Nov 18, 2024 Work Session

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WELL. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH, 2024 WORK SESSION FOR THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL. THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING IS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON WORK

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[1. Brand Road Widening - Right-of-Way and Easement Acquisition from Real Property Owned By Garland ISD Council is requested to consider the approval of a purchase agreement negotiated with Garland ISD in the amount of $409,196.55 for the acquisition of right-of-way and easement interests from real property located at 1350 East Brand Road, and authorization of the City Manager to execute such documents necessary to complete the transaction. Unless otherwise directed by Council, this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the November 19, 2024 Regular Meeting. ]

OKAY, AND THAT WAS OUR ONLY WRITTEN BRIEFING. MOVING ON TO VERBAL BRIEFINGS. ITEM TWO AT&T

[2. AT&T Utility Infrastructure Conditions Update Matthew Foster, AT&T representative, will present information and answer questions concerning AT&T’s infrastructure conditions. This item was requested by Councilmember Williams and seconded by Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Lucht at the May 20, 2024 Work Session.]

DAMAGES TO THE NETWORK, TO THE SYSTEM ARE REALLY CAUSED KIND OF IN THREE, THREE DIFFERENT WAYS.

OKAY. SOMETIMES IT'S STORMS. THAT'S PRETTY RARE. NOW ON IN ALL HONESTY. USUALLY IF YOUR SERVICE IS OUT BECAUSE OF A STORM, IT'S BECAUSE THE POWER WENT OUT, RIGHT? AND ANECDOTALLY, I'LL I'LL TELL YOU BECAUSE I LOVE TO USE THIS STORY. IF NONE OF US CAN REALLY FORGET THE GIANT FREEZE WE HAD YEARS AGO, THAT WE ALL HAVE NAMES FOR. I ACTUALLY USED MY PHONE TO FIGURE OUT WHEN MY INTERNET WAS WORKING AT MY HOUSE, TO FIGURE OUT IF MY POWER WAS BACK ON. AND SO WE'LL GET TO KIND OF THAT APP HERE IN A SECOND. BUT SO STORMS IS CERTAINLY ONE ANOTHER ONE THAT I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE DEALT WITH IN THIS COMMUNITY IS COPPER THEFT.

AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON IS TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO PREVENT AND MINIMIZE THAT, BECAUSE THAT NOT ONLY IMPACTS THE SERVICE TO YOU ALL, BUT THEN IT'S DAMAGE TO US.

SO WE HAVE TO GO AND REPLACE IT. AND THAT TAKES TIME AND ENERGY. SO THAT'S ANOTHER ONE. AND THEN LASTLY IS DAMAGE AND CUTS. YOU KNOW I ALWAYS LIKE TO TELL FOLKS THAT, YOU KNOW, DIGGING IN THE GROUND IS NOT AN EXACT SCIENCE. SO BEFORE YOU EVER STICK A SHOVEL IN THE GROUND CALL 811.

FIGURE OUT WHERE THOSE LINES ARE. SO YOU AT LEAST KIND OF MINIMIZE THAT DAMAGE. AND ON THE SUBJECT OF DAMAGE, I WANT TO KIND OF POINT OUT THAT NOT ALL DAMAGE IS SERVICE IMPACTING. AND SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A PEDESTAL THAT'S BEEN BEEN KNOCKED OVER. AND I HAVE ANOTHER ONE HERE, SAME SAME PEDESTAL. THESE AREN'T ALWAYS SERVICE IMPACTING. THIS ONE LOOKS REALLY BAD. THE SERVICE IS ACTUALLY STILL UP. AND SO AND THAT'S KIND OF BY DESIGN RIGHT. THE DESIGN

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WE REALLY HAVE KIND OF WHAT I LIKE TO TELL FOLKS. THREE GOOD WAYS THAT YOU CAN COMMUNICATE WITH US. THE COOLEST IS THE ONE I REFERENCED EARLIER, THE SMART HOME MANAGER APP THAT YOU CAN ACCESS YOUR WHAT YOUR NETWORK IS DOING FROM ANYWHERE, AT ANY TIME. FOR THE PARENTS IN THE ROOM, YOU CAN TURN OFF ACCESS TO YOUR WI-FI NETWORK FROM ANYWHERE. SO IF YOU WANT TO SHUT YOUR CHILD'S IPAD FROM BEING ON THE INTERNET WHILE THEY'RE AT YOUR HOUSE AND YOU ARE IN AUSTIN PER SE, YOU CAN DO THAT RIGHT FROM YOUR PHONE, NO PROBLEM. YOU CAN ALSO CHECK YOUR SERVICE. YOU CAN CHECK YOUR SPEEDS THAT YOU'RERE GETTING, AND IF IT'S NT RIGHT, THE NETWORK, THE SYSTEM WILL TELL YOU, HEY, SOMETHING ISN'T RIGHT IN YOUR NETWORK EITHER. YOU'RE GETTING SLOWER SPEEDS FOR SOME REASON, AND IT'LL TROUBLESHOOT YOU HOW TO FIX THAT THROUGH THE APP. LIKE I SAID, YOU CAN ALSO USE IT FOR COOL, NERDY THINGS LIKE CHECKING TO SEE IF YOUR YOUR POWER IS ON BECAUSE YOUR INTERNET WON'T WORK IF YOU DON'T HAVE POWER. BUT THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TOO. SO YOU CAN GO ON THROUGH THE MOBILE WEB APP OR ONLINE AND REPORT A DAMAGE IF YOU WANT TO DO IT.

THAT WAY, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO TALK TO SOMEBODY, AND THEN OF COURSE, WE HAVE OUR STANDARD ONE 800 NUMBER, WHICH IS ONE (800) 288-2747 THAT YOU CAN CALL IF YOU HAVE AN OUTAGE. AND THEN LASTLY I'LL SAY I THINK, YOU KNOW, MICHAEL POLOWCZYK AND I HAVE A REALLY GOOD RELATIONSHIP.

IF THERE ARE PEDESTALS KNOCKED DOWN THAT AREN'T GETTING REPAIRED EITHER CUSTOMER HASN'T CALLED IN, BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A OR C. EXCUSE ME, I, I SAW FOR THE COMMUNITY. YOU CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT TO ME DIRECTLY. I'LL GIVE YOU ALL MY CARD AND WE'LL GET IT ADDRESSED. AND WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD SIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO COME AND TALK TO US WHEN WE PRETTY MUCH A COMPLAINT BASED. SORRY. HANG ON. NO, I HAD TO. SORRY. YES, YES. YOUR SERVICE WAS DISCONNECTED.

MY SERVICE WAS DISCONNECTED. I'M GOING TO NEED THAT CARD. NO, I'. SO. I GUESS THE QUESTION THAT COMES FROM MOST RESIDENTS IS ONE. HOW DO WE KNOW WHICH UTILITY IT IS THAT HAS THAT'S WITHIN THE PEDESTAL. RIGHT. AND SECONDLY, FOR STAFF WHO DO WE CALL, WHO DO THEY CALL IF THEY'RE NOT CALLING COUNCIL PEOPLE, WHO DO THEY CALL TO, YOU KNOW, RELAY THE PROBLEM OF A BROKEN OR DOWNED PEDESTAL. I'LL TAKE THE PEDESTAL QUESTION FIRST. SO IT'S GENERALLY PRETTY EASY IF IT'S IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE, WHO YOU HAVE FOR INTERNET WOULD BE WHO THAT IS. SO DEPENDING ON THE SIDE OF TOWN, SOME AREAS ARE FRONTIER. THE SPECTRUM OR CHARTER HAS SERVICE.

WE HAVE SERVICE. SO IT'S GENERALLY WHO YOU USE FOR INTERNET IS WHOSE PEDESTAL THAT WOULD BE. AND ON THE STAFF SIDE YOU CAN PUT IT IN THROUGH E ASSIST JUST LIKE YOU DO ANY NUMBER OF OTHER CONCERNS THAT YOU HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. YOU CAN PUT THE PEDESTALS IN THROUGH E ASSIST AND IT WILL BE ROUTED TO THE IT WILL BE ROUTED TO ENGINEERING. AND THEN THEY WILL ROUTE IT TO AT&T OR THE CORRECT FRANCHISE UTILITY COMPANY. OKAY. SO WOULD THEY DO IT LIKE UNDER MISCELLANEOUS REQUEST. DO WE KNOW. SORRY, BUT I WILL GET THAT INFORMATION.

YEAH. NO PROBLEM. I JUST KNOW THAT IT CAN BE PUT IN. THERE'S A TAB FOR IT. YEAH. THERE'S ACTUALLY A TAB FOR. YEAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THAT'S A GOOD AS FAR AS THE BECAUSE I'VE SEEN A LOT OF THEM THAT YOU KNOW, IF THEY'VE BEEN OUT THERE FOR A WHILE STILL HAVE THE GT LOGOS ON

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OR THEY CAN GO ONLINE AND USE THAT. OKAY. AND THEN ALSO, I THINK THANKFULLY THE CITY WORKS REALLY WELL WITH US. I GUESS YOU CAN REPORT THOSE DOWN PEDESTALS ON THEIR WEB, ON THEIR SITE, AND THEN WE'LL GO JUST AS QUICKLY REPLACE IT. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU MAYOR. VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR MR. FOSTER? I SEE NONE, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION AND WE'LL GET YOU SOME CALLS. I'M SURE YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE US THAT ONE 800 NUMBER. MAY GET A LOT OF CALLS THIS EVENING. WHEN WE GET THEM. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO ITEM

[3. Garland Chamber of Commerce 2024 Year-End Report and 2025 Action Plan The Garland Chamber of Commerce will be presenting the 2024 Year-End report and the 2025 Action Plan to the City Council. Unless otherwise directed by Council, this agreement will renew automatically on January 9, 2025.]

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IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE MEETING. MOVING ON TO THE NEXT INITIATIVE, WHICH IS THE DALLAS COUNTY MANUFACTURING ASSOCIATION, WHICH FALLS UNDER THE CHAMBER, WHICH IS A LEADERSHIP COUNCIL THAT REALLY STAYS UP TO DATE AND INFORMED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH IN REGARDS TO BUSINESS NEEDS IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR. SO WE HELD FOUR MEETINGS TO THIS THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR. LISTED THERE JUST SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT THEY DISCUSSED AT THOSE MEETINGS, WHICH HAS TO DO WITH WORKFORCE PROGRAMS. I MEAN, STAFFING, I MEAN THINGS THAT THEY'RE STRUGGLING, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT WE'RE HEARING AND ABLE TO CONNECT THEM WITH AND SO THOSE ARE VERY IMPORTANT IN HELPING STAY IN, IN, IN REALLY INFORMED WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING, INDUSTRIAL VISITS. THAT WAS SOMETHING EXCITING. WE WERE HAPPY TO HOST. WE HELD OUR FIRST SITE VISIT ON OCTOBER THE 25TH. YOU CAN SEE THE PICTURE THERE. IT WAS AT PLASTIPAK AND THE NEXT ONE IS GOING TO BE DECEMBER. THE SIXTH. WE HAD TO RESCHEDULE THE ONE FOR AMP THINK BECAUSE THE OWNERS SCHEDULE CHANGED, BUT THAT'S COMING UP. AND SO THAT ONE WE WILL BE ABLE TO FULFILL THAT ONE. AND REALLY THESE ARE OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL TO REALLY ENGAGE WITH THE LEADERSHIP. AND WE SAW THAT HAPPEN WITH PLASTIPAK. NOW MOVING ON TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, THESE TWO PROGRAMS THAT YOU SEE HERE ARE PROGRAMS THAT REALLY HELP TACKLE THE NEED OF HAVING TRAINING AND RECRUITMENT IN THE WORKFORCE. FAME. I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO DETAIL ON THE DESCRIPTION. YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE, BUT IT'S AN ALL YEAR PROGRAM THAT IS EDUCATING AND RECRUITING STUDENTS INTO THESE INTO THIS PROGRAM. IT'S A TWO YEAR PROGRA.

OUR ROLE IS BOTH THE STUDENTS EDUCATING AND GETTING OUT IN THE SCHOOLS AND, YOU KNOW, AND TALKING ABOUT THE PROGRAM. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS RECRUITING EMPLOYERS TO ACCEPT THESE STUDENTS IN THIS PROGRAM. AND SO WE HAVE TWO CURRENTLY TWO COHORTS HAPPENING AT THE MOMENT.

AND THEN THE DMA LEADERSHIP ACADEMY IS A PROGRAM THAT'S IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DALLAS COLLEGE, WHERE THEY PROVIDE A SKILLS TRAINING, LEADERSHIP TRAINING TO EMPLOYEES OF THESE COMPANIES IN GARLAND THAT THIS YEAR HAS BEEN A OVERWHELMING RESPONSE IN TRAINING. WE HAD 48 STUDENTS THAT WE'VE TRAINED. THE LAST CLASS WILL FINISH DECEMBER THE 16TH, SO THAT IS ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, A CLASS THAT'S INTERESTING. THAT'S AN INTEREST FOR EMPLOYERS BECAUSE THEY SEND THEIR MANAGEMENT IN THERE TO UPGRADE SKILLS, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. WE CONTINUE WITH GRANT PARTNERSHIPS AND THESE THESE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES. I WILL SAY GARLAND INDUSTRY HAS REALLY EXCELLED IN ACHIEVING AND BEING AWARDED THESE SKILL DEVELOPMENT FUND MONIES.

CURRENTLY, THAT SKILL DEVELOPMENT FUND HAS NOT BEEN AWARDED, BUT WE HAVE COMPANIES THAT HAVE APPLIED. AND YOU CAN SEE, I MEAN, THE EMPLOYEES, OVER 250 EMPLOYEES WILL BENEFIT FROM RECEIVING AND GETTING SKILLS EDUCATION IN THAT P-TECH THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WORK CLOSELY

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ONE OF THEM WAS IN IN JUNE. THAT WAS ABOUT THE GENERATIONAL LEADERSHIP, AND THEN THIS ONE THAT WE HELD HELD ON OCTOBER THE 4TH WAS REGARDING AI AND HOW AI CAN HELP MANUFACTURERS ADVANCE IN THEIR CAPABILITIES. SO VERY WELL ATTENDED. THIS ONE WAS VERY SPECIAL BECAUSE THE ONE IN OCTOBER, BECAUSE IT WAS HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH A NATIONAL MANUFACTURING DAY, AND WE WERE ABLE TO BUS 20 STUDENTS AND SHOW THEM ALL ABOUT MANUFACTURING, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO TOUR PLASTIPAK THAT DAY AND JUMPING ON TO SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, WE WERE ABLE TO HIRE OUR BUSINESS SUCCESS MANAGER, WHO HAS NOW HAS TEN MONTHS. THAT HAS HE HAS BEEN WORKING TO REALLY DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS. I THINK HE'S MET WITH MOST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND INTRODUCED HIMSELF, AND NOW IS WORKING ON, YOU KNOW, ASSESSING BUSINESS NEEDS IN THE SMALL, IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND DEVELOPING THE ROADMAP FOR WHAT PROGRAMS HE'LL SUPPORT IN THE NEXT COMING YEAR. SO THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF THE COMPANIES THAT HE, THE 30 THAT HE MET THIS YEAR AND SOME OF THE NEEDS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP. AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIS EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES. HERE WE ARE WITH THE BUSINESS GRAND OPENING IN GROUNDBREAKING EVENTS THAT WE'VE HELD IN THE CATALYST AREAS. I LISTED THE CATALYST AREAS THERE TO JUST SHOW YOU THAT WE HAD 23 SCHEDULED. OF THE 23, TEN OF THEM WERE IN THE CATALYST AREA AND EXCEPT FOR MEDICAL CITY, ER, BUT THAT WAS A BIG ONE. SO I WANT TO MENTION AND PUT THAT ONE IN THERE. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCIL FOR MAKING IT TO THOSE EVENTS. THE FACT THAT YOU MAKE IT REINFORCES THAT WE'RE A BUSINESS FRIENDLY CITY, AND BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO INTRODUCE THEM TO LOCAL OFFICIALS AND THEY'RE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS, AND THESE ARE COMPANIES, YOU KNOW, OPENING UP THEIR BUSINESS, OPENING UP THEIR DOOR TO GARLAND. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SUCCESS MANAGER WAS ABLE TO CONDUCT TWO WORKSHOPS.

ONE OF THEM ON OCTOBER, THE 18TH, WHICH PROVIDED RESOURCES FROM THE SBDC AND THEN THE NOVEMBER 1ST WAS A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION, REALLY DRILLING DOWN WITH THE FACILITATOR ON WHAT ARE THE SPECIFIC NEEDS. SO THERE'S FOUR BUCKETS THAT WE HEARD FROM THEM. ONE OF THEM WAS, OF COURSE, AS SMALL BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, FUNDING FUNDING IS IMPORTANT. WHERE'S THE MONEY.

