Jun 19, 2023 Work Session

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GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE JUNE 19TH 2023 WORK SESSION FOR THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL. FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON WORK SESSION ITEMS. I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS SIGNED UP THIS EVENING. I GET NO INDICATION OTHERWISE WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH THAT. THE

[2. Consider the Consent Agenda]

[3. Written Briefings]

[4.a. Garland Housing Finance Corporation 2022 Annual Report]

APPOINTS THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF THE CORPORATION. UM THE CORPORATION THAT CHAPTER. 394 SAYS THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE CORPORATION IS TO PROVIDE A MEAN TO FINANCE THE COST OF RESIDENTIAL OWNERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL PROVIDE DECENT, SAFE AND SANITARY HOUSING AT AFFORDABLE PRICES, AND THAT IS OUR GOAL. ONCE AGAIN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING. WE HAVE A FIVE MEMBER BOARD. BOARD MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED FOR A SIX YEAR TERM.

CURRENTLY OUR PRESIDENT IS DALE ADAMS IS WITH ME TONIGHT. OUR VICE PRESIDENT HAS DELORES ELDER JONES. UNFORTUNATELY DELORES IS UNDER THE WEATHER TODAY AND SO COULDN'T MAKE IT. OUR BOARD SECRETARY TONY TORRES IS WITH US THIS EVENING. OUR TREASURER JOHNNY WALKER IS ON HER WAY.

HOPEFULLY SHE'LL MAKE IT BEFORE I CAN SCOOT OUT HERE REAL QUICK AND LAST PICK ROMAN YAK WHO'S ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS IS HERE AS WELL. UM WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE SUCH A AUGUST BODY OF GOVERNANCE. UH AS YOU SEE, THE FIVE OF THEM HAVE MORE THAN 68 YEARS, EXPERIENCE AND FINANCING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I'M GONNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT SEVERAL OF OUR PROGRAMS TONIGHT OF HOW WE WORK WITH CITIZENS IN GARLAND TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BOTH IN TERMS OF OWNERSHIP AS WELL AS RENTALS. AH ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WERE MOST HAPPY ABOUT IS OUR MORTGAGE CREDIT CERTIFICATE AND DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM HAS TWO COMPONENTS. ONE IS THE MORTGAGE CREDIT CERTIFICATE. UH THIS PROVIDES A BAR OR UP TO $2000 OF TAX CREDITS EACH YEAR. AH BASED

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ANOTHER AVENUE, WHICH THEY CAN HELP FINANCE AT HOME. IN ADDITION TO THE MORTGAGE CREDIT CERTIFICATE PROGRAM, WE HAVE ALSO HAVE A DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANT AND GRANT PROGRAM. UH THIS COVERS NOT ONLY THE COST OF THE MCC BUT ALSO ADDITIONAL FUNDS. THE CURRENT PROGRAM OFFERS $15,000 ASSISTANCE TO FIRST TIME HOME BUYER IN GARLAND, WHO CAN QUALIFY. FOR THE INCOME LIMITS THAT ARE SET FORTH FOR A ONE OR TWO PERSON. FAMILY INCOME LIMIT IS $97,400.

FOR THREE OR MORE IN THE FAMILY. THE INCOME LIMIT IS $112,000 A YEAR. SO WE'RE BASICALLY LOOKING TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THOSE FOLKS THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY LESS ABLE TO AFFORD HOMES IN THE PRODUCT RANGES THAT THEY CURRENTLY ARE. SO OUR PROGRAM PROVIDES A $10,000 LOAN. THAT LOAN IS THE SECOND LANE, BUT IT HAS NO INTEREST. UH IF THE BORROWER PAYS UP LOAN BACK WITHIN THE FIRST THREE YEARS. THERE ARE NO PENALTIES. THERE ARE PENALTIES THAT YOU'RE THREE AND YOUR SIX. HOWEVER THE LOAN IS NEVER DO UNTIL THE HOME IS SOLD. HOW MUCH REFINANCED OR THE FIRST MORTGAGE IS PAID OFF. UM THE GRANT THAT WE OFFER IS A $5000 GRANT. IT IS. IT IS A GIFT . IT IS NOT REPAYABLE AND COMMIT USE FOR ANYTHING. IT CAN BE USED FOR ASSISTANCE WITH THE DOWN PAYMENT AMOUNT. IT CAN BE USED FOR CLOSING COSTS. IT CAN BE USED TO BUY UP. BID UP THE PRICE OF THE PROPERTY IF IT NEEDS TO BE SO WE LIKE THE FLEXIBILITY OF WHAT THE GRANT PROGRAM PROVIDES TO OUR BORROWERS. HFC ISSUES BONDS THAT FIND THE MORTGAGES G HFC ITSELF ACTUALLY PAYS FOR ALL ARE ACTUALLY FUNDS, ALL THE GRANTS AND ALL OF THE, UH, LOANS. IN 19 TO EXCUSE ME, 1922 SHOWING MY AGE. JEEZ. YEAH AND 100 YEARS LATER IN 2022. UH WE FOUND A 29 LOANS LAST YEAR TO THE TUNE OF $280,000. IN ADDITION, WE FUNDED 27 GRANTS FOR $135,000. AH, THAT'S 29. NEW HOMEOWNERS IN GARLAND. THESE ARE FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS IN GARLAND THAT PROBABLY COULD HAVE NEVER GOTTEN THEIR HOME WITHOUT THESE PROGRAMS. WE TOTALLY FUNDED OVER $7 MILLION IN MORTGAGES AND THE AVERAGE ALONE AMOUNT LAST YEAR WAS $268,000 WAS THE AVERAGE MORTGAGE AMOUNT FOR PROGRAM TO DATE, WE HAVE FUNDED 190 LOANS JUST OVER $1 MILLION THAT WE HAVE FUNDED. IN ADDITION TO THAT THE 27 GRANTS AT 135,000 ARE PROGRAMMED TO DATE WE HAVE FUNDED $35,700,000 IN MORTGAGES IN GARLAND FOR PURCHASERS IN GARLAND. INTERESTING YOU CAN SEE THAT OVER THE, UH, THE TIME PERIOD OF WHERE WE'RE LOOKING PROGRAM TODAY. AT THE AVERAGE LOAN AMOUNT IS ONLY 189,000 AND AH! I'M GOING TO GO TO A CHARTER. YOU CAN SEE THIS STARTING IN 2012. WHEN THE PROGRAM IS FIRST PUT IN PLACE. THE AVERAGE LOAN AMOUNT WAS 102. IT ACTUALLY DROPPED TO 91,000. IN 2014, BUT NOW IT'S BACK TO 268,000. AS THE AVERAGE. IF I CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET BACK TO THAT OTHER SLIDE. THIS IS A NUMBER OF LOANS WE FUNDED OVER THE YEARS, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IN 2020. WE HAD A MAJOR SPIKE UP TO 48 LOANS, AND WE FUNDED THAT YEAR IF YOU'LL RECALL AH, THAT WAS DURING THE PANDEMIC WHEN EVERYONE WAS WAS LOOKING FOR ASSISTANCE AND LOOKING TO BUY HOMES AND OUR PROGRAM PROVIDED A GREAT DEAL OF ASSISTANCE. UM YOU SEE THAT IT'S DROPPED FROM NOW AND 2022. WE DID 29 LOANS. WE'RE PROJECTING THAT THE PROGRAM IS CALLING, PROBABLY GOING TO AVERAGE OUT, PROBABLY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS AT ABOUT 30 TO 40 LOANS A YEAR. SO THAT SAYS THAT WILL BE FUNDING SOMEWHERE BETWEEN $1,050,000 A YEAR IN ASSISTANCE TO FIRST TIME HOMEBUYERS IN GARLAND. IN ADDITION TO EXCUSE ME, I JUST MIGHT MENTION IS THAT , UH, OUR LAST BOND ISSUE WAS IN 2021 FOR OUR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AND WE'RE USING UP THE LAST OF THAT PROGRAM NOW, SO THE BOARD HAD LEFT ITS LAST MEETING JUST AUTHORIZED ANOTHER $24 MILLION IN BONDS TO BE ISSUED. SO THAT WE BELIEVE THAT WILL FUND ABOUT

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THE EXISTING SIX COMMUNITIES CONTAIN ABOUT 1000 39 UNITS, OF WHICH 348 OF THOSE ARE SET ASIDE FOR SENIORS. ARE FOUR COMMUNITIES THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION ENTAIL 954 MORE UNITS, WHICH HAVE OF WHICH 416 UNITS WILL BE FOR SENIORS. SO ONCE THE FOUR COMMUNITIES UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR COMPLETED, OUR PORTFOLIO WILL BE JUST SHY OF 2000 UNITS, OF WHICH 764 OF THOSE WILL BE. UM, SET ASIDE FOR SENIORS. I'M GOING TO VERY QUICKLY JUST SHARE SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE'RE PARTNERS WITH. THIS IS A SISTER SARAH OWN BELTLINE ROAD. THIS IS IN DISTRICT EIGHT. IT IS ACTIVE SENIOR COMMUNITY 100% SET ASIDE FOR SENIORS 100% AFFORDABLE AT 60% AM I AH 60% AM I FOR ONE PERSON IS ABOUT $36,000 A YEAR. AH AND THE RENT FOR A PERSON MAKING 30/6 HOUR AT THAT $36,000 INCOME LEVEL IS ABOUT $1188 A MONTH, WHICH SEEMS KIND OF UM HI FOR AFFORDABLE UNITS. BUT WHEN YOU SEE WHAT MARKET RATE UNITS NOW ARE GOING FORWARD, THE CITY OF GARLAND, UM YOU WILL SEE THAT IS QUITE A SAVINGS. UM HOMETOWN IS ON CASTLE DRIVE AND DISTRICT TWO. IT IS ALSO AN ACTIVE SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY. THERE 144 UNITS THERE IT IS ALSO 100% AFFORDABLE. WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SMALL NUMBER OF 30% AML UNITS AS WELL AS 50% M R UNITS AND 60% AM OUR UNITS PARTNER. THERE IS INTEGRATED REAL ESTATE AND WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS PROPERTY SINCE 2011. UM 1 95 WHEEL ON CAMPBELL ROAD IS WORKFORCE HOUSING. WHERE 52% OF THE UNITS OR 80% AM I AND 48% AT MARKET, RIGHT? AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WORKFORCE, I'LL SHARE SOME DIFFERENT NUMBERS WITH YOU. UM 80% AM. I INDICATES THAT ONE PERSON INCOME LEVEL INCOME LIMITS GIVES ME IS JUST OVER $57,000 A YEAR. SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT TEACHERS, POLICE OFFICERS AND ALL THE FOLKS THAT WORKFORCE HOUSING WAS DESIGNED FOR WHO'S STARTING SALARIES NOW ARE ALL 60 TO 65 $70,000. THERE'S A WHOLE NEW GROUP OF FOLKS THAT NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS NOT THE SCHOOL TEACHER. IT'S THE SCHOOL CAFETERIA WORKER.

IT'S A SCHOOL CUSTODIAN. IT'S THIS SCHOOL STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE NOT AT THAT INCOME LEVEL AS THE PROFESSIONALS IN THE SCHOOL. UM IT. THE CURRENT MARKET RATE RENTS AND GARLAND RIGHT NOW.

BASED UPON THE HEAD NUMBERS AND BASED UPON OUR RESEARCH INDICATES THAT A ONE BEDROOM UNIT AND GARLAND OUT MARKET RATE IS ABOUT $1700 A MONTH. TWO BEDROOM IS APPROXIMATELY $2200 A MONTH AND A THREE BEDROOM IS ABOUT $2600 A MONTH. AT 80% AM I THAT ONE BEDROOM UNIT CAN BE DELIVERED FOR ABOUT $1580 A MONTH SO YOU CAN SAVE ABOUT $200 A MONTH THROUGH OUR PROGRAM. AND FOR SOMEONE AT AT $57,000 A YEAR TO BE ABLE TO SAVE $2500 IN RENT IS A REAL SAVINGS, BUT EVEN MORE IF YOU LOOK AT A THREE BEDROOM THE SAVINGS IS ALMOST $400 A MONTH BETWEEN THE MARKET RIGHT AND THE 80% AM I SO WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH, UH. OUR PARTNERS AND LOOKING FOR WAYS TO CONTINUE TO DELIVER AFFORDABLE HOUSING. CITY SQUARE LOFTS IN DISTRICT TWO AS YOU PROBABLY MOST OF YOU KNOW WAS WAS A BANK BUILDING THAT WAS READING REUSE, ADAPTIVE REUSE PROJECT THAT WAS DONE THERE 126 UNITS THERE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE BREAKDOWN IS 20% 50% 40% 60% AND 40% MARKET, RIGHT? AH WE'VE BEEN A PARTNER THERE SINCE 2020 OUR PARTNER. THERE IS RISE RESIDENTIAL WATER . MERE GARLAND IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. IT IS 302 UNITS THAT WILL BE ALL FOR SENIORS. IT WILL BE OCCUPANCY IS ANTICIPATED IN 2024. UM. THE PARTNER IN THIS, UH, PARTNERSHIP

