Sep 11, 2024 Environmental & Community Advisory Board

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[ NOTICE OF MEETING CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS ENVIRONMENTAL & COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD Work Session Room of City Hall William E. Dollar Municipal Building 200 N. Fifth Street Garland, Texas September 11, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. A meeting of the Environmental & Community Advisory Board of the City of Garland, Texas will be held at the aforementioned location, date, and time to discuss and consider the following agenda items:]

ALL RIGHT.

CHRISTINA ANO, DISTRICT FOUR.

BOB BRUNS.

DISTRICT THREE.

LAUREN BRUNS, DISTRICT SEVEN ER MAYOR'S.

APPOINTEE.

ALL RIGHT.

SO, UM, HAS EVERYBODY, UH, LOOKED AT THE MINUTES? ANYBODY SEE ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED? NO.

NO.

SOMEBODY WANT PROPOSE THAT WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN.

WANNA SECOND THAT? SECOND THAT.

THEN WE HAVE TO VOTE.

WHO, WHO MADE THE MOTION? ME.

YOU CAN'T.

WELL, IT HAS TO BE SOMEBODY ELSE, LAUREN.

IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T MATTER.

ANY ONE OF YOU GUYS CAN JUST, IT.

I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO SAY.

I MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES, AND NOW I SAY SECOND THAT I MOTION.

OH, OKAY.

THERE YOU GO.

YOU'LL GET USED TO IT.

DON'T WORRY, .

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, I THINK WE OUGHT TO GET ON WITH, UH, WITH RICK.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

UH, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

UM, MY NAME IS RICK BARKER AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF CODE COMPLIANCE.

AND SO TONIGHT I WANTED TO BRING JUST A, A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF KIND OF THE, THE WAY WE HANDLE, UH, ILLEGAL DUMPING OF TIRES IN OUR CITY.

AND I DID EXPAND, UH, MY PRESENTATION JUST A LITTLE BIT, NOT ONLY TO INCLUDE ILLEGAL DUMPING, BUT ALSO LIKE DISCARDED TIRES AND THEN TIRES THAT ARE ACTUALLY IMPROPERLY STORED.

AND, UM, THAT DOES KIND OF CREATE A DETRIMENT, UH, TO THE ENVIRONMENT, UH, IN EVERY, EVERY CATEGORY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.

UM, THE DETRIMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT, NOT ONLY FROM JUST A, A WASTE AND, AND ENVIRONMENTAL DETRIMENT, BUT IT ALSO CAN BECOME A HEALTH HAZARD AS WELL.

BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, UH, TIRES TEND TO, UM, HOLD RAINWATER.

AND WHEN YOU HAVE RAINWATER, UH, THAT'S COLLECTED AND, AND BECOMES STAGNANT, UH, YOU HAVE MOSQUITOES BREEDING AND MOSQUITO HARBORAGE.

SO, UH, TIRES IN GENERAL, UM, AS WE USE THEM IN OUR DAILY LIVES TO, TO SUPPORT OUR VEHICLES AND HELP US GET TO AND FROM WORK AND, AND TRANSPORT IT EVERYWHERE.

UH, TIRES ARE GREAT, BUT WHEN, WHEN THEY GET IN THE HANDS OF PEOPLE THAT, THAT BASICALLY MISUSE AND MISHANDLE TIRES, WHETHER IT BE, UH, INTENTIONAL OR UNINTENTIONAL, UH, IT CAN BECOME A DETRIMENT TO OUR, TO OUR ENVIRONMENT.

AND SO, UH, WE AT CODE COMPLIANCE, UM, GET INVOLVED IN, IN HANDLING THIS AND, AND TRYING TO DEAL WITH IT.

AND OUR PRIMARY GOAL IN ANY OF THESE TYPE SITUATIONS ARE GETTING THEM CLEANED UP, GETTING 'EM, GETTING 'EM REMOVED FROM, FROM THE ENVIRONMENT, UH, IN, IN THE PROPER HANDS OF WHERE THEY, WHERE THEY SHOULD GO, AND HOW THEY GET, UH, UH, TAKEN CARE OF, UH, THROUGH, THROUGH THE PROPER CHANNELS.

AND SO TONIGHT, I I, I'VE BROUGHT SOME, JUST SOME, UH, BASIC PICTURES OF JUST SOME THINGS THAT WE'VE SEEN, UH, THROUGHOUT OUR CITY, UH, IN SEVERAL YEARS.

I'VE, I'VE GOT SOME PICTURES OF ILLEGALLY DUMPED TIRE, UH, SITUATIONS.

UM, AND THEN, UH, I'VE ALSO GOT, UH, SOME, SOME PICTURES OF SOME DISCARDED TIRES.

AND ALSO, UH, JUST A GENERALIZED IMPROPER STORAGE OF A TIRE, UH, THAT WE DEAL WITH FROM TIME TO TIME.

BUT AGAIN, IT ALWAYS COMES BACK TO IT, IT BECOMES A DETRIMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT, UH, WHETHER IT BE, LIKE I SAY, UH, A WASTE PROBLEM.

UH, AND THEN ALSO JUST THE, THE MOSQUITO HARBOR BRIDGE AND BREEDING.

SO, AGAIN, I'VE GOT A FEW PICTURES AND I'VE GOT A FEW STATISTICS I'LL SHOW YOU THAT WE'VE, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO COMPILE WITH THE, THE SANITATION TEAM.

UH, WE, WE PICK UP TIRES AND TAKE THOSE TO THE, TO THE LANDFILL OR TO THE, UH, UH, TRANSFER STATION.

EUROS TEAM DOES A GREAT JOB OF TRACKING THOSE TIRES THAT WE ACTUALLY BRING IN.

AND SO GOT SOME STATISTICS FOR YOU.

AND THEN ALSO JUST COMMON SOME OF THE WORKFLOWS THAT WE GO THROUGH, UH, AND THAT WE TRY TO HANDLE WHEN WE'RE, WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH ILLEGALLY DUMPED TIRES.

SO, AGAIN, UH, HERE'S JUST A, A PICTURE OF A, OF A DUMP SITE THAT, UH, THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY STARTED DOING SOME TREE CLEARING FOR A, FOR A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.

AND, AND LO AND BEHOLD, THEY FOUND A, A, A A A TIRE DUMP RIGHT HERE ON THEIR PROPERTY.

THEY DIDN'T EVEN REALLY KNOW IT WAS THERE UNTIL THEY STARTED CLEARING THE TREES.

AND, AND, UH, AND THERE IT WAS.

SO, UH, BUT AGAIN, OUR GOAL IS TO, UM, YOU KNOW, GET INVOLVED WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER, UH, EXPLAIN TO THEM, UH, THAT UNFORTUNATELY THAT THEY'RE A VICTIM HERE.

UH, BUT, UH, IN THIS TYPE SITUATION, WHEN

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UH, WE'LL ALSO, UH, TRY TO HELP THEM, UH, GET RESOURCES OR AT LEAST GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITY AND, AND, UH, RESOURCE, UM, CAPABILITIES TO, TO GET THESE TIRES REMOVED.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION HERE, WE REFERRED THE PROPERTY OWNER TO THE SANITATION TEAM, UH, FOR A POTENTIAL ROLL OFF CONTAINER TO, TO, TO GET OUT THERE AND GET THOSE TAKEN CARE OF PRETTY EASILY.

