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WELL EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE MONDAY APRIL 15TH 2024 WORK SESSION FOR THE GARLAND CITY
[PUBLIC COMMENTS ON WORK SESSION ITEMS]
COUNCIL. UH THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING IS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON WORK SESSION ITEMS. YES SIR. WE HAVE A FRED AGUILAR. OK, HANG ON. ONE SECOND MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY WORK SESSION ITEM. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.SPEAKERS ARE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES EACH GROUPED BY AGENDA ITEM AND CALLED IN THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA. ANYONE WISHING TO SPELL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AND LET'S SEE HERE. ITEMS ON THE REGULAR MEETING AGENDA SHOULD BE ADDRESSED AT THE RESPECTIVE REGULAR MEETING. ITEMS NOT CURRENTLY ON AN AGENDA MAY BE ADDRESSED DURING THE CITIZEN COMMENTS PORTION OF REGULAR MEETING. ALL RIGHT, CALL OUR FIRST SPEAKER. FRED AGUILAR. ALL RIGHT. AND IF YOU COULD GET OUR TIMER READY. MR JAGAR? YEAH. HAVE A YOU GET YOUR CHOICE? THANK YOU, AND I'LL JUST ASK YOU TO KIND OF SWING THAT MIC AROUND TOWARDS YOU SO WE CAN HEAR YOU. IF YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES, MY NAME'S FERNANDO AGUILAR. RED IS MY NICKNAME. I LIVE AT 120 WEST AVENUE, G. WE GOT OVER 45 YEARS. AND UM, I'M WANTED TO SPEAK REGARDING THE BUILDING FOR THE BOY SCOUTS. AND I BELIEVE IT'S 116. MM. AND I WAS A MEMBER THERE AS AN ADULT LEADER FOR 16 YEARS, AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO SAY. REGARDING THAT TIME. IS THAT IN 16 YEARS UH, I SAW A LOT OF MEN GO YOUNG MEN GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM. I'M VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF IT. WE? PROBABLY I ESTIMATE THAT IT WAS 607 100 BOYS IN THE 16 YEARS THAT I WAS THERE. AND A LOT OF THOSE BOYS ARE NOW SOME SOME ARE WE HAVE SOME THAT ARE DOCTORS. SOME ATTORNEYS. SOME FIREMEN. ONE. CHIEF OF POLICE IN NACOGDOCHES WAS ONE OF OUR EAGLE SCOUTS. THE RESULTS FROM SCOUTING TO ME WAS EXTREMELY FAVORABLE, FAVORABLE AND THE MOST DIFFICULT THING WE HAD TO DO. WAS FIND A PLACE. THAT WE COULD CALL LIKE A HOME. FOR THOSE BOY SCOUTS. AND IT IS IN MY OPINION. SOMETHING THAT THAT SHOULD BE CONTINUED, IF AT A ALL POSSIBLE. SO THAT WAS BASICALLY MY COMMENTS ABOUT IT. OF COURSE, IN 16 YEARS. I HAVE A LOT OF DETAILS. IF YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR SOME OF THOSE THERE WAS A LOT OF STORIES. UH, SEVERAL FIREMEN. CAME FROM THE THAT TRUE AND, UH I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT IT, BUT I HAVE. I DO HAVE A LOT OF DETAILS. IF YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR ANYTHING SPECIFIC YEAH, OK. THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT SPEAKER IS DEBBIE AGUILAR. GOOD EVENING. GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. MY NAME IS DEBORAH AGUILAR. I LIVE AT 120 WEST AVENUE. G I'VE LIVED HERE IN GARLAND FOR LIKE 35 YEARS NOW. WE HAVE BOUGHT OUR HOUSE AND WE REBUILT IT BECAUSE IT WAS A BURNOUT, AND WE REBUILT IT OURSELVES, AND WE HAD A LOT OF BOY SCOUTS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT TROOP ROOM, AND THEY ALL BECAME EAGLE SCOUTS AND LIKE HE WAS SAYING, WE'VE HAD SUCH A GOOD COMMUNITY WITH THE BOY SCOUTS AT THAT TROOP ROOM. IT IS THEIR HOME AND IT'S BEEN THEIR HOME FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER US BEING HERE IN GARLAND, TEXAS, THERE WAS A MAN THAT THAT WAS THE NAME STAN KOPEK HE HAD WAS PART OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND SPEAKING WITH THEM, AND WE HAD A STANDING WORD VERBAL WORD, SAYING THAT WE WOULD BE ALLOWED TO HAVE THAT TROOPER AND FOR 100 YEARS AND I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO CONTACT STAN TO LET HIM KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON HERE BECAUSE IT WOULD BE HIS TESTIMONY THAT WOULD HELP US THE MOST. I THINK BUT IF YOU GUYS WOULD TAKE THE TIME THEY HAVE MEETINGS EVERY TUESDAY EVENING IF YOU WOULD TAKE THE TIME AND GO CHECK OUT THE TROOP ROOM YOURSELF EACH TIME WE HAVE A BOY SCOUT THAT GETS TO BE AN EAGLE SCOUT HAS THEIR NAME PLAQUE PUT IN DOWNTOWN AND IT'S A BRICK. AND IF YOU WOULD TAKE THE TIME TO CHECK THAT OUT FOR YOURSELVES AS
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WELL, MY SON HE COMPLETED HIS EAGLE SCOUT. HE IS NOW A WARRANT OFFICER IN THE ARMY. RIGHT NOW, AS OF TODAY, HE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO BE HERE. BUT HE HAD TO GO BACK TO WORK. HE CAME TO VISIT US. HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THE TROOPER. HE JUST WENT BACK YET ON SATURDAY BECAUSE HE CAME TO VISIT SO IF I WOULD LOVE TO GIVE YOU HIS PHONE NUMBER. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTACT HIM AS WELL, BECAUSE I'M SURE THAT HE DOESN'T WANNA SEE THIS TROOP ROOM DISAPPEAR. IT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT TO THE KIDS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. AND I WOULD LIKE IT VERY MUCH IF YOU GUYS CONSIDERED NOT TAKING THAT BUILDING AWAY FROM THEM. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. I BELIEVE THAT WE HAD THE JUST THE TWO SPEAKERS, OK? ALL RIGHT, UH,[CONSIDER THE CONSENT AGENDA]
MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS CONSIDER THE CONSIDER THE CONSENT AGENDA. UH, THIS WILL BE FOR TOMORROW NIGHT. CHRISTOPHER HEDRICK. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANTED A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT NUMBER. UH, ITEM FIVE. IF POSSIBLE. I BELIEVE I WAS IT WAS LIKE I KNEW I SAW YOU SOMEWHERE. AND I BROUGHT A COUPLE OF FRIENDS ROBERT AND AMBER TO HELP ME.THEY HAVE WORKED THROUGH THIS PLAN IN GREAT DETAIL, BUT, UM THIS IS A THIS ITEM FIVE. IS AN UPDATE OF THE WATER CONSERVATION PLAN, AND IT'S REQUIRED TO BE PERFORMED EVERY FIVE YEARS. UM AND IT REALLY IS JUST AN UPDATE. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF JUST KEY POINTS IN THE ITEM. THAT THAT HAVE CHANGED. ONE OF THEM IS A GALLONS PER CAPITA PER DAY FOR THE FOR THE CITY. UM INITIALLY, THAT WAS UP TO 100 AND 41 GALLONS PER CAPITA PER DAY. WE'RE LOWERING THAT TO 130, ULTIMATELY DOWN TO 100 AND 25 GALLONS PER CAPITA PER DAY AS CONSERVATION INITIATIVES ARE BEING SUCCESSFUL, AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO CONSERVE WATER. UM BUT WE'RE WE'RE PROJECTED TO GET DOWN TO 125 BEFORE THE YEAR 20 TW 2034. SO THAT'S A NEW AND A CHANGE IN THIS CONSERVATION PLAN VERSUS UM WHAT HAD BEEN APPROVED IN 2019 AND JUST BE CLEAR THAT'S DURING DROUGHT CONDITIONS.
CORRECT THAT'S THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR. YES SIR. SO IT INCLUDES DROUGHT IT INCLUDES, UM ALSO INCLUDES, UM DOMESTIC AND INDUSTRY SO ALL OF THOSE CONSERVATION INITIATIVES ARE TAKING HOLD, AND WE'RE SEEING SOME REDUCTION THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF GARLAND, UH, WITH US WITH THOSE EFFORTS, AND SO THAT'S A GREAT THING. THE OTHER THING THAT HAS CHANGED. AND WAS REQUIRED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE IS THERE IS A NEW REQUIREMENT. WHEREBY, UM SOME COMMUNITIES AND THE HOAS WERE UM , REQUESTING THE CITIZENS IN THOSE AREAS OF THE STATE, EVEN DURING DROUGHT TO PLANT FULL, SO UM, IN THEIR LANDSCAPING AND IN SOME CASES TO CONTINUE TO IRRIGATE THEIR SOD, EVEN THROUGH DROUGHT. SO THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE MADE SOME CHANGES TO THE, UM STATE LAW AND WITHIN EVERYBODY'S CONSERVATION AND REUSE PLAN. THEY HAVE TO PUT THAT RESTRICTION IN THERE THAT DOES NOT ALLOW AN HO A TO FINE OR FEE. UM A HOMEOWNER INTO COMPLIANCE, AND THAT SHALL BE PROHIBITED STATEWIDE. SO THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFLICT THROUGH THAT. AND UM, SO THAT HAS NOW BEEN REMOVED AND, UM, THE LEGISLATION IS ADDED IN SOME LANGUAGE THAT PROHIBITS AN HO A FROM DOING THAT TO THE CITIZENS. UM, LASTLY, UM WE'VE ADDED A COUPLE OF NEW TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES. ONE IS AUTOMATIC METER INFRASTRUCTURE. AND OVER TIME THAT SHOULD HELP. THE CUSTOMER BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THEIR BILL ON A MORE FREQUENT BASIS AND BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THEIR WATER USAGE OVER TIME, SO THAT'S BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS EFFORT. UM, AND THEN WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED OUR ONGOING PROGRAM FOR SATELLITE LEAK DETECTION TO CONTINUE TO UTILIZE S SATELLITE LEAK DETECTION. TO TRY TO IDENTIFY THOSE LEAKS THAT ARE OUT IN THE SYSTEM THAT WE CAN QUICKLY RECOVER. THOSE ARE TYPICALLY THE HIDDEN LEAKS, THE ONES THAT DON'T SURFACE UP THAT WE GO FIND. SO THOSE ARE THE MAIN CHANGES THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THIS IN THIS UPDATED PLAN FIVE YEAR PLAN AND, UM WE PARTNER WITH UM TEXT, MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT AND OUR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AND THOSE PARTNER CITIES TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CONSISTENTLY, UH, PUSHING THAT SAME CONSERVATION MESSAGE. SO THIS IS THE UPDATE, AND, UM RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND I. I APPRECIATE THE YOU KNOW, OUR NUMBERS ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AS FAR AS CONSERVATION, SO THANK YOU.
