Sep 16, 2024 Work Session

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SO. WELL, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2024 WORK SESSION FOR THE

[ PUBLIC COMMENTS ON WORK SESSION ITEMS Members of the audience may address the City Council on any Work Session item at the beginning of the meeting. Speakers are allowed three minutes each, grouped by agenda item and called in the order of the agenda. Anyone wishing to speak must fill out a speaker card (located at the entrance to the Council Chambers and on the visitor's side of the Work Session Room) and give it to the City Secretary before the Mayor calls the meeting to order. Speakers are limited to addressing items on the Work Session agenda only. Items on a Regular Meeting agenda should be addressed at the respective Regular Meeting. Items not currently on an agenda may be addressed during the citizen comments portion of any Regular Meeting.]

SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO ADDRESSING ITEMS ON THE WORK SESSION AGENDA ONLY, AND ANY REGULAR SESSION AGENDA ITEMS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED AT THAT MEETING. ANY ITEMS AND ITEMS NOT CURRENTLY ON AN AGENDA MAY BE ADDRESSED DURING CITIZEN COMMENTS. MADAM SECRETARY. YES, MAYOR DAVE BRADLEY. DAVE BRADY, MR. BRADY. CAN YOU HELP HIM WITH THE MIC THERE WHERE IT IS. OOPS.

THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE UP THERE. OVER THERE. THANK YOU. MR. BRADY, IF YOU'D GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. DAVE BRADY, 2101 WEST WAY.

GARLAND, 75042. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS. HANG ON, HANG ON ONE SECOND. LET ME GET HER, CAN WE GET THE TIMER UP JUST SO. YOU KNOW. OKAY. VERY GOOD. SORRY. YEAH. GO AHEAD. ALL RIGHT. DAVE BRADY, 21, ONE ONE WEST WAY. GARLAND 75042. IN REFERENCE TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR ON THE WORK ON THE SOUTH GARLAND TRANSIT CENTER. THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS ALONG THAT PARTICULAR PORTION OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, WHICH HOPEFULLY WILL BRING TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL RIDERSHIP FOR OUR CITIZENS AND ACCESS ALONG THAT.

635 CORRIDOR. YOU ALL KNOW WE'VE BEEN SPENDING YEARS ON GETTING THAT DONE, AND SOUTH GARLAND TC IS A VERY STRONG BUS TRANSFER POINT FOR DART. IT HAS THE POTENTIAL WITH ALL THE DEVELOPMENT THAT CAN BE AMASSED IN THAT AREA, WITH THE PROPERTY THAT YOU'VE PURCHASED AND WITH WHAT IS AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THAT AREA TO BECOME AN EVEN STRONGER RIDERSHIP LOCATION AND IMPROVED PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT LOCATION, WHICH CERTAINLY IMPROVES OUR TAX BASE. SO WHAT I WOULD CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO IS TO WORK DILIGENTLY WITH DART IN REFERENCE TO THAT AND PROVIDE AND PRODUCE A REALLY QUALITY TRANSFER AREA BECAUSE IT PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR MANY OF OUR CITIZENS AND OTHERS COMING THROUGHOUT THE DART SERVICE AREA. BECAUSE OF THE NUMBERS OF BUSSES THAT MAKE TRANSFERS AT THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION. SO I KNOW THAT JACK WOJCINSKI AND THE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT STAFF AT DART HAS BEEN WORKING HARD IN TRYING TO WORK THE DETAILS OUT WITH GARLAND STAFF AND WITH TXDOT AND ALL OF THE OTHERS THAT ARE AFFECTED BY IT, BUT IT IS A REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT IN THAT BIG NEW ENTRANCE TO GARLAND. IF THERE'S EVER ANYTHING THAT THE GARLAND BUS USERS SOCIETY CAN DO TO HELP WITH THE PLANNING AND THOUGHT PROCESSES ON IT, FEEL FREE TO CONTACT HIM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. YEAH. VERY GOOD. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? OKAY. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. AND SO WE

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[ CONSIDER THE CONSENT AGENDA Council may ask for discussion or further information on any item posted in the consent agenda of the next Regular Meeting. Council may also ask that an item on the consent agenda be pulled and considered for a vote separate from the consent agenda at the next Regular Meeting. All discussions or deliberations are limited to posted agenda items and may not include new or unposted subject matter.]

[1. Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) 2025 Comprehensive Grant Council is requested to consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager to accept the State of Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) Grant for FY 2024-25 in the amount of $120,573.76. Unless directed otherwise, this item will be placed on the October 8, 2024 Regular Meeting.]

[2. Council Consideration of CDBG-CV Reallocation of Funding Council is requested to consider reallocating unspent CDBG-CV (CARES Act) funds from the completed project to support the expansion of the Council-approved James Park Project. Unless directed otherwise, this item will be placed on the October 8, 2024 Regular Meeting.]

[3. Renewal of Interlocal Agreement between Garland Health Department and Parkland Health & Hospital System Council is requested to consider authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute a renewal of the Interlocal Agreement between the City of Garland and Dallas County Hospital District dba Parkland Health & Hospital System to provide social work services, thus fulfilling Texas Department of State Health Services contract requirements. Unless directed otherwise, this item will be placed on the October 8, 2024 Regular Meeting.]

[4. Interlocal Agreement between City of Garland and DART for the South Garland Transit Center Council is requested to consider approving an Interlocal Agreement (ILA) between the City of Garland and Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) for a future Transit-Oriented Development at the South Garland Transit Center. Unless directed otherwise, this item will be placed on the October 8, 2024 Regular Meeting.]

AND AS MR. BRADY SPOKE, THIS WILL BE UP FOR FORMAL CONSIDERATION AT OUR OCTOBER 8TH

[8. Gatewood Drainage Study Update The Engineering Department is providing the City Council with an update on the results of the Gatewood Drainage Study.]

THERE'S ONE ON THE NORTH SIDE, AS YOU SEE, WE CALL IT. WE'RE CALLING IT THE GREBROOK GREENBROOK AREA, ABOUT 138 ACRES. AND IT DRAINS INTO A CHANNEL UNDERNEATH. GATEWOOD CONTINUES IN A CHANNEL AND THEN CROSSES UNDER BROADWAY AND OATES AND THEN BACK INTO AN OPEN CHANNEL, WHICH IS CALLED STREAM TWO. C ONE, AS YOU SEE ON THE TO THE RIGHT OF THE PAGE THERE, AND THAT EVENTUALLY FLOWS UNDER ROWLETT ROAD, UNDER 30 AND THEN BACK INTO DUCK CREEK ONCE IT CROSSES UNDER 30 AND INTO I BELIEVE THAT'S SUNNYVALE SLASH MESQUITE AREA. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO THE GATEWOOD DRAINAGE AREA. THEY'RE ALMOST EQUAL DRAINAGE BASINS. THIS IS A LITTLE ABOUT A LITTLE OVER 151 ACRES. AND IT ENCOMPASSES THE L SHAPE OF GATEWOOD AND IT'S MORE IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THAT DRAINAGE AREA. WHILE THE OTHER ONE IS IN THE DOWNSTREAM SECTION. SO ONE'S UPSTREAM, ONE'S DOWNSTREAM. SO IT HAS ITS OWN CHALLENGES FROM THAT ASPECT, MOST OF THIS AREA WAS BUILT. A LOT OF IT WAS BUILT BACK IN THE, ESPECIALLY ALONG GATEWOOD, 5060S 70S IN THAT TIME FRAME. SO THE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT AREA. GATEWOOD IS STILL AN EXISTING ASPHALT ROAD, WHICH IS YOUR TYPICAL ASPHALT ROAD WITH THE BAR DITCHES ON THE SIDE. AND IT HAS NOT. IT'S ONE OF THE FEW STREETS AROUND THE CITY THAT HAS NOT BEEN IMPROVED, COLLECTORS, THAT HAS NOT BEEN IMPROVED OVER THE YEARS. BUT, AGAIN, IT WAS IT WAS BUILT AT A TIME THAT THE DESIGN STANDARDS WEREN'T THE SAME AS THEY ARE TODAY. FOR THE 100 YEAR STORM. SO LOOKING AT THE 100 YEAR INUNDATION MAP THROUGH OUR STUDY, IF YOU HAD THE 100 YEAR STORM, THIS IS WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT TO SEE AS FAR AS INUNDATION IN THAT AREA. NOW AGAIN, I'M GOING TO ZOOM. MAKE A FEW HIGHLIGHTS HERE. GATEWOOD IS KIND OF TO THE BOTTOM QUARTER RIGHT CORNER OF THE PAGE, AND IT

