[Call to Order]
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WELL GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE APRIL 2ND 2024 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 OUR MEETING, LED BY ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU WERE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IF YOU SO CHOOSE, UH, BUT YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN EITHER OR BOTH, AND YOUR DECISION IS STRTRICTLY YOUR OWN AND WILL NOT HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THE DECISIONS WE MAKE HERE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT WE WILL BE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK FROM DISTRICT SEVEN, SIR. THANK YOU. GONNA BE A PRAYER. AS WE GATHER TODAY, IN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER, LET US CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE, DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF OUR SAVIOR. JESUS CHRIST. WE CELEBRATE HIS SAVING RESURRECTION TODAY FOR AS IT WAS WRITTEN IN FIRST CORINTHIANS FOR AS IN ADAM. ALL DIE ALSO IN CHRIST WILL ALL BE MADE ALIVE.
SEND YOUR SPIRIT OF WISDOM TO GUIDE OUR COUNCIL MEETING TODAY AS WE STRIVE TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR THE CITIZENS AND THE CITY OF GARLAND. SEND YOUR SPIRIT TO PROTECT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, POLICE, FIREFIGHTERS, MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND MILITARY AND MAY YOU SEND YOUR SPIRIT, YOUR SON AND ALL OF OUR HEARTS WHICH ARE CRYING OUT. ABBA FATHER, WE PRAY THESE THINGS IN YOUR MOST HOLY NAME. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[MAYORAL PROCLAMATIONS, RECOGNITIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS]
WELL ONCE AGAIN. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. WE HAVE, UH, SO MANY RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING THAT I HAVE TO BRING MY LIST AND SOME WATER. UH, SO GET COMFORTABLE. UH, WE'RE GONNA CELEBRATE A LOT OF STUFF HERE TONIGHT AND FIRST UP, IF YOU KNOW, UH, OUR FIRST MEETING OF THE MONTH IS ALWAYS PET OF THE MONTH NIGHT AND SO WE WILL START OFF WITH PET OF THE MONTH. WHAT Y'ALL CAME FOR, ANYWAY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CHRISTY FUENTES. I'M THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR WITH GARLAND ANIMAL SHELTER. AND THIS EVENING I BROUGHT DAISY. WE HAVE HER LISTED AS A MIXED BREED. MAYBE ROTTWEILER BOXER. MAYBE SOME PITY. REALLY HARD TO SAY, UM, LOVE FOR AN ADOPTER TO DO A DNA PANEL ON HER TO FIND OUT UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY OFFERING ADOPTIONS FOR ONLY $25 RIGHT NOW . SHE SPAYED MICROCHIPPED VACCINATED HEARTWORM. NEGATIVE UM, SWEET AS CAN BE ACTUALLY TOOK HER TO A SCHOOL VISIT LAST WEEK. AND SHE LOVES KIDS. SHE JUST WANTS TO CLIMB UP IN YOUR LAP AND CUDDLE WITH YOU. UM SO IF YOU'RE ■LOOKING TO ADD A DOG, I WOULD DEFINITELY RECOMMEND HER . SHE'S PROBABLY ONE OF MY FAVORITES AT THE SHELTER RIGHT NOW. SHE'S JUST AS SWEET AS CAN BE. AND SHE'S ONLY 10 MONTHS OLD . SO CONSIDERING SHE'S STILL A PUPPY, SHE'S VERY WELL BEHAVED. NOT SUPER SUPER HYPER. WE ACTUALLY DOG TESTED HER TODAY AND SHE GETS ALONG GREAT WITH OTHER DOGS. UM SO DEFINITELY RECOMMEND HER. WE ARE OPEN 11 A.M. TO 6 P.M. EVERY DAY EXCEPT FOR WEDNESDAYS. WE ARE CLOSED ON WEDNESDAYS, AND SHE JUST WANTS TO GIVE SOMEBODY LOTS OF HUGS AND KISSES. WE ALSO HAVE CATS AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION AS WELL.IF YOU'RE MORE OF A CAT PERSON, AND I DID ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT WE'RE HAVING AN EVENT AT OUR SHELTER ON APRIL THE 13TH FROM 11 A.M. TO 2 P.M. IT'S OUR GRAND BAN. TO CELEBRATE THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF OUR BRAND NEW SHELTER OPENING, SO IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE THAT DAY, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU COME OUT. WE'RE GONNA HAVE FOOD TRUCKS, VENDORS, UM KIDS ACTIVITIES FREE PET ADOPTIONS AND THEN OPERATION KINDNESS IS DOING A LOW COST VACCINE CLINIC AND THE 1ST 100 PETS WILL GET A FREE MICROCHIP THAT DAY. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. WELL, THANK YOU, DAISY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE GET TO SEE WHO FOLLOWS PET OF THE MONTH BECAUSE THAT'S A TOUGH ONE. THAT'S A TOUGH ONE RIGHT THERE. UH BUT NEXT UP, WE HAVE OUR 2024 PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL SURVEYORS WEEK. GENTLEMEN. COME ON OVER HERE. THERE'S PROBABLY A JOKE IN THERE OF CAN YOU FIND YOUR WAY HERE, AND, UH, I'LL LET THAT GO. ALL RIGHT.
