Jan 06, 2025 Work Session

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GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE. MONDAY, JANUARY 6TH, 2025 WORK SESSION FOR THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL. WE ARE RECONVENING AFTER WHAT I THINK HAS BEEN PROBABLY ONE OF THE LONGEST BREAKS WE HAVE EVER HAD. WE HAVE NOT MET SINCE DECEMBER 10TH AND SO HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY WE REMEMBER HOW TO DO THIS. SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GET INTO OUR AGENDA. FIRST ITEM IS PUBLIC COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? NO. OKAY. MOVING ON TO CONSIDER THE EXCUSE ME, CONSIDER

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

[1. Agreement for Real Property Transfer Between Glen Lee Arvilla and Angelica Arvilla and The City of Garland for Tracts Generally Located at 2001 and 2002 Harvest Run Council is requested to consider the approval of a Real Property Transfer and Development Agreement between Glen Lee Arvilla and Angelica Arvilla and the City of Garland for the exchange of an approximately 0.012-acre tract. Unless otherwise directed by Council, this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the January 7, 2025 Regular Meeting. ]

[2. First Amendment to the Project Specific Agreement with Dallas County for Bottleneck Intersection Improvements Consider a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into and execute a First Amendment to the Project Specific Agreement (PSA) with Dallas County for the construction of five (5) additional intersections as part of the Bottleneck Intersection Improvements project. Unless otherwise directed by Council, this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the January 21, 2025 Regular Meeting.]

[3. Garland VA Medical Center Update City Council will receive an update regarding the Garland VA Medical Center from Blanca Corchado, Facility Planner of the VA North Texas Health Care System.]

JUST A LITTLE BIT. AND IF I COULD GET YOU JUST TO SPIN ONE OF THOSE MICROPHONES AROUND TOWARDS YOU. THIS WAY. THERE YOU GO. SO, AS Y'ALL KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO WORK IN BUILDING AND GETTING SOME OF THE FACILITY BACK UP AND RUNNING. AND ACTUALLY, ON DECEMBER 9TH, WE DID OUR GRAND OPENING FOR WHAT Y'ALL USED TO BE KNOWN AS MEDICAL PLAZA ONE. SO WE'VE DONE SOME EXTENSIVE RENOVATION IN THOSE AREAS, AND WE HAVE NOW RELOCATED. WHAT WAS OUR PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS, WHICH WE CALL OUR PACK TEAMS. AND WE HAVE ALSO RELOCATED OUR SMALL FOOTPRINT THAT WE HAD FOR PMR, WHICH IS A PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHAB, BUT TO A WAY LARGER FOOTPRINT. SO WITH THAT, AT LEAST THAT ENABLES US TO DO IS WE'RE PROJECTING SOME OF THE WORKLOAD FROM OR SOME OF THE PATIENTS FROM THE PLANO FACILITY THAT'S KIND OF POPPING OUT. IT SEEMS TO COME OVER TO GARLAND, AND WE'RE PROJECTING AT LEAST 800 NEW VETERANS TO COME OVER TO THIS FACILITY TO START SEEING THEIR PRIMARY CARE VISITS THERE. SO THAT IS A EVEN THOUGH CLINICALLY, CLINICALLY, IT IS AN EXPANSION. BUT BECAUSE OF THE SPACE, WE ARE EXPECTING A LARGE IMPACT OF VETERANS COMING OVER, AS WELL AS THE PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHAB, BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING A MUCH LARGER GYM, WHICH THEY DIDN'T HAVE ON SITE FOR PT AND OT, AND THEY'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON GETTING THAT STAFFED UP AND ALL THE EQUIPMENT UP AND RUNNING. SO THOSE ARE THE AREAS OF THAT OF THAT BUILDING THAT ACTUALLY ARE JUST RELOCATION. SO WE ALREADY HAD THAT. BUT IT WILL BE A BIGGER IMPACT FOR OUR PATIENTS. AND THEN HOPEFULLY BY MARCH OR APRIL WE'RE PROJECTING WE'LL HAVE OUR MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC UP, WHICH WE HAVEN'T OFFERED THAT SERVICE IN OUR GARLAND VA BEFORE. SO THAT'S ALWAYS A HUGE FOOTPRINT FOR MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS TO COME, BECAUSE WE ALWAYS HAVE A WAITING LIST FOR THAT. WE ALSO HAVE PROSTHETICS COMING OVER, WHICH WOULD BE A NEW SERVICE FOR OUR VA. AND WE HAVE SOME RADIOLOGY, WHICH IS GENERAL RAD AND SANO AND ULTRASOUND. SO ALL THOSE ARE UPCOMING VERY EARLY ON. HOPEFULLY BEFORE THE SUMMER HITS, WE'LL HAVE SOME OF THAT MOVEMENT ALREADY IN THERE AS WELL AS WE'RE TRYING TO RELOCATE OUR HOSPICE UNIT. AND THAT'S KIND OF BEEN A WORK IN PROGRESS. WE KEEP ON HAVING SMALL HICCUPS WITH CERTAIN THINGS, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE STILL VERY ADAMANTLY PUSHING FOR THE CITY, WHICH I MEAN, FOR THE FOR OUR VA IS BRINGING THAT OVER FROM OUR DALLAS CAMPUS OVER TO GARLAND VA, AND THAT WILL BE A 19 BED CAPACITY HOSPICE UNIT THAT WILL BE RELOCATING FROM THEIR NEW THAT MAYBE A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW. WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING IN DENTAL SERVICES, WHICH IS ALSO VERY, VERY HIGH IMPACT TO VETERANS. THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THOSE KIND OF APPOINTMENTS. WE HAVE SOMETHING CALLED CARE FOR ME NOW, WHICH IS BASICALLY CANCER INFUSION, AND THEY'RE TRYING TO PUSH THOSE OUT TO LIKE SOME OF THE SEE BOX, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T

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IT'S ADDITIONAL OKAY. AND WHAT CHANGES ARE YOU'RE MAKING TO THE PROFESSIONAL OFFICE BUILDINGS THAT ARE ON YOUR GROUNDS OVER THERE? THERE'S TWO YOU'VE GOT TWO BUILDINGS ON ONE SIDE, THE WEST SIDE I GUESS PROFESSIONAL OFFICE BUILDINGS. SO THOSE ARE NOT VA'S. WE ARE THE WE'RE ONLY CONNECTED TO WHAT'S IN THE ACTUAL FACILITY. SO EVERYTHING THAT IS AT 2300 MARIE CURIE, THE OTHER ONES ARE NOT, ARE NOT OUR PROPERTY AS I THINK THEY'RE PRIVATELY OWNED BY A DIFFERENT DEVELOPER. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I SEE NONE I KNOW THAT WE HAVE WE HAVE MET WITH YOU A COUPLE OF TIMES OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO.

AND, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS UPDATING AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT SEEMS LIKE YOUR PROGRESS HAS REALLY EXPLODED OF RECENT. I MEAN, FOR A LONG TIME, I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF ACTIVATION GOING ON AND, AND CERTAINLY A LOT OF RENOVATION TO THAT FACILITY GOING ON. AND SO WE WEREN'T SEEING A WHOLE LOT OF ACTIVATIONS COMING FROM THAT. BUT IT SEEMS LIKE OVER THE LAST, I DON'T KNOW, I'M GOING TO SAY SIX MONTHS SINCE. I THINK THE LAST TIME WE TALKED TO YOU, THERE'S BEEN A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN THE SERVICE LEVELS. YES, I THINK ACTUALLY I WILL SAY A LOT OF IT ENDED ON THAT DECEMBER 9TH ACTIVATION. SO NOW THAT WE'RE ABLE TO RELOCATE THOSE PENDING SERVICES THAT WERE IN PART OF THE FACILITY THAT WERE USABLE AND READY TO MOVE IN, NOW THAT THOSE HAVE VACATED, NOW WE CAN BACKFILL. AND SO WE WILL SEE A LOT OF RAPID GROWTH HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT QUARTER OR TWO, JUST PENDING TRYING TO GET, YOU KNOW, IT SET UP WITH EQUIPMENT.

SO YEAH IT'LL IT'LL WILL REALLY BOOST UP HOPEFULLY BY THE SUMMER. VERY GOOD. WELL THAT THAT IS GREAT TO SEE. AND THERE IS YOU KNOW, AS YOU WERE POINTING OUT TO COUNCILMEMBER

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IT IT WAS COMPLETELY, UTTERLY CORRODED OUT AND PROBABLY HAD BEEN THERE FOR THE LIFE OF THE BUILDING. YEAH. PROBABLY ORIGINAL. SO I MEAN, THAT'S SORT OF THE LEVEL OF, OF RENOVATIONS THAT THEY'VE HAD TO THE INNER WORKINGS OF THAT BUILDING. ONE OF THE FIRST ONES THAT I PUT ON THE BEYOND, WHICH IS THE ENERGY CENTER, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO BUILD OUT A COMPLETE NEW ENERGY CENTER. A LOT OF THE PRIVATE FACILITIES CAN HAVE THAT WITHIN THE FOOTPRINT OF THE FACILITY.

BUT FOR OUR REGULATIONS, WE NEED TO HAVE A SEPARATE BUILDING FOR THAT FOR OPERATIONS. SO YEAH, IT'LL IT'LL DEFINITELY BE EXTENSIVE. WELL VERY GOOD. WELL WE THANK YOU FOR THE WORK AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE ADDITIONAL SERVICES. YES. AND IF Y'ALL EVER HAVE ANY QUESTIONS YOU KNOW I ALWAYS MEET IN EMAIL WITH JACOB AND AYAHKU. SO JUST LET US KNOW AND WE'LL ANSWE WHATEVER WE NEED. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU MA'AM. MOVING ON TO ITEM FOUR 2025 PROPOSED BOND

[4. 2025 Proposed Bond Program Staff will present additional information regarding the 2025 Bond Program for Council Discussion.]

THIS IS GOING TO ALLOCATE BUCKETS OF MONEY TOWARD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, WHICH AND THIS WAS ANOTHER QUESTION THAT'S COME UP, IS, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE THESE OPPORTUNITIES.

AND REALLY THEY'RE CITYWIDE. THEY'RE IN EVERY EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT. AND ULTIMATELY IT'LL BE UP TO CITY COUNCIL TO DECIDE WHERE THE WHERE THE FUNDS GET SPENT. THE OTHER THING THAT WE WANTED TO ADDRESS REAL BRIEFLY, AND THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MATT TO TALK ABOUT SOME MORE

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THERE'S A LOT OF I WOULD LIKE THIS, I WOULD LIKE THAT. BUT CAN IT ACTUALLY COME TO FRUITION? SO WHAT THEY DID IS START LOOKING AT CATALYST AREAS. SO THESE CATALYST AREAS HAVE BEEN DEFINED BY THE CITY OF GARLAND'S PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND CITY COUNCIL. AND SO WE STARTED LOOKING AT CATALYST AREAS AND TRY TO FIND INVESTMENTS THAT FIT INTO THESE CHARGE BUCKETS OF LAND, ASSEMBLY, INFRASTRUCTURE, REVITALIZATION CORRIDORS AND GATEWAYS, AND DESTINATION AND AMENITIES WITH ALSO TRYING TO CONTINUE FUNDING OUR EXISTING PROGRAMS, WHICH IN THIS CASE IS NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY. THEY KNEW THAT THEY HAD A ROUGHLY $150 MILLION, AND REALLY WANTED TO TRY TO KEEP THIS AS A NO TAX RATE INCREASE. SO THIS $150 MILLION FOR ED, THE FOCUS WAS ON HOW CAN WE SCALE THAT MONEY TO GET THE BEST BANG FOR OUR BUCK IN THESE AREAS OF TOWN, WHILE ALSO NOT AVOID GOING BACK TO THE VOTERS FOR A TAX RATE INCREASE? AND YOU ALL SAW THIS FROM THE CHAIR WHEN HE PRESENTED THIS IS THEIR RECOMMENDATION OF THE PROPOSITIONS. AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE CITYWIDE STREET AND TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM, WAS A 210 MILLION AND MADE UP ABOUT 58% OF THE TOTAL PACKAGE. ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WAS 75 MILLION.

MUNICIPAL FACILITIES, WHICH IS THE GRANVILLE ARTS CENTER, WAS 25 MILLION. THERE WAS GATEWAYS AND CORRIDORS AT 20 MILLION. AND THEN WHAT WE'RE CALLING PARKS AND RECREATION, WHICH IS MOSTLY FOCUSED ON TRAILS AND PARKS AMENITIES, AND THE HARBOR POINT AREA AT 30 MILLION. HOWEVER, IN THE NOTES DOWN THERE, WE'VE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR BOND COUNCIL, AND THEY HAVE ACTUALLY STARTED PREPARING THE LANGUAGE, WHICH WE WILL BE PRESENTING TO YOU ALL ON SATURDAY. AND THEN ALSO IN OUR TWO AND TWO SESSIONS THIS WEEK TO GET INPUT ON. THEY HAVE SUGGESTED, THROUGH THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH DRAFTING LANGUAGE AND COMING UP WITH A PACKAGE THAT HOPEFULLY WILL GO TO THE VOTERS AND GET A YES. AND WHAT THEY SUGGESTED IS THE

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AND HERE'S SOME BULLET POINTS ON WHY WE'RE CONSIDERING THIS. AND IT REALLY JUST COMES DOWN TO WHAT IS OUR CITY LOOK LIKE WHEN YOU DRIVE INTO THE CITY OF GARLAND? WHAT IS THE FIRST IMPRESSION? SO THIS IS OUR CURB APPEAL. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT. THERE'S BEEN MULTIPLE STUDIES THAT SHOW THE BEAUTIFICATION AND THE WAY YOUR CITY LOOKS DRIVES UP PROPERTY VALUES AND ENTICES ADDITIONAL BUSINESSES TO COME IN AND ATTRACTS THEM. AND YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THIS IN THE TONIGHT WHEN BECKY KING GETS UP TO TALK ABOUT THIS PLAN IN DETAIL. SO I WON'T GO OVER IT A LOT, BUT WE HAVE ALLOCATED $20 MILLION THROUGH THE BOND STUDY COMMITTE. AND THE AGAIN, THIS IS A $20 MILLION SCALABLE ITEM WHICH WILL THEN BE LOOKING TO CITY COUNCIL TO PRIORITIZE AND APPLY THIS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. THE NEXT BIG ONE IS OUR ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. AND IT STARTS WITH LAND ASSEMBLY. AND WE'VE WE'VE EARMARKED $25 MILLION FOR LAND ASSEMBLY. AND WE DID THIS BY LOOKING ACROSS ALL THE CATALYST AREAS AND TRYING TO FIND PROPERTY. THAT ONE IS STRATEGIC IN A GREAT LOCATION, WHERE WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GRAB AHOLD OF THAT TO COME TO A BIGGER DESTINATION. WE ALSO LOOKED AT WHAT IS THE FEASIBILITY OF US ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO ACQUIRE THAT LAND. IT'S USUALLY DIFFICULT TO ACQUIRE A LAND THAT HAS, SAY, A LARGE BUILDING ON IT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEMOLISH. SO WE WERE LOOKING FOR VACANT, UNDERUTILIZED LAND. AND THROUGH THAT ANALYSIS, WE KIND OF IDENTIFIED HARBOR POINT, DOWNTOWN, SOUTH GARLAND AND THE MEDICAL DISTRICTS AS KEY AREAS. BUT JUDD MENTIONED A VERY IMPORTANT POINT. THE MONEY NEEDS TO GO WHERE THE OPPORTUNITIES COME UP. THIS IS A CITYWIDE PROGRAM. THIS IS JUST OUR LOOK, A SNAPSHOT IN TIME OF WHAT WE FEEL IS THE BEST APPROACH AND THE BEST POSSIBILITIES OUT THERE AS FAR AS LAND ASSEMBLAGE. THE NEXT BIG ONE COMES WITH DESTINATION AND AMENITIES, AND

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SO WE HAVE LAND AND WE CAN PUT LAND TOGETHER TO ATTRACT BUSINESSES. TO COME IS ONE WAY, THE OTHER IS AN UNDERUTILIZED AREAS. HOW DO WE ATTRACT THEM TO OPEN UP THEIR BUSINESS? AND I'VE USED THE TERM GAP FINANCING SOME WITH THIS. SO FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU WANT TO ENTICE SOMEONE TO COME TO HARBOR POINT, YOU WANT TO ENTICE, SAY, A MEDICAL FACILITY TO COME TO THE MEDICAL DISTRICT, THERE MAY BE A GAP IN THEIR ABILITY TO PAY THE CAPITAL COST ASSOCIATED WITH A NEW BUILDING. SO THIS, AGAIN, IS A CITYWIDE INITIATIVE. BUT WE FOCUSED ON THESE THREE AREAS WITH THE MEDICAL DISTRICT, HARBOR POINT AND SOUTH GARLAND BEING THE BEING THE RIGHT NOW, THE MOST CRITICAL AREAS OF TOWN WHERE AN INCENTIVE COULD COME INTO PLAY. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT CITYWIDE, SOMETHING ELSE COULD COME UP AND CITY COUNCIL CAN CHOOSE TO TAKE THAT PATH.

THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE ED PROPOSITION COMES IN AT 17 MILLION. 7 MILLION OF IT CAME WITH DISCONTINUING THE NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY PROGRAM. AND WHEN I SAY THAT IT'S JUST CONTINUING THE FUNDING OF IT, HOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY PROGRAM LOOKS MOVING FORWARD IS REALLY A CITY COUNCIL POLICY DECISION. AGAIN, THIS IS ALL JUST ESTABLISHING A FUNDING MECHANISM TO CONTINUE FORWARD AND TO CONTINUE TO GROW. GARLAND. THE REVITALIZATION WOULD BE A NEW PROGRAM, SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN DOWNTOWN. COULD BE A FACADE IMPROVEMENT. IT COULD BE A HOME IMPROVEMENT. IT COULD BE SHOPPING CENTERS. ANYTHING REALLY CAN FIT INTO THAT. SO WE'VE JUST TOUTED THAT AS REVITALIZATION AND CAPPED IT AT 10 MILLION. AND WITH PROPOSITION C, AS WE MOVE FORWARD HERE, I'M GOING TO ASK AMY AND CHIP TO COME UP TO TALK IN DETAIL ABOUT THE GRANVILLE ARTS CENTER RENOVATION AND HOW THAT CAN BE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL. YES.

HI, I'M CHIP VAN PELT. I LIVE IN DISTRICT SEVEN. I'M A MEMBER OF THE GARLAND CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION AND A MEMBER OF THE BOND STUDY COMMITTEE. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR LETTING US COME AND PRESENT THIS. BEFORE I TALK ABOUT THE GARLAND, ABOUT THE GRANVILLE ARTS CENTER, I WANT TO FIRST TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND TALK ABOUT THE ARTS AND THE ECONOMY, PARTICULARLY IN GARLAND. INCREASINGLY, MUNICIPALITIES ARE USING THE ARTS AS AN ECONOMIC ENGINE. THE ARTS ENRICH THE LIVES OF CITIZENS, ATTRACT VISITORS, ACTIVATE UNDERUTILIZED AREAS, SPARK CREATIVITY, CELEBRATE DIVERSITY AND POSITIVELY CHANGE THE PERCEPTIONS OF A CITY. IN 2022, THE CITY OF GARLAND AND THE GARLAND CULTURAL ARTS PARTICIPATED IN THE ARTS AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY SIX STUDY, WHICH IS PUT ON BY THE AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS. THIS IS A SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL IMPACT STUDY OF THE NATION'S NONPROFIT ARTS AND CULTURAL INDUSTRY. THE RESULTS OF THE. LATEST. YEAH, LET'S SEE. I'M JUST GOING TO SLIDE DOWN. IT'S OKAY. WE JUST USE IT I JUST YEAH, THERE WE GO. YEAH. THIS IS AN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IMPACT STUDY OF THE NATION'S NONOFITS AND ARTS AND CULTURE INDUSTRY. I THINK THE RESULTS ARE ARE PRETTY INTERESTING. THIS IS THESE ARE THESE ARE RESULTS FOR FROM GARLAND IN 2022. THE DIRECT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY OF THE NONPROFITS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR AUDIENCES IN GARLAND. IT AMOUNTED TO AND THIS IS 2022 AMOUNTED TO OVER $18 MILLION. THE RELATIVE THE EVENT RELATED SPENDING BY THE ARTS AND CULTURE AUDIENCES AMOUNTED TO 15,815,00. LOCALLY, THE LOCAL ATTENDEES CONTRIBUTED 12 MILLION OF THIS.

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AND IT SHOWS THAT THE PEOPLE COME FROM ALL O OVER NOT JUST GARLAND AND NOT JUST THE AREA BUT FROM ALL OVER TEXAS EVEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN CALIFORNIA, WASHINGTON VERMONT, FLORIDA, IT'S PEOPLE ARE COMING PLACES FROM PLACES TO COME SEE THINGS HERE. IT'S A TOURISM DRIVER. THE AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS ALSO JUST CAME OUT WITH A BRAND NEW SURVEY LAST MONTH WHERE THEY INTERVIEWED OVER 3000 AMERICANS ABOUT THEIR VIEWS ON THE ARTS, AS IT CONCERNS THEIR COMMUNITY, AS IT CONCERNS EDUCATION, DIVERSITY. AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT WHAT THIS SURVEY SAID ABOUT THE ARTS AND YOUR COMMUNITY. FIRST ARTS ADDS VALUE. 86% OF AMERICANS BELIEVE ARTS AND CULTURE IMPROVE MY COMMUNITY'S QUALITY OF LIFE AND VIABILITY. LIVABILITY, ARTS FUNDING. MORE THAN FOUR OUT OF FIVE AMERICANS SUPPORT GOVERNMENT FUNDING FOR ARTS PROGRAMS THAT IMPROVE COMMUNITY SOCIALLY, ECONOMICALLY, AND EDUCATIONALLY. PEOPLE GO TO ART EXPERIENCES. 79% OF AMERICAN ADULTS VISITED OR ATTENDED AN IN-PERSON ARTS EVENT, AND IT'S A TOURISM DRIVER. 79% OF AMERICANS AGREE THAT ARTS ARTS ATTRACT TRAVELERS AND ARE GOOD FOR TOURISM, JOBS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUES. 72% OF AMERICANS FAVOR GOVERNMENT FUNDING OF ARTS AND CULTURE TO ADDRESS JOBS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUES. WE VALUE THE ARTS. 76% OF AMERICAN ADULTS AGREE. ARTS AND CULTURE ARE PERSONALLY IMPORTANT TO ME, AND IT UNIFIES, UNIFIES COMMUNITIES. 72% BELIEVE THAT ARTS AND CULTURE PROVIDE SHARED EXPERIENCES WITH PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT RACES, ETHNICITIES, ETHNICITIES, AGES, BELIEFS, AND IDENTITIES. AND WE WANT ARTISTS TO LIVE AND CREATE IN OUR COMMUNITY. TWO THIRDS OF AMERICANS FEEL IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ARTISTS TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD HOUSING AND CREATE IN MY COMMUNITY, SO. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE CULTURAL ARTS, I WANT YOU TO THINK OF SOMETHING MORE THAN, HEY, THAT WAS A GREAT SHOW OR THIS IS BEAUTIFUL ART. YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS THAT WE'VE SEEN AND EXPERIENCED. I WANT YOU TO THINK MORE NOW IS THE ARTS IS ROI, YOU KNOW? THERE ARE A

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ACCORDING TO A FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT, MOST OF THE MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ARE AT OR PAST THEIR LIFE'S END, INCLUDING FIRE SUPPRESSION, HVAC, ELECTRICAL, WATER HEATING. THE ASSESSMENT IDENTIFIES THE FACILITY AS HIGH PRIORITY. NOW, IF YOU'VE BEEN TO A SHOW AT EITHER OF THE THEATERS AT THE GRANVILLE, YOU'VE PROBABLY NOTICED THAT ACCESSIBILITY IS A REAL PROBLEM IN THE LARGE THEATER. THERE'S NO ADA SEATING, AND JUST MANEUVERING THROUGH THE AISLES AND GETTING TO YOUR SEATS, EVEN FOR THE MOST ABLE BODIED PERSON, IS KIND OF A CHORE. SO GARLAND. THE GRANVILLE ART CENTER CELEBRATES ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY IN 2032. THIS IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER. THIS PROPOSAL IS FOR A RENOVATION AND REMODEL OF THE GAC THAT WILL TRANSITION THE VENUE INTO THE NEXT 50 YEARS OR BEYOND. THIS PROPOSAL WOULD NOT ONLY INCLUDE UPGRADING THE OUTDATED MECHANICAL SYSTEMS, BUT ALSO INCREASE AESSIBILITY AND FUNCTIONALITY BY RECONFIGURING THE BROWNLEE AUDITORIUM AND SMALL THEATER TO INCREASE UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBILITY AND COMFORT. IT WOULD REDESIGN THE LOBBY AND CONCESSION AREA TO EXPAND SERVICE OPERATIONS, IMPROVE THE ADMINISTRATION AREA WITH AN ADDITION OF MEETING ROOM AND CLASSROOM SPACE, AND RESTRUCTURE THE FACILITY FRONT ELEVATION TO BUILD CONNECTION TO THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE AND ATTRACT VISITORS. NOW, THIS IS A FLOOR PLAN OF THE OF THE RENOVATION.

RIGHT HERE YOU'LL NOTICE THE GRAY AREA IS WOULD BE UNTOUCHED. IT'S THE BACKSTAGE DRESSING ROOM STORAGE AREA WHICH WAS RENOVATED NOT THAT LONG AGO, TEN YEARS AGO OR SO. IT'S IN GOOD SHAPE. THE THEATER'S. THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN SEE THERE. THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD BE BASICALLY REDOING THE SEATING OF BOTH THEATERS WHERE THE ADMINISTRATION OFFICES ARE RIGHT NOW. THAT WOULD NOW BECOME A CLASSROOM MEETING SPACE. AND JUST A RE REDOING OF THE OF THE RESTROOMS THAT THIS AREA RIGHT HERE, THERE, THE AREA ABOVE THAT RIGHT HERE NOW WOULD BE A NEW BUILD. AND THAT'S WHERE THE ADMINISTRATION OFFICES WOULD BE. AND THIS AREA RIGHT THERE IS KIND OF A RECONFIGURING OF THE WHOLE IT'S GOING TO HAVE A BOX OFFICE THAT WOULD FACE OUT AND RIGHT BEHIND IT AN ACTUAL CONCESSION STAND, A CONCESSION BAR OR WHATEVER. SO LET'S TAKE A WALK UP TO THE RENOVATED GRANVILLE ARTS CENTER. HERE'S THE EXISTING FACILITY. SO NOW LET'S SAY WE'RE GOING UP TO A SHOW, AND WE'RE WALKING UP TO THE TO THE NEW, BEAUTIFUL, ATTRACTIVE, SLEEK NEW FACADE.

YOU'RE APPROACHING TO THE MAIN ENTRANCE, AND YOU COULD SEE THAT. THERE'S A SINGLE MAIN ENTRANCE AND THE OUTSIDE CONCESSION STAND. I MEAN, OUTSIDE. TICKET BOX OFFICE IS RIGHT THERE. SO THIS IS, AS YOU'RE WALKING UP, EASY ACCESS THERE. AND THEN ONCE YOU ENTER, YOU'LL HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL LOBBY AND A GREAT CONCESSION STAND. AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE EASY ACCESS TO THE SHOW. SO IT'S A WHOLE NEW EXPERIENCE FROM WHAT YOU'VE SEEN THERE BEFORE. NOW THIS

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AND IT'S NOT THAT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. IT WOULD IT WOULD BE REALLY SAD TO NEGLECT THE GRANVILLE AND LET IT GO INTO DISREPAIR. LIKE THE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT DESIGNED KALITA HUMPHREYS THEATER IN DALLAS. THEY'VE BEEN BATTLING THIS FOR YEARS. ESTIMATES TO RESTORE THE HISTORICAL BUILDING. THEY CAME IN WITH A MASTER PLAN LAST YEAR THAT WAS VERY EXPENSIVE, AND IT BLEW THE CITY COUNCIL AWAY. IT WAS 350 MILLION TO RENOVATE THAT WHOLE AREA, BUT THE RENOVATIONS WOULD COST AROUND 50 MILLION. WELL, THE BOND ELECTION LAST YEAR, THE DALLAS BOND ELECTION FOR THE FOR THE ARTS FACILITIES ALLOTTED 9 MILLION FOR THE KALITA HUMPHREYS, WHICH IS JUST A IT'S A BAND AID, YOU KNOW, SO THEY'RE GOING TO THEY'VE GOT A WAYS TO GO. SO WITHOUT THESE RENOVATIONS TO THE GRANVILLE, I JUST HATE TO SEE THAT A FUTURE BOND STUDY COMMITTEE HAVE TO FACE THE CHALLENGE OF ASKING GARLAND GARLAND CITIZENS TO SCRAPE THE EXISTING BUILDING IN ORDER TO BUILD A NEW ARTS CENTER AT A MUCH, MUCH HIGHER COST. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY NOW TO RESTORE AND IMPROVE THE FACILITY THAT WE CAN BE PROUD OF FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS, AND ALSO WITHOUT INCREASING OUR TAX RATE. YOU KNOW, SO NOW'S T TIME FOR THIS. SO I GUESS IF THERE'S IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL HAVE THE ANSWERS, BUT WE'LL SEE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS PORTION. COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION. JUST ONE OBSERVATION. SOME OF THE SOME OF THE PRESENTATIONS, THE SHOWS THAT THAT YOU ALL HAVE PUT ON ARE HELD AT THE PLAZA THEATER. SO WHERE I'M GOING WITH THAT IS THERE WAS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION FOR UPGRADING THAT FACILITY? BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN SEVERAL SHOWS AT BOTH PLACES, AND THERE ARE NEEDS AT THAT FACILITY. SO HELP ME, HELP ME WITH, WITH AND NOT HELP ME WITH THAT. AND NOT NOT ONLY. I THINK WE'RE GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE WE ACTUALLY NEED MORE FACILITIES, MORE VENUES, MORE OPPORTUNITY. YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING WE'RE BACK. WE'RE, YOU KNOW, AT THE GRANVILLE AT, YOU KNOW, WE GOT A YEAR. THEY'RE BOOKED YEARS, A YEAR IN ADVANCE. AND WE HAVE PEOPLE ASKING ALL THE TIME. SO I THINK WE ACTUALLY NEED MORE. NOT ONLY THE GRANVILLE, BOTH THEATERS AND THE PLAZA, BUT ACTUALLY I THINK WE NEED MORE VENUES, A BLACK BOX, WE NEED MORE. SO. YOU KNOW, SO THE QUESTION WAS, HAS THERE BEEN ANY CONSIDERATION FOR RENOVATIONS TO THE PLAZA? WELL, WE KNOW THAT THE PLAZA HITS THE SWEET SPOT IN TERMS OF AUDIENCE SIZE. I MEAN, AND IT'S RIGHT THERE ON THE SQUARE AS WELL TOO.

