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UM, LET'S[ NOTICE OF MEETING CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS ENVIRONMENTAL & COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD Work Session Room of City Hall William E. Dollar Municipal Building 200 N. Fifth Street Garland, Texas March 12, 2025 7:00 p.m. A meeting of the Environmental & Community Advisory Board of the City of Garland, Texas will be held at the aforementioned location, date, and time to discuss and consider the following agenda items:]
DO A QUICK ROLL CALL.DID EVERYBODY READ THE MINUTES? DOES ANYBODY WANT TO COMMENT? ANY CHANGES? UH, I'LL MOVE THAT THEY'RE ACCEPTED AS WRITTEN.
I SECOND A MOTION SECOND, EVERYBODY.
WHAT'S UP FIRST? AUTO RELATED BUSINESSES.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND.
UM, I STARTED WITH THE CITY, UM, BACK IN OCTOBER, SO FAIRLY NEW, SO STILL LEARNING A LOT OF GARLAND WAYS.
UM, THANK YOU FOR
SO, BASED ON, UM, WHAT I WAS TOLD ABOUT, UM, THE CONCERNS OF THIS GROUP, I FELT LIKE THERE ARE THREE USES ON OUR LAND USE MATRIX.
SO, IN GARLAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, Y'ALL ARE AWARE THAT WE HAVE A LAND USE MATRIX THAT REGULATES WHICH DISTRICTS, UM, CAN WHICH USE CAN GO TO WHICH DISTRICT, CORRECT.
SO I FOUND OUT THESE ARE THE THREE.
UM, WE HAVE SEVERAL AUTO RELATED USES, BUT THESE ARE THE THREE THAT ARE MOST COMMON THAT ARE RE RECURRING THAT WE SEE ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.
ONE IS AUTOMOBILE REPAIR, MAJOR AUTOMOBILE REPAIR, MINOR AND AUTOMOBILE SALES NEAR USE.
SO BASIC DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MAJOR AND MINOR.
TIRE SHOPS, OIL AND LOOP FACILITIES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
ANYTHING BEYOND THAT THAT WORK, UH, WORKS ON ENGINES, AC, AIR CONDITIONING, THOSE THINGS, THOSE BIGGER TICKET ITEMS ARE USUALLY UNDER AUTOMOBILE REPAIR MAJOR.
SO I DO HAVE THE, THE DEFINITIONS INCLUDED HERE.
I DON'T WANNA READ THEM, BUT I, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF PUT THOSE OUT THERE THAT, HEY, THESE ARE THE THREE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
AND AGAIN, AS YOU SEE, WE HAVE AN UMBRELLA CATEGORY THAT'S MOTOR, MOTOR RICO, AND RELATED USES.
AND THERE ARE TONS OF OTHER USES, CAR WASH, TRUCK RENTAL, THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT FOR TODAY'S PURPOSES, WE ARE FOCUSING ON THOSE THREE.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON OUR LAND USE MATRIX FOR AUTOMOBILE REPAIR MAJOR, THE ONLY TWO ZONING DISTRICTS WHERE IT'S PERMITTED BY.
RIGHT? AND AGAIN, WHEN YOU SEE P HERE, THAT MEANS IT'S ALLOWED BY, RIGHT? RIGHT.
IT'S PERMITTED BY, RIGHT? SO IF YOU ARE IN THAT DISTRICT, YOUR SITE IS IN THAT ZONING DISTRICT, IT'S ZONED, HC IS HEAVY COMMERCIAL ION IS INDUSTRIAL.
IF YOU HAVE A LOT, IF YOU HAVE A SITE WHERE YOU WANNA OPEN AN AUTOMOBILE REPAIR MAJOR AND THAT SITE IS ZONED HEAVY COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL, YOU ARE ENTITLED TO HAVE THAT, HAVE THAT USE.
NOW, THERE ARE TONS OF OTHER THINGS THAT GO ALONG WITH IT.
YOU HAVE TO MEET SETBACKS, BUILDING STANDARDS, YOU HAVE TO MEET LANDSCAPING LOT, LOTS OF OTHER THINGS.
BUT JUST GENERALLY FROM A LAND USE PERSPECTIVE, THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO DISTRICTS THAT ALLOW FOR THAT USE.
IT IS, UM, ALLOWED IN LIGHT COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT, AS YOU COULD SEE HERE.
UM, CAN YOU SEE MY MOUSE? MM-HMM.
SO S MEANS SPECIFIC USE PROVISION.
SO AN SUP MEANS IT'S NOT PERMITTED BY, RIGHT? BUT SOMEONE CAN APPLY FOR AN SPECIFIC USE PROVISION AND IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS.
IT GOES THROUGH PLAN COMMISSION, IT GOES THROUGH CITY COUNCIL.
AND IF THEY DETERMINE THAT FOR THAT SITE, THAT USE COULD BE A GOOD USE.
THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO SAY, OKAY, SUP APPROVED.
AND THAT USE CAN GO ON THAT SITE AT THAT, AT THAT TIME.
BUT AGAIN, IT REQUIRES A FULL-BLOWN PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS.
WHEN WE GO TO AUTOMOBILE REPAIR MINOR, AGAIN, BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING, WE ARE SAYING MINOR IS LESS INTENSIVE USE THAN THE MAJOR ONE, RIGHT? SO ON THAT ONE, IT IS PERMITTED BY RIGHT IN LIGHT COMMERCIAL, HEAVY COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT.
IT USED TO BE PERMITTED BY RIGHT IN CR, WHICH IS COMMUNITY RETAIL.
UP UNTIL LAST YEAR, SO LAST YEAR WE DID A BIG AMENDMENT,
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UH, A GDC AMENDMENT, AND WE MADE, UM, THIS FROM, WE MADE IT GO FROM P TWO S, WHICH MEANS WE INCREASED OUR RESTRICTIONS.SO NOW IN COMMUNITY RETAIL ZONING DISTRICT, THEY AN AUTOMOBILE REPAIR MINER CANNOT COME IN AND JUST BE ENTITLED FOR THAT USE.
THEY NEED TO APPLY FOR AN SUP, WHICH MEANS THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH CITY PLAN COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL FOR THE AUTOMOBILE SALES.
NEW OR USED, IT'S ONLY PERMITTED BY RIGHT? IN HEAVY COMMERCIAL, IT NEEDS AN SUP IN BOTH LIGHT COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL.
NOWHERE ELSE ON THE ZONING DISTRICTS, UM, IS IT IN ALLOWED USE? NOW, YOU MAY THINK, OKAY, IF WE ARE THAT RESTRICTED ON OUR LAND USE CHART, HOW DID WE END UP GETTING SO MANY THROUGHOUT THE CITY, RIGHT? SO THIS WASN'T THE WAY IT WAS ALWAYS BE.
SO 30 YEARS AGO, 20 YEARS AGO, WHENEVER ALL THOSE CAR LOTS USED CAR LOTS, TIRE SHOPS, OIL AND LOOP FACILITIES, WHEN ALL OF THOSE CAME IN, THE LANGUAGE CHART USED TO LOOK VERY DIFFERENT.
SO RECENTLY IN 2015, WE HAVE DONE A, WE HAD DONE A COMPREHENSIVE AMENDMENT OF OUR ORDINANCE.
AND THAT PUT A LOT OF RESTRICTIONS ON THESE USES BECAUSE WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT, HEY, THIS IS AN ISSUE.
LIKE ANYONE, WE HAVE OUR DOWNTOWN SQUARE, WE HAVE SO MANY COOL PLACES AND WE WILL HAVE SO MANY COOL PLACES IN GARLAND, BUT IF YOU ARE JUST DRIVING THROUGH, IF YOU'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE CORRIDORS, THAT'S ALL YOU SEE.
AND YOU MAY DEVELOP THAT IMAGE THAT, OH, GARLAND IS A CITY OF AUTO, AUTO LOTS, RIGHT? AND THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
SO WE RECOGNIZED THAT ISSUE IN 2015.
WE WENT VERY RESTRICTIVE ON THE LAND USE CHART, AND THEN WE CONTINUED EVALUATING THEM AS A RESULT.
AGAIN, AS I SAID, AUTOMOBILE REPAIR MINER, WHICH WE HAVE MANY HUNDREDS OF THOSE USES, AND A LOT OF THEM ARE LOCATED IN COMMUNITY RETAIL ZONING DISTRICTS.
SO WE RECOGNIZE THAT, HEY, WE KEEP SEEING THIS AND THEY COULD JUST GO RIGHT TO PERMITTING, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S A, IT'S A PERMITTED USE.
SO WE ADDED ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS LAST YEAR AND WE CONTINUE DOING.
SO WE CONTINUE EVALUATING LIKE, OKAY, WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO TO HELP WITH OUR IMAGE THAT HAS BEEN HURT BY THIS, THIS BUS, THESE BUSINESSES? SO KIND OF A BIG OVERVIEW ON OUR ZONING MAP.
UM, HOW MANY OF YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS MAP? OKAY.
UM, SO THIS MAP DICTATES WHICH SITE IS ZONED WHAT? SO YOU SEE YELLOW WHERE YOU SEE THIS, THESE YELLOW, THOSE ARE ARE SINGLE FAMILY SEVEN DISTRICTS.
SO THE COLORS ON THAT MAP DETERMINES WHAT THE ZONING DISTRICT IS.
THAT'S REALLY KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF OUR ZONING MAP.
THE REASON I BROUGHT IT UP IS BECAUSE AS YOU SAW, THOSE THREE USES ARE MOSTLY ALLOWED IN LIGHT COMMERCIAL, HEAVY COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL, RIGHT? IN ONE INSTANCE, IT'S ALLOWED WITH AN SUP AND CR AND THAT'S FOR THE MINOR USE.
SO AS YOU LOOK AT THIS MAP, YOU SEE LIKE THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF GARLAND, THAT'S OUR VERY INDUSTRIAL CORE.
THAT'S OBVIOUSLY ZONED INDUSTRIAL ALL PURPLE AS YOU SEE.
SO INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT IS PURPLE AND YOU SEE THESE AREAS ARE ALL COLORED PURPLE.
AND THAT'S WHERE OUR INDUSTRIAL CORE IS.
SO YES, IF SOMEONE WANTS TO COME IN TODAY, UM, AND WANTS TO OPEN A SHOP, UM, FOR AN AUTO REPAIR MAJOR OR AUTO AUTO REPAIR MINOR, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT IN THAT AREA.
BUT AS YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, I KNOW IT'S NOT A VERY ZOOMED IN VERSION, BUT YOU WON'T SEE THAT MANY LIGHT COMMERCIAL OR HEAVY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT LIKE HEAVY COMMERCIALLY ZONED PROPERTIES THROUGHOUT, UM, GARLAND.
THERE ARE POCKETS HERE AND THERE, BUT YOU DON'T SEE THAT MANY LIGHT BLUE OR DARK BLUE, RIGHT? SO IN THAT SITUATION, ANY NEW USE FOR THOSE BUSINESSES, IF THEY WANNA COME IN, THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH RESTRICTED TO THE SOUTHWEST SIDE.
WE HAVE THE RED POCKETS THAT YOU COULD SEE.
I KNOW IT LOOKS SMALL HERE, BUT ON A BLOWN A MAP, BLOWN UP MAP.
WE DO HAVE QUITE A FEW AREAS THAT ARE ZONED COMMUNITY RETAIL.
AND AS YOU REMEMBER, WE SAW THE ONLY USE THAT CAN GO AND THAT TOOL WITH AN SUP IS THE AUTOMOBILE REPAIR MINER.
IF IT'S A COMMUNITY RETAIL ZONED PROPERTY, KIND OF QUICK SYNOPSIS, AGAIN, OTHER THAN HEAVY COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL ZONING USES ZONING DISTRICTS, AUTO SALES OR REPAIR USES ARE NOW RESTRICTED.
HOWEVER, MANY OF THESE USES STARTED OPERATING
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AS A BUSINESS WAY BEFORE THIS GDC TOOK PLACE OR THESE RESTRICTIONS WERE IMPLEMENTED.SO TODAY THEY CAN, THAT'S THEIR LEGAL RIGHT? THEY'RE CONSIDERED NON-CONFORMING.
HOWEVER, IF THEY WANNA EXPAND, THEY CAN'T BECAUSE THEY'RE NON-CONFORMING.
