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[Call To Order]
WELCOME TO THE JANUARY 23RD, 2024 REGULAR MEETING OF THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL.IT IS THE CUSTOM AND TRADITION OF THIS COUNCIL TO HAVE AN INVOCATION AND RECITAL OF THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF OUR MEETING, UH, LED BY ONE OF OUR MEMBERS.
UH, YOU ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IF YOU SO CHOOSE.
UH, BUT YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PARTIC PARTICIPATE IN EITHER OR BOTH.
UH, AND YOUR DECISION WILL NOT HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THE DECISIONS WE MAKE HERE THIS EVENING.
AND TONIGHT WE WILL BE LED BY COUNCILWOMAN MORRIS FROM DISTRICT TWO.
IF YOU CARE TO, PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE PRAY FOR PEACE HERE AND PEACE ABROAD FOR PEACE IN FAMILIES AND PEACE BETWEEN NEIGHBORS.
AND I PRAY TONIGHT FOR PEACE IN THIS CITY, COMFORT FOR THE GRIEVING, HOPE FOR THE DISCOURAGED, AND PROTECTION FOR ALL THOSE WHO DAILY TAKE RISKS ON OUR BEHALF.
PLEASE GRANT US WISDOM FOR TONIGHT'S DECISIONS.
I PLED THE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDERGONE INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[MAYORAL PROCLAMATIONS, RECOGNITIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS]
EVERYONE, AND AGAIN, WELCOME TO OUR MEETING.UH, I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE TONIGHT THAT I THINK OUR RECOGNITIONS, UH, THAT WE HAVE TO DO THIS EVENING WILL PROBABLY TAKE LONGER THAN THE BUSINESS PART OF THE MEETING.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S A NICE CHANGE.
SO, UH, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF RECOGNITIONS.
I'M GONNA START WITH THE TEXAS RECREATION AND PARK SOCIETY TRAPS.
YOU WANT TO COME FORWARD? YES.
THE TRAPS ORGANIZATION, UH, THE TEXAS RECREATION AND PARKS SOCIETY, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS TRAPS, IS A NONPROFIT, EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN 1937 TO ADVANCE THE PROFESSION OF PARKS, RECREATION, AND LEISURE SERVICES IN TEXAS.
TRAPS ADVANCES THE QUALITY OF LIFE INDUSTRY THROUGH CONNECTIONS, ADVOCACY, RESOURCES, EDUCATION, CARE, WHICH IS VERY NICE, AND IS A CHAMPION FOR ENGAGED COMMUNITIES, WELLNESS, LIFESTYLES, AND GREEN SPACES EVERY YEAR, TRAPS RECOGNIZES EXCELLENCE IN A VARIETY OF CATEGORIES.
WINNERS ARE NOMINATED AND THEN EVENTUALLY, AND THEN EVALUATED BY TRAPS.
COMMITTEES DEDICATED TO HONORING THE BEST TALENTS AND EFFORTS IN PARKS AND RECREATION.
THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES PROGRAMMING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD HONORS THOSE DEPARTMENTS WITH AN OUTSTANDING ARTS AND HUMANITIES PROJECT OR PROGRAM THAT PROMOTES THE CULTURAL ARTS.
THE CITY OF GARLAND'S HERITAGE CROSSING WON THE AWARD FOR GARLAND AND BEYOND EXPLORE GARLAND IN THE SPACE INDUSTRY.
AN EXHIBIT MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE CENTER.
UH, THE EXHIBIT TOLD THREE STORIES, UH, THE HISTORY OF MANNED SPACE TRAVEL, THE HISTORY OF THE INTERNATIONAL, EXCUSE ME, THE HISTORY OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, AND ALSO MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE HISTORY OF GARLAND MANUFACTURING AND ITS INVOLVEMENT WITH THE SPACE INDUSTRY.
SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO PRESENT THE AWARD AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TELL US ABOUT YOUR ORGANIZATION.
I AM THE DIRECTOR OF THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, BUT I HAVE SERVED AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE TEXAS RECREATION AND PARK SOCIETY.
AND THE MAYOR DID A WONDERFUL JOB OF EXPLAINING WHAT WE, WHAT WE DO AS AN ORGANIZATION.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY LIKE TO DO IS RECOGNIZE EXCELLENCE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE OUT THERE, NOT ONLY PROVIDING GREAT PROGRAMS, BUT PROVIDING A PLATFORM FOR AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AND RECOGNIZE ALL THE, THE FACETS THAT MAKE A COMMUNITY GREAT, WHETHER THAT'S BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY IT'S RESIDENTS.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS.
