Jul 10, 2023 Work Session

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GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE JULY 10TH 2023 WORK SESSION FOR THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL. THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT , ADAM ONE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON WORK SESSION ITEMS. I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS SIGNED UP FOR THE EVENING. I'M NOT OKAY. MOVING ON TO ITEM TO

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NOT GATEWOOD. NO SORRY, GOLDEN GATE. OH, CORRECT. THAT'S YEAH, ALRIGHT, INNIT? YES, OKAY. YES.

YES THAT IS THAT IS CORRECT THAT IT IS A MAINTENANCE ISSUE, AND SO, UH, IT IS NOT QUALIFIED FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY MATCHING GRANT. OKAY? FURTHER QUESTIONS OR YEAH, I THINK YOU SAID YOU HAD A COUPLE WAS ABOUT THEY WERE APPLYING FOR WORK WITHIN THE CITY PARKS AND THAT ONE AS WELL. UM BUT IT WAS TWO PARKS THAT WERE, UH PART OF OUR BOND PROGRAM FOR UPGRADES OF OUR PLAYGROUND PROGRAMS, AND THEY WANTED TO DO SOME WORK AND IN THOSE TWO PARKS FOR WEEKS. LIKE GOOD LITTLE TOWARDS YOU THERE. THAT WHAT YOU DON'T THINK FOR WHICH APPLICATION WHITE PARK? YEAH. FOR THE SAME APPLICATION. IT WAS A NEW WORLDS APPLICATION, OKAY? YEP ON NEW WORLD. YOU'RE RIGHT. THAT IS ACTUALLY A CITY ASSET. AND WHILE THEY INCLUDED IT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY MATCHING GRANT PROJECT , IT'S ACTUALLY THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN THAT ANYWAY. BUT THERE WERE SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS THEY WANTED. SO WE'RE COORDINATING WITH PARKS TO DO THAT, AT THE SAME TIME. PERFECT TECHNICALLY, THAT'S ON US ANYWAY. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM THREE B ANNUAL PERFORMANCE UPDATE ON THE CITY OF GARLAND HOUSING AGENCIES . 2022 2024 5 YEAR PLAN AND ADMINISTRATIVE PLANT APPROVAL.

AND ITEM THREE C 2023 24 CDBG HOME, E S, G AND HOME AARP FEDERAL GRANT ALLOCATION. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO ADAM. FOUR VERBAL BRIEFINGS FIRST UP FOR A DART UPDATE. INVITE I INVITE YOU

[4.a Dart Update]

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SOME FUN FACTS ABOUT DART AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW. WE COVER SERVICE AREA OF 700 SQUARE MILES, AND THERE ARE 13 CITIES WITHIN THOSE 700 SQUARE MILES. I HAVE SOME INFORMATION HERE ON OUR BUDGET AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL. FOR FY 23 TOTAL BUDGET WAS $1.74 BILLION. AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING ON OUR BUDGET FOR FY 24 RIGHT NOW. SO IN FACT, TOMORROW NIGHT WE ARE TOMORROW AFTERNOON. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD ON OUR PROPOSED FY 24 BUDGETS, SO IT'S SPLIT OUT HERE IN CAPITAL OPERATING IN DEBT SERVICE AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT HAS COME UP IN THE LAST YEAR. A LOT IS HOW MUCH OF OUR BUDGET IS MADE UP OF THE SALES TAXES THAT WE COLLECT FROM ALL OF YOU WHO ARE REALLY ARE INVESTORS AND SO IN THE FY 22 BUDGET, IT WAS 61% AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SOME NEW NUMBERS TOMORROW FOR THE PROPOSED FY 24 BUDGET. I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHY I HAVE FY 22 NUMBERS INSTEAD OF 23. BUT THAT'S APPARENTLY WHAT I WAS WHAT I WAS GIVEN. SO, UM WE? AS YOU KNOW, WE RUN BUS, LIGHT RAIL MICRO TRANSIT PAIR TRANSIT, SO WE HAVE A FEW AGAIN FUN FACTS HERE ABOUT OUR NUMBERS IN TERMS OF OUR FLEET SIZE, AS WELL AS THE NUMBER OF STOPS AND STATIONS THAT WE HAVE AND INCLUDING SOME INFORMATION ON OUR FY 22 RIDERSHIP. UM SO LET ME TALK MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE CITY OF GARLAND AND THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE IN IN GARLAND. THIS ONE, THANKFULLY, IS A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO READ ON MY PRINCE. DID VERSION. IT WASN'T BUT SO WE SERVE GARLAND ON THE BLUE LINE. LIGHT RAIL. THERE ARE TWO STATIONS IN GARLAND, ONE IN DOWNTOWN AND ALSO THE STATION AT FOREST IN JUPITER. UM ABOUT 20% OF OUR BUS ROUTES ACTUALLY SERVED GARLAND AS WELL. WHICH IS KIND OF A FUN FACT. AND WE ALSO OPERATE ONE GO LINK ZONE IN SOUTHEAST GARLAND. AND THEN OF COURSE I MENTIONED BEFORE THAT WE OPERATE PARA TRANSIT AS WELL. IF YOU'RE WONDERING HOW THE SERVICES ARE BEING USED HERE, SOME NUMBERS THAT ARE FROM OUR SECOND QUARTER OF FY 23. SO THAT'S JANUARY THROUGH MARCH OF THIS YEAR. UM, ONE THING THAT I THOUGHT WAS VERY INTERESTING WAS THAT WE HAVE FOUR TIMES THE NUMBER OF BUS BOARDINGS AS WE DO A NUMBER OF LIGHT RAIL BOARDINGS . THAT'S PROBABLY NOT A BIG SURPRISE, GIVEN THAT YOU HAVE TWO STATIONS ON THE LIGHT RAIL AND ONE LINE, BUT AS I MENTIONED BEFORE 20% OF OUR BUS ROUTES DO SERVE THE CITY OF GARLAND. AND SO WE DO CAPTURE A LOT OF BUS RIDERS HERE, AND IT'S REALLY EXCITING. UM FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE I'M A BIG BUS LOVER, AND I KNOW THAT YOUR CITY MANAGER IS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WORKING WITH US TO IMPROVE THE BUS SERVICES TO THE RESIDENTS OF YOUR CITY. AND THEN AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE A LOT OF PARA TRANSIT USE IN THE CITY OF GARLAND. SO THESE SERVICES ARE EXTRAORDINARILY IMPORTANT. I THINK TO YOUR RESIDENTS, AND SO WE STRIVE TO DO THE BEST JOB WE CAN FOR EVERYBODY. THERE HAVE BEEN LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT GO LINK AS WE'VE BEEN DOING THESE BRIEFINGS FOR OUR CITIES. AND SO, UM AS I MENTIONED WE HAVE OUR SOUTH SOUTHEAST DARLING SOUTHEAST GARLAND GO LINK SERVICE AND THAT PROVIDES DIRECT CONNECTIONS TO OUR BUS SERVICES AT THE LAKE RAY HUBBARD TRANSIT CENTER AND GO LINK. IF YOU'RE UNFAMILIAR WITH GOLDING SERVICE, IT'S A CURB TO CURB SERVICE THAT CAN BE BOOKED THROUGH THE GO PAST APP OR BY TELEPHONE. THE PICK UP TIME IS LESS THAN 15 MINUTES. THAT IS THE PERFORMANCE MEASURE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CONTRACT AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE HER. I THINK A LITTLE BIT UNDER FOR UNDER 14 MINUTES ON AVERAGE , AND SO WE'RE DOING A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN THE TARGET. WE'D LIKE TO GET THAT DOWN EVEN MORE. BUT OF COURSE, WE HAVE TO KIND OF EVALUATE WHAT THAT WHAT IT TAKES TO GET THE WAIT TIMES DOWN. UM IN JANUARY, WE ACTUALLY EXPANDED THE HOURS OF GO LINK SERVICE TO MATCH THAT OF OUR LOCAL BUS SERVICE. WE FELT THAT IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT IN THE AREAS WHERE WE WEREN'T SERVING THE COMMUNITY WITH FIXED ROUTE SERVICE THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE FULL ACCESS TO THE SAME SPAN OF SERVICE AS THE BUS ROUTES AS WE OPERATE THE BUS ROUTES AND SO WE'RE OPERATING THE SERVICES FROM FIVE AM TO MIDNIGHT SEVEN DAYS A WEEK NOW. PREVIOUSLY IT WAS NOT OPERATING ON THE WEEKENDS, AND SO WE THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO DO THAT. WAS ALSO CLOSING AT EIGHT AND WE WERE FINDING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL WANTED TO USE THAT SERVICE BEYOND EIGHT O'CLOCK SO UM, SO IT'S I THINK A BIG BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER A LONGER SPAN OF SERVICE. AND ALSO JUST