IF THEY WANT, IF THEY, IF ONE OF THE, LET'S SAY THERE'S A TIRE SHOP AND THEY GO OUT OF BUSINESS, THEY LEAVE THAT LOT AND SIX MONTHS GO BY, ANOTHER TIRE SHOP CANNOT COME IN THERE.
SO IT HAS TO BE AN ALLOWED USE FIRST.
WITHIN SIX MONTHS, ANOTHER TIRE SHOP CAN.
SO A NON-CON, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE TIME LIMIT.
AND THEN YES, ANYONE HAS A RIGHT TO REQUEST REZONING.
SO IF YOU WANTED TO USE A OPEN A TIRE SHOP TODAY, AND YOU ARE, THE SITE THAT YOU SELECTED IS ZONED NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE, WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW ANY OF THOSE USES, YOU, YOU ARE ENTITLED TO BRING IN AN APPLICATION.
BUT WE TELL UPFRONT THAT, HEY, WE FEEL LIKE WE, WE HAVE ENOUGH OF THESE USES.
AND AGAIN, IT'S A ZONING IS A DISCRETIONARY MATTER, A MATTER, UH, WE DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA BE, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO GET BEHIND THIS ZONING.
OUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE DENIAL.
AND USUALLY WE, WE WARN THEM UPFRONT THAT HEY, IT'S HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT YOU'RE GONNA GET SUPPORT FROM CITY COUNCIL OR PLAN COMMISSION.
SO THAT'S KIND OF GENERALLY HIGH LEVEL WHAT WE ARE DOING, UM, TO, FROM A LAND USE AND PLANNING PERSPECTIVE, UM, TO REGULATE THOSE USES.
AND, UM, AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS IF, IF A MAJOR AUTO SHOP CLOSES, UM, UM, THE, IS THERE ANY, UM, IS THERE ANY, UM, AN ANALYSIS OF THE LAND? DO THEY DO A A, A CHEMICAL STUDY? NOT PROACTIVELY BY US, NO.
NOT BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT? NO.
WELL, NO DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY OF GARLAND REQUIRES THAT THE, UM, UM, LAND BE CHECKED.
WE BOUGHT SOME COMMERCIAL PROPERTY AND IN THE SEARCH FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, WE HAD TWO THAT WOULDN'T PASS INSPECTION BECAUSE OF THE CHEMICALS IN THE SOIL.
BECAUSE THEY WERE FORMALLY AUTOMOTIVE.
I REALLY THINK IT'S SOMETHING THE CITY OUGHT TO BE LOOKING INTO AS ONE CLOSES.
THEY HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY DONE ON A PROPERTY BEFORE THEY ALLOW ANOTHER ONE.
UH, TRYING TO THINK, UM, WE CAN KIND OF, SORRY, I WAS KIND OF TRYING TO THINK HOW WE WOULD ADDRESS IT FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE.
LIKE WHEN THEY COME INTO PERMIT OR PLANNING, WHAT STEP CAN WE LEGALLY USED TO REQUIRE IT? BECAUSE IT, THERE HAS TO BE UM, UM, NEXUS BETWEEN WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING VERSUS, BUT WHAT YOU SAID IS PRETTY, PRETTY REASONABLE.
LET ME KIND OF THINK ABOUT IT AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO FROM OUR PER SAY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY.
IT PROTECTS THE PERSON WHO'S PUTTING A NEW BUSINESS IN AS WELL BECAUSE THEY CAN SAY THE SOIL WAS GOOD WHEN WE MOVED IN MM-HMM
OR WAS BAD WHEN WE MOVED IN MM-HMM
I UNDERSTAND AS THESE USES CHANGE.
I'M SORRY, DID YOU, UH, JUST A, UH, GARLAND ROAD COMING NORTH FROM 6 35 MM-HMM
THERE'S THAT WHOLE LONG STRING OF USED CAR LOTS.
IS THAT HOW IT'S THAT, THAT ZONE THAT WAY? OR IS THAT SOMETHING GET WEEDED OUT OR CLEANED UP AT SOME POINT? 'CAUSE IT DOESN'T LEAVE A REAL GOOD IMPRESSION.
IMPRESSION IF YOU'RE JUST DRIVING IN THE GARLAND FOR THE FIRST TIME AND HERE IT IS
SO GOOD NEWS, UM, ON, SO RIGHT NOW IT IS ALL ZONED INDUSTRIAL, UM, EAST OF GARLAND, NORTH OF 6 35.
THERE, THERE ARE A MIX OF KIND OF INDUSTRIAL COM, LIKE SOME COMMUNITY RETAIL, BUT THOSE USES ARE THERE ALREADY, RIGHT? SO WE ARE DOING, WE ARE, UM, WORKING ON A BIG CITY INITIATED REZONING IN THAT GENERAL AREA.
YOU'LL SEE IT GO TO PLAN, COMMISSION AND COUNCIL HERE IN THE UPCOMING MONTHS.
SO WE ARE DOING A BIG CITY INITIATED REZONING TO CHANGE THOSE FROM EITHER INDUSTRIAL COMMUNITY, RETAIL PD, SOMETIMES WE HAVE PLAN DEVELOPMENT WITH INDUSTRIAL OR COMMUNITY RETAIL BASED ZONING, CHANGING IT ALL TO URBAN RESIDENTIAL AND URBAN BUSINESS.
THOSE TWO, AS YOU SEE HERE, THOSE TWO ARE OUR MIXED USE DISTRICT.
THESE ARE RESIDENTIAL, THESE ARE NON-RESIDENTIAL.
THESE ARE OUR URBAN MIXED USE DISTRICT.
AND ONCE WE ZONE TO THOSE DISTRICTS, THOSE USES ARE NOT GONNA BE ALLOWED.
THEY CAN STILL CONTINUE OPERATING AS NON-CONFORMING.
BUT THE IDEA IS ONCE WE SET THE STAGE WITH THE BIG REZONING OF THE ENTIRE AREA, WE ARE ENCOURAGING DEVELOPERS TO COME IN WITH MORE REVITALIZING IDEA FOR BIG, BIG AREA, BIG CHUNK OF, UM, AREA IN THAT GENERAL LOCATION.
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QUESTION.WELL, FIRST I WANNA SAY THAT I REALLY COMMEND YOU GUYS FOR THE WORK YOU'VE DONE ON, ON FIXEDNESS BECAUSE AT ONE POINT GARLAND USED TO BE CALLED CARLIN BECAUSE WE HAD SO, SO MANY CAR LOTS WE WERE KNOWN WE WERE THE PLACE FOR CARS.
SO I DO DEFINITELY COMMEND YOU GUYS ON THIS.
UM, ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS, WELL I HAVE SEVERAL, BUT ONE IS, UM, AT WHAT, AT WHAT POINT I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE TO COME TO COUNCIL AND EVERY TIME SOMEONE DOES, I'VE NOTICED THAT WE'VE SHUT THEM DOWN.
UM, AT WHAT POINT AS THESE DEALERSHIPS OR THESE WORKPLACES CLOSE DOWN, RIGHT? DO WE, DO WE SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH? BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THAT THEY'RE HERE, THEY STILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, WHETHER IT'S IN LIGHT OR HEAVY OR INDUSTRIAL, THEY STILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME HERE.
I THINK WE'RE OVERWHELMED WITH THEM ALREADY, BUT THEY STILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME.
SO AT WHAT POINT DO WE MAKE ALL OF THIS AN S IT'S UP TO CITY COUNCIL.
UH, WE CAN DEFINITELY HAVE A CONVERSATION AND IF THAT'S THE DESIRE OF THIS BOARD, IT COULD DEFINITELY BE KIND OF SENT OVER TO US AND WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH OUR PLAN COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY SUCH DESIRE BY THEM.
BUT, UH, THERE'S NOTHING, I MEAN, LEGALLY I THINK YOU STILL NEED TO PERMIT THEM SOMEWHERE, UM, FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE.
BUT, UM, GOING MORE STRICT TO DOING MORE SUVS, UM, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY PARTICULAR RESTRICTION ON THAT.
WE COULD DEFINITELY LOOK INTO IT FURTHER.
AND THEN I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY.
'CAUSE LEGALLY THEY HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS.
SO THEN, WELL, I KIND OF THOUGHT THAT TOO, BUT I WAS LIKE, WELL, OKAY, SO QUESTION, RIGHT? BECAUSE AT AT WHAT POINT IS ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, RIGHT? BECAUSE WHEN YOU COME INTO GARLAND, LIKE HE SAID IT, WE LOOK LIKE A CAR FACTORY AND WE'RE NOT, WE'RE A HEAD FACTORY.
SO AT SOME POINT WHEN IS ENOUGH? SO, UM, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.
THAT MIGHT BE A LEGAL QUESTION.
SO, AND MY SECOND QUESTION, UH, TO PIGGYBACK OFF THAT WAS I DO SEE A LOT OF THESE MINOR POPPING UP ON TOP OF THE MINORS THAT ARE BARELY THERE ON TOP OF THE MINORS THAT ARE NOT EVEN THERE AT ALL.
SO BROADWAY IS, THERE WE GO, WHEN IS ENOUGH ENOUGH? THAT'S THE QUESTION.
WHEN IS ENOUGH ENOUGH? BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY MINOR, THERE'S A LOT OF MINOR MM-HMM
THERE ARE MINORS THAT ARE JUST GETTING HERE, THERE ARE MINORS WHO ARE BARELY HERE, AND THEN THERE ARE MINORS THAT PROBABLY COME IN ONCE A WEEK, MAYBE IF MM-HMM
OR IT, WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S OPERATING, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT.
SO, AND THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BY ENOUGH IS ANOTHER, LIKE, WHEN ONE COME IN, SHOULDN'T WE, SOMETHING SHOULD BE HAPPENING WITH THE OLD IF THE NEW IS COMING IN.
SO ARE ARE YOU SAYING THEY'RE REPLACING AN OLDER BUSINESS? NO.
SO, SO THEY'RE BEING ADDED ON TOP OF IT.
IF THEY'RE RIGHT ON TOP OF EACH OTHER, LITERALLY YOU GO DOWN BROADWAY AND I CAN LITERALLY JUST WALK MY CAR, NOT EVEN DRIVE, I CAN WALK MY CAR TO EACH ONE OF THESE PLACES AND THEY'RE ALL RIGHT HERE.
AND THIS ONE IS LIKE, OH MY GOD, YOU'RE STILL STANDING.
AND SO AGAIN, WHEN IS ENOUGH, ENOUGH BECAUSE WE, GIVEN WE, I KNOW WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM PERMISSION WITH SOME CHOICES, BUT, UM, IF WE'RE GONNA CLEAN UP THE CORRIDORS THE WAY WE WANT TO, ESPECIALLY DOWN BROADWAY, WHICH TURN TO BELTLINE AND HIT SO MANY CITIES COMING INTO GARLAND AT THAT, THAT'S AN AREA THAT WE REALLY NEED TO TARGET.
I, I FEEL LIKE WE REALLY NEED TO TARGET, TARGET WITH LIMITATIONS ON, ON SOME OF THIS CAR STUFF.
NOW KEEP IN MIND GUYS, YOU ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO TO THE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS TO EITHER SPEAK AGAINST OR IN FAVOR OR ON ANYTHING THAT'S BEING PROPOSED.
YOU CAN GO TO YOUR COUNCIL MEETINGS, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.
THAT'S EXACTLY HOW YOU GET THINGS DONE.
BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT VOTE EITHER YES OR NO, MA'AM.
I KNOW I'VE SAID THROUGH SO MANY, SO YOU HAVE SOME OPTIONS VOTED OUT.
SO
AND AGAIN, WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, HEY, IT'S NOT EVEN RELATED TO A ZONING CASE.
HOW DO WE MAKE THIS EVEN MORE STRINGENT? SO THAT IS ALSO A FUNCTION THAT WE WILL TAKE CARE OF.
SO IF YOU WANNA KIND OF PLANT THOSE SEEDS AT OPEN FORUM TO PLANT COMMISSION CITY COUNCIL, THOSE WOULD GO A LONG WAY, I THINK.
AND YOU GUYS CAN DO THAT EVERY OTHER TUESDAY DURING AN OPEN MIC.
