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[Call to Order]
TO THE SEPTEMBER 19TH REGULAR MEETING OF THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL.IT IS A CUSTOM AND TRADITION OF THIS CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE AN INVOCATION AND RECITAL OF THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF OUR MEETING.
YOU ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IF YOU SO CHOOSE.
UH, BUT YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE, UH, IN EITHER OR BOTH.
AND WHATEVER DECISION YOU MAKE WILL NOT IMPACT THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE HERE THIS EVENING.
AND TONIGHT WE WILL BE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DEBORAH MORRIS FROM DISTRICT TWO.
MA'AM, IF YOU CARE TO, PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER.
FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE THANK YOU FOR THE CITY, FOR ALL OUR RESIDENTS AND STAFF, FOR THE MAYOR, AND FOR MY COLLEAGUES ON COUNCIL, WE ASK FOR WISDOM AS WE CONSIDER THE ISSUES TO BE BROUGHT BEFORE US TONIGHT.
GRANT US GRACIOUS SPEECH, LISTENING EARS, UNDERSTANDING HEARTS AND DISCERNMENT TO MAKE THE BEST POSSIBLE DECISIONS, BOTH FOR TODAY AND ON INTO THE FUTURE.
WE ASK THESE THINGS IN JESUS' NAME.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH EXPERIENCE ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
BEFORE WE GET STARTED HERE THIS EVENING, UH, I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK, YOU HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT? YES, SIR.
I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE EVERYONE TO MY DISTRICT SEVEN TOWN HALL, BEING HELD THIS THURSDAY AT 6:00 PM AT THE NORTH GARLAND BRANCH LIBRARY.
WE'LL BE DISCUSSING CAHO ROAD, UH, A ROADWAY THAT'S A 20 2004 BOND PROJECT THAT IS FINALLY UNDERWAY.
I'D LIKE TO INFORM ALL THE CITIZENS, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN CAMELOT OF THAT ROADWAY PROJECT.
WE'LL ALSO BE DISCUSSING OTHER BOND PROJECTS THAT ARE AROUND DISTRICT SEVEN AND AROUND THE CITY.
AND WE'LL ALSO HAVE AN UPDATE FROM OUR, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY UPDATE FROM OUR N P O.
AND SO I INVITE YOU ALL TO JOIN ME THIS THURSDAY AT SIX AT NORTH GARLAND BRANCH LIBRARY.
WELL, I WAS, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO A RECOGNITION FOR GOOD SAM, UH, THIS EVENING, BUT I DON'T SEE THAT THEY ARE HERE.
SO WE WILL HOLD THAT FOR ANOTHER NIGHT AND WE WILL MOVE ON.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA.ALL ITEMS UNDER THIS SECTION ARE RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY A SINGLE MOTION OF COUNSEL.
WITHOUT DISCUSSION, COUNSEL HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW EACH OF THESE ITEMS AT A PREVIOUS WORK SESSION AND APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO IMPLEMENT EACH ITEM.
I WILL ANNOUNCE THE AGENDA AND PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE OR THE COUNCIL TO REQUEST THAT AN ITEM BE REMOVED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.
UH, CURRENTLY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS HAS ASKED FOR ITEM TWO C TO BE PULLED.
SO WE WILL HAVE A SEPARATE VOTE ON THAT ITEM.
AND JUST TO NOTE, COUNSEL, UH, WE ARE GOING TO PULL ITEMS SIX AND SEVEN.
UH, THOSE WILL COME BACK TO US AT OUR OCTOBER.
I BELIEVE IT'S THE 10TH MEETING.
UH, SO THOSE TWO ITEMS WERE NOT READY FOR PRESENTATION, SO WE WILL COME BACK TO THOSE, UH, NEXT TIME AROUND.
LET ME READ THROUGH THE AGENDA.
ITEM ONE, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE AUGUST 15TH, 2023, REGULAR MEETING.
ITEM TWO, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING BIDS.
GAS RECIRCULATING FAN VIBRATION DATA AND BALANCING ON HERE.
ITEM TWO, B, G P AND L, OLINGER AND SPENCER PLANT, SCAFFOLDING, RENTAL AND LABOR.
ITEM TWO D, SEMI-TRACTOR TRUCKS.
ITEM TWO E LIVE FIRE TRAINING PROPS.
MARION SPIEGEL, GREEN SITE IMPROVEMENTS.
ITEM TWO G NORTH GARLAND LIBRARY FACADE AND SITE IMPROVEMENT.
ITEM TWO H, REPLACEMENT TRUCKS.
ITEM THREE, PUBLIC HEARINGS WERE PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONING CASE.
COUNSEL APPROVED THE REQUEST AND INSTRUCTED STAFF TO BRING FORTH THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE FOR CONSIDERATION.
ITEM THREE A IS ZONING KZ 22 DASH 50, BLOOMING INVESTMENT GROUP L L C IN DISTRICT TWO.
ITEM FOUR, RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING CHARTER REVIEW
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COMMITTEE.ITEM FIVE, REQUEST FOR A DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE FROM THE DRAPER GARLAND, L L C, ITEM EIGHT, RENEWAL OF HEALTH, RENEWAL OF HEALTH AUTHORITY AND INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS.
ITEM NINE, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO RENEW A HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
ITEM 10, RENEWAL OF INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN GARLAND PUBLIC HEALTH AND PARKLAND HEALTH AND HOSPITAL SYSTEM.
ITEM 11, GARLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT MASTER PLAN.
ITEM 12, ATMOS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.
ITEM 13, CONSIDER ASSISTANCE FOR THE 2023 WHEELS OF HOPE CAR SHOW.
AND THE LAST ITEM 14, REQUEST FOR DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FROM THE NEW MODERN HOME INC.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANY OF OF THOSE ITEMS PULLED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY? I SEE NONE.
UM, MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEMS TWO C SIX AND SEVEN.
I HAVE A MOTION, UH, BY COUNCIL MEMBER RE MORRIS AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM BASS TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, UH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM TWO C AND THE REMOVAL OF ITEM SIX AND SEVEN.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, I SECRETARY, IF YOU CAN PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US PLEASE AND DISPLAY THE VOTE.
AND THAT IS, THOSE ITEMS ARE APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
[2c. Professional Services for Chaha Boat Ramp at John Paul Jones Park]
GO BACK TO ITEM TWO C.ITEM TWO C, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR CHA HA BOAT RAMP AT JOHN PAUL JONES PARK.
AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION.
AND I'M SORRY, ZIAD, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO, THAT'S NORMALLY MY JOB, BUT I DIDN'T DO PART OF MY JOB, SO DO IT.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, HAVE PREPARED A FEW SLIDES TO, UH, TALK ABOUT THE JOHN PAUL JONES AND CHA HUB BELT RAMP PROJECT.
AND THEN I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AT THE END.
UH, REALLY GENERALLY, UH, THE, THIS PROJECT IS A, UH, AN EXCITING PROJECT, A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE, UH, FOR A STATE BOATING ACCESS PROGRAM GRANT.
UH, THE FUNDING FOR THIS PROGRAM COMES FROM FEDERAL GASOLINE TAX AND, UH, EXCISE TAX FROM SALES OF FISHING TACKLE AND TROLLING MOTORS.
UH, SO THIS IS A TWO PHASE, UH, REIMBURSEMENT GRANT.
THE FIRST PHASE, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING OR WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING CONSIDERATION FOR TONIGHT, UH, IS FOR THE DESIGN PORTION.
SO IT'S, THEY CALL IT PLANNING.
AND THEN, UH, THE PHASE TWO PORTION OF IT WILL BE AS WE COORDINATE WITH TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE STAFF THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS, WE'LL ALL AGREE ON THE TERMS OF THE SCOPE OF WORK.
AND THEN THEY'LL SUBMIT, WE WILL AWARD THE GRANTS BASED ON, ON THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT WE END UP WITH.
AND SO, CURRENTLY OUR BREAKDOWN OF THE PROJECT BUDGET IS AS SHOWN.
UH, THE CONTRACT FOR DESIGN AMOUNT TONIGHT, UH, FOR CONSIDERATION IS THE 369,968.
UH, THE BREAKDOWN OF THE SHARE FOR TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE IS 250,000.
UH, THE GARLAND SHARE IS A HUNDRED NINETEEN NINE SIXTY EIGHT.
AND THEN, AS, AS I MENTIONED, WE GO THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS AND WE, UH, FINALIZE THE SCOPE OF WORK.
UH, THE BREAKDOWN FOR CONSTRUCTION WILL BE, UH, $1 MILLION FROM TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE.
AND THEN, UH, 1.8 MILLION, UH, FOR THE GARLAND SIDE.
AND IT'S FUNDED THROUGH SEVERAL DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES ON THE GARLAND SIDE.
UH, ALL THE DETAILS ARE OUTLINED IN THE C I P SHEET IF YOU WOULD, UH, NEED TO REFERENCE THAT.
UM, SO GOING INTO THE FUN STUFF, THE, UH, PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS AT, UH, MAJORITY IS GONNA HAPPEN AT THE, UH, CHA HA BOAT RAMP ITSELF.
SO WHAT WE'RE AIMING TO DO IS IMPROVE THE BOAT RAMP.
UH, THIS IS A BOATING ACCESS GRANT.
SO, UH, TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE IS LOOKING FOR, UH, IMPROVING BOATING ACCESS FOR, FOR PEOPLE.
SO THE BOAT RAMP WILL GET IMPROVED.
UH, WE WILL NEED TO INCLUDE SOME, UM, UH, SEA WALL PROTECTION ALONG THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE BOAT RAMP.
IT'S, THERE'S CURRENTLY NO SEA WALL THERE, AND IT'S REALLY ERODING TO THE POINT THAT SOME OF OUR PARKING LOT IS AT RISK OF GETTING, UM, DUMPED INTO THE LAKE, ESSENTIALLY.
UH, SO THIS IS A MUCH NEEDED PROJECT
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ON, ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT LEVELS, NOT ONLY TO PROVIDE SERVICE, BUT ALSO TO, UH, MAINTAIN OUR ASSETS, UH, OUT IN THE PARK SYSTEM.UH, SO ALONG WITH THE BOAT RAMP, UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO INCLUDE A COURTESY DOCK SO THAT AS BOATERS ARE COMING IN, GETTING READY TO, UM, OFFLOAD ALL THEIR BELONGINGS, UH, THEY'LL HAVE A PLACE TO, UM, TO HAVE THAT DONE FROM SOMEBODY ON THE SHORE OR GET SOMEBODY OFF THE SHORE AND HELP THEM GET SITUATED.
