[Call to Order]
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WELL, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE JUNE 18TH, 2024 REGULAR MEETING OF THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL. IT IS THE CUSTOM AND TRADITION OF THIS CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE AN INVOCATION AND RECITAL OF THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF OUR MEETING, LED BY ONE OF OUR MEMBERS. YOU ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IF YOU SO CHOOSE, BUT YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN EITHER, AND YOUR DECISION WILL NOT HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THE DECISIONS WE MAKE HERE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT WE WILL BE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER LUKE FROM DISTRICT FIVE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. IN THE WAKE OF THE MAY 28TH STORM, WE HAVE COME TOGETHER AS A FAMILY, STRONGER AND MORE UNITED THAN EVER. TOUGH. THESE TIMES HAVE BEEN CHALLENGING. IT'S HEARTWARMING TO WITNESS THE RESILIENCE AND SPIRIT THAT DEFINE OUR CITY. SEEING NEIGHBORS COME TOGETHER TO HELP EACH OTHER CLEAR DEBRIS AND FALLEN TREES, SHARE HOMES AND GENERATORS WITH THOSE WHO HAD NO POWER AND DONATE FOOD AND WATER HAS BEEN TRULY INSPIRING. YOUR ACTS OF KINDNESS AND COOPERATION DEMONSTRATE THE STRENGTH AND UNITY OF OUR COMMUNITY. A SPECIAL AND PROFOUND THANK YOU GOES OUT TO OUR DEDICATED CITY STAFF, YOUR TIRELESS EFFORTS AND HARD WORK, AND CLEANING UP AFTER THE STORM HAVE NOT GONE UNNOTICED. YOU HAVE WORKED OVERTIME WEEKS WITHOUT A BREAK IN THE RAIN, IN THE HEAT. ON SUNDAYS AND DURING HOLIDAYS, YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY'S SAFETY AND WELL-BEING IS SO DEEPLY APPRECIATED. TOGETHER, WE WILL OVERCOME THESE HARDSHIPS AND EMERGE EVEN MORE RESILIENT. LET US CONTINUE TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND EXTEND A HELPING HAND WHEREVER IT'S NEEDED. THIS IS OUR CITY, OUR GARLAND, AND I AM SO PROUD TO BE PART OF IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 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. WELL, ONCE AGAIN, GOOD EVENING.
[MAYORAL PROCLAMATIONS, RECOGNITIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS]
AND, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LUCK. THAT WAS PERFECT. AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT A RECOGNITION HERE. ACTUALLY, IT'S MULTIPLE RECOGNITIONS, THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, AS ONE TONIGHT, BUT ALSO, BUT IN THE END, WE ARE THEY ARE GOING TO BE DELIVERED TO THE LOCATIONS THAT, THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT. SO, DARYL KLEIN, IF YOU COULD COME AND JOIN ME UP HERE, SIR, THIS IS DARYL KLEIN, OUR CEO OF GARLAND POWER AND LIGHT. HOW ARE YOU DOING? WELL, VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD. SO OBVIOUSLY, OBVIOUSLY, WE HAD A VERY LARGE STORM COME THROUGH HERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WHICH IS STILL GIVING US PLENTY OF HEADACHES. AND WE ARE STILL WORKING DILIGENTLY, DILIGENTLY TO CLEAN UP FROM, I BELIEVE, THE LAST NUMBERS I SAW, WHICH ARE HOURS OLD NOW, BUT WE HAVE CLEARED OVER 10,000 TONS OF DEBRIS SO FAR, AND I THINK IT'S WELL OVER 105,000YD■T. I MEAN, IT'S JUST THE NUMBERS ARE JUST REALLY HUGE. AND OUR CREWS ARE WORKING, THEY'RE WORKING DAY IN DAY OUT. WE'VE GOT CONTRACT CREWS HELPING US TO CLEAR THAT DEBRIS. I KNOW IT'S FRUSTRATING, IF IT'S STILL SITTING IN YOUR YARD, AND WE ARE CERTAINLY. IT'S FRUSTRATING FOR US. TRUST ME WHEN I SAY NOBODY WANTS THAT DEBRIS GONE ANY MORE THAN WE