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THANK YOU, MA'AM. AND JUST TO CLARIFY YOU'RE GOOD WITH THIS MOVING FORWARD IN CONSENT. YES, SIR. WITH THE PACKAGE, OK, VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS WHILE WE HAVE MICHAEL HERE. ON THIS ITEM. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE IT. AND AGAIN IF THERE'S ANY ITEMS THAT COME UP BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, IF YOU CAN GIVE US A HEADS UP, AND WE CAN HAVE STAFF AVAILABLE AND READY TO GIVE US AN UPDATE. UH, THIS EVENING'S AGENDA. WE DON'T HAVE ANY WRITTEN BRIEFINGS SO WE WILL[1. Consider and Discuss Several City-Owned Properties in the Downtown Historic Sub-district]
MOVE STRAIGHT ON TO VERBAL BRIEFINGS UNDER ITEM ONE. CONSIDER AND DISCUSS SEVERAL CITY OWNED PROPERTIES IN THE DOWNTOWN HISTORIC SUBDISTRICT. GOOD EVENING.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF DOWNTOWN GARLAND IN IN, PARTICULARLY IN REGARDS TO, UH, SEVERAL UNDERUTILIZED CITY OWNED PROPERTIES IN REGARDS TO THEIR ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THE DISTRICT AND HOW THEY MIGHT BOOST THE COMMERCIAL VIBRANCY OF THE DISTRICT AS WELL. SO TONIGHT , WE'RE SEEKING DIRECTION FROM COUNSEL TO, UM, GO FORWARD WITH A FORMAL CALL FOR DEVELOPERS TO, UH, SUBMIT INTEREST IN THE PROPERTIES THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED. SO JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF OUR DISCUSSION THIS EVENING, SO WE'LL DIG INTO, UM, SITE DETAILS OF THE TARGETED PROPERTIES AND THEN WE'D LIKE TO WALK THROUGH THE TIMELINESS OF THIS INITIATIVE AND WHY WE SEE THIS BEING THE RIGHT TIME TO MOVE FORWARD AND REDEVELOPING THESE THESE CITY OWNED PROPERTIES AND THEN WE'LL ALSO DIG INTO THE POSSIBLE REDEVELOPMENT PROCESS. NOW, KEEP IN MIND. TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION IS A VERY, VERY HIGH OVERVIEW OF HOW WE MIGHT MOVE FORWARD AND ESPECIALLY WE DIG INTO THE SITE SPECIFICS TO EACH LOCATION. IT MIGHT BE SO TEMPTING TO TALK ABOUT THE POTENTIAL USE OF EACH PROPERTY. BUT WE ARE REALLY HERE JUST SEEKING DIRECTION ON WHAT TOOL WE MIGHT USE IN THIS PROCESS. THIS MAP REPRESENTS THE DOWNTOWN HISTORIC SUBDISTRICT AND YOU'LL SEE HIGHLIGHTED ON MY SCREEN. IT DOESN'T LOOK SUPER CLEAR. UM, BUT YOU CAN TELL THE GRAYISH BLUE AREAS, UM, HIGHLIGHT THE CITY OWNED PROPERTIES WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN HISTORIC SUBDISTRICT. SO THIS DISTRICT IS BOUND ON THE WEST BY GLENN GLENBROOK DRIVE ON THE NORTH BY WALNUT. IT COMES DOWN TO SANTA FE LINE ON THE EAST AND ON THE SOUTH BY WEST AVENUE. A THIS IS A PRETTY FAMILIAR FOOTPRINT. UM, WE'VE USED UTILIZED THIS FOOTPRININT. UM FR SEVERAL PAST DOWNTOWN HOUSEKEEPING INITIATIVES, AND IT ALSO ALIGNS WITH THE CURRENT FOOTPRINT OF YOUR DOWNTOWN URBAN DESIGN STANDARDS AND WHERE THOSE SIDEWALKS AND STREETSCAPES HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP TO THAT THAT STANDARD TO CREATE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY AND COHESION THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, REALLY CREATING A SENSE OF PLACE. NEXT WE'RE CALLING OUT IN GREEN AND KEEP IN MIND. THESE ARE ARE ROUGH LINE WORK. UM FIGURES IF YOU WILL TO JUST SHOW YOU THE GENERAL LOCATION OF FIVE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE TARGETED FOR REDEVELOPMENT IN THE DOWNTOWN HISTORIC SUBDISTRICT. SO OPPORTUNITY NUMBER 1515 19 WEST STATE STREET . THIS PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY VACANT. IT IS LOCATED WITHIN T, I ONE. AND UM, THOUGH, ONLY SPECIFIC TO THIS SITE, SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND FOR THIS PROPERTY IS IT IS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE SQUARE, SO IT HAS ONE ADDITIONAL LAYER OF ZONING TO CONSIDER, AND THAT'S YOUR DOWNTOWN SQUARE SUBDISTRICT. WE HAVE LISTED SOME USES PERMITTED HERE. BUT THIS IS BY NO MEANS AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST WHAT COULD HAPPEN AT THIS SITE. KEEP IN MIND, UM, VARIOUS USES PERMITTED BY RIGHT AND THEN THOSE THAT WOULD BE RE WOULD REQUIRE AN SEP. BUT WE JUST KIND OF WANTED TO SET THE TONE FOR POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES THERE AND AGAIN TO STRESS. WE'RE NOT DIGGING INTO THE DETAILS OF USE IN TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION.
OPPORTUNITY NUMBER. 2717 13, AUSTIN STREET AND 316 NORTH GLENBROOK DRIVE, SO THESE TWO PROPERTIES RUN ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE CENTRAL LIBRARY LOT. UM BOTH OF THESE PROPERTIES ARE TEMPORARILY OCCUPIED AT THE MOMENT AS YOU'VE GOT CENTRAL LIBRARY EXPRESS AND THE, UM CENTRAL LIBRARY ADMIN FUNCTION HAPPENING OUT OF THESE TWO PROPERTIES. UM THOUGH, TEMPORARILY OCCUPIED. WE DO, UH, FOLLOWING THE RENOVATIONS OF CENTRAL LIBRARY, SEEING THOSE SPACE VACATED AS EARLY AS THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2025, SETTING THE STAGE FOR SOME TIMELY REDEVELOPMENT THERE. OPPORTUNITY NUMBER 3415 WEST AVENUE. A UH THIS SLOT IS CURRENTLY VACANT.
