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          YEAH. WE'RE GOING TO CHOOSE THE CAMERA ANGLE HERE. THAT SUITS US IN A MINUTE, BUT, EITHER WAY, WELCOME TO THE MAY 14TH, 2024 SPECIAL MEETING OF THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL. WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO CANVAS THE, OUR 2024 GENERAL ELECTION, RESULTS. AND IT IS THE CUSTOM AND TRADITION OF THIS COUNCIL TO HAVE AN INVOCATION OR RECITAL OF THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF OUR MEETING. LED BY ONE OF OUR MEMBERS, YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN EITHER OR BOTH. AND YOUR DECISION IS STRICTLY OF YOUR OWN AND WILL NOT HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE HERE THIS EVENING. TONIGHT, WE WILL BE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MORRIS FROM DISTRICT TWO. THANK YOU, MAYOR, IF YOU WOULD CARE TO, PLEASE JOIN ME. FATHER IN HEAVEN, THIS DAY COMES WITH GREAT JOY AND GREAT SOLEMNITY AS WE SEE TWO OF OUR MEMBERS TAKE A SOLEMN OATH TO CONTINUE THEIR SERVICE AND A NEW MEMBER STEP UP INTO THIS POSITION FOR THE FIRST TIME. I ASK YOUR BLESSING ON TONIGHT'S PROCEEDINGS. I ALSO ASK THAT YOUR FAVOR REST ON THIS NEW COUNCIL AS THEY MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER TO SERVE THIS CITY, GRANT THEM WISDOM, UNITY AND DIGNITY. FINALLY PLEASE BLESS THIS CITY AND ITS PEOPLE WITH PEACE. IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. AMEN 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. 
          ALL RIGHT. WE WILL GET UNDERWAY HERE, AND ALSO OUR FIRST, OUR FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING IS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON MEETING ITEMS. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO DO WE HAVE ANY. THIS WILL DO THIS. LIKE THE WORK SESSION. IS THERE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR TO SPEAK THIS 
          [2.a. Consider an Ordinance canvassing the Special Election returns for the purpose of adoption or rejection of seventeen proposed amendments to the Charter of the City of Garland, Texas; declaring the results of that election and providing an effective date.]
EVENING? I HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS, SIR. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. ITEM TWO A CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE CANVASING THE SPECIAL ELECTION RETURNS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADOPTION OR REJECTION OF 17 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS. DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THAT ELECTION AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. COUNCILOR MORRIS, I'M SORRY, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? I'M JUMPING AHEAD HERE SEEING NONE. GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY, MAYOR, I DO MOVE TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE. CANVASING THE MAY 4TH, 2024 SPECIAL ELECTION RESULTS. I HAVE A MOTION. EXCUSE ME. BY COUNCILOR MORRIS AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM BASS, WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. MADAM SECRETARY, YOU CAN PRAY THE VOTE FOR US, PLEASE. 
          COUNCIL. AND I SHOULD MENTION, COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO JOIN US HERE THIS EVENING. AND FOR SOME REASON, JUST TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW, JUDSON, REX AND BRIAN ENGLAND DO NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON ANY OF THE ITEMS THAT COME BEFORE US ON ANY NIGHT, MADAM SECRETARY, I IF YOU CAN SHOW THE RESULTS, PLEASE. THAT THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. VALLEY. 
          NECK NEXT. IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, GUYS. I'M JUST TELLING YOU, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. 
          [2.b.	Consider an ordinance canvassing the results of a General Election for the purpose of electing candidates to the Office of City Council of the City of Garland, Texas, for an election having been held May 4, 2024; declaring the results of that election; and providing an effective date.]
ITEM TWO B CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE CANVASING THE RESULTS OF A GENERAL ELECTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING CANDIDATES TO THE OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS, FOR AN ELECTION HAVING BEEN HELD ON MAY 4TH, 2024. DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THAT ELECTION AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, COUNCIL MEMBER MORRIS, I'LL LOOK TO YOU. DO WE NEED TO ALLOW COMMENT? I'M SORRY. YOU'RE. YES. I'M JUST I'M TRYING TO GET TO THE GOOD STUFF. THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS SIDE? I'M SORRY. SEEING NONE. CONTINUE. THANK YOU. SIR, I DO MOVE TO ADOPT THE CANVASING OF THE RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE MAY 4TH, 2024 GENERAL ELECTION. VERY GOOD. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MORRIS AND A SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE. SEEING NO DISCUSSION. MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU COMPARE THE VOTE FOR US, PLEASE. THAT LOOKS BETTER. AND DISPLAY THE VOTE. AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED 
          [2.c. Conduct the swearing in of Council Members for District 1, 2, and 5.]
