[00:00:07] WELL, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH, 2025 WORK SESSION FOR THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL. WE WILL GET INTO OUR AGENDA. CONSIDER THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR [ 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.] TOMORROW EVENING. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY REQUESTS FOR ANYTHING TO BE PULLED, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE EARLIER WE KNOW IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING, THE EARLIER WE KNOW THE BETTER. MOVING ON TO WRITTEN [1. 2024 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Consider authorizing the City Manager to execute a Funds Sharing and Fiscal Agency Agreement Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the City of Dallas in order to obtain funding for the FY24 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program. Unless otherwise directed by Council, this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the February 18, 2025 Regular Meeting.] BRIEFINGS. ITEM ONE 2024 EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT. ITEM TWO [2. Neighborhood Vitality Matching Grant Fall 2024 Funding Request Consider approval of the Fall 2024 Neighborhood Vitality Matching Grant funding request. Unless otherwise directed by Council, this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the March 4, 2025 Regular Meeting. ] NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY MATCHING GRANT. FALL 2024 FUNDING REQUEST. ITEM THREE POLICE [3. Police Contact Data Report 2024 In accordance with the Texas Racial Profiling statute (Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, Chapter 2B, Subchapter B), the Garland Police Department has collected police contact data to identify and respond to racial profiling concerns since its inception. The statute requires the Garland Police Department to submit this report to the City Council by March 1 of each year for the data from the previous calendar year.] CONTACT DATA REPORT 2024. ITEM FOUR 2025 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BUDGET AMENDMENT NUMBER [4. 2025 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Budget Amendment No. 1 Consider approving changes to the 2025 Capital Improvement Program to include the Holford Youth & Recreation Soccer Facilities project in 2025. Unless otherwise directed by Council, this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the March 4, 2025 Regular Meeting.] [5. Agreement to Purchase Real Property near LBJ & South Shiloh Road Consider authorizing the City Manager to execute an Agreement to Purchase Real Property located between South Shiloh and Leon Roads south of the intersection of South Garland and South Shiloh Roads. Unless otherwise directed by Council, this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the February 18, 2025 Regular Meeting.] ONE. AND ITEM NUMBER FIVE AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE REAL PROPERTY NEAR LBJ AND SOUTH SHILOH ROAD. OKAY, MOVING ON TO VERBAL BRIEFINGS NUMBER FIRST ITEM UNDER THIS SECTION. ITEM [6. TIF #3 Recommendation for Changes to Project and Financing Plan Staff will present recommended changes to the TIF #3 Project and Financing Plan to the City Council.] SIX TIFF NUMBER THREE RECOMMENDATION FOR CHANGES TO PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN. MATT, I BELIEVE EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE MATERIALS IN FRONT OF THEM. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THE LAST WORK SESSION, WE WERE ASKED TO COME BACK AND PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. WE KIND OF PRESENTED LAST TIME SHOWING JUST THE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CHANGES. SO I'LL GO OVER WHAT THOSE AMENDMENTS ARE, BUT WANTED TO ALSO SHOW COUNCIL THE A SUMMARY OF WHAT THE PROJECT PLAN WILL LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT, WHICH WE WILL HAVE SCHEDULED TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVAL TOMORROW NIGHT, AND I WILL GET THAT OUT VIA EMAIL AND THEN ALSO AT YOUR PLACES TOMORROW AT THE COUNCIL MEETING, THE FULL REPORT, BUT WANTED TO AT LEAST PROVIDE A SUMMARY OF WHAT'S IN THE DOCUMENT. SO TO START, AS WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME WE MET WITH THE TIF BOARD AND THEY PROPOSED OR RECOMMENDED TO HAVE COUNCIL CONSIDER THESE CHANGES TO THE PROJECT PLAN. SO THE FIRST WAS JUST TO UPDATE THE REVENUES FOR TIF THREE. AND WE USED AS WE WENT OVER LAST WORK SESSION, VERY CONSERVATIVE REVENUE NUMBERS USING MOSTLY JUST A 1% INCREASE FOR FUTURE YEARS AND ONLY TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ITEMS THAT WE KNOW ARE IN THE WORKS. AS FAR AS NEW CONSTRUCTION, AND THOSE INCLUDED THE DATA CENTERS THAT ARE UP NORTH. THE PROPOSED HOLFORD TRACK, IN A VERY CONSERVATIVE ASSUMPTION OF ABOUT $75 MILLION OF VALUE TO GO IN ON THE UNENCUMBERED TEN ACRES THAT IS A PART OF THE HOLFORD GEORGE BUSH SOCCER COMPLEX AND ALSO A VERY, VERY CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE FOR THE SOUTH GARLAND AVENUE PROJECT OF ROUGHLY $100 MILLION OF VALUE TO COME IN THERE. SO THE INTENTION THAT WITH THAT IS TO REALLY BLOW THOSE PROJECTIONS OUT OF