SO, UM, UH, SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN INCLUDING OUR KAYAK, UH, LAUNCH, UH, FISHING, PEER IMPROVEMENTS, POTENTIALLY PERMANENT RESTROOM BUILDING.
UM, BUT ESSENTIALLY THOSE ARE THE, THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THIS PROJECT.
UH, THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, JUST SHOWS A FEW EXAMPLES OF WHAT THOSE, UH, AMENITIES WILL LOOK LIKE.
AND, UM, UH, YEAH, SO I'M HAPPY TO, UH, TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME AND HOPEFULLY CLARIFY ANYTHING ABOUT THIS CONTRACT.
SER WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS, UH, FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION AND FOR SHARING.
I, I BASICALLY WANTED TO SHARE THIS IS, THIS IS VERY SIGNIFICANT.
IT'S HUGE FOR OUR PUBLIC, AND I JUST WANTED OUR PUBLIC'S, THANK YOU FOR THE RENDERINGS, UH, THAT, THAT YOU BROUGHT AND YOU SHARED WITH US.
'CAUSE THIS IS VERY, AND, AND TALKING ABOUT AT THE TOP OF YOUR PRESENTATION, THE PARTNERSHIP.
AND ANY TIME WE CAN, WE CAN GO INTO A PARTNERSHIP, PARTICULARLY WITH, WITH, UH, TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE, UH, THAT'S HUGE FOR OUR, FOR OUR CITY AND FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
SO, HIGHEST FOR THIS, JUST TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION SO THAT THEY COULD SEE, YOU KNOW, THE OPERATIVE WORDS THAT YOU USED WAS IMPROVEMENTS AND WHAT, WHAT HUGE IMPROVEMENTS ARE COMING, UH, OUT AT THIS LOCATION BENEFIT ALL OF US.
SO I APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? I SEE NONE.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM TWO C ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MORRIS AND A SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIMM MOORE TO APPROVE ITEM TWO C AS PRESENTED.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, MADAM SECRETARY, PRESENT THE VOTE FOR US, PLEASE.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN, UH, ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY PUSH THE BUTTON SLOWLY.
AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
MOVING ON TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE REVIEW THE SPEAKER REGULATIONS? YES, SIR.
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IS GIVEN TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY THAN TO QUESTION THE CITY COUNCIL OR STAFF.
THE CHAIR MAY CALL A SPEAKER OUT OF ORDER IF THE SPEAKER PRESENTS QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION THAT WILL UNDULY DELAY THE TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS.
AT THIS MEETING, SPEAKERS SHALL BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK ON A FIRST COME, FIRST TO SPEAK BASIS, AS DETERMINED BY THE ORDER IN WHICH THE CITY'S SECRETARY RECEIVED THEIR INFORMATION.
APPLICANTS ARE ALLOWED 10 MINUTES FOR PRESENTATIONS, AND ALL OTHER SPEAKERS WILL, SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK WHEN THE PODIUM BUZZER SOUNDS.
THE SPEAKER MUST END THEIR COMMENTS.
WE DO HAVE, UM, SPEAKERS ON ITEM 15, C AND D.
OKAY, OUR FIRST ITEM UNDER THIS
[Items 15a & 15b ]
SECTION, ITEM 15, UH, A ALSO HAS TWO PARTS, UH, 15 A CONSIDER A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION REQUEST BY JAMA SIMS, RON HOBBS, ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN, L L P FOR A RESTAURANT SNOW CONE ESTABLISHMENT WITH A DRIVE-THROUGH.THIS SITE IS LOCATED AT 55 14 AND 55 16 BROADWAY BOULEVARD IN DISTRICT SIX.
AND PART 15 B IS TO CONSIDER, UH, PLAN, REQUEST.
SAME APPLICANT, SAME ADDRESS, MR. GAR.
AND ACTUALLY WILL, IF YOU WANNA HAND ME THAT, I'LL GET THAT OUTTA YOUR WAY.
MAYBE I SHOULD PUT MY GLASSES BACK ON.
UH, THE FIRST ZONING CASE THIS EVENING IS AN SS U P, UH, REQUEST FOR A DRIVE-THROUGH RESTAURANT AND SNOW CONE ESTABLISHMENT.
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SUBJECT PROPERTY IS 55 14 AND 55 16 BROADWAY BOULEVARD.UM, THE ACREAGE OF THE SIDE IS ABOUT PO 0.289 ACRES, AND IT IS CURRENTLY ZONED COMMUNITY RETAIL DISTRICT, UH, WHICH REQUIRES AN SS U P FOR ANY DRIVE-THROUGH, UH, RESTAURANT.
SO THAT IS THE IMPETUS FOR THE CASE THIS EVENING.
UH, HERE'S A CITYWIDE LOCATION MAP SHOWING THE GENERAL LOCATION OF THE SUBJECT SITE ALONG BROADWAY BOULEVARD.
AND, UH, MORE SPECIFICALLY SHOWN HERE.
OUTLINED, UH, AGAIN, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED, UM, UH, COMMUNITY RETAIL.
THERE ACTUALLY IS AN EXISTING, UH, ICE KIOSK, UH, ALREADY ON THE PROPERTY THAT WILL REMAIN, UH, BUT THIS, UH, REQUEST THIS EVENING WILL BE, UM, NEW CONSTRUCTION FOR THIS, UH, RESTAURANT ESTABLISHMENT.
UH, THE, UH, ADJACENT PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH ARE ALSO ZONED COMMUNITY RETAIL.
THERE IS, UH, SSF SEVEN, UH, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES TO THE REAR, TO THE EAST, AND THEN ACROSS BROADWAY BOULEVARD IS, UH, ESSENTIALLY MORE COMMUNITY RETAIL ZONING.
IT'S IN A PD, BUT IT'S, UM, PRIMARILY RETAIL AND OTHER COMMERCIAL USES.
UH, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IDENTIFIES THIS AREA'S COMPACT NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH, UH, USUALLY CORRESPONDS WITH SORT OF MIDDEN RESIDENTIAL, ALTHOUGH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES RECOGNIZE, UM, THAT THIS MAY INCLUDE, UM, SOME SUPPORTIVE, UH, COMMERCIAL NON-RESIDENTIAL USES, SUCH AS CONVENIENCE, RETAIL, UH, GOODS AND SERVICES OFFICE SPACE AND WHATNOT.
UH, THE PROPOSED USE WOULD OFFER, UM, AN ADDITIONAL FOOD SERVICE TO THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL AREA.
SO ESSENTIALLY BE A SUPPORTIVE USE TO, UM, TO THE RESIDENTIAL, UM, AREA AND NEIGHBORHOODS.
UH, FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, THIS WOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS STANDALONE COMMERCIAL.
IT IS, UM, OF COURSE A A SMALL SCALE, UH, DEVELOPMENT ONLY ABOUT 346 SQUARE FEET IN SIZE, UH, BUT IT DOES ADD SOME SALES TAX VALUE AND DEVELOPS, UM, AN UNDERUTILIZED SITE, UH, BEYOND THE ICE KIOSK.
THE SITE IS, UM, IS UN DEVELOPED.
HERE'S SOME PHOTOS OF THE AREA.
THERE'S A VIEW, UH, THE LEFT HAND PHOTO IS, UM, LOOKING NORTH ALONG BROADWAY BOULEVARD.
AND THE PHOTO ON THE, UH, RIGHT HAND SIDE IS, UM, LOOKING, UH, SOUTH DOWN BROADWAY BOULEVARD AND SOME ADDITIONAL PHOTOS.
THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ARE REALLY LOOKING INTO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY TOWARDS THE EAST.
AND THEN THE PHOTO ON THE, UH, RIGHT HAND SIDE IS LOOKING ACROSS BROADWAY BOULEVARD TO THE WEST.
AND HERE'S THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, THE ICE KIOSK WILL REMAIN.
THAT'S WHAT THIS, UH, THIS AREA IS HERE.
UH, BUT OTHERWISE IT IS, UH, NEW CONSTRUCTION, UH, ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
THIS, OF COURSE, IS THE BUILDING OUTLINED IN, UH, RED, ABOUT 346 SQUARE FEET.
UM, THE, UH, APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A DRIVE THROUGH.
UH, SO YOU CAN SEE THE DRIVE THROUGH HERE.
UM, THE SITE DOES MEET THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS OF THE G D C, AND THAT CONTEMPLATES BOTH THE, UM, RESTAURANT AND THE ICE KIOSK.
UH, AND HERE'S THE LANDSCAPE PLAN SHOWING SOME TREES AND SHRUBS AND PLANTINGS.
UM, IT DOES COMPLY WITH THE LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS.
UM, THE, THE PLAN COMMISSION ACTUALLY DID, UH, APPROVE TWO PARTICULAR VARIANCES.
UM, THEY'RE LANDSCAPE VARIANCES THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION DOES HAVE APPROVAL AUTHORITY OVER, SO THOSE DON'T NEED TO CARRY ON TO COUNCIL.
UM, BUT JUST REAL QUICKLY, WHAT THEY WERE WAS A, UM, UH, THE ALLOWANCE OF A LANDSCAPE BUFFER.
THERE'S A 15 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG BROADWAY BOULEVARD.
AND, UM, SO THIS AREA, YOU CAN SEE WITH THE CURSOR, UM, THAT IS A LITTLE BIT BELOW 15 FEET.
UM, AS FAR AS THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER, THE REASON BEING THERE'S AN EXISTING, UM, UH, JOINT ACCESS DRIVEWAY BETWEEN THIS PROPERTY AND THE ADJACENT PROPERTY.
AND SO, UH, THE APPLICANT WASN'T ABLE TO EXTEND THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER BEYOND, UH, THE PROPOSAL.
HOWEVER, UM, THE REQUIRED PLANTINGS ARE STILL THERE.
SO THE TREES, THE SHRUBS, THE GRASS ARE ALL STILL THERE AS REQUIRED.
UH, AND THEN THE OTHER VARIANCE THAT THE PLAN COMMISSION APPROVED WAS THE, UM, FENCE ALONG THE EAST SIDE.