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THIS WAS A COMMUNITY THAT WE ADDED TO OUR PORTFOLIO THIS PAST YEAR AND 2022 WITH A NEW PARTNER, THEIR POST INVESTMENT GROUP. WE ALSO, UH, ENTERED INTO A JOINT VENTURE WITH J FOUR DEVELOPMENT IN 2022 TO BE A GENERAL SEES ME A JOINT VENTURE PARTNER IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE RESERVE AT SHILOH, WHICH IS IN DISTRICT, KATE. UM UH, NEAR THE V, A HOSPITAL. THE COMMUNITY IS BEING DEVELOPED BY VH PARTNERS. WE ARE NOT IN AN OWNERSHIP POSITION HERE. WE JUST STEPPED IN TO SERVE AS A CO GENERAL CONTRACTOR IS A JOINT VENTURE THERE. IN ADDITION TO THE MULTI FAMILY PROPERTIES OF WHAT WE ARE PARTNERS IN WE ARE ALSO OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE PURCHASED SOME, UH LOTS FOR LOOKING FOR ANOTHER WAY TO DELIVER AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN GARLAND, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PARTNERSHIP. THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU WITH THE CITY OF GARLAND. WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. MANU WOODARD AND JASON WILHITE. WE'VE HAD A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM. GREAT PARTNERSHIP AND WE HAVE SEVERAL LOTS THAT ARE BEING REDEVELOPED . 11 30 MANDARIN AWAY. UM. THIS HOUSE GO. THIS LOT GOES BACK TO PRIOR TO ME BEING ON COUNCIL SEVEN YEARS AGO. SO THIS IS THIS HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE TO THE CITY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS OF IT WAS HOME. WAS THERE THE AND THE HOME , HAD A FIRE AND BURNED. UNFORTUNATELY THE RESIDENT DIED IN THE FIRE WITHOUT, UH. WILL OR ANY FAMILY TO TAKE CARE OF ANYTHING. UH I KNOW THAT MR NEIGHBOR AND. MR ENGLAND HAS BEEN A GREAT DEAL OF TIME TRYING TO GET THIS INTO THE CITY'S HANDS AND FINALLY DID AND WE BOUGHT IT FROM THE CITY AT THE TAX SALE. AND THEN WE'VE BEEN PARTNERING WITH, UH WITH COMMUNITY AND EXCUSE ME WITH HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO BUILD A HUB. SO THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE WHEN YOU WERE ALL OUT THERE UNDER THE GROUNDBREAKING YEARS PLUS AGO AND HIS WHAT LOOKS LIKE ABOUT A MONTH AGO. THIS IS A 22 100 SQUARE FOOT RESIDENTS THAT WE WILL SOON DELIVER. AH FOR A VETERAN FAMILY IN GARLAND. I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL HAVE A NEW OWNER RESIDING IN THIS HOUSE WITHIN THE NEXT 60 DAYS. IT'S A SUPPLY CHAIN. IT IS NOTHING ELSE

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND I'M CERTAINLY HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN AND ATTEMPT TO ASK AND ASK. ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS? VERY GOOD. MAYOR, PRO TIM MORRIS. THANK YOU, MAYOR . AND THANK YOU, DAVID AND THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS. FOR I MEAN, I LEARN EVEN MORE THINGS THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING EVERY TIME YOU COME HERE AND MAKE THESE REPORTS AND I KEPT THINKING I HAD GOTTEN IT. AND THEN YOU DO MORE. UM AND YES, I APPRECIATE THE ONE OFF, WHICH HAVE INCLUDED SIDEWALKS AND TREES BUT HAVE ALSO INCLUDED AND 90 PLUS YEAR OLD. UM UH, WOMAN WHO HAD SQUIRRELS IN HER ATTIC. THAT THERE WERE NO REALLY OTHER WAYS TO DO IT. AND UH UM SO HE MEANS IT WHEN HE SAYS ONE OFF AND I HAVE IMPOSED UPON HIM

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THAT'S NOT IMAGINARY MONEY. THAT IS REAL LIVE MONEY. THAT $400,000 THAT $250,000 WHATEVER THAT IS REAL LIVE MONEY THAT YOU ARE THROUGH THE MANAGER OF THE MANAGEMENT OF THAT PORTFOLIO ARE BRINGING BACK INTO THE CITY. SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR THAT. LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING MORE. WE'RE GOING TO DELIVER IT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP. WE HAVE ITEM FOUR B 2023 24 CDBG HOME, E S, G AND HOME. AARP FEDERAL GRANT ALLOCATIONS. IT'S A GOOD SEGUE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR G H F C AND THE BOARD AS WELL. SO WE LOVE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH HIM. WE REALLY ARE GRATEFUL THAT YOU HAVE ALLOWED US TO HELP IN THIS ENDEAVOR THAT YOU'VE TAKEN ON SO

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THEN WE HAVE AVAILABLE FOR CITY PROJECTS. 1,000,008 096 54. THIS IS ALL COUNCILS WORK. I CAN'T SAY AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THIS, UM, I'LL GO OVER EACH ONE. THESE ARE AVERAGED AMOUNTS FROM EVERYBODY THAT SUBMITTED TO ME FOR THE POLICE BOXING PROGRAM. IT CAME OUT TO BE $33,979. FOR THE PARK STARS PROGRAM. IT CAME OUT TO BE 37 7 90. UM THE NEW PARKS PROGRAM THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM IS 20,000 $17. THE YARD CARE PROGRAM IS 25,001 48. THE SENIOR OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM AVERAGED OUT TO BE 17 1 90. MEALS ON WHEELS AVERAGE TO BE 13 6 71. HOPE STORE NEW BEGINNING CENTER 34,004 13. THE NEW PROJECT, THE SAFE PROJECT THAT IMPLIED THEY WEREN'T FUNDED HERE, BUT WE'RE FUNDING THEM UNDER ANOTHER GRANT, SO IT WAS PRETTY MUCH A DUPLICATION IF WE FIND THEM HERE. UM COUNSELING INSTITUTE OF TEXAS, 21,000 TO 80. HOPE CLINIC CAME OUT TO BE 86,007 97 64. TRANSCEND STAMP. THAT WAS A NEW UP AS WELL. WE'RE GOING TO FUND THAT IN THE HOME ARE BUT CANCEL, AGREES SALVATION ARMY CAME OUT TO 23 5 72 FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND RESTORATION CHURCH. I BELIEVE THIS IS THEIR SECOND YEAR THEY CAME OUT TO JUST ABOUT WHAT THEY HAD LAST YEAR. UM 49 16. THEY HAVE 5000 THIS YEAR SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO DO THE SAME KIND OF WORK. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? UM I BELIEVE DIDN'T HOW WE SET THE MINIMUM AT FIVE. I MEAN, JUST ADMINISTRATIVELY, RIGHT, SO THEY'RE KIND OF RIGHT AT RIGHT AT IT. UM, SINCE WE DIDN'T YEAH.

YEAH THEY'RE RIGHT OUT OF COUNCIL CHOOSES. THEY WANT TO REALLOCATE THAT WE CAN BUT THEY'RE RIGHT AT IT. SO OKAY. UH, ANY QUESTIONS? I SEE NOTHING IN THE QUEUE ALRIGHT. THIS NEXT SLIDE GIVES US OUR CITY CORE PROJECTS. UM THAT WE DO CODE ENFORCEMENT. SAME AS WE HAD LAST YEAR FOR 250,000 ON THE OFFICERS DO WORK IN CDBG ELIGIBLE AREAS. THE GARLAND HOME REPAIR PROGRAM . THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE DO WITH G HFC. UM THE CDBG PORTION OF THAT IS 5 21 5 56. AND THEN WE HAVE THE PARK IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH IS 1,000,038. $1098. THERE YOU GO. I GOT IT.

OH DIGITS IN THERE. NO AND THAT IS THE CDBG CONTRIBUTION. UM WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO BE FOR LOST CHARISSIS THAT PROJECT. SO OUR TOTAL CITY PROJECTS COME OUT TO BE 1,000,008 OR 96, 54 AND AGAIN, UM THE 424,000 PAYS FOR OUR ENTIRE STAFF ARE, YOU KNOW INCIDENTALS FOR GENERAL HOUSING AND OUR VEHICLE. SINCE WE'RE 100% GRANT FUNDED. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE. I HAVE NO ONE IN THE QUEUE. ALRIGHT. SOMEBODY. WE STAYED PRETTY MUCH A LEVEL FUNDING FROM LAST YEAR. WE DIDN'T IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT IT'S ABOUT THE SAME AS WHAT WE HAVE TYPICALLY GOT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. 741,009 93. UM 10% OF THAT GOES FOR ADMINISTRATION. THAT'S 74,001 99. REGULATION TO PROVIDE 111 TO 99 TO A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HOUSING

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HOWEVER, THEY WANT TO. THEY CAN DO 1 TO 2 HOUSES WITH THAT, MORE THAN LIKELY OUR CITY PROJECTS WHERE WE BUILD HOUSES THROUGH OUR DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE 556,004 95. AND THEN WE HAVE CARRY OVER FUNDING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO USE 6 31 7 80. THAT'S AS A RESULT OF OUR LOAN FUNDING THAT WE DO AND HOUSES THAT HAVE SOLD, SO WE HAVE THE MONEY GOING BACK INTO THE PROGRAM TO DO MORE HOMES. UM AS YOU HEARD RIGHT BEFORE DAVID LEFT. FIVE OF THOSE HOMES ARE BEING FUNDED WITH HIM PARTNERSHIP THROUGH THE HOME PROGRAM. SO THE ALAMO PRO THE ALAMO HOMES AND THE TWO HOMES ON RUSSELL ARE GOING TO BE WITH OUR FUNDING AS WELL AS THE MEANDERING WAY PROGRAM. UM THEY'RE PARTNERING WITH US FUNDING, SO WE ARE IN A DEEP PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HFC. AND WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT PARTNERSHIP RIGHT NOW. UM CURRENTLY WE HAVE SEVEN HOMES UNDER CONSTRUCTION. SO WHEN THOSE GET COMPLETED, THEY'LL GO TO A FIRST TIME HOMEBUYER FAMILY THAT INCOME QUALIFIES $500 DOWN IF WE FINANCE IT, SO IT'S A GREAT DEAL. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILOR WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, LADIES. THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT. JUST QUICKLY, UH, GOVERNMENT AGENTS IS A VERY GOOD WITH ACRONYMS. CAN YOU? CAN YOU SAY WHAT? THAT THE TOP ONE THERE RURAL COMMUNITY. WOULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT ACRONYM AND WHAT THAT IS, PLEASE, MA'AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION, AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO HAVE A BOARD. THEY TURN IN AN APPLICATION AS A WHAT WE CALL A CHOTEAU. EVERY YEAR. THEY HAVE TO HAVE A LOW INCOME PERSON ON THE BOARD, AND THEY HAVE TO ALL BE FROM THE GARLAND AREA OR WORK IN THE GARLAND AREA, SO WE DO RE CERTIFY HABITAT EVERY YEAR TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS HOME FUNDING, AND THAT IS A REQUIREMENT. SO UM , AGAIN, THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES THAT'S THAT SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS. WE'VE HAD DIFFERENT ONES IN THE PAST. BUT FOR THE PAST 3 TO 4 YEARS HAS BEEN HABITAT. SO THEY JUST WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY IS A NONPROFIT AND WITH PARTNERS TO GET UP, HOME DEVELOPED AND THEY HAVE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES IN ADDITION TO HOME THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. WE'RE GOOD. ANY DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE QUEUE. ALRIGHT? UM THIS IS OUR NEW ONE TIME GRANT. UM, BACK IN MARCH COUNCIL AUTHORIZED US TO GO SO MUCH TOWARDS, UM, ADMINISTRATION SO MUCH TOWARDS SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND THE MAJORITY COUNSEL AUTHORIZED US TO USE FOR RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. UM WE'RE GETTING 202,000,005 41 7 37. AGAIN 3 81 TO 61 IS FOR STAFF. THIS IS A MULTI YEAR GRANTS. SO UM, IT'S WE CAN SPEND ALL THE WAY THROUGH 2030. BUT I DO ANTICIPATE THIS WILL BE SPENT BEFORE THEN.

SUPPORTIVE SERVICES INCLUDE SOME OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES THAT WE HAVE, BUT THEY HAVE TO BENEFIT, UM, HOMELESS PREVENTION, SHELTER AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES UNDER THIS GRANT. AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING. WE HAD ONE APPLICATION AND THAT'S 1,000,005 12 3 34. HERE IS STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE RECEIVED. UM JONATHAN'S PLACE WAS THE ONLY APPLICATION WE RECEIVED FOR THE RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. THE 1,000,005 12 33 34. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING TO BE ALLOCATED TO JONATHAN'S PLACE. UM, THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. WE HAVE 175,000 GOES TO TRANSCEND, UM, FAMILY STABILITY SERVICES. THEY WERE ONE OF OUR PARTNERS THROUGH THE TEARS ACT, AND THEY WERE ONE OF THE FIRST ONE THAT SPENT THEIR 400,000. THEN WE ALLOCATED THEM AND COUNCIL HAS ALLOCATED THEM OTHER MONEY SINCE THEN. SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THEY DO 175,000 FOR THEIR RENTAL ASSISTANCE. WORKFORCE TRAINING IN CASE MANAGEMENT HOPE TO STORE NEW BEGINNING 130,000. THAT'S OUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. UM, FOLKS. METRO RELIEF IS A STREET OUTREACH, SO THEY ACTUALLY ARE OUT ON THE STREET THAT COME TO GARLAND. THEY TRY TO GET PEOPLE IN HOUSING, MEDICAL SERVICES AND EMERGENCY SERVICES AS NEEDED. UM WE'RE RECOMMENDING $60,000 FOR THEM. SAME WITH THE SAFE PROJECT THAT'S ALSO A STREET OUTREACH PROGRAM. THEY DO THE SAME THINGS AS METRO RELIEF. THEY'RE OUT ON THE STREETS AND THERE ARE GO TO IDENTIFYING PEOPLE AND TRYING TO GET HELP. THERE'S SOMETIMES SOME OF THE FIRST PEOPLE THAT THAT THEY SEE UM UNDER ONE ROOF IS A RETURN CUSTOMER. UH THEY ARE GOING TO DO RENTAL ASSISTANCE IN CASE MANAGEMENT, AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING 175,000. AND JONATHAN'S PLACE, HAS ASKED FOR SOME SERVICES FOR A CASE MANAGER WANTS THE GRANT ONCE THE HOUSING GETS IN PLACE, AND THAT'S 50,000 SO THAT PROBABLY WILL NOT BE FUNDED UNTIL THEIR RENTAL DEVELOPMENT IS FURTHER IN LAW. SO THAT TOTAL ALLOCATION IS EVERYTHING THAT WE RECEIVED

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14,000 OF THAT GOES TOWARDS ADMINISTRATION. SHELTER. OPERATIONS AND OUTREACH IS 100 AND 2009. 19 AGAIN WERE RECOMMENDED FUNDING TO HELP STORE NEW BEGINNING THE SHELTER.