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UNANIMOUSLY AS WELL. SO THAT MOVES US ON TO ITEM TWO C CONDUCT AT THE SWEARING IN OF COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR DISTRICTS ONE, TWO AND FIVE. YOU JUST JUST WAIT YOUR TURN. YOU NEVER KNOW. 
          I MIGHT DECIDE TO DO IT, YOU KNOW, REVERSE ORDER. SOMETIMES. I FALL DOWN THE STAIRS. WELL, YEAH. SO THIS IS THE PART I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET US TO IN A HURRY, THIS IS THE NIGHT WHERE THE, WE WILL BE SWEARING IN, WE HAVE, COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS. WHEREVER. THERE HE GOES. IS NOT ABLE TO JOIN US THIS EVENING, SO WE WILL DO HIS SWEARING IN NEXT WEEK WHEN HE'S HERE. SO DON'T WORRY. THE, THE CITY ATTORNEY WILL TRACK HIM DOWN AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THAT GETS TAKEN CARE OF, BUT WE DO HAVE, SOME, SOME SWEARING TO DO. SO. FIRST UP IS MAYOR PRO TEM JEFF BASS FROM DISTRICT ONE.E. AND, THIS S YOUR, WHAT, SECOND AND A HALF TERM, SECOND AND A HALF TERM. 
          AND I WILL TELL YOU, I SERVED WITH JEFF ON SOME OTHER BOARDS AND THINGS, AND I WILL TELL YOU, IT IS A PLEASURE TO SERVE WITH, HE IS ABSOLUTELY THE GLASS HALF FULL GUY, IF NOT THREE QUARTERS, HE HE IS VERY POSITIVE. AND IN THIS AND IN THIS BUSINESS, THAT'S RARE. AND SO, AND IT LOOKS LIKE, LOOKS LIKE I'M DOING THE HONORS THIS EVENING. I NEED TO GIVE YOU THE FIVE BUCKS NOW OR LATER. LATER. AND IT'S ACTUALLY EIGHT. ALL RIGHT, SIR, IF YOU COULD RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND FOR ME, PLEASE, DO YOU, JEFF BASS, SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT YOU WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL? MEMBER OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL, TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF THIS STATE. SO HELP YOU GOD. I DO. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. SIR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE SOME WISDOM WITH US? I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WISDOM I HAVE TO SHARE, BUT, YOU KNOW, AS AS SCOTT WAS SAYING, THIS IS THIS IS MY THIRD TERM. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN A BLESSING. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR, I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT THAT I'VE HAD FROM MY WIFE AND MY FAMILY AND THE CONSTITUENTS IN DISTRICT ONE, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO, YOU KNOW, PROGRESSING GARLAND, TO BE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO WORK, PLAY AND LIVE, THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN MY PROMISE, IS TO HELP GARLAND BE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO WORK, PLAY AND LIVE. AND EACH TERM I'VE PUT AN EMPHASIS ON A DIFFERENT ONE OF THOSE. AND SO FOR MY THIRD TERM, I'M GOING TO PUT AN EMPHASIS ON ALL THREE OF THEM TOGETHER, LOOKING FORWARD TO COMPLETING OUR 2019 BOND, LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING A BOND COMMITTEE TOGETHER SO WE CAN GET ANOTHER BOND GOING AND JUST KEEP MOVING. GARLAND FORWARD. AND LIKE I SAID, I APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT THAT I'VE RECEIVED AND LOOK FORWARD TO BEING HERE. ANOTHER COUPLE OF YEARS. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SIR. AND NEXT UP, WE ONLY HAD ONE CONTESTED ELECTION, THIS YEAR, AND THAT WAS IN DISTRICT TWO. AND COUNCIL MEMBER MORRIS HAS REACHED TERM LIMITS. MA'AM AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE WE SERVE TWO YEAR TERMS, THREE CONSECUTIVE. AND, DEBORAH HAS HAS REACHED THE TERM LIMITS AND I WILL TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A BUSY IT'S BEEN A LOT OF BUSY YEARS, YOU KNOW, AND DEBORAH REPRESENT DISTRICT TWO, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY DOWNTOWN HERE. AND AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE IS, PROBABLY ONE OF THE LARGEST CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THE CITY HAS EVER UNDEDERTAKEN,  FAR THE LARGEST CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN DISTRICT TWO'S HISTORY SINCE SINCE THE SQUARE WAS, WAS CREATED, DEBORAH DOES A GREAT JOB OF KEEPING PEOPLE UP TO DATE AND INFORMED AND, YOU KNOW, AND NOW YOU PASS THE BATON. THERE YOU GO. ALRIGHT. SO I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU THE CHANCE TO TELL US. TELL US SOMETHING. ALL RIGHT. I WILL DO THAT. I'M SHORTER THAN HE IS. YOU PROBABLY HAVEN'T NOTICED. SO IT IS WITH GREAT JOY AND NO LITTLE ASTONISHMENT THAT I'M STANDING HERE TONIGHT REALIZING THAT SIX YEARS HAVE ALREADY PASSED SINCE I WAS ORIGINALLY SWORN IN HERE. THIS IS A VERY DIFFERENT CITY THAN IT WAS SIX YEARS AGO. AT THAT TIME, IT ALMOST FELT LIKE WE HAD LOST 
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FAITH IN OURSELVES, AND THERE WASN'T MUCH EXCITEMENT OR EVEN HOPE FOR THE FUTURE THAT THINGS WERE GOING TO CHANGE OR GET BETTER. WE WERE KIND OF IN THE DOLDRUMS AT THAT TIME, AND YET AND YET, THIS IS GARLAND, A CITY OF STRONG PEOPLE WHO RISE TO CHALLENGES GIVEN ANY OPPORTUNITY . AND THAT OPPORTUNITY CAME FIVE YEARS AGO WITH THE $423 MILLION BOND ELECTION. AND DESPITE THE CITY'S TRACK RECORD AT THAT TIME OF NONPERFORMANCE WITH THE 2004 BOND, AND DESPITE A HOST OF NAYSAYERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU, YOU, THE CITIZENS AND THE VOTERS TOOK A HUGE LEAP OF FAITH AND VOTED A VERY LOUD YES TO THE 2019 BOND PROGRAM AND TO GARLAND'S FUTURE. AND IF IT HAD ENDED, THERE, THIS WOULD BE JUST A KIND OF A NICE, SWEET SUCCESS STORY. BUT THE FACT IS, YOU DID A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN THAT. NO SOONER HAD THE BOND PROGRAM, BEEN APPROVED, THEN WE WERE HIT WITH MULTIPLE DISASTERS. THE 2019 TORNADO. OUR HOUSE WAS ACTUALLY THE LAST HOUSE THAT TOOK A DIRECT HIT BEFORE THE TORNADO LIFTED AND RAN AWAY. THE 2020 PANDEMIC, THE 2021 ICE STORM AND EXTENDED POWER OUTAGE. THE TORNADO TOOK OUT HOMES AND THE ICE STORM SHOOK OUR CONFIDENCE IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND OUR ABILITIES. BUT COVID TOOK HUNDREDS OF OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY FAMILY MEMBERS IN THIS CITY. IT WAS ENOUGH TO DISCOURAGE THE MOST POSITIVE AMONG US, AND THE FINANCIAL REPERCUSSIONS COULD HAVE DERAILED MANY OF THE PLANNED IMPROVEMENTS. BUT FOR YOU, I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO PROUD OF A CITY AND OF A PEOPLE THAN I WAS OF ALL OF YOU. IN THE AFTERMATH OF ALL THESE DISASTERS, INSTEAD OF SLOWING US DOWN, YOU CHEERED US ON. YOU BELIEVED IN THIS CITYAND FRANKLY, YOU MADE US BELIEVE IN THE CITY. THE WORK CONTINUED AT FULL SPEED. BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE. AS CRITICAL AS YOUR SUPPORT OF THE BOND WAS YOUR ENGAGEMENT AND FEEDBACK RELATED TO MANY OTHER NEEDS ALSO MADE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE? YOU ASKED FOR REDUCED SIDEWALK REPAIR COSTS FOR MEDIAN REFLECTORS TO BRIGHTEN OUR NIGHTTIME DRIVING, FOR MORE ACCESSIBILITY FOR NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING GARLAND RESIDENTS, YOU ASKED FOR AN ANNUAL JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION AND CITY HOLIDAY TO HONOR OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY. YOU ASKED FOR MORE CRIME FIGHTING TOOLS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FOR NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENTS THAT DIDN'T REQUIRE MATCHING FUNDS FROM NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DIDN'T HAVE MONEY AND OF COURSE, YOU ASKED FOR ACCELERATED STREET REPAIRS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND FOR A MULTITUDE OF OTHER THINGS, LARGE AND SMALL. AND THIS COUNCIL HEARD YOU AND ACTED. AND OUR HARD WORKING CITY STAFF, A FEW ARE HERE, BUT MANY OR MOST ARE OUT THERE DOING WHAT THEY DO EVERY DAY. THEY DEDICATED THEMSELVES TO MAKING YOUR LIVES AND NEIGHBORHOODS BETTER. BUT IN ALL THIS, YOU PLAYED THE STARRING ROLE. YOU'VE MADE US A BETTER CITY. EVEN WHEN YOU COMPLAINED, IT ACTUALLY HELPED US IMPROVE. SO HERE WE ARE TODAY IN THE MIDST OF THE BIGGEST TRANSFER TRANSFORMATION. THIS CITY HAS EVER SEEN. I'M EXCITED. I'M MORE EXCITED THAN I'VE EVER BEEN ABOUT THE FUTURE OF GARLAND . AND THE BEST THING IS GREATER THINGS ARE YET TO COME. SO STAY TUNED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOW. OKAY SO WE'LL WE'LL STEP OVER HERE SO RAY CAN GET A SHOT OF THIS. YOU COME HERE. I'M TRYING TO GET AWAY NOW, THIS THIS IS REALLY A GIFT FOR TERRY BECAUSE I HOPE TO SEE HERE IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. FLYING HIGH OVER GLENBROOK. THIS IS OUR CITY FLAG. OUR CITY FLAG. SO I'M I'M I'M EXPECTING TO SEE A POLE GO UP. AND, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS FOR THE FIRE WHEEL TO BE FLYING. THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE. OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE SERVED WITH YOU AND IF I COULD ASK YOU, JUST, STAND TO THE SIDE FOR A 
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SECOND. I'M GOING TO INVITE YOU BACK UP HERE IN JUST A MINUTE. I'LL BE HAPPY. ALL RIGHT? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, WELL, SO NOW WE HAVE AN EMPTY SEAT HERE THAT WE NEED TO PUT SOMEBODY IN, AND THAT SOMEBODY IS GOING TO BE CHRIS BEARD. CHRIS, IF YOU COME FORWARD AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST SAW CHRIS, YOU KNOW, CHRIS AND I HAD A CHANCE TO TALK A FEW WEEKS AGO. WE WERE AT A, NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY EVENT, AND THAT'S WHERE WE MET YEARS AGO, BACK WHEN WE WERE JUST DOING NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION STUFF. AND, AND THAT'S BEEN THAT'S BEEN QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO NOW. BUT SHE WILL BE JOINING US ON THE CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT, SO YOU CAN INVITE THE WHOLE FAMILY UP OR WHOEVER'S GOING TO DO YOUR SWEARING IN. BOBBY'S GOING TO SWEAR ME IN. ALL RIGHT, COME ON, COME ON. THIS IS YOUR BIG CHANCE, DARYL. OH NOW THIS WAY. LOGAN, CHECK MY CAMPAIGN MANAGER IS ACTING UP. THAT'S USUALLY THE CANDIDATE'S JOB. IT'S BEEN FOREVER. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. READY OKAY. WHO'S BEING. WHO'S SWEARING AND WHO'S BEING SWORN? HE'S SWEARING. I'M GOING TO. ALL RIGHT. AS USUAL. ALL RIGHT. IT'S ALL YOURS. DO YOU, CHRIS BEARD, SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT YOU WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL? MEMBER OF THE CITY OF GARLAND STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE, SO HELP YOU GOD. I DO CONGRATULATIONS. WHERE'S MY $8? BY THE WAY, THERE'S NO KISSING AT CITY HALL. OH SORRY, CHRIS, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE SOME SOME THOUGHTS WITH US. OKAY. I'M SHORTER THAN DEBORAH. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TONIGHT. MY LEADERSHIP GARLAND CLASS. Y'ALL ARE JUST AMAZING. I THINK WE'RE BONDED FOR LIFE, FRIENDS, FAMILY. IT'S JUST SO HONORED TO BE HERE WITH ALL OF YOU, I WANT TO THANK DISTRICT TWO AND THE VOTERS IN DISTRICT TWO FOR PUTTING ME HERE. THEY'VE SHOWN A LOT OF FAITH IN ME, AND I WILL DO MY BEST TO LIVE UP TO THAT. 