DO. SO WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK AT IT, BUT WE HAD SOME RECOVERY EFFORTS AFTER THE STORM, WHERE WE WERE ASSISTED, BY NUMEROUS, MUNICIPAL UTILITIES . AND SO WE ARE GOING TO BE RECOGNIZING THEM HERE TONIGHT AND THEN AT THEIR, AT THEIR CITIES AS WELL, BUT HERE WE GO. THIS IS IN HONOR OF MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC TEAMS DURING OUR STORM RECOVERY. WHEREAS THE CITY OF GARLAND WAS IMPACTED BY A STORM WITH 95 MILE AN HOUR WINDS ON MAY 28TH, 2024, CAUSING POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE CITY. GARLAND POWER AND LIGHT, THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL ELECTRICITY UTILITY, LOST POWER TO ALMOST 36,000 OF ITS 75,000 CUSTOMERS. AND WHEREAS THE DAMAGE TO GARLAND'S ELECTRIC DELIVERY SYSTEM WAS SO EXTENSIVE THAT MUTUAL AID ASSISTANCE WAS REQUESTED, A FELLOW PUBLIC POWER UTILITIES.AND WHEREAS GREENVILLE ELECTRIC UTILITY SYSTEM, THE CITY OF FARMERSVILLE, PEDERNALES
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ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, WEATHERFORD ELECTRIC CITY PUBLIC SERVICE, DENTON MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC, AND BRYAN, TEXAS UTILITIES ANSWERED THE CALL FOR ASSISTANCE WITHOUT HESITATION BY SENDING THEIR CREWS TO GARLAND, AND WHEREAS THE TIRELESS WORK BY THESE CREWS UNDER EXTREMELY CHALLENGING CONDITIONS WAS INVALUABLE IN THE POWER RESTORATION EFFORT, AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF GARLAND IS GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT OF THESE MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC TEAMS WHO ALL UNSELFISHLY SENT THEIR CREWS TO HELP RESTORE ELECTRIC SERVICE TO GARLAND POWER AND LIGHT CUSTOMERS. SO NOW, THEREFORE, I, SCOTT LEMAY, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, ALONG WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY CONVEY THESE SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS UPON THESE MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC TEAMS. AND I THINK THEY DESERVE A STANDING OVATION. THEY DID. THANK YOU. THEY THEY ALL DID A LOT OF WORK IN A, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS REALLY A VERY COMPRESSED SORT OF TIME FRAME, WE HAD LOTS OF CUSTOMER OUTAGES. WE HAD LOTS OF DEBRIS IN THE WAY. WE HAD PROBABLY EVERY PROBABLY EVERY TYPE OF DAMAGE NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED, AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH, AND DARYL CAN'T THANK OUR FOLKS AT G, P AND L, WERE, YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS THE STORM PASSED, WE GET OUR CREWS OUT AND WE START MAKING OUR ASSESSMENTS, AND THIS STORM WAS. THE MORE WE ASSESSED, THE WORSE IT GOT, I MEAN, REALLY, AS WE STARTED TO DIG IN AND DIG OUT. SO TO SPEAK, THE LEVEL OF DAMAGE THAT WE'RE SEEING. CAN YOU GIVE US SOME FRAME OF REFERENCE? YOU HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE IN OTHER DISASTERS JUST TO KIND OF PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, THE DAMAGE THAT WE SAW HERE. SURE. WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 95 PLUS MILE AN HOUR WINDS, THAT IS GETTING INTO A CATEGORY TWO LEVEL HURRICANE.AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DEVASTATION AND YOU GO THROUGH PARTS OF THE TOWN, IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN ANYTHING WITH REGARDS TO WHEN HURRICANES COME THROUGH, IT LOOKED EXACTLY LIKE WHAT YOU WOULD SEE IN THAT SITUATION IN AND FROM THE STANDPOINT, THE BIG ISSUE YOU HAVE IS WITH THE DEBRIS AND YOU CANNOT GET INTO ACTUALLY WORKING ON YOUR SYSTEM UNTIL YOU REMOVE THAT DEBRIS.
