[00:00:06] WELL. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE MONDAY, DECEMBER 2ND, 2024 WORK SESSION FOR THE [ PUBLIC COMMENTS ON WORK SESSION ITEMS Members of the audience may address the City Council on any Work Session item at the beginning of the meeting. Speakers are allowed three minutes each, grouped by agenda item and called in the order of the agenda. Anyone wishing to speak must fill out a speaker card (located at the entrance to the Council Chambers and on the visitor's side of the Work Session Room) and give it to the City Secretary before the Mayor calls the meeting to order. Speakers are limited to addressing items on the Work Session agenda only. Items on a Regular Meeting agenda should be addressed at the respective Regular Meeting. Items not currently on an agenda may be addressed during the citizen comments portion of any Regular Meeting.] GARLAND CITY COUNCIL. FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING. EXCUSE ME, IS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON WORK SESSION ITEMS. AND I BELIEVE WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER THIS EVENING. MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY WORK SESSION ITEM AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. SPEAKERS ARE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES AND GROUPED BY AGENDA ITEM AND CALLED IN THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK MUST FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD, GIVE IT TO THE CITY SECRETARY BEFORE THE MAYOR CALLS THE MEETING TO ORDER. SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO ADDRESSING ITEMS ON THE WORK SESSION AGENDA ONLY. ITEMS ON A REGULAR MEETING AGENDA SHOULD BE ADDRESSED AT THE RESPECTIVE REGULAR MEETING. ITEMS NOT CURRENTLY ON AN AGENDA MAY BE ADDRESSED DURING THE CITIZEN COMMENTS PORTION OF ANY REGULAR MEETING. MADAM SECRETARY, YOU CALL OUR SPEAKER, PLEASE. CHRISTIAN STEPHENS. CHRISTIAN STEPHENS I BELIEVE, SIR. AND YOU CAN PICK ANY CHAIR YOU LIKE. WELL, THAT ONE LOOKS PRETTY GOOD. I WILL TELL YOU, IF YOU PICK THIS CHAIR, IT COMES WITH THIS PHONE AND YOU WILL REGRET YOUR DECISION. IF YOU COULD JUST PULL THAT MICROPHONE AROUND YOU. AND IF YOU COULD GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES, SIR. CHRISTIAN STEPHENS, 1226 TANAGER LANE, GARLAND, TEXAS. I TELL YOU, I WENT TO ALMOST ALL OF THE BOND STUDY COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND WATCH THOSE FOLKS WORK. AND I GOT TO TELL YOU, THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB. THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THEY HAD IS LIKE DRINKING FROM A FIRE HOSE. IT WAS IT WAS AMAZING JOB THAT I SAW THE WORK BEING DONE. I WANTED TO GIVE YOU MY THOUGHTS ON THE RISKS OF NOT ADOPTING. I DON'T WANT TO STEAL THUNDER FROM THEIR REPORT, BUT THE RISKS OF NOT ADOPTING THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS. RIGHT? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE OPPOSITE OF ECONOMIC. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS ECONOMIC DECLINE, RIGHT? I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HERE WANTS TO SEE GARLAND IN ECONOMIC DECLINE. AND WHAT I HAVE SEEN FROM FROM THEIR WORK IS THEY RECOGNIZE CITY PRIORITIES. THERE'S A LOT OF ATTENTION BEING PAID TO STREETS AND ALLEYS. WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO MORE THAN JUST STREETS AND ALLEYS. AND WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT HERE REFLECTS THAT. NOT DOING SOME OF THESE THINGS. YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN WHAT NOT SPENDING MONEY ON STREETS AND ALLEYS DOES IS THEY GET WORSE. RIGHT. WE DON'T SPEND MONEY ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT HERE WILL GET WORSE. THERE'S JUST NO TWO WAYS ABOUT THAT. AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE SEEN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PLACES DON'T GET SOME ATTENTION. RIGHT. WE USED TO HAVE WET AND WILD AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT ANYMORE. WE USED TO HAVE HYPERMART AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT ANYMORE. YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IF WE DON'T HAVE BASS PRO ANYMORE, RIGHT? THIS IS THIS IS THE KIND OF THING THAT NOT SPENDING SOME OF THIS MONEY CAN LEAD TO. AND SO I, I DON'T WANT TO LIKE I SAID, DON'T WANT TO GIVE AWAY TOO MUCH OF WHAT'S IN THEIR REPORT THAT THAT'S IT'S THEIR REPORT. BUT I, I AM ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT WHAT THEY HAVE, WHAT THEY HAVE LOOKED AT. I WISH WE COULD DO MORE BECAUSE THE GARLAND COULD DO MORE. BUT IF WE CAN SPEND SOME MONEY TO KEEP THE BALL ROLLING ON DOWNTOWN AND GET THE BALL ROLLING ON SOME OTHER PROJECTS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND THAT'S, I THINK, EVERYTHING I WANTED TO SAY. VERY GOOD. YOU HAVE 46 SECONDS LEFT. IF YOU. NO. WELL, I APPRECIATE YOU COMING DOWN HERE TONIGHT. AND I AND I KNOW I SAW YOU AT AT LEAST ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE BOND STUDY COMMITTEE MEETINGS. AND HERE'S MY SUGGESTION TO YOU. THE NEXT TIME WE HAVE A BOND STUDY COMMITTEE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOUR NAME ON AN ON AN APPLICATION FOR IT. I IF I FIND A WAY TO FIND OUT THAT THEY'RE HAPPENING, I'LL, I'LL LOOK AT DOING THAT. I WILL SAY MY EMPLOYER WOULD REQUIRE ME TO CLEAR IT SO I, I DON'T THINK THERE WOULD BE A PROBLEM, BUT IT'S MORE THAN JUST ME SAYING YES. ALL RIGHT. WELL VERY GOOD. [ CONSIDER THE CONSENT AGENDA Council may ask for discussion or further information on any item posted in the consent agenda of the next Regular Meeting. Council may also ask that an item on the consent agenda be pulled and considered for a vote separate from the consent agenda at the next Regular Meeting. All discussions or deliberations are limited to posted agenda items and may not include new or unposted subject matter.] THANK YOU SIR. MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM. CONSIDER THE CONSENT AGENDA. THIS IS FOR TOMORROW NIGHT. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY REQUESTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, BUT OBVIOUSLY IF THERE ARE THE EARLIER WE CAN KNOW ABOUT IT, THE BETTER TO HAVE STAFF IN [1. Amendments to hours for the Jon Comer Skatepark at Rick Oden Park Council is requested to consider amending the operating hours of the Jon Comer Skatepark at Rick Oden Park from 5:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. Unless otherwise directed by Council, this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the December 10, 2024 Regular Meeting.] PLACE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. NEXT UP IS WRITTEN BRIEFINGS. ITEM ONE AMENDMENTS TO HOURS FOR THE JOHN COMER SKATE PARK AT RICK ODEN PARK. ITEM TWO REVISED PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY [2. Revised Parks and Recreation Advisory Board By-Laws Council is requested to consider approving the revised by-laws for the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board. Unless otherwise directed by Council, this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the December 10, 2024 Regular Meeting.] BOARD BYLAWS. OH, SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I JUST HAD A QUESTION [00:05:05] ABOUT SECTION SEVEN, WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT FOLLOWING ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER, AND I WOULD RECOMMEND MAKING A CHANGE TO SAY THEY GENERALLY FOLLOW ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID ON COUNCIL. NOT TOO LONG AGO WITH OUR OUR POLICY. MR. ENGLUND. YEAH, I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT I NOTICED THE SAME THING TOO, AND I DIDN'T REALIZE HE HAD SENT JUDD AN EMAIL ABOUT IT THIS MORNING, BUT I HAD NOTICED THE SAME THING TOO. I WOULD RECOMMEND THE SAME. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. LET'S SEE HERE. HANG ON. TOO MANY BUTTONS. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK. I BELIEVE THE VERBIAGE WAS GUIDED BY. GUIDED BY. YES. SO WE WILL MAKE THAT. MAKE THAT EDIT. YES. I THINK THAT IS A GOOD SUGGESTION. OKAY. MOVING ON TO LET'S SEE, WHERE WERE WE? ITEM [4. City Council Travel and Related Expenses Per City Council Policy, Article II, Division 1, Section 6(E), the City Manager will provide a written briefing on City Council travel and related expenses.] THREE CITY COUNCIL TRAVEL AND RELATED EXPENSES. AND ITEM FOUR CONTRACT WITH DYLAN MORGAN [3. Contract with Dillon Morgan Consulting for Process Improvement City Council will review information regarding contracting with Dillon Morgan Consulting for process improvement services and consider approving the agreement during the December 10, 2024 Regular Meeting.] CONSULTING FOR PROCESS IMPROVEMENT. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO VERBAL BRIEFINGS. ITEM [6. 2025 Bond Study Committee - Final Recommendations to City Council The 2025 Bond Study Committee, with the support of staff, will present their final recommendations to the Mayor and City Council.] FIVE 2025 BOND STUDY COMMITTEE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL. ON THIS SIDE. EVERYBODY PICKED THEIR FAVORITE CHAIR, THEIR FAVORITE SPOT. I'M DRIVING THE BUS, BUT I NEED MY. CONTROL, ANDY. YES, SIR. BOOM! BINGO! VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, FOR HAVING US TONIGHT. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO KIND OF TALKING THROUGH WHAT CAN I ASK YOU TO PULL THAT MICROPHONE TOWARDS YOU? ALL RIGHT. IS THAT BETTER, SIR? I'M SORRY. YOU PUNCHED. HANG ON. COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS. MAYOR, I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME MEMBERS OF THE BOND STUDY COMMITTEE HERE TONIGHT. I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES. THAT IS GOING TO BE PART OF THEIR PRESENTATION. OKAY. OKAY. I WILL I WILL GET TO THAT VERY SHORTLY, SIR. ALL RIGHT. CONTINUE, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. LET'S. LET'S START. SO THIS IS THE BOND STUDY COMMITTEE'S FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS AND PRESENTED TONIGHT ON DECEMBER THE 2ND, 2024. SO THE COUNCIL CHARGES TO BOND STUDY COMMITTEE. IT LINED UP WITH THE GROW GARLAND VISION. SO STRATEGIC INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES THAT WILL DRIVE ADDITIONAL SALES TAX AND INCREASE THE PROPERTY TAX BASE. AND SO I THINK YOU'LL SEE THAT THESE CHECK MARKS HERE, OR YOU'LL SEE THESE IN A COUPLE OF SLIDES THAT THE THINGS THAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO IS AS CHARGED BY THE COUNCIL. SO THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMITTEE TO WAS TO EVALUATE SOME OF THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND THEN WE HOPEFULLY THAT YOU WILL ACCEPT A RECOMMENDATION TO CALL A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ELECTION IN 2025. AND SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE COMMITTEE AND SOME OF THEM ARE HERE TONIGHT. AND IF YOU ARE HERE, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND AND BE ACKNOWLEDGED. AND I WILL STILL READ THE NAMES WHETHER THEY'RE HERE OR NOT. SO AS APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR, JUSTIN VARGHESE. JUSTIN HERE. NO. LINDSAY FOGELMAN. THERE SHE IS. AND SHARONDA GREEN. I DON'T SEE SHARONDA. IN DISTRICT ONE. RICKY MCNEAL AND PETER ALMANZA FROM DISTRICT TWO. MARY BRUMBACH AND JOSEPH NAVARRO. DISTRICT THREE. MARISOL TREVIZO AND TIM CAMPBELL. THERE'S MARISOL. DISTRICT. SORRY. DID I GET OFF TRACK THERE? DISTRICT THREE WAS JAMES COOK. FORGIVE ME. JAMES. I STILL CAN'T PRONOUNCE IT. CALACOTO AND MARISOL TRAVIS FROM DISTRICT THREE. DISTRICT FOUR. TIM CAMPBELL AND KIM HOFF AND DISTRICT FIVE. THERE WAS ERIC JONES AND KRISTEN LUCIDO. THOSE GUYS ARE HERE. DISTRICT SIX REGGIE WALKER AND JESSIE WOLF. DISTRICT SEVEN WAS CHIP VAN PELT. AND YOURS TRULY. DISTRICT EIGHT WAS OUR VICE CHAIR. BOB DUCKWORTH AND TONY TORRES. MY PERSONAL THANKS TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. YOU WERE ALL GREAT TO WORK WITH. I THINK WE CAN SEE JUST VISUALLY WHAT A DIVERSE GROUP WE HAD. WE'VE GOT SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE A LONG, LONG TIME. SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN GARLAND A VERY SHORT TIME, SO WE HAD A LOT OF GOOD PERSPECTIVE ON THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE THING. AND PEOPLE KNEW [00:10:02] THE HISTORY AND PEOPLE WHO COULD SEE THE WAY FORWARD. SO THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE COMMITTEE FOR ALL YOUR GOOD WORK. SO HERE'S OUR TIMELINE. WE STARTED ON. OUR FIRST MEETING WASUGUST THE 15TH. WE HAD 11 MEETINGS AND EACH OF THESE WAS ABOUT TWO HOURS. MORE OR LESS IT WAS PRETTY CLOSE TO RIGHT. ON TWO HOURS WE HAD ONE THAT WENT FOR THREE AND ONE WENT FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF. AND SO BUT WE HAD A GOOD SERIES OF DISCUSSIONS. THESE WERE THURSDAY NIGHTS FROM AUGUST UNTIL THE 14TH OF NOVEMBER. AND HERE'S THE HERE'S OUR ONE OF THE FAVORITE SLIDES. THIS WAS IN KIND OF EVERY OTHER WEEK'S PRESENTATION. WE SAW THIS SLIDE AND WE GOT TO THIS $150 MILLION CAP NUMBER THAT CAME TO US OFF SEVERAL TIMES THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION. AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE THE PRIORITY, THE CHARGE BUCKETS, ALONG WITH THE EXISTING PROGRAM FOR NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY AND ALL OF THE HOW DO I PRIORITIZE POTENTIAL PROJECTS. SO. SO THEN WE WENT ON TO WHAT DO WE HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE WHAT TO DO. AND SO WE TOOK INTO ACCOUNT OF COURSE, THE CITY COUNCIL CHARGE FOR THE BOND CITY COMMITTEE. AND THOSE FOUR BULLET POINTS. AGAIN, WE ALSO SAID, WHAT CAN WE DO? THE BIGGEST ECONOMIC IMPACT AND THE BEST ROI? WHAT CAN WE WHAT CAN WE GET FOR THAT? THAT'S WHAT WE WERE DIRECTED SAID. DO WE WANT TO DO THE BIGGEST BANG FOR THE BUCK SINCE WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD? OKAY, STAFF, WHAT IS THE BIGGEST ROI? SENT THEM OFF TO DO HOMEWORK, WHICH THEY CAME BACK WITH, AND WE'LL SEE THAT RESULT IN A MINUTE. WE ALSO CONSIDERED READINESS OF PROJECTS AND THE ONES THAT WE COULD COMPLETE IN THE RELATIVELY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. AND THEN THE OTHER BIG THING THAT I THINK OPENED A LOT OF OUR EYES KIND OF TOWARD THE END, WAS THE ABILITY TO FUND A PROJECT IN AN ALTERNATIVE MANNER. COULD THESE PROJECTS BE FUNDED WITH TIF MONEY OR A CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION, OR THROUGH THE REGULAR CIP PROCESS OR OTHER WAYS, OR IS BOND MONEY THE ONLY WAY WE COULD DO IT? AND THEN WE ALSO DISCUSSED ANY POTENTIAL RISKS, MAYBE BARRIERS TO ACTUALLY DOING THESE PROJECTS. SO WE CAME UP WITH THE LIST. AND HERE'S THE INITIAL LIST PROPOSED BY STAFF, PRIORITIZED BY CHARGE BUCKETS. AND WE SAID OKAY, WE JUST ALL WE NEED TO DO IS WHITTLE TH LIST DOWN FROM 352 MILLION DOWN TO 150 MILLION. AND THEN MR. WATSON WALKS IN ON NOVEMBER THE SEVENTH WITH THREE LITTLE LETTERS. OSSI. AND THAT WAS A BIG OLD CLAYTON KERSHAW CURVEBALL. HE JUST WANTED TO SEE IF WE COULD HIT IT. AND THE OCI INDEX. OF COURSE, I WAS AWARE OF THE REPORT. I WAS HERE IN THIS ROOM WHEN THEY GAVE THE INITIAL PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL, BUT MOST OF THE COMMITTEE WAS NOT. AND SO WITH THAT, WE HAD OUR $152 MILLION CAP CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY. WE WENT TO 360. NOW THE AND SO YOU'LL SEE THE 210 THERE IN THE PRIORITIZED AMOUNT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE. AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN DETAIL AS WE COME TO THAT SECOND LINE. BUT THAT 210 MINUS THE 360 GETS US TO OUR 150 NUMBER. JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. SO THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA WAS LAND ASSEMBLY. AND SO HARBOR