Jun 17, 2024 Work Session

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WELL. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE MONDAY, JUNE 17TH, 2024. WORK SESSION FOR THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL, THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING IS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON WORK SESSION ITEMS. I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. WE DO NOT. OKAY. THANK YOU, NEXT ON TO

[CONSIDER THE CONSENT AGENDA]

SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE HAVE APPROPRIATE STAFF AVAILABLE. MOVING ON TO WRITTEN BRIEFINGS.

[1. Interlocal Agreement for the Transition of Garland Public Health Clinic to Dallas County Health & Human Services]

OKAY JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WEREN'T SPENDING CITY FUNDS AND THEN JUST GIVING IT AWAY LIKE THAT. NO, SIR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU MAYOR. VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? AND THIS IS UP FOR, FORMAL CONSIDERATION TOMORROW NIGHT? GOOD. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO

[2. Consider the Confirmation of Jennifer Stubbs for City Secretary]

JUDD. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. YOU CAN PULL THAT MICHAEL CLOSER TO YOU THERE.

THAT WAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO LEAN FORWARD. THERE YOU GO. PERFECT. GOOD TIP. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT. IT TRULY IS A PLEASURE. I'VE TOLD MANY PEOPLE I'VE MET SO FAR, IT FEELS LIKE I AM COMING HOME. I AM A ROCKWALL-HEATH GRADUATE. BOTH MY PARENTS, GREW UP IN GARLAND.

THEY ACTUALLY MET AT A TOM THUMB, SO IF IT WASN'T FOR GARLAND, I WOULDN'T BE HERE. SO OR TOM THUMB OR TOM THUMB. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. SO IT TRULY DOES FEEL LIKE, A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR BOTH THE CITY AND MYSELF. THIS IS A HUGE CAREER OPPORTUNITY THAT, THAT I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT AND TRULY EXCITED TO GET STARTED HERE IN THE NE COUPLE OF WEEKS. SO IF YOU RECOGNIZE THE TINSLEY HOME, MY GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER IS WILLIAM TINSLEY. SO THAT'S ANOTHER TIE THAT I HAVE TO THE CITY OF GARLAND. AND I ACTUALLY GRADUATED. I DIDN'T GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL IN GARLAND, BUT MY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION WAS IN GARLAND. AT THE CONVENTION CENTER. SO ANYWAYS, LOTS OF FAMILY TIES WITH THE CITY OF GARLAND, AND I'M JUST SO EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THIS TEAM. AND, JUST MY, I GOT STARTED IN THIS BUSINESS. MY DAD WAS A CITY MANAGER. HE'S NO LONGER A CITY MANAGER. HE'S IN THE ELECTRIC CO-OP BUSINESS. BUT I ALSO WAS A FORMER YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBER, WHICH I REMEMBER COMING TO THE CITY OF GARLAND FOR A I THINK THERE WAS A YOUTH ADVISORY ANNUAL SUMMIT, HERE AT THE CITY OF GARLAND. AND SO, CHRISTI TEAGUE AT THE CITY OF ROCKWALL HAS BEEN A LONG, COLLEAGUE OF

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AND WELCOME. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. CLEAR THE QUEUE, WELCOME, THIS WILL BE ON TOMORROW NIGHT'S AGENDA FOR FORMAL CONSIDERATION. AND THEN YOU HAVE TO COME BACK AND DO THIS ALL OVER AGAIN. AWESOME I'LL BE READY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, ITEM THREE.

[3. Garland Housing Finance Corporation 2023 Annual Report]

DAVID, YOU GOT THE ENTIRE TEAM HERE TONIGHT. DID WE ONLY HAVE THREE CHAIRS? WELL WE TOLD THEM YOU WERE FEEDING THEM. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE ALL HERE. WELL, THAT'S WHY WE SHOW UP, TOO. SO.

AS YOU RECALL, MR. MAYOR, I AM A TECHNOLOGICAL IDIOT. SO YOU WILL GIVE ME A FEW MOMENTS HERE TO. I WOULD NEVER USE THAT TYPE OF LANGUAGE WITH A FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER IN PUBLIC, IN PUBLIC, IN PUBLIC, WHILE I'M BEING. WHILE I'M BEING RECORDED. GOTCHA. AND, THERE WE GO. CLICK THAT.

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EXCUSE ME. TO HAVE ACCESS TO SAFE SANITARY, SUSTAINABLE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE HAVE SEVERAL PROGRAMS IN WHICH WE OFFER THESE SERVICES, INCLUDING DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, MULTI-FAMILY RENTALS, SINGLE FAMILY OWNERSHIP GRANTS FOR ASSISTANCE FOR HOME REPAIR, FOR OUR RENTAL, ASSISTANCE FOR EDUCATION AND TRADE SKILLS TRAINING AS WELL. OUR BOARD IS COMPRISED OF FIVE MEMBERS, ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE GFWC BOARD ARE APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. THE TERMS ARE SIX YEARS FOR EACH TERM OF APPOINTMENT, OUR BOARD MEMBER TERMS START IN SEPTEMBER, FST AND END IN AUGUST 31ST, AS I PREVIOUSLY INTRODUCED THE GROUP TO YOU, I WOULD TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE A LARGE ARRAY OF BOTH TALENTED AND EXPERIENCED FOLKS WHO ARE, GARLAND CITIZENS. LONG TIME GARLAND CITIZENS. THESE ARE VOLUNTEERS. THESE BOARD MEMBERS GET NO COMPENSATION WHATSOEVER OTHER THAN A DEAD FIREHOUSE SUB SANDWICH. EVERY SECOND TUESDAY OF THE MONTH. AND THAT'S ABOUT. THAT'S ABOUT IT. NOW SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS GROUP BRINGS ALMOST 75 YEARS OF COMBINED EXPERIENCE IN FINANCE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I'D LIKE TO TALK WITH YOU FIRST ABOUT OUR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. IT'S A COMBINATION OF MORTGAGE CREDIT. CERTIFICATE, AS WELL AS DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, THE MORTGAGE CREDIT CERTIFICATE PROGRAM PROVIDES US PURCHASERS WHO QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM UP TO $2,000 A YEAR IN TAX CREDITS, IN ADDITION TO ANY DEDUCTIONS THEY MAY GET FOR THEIR, MORTGAGE INTEREST. SO, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH YOUR TAXES, IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE A DEDUCTION, IT'S ANOTHER TO HAVE A CREDIT. I MEAN, THAT $2,000 COMES RIGHT OFF THE BOTTOM LINE. AND SO WE'RE PROUD TO PRESENT THIS PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS HOMEOWNERS TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS KIND OF TAX EDIT. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, IT ALLOWS THEM TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE AT A HIGHER LEVEL THAN THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO. IN ADDITION TO THE MCC PROGRAM, WE HAVE A DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE LOAN AND GRANT PROGRAM, CURRENTLY OUR PROGRAM IS A $10,000 LOAN, AND A $5,000 GRANT. THAT IS FOR THE PURCHASE THAT CAN BE USED FOR DOWN PAYMENT, CAN BE USED FOR CLOSING COSTS. IT CAN BE USED TO BUY DOWN THE INTEREST RATES. HOWEVER, THE BEST WE WANT TO USE THOSE FUNDS, $10,000 IS A LOAN.

IT IS REPAYABLE, IT'S AT 0% INTEREST AND THE LOAN IS ONLY DUE WHENEVER THE HOUSE IS SOLD OR THE FIRST MORTGAGE IS PAID OFF AND THE $5,000 GRANT IS NON-REPAYABLE, IT IS GIVEN TO THE PURCHASER AT CLOSING. AND THEY'RE ALLOWED TO USE IT IN ANY WAY THEY WANT AS PART OF THE CLOSING PROCESS. THESE, PEOPLE WHO QUALIFY FOR THESE PROGRAMS HAVE TO GTHROUGH A CLASS. THEY HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE PROCESS OF BECOMING A HOMEOWNER, OF WHAT THE MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS MEAN TO THEM, THE TAX SITUATIONS, THOSE SORT OF THINGS. SO WE'RE NOT JUST HANDING OUT MONEY, BUT WE'RE HOPEFULLY GIVING FOLKS AN EDUCATION AS WELL, IN 2023, WE FUNDED 52 LOANS AND 52 GRANTS TOTALING $780,000. TOTAL MORTGAGE FUNDED WAS JUST OVER $13 MILLION. THIS IS $13 MILLION WORTH OF MORTGAGES FOR FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS IN GARLAND, THE AVERAGE LOAN WAS $265,000, OF WHAT WAS FUNDED IN 2023. YEAR TO DATE. WE ARE. EXCUSE ME, AT 241 LOANS THAT WE FUNDED SINCE THE PROGRAM STARTED IN 2014, TOTAL TO DATE, WE HAVE FUNDED, THROUGH OUR BONDS, ALMOST $50 MILLION IN MORTGAGES FOR FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS IN GARLAND, TO DATE, THE AVERAGE LOAN AMOUNT HAS BEEN ABOUT $294,000. ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS THAT I WILL

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SO THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN THEIR HOMES. TY'RE CITIZENS OF GARLAND. THEY'RE PAYING THEIR TAXES. THEY'RE WORKING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. THEY'RE WORKING WITH THEIR FAMILIES HERE. AND, YOU KNOW, WE THINK THIS PROGRAM IS A REALLY DYNAMIC, HELPFUL PROGRAM AND HELPING FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS IN GARLAND. THIS IS KIND OF A REVIEW OF THE GOOD OLD DAYS OF 2014, WHEN THE AVERAGE MORTGAGE WAS WAS $91,000. WHAT WAS INTERESTING IS, IS THIS YEAR, IN 2023, THE AVERAGE MORAGE VALUE ACTUALLY WENT DOWN IN, WE THINK THAT WAS BECAUSE OF THE HIGHER INTEREST RATES. PEOPLE CAN'T QUALIFY FOR AS MUCH BORROWING AS THEY DID BEFORE. BUT, WE'RE SEEING THAT WE'RE TRENDING RETRAINING. RIGHT IN THE 268 TO $266,000 NUMBER, IN ADDITION TO OUR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND OUR MORTGAGE CREDIT CERTIFICATES, WE ARE PARTNERS IN SEVERAL MULTIFAMILY COMMUNITIES, CURRENTLY, WE ARE PARTNERS IN EXISTING, OF NINE EXISTING COMMUNITIES THAT TOTAL ABOUT 1600 RESIDENTIAL UNITS, FOR A OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, OF THAT 1600 UNITS, 348 OF THOSE UNITS ARE RESTRICTED TO RESIDENTS OVER 55 FOR OUR SENIOR COMMUNITY. IN ADDITION, WE ARE PARTNERS IN SIX MORE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

THAT WILL TOTAL AN ADDITIONAL 1076, AFFORDABLE UNITS. AND OF THAT 1000 UNITS, 416 OF THOSE ARE RESTRICTED TO CITIZENS 55 OR OVER. SO WHEN COMPLETED, WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION OF WHAT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED, WE WILL HAVE APPROXIMATELY 2700 AFFORDABLE UNITS WITHIN THE PORTFOLIO, OF WHICH 764 RESERVED FOR SENIORS AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT AFFORDABILITY AS WE GO THROUGH. I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE PARTNERSHIPS.