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THIS SERVICE IS ALSO AVAILABLE FROM FIVE AM TO MIDNIGHT MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY OR MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, 7 A.M. TO MIDNIGHT ON SUNDAYS. UM AND IN THIS CASE FOR PARA TRANSIT, IT'S A LOT MORE RESPONSIVE. NOW IT'S MORE LIKE AN ON DEMAND SERVICE THAT IT USED TO BE. IF YOU REMEMBER BACK IN THE DAY PAIR TRANSIT, YOU HAD TO BOOK YOUR RIDE, PROBABLY 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE. CHANCE ACTUALLY, BEFORE THAT. IT WAS PROBABLY LIKE 48 OR 72 HOURS IN ADVANCE, SO THIS BEING ABLE TO CALL FOR THE SERVICES WITH A LOT LESS WAIT. TIME MAKES IT MUCH MORE EASY TO USE AND MUCH MORE RESPONSIVE TO WHAT PEOPLE NEED AT ANY GIVEN TIME. AND THE FAIR FOR REPAIR TRANSIT IS $3 PER TRIP. I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS, BUT I WANT TO KIND OF GIVE YOU THE LAY OF THE LAND BECAUSE YOU KNOW, AS WE'VE BEEN COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S NO SECRET THAT PUBLIC TRANSIT IS DEALING WITH A LOT OF ISSUES WITH RECOVERY. SO OF COURSE YOU WILL KNOW. MARCH 2020 THE ECONOMY SHUT DOWN. YOU KNOW, WE ALL DEALT WITH A LOT OF REVENUE AND UNCERTAINTY. AND THAT WASN'T UNIQUE TO DART. IT WAS, YOU KNOW, TRUE ACROSS THE BOARD FOR BUSINESS AS WELL AS GOVERNMENT. UM IN DARTS CASE WE HAD A VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT PROGRAM WHERE WE LOST ABOUT 350 EMPLOYEES. AND SO WE WERE. WE'VE BEEN RECOVERING FROM THAT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN ON BOARD. UM AND IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A CHALLENGE. I THINK THE LABOR SHORTAGES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE NO. NO SURPRISE TO ANYBODY. UM NOW, SO ACTUALLY , ON WEDNESDAY, I'M CELEBRATING MY TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY AT DART. UM AND SINCE I CAME ON, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF NEW EXECUTIVE LEADERS ON WHAT I CALL MY LEADERSHIP ROUNDTABLE, AND THEY ARE STELLAR PERFORMERS. I'M SO EXCITED TO HAVE A GREAT LEADERSHIP TEAM AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM SOME OF OUR NUMBERS WERE NOW AT 70% OF PRE PANDEMIC RIDERSHIP, WHICH IS PRETTY GOOD . A LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T QUITE REACHING THOSE NUMBERS YET ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE HAVE OUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT SILVER LINE, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE HERE IN A MINUTE. THAT'S PROGRESSING REALLY WELL AND REALLY OUR TEAM IS VERY ALIGNED AND UNIFIED ON TRYING TO IMPROVE THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE. WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WILL ALWAYS HEAR ME TALK ABOUT WHEN I COME TO SPEAK TO YOU BECAUSE I PROBABLY SPOKE ABOUT IT IN THE PAST AS WELL. UM AS I MENTIONED THE DARK SILVER LINE, UM AGAIN, THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT BEEN ON CITY COUNCIL IN THE PAST. UM IT'S A 26 MILE COMMUTER RAIL LINE SERVING SEVEN CITIES WITH 10 STATIONS, AND I THINK ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS ABOUT THE CONNECTION THE EAST WEST CONNECTION THROUGH THE NORTHERN SUBURBS IS THAT IT ALSO CONNECTS TO A NUMBER OF OUR LIGHT RAIL LINES. YOU CAN SEE THEM LISTED HERE. IT ALSO CONNECTS TO TEXT RAIL. AND IS REALLY I THINK AN IMPORTANT LINK IN OUR ENTIRE SYSTEM. A LOT OF TIMES WE GET EXCITED ABOUT A SINGLE RAIL LINE THAT WE'RE BUILDING, BUT THE CONNECTIVITY THAT WE PROVIDE, I THINK ULTIMATELY GIVES US THAT RESILIENCE FOR HOW WE TRAVEL INTO THE FUTURE. I KNOW THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LAKE RAY HUBBARD TRANSIT CENTER . OUR STAFF IS WORKING. DART STAFF IS CURRENTLY WORKING WITH GARLAND. UM I KNOW YOUR STUFF IS IN THE PROCESS OF ENGAGING A REAL ESTATE FIRM TO ASSIST WITH DEVELOPING AN INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH DART FOR THE T O. D THAT'S PLANNED AT LAKE RAY HUBBARD TRANSIT CENTER. WE DART STAFF HAVE PROVIDED A TEMPLATE TO THE CITY STAFF. UM SO THAT THEY COULD HAVE SOMETHING TO WORK FROM, AND SO WHAT WE'RE HOPING IS THAT WE CAN WORK WITH YOU TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THOSE DEAL POINTS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE WITH THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPERS, UM, THAT THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN HELPING YOU WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT. SO THIS IS A REALLY EXCITING BECAUSE, UM, THE L A THAT WE'RE GONNA SIGN WITH YOU ALL ULTIMATELY WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND? WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE FOR YOUR LONG TERM LEASE OF OUR EXCESS PARKING SPACE AT THIS TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. ANOTHER THING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS WHAT WE REFER TO AS OUR MOBILITY HUB GUIDELINES. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE, UM WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT BECAUSE AT THIS TRANSIT CENTER, WE CAN START TO PROVIDE THE CONNECTIONS AND THEN MOBILITY OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO GET THAT FIRST AND LAST MILE CONNECTION TO WHEREVER THEY'RE TRYING TO GO, SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THAT WE'RE PLANNING AT THE LAKE RAY HUBBARD TRANSIT CENTER, ALONG WITH YOUR STAFF. SO WE DON'T HAVE A CONCRETE DATE FOR REOPENING THE TRANSIT CENTER HERE. BUT WE DO THINK THAT SOMETIME. AH THIS IS UNRELATED TO THE T O D. BUT WE ARE HOPING, UM THROUGH OUR 2024 BUDGET TO PROVIDE SOME STAFFING FOR THIS TRANSIT CENTER SO THAT WE CAN GET IT OPEN. WE'VE HAD SOME LIMITED OPENINGS OF A TRANSIT CENTERS DURING THE LAST FEW WEEKS BECAUSE OF THE HEAT. BUT WE ARE TRYING TO GET SOME STAFFING TO BE THERE ALL THE

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WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT HOW WE CARE FOR OUR ASSETS DIRECTLY IMPACTS CUSTOMERS FEELING ABOUT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND ALSO HOW MUCH WE CARE ABOUT THEM. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT WE DO CARE ABOUT THEM. UM THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT FUNDS INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT, WHICH IS A TOTAL MOUTHFUL. THIS IS THE I L. A THAT THE DARTBOARD HAD SENT TO THE SERVICE AREA CITIES TO DISTRIBUTE THE TOTAL OF ABOUT $234 MILLION THAT WE WANTED TO SHARE WITH ALL OF YOU TO HELP YOU IMPROVE TRANSPORTATION WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY. AND SO THESE FUNDS, UM, CAN BE USED FOR COMPLIMENTARY TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, SO THAT CAN BE ANYTHING FROM SENIOR RIDES, TOO. TO BUILDING SIDEWALKS. TO HELPING WITH YOUR TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PLANS ANY OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT COMPLEMENT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ARE ELIGIBLE. AND UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT MONTH IT WAS THAT GARLAND APPROVED THIS, BUT I KNOW YOU WERE ONE OF THE EARLY ADOPTERS. UM WERE YOU THE FIRST? OKAY ALL RIGHT. SO THE FIRST GREAT CONGRATULATIONS. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HELPING YOU DRAW DOWN THOSE FUNDS. UM AND I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT GARLAND HAS BEEN SUCH A GREAT PARTNER AND YOU ALL I CAN OFFICIALLY SAY YOU ARE IN GOOD STANDING, SO IT'S A GOOD THING THAT WE CAN GET THAT MONEY OUT TO YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SO WE'RE LOOKING SPEAKING. WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO GIVE US MONEY.

WE'RE PRETTY AGREEABLE, ESPECIALLY LARGE SUMS OF IT. YEAH WITHOUT REVEALING TOO MUCH.

I CAN SAY THAT. NOT ALL CITIES FEEL THAT WAY. YOU KNOW, I MAY HAVE READ SOMETHING ABOUT THAT HERE AND THERE YES. BUT NO, WE'RE VERY, VERY HAPPY TO HAVE GOOD PARTNERS AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON IT. I MENTIONED WRITER EXPERIENCE EARLIER. LET ME TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE. AND YOU ALL HAVE PROBABLY HEARD ME SAY THIS BEFORE. I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO RIDE THE SYSTEM TODAY . I THINK THEY ARE REALLY, REALLY CRITICAL AND IMPORTANT TO US. THEY ARE AS YOU AS WE ALL LEARNED DURING THE PANDEMIC.

THEY ARE ESSENTIAL WORKERS. THEY ARE PEOPLE WHO NEED US, AND SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US AS AN ORGANIZATION TO START DOING THINGS THAT MAKE THEIR LIVES EASIER, AS OPPOSED TO MAKING OUR LIVES EASIER, AND THE PHILOSOPHY IS REALLY TRYING TO DELIVER A PRODUCT THAT PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO BUY. UM RIGHT NOW, THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE IN THE CORE ISSUES THAT PEOPLE ARE DEALING WITH OUR SECURITY, CLEANLINESS AND RELIABILITY. I DO HAVE SOME INFORMATION HERE ABOUT SAFETY, WHICH I WILL DISTINGUISH BETWEEN OPERATIONAL SAFETY AND PERSONAL OR PHYSICAL SECURITY. SO FROM A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE THERE ARE AT GRADE CROSSINGS IN GARLAND, WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME EDUCATING THE PUBLIC AND CHILDREN THROUGH THE SCHOOLS AND THROUGH OUR MUNITY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. WE TRY TO TEACH THEM A LOT ABOUT HOW TO BE SAFE AROUND OUR RAIL LINES BECAUSE IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. WE ALSO SPEND SOME TIME AT ARE A LOT OF TIME, ACTUALLY, AT OUR STATIONS, LOOKING AT THE ENVIRONMENT AND HOW WE HAVE DESIGNED THINGS TO TRY TO MAKE IT SAFER, SO THAT IN FACT, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE CENTER CROSSINGS AT OUR PLATFORMS, WHICH WE ARE PLANNING TO REMOVE, BECAUSE WE, UM WE WOULD PREFER TO JUST NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT PROVIDE A CROSSING FOR PEOPLE BECAUSE IT'S JUST IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I THINK SEEMED TO WORK AT THE BEGINNING, BUT WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS THAT WE NEED TO. WE NEED TO ELIMINATE THEM. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW. NOW, BUT WE DO PARTNER WITH OPERATION LIFESAVER. YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THAT ORGANIZATION. THEY ARE A NONPROFIT. THAT IS, UH, YOU KNOW THEIR SOLE MISSION IS TO REALLY REDUCE OR ELIMINATE FATALITIES AROUND RAIL CROSSINGS, AND SO WE WORK WITH THEM TO PROMOTE THE SAFETY.