POINT $8 MILLION. AND SO LAND ASSEMBLY. THERE WAS 12 OR 15 LITTLE TWO AND THREE ACRE LOTS DOWN THERE. SOME OF THEM ARE IN FORECLOSURE AT THE BANK OWNS IT AND SO SOME OF THOSE COULD ALL BE PUT TOGETHER INTO A MUCH BIGGER SPOT TO ATTRACT A BIG DEVELOPMENT. THERE DOWNTOWN. THE $3 MILLION IS FOR ASSEMBLY OF POTENTIALLY ON IT WOULD BE ON THE WEST SIDE OF FIFTH STREET NORTH OF WALNUT, ACROSS FROM THE DART STATION. THERE SEVERAL SPOTS RIGHT THERE THAT WILL BE RIPE FOR ASSEMBLY OR REDEVELOPMENT INTO SOMETHING OTHER THAN WHAT THEY'RE USED TODAY. SOUTH GARLAND AVENUE, WHERE GARLAND AVENUE AND SHILOH KIND OF THE WHAT DO WE CALL THAT? THE OLD HYPERMART AREA FOR IS THE SLANG WE USE FOR THAT A BIG GATEWAY IS 635 FINISHES UP THIS TIME NEXT YEAR. THAT WILL BE ONE OF THE MAJOR ENTRY POINTS [00:15:04] INTO GARLAND, AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO BUILD SOMETHING NICE THAT PEOPLE SEE WHEN THEY FIRST GET OFF THE FREEWAY. AND HAVING THE LAND OF BIG ENOUGH PLOT OF LAND TO DO THAT, I THINK IS ESSENTIAL. THERE ARE THE ODDBALL SHAPES OF LAND, THE LITTLE WEIRD SHAPES THAT WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER INTO A SQUARE, I THINK WILL BE VERY ATTRACTIVE TO A DEVELOPER DOWN THERE. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOME POTENTIAL FOR SOME LAND ASSEMBLY IN THE MEDICAL DISTRICT, POTENTIALLY TO PUT TOGETHER A LITTLE BIT BIGGER SPACE THERE FOR A POTENTIAL HOSPITAL. OKAY, SO BACK TO THE 210 FOURTH STREET IMPROVEMENTS. SO AS YOU KNOW, IN FOR THE 2019 BOND PROGRAM, WE DID HAVE A TAX RATE INCREASE. AND THEN UNBEKNOWNST TO US, WHEN WE DID INCREASE THE TAXES, WAS THAT THE PRICE OF REAL ESTATE WAS GOING TO GO UP, YOU KNOW, FROM SOME PEOPLE'S PERSPECTIVE, EXPONENTIALLY. IT WENT IT WENT WAY UP. AND SO THERE WAS A WINDFALL THERE THAT AND THEN SO WE WERE PRESENTED WITH THIS SLIDE AND IT EVENTUALLY GOT ROUNDED TO 210 JUST TO MAKE THE TALKING POINTS EASIER, THE THINGS WE NEED TO SPEND ON RESIDENTIAL STREETS AND RESIDENTIAL ALLEYS. AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE GONE AND LOOKED UP THE OCI INDEX FOR YOUR STREET AND YOUR ALLEY, I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO SEE MY STREET WAS A 94. YES. AND THEN I LOOKED AT MY ALLEY. IT'S A 27. NO SURPRISE THERE. A LOT OF OUR ALLEYS. I THINK IF YOU HAVE AN ALLEY IN THE BACK OF YOUR HOUSE BETWEEN THAT, THAT GETS DRIVEN ON MORE THAN THE STREET IN THE FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE, BECAUSE I'M ALWAYS COMING AND GOING THROUGH THE ALLEY, I DON'T GO OUT TO THE FRONT. AND SO NOT TO MENTION THE YOU KNOW, THE GARBAGE TRUCKS COMING THROUGH THERE. SO I THINK WE'VE GOT THIS MONEY COMING IN AND WE WANT THE VOTERS TO SAY, WE WANT THIS TO BE USED FOR RESIDENTIAL STREETS AND ALLEYS AND, AND THE OTHER THING ABOUT PUTTING THIS ON THE BOND IS THAT NOW WE GET TO PAY FOR STREETS AND ALLEYS, WHICH ARE LONG TERM PROJECTS WITH LONG TERM DEBT. AND THAT WAS THE BIG I THINK, TURNING POINT FOR US TO SAY, OKAY, NOW WE UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS A GOOD IDEA, IS TO PUT THIS ON THE IS TO PAY FOR LONG TERM PROJECTS WITH LONG TERM DEBT RATHER THAN ISSUING THE ONE YEAR, ONE YEAR TAX NOTES EVERY YEAR FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS. SO WE SAID THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA. AND STREETS AND ALLEYS, I MEAN, I'M SURE ALL OF YOU HEAR ABOUT YOUR POTHOLES EVERY WEEK. AND SO THIS GETS US A CHANCE TO PUT THAT IN FRONT OF THE VOTERS THAT WE HEAR THEIR NUMBER ONE ISSUE, THE BIGGEST PIECE OF THIS IS GOING TO GO DEDICATED STREETS AND ALLEYS, NOT MAJOR ARTERIALS, NOT THE CORRIDORS, NOT THE INDUSTRIAL AREA OF GARLAND. RESIDENTIAL STREETS. RESIDENTIAL ALLEYS. SO WE WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THE BOND, TO PUT THAT UP FRONT TO SAY, WE HEAR YOU. OKAY, LET'S SEE WHERE AM I? OH, AND I FORGOT TO POINT OUT THAT I HAD A NUMBER THE SLIDES. SO IF YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING AT THE SLIDE NUMBERS, IF YOU WANT TO REFER BACK TO SOMETHING, JUST GIVE ME THE SLIDE NUMBER AND WE'LL JUMP BACK TO IT WHEN WE GET TO THE END. SO HERE'S A CHART. YOU'VE ALL SEEN THE OCI PROGRAM AND WE'VE YOU KNOW WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY IN 2019 TO DO SOME OF THIS, BUT IT WAS REALLY SPENT ON THE MAJOR STREETS. ARTERIAL STREETS, THE COLLECTORS AND SOME EVEN IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREAS.. BUAND YOU KNOW, LESS IN RESIDENTIAL AND ALLEYS BECAUSE IN 2019 WE SAID THIS MONEY GOES FOR THIS SPECIFIC SPOT, THIS MONEY GOES FOR THIS SPECIFIC THINGS, AS YOU DO WITH BONDS, WHERE AND SO IN THE 2025 BOND, WE WOULD WE WOULD CARVE OUT AN AMOUNTS FOR RESIDENTIAL STREETS. THERE ARE 107 MILLION ALLEYS, 56.8. SO THAT WE CAN REALLY PUT A DENT IN THOSE STRUCTURES THAT ARE THAT ARE WELL NEEDED. AND IT'S PRETTY WELL KNOWN. SO, YOU KNOW, THREE QUARTERS OF THAT AMOUNT IS GOING TO RESIDENTIAL STREETS AND ALLEYS. AND COULD WE DO THAT WITHOUT A BOND? YEAH, BUT WE'RE ISSUING A ONE YEAR TAX NOTES. BUT TO PUT IT IN THE BOND OF MONEY FOR KEEPS, THAT MONEY FOCUSED ON WHERE THE TAXPAYERS, I THINK WANT IT TO GO. NEXT IS WE PUT ASIDE SOME FOR DESTINATIONS, DESTINATION AND AMENITIES AT HARBOR POINT. YOU'LL SEE, YOU KNOW HERE IS THERE'S BASS PRO BACK HERE SOMEWHERE. BUT WE THOUGHT PUBLIC WATERFRONT ACCESS AND THE IDEA MAYBE A BOARDWALK OUT HERE. I [00:20:04] DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO PLACES LIKE ATLANTIC CITY OR SOME OF THESE THAT HAVE A BOARDWALK ALONG THE OCEAN. THOSE ARE HUGE MAGNETS. ONCE YOU PUT IN THAT KIND OF STRUCTURE, THOSE PEOPLE ARE DRAWN TO THAT. THEY MAY TEAR DOWN THEIR OLD RESTAURANT AND BUILD ONE THAT REACHES OUT TO THE BOARDWALK AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL BE THAT FAR OUT INTO THE WATER OR IF IT'LL BE RIGHT ALONG THE WATER'S EDGE. BUT THIS IS THE OUR ARTIST RENDERINGS. THANK, THANK YOU, AYAKO. AND THEN THE BIG WHERE WE'RE DOING LAND ASSEMBLY IS THIS PIECE IN THE MIDDLE. AND YOU CAN SEE THE SPOTLIGHTS COMING OFF AND THE BIG MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT HERE. YOU CAN ALMOST HEAR THE ANGELS SINGING AS THEY SEE THIS SPOT. AS FAR AS ECONOMIC INCENTIVES, THIS 33 MILLION WAS EMPHASIS ON THE MEDICAL DISTRICT, SOME IN HARBOR POINT AND SOME IN SOUTH GARLAND. THE SAME SPOTS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, SOME MONEY SET ASIDE TO INCENTIVIZE DEVELOPERS TO COME AND BUILD ON THE LAND THAT WE'VE ASSEMBLED. AND THEN THE ONE THAT I THINK WE'RE MOST PROUD OF, THE GRANVILLE ARTS CENTER IMPROVEMENTS. THIS WAS A COMMITTEE PROJECT THAT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD. AND WHEN THE WHEN AFTER WE SAW THE PRESENTATION, STAFF AGREED THAT YES, THIS IS SHOULD BE ONE OF THE HIGH PRIORITIES, EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T ON THEIR ORIGINAL LIST. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE AWARE THE GRANVILLE, THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS LIKE AIR CONDITIONING, PLUMBING, THAT KIND OF STUFF IS REACHED THE END OF ITS LIFE. GRANVILLE OPENED IN 1982 AND SO 42 YEARS LATER, A LOT OF THOSE SYSTEMS WE COULD PUT A $10 MILLION BAND-AID ON THOSE AND GET BY FOR A WHILE. BUT THE THOUGHT WAS THAT IF WE CAN REDO IT AND MODERNIZE IT, THEN I THINK THAT WILL WOULD CONTRIBUTE A LOT MORE TO OUR ECONOMIC. IM JUST KIND OF THE, I DON'T KNOW, THE, THE MONEY THAT THAT'S GOING TO BRING TO US. I MEAN, THIS WAS BUILT IN 1982, THE ADA WAS NOT SIGNED INTO LAW UNTIL 1990. SO THAT WAS LONG. SO THE GRANVILLE ADA COMPLIANCE IS LACKING IN SOME AREAS. AND I THINK IF YOU'VE BEEN THERE, YOU'LL AGREE TO SOME OF THAT. AND SO I WANT TO COMMEND MY FELLOW DISTRICT SEVEN CHIP VAN PELT MADE A VERY COMPELLING PRESENTATION. I THINK IF YOU SAW THAT ONE OR WHEN YOU GO TO DEBATE THIS ON ON YOUR YOUR MEETING THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 11TH, I UNDERSTAND. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO HAVE CHIP COME AND PRESENT HIS REASONING AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT ART BRINGS TO GARLAND. I'M A I'M A HARD NUMBERS GUY. I NEED THE FACTS. I NEED THE DATA. AND WHEN I SAW HOW MUCH MONEY THAT ART BRINGS TO GARLAND, I'M NOT AN ART GUY I DIDN'T KNOW I'M AN ENGINEER. BUT WHEN I SAW HOW MUCH MONEY THAT WAS, THIS 25 MILLION WILL DOUBLE. AND TRIPLE ITSELF IN ALMOST NO TIME. IF WE REDEVELOP THE GRANVILLE BECAUSE OF HOW THE FAR REACHING IMPACT IT HAS, BASED ON ALL THE DIFFERENT ARTISTS THAT WE'VE HAD. MULTIPLES NOT JUST FROM DALLAS, NOT JUST FROM TEXAS, OUT OF STATE, ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THAT PEOPLE COME TO GARLAND BECAUSE OF WHO OF THE TALENT WE'RE BRINGING THROUGH THE GRANVILLE AND I THINK THAT I THINK WE WERE SURPRISED AT HOW MUCH MONEY THAT WAS GOING TO BRING US. AND A RENOVATED GRANVILLE, THAT'S I MEAN, 42 YEARS OLD. IT'S TIME TO DO SOMETHING WITH THAT CENTER. IT'S. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU, CHIP AND THAT THAT TEAM FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. IT WAS REALLY A WELL DONE PRESENTATION. I HOPE YOU'LL GET TO SEE THAT SOMETIME. AND THEN SLIDE 14. WE WANT TO DO A REVITALIZATION NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY GATEWAYS AND CORRIDORS. SO THE GATEWAYS I THINK IS A AN IMPORTANT ONE BECAUSE HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE DRIVEN INTO THE CITY OF GARLAND AND NOT REALIZED YOU WERE HERE? HOW ABOUT A SIGN THAT SAYS WELCOME TO GARLAND OR SOMETHING AT THE MAJOR ENTRANCES? I KNOW IN DISTRICT SEVEN THERE IN OAK RIDGE, IF YOU THINK ABOUT THAT CORNER ON WHERE BY THE GOLF COURSE THERE ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER, IT'S GOT A RUSTY CHAIN LINK FENCE THAT'S CLOSING. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, BROKEN DOWN ABOUT HALF THE TIME THAT WE COULD DO SOMETHING REALLY NICE. IF YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF BECKY KING'S SLIDES ON SOME OF THE DECORATIVE FENCES, THEY'VE PUT UP, IT COULD BE REALLY NICE. AND THAT BELT LINE, I MEAN, THAT BELT LINE IN JUPITER IS WHERE THAT IS. AND TO THE WEST OF JUPITER THERE IS RICHARDSON. SO DO YOU COME INTO GARLAND AND WHAT DO YOU SEE? A [00:25:06] RUSTY CHAIN LINK FENCE. SO THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE I'M SURE OF A LOT WHERE WE COULD PUT UP A GATEWAY SIGN THAT LETS PEOPLE KNOW YOU'VE ARRIVED IN GARLAND OVER AND ABOVE THAT CORRIDOR. IMPROVEMENTS. WE'VE DONE THIS WONDERFUL JOB WITH DOWNTOWN, BUT FROM WHATEVER DIRECTION YOU COME IN FROM GARLAND, YOU'RE GOING TO COME THROUGH SOME SCARY LOOKING AREAS OR FULL OF OR CAR DEALERSHIPS THAT MAKE YOU WONDER WHY YOU GOT OFF THE FREEWAY. AND SO I THINK IMPROVING THE CORRIDOR, THE LOOK OF THE CORRIDORS TO GET TO DOWNTOWN TO SUPPORT THE INVESTMENT WE'VE MADE IN DOWNTOWN, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR US. THE REVITALIZATION EFFORT REALLY WENT FOR IS FOR COMMERCIAL FACADES AND FRANKLY, AND FOR HOME IMPROVEMENTS. YOU SEE A COUPLE OF PICTURES HERE. I DON'T I'M SURE YOU ALL KNOW WHAT HOW MUCH BETTER THAT CORNER LOOKS. NOW THAT FORTUNATE SUN IS IN THERE, RATHER THAN THE VACANT FURNITURE STORE. AND THEN A COUPLE OF PICTURES OF A HOUSE. THE BEFORE AND AFTER, SOME REVITALIZATION WAS DONE THERE FOR A FOR LOCAL HOUSES. SO I THINK SOME MONEY FOR THAT IS. WELL, WELL CONSIDERED. AND THEN OF COURSE, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY PROGRAM, WE DID AUTHORIZE $7 MILLION IN 2019 ON THAT BOND PACKAGE. AND ANOTHER 7 MILLION. I ASK, HAVE WE SPENT ALL THE MONEY? AND THEY SAID, NO, THOSE FUNDS WON'T BE USED UP UNTIL THE END OF 2026. BUT THEY ARE ALL ENCUMBERED ALREADY. THERE'S PROJECTS LINED UP FOR THEM. IT JUST TAKES TIME TO GET SOME OF THAT STUFF DONE. SO AND ANOTHER 7 MILLION FOR NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY GETS US B, YOU KNOW, UNTIL THE BOND STUDY COMMITTEE OF 2032. SO OUR FINAL RECOMMENDED PROPOSITION PACKAGING. SO WE RECOMMEND FIVE PROPOSITIONS FOR THE BALLOT. NUMBER ONE. AND OUR, YOU KNOW, FIRST IN OUR OUR CONSTITUENTS HEARTS IS CITYWIDE STREET AND TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS WITH A FOCUS ON RESIDENTIAL STREETS AND ALLEYS AS PART OF A CITYWIDE PROGRAM. AND SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT 210 MILLION OF TAX MONEY THAT WE'RE ALREADY GOING TO GENERATE ANYWAY, WE JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO FINANCE IT WITH LONG TERM DEBT. THAT'S WHY IT WOULD BE ON THE BOND. THAT'S WHY IT MAKES SENSE TO PUT IT ON THE BOND. THEN SECOND, THE ECONOMIC, ECONOMIC, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS LARGELY ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. SO LAND ASSEMBLY AND PROVIDING INCENTIVES FOR PEOPLE TO COME ONCE WE'VE ASSEMBLED THE LAND, REVITALIZING OTHER AREAS, AND THEN NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY IS ROLLED UP INTO THIS ONE AS WELL. SEE, THE MUNICIPAL FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT? WE PUT THAT ONE AS A STANDALONE BY ITSELF, THAT 25 MILLION IS FOR THE RENOVATION OF THE GRANVILLE ARTS CENTER IN DOWNTOWN. GATEWAYS AND CORRIDOR. THE TOTAL OF 20 MILLION THERE FOR JUST BEAUTIFICATION, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ENTRANCES TO OUR CITY, AND FRANKLY, JUST LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT YOU'VE COME, YOU'VE CROSSED INTO GARLAND. AND THEN THE PARKS AND RECREATION IMPROVEMENTS. I THINK THE PUBLIC PUBLIC WATERFRONT ACCESS TRAILS, BOARDWALK AND THEN OTHER PARKS AND RECREATIONAL AMENITIES TARGETED AT HARBOR POINT. WE HAVE 10.25 MILES OF SHORELINE, AND WE'RE DOING NOTHING WITH IT. THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT. AND I THINK IF YOU DRIVE ACROSS I-30 AND LOOK WHAT ROCK ROCKWALL HAS DONE WITH THEIR FRONT OVER THERE, AND WE DO HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE COMING FROM ROCKWALL. WE ASKED ANDY, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US WHAT TO DO? THE FIRST THING HE SAID, WELL, I CAN TELL YOU WHAT NOT TO DO. SO WE'VE GOT THE EXPERIENCE HERE TO HELP US AVOID THE PITFALLS. SO WE'RE A LEG UP ALREADY. SO THERE'S THE PACKAGES. SO THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK WILL BE IMPORTANT TO SELL THIS TO THE VOTERS IS TO COMPARE 2025 VERSUS WHAT WE DID IN 2019. AND SO FOR 2019, WE DID 122 MILLION FOR STREETS. BUT THAT WAS ALL DESIGNATED FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS LIKE HOLFORD ROAD SECTION A THAT WENT FROM GEORGE BUSH ALL THE WAY UP TO CAMPBELL AND OTHER ROADS, LIKE REDOING A LOT OF SHILOH AND OTHER MAJOR PROJECTS LIKE THAT. AND THAT'S HOW OUR OCI GOT TO 79 FOR SOME OF THE MAJOR STREETS THAT WE DID. WHEREAS THIS ONE WOULD BE THE DEDICATED TO RESIDENTIAL [00:30:04] STREETS, RESIDENTIAL ALLEYS, LOTS OF MONEY TO FIX POTHOLES, DRAINAGE PROJECTS. WE REALLY DIDN'T DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THOSE WERE GOOD BOND, GOOD FITS FOR BOND SINCE THERE WERE OTHER WAYS TO PAY FOR DRAINAGE PROJECTS. OVER AND ABOVE THAT, THE 47 MILLION THAT WE AUTHORIZED IN 2019 HAS ONLY BEEN SPENT BY 20%. THERE'S A LOT OF STUDIES TO BE DONE. THOSE ARE NOT EASY TO DO, AND IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO DO THOSE KIND OF PROJECTS. SO THERE'S STILL LOTS OF MONEY FOR THAT OUT THERE. AND THEN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. WE DID WE DID AUTHORIZE 46 MILLION IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BACK IN 2019. AND AYAKO HAS SPENT NEARLY EVERY PENNY ON THAT. SO I THINK WE'VE COME A LONG WAY. AND BUT WE COULD DO A LOT MORE. AND THAT'S WHAT THE REALLY THIS WAS DESIGNED TO DO MUNICIPAL FACILITIES WITH THE 25 MILLION WAS JUST FOR THE GRANVILLE. WE HAVE 90 MILLION THAT WE AUTHORIZED IN 2019. AND WE'VE SEEN THAT WE GOT A NEW ANIMAL SHELTER, WE GOT NEW FIRE STATIONS, NEW POLICE STATIONS, NEW THE TRANSPORTATION BUILDING, AND WE'RE 71% COMPLETE WITH THAT. SO WE'VE STILL GOT A