SO, SO JUST CURIOUS IF IF, UM,
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HYPOTHETICALLY IF SOMEBODY, THE OWNER OF AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP HAPPENS TO SELL MM-HMMPROPERTY, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO TALK TO THEM? LIKE, OKAY, IF YOU'RE GONNA SELL, YOU ARE RECONSIDERING REZONING.
I MEAN, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BEING MADE GENERALLY MAKE SURE THAT THE NEXT OWNER IS NOT GONNA TURN IT UP TO ANOTHER? SO GENERALLY, THOSE PURCHASE OF THOSE ARE PRIVATE MATTERS.
THE CITY DOESN'T NECESSARILY GET INVOLVED WHEN THERE IS A AGREEMENT, LIKE A CONTRACT BETWEEN TWO PRIVATE PEOPLE TO SELL AND PURCHASE THEIR PROPERTY.
UM, THE ONLY REASON WE'LL SEE IT IS BECAUSE LET'S SAY THERE'S A TIRE SHOP TODAY.
THEY SELL THE PROPERTY AND OTHER TIRE SHOPS COMING IN.
AGAIN, IF IT'S NONCONFORMING, THEY ONLY HAVE 180 DAYS.
180 DAYS PASSED, THEY CAN'T COME IN LIKE A NEW TIRE SHOP CANNOT COME IN.
OR EVEN THE OLD ONE, THEY HAVE ABANDONED THAT SITE.
NOW WITHIN 180 DAYS, IF THE SAME USE BUT A DIFFERENT TENANT OR DIFFERENT USERS COMING IN, THEN THEY GO STRAIGHT TO OUR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY PROCESS.
UM, IT DOES TRIGGER A NEW CO BUT WE DON'T HAVE A LEGAL WAY TO STOP THEM FROM GETTING IT BECAUSE THEY WERE BEING OPERATED AS A LEGAL NON-CONFORMING USE.
NOW IF THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE KNOW OF LIKE THAT, THE CITY COULD GET INVOLVED IN SOME AREAS.
WE WOULD, LET'S SAY IF THERE WAS A ZONING CASE OR SOMETHING.
BUT THAT DOESN'T OFTEN HAPPEN WITH THESE TYPE OF USES BECAUSE THEY PROBABLY SELL IT TO SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO USE IT FOR THE SAME USE.
UH, BUT THE GENERAL IDEA IS, HEY, AT SOME POINT YOU ARE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE A CHANGE TO YOUR SITE, RIGHT? YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO EXPAND, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO ADD SOMETHING.
SO THAT'S WHEN SLOWLY IT'S GONNA BE PAINFUL.
SLOWLY, THOSE YOU, THOSE ABUNDANCE OF USES ARE PROBABLY GONNA START LEAVING.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE WHOLE HOPE.
IN FACT, MORE THEY BUILD NEW ONES.
THEY DID, THEY DID BUILD NEW ONES.
THE OLD ONES ARE STILL WORKING AND THEY'RE BUILDING BRAND NEW ONES RIGHT NOW.
BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE IT FOR 30, 30 YEARS.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS STRINGENT.
AT LEAST WE GOT SOME CONTROL OF IT.
I GUESS YOU'RE FEELING MY PAIN.
YEAH, NO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE PLAYED GAMES WITH THE KIDS, THE TIRE SHOPS ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL.
OH, WE'RE, UM, PRESCRIP DROP OFFS DOES HAVE INTERNET OR NO, IT, IT'S RING SIT SIDEWAYS.
IS THERE INTERNET ON THIS THING OR IS THERE, NEED THAT BROWSER? OKAY.
HOW ARE YOU TONIGHT? ALRIGHT, SO I'LL START OFF WITH, UH, A SMALL INTRODUCTION.
UM, MY NAME IS OFFICER DANIEL RIVAS.
UH, WE ARE PART OF THE NPO UNIT NEIGHBORHOOD POLICE OFFICERS.
UM, I'VE BEEN IN THE UNIT SINCE, UH, JULY.
HE'S BEEN IN FOR HOW, HOW MANY YEARS NOW? UM, 15 YEARS NATIONAL.
UM, I'VE BEEN IN PART OF THE UNIT SINCE 2021.
UM, AND THEN OFFICER RIVAS GOT IN AND THEN WE WERE BOTH ACTUALLY FROM OUTTA STATE, UM, LATERALS FROM OUTTA STATE.
I'M FROM SAN FRANCISCO AND I'M FROM WAY OUT EAST NEW YORK.
SO WE'RE FROM TWO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD, UH, COUNTRY, SORRY,
AND, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE HERE IN GARLAND.
UH, WE CAME WITH OUR, OUR NEW LIEUTENANT.
HE'S, UH, ONE OF OUR NEW, UH, SUPERVISORS WHO JUST STARTED WITH US LAST WEEK.
UH, LIEUTENANT, UH, LIEUTENANT RIMAGE.
SO HE KIND OF CAME TO JUST KIND OF SEE WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
HE'S KIND OF NEW TO THIS, BUT NOT NEW TO THE DEPARTMENT.
HE'S BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR MANY YEARS.
UM, SO TODAY WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT THE PRE PRESCRIPTION, UH, DROP OFF PROGRAM THAT WE OFFER, UM, THAT WE HAVE AT THE DEPARTMENT.
AND, UM, IT'S BASICALLY, IT'S, IT IS VERY SIMPLE.
UM, WE USED TO HAVE A BOX RIGHT IN THE LOBBY.
UM, NOW THAT BOX, UH, HAS BEEN MOVED TO, TO THE BACK TO NOW THE PERSON HAS TO SPEAK TO THE OFFICER WHO'S AT THE, UM, AT THE ACTUAL FRONT DESK.
UH, THE FRONT DESK HOURS ARE USUALLY SEVEN TO SEVEN, 7:00 AM 7:00 PM UH, REASON FOR THIS IS 'CAUSE THEY WERE JUST
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DROPPING OFF RANDOM STUFF IN THERE.UM, THEY HAD FOUND NEEDLES IN THERE ALSO.
IT, IT'S A, IT'S A CARDBOARD BOX, SO NEEDLES SHOULDN'T BE PUT IN THERE.
UM, SO THAT'S THE REASONING WHY THEY PUT IT BEHIND THE CAN NOW, BEHIND THE, UH, THE GLASS AND THE OFFICER WAS, IS GONNA BE THE ONE TAKING IT AND PUT IT IN THE BOX.
UM, WE'RE STILL NOT ASKING FOR NAMES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, ANYBODY CAN BRING ANY EXPIRED PRESCRIPTION PILLS.
UH, PILLS THEY'RE NO LONGER USING.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT 'EM LYING AROUND THE HOUSE.
MAYBE THEY HAVE SMALL KIDS OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
UM, AND SOME OF THESE PRESCRIPTIONS ARE ON THE FDA FLUSH LIST.
SO IF THEY'RE ON THE FDA FLUSH LIST, YOU CAN'T JUST PUT 'EM IN THE, IN, IN THE TOILET OR IN THE SINK.
UM, SO THE SAFEST WAY TO DO IT IS BRING IT TO US AND WE'LL, WE'LL DISCARD OF THEM.
UM, OUR NARCOTICS UNIT IS THE ONE WHO HANDLES ALL THAT.
UH, SO IT'LL BE HAND HANDED TO THE OFFICER THAT'S AT THE DESK.
UH, THE OFFICER WITH THEM PUT IT IN THE BOX AND I, I BELIEVE IT'S WEEKLY THEY COME AND OUR NARCOTIC UNIT WILL PICK IT UP AND THEY'LL DISPOSE OF IT, UM, THE CORRECT WAY.
SO THE ONLY THING THAT THEY ASKED SPECIFICALLY, UM, 'CAUSE I DID, I, YOU KNOW, I KNEW OF THE PROGRAM, BUT I WANTED TO GET, MAKE SURE THERE WAS ANYTHING THEY WANTED TO EMPHASIZE.
AND THERE'S ONE THING THEY DEFINITELY WANNA EMPHASIZE IS THAT NO VITAMINS, SO NOTHING OVER THE COUNTER DON'T BRING TYLENOL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, AND NO NEEDLES, THAT'S A BIG ONE.
THE NEEDLES, IF YOU NEED TO DISPOSE OF 'EM, YOU COULD GO TO ANY CLINIC.
UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THESE ERS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THOSE EMERGENCY ROOMS. UM, THEY HAVE ONE OF THOSE DISPOSABLE, UH, THEY USUALLY, IT'S USUALLY A CONTAINER AND THEY'LL DISPOSE OF IT RIGHT IN THERE SAFELY.
UM, 'CAUSE LIKE I SAID BEFORE, IT IS A CARDBOARD BOX THAT ALL THIS STUFF GOES INTO AND WE JUST DON'T, NONE OF THE, NONE OF THE OFFICERS WANNA GET STUCK WITH IT.
SO THAT'S WHAT THEY, UH, EMPHASIZE.
NO VITAMINS, NO OVER THE COUNTER AND NO NEEDLES.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE, THE ACTUAL PROGRAM.
IT'S A VERY, VERY SIMPLE, UM, IT'S, IT'S NOT MUCH TO IT.
AND THEN WE ALSO DO HAVE SOME OTHER PROGRAMS. UM, THE CRIME STOPPERS PROGRAM, UM, IS ACTUALLY OFFERS REWARDS FOR ARRESTS, WHETHER IT'S WANTED PEOPLE, UM, NARCOTIC LOCATIONS.
UM, SO IT'S ANONYMOUS PROGRAM OR YOU CAN LEAVE A NAME OR CALLBACK OR NOT.
UM, AND WE, THE TIPS USUALLY GO TO OUR LIEUTENANTS, UM, IN THE MPO UNIT.
AND THEY, BASED ON WHAT, UM, IT IS, IT'LL THEN TO BE DISPERSED OUT BETWEEN OUR NARCOTIC UNITS OR US.
UM, AS US NEIGHBORHOOD POLICE OFFICERS, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW.
'CAUSE UM, WE CAME FROM A, I CAME FROM A DEPARTMENT THAT DIDN'T HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD POLICE OFFICERS, BUT WE ARE KINDA LIKE THE LIAISONS.
UM, SO, UM, WHETHER IT'S HIGH WEEDS AND WE NEED TO CONTACT CODE AND GET CODE INVOLVED, OR WHETHER IT'S, UM, HOUSES THAT ARE SELLING NARCOTICS, WHATEVER IT IS, IT KIND OF USUALLY STARTS WITH US AND THEN WE KIND OF FILTER WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO.
UM, SO IF A LOT OF CITIZENS HAVE, HEY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
I DON'T KNOW WHO TO TELL, THEY USUALLY COME TO US FIRST AND THEN, HEY, WE'LL DIRECT YOU TO THE RIGHT RESOURCE.
FOR EXAMPLE, I HAVE MANY PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT.
MY DISTRICT IS SOUTH OF MILLER.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE IT.
AND I BORDER CENTERVILLE ALL THE WAY TO THE BORDER OF OUR CITY, WEST ON THE WEST.
UM, SO ANYONE IN MY AREA, UM, WOULD CONTACT ME THROUGH MY EMAIL OR PHONE NUMBER.
AND THEN WHETHER IT'S HOMELESS DRUGS, CODE, ANYTHING ANIMAL, I JUST HAD AN ANIMAL, UM, DISPUTE OR OVER STRAY CATS, UM, IN MY DISTRICT, THEY CONTACTED ME.
THEN I CONTACT ANIMAL CONTROL AND WE GET INVOLVED THAT WAY.
SO WE'RE KINDA LIKE THE LIAISON.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO TO GO TO, YOU GO TO YOUR MPO.
UM, WE'LL GET YOU A HOMELESS, HOMELESS UNIT IF THERE'S HOMELESS ISSUES.
UM, IF IT'S NEEDS FURTHER INVESTIGATION, WE DO THE INVESTIGATION UNLESS IT GOES TO, UM, A DIFFERENT UNIT.
UM, BUT WE'RE KIND OF THE, THE, THE CATCHALL, SO TO SPEAK.
THE BANDAID UNIT IS WHAT WE CALL OURSELVES, NOT ONE OF THOSE
BOTH SCHOOLS, WE KIND OF DO EVERYTHING.
SO THEY JUST PUT US ON EVERYTHING AND THEN WE FI HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHO TO, WHO IT GOES TO.