AND TO YOUR POINT, AS FAR AS IT SEEMED LIKE EVERY OBSTACLE THAT COULD GET IN THE WAY EVERY DAY, BUT ONE, WE HAD SOME FORM OF STORM COMING THROUGH AND THEN THAT WOULD CAUSE, BECAUSE THE LIGHTNING, OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T WANT THE WORKERS OUT THERE GETTING INJURED, THEY'D HAVE TO STOP. AND SO IT SLOWED DOWN THE PROCESS EVEN MORE, EVEN GIVEN WITH ALL THE DEVASTATION THAT WE WERE SEEING. BUT UNBELIEVABLE. WE HAD PEOPLE WHO HAD COME IN TO HELP US. WE'VE HAD PEOPLE WHO HAD WORK ON, HURRICANE CLEANUPS AS WELL AS FAR AS IN WITH GPL, AND THEY SAID, LOOK, JUST LIKE GOING TO A HURRICANE SITE AND WHAT YOU WOULD SEE. SO NEVERER THGHT I WOULD SEE THE DAY THAT WE WOULD SAY WE HAD A HURRICANE IN GARLAND, TEXAS. BUT WE DID. AND IF I CAN SAY I CAN, JUST WHAT YOU'VE SAID ABOUT THESE FOLKS COMING IN, I DON'T HAVE MY I DON'T HAVE MY KLEENEXES UP HERE. SO I'LL BE OKAY, BUT I'LL BE OKAY, A BOX, AS I THINK COUNCIL'S AWARE, PUBLIC MAY BE AWARE, WE HAD TWO CONTRACTS WITH EMERGENCY RESPONSE, CONTRACTORS, AND NEITHER ONE OF THOSE SHOWED UP AND PUT US IN. DEFINITELY A DIFFICULT SITUATION. WE REACHED OUT TO OUR FELLOW MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITIES AND WITHOUT HESITATION, THEY RESPONDED AND SO CANNOT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THEM COMING AND HELPING US. AND OUT WE WILL BE MYSELF, TOM HANCOCK AND MAYBE, MAYBE SOME ADDITIONAL FOLKS. MAYBE SO MAYBE COMING OUT AND WE'LL BE GOING TO EACH ONE OF THE CITIES TO EITHER THEIR COUNCIL OR THEIR BOARD AND EXPRESSING OUR APPRECIATION FOR WHAT THEY DID. SO, AGAIN, CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH FOR THEIR RESPONSIVENESS AND HELPING US THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STORM.
VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHTY. ALL RIGHT, JUST A QUICK NOTE, THAT, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE IS NOT ABLE TO
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JOIN US THIS EVENING. SO TONIGHT, THERE'S JUST EIGHT OF US, BUT I THINK WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THIS, THIS AGENDA WITH JUST THE EIGHT OF US TONIGHT. SO THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS OUR[CONSENT AGENDA]
CONSENT AGENDA, ALL ITEMS UNDER THIS SECTION ARE RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY A SINGLE MOTION OF COUNCIL WITHOUT DISCUSSION. COUNCIL HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW EACH OF THESE ITEMS AT A PREVIOUS WORK SESSION, AND APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER, OR HIS DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE EACH ITEM. I WILL ANNOUNCE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE, AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL, TO REQUEST THAT ANY ITEM BE REMOVED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY, AND COUNCIL, COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS HAS PULLED ITEM SEVEN, SO WE WILL COME BACK TO THAT ITEM, THE FIRST ITEM, ITEM ONE APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE JUNE 4TH, 2024 REGULAR MEETING. ITEM TWO APPROVE THE FOLLOWING BIDS. ITEM TWO A REPLACEMENT OF DIGGER TRUCK FOR G, P, AND L. ITEM TWO B ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES SERVICES FOR BRIDGE REMEDIATION. PHASE ONE D ITEM TWO C REPLACEMENT AMBULANCE CHASSIES FOR GARLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT. ITEM TWO D REPLACEMENT BOOM TRUCKS FOR SANITATION DEPARTMENT. ITEM TWO E TMPA GIBBONS CREEK TRANSMISSION SWITCH STATION DECOMMISSIONING SERVICES. ITEM THREE A PUBLIC HEARING WAS PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONING CASE.THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE ZONING REQUEST. INSTRUCTED STAFF TO BRING FORTH THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE. ITEM THREE A IS CASE Z 23 DASH 50 U-HAUL COMPANY OF EAST DALLAS IN DISTRICT FIVE.
