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RIGHT.[Environmental and Community Advisory Board on October 11, 2023.]
DO A ROLL CALL.JIM DOBBINS, DISTRICT ONE, DISTRICT FOUR.
HENRY ER MAYOR'S APPOINTEE HERE.
I GUESS I HAVE TO READ THE ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL.
DOES ANYBODY REMEMBER WAY BACK TO MAY, JUNE? YES.
THIS, THEY LOOK RIGHT AS FAR AS I CAN REMEMBER.
WHAT'S, UH, I'LL MOVE, MOVE TO ACCEPT THEM AS THEY'RE WRITTEN.
WHAT DO WE HAVE FOR TONIGHT? WE HAVE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OVER OVERVIEW.
I WAS TRYING TO
SO I WAS TOLD, I JUST KINDA WANTED TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHAT WE DO, WHAT WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DO.
IT IS ABOUT 50 SLIDES, SO I'M GONNA GO REALLY QUICK.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR INVITING ME.
UH, MY NAME IS A AKO SCHUSTER, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO I THINK EVERYBODY KNOW, BUT I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GO THROUGH THIS ABOUT GARLAND.
WE HAVE POPULATION ABOUT 246002ND AND LARGEST IN DALLAS COUNTY, OF COURSE, AFTER DALLAS.
UM, CITY OF DALLAS, 13TH LARGEST IN TEXAS, AND THE 96 IN THE US.
SO WE ARE TOP 100, YOU KNOW, SIZE-WISE.
UM, THE BIG CITY, UH, 40 PLUS PERCENT HISPANIC.
EXACT MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS 65,000.
BUT IF YOU GO LOOKING AT THE, UH, GISD POPULATION, I THINK IF HISPANIC POPULATION IS ABOUT 56, 50 7%, AND THE CITY OF GARLAND VIETNAMESE POPULATION IS ABOUT 18%.
THAT'S THE REASON CITY OF GARLAND, WHENEVER WE PUBLISH SOMETHING, WE DO ENGLISH, UH, SPANISH, AND, UM, VIETNAMESE.
NOW, I THINK ONCE YOU GET TO 20% POPULATION, THIS IS REALLY THE, UH, MANDATORY, YOU HAVE TO PUBLISH EVERYTHING IN THAT LANGUAGE.
BUT WE ARE, GO AHEAD TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT POPULATION IN VIETNAMESE.
UM, AND WE ARE VERY, UM, FORTUNATE TO HAVE THIS VERY DIVERSE, UH, COMMUNITY.
SO I GUESS I, HERE'S A QUESTION.
WHEN YOU HEAR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHAT DO YOU THINK? WHAT WE DO? WHAT IS OUR GOAL? I THINK WHAT'S KIND OF, EVERYBODY HAVE A DIFFERENT KIND OF DEFINITION.
SO I JUST KIND OF CURIOUS, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? WHAT IS OUR JOB? I BRING BUSINESS TO THE, TO THE AREA.
BRING EMPLOYERS AND, AND THINGS THAT GENERATE MONEY AND JOBS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
OUR GOAL IS REALLY DEFINITELY INCREASING TAX BASE OF THE CITY AND CREATE QUALITY JOB, LIKE YOU MENTIONED.
UM, RECRUIT QUALITY BUSINESSES AND ASSIST EXISTING BUSINESS EXPANSION AND REPURPOSE THE PROPERTY.
THAT, AND THEN ALSO GARLAND THESE DAYS, WHAT WE ARE FOCUSING ON IS REDEVELOPMENT AND REPURPOSING THE PROPERTY.
I'M GONNA GET TO REALLY A LITTLE BIT DETAIL ON THAT.
WE HAVE ONLY 3.5% VACANT LAND.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 29,000 ACRES, AND WE HAVE ONLY ABOUT A THOUSAND ACRE LAND AVAILABLE.
SO THAT'S REASON WE LIKE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A BEST OF THE BEST PROJECT.
UM, IT'S GONNA BE, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT AND MAKE SURE 20, 30 YEARS IN, IN GARLAND IN THE FUTURE, WHAT IS THE BEST FOR THE CITY.
DOES THAT MEAN UNOWNED OR UNDEVELOPED? UNDEVELOPED.
SO THERE'S A THOUSAND ACRES FOR SALE.
TECHNICALLY ALWAYS, THERE'S A PRICE ON IT, RIGHT? RIGHT.
BUT YEAH, I'M GONNA GET TO THAT.
AND THEN 20,000 AND, UH, I THINK I'M GONNA GET TO THAT.
SO THAT EXCLUDES PARKS AND NATURE AREAS, AND THERE'S A LOT OF FLAT PLAINS.
UM, SO EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A VACANT LOT, BUT IT'S A FLAT PLAIN, THAT MEANS WE CANNOT BUILD ANYTHING ABOVE.
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LAND MEANS, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S NO BUILDING ON IT.UM, SO REDEVELOPMENT, REPURPOSED THE PROPERTY.
SO WHAT WE DO IS, UM, LAND ACQUISITION.
IT'S NOT REALLY OUR PROJECT, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING LIKE THAT WE DO.
IF THERE IS THE, UM, UM, THE PROPERTY, IT'S LOW PERFORMING.
THAT MEANS THERE'S NOT CREATING A LOT OF TAX GENERATION GENERATING OR SOMETHING.
SO WE PURCHASE AND WORK WITH DEVELOPER TO BRING A NEW PROJECT THAT THAT'S, WE DO IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE.
UM, NEW AND UNIQUE RETAILS YOU HEAR.
AND SOMETIME, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A RESTAURANT, YOU GO TO OUTSIDE CITY, YOU KNOW, I WANT THIS, I WANT THAT.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES HERE WE WANNA WHOLE FOOD, WE WANNA TRADE TRADER JOE'S, WE WANT ATB, ALL THE THINGS.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, HOW WE CAN IMPROVE, HOW WE CAN PROVIDE THOSE KIND OF RETAIL AMENITIES.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE WORK WITH CLOSELY WITH THE, UH, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL PERSON OR DEVELOPER, AND TRYING TO BRING THOSE, UH, RETAILS, UH, PLACEMAKING, CREATING DESTINATION.
I'M GONNA GET TO OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN.
UH, BUT THIS IS REALLY DEFINITELY A NEW THING FOR THE CITY.
IMPROVING AMENITIES, AS I KIND OF MENTIONED, IT'S PUBLIC AND A PRIVATE, BOTH PUBLIC MEANS IT'S A PARKS AND TRAILS, AND THOSE, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, UM, SCHOOL DISTRICT, GOOD SCHOOLS, WHENEVER NEW FAMILY COME IN AT WHAT, WHO, WHAT THEY LOOK IT DEFINITELY GOOD SCHOOLS.
SO HOW WE CAN WORK IN GISD AND IN HOW WE CAN, UM, TELL THE POSITIVE STORY TO PUBLIC AND IN THE AREA IS ONE OF OUR MARKETING EFFORT, DIVERSIFYING HOUSING STOCK.
UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING I'M GONNA GET TO THAT LATER.
THE FIRST I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT OUR TEAM.
UH, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE, UH, ONE VACANCY FOR A LONG TIME, AND FINALLY WE FAILED.
UH, WE HAVE SEVEN, SEVEN OF US, INCLUDING ME, NO ABBA, AND SHE HAS DOUBLE MAJOR IN ECONOMICS AND THE MATH, SO DEFINITELY SHE'S REALLY SMART.
UM, SHE DOES A LOT OF DATA ANALYSIS, FACADE IMPROVEMENT.
JACOB ACTON, ACTUALLY, HE'S A PHD STUDENT.
UH, SO DEFINITELY HE'S GOOD ON A DATA ANALYSIS IN GIS JUDITH.
HER BACKGROUND IN SMALL BUSINESS.
SO SHE WAS WITH THE, UM, SBDC OFFICE FOR 15 YEARS.
UM, BUT SHE DOES NOW HERE WITH THE CITY OF GARLAND AND SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT AND RETAIL SUPPORT THAT SHE DOES.
KIMBERLY, UH, SHE IS ONE OF THE NEWEST MEMBER, UH, SHE STARTED OCTO, UH, BEGINNING OF OCTOBER.
SHE DOES STRATEGIC PLAN IMPLEMENTATION, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE A RIGHT DEVELOPER, RIGHT BROKER.
HE'S THE ONE REAL TAKING CARE OF US EVERY DAY OPERATION.
AND ISAAC IS THE, UH, RESEARCH INTERN, BUT HER BACKGROUND IS ARCHITECT.
SHE HAS A MASTER'S DEGREE IN ARCHITECTURE, AND THEN SHE'S NOW DOING GIS, AND THEN SHE'S WORKING WITH US AS A INTERN ABOUT ME.
YOU PROBABLY NOTICE I, I HAVE KIND OF EAST TEXAS ACCENT
UM, SO I'M, I GOT MY BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN JAPAN.
I CAME HERE FOR GETTING MY MASTER'S DEGREE IN, UH, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS.
UM, I DO, UH, I GRADUATED IN DECEMBER, 2000, BUT SIX MONTHS BEFORE I GRADUATED, I STARTED AS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INTERN AT THE GARLAND CHAMBER.
AT THAT TIME, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WAS CONTRACTED TO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
SO THE CHAMBER WAS DOING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND SINCE 1995.
I WAS THERE THROUGH, UH, DIFFERENT ROLES.
AND THE 2014 END OF 2014, CITY OF GARLAND DECIDED TO CREATING CITY OF, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.
SO, UH, MY ROLE DIDN'T CHANGE, BUT I WAS IN CHAMBER.
BUT I MOVED TO CITY OF GARLAND AS A BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
AND IN 2021 I WAS PROMOTED TO DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO AT THAT TIME, WHEN I BECAME DIRECTOR REX, UH, CURRENT CITY MANAGER, HE WAS A ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AT THAT TIME, I REPORTED TO HIM, HE WAS ASKING, THIS IS REALLY FIRST, UM, TASK I NEED TO WORK ON.
UH, WE, THE LONGEST TIME WE NEVER HAD THIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO THIS IS REALLY GOOD THING FOR THE CITY AND FOR OUR TEAM, CLARIFYING PRIORITIES PROVIDE DIRECTION AND INFORMED FUTURE CITY DECISION MAKING.
