May 21, 2024 City Council

[Call to Order]

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WELL. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE MAY 21ST, 2024, REGULAR MEETING OF THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL. IT IS THE CUSTOM AND TRADITION OF THIS COUNCIL TO HAVE AN INVOCATION AND RECITAL OF THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF OUR MEETING, LED BY ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF OUR COUNCIL. YOU ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE, IF YOU SO CHOOSE. BUT YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN EITHER OR BOTH, AND YOUR DECISION IS STRICTLY A MATTER OF YOUR OWN CHOICE AND WON'T HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THE DECISIONS WE MAKE HERE. THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT, WE WILL BE LED BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE FROM DISTRICT THREE. SIR, WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME? OH, LORD OUR GOD, HOW EXCELLENT IS THY NAME IN ALL THE EARTH WE COME BEFORE YOU WITH GRATITUDE THIS EVENING, FATHER. WE THANK YOU FOR BEING A GOD OF LOVE WHO IS WITH US NOW AND IN EVERY SITUATION. YOU NEVER LEAVE US. YOU NEVER FORSAKE US. YOU ARE WITH US ALWAYS. YOU SAID, EVEN UNTIL THE END, YOUR GRACE HAS BROUGHT US SAFE THUS FAR, AND WE BELIEVE IT'S YOUR GRACE THAT'S GOING TO LEAD US ON. AND SO WE THANK YOU FOR MAKING EACH OF US IN THIS ROOM EVERY PERSON WE MEET, EVERY CITIZEN OF THIS CITY AND EVERY PLACE FOR MAKING US IN YOUR OWN IMAGE WITH DIGNITY AND INFINITE WORTH. WE THANK YOU FOR THE CALLING THAT YOU'VE GIVEN EVERY ONE OF US TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF YOUR CREATION, TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS AS OURSELVES AND TO MAKE THIS CITY THE PLACE IN WHICH YOU HAVE CALLED IT TO BE. WE THANK YOU IN JESUS PRECIOUS NAME, AND ALL OF GOD'S CHILDREN TOGETHER DID SAY AMEN. AMEN. JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 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]

WHEREAS ERITREA, ONE OF AFRICA'S NEWEST AND YOUNGEST NATIONS, LOCATED IN THE HORN OF AFRICA, DECLARED ITS INDEPENDENCE OVER 30 YEARS AGO AFTER 30 YEARS OF ARMED STRUGGLE, THE ERITREAN COMMUNITY IN GARLAND HOPES TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE RICH HISTORY OF ERITREA AND THOSE FALLEN TO LIBERATE THE COUNTRY. AND WHEREAS GARLAND HAS BEEN ENRICHED BY THE PRESENCE AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF ITS CITIZENS FROM FROM OF ERITREAN DESCENT AND RECOGNIZES THEIR IMPORTANT ROLE IN OUR CULTURAL, CIVIC AND COMMERCIAL LIFE OF OUR CITY. AND WHEREAS EVERY YEAR WORLDWIDE ERITREAN COMMUNITIES OBSERVE THE COUNTRY'S INDEPENDENCE AND GARLAND AND GARLAND EXPRESSES BEST WISHES FOR PROSPERITY AND SUCCESS OF THE PEOPLE IN YEARS TO COME. AND AS THE LOCAL ERITREAN COMMUNITY COMMEMORATES THE 33RD ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR INDEPENDENCE, THE CITY OF GARLAND IS PROUD TO CELEBRATE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF ITS RESIDENTS AND THEIR HERITAGE, AND EXTENDS THE BEST WISHES TO ALL FOR A WONDERFUL AND REWARDING INDEPENDENCE DAY. AND WHEREAS MEMBERS OF THE GARLAND CITY

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THANK YOU. OKAY THANK YOU. VERY NICE. YEAH. GIVE ME THAT OTHER. ONE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, AND WE APPRECIATE EVERY ONE OF YOU, WE ARE VERY PROUD. WE ARE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY. HOPEFULLY BY NEXT YEAR. LET ME REMIND YOU, LAST TWO YEARS, WE DID OUR FESTIVAL HERE IN GARLAND. WE INVITE FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES, OUR COMMUNITY, OVER 5000 PEOPLE HERE AND NEXT YEAR WE HOPEFULLY DO IT. OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY HERE IN GARLAND. AND THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. AND ALSO WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH MR. ALSO MAY 24TH AND SUNDAY 26TH IS GOING TO BE THE CONVENTION CENTER. THE ERITREAN INDEPENDENCE INDEPENDENCE DAY. WE A ALWAYS USE THE CONVENTION F THE CENTER WILL PLACE. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. OKAY. LET ME TAKE A PICTURE. OKAY. WONDERFUL SORRY. NO. YOU'RE OKAY.

THAT'LL MAKE US LOOK TALLER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU SIR. IT'S A GOOD THING I WORE A BLUE SUIT. MATCH THE SASH. ALL RIGHT, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS BEFORE WE GET STARTED, COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS, THANK YOU, MAYOR. ON JUNE 6TH, 6:30 P.M, AUDUBON RECREATION CENTER, DISTRICT FIVE TOWN HALL MEETINGS, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT FOUR. BUT IT'S NOT LIMITED ANYBODY WHO LIVES IN THE CITY OF GARLAND CAN COME AT 6:30 P.M. LOOK TO SEE YOU JUNE 6TH. THAT'S A THURSDAY. EVERYONE IS WELCOME.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. VERY GOOD. AND COUNCILMEMBER DUNCAN, WE WILL BE HAVING A DISTRICT SIX TOWN HALL MEETING ON MAY 30TH AT 6:30 P.M. AT HOLLABAUGH REC CENTER, WE'RE GOING TO CHECK OUT THE NEW REC CENTER THAT WE JUST CUT THE RIBBON FOR, WHAT, TWO WEEKS AGO, SO EVERYONE IS MORE THAN WELCOME TO JOIN US, COME TAKE A TOUR AND SEE WHAT WE GOT GOING ON IN WEST GARLAND. VERY GOOD, VERYOOD.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

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ITEM THREE A PUBLIC HEARING WAS PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONING CASE. COUNCIL APPROVED THE ZONING REQUEST AND INSTRUCTED STAFF TO BRING FORTH THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE. ITEM THREE A IS CASE Z 20 4-06 BARRAZA CONSULTING GROUP IN DISTRICT SEVEN. ITEM FOUR TEX DOT CLICK IT OR TICKET GRANT. MAY 2024. ITEM FIVE TEX DOT OPERATION SLOWDOWN GRANT 2024.