SORRY TO PROMOTE SAFETY AROUND THE RAIL CROSSINGS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE EQUIP PEOPLE WITH THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO BE SAFE . I'M NOT JUST FOR WHEN THEY'RE PEDESTRIANS, BUT ALSO WHEN THEY'RE DRIVING BECAUSE PEOPLE GET DISTRACTED SOMETIMES AND THEY'RE NOT LOOKING FOR THE GIANT TRAIN THAT'S COMING THEIR WAY. SO OBVIOUSLY FROM A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE, IT'S REALLY

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THEY ARE ARMED. THEY WILL BE ON OUR BUSSES AND TRAINS AND AROUND OUR STATIONS AND TRANSIT CENTERS. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL SO THAT WE HAVE VISIBILITY ON THE SYSTEM TO TRY TO HELP PEOPLE FEEL MORE SAFE. UM AND OUR OUR NEW POLICE CHIEF IS HE'S JUST A GUY WHO HAS A BIG HEART. AND SO HE UNDERSTANDS THE SENSITIVITIES AROUND MAKING PEOPLE FEEL SAFE AND TRYING TO INTERACT WITH THE CUSTOMERS AND TRYING TO ENGAGE THEM IN CONVERSATION AS OPPOSED TO THREATENING THEM. SO HE'S YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING HE CARES A LOT ABOUT. UM WE WERE WORKING ON IMPROVING OUR SECURITY CAMERA SYSTEM. WE HAVE A NEW VIDEO MANAGEMENT SYSTEM COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE BECAUSE THE ONE THAT WE HAVE IS BECOMING OBSOLETE AND SO WE'LL HAVE THAT NEW VIDEO MANAGEMENT SYSTEM UP AND RUNNING HERE IN THE NEXT YEAR, SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, I KNOW THAT EVERYONE IN THE WHOLE REGION IS VERY INTERESTED IN THE HOMELESSNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT WE SEE ALL OVER OUR REGION. SO WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MEADOWS INSTITUTE TO PUT PUT OUT WHAT WE CALL OUR MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESPONSE TEAMS . I CALL THEM STREET TEAMS BECAUSE IT'S EASIER TO SAY, BUT THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESPONSE TEAMS ARE DESIGNED TO HELP INTERACT WITH SHELTER SEEKING WRITERS WHO MAY HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH HOMELESSNESS MAY HAVE ISSUES WITH UM, AND SANITARY CONDITIONS OR BEHAVIORAL ISSUES THAT POSE A THREAT TO OUR WRITERS. AND SO THE WHOLE IDEA BEHIND IT IS TO PROVIDE SOME MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND, UM AND PERHAPS EVEN A PARAMEDIC WHO MIGHT BE ABLE TO GIVE HIM A BAND AID FOR SOMETHING SO YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO INTERACT WITH THIS COMMUNITY TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THEM TO SERVICES AND HELP THEM.

HELP THEM OUT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE IN NEED. WE ARE WE MEET QUARTERLY BY THE WAY WITH OUR SERVICE AREA, PARTNERING AGENCIES TO COLLABORATE ON ISSUES AND RESOURCES RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. UM WE ARE ALSO FORMING AN ADVISORY COUNCIL THAT WILL CONSIST OF ALL OF OUR ASSOCIATE PARTNERS THAT ALLOW US TO WORK TOGETHER ON JUST, YOU KNOW, SORT OF REGULAR. IT'S KIND OF A REGULAR TOUCH POINT FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE EVALUATING WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESPONSE AND ALSO HELP US SORT OF, UM, CHANGE COURSE IF WE NEED TO, OR MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE APPROACH THAT WE HAVE, UM THE CITY OF GARLAND IS, UM, FORTUNATELY, PART OF THE HOUSING FORWARD ORGANIZATION WHICH IS HELPING CONNECT THOSE IN NEED WITH RESOURCES. SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES ON OUR SYSTEM. FROM A CLEANLINESS PERSPECTIVE WE STARTED WE INITIATED. I THINK IT WAS NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR OR SOMETHING THAT WE CALL THE CLEAN TEAM INITIATIVE. AND SO WE'RE PUTTING ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL IN TEAMS ON ALL OF OUR TRAINS EVERY SINGLE DAY TO HELP CLEAN UP, YOU KNOW, JUST PICK UP TRASH, YOU KNOW, CLEAN UP AFTER OURSELVES AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT PEOPLE DON'T REGARD THEIR EXPERIENCE ON DART AS A BLIGHT BECAUSE, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, HOW WE CARE ABOUT OUR SYSTEM, HOW WE TREAT OUR CUSTOMERS, THE EXPERIENCE THAT THEY HAVE ALL REFLECTS ON HOW MUCH WE VALUE THEM. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING AS CLEAN OF AN ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM AS POSSIBLE. SO UM, LET'S THIS SIDE ACTUALLY SAYS THAT THE CLEAN TEAM IS ON BOARD MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY SEVEN DAYS A WEEK NOW. SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT ERROR. UM, AND ONE OF THE BENEFITS THAT WE'VE REALIZED FROM HAVING THE CLEAN TEAMS ON BOARD IS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN LOTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA PINGS THAT ARE JUST SAYING HOW PEOPLE FEEL A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE SEEING SOMEBODY IN UNIFORM ON OUR SYSTEM, EVEN IF IT'S NOT AN ARMED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.

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YOU MAY RECALL THAT IT IS A COMPLETE OVERHAUL OF OUR BUS NETWORK. AND SO WE I MEAN, EVERY PART OF OUR BUS NETWORK CHANGED EVERY EVERY STOP CHANGED. WE WENT FROM HAVING 10,000 STEPS TO ABOUT 7000 STOPS. WE WENT FROM SEVEN FREQUENT ROUTES TO 22 FREQUENT ROUTES, AND WE ALSO SIMULTANEOUSLY WENT FROM 17 GOLDING. ZONES UP TO 30. GO LINK ZONE, SO IT WAS A BIG CHANGE. UM WE ALSO IMPROVED OUR SERVICE FREQUENCIES AND UM AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED WAS WE HAD THIS LABOR SHORTAGE AND WE HAD TO SCALE BACK OUR SERVICES IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR, BUT WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT OUR TEAM WORKED SUPER HARD IN THE SECOND HALF OF LAST YEAR, AND WE WERE ABLE TO RESTORE ALL THE SERVICES AS OF JANUARY THIS PAST YEAR, SO, UM, SO WE'RE ACTUALLY NOW DELIVERING ALL THE SERVICES THAT WE HAD PROMISED IN JANUARY, 22. AND NOW, UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY HITTING 99% OF OUR TRIPS, WHEREAS BEFORE WHEN WE STARTED, WE WERE ONLY HITTING 85. SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT. UM IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WERE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON AND IMPROVE. UM YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, I TELL MY TEAM. I WANT 100% OF THE TRIPS TO BE MET. UM YOU KNOW, SO I'M KIND OF A PERFECTIONIST. BUT WHAT CAN I SAY? UM AND THEN LET ME TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR FUTURE INITIATIVES. BECAUSE UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, WE WANT TO KEEP IMPROVING AND KEEP DELIVERING BETTER SERVICES TO EVERYONE. UM OUR MOBILITY PLUS PROGRAM IS TAKING A LOOK AT OUR ENTIRE BUS SYSTEM. I'M USING THE NETWORK AS A SYSTEM AND NOT JUST ROUTE BY ROUTE. WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE'RE GOING TO EXPAND SERVICES ACROSS OUR REGION. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE WHAT I CALL THE WAITING EXPERIENCE FOR PEOPLE. I MAY HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST. IMPROVING OUR BUS STOPS TRYING TO BRING THE BUS STOPS TO THE LEVEL THAT PEOPLE GET ON OUR RAIL SYSTEM.

AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE RAIL SYSTEM WHEN WE DESIGN A RAIL CORRIDOR, WE THINK ABOUT STATION SHELTER, SEATING AND LIGHTING AT ALL OF OUR STATIONS . THAT'S NOT TRUE WHEN WE THINK ABOUT BUS STOPS ON ALL OF OUR BUS ROUTES, AND SO WE WANT TO START THINKING TOWARDS PROVIDING SHELTER, SEATING AND LIGHTING FOR FOLKS AS THEY'RE WAITING FOR THE BUS BECAUSE IT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO PROVIDE A DIGNIFIED EXPERIENCE FOR OUR BUS RIDERS AS WELL. UM, PART OF THE MOBILITY PLUS PROGRAM IS ALSO THAT WE HAVE INCORPORATED A FLEET TRANSITION PLAN. WE'RE GOING TO BE REPLACING OUR BUSSES. UM HERE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, AND SO WE WANT TO TAKE SOME TIME AND WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITIES TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WORKS BEST FOR THEM IN TERMS OF THE WAY THE SEATING CONFIGURATION IS ON OUR BUSSES. WHAT KIND OF ACCESSIBILITY NEEDS MIGHT THEY HAVE? DO THEY NEED A PLACE TO STORE THEIR BELONGINGS AND ALL OF THE ALL THAT FEEDBACK THAT WE GET FROM THE CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT WILL FEED INTO HOW WE WRITE OUR SPEC FOR THE BUSSES. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE DOING A COMPREHENSIVE FAIR STUDY THAT WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND WHERE WE SHOULD BE. PRICING OUR SERVICES AND ALSO PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE BEFORE, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE NEEDS OF OUR CASH PAYING RIDERS TO FIND OUT HOW WE CAN GET THEM DISCOUNTS BECAUSE MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO PAY CASH UM DON'T HAVE ANY SORT OF DIGITAL MEDIA THAT WE CAN TRACK SO WE CAN'T GIVE THEM FAIR CAPPING RIGHT NOW AND WE CAN'T NECESSARILY GIVE THEM THE DISCOUNTS THAT THAT OTHER PEOPLE BENEFIT FROM. ALSO WE ARE AS I MENTIONED. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE RIGHT EXPERIENCE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE WAITING EXPERIENCE. IF YOU CAN IMAGINE IF YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR A BUS THAT COMES EVERY 20 OR 30 MINUTES OR EVEN AN HOUR THAT WAIT. TIME CAN BE QUITE LONG. IF YOU HAVE TO STAND IN THE HEAT OF THIS, UH, NORTH TEXAS REGION, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT. WE'VE WE'VE PARTNERED WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AND ARLINGTON, THEIR ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL TO DESIGN THE BUS STOP OF THE FUTURE, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A MAN YOU FRACTURE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MANUFACTURE THOSE SHELTERS. AND I DON'T HAVE A PICTURE HERE. BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO SEND YOU IN LATER BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE SOME RENDERINGS OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. IT'S PRETTY EXCITING. IT'S MODULAR SO WE CAN MAKE THEM BIGGER OR SMALLER. UM AND IT'S PRETTY MODERN LOOKING. SO IT'S A I THINK IT WILL BE A REAL IMPROVEMENT FOR EVERYBODY. UM SO I TALKED A LOT ABOUT BUS. THAT DOESN'T MEAN I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT RAIL, SO RAILS GOING THROUGH A VERY SIMILAR TRANSFORMATION RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE OUR RAIL SYSTEM IS OVER 25 YEARS OLD. THE OLDEST PARTS OF OUR SYSTEM ARE OVER 25 YEARS

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SO IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THIS STRATEGIC PLAN. WE ANTICIPATE HAVING SOME SOME GOALS AND A NEW MISSION AND VISION STATEMENT IN THIS SEPTEMBER OCTOBER TIME FRAME WILL BE SOCIALIZING THAT WITH THE BOARD AND CERTAINLY ALL OF YOU IN HOPES THAT WE CAN GET

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AND THE LAST THING I'LL JUST SAY IS THAT AGAIN WE ARE SO EXCITED TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF GARLAND . YOU ALL HAVE BEEN TERRIFIC PARTNERS FOR A LONG TIME EVEN BEFORE I CAME ON, BUT WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU TO LEVERAGE ALL THESE ASSETS THAT WE ALL HAVE.

UM IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T DO ALONE. BUT WE APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP THAT YOU PROVIDE TO US, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VERY GOOD. AND BEFORE I OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS, UM GENTLEMEN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD? NOT ANYTHING AT ALL. MAYOR WE'LL HEAR THAT QUESTIONS, BUT I THINK SHE COVERED IT. ALRIGHT YEAH, I WILL ADD ONE MORE THING FROM EXPERIENCE. I DO WANT TO ADD ONE MORE THING BECAUSE I FORGOT THAT I HAD THIS SLIDE IN HERE THIS YEAR. WE'RE CELEBRATING DARTS 40TH ANNIVERSARY. HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE ALL RECEIVED AN INVITATION TO OUR 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, WHICH WILL BE AUGUST 16TH AT THE ICEMAN CENTER IN RICHARDSON. I'M SORRY WE COULDN'T DO IT IN EVERY SINGLE CITY. BUT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE BLOCK PARTIES IN EACH CITY TO CELEBRATE OUR ANNIVERSARY AND I WILL BE RECEIVING INVITATIONS FOR THAT AS WELL. I THINK WE'RE STILL TRYING TO GET THOSE DATES ON THE CALENDAR, BUT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. THOSE WILL BE IN THE FALL. UM WE HOPE YOU'LL COME AND CELEBRATE THE HISTORY OF DART AND YOU KNOW, MAYBE HERE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN IT THAT CELEBRATION. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? MAYOR PRO TIM MORRIS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION IN A AND FOR QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED, UM, I HAD A FEW THINGS THAT SOME DIFFERENT CONSTITUENTS HAD HAD ASKED ME TO ASK YOU ABOUT AND ONE OF THEM YOU ALREADY TOUCHED ON WITH THE HIRED SECURITY PERSONNEL, AND YOU SAID THERE ON SOME TRAINS, AND IT'S SOME STATIONS. UM, CAN YOU DEFINE SOME PARTICULARLY AS IT CONCERNS GARLAND. UM SO. THERE THEY ARE COMING ON BOARD. I THINK WE HAVE THE 1ST 40 COMING ON, LIKE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND JUST THAT'S JUST FROM A TIMING PERSPECTIVE FOR UNIT TO KNOW, UM, IN TERMS OF WHERE THEY'RE ACTUALLY DEPLOYED RIGHT NOW, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THEM ON ALL THE TRAINS, OR AT LEAST LIKE WRITING THE TRAINS ON A REGULAR BASIS. SO IT WON'T BE LIKE ONE PERSON, ONE PERSON PER CAR OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT THE WHOLE IDEAS FOR THEM TO ACTIVELY RIDE THE SYSTEM AND THEN ALSO TO BE AT THE STATIONS. ONE THING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH OUR CITIES. UM AND I KNOW OUR CHIEF OF POLICE'S WORKING. HE'S REACHING OUT TO ALL THE CITY CHIEFS TO SEE IF WE CAN PARTNER 11 OF THE DARK POLICE OFFICERS WITH ONE CITY POLICE OFFICER SO GARLAND POLICE OFFICER TO KIND OF PATROL THE STATIONS A LITTLE BIT AS PART OF THE BEAT. UM WE THINK THAT PARTNERSHIP MIGHT WORK REALLY WELL, BECAUSE IF WE DO THAT, THEN WE DON'T GET INTO THE JURISDICTIONAL ISSUES LIKE IF IT WAS JUST GARLAND POLICE PATROLLING THE STATIONS, AND IT'S A VERY EVASION ISSUE.

GARLAND POLICE MAY NOT HAVE JURISDICTION TO ISSUE A TICKET. WE'RE LOOKING INTO THAT, BUT AND THEN IF IT WAS JUST START POLICE , YOU KNOW, WE ONLY HAVE CERTAIN AUTHORITY, DEPENDING ON WHERE WE ARE. SO IF WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WHERE WE HAVE ONE OF EACH, THEN WE CAN COVER ALL BASES, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IN TERMS OF DEPLOYMENT, UM, OF THESE POLICE OFFICERS AND THE CONTRACTED SECURITY. WE'RE STILL WORKING THOSE DETAILS OUT. OUR TARGET AREAS RIGHT NOW ARE THE HOT SPOTS WHERE WE SEE A LOT OF ACTIVITY, BUT BUT THE GOAL IS EVENTUALLY WILL HAVE 90 CONTRACTED SECURITY TO ADD TO OUR PERSONNEL. IN ADDITION TO FILLING IN THOSE OTHER 40 POSITIONS THAT I MENTIONED, SO I THINK ONCE WE GET TO FULL STAFFING YOU'LL, YOU PROBABLY WON'T BE ABLE TO GET AWAY FROM THEM, I THINK IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN SO UM SO I DON'T HAVE. I CAN GET YOU MORE INFORMATION ON WHERE THEY'RE BEING DEPLOYED IN GARLAND. BUT I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION YET. BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T QUITE STARTED. OKAY ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT, UM, YOU MENTIONED I BELIEVE IT WENT BY QUICKLY, BUT A UPCOMING $400,000 DOWNTOWN GARLAND. UM. UPDATE RENOVATION. I MISS, CAN YOU QUICKLY SAY WHAT? THAT EXACTLY IS GOING TO INVOLVE. YEAH, IT'S A DOWNTOWN GARLAND TRANSIT CENTER AND LET ME JUST FIND THAT PAGE HERE REAL QUICK. UM HERE IT IS. UM YES. SO IT'S THE TRANSIT CENTER REHAB FOR DOWNTOWN GARLAND, AND IT'S SIMILAR TO SOME OF THE OTHER WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN GARLAND. IT'S REPLACING OR REPAIRING FENCING, WINDSCREENS, SEATING PAPERS AND CANOPIES. UM SO IT IS. IT INCLUDES THE BASE REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT OF THE SITES. ASSETS UM AND YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU KNOW THERE'S SOME DAMAGE SEATING AND SOME SUNKEN CURBS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BRING EVERYTHING BACK UP TO STANDARD IN TERMS OF HOW HOW IT

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AND SINCE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, WE HAD SALVATION ARMY AND A BUNCH OF FAITH SERVICES SCRAMBLING TO PROVIDE THAT I HAD AS MARK TO FIND OUT FOR ME IF THESE WERE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, OR ONLY TO TICKETED WRITERS, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT DARK, VERY KINDLY MADE THAT AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND NOT JUST TICKETED PASSENGERS. AND I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT, UM, IN THESE IN THESE DAYS WITH EXTREME HEAT, YOU CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN IN ACTUAL LIFE AND DEATH SITUATIONS FOR SOME OF THE SOME OF OUR PEOPLE IN GARLAND LAST QUESTION, GO LINK. WHICH RIGHT NOW IS PRETTY MUCH ISOLATED TO THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF GARLAND. I'M AND I'M GLAD FOR SOUTHEAST SCOTLAND, BUT , UM DO WE DO WE HAVE PLANS THAT ARE WE CAN SEE FROM HERE ABOUT EXPANDING THE PROGRAM. SAY NORTHWEST WORKED ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY. SO RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE PLANS FOR EXPANSION OF THE GOLD LINK SERVICE SPECIFICALLY IN GARLAND.