ITEM FOUR ABANDONMENT OF UTILITY EASEMENT AND PORTION OF DRAINAGE AND DETENTION EASEMENT IN CAMPBELL FARRIS EDITION, ITEM FIVE. MAYOR APPOINTMENTS TO COUNCIL COMMITTEES. ITEM SIX CONSIDER CONFIRMING JENNIFER STUBBS AS CITY SECRETARY, AND LIKE I SAID, WE'LL COME BACK TO, WE'LL COME BACK TO ITEM SEVEN, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANY OF THESE ITEMS PULLED, AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY, SEEING NONE. COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM SEVEN. VERY GOOD. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA MINUS ITEM SEVEN FROM COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, MADAM SECRETARY.
PRAYER. THE VOTE FOR US, PLEASE. COUNCIL AND DISPLAY THE VOTE. AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED
[7. Interlocal Agreement for the Transition of Garland Public Health Clinic to Dallas County Health & Human Services]
UNANIMOUSLY, NOW WE WILL COME BACK TO ITEM SEVEN, EXCUSE ME. INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR THE TRANS FOR THE TRANSITION OF GARLAND PUBLIC HEALTH CLINIC TO DALLAS COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF GARLAND AND DALLAS COUNTY AND SPECIFICALLY THE DALLAS COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. WHAT IS PROPOSED BEFORE YOU IS FOR THE DALLAS COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO TAKE OVER OUR PUBLIC HEALTH CLINIC AT THE SAME SITE, SAME LOCATION, SAME SERVICES. ALL OF THAT WOULD REMAIN THE SAME, DALLAS COUNTY HEALTH HAS ACTUALLY BEEN EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN THE FUTURE OF POSSIBLY ADDING ADDITIONAL SERVICES OUT THERE.SO OUR PROGRAM HAS BEEN GRANT FUNDED FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, BUT THAT GRANT FUNDING HAS CREATED A SHORTFALL, THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO OVERCOME AT THIS TIME. AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE BECAME AWARE OF DALLAS COUNTY HEALTH, WAS INTERESTED IN AND HAD AESIRE TO EXPAND THEIR SERVICES INTO GARLAND. SO AGAIN, WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS THE RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THAT INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR DALLAS COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO BEGIN IN THE NEAR FUTURE. SERVICES AT THE PUBLIC HEALTH CLINIC AT THE SAME LOCATION. VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNSELOR WILLIAMS? YES, FOR THIS ITEM TO BE PULLED. THANK THANK YOU, MAYOR, MAYOR, I MOVED FOR THE APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER SEVEN FROM THE. EXCUSE ME, FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. VERY GOOD. BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY STAFF. VERY GOOD. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM BASS TO APPROVE ITEM SEVEN AS PRESENTED. MADAM SECRETARY, YOU PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US. PLEASE. COUNCIL AND DISPLAY THE VOTE. AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. NEXT UP, WE HAVE OUR ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, THIS EVENING, WE DON'T HAVE ANY ZONING CASES OR ANYTHING BEFORE
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US. WE DO HAVE ONE ITEM THAT IS AN ANNUAL, AN ANNUAL THING THAT WE DO, AFTER THE MAY ELECTIONS,[8. Consider the Appointment of a Mayor Pro Tem and Deputy Mayor Pro Tem]