UM, HERE, HERE'S ANOTHER, ANOTHER SITE THAT WE, UH, FOUND.

UM, AND A LOT OF TIMES WE GET CALLS AND COMPLAINTS, UH, ABOUT THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS.

UH, SOMETIMES WE, YOU KNOW, HAPPEN ON THEM PROACTIVELY, BUT, UH, WE RELY ON THE PUBLIC, UH, TO HELP US OUT, UH, GIVING US, UM, AN IDEA OF WHERE THESE, WHERE THESE PLACES ARE.

UH, AND THEN WE GET INVOLVED AND, AND GO THROUGH OUR, OUR, OUR PROCESSES HERE.

HERE'S THE SITUATION THAT THESE, THESE TWO TIRES WERE EITHER PROBABLY DUMPED OR POSSIBLY DISCARDED, UH, FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER IN THE ALLEYWAY.

UM, THIS IS A TYPE OF SITUATION WHERE, AGAIN, WE TRY TO JUST REMEDY THE PROBLEM.

UH, YOU KNOW, WE PROBABLY COULD GO OUT AND, AND LEAVE A NOTICE FOR THIS PROPERTY OWNER, UH, BUT IN, WE, WE DO HAVE A STAFF MEMBER, UH, BOB KNOWS REAL WELL.

UH, AND, UH, SO WE, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE CARE OF LITTLE SMALL THINGS LIKE THIS.

AND, AND AGAIN, THE GOAL IS JUST TO GET RID OF IT AND GET IT IN THE, IN THE, GET IT DOWN TO THE TRANSFER STATION TO GET TAKEN CARE OF PROPERLY.

SO WE WOULD NORMALLY JUST PICK THESE UP AND MOVE ON.

UH, HERE, HERE'S ANOTHER PHOTOGRAPH.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A, THERE'S A TIRE, UH, ON THE BACK DRIVEWAY.

UH, I, WE, AGAIN, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE INTENTION IS HERE OF THE OWNER, UH, WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING TO DO WITH THIS TIRE, IF THEY'RE JUST GONNA KEEP IT THERE AND STORE IT, UH, OR IF THEY ARE, EVENTUALLY GONNA TRY TO, TRY TO MOVE IT AND GET RID OF IT OR WHATEVER.

BUT AGAIN, THIS IS A SITUATION WHERE WE'D PROBABLY JUST SEND A NOTICE AND, AND LET THEM KNOW HOW YOU'VE GOT IMPROPERLY STORED ITEMS ON YOUR, ON YOUR DRIVEWAY ALONG WITH THE TIRE.

AND AGAIN, THIS TIRE IS, IS PRIME TO CATCH RAINWATER AND CAUSE A MOSQUITO PROBLEM.

HE'S GOT TRASH IN HIS RECYCLE BIN, TOO.

YEAH.

UH, THAT'S, UH, YEAH, GOOD EYES, BOB .

THAT'S WHAT WE DO.

UH, AS I SAID, WE, WE STATISTICALLY, UH, YURI'S TEAM, UH, THEY DO A GREAT JOB OF KEEPING TRACK OF THIS.

AND SO, UH, THEY RAN THIS FIVE YEAR TREND FOR US.

UM, THESE ARE TIRES THAT OUR STAFF AT CODE COMPLIANCE HAS PICKED UP, UH, IN VARIOUS, UM, FASHION, UH, VARIOUS SITUATIONS AND, AND ACTUALLY BROUGHT TO THE TRANSFER STATION.

SO, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE TREND HERE IN 2020.

WE ONLY PICKED, SHOWED PICKING UP 58, AND IF YOU RECALL, UH, WE HAD A PANDEMIC DURING THAT YEAR.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR STAFF AND, AND OUR, OUR FLO PRO, UH, PROCESSES AND THINGS WERE, WERE SUSPENDED A LOT JUST DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.

SO THAT, THAT'S WHY THAT NUMBER'S SO LOW.

UH, 2021, UH, WE SHOWED BY BRINGING IN 150, UH, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, 20 23, 815, THAT WAS A HUGE YEAR.

UM, AND SO I, I WAS ACTUALLY, UM, JUMPING AHEAD STILL SOME OF YOUR THUNDER.

I NOTICED ON, IN SOME OF YOUR STATISTICS IN 2023, UH, THAT THAT WAS A LARGE PORTION OF WHAT WAS ACTUALLY BROUGHT IN TOTAL , RIGHT? SO, UH, WE WERE VERY ACTIVE THAT YEAR.

I DON'T KNOW WHY I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT, BUT, UH, AGAIN, WE, WE, WE GOT 8, 815, UM, ILLEGALLY PLACED AND DUMPED TIRES, UH, OUT OF THE CITY AND IN, IN THE PROPER, IN THE PROPER HAND.

SO, UH, YEAR TO DATE FOR THIS YEAR, UH, WE'RE AT 404.

AND, UM, SO WE, WE EXPECT THAT NUMBER TO CONTINUE TO GROW.

SO, AGAIN, SO HERE, HERE'S SOME OF THE WORKFLOWS THAT, THAT WE GET INVOLVED IN, JUST TO SHOW KIND OF HOW WE, HOW WE GO ABOUT OUR BUSINESS.

UH, AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, UM, UNFORTUNATELY, SOME OF THESE LARGE DUMP SITES, UM, THE VICTIM, UH, IN THIS CASE, UH, WE, WE WILL SEND A NOTIFICATION TO THE PROPERTY OWNER.

A LOT OF THESE, UH, DUMP SITES, UH, FOR TIRES OR, OR ACREAGE, UH, OBSOLETE, UH, NOT OBSOLETE, BUT UH, ISOLATED AREAS, UH, THAT ARE EASY FOR PEOPLE TO GET IN AND GET OUT OF QUICKLY WITHOUT BEING SEEN.

UH, USUALLY IT'S, IT'S, IT'S FIELDS.

IT'S VACANT PROPERTIES, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, AN OWNER'S NOT EVEN AROUND, AND THEY MAY NOT EVEN KNOW THEY'VE BEEN A VICTIM UNTIL WE, WE GET INVOLVED AND SEND THEM A NOTICE.

BUT, UM, AGAIN, WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO, UH, WE UNDERSTAND AND HAVE, AND ARE SYMPATHETIC THAT THEY'VE BEEN A VICTIM.

UH, AND WE TRY TO HELP THEM AT LEAST GET RESOURCES, UM, AND THE RIGHT TOOLS TO, TO GET, GET IT REMOVED AND ABATED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

NOW, IN SOME, SOMETIMES,

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UH, AND THEN BY DOING SO, IF WE EVER GET TO THAT POINT, THEN UNFORTUNATELY, UH, WE HAVE TO INVOICE THE PROPERTY OWNER FOR THE, THE LABOR THAT WAS INVOLVED IN AND, UH, THE, UH, THE, UH, DISPOSITION OF THE TIRES.

BECAUSE OUR CONTRACTOR, AS YOU'RE ABLE ATTEST TO IN HIS PRESENTATION, Y'ALL PROBABLY KNOW THIS TOO, GETTING RID OF TIRES IS A, IS A DIFFICULT TASK.