THAT'S REALLY ALL PROJECT IS IMPORTANT, BUT WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE WHERE WE ARE GOING.
LIKE I MENTIONED, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE AFTER 20, 30 YEARS THAT THE
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PROJECT HAS TO BE FEASIBLE AND IT HAS TO BE GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY.SO THIS WHOLE PROCESS, IT TOOK ABOUT 12 MONTH, UH, BUT BUSINESS OWNERS, GISD FOLKS, AND THEN CITY CHAMBER STAFF, AND THEN ALSO CITIZENS OF GOLAND.
IT WAS A LOT OF FOCUS GROUP MEETING, ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION.
THERE'S A LOT OF INPUTS THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
WE GOT A LOT OF, UH, FINDINGS.
IT'S A NEW THING THAT WE NEVER KNEW.
UM, BUT IT'S REALLY SOME DATA CONFIRMED, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO FOCUSING ON.
SO CHANGING DEMOGRAPHIC AND EMPLOYMENT.
DEF DEFINITELY DFW MARKET IS VERY COMPETITIVE.
UM, SO, AND ALSO THE, UH, NEW STATE REGISTRATION.
IT'S REALLY GIVING US A LOT OF CHALLENGES ON THE, UH, SSB TWO, WHICH IS, UM, TAX REVENUE.
THAT MEANS, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE REALLY WANTED TO DEVELOPING AND BRING A HIGH TAX VALUE, REAL ESTATE, TAX VALUE, PROJECT MANUFACTURING, DEFINITELY, UH, BUSINESS PERSON AND PROPERTY TAX WAS IMPORTANT.
AND THE DATA CENTER, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT LATER, BUT THOSE KIND OF THING WAS OUR FOCUS.
BUT BECAUSE OF THIS NEW SB TWO, WE GOT THE 3.5% CAP.
SO IT'S NOT JUST THE REAL ESTATE, HIGH TAX VALUE.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO, WHICH IS MORE SALES TAX GENERATING BUSINESSES, WHAT KIND OF DESTINATION PROJECT WE CAN BRING TO THE TABLE.
THAT'S REALLY SOMETHING WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
UM, SO IDENTIFY NEW OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO MEET THE GOALS.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING I MENTIONED.
I MENTIONED, UH, WE ARE VERY LUCKY, NORTH TEXAS REGION.
WE HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESS THAT YOU HEAR NEWS EVERY DAY.
A LOT OF BUSINESSES, PEOPLE MOVING, MOVING FROM CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK, EVERYWHERE IN THE WHOLE WORLD.
THAT IS TRUE, BUT IT'S VERY COMPETITIVE.
EVERYBODY WANTED TO LOOKING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
AND ALL THE CITIES LOOKING FOR THE REALLY COOL DEAL.
AND THIS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IS OFTEN DRIVEN BY LAND, PROPERTY, COST, AND INCOMES.
DEMOGRAPHIC IS VERY IMPORTANT.
OF COURSE, WHEN WE ARE TALKING TO THOSE RETAILERS, UH, WHEN WE ASK, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ASK WHY WE DON'T HAVE WHOLE FOOD ON TRADER JOE'S.
THEY ARE JUST LOOKING AHEAD, UH, LOOKING AT THE HOUSEHOLD INCOME, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PLUS, LIKE I SAID, IN THE GARLAND IS 65,000.
I'M NOT SAYING IT'S GOOD OR BAD.
THAT'S REALLY THOSE GUYS JUST LOOKING AS SIMPLE, THOSE DATA, AND THEN THEY JUST, GARLAND IS NOT THE PLACE FOR THEM.
UM, SO INCOME GARLAND IS MODERATE.
IT WAS SOME HIGHER AREA THAT WE ARE VERY DIVERSE, LIKE I TALKED ABOUT.
SO DUE TO THE SPREAD OF INCOME, THIS MAP SHOWING DARKER PURPLE IS A HIGHER, UM, INCOME.
AND THEN LIGHTER COLOR IS THE LOWER INCOME.
SO THESE SPREAD OF INCOME IN GARLAND, ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH, NOT GONNA WORK.
WE WANTED TO REALLY MAKE SURE A DEVELOPER AND OR COMPANIES HAVE SHARED THE SAME VISION WITH US.
SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO TRY TO BRING SOMETHING UNIQUE, SOMETHING DIFFERENT, UH, PROJECT TO GARLAND.
SO, KEY FINDINGS, I'M GONNA GO REALLY QUICK, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY INTERESTING DATA WE FOUND GARLAND IS, IS MORE THAN MANUFACTURING CITY.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF FOLKS THINK GARLAND IS BLUE COLLAR CITY, PROBABLY.
BUT AGAIN, MANUFACTURING, YES, WE DO HAVE A BIG MANUFACTURING, UM, BASE, AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
THAT'S NO QUESTION, BUT A LOT OF GARLAND RESIDENTS IS NOT WORK IN THE CITY'S MANUFACTURING BASE.
THERE IS A FOLKS DEFINITELY LIVING IN THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IN GARLAND THAT DOES GARLAND RESIDENTS.
BUT THOSE PEOPLE IS A, UH, 80%.
THOSE GUYS IS WORKING OUTSIDE OF THE CITY.
THEY'RE GOING TO DALLAS, RICHARDSON, AND PLANO.
THAT'S THE PLACES, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE WORKING MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY, THEY'RE WORKING OUTSIDE OF GARLAND.
A LOT OF FOLKS, YOU KNOW, UM, COMING TO GARLAND IS A LOT OF, EAST DALLAS IS WORKING IN OUR, UM, INDUSTRIAL BASE, INDUSTRIAL JOB IN GARLAND.
SO THAT'S, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, GARLAND RESIDENTS, IT'S A LOT OF WHITE.
60 MORE THAN 60% IS WHITE COLLAR, UH, JOBS THEY HAVE.
SO, UH, PEOPLE LIVING IN GARLAND AND WORKING IN GARLAND IS 11,000 PEOPLE, WHICH IS ABOUT 10%.
AND THEN 53,000 PEOPLE COMING TO GARLAND TO WORK.
AND 88,000 RESIDENTS OF GARLAND IS GOING OUTSIDE THE CITY.
SO WHY, BECAUSE THEY DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE A WHITE COLLAR JOB IN GARLAND.
THAT'S THE REASON PEOPLE WORK, YOU KNOW, IN A WHITE COLLAR, UM, JOB.
THEY, THEY DON'T, THEY CANNOT FIND A JOB IN GARLAND.
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THE REASON THEY'RE WORKING OUTSIDE GARLAND.SO, FINDING TWO, DESPITE BUILT OUT, UH, WE WANTED TO MAKE, I CANNOT MENTION 29,000 ACRES.
ABOUT 10% OF THE LAND IS VACANT, BUT IT'S, IT'S PART OF THE FLOODPLAIN.
SO A THOUSAND ACRE IS THE ONE POTENTIALLY WE CAN DEVELOP.
THAT'S THE REASON WE HAVE TO BE REALLY PICKY.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT PROPERTY IS REALLY THE BEST OF THE BEST PROJECT.
SO THIS IS JUST A LAND USE MAP AND FROM, YOU KNOW, PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
UM, SO THAT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A LOT OF, UM, VACANCY.
UM, FIGHTING THREE IS THE, UH, I MENTIONED ABOUT THIS PROPERTY STATE, UM, PROPERTY TAX CAP.
AND WE CANNOT ANNEX OUTSIDE THE CITY.
WE, WE ARE LANDLOCKED, SO WE CANNOT GROW.
SO CITY NEED TO MAXIMIZE OUR EXISTING TAX BASE.
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS HIGHER VALUE OF BUSINESS.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY STAY.
AND THEN FINDING OPTION TO GENERATE ADDITIONAL SALES TAX REVENUE.
OUR GOAL IS REALLY PEOPLE LIVING GARLAND IS SPENDING GARLAND, AND THEN PEOPLE OUTSIDE GARLAND SPEND MONEY IN GARLAND SO THAT WE CAN CAPTURE THEIR SALES TAX.
SO THIS MAP SHOWING PROPERTY TAX VALUATION, AS YOU SEE, UM, INDUSTRIAL AREA, DARK RED IS HIGHER TAX VALUE PROPERTY.
THIS IS, UH, REAL ESTATE TAX AND THE BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX.
SO OF COURSE MANUFACTURING ON THE WEST SIDE, GARLAND, THEY, THEY ARE GENERATING A LOT OF TAX.
AND THE NORTH, UH, NORTH GARLAND, WHICH IS, UH, RIGHT SIDE IS REALLY THE, UH, FIREWALL TOWN CENTER.
AND THEN FARTHER NORTH IS THE, OR THE DATA CENTER.
SO THIS IS A REVENUE PER ACRE BY BUILDING TYPE.
EVERYBODY TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, GOING TO CLOUD, THE MORE THE CELL PHONE AND IPAD YOU HAVE, IT'S GOING TO CLOUD, BUT THAT'S GOING TO DATA CENTER.
SO WE HAVE A THREE MAJOR DATA CENTER OPERATOR IN GARLAND STREAM REALTY, NTT AND DIGITAL REALTY.
UM, STREAM REALTY, THEY HAVE A 20 ACRE, THEY ALREADY HAVE A PHASE TWO.
I THINK ONE OF THE BUILDING IS THE, UH, FACEBOOK.
THEY HAVE, UH, DATA CENTER IN THERE, NTT, THEY HAVE, IT USED TO BE RAGING WIRE FOR, UH, CALIFORNIA COMPANY.
BUT NTT JAPA JAPANESE COMPANY PURCHASED AND THEY'RE, UH, THEY'RE ADDING TWO NEW BUILDING THERE.
YOU SEE BIG CRANE ON THE, UH, GEORGE BUSH.
THAT'S REALLY, THEY'RE BUILDING TWO, 200,000 SQUARE FEET DATA CENTER.
THAT IS PRETTY MUCH GOING ALL THE AMAZON, THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA GO IN THERE.