WELL THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US. THANK YOU. AND, UH, IT IS NATIONAL SURVEYORS WEEK. AND
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WHEREAS FOR MORE THAN A QUARTER MILLENNIUM SURVEYORS HAVE PLAYED A CENTRAL ROLE IN THE EPIC SAGA OF AMERICA, HER PEOPLE IN THE LAND THEY LOVE, WHEREAS OF THE FOUR PRESIDENTS DEPICTED ON MOUNT, FOUR OF THE PRESIDENT'S DEPICTED ON MOUNT RUSHMORE WERE SURVEYORS, INCLUDING THOMAS JEFFERSON, WHO TESTED TWO OF THE MOST FAMOUS LAND SURVEYORS IN US HISTORY. MERIWETHER LEWIS AND WILLIAM CLARK TO EMBARK ON AN EXPEDITION THROUGH THE UNCHARTED TERRITORY PURCHASED FROM FRANCE SOWING THE SEEDS OF MANIFEST DESTINY, AND CERTAINLY A SENSE OF PURPOSE THAT WOULD SHAPE THE TRAJECTORY OF OUR COUNTRY FOR YEARS TO COME. THE PROMISE OF LAND OWNERSHIP BECKONED PIONEERS FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE GLOBE IN THE AREA ERA OF WESTWARD EXPANSION. MANY SUCH SETTLERS JOURNEY TO THE LONE STAR STATE TO BUILD A BETTER LIFE. AND WHEREAS TO INSPIRE CONTINUED IMMIGRATION FROM THE UNITED STATES, STEPHEN F AUSTIN, THE FATHER OF TEXAS, PUBLISHED THE FIRST COMMERCIALLY PRODUCED MAP OF THE REGION IN 1830, THEN UPDATED IT IN 1840 TO REFLECT TEXAS NEWFOUND STATUS AS A SOVEREIGN NATION. WHEREAS SURVEYORS HAVE PAVED THE WAY FOR MANY GLORIES OF THE PAST, AND THEIR INFLUENCE IS A SIGNIFICANT AS EVER IN THE PRESENT, WHETHER THAT'S IN CONSTRUCTION TRANSPORTATION CONSERVATION, INDUSTRY, DISASTER RECOVERY OR DISASTER RECOVERY. MUCH OF MODERN LIFE DEPENDS ON OUR TALENTED SURVEYORS. THE FIELD OF LAND SURVEYING IS A SOPHISTICATED SCIENCE THAT INVOLVES GEODESY MATHEMATICS, ADVANCED DATA COLLECTION AND MAPPING METHODS RELATED APPLIED AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND RELEVANT LAWS TO MEASUREMENT OF MEASUREMENT AND EVIDENCE AND BOUNDARIES. AND WHEREAS FROM LAND OWNERSHIP TO INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT SURVEYORS MAKE A MEANINGFUL, TANGIBLE DIFFERENCE IN OUR CITY STATE AND OUR NATION . THE PROFESSION REQUIRES A BREADTH OF TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, ASTUTE ANALYTICAL ABILITIES AND GREAT ATTENTION TO DETAIL. SO NOW THEREFORE I SCOTT LEMAY, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, ALONG WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 17TH THROUGH THE 23RD 2024 AS SURVEYORS WEEK IN THE CITY OF GARLAND AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND APPLAUD THESE HARD WORKING PROFESSIONALS AND THE IMPORTANT WORK THEY DO. WOW. GOOD, GOOD. DO YOU THINK SO? WELL I TELL YOU , I, I WAS TELLING THESE GUYS EARLIER I LEARNED A NEW WORD TODAY. JSY ALL I'VE MANAGED TO MAKE IT 56 YEARS ON THIS PLANET AND NEVER HAVE COME ACROSS THAT WORD. AND SO THANK YOU FOR THE EDUCATION. WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE EVERYBODY TO YOU THIS EVENING? SO THIS IS MARCO MADRID . HE'S THE, UH, CHAPTER PRESIDENT OF OUR LOCAL CHAPTER OF TEXAS SOCIETY. PROFESSIONAL SURVEYORSAND THIS IS JEFF BOURGEOIS, WHO'S OUR SURVEY MANAGER IN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. AND I'M GLEN BCE ASH FOR THE CITY SURVEYOR. THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DID. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I DO THAT? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP IS REGISTERED DIETITIAN AND NUTRITIONIST. SITTING OVER HERE TRYING TO HIDE BEHIND THE COLUMN ON ME. WELCOME. ON UP OR GET OFF. OF MY VARIOUS PAPERWORK OUT OF THE WAY. WE ARE HERE TO ACKNOWLEDGE REGISTERED DIETICIAN NUTRITIONIST. YES REGISTERED DIETITIAN NUTRITIONIST ARE THE FOOD AND NUTRITION EXPERTS WHO CAN TRANSLATE THE SCIENCE OF NUTRITION INTO PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS FOR HEALTHY LIVING. AND WHEREAS REGISTERED DIETITIAN NUTRITIONIST HAVE DEGREES IN NUTRITION, DIETETICS PUBLIC HEALTH AND, UH OR A RELATED FIELD FROM WELL RESPECTED ACCREDITED COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, ALSO COMPLETING AN INTERNSHIP AND PAST EXAMINATION. RICHARD DIETICIAN NUTRITIONIST USE THEIR NUTRITION EXPERTISE TO HELP INDIVIDUALS MAKE UNIQUE POSITIVE LIFESTYLE CHANGES. AND, WHEREAS REGISTERED DIETITIAN NUTRITIONIST WORK THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS , PUBLIC HEALTH CLINICS, NURSING HOMES, FITNESS CENTERS, FOOD MANAGEMENT, FOOD INDUSTRY, UNIVERSITIES, RESEARCH AND PRIVATE PRACTICE. AND, WHEREAS REGISTERED DIETITIAN NUTRITIONIST ARE ADVOCATES FOR ADVANCING THE NATIONAL NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF AMERICANS AND PEOPLE AROUND WORLD. SO NOW THEREFORE, I GOT LEMAY, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF GARLAND ALONG WITH THE CITY COUNCIL. UH, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM AND RECOGNIZE, UH, REGISTERED DIETITIAN IS DIETICIAN NUTRITIONIST. DAY HERE IN GARLAND, TEXAS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I. I KNOW YOU HAVE IT'S VERY SHORT, BETTER HANDLE ON THESE WORDS THAN I DO THIS EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS AS THE PRESIDENT OF DALLAS DIETETIC ALLIANCE AND A MEMBER OF THE ACADEMY OF NUTRITION AND DIETETICS, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME OUT OF YOUR BUSY SCHEDULES TO RECOGNIZE REGISTERED DIETITIAN NUTRITIONIST DAY. I'M ACCOMPANIED BY THE DD, A ADVOCACY CHAIR AND FELLOW[00:10:04]
GARLAND RESIDENT UH KIRSTEN ROBERTSON AND WHO WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING? GOOD EVENING. UH, SO REGISTERED DIETICIAN NUTRITIONIST ARE THE FOOD AND NUTRITION EXPERTS AND WE TAKE OUR ROLE, UH, VERY SERIOUSLY IN ADVOCATING FOR EVERY THE HEALTH AND WELL BEING OF EVERY PERSON IN EVERY SECTOR OF SOCIETY. AND SO WE WANT TO, UH, WE ARE GRATEFUL. UH, FOR THIS EVENING FOR THIS AFFIRMATION, UH BY MAYOR LEMAY, SO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. AND I WOULD GIVE THIS. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP. SALVATION ARMY SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR THE RED KETTLE CHALLENGE. WELL. GOOD EVENING. GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU AGAIN. I THINK THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU, IT WAS, UH A LITTLE COLDER OUTSIDE. IT WAS CHRISTMAS , AND, UH, WE HAD, UH, LOTS OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND YOURSELVES OUT FRONT, UH, RINGING THE BELL. THERE WAS IN A DINOSAUR. JEFF YES, MAYOR PRO? YES WAS IN A DINOSAUR COSTUME. YES YES. SO UM, SO HOW DID THE CHALLENGE GO? IT WENT WELL, IN FACT. WELL, COME ON OVER HERE AND TELL EVERYBODY ABOUT IT. I WAS GONNA DO IT OFF THE CUFF AND I WAS ENCOURAGED NOT TO DO THAT. SO UH UH BUT, UH, AGAIN. I'M SERGEANT BERNARD TOLIN. I'M HERE WITH, UH, EMILY STEWART AND, UH, WE'RE THRILLED TO JOIN THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE TO MAYOR SCOTT LEMAY AND ALL THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT IT REALLY WAS FUN. IT WAS FUN TO WATCH YOU GUYS. I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE THING ESPECIALLY UH, COUNCILMAN BASS. UH, I MEAN DOING THE YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNOW , IF YOU DIDN'T SEE A PICTURE, YOU GOT TO SEE IT. IT IT REALLY IS PRETTY PHENOMENAL. YOU KNOW, UM UH, SO WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR ALL YOUR INVOLVEMENT. UH, YOUR INVOLVEMENT IS VITAL TO OUR MISSION TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES FACING HOMELESSNESS , POVERTY, ADDICTION, FOOD, INSECURITIES AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. THANKS TO YOUR SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS, YOU RAISED $2114 AND, UH AND CO AND DOLLARS AND COINS. UH, DURING THE MAYOR'S RED KETTLE CHALLENGE ON DECEMBER 9TH, AND YOU GOTTA REALIZE, UH, THIS GENTLEMAN HERE THE MAYOR, HE WAS OUT THERE THE WHOLE TIME. UH, HE'S HE. HE REALLY TOOK IT SERIOUSLY. WE REALLY ARE GRATEFUL FOR THAT, THAT THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. UH AND SO, UM, UM, THE CAMPAIGN OVERALL GENERATED $134,842 FOR THOSE IN NEED IN OUR SERVICE AREA. BEYOND THE MONETARY CONTRIBUTION. WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP. AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE GARLAND. UM UH AND, UM UH, AND OUR NEIGHBORS AS A TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION, WE PRESENT THE SALVAGE OUR BILL TO YOU. YOUR UNWAVERING S SUPPORT ENSURES THE SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR ESSENTIAL PROGRAMS IN CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES. LOOKING AHEAD TO 2024. WE HOPE FOR CONTINUED COLLABORATION AND AN EVEN STRONGER PARTNERSHIP FOR KETTLES THIS COMING CHRISTMAS SEASON WITH ALL THAT SAID, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. AND WE PRESENT THIS TO YOU, AND IT IS A IT IS A REAL BELL. SO UH, IT IT IS A LITTLE LOUD. SO CAN I USE THIS? YEAH, YEAH, EXACTLY. WELL, WE'D LOVE TO SEE OUT THERE WITH IT. SHOULD I GIVE IT A SHOT? YEAH ALRIGHT. ARE YOU READY? ALL RIGHT. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. YOU CAN THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. SO WE WILL SEE YOU IN A FEW MONTHS. YES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MA. THAT HELPS COORDRDINATE ALL OF US. HE HAS THE MAD GETS THE UNFORTUNATE TASK OF TRYING TO COORDINATE MYSELF AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, TO DO THIS, SO IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. ALL RIGHT. LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST GO GARLAND HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. AND A CHECK. PLEASE COME FORWARD. GIVE ME GIVE ME YES, EXACTLY. BUT IT IS ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO WELCOME YOU FOLKS IN WITH US, AND, UH, YOU DO SOME FANTASTIC WORK. THE HONORABLE DAVID GIBBONS HAS SOME WORDS FOR US, I BET YOU KNOW ME AND A MICROPHONE MAY, UH, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DAVID GIBBENS I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GARLAND HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. UH, TONIGHT WE COME, UH, WITH OUR FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW. NOW THAT WE'RE, UH, AWARDING A GRANT TO THE CITY OF GARLAND. UM FIRST OF ALL I LIKE TO SAY IS THAT UM, WE COULDN'T DO ALL THIS WORK WITHOUT THE EFFORTS OF BECKY KING AND JASON WILL HIDE AND MONA WOODARD OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ALSO, UH, WITH HELP FROM SCOTT BOLLINGER WITH WITH NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY. UH, THIS WILL BE OUR FOURTH YEAR THAT WE'RE DOING A GRANT TO THE CITY FOROME REPAIRS. UH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROGRAM IS THAT THIS PROGRAM IS DESIGNED FOR GARLAND CITIZENS WHO ARE INCOME[00:15:06]
LIMITED, UH, WHO NEED HOME REPAIRS? UH, AND IT TAKES ALL SORTS OF ROLES, AND SO FOR THE FIRST THREE YEARS TOTAL, WE HAVE AWARDED $1.2 MILLION IN GRANTS TO THE CITY FOR HOME REPAIR.THAT $1.2 MILLION HAS HELPED 78 FAMILIES. G, UH, OF THOSE 78 FAMILIES. 46 OF THOSE FAMILIES WERE SENIORS AND ANOTHER 21 OF THOSE FOLKS THAT WERE HELPED WERE DISABLED. UH, THE, UH, THE AVERAGE INCOME OF A PERSON WHO RECEIVES THIS AID. UH AND THIS PROGRAM THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS LESS THAN $30,000 A YEAR. SO THESE ARE FOLKS OUR NEIGHBORS WHO TRULY NEED HELP WITH REPAIRING THEIR HOMES, TAKING CARE OF THEIR HOMES, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE REPAIRS THAT ARE DONE OR ROOF REPAIRS. HV AC REPLACEMENT ELECTRICAL REPLACEMENT AND A LOT OF WORK WITH WITH WITH PLUMBING ISSUES WITH THEIR HOMES, AND SO, UM, WE HAVE BEEN, UH, HAPPY TO WORK WITH THE CITY OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS. LIKE I SAID, THIS IS, UH, OUR FOURTH YEAR THAT WE'LL BE DOING THIS. UH, THIS YEAR WHEN WE WERE GOT READY TO, UH, TO WORK ON THE GRANT I CALLED JASON AND MOAN AND SAID HOW ABOUT SOME MORE MONEY? AND THEY SAID WE LIKE WE LIKE HOW YOU THINK AND SO ONE OF THE ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF THE PROGRAM PREVIOUSLY IS THAT, UH, WE COULD COULD NOT SPEND MORE THAN $25,000 PER HOME FOR REPAIRS AND AS ALL OF US KNOW THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS, COST REPAIRS HAVE GONE UP AND UP AND UP. AND SO WITH THIS NEW GRANT, WE'RE INCREASING THAT LEVEL FROM 25,000 PER HOME TO 35,000 PER HOME. UH, AND SO WE'RE HOPING THAT NOT ONLY CAN WE HELP MORE FOLKS WITH MORE MONEY, BUT ALSO THAT WE DO MORE REPAIR THAT WE WERE UNABLE TO DO PREVIOUSLY. SO MR MAYOR, UH, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT IS THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAVE GONE. LET'S BRING IT OVER HERE, TONY, I'LL LET YOU GET BEHIND. UH OUR OUR GRANT FOR 2024 WILL BE $540,000. WHICH BRINGS, UH, OUR FUNDING TOTALLY TO $1,740,000 FOR HOME REPAIR IN GARLANDS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I. I PICTURE TALK. VERY GOOD.