AND IF IT DOESN'T GO TO ANYBODY, THEN IT'S OURS.
SO, UM, AND THEN WE DO HAVE A CRIME WATCH, WHICH WE DO HANDLE IN THE MPO UNIT.
UM, SO WE DO A CRIME WATCH COORDINATORS MEETING QUARTERLY.
AND WE ACTUALLY JUST DID OURS WHAT, LAST TWO WEEKS AGO? LAST WEDNESDAY? YEAH, LAST WEDNESDAY.
UM, WHERE WE MEET WITH ALL OUR CRIME WATCH COORDINATORS IN THE CITY.
AND ALL OF US NPOS ARE THERE, UM, TO ANY QUESTION, ANY CONCERNS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
ANYTHING THAT THEIR CITY OR THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE.
AND WE ALSO HOLD HOA MEETINGS, UM, WHERE WE GO TO THE HOA MEETING.
MINE IS IN NEXT HOA MEETING IS IN APRIL.
UM, AND MY DISTRICT DISTRICT FIVE AND I'M PART OF TWO.
BUT, UM, SO I GO TO THOSE HOA MEETINGS AND WE ARE BASICALLY THE LIAISON SO THAT IF SOME COMPLAINT FROM A NEIGHBOR, THEY CAN COME TO US AND WE WANT TO SHOW OUR FACES AT THOSE MEETINGS.
UM, AND SO WE'RE THE KINDA THE PEOPLE TO REACH OUT TO IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, THIS IS A NEW, I HAD NEVER HEARD OF THE TYPE OF UNIT BEFORE I GOT HERE, UM, TO TEXAS.
AND I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD UNIT.
I THINK WE DO A LOT OF GOOD WORK AND, UM, I THINK IT HELPS THE CITIZENS FEEL A LITTLE MORE CONNECTED.
UM, RATHER THAN JUST CALLING 9 1 1, GET AN OFFICER WHO IS ANSWERING 9 1 1 CALLS ALL DAY LONG, GOING CALL TO CALL.
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HE'S JUST TRYING TO GET UP TO THE HIGH PRIORITY CALLS.HE'S, YOU KNOW, YOU ABOUT YOUR HIGH WEEDS, YOUR NEIGHBOR'S HIGH WEEDS, HE DOESN'T REALLY CARE.
UM, SO WE KIND OF HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LITTLE MORE INVESTED INTEREST.
UM, I THINK THERE'S, THAT'S ABOUT ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HANDLE AS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND LIKE TOUCH BASE ON THE CRIME WATCH MEETING.
SO THE CRIME WATCH MEETING, WE'RE ALL THERE, BUT WE ALSO BRING, UM, USUALLY BRING A GUEST SPEAKER.
SO THE GUEST SPEAKER, IF, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO HEAR FROM A CERTAIN, UH, IT, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, IT COULD BE FROM A DIFFERENT ENTITY, IT WITHIN THE CITY.
UM, UH, LAST WEEK WE HAD ONE OF OUR DETECTIVES WHO'S BEEN THERE FOR 31 YEARS, WHO DOES THE ICAC ICAC, WHICH IS ALL THE, THE, THE KIDNEY PORN STUFF, THE HOW TO CATCH, HOW TO CATCH A PREDATOR.
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THAT SHOW WITH CHRIS HANSON? HE DOES THAT FOR US.
AND I MEAN THIS, HE, HE'S AMAZING AT WHAT HE DOES.
UM, SO WE HAD HIM AT A GUEST SPEAKER AND THEN WE, WE TAKE ANY KIND OF SUGGESTIONS OF SOMEONE THAT THEY WANNA SPEAK, UH, WITHIN THE CITY AND WE'LL TRY TO GET THEM IN AS A GUEST SPEAKER TO THAT MEETING.
UH, THING THAT WE DO WITH THAT.
AND WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH CODE ANIMAL CONTROL.
UM, JUST, WE WORK SECURITY FOR THEM.
IF THEY HAVE A PROBLEM HOUSE TOO, THEY'LL CALL US ALL THE TIME TO COME OUT.
AND WHETHER IT'S ISSUING CITATIONS, WHETHER IT'S, UM, CODE CLEANUP OR WHATEVER IT IS, UM, ESPECIALLY LIKE THE HOMELESS CLEANUPS, WE ASSIST THEM AS SECURITY TOO.
SO I WENT TO THE CAR REPAIR SHOPS, UH, CODE WAS OUT ON ONE ON KIRBY, UM, IN MY DISTRICT.
AND I WAS IN, I WASN'T IN, I WAS OUT ON MY WAY HOME AND I CALLED ONE OF THE OTHER GUYS.
THEY WENT WITH THEM AND THEY ENDED UP, I BELIEVE THEY, THEY SHUT THE PLACE DOWN, UM, TILL THEY GET, YOU KNOW, UPDATED, UH, PERMITS AND WHATNOT.
BUT WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH 'EM.
LIKE WE, I MEAN, THEY CALL US DIRECTLY ON OUR CELL PHONE AND, AND IF THEY NEED US, WE, WE GO RIGHT AWAY.
THAT'S WHAT HE WAS SAYING, PATROL IS, THEY'RE GOING FROM ONE CALL TO THE OTHER AND WE HAVE THE TIME.
WE'RE NOT ANSWERING 9 1 1 CALLS.
SO IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY FROM ONE OF THE, ANY OF THE ENTITIES WITHIN OUR CITY CALLS US, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MORE THAN LIKELY ABLE TO HELP OUT.
UM, WHEN YOU GET YOUR MEDICINE IN THE MAIL OR WHATEVER IT SAYS WHEN YOU DISPOSE OF IT JUST TO THROW IT IN THE TRASH MM-HMM
IS THAT A REASONABLE THING TO DO? OR IS IT BETTER TO TAKE IT? YEAH, UM, YOU CAN BRING IT TO US.
I MEAN, IF YOU HAVE NO, IF YOU HAVE NO RISK AT HOME OF ANY SMALL CHILDREN OR, OR, OR EVEN PETS OR ANYTHING, IF THEY'RE, I MEAN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE USUALLY GONNA BE IN, IN CONTAINERS THAT ARE LOCKED.
UM, BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT OPTION, UM, THEN YOU BRING IT TO US.
BUT YOU COULD GO ON THE FDA.GOV A WEBSITE AND IT'LL TELL YOU, UM, WHAT MEDICATIONS ARE ON A FLUSH LIST.
SO IF THEY'RE ON A FLUSH LIST, THEN THEY WOULD, UM, FLESH LISTS BASICALLY STUFF THAT YOU SHOULDN'T BE FLUSHING DOWN THE TOILET OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT YOU CAN DISPOSE OF IT IN THE TRASH.
UM, AND IT GIVES YOU THE, THAT WEBSITE KIND OF GIVES YOU, UH, THE PROPER WAY TO DO IT.
BUT YOU CAN DISPOSE OF YOUR PRESCRIPTION PILLS IN THE TRASH.
BUT IF, YOU KNOW, IF YOU PREFER TO BRING IT TO ONE OF OUR, UH, TO THE, TO THE STATION, THEN YOU KNOW, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO DO THAT.
UM, SO WITH THE NEEDLES, YOU SAID Y'ALL DON'T TAKE THOSE, BUT THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED OFF THE STREETS, RIGHT? WOULD YOU AGREE? CORRECT.
UM, HOW COME WE DON'T INVEST IN A NEEDLE BOX THERE? YES.
THAT WOULD BE UP HIGHER THAN US.
UM, AS TENANTS, AS NEEDLE HIGHER LOOSES.
THAT WOULD BE, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE COULD, WE COULD PASS ON TO SEE IF THEY WANT TO INVEST IN.
THE PROBLEM WITH NEEDLES IS HANDLING OF NEEDLES.
SO, AND WE DON'T WANT IT IN OUR PARKS.
WE DON'T WANT IT IN OUR STEWARD.
WE DON'T WANT IT IN OUR, UM, SO THAT, I, I JUST WANTED, AND THEN NUMBER TWO, MY FEAR WOULD BE THAT SOMEONE FOUND DRUGS.
NOW THEY'RE SCARED, THEY WOULD LIKE TO DISPOSE OF THE CORRECT CORRECTLY, RIGHT.
BUT NOW SINCE THEY HAVE TO FACE AN OFFICER, THEY'RE GONNA BE TOO SCARED TO GO AND DISPOSE OF THEM PROPERLY, THEREFORE THEY'RE GONNA END UP IN THE TRASHCAN.
AND THEN THE, THE KID KNOWS, OH, I KNOW MY MOM JUST THREW THOSE AWAY INSTEAD OF TAKING THEM.
AND SO HAVE Y'ALL TOOK THAT IN CONSIDERATION? BECAUSE IF WE'RE REMOVING THEM OFF A, A PARENT WHO'S SCARED WILL LESS LIKELY GO IN FOR FEAR OF RETALIATION OR, YOU KNOW, JUST, YOU KNOW, FOR FEAR GETTING THEIR CHILD IN TROUBLE.
YOU KNOW, IS THAT, SO THE ISSUE IS YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO COME IN THE POLICE STATION BECAUSE WE CAN'T LEAVE ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THE POLICE STATION, RIGHT? MM-HMM
UM, AND THEN THE ISSUE WOULD ALSO BE THAT HAS TO BE MONITORED.
UM, SO SAY YOU BRING IN FINE FENTANYL IN THE STREET, RIGHT? AND YOU WANT TO COME DUMP IT, WELL, YOU COME IN AND YOU DUMP IT IN THE PRESCRIPTION BOX.
WELL, IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT IMMEDIATELY MONITORED, WHAT'S TO SAY? SOMEONE DOESN'T SEE YOU, DROP IT IN THERE AND GO IN AND GET IT.
SO THAT, THE THING IS, IS WE WANT TO MAKE NOT LOCKED.
RIGHT? WELL, IT WOULD BE THAT IT HAS TO BE, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE IN VIEW OF THAT OFFICER IS WHAT WE'RE SAYING.
AND, AND SO THAT THE, THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THAT OFFICER IS KIND OF WHAT THEY'RE KIND OF WORRIED.
LIKE IF HE'S BEHIND DOUBLE PANE GLASS, UM, AND IF IT'S THE PRESCRIPTION BOX IS OUTSIDE HIS WINDOW, YOU'RE STILL GONNA HAVE TO COME UP YEAH.
AND GIVE IT TO HIM, YOU KNOW, OR
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DISPOSE OF IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM.SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE, WELL, WHY PUT THAT THERE WHEN HE CAN JUST GIVE IT TO THE OFFICER? THAT'S THE, THE THOUGHT BEHIND.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
AND I COMPLETELY, AND I TELL PEOPLE IF THEY'RE THAT SCARED, UM, I WOULD JUST THROW IT AWAY IN THE TRASH.
AND YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE THAT SCARED TO COME UP TO, I WOULDN'T LEAVE IT ON THE STREET.
SOME PEOPLE DO LEAVE IT ON THE STREET.
UM, IF ANYTHING, JUST CALL 9 1 1.
UM, WE HAD THAT HAPPEN BEFORE.
HEY, I FOUND A, YOU KNOW, A BAG OF BLUE PILLS ON THE, ON THE STREET.
COOL OFFICER WILL COME BY AND PICK IT UP, YOU KNOW, AND THEN, YEAH, YEAH.
WELL I WOULD SAY CALL 9 1 1 'CAUSE YOU WANT THAT TO BE IMMEDIATELY TAKEN.
YOU DON'T WANNA BRING THAT HOME AND YOU KNOW, SO, UM, I WOULD SAY CALL 9 1 1 IN THAT ASPECT.
UM, BUT IT'S JUST IF YOU'RE, THE PRESCRIPTION PROGRAM IS MORE NOT REALLY ILLEGAL NARCOTICS, IT'S MORE OF YOUR PRESCRIPTION PILLS THAT YOU'RE LIKE, HEY, I DON'T WANNA DUMP THESE HYDROCODONE IN THE TRASH BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE GOES DIGGING THROUGH MY TRASH, THEY FOUND HYDROCODONE AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A PRETTY HEFTY DRUG.
SO LET'S GO TO THE POLICE STATION.
JUST MAKE SURE THESE ARE DISPOSED CORRECTLY.
THE ILLICIT DRUGS IS GONNA BE MORE.