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ITAS THE PREVIOUS CONSTRUCTION STAGING AREA FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS. SO, UH, SITS WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN HISTORIC SUBDISTRICT. UM, IT IS READY FOR DEVELOPMENT. OPPORTUNITY NUMBER 4116 NORTH SIXTH STREET. SO HERE WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE CITY OWNED PROPERTY. THE CURRENT USE. UM IT IS OCCUPIED BY TROOP 100 OF THE BOY SCOUTS. THIS LEASE DOES EXPIRE IN OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR. OPPORTUNITY NUMBER 5703 WEST AVENUE, A AND 717 WEST AVENUE A SO THESE ARE THE TWO PROPERTIES ADJACENT TO THE JONES MUNICIPAL BUILDING. UH, ONE NOTE TO CONSIDER HERE IS THE AREA THAT YOU SEE PAVED IS TIED TO SOME PARKING, UM, REQUIREMENTS ON SITE. SO NOW THAT WE'VE WALKED THROUGH THE PROPERTIES IDENTIFIED FOR REDEVELOPMENT. I JUST WANTED TO VISIT WITH YOU A BIT ABOUT TIMELINESS. SO WHY NOW ? WHY TAKE ON THIS INITIATIVE NOW FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE SQUARE REDESIGN AND THE BROADER STREETSCAPES ENHANCEMENTS AS I'VE MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'VE REALLY CREATED A SENSE OF COHESION AND A SENSE OF PLACE WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN HISTORIC SUBDISTRICT AND WE'VE RECEIVED DEVELOPER INTEREST, UM IN SEVERAL DOWNTOWN PROPERTIES, AND WE FEEL THAT THE MARKETS TRULY RIPE FOR ADDITIONAL REDEVELOPMENT, SO WE WOULD LIKE TO CAPITALIZE ON THE MOMENTUM OF THE SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AND MOVE FORWARD WITH INTENTION AND HOPES THAT THIS CATALYST WOULD SPUR FURTHER REDEVELOPMENT DOWN THE ROAD. UM PROPERTY VALUES WOULD BEGIN GENERATING TAX VALUE AND AGAIN, REALLY, UM, BRING UP THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE DISTRICT. SO ALL OF THAT TO BE SAID, AND WITH NOW IS THE TIME WE'D ALSO JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT THAT WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH INTENTION AND TO DO SO, UM, I'LL WALK THROUGH THE PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT PROCESS.SO FOLLOWING COUNCIL DIRECTION THIS EVENING. UM IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS APPROACH THE FORMAL CALL FOR DEVELOPERS, WE WOULD IMMEDIATELY CREATE AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM TO STEER THIS INITIATIVE. THIS PROCESS WOULD INCLUDE PUBLIC INPUT AND WOULD BE DETAILED WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND MAINTAINING STAKEHOLDER VISION AND THE COMMUNITY VISION FOR DOWNTOWN GARLAND WITH ALL THOSE PIECES IN PLAY AND MOVING FORWARD WITH A FORMAL CALL FOR DEVELOPERS AND TO TRULY, UH, WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND IDENTIFY THE PERFECT PARTNER. WE DO SEE THIS PROCESS EXTENDING A YR OR MORE SO WITH THAT, I'VE, UH KIND OF LAID EVERYTHING OUT FOR YOU TO CONSIDER AGAIN. VERY HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW, BUT WE ARE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION FROM COUNSEL ON THE TOOL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS INITIATIVE, AND I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. IF YOU HAVE THEM. I'M SURE THERE'LL BE A COUPLE COUNCIL WILLIAMS GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. I THINK I MISSED YOUR TIME. YOUR TIME FRAME THERE. CAN YOU PUT THAT SLIDE BACK UP? OK, UM WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING OUT FOR CALLS FOR DEVELOPERS. UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT WINTER, SO WE'RE GOING INTO SPRING OF 2025 MY READING YOUR CHART CORRECTLY. TO WRAP UP THE PROCESS. THE PROCESS, RIGHT? IDEALLY WE WOULD BE, UM WE WOULD BE WITHIN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE IDENTIFIED PARTNER NO LATER THAN SUMMER 2025. THAT'S THE GOAL. OK AND IS OUR STRATEGY IN ALL INCLUSIVE OF ALL THE PROPERTIES THAT YOU'VE LISTED HERE? AT THIS POINT IN TIME IT IS AND OUR INTENTION IS TO MAINTAIN FLEXIBILITY AND OPTIONS WITH THIS INITIATIVE, WHETHER WE WERE TO IDENTIFY A DEVELOPER OR A MASTER DEVELOPER THAT WOULD WANT TO TAKE CARE OF ALL THE PROPERTIES AT ONCE OR POTENTIALLY BREAK APART EACH PROPERTY INDIVIDUALLY, SO THE OPTIONS ARE AT THIS POINT PRETTY PRETTY LIMITLESS. WE'RE MORE LOOKING FOR THE GUIDANCE ON THE TOOL AND THE APPROACH AS FAR AS GOING OUT FOR FORMAL BID. OR FORMER COFFER PROPOSAL, WHICH WOULD BE FALL OF THIS YEAR. THAT'S THAT'S WHERE I WITH YOU.
YEAH, THANKS FOR THAT. C. UH, MAYOR? UH, SO YOU YOU YOU ONLY MEET YOU MEET ONE PROPERTY. WITH THE LEAST ASPIRATION. WOULD YOU RESTATE THAT, PLEASE? YES SO 116 NORTH SIXTH STREET. SO THIS IS, UM ON THE NORTHERN HALF WHERE THE PUBLIC RESTROOMS ARE LOCATED ON THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THAT LOT WHERE, UM, THE UH, BOY SCOUTS. TROOP 100 ARE CURRENTLY OCCUPYING THE BUILDING, AND THAT
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LEASE IS SET TO EXPIRE IN OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR. WHAT YOU ARE TO THE MANAGER. IS THERE ANY PROVISIONS IN THE CURRENT LEASE FOR EXTENSIONS ON IN IT THAT THAT PARTICULARLY ON THAT PROPERTY YEAH. SO UM, THE CURRENT LEASE DOES HAVE TWO EXTENSIONS POSSIBLE, WHICH WOULD TAKE IT OUT TO OCTOBER OF 2026. AND IF I CAN EXPAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ON SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT THE CITY HAS HAD WITH THE CURRENT TENANT, UM, SO SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED A POLICY OF, UM, ESSENTIALLY ENTERING INTO FORMAL LEASE AGREEMENTS WITH ANY NONPROFITS OR OTHER TENANTS OF CITY PROPERTIES. UM, FOLLOWING THAT GUIDANCE, UM, AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS OF BACK AND FORTH WITH THE BOY SCOUTS AND THEIR CHARTER ORGANIZATION. WE ENDED UP WITH A LEASE WITH THE BOY SCOUTS, UM, ABOUT A YEAR AGO , AND, UM, IN THE MEANTIME, WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS, UH, WITH THE WITH THE BOY SCOUTS AS FAR AS THE FUTURE OF THE BUILDING AND THE FUTURE OF, UM OF THEM USING THAT BUILDING, UM IN IN SHORT, THE BUILDING REALLY IS INADEQUATE FOR ITS CURRENT USE. NOW THEY'RE USING IT, BUT THERE IS A THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT'S NEEDED ON THAT BUILDING. UH WHETHER IT IS REDEVELOPED AS WE'RE PROPOSING, OR WHETHER THE BOY SCOUTS, YOU KNOW IF THE IF THE COUNCIL SO CHOOSES TO CONTINUE TO LEASE THAT OUT, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT IS NEEDED ON THAT BUILDING. AND IT IT, I'M IT. IT WOULD BE A STRETCH FOR THE CITY TO DO, IT WOULD BE A STRETCH. I'M SURE FOR THE BOY SCOUTS TO DO IT AS WELL, THOUGH I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR THEM. SO JUST I WANTED I WANT THE COUNCIL TO KNOW WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS I'D REALLY SAY OVER THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS WITH THE BOY SCOUTS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THIS BUILDING. UM, THEY'RE AWARE OF THIS. WE'VE WE'VE KEPT A LINE OF COMMUNICATION WITH THEM, UH, THROUGHOUT THE LEASE, UH, THE LEASE NEGOTIATIONS AND THEN ALSO WITH UH, WITH THIS INITIATIVE TONIGHT AS WELL, SO, UM, HOPEFULLY THAT KIND OF FILLS IN SOME BLANKS THERE AS FAR AS THE BOY SCOUTS IN THE BUILDING. OH, OK. THANKS MANAGER. UM BUT DOING THIS AS KIND OF A PACKAGE DEAL. PROPOSAL I WOULD CERTAINLY WANT MORE INFORMATION. ON THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY, SAID MAN AS YOU MENTIONED THE NEEDS. RENOVATIONS. ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS. UM I WOULD. I WOULD LIKE AT AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME THAT YOU FEEL IT'S APPROPRIATE. TO PROVIDE US WITH SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PROPERTY. YOU SAID. THERE ARE A LOT OF NEEDS. I KNOW WHERE TO VARY. IT'S A LOT OLDER THAN I AM. AND YOU TOO. UM BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW. UH, YOU KNOW WHAT THE NEEDS ARE. UM WHAT, WHAT THEY WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE UH, WHAT DOES OUR PORTION OF IT IS AND THE CURRENT TENANTS JUST WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS PROPERTY. UM, FRANKLY. WASN'T AWARE OF THIS UNTIL I HEARD IT TONIGHT FROM TWO RESIDENTS AT THAT. WELL I'LL LEAVE THAT ALONE FOR NOW, BUT LET ME SAY, MAN, I'D LIKE TO GET TO GET HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PART OF THE PROPOSALS THAT THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE LISTED, UH SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. NOT NOT TONIGHT. BUT I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON OUR OPTIONS. THE IMPACT OF THIS PROPERTY SO I CAN MAKE AN INTELLIGENT DECISION AS YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PASSION WITH THE PACKAGE AND RIGHT NOW I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION SO IF I CAN GET THAT FROM CITY MANAGER I'D APPRECIATE THAT. OK, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND REMORSE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM YEAH, TRIP 100 IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MANY OF OUR HEARTS. WE'VE HAD THEM IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, A NUMBER OF TIMES ING FLAG CEREMONIES. I'VE BEEN TO A LOT OF THEIR MEETINGS AND EAGLE SCOUT CEREMONIES. UM THEY ARE AN OUTSTANDING TROOP OUTSTANDING GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND LEADERS WITHOUT QUESTION. UM I. I WILL TELL YOU FROM YEARS THAT BUILDING HAS BEEN, UM, A TRIAL TO THEM, UM, AS MUCH AS A BLESSING, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN, UM DETERIORATED AND IT IT HAS BEEN A HARDSHIP. SO, UM I WOULD HOPE I WOULD HOPE THAT IF WE MOVE FORWARD, I KNOW THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN LOOKING AROUND AT A NUMBER OF OTHER PROPERTIES, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM GET SETTLED SOMEWHERE THAT THEY'RE HAPPY WITH. THAT'S IN A LOT BETTER SHAPE THAN THAT BUILDING. THE OTHER ELEMENT WITH THIS PARTICULAR BUILDING A COUNCIL. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL FIRE STATION ONE. THIS IS THE FIRST FIRE STATION IN THE CITY OF GARLAND AND I'VE GOT A LOT OF THOSE HISTORIC PICTURES WITH THE ORIGINAL, UH, FIRE TRUCKS OUT IN FRONT. UM SO THIS THIS IS AN EXCEPTIONAL BUILDING FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT REASON. UM SO I THINK IT DOES REQUIRE, UH, SPECIAL HANDLING AND SERIOUS[00:25:03]
THOUGHT, BUT, UM ANYWAY. I. I DON'T I DON'T WANT, UH, COUNCIL TO THINK THAT WE'RE WE'RE IGNORANT OF THE OF THE BOY SCOUTS, THE TROOPS AND THE GREAT BENEFIT THAT THEY ARE. TO OUR CITY AND THE GREAT BENEFIT THEY'VE BEEN TO O THE CITY WITH GROWING LEADERS AND WE'VE WATCHED A LOT OF THEM GROW AS AS OUR GUESTS MENTIONED, GROW INTO VERY RESPONSIBLE LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY, SO THANK YOU. UH, KINSMAN BROUGHT THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. UM I GUESS, UH, ALL OF THESE IN THE LIST. I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY TROUBLE WITH. IT'S JUST, UH, IT IS THE BOY SCOUT BUIING. THAT DOES BOTHER ME. A LITTLE BIT OF IT. IS THAT THE PHYSICAL SIZE OF THAT REDEVELOPMENT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT ACTUALLY IS ONE OF THE OPTIONS TO DEMOLISH THE BUILDING . IS THAT WHERE IT BEING A HISTORIC BUILDING? WE'RE LOOKING TO REHAB THE BUILDING ITSELF. DO YOU? UH, WHAT ARE THE THOUGHTS ON THAT? I WOULD SAY THAT WOULD REVEAL ITSELF WITHIN THE PROPOSALS THAT WE RECEIVE THROUGH THE FORMAL CALL, SO IT IS POSSIBLE FOR IT TO BE REMOVED THAT THE BUILDING COULD BE DEMOLISHED. BUT I MEAN, THAT'S NOT WHERE WE ARE TONIGHT. WE ARE JUST WE'RE NOT DECIDING THE SPSPECIFIC FATE OF ANY OF THESE FIVE PROPERTIES WERE JUST DISCUSSING PUTTING THEM ALL OUT. SURE, IT'S POSSIBLE. AND IT WOULD I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SMART TO HAVE HAD THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE WE BUILT THE BATHROOM NEXT DOOR.WHERE WE WOULD HAVE HAD A LARGER FOOTPRINT IN THAT AREA. UM I'M SENSITIVE TO THE BOY SCOUTS. I AM AN EAGLE SCOUT, AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. AND THERE IS A LOT OF SENTIMENTALITY OF SCOUTS WITH WHERE THEY HAVE HAD THEIR HOME BASE OF OPERATION. MOST OF THE SCOUT TROOPS. THEY DON'T MOVE AROUND A LOT. AND SO I WOULD. AT THE VERY LEAST, I WOULD THINK THAT WE WOULD HAVE, UH, THE DECENCY TO HELP THEM TO MOVE LIKE WE DID FOR GOOD SAM'S AND WE WENT, WE BENT OVER BACKWARDS TO HELP THEM AND SO, UH, IF WE'RE WILLING TO GIVE THAT KIND OF DISTANCE AND I WOULD BE I WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF THE CONVERSATION. IF NOT, THEN NO.