UM, AGAIN, THEY'RE GREAT WHEN WE NEED 'EM ON OUR VEHICLES, BUT WHEN THEY BECOME OBSOLETE AND DISCARDED AND, AND THERE'S NO USE FOR 'EM ANYMORE OTHER THAN RECYCLING, AND, UH, IT'S SOME, SOME THEY'RE HARD TO, THEY'RE HARD TO DISPOSITION AND GET RID OF.

SO, UH, BUT ANYWAY, SO WE, WE MAY HAVE TO GET INTO THAT SITUATION WHERE WE ACTUALLY REMOVE THE TIRES AND UNFORTUNATELY HAVE TO, TO INVOICE THE PROPERTY OWNER, UH, FOR THAT SERVICE.

UH, ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL REMOVE ROGUE TIRES, AS I MENTIONED, UH, PROACTIVELY.

OR IF WE GET A CALL AND THERE'S, THERE'S A TI A ROGUE TIRE HERE AND THERE, WE'LL, WE'LL PICK IT UP AND REMOVE IT, JUST, JUST TO GET RID OF IT AND MOVE ON.

UH, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE, UM, OUR STAFF, UM, TO DO THAT.

AND THEN WE, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY FOCUS ON, UH, TRYING TO CLEAN THAT UP, KNOWING, KNOWING IT'S A DETRIMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT, AND IT'S A, IT CAN BE A HEALTH HAZARD.

SO, AND ALSO WE, WE CONNECT WITH GARLAND, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, WHEN WE, WHEN WE KNOW THERE'S A DUMPING SITUATION THAT HAS OCCURRED AND THERE'S POSSIBLE WITNESSES, UH, TO THE CRIME, UH, 'CAUSE THIS IS A CRIME.

AND, UH, IF WE, IF WE HAVE KNOWN WITNESSES OR SOMEONE THAT HAS ANY INFORMATION LEADING TO AN ARREST OR WHATEVER, UH, WE'LL BE THE CONDUIT, UH, TO GARLAND P PD TO GET THEM CONNECTED TO THE WITNESSES, UH, OF THE, UH, OF THE DUMPING THAT OCCURRED.

UH, AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S LEFT UP TO GARLAND PD AND THE WITNESSES TO, TO MOVE FORWARD ON, ON POSSIBLE CHARGES.

UH, THE POTENTIAL PROSECUTION, UH, IS, COMES OUT OF, UH, CHAPTER 365 OF THE, UH, HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE.

AND SO, UH, DEPENDING ON THE, THE SIZE OF THE DUMP SITE, THE WEIGHT, THE VOLUME, THERE'S DIFFERENT, UH, VARIATIONS, UH, THAT REPRESENT EACH CLASS OF A MISDEMEANOR.

SO A CLASS A, B, C, OR B-C-A-B-C MISDEMEANOR.

UH, AGAIN, IT DEPENDS ON THE WEIGHT OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MATERIALS THAT WERE DUMPED, UH, THE VOLUME, UH, IF IT'S LIQUID, UM, AND THEN ALSO, UM, JUST, JUST THE SIZE.

AND IT ALSO CAN GO UP TO A STATE, STATE JAIL FELONY AS WELL, DEPENDING ON, AGAIN, HOW THE SIZE OF THE, OF THE, OF THE DUMP SITE.

SO THAT'S BASICALLY KIND OF HOW, THAT'S A, A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF HOW WE GET INVOLVED IN THIS.

UH, UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF THESE CRIMES AND THIS DUMPING OF TIRES OCCURS WHEN NO ONE'S AROUND, NOBODY SEES IT.

UH, AND SO WE JUST HAVE TO FOCUS ON TRYING TO GET IT CLEANED UP AND, UH, TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.

BUT AGAIN, IF, IF THERE ARE WITNESSES, UH, WE'LL CERTAINLY, UH, TRY TO, TRY TO GO THAT ROUTE AND, AND GET SOMEBODY PROSECUTED FOR DOING THAT.

SO, UM, I BELIEVE THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAD.

UM, I'LL STOP FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS OR WHATEVER, UH, FOR THIS.

AND THEN I BELIEVE URIEL IS GONNA CONTINUE WITH THE PRESENTATION ON HIS SIDE.

SO, UM, YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION.

SO, IS ONE TIRE TOO MANY? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? LIKE, IF SOMEONE HAS ONE TIRE OUTSIDE, WE NEED TO BE PROACTIVE AND SAY, HEY, WE NEED TO HAVE THIS REMOVED.

WHAT IS, DO I HAVE LIKE A STATUE OF TIRES THAT YOU, YOU FEEL IS ILLEGAL? BECAUSE I, I, I HAD IN MY QUESTION LIKE, OKAY, MAYBE I SAW THE WHOLE BUNCH AND THEN I SAW ONE BY THE TRASH, AND I WAS LIKE, OOH.

SO WHEN SHOULD WE BE REALLY PROACTIVE AND ENSURING THAT THESE ARE, I WOULD, YOU KNOW, IF, IF, IF YOU'RE GONNA CONTACT US ABOUT A SITUATION, UM, I MEAN, ONE TO US, ONE, ONE TIRE CAN BREED MANY, MANY MOSQUITOES .

SO, I MEAN, HONESTLY, UM, NOW IF YOU SEE A HUGE DUMP SITE LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, UH, CALL US IMMEDIATELY.

UM, UH, BUT, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL WORK, WE'LL WORK IT EITHER WAY.

UM, AGAIN, THE, THE ILLEGAL DUMPING SIDE OF THIS IS REALLY KIND OF WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR, KIND OF HOW WE HANDLE THE ILLEGAL DUMPING.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF SHOW THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE JUST MISHANDLE TIRES, YOU KNOW? AND, UH, AND EVEN THOUGH THAT TIRE'S ON A BACK DRIVEWAY AND IT'S CAUSING, YOU KNOW, A MOSQUITO POTENTIAL, A MOSQUITO PROBLEM, UM, IT'S NOT REALLY A DUMPING SITUATION.

UH, BUT, BUT WE, WE AS CO TO TRY TO ADDRESS THAT JUST FROM IMPROPER STORAGE, IMPROPER, UH, HANDLING OF TIRES.

SO, BUT, BUT YES, ANY, ANY, ANY TIRE LIKE THAT,

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OKAY, GOOD.

OKAY.

BECAUSE CHANCES ARE THAT WHAT, HERE'S, HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS TOO.

WE SEND A NOTICE FOR THAT TIRE, AND THEN IT WINDS UP AT THE CURB FOR THEM FOR UEL TO PICK UP, KNOWING THAT REEL'S TEAM DOESN'T PICK UP TIRES.

AND SO, UH, THEN THEY'LL, THEY'LL STOP BY THE ADDRESS AND, AND LEAVE A TAG THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T PICK UP TIRES.

THEY'LL NOTIFY US.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE MAY HAVE A CASE WORKING ON IT, IT'S OUT IN THE CREEK, OR, OR, OR IT ENDS UP IN THE CREEK.

THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

IT ENDS UP IN THE CREEK, AND, UH, THEN IT BECOMES AN ISSUE FOR STORM WATER TO TRY TO HAVE TO CLEAN UP THE CREEK.