WAYS TO GO WITH THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE ALLOCATED. I KNOW HOLFORD WILL OPEN UP THIS SPRING SOMETIME. AND YOU JUST BROKE GROUND ON THE NEW SURF AND SWIM. SO I THINK THOSE TWO ARE THE KIND OF THE LAST COUPLE OF PROJECTS THAT THE REST OF THIS MONEY WILL GO TO GATEWAYS AND CORRIDORS. WE DID NOT ALLOCATE ANY MONEY TO DO THAT IN 2019. AND SO WE THINK THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE AMOUNT TO DO SOME GATEWAY AND CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS. AND THIS PACKAGE, AND THEN THE PARKS AND RECREATION IMPROVEMENTS, THAT 30 MILLION IS REALLY FOCUSED AROUND HARBOR POINT, THE TRAILS AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE BOARDWALK. WE DID DO 117,000,000 IN 2019. AND A LOT OF THAT HAS GONE FOR SOME OF THE OTHER RECREATIONAL THINGS THAT YOU'VE YOU'VE SEEN. AND I MAY HAVE CONFLATED SOME OF THE PARKS AND REC WITH MUNICIPAL FACILITIES, BUT I THINK YOU UNDERSTAND WE'VE SPENT MOST OF THAT MONEY AND DONE A LOT OF UPGRADES FOR THOSE KIND OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. ALMOST TO THE END HERE. SO WE WANT TO YOU HAD SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT HOW DO WE NOW CONVINCE THE VOTERS THAT THIS IS A GOOD IDEA. AS YOU KNOW, A LOT OF BOND PACKAGE IN THIS LAST NOVEMBER ELECTION, ELECTION, A LOT OF SCHOOL BONDS GOT DENIED. FRISCO AND PLANO AND SEVERAL OTHER ONES. THE VOTERS SAID, NO, NO, NO MORE MONEY FOR BONDS, FOR TAX WITH TAX INCREASES. SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE THE VOTERS CLEAR. THIS WILL NOT REQUIRE ANY TAX INCREASE, NO TAX RATE INCREASE. TO DO THIS. ALL RIGHT. STREETS AND ALLEYS. IT'S A HIGH PRIORITY I THINK WE I THINK VOTERS WILL CONNECT WITH THAT IF WE IF WE TALK ABOUT THE STREETS AND ALLEYS BEING ONE OF OUR HIGHEST PRIORITIES, IT'S WHY WE LISTED IT AS PROPOSITION A. I THINK STREET AND ALLEY PROPOSITIONS ARE 100 AND ZERO IS THEIR RECORD OF BEING VOTED YES ON AS THE NUMBER WE GOT OR 100% OF THE TIME, THOSE WILL THOSE WILL PASS AND ESPECIALLY IF WE SAY WE'RE DEDICATING IT ONLY TO RESIDENTIAL STREETS, ONLY TO RESIDENTIAL ALLEYS, I THINK THE VOTERS WILL BE BEHIND THAT. THEY'LL FINALLY GET ALL THEIR POTHOLES FIXED AND OVER AND ABOVE THAT, WE WE'RE DOING THAT WITH LONG TERM DEBT. THOSE STREETS ARE GOING TO LAST 20 YEARS. THE DEBT SHOULD STRETCH OUT OVER 20 YEARS. AND THEN LOTS OF OTHER REVITALIZATION OF COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, CITYWIDE FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS, THEN THE RENOVATION OF GRANVILLE. WE ALL THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA. ONCE WE SAW THE FULL PRESENTATION AND THEN SAW THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT ART BRINGS TO GARLAND AND HOW MUCH MORE WE COULD BE BRINGING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROPOSITION CITYWIDE PROGRAM EMPHASIS ON THE MEDICAL DISTRICT, POTENTIAL RECRUITMENT OF A MEDICAL MEDICAL FACILITY. IF WE NEED A RIGHT SIZED FACILITY FOR GARLAND, WE DON'T NEED A THOUSAND BED HOSPITAL. WE NEED SOMETHING THAT'S THE RIGHT SIZE FOR US. THE COMMITTEE. AND THEN WE CLARIFY WHAT THIS MEANS TO THE VOTERS, SPECIFICALLY HOW THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM 2019. AND SO YOU SAW A LITTLE BIT ON THE LAST SLIDE. AND I THINK COMING UP WITH A STRATEGY TO COMPARE THIS TO. BUT WE GAVE YOU ALL THIS MONEY IN 2019. YEAH I KNOW BUT WE COULDN'T USE IT FOR THAT. [00:35:06] WE HAD TO USE IT FOR THIS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU TOLD US IN 2019 WITH YOUR VOTE. SO HAVING A STRATEGY ON COMPARING THE TWO IS GOING TO BE VITAL TO GETTING THE VOTERS TO APPROVE THIS. AND THEN THE PARKS PROPOSITION, FOCUSING ON PUBLIC WATERFRONT ACCESS TO HARBOR POINT THAT NEEDS TO REMAIN FLEXIBLE BECAUSE THERE'S OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THERE FOR PARK IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT GENERAL AREA. OKAY. AND THAT'S OUR LAST ONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME HERE. ANY QUESTIONS? VERY GOOD. AND OBVIOUSLY COUNCIL WE WILL HAVE SOME TIME TO DISCUSS THIS AND WORK OUR WAY THROUGH IT AS WELL. SO WE'RE NOT HERE TO COMPLETELY MAKE OR REMAKE THE SAUSAGE TONIGHT. WE'RE JUST HERE FOR THE REPORT. WE WILL, I'M SURE, SPEND AMPLE TIME. REDOING IT. YES. SO WE'LSTART OUT HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON. HELLO. THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. I KNOW IT'S NO SMALL FEAT. WELCOMEO THE WORLD OF LARGE BINDERS AND RAINFOREST. SO OBVIOUSLY, AS SCOTT SAID, WE'RE GOING TO DISSECT LATER. SO I'LL SAVE YOU ALL OF MY QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. BUT MOSTLY I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF ALL OF YOUR WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT INTO IT AND SOME GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS IN THERE. SO THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HEDRICK. THANK YOU, MAYOR. WONDERFUL JOB. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK. TO ALL OF YOU. REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING. BUT MY QUESTION IS, YOU HAD NEARLY $500 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS. WHAT IS 1 OR 2 THAT DIDN'T QUITE MAKE THE CUT THAT YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT? BOY, IT'S ON A POST-IT NOTE SOMEWHERE. YEAH, WE SOME OF THE OTHER ONES, I, I DIDN'T REALLY PREPARE FOR WHAT DIDN'T MAKE THE LIST, BUT THE ONES THAT DIDN'T MAKE THE LIST MOSTLY WERE BECAUSE THERE WERE OTHER METHODS TO FUND THEM. NOT THAT THEY WEREN'T IMPORTANT, BUT THERE WERE OTHER WAYS TO GET THERE. IF THERE WAS TIF MONEY THAT COULD BE USED, IF THERE WAS, IF WE COULD ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION OR JUST GO THROUGH THE CIP PROCESS TO GET THIS DONE. THAT WAS AND I THINK ONCE WE STARTED REALIZING WHAT CAN ONLY BE DONE, DONE WITH BOND MONEY, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH HOW WE GOT DOWN TO WHERE WE ARE, BECAUSE ALL OF THE REST OF IT COULD BE DONE SOME OTHER WAY. GREAT. YEAH, I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING OUR DISCUSSIONS NEXT MONTH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIRMAN. COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAM, GOOD EVENING. I, I COMMEND YOU FOR THE REPORT. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE WORK THAT THAT GROUP DID OVER THERE, AND I THINK IT'S REFLECTED IN YOUR REPORT. SO I'LL SAVE MY COMMENTS TO A LATER TIME. BUT PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE REVITALIZATION. I THINK IT WAS LIKE 14 OR 15, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK TO IT. WE'RE NOT GOING TO DISCUSS IT TONIGHT. BUT I WAS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN IN WHEN YOU TALK REVITALIZATION, THIS IS JUST FOR THOUGHT, NOT FOR ANSWER. THE INVOLVEMENT OF LOCAL BUSINESSES. HAS A HEAVY BEARING, PARTICULARLY AT MAJOR ENTRY POINTS TO OUR CITY. AND SO CAN YOU WITHOUT RELEASING ANY TELLING ME ANY HIDDEN SECRET WAS, WAS WAS THAT DISCUSSED AT ALL DURING YOUR DELIBERATIONS THAT BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT PRIVATE YOU'VE GOT VITALITY, BUT WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT RETAIL AND BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN THAT ARE INVOLVED IN IN THAT PROCESS. DID YOU TALK ABOUT THAT MAKEUP? AND WHEN YOU, BEFORE YOU ARRIVED AT THE DODOLLAR AMOUNTS? I THINK WE REALIZED FROM THE REDO OF THE NORTH GARLAND LIBRARY THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE SOME INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC BECAUSE THAT BUILDING IS NOT PRIVATE, YOU KNOW, IS NOT OUR OWN. WE DON'T TOTALLY OWN THAT BUILDING. THERE ARE OTHER SHOPS AND THINGS IN THAT BUILDING. AND SO WE HAD TO WORK WITH THE OTHER SHOP OWNERS OR THE OTHER BUILDING, THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT OWN THAT BUILDING TO [00:40:01] GET THEM TO GO ALONG WITH