SO I KNOW THAT WHEN Y'ALL SET OUT TO PUT THIS PROGRAM OUT, THAT'S WHAT YOU WANTED TO DO.
AND WE'D SAY THAT MISSION WAS ACCOMPLISHED,
SO I DON'T GET THIS OPPORTUNITY VERY
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OFTEN.BUT THANK YOU, UH, FOR THE PROGRAMS, UH, THAT HAVE COME THROUGH.
UH, HERITAGE CROSSING THIS YEAR IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, UH, THE GARLAND AND BEYOND WAS SET UP RIGHT HERE IN THE LOBBY OF CITY HALL.
LOTS OF VISITORS, LOTS OF INFORMATION, UM, AND I THINK IT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL, UH, EXHIBITS THAT WE'VE HAD.
AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE ANYTHING ABOUT THAT OR WHAT HAVE WE GOT COMING UP? YEAH.
UH, I WILL JUST SAY THAT I AM REALLY PROUD OF THIS EXHIBIT, AND I THINK THAT, UH, THE GOAL WAS TO MAKE THE PEOPLE OF GARLAND PROUD OF THEIR CITY.
AND I THINK THAT WE ACCOMPLISHED THAT.
WE DO A LOT THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT.
AND SO IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.
UM, COMING UP THIS SUMMER, UM, IS AN EXHIBIT CALLED MOMENTOUS.
AND IT IS ABOUT THE CRAZY STRANGE HISTORY AND WHERE WE ARE NOW WITH HOMECOMING AND MOMS AND HOW HUGE THEY'VE GOTTEN AND WHY THAT STORY IS THE STORY.
WELL, THAT SHOULD BE REALLY ENTERTAINING.
I I THINK IT'S GONNA BE VERY ENTERTAINING.
SO EVERYBODY GO AHEAD AND MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR, FOR THAT ONE FOR MUMS GIANT, GIANT MUMS MAY EVEN BE MAYOR.
YEAH, I, YEAH, WELL BE WEARING.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE'LL DO THAT.
AND NEXT UP, UH, WE HAVE GARLAND'S DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE AND OUR BAND TOGETHER SERIES LAISHA.
UH, THE SERIES WON TEXAS DOWNTOWN'S 2023 PRESIDENT'S AWARD FOR BREAST PROMOTION OF AN EVENT FOR A POPULATION OF MORE THAN 50,000 WINNERS.
OF THE 2023 PRESIDENT'S AWARD PROGRAM WERE ANNOUNCED IN NACODOCHES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TEXAS DOWNTOWN ANNUAL CONFERENCE.
SO FOR OVER 35 YEARS, THE AWARDS PROGRAM SPONSORED BY TEXAS DOWNTOWN HAS RECOGNIZED OUTSTANDING PROJECTS, PLACES, AND PEOPLE OF TEXAS DOWNTOWNS THE BAND TOGETHER ON THE SQUARE SERIES, FOCUSED ON LOCAL BANDS AND SINGER SONGWRITERS, SETTING THE STAGE FOR MUSIC LOVERS TO RECOGNIZE GARLAND AS A MUSIC DESTINATION AND, AND REALLY TO KIND OF CATCH UP AND COMING ARTISTS AS WELL.
BAND TOGETHER ON THE SQUARE CREATED AN ARTISTIC VIBE THAT MADE DOWNTOWN GARLAND IRRESISTIBLE DURING CHALLENGING TIMES.
AND THAT IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT.
BAND TOGETHER WAS DESIGNED TO ENSURE THERE WERE FEET ON THE STREET DURING A TIME OF UNCERTAINTY FOR OUR DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES WITH MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS UNDERWAY, BARRICADES, DIRT CONSTRUCTION, FENCING, CONCRETE BARRIERS, EVERYWHERE.
UH, AND WE'D STILL, BUT PEOPLE STILL MADE THEIR WAY TO DOWNTOWN GARLAND WEEK AFTER WEEK TO EXPERIENCE THE STELLAR MUSICAL PERFORMANCES.
THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE REALLY COULD, COULDN'T HAVE MADE THE PROJECT A SUCCESS WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF PARK OPS DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES AND OUR COMMUNITY.
AND IT WAS ABSOLUTELY A TEAM EFFORT.
I WOULD TELL YOU, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR, UH, WE JUST WENT THROUGH A TWO YEAR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT DOWNTOWN, AND FOR MOST OF THE TIME, EVERYTHING WAS BLOCKED.
SOMETHING WAS BLOCKED, EVERYTHING WAS BLOCKED, THE STREETS WERE GONE, THE SIDEWALKS WERE GONE.