THANK YOU. AND YOU KNOW, I. I DON'T THINK THAT'S OUT OF THE QUESTION TO HELP THEM RELOCATE AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN THEY HAVE LOST THEIR CHARTER. THEY WERE CHARTERED BY THE GARLAND FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION. I BELIEVE THAT IS NO LONGER THEIR CHARTER GROUP. SO, UM SO THE FACT THAT THEY MAY NEED SOME ASSISTANCE THAT THEY NEED TO BE IN A BETTER EQUIPPED LOCATION AND WOULD NEED ASSISTANCE GETTING THERE. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WOULD BE OUT OF THE QUESTION, BY ANY MEANS. ALRIGHT. UH COUNCIL MEMBER, DEPUTY MAYOR, PRO TIM MOORE.
THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS THAT I HAVE HEARD COMING FROM OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS AS IT RELATES TO, UM, THE HISTORY IT SOUNDS LIKE AS WELL AS THE SENTIMENTS, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED AS IT RELATES TO THIS PARTICULAR, UH, PROPERTY, AND I GUESS THAT WAS THE QUESTION THAT I WAS GOING TO ASK FIRST. LET ME SAY THIS THAT I DON'T RECALL US HAVING A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY. UM, SO THIS MAY HAVE BEEN PRIOR. YOUR ARRIVAL HERE. OK UM YES, WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS ON THIS BUILDING AND THE LEASE WITH THE BOY SCOUTS. YES 100% SEEM LIKE I'VE BEEN HERE FOREVER NOW, SO YOU KNOW SO I CAN'T COME FROM WILLIAMS. I CAN'T CLAIM NEW ANYMORE. OK BUT II I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US, UH, HAVE A MORE DISCUSSION AS IT RELATES TO, IF NOTHING ELSE, BECAUSE THE LAST THING I WANT TO SEE IS THEM GOING TO A BUILDING THAT MAY PRESENT A PUBLIC SAFETY . UH, PROBLEM, AND I DO HEAR A LOT AS IT RELATES TO WHAT MAY NEED TO BE DONE IN THE WAY OF RE REFURBISHING. SO IF NOTHING ELSE , I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR US, UH, HAVE SOME DISCUSSION AS IT RELATES TO HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO AND LOCATING ANOTHER PIECE OF PROPERTY. UH FOR, UH, THE BOY SCOUT GROUP. SO THANK YOU, MR MAYOR, OK, AND JUST TO CLARIFY ONE THING GOING BACK, UM, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE RESTROOMS AND THE STATUS OF THE BOY SCOUT BUILDING. AND WHY DID WE DO ONE OVER THE OTHER AND ALL THAT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THESE TWO THINGS WERE ON TWO SEPARATE TIMELINES. THE RESTROOMS WERE WAY AHEAD IN IN THE PROCESS OF THE SQUARE. THE EVENTUALITY OF THE BOY SCOUTS NEEDING TO MOVE AND LOSING THEIR CHART OR AND ALL THAT THAT CAME ALONG MUCH LATER IN THE TIMELINE, SO THOSE TWO THINGS HAVE NEVER MET IF YOU WILL, AS FAR AS FROM A DEV DEVELOPMENT. TIMELINE IT WHY WE
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DID ONE OVER THE OTHER. IT WAS ONE WAS WAY IN T PROCESS, AND THE OTHER WAS NOT SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBEHEDRICK THANK YOU, MAYOR REGARDING WHAT YOU WANT FROM US. I'M ALL FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS PROCESS. LET'S GET THESE PROPERTIES PRODUCTIVE AND OFF OF OUR BOOKS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE DON'T HAVE TO SIGN A CONTRACT FOR A FOR A YEAR FROM NOW AT THE EARLIEST. WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR IN FIRST THING. CITIZEN INPUT. LET'S GET THAT. LET'S ASK WHAT THEY WANT IT BE GREAT TO HAVE A I KNOW A BOUTIQUE HOTEL AT THE ON 415 WEST AVENUE. A IT'S RIGHT THERE ON THE CORNER. YOU CAN SEE IT UP THERE ON THE MAP RIGHT NOW, JUST TO. IT'S BEEN A CONSTRUCTION AREA FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. LET'S PUT A HOTEL THERE. LET'S GET A NEW RESTAURANT UP WHERE THE CENTRAL LIBRARY EXPRESS IS RIGHT NOW, LET'S GET THIS KIND OF INPUT WE WANT FROM OUR CITIZENS. LET'S GET THEN AFTER THAT IMMEDIATELY WHAT THEY SAID DEVELOPER INPUT BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA KNOW WHAT'S GONNA BE VIABLE AT THESE LOCATIONS. SO I'M ALL FOR MOVING FORWARD THIS PROCESS AND I THINK THE SOONER THE BETTER AND YOU KNOW E WOULD BE EASY. EVEN A YEAR FROM NOW. I THINK THAT'S AMBITIOUS AS WELL. BUT YES. UH, LET'S GET IT GOING. THANK YOU, MAYOR. VERY GOOD. AND THAT AND THAT AGAIN? YES, WE ARE NOT DECIDING ANYTHING ABOUT ANY OF THESE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES.TONIGHT WE ARE JUST LOOKING STAFF IS LOOKING FOR DIRECTION OF MOVING FORWARD TO PUT THEM OUT THERE TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY. YES WE'RE GONNA PICK UP SOME, UH, YOU KNOW SOME SOME CITIZEN INPUT AND WE CAN HAVE SOME, UH, YOU KNOW OF THOSE KIND OF MEETINGS WELL, IN ADVANCE OF THE FALL OF THIS YEAR. UH, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND. WHERE WE A REIN THE PROCESS. IN THE MEANTIME, UH, THE CITY MANAGER FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T BEEN HERE OR WHO DON'T RECALL, UH, WE CAN.
WE CAN PROVIDE A TIMELINE ON ON THE DISCUSSIONS WITH BOY SCOUT TROOP 100 IN THAT BUILDING. I MEAN, BECAUSE IT IT HAS. IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE, UM AND YOU KNOW FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH THE I DON'T KNOW HOW FORMAL OF AN ASSESSMENT WE HAVE OF THAT BUILDING, BUT OF WHAT IT'S BASIC NEEDS ARE, UM, THAT WOULDN'T THAT WOULDN'T HURT AS WELL. UM SO, UH, WITH THAT COUNCIL. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? CUSTOMER, WILLIAMS. WE WERE. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, AND I AND I'M FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS PROCESS. BUT IT SAID AS WE MOVE FORWARD, AND I KNOW IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THAT WE HAVE THE KIND OF DISCUSSIONS THAT CO COUNCILMAN HENDRICK TALKED ABOUT THAT INPUT. YOU KNOW, I WANNA HEAR FROM THE FROM THE ONES WHO ARE MOST IMPACTED BY THIS PROCESS. AND I'M PREDICTED TO THE SCOUT A BIT INVOLVED WITH HIM, AND I THINK EVERYBODY ON THIS COUNCIL DOES SO I'M VERY EAGER TO HEAR FROM FROM THAT CONTINGENCY FOR THAT FROM THAT COMMUNITY ON HOW THEY FEEL AND HOW THEY SIT, AND I'M GOOD WITH THIS LONG AND I KNOW THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THIS COUNCIL DOES AS LONG AS WE HAVE, PARTICULARLY ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM THAT WHEREVER WE LAND WHERE WE LAND ON THIS PROCESS WE WILL HAVE GOTTEN THE INPUT AND THE IMPACT ON ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE IMPACTED BY WHATEVER DECISION. IT IS.