WELL. WE UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE PROBLEM IS GONNA BE GETTING IT THROUGH THE TUBE AND THE DRIVE THROUGH, BUT, UH, AGAIN, AS ALWAYS, UM, WE WANT TO THANK UH GARLAND HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. UH, FOR THESE GRANTS, UH, BECAUSE THEY ARE AS AS DAVID JUST READ OFF. I MEAN, THESE ARE THIS MONEY IS GOING TO PEOPLE WHO NEED IT. UM AND SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING US CONTINUE. I'M SORRY, MAYOR. I'M REMISS, UM JOINING ME TONIGHT IS DALE ADAMS, THE PRESIDENT OF OUR BOARD. TONY TORRES, OUR BOARD SECRETARY, AND PETE ROMAN. ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS. UH, TWO OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, UH DOLORES ELDER JONES AND JANA WALKER COULDN'T JOIN US TONIGHT. SO I APOLOGIZE, GENTLEMEN, FOR NOT RECOGNIZING YOUR OWN. I JUST WRITE THE CHECKS. THEY'RE THE ONE THAT VOTE TO SPEND THE MONEY SO THANK YOU, MAYOR. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. RIGHT, AND THAT THAT IS ALL THAT. I'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHATO DO. IS EVERYTHING THAT I COLLECTED IN EVERYONE ELSE. AND HERE YOU GO DOWN THE HALLWAY. HI. YOU KNOW? GIVE ME YEAH. I. ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU TO ALL THE GROUPS CAME OUT TONIGHT. APPRECIATE IT. APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE DO HAVE AN ACTUAL MEETING HERE THIS EVENING. UH SO WE WILL GO AHEAD
[CONSENT AGENDA]
AND GETET STARTED. UH, THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL ITEMS UNDER THIS SECTION ARE RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY A SINGLE MOTION OF COUNSEL WITHOUT DISCUSSION.COUNCILS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW EACH OF THESE ITEMS AT A PREVIOUS WORK SESSION AND APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE EACH ITEM. I WILL ANNOUNCE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE AS WELL AS COUNCIL TO REQUEST THAT ANY ITEM BE REMOVED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY. UH,
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COS I DO HAVE A REQUEST FROM UH COUNCILOR WILLIAMS TO PULL ITEM SEVEN. UH, LET ME READ THROUGH THE AGENDA. ITEM ONE. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE MARCH 19 2024 MEETING. ITEM TWO APPROVED THE FOLLOWING BIDS. UH, ITEM TWO, A WOODBURY, TICONDEROGA AND QUAIL, PAVING WATER WASTE WATER IMPROVEMENTS. ITEM TWO B GP AND L FIREWALL REPLACEMENTS. ITEM TWO. C GP AND L AND T MP, A TRANSMISSION LINE TREE TRIMMING. ITEM TWO D POLICE VEHICLE SAFETY EQUIPMENT. ITEM TWO. E AND SA, BETHANY ALLE, BETHANY CONCORD ALLEY, PLANO ROAD, WATER AND WASTE WATER IMPROVEMENTS. ITEM TWO L. OUR TWO F. EXCUSE ME. ASHEVILLE COLONEL PALM VALLEY. TOBIN TRAIL DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS. ITEM THREE ORDINANCE ADOPTING FY 2324 BUDGET AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO ITEM NUMBER FOUR SALE OF PROPERTY AT 600 RAYBURN STREET. ITEM FIVE RES RESOLUTION APPROVING THE URBAN AND COMMUNITY FORESTRY GRANT WITH THE ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION. ITEM SIX CONSIDERED ORDINANCE RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE OF UP TO 112,500,000 IN GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING AND IMPROVEMENT BONDS SERIES 2024. ITEM EIGHT AGREEMENT WITH GOOD SAMARITANS OF GARLAND INCORPORATED REGARDING THE PURCHASE AND LEASE BACK OF 2, 10 , 2, 14 NORTH 12TH STREET AND THE LEASE OF 3319 EDGEWOOD DRIVE. ITEM NINE. A PUBLIC HEARING. PUBLIC HEARINGS WERE PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONING CASES. COUNCIL APPROVES THE RESERVE REQUEST AND INSTRUCTED STAFF TO BRING FORTH THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCES. ITEM NINE. A IS Z 24-03 ZONE DEV IN DISTRICT FIVE AND ITEM NINE. B IS IN KZ 23-47 PRIME DATA CENTERS, MUNCH HEART COUGH AND H IN DISTRICT SEVEN. THAT IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. UH, OBVIOUSLY EXCLUDING ITEMM SEVEN. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANY OF THE OTHER ITEMS PULLED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY? IF NOT, OH, AND SORRY, CA DUTTON. ALRIGHT. I'M STRUGGLING. UM, GENDER ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. YOU'RE WANTING TO HAVE ITEM EIGHT PULLED OK, WE WILL PULL ITEM EIGHT. AND OK, AND WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT ONE. SO UH, THE PRESENTATION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA MINUS ITEMS SEVEN AND EIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK SORRY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M ABOUT TO MAKE A MOTION, THEN TO ACCEPT THE VERY GOOD. IN A SEC. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILOR MEMBER HETRICK AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ODD TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA MINUS ITEMS SEVEN AND EIGHT. AND SECRETARY.PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US, PLEASE. COUNCIL. AND DISPLAY THE VOTE. AND THOSE ITEMS ARE APPROVED
[7. Water and Sewer System Refunding Bonds]
UNANIMOUSLY. NOW WE'LL COME BACK TO ITEM SEVEN. UH, WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM REFUNDING BONDS. I BELIEVE MR WATSON IS GOING TO SPEAK ON THIS. UH, THIS WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS. GOOD EVENING MAR AND COUNTS. I BELIEVE THE QUESTION WAS MOSTLY RELATED TO THE DEFINITION OF A PRICING OFFICER, WHICH IS IN THIS ORDINANCE, BUT I'LL GIVE A BACKGROUND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO AND THEN EXPLAIN WHAT THE PRICING PRICING OFFICER DOES. SO WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE 2024 C IP WE UTILIZE A COMMERCIAL PAPER PROGRAM TO FUND ALL OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR WATER AND SEWER. UH, TODAY WE HAVE ISSUED ROUGHLY $45 MILLION OF COMMERCIAL PAPER, WHICH ARE SHORT TERM NOTES. UH THAT ARE VARIABLE RATE THAT WE USUALLY REFUND INTO LONG TERM DEBT ONCE WHAT THE MARKET CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT. AND SO WE'VE REACHED THAT POINT TO ISSUE THOSE BONDS. WE ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFUND SOME BONDS FROM 2014 IN THE MOUNT ABOUT 10.5 MILLN AND WE WILL MAKE THAT DETERMINATION BASED OFF OF, UH, THE DOLLARS THAT WE SEE AND THE SAVINGS WE SEE IF WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY REFUND THOSE BONDS BECAUSE THE MARKET IS UP HIGH COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEARS, AND SO WE'LL MAKE THAT DETERMINATION WHEN WE GET TO THE PRICING DATE. PREVIOUSLY AND TYPICALLY, WHAT WE DO IS PRICE ON THE DATE OF A[00:25:06]