THIS. AND IT SEEMED TO ME THAT BECKY KING AND HER GROUP DID A FANTASTIC JOB OF THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN BY THAT LIBRARY, BUT THAT WHOLE THING IS MUCH IMPROVED FROM WHERE IT WAS. AND SO WE REALIZED THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME OWNERS THAT ARE WILLING TO INVEST SOME OF THEIR MONEY. IF WE GIVE THEM SOME OF OURS, AND SOME OWNERS ARE NOT GOING TO CARE ABOUT THAT AT ALL, AND SOME WILL HAVE TO GO. THAT'S WHY SOME OF THIS NEEDS TO BE FLEXIBLE IS SO THAT WE CAN SAY, WELL, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO WORK WITH US, WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH YOUR COMPETITOR ACROSS THE STREET AND MAKE THEIR PLACE LOOK BETTER. AND SO I THINK THERE'S SOME GIVE AND TAKE THAT THAT WILL BE DONE THERE. BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S WHERE I KIND OF TOOK MY INSPIRATION FROM, WAS THAT NORTH GARLAND LIBRARY IS JUST A SNIPPET OF WHAT WE COULD DO CITYWIDE TO WORK WITH, WITH THE PUBLIC, TO GET THEM TO INCENTIVIZE TO, YOU KNOW, PUT UP A NEW SIGN OR PAINT THEIR BUILDING OR WHATEVER THEY NEED TO DO TO HELP IMPROVE THE CORRIDORS THAT HELP YOU. IT HAS HELPED ME A LOT, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR OUR FUTURE DISCUSSION ON THIS. BUT AGAIN, I THANK YOU FOR THE THOROUGHNESS OF YOUR REPORT. THANK YOU, SIR, THE WORK THAT YOU DID AND ALSO MATT AND MR. RIGHT THERE. OKAY. THANK YOU ALL LOT. THANK YOU MAYOR. VERY GOOD. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LOOK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR. NOPE. HANG ON, HANG ON, HANG ON. THERE WE GO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. MEMBERS OF THE BOND COMMITTEE, SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR EFFORTS. WE COULDN'T DO THIS WITHOUT YOU. SO MY HATS ARE OFF TO YOU FOR THE AMOUNT OF DEDICATION THAT YOU'VE PUT TOWARDS THIS PROJECT. AND IT CLEARLY SHOWS THAT EVERYTHING WAS VERY THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED AND I'M JUST I'M REALLY PROUD OF ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I DID WANT FOR YOU TO KIND OF EXPAND ON THE FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS. I'M THINKING THAT'S WITHIN THAT SLIDE 14 THAT WE WERE JUST ON AND WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY THAT, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY BUCKET WERE, WAS IT JUST FOR FACADE IMPROVEMENTS OR WHAT WERE SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT WERE THROWN AROUND FOR THAT? WELL, I THINK SOME OF THE FACADE IMPROVEMENTS WERE REALLY KIND OF I THINK IT GOES WITH CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS WHERE WE'VE GOT PEOPLE THAT THAT COME INTO GARLAND AND THEY'RE HEADING FOR DOWNTOWN. THEY'VE HEARD ABOUT THE GREAT THINGS WE DO IN DOWNTOWN, AND THEN YOU'RE PASSING ALL THESE USED CAR LOTS WITH THEIR WITH THEIR PAINT PEELING ON THEIR SIGNS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, OR OTHER FENCING THAT'S LIKE THEY'RE LIKE MY RUSTY CHAIN LINK FENCE THAT COULD BE IMPROVED. AND MAKE, MAKE THAT DRIVE TO GET TO DOWNTOWN A LITTLE MORE PLEASANT AND MAYBE NOT AS SCARY. AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE WERE GOING WITH WITH THAT. AND THEN THE OTHER REVITALIZATION KIND OF POINTS TO LIKE THE FURNITURE STORE THAT BECAME FORTUNATE SON, THAT WAS SOME OF THAT THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, TURN BUSINESSES LIKE, YOU KNOW, PLACES LIKE THAT INTO A REAL ATTRACTION. I MEAN, I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, OH, YOU TEXAS WEEKEND WHEN THE GUY CAME AND GAVE HIS REVIEW OF THAT, THE LINE WAS OUT. THE DOOR AND THE WAIT WAS TWO HOURS LONG FROM THAT NEW BUSINESS THAT CAME AND GOT THAT ONE BITE, HIS HIS ONE BITE REVIEW OF THEIR PIZZA. AND SO I THINK THAT'S THE KIND OF REVITALIZATION THAT WE'VE SEEN A LOT IN DOWNTOWN THAT JUST NEEDS TO NOW SPREAD FROM THERE TO THE, YOU KNOW, TOWARD THE CITY EDGES. GOT IT. BUT SPECIFICALLY THE NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY PORTION. WHAT? YEAH. SO NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY, THEY DO A LOT OF THINGS WORKING WITH NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS. AND SO I CAN TELL YOU, THE CAMELOT NEIGHBORHOOD HAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROGRAM MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS. WE PUT SIGN TOPPERS ON ALL OF OUR SIGNS. A LOT OF TIMES YOU'LL SEE THAT SLIDE OF TWO LITTLE LADIES AND THEIR CAMELOT T SHIRT WITH THE POSING WITH THE SIGN TOPPER. WE'VE BUILT THERE'S OUT ON JUPITER AND KING ARTHUR. THERE'S A CAMELOT TOWER. IT'S 20 FOOT TALL CASTLE LOOKING TOWER THAT'S GOT OUR NAME ON IT WITH A BIG LIGHTS. THAT WAS DONE THROUGH PART OF THIS PROGRAM. ON THE OTHER END OF KING ARTHUR. FROM THAT NEAR JESTER WE PUT UP A MONUMENT TO THE VICTIMS OF COVID AND THAT THAT MONUMENT, YOU KNOW, WAS DONE WITH NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY GRANT. AND WE'VE DONE OTHER THINGS ON THE SHILOH AND COLLINS. THERE'S THAT LITTLE CORNER THERE. IT USED TO BE A TRASH DUMP THAT WE CLEANED UP, AND NOW WE CALL IT THE SHILOH GARDEN, BECAUSE IT'S GOT NATIVE PLANTS AND TREES AND FLOWERS AND A LITTLE SIGN THAT'S LIGHTED THAT SAYS CAMELOT. SO ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS ARE THINGS THAT NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY DOES, [00:45:07] AND IT'S FOR THEM IT'S EASIER FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE MINE THAT'S GOT A PRETTY WELL ORGANIZED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. BUT THEY'RE ALSO NOW REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE AN ORGANIZED GROUP, BUT THEY'VE GOT A FEW ENTHUSIASTIC NEIGHBORS WHO WANT TO DO PROJECTS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SO STAFF INITIATED PROJECTS. I THINK, IS WHAT THAT MORPHED INTO A LOT RECENTLY. WE HAVEN'T, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T SEEN A BUNCH OF OTHER CERTAINLY CAMELOT HASN'T HAD A NEED FOR IT BECAUSE IF THERE WAS, WE'D BE WE'D BE RIGHT DOWN THERE BANGING ON THE DOOR AGAIN, LOOKING FOR SOME MORE. BUT I THINK THAT'S IF YOU IF YOU TALK TO SCOTT BOLLINGER IN THAT STAFF, I THINK THEY WILL HAVE INITIATED A LOT OF PROJECTS WHERE THERE WAS NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THAT CAME FORWARD TO ASK FOR IT. GREAT. THANK YOU FOR EXPANDING ON THAT, BECAUSE THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION WAS, WELL, WHAT ABOUT A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT DOESN'T HAVE AN ORGANIZATION IN IT? AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHERE WE SEE A LOT MORE OF THE OF THE PLACES THAT WE WANT IMPROVED IS IN AREAS WHERE THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE ISN'T A LARGE COMMUNITY DRIVEN PROJECT GOING. YEAH, IF YOU'VE GOT A COUPLE OF ENTHUSIASTIC NEIGHBORS THAT WANT TO DO THAT, I WOULD URGE THEM TO CONTACT NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY AND GET ON THEIR LIST. GREAT. AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, MR. MAYOR. LET ME ALSO ECHO WHAT MY COCOHORTS HAVE STATED. AND THATS WE THINK THAT THE JOB THAT YOU'VE DONE IS OUTSTANDING. IT HAD TO HAVE BEEN A LOT OF DETAIL INVOLVED HERERE. AND I'M VERY EXCITED, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASPECT OF IT. I GUESS ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU, I'M EXCITED BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW WE'RE LANDLOCKED AT THIS POINT. WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE ONLY PLACE WE CAN GO IS UP. BUT THERE IS ONE OTHER PLACE WE CAN GO. WE CAN GO INTO THE WATER. WE CAN DEAL WITH THE SHORELINE, WE CAN DEAL WITH THE TRAILS AND THINGS OF THAT NATUR. BUT ONE OF THE THOUGHTS THAT I'M HAVING IS THAT, DID YOU HAVE ANY OPPORTUNITY TO THINK OR TO BROACH THE SUBJECT OF WHAT TYPES OF BUSINESSES, WHAT TYPES OF AMENITIES DO YOU SEE TAKING PLACE AS IT RELATES TO THE HARBOR