UM 82,009 19 METRO RELIEF IS STRAIGHT OUTREACH. ANOTHER $10,000 TRANSCEND IS GOING TO DO MOTEL VOUCHERS AND THAT'S $10,000. FOR RAPID REHOUSING HOPE STORE NEW BEGINNING THEY NEED SOME FUNDING TO REHOUSE THEIR THEIR FAMILIES THAT ARE LEAVING THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATION. 30,007 73 UNDER ONE ROOF 20,003 87 AND TRANSCENDS THEM. 20,003 87. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT. THIS IS OUR PRESENTATION, GUYS, AND I CAN'T TELL YOU AGAIN. HOW EXCITED I AM THAT WE HAD 100% PARTICIPATION. THANK YOU. PRO TIM MORRIS. SINCE YOU'VE RAISED THE ISSUE SEVERAL TIMES, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU GOT 100% PARTICIPATION WHERE EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER ACTUALLY FILLED OUT THE FORM AND SENT IT BACK TO YOU BY THE DEADLINE. I'VE BEEN HERE 20 YEARS. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME. GREAT COUNTY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. UM I SEE NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. SO THIS WILL COME BACK TO US. JULY 10TH AT THE WORK SESSION FOR ONE MORE, ONE MORE LOOK AND THEN PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION ON THE 11TH. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, ADAM FOUR C.

POLICE UPDATE GUNSHOT DETECTION TECHNOLOGY CHIEF. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SO I'M HERE TO UPDATE COUNCIL ON AUTOMATED GUNSHOT DETECTION EQUIPMENT. JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME HISTORY. WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO, WE STARTED SEEING AN INCREASE IN CALLS RELATED TO CELEBRATORY GUNFIRE, WHICH IS PEOPLE TAKING THEIR GUNS AND SHOOTING IT IN THE AIR. AND SO COUNCIL ASKED US TO LOOK INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF AUTOMATED GUNSHOT DETECTION EQUIPMENT ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO. WE'VE LOOKED INTO SEVERAL VENDORS ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, WE GOT INTO CONTRACT WITH FLOCK. OVER AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS. AND AS PART OF THAT CONTRACT FLOCK WAS ROLLING OUT THE RAVEN GUNSHOT DETECTION EQUIPMENT. AND GAVE US A FREE TRIAL FOR A YEAR FOR THAT EQUIPMENT, AND SO WE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT, AND ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO I CAME BEFORE COUNCIL AND SAID IN SIX MONTHS I'LL COME BACK TO YOU AFTER WE'VE TESTED THE EQUIPMENT TO KIND OF LET YOU KNOW THE RESULTS. AND HERE I AM SIX MONTHS LATER, SO THAT'S KIND OF A LITTLE HISTORY THERE. THIS IS TEXAS PENAL CODE 42 12. AND I POINT THIS OUT BECAUSE THIS IS THE PROBLEM WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE. IT IS DISCHARGING A FIREARM AND CERTAIN CITIES. SO IF YOU HAVE A CITY OVER 100,000 IF A PERSON RECKLESSLY DISCHARGES A FIREARM INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS, IT IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR. AND I POINTED OUT BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT CITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES THAT ARE IMPLEMENTING GUNSHOT DETECTION EQUIPMENT, IT'S FOR VARIOUS REASONS, AND I'LL MENTION CHICAGO BECAUSE I THINK THEY HAVE THE BIGGEST CONTRACT THAT I'VE SEEN. $10 MILLION FOR SHOT SPOTTER. CHICAGO IS TRYING TO ADDRESS VIOLENT CRIME THAT'S OCCURRING IN OUR IN THEIR CITY. WE HAVE VIOLENT CRIME IN OUR CITY. BUT RELATIVELY THIS IS A VERY SAFE CITY AND OUR CITY WHEN WE DO HAVE BOLIC CRIME TYPICALLY AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS A LOT. IT'S BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS THAT KNOW EACH OTHER, AND THEY'RE SELLING SOME TYPE OF CONFLICT, AND IT ENDS UP IN VIOLENCE. THE STRANGER ON STRANGER, VIOLENT CRIME IN GARLAND IS MUCH RARER THAN THAT OTHER TYPE OF VIOLENT CRIME. AND SO WE ALSO HAVE A CITY THAT CALLS 911. WHEN THEY SEE SOMETHING AND YOU HAVE A POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT RESPONDS QUICKLY. AND SO I MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS IN GARLAND NOT

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AROUND CENTRAL PARK. IT WAS A GOOD AREA TO TEST BECAUSE MOST OF THE LAND IS OWNED BY THE CITY. WE HAD A VERY ACTIVE COMMUNITY GROUP IN THAT AREA THAT I MET WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER, AND SO THAT WAS AN AREA WE CHOSE TO TEST. WE SET UP A QUARTER MILE. AREA AROUND CENTRAL PARK. UM, THOSE CAMERAS ARE NOT ACTUALLY CAMERAS. THOSE ARE THE DEVICES. THAT'S THE LOCATIONS OF THE DEVICES. AND THE GOAL IS TO, UM ONCE A GUNSHOT OCCURS, IT WILL TRIANGULATE WHERE THAT GUNSHOT IS AND GIVE YOU A LOCATION YOU'LL SEE THERE. THAT'S ABOUT A QUARTER MILE AND THERE'S 15 DEVICES WITHIN THAT QUARTER MILE . SO IF YOU EXPAND THAT TO A MILE, LET'S SAY YOU'RE LOOKING AT 30 TO 40 DEVICES. BUT THIS IS THE AREA THAT WE WANTED TO TEST IT IN. I'M GOING TO PLAY THIS VIDEO FOR YOU. NOT ONLY DID WE TEST IT AT THAT LOCATION AROUND CENTRAL PARK, BUT WE SET UP A SMALL LOCATION. AROUND THE GUN RANGE. AND WE WANTED TO DO A CONTROLLED TEST. SO FLOCK WAS REAL GOOD. THEY HELPED US SET UP A LOCATION AROUND THE GUN RANGE . BUT I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS GUNSHOTS BEING FIRED. YOU'LL SEE THE OFFICER IN A SQUAD CAR GETS THE NOTIFICATION GETS THE ALERT. IT'LL PINPOINT THE ADDRESS OF THAT LOCATION. AND THEN THE OFFICER WILL BE ABLE TO REPLAY THOSE GUNSHOTS. SO I'M GONNA PLAY THAT REAL QUICK. IT'S ABOUT 30 SECONDS LATER. YEP, NEVADA, TEXAS. THE L SIX. SO THAT'S WHAT THE TEST UNDER ARE CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT LOOKS LIKE UM, WE DID A LOT OF TESTING THAT DAY.

WE TESTED RIFLES. WE TESTED PISTOLS. WE TESTED SHOTGUNS. WE ALSO TESTED FIREWORKS AND WERE TESTED OTHER THINGS THAT WILL MAKE A LOUD NOISES. THEIR RESULTS WERE GOOD, BUT SOMEWHAT MIXED. IT DIDN'T PICK UP SHOTGUNS. IT DOESN'T PICK UP SMALLER CALIBERS LIKE A 22 LONG RIFLE. IT DOESN'T PICK UP. IT PICKED UP MOST OF THE SHOTGUNS, AND IT PICKED UP MOST OF THE RIFLES. WHAT IT ALSO PICKED UP WAS THE BIGGER FIREWORKS, THEIR ARTILLERY SHELLS. IT PICKED THOSE UP AS GUNSHOTS AND ITS SCENT AS ALERT AS IF THEY'RE GUNSHOTS, AND WE TALKED TO FLOCK ABOUT THIS, AND THEY ADMIT THAT THIS IS A LEARNING SYSTEM. THIS SYSTEM IS NEW. AND AS IT LEARNS OVER TIME ABOUT WHAT GUNSHOT SOUND LIKE AND WHAT FIREWORKS OR MAYBE A CAR BACKFIRING. SOUNDS LIKE, UH, THAT WILL IMPROVE OVER TIME. BUT THAT'S THE TEST RESULTS WE HAD UNDER THE CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT. DO YOU MIND GIVING ME A WATER? NOW THIS IS AN ACTUAL TEST RESULTS IN THE FIELD. UM THIS ONE'S AT 901 SOUTH GLENBROOK. AND YOU CAN SEE THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESSES A GARLAND DOG PARK. NOW LET ME SAY THAT WE THINK THIS IS A FALSE POSITIVE AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY

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WE OFFICERS RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AGAIN. IT'S APARTMENT COMPLEX. WE'RE GETTING THERE PROBABLY FIVE MINUTES AFTER THE GUNSHOT OCCURRED. WE DON'T SEE ANYONE. THERE'S NO ONE AROUND.

WE CAN'T PROVE WHETHER IT WAS OR WAS NOT A GUNSHOT, BUT JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE DIFFICULTIES TO RESPONDING TO THESE. NOW. UNFORTUNATELY, WE DID HAVE AN INCIDENT AT CENTRAL PARK WHILE WE WERE TESTING THIS SYSTEM, AND IF YOU SEE WHERE THAT STAR IS.

WE HAD AN INDIVIDUAL IN A VEHICLE THAT PULLED OUT A GUN AND FIRED MULTIPLE TIMES, RIGHT WHERE THAT STAR IS, AND WE HAD WITNESSES TO IT. THEY CALL 911. THE NEIGHBORS CALLED 911. WE RESPONDED QUICKLY. AND THAT'S A SEPARATE INVESTIGATION. BUT THIS SYSTEM DID NOT PICK UP THAT INCIDENT DID NOT PICK UP THE SERIES OF GUNSHOTS. AND WE DID NOT GET AN ALERT. UM WE ASKED FLOCK TO LOOK INTO IT, AND THEY DID. AND THEY FOUND THAT THE ONE WITH THE CIRCLE AROUND IT. THAT ONE DID PICK UP THE GUN SHOTS. THE OTHER ONE CLOSER TO IT DID NOT PICK UP THE GUNSHOTS AND BECAUSE ONLY ONE UNIT PICKED IT UP. IT WASN'T ABLE TO TRIANGULATE. AND IT WASN'T ABLE TO PINPOINT THE LOCATION. UH SO IT WAS A FAILURE AS FAR AS NOTIFICATION. NOW, UH. UH WHAT THEY TOLD US LATER WAS THERE WAS AN CONNECTIVITY ISSUE WITH THE CELLULAR DATA. AND SO IT KIND OF FELL DURING THE PROCESS, BUT WHATEVER IT WAS, WE DIDN'T GET A NOTIFICATION ON THIS INCIDENT.

NOW HERE IS AN INCIDENT WHERE WE DID GET A NOTIFICATION AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE. THIS IS CELEBRATORY GUNFIRE AND I'LL PLAY THE AUDIO AND YOU CAN HEAR IT. YOU CAN TELL THAT'S WHAT IT IS. THIS IS WHAT MOST PEOPLE HERE AND COMPLAIN ABOUT WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT CELEBRATORY GUNFIRE IF I CAN GET TO THE. SO I'LL PLAY IT ONE MORE TIME SO YOU CAN HEAR IT. SO THERE'S FIVE SHOTS. POWELL POWELL, POWELL, POWELL POWELL, SO WE GOT NOTIFICATION ON THIS. AND INDICATION WAS THAT IT WAS OCCURRING ON GARLAND ROAD. AND SO WE BELIEVE IT WAS TO BE IN A VEHICLE OFFICERS RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AT THE TIME AND DID NOT FIND ANYTHING. BUT HERE'S WHERE THE INVESTIGATION CAN START WITH THIS. UH SOFTWARE. IT WAS THE NEXT DAY WHEN I CAME IN, AND I SAW THIS ALERT. UM AND YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM WHERE IT SAYS SEARCH CAMERAS. UM NEARBY. OH YOU HIT THAT BUTTON, AND IT WILL SHOW YOU IF THERE IS A CAMERA NEARBY, AND THAT BUTTON SHOWS UP WHEN THERE IS IT WILL SHOW YOU VEHICLES IN THE AREA AT THE TIME THAT OCCURRED AND WHEN YOU HIT THAT BUTTON, IT SHOWS ONE VEHICLE. UM, SO THAT'S A CLUE.

SO I. I TALKED TO MY ASSISTANT CHIEF, WE LOCKED. WE LAUNCHED INVESTIGATION WE ACTUALLY PULLED TWO IN POS OFF THE STREET. AND I WE TOLD HIM. HEY, I'M GOING TO COUNCIL NEXT WEEK TO TALK ABOUT THIS AT ALL. LIKE TO GIVE THEM A SUCCESS STORY. UM AND SO TAKE THIS INFORMATION AND SEE IF YOU CAN RUN WITH IT AND CREATE IF YOU CAN SOLVE THIS, AND THEY DID. THEY SPENT TWO DAYS INVESTIGATING THIS. WE PULLED THEM FROM THEIR CURRENT ASSIGNMENT. THEY WERE STRICTLY PUT ON THIS. AND THEY WERE ABLE TO TRACK DOWN THE VEHICLE AND THE OWNER IN BOX SPRINGS, THEY CONTACTED THE OWNER WHO SAID I LET MY BROTHER BORROWED THE VEHICLE THAT NIGHT. AND SO WE THEN TRACKED DOWN THE BROTHER WHO SAID YES, I DID BORROW THE VEHICLE, BUT I DIDN'T SHOOT ANY

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EVEN WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN IMAGINE. WE COVER THE ENTIRE CITY WITH THESE GUNSHOTS. DETECTION RAVEN SYSTEM. ONE, I THINK WOULD BE CHASING A LOT OF GHOSTS. I THINK WE'D GET A LOT OF FALSE POSITIVE THAT WOULD PULL RESOURCES, JASON THOSE GHOSTS. IN THE ONES THAT WE DO GET LIKE THIS ONE. UM I'M NOT. I'M NOT SURE WHAT OUR SUCCESS RATE WOULD BE, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO PUT A LOT OF RESOURCES INTO TRYING TO DETERMINE THAT. WHEN I THINK WE'RE BETTER OFF PUTTING OUR RESOURCES TO OUR MANPOWER AND OUR EFFORTS ON THE STREET. SO TYPICALLY, I HAVE A SLIDE THAT SAYS QUESTIONS, BUT I THINK I LEFT THAT SLIDE OFF, SO I'M OPEN FOR QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT, COUNSELOR. LOOK. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. UM, SO YOU HAVE ABOUT SIX MONTHS LEFT TO TEST THE GUNSHOT DETECTORS THAT ARE IN SERVICE RIGHT NOW. YES UM, ARE YOU GOING TO KEEP THEM IN SERVICE FOR THAT? WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THEM IN SERVICE, AND WE MAY EVEN SEE IF WE CAN DEPLOY THEM OUT AT WINDSOR PARK. AH I THINK THE PARKS IF WE ARE GOING TO USE THEM, THE PARKS ARE THE BEST PLACE TO USE THEM. SO YES, AND SORRY, MR MORE. THAT MAY BE A SURPRISE TO YOU. BUT WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED IT YET, BUT WE'RE TALKING TO FLOG NOW. BUT YES, ADDITIONAL YEAR AND IT MAY BE SOMETHING ON A SMALLER SCALE THAT WE CAN KEEP LONGER BUT AS FAR AS A LARGE SCALE, UM THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

BUT YEAH, WELL, IF YOU SEE ANY IMPROVEMENT IN THE SYSTEM, I MEAN, YOU SAID IT LEARNS ONCE IT YOU KNOW, I GUESS IT'S LIKE A I KIND OF STUFF. UM UM. DO YOU THINK THAT, UM, INSTALLING A CAMERA, ALSO IN CONJUNCTION WITH THOSE FLOCK CAMERAS IN THE IN THE PARK, LIKE, ESPECIALLY WHEN SURF A, UM WILL THAT HELP? DEFINITELY. DEFINITELY AND THAT'S THE KEY TO THIS SYSTEM.

THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN OTHER SYSTEMS. YOU MAY SEE OUT THERE BECAUSE NOT ONLY ARE YOU GETTING THE ALERT YOU'RE GETTING THE VEHICLE THAT'S NEAR THE ALERT. UM BUT OF COURSE, YOU ALSO RUN THE POSSIBILITY THAT THAT VEHICLE IS NOT INVOLVED. AND NOW WE DON'T WANT TO FOCUS AND INVESTIGATION ON AN INNOCENT VEHICLE THAT'S JUST DRIVING AT THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIMES, BUT IT IS JUST A LEAD. IT'S A PIECE OF THE PUZZLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VERY GOOD.

KATHERINE WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANKS, CHIEF. UM. TWO THINGS WHEN YOU WERE DESCRIBING THE WEAPONS EARLY YEAR THAT WAS PICKING UP YOU DIDN'T MENTION THE WHAT I CALL THE POCKET WEAPONS SECTOR NINE MILLIMETERS THOSE YOU KNOW THE 30 32 AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT YOU CAN HIDE. AND THE COMPLAINTS THAT I GET MY DISH PEOPLE, WHITE PEOPLE DESCRIBE THEM. THEY SAID. YOU KNOW, THEY SHOULDN'T THEY HOLD THE GUN OUT OF THE CAR, AND IT'S I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY KNOW IT, BUT THEY ARE IN THE HOUSE. BUT THEY HAVE GIVEN ME DESCRIPTION. I DON'T CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW THEY GET THIS, BUT THEY YOU KNOW, THEY DESCRIBED HOW WHAT KIND OF GUN IT WAS, SO MAYBE THAT'S GONE EXPERT OR SOMETHING, BUT BUT WHAT I WANTED, HE DID NOT MENTION THAT IT WOULD PICK UP PICK UP THOSE KIND OF HANDGUNS IS THAT IS THAT UP? A S. DEVELOPMENT PROBLEM OR IS THAT IS THAT BEING ADDRESSED AT ALL BY FLOCK? THAT IT'S NOT PICKING UP THOSE WEAPONS THAT PEOPLE SUSPECT. MOTORIST FOLKS WHO ARE DOING THIS ARE USING OTHER CARDS IS WITH THE SYSTEM NOT PICKED THOSE UP. I THINK I USED A GENERIC TERM PISTOLS. OKAY BUT YES, THAT INCLUDES THE

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RIGHT NOW. WE'RE JUST THAT SMALL AROUND CENTRAL PARK CENTRAL PARK, OKAY? SO OUR OPTIONS ARE OPTIONS AFTER THE SIX MONTHS TEST PERIOD OR THE OPT OUT WHAT OUR OTHER OPTIONS CHIEF OR TO OPT IN SO WE CAN WE CAN OPT OUT OR WE CAN PURCHASE TO SCALE UM OR I SAY PURCHASE. IT'S MORE OF A LEASE. SO YOU'RE PAYING LIKE A YEARLY RELEASE. WE CAN LEASE THE SYSTEM, WHICH IS 25,000 PER SQUARE MILE. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS A QUARTER SQUARE MILE FOR 25,000 WOULD GIVE US A FULL SQUARE MILE. BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ALL TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE A QUARTER SQUARE MILE HERE QUARTER SQUARE MILES SOMEWHERE ELSE. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING. DOES IT HAVE TO BE THE SAME SQUARE MILE? IT DOES NOT. OKAY SO WE CAN WE CAN WE CAN SLICE IT UP.

WE CAN PLACE IT AT VARIOUS PARTS OF THE CITY. THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT. DO YOU THINK WE DID SOMETHING LIKE THAT? THAT IT WOULD BE? IT WOULD ACHIEVE THE GOAL THAT YOU STATED EARLIER IN YOUR PRESENTATION. IF WE WENT TO SLICING IT UP AND I THINK IF WE WERE GOING TO MY RECOMMENDATION IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT, LET'S PICK SPECIFIC AREAS, ESPECIALLY LARGER PARKS. WINTER PARK CENTRAL PARK, JOHN PAUL JONES MAYBE PARKED WHERE WE'RE HAVING THIS ISSUE ON OCCASION. AND TRY TO FOCUS THERE. IF WE'RE GOING TO KEEP SOME OF THIS WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION. BUT LIKE I SAID, IF I'M PUTTING THEM ALL MY EGGS IN ONE BASKET, I'M PUTTING THEM IN THE CAMERAS, CAMERAS. WE KNOW WHAT THE CAMERAS ARE DOING FOR US, AND WE'RE SOLVING REAL CRIMES WITH THOSE CAMERAS. UM BUT IF WE WERE GOING TO KEEP SOME OF THIS, I WOULD PROBABLY FOCUS IT AROUND THE LARGER PARKS. OKAY, MY LAST QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS ENOUGH, SEVERAL BUT WHAT'S WHAT'S THE LEVEL OF COORDINATION? BETWEEN. OUR CITIES AND SOME OF OUR CLOSEST SURROUNDING CITY AS WE MOVE INTO THE LAST SIX MONTHS OF THIS TEST, ARE THEY ALSO TESTING AND EXCHANGING INFORMATION WITH US, SO THERE'S ONLY ONE OTHER CITY IN THE DFW AREA. THAT'S THAT'S TESTING THIS AND WE'RE AHEAD OF THEM, AND THAT'S FORT WORTH, SO I EAT WOULD LUNCH WITH NEIL NOTES ABOUT ONCE A MONTH AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS. WE'RE GOING TO SHARE DATA. UM BUT WE'RE ONE OF THE FIRST TO HAVE THIS OUT AND ACTIVE. THERE'S NO OTHER CITIES IN THIS AREA, RIGHT? RIGHT. THANKS, CHIEF. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND CASPAR WAR. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR.

WELL CHIEF, WE'RE BACK TO WINTER BAY PARK AGAIN. I'M AFRAID SO. JUST BASED ON ALL THAT I'VE HEARD. I DO AGREE WITH YOUR ANALYSIS THAT. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS WE CAN SPEND MONEY ON.

AND IT DOES APPEAR THAT, UH, AS I'M READING SOME OF THE INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO SMART CITIES. THERE'S SO MUCH I T THAT WE'RE BRINGING IN TO HELP US TECHNOLOGICALLY TO IDENTIFY CRIME AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. BUT BASED ON THAT ANALOGY THAT YOU USED MINUTES TO GO WITH THAT IS THERE WAS NO ONE TO ACTUALLY SAY, IN FACT, THAT THAT WAS THE PERSON. OF COURSE, IF YOU CALLED ME AND ASKED ME IF I FIRED MY WEAPON, YOU DIDN'T SEEM TO KNOW I DID NOT DO THAT. SO I'M THINKING THAT WE PROBABLY SHOULD GO FORWARD WITH THE SIX MONTHS. BUT I DO AGREE WITH YOU THAT IN THE END, IT'S BEGINNING TO SOUND LIKE IF WE'RE GOING TO REALLY SPEND THE MONEY, WE SHOULD PROBABLY BE DOING IT MORE IN THE WAY OF THE CAMERAS, AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT IF YOU PUT IT OUT OF WIND SURVEY PARK YOU'RE GONNA GET SOME CALLS. OKAY SO, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE SO FAR, BECAUSE I THINK THAT IF NOTHING ELSE PEOPLE ARE IN THIS CITY ARE SEEING THAT WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE CELEBRATORY FIRING FARMS AND THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, AND I THINK THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE CAN DO IS TO ASSURE THEM THAT WE'RE ON TOP OF THAT. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. YES, SIR. AND THE OTHER TECHNOLOGY PIECE THAT I DIDN'T FORGOT TO MENTION WAS THE NIGHT BINS SYSTEM, WHICH IS A NATIONAL INFORMATION BALLISTICS NETWORK AND WE'RE SOLVING GETTING THAT SHELL CASING. WE'RE SOLVING CRIME AFTER THE FACT USING THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. AND I GUESS WHOEVER HEDRICK YES

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SEVERAL COLLEGE CAMPUSES WERE USING, BUT, UM NONE OF THEM HAD ANY. INFORMATION INCIDENTS TO GIVE HIS FEEDBACK ON. SO UM, IT'S REALLY SHOT SPOTTER AND THEN RAVEN COMING IN FLOCK RAVEN OR THE TWO THAT I KNOW OF THE MOST. I KNOW THERE'S SOME MORE OUT THERE, BUT NOTHING THAT WE'VE INVESTIGATED. SERIOUSLY THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.

MESSINA. THANK YOU, SIR. AND NEXT UP ITEM. FOUR D CLOSE CAPTIONING ON CITY TELEVISIONS.

MAYOR COUNCIL. HMM. YOU KNOW, HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER MORRIS. OF COURSE, IT WAS A REQUEST FOR COUNSEL TO CONSIDER. ADOPTING A RESOLUTION TO REQUIRE ALL PUBLIC FACING TV MONITORS AND CITY FACILITIES TO KEEP CLOSED CAPTIONING ON FOR OUR HEARING IMPAIRED CONSTITUENTS, UM AND THEN TO ENCOURAGE BUT NOT REQUIRE LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS TO DO THE SAME, SO TOOK SOME TIME TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH WITH OUR STAFF. I MEAN, WE DO HAVE CLOSED CAPTIONING AVAILABLE , UM, I THINK AND FOR THE CITIZENS TO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW WE DO HAVE IT FOR A COUNCIL MEETINGS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH. UM AND WE DO HAVE A FOR PLAYING COMMISSION MEETINGS. WE HAVE CLOSED. CAPTIONING IS BASICALLY THE SETTINGS ON ANY INDIVIDUAL TV. SO WE CAN PROVIDE THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT AS A, UM BASICALLY , THE STANDARD CAN BE HAVING CLOSED CAPTIONING ON PUBLIC FACING CITY TVS, YOU KNOW, REC CENTERS, SENIOR CENTERS, OTHER PUBLIC FACING TVS AND WE HAVE SOME OF THE FAR FAR WELL, GOLF COURSE. THOSE KINDS OF THINGS AND STANDARDS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I FOUND OUT WHEN I WAS TALKING TO STAFF NOT ALL THE TIME, BUT ON OCCASION WILL HAVE CITIZENS. COME AND SAY, I CAN'T SEE WHAT'S ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN. SOMETIMES IT'S SPORTS. IT'S PROBABLY GOLF. IF IT'S OUT AT FAR WILL OUT OF FIRE WILL, BUT THERE'S OTHER TIMES IT CAN BE NEWS. IT CAN BE WEATHER, OTHER THINGS GOING ON WHERE THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE SCROLLING ACROSS THE BOTTOM. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AND CONSIDERED IS MAYBE IT'S POSSIBLE TO HAVE THAT AS THE FRONT STANDARD IS TO HAVE CLOSED CAPTIONING ON FOR THOSE WHO MAY BE HEARING IMPAIRED, AND THEN IF THERE'S A REQUEST FROM CITIZENS TO TURN IT OFF, BECAUSE THEY NEED TO SEE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE AN OPTION THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE. SO UM, WE HAVE SOME DIFFERENT AND SOME OF OURS AS YOU PROBABLY ARE AWARE WE HAVE FIBER BETTER HOOKED UP CABLE BASICALLY INTO A LOT OF FACILITIES, BUT EVEN LIKE IT, FIRE WILL GOLF COURSE THERE ON THE STREAMING SERVICE BECAUSE OF LOCATION, AND WE DON'T HAVE FIBER OUT THERE FOR THAT. SO IT'S JUST WHATEVER CLOSED CAPTIONING WOULD BE ONLY AVAILABLE. FOR WHATEVER SERVICES COME THROUGH THE STREAMING SERVICES THAT YOU HAPPEN TO BE WATCHING AT THAT TIME, IT MAY NOT BE EVERY SINGLE CHANNEL HAS CLOSED CAPTIONING, SO A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WHERE WE HAVE FIBER INTO OUR FACILITIES AND THINGS WE DO IS A CITY ON OUR CITY WEBSITE IF SOMEONE GOES BACK TO WATCH THE COUNCIL MEETINGS AFTERWARDS DURING THE MEETING, IT'S AVAILABLE BUT AFTERWARDS IT'S ON THEIR SWAG. IT PROVIDES A SERVICE AND WE HAVE IT ENGLISH AND SPANISH. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TOGGLE. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT, THERE'S NO ONE SINGLE WAY. TO DO CLOSED CAPTIONING AGAIN. IT DEPENDS ON YOUR T V SET UP WHAT SYSTEM IS COMING INTO YOUR TV, WHETHER IT'S CABLE TV OR STREAMING SERVICE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, IF IT'S AN OLDER SONY OR NEWER SONY, IT'S PROBABLY TWO DIFFERENT SETTINGS. THE DIFFERENT VERSIONS SO BUT WE DEFINITELY HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO MAKE SURE WHEN IT'S AVAILABLE AND THAT WE CAN ON PUBLIC FACING TVS. WE CAN HAVE CLOSED CAPTIONING ON AND AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WHO MAY BE HEARING IMPAIRED. PRETEND MORRIS. THANK YOU, MAYOR, UM AND COUNCIL JUST TO BE CLEAR. THIS WAS A REQUEST BROUGHT IN THROUGH OUR DEAF COMMUNITY. AND ALSO APPLIES TO HARD OF HEARING WHICH YOU LOST, OFTEN SEE ABBREVIATED AS H O H, UM AND IN A IN ADDITION TO PEOPLE WHO ARE COMPLETELY DEAF. WE HAVE A HUGE POPULATION OF

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SO THANK YOU. THAT'S HER COUNSELOR EVERMORE. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND IN SUMMARY VERY SHORT FORM. WE'RE STAYING THEN FROM THE CITY'S RESPECTIVE WE'RE JUST GOING TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE AND UH, BUSINESSES KIND OF DEAL WITH THE MATTER. WHY WOULD THEY GO FROM ITS STAFF STANDPOINT, WE WOULD JUST MAKE IT THE DEFAULT IF COUNCIL WISHES TO DO THIS. TO HAVE CLOSED CAPTIONING ON AND THEN IF SOMEONE ASKED TO TURN IT OFF, FOR WHATEVER REASON, CITIZENS THEN WE COULD TURN IT OFF FROM THERE FROM FROM BUSINESSES. I DON'T THINK THE AND BRIAN I DON'T I DON'T. I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S ANYTHING WE COULD DO, BUT IT'S JUST A YEAH, WE'RE JUST GONNA MAKE IT AVAILABLE AND IT'S JUST AN AWARENESS AS MUCH AS ANYTHING SO THEY KNOW YOU KNOW FOR THOSE THAT ARE PART OF HEARING HEARING IMPAIRED ALL THOSE THINGS, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE JUST HAD A REAL SIMPLE ENDING TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR BEAR, OKAY? OKAY.