SO, UH, BUT YES, WE, WE, I'LL BE PRESENTING SOME SOLUTIONS FOR THAT PROBLEM OUT HERE IN A LITTLE BIT.

AND, UH, AND ONE THING WE DO, WE, WE TRY TO COMMUNICATE ON OUR NOTIFICATIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR CERTAIN TYPE SITUATIONS.

UM, UM, WE, WE TRY TO GIVE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE CAN.

UM, AND SO, UM, I KNOW I'M KIND OF GETTING OFF TOPIC HERE, BUT IT'S OKAY.

UM, WE ARE, UH, IN THE MIDDLE OF GETTING A NEW SOFTWARE SYSTEM IN CODE.

UH, WE'RE, WE'RE, OUR SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY 10 YEARS OLD.

UH, BACK IN 15 WHEN WE IMPLEMENTED THE SYSTEM, IT WAS GREAT.

IT WAS ALMOST STATE OF THE ART.

UH, AND IT IS, IT'S, IT'S DONE, ITS DUE.

UH, SO WE'RE GETTING A NEW SYSTEM.

WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO TRACK BETTER, UH, LOCATIONS.

UH, IT'S, IT'S GIS DRIVEN.

SO, YOU KNOW, EVEN SOMEONE I KNOW Y'ALL ARE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH EIST ABOUT HOW TO REPORT THINGS THROUGH THE EIST.

UH, IF YOU DON'T, THAT'S A GREAT TOOL TO USE.

UH, BUT WITH OUR SYSTEM, IT'S GONNA BE VERY USER FRIENDLY, UH, USER ENGAGED, WHERE YOU CAN, UM, ISSUE A, A, A COMPLAINT FOR A SITUATION.

YOU CAN USE THE GPS SYSTEM.

WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO USE THE G, THE GIS SYSTEM AND GPS SYSTEM TO TRACK THOSE AREAS.

AND SO HOTSPOTS, YOU KNOW, IF WE, IF WE REALIZE, HEY, WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT DUMPS IN THIS CERTAIN AREA, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH PD, OBVIOUSLY WE MAY, WE MAY TRY TO GET AHOLD OF THE NPO OR, OR SOMEONE IN PD TO MAYBE HELP US AFTER HOURS TO KIND OF KEEP AN EYE ON THAT.

UH, BUT AGAIN, WE'VE JUST, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT BETTER SOFTWARE TO HELP US, UH, MANAGE AND, AND PROACTIVELY MAYBE CATCH SOMEBODY DOING THIS, UM, IN THE FUTURE.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED NUM JUST GETTING A NEW SOFTWARE, BUT, UH, THE CAPABILITIES IT'S GONNA BRING FOR US.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

SO, GOOD.

GOOD QUESTION, THOUGH.

GOT A QUESTION? YES, MA'AM.

OKAY.

THIS IS KIND OF TWO PART.

SO IN OUR AREA, A LOT OF THE DUMPING IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, AND IT'S SMALL BUSINESS LIKE TOW TRUCK DRIVERS OR, UM, SMALL TIRE SHOPS.

AND WE'VE EVEN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE THE EIST AND REPORTED THESE DUMPING SITES, BUT WHY AM I HUMMING? SORRY.

HERE WE GO.

UM, SO WE'VE EVEN TRACKED 'EM BACK TO THE SHOPS 'CAUSE OUR CAMERAS HAVE CAUGHT SOME OF THE VEHICLES.

AND SO I'M REALLY CURIOUS WHO HOLDS THE TIRE SHOPS ACCOUNTABLE IN TERMS OF THEIR STORAGE PRACTICES AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE COLLECTING A DISPOSAL FEE FROM THEIR CUSTOMERS.

AND THEN WHAT, WHO'S MONITORING, YOU KNOW, LIKE, OKAY, YOU COLLECTED DISPOSAL FOR 25 TIRES.

DO YOU, YOU KNOW, HAVE PROOF OF D PROPER DISPOSAL? AND WHERE DO THESE SMALL TIRE SHOPS, THAT'S, UH, WHERE DO THEY TAKE THE TIRES? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.

UH, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.

OKAY.

I DON'T KNOW.

UH, NUMBER ONE, WE, WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO TIE THAT, YOU KNOW, AND EVEN EVEN AUDIT THAT OR MONITOR THAT.

MM-HMM.

, UH, BUT FROM THE STORAGE STANDPOINT AND THE HANDLING OF, OF DISPOSABLE TIRES OR WHATEVER ON THEIR PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, WE, WE CAN GET INVOLVED IN THAT.

SO IF THEY'RE, UH, IF THEY'RE EXPOSED, UH, YOU KNOW, TO THE ELEMENTS, UH, THAT, THAT CAN BE A PROBLEM, UH, WE, WE MAY EVEN TAG TEAM WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ON THAT.

UM, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ADDRESS.

NOW.

IT'S TO GIVE YOU A, A BLACK AND WHITE ANSWER.

IT'S HARD TO DO.

BUT, UM, I WILL TELL YOU THIS, WE'LL, WE'LL GO OUT AND INVESTIGATE IT, AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE IT, WE CERTAINLY WILL.

OKAY.

UM, BUT YEAH, THAT, THAT, THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION POINT.

I, I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD CONNECT THE DOTS ON, YOU KNOW, YOU SAY YOU COLLECTED THIS MANY, NOW THERE MAY BE ANOTHER AGENCY I, I DON'T KNOW IF THE CCQ TRUCK THAT THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING, THAT THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THEY DO.

I, I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.

I ACTUALLY LOOKED INTO THAT AS WELL.

AND WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY IN THE CITY.

I REACHED OUT TO ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES.

NOBODY TRACKS THAT.

IT IS, IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.

AND NOT ONLY THAT, THE, THE NUMBER OF TIRE SHOPS, UM, RIGHT BEFORE I CAME TO THIS MEETING, I GOOGLED, UH, TIRE SHOPS NEAR ME BECAUSE I WANTED TO GET SOME INFORMATION AND THEY WERE LIKE 15 WITHIN A THREE MILE RADIUS.

YEAH, YEAH.

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YEAH.

THE CITY, UH, OVERSEES THE, UH, THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO BE OPEN FOR BUSINESS.

BUT THE ACTUAL DISPOSAL OR RECYCLING OF THE TIRES, THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S NOT A PROCESS IN PLACE RIGHT NOW.

INTERESTING.

MORE INTERESTING.

THAT IS, THERE IS NO PROCESS FOR DISPOSAL OF OIL, RIGHT? OR AUTOMOTIVE CHEMICALS.

MM-HMM.

THAT, THAT ANYBODY MONITORS.

THERE'S A PROCESS FOR IT, BUT THERE'S NO MONITORING OF ANY KIND.

YEAH.

THE LAST TIME WE HAD DUMPED ACROSS THE STREET FROM US, LAUREN AND I WENT OUT AT LUNCH AND DROVE AROUND AND LOOKED AT TIRE SHOPS, AND, UH, WE LOOKED AT THESE TIRE SHOPS AND WE WOULD SEE BASICALLY AN OPEN BOX WITH TIRES PILED IN THE TOP OF THEM, OR, UM, THEY MAKE BELIEVE LIKE THEY'RE STORING 'EM PROPERLY BY PUTTING THEM IN A BOX TRUCK.