UM, THE APPLICANT HAD PROPOSED A WOOD FENCE AND THE PLAN COMMISSION, UM, UH, MUCH IN LINE WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AT THAT MEETING WAS, UM, TO PROPOSE SOMETHING OR, OR CONSIDER MAYBE SOMETHING MORE ALONG THE LINES OF A BOARD ON BOARD WOOD FENCE, THE PLAN COMMISSION, UH, CONDITION.
IT'D BE A HORIZONTAL BOARD ON BOARD, UH, FENCE WITH STEEL POSTS, UM, AS A CONDITION OF THAT APPROVAL.
AND HERE ARE THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS PROPOSED.
THESE DO COMPLY WITH THE G D C DESIGN, UH, REQUIREMENTS AND APPRECIATE, UH, MR. HOBBS, MR. RON HOBBS ARCHITECT ON THIS, UH, CASE.
APPRECIATE KIND OF THE UNIQUE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE AND CAN KINDA SEE SOME UNIQUE FEATURES ON THE BUILDING, INCLUDING SOME, UM, DECORATIVE LAMP POSTS.
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WILL BE A, UM, IN ADDITION, OF COURSE, THE DRIVE UP, UH, PICKUP WINDOW, THERE WILL BE A WALK-UP WINDOW AS WELL, UM, LOCATED IN THE, UH, FRONT OF THE BUILDING.UH, THERE'LL BE OUTDOOR SEATING AS WELL.
SO WHERE THE OUTDOOR SEATING TAKES PLACE, UM, PATRONS WILL BE ABLE TO WALK UP AND ORDER AS WELL.
UM, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A 25 YEAR, UH, S U P TIME PERIOD, WHICH ALIGNS WITH THE S U P TIME PERIOD GUIDE OF 20 TO 25 YEARS.
AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST AND THE PLAN COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AS WELL WITH AN EIGHT TO ZERO VOTE THAT INCLUDED THE TWO, UH, VARIANCES I MENTIONED EARLIER.
AND MAYOR, WE MAILED OUT, UM, 70 NOTIFICATION LETTERS ON THIS CASE, AND WE RECEIVED ONLY ONE RESPONSE.
UH, THERE ARE TWO IN THE, UH, I BELIEVE ATTACHMENTS YOU RECEIVED, BUT IT WAS FROM THE SAME, UH, GENTLEMAN, UM, AT THE FIRST GO AROUND, I BELIEVE IT WAS MOST LIKELY WITH THE PLAN COMMISSION NOTIFICATION LETTER, HE HAD CHECKED, UM, AN OPPOSITION, AND THEN IN THE SECOND LETTER CHECKED IN FAVOR.
AND I BELIEVE BASED ON THE COMMENTS, THE FIRST GO AROUND MAY NOT HAVE UNDERSTOOD THE REQUEST.
SO, UM, WE'RE CONSIDERING THAT IN IN FAVOR RESPONSE.
SO I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UH, EVENING, MR. MR. AARON, GOOD EVENING.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU, BUT THIS TIME IS, IS, UH, MR. LUCA HERE? I THOUGHT I SAW HIM.
OH, HE'S HIDING BEHIND THAT COLUMN.
MR. LOKI, WOULD YOU WALK US THROUGH THE, THE DRIVE THROUGH THE INGRESS AND EGRESS POINT AND, UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS REGARDING INGRESS AND EGRESS ACCESS TO THE DRIVEWAY OFF OF BROADWAY? AND YOUR THOUGHTS PLEASE? YEAH, I, NO, I, WE, I MEAN, AS YOU COME IN, YOU COME IN, YEAH, THERE'S A SINGLE DRIVEWAY FOR, FOR THE SITE THAT THERE IS A SHARED ACCESS WITH THE ADJACENT PROPERTY.
UM, BUT THERE IS THE, THE STACKING SPACE AND THE, UM, THE, THE SPACE FOR THE PEOPLE WAITING TO PAY IS, UH, MEETS OUR REQUIREMENTS.
SO, UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT THE, ABOUT THE, EITHER THE SACKING SPACE OR THE INGRESS OR EGRESS.
AND YOU DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THE EGRESS ONTO BROADWAY? NO.
THERE'S, THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM TO, TO TURN OUT ONTO BROADWAY AND WE DON'T SEE ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT.
UH, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I SEE NONE.
UH, DO WE HAVE SPEAKER CARDS FOR THE APPLICANT? I KNOW THE APP.
I'M, I CAN SEE THE APPLICANT IN FRONT OF ME.
DO WE HAVE, I DO NOT HAVE A SPEAKER CARD.
UM, I COUNSEL THE, THE APPLICANT AND THE ARCHITECT ARE HERE.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM? I'D, UM, WHICH ONE?
MA'AM, IF YOU CAN COME DOWN, WE'RE GONNA NEED YOU TO FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD BEFORE YOU LEAVE, AND IF YOU COULD GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD WHEN YOU GET STARTED.
ARE YOU NEEDING THE DOCUMENT CAMERA? YES, PLEASE, MARY.
ALRIGHT, WELL Y'ALL ARE REALLY PUSHING MY, UH, TECHNOLOGICAL SKILLS TONIGHT.
YEAH, SO JUST FEEL FREE TO, THEY CAN SEE IT UP THERE.
YEAH, WE CAN SEE IT ON OUR SCREENS UP HERE.
SO, UM, BASICALLY I HAVE A LITTLE, UH, SEVERAL PICTURES THAT I PUT TOGETHER.
MADAM SECRETARY, LET'S GET THE TIMER STARTED, PLEASE.
AND I'M GONNA NEED YOU TO GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
PHOEBE DRIVE, ALLEN, TEXAS 7 5 0 1 3.
SO I, UM, PUT TOGETHER SOME PICTURES TO KIND OF BRING YOU INSIDE THE WORLD OF DOG CES.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THIS ACTUAL SITE WILL BE USED FOR, FOR THE DRIVE-THROUGH.
SO THE FIRST PICTURE IS ACTUALLY THE TRUCK.
THAT'S HOW I ACTUALLY STARTED.
I PURCHASED THE TRUCK IN 2016, AND HIS NAME IS BIG BLUE.
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THIS IS A PICTURE OF SOME OF THE COOL SHAVED ICE THAT I DO.UM, IT'S JUST NOT THE TYPICAL SHAVED ICE.
IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE BIT, EVERYTHING IS JUST EXTRA, VERY CREATIVE.
SOMETHING FARFETCHED, SOMETHING LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
I ADD KOOL-AID PICKLES, CANDY WHIPPED CREAM READY WHIP ICE CREAM, YOU NAME IT, I PUT IT ON TOP OF A SHAVED ICE.
DID YOU BRING ANY SAMPLES?
ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE, THIS IS, OKAY, THIS IS ACTUALLY THE MENU.
UM, SO THE CONCEPT THAT I HAVE WITH THIS, YOU'LL ACTUALLY, THE CUSTOMERS WILL BE ABLE TO DRIVE THROUGH AND INSTEAD OF, UM, ACTUALLY ORDERING THE FOOD, FIRST YOU ORDER YOUR CONE, 'CAUSE THE, THE NAME OF IT IS DOG CONE DELICIOUS.
SO YOU ORDER YOUR CONE
AND THEN THE DELICIOUS PART WOULD BE A FUNNEL CAKE OR FRIED KOOL-AID PICKLES.
AND THEN AT THE END, SAY, HAVE A HOT DIGGITY DOG DAY
UM, I HAVE SOME VERY ORIGINAL DOGS.
UM, ONE OF THEM IS A CLASSIC MOTHER PUP, UM, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE SIGNATURE DOG.
I HAVE A PHILLY DOG, ALSO HAVE A DOG CES DOG NAMED AFTER THE NAME.
UM, AND I HAVE A MUDDY MUT DOG, WHICH IS A CHILI DOG, BUT I NAMED IT A MUDDY MUTT DOG.
DIFFERENT NAMES FOR THE DOGS
AND THIS IS ACTUALLY THE RENDERING THAT, UH, MR. HOBB AND THE TEAM DID.
SO YOU'LL ACTUALLY, THE CUSTOMERS WILL HAVE THE OPTION TO ACTUALLY WALK UP OR DRIVE THROUGH.
AND THAT'S THE OTHER VIEW OF IT.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S SEE IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, SIR.
GOOD, GOOD EVENING MS. SIMS. GOOD EVENING.
ALRIGHT, TO KEEP UP WITH ALL THOSE DOGS.
UM, MIKE, WOULD YOU PUT THE, THE PHOTO OF THE DRIVE-THROUGH UP AGAIN FOR ME, PLEASE, MA'AM? YES, SIR.
THIS ONE OR THE OTHER ONE? THAT, THAT ONE'S FINE.
UH, YOU, YOU ANSWERED MOST OF MY QUESTIONS ABOUT PUTTING THAT UP THERE.
UM, MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, AND I NOTICED YOU'VE GOT SOME SEATING TABLES OUT THERE, SO PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO SIT THERE AND, AND EAT, EAT THE DOG, RIGHT? YES.
W WILL, WILL, WERE PEDESTRIAN PATRONS BE CROSSING, BE CROSSING THE DRIVE THROUGH LANES.
WOULD YOU EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THAT'S GOING TO WORK? WILL YOU HAVE YOUR, YOUR FOOT TRAFFIC, WILL THEY BE CROSSING? WOULD YOU EXPLAIN HOW THAT, THAT PROCESS BRIEFLY FOR ME? SO WHAT I'M THINKING, UM, AND I'M NOT THE ARCH ARCHITECT, BUT THERE WOULD LITERALLY BE LIKE A PAVED AREA THAT'S OUTLINED WHEN THEY DO THE, THE CONCRETE IN, IN YELLOW OR RED.
I'M NOT FOR SURE WHERE THE PEDESTRIANS CAN ACTUALLY WALK UP OUTSIDE OF, OUT OF THE CAR, OUTSIDE OF THE CARS THAT ARE ACTUALLY IN LINE WITH ANYONE, WITHOUT ANYONE BEING RAN OVER ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND DID YOU SAY YOU HAD YOUR, IN AN ENGINEER WITH YOU, MR. HOBBS? HE'S MY ARCHITECT.
MARY, IF I MAY PLEASE, YOU PROBABLY CAN ANSWER A LOT BETTER THAN ME.
MS. SIMS. MR. HOBBS, WOULD YOU, THE MAYOR WILL TAKE, GIVE YOU INSTRUCTIONS FIRST SPEAKER CARD WHEN YOU'RE DONE.
RON HOBBS, SIX 14 WEST MAIN STREET.