AND IT SERVES A GREAT FUNCTION TO KIND OF EAT AND SEE A SHOW. YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS IN FOR MORE MONEY, RIGHT, MATT? SO NO, NO, I MEAN, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT THAT THESE TYPES OF RENOVATIONS ARE ARE IMPORTANT. I THINK AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, REALLY FOCUSING ON THE GRANVILLE WAS THE INTENT FOR THE BOND COMMITTEE STUDY THE PLAZA. THE PLAZA. I THINK THE RESTROOMS NEED A REFRESH, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY A SEAT ADJUSTMENT. BUT IT'S A REALLY SUPER FUNCTIONING SPACE. AND, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, I MEAN, THERE COULD BE SOME LIMITED DOLLARS

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I, I, I FEEL LIKE THIS THIS THE POTENTIAL OF A REFRESH FOR GRANVILLE ARTS CENTER OPENS US UP TO SOME MORE DAYTIME AND WEEKDAY TYPES OF ACTIVITIES. YOU KNOW, WE AGAIN WE'RE WE'RE PACKED ON WEEKNIGHTS OR WEEKENDS AND NIGHTS. THERE'S LOTS OF ACTIVITY. BUT HAVING A CLASSROOM MEETING SPACE, HAVING A MORE ATTRACTIVE LOBBY AREA, PERHAPS THERE'S SOME WAYS THAT WE CAN UTILIZE THE FACILITY TO KEEP IT MORE ACTIVE DURING THE WEEKDAYS. AND IF YOU TALK ABOUT ROI, IT'S NOT JUST NUMBER OF EVENTS THERE. SO THAT ANSWERS THAT QUESTION, BUT IT'S ACCESSIBILITY GETTING PEOPLE IN THERE. YOU CAN FILL MORE SEATS. I MEAN, YES, IT'S DATED INSIDE. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S FROM THE 80S. IT DEFINITELY DOES. BUT IF YOU GET MORE INVITING, I THINK THE FACADE LOOKS AWESOME. I LOVE WHAT THE GENSLER HAS DONE THERE. IT'S REALLY LOOKS COOL AND JUST GETTING MORE PEOPLE TO COME DOWN, MAKE IT MORE INVITING. YOU'LL INCREASE ROI, NO PROBLEM.

AND ONE QUESTION, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER THIS, BUT IS THAT ROI NUMBER YOU PROVIDED THAT 660 MILLION OR $600,000? AND HOW MUCH OF THAT ROI WAS FROM THE MAYOR, SPENDING AND SPENDERS AFTER EVENTS THAT HE WENT TO? GUILTY. YEAH. ME TOO. ME TOO. YEAH, EXACTLY. NO, I THINK I THINK CONTRIBUTED LOOKS WONDERFUL. ABSOLUTELY GREAT. AND I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, WHEN I PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THE GRANVILLE AND THE SHOWS THAT GO ON THERE. AND WHEN I HEARD THIS WAS COMING THROUGH THE BOND STUDY COMMITTEE, I THINK MR. X AND I WERE HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT, AND HE MENTIONED THE AMOUNT 25 MILLION. AND HONESTLY, MY FIRST RESPONSE WAS, IS THAT ENOUGH? I MEAN, THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T A QUESTION OF SHOULD WE SPEND THE MONEY? IT WAS A QUESTION OF, IS THAT REALLY ENOUGH TO COVER WHAT WE NEED TO DO HERE? I WILL TAKE THE ASSURANCES OF YOU GUYS. I MEAN, THAT IT IS I MEAN, I WILL TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, THE YES, THERE ARE ONLY SO MANY NIGHTS OF THE WEEK AND WEEKENDS, AND THERE ARE ONLY SO MANY SHOWS THAT WE CAN BRING IN. BUT ONE THING I CAN TELL YOU IS, IS IF WE IT IF WE IMPROVE THE EXPERIENCE, YOU GET MUCH MORE RETURN ON THAT. YOU KNOW, I SEE IT FROM THE PATRONS OF THE SHOWS, BUT I ALSO SEE IT FROM THE, THE ACTS THAT COME IN. AND IF YOU INCREASE THAT EXPERIENCE, IF YOU IF YOU GET A LOT MORE OUT OF THAT THAN WHAT YOU REALLY IMAGINED IN THE FIRST PLACE. SO I CERTAINLY SUPPORT US MOVING FORWARD WITH RENOVATING THE FACILITY. IT DOES. YOU KNOW THAT MAP, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE EVENTS THERE. AMY AND I OFTEN LOOK AT THE MAP OF WHERE PEOPLE BOUGHT TICKETS FROM FOR THESE SHOWS. IT'S INCREDIBLE. IT IS, IT IS. YOU THINK IT'S JUST GARLAND. ROWLETT, SAXY, WILEY, MAYBE DALLAS, BUT IT IS SO FAR BEYOND THAT THAT SO IT IS IT IS DEFINITELY BRINGING PEOPLE INTO THE CITY. SO I THINK IT'S A FANTASTIC USE OF OUR, OUR TIME AND MONEY. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT I APPRECIATE IT I THINK THAT'S ALL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. SORRY I HAVE NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. MATT YOU HAVE MORE TO GO. YOU. THANK YOU. THANK. IT'S KIND OF TO PIGGYBACK ON MR. WILLIAMS QUESTION ON ON WHAT EXACTLY WAS EVALUATED THROUGH THIS. THE BOND STUDY

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THE PREVIOUS BOND PROGRAM HAD SPECIFIC PROJECTS IDENTIFIED FOR DEVELOPMENT. AND IF YOU LOOK AT STREETS, THE THING THAT STANDS OUT IS HOW IS ONLY 31% OF THIS DONE? WELL, IF YOU REMEMBER BACK IN THE 2019 BOND PROGRAM, THESE WERE MAJOR ROADWAYS SUCH AS SHILOH ROAD OR NAAMAN, WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF LAND ACQUISITION AND RIGHT OF WAY THAT HAS TO BE PURCHASED FIRST BEFORE THE CONSTRUCTION CAN START. WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THIS PROGRAM IS A FIVE YEAR PROGRAM TO IMPROVE OUR STREETS. THE PAVEMENT OF $210 MILLION. SO THE $210 MILLION IS THERE TO IMPROVE RESIDENTIAL STREETS AND ALLEYS. WE'VE ALSO ADDED $20 MILLION FOR GATEWAYS AND CORRIDORS TO IMPROVE THE ATTRACTIVENESS. AS YOU'RE ENTERING THE CITY. AND IN THESE CORRIDORS AND INTERSECTIONS, DRAINAGE, YOU CAN SEE THAT WAS THERE IS A ZERO HERE, AND WE HAD 47.3 MILLION INCHES 2019. REMEMBER THAT WE ARE TRYING TO LOOK AT A DIFFERENT WAY TO FUND OUR DRAINAGE PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD BY USING OUR STORMWATER RATE, WHICH IS WHAT MOST OTHER CITIES DO. SO MOVING FORWARD, OUR DRAINAGE WE'RE TRYING TO INCORPORATE WITHIN THAT PROGRAM ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE BASICALLY EXHAUSTED THE ENTIRE $46 MILLION FROM THE 2019 BOND PROGRAM, WITH A VAST MAJORITY OF THIS UTILIZED FOR LAND ASSEMBLY. YES, WE WANT TO CONTINUE LAND ASSEMBLY, BUT THIS IS KIND OF THE NEXT STEP TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND AND ACTUALLY START GETTING THINGS ON THE GROUND DESTINATIONS. SO THERE'S MONEY SET ASIDE. I TALKED ABOUT INCENTIVES OF $33 MILLION TO TRY TO BRING FORWARD AND ATTRACT PEOPLE. THE MUNICIPAL FACILITY. CHIP AND AMY DID A WONDERFUL JOB DESCRIBING THE ARTS. AND AGAIN IN THE MUNICIPAL FACILITIES IN 2019. THIS WAS PRIMARILY RELATED TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY. THERE WAS FIRE STATIONS. WE ALSO HAD AN ANIMAL SHELTER. SO THAT'S KIND OF ALL LUMPED INTO THAT NUMBER.

IN THIS PARTICULAR ONE, WE'RE FOCUSING ON CULTURAL ARTS AND PARKS AND RECREATION. IN 2019 WAS A HUGE WIN FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND, AND ACQUIRING $117.8 MILLION FOR OUR PARKS MUCH NEEDED FUNDS. AND THEY ARE ABOUT 82% COMPLETE. AGAIN, THIS ONE IS A FOCUS ON HARBOR POINT OF 30 MILLION TO BRING IN THE AMENITIES TO HOPEFULLY DRIVE ADDITIONAL SALES TAX, ADDITIONAL PROPERTY TAX. THE BOND STUDY COMMITTEE SHOWED THIS SLIDE LAST TIME. I WAS JUST GOING TO REITERATE IT ON SOME OTHER THINGS THEY WANTED TO HONE IN ON WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COMMUNICATION, BECAUSE THIS THIS BOND BOND PACKAGE IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE LAST, WHICH

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AND AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER THIS IN MUCH MORE DETAIL ON SATURDAY. YES. AND ON SATURDAY THE FOCUS WILL REALLY BE ON PROPOSITION LANGUAGE AND ENSURING THAT COUNCIL WE DIDN'T MISS ANYTHING. AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES YES THAT SATURDAY. BUT I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS NOW. AND THERE'S STILL THE ONE ON ONE OR THE TWO ON TWOS. TWO ON TWO. EXCUSE ME. YES TWO ON TWO UPDATES AND YOU'LL COUNCIL YOU'LL GET YOUR BRIEFINGS THIS WEEK. A COPY OF THE PROPOSITION LANGUAGE. SO YOU'LL HAVE TIME TO LOOK AT THAT BEFORE SATURDAY. AND THEN WE'LL OF COURSE DISCUSS IT ON SATURDAY AS WELL. I THINK OTHERWISE WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU'VE GOT NOW OR THAT WE CAN BE PREPARED TO ANSWER ON SATURDAY. AND GENERALLY IF, IF COMBINING THE GATEWAYS AND CORRIDORS PROPOSITION WITH STREETS IS AS A GOOD DIRECTION TO GO. SO AGAIN, JUST A FEW POINTS OF GUIDANCE THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR EITHER TODAY OR ON SATURDAY.

OKAY I HAVE NO ONE IN THE QUEUE. SO I ASSUME WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT ON SATURDAY. ALL RIGHT.

[5. Preview and Presentation of the 2025 Proposed Capital Improvement Program The City Manager will present the 2025 Proposed Capital Improvement Program to the City Council, followed by a presentation from Matt Watson and Allyson Steadman about the 2025 Proposed Capital Improvement Program.]

SO REALLY, IN LOOKING AT WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE FOR THIS, THE PROPOSED CIP, THERE'S NOTHING DIFFERENT. IN FACT, THIS IS A COPY AND PASTE FROM LAST YEAR. AND I THI THE THREE PRINCIPLES HERE HOLD TRUE THAT WE WANT TO FINISH WHAT WE HAVE STARTED. WE WANT TO FUND THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF AND TAKE CARE OF WHAT WE HAVE, AND THEN ALSO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE. THAT'S REALLY WHAT OUR GOALS ARE IN THE IN THE PROPOSED CIP. SO HOW THAT PLAYS OUT IN THE CIP, WHEN WE TALK ABOBOUT FINISHING WHAT WE'E STARTED, THAT REALLY HAS TO DO WITH THE 20, THE 2004 AND THE 2019 BOND PROGRAMS AND THE 2025 PROPOSED CIP FUNDS. ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS IN IN FULL AND PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY INFLATION ADJUSTMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE ON THOSE PROJECTS AS WELL. WHEN IT COMES TO TAKING CARE OF WHAT WE HAVE, WHETHER THIS IS EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE OR FACILITIES, THE CITY HAS A LOT TO TAKE CARE OF AND A LOT OF THAT NEEDS CAPITAL INVESTMENT.

AND THAT'S PROVIDED FOR IN THE 2025 CIP AND THEN PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE. AND IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, ALISON, THIS IS REALLY WHAT SUMS UP THE PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE PART OF THIS. SO REALLY OVER THE NEXT FIVE, FIVE ISH YEARS, WE'LL CALL IT THERE IS THERE'S A PLANNED SPEND OF ABOUT $1 BILLION. AND THIS IS KIND OF HOW THAT BREAKS DOWN. SO THE PROPOSED CIP ITSELF, THE

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SO THIS IS WHAT THE OVERALL CIP LOOKS LIKE AS YOU'RE AS YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH, WE GENERALLY BREAK DOWN OUR CIP INTO TAX SUPPORTED PROJECTS THAT THAT ARE FUNDED BY THE GENERAL FUND AND DEBT SERVICE FUND, 239 MILLION FOR THAT. AND THEN WE HAVE INTERNAL SERVICE PROJECTS, WHICH IS A USUALLY A SMALLER SPEND AS PART OF THE CIP. AND THEN THE BIGGEST PORTION IS OUR UTILITY SUPPORTED PROJECTS. SO THIS IS ELECTRIC. THIS IS WATER AND WASTEWATER PRIMARILY LOOKING TO INVEST IN CAPITAL PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS THROUGH THOSE THROUGH OUR UTILITIES. SO ALL IN WE'RE AT ABOUT SEVEN $575 MILLION FOR A CIP, SLIGHTLY MORE THAN THAN LAST YEAR. THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL IN TERMS OF JUST THE TAX SUPPORTED CIP. SO THAT 239 MILLION AND HOW THAT BREAKS DOWN.N. YOU CAN SEE THE BIGGEST PORTION OF THAT IS EITHER EXISTING PROJECTS OR OUR 2004 OR 2019 BOND PROGRAM. SO THAT'S WHAT MAKES UP MOST OF THIS. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF NEW PROJECTS REALLY. GOING BACK TO THE FIRST PRIORITY FOR THE CIP, WHICH IS TO FINISH WHAT WE'VE STARTED, WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED IN ON THAT FOR THE 2025 CIP, AND I THINK THIS LAST SLIDE HERE, THIS IS JUST A BREAKDOWN AGAIN OF THE TAX SUPPORTED PROGRAM AREAS. YOUR YOUR IN YOUR CIP DOCUMENT.