THERE WAS CONSTRUCTION FENCE EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK, BARRICADES, CONES, AND LARGE EQUIPMENT.
AND WE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD THAT DOWNTOWN WAS STILL OPEN.
AND SO THE, UH, BAND TOGETHER ON THE SQUARE SERIES WAS DEVELOPED TO BRING PEOPLE DOWNTOWN AND TO SHOW THEM THAT, THAT EVERYTHING WAS OPEN AND, AND KIND OF GIVE THEM A PREVIEW OF WHAT WAS TO COME.
NOW, I WILL TELL YOU, UH, THAT FIRST SHOW WE DID, UH, I HAVE TO, I HAVE TO SAY THE VERY FIRST SHOW WE DID, UH, THIS WOULD'VE BEEN TWO SUMMERS AGO, UH, WAS TIM PHILLIPS, UH, HE IS A, AN AREA SINGER SONGWRITER, HAS BEEN AROUND NORTH TEXAS FOR A LONG TIME, GREAT PERFORMER.
AND I THINK ABOUT 12 PEOPLE SHOWED UP.
AND MOST OF, AND, AND I'M, AND I'M COUNTING THE STAFF MEMBERS AND MYSELF AND A FEW COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THAT CROWD AS WELL.
AND YOU KNOW, TIM, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE GUY, ONE GUITAR, ONE MICROPHONE, SINGING TO A GROUP OF 12 OF US, HE PUT ON A GREAT SHOW, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I WAS THINKING, BOY, THIS IS GONNA BE A REALLY LONG SUMMER IF WE, IF THIS, IF THIS SERIES DOESN'T COME TOGETHER.
AND WITHIN PROBABLY, AND WE DID THIS EVERY WEEK FOR WHAT, 2022? TWO WEEKS? MM-HMM.
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AND I WILL TELL YOU BY THE THIRD, BY THE THIRD WEEK, WE HAD ALMOST FILLED UP THE 5 0 6 ART SPACE, AND THAT, AND THOSE CROWDS CONTINUED TO GROW THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THAT SERIES AND THEN CARRYING OVER INTO THE NEXT SUMMER.UM, AND IT REALLY, IT REALLY JUST BECAME A THING TO DO.
UM, AND, AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO IT ON THE STAFF SIDE, FINDING THE PERFORMERS AND PROMOTING THE EVENTS AND, AND COORDINATING, ESPECIALLY IN THOSE FIRST, THAT FIRST YEAR OF, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME WEEKS IT WAS A CHALLENGE JUST TO GET EVERYBODY TO 5 0 6 ART THERE, YOU KNOW, GETTING AROUND THE BARRICADES.
UH, BUT IT REALLY TURNED OUT TO BE A FANTASTIC SERIES, AND I THINK IT REALLY DID, IT, IT HELPED TO, TO BUILD THE EXCITEMENT THAT WAS LEADING TOWARDS THE, THE REOPENING OF THE SQUARE.
A LOT OF THE PEOPLE I SAW, YOU KNOW, AT THE GRAND OPENING ARE, ARE THE SAME PEOPLE I SAW AT THOSE FRIDAY NIGHT SHOWS.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE IN THE CITY WHO ATTENDED THOSE.
AND WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE AN AWARD.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY? WELL, UH, I FEEL LIKE YOU EXPLAINED IT REALLY WELL, AND, UM,
I, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND FOR THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
I MEAN, IT WAS PARKS OPS, THE SPECIAL EVENTS TEAM, EVERYBODY UNDER THE VISIT GARLAND UMBRELLA, AND JUST, I FELT LIKE THROUGH MANY OF THE DIFFERENT PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY AND ALL OF COUNCIL SUPPORT AND THE LOCAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, WE MANAGED TO MAKE OUR WAY THROUGH IT.
AND THANK YOU TO EVERY, ALL, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE OUT THERE WHO CAME OUT TO SEE THOSE SHOWS.
UM, IT REALLY, UH, THEY WERE GREAT.
IT WAS GREAT LOCAL LIVE MUSIC.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE GOT PAST THE CONSTRUCTION.
THE CONSTRUCTION GOT KIND OF UNDER CONTROL THEN LAST SUMMER, UM, I THINK THERE WERE A COUPLE OF NIGHTS WHERE IT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT A THOUSAND DEGREES OUTSIDE, VERY HOT.
UM, BUT EVERYBODY KEPT SHOWING UP AND THAT'S FANTASTIC.
COUPLE MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS BEFORE WE GET STARTED.
COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT, SIR.
UH, THIS THURSDAY THE 25TH, 6:30 PM WE'LL BE HAVING A DISTRICT FOUR TOWN HALL, UH, COMMUNITY.