I DON'T WANT TO KEEP YOU HERE ALL NIGHT, BUT I WANT TO SHARE THOSE IN GARLAND THAT THAT WE'RE INVOLVED WITH, MANY OF WHICH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SARAH OVER ON BELTLINE ROAD IS IN DISTRICT EIGHT. IT'S A 204 UNITS. IT IS SENIOR, RESTRICT TO 55 AND OVER, IT IS 100% AFFORDABLE AT 60. AMI, AND TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, AT 60, AMI A RESIDENT CANNOT EARN MORE THAN $43,000 A YEAR TO BE ABLE TO LIVE THERE. SOHESE ARE TRULY FOLKS THAT NEED THIS TYPE OF AFFORDABILITY IN THEIR HOUSING, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES. NOW, WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THAT AT THE SAME TIME, WHAT IS NOW AN AFFORDABLE UNIT, A ONE BEDROOM IS $160 IS CONSIDERED AFFORDABLE RIGHT NOW. SO, YOU CAN SEE THAT MAKING UNDER 43,000, BUT STILL BEING ABLE TO AFFORD $100 A MONTH IN RENT CAN BE A CHALLENGE FOR SOME OF OUR SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS, HOMETOWN TOWN ON GARLAND IS IN DISTRICT, TWO NOW. IT WAS ORIGINALLY IN DISTRICT ONE, BEFORE, THE CENSUS REZONING, IT IS 144 UNITS. AND AGAIN, IT IS A SENIOR COMMUNITY AS WELL. ALL UNITS, THERE ARE AFFORDABLE UNITS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN A 30, 50% AND 60% TO AMI . 195 WILL IS ON WEST CAMPBELL ROAD. IT IS A WORKFORCE COMMUNITY IN DISTRICT ONE, THERE WE HAVE 52% OF THE UNITS ARE AFFORDABLE AND 48% ARE MARKET RATE. THE AFFORDABLE UNITS THERE ARE FOR PERSONS EARNING LESS THAN 80% OF THE AMI AND GARLAND. THAT NUMBER IS ABOUT $57,000 A YEAR. EARNINGS FOR A SINGLE PERSON. EXCUSE ME, IN THE CASE OF WORKFORCE HOUSING, THAT AFFORDABLE NUMBER FOR A ONE BEDROOM IS $1,547. SO AGAIN, YOU SEE THE CHALLENGE OF SOMEONE MAKING LESS THAN 60,000 A YEAR, FINDING AN AFFORDABLE UNIT FOR 1500 A MONTH, CITY SQUARE LOFTS, WHICH IS THE ADAPTIVE REUSE OF THE OLD BANK BUILDING HERE IN DOWNTOWN GARLAND. THERE'S 126 UNITS THERE, 60% OF THE UNITS THERE ARE RESTRICTED TO AFFORDABLE AND 40% ARE AT MARKET. WE HAVE UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW IN GARLAND WATERMERE GARLAND, WHICH IS ON THE GEORGE BUSH FREEWAY IN DISTRICT ONE. THIS IS A SENIOR COMMUNITY OF 305 UNITS, WE ARE HOPEFUL TO HAVE OCCUPANTS THERE SOMETIME IN EARLY 2025, AGAIN, IT IS SET ASIDE THE AFFORDABILITY THERE IS FOR 80%

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THIS IS IN DISTRICT THREE. EXCUSE ME, CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. IT WILL BE 238 UNITS OF WORKFORCE HOUSING, WITH 50 PLUS PERCENT IN AFFORDABLE AND 50% AT MARKET. SO THIS KIND OF GIVES YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE TOP COMMUNITIES THAT WE'RE PARTNERS IN AND THE AFFORDABILITY FACTORS THAT WE'RE BRINGING TO OUR NEIGHBORS IN GARLAND. ALSO WE HAVE BEEN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS BEING VERY ACTIVE IN ACQUIRING SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTIES FOR NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION, REDEVELOPMENT, I THINK MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE OF THE LOT WE PURCHASED OVER ON MEANDERING WAY FROM THE CITY, BACK IN 2021. LONG STORY. THERE WAS A HOUSE THERE ORIGINALLY.

THERE WAS A FIRE. THE OWNER WAS UNFORTUNATELY PERISHED IN THE FIRE, AND IT TOOK THE CITY SEVERAL YEARS TO ACTUALLY GET TITLE TO THE PROPERTY. THERE WERE NO HEIRS TO DEAL WITH. AND FINALLY THE CITY TOOK TITLE AND WE WERE ABLE TO BUY THIS THIS LOT FROM THE CITY. AND WITH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY THROUGH GRANTS, WORKING WITH MONA WOODARD AND JASON WILHITE IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD THIS HOUSE, THIS HOUSE WAS SET ASIDE FOR A VETERAN AND, THE FAMILY THAT WAS ABLE TO PURCHASE THE HOUSE IS A WAS A DISABLED VETERAN. AND THEIR FAMILY, FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS IN GARLAND. AND WE'RE TICKLED TO DEATH AGAIN. WE CANNOT SAYNOUGH. THANKS TO MONA AND JASON FOR THEIR EFFORTS OF WHAT THEY DO TO ASSIST US AND PARTNER WITH US AND HELPING US DELIVER AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE PURCHASED A VERY LARGE LOT AT THE CORNER OF ALAMO AND GLENBROOK SEVERAL YEARS AGO. THERE WAS A LITTLE FRAME CHURCH ON THAT TRACK FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS THAT HAD BEEN ABANDONED. WE SUBDIVIDED THAT LOT INTO THREE LOTS, IT'S TAKEN A WHILE TO GET THOSE HOUSES BUT, BUT WE GOT THEM BUILT, I'M GLAD TO TELL YOU THAT TWO OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY CLOSED. WE HAVE TWO NEW FAMILIES NOW LIVING IN GARLAND, AND THE ONE ON THE CORNER IS UNDER CONTRACT. AND SO HOPEFULLY IT WILL CLOSE BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH. AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED, I LIKE TO SHOW WHAT WHAT WE DID IS OUR BOARD WAS, WAS VERY INVOLVED WITH THIS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, JASON AND HIS TEAM MONA HAVE SOME RESTRICTIONS USING HUD FUNDS AS TO WHAT THEY CAN DO AND WHAT THEY CAN'T DO. AND SO MY BOARD SAID, WE WANT TO DO SOME OTHER THINGS. AND SO THEY ORIGINALLY BROUGHT PLANS FOR A THREE BEDROOM, TWO BATH HOME THERE. AND WE SAID, HOW ABOUT WE MAKE THIS A MULTI-GENERATIONAL HOME. AND SO WE REDESIGNED THE HOUSE TO BE A FOUR BEDROOM, THREE BATH. AND THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO MASTER SUITES SO THAT A GRANDMOTHER, AN AUNT, SOMEONE ELSE IN THE FAMILY CAN HAVE A MASTER SUITE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HOUSE, AWAY FROM THE FAMILY AND THE KIDS. WE WENT AHEAD AND INSTALLED ELECTRICAL VEHICLE CHARGERS IN THE GARAGES. WE UPPED THE ANTE FOR, ENERGY EFFICIENT AND, HOT WATER SYSTEMS. WE PUT INDUCTION RANGES IN TO DO ALL SORTS OF CONSERVATION AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN THE UNITS. AND SO BECAUSE OF THOSE EXTRAS, WE WENT OVER WHAT WAS BEING ABLE TO BE GRANTED THROUGH HUD. AND SO GFK PAID THE DIFFERENCE TO GET ALL THOSE UPGRADES DONE TO THOSE HOMES. AND SO WE'RE TICKLED TO DEATH, CHRIS, YOU'VE GOT AT LEAST FOUR NEW VOTERS. IF NOT SIX NEW VOTERS IN YOUR DISTRICT. SO YOU NEED TO GET OVER THERE WITH YOUR CARDS. OKAY ALL OF YOU KNOW THE STORY OF 1922, CASTLE, THIS HAS BEEN A JOURNEY SINCE I WAS ON COUNCIL IN 2016. AND BY GOD, WE'RE GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER EVERY DAY. THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER, BASS AND FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER MORRIS, ALL WENT THROUGH THE JOURNEY WITH US, WITH THE KIDDOS AT, GCT OF THEIR DESIGN WORK, WE HAVE WE'VE BEEN TICKLED TO DEATH WITH WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED SO FAR, WE'RE GETTING VERY CLOSE. WE GOT THE FINAL PD APPROVAL AMENDMENTS FROM YOU GUYS, AND WE THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THAT. AND WE TRULY HOPE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO BREAK GROUND ON OUR 20 SENIOR UNITS BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. SO RIGHT NOW IT'S UP TO ENGINEERING AND BUILDING AND BUILDING PERMITS, MR. CITY MANAGER. SO NO PRESSURE COMPRESSION. YEAH I WOULD MENTION IS THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, WE DID RECEIVE A CDBG GRANT FOR THE EXPENSE TO DEMOLISH THE OLD NURSING HOME THAT WAS THERE, BUT ALL THE OTHER MONEY HAS BEEN PAID OUT OF, GFK, AND WE'RE PLANNING ON FUNDING AND PAYING FOR THIS FROM OUR CASH FLOW SO

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AND WE'RE BEHOLDING THOSE AS WE MOVE FORWARD FOR, AGAIN, FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, THERE'S THREE LOTS IN DISTRICT EIGHT AND FIVE LOTS IN DISTRICT TWO THAT WILL BE WORKING WITH. IN ADDITION TO THESE EFFORTS, WE'VE ALSO DONE A LARGE NUMBER OF GRANTS IN 2023. WE'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU. WE FUNDED OVER $779,000 IN GRANTS. TO VARIOUS AGENCIES. FIRST OF ALL, AS YOU KNOW, WE FUNDED A GRANT TO $400,000 TO THE CITY THAT, AGAIN, IS ADMINISTERED BY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. AND AGAIN, KUDOS TO JASON AND MONA FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE AND HELP, WE SET THIS UP FOR CITIZENS WHO EARN LESS THAN 80% INCOME, WHO NEED ASSISTANCE IN HOME REPAIRS, THIS COULD TAKE THE HVAC, ROOF REPLACEMENT, ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, PLUMBING, ANYTHING THAT PERSON'S NEEDED. IN 2023, WE PROVIDED OUR YOU GUYS WITH OUR FUNDING PROVIDED HOME REPAIRS TO 27 FOR 27 FAMILIES, IN GARLAND, SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE GRANT PROGRAM FOUR YEARS AGO, WE FUNDED A DATE, $1.2 MILLION, AND, HAVE PROVIDED ASSISTANCE TO 78 FAMILIES, OF WHICH 58% WERE ELDERLY AND 27% WERE DISABLED.

AND THIS IS KIND OF A AN OVERVIEW OF THE TYPE OF REPAIRS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE. YOU SEE THAT THE LARGE LARGEST NUMBER RELATE TO PLUMBING AND WATER SUPPLY, AS YOU KNOW, AS OUR DYNAMIC SOIL MOVES IN DRY SUMMERS AND WET WINTERS IN TEXAS, WE HAVE A LOT OF HOUSES HERE THAT HAVE FOUNDATION ISSUES, THAT PLUMBING IS FALLING APART IN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS. AND SO WE'VE HAD A LOT OF THOSE TYPE REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENTS. WE'VE ALSO DONE A LOT OF INTERIOR SIDING REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENT, PARTICULARLY WHEN SOMEONE HAS A CODE VIOLATION. THAT THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO DO THOSE TYPE OF REPAIRS. AND OF COURSE, OUR MOST, NEEDED PROGRAM THAT WE BELIEVE HAS BEEN THE EMERGENCY AC, HVAC REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENT PROGRAM. AND WE'VE DONE 18 OF

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WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE FOR YOU. ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS HERE? THIS IS GREAT REPORT BY THE WAY. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR LUCK. YES THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY. IT'S TRULY APPRECIATED. AND THE PROJECTS THAT YOU'VE DONE ARE BEAUTIFUL.