AND THEN THE SECOND WAS ALL ABOUT MARKETING. HOW DO I MARKETET? HOW DO GET CONNECTED WITH OTHER FOLKS. AND THEN THE THIRD ONE WAS ALL ABOUT OPERATIONS. AND THE FINAL ONE WAS CITY RELATED INITIATIVES. THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEY CAN GET AS A SMALL BUSINESS COMPANY HERE IN IN GARLAND. SO THOSE ARE AREAS THOSE ARE AREAS THAT NEXT YEAR WILL BE COORDINATING SESSIONS TO HELP THEM GET ANSWERS TO THOSE SPECIFIC NEEDS. AND THEN ALWAYS WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT WE PRPROVIDE ON A MONTHLY, ANNUAL OR QUARTERLY BASIS FOR BUSINESSES IN GARLAND, SPECIFICALLY, DIRECT CONNECT IS GEARED TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND MAKING THOSE CONNECTIONS. AND THEN OUR GOLF TOURNAMENT REALLY HELPS THOSE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONNECT WITH THOSE MANUFACTURERS, WHICH SOMETIMES IT'S HARD FOR THEM. AND SO THAT

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AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE AND COORDINATE THOSE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND THEN THE OTHER IS WE HAVE HEARD A NEED FOR A HISPANIC BUSINESS ASSOCIATION. WHERE CAN WE GET THAT SUPPORT? WHERE CAN WE GET THOSE SPECIFIC NEEDS? MAYBE IN MY LANGUAGE. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK IN KICKING OFF A HISPANIC BUSINESS ASSOCIATION THIS COMING YEAR. SO I WON'T GO THROUGH THE OTHER SIDE, BUT WE'LL END WITH THE CHAMBER TEAM JUST TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE AND WORK WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IN THIS CONTRACT, AND WE'LL CONTINUE WORKING TOGETHER. SO THAT'S THAT'S THE REPORT. VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS, EXCELLENT REPORT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU SURVEYED THE A LARGE LARGE BUSINESSES. WELL BACK DURING THIS PROCESS, MY QUESTION IS WHAT WERE THE TAKEAWAYS THAT NEEDS THAT THEY IDENTIFIED THAT YOU ALL WILL BE WORKING ON. AND SECONDLY YOUR SMALL BUSINESSES. WHAT WERE THE TAKEAWAYS THAT THOSE BUSINESSES IDENTIFIED THAT THE CHAMBER WILL BE WORKING ON FOR THE NEXT YEAR? THANK YOU. SURE. NO PROBLEM. I WILL GO BACK TO THE SLIDE HERE ON. LET ME FIND IT. THE SMALL BUSINESS THIS ASSESSMENT NEEDS RIGHT HERE WITH THE INITIAL CONCERNS WHEN WE WHEN THIS OUR BUSINESS SUCCESS MANAGER MET WITH THEM REALLY PERTAINING TO WHERE COULD I FIND WHERE COULD I FIND THIS. YOU KNOW, HOW COULD I REACH. HOW DO I KNOW. YOU KNOW SIGNAGE. WHAT ARE THE GUIDELINES? WHAT ARE THE RULES FOR THAT? WHEN THEY TALKED ABOUT MAYBE EXPANSION OR MAYBE CAN YOU CONNECT ME WITH SOMEBODY? DO YOU KNOW A CPA? SO THERE'S BASIC BASIC NEEDS. THE SECOND ROUND WHEN WE FACILITATED THAT'S THE ONE WHERE WE DRILL DOWN AND FACILITATED QUESTIONS THAT WILL HELP US DRIVE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON. SO I TALKED ABOUT THE AREA OF FINANC, THE AREA OF OPERATIONS, THE AREA OF MARKETING AND THEN THE FINAL ONE ON CITY RELATED INITIATIVES. SO WE WANT TO COORDINATE EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH. MAYBE, YOU KNOW, ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS WHERE WE CAN TACKLE INVITE AN EXPERT TO COME IN AND TALK ABOUT THOSE SPECIFIC NEEDS AND AMONG THEMSELVES, TALK ABOUT, YOU KNO, THAT TOPIC. SO THOSE AREAS ARE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOCUSING NEXT YEAR. AND ALL AROUND ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS. SO THERE ARE SMALL GROUPS. THEY'RE ABLE TO DISCUSS AND WE'RE ABLE TO TACKLE THOSE THOSE CONCERNS OKAY. IS THERE ANY. GOOD. ARE THERE ANY PLANS FOR THE CHAMBER. THOSE ARE COMMENDABLE. HAVING THOSE ROUND TABLES AND BRINGING THOSE THOSE BUSINESSES IN. BUT I KEEP THINKING SOME OF THE BUSINESSES, PARTICULARLY SMALL BUSINESSES, DON'T HAVE THE STAFF NOR THE CAPITAL, NOR THE TIME TO COME TO A ROUND TABLE. IS THERE ANY STRATEGY FOR TAKING THOSE SKILL SETS, LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES TO THOSE BUSINESSES RATHER THAN THEM HAVING TO CLOSE SHOP BECAUSE THEY CAN'T DO IT? SPEAK TO ME ON THAT. YES, ABSOLUTELY. SO CURRENTLY THE CHAMBER HAS A BUSINESS LIBRARY ONLINE, WHICH IS AN OUTREACH OF TOPICS THAT, AS A BUSINESS OWNER, CAN ACCESS FOR FREE AND LEARN ABOUT A SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW, CONCERN THAT THEY HAVE. MAYBE IT'S A MARKETING. SO MARKETING GUIDE. SO THAT'S AVAILABLE ON THE CHAMBER WEBSITE CURRENTLY. AND WITH THESE ROUND TABLES, WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN RECORD THESE SESSIONS AND BE ABLE TO POST

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THANK YOU MAYOR. VERY GOOD. MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WELL, I PARTICULARLY JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH THE PARTNERSHIP THAT I SEE THAT EXISTS BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE CHAMBER, BASED ON ALL THAT HAS HAPPENED, ESPECIALLY IN MY DISTRICT, I'VE ENJOYED THE RIBBON CUTTINGS AND THE GROUNDBREAKINGS, BUT PARTICULARLY WHEN WE GO TO THE BREWERY AND JUST HAVE GOOD TIMES WITH THE WITH THE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I THINK THAT YOU GUYS JUST CONTINUE TO BE ADVENTUROUS, CONTINUE TO BRING FORTH THE VERY BEST THAT YOU CAN POSSIBLY DO SUCH THAT I THINK THAT THE SMALL BUSINESSES TRULY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THE CHAMBER DOES, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO GETTING THEM FAMILIAR WITH THOSE PEOPLE IN THE CITY WHO MAYBE TO ASSIST THEM WITH WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY CAN, THAT THEY NEED IN THE WAY OF THEIR BUSINESSES GOING FORWARD. SO CONTINUE TO DO THE GOOD WORK. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. AND A LOT OF A LOT OF TIMES IS THEY THE FACT THAT THEY KNOW THAT THERE'S SOMEBODY THERE THAT THEY CAN GO TO FOR QUESTIONS MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE. THE FACT THAT YOU DEVELOP THAT RELATIONSHIP AND THEY SAY, HEY, I CAN CALL YOU, YOU CAN HELP ME, YOU CAN GUIDE ME, YOU CAN CONNECT ME. THAT, THAT THAT'S WORTH A LOT. AND I THINK THAT THE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS THAT YOU GUYS ARE BUILDING WITH THEM, THAT IN ITSELF SAYS A LOT BECAUSE IT SAYS THAT YOU'RE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE GROWTH OF THEIR BUSINESSES AND THE FUTURE OF WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO BRING TO THE CITY. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, AND I ALWAYS SAY YOU CAN'T YOU CAN'T BE IN A POSITION LIKE THIS IF YOU GENUINELY DON'T CARE. YOU HAVE TO CARE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AND CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BUILDING AND HELPING. OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S GOING TO IT'S GOING TO COMMUNICATE. YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO FILL THAT. SO VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. MR. MAYOR. HANG ON A SECOND HERE. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, LOOK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE HISPANIC BUSINESS ASSOCIATION AS WELL. IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT I OR ANY OF US CAN DO TO HELP IN THAT ENDEAVOR, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT. I'D LOVE TO BE A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION AND ANY MEETINGS THAT YOU HAVE, ESPECIALLY IF IT CONCERNS ANY.

DISTRICT FIVE BUSINESSES, WHICH I'M SURE PROBABLY WOULD. SO THAT'S VERY EXCITING. I WANTED TO ASK YOU WHAT WHAT DO YOU THINK THE MAIN CHALLENGES GETTING A BUSINESS INVOLVED WITH THE CHAMBER, AND HOW COULD WE HELP FACILITATE THAT RELATIONSHIP? YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER ONE THING IS BEING ASKED IF THERE ARE BEING TOLD, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT, THERE'S A RESOURCE. COME OUT WHEN YOU A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK, OH, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST EXPENSIVE TO

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VERY GOOD. AND BEFORE YOU GET OUT OF HERE, I THINK YOU HAVE A GUEST WITH YOU. YES. MR. PAUL MAYER, WHO IS CELEBRATING 35 YEARS. OH, COME ON, DON'T DON'T TELL ME YOU DON'T KNOW YOU'VE NEVER SEEN A MIC. HE'S. YEAH. HE'S NEVER SEEN A MIC. HE DIDN'T LIKE, BUT NEVER BEEN SPEECHLESS.

PAUL. THANK YOU. AND CONGRATULATIONS ON 35 YEARS. THAT IS THAT IS QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT. SO SEEMS LIKE JUST YESTERDAY TO YOU. I'M SURE YOU'RE LOOKING AT MY GREATEST

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[4. 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.]

ANDY JOE. WELL, ANDY GETS US UP AND GOING. OH, THERE WE GO. WE HAVE MADE OUR MARK. AND I THOUGHT JUST FOR SCALE, I WOULD SHOW YOU, HERE'S THE MATERIALS THAT WE REVIEWED. THERE'S OUR BINDER. YEAH. SO WE GET THOSE TWO. YEAH. WE GET THOSE ALSO MAKE GREAT BOAT ANCHORS. IT'S GOING TO SIT IN A PLACE OF HONOR RIGHT NEXT TO MY 29 BOND COMMITTEE, WHICH IS ALMOST AS THICK AS THAT. BEFORE YOU GET NO SYMPATHY FOR. YEAH. BUT MAYBE A LITTLE APPRECIATION THOUGH. SO THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. TAKE THA. YES. APPRECIATE IT. HEAR, HEAR. ALL RIGHT ANDY, DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT BUTTON IT IS? I THOUGHT I DID THOUGHT IT WAS CONTROL. THERE YOU GO. COME ON J AND K AND NOT L. GOSH, YOU WERE YOU WERE YOU HAD 20. YEAH. YOU YOU WERE THERE. NO. FORGET IT. WELL WELCOME BACK. WELL I'M GOING TO BE BRIEF AND HAND IT OVER TO THE CHAIR TO KIND OF GO THROUGH IT.

BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THE COMMITTEE REACHED A CONSENSUS AND A RECOMMENDATION. YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT THE TOPICS THAT WERE COVERED UP UNTIL THIS TIME, IT WAS QUITE A QUITE AN UNDERTAKING TO REVIEW AS HE POINTED OUT, WE APPRECIATE THEIR PATIENCE WITH STAFF, OVERWHELMING THEM MIGHTILY WITH INFORMATION. AND IN A NUTSHELL, HERE'S HOW CITIES WORK. AND YOU KNOW, EIGHT, EIGHT HOURS AT A TIME. SO ANYWAY, WITH THAT, I'M JUST HOPEFUL MY SHOULDER WILL HEAL UP FROM HAULING THIS BOOK BY THE TIME YOU GUYS GET TO CONSIDER IT. BUT NO, WE DID COVER A LOT OF TOPICS. I REALLY THINK STAFF DID A GOOD JOB OF GUIDING US. I WANT TO COMPLIMENT EACH OF YOU FOR SELECTING CARING INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD THE WHOLE CITY'S BEST INTEREST AT HEART, NOT JUST THEIR LITTLE PIECE OF IT. YEAH, THERE WERE SOME SOME OF THAT, AND I HAD SOME OF THAT MYSELF. BUT IN THE END, WE ALL REALIZED THIS IS BIGGER THAN JUST MY DISTRICT, JUST MY NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS IS ABOUT THE CITY. AND SO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT YOU SELECTED AND APPOINTED, I THINK DID A FANTASTIC JOB. AND WE KIND OF ALL ENDED UP ON THE SAME PAGE.

AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT WE CAME UP WITH TONIGHT. THAT'S FOR TWO WEEKS FROM NOW. BUT WE WANT TO KIND OF TALK THROUGH HOW WE GOT THERE. SO THIS SLIDE YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE, AND WHEN ANDY CROSSES OVER THE RAINBOW BRIDGE, THIS WILL BECOME THE ANDY HESTER MEMORIAL SLIDE. AND WE'VE SEEN IT IN EVERY PRESENTATION AND KEPT REMINDING US, KEEPING US THIS ONE KEPT US ON THE PATH, KEPT US ON THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW, SO THAT WE DIDN'T VEER OFF INTO THINGS THAT WEREN'T PART OF THE CHARGE. I THINK THIS WAS IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT REMINDER GOING. AND SO WE DO WE I THINK WE DID HIT A LOT OF A LOT OF THIS. AND THEN WE GOT TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S LIKE, WELL, THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD STUFF HERE. HOW DO WE PICK? AND SO THAT'S WHERE IT REALLY GOT HARDER. SO WE STARTED AT 30,000FT AND D DOWN LOWE AND LOWER AND LOWER AS WE WENT. SO WE DID WE DID REACH OUR FINAL CONCLUSIONS. LAST WEEK WE CANCELED THE MEETING FOR THAT. WE'D SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEDNESDAY. AND SO I THINK THEN LET'S GO ON TO THE NEXT ONE. YEAH. SO WHAT'S AHEAD? WE WILL BE BACK TO GIVE YOU OUR FULL RECOMMENDATIONS HERE ON DECEMBER THE 2ND. BUT I THINK WE ACCOLISHED A LOT IN NOVEMBER WHERE WE REALLY GOT DOWN TO, AND I THINK IT CAME DOWN TO TWO MAJOR FACTORS. AND ONE WAS, WHAT IS IT ON THIS LIST THAT WE CANNOT FUND ANY OTHER WAY? THERE'S LOTS OF POTS OF MONEY AS IT AS IT TURNS OUT, AND IT WAS A SURPRISE TO SOME OF US. BUT THERE ARE SOME, SOME OF THESE THINGS WE COULD ONLY DO WITH BOND MONEY. SO THAT REALLY HELPED US HONE IN ON FOCUS ON

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AND THOSE CAN CERTAINLY BE CONSIDERED IN FUTURE CIP PROJECTS FOR THE COUNCIL TO TAKE A LOOK AT. BUT AND AGAIN, BIG KUDOS TO THE COMMITTEE. I DO THINK IT WAS VERY ENGAGED COMMITTEE. THEY ASKED A LOT OF GREAT QUESTIONS, PUT US TO THE TEST, PUT US TO THE TO THE GRINDSTONE TO BRING BACK INFORMATION THAT THEY ASKED FOR. AND, AND I THINK THEY CAME UP WITH A GOOD PRODUCT. YEAH. I THINK THERE WASN'T A WEEK WENT BY WHEN WE DIDN'T SAY TO STAFF, OKAY, THAT'S GREAT. BUT WHAT ABOUT THIS AND THIS AND THIS. AND THEY WOULD COME BACK THE NEXT WEEK WITH THAT LIST OF QUESTIONS, WAS THE FIRST THING WE TOOK TO FOLLOW UP ON THE PREVIOUS MEETING. AND HAVING SUCH A DIVERSE GROUP, WE'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN IN GARLAND FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE GONE ON FOR A RELATIVELY SHORT TIME AND HAVE THAT KIND OF A GROUP TO KIND OF ALL COME TOGETHER. I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY A GREAT THING TO SEE IF YOU IF YOU LISTEN TO ANY OF THAT. SO I AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE, THE PEOPLE THAT YOU APPOINTED. I THINK YOU REALLY PICKED A GOOD GROUP TO DO AN EXERCISE LIKE THIS. VERY GOOD. THE PRESENTATIONS BY CHARGE BUCKET. HERE'S MY THE SLIDE. THE FIRST ONE I SAW, $352,476,210. WHITTLE THAT DOWN TO 150 MILLION, PLEASE. AND SO THAT WHEN WE WHEN YOU FIRST SEE THAT AND I WAS ON THE COMMITTEE IN 2019 AND WHEN THE ASK WAS A BILLION TWO AND WE WHITTLED IT DOWN TO 400 MILLION. AND SO I WAS KIND OF READY FOR THAT. BUT A LOT OF THEM WERE GOING, HOW IN THE WORLD ARE WE EVER GOING TO MAKE THAT KIND OF DECISIONS? WELL, WHEN STAFF CAME TO US AND SAID, THESE ARE THE BIGGEST BANG FOR THE BUCK, THAT WAS THE OTHER THING. THESE CAN ONLY BE FUNDED WITH BOND MONEY AND THIS IS THE BIGGEST BANG FOR THE BUCK RIGHT NOW. IF THIS IS ALL THE BUCKS WE GOT, HERE'S WHERE WE CAN TURN IT AROUND AND MAKE THE MOST MONEY ON THAT. AND HERE'S THE THINGS THAT WILL SUPPORT WHAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE WHAT HAVE WE ALREADY DONE DOWNTOWN? IF YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN OUT ON THE SQUARE, IT'S THE TRANSITION HAS BEEN AMAZING FROM WHAT IT WAS THREE YEARS AGO TO HOW HOW MUCH ACTIVITY IS THERE DOWN THERE EVERY NIGHT OF THE WEEK AND CERTAINLY ON THE WEEKENDS. SO NOW HOW DO WE GET PEOPLE HERE, GET THEM PAST THE USED CAR LOTS AND PAST SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, NOT PRETTY STUFF.