BUT THE BOX TRUCK HAS NO TOP ON IT.

UH, THE ONLY WAY I THINK YOU COULD POSSIBLY MONITOR THAT IS A DRONE FLOWN DOWN THE PUBLIC STREETS, AND YOU COULD IDENTIFY HOTSPOTS.

THAT WOULD BE THE, ABOUT THE ONLY WAY, OTHERWISE YOU'RE LOOKING AT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MANPOWER AND PAPERWORK.

BUT IN OUR BUSINESS, WE HAVE TO SUBMIT WHAT'S CALLED A DOWNSTREAM.

SO WHERE OUR MATERIALS GO AS WE SHIP IT OUT, WE KEEP RECORDS OF ALL THAT.

AND I DON'T SEE WHY THE TIRE SHOPS WOULDN'T HAVE TO KEEP A RECORD OF HOW MANY POUNDS OF TIRES THEY GOT RID OF A YEAR.

YEAH, YEAH.

YEAH.

I, I JUST, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHO, WHO FOR WHO, IF THERE'S A STATE AGENCY THAT THAT DOES THAT.

I JUST, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.

WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO THAT FOR THE COLLECTION OF THE, THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE TO ASK.

WE PAY $5 FOR A TIRE DISPOSAL FEE, OR A 10, I WONDER WHERE THAT GOES.

I'LL FIND OUT.

WELL, I KNOW THAT, UH, JUST FROM OUR EXPERIENCE IN DEALING WITH OUR CONTRACTOR, WHEN HE, WHEN HE PICKS UP TIRES FOR US, UM, HE, HE CHARGES NOT ONLY HE, HE CHARGES A FEE PER TIRE BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE TIRE.

'CAUSE I MEAN, FOR HIM TO DISPOSE OF IT, YOU KNOW, HE, HE'S GONNA GET CHARGED FOR THAT TOO.

SO, AND AGAIN, WE, WE PASS THOSE CHARGES ON TO THE PROPERTY OWNER.

UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE SIZE OF THE TIRE, THE NUMBER OF THE TIRES.

I MEAN, AND IT, IT, IT VARIES.

UM, YOU KNOW, SO JUST A REGULAR VEHICLE TIRE MAY BE A DOLLAR 50, BUT A TRACTOR TIRE MAY BE $10.

YOU KNOW, IT JUST, IT JUST, I DIDN'T NOTICE IN YOUR PICTURES THERE WERE NONE OF THOSE.

NO, NO, THERE WERE NO BIG TRUCK TIRES BECAUSE THEY RECAPPED THOSE, THEY'RE WORTH MONEY.

YEAH, THAT'S TRUE.

SO YOU CAN TAKE 'EM DOWN TO WEST DALLAS AND SELL 'EM.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

BUT THAT'S, IT'S KIND OF THAT IT'S RIGHT.

TIRE SHOPS THAT ARE DOING THE DUMPING.

YEP.

THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.

YEAH.

VERY GOOD.

WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE LOOKING INTO IT, AND IF WE FIND SOMETHING, WE'LL LET YOU GUYS KNOW.

THANK YOU.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

SO YOU, YOU WERE SHOWING SOME FEW PICTURES OF VACANT LOTS, YOU KNOW, SERVING AS A DUMPING GROUND.

MM-HMM.

.

SO MORE LIKELY IT'S GONNA BE KEEP ON HAPPENING.

SO WHAT ARE WE DOING? JUST, ARE WE ENCOURAGING A PROPERTY OWNER TO BUILD UP A FENCE OR ARE WE MONITORING THOSE AREAS? 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, IF IT REMAINS UNATTENDED, MORE LIKELY IT'S GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN.

YEAH.

UH, AGAIN, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T REALLY FORCE 'EM TO DO, I KNOW , BUT I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT WE ENFORCE.

YEAH.

WE, YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO, AGAIN, WE WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ENCOURAGE THEM AND, AND OFFER SUGGESTIONS, BUT AGAIN, FROM A ENFORCEMENT OR A, THAT'S HARD TO DO.

BUT, BUT YEAH, I, I, I UNDERSTAND, UM, I UNDERSTAND THE THOUGHT FOR SURE.

BUT PROPERTY OWNERS CAN BE FINED.

IS THAT CORRECT? FOR ILLEGAL DUMPING? CAN THEY BE FINED? WELL, NOT NECESSARILY.

WELL, THEY CAN BE FINE.

NOT, I WOULDN'T CALL IT A FINE.

THEY CAN BE, THEY CAN BE CHARGED THE, THE LABOR TO CLEAN IT UP.

OH, OKAY.

YEAH.

WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT GONNA FINE A PROPERTY OWNER FOR BEING A VICTIM.

OH, OKAY.

SO IF THEY, IF THEY, BUT WHAT IF THEY'RE DOING IT THEMSELVES? UH, NOW, YEAH.

THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S ANOTHER, WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WOULD EVEN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD CALL IT ILLEGAL DUMPING ON YOUR OWN PROPERTY.

NOW YOU COULD BE, OR STORING, STORING THEM ILLEGALLY OR CREATING, CREATING TRASH AND, AND DEBRIS.

AND WE COULD, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE THE ANGLE TO TAKE ON THAT.

AND THAT'D BE A FINDABLE OFFENSE.

IS THAT CORRECT? UH, NO.

YES, YES.

YEAH.

IF THEY DON'T COMPLY, THEY DON'T COMPLY.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ALSO IN NOVEMBER, THE CITY'S HAVING A RECYCLING EVENT AND THEY ARE GONNA HAVE TIRE DISPOSAL THERE THAT'S GONNA BE FREE TO THE PUBLIC.

IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT.

AND ACTUALLY KEN IS GONNA EXPAND ON THAT AS WELL.

GREAT.

SO I WOULD SAY THAT'S SOMETHING THIS, WE HAVE SOME OPTIONS IN THIS PRESENTATION.

MM-HMM.

.

BUT, BUT GREAT QUESTIONS.

AND I'M NOT SURE, I MEAN, IF IT'S TOO EARLY TO SAY, I MEAN, DO WE NEED TO INCENTIVE INCENTIVIZE? UM, NO, NOT AT ALL.

WE DON'T HAVE MUCH FUNDING, I GUESS.

I MEAN, I'M JUST, I'M JUST EVALUATING IF THE COST OF,

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I, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GONNA BE, AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE HEARING A LITTLE BIT WHEN I, UH, SHOW MY PRESENTATION.

OH, OKAY.

WE HAVE SOME OPTIONS FOR THAT.

OKAY.

YEAH, LET'S HEAR IT.

YOUR, ALL RIGHT.

I GUESS IT'S MY TURN.

.

SO, SO RICK TALKED ABOUT, UH, TWO PARTS OF THIS PROCESS.

NUMBER ONE IS THE COLLECTION, OR NUMBER ONE IS THE DUE PROCESS OF NOTIFYING THE PROPERTY OWNERS.

UM, AND NUMBER TWO, THE ACTUAL COLLECTION OF THE TIRES.

NUMBER THREE IS WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THEY GET COLLECTED AND THEY BRING 'EM TO THE TRANSFER STATION.