POINT PROJECTS? I WISH YOU COULD HAVE SEEN SHARONDA'S PRESENTATION. SHE SHE WAS 20 YEARS AHEAD OF US, BUT HER HER VISION DOWN FOR HARBOR POINT AND SOME OF THAT AREAS. YES, SIR. THE ONE THAT STANDS OUT, I THINK, TO THE MOST OF US IS THE IS THE GARLAND FERRIS WHEEL. OH, MY. OKAY. WE LIKE THAT. LIKE THE LIKE THE TEXAS STAR. OKAY. TEXAS STAR IN FAIR PARK. THINK ABOUT THAT WITH A GIANT FIRE WHEEL. INSIDE OF THAT, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THAT FROM PLANES LANDING AT DFW AND A BEACON ACROSS THAT LAKE. WELL, I THINK THAT WAS A LITTLE KIND OF GOT A LITTLE BIT OF AHEAD OF THE GAME. BUT HER IDEAS FOR THINGS LIKE THAT WERE WERE REALLY OUTSTANDING. AND SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TALK TO SHARONDA BECAUSE SHE REALLY HAD SOME GOOD ONCE WE'VE ASSEMBLED THE LAND. AND WHAT DO WE WANT TO ATTRACT? SHE HAD SOME AMAZING GOOD IDEAS, BUT THAT WAS JUST THAT WAS NEXT COMMITTEE THAT NOT A PART OF OURS. I'D LIKE TO THINK SHE MAY HAVE GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT OF THAT FROM ME. I SAY THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE INDEED TRIED TO TRULY BUILD THE VISION OF THE POSSIBILITIES AND THE POTENTIAL THAT CAN HAPPEN OUT THERE ON THAT, ON THE HARBOR POINT AREA. SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE DONE, IT IN THERE. THANK YOU. SO VERYT MUCH FOR IT. AND JUST LET'S I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DISCUSSIONS, OF COURSE, BECAUSE JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S A DONE DEAL. BUT THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. YOU'RE WELCOME. WE RECOGNIZE THIS IS OUR RECOMMENDATION, BUT 22 HOURS OF DELIBERATION I THINK WE BOILED IT DOWN PRETTY WELL HERE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. LAST CALL. ANY YOU. ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT'S. THANKS, MAYOR. AND COUNCIL AND TO THE BOND STUDY COMMITTEE. INCREDIBLE JOB. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION COUNCIL THAT IN THE IN THE WORLD OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THIS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS THAT YOU DEAL IN A LOT OF HYPOTHETICALS, A LOT OF POSSIBILITIES, A LOT OF CONCEPTS. SO THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 2019 BOND AND 2025 BOND IS THAT 2019 WAS VERY PROJECT FOCUSED. WE WERE DEALING IN ABSOLUTES. WE'RE DOING THIS PROJECT, THIS DRAINAGE PROJECT, THIS STREET PROJECT, THIS FIRE STATION, THIS X, Y AND Z VERSUS [00:50:06] 2025 REALLY IS THE POSSIBILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES. AND SO MUCH OF I THINK WHAT THE COMMITTEE TRIED TO DO HERE IS SET US UP WITH SOME FLEXIBILITY TO PURSUE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT COME UP AND COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND COME BEFORE THE CITY AND SO IT'S REALLY HARD TO GRASP AROUND THE DIFFERENCE THERE, BUT IT'S REALLY WE'RE DEALING WITH SOME HYPOTHETICALS VERSUS 2019. WE GOT A LIST OF PROJECTS AND WE'RE GOING TO GO KNOCK THEM OUT. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. SO JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE FOR CONSIDERATION BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT BUILDING IN FLEXIBILITY, HAVING A VISION IN MIND WITH WHAT WE WANT TO DO IN A LOT OF OUR CATALYST AREAS AND SOME OF THESE FOCUS AREAS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT. BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF OTHER PIECES THAT HAVE TO FALL INTO PLACE FOR THIS MONEY TO MOBILIZE INTO PROJECTS THAT MEANS WE GOT TO IDENTIFY DEVELOPERS AND PROPERTIES, PARTNERSHIPS, ALL THOSE THINGS THAT NEED TO FALL INTO PLACE. AND SO, AGAIN, JUST WANTED TO THROW TOSS THAT OUT THERE. ADD THAT TO THE CONVERSATION. AND OF COURSE LOOK FORWARD TO ENGAGING MORE AS WE MOVE INTO JANUARY. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE HAVE CLEARED THE QUEUE OBVIOUSLY. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK. THANK YOU TO THE COMMITTEE. IF MY EXCUSE ME, IF MY CALENDAR MATH IS CORRECT, YOU DID ALL THAT IN 91 DAYS. THAT'S BY GOVERNMENT STANDARDS. THAT'S PRETTY DARN FAST AND VERY COMPREHENSIVE AND NOT JUST A LOT OF VERY YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THE FIRST COUPLE OF MEETINGS OF JUST UNDERSTANDING GOVERNMENT MATH IS A LOT TO TAKE ON, BUT TO BE ABLE TO IN 91 DAYS COME OUT WITH A VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT RECOMMENDATION. I APPRECIATE. SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. AND WE'LL WE'LL TRY VERY HARD NOT TO UNDO IT. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU ALL. RIGHT. MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM. ITEM SIX, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE REPORT. [5. Development Services Committee Report Councilmember Dylan Hedrick, Chair of the Development Services Committee, and staff will provide a committee report on the following items: the feasibility of requiring a Specific Use Permit for Laundromats in Community Retail (CR) zoning district, which was requested by Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Lucht at the August 5, 2024 Work Session.] EXCUSE ME, COUNCILMEMBER HEDRICK. THANK YOU. MAYOR, JUST ONE ITEM TO REPORT FROM THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE. IT WAS MAYOR, DEPUTY MAYOR, PRO TEM. LOOK, RECOMMENDED THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT REQUIRING THE USE OF SPECIAL USE PERMITS FOR LAUNDROMATS IN COMMUNITY RETAIL DISTRICTS. AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE A PRESENTATION OR SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THAT ONE. I THINK THAT IS WHAT MR. HESTER IS WORKING ON. NOW, WHICH ONE IS IT CALLED? LILA. DO WE KNOW? NOPE, NOT THAT ONE. THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH IN HERE. IF I COULD JUST SEE THEM. HANG ON. I BELIEVE ASSISTANCE IS IN ROUTE. NOPE, NOT THAT ONE. OH, IS IT ON A THUMB DRIVE? I HAD IT OPEN ALREADY, BUT LET ME SEE. GOT IT. BINGO. THREE OF THEM. NABILA, YOU WANT TO DRIVE? THIS. ALL RIGHT. OH, YOU GOT A MICROPHONE? DO YOU WANT TO SUMMARIZE KIND OF WHERE THEY WHERE THEY ARE. EITHER THAT OR I'M HAPPY TO EITHER WHATEVER SOMEBODY'S LOOKING AT. YEAH. LOOKING AT LAUNDROMATS. SO THIS ONE IS NOT YOUR DRY CLEANERS. THIS IS THE ONE WITH THE TYPICALLY COIN OPERATED UNITS IN WASHERS AND DRYERS. YOU GO AND PUT YOUR LAUNDRY IN AND COME BACK AN HOUR LATER AND IT'S DONE. SO THAT'S THE DEFINITION THERE. GO TO THE NEXT ONE. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT JUST THAT TYPE OF BUSINESS IN THE COMMUNITY RETAIL. IT'S ALLOWED. YOU SEE THE P THERE IS PERMITTED BY RIGHT. CURRENTLY. NEXT ONE. YES PLEASE. AND THIS IS I DON'T THINK WE WERE WE WEREN'T LOOKING AT COMMERCIAL LAUNDRY PLANT. RIGHT. IT WAS DIFFERENT. WE WERE NOT. WE WERE JUST TRYING TO SHOW THAT THIS IS A HEAVIER COMMERCIAL USE. RELEVANT USE THAT IS ALLOWED IN HEAVIER, MORE INTENSE DISTRICTS. RIGHT. SO THAT WOULD BE MORE YOUR INDUSTRIAL TYPE COMMERCIAL LAUNDRY DEFINITION OF COMMERCIAL COMMUNITY RETAIL. SO THAT'S THESE ARE TYPICALLY YOUR SMALLER NEIGHBORHOOD SHOPPING CENTERS. AND THAT'S WHAT REALLY WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE DISCUSSION. DO WE WANT TO LOOK AT POSSIBLY LIMITING THE USE THROUGH THE USE OF SUPS IN THOSE SMALLER NEIGHBORHOOD RETAIL CENTERS? SO THEN I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT [00:55:03] IS THE SCOPE OF THIS, HOW MANY LAUNDROMATS ARE IN COMMUNITY RETAIL DISTRICTS? I BELIEVE THIS YOU PRODUCED THIS MAP. MAYBE YOU COULD EXPLAIN IT A LITTLE BETTER THAN I CAN HERE. CORRECT. SO WE TRIED TO LOOK AT IT FROM OUR BUILDING INSPECTION PERMITTING SYSTEM, BUT THAT ONE DIDN'T REALLY ALLOW US TO LOOK AT THE HISTORICAL DATA THAT WAY. WE WANTED TO, BUT THIS IS NOT SCIENTIFIC. BUT WE WENT THROUGH GOOGLE SEARCH AND FOUND OUT THESE ARE THE LAUNDROMATS THAT ARE CURRENTLY OPERATING IN GARLAND. SO THERE ARE 34 THAT ARE IN THE MAP THAT YOU CAN SEE IN RED DOTS AND IN YOUR PACKET. YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A LIST AS WELL. OUT OF THAT, 3430 ARE IN EITHER COMMUNITY RETAIL DISTRICT OR IN A PD THAT HAS A BASE ZONING OF KR. THE REST OF THE FOUR THERE ARE TWO IN LIGHT COMMERCIAL, ONE IN HEAVY COMMERCIAL, AND ONE IS NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE DISTRICT. SO YOU HAD ASKED FOR THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO HELP AID THIS DISCUSSION. RIGHT. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY TYPICALLY CLUSTER AROUND EACH OTHER AS WELL. HERE'S AN EXAMPLE. IN DISTRICT EIGHT IT'S RIGHT AT BUCKINGHAM AND SHILOH THAT YOU CAN SEE SEVERAL OF THE LAUNDROMATS RIGHT THERE ACROSS FROM NORTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL. AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP THERE. YEAH. AND THEN LOOKING AT OTHER CITIES, IT'S ALLOWED BY RIGHT. IN A FEW CITIES IT'S CONSIDERED VARIOUS CATEGORIES AND SEVERAL OTHERS. SO THERE'S REALLY NO REAL KIND OF CONSISTENCY ACROSS THE METROPLEX IN HOW THEY THEY LOOK AT ANY OF THIS. SO IT'S SOME BASED ON SQUARE FOOTAGE BASED ON OTHER. IT'S ALL ACROSS THE BOARD. SO THE COMMITTEE VOTED 2 TO 1. I VOTED NO TO THE COMMITTEE VOTED TO YES, AFFIRMATIVE TO REQUIRING AN SCP. I VOTED NO PENDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. MAYBE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU COULD EXPLAIN A LITTLE MORE ABOUT WHAT YOUR REASONING WAS ON WHY YOU VOTED THE WAY YOU DID. BECAUSE I TO ME, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A HUGE PROBLEM OR NOT THAT WE WANT TO RESTRICT IT, BUT YOU OBVIOUSLY BROUGHT THE CASE, SO I'LL LET YOU. SURE. THE BIGGEST REASON I BROUGHT IT FORWARD WAS BECAUSE WE HAD A ZONING CASE COME THROUGH THAT ALLOWED LAUNDROMATS IN DISTRICT ONE, AND ONE CAME THROUGH BEFORE THAT IN DISTRICT FIVE. THAT WAS ONE OF THE USES THAT I REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO SEE IN THAT PARTICULAR SHOPPING CENTER. AND I'LL LET COUNCILMAN BASS SPEAK TO HIS ISSUE. BUT I, I ALSO HAVE SOME LAUNDROMATS IN DISTRICT FIVE THAT ARE LOCATED RIGHT NEXT TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THOSE ACTUALLY FIT IN THAT AREA. I WOULD RATHER SEE THEM CLOSER TO APARTMENTS OR CLOSER TO AREAS WHERE THEY WOULD BE UTILIZED MORE EFFECTIVELY. AND I THINK AN SCP WOULD HELP US DETERMINE THAT. OKAY, OKAY, BACK TO YOU. UNLESS COUNCILMAN BASS HAS ANYTHING ADDITIONAL TO SAY FROM FROM HIS PERSPECTIVE. SURE, I CAN GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. YEAH. JUST T ECHO WHAT DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUKE SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S A QUESTION OF, YOU KNOW, IS THE LAUNDROMAT THE RIGHT FIT FOR A PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD OR NO? THE ONE THAT CAME UP IN MY DISTRICT, THE IT'S STRICTLY SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING AROUND IT. AND THE RESIDENTS MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THEY DID NOT WANT THAT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU KNOW, ESTHETICALLY, YOU KNOW, LAUNDROMATS DON'T REALLY HAVE A GREAT REPUTATION FOR ADDING TO THE ESTHETIC OF A NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THAT EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IS THE RIGHT FIT FOR A LAUNDROMAT. AND I THINK THAT THE MORE CONTROL WE HAVE OVER THAT, THE MORE IT'S GOING TO HELP THE APPEAL OF OUR CITY. I MEAN, WE'RE SITTING HERE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DROPPING $150 MILLION IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE WANT THE WE WANT GARLAND TO LOOK NICE. OUR CITIZENS WANT IT TO LOOK NICE. AND, YOU KNOW, EVERY PLACE A THING AND EVERYTHING A PLACE. AND I DON'T THINK EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IS THE RIGHT PLACE FOR A LAUNDROMAT. SO THAT'S THE REASON I VOTED THE WAY I DID. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. SO COUNCIL, YOU'VE HEARD THE ARGUMENTS. I STILL REMAIN UNCONVINCED. I THINK THAT LETTING THE MARKET WORK ITSELF OUT IS A GOOD METHOD HERE. YOU KNOW, IF ONE IS, IF SOMEONE WANTS TO OPEN UP A BRAND NEW ONE, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO LET THEM OPEN UP WITHOUT AS MANY RESTRICTIONS TO POSSIBLY REPLACE AN OLDER ONE THAT THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT. AND I THINK IT DOES SERVE A NEED NOT ONLY NEAR MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES LIKE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO SAID, BUT I THINK IT'S A BIG NEED IN SOME COMMUNITIES THAT DON'T NECESSARILY THEY CAN'T AFFORD A WASHER AND DRYER LIKE OTHER PEOPLE MAY HAVE. SO I RECOMMEND KEEPING IT AS IS BY ALLOWING BY RIGHT. BUT SOMETHING FOR WE WANTED TO BRING IT TO THE FULL COUNCIL TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO MAKE ANY CHANGE TO OUR ZONING ZONING CODE. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. AND THAT IS WHAT WE WILL DO. COUNCIL, YOU'VE HEARD THE RECOMMENDATION. THIS WOULD ESSENTIALLY MOVE [01:00:04] LAUNDROMATS TO SPECIFIC USE PERMIT STATUS. AND THAT WOULD APPLY TO ALL ZONING DISTRICTS CURRENTLY IN CR ZONING. I'M SORRY. CR OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH MODIFYING OUR ZONING ORDINANCE TO REFLECT THAT. SO THE QUESTION IS ALL IN FAVOR OF MOVING THAT FORWARD. LET'S SEE, I WOULD SAY THE NAYS APPEAR TO HAVE IT. SO IT WAS DO IT AGAIN. SO I COULD THERE WAS I JUST I JUST HAD A FLASHBACK OF THE, THE COVID'S OF ISSUES. WE NEED THE FLASH CARDS WITH THE YES OR NOS BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE. SO COUNCIL MEMBER BASS, THE MAYOR, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCILMEMBER DUTTON IN FAVOR THE REMAINING NO. I THINK THAT MIGHT HAVE. YEAH. OKAY. SO NOW IT APPEARS SO. NOW IT APPEARS THERE IS FIVE TO MOVE IT FORWARD, INCLUDING COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS. SORRY, THAT WAS A LITTLE CONFUSING AND DISCOMBOBULATED. ALL RIGHT. AND WOULD YOU SUMMARIZE WHAT WE JUST DID MR. ENGLAND I BELIEVE IT STILL HAS TO GO THROUGH PLANNING. YES, IT STILL HAS TO GO. RIGHT, RIGHT. I WAS GOING TO SAY YES. OKAY, OKAY. BUT SUMMARIZE FOR ME. SO IT WILL MOVE FORWARD TO GO TO PLANNING COMMISSION AND GET THEIR RECOMMENDATION AND, AND THEN COME BACK TO US ALL RIGHT. IT WILL COME BACK IN AN ORDINANCE AMENDMENT FORM. YES. ALL RIGHT. YOU. ALL RIGHT. THAT WAS OUR LAST ITEM UNDER VERBAL [ ANNOUNCE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS A Councilmember, with a second by another member or the Mayor alone, may ask that an item be placed on a future agenda of the City Council or of a committee of the City Council. No substantive discussion of that item will take place at this time.] BRIEFINGS. NEXT ITEM UP IS ANNOUNCED FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. DO WE HAVE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS OUT THERE? COUNCILMEMBER DUTTON, I WOULD LIKE TO GET A UPDATE RUNDOWN OF OUR CLAIRE CARROLL CLEAN SITUATION I HAVE. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RESTATE THAT I MISSED CARROLL CLEAN. WHERE ARE WE AT? JUST A UPDATE ON THAT SITUATION THAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO SOMEONE OTHER THAN ME? OKAY, WE CAN SEND THAT UPDATE OUT. OKAY. PERFECT. I'M SORRY. WHAT? I, I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT IS THAT THAT WAS. YEAH. IT'S A PROPERTY THAT THAT'S BEEN OUT OF COMPLIANCE IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS AND ALSO HADN'T BEEN PAYING REAL PROPERTY TAX OR BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES WENT THROUGH FORECLOSURE AND IT'S STILL IN THE LEGAL PROCESS OF WORKING OUT THE DETAILS OF THAT. BUT YEAH, WE CAN CERTAINLY GIVE AN UPDATE ON IT. AN UPDATE. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? NO. ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? SEEING NONE * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.