AND WE'VE GOT SOME IDEAS ON HOW TO BEST SUPPORT THAT. AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE OUR FOCUS REALLY WAS. AND THEN ONE OTHER PROJECT THAT CAME FROM THAT I WAS REALLY PROUD TO SEE CAME FROM THE COMMITTEE THAT THE STAFF SAID, OH, THAT'S THAT'S A PROJECT, AND THAT'S THAT'S THEY SAID THAT COULD BE A BIG BANG FOR THE BUCK, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU STARTED SEEING THE NUMBERS AND SO I THINK WE'VE I THINK WE CAME TO A GOOD A GOOD CONSENSUS. IT WASN'T ALL STAFF PROJECTS.

THERE WAS AT LEAST ONE BIG ONE FROM THE COMMITTEE. AND WE WILL BE PRESENTING THOSE DETAILS IN TWO WEEKS. VERY GOOD. I DON'T HAVE WHAT'S THAT ONE? YOU DON'T GET TO OPEN YOUR PRESENTS BEFORE CHRISTMAS. I'M SORRY. THAT JUST GUARANTEES THAT WE'LL ALL SHOW UP HERE ON DECEMBER 2ND. YEAH.

JUST TO HEAR. YEAH, I WASN'T GOING TO LET HIM TELL YOU TONIGHT. THEY THEY WANTED TO, BUT I SAID NOPE. WE'RE HOLDING IT FOR TWO MORE WEEKS. ALL RIGHT. WELL SO IN ADVANCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO THE COMMITTEE. AND IT WAS YOU KNOW, WE EVEN TALKED ABOUT I MEAN, IT WAS IT WAS GOING TO BE A SHORT TURNAROUND. AND I TNK MAYBE GOING IN WE WERE ALL A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT THE SHORTENED TIMEFRAME. BUT YOU GUYS PULLED IT OFF SO GREAT. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AND THE COMMITTEE HERE ON DECEMBER 2ND. YES. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. I THINK YOU'LL SEE MOST OF US ON THURSDAY NIGHT. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO DENIM AND DIAMONDS. WE'LL SEE. IT'S DIFFERENT TO SHOW UP FOR A PARTY THAN IT IS TO SHOW UP FOR AN ACTUAL MEETING. SO. SO I WOULD I WOULD EXPECT TO SEE THEM ON THURSDAY. BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE

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[5. Texas Downtown (TXD) Annual Conference Report Per Article II, Division 1, Section 6(E) of the City Council policies, Mayor LeMay and Councilmember Kris Beard will report back to the City Council on the Texas Downtown (TXD) Annual Conference.]

AND ACTUALLY LETICIA AS WELL. ACTUALLY, THAT COULD BE THE EMPTY CHAIR JOURNEYED. LET'S SEE. YEAH. SEE, IT ALL WORKS OU. WE JOURNEYED WEST TO ABILENE, TEXAS FOR THE ANNUAL DOWNTOWN CONFERENCE AND AWARDS BANQUET, AND WE ALL I THINK WE ALL HAD DIFFERENT YOU KNOW, WE ALL CAME AT THIS AT THIS FROM SORT OF DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE LEVELS, DIFFERENT TIME. OBVIOUSLY, YOU'VE PROBABLY SAW WE DID VERY WELL DURING THE AWARDS BANQUET SECTION. AND AS, AS MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN, BUT ALSO DURING. THE CONFERENCE, THE CONFERENCE ITSELF, THERE WAS ALSO BREAKOUT SESSIONS. THERE WERE INFORMATIONAL SESSIONS AND THESE WONDERFUL FOLKS SPENT SOME TIME IN THOSE SESSIONS. AND AS PART OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBER BEARD AND I REPORTING BACK, I WOULD LIKE FOR ALL OF YOU TO JUST KIND OF SHARE A TAKEAWAY THAT YOU HAD FROM THE CONFERENCE, SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE NEED TO LOOK AT OR SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING YOU SAW THERE THAT WE NEED TO PURSUE. SO I'LL KEEP IT VERY IT DOESN'T JUST VERY SIMPLE. JUST KIND OF A QUICK TAKEAWAY AND INTRODUCE YOURSELVES. AND SO THAT EVERYBODY GETS TO KNOW YOU. OKAY. WELL LET ME INTRODUCE THE BRAND NEW JUST PULL THE MICROPHONE I KNOW I'M ALWAYS GUILTY OF THAT. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE STAFF MEMBERS ON THE VERY END IS BROOKE COPA. AND SHE'S THE ACTIVATION COORDINATOR. SO YOU'RE GOING TO START SEEING QUITE A FEW FUN NEW THINGS HAPPENING ON THE SQUARE.

AND THEN HALEY MILLER IS OUR COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST AND SHE'S UPPING THE VOICE OF DOWNTOWN THAT WE HAD RECENTLY BEEN TOLD WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE HAPPENED. AND THEN I'M VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE NANCY TO NOW COME IN AND LEAD THIS TEAM. AND TAKE THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS MANAGER POSITION. SO I WILL TELL YOU THAT I LEARNED THAT WE WERE THE ENVY OF THE TEXAS DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION. WALKING AWAY WITH FOUR AWARDS. AND THEN I WAS IMMEDIATELY TOLD BY THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AND THE MAYOR THAT WE MUST COME BACK WITH SEVEN FOR NEXT YEAR. OH, YES, I'M SORRY. AND MITCH MITCH JOINED US AS WELL. YES, YES, YES. AND I WOULD JUST SAY THE THREE AWARDS I'LL TALK ABOUT THE ONE THAT I PROBABLY HAD THE BIGGEST HAND IN, AND THAT WAS THE BEST PROMOTION. AND WE BASE THAT ON THE GRAND OPENING. AND REALLY WHAT THEY HONED IN ON THAT MADE US WIN THAT AWARD WAS THAT WE UTILIZED THAT DOWNTOWN TO SELL OUR ENTIRE CITY. SO YES, YOUR DOWNTOWN IS KIND OF YOUR LIVING ROOM OF YOUR CITY, BUT IT'S NEEDED TO SHOWCASE THE REST OF YOUR CITY. AND THAT WAS THE WHOLE WHOLE FOCUS OF THAT GRAND OPENING. DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE OTHER TWO AWARDS? SUR. SO THE OTHER TWO AWARDS WERE BEST PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT FOR THE AMAZING TRANSFORMATION OF THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE AND SURROUNDING STREETSCAPES. AND THEN IN

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SOMETIMES THE DIFFICULTIES THEY HAD WITH THE CITY TRYING TO CONVEY THEIR IDEA THAT THERE WASN'T A THERE WASN'T A CATEGORY FOR WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO OR HOW THEY WANTED TO DO IT, OR WHATEVER. AND I KNOW THAT. I KNOW THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED THAT HERE. AND, YOU KNOW, OVER TIME, AS AND SO REALLY WHAT I MY TAKEAWAY FROM A LOT OF THAT TALKING TO A LOT OF THEM WAS WE, WE NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR THE NEXT NEW THING. YOU KNOW, THE NEXT NEW IDEAS THAT ARE COMING AROUND IS WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT. WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO MAKE THE CHANGES THAT, THAT THESE, THAT THESE IDEAS ARE SORT OF CREATING THOSE CHALLENGES, THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, YOU KNOW, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY WERE EXPERIENCING THAT IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT SORT OF JOURNEYS AS WELL. AND AGAIN, WE HAVE HERE AND, AND WE WILL AGAIN EXPERIENCE THAT TOO. THERE'S, THERE'S ALWAYS THE NEXT NEW THING CHALLENGE OPPORTUNITY THAT'S COMING AROUND. SO I WOULD I WOULD DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE US. AND WHETHER IT'S AND OBVIOUSLY THIS IS ALL SORT OF DOWNTOWN ORIENTED AND BUT YOU KNOW JUST TO KEEP THAT IN OUR MINDS AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH DOWNTOWN AND WITH THE REST OF THE CITY AND ALSO LETICIA AND I WERE TOGETHER ON THE TOUR AND ALSO THE REALLY SHOCKING DIFFERENCE IN ECONOMY. ONE OF THE DEVELOPERS BOUGHT A PIECE OF PROPERTY FROM THE CITY FOR, I BELIEVE HE SAID, $275,000. I WILL TELL YOU, WE HAVE BOUGHT EQUIVALENT PROPERTIES HERE IN THE CITY OF GARLAND FOR FAR MORE THAN $275,000. AND WHEN HE SAID THAT LETICIA WAS STANDING BEHIND ME, I TURNED AROUND, WENT. I WAS LIKE, OKAY, BUT OBVIOUSLY ECONOMY OF SCALE HAS ITS PLACE. BUT ALSO THE AWARDS. IT WAS FANTASTIC TO GET TO EXPERIENCE THAT WITH THIS TEAM. WE'RE IN A BIG CONFERENCE OF BALLROOM, LOTS OF CITIES AND I'VE GOT THE PROGRAM. YOU CAN LOOK THROUGH IT AND YOU CAN SEE THE PROJECTS WE WERE UP AGAINST. AND THEY ARE DIVIDED UNDER 50,000, OVER 50,000 POPULATION. BUT YOU CAN LOOK THROUGH THIS AND YOU CAN SEE THE PROJECTS THAT WE WERE UP AGAINST, WHETHER THEY WERE INSIDE OF OUR CATEGORY RANGE OR NOT, EVERY, EVERY PROJECT IN THIS BOOK IS FANTASTIC. AND IF I HAD MORE TIME, I WOULD GO VISIT ALL OF THEM. I MEAN, SOME ARE AS CLOSE AS MESQUITE, OTHERS ARE AS FAR AWAY AS MAYBE PFLUGERVILLE OR SOMEWHERE LIKE THAT. BUT THE COMPETITION, THESE PROJECTS THAT THAT WERE THAT WERE IN HERE, THAT WERE, THAT WERE CONSIDERED IN THIS CONFERENCE ARE ALL FANTASTIC. AND THE FACT THAT WE WALKED AWAY WITH THE AWARDS WE DID OBVIOUSLY IS A TESTAMENT TO THE WORK THAT WE PUT IN TO THE DOWNTOWN. BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS THERE WAS SOME WE WERE UP AGAINST SOME SOME GOOD STUFF.

AND SO THAT THAT IS REALLY GREAT AND PROBABLY ONE OF THE FUNNIEST MOMENTS FROM THE AWARDS

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SEE WORKED IN THE TAGLINE. BUT SO ANYWAY, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU. IT WAS GREAT TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH YOU OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL AND OUR NORMAL EVENTS, AND I THINK THAT WE HAD A GREAT SHOWING, NOT JUST IN THE AWARDS WE TOOK AWAY, BUT ALSO IN THE IN THE FOLKS THAT WE SENT OUT THERE TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS, THIS GROUP, THIS GROUP MENTIONED ALL OF THE AWARDS THAT YOU MENTIONED, ONE THAT WAS PUBLIC VOTED PUBLIC SERVICE.

TELL ME ABOUT THAT ONE. THAT PEOPLE'S CHOICE, PEOPLE'S CHOICE OR PEOPLE'S CHOICE. TELL ME ABOUT THAT. WON THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD. AND WHAT WAS THAT FOR. YEAH. SO THERE WAS THEY POSTED EACH OF THE CANDIDATES ONLINE AND THEN WE WERE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO GO VOTE THROUGH FACEBOOK, AND WE WON BY HAVING THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF VOTES. AND THAT WAS ALSO FOR THE BEST ECONOMIC GAME CHANGER PROJECT. SO THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE REVITALIZATION PROJECT, AND WAS IT WAS IT A CLOSE VOTE? IT WAS PRETTY CLOSE. I BELIEVE WE HAD 550 VOTES AND THE NEXT PERSON WAS LIKE 480, I BELIEVE. YEAH. AND ARLINGTON WAS A VERY CLOSE SECOND, I BELIEVE. SO IT WAS VERY TIGHT. SO THANK YOU TO GARLAND FOR GETTING ON FACEBOOK AND KUDOS. OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THAT WAS THANK YOU MAYOR. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. AND COUNCILMEMBER DUTTON, I, I JUST WANT TO SAY WELCOME TO OUR NEW TEAM. I'M SUPER EXCITED TO SEE ALL THE AMAZING THINGS YOU DO.

NANCY IS FANTASTIC. I'M SURE YOU ALREADY KNOW, BUT I'M SUPER STOKED TO HEAR ABOUT OUR OUR COMMUNICATIONS. SO DON'T LET US DOWN, OKAY? WE CAN. THAT'S WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO GET SEVEN NEXT YEAR, RIGHT? YEAH GUYS KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. YOU'VE DONE A FANTASTIC AND IT'S ONWARDS AND OUTWARDS NOW. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR PUSHING BUTTONS. ALL RIGHT. WELL ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN I KNOW I MEANT TO BRING THE AWARDS IN, BUT THEY ARE SHAPED LIKE TEXAS AND HAVE OUR NAME RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THEM. IF YOU WALK BY OUR OFFICE 211 NORTH FIFTH, THERE'S A LIGHT LIT UP IN THE WINDOW SO EVERYONE CAN SEE THEM AT ALL HOURS. EXCELLENT. YEAH, EXCELLENT. HOLD THEM ALL AT ONCE. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. PERFECT.

[6. Crime Statistics-Gang Activity Staff will provide a verbal briefing on crime statistics related to gang activity. This item was requested by Councilmember Dutton and seconded by Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Lucht at the October 7, 2024 Work Session.]

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AND THEN PROPERTY CRIMES INVOLVING GANG MEMBERS. SOME OF OUR DIVERSION PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE I THINK YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH OUR GANG UNIT. WE HAVE A VERY ACTIVE GANG UNIT WITH TEN GANG OFFICERS AND ONE LIEUTENANT. OUR GANG UNIT IS JUST AS FOCUSED ON INTERVENTION EFFORTS AS THEY ARE ON ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS. AND SO IF YOU HAVE A YOUNG MAN OR WOMAN

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IT'S JUST HARD TO I HAVE THE SAME QUESTIONS A LOT FROM PEOPLE. IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN THAT TO THEM BECAUSE THEY THEY'RE SEEING THIS CONSTANT FEED ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SOMETIMES WHEN I HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO PEOPLE AND I TELL THEM, WELL, I, I HAD MINISTRY, I DID MINISTRY IN A CITY CALLED LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, 15 YEARS. BY MARCH, APRIL OF EACH YEAR, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT GANG ACTIVITY, 68 DEATHS. YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE KILLED ONE ANOTHER BY MARCH FIVE, SIX YEARS IN A ROW. AND YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE CRIME RATE? WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE A POLICE DEPARTMENT SUCH AS WE HAVE WHERE WE'RE VERY PROACTIVE. THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROGRAMS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S NEEDED IN THE CITY TO KEEP YOUNG PEOPLE FROM BECOMING DELINQUENTS. AND BECOMING PART OF THAT GANG RELATED ACTIVITY.

SO I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE MANNER BY WHICH YOU ARE

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BUT THIS IS A SAFE CITY. SO THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU MAYOR. VERY GOOD. COUNSELOR DUTTON.

HELLO. HELLO. SO I'M THE ONE THAT BROUGHT THIS UP. SO YOU DID FANTASTIC THAT WAS EVERYTHING THAT WE NEEDED IT TO BE. SO THE BASIS OF ME BRINGING IT UP AND WANTING TO KNOW WHAT OUR STATS WERE. WERE YOU AGAIN? SOCIAL MEDIA. EVERYONE IS A NEWS REPORTER OR A LAWYER OR A DOCTOR. SO YOU SEE IT ALL THE TIME. OH GOSH, IT'S A GARLAND SO GHETTO. WE'RE YOU KNOW, OUR CRIME IS SO HORRIBLE. BUT IF YOU READ SOCIAL MEDIA, WE WOULD YOU WOULD JUST THINK THAT WE'RE DROPPING LIKE FLIES OUTSIDE. SO THIS WAS VERY BENEFICIAL FOR ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO FEEL LIKE WE ARE DETROIT. I FEEL LIKE YOU DID A VERY GOOD JOB PROVING THAT WE ARE, IN FACT, ARE NOT ANYWHERE LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA THINKS WE ARE. SO I APPRECIATE IT. THOSE NUMBERS ARE PHENOMENAL IN MY OPINION. SO YOU GUYS KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND STAY OFF SOCIAL MEDIA. THANK YOU. YES, COUNCILOR WILLIAMS CHIEF GOOD JOB. TELL ME IF THIS HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT. THOSE NUMBERS OFTEN WHEN I GET COMPLAINTS ABOUT OUR CITY, IT'S ASSOCIATED WITH A CERTAIN BIG BOX STORE. I'M NOT GOING TO MENTION THE NAME THEY SAID THEY OVER THERE, THEY'RE AROUND THAT STORE. THEY COME IN, THEY TAKE A CAR, THEY THEY JACK SOMEBODY AND THEY'RE GONE. AND THAT'S. AND SO I CAN'T GO TO THAT STORE, PARTICULAR NAME STORE BECAUSE OF THAT. THERE'S NO PROOF OF THAT. BUT YOU KNOW, THE STORES I'M TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT. CAN YOU SPEAK TO FROM A CITY PERSPECTIVE, FROM A CITY WIDE PERSPECTIVE? CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT, THAT YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. SO IF I WERE TO PUT A MAP UP ON HERE, THAT WOULD SHOW YOU THE HOTSPOTS FOR THE MOST CRIME IN THE CITY, IT WOULD BE THE LOCATIONS THAT HAVE THE MOST PEOPLE COMING TO IT, YOU KNOW, WHO IS IT? WHAT LOCATIONS HAVE THE MOST TURNOVER OF PEOPLE? AND THAT IS USUALLY A BIG, AT LEAST IN GARLAND. IT'S THE BIG BOX RETAIL STORES. THE MORE PEOPLE YOU HAVE, THE MORE PEOPLE COMING THROUGH CYCLING THROUGH, THE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CRIME TO OCCUR. AND SO, LIKE I SAY, IF I PUT THAT UP THERE, YOU'D SEE THE RED SPOTS AND THAT'S WHERE THEY WOULD BE. THEY WOULD BE AT THOSE BIG BOX STORES. AND SO THAT'S THE BEST.