THE WATER AND BRING FORWARD UPDATES ON A MORE CONSISTENT BASIS WITH TIF THREE, AS REVENUE NUMBERS COME IN HIGHER. THE PROJECT PLAN WAS ASKED TO BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROFESSIONAL AND YOUTH ATHLETIC FACILITY THAT IS GOING IN AT HOLFORD AND GEORGE BUSH, AND SPECIFICALLY WHAT THE TIF IS RECOMMENDING FOR TIF FUNDS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT STADIUM IS THE ISSUANCE OF TIF REVENUE BONDS, WITH WHICH WILL TOTAL ABOUT $39 MILLION PLUS THE BOND ISSUANCE COST, AND THEN ALSO TO PROVIDE A $4 MILLION CASH INFUSION TOWARD THE STADIUM. SO AGAIN, THE TOTAL CONTRIBUTION OR RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS PROJECT FROM TIF THREE IS $43 MILLION. THE STADIUM IS BUDGETED AT 50 MILLION RIGHT NOW, WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE 7 MILLION DELTA COMING FROM THE UTILITY FUNDS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. WE THEY ALSO RECOMMENDED TO EXTEND THE TERMINATION DATE TO 2055, WHICH IS AN ADDITIONAL EIGHT YEARS. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS SINCE WE ARE ISSUING BONDS, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO AMORTIZE THOSE BONDS OVER A 30 YEAR LIFE WITH THE INTENTION OF HAVING WHAT'S CALLED A CALL OPTION, WHERE WE COULD PAY OFF [00:05:01] THAT DEBT EARLY AFTER YEAR TEN. AND WITH OUR CONSERVATIVE REVENUE MODEL, WE SHOWED LAST TIME THAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING TO PAY THOSE OFF AT ABOUT YEAR 18. WE ALSO WANTED TO THE TIF BOARD WANTED TO REMAIN WITH THE MEDICAL DISTRICT FUNDING BEING EARMARKED. AND RIGHT NOW, THAT ESTIMATE IS AT $88.7 MILLION FOR FUTURE PROJECTS. AND THE REASON AGAIN FOR THAT IS THAT WE ARE BORROWING AGAINST THE MEDICAL DISTRICT FUNDS THAT HAVE COME FROM THAT TO ISSUE THESE BONDS. BUT WE WANTED TO RESERVE FOR FUTURE PROJECTS THAT AMOUNT SO THAT THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THIS TIF, WHICH WAS THE MEDICAL DISTRICT AND USING THE RIVER SET DEVELOPMENT TO PROVIDE THE SPARK TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INCREMENT FOR THE MEDICAL DISTRICT TO BE ABLE TO PRESERVE THAT. SO THIS IS A SUMMARY OF WHAT THE PROJECT PLAN LOOKS LIKE IN THE TIF PROJECT PLAN. AND IN RED ARE THE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED BY THE TIF BOARD. WHEN PART OF CHAPTER 311 OF THE TAX CODE, WHICH GOVERNS WHAT NEEDS TO BE IN A PROJECT PLAN, ON THE PROJECT PLAN, YOU NEED TO SHOW THE FUNDS THAT ARE COMING FROM TIF THREE AND THEN WHAT THEY CALL NON PROJECT COSTS, WHICH IS ALL OTHER COSTS THAT THE CITY OR THROUGH INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS THAT WE INTEND TO PUT WITHIN THE TIF ZONE. SO YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE IT BROKEN OUT BETWEEN THE MEDICAL DISTRICT AREA AND THEN THE NORTH SOUTH EXPANSION WITH THE MEDICAL DISTRICT. AGAIN, WE'RE EARMARKING THAT 88.7 MILLION, AND WE HAVE LEFT THAT INTO A PROJECT CALLED PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AND CONSTRUCTION RESERVE FOR THE HEALTH PARK. AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE OTHER COSTS THAT WERE NOT TIF FUNDS THAT WERE USED FOR OTHER DEVELOPMENTS. SO THERE WAS A RIVER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT THAT WAS USED AS AN INCENTIVE TO BRING THAT DEVELOPMENT OF OVER 200 HOMES TO THE MEDICAL DISTRICT AREA, AS WELL AS KOREAN DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WAS SIGNED BY COUNCIL FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS TO TH OFFICE SPACES THAT SURROUND THE VA AND THE POTENTIAL FUTURE HOSPITAL SITE. AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL FUNDING AS IT SITS NOW IN THIS PROJECT PLAN IS 88.7 MILLION FROM THE TIF, AND ANOTHER 15.3 MILLION ARE ALREADY AGREED UPON OR SPENT IN THE MEDICAL DISTRICT. THE LAND ACQUISITION AREA IS MOSTLY RELATED TO THE. WE PURCHASED SOME PROPERTY ALONG WALTER REED AND ALSO ALONG MARIA CURRIE FOR THE FUTURE HOSPITAL SITE. SO THAT'S WHAT THOSE COSTS ARE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NORTH SOUTH EXPANSION, THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROFESSIONAL YOUTH SOCCER COMPLEX WAS THE ADD OR THE REQUEST FOR AMENDMENT. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT IT IS TOTALING 79.1 MILLION. AND WHAT THAT IS THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST FOR THE ENTIRE 30 YEAR NOTE. BUT AGAIN, WE DO PLAN TO CALL THIS SOMETIME AROUND YEAR 18, WHICH WOULD REDUCE THAT COST BY CONSERVATIVELY $10 MILLION IF IT IS YEAR 18. BUT AGAIN, OUR REVENUE ASSUMPTIONS ARE VERY CONSERVATIVE, AND I DO ANTICIPATE BEING ABLE TO CALL THAT EARLIER ON. SO CHANGES THAT WERE NOT MADE REALLY TO THE TO THE PLAN, OTHER THAN WE TOOK SOME OF THE FUNDING FROM A PROJECT THAT WAS CALLED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DART AND SOUTH GARLAND AVENUE AND 6.35. PREVIOUSLY, THIS TOTALED ABOUT 150 MILLION IN THIS PROJECT. SO WE DID TAKE A PORTION OF THAT FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROFESSIONAL AND YOUTH SOCCER PROGRAM. BUT WITHIN THIS PROJECT PLAN, THERE IS STILL 29 MILLION SET ASIDE FOR A FUTURE INITIATIVE AT SOUTH GARLAND AVENUE AND 6.35. AND THEN AS FAR AS NON PROJECT COSTS OF 25.8 MILLION, THIS IS MOSTLY A PART OF THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS WE HAVE WITH DART. SO WE HAVE TWO INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS WITH DART, ONE THAT WAS SIGNED FOR $15 MILLION AND ONE THAT WAS SIGNED FOR ABOUT ROUGHLY $22 MILLION TO HELP WITH BRING A DEVELOPMENT TO THE SOUTH GARLAND AVENUE AREA. WE HAVE ALSO SPENT APPROXIMATELY $32.2 MILLION FOR LAND ACQUISITION AT SOUTH GARLAND AVENUE AND 6.35, USING A COMBINATION OF 2019 BOND PROGRAM FUNDS AND DART FUNDING, FOR A TOTAL IN THE NORTH SOUTH EXPANSION OF 108.1 MILLION CURRENTLY IN THE TIF PLAN, AND THE GRAND TOTAL FOR THE TIF ZONE IS 196.8, WITH ANOTHER 158.9 [00:10:03] USED IN THE TIF PLAN, BUT USING OTHER FUNDING SOURCES FOR A TOTAL OF 355.7 MILLION CURRENTLY EARMARKED IN THE PLAN. SO NEXT STEPS. WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR TIF NUMBER THREE TOMORROW. WE ALSO HAVE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THAT THE APPROVAL, IF COUNCIL WISHES TO APPROVE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENTS AS PRESENTED AND APPROVAL OF LAND ACQUISITION NEAR 635 AND SOUTH SHILOH ROAD AS WELL TOMORROW. THAT WAS ALSO ON THE WRITTEN BRIEFING TONIGHT. SO THAT IS KIND OF THE LAST KEY PIECE OF THTHE LAND ASSEMBLY EFFORTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW DOWN SOUTH MARCH 4TH. WELL, THERE'S A SCHEDULED THEN FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE LEASE AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH USL DALLAS FOR THE HOLFORD ROAD SOCCER COMPLEX AND THEN FUTURE INITIATIVES WE NEED AS PART OF OUR DART AGREEMENTS, WE NEED TO COMPLETE A MASTER PLAN FOR THE SOUTH GARLAND AVENUE. SO THAT'S THE NEXT BIG STEP FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOUTH GARLAND. WE NEED TO ALSO WORK TO IDENTIFY SOME PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIPS FOR SOUTH GARLAND AVENUE. AND 635, THE SELECTION AND AWARD OF A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK WILL BE SCHEDULED TO COME FORWARD FOR THE HOLFORD SOCCER COMPLEX. AND THEN, AS FAR AS THE MEDICAL DISTRICT GOES, WE NEED TO UPDATE SOME FEASIBILITY STUDIES IN THE AREA AND ALSO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT WITH A PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PARTNER FOR THE MEDICAL DISTRICT. AND THEN THE LAST IS THE KEY PIECE IS OUR INTENTION. AT LEAST MY INTENTION IS TO HAVE CONTINUOUS UPDATES TO THE TWO THREE PROJECT PLAN AS WE GET NEW CERTIFIED VALUES AND ESTIMATES FROM DCAD. AS NEW PROJECTS COME ON BOARD AND WE CAN REFINE THESE COSTS. THE INTENTION, AGAIN IS TO BE ABLE TO BRING FORWARD TO COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONS ON A MOR FREQUENT BASIS. AND AGAIN, THE INTENT OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS, IS WE DON'T WANT TO OVER PROMISE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE REVENUES THAT WE PRESENT ARE CONSERVATIVE ENOUGH TO MEET THE OBLIGATIONS. BECAUSE ANYTIME YOU'RE PLANNING A 30 YEAR ZONE, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN MEET THOSE OBLIGATIONS. SO BECAUSE WE'RE USING SUCH CONSERVATIVE NUMBERS, THAT MEANS THAT WE WILL NEED TO COME BACK MORE FREQUENTLY. THE TIF BOARD WILL NEED TO MEET MORE FREQUENTLY, BUT THAT THAT WILL HELP REDUCE THE RISK OF US OVEREXTENDING OURSELVES, SO TO SPEAK, WITH THE WITH THIS TIF PLAN. SO WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. YEAH. IT'S BEEPING FOR SURE. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, LOOK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING BACK. I APPRECIATE SHOWING US A BROADER SCOPE THAT DOES INCLUDE SOUTH GARLAND WITH NUMBERS. THAT'S A MUCH OF WHAT I WANTED TO SEE. IF AN OPPORTUNITY CAME CAME TO US FOR SOUTH GARLAND, THAT OPPORTUNITY WOULD BE ABLE TO BE PRESENTED TO THE TIF BOARD, AND THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO LOOK AT FUNDING OPTIONS FOR SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE, AT ANY TIME, AT ANY TIME. AND THAT'S REALLY WHY WE'RE HERE AT THIS MOMENT, IS WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY THAT CAME UP FOR THE HOLFORD TRACK. SO WE ENGAG THE TIF THREE BOARD. THEY APPROVED TO MAKE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. AND LIKE I SAID, WE PLAN ON COMING BACK MUCH MORE FREQUENTLY WITH UPDATES. THAT'S FANTASTIC. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AGAIN, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME AND EFFORT. WE HAD A MEETING LAST WEEK TOO AND JUST KIND OF WENT OVER THINGS. SO I THINK EVERYBODY IN SOUTH GARLAND FEELS A LOT BETTER ABOUT THIS NOW. GOOD. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND EXCUSE ME, COUNCILOR WILLIAMS. IF OPPORTUNITIES CAME UP IN SOUTH GARLAND THAT WAS NOT COVERED IN THE TIFF THREE, HOW WOULD HOW WOULD THAT BE HANDLED WELL THERE. WELL WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS. SO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOND PACKAGE ONE SECOND I THINK, MR. ENGLAND, I GUESS I NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION IS, ARE YOU ASKING ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS OUTSIDE OF TIFF THREE? YES. OKAY. I'M IS THAT A NO NO. YEAH. I THINK IT'S A LITTLE OUTSIDE THE SCOPE. I WITHDRAW MY QUESTION. OKAY, OKAY. NOW I DO HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION. YOU MENTIONED SOMEWHERE IN THERE YOU YOU SORT OF GLOSSED OVER IT. BUT HOSPITAL YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT LAND ACQUISITION AND YOU MENTIONED THE WORD HOSPITAL. CAN YOU REITERATE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THERE? SURE. LET ME BACK UP TO THAT. YEAH. SO WE DID. WE'VE PURCHASED ABOUT A SIX ACRE [00:15:01] TRACT OF LAND ON MARY CURRY IN THE MEDICAL DISTRICT. NOW, I A HOSPITAL IS A VERY COMICATED PROCESS, BUT WE DO WE DO CONTROL THAT LAND IN THE HOSPITAL, IN THE MEDICAL DISTRICT AREA FOR A FUTURE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE, IF THAT IS THE RECRUITMENT OF A COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, THAT IS TO BE DETERMINED. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. AND COUNCILOR HEDRICK, THANK YOU MAYOR. ONE THING AND TO SET YOU GUYS MIND AT EASE, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS AND MAYOR PRO TEM IS THAT THESE ARE VERY CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATES. AND IF YOU LOOK IN TOMORROW'S, TOMORROW'S AGENDA, THERE'S A POSTPONEMENT FOR A DATA CENTER THAT'S ALSO IN THIS TIF ZONE AND THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THIS AREA. AND HAVING IT POSTPONED MEAN THAT DEAL IS STILL ALIVE. IT'S BEING PUSHED FORWARD OUT SO THEY CAN HOPEFULLY CLOSE ON THE PROPERTY AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. AND WHEN THAT'S INCLUDED, HE CAN ADD THOSE TO THESE REVENUE PROJECTIONS AND HAVE MORE MONEY TO INVEST IN THE TIF ZONE. SO AND IN SOUTH GARLAND AND OTHER AREAS THAT'S A GOOD THING ABOUT THIS. WE CAN UPDATE IT WHENEVER WE WANT. SO YEP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR OKAY. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. I SEE NONE. THANK Y MATT. THANK YOU. [7. Community Services Committee Report Downtown Square Usage and Policy was referred to Community Services Committee during Council discussion at the December 10, 2024 Work Session, following an Administrative Services Committee report on the item. The Downtown Square Usage and Policy item was requested by Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Lucht and seconded by Councilmember Beard at the December 10, 2024 Work Session.] AND MOVING ON TO ITEM SEVEN, COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE REPORT. CAN I HAVE A ROLL ONE. MPS. SORRY. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY THING YOU WOULD LIKE TO BEFORE WE GET KICKED OFF HERE? WELL WE HAVE TWO THINGS TO REPORT ON. ONE REAL QUICK. THE. DISCUSSION OF CODE CODE VIOLATIONS MOVING FROM CRIMINAL TO CIVIL. WE'RE GOING TO DELAY REPORTING ON THAT UNTIL SALESFORCE IS ACTIVE BECAUSE SALESFORCE IS A BIG PART OF THAT. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE DELAYED UNTIL ABOUT MAY. AND THEN DANA AND TIFFANY ARE GOING TO DISCUSS THE AGENDA ITEM THAT CAME FROM ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES TO COMMUNITY SERVICES RELATED TO DOWNTOWN SQUARE USAGE. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. WE'RE CIRCLING BACK AROUND FROM THE DECEMBER 10TH WORK SESSION TO DISCUSS THE BEST PRACTICES FOR THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE. JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A REMINDER FOR TONIGHT'S CONVERSATION. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT CENTER SQUARE AND THE FOUR STREETS THAT IMMEDIATELY SURROUND IT. WE FELT LIKE THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE NEEDED TO BRING FORWARD IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SUSTAIN THAT WONDERFUL ASSET, AND WE ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TO USE IT FOR YEARS TO COME. AND SO THAT'S WHAT KIND OF DROVE THIS DISCUSSION IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND EVEN THOUGH WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE SPECIFICALLY, WE WANTED TO HAVE YOU LOOK AT THE EVENTS, THE THIRD PARTY EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING AND THOSE PRODUCED BY THE CITY HOLISTICALLY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY TO KIND OF GET A BETTER FEEL FOR THE ACTUAL LANDSCAPE. SO I'VE GOT SEVERAL LITTLE SLIDES FOR YOU, BUT WE'LL GO THROUGH THEM REALLY QUICKLY. THIS ONE PRETTY MUCH REPRESENTS JANUARY THROUGH FEBRUARY. THIS IS MOST OF MARCH AND APRIL. THESE ARE INTO MAY. THIS IS JUNE, JULY AND SOME OF AUGUST. THIS IS SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER AND THIS IS NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER. AND I JUST SHOW THIS TO SHOW THAT TOTAL HOLISTIC LANDSCAPE OF THE FACT THAT WE ARE DOING EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THESE ARE EVENTS THAT ARE PRODUCED BY MULTIPLE CITY DEPARTMENTS, BUT ALSO ALL OF THOSE THIRD PARTY REQUESTS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING FOR A SPOT IN THE CITY TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS FOR THEIR FAMILY OR FOR THEIR ORGANIZATION. AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, IT GIVES KIND OF A FULL LOOK OF THE CITY RESOURCES THAT ARE USED AND THE FACT THAT WHATEVER DECISION THAT [00:20:05] HAPPENS TODAY, IT DOESN'T AFFECT THE FACT THAT THESE EVENTS ARE NOT GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAPPEN THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. SO THE THIRD PARTY EVENTS AND OBVIOUSLY ALL OF THOSE PRODUCED BY THE CITY, THE SPECIAL EVENTS DEPARTMENT, IS JUST REALLY AND TRULY THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. IT UTILIZES MANY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY. SOME OF THEM TOUCH THEM MORE HEAVILY. PARKS OPERATIONS, YOU KNOW, TOUCHES THEM QUITE HEAVILY, SOME OF THEM A LITTLE BIT LESS RISK MANAGEMENT ONLY IF YOU KNOW INSURANCE NEEDS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT BECOMES IN QUESTION. BUT MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS TOUCH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE SPECIAL EVENT APPLICATIONS THAT COME IN. ALSO, JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THE FESTIVALS AND EVENTS THAT THE SPECIAL EVENTS DEPARTMENT CREATES FOR THE CITY HAS GREATLY INCREASED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, AND THEN ALSO THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE HAS A DESIGNATED STAFF MEMBER TO DO NOTHING MORE THAN TO PRODUCE ACTIVATIONS AND EVENTS IN THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE. SO. SO THAT THE VIBRANCY OF THAT DOWNTOWN SQUARE IS DEFINITELY ON THE FOREFRONT OF EVERYBODY'S MIND. ALSO, I WANTED TO HAVE SOME CLARITY AT HAD ASKED AT THE DECEMBER 10TH MEETING TO PROVIDE SOME CLARITY ON WHAT TRIGGERS A SPECIAL EVENTS PERMIT. SO I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY KIND OF GO OVER THOSE HIGH POINTS. IT'S SOMEBODY WHO'S REQUESTING, IT'S LOOKING TO HAVE AN EVENT FOR MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE. THEY'RE GOING TO PUT ANY KINDS OF STRUCTURES LIKE TENTS OR STAGES UP, BLOCKING OR RESTRICTING PUBLIC ACCCCESS, BARRICADES, THINGS LIKE THAT. IF THEY HAVE VENDORS, FOOD TRUCKS, AMPLIFIED SOUND, WE ACTUALLY REACH OUT TO COUNCIL FOR THAT. AND IF THEY'RE HAVING ANY ANIMALS OR FIRECRACKERS, AND THEN WE DO LIST NEAR DOWNTOWN, NOT BECAUSE THAT IN OF ITSELF TRIGGERS THE SPECIAL EVENTS PERMIT, BUT BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS HAPPENING IN DOWNTOWN. WE JUST LIKE TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF A CALENDAR CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT ON TOP OF SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S ALREADY PLANNED. SO THAT IS WHAT BASICALLY TRIGGERS. AND THEN WE ALSO DID HEAR CLEARLY THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR WEBSITE HAS SOME CLARITY ON ALSO WHAT DOESN'T NEED A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT, MAKING SURE THAT WE MAKE THAT SUPER CLEAR ONCE WE GET FINAL DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL. THAT NOTHING HAS CHANGED AS FAR AS SPECIAL EVENTS, PERMITS STILL GO THROUGH THE SPECIAL EVENTS DEPARTMENT. WE RUN IT THROUGH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT NEED TO SIGN OFF THAT THAT EVENT CAN HAPPEN. WE REALLY ARE PROVIDING CUSTOMER SERVICE. WE TAKE PHONE CALLS DAILY. DAILY. WE GET PHONE CALLS OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO HOLD AN EVENT IN OUR CITY. MOST OF THE TIME THERE AS NOT A PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZER OF AN EVENT, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THEY'VE NEVER THROWN AN EVENT BEFORE. THEY HAVE NO IDEA. WE REALLY NOT ONLY ARE WALKING THEM THROUGH THE PAPERWORK, BUT WHAT WOULD BE A GOOD EVENT, HOW YOU CAN MAKE THAT SUCCESSFUL. WE WILL GO OUT TO THE LOCATIONS. WE'LL MEET THEM OUT AT THE LOCATIONS, SHOW THEM, DO SITE VISITS FOR THEM. I HAD A GROUP TWO WEEKS AGO WHO WANTED TO DO A FUNDRAISER, MAKE AS MUCH MONEY AS POSSIBLE. THEY WANTED TO USE WINNER'S AMPHITHEATER, BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY FUNDS FOR ELECTRICITY, WATER, OR RESTROOMS, NONE OF WHICH ARE AVAILABLE AT THE AMPHITHEATER. SO WE TOOK THEM OVER TO CENTRAL PARK, SHOWED THEM ALL OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IS THERE. SO WE REALLY CONTINUED. WE CONTINUE AND GIVE CUSTOMER SERVICE EVERY SINGLE TIME SOMEBODY CALLS IN TO WANT TO PRODUCE AN EVENT. SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE PAPERWORK, IT'S ABOUT HELPING THEM DO THE BEST THEY CAN FOR WHATEVER EVENT IT IS THAT THEY'RE PLANNING, SO THAT NONE OF, NONE OF THAT WILL CHANGE WITH WITH THIS PARTICULAR RECOMMENDATION, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT IT IS FOR CITY PRODUCED EVENTS AND URBAN MARKET. WE DID MEET WITH GDBA. THEY DID GIVE US THUMBS UP THAT THIS WOULD ALSO BE AGREEABLE TO [00:25:05] THEM. AND AGAIN, IT DOESN'T AFFECT THE EVENTS THAT GDBA IS CURRENTLY DOING. THOSE ARE LIKE WINE WALKS WHERE PEOPLE ARE WALKING FROM BUILDING TO BUILDING. NONE OF THAT IS AFFECTED ANY OF THE EVENTS THAT GDBA IS DOING. IT DOESN'T AFFECT IF WE HAD WE ACTUALLY HAD SOMEBODY CALL US. THEY WANTED TO DO A WEDDING IN FRONT OF THE PRISMS. WE SAID, HOW MANY PEOPLE THERE LIKE 20. ANY AMPLIFIED SOUND BAND? NOPE. WE'RE LIKE, GO ENJOY, HAVE A WEDDING IN FRONT OF THE PRISMS. AND IT WAS GREAT. AND THEY, THEY, THEY WERE OUT THERE ON SATURDAY TWO WEEKS AGO. SO THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY COOL. AND SO WITH THIS SPECIAL EVENTS EVENT THAT ARE HAPPENING, THE ONES THAT THE CITY PRODUCES WITH THE DESIGNATED