SO THE REASON WHY RICK IS HERE IS BECAUSE HE'S OUR BIGGEST CUSTOMER, BUT WE ALSO TAKE A LOT OF TIRES FROM PARKS AND STREETS.

A LOT OF THE STORM DRAINS OUT OF THE CREEKS.

PARKS, OF COURSE, AS YOU GUYS CAN IMAGINE, SOMEBODY BACKS IN WITH A TRUCK FULL OF TIRES, THEY JUST DUMP IT AND LEAVE.

SO, SO THOSE ARE THE THREE CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT BRING US THE MOST TIRES TO THE TRANSFER STATION.

ONE.

WE HAVE A 40 CBR CONTAINER AT THE TRANSFER STATION.

ONCE IT'S FULL, WE CALL THE CONTRACTOR, HE'LL SHOW UP, WE'LL COUNT THEM, THEN HE'LL GIVE US A TICKET WITH THE NUMBER OF TIRES AND THE SIZE OF EACH TIRE, AND ALSO THE COST, AND THEN HE'LL TAKE 'EM.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IS WE TRACK EVERY SINGLE TIRE, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE HAVE TO SEND A REPORT TO THE TCEQ.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO REPORT TO THE TCEQ AS A MUNICIPALITY, TIRE SHOPS.

I DON'T BELIEVE THEY HAVE TO, BUT I WILL DO SOME MORE RESEARCH AND, AND GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE, UH, COSTS AND SOME OF THE, UH, THE NUMBERS OVER THE YEARS.

UH, THIS IS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TIRES.

RICK SHOWED YOU GUYS THE, THE NUMBER THAT THEY, THAT THEY'VE COLLECTED OVER THE YEARS.

BUT THIS IS THE TOTAL NUMBER.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, 2020 AND 2021 PRETTY CLOSE TO, UH, AROUND 925 ON AVERAGE.

AND THEN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN 2022, THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT DROP, BUT LOOK AT 2023 AND 2024.

2024.

WE'RE EXPECTING AROUND 2000 TIRES.

THERE'S STILL FOUR, FOUR MONTHS LEFT IN 2024, AND WE'RE ALREADY PICKED UP 1600 AS IT PERTAINED TO COST.

WE'VE ALREADY SPENT $8,000.

SO YOU AVERAGE THIS OUT, UH, OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

WE'RE LOOKING AT CLOSE TO A THOUSAND TIRES PER YEAR, AND ABOUT $4,600 IN RECYCLING COSTS.

MM-HMM.

QUESTION FOR YOU.

UH, YEAH.

SO I KNOW WITH EVERY TIME I GET NEW TIRES, THEY CHARGE ME A TIRE DISPOSAL FEE AT FIRESTONE OR GOODYEAR OR WHEREVER.

I WAS THINKING, WHAT? AND, AND THAT'S A FEE THAT THEY CHARGE ME.

WHAT IF THEY GAVE AN INCENTIVE? MM-HMM.

RETURNING THOSE TIRES, KINDA LIKE THEY DO COKE BOTTLES, IT DISAGREE, OR ALUMINUM CANS.

AND INSTEAD OF THEM, INSTEAD OF US PAYING THEM $10, WHAT IF THEY GAVE US FIVE OR $10? THAT WOULD GO TOWARD, WELL, TOWARD THE COST OF THE NEW TIRES AND STUFF, BUT IT WOULD PROVIDE AN INCENTIVE TO RECYCLE THOSE TIRES RATHER THAN CHARGING THEM, WHICH IS A DETERRENT, WHICH PROBABLY CAUSES THEM TO, TO DITCH 'EM.

SO YOU'RE SAYING IF A CITIZEN BRINGS THE TIRES TO THE TRANSFER STATION AND THEY PAY US, OR, OR IF THE TIRE COMPANIES OFFERED, YOU KNOW, LIKE, LIKE YOU WOULD, WE TRADE IN YOUR COKE BOTTLES, UH, IF THE TIRE COMPANIES, INSTEAD OF BEING GREEDY AND, AND CHARGING YOU TO DISPOSE 'EM, WHICH THEY'RE PROBABLY JUST GONNA THROW 'EM OUT BACK BY THE TRAIN TRACKS, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DO.

WHAT, WHAT DOES FIRESTONE DO WITH THEIRS? DO YOU THEY RECYCLE THEM? UH, I'M ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING MY TIRES, UM, REPLACED AND THEY CHARGED ME $3 PER TIRE.

MM-HMM.

.

OH, IT'S JUST $3.

IT IS VERY AFFORDABLE.

UH, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I, I WAS RESEARCHING TIRE SHOPS AROUND THE, AROUND CITY HALL IS I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE CURRENT COST IS PER TIRE.

IT'S $10 PER TIRE, NO, $10 A FIRE DOING $10, BUT STILL, YOU KNOW, $10.

I MEAN, THIS IS PRETTY AFFORDABLE.

YEAH.

BUT WHAT IF, INSTEAD OF CHARGING YOU, WHAT IF THEY GAVE YOU THAT AND JUST APPLIED IT TO THE COST RAISE THE PRICE OF IT.

YEAH.

IT'S, IT'S THE OPERATING COST FOR THE BUSINESS.

I MEAN, BUSINESSES OPERATE TO MAKE MONEY.

RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, SO IT'S, IT WOULD SAVE, IT WOULD PROVIDE INCENTIVE FOR PEOPLE TO BRING THOSE TIRES IN UHHUH.

MM-HMM.

IT WOULD KEEP, I'M NOT DOING FEDERAL LAW.

IT WOULD KEEP SOMEBODY FROM DITCHING THEM SOMEWHERE, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

I THINK, UH, THE PROBLEM IS, IS JUST, UH, PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.

BUT, BUT YOU'RE GONNA SEE IT HERE IN A LITTLE BIT, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE COMING UP WITH FROM A PROACTIVE STANDPOINT TO ELIMINATE THOSE, THOSE PROBLEMS TO KIND OF BE ONE STEP AHEAD.

SO, UM, LET ME SEE.

SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE PROACTIVE ACTIONS THAT WE'RE

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SO WE, YOU KNOW, AS YOU GUYS CAN SEE, UH, THE, THE, LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, WE WENT FROM 950 TIRES IN 2020 TO POTENTIALLY OVER 2000 IN THIS YEAR.

SO THIS PROBLEM IS GROWING, AND IT'S NOT JUST IN GARLAND, I CAN TELL YOU IT IS HAPPENING IN EVERY CITY, IN EVERY STATE IN THE US IT IS A BIG PROBLEM.

AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF REALLY SMART PEOPLE LOOKING INTO A SOLUTION.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT RIGHT NOW.

SO, UH, WE NOTICED THIS TREND.

SO, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID GOING INTO FISCAL YEAR 24 25 IS WE REQUESTED ADDITIONAL FUNDING SO THAT WE CAN OFFER THIS SERVICE TO MORE PEOPLE FOR FREE.

SO NOW WE'RE ADDING AN ADDITIONAL $15,000.

SO I'M HOPING THAT WILL ALLOW US TO PROCESS AROUND 3000 TIRES OR SO, AT NO COST TO OUR CITIZENS.

ANOTHER THING THAT WE DID IS THE, UH, NORTH TEXAS CENTRAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, UM, THEY OFFER GRANTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SO WE REACHED OUT AND WE APPLIED FOR A GRANT.