PLUS THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES THERE. THERE'S PRODUCTS TO TAKE, YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S A PERCEPTION THAT IT'S EASY TO TAKE. RIGHT. AND SO WE'RE FIGHTING THAT YOU KNOW WE SOMETIMES HAVE ISSUES AT THE MALL, SOMETIMES ISSUES AT OTHER RETAIL STORES. BUT AGAIN IT'S A IT'S A PRODUCT OF THE FACT THAT YOU'RE BRINGING A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE A WHOLE LOT MORE OPPORTUNITIES INTO THAT AREA. SO STATISTICALLY SPEAKING, THE CRIME IS GOING TO BE HIGHER. BUT TO SAY THAT THAT PUSHES OUR CRIME NUMBERS, PERCENTAGES, NUMBERS ABOVE A SISTER CITY IS JUST NOT CORRECT. YEAH, THAT'S NOT CORRECT. AND AGAIN, OUR WHEN YOU COMPARE US TO SISTER CITIES, WE'RE VERY CLOSE IN COMPARISON. I WOULD SAY WE'RE MIDDLE OF THE PACK. IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE CITIES ABOVE 100,000 IN THE NORTH TEXAS AREA, WE'RE WE'RE NOT LIKE I SAID, WE'RE NOT QUITE UP THERE WITH PLANO AND FRISCO, BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ISSUES. WE'RE WE'RE BORDERING DALLAS. WE DO HAVE SOME CRIME THAT WE NEED TO SOLVE. I DON'T WANT TO PRETEND THAT THERE'S NO CRIME BECAUSE THERE IS, BUT ESPECIALLY IN VIOLENT CRIME AND ESPECIALLY OVERALL IN THE CITY, THERE ARE NO AREAS THAT I FEEL UNSAFE GOING WHEN I'M OFF DUTY. THERE'S JUST INCIDENTS THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS. WELL, I AGREE WITH YOU, CHIEF. I JUST WANT TO ECHO THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT OUR NPOS DO A PHENOMENAL JOB, PERIOD. THEY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND IN SOME CASES OF ADDRESSING CRIME ISSUES

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WE'RE GOING TO GO AWAY. AND. GOOD EVENING. EXCUSE ME. HELLO. WE ARE BACK IN SESSION. WE ARE COMING BACK FROMOM RECESS FROM E NOVEMBER 18TH, 2024 WORK SESSION. WE ARE COMING BACK IN

[7. Update on Special Events Planned for 2025 and Funding Allocation Staff will provide a Special Events and funding allocation update. This item was requested by Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Lucht and seconded by Councilmember Dutton at the October 7, 2024 Work Session.]

GOOD EVENING. I GOT THE MICROPHONE CORRECT. I BELIEVE THIS TIME. SO IT'S ONOF MY LITTLE ISSUES I HAVE. SO TONIGHT I'VE BEEN ASKED TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF A RECAP AND TALK ABOUT THE 2025 FUNDING FOR SPECIAL EVENTS. SO FOR 2024, HOPEFULLY YOU WERE AT MOST OF THO. SO YOU DON'T NEED A BIG RUNDOWN. BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ABOUT THE EVENTS THAT HAPPENED IN 2024. OUR MUSIC MADE HERE CONCERT, WE REALLY STEPPED OUT OF THE KIND OF TRADITIONAL ARTISTS THAT WE HAD, AND WE HAD SOME TRIBUTE BANDS TO JIMMY BUFFETT. WE HAD A TAYLOR SWIFT TRIBUTE BAND, AND THEN WE HAD KIND OF THAT TRADITIONAL LITTLE TEXAS COUNTRY BAND, SORT OF A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. SO WE REALLY TRIED TO MIX UP THE DIVERSITY OF THE MUSIC THAT WE HAD, AND THEN WE HAD THE LIST OF EVENTS THAT THAT YOU GUYS ARE AWARE THAT WE BRING. AND I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE ONES THAT WERE UNUSUAL OR NEW OR

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YOU KNOW THAT WERE KIND OF NEW ON OUR SCHEDULE FOR 2024. SO FOR 2025, THIS IS OUR LIST. NOT ALL OF THESE ARE FUNDED BY THE SPECIAL EVENTS DEPARTMENT, BUT THESE ARE THE ONES THAT OUR STAFF WILL BE ENGAGED IN ALONG WITH JUST A VARIETY OF ASSISTANCE TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT NEED HELP, INCLUDING BUILD GARLAND AND WEST. LIBRARY OPENING AND JUST A YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST HERE TO HELP ANY OF THE DEPARTMENTS FOR ANY OF THEIR SPECIAL EVENTS THAT THEY HAVE HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, IN THEIR OWN, IN THEIR OWN DEPARTMENT. SO THESE DON'T THESE DATES ARE PRETTY MUCH SET, BUT THEY THE CENTRAL LIBRARY, I THINK, MAY CHANGE DATES A LITTLE BIT. SO SUBJECT TO CHANGE. DON'T HOLD ME TO ALL OF THESE DATES. AND THEN FOR THE FUNDING THIS IS THE FUNDING. THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT THE SPECIAL EVENTS FUNDING IS RESPONSIBLE FOR. SO OUR MUSIC MADE HERE CONCERT FIRST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH. SO 12 TIMES OUR BIG ART DAY CELEBRATION AND THE ASIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE FESTIVA. JUNETEENTH RED, WHITE AND YOU, THE FALL FEST AND GUZZLER DIA AND CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE. I WOULD SAY THE BIGGEST CHANGE FOR 2025 IS THAT THE ASIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE FESTIVAL IS MOVING TO THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE. SO WITH THAT FUNDI, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I WOULD BE GLAD TO TRY TO ANSWER THEM.M. COCILMEMBER DUTTON, SORRY, WE WERE RACING. SO I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT OURENSORY FRIENDLY CHRISTMAS. SENSORY FRIENDLY. YES, YES. SO HISTORICALLY, WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IT THE NIGHT BEFORE. REGULAR CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE. I HEARD A LOT OF FEEDBACK THIS PAST YEAR ABOUT IT FEELING A LITTLE UNDERWHELMING. MAYBE BECAUSE THEY, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS HAD THE TREE LIGHTING AND IT WAS KIND OF EVERYONE'S LIKE RUN THROUGH OF, YOU KNOW, FOR THE FOLLOWING NIGHT. SO LOGISTICALLY, I GUESS MAYBE IS THERE LIKE A REASON WHY WE'RE AWAY FROM THAT OR CAN WE. SO I DID REACH OUT TO SEVERAL EXPERTS OR I FELT LIKE THEY WERE EXPERTS IN THAT AREA. AND THE FEEDBACK I GOT WAS A CLOSED BUILDING ALLOWED A LITTLE SAFER FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO PARTICULARLY MAYBE POSSIBLY RUN INTO THE STREET OR LIKE THEY REALLY, REALLY LIKED THE FULL LIGHTING AND A CLOSED, ENCLOSED BUILDING IS WHAT WHAT THE FOLKS WERE TELLING ME. NOW I DO 100% AGREE IT WAS NOT WELL ATTENDED LAST YEAR AT ALL. AND SO WE HAVE TRIED TO GO DOWN SOME OTHER AVENUES TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNEW THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY HOLDING IT, BECAUSE IT'S A VERY THIN LINE BETWEEN ANNOUNCING IT PUBLICLY WHERE EVERYBODY KNOWS, AND THEN IT DOESN'T MEET THE NEED OF WHAT IT'S FOR, AND THEN BEING TOO QUIET ABOUT IT, THAT NOBODY KNOWS THAT IT'S HAPPENING. SO WE TRIED SOME NEW AVENUES THIS YEAR WITH OUR FLIER TO, YOU KNOW, AND INFORMATION TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE IT, HAVE SUCH A SMALL ATTENDANCE, BECAUSE IT WAS VERY SMALL LAST YEAR. SO I GUESS I UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE CLOSED BUILDINGS AND THIS IS JUST MY,

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BUT WE PLAN OUT, WE LOOK AT THE LOCATION, WE LOOK AT THE TYPES OF THINGS. WE LOOK AT WHAT'S NEEDED, THE TIME OF YEAR THAT IT'S DONE. SOME OF THE EVENTS IN THE HEAT OF THE SUMMER WILL END UP WITH SOME TENTS AND FANS AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT. OTHER TIMES OF YEARS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT. ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE JUGGLING THE ASIAN FESTIVAL DOWNTOWN, IT'S A LITTLE MORE COST EFFECTIVE FOR US FOR THAT ONE TO STILL PROVIDE A VERY QUALITY EVENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, BUT IT'S IN A GOOD LOCATION. IT'S A LOCATION WHERE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GOOD THINGS.

WE LOOK AT ALL OF THE PIECES TO IT AND COME BACK TO KIND OF ESTABLISH A BUDGET THAT GOES WITH THAT, AND THEN EACH YEAR WE TRY TO EVALUATE WHAT WORKS. WE TRY TO GET FEEDBACK FOR THOSE WHO ATTENDED. WE LOOK AT HOW MANY ATTEND AND ALL THE REST OF THAT. BUT BUT IT IS A JUGGLING ACT TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH AND DO THAT. WE DO LOOK AT THE FEEDBACK OF THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT THE CITIZENS WOULD LIKE TO SEE AT THE NEXT ONE. THE DIA ONE, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS HAS GROWN WITH WHERE IT IS AT THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. AND THAT LAYOUT, WHEN WE FIRST PUT IT OVER THERE, WE DID IT BECAUSE THERE WAS CONSTRUCTION DOWNTOWN AND ALL THE REST OF THAT. WELL, IT TURNS OUT THAT ENDED UP BEING A GOOD LAYOUT FOR THAT PARTICULAR EVENT. HOWEVER, RIGHTFULLY SO, THERE ARE THOSE QUESTIONS, AND THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT WE LOOK AT AND TRY TO EVALUATE EVERY SINGLE YEAR. WHAT DO EACH OF THESE EVENTS NEED? HOW CAN WE HOW CAN

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BUT AFTER THE DIA EVENT, ALL OF THOSE RESTAURANTS FILLED UP GOOD. I WAS, BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY I GOT CAUGHT UP IN THE, IN THE, IN THE TRAFFIC OF IT, JUST TRYING TO GET SOMETHING TO EAT MYSELF. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS PEOPLE DID SORT OF NATURALLY PROGRESSED DOWN TO THE SQUARE AND TO THE RESTAURANTS AND SO MUCH LATER THAN, THAN WHAT IS TYPICAL. BUT THEY ARE FINDING IT. BUT YES, IF WE STARTED TO EXTEND DOWN FIFTH UP TO EVEN IF, EVEN IF WE JUST WENT UP TO STATE

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SHOULD REDUCE IT. YES. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. MAYOR. VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I SEE NONE OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE MY THANKS FOR THAT LONG LIST OF EVENTS FROM 24. THEY THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY MAKING A DIFFERENCE TO THE FOLKS THAT LIVE HERE. BUT THEY ARE ALSO BRINGING A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIVE HERE INTO THE CITY, WHO ARE COMING BACK. AND SO THOSE IT THOSE EVENTS ARE GREAT, WHETHER THEY'RE CONCERTS OR OR HERITAGE FESTIVALS OR WHATEVER THEY MAY BE, THAT MAYOR PRO TEM OR. I APOLOGIZE. SORRY, I'VE GOTTEN YOU. I'VE GOTTEN USED TO IT OVER THE YEARS. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I WAS JUST SITTING HERE THINKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS TO, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THIS IS TAKING PLACE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND MORE AND MORE I AM THINKING ABOUT THE VISION, THE POSSIBILITY, THE POTENTIAL, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING ON THE BOND FUND OF WHAT C CAN PPEN IN SOME OF THE DISTRICTS, AND PARTICULARLY DISTRICT THREE. ARE THERE WAYS, MAYBE, THAT YOU CAN BEGIN TO TAKE A LOOK AT CONTINUING WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE SEE HERE, BUT MAYBE DOING SOME THINGS AS FAR AS THE DISTRICTS ARE CONCERNED, ALSO IN THE WAY OF SOME TYPE OF ACTIVITIES, BECAUSE I COULD JUST SEE HARBOR POINT AT THIS POINT AND THEHE WAR AND SO ON AND SO FORTH, BEING A VERY NICE PLACE FOR SOME TYPE OF ACTIVITY, SUCH AS WHAT WE ARE PRESENTING IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. AND LET ME SAY, AND TO ALL OF YOU, YOU GUYS JUST DO A PHENOMENAL JOB IN THE WAY OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE TAKING PLACE. I MEAN, MY WIFE AND I, WE LOVE COMING DOWN. WE BRING GUESTS DOWN. IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL GARLAND. GARLAND IS A GREAT DESTINATION LOCATION. YOU'VE MADE IT THAT. BUT I

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[8. GPS: Garland's Pathway to Success Using the new Mission and Vision established by the City Council, and building on the existing 10 Strategic Focus Areas, the City's leadership team has been building Garland's Pathway to Success (GPS). GPS is a strategic plan that seeks to align the work of Team Garland with the direction of the City Council. City Manager, Jud Rex, will provide City Council with a preliminary look at the GPS and discuss next steps.]

WELL, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M EXCITED TO SHARE A KIND OF PROGRESS ON AN INITIATIVE THAT'S BEEN UNDERWAY, REALLY SINCE THE SINCE WE STARTED THE BUDGET PROCESS EARLIER THIS YEAR AND STARTED HAVING SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNCIL ABOUT OUR MISSION AND VISION AND THE STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS THAT YOU SEE PRINTED ON YOUR AGENDA FOR ALL OF YOUR MEETINGS. AND SO I WANT TO UPDATE YOU ON ON SOME PROGRESS HERE AND TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS.

PLEASE CONSIDER THIS KIND OF AN INTRODUCTORY PRESENTATION. I EXPECT OVER THE OVER THE COMING MONTHS TO HAVE DURING OUR ONE ON ONE CONVERSATIONS, TALK ABOUT THE GPS AND WHAT IT MEANS, AND I'M GOING TO, OF COURSE, GO THROUGH IT HERE IN A LITTLE BIT. BUT LOOK FORWARD TO REALLY. THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE GPS AND GET YOUR FEEDBACK OR SET UP GETTING FEEDBACK FROM YOU OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS AS WE OK TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. SO WHAT, WHAT'S BEEN SHARED, BOTH IN THE SLIDE DECK HERE AND THEN IN THE PACKET THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS IN DRAFT FORM. AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT EXACTLY HOW WE GOT THIS AND HOW HOW WE GOT HERE AND WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO. SO WITH THAT, I THINK THE BEST PLACE TO START IS I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH ON THE GPS, THE, THE WHY, WHAT AND HOW AND REALLY START WITH THE WHY PART OF THIS. AND I WANT TO SHARE SHARE THE WHY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A LITTLE BIT OF AN ANALOGY THAT I PUT TOGETHER TO ILLUSTRATE WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT. SO IF YOU CAN IMAGINE HERE, YOU KNOW, THE IMAGE WE'RE LOOKING AT IS A IS A GROUP OF EXPLORERS. AND IN THIS COMPARISON WE'LL CALL THEM TEAM GARLAND. THEY'RE EMBARKING ON A JOURNEY THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE, EXPANSIVE, UNTAMED WILDERNESS.

THE WILDERNESS IS CHALLENGING. IT'S UNPREDICTABLE, MUCH LIKE THE LANDSCAPE OF PUBLIC SERVICE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT WE'RE INVOLVED WITH. SO EACH EXPLORER FROM TEAM GARLAND BRINGS UNIQUE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE. SOME ARE SKILLED NAVIGATORS, SOME ARE REALLY GOOD WITH RESOURCES.