ITEM SIX NEXT GENERATION 911. STATUTORY DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS CERTIFICATION. ITEM SEVEN REQUEST FOR DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FROM SCOUT COLD STORAGE DALLAS LP. BUILDING B, ITEM EIGHT REQUEST FOR DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FROM SCOUT COLD STORAGE LP. BUILDING C AND THE LAST ITEM. ITEM NINE REQUEST FOR DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FROM WELLS FARGO BANK IN A. THAT IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANY ITEMS PULLED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY? SEEING NONE. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE YES, MISTER MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS READ. I HAVE A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE. A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM BASS TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. MADAM SECRETARY, YOU PAY THE VOTE FOR US. PLEASE COUNCIL. AND DISPLAY THE VOTE. AND THAT ITEM. THOSE ITEMS ARE APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. NOW I'M

[10. Conduct the swearing in of Council Member for District 4 ]

WELL, AS YOU AS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD AT, LAST WEEK WE HAD A SPECIAL, SESSION TO CERTIFY OUR ELECTION RESULTS FOR THIS YEAR. AND DUE TO A PREVIOUS CONFLICT, COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS WAS UNABLE TO JOIN US. AND SO WE ARE GOING TO OFFICIALLY SWEAR HIM IN ANOTHER TIME. THIS EVENING, JUST JUST A LITTLE HISTORY. BJ AND I HAVE COME IN AND OUT OF EACH OTHER'S LIVES. A LOT OF TIMES OVER. THE LAST BJ WAS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION FROM 2002 TO 2008. I CAME ON TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. IN 2007, HE WAS ELECTED TO THE COUNCIL IN 2012. I WAS ELECTED IN 13. HE TERMED OUT IN 18. I TERMED OUT IN 19, BECAME MAYOR. HE CAME BACK IN 2020 AND HE IS NOW HERE, FOR HIS THIRD TERM SECOND TIME AROUND. AND I JUST REALIZED EARLIER TODAY THAT HE WILL BE HERE A

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HE DIDN'T TELL YOU EVERYTHING ABOUT US. SOME THINGS. SOME THINGS IT'S BETTER KEPT BETWEEN US, BUT I'M HONORED, AND I APOLOGIZE AGAIN. I HAD A CONFLICT LAST WEEK, BUT I AM HONORED AND BLESSED TONIGHT. AND, THIS IS MY FINAL RODEO TWO. OKAY? BUT I'M HONORED AND BLESSED TONIGHT, TO HAVE SOME VERY, VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE IN MY LIFE TO STAND WITH ME. TONIGHT, FIRST, THE PERSON WHO WILL BE SWEARING ME IN IS THE APPLE OF MY EYE, DOCTOR CHANDRA WILLIAMS, MY DAUGHTER, MY WIFE WENT ON VACATION AND SHE DECIDED TO GO UNDER THE WEATHER PASTOR, AND, SO. BUT MY DAUGHTER SHONDA AND I'M REALLY, REALLY HONORED TO HAVE MY PASTOR, THE REVEREND S MICHAEL GREEN, THE SENIOR PASTOR OF THE MOUNT PISGAH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, AND LADY GREEN, WHO'S GOING TO STAND WITH US TONIGHT. SO I AM PROUD, PROUD AND HERE I AM NOT HAPPY TO HAVE THEM, WITH US TONIGHT. AND PASTOR GREEN WILL BE HOLDING MY GRANDFATHER'S BIBLE, ON THE SWEARING IN. SO WOULD YOU ALL COME? HE'S RIGHT THERE. OKAY, YOU MAY.

OKAY, OKAY, OKAY OKAY. OKAY OKAY. YOU MADE IT. YES DO YOU, B.J. WILLIAMS, 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 DO 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, YES. THANK YOU. YOU CAN LEAVE NOW. OKAY AND THANK YOU, GARLAND.

OKAY. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY BEFORE I GO BACK UP THERE, I COULD NOT HAVE HAD THE EXPERIENCE. BLESSING OF SERVING WITH MORE. OUTSTANDING TEAM, WE DON'T HEAR THE KUDOS OFTEN, AND SOMETIMES IT GOES UNNOTICED. BUT WE'VE GOT AN AWESOME COUNCIL AND AN AWESOME. WE GOT THE BEST CITY STAFF IN THE COUNTRY, AND IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH THEM. AND WE'VE GOT THE BEST MAYOR IN THE COUNTRY IN SCOTLAND MAY. SO THANK YOU MAYOR. BJ USUALLY TELLS PEOPLE WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER SINCE HE HAD AN AFRO AND I HAD LONG HAIR, SO WHICH IS NOT FAR FROM THE TRUTH.

ALL RIGHT, NOW WE WILL WORK THROUGH OUR ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU COULD COVER THE SPEAKER REGULATIONS FOR ME REALLY QUICK, THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IS GIVEN TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY RATHER THAN TO QUESTION THE CITY COUNCIL OR STAFF. THE CHAIR MAY CALL THE SPEAKER OUT OF ORDER AT THE SPEAKER PRESENTS QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION THAT WILL UNDULY DELAY THE TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS. AT THE MEETING, SPEAKERS SHALL BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK ON A FIRST COME, FIRST TO SPEAK BASIS AS DETERMINED BY THE ORDER IN WHICH CITY SECRETARY RECEIVES THE SPEAKER'S INFORMATION. APPLICANTS ARE ALLOWED TEN MINUTES FOR PRESENTATIONS, AND ALL OTHER SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

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[11.a. Consider a request by Mechu Autos Limited Company proposing to use the existing building for automobile sales use. The site is located at 702 Easy Street in District 6.]