ALRIGHT, SO WORKING WITH THE DA ON THEIR TAKE BACK PROGRAM, UM, THERE ARE A FEW SITES, NOT JUST OUR SITE HERE AT IN GARLAND.
UM, I LIKE THE FACT, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME COMMEND YOU GUYS 'CAUSE YOU DO A GREAT JOB.
CARSON IS MY GUY,
UM, AND THEY ARE VERY, VERY INFORMATIVE AND THEY STAY ON THE TASK.
UM, SO I'M PART OF THE TAKE BACK PROGRAM WITH THE DEA, SO I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT, UH, DISPOSING OF THE DRUG WITH THE MEDICATION AS FAR AS WHAT YOU SAID, IF YOU'RE GONNA THROW 'EM IN THE GARBAGE, PUT ALCOHOL IN THE BOTTOM AND CLOSE THE TOP BACK UP SO THEY CAN DISSOLVE AND BREAK DOWN AND YOU CAN DILUTE IT OR SOMETHING TO MAKE IT BREAK DOWN.
UH, WATER USUALLY HELPS WITH SOME OF THE, JUST GO ON THE WEBSITE AND THEY'LL TELL YOU HOW TO DISPOSE OF IT INSTEAD OF JUST THROWING IT IN THERE AND SOMEBODY GETS AHOLD OF IT.
I'M WITH HER ON THE, THE NEEDLES.
AT LEAST THEY HAVE THE AUDACITY TO DROP THEM INSTEAD OF PUTTING IT IN THE PARKS WITH THE KIDS.
YOU KNOW, AND HOW, I GUESS AS THE ADVISORY BOARD, HOW CAN WE HELP THEM GET A BETTER HANDLE UNDER DISPOSING OF THEM? MAYBE WE CAN GET BOXES DONATED.
MAYBE WE CAN FIND A WAY TO GET A LOCKBOX WHERE YOU CAN CHAIN IT SOMEWHERE IN THE FACILITY WHERE PEOPLE CAN DROP STUFF OFF OR HAVE A DIFFERENT, MAYBE WE CAN WORK ON A DONATION IN THAT WAY FROM THE CITY ITSELF.
MAYBE IF WE GET SOME OF THE PEOPLE TOGETHER AROUND THE CITY, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR POLICE OFFICER NEED HELP.
WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT HERE WHO, WHO WANTS TO DO RIGHT.
BUT WE'RE STOPPING THEM FROM DOING RIGHT BY PUTTING THE BOX BEHIND THE COUNTER.
AND NOW THEY HAVE TO INTERACT WITH YOU.
MOST PEOPLE DON'T WANNA DO THAT.
SO WE COMMEND THEM FOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND WE WANT TO KEEP HELPING THEM BRING THAT STUFF IN SO THAT IT'S NOT HARMING OUR CHILDREN.
SO AS AN ADVISORY BOARD, WHAT CAN WE DO? OR MAYBE WE CAN COME TOGETHER, WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP THEM TO GET THAT DONE? RIGHT.
UM, I'LL BRING THAT, UH, I'M THE NEEDLE BOX.
I'LL DEFINITELY BRING THAT BACK UP AND THEN SEE IF HOW WE CAN GO ABOUT GETTING ONE MAYBE, MAYBE THEY ALREADY HAVE SOMETHING THAT WORKS AND, AND WHATNOT.
SO, AND THEN BEING A PART OF, UH, THE, UH, GC, THE GARLAND CITIZEN POLICE ACADEMY ASSOCIATION WHO'S ALWAYS DONATING, THAT IS SOMETHING I'M GONNA BRING UP WITH THEM.
THIS, I NEVER KNEW THAT THIS IS WAS A PROBLEM, BUT IF I WOULD'VE KNOWN THAT, I WOULD, THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING I WOULD'VE SAID, LET'S TRY DONATING A NEEDLE BOX OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, AND THEN ANOTHER THING WAS FOR, UM, THE CRIME STOPPERS PROGRAM.
I HAVE YOU ALL OVER MY SOCIAL MEDIA.
HEY, HAVE YOU SEEN THIS GUY? BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR WHO WANTS TO BE, WHO WANTS TO BE IN THE KNOW AT 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT I DO.
AND SO, UH, I'M ALWAYS POSTING THAT INFORMATION.
SO KEEP KEEP PUMPING THAT INFORMATION.
'CAUSE WE ARE SHARING IT, IT IS BEING SHARED.
UM, AS FAR AS THE, UM, CRIME WATCH SPEAKER, I WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THIS CITY WORKED TOGETHER WITH, UH, THAT I DO LOVE WITH THE POLICE OFF WITH THE POLICE FORCE IS THAT, UM, YOU ARE ALWAYS IN THE KNOW.
YOU'RE ALWAYS HAVING THE PEOPLE IN THE KNOW.
MY PROBLEM IS THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITIES THAT DO NOT HAVE HOA AND THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITIES WHO DO NOT HAVE COMMUNITY NIGHT WATCHES AND, AND, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
HOW DO WE GET THE INFORMATION WE HAVE TO THOSE PEOPLE? IS MY QUESTION FOR YOU.
SO THE INITIAL THING WOULD BE, IF WE HAVE INTEREST, WOULD BE TO ALERT YOUR MPO OR GIVE THEM OUR CONTACT INFO.
UM, AND IF THEY WANT TO BECOME A CRIME WATCH COORDINATOR AND START A CRIME WATCH, WE CAN GIVE THEM THE PAPERWORK TO DO THAT.
UM, AND THEY WOULD BE ON OUR EMAIL LIST WHERE THEY COULD COME AND DO IT.
AND WE, AND WE TRY TO PUSH THAT OUT TO PEOPLE, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T BE LOOKING OUT FOR YOUR NEIGHBOR AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.
UM, WE CAN BE THERE IF YOU CALL 9 1 1, BUT WE DON'T, WE DON'T SEE THINGS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ARE OUT OF THE
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ORDINARY TO YOU.UM, THEY MAY BE LOOK NORMAL TO US.
SO WE ALWAYS ENCOURAGE PEOPLE, IF YOU WANT START A CRIME, WATCH, UM, CONTACT US.
WE'LL GET YOU GUYS THE PAPERWORK AND GET THE NECESSARY, YOU KNOW, WHO, WHO'S GONNA BE COORDINATOR, WHO'S GONNA BE A PART OF THE CRIME WATCH, AND THEN THE HOUSE, THE HOUSES THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE LISTED ON THE CRIME WATCH.
THAT'S SOME OF THE THINGS I RUN INTO WITH WORKING WITH THE ELDERS.
A LOT OF THESE LIVE THESE, UH, LIVING ASSISTED LIVING PROGRAMS AND THINGS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT A PART OF ANY OF THAT.
THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF HALF OF THE STUFF THAT IS GOING ON IN THE CITY.
AND SO, LIKE WHAT YOU JUST SAID, YOU GO OUT, YOU TALK TO THEM, YOU BRING SPEAKERS OUT AND YOU HELP THEM, UH, WITH JUST THE SMALLEST THINGS AND JUST LETTING THEM KNOW THAT YOUR PRESENCE IS THERE.
A LOT OF THEM DON'T HAVE THAT MM-HMM
AND SO I GUESS BECAUSE WHEN I SAY THEY HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD POLICE OFFICER AND THEY'RE LIKE, REALLY? AND THEY'RE LIKE, OH MY GOD, I'VE SHOWN THIS MAP LIKE A RESIDUAL TIMES.
THIS IS YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD POLICE OFFICER.
SO, UM, I ALWAYS HAVE TO LEAVE IT WITH THE STAFF MEMBERS BECAUSE THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW.
SO I GUESS AS AN ADVISORY BOARD, HOW DO WE, OR WHAT CAN WE DO TO GET INTO THOSE COMMUNITY? OR HOW DO WE GET A LIST OF THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT DO NOT HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH OR DO NOT HAVE AN HOA? WELL, SO HE SPOKE AT THE SENIOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH WE DO.
WE HAVE A LOT OF THOSE COMMITTEES THAT WE COME AND SPEAK TO.
AND WE GIVE HIM THE SAME THING OF JUST TO CONTACT US.
AND WE TRY TO BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP.
AND IT'S SLOWLY BUT SURELY, UM, WE'RE, WE ARE INFILTRATING MOST, MOST NEIGHBORHOODS.
THERE ARE SOME NEIGHBORHOODS THAT JUST REFUSE TO DO CRIME WATCH AND HOA AND THEY, THEY'VE TOLD US FLAT OUT.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S THEIR CHOICE.
UM, BUT WE ARE STILL CLOSELY IN CONTACT WITH MANY RESIDENTS IN THOSE AREAS.
WE ALSO HAVE, UM, WITH THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY, THEY, I, I'M HISPANIC.
UM, AND WE TEND NOT TO, TO CALL THE POLICE TEND NOT TO BE INVOLVED, WHETHER IT'S 'CAUSE WE'RE WORKING WHATEVER OR NOT THAT EVERYBODY ELSE DOESN'T WORK, BUT THEY JUST DON'T GET INVOLVED.
AND WE, UH, WE HAVE, UH, THE, UH, UNIDOS HAVE YOU HEARD OF, UH, UNIDOS? IT'S, IT'S BEEN AROUND, IT STARTED IN GARLAND.
IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR ABOUT 22 YEARS NOW.
UM, AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S MADE ITS WAY ACROSS DIFFERENT STATES NOW ALSO.
THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS WE ALSO REACH OUT TO THAT COMMUNITY AND WE GIVE OUT DIFFERENT INFORMATION THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY NOT BE GETTING WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY.
UM, LIEUTENANT BENU, UH, PEDRO BENU, HE'S BEEN RUNNING IT FOR 22 YEARS.
UM, SO I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN DOING THAT WITH HIM.
AND THAT, THAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST WAYS THAT WE REACH OUT TO THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY.
WE GET, OUR LAST MEETING WAS ABOUT PROBABLY 50 PEOPLE, THE ONE FOR, FOR CHRISTMAS.
LIKE, AND, UM, IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THAT, UM, BECAUSE WE, YOU UNFORTUNATELY, WE DON'T, THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY DOES NOT USUALLY LOOK TO GO TO EITHER, UM, TO GET INFORMATION AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, UM, WHERE THAT DISCONNECT HAS BEEN, BUT WE HAVE DEFINITELY CLOSED THAT, UM, THAT GAP A LOT IN THE COMMUNITIES.
UM, WE BRING OUT GUEST SPEAKERS TO THEM.
UH, THE LAST, UH, THE LAST ONE WE HAD, UH, THE LIBRARY CAME OUT, GAVE A GREAT PRESENTATION ABOUT ALL THE RESOURCES THAT THE LIVE I STUFF THAT I HAD NO IDEA.
I MEAN, THEY HAVE 3D PRINTERS DOWN SOUTH THAT THE, THE COMMUNITY CAN USE IN CERTAIN HOURS.
I MEAN, THEY HAVE LIKE READING HOURS, THEY HAVE ENGLISH CLASS, THEY HAVE A, A TON OF STUFF THAT WE HAD, I HAD NO IDEA OF.
UM, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY HAD NO IDEA.
AND THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF SPEAKERS THAT WE LIKE TO BRING IN SO THAT THEY NOT ONLY LIKE ARE THEY GETTING THE POLICE SIDE OF IT, BUT THEY'RE GETTING TO KNOW THAT GARLAND HAS SO MANY OTHER RESOURCES THAT, THAT IT'S AT THEIR DISPOSAL.
THEY JUST GOTTA GO OUT AND, AND, AND BASICALLY VISIT THE LIBRARY OR VISIT OTHER, UM, DIFFERENT ENTITIES OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE'RE, THEY'RE OFFERING.
I HOPE THAT ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
WE'RE, WE'RE ALWAYS THE BIG THING IS TO JUST GET IN MANY COMMUNITIES.
'CAUSE AGAIN, WHEN I AM, UH, SPEAKING, UM, I TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO KEEP ME OUT OF THEIR BUSINESS, IF THAT MAKE SENSE.
SO WHEN I'M OUT THERE, THEY DON'T KNOW THEY HAVE AN NPO AND 'CAUSE I'M ALWAYS BRINGING THIS UP.
AND, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IT.