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SOME ARE VACANT PROPERTIES, BUT FIVE ARE RESIDENTIAL HOMES OR HABITABLE STRUCTURES IS WHAT WE CALL THEM. ONE, I BELIEVE RECENTLY ON GATEWOOD BURNED DOWN. MAYBE NOT TOO LONG AGO, AND I THINK IT WAS BEEN DEMOED SINCE. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. SO THERE ARE FOUR HOMES THERE NOW.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO REBUILD OR NOT, THEN THERE ARE 12 COMMERCIAL AND OR SLASH VACANT PROPERTIES OUT THERE. MOVING OVER TO THE OTHER DRAINAGE BASIN, THE ACTUAL GATEWOOD DRAINAGE BASIN, WHICH WAS THAT MORE SOUTHERLY DRAINAGE BASIN OF 151 ACRES. I'M GOING TO TRY TO ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT SO WE CAN SEE THIS. I DIDN'T DIVIDE THIS ONE UP INTO TWO SLIDES, BUT, ON THIS UPPER END, GATEWOOD, IF YOU CAN SEE THE CURSOR, THE GATEWOOD KIND OF AGAIN, SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AND THIS IS THE LOWER DRAINAGE BASIN. BUT HERE ALONG TERRY AND OAKWOOD, THERE'S SOME AGAIN, JUST LIKE MAYFLOWER, BECAUSE OF THE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE DOWNSTREAM HERE ON COLLINGWOOD. AND OAK TREE LANE. AND A FEW OF THESE, YOU SEE SOME RED PIPE IN THERE. IT IS JUST UNDERSIZED TO FOR TODAY'S STANDARDS. BUT BECAUSE OF THAT UNDER SIZING OF THE PIPE, DURING 100 YEAR FREQUENCY STORM, THE WATER WOULD BACK UP INTO THESE STREETS. AND AGAIN WE HAVE HAD, COMPLAINTS IN THIS AREA OVER THE YEARS WITH THE FLOODING IN THE STREETS AND FLOODING OF VEHICLES IN THE STREETS THAT HAVE BEEN PARKED ALONG THERE, THAT TYPE OF THING.

AND SO AS YOU MOVE FURTHER SOUTH, THERE IS INUNDATION RIGHT HERE AT COLLINGWOOD THAT OVERTOPS THE WATER WOULD OVERTOP THE ROAD AT COLLINGWOOD DRIVE DUE TO THE RESESTRICTIONNDER THE ROADWAY AT THAT ONE. AND THEN AS, AS WE CONTINUE SOUTH, ONCE YOU GET TO DUCK CREEK DRIVE AS WELL AS OATES, A LOT OF THIS IS BACKWATER FROM DUCK CREEK. SO UNLESS WE DID SOMETHING WITH DUCK CREEK, THIS ONE WOULD BE A ALLEVIATE. BUT WHAT OUR FOCUS REALLY WAS IS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE IMPROVED GATEWOOD ROAD AND WE RELEASED ALL THIS WATER UPSTREAM TO THE DOWNSTREAM. IT WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE DOWNSTREAM. WE DON'T WANT TO CAUSE FLOODING FURTHER DOWNSTREAM. SO WHAT WE DID IS IN THIS AREA, I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT WE HAVE 15 PROPERTIES INUNDATED IN THIS AREA THAT WE SHOWED FROM OUR FROM OUR STUDY. AND AGAIN, WE HAVE OVERTOPPING IN COLLINGWOOD BY 1.7FT. AND THEN OF COURSE AT DUCK CREEK DRIVE AGAIN, THAT IS BACKWATER FROM DUCK CREEK ITSELF OF 2.2FT. SO WHAT IS THE SOLUTION? SO LET'S ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT. THIS IS THE AGAIN THE GREENBROOK AREA. AND I'M GOING TO START DOWNSTREAM TO UPSTREAM HERE AT THE STREAM TO SEE ONE. THIS IS AT OATES AND BROADWAY WHERE WE HAVE SOME OVERTOPPING IN THAT WHOLE AREA WAS INUNDATED. THE SOLUTION WOULD BE TO INSTALL ADDITIONAL PIPING AND OR BOX

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PHASE ONE, THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE UPSIZE. T BROADWAY BOULEVARD AND OATES ROAD PIPES FIRST, I THINK YOU HAVE THE BIGGEST IMPACT THERE WITH WITH TRYINGNG TO ALLEVIATE THE FLOODG ON THE ROADWAY ITSELF, BECAUSE THAT'S A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND IT SERVES A LOT OF THE PUBLIC ON NORTH AND SOUTH GOING THROUGH GARLAND AND THEN WIDENING THE CHANNEL WITH VERTICAL WALLS BETWEEN GATEWOOD AND BROADWAY BOULEVARD. NOW, THIS WOULD BE A LARGE A LARGE PROJECT FOR ALL OF THAT. BUT THAT COULD BE A PHASED APPROACH. AND THEN THE UPSIZING OF GATEWOOD ROAD CULVERTS AND WIDENING OF THE CHANNEL UPSTREAM OF GATEWOOD WOULD BE IN A PHASE TWO WHEN THEY WHEN GATEWOOD WERE CONSTRUCTED AND THEN IN THE GATEWOOD SUBDIVISION, THIS COULD ALL BE IMPROVED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE GATEWOOD ROAD. IT COULD BE DONE BEFORE, BUT I WOULD RECOMMEND JUST WAITING UNTIL YOU CONSTRUCT IT WITH GATEWOOD SUBDIVISION OR THE GATEWOOD ROAD TO MAKE ALL THOSE IMPROVEMENTS DOWNSTREAM. SO I KNOW THAT'S A LOT. IT'S DRAINAGE. IT'S NOT THE MOST EXCITING TOPIC IN THE WORLD, BUT IT'S BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE FACED WITH A LOT IN A LOT OF AREAS OF GARLAND. SO WITH THAT, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OR IF YOU NEED CLARIFICATION, ALL RIGHT. WELL, THERE'S ONE PERSON AT THIS TABLE WHO FINDS THIS PROJECT VERY EXCITING BECAUSE I COULD NOTICE AS SOON AS YOU SAID THAT HE STARTED SHAKING HIS HEAD. SO AND