INITIALLY THEY GAVE US AROUND $1,500, AND I SAID, NO, THAT'S NOT ENOUGH.

SO I KEPT PUSHING AND PUSHING, AND THEY ENDED UP GIVING US $18,000.

SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A TOTAL OF $33,000 SPECIFICALLY ALLOCATED FOR THIS PURPOSE TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF ILLEGAL DUMPING OF TIRES.

NOW ONE THING THAT I WANNA MENTION IS THE, THE GRANT, UH, WE, WE HAVE TO USE THE FUNDS BEFORE THE END OF MARCH, 2025.

SO PART OF THE REASON, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, THAT, UH, LAUREN JUST MENTIONED IS, OR FIRST RETIRE RECYCLING EVENT THAT WE'RE DOING, WHICH IS GONNA BE, UH, SEPTEMBER 14TH THIS SATURDAY.

SO IF ANY OF YOU ARE AVAILABLE AND WANT TO COME OUT, IT'S GONNA BE AT THE TRANSFER STATION FROM 9:00 AM TO NOON.

UM, AND, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING, AS YOU CAN SEE, PRETTY MUCH EVERY MONTH UNTIL MARCH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN EVENT, REALLY PUTTING IT OUT ON PEOPLE'S FACES, UH, HOPING THAT PEOPLE WILL SEE, UH, THAT, THAT WE HAVE THE SERVICE AVAILABLE TO, TO OUR CITIZENS.

MY PLAN IS FOR ALL OF THESE EVENTS TO USE THE MONEY FOR THE GRANT, AND THEN AFTER MARCH, USE THE MONEY THAT I HAVE ALLOCATED BECAUSE I CAN USE THE MONEY ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS SEPTEMBER 30TH.

SO THERE'S A REALLY GOOD CHANCE THAT FOR THE REMAINING OF THIS YEAR, ANY CITIZEN THAT COMES TO US, UH, THAT WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE THEIR TIRES AT NO COST TO THEM.

AND WHEN YOU SAY USE THAT MONEY, USE THAT MONEY FOR WHAT? EXACTLY? RECYCLING TO GET THEM RECYCLED TO OFFSET THE COST OF RECYCLING.

TO RE I HIRE A CONTRACTOR THAT WILL SHOW UP TO THE TRANS, TO THE TRANSFER STATION, PICK 'EM UP, THEN, THEN THEY'LL GO TO, UH, NORTH TEXAS TIRE RECYCLING, WHICH IS IN FORT WORTH.

AND THAT'S WHERE THEY DO THE ACTUAL RECYCLING.

WHAT ARE, AND I MAYBE I MISSED THIS EARLIER, BUT OTHER THAN THE NEW FOOTBALL FIELDS, WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY A NEW WAVE OF RECYCLING MATERIAL THAT THEY CAN, THAT THEY CAN USE? TIRES FOR? PLAYGROUNDS, ROADS, UH, THOSE ARE TWO THAT, THAT STAND OUT RIGHT NOW.

BOB, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN THINK OF ANY.

YEAH.

YOU MIX 'EM MULCH, YEAH.

THREE RINGS.

YEAH.

I'M SEEING ART USED WITH THEM TOO.

THAT'S WHAT WAS ONE OF MY THINGS.

LIKE, ESPECIALLY IN PLAYGROUNDS.

I MEAN, YOU CAN ALMOST BUILD AN ENTIRE PLAYGROUND WITH TIRES.

THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THAT OF COURSE WE HAVE STEEL TREADS.

MM-HMM.

.

YEAH.

SO THEY CAN ONLY PRETTY MUCH USE THE SIDEWALLS.

YEAH.

SO THAT'S, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE OPTIONS.

BUT AS I MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE PARTNERED WITH THE DALLAS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT TO, TO DO THESE EVENTS.

UH, WE PARTNERED WITH, UH, WITH YOU GUYS WITH THE ECAP SO THAT YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME WE DO THIS, UH, THIS FLYERS, IT ACTUALLY SHOWS THE ECAP AS ONE OF THE, THE SPONSORS.

UH, AND OF COURSE, KEEP CARLAND BEAUTIFUL.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THIS COMMITTEE, UH, EXISTS IS TO SUPPORT KEEP CARLAND BEAUTIFUL WITH RESOURCES AND, AND, AND SUPPORT THE MISSION OF KEEP CARLAND BEAUTIFUL.

UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, RICK SHOWED THIS, THE PICTURE OF, I'M GOING THE OTHER WAY, UH, PICTURES LIKE THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU GO IN YOUR, IN YOUR ALLEY OR YOU OPEN YOUR GATE AND, AND YOU SEE SOMEBODY JUST LEFT A COUPLE OF TIRES AND IT HAPPENS TO BE A, YOU KNOW, 90-YEAR-OLD LIVES THERE.

UH, GIVE US A CALL.

WE HAVE RESOURCES THAT WE CAN SEND ONE OF OUR DRIVERS, OR EVEN RICK COULD PROBABLY GO OUT THERE, JUST HELP 'EM OUT.

YOU KNOW, THE GOAL HERE IS, IS IS NOT TO PUNISH THE VICTIM, LIKE RICK SAID, IT IS TO PROVIDE A SOLUTION.

NOW WE HAVE THE FUNDING.

SO WHEN YOU DO THE RECYCLING EVENT, YOU PEOPLE ARE SHOWING, YOU HAVE TO SHOW A GARLAND ID OBVIOUSLY.

YES.

NOW IN GARLAND, WE KNOW FROM RUNNING RECYCLING EVENTS, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE A VALID ID.

SO WE WOULD ACCEPT, UH, WATER BILL, ELECTRIC BILL.

YEAH.

ANYTHING THAT TIES YOU TO THE CITY OF GARLAND TO A RESIDENCE IN THE CITY OF GARLAND.

INFORMATION

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I THINK THEY DO PHRASE IT AS LIKE, PROOF OF RESIDENCY.

I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS.

IT DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY SAY ID, I THINK IT JUST SAYS PROOF OF RESIDENCY.

AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS THAT USE THE TRANSFER STATION, THEY'RE PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCESS BECAUSE THEY, THEY OFTEN GO AND, AND, AND DUMP DURING THE WEEK.

SO THEY JUST SHOW UP WITH THE WATER BILL OR ELECTRIC BILL SO THEY UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.

BUT, BUT GOOD POINT.

I, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE, SO THEY DUMP ON THE CEMETERY RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM THIS YES.

STATION ALL THE TIME.

THEY GET DOWN THERE AND IT'S SOMETHING THEY DON'T TAKE TAKE OR THAT JUST DROP IT IN THE CEMETERY.

UH, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU GUYS.

I DON'T KNOW WHY IT LIKE THAT , RICK, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DID TO IT, .

THAT WASN'T ME.

, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY MORE QUESTIONS.

ABSOLUTELY.

SO ON THAT GUIDELINES, IT MENTIONED THAT FOUR TIRES, IS IT FOUR TIRES PER EVENT? FOUR TIRES PER ADDRESS IN THE NEXT PER ADDRESS, YEAR PER ADDRESS, BUT PER EVENT? UH, YES.

PER EVENT.

PER EVENT, YES.

NOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING IS WE'RE GONNA BE TRACKING THIS.

'CAUSE IF WE SEE THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE'S 50 TIRES THAT CAME OUTTA ONE HOUSE, CHANCES ARE THAT GUY OWNS A SMALL TIRE SHOP AND HE IS TRYING TO GO AROUND THE SYSTEM.

THIS, THIS SERVICE IS FOR THE CITIZENS OF GARLAND.

YOU KNOW, NOT, NOT FOR BUSINESS OWNERS.

THEY HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE.

SO, UM, SO YEAH, GREAT QUESTION.

BUT THAT, THAT'S THE REASON FOR THAT.

FOUR TIRES PER RESIDENCE PER EVENT.

IT'S NOT REALLY INDIVIDUAL AS OUR HOMEOWNERS AND IN OUR AREA THAT RICK AND U ARE FAMILIAR IN WEST GARLAND, TYPICALLY THE SMALLEST DUMP WE GET IS MAYBE 10 TIRES.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE SOMEBODY CHANGED THEIR TIRES AND THEY PULLED ONTO A VACANT LOT AND THREW FOUR TIRES OUT AND SCURRIED AWAY.

THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO DEAL IN TIRES SOMEHOW.

YEAH.

SO IT'S REALLY BUSINESSES OR SMALL BUSINESSES OR MECHANICS DOING THE DUMPING.

YOU DO HAVE THE ONE CITIZEN THAT, YOU KNOW, HAPPENS TO HAVE OLD TIRES IN THE GARAGE FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS, AND THEY JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET RID OF 'EM.

THEY'LL, THEY'LL PUT 'EM OUT ON THE CURB AND THEN MY GUYS WILL GO AND KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND SAY, HEY, THAT'S AN ILLEGAL ITEM.

WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T COLLECT IT.

WELL NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA BE TELLING CITIZENS WE'RE GONNA BE DOING MONTHLY EVENTS, BUT WE REALLY RELY ON YOU GUYS AS COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES TO GO BACK TO, TO, TO DO THE COMMUNITY AND TELL YOUR CITIZENS, YOUR HOAS, YOUR CHURCHES AND SAY, HEY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING EVENTS.

THEY'RE FREE.

AND, AND NOT ONLY THAT, WE'RE TAKING VOLUNTEERS.

SO IF ANYBODY, UM, IF YOU HAVE KIDS THAT NEED COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS, WE'RE SIGNING OFF FOUR HOURS FROM NINE TO 12.

SO A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING GOOD.

AND, AND ALSO KIDS CAN BENEFIT FROM.

YOU GUYS MIGHT BE SURPRISED WHEN WE DO OUR ANNUAL CLEANUP WITH KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL.

THE NUMBER OF TIRES WE FIND IN CREEK BEDS.

MM-HMM.

, UH, AND OUR, AND OUR CLEANUP AREAS IN THE PARKS, THEY, THEY, AFTER A SOFTBALL GAME, THROW A FEW TIRES OUTTA THE BACK OF THEIR TRUCK AND BE DONE WITH IT.

WE'RE ON A DEAD END STREET.

YEAH.

OR IN GARLAND.

AND WE HAVE, UH, DRAINAGE DITCHES THAT ARE ON OUR PROPERTY, BUT WE GIVE AN EASEMENT ON TWO SIDES OF IT.

AND THERE ARE TIRES WAY BACK IN THE CORNER.

YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAUL THIS TIRE LIKE 200 FEET IN THE BACK AND THEY'RE IN THAT CREEK BED.

IT'S AMAZING.

THEY THROW 'EM OFF THE BRIDGE THAT ROUTE.

YEAH.

OH YEAH.

I'VE SEEN IT.

NEVER BELIEVE THAT.

EVERY YEAR I SEE 'EM PULLING UP ONE RIGHT THERE.

AND THAT'S THE NUMBER OF TIRES.

I'M LIKE, WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE THEY STOPPING AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND DUMPING TIRES OFF THE BRIDGE? YEAH.

SO HOW ARE WE ADVERTISING THIS ONE ASIDE FROM THE GARLAND WEBSITE? PRIMARILY IT'S SOCIAL MEDIA.

OH, ALL SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. YEAH.

THE GARLAND PRESS RIGHT HERE.

UM, THEY USED TO PUT IN FLYERS WITH THE UTILITY BILLS AND STUFF LIKE THAT TOO.

WELL, WE JUST GOT THE GRANT HOW LONG AGO? NOT EVEN A MONTH AGO.

SO THAT'S WHY WE KIND OF GRANTS, IF YOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT GRANTS, YOU KIND OF WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE YOU GET IT AND THEN THEY TELL YOU YOU GOT 30 DAYS TO SPEND THE MONEY .

RIGHT.

SO THAT'S KINDA WHAT HAPPENED HERE.

SO THEY PRETTY, THE CITY PRESS, WE HAD ALREADY PLANNED ON DOING ONE TO PAY WITH OUR OWN FUNDS.

THAT'S WHY WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY GET ON THE CITY PRESS.

BUT THE CITY PRESS ONLY COMES OUT ONCE A QUARTER.

THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THE ONLY LIMITATION THAT WE HAVE.

BUT SOCIAL MEDIA IS, IS, IS, YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE USE SOCIAL MEDIA THESE DAYS.

AND, AND, AND IT IS VERY ACTIVE.

THE CITY OF GARLAND, OFFICIAL CITY, UH, WEBSITE, FACEBOOK PAGE.

UH, WE'RE ALWAYS POSTING ALL, ALL ALL OF OUR EVENTS ON THERE.

OUR GROUPS ON FACEBOOK WOULD BE A GOOD SPOT TOO.

WE POSTED THERE AS WELL.

SEVERAL CITIZENS ALWAYS SHARE IT.

YEAH.

CARISSA, I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.

YEAH.

SO ALSO IN OUR AREA, THERE'S A LOT OF TIRE DUMPING IN THE DUMPSTERS, THE

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AND SO IN, IN THIS AREA, THERE'S JUST A REFERENCE.

IT'S LIKE THE, THE SMALL LITTLE WAREHOUSES.

AND THEY PUT THEIR DUMPSTERS NEAR THE STREET SO THEY'RE ACCESSIBLE TO THE FRONT LOADER BECAUSE MAYBE THEIR DRIVEWAYS ARE TOO NARROW.

THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO AT NIGHT, THESE TIRE PEOPLE COME AND THEY DUMP TIRES.

THEY OPEN UP EVERYBODY'S DUMPSTERS AND THEY FILL 'EM FULL OF TIRES.

AND THEN THAT BUSINESS OWNER IS THEN FINED OR REJECTED BY SANITATION BECAUSE IT'S ILLEGAL TO DISPOSE OF FOR, FOR BUSINESSES IS DIFFERENT.

OKAY.

WE ACTUALLY TRACK, UH, THE BUSINESS, IF WE SEE IT WHEN WE GO AND PICK UP THE CONTAINER.

MM-HMM.

, WE GO AND KNOCK ON THE DOOR.

MM-HMM.

AND LET THEM KNOW.

SO THEY HAVE TWO OPTIONS.

THEY CAN ACTUALLY GET RID OF THE TIRES THEMSELVES OR WE, WE CHARGE THEM.