SIR, COULD YOU, CAN YOU ANSWER MY QUESTION? UM, I'M CONCERNING ABOUT, IT SHOWS HERE THAT THERE'LL BE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC AS WELL AS AUTOMOBILE TRAFFIC.
AND MY QUESTION IS, WILL THERE BE AN INTERACTION BETWEEN THE TWO? HOW WILL YOU KEEP THE FOOT TRAFFIC? WILL THERE BE CROSSING THE LANES OF THE CARS THAT ARE COMING IN THROUGH THE DRIVE THROUGH? IF NOT, CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW LITTLE BIT, HOW THAT'S GOING TO WORK TO KEEP PEDESTRIAN FOOT TRAFFIC OUT OF THE WAY OF CARS COMING THROUGH HERE? UH, YES, SIR.
THE, UM, FIR FIRST OF ALL, THE PARKING BECAUSE OF THE SITE, UH, DIMENSIONS.
BASICALLY THE PARKING IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE, UH, ADJACENT TO THE, UH, THE ICE KIOSK, UH, TO GET FROM THE PARKING.
IF, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FOOT TRAFFIC,
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UH, FROM PEOPLE PARKING AND DR WALKING UP TO THE WINDOW, THEY WILL BE CROSSING THE, UH, THE DRIVEWAY OF THE CARS, UH, DRIVING TO, UH, DRIVING TO THE, UH, THE ORDERING WINDOW.UH, IT'LL BE THE, BASICALLY THE VERY SAME THING THAT, UH, CHICK-FIL-A IN NORTH GARLAND HAS, WHERE YOU, YOU PARK AND YOU HAVE TO PARK, WALK ACROSS THE, THE DRIVEWAY.
THE DIFFERENCE IS, IS WE'LL HAVE ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC VERSUS, UH, MULTIPLE LANES, UM, FROM THE, UH, STREET WALK UP.
TRAFFIC FROM BROADWAY, UH, WILL BASICALLY HAVE TO CROSS EITHER THE ENTRANCE OR THE EXIT LEADING UP TO THE, THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.
SO, UH, BECAUSE OF SITE KIND OF, UH, CONSTRAINTS, THERE'S REALLY NO WAY TO, TO GET PARKING AGAINST THE BUILDING, UH, WHERE THEY CAN PULL UP AND, AND WALK IN WITHOUT CROSSING IT.
W WILL THERE BE SOME SIGNAGE? YES.
AND AS SHE SAID, UH, THE INTENT WILL BE TO SCORE THE CONCRETE TO, UH, I SAY SCORE THE CONCRETE, UH, DESIGNATE ON THE CONCRETE WHERE A, A WALKING AREA IS BY PAVEMENT CHANGE OR, OR SOME, UH, ITEM LIKE THAT.
UH, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT WHILE I'VE GOT 'EM HERE? COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON? UM, MY ONLY QUESTION IS, UM, DO YOU PLAN ON, UM, STORING YOUR FOOD TRUCK ON SITE? I ACTUALLY HAVE A, UH, PARKING GARAGE WHERE I PARK.
ALL RIGHT, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I SEE NONE.
AND IS THERE, UH, ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? I SEE NONE.
COUNCILOR WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO OFFER THIS MOTION FOR THIS, THIS REQUEST.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF A SPECIAL USE, UH, PROVISION FOR A PERIOD OF 15 YEARS, 15 YEARS FOR A RESTAURANT DRIVE THROUGH ON A PROPERTY ZONE COMMUNITY RETAIL DISTRICT, AND A VARIANCE, UH, TWO SECTIONS, 4.34, AND SECTIONS 4.39 OF THE GARLAND, G D C REGARDING THE SITE AND PARAMETER SCREENING, SCREENING OF THE LANDSCAPING.
I HAVE A MOTION, UH, BY COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS, UH, FOR ITEM 15 A, UH, FOR A 15 YEAR SS U P, UH, AND THEN ITEM B AS AMENDED WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
AND I HAVE A SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIMM MOORE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, MADAM SECRETARY, PER THE VOTE FORCE PLEASE AND DISPLAY THE VOTE AND THOSE ITEMS ARE APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING IT AND EATING IT.
[Items 15c & 15d]
CASE.UH, THIS AL THIS CASE ALSO HAS, UH, TWO SECTIONS.
UH, FIRST IS 15 C CONSIDERED SPECIFIC USE PROVISION AND MAJOR WAIVER REQUESTS BY LARRY ISMA FOR A MOBILE FOOD TRUCK PARK.
THIS SITE IS LOCATED AT 1 0 1 SOUTH SIXTH STREET IN DISTRICT TWO.
IT ALSO HAS A SECOND PART, UH, 15 D IS TO CONSIDER A DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
SAME APPLICANT, SAME ADDRESS, MR. GAR.
THE NEXT ZONING CASE THIS EVENING IS, UM, A REQUEST FOR A MOBILE FOOD TRUCK PARK IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
THE LOCATION IS 1 0 1 SOUTH SIXTH STREET, AND, UM, THE, IT IS ZONED IN THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT, THE DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT TO BE MORE SPECIFIC ON THE, UH, SUBDISTRICT, WHICH DOES REQUIRE AN SS U P FOR, UM, MOBILE FOOD TRUCK PARK, WHICH AS YOU MAY RECALL, COUNSEL IS A FAIRLY NEW LAND USE THAT, UM, WE ADDED TO THE G D C JUST LAST YEAR.
AND HERE'S A GENERAL LOCATION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF GARLAND, AND IF YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT IT'S A LOT OF BLUE, BUT, UM, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS RIGHT HERE, UM, JUST REALLY SOUTHWEST OF THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE, WHICH YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HERE.
UM, BUT THIS IS A SUBJECT PROPERTY.
IT IS, UM, A, A SMALL LOT, UM, CURRENTLY VACANT, UM, JUST BEHIND SOME OF THE BUILDINGS THAT FACE, UH, MAIN STREET.
AND OF COURSE THIS IS SOUTH SIXTH STREET OVER HERE TO THE EAST.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IDENTIFIES THE, UH, CORE DOWNTOWN AREA AS COMMUNITY CENTERS, AND WE FIND THAT THE PROPOSAL IS CONSISTENT WITH THAT DESIGNATION AND MAY ADD TO THE VIBRANCY
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OF THE CORE DOWNTOWN AREA.AND WHILE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN DOESN'T QUITE CAPTURE A FOOD TRUCK, UH, PARK, UM, THE PROPOSED USE DOES UTILIZE A SMALL UNDEVELOPED LOT AND BRINGS PEOPLE AND ACTIVITY TO THE CORE DOWNTOWN AREA.
AND HERE'S SOME PHOTOS OF THE, UH, AREA, INCLUDING THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
LOOKING AT IT FROM SOUTH SIXTH STREET.
AND THAT'S JUST LOOKING DOWN, UH, SOUTH SIXTH STREET TOWARDS THE SOUTH, AND THAT'S LOOKING EAST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
YOU CAN KINDA SEE THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE THERE TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST.
AND THEN THAT'S JUST KINDA LOOKING NORTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE BUILDINGS.
AND HERE'S THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN.
I'LL KIND OF POINT OUT A FEW THINGS.
UM, SO OUTLINED IN BLUE ARE THE PROPOSED FOOD TRUCK PADS.
UH, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING FIVE FOOD TRUCKS.
UM, WHILE THE APPLICANT COULD POTENTIALLY FIT A SIXTH ONE, UM, MR. UM, ISHMA WAS, WAS THOUGHTFUL IN KINDA LEAVING THE SPACE OPEN FOR JUST, UM, MAXIMUM PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLINESS JUST TO AVOID HAVING, UM, ELECTRICAL OUTLETS OR ANYTHING THAT MAY CAUSE A TRIPPING HAZARDS.
SO, UH, SO THERE WAS SOME THOUGHTFULNESS BEHIND THAT AND KEEPING SOME OF THOSE UTILITIES KIND OF BEHIND THE FOOD TRUCKS.
UH, THE FOOD TRUCKS WILL BE PARKED ON CONCRETE SURFACE WHILE THE CENTRALIZED AREA WILL BE FOR, UM, CUSTOMERS AND SEATING.
THERE'LL BE, UM, OUTDOOR SEATING, UM, UM, AVAILABLE FOR PATRONS.
UH, I'LL POINT OUT THESE GREEN, UH, FEATURES.
UM, ONE OF THE, UH, TWO MAJOR WAIVERS THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING WITH THIS, UH, REQUEST, UM, IS, IS LANDSCAPING DUE TO THE, UH, VERY SMALL SIZE OF THE SITE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO FIT THE, UM, KIND OF REQUIRED AND MORE PERMANENT, UM, TREES AND SHRUBS AND OF THAT NATURE.
BUT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING SOME PLANTERS, UH, TO ENHANCE THE SITE.
YOU CAN SEE SOME, UH, LOCATED RIGHT HERE ON THE PROPERTY EDGE OF THE SIDEWALK, KIND OF CREATING A NICE, UM, FEATURE AND BUFFER THERE ALONG THE SIDEWALK.
BUT PEDESTRIANS CAN STILL WALK IN AND OUT OF FROM SOUTH SIXTH STREET AND SOME PLANTERS WITHIN THE SEATING AREA AS WELL.
UH, THE APPLICANT IS ALSO PROPOSING, UM, SOME, UH, OUTDOOR LIGHTING, FESTOON LIGHTING, THAT SORT OF THING WHERE THE LIGHTS KIND OF HANG OUT THERE IN THE SEATING AREA.
AND THE, UH, MR. HEMA IS PROPOSING A BIKE RACK KIND OF SHOWN THERE, IF YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT.
UM, I'LL POINT OUT, OF COURSE, THERE'S THE EXISTING 20 FOOT PUBLIC ALLEY.
THAT'S WHERE THE, UH, VEHICLES WOULD BE ABLE TO, UM, ACCESS IN AND OUT OF.
UM, BUT ALSO, UH, NOTING THAT, UM, THERE'S A 20 FOOT ALLEY AND PATHWAY BETWEEN THE BACKS OF THE BUILDINGS ALONG MAIN STREET AND THE PROPOSED LOCATION OF THE FOOD TRUCK PARK.
AND THEN, UH, FINALLY I'LL NOTE THAT, UH, ACTUALLY A COUPLE MORE THINGS.
UH, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING, UM, A AN EIGHT FOOT WOOD PRIVACY FENCE ALONG THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN BOUNDARIES.