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BUT ANYWAY. ANYWAY, MICHAEL, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I JUST WANT TO. FIRST, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DID IN BRINGING THIS STUDY FORWARD, IT'S, I KNOW HOW CHALLENGING IT WAS YOU AND I SHARING THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. AND THEN, PROVIDING THOSE SUMMARIES AND MITIGATION OPTIONS. SO I REALLY WANT TO WANT TO THANK YOUR, YOUR TEAM FOR THAT. AND THE SECOND THANK YOU. I WANT TO MAKE IS FOR THIS COUNCIL FOR THIS COUNCIL AGREEING TO USE THE ARPA FUNDS TO FUND THIS. THIS STUDY WAS HUGE. SO I TIE THAT, I TIE THAT BOAT TOGETHER AND SO, LOOKING FORWARD TO FURTHER DISCUSSION AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. BUT, MICHAEL, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND WHAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND CONTINUE TO DO. I KNOW THE UPDATE IS TONIGHT, BUT I KNOW TONIGHT, TOMORROW, TONIGHT DOESN'T END WHAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE TO DO AND THIS CHALLENGING THING. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU PUBLICLY AND PERSONALLY FOR THE WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE DOING AND THE WORK THAT I KNOW YOUR TEAM IS GOING TO DO TO TRY TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCILMEMBER HEDRICK, THANK YOU. MAYOR. YOU HEARD HOW ENTHUSIASTICALLY COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS SPOKE ABOUT IT. SO THAT MAKES TWO OF US WHO ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT. BUT JUST A QUESTION. YOU MENTIONED THERE WAS CARS THAT ARE FLOATING AND REPORTS THAT ARE THERE ANY STRUCTURES BECAUSE YOU SHOW ON THE MAP A FEW STRUCTURES, BUT HAVE THERE ACTUALLY BEEN REPORTS OF STRUCTURES FLOODING THERE? THERE HAVE BEEN. I THINK THERE WAS A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO WHEN THERE WERE MORE LOCALIZED. THERE WERE SOME SOME KIND OF GRADING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PERFORM THAT WOULD ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT. IT WASN'T A LOT OF FLOODING IN THE HOMES, BUT WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OF THEM THAT REPORTED FLOODING IN THE HOMES BACK IN THE 90S. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, AND IT SAYS THAT THOSE WERE RESOLVED. NOW, AGAIN, THIS THIS MODEL IS SHOWING THE FULL 100 YEAR INUNDATION AS IF EVERYTHING IS WORKING CORRECTLY. THAT'S OUT THERE. IS THERE ALL THE GRADING BETWEEN THE HOMES IS WORKING, THAT TYPE OF THING. SO WE DON'T SHOW THAT THE HOMES ARE FLOODING EXCEPT THOSE THAT WERE OUTLINED IN GREEN. NOW, LOCALIZED. THAT CAN STILL BE A HOT SPOT IN THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS ALL BASED ON AERIAL SURVEY, TWO FOOT CONTOURS. IT WAS NOT DONE AS FAR AS A PERFORMED, DOWN TO THE, YOU KNOW, INCH TYPE OF SURVEY. YEAH AND, ARE THE PROBLEMS SOME OF THE BACK WATER EFFECTS SEEMS LIKE THAT'S GOING BACK UP THE CHANNEL FROM THE CREEK. RIGHT.

THE BACK WATER ALONG DUCK CREEK AND THEN, AND THEN JUST BECAUSE OF THE RESTRICTION THAT YOU HAVE UPSTREAM AT GATEWOOD, THE RESTRICTION THE WATER CAN'T GET THROUGH FAST ENOUGH WITH THE CREEK, WITH THE CHANNEL FLOW THAT IT'S THAT IT'S BLOCKING SOME OF THE WATER BACK UP INTO MAYFIELD. WOULD UPSIDE CAUSE MORE BACK WATER BECAUSE WE'RE PUTTING MORE WATER IN AND INTO IT THERE. WELL WE'RE WHY IF YOU REMEMBER WE'RE AND ON WHICH NOW WHICH ONE ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT.

ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE GREEN BROOK OR ARE YOU GOING TO TALK OR THE GATEWOOD AREA BECAUSE IT'S THE GATEWOOD AREA BECAUSE THAT'S THE CREEK BACKING UP INTO IT THERE. RIGHT. AND, AND BUT THE, THE FLOW THAT'S COMING OFF OF THERE, 100 AND WAS IT 151 ACRES. THE TIME OF CONCENTRATION DOWN TO THAT POINT, IT AND YOU KNOW, HYDROLOGY, I GUESS WE COULD TALK. I DON'T WANT TO GET LOST INHE WEEDS. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THATAT AWAY. BUT BUT YOU KNOW, THE DESIGN IS FOR THE TEN YEAR STORM ON A ON A 100 YEAR STORM OF DUCK CREEK. SO THE YOU KNOW, IT FLOWS ANYWAY WE CAN KNOW. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING THE BEST BANG RIGHT. IF WE'RE GOING TO IMPROVE ANYTHING AT ALL. AND ONE FINAL QUESTION ABOUT THE VERTICAL WALLS. DID THEY STUDY LOOKING AT THE V-NOTCH OR THE TRAPEZOIDAL SHAPE? BECAUSE I ALWAYS LIKE A NATURAL CHANNEL RATHER THAN A VERTICAL. HOW THEY MODELED I THINK WAS WAS VERTICAL, LIKE, WHAT WE'VE USED ON, ON A FEW OTHER PROJECTS IN THE AREA, WE USED WHAT WE CALL READY ROCK, AND IT'S MORE OF A VERTICAL ELEMENT AND, AND BUT THOSE HAVE, GEO GEO GRIDS AND EVERYTHING HOLDING BACK INTO THE BANK EMBANKMENT. WELL, I HOPEFULLY WE COULD FIND SOME MONEY TO MAKE THESE IMPROVEMENTS, BUT I KNOW WE CERTAINLY HAVE A LOT OF DRAINAGE ISSUES. YES, THROUGHOUT THE CITY. BUT I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THE STUDY. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. VERY GOOD, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THIS UPDATE? I MEAN, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE FOR MANY YEARS.

AND ONGOING DISCUSSION WITH THIS COUNCIL FOR THE LAST SEVERAL. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS SORT OF LAST CALL. SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE QUEUE FOUR TIMES. SO COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS,

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TIME PASSES BY. WE DID A LOT OF ALLEY WORK BECAUSE ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WAS PEOPLE COULD NOT GET THEY COULD NOT GET TO GATEWOOD BECAUSE THE WATER WAS SO HIGH AT THE BACK OF THEIR HOMES. SO THEY COULD NOT THEY COULD NOT LEAVE THEIR USE, THEIR REENTRY DRIVEWAYS. SO WE DID.