THE APPLICANT REQUEST TO ALLOW THE AUTOMOBILE SALES NEW OR USED USE, WHICH REQUIRES A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION IN THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, THE APPLICANT NOTES THAT HE WILL SELL A MAXIMUM OF SIX USED CARS AND THE APPLICANT HAS INDICATED THAT THE CARS FOR SALE WILL BE STORED INSIDE THE BUILDING. THE APPLICANT REQUESTS THE SCP TO BE A TIME PERIOD OF SIX YEARS. THE SUP TIME PERIOD GUIDE DOES NOT HAVE RECOMMENDATION RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TIME PERIOD FOR AUTOMOBILE SALES STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS DENIAL OF A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION FOR AN AUTOMOBILE SALES NEW OR USED USE ON A PROPERTY ZONED INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, AND A PLAN FOR AN AUTOMOBILE SALES NEW OR USED. USE STAFF FINDS THAT THE REQUEST DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, NOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN. ON APRIL 20TH 22ND, 2024, THE PLAN COMMISSION VOTED BY A NUMBER OF 6 TO 0 TO RECOMMEND DENIAL OF A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR AN AUTOMOBILE SALES NEW OR USED, USE ON A PROPERTY ZONED INDUSTRIAL DISTRIC AND A PLAN FOR AN AUTOMOBILE SALES NEW OR USED USE. THE CITY MAILED 49 NOTIFICATION LETTERS. WE RECEIVED TWO IN FAVOR WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM? COUNSELOR, LOOK, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, IN THOSE PICTURES, THERE WAS A SIGN THAT SAID ON THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING, IT SAID, WE FINANCE, IS THE BUSINESS ALREADY SELLING VEHICLES PER THE APPLICANT, THE BUSINESS IS NOT IOPERATION, ALTHOUGH THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY, I'LL ASK THEM. THANK YOU.

COUNSELOR DUTTON, CAN YOU TELL ME WHEN THE. THAT FIRST SET OF PHOTOS WAS TAKEN? I WILL HAVE TO DEFER TO STAFF. THE ONES THAT ARE ON OUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW. I'VE BEEN TOLD A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I SEE NONE.

THANK YOU. AND DO WE HAVE THE APPLICANT, MADAM SECRETARY, WE HAVE A SPEAKER CARD FOR THE APPLICANT. I DO NONOT HAVE A SPEAKER CARD FOR THE APPLICANT, SIR. OKAY, I BELIEVE THE

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SORRY MY NAME IS HUGO. I GO BY HUGO AND ADDRESS IS 702 EASY STREET, GARLAND, TEXAS. VERY GOOD COUNSELOR. LUCK. MR. WELL, I HAVE BEEN TOLD I CANNOT ASK MY QUESTION, SO I WILL. ALL RIGHT THEN, THE SECOND QUESTION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS QUESTIONS HERE FOR THE APPLICANT? DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, HAVING HEARD THE INFORMATION, THAT THE REQUEST THAT YOU HAVE MADE OR WERE DENIED AS IT RELATES TO COUNCIL, NOT THIS COUNCIL AS RELATES TO PLANNING, AS IT RELATES TO ZONING AND YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT, CAN YOU GIVE US AN EXPLANATION OR AS TO WHY YOU, WANT TO PURSUE, WHY YOU WILL PURSUE THE BUSINESS? SURE SO, IN THAT SAME AREA, THERE'S A BUNCH OF OTHER CAR DEALERSHIPS. SO THAT'S NUMBER ONE. THAT'S ONE REASON WHY WE PICKED THAT AREA. SO WHENEVER WE GOT THE DENIAL, IT WAS KIND OF CONFUSING AS TO SEE WHY THAT HAPPENED. 6 TO 0. ONE PERSON, IN THAT, THE BOARD, I DON'T REALLY KNOW. PLANNING COMMISSION. PLANNING COMMISSION. MAIN COMMISSION. OKAY. YEAH. ONE PERSON DID SPEAK UP AND SAID, WHY IS THIS NOT GETTING APPROVED? BUT NO ONE SAID ANYTHING TO THAT INDIVIDUAL AND THEY JUSALL DENIED IT. SO WE'RE REALLY CONFUSED AS TO WHY THAT HAPPENED, HAVE YOU READ OUR IN GARLAND VISION PLAN? THE IN GARLAND VISION PLAN? NO, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. VERY GOOD, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THE APAPPLICANT? COUNSELOR WILLIAMS? YEAH, I'VE GOT ANOTHER QUESTION.

NOT FOR THE APPLICANT, BUT I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR STAFF. AFTER THE APPLICANT. OKAY, LET'S.