COUNCILOR WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN. I SUPPORT THIS. THIS SUPPORT UM, THIS RECOMMENDATION , WHICH WAS MY QUESTION IS COULD WE COULD WE ALSO INCLUDE HERE AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE HAVE IT. I'VE NEVER SEEN IT USED IN THE CITY. BUT DO WE HAVE ANY OPTION FOR PERSONS WHO WERE WHO ARE SPEECH IMPAIRMENT? HOW DO YOU EVER SIGNAGE DO OR DO WE HAVE THAT AVAILABILITY SHIP SHOULD HAVE READ A PERSON COME DOWN WHO ARE SPEECH IN PERIOD AND NEED NEEDS A SERVICES OF A SON LANGUAGE? A SIGNER, COULD WE INCLUDE SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN AND TO ME? IT'S THIS IS A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION. MR ENGLAND HAS POSTED VERY NARROWLY . WAS IT OKAY? OKAY I'LL SAY THAT FOR LATER. WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT. I DIDN'T THINK OF THE CITY ATTORNEY ALL RIGHT. OKAY? HMM. AND COUNSELOR RIGHT? WELL UM AS PARDON MY IGNORANCE ON THIS, BUT THE CLOSED CAPTIONING FOR OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS IS THAT IN REAL TIME? IT'S ACTUALLY

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I'M SORRY TO PUNCH IT AGAIN. JUST IN IN RESPONSE TO COUNCILMAN OPS QUESTION. THE REASON THAT WE HAVE CLOSE CAPTIONING NOW ON OUR MEETING AND CITY VIDEOS IS REQUESTS FROM THE SAME COMMUNITY ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO. WHO SAID WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON. BUT THERE IS NO CLOSE CAPTIONING. SO IT WAS THE SAME COMMUNITY HAS MADE THIS REQUEST THAT MADE THE REQUEST THAT RESULTED IN OUR CITY VIDEOS . UM, AND OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS ACTUALLY BEING CLOSE CAPTION, SO THANK YOU. ALRIGHT AND DO WE HAVE A DRAFT ORDINANCE WORKING ARE NOT ORDINANCE BUT RESOLUTION. SORRY WRONG WORD COME DOWN, SO NO, BUT I MEAN, DO WE DO WE HAVE ONE? DO WE HAVE A BASIS TO WORK FROM THEIR GUESS IS A BETTER WE COULD PASS THIS AS A RESOLUTION. IF THAT'S THE DESIRE OF COUNCIL, OR WE COULD DO JUST A POLICY JUST MAKE IT A CITY MANAGER POLICY. HE SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. WE'RE GOOD WITH POLICY. I BELIEVE WE HAVE CONSENSUS OVERWHELMING UNANIMOUS ON POLICY. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. AND THAT WAS OUR LAST VERBAL BRIEFING ITEM THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM. FIVE ANNOUNCED FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS TONIGHT, COUNSELOR. I WOULD LIKE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE TO EXPLORE POLICY OPTIONS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF LONG TERM VACANT COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS ACROSS GARLAND AND FIND WAYS TO PUT THEM BACK INTO PRODUCTIVE USE. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS SECOND, OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? NO, THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY MADE PRO TEM WORSE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM I'D LIKE TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF INCLUDING JUNETEENTH AND OUR FUTURE HOLIDAY SCHEDULE. OKAY? VERY GOOD, AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO DISCUSS STARTING OUR NEXT CHARTER REVIEW PROCESS. THAT WAS 2246. THAT'S A LOT OF SECONDS.

YES ABSOLUTELY. AND, UH, WE WILL GET THAT TOWARDS THE NEXT WORK SESSION. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? NO. ALL RIGHT. WELL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME. WE DON'T HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AFTER THIS MEETING. SO AT 7 28. WE ARE ADJOURNED TILL TOMORROW NIGHT. THANK YOU.

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APPOINTS THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF THE CORPORATION. UM THE CORPORATION THAT CHAPTER. 394 SAYS THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE CORPORATION IS TO PROVIDE A MEAN TO FINANCE THE COST OF RESIDENTIAL OWNERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL PROVIDE DECENT, SAFE AND SANITARY HOUSING AT AFFORDABLE PRICES, AND THAT IS OUR GOAL. ONCE AGAIN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING. WE HAVE A FIVE MEMBER BOARD. BOARD MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED FOR A SIX YEAR TERM.

CURRENTLY OUR PRESIDENT IS DALE ADAMS IS WITH ME TONIGHT. OUR VICE PRESIDENT HAS DELORES ELDER JONES. UNFORTUNATELY DELORES IS UNDER THE WEATHER TODAY AND SO COULDN'T MAKE IT. OUR BOARD

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HOPEFULLY SHE'LL MAKE IT BEFORE I CAN SCOOT OUT HERE REAL QUICK AND LAST PICK ROMAN YAK WHO'S ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS IS HERE AS WELL. UM WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE SUCH A AUGUST BODY OF GOVERNANCE. UH AS YOU SEE, THE FIVE OF THEM HAVE MORE THAN 68 YEARS, EXPERIENCE AND FINANCING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I'M GONNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT SEVERAL OF OUR PROGRAMS TONIGHT OF HOW WE WORK WITH CITIZENS IN GARLAND TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BOTH IN TERMS OF OWNERSHIP AS WELL AS RENTALS. AH ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WERE MOST HAPPY ABOUT IS OUR MORTGAGE CREDIT CERTIFICATE AND DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM HAS TWO COMPONENTS. ONE IS THE MORTGAGE CREDIT CERTIFICATE. UH THIS PROVIDES A BAR OR UP TO $2000 OF TAX CREDITS EACH YEAR. AH BASED UPON THEIR QUALIFICATIONS OF BEING ABLE TO QUALIFY THIS PROGRAM SO NOT ONLY DID THEY GET A DEDUCTION FOR THEIR MORTGAGE INTEREST FROM THEIR TAX RETURN, BUT THEY ALSO GET AN ADDITIONAL $2000 TAX CREDIT. SO THIS ALLOWS PEOPLE WHO, UH, NEED HOUSING TO HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY.

ANOTHER AVENUE, WHICH THEY CAN HELP FINANCE AT HOME. IN ADDITION TO THE MORTGAGE CREDIT CERTIFICATE PROGRAM, WE HAVE ALSO HAVE A DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANT AND GRANT PROGRAM. UH THIS COVERS NOT ONLY THE COST OF THE MCC BUT ALSO ADDITIONAL FUNDS. THE CURRENT PROGRAM OFFERS $15,000 ASSISTANCE TO FIRST TIME HOME BUYER IN GARLAND, WHO CAN QUALIFY. FOR THE INCOME LIMITS THAT ARE SET FORTH FOR A ONE OR TWO PERSON. FAMILY INCOME LIMIT IS $97,400.

FOR THREE OR MORE IN THE FAMILY. THE INCOME LIMIT IS $112,000 A YEAR. SO WE'RE BASICALLY LOOKING TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THOSE FOLKS THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY LESS ABLE TO AFFORD HOMES IN THE PRODUCT RANGES THAT THEY CURRENTLY ARE. SO OUR PROGRAM PROVIDES A $10,000 LOAN. THAT LOAN IS THE SECOND LANE, BUT IT HAS NO INTEREST. UH IF THE BORROWER PAYS UP LOAN BACK WITHIN THE FIRST THREE YEARS. THERE ARE NO PENALTIES. THERE ARE PENALTIES THAT YOU'RE THREE AND YOUR SIX. HOWEVER THE LOAN IS NEVER DO UNTIL THE HOME IS SOLD. HOW MUCH REFINANCED OR THE FIRST MORTGAGE IS PAID OFF. UM THE GRANT THAT WE OFFER IS A $5000 GRANT. IT IS. IT IS A GIFT . IT IS NOT REPAYABLE AND COMMIT USE FOR ANYTHING. IT CAN BE USED FOR ASSISTANCE WITH THE DOWN PAYMENT AMOUNT. IT CAN BE USED FOR CLOSING COSTS. IT CAN BE USED TO BUY UP. BID UP THE PRICE OF THE PROPERTY IF IT NEEDS TO BE SO WE LIKE THE FLEXIBILITY OF WHAT THE GRANT PROGRAM PROVIDES TO OUR BORROWERS. HFC ISSUES BONDS THAT FIND THE MORTGAGES G HFC ITSELF ACTUALLY PAYS FOR ALL ARE ACTUALLY FUNDS, ALL THE GRANTS AND ALL OF THE, UH, LOANS. IN 19 TO EXCUSE ME, 1922 SHOWING MY AGE. JEEZ. YEAH AND 100 YEARS LATER IN 2022. UH WE FOUND A 29 LOANS LAST YEAR TO THE TUNE OF $280,000. IN ADDITION, WE FUNDED 27 GRANTS FOR $135,000. AH, THAT'S 29. NEW HOMEOWNERS IN GARLAND. THESE ARE FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS IN GARLAND THAT PROBABLY COULD HAVE NEVER GOTTEN THEIR HOME WITHOUT THESE PROGRAMS. WE TOTALLY FUNDED OVER $7 MILLION IN MORTGAGES AND THE AVERAGE ALONE AMOUNT LAST YEAR WAS $268,000 WAS THE AVERAGE MORTGAGE AMOUNT FOR PROGRAM TO DATE, WE HAVE FUNDED 190 LOANS JUST OVER $1 MILLION THAT WE HAVE FUNDED. IN ADDITION TO THAT THE 27 GRANTS AT 135,000 ARE PROGRAMMED TO DATE WE HAVE FUNDED $35,700,000 IN MORTGAGES IN GARLAND FOR PURCHASERS IN GARLAND. INTERESTING YOU CAN SEE THAT OVER THE, UH, THE TIME PERIOD OF WHERE WE'RE LOOKING PROGRAM TODAY. AT THE AVERAGE LOAN AMOUNT IS ONLY 189,000 AND AH! I'M GOING TO GO TO A CHARTER. YOU CAN SEE THIS STARTING IN 2012. WHEN THE PROGRAM IS FIRST PUT IN PLACE. THE AVERAGE LOAN AMOUNT WAS 102. IT ACTUALLY DROPPED TO 91,000. IN 2014, BUT NOW IT'S BACK TO 268,000. AS THE AVERAGE. IF I CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET BACK TO THAT OTHER SLIDE. THIS IS A NUMBER OF LOANS WE FUNDED OVER THE YEARS, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IN 2020. WE HAD A MAJOR LOANS, AND WE FUNDED THAT YEAR IF YOU'LL

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THE EXISTING SIX COMMUNITIES CONTAIN ABOUT 1000 39 UNITS, OF WHICH 348 OF THOSE ARE SET ASIDE FOR SENIORS. ARE FOUR COMMUNITIES THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION ENTAIL 954 MORE UNITS, WHICH HAVE OF WHICH 416 UNITS WILL BE FOR SENIORS. SO ONCE THE FOUR COMMUNITIES UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR COMPLETED, OUR PORTFOLIO WILL BE JUST SHY OF 2000 UNITS, OF WHICH 764 OF THOSE WILL BE. UM, SET ASIDE FOR SENIORS. I'M GOING TO VERY QUICKLY JUST SHARE SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE'RE PARTNERS WITH. THIS IS A SISTER SARAH OWN BELTLINE ROAD. THIS IS IN DISTRICT EIGHT. IT IS ACTIVE SENIOR COMMUNITY 100% SET ASIDE FOR SENIORS 100% AFFORDABLE AT 60% AM I AH 60% AM I FOR ONE PERSON IS ABOUT $36,000 A YEAR. AH AND THE RENT FOR A PERSON MAKING 30/6 HOUR AT THAT $36,000 INCOME LEVEL IS ABOUT $1188 A MONTH, WHICH SEEMS KIND OF UM HI FOR AFFORDABLE UNITS. BUT WHEN YOU SEE WHAT MARKET RATE UNITS NOW ARE GOING FORWARD, THE CITY OF GARLAND, UM YOU WILL SEE THAT IS QUITE A SAVINGS. UM HOMETOWN IS ON CASTLE DRIVE AND DISTRICT TWO. IT IS ALSO AN ACTIVE SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY. THERE 144 UNITS THERE IT IS ALSO 100% AFFORDABLE. WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SMALL NUMBER OF 30% AML UNITS AS WELL AS 50% M R UNITS AND 60% AM OUR UNITS PARTNER. THERE IS INTEGRATED REAL ESTATE AND WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS PROPERTY SINCE 2011. UM 1 95 WHEEL ON CAMPBELL ROAD IS WORKFORCE HOUSING. WHERE 52% OF THE UNITS OR 80% AM I AND 48% AT MARKET, RIGHT? AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WORKFORCE, I'LL SHARE SOME DIFFERENT NUMBERS WITH YOU. UM 80% AM. I INDICATES THAT ONE PERSON INCOME LEVEL INCOME LIMITS GIVES ME IS JUST OVER $57,000 A YEAR. SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT TEACHERS, POLICE OFFICERS AND ALL THE FOLKS THAT WORKFORCE HOUSING WAS DESIGNED FOR WHO'S STARTING SALARIES NOW ARE ALL 60 TO 65 $70,000. THERE'S A WHOLE NEW GROUP OF FOLKS THAT NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS NOT THE SCHOOL TEACHER. IT'S THE SCHOOL CAFETERIA WORKER.