THERE WAS A LOT OF STREET WORK. IT WAS SOME STREET WORK, BUT MOSTLY ALLEY WORK THAT WAS DONE IN THIS AREA. TO FOR THESE PEOPLE TO GET TO, TO GET TO GATEWOOD, BUT JUST, JUST FOR CLARITY, THERE'S STILL ONGOING, FLOODING BACK UP INTO THOSE AREAS, WITHIN THE LAST I'D SAY, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE LAST NINE, 6 TO 9 MONTHS, YOU KNOW, BUT THE WORK THAT WE WERE THAT THE CITY WAS ABLE TO DO ON THE ALLEYS DID HELP ACCESS, BUT WE STILL HAVE SOME OF THE RESIDENTS RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES DOWN THERE, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE BUSINESS STRUCTURE THAT ARE STILL TAKING ON WATER. SO I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THAT POINT UP. THANK YOU MAYOR. VERY GOOD.

MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I JUST FELT THAT THERE WAS PROBABLY ALREADY BEEN ENOUGH EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE CONVERSATION NOT TO ADD ANY MORE, BUT I DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IN THE PAST TO TOUR THIS AREA WITH COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. AND WHILE IT MAY NOT BE VERY EXCITING SUBJECT FOR US TO DISCUSS HERE, IT'S CERTAINLY GOING TO BE VERY EXCITING FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN THAT AREA. I WANTED TO CLARIFY SOMETHING, THOUGH. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAD AN $8 MILLION PRICE TAG ON ONE PIECE, ANOTHER $6 MILLION ON ANOTHER, I'M ASKING NOW ABOUT THE ARPA FUNDING. WELL, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS EXPLAINED THAT WE DID HAVE ARPA FUNDINGS THAT TOOK CARE OF THE STUDY. BUT WHAT YOU'RE COMING AND ASKING FOR NOW IS THE 8,000,006 MILLION IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY DO. AND THAT'S NOT INCLUDING SOME OTHER THINGS. IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING PRESENTLY? WELL, THIS WOULD ACTUALLY BE AND AGAIN, I WAS SHOWING YOU A PHASED APPROACH.

IT WOULDN'T BE THE FULL 8 MILLION. I THINK SOME OF IT COULD BE DEFERRED UNTIL WE IMPROVE. GATEWOOD BUT I THINK WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT COULD BE A PHASED APPROACH, BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHEN YOU LOOK AT 7 MILLION PLUS THE NEXT PAGE SIX, YOU KNOW, SIX AND A QUARTER, YOU'RE ALREADY UP TO 13 A QUARTER, YOU'RE JUST TALKING DRAINAGE AT THIS POINT.

WE'RE TALKING YOU HAVEN'T EVEN TOUCHED GATEWOOD AT THIS POINT. SO, A ROLLING GATEWOOD INTO IT.

YOU'RE I CAN'T REMEMBER THE COST THAT WE HAD FOR GATEWOOD AT THAT TIME, BUT I THINK THAT, BACK IN 2019, WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE BOND STUDY, I THINK IT WAS IN THE BALLPARK OF 8 TO 10 MILLION AT THAT TIME. SO WITH THE WITH THE INFLATION THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE A FAIRLY GOOD PRICE TAG ON THE ROADWAY ITSELF. SO THIS WOULD BE SOME WAY TO AT LEAST ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT. AND AGAIN, THE REASON I MENTIONED, BROADWAY IS THAT YOU'RE IMPROVING BROADWAY, WHICH IS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE IN THE CITY THAT'S BEING INUNDATED WITH ANYWHERE FROM ONE TO, YOU KNOW, 1.5FT OF WATER IN THIS AREA DURING MAYBE NOT A 100 YEAR STORM, BUT YOU STILL HAVE WATER STANDING IN THAT AREA AND DRAINING OFF VERY SLOWLY IN THAT AREA. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. GO AHEAD. I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD SO ALL IN, MICHAEL, WERE JUST FOR CLARIFICATION SAKE, WE'RE LOOKING AT SEVEN PLUS SIX PLUS MAYBE TEN TO 15 TO 15 PLUS FOR EVERYTHING THERE. SO IT'S A HEFTY PRICE TAG. AND I THINK TO I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS ABOUT ABOUT FUNDING.

AND WE'LL YOU KNOW WE CAN DIG INTO THAT LATER. WE'RE COMING UP ON OUR CIP PROCESS. AND THERE'S OTHER AVENUES FOR FUNDING HERE. SO WE'RE NOT REALLY HERE JUST TO REVIEW THE STUDY AND, AND PUT A, PUT SOME PARAMETERS AROUND WHAT, WHAT COST MIGHT LOOK LIKE, FUNDING TBD. YEAH. OKAY ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I SEE NONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE TAKEAWAY FROM THIS PRESENTATION IS GEO GRIDS, NEW WORDS THAT CAME ABOUT, GEO BACKWATER AND GEO

[5. Home Improvement Incentive Program - 2024 Report Neighborhood Vitality will give an update on the Home Improvement Incentive Program (HIIP).]

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CONTINUING ON WITH PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS. IN FISCAL YEAR 24, THERE WERE 98 APPLICATIONS APPROVED. AND THERE HAVE SO FAR BEEN, 300, A LITTLE OVER $388,000 IN REBATES DISTRIBUTED.

AND SO WE HAVE AN AVERAGE ACTUAL REBATE OF 5000 605,467, WITH SOME COMMITTED FUNDS REMAINING OF 100, A LITTLE LESS THAN 155,000. SO THE TOTAL ACTUAL INVESTMENT, OF PROPERTIES THAT ARE HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THIS PROGRAM IS $815,014. AND WITH THE AVERAGE INVESTMENT PER PROPERTYF 11,320, FIVE YEARS RUNNING, THE MOST COMMON IMPROVEMENT FOR THIS PROGRAM IS REPLACING WINDOWS. AND RENTAL PROPERTIES COMPRISE OF 7% OF ALL THE APPROVED APPLICATIONS. FROM THIS MAP, YOU CAN SEE HOW THE PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN DISPERSED, THE CURRENT 2024 PROPERTIES YOU CAN SEE IN BLUE, AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A FEW YEARS. SO, THE PREVIOUS YEARS ARE, IN SMALLER, DOTS IN THE DIFFERENT COLORS AND SO AND THEY'RE PRETTY WELL DISPERSED. AND THE TOP THREE REPAIRS, SIMILAR TO PREVIOUS YEARS, TOP REPAIR AGAIN, AS MENTIONED BEFORE, IS REPLACING WINDOWS, ABOUT 29% OF OUR PROJECTS WERE WINDOW REPLACEMENTS, FOLLOWED BY REPLACING FENCES AT 11%, AND THEN THE THIRD PLACE THIRD POSITION IS REPAINTING HOUSE WINDOWS AND FENCES HAVE CONSISTENTLY BEEN IN THE TOP TWO. THE TOP TWO IMPROVEMENTS THE PAST FIVE, FIVE YEARS. SOME COMPLEMENTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM OUR APPLICANTS. WE RECEIVE A LOT OF VERBAL COMPLIMENTS AND SUCH, BUT THESE WERE JUST A FEW EMAILS THAT WE HAD RECEIVED ONE FROM MR. SAFRA. HE SAID, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROFESSIONALISM, COURTESY AND GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE AND ASSISTING THROUGH THE HIT PROCESS, HAVE A NEW ROOF ON THE HOUSE AND RECEIVE THE REIMBURSEMENT CHECK TODAY, I'M FORTUNATE TO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THIS PROGRAM TO MAINTAIN THE VALUE OF MY PROPERTY AS WELL AS MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE OVERALL COMMUNITY. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE ASSISTANCE, AND THEN MR. SIGN SAYS THANK YOU WITH THREE SMILEY EMOJIS. SO, IN ADDITION TO, THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER, THANKS AND COMPLIMENTS, WE JUST GENERALLY, WORK WITH A LOT OF APPLICANTS WHO ARE THRILLED TO HAVE THIS RESOURCE AVAILABLE TO THEM AS THEY ARE IMPROVING THEIR HOMES. SO LAST YEAR, THE CITY COUNCIL AGREED TO SET THE APPRAISED VALUE CAP AT THE