DIGITAL REALTY, UH, THAT'S RIGHT BEHIND, UH, STRIKE AND REEL.
UH, I THINK THEY'RE GONNA DO THE, UH, BANK OF AMER IN THE BANK OF NO WELLS FARGO.
THAT'S THEIR DATA CENTER, THEIR BUILDING.
SO AS YOU SEE, DATA CENTER IS, UM, DEFINITELY HIGH TAX VALUE GENERATING, UH, BUILDING.
SO FINDING FOUR IS, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING.
SO DALLAS IN NORTH TEXAS REGION IS RIGHT NOW BIOCHEMICAL AND HIGH TECH, UH, BASED MANUFACTURING.
DIGITAL SERVICE IS DEFINITELY GROWING INDUSTRY.
THAT MEANS A LOT OF FOLKS IS KIND OF WORKING REMOTE.
THOSE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS, THEY DON'T NEED TO GO TO OFFICE.
THEY CAN CHOOSE WHERE THEY LIVE, AND THEN THEY CAN WORK FROM HOME.
SOMETIME THEY'RE, UM, GARLAND HOUSING STOCK, IT, A LOT OF THEM BUILT IN SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES.
AND THEN, UM, SOMETIMES THOSE HOUSING STYLE, HOUSING STOCK IS NOT NECESSARILY THOSE YOUNG PROFESSIONAL IS LOOKING FOR.
SO HOW WE CAN ADDING DIVERSIFYING HOUSING STOCK IS DEFINITELY, WE, THAT'S THE REASON WE, YOU SEE A LOT OF MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TOWN HOMES, THOSE TYPE OF, UM, UH, HOUSING STOCK WE TRYING TO ADD IN A CITY.
SO THE ALSO THOSE YOUNG FOLKS, MAYBE THEY NEED CLOSE TO TRAIL, CLOSE TO PARK, CLOSE TO, UM, THOSE UNIQUE AMENITY THAT'S THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.
SO THAT'S, WE ARE TRYING TO ADD TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO FOCUS AREA, THERE IS ABOUT SEVEN FOCUS AREA.
UM, TELL US AGAIN, THE FIRST ONE IS THE MOST, OF COURSE, IN ORDER FOR US TO PROVIDE THE SAME SERVICE, WE HAVE TO BRING MORE SALES TAX BECAUSE OF THIS SB TWO, UM, SUPPORTING AMENITIES, UH, PROMOTE GARLAND AS A DESTINATION.
DO YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT SSB TWO IS? NO.
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IT'S SENATE BILL TWO.SO SENATE BILL TWO WHEN IT WAS PASSED IS, IS TO SET A CAP ON PROPERTY TAXES.
SO PROPERTY TAXES IS THE NUMBER ONE SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
WHEN THAT CAP WAS SAID, IT CRIPPLED CITIES.
SO WHAT, WHAT WHAT ACO IS SAYING IS NOW CITIES HAVE TO LOOK FOR NEW WAYS TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE FOR, RIGHT.
FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S SAY IT'S A SIMPLE THING.
IF OUR CITIES TAX, UH, REVENUE IS $10 MILLION FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR, WE CAN GAIN ONLY 10,000,300 50,000.
WE CAN ADDITIONAL REVENUE COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEAR, YEAR.
BUT OF COURSE, RECENT, YOU KNOW, CRAZY REAL ESTATE, YOU KNOW, LIKE I THINK LAST YEAR, AVERAGE CITY OF GARLAND, THE TAX, UM, NO PROPERTY TAX, NO PROPERTY VALUE GO UP 17%.
SO IF YOU SIMPLE MATH, WE FEEL LIKE OUR TAX REVENUE GO UP 17% BECAUSE 17%, EVERYBODY'S PROPERTY TAX GO UP BECAUSE OF THE SB TWO.
WE HAVE TO LOWER TAX RATE SO THAT WE CAN, WE NOT GONNA GO ABOVE 3.5% INCREASED REVENUE PRE FROM PREVIOUS YEAR.
SO LAST, NOT THE LAST YEAR, TWO YEARS AGO, NOT THIS YEAR, I BELIEVE WE, WE, I THINK THE LAST COUPLE YEARS WE HAVE TO LOWER TAX RATE DUE TO THIS.
WE HAVE TO GIVE UP ADDITIONAL $8 MILLION, SEVEN $18 MILLION, SOMETHING CRAZY NUMBER 18 MILLION BECAUSE OF THE SB TWO, WE COULD GET $18 MILLION MORE, BUT BECAUSE OF SB TWO, WE HAVE TO LOWER THE TAX TAX RATES.
SO THAT, THAT'S REALLY KINDA, WE HAVE, THAT'S OUR CHALLENGE.
WE ARE FACING, UH, IT'S, I'M SORRY, IT'S AN ECONOMIC QUESTION, BUT, SO THE INTENT OF SSB TWO IS TO LOWER THE PROPERTY TAXES FOR HOMEOWNERS, RIGHT? THAT WAS WHAT IT WAS SOLD AS, RIGHT? IT'S PROPERTY TAX.
BUT RIGHT, THE SIDE EFFECT OF THAT IS LOWERING THE CAPACITY TO INCREASE THE TAX REVENUE BASE.
SO, SO YOU HELP ONE SIDE, WHICH IS THE HOMEOWNERS, BUT THEN YOU'RE CRIPPLING THE BUSINESS MUNICIPALITIES FOR EVERYBODY.
JUDGE, WASN'T THAT PUT THROUGH BY REPUBLICANS, THOUGH? THAT SEEMS LIKE IT'S COUNTERINTUITIVE TO THEIR YEAH, I MEAN, LOOK AT THE CURRENT, I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M JUST, JUST MY DEGREE OF POLITICAL SCIENCE.
I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE, WELL, THOSE TWO THINGS DON'T MIX.
POLITICAL SCIENCE AND ECONOMICS ARE NOT IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY KIND OF DO, BUT IT'S JUST LIKE YOU'RE SHOOTING YOUR OWN FOOT DESPITE YOURSELF.
SO IT VERY MUCH LIKE LOOKING TO PUT IN DATA CENTERS WHEN THE ELECTRICAL CAPACITY TO RUN THE DATA CENTER WILL COST THE CITY TWICE WHAT THEY'LL MAKE IN, UM, TAX REVENUE, PROBABLY THREE TIMES.
YOU HAVE TO PUT IN AT LEAST TWO SUBSTATIONS TO COVER THREE DATA CENTERS.
SO ONE OF THE DATA CENTER WE ARE WORKING ON, IT'S ENCORE.
SO IT'S NOT THE GARLAND PARK LIGHT.
SO YEAH, WE ARE TRYING TO, WHAT'S COSTING SOMEBODY? WELL, YES AND NO, BUT, AND THE APARTMENTS COST THE CITY IN ADDITIONAL SEWER CAPACITY AND WATER CAPACITY AND REPURPOSING THOSE LINES FROM THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS TO MORE COMMERCIAL GRADES, BOTTOM LINE WASN'T.
AND IT COST MONEY TO MAKE MONEY IS THE BOTTOM LINE.
IT WASN'T AN ECONOMIC DECISION.
GUYS, I DON'T WANT TO INTERRUPT, BUT, SORRY, SORRY, I PUT IT TOGETHER.
I DON'T WANNA HOLD A YAHOO HERE UNTIL NO, NO, NO.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, BUT AT THE THE SAME TIME, THIS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, IN ORDER FOR US TO PROVIDING SERVICE TO THE CITIZEN OF GARLAND, WE HAVE TO HAVE REVENUE.
THEN THAT HOW WE CAN FILL THE GAP IS DEFINITELY CHALLENGE.
SO ANYWAY, SO THAT'S REASON THIS CREATING DESTINATION AND SALES TAX AND KINDA, UM, FOCUSING IN THE RETAIL IS DEFINITELY NOT THE LAST SEVERAL NEVER BE GARLAND FOCUS OR WE DIDN'T NEED TO DO THAT.
BUT AGAIN, NOW WE HAVE TO REALLY FIND A DIFFERENT SOURCE OF REVENUE.
OH, ANOTHER THING IS DEFINITELY THE, UH, EXPANDING AND LODGING OPTIONS.
THIS IS REALLY HOTELS, MOTEL TAX.
THAT'S SOMETHING IF WE, THE DESTINATION PEOPLE, UH, WE WANT PEOPLE STAY IN GARLAND.
SO THAT'S REALLY SOMETHING WE NEED TO WORK ON.
UM, AND GARLAND IS DEFINITELY MAKING CITY, OF COURSE.
SO WE, HOW WE CAN, UM, CAPTURING THOSE, THIS CREATIVE WAY ON THE MAKING SOMETHING.
SO WE NEED TO PROVIDE SOME MIXED SPACE.
SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR MAYBE ARTIST INCUBATOR TYPE OF DEAL.
THE MAKER SPACE GONNA BE ADDED ON THE, UH, NEW, UM, LIBRARY.
SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY EXCITING OPTIONS.
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RETENTION, EXPANSION.UM, DEFINITELY WE WANTED TO HOLD ONTO WHAT WE HAVE, PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE ACROSS THE CITY REDEVELOPMENT AND THE UTILIZE LOW VALUE PARCEL THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
SO IMPROVE THE IMAGE AND OUTER PERCEPTION OF, OF THE CITY CURB APPEAL.
UM, SO A LOT OF TIME WHEN I'VE BEEN TALKED TO SOME BROKER, DEVELOPER, WHOEVER IT IS, UM, THERE'S ALWAYS LIKE A GARLAND.
YOU KNOW, YOU PUT IN GARLAND DOWNTOWN AS A GARLAND.
WHY GARLAND? THERE'S DEFINITELY, THERE IS A DEFINITE, THERE IS SOME PERCEPTION.
SO, UM, HOW WE CAN BEAUTIFY THE CITY.
SO, UH, WE HAVE SOME GROUP IS WORKING ON SOME, UM, YOU KNOW, CURB APPEAL, BEAUTIFYING SOME CORRIDOR.
THAT'S REALLY SOMETHING, UH, WE ARE WORKING ON IN WORKING WITH THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT.
UM, SO IMAGE, UH, INITIATIVE, THAT'S, WE HAVE, UM, NEW MARKETING OFFICER.