COUNCIL MEETING SO THAT THIS BODY WHO HAS AUTHORIZATION BY STATE LAW TO ISSUE BONDS MAKES THE DETERMINATION OF HOW MUCH WE ISSUE AND WHEN WE ISSUE THE LAW ALLOWS FOR THE COUNCIL TO DELEGATE THAT AUTHORITY TO A PRICING OFFICER, WHICH IN THIS ORDINANCE, IT STATED FOR MYSELF, MR REX. AND THE REASON WHY WE DO THAT IS SO THAT WE CAN BASICALLY RELATE IT TO TIMING. WE HAVE OUR COMMERCIAL PAPERS THAT ARE ROLLING. YOU KNOW, EVERY THREE MONTHS OR SO, WE JUST NEED SOME TIME TO PICK THE RIGHT TIME AND DATE TO ISSUE THESE BONDS RATHER THAN A SET DATE AND TIME WE'RE SHOOTING FOR MAY 16TH, BUT IT COULD BE MAY 17TH MAY 15TH BASED ON WHAT MARKET CONDITIONS ARE AND AFTER WE GET DONE NEGOTIATING WITH OUR COMMERCIAL PAPER PROVIDERS. UM YOU'RE NOT JUST GIVING A BLANK AUTHORITY FOR US TO ISSUE BONDS. THIS IS WHAT'S CALLED A PARAMETER CELL.SO THERE ARE PARAMETERS WRITTEN IN THIS ORDINANCE, AND WE CANNOT GO ACROSS THOSE. SO THE PARAMETERS IN THIS ORDINANCE ARE WE CAN ISSUE UP TO $55 MILLION, WHICH IS THE $45 MILLION FOR THE COMMERCIAL PAPER WE HAVE OUTSTANDING AND THE $10 MILLION OF REFUNDING BONDS. WE CAN'T ISSUE BONDS LONGER THAN 20 YEARS , SO WE'RE NOT GONNA ISSUE BONDS PAST OUR TYPICAL TIME FRAME OF 20 YEARS FOR LONG TERM, UH WATER AND SEWER REVENUE BONDS, AND WE ALL HAVE TO DO SOME OF THE OBVIOUS THINGS LIKE, GET A BOND RATING, WHICH WE WILL DO, AND WE HAVE SCHEDULED CALLS THIS WEEK TO DO THAT. BUT THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THIS PARAMETER CELL HERE IS REALLY JUST TO GIVE US SOME FLEXIBILITY TO ISSUE NOT SPEC ON A SPECIFIC DATE, BUT TO ISSUE WHEN WE'RE READY, AND WE TIME FRAME THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING US IN. THIS ORDINANCE IS SIX MONTHS , BUT I PROMISE YOU, WE'LL ISSUE MUCH QUICKER THAN THAT. WE'RE TARGETING MAY 16TH AND THAT'S TYPICALLY WHAT WE'RE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SHOOTING FOR RIGHT NOW. OK K WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, THANK YOU, MR WATSON. UH, YOU GOT THE POINT. AND YOU NAILED IT NOW AND YOU IDENTIFIED SPECIFICALLY WHAT THE QUESTION WAS, AND I THINK YOU BROUGHT CLARITY TO US AND TO OUR LISTENING PUBLIC. NO PROBLEM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MAYOR ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR WATSON WHILE WE HAVE HIM? SNK WILLIAMS. MAYOR. I MOVED FOR UM ADOPTION OF THE ITEM SEVEN, OK? OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. VERY GOOD . I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TIM BASS TO APPROVE ITEM SEVEN AS PRESENTED MADAM SECRETARY. PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US, PLEASE. COUNCIL. AND DISPLAY THE VOTE. AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY, UH, MOVING BACK TO OUR ON TO ITEM EIGHT.
[8. Agreement with Good Samaritans of Garland, Inc. Regarding the Purchase and Leaseback of 210/214 N. Twelfth St. and the Lease of 3319 Edgewood Drive]
THIS WAS AGREEMENT WITH GOOD SAMARITANS OF GARLAND INCORPORATED REGARDING THE PURCHASE AND LEASE BACK OF 2, 10, 2, 14 NORTH 12TH STREET AND THE LEASE OF 3319 EDGEWOOD DRIVE . UH, KELSER AND DUTTON. YOU ASKED FOR THIS TO BE PULLED YES, SIR. UM I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, UM, STEP JUST TO KIND OF GIVE A RUNDOWN OF THIS ITEM AS FAR AS, UM OR MAYBE THE REASONING WHY WE'RE PURCHASING VERSUS AND THEN LEASING BACK. THERE'S BEEN QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA IN REGARDS TO WHY THE CITY IS PURCHASING IT, UM SO JUST FOR THE SAKE OF TRANSPARENCY. IF WE CAN OK? BECKY KING, I BET CAN DO THAT. YES SO, UM, GOOD. SAM'S IS A GOOD SAMARITANS OF GARLAND IS A VITAL PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. THEY SERVE OUR FOOD INSECURE. THERE'S A GROWING NEED FOR THEIR SERVICES, AND THEY ARE OUTGROWING THEIR CURRENT LOCATION. AND SO WE ENTERED INTO CONVERSATION WITH THEM ABOUT HOW TO PARTNER UM, WITH GOOD SAMARITANS TO POSSIBLY FIND THEM. A LARGER SPACE THAT WOULD WORK FOR THEM. UM IN DOING SO, WE PLAN TO BRING THE COUNCIL DURING THE UPCOMING UH, FEDERAL GRANT BUDGET PROCESS. THE PROPOSAL TO UH, PUT TWO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON THE LOT WHERE THEY CURRENTLY RESIDE. THE LEASE BACK, HOWEVER, ALLOWS THEM TO STAY UNTIL THE WALNUT BRANCH LIBRARY, WHICH WE WILL BE VACATING IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2025. THERE'S A BOND PROGRAM THAT IS BUILDING A NEW, LARGER LIBRARY IN THE VICINITY WILL BE VACATING THAT PROPERTY AND THEN WE WILL BE ENTERING INTO A LEASE WITH GOOD STAMPS TO TAKE OVER A[00:30:06]
LONG TERM LEASE TO TAKE OVER. WHAT YOU WHAT? WHAT WILL NO LONGER BE THE WALNUT BRANCH LIBRARY? OK? PERFECT. I APPRECIATE THAT. RIGHT? UH, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. I SEE NONE. HAS IT DONE. UH, MAYOR. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS PRESENTED. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILOR MEMBER DUTTON SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK TO APPROVE ITEM EIGHT AS PRESENTED, MA'AM, SECRETARY PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US, PLEASE. COUNCIL. AND DISPLAY THE VOTE. AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU.WE DO HAVE SOME REPRESENTATIVES FROM GOOD SAM WITH US HERE THIS EVENING, AND I SAID I WAS GONNA MAKE THEM SPEAK. BUT I'M I'M GONNA I'M GONNA BE NICE AND LET IT GO. BUT THANK YOU. UH, THAT MOVES US ON TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. MADAM SECRETARY IF YOU COVER THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES FOR ME, PLEASE. THE 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 AT 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 SECRETARY RECEIVESHE SPEAKER'S INFORMATION. APPLICANTS ARE ALLOWED 10 MINUTES FOR PRESENTATIONS AND ALL OTHER SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. WHEN THE PODIUM BUZZER SOUNDS, THE SPEAKER MUST END THEIR COMMENTS. AND DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS SIGNED UP FOR OUR ZONING CASES THIS EVENING? I HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS FOR THE ZONING CASES, SIR. WE'LL MOVE
[10.a. Consider a request by SignSmiths of TX for a "Major Waiver" to the Downtown Sign Standards to install a new sign on the existing awning. The site is located at 823 Main Street in District 2.]