THIS IS HOW IT'S BROKEN DOWN AS FAR AS PROJECT CATEGORIES. AND YOU KIND OF SEE HOW THAT WORKS OUT. STILL THE TOP THREE PARKS STREETS TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE TAX SUPPORTED SIDE. ON THE UTILITY SIDE, ELECTRIC GAS MAKES UP A BIG PORTION OF THE ELECTRIC OR THE UTILITY CIP, ESPECIALLY WITH THE TRANSMISSION ACTIVITIES THAT ARE THAT ARE PLANNED BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF GARLAND. QUITE A BIG SPEND THERE. SO TOTAL UTILITY AND INTERNAL SERVICE OF JUST OVER $335 MILLION. AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ALISON AND MATT. THANK YOU JED.

SO I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY GO OVER WHAT YOU'LL FIND WITHIN YOUR CIP DOCUMENT AND WHAT'S KIND OF UNDER EACH SECTION, SINCE IT IS A HEFTY BINDER YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU THAT WILL BE ASKING YOU TO DIGEST OVER THE NEXT MONTH. SO FIRST YOU HAVE YOUR CITY MANAGER CIP MESSAGE WHERE JED LAYS OUT THE PRIORITIES AND THE FINANCIAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE CONTEXT THAT EXISTED AROUND THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIS PROPOSED CIP THAT'S PRESENTED TO YOU TONIGHT. WE THEN GO INTO OUR OVERVIEW SECTION, WHICH IS KIND OF A BACKGROUND OF WHAT THE CIP IS, WHAT ARE THE DEBT INSTRUMENTS WE USE FOR THE CIP, AS WELL AS A NARRATIVE ABOUT THE PROJECTS AND THE MAJOR PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THIS YEAR'S PLAN. SO IT'S A REALLY GOOD SECTION AND KIND OF A SUMMARY IN WORDS OF EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THIS DOCUMENT. NEXT, WE MOVED INTO OUR DEBT ALLOCATION SECTION, WHICH REALLY JUST OUTLINES HOW MUCH DEBT WE'RE PLANNING TO ISSUE, NOT ONLY FOR THE 2025 PLAN, THAT COUNCIL WILL BE ASKING COUNCIL TO APPROVE FOLLOWING THEIR REVIEW, BUT ALSO FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. GOING BACK TO THAT DEBT DONUT, LOOKING AT THAT LONG TERM SPEND, WE ALSO PRESENT A MULTI-YEAR VIEW ON THE DEBT PROJECTIONS REQUIRED TO SUPPORT THIS MULTI-YEAR PLAN IN FRONT OF YOU. OUR 2024 CIP STATUS SECTION IS REALLY JUST A COMPARISON OF WHERE WE ARE THIS YEAR TO WHERE WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT BE THIS TIME WHWHEN WE WERE PROJECTING IN LAT

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[6. Corridors and Gateways Revitalization Program Update Staff and TBG design professionals will brief Council on the progress of the Corridors and Gateways Revitalization Program.]

HE'S THE DIRECTOR OF OUR EXPERIENTIAL GRAPHICS TEAM HERE AT TBG PARTNERS. SO HE WAS OBVIOUSLY INSTRUMENTAL TO THIS. WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH MASSIVE ART AND LUDICORP TO HELP BRING AN ARTISTIC LAYER OVER THE TOP OF THIS, AS ART, WE FOUND, IS A REALLY IMPORTANT COMPONENT TO THIS PROJECT AND OBVIOUSLY TO THE CITY. AND THEN LUDICORP HELPED US WITH SOME OF THE PRICING. THIS PROJECT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO ME, HAVING PREVIOUSLY BEEN A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF GARLAND FOR OVER 17 YEARS, DISTRICT THREE WITH COUNCILMAN MOORE THERE. SO I GREATLY DO APPRECIATE MAYOR AND COUNCIL JUST HEARING US TODAY, AND LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU GUYS MAY HAVE THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT, NOT ONLY TO THE CITY, BUT AS WELL AS US, IS TO WORK WITH, YOU KNOW, MR. HESS AND MISS KING ON THIS PROJECT, AS WELL AS OVER TEN ADDITIONAL CITY STAFF MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. SO THOSE WERE IN A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS THAT WE HELD JUST RIGHT NEXT DOOR, AS WELL AS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AT VARIOUS LIBRARIES AND OTHER AREAS AROUND, JUST TO GET THAT CONTINUOUS FEEDBACK LOOP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE RESPONDING TO EVERYTHING THAT THE CITY IS HEARING ALONG THE WAY FROM THE GREAT RESIDENTS OF GARLAND THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT, WE ALWAYS WANT TO ESTABLISH THOSE VISIONS AND GOALS UP FRONT THAT WE WANT TO TRY TO ACHIEVE FOR THIS PROJECT. AND SO FOR THIS ONE, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY, WAS THAT WE WANTED TO ESTABLISH A UNIFIED BRAND AND IDENTI FOR THESE CORRIDORS AND THESE GATEWAYS. WE ALSO WANTED TO ATTRACT THE EXTERNAL INVESTORS AND ALSO JUST PROMOTE CURIOSITY AND EXPLORATION

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SO WHEN YOU'RE ALREADY ENHANCING THAT VEHICULAR PAVEMENT, THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT IN NEW CROSSWALKS THAT WOULD MEET THAT STANDARD, THE OPPORTUNITY TO DRESS UP THE MEDIAN NOSINGS TO IDENTIFY THAT. AND WE'LL SHOW SOME MORE IMAGERY OF THIS, BUT ALSO THE IDEA THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE YOU DON'T HAVE TO OVER PLANT THESE AREAS AS WELL. ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THE GARLAND VIBE IS THE DIVERSITY AND THE ECLECTIC NATURE OF IT. AND SO THE IDEAS OF COMING IN WITH POCKETS OF ENHANCEMENTS ALONG THE WAY, ALWAYS BEING VERY MINDFUL OF THE MAINTENANCE ASPECT AND THEN, YOU KNOW, LET THE DESIGN BREATHE A LITTLE BIT THROUGHOUT THOSE LONG CORRIDORS SO THAT WE'RE NOT REALLY CHALLENGING THE FUNDING ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT AND THEN HAVE A GREAT PUNCH AGAIN OF ENHANCEMENTS AS YOU CONTINUE TO WORK DOWN INTO AREAS THAT HAS IT ALLOWS YOU GUYS TO WORK AROUND THE EXISTING CONDITIONS. IT ALLOWS YOU TO NOT HAVE TO INCUR ADDITIONAL COST BASED ON HAVING TO MOVE A LOT OF UTILITIES AND THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES. SO WE WANTED A VERY FLEXIBLE DESIGN, AND WE WANTED ONE THAT'S ACHIEVABLE AS WELL. SO WITH THE NEW CORRIDORS THAT THEN TRANSITIONS TO BEAUTIFICATION ONES, WHAT ARE ONES THAT YOU KNOW MIGHT BE AN IMPORTANT CORRIDOR TO YOU GUYS THAT THE ROADWAY IS IN GREAT CONDITION.

SO WIT THAT, THESE DESIGNS ARE NOT MEANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL BASED ON ONE COMPONENT. AND SO WE'RE SAYING DON'T COME IN AND TEAR UP ALL THE VEHICULAR PAVEMENT, YOU KNOW, STRATEGIZE A PROJECT THAT JUST ENHANCES THOSE MEDIANS. YOU'LL SEE WITH THIS BEAUTIFICATION CORRIDOR, THE ONLY CHANGE ULTIMATELY HAPPENS IS THAT THE CROSSWALKS GO AWAY. BUT THE PROJECT IS REALLY JUST FOCUSED ON THAT CENTRAL MEDIAN, ALLOWING YOU TO BRING THOSE UP TO THE STANDARD WITH EVERYTHING ELSE, AND TO GET THAT COHESIVENESS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND THEN LASTLY, THE LIMITED AREA CORRIDORS. HAVING BEEN A RESIDENT OF GARLAND FOR SO LONG, A LOT OF THE MEDIANS MAY NOT HAVE THE WIDTH THAT WE NEED TO WITHSTAND, YOU KNOW, LARGE PLANTINGS AND THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES. SO WE WANTED TO COME UP WITH A PAVEMENT DESIGN THAT COULD ALSO BE VERY IDENTIFIABLE. SO YOU'LL SEE A STAMPED CONCRETE OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE THAT'S HERE THROUGHOUT THESE MEDIANS NOSES AND THEN THESE INTERESTING AND PAVEMENT WITH THE GEARS ALONG THERE. SO A LOT OF THE CITIES IN THE PERIMETER AND THROUGHOUT THE, YOU KNOW, US REALLY JUST DO KIND OF A STANDARD TREATMENT AND YOU JUST SEE IT AND YOU SEE IT AND YOU SEE IT, AND THEN YOU START TO WONDER, WELL, AM I IN THIS CITY? AM I IN THE NEXT CITY? WELL, HOW DO WE MAKE GARLAND DIFFERENT? WELL, WE CAN COME IN WITH A PRETTY STANDARD TREATMENT AND THEN ADD A REALLY FANTASTIC LAYER ON TOP OF IT THAT LETS PEOPLE KNOW THAT, HEY, I'M NOW WITHIN THE CITY, I'M STILL WITHIN THE LIMITS AND REALLY DRIVE THAT ENHANCEMENT. AND THEN EVEN IN THOSE LIMITED AREA CORRIDORS, IF YOU COME TO A LARGER AREA LIKE SHOWN ON THE PLAN, THEN YOU COULD COME IN WITH SOME LANDSCAPE ENHANCEMENTS AND EMBELLISH THAT. BUT IN OUR OPINION, IT'S JUST NOT NECESSARY TO MAKE THE COHESIVE NATURE OF THE DESIGN SUCCESSFUL. YOU JUST DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT. AT THE

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IT CAN STAND ALONE WITH JUST SIMPLE UPLIGHTING AND LAYERING OF COLOR, OR IN A FULL INTERNAL ILLUMINATION THERE AS WELL. BUT YOU CAN START TO SEE HOW THOSE FONTS AND THAT FLAIR THAT WE GAVE IT HAS THAT BOLD NATURE THAT CAN REALLY BE FLEXIBLE AND UTILIZED IN A LOT OF CONDITIONS.

SO WE WEREN'T CHANGING WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE. WE WERE REALLY TAKING WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE AND JUST ADDING A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A MODIFICATION AND AN ENHANCEMENT TO IT TO REALLY CELEBRATE WHAT'S EXISTING TODAY. AND THEN STARTING TO EXPRESS THAT THROUGH MORE DIVERSITY OF COLOR. THESE ARE ALL STANDARD GARLAND COLORS THAT ARE APPROVED. AND SO YOU CAN TAKE THAT FONT AND YOU CAN START TO UTILIZE THAT THROUGH DIFFERENT COLOR EXPRESSIONS AS WELL. SO AS WE GET TO HOW THAT STARTS TO OUTLINE AND START TO DISPLAY ITSELF WITHIN SIGNAGE ITSELF, WE HAD BROKEN THIS DOWN INTO A SERIES OF DIFFERENT SIGNS. THESE ARE IN ELEVATION VIEW AS WELL AS THE PLAN VIEW UP AT THE TOP. SO DOWN IN ELEVATION, WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING KIND OF OUR HORIZONTAL LANDMARK SIGN, WHICH A LITTLE BIT OF A PREVIEW OF LIKE AN EARLIER ITERATION WAS SHOWN EARLIER WHEN YOU GUYS WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BOND FUNDING FOR THE STREETSCAPES. IT'S AN IT'S MODIFIED ITSELF A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE'LL SHOW SOME ENLARGEMENTS OF THIS. BUT IT REALLY DOES TAKE THAT HISTORICAL NATURE AND CELEBRATE THAT, BUT GIVE IT THAT NEWER FEELING TO IT. SO THE STANDARD KIND OF HORIZONTAL LANDMARK BEING THAT HERE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, BUT WHEN WE HAVE TO GET PEOPLE'S ATTENTION, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO VERTICAL AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO BOLD VERY QUICKLY. AND SO THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT VERTICAL LANDMARK SIGN, IT TAKES GARLAND AND IT IT RAISES THE LETTERS, BUT IT STARTS TO ADD SOME ADDITIONAL LAYERS TO IT. AND ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE YOU'LL SEE A EXAMPLE OF ART THAT WE HAD ADDED TO IT THAT ART IS MEANT TO BE FLEXIBLE. IT'S MEANT TO BE DISTRICT SPECIFIC OR JUST LITTLE, YOU KNOW, REGIONAL SPECIFIC. SO GOING OUT TO THE ART COMMUNITY, SOLICITING SOME PROPOSALS TO WHAT TO DO IN THAT AREA, HAVING IT GO THROUGH THE GREAT PROCESS THAT GARLAND ALREADY HAS IN PLACE AND GET AN ARTISTIC EXPRESSION APPROVED THAT, YOU KNOW, CAN REALLY CELEBRATE THAT REGION AND THAT AREA. AND THEN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, WE HAVE SOME GEAR ELEMENTS AS WELL. THESE ARE CURRENTLY SHOWN IN METAL. AND THEY ALSO HAVE SOME INTERNAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOME ART ON THEM. BUT THEY'RE REALLY MEANT FOR THAT NEXT LAYER OF EMBELLISHMENT ON TOP OF THE SIGNAGE SO THE SIGNAGE CAN STAND ALONE. BUT WHEN WE HAVE THE AREA TO EMBELLISH IT, STARTING TO ADD POTENTIALLY SOME OF THOSE GEARS, OR IF WE HAVE A VERTICAL OPPORTUNITY, STARTING TO ADD SOME OF THESE FIREWHEEL ELEMENTS AS WELL. THE GREAT THING ABOUT THESE FIREWHEEL ELEMENTS IS THAT THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR MULTIPLE SIZES, MULTIPLE QUANTITIES, ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING, AND THEY CAST JUST AN INCREDIBLE YOU COULD SEE THE SCALE FIGURES OF THE PEOPLE DOWN HERE. IT JUST ADDS AN INCREDIBLE SHADE AND SHADOW ELEMENT DOWN ON THE GROUND PLANE. AS YOU CAN SEE THE PUNCHED METAL WITHIN THEM. AND THEN WE HAVE SOME 3D VIEWS OF THIS AS WELL. AND THEN LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, AND ONE OF THE ONES THAT I'M MOST EXCITED ABOBOUT IS TH STANDARD GATEWAY SIGNAGE AS WELL. THE STANDARD GATEWAY SIGNAGE IS MEANT TO REPLACE THE GATEWAY SIGNAGE THAT'S OUT TODAY IN MOST CONDITIONS, BUT THIS HAS A VERY UNIQUE, COLORFUL EXPRESSION TO IT HAS A 3D NATURE TO IT. IT HAS A OPACITY, IT HAS TRANSPARENCY, IT HAS ALL THE THINGS THAT WE THINK WILL MAKE IT INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL. AND WHEN WE LOOK AT WHERE THESE WOULD BE APPLIED

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AND SO REALLY, GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO ESTABLISH THAT LANDMARK VISION FOR THE CITY AS PEOPLE COME INTO IT. SO THE FIRST EXAMPLE, WE'RERE GOING T O THROUGH JUST THREE EXAMPLES OF HOW THIS COULD POTENTIALLY BE IN PLACE. WE'RE CERTAINLY NOT SITTING HERE TODAY SAYING THAT THIS IS THE FINAL PERFECT PLACEMENT, THE FINAL PERFECT ORIENTATION, OR THAT THIS IS THE PRIORITY LOCATION FOR THIS. WHAT WE'RE SAYING TODAY IS THAT THESE WERE THREE UNIQUELY DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WERE CHALLENGING TO, IN THAT THE CITY CHALLENGED US TO EXPLORE, TO SEE HOW THIS CONCEPT COULD TRULY BE SEEN IN EACH OF THESE AREAS. SO THE FIRST OF WHICH THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT IS PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH AND HIGHWAY 78. A LOT OF CHALLENGES ON THIS WITH LIMITATIONS FOR WHAT WE CAN POTENTIALLY DO WITHIN THE MEDIANS HERE. TWO MAJOR HIGHWAYS COMING TOGETHER THAT IT'S EXPERIENCED AT MULTIPLE LEVELS AS WELL. AND SO WE NEED SOMETHING THAT REALLY GRABS PEOPLE'S ATTENTION. AND SO THAT'S WHERE YOU COME IN WITH THAT LARGE VERTICAL SIGN TO BE ABLE TO GRAB EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION. AGAIN, IT HAS THAT HISTORICAL FEEL. IT HAS THE UNIQUENESS OF SOME KIND OF AN ARTISTIC EXPRESSION ON THE SIDE, AND THEN IT HAS THE EMBELLISHMENT AS WELL FOR THOSE THREE DIMENSIONAL FIRE WHEELS.