SO SHE'S REALLY WORKING ON THIS IMAGE AND PERCEPTION, STRATEGIC MARKETING, UM, APPROACH, AND OF COURSE, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION.
WE NEED TO REALLY KIND OF WORKING CLOSELY WITH GISD PARTNERSHIP AND IN DALLAS COLLEGE AND, UH, MAINTAIN RESOURCES TO LINK GARLAND BUSINESS AND THE WORKFORCE ISSUES.
THE LAST ONE IS THE, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT HOUSING OPTIONS.
UM, THERE'S SOME RE SPECIFIC REDEVELOPMENT SITE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF, UM, OLD MULTIFAMILY PRODUCT AND HOW WE CAN WORK WITH DEVELOPER AND WE CAN BRING A NEW PRODUCT TO THE CITY.
SO PROJECT HIGHLIGHT, AND THIS IS SINCE, UH, 2018 TO CURRENT PROJECT.
THIS WE TALKING ABOUT STREAM DATA CENTER.
THIS WAS THE, UH, FIRST PHASE WAS 2018.
SO 2019 DATED, UH, ADDITIONAL BUILDING.
UM, PROPOSED INVESTMENT WAS A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS MICRO PACK INDUSTRY.
UM, GARLAND BUSINESSES, UH, BUSINESS.
UM, THEY HAD FIVE DIFFERENT BUILDINGS ON THE WALNUT STREET.
THEY BUILT A BRAND NEW 72,000 SQUARE FEET OFFICE ON 66, 70 3000 SQUARE FEET I MENTIONED.
THEY MAKE THOSE MICROCHIPS 500 MAIN, UH, THIS IS JUST RIGHT THERE IN THE CORNER.
UH, USED TO BE GARLAND FURNITURE.
NOW I THINK I NEED TO UPDATE THE, UM, PHOTO, BUT THIS IS REALLY SOMETHING WE ARE WORKING WITH THROUGH THE DEVELOPER, THROUGH DEVELOP, UH, PROPERTY OWNER AND HELPING RECRUITING THIS, UM, RESTAURANT.
NOW, YOU MENTIONED YOU DON'T LIKE THE PIZZA, BUT, UH, SUPPOSED TO BE REALLY GOOD
I I NEVER TRIED IT, SO WE'LL SEE.
BUT THEY JUST DELIVER BRAND NEW OVEN THIS MORNING.
AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A STATE AND MAINE, THAT'S THE WINE SHOP.
IT'S GONNA BE, UH, UH, ANOTHER, UM, TENANTS RIGHT THERE.
UM, SWEDEN, UH, FORTUNATE SUN.
UH, THEY NOT GONNA BE OPENED BY SATURDAY, OF COURSE, BUT THEIR, UH, TARGET OPENING DATE IS NOVEMBER 1ST.
SO, UH, WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THEN THE, UH, BEAUTIFUL PATIO, THEY'RE GONNA BE PUT IT IN.
ISN'T THAT A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN THE FOLKS NEXT DOOR, FOXY AND, NO, THIS RESTAURANT GUYS IS, HAVE YOU HEARD, UM, GOOD FRIEND BURGER AND A BEER GARDEN IN DALLAS? YEAH, IT'S OFF OF GARLAND ROAD IN DOWS OVER NEAR THAT CASA LINDA AREA.
IT'S REALLY, IT'S REALLY THE, THE BURGERS ARE REALLY GOOD.
UM, THEY, THEY CAME IN, THEY LOVE DOWNTOWN.
SO, YOU KNOW, THEY WANTED TO BRING, BUT THEY COULDN'T USE THE SAME NAME BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENT INVESTORS.
SO THEY HAVE TO BRING SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
AND THEN, BUT OF COURSE WE HAVE A MAIN STREET CAFE, WHICH THEY HAVE A GREAT BURGER TOO.
SO THEY WANTED TO BRING SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
SO THEY'RE GONNA DO THE PIZZA.
UM, AQS, UH, THEY ARE SOUTH KOREAN COMPANY, UH, THAT THEIR HEADQUARTER, US HEADQUARTER IS IN LA BUT THEY WANTED TO EXPAND TO TEXAS MARKET, AND THEIR OLDER CUSTOMER IS IN THIS REGION.
SO, UM, THEY CAME IN, THEY TOOK OVER THE, ALL THE CHEERLEADING BUILDING ON MILLER ROAD AND HERMAN STREET.
UM, SO THEY, THEY CAME IN 2019, FUTURE FOAM.
UH, THEY ARE CON UH, CONS, NO, YEAH, THEY KIND OF PUT IT TOGETHER.
THERE'S FOUR BUILDINGS IN DALLAS, THEN TWO DIFFERENT, UH, PRODUCT.
BUT THEY CONSOLIDATE THAT OPERATION TO GARLAND.
THEY TOOK OLD, UM, KINGSLEY TOOLS BUILDING ON KINGSLEY.
IT'S GOOD BUILDING, BUT IT JUST OLD BUILDING.
UM, THEY ARE, THEY BRING A HUNDRED JOB FROM DALLAS
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BOARDWALK PAVING, THAT'S A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR.THEY WERE ON THE INDUSTRIAL LANE OF KINGSLEY.
THEY HAVE ONLY 21,000 SQUARE FEET.
THEY BUILT BRAND NEW 60,000 SQUARE FEET BUILDING.
AND THEY, I THINK THEY OPENED EARLY, UH, THIS YEAR.
THIS IS MAM MILLION SQUARE FEET, UH, OLD, THE FLEMING DISTRIBUTION BUILDING.
UM, THIS, UM, THIS FOLKS DID THE, UM, THIS NEW I THINK INVESTMENT COMPANY IN NEW YORK.
THEY PURCHASE ENTIRE, UH, ENTIRE BUILDING.
THEY DEMOLISHED THE ONE 42,000 SQUARE FEET.
IT'S DRY STORAGE, UH, WAREHOUSE.
AND THEN THEY ARE BUILDING, THEY ADD 120,000 SQUARE FEET OF ALL COLD STRETCH COLD STORAGE AND A FREEZER.
AND THE PHASE TWO, THIS IS THIS, UH, PHOTO 26, TIM MACREE.
THIS IS USED TO BE THE, UM, RECYCLING CENTER.
ANYWAY, SO IT'S, THERE'S NO AIR CONDITIONING OR ANYTHING.
AND THEN THEY ARE PUTTING A HUNDRED PERCENT AIR CONDITIONING AND THE FREEZER SPACE.
SO THE SALAD GO, THE, UM, AND THEY'RE POPPING EVERY EVERYWHERE SALAD GO IS DOING THIS DISTRIBUTION.
SO FOUNTAIN GATE TOWN HOME, THIS IS KINGSLEY AND CENTERVILLE ROAD.
WE HAVE SOME FORECLOSED PROPERTY, UH, CITY OWNED.
WE WORKED THROUGH THE GISD, THE SMALLER PIECE WE ASSEMBLED TOGETHER.
SO THEY'RE GONNA BE BRINGING TOWN HOME 88 UNIT TOWN HOMES.
JUPITER MILLER BUSINESS CENTER.
THIS IS USED TO BE THE RAYTHEON CAMPUS.
A HUNDRED ACRE ON MILLER AND JUPITER.
UH, THIS IS A THREE BUILDING IS A TOTAL IS 800,000 SQUARE FEET.
UH, BUT THIS IS THE KIND OF FRONTAGE OF JUPITER ON MILLER.
THEY HAVE A LOR ECOLAB QUEST WINDOW AND ALSO APPLE.
UM, THEY ARE DOING A TEST FACILITY IN THE CORNER, PLUS BACK PACKAGING.
THEY CAME, THEY EXPANDED SEVERAL TIMES, UM, THAT THIS IS PROBABLY PHASE EIGHT OR NINE, BUT THEY ARE, KEEP INVESTING AND EXPANDING, UH, THE GARLAND FACILITY.
UH, THIS, UH, THEY, THEY ADDED A NEW LINE IN 20 18, 20 19 REVOLVING KITCHEN.
UH, THIS IS ALL THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDING.
THIS GROUP BOUGHT IT, AND THEN YEP, THEY GOT IT OUT.
AND THIS IS A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN, 33 COMMERCIAL KITCHEN.
KRAFT HEINZ, UH, THEY HAVE A 40 ACRE LOT THERE IN THE FOREST LANE.
AND SHILOH, THE 2019, THEY ADDED THIS LUNCHABLE LINE, $55 MILLION INVESTMENT.
NOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THEY WERE ADDING ANOTHER FULL LINE.
SO IT'S GONNA BE OVER A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS EXPANSION.
SO THEY ARE ONE OF THE, UH, LARGEST, UH, PRIVATE COMPANIES IN GARLAND, ZOELY, USA, WHICH IS ITALIAN COMPANY.
THEY ARE CONTRACT MANUFACTURER OF THE FABRIC SOFTENER AND DETERGENT.
AND, UH, THEY CAME IN 2018, THIS IS US HEADQUARTER.
AND THEN THEY EXPANDED, UH, 2021, THEY BUILDING AN ADDITIONAL 70,000 SQUARE FEET DRAPER.
THIS IS ON AVENUE B AND GARLAND ROAD.
IT'S OLD, UH, WYATT CAFETERIA ON THAT PROPERTY.
THEY'RE PUTTING A 5,155 UNITS MULTIFAMILY.
AND THEN PHASE THREE GONNA BE UNDERWAY.
PHASE TWO IS, THEY'RE ADDING IN TOWN, I THINK, I BELIEVE IT'S 25 TOWN HOMES.
BUT PHASE THREE IS, THEY'RE GONNA BE REDEVELOPING THIS CHASE TOWER, WHICH IS GONNA BE FIRST STREET.
THE CHASE BANK GONNA STAY, BUT WE ARE GONNA BE ABOVE, UH, SECOND FLOOR TO ABOVE.
WE ARE GONNA, WE ARE TRYING TO BRING THE, UH, UH, THE LOFT TYPE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, UH, PRODUCT ON THIS BUILDING.
I MEAN, WHICH AREA? THIS IS ON THE GARLAND AVENUE AND AVENUE B.