WHETHER IT'S A NEW PLACE, WHETHER IT'S ST WHATEVER IT IS, YOU KNOW, MY COMFORT LEVEL IS TO IS TO IS TO SURE AND I KNOW THAT THIS COUNT TO WILL SURE THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN THE INPUT FROM THOSE WHO MOST IMPACTED, BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, UH, IT'S A SCOUTING COMMUNITY. SO WITH THAT, MAY I'M DONE. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL. UH, WE ARE LOOKING FOR CONSENSUS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROCESS. I SEE EIGHT IN FAVOR ANDUH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, IS NON COMMITTAL, SO PLEASE MOVE FORWARD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, LETICIA. MOVING ON TO ITEM TWO.
[2. Update on IH 635 East Project]
UPDATE ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 635 EAST PROJECT. I THINK SO. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. SO HOW ARE THINGS ON THE FREEWAY? I THINK THEY'RE GOING WELL, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE YOU GUYS WHAT TIME ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, MAN? I WE THERE YET. ARE WE THERE YET? ARE WE THERE YET? EVERY DAY WE ARE GETTING CLOSER. UM WE'LL ROLL THROUGH THIS AND, UH, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I DO WANT TO START WITH HER IN THE STREET CAMPAIGN. UM FIRST THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AND ALLOWING ME TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE. UM, THE END THE STREET CAMPAIGN IS VERY TO TEXT THAT, UM, I THINK MOST OF YOU KNOW, BUT THE LAST TIME WE DID NOT HAVE A FATALITY ON TECH START ROADWAYS OR TEXAS ROADWAYS WAS NOVEMBER 7TH THE YEAR 2000. SO UM, WE'RE GOING ON 2324 YEARS THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY WE'RE LOSING SOMEONE ON OUR ROADWAYS. UM ON AVERAGE, WE AVERAGE 11 TO 12 FATALITIES ON[00:35:05]
OUR ROADWAYS EVERY SINGLE DAY. UM AND WE'RE HOPING TO REVERSE THAT TREND. OUR TECH DOT COMMISSION HAS GIVE US GIVEN US THE GOAL THAT BY 20 WE CUT THAT TO ZERO BY 2035. OUR GOAL IS TO CUT IT IN HALF. UM, THESE ARE THE YEARLY UM, FATALITIES THAT WE SEE. UM WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, YOU'LL NOTICE A JUMP IN 2021. WHAT WE SAW WAS AFTER COVID DRIVER BEHAVIOR HAS CHANGED, AND I THINK EVERYBODY IS EXPERIENCING IT. FOLKS ARE DRIVING A LOT FASTER. UM THERE'S A LOT MORE JUST ERRATIC DRIVER BEHAVIOR. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE TRACK VERY CLOSELY. UM THE GOOD NEWS IS 2022 COMPARED TO 2023. WE DID SEE A DECREASE IN FATALITIES IN 2023, NOT BY MUCH 94 STATEWIDE AND SO WE'RE HOPING TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THAT WE'RE INVESTING QUITE A BIT OF FUNDING TOWARDS THAT. UM EFFORT AND HOPEFULLY AS NEW AND NEW PROJECTS COME ON LBJ EAST, FOR EXAMPLE, IT IS UP TO DATE ON OUR CURRENT DESIGN STANDARDS. WE'RE HOPING THAT WE'LL SEE A LOT MORE SAFETY IMPROVED WITH THE PROJECT, BUT, UM, I AM ASKING FOR YOUR HELP. IF YOU CAN HELP TALK TO YOUR CITIZENS, TALK TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS, UM, IMPAIRED DRIVING IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST FACTORS THAT WE CONTINUE TO SEE WHICH YOU WOULD HOPE THAT THAT TREND WOULD HAVE REVERSED BY NOW, UM, SPEED, EXCESSIVE SPEED IS A HUGE CONTRIBUTING FACTOR. AND THE EXCELLENT SEAT BELTS. UM, YOU KNOW, I GREW UP. IT'S NATURAL. I FEEL NAKED IF YOU WILL, UH, IF I DON'T PUT ON MY SEAT BELT, BUT YOU'VE GOT TWO PERCENTAGES. SO 28% OF ALL CRASHES. UM WHERE SOMEONE SOMEONE WAS NOT RESTRAINED. UM BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE FATALITIES THAT HAD THE POSSIBILITYY YOU WERE EITHER WEARING YOUR SEATBELT, YOU'RE NOT 43. UM WE'RE NOT WEARING THEIR SEATBELT. AND SO THAT MEANS IT INVOLVED THE CAR. IT WASN'T MOTORCYCLE OR PEDESTRIAN.UM TO ME, THAT'S A VERY SIMPLE TREND THAT WE CAN, UM REVERSE VERY QUICKLY. WE HAVE A ROLLOVER SIMULATOR THAT WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO BRING TO ANY OF YOUR SCHOOLS. UM IF YOU GUYS HAVE THE NEED, AND WE ACTUALLY THERE'S A DUMMY THAT WE PUT IN THERE. WE DO THE ROLLOVER SIMULATOR AND WE SHOW KIDS WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU WEAR YOUR SEATBELT VERSUS IF YOU DON'T AND SO I'M HAPPY TO BRING THAT OUT. IT'S A 15 MINUTE PRESENTATION. UM WE ACTUALLY BRING OUR YOUNG ENGINEERS. IT GIVES THEM A CHANCE TO KIND OF LEARN HOW TO PRESENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND REALLY JUST HITS HOME. UM JUST A REMINDER TO WEAR YOUR SEATBELT. SO ANY HELP THAT I CAN GET FROM YOU GUYS. I'M ALWAYS GONNA BRING IT UP IN A PRESENTATION, BUT, UM, I THINK WE CAN DO A LOT WITH DRIVER BEHAVIOR. WE'RE TRYING TO DO A LOT WITH OUR ENGINEERING THAT WE CAN. HOPEFULLY UM, CHANGE THIS THIS TREND. BUT WITH THAT I'LL JUMP INTO 635. YOU GUYS KNOW THE PROJECT. IT'S 11. MILES LONG.
UM, ALONG 635. WE'VE GOT TWO MILES ON INTERSTATE 30. THE GOOD NEWS IS 1.7 BILLION. THAT PRICE HAS NOT CHANGED. AND SO, UM, I KNOW EVERYBODY. WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF INFLATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THIS PRICE IS STAYING PUT, AND, UH, WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR ANY MORE MONEY. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO PROGRESS. THE PROJECT AT THIS POINT. UM WHEN WE'RE DONE, WE'LL HAVE FIVE LANES IN EACH DIRECTION DURING PURPOSE LANES, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A TOLL MANAGED LANE. UM THAT IS CONCURRENT. THAT WILL GO BOTH DIRECTIONS. UH, WHEN WE'RE DONE, JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT SOME AERIAL PHOTOS, I'LL WALK THROUGH REALLY FROM HIGH FIVE TOWARDS THE EAST TOWARDS THE INTERSTATE 30 INTERCHANGE ALONG 635. THE FIRST PICTURE THAT WE'VE GOT IS GREENVILLE AVENUE. UM THAT BRIDGE IS ACTUALLY GETTING CLOSE TO BEING COMPLETE. IF YOU'VE DRIVEN OVER IT, UM, THAT WE'VE GOT EVERYBODY KIND OF SHOVED ON ONE SIDE, BUT WE WERE TO POUR THE REST OF THE DECK. AND SO THAT IS PROGRESSING. WELL PRETTY SOON THAT WILL BE A COMPLETE INTERSECTION. UM AND THEN, IF YOU CAN SEE, I'LL PROBABLY POINT AT THE SCREEN IF YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THESE COLUMNS COMING UP OUT OF THE AIR. UM THOSE WILL BE THE WISHBONES TO THE MANAGED LANES WHEN WE'RE COMPLETE, AND SO, UM, WE'VE ESSENTIALLY GOT MOST OF THE SUBSTRUCTURE IN FOR THE MANAGE LANES, BUT IT WILL ACTUALLY COME OVER THE 635 LANES , DIVE DOWN INTO THE MIDDLE AND TIE TO THOSE TALL, MANAGE LANES AND SO THAT THAT BRIDGE WORK IS COMING ALONG PRETTY WELL. THERE TOWARDS THE HIGH FIVE. UH, THE NEXT PICTURE WE'LL LOOK AT IS ABRAMS AND FOREST, UM, AGAIN GETTING THE OLD BRIDGES OUT OF THE WAY WAS A HUGE MILESTONE FOR US. UM UNDERNEATH, WE'RE NOW ABLE TO PROGRESS. THE NEW 635 LANES. UM, UNTIL WE GOT THE OLD BRIDGES OUT OF THE WAY, YOU WOULD HAVE COLUMNS IN THE WAY OF WHERE WE WANTED TO PUT TRAFFIC AND SO IT WAS A REALLY BIG STEP FOR US TO GET THOSE OLD BRIDGES OUT OF THE WAY. AND SO AT ABRAMS, THAT OLD BRIDGE IS COMPLETELY OUT OF THE WAY. AT FIRST. IT'S COMPLETELY OUT OF THE WAY. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE ABRAMS IS ON ON THE FOREFRONT.