AND I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED FOR THE PEOPLE THAT GET TO LIVE THERE, DON'T YOU HAVE A PROJECT AT 635 AND SATURN IN DISTRICT FIVE? NO. OVER BY WALMART? NO YES. OKAY. GOT IT, THAT ONE YOU OWN, NOT ME. YOU WANT TO SELL IT, THOUGH? SO SO WE'VE GOT A COUPLE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU MIGHT WANT TO COME BACK, DURING A WORK SESSION AND TELL US HOW GBFC WORKS, HOW YOU ACQUIRE PROPERTIES. WHAT THAT WHAT THAT PROCESS LOOKS LIKE, WHERE YOU GET FUNDING, YOU KNOW, HOW YOUR BOARD GOES ABOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS OF DECIDING WHICH PROPERTIES TO BUY, WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED, WHAT HOW HOW CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGEMENT IS MANAGED AND, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE DON'T REALLY GET TO HEAR A WHOLE LOT.

SO, IF YOU'D BE INTERESTED IN DOING THAT, I'D REALLY LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT THAT PROCESS, IF YOU GIVE ME JUST A SECOND, IS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE STAFF, WE HAVE A PART TIME ADMINISTRATOR, BUT SAYS SHE AND I. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE DECIDED IS THAT. WE DON'T HAVE THE EXPERTISE COUNCIL MEMBER, TO KNOW CONSTRUCTION AND TO KNOW ALL THESE SORTS OF THINGS. AND SO WE RELY ON ATTORNEYS, OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS. WE HAVE SOME FOLKS IN OUR BOARD WHO HAVE PHDS IN THE SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS AND KNOW THINGS, BUT WE RELY ON THINGS. AND ONE OF THE REASONS WE'VE NOT TRIED TO GET INTO THOSE BUSINESSES IS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES. SO WE FORM PARTNERSHIPS EITHER WITH THE CITY FOR THE GRANT PROGRAMS OR THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION, OR IN THE CASE OTHE MULTIFAMILY EARLY, THEY ARE FOR PROFIT DEVELOPERS THAT HAVE THE EXPERIENCE AND THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE BACKGROUND THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO DO THOSE THINGS, AND THEY BRING US IN AS A PARTNER AND WORKING WITH OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS AND LEGAL TEAM, WE'RE ABLE TO STRUCTURE THE OWNERSHIP. SO THAT WE CAN DELIVER SAVINGS TO THEM. THAT IN TURN GET RETURNED BECAUSE OF OUR NON TAX STATUS, THAT GET RETURNED INTO THOSE RESIDENTS THERE. BUT I'LL BE HAPPY TO BE WITH YOU INDIVIDUALLY. IF YOU WANT TO COME TO THE OFFICE, I'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS. BUT OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR IS HILLTOP SECURITIES AND THEY HAVE A TEAM OF SIX FOLKS, AND THEY ANALYZE EVERY DEAL FRONT TO BACK. AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT OF EVERYTHING WE LOOK AT, WE PROBABLY ONLY ACT ON MAYBE ONE OUT OF 15 OR 20. WE'RE VERY, VERY PARTICULAR ABOUT WHAT WE INVEST IN AND WHAT WE DO. AND IN FACT, THERE'S A PARTICULAR PARTNER THAT'S A LITTLE CHALLENGED. AND, I'VE SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LUCKY THAT YOU GOT GBFC BECAUSE IF I WAS THERE WHEN THIS HAPPENED, YOU WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN THERE. SO BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO COME BACK AND GET INTO MORE DETAILS FOR YOU. GREAT. THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH. VERY GOOD, COUNCILOR WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. MAYOR, THE HONORABLE THE HONORABLE ONE. THANK YOU FOR AN EXCELLENT REPORT, AS ALWAYS. AND, MR. CHAIR, A COUPLE COUPLE OF THINGS, I'VE GOTTEN QUESTIONS FROM TIME TO TIME. ALL THE OPERTIES ARE OUTSTANDING. BUT REGARDING MULTIFAMILY, YOU MENTIONED THAT THE, DOWNTOWN LOCATION, CAN YOU SHARE? DO YOU GET ANY INFORMATION ON BEEN ASKED ABOUT OCCUPANCY RATES? WHAT DO YOU DO? YOU GET THAT KIND OF THAT KIND OF INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN SHARE JUST GENERALLY, REGARDING OUR,

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OKAY. RIGHT. OKAY. I, I CAN'T TELL YOU IF IT I CAN TELL YOU OVERALL, MOST PROPERTIES ARE VERY HIGHLY HAVE A VERY HIGH OCCUPANCY RATE JUST FROM THE FACT OF SCARCITY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT. AND LASTLY, BEFORE I MOVE ON INTO ANOTHER LIFE AND ANOTHER WORLD, I KNOW THAT BY THE NEXT YEAR'S REPORT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME NEWS OF SOME PROJECTS IN DISTRICT FOUR. I KNOW YOU ARE. I JUST HAVE THAT CONFIDENCE IN YOU. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO FUTURE REPORTS BEFORE WE BOTH RIDE OFF INTO THE SUNSET, WE'RE ALWAYS. YOU KNOW, THANK YOU. IT WASN'T FOR THESE PESKY ATTORNEYS. WE COULD DO A WHOLE LOT MORE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? LOOKS LIKE WE'VE CLEARED THE QUEUE AGAIN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP. YEAH. WE REALLY APPRECIATE, THE FOLKS THAT AT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, THEY'VE DONE YEOMAN'S JOBS AND HELPING US OUT, SO. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THANKS, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THAT WILL BRING US TO

[4. Chamber Mid-Year Presentation to Council]

I EMULATE DAVID'S LACK OF TECHNICAL ABILITY AND SO. WELL, I TOLD HIM ONLY HE HAS TEN MINUTES, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE HE HAS ENOUGH TIME TO DO THIS. OKAY, TEN MINUTES. NO STRESS, NO STRESS. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, COUNCIL MANAGER, PLEASED TO BE HERE THIS EVENING GIVING OUR MID-YEAR REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP CONTRACT. MOST OF YOU KNOW THIS.

SOME OF YOU WON'T, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP REALLY GOES BACK TO 1995, WHEN THIS WHOLE, ARRANGEMENT CAME BEING WHAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU RIGHT NOW IS THE CURRENT, DELINEATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES. AND BASICALLY WHAT THIS SAYS IS THAT THE CITY IN ITS RESPONSIBILITIES IS LOOKING AT WHAT'S NEXT, THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE FUTURE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, RECRUITMENT, REDEVELOPMENT, PLACEMAKING, MAJOR EXPANSION, MARKETING FOR THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, MOVING THE TAX BASE TO INCLUDE MORE SALES TAX, STRATEGIC LAND ACQUISITION AND ALL RELATED ACTIVITIES. THAT'S THE CITY SIDE. WHAT WE'RE REPORTING ON IS WHAT OUR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT'S ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW. THIS INCLUDES RETENTION, EXPANSION OF OUR MAJOR TAX AND UTILITY BUSINESSES, THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS KEY TO RETENTION AND SMALL BUSINESS, WHICH INCORPORATES ENCOMPASSES MOST OF THE BUSINESSES IN GARLAND, SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT ARE THE THREE BUCKETS THAT THE CONTRACT SPELLS OUT AS OUR AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITIES, BUSINESS RETENTION, WHICH IS, AS YOU REMEMBER FROM THE STRATEGIC PLAN , THE HIGH VALUE, PROPERTY TAX BASE, WHICH INCORPORATES ENCOMPASSES OUR MAJOR EMPLOYERS, MAJOR UTILITY USERS, THIS IS BEING ACCOMPLISHED BY OUR GARLAND 101 ON ONE VISITS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS WE GET INTO THE BUSINESS RETENTION SIDE OF IT. YOU'LL SEE HOW HOW IMPORTANT THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PIECE IS TO THE BUSINESS RETENTION AND THEN SMALL BUSINESS, WHICH IS A HUGE BUCKET, WE'RE ROUGHLY 9000 BUSINESSES IN GARLAND, PROBABLY 95% OF THOSE ARE SMALL BUSINESSES. SO, THE INTENT OF ALL OF THIS, THE INTENT OF THIS RELATIONSHIP OF THE ARRANGEMENT IS TO BECOME A LOT MORE STRATEGIC AND INTENTIONAL AND MEASURABLE. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT

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SO THIS IS FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR, 15 OF THOSE 30 THAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED. YOU'LL SEE THE COMPANIES THERE AND THE DATES THAT WE MET WITH THESE FOLKS, WHEN WE'RE MEETING ONE ON ONE AND GETTING, REALLY THEM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE CAPABLE OF HELPING THEM WITH AND ENLARGES, THERE'S AREAS OF CONCERN. SO A SUMMARY WOULD BE, WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY THE TALENT ACQUISITION RETENTION, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT. WE'RE WE'RE PAST THE BUBBLE WHEN WE'RE WAS TRYING TO BRING IN A WHOLE BUNCH OF NEW FOLKS. WE'RE NOW WE'RE DEVELOPING THE FOLKS WE HAVE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IS A BIG PIECE OF THAT. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. ALMOST EVERYBODY WE TALKED TO IS IN SOME, SOME FORM OF EXPANSION, HOLDING THE GROUND, BRINGING IN NEW PRODUCTS, WE'VE, TELL YOU A COUPLE OF, OF, STORIES HERE IN A MINUTE ABOUT SOME, SOME FOLKS THAT ARE MOVING ACTUALLY MOVING CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS TO GARLAND, THE PEOPLE THAT WE TALKED TO LIKE BEING IN GARLAND. MOST MOST OF THEM HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME. THOSE THAT HAVE COME HERE HAVE COME HERE BECAUSE IT'S A GOOD PLACE TO HIRE FOLKS.

IT'S A GOOD PLACE TO ENJOY CITY SERVICES. IT'S A GOOD PLACE TO EXECUTE, EXECUTE THEIR BUSINESS, SOME OF THE INTERESTING THINGS THAT WE LEARNED IS THE WHOLE ISSUE OF THE FOCUS ON ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY. FROM REDUCING CARBON FOOTPRINT TO WATER CONSERVATION. AND ONE, INTERESTING, MEETING WE HAD WHERE THE EMPLOYMENT GOALS WERE TO HAVE THE EMPLOYMENT OF THEIR, OF THEIR COMPANY TO MATCH THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF GARLAND IN MY YEARS IN THIS BUSINESS, I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THAT AS A GOAL, BUT THAT WAS SOME OF THE THINGS WE FOUND. YOU KNOW, AS I MENTIONED, THE CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS MOVING HERE, QUEST WINDOWS CAME TO GARLAND AS A RESULT OF, OF A COMPANY IN CANADA, WHICH WAS EXPANDED TO THE UNITED STATES. THEY BUILT A HIGH RISE WINDOW SYSTEMS. WHEN OUR MEETING WITH THESE FOLKS, WE LEARNED THAT THEY'RE MOVING THEIR THEIR HEADQUARTERS FROM CANADA TO GARLAND. THAT WILL BE DOUBLING THE SIZE OF THEIR FOOTPRINT HERE. EPIROC WAS THE ONE THAT, WAS INTERESTED IN THEIR CARBON FOOTPRINT. THIS IS A SWEDISH COMPANY THAT'S REALLY INTERESTED IN THE WHOLE SUSTAINABILITY. SO THE COMPANY WAS THE ONE THAT WAS HIRING TO MATCH THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF GARLAND, MICRON IS A SMALL METAL FINISHING COMPANY THAT'S LOOKING TO RECYCLE WATER AND BECOMING MORE SUSTAINABLE IN THAT REGARD.