IT'S IN FRONT OF THE, UM, DALLAS COUNTY OFFICE.
IS THIS THE TALK OUT REALLY WELL, TALLEST BUILDING IN GARLAND? UH, IS IT FIVE STORY STILL GONNA BE THE TALLEST BUILDING IN GARLAND? YES.
WE ARE WORKING ON A HIGH DENSITY IN A BUILDING.
WE, WE NEED A BUILDING,
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BUILDING ON JUPITER AND THE MARQUEE, WHICH IS NORTH OF, UM, MILLER ROAD SINCE GARLAND INDUSTRIAL MARKET, RIGHT NOW, IT'S VERY ACTIVE.SO THIS IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
BUT UM, THEY ALREADY HAVE A TENANT, I THINK A HUNDRED PERCENT OCCUPIED.
YOU KNOW, WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT THAT LOCATION IS THERE'S THREE SPEED BUMPS ON THAT STREET.
YOU'VE GOTTA BE LOSING STUFF THERE ALL THE TIME.
UH, PEAK AND GROVE, UH, BY NEW MODERN HOME.
THIS IS NEW RESIDENTIAL TOWN HOME PROJECT.
UM, THIS IS A 50 LY TOWN HOMES, BUT THIS IS A HUNDRED PERCENT SUSTAINABLE PRODUCT.
THEY CAPTURE ALL THE RAINWATER AND THEY HAVE A THICKER, UM, HOW DO YOU CALL IT? UM, INSULATION.
INSULATION, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO, UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE STARTING FROM A FOUR 50, MAYBE HALF MILLION DOLLAR.
IT'S ON HIGHWAY 66 AND CENTERVILLE.
UH, THIS IS NEW MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL.
IT'S ON I 30 AND BETWEEN ROSE HILL AND SOLAR FAULKNER PROPERTY.
UH, PHASE IT IS GONNA BE MULTI-PHASE PROJECT.
UH, BUT THE PHASE ONE THEY'RE WORKING ON IS 196, UH, UNITS MULTIFAMILY.
AND THEY'RE GONNA ADD A 15,000 SQUARE FEET RESTAURANT OFFICE OR RETAIL.
UH, BUT THEY'RE GONNA BE, UM, ADDING 58 TOWN HOMES ON SOUTH OF THEIR PROPERTY.
THAT'S GONNA BE FOR SALE PRODUCT.
AND IN PHASE THREE, GONNA BE LAST ONE GONNA BE ANOTHER A HUNDRED UNITS MULTIFAMILY, UH, VALO HEALTH PARK.
WE ARE GONNA BE REALLY WORKING VERY HARD ON THE REDEVELOPMENT AND RECRUITING COMMUNITY HOSPITAL IN THIS, UM, AREA.
UH, CITY OWNED THE FOUR ACRES ON SHILOH.
UH, WE, WE WORK IN WITH THE, UM, UH, MEDICAL, UH, DEVELOPER, UH, PARIAN, WHO OWNED THE THREE BUILDINGS IN THIS AREA.
WHEN THEY PURCHASED THIS BUILDINGS, UM, IT WAS 40% OCCUPANCY.
SO IN ORDER FOR US TO KIND OF TRY TO BRING A COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, WE NEED TO REALLY KIND OF GO AND ADD THIS, UM, OCCUPANCY RATE HIGHER, SO THAT WE ARE, WE'VE BEEN, WE ARE GONNA BE TALKING TO PARKLAND AND A COUPLE OTHER, UM, UH, HOSPITAL OPERATOR.
WE DID THE BETTER BLOCK AND THEN, UH, WE PUT THE WALL MURAL ON THE PROPERTY.
THAT WAS REALLY EXCITING PROJECT.
AND THIS IS, UM, A MASTER PLAN IS CONCEPTUAL PLAN, BUT WE WANTED TO UPGRADE THIS SOMETHING ON OUR CIP, UH, NEXT YEAR, I GUESS THIS YEAR ON THE CLARA BARTON, WE WANTED TO, UM, REDUCING, UH, CAR ACCESS, BUT WE WANTED TO HAVE A BIGGER SIDEWALK.
WE ARE TALKING TO VA HOSPITAL, BRING IT, UH, WELLNESS PARK AND ALSO TRAIL ALONG THE CREEK.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE GONNA BE, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE, UM, DEVELOPER.
IT USED TO BE AN AT AND T BUILDING ON THAT PROPERTY THAT I'M SURE THE GROUND'S CONTAMINATED OVER THERE.
WHICH ONE? WHERE THE RIGHT THERE ON CLARA BARTON ON THE CORNER.
THE ONE ONLY VACANT LOT NEXT TO IT.
OH, THE, I OWN A RECYCLING COMPANY AND WE CLEARED THE ELECTRONICS OUT OF THEIR, AND THEN THE VERO USED TO BE, YEAH, UHHUH.
WE MENTIONED SOME, ONE OF THE SLIDES IN THERE MENTIONED ABOUT HOTELS AND UHHUH
WHAT IS THE AVERAGE OCCUPANCY RATE FOR HOTELS IN GARLAND? UH, GOOD QUESTION.
SO WE DON'T HAVE A BIG CORPORATE, YOU KNOW, USUALLY IT'S, I THINK THEY ARE DOING GREAT ON A WEEKEND THAT WE ALWAYS HEAR FROM OWNERS.
BUT IS IT 65% AVERAGE? PROBABLY, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT I THINK IT'S SIXTIES AVERAGE, BUT I THINK IT'S ON THE WEEK.
BUT ON THE WEEKEND IT'S PRETTY GOOD.
USUALLY WEEK, UH, WEEKEND, I, I THINK I HEARD, ESPECIALLY WHEN I'M TALKING TO, UM, HOLIDAY INN ON THE BASSPRO AREA, THEY SAID WEEKEND.
WEEKDAY IS THE ONE THEY'RE CHALLENGED BECAUSE I WAS IN THE HOTEL BUSINESS FOR 25 YEARS.
MY HUSBAND IS HOTEL BUSINESS TOO.
SO
AND IN GARLAND IT'S EITHER GOTTA BE THE PARK HYATT OR THE HOLIDAY INN.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE OLD THOUGHT IS IN THE HOTEL BUSINESS, IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE
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BUILD THE DREAMS. YEAH.SO HAVE THEY EVER THOUGHT ABOUT BRINGING IN A TOP DOLLAR, LIKE A HILTON OR MARRIOTT OR SOMEBODY THAT COULD BRING IN, WE ARE WORKING ON IT.
WHERE, AND WHERE WOULD THEY, WHERE WOULD THEY PUT THAT AND WHAT WOULD THEY, WHAT WOULD THEY SETTLE THAT? SO DEFINITELY WHEN YOU TALK TO CVB, THEY WANTED TO HAVE A CONVENTION CENTER YES.
PLUS SO THAT WE CAN BRING A PEOPLE.
SO FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WHENEVER YOU'RE TALKING TO A HOTEL DEVELOPER, THEY ALWAYS WANTED TO BE NEXT TO FIREWALL.
RIGHT? SO THAT'S REALLY THE, WE WERE TALKING A COUPLE HOTEL DEAL AND THEN COVID HIT.
SO THAT'S COUPLE DEAL DEAD BECAUSE OF THAT.
SO NOW, OKAY, NOW SCRATCH THAT.
BUT THAT
AND THEY'RE BUILDING A WHOLE, A WHOLE GROUP OF OTHER HOTELS THAT ARE RELATED UNDER THE SHERATON NAME.
IT WOULD HAVE TO BE IN NORTH MARYLAND OVER THERE.
PROBABLY FURTHER NORTH THAN, UH, FIRE WHEEL.
BUT YOU'RE NOT SATURATING THEIR MARKET WITH HILTON OR HYATT AND THEY'VE GOT OTHER PRODUCTS.
THEY'RE ALL OF THOSE ARE OUR CLIENTS.
DID THE CITY VI DECIDE TO BUY THE JONES BUILDING LAST NIGHT AND THE CITY COUNCIL? THAT WAS THE ISSUE? MM-HMM.
AND THEY DECIDED THEY, THEY APPROVED.
AND WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GONNA GO IN THERE? UM, SO I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT ONE ING ALL.
WHAT IS
THERE'S YOUR HIGH RISE LUXURY HOTEL.
THERE'S A LOT OF IDEAS DEFINITELY BECAUSE OF THIS, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DESTINATION, WHAT WE CAN BRING, YOU KNOW, TO THE PEOPLE, TO GARLAND, RIGHT? THE DOWNTOWN, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RESTAURANT.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HOTELS, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT EVENTS, VENUE OR CONCERT VENUE TYPE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF IDEAS, BUT ALWAYS, OKAY, HOW MUCH GONNA COST? SO THAT'S REALLY ABOUT
I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, THE CONSULTANT WILL BE A MILLION BUCKS.
EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS DOWNTOWN IS A MILLION BUCKS WORTH OF CONSULTING.
HAVE YOU, CAN YOU RELEASE THE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WILL BE AT THE OLD HYPER MART? OH, THE HYPER MART RIGHT NOW WE DON'T, YEAH, I CAN RELEASE BECAUSE WE HAVE NOTHING RIGHT NOW.
SO RIGHT NOW THE, WITH THE CONCRETE BATCH PLAN IS THERE BECAUSE OF THE ALL THE TECH DOT.
SO THEY'RE RIGHT NOW ASKING US THEY WANTED TO EXTEND ANOTHER YEAR BECAUSE THEY ARE THE CONSTRUCTION DELAY.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE REALLY NEWEST INFORMATION I CAN GIVE YOU.
SO RIGHT NOW, YES, WE ARE KIND OF TALKING TO A LOT OF FOLKS.
WHAT IF OKAY, WHEN IT'S DONE, WHAT CAN WE DO? SO, YEAH, NOT MUCH.
UH, WELL, NO, WE HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES.
I'VE I'VE WORKED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 25 YEARS.
YOU MENTIONED TWO OTHER GROCERY CHAINS, HEB, WHICH IS GOING INTO SOME HIGH DOLLAR AREA.
THEY ALSO WANT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PER HOUSEHOLD.