I CALL IT THE HON AT, UH, AUDUBON RECREATION CENTER.
AND YOU ALL THE PUBLIC IS INVITED, UH, PARTICULARLY DISTRICT FOUR, WHICH YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE LIVE IN DISTRICT FOUR, IF YOU LIVE ANY PLACE IN THIS CITY.
UH, WE'VE GOT, UH, IF YOU'VE NEVER MET, UH, WILL GARRIN AND, AND, UH, DIRECTOR OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS, THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THIS THURSDAY, SIX 30 AUDUBON REC CENTER.
AND COUNCILLOR DUTTON, UM, THE WEST GARLAND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WILL HAVE THEIR FIRST QUARTERLY MEETING OF 2024 ON THURSDAY ALSO.
UM, AND IT IS AT 7:00 PM AT THE ENG GLACIA CHRISTINA BETHEL CHURCH AT 35 25 WEST LAWLER.
IT'S, UM, JUST SOUTH OF THE FIRE STATION.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I'D LIKE TO ALSO, UH, MENTION, UH, THE, THE CITY OF GARLAND.
THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS THAT, UH, THAT VOLUNTEER AND SERVE IN THIS CITY, AND IN THIS, UH, RECENTLY WE HAVE LOST A COUPLE OF FOLKS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, MENTION THIS EVENING.
FIRST, UM, IS THE HONORABLE BOB SCHWARTZ.
UH, HE SERVED ON THIS COUNCIL IN DISTRICT FOUR FROM 1998 TO 2002.
UM, AND HE HAD BEEN ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY SINCE THE EARLY SEVENTIES, AND HE REMAINED ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, AFTER HIS SERVICE ON COUNCIL.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, BOB, UH, BOB SPENT 91 YEARS ON THIS PLANET, 71 OF THOSE WITH HIS WIFE, MARILYN.
THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN, 11 GRANDCHILDREN, AND 29 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.
UH, HE PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK, AND, AND I CERTAINLY WANT TO SEND OUR CONDOLENCES TO THE SCHWARTZ FAMILY.
AND THEN ALSO, UH, JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, UH, JIM HOPE, UH, JIM, UH,
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WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE CITY AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, LOCAL CIVIC GROUPS, AND ALSO SERVED ON SOME BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.UH, ORIGINALLY GOING BACK TO THE UTILITY ADVISORY BOARD, WHICH I'M THINKING PROBABLY PREDATES EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM.
UM, HE SERVED ON THE UTILITY WELL, OKAY, THERE'S A COUPLE.
UH, JIM ALSO SERVED ON OUR SENIOR ADVISORY COMMISSION, AND THEN MOST RECENTLY, UH, ON OUR UNIFIED STANDARDS BOARD.
AND AGAIN, JIM WAS, UH, WAS AGAIN, WAS VERY ACTIVE HERE IN THE CITY, UH, THROUGH A LOT OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, WAS, UH, A VERY INTERESTING STORYTELLER IF YOU KNEW HIM.
UM, AND I, I, UH, WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE HIM HELP ME, UH, ON MY VERY FIRST CAMPAIGN, WAY BACK WHEN, DOING SOME BLOCK WALKING FOR ME.
SO, AGAIN, CONDOLENCES TO, UH, HIS FAMILY AS WELL.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED HERE.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.UH, 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 ITEM, UH, REVIEW EACH OF THESE ITEMS AT A PREVIOUS WORK SESSION AND APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AUTHORIZED AS THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE EACH ITEM.
I'LL ANNOUNCE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL TO REQUEST THAT ANY ITEM BE REMOVED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.
I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY REQUESTS PENDING, BUT LET ME READ THROUGH THE AGENDA.
ITEM ONE, APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE JANUARY 9TH, 2024 REGULAR MEETING.
ITEM TWO, APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING BIDS APPROVE THE FOLLOWING BIDS.
ITEM TWO, A CHANGE ORDER TO EXISTING CONTRACT BL NUMBER 93 64, ITEM TWO B 2023 WHERE THE HEART IS SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT.
AND ITEM TWO C 2023, ALLEY PAVING AND WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENT DESIGN.
ITEM THREE, PUBLIC HEARINGS WERE PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONING CASES.
COUNSEL APPROVED THE ZONING REQUEST AND INSTRUCTED STAFF TO BRING FORTH THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCES.
UH, ITEM THREE A IS CASE Z 23 DASH 45 7 0 8.