IN THE INTEREST OF THE TEN MINUTES THAT I HAVE, THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT I COULD SAY, BUT BASICALLY WHAT WHAT YOU'RE GETTING FROM ALL OF THESE VISITS IS AN IN-DEPTH LOOK IN EACH OF THESE REPORTS IS MULTI-PAGE, IN-DEPTH, WITH ACTIONABLE ITEMS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. SINCE 2006, WE'VE HAD THE DALLAS COUNTY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION. IN FACT, IN 2006, WE WERE IN THE OLD BUILDING. AYAKO WAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR WITH THE CHAMBER, WE HAD A LOANED EXECUTIVE FROM DALLAS COLLEGE, AND WE WERE LOOKING AT THE EMPHASIS THAT WE WERE PLACING ON OUR MAJOR TAX BASE. AND, SO WE DECIDED THAT BRANDING A MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION WAS WE WOULD BE A WAY TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THAT. SO WE BRANDED THE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION IN, IN 2006. WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS A CURRENT ROSTER OF THE, THE FOLKS THAT ARE ON THE COUNCIL FROM THE, THE BUSINESSES, THE ADVISORY GROUP WHICH SUPPORTS THE COUNCIL, STAFF AND OUR EDUCATION PARTNERS, THESE FOLKS MEET QUARTERLY, WHICH IS IN ADDITION TO THE GARLAND 100, WHICH REALLY KEEPS US ABREAST OF WHAT, WHAT THE NEEDS ARE. AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN OUR FIRST TWO QUARTERLY MEETINGS. OBVIOUSLY, WORKFORCE IS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST. STAFFING STRUGGLES, BUT INDUSTRY DEMANDS, TALK ABOUT INTEREST RATES. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SUPPLY CHAIN, EDUCATION RESOURCES. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING THE PIPELINE INTO SCHOOLS, AND STAYING CURRENT. SO, THAT'S ANOTHER PIECE OF THE BUSINESS RETENTION. THE SECOND BUCKET WE TALKED ABOUT WAS, WAS WORKFORCE. GETTING MY. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, WHAT YOU SAW DURING SOME OF THE, WORK WITH OUR, OUR MAJOR COMPANIES, THE TWO BIGGEST

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THEY HAVE AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE. THEY'VE BEEN MENTORED IN THE IN THE FULL RANGE OF SKILLS NECESSARY TO BE AN ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNICIAN, WITH A LOT OF CERTIFICATES AND, A MUCH HIGHER WAGE GOING OUT OF THAT PROGRAM, VERY SUCCESSFUL. YOU LOOK AT THE COMPANIES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT THEY'RE SPONSORING , LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS, AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A POPULAR PROGRAM, BUT IT'S JT EXPLODED THIS LAST YEAEAR AND WI CONTINUE TO EXPLODE WITH THE WITH THE RETIREMENT OF SUPERVISORS AND LEADERSHIP FOLKS WITHIN THE COMPANIES, WE HAVE OUR LARGEST CLASS. WE HAD TO SPLIT IT, BECAUSE THERE'S A LIMIT TO THE CLASS SIZE, YOU LOOK AT THE COMPANIES THERE THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. PART OF THE AREAS OF FOCUS IS, IS GRANTS, WHEN WE FORMED THE DCMA BACK IN 2006, THE PRIMARY FUNCTION AT THAT TIME WAS TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE FOR SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FUND GRANTS, OVER THE TIME SINCE WE FORMED DCMA, WE'VE GOTTEN PROBABLY OVER $7 MILLION WORTH OF THESE GRANTS, TRAINED, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, CURRENTLY, THE GRANT THAT'S BEING, PUT FORWARD IN MAY WAS PUT FORWARD IN MAY, OF THE 12 COMPANIES, SIX ARE FROM GARLAND ALOE VERA GEL, WIND, MICRON, MICRO PACK, PLASTIPAK AND QUEST, SO THAT'S AN ONGOING PROGRAM, IT'S A BIG, BIG, IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT DCMA OFFERS. P-TECH. RELATES TO THE WORKFORCE PIPELINE. P-TECH IS PARTNERS IN TECHNOLOGY, EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL, A PROGRAM THAT WAS STARTED IN NEW YORK YEARS AGO, BROUGHT TO TEXAS, DALLAS SCHOOLS, ENACTED A P-TECH AT EVERY ONE OF THEIR HIGH SCHOOLS, BACK ABOUT 5 OR 6 YEARS AGO, I WENT WITH, THE SUPERINTENDENT AND A MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL BOARD TO DALLAS COLLEGE. AND WAS SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING ALL SEVEN OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS ENROLLED IN P-TECH. YOU SEE THE BUSINESS PATHWAYS, EACH OF THESE TECHS HAS A BUSINESS FOCUS AND A CADRE OF OR A COHORT OF STUDENTS, THE STUDENT TOTALS, ARE 23 AND 24, SCHOOL YEARS. LOTS OF KIDS ARE IN THIS PROGRAM INDUSTRY SPECIFIC, AND MENTORED BY THE COMPANIES AS. THE FINISHING OUT THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, IS IN THE AREA OF SKILLS ADVANCEMENT, THE ASCEND INSTITUTE, WHICH WAS PART OF THAT ORIGINAL GROUP THAT WAS DOING THE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT GRANT, AND IT'S NOW HOUSED AT THE GARLAND CENTER, THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR GRANTS AND ALSO CONTRACT TRAINING WORK. READY YOU. WHICH IS, AN AREA OF FOCUS FOR GETTING PEOPLE READY TO GO TO WORK. YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT WITH THE NEXT REPORT. REALLY RAMPING UP THE ACTIVITIES WITH THE GARLAND CENTER ABOUT EDUCATING PEOPLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, GETTING THEM READY TO WORK HARD, TOO HARD TO, TO ACT, TO, GET PEOPLE READY TO GO TO WORK AND GET THEM EMPLOYED. THE MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, IS ABOUT SKILLS DEVELOPMENT WITH SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO INDUSTRY AND TECHNICAL TRAINING. THAT TRAINING IS DONE AT OUR CENTER, WE ARE SLATED TO HAVE TWO SYMPOSIUMS THIS YEAR. WE CONDUCTED ONE ON JUNE THE 7TH, WITH ABOUT, 80 FOLKS OF MANUFACTURERS AND EDUCATION RESOURCES, THE THIRD BUCKET, SMALL BUSINESS, WHICH IS THE BIGGEST AREA OF, OF INTEREST OF THE CHAMBER FOREVER. MOST OF OUR PROGRAMING HAS ALWAYS BEEN AROUND SMALL BUSINESS BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S THE BIGGEST NUMBER OF BUSINESSES WE HAVE. WE TOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TACT THIS YEAR. WE'VE ALWAYS HAD SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMING. WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE IN JUST A MINUTE. BUT WITH THE MOVE TO BEING MORE STRATEGIC AND MORE INTENTIONAL, WE BROUGHT ON A DEDICATED SMALL BUSINESS SUCCESS MANAGER, CESAR, WHICH YOU SOME OF YOU HAVE ALREADY MET, WE WERE

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OUR GOAL AGAIN THIS YEAR IS TO BE A THIRD OF THAT 30 OR SO BUSINESSES THAT WILL INTENTIONALLY CONNECT WITH, GET THEM INTO THE PROGRAM, FIGURE OUT WHERE THEIR STARTING PLACE IS AND MEASURE THEIR PROGRESS FORWARD. WE BUILT THE LIST, FIRST OF ALL, WITH THE HELP OF THE CITY DEPARTMENT, CITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, STRATEGIC LIST. WE MET WITH MOST OF THE COUNCIL FOLKS. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF FOLKS GETTING RECOMMENDATIONS FROM YOU ALL MEETING WITH THE CODE FOLKS TO GET RECOMMENDATIONS ON BUSINESSES THAT NEED HELP, THAT PROGRAM GOT A LITTLE BIT LATE, STARTED. WE TOOK US A WHILE TO FIND CESAR, WE'RE NOW, ABOUT HALFWAY TO THAT 30 GOAL, WE BE HALFWAY BY THE END OF JUNE WITH THOSE FOLKS. PART OF THE RELATIONSHIP, PART OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SMALL BUSINESS IS WELCOMING NEW BUSINESSES TO TOWN. THESE ARE A COUPLE OF, NEW MEMBER OR NEW BUSINESS, INTRODUCTIONS TO THE CITY THAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, OLIVE GARDEN AND REGIS.

CENTERVILLE MARKETPLACE. WHILE WE'VE DONE SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMING FOREVER AND EVER, WE'VE DONE SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS, MOVING TOWARDS THINGS THAT ARE A LOT MORE STRATEGIC, A LOT MORE FOCUSED. WE'VE CREATED A SMALL BUSINESS EDUCATION OUTREACH LIBRARY, WHICH WE'RE MARKETING THROUGH THE SMALL BUSINESS SUCCESS MANAGER'S POSITION, CONTENT ON THE ON THE RESOURCE LIBRARY. IT'S AVAILABLE FREE. TO FOLKS IN GARLAND AND, AND REPLENISHED, ON AN ONGOING BASIS FROM FROM RESOURCES FROM THE COMMUNITY. AGAIN, I MENTIONED THAT THE WORK OF THE CHAMBER HAS ALWAYS BEEN FOCUSED ON SMALL BUSINESS. SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN ONGOING. DIRECT CONNECT, WHICH IS THE BIGGEST NETWORKING PRRAM IN GARLAND. WE'RE AVERAGING ABOUT 90 FOLKS, ONCE A MONTH. THERE THE BUSINESS EXPO THAT YOU ALL WERE AWARE OF DOWNTOWN GARLAND, WE DO SOME WORKSHOPS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE EXPO, ONE WITH THE LIBRARY AND ONE WITH NETWORKING. OUR WB, WHICH IS OUR SUCCESSFUL WOMEN'S BUSINESS INITIATIVEROGRAM, HAD A WOMEN'S CONFERENCE WITH 85 PLUS ATTENDEES, COLLABORATION WORKSHOPS WERE COLLABORATING WITH THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, WHICH IS DOING A WORKSHOPS, WE'RE TAKING WE'RE MARKETING THOSE FOR THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, AS WELL AS FOLLOWING UP WITH THOSE FOLKS ONE ON ONE. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT THAT YOU'VE HIRED, SOME WORK DIRECTLY FOR, FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. SOME ARE, WORKING WITH THE CHAMBER, ALL OF IT AIMED AT WORKING TO MAKE THIS PROGRAM HAPPEN, I DIDN'T TIME THAT, BUT I THINK I'M. IT ALWAYS MAKES PEOPLE NERVOUS WHEN A CHAMBER PERSON GETS UP HERE, AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT REPUTATION CAME FROM. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT EARLIER, BUT PROBABLY WELL DESERVED. BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT. I MEAN, HOPEFULLY IT GAVE YOU A FLAVOR FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING OVERALL. THE INTENT IS, IS, INTENTIONAL, MEASURABLE, STRATEGIC, ONE ON ONE, DEVELOPMENT OF THE ECONOMY AT THE HIGHLAND HIGH END AND AT THE SMALL BUSINESS END AND COMBINING THAT WITH WORKFORCE. ALL OF THIS WAS EMBODIED IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN. BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS OR JUST GET OUT OF YOUR WAY. THAT WAS 18 MINUTES, BY THE WAY. WAS IT? YEAH. A FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. LOOK, PAUL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM THAT YOU STARTED. AND I, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING WITH CESAR AND, KIND OF GETTING HIM INTRODUCED TO DISTRICT FIVE. ARE YOU, IF YOU NEED ANY MORE HELP WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO VISIT BUSINESSES WITH YOU, IF. WALLS, TRYING TO GET IN TOUCHANY