THAT BRIDGE IS GONNA BE VERY WIDE AS COMPARED TO WHAT IT WAS BEFORE, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE WE'VE GOT U TURNS. UM AND THEN FULL, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT LEFT TURN LANES AND SO A LOT MORE CAPACITY IS COMPARED TO WHAT WAS OUT THERE BEFORE FOREST WILL BE THE SAME SAME THING. WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SET THE BEAMS. AND SO THAT BRIDGE WILL BE JUST AS WIDE AS WHAT YOU SEE WITH
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ABRAMS. I'LL KEEP GOING. UM HERE'S A SNAPSHOT OF SKILLMAN. UH THIS IS THE NEW, UM, ARCH BRIDGE THAT IS GOING ALONG AT SKILLMAN. IF YOU CAN SEE THIS CURVE BRIDGE THAT'S ACTUALLY A TEMPORARY BRIDGE, UM, IN ORDER TO BUILD THAT BRIDGE THE MOST EFFICIENTLY ACTUALLY WENT AND BUILT A TEMPORARY BRIDGE, UM, SO THAT WE COULD BUILD THE ENTIRE STEEL STRUCTURE AT THE SAME TIME . AS SOON AS YOU START PIECING THAT TOGETHER, IT GETS VERY COMPLICATED. VERY EXPENSIVE. UH, THIS WAS REALLY THE MOST ECONOMICAL WAY TO DELIVER THIS THIS UNIQUE STRUCTURE. AND THAT WAS A RESULT OF THIS BEING A DESIGN BUILD PROJECT. THE DESIGN BUILDER REALLY BROUGHT THAT INNOVATION, UM TO THIS ALIGNMENT , BUT EVERYBODY GETS DISTRACTED WITH THE FANCYRCH. BUT IF YOU START SEEING UNDERNEATH, THERE'S A LOT OF NEW CONCRETE UNDERNEATH . WE'RE GETTING VERY CLOSE TO MOVING 635 TRAFFIC OFF OF THAT OLD PAVEMENT ONTO THE NEW PAVEMENT. UM THE BIGGEST HIDDEN BENEFIT THAT WE PROBABLY DON'T TALK ABOUT. OUR SKID VALUES ALONG THE EXISTING QUARTER ARE VERY, VERY LOW, WHICH MEANS EVERY TIME IT RAINS AND YOU KNOW , TRAFFIC SLOWS DOWN. WE'RE SEEING ACCIDENTS. AND SO AS SOON AS WE CAN GET ON THAT NEW PAVEMENT, OUR HOPE IS YOU'RE GONNA SEE LESS AND LESS ACCIDENTS ALONG 635 JUST BECAUSE IT'S GOT THAT NEW AND IMPROVED SKID FACTOR WITH THE NEW CONCRETE. KEEP IN MIND THAT CONCRETE THAT WE'RE DRIVING ON RIGHT NOW HAS BEEN OUT THERE SINCE, UH, THE LATE SIXTIES LATE SEVENTIES. IT'S SEEN ITS LIFESPAN. UH, CONTINUING ALONG THE ALIGNMENT. UM YOU'VE GOT THE DARK BRIDGE IN IN THE FOREFRONT AS WELL AS THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE . AND THEN THAT IS ROYAL LANE. UM IN THE BACKGROUND AGAIN, THAT OLD BRIDGE IS COMPLETELY OUT OF THE WAY YOU'LL START SEEING A LOT OF NEW CONCRETE UNDERNEATH.WE ARE NOT FAR FROM PUTTING THE WESTBOUND TRAFFIC ON THAT NEW CONCRETE. UM, IF YOU CAN PICTURE IT, AND I'LL EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE NEXT PICTURE. AS SOON AS WE MOVE WESTBOUND ON TO THE NEW CONCRETE, WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA MOVE EASTBOUND. ON TO THE OLD WESTBOUND LANES AND SO THAT WILL ALLOW US TO BUILD THE NEW EASTBOUND LANES AS WE GO THROUGH HERE. CONTINUING ON THIS IS A LOOK AT PLANO ROAD AGAIN THAT BRIDGE IN THE WESTBOUND DIRECTION. UM READY TO GO. WE ARE PROBABLY ABOUT A MONTH FROM PUTTING TRAFFIC ONTO THOSE NEW WESTBOUND LANES, AND THAT'S GONNA TAKE PLACE ALMOST FROM GARLAND ROAD. NOT QUITE TO GARLAND ROAD. WE'LL START SHIFTING. UM, JUST AFTER THE K CS RAILROAD. I'LL SHOW YOU HERE IN A SECOND AND THAT TRAFFIC WILL BE ON THE WESTBOUND LANES ALMOST TO SKILLMAN AND SO A PRETTY GOOD SECTION A GOOD LENGTH, UH, TO SHIFT TRAFFIC ONTO THE NEW LANES. UH HERE'S ANOTHER SNAPSHOT OF JUPITER AGAIN. THIS IS JUST DOWN THE ROAD FROM PLANO. A AND SO YOU CN SEE THAT NICE, UH, BRAND NEW, BRIGHT CONCRETE. THAT'S WHERE WE'LL START MOVING WESTBOUND TRAFFIC HERE WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH TO SIX WEEKS THAT ALLOWS US TO MOVE THE EASTBOUND LANES ON TO THE OLD WESTBOUND LANES, AND THAT OPENS UP ALL OF THAT WORK ON THE EASTBOUND DIRECTION. IF Y'ALL ARE FOLLOWING ME, I TALK A LITTLE BIT LIKE AN ENGINEER. SO BEAR WITH ME. UM, FORTUNATELY, WE'RE FAIRLY FAMI.
YOU'RE WITH ALL WE IT EVERY DAY. YES ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. UM THIS IS JUST LOOKING AT GARLAND.
UM AND SO WE'VE GOT SOME MORE WORK TO DO HERE. THAT'S WHY WE'LL SHIFT TRAFFIC WEST OF GARLAND. REALLY? AFTER WE GET OVER THE K CS BRIDGE. UM, BUT WE'RE STARTING. THIS IS PROGRESSING VERY WELL. HERE AT GARLAND. WE'VE GOT SOME MASSIVE RETAINING WALLS THAT WE'RE BUILDING HERE. UM AND SO IT MIGHT NOT LOOK LIKE WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS. BUT WE ARE MAKING QUITE A BIT OF PROGRESS HERE. IT'S A LITTLE BIT HIDDEN. UM HARD TO SEE. BUT THOSE ARE SOME FAIRLY LARGE RETAINING WALLS THAT WE'RE BUILDING ALONG HERE AND HOPEFULLY THE NEXT TIME I'M HERE TO BRIEF, YOU GUYS. WE'LL HAVE TRAFFIC PRETTY CLOSE TO BEING PUT ON THIS ALIGNMENT, IF NOT ALREADY ON THE ALIGNMENT. UH JUST ANOTHER LOOK AT AT SHILOH AND IN NORTHWEST HIGHWAY YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT SOME OF THE CONCRETE PAVE IN, UM AND THEN WE'RE JUST REALLY JUST CLOSING THE GAPS. ONOF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES WE FACE IS MAINTAINING ACCESS AND SO MAKING SURE THAT YOU STILL GOT HAVE THE EXITS ON AND ON TO THE FREEWAY. AND SO YOU CAN SEE, UM THIS IS REALLY THE NORTHWESTIGHWAY ON RAMP THAT SNAKES IN HERE THAT USED TO BE BACK HERE. AND SO THAT LIMITED US FROM PROGRESSING THIS, UM, PLUG IF YOU WILL. AND SO NOW THAT WE'VE MOVED IT, UH FURTHER TO THE WEST. NOW WE'RE ABLE TO COMPLETE THIS WORK AND TIE INTO THE BRIDGE AND THAT ALLOW US TO SHIFT TRAFFIC OVER. UH AND THEN JUST ANOTHER SNAPSHOT OF CENTERVILLE AND FERGUSON AGAIN. UM WE CALL THESE PLUGS AND SO WILL SHIFT, UM, ON RAMPS OVER TO THE NEW CONCRETE.