LET'S SEE. OKAY ALL RIGHT, COUNSELOR HEDRICK, THANK YOU. MAYOR, A QUESTION I HAVE IS WHY THE SIX YEAR TIMELINE, JUST FOR THE LICENSE, LIKE THE LEASE. SO WE'VE ALREADY LEASED IT WITH THE OWNER. WE ALREADY SIGNED UP FOR SIX YEARS. WHENEVER WE'RE SIGNING. IT WAS ALREADY LIKE THEY SAID, THAT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO GO FOR THE PURPOSE OF USE, SO WE WENT AHEAD WITH THAT. SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE NOW WE'RE STUCK IN THAT SITUATION. MATCHES YOUR LEASE PERIOD THEN. YEAH OKAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR OKAY. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? I SEE NONE THANK YOU GENTLEMEN. AND I BELIEVE COUNSELOR WILLIAMS HAS A QUESTION FOR STAFF. YES. GO AHEAD SIR. EVENING, ANGELA. GOOD EVENING MAYOR. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN, DO YOU KNOW IN THIS AREA, LET'S SAY WITHIN A TWO MILE RADIUS, THE NUMBER OF SIMILAR BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN EXISTENCE IN THAT AREA. CAN YOU DO YOU HAVE SOME NUMBERS OR APPROXIMATE NUMBERS THAT ARE OPERATING A SIMILAR BUSINESS IN THE AREA? CAN YOU SHARE THAT? UNFORTUNATELY, I DO NOT HAVE THAT DATA AVAILABLE. OKAY. I DID NOT WATCH THE P AND Z DISCUSSION ON THIS. DO YOU DO YOU HAVE ANY EVIDENCE ON WHAT LED TO P AND Z RECOMMENDS ACTION ON THIS? I BELIEVE THEY WERE GUIDED BY STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND THEIR OWN ASSESSMENT OF THE PROPERTY, THE ONLY INFORMATION I HAVE AVAILABLE IS JUST THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THEY PROVIDED, WHICH I WILL HIGHLIGHT . OH, OKAY. OKAY. SO THAT THE P AND Z RECOMMENDATION IS WHAT DROVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION ON. NO, SIR. CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS? SURE FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION, WE, CONSIDER THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WE CONSIDERED THE, SPECIFIC USE GUIDELINES AS WELL AS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC

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SIX. YES, SIR. IS THAT SIX? SAID IS THAT SIX VEHICLES TOTAL OR IS THAT SIX. SO THERE WOULD BE ALLOWED TO SELL UP TO SIX VEHICLES. I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND A GREAT QUESTION. THE RECOMMENDATION, THE CONDITIONS THAT WOULD BE APPLIED, IF APPROVED WOULD BE A MAXIMUM OF SIX USED VEHICLES THAT WOULD BE SOLD, I'M SORRY, STORED INSIDE THE BUILDING. SO THE SIX VEHICLES WOULD BE STORED INSIDE THE BUILDING? YES, SIR, NOT NOT IN THE PARKING AREA. THAT WOULD BE A PART OF THE SPECIFIC USE PROVISION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND I'M LOOKING AT THE PHOTOS WHERE I SEE THE OPEN GARAGE DOOR. IS THAT THE ENTRY TO THE TO THE INTERIOR OF THIS PROPERTY? THAT MIGHT BE A GREAT QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT TO TALK ABOUT THE VARIOUS ENTRYWAYS INTO THE BUILDING. YES. SO OKAY. WELL I'LL DEFER. MAYOR CAN WE GET THE APPLICANT BACK UP HERE, GENTLEMEN? THANK YOU MISS. THANK YOU. ANGELA. YOU'RE WELCOME. SIR, DID YOU HEAR MY QUESTION? I SURE DID. SO, YEAH. THAT'S AN ENTRANCE TO THE GARAGE, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO STORE THE CARS. OKAY, SO YOU'RE GOING TO STORE THIS SIX VEHICLES, CORRECT? OKAY AND THAT IS GOING TO BE YOUR CAP. THE SIX. CORRECT. OKAY. AND AS AND EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE IN THE, IN THE INTERIOR OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ON THE SCREEN. CORRECT. SO LIKE THE IDEA BEHIND THIS WHOLE THING IS NOT LIKE A REGULAR DEALERSHIP BUT MORE SO PRIVATE. SO WE LIKE TO TAKE OUR TIME TO TEND TO CUSTOMERS, YOU KNOW, ONE ON ONE BASIS. SO IT'S NOT LIKE CARS ARE JUST GOING TO BE OUT ON THE STREET LIKE REGULAR DEALERSHIPS WANT TO BUILD LIKE A REALLY NICE EXPERIENCE. SO I DO KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU GUYS ARE WANTING TO GO WITH THE PLAN FOR GARLAND. SO THIS IS MORE OF A MODERN TYPE OF DEALERSHIP THAT'S NOT ANY, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT SOMEONE CAN JUST WALK IN, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. THAT'S WHY WE ONLY HAVE OUR GARAGE FOR STORAGE . NOT THAT THIS IS NECESSARILY GERMANE, BUT YOU MENTIONED THE SURROUNDING, THE. NO, NO, I'M SAYING LIKE, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A REGULAR DEALERSHIP LIKE MOST DEALERSHIPS DO. THEY JUST PUT CARS EVERYWHERE. WE'RE MORE SO A PRIVATE DEALERSHIP. SO IF WE HAVE A SPECIFIC CUSTOMER THAT WANTS TO BUY A CAR FROM US, THEN AT THAT POINT THAT'S WHEN THEY WILL COME PRIVATELY INTO OUR ESTABLISHMENT AND THEN VIEW THE CARS INSIDE. OKAY. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS, OKAY.

SO THAT IF A CUSTOMER WHO'S CONTACTS YOUR BUSINESS IS LOOKING FOR A CAR, THEY WOULD COME INSIDE OF YOUR BUSINESS, CORRECT? CORRECT, NOT OUTSIDE THE PARKING LOT. CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. OKAY OKAY, OKAY. AND YOU'RE USING ACCORDING TO STAFF, HALF OF THE BUILDING THAT THAT'S IN QUESTION, RIGHT? CORRECT. OKAY. AND IT'LL BE TOTALLY BE WILL IT BE AUTO REPAIRS OR ANYTHING. TOTALLY FOR VEHICLE STORAGE. CORRECT AM I YEAH. JUST FOR STORAGE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK. I THINK I THINK THAT'S ALL I NEED, MAYOR. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL

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OKAY. AND COUNCILMEMBER OTT, GENTLEMEN, THIS PROPERTY, TYPICALLY FOR AN AUTOMOTIVE USE AND TYPICALLY FOR A SALES OPERATION, THERE NEEDS TO BE MAINTENANCE PERFORMED TO E VEHICLE, MAKE READY, AND, AT THE VERY LEAST, AND ALSO GENERAL JUST SIMPLE MAINTENANCE, TIRE CHANGES, BATTERY CHANGES. HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WITH THIS BUSINESS? YES.