AHEAD. FIRST ITEM IS 10. EXCUSE ME. 10 A CONSIDER REQUEST BY SIGNS SMITHS OF TEXAS FOR A MAJOR WAIVER TO THE DOWNTOWN SIGN STANDARDS TO INSTALL A NEW SIGN ON THE EXISTING AWNING.THIS SITE IS LOCATED AT 823 MAIN STREET IN DISTRICT TWO, MR GARIN , GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THANK YOU. AS YOU STATED MAYOR. THIS IS A REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT FOR A MAJOR WAIVER TO INSTALL A NEW AWNING SIGN IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. UH, THE LOCATION IS 823 MAIN STREET, AND THE ACREAGE OF THE OVERALL SITE IS, UH, 0.63 ACRES. IT IS ZONED IN THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT, UH, AND WITHIN THE UPTOWN SUBDISTRICT AS WELL. UH, THE CITY WIDE LOCATION MAP IS SHOWN HERE. OF COURSE, IT IS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA AT MAINE AND, UH, CORNER OF MAINE IN NINTH STREET.
UH, IT BACKS UP THE STATE STREET AS WELL AND HAS ACCESS ON. UM, UH FROM ALL THREE SIDES. THE PROPOSED OR THE EXISTING BUILDING IN THE PROPOSED USE AS A RESTAURANT, WHICH IS ALLOWED BY RIOT SO THE CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING IS STRICTLY REGARDING THE SIGNAGE. UM, BUT THE PROPERTY IS SURROUNDED BY OTHER SIMILAR USES RETAIL RESTAURANTS, PERSONAL SERVICES OFFICES, UM, INSTITUTIONAL USES, UM ALL THOSE SORTS OF THINGS YOU TYPICALLY FIND IN A DOWNTOWN AREA AND THERE ARE OTHER, UM, SIMILAR SIGNS AS WELL. AWNING SIGNS AS WELL AS SOME FREESTANDING SIGNS, WALL SIGNS AND, UM, UM OTHER TYPES OF SIGNS AS WELL. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IDENTIFIES THIS SECTION OF DOWNTOWN AS NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS , WHICH GENERALLY ALIGNS WITH LIGHT COMMERCIAL USES AND ALLIANCE WITH THE, UM THE EXISTING USES OUT THERE, AND IN ADDITION, THE GARLAND CITY OF GARLAND HAS THE ADOPTED CULTURAL ARTS MASTER PLAN. UM AND ONE OF THE, UH, SOME LANGUAGE FROM THAT MASTER PLAN, UH, READS QUOTE. FOLLOWING THE EXCEPTION MADE FOR DOWNTOWN GARLAND DEVELOP A SIGNAGE VARIANT THAT ALLOWS FOR CREATIVE SIGNAGE THAT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PRIVATE BUSINESSES TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE VISUAL VIBRANCY OF THE CITY. AND THIS REQUEST REPRESENTS SOME UH, CREDIT SIGN IS DOWNTOWN. HERE'S SOME PHOTOS OF THE AREA, INCLUDING THE SUBJECT PROPERTY SHOWN HERE. THIS IS THE FORMER LOCATION OF THE PAPAWS CAFE. SO THERE WILL BE A NEW, UH, BARBECUE RESTAURANT MOVIE MOVING IN. SO IT IS THE INTENDED TO BE THE PRIMARY SIGNAGE FOR THIS NEW RESTAURANT. AND AGAIN SOME OTHER. EXCUSE ME. OTHER, UM PHOTOS SHOWING THE SURROUNDING AREA. AND JUST SOME ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AS WELL. NORTH OF THE SUBJECT. PROPERTY IS A CHURCH ACROSS STATE STREET, BUT, UH, ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE SOME ADDITIONAL PHOTOS OF THE OF THE BUILDING. THERE'S SOME OUTDOOR SEATING AS WELL AS YOU CAN SEE BOTH IN THE FRONT AND ON THE SIDE. AND THAT THIS IS, OF COURSE, THE EXISTING CANOPY WHICH THE APPLICANT WISHES TO, UH KEEP AND PRESERVE AND THE SIGN WOULD BE PLACED ON TOP OF THAT, AND HERE WE GO. AND HERE'S THE PROPOSED SIGNAGE. UM HERE ON TOP OF THE CANOPY, AND I'LL GO
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OVER KIND OF THE G DC REQUIREMENT AND WHAT EXACTLY THE MAJOR WAIVER IS, BUT THIS IS THE SIGNAGE APPROXIMATELY 33 SQUARE FEET IN SIZE AND, UH, THE APPLICANT STATES. I, UH, WE PUT THIS IN THE STAFF REPORT, BUT THE APPLICANT STATES QUOTE THE VISION AND PURPOSE OF THIS SIGN IS TO REVITALIZE THE STOREFRONT AND FOLLOW A THEME OF THE 19 FIFTIES IS THAT'S WHEN THE BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED TO CREATE THE DESIRED ATMOSPHERE. THE STORY STARTS WITH THE RESTAURANT'S SIGNAGE CURB APPEAL. AND SO AS FAR AS HOW IT RELATES TO THE G DC PER THE G DC DOWNTOWN STANDARDS, UH, SIGNS ON AWNINGS SHALL BE PRINTED, PAINTED OR APPLIED DIRECTLY ON THE SURFACE OF THE AWNING AND INCLUDE ONLY THE NAME LOGO AND TYPE OF SERVICE OF THE BUSINESS, AND THE LETTERING SHALL BE A MAXIMUM OF EIGHT INCHES IN HEIGHT, THE PROPOSED SIGNAGE, HEIGHT WISE ABOUT IT ABOUT 3 FT. JUST A LITTLE BIT OVER 3 FT IN HEIGHT. UM SO WHAT IS PROPOSED, THE PROPOSED SIGN WILL BE MOUNTED ON TOP OF THE EXISTING METAL AWNING AND THE LETTERING WILL BE MORE THAN EIGHT INCHES IN VERTICAL HEIGHT, ABOUT 33 SQUARE FEET IN TOTAL SIZE, AND IT WILL BE ILLUMINATED. THE SIGN IS INTENDED TO SERVE AS THE PRIMARY BUILDING SIGNAGE. A WALL SIGN WOULD BE LIMITED IN VISIBILITY BECAUSE OF THE AWNING AND THE APPLICANT WISHES TO KEEP THE AWNING IN PLACE. AND IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE PAWPAWS RESTAURANT SIGN WAS ALSO LOCATED ON THE STAT'S RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST. AND