AND THEN THAT ALLOWS US TO CLOSE THAT PLUG, AND THAT'S THAT NEXT STEP BEFORE WE CAN PUT TRAFFIC FULLY ON THE WESTBOUND, UH, NEW GENERAL PURPOSE LANES. UH, ANOTHER SNAPSHOT AT LA PRADA. UM THIS ONE IS GOING PRETTY WELL, JUST WORKING OVER THE CREEK. THAT'S THAT'S QUITE A BIT OF TRA WATER THAT GOES THROUGH THERE, SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE CHALLENGING TO WORK IN THIS
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AREA. UM, BUT, UM YOU DON'T SEE IT HERE, BUT THIS PICTURE IS ABOUT TWO WEEKS OLD. THIS BRIDGE HAS SINCE BEEN POURED. UM THEY LAID HOT MIX ON THIS CONCRETE PAVEMENT APPROACH AND PRETTY SOON YOU'LL SEE CONCRETE PAVING GOING ON THIS PORTION, AND WE'LL BE PUTTING TRAFFIC. UH, IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE IN IN THAT SECTION OF THE ROADWAY. UM LOOKING AT OATES AND GALLOWAY AGAIN? UM WE JUST RECENTLY DEMOED THE SECOND HALF OF THE GALLOWAY BRIDGE. THAT'S ALLOWING US TO CONTINUE THAT THAT SOUTHBOUND PAVEMENT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THIS AREA. UM YOU CAN SEE THE OLD BRIDGE HEADER IF YOU WILL AT GALLOWAY. THEY'RE REMOVING THAT NOW, UH, MOST OF THAT MOUND IS ACTUALLY NOW GONE NOW THAT IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND SO THEY'LL GET THE CONCRETE PAVED THROUGH THIS AREA THAT WILL ALLOW US TO TIE INTO THIS THIS AREA. UM WE HAVE SHIFTED ON TO THE NEW DIRECT CONNECTOR, WHICH PUSHED THE EXIT TO OATES AND GALLOWAY FURTHER TO THE SOUTH. WE SAW A BIG BOTTLENECK IN N THAT THAT AREA JUST BECAUSE THE DIRECTION ACTOR TRAFFIC WAS HAVING TO WEAVE AGAINST THE EXIT TO OATES AND GALLOWAY. NOW THAT THAT THAT TRAFFIC IS NO LONGER HAS TO WEAVE. WE'RE SEEING A LOT MORE, UM, IMPROVEMENT IN TRAFFIC FLOW IN THIS AREA. UH, JUST LOOKING AT THE INTERCHANGE. UH, MOST OF THE OLD DIRECT CONNECTORS ARE ARE ALMOST GONE. UM NIGHTLY WE ARE TAKING OFF. THESE ARE THE OLD STEEL BEAMS FOR THE OLD UM, UH, INTERCHANGE. TRAFFIC IS NO LONGER ON ON. THAT OF COURSE, TAKES ABOUT A NIGHT. UM JUST TO REMOVE ONE OF THOSE BEAMS. I WAS HOPING TO GET AN ACTION SHOT FOR YOU, BUT I WASN'T ABLE TO GET IT. BUT UH, MASSIVE CRANES THAT SIT DOWN THERE. IT REALLY TAKES ALL NIGHT. WE'RE WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP TRAFFIC MOVING, BECAUSE WE'LL STOP IT. FOR 15 MINUTE INCREMENTS. WE'LL DO THE WORK.WE NEED TO EVERYTHING SAFE AND SECURE, WILL ALLOW TRAFFIC TO BE RELIEVED. AND THEN AS SOON AS THAT CUE HAS HAS KIND OF LESSENED, THEN WE'LL CLOSE IT AGAIN SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE.
UH DECONSTRUCTING THAT BRIDGE, SO A PRETTY INNOVATIVE EFFORT TRYING TO KEEP TRAFFIC GOING JUST BECAUSE IT IS DIFFICULT TO GET THROUGH THE INTERCHANGE, BUT ALSO REMOVING THAT OLD BRIDGE AS WELL. FEW MORE PHOTOS. THIS IS A LOOK AT GUS THOMSON. WE'REE LOOKING BACK TOWARDS THE EAST TOWARDS THE INTERCHANGE. UM YOU CAN SEE THAT OLD BRIDGE IS COMPLETELY GONE. IT USED TO GO OVER. UM THE INTERSTATE 30. IF YOU WILL. WE'VE GOT ALL THE TRAFFIC ON THE NEW BRIDGE GOING OVER GUS THOMAS AND, UM, WE ARE LOOKING TO PUNCH UH, THE CITY STREET BACK THROUGH. WE DO NEED TO BUILD THE REST OF THIS, UM, THAT ENDS UP BEING THE WESTBOUND INTERSTATE 30 BRIDGE IN ORDER TO GET, UM GUS THOMAS AND THROUGH AGAIN, BUT SO FAR THAT DETOUR HAS WORKED. WELL UM THEY ESSENTIALLY GO UP TO GALLOWAY, WHICH WE'VE GOT A FREE U TURN. SO NO ONE HAS TO STOP AT A SIGNAL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. UM IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DISTANCE. IF YOU'RE WANTING TO GO THROUGH A GUS THOMAS AND I THINK THIS IS THE LAST PICTURE I HAVE. THIS IS GALLOWAY, UM, LOOKING BACK TOWARDS THE WEST, SO KIND OF ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF INTERSTATE 30 AGAIN. THAT BRIDGE IS COMPLETE. UM THIS U TURN IS OPEN. WE HAVEN'T QUITE OPENED. UM THE OTHER U TURN JUST BECAUSE WE STILL NEED TO FINISH UP THE, UM EASTBOUND FRONTED ROAD PAVEMENT ON THE EAST SIDE OF GALLOWAY, BUT YOU CAN START SEEING THE NEW CONCRETE PAVING GETTING PAVED THROUGH THERE AS WE TIE INTO THE INTERCHANGE. UH, JUST LOOK AT, UH, SOME OF THE QUANTITIES THAT WE'VE PLACED TO DATE. UM AGAIN. THE ENGINEER AND ME LIKES TO HIGHLIGHT THE NUMBERS. UM BUT, UM, MOVING PRETTY WELL ABOUT 60% COMPLETE ON THE RETAINING WALLS. UH, THIS JOB HAS A LOT OF RETAINING WALLS, ALMOST A MILLION SQUARE FEET OF RETAINING WALLS. SO UM, THAT'S A BIG PORTION OF OUR WORK . MOST OF THE STEEL GIRDERS, UM, THAT USUALLY IS A VERY LONG LEAD TIME FOR US IS ACTUALLY IN PLACE . UM, WE'VE JUST GOT THE SECOND HALF OF THE FOREST BRIDGE TO GET, UM, DONE AND SO THAT IS A BIG MILESTONE FOR US, AND THEN WE'RE CONTINUING TO POUR BRIDGE DECKS ABOUT 55% ON THE BRIDGE DECKS, BUT OVERALL, THEY'RE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS. UM AND OUR ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE. I THINK THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY CARES ABOUT LATE 2025. THAT'S PROBABLY DECEMBER 2025. THEY ARE WORKING AS FAST AS THEY CAN. I DO LIKE TO WORK IN SEASONS JUST TO, UH, GIVE US AS MUCH FLEXIBILITY, BUT WE EXPECT IT LATE, PROBABLY DECEMBER OF 2025 TO WRAP UP. BUT UM THINGS ARE MOVING. HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS ARE SEEING PROGRESS. UM APPRECIATE YOU BEARING WITH THE CONSTRUCTION. I KNOW IT'S PAINFUL, BUT, UM, IT'LL BE PRETTY NICE ONCE WE'RE DONE, BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FROM YOU GUYS. VERY GOOD. AND FIRST UP, UH, COUNCIL WILLIAMS. AND, UH, IT'S GLAD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. THANK YOU. EVERY TIME YOU COME.
I THINK ABOUT SANTA CLAUS. BECAUSE YOU YOU SPRING GOOD NEWS. NOT EVERYBODY SAYS THAT SO THAT'S IT. I KNOW THAT'S NOT E ENGINEERING TALK, OK, BUT TWO THINGS. THANK YOU FOR THE FOR
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THE UPDATE. THANK YOU FOR THE WEEKLY ALMOST DAILY UPDATES. AS YOU'VE SAID TO US EMAILS, AND WE TRY TO PUSH THOSE OUT. PEOPLE REALLY APPRECIATE THEY REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THAT. THAT HELP A TWO THINGS ONE. YOU MENTIONED LA PRADA AT, UH AT LBJ. I GET MOST OF THE CALLS FROM THERE LIKE WE'VE HAD THE RACE RAINS AND I CAUSE COUSIN WILLIAMS. I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA FLOOD DOWN THERE NO MORE SO THEY'RE NOT DONE. SO CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT PROJECT AND SECONDLY THE, UH, FRONTAGE ROADS? CAN YOU SPEAK TO THOSE TWO THINGS, PLEASE. AND IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'M GONNA GO BACK TO THE PICTURE NEAR LAPRADE. UM YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. WE ARE NOT DONE. AND SO RECONSTRUCTED. UM, AND SO WE'RE STILL RUNNING ON OLD PAVEMENT, AND SO THE GRADE OF LAP PRADO WILL ACTUALLY BE RAISED UP. UM I THINK THIS IS MEADOWBROOK OVER OFF THE SIDE THAT TES INTO LEPRA. THAT'S ALSO GONNA BE RAISED UP AND SO IN ORDER TO GET OUT OF THAT FLOODING SITUATION WE NEED TO REBUILD BOTH. UM AND WE WILL RAISE THE GRADE ON BOTH OF THOSE, AND THAT WILL PREVENT THE FLOODING THAT YOU'RE CURRENTLY SEEING. UH REMIND ME THE SECOND QUESTION APOLOGIZE.THE FRONTAGE ROADS. UM AND SO WE ARE WORKING ON THOSE SERVICE ROADS. UM, AT THE TIME IS LA PRADA. IF YOU CAN LOOK AT THIS PICTURE WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT THE BRIDGE SUPPORTS IN THERE, AND SO THERE WILL BE CONTINUOUS FRONTAGE ROADS OVER LA PRADA BEFORE WE'RE DONE, UH, REALLY JUST FOCUSED ON THE MAINLANDS NOW, BUT EVENTUALLY THOSE FRONTAGE ROADS WILL CONNECT ACROSS AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. VERY GOOD. MAYOR PRO TEM BASS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
SUSAN. APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. UM QUICK QUESTION ON THE ROLLOVER SIMULATOR YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT AT THE BEGINNING. UM SO WHAT KIND OF GROUPS IS THAT AVAILABLE TO AND HOW WOULD PEOPLE CONTACT YOU TO RESERVE THAT? UM SO I'M GIVING YOU MY BUSINESS CARD. WE'VE BEEN TARGETING HIGH SCHOOL KIDS, BUT WE CAN TAKE IT DOWN TO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