WE DON'T DO THAT. THAT'S ALL OUTSOURCED. SO ALL OF OUR CARS COME TO US READY TO GO OKAY. SO THERE WON'T BE THERE WON'T BE A CAR THAT YOU PURCHASE FROM AN AUCTION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THAT YOU TEMPORARILY HAVE OUTSIDE BEFORE IT BECOMES READY TO GO INTO THE SHOWROOM. NO.

OKAY. SO EVERYTHING'S OUTSOURCED, CORRECT? OKAY. THANK YOU. I'LL PASS. VERY GOOD.

EXCUSE ME. COUNSELOR LUCK. GENTLEMEN, SO YOU'RE ONLY USING 3000FT■S OF THE ENTIRE SPACE? YES, MA'AM, YOU'RE LEASING, BUT YOU'RE LEASING THE WHOLE BUILDING, OR YOU'RE JUST LEASING THE 3000FT■S ONLY. SO JUST THE 3000FT■S. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? I SEE NONE, THANK YOU GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. AND DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? I HAVE NO SPEAKERR CARDS. OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? I SEE NONE, COUNCILMEMBER DUTTON, THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT? YES, SIR. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DENY THE. THE. WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO SAY? I'M NOT VERY GOOD AT THIS.

SORRY, Y'ALL. MOTION TO DENY THE REQUEST. WHAT? OH, FOR THE SCP. OKAY, I HAVE, I HAVE A MOTION TO DENY FROM COUNCILMEMBER DUTTON. I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LUCK TO DENY THE REQUEST FOR THE SUP ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION AGAIN? COUNCIL. THE MOTION IS TO DENY. MADAM SECRETARY, YOU PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US. PLEASE COUNCIL. AND DISPLAY THE VOTE. AT AND THE MOTION FOR DENIAL CARRIES WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS WILLIAMS AND OTT IN OPPOSITION. THANK YOU. MOVING TO OUR NEXT

[11.b. Consider a request by Shana Carter requesting a "Major Waiver" to the Downtown Sign Standards to remove the existing awning sign and install a new sign on the building wall at "Roach Feed & Seed." The site is located at 409 Main Street in District 2. ]

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THE APPLICANT REQUESTS A MAJOR WAIVER TO THE DOWNTOWN SIGN STANDARDS TO REMOVE THE EXISTING AWNING SIGN AND INSTALL A NEW SIGN ON THE BUILDING WALL AT ROACH. FEED AND SEED. THE LOCATION IS 409 MAIN STREET. THE SITE IS 0.74 ACRES AND IS ZONED DOWNTOWN DISTRICT DOWNTOWN HISTORIC SUB DISTRICT. THE LOCATION WITHIN THE CITY, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP, AND THE LOCATION ALONG MAIN STREET. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IDENTIFIES THIS AREA AS COMMUNITY CENTERS. IN ADDITION, THE GARLAND CULTURAL ARTS MASTER PLAN STRATEGY ENCOURAGES CREATIVE SIGNAGE. FURTHER, IT STATES, FOLLOWING THE EXCEPTION MADE FOR DOWNTOWN GARLAND, DEVELOP A SIGN VARIANCE THAT ALLOWS FOR CREATIVE SIGNAGE THAT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PRIVATE BUSINESSES TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE VISUAL VIBRANCY OF THE CITY.

PHOTOS SHOW THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FROM MAIN STREET AS WELL AS FROM STATE STREET, AND THEN TO THE SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY THERE IS A RESTAURANT USE AND TO THE WEST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE. THIS IS THE EXISTING SIGN AND THE PROPOSED SIGN. THE REQUIREMENT PER THE

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OKAY OKAY. AND ANGEL, WOULD YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDES WHERE YOU SHOW THE CONDITIONS OR CRITERIA THAT HAS TO MEET FOR IF YOU HAD A SLIDE? NOT NOT THAT ONE. YEAH. YEAH. THERE OKAY. SO WOULD YOU WOULD YOU GO THROUGH THE BULLETS AGAIN? STARTING WITH, IN ORDER TO APPROVE MAJOR WAIVER, CITY COUNCIL FINDINGS ARE AS FOLLOWS. CAN YOU BRIEFLY TOUCH ON THE BULLET POINTS THERE AGAIN? ABSOLUTELY. MAJOR WAIVERS ARE A TOOL THAT ALLOW FOR CONSIDERATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT MAY NOT BE CURRENTLY AS A PART OF THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT, BUT OVERALL ENHANCE OR MEET THE INTENT OF THE DISTRICT AND ARE SEEN AS BEING AN IMPROVEMENT AND OFFER AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTRACTIVELY CONTRIBUTE TO THE DISTRICT. WOULD YOU GO TO THE NEXT, NEXT, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE? SEE, THAT IS OUR FINAL. OH THAT'S FINE I THOUGHT I THOUGHT YOU HAD HAD TO. SO I THOUGHT SOMEWHERE I SAW IN THERE SOMETHING OR YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT VISIBILITY, I THOUGHT I SAW SOMETHING AND YOUR PRESENTATION MAYBE I DIDN'T TO DO WITH ENHANCEMENT OR SOMETHING. YES, THAT WOULD BE, THE IDEA IS THAT THE IMPROVED WALL SIGN WOULD INCREASE THE VISIBILITY OF THE SIGNAGE FOR THE PROPERTY BY MOVING FROM THE AWNING TO THE WALL ABOVE AND INCREASE THE VISIBILITY OF THE PROPERTY BECAUSE OF THE VISIBILITY, ALSO OF THE SIGNAGE.

RIGHT? YES, SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT . OKAY. LOOKING AT THAT, THAT'S THAT'S THE VISION THAT I'M

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SO THE WE'RE SAYING THE BIGGER THE BIG SIGN IS THAT THAT'S WHY THAT'S PUSHING. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE REQUESTING FOR THE BIGGER SIGN TO INCREASE THE VISIBILITY OF THE BUSINESS.