IT'S A SCHOOL CUSTODIAN. IT'S THIS SCHOOL STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE NOT AT THAT INCOME LEVEL AS THE PROFESSIONALS IN THE SCHOOL. UM IT. THE CURRENT MARKET RATE RENTS AND GARLAND RIGHT NOW.

BASED UPON THE HEAD NUMBERS AND BASED UPON OUR RESEARCH INDICATES THAT A ONE BEDROOM UNIT AND GARLAND OUT MARKET RATE IS ABOUT $1700 A MONTH. TWO BEDROOM IS APPROXIMATELY $2200 A MONTH AND A THREE BEDROOM IS ABOUT $2600 A MONTH. AT 80% AM I THAT ONE BEDROOM UNIT CAN BE DELIVERED FOR ABOUT $1580 A MONTH SO YOU CAN SAVE ABOUT $200 A MONTH THROUGH OUR PROGRAM. AND FOR SOMEONE AT AT $57,000 A YEAR TO BE ABLE TO SAVE $2500 IN RENT IS A REAL SAVINGS, BUT EVEN MORE IF YOU LOOK AT A THREE BEDROOM THE SAVINGS IS ALMOST $400 A MONTH BETWEEN THE MARKET RIGHT AND THE 80% AM I SO WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH, UH. OUR PARTNERS AND LOOKING FOR WAYS TO CONTINUE

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THIS WAS A COMMUNITY THAT WE ADDED TO OUR PORTFOLIO THIS PAST YEAR AND 2022 WITH A NEW PARTNER, THEIR POST INVESTMENT GROUP. WE ALSO, UH, ENTERED INTO A JOINT VENTURE WITH J FOUR DEVELOPMENT IN 2022 TO BE A GENERAL SEES ME A JOINT VENTURE PARTNER IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE RESERVE AT SHILOH, WHICH IS IN DISTRICT, KATE. UM UH, NEAR THE V, A HOSPITAL. THE COMMUNITY IS BEING DEVELOPED BY VH PARTNERS. WE ARE NOT IN AN OWNERSHIP POSITION HERE. WE JUST STEPPED IN TO SERVE AS A CO GENERAL CONTRACTOR IS A JOINT VENTURE THERE. IN ADDITION TO THE MULTI FAMILY PROPERTIES OF WHAT WE ARE PARTNERS IN WE ARE ALSO OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE PURCHASED SOME, UH LOTS FOR LOOKING FOR ANOTHER WAY TO DELIVER AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN GARLAND, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PARTNERSHIP. THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU WITH THE CITY OF GARLAND. WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. MANU WOODARD AND JASON WILHITE. WE'VE HAD A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM. GREAT PARTNERSHIP AND WE HAVE SEVERAL LOTS THAT ARE BEING REDEVELOPED . 11 30 MANDARIN AWAY. UM. THIS HOUSE GO. THIS LOT GOES BACK TO PRIOR TO ME BEING ON COUNCIL SEVEN YEARS AGO. SO THIS IS THIS HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE TO THE CITY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS OF IT WAS HOME. WAS THERE THE AND THE HOME

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND I'M CERTAINLY HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN AND ATTEMPT TO ASK AND ASK. ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS? VERY GOOD. MAYOR, PRO TIM MORRIS. THANK YOU, MAYOR . AND THANK YOU, DAVID AND THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS. FOR I MEAN, I LEARN EVEN MORE THINGS THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING EVERY TIME YOU COME HERE AND MAKE THESE REPORTS AND I KEPT THINKING I HAD GOTTEN IT. AND THEN YOU DO MORE. UM AND YES, I APPRECIATE THE ONE OFF, WHICH HAVE INCLUDED SIDEWALKS AND TREES BUT HAVE ALSO INCLUDED AND 90 PLUS YEAR OLD. UM UH, WOMAN WHO HAD SQUIRRELS IN HER ATTIC. THAT THERE WERE NO REALLY OTHER WAYS TO DO IT. AND UH UM SO HE MEANS IT WHEN HE SAYS ONE OFF AND I HAVE IMPOSED UPON HIM MORE THAN ONCE AS HE KNOWS, UM AND HE HAS ALWAYS COME THROUGH AND BEEN CHEERFUL ABOUT IT, AND IT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES. UM. I WILL. SECOND YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THE HOME SWEET HOME, UM, PROGRAM THROUGH THE SALVATION ARMY THAT HAS BEEN AN IMPRESSIVE PROGRAM AND I'VE BEEN APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU ALL DO AND APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT FOR THAT. AND, UM I'LL GET OFF THE MIKE. THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. YOU HAVE MADE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE IN GARLAND AND FOR GARLAND RESIDENTS, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH. VERY GOOD. I HAVE NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. YOU KNOW, I WILL JUST SAY, I KNOW, UH I KNOW THAT 1922 CASTLE PROPERTY HAS BEEN THE BANE OF YOUR EXISTENCE FOR A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME. UM AND, UH, IT'S SO IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A TOUGH PROPERTY. OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE THAT AND IT'S GOING TO. IT'S GOING TO FIGHT US. YOU KNOW EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, BUT YOU KNOW, AT THE SAME TIME WHEN WE MET WITH THE STUDENTS AND THEIR INSTRUCTOR, YOU KNOW THE WE WANTED THEM TO SEE WHAT THE PROCESS IS REALLY LIKE TO TAKE A PIECE OF DIRT. IT DOESN'T JUST MAGICALLY GROW BUILDINGS ON IT. AND SOMETIMES WE AIM WHEN THAT CAN REMEMBER. WE TALKED ABOUT EASEMENTS AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. AND SO, OBVIOUSLY THIS THIS PROPERTY IS . IS GIVING THEM SOME EXTRA EDUCATION AS WELL. SO I THINK THAT IS A GREAT PROGRAM THAT YOU'VE DONE WITH THEM. WELL IF YOU BELIEVE IN MURPHY'S LAW, IT APPLIES TO EVERYTHING ABOUT 1922 CAN DO AT THIS POINT, BUT SOUNDS LIKE, UH, SOUNDS LIKE WE MAY HAVE TURNED THE CORNER A LITTLE BIT ON IT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA GET THERE. WE'RE GONNA TAKE ALL OF OUR CHALLENGES TO MR GARIN AND THE PLAN COMMISSION. YEAH AND SEE WHAT WE CAN GET DONE THERE. ALRIGHT ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? UH, FOR THEM. MISMANAGES WHAT ONE LAST THING I'D LIKE TO SAY IS THAT EVERYBODY SAYS DAVID DAVID. DAVID. DAVID. DAVID HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HERE. I'M I'M JUST I'M JUST A HIRED GUN WHO YOU NEED TO THANK OR THESE BOARD MEMBERS. WHO LOVE TO GIVE AWAY MONEY AND LOVE TO HELP PEOPLE. UH YOU YOU'VE NEVER JOHNNY WALKER TREASURERS NOW HERE, AS YOU SAY THAT YOUR TREASURE IS SHAKING HER HEAD, BUT, UH, THIS IS THE THESE ARE, YOU KNOW? THESE ARE FIVE OF YOUR NEIGHBORS. THESE ARE FIVE GARLAND CITIZENS. I MEAN, THESE ARE VOLUNTEERS. THEY DON'T GET PAID. UH THE MASSIVE $288 A MONTH THAT Y'ALL GET PAID, YOU KNOW THERE AND THEY DO THIS AS A LABOR OF LOVE, AND I GOTTA TELL YOU, NO ONE'S GOT A HIDDEN AGENDA. EVERYONE COMES TO THE TABLE WITH WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP PEOPLE AND YOU KNOW THERE MAY BE SOME DISCUSSIONS AND SOME POINTS AND COUNTERPOINTS, BUT AT THE END OF THE EVENING, WE ALL LEAVE KNOWING THAT WE'VE DONE THE BEST JOB WE CAN TO HELP OUR NEIGHBORS AND THE KUDOS GO TO THE FIVE OF THEM. I'M JUST BLESSED THAT I'VE GOT TO WORK WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WHO WHO REALLY WANTS TO HELP OUR NEIGHBORS IN GARLAND SO WELL, THAT'S VERY GOOD. AND AS YOU CLEARLY GO OVER IN YOUR IN YOUR PRESENTATION YOU KNOW, THE. THE EXPANSION OF THE PORTFOLIO OF THE ORGANIZATION IS WHAT IS CONTRIBUTING THAT MONEY THAT'S GOING BACK INTO THIS CITY.

THAT'S NOT IMAGINARY MONEY. THAT IS REAL LIVE MONEY. THAT $400,000 THAT $250,000 WHATEVER THAT IS REAL LIVE MONEY THAT YOU ARE THROUGH THE MANAGER OF THE MANAGEMENT OF THAT PORTFOLIO ARE BRINGING BACK INTO THE CITY. SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR THAT. LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH

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[4.b. 2023-2024 CDBG, HOME, ESG and HOME-ARP Federal Grant Allocations]

THEN WE HAVE AVAILABLE FOR CITY PROJECTS. 1,000,008 096 54. THIS IS ALL COUNCILS WORK. I CAN'T SAY AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THIS, UM, I'LL GO OVER EACH ONE. THESE ARE AVERAGED AMOUNTS FROM EVERYBODY THAT SUBMITTED TO ME FOR THE POLICE BOXING PROGRAM. IT CAME OUT TO BE $33,979. FOR THE PARK STARS PROGRAM. IT CAME OUT TO BE 37 7 90. UM THE NEW PARKS PROGRAM THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM IS 20,000 $17. THE YARD CARE PROGRAM IS 25,001 48. THE SENIOR OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM AVERAGED OUT TO BE 17 1 90. MEALS ON WHEELS AVERAGE TO BE 13 6 71. HOPE STORE NEW BEGINNING CENTER 34,004 13. THE NEW PROJECT, THE SAFE PROJECT THAT IMPLIED THEY WEREN'T FUNDED HERE, BUT WE'RE FUNDING THEM UNDER ANOTHER GRANT, SO IT WAS PRETTY MUCH A DUPLICATION IF WE FIND THEM HERE. UM COUNSELING INSTITUTE OF TEXAS, 21,000 TO 80. HOPE CLINIC CAME OUT TO BE 86,007 97 64. TRANSCEND STAMP. THAT WAS A NEW UP AS WELL. WE'RE GOING TO FUND THAT IN THE HOME ARE BUT CANCEL, AGREES SALVATION ARMY CAME OUT TO 23 5 72 FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND RESTORATION CHURCH. I BELIEVE THIS IS THEIR SECOND YEAR THEY CAME OUT TO JUST ABOUT WHAT THEY HAD LAST YEAR. UM 49 16. THEY HAVE 5000 THIS YEAR SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO DO THE SAME KIND OF WORK. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? UM I BELIEVE DIDN'T HOW WE SET THE MINIMUM AT FIVE. I MEAN, JUST ADMINISTRATIVELY, RIGHT, SO THEY'RE KIND OF RIGHT AT RIGHT AT IT. UM, SINCE WE DIDN'T YEAH.

YEAH THEY'RE RIGHT OUT OF COUNCIL CHOOSES. THEY WANT TO REALLOCATE THAT WE CAN BUT THEY'RE RIGHT AT IT. SO OKAY. UH, ANY QUESTIONS? I SEE NOTHING IN THE QUEUE ALRIGHT. THIS NEXT SLIDE GIVES US OUR CITY CORE PROJECTS. UM THAT WE DO CODE ENFORCEMENT. SAME AS WE HAD LAST YEAR FOR 250,000 ON THE OFFICERS DO WORK IN CDBG ELIGIBLE AREAS. THE GARLAND HOME REPAIR PROGRAM . THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE DO WITH G HFC. UM THE CDBG PORTION OF THAT IS 5 21 5 56. AND THEN WE HAVE THE PARK IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH IS 1,000,038. $1098. THERE YOU GO. I GOT IT.