OTHERS ARE SORT OF BRING A STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE TO HELP THE TEAM MOVE FORWARD AS THEY GO THROUGH THIS DIFFICULT TERRAIN. BUT DESPITE THEIR TALENTS, THERE'S NO SINGLE MAP OR COMPASS TO GUIDE THEM, NO AGREED UPON DESTINATION TO AIM FOR, AND NO COMMON UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT SUCCESS IN THIS JOURNEY WOULD LOOK LIKE. SO AS A RESULT, EACH EXPLORER MOVES FORWARD IN THE DIRECTION THEY THINK IS BEST, BUT WITHOUT ALIGNMENT, THEIR EFFORTS OFTEN OVERLAP OR DIVERGE OR LEAD TO DEAD ENDS, AND SO PROGRESS FEELS SLOW AND UNCERTAIN, AND MAYBE EVEN SOME FRUSTRATIONS. FRUSTRATION BEGINS TO CREEP IN, AND ANY OF YOU THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, HIKED IN THE MOUNTAINS OR ON THE PLAINS, MAYBE KIND OF GET A SENSE FOR WHAT THIS PICTURE PICTURE LOOKS LIKE? NOW IMAGINE THAT ONE OF THE EXPLORERS STEPS FORWARD WITH A WITH A COMPASS AND A MAP. AND IN THIS EXAMPLE, OF COURSE, THAT IS THE GPS. THAT'S GARLAND'S PATHWAY TO SUCCESS. THIS ISN'T JUST A TOOL, IT'S A SHARED VISION OF THE DESTINATION AND A CLEAR PLAN TO GET THERE. THE COMPASS PROVIDES DIRECTION, KEEPING EVERYONE ORIENTED WHILE THE MAP OUTLINES KEY ROUTES AND MILESTONES WITH THE GPS, EACH PERSON'S STEPS GAIN NEW MEANING WHEN THEY TAKE ON CHALLENGING WORK, THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE DOING IT WITH PURPOSE THAT'S SHARED BY EVERYONE ELSE AROUND THEM. TEAM GARLAND'S DAILY TASKS AREN'T JUST ISOLATED EFFORTS, THEY'RE PART OF A LARGER PLAN THAT'S ALIGNED WITH COUNCIL'S MISSION, VISION AND FOCUS, BRINGING THE JOURNEY TO LIFE WITH SHARED GOALS AND CLEAR MILESTONES. THE GPS ALSO SERVES AS A WAY TO MEASURE PROGRESS.

NOW, AS THE TEAM MOVES FORWARD, THEY CAN SEE HOW FAR THEY'VE COME AND HOW CLOSE THEY ARE TO THE DESTINATION TEAM MEMBERS CAN LOOK UP FROM THEIR DAILY TASKS, SEE THE PATHWAY, AND CELEBRATE EACH MILESTONE THEY REACH TOGETHER. THEY KNOW THAT AS LONG AS THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE COMPASS AND THE MAP, THEY'RE ON TRACK FOR SUCCESS AS DEFINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. AND THAT'S THE POWER OF A OF A STRATEGIC PLAN. AND I KNOW WE TALK ABOUT A LOT OF PLANS HERE. AND SO THERE'S

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IT'S GOING TO FIT SOMEWHERE. AND HOW DO WE GET MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT THAT. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IS THAT WE WANT TO KEEP THESE TEN FOCUS AREAS AND CONTINUE TO, TO USE THEM AS THE FRAMEWORK FOR IT. IT'S A GOOD FRAMEWORK. AND SO WE WE'VE REBRANDED IT. THIS IS JUST KIND OF A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF, OF THOSE WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS. AND EVENTUALLY AS WE KIND OF GET FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD WITH THE GPS, THIS IS WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE AGENDA AS WE AS WE REALLY TRY TO FOCUS ON WHAT THESE ARE. SO STARTED WITH WHY THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF THE WHAT. AND YOU'LL RECALL AT THE JUNE WORKSHOP AND PRIOR TO THAT COUNCIL, YOU DID A SURVEY THAT HELPED US KIND OF EVEN PRIORITIZE THESE TEN AREAS SO THAT WE CAN FOCUS IN ON WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT, BECAUSE WE KNOW WE HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES, LIMITED TIME. YOU KNOW, WHICH OF THESE IS MOST IMPORTANT. AND SO THOSE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD DATING BACK TO MAY AND JUNE AND EVEN INTO THE BUDGET IN JULY, TALKING ABOUT THE MISSION AND VISION, THOSE ALL HELPED FORM AND INFORM AND SHAPE WHAT'S IN THE GPS NOW. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW HOW ARE WE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH OUR MISSION, REALLY FULFILL OUR PURPOSE. AND THEN AS FAR AS THE VISION GOES, HOW DO WE GET TO THAT, GET TO THAT DESTINATION? SO I TALKED ABOUT THE MISSION AND VISION, THE TEN STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS AS WE PUT THIS FRAMEWORK TOGETHER. WHAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER IS A LIST OF DESTINATIONS, WHAT WE'RE CALLING THEM KIND OF GOING WITH THE WHOLE MAP THEME. AND SO WE'VE GOT DESTINATIONS AND WE HAVE ACTIONS AND WHAT'S IN THE PACKET IN FRONT OF YOU. AND I'LL GIVE A FEW EXAMPLES HERE IN A MINUTE. ARE WE REALLY STRIVE TO GET 3 TO 5 DESTINATIONS FOR EACH OF THE TEN STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS. SOME HAVE TWO, SOME HAVE FIVE. AND THEN THE SAME THING FOR THE ACTIONS. SO IN MORE DETAIL, HOW TO HOW DO THOSE ACTIONS CONTRIBUTE TO GETTING US TO A DESTINATION AND THEN A PIECE OF THIS THAT WE'RE STILL DEVELOPING ARE HOW DO WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE DEPARTMENT WORK PLANS THAT SPECIFICALLY CONTRIBUTE TO THOSE TEN STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS? SO WHEN YOU GET TO THE DEPARTMENT WORK PLAN LEVEL, THESE ARE GOING TO BE WHAT I LIKE TO CALL SMART GOALS. THEY'RE SPECIFIC. THEY'RE MEASURABLE, THEY'RE REALISTIC. AND ACHIEVABLE AND THEY'RE TIME BASED. SO WHEN WE GET AND IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH OUR BUDGET DOCUMENT EVERY DEPARTMENT EVERY YEAR LISTS GOALS AND INITIATIVES. AND THEN THEY HAVE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS LISTED THAT HELP WORK TOWARD THOSE. SO WE REALLY WANT TO BUILD ON WHAT THE DEPARTMENTS ARE ALREADY DOING WITH THEIR ANNUAL BUDGETING PROCESS AND BUILD THOSE WORK PLANS THAT WILL CONTRIBUTE ALL THE WAY UP THE

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WE HAVE A POLICE CHIEF. WE HAVE A FIRE CHIEF. WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR TALKING TO THEM ABOUT WHAT'S NEEDED TO HELP ACHIEVE THE MISSION AND VISION, AND WHAT ARE THE CURRENT PROJECTS AND PRIORITIES THAT THE COUNCIL HAS ESTABLISHED THAT THAT RELATE TO SAFE COMMUNITY? THESE ARE SOME DRAFT DESTINATIONS THAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER, ENHANCE PROACTIVE INITIATIVES FOR RISK MITIGATION AND PREVENTION. THE SECOND ONE, STRENGTHEN RESPONSE AND RECOVERY ACTIONS, AND THE THIRD ONE, ENHANCE EPAREDNESS THROUGH STRATEGIC AND PROACTIVE MEASURES. SO THE DESTINATIONS REALLY ARE SPECIFIC TO SAFE COMMUNITY AND SPECIFIC. THERE'S, YOU KNOW, DESTINATIONS FOR EACH OF THE TEN AREAS. BUT THESE ARE THEY'RE STILL VERY AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY'RE STILL VERY BROAD IN NATURE. RIGHT. LIKE WE CAN'T WE CAN'T SAY, OKAY, HAVE WE STRENGTHENED RESPONSE AND RECOVERY ACTIONS. THERE'S GOT TO HAVE SOMETHING MEASURABLE THERE.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE TOOK THIS DOWN TO THE NEXT LEVEL, WHICH ARE ASSIGNING ACTIONS TO EACH DESTINATION. AND I'LL PICK ANOTHER FOCUS AREA, CUSTOMER FOCUSED CITY SERVICES AND GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF DESTINATIONS AND ACTIONS THAT HELP FURTHER FURTHER THAT. SO THE FIRST ONE IN THE CUSTOMER FOCUSED CITY SERVICES AREA, AS FAR AS DESTINATIONS GO, IS SIMPLIFY AND STREAMLINE THE PROCESS OF WORKING WITH THE CITY. AGAIN, VERY BROAD TOPIC, VERY BROAD OBJECTIVE THAT IS KIND OF EASY TO AGREE ON. AND YES, WE WANT TO DO THAT OKAY. HOW ARE WE? HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THAT. SO THE FOUR THINGS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED HERE PROVIDE MULTIPLE CHANNELS FOR SERVICE ACCESS AND INTERACTIONS. REVIEW AND STREAMLINE PROCESSES TO REDUCE HURDLES WHEN ACCESSING CITY SERVICES. PRIORITIZE AWARENESS OF VARIOUS COMMUNICATION STYLES AND LANGUAGES TO ENSURE EXCEPTIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND THEN DEVELOP CLEAR GUIDES TO HELP CITIZENS NAVIGATE CITY PROCESSES, EASILY REDUCING CONFUSION. AND SO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL THE ACTIONS REPRESENT A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL THAN THE DESTINATIONS DO.

AND THEN AS WE BUILD DEPARTMENT WORK PLANS, THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT WE CAN MEASURE AND PROVIDE PROGRESS ON THAT WILL FURTHER THE DESTINATIONS AND THE ACTIONS AND SO AGAIN, AS WE WERE STILL BUILDING THIS FRAMEWORK OF THE GPS, BUT JUST WANTED TO GIVE A COUPLE EXAMPLES OF WHAT THESE DESTINATIONS AND ACTIONS LOOK LIKE. ANOTHER ONE HERE FOR ENHANCED QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH AMENITIES, ARTS AND EVENTS. YOU KNOW, THE FIRST DESTINATION THERE IS TO PROVIDE PLACES AND SPACES AND FACILITIES THAT FOSTER A STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY WHILE ENRICHING THE LIVES OF RESIDENTS AND VISITORS. WITH THOSE ACTIONS BEING INVEST IN RENEWING AND MODERNIZING AMENITIES, MAINTAIN AMENITIES TO ENSURE THEY ARE SAFE, WELCOMING AND ACCESSIBLE TO ALL, AND ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION. SO WANTED TO GIVE YOU A TASTE OF KIND OF WHAT'S IN HERE. AND I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A LITTLE BIT OF HOMEWORK ON COUNCIL. AND AGAIN, THIS IS THIS IS GOING TO BE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS IS AS YOU DIGEST THIS AND LOOK AT IT AND THEN WE HAVE ONE ON ONES. AND EVENTUALLY WHEN WE GET TO OUR JANUY WORKSHOP, WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOME MORE DIALOG ABOUT THIS. AND REALLY LOOK TO EVENTUALLY ADOPT THIS AS, AS A, AS A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE ORGANIZATION. AND SO LET ME TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR HERE. AND IT BOILS DOWN TO TWO MAIN THINGS. ONE IS THAT WHAT'S MISSING, YOU KNOW, WE AS A STAFF, WE'VE GONE OVER ALL THE PROJECTS AND PRIORITIES AND WE'VE KIND OF LOOKED AT THINGS THROUGH OUR LENS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. BUT THERE'S PROBABLY THINGS WE'VE MISSED, AND ESPECIALLY FROM AN ELECTED OFFICIALS, A CITY COUNCIL STANDPOINT. WHAT'S MISSING. AND THE SECOND PART IS CONSIDERING ALL THE PROJECTS AND PRIORITIES. AND, YOU KNOW, AS YOUR SINGLE MEMBER COUNCIL, DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES, THINK OF A PROJECT IN YOUR DISTRICT AND WHETHER IT'S BIG OR SMALL, SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN. DOES IT FIT SOMEWHERE? DOES IT HAVE A HOME IN THE PLAN? THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE WHAT WE NEED. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS BROAD, BUT SPECIFIC ENOUGH THAT IT'S GOING TO COVER EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW. AND I'LL GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A COMMITTEE ITEM THAT'S BEEN REFERRED TO THE CITY OR TO STAFF OR TO A COMMITTEE. DOES IT DOES IT FIT IN SOMEWHERE? AND MAYBE AN EXAMPLE OF I KNOW, SORRY TO PICK ON YOU, MAYOR OR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK, BUT YOU BROUGHT UP AN ITEM ABOUT RELATED TO CODE ENFORCEMENT AND

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AND EVENTUALLY I WANT TO WANT THE COUNCIL TO ADOPT THIS AND SAY, THIS IS OUR THIS IS WHAT SUCCESS IS. THIS IS WHEN WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THE THINGS THAT ARE IN HERE, WHETHER IT'S OVER ONE YEAR, MAYBE IT'S THREE, FIVE YEARS THAT REALLY IS GOING TO BRING THAT PURPOSE AND ALIGNMENT AND MEANING TO THE WORK THAT WE DO AND HELP US AND HELP US SAY, OKAY, COMMUNITY, WE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL. WE DID THIS. WE HEARD YOU AND WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL. SO WITH THAT, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AND AGAIN, JUST WANTED TO DO THIS AS AN INTRODUCTION AND CERTAINLY BE MORE CONVERSATIONS MOVING FORWARD. VERY GOOD. YOU DON'T HEAR ANY VAPING. THAT MEANS THERE'S NOBODY IN THE QUEUE. EXCELLENT. OBVIOUSLY THIS TAKES SOME TIME TO SORT OF ABSORB THIS. AND YOU KNOW, YOU MAKE IT SOUND LIKE THE JANUARY WORKSHOP IS SO LONG, SO FAR AWAY, BUT IT'S REALLY ONLY ABOUT 30 DAYS, 30 SOMETHING DAYS. SO, SO OBVIOUSLY THE, THE TIME WE'LL SPEND IN BETWEEN TOUCHING BASE ON IT DURING DURING ONE ON ONE MEETINGS. BUT TO GET US THERE SO BUT YEAH THAT'S NOT AS, THAT'S NOT AS FAR OFF AS IT SEEMS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WITH THAT WE

[9. Environmental & Community Advisory Board Report Staff will provide a presentation on the City's initiatives to address illegal tire dumping within Garland city limits. This item was requested by Councilmember Dutton and seconded by Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Lucht at the July 15, 2024 Work Session.]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. THIS EVENING. AND, RICK, WE'VE BEEN DOING LOTS OF GOVERNMENTS HERE TONIGHT AND WE'VE GOT A WE'VE HAD A FAIRLY BUSY AGENDA. SO I APPRECIATE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS STAYING ALERT AND READY TO GO. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL. MR. CITY MANAGER. SO TONIGHT WE HAVE A PRETTY SHORT PRESENTATION FOR YOU GUYS ON ILLEGAL DUMPING OF TIRES. A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THIS ITEM. IT WAS INITIALLY REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON, AND IT WAS TAKEN BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCHT AT THE JANUARY AT THE JULY 15TH WORK SESSION. SO THE REQUEST WAS TO TAKE THIS ITEM TO THE ICAB PRESENTED, GET SOME FEEDBACK AND THEN COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL. SO ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, RICK AND I PRESENTED THIS ITEM TO THE ICAB RECEIVED A VERY, VERY GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THEM. VERY POSITIVE. AND SO TONIGHT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO ENGAGING WITH COUNCIL AND TAKING SOME ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK. SO RICK IS GOING TO START OFF THE PRESENTATION WITH ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS. AND THEN I'LL FINISH OUT THE PRESENTATION WITH RECYCLING ACTIVITY AS WELL AS PROACTIVE ACTIONS TO ADDRESS THE ILLEGAL DUMPING OF TIRES. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. YOU THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCIL. IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE TONIGHT. WHEN WE WERE ASKED TO BRING A PRESENTATION TO THE ICAB COMMITTEE, WE WANTED TO LOOK AT WHAT WE DO AT CODE COMPLIANCE. AS FAR AS THE DEPARTMENT ON TRYING TO HANDLE AND DISPOSITION OF ILLEGALLY DUMPED TIRES AND SO MY PRESENTATION TONIGHT, THE FIRST PART OF THE PRESENTATION IS GOING TO BE JUST BASICALLY EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE ENCOUNTER OUT IN OUR COMMUNITY. SOME ILLEGALLY DUMPED SITES AND LOCATIONS, AND THEN ALSO SHOW YOU SOME STATISTICAL HISTORY AT CODE COMPLIANCE. WHAT WE'VE DONE TO ACTUALLY REMOVE DISCARDED AND ROGUE TIRES THAT ARE THAT ARE DUMPED AND LOCATED IN THE CITY AND THEN ALSO JUST BRIEFLY EXPLAIN SOME OF THE WORKFLOWS THAT WE DO THAT WE ENCOUNTER TO HANDLE SOME OF THESE SITUATIONS.

SO AS YOU U CAN SEE, THIS THIS FIRST PHOTOGRAPH HERE IS JUST A TYPICAL DUMPING OF TIRES ON ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION, THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER DID NOT EVEN KNOW THESE TIRES WERE DUMPED THERE UNTIL THEY STARTED A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. AND THEN THEY ENCOUNTERED THIS, THIS DUMP SITE. SO IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION, WE WORKED WITH

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BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, IT'S NOT REALLY A HUMOROUS SITUATION. THESE TIRES ARE VERY DETRIMENTAL TO THE TO THE ENVIRONMENT. THEY PROVIDE TOXIC, TOXIC CHEMICALS THAT THAT COME OFF THESE TIRES.