ACTUALLY MOST OF OUR SERVICES, UM MOST OF OUR GOAL INC ZONES. UM WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF DOING ZONED HIS OWN EXPERIMENTS. I'LL HAVE TO CHECK TO SEE IF THERE'S IF WE THINK THERE'S A DEMAND FOR ANY SORT OF ZONE TWO ZONE, UM, TRAVEL BETWEEN SOUTHEAST GARLAND AND ROULETTE BECAUSE THAT'S THE NEAREST GO LINK ZONE. THAT'S ADJACENT. IT'S NOT REALLY ADJACENT, SO LET ME LOOK INTO THAT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME EXPERIMENTS WHERE WE'RE LIKE MOST OF THE TIME. WHEN YOU'RE TAKING GO LINK, YOU'RE LIMITED TO THE BOUNDARIES OF THE ZONE THAT YOU'RE OPERATING IN OR THAT YOU'RE TRAVELING IN. AND SO IF YOU WANT TO GO 1 FT. BEYOND THAT BOUNDARY, IT'S NOT POSSIBLE. UM IN PLACES LIKE PLANO. THEY HAD SOME ADJACENT GOING ZONE, SO WE HAVE A PILOT GOING ON WITH INTER ZONE TRAVEL. TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. YOU KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE THAT TYPE OF A SERVICE. SO RIGHT NOW? NO IS THE EASY ANSWER. UM PROBABLY NOT THE ANSWER YOU WANT HERE, BUT, UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CONTINUE TO ITERATE AND LOOK AT AND, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THE PERFORMANCE. LOOK AT WHAT IT'S COSTING US. IT'S AN EXPENSIVE SERVICE TO RUN BECAUSE IT'S A BIG SUBSIDY. BUT UM, BUT I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO SEE HOW IT'S PERFORMING FOR PEOPLE. AND IF IT'S THE TYPE OF MODE THAT PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKE LIKE IT'S EASIER TO USE. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO KEEP LOOKING AT. I WILL SAY THAT OUR RIDERSHIP ON GO LINK HAS NOW SURPASSED THE RIDERSHIP OF THE PREVIOUS FIXED ROUTE THAT WAS IN PLACE, SO THAT'S AN IMPORTANT FINDING FOR US, UM, AGAIN VERY DIFFICULT TO KNOW HOW FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE IT CAN BE. BUT UM, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE STILL IN THE EARLY STAGES OF GOLD LINK. EVEN THOUGH WE'VE HAD IT OPERATING FOR OVER A YEAR NOW. WE HAVE A LOT OF GARLAND CITIZENS VERY INTERESTED IN SEEING GOLD LINK COME TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. SO UM ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. CANCER.

HEDRICK. THANK YOU, MAYOR. APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. MY QUESTION YOU HAS YOU MENTIONED THAT YOUR YOUR RIDERSHIP NOW 70% OF THE BREACH PANDEMIC LEVELS. DO YOU HAVE A BREAKDOWN ON HOW THAT IS IN GARLAND AND SCOTLAND SPECIFIC NUMBERS FOR RAIL AND BUS. I DO NOT. BUT I WILL GET THAT FOR YOU. OKAY YEAH. I APPRECIATE IT. INTERESTING TO SEE HOW WE'RE IF OUR RIDERSHIP LEVELS OF RETURN OR NOT, AND IT'S NOW BEEN A YEAR WITH A NEW BUS NETWORK SYSTEM AND WONDER IF YOU COULD GO IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON ANY FEEDBACK AND THE EXPERIENCE AND THE HOW HAS IT BEEN PERFORMING FOR YOU? UM HOLD ON ONE SECOND. I'M JUST MAKING NOTES. SO I DON'T FORGET TO GIVE YOU THIS INFORMATION. I'M SORRY. COULD YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? I JUST WANTED TO LET HER A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE NEW BUS NETWORK SYSTEM. SEE HOW THAT'S THE EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN FOR EVERYONE. YES SO, UM, SO WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY INCREASING OUR BUS RIDERSHIP ACROSS THE BOARD, SO BUS HAS RECOVERED FASTER THAN RAIL. UM, AND SO WE THINK THAT IS, UM LIKELY DUE TO THE FACTTRD THE NETWORK. SO IF YOU CAN IMAGINE, IN 40 YEARS WE HADN'T REALLY OVERHAULED THE BUS NETWORK. SO DESTINATIONS HAVE

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AND SO, UM, PROVIDING MORE SERVICE IN THE MIDDAY ON THE BUS SIDE WAS ACTUALLY REALLY HELPFUL AT CAPTURING SOME OF THOSE TRAVEL NEEDS. WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN RIDERSHIP DURING THE MIDDAY. WE'VE ALSO SEEN A LOT MORE RIDERSHIP ON THE WEEKENDS, WHICH IS VERY COMMON ACROSS THE COUNTRY IF YOU ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO TRANSIT USER SHIP OR RIDERSHIP ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

UM YOU KNOW, FOR A LOT OF CITIES AND ACTUALLY DART IS ONE OF THE TRANSIT AGENCIES AS EXPERIENCE EXPERIENCING THIS, UM YOU KNOW, OUR RIDERSHIP ON THE WEEKENDS HAS ACTUALLY COME LIKE I THINK WE'RE BACK AT PRE PANDEMIC NUMBERS. AND SO IT'S AN INTERESTING PHENOMENON THAT PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING IN THESE SORT OF UNPREDICTABLE TIMES, WHEREAS THEY USED TO TRAVEL SO MUCH MORE FOR THE WORK COMMUTES. AND SO YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE A SERVICE THAT PEOPLE CAN USE ANYTIME OF THE DAY. AND SO WE THINK THAT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CAPTURE A LOT OF THOSE A LOT OF THAT TRAVEL DEMAND THROUGH THE NEW BEST NETWORK, SO I GUESS THE SHORT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS, I THINK IT'S BEEN A SUCCESS. GOOD GREAT. AND FINALLY, WE THANK YOU FOR THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT FUNDS , AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO DRAWING THOSE DOWN AS YOU SEE VERY SOON.

THANK YOU. YEAH, RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. BECAUSE WE'RE WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, THANKS AGAIN FOR THE PRESENTATION. THREE QUICK ITEMS. A HARVARD STATION. THAT'S THAT'S IN THE HEART OF MY INDUSTRY. AND YOU MENTIONED I L A DOWN THERE. IF YOU DON'T HAVE TONIGHT. I'D LIKE TO GET SOME INFORMATION THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE ON THE TIMELINE. UM THERE'S SEVERAL PARTIES, INCLUDING GARLAND INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING BECAUSE WE HAVE A NEW COMMUNITY THAT'S COMING ON BOARD DOWN THERE, SO I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT TRACK AS WELL AS AS THIS ONE. SO IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. I'VE HAD THAT QUESTION . COME TO WHAT TOM AND LOOKS LOOKS LIKE FOR GETTING THAT DONE. YEAH I WILL CIRCLE BACK WITH, UM, THE CITY MANAGER AS WELL AS THE OTHER GARLAND STAFF AND DART STAFF, AND WE'LL GET YOU A TIMELINE FOR THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM SECONDLY, ALSO LIKE GRAY HABIT. AH MARK ONE HAS HEARD THIS A LOT THAN MACH TWO AND HIS PRESENTATIONS FEEDBACK THAT I'VE GOT ABOUT THAT STATION AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR INFORMATION ON AND WHY WEATHER STATION ESSENTIALLY SAT DOWN WHILE YOU GIVE ME GIVING US A LITTLE HISTORY ON THAT, BUT I GET THAT FEEDBACK ALL THE TIME, PARTICULARLY FOR THAT STATION. UM AND I USUALLY WHEN I GET THE FEEDBACK, I GET EXAMPLES EXAMINES THE MOTHER SHOULD GET OFF WITH STROLLERS AND BABIES AND THEY GO AND PULL ON THE DOOR. AND THEY CAN'T GET THE DOOR. THEY CAN'T CHANGE THEIR BABIES. THEY CAN'T USE THE RESTROOM. THEY CAN'T CHARGE THEIR PHONES. AND SO I GET THE QUESTION. WHY IS IT THERE? YOU KNOW, AND I'M A I'M A HUGE FAN SUPPORT OF DART. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE KIND OF FEEDBACK THAT WE GET SO AS THAT PROCESS, AND YOU MENTIONED YOU'RE YOU'RE GETTING READY TO START IN YOUR BUDGETARY CYCLE. ALL THOSE ARE SOME OF THE SOME OF THE WHAT I CALL THE SHOE LEATHER ISSUES AND CONCERNS THAT WE GET THAT I GET BACK FROM FROM MY NEGATIVE WORD ABOUT PEOPLE BECAUSE HE SAID, I CAN'T. I CAN'T EVEN IF I WANTED TO GET A TICKET TO SOMEPLACE ELSE, AND THEY USED TO HAVE THE THEY PROBABLY HAVE ANOTHER NAME. NOW I CALL THEM TICKET MACHINES. I'M DATING MYSELF. PROBABLY BUT WE GO IN. YOU COULD GET PASSES. BUT THEY SAID I CAN'T EVEN GET IN TO DO A PASS NOW. SO THERE'S SOME REAL FRUSTRATIONS FROM DOWN IN NUMBER ABOUT THE WRITERS FOR THAT, SO, UH, SOME ATTENTION CONTINUE TO CONTINUE, THEN I KNOW THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT. THEY OTHER THING YOU MENTIONED IMPROVEMENT. THE BUS STOPS. AH I HEAR THE PHRASE THERE TOO, IS COUNCILOR WILLIAMS . WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET FROM DARK AND AGAIN, UH, I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT DOT HAS A DINNER OR THE YEARS TO IMPROVE THE NUMBER OF COVERED STOPS. OKAY AND, UH, VERY MUCH

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THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. I THINK WE'VE ALMOST GONE THROUGH THE FULL, UH FULL SET HERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? YOU HEAR ME? ASK A QUESTION REAL QUICK. YOU MAY CERTAINLY DO THAT.

COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS QUESTION ABOUT THE BUS STOPS, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT GARLAND SITUATION IS WITH IT WHAT THE REGULATIONS ARE BUT OBVIOUSLY, THE MONEY FOR THOSE BUS STOPS IS THE MAIN DRIVING FORCE. THEY'RE NOT. THEY'RE NOT EXPENSIVE AT ALL. YOU PUT LIGHTING DOUBLES. SO UH , ONE OF THE CONCERNS WE'VE HAD FROM SIMILAR CITIES IS THEY DON'T WANT ADVERTISING. BUT ADVERTISING WOULD BE THE THINGS THAT PAY FOR THOSE BUS SHELTERS . DO YOU KNOW OFF THE OFF THE.

OUR RULES ARE IN GARLAND WITH RESPECT TO WHETHER OR NOT THERE CAN BE POSTED ADVERTISING. I BELIEVE OUR CITY ATTORNEY CAN DON'T NECESSARILY NEED THE ANSWER. NOW IT'S LIKE A TEST.

NOW. IT'S JUST TO THE EXTENT THAT THAT'S NOT CERTAIN HE HAS THE ANSWER I HAVE WITH HIM THEN BECAUSE I'D SURE LIKE TO TELL US RIGHT NOW. RIGHT NOW, UM ARE SIGN ORDINANCE IN GARLAND DOES NOT APPLY TO GOVERNMENT ENTITIES. SO IF Y'ALL NEEDED SIGNS ON YOUR BUS STOP, SHALL WE WOULD BE MORE THAN I'M ABLE TO DO THAT AND BEING CONFORMANCE WITH OUR CITY ORDINANCES. THAT'S ABOUT AS EASY AS IT GETS RIGHT THERE. THAT'S A GOOD ATTORNEY. DOUBLE HIS SALARY. I'M GONNA TURN IT. THAT'S WHAT I SAID YES , BUT IT'S A FORMER MAYOR, YOU KNOW THE YOU KNOW THE PITFALLS OF THAT AS WELL. SO WELL. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TIME WITH US, NOTTAGE FROM MY NOTES AND THE FOLLOW UP ITEMS. AH THE FUTURE SHELTER, RENDERING THE TRANSIT CENTER UPDATE SCHEDULE OR TIMELINE. THE GOLD LINK ZONE EXPANSION. GARLAND RIDERSHIP NUMBERS AND THERE WOULD BE OBVIOUSLY RAIL BUS GO LINK AND THEN YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW WE HAVE SEEN THAT IN PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS AND ALSO USUALLY WHAT'S INCLUDE SORT OF IN THAT IN THAT GROUP OF INFORMATION IS THE NUMBER OF COVERAGE STOPS WE DO HAVE AND I KNOW WE'VE WE'VE HAD THAT AND USUALLY THERE'S A COMPARISON BETWEEN RICHARDS, YOU KNOW? OBVIOUSLY THE OUR NEIGHBOR OUR NEIGHBORING CITY USE UM, AND THEN THE LAST ONE WAS THE LAKE. RAY HUBBARD. I L A TIMELINE. AND I THINK I THINK EVERYTHING ELSE YOU WERE ABLE TO ANSWER HERE TONIGHT. BUT IF YOU COULD FOLLOW UP AND YOU CAN SEND THAT IN, AND THEN IT CAN BE DISTRIBUTED OUT TO THE GROUP AS A WHOLE WILL GET THAT INFORMATION BACK TO YOU AS SOON AS WE CAN. VERY GOOD. WITH THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND IF YOU CAN SHUT YOUR PRESENTATION DOWN IF THERE'S SOMEBODY CAN MINIMIZE. MINIMIZE THAT OR SOMETHING. EXCUSE ME, OKAY, WE WILL BE MOVING ON TO ITEM FOUR B INTERVIEW FOR

[4.b. Interview for Appointment to the North Texas Municipal Water District Board]

I HAVE ONE SON. ONE STEPSON. AND BEEN A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF GARLAND FOR A LITTLE OVER 10

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UM ISSUING THE PAYMENTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF WHATEVER THE PROJECT IS HOLDING ALL THE REVENUES. HOLDING ALL THE LAND AND THE BUILDINGS OR WHATEVER THE WHETHER IT BE A HOSPITAL OR A BRIDGE. A SENIOR LIVING WHATEVER. UM. AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, I'D SAT IN A LOT OF THE CITY OF GARLAND. HOUSING MEETINGS, UM, LOOKING FOR SOME HOUSING TRUST BUSINESS. UM SO I WAS FAMILIAR WITH THAT GROUP AND LIKE I SAID, HIT SOME OF THOSE MEETINGS. AND IT'S FAMILIAR WITH THIS KIND OF A STRUCTURE BECAUSE WE DID A LOT OF MARKETING PRESENTATIONS TO VARIOUS MUNICIPALITIES AND OTHER MUNICIPAL ENTITIES. UM. AS IT RELATES TO, UM, WHERE THIS WOULD HAVE VALUE TO, UM UM, THE NORTH TEXAS. MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT . BASICALLY THAT'S MUNICIPAL ENTITY, A LARGE PART OF THEIR PURPOSE. IS THEY HAVE THE ABILITY, ENABLING LEGISLATION TO BE ABLE TO ISSUE MUNICIPAL BONDS , SO I WOULD BE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE MAJOR TASK OF THAT GROUP. FAMILIAR WITH THE BAND COUNCILS. THE UNDERWRITERS, THE FINANCIAL ADVISORS THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH. BASICALLY THE ENTIRETY OF MY CAREER. AND, UM. I THINK THAT BECAUSE OF THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE A GREAT UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE FINANCING THAT WERE BEING DISCUSSED IN THAT TYPE OF THING. UM IN ADDITION, IT WOULD BE MY INTENT OBVIOUSLY SIT DOWN. UM WITH THEIR MAIN OPERATING MANAGER TO UNDERSTAND BROADVIEW. OF HOW THEY'RE GOING ABOUT THEIR PROCESS AND THEIR BUSINESS. AND OBVIOUSLY SIT DOWN WITH THE PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH TO PROPERLY REPRESENT THE CITY OF GARLAND TO UNDERSTAND THEIR WATER NEEDS AND WHERE THEY STAND AND WHAT'S BEEN FINANCED AND WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE FOR THE FUTURE. SO. JUST PLEASE MAKE SURE NOT TO LEAVE SOMETHING OUT HERE. UM. NO I THINK THAT'S PRETTY MUCH MY SUMMARY. I'M FAR AS MY BACKGROUND WHERE I THINK IT WOULD BRING VALUE. A LITTLE BIT OF MY ANTENNA AND HOW IT WOULD PROCEED WITH IT. AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN FRONT OF YOU, TOO. HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. VERY GOOD IN THIS PROCESS. UM, IS YOU. YOU ARE APPOINTED BY THIS GROUP. SO THE INTERVIEW, YOU KNOW THAT THAT SORT OF DICTATES THE PROCESS, BUT WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR HICKS? CAST MEMBER HEDRICK YOU WERE IN THEN YOU WERE OUT, IS IT? CAST MEMBER HEDRICK. THANK YOU. IT SHOWS UP HERE AND THEN IT DISAPPEARS. SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S YOU OR IT'S PROBABLY ME. YES TONIGHT. JUST ONE QUESTION FOR YOU, SIR. IF YOU WERE APPOINTED TO THE BOARD, WHAT IS YOUR VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF THE ORGANIZATION SINCE THE BOARD DRIVES A LOT OF THAT VISION WELL, UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW. AND SO I MEAN, I THINK THE PURPOSE THAT I WOULD REALLY HAVE IS TO GET WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OPERATING YOUR WATER SYSTEM. AND TO TRULY UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY ARE. WHERE THEY WANT TO BE. WHERE THEY SEE THE FINANCING NEEDS. WHAT WHAT'S BEEN DONE IN THE PAST AND WHAT NEEDS HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. HOW THAT DEBT SERVICE FOR THOSE ISSUES MIGHT MATCH OFF AGAINST WHAT THEIR REVENUES ARE AND HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING WITH THE BROADER VIEW OF THE NORTH TEXAS WATER. AH DISTRICT TO SEE HOW GARLAND FITS INTO THAT SCHEME