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THE CODE SIDE TO WORK WITH THESE FOLKS. AND SO THAT'S REALLY THE PERSONALITY THAT WE SEE. BUT WE'RE ENCOURAGING FOLKS TO, TO BROADEN THEIR AREAS OF CONCERN. AND THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ADDRESS AT OUR AT OUR DCMA, QUARTERLY MEETINGS AS WELL AS THESE ONE ON ONE MEETINGS. SO, SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE THING I CAN RELATE TO SPECIFICALLY DILLON, BUT, GREAT.

WELL IT'S GOOD TO HEAR AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THE CITY IS THERE TO HELP THEM AS WELL. WE DO.

ABSOLUTELY WE DO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I SEE NONE THANK YOU PAUL, THANK YOU. I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO GET OUT OF HERE. SOMEBODY ELSE IS. SOMEBODY WILL FIGURE THAT OUT. AND FORWARD. SO MOVING ON. SO ITEMS FIVE, SIX, SEVEN AND EIGHT, THESE ARE ALL ITEMS WE PUSHED, FROM, THE JUNE 3RD MEETING, AND JUST ALSO, I WAS SUPPOSED TO MENTION THIS AND PROBABLY DIDN'T, THE EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THIS EVENING, IS GOING TO BE PUSHED TO OUR JULY, FIRST MEETING. SO WE WILL NOT BE MEETING IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON.

[5. Review of Yard Sale Ordinance related to residential, institutions, and multifamily properties.]

BUT ALL RIGHT WE'LL START WITH AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS EVENING, WE'LL TAKE A BRIEF LOOK AT THE DEFINITIONS, THE GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE GARAGE SALE ORDINANCE, SOME OF THE STATISTICAL HISTORY AND A LITTLE NEWS ABOUT THE PERMITS THAT WE'VE ISSUED IN THE PAST FEW YEARS. SOME OF THE COMMON COMPLAINTS WE RECEIVE ABOUT GARAGE SALES AND THEN WHAT WE DO AS FAR AS ENFORCEMENT WITH THOSE , THE DEFINITIONS COME FROM ORDINANCE, CHAPTER 32 OF OUR ORDINANCE, A GARAGE SALE IS THE OFFERING FOR SALE OF PERSONAL AND OR HOUSEHOLD PROPERTY AT A NON-BUSINESS LOCATION FOR A TEMPORARY PERIOD OF TIME, AND ALSO INCLUDES YARD SALE, PATIO SAMPLE, AND OTHER SIMILAR ITEMS, THE SINGLE FAMILY THERE ARE THREE TYPES THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE, GARAGE SALE IS A GARAGE SALE AT A RESIDENCE, A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE, DUPLEX OR TRIPLEX. THE INSTITUTIONAL GARAGE SALE IS A GARAGE SALE AT A CHURCH, SCHOOL, ADULT OR CHILD DAY CARE CENTER, HOSPITAL, OR OTHER SIMILAR ENTITIES, AND IN A MULTIFAMILY RESIDENCE. GARAGE SALE IS A GARAGE SALE AT A RESIDENTIAL ZONED PROPERTY WHICH HAS MORE THAN WHICH HAS FOUR OR MORE DWELLINGS. AND SO THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE THREE TYPES ARE OUTLINED HERE. A

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A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT THERE ARE PERMITS REQUIRED, AND SO THEY MIGHT HAVE A SALE WITHOUT A PERMIT, IF ONE OF OUR INSPECTORS NOTICES THAT, WE'LL STOP AND EXPLAIN THE ORDINANCE TO THEM AND ISSUE WHAT THEY CALL A FIELD PERMIT IF THEY HAVEN'T HAD TOO MANY. AND ALSO, WE WILL ISSUE NOTICES FOR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE VIOLATIONS CAUSED BY THE GARAGE SALE. MAYBE THEY DON'T GET ALL THE TRASH OFF THE YARD OR THEY LEAVE IT OUT TOO LONG AFTER THE AFTER THE SALE IS ENDED. AND WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS ANYONE MIGHT HAVE ABOUT GARAGE SALES.

OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. MAYOR. AFTERNOON SO, RICK. SO IT WASN'T THAT DATE, SO HE SWITCHED ON YOU, RIGHT? RIGHT OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A BOSS

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OH. OKAY THE FIRST DEFINITION YOU GOT. AND I'M NOT GOING TO, THE LINE ONE WITH THE DEFINITION THERE. AND THEN YOU HAD ANOTHER SLIDE AFTER THAT, I THINK, WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT THE KINDS OF KINDS OF THINGS, PERSONAL ITEMS. NO. GO BACK TO THE FIRST. YEAH, YEAH. ITEMS. OKAY. I, I DIDN'T ASK FOR THIS ONE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT I'VE OBSERVED IN MY DISTRICT AND NOT ONLY IN MY DISTRICT, BUT THAT'S WHERE I PAY MOST OF MY ATTENTION, SEAN AND I LIKE FOR YOU TO ADDRESS, AND OBSERVING GARAGE SALES, AND IT TALKS ABOUT ITEMS, USUALLY USED ITEMS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. I WITNESSED AND IT SEEMED TO BE MORE FREQUENCY, SOME GARAGE SALES. TOOLS, POWER TOOLS. AND I DON'T MEAN USE ONES, I MEAN NEW ONES, THAT ARE BEING DISPLAYED AND, AND I ASSUME SOLD AT, AT GARAGE SALES EXTENSIVELY. I'VE NOTICED THAT A LOT OF ACTIVITY IN MY DISTRICT WHERE YOU'VE GOT THAT KIND OF THING, I'VE EVEN SEEN SOME LAWN MOWERS AS PART OF THE GARAGE SALE. SO, CAN YOU JUST ADDRESS YOUR IN YOUR TEAM AS YOU ALL ARE LOOKING AT ENFORCEMENT AND GARAGE SALES, DO YOU SEE THAT KIND OF THING? AND IF SO, WHAT? WHAT ARE WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS OR SUGGESTIONS ON HOW WE SHOULD HOW THOSE HOW THOSE KIND OF THINGS ARE BEING ADDRESSED? BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST CLOTHING, TRADITIONAL THINGS, FURNITURE, GLASSWARE, BUT MOVING INTO EQUIPMENT. I'M TALKING ABOUT BLOWERS AND MOWERS AND ALL THAT STUFF. SO CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT, SEAN, YOUR EXPERIENCE AND HOW HOW YOUR TEAM IS, IS ADDRESSING THOSE KIND OF ITEMS AT GARAGE SALES? SURE, SURE. WE ALSO SEE THAT QUITE A BIT, SOME FOLKS MUST HAVE 35 DRILL KITS, BRAND NEW IN BOXES IN THEIR GARAGES, AND I HADN'T REALIZED THAT BEFORE, BUT, THE WAY THAT THE ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN, THERE'S NO SPECIFIC PROHIBITION OF ITEMS SUCH AS THOSE AS THOSE, THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE A PERSONAL OR A HOUSEHOLD PROPERTY TYPE OF ITEM. AND SO I BELIEVE THAT TYPE OF ITEM WAS NOT PROHIBITED AT THE OUTSET OF THE ORDINANCE. AND IT ALSO IS NOT PROHIBITED, PERHAPS DUE TO THE MULTIFAMILY RESIDENT SALE, THE DEFINITION OF GARAGE SALE DOESN'T INCLUDE ITEMS THAT DON'T COME FROM THE PROPERTY WHERE THEY ARE BEING SOLD. AND YOU COULD THINK YOU COULD THINK ABOUT THAT AS MAYBE IN A IN A MULTIFAMILY SETTING, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO HAVE, ALL THE ITEMS BEING SOLD THERE OR AN INSTITUTIONAL SALE, EVEN THOSE ITEMS, THE ITEMS CERTAINLY WOULDN'T COME FROM, PERHAPS A CHURCH OR AN ADULT DAYCARE. AND SO THE ITEMS BEING SOLD THERE ARE NATURALLY NOT FROM THAT HOUSEHOLD. AND SO I THINK THAT'S PERHAPS PART OF THE REASON OF THE DIFFERENCE IN THE DEFINITION . OKAY. AND IN THAT LIGHT, SEAN AND I DON'T I DON'T MEAN TO CREATE A, A SOLUTION LOOKING FOR A PROBLEM, BUT GIVEN GIVEN THAT, DO YOU WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS, YOUR ADVICE? DO YOU THINK THAT'S AN ASPECT OF THE ORDINANCE THAT WE PROBABLY SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT ON THE ACTIVITIES WE MADE TO SEE IF ANY MODIFICATIONS WILL BE NEEDED TO ADDRESS THAT KIND OF THING, BECAUSE YOU'VE INDICATED THAT IT DOES NOT SPEAK TO THAT, BUT IT'S BECOMING MORE INCREASINGLY MORE AND MORE SO. DO YOU THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEED TO BE LOOKED AT OR WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT PIECE? I THINK THAT FOR US TO ENFORCE THAT, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A CHANGE TO THE ORDINANCE. I SUPPOSE THAT WOULD BE, UP TO THE DESIRE OF THE COMMUNITY, WE DO, WE DO RECEIVE COMPLAINTS FOR THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS. BUT IN ORDER FOR US TO ENFORCE ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE, I THINK, A CHANGE TO THE ORDINANCE OR THE DEFINITION OF A GARAGE SALE. OKAY, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IN MY LAST QUESTION IS YOU TALKED ABOUT SIGNANAGE 50FT, 50FT FROM THE GARAGE SALES, 50FT FROM THE STREETS. RIGHT, THE MERCHANDISE MERCHENDISE IS OKAY. GARAGE SALE. I'VE SEEN THAT ONE THAT'S OUT OF THE WINDOW, SOME OFF PREMISES SIGNAGE. I KNOW IN MY DISTRICT, THOSE ARE SELDOM REMOVED. AND I'M SEEING MORE AND MORE OF THEM. THEY'RE ATTACHED TO OUR TRAFFIC SIGNS. TRAFFIC SIGNS, TRAFFIC SIGNALS, OUR