I MEAN, I CAME FROM SAN FRANCISCO, WE DIDN'T HAVE NPOS, WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME WHEN WE, WE WERE JUST SO BUSY, RIGHT? SO A LOT OF POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE, WE ARE UNDER, WE'RE ONE OF THE FEW DEPARTMENTS IN THE COUNTRY THAT AREN'T AS UNDERSTAFFED AS MANY OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
I KNOW NEW YORK'S DOWN HUNDREDS OF OFFICERS, YOU KNOW, SAN FRANCISCO'S DOWN 600 OFFICERS.
IT'S JUST, THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OFFICERS TO DO IT.
WE THANKFULLY DO GARLAND SUPPORTS US AND WE THANKFULLY DO.
SO WE TRY TO PUSH THIS PROGRAM OUT AS AN, HEY, THIS IS A LIAISON PROGRAM WHERE WE HAVE TIME FOR YOU.
WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T JUST HAVE TO GO TO THE NEXT CALL.
SO WHERE CAN WE FIND THE LIST OF NPOS? NOT SO RIGHT ON THE GARLAND WEBSITE.
AND, UH, IT'LL PULL UP AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, AND I GET, WE GET THIS ALL THE TIME AND THEY'LL SEND US A MESSAGE, HEY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS MY
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ADDRESS.BUT I'LL SAY, OKAY, I, IF I CAN HELP YOU OUT RIGHT NOW, I CAN.
IF NOT, I'LL FORWARD YOU TO YOUR NM PO AND I'LL LET YOU KNOW HE IS YOUR MPO.
BUT I, WE ARE ON DIFFERENT SCHEDULES ALL THE TIME.
SO IF SOMEBODY NEEDS SOMETHING IN MY DISTRICT, HE'LL JUMP OVER THERE.
IF I, SOMEBODY NEEDS SOMETHING IN HIS DISTRICT, I'LL JUMP OVER THERE.
IT'S NOT, WE'RE BOUND TO THESE, BUT THESE ARE THE ONES WE KIND OF, HOW WE HANDLE IT, YOU KNOW, TASK WISE.
AND, BUT JUST A QUESTION ABOUT PROPER DISPOSAL.
ARE WE INSTRUCTING THE CITIZENS TO REMOVE THE LABELS FROM THAT LITTLE CONTAINER? SO IF THEY JUST BRING IT TO US, THE, THE, THE, THE REASON WHY THEY PEOPLE WANT TO BRING IT TO US IS THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT DISPOSAL ANYTHING.
THEY JUST SAY, HEY HERE AND WE DO ALL THAT.
UM, IF THEY WANNA DO IT THEMSELVES AND DISSOLVE IT AND DISPOSE OF IT PROPERLY, YES, THEY'RE GONNA WANT TO REMOVE LABELS.
THEY'RE GONNA WANT TO DO, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE GOAL OF IF YOU DON'T WANNA DO ALL THAT, YOU CAN JUST BRING IT TO US.
UM, AND IF YOU'RE UNSURE, YOU CAN JUST BRING IT TO US.
WE JUST, WE DO ASK RIGHT NOW AS OF, AS OF NOW, NO NEEDLES,
I CAN MAYBE IN THE FUTURE WE'LL GET A GIANT NEEDLE BOX.
UM, WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO, UM, HAVE PEOPLE HANDLE THAT.
BUT, UM,
FUTURE QUESTION
I KNOW IT'S VERY LAX WHEN YOU PICK UP IT UP IN WALMART, THEY DON'T ASK FOR YOUR ID OR ANYTHING.
THEY'LL JUST GIVE YOU, IF IT'S A HYDROCODONE, THEN YEAH, I GOT, BUT IF THEY, IF THEY BRING THE CONTAINER WITH THE LABEL TO US, THEN I MEAN IT'S, EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE DISPOSED OF.
UM, BUT I SEE WHAT YOUR POINT, THEY PUT IN THE GARBAGE, IT GOES IN A LANDFILL OR SOMETHING AND THEN SOMEBODY GETS THE BOTTOM AND YOU WOULD WANNA ADVISE THEM AGAINST THAT.
IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE GONNA LEAVE THE LABEL ON AND THROW IN THE TRASH CAN, IT CAN GET PICKED UP.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THEN USE THAT CONTAINER AND PUT ILLEGAL NARCOTICS IN IT AND USE THAT TO CONCEAL FROM US AND OTHER PEOPLE.
NEXT WE HAVE GREAT SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS CERTIFICATION.
I'M NOT GONNA ASK THEM ALL QUESTIONS.
THAT'S FOR YOU GUYS TO ASK US MANY QUESTIONS AS YOU HAVE TO.
DEPARTMENT, A POLICE DEPARTMENT.
DID NOT GET THE CURRENT MINUTES.
OH, MY MIND IS ALWAYS, DO YOU HAVE THE AGENDA FOR TODAY? WE CAN DO THIS.
NO, I'M ALL ABOUT SAFETY, NOT ON THIS.
WE JUST CUT TO THE OH, IT'S IN HERE.
IT'S UNDER, UM, NUMBER FIVE, RIGHT? FIVE.
WELL THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO BRING TO THE BOARD.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS ARE AWARE THAT, UM, I OPERATE A BUSINESS HERE IN GARLAND AND SOMETHING THAT WE KIND OF IDENTIFIED WHEN WE PURCHASED COMMERCIAL PROPERTY HERE IN GARLAND WERE OFF OF MILLER AND JUPITER IN A REALLY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX WAS ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE HAD IN OUR AREA WAS SO MUCH LITTER JUST EVERYWHERE.
AND THE MORE WE TALKED TO OUR NEIGHBORS WHO HAD BEEN THERE FOR YEARS AND YEARS, THE MORE I, WE REALIZED THAT THEY DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THEIR RESOURCES WERE.
THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO RECYCLE, WHERE TO RECYCLE, WHAT CAN BE PUT OUT ON THE CURB, WHAT CAN BE PUT OUT NEXT TO THE DUMPSTER, THAT SANITATION OFFERS, LOCKS ON THE DUMPSTERS.
THERE'S A LOT OF LACK OF INFORMATION THERE.
AND WE HAD JUST MOVED OUR BUSINESS FROM DALLAS WHERE WE PARTICIPATED IN A GREEN BUSINESS CERTIFICATION BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE RECYCLING INDUSTRY.
AND WE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN PLANOS GREEN RECYCLING PROGRAM.
SO I HAVE KIND OF SOME FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE AND ACTUALLY LIKE APPLYING AND WORKING THROUGH A PROGRAM LIKE THIS AND SEEING HOW BENEFICIAL IT IS TO BUSINESSES TO USE THIS AS A RESOURCE FOR INFORMATION AND, UM, MARKETING.
SO WE'RE GONNA KIND OF GO THROUGH THIS.
SO I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR EAB TO HAVE A PURPOSE IN SOME OF OUR, UM, BUSINESS COMMUNITIES.
SO I'M GONNA WALK THROUGH SOME OF THIS.
SO I JUST THREW A NAME OUT THERE.
THIS IS HOPEFULLY GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN REPRESENT.
SO, UM, I MADE A LITTLE LOGO FOR US.
BUT THIS IS ALL, UM, MY SUGGESTIONS, SO I'D LOVE TO DISCUSS AND HEAR WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO THINK.
SO, UM, WHAT I HANDED OUT THERE IS A SCORECARD, WHICH WE'RE GONNA GET TO, BUT BASICALLY THIS PROGRAM WOULD BE A SELF-PACED PROGRAM FOR GIRL IN BUSINESSES THAT WANNA PRIORITIZE SUSTAINABILITY, UH, COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY.
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OR MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN DOING FOR YEARS AND THEY WANNA HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET RECOGNIZED BY THE CITY.UM, IT, IT ALLOWS THEM TO APPLY.
WE'LL USE THAT SCORECARD AS THEIR APPLICATION WHERE THEY FILL THAT OUT AND SUBMIT IT.
THEY'RE BASICALLY GONNA APPLY.
WE SHOULD DESIGNATE OUR BOARD.
MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO DESIGNATE, UM, A PERSON ON OUR BOARD TO BE THE RECIPIENT, AN EMAIL RECIPIENT OF THESE APPLICATIONS FOR REVIEW.
UM, MY HOPE WOULD BE THAT IN OUR MEETINGS WE COULD REVIEW THESE SCORECARDS AND DETERMINE IF THESE BUSINESSES ARE GOLD, SILVER, OR BRONZE LEVEL CERTIFIED.
RIGHT? UM, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME INFORMATION THEY WOULD NEED TO PROVIDE IN TERMS OF, LIKE, QUESTIONS WE'RE ASKING ARE, DO YOU HAVE RECYCLING RECEPTACLES WITHIN YOUR FACILITY FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES TO UTILIZE? DO YOU HAVE PAPER, UM, RECYCLING? DO YOU HAVE CAN RECYCLING? UM, DO YOU HAVE REFILLABLE WATER STATIONS WHERE SO EVERYBODY'S NOT RUNNING AROUND WITH WATER BOTTLES AND FILLING UP THE TRASH CANS FULL OF PLASTIC.
UM, DO YOU HAVE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE, UM, LEADERSHIP WITHIN THE BUSINESS IS ENCOURAGING, UM, THIS INFORMATION OUT INTO THE BUSINESS? UM, ARE YOU PARTICIPATING IN ANY, UM, I'M GETTING A LITTLE AHEAD OF MYSELF HERE, BUT THE, UM, COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP, ARE WE MAYBE OFFERING SMALL YOUTH SCHOLARSHIPS? UM, SOME OF YOU ALL HERE ON THE BOARD WORK WITH YOUTH IN GARLAND.
UM, AND A LOT OF BUSINESSES HERE, LIKE CRAFT, UM, SOME OF OUR BIGGER MANUFACTURERS AND OUR LARGER BUSINESSES, THEY OFFER SMALL SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS.
AND I THINK SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE RECOGNIZING AND ENCOURAGING AND AS THIS, I THINK SHOULD NOT JUST BE A GREEN CERTIFICATION, BUT UM, THAT'S WHY I THREW THE WORD SUSTAINABLE IN THERE BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE AFTER IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT ONLY GOOD FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT, BUT GREAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, I THINK BUSINESSES IN GARLAND REALLY DO A LOT AND SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED AND RECOGNIZED FOR THAT.
UM, SIGNAGE AND PLACEMENT IS PART OF THAT.
SO A LOT OF TIMES, LIKE WHAT WE SEE IS BUSINESSES MAYBE PUT OUT A RECYCLING RECEPTACLE OR LIKE THINK A MANUFACTURING WAREHOUSE AND THEY HAVE RECEPTACLES FOR RECYCLING, BUT THEY'RE NOT LABELED LIKE YOU'VE GOT A MANUFACTURING WAREHOUSE AND THEY'VE GOT A BIG COMPACTOR THAT THEY'RE PAYING A VENDOR TO USE FOR CARDBOARD.
WELL THEN JANITORIAL STAFF COMES IN AT NIGHT, NONE OF IT'S LABELED OR IT'S NOT IN THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE.
AND NOW THAT COMPACTOR IS FULL OF TRASH, I'M SURE UEL HAS SEEN, KNOWS ALL ABOUT CONTAMINATION.
SO SIGNAGE IS A BIG PART OF THAT.
AND, UM, ONE OF OUR QUESTIONS, UM, THAT COMES UP ALONG WITH ALL OF THESE THINGS IS, OKAY, WHO'S GOING TO DETERMINE IF THIS BUSINESS IS ACTUALLY DOING IT? ARE WE GONNA DO WALKTHROUGHS? ARE WE GONNA DO INSPECTIONS? UM, BEING ON THE APPLICATION SIDE, I CAN TELL YOU AS A BUSINESS YOU HAVE SO MANY THINGS TO DO AND SO MUCH PAPERWORK.
AND WHAT'S LOVELY, I THINK WOULD BE THE CONVENIENCE TO SAY, CAN I SEND YOU SOME PICTURES WITH MY APPLICATION? BECAUSE I CAN SEND YOU THE SIGNAGE, I CAN SEND YOU, UH, DOWNSTREAMING REPORTS, ALL THE EVIDENCE YOU MAY NEED.
AND THEN OUR BOARD GETS TO SIT HERE AND REVIEW THEM ON THE TELEVISION INSTEAD OF TAKING FIELD TRIPS OUT TO THESE BUSINESSES TO DO INSPECTIONS THAT WAS JUST MY SUGGESTION.