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AND THEN LASTLY INCLUDING A PROMOTIONAL MESSAGE IN THE JANUARY AND FEBRUARY EDITION OF THE GARLAND CITY PRESS, AND SO RATHER THAN, THE PREVIOUS ONE WAS MOST OF THE PROMOTIONS WERE AFTER APPLICATIONS OPENED. BUT AS WE CAN SEE, IT TAKES ONLY A MONTH TO COMMIT THE FUNDING. SO, WE ARE PROPOSING TO, GIVE THE RESIDENTS OR FUTURE APPLICANTS A BIT MORE TIME TO GET THEIR DUCKS IN A ROW AS THEY PREPARE FOR, APPLICATIONS TO APPLICATION WINDOW TO OPEN, AND WITH THAT, I THINK THAT YES, THAT IS ALL. SO I WILL PAUSE FOR QUESTIONS. OKAY. SO DO YOU HAVE ARE WE SEEING, YOU KNOW, FOLKS THAT, THEY MISSED OUT ON THE FUNDING THIS YEAR? THEY'RE GETTING PAID.

I MEAN, ARE THEY DO WE HAVE A DO WE SORT OF KEEP THEM IN THE QUEUE OR A WAITING LIST OR A NOTIFICATION, OR DO THEY JUST THEY HAVE TO START OVER THE NEXT YEAR? I WAS LIKE, ARE WE PICKING UP THOSE FOLKS THAT THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, THE FUNDING RUNS OUT WHEN IT RUNS OUT. HOW DOES THAT OPERATE? SO WE DO NOT KEEP A WAITING LIST, JUST BECAUSE IT IS AN EXTREMELY POPULAR PROGRAM.

AND SO WE WOULD JUST CONTINUOUSLY HAVE A WAITING LIS, HOWEVER, THEY ARE, I WOULD SAY WE HAVE VERY INTERESTED APPLICANTS. AND SO, SO THEY, SO THEY KNOW THAT WE'LL BE, YOU KNOW, IF COUNCIL APPROVES THAT, WE'LL BE OPENING UP THE WINDOW OF APPLICATIONS AGAIN IN JANUARY. APPLICANTS DO HAVE TO WAIT AT LEAST ONE YEAR FROM THE DAY THAT THEY COMPLETE THEIR PROJECTS TO APPLY AGAIN. AND SO, SO THERE'S THAT, THAT WAITING PERIOD. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF SCOTT HAS ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD, BUT, THEY ARE PRETTY ADAMANT ABOUT KEEPING TOUCH AND CALLING AND EMAILING AND JUST KIND OF. YEAH, TOUCHING BASE WITH US. GOOD GOOD GOOD. COUNCILMEMBER BASS THANK YOU. YEAH, I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT THE WAITING PERIOD, BUT THEN I THOUGHT, SO DO WE HAVE, WITH JUST BEING A ONE YEAR WAITING PERIOD, DO WE HAVE A LOT OF REPEAT CUSTOMERS, PEOPLE THAT ARE USING THE PROGRAM OVER AND OVER? SO WE DO HAVE A FEW, THIS YEAR WE

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ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION HERE THIS EVENING? WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOU KNOW, THIS WAS A PROGRAM THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AND PEOPLE TALKED TO US ABOUT, FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, AND OBVIOUSLY IN IT RUN SO FAR, IT HAS BEEN AS POPULAR AS, AS WE IMAGINED IT WOULD BE. SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING TO SEE THE PROGRESSION OF THE APPLICATION PERIOD OF HOW IT HAS, YOU KNOW, I WOULD IMAGINE IF THE TREND IS WHAT IT IS WHEN WE OPEN UP THE WINDOW FOR THE NEXT YEAR, YOU KNOW, WE MAY HAVE THREE WEEKS, TWO WEEKS WORTH OF, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT AND I KNOW THAT'S PROBABLY A VERY, VERY BUSY TIME FOR YOU ALL TO ADMINISTER THAT AND SORT THROUGH ALL THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT. I CAN'T BELIEVE SCOTT BOLLINGER DID NOT SAY ONE WORD DURING THAT ENTIRE THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. I HOPE HE'S FEELING OKA, I GAVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY. HE JUST LOOKED AT ME. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO ITEM EIGHT 2025 BOND STUDY COMMITTEE REPORT. ARE

[9. 2025 Bond Study Committee Report City Council will receive an update from staff and the Bond Study Committee Chair regarding discussions and progress of the 2025 Bond Study Committee.]

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THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN DO THEM ALL. I THINK, ANDY, YOU SAID ON OUR CALL TODAY, THEY DO INCLUDE ME IN THE PREPARATION OF THESE SLIDES. AND WE HAD A HALF AN HOUR PHONE CALL TODAY, AS WE ALWAYS DO BEFORE THESE MEETINGS. AND WE'RE ALREADY UP WITH WHAT WE'VE PRESENTED. SO FAR, 400 MILLION OR SO. AND WE'VE STILL GOT A FULL MEETING TO TALK ABOUT. OTHER STUFF THAT TO BE PRESENTED SO MUCH LIKE IN 2019, WHEN WE HAD TO WHITTLE $1 BILLION DOWN TO ONLY 500 MILLION, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF DISCUSSION. AND I CAN I'M REALLY HAPPY WITH THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS THEMSELVES. THEY'RE THEY'RE EVERYBODY IS SPEAKING UP. EVERYBODY'S GOT QUESTIONS, INTELLIGENT QUESTIONS, PEOPLE USING GOOD COMMON SENSE TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS. SO THEY'RE NOT JUST KIND OF PASSIVELY LETTING THE CITY DICTATE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. THAT'S NOT HAPPENING AT ALL. I THINK THE CITIZENS, AND CERTAINLY SOME OF THEM WITH VARIOUS, LEVELS OF EXPERTISE FOR BASED ON POSITIONS THEY'VE BEEN IN FOR A WHILE, LIKE MARY BRUMBAUGH WITH DALLAS COLLEGE, SHE'S BEEN DOING THAT FOR 50 YEARS. SO WHEN THE QUESTION CAME UP ABOUT THAT, MARY LIT UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE WHEN SHE WAS READY TO ANSWER SOME OF THAT. SO AND WE'VE GOT SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS LIKE THAT. SO I THINK WE'RE, YOU KNOW, SEEING A GREAT LIST OF PROJECTS AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME HARD DECISIONS AHEAD OF US. BUT I THINK THIS IS WE'RE CERTAINLY PROCEEDING THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO WHERE NOW WE CAN REINVEST AND DRAW MORE INVESTMENT TO GARLAND. ONCE WE PUT SOME OF THIS, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE ODDBALL LOTS TOGETHER, SOME OF THESE OTHER PLANS. SO ANYWAY, SO FAR SO GOOD. VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS? FOR STAFF OR CHAIRMAN? DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUKE, WHEN ARE YOU HAVING, MEMBERS DO THEIR PRESENTATIONS ON THE 26TH? OKAY SO FAR, IT'S BEEN A VERY ENGAGED GROUP. LOTS OF QUESTIONS. WE'VE BEEN USING THE FULL EXTENT OF THE OF THE TIME ALLOTTED. AND MR. THOMAS DEFINITELY RUNS, RUNS A GOOD, EFFICIENT MEETING. SO WE COVER A LOT OF GROUND. I JUST TRY TO FOLLOW MY IDOL WHO'S SITTING IN THE MAYOR CHAIR RIGHT NOW. STOP JUST STOP BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANY MORE PAY OUT OF ITIT, ARE YOU? THANK YOU. MAYOR. OKAY YEAH. NO, YOUR CHECK WILL REMAIN EXACTLY THE SAME, MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YOU GUYS ARE DOING AN AWESOME JOB. AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, WHERE ARE WE POSTING THE UPDATES? IN THEAY OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO COME BEHIND THE MEETING, LIKE THIS AND REVIEW. I'M GOING TO LET LETICIA ANSWER THAT. IF POSSIBLE, BECAUSE I WILL GETT WRONG. IT'S GOOD TO KNOW YOUR LIMITS. INDEED. WE ACTUALLY HAVE A WEB PAGE ON THE CITY WEBSITE DEDICATED. OH, THERE'S A WEB PAGE ON THE CITY WEBSITE DEDICATED TO ALL THINGS ON PROGRAM. SO YOU CAN HAVE, THERE'S AN AUDIO RECORDING, A TRANSCRIPT, THE PRESENTATIONS AND THEN THE COUNCIL UPDATES AS WELL. VERY GOOD. LETICIA, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELCOME. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YOU'RE GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, IT SOUNDS I KNOW I ASKED YOU THIS THE LAST TIME, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE STAFF.

IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT THE COMMITTEE IS NEEDING, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE STAFF IS MEETING ALL OF THAT. SO IF THERE IS, IF THERE IS SOMETHING THE COMMITTEE NEEDS MORE ON, MORE INFORMATION ON, CERTAINLY LET STAFF KNOW. AND I THINK THAT'S HAPPENING. YEAH IT CERTAINLY IS SCOTT. AND I YOU KNOW ME WELL ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT I WOULD BE TELLING THEM THAT AND TELLING YOU THAT LONG BEFORE WE GOT TO THIS POINT IN THE WEEK. SO YEAH. NO, I COMPLIMENTED THEM AGAIN TODAY ON

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[7. Fire Recovery Fee Schedule Proposal Council is requested to consider accepting an addition to the fee schedule relating to the partial cost recovery for certain vehicular collisions, vehicle fires, hazardous standbys, and special rescues as well as ordinance changes for hazardous material incidents and Charity Care Policy. Unless directed otherwise, this item will be placed on the October 8, 2024 Regular Meeting.]

THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU CHIEF. OH, HANDOUTS. HANDOUTS. ALL I DID WAS PRINT THE ATTACHMENTS FROM THEHE ITEM SO THAT Y'ALL DIDN'T HAVE TO PULL THEM UP. MY COLLEAGUES, I THINK I'M ALREADY ON THE FAR SIDE. I GOT ONE. WELL, IT'S. OH. IT'S TWO. OKAY. SORRY. ALL RIGHT. TWO PIECES, TWO ITEMS. YES, SIR. OKAY YES. OKAY. SO WE HAVE. MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, MR. CITY MANAGER, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE FOR YOU TONIGHT DURING THE BUDGET WORK SESSIONS, WE BROUGHT TO YOU A VERY CONVOLUTED, INTRICATE, CONFUSING ORDINANCE TO CHARGE FEES FOR FIRE RECOVERY SERVICES, WHEN WE PRESENTED ON IT IN A WORK SESSION, WE HAD DONE FURTHER RESEARCH AND FOUND A MORE SIMPLE ORDINANCE. WE FOLLOWED RECOMMENDATIONS OF COUNCIL AND THE CULMINATION OF ALL OF THAT IS WHAT'S BEEN PRESEND TO YOU TONIGHT. THE FIRST DOCUMENT THAT I GAVE YOU IS FROM THE AGAIN FROM THE PACKET. AND THIS IS THE FEES TO CHARGE FOR NON RESIDENT AND, AND OR COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ONLY MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION A SIMPLE COLLISION IS 520 FOR THE FIRE SERVICES, IF THERE'S A CLEANUP OF FUEL SPILLS, OIL SPILLS, THAT THING, IT GOES UP TO 600. A VEHICLE FIRE IS 605 NATURAL GAS LEAKS, $500, PLUS AN HOURLY RATE FOR THE FIRE APPARATUS. AND THIS IS TO RESPOND AND OR STAND BY PENDING GAS COMPANY, RENDERING THE AREA SAFE FROM ESCAPING OR POCKETED GAS. AND AGAIN, THIS IS LINES THAT ARE BREACHED BY A COMMERCIAL CONTRACTOR. NOT FOR A RESIDENT. SO ALL OF THESE FEES ARE FOR THE NON RESIDENT AND THE AND OR COMMERCIAL OPERATORS. SO THAT WILL BE THE AMENDMENT TO THE FEE SCHEDULE. THE SECOND PIECE OF THIS IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDMENT THAT ALLOWS FOR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS BILLING, IN APPROVED TO FURTHER DEVELOP OUT OUR HAZMAT RESPONSE CAPABILITIES AND THIS WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO RECOVER 100% OF THOSE SERVICES IN IN THE FEE SCHEDULE. THE LAST ITEM THERE IS HAZMAT RESPONSE, 100% RECOVERY OF COST INCURRED. SO THIS IS THE ORDINANCE THAT WILL ALLOW US TO ACTUALLY BUILD THAT OUT AS WELL. AND WE'RE ASKING FOR ADOPTION OF THAT IN THE SAME ORDINANCE. WORKING WITH THE LEGAL OFFICE, WE CLEANED UP OUR CHARITY CARE, ORDINANCE AS WELL. AND THAT'S THE MIDDLE PART OF THE FIRST PAGE AND A FEW YEARS BACK, COUNCIL APPROVED THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNATED, ADOPTED CHARITY CARE POLICY. AT THAT TIME, IT WAS FOR THOSE AT 10100%. THE POVERTY LINE ON INCE GOT 100% WAIVER, 200%, 75, 300%, 50% WAIVER, 400% OF THE POVERTY LINE GOT A 25% WAIVER ON THEIR EMS FEES OR CONTRACTOR FOR THAT PROGRAM RECOMMENDED TO MAXIMIZE THE CHARITY CARE FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND TO MAXIMIZE RECOVERY FROM THE STATE ON THE UNPAID MEDICAID PIECE OF THIS.