I'M JUST WONDERING HOW YES, NO, HOW PROUD THEY'VE GOTTEN THEIR PRODUCT FOR, FOR A, FOR A BAR.
WELL, NOT BARGAIN, BUT, UH, THEY, THEY A GOOD VALUE GROCERY STORE.
I THINK DEFINITELY AEB, YOU KNOW, SOME AREA, I THINK IT GONNA DEFINITELY FIT.
I THINK RICHARDSON PROBABLY NO, GARLAND, WE CAN GET THAT.
BUT THE, THE CHALLENGES, AS I MENTIONED, HAS TO BE AVAILABLE PROPERTY.
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR 20 ACRES.
THAT'S THE, THERE IS A COUPLE SITE, THEN WE PRESENT IT TO THAT.
AND THEY ALSO, BUT AT THAT TIME THEY WERE SAYING WE WANTED TO HAVE A MAJOR ROAD.
SO THEY LIKE TO BE MAJOR HIGHWAY.
THEY WANTED TO HAVE A VISIBILITY.
OF COURSE, THEY WANTED TO HAVE A BIG, SO THE GARLAND ROAD, YES.
SO WHENEVER THEY IDENTIFY, OKAY, I WANT THAT, BUT THEN THE LOT IS NOT FOR SALE.
SOME AREA IS TOO SHALLOW, IT DOESN'T WORK.
HOW ABOUT THIS ONE? THE ONE STREET IS BIG, BUT THE CROSS THE STREET IS NOT BIG ENOUGH.
UM, BUT UM, YEAH, THAT'S REALLY THE, THE CHALLENGE IS WE DON'T HAVE THE, UH, THAT BIG PROPERTY WITH DECENT PRICE.
IT WOULD HAVE TO BE IN NORTH GARLAND OR RICHARDSON UP.
ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, BIG RETAILER LOOKING, AND THEN THEY TOLD ME, AND THEN THE PROPERTY IS WE HAVE TO PAY HIGHER THAN FRISCO AND MCKINNEY.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE FRISCO, MCKINNEY STILL, THEY HAVE A LOT OF LAND.
AND THE PROPERTY OWNER, IF THE PERSON HAVE A HUNDRED ACRE, 20 ACRE, THEY CAN GIVE THEM, GIVE THEM, SELL THEM REALLY MUCH LOWER PRICE BECAUSE THOSE RETAILER BRING THE PROPERTY VALUE GO UP.
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HAVE REST OF 80 ACRES.BUT NOW, RIGHT NOW WHAT WE HAVE IS ONLY 20 ACRES.
SO THEY'RE, THEY ARE ASKING PRETTY HIGH PRICE.
SO THAT'S REASON WHEN THEY'RE COME BACK AND THEN THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, I DON'T WANNA SPEND MORE THAN WE SPEND IN FRISCO.
I WAS LIKE, WELL, WELL THAT'S HOW IT WORKS,
AND WE CAN, AS A CITY, WE CANNOT INCENTIVIZE THAT LAND BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY HAVE TO BE REALLY WORKED BETWEEN SELLER AND BUYER.
SO ANYWAY, THAT'S SOMETIME THAT'S THE CHALLENGE TOO.
AND THE WHOLE FOODS AIN'T HAPPENING BECAUSE I LIVE RIGHT OVER THERE BY BASKETBALL.
WITH THE WIDENING OF, OF 30 GOING ACROSS.
IS THERE ANY PLAN FOR ANY OTHER DEVELOPMENT OF MONTHS AGO? WE ARE WORKING ON STUFF.
IS THERE, I MEAN, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT NOW, UM, NO, THE, I'M SORRY TO TELL YOU, BUT THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO, BUT BECAUSE OF THE GEORGE BUSH GONNA GO THROUGH AS THE CITY WE ARE WORKING WITH, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT, BUT PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS LEAD ON THIS, UM, EFFORT.
BUT WE ARE DOING THE ENTIRE, THAT 30, UH, TO THE GEORGE BUSH GONNA GO THROUGH AND THEN TO THE BASS PRO, THE PENINSULA, INCLUDING WHAT'S THE PARK? UM, WIND COUNCIL, JONES PARK, WINDSURF.
AND SO HOW, WHAT IS BEST DEVELOPMENT CAN BE, SO WE ARE KIND OF PUTTING KIND OF IDEA TOGETHER AND A MASTER PLAN TOGETHER.
WE HAVE A CONSULTANT,
THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA LOSE THAT EXIT THAT EASTBOUND, THE WESTBOUND EXIT BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO PUSH IT BACK FROM COMING FROM THE, UH, THE RALLY COMING.
COMING FROM ROCKWALL, ROCKWELL.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO MOVE THAT EXIT BACK.
BECAUSE I WAS, I WAS IN ALL THOSE MEETINGS.
SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO MOVE THAT BACK.
THEY'RE GONNA LOSE THAT EXIT ALTOGETHER, BUT THEY CAN COME TO THE DEVELOPMENT.
BUT BECAUSE OF THAT, SOME OF THOSE PLACES IN THERE WHERE HOOTERS IS AND MM-HMM.
SOME OF THOSE PLACES ARE GONNA SHUT DOWN BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THE, THE, THE TRAFFIC.
SO IS THERE ANY ANY, I MEAN, IT'S INVARIABLE.
THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA SHUT DOWN THOSE SMALLER MOM AND POP, LIKE THE CCS AND ALL THAT BUSINESS.
THAT'S KIND OF ONE OF THE QUESTIONS.
WE WERE HAVING THAT TOO, BUT OUR TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR SAID, ACCESS SHOULD BE BETTER FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE OF THAT.
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA HAVE, I, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN, BUT THEY WON'T HAVE THE, THAT MAIN EXIT IS CUT OFF.
THEY GOTTA GO, THEY GOTTA EXIT EARLIER OR GO DOWN TO SIGN AND COME BACK.
ROSE DIANE AND COME BACK AND COME BACK.
I NEED TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT BECAUSE THAT, THAT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE HAD IN THOSE BUSINESSES.
HOW ARE YOU GONNA, HOW ARE YOU GONNA KEEP THOSE SMALL POP MOM AND POP YEAH.
SHUTTING BECAUSE THEY CAN EXIT.
I HEARD, I THINK THEY CAN EXIT ON, THEY COMING DOWN ON THE BASS PRO DRIVE, BUT THEY'RE GONNA KNOCK THAT BASS PRO DRIVE EXIT OFF THE, THE WESTBOUND ONE.
THEY'RE GONNA KEEP THE EASTBOUND ONE OPEN.
SO THAT MEANS THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO EXIT BACK HERE AT BUCKY'S OR SOMETHING TO GET
AND THEN LOOP ALL THE WAY AROUND.
BASS PRO WAS REALLY MAD ABOUT IT TOO.
THEY, THEY CAN RENAME BASS PRO HOOTERS AVENUE AND THAT WILL KEEP PEOPLE COMING OVER THERE BETTER.
WELL I NEED TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT BECAUSE WE WERE LOOKING AT THAT AND THEN WE ARE, YOU KNOW HOW WE CAN CONNECTING.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A REALLY NICE SIDEWALK AND TRAIL RIGHT THERE.
IT'S JUST THE BIGGEST TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE RIGHT NOW.
I LIVE RIGHT THERE AND IT TAKES ME 20 MINUTES TO GET ACROSS.
JUST TO GET ACROSS THE BRIDGE.
I'M TRYING TO GET AROUND DEL ROCK.
I REMEMBER WHEN DEL ROCK WAS TWO LANDS AND THEY WERE WIDENING THAT IT WAS FASTER THEN.
CAN, CAN WE GET A CO A HARD COPY OF THIS OR? YEAH.
I, I'M SORRY I DIDN'T BRING IT, BUT I'LL SEND IT TO YOU.
IF YOU EMAIL, YOU EMAIL IT TO ME.
UM, I'LL PUT IT IN THE PDF AND THEN, SO THAT'S EASIER PROBABLY.
OKAY, BETTY, I THINK IT'S YOUR TURN.
WELL, I, I, I'M NOT SURE MINE'S AS EXCITING AS THAT, BUT UH, I'M LIKE, I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT.
UH, THE, UH, BIGGEST EVENT, BIGGEST THING THAT WE HAVE DONE WITH, UH, KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL, IS WORKING WITH, UH, THE TRI-CITY CLEANUP, WHICH WAS, UM, SATURDAY.
AND KENNETH WAS THERE HELPING, AND SO WAS ROBERT.
AND I WAS WANTING ROBERT TO PUT IN HIS POINT OF VIEW, AND HE'S NOT EVEN HERE TO DO IT.
KEN, WHAT WOULD YOU THINK OF THAT? I THOUGHT IT WENT OUT, WENT WELL.
UH, I, I DIDN'T SEE EITHER MAYOR THERE.
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ALWAYS HAD THE MAYOR.HE WAS INVITED, BUT HE WASN'T THERE.
I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T MAKE MY PITCH TO HIM.
WELL, I WAS DISAPPOINTED 'CAUSE WE USUALLY GET THE MAYORS TO RAISE THE FLAGS AND THAT PEOPLE LIKED THAT.
WELL, VIPS OR VIPS THAT BRINGS PEOPLE IN.
WELL, THAT'S, THEY SIGN UP TO CLEAN UP WHETHER THE MAYOR IS THERE OR NOT, OR THEY DON'T SIGN UP WHETHER THE MAYOR IS THERE OR NOT.
I DIDN'T SEE AS MANY PEOPLE THERE.
WE HAD, WE KNOW THAT A HUNDRED AND, UH, 88 PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE COME THROUGH THERE.
'CAUSE USUALLY, WELL, NO, NOT ALL AT ONE TIME.
USUALLY IT'S MUCH BUSIER AT THE END THAN IT WAS THIS YEAR, OR AT LEAST FROM WHAT I SAW.
WELL, FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, BUT KENNETH, IF YOU WERE SERVING THE HOT DOGS, IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY.
UH, I THINK IT WAS VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL.
AND FOR ALL, I THINK Y'ALL HAVE HEARD THIS TIME AND TIME AGAIN, BUT THIS IS A JOINT EFFORT WITH T AND THE CITY OF DALLAS BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE WATERWAY.