UM REALLY? ANYBODY YOU THINK THAT WOULD BENEFIT? UM WHAT WE'VE BEEN TELLING THE HIGH SCHOOLS IS WE CAN DO A BIG ASSEMBLY. BUT REALLY OUR TARGET AUDIENCE IS ABOUT 15 PEOPLE. UM 15 STUDENTS. UM WHERE WE'VE BEEN MOST SUCCESSFUL IS CLASSROOMS JUST COME AND BRING THEIR STUDENTS OUT, UM, ONE CLASSROOM AT A TIME AND THEN KIND OF WORK IT INTO THEIR THEIR SCHOOL TIME PERIOD. BUT I WILL GET YOU, UM, MY BUSINESS CARD AS WELL AS WE'VE GOT A WHITE PAPERS THAT YOU CAN HAND OUT TO THE PRINCIPALS, UM, AND KIND OF WALKS THROUGH THE PROGRAM. WE'VE GOT CONTACT INFO. BEFORE OUR CITY ATTORNEY STEPS IN, UM YOU KNOW, WE'LL PLACE THIS ON THE NEXT WELL, YES, WE'LL PLACE THIS, BUT BUT IF YOU TWO CAN CONNECT AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT VERY GOOD. YOU GUYS WANT TO PLACE? I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ALLOWED THE WHITE PAPER ON ON YOUR WEBSITE. WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT AS WELL. IT'S ALL PUBLIC INFORMATION. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. AND COUNCILOR. I'M SO GLAD THAT THE DATE OF COMPLETION HAS NOT CHANGED. THAT WAS PROBABLY IT'S A PRICE TAG HAS NOT CHANGED . THE MOST EXCITING THING I'VE SEEN, UM SO I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF CONCERNS FROM RESIDENTS. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THOSE WITH YOU. UM SOME OF THE LANES AREN'T CLEARLY MARKED, UM AT TIMES AND BECAUSE THE LIGHTING IS SOMEWHAT INSUFFICIENT AT NIGHT, THEY'RE HAVING A HARD TIME STAYING IN LANES AND SEEING WHERE THE LANES ARE. UM THE SOUTH GARLAND AVENUE ON RAMP. UM ON THE GARLAND SIDE. WHEN YOU GO ON TO 635, IT KIND OF SPLITS RIGHT THERE. YOU CAN GO STRAIGHT, AND THEN YOU CAN GET ON TO 635. THERE ISN'T REALLY ANY SIGNAGE. UM THERE THAT KIND OF LETS PEOPLE KNOW. HEY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GET ON THE HIGHWAY, SO A LOT OF PEOPLE FIND THEMSELVES ON THE HIGHWAY OR GOING ON TO SOUTH GARLAND BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T SURE WHICH LANE TO BE IN. UM AND THEN, UH, THE HEIGHT OF THE SOUND WALLS IS A CONCERN FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT JUST YOU KNOW, THEY GOT THEIR SOUND WALL ABOUT A DECADE AGO, I THINK OR SO, UM IT HAS IT. OK WELL, BECAUSE THE HEIGHT OF 635 IS RAISING, UM, THEIR CONCERNED THAT THE WALLS WILL NOT BE SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO BLOCK NOISE ANYMORE. SO DO YOU HAVE ANY? YEAH SO WHEN WE'RE DOING THE FINAL DESIGN, WE MAKE SURE THAT THE ELEVATION DOESN'T CHANGE THAT WOULD CHANGE THE HEIGHT OF THE NOISE WALL, SO WE SHOULD BE IN COMPLIANCE. IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC LOCATION. WE CAN LOOK AT THAT SPECIFIC LOCATION FOR THE CITIZEN. IF YOU CAN. GIVE ME THAT ADDRESS OR NORTHWEST HIGHWAY TO LA PRADA. UM WE CAN DOUBLE CHECK IT. UM, IT SHOULD HAVE, UM NOT CHANGED THE HEIGHT OF THE NOISE. WELL ONE OTHER THING THAT WE ARE DOING IS ANY PAVEMENT ADJACENT TO NOISE BALLS . WE'LL GET A TREATMENT THAT IS ESSENTIALLY SUPPOSED TO MAKE THE PAYMENT. MORE QUIET, IF YOU WILL
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, UM, WE ACTUALLY IN ORDER TO SUPPORT DRAINAGE. WE CALL IT TINY ON THE ROADS. AND SO WE PUT GROOVES ON THERE. UH, IF YOU PUT THE GROOVES IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION, IT MAKES IT MORE QUIET. AND SO ANY PAVEMENT ON THE MAINLANDS THAT IS JACENT THE NOISE WALLS. IT IS GETTING THAT QUIETER, GROOVY AND SO THAT WORK HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETE. AND SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE SOME IMPROVEMENT ON THE NOISE WITH THAT AS WELL. AWESOME THANK YOU. AND REALLY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOU KNOW, WORKING ON THIS PROJECT? IT'S AMAZING THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AND SEEING A HIGHWAY JUST KIND OF BUILT IN THIS WAY IS IT'S PRETTY SPECTACULAR. SO THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I SEE NONE AS ALWAYS. THANK YOU. AND YOU KNOW, WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THESE ONGOING UPDATES AS AS THIS PROJECT, OBVIOUSLY. GREAT PROGRESS IS BEING MADE BETWEEN THESE UPDATES AND THE AERIAL SHOTS REALLY SORT OF BRING THAT HOME. WHEN YOU SEE IT FROM THE GROUND LEVEL. IT'S VERY HARD TO TELL WHAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING OR WHAT HAS HAPPENED. UM AND SO, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU'RE KEEPING ON KEEPING ON. THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME. THANK YOU. LIKE CLAPPING. SAVE THAT FOR DECEMBER OF 25. ALL RIGHT. THAT WAS OUR LAST. THAT WAS OUR LAST VERBAL BRIEFING FOR THE EVENING. UH NEXT UP IS ANNOUNCED. FUTURE[ANNOUNCE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
AGENDA ITEMS. K REMORSE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM I'D LIKE TO GET AN UPDATE, UM, ABOUT THE PARKING MARSHALL PROGRAM AND HOW WELL IT'S WORKING AND ALSO TO SPECIFICALLY DISCUSS ADDING WRONG WAY PARKING TO THEIR LIST OF PARKING LAWS TO BE ENFORCED, AND COUNCILOR ELECT IS SECOND ON THAT, OK, ANYTHING ELSE? UH, LET'S SEE HERE. WHERE'S THE BUTTON? CAST RIVER HEDRICK.THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'D LIKE, UH, PRESENTATION ON OUR I SIGN THE ILLEGALLY PLACED SIGN PROGRAM.
AND THAT'S ONE AN OLDIE BUT A GOODIE OLDIE BUT A GOODIE. I LOVE TO SEE THAT JUST WITH ELECTIONS COMING UP TO A SECOND FRONT, I'D LIKE AN UPDATE ON OUR WILDFIRE FLOWER PROGRAM. I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD THAT, UH, RECENTLY THIS. I'VE SEEN THEM AROUND TOWN. I'D LIKE TO SEE A PRESENTATION ON LOCATIONS AND MAYBE FUTURE PLANS FOR WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE. THEN NEXT GROWING SEASON, AND DUTTON IS THE SECOND ON THAT. ONE LAST ONE. LOADED FOR BEAR TODAY.
LET'S DO IT. UH, WE RECENTLY PUT OUR MULTI FAMILY SCORES ONLINE IN AJ S FORMAT. I'D LOVE TO SEE OUR FOOD INSPECTION RECORDS GET THE SAME TREATMENT WITH GIS MAP OF FOOD INSPECTIONS IF POSSIBLE.
OK? CUSTOMER IS SECOND ON THAT WE'LL HAVE AH! YEAH, WE'LL HAVE A FUTURE WORKS. I SHOULD UPDATE.
I GUESS ON THAT PROCESS, OK, ALSO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HEARING IT. AND COUNCIL WILLIAMS . THANK YOU, UH AND THIS IS GROWING BUT RECORDING BY THE DAY I LIKE HAVE AN UPDATE REGARDING OUR AUDIENCE ON ON, UH YARD SALES IN OUR CITY. UM, IT'S WE'VE HAD A LOT OF ACTIVITIES.
WE'VE GOT GROWING ACTIVITIES, AND IT'S BEEN A WHILE S SINCE TT EVEN BEEN DISCUSSED, BUT I'VE HAD SOME QUESTIONS TO COME UP WITH THAT. I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT THE ANSWERS ARE. SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE AN UPDATE ON ON OUR ORDINANCE THAT THAT, UH REGULATE YARD SALES IN OUR CITY. I'M JUST TRYING TO, DIDN'T WE THAT WE WERE GOING TO, BUT WE I DON'T. I DON'T LIKE I REMEMBER THAT IN RECENT MEMORY. WE WERE GONNA PUSH IT TO A COMMITTEE. I THINK I STAND CORRECTED. MAYOR I DON'T KNOW IT'S I DON'T KNOW. I THINK I REMEMBER THAT. BUT I'M NOT 100% BUT EITHER WAY, COUNCILOR WOULD LOVE TO BE A SECOND. OK? YES OK, BUT THAT SEEMS RECENT. OR MAYBE IT'S JUST WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE. ALL RIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? ALL RIGHT, C? NO, AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A PROCESS. FOR GETTING THOSE THINGS IN AFTER THIS MEETING CONCLUDES, AND THAT WILL
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LEAD US TO OUR NEXT ITEM IS EXECUTIVE SESSION, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 551.08755 0.086551, 0.089 AND 551.0055 0.071 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE ONE. POTENTIAL AND CONTEMPLATED CLAIMS OR LITIGATION RELATED TO CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE AND OBLIGATIONS UNDER CITY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AND CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING ATTORNEY CLIENT MATTERS CONCERNING PRIVILEGE AND UNPRIVILEGED CLIENT INFORMATION RELATED TO AN ONGOING INV INVESTIGATION INTO[01:00:04]
POTENTIAL POTENTIAL CLAIMS AND LITIGATION. MY GOODNESS. AND UH, WE WILL TAKE A SHORT RECESS. UH, LET'S HAVE EVERYBODY BACK HERE AT 710. AND WITH THAT WE ARE IN RECESS.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.