STAFF MEMBER FROM DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE THAT'S PRODUCING THESE SMALL ACTIVATIONS. AND WITH URBAN MARKET, THERE'S MORE THAN 60 EVENTS PLANNED IN THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE FOR 2025 AS OF RIGHT NOW. SO YOU NEVER KNOW. WE MIGHT THROW SOME MORE IN THERE. SO OUR RECOMMENDATION REALLY COMES FROM A MULTITUDE OF REASONS. ONE, THE IT WAS THE CONSULTANT'S RECOMMENDATION. IT IS ALSO THE THOUGHTFULNESS TO KEEP THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE PURPOSELY UNPROGRAMED FOR THE COMMUNITY TO ENJOY, MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN SUSTAIN IT. BEING CAREFUL WITH THE CITY RESOURCES, AND ALSO BECAUSE WE FELT LIKE THAT'S WHAT WE HEARD FROM COUNCIL AT THE DECEMBER WORK SESSION. SO WITH THAT, I'D BE GLAD TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? SORRY. EXCUSE ME, COUNCIL MEMBER BASS. THANK YOU LADIES, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. THERE'S ONE THING I'D EXCUSE ME FROM THE COMMITTEE REPORT, BUT I DIDN'T. I MIGHT HAVE MISSED IT, BUT WE TALKED ABOUT A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE ONLINE EVENT CALENDAR. YES, WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN EVENT CALENDAR NOW. OKAY, COOL. LIKE I SAID, PRESENTATION WAS GREAT. THAT'S THE ONLY THING I DIDN'T HAVE CHECKED OFF FOR US TO LOOK OVER. JUST. I MEAN, IF I COULD JUST REITERATE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, EVENTS WITH LESS THAN 100 ATTENDEES, SMALL GATHERINGS DON'T NEED A PERMIT UNLESS THEY TICK ONE OF THE OTHER BOXES, SUCH AS AMPLIFIED SOUND OR SOMETHING. BUT ANYWAY, YEAH, REALLY APPRECIATE THE CLARITY OF THIS AND THE PRESENTATION. IT WAS REALLY CLEAR COMMITTEE. AND I THINK IT'S REALLY CLEAR HERE TONIGHT TOO. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PUTTING THE EFFORT INTO IT. THANK YOU MAYOR. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER BEARD, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU I GOT HURT I GOT IT FROM ALL DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS FOR THE ORIGINAL REPORT. SO I APPRECIATE THIS. I JUST APPRECIATE ALL Y'ALL'S WORK AND MAKING THE DEFINITIONS A LITTLE MORE SUCCINCT SO THAT IT'S NOT LEFT OPEN TO JUDGMENT AS MUCH OR SUBJECTIVE AS MUCH AS PEOPLE CAN READ THE DEFINITIONS AND KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THEY NEED TO CLICK THOSE BOXES OR NOT. SO JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANTED TO MENTION TOO, IS IF THERE'S ANY QUESTION LIKE PLEASE CALL, PLEASE CALL THE SPECIAL EVENTS TEAM. AND THEY'RE HAPPY TO, LIKE SHE SAID, WALK YOU THROUGH IT AND SAY, NO, YOU DON'T NEED ONE AT ALL. OR IF IT'S SOMETHING WHERE YOU WOULD NEED A PERMIT, LET'S FIND A LOCATION THAT WORKS. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER DUTTON, DO YOU KNOW WHERE CAN WE FIND THE CALENDAR? WELL, VISIT GARLAND HAS AN EVENTS CALENDAR. AND ACTUALLY, ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY CAN ADD TO THAT EVENTS CALENDAR. IT'S GENERATED. ANYBODY CAN ADD ANYTHING TO IT. IT JUST HAS A REQUIREMENT THAT THE EVENT HAS TO HAPPEN IN GARLAND AND THE PUBLIC HAS TO BE INVITED. SO IT IS ON THE VISIT GARLAND, AND WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ALSO ON THE SPECIAL EVENTS PAGE. PERFECT. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY EXCUSE ME. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. I THINK YOU'VE PUT US IN THE RIGHT PLACE. THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH. HOW MANY EVENTS ARE SCHEDULED DID YOU SAY ON 60 IN THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE. RIGHT IN THE SQUARE. RIGHT IN THE SQUARE. NOT THE PAGE AFTER PAGE. RIGHT. I DON'T THINK WE COUNTED THOSE. VERY GOOD. WELL, THANK YOU BOTH [8. Texas Transportation Forum Per Article II, Division 1, Section 6(E) of the City Council policies, Mayor Pro Tem Ed Moore will report back to the City Council and Mayor on the Texas Transportation Forum.] VERY MUCH. THANK YOU TO THE COMMITTEE AS WELL. MOVING ON TO ITEM EIGHT, TEXAS TRANSPORTATION FORUM. MAYOR PRO TEM. MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE WILL BE REPORTING OUT ON THIS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. [00:30:04] THANK YOU. COUNCIL. MY TRIP TO ROUND ROCK, TEXAS, A TEXAS TRANSPORTATION FORUM I THOUGHT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE. SO INFORMATIVE TO THE EXTENT THAT I PREPARED A BRIEF HERE THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU A STORY OF THINGS THAT I BELIEVE ARE GOING TO NOT ONLY AFFECT ALL OF TEXAS, BUT CERTAINLY MUNICIPALITIES AS IT RELATES TO OUR TRANSPORTATION, ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. LITTLE STORY. NOW, YOU PROBABLY MAY BE AWARE OF THESE, BUT I FOUND IT TO BE VERY INFORMATIVE AND I WANTED TO SHARE IT WITH YOU. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROPOSITION ONE AND SEVEN MARKED A PIVOTAL SHIFT IN HOW TEXAS FUNDS ITS TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE, AS THE STATE REFLECTS ON A DECADE SINCE THESE LEGISLATIVE MANDATES WERE ENACTED, THE FOCUS REMAINS ON THERE BEING OR LASTING IMPACT AND THE CHALLENGES THAT LIE AHEAD OF US AND BEFORE US. PRIOR TO THE PASSAGE OF PROPOSITION 1 IN 2014, TEXAS RELIED UPON A COMBINATION OF REVENUE SOURCES TO FUND TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, INCLUDING STATE FUEL TAXES, VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEES, TOLL ROADS AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, AND FEDERAL FUNDING. HOWEVER, BY THE EARLY 20 TENS, THESE TRADITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES WERE PRING INSUFFICIENT INFLATION, ESCALATING HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE COSTS IN TEXAS, RAPID POPULATION GROWTH. AND REMEMBER, THOSE TWO CREATED A FINANCIAL GAP THAT THREATENED THE STATE'S ABILITY TO MAINTAIN AND EXPAND ITS ROADWAYS. THIS FISCAL SHORTFALL LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW FUNDING MECHANISMS DESIGNED TO STABILIZE AND ENHANCE TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS. PROPOSITION ONE VOTED ON IN 2014, REDIRECTED A PORTION OF OIL AND GAS TAX REVENUES. WE CALL IT THE RAINY DAY FUND TO THE STATE HIGHWAY FUND EXCLUSIVELY FOR ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITIONS. THEN, IN 2015, PROPOSITION SEVEN ALLOCATED ANOTHER PART OF THE STATE'S TAX AND MOTOR VEHICLE SALES TAX REVENUE TAXES TO THE STATE HIGHWAY FUND, FURTHER INCREASING AVAILABLE RESOURCES FOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. BEGINNING IN 2018, $2.5 BILLION ANNUALLY COMING FROM STATE SALES TAX REVENUES EXCEEDING 28 BILLION WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE STATE HIGHWAY FUND STARTING IN 2020, 35% OF MOTOR VEHICLE SALES AND RENTAL TAX REVENUE EXCEEDING 5 BILLION ANNUALLY WAS ALSO ALLOCATED TO THE FUND. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LOTS OF MONEY HERE. THESE MEASURES SIGNIFICANTLY BOLSTERED TRANSPORTATION FUNDING, INJECTING BILLIONS INTO THE STATE'S INFRASTRUCTURE AND REDUCING THE BACKLOG OF CRITICAL HIGHWAY PROJECTS. WHILE PROPOSITIONS ONE AND SEVEN INITIALLY PROVIDED SUFFICIENT RESOURCES TO SUPPORT TEXAS'S TRANSPORTATION GOALS, INFLATION AND CONTINUED POPULATION GROWTH HAVE ERODED WHAT WAS ONCE A PERCEIVED SURPLUS. THE COST OF PROJECTS ORIGINALLY BUDGETED IN 2019 HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED, INTENSIFYING CONCERNS OVER HOW TO SUSTAIN LONG TERM INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS. AND SO THE PRESSING QUESTIONS BEFORE TEXDOT TODAY, AS WELL AS LEGISLATORS, IS WHERE IS THE MONEY GOING TO COME FROM? WHERE ARE WE GOING TO FIND THE FUNDING FOR RESOURCES? AND I THINK THAT IS VERY INDICATIVE OF WHAT WE AS A MUNICIPALITY ARE FACING HERE TODAY. LOOKING AHEAD, THE REMAINDER OF THE RECENT OF THE RECENT TRANSPORTATION FORUM CENTERED ON STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINING AND EXPANDING TEXAS HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE AMID THESE FINANCIAL PRESSURES. AS OF EARLY 20 AND 25, THE STATE IS MAKING SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IN TRANSPORTATION TO ACCOMMODATE ITS BOOMING POPULATION AND ECONOMY. TEX DOT HAS OUTLINED A COMPREHENSIVE INVESTMENT PLAN TO MODERNIZE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS AND MAINTAIN EXISTING ROADWAYS. THE STATE IS EXPLORING NEW FUNDING MECHANISMS, INCLUDING POTENTIAL ADJUSTMENTS TO TAX STRUCTURES, EXPANDING TOLLING OPTIONS AND INCREASED PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. LEGISLATIVE DISCUSSIONS IN AUSTIN ARE ACTIVELY DISCUSSING OR CONSIDERING SOLUTIONS TO CLOSE THE FUNDING GAP, WHILE MAINTAINING TEXAS'S COMMITMENT TO EFFICIENT AND RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION. SO AS WE LOOK AHEAD, TEXAS'S ECONOMY EXPECTED TO CONTINUE GROWING, THOUGH AT A MORE MEASURED PACE THAN PREVIOUS YEARS, INFLATION IS PROJECTED TO DECLINE, ALIGNING WITH NATIONAL [00:35:04] TRENDS. BUT POLICY CHANGES SUCH AS NEW TARIFFS OR SHIFTS IN STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING PRIORITIES COULD INTRODUCE UNCERTAINTIES FOR TEXAS TO SUSTAIN ITS INFRASTRUCTURE GROWTH. STAYING AHEAD OF FINANCIAL CHALLENGES AND LEGISLATIVE CHANGES WILL BE CRITICAL. ENSURING LONG TERM, SUSTAINABLE FUNDING FOR TRANSPORTATION WILL REQUIRE COLLABORATION BETWEEN POLICYMAKERS, INDUSTRY LEADERS AND THE PUBLIC. AS THIS DISCUSSION AROUND TRANSPORTATION FUNDING EVOLVES, ONE THING REMAINS CLEAR TEXAS MUST CONTINUE ADAPTING TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF ITS EXPANDING ECONOMY AND POPULATION. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL KNEW THAT STORY ABOUT THOSE PROPOSITIONS AND HOW THE MONEY WAS GOING TO THE STATE, HOW THEY WERE TAKINGG MONEY OUT OF THE RAINY DAY FUND AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. BUT I FOUND THAT TO BE VERY INTERESTING, BECAUSE WHEN YOU BEGIN TO TALK ABOUT PROJECTS THAT WERE INITIATED AND BEGAN BACK IN 2019 AND 2020, AND YOU BEGIN TO TALK ABOUT POPULATION GROWTH AS WELL AS INFLATION, HAVING COST DOUBLED TODAY, THERE IS A PROBLEM. BUT I AM HAPPY TO SAY TONIGHT THAT JUST LIKE US, WE FACE THOSE VERY SAME PROBLEMS. AND IT SEEMS THAT WE HAVE A TEAM OF PEOPLE. WE HAVE LEADERS THAT NOT ONLY DO WE FACE THOSE PROBLEMS, WE HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO LOOK AT HOW WE'RE GOING TO HANDLE THEM, HOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THEM. AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S