SO FROM A SCALE STANDPOINT, I THINK THAT'S 25 ISH, 30, 30FT TALL. SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO STAND OUT AND GET PEOPLE'S ATTENTION, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE TALK ABOUT. THEY CAN SEE FROM A DISTANCE. THEY CAN SEE FROM PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH, THEY CAN SEE COMING DOWN 78 AS WELL. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE IN THE BACKGROUND ON 78 WHERE WE STARTED TO OVERLAY THAT MEDIAN NOSE, WHICH WILL DO SOME ENLARGEMENTS HERE IN A MINUTE OF THAT. BUT THAT MEDIAN NOSE, AS WELL AS THAT NEW LANDSCAPE EXPRESSION IN THAT BACKGROUND TO REALLY SOFTEN UP AND TO CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY THOSE CORRIDORS THROUGHOUT GARLAND. THE NEXT CONCEPT AREA THAT WE STUDIED WAS FOREST LANE AND PLANO ROAD. FOREST LANE AND PLANO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL CHALLENGES, AND THE FACT THAT IT HAS A LOT OF OVERHEAD POW, IT HAS A LOT OF ADJACENT UTILITIES. IT HAS REALLY LIMITED RIGHT OF WAYS, BUT IT HAS A GREAT EXPANSIVE MEDIAN. BUT IT'S ALSO NOT AT A STANDARD OR TYPICAL INTERSECTION. PEOPLE ARE ALREADY UP TO SPEED AS THEY'RE PASSING BY HERE. SO THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS THAT YOU CAN SEE IS THAT WE ONLY WE HAD TO EXPRESS THIS THROUGH A HORIZONTAL APPLICATION SO THAT WE DIDN'T CHALLENGE THE OVERHEAD POWER THAT WAS IN PLACE. BUT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE ALREADY UP TO SPEED, IT GAVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO START TO DROP IN SOME OF THOSE ADDITIONAL NUGGETS WITH THOSE GEARS AND ENHANCEMENTS. AND SO AS WE GO DOWN ONE MORE, YOU'LL SEE THOSE IN THE BACKGROUND. SO IT STARTS TO BECOME SOMETHING THAT'S UNIFYING THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT PEOPLE SEE. AND THEN ON THE INTERIOR OF THOSE, THAT CAN BE A CUSTOM ART THAT GOES OUT TO THE PUBLIC THAT THEY PUT ON THOSE, OR IT COULD JUST BE A STANDARD COLOR, LIKE IN THIS LLOW THAT'S ALREADY A CITY APPROVED COLOR AS WELL. HAVING THE THREE DIMENSIONALITY OF THESE, HAVING THAT LANDSCAPE, YOU KNOW, THE BALANCE BETWEEN JUST GRAVEL INLAYS AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, THE ENHANCED PLANTING WE THINK REALLY BRINGS PEOPLE'S EYE DOWN TO THE HORIZONTAL PLANE AND HAS THEM NO LONGER LOOKING UP AT THE LARGER UTILITIES THAT ARE UP ABOVE THEM. AND THEN LASTLY, ONE OF THE EXCITING ONES TO STUDY WAS INTERSTATE 30 AND BROADWAY. SO THIS ONE AGAIN, A LOT OF LIMITED AREA, A LOT OF PAVEMENT, A LOT OF CHALLENGES. BUT YOU CAN SEE ALL THE OPPORTUNITY IN IN THE MEDIAN NOSES OR OTHER KIND OF MEDIAN VEHICULAR AREAS TO REALLY OVERLAY A SUPER GRAPHIC OF THOSE GEARS AND OTHER ENHANCEMENTS WITHIN THOSE HARDSCAPE AREAS THAT THE THAT THE PEDESTRIANS AND THE VEHICULAR TRAFFIC WILL BE LOOKING AT. SO AS YOU COME THROUGH THERE FROM AN OVERHEAD STANDPOINT AND YOU COME DOWN TO THE ACTUAL EXPERIENCE SIDE, YOU'LL SEE THAT NOSING

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AND I'VE STOOD AT THIS INTERSECTION THAT IS, I INCREASED MY INSURANCE PRIOR TO DOING SO. THERE'S A LOT GOING ON, BUT WE HAD A GREAT TIME GETTING YES, WE HAD A GREAT THING TO, YOU KNOW, GET TO KNOW THE CITY EVEN EVEN THAT MUCH BETTER. AND I HONESTLY, I DIDN'T LIVE TOO FAR FROM HERE WHEN I LIVED IN GARLAND. AND SO I EXPERIENCED THIS A LOT, A LOT OF TIMES FROM A VEHICULAR STANDPOINT. BUT JUST THE IDEA THAT WE CAN TAKE THESE ALREADY EXISTING HISTORY OF GARLAND AND CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE IT AND JUST USE NEW AND UNIQUE WAYS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO BECKY TO CONTINUE THE PRESENTATION. OH HOLD ON, I HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WHO'VE JUMPED IN THE QUEUE. DO YOU WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE PRESENTATION? OKAY, OKAY. SO SETH, SETH HAD THE FUN PART. YOU KNOW, I COME IN WITH THE BUDGET NUMBERS AND SCHEDULES, BUT BUT WE WILL CELEBRATE A LITTLE BIT, SO TALKING ABOUT HOW, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD. WHAT'S THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. WHAT'S THE FUNDING ASK. AND YOU KNOW, IN THE CIP AND THEN ALSO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE BOND PROGRAM REQUEST AS WELL. SO THIS SLIDE WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT'S CURRENTLY ACTIVE IN THE 2024 CIP. CURRENTLY WE HAVE FINISHED DESIGN ON THE SHILOH ROAD SUBDIVISION WALL ENHANCEMENT. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY A PROJECT THAT WAS KICKED OFF AS PART OF THE WHERE THE HEART IS PROGRAM WITH THE WESTERN HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IT IS ALSO PART OF THE STRATEGIC TIFF THREE CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS. AND SO THIS IS A MOCK UP OF WHAT THE CURRENT SUBDIVISION WALL WILL LOOK LIKE WHEN IT IS COMPLETED. AND THEN BELOW THAT YOU HAVE THE NORTH GARLAND AVENUE, A NUMBER OF PICTURES FROM THAT. THAT'S BEEN A MULTI-YEAR INITIATIVE TO IMPROVE THAT CORRIDOR AT NORTH GARLAND AVENUE AND APOLLO AREA. IT HAS INVOLVED CODE COMPLIANCE, ENGINEERING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND PROBABLY HALF THE DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY, IF I'M HONEST, BUT CAN'T. THIS YEAR, COUNCIL CELEBRATED THE RETAIL CENTER REVITALIZATION. SO THIS IS REPRESENTATIVE OF NOT JUST CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEDIANS AND RIGHT OF WAYS, BUT ALSO BRINGING IN SOME OF THAT BOND PROGRAM REVITALIZATION PROGRAMS AS WELL. AND THEN YOU SEE THE BRIDGE ENHANCEMENT THAT WAS RECLAD IN THAT AREA AS WELL, MOVING INTO 2025 CIP, YOU WILL SEE TWO NEW PROJECTS IN THE CIP. ONE IS THE FOREST LANE CORRIDOR AND THE OTHER IS THE STATE HIGHWAY 66 CORRIDOR. THE OTHER CORRIDORS AND GATEWAYS ARE PART OF THE 2025 BOND PROGRAM REQUEST. THAT MAKES UP THAT 20 MILLION THAT WAS DISCUSSED EARLIER. AND THESE DO ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, CITY WIDE, BUT ALSO AN EMPHASIS IN CATALYST AREAS. SO I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PRIORITIZATION PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH FOR THE FUTURE, HOW TO USE THE FUTURE FUNDING. THERE WERE THREE KEY THINGS WE LOOKED AT IN PUTTING TOGETHER A METHODOLOGY. THE FIRST OF THOSE BEING HIGH IMPRESSION POINTS. AND SO THAT'S REALLY DRIVEN BY, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC COUNTS, BUT ALSO VISITOR PATHWAYS. WHAT ARE WHAT ARE THE MOST HEAVILY TRAFFICKED IN TERMS OF CARS. SO THE MAP ON THE RIGHT IS A 24 HOUR SNAPSHOT IN TIME THAT THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT DID OF INTERSECTIONS THROUGHOUT GARLAND, AND THEN THE MAP ON THE LOWER LEFT WAS PROVIDED TO US BY JACOB ACTON IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT USING PLACER.AI. AND IT'S LOOKING AT CELL PHONE TRAFFIC. SO VISITOR COUNT RATHER THAN NECESSARILY CAR COUNT. AND IT'S LOOKING AT

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THE STATUS. SOE ARE ACTUALLY GEARING UP TO BEGIN THE DETAILED DESIGN USING THE CONCEPTS THAT TBG SHOWED TONIGHT. AND THAT IS SET TO BEGIN THIS QUARTER. WE HOPE TO INITIATE CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE YEAR AND ANTICIPATED COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR. INCLUDED IN THE 2025 CIP WILL BE 650,000. THE TOTAL PROJECT COST BEING 1.55. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE WHERE THOSE PROPOSED FUNDING SOURCES ARE. SO 750,000 OF THAT IS NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY BONDS, 150,000 IS COMING FROM TIF ONE. AND THAT'S BASICALLY TO COVER THE PORTION OF FOREST LANE THAT FALLS WITHIN THE TIFF ONE BOUNDARIES. AND THEN 650,000 IN COES. ALSO IN YOUR 2025, CIP IS A NEW PROJECT SHEET FOR STATE HIGHWAY 66. THIS IS FROM THE EASTERN CITY LIMIT TO THE AVENUE B D SPLIT PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON MEDIAN DESIGN CONSTRUCTION. SOMETHING TO POINT OUT HERE IS BECAUSE THIS IS STATE HIGHWAY, IT WILL BE DESIGNED AND MANAGED BY TXDOT. NOW WE THEY ARE CURRENT. THEY'VE CURRENTLY ALREADY STARTED THE DESIGN PROCESS AND WE HAVE SENT THEM THE CONCEPT PLANS FROM TBG TO GUIDE THAT DESIGN. ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT, JUST TO MANAGE EXPECTATIONS, TXDOT DOES HAVE RULES. SO SOME OF THE ELEMENTS THAT YOU SAW TONIGHT, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PUT IN THE MEDIAN, BUT WE WILL LOOK FOR CREATIVE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THAT IN THE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. THAT IS SCHEDULED CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION FOR THE FOURTH

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FIRST, THANK YOU FOR LOVING WALNUT. SO LOVE THE DESIGNS. I THINK THE CONCEPT IS AMAZING. I MY ONLY CONCERN IS PROVIDING SHADED PLACES IN CERTAIN AREAS. SO IF WE COULD JUST KIND OF MAYBE BE MINDFUL OF THAT WE DON'T WANT WE ALREADY HAVE SOME INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE VERY HEAVILY PANHANDLED. AND SO KIND OF BEING MINDFUL OF WHAT WE'RE OPENING UP, YOU KNOW, BUT I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S GREAT. AND IT I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THEM COME TO LIFE. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS ONE. OKAY. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LOOK, WELL, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE FONT. I LOVE THE LANDSCAPING CHOICES. I LIKE THE IDEA OF REPLACING CEMENT WITHIN A MEDIAN WITH PAVERS. IF YOU'LL GO TO SLIDE 22. FROM THE DESIGN PRESENTATION. I DON'T HAVE PAGE NUMBERS. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT SHE COUNTED ALL THE WAY TO 22? SORRY. IT'S OKAY. KEEP GOING. IS IT THAT ONE? YEP. THAT ONE. OKAY. WHERE YOU KIND OF LOST ME WAS THE GEARS AND THE FLOWERS.

I, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO INCORPORATE THE LOGO THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND SOME WHIMSY, BUT HERE, LIKE IN THIS SLIDE, THE JUXTAPOSITION BETWEEN THIS LIKE OLD LIKE ATOMIC FONT AND THEN ALMOST WHIMSICAL FANTASY THING TO ME, I JUST THEY DON'T WORK FOR ME. I LIKE I SAID, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT I THINK THAT YOU WOULD BE YOU WOULD DO BETTER TO HAVE LIKE A, A SCULPTURE OF A TREE OR SOMETHING, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE IDEA IS TO INTEGRATE THAT LIVE, WORK, PLAY. GARLAND'S GOT PARKS AND THINGS TO DO OUTSIDE, AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S THAT'S WHAT IT'S TRYING TO BE CONVEYED. AND I'M PRETTY SURE YOU WERE PUSHED BY STAFF TO INCORPORATE THAT LOGO. AND EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW I FEEL ABOUT THE LOGO. SO I REALLY LOVE THE FONT. AND I THINK THAT THOSE INITIAL PICTURES THAT YOU HAD OF THE LIKE THE, THE HORIZONTAL GARLAND WITH THE LIGHTS BEHIND IT AND ALL OF THAT, I THINK THOSE WERE AMAZING. LIKE I SAID, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT PEOPLE WILL QUITE UNDERSTAND THE GEAR PART. I DON'T THINK THAT THEY'LL NECESSARILY GET THAT. THAT'S PART OF THE FIREWHEEL OUTLINE, AND I THINK IT WILL JUST BE CONFUSING FOR THEM. I THINK THAT YOU COULD DO CARRY ON THE BRAND WITH JUST STAMPING GARLAND IN THE PAVEMENT RATHER THAN THE GEAR. SO I, I KNOW Y'ALL WORKED REALLY HARD ON THIS AND I DON'T I'M TRYING NOT TO, YOU KNOW, GO AHEAD ANDY, I WAS GOING TO ADD SOME CONTEXT AND MAYBE SETH, IF YOU COULD. WE STARTED OUT WITH THREE VERY EARLY ON BROAD CONCEPTS, AND THEY WENT FROM VERY RETRO TO VERY FUTURISTIC. AND THE MIDDLE ONE WAS ENTITLED GEARS OF CHANGE. AND SO IT'S IT, IT ACTUALLY THEY REWORKED IT. I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR YOU, BUT THEY REWORKED IT WHERE IT'S NOT EXACTLY THE FIRE WHEEL. AND ACTUALLY, WE HAD A LOT OF DEBATE ABOUT THE USE OF THE FIRE WHEEL LOGO AND, AND IT STILL KEPT COMING UP IN THIS PARTICULAR CONTEXT, NOT IN THE OTHER ITERATIONS. BECAUSE THIS PARTICULAR REPRESENTATION OF THE FIRE WHEEL WAS A PIECE OF ART.

NOT IT WASN'T MEANT TO BE ALL ABOUT THE LOGO. IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE KIND OF AN EXPRESSION OF THAT. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I MAY HAVE ACTUALLY BROUGHT UP THE OVERUSE OF THE LOGO ON BEHALF OF CERTAIN FOLKS THAT I KNOW. SO WE DID HAVE QUITE A BIT OF DEBATE. IT WAS NOT IT WAS NOT SHOEHORNED IN OR FORCED IN. IT WAS ONE OF MANY IDEAS THAT WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THESE SCULPTURE ESQUE TYPE IDEAS, A LOT OF STAFF KIND OF GRAVITATED TO IT, AND IT ACTUALLY HAD MULTIPLE ITERATIONS PRIOR TO THAT THAT WAS REFINED AND REFINED. BUT MAYBE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GEARS OF

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THIS GOES TO A MORE DETAILED LEVEL OF DESIGN, THAT THOSE ARE THE SORTS OF LEVELS OF DETAILS THAT WILL BE WORKED OUT THROUGHOUT THAT NEXT PHASE OF THE PROJECT. WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO HAVE THE CONFIDENCE IN, WITHIN THE CITY AND WITHIN THE COUNCIL, IS THAT THE GARLAND VIBE AND THE DIRECTIONONF IT THAT WE ARE EXPRESSING AND CELEBRATING THROUGHOUT THE CITY FEELS RIGHT, AND WE THINK THAT THAT PROBABLY FEELS RIGHT. IF SOME OF THOSE DETAILS AND THINGS DON'T FEEL RIGHT, WE ABSOLUTELY THINK THAT THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED AS IT GOES TO THAT NEXT LAYER OF DESIGN. I ABSOLUTELY AGREE, AND I THINK THAT THE VIBE ON THE LEFT IS AWESOME. I'M STILL NOT SOLD ON THE FLOWERS. IF YOU WANT TO DO A GEAR THING, LIKE EVEN THROWING A NOD TO OUR INDUSTRIAL SECTOR AND THE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE HARD WORK THAT PEOPLE DID THROUGH THE 50S AND EVERYTHING, I THINK THAT'S AWESOME. BUT THAT BUT THE FLOWERS TO ME DON'T REPRESENT THAT AT ALL. SO THAT'S THAT'S JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION. I, I WOULD LIKE TO I, I LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING A SHADE STRUCTURE BECAUSE WE NEED THAT SO MUCH HERE IN GARLAND. WELL, DALLAS, TEXAS AS A WHOLE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT REPRESENTED IN A DIFFERENT WAY TO BETTER MATCH THAT, THAT RETRO LOOK THAT YOU HAVE. BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT IS AMAZING. AND I LOVE THAT WE HAVE OUR OWN FONT WITH THIS. THE YEAH, WE COULD TALK FONTS ALL DAY BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S OWN. THE PROFESSOR FONT OVER HERE IS THE FULL ALPHABET. YOU WE DID WE DID CREATE THE ENTIRE ALPHABET AND OH OKAY. I'M JEFF RADEBAUGH JEFF RADEBAUGH. THANK YOU. WE DID CREATE THE ENTIRE FONT AS AN ALPHABET. AND OUR INTENTION IS TO PUT THAT IN A USABLE OPEN FACE FON FORMAT SO THAT IT CAN BE UTILIZED IN TYPESET WITH ANY WORD. WE DID TAKE A LOT OF CARE IN CRAFTSMANSHIP TO BRING THAT TOGETHER, AND WE'RE HAPPY THAT THAT YOU YOU SEE THE VALUE THAT WE SAW. AND IT REALLY WAS A BIT OF A STUMBLING BLOCK FOR US AS WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE THESE AND WE'RE LIKE, WHAT IS MISSING? AND WHEN IT FINALLY DAWNED ON US, SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT WE NEED? WE NEED A UNIQUE FONT. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT REALLY IS THE PERSONALITY OF IT ALL. SO I THINK WITH FURTHER, YOU KNOW, AS WE GO DOWN THE LINE AND AS SETH MENTIONED, GOING INTO DETAILED DESIGN, WE'RE WE'LL GET IT RIGHT. OKAY, GREAT. YEAH, I'M A HUGE TYPOGRAPHY GEEK. I LOVE FONTS THERE. I KNOW THAT'S SILLY, BUT IT'S A BIG IT'S A BIG DEAL TO ME. AND I'VE I'VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH OUR LOGO FOR A VERY LONG TIME. SO THIS FONT MAKES ME FEEL MUCH BETTER ABOUT IT. WELL, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHAT WAS WHAT WAS THE INITIAL STUMBLING BLOCK OR CHARGE TO THEM WAS WE WANT TO BE DIFFERENT. WE IT. AND WHEN YOU HAVE A FONT THAT'S RESTRICTIVE, IT BECOMES TOO CIVIC. TWO TWO BUSINESSES. WE DIDN'T WE WERE LIKE, WELL, THAT'S NOT WE'RE NOT INTO THAT. WE'RE INTO BEING OURSELVES. WE'RE BEING WE'RE TRYING TO COMMUNICATE THAT WE'RE AN ARTISTIC COMMUNITY. SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK AND WE'D LOVE TO HEAR EVERYBODY ELSE'S. WE WILL TAKE THAT AS AND AGAIN IT'S MEANT TO SHOW TO OKAY, LET'S SAY THAT'S ULTIMATELY NOT WHAT COUNCIL'S INTO. IT'S STILL A GREAT LOCATION IF THE SPACE ALLOWS IT FOR A PIECE OF ART. SO IT'S INTENDED TO BE AN ART PIECE, WHATEVER THAT ENDS UP BEING IN THE LAND THAT WE HAVE THAT ALLOWS FOR IT. AND IT'S AN IT'S AN EMBELLISHMENT. IT'S NOT WHAT IS RELIANT ON THE SUCCESS, I THINK, OF THE OVERALL BRANDING.

THOSE ARE SIMPLY JUST ONE OF THE, YOU KNOW, TWO OPTIONS THAT WE'VE PROPOSED WITH THE KIND OF HALF ARCH GEAR AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, THE FIRE WHEEL EXPRESSION HERE AS WELL. IT'S AN EMBELLISHMENT THAT CAN BE ADDED AS NECESSARY. RIGHT? I LIKED THE MEDIAN AND SLIDE 24. I LIKED

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I'M MORE ON THE ANALYTICAL SIDE OF IT. AND I'M AS I'M LOOKING, GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WITH THE LARGER THE ONE RIGHT BEFORE THAT I BELIEVE IT WAS RIGHT THERE. RIGHT. AND AS IS YOU WENT THROUGH YOUR PRESENTATION, I WONDERED, YOU HAD THAT SIGN AT THE I THINK IT WAS FOREST INTERSECTION. AND I'M THINKING TO MYSELF, WHEN YOU GOT TO THE ONE DOWN AT BROADWAY, IT WAS IT WAS DIFFERENT. SO I'M CERTAIN THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OPPORTUNITY AS A COUNCIL TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE THESE ARE GOING TO TAKE PLACE AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. BUT IT JUST AND I ALSO HEARD YOU TALK ABOUT THE, THE, THE CAR COUNTS, THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AS IT RELATES TO HOW YOU MADE YOUR DECISIONS. BUT ONE THING THAT I DIDN'T SEE, THAT I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO JUST ELABORATE ON FOR ME IS THAT I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN THE WAY OF SOME TYPE OF SIGN AT ROWLETT ROAD COMING OUT OF ROWLETT. IT DID NOT HAVE THE TRAFFIC COUNT. IT DID NOT HAVE. AND DON'T GET ME WRONG EITHER. AGAIN, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE JUST PRELIMINARY. WE'RE JUST TALKING AT THIS POINT. BUT I SAW NOTHING DOWN THERE AT ROWLETT ROAD AS YOU WERE GOING THROUGH YOUR PRESENTATION, DID IT NOT MEET THE CRITERION? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ROWLETT ROAD IN THE LAKE? YES. THE LAKE AS IT COMES ACROSS. IT'S THERE. IT'S HARD TO SEE. SORRY. IT'S HIDING A LITTLE BIT. OH, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. INTO THE BLUE. OKAY, GOOD. AND THE OTHER ONE WOULD BE THERE AT THE COUNTRY CLUB IN I-30. NOW THAT ONE, I COULD SEE WHY. YOU MAY NOT BECAUSE IT MAY NOT HAVE THE TRAFFIC COUNTS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. OKAY. THAT MAY BE BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IN THE WAY OF YOUR PLACEMENT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, I THINK THE CREATIVITY IS AWESOME. I ALSO THINK THAT NOW HERE'S BEFORE MY WIFE AND I WOULD KIND OF GET INTO IT A LITTLE BIT. I THINK THAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING, THOUGH, YOU HAVE A CONCEPT BE CAREFUL ON, YOU'RE BRINGING ABOUT A NEW CONCEPT. AND WITH THAT NEW CONCEPT, I THINK THAT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU YOU'RE PRESENTING, IT'S GOING TO BE THE MARKETING, IT'S GOING TO BE THE LANGUAGE, IT'S GOING TO BE THAT TYPE OF THING THAT'S PRESENTED TO THE COMMUNITY BY WAY OF WHICH HOW WE'RE GOING TO COME TO UNDERSTAND IT AND TO RECEIVE IT AND TO ACCEPT IT. SO THE FLOWERS WOULD BE OKAY WITH ME, BUT I WOULD PROBABLY ACQUIESCE TO MY WIFE, OR I WOULD PROBABLY ACQUIESCE MORE TO THE FEMALE OR THE FEMININE THOUGHTS AS IT RELATES TO THE FLOWERS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THOUGH, WONDERFUL JOB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS. I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT THE FLOWERS. WOULD YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE? WHERE WOULD YOU WHERE YOU TOOK YOUR LIFE IN YOUR OWN HAND AND YOU STOOD AT THE CORNER OF BROCK? YEAH. FIRST THING, I APPLAUD YOU. AND YOU'RE SAFELY HERE. SO YOU BOTH MADE IT. YES, YES. THE ANGELS WERE WATCHING OVER YOU. TRUST ME. BUT I LIKE THAT. YEAH, BUT I'M WONDERING, DID YOU ALL LOOK AT ANY OF OUR EXISTING SIGNAGE? WITH THE FIREWHEEL, WITH THE OVAL WHITE TO SAY WHEN YOU LEAVE SUNNYVALE, ENTER GARLAND, LEAVE MESQUITE, ENTER GARLAND. DID YOU LOOK AT AND ALONG WITH THE BLACK GARLAND SIGN WITH THE RED LETTERS, I THINK IS READ. DID YOU TAKE A LOOK AT ANY OF THAT SIGNAGE? BECAUSE THAT'S THE THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING THAT I THINK CONFUSES A LOT OF PEOPLE NOW. STILL, THEY DON'T KNOW ON PARTICULARLY ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE, THEY COME RIGHT OUT OF ONE CITY INTO THE OTHER. AND YOU'VE GOT IN THE MEDIUM, YOU'VE GOT THE OVAL SIGN WITH THE FIREWHEEL AND SAYS GARLAND ON THE UTILITY

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HOW HOW FLEXIBLE WERE THESE, THESE SIGNS TO ACCOMMODATE THE SIGN THAT SAYS ON A UTILITY POLE. AND I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THAT. YEP. IT WAS DESIGNED FOR FULL FLEXIBILITY FOR THAT. IN THIS EXAMPLE OVER HERE ON THE FAR RIGHT, OKAY, IS ON AN EXISTING UTILITY POLE MOUNTED FOR CONSISTENCY. YOU HAVE A LIMITED AREA, ONE KIND OF A STANDARD MEDIAN, MEDIUM SIZED MEDIAN AND THEN LARGER MEDIANS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. OKAY. SO THE CONSISTENCY THAT WE DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW, BUT THE DIFFERENT SIZES FOR WHATEVER THE SITE DICTATES THAT WE CAN DO. SO WE CAN WE CAN ACHIEVE WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR IS WHAT I'M SAYING. YEP. OKAY. WELL I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO FINALLY WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO FINALLY LAND. BUT I'M EXCITED THAT WE'RE TAKING THIS ON AND THAT YOU ARE YOU'RE PRESENTING THESE IDEAS, AND I KNOW BECKY WILL SIT THROUGH, BUT I'M EXCITED THAT WE'RE MAKING THESE CHANGES AND WHATEVER THEY LOOK LIKE. I'M JUST EXCITED ABOUT THE NEWNESS AND THE CREATIVITY THAT YOU'RE BRINGING FORTH. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT WHAT THE ULTIMATE FINALITY IS GOING TO BE. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD.