AND THEY THEY REALLY IMPACT THE ENVIRONMENT NEGATIVELY. SO JUST ANOTHER SITE THAT WE ENCOUNTERED NOW OCCASIONALLY WE'LL ENCOUNTER JUST A ROGUE TIRE HERE AND THERE THAT'S BEEN EITHER DUMPED OR MISLOCATED OR MIS STORED. THIS PARTICULAR SITE SITUATION IS A IS AN ALLEYWAY THAT YOU'VE GOT TWO TIRES UP AGAINST A FENCE. SO WE'RE NOT REALLY SURE IF THESE ARE, ARE ACTUALLY DUMPED OR IF THE OWNER IS GOING TO DISCARD THEM AND THEY JUST REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THEM. SO IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS, WE WOULD TRY TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE OWNER, ASK THEM, YOU KNOW, WERE YOU A VICTIM OF DUMPING AND TRY TO TAKE THEM OFF OF THEIR HANDS. JUST GO AHEAD AND REMOVE THEM JUST TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM, OR FIND OUT IF THEY'RE THEY'RE REALLY TRYING TO KEEP THEM AND THEN GET THEM PROPERLY STORED. BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, TIRES HOLD RAINWATER AND RAINWATER BREEDS MOSQUITOES. SO JUST ANOTHER ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE FROM THE HEALTH AND SAFETY ASPECT OF TIRES. ANOTHER THING THAT WE DO IS SOMETIMES WE FIND TIRES THAT ARE WHAT WE CALL IMPROPERLY STORED. AGAIN, THIS TIRE IS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. IT'S PRIMED TO COLLECT RAINWATER, WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY BREED MOSQUITOES. SO IN THIS CASE, WE WOULD SEND A NOTIFICATION FOR THE OWNER TO REMOVE THE TIRE, GET IT STORED PROPERLY, AND IF THEY WANT TO DISCARD IT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GIVE THEM OPTIONS ON HOW TO GET RID OF THE TIRE. JUST SOME CODES STAFF STATISTICS THAT ARE THAT ARE STORED BY THAT ARE THAT ARE KEPT BY THE SANITATION DEPARTMENT. THESE ARE TIRES THAT OUR CODE STAFF HAS PICKED UP ON AN ANNUAL BASIS FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS. AND IF YOU LOOK AT 2020, OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU REMEMBER, WE HAD A PANDEMIC THAT YEAR, SO THE NUMBER WAS ONLY SHOWING THAT WE REMOVED 58 TIRES THAT YEAR, UNDERSTANDABLY SO. AND THEN IT GRADUALLY INCREASED EACH YEAR, 2023 OUR STAFF REMOVED 815 TIRES THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THEN YEAR TO DATE NUMBERS FOR 2024 IS 521. SO THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE WORKFLOWS THAT WE GET INVOLVED WITH. OBVIOUSLY WE'LL SEND NOTIFICATION TO A PROPERTY OWNER. UNFORTUNATELY THEY ARE A VICTIM. I FEEL REALLY BAD FOR PROPERTY OWNERS WHEN THEY'RE A VICTIM OF ILLEGAL DUMPING, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE. SO WE'LL SEND A NOTIFICATION TO THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THEN IF THEY DO NOT COMPLY THEN UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE TO ABATE WITH OUR CONTRACTOR AND THEN WE INVOICE THAT PROPERTY OWNER. BUT ONCE WE DO HEAR FROM THEM, IF WE DO HEAR FROM THEM AGAIN, WE TRY TO HELP THEM AND PROVIDE RESOURCES, RECOMMEND RESOURCES. AGAIN, WE TEAM WITH SANITATION AND TELL THEM TO CONTACT THEM FOR ROLL OFF CONTAINERS. AGAIN, WE'LL REMOVE A ROGUE TIRE PROACTIVELY WHEN APPLICABLE, AND THEN ALSO WE'RE A CONDUIT OF INFORMATION WE'LL CONNECT WITH GARLAND PD. IF THERE'S A KNOWN WITNESS TO A DUMPING FOR A POTENTIAL PROSECUTION, ILLEGAL DUMPING IS A IS A CRIME. IT'S BASED ON A CLASS A, B OR C MISDEMEANOR. AND IT CAN LEAD UP TO A STATE JAIL FELONY DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE DUMP SITE, THE VOLUME, THE WEIGHT OF EACH DUMP SITE DEPENDS ON WHICH CLASSIFICATION IS TAGGED TO THAT THAT PARTICULAR OFFENSE. AND THIS IS JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE TIRE RECYCLING PROCESS. THERE ARE THREE WAYS PRIMARILY THAT WE COLLECT TIRES. WE DON'T JUST GET THEM FROM CODE. CODE IS OUR BIGGEST CUSTOMER FOR ILLEGALLY DUMPED TIRES, BUT WE ALSO GET THEM FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT FROM STORMWATER. WE ALSO SEE THEM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE COMMERCIAL FRONT. LOAD CONTAINERS THAT ARE ILLEGALLY DUMPED. AND OF COURSE, EVERY NOW AND THEN WE HAVE A CITIZEN THAT

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[10. Community Services Committee Report Councilmember Jeff Bass, Chair of the Community Services Committee, will provide a committee report on the following items: Home Improvement Incentive Program Rebate policy, homeless camp remediation on private property, and single-family rental property sanitation rates, fees and processes. ]

THANK YOU. MR. SLAY IS GOING TO PULL UP A COUPLE OF SLIDES FOR US. THERE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO A COUPLE ITEMS WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT. JUST GO THROUGH THEM KNOCK THEM OFF ONE BY ONE.

COUNITY SERVICE COMMITTEE IS I'M CHAIR CHRIS BEARD IS ON THE COMMITTEE AS WELL AS CHRIS DUTTON STAFF LIAISON KEVIN SLAY. ALL RIGHT. SO FIRST OF ALL, THE HOMELESS TASK FORCE PRIVATE PROPERTY UPDATE. THIS WAS AN ITEM BROUGHT FORTH BY I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T HAVE THAT IN MY NOTES HERE. WHO BROUGHT THIS FORTH? IT WAS CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO JUST READING THROUGH THE SLIDE REAL QUICK, BUSINESS OWNERS RIGHTS, INCREASED COMMUNICATION, EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH PLANS FOR A RECURRING INFORMATION SESSION FOR PROPERTY OWNERS, BUSINESSES, HOAS, RESIDENTS COMMITTEE AND STAFF RECOMMEND NO CHANGES AT THIS TIME, SO THEY'RE ALREADY THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING TO, YOU KNOW, TO EDUCATE AND TO TAKE CARE OF SOME OF THE SOME OF THESE ISSUES WITH THE HOMELESS TASK FORCE. SO WE DIDN'T SEE ANY REASON TO RECOMMEND ANY CHANGES. IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, EITHER I OR KEVIN, I'M SURE COULD ANSWER. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LOOK, DID YOU ALL GO OVER ACCOUNTABILITY FOR BUSINESSES WHO HAVE TO HAVE THE CITY COME ONTO THEIR PROPERTY TO DO ABATEMENT? SCOOT OVER, KEVIN, YOU'RE IN THE WE'VE GOT SOME GUESTS COMING OVER HERE. SHE CAME STRAIGHT. SHE SPENT ALL DAY CLEANING UP CAMP. SO WE'LL WORK WITH THAT. SO YES, WE D DID. AND LL LET AMBER JUMP IN. AND HERE IN JUST A SECOND. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE FOUND FROM THE BUSINESSES THEMSELVES IS WORKING WITH THEM. WE KNOW WE HAVE OUR TYPICAL FOR IF WE HAVE A BUSINESS THAT DOESN'T WORK WITH US, THAT WE NEED TO GO THROUGH OUR LEGAL STEPS, NOTICE OF VIOLATION, ALL THE REST OF THAT. BUT WHAT WE'RE FINDING, AND I GUESS I'M STEALING AMBER'S THUNDER HERE. BUT AS SHE'S BEEN GOING AROUND TALKING TO THE BUSINESSES, I THINK IT'S BEEN UNANIMOUS SO FAR WITH THOSE THAT THEY DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY COULD ALREADY DO WITHOUT WAITING FOR US. THE CIT, JUST TO COME TAKE CARE OF IT. AND I'LL STOP RAMBLING. AND ACTUALLY, I WILL LET LAMBERT, WHY DON'T YOU TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT JUST THE OTHER DAY, WHAT YOU'VE HEARD FROM THOSE BUSINESSES. SO. YEAH. SO AGAIN, WHAT HE SAID IS THEY'RE KIND OF NOT REALLY AWARE OF THEIR RIGHTS. WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR THEM FOR SO LONG THAT I DON'T THINK THEY KNEW THEY COULD DO IT THEMSELVES. AND SO I JUST EDUCATED THEM LIKE, HEY, THIS IS YOUR PROPERTY. YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT ON US TO REMOVE IT. YOU CAN DO IT. YEAH.

OH, SORRY. YEP. SO YEAH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT ON THE CITY. THAT PROCESS TAKES A LONG TIME, RIGHT? YOU HAVE TO POST A NOTICE. WE HAVE TO WAIT THREE DAYS TO GET ON A SCHEDULE AND WHEREAS YOU CAN JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN REMOVE THEIR PROPERERTY IF YOU NEED TO TRESPS PEOPLE, THAT'S PD. YOU CAN CONTACT THEM AND I'VE HAD SUCCESS WITH IT SO FAR. YEAH.

IT'S BEEN IT'S VERY, VERY REFRESHING. AND TALKING WITH THEM EVEN SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS I MEAN IT'S THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHT. WOODED AREAS ADJACENT TO THEIR BUILDING OR WHATEVER IT IS THEY CAN ACTUALLY POST NO TRESPASSING SIGNS, WHICH ACTUALLY IS FAIRLY EFFECTIVE WHEN DEALING WITH HOMELESS AND OTHERS LIKE THAT, BECAUSE TYPICALLY THEY'LL GO ELSEWHERE SO THEY CAN DO THAT, NOT WAITING FOR THE CAMP TO GROW. HUGE. TAK. YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS IT STARTS TO GROW UP, YOU CAN DEAL WITH IT RIGHT THERE AND NOW. AND IT'S BEEN PRETTY MUCH UNANIMOUS.

EVERYBODY WE'VE TALKED TO SINCE THEN GETS THAT. THEY CAN BE A PROACTIVE PART OF THAT. NOW, WE STILL KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE COMMITTEE IS WORKING. WE STILL HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY OF DEALING WITH LIKE WE DO ANY OTHER POTENTIAL ORDINANCE VIOLATION. IF THERE IS A PROBLEM LOCATION AND WE GET A BUSINESS OR SOMEBODY THAT IS NOT WORKING WITH US AND NOT PARTNERING, WE CAN GO THROUGH ALL OF THE STEPS NECESSARY, NEEDED TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE,

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LET THE HOMELESS LIAISON LIAISON OFFICER KNOW, AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO EDUCATE THEM ON HOW THEY CAN TAKE CARE OF THEIR PROPERTY AND NOT ALLOW THESE THINGS TO HAPPEN. A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON THAT. GREAT. I'M I'M HOPEFUL TO SEE MUCH IMPROVEMENT, REALLY TO MAKE YOUR JOB EASIER. I MEAN, IT'S YEAH, IT'S ALREADY A DIFFICULT PROCESS THAT YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH. AND IF A PROPERTY OWNER ISN'T TAKING CARE OF THEIR PROPERTY, THEN YOU KNOW, THEY THAT'S A PROBLEM. SO I HOPE THAT THAT WORKS. AND IF IT DOESN'T, PLEASE COME BACK AND WE CAN DEFINITELY DISCUSS OTHER WAYS OF DEALING WITH THINGS. AND I'M ANXIOUS TO HEAR HOW, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NEW LEADERSHIP IN THAT TASK FORCE. AND I'M I'M REALLY ANXIOUS TO SEE THE WAY THINGS IMPROVE, BECAUSE I KNOW THEY WILL. AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU WITH US. SO THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE, THANK YOU TO MORE FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT I THINK, I JUST HEARD A BUSINESS PERSON THEN CAN ACTUALLY CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AT THAT POINT CAN ACTUALLY COME OUT AND CLEAN UP THAT THAT SITUATION RIGHT THEN. SO YEAH, THE, THE DIFFERENCE IS THIS IT'S NOT NECESSARILY, OF COURSE, CLEAN UP A CAMP. THE ISSUE IS IF IT'S JUST LIKE ANY OTHER PRIVATE PROPERTY, IF THERE'S SOMEONE ON YOUR PRIVATE, THE PERSON'S, THE BUSINESS'S PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT THEY DON'T WANT THERE, THEY CAN ASK THEM OR EVEN DEMAND THAT THEY LEAVE. IF THEY, YOU KNOW, THEN THERE'S THE TRESPASS NOTIFICATION PROCESS. THAT'S WHERE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT COMES IN. THEY CAN ISSUE A TRESPASS NOTIFICATION AND THEN THE WHOEVER THE INDIVIDUALS ARE, WHETHER THEY'RE HOMELESS OR NOT, IS BEING GIVEN NOTICE. YOU'RE NOT TO BE ON THIS PROPERTY. IF YOU COME BACK, YOU CAN BE ARRESTED FOR THAT. SO THE NPO'S, THE HOMELESS LIAISON OFFICERS CAN HELP WITH THOSE TYPE OF ISSUES. AND WHAT THAT PROCESS IS WHEN IT GETS TO A FULL CAMP THAT'S BEEN OUT THERE, THAT'S WHERE AMBER THOMPSON'S TEAM COMES IN AND DOES THE CLEANUP THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND CLEAN UP THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL CAMPS. AND THERE'S A VERY DETAILED PROCESS WE GO THROUGH FOR THAT. BUT IF THE SMALL THE SMALL BUSINESS, THOUGH, INITIATES THE CEASE AND DESIST SO THAT IT NEVER EVEN COMES TO A POINT OF A CAMP, BECAUSE THE SOONER THEY CAN CATCH IT, THE BETTER. IF THEY HAVE PEOPLE TRESPASSING ON THEIR PROPERTY AND A WOODED AREA BEHIND THEIR PROPERTY, OR ADJACENT TO THEIR PROPERTY, AND THERE'S SOMEBODY OUT THERE, THEY CAN CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO ON THAT. YOU CAN CALL THE 911 OR NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER. THE PATROL OFFICERS WILL COME OUT. IF THERE'S SOMEONE ON YOUR PROPERTY THAT SHOULD NOT BE ON YOUR PROPERTY AND YOU WANT THEM TO LEAVE, WE CAN HELP WITH THAT PROCESS. KNOWLEDGE IS IMPORTANT, ISN'T IT? ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. VERY GOOD. WE'VE CLEARED THE QUEUE. CONTINUE. YEAH, AND I APOLOGIZE. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY ONE THING I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED. IN ADDITION TO THE SLIDE, IT DOES SAY COMMITTEE AND STAFF RECOMMEND NO CHANGES AT THIS TIME. BUT AS MITCH WAS SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE HAVE DEVELOPED A MORE PROACTIVE PATH. AND THAT'S BEEN DEVELOPED ON STAFF SIDE. SO IT DIDN'T REALLY NEED ANYTHING FROM COUNCIL FOR THAT. WE TALKED ABOUT DEVELOPED A MORE PROACTIVE PATH AND SHARING BEST PRACTICES, EDUCATING PROPERTY OWNERS. WE WANT TO BE A RESOURCE FOR THEM.