UM, AND YOU CAN KINDA SEE AN ELEVATION THERE.
UM, HORIZONTAL WOOD FENCE, UM, IT'S KINDA WHAT HE HAD IN MIND.
HE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE DECORATIVE, SO THAT WOULD BE ALONG THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN BOUNDARIES OF THE SITE.
HOWEVER, UM, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE SITE WOULD BE ACCESSIBLE, UH, FROM THE SOUTHERN PUBLIC ALLEY AS WELL AS, UM, FROM SIXTH STREET FOR PEDESTRIANS.
AND THE OTHER MAJOR WAIVER THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING, UM, IS, UH, ONE OF THE SPECIAL STANDARDS FOR MOBILE FOOD TRUCK PARKS IS THERE, UH, NEEDS TO BE A, A PERMANENT RESTROOM BUILT ON SITE.
UM, HOWEVER, UM, THERE IS THE PUBLIC RESTROOM THAT THE CITY RECENTLY BUILT SHOWN IN THIS PICTURE HERE, AND WE KIND OF TRIED TO POINT THE ARROW WHERE IT BASICALLY IS, IS LOCATED CATTY CORNER TO THE SITE.
SO THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING RATHER THAN, UH, CONSTRUCTING A RESTROOM ON SITE, UM, ALLOWING THE CUSTOMERS TO USE THE PUBLIC RESTROOM, UH, WHICH IS LOCATED ROUGHLY ABOUT A HUNDRED FEET, UM, AWAY FROM THE FOOD TRUCK PROPERTY TO THE, UH, RESTROOM FACILITY.
AND YOU CAN SEE IT IN THAT PICTURE THERE.
UH, JUST AS A REMINDER, THE MAJOR WAIVER CRITERIA, UM, IS, UH, IT MEETS THE GENERAL INTENT OF THE, THIS DISTRICT AND WILL RESULT IN AN IMPROVED PROJECT, WHICH WILL BE AN ATTRACTIVE CONTRIBUTION TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
UH, REGARDING THE S U P TIME PERIOD, THE APPLICANT INITIALLY REQUESTED A 10 YEAR, UH, SS U P TIME PERIOD.
HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A, UM, HAS AMENDED THEIR REQUEST TO A FIVE YEAR S U P TIME PERIOD PER THE PLAN COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION.
UM, AND THE S U P TIME PERIOD GUIDE DOES NOT, UM, ADDRESS OR HAVE A RECOMMENDED TIME FOR MOBILE FOOD TRUCK PARKS.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST AND THE PLAN COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AS WELL.
THAT WAS WITH THE SEVEN TO ZERO VOTE.
UH, AND WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF A FIVE YEAR S U P AND MAYOR, WE MAILED OUT 79 NOTIFICATION LETTERS ON THIS CASE.
UH, EIGHT WERE IN FAVOR WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION
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AREA, 10 AGAINST WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA, THERE WAS ONE THAT WAS NEUTRAL AND ONE IN FAVOR OUTSIDE THE NOTIFICATION AREA AND THREE AGAINST OUTSIDE THE NOTIFICATION AREA.I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM?
UM, AND, AND THANK YOU WILL FOR THE, UM, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
SO, UM, I DID WANNA ASK IF IT'S ALL RIGHT, UH, THE, THE CITY ATTORNEY A A QUESTION BEFORE WE GO MUCH FURTHER.
UM, MR. ENGLAND, CAN YOU, UM, CAN YOU SPEAK TO, UM, THINGS THAT WE, WE CAN CONSIDER VERSUS NOT AS FAR AS, UH, FINANCIAL MATTERS AND ECONOMIC MATTERS BEFORE I ASK ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE COUNCIL'S SCOPE TONIGHT IS MAKING A DETERMINATION WHETHER OR NOT THIS PARTICULAR LAND USE IS APPROPRIATE FOR THIS PARTICULAR TRACT OF LAND.
UM, AND, UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT SCOPE WOULD BE ANY CONSIDERATION GIVEN TO A MATTER SUCH AS, UH, COMPETITION, UM, WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
UM, THAT'S AN ECONOMIC MATTER THAT, UM, WOULD BE OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF WHAT, UM, THE COUNCIL'S INQUIRY SHOULD BE TARGETED ON TONIGHT.
WILL FOR YOU, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP THAT, THAT I HAD ASKED YOU ABOUT, UM, WHEN, WHEN I FIRST SAW THIS COMING ACROSS, UM, OVERNIGHT STAYS OF THE FOOD TRUCKS THERE, CAN YOU, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT IS AND IS NOT ALLOWED, UM, AS FAR AS FOOD TRUCKS REMAINING THERE 24 7 OVERNIGHT AND, AND WHAT THEY CAN AND CAN'T DO? ABSOLUTELY.
SO, UM, IN THE G D C AND IN THE NEW SPECIAL STANDARDS FOR THIS MOBILE FOOD TRUCK PARK LAND USE, UM, IT DOES ALLOW FOR FOOD TRUCKS TO REMAIN OVERNIGHT SO THEY CAN STAY, THERE'S NO ZONING PROHIBITION REQUIRING THEM TO LEAVE ONCE IT'S CLOSED.
IN FACT, THE, UH, LANGUAGE EVEN, UM, SPECIFIES THAT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO, UM, CLEAN, UM, AND DO WHATEVER THEY NEED TO DO WITH THE FOOD TRUCKS KIND OF AFTER HOURS.
UM, HOWEVER, UM, THE, THE HEALTH CODE DOES REQUIRE SINCE, UM, MR. HEMA OR THE FOOD TRUCKS WON'T BE TYING INTO THE SEWER SYSTEM, UH, THEY WILL NEED TO, UM, UH, UH, DISPOSE THE GRAY WATER, THE WASTEWATER OFFSITE.
UH, SO THEY WILL HAVE TO LEAVE THE SITE FOR THAT TO MEET THAT HEALTH REQUIREMENT.
UM, AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS, UH, MR. ISHMA IS TALKING TO SOME FOOD TRUCK VENDORS THAT ARE FAMILIAR WITH GARLAND'S FOOD TRUCK PROCESS AND HAVE KIND OF THAT LOCATION ALREADY, UM, SET.
SO THAT'S WHERE THEY WOULD MOST LIKELY BE LEAVING AND COMING BACK, UM, AFTER HOURS.
UM, ONE OF THE LETTERS MENTIONED A STRAIN ON UTILITIES, AND I'M ASSUMING AS YOU WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS, THAT WAS, UM, WAS THAT ADDRESSED OR HAS THERE BEEN ANY CONCERN FROM STAFF ABOUT STRAIN ON UTILITIES? THERE WAS NO CONCERN RAISED.
THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, OF COURSE, IS PART OF THIS REVIEW, UH, JUST LIKE, UM, OTHER ZONING CASES AND THERE WAS NO, UM, CONCERN THAT I RECALL REGARDING CAPACITY, NO.
AND, UM, PARKING IN THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT, WE DON'T REQUIRE ON ONSITE PARKING.
SO IS THE LACK OF PARKING ON THIS SITE A A PROBLEM FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE WITH THE G D C? NO, MA'AM.
THERE'S, THIS IS IN THE DOWNTOWN HISTORIC SUBDISTRICT, WHICH DOES NOT HAVE A MINIMUM OFFSITE PARKING REQUIREMENT.
SO THEY'LL, THEY'LL BE UTILIZING, UM, AVAILABLE ON STREET PARKING IN THE AREA.
AND MAYOR, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR MR. LUTKEY, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT? YES.
GET HIM TO FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD.
IF HE KEEPS COMING UP, I'M GONNA HAVE TO HAVE HIM.
WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD PROBABLY DO THAT.
UM, MR. LUKI, ONE OF THE CONCERNS, AND, AND WE HAD HAD SPOKEN ABOUT THIS EARLIER WITH THIS TINY LOT RIGHT THERE OFF OF AN ALLEY IS, UM, AND WITH PARKING, NOT PARKING SPACES ON SITE NOT BEING REQUIRED, AND THERE CERTAINLY WOULDN'T BE ROOM FOR THEM THERE, UM, THE ALLEY THERE AND ON THE ALLEY DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET OF SIXTH STREET, UM, MY, MY CONCERN WOULD BE THAT PEOPLE WOULD PULL IN THERE AND PARK TO JUMP OUT FOR JUST A MINUTE.
SO, IS SIGNAGE AVAILABLE? IT'S ALREADY ILLEGAL FOR PEOPLE TO DO THAT, BUT IS SIGNAGE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TO SAY NO BLOCKING THE ALLEY, NO PARKING? NO.
WOULD THAT BE A DIFFICULTY? NO, WE COULD CERTAINLY DO THAT IF THAT BECAME A PROBLEM OR WE, WE COULD DO IT UP FRONT EITHER WAY, BUT, UM, I MEAN, SOMETIMES IT'S A LITTLE CHALLENGING TO PUT PUT SIGNS IN
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ALLEYS, BUT, BUT WE CAN ALWAYS MAKE IT HAPPEN.AND I DO BELIEVE THIS WAS, UH, THANK, THANK YOU MR. LUKI.
AND I DO BELIEVE THIS IS ACTUALLY OUR VERY FIRST PRIVATELY OWNED MOBILE FOOD TRUCK PARK APPLICATION FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND SINCE THAT BECAME A CATEGORY LAST YEAR.
SO, UM, WE DO HAVE ONE IN RICK ODEN PARK THAT WE BUILT.
MR. GARRON, JUST ONE QUESTION FOR YOU.
CAN YOU CONFIRM THE HOURS OF THE PUBLIC RESTROOM? I SAW A PORTABLE SIGN THAT IS FROM 9:00 AM TO 8:00 PM I'M JUST WONDERING IF THAT'S STILL THE HOURS OF OPERATION.
I'M AFRAID I DON'T HAVE THE, I KNOW THE HOURS OF OPERATION FOR THIS PROPOSAL.
THE FOOD TRUCK PARK IS 9:00 AM TO 9:00 PM UH, EACH DAY.
I'M NOT SURE THERE MAY BE SOMEONE ELSE IN THE ROOM THAT MR. HESSER IS SHAKING HIS HEAD YES FOR THE NINE TO EIGHT.
UM, WILL, I JUST WANNA ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP AND SOME OF THE RESPONSES, UM, A COUPLE RELATED TO, UH, POLLUTION BEING IT NOISE POLLUTION OR POLLUTION FROM THE FUMES GIVEN OFF FROM THE TRUCK AND, UM, TRASH, UM, TRASH PILING UP AROUND THERE AS WELL.