RIGHT. WE'LL SAY THAT THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND THEY MAY BE ABLE TO OFFER A LITTLE BIT MORE INSIGHT. I'LL HOLD IT. I'LL HOLD IT. THERE I'LL PROBABLY BE THE APPLICANT CAN CAN COME IN ON THAT. BUT THAT'S THAT'S WHY I'M HAVING A LITTLE BIT STRUGGLING. I NEED I NEED SOME CLARITY ON ON THAT THAT PIECE. THANK YOU THANK YOU, THANK YOU MAYOR. GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? EXCUSE ME, I SEE. NONE. THANK YOU. AND I DO KNOW THE APPLICANT IS HERE, CAN WE CALL THE APPLICANT FORWARD, PLEASE? SHAYNA CARTER. AND IF I COULD JUST GET YOU TO GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. AND I THINK YOU'VE KIND OF HEARD THE QUESTIONS, AND I. GO AHEAD.

GOOD EVENING. SHANNON CARTER. ROACH FEED AND SEED, 409 MAIN STREET, DOWNTOWN GARLAND. AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO EXPLAIN WHY YOU'RE REQUESTING THE NEW SIGN, THE SIGN THAT WE ARE WANTING.

YES, I DID THE SIGN THAT WE WANT TO PUT UP IS THE EXACT SAME SIZE AS THE CURRENT SIGN ON THE WALL.

THE CURRENT SIGN IS MADE OF METAL AND IT IS SITTING ON THE AWNING. THE SIGN I WANT TO DO IS MUCH LIKE THAT SIGN. IT'S THE SAME SIZE, BUT I WANT IT LIGHTED AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT HEAVIER SIGN, IT NEEDS TO BE ON THE WALL ITSELF TO SUSTAIN THE WEIGHT AND MEET THE CRITERIA OF THE CITY CODE TO WITHSTAND WHETHER SO NOT AS MUCH FOR VISIBILITY ASIDE OF THE LIGHTING, BUT ON THE WALL INSTEAD OF THE AWNING FOR SECURITY AND STRUCTURAL REASONS, I. KNOW WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'VE ANSWERED MY QUESTION AND I APPRECIATE I APPRECIATE THAT RESPONSE. THANK YOU MAYOR. VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? I SEE NONE. THANK YOU , THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, COUNCILMEMBER BEARD, THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT. OKAY, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MAJOR WAIVER FOR 409 MAIN STREET AS PRESENTED. I HAVE A MOTION. HER VERY FIRST MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BEARD AND A SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE TO APPROVE THIS REQUEST AS PRESENTED. SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US, PLEASE AND COUNCIL AND DISPLAY THE VOTE. AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. OUR LAST ZONING CASE, ITEM 11 C,

[11.c. Consider a request by Triangle Engineering, LLC proposing three (3) buildings for a restaurant with drive-through, sit-down restaurants and retail uses. The site is located at 5203 Naaman Forest Boulevard in District 1.]

THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF A MIX OF USES, INCLUDING RETAIL SERVICE CASES, OFFICE USE, MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL, AND ENTERTAINMENT. THE PROPOPOSED USE IS CONSIDERED SHOPPING CENTER OR RETAIL STRIP PER THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN. THIS CATEGORY

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THE APPLICANT HAS SINCE MADE CHANGES TO THE PROPOSAL, INCLUDING ADDING ENHANCED ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES ON THE NORTH FACING BUILDING FOR THE FACADE OF BUILDING THREE ALONG NAAMAN FOREST BOULEVARD AND RELOCATING THE OPEN SPACE OUTDOOR SEATING AREA TO THE ADJACENT TO BE ADJACENT TO THE BUILDING, WHICH WERE RECOMMENDATIONS PROVIDED BY PLANNING COMMISSION AND BY STAFF . WE MAILED 19 NOTIFICATION LETTERS AND WE RECEIVED ONE AGAINST FROM OUTSIDE THE AREA. SO ONE NOTIFICATION LETTER WAS AGAINST OUTSIDE THE AREA. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK THANK YOU. MAYOR.

DO YOU KNOW THE SETBACK OF THE WELL, THE LANDSCAPE AREA OF THE BUILDING TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE, THAT WOULD BE THE CAR WASH, CORRECT? YEAH, IT IS THE SAME AS THE GDC REQUIREMENT, WHICH ISIS, IN LIN WITH THIS REQUEST. OKAY AND THE GDC REQUIREMENT IS IT 15 OR 20FT? BECAUSE THERE IN THE DESCRIPTION IT WAS LONG. YEAH. GDC 20 BUT 15 ALONG NAAMAN. SO IS IT A 20 FOOT REQUIREMENT THEN? IT IS A 20 FOOT SETBACK WHEN ADJACENT TO THE STREET, THE TYPE OF STREET THAT NAAMAN FOREST BOULEVARD IS AND THEN 15 FOOT WIDE LANDSCAPE BUFFER. OKAY. AS WELL. SETBACK.

AND NEXT QUESTION IS THE STAFF HAVE ANY CONCERNS ON PARKING BECAUSE THEY ELIMINATED SOME PARKING. THEY'RE BELOW THE MINIMUM. NOW WE DID NOT OKAY. AND THEN ONE FINAL FOLLOW UP ON WHAT CHAIRMAN ROBERTS WAS TALKING ABOUT AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING. ARE THERE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT CIRCULATION, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE DRIVE THROUGH, BECAUSE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING, THERE'S NO INTERNAL CIRCULATION UNLESS YOU GO BACK OUT TO NAAMAN AND AROUND AND ERE'S A MEDIAN, SO YOU CAN'T IMMEDIATELY TURN LEFT. IF YOU'RE ON THE EASTERNMOST

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OKAY. BUT STAFF DID TAKE A LOOK AT IT. LIKE IF THEY SAID, OKAY, TRANSPORTATION DID TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WELCOME BACK TO THE HOT SEAT, ANGELA, COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WHERE THE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE? OKAY. THE RECOMMENDATION IS CONSIDERED, IN EFFECT, DENIAL.