SO I APOLOGIZE, I SKIPPED OVER THAT JUST BECAUSE I WAS READING THE SLIDE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU MITCH. GOOD JOB. APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. AND AMBER THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. YES AMBER, THANK YOU FOR STICKING AROUND SO LATE. YES. KILLING ME. OH, DID I CLOSE YOU OUT? I THOUGHT WE WERE. WE'RE NOT. WE'RE NOT DONE. WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED. ALL RIGHT, I GOT IT, BABY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD. LOOK AT THAT. HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING. THANK YOU. MITCH. ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE'VE GOT HOME IMPROVEMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM POLICY AND FUNDING. OH, WE'RE ON REPEAT. PARTICIPANTS. IS THIS THE FIRST SLIDE ON THIS ONE? YES. ALL RIGHT, SO REPEAT

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MULTIPLE TIMES. YOU KNOW WE WENT THROUGH THIS AND WE WANTED TO YOU KNOW, MAINLY LOOK AT IT FOR A POINT OF FAIRNESS. AND YOU KNOW, ARE THERE SOME PROPERTY OWNERS THAT KNOW THE SYSTEM BETTER THAN OTHERS AND RECEIVING FUNDS, YOU KNOW, LEAVING LESS FOR ONE TIME EVENTS? WE JUST WANTED TO LOOK AT IT FROM A POINT OF FAIRNESS. AND SO YOU CAN SEE FROM HERE LESS THAN 10% OF ALL APPROVED APPLICANTS ARE FROM REPEAT PARTICIPANTS, AND 25 PROPERTIES HAVE HAD MULTIPLE APPROVED APPLICANTS. TWO PROPERTIES HAVE REPEATED TWICE FOR THREE TOTAL APPROVED PROJECTS. SO WE DON'T SEE THAT THAT THERE IS WE DON'T SEE ANY CONCERN WITH THE WAY IT'S CURRENTLY SET UP BECAUSE THEY CAN'T THEY CAN'T APPLY TWO YEARS IN A ROW ANYWAY. IT'S SET UP THAT WAY. AND SO HERE IT IS. CURRENT PROCEDURES THAT PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE AN AWARD LETTER WHEN THEIR PROJECT IS COMPLETE, AND THE REBATE IS APPROVED. THEY'RE NOT ELIGIBLE TO APPLY UNTIL ONE YEAR HAS PASSED FROM THE DATE ON THE AWARD LETTER. THEREFORE, THAT MAKES IT SO THEY CAN'T APPLY TWO YEARS IN A ROW. ALL RIGHT, SO NO ISSUES REGARDING APPLICANTS HAVING UNEQUAL ACCESS OF INFORMATION WHILE THE APPLICATION IS ONLY OPEN DURING THE APPLICATION PERIOD, PROGRAM POLICIES AND GUIDELINES ARE AVAILABLE YEAR ROUND ON THE WEBSITE. SO ANYBODY AT ANY TIME CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND LOOK UP WHAT THE LOOK UP, WHAT THE RULES ARE. AND THEY CAN ALSO CONTACT, YOU KNOW, CONTACT CITY STAFF TO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ANSWERED. YOU KNOW, DUE TO IT BEING A REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM, PARTICIPANTS WITHOUT WITHOUT FINANCIAL CAPACITY TO COMPLETE MULTIPLE PROJECTS AT ONCE MAY NEED TO SPREAD OUT THEIR PROJECTS ACROSS MULTIPLE YEARS. THE STRUCTURED DELAY ALLOWOWS RTICIPANTS TO BUILD UP FINANCIAL CAPACITY BETWEEN YEARS TO COMPLETE THEIR DESIRED PROJECTS, SO COMMITTEE AND STAFF RECOMMEND NO CHANGES AT THIS TIME. SO WE LOOKED AT THE FAIRNESS OF IT AND WE THINK THERE'S EQUAL ACCESS AND WE THINK THAT THE PROGRAM IS CURRENTLY SET UP SO THAT PEOPLE CAN'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT, KNOWING IT BETTER THAN OTHERS. COUNCILOR HEDRICK, THANK YOU MAYOR. I STILL ADVOCATE FOR PUSHING OUT THE TIMELINE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER THAN EVERY OTHER YEAR IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A CHANGE. YOU HAD 98 APPLICATIONS APPROVED LAST YEAR.

IF IT'S AT 5%, THERE'S ABOUT FIVE PEOPLE WHO ARE REPEAT PEOPLE. YOU TAKE THAT OVER THE HISTORY OF THE PROGRAM. YOU KNOW, IF WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FIVE YEARS, THAT'S 25 PEOPLE WHO ARE WON'T BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT PROGRAM BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF REPEATING THEMSELVES. SO I WOULD LIKE TO STILL ADVOCATE FOR YOUR IN YOU GET A ONE TIME OR EVEN MAKE THAT LONGER, MAKE IT 5 OR 10 YEARS OR SOMETHING LONGER THAN THAT TO REALLY SPREAD OUT IS PROGRAM, BECAUSE THE WHOLE POINT OF IT IS TO SPREAD THE WEALTH AND NOT JUST HAVE THESE PEOPLE GOING OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THANK YOU. MAYOR. OKAY. AND DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK, WHEN WAS THE PROGRAM FILLED THIS YEAR? HOW LONG WAS IT OPEN? UNTIL IT WAS FILLED IN 30 DAYS, 30 DAYS. I, I CONCUR WITH COUNCILMAN HEDRICK. I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LONGER TIME LIMIT. I, I DO APPRECIATE THAT PEOPLE WANT TO DO THINGS TO THEIR HOMES, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE BECAUSE IT IT RUNS OUT SO QUICKLY. THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A NEED FOR IT. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A FIVE YEAR, I THINK FIVE YEARS WOULD BE A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME JUST TO GIVE SOMEONE ELSE THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THAT MONEY, ESPECIALLY IN A CDBG AREA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AS THIS IS JUST A REPORT, THIS ISN'T SOMETHING WE YEAH. WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT UP FOR CONSIDERATION ON IT TONIGHT. BUT YOU KNOW AND YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF WENT THROUGH THIS IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY GRANTS ORGANIZED GROUPS, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, HOAS, WHATEVER THAT HAD AN ORGANIZATION, SO TO SPEAK. WE'RE BETTER EQUIPPED TO PROCESS THE APPLICATION AND GATHER THE INFORMATION AND SO ON. BUT AND WE STRUGGLED WITH THAT BECAUSE SHOULD WE LIMIT THEM? SHOULD WE NOT BECAUSE THEY WERE ULTIMATELY THEY WERE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CITY AND WHAT WE DID OVER TIME, WHICH I THINK IS WHICH I THINK IS THE.

CERTAINLY A BETTER SOLUTION HERE IS WE ONE WE INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT WAS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY GRANT PROGRAM AND IF THIS PROGRAM IS BEING AS SUCCESSFUL AS IT IS, WHERE THE FUNDING IS BEING, BEING I MEAN, IT LITERALLY WAS 30 DAYS AND IT WAS FULL. I THINK

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SHE'LL BE MOVING ON TO SINGLE FAMILY RENTAL PROPERTY. SANITATION. YES. OH YOU ALREADY PULLED IT. OKAY, GOOD. OKAY. SO SINGLE FAMILY RENTAL PROPERTY SANITATION RATES. I THINK THIS WAS BROUGHT UP BY COUNCIL MEMBER OTT. IS THAT RIGHT? OKAY. SO IF IT'S GOOD, HE'S GOING TO TAKE CREDIT FOR IT. SO JUST TO THE SLIDE REAL QUICK DISCUSS INCREASING MONTHLY SANITATION RATES RATE OR FEES FOR SINGLE FAMILY RENTAL PROPERTIES. REASON BEING LARGE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS FROM AREAS WITH HIGH NUMBERS OF RENTAL PROPERTIES AND TENANT MOVE OUTS. TIE UP SANITATION AND CODE COMPLIANCE RESOURCES, STAFF COLLECTED DATA FOR THREE MONTHS. A TOTAL OF 42 SET OUTS IDENTIFIED IN THE PERIOD. NO OTHER CITY HAS A SPECIAL RATE FOR SINGLE FAMILY RENTAL PROPERTIES. CODE COMPLIANCE AND SANITATION HAVE BEEN ADDRESSING MOVE OUTS MORE EFFICIENTLY AND COMMITTEE AND STAFF RECOMMEND NO CHANGES NECESSARY AT THIS TIME. SO LET ME SEE FROM MY NOTES IF I HAVE ANYTHING ELSE I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT'S NOT ON HERE. AGAIN, IN A MATTER OF FAIRNESS ALSO. RIGHT. SOME THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT, JUST A MATTER OF FAIRNESS. YOU KNOW, I DON'T WE THE COMMITTEE DID NOT FEEL THAT SOMEBODY SHOULD HAVE TO PAY MORE JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE RENTING A PROPERTY AS OPPOSED TO OWNING A PROPERTY, BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW YOU CHARGE THE PROPERTY OWNER.

WELL, IT'S THE OWNER IS NOT GOING TO PAY IT. HE'S GOING TO INCREASE THE RENT AND COVER THAT. RIGHT. AND SO WE DIDN'T FEEL THAT AS A MATTER OF FAIRNESS, WE SHOULD BE PENALIZING PEOPLE FOR RENTING PROPERTIES. AND IT DIDN'T REALLY FEEL LIKE BETWEEN SANITATION AND CODE THAT IT WAS, YOU KNOW, THAT IT WAS A PROBLEM ON THEIR SIDE ALSO. SO COMMITTEE AND STAFF RECOMMEND NO CHANGES NECESSARY AT THIS TIME. VERY GOOD. AND I HAVE NO ONE IN THE QUEUE ON THAT SECTION. IS THAT THE LAST ONE. THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE COMMUNITY SERVICES. THOSE WERE THOSE WERE NOT THREE EASY TOPICS TO WORK INTO. SO THANK YOU TO THE COMMITTEE FOR THAT. THAT WAS MY THAT WAS MY FIRST COMMITTEE REPORT. WELL I THINK YOU'RE UP

[11. Administrative Services Committee Report Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Margaret Lucht, Chair of the Administrative Services Committee, and staff will provide a committee report on the following items: Annual Review of City Council Policies, which was staff-initiated, and on posting the voting history on the city’s website, which was requested by Councilmember Hedrick and seconded by Councilmember Dutton at the July 15, 2024 Work Session.]

BUT I THINK IT'S BRIAN ENGLAND. MIKE'S WELCOME TO IF HE WOULD LIKE. YEAH. YOU KNOW, WHILE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT, MY BOARD HERE SAYS SCOTT LEVINE. SO. WELL, LET ME INTRODUCE MR. ENGLAND, OUR CITY ATTORNEY. HE'S GOING TO GO OVER THE ALL WORK TOGETHER A VERY LONG TIME.

THEY'RE ALL JUST ONE PERSON, RIGHT? IT FEELS LIKE THAT SOMETIMES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK ON THIS. AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE CHARTER REQUIRES THE COUNCIL TO GO EVERY YEAR TO GO THROUGH THE COUNCIL POLICIES AND YOUR RULES OF ORDER AND PROCEDURE. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN NOVEMBER TO PREPARE FOR YOU ALL TO VOTE ON IT IN A FORMAL MEETING. IN A REGULAR MEETING, IN JANUARY, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THE CHARTER REQUIRES OF YOU ALL. AND I WAS ONCE ASKED ABOUT THESE POLICY BY FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER, WHETHER I STAND BY MY WORK IN DRAFTING THESE. AND MY ANSWER WAS NO, BECAUSE THESE AREN'T MY POLICIES. THESE ARE YOUR POLICIES. AND SO ALL I DO IS DOCUMENT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO AS

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THE FIRST ONE IS REVISE THE ORDER OF AGENDA ITEMS TO REFLECT CURRENT PRACTICE. AND THIS WAS DONE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK. CURRENTLY, IT READS LIKE THIS. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE CURRENT ON THE CURRENT AGENDA NUMBERING, IT'S NOT WHAT WE ACTUALLY DO, IT'S NOT WHAT Y'ALL ACTUALLY DO.

THE PROPOSED IS JUST TO LINE IT UP WITH WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS WHEN IT COMES TO AGENDA ITEMS. AND SO THAT'S THE PROPOSED. AND SO IF I CAN GET A THUMBS UP FROM Y'ALL WHEN Y'ALL WHEN I BRING THIS BACK TO Y'ALL IN JANUARY FOR THE REGULAR MEETING, IF I GET A THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN ON HOW YOU WANT TO CHANGE IT, THEN I CAN ADD THAT TO THE ORDINANCE. AS Y'ALL ADOPT THE NEWHANGES. THAT WOULD BE UNANIMOUS. OKAY, THE NEXT ONE IS ADD THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF LEGISLATIVE AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS TO THE POSITION OF RESPONSIBLE FOR REPORTING TO THE LEGISLATIVE AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, AND ALSO CHANGE THE REFERENCE TO THE NEW COMMITTEE NAME. AS YOU ALL REMEMBER, THE CHARTER ALLOWS YOU ALL TO MAKE CHANGES TO YOUR POLICIES AT ANY TIME. IT'S NOT JUST DURING THIS REVIEW PERIOD OF TIME, BUT YOU ALL CAN DO IT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND Y'ALL CAN DO IT AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE. YOU CAN DO IT WHILE YOU'RE SITTING IN A MEETING. IF Y'ALL WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO CHANGE POLICY, THEN YOU CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT AND NOT FOLLOW THE POLICY. AND THEN FORMALLY CHANGE IT LATER. CURRENTLY, IT SAYS THAT I'M THE CITY ATTORNEY. THE PERSON IN THIS POSITION WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE CITY MANAGER, SHALL APPRIZE THE IAC OF PENDING MATTERS OF LEGISLATION. AND THE PROPOSED CHANGE IS SIMPLY CHANGING THAT TO THE MANAGER, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF LEGISLATIVE AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS, AND THEN ALSO, OF COURSE, CHANGING THE NAME TO THE CORRECT COMMITTEE NAME THAT YOU ALL HAD ALREADY VOTED ON. AND ONCE AGAIN, IF I GET A THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN, I'LL MOVE FORWARD. OKAY, LOOKS UNANIMOUS. THE NEXT ONE IS REMOVING A REFERENCE TO THIRD PARTY APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES FOR THE ADVERTISEMENT OF, AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PURPOSE OF EACH BOARD AND COMMISSION. SO CURRENTLY OUR THE POLICIES ACTUALLY NAME NEIGHBORHOOD CHATTER AND NEXT DOOR AS THIRD PARTIES APPLICATIONS AND THE RECOMMENDATION THE PROPOSED. AS YOU CAN SEE BELOW IT THE LANGUAGE JUST TAKES OUT THE SPECIFIC THIRD PARTY REFERENCES THERE AND MAKES IT MORE GENERAL. AND THE COMMITTEE THOUGHT THAT WAS PROBABLY THE BEST WAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN. UNANIMOUS. I THINK. YES, THIS IS AN INTERESTING ONE. IT'S ONE THAT'S BEEN IN THERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME. AND ONCE AGAIN, IT WAS COUNCILMAN HEDRICK THAT PROVIDED NOTICE TO ME THAT THIS WAS IN THEIR REMOVAL OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS TO SUBMIT CHANGES TO BYLAWS TO THE CITY. THIS DOESN'T CURRENTLY HAPPEN, AS THEY CHANGE THEIR BYLAWS. AND QUITE FRANKLY, I'M NOT SURE AS THE AS COUNCILMAN HEDRICK POINTED OUT, IT'S SOMETHING THE CITY SHOULD GET INVOLVED WITH. AND OTHER THAN THE FACT NOT EVEN CLOSE, RIGHT? OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS AN INTEREST IN SEEING BYLAWS WHEN A NEW SUBDIVISION COMES IN TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE IT. SO WHEN THEY APPROVE PLATS TO MAKE SURE PROPERTY, COMMON GROUND, COMMON PROPERTY WITHIN THOSE PLATS ARE GOING TO BE MAINTAINED AND IT DOESN'T FALL BACK ON THE CITY OTHER THAN THAT, WE REALLY PROBABLY DON'T HAVE AN INTEREST IN THOSE THOSE CHANGES. AND SO CURRENTLY, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT SAYS SOME AND IT'S KIND OF ODD LANGUAGE RIGHT NOW I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS CAME FROM. IT SAYS SOME HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION WITHIN THE CITY MUST SUBMIT THE BYLAWS OR AMENDMENT TO THE BYLAWS OF THE ASSOCIATION TO THE CITY FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL.

NOW, I THINK WHAT THE SON PROBABLY WAS REFERRING TO, ALTHOUGH IT'S VERY SLOPPY LANGUAGE THERE, IT WAS PROBABLY REFERRING TO THE VOLUNTARY VERSUS NON VOLUNTARY HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS WOULD BE MY GUEST OR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION WITH COMMON PROPERTY OR NOT COMMON PROPERTY, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS. THAT'S MY GUESS. BUT THE PROPOSED, AS YOU SEE, IS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS WITHIN THE CITY MUST SUBMIT THE BYLAWS OF THE ASSOCIATION TO THE CITY FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL PRIOR TO PLAT APPROVAL, AND THAT WOULD GO FROM PLANNING TO CITY ATTORNEY.

I MEAN, WOULD THAT BE THE FLOW OF IT WOULD IF A PLAT IS INVOLVED, OBVIOUSLY PLANNING IS INVOLVED. SO THEY WOULD SUBMIT THOSE TO PLANNING. YEP. DOES PLANNING AUTOMATICALLY FORWARD THEM OR IF THEY IF THERE'S NO ISSUE DO THEY EVEN. I'LL SAY THIS WE OUR OFFICE HASN'T REVIEWED ONE OF THESE THAT'S BEEN SUBMITTED IN A VERY LONG TIME. BUT YES, IF THE PLANNING WANTING TO FORWARD THEM FORWARD, THOSE PLANS FOR THE BYLAWS TO US, WE'D BE HAPPY TO LOOK AT IT, TO SEE IF IT MEETS WHAT WE WOULD NEED FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. BUT IT COULD JUST GO TO PLANNING IT.

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OKAY. GO AHEAD. ANY DIRECTION ON THIS? OKAY. IT WOULD BE, I THINK. HOLD ON. LET ME SEE.