AND SO WE HAVE REALLY, UM, WE HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE FROM THE SOUTH CITY OF DALLAS, AND THEY'RE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'D CALL IT THE WATER DEPARTMENT OR, OR THE LATE DEPARTMENT OR WHAT, BUT, UH, UH, THEY ARE VERY GOOD ABOUT HELPING AND BRINGING PEOPLE.
AND IN FACT, UM, MEGAN COLLINS, WHO'S WITH THE WATER DEPARTMENT, UH, MANAGED TO GET THE HAND, TWO HAND WASH STATIONS AND TWO PORTA-POTTIES, WHICH IS PRETTY GOOD TO HAVE THERE ON THE GROUNDS.
AND SOMEBODY ELSE GOT FROM DOLE, THREE BIG BOXES OF BANANAS.
I MEAN, HE, THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF BANANAS IN THOSE BOX, EACH BOX.
AND SO WE SERVED HOT DOGS, CHIPS, COOKIES FROM, UH, CHICK-FIL-A WITH THAT THEY DONATED.
AND UH, THE BANANAS WERE DONATED.
BUT THEN KONA ICE, IS THAT THE NAME OF IT? MM-HMM.
WE HAVE TO PAY THEM REALLY A SET FEE.
WELL, THEY'RE NOT GONNA DONATE IT.
WHY NOT? BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO
THEY DON'T WANT TO, SHOULD KNOW 'EM BETTER THAN I DO.
THAT'S JUST WHAT I'VE HEARD, THE ECONOMIC, UH, DEVELOPMENT ANGLE ON THEM.
THEY, THEY'RE, THEY DO HAVE THEIR OWN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MONEY TO MAKE MONEY.
THEY JUST BOUGHT THREE NEW TRUCKS, SO, SO THEY HAVE, UM, BROUGHT IN TRASH AND, UH, URIEL WAS TELLING ME THAT HE AND HIS SON HELPED, UH, WITH THAT, UH, WITH TIN BAGS OF THEIR OWN.
WHAT WAS THE TONNAGE TAKE ON THAT? I DON'T KNOW.
I HAVEN'T I HAVEN'T RECEIVED IT YET.
WELL SEE THE ROLL OFF THERE WAS, THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A LOT OF PLASTIC.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT OF THOSE 10 BAGS THAT MY SON AND I PULLED OUT FROM THE LAKE, EASILY, 80% OF THAT WAS PLASTIC BOTTLES.
BUT, BUT THEY DIDN'T WEIGH MUCH.
UH, BUT THE ROLL OFF WAS MOSTLY GARLAND THINGS THAT WERE PICKED UP IN GARLAND.
ETTE HAD, UM, SEVERAL SITES AND THEY WERE TAKING CARE OF THEIR OWN.
WELL, THE ETTE GUY SAID THEY PULLED IN 62 TIRES.
THE OTHER, AND UH, THE, UH, CRAZY.
THERE IS SOME TIRE COMPANY AND I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN, SOME COMPANY THAT COMES THROUGH AND PICKS 'EM UP AND, UH, MEGAN WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS IS THE ONE THAT WAS ARRANGING FOR THAT.
AND THEY HAD 'EM, THEIR, UH, THEY WERE PICKED UP YESTERDAY ON TUESDAY.
I'LL ASK YOU HAD, WHAT, WHAT'S WITH THROWING TIRES IN THE WATER? THERE'S A RECYCLING FEE.
THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE, YEAH, THERE'S A, PEOPLE DON'T WANT, DON'T WANNA PAY $5, $5.
GO TO A TIRE SHOP AND IT'LL COST YOU $5.
THEY DUMP MAYBE WHEN YOU BUY NEW TIRES, THE FEE IS, IS LIKE SEVEN 50, $10.
IF, IF YOU GET NEW TIRES, THEY DUMP ON MY STREET, LIKE ONCE EVERY, I CAN'T BELIEVE THE NUMBER OF BIG, BIG OZ.
HOW MANY DO WE PROCESS ON A MONTHLY BASIS THAT WE COLLECT OURSELVES OR CODE COLLECTS? PROBABLY ABOUT 350 EVERY COUPLE MONTHS TO THEIR MONTHS, THEY GET 30 OFF.
SO YOU'RE LIVING CLOSE TO 200 TONS A MONTH THAT SEVERAL CITY DEPARTMENTS COLLECT.
AND THEN WE GOTTA PAY A VENDOR TO RECYCLE
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THEM.WHAT PROGRAM OR WHAT KIND OF INCENTIVE COULD WE PROVIDE? NOT TO PUT TIRES IN THE WALL, GAME CAMERAS, REBATES, MAYBE JUST, JUST A, LIKE A COKE BOTTLING GATE.
LIKE A, THE, INSTEAD OF CHARGING THEM TO RECYCLE IT, GIVE $5 THAT'S, THAT'S $10 SWING ANYWHERE THEY CAN THROW IT.
BUT THEN YOU, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, HOW MUCH DOES IT COST US TO CLEAN THAT STUFF UP? I DON'T KNOW.
OR TO RE OR TO TRY TO RECYCLE IT OR RECLAMATION OF TIRES WOULD BE A HUGE, HUGE THING FOR US.
IT'S GONNA COST A LOT OF MONEY.
AND, AND THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE YOUR REGULAR CITIZEN GOING, TURNING IN THREE OR FOUR TIRES.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE EVERY USED TIRE SHOP.
IS THAT WHO'S DOING IT? IT'S THE USED TIRE SHOP.
JUST, UH, LAST MONTH, UM, I WAS, I WENT TO, UH, I WAS LOOKING AT A HOUSE AND UM, AT THE END OF THE STREET THERE WAS CLOSE TO 30 TIRES THAT SOMEBODY DUMPED.
THEY PICKED THEM UP, TOOK HIM TO THE TRANSFER STATION, AND THEN WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THE, FOR THE RECYCLING.
SO WAIT, SO THEY PAY THE TIRE SHOP FIVE OR $7 YEAH.
TO DUMP IT OFF THERE AND THEN THE TIRE SHOP GOES AND DUMPS 'EM OFF AT THE END.
WELL, I MEAN, I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING, BUT IT'S KIND OF, THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING.
YOUR TYPICAL CITIZEN DOESN'T HAVE 30 TIRES RIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE.
THERE ARE LIKE, WE GO TO THIS TIRES.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE JUST SOMEBODY, SO THEY'RE MAKING MONEY OFF PEOPLE DUMPING 'EM OFF ON THEM AND THEN THEY'RE JUST DUMPING 'EM OFF AND RIGHT.
SEE, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
UH, SO I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, I'M SORRY, ENCOURAGE PEOPLE.
WE ALREADY HAVE STARTED PLANNING FOR NEXT YEAR, AND IT'S GONNA BE THE FIRST SATURDAY IN OCTOBER.
AND THIS WAS OUR SEVENTH ONE THIS PAST SATURDAY.
AND MARTHA BROWN WITH ETTE AND I HAVE BEEN ON IT FROM THE FIRST.
NOW THERE'S BEEN ROTATING PEOPLE FROM DALLAS.
DIFFERENT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ON THERE, BUT MARTHA AND I HAVE WORKED ON IT EVERY, EVERY YEAR.
AND, UH, THIS YEAR NANCY TENNELL WORKED, WAS, UH, WORKED WITH US AND SHE DID A GREAT JOB OF GETTING THINGS ORGANIZED AND MAPS AND GETTING THE TEAMS TOGETHER AND JUST, UH, UH, SHE AND, UH, SHE AND MARTHA DID THAT.
SO WE HAVE A GOOD, UH, I DON'T KNOW, GOOD WORKING TEAM IS WHAT I'M SAYING.
THEY, THEY, AND IT GETS BETTER EVERY YEAR.
BIGGER AND BETTER OR DIRTIER OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.
UH, BUT WE WERE VERY PLEASED WITH THE, UH, WITH THE JOB.
TOMORROW WE'LL HAVE OUR, UH, MEETING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO BETTER NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN WE'LL GET MOST OF THE NUMBERS AS TO EXACTLY HOW MANY PEOPLE, UH, WERE THERE.
AND, UM, A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO WORK, IF, IF YOU DON'T MIND, SEND ME THOSE NUMBERS NOW, THAT WAY I CAN PUT 'EM ON THE MINUTES.
I'LL DO THAT WHEN I FIND THAT OUT.
AND A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO CLEANED DID, WHO PICKED UP STUFF DID NOT COME TO EAT.
THAT'S WHAT I MEANT, BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE AS MANY PEOPLE WERE TURNING.
BUT IT WAS, I WILL SAY FROM A PARTICIPANTS EXPERIENCE WITH, I THINK ADDING NANCY TO THIS, 'CAUSE NANCY'S REALLY, REALLY ORGANIZED.
SHE DID A GOOD JOB THAN THAN POSSIBLY IN THE PAST BECAUSE YOU GOT THREE PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF IT.
YOU AND MARTHA AND, AND NANCY.
UH, NANCY'S AN INVALUABLE PLAYER FOR STUFF LIKE THAT.
'CAUSE SHE'S REALLY ORGANIZED.
BUT LEMME TELL YOU A DIFFERENT STORY TOO.
OH, THERE'S THAT, THERE'S THAT.
UM, AND ON THE, UH, UH, ABOUT 10 DAYS BEFORE, ON THE WEEK BEFORE WE PUT TOGETHER, UH, WHAT WE CALL THE GOODIE BAGS AND GAVE THOSE TO EVERYBODY WHO, UH, WHO UH, WORKED.
AND IF THOSE PEOPLE WENT TO THE, UM, EVENT CENTER, THEY GOT A T-SHIRT.
AND I DIDN'T WEAR MINE, UH, TONIGHT.
IN FACT, I'M WEARING MY THIS SHIRT.
UH, BUT IT WAS A REALLY NICE, UH, T-SHIRT THAT PEOPLE GOT.
SO THE PEOPLE WHO VOLUNTEER GET A T-SHIRT, THEY GET A GOODIE BAG AND THEY GET LUNCH.
UH, AND THEY HAVE A GOOD TIME.