STUDIOS, LLC CLARA M CARLISLE IN DISTRICT FIVE, ITEM THREE BZ 23 DASH 33, JACOBS TELECOMMUNICATION, CHRISTINE JOHNSON IN DISTRICT THREE, ITEM THREE C, ZONING CASE Z 23 DASH 36, REALTY INVESTMENTS, MAXWELL FISHER IN DISTRICT THREE AND ITEM 3D, ZONING CASE Z 23 DASH 42, MATT DREJOS IN DISTRICT TWO.
ITEM FOUR, APPOINTMENT OF MUNICIPAL JUDGES.
ITEM FIVE, APPOINTMENT OF ASSOCIATE MUNICIPAL JUDGES.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANY OF THESE ITEMS PULLED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY? SEEING NONE.
UM, I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILLOR MORRIS AND SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM MOORE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
I'M SECRETARY, YOU CAN PRESENT THE VOTE FOR US.
PLEASE COUNSEL AND DISPLAY THE VOTE AND THAT THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
UH, NEXT WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
I'M SORRY, I NEED TO STEP BACK FOR A SECOND.
UH, THERE WAS ONE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT I WAS GOING TO MAKE AND THAT IS, UH, THE ZONING CASE.
ITEM SIX B, UH, HAS BEEN PULLED, UH, THIS EVENING AND WILL BE HANDLED THROUGH OUR ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES.
IF THERE WAS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THAT ITEM, UH, WE WILL NOT BE TAKING ANY COUNSEL ACTION THIS EVENING.
UH, MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU COULD COVER THE ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
SPEAKER, THE OP OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IS GIVEN TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY RATHER 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 THE MEETING.
SPEAKER SHALL BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK ON A FIRST COME, FIRST TO SPEAK BASIS AS DETERMINED BY THE ORDER IN WHICH THE CITY'S SECRETARY RECEIVES THE SPEAKER'S INFORMATION.
APPLICANTS ARE ALLOWED 10 MINUTES FOR PRESENTATIONS AND ALL OF THEIR SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK WHEN THE PODIUM BUZZER SOUNDS.
THE SPEAKER MUST END THEIR COMMENTS.
DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON FILE THIS EVENING? I HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS, SIR.
[6.a. 2024 Proposed Capital Improvement Program]
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EXCUSE ME, HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS ITEM SIX A 2024 PROPOSED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.UH, WE ARE HERE FOR, UH, PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM TONIGHT.
WE HAVE, UH, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF, OF REVIEWING OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR.
SO I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OKAY.
SEEING NONE, UH, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND JUST A REMINDER, UH, WE WILL CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSIONS ON THIS, UH, AT OUR FEBRUARY 5TH WORK SESSION, UH, AND STILL BE WORKING TOWARDS, UH, FORMAL APPROVAL AT OUR FEBRUARY 6TH REGULAR MEETING.
AND AGAIN, UH, WE'RE NOT TAKING ANY ACTION ON ITEM SIX B.
[CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS]
TO CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.UM, I HAVE, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF, UM, APPOINTMENTS, UH, THIS EVENING.
UM, AND PER OUR DISCUSSION LAST NIGHT, UH, WE WILL NOW BE TAKING SECONDS ON NOMINATIONS.
AND THE FIRST ONE UP IS, IS MINE.
AND SO I'M GOING TO ASK MAYOR PRO TIMM BASS, IF YOU CAN MAKE THAT NOMINATION, SIR.
UH, THE MAYOR NOMINATES CHARLES LEONARD TO COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION.
SECOND, I HAVE, UH, A NOMINATION FROM MAYOR PRO TEM BASS.
AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS FOR THE NOMINATION OF CHARLES LEONARD.
UH, MADAM SECRETARY, YOU PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US, PLEASE.
OH, COUNCILOR MORRIS, MAYBE TRY YOURS AGAIN.
AND THAT NOMINATION IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
COUNCIL MEMBER OTT, YOU HAVE A NOMINATION? YES, MR. MAYOR.
UM, I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE, UH, FOR, UH, RICHARD JE FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD.
I HAVE A NOMINATION BY COUNCIL MEMBER OTT AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK FOR THIS NOMINATION.
I, MAD SECRETARY, YOU PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US.
PLEASE COUNCIL AND DISPLAY THE VOTE.
AND THAT NOMINATION IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
THAT BRINGS US TO CITIZEN COMMENTS.
MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO ADDRESS ISSUES NOT ON THE MEETING.
AGENDA MAY HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK, HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT COUNCIL IS PROHIBITED FROM DISCUSSING ANY ITEM NOT ON THE POSTED AGENDA.
I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS, BUT I WILL ASK, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? SEEING NONE.
AND THAT BEING OUR LAST ITEM AT 7 22, WE ARE ADJOURNED.