THEY HAD A TYPO OF A THREE. THREE. YES. OKAY. THE TIE IS NOT AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE. YES. RIGHT.

EXACTLY THE APPLICANT HAS MADE CHANGES. PROPOSALS INCLUDING SO WHEN YOU SAY THE APPLICANT MADE CHANGES, OF COURSE, THAT DID NOT GO BACK TO, THE COMMISSION FOR, BUT WERE THOSE CHANGES IN ORDER TO, AFFECT THE, THE VOTE, AS IT WERE, 3 TO 3 WITH THOSE CHANGES OF MAYBE CHANGED THAT VOTE? I CAN'T SAY CAN'T SAY, BUT I WILL SAY THAT IT WAS IN RESPONSE TO IT WASN'T RESPONSE THAT THEY RECEIVED. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I SEE NONE.

THANK YOU. AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE APPLICANT WITH US. WE CALL THE APPLICANT FORWARD PLEASE.

ANDREW YEAH. VERY GOOD. SIR IF YOU COULD GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, YOU'LL HAVE TEN MINUTES TO MAKE A PRESENTATION OR SIMPLY ANSWER QUESTIONS. YOUR CHOICE, ANDREW YEO, 6814 CLEARSPRING CIRCLE GARLAND, TEXAS. OKAY. AND DO YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION? I'M JUST I WASN'T SURE. I'M JUST HERE TO. OKAY. SO COUNCIL, WE HAVE THE APPLICANT HERE, WHO IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. MAN, YOU DID A GREAT JOB. I HAVE NOBODY IN THE QUEUE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

SIR, I WAS AT OUR ONLY SPEAKER ON THIS ITEM. YES, SIR, I HAVE NO OKAY. NO CARDS. OH, HANG ON, MAYOR PRO TEM BASS. I'M JUST BUZZING IN. OKAY. HANG ON. ALL RIGHT. ONCE I THOUGHT SO WOULD.

HANG ON ONE SECOND, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE.

MAYOR PRO TEM BASS. THANK YOU, MAYOR, ZONING CASE 23 EIGHT, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PD AMENDMENT AT S U P AND DETAILED PLAN AS PRESENTED. OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM BASS AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER HEDRICK TO APPROVE ITEM 11, C AS PRESENTED, MADAM SECRETARY, YOU PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US. PLEASE AND COUNCIL. AND DISPLAY THE VOTE. AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. ANGELA, YOU DID A FANTASTIC JOB. AND THAT WAS OUR LAST ZONING CASE,

[CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS]

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GOOD EVENING. MA'AM, IF YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. FIRST GIVING HONOR TO GOD, WHO IS THE HEAD OF MY LIFE. MY NAME IS PASTOR SHARON SHEPHERD. I LIVE AT 3201 KEY WEST DRIVE. I'M BEWILDERED AT WHY I CANNOT GET ANY QUESTIONS TO MY HOUSE. IS BEING BROKEN TO KEYS TAKEN FROM MY HOUSE OUT OF MY PURSE? SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE COME IN TO ASSIST AND FROM ALL THEIR MEASURES. IS THERE SOMEONE ONE THAT HAS A HIGHER ECHELON? OTHER THAN A NORMAL CRIMINAL THAT'S BREAKING INTO MY HOUSE? MATTER OF FACT, I HAD A POLICE OFFICER TO COME OUT. HE NOTICED THE BREAK IN, BUT HE DOCUMENTED AS NOTHING TO SEE HERE. I THEN IN

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BUT I'VE GONE OUTSIDE OF GARLAND AND TRUST ME, IT DOES NOT MATTER WHEN IT WILL TAKE PLACE, BECAUSE JUSTICE IS FOR ALL, NOT FOR SOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS THIS EVENING? WE DO. OKAY TWO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS. GO AHEAD.

NICOLE, SCOTT.

THANK YOU. MA'AM, IF YOU CAN GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. YES, MY NAME IS NICOLE SCOTT AND I'M GOING TO ASK YOU IF YOU CAN PULL THE MICROPHONE A LITTLE CLOSER TO YOU U THERE. Y MY NAME IS NICOLE SCOTT. MY ADDRESS IS 4022 SILK TREE DRIVE, GARLAND, TEXAS. AND THE WONDERFUL DISTRICT THREE MAYOR LENNY. AND, HONORABLE COUNCILMAN, I'M NICOLE SCOTT AND, COUNCIL PRESIDENT OF THE GARLAND ISD COUNCIL OF PTAS. I HAVE ALSO WITH ME, MEGAN JACOBSON. SHE IS OUR SPECIAL AND GIFTED EDUCATION CHAIR. AND LATISHA LINDSAY, SHE IS OUR LEADERSHIP VICE PRESIDENT. THE COUNCIL VALUE THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND PTA AND COUNT ON YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. I WANT TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE THIS EVENING ON THE IMPORTANT WORK AND TRAINING THAT IS OCCURRING TO ENSURE A STRONG PTA PRESENCE IN THIS DISTRICT. OUR OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED, OVER THIS YEAR HAVE BEEN TWO TRAININGS ON STANDARDS OF AFFILIATION VIA ZOOM, TWO NOMINATING COMMITTEE TRAININGS, TWO DUES AND BYLAWS, TRAININGS IN PERSON AND VIA ZOOM, A REFLECTIONS ROUNDTABLE DAY SIX ROUNDTABLES, FOUNDATIONS AND OTHER TEXAS AND NATIONAL PTA PROGRAMS SUCH AS REFLECTIONS, STRAIGHT TALK, TALKING ABOUT THE DANGERS OF USING SMART PHONES AND WE HAVE 15 SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT THAT ARE SCHOOLS OF EXCELLENCE. WE ALSO PROVIDED A CLOTHING DRIVE FOR TRUSTED WORLD, WHERE WE FILLED UP A FORD F-150, AN SUV, AND ANOTHER CAR WITH CLOTHING AND OTHER ITEMS FOR TRUSTED WORLD. WE ARE PROUD THAT OUR COUNCIL BOARD HAS A STATE DORTMUNDER SERVING, AS WELL AS TWO CURRENT AND ONE NEWLY APPOINTED FIELD SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE. PHIL'S SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES ARE MEMBERS OF THE STATE BOARD WHO HELP TRAIN AND SUPPORT THE DISTRICT OR INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS. THOSE ARE SCHOOLS THAT DO NOT HAVE A COUNCIL WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS REGARDING THEIR PTAS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER YEAR OF WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD OF WATTS AND HORTON, OUR STUDENTS. WE CURRENTLYLY HAVE 83 MEMBERS, AND WE ARE 466 LEARNERS AWAY FROM OUR INCREASE GOAL. IF NO, WHEN WE ACHIEVE THIS GOAL, WE WILL BE RECOGNIZED AT LUNCH IN JULY. THE LUNCH IS THE YEARLY TEXAS TO CONFERENCE. WE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUORT AS A SPONSOR FOR THIS EVENT, AND I HAVE A FLIER THAT I WILL LEAVE WITH YOU ALL AND WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOU CONSIDER. CONSIDER BECOMING ANGEL LENDERS.