THE PLAN COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AS WELL WITHIN AN 8 TO 0 VOTE. AND MAYOR. I'VE INCLUDED THE CRITERIA FOR THE G DC FOR MAJOR WAIVERS HERE. MAJOR WAIVERS MAY BE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, FOLLOWING A RECOMMENDATION BY THE PLANNING DIRECTOR AND THE PLAN COMMISSION IN ORDER TO APPROVE A MAJOR WAIVER. THE CITY COUNCIL FINDINGS ARE LISTED AS FOLLOWS, UH, MEETS THE GENERAL INTENT OF THIS DISTRICT AND WILL RESULT IN AN IMPROVED PROJECT, WHICH WILL BE AN ATTRACTIVE CONTRIBUTION TO THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT. AND MAYOR . WE MAILED OUT 70 NOTIFICATION LETTERS ON THIS CASE, AND WE RECEIVED ONLY TWO RESPONSES AND THOSE WERE BOTH IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST AND WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM? I SEE NONE.MR. GARIN, DO YOU KNOW IF THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT? DID WE HAVE? THATS OVER THERE? WELL UH, THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. UH, COUNCIL. UH, THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT. IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? I HAVE NO ONE IN THE QUEUE. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NE. UH K MORRIS, THE SENIOR DISTRICT.
YES, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UM SO MAYOR JUST POINTING OUT TO COUNSEL WE HAVE TWO OTHER, UM WE HAVE TWO OTHER BUSINESSES D, OS BANDERAS AND JIMMY WALLACE, WHO ARE BOTH DONE HAD SIMILAR MAJOR WAIVERS AND HAVE VASTLY IMPROVED THEIR STOREFRONTS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE REQUEST BY SIGNS FOR THIS MAJOR WAIVER FOR THEIR SIGNAGE. VERY GOOD. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MORRIS AND THE SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE TO APPROVE ITEM 10 A AS PRESENTED ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. SEE NONE. MADAM SECRETARY PRESIDENT FOR US, PLEASE. COUNCIL. AND DISPLAY THE VOTE. AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, UH, NEXT UP IS ITEM. 10 B.
[10.b. Consider a request by Texas Taco Cabana, LP to renew the Specific Use Provision for an existing restaurant with a drive-through [Taco Cabana]. The site is located at 5959 Broadway Boulevard in District 4.]
CONSIDER REQUEST BY TEXAS TACO CABANA LP TO RENEW THE SPECIFIC USE PROVISION FOR AN EXISTING RESTAURANT WITH A DRIVE THROUGH TACO CABANA. THE SITE IS LOCATED 5959 BROADWAY BOULEVARD IN DISTRICT FOUR, MR GARRETT. THANK YOU BEAR. UM, AS YOU STATED, THIS IS A AN SUP RENEWAL REQUEST BY TACO CABANA. AND THE LOCATION IS 5959 BROADWAY BOULEVARD. THE ACREAGE OF THE SUBJECT. PROPERTY IS 1.27 ACRES IN SIZE. AND IT IS RE ZONED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY RETAIL DISTRICT WITH OF COURSE, AN SUP 02-36, WHICH IS EXPIRED. THEY'RE ASKING FOR RENEWAL OF THAT SUP. HERE'S A GENERAL LOCATION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IN SOUTH GARLAND. AND MORE SPECIFICALLY SHOWN HERE. IT IS AN EXISTING TACO CABANA. IT HAS A DRIVE THROUGH, WHICH IS THE REALLY WHAT THE SP IS, UM, IS UH, REQUESTED FOR US SPECIFICALLY THE DRIVE THROUGH, UM WITH THE RESTAURANT. UM THERE ARE OTHER RESTAURANTS IN THE AREA OTHER TO IMMEDIATELY TO THE NORTH AS A RETAIL. UH, MULTI TENANT BUILDING, UM, WITH AT LEAST ONE RESTAURANT USE IN THERE. THERE'S SOME OTHER RETAIL AND RESTAURANT ORIENTED USES, UM , ON THE EAST SIDE OF BROADWAY, AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE WALMART IS DIRECTLY TO THE WEST. AND JUST OUTSIDE OF THE MAP HERE IS I 30 JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THIS PROPERTY. AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IDENTIFIES THIS GENERAL AREA AS TRANSIT ORIENTED[00:40:04]
CENTERS. OF COURSE, THE LAKE RAY HUBBARD BUS TRANSIT CENTER IS NEARBY TO THE WEST, JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF WALMART, AND, UM, THE USE IS AN EXISTING RESTAURANT THAT SERVES AND ADDS BUSINESS ACTIVITY TO THE AREA, AND IT PROVIDES PEDESTRIAN SIDEWALK. UH, CONNECTIONS TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES, UH, AND IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND PER THE ECONOMIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN. THE PROPOSAL IS CONSIDERED STAND ALONE COMMERCIAL AND WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE SALES TAX FOR THE CITY. AND HERE'S SOME PHOTOS OF THE AREA, INCLUDING THE, UH, TACO CABANA THERE ON THE LEFT. AND UH, THE PHOTO TO THE RIGHT IS JUST A SIDE VIEW OF THE WALMART BUILDING. AND JUST SOME ADDITIONAL PHOTOS. THAT'S THE TALK GROUP BANNER RIGHT THERE ON THE LEFT. AND THIS IS THE JUST THE SITE PLAN OF THE, UM SIDE.THEY'RE NOT. THE APPLICANT IS NOT PROPOSING ANY SITE, UM EXPANSIONS OR CHANGES AT ALL.