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OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I SEE NONE . THANK YOU. AND JUST FOR INFORMATION SAKE, CAN YOU SEND THAT OUT TO ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS JUST SO THEY'LL HAVE IT AS A REFERENCE ITEM FOR THE FUTURE? MOVING ON TO ITEM SIX,

[6. Review the Community Involved I-Sign Program for Removing Illegally Placed Signs in Public Right of Ways, Parkways, and Medians]

STILL NOT. BUT, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, YOUR LAST QUESTION WAS PERHAPS A SEGUE INTO THIS WITH THE SIGNS AND THE REMOVAL, WE DO HAVE, THE SIGN REMOVAL PROGRAM. AND SO TONIGHT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY AND THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM, HOW AN AN ORGANIZATION CAN GET STARTED, WHAT OUR FINANCIALS HAVE LOOKED LIKE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, OUR BUDGET AND OUR PAYOUT TO THOSE, THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, THE CURRENT ACTIVE GROUPS AND HOW WE MARKET THE PROGRAM. SO THE I SIGN PROGRAM STARTED IN NOVEMBER OF 2005 WITH THE PURPOSE AND MISSION OF REMOVAL OF ILLEGAL SIGNS IN THE CITY THROUGHOUT A PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR CITIZENS. THE PROGRAM ORIGINATED AS A CITY COUNCIL ENDORSED PROGRAM WHERE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS CAN COLLECT ILLEGALLY PLACED SIGNS AND TURN THEM IN FOR A BOUNTY OF $0.50 PER SIGN. THIS UNIQUE ABATEMENT PROGRAM ENGAGES CITIZENS IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITY, AND ALLOWS THE CODE COMPLIANT CODE DEPARTMENT TO ALLOCATE RESOURCES TO ADDRESS HIGHER PRIORITY ENDEAVORS. SO FOR AN ORGANIZATION TO GET STARTED, THERE IS A AN APPLICATION PACKET. IF THERE ARE 500 AND 13C ORGANIZATION, THERE'S A VENDOR APPLICATION, A PARTICIPANT AUTHORIZATION FORM, A RELEASE AND HOLD HARMLESS FORM. THEY PROVIDE THEIR W-9, THERE'S A LIST OF SAFETY REQUIREMENTS AND EMERGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION, PARTICIPANT PARTICIPANTS HAVE TO BE AT LEAST 12 YEARS OLD IF THEY'RE YOUNGER THAN 18, THEN THEY HAVE TO HAVE A HAVE TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN AUTHORIZED ADULT, ONCE WE GET THE APPLICATION, OUR STAFF REVIEWS IT AND APPROVES IT, AND THEN WE SET THEM UP AS A VENDOR SO THAT THEY CAN RECEIVE DIRECT DEPOSITS FOR THEIR BOUNTIES, WE ALSO HAVE AN ORIENTATION, A QUICK ORIEATION PROGRAM. THAT'S IT. WE TRAIN THEM ON THE ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS. WE GIVE THEM ID BADGES AND SAFETY VESTS, KIND OF GO OVER THE SAFETY GUIDELINES WITH THEM, THE DO'S AND THE DON'TS, AND WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT ELECTION SIGNS AND DIRECTIONAL SIGNS ARE OFF LIMITS FOR THIS PROGRAM, THE PROCESS BEGINS WHEN AN AUTHORIZED GROUP, STARTS COLLECTING SIGNS, AND THEN THEY CONTACT OUR OFFICE TO SET UP AN APPOINTMENT TO BRING THE SIGNS IN, WE VERIFY THE COUNT OF THE SIGNS. WE MARK THE SIGNS SO THAT THEY CAN'T BE PLACED BACK OUT OR USED AGAIN, AND THEN WE DISCARD THEM, WE THEN HELP THEM WITH AN AFFIDAVIT AND SET THEM UP WITH A PAYMENT VOUCHER. AND THEN THE PAYMENT IS APPROVED AND SENT TO FINANCE FOR DEPOSIT. THIS IS THE HISTORICAL BUDGET. AND OUR PAYOFFS HAVE LOOKED OVER THE LAST, FOUR AND A HALF YEARS SINCE OR THREE AND A HALF YEARS SINCE 2020, THERE WAS AN UPTICK IN THE SIGNS REMOVED IN 2020, AND THEN IT'S KIND OF DWINDLED A LITTLE BIT YEAR TO YEAR SINCE

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COUNSELOR. LOOK YOU HAVE A BOY SCOUT BADGE IN THE SHAPE OF A SIGN. WE OUGHT TO. THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION FOR EVERY. EVERY THOUSAND. THAT'S GREAT. I REALLY LIKE THE PROGRAM. I THINK IT'S GREAT. AND FOR ANY NONPROFITS THAT PARTICIPATE IN IT, THEY THEY ACTUALLY DO QUITE WELL. SO THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM BASS. THANK YOU. SEAN. SEAN, DO YOU HAVE A, LIKE A ONE SHEETER FOR INFORMATION TO PROVIDE TO HOAS, WE HAVE SOMETHING WE BRING WITH US TO THE TO THE MEETINGS. IT HAS A COUPLE OTHER PROGRAMS ON IT, BUT WE COULD CERTAINLY. IS THAT SOMETHING YOU COULD EMAIL OUT TO US? SURE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. VERY GOOD. AND JUST INCLUDE THE PRESENTATION AS WELL. THAT WAY EVERYBODY HAS IT COVERED. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER IN 2000, EARLY 2000 WHEN THIS PROGRAM WAS INITIATED, THE NUMBER OF SIGNS WAS INCREDIBLE. I MEAN, IT EVERY INTERSECTION, EVERY UTILITY POLE, STOP SIGN AND EVERY EVERYWHERE. AND THAT OBVIOUSLY THAT HAS GONE DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY. I I THINK NOW EVERYBODY'S JUST GOTTEN BETTER AT ELECTRONIC SPAM FOR THOSE THINGS. BUT I MEAN, THE NUMBERS OF SIGNS THAT WE USED TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THIS, WHEN WE STARTED THIS COMPARED TO TODAY, I MEAN, HONESTLY, IT'S MINOR, YOU KNOW, THERE'S VERY FEW IN COMPARISON, SO, BUT AND, BUT THERE'S STILL GROUPS OUT THERE WANTING TO DO IT MORE POWER TO THEM. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON WITH ITEM

[7. NXL Paintball Tournament Recap]

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AND I DO WANT TO HAVE SOME CONTEXT TO THE SITUATION, BECAUSE I WENT BACK AND I ACTUALLY PULLED, THE RAIN DATA FOR THE TWO WEEKS THAT THEY WERE ON SITE FROM WHEN THEY STARTED TO SET UP UNTIL WE WERE COMPLETELY OFF SITE. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF RAIN THIS SPRING, A LOT OF RAIN THIS SPRING. WE'RE WE'RE ALREADY UP TO THE SIXTH WETTEST FOR DFW. AND HERE IN DALLAS, WE'RE AT THE THIRD WETTEST. AND OVER THOSE TWO WEEKS THAT THEY WERE HERE, WE GOT OVER TEN INCHES OF RAIN.

AND THAT WAS MEASURED AT DFW AIRPORT. WE GOT MORE IN IN THE DALLAS SIDE OF THE METROPOLITAN AREA IN GARLAND. SO I REALLY THINK THAT WE ARE PROBABLY CLOSER TO 11 TO 11.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE TWO AND A HALF WEEKS THEY WERE THERE, AND THIS WAS A REALLY LARGE FOOTPRINT ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE BEST OF DRAINAGE AND IS THE ABSOLUTE, THE EPITOME OF TEXAS GUMBO CLAY THAT YOU CAN SAY, I MEAN, IT IS A BIG SPONGE AND IT SOPS UP ALL THE WATER AND THEN IT HOLDS ON TO IT FOR A REALLY, REALLY LONG TIME, AND I WENT BACK JUST TO, TO, FOR CONTEXT SAKE, TO LOOK AT IF WE HAD DONE THIS TOURNAMENT, THE SAME TEN, THE SAME TWO WEEKS IN 2023, WE GOT JUST OVER 1.5IN OF RAIN. ANDWO YEARS AGO WE WOULD HAVE ONLY GOTTEN TWO AND A THIRD INCHES OF RAIN. THOSE WOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY MANAGEABLE, AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE SEEN ANY OF THE

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SO THERE'S TWO CRICKET PITCHES THAT ARE ON THIS SITE. THERE'S A NORTH PITCH, WHICH IS THE MAIN ONE THAT'S UNDER THE, THE LIGHTED PART OF THE FIELD AND THEN THE SOUTH PITCH, WHICH IS ON THE FAR END. THAT, PITCH WAS, WAS ONLY ABOUT, I'D SAY, 30% IMPACTED. AND SO WE'VE WORKED WITH THAT CRICKET LEAGUE AND THEY'RE OKAY PLAYING OUT ON THAT SITE EVEN THOUGH IT'S A SMALLER FIELD. SO THEY HAVE HAD SOME PLAY OUT THERE, BUT IT WILL BE SOME TIME BEFORE WE CAN OPEN UP THE MAIN PITCH, HERE'S KIND OF SOME PICTURES OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY, SO YOU SAW THE STANDING WATER. YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE'VE GOTTEN IT RENOVATED. WE'RE STARTING TO GET IT GRADED CORRECTLY, GETTING IT BACK AND READY FOR, FOR SPRIGS, WHICH WILL BE COMING DOWN. SO WHAT DOES THAT COST. SO THE SPRIG COST IS, IS $40,000. NCLH WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO SPLIT THAT COST WITH US, THEY THEY REALIZED THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD SOME IMPACT INTO IT, TOO. BUT ALSO A LOT OF IT WAS MOTHER NATURE, AND SO THEY WERE WILLING TO PITCH IN SOME MONEY TO HELP PAY FOR IT.

THE OTHER 20,000 IS COMING OUT OF THE HOTEL MOTEL FUNDS. SO NO DIRECT IMPACT TO THE TAXPAYERS IN TERMS OF THE RENOVATION. THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO HAPPEN OUT THERE. THERE WAS SOME IRRIGATION REPAIR THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO COVER OUT OF OUR NORMAL BUDGET OPERATING DEALS, AND THEN SOME EQUIPMENT RENTAL THAT WE HAD TO GET IT BACK UP AND THEN STAFF TIME. SO SO, AND WE CAN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT THE IMPACT WAS TO THE RESIDENTS. I KNOW IT WAS IMMENSE. AND WE APOLOGIZE THAT IT THAT IT WAS AT THAT POINT. BUT AGAIN, IT WAS JUST A PERFECT STORM OF EVENTS THAT, THAT ALL HAPPENED. AND I THINK WE'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF COMING OUT OF THIS ON THE OTHER END. AND WHEN AGAIN, WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE WITH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MUCH BETTER FIELD AND PLAYING SURFACE MOVING FORWARD, SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS IF WE WERE TO HOST THIS TOURNAMENT AGAIN? BECAUSE AGAIN, IT WAS A BIG WINDFALL FOR THE CITY. ONE OF THE BIG ONES IS TO SCHEDULE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF YEAR, THAT'S A NOTORIOUSLY, UNPREDICTABLE WEATHER PATTERN WHEN IT COMES TO THE SPRING IN TEXAS. AND SO WE COULD LOOK AT A DIFFERENT TYPE OF YEAR TO DO IT, INCREASING INSURANCE FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS ONE OPTION THAT WE COULD

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AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD, TO IT, IF NOT NEXT YEAR, DANIEL, CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE NEXT? YOU YOU YOU GAVE US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BID PROCESS. CAN YOU TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S NEXT? WHERE ARE WE? WE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS, BUT WHAT DO YOU SEE? WHAT? WHAT'S NEXT? HOW ARE WE TALKING DISTANT FUTURE? ARE WE TALKING. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT PROCESS, DANA, GOING FORWARD. YEAH. THE EVENT ORGANIZER, I'M SORRY, I GUESS I MISSED THE FIRST PART. WHAT WHAT PROCESS ARE WE ASKING ABOUT? SHE MENTIONED THAT THAT FOR THEM TO COME BACK, FOR THEM TO COME BACK AND FOR THEM TO COME BACK. OKAY. YES. YEAH. YES.