CAN, CAN YOU SPEAK TO, TO ANY OF THOSE? UH, SURE.
I, I KNOW ONE, UM, QUESTION THAT CAME UP AT PLAN COMMISSION WAS, WILL, WILL, WILL THESE BE, WILL THESE HAVE GENERATORS? AND THE ANSWER IS NO.
UH, THE, THE APPLICANT WILL BE, UH, TYING INTO THE, UM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS WORKING WITH G P N L ON THAT.
UM, UH, LET'S SEE, TRASH, I KNOW THERE, THERE IS A DUMPS OR A, THERE'S A DUMPSTER IN VERY, VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY, WHICH, UM, WHICH THIS SITE WILL BE UTILIZING.
THERE MAY BE SOME ONSITE RECEPTACLES AS WELL, BUT AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL DUMPSTER, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S JUST RIGHT THERE ACROSS SIXTH STREET TO THE EAST.
UM, SO THAT, THAT IS THE PLAN FOR TRASH AND DEBRIS.
UM, OF COURSE, MR. MR. UM, SMO WILL OF COURSE HAVE THE CHANCE TO SPEAK AND, AND SPEAK MORE TO ALL OF THIS, BUT I KNOW, UM, THAT WAS KIND OF PART OF THE CONVERSATION OF PLAN COMMISSION THAT HE IS.
UM, HE'S, HE'S CLOSE BY AND WE'LL KEEP A, A CLOSE EYE ON THIS.
SO PART OF THIS WILL BE OF COURSE MANAGEMENT AND UM, KIND OF THAT OVERSIGHT.
AND THEN IS THERE ANY, UH, ANY SEATING OR ANY TABLES THERE? YES, YES, THERE WILL BE SEATING, UM, IN THAT, IN THAT CENTER SECTION.
SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF, UM, JUST KIND OF QUESTION WHATEVER, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HAS BEEN DOWNTOWN IN THE EVENING AND, UM, AROUND FISH TAILS.
UM, CAN YOU, WHY THAT? THERE WE GO.
SO I CAN ONLY IMAGINE A FOOD TRUCK SITUATION CAUSING THE SAME ISSUES.
UM, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE TO ENFORCE IT, UM, A SIGN MEANS NOTHING.
SO THAT WOULD BE MY TOP CONCERN.
UM, PEOPLE ARE GONNA SEE AN ALLEYWAY AS A PARKING LOT, SO THAT WOULD BE MY, MY ISSUE.
UM, AND IF THE RESTROOMS ARE ONLY OPEN UNTIL 8:00 PM AND THE FOOD TRUCKS ARE GONNA BE OPEN UNTIL 9:00 PM UM, WOULD THAT BE AN ISSUE? IF WE'RE SAYING THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A RESTROOM, UH, RESTROOM PROBABLY SHOULD BE OPEN.
I KNOW THERE WAS, UM, THE QUESTION CAME UP AT PLAN COMMISSION AS TO WHETHER MR. ISHMA WOULD CONSIDER, UM, CLOSING OUT AT 8:00 PM UM, THAT ULTIMATELY THAT WAS NOT A CONDITION OF THE PLAN COMMISSION, THAT THE REQUEST IS STILL 9:00 PM BUT, UM, THAT, THAT MAY BE A GOOD QUESTION FOR, FOR MRMA THE APPLICANT THIS EVENING.
ACTUALLY, I'M GONNA HAVE, UH, MR. HESSER COME UP AND ADDRESS THAT.
UM, THE, THE HOURS RELATED TO THE RESTROOM ARE, UM, SOMEWHAT RELATED TO EARLY ASSESSMENTS ON HOW THE USE PATTERNS ARE GONNA GO.
AND SO THERE IS SOME FLEXIBILITY IN SEEING HOW THINGS MIGHT EVOLVE AS THE SQUARE COMES BACK ONLINE AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT IT'S, IT'S NOT A, THAT THAT'S WHAT'S CURRENTLY ADOPTED, BUT IT CAN BE EVALUATED, UM, GOING FORWARD.
AND WHO'S IN, AND I BELIEVE THE, THE MARSHALS, UH, CHECK THOSE IN THE EVENINGS, IS THAT, I KNOW WHEN WE'VE HAD CONCERTS OUT HERE OVER THE SUMMER, IS THAT, IS THAT AS RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE? YES, UM, TO A CERTAIN DEGREE.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT SOME PRIVATE, UM, SECURITY TYPE OPTIONS AT THIS POINT AS WELL.
SO, UH, NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THAT RIGHT NOW.
MR. MAYOR, SIR, DOWN HERE, UH, I JUST WANT QUICK,
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I JUST WANNA QUICKLY ADDRESS THE CONCERN OF, UM, ILLEGAL PARKING OFFSITE.WE CANNOT HOLD THE, AN APPLICANT RESPONSIBLE FOR, UM, PEOPLE WHO DECIDE TO PARK ILLEGALLY, OFFSITE.
UM, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THE APPLICANT WOULD HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR AND WE SHOULD NOT USE THAT AS A CONSIDERATION IN THIS MATTER.
CUSTOMER DUTTON, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? NO.
CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UH, MR. GARRON, UH, I'LL PROBABLY ASK THE, THE APPLICANT, I NOTICED IN THE REPORT INITIALLY THE, THE, THE S U P PERIOD WAS 10 YEARS AND THEN HE LANDED AT FIVE.
CAN YOU SHARE HOW WE, HOW FROM STAFF STANDPOINT, HOW DID WE LAND AT, AT, AT, AT FIVE, FIVE YEARS AS THE LENGTH OF THE S U P AND THAT CAME OUTTA P AND Z ALSO? CAN YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT DISCUSSION PLEASE? IT, IT DID.
THE, THE FIVE YEARS WASN'T, UM, A, A STAFF RECOMMENDATION, BUT THAT, THAT WAS, UM, THAT CAME OUTTA THE PLAN COMMISSION.
I KNOW, UH, THEY, THEY SHORTENED S U P? YES, SIR.
UM, I, I BELIEVE IT WAS JUST WITH, UM, A NUMBER OF FOLKS, YOU KNOW, BEING AT THE HEARING AND OF COURSE, UM, SUBMITTING THE RESPONSES AND, AND SHARING THEIR CONCERNS.
UM, AND WITH IT BEING A NEW LAND USE, UH, A NEW LAND USE AND, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE INTRODUCING IT, UM, YOU KNOW, RIGHT THERE, SO CLOSE TO THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE, THE THOUGHT PROCESS WAS, UM, LET'S, LET'S TRY A SHORTER S U P TIME PERIOD, COME BACK IN FIVE YEARS AND, UH, LET'S SEE IF YOU KNOW IF IT'S GOING WELL OR IF THERE ARE ANY CONCERNS THAT WE CAN ADDRESS AT THAT TIME AS OPPOSED TO WAITING, UM, 10 YEARS.
AND, AND IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY IN THE REPORT YOU SAID THE PPLICANT WAS OKAY WITH THAT, IS THAT RIGHT? YES, SIR.
HE CONCURRED WITH THAT AND ACTUALLY AMENDED HIS REQUEST TO FIVE YEARS.
SO THE REQUEST ACTUALLY IS FOR FIVE YEARS THIS EVENING.
OKAY, BECAUSE THE REQUEST OF MY CONCERN, THESE ARE, ARE SMALL BUSINESSES AND I WANNA BE SURE THAT WE WE'RE CONSISTENT AT HOW WE ADDRESS LENGTHS OF SUVS AS IT RELATES TO, TO BUSINESSES, PARTICULARLY SMALL BUSINESS.
UH, THANK FOR, THANKS FOR THAT EX EXPLANATION.
UM, WELL MY QUESTION IS ABOUT THE, UM, THE SEWER, THEY, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE TIED TO OUR SEWER SYSTEM, CORRECT? CORRECT.
WAS THERE ANY TECHNICAL REASON WHY THEY CAN'T DO THAT? NOT NECESSARILY.
AND MR. HITMAN MAY BE ABLE TO EXPAND ON THIS 'CAUSE I KNOW HE, HE SPOKE WITH, UH, MS. PIPPEN, UH, WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ABOUT THAT OPTION.
UM, THEY COULD, THEY COULD FEASIBLY DO IT.
I, IT MAY HAVE BEEN AN EXPENSE MATTER, A LOGISTICAL MATTER, UH, SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, BUT IT, IT IS POTENTIALLY AN OPTION.
UM, BUT PERHAPS MR. HEMA CAN EXPAND ON.
AND IF, IF THE, IF THIS FOOD COURT OR THIS, UH, FOOD TRUCK COURT, UH, IS SUCCESSFUL, WE HOPE THAT IT IS AND THEY DECIDED TO ADD THAT, UH, TO THEIR SITE, THEY COULD DO THAT IN THE FUTURE.
UH, THAT THAT IS AN OPTION? YES, SIR.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I SEE NONE.
I HAVE SECRETARY, I HAVE A SPEAKER CARD FOR MR. LARRY ISHMA, THIS, AND THEN I HAVE TWO SPEAKER CARDS.
ONE REGISTERING A POSITION AGAINST THE ITEM DONNA WILLIAMS AND SHE'S ORAL TESTIMONY.
AND THEN MATT ARCHER REGISTERING A POSITION AGAINST IT WITHOUT ORAL TESTIMONY.
IF YOU COME FORWARD, IF YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU'LL HAVE 10 MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION OR JUST ANSWER QUESTIONS, YOU LET HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO IT.
THANK YOU MAYOR LARRY ISHMA, FIVE 20 MAIN STREET, GARLAND 7 5 0 4 0.
SO I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, UM,
DO WE HAVE, UH, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? OKAY, COUNCILOR LUCK.
UM, HOW DO YOU, UM, INTEND TO MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY ON A DAILY BASIS? SO I OWN THE DELI THAT'S RIGHT DOWN THE STREET AND MY COWORKER AND I WILL MAINTAIN IT EVERY DAY.
AND UM, WHAT HOURS OF OPERATION ARE YOU CONSIDERING FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY? SO DEPENDING ON EVENTS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT THEM TO CLOSE EARLY IF THERE'S AN EVENT GOING ON TILL 10 O'CLOCK.
SO IF THEY WANTED TO STAY AND MAKE MONEY THEN YOU KNOW, THEY COULD STAY, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SOME MONEY FOR THOSE EVENTS.