WHAT THE STATE OF TEXAS IS DOING. BUT I THOUGHT IT TO BE VERY INTERESTING TO HELP YOU AND TO SHARE WITH YOU THE STORY OF HOW THIS WE FUND OUR STREETS AND OUR ROADWAYS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THAT'S MY REPORT. VERY GOOD SIR, AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPRESENTATION ON THE RTC AND THE DMC TRANSPORTATION. YOU'VE PROBABLY LEARNED MORE ABOUT TRANSPORTATION THAN YOU EVER IMAGINED YOU COULD BE POSSIBLY TO LEARN. SO THEY INTERJECT AND HOW THEY INTERACT WITH US. WELL VERY GOOD SIR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THAT WAS THE LAST ITEM UNDER VERBAL [9. Councilmember Jeff Bass Austin Nichols -TIF 1 Downtown/Forest Jupiter Board ] [10. Councilmember Dylan Hedrick Damon Wilson - TIF 2 South Board] BRIEFINGS. MOVING ON TO CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. TOMORROW NIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBERS BASS AND HEDRICK HAVE APPOINTMENTS THAT WE WILL TAKE. INDIVIDUALLY. SINCE THERE'S ONLY TWO. AND THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO ANNOUNCE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY [ 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.] FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS QUEUING UP FOR THIS EVENING? COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS YEAH, MAYOR, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT COMMITTEE THIS SHOULD GO TO, BUT I'D LIKE FOR SOME PUBLIC PUBLIC SERVICE. AS A SUSPECT. BUT NIGHT, NIGHTTIME POP UP BUSINESSES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY A CHALLENGE FOR US AS A CITY. AND I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT SHOULD GO, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BEGIN TO LOOK AT THAT AND SEE WHAT, IF ANYTHING, IF WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T. BUT I'M NOT SURE I'D LIKE FOR US TO LOOK AT THE INCREASED RAPIDLY INCREASING. OKAY. WE WILL TAKE THAT TO COMMUNITY SERVICES OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. VERY GOOD. ANYTHING ADDITIONAL? NO, THAT'S THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THE SECOND. OH, SORRY, I WAS I WAS LOOKING AT YOU. NOT OVE THERE. YES. AND DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK BE THE SECOND ON THAT. SO. COUNCILMEMBER ART, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. A COUPLE ITEMS I WAS WANTING TO HAVE THE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT, WHICH WOULD BE WE ARE GOING TO BE WITH OUR SOCCER STADIUM. WE'RE GOING TO BE EXPANDING, COMPLETING, NAMING FOREST BOULEVARD. AND IF YOU LOOK ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF A SMALL CREEK WAY, THERE IS THE YOU HAVE NAMING FOREST BOULEVARD AND MANSIONS DRIVE. YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT PARK ALONG THOSE ROADS. AND I'D LIKE US TO LOOK AT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO ACTUALLY MAKE THAT A NO PARKING ZONE OR A THREE HOUR PARKING ZONE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. NEW INFORMATION, THOUGH, WE'VE LOOKED AT THAT. WE RESTRICTED PARKING FROM THE STOP SIGN BACK FROM MANSIONS DRIVE. ALL RIGHT. YEAH, LET'S WE'LL SEND IT BACK THROUGH IF WE HAVE A SECOND. AND [00:40:02] GOT ONE MORE. ALSO ANOTHER ONE FOR STREETS, WHICH WOULD BE THE SAME TYPE OF ISSUE WITH NORTH FIFTH STREET. WE OPENED UP THE STREET RIGHT UP AT STADIUM, RIGHT WHERE THE WHERE THE GENERAL DYNAMICS BUILDING IS. AND WE HAVE A LOT MORE PEOPLE DRIVING THROUGH THERE. AND WE HAVE TYPICALLY THERE'S ABOUT 15 TO 20 CARS THAT PARK ALONG THERE DAILY. AND I BELIEVE THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A BIG PORTION OF THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE A NO PARKING ZONE, BUT NOT ALL OF IT. AND I WAS THINKING THAT THAT COULD BE LOOKED AT ALSO IN THE SAME WAY. OKAY. VERY GOOD. AND HEDRICK SECOND ON THAT ONE AS WELL. OKAY. VERY GOOD. ANYTHING ELSE UNDER THIS SECTION? NO. ALL [ EXECUTIVE SESSION] RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ON. I BELIEVE IF MY NUMBERING IS CORRECT TO ITEM 11 UNDER EXECUTIVE SESSION, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTIONS FIVE, FIVE, 1.07155, 1.074 AND 551.087 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DELIBERATE AND DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ONE. A POTENTIAL OFFER BY THE CITY OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVES TO A BUSINESS PROSPECT, AND THE RECEIPT OF COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT THE CITY HAS RECEIVED FROM THE SAME BUSINESS PROSPECT WHICH THE CITY SEEKS TO HAVE LOCATE WITH, LOCATE WITHIN THE CITY, AND WITH WHICH THE CITY IS CONDUCTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS AND ATTORNEY CLIENT COMMUNICATIONS RELATED TO SAME. AND ITEM TWO PERSONNEL MATTERS RELATED TO THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT, EVALUATION OR DUTIES OF THE CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY AUDITOR, AND MUNICIPAL JUDGES AND ATTORNEY. CLIENT MATTERS CONCERNING PRIVILEGED AND UNPRIVILEGED CLIENT INFORMATION RELATED TO SAME. WE WILL TAKE A SHORT RECESS WHILE WE CLEAR THE ROOM. AND SO LET'S HAVE EVERYBODY BACK HERE AT * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.