THAT WOULD GO TO 100% WAIVER UP TO 400% OF THE POVERTY LINE. SO IT WILL HELP A BROADER RANGE OF OUR RESIDENTS. AND ALLOW US TO RECOVER A LITTLE BIT OF THAT INCOME THAT IS NOT BEING CAPTURED TODAY. SO THAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS AS WELL. AND THEN THE HAZMAT ORDINANCE IS

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AND THE, THE DEFINITION OF DIRECT OR INDIRECT COSTS SUFFERED BY THE CITY. AND THEN ITEM F IN THIS IS THE PART OF THE ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS US TO ACTIVATE THE FEE SCHEDULE FOR THE FIRE INCIDENT RESPONSE SERVICES FOR CERTAIN VEHICULAR CRASHES, VEHICLE FIRES, HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS, AND SPECIAL RESCUES WITHIN THE CITY. SO THOSE ARE THE ITEMS THAT ARE DETAILED OUT ON THE FEE SCHEDULE ITSELF. AND WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS FOR CLARIFICATION. OKAY THANK YOU SIR. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM, THIS WILL BE UP FOR FORMAL, APPROVAL AT OUR OCTOBER 8TH REGULAR MEETING. COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. MAYOR.

EVENING, CHIEF. GOOD EVENING, SIR. JUST A QUESTION ON THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE? THE MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISIONS. COMMERCIAL OR NONRESIDENTIAL? WHAT'S THE PROCESS? HOW DO YOU HOW DO HOW DO YOU HOW WILL YOU IDENTIFY A NONRESIDENT VERSUS A RESIDENT AND A COLLISION? CAN YOU CAN YOU BRIEFLY EXPLAIN HOW THE HOW THAT WOULD WORK, THE REGISTERED OWNER'S ADDRESS AND, AND THE DRIVER'S ADDRESS WILL BE, RESEARCHED THROUGH THE ACCIDENT REPORTS, WHICH WILL OBTAIN FROM THE STATE. AND THEN WE WILL LOOK TO SEE IF IT'S A GARLAND RESIDENT. IT GOES TO THE SIDE.

IF IT IS NOT A GARLAND RESIDENT, THEN WE WILL SEND THEM AN INVOICE FOR THAT COLLISION.

OKAY. AND IS THAT BASED ON THE REGISTRATION THE PERSON'S NAME OR THE DRIVER? WHAT IS THE SITUATION WHERE THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE IS, IS NOT THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE? HOW DO YOU TREAT THAT, CHIEF? AND THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SIR HAD NOT CONSIDERED THAT THAT SITUATION, I BELIEVE THAT THE WAY WE WOULD PROBABLY HANDLE THAT IS THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE, IF THERE'S A RESIDENT INVOLVED, AND THIS IS MY OPINION, I'LL HAVE TO SEEK OUT THE ADVICE OF COUNSEL LATER, BUT IN MY OPINION, IF THE DRIVER AND OR THE REGISTERED OWNER ARE RESIDENT, THEN WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEND AN INVOICE ON THAT. OKAY? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, CHIEF. THANK YOU. MAYOR. VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL L QUESTION? OTHERWISE WE WILL CONSIDER THIS OCTOBER 8TH. THANK YOU SIR.

[10. Amend Council Policies By Consensus to Grant City Manager Spending Authority Related to Insurance Coverage Discuss and consider by consensus an amendment to Council policies that authorizes the City Manager to bind insurance coverage on behalf of the City in an amount not to exceed 10 percent of the amount adopted as a part of the annual budget.]

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[11. Intragovernmental Affairs Committee Update and Discussion of Action Items Councilmember B.J. Williams, Chair of the Intragovernmental Affairs Committee, with the assistance of staff, will present Council with a committee report and recommendations on items related thereto. ]

SO, WE ARE CONTINUING TO MONITOR THOSE AND MAKE SURE WE'RE DOWN THERE FOR THEM. WE ARE ALSO NOW OFFICIALLY A MEMBER OF THE NORTH TEXAS COMMISSION, WHICH MEANS THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR LOBBYISTS AND THEIR INFLUENTIAL GROUP DURING SESSION AS WELL. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR US MOVING FORWARD. FINALLY, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I INTRODUCED YOU ALL TO TAYLOR BORER. SHE'S OUR REGULATORY AFFAIRS DIRECTOR. SHE WANTS TO STAND UP AND SAY HELLO, YOU WANT TO SAY A WORD AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF? HELLO. NO BOY, TAYLOR, IF IT WERE THAT EASY. THANK YOU FOR THE WARM WELCOME, MY NAME IS TAYLOR BORER. REGULATORY AFFAIRS DIRECTOR UNDER THE LISLATIVE AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS TEAM. SO THAT MEANS I'M HANDLING THE ELECTRICITY AND WATER AND LANDFILL ISSUES COMING UP FOR THE TEAM IN FRONT OF THE LEGISLATURE AND OTHER STATE AGENCIES. I LIVE IN GEORGETOWN WITH MY HUSBAND AND A TWO YEAR OLD SON, AND THAT'S ME HAPPY TO BE HERE. VERY GOOD. SHE HAS OVER TEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, AND SHE COMES FROM SENATOR HANCOCK'S OFFICE. PREVIOUSLY, SENATOR SCHWERNER'S OFFICE. SO SHE'S GOT MANY, MANY POWERFUL CONNECTIONS THAT WE'RE WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE HER ON BOARD WITH. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. WELCOME AND FINALLY, I WANTED TO GO OVER OUR STATE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS SINCE THTHE DAYI STARTED IN MARCH. AND IT'S REALLY A CULMINATION OF EVERY DEPARTMENT, ALL OF THEIR EXPERTISE, AS WELL AS KIND OF OUR TAYLOR AND I'S BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE ON WHAT WE FORESEE COMING UP IN THE FUTURE IN THE LEGISLATURE AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST. SO THE OVERARCHING THEME OF THIS IS TO BE POSITIVE. WE MAY NOT AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THE LEGISLATURE DOES, BUT I THINK WE CAN APPROACH IT WITH A POSITIVE NOTE AND MAYBE, GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF GOODWILL UP FRONT.

SO WE START WITH THE PROGRAM OVERVIEW, KIND OF WHAT WE DO, THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AND WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY DO, WE WANTED TO BREAK THIS DOWN INTO SPECIFIC AREAS BASED ON POLICY AND DEPARTMENTS. SO WE'VE CREATED VARIOUS BUCKETS WITHIN THE AGENDA. AND THERE ARE

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YES, MAYOR. I'LL GO DIRECTLY TO THE ACTION ITEM. THANK YOU, ARIEL, FOR, FOR THE UPDATE. AND, MR. MAYOR PRO TEM, OUR COMMITTEE, CERTAINLY OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS ARE ARE POSTED AND ANNOUNCED, AND ANY ON THIS COUNCIL IS WELCOME. IF YOU'VE GOT AN ISSUE YOU WANT TO BRING, PLEASE, PLEASE, GET IT TO ARIEL OR ME OR ANY MEMBER OF THIS COMMITTEE. AND WE WILL

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ALL RIGHT. YOU SEE, YOU SAW WHAT IT WAS PRESENTED AS CONSENSUS ON MOVING FORWARD WITH THE NAME CHANGE. OKAY. THANK YOU. UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND WE'VE SEEN THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, WE NEED A MOTION ON THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA TO, TO APPROVE THAT. AND TO ADD IT TO THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR THE NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING, WHICH WILL BE OCTOBER THE 8TH. IT'LL BE ADDED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR OCTOBER 8TH FOR FINAL APPROVAL. OKAY. CONSENT AGENDA COMING FORWARD, AT OUR OCTOBER 8TH MEETING FOR APPROVAL. CONSENT. OBVIOUSLY, WE CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS WE GO IF THEY. AND THERE'S NO MEDIUM VOTING IN, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. THAT IS UNANIMOUS. OKAY. YOU YOU THIS DOESN'T REGISTER. NO. OKAY. THANK THANK YOU. MAYOR AND FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW THE OTHER MEMBERS, COUNCILMAN, BASS, COUNCILMAN ART, OR THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE, SO ANY OF US, YOU MAY FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ANY OF US. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE MOVING ON. AND WE'RE GOING TO JUST KIND OF KEEP I THINK WE'RE WE'RE MAKING EXCEPTIONALLY BETTER TIME THAN I THOUGHT WE WOULD ON SOME OF

[12. Transportation Infrastructure and Mobility Committee Report Councilmember Chris Ott, Chair of the Transportation Infrastructure and Mobility Committee, will report on Neighborhood Speed Limits.]