THE CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING IS SIMPLY A RENEWAL OF THE, UH SUP. AS IT STANDS TODAY, AS THE BUILDING STANDS TODAY AND DRIVE THROUGH AS WELL, UH, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A 25 YEAR SUP, WHICH ALIGNS WITH THE SCP TIME PERIOD GUIDE, WHICH HAS A 20 TO 25 YEAR RECOMMENDATION. AND STATS ARE RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST. AND THE PLAN COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST AS WELL WITHIN AN 8 TO 0 VOTE. AND MAYOR WE MAILED OUT UH, 76 NOTIFICATION LETTERS ON THIS CASE AND SIMILAR TO THE LAST CASE. WE JUST RECEIVED TWO RESPONSES, ALTHOUGH ONE OF THOSE WAS ONE OWNER THAT OWNED MULTIPLE ADDRESSES, UH, BUT TWO RESPONSES AND THOSE WERE BOTH IN FAVOR AND WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA. VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM? YOU KNOW, MR GUARIN, DO YOU KNOW IF THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT? HE'S SITTING IN THE BACK THERE. VERY GOOD, UH, COS THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT. UH, IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? SEE NONE. UH, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? EXCUSE ME. NO. UH, COUNCILOR WILLIAMS IS SENIOR DISTRICT, SIR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, MAYOR. UH, THIS BUSINESS HAS BEEN, UH, IN THE SOUTH SIDE ON BROADWAY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. HAS HAD A VERY POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY. AND THEREFORE, UH, I MOVE FOR APPROVAL, ESPECIALLY USE PERMIT RENEWAL FOR A DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANT FOR A PERIOD OF 20 YEARS AND A AND A PLAN ON THE PROPERTY ZONED COMMUNITY RETAIL DISTRICT. WITH A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION. VERY GOOD. HAVE A MOTION, UH BY COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS, UH, TO APPROVE THIS ITEM, AS PRESENTED WITH A SECOND BY COUNCILOR RL.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. SEE NONE. MADAM SECRETARY. PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US, PLEASE.
COUNCIL. AND DISPLAY THE VOTE. AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. THAT WAS OUR LAST ITEM FOR INDIVIDUAL OR IN. YEAH FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, UH , BARBECUE AND TACOS. I DON'T
[CITIZEN COMMENTS]
KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF YOU, BUT I'M KIND OF HUNGRY NOW, UH BUT WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH 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. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS THIS EVENING. I HAVE ONE SPEAKER SIGNED OUT THROUGH THE KIOSK. UH, IF YOU COULD CALL THE SPEAKER, PLEASE. THOMAS. HANG ON ONE SECOND, LET'S GET THE TIMER SET. SECRETARY. WE HAVE THE TIMER. IT'S SHOWING ALL ZEROS FOR ME. THERE WE GO. GO AHEAD, SIR. ALL RIGHT, UM, SHAMEFULLY.THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, HAS NOT CALLED FOR A CEASE FIRE RESOLUTION. WHILE THE US HAS ABSTAINED FROM THAT CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION THAT RECENTLY PASSED ABOUT A WEEK AGO. UM ISRAEL HAS NOT STOPPED THE BOMBING. IT HASN'T STOPPED THE KILLING. UM MORE RECENTLY, UM, ISRAEL JUST FINISH. UM A KILLING AND BURNING . UM THE HOSPITAL IN AL SHE ALSA HOSPITAL. UM THEY KILLED 400 PALESTINIANS. UM AND THERE ARE WITNESS TESTIMONIES OF EXCUSE ME , UM AND TRIGGER WARNING FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT FOR ANYBODY THAT HAS ANY TRAUMA WITH IT, UM, THEY RAPED A WOMAN IN FRONT OF HER CHILDREN. I MEAN, YEAH. IN FRONT OF HER CHILDREN AND HER HUSBAND. AND YET THIS CITY COUNCIL
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CONTINUES TO AID AND A BET THIS GENOCIDE BY ALLOWING PEOPLE LIKE GENERAL DYNAMICS TO HOST IN THE CITY TO HAVE A PLANT IN THE CITY. THAT'S SHAMEFUL. IT'S VERY SHAMEFUL. UM THE GENERAL DYNAMICS PLANT, UH, MAKES BOMB BODIES FOR THE BLUE 109 BOMB. UM THIS BOMB HAS BEEN USED TO LEVEL APARTMENTS. I TOLD YOU ALL THIS. IT'S BEEN USED TO LEVEL APARTMENT BLOCKS. IT'S BEEN YOU CAN LOOK AT THE VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE. YOU KNOW THERE. THERE ARE VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE THAT THAT'S VERY WILD TO ME. UM UM, THERE ARE VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE ABOUT THIS, AND THERE ARE ARTICLES DE DETAILING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THESE BOMBS OF THE BESTS THAT HAS BEEN USED IN THESE APARTMENTS. UM, IN GAZA FOR YOU FOR MORE INFORMATION. PEOPLE IN GAZA HAVE ALREADY BEEN TREATED LIKE ANTS. FOR YEARS. THE PEOPLE IN THE WEST BANK ARE TREATED LIKE CATTLE. THE PEOPLE IN GAZA ARE TREATED LIKE ANTS. RIGHT? UM THE ASBESTOS AS Y'ALL KNOW, CAUSES LUNG CANCER AND OTHER LUNG COMPLICATIONS, AND IT'S ALL AROUND THE AIR IN GAZA IN THE PLACES THAT HAVE BEEN BOMBED. WE WANT THE CITY COUNCIL TO PASS A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION. TO PASS A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION STATING THAT WE WANT A CEASEFIRE NOW. NOW WE WANT ALL BLOCKADES LIFD SO THE AID CAN GET INTO THE CITY SO THAT PEOPLE AREN'T STARVING. THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TELLING Y'ALL SINCE THE BEGINNING THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO STARVE AND PEOPLE ARE DYING FROM FAMINE IN GAZA. THERE ARE THERE ARE PICTURES OF CHILDREN WITH THEIR LIKE YOU CAN SEE THEIR BONES. YOU CAN SEE THEIR BONES. YOU CAN SEE THE LIFE LEAVING OUT OF THEIR BODY. YET THE CITY COUNCIL SITS HERE AND STARES ME IN THE EYE AND LET ME BRING UP THIS. MR UM DUTY MAYOR PRO TEM UH, ED MOORE. LAST CITY COUNCIL YOU HAD WE HAD A INTERMISSION WHERE YOU WERE ABLE TO EAT BEFORE, BUT YOU STILL PUT OUT A CHIP AS I WAS COMING UP TO UP HERE, WHICH IS VERY INSENSITIVE, UM, TO THE CAUSE WE WERE BRINGING UP WE WANT A CEASEFIRE NOW, AND WE WANT GENERAL DYNAMICS OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THANK YOU. CEASE FIRE NOW FREE PALESTINE. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? RIGHTS NO AND COUNCIL. UH, JUST A REMINDER , UH, THAT WE HAVE A GARLAND FOUNDATION FOR DEVELOPMENT MEETING IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS, SO ONCE WE ADJOURN, UME WILL, UH, WE WILL COME BACK TO THAT. UM, WE WILL, UH, IT IS, UH, 747 WHEN WE WILL ADJOURN. LET'S HAVE EVERYBODY BACK HERE AT* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.