COUNSELOR BASS. THANK YOU. JEFF. SETH, I APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU GUYS PUT INTO THIS. AND BECKY AND ANDY, APPRECIATE YOUR TEAM TOO. YOU KNOW, SOMETHING I'VE HEARD MENTIONED QUITE A BIT IS

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AND ACTUALLY I WAS I'VE SEEN THIS. IF YOU LOOK RIGHT HERE FOR THE BOND PROGRAM, EVEN THEY'VE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THAT ARTWORK THAT WE HAVE IN DOWNTOWN GARLAND. AND IT'S ALSO IT'S ON THE COVER OF OUR CIP BINDER. RIGHT. THAT'S SOMETHING IT'S BEAUTIFUL. IT'S COLORFUL. IT GOES WITH THE ATOMIC THEME. IT ACTUALLY GOES WITH THE COLOR SCHEME ON YOUR VERTICAL LANDMARK POLE THERE. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU GUYS LOOKED AT. IF YOU LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT OTHER WHAT OTHER REPRESENTATIONS, VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS OF GARLAND WE'VE BEEN USING LATELY. BUT THAT'S ONE THAT I LIKE, I REALLY DO, YOU KNOW, AND I JUST I DON'T KNOW, I THINK THE HAVING THE, THAT RETRO LOOK AND THE COG AND THE FIRE WHEEL THAT'S, THAT'S THREE THINGS RIGHT THERE. AND THEY DON'T REALLY JUXTAPOSE THOSE, JUXTAPOSE THAT. WELL I DON'T THINK THEY DO AT ALL. SO I WOULD PREFER TO SEE SOMETHING THAT HAS A LITTLE MORE CONSISTENCY. AND IF I'M GIVING MY OPINION, I REALLY LIKE THE SPIRE ARTWORK THAT WE HAVE IN DOWNTOWN GARLAND. AND I THINK THAT GOES WELL WITH WITH OUR FEEL OF RECOGNIZING THE PAST AND KIND OF LIKE OUR ATOMIC PAST. THAT GOES WITH RECOGNIZING THAT AS WELL AS BEING ECLECTIC, BECAUSE IT HAS A LOT OF VARIETY OF COLOR, TOO. SO MY $0.02. THANKS, MAYOR. VERY GOOD.

COUNCILMEMBER ROBERT MAYOR, I GUESS I KIND OF DO GET THE COG. I LOOK AT IT AS KIND OF A, YOU KNOW, GARLAND, A HISTORIC INDUSTRIAL CITY IN HARMONY WITH NATURE AND THE ARTS. IT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M WHAT I'M GETTING FROM IT. AND I DON'T KNOW, I THINK IT'S YES, IT'S DIFFERENT.

IT'S GOT A WHIMSICAL ELEMENT TO IT, WHICH I'D HAVE TO LOOK TO MY WIFE AS WELL TO TELL ME IF I'M BEING TOO CRAZY, BUT I, I THINK IT'S PRETTY NICE. I AM A CHAMP OF THE OF THE FIREWHEEL LOGO. WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT BRANDING IN THAT ALREADY. AND SO. I, I GET IT. I LIKE THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING WITH IT. SO I'D SAY GOOD JOB. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING ON FOREST LANE. I'M GLAD THERE'S GOING TO BE FUNDING FOR THAT. THOSE VERTICAL GEARS Y'ALL CAME UP WITH THAT COME OUT OF THE GROUND. THAT'S PRETTY NEAT. I LIKE IT A LOT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR I HAVE ONE. ALL RIGHT. ONE LAST TIME I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PRO TEM MOORE. THANK YOU SIR. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT I SPOKE ABOUT, YOU SHOWED ME THE DOT ON THE MAP WHEN YOU HAD THE WRITTEN PIECES. IT'S NOT THERE. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. LET'S MAKE SURE IT'S THERE, OKAY? OKAY. THANK YOU. IF I COULD CLARIFY. SO THE LIST IS A LIST OF CORRIDORS. AND THEN AT THE VERY LAST ONE ON NUMBER FOUR, IT SAYS CITY WIDE GATEWAY. IF YOU WANT TO PULL THAT UP. YEAH. SO FRESHING REPLACING GATEWAY SIGNAGE AROUND THE ENTIRE CITY FALLS UNDER BULLET POINT NUMBER FOUR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY WE RECOGNIZE THERE'S A TON. AND SO AGAIN, THOSE ARE THEY WIWILL BE RIGHT SIZED FOR WHATEVER WE DECIDE ON THAT CAN BE DONE AS BUDGET PERMITS. AND RIGHT. WELL IT'S A MAJOR ONE FOR ME FOR SURE. REMEMBER WE WENT THROUGH THAT ONE BEFORE. SO. YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT.

ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. I WILL ADD, YOU KNOW, I LIKE THE CONCEPTS. I THINK THEY'RE INTERCHANGEABLE. I WILL TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU ALSO HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT WE THINK ABOUT THE LOGO A HECK OF A LOT MORE THAN PEOPLE DO DRIVING DOWN THE STREET. WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO NOTICE ARE ENTERTAINING. INDIVIDUAL ITEMS, WHETHER IT'S A COG,

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THE CITY OF FORT WORTH FOUND THEMSELVES IN THIS VERY SIMILAR SITUATION A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHERE THEY HAD, I THINK, FOUR DIFFERENT CITY OF FORT WORTH LOGOS ON TRUCKS, CARS, WATER TOWERS, YOU KNOW, STATIONARY, WHATEVER IT IS. AND, AND IT'S AND AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO STOP THAT AND GET EVERYTHING BECAUSE THEN IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE MESSAGE JUST GETS LOST.

YOU KNOW, IF I AND AGAIN IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE THINK ABOUT AND TALK ABOUT A LOT MORE THAN THE AVERAGE COMMUTER DOES. BUT MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS MAKING SURE THAT THEY ALL MATCH EACH OTHER. AND REGARDLESS OF THE INTEECTION, CORRIDOR, GATEWAY, WHATEVER. SO THAT THAT'S MY BIGGEST CONCERN. COULD I ASK A FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO THAT? MAYBE GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT HAS THE ALL OF THEM ON THERE AGAIN, BECAUSE THE REALITY IS WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AT A MINIMUM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO CHALLENGES THE WIDTH AVAILABLE OR THE HEIGHT AVAILABLE. SO OF THE NO. I'M SORRY, THE SIGN MENU THAT KIND OF YEAH. RIGHT IN HERE. SO OF THIS, ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT WE FIND CONSISTENCY OUT OF YOU KNOW, WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED A HORIZONTAL AND WE MAY NEED A VERTICAL.

YEAH. JUST BECAUSE OF THE SHEER LIMITATIONS OF RIGHT OF WAY AND MEDIANS AND MAYBE NOT CONSIDER SOMETHING ELSE. AND IF THERE'S ONE MORE SLIDE THAT ALSO SHOWS THE KIND OF THE MEDALLION SIZE ONE THAT KIND OF FITS IN THE LESS TRAVELED, THE MORE MINOR. RIGHT. AND I KEEP THINKING OF NORTHWEST, BECAUSE NORTHWEST IS ONE OF THOSE THAT'S GOT THE GOT THE PIPE, THE WHITE PIPE METAL ON IT. IT'S NOT THE WOODEN ONE. IT'S NOT. BUT IT BUT IT WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH EITHER THESE OR WHAT WAS ON THE OTHER PAGE. ARE YOU SUGGESTING MINIMIZE REDUCE THAT VARIETY EVEN EVEN TO SOMETHING ELSE? I THINK SO, I MEAN, IF YOU GO BACK AND THOSE THREE DIFFERENT HORIZONTAL ARE THREE DIFFERENT STORIES. SURE. SO AND SO IF YOU'VE GOT THIS ONE AT ONE INTERSECTION, YOU'VE GOT THIS ONE AT THE NEXT, YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE YOU'RE MUDDYING THAT WATER AGAIN, YOU KNOW. AND WHICH, WHICH VERSION IS WHICH VERSION OF THE LOGO OR WHATEVER IS THAT. SO I THINK THAT'S AS FAR AS THE FIRST ONE. I LIKE THE FIRST ONE BECAUSE IT MATCHES THE VERTICAL ONE. I WAS GOING TO SAY YES SIR. SO THIS IS THE HORIZONTAL VERSION OF THAT. OKAY I. MAYOR IF I COULD STYLE TWO AND THREE ON THE HORIZONTAL HAVE ALREADY DROPPED OFF. YEAH. THEY WERE YOU KNOW THERE YOU GO.

SPECIAL SEE THERE WE GO. IF NOT THEN THE QUESTION HAS BEEN ANSWERED. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK, ONE MORE TIME. THANK YOU. MAYOR. FIRST TIME, FIRST TIME FOR YOU. YES.

YES, SIR. I LOVE THE VARIETY OF ALL THAT. PART OF YOUR PRESENTATION WAS THE ECLECTIC NATURE OF GARLAND. AND IF WE'RE SIGNS OR THERE'S ONE EVEN IN THE PACKET THAT HAD BALLS LIKE UP AND DOWN. SO EACH LETTER WAS G A R L AND IT JUST WENT UP. AND I LOVE ALL THAT. THAT'S PART OF THE CHARM OF GARLAND IS HAVING A VARIETY HERE. THERE'S A WONDERFUL VARIETY OF COLORS. SO IF ONE INTERSECTION HAS THAT GARLAND SIGN, ANOTHER HAS NEXT. I'M ALL FOR THAT. THE FONT IS THE UNIFYING FEATURE. THE GEAR AND THE FLOWER IS A UNIFYING FEATURE. AND ALL THOSE I THINK IT WORKS. I LOVE THE MIX OF THE GEAR, THE INDUSTRY, WITH THE WITH THE SOFTER ELEMENT, THE FIREWHEEL FLOWER. THAT'S OUR OUR BRAND ALREADY. YOU LOOK ON OUR WATER TOWERS, WE'VE GOT WATER TOWERS THAT HAS AN OLD GARLAND LOGO. AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT HAS A DIFFERENT ONE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF PART OF THE ECLECTIC CHARM OF THE CITY, AND I LIKE IT. I THINK IT'S A GREAT JOB. AND I'M IF YOU PUT ONE IN MY INTERSECTION, I WILL TAKE ANY ONE OF THOSE RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. BUT I THINK AS JUST HE SAID, RIGHT, TWO AND THREE ARE

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[7. Process for Appointing TIF Chairs City staff will discuss the current process of electing chairs on the TIF boards and provide the City Council with an update on the process moving forward. Unless directed otherwise by Council, the TIF Chair appointments will take place at the January 21, 2025 Regular Meeting.]

YEP. JUST LIKE WHEN WE NOMINATED 58 INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. WE WILL, WE WILL WE WILL SIT HERE AND WE WILL LISTEN TO NINE PEOPLE EXPLAIN TO US WHY THEY SHOULD BE THE CHAIR OF THAT BOARD. I DOUBT IF THAT WILL EVER HAPPEN IN THE HISTORY OF EVER, BUT IF IT DOES, IT DOES. ALRIGHTY. ALL RIGHT. AND LET'S SEE, I THINK I KNOCKED MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE OUT OF THE QUEUE. GO AHEAD SIR. THANK YOU. I THINK I HIT MULTIPLE BUTTONS AT ONE SHOT WHILE AGO I FORGIVE

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IN THE PAST, THE MANNER BY WHICH THE CHAIR HAS BEEN SELECTED HAS BEEN THE MEMBERSHIP MAKING VOTING FOR THAT PERSON. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. OKAY. SO WHAT IS THE TAX CODE HAVE TO DO WITH THIS CHANGE? LET ME DO IT. SO CHAPTER 311 OF THE TAX CODE IS WHAT GOVERNS TAX INCREMENT FINANCING. AND WITHIN IT IT STATES THAT ANNUALLY THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO APPOINT A CHAIR, WHICH IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER WAYS THAT WE AND OTHER CITIES APPOINT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

BUT SINCE THIS ONE IS GOVERNED UNDER THE TAX CODE, RATHER THAN IN A DIFFERENT PART OF THE OF THE LAW, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH THAT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

AND COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS. FATHER AND THAT FATHER IN. THIS QUESTION DOES IT DOES THE TAX CODE PROVISION OUTLINE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ATTORNEY IS SHAKING HIS HEAD? NO, NO.

WELL, IT'S A SIMPLE ONE SENTENCE THAT THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO APPOINT A CHAIR ANNUALLY. THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT IT SAYS. THERE'S NO QUALIFICATIONS OR HOW Y'ALL GO ABOUT DOING THAT. IT'S JUST Y'ALL NEED TO APPOINT ONE ANNUALLY. AND WE'RE PROPOSING FOR THAT TO OCCUR EVERY JANUARY FROM MOVING FORWARD. I READ THROUGH IT, TOO. I MEAN, IT TALKED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS THAT ARE ALLOWED ON THE BOARD, BUT NOT SPECIFICALLY FOR APPOINTING A CHAIR. OKAY. WELL, I KNOW WE CAN'T AMEND THE TAX CODE, AND I KNOW THAT WE CAN'T. BUT IF WE DO, THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE WHERE WE START. I KNOW WE CAN'T DO THAT, OKAY? IT'S NOT THE PLACE TO START, BUT JUST A SUGGESTION. AFTER THIS GO AROUN, THAT MAY BE TO ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES OR SOMETHING. SO IT'S THE ONLY COMMITTEE I CAN THINK OF TO FUTURE COUNCILS. MAYBE COME UP WITH SOME, SOME, SOME CRITERIA FOR THAT BECAUSE THAT COULD BE A VALID QUESTION GOING FORWARD. I MEAN, I MAY, YOU KNOW, I MAY THINK OF JOE BLOW IS A WONDERFUL PERSON AND YOU MAY THINK THAT HE, YOU KNOW, HE HE SHOULDN'T BE ON ANYTHING. SO AND WITHOUT SOME KIND OF GUIDANCE, IF, IF COUNCIL IS GOING TO HAS THAT RESPONSIBILITY ACCORDING TO THE TAX CODE, THEN I THINK THAT COUNCIL SHOULD HAVE SOME. IT CAN BE A ONE PAGER, BUT I THINK BECAUSE IF, IF, IF YOU I GUESS YOU'RE GOING TO CONTACT THESE PEOPLE AND ASK IF ANYBODY WANTS TO BE CHAIR. OKAY. YES. AND IF TH COME BACK WITH THE QUESTION, WELL WHAT ARE THE SPECIFICS. WHAT ARE THE DUTIES? WE DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THEM YET. SO I WOULD SO THAT'S THE END OF MY QUESTION. HANG ON. I'M OKAY. CAN YOU CLARIFY THIS FOR ME? MAYBE. IT DEPENDS. I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE ASKING. ARE YOU ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION ON THE DUTIES OF THE CHAIR OR ON THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE CHAIR? THAT WOULD BE MY QUESTION ON THE DUTIES THAT THE DUTIES OF THE DUTIES. I THINK THAT WOULD BE SETTLED IN EFFECT ON THE DUTIES OF THE CHAIR. WHAT IF, IF WE CONTACT ALL THESE PEOPLE AND THREE OF THEM SAY, YEAH, YEAH, I MAY BE INTERESTED IN THAT. AND THEY ASK, WELL, WHAT ARE THE DUTIES? WHAT ARE WE GOING TO SAY? WE HAVE THOSE ALREADY. THEY'RE ALREADY OUTLINED. THE DUTIES ARE DIFFERENT THAN THE QUALIFICATIONS OBVIOUSLY. AND SO THE DUTIES ARE ALREADY OUTLINED. AND SO THOSE HAVE BEEN SET. AND THEY'RE LIKE THE DUTIES OF ANY CHAIR FOR ANY BOARDS AND COMMISSION THAT YOU MIGHT SIT ON WITH THE CITY. RIGHT. THE SAME DUTIES. THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE LAUNCHED A TRAINING FOR ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS MEMBERS. AND WE WENT OVER THE DUTIES AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I MEAN, I'M HAPPY TO SIT DOWN IF SOMEONE WANTS TO BE A CHAIR AND DOESN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THOSE EXPECTATIONS ARE, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO SIT DOWN. ALL THESE MEMBERS HAVE BEEN TRAINED.