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MAYOR PRO TEM, MORE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE'RE ASKING TONIGHT IS THE ASK THAT WE GO TO THE 25 MILE PER HOUR, NO, IT WAS JUST ESTABLISHING WHAT THE CRITERIA IS. I SEE, OKAY, FOR IF WE DECIDE TO DO IT, IF WE DECIDE TO DO IT. YES, SIR, COUNCILMEMBER HEDRICK, THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND TO ADDRESS MAYOR PRO TEM, JUST. I WANTED THE COMMITTEE TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED IF WE WENT TO THIS SPEED LIMIT. I KNOW OTHER CITIES LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK, BOSTON, THEY HAVE CHICAGO HAS PARTS WHERE THE SPEED LIMIT THROUGHOUT THE CITY IS 25 MILES AN HOUR, AND IT LOWERS SPEED, SAVED LIVES. SO I WANTED THE COMMITTEE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. AND TEXAS HAS SOME STATE LAWS, AS THEY WERE SHOWN HERE, THAT REQUIRE SPEED STUDIES. THEY REQUIRE SIGNAGE. YOU CAN'T JUST ASSUME THAT YOU'RE GOING 35 MILES AN HOUR, 30 MILES AN HOUR AS YOU CAN. NOW YOU'D HAVE TO SIGN IT TO SHOW THE DRIVERS THAT 25 IS THE NEW LIMIT. SO THERE'S A LOT OF STATE LEVEL REQUIREMENTS THAT MAKE IT COST PROHIBITIVE FOR US TO DROP OUR SPEED LIMIT. SO THAT'S WHAT WE FOUND OUT IN THE COMMITTEE OKAY. THANK YOU. MAYOR. MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE AT THIS POINT COME TO A SUMMARY OR CONCLUSION THEN THAT, THE COMMITTEE FEELS THAT GOING TO 25MPH WAS SAFE, SUFFICIENT LIVE THERE IS SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO SHOW THAT THE 30MPH PRESENTLY IS NOT MEETING THE NEEDS THAT THE REASON FOR IT GO AHEAD. I THINK THAT COST IS WORTH ONE LIFE. BUT I MEAN, YOU CAN'T PUT A PRICE ON LIFE. BUT THERE'S MY KIDS PLAY IN MY FRONT YARD AND I SEE PEOPLE SPEEDING UP AND DOWN MY STREET NONSTOP.

AND GOD FORBID, IF SOMETHING WOULD EVER HAPPEN, I MEAN, SO I WOULD. I JUST THINK AS YOU DROP FIVE MILES AN HOUR IN SPEED, THE PERCENTAGE OF PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES DROPS DRAMATICALLY.

SO THIS IS JUST SOMETHING I WANTED THE COMMITTEE TO TAKE A LOOK AT. AND, UNFORTUNATELY, THE STATE MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO MAKE ANY CHANGES. THANK YOU. MAYOR. WE GOOD? DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM.

LOOK DID THE COMMITTEE CONSIDER NARROWING STREETS RATHER THAN LOWERING THE SPEED LIMIT? NO, WE DID NOT. OR OR, ALTERNATIVE, SPEED REDUCING. WE DID DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, ROAD HUMPS, BUT MOSTLY WE WERE WE WERE DISCUSSING 25, THE 25 MILE, AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT. WHAT WOULD BE THE METHODOLOGY OF BEING ABLE TO DO THAT? THANK YOU. OKAY AND CUSTOMER BASE, THANK YOU. JUST AS AN OBSERVATION, IT'S INTERESTING THE STATE REQUIREMENTS ARE INTERESTING THAT I FIND BECAUSE I WAS IN FAIRVIEW, WHICH I JUST PULLED UP THEIR POPULATION, IT'S 11,000 PEOPLE. AND THEY HAVE A RESIDENTIALPEED LIMIT OF 25 MILES AN HOUR. AND THE ENTIRE TIME I WAS IN FAIRVIEW, I SAW ONE SIGN THAT SAID, 25 MILES AN HOUR. AS YOU PULL INTO A SUBDIVISION. AND THAT WAS IT. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'RE GETTING AROUND IT OR. BUT ANYWAY, JUST JUST AN OBSERVATION. SO MAYBE THERE'S OTHER ALTERNATIVES. THANK YOU. I THAT IS WELL OUTSIDE OUR JURISDICTION. SO I'M GOING TO LET IT GO, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OBVIOUSLY.

THANK YOU FOR THE RESEARCH, WITH THAT AT SOME OTHER TIME?ARD ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON. ITEM 13

[13. Texas Municipal League (TML) Newly Elected Officials' Orientation Report Councilmember Kris Beard will report back to the City Council and Mayor on the Texas Municipal League (TML) Newly Elected Officials' Orientation.]

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AND THEN I'VE MET SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN ELECTED OFFICIALS ON CITY COUNCILS. ONE LADY HAD BEEN SERVING ON HER CITY COUNCIL FOR 17 STRAIGHT YEARS, SO THAT WAS AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION TO HAVE WITH HER, OF COURSE, SHE'S ALSO FROM A VERY SMALL TOWN WITH VERY FEW PEOPLE. BUT IT WAS A VERY INTERESTING, CONFERENCE. I WAS VERY HAPPY THAT I GOT TO GO, I'M SURPRISED THAT SOME CITIES ACTUALLY DON'T SEND PEOPLE, SINCE I THOUGHT IT WAS KIND OF REQUIRED. BUT I BROUGHT BACK A LOT OF NOTES. I BROUGHT BACK A LOT OF CONTACTS, AND IT WAS A REALLY NICE TRIP.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SPONSORING ME ON THAT TRIP AND LETTING ME GO AND LEARNING SOME NEW THINGS. THANK YOU, MAYOR, VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THAT WAS OUR LAST, VERBAL BRIEFING ITEM.

[ CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS Terms are usually staggered whereby at least half of the membership has previous experience. Members are appointed based on qualifications.]

[ ANNOUNCE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS A Councilmember, with a second by another member or the Mayor alone, may ask that an item be placed on a future agenda of the City Council or of a committee of the City Council. No substantive discussion of that item will take place at this time.]

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ANYTHING ELSE? NO. ALL RIGHT. WELL THAT WAS PLENTY, AT THIS POINT, COUNCIL WILL MOVE INTO

[ EXECUTIVE SESSION Council will adjourn into executive session pursuant to Sections 551.071, 551.072, 551.073, 551.074, 551.076, 551.086, 551.087, 551.773 and 552.133 of the Texas Government Code.]