN AND CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR ME BECAUSE GOD HAS LIFTED ME UP THIS FAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS OUR LAST APPLICANT FOR THE EVENING IS THERE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVEN'T MISSED ANYBODY. THERE'S IF THERE'S ANYBODY SITTING BEHIND THE COLUMN THAT I CAN'T SEE. UM I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE APPLICANTS AND YOUR ORGANIZATION'S FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO HERE IN OUR CITY. OBVIOUSLY, UH, THE NEEDS ARE GREAT. AND YOU'RE DOING GREAT WORK AND WE ENJOY. WE LOVE TO SUPPORT YOU AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THIS PROCESS. MONA DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT THIS PART OF THE SESSION? SORRY I SURPRISED YOU AND I CAN'T SEE YOU. YOU'RE BEHIND THE COLUMN.
SO I PRIZE ME. YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS LIKE TO TALK. YES I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT CAME TONIGHT TO TOGETHER TESTIMONY IN A AS I STATED LAST NIGHT. THESE FUNDS GO A LONG WAY AND SUPPORTING PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE A HARD JOB AHEAD OF YOU TO DECIDE WHERE THEY GO, ESPECIALLY AFTER TONIGHT'S. PRESENTATIONS SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT AND TO EVERYBODY THAT WAS HERE. THANK YOU FOR COMING AGAIN. SOME OF YOU HAVE KNOWN FOR QUITE A WHILE. THANK YOU. WE WILL CONTINUE THESE DISCUSSIONS AND DELIBERATIONS IN OUR UPCOMING WORK SESSIONS. AS YOU OUTLINED LAST NIGHT. WE START ON DISCUSSIONS. UM, THERE WILL BE ANOTHER HEARING FOR THE WORK SESSION. I BELIEVE IT'S THE FIRST WORK SESSION IN JULY AND FINAL APPROVAL WILL BE JULY 10TH. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON
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TO OUR NEXT ITEM. ZONING CASE DOES HAVE TWO PARTS NINE B. CONSIDER A SPECIFIC USE PROVISIONS. AMENDMENT REQUEST BY RON HOBBS ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN FOR THE FOR AN EXPANSION OF AN EXISTING FOOD PROCESSING AND STORAGE USE. THIS SITE IS LOCATED AT 29 60 MARKET STREET IN DISTRICT FIVE. IT ALSO HAS A SECOND PART OUT OF NINE C . CONSIDER A PLAN REQUEST SAME[01:20:03]
APPLICANTS. SAME ADDRESS MR GARRETT COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. THIS IS CASE ZERO Z 23-09. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR AN EXPANSION OF AN EXISTING FOOD PROCESSING AND STORAGE BUILDING. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HAS AN EXISTING S U P FOR THIS USE, BUT BECAUSE OF THE BUILDING EXPANSION. THAT REQUIRES AN AMENDMENT OF THE S U P. AND WHAT THIS PARTICULAR OPERATOR DOES IS THAT IT INVOLVES THE PACKAGING OF FROZEN FOODS FROM OUTSIDE SUPPLIERS, AND THEN THEY WAREHOUSE THE PRODUCTS AND THEN SHIP THEM BACK OUT. SO THAT THAT WOULD CONTINUE , BUT IT IS AN EXPANSION OF THE BUILDING. BUT THE SUBJECT LOCATION IS 29 60 MARKET STREET. THE ACREAGE OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES JUST OVER TWO ACRES IN SIZE, AND IT IS ZONED INDUSTRIAL AGAIN WITH AN EXISTING S U P THAT WAS APPROVED IN 2019 BY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FOOD PROCESSING AND STORAGE.HERE'S A GENERAL CITYWIDE LOCATION MAP. JUST NORTHWEST OF SHILOH AND KINGSLEY IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. AND SHOWN HERE MORE SPECIFICALLY. AGAIN, IT IS ZONED INDUSTRIAL WITH THE EXISTING S U P. IT IS PRIMARILY SURROUNDED BY OTHER INDUSTRIAL ZONING AS WELL AND INDUSTRIAL USES RANGING FROM MANUFACTURING , LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND SOME AUTO REPAIR AND TRUCK REPAIR FACILITIES AS WELL TO THE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE RAILROAD TRACKS AS A RETAIL, UM RETAIL CENTER THAT ZONE IN A PD FOR COMMUNITY RETAIL, BUT ALLOWS SOME ADDITIONAL AUTO AND AUTO SALES AND ER EXCUSE ME AUTO REPAIR AND LEASING. ON THAT SUBJECT SITE. THE COMFORTS OF PLAN DESIGNATES THIS AREA AS INDUSTRY CENTERS AND STAFF FINDS THIS PROPOSAL CONSISTENT WITH THAT DESIGNATION. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE INDUSTRY, UH DESIGNATION LANGUAGE AND THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN MENTIONS IS, UM EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT OF INDIVIDUALS AND THIS, UM REQUEST WOULD BE AN EXPANSION OF THE WAREHOUSING AREA, BUT IT WOULD ACTUALLY OPEN IT OPEN UP THE EXISTING BUILDING FOR MORE PRODUCTION, AND THE APPLICANT BELIEVES THIS WILL ALLOW FOR MORE EMPLOYERS AND JOB GROWTH, SO UPWARDS OF 35 36 NEW EMPLOYEES. HERE'S SOME PHOTOS OF THE AREA, INCLUDING THE SUBJECT PROPERTY BECAUSE ZOOM IN THERE. THERE'S A SUBJECT PROPERTY RIGHT THERE. UM THIS IS THE EXISTING BUILDING WITH AN EXPANSION. THE EXPANSION WOULD BE JUST EXPANDING THE BUILDING HERE HORIZONTALLY. UM BUT OTHERWISE THE EXISTING BUILDING WOULD STAY PUT AND THEN SOME ADDITIONAL PHOTOS OF THE SURROUNDING AREA LOOKING UP AND DOWN MARKET STREET. AND HERE'S THE SITE PLAN . IT IS ACCESSED SOLELY OFF MARKET STREET. AND HERE IN THE KIND OF HASHED AREA HERE. THIS IS THE EXISTING BUILDING. THE EXPANSION WOULD BE THIS BLUE HIGHLIGHTED AREA HERE. THAT WOULD BE THE NEW BUILDING AREA. APPROXIMATELY 9200 SQUARE FEET WOULD BE THE BUILDING EXPANSION THE EXISTING BUILDINGS ABOUT 30,000 SQUARE FEET IN SIZE. AND PARKING IS ADEQUATE ALREADY ACTUALLY ON THE SITE FOR THIS EXPANSION FOR THE G, D. C. AND HERE, THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS. PROPOSED AND THIS SHOWS BOTH THE UM, EXISTING BUILDING IN THE EXPANSION AS WELL. NO DEVIATIONS ARE REQUESTED BY THE APPLICANT WITH THIS REQUEST, AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE S U P TO BE VALID FOR A PERIOD OF 25 YEARS, WHICH ALIGNS WITH THE S C P TIME PERIOD GUIDE. AND STATS. RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST BOTH THE S U. P AMENDMENT IN THE PLAN. AND THE PLANE COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AS WELL. THAT WAS WHAT THE 9 TO 0 VOTE. DURING THEIR MAY 8TH MEETING. AND MAYOR. WE MAILED OUT 23 NOTIFICATION LETTERS ON THIS CASE, AND WE RECEIVED ONLY ONE RESPONSE AND THAT WAS IN FAVOR AND WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA WILL BE GLAD TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS SIDE? UM I'VE SEEN A THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. MADAM SECRETARY. I DON'T HAVE A SPEAKER CARD FOR THE APPLICANT. I KNOW THAT THE I KNOW THAT THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT. AH SO, UH, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANTS? I SEE NONE. CANCEL A LOT. OOPS. SORRY. THERE WE GO. YES, MA'AM. MARY I'D LIKE TO MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS NINE B AND C AS PRESENTED. I HAVE. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILOR LUCK AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK TO APPROVE ITEMS NINE B AND C AS PRESENTED, AND I DON'T BELIEVE OUR VOTING IS WORKING THIS. IS IT? NO IT'S NOT. OKAY UM OKAY. AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE FOR ITEMS. B
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NINE B AND NINE C ALL IN FAVOR. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT THAT IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU. THAT WAS OUR LAST ITEM FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM. 10 CITIZEN COMMENTS PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS ISSUES NOT ON THE AGENDA MAY HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS COUNSEL AT THIS TIME COUNCIL IS PROHIBITED FROM DISCUSSING ANY ITEM NOT POSTED, ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS LEFT? MADAM SECRETARY? NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKER CARD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WITH THAT YOU'D* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.