UH, MOST OF 'EM, THEY ENJOY DOING IT AND THEY THINK THEY'RE DOING A REAL SERVICE.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THOSE PEOPLE.
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THAT ABOUT THAT, THAT ONE.AND ANOTHER THING WAS, UM, SEPTEMBER THE 22ND, I BELIEVE IT WAS, WAS NORTH TEXAS GIVING DAY.
SO WE WERE ON THE, UH, LIST WITH THE OTHER 3,200 NON-PROFITS IN NORTH TEXAS ON THAT.
UH, WE'RE NOT ROLLING IN THE DOUGH BY ANY MEANS, BUT WE DID GET A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY.
WHAT WAS THE BALLPARK AT 3,200? SOMETHING LIKE THAT? NO, YOU MEAN FOR US? YEAH.
THERE WERE A THOUSAND, BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT WAS.
UH, AND WE USE THAT MONEY TO, UM, WE HAVE TWO POLLINATOR GARDENS THAT WE MAINTAIN AND, UH, WORK IN, UH, SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR.
AND SO WE PUT OUT PLANTS AND WE DO THE, UM, MAINTENANCE ON IT.
AND, UH, JUST, IT, IT JUST, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULDN'T TAKE MUCH MONEY, BUT IT DOES.
UM, I'D LIKE TO PUT IN A WORD FOR DANIEL WHO DOES THE, UM, ADOPT A HIGHWAY? ADOPT A HIGHWAY.
AND I'M THINKING IT'S IN NOVEMBER.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO THINK OF THE DATE IT WAS GOING TO BE.
AND WE HAVE THE AREA FROM MILLER ROAD TO LEON, I THINK THIS, THE STREET AND, UH, ON GARLAND AVENUE.
AND HE DOES THAT FOUR TIMES A YEAR.
IT'S A CLEANUP AND I THINK IT'S THE NEXT ONE'S IN NOVEMBER.
AND, UH, HE HAS BEEN DOING THIS PROBABLY FIVE YEARS AND, UH, HE DOES A REALLY, REALLY GOOD JOB.
SO IT, IT'S ON A SUNDAY MORNING AND HE TRIES TO DO IT EARLY ON SUNDAY MORNING WHEN THE TRA, THAT IS THE TIME WHEN TRAFFIC IS THE LIGHTEST ON THAT ROAD.
AND, UH, UH, SO THEY, WHEN I'M SAYING THAT THE TRI-CITY CLEANUP, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE DON'T DO ANYTHING ELSE, BUT WE DO THESE CLEANUPS FOUR TIMES A YEAR.
AND THEN IN MAY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE DUCK CREEK, UH, CLEANUP, UH, THAT WE TAKE PART IN.
AND I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DATE ON THAT ONE, BUT THIS IS ONGOING ALL YEAR LONG.
WE'RE, WE'RE INVOLVED IN DIFFERENT KINDS OF, PEOPLE CALL AND ASK, SAY, UH, I WANT TO GO CLEAN SUCH AND SUCH PLACE, UH, CAN YOU HELP ME? SO WE PROVIDE TRASH BAGS, UM, THE GLOVES AND GRABBERS FOR THEM.
AND THIS IS A, UH, ALL YEAR THIS, THIS GOES ON.
UM, WE ALSO, WELL, I WASN'T HERE IN JUNE, SO I HAVE TO TELL THIS HAPPENED IN MAY.
WE DO EDUCATIONAL THINGS AND IN MAY I WENT TO AUSTIN ACADEMY AND DID THIS, THESE PRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING OUR WATERWAYS CLEAN.
UH, REBA WORKS WITH THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS THAT HAVE OUTDOOR LEARNING CENTERS AND HELPS THEM GET THEIR, UM, THE PLANTS THAT THEY NEED, NATIVE PLANTS, UM, UH, THEN WE CONTACT ALL THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND, UM, I JUST LEARNED THE OTHER DAY IT'S CALLED, IT'LL THINK WHAT HE CALLED IT.
THE, UH, UH, AND, UH, TELL, TELL THAT'S NINE, I MEAN EIGHT HIGH SCHOOLS THAT WE CONTACT AND TO VOLUNTEER ALL YEAR LONG.
SO WE GET PEOPLE, UH, ALL YEAR WORKING WITH US AND IT'S AN ONGOING THING.
THIS IS FOR YOUR, DO YOU KNOW NINA HOAG? NINA SOUNDS FAMILIAR.
WELL, SHE'S AT THE INTERNATIONAL.
SO SHE UM, UM, WAS THERE SATURDAY WORKING WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD? 'CAUSE SHE LIVES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SHE CAME, SHE AND STEVE AND STEVIE CAME OVER AND, AND WORKED.
SO WE GET, UH, WE HAD SEVERAL STUDENTS FROM THE SCHOOL THAT CAME.
UH, SO WE HAVE ALL THE HIGH SCHOOLS ARE CONTACTED AND, AND SO WE GET, UH, A AND I CONTACTED, UM, AUSTIN ACADEMY AND I THINK WE HAD A FEW PEOPLE FROM THERE.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE DO ALL YEAR.
UH, I GUESS THAT'S ALL THAT I'D HAVE TO REPORT.
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UM, ANY YES.THERE ARE TWO PEOPLE THAT I HAVE IN MIND THAT I NEED TO, UH, TO, UM, INTERVIEW.
UM, ONE OF THEM, DO Y'ALL KNOW WHO STEVEN SILLA IS? LIVES, HE LIVES OVER CLOSE TO KENNETH AND HE AND HIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK ALONG THE SIDE OF THE LAKE.
AND, UM, SO HE WOULD BE ONE THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
AND THEN WHEN WE DO THIS, IT WILL BE THE SECOND CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN NOVEMBER.
SO I'M JUST GONNA GIVE YOU THAT, THAT AHEAD TO TELL YOU THAT IT WILL BE IN NOVEMBER.
AND I DON'T KNOW THE DATE, UH, EXACTLY, EXCEPT WE KNOW THAT IT'S THE SECOND MEETING.
SO HOW DO YOU CHOOSE, UH, HOW DO I CHOOSE PEOPLE? WELL, SOMETIMES PEOPLE TELL ME ABOUT 'EM AND I GO AND I CHECK 'EM OUT AND THEN I, IF I THINK THAT THEY HAVE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB, I I WILL GO INTERVIEW 'EM AND WRITE UP, WRITE IT UP AND TURN IT INTO, UM, KARMA AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
AND SHE WRITES THIS PROCLAMATION.
NOW IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY IN MIND, IT, IT CAN BE A BUSINESS, IT CAN BE A NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE I'M TALKING ABOUT HERE.
IT CAN BE ONE INDIVIDUAL PERSON.
UH, BUT YOU KNOW, IN THE SPRING I HAD, UM, THE, UH, LVO DRIVE BAPTIST CHURCH.
UH, IT CAN BE SOMEBODY THAT YOU THINK HAS JUST BEEN OUTSTANDINGLY DIFFERENT AND, AND, UH, ALL THE THINGS THEY DO.
SO IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY IN MIND, LET ME KNOW.
UH, I HAVE NOTHING EXCEPT FOR THIS SATURDAY IS THE, UH, THE BIG GARLAND TO DO THE, THE DOWNTOWN GRAND OPENING.
UH, THAT'LL BE THE BIG, THE BIG DEAL IS THAT, UH, IS LEANNE RIMES.
THAT IS THIS SATURDAY STARTS AT 10:00 AM WE'LL GO TILL ABOUT, UH, 10:00 PM UM, LEANNE RIMES IS SCHEDULED TO COME ON AT SEVEN 30.
O AND I ARE TAKING SOME CHAIRS OUT THERE TOMORROW AND WATCHING 'EM SCRAMBLE TO FINISH THAT CONCRETE
I HAVE SOMETHING ABOUT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
AND THAT IS ON NOVEMBER THE 11TH IS THE SUMMIT.
AND IT'S GOING TO BE, IT, IT'S FOR ANYBODY IN GARLAND WHO WANTS TO GO.
AND IT WILL BE AT THE FIRE STATION.
THE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT? YEAH.
YEAH, IT WAS IN THE PRESS AND IT WAS IN NEIGHBORHOOD CHATTER.
IF YOU GET THAT AND IF YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN, HAVE YOU BEEN BEFORE JIM? YEAH, ONCE, ONCE.
IT'S A, IT'S A JOINT, UH, THING BETWEEN ETTE PLANO AND UM, GARLAND.
AND SO WE GET TO HEAR FROM THE THREE DIFFERENT PLACES.
11TH NOVEMBER, IT'S ON A SATURDAY AND IT'S STARTS AT EIGHT 30.
IT'S FROM EIGHT 30 TO 12 AND THEY SERVE BREAKFAST AND THEY'VE BEEN, THE BREAKFAST HAVE BEEN GOOD IN THE PAST.
UH, SO IF YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO THAT BECAUSE IT'LL GIVE YOU A WHOLE DIFFERENT VIEW OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING AND THE DIFFERENCE IN THE CITIES TO KEEP THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD GOOD.
WHAT DAY IS YOUR HALLOWEEN PARTY, KEN? UH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28TH IN THE SHORES OF WELLINGTON.
IT'S THE, IT'S OUR 22ND HALLOWEEN BASH.
THIS YEAR'S THE HILLBILLY THEME.
FOUND OUT THE PICKERS WILL BE THERE 11 O'CLOCK SATURDAY MORNING THOUGH.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE A FUTURE AGENDA SUGGESTION? WE NEED TO HAVE ELECTIONS EVENTUALLY.
OKAY, SO NEXT MEETING WE'LL HAVE ELECTIONS AND I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A VOTE ON THAT.
I GUESS I HAVE TO WRITE THAT UP FOR THE NEXT ONE.
UH, SO WHAT IT WOULD TAKE IS FOR YOU TO PITCH THE IDEA TO THE BOARD.
SOMEBODY MAKES A SECOND, YOU GUYS VOTE AND GOT IT.
ALRIGHT, WELL I GUESS THAT'S IT.
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WHAT'S THE DATE FOR NOVEMBER'S MEETING? UH, UH, THE 15TH.