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THANK YOU, SIR. FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME DOWN TONIGHT. GREAT TO MEET YOU. THANK YOU. JUST ONE QUESTION AS A WITH YOUR FINANCIAL BACKGROUND, AND IT'S AWESOME. MOST SHIPS SUPER IMPRESSED TO HAVE RICHER YOUR RESUME. BUT IF YOU'RE APPOINTED TO THIS BOARD TO MAKE POLICY FROM THIS BOARD HOW IT THREE THINGS. HOW MANY USE THREE WORDS AND TELL ME HOW IT THOSE THINGS . DRIVE YOUR YOUR FISCAL POLICY. MAKING AS MOMENTS ABOARD. CONSTRUCTION. CONSUMPTION. AND CONSERVATION RELATED TO WATER. HOW WOULD THOSE THREE ELEMENTS OF FACTORS PLAY INTO AH, YOUR APPROACH. TO BEING A MEMBER OF THIS BOARD. WELL, UM. I THINK YOU HAVE TO ALWAYS START WITH WHAT YOUR NEEDS ARE THEN I THINK YOU NEED TO GO FROM I'M NOT SURE I'LL REMEMBER ALL 3 MILLION. YOU WANT ME TO REPEAT THEM WITH CONSTRUCTION? UM AS I SAID, YOU NEED TO BE FAR AHEAD OF THE GAME ON THAT TYPE OF THING. SO I THINK YOU KNOW IT FIRST. YOU HAVE TO SORT OF SAY OKAY. WHAT WHAT ARE THE WHERE ARE WE WITH THE NEEDS TODAY? ARE WE AHEAD OF THE GAME? ARE WE BEHIND THE GAME? ARE WE PRETTY MUCH PROPERLY MATCHING OFF AGAINST THE NEEDS OF THE CITY OF GARLAND. HOW DOES THAT LOOK? AND I GUESS SOME SOME WHAT I'D BE LOOKING AT IS WHAT IS A TYPICAL TIMELINE FROM THE TIME OF FINANCING IS COMPLETED TO THE TIME THAT PROJECT IS ONLINE. AND THEN HOW DOES THAT MATCH UP WITH YOUR ANTICIPATED POPULATION GROWTH IN THAT MUNICIPALITY? UM SO THAT THAT IS SOMEWHAT EVENT. I GUESS THEN THERE WOULD BE AN UNDERLYING PERSPECTIVE OF THAT IS WHERE ARE WE? WHERE ARE WE MATCHING OFF AGAINST? UM. THE REVENUES THAT YOUR CONSTANT YOU'RE ALREADY RECEIVING IN YOUR WATER DISTRICT. HOW DOES THAT TIMELINE LOOK LIKE? SO THAT IF YOU ARE DOING A FINANCING, AND YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THE MARKET IS TODAY FOR THE COSTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE NEED TO BE BORROWED IN ORDER TO BUILD. UM WHATEVER YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD, YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S THE UNDERLYING FINANCIALS BECAUSE THAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT THE UNDERWRITERS AND THE FINANCIAL ADVISORS ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT IS WHAT YOUR YOUR DEBT SERVICE RATIO SO THAT YOU KNOW, UM HOW MUCH COVERAGE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ON THE COST OF THE PROJECT VERSUS WHAT YOUR REVENUES LOOK LIKE. AND WHAT'S THE FEASIBILITY OF YOU INCREASING YOUR REVENUES OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME? SO THOSE WOULD BE SOME OF THE PIECES THAT WOULD GO INTO LOOKING AT CONSTRUCTION AND I'M SORRY. WHAT HIT ME WITH THE SECOND ONE. CONSUMPTION AND CONSERVATION. UM . OKAY WELL, CONSUMPTION. UM YEAH, WE'RE DEFINITELY ALSO GO INTO THAT BUCKET. WHAT? WHAT? WELL, AS WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF HEAT THAT WE'RE HAVING IN THE, INCLUDING THE INCREASE IN THE HEAT INDEX THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. AND WHAT IMPACT IS THAT GOING TO HAVE ON WATER? SO WHAT KIND OF YOU KNOW, SCIENTIFIC DATA DO WE HAVE AS TO WHAT KIND OF IMPACT THAT'S HAVING? UM WHAT'S OUR LOCAL NUMBERS LOOKING AT? AS HOW MUCH WATER LOSS THAT WE'RE HAVING. AS IT RELATES TO THE AMOUNT OF EXTRA HEAT THAT WE'RE RECEIVING . AND WHAT IMPACT IS THAT GOING TO HAVE ON THE AVAILABILITY OF WATER DOWN THE ROAD? UM AND ITS IMPACT ON THE EXPENSE OF THE REVENUES THAT WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE COST OF DOING THAT WATER. SO, UM, THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT COIN WOULD BE FROM A POINT OF CONSUMPTION. WHAT CAN WE DO TO REDUCE THE CONSUMPTION? THERE'S BEEN SOME STUDIES IN ISRAEL THAT HOW MUCH WATER IS LOST FROM PIPES? UM IS KIND OF STAGGERING FROM JUST YOUR NORMAL USE OF PIPES AND THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT'S LOST IN

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CONSERVATION. OH, UH, WELL, I THINK THE PIPES WOULD BE A BIG PART OF THAT. UM CONSERVATION, I THINK IS. ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL, UM. I DON'T KNOW OUTSIDE OF STICKING IT STAYING UP WITH SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS AS. TO NEW IDEAS AND HOW TO BETTER CONSERVE THAT WATER. LIKE I SAID, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BECOME MORE OF AN ISSUE WHERE YOU HAVE A LOT OF LEG SPACE OPEN AIR. TO A LOT OF EVAPORATION. SO THERE THERE MAY NEED TO BE SOME KIND OF SOLUTIONS. TWO. POSSIBLY COVERING THAT WATER IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT'S NOT AS EXPOSED TO EVAPORATION, SO I THINK I THINK THAT'S A WHOLE ANOTHER AREA THAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK. LOOK AT. I CAN'T SAY THAT I HAVE YOU KNOW AN ANSWER TO THAT ONE. THERE'S PROBABLY PEOPLE ARE BRIGHTER THAN ME. THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT ONE. THANKS, SIR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. I SEE NONE. THANK YOU , SIR. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TONIGHT. AND NEXT WE HAVE THE HONORABLE LAURIE BARNETT DOTSON.

I THINK YOU KNOW HOW THIS PROCESS WORKS. COUNCIL STAFF GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE. NUMBER ONE JUST A LITTLE OFF THAT DARK PRESENTATION IS THE BEST ONE I'VE SEEN, I THINK, YEAH, I LIKE THE WRITER FOCUS ANYWAY. I'M SORRY. LAURIE BARNETT DODSON FOR ANYBODY THAT MAY NOT KNOW MY EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND. I'M A C P A. UM MOST OF MY ACCOUNTING WORK WAS IN THE REAL ESTATE FILLED UNFORTUNATELY, MAYOR LEMAY HAS HAD FORTUNE. TO WORK WITH ME FIVE YEARS ON PLANNING COMMISSION. SIX YEARS ON CITY COUNCIL AND ONE YEAR AS MAYOR. UM, I THINK THE FINANCIAL BACKGROUND AND. THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR. BACKGROUND GIVES ME A LEG UP. TO KNOW. THE WATER DISTRICT. AND HOW IT WORKS. UM. COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS AS YOU WERE TALKING I WAS THINKING OF WHEN THE YEAR THAT WE SERVE THAT WE WERE AFRAID THE WATER WAS GOING TO DROP BELOW. THE LINE FOR THE PUMPS TO WORK CONSERVATION IS CRITICAL. WITH THE GROWTH. I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER, BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO. BODY ART LAKE COMING ONLINE. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH CAPACITY THAT'S ADDED FORESTS. UM. CONSERVATION CONSUMPTION KIND OF GO HAND IN HAND. WE YEP. CONSUMPTION NEEDS TO BE MAINLY. FOR YEAH. REQUIRED THINGS DRINKING WATER. TAKING ABOUT THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. UM . THE DISTRICT HAS WORKED ON THOSE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, LIVING THROUGH THAT DROUGHT. THE DISTRICT HAS ALREADY WORKED ON A LOT OF THOSE. UM. CONSTRUCTION WE KNOW IS VERY HARD ABOUT ARC LAKE TOOK 2030 YEARS FROM PERMITTING TO COMPLETION. I DON'T I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF BIG CONSTRUCTION REPLACEMENT. FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND. I THINK OUR MAIN FOCUS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ONLY PART OF WATER. WE ARE NOT PART OF THE WASTEWATER SERVICES. OR THE TRASH SERVICES THAT THE DISTRICT PROVIDES TO OTHER CITIES. AND SO I THINK WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE FUNDS. THAT ARE SHOWN IN THE WATER ARE ONLY RELATED TO WATER. AND WITH THAT, I THINK I'VE SAID ENOUGH AND EVERYBODY'S TIRED. HOW.

[01:20:09]

THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. I JUST HAD A QUESTION AS CURIOUS. YOU KNOW THAT WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH A VERY LARGE DIS, A WATER DISTRICT THAT HAS A LOT OF MEMBER CITIES THAT ARE IN IT. YOU HAVE KIND OF A IT'S ALMOST LIKE AN INDOCTRINATION. THEY TRY TO CONVINCE YOU TO HAVE AND, UM A.

YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE THE WATER DISTRICT. THEY TRY TO GET YOU TO KIND OF VOTE IN A WAY THAT YOU REPRESENT THE DISTRICT RATHER THAN YOUR MEMBER CITY. WHAT IS YOUR POSITION? HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT WHETHER ARE YOU ALL GARLAND OR YOU MORE REGIONAL? HOW DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN THIS POSITION? YOU NEVER GOT THE CHANCE TO SERVE WITH ME. HMM YEAH, PRETTY MUCH ALL GARLAND, HOWEVER, THAT YOU CAN'T REALLY SAY THAT, UM. YOU NEED TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE DISTRICT BUT AGAIN WITH GARLAND'S RESIDENTS. IN MIND. UM YEP. CITY COUNCIL. WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR? I THINK THAT'S WHY I KEEP GOING BACK TO THE COST, AND THEY'RE WATER LINES OF BUSINESS. THE DISTRICT MAY THINK WE'RE ALL ONE BIG DISTRICT, BUT GARLAND'S NOT BECAUSE WE DON'T TAKE PART IN THOSE OTHER LINES OF BUSINESS. THAT'S WHERE IT'S YOU KNOW. GARLAND'S PAYING FOR A SERVICE.

[01:25:02]

[4.c. Interview for Appointment to the Texas Municipal Power Agency]

SAME QUESTION. I'VE ASKED WHAT'S BEING ON THE BOARD. YOU GET TO SET THE FUTURE VISION FOR THE ORGANIZATION. WHAT IS YOUR VIEW OF THE FUTURE? IF YOU WERE ON THE BOARD, VISION AND PURPOSE OF THE BOARD, SO I THINK IT STARTS AS I'M REPRESENTING THIS ROOM ON THAT BOARD, SO I THINK I'D HAVE TO TALK TO EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY AND UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SEE. AND THEN I BRING A NEW FRESH PERSPECTIVE TO IT AS A, UM AND CAST THAT VISION AT THAT POINT, SO I'D HAVE TO UNDERSTAND. HOW THIS ROOM WANTS TO ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR WERE VERY GOOD. ANY

[01:30:02]

AFTER 10 YEARS IN THE BIG CORPORATE LIFE. I'M NOT A SUIT GUY AND A TIGER. I MADE A MAJOR SWITCH. I WENT FROM THAT INTO CUSTOM HOME BUILDING. SO GOOD THAT FOR BASICALLY THE REST OF MY CAREER, UH ALSO DURING THAT TIME, BUILT A LOT OF DUPLEXES AND KEPT A LOT OF THOSE DUPLEXES . SO IT AIN'T RIGHT SHOW THAT THAT'S ME. I WAS MARRIED FOR 56 YEARS, 55 YEARS AND MY WIFE PASSED AWAY ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO. I HAVE TWO CHILDREN, OBVIOUSLY ADULTS. AH T M P A T M P A IS A INTERESTING BEAST. AH! WELL I ASSUME MOST OF YOU KNOW, IT WAS IT WAS ORGANIZED BACK AND SEVENTIES WHEN THEY WERE MAJOR. ENERGY PROBLEMS. NATURAL GAS SHORTAGES. UH ETCETERA. AH IT TOO, HAS A LITTLE WEIRD ORGANIZATION. THEREFORE MEMBERS, CITIES, OF WHICH GARLAND OWNS 47% AS THEY OWNS. THAT'S NOT QUITE THE WORD RIGHT WORD GARLAND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 47. T M B A THERE EIGHT MEMBERS ON THE BOARD TO FROM EACH MEMBER CITIES . WE EFFECTIVELY HAVE A 25% VOTE WITH 47% INTEREST. HAVING SAID THAT, TMP A. I'VE BEEN IN BOB WITH IT. FOR A LONG TIME. I THINK THIS IS MY 21ST YEAR ON THE BOARD. BACK IN THE LATE. EIGHTIES HAD A MAJOR LIGNITE MINED DOWN THEIR TOTAL EMPLOYEES . I THINK WAR AND RANGE OF 700 OR SO AH TMP A IS AN AGENCY IS IN THE AH! PROCESS OF WRAPPING UP HER CENTRIST. WE CURRENTLY HAVE SEVEN EMPLOYEES. AH, OF THAT. AH WE SOLD THE MIND INTEREST ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. SOME 11,000 ACRES. FOR APPROXIMATELY 75 MILLION, WHICH WAS AH, WITHOUT A VERY GOOD PRICE FOR THAT. WE'VE STILL GOT ABOUT 700 ACRES. THAT WE'RE WAITING ON THE MARKET TO CHANGE JUST A LITTLE BIT BEFORE WE SAW THAT. WE HAVE GOTTEN ALL OF THE ACRE X RELEASED FROM BOND COVERAGE, IT WOULD EXCEPTION OF A BALLOT THINKS ABOUT 70 ACRES. THOSE HAVE SOME CALLED ASSETS SEEPS ON THEM. SO CHEMICAL YOU WERE WORKING ON THAT, BUT WE'RE GETTING THERE. AH! SO THE MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES DOWN THERE AT THE MOMENT IS ONE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES WITH HAVING CLOSED THE MIND. DECOMMISSIONING OF THE PLANT, WHICH WILL BE COMPLETE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. AH AH! AH AND I ARE MAJOR REMAINING ARE SET OR TRANSMISSION LINES AND WE'VE GOT 320 SORT OF GET MILES. I THINK IT IS. OF 11, 35 3 48 BOWLS, THE BIG STUFF THAT YOU SEE ON THE ON THE LINES. AH OLD TIMIDLY. THOSE ASSETS WILL BE TRANSFERRED. TO THE CITIES, BUT AT THE MOMENT WE'RE GETTING IN. THIS WILL PROBABLY BE TRUE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS TO COME. WE'RE GETTING A RIGHT OF RETURN. FROM OR KAT. THAT'S. FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, SUPERIOR TO WHAT THE FOUR CITIES GET SO IT MAKES SENSE FOR THE NBA TO CONTINUE TO MANAGE, OWN AND MANAGE. THAT TRANSMISSION FACILITIES SO AT ANY RATE, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M ON THE BOARD WITH WHICH JAMIE RATLIFF. UM WE FEEL WE KNOW TMP A PRETTY WELL WE FEEL WE RUN IT

[01:35:10]

AND COUNSELOR, COUNSELOR HEDRICK. THANK YOU, MR BARON. YOU MENTIONED THE GARLAND HAS A 47% INTEREST, BUT ONLY 25. VOTING STAKE IN IT. AND YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR YES, SIR. AND YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR APPLICATION THAT YOU EXPECT TO BE ELECTED PRESIDENT COMING UP.

SO HOW DOES THAT BECOMING PRESIDENT? HOW DOES THAT, UH. LACK OF REPRESENTATION IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE INTEREST AFFECT HOW YOU PRESIDENT, IT HELPS A LITTLE BIT, BUT NOT A HUGE AMOUNT. I'VE BEEN PRESIDENT . I THINK TWICE BEFORE WE CYCLE IT. THROUGH BUT, UH YOU KNOW, YOU CAN A LITTLE BIT CONTROL AGENDA, ETCETERA, BUT WE'RE TO THE POINT AS AN AGENCY NOW THAT THAT'S NOT NEARLY AS SIGNIFICANT OR IT'S IMPORTANT AS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN 10 15 20 YEARS AGO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. VERY GOOD. VERY BRIEFLY AROUND AND WE'RE GETTING LATE FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW. ONE TMP A OPENED THE ONE DAY QUOTE LIGNITE MINE THAT LIGNITE WAS, IN ESSENCE BURNING DIRT, AND THAT'S EXAGGERATION. IT WAS ABOUT A 6 FT. DEEP SEEM IT HAD ABOUT 100 FT OF OVERBURDEN OVER IT. SO YOU HAD TO DIG DOWN 100 FT. TO GET TO THE 6 FT WHEN YOU GOT TO THE 6 FT. YOU DIDN'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT BECAUSE THE BTU UH, CONTENT OF THAT WAS ABOUT I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 4000 BTUS PER POUND VERSUS HARD COAL UP IN VIRGINIA. IT'S 15 16,000 BTU USED PER POUND THE ASH CONTENT. WHEN WE BURNED THAT DIRT, WHICH 20. I THINK IT WAS 26 OR 27% SO

[01:40:08]

[5. Announce Future Agenda Items]

MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE WE, UM WE HAVE WE CONSIDER. I'M NOT SURE HOW I ASKED THIS, BUT BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF CAR WASHES THAT HAVE BEEN CONVERTING TO CONVENIENCE STORES AND NOT CONVINCED TO AUTOMOTIVE PURPOSES . AND I'D LIKE TO, I THINK DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WOULD BE THE CORRECT GROUP TO THE CORRECT COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER THAT. VERY GOOD, SO AND SO WE HAVE, UH, CUSTOMER LOOKED AS A SECOND AND SO WE WILL GET THAT TO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. THANK YOU.

VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. GO AHEAD, COUNSELOR WILLIAMS. I HAD THOUGHT OF THIS LONG ENOUGH TO SAY WHICH COMMITTEE BUT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THE CHALLENGES OF FIREWORKS. WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT TALKS ABOUT THAT . I'D LIKE FOR US TO REVIEW THAT ORDINANCE. IT APPLIES TO AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S PUBLIC. WOULD THAT BE PUBLIC SAFETY? ABSOLUTELY. CAN WE GET THAT REVIEW? THAT'S THAT'S MY OKAY. REVIEW FIREWORKS ORDINANCE COUNSELOR. DUTTON WILL BE THE SECOND ON THAT WE WILL GET THAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. IT'S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT. THERE'S NEW COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS COMING UP TOMORROW NIGHT IN THE COMMITTEES ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT SOME OF THE TOPICS COMING THEIR WAY IS MY INTERPRETATION OF THE CONVERSATION GOING ON TO THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM. ANY ADDITIONAL FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING COMES UP OUTSIDE OF THIS. THERE IS ALWAYS THAT PROCESS OF BRINGING THOSE ITEMS FORWARD. WITH THAT WE ARE AT ITEM SIX COUNCIL MOVE INTO

[6. City Council will move into Executive Session]

[01:45:06]

WE ARE IN RECESS.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.