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HOWEVER, THEY WANT TO. THEY CAN DO 1 TO 2 HOUSES WITH THAT, MORE THAN LIKELY OUR CITY PROJECTS WHERE WE BUILD HOUSES THROUGH OUR DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE 556,004 95. AND THEN WE HAVE CARRY OVER FUNDING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO USE 6 31 7 80. THAT'S AS A RESULT OF OUR LOAN FUNDING THAT WE DO AND HOUSES THAT HAVE SOLD, SO WE HAVE THE MONEY GOING BACK INTO THE PROGRAM TO DO MORE HOMES. UM AS YOU HEARD RIGHT BEFORE DAVID LEFT. FIVE OF THOSE HOMES ARE BEING FUNDED WITH HIM PARTNERSHIP THROUGH THE HOME PROGRAM. SO THE ALAMO PRO THE ALAMO HOMES AND THE TWO HOMES ON RUSSELL ARE GOING TO BE WITH OUR FUNDING AS WELL AS THE MEANDERING WAY PROGRAM. UM THEY'RE PARTNERING WITH US FUNDING, SO WE ARE IN A DEEP PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HFC. AND WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT PARTNERSHIP RIGHT NOW. UM CURRENTLY WE HAVE SEVEN HOMES UNDER CONSTRUCTION. SO WHEN THOSE GET COMPLETED, THEY'LL GO TO A FIRST TIME HOMEBUYER FAMILY THAT INCOME QUALIFIES $500 DOWN IF WE FINANCE IT, SO IT'S A GREAT DEAL. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILOR WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, LADIES. THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT. JUST QUICKLY, UH, GOVERNMENT AGENTS IS A VERY GOOD WITH ACRONYMS. CAN YOU? CAN YOU SAY WHAT? THAT THE TOP ONE THERE RURAL COMMUNITY. WOULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT ACRONYM AND WHAT THAT IS, PLEASE, MA'AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION, AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO HAVE A BOARD. THEY TURN IN AN APPLICATION AS A WHAT WE CALL A CHOTEAU. EVERY YEAR. THEY HAVE TO HAVE A LOW INCOME PERSON ON THE BOARD, AND THEY HAVE TO ALL BE FROM THE GARLAND AREA OR WORK IN THE GARLAND AREA, SO WE DO RE CERTIFY HABITAT EVERY YEAR TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS HOME FUNDING, AND THAT IS A REQUIREMENT. SO UM , AGAIN, THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES THAT'S THAT SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS. WE'VE HAD DIFFERENT ONES IN THE PAST. BUT FOR THE PAST 3 TO 4 YEARS HAS BEEN HABITAT. SO THEY JUST WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY IS A NONPROFIT AND WITH PARTNERS TO GET UP, HOME DEVELOPED AND THEY HAVE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES IN ADDITION TO HOME THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. WE'RE GOOD. ANY DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE QUEUE. ALRIGHT? UM THIS IS OUR NEW ONE TIME GRANT. UM, BACK IN MARCH COUNCIL AUTHORIZED US TO GO SO MUCH TOWARDS, UM, ADMINISTRATION SO MUCH TOWARDS SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND THE MAJORITY COUNSEL AUTHORIZED US TO USE FOR RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. UM WE'RE GETTING 202,000,005 41 7 37. AGAIN 3 81 TO 61 IS FOR STAFF. THIS IS A MULTI YEAR GRANTS. SO UM, IT'S WE CAN SPEND ALL THE WAY THROUGH 2030. BUT I DO ANTICIPATE THIS WILL BE SPENT BEFORE THEN.

SUPPORTIVE SERVICES INCLUDE SOME OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES THAT WE HAVE, BUT THEY HAVE TO BENEFIT, UM, HOMELESS PREVENTION, SHELTER AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES UNDER THIS GRANT. AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING. WE HAD ONE APPLICATION AND THAT'S 1,000,005 12 3 34. HERE IS STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE RECEIVED. UM JONATHAN'S PLACE WAS THE ONLY APPLICATION WE RECEIVED FOR THE RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. THE 1,000,005 12 33 34. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING TO BE ALLOCATED TO JONATHAN'S PLACE. UM, THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. WE HAVE 175,000 GOES TO TRANSCEND, UM, FAMILY STABILITY SERVICES. THEY WERE ONE OF OUR PARTNERS THROUGH THE TEARS ACT, AND THEY WERE ONE OF THE FIRST ONE THAT SPENT THEIR 400,000. THEN WE ALLOCATED THEM AND COUNCIL HAS ALLOCATED THEM OTHER MONEY SINCE THEN. SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THEY DO 175,000 FOR THEIR RENTAL ASSISTANCE. WORKFORCE TRAINING IN CASE MANAGEMENT HOPE TO STORE NEW BEGINNING 130,000. THAT'S OUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. UM, FOLKS. METRO RELIEF IS A STREET OUTREACH, SO THEY ACTUALLY ARE

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14,000 OF THAT GOES TOWARDS ADMINISTRATION. SHELTER. OPERATIONS AND OUTREACH IS 100 AND 2009. 19 AGAIN WERE RECOMMENDED FUNDING TO HELP STORE NEW BEGINNING THE SHELTER.

UM 82,009 19 METRO RELIEF IS STRAIGHT OUTREACH. ANOTHER $10,000 TRANSCEND IS GOING TO DO MOTEL VOUCHERS AND THAT'S $10,000. FOR RAPID REHOUSING HOPE STORE NEW BEGINNING THEY NEED SOME FUNDING TO REHOUSE THEIR THEIR FAMILIES THAT ARE LEAVING THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATION. 30,007 73 UNDER ONE ROOF 20,003 87 AND TRANSCENDS THEM. 20,003 87. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT. THIS IS OUR PRESENTATION, GUYS, AND I CAN'T TELL YOU AGAIN. HOW EXCITED I AM THAT WE HAD 100% PARTICIPATION. THANK YOU. PRO TIM MORRIS. SINCE YOU'VE RAISED THE ISSUE SEVERAL TIMES, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU GOT 100% PARTICIPATION WHERE EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER ACTUALLY FILLED OUT THE FORM AND SENT IT BACK TO YOU BY THE DEADLINE. I'VE BEEN HERE 20 YEARS. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME. GREAT COUNTY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. UM I SEE NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. SO THIS WILL COME BACK TO US. JULY 10TH AT THE WORK SESSION FOR ONE MORE, ONE MORE LOOK AND THEN PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION ON THE 11TH. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, ADAM FOUR C.

[4.c. Police Update - Gunshot Detection Technology]

SO I'M HERE TO UPDATE COUNCIL ON AUTOMATED GUNSHOT DETECTION EQUIPMENT. JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME HISTORY. WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO, WE STARTED SEEING AN INCREASE IN CALLS RELATED TO CELEBRATORY GUNFIRE, WHICH IS PEOPLE TAKING THEIR GUNS AND SHOOTING IT IN THE AIR. AND SO COUNCIL ASKED US TO LOOK INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF AUTOMATED GUNSHOT DETECTION EQUIPMENT ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO. WE'VE LOOKED INTO SEVERAL VENDORS ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, WE GOT INTO CONTRACT WITH FLOCK. OVER AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS. AND AS PART OF THAT CONTRACT FLOCK WAS ROLLING OUT THE RAVEN GUNSHOT DETECTION EQUIPMENT. AND GAVE US A FREE TRIAL FOR A YEAR FOR THAT EQUIPMENT, AND SO WE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT, AND ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO I CAME BEFORE COUNCIL AND SAID IN SIX MONTHS I'LL COME BACK TO YOU AFTER WE'VE TESTED THE EQUIPMENT TO KIND OF LET YOU KNOW THE RESULTS. AND HERE I AM SIX MONTHS LATER, SO THAT'S KIND OF A LITTLE HISTORY THERE. THIS IS TEXAS PENAL CODE 42 12. AND I POINT THIS OUT BECAUSE THIS IS THE PROBLEM WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE. IT IS DISCHARGING A FIREARM AND CERTAIN CITIES. SO IF YOU HAVE A CITY OVER 100,000 IF A PERSON RECKLESSLY DISCHARGES A FIREARM INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS, IT IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR. AND I POINTED OUT BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT CITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES THAT ARE IMPLEMENTING GUNSHOT

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AROUND CENTRAL PARK. IT WAS A GOOD AREA TO TEST BECAUSE MOST OF THE LAND IS OWNED BY THE CITY. WE HAD A VERY ACTIVE COMMUNITY GROUP IN THAT AREA THAT I MET WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER, AND SO THAT WAS AN AREA WE CHOSE TO TEST. WE SET UP A QUARTER MILE. AREA AROUND CENTRAL PARK. UM, THOSE CAMERAS ARE NOT ACTUALLY CAMERAS. THOSE ARE THE DEVICES. THAT'S THE LOCATIONS OF THE DEVICES. AND THE GOAL IS TO, UM ONCE A GUNSHOT OCCURS, IT WILL TRIANGULATE WHERE THAT GUNSHOT IS AND GIVE YOU A LOCATION YOU'LL SEE THERE. THAT'S ABOUT A QUARTER MILE AND THERE'S 15 DEVICES WITHIN THAT QUARTER MILE . SO IF YOU EXPAND THAT TO A MILE, LET'S SAY YOU'RE LOOKING AT 30 TO 40 DEVICES. BUT THIS IS THE AREA THAT WE WANTED TO TEST IT IN. I'M GOING TO PLAY THIS VIDEO FOR YOU. NOT ONLY DID WE TEST IT AT THAT LOCATION AROUND CENTRAL PARK, BUT WE SET UP A SMALL LOCATION. AROUND THE GUN RANGE. AND WE WANTED TO DO A CONTROLLED TEST. SO FLOCK WAS REAL GOOD. THEY HELPED US SET UP A LOCATION AROUND THE GUN RANGE . BUT I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS GUNSHOTS BEING FIRED. YOU'LL SEE THE OFFICER IN A SQUAD CAR GETS THE NOTIFICATION GETS THE ALERT. IT'LL PINPOINT THE ADDRESS OF THAT LOCATION. AND THEN THE OFFICER WILL BE ABLE TO REPLAY THOSE GUNSHOTS. SO I'M GONNA PLAY THAT REAL QUICK. IT'S ABOUT 30 SECONDS LATER. YEP, NEVADA, TEXAS. THE L SIX. SO THAT'S WHAT THE TEST UNDER ARE CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT LOOKS LIKE UM, WE DID A LOT OF TESTING THAT DAY.

WE TESTED RIFLES. WE TESTED PISTOLS. WE TESTED SHOTGUNS. WE ALSO TESTED FIREWORKS AND WERE TESTED OTHER THINGS THAT WILL MAKE A LOUD NOISES. THEIR RESULTS WERE GOOD, BUT SOMEWHAT MIXED. IT DIDN'T PICK UP SHOTGUNS. IT DOESN'T PICK UP SMALLER CALIBERS LIKE A 22 LONG RIFLE. IT DOESN'T PICK UP. IT PICKED UP MOST OF THE SHOTGUNS, AND IT PICKED UP MOST OF THE

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WE OFFICERS RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AGAIN. IT'S APARTMENT COMPLEX. WE'RE GETTING THERE PROBABLY FIVE MINUTES AFTER THE GUNSHOT OCCURRED. WE DON'T SEE ANYONE. THERE'S NO ONE AROUND.

WE CAN'T PROVE WHETHER IT WAS OR WAS NOT A GUNSHOT, BUT JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE DIFFICULTIES TO RESPONDING TO THESE. NOW. UNFORTUNATELY, WE DID HAVE AN INCIDENT AT CENTRAL PARK WHILE WE WERE TESTING THIS SYSTEM, AND IF YOU SEE WHERE THAT STAR IS.

WE HAD AN INDIVIDUAL IN A VEHICLE THAT PULLED OUT A GUN AND FIRED MULTIPLE TIMES, RIGHT WHERE THAT STAR IS, AND WE HAD WITNESSES TO IT. THEY CALL 911. THE NEIGHBORS CALLED 911. WE RESPONDED QUICKLY. AND THAT'S A SEPARATE INVESTIGATION. BUT THIS SYSTEM DID NOT PICK UP THAT INCIDENT DID NOT PICK UP THE SERIES OF GUNSHOTS. AND WE DID NOT GET AN ALERT. UM WE ASKED FLOCK TO LOOK INTO IT, AND THEY DID. AND THEY FOUND THAT THE ONE WITH THE CIRCLE AROUND IT. THAT ONE DID PICK UP THE GUN SHOTS. THE OTHER ONE CLOSER TO IT DID NOT PICK UP THE GUNSHOTS AND BECAUSE ONLY ONE UNIT PICKED IT UP. IT WASN'T ABLE TO TRIANGULATE. AND IT WASN'T ABLE TO PINPOINT THE LOCATION. UH SO IT WAS A FAILURE AS FAR AS NOTIFICATION. NOW, UH. UH WHAT THEY TOLD US LATER WAS THERE WAS AN CONNECTIVITY ISSUE WITH THE CELLULAR DATA. AND SO IT KIND OF FELL DURING THE PROCESS, BUT WHATEVER IT WAS, WE DIDN'T GET A NOTIFICATION ON THIS INCIDENT.

NOW HERE IS AN INCIDENT WHERE WE DID GET A NOTIFICATION AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE. THIS IS CELEBRATORY GUNFIRE AND I'LL PLAY THE AUDIO AND YOU CAN HEAR IT. YOU CAN TELL THAT'S WHAT IT IS. THIS IS WHAT MOST PEOPLE HERE AND COMPLAIN ABOUT WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT CELEBRATORY GUNFIRE IF I CAN GET TO THE. SO I'LL PLAY IT ONE MORE TIME SO YOU CAN HEAR IT. SO THERE'S FIVE SHOTS. POWELL POWELL, POWELL, POWELL POWELL, SO WE GOT NOTIFICATION ON THIS. AND INDICATION WAS THAT IT WAS OCCURRING ON GARLAND ROAD. AND SO WE BELIEVE IT WAS TO BE IN A VEHICLE OFFICERS RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AT THE TIME AND DID NOT FIND ANYTHING. BUT HERE'S WHERE THE INVESTIGATION CAN START WITH THIS. UH SOFTWARE. IT WAS THE NEXT DAY WHEN I CAME IN, AND I SAW THIS ALERT. UM AND YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM WHERE IT SAYS SEARCH CAMERAS. UM NEARBY. OH YOU HIT THAT BUTTON, AND IT WILL SHOW YOU IF THERE IS A CAMERA NEARBY, AND THAT BUTTON SHOWS UP WHEN THERE IS IT WILL SHOW YOU VEHICLES IN THE AREA AT THE TIME