BUT IF THEY'RE NOT MAKING ANY MONEY THAT AT THOSE LATE HOURS THEY'LL PROBABLY CLOSE AND GO HOME.
REALLY MY CONCERN IS WITH WHAT TIME THEY START, BECAUSE I WAS IN DOWNTOWN A COUPLE WEEKENDS AGO AND COULDN'T FIND A PLACE TO EAT AT 9:00 AM ON A SATURDAY MORNING.
SO,
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UM, I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE FREE TO GO AND COME FROM NINE TO NINE.UM, WHEN I SPOKE TO MANDY PIPPEN AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, SHE TOLD ME THAT THEY REALLY NEED TO GO BACK TO THEIR COMMISSARY TO DUMP THEIR GRAY WATER, CLEAN OUT THEIR TRUCKS.
AND SO I'M GONNA KEEP THAT GOING.
UM, IN THE AGREEMENT THAT I HAVE WITH THEM, THEY'LL HAVE TO GO, I'LL PUT 'EM ON A SCHEDULE, YOU KNOW THAT, OKAY, YOU NEED TO BE HERE BY EIGHT, YOU NEED TO BE HERE BY NINE, GET YOURSELF SET UP AND THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T MISS YOUR SPOT.
SO IF YOU SHOW UP LATE, SOMEBODY ELSE IS TAKING YOUR SPOT, YOU MIGHT END UP IN THE FIFTH SPOT INSTEAD OF THE FIRST SPOT.
SO THAT'S HOW I'M GONNA DO THAT WITH THEM.
UM, YEAH, IF YOU COULD JUST, I KNOW YOU SAID YOU'RE GONNA MAINTAIN THE SPOT DAILY AND UM, QUESTIONS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT TRASH.
AND THEN, UM, WE GOT A QUESTION ABOUT SECURITY.
SO WHEN I, WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT TRASH, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL TRUCKS, YOU KNOW, DISPOSING OF THEIR TRASH.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE PATRONS.
YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE WE'RE DEALING WITH A COMMUNITY SITUATION HERE, FIVE, SIX FOOD TRUCKS, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE BE P POINTING THE FINGER, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT PICKING UP THAT TRASH OUT THERE.
SO ON THE, ON THE, UH, LOT I WILL HAVE TRASH DISPENSERS THERE, PLUS I WILL BE MAINTAINING THAT AREA ALSO.
YOU KNOW, EVERY, EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVERY MORNING SOMEBODY WILL BE PICKING THAT TRASH UP.
WHETHER IT BE ME OR MY COWORKER.
AND, AND DO YOU HAVE ANY, ANY PLANS FOR SECURITY EITHER DURING OPERATING HOURS OR NOT? I DON'T.
AT NIGHT I PLAN TO PUT UP, UH, FLOODLIGHTS AND THEN JUST, YOU KNOW, PUT 'EM ON THE TIMER AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AFTER EVERYBODY'S GONE THE LIGHTS WILL COME ON AND THEY'LL STAY ON TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT, YOU KNOW, SO THEY DON'T SLEEP IN THE LOT OR WHATNOT.
YOU KNOW, JUST TO MAKE IT ANNOYING, I GUESS, FOR THEM.
I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS.
UM, COUPLE OTHER QUESTIONS SINCE SEVERAL PEOPLE MENTIONED, UM, CONCERNS ABOUT THE HOMELESS, WHICH WOULD NOT BE YOUR PROBLEM IN PARTICULAR.
IT'S A, IT'S, IT'S AN ISSUE THAT'S FREQUENTLY RAISED ALL OVER THE DOWNTOWN AND ALL OVER THE CITY.
HOWEVER, UM, SINCE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ELECTRICAL OUTLETS THERE, UM, WE'VE LEARNED SOME LESSONS FROM CENTRAL LIBRARY AND THINGS.
WILL THE POWER OUTLETS BE TURNED OFF AFTER HOURS OR SECURED SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE CHARGING THEIR PHONES? GOOD QUESTION.
SO THE OUTLETS THAT WILL BE PROVIDED ARE 50 AMP OUTLETS THERE, SIX PRONG.
THERE IS NO WAY THEY'RE PLUGGING ANYTHING INTO THAT UNLESS THEY HAVE A GENERATOR OR SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING WITH.
THE LIGHTS THAT WILL BE HANGING, THE PLUGS WILL BE WAY UP HIGH 10, AT LEAST 10 FEET HIGH.
THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO REACH 'EM.
AND I'LL PROBABLY HAVE A LOCK BOX ON THAT ALSO.
UM, ARE YOU GOING TO BE OFFERING ANY ONSITE WIFI? I WILL NOT BE.
THAT'S ANOTHER BIG ATTRACTION WE HAVE OF COURSE FOUND AT THE LIBRARY.
UM, WILL YOU BE OFFERING ANY KIND OF HOMELESS SERVICES FROM THE SITE? NO.
THERE'LL BE NO SERVICES, CLOTHING, SUPPLIES, HYGIENE, PET.
AND THAT WON'T BE SOMETHING THAT YOU WILL OCCASIONALLY OPEN THE PARK TO, TO, THERE'LL BE NO SERVICES TO THE HOMELESS PEOPLE THERE.
WILL AMPLIFIED MUSIC OF ANY KIND BE PLAYED AT THAT SITE? NO.
AMPLIFIED MUSIC, YOU KNOW, I MIGHT HOPEFULLY GET THE PICKERS TO COME BY.
I MAY PLAY SOME MUSIC THERE ON A SATURDAY NIGHT, YOU KNOW, TO KEEP THE, UH, AREA LIVELIER, YOU KNOW, JUST TO KEEP PEOPLE COMING, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE SOMETHING TO LISTEN TO WHILE THEY'RE EATING.
AND, AND ARE YOU PLANNING TO PUT IN ANY, ANY KIND OF SECURITY CAMERAS? NO, I'M NOT.
AND THAT MAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT,
AND AS FAR AS QUESTIONS FOR YOU, THAT'S, THAT'S IT.
UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIMM MOORE.
MAYOR, I'M EXCITED ABOUT YOUR PROJECT.
I HAD TWO CONCERNS AND I THINK THAT YOU ANSWERED THOSE QUITE WELL.
UM, THE FIRST ONE HAD TO DO WITH THE SANITATION OF, UH, TRASH.
IT SEEMS TO ME THAT EVEN THOUGH THAT YOU DO HAVE A TRASH RECEPTACLE VERY CLOSE TO YOU, YOU WOULD CERTAINLY WANT TO HAVE ONE ON SITE.
I WOULD THINK THE OTHER WAY IS, UH, THE SANITATION OF THE TRUCKS, UH, BEING IN THE FOOD SERVICE BUSINESS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, WE KNOW ABOUT FOOD TRUCKS, THEY HAVE TO GO TO SOMEPLACE IN ORDER TO, UH, DISPEL THE, THE, UH, THE TRASH.
AND SO WITH THOSE TWO THINGS BEING ANSWERED, UH, WISH YOU VERY GOOD LUCK, SIR.
ALRIGHT, COUNCILOR WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I'LL ASK YOU THE QUESTION THAT I ASKED MR. GARIN.
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LENGTH OF THE S U P, RIGHT? YES.MY SECOND QUESTION IS THIS, IS, THIS IS NEW TERRAIN FOR, FOR US IN GARLAND.
UH, WAS THERE ANOTHER, A STIMULUS SET UP, UH, FOOD TRUCK PARK THAT YOU'VE SET A MODELING SETTINGS UP? IF SO, CAN YOU SHARE WITHOUT GIVING AWAY ANY TRADE SECRETS OR? SO, I, I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN TO QUITE A FEW OF THEM.
IN FACT, I'VE BEEN TO WHERE, UH, THE CITY MANAGER ACTUALLY CAME FROM.
I WENT TO THAT PARK ACTUALLY ONE DAY WHILE I WAS DRIVING UP THAT WAY.
AND IT'S A PRETTY NICE LITTLE PARK THEY HAVE GOING ON THERE.
SO I HAVE BEEN TO THE, UH, LOWER GREENVILLE ONE, THE TRUCK YARD, WHICH IS KIND OF NICE.
THEY JUST HAVE A LITTLE DIFFERENT VIBE GOING ON OVER THERE.
BUT MY, MY THEORY WAS TO CHANGE THE TRUCKS OUT, NOT KEEP THE SAME TRUCKS THERE ALL THE TIME.
SO THIS WAY IT'S ALWAYS GONNA BE SOMETHING NEW, YOU KNOW, SO PEOPLE WILL GET EXCITED AND COME BACK TO SEE, WELL, WHAT'S NEW THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, WITH DO YOU KNOW, USING SOCIAL MEDIA AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO KEEP THEM ON THEIR TOES, I GUESS.
MY LAST QUESTION FOR YOU IS, IF THIS IS APPROVED, DO YOU HAVE A TIMELINE FOR, FOR, UH, DOING IT? YES.
BY OCTOBER 14TH, BUT THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
YEAH,
SO I'M HOPING TO GET IT DONE BEFORE THANKSGIVING, MAYBE GET IT DONE BEFORE, UM, THE CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE, IF WE'RE DOING THAT THIS YEAR, HOPEFULLY THEN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE IDEA.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? I SEE NONE.
AND IF, IF NEEDED, WE WILL, UH, GIVE YOU TIME TO, FOR SOME REBUTTAL IF THAT'S NECESSARY AT THE END.
MADAM SECRETARY, WE HAVE, I BELIEVE YOU, YOU SAID WE HAD TWO SPEAKER CARDS, BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT I HEARD.
SO, UM, DONNA WILLIAMS, UH, WOULD LIKE TO GIVE TESTIMONY AGAINST.
MA'AM, IF YOU COME FORWARD AND I'LL ASK YOU TO GIVE US YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
HANG ON, LET'S GET THE TIMER READY HERE.
DONNA WILLIAMS. SIX OH, UH, SIX AND 6 0 8 MAIN STREET.
WELL, I'M SURE YOU GUYS ARE AWARE OF, UM, THE DIS I NEED, CAN YOU STEP OVER TOWARDS, GET CLOSER TO THE MIC, PLEASE? THAT WAY WE CAN ALL HEAR YOU.
I'M SURE YOU GUYS ARE AWARE OF MY, UH, DISCERNMENT ABOUT THIS ISSUE WITH THE FOOD TRUCK HERE, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT THE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE SUFFERED, BUT HOWEVER, HE'S ASKING FOR SEVERAL WAIVERS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, UM, THE, THE TRASH, YOU KNOW, HE'S, YOU GOT, HE'S WAVERING THE, TO HAVE A SEPARATE TRASH IN HIS LOCATION.