EIGHT THAT NOW IS UNANIMOUS. YE. IT'S A PROVISION, NOT MINE. ADDED PROVISION THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS SHALL SILENCE CELL PHONE AND OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES DUNG MEETINGS. AND IT'S THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE OF SECTION TEN. IT'S JUST SAYS WHAT IT SAYS. AND WHEN WE'RE IN PUBLIC, CAN WE ADD THAT TO. THERE MAY BE ONE OF US WHO HAS MORE ISSUES OF THAT, BUT THAT APPEARS TO BE A UNANIMOUS. AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW WHO THAT IS. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN THIS IS SOME CLEAN UP LANGUAGE APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. APPOINTMENTS MUST BE APPROVED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE CITY COUNCIL. AND THEN JUST ADDING A SUBSECTION D TO THAT SECTION THAT SAYS APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSION MUST BE APPROVED BY A MAJORITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

AND SO INSTEAD OF JUST ONE SINGLE APPOINTMENT THAT ULTIMATELY THEY CAN BE NOMINATED BY ONE. BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL HAS TO. WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD THAT ACTUALLY WRITTEN IN PLACE BEFORE. SURPRISINGLY. THAT WOULD APPEAR TO BE UNANIMOUS. OH YEAH. OKAY. AND THEN ALSO THE NEXT ONE IS AMENDING LANGUAGE AND THIS IS WAS ACTUALLY SUBMITTED BY COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS AMEND LANGUAGE TO REFLECT THE DIGITAL PROCESS FOR RECEIVING APPLICATIONS FOR APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSION. AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST CLEAN UP LANGUAGE SUBSTANTIVELY. THERE'S NOT MUCH CHANGE HERE. IT'S JUST TALKING ABOUT SUBMITTING APPLICATIONS ELECTRONICALLY.

UNANIMOUS. AND THEN THIS ONE WAS RECOMMENDED BY BY ME I MEAN IT'S JUST AMENDING THE RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR CONDUCTING COUNCIL BUSINESS. IT'S JUST UNDER GENERAL PROCEDURE. AND YOU CAN SEE IN YELLOW WHAT'S CHANGED SHALL FOLLOW THE RULES OF PROCEDURE SET OUT IN ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER NEWLY REVISED. THAT'S THE THAT'S THE CURRENT LANGUAGE. AND INSTEAD WE'RE

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WE'VE GOT THIS MUMBLING RUMBLING DISCUSSION GOING ON. YEAH. KEEP IN MIND, MAYOR, IF I CAN JUST PROVIDE SOME CLARITY, KEEP IN MIND THAT Y'ALL DID JUST GIVE THE CONSENSUS TO SAY LET'S REMOVE THAT RESTRICTION ON SENIOR STAFF. SO IF YOU CHANGE THAT FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEMBERSAND THAT WOULD NOT BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH SENIOR STAFF NOW. RIGHT. SAY THAT AGAIN. I'M SAYING THAT Y'ALL JUST VOTED TO REMOVE THAT RESTRICTION ON SENIOR STAFF. SO NOW SENIOR STAFF IS ABLE TO COME AND TESTIFY AND SENIOR STAFF CAN COME. RIGHT. THEY CAN NOW BECAUSE OKAY. SO WE REMOVE THAT RIGHT OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NOW OKAY OKAY OKAY GOOD I GET IT. ARE YOU STILL IN CUSTOMER BASE. THANK YOU. AND JUST TO CLARIFY, COUNCIL FORMER COUNCIL MEMBERS FALL INTO THAT SAME CATEGORY OF SENIOR STAFF. IS THAT CORRECT OR. NO. THEY THEY WE DID NOT CONSIDER THAT RIGHT. OKAY. SO WHAT IS THE WHAT IS THE CURRENT POLICY FOR FORMER COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENTING? THERE'S NO POLICY AT ALL. THERE IS A POLICY. OKAY. SO THEN IT WOULD BE THE SAME AS WHAT WE JUST CHANGED SENIOR STAFF TO WHERE THERE'S CORRECT NO WAITING PERIOD OKAY. THANK YOU. CORRECT. ALL RIGHT I THINK WE'RE BACK TO YOU. OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM IS POSTING OF VOTING RECORDS ON THE CITY WEBSITE. AND THIS WAS SUBMITTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON. AND THAT WILL BE PRESENTED BY MIKE BETTS. THIS IS ACTUALLY REALLY COOL. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AND IT IS REALLY COOL. WHAT'S REALLY COOL ABOUT IT IS THE PROBLEM THAT WE STARTED WITH, WHICH IS THE COUNCIL LIAISON APPROACHED US WITH THE PROPOSITION OF CAN YOU DISPLAY ON THE CITY WEBSITE ALL OF THE VOTES OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE LAST SOME NUMBER OF YEARS? AND MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS, SURE, SURE, WE CAN BUILD A WEBSITE TO DO THAT. AND THEN I SAID, WHERE ARE THE VOTES KEPT? DO WE HAVE DOES THE VOTE LINK SYSTEM IN HERE KEEP THE VOTES? WHEN YOU ALL PRESS THE BUTTON AND IT SHOWS UP ON THE SCREEN, SURELY THAT RECORDS THE VOTES, RIGHT? AND I FOUND OUT NO, NO IT DOESN'T. AND THEN I SAID, JUST DISPLAYS THEM. THAT'S NOT OKAY. AND I CALLED THE CITY SECRETARY AND I SAID, DO YOU HAVE A RECORD OF ALL THE VOTES? SHE SAID, WHAT WE HAVE IS THE MINUTES AND

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YOU KNOW WHO WAS THERE? YOU KNOW HOW WHO VOTED AGAINST THAT MEANS THE OTHER PEOPLE VOTED IN FAVOR AND CREATE US A TABLE THAT WE CAN TURN INTO A SQL DATABASE. AND THAT'S WHY THIS IS COOL, BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO GENERATE IN A MATTER OF A FEW MINUTES, LITERALLY, WHAT WOULD HAVE TAKEN A HUMAN A WEEK OR 2 OR 3, AND YOU'D GO OUT OF YOUR MIND, ASIDE FROM THAT SITTING, LOOKING AT THE LITTLE X'S AND O'S. NOW, OF COURSE, LIKE ALL THE REST OF THE AI WE DO HERE, WE HAVE HUMAN IN THE LOOP. SO SOMEBODY GOES THROUGH AND CHECKS. YES, THAT ONE'S RIGHT, THAT ONE'S RIGHT, THAT ONE'S RIGHT. BUT THAT'S A WHOLE LOT FASTER THAN BACKWARD RECREATING THIS. AND SO HAVING THE DATA THEN, WHICH IS WHAT MAKES THIS COOL. WE THEN SAID, WELL, WHAT COULD WE BUILD. AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE PROPOSED SITE WOULD LOOK LIKE. AND BASICALLY IT GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2020. NOW YOU SAY, WHY 2020? BECAUSE 2020 IS THE YEAR IN WHICH THE MINUTES STARTED RECORDING THE VOTES BY SAYING WHO THE DISSENTERS WERE PRIOR TO THAT TIME, IT JUST SAID THE MOTION PASSED, YOU KNOW, 7 TO 2. AND WE HAVE NO WAY TO KNOW WHO VOTED FOR THAT. WE NOW DO, BECAUSE YOU'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND WATCH THE VIDEOS. NOW I'M SURE IF WE HAD THE VIDEOS AT SOME POINT, I COULD DO THAT TOO. BUT THAT'D BE A MUCH MORE LENGTHY PROCESS. BUT WE DID HAVE IT ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2020, AND SO WE BUILT A DATABASE AND THEN WE SAID, HOW WOULD WE MAKE THIS FUNCTIONAL FOR THE CITIZENS WHO WANT TO LOOK AT THIS DATABASE AND BE ABLE TO SEARCH THIS FOR HOW DID MY COUNCIL MEMBER VOTE ON SOME ISSUE? AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THE FUNCTIONALITY OF IT. THIS IS JUST A MOCKUP. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FOLKS WHO DESIGN OUR WEBSITE IN THE PUBLIC AND MEDIA RELATIONS, WHAT WHAT BRANDING THEY'LL PUT ON IT AND HOW WHAT WORDS THEY'LL PUT ON IT. I JUST WANTED TO SHOW IT AS KIND OF A MOCK UP FOR THIS. WELL, SO THE FIRST THING IS, IF YOU WANT TO SEE, WELL, HOW DID COUNCIL MEMBER JIM BOOKOUT VOTE? YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT YEAR HE WAS HERE. HE JUST SAID, WELL, HOW DID HE VOTE ON EVERYTHING? THIS IS LITERALLY A LIST OF ALL OF HIS VOTES OF COUNCIL MEMBER BOOKOUT VOTES. AND NOTICE THIS.

THERE'S SEVERAL OTHER BLOCKS UP THE TOP THERE. BUT THIS IS JUST HOW DID COUNCIL MEMBER BOOKOUT VOTE FOR ALL OF HIS YEARS HERE? ALTERNATIVELY, YOU MIGHT WANT TO SAY, WELL, HOW DID COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO VOTE? YOU KNOW YOU LIVE IN DISTRICT TWO. YOU CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER'S NAME OR YOU DON'T KNOW YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHICH ONES WERE THERE OVER THE YEARS THAT THEY'VE BEEN HERE AND SO YOU JUST CLICK CHAT COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO AND IT SHOWS YOU ALL THE COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO VOTES GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2020. ALTERNATIVELY, YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AND SAY WHO VOTED NO ON THINGS AND JUST SAY WHO VOTED NO. THIS WAS A LATE ADDITION.

SOMEBODY SAID IT WOULD REALLY HELP TO KNOW WHO VOTED YES, WHO VOTED NO, AND SO THERE'S THE WHO VOTED NO. AND YOU CAN SEE WHO VOTED NO ON AN ITEM. THERE'S ALSO YES. AND THEN THERE'S A FOR ABSENT AND R FOR SOMEBODY WHO RECUSED HIMSELF FROM THE VOTE. SO THEY WERE PRESENT AT THE MEETING THAT NIGHT. BUT THEY DIDN'T VOTE BECAUSE THEY SIGNED AN AFFIDAVIT THAT THEY WERE INELIGIBLE. THE NEXT THING YOU CAN DO IS YOU CAN MULTIPLY. YOU CAN USE MULTIPLE CATEGORIES. SO IF YOU WANT TO SAY, HOW DID COUNCILMAN HEDRICK AND COUNCILWOMAN OR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM TEM LUCK VOTE IN 2023? WHEN DID THEY VOTE NO ON AN INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ITEM, NOT AN AGENDA ITEM? BOOM. YOU'VE GOT IT THERE AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, SAY YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT BY A TOPIC. MY FAVORITE TOPIC I WOULD BE REMISS NOT TO BE HERE AND TALK ABOUT PARKING.

MY MOTHER WOULD BE SO SAD. AND IF YOU WANT TO SEE HOW HOW DID EVERYBODY VOTE ON PARKING MATTERS? YOU CAN SEE ALL THE PARKING MATTERS THAT ARE THERE. AND SO IF YOU WANT TO SAY WHO VOTED NO ON A PARKING MATTER, GOD FORBID, THEN THAT WOULD BE YOU COULD PUT CLICK NO AND PARKING AND SEE EVERYBODY WHO VOTED NO ON A PARKING MATTER. NOW SOME WILL BE PARKING REGULATIONS, SOME WILL BE PARKING VARIANCES OR PARKING. WHATEVER WE DO IN ZONING RELATING TO PARKING. SO YOU COULD HAVE TO DRILL DOWN MORE, BUT YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEARCH THAT WAY. SO THAT'S ALL THE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONALITY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE FOR THIS WEBSITE. AND YOU CAN LOOK AT PARKING BY YEAR OR PARKING BY COUNCIL MEMBER OR PARKING BY ANYBODY, ANY OTHER METRIC THAT YOU HAVE HERE, YOU CAN SORT AND SLICE AND DICE THIS ANY WAY THAT YOU WOULD LIKE. AND SO IT'S A PRETTY FUNCTIONAL TOOL THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CREATE, ALL BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE DATA FROM AI. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S ALL I HAVE. AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. OH MY GOODNESS. LET'S SEE HERE COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS, WHAT

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MY QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH UNDERSTAND TRANSPARENCY. AND I AGREE WITH THAT. WHAT I'M SAYING IF A CITIZEN ASKS FOR THAT INFORMATION, THEY SHOULD THEY SHOULD HAVE IT, NO QUESTION. BUT I STILL SAY, HAVE WE HAD HAVE WE HAD HAD A PROBLEM OF THAT SCALE THAT WE SHOULD COME UP WITH A SYSTEM? ABSENT INDIVIDUAL REQUESTS THAT SHOULD AUTOMATICALLY PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION. THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING. I'M PROBABLY NOT THE WITNESS TO SOMEBODY ANSWERED BEFORE SOMEBODY ANSWERED. IT WAS A MATTER THAT THE COMMISSION, THE COMMITTEE VOTED THAT THEY WANTED THIS. HANG ON. COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK, THANK YOU. MAYOR. I MADE THE REQUEST TO ADD THIS FUNCTIONALITY TO THE WEBSITE. ONE OF OUR STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS IS A FUTURE FOCUSED CITY ORGANIZATION. I THINK THIS IS A PERFECT USE OF TECHNOLOGY COMBINED WITH OUR HISTORICAL RECORD. I'M PROUD OF EVERY ONE OF MY VOTES UP THERE, AND I'M HAPPY IF ANYONE LOOKS UP MY VOTES TO EXPLAIN IT TO HIM, JUSTIFY IT. AND I THINK THIS JUST MAKES IT ABSOLUTELY EASY FOR THEM TO HELP KEEP ME ACCOUNTABLE AS THEIR REPRESENTATIVE. THAT THAT WAS MY WHOLE POINT OF HAVING THIS JUST IT'S NOT ONLY TRANSPARENCY, BUT IT'S KEEPING ALLOWING THE PUBLIC TO MORE EASILY KEEP THEIR REPRESENTATIVES ACCOUNTABLE TO WHAT THEY'RE VOTING FOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER DUTTON. DEFINITELY AGREE WITH DILLON. WE'RE SO USED TO BEING A REACTIVE ORGANIZATION THAT THIS IS A STEP IN BEING PROACTIVE. I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE TO WAIT FOR A PROBLEM BEFORE WE COME UP WITH A SOLUTION. SO WE LIVE IN IN A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE ARE BEING MORE THEY'RE PAYING MORE ATTENTION TO THE LITTLE THINGS, RIGHT? AND GETTING MORE INVOLVED IN LOCAL POLITICS. AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR CITY AND ALL OF THESE THINGS. AND SO BEING ABLE TO KNOW WELL, IF I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS PERSON, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEIR OPINIONS ARE REFLECTED AS THEY VOTED. RIGHT. SO I THINK THAT IT'S I THINK IT'S PRETTY AMAZING THAT YOU GUYS WERE ABLE TO DO THIS WITH I LIKE KUDOS. I, I JUST TALKED TO I TO SEE WHAT IT'LL TELL ME BACK, BUT NOTHING NOTHING REMOTELY CLOSE TO THIS. SO THAT IS VERY AWESOME. BUT I MEAN, I THINK THAT BEING PROACTIVE IS WHERE WE NEED TO NEED TO THINK ABOUT THIS IS A STEP IN THAT DIRECTION. ALL RIGHT. I'VE ACTUALLY TRIED TO LOOK UP MY OWN VOTES THROUGH BOX, TRYING TO FIND THE AGENDA ITEM, AND THEN GOING TO THE VIDEO AND SEEING WHAT HAPPENED. AND IT TOOK ME HOURS. I ACTUALLY EMAILED THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO HELP M.

SO THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL THAT DAY THAT I WAS TRYING TO FIND THAT ONE AGENDA ITEM. AND I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DID. I COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE? DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE COMMENTS FOR IT OR. OKAY, SO I, I AM I'M NOT IN OPPOSITION TO THIS, BUT I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN TO CONSTITUENTS AS WE MAKE STEPS IN TECHNOLOGY WHY WE'RE DOING IT. UNDERSTOOD THAT THAT WAS THE REASON FOR MY QUESTION. GREAT. BUT AS FAR AS WHAT IT PRODUCES, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. I BUT WE, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE WHY WE'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT, THAT WAS THE GIST OF MY QUESTION. OKAY. THANK YOU, MAYO. WELL, THANK YOU, MR. BETTS. WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK

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VERY GOOD. OH MY GOODNESS. ALL RIGHT. WELL THAT WAS OUR LAST VERBAL BRIEFING THAT MOVES US ON TO ANNOUNCE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS OUT THERE TONIGHT? SEEING NONE. I ALMOST HAD IT, MAN. I WAS SO CLOSE. COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS, WE DIDN'T HAVE ONE.

SOME. SOME COMMITTEE. I'M NOT SURE WHICH ONE. LOOK AT THE ORDINANCE THAT GOVERNS US.

STORAGE OF TIRES OUTSIDE. OUTSIDE STORAGE OF TIRES. I'M NOT SURE WHERE IT GOES TO, BUT I'D LIKE FOR US. YEAH, I'M THINKING IT'S COMMUNITY SERVICE. SOMEBODY OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES? I'M NOT REALLY SURE. TO BE HONEST. YEAH. COMMUNITY SERVICE AND THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT A COUNCIL COMMITTEE. OH, I'M JUST KIDDING. AND DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCHT IS THE SECOND.

ONCE WE DECIDE WHAT COMMITTEE THIS IS GOING TO. YEAH. I MEAN, IT'S NOT A DEVELOPMENT IDEA. SO.

YEAH. COMMUNITY. YEAH. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. OKAY. ANY MR. MANAGER, YOU CAN DECIDE WHERE IT GOES. IT'S GOING TO COMMUNITY SERVICES. AND DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCHT IS THE ISHE SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH. NO. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL ITEMS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES? NEXT MEETING IS THURSDAY, DECEMBER FIFTH, FOR WHAT THAT'S WORTH. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP IS. EXCUSE M, ITEM 12, EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL ADJOURN INTO

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