          COMMITMENT THAT I'VE GIVEN, I'M HERE TO SPEAK FOR DISTRICT TWO, NOT MY OWN AGENDA. I'M HERE TO SERVE YOU, NOT ME. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT TWO YEARS. AND I AM A LITTLE MORE NERVOUS THAN I THOUGHT I WOULD BE. BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I DO LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING YOU AND I WILL DO SO IN THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. THANK YOU VERY CH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS. NOW I GIVE YOU THAT. AND THEN IF YOU AND DEBORAH CAN CHANGE OUT YOUR SIGNS, ONE SIGN OUT, ONE SIGN IN REACH THAT HEIGHT. OH. THERE YOU GO. THERE YOU GO. YEAH. I KNOW, I KNOW, YOU'VE BEEN COMING TO COUNCIL MEETINGS FOR A LONG TIME. AND USUALLY AFTER THE SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, YOU GET TO LEAVE. THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. SO IF YOU COULD. HAVE YOU SEEN. YOU HAVE TO STAY HERE WITH US NOW. MARIA. YES. WE'RE ALL WATCHING YOU. YOU'RE STUCK WITH ME IN ANOTHER CAPACITY? ALL RIGHT, WE'LL ADJUST. WE'LL. WE'LL GET THE CHAIR ADJUSTED BEFORE, BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING. MAYBE YOU HAVE TO PUT SOME BLOCKS IN THERE. SOMETHING THAT'S. BUT CONGRATULATIONS. AND SO ARE WE. DONE YET? YEAH. WE'RE DONE. WE'RE DONE. NEXT UP, WE WILL HAVE MARGARET LUCK FROM DISTRICT FIVE. THIS IS MARGARET'S SECOND TERM, AND, YOU 
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KNOW, IT HAS BEEN A PASURE. OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU CAN'T, YOU KNOW, MARGARET AND I SIT RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER, AND SO, SO, YOU KNOW, WE KNEW EACH OTHER BEFORE SHE WAS ON COUNCIL. WE'VE CERTAINLY GOTTEN TO KNOW EACH OTHER OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, I CAN TELL YOU IT IS A PLEASURE TO SERVE WITH HER HER ENTHUSIASM AND DRIVE OUR ARE REALLY UNMATCHED, AND IT IS REALLY A PLEASURE. AND I KNOW THAT, THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH HER SECOND TERM. AND SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU. SCOTT, GET OUT OF YOUR WAY. CAN YOU GET UP CLOSER? YOU WANT ME TO HELP YOU, OR DOES THIS ONE WORK? YEAH. THAT'S ALL THIS ONE WORKS, GRANDMA. YEAH. OH, THAT'S ALL I CAN STAND UP. OKAY. YOU WANT TO STAND UP THERE? YOU SHOULDN'T GET UP BECAUSE I CAN STAND, BUT I CAN'T WALK. I HAD AN ACCIDENT WITH A CAT, SO IT HURT MY BACK. SO TELL THE NERVES HEAL. I CAN'T WALK, BUT ANYWAY, I'M MARGARET'S GRANDMOTHER. I LIVE IN LAKE WORTH, TEXAS WITH MY SON. HER UNCLE DAVID. AND I'M HERE TO SWEAR. I MEAN, SWEAR HER IN. SHE'S A JOY. PLEASE PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND UP. PLEASE REPEAT AFTER ME. I'M MARGARET LUCK. I'M MARGARET LUCK. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR AND AFFIRM. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR AND AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE, THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL. CITY COUNCIL. MEMBER FOR DISTRICT FIVE. THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL. MEMBER FOR DISTRICT FIVE OF THE CITY OF GARLAND IN THE CITY OF GARLAND. THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND WILL AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, TO THE BEST OF MY PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS , THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, OF THE UNITED STATES AND THIS STATE AND THIS STATE. SO HELP ME GOD. SO HELP ME GOD. THANK YOU GRANDMA. SHE HAPPENED TO WAYLAY ME ON MY 89TH BIRTHDAY TO. THAT'S TODAY. THANK YOU GRANDMA. YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY UP HERE IF YOU LIKE. OKAY. I'LL BE RIGHT HERE. OKAY. SO, WANT TO START OUT WITH MY THANK YOUS? THANK YOU TO MY MOM, KATHY, MY STEPFATHER, MARK, MOTHER AND FATHER IN LAW'S, CHARLOTTE AND TAZ. LUCHT. THANK YOU TO MY UNCLE DAVID FOR BRINGING GRANDMA. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GRANDMA, FOR JOINING ME ON YOUR 89TH BIRTHDAY. YOU'RE WELCOME. I WAS HAPPY TO DO IT. THANK YOU TO MY BELOVED HUSBAND, THE LOVE OF MY LIFE, MY ROCK, AND THE PERSON WITHOUT WHOM I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO THIS JOB , MOST OF ALL, THANK YOU TO RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT FIVE. I PROMISE TO STAY TRUE TO OUR HOME AND TO SERVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU WITHOUT PREJUDICE. THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS TO PERFORM THE MOST FULFILLING JOB I HAVE EVER HAD. THANK YOU. 
          I'M KEVIN. KEVIN. WELL. VERY GOOD. AND OBVIOUSLY, THAT WAS THE LAST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA BEFORE WE ADJOURN, YOU KNOW, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A NEW MEMBER AND WE HAVE YOUR GRANDMOTHER HERE FOR HER 89TH BIRTHDAY, AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE MY APPRECIATION TO THE COUNCIL, FOR PEOPLE PROBABLY DON'T REALIZE. AND YOU WILL SOON REALIZE HOW MUCH TIME WE SPEND TOGETHER AND HOW MUCH TIME WE SPEND TOGETHER HERE AT CITY HALL, AND OUR FAMILIES SOMETIMES GET PUSHED TO THE SIDE AND PRIORITIES HAVE TO BE JUGGLED CONSTANTLY OF BIRTHDAY PARTIES AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT THAT OCCUR IN OUR LIVES. AND, YOU KNOW, WE MAKE THE SACRIFICES AND WE SHOW UP AND WE DO THE WORK AND HOPEFULLY OUR FAMILIES UNDERSTAND MOST OF THE TIME, AND, AND WE TRY TO, TO COMPENSATE FOR THAT. AND TO THAT POINT, TONIGHT IS MY 30TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS PROBABLY IN MY TERM OF SERVICE, I'VE, I'VE, I'VE HAD 
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MEETINGS ON EVERY CHILD'S BIRTHDAY, MY WIFE'S BIRTHDAY, MY BIRTHDAY. AND I THINK THIS IS THE SECOND TIME MY ANNIVERSARY HAS COME UP ON THE CALENDAR. AND SO, SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL, FOR THE SERVICE AND THE SACRIFICE. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND SINCE WE ARE JUST THROWING OUT ACCOLADES, BABY, I LOVE YOU. 52 YEARS AS OF THIS PAST SATURDAY, AND WE JUST GOT THROUGH CELEBRATING. SO, HONEY, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THERE WE GO. AND SO WITH THAT, WE WILL RECONVENE HERE NEXT WEEK, AND, WE WL GET BACK TO WORK, AND WITH THAT, AT, WHATEVER I'M GOING TO SAY 726, WE ARE ADJOURNED
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