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SO I. I TALKED TO MY ASSISTANT CHIEF, WE LOCKED. WE LAUNCHED INVESTIGATION WE ACTUALLY PULLED TWO IN POS OFF THE STREET. AND I WE TOLD HIM. HEY, I'M GOING TO COUNCIL NEXT WEEK TO TALK ABOUT THIS AT ALL. LIKE TO GIVE THEM A SUCCESS STORY. UM AND SO TAKE THIS INFORMATION AND SEE IF YOU CAN RUN WITH IT AND CREATE IF YOU CAN SOLVE THIS, AND THEY DID. THEY SPENT TWO DAYS INVESTIGATING THIS. WE PULLED THEM FROM THEIR CURRENT ASSIGNMENT. THEY WERE STRICTLY PUT ON THIS. AND THEY WERE ABLE TO TRACK DOWN THE VEHICLE AND THE OWNER IN BOX SPRINGS, THEY CONTACTED THE OWNER WHO SAID I LET MY BROTHER BORROWED THE VEHICLE THAT NIGHT. AND SO WE THEN TRACKED DOWN THE BROTHER WHO SAID YES, I DID BORROW THE VEHICLE, BUT I DIDN'T SHOOT ANY GUN. SO THEN NOW WHAT DO WE DO, BECAUSE THAT'S THE DIFFICULT THING WITH THIS CRIME. THERE'S NO WITNESSES. THERE'S NO EVIDENCE AND THERE'S NO REAL VICTIM. THE VICTIM ON THESE IS THE CITY OF GARLAND OR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. UM THERE'S NO VICTIM LIKE THERE IS ON A VIOLENT CRIME. SO THE INVESTIGATION JUST KIND OF IF WE CAN'T GET AN ADMISSION ON IT, UH , WE'RE KIND OF STUCK. IT'S NOT ONE OF THOSE WHO ARE GOING TO GET A SEARCH WARRANT A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR, SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEARCH THE HOUSE. AND ITS SEARCH WARRANTS WITH THIS IT'S JUST A VERY DIFFICULT CRIME TO SOLVE WHETHER YOU HAVE THIS TECHNOLOGY OR YOU DON'T HAVE THIS TECHNOLOGY. I CAN TELL YOU. I THINK THIS TECHNOLOGY IS GOOD . I THINK IT'S HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT ASSET. IF WE WERE TRYING TO SOLVE VIOLENT CRIME. I'M NOT TRYING TO SOLVE VIOLENT CRIME. NOT THAT IT WOULDN'T HELP. BUT THE ISSUE I'M TRYING TO SOLVE AS A CELEBRATORY GUNFIRE. AND FOR THAT, ALTHOUGH IT'S GOOD IF YOU WERE TO ASK ME MY PERSONAL OPINION, I WOULD PUT MY INVESTMENT INTO ADDITIONAL CAMERAS IN ADDITIONAL RESOURCES OUT ON THE STREET. THE MOST OF THE TIME WE CATCH THESE INDIVIDUALS. WE CATCH THEM WHEN WE GOT A WITNESS, OR WE CATCH THEM WHEN THE OFFICERS NEARBY AND WE CAN GET THEM STOPPED WITH THE GUN IN THE VEHICLE AFTER THE FACT IF HE'S NOT GOING TO ADMIT TO IT IT'S JUST VERY DIFFICULT.

EVEN WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN IMAGINE. WE COVER THE ENTIRE CITY WITH THESE GUNSHOTS. DETECTION RAVEN SYSTEM. ONE, I THINK WOULD BE CHASING A LOT OF GHOSTS. I THINK WE'D GET A LOT OF FALSE POSITIVE THAT WOULD PULL RESOURCES, JASON THOSE GHOSTS. IN THE ONES THAT WE DO GET LIKE THIS ONE. UM I'M NOT. I'M NOT SURE WHAT OUR SUCCESS RATE WOULD BE, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO PUT A LOT OF RESOURCES INTO TRYING TO DETERMINE THAT. WHEN I THINK WE'RE BETTER OFF PUTTING OUR RESOURCES TO OUR MANPOWER AND OUR EFFORTS ON THE STREET. SO TYPICALLY, I HAVE A SLIDE THAT SAYS QUESTIONS, BUT I THINK I LEFT THAT SLIDE OFF, SO I'M OPEN FOR QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT, COUNSELOR. LOOK. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. UM, SO YOU HAVE ABOUT SIX MONTHS LEFT TO TEST THE GUNSHOT DETECTORS THAT ARE IN SERVICE RIGHT NOW. YES UM, ARE YOU GOING TO KEEP THEM IN SERVICE FOR THAT? WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THEM IN SERVICE, AND WE MAY EVEN SEE IF WE CAN DEPLOY THEM OUT AT WINDSOR PARK. AH I THINK THE PARKS IF WE ARE GOING TO USE THEM, THE PARKS ARE THE BEST PLACE TO USE THEM. SO YES, AND SORRY, MR MORE. THAT MAY BE A SURPRISE TO YOU. BUT WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED IT YET, BUT WE'RE TALKING TO FLOG NOW. BUT YES, ADDITIONAL YEAR AND IT MAY BE SOMETHING ON A SMALLER SCALE THAT WE CAN KEEP LONGER BUT AS FAR AS A LARGE SCALE, UM THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

BUT YEAH, WELL, IF YOU SEE ANY IMPROVEMENT IN THE SYSTEM, I MEAN, YOU SAID IT LEARNS ONCE IT YOU KNOW, I GUESS IT'S LIKE A I KIND OF STUFF. UM UM. DO YOU THINK THAT, UM, INSTALLING A CAMERA, ALSO IN CONJUNCTION WITH THOSE FLOCK CAMERAS IN THE IN THE PARK, LIKE, ESPECIALLY WHEN SURF A, UM WILL THAT HELP? DEFINITELY. DEFINITELY AND THAT'S THE KEY TO THIS SYSTEM.

THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN OTHER SYSTEMS. YOU MAY SEE OUT THERE BECAUSE NOT ONLY ARE YOU GETTING THE ALERT YOU'RE GETTING THE VEHICLE THAT'S NEAR THE ALERT. UM BUT OF COURSE, YOU ALSO RUN THE POSSIBILITY THAT THAT VEHICLE IS NOT INVOLVED. AND NOW WE DON'T WANT TO FOCUS AND INVESTIGATION ON AN INNOCENT VEHICLE THAT'S JUST DRIVING AT THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIMES, BUT IT IS JUST A LEAD. IT'S A PIECE OF THE PUZZLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VERY GOOD.

KATHERINE WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANKS, CHIEF. UM. TWO THINGS WHEN YOU WERE DESCRIBING THE WEAPONS EARLY YEAR THAT WAS PICKING UP YOU DIDN'T MENTION THE WHAT I CALL THE POCKET WEAPONS SECTOR NINE MILLIMETERS THOSE YOU KNOW THE 30 32 AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT YOU CAN

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RIGHT NOW. WE'RE JUST THAT SMALL AROUND CENTRAL PARK CENTRAL PARK, OKAY? SO OUR OPTIONS ARE OPTIONS AFTER THE SIX MONTHS TEST PERIOD OR THE OPT OUT WHAT OUR OTHER OPTIONS CHIEF OR TO OPT IN SO WE CAN WE CAN OPT OUT OR WE CAN PURCHASE TO SCALE UM OR I SAY PURCHASE. IT'S MORE OF A LEASE. SO YOU'RE PAYING LIKE A YEARLY RELEASE. WE CAN LEASE THE SYSTEM, WHICH IS 25,000 PER SQUARE MILE. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS A QUARTER SQUARE MILE FOR 25,000 WOULD GIVE US A FULL SQUARE MILE. BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ALL TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE A QUARTER SQUARE MILE HERE QUARTER SQUARE MILES SOMEWHERE ELSE. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING. DOES IT HAVE TO BE THE SAME SQUARE MILE? IT DOES NOT. OKAY SO WE CAN WE CAN WE CAN SLICE IT UP.

WE CAN PLACE IT AT VARIOUS PARTS OF THE CITY. THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT. DO YOU THINK WE DID SOMETHING LIKE THAT? THAT IT WOULD BE? IT WOULD ACHIEVE THE GOAL THAT YOU STATED EARLIER IN YOUR PRESENTATION. IF WE WENT TO SLICING IT UP AND I THINK IF WE WERE GOING TO MY RECOMMENDATION IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT, LET'S PICK SPECIFIC AREAS, ESPECIALLY LARGER PARKS. WINTER PARK CENTRAL PARK, JOHN PAUL JONES MAYBE PARKED WHERE WE'RE HAVING THIS ISSUE ON OCCASION. AND TRY TO FOCUS THERE. IF WE'RE GOING TO KEEP SOME OF THIS WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION. BUT LIKE I SAID, IF I'M PUTTING THEM ALL MY EGGS IN ONE BASKET, I'M PUTTING THEM IN THE CAMERAS, CAMERAS. WE KNOW WHAT THE CAMERAS ARE DOING FOR US, AND WE'RE SOLVING REAL CRIMES WITH THOSE CAMERAS. UM BUT IF WE WERE GOING TO KEEP SOME OF THIS, I WOULD PROBABLY FOCUS IT AROUND THE LARGER PARKS. OKAY, MY LAST QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS ENOUGH, SEVERAL BUT WHAT'S WHAT'S THE LEVEL OF COORDINATION? BETWEEN. OUR CITIES AND SOME OF OUR CLOSEST SURROUNDING CITY AS WE MOVE INTO THE LAST SIX MONTHS OF THIS TEST, ARE THEY ALSO TESTING AND EXCHANGING INFORMATION WITH US, SO THERE'S ONLY ONE OTHER CITY IN THE DFW AREA. THAT'S THAT'S TESTING THIS AND WE'RE AHEAD OF THEM, AND THAT'S FORT WORTH, SO I EAT WOULD LUNCH WITH NEIL NOTES ABOUT ONCE A MONTH AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS. WE'RE GOING TO SHARE DATA. UM BUT WE'RE ONE OF THE FIRST TO HAVE THIS OUT AND ACTIVE. THERE'S NO OTHER CITIES IN THIS AREA, RIGHT? RIGHT. THANKS, CHIEF. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND CASPAR WAR. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR.

WELL CHIEF, WE'RE BACK TO WINTER BAY PARK AGAIN. I'M AFRAID SO. JUST BASED ON ALL THAT I'VE HEARD. I DO AGREE WITH YOUR ANALYSIS THAT. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS WE CAN SPEND MONEY ON.

AND IT DOES APPEAR THAT, UH, AS I'M READING SOME OF THE INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO SMART CITIES. THERE'S SO MUCH I T THAT WE'RE BRINGING IN TO HELP US TECHNOLOGICALLY TO IDENTIFY CRIME AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. BUT BASED ON THAT ANALOGY THAT YOU USED MINUTES TO GO WITH THAT IS THERE WAS NO ONE TO ACTUALLY SAY, IN FACT, THAT THAT WAS THE PERSON. OF COURSE, IF YOU CALLED ME AND ASKED ME IF I FIRED MY WEAPON, YOU DIDN'T SEEM TO KNOW I DID NOT DO THAT. SO I'M THINKING THAT WE PROBABLY SHOULD GO FORWARD WITH THE SIX MONTHS. BUT I DO AGREE WITH YOU THAT IN

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SEVERAL COLLEGE CAMPUSES WERE USING, BUT, UM NONE OF THEM HAD ANY. INFORMATION INCIDENTS TO GIVE HIS FEEDBACK ON. SO UM, IT'S REALLY SHOT SPOTTER AND THEN RAVEN COMING IN FLOCK RAVEN OR THE TWO THAT I KNOW OF THE MOST. I KNOW THERE'S SOME MORE OUT THERE, BUT NOTHING THAT WE'VE INVESTIGATED. SERIOUSLY THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.

MESSINA. THANK YOU, SIR. AND NEXT UP ITEM. FOUR D CLOSE CAPTIONING ON CITY TELEVISIONS.

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[02:55:01]

SO THANK YOU. THAT'S HER COUNSELOR EVERMORE. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND IN SUMMARY VERY SHORT FORM. WE'RE STAYING THEN FROM THE CITY'S RESPECTIVE WE'RE JUST GOING TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE AND UH, BUSINESSES KIND OF DEAL WITH THE MATTER. WHY WOULD THEY GO FROM ITS STAFF STANDPOINT, WE WOULD JUST MAKE IT THE DEFAULT IF COUNCIL WISHES TO DO THIS. TO HAVE CLOSED CAPTIONING ON AND THEN IF SOMEONE ASKED TO TURN IT OFF, FOR WHATEVER REASON, CITIZENS THEN WE COULD TURN IT OFF FROM THERE FROM FROM BUSINESSES. I DON'T THINK THE AND BRIAN I DON'T I DON'T. I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S ANYTHING WE COULD DO, BUT IT'S JUST A YEAH, WE'RE JUST GONNA MAKE IT AVAILABLE AND IT'S JUST AN AWARENESS AS MUCH AS ANYTHING SO THEY KNOW YOU KNOW FOR THOSE THAT ARE PART OF HEARING HEARING IMPAIRED ALL THOSE THINGS, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE JUST HAD A REAL SIMPLE ENDING TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR BEAR, OKAY? OKAY.

COUNCILOR WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN. I SUPPORT THIS. THIS SUPPORT UM, THIS RECOMMENDATION , WHICH WAS MY QUESTION IS COULD WE COULD WE ALSO INCLUDE HERE AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE HAVE IT. I'VE NEVER SEEN IT USED IN THE CITY. BUT DO WE HAVE ANY

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I'M SORRY TO PUNCH IT AGAIN. JUST IN IN RESPONSE TO COUNCILMAN OPS QUESTION. THE REASON THAT WE HAVE CLOSE CAPTIONING NOW ON OUR MEETING AND CITY VIDEOS IS REQUESTS FROM THE SAME COMMUNITY ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO. WHO SAID WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON. BUT THERE IS NO CLOSE CAPTIONING. SO IT WAS THE SAME COMMUNITY HAS MADE THIS REQUEST THAT MADE THE REQUEST THAT RESULTED IN OUR CITY VIDEOS . UM, AND OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS ACTUALLY BEING CLOSE CAPTION, SO THANK YOU. ALRIGHT AND DO WE HAVE A DRAFT ORDINANCE WORKING ARE NOT ORDINANCE BUT RESOLUTION. SORRY WRONG WORD COME DOWN, SO NO, BUT I MEAN, DO WE DO WE HAVE ONE? DO WE HAVE A BASIS TO WORK FROM THEIR GUESS IS A BETTER WE COULD PASS THIS AS A RESOLUTION. IF THAT'S THE DESIRE OF COUNCIL, OR WE COULD DO JUST A POLICY JUST MAKE IT A CITY MANAGER POLICY. HE SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. WE'RE GOOD WITH POLICY. I BELIEVE WE HAVE CONSENSUS OVERWHELMING UNANIMOUS ON POLICY. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. AND THAT WAS OUR LAST VERBAL

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YES ABSOLUTELY. AND, UH, WE WILL GET THAT TOWARDS THE NEXT WORK SESSION. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? NO. ALL RIGHT. WELL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME. WE DON'T HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AFTER THIS MEETING. SO AT

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