ANGEL LENDERS HAVE SEVERAL LEVELS. ONE LEVEL IS YOU JOIN EVERY PTA AND GARLAND ISD.

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COUNCIL LADY. SHE WENT SENT HER AN EMAIL AND MARGARET SAID SHE WOULD FORWARD IT TO HER STAFF.

NOTHING WAS DONE THEN. LORETTA WENT ON TO ASSIST APPLICATION AND REPORTED THE ISSUE OF POOR DRAINAGE IN OUR DRIVEWAY. A FEW LIKE A FEW WEEKS LATER, SHE WAS CONTACTED AND TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM WAS COMPLETED. THE ORDER WAS CLOSED. NO ONE HAD EVER EVEN SEEN THE PROBLEM. CERTAINLY NO ONE FIXED ANYTHING. LORETTA WENT BACK TO ASSIST AND OPENED ANOTHER TICKET. SAME PROBLEM.

NOTHING WAS EVER DONE WITH THE TICKET AT ALL. THEN LORETTA AGAIN CONTACTED MARGARET AND ATTEMPTED TO EXPLAIN WHAT HAD HAPPENED, AND EVEN SENT MORE PICTURES TO SHOW THAT NOTHING HAD BEEN DONE. I LATER CONTACTED TOMMY THOMPSON PURELY BY ACCIDENT IN THE STREET AND I THINK HE HAD PULLED OVER TO EITHER MAKE A PHONE CALL OR RECEIVE A PHONE CALL, AND I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE HE WAS THERE FINALLY TO DO SOMETHING. NOT TRUE. I EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT THE SITUATION OF HOW THE DRAINAGE WAS AN ISSUE, AND ALSO SHOWED HIM HOW THE ALLEY WAS A TOTAL MESS FROM THE GAS COMPANY. I'M SURE NONE OF YOU HEARD ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE GAS COMPANY.

MESS ANYTHING UP WHERE THEY REPLACED ALL THE GAS LINES AND COMPLETELY DESTROYED THE, THE ALLEY? JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, THESE ARE THE ROCKS NOW IN OUR ALLEY. GREAT FOR MOWING, GREAT FOR BLADES. THERE'S ALSO A GUTTER. A SEWER GUTTER IN OUR ALLEY. YEAH, THERE IS A CEMENT DRAIN GUTTER IN THE ALLEY. A DIRT ALLEY. NOW, ALL THE GRASS AND DIRT AND STUFF GOES RIGHT DOWN IN THE DRAIN. WELL, IN THE GARAGE FLOODS. YEAH. AND THEN THE. AND IT T SLOPES I AND FLOOS OUR GARAGE. THEN I SHOWED HIM THE SIDEWALKS. THE SLOPE ON OUR SIDEWALK IS 5.5IN SIDE TO SIDE.

NOW 5.5IN TO SEVEN INCHES PER 48IN. THE REQUIREMENT OF ADA AND THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SAYS THAT IT SHOULD BE 1 TO 48IN. SO OUR SIDEWALK LOOKS LIKE THIS SIDE TO SIDE. AND OUR TIMER I'M GOING TO GO ONE MORE MINUTE. I'M TRYING TO HURT. HE TOLD ME THAT HE WAS SORRY, BUT HE WAS NOT THERE FOR US BUT TO KEEP TRYING. WE SEEM TO BE CONTACTING THE RIGHT PEOPLE. A MONTH LATER, SOMEONE CAME OUT ON SATURDAY MORNING WITH A SKID STEER AND ATTEMPTED TO GRADE THE ALLEY. HE ACTUALLY MADE IT WORSE. A FEW DAYS LATER, TOMMY THOMPSON SHOWS BACK UP ON THIS TIME ON OFFICIAL BUSINESS. HE WAS HE WAS VERY HELPFUL AND WATCHED AND WE WATCHED HIM PLAYING EVERYTHING HE HEINALLY GOING TO GET EVERYTHING FIXED. ALONG WITH INSTALLING ADA RAMPS ON FOUR CORNERS OF CALDWELL AND LA MESA AND REPLACED, OUR HORRIBLE SIDEWALK WHERE MY WIFE HAD TRIPPED AND BROKE HER LEG. BECAUSE OF THE THREE INCH PIECE OF SIDEWALK THAT STICKS UP, CHILDREN WALK DOWN THAT SIDEWALK EVERY DAY, GOING BACK AND FORTH FROM A BUS STOP. AND THEY. I WAS ASKED WHAT WAS. I WENT OUT AND ASKED WHEN THEY WAS GOING ON. WHEN THE REPAIR CREW GOT THERE

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