AND THAT IS, TO CONSIDER THE APPOINTMENT OF A MAYOR PRO TEM AND, AND DEPUTY MAYOR, PRO TEM, MAYOR PRO TEM, BASS. THANK YOU. MAYOR. THE LAST TIME YOU'RE GOING TO SAY THAT, YOU'D LIKE TO NOMINATE, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE ED MOORE FOR MAYOR PRO TEM. AND MARGARET LUCHT FOR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO THEM SEPARATELY. OKAY I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE ED MOORE FOR MAYOR PRO TEM. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A NOMINATION OF, COUNCILMEMBER, DEPUTY MAYOR, PRO TEM MOORE, FOR MAYOR PRO TEM, WITH A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LUCK, ARE THERE ANY FURTHER OR ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS SEEING? NONE. IF YOU CAN PAIR THE VOTE FOR US, PLEASE . AS. AND COUNCIL AND DISPLAY THE VOTE. AND THAT NOMINATION IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. AND SIR, YOUR SECOND NOMINATION. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE MARGARET LUCHT FOR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. ALL RIGHT, I HAVE I HAVE A NOMINATION, FROM MAYOR PRO FORMER MAYOR PRO TEM BASS TO NOMINATE MARGARET LUCHT AS DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. AND I HAVE A SECOND, BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON FOR ANY FURTHER NOMINATIONS. MADAM SECRETARY, YOU PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US.PLEASE AND COUNCIL, AND DISPLAY THE VOTE AND THAT NOMINATION IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU,
[CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS]
THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, LOOK, YOUR FIRST OFFICIAL ACT, SINCE THE MAYOR PRO TEM IS NOT PRESENT, IF YOU COULD ANNOUNCE MY, ANNOUNCE MY APPOINTMENT, AND THEN WE'LL COME TO YOURS. YES, SIR, MAYOR SCOTT LEMAY IS NOMINATING ANGELA HARRISON TO THE SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD. VERY GOOD. I HAVE A MOTION BY DEPUTY OR A NOMINATION BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. LOOK. AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER. HEDRICK. MADAM SECRETARY, YOU PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US. PLEASE AND COUNCIL AND DISPLAY THE VOTE. THAT NOMINATION IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. AND, YOUR. YOU'RE UP. YES, SIR. I NOMINATE DEREK JONES TO THE PLAN COMMISSION. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCHT AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS FOR THE NOMINATION. I'M SECRETARY.IF YOU PAIR THE VOTE FOR US, PLEASE. SORRY I KNOW WE'RE RAPID FIRING THESE OVER THERE, SO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO KEEP UP AND DISPLAY THE VOTE. AND THAT NOMINATION IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. AND THAT WAS THE LAST, OF OUR ACTION ITEMS BEFORE US. NEXT ITEM IS CITIZEN
[CITIZEN COMMENTS]
COMMENTS. MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO ADDRESS ISSUES NOT ON THE MEETING AGENDA MAY HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, COUNCIL IS PROHIBITED FROM DISCUSSING ANY ITEM NOT ON THE POSTED AGENDA, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS THIS EVENING? YES, SIR. OKAY IF YOU CAN CALL OUR SPEAKER. I'M SORRY. SHARON SHEPARD, SHARON SHEPARD.YES SHARON. THANK YOU, ANIMAL SINS TO PREACH ACCORDING TO SMU THEOLOGY SCHOOL.