I'M OKAY, MR. CITY MANAGER. YOU'RE GOOD. OKAY, OKAY. MR. CITY MANAGER, I MEAN, MR. CITY ATTORNEY SAYS I'M GOOD. GO AHEAD. DANNY. SO THE EVENT ORGANIZER WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EXPLORE DIFFERENT DATE. RIGHT. AND, HE OKAY. YES HE'S, WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT EITHER A JUNE OR SEPTEMBER OF NEXT YEAR. SO THEY WANT TO RETURN ANNUALLY, AND, AND, SO WE, WE THINK THAT WE CAN TAKE INTO THESE, FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS AND MAKE THAT BE A WIN WIN, FOR THE CITY, BRING THOSE FORWARD AND VISIT WITH HIM ABOUT THOSE TWO DATES. BUT BUT, I MEAN, THE STAGE IS SET NOW.

THEY ARE HAPPY ABOUT THEY'RE HAPPY WITH GARLAND AND AS AS LONG AS THE CITY WANTS THEM BACK, THEY ARE VERY WILLING TO RETURN. OKAY AND LASTLY, THE GENTLEMAN THE PRESIDENT SPOKE ABOUT COMING BACK FOR ANOTHER EVENT, BUT HE ALSO SPOKE ABOUT LOOKING FOR A PERMANENT HOME MAKING GARLAND A PERMANENT HOME. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT PART OF THE CONVERSATION? IT'S JUST VERY PRELIMINARY CONVERSATION AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME. BUT I THINK THE DOOR IS OPEN. WE CERTAINLY WANTED TO GET PAST THIS, STAGE OF, OF, REMEDIATION OF THE FIELD TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WAS, SOMETHING THAT WE COULD SUSTAIN YEAR AFTER YEAR. BUT THEY THE CONVERSATION OF MAKING GARLAND BE THERE, NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS OR THEIR PERMANENT LOCATION HAS JUST VERY PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS HAVE STARTED. BUT WE CERTAINLY ARE HOPEFUL THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE. OKAY. AGAIN THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. AND I I'VE BEEN AROUND A WHILE. I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER HAD AN EVENT IN GARLAND WHERE WE HAD EVER BEEN THIS INTERNATIONAL. WE'VE HAD PEOPLE FROM THAT MANY COUNTRIES AT ONE PLACE IN THE SAME WEEKEND, SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE. I LOOK FORWARD TO FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON THIS. THANK YOU. MAYOR. VERY GOOD. COUNCILOR LOOK, I GOT TO GO TO THE TOURNAMENT THE DAY THAT OR THE SECOND, THE SATURDAY WHEN IT WASN'T RAINING AND, IT WAS AMAZING. IT WAS SO MUCH FUN. THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE THERE. I THINK IT REALLY PROVES THAT GARLAND IS A DESTINATION TOWN. AND WITH THE ROI, WE'VE HAD FROM THIS, IT IT SHOWS THAT WE'RE MOVING IN THAT ECONOMIC DIRECTION THAT WE REALLY WANT TO , I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THEM COME BACK. AND THERE ARE MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, HERE, SOFT, ALL KINDS OF SHOOTING THINGS. NERF GUNS, WHATEVER. THAT COULD ALSO USE A SPACE THAT, IF PREPARED FOR IT, YOU KNOW, IT COULD EXPAND TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. SO THAT WOULD BE REALLY COOL TO SEE IN THE FUTURE. AND I HOPE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT ONE DAY. I'M NOT AFRAID TO GET SHOT, BUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A COUPLE COUNCIL PEOPLE CAN GET OUT THERE AND CHALLENGE ACCEPTED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? THANK YOU. COUNSELOR I THINK WE'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP PLOWING ON FOR THIS EVENING. WE'VE GOT JUST A FEW MORE ITEMS. SO LET'S JUST KEEP LET'S JUST KEEP MOVING. I KNOW IT'S NORMALLY ABOUT THE TIME WE WOULD TAKE A BREAK, SO MOVING ON TO ITEM EIGHT.

[8. Transportation, Infrastructure and Mobility Committee Report]

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[01:50:03]

AT 11:00 AT NIGHT, AT 2:00 IN THE MORNING, AT 4:00 IN THE MORNING, IN A MATTER OF FIVE HOURS. OVERNIGHT, THERE WAS 11 TIMES THAT I COUNTED IN ONE NIGHT. SO IT I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF THEY LIKE SUDDENLY BECAME ACTIVE WHERE TY HAVEN'T BEEN ACTIVE FOR SO LONG OR THEY HAVE NEW CHOO-CHOO TRAIN DRIVERS THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT IS.

IT IS WILD. CHOO CHOO TRAIN DRIVERS. WELL, THERE IS A QUESTION. IF IT WAS DART AND YOU COULD TELL THE DIFFERENCE, BUT, IS IF IS THE 2.5 MILLION, IS THAT GOING TO GET US WHERE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET A QUIET ZONE, OR IS THAT A POSSIBLE. WELL, I MEAN, I'M NOT THE ONE TO DECIDE. SO WE HAVE TO GO TO THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION. BUT IT WOULD WE WOULD NEED THAT.

I WOULD THINK THAT THAT WOULD GET US THERE. THAT'S ALSO I MEAN, THAT'S A KIND OF A LOW ESTIMATE TOO. SO I DON'T KNOW. WE HAVEN'T DONE ANY KIND OF DETAILED ANALYSIS OF WHAT IT WOULD TAKE, BUT THAT'S THAT SHOULD GET US A QUIET ZONE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE ON A LEGAL BASIS THAT THE RAILROAD IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO ACTUALLY HONOR THE QUIET ZONE, RIGHT. IT'S UP TO COMPLETELY TO THE DISCRETION OF THE CHOO CHOO DRIVER. SO IT'S SO, AND SO WE CAN SPEND THE MONEY, BUT THEY CAN STILL YOU'LL OCCASIONALLY HEAR EVEN DOWNTOWN THE HORN BLOW DOWNTOWN HERE. AND WE HAVE ONE IN FORNEY THAT DOES THE SAME THING. IT'S A QUIET ZONE, BUT THEY COME THROUGH EVERY SO OFTEN AND BLOW THE HORN AT THREE IN THE MORNING. SO JUST UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT THE RAILROADS ARE GOING TO ACTUALLY FOLLOW THE AGREEMENT.

AND THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT. OH YEAH. NO. EVERY SO OFTEN WE'RE GOOD WITH 11 TIMES IN ONE NIGHT IS IT'S WILD, IT IS WILD. AND IT'S NOT JUST A POOP. IT'S A IT'S A VERY LONG I WON'T EVEN I'LL SPARE YOU THE SOUND EFFECTS, BUT. I GUESS. OKAY. I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THE MOMENT. VERY GOOD. COUNCILMEMBER HEDRICK. THANK YOU. MAYOR. ONE THING WE DID TALK ABOUT IN THE COMMITTEE IS THAT IF THIS IS IMPORTANT TO THE COUNCIL TO, TO POSSIBLY IMPROVE SOME OF THESE LOCATIONS, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE NEXT BOMB PROGRAM TO GET SOME MONEY. PAUL MENTIONED THAT WE'RE OUT OF FUNDING CURRENTLY FOR OUR MONEY THAT WE SPENT ON IMPROVING A COUPLE OF THESE. AND, I'D URGE THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THAT AND, REASONABLY WITH MY FAMILY, WE TOOK A IP FROM THE FOREST JUPITER DART STATION. WE WENT TO DOWNTOWN ROWLETT, AND AS YOU'RE GOING ON THE DART RAIL, THERE ARE PARTS ALONG THE TRACK THAT ARE ACTUALLY HAVE SIGNS WITH AN H THAT THERIVER SEES, AND HE'S REQUIRED TO HONK AT THOSE LOCATIONS. AND IT'S NOT THE LITTLE TOOT TOOT. IT IS THE FULL ON BIG TRAIN. SO IT DART IS ALSO PART OF THE PROBLEM. BUT AND OF COURSE I EXPERIENCED IT PERSONALLY WHEN WE WERE GOING BACK AT 9:00 AT NIGHT FROM ROWLETT, BUT IF WE WANT TO HANDLE THIS AND THERE'S A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF RESIDENTS WHO WOULD LIKE THAT IN YOUR DISTRICT. SOMETHING TO CONSIDER FOR THE NEXT BOND PROGRAM. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. VERY GOOD. ANYTHING ADDITIONAL ON THIS ITEM? JUST KNOW THAT THE OFFICIAL RECORD OF THIS MEETING WILL INCLUDE CHEW, CHEW AND TOOT TOOT FOR ETERNITY. THANK YOU PAUL CHEW CHEW AND TOOT TOOT YOU MADE UP TO TOOT TOOT ON YOUR OWN. NO, HE SAID IT. SOMEBODY SAID NO. HE SAID IT ACTUALLY, HE SAID IT. RIGHT. ALL RIGHT,

[9. Mayor Appointments to Council Committees and Outside Boards]

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[10. Introduction to Council survey for evaluation of the City's Mission, Vision, and Strategic Focus Areas]