THEY THEY HAVE ALL TAKEN SOME KIND OF TRAINING. OKAY. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. BUT YEAH, I THINK THE QUESTION I THINK THE CONFUSION IS DUTIES VERSUS QUALIFICATIONS OR QUALIFICATIONS. WE NEED TO ESTABLISH DUTIES. WE ALREADY KNOW IT'S THE SAME FOR EVERYBODY. RIGHT. QUALIFICATIONS. WEWE ND TO AT SOME POINT OKAY. MOVING FORWARD WE NEED TO LAY OUT ARTICULATE THE QUALIFICATIONS SO THAT WE SIMPLY FOR CLARITY. ABSOLUTELY.

THAT'S THAT'S COUNCIL'S DIRECTION TO TAKE THAT TO A COMMITTEE. LET'S GO OKAY. WELL I

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[8. Transportation Infrastructure & Mobility Committee Report Councilmember Chris Ott, Chair of the Transportation Infrastructure & Mobility Committee, and staff will deliver a report from the committee.]

TRANSPORTATION, INFRASTRUCTURE AND MOBILITY COMMITTEE REPORT. COUNCIL MEMBER OD. YOU WANT TO KICK US OFF? YES, SIR. WELL, ON ON DECEMBER 10TH, WE HAD A TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE MEETING, AND IT WAS MYSELF, COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON AND COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK, ALONG WITH ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER OWEN AND MICHAEL POLOCZEK. RIGHT. I BELIEVE HE WAS THERE TOO. SO WE THIS WAS IN REGARDS TO A STORMWATER FEE CREDIT THAT WAS REFERRED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK, AND STAFF WAS TASKED WITH ANALYZING THE VIRTUE OF BEGINNING A STORMWATER FEE CREDIT PROGRAM FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES. THIS PROGRAM WOULD BE TO GIVE A PARTIAL CREDIT FOR PROPERTIES THAT IMPLEMENT NEW POLLUTION, MITIGATING EQUIPMENT OR PROCEDURES, AND STAFF ANALYZED A VARIETY OF CITIES WITH PROGRAMS, AND MANY WITHOUT, AND MOST DO NOT HAVE A PROGRAM, AND THOSE THAT DO HAVE HAD LIMITED TO NO PARTICIPATION. IN ADDITION, IT IS A DIFFICULT PROGRAM TO MANAGE, SO FOR THOSE REASONS, STAFF RECOMMENDED NOT PROCEEDING AND THE COMMITTEE CONCURRED WH THIS. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MOVING ON TO ITEM NINE. AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT.

[9. Audit Committee Meeting Report Councilmember Ed Moore, Chair of the Internal Audit Committee, and Jed Johnson, City Auditor, will provide a committee report on the following items: Parking Enforcement Program Audit, Purchase Card Program Audit, and Contract Procurement Audit - Management Follow-up Briefing.]

THE FIRST ITEM WAS THE PARKING ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM AUDIT. AS YOU'RE AWARE, BACK IN 2020, THE CITY COUNCIL TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO PUT THIS PROGRAM TOGETHER THAT IS BEING CURRENTLY ADMINISTERED BY THE CITY MARSHAL'S OFFICE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE CITY ATTORNEY.

I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE ONE THING. WHEN THIS PROGRAM WAS PUT TOGETHER IN 2020, THE CITY MARSHAL AT THAT TIME REACHED OUT TO THE AUDIT DEPARTMENT AND REQUESTED SOME ASSISTANCE AS IT RELATES TO INTERNAL CONTROLS, CONTRACT MANAGEMENT, AUDITS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO I DO WANT TO APPRECIATE THAT THAT WAS A VERY PROACTIVE STEPS BY MR. BETZ. ALSO, AS WE WERE PERFORMING THIS AUDIT AT THE CURRENT CITY MARSHAL WAS VERY PROACTIVE AND VERY SUPPORTIVE. IN FACT, WHEN WE BROUGHT SOMETHING TO HIS ATTENTION, HE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN IMPLEMENTING THOSE CONTROLS. ONE OF THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS AUDIT WAS TO SEE HOW EFFECTIVE HAS THIS PROGRAM BEEN SINCE WE INITIATED BACK IN 2020. AND SECONDLY, AS YOU ARE AWARE, WE EXECUTED A CONTRACT WITH A THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE COMPANY TO ASSIST US WITH STREAMLINING THIS PROCESS. SO WE ALSO WANTED TO ENSURE THAT COMPLIANCE WITH WITH THOSE AGREEMENTS, THEY ARE IN COMPLIANCE. WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH WITH THE AGREEMENTS IN PLACE, THE SCOPE OF THE AUDIT PRETTY MUCH COVERED EVERYTHING FROM FROM THE INITIATION OF THE OF THE OF THE PROGRAM ITSELF. OVERALL, THE PROGRAM IS ADMINISTERED VERY EFFECTIVELY. I'LL GIVE YOU SOME NUMBERS. SINCE WE INITIATED THIS PROGRAM, THE CITY MARSHAL'S OFFICE ISSUED APPROXIMATELY 50, 50, 1500 CITATIONS. THAT'S VALUED AT $2.1 MILLION. AND DURING THE SAME TIME, THEY HAVE COLLECTED ALMOST HALF OF THAT CLOSE TO $1 MILLION. THAT'S ABOUT $240,000 PER YEAR, APPROXIMATELY. AND CURRENTLY WE HAVE ABOUT $1.1 MILLION IN DELINQUENCY TO PROMOTE COMPLIANCE. OBVIOUSLY, THEY DO ISSUE CITATIONS, THEY

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THAT HAS NOT BEEN CONSISTENTLY HAPPENED DUE TO SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES WITHIN OUR SYSTEM. BUT AS WE WERE PERFORMING THE AUDIT, THE CITY MARSHAL'S OFFICE WERE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO SEND OUT THOSE LIABILITY LETTERS. SO THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING A TON OF THEM RIGHT NOW. ALSO, THE CITY ORDINANCE IS SILENT ON WHETHER OUTSTANDING PENALTIES AND FEES ARE REQUIRED TO BE PAID BEFORE THE RELEASE OF AN IMPOUND OF OR IMMOBILIZED VEHICLES. WE DO IMPOUND VEHICLES ON CERTAIN TYPES OF VIOLATIONS TODAY, LIKE IF SOMEBODY IS CAUSING SAFETY OR HASN'T MOVED THEIR VEHICLE FOR 48 HOURS. IN THOSE CASES, WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING IMPOUNDMENT RIGHT NOW. HOWEVER, WHEN SOMEBODY GOES AND TAKES. PAY FOR THEIR IMPOUNDMENT FEES, CURRENTLY THAT'S NOT BEING TRANSFERRED. THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO PAY FOR THE VIOLATIONS. THE CITATIONS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE DID IDENTIFY THAT AS OF SEPTEMBER 2024, APPROXIMATELY 35 CITATIONS DID NOT HAVE DELINQUENT FEES ADDED, OR THE LATE FEES HAVE BEEN ADDED. THAT WAS ALSO DUE TO A TECHNICAL GLITCH, AND THAT HAS BEEN CORRECTED. AS WE INFORMED THE MARSHAL'S OFFICE. IN ON A FEW INSTANCES. THIS IS PARKING VIOLATION. SO THE MARSHAL DID THE RIGHT THING BY ALLOWING THE MUNICIPAL COURT ALSO TO ACCEPT PAYMENTS ON THESE PARKING VIOLATIONS. HOWEVER, IN ON A FEW INSTANCES, THOSE CITATION INFORMATION HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED IN THE PARKING SYSTEM ITSELF.

ALSO, PARTIAL OR OVER PAYMENTS WERE NOT ACCEPTED AT THE TIME WHEN WE WERE DOING THE AUDIT, BUT THAT HAS BEEN CHANGED AND WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING A THIRD PARTY RECONCILIATION. BASICALLY, THE THIRD PARTY VENDOR IS COLLECTING AND DEPOSITING THE MONEY INTO OUR BANK, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE DEPOSITING THE ENTIRE COLLECTION TO OUR OUR SYSTEM. SO WE NEED TO PUT A RECONCILIATION IN PLACE. WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE ACCESS RIGHTS WITHIN THE CITATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND THAT NEEDED TO BE LOOKED AT. AND ALSO AUCTION PROCEEDS. CURRENTLY, IF WE IMPOUND A VEHICLE AND IF THE COURT ALLOWS US TO AUCTION THOSE VEHICLES, THOSE PROCEEDS THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THESE AUCTIONS HAVE NOT BEEN APPLIED TOWARDS ANY OUTSTANDING CITATIONS OR PENALTIES. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT MARSHAL'S OFFICE WILL BRING TO THE COUNCIL FOR Y'ALL'S ATTENTION TO, YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S WHAT THE DESIRE OF THE COUNCIL IS, THEN THE ORDINANCE NEEDS TO BE UPDATED. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE DID ALSO NOTED THAT CURRENTLY, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A HEARING DONE, YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE MUNICIPAL COURT TO THAT'S WHERE THE HEARING OFFICER IS LOCATED. HOWEVER, TO MAKE AN IN HOUSE PAYMENT IN PERSON PAYMENT, YOU HAVE TO COME TO THE CUSTOMER SERVICE BUILDING SO THAT THAT WOULD CREATE A LITTLE BIT OF INEFFICIENCY FOR A CITIZEN WHO WANTS TO TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WORKED WITH WITH THE CITY MARSHAL'S OFFICE AND ALSO THE CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT, AND THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING THAT TO ONE LOCATION.

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ALL RIGHT OKAY OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM WAS THE PROCUREMENT CARD PROGRAM AUDIT. BASICALLY THIS IS A CREDIT CARD THAT THE CITY HAS ISSUED TO ITS EMPLOYEES. WE IMPLEMENTED THIS PROGRAM IN BACK IN 2007. THIS CARD PROVIDES CITY STAFF VERY EFFICIENT PROCESS, A COST EFFECTIVE WAY OF PAYING FOR SERVICES AND PRODUCTS THAT DO NOT REQUIRE ANY BIDDING REQUIREMENTS. BASICALLY, AS YOU'RE AWARE, THE STATE LAW CLEARLY STATES ANYTHING OVER $3,000. WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH CERTAIN PROTOCOLS. SO THE INTENT, THE INITIAL INTENT WAS TO USE THIS CARD FOR ANY SERVICES OR PRODUCTS THAT DOES NOT COST MORE THAN $3,000. AND SO THAT'S THE THAT WAS THE

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SO THEY ARE ALREADY WORKING ON THAT AS WELL AS CITY ADMINISTRATION IS WORKING ON PUTTING A POLICY GUIDELINES. JED CALLS IT THE PLAYBOOK FOR THE CITY EMPLOYEES. SO THAT IS GOING TO CLEARLY SAY WHAT IS PROHIBITED. YOU KNOW, WHO WHO, WHO CAN APPROVE IT AND WHAT ARE THE POLICIES, ALL OF THAT STUFF. KEEP IN MIND WE ARE A BIG CITY WHEN WE HAVE BIG CITIES, WHEN WE HAVE TOO MANY EMPLOYEES HAVE THESE CARDS. THINGS CAN GO SOUTH. IF WE DON'T HAVE PROPER PROTOCOLS IN PLACE. WE ALSO FOUND SOME INCONSISTENCIES IN ONE DEPARTMENT IS USING CERTAIN PROCUREMENT PROCUREMENT CERTAIN WAY, BUT THAT'S NOT INCONSISTENT WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS. WE ALSO

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SO WE DID THAT AUDIT BACK IN 2023. AND WHEN I REQUESTED FOR ANY FEEDBACK FOR THIS YEAR'S AUDIT PLANS, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS WANTED TO HAVE A FOLLOW UP ON THAT. ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. SO MR. PHIL, AS WELL AS GARY HOLCOMB FROM FROM THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT, THEY ACTUALLY PROVIDED A FEED A AN IMPLEMENTATION STATUS UPDATE TO THE COMMITTEE. I WILL QUICKLY GO OVER WHAT THEY COVERED, BASICALLY BACK BACK WHEN WE DID

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SECONDLY, WE MADE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON PROMOTING A HUB REGISTRATION, WHICH IS HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED VENDOR REGISTRATIONS WITH THE DALLAS COUNTY PORTAL. AND MANAGEMENT HAS DONE A FEW THINGS TO PROMOTE THAT. THEY ACTUALLY EXPANDED. ADVERTISEMENT. FOR EXAMPLE, IN CITY PRESS, THERE WERE SOME ADVERTISEMENTS IN THE CITY PRESS FOR LOCAL VENDORS TO TAKE PART IN THE IN THE HUB REGISTRATION PROCESS. THEY ARE ALSO COLLABORATING EFFORTS WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. LASTLY, THEY HAVE PARTICIPATED IN MULTI-CITY SMALL MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE SEMINARS. SO THE CITY ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE A FEW THINGS TO PROMOTE THIS WITH OUR LOCAL VENDORS. OBVIOUSLY, THEY CANNOT MAKE ANY OF THE LOCAL VENDORS TO GO AHEAD AND REGISTER WITH WITH DALLAS COUNTY. BUT WE'VE DONE OUR PART. SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE UPDATES. LASTLY, ONE OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS WAS FOR PROCUREMENT OFFICE TO REEVALUATE THE COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENTS. BASICALLY, THAT'S ANOTHER OPTION THAT THE CITY HAS WHEN WE PROCURE CERTAIN SERVICES, WE CAN GO THROUGH OTHER COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.

AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE PRIMARY METHOD OF US PROCURING SERVICES AT THE TIME OF THE AUDIT.

CURRENTLY, THEY ARE EVALUATING THAT POLICY, AND THEY HAVE HAD ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS WITH THEIR PEERS. SO MANAGEMENT DID PROVIDE THAT UPDATE TO THE TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. SO THAT WAS BASED ON COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS REQUEST. SO THESE WERE THE THREE ITEMS THAT WE ACTUALLY DISCUSSED AT THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING. AND I TOOK A LOT MORE THAN THREE MINUTES, BUT SORRY. WELL I DON'T WELL, FIRST OF ALL, DO ANY QUESTIONS. NO QUESTIONS. AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO JED AND TO HIS TEAM FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO AND HELPING US TO IDENTIFY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT WILL HELP US AS A CITY TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. YES. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SIR. AND THAT WAS OUR LAST ITEM

[10. Councilmember Kris Beard Joseph Mavero - Parks and Recreation Board ]

[ 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.]

OKAY. AND DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, LOOK, I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT ADDING DUMPSTER ENCLOSURES TO OUR. MURAL ORDINANCE OR MURAL. ALL RIGHT. BASICALLY SO ANYBODY COULD PAINT THEIR DUMPSTER

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