UM, SO WHAT DO THESE BUSINESSES GET WHEN THEY, UM, GET CERTIFIED? SO WHAT WE'D LOVE IS A PAGE ON THE CITY WEBSITE.
SO A LOT OF OTHER CITIES HAVE A RECOGNITION PAGE FOR BUSINESSES, AND MAYBE IT MIGHT INVOLVE LIKE A LIST OF THESE BUSINESSES, LINKS TO THEIR WEBSITE.
UM, THESE BUSINESSES A LOT OF TIMES ALSO GET DISCOUNTS ON LIKE VENDOR FEES.
SAY THEY DO AN EARTH DAY EVENT IN DOWNTOWN GARLAND.
WELL, GREEN CERTIFIED BUSINESSES WOULD GET, UM, A DISCOUNT ON MAYBE THEIR BOOTH FEES OR ANY OTHER OPPORTUNITY THAT MAYBE THE BOARD COULD SUGGEST THAT WE SAVE THESE BUSINESSES IN SOME OF THEIR FEES.
UM, AND WE WOULD LOVE THAT ALONG WITH THEIR APPLICATION.
UM, I'M GONNA GO BACK TO THE LAST SIDE IN JUST A MINUTE HERE.
THE APPLICATION FEES THAT I'M SUGGESTING, JUST SMALL BITS THAT WE COULD CONSIDER EITHER CRE INCREASING OR DECREASING WOULD BE
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DONATED TO, UM, ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.LIKE, UM, YEAH, KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL.
YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU'RE PART OF SOME OTHER BOARDS.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF AREAS OF NEED AND I THINK, UM, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL.
UM, BUT I THINK IN THE PAST ONE OF THE ISSUES WAS FUNDING ON THE CITY DIDN'T HAVE BUDGET TO SPEND ON CITY EMPLOYEES TO RUN A PROGRAM LIKE THIS.
UM, BUT WE HAVE A BOARD OF WHAT IS THERE, SEVEN OF US CLOSE TO THAT.
UM, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR VOLUNTEERS TO POSSIBLY DO THIS, NOT COST THE COM THE, UM, CITY ANYTHING.
WE'RE NOT SPENDING ANY TAX DOLLARS.
IN FACT, WE'RE GONNA GO TO THEM AND SAY, WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEND THIS MONEY THAT WE'RE COLLECTING
UM, AND THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE VALID FOR MY SUGGESTION IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN ONE TO THREE YEARS.
UM, AND I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD LOOK FOR GARLAND TO HAVE A PROGRAM THAT LOOPS IN BUSINESS.
WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME FOCUSING ON THE RESIDENTS OF GARLAND AND HOW WE CAN REACH THEM.
AND I JUST BECOMING MORE AND MORE AWARE IN MY OWN BUSINESS COMMUNITY THAT THERE'S JUST NOT A LOT OF RESOURCE OR KNOWLEDGE AND SEEING, YOU KNOW, I DRIVE DOWN JUPITER AND TURN INTO THIS INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX EVERY DAY, AND I SEE SO MANY THINGS IF WITHIN OUR STREETS THAT ARE JUST, THAT THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.
AND YOU TALK TO THE BUSINESS OWNER AND THEY'RE LIKE, OH, THEY DON'T HAVE BULKY PICKUP OVER HERE, OR THEY DON'T HAVE THIS, OR, YOU KNOW, OR THEY, THEY JUST LACK THE RESOURCE OF THE KNOWLEDGE.
SO A BIG PART OF THIS WOULD BE KIND OF STEP TWO, YOU SEE HERE, FEEDBACK AND GUIDANCE.
SO WE GET A SCORECARD IN, AND MAYBE THIS PERSON THAT'S RECEIVING THESE EMAILS AND ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS CAN SAY LIKE, HEY, HERE'S A LIST OF, UM, VENDORS OR RESOURCES THAT CAN HELP HOOK YOU UP WITH CARDBOARD RECYCLING.
HEY, DID YOU KNOW SANITATION OFFERS THIS, THIS AND THIS? UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP THESE BUSINESSES GET MORE CONNECTED, JUST LIKE THE POLICE OFFICERS WERE TALKING ABOUT, A BIG PART OF WHAT THEY DO.
OUR LIAISONS, WHAT ARE WE DOING EVERY TIME WE HOLD A MEETING HERE IS WE'RE ALL GETTING TONS OF REALLY INTERESTING INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT OUR CITY DOES AND WHAT IT OFFERS, AND THEN WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH IT TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
SO I THINK THIS WOULD BE KIND OF A, AN OPPER ONE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO KIND OF SHARE THAT WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT WE HAVE SOME NEXT STEPS HERE.
WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT, LIKE SCORING CRI CRITERIA, DEVELOP AN APPLICATION SUBMISSION PROCESS, UM, MARKETING MATERIALS AND THE CITY WEBPAGE.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WOULD COME LATER AND THEN LAUNCH THE PROGRAM.
SO, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SO MANY GOOD.
LET, LET ME START WITH SOMETHING REAL QUICK.
I I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT THIS IS GONNA BE ECAP DRIVEN.
SO MOST LIKELY THIS WILL NOT HAVE TO GO TO COUNCIL 'CAUSE THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY C EXPENSES INVOLVED.
SO IT'LL BE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT APPROACH.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS MM-HMM
THE ONLY THING WE'D HAVE TO GO TO THE CITY FOR IS WEBSITE ACTUALLY.
ANYTHING THAT'S GOT TO DO WITH THE CITY, THEN.
I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT.
SO FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS A GREAT IDEA.
UH, I LIKE THE CONCEPT BEHIND IT, NUMBER ONE.
AND BEING, BEING THAT YOU'RE IN THIS FIELD, YOU WILL BE THE PERFECT CANDIDATE TO DO ALL OF THE PAPERWORK.
AND IT'S GONNA WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THE CITY ON GO ON KEEPING GARLAND GREEN GOING GREEN.
AND SO, AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL MAY EVEN JUMP ON TOP OF ONCE WE LET THEM SEE HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS AND HOW THEY CAN BE A PART OF IT AND MAKE IT BIGGER THAN WHAT IT IS.
SO I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA FOR US TO START INTERNALLY HERE RIGHT NOW, JUST TO SEE HOW IT WORKS AND HOW IT GOES.
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OF DONATE THE, UM, UH, PAM THE APPLICATIONS, UM, UH, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE FUNDING.BUT, UM, ANOTHER THING I WANTED TO SAY IS THERE IS A FLU OF INFORMATION OUT THERE.
WE, GARLAND DOES NOT FORGET ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS.
GARLAND ACTUALLY ENHANCES THEIR BUSINESS ON A DAILY BASIS.
UM, IT'S JUST, YOU HAVE TO BE WHERE THE RESOURCES ARE.
SO YOUR RESOURCES WOULDN'T BE WITH NPO OR SITTING, UM, IN, UM, MOST RESIDENTIAL THINGS.
YOU HAVE TO GO TO YOUR RESOURCES AND YOUR RESOURCES IN GARLAND WOULD BE, YOUR GAR WOULD BE THE CHAMBER, THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CHAMBER WORK HAND IN HAND TOGETHER.
IT'S ALL ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S ALL ABOUT GROWING BUSINESS.
IT'S ALL ABOUT BRINGING MONEY HERE.
SO YOU HAVE TO GO WHERE YOUR RESOURCES ARE.
SO WE DO HAVE THE RESOURCES, THEY JUST DON'T KNOW THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO STEP OUTSIDE OF THAT BOX AND GET INTO, LIKE I SAID, THE CHAMBER OR SOMETHING.
WELL, THE CHAMBER DEFINITELY, BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED TO GET TO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.
MAYBE WE CAN FIND A WAY TO WORK THE CHAMBER INTO THIS PROGRAM.
OR, OR MAYBE WE COULD GO DO A PRESENTATION FOR THE CHAMBER AT ONE OF THEIR MEETINGS INVITE.
I INVITE TO COME ON OUT TO THE CHAMBER.
UH, SO, UM, WE'VE BEEN THERE, WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS 25 YEARS IN GARLAND.
SO YES, THE CHAMBER'S A WONDERFUL RESOURCE CAMP FOR BUSINESS.
UM, SO, BUT UH, MY, MY WORRY WITH ALL THIS BEING GREAT, MY OWN WORRY I HAVE AND PROBLEM I HAVE, WELL, NOT PROBLEM.
THE WORRY I HAVE IS A LOT OF THESE BUSINESS ARE CONTENT TO WHERE THEY'VE BEEN AND WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING.
WILL THEY JUMP ABOARD? MM-HMM
UM, WOULD THEY BE WILLING TO, TO EVEN PLAY WITH THE SUBJECT OF THE PROGRAM? SOME PEOPLE IT'S LIKE, WELL THAT'S NOT MY PROBLEM.
UM, SO AT WHAT POINT WILL WE BE OUT THERE PICKING UP TRASH? 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE FOR THEM TO SEE HOW THIS WORK IS THAT WE'RE LITERALLY GOING TO HAVE TO BE THE FIRST ONES TO BE HANDS ON TO SHOW THEM THAT THIS WORK, IT CAN WORK IF WE PARTICIPATE TOGETHER.
AND SO THAT'S MY WORRY IS HOW LONG WOULD THAT PROCESS OF US BEING HANDS ON BEFORE THEY, BEFORE THE BUSINESSES ACTUALLY STEP UP AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? THIS IS A REALLY GOOD PROGRAM.
AND WE'RE HELPING THE COMMUNITY MM-HMM
AND WE CAN BE ON THE WEBSITE AND MAYBE THE CHAMBER CAN INDUCT US IN AWARDS.
'CAUSE THEY HAVE AWARDS ALL THE TIME.
THEY HAVE A, UH, THEY HAVE A NONPROFIT HERO AWARDS.
THEY HAVE, UM, WHAT'S THE OTHER WORD? COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARDS.
THEY HAVE TONS AND TONS OF AWARDS THAT COMES FROM THE CHAMBER.
AND THAT IS SOLELY FOR BUSINESSES.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO START THE LEGWORK FOR PEOPLE TO EVEN SEE THE PROGRAM MM-HMM
BUT HOW LONG WILL WE HAVE TO DO THE LEGWORK? THAT'S MY WORRY.
SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
AND A LOT OF THAT LIES WITH INCENTIVIZING THESE BUSINESSES TO PARTICIPATE.
SO, UM, I THINK THE CHAMBER'S EXACTLY WHERE WE WOULD START ON REACHING AND, AND CREATING AWARENESS FOR THIS.
AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE HAS TO BE INTEREST.
AND WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY THERE IS INTEREST.
UM, PROBABLY LIKE THE LITTLE TIRE SHOPS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.
I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GONNA BE WHO WE'RE MARKETING THIS TO.
UM, BUT OTHER BUSINESSES LIKE OURS, I MEAN, IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE DID WAS SEARCH TO SEE WHAT KIND OF PROGRAMS WERE OUT THERE FOR GARLAND BUSINESSES.
UM, AND A LOT OF OUR NEIGHBORS THAT ARE AROUND US, THEY'RE INTERESTED.
I THINK KEEPING THIS SIMPLE AND ACCESSIBLE IS KEY.
BECAUSE IF THERE'S A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, HOOPS THAT THEY HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS, NOBODY WANTS TO DEAL WITH THAT.
THIS SHOULD BE A LIKE GREAT AND EASY, WONDERFUL AWARD TO RECEIVE.
UM, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO GIVE SOMEBODY A PERMIT OR, UM, POLICE THEM IN ANY WAY.
SO I THINK THAT THAT'S KIND OF YEAH, I AGREE.
I THINK THE, UH, THAT SOME OF THE CRITERIA, JUST A COUPLE OF SMALL THINGS, UM, WE WOULD WANT SOME SORT OF EVIDENCE THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY RECYCLING.
NOT THAT THEY HAVE RECYCLED CONTAINERS.
WE'VE SEEN ENOUGH OF THAT OVER THE YEARS.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER PAGE WITH THE DIVERSION RATES, UM, I THINK IT'S IN THE BACK THERE.