THANK YOU. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AS YOU RECALL BACK AT ONE OF OUR MAIN WORK SESSIONS, I GAVE A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE, JUNE 29TH WORKSHOP THAT THAT IS COMING UP FOR US. AND AMONG THE TOPICS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TACKLE, AT THAT WORK SESSION OR AT THAT WORKSHOP, INCLUDES THE CITY'S MISSION, VISION AND OUR STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS. AND SO IN ADVANCE OF THAT WORKSHOP, WE'D LIKE TO INVITE THE COUNCIL TO COMPLETE A BRIEF SURVEY. AND RATHER THAN JUST SEND AN EMAIL OUT WITH THE SURVEY, WHICH YOU'RE GOING TO GET ANYWAY, BUT WITH SOME CONTEXT AROUND IT, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL JUST TO TALK REAL BRIEFLY ABOUT THAT SURVEY AND KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR THERE IN TERMS OF NOT ONLY EVALUATING OUR MISSION AND VISION STATEMENTS, BUT THE TEN STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS, WHICH YOU HAVE ON THIS ON THE CARD THAT YOU SHOULD ALL HAVE AT YOUR DESK. THERE WITH, WITH SOME DESCRIPTION. SO I WOULD SAY WHEN YOU GO TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY, DEFINITELY KEEP THIS CARD WITH YOU AS YOU DO THAT SO THAT YOU CAN REFER BACK TO IT, ADDITIONALLY, ONE OF THE COMMITMENTS I MADE AS PART OF OUR, SORT OF RECAP OF THE BUBUDGET PROCESS LAST YEAR IS TO INVOLVE THE COUNCIL AND PROVIDE THE COUNCIL AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE SOME MORE INPUT BEFORE I PRESENT THE BUDGET TO YOU IN AUGUST. AND SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT THIS SURVEY IS GAUGED TOWARD, IS TRYING TO GET SOME HIGH LEVEL FEEDBACK IN TERMS OF WHAT PRIORITIES THE COUNCIL HAS, SOME OF THIS WILL BE GIVEN IN THE CONTEXT OF THE COMMUNITY SURVEY THAT WE DID AS WELL, THAT WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT AT THE WORKSHOP, AND THAT IS ALSO ON THIS CARD AS WELL AS FAR AS SOME OF THE RESULTS OF THAT SURVEY THAT WE HAVE SO FAR. SO WITH THAT CONTEXT IN MIND, I WANT TO INTRODUCE, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, LATISHA MCNABB FROM CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. ALSO WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO MISS DYLAN WITH DYLAN MORGAN CONSULTING, SOME OF YOU HAVE MET MISS, EITHER FROM HE LIVES HERE IN GARLAND THROUGH THE COMMUNITY, THE CHAMBER, BUT ALSO, WORKING FOR US IN PARALLEL WITH SOME OF OUR EFFORTS HERE AT THE CITY, DMC OR DYLAN MORGAN HELPED US THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS, THEY'RE WORKING ON SEVERAL OTHER OF OUR PROCESSES INTERNALLY AS WELL, AND ALSO HELPING OUT WITH SOME OF OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING EFFORTS, IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND, AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO LATISHA FIRST, AND THEN I THINK MISS A AFTER THAT TO TALK, INTRODUCE THE SURVEY TOOL THAT'S GOING TO BE SENT OUT AND, COUNCIL AGAIN, THIS IS A TOOL FOR YOU TO HELP PROVIDE US SOME, SOME FEEDBACK IN ADVANCE OF THE WORKSHOP SO THAT WHEN WE GET TO THAT SATURDAY WORKSHOP, WE'RE GOING TO REALLY HAVE SOME POWERFUL DATA TO LOOK AT, NOT ONLY FROM THE CITIZENS, BUT FROM YOU. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE'LL ADD ON TOP OF THAT STAFF PRESENTATIONS ON ON SOME OF OUR STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS AS WELL. SO LATISHA, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE IT FROM THERE. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL, MY CONTRIBUTION THIS EVENING IS RATHER SHORT, BUT JUST AS JED MENTIONED AS THE SURVEY COMES TO YOUR INBOX TOMORROW MORNING, WE'LL ASK YOU TO USE THIS HANDOUT AS A TOOL OR A REFERENCE POINT AS YOU'RE WORKING YOUR WAY THROUGH ALL THE QUESTIONS. IT HAS THE CURRENT MISSION AND VISION STATEMENT. AND AS JED MENTIONED, JUST A QUICK LITTLE SNAPSHOT OF SOME OF THE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY SURVEY.

SHOULD YOU MISPLACE THIS HANDY DANDY TOOL, JUST REACH OUT AND WE'LL GET YOU ANOTHER ONE RIGHT AWAY. AND WITH THAT, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO MISS A THANK YOU. YOU'RE ON. LET'S GO. WELL, LET

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I'LL DO MY BEST. I'LL RUN WITH PAUL. SO YOU'RE ABOUT TO RECEIVE AN EMAIL, TOMORROW, AND I'LL FORGIVE US THE FONT. A LITTLE, A LITTLE STRANGE COMING ON HERE, BUT TODAY IS THE 17TH. WE'RE DOING AN INTRODUCTION, TOMORROW U'LL SEE. EVEN, THE EMAIL, WHICH WILL HAVE THE SURVEY AND YOU'LL GO THROUGH THE SURVEY HAS A FEW QUESTIONS. AND THE STRUCTURE IS LIKE THIS, WHERE WE'LL INTRODUCE THE MISSION AND VISION. THIS IS THE CURRENT MISSION AND VISION, THAT'S ALREADY THERE, THE INPUTS FROM THE CITIZENS SURVEY. AND THEN WE'LL LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. YOU KNOW, REGARDING THE, THE MISSION STATEMENT. AND WE'LL GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT YOU CAN SEE WHAT TO EXPECT THERE, AS WELL AS THE VISION. AND WE'LL LOVE TO HEAR YOUR STYLE. AND I'LL KIND OF, LEAD ON THAT. THIS IS QUITE INTERESTING. SOME PEOPLE WOULD SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, I WANT THIS SUPER SHORT, MISSION STATEMENT THAT SAYS WE MAKE SODA , RIGHT? AND SOME PEOPLE WILL GO, HEY, I WANT THIS SUPER ELABORATE MISSION STATEMENT. BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THE SESSION, WE'D LOVE TO KIND OF HEAR FROM YOU, GET YOUR GATHER YOUR INPUT SO WE'LL HAVE THE MOST PRODUCTIVE WORKSHOP ON THE 29TH, AND THEN FINALLY, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE QUESTIONS ON THE PRIORITIZATION OF THIS TEN STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS, THE SURVEY WILL ASK YOU TO HAVE COMPLETED THAT BY THE 25TH, THAT WILL BE ON A TUESDAY. SO YOU'LL HAVE EXACTLY A WEEK IF YOU FINISH IT SOONER. THAT'S GREAT, IT'LL GIVE US MORE TIME TO FILL IT OUT. BUT IF YOU IF IT'S NOT TILL TUESDAY, THAT'S TOTALLY FINE, AND IT WILL CONSOLIDATE THAT AND BE BACK HERE ON THE 29TH TOGETHER, SO OVERALL, IN THE MISSION STATEMENT, WE'VE BROKEN THAT UP INTO FOUR, FOUR AREAS. WE'LL LOOK AT WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE DO, FOR WHOM, AND WHY, AND THE QUESTIONS WILL KIND OF FALL IN THAT, IN THAT FASHION, AND AS YOU, AS YOU ANSWER THAT, THIS IS THE CURRENT MISSION STATEMENT. SO WE ARE COMMITTED TO PRESERVE PUBLIC TRUST, DELIVER QUALITY SERVICES, PROMOTE ECONOMIC GROWTH, PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE GOOD OF OUR CITY AND OUR FUTURE. AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TODAY. AND AS YOU PROVIDE INPUT, IT WOULD BE, TOWARDS THIS, THE VISION STATEMENT WOULD BE SOMETHING SIMILAR, BUT WE'LL GIVE YOU A MORE INTERESTING, QUESTION THAT THAT WILL BE THAT WOULD GET YOU EXCITED HERE. BUT HERE'S, HERE'S WHAT THE VISION STATEMENT TODAY SAYS. GARLAND'S VISION IS TO BE A PROGRESSIVE CITY WORKING TOGETHER TO NURTURE AND GROW THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND CULTURAL WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND THIS IS THE CURRENT VISION TODAY, AND SO THE QUESTIONS YOU'RE GOING TO GET ARE, WELL, HOW LONG SHOULD WHEN WE MAKE A NEW VISION STATEMENT, HOW LONG SHOULD WE THINK OUT? RIGHT. BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE ARE SUPER VISIONARY AND WE'RE OUT IN 2080. RIGHT. AND THEY'RE LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE AND SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M JUST THINKING THREE YEARS AWAY. SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WILL REALLY JUST GET YOUR INPUT SOMEWHAT AND MAYBE YOU'LL ANSWER, HEY, YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY THINKING TEN YEARS AWAY. THEN ANOTHER QUESTION WILL BE, WELL, WHAT DO YOU ENVISION GARLAND TO BE IN IN TEN YEARS? SO THEN YOU'LL PUT IN YOUR INPUTS THERE. SO WE'LL CONSOLIDATE THESE AND WE'LL THAT WILL HELP US FACILITATE THE WORKSHOP. WE'LL HAVE ON THE 29TH AND REALLY FORGIVE US ON THE FONTS HERE. AND SO BUT YOU ALSO HAVE YOUR TEN, STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS AND THESE WILL BE BROKEN DOWN INTO THREE DIFFERENT, THREE DIFFERENT SECTIONS. ONE WOULD BE WHAT'S IMPORTANT. SO YOU HAVE THESE TEN AREAS, AND WE'LL ASK YOU TO RANK THEM IN TERMS OF HERE'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. FROM WHAT I CAN SEE, MIND YOU, AS AN INPUT TO THIS, YOU HAVE WHAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE ALREADY SAID. SO YOU CAN ALWAYS REFER TO WHAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE ALREADY SAID AND SAY, HEY, WAIT A MINUTE. THIS IS WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE SAYING. SO THIS IS REALLY WHAT WE WEIGH AS THE MOST IMPORTANT. BUT THEN THE SECOND QUESTION IS, WELL, HOW EFFECTIVE ARE WE AT THIS TODAY? HOW ARE AND YOU ALSO HAVE INPUTS FROM WHAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE SAID, AND YOU CAN PROVIDE YOUR SCORE ON A SLIDING SCALE THERE AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION IS THE MOST INTERESTING. WELL, WHERE SHOULD WE WHERE SHOULD WE BUDGET IF WE WERE TO GIVE YOU A 100 POINTS AND YOU HAVE THESE TEN, WHERE HOW WOULD YOU SPEND YOUR

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY COUNSELOR WILLIAMS, THANK YOU. TO PIGGYBACK. PIGGYBACK ON COUNCIL LADY. THANKS AGAIN. THIS IS TO SO SAFETY. IT'S THE VERY BEGINNING. IT SAYS SO. 87% RETURN RATE. AM I READING THIS? RIGHT? RATE IT. SAFETY IN THE AREA OF IMPORTANCE IS 53. WAS CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? IT'S 53% THE WAY, THE PUBLIC SEES IT AS IT CURRENTLY IS. BUT IN IMPORTANCE, IT'S 87. CAN YOU. YES, SIR. GLADLY. CAN YOU HELP ME? YES, SIR, ON THE LEFT SIDE, WHAT YOU SEE IS 53. IS THE QUALITY. THE PERCEPTION FROM THE RESIDENTS IS HOW THEY PERCEIVE THE QUALITY IS TODAY. QUALITY OF SERVICE, LET'S SAY IN SAFETY THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING TODAY.

CORRECT. THEIR RATING IT AT 53. CORRECT. NOW ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS HOW YOU SEE THEM SCORING AS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO THEM. OKAY OKAY. GOTCHA THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR OKAY. VERY GOOD, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. AND SO THAT'S GOING TO HIT OUR EMAILS TOMORROW. YOU'RE SAYING OKAY.

VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT I HAVE NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. SO THANK YOU. FORWARD TO THE EMAIL. THAT WAS OUR LAST ITEM FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. NEXT, IS EXCUSE ME IS CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO

[CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS]

AND OBVIOUSLY, FOR MINE, I WILL ASK THE MAYOR PRO TEM TO ANNOUNCE IT, ALTHOUGH IT WON'T BE THE MAYOR PRO TEM THAT'S SITTING HERE THIS EVENING, WE WILL ALREADY HAVE SWITCHED THAT OUT, SO WHOEVER THAT IS GOING TO GET A SURPRISE. THEY'LL BE FINE. IT'S AN EASY NAME. IT'S AN EASY

[ANNOUNCE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]