MA'AM, IF YOU COULD GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS PASTOR SHARON SHEPARD. I LIVE AT 3201 KEY WEST DRIVE, GARLAND, TEXAS. I'M HERE OUT OF CONCERN FOR MY LIFE. I HAD A COUPLE OF EXHIBITS. THIS FIRST EXHIBIT THAT YOU SEE THIS IS WHEN MY HUSBAND CAME AFTER ME WITH A KNIFE. BUT I HAVE ALSO BEEN TOLD BY THE CITY OF GARLAND , THAT'S A JOKE. I HAD A WONDERFUL TIME IN LOUISIANA, THE OTHER WEEKEND WE ATE, HAD A GOOD TIME WHEN I RETURNED TO THE HOUSE. YOU WILL SEE A COUPLE OF PICTURES. THE FIRST ONE, I HAVE SIX PAIR OF SHOES OUT OF 100 OR MORE BECAUSE I'VE TAUGHT SCHOOL AS WELL AS BEING A MINISTER. SO
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I'VE HAD A COLLECTION OF SHOES ALSO WORKING IN THE MALL AND WORKING AT WALMART FOR OVER TEN YEARS. I HAVE SIX PAIR OF SHOES AT THIS POINT, BUT IF I CALL THE POLICE OUT THEY WILL WRITE NOTHING TO SEE HERE. NOW THE NEXT PICTURE I HAVE REALLY NO CLOTHES AT THIS POINT, 80% OF MY CLOTHES ARE MISSING AND I DO HAVE RECEIPTS FOR THOSE CLOTHES. MOST OF THOSE CLOTHES ARE FROM MACY'S. I WON $60,000 WORTH OF PRIZES AND WHAT HAVE YOU IN 2019 FROM HOME. THE PRICE IS RIGHT AND ALSO I RECEIVED THE INSURANCE SETTLEMENT, SO THERE'S NO EXCUSE. I HAVE 4 OR 5 ITEMS. WELL, ONE MORNING I GOT UP LOOKING FOR GOING TO MY CAR. NOTICE THE KEYS ARE ON THE SEAT.WHEN I WENT TO SLEEP THAT NIGHT, THE KEYS WERE INSIDE OF MY PURSE. SOMEHOW NOW SOMEONE MAGICALLY COMES IN, TAKE MY KEYS AND PUT THEM DIRECTLY ON THE FRONT CAR SEAT WHERE THEY'RE OPEN. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE NEXT PICTURE IS A FENCE. WE HAVE REPAIRED THIS FENCE FOUR TIMES.
IT COMES UP JUST BROKEN INTO OR WHATEVER POLICE COME OUT. NOTHING TO SEE HERE. SHE'S CRAZY , BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, I'VE HAD TO GET A REPAIR PERSON 5 OR 6 TIMES OUT TO REPAIR THAT FENCE AS WELL AS MY DOOR. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHEN I WAS SITTING OUT ON THE PARKING LOT ONE DAY, AND I NOTICED THE POLICE OFFICER STARING, WATCHING ME. AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT REASON BECAUSE WHEN I GOT BACK FROM LOUISIANA, 4 OR 5 OF MY NEIGHBORS TOLD ME THAT THEY SAW THE POLICE BEHIND MY HOUSE THE DAY I WAS OUT OF TOWN. AND I KNOW DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME, THAT'S WHEN MY CLOTHES AND THINGS COME UP MISSING AND THE HOUSE WAS BROKEN INTO. BUT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE NEVER GOTTEN ANY HELP FROM ANYONE. THIS PICTURE RIGHT HERE, THIS IS SOMEONE HACKING INTO MY RING CAMERA. I DON'T KNOW HOW, BUT THE PERSON TOLD ME THEY HAVE TO BE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT OF SOMETHING OF THIS NATURE. SO THE LAST PICTURE IS WHEN I WAS SITTING IN THE CAR AND THE DOG WAS BARKING. SO I RAN IN THE HOUSE AND THIS IS WHAT I FOUND. BUT EVERYBODY SAY I'M CRAZY, BUT I EMBODY THE CHRIST IN MY HEART AND I KNOW THAT I WILL MAKE IT THROUGH HIM. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT ANYBODY SAY OR DO ABOUT ME. I KNOW I BELONG TO A MOST HIGH GOD AND HE WATCHES AND PROTECTS ME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU MA'AM. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? SEEING
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.