SO HE'S SAYING HE'S GONNA CONTRIBUTE TO THE ONE THAT'S THERE ALREADY.
WELL, HE'S ONE BUSINESS ALONG WITH THE OTHER BUSINESSES WHERE HE HAS FIVE TRUCKS, THAT'S FIVE BUSINESSES THERE.
I THINK IF HE'S GONNA HAVE A DUMPSTER, HE NEEDS TO HAVE HIS OWN DUMPSTER.
AND THEN SECONDLY, AS FAR AS THE, UM, BATHROOM, ALL OF OUR, UM, BRICK AND MORTAR, I MEAN, WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN RESTROOMS THERE.
THE PUBLIC RESTROOM THAT THE CITY THAT WE ALL HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE, UM, BATHROOM, I MEAN IT, YOU KNOW, MAJORITY OF IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE HIS USE.
SO I THINK HE NEEDS TO HAVE IT HIS OWN SEPARATE BATHROOM.
I MEAN, WHY, WHY ARE WE RESPONSIBLE TO EVEN HAVE THE CITY TO COME AND CLEAN UP THE BATHROOM? THAT IT'S PRIMARILY HIS USE.
UM, AS FAR AS THE, UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING NEW TO THE CITY.
WHY YOU, WHY HE WOULD BE ALLOWED TO THE FIVE YEAR S U P.
WHY CAN'T YOU DO IT ON A TEMPORARY BASIS? WHY DO YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF ALL THE ISSUE, THE NOISE, THE TRASH AND ALL THAT, THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY INDICATED.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE WE GIVING FIVE YEARS TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS? AND, UM, THE FACT THAT THIS IS A PRIVATE PROPERTY, THIS IS PRIVATE PROPERTY, AND I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE THE CITY IS GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE.
I MEAN, JUST LIKE EVEN THE PARKING, THE PARKING THAT, UM, UH, PEOPLE THAT THAT'LL PARK ILLEGALLY, MAJORITY OF IT'S GONNA BE HIS BUSINESS.
MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT'S GONNA BE USING THE, THE, THE TRASH AND THE, UM, THE, UM, BATHROOM IS ALL GONNA BE COMING FROM HIS BUSINESSES.
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SO I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A STRICTER RULES, A STRICTER REGULATIONS TO, UM, FOR HIM AND ESPECIALLY BEING A NEW BUSINESS AND ESPECIALLY THE FACT THAT THIS IS A PRIVATE BUSINESS.SO, UM, YOU KNOW, MY CONCERN, AGAIN, IT'S JUST THE NOISE AND THE TRASH, THE PARKING, THE DISTURBANCE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M STILL CONCERNED.
I DON'T KNOW HOW HE'S GONNA GET THOSE FIVE TRUCKS ON THAT PROPERTY.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER? I SEE NONE.
I BELIEVE YOU SAID YOU HAD ANOTHER CARD.
COULD YOU READ THAT ONE AGAIN? I, I DIDN'T HEAR IT EARLIER.
HE REGISTERED A POSITION FOR THE APP FOR THE APPLICATION.
I'M SORRY, I JUST, I COULDN'T HEAR YOU EARLIER.
UM, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? I'LL NEED YOU TO COME FORWARD AND BEFORE YOU LEAVE, FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AND WHEN YOU DO COME FORWARD, IF YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
I OWN THE YOGA STUDIO AT 6 0 4 MAIN STREET.
SO THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO IMPACT DIRECTLY MY BUSINESS.
UM, I RE I REALIZED THAT HE'S PROMISING A BUNCH OF THINGS THAT HE'S PLANNING TO DO, BUT THE REALITY IS THAT FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS I'VE BEEN THERE, HE HAS NOT MAINTAINED THE LAND.
IT'S A, IT'S A PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT IS NOTHING BUT TRASH.
AND THE ONES THAT END UP PICKING UP THE PIECES ARE THE TENANTS.
I FORESEE THE SAME PROBLEM AS, AS THIS PROJECT DEVELOPS.
THE AMOUNT OF HOMELESS PEOPLE WE ALREADY HAVE IS OUTRAGEOUS.
I HAVE PICK UP HUMAN FE FROM MY FRONT AND BACK DOORS.
THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY ACCOUNTABILITY ON HIS END FOR THIS PAST SIX YEARS TO DO ANYTHING TO MITIGATE ANY OF THAT.
NOW, AS FAR AS THE PARKING, UM, I USED TO HAVE A, A MASSAGE PLACE AT 6 1 3 MAIN STREET, WHICH IS RIGHT ON THE CORNER OF THE, THE BANK.
THE AMOUNT OF PROBLEMS I HAD WITH PEOPLE PARKING ON THE ALLEY JUST FOR THE CONVENIENCE BECAUSE THEY WERE SO LAZY TO WALK, TO WALK FROM STATE STREET TO RESTAURANTS ON MAINE WAS RIDICULOUS.
WE'RE TALKING HERE ABOUT FIVE SMALL RESTAURANTS AND, AND THE POSSIBILITY FOR PEOPLE TO STOP BY AND GO AND RUN AND PICK UP SOMETHING VERY QUICKLY IS VERY REAL.
I HAVE SEEN THE, THE MESS THAT EXISTS AT FISH AND TAILS AT NIGHT.
SO MANY, MANY TIMES WHEN PEOPLE WERE PARKING AT THE ALLEY AT MY MASSAGE PLACE, I CALLED THE POLICE MANY TIMES I WAS TOLD THIS IS NOT AN EMERGENCY.
WE'LL, DISPATCH A MARSHAL WHEN, WHEN THEY ARE FREE.
IT WAS ALMOST A DAILY INSTANCE.
I I NEVER SAW A SOLUTION FOR IT.
THIS IS GONNA GET WORSE, ESPECIALLY NOW.
WE LOST, I THINK, FOUR PARKING SPOTS ON MAIN STREET THAT THEY TURN INTO FLOWER BEDS.
SO, UH, I REALLY DON'T, I REALIZE HE CANNOT BE HOLD ACCOUNTABLE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE GONNA BREAK THE RULES ON THE PARKING, BUT HE'S GONNA BE CAUSING THIS.
HE'S GONNA BE CREATING THIS PROBLEM.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER? I SEE NONE.
AND I'LL MAKE ONE MORE REQUEST.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I DON'T BELIEVE WE'LL NEED TIME FOR REBUTTAL.
I THINK, I THINK THE POINTS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP HAVE ALL BEEN ADDRESSED.
UM, COUNSEL, I WILL TELL YOU, UM, I AM IN FAVOR OF THIS REQUEST.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING FOOD TRUCK PARKS IN DOWNTOWN FOR ABOUT A DECADE NOW.
UH, SOME OF YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THE, THE OUTDOOR PATIO SECTION OF INTRINSIC WAS INITIALLY USED AS A FOOD TRUCK PARK.
SO, AND, AND WE'VE HAD THEM DOWN HERE FOR SPECIAL EVENTS, ET CETERA.
SO, UH, I I CERTAINLY SUPPORT THE FOOD TRUCKS AND, AND THE RESTAURANTS THAT ARE DOWN HERE.
AND TO THAT POINT, UM, YOU KNOW ABOUT THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE OF THE SITE AND I CAN TELL YOU THIS GENTLEMAN OWNS A RESTAURANT DOWNTOWN THAT SCORES 98 TO A HUNDRED EVERY YEAR THAT I HAVE KNOWN IT ON ITS HEALTH INSPECTION REPORTS.
AND SO I THINK IT'S PRETTY SAFE TO ASSUME THAT HE WOULD CONTINUE THAT, UH, ON THIS LOCATION.
SO, UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, I AM IN SUPPORT OF THIS AND, UH, COUNCILOR MOR, UNLESS THERE'S ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, COUNCIL MEMBER RE MORRIS, THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT.
AND YES, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF 15 C AND D WITH THE FIVE
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YEAR SS U P I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILLOR MORRIS, A SECOND BY MEMBER LUCK TO APPROVE ITEMS 15 C AND D AS PRESENTED.AND THAT IS JUST TO CLARIFY, UH, A FIVE YEAR S U P.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU CAN PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US PLEASE AND SPLIT, NOPE, HANG ON.
AND DISPLAY THE VOTE THAT I, THOSE ITEMS ARE APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
THAT WAS OUR LAST ZONING CASE FOR THE EVENING.
[16. Consider appointments to Boards and Commissions.]
UH, ITEM 16, CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.AND WE'RE GONNA KIND OF GO AROUND THE HORN HERE THIS EVENING.
UH, WE'LL START WITH, UH, MAYOR PRO TIMM BASS.
FIRST OF ALL, UH, THE BOARD AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENT.
UM, CITY COUNCIL IS APPOINTING MICHELLE UD TO ANIMAL SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, FOR THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS.
MAYOR SCOTT LAMAY APPOINTS GAIL OWENS, MYSELF, MAYOR PRO TIMM, JEFF BASS APPOINTS SCOTT ROBERTS.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER MORRIS, WE'RE KIND OF OUT OF ORDER ON HERE, BUT WELL, YEAH.
YES, I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT WILLIAM OAKS.
COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS. MARTIN.
GLENN ALMOST SAID COUNCIL MEMBER REX.
'CAUSE THAT'S THE NEXT ONE ON MY LIST.
COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON, THE HONORABLE LAURIE DOTSON.
COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK MIKE ROSE.
NOTICE YOU DIDN'T USE HONORABLE WITH THAT ONE.
COUNCIL MEMBER OTT, THE HONORABLE.
UH, COUNCIL, YOU'VE HEARD THE NOMINATIONS NOT NEEDING A SECOND MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU WE'RE GONNA TAKE THESE IN A BLOCK, IF YOU CAN PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US, PLEASE COUNSEL AND DISPLAY THE VOTE.
AND THOSE NOMINATIONS ARE APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
THAT MOVES US TO ITEM 17, CITIZEN COMMENTS, PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS ISSUES NOT ON THE AGENDA.
MAY HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS COUNSEL.
COUNSEL IS PROHIBITED FROM DISCUSSING ANY ITEM NOT POSTED ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? GOING TWICE.
UH, THAT BRINGS US TO OUR FINAL ACT, WHICH IS AT, UH, EIGHT 12.