THAT'S KIND OF HOW THEY'RE GONNA CALCULATE THOSE, UM, THE, UH, DOWNSTREAM INFORMATION.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY IF WE SEE A PICTURE OF A CAN RECYCLING, BUT WE DON'T GET ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED WITH THE APPLICATION ON WHAT THEIR DOWNSTREAM NUMBERS
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ARE ON CAN RECYCLING, WE WOULD PROBABLY QUESTION THAT.OR JUST RECYCLERS ARE, I MEAN, IF WE'RE TRYING TO EVALUATE BASED ON PICTURES AND STUFF, THEN THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD YES.
UM, THE OTHER THING I WOULD HIGHLY SUGGEST IS IF YOU ARE, UH, APPLYING FOR THIS, YOU HAVE TO MEET SOME OTHER CRITERIA LIKE BAGGING YOUR TRASH SO THAT WHEN SANITATION DUMPS THEIR DUMPSTER, IT DOESN'T FLOW OUT INTO THE STREET LIKE IT DOES IN OUR INDUSTRIAL AREA.
I THINK ANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR LIKE, IMPROVEMENTS, UM, THIS IS REALLY JUST A SUPER PRELIMINARY DRAFT THAT I THREW TOGETHER.
SO I WOULD LOVE FEEDBACK ON LIKE, JUST X THINGS OUT.
LIKE SOME OF IT'S MAYBE EXTRANEOUS, SOME OF IT, UH, MAYBE LIKE A MISSING SOME STUFF.
UM, MAYBE THERE'RE THINGS THAT WE JUST AREN'T REALLY CONCERNED WITH WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY ON THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S KIND OF, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, START THE CONVERSATION, KIND OF BUILD ON IT.
AND THAT'S, UM, A QUESTION THAT I HAD, WHICH I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE TIME, BUT IS HOW CAN WE HAVE MORE COMMUNICATION AS A GROUP? LIKE, ARE WE PERMITTED TO DO LIKE CHAIN EMAILS WHERE WE COULD KIND OF HAVE SOME FEEDBACK? LIKE IF EVERYBODY WANTS TO REVIEW THIS, CAN WE? NO.
SO EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THE MINUTE THAT YOU SEND AN EMAIL TO EVERYONE, UHHUH
THAT'S WHY WHEN AUSTIN SEND, SEND YOU GUYS THOSE EMAILS, IT SAYS REPLY TO ME ONLY.
WHEN YOU REPLY, ALL THAT'S A MEETING.
EVERY PUBLIC MEETING HAS TO BE, UH, A PUBLISHED.
NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO THAT, THAT'S IN THE BYLAWS YOU CAN CREATE IS A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THREE PEOPLE, TWO OR THREE PEOPLE, WHATEVER YOU GUYS DETERMINE.
AND THOSE THREE PEOPLE WILL BE KIND OF LIKE THE LEADERS BEHIND THIS INITIATIVE.
WE'D LIKE TO FORM A SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THIS RIGHT HERE.
I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR ANYBODY THAT'S INTERESTED.
I, I'M REALLY, WELL, I'M REALLY INTERESTED, BUT I, I, WELL, WHAT ARE YOU, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT
I'M NOT SURE WHERE TO START, BUT, UM,
LET, LET ME HELP YOU OUT A LITTLE BIT.
SO THIS TO, TO TONIGHT IS JUST THE IDEA, RIGHT? OKAY.
THIS IS THE INITIATIVE PROPOSAL.
I RECOMMEND THAT THIS DOESN'T GET IMPLEMENTED IN THE NEXT MEETING.
NO, THERE'S GONNA BE, IT'S GONNA BE A PROCESS.
THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF Q AND A.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S GONNA, YOU CAN START IN YOUR BUSINESS WHERE YOU BLOCK IN THAT BLOCK WHERE YOUR BUSINESS IS, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S, THERE'S GONNA BE A PROCESS UNTIL YOU GUYS GET TO THE FINAL PRODUCT AND THEN SAY, OKAY, NEXT MONTH WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THIS.
BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST SHE WANTED TO PITCH THE IDEA TO MAKE, NUMBER ONE, GET A MOTION TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS IDEA AND GET A SECOND, AND THEN EVERYONE WILL HAVE TO VOTE.
AND THEN YOU CAN MOVE ON AND SELECT THE COMMITTEE, THE SUBCOMMITTEE.
YOU CAN ALSO FORM SUBCOMMITTEE TO FINALIZE THIS AND THEN WE CAN VOTE ON IT.
SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THIS IS JUST AN IDEA TO PITCH.
SO IF, IF, IF WE DETERMINE WE ALL WANNA GO OUT TO BUSINESSES AND INSPECT THEM, WE COULD DO THAT IF THE GROUP COLLECTIVELY AGREES UPON THAT.
I THINK THAT IT'D BE MORE FEASIBLE TO OPERATE ON, LIKE, PHOTOS AND EMAIL SUBMISSIONS.
BUT HEY, MAYBE WE GET A REALLY COOL PLACE WE ALL WANNA GO CHECK OUT.
AND ON THIS ONE, JUST A QUESTION.
THIS IS THE EVALUATORS SCORING THE COMPANY.
SO THIS WOULD BE ON THE OTHER END.
HOW ARE THEY GONNA BE APPLYING? SO YOU SEE, UM, BASICALLY THIS WOULD BE THEIR, THE BEGINNING OF THEIR APPLICATION, RIGHT? SO THEY, THEY'RE SCORING THEMSELVES.
SO A LOT OF CERTIFICATIONS WITHIN BUSINESSES INVOLVE SELF-AUDITS.
AND SO THIS SCORECARD IS KIND OF A SELF-AUDIT WHERE THEY'RE GOING THROUGH AND ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS.
AND SO THAT LAST BOX ON THE END IS SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE, UM, SOMETHING THEY CAN TOGGLE BECAUSE THEY'RE SUBMITTING THIS ELECTRONICALLY.
SO THEY CAN TOGGLE YES, NO, MAYBE SO, AND THEN IT'LL RUN A TOTAL AT THE END.
AND THEN WE'LL USE THAT SCORE TO DETERMINE ARE THEY GOLD LEVEL, ARE THEY BRONZE, OR ARE THEY SILVER? AND, UM, OR YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? GOLD, SILVER, BRONZE, I, PREGNANCY BRAIN, SORRY.
I THINK I, I KIND OF LIKE PERCEIVE HER QUESTION.
HOW ARE WE GONNA VALIDATE BASED ON THEIR ANSWERS? SO THEY WOULD SUBMIT EVIDENCE TO VALIDATE THOSE RESPONSES.
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PHOTO EVIDENCE, UM, THERE'S SOME, THERE'S SOME, UM, INFORMATION ON THERE ABOUT DOWNSTREAM INFORMATION.SO WHEN A BUSINESS SENDS OUT ANY SORT OF TRASH, I MEAN, WHAT DOES SANITATION PROVIDE AS, UH, IS THERE LIKE WEIGHTS THAT BUSINESSES GET? CAN THEY GET ACCESS TO DISPOSAL WEIGHTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT THROUGH SANITATION? NO.
UM, A LOT OF VENDORS DO SUPPLY WEIGHTS.
UM, WHEN YOU SEND OUT, LIKE SHREDDED PAPER FOR EXAMPLE, YOU'RE GONNA GET A RECEIPT WITH A WEIGHT ON IT.
UM, USUALLY ALUMINUM LIKE CANS, YOU'RE GONNA GET A WEIGHT ON THAT.
UH, CARDBOARD YOU TRADITIONALLY GET WEIGHTS.
UM, SO MAYBE TONNAGE REPORTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, THERE SHOULD BE SOME EVIDENCE, RIGHT? UM, WE'RE NOT JUST GONNA TAKE AN APPLICATION AND SAY, ALRIGHT, GREAT, YOU DID IT.
UM, HOPEFULLY THEY WOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO BACK THAT UP.
SO HOW OFTEN DO WE PERCEIVE GIVING THIS AWARD? IS IT GONNA BE MONTHLY OR, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'D HAVE TO DISCUSS, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE MEETING QUARTERLY NOW.
SO IT WOULD BASICALLY HAVE THE, UH, MOST FREQUENT WOULD BE ON A QUARTERLY BASIS IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANTED TO DO.
THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT, JUST LETTING YOU KNOW.
YOU PUT EVERYTHING BY CATEGORIES.
I THINK IT'S GONNA HELP EVERYONE IN THE LONG RUN, YOU KNOW, UH, KEEP, KEEP MONEY IN, IN OUR GOING GREEN POCKET TO HELP KEEP, UH, KEEP THE CLEANUP GOING IN THE PARKS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND I THINK THE CITY IS GONNA LIKE IT IF, IF IT WORKS THE WAY I THINK IT WOULD WORK.
I THINK THEY WOULD JUMP RIGHT ON THIS.
I THINK, UM, MAYBE NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY AND, UM, JUST THEY CAN ADOPT THE SAME PROGRAM.
AND MAYBE I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY OR ANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS WHERE THEY RECOGNIZE HOAS OR NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS ON THIS.
ARE YOU, I DON'T KNOW FROM TOP OF MY HEAD, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, BUT OTHER THAN GO GREEN, RIGHT? WHAT I SUGGEST IS THE, THE FIRST THING YOU, THE FIRST STEP YOU TAKE IS TO PARTNER IT WITH KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL.
SO THEY HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE TO TAKE DONATIONS.
SO THAT'S ONE, THOSE ARE THE MAIN THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT, THE MANAGING OF THE FUNDS.
WE HAVE OUR KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL MEETING NEXT WEDNESDAY.
SO THAT WILL BE MY SUGGESTION TO BRING THEM ON BOARD.
SO NOW YOU HAVE A NONPROFIT AND A CITY BOARD MM-HMM
THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY.
THAT'S THE ONE
WELL, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME? SO HOW ARE BUSINESSES GONNA KNOW ABOUT THIS? THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.
THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CHAMBER AND GETTING THE WORD OUT.
UM, THAT'S USUALLY A GREAT PLACE TO REACH BUSINESSES.
THEY, THEIR EMAIL LIST IS REALLY EXPANSIVE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THEY LIKE THIS IDEA AND MAYBE THEY FEEL IT'S BENEFICIAL TO SHARE WITH THEIR COMMUNITY, HOPEFULLY THEY WOULD.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT THE KEY TO THAT WOULD BE GETTING COUNSEL, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T REQUIRE THEIR APPROVAL, THEIR SUPPORT WOULD BE REALLY NICE ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
UM, AND THE FEEDBACK I'VE ALSO RECEIVED FROM A FEW PEOPLE ON COUNCIL IS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM OUR BOARD A LITTLE MORE AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE ADVISING HAPPENING.
SO I THINK THEY, UH, WOULD LOVE TO HEAR SOME SUGGESTIONS.
I THINK STARTING THIS YEAR IS GONNA BE A REQUIREMENT THAT THIS BOARD HAS TO PROVIDE A REPORT.
I THINK WE GOT A LOT OF 'EM, DON'T WE? YEAH.
NOBODY NEEDS TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS IDEA.
AND SOMEBODY NEEDS TO SECOND THAT AND THEN EVERYONE HAS TO VOTE.
YOU NEED TO FORM THE, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE IF YOU WANNA FORM ONE.
YOU WOULD LIKE TO FORM A SUBCOMMITTEE.
NOW WOULD BE THE ANYBODY HALF THE TIME OR YOU COULD.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO FORM SUBCOMMITTEE AND YES.
NO, I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO SELECT THE THREE INDIVIDUALS.
SO YOU CAN APPOINT HER AS THE CHAIR OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE.
AND THEN PICK TWO MORE PEOPLE IF YOU WANNA HAVE THREE PEOPLE.
DO WE HAVE ANY VOLUNTEERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO DO IT? WE WANT
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INTEREST.ERIC, I SEE YOU WAVING BACK THERE.
ANYBODY? WELL, I'M INTERESTED.
OKAY, WELL, UM, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS AND THANKS FOR THE POSITIVE FEEDBACK.
SO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS COME UP WITH A, A TIME THAT YOU WANNA MEET TO TALK ABOUT, AND THEN YOU GUYS CAN GET WITH ME AND US, UH, BEFORE YOU SET UP ANY MEETINGS.
OKAY? SO WE HAVE TO, UH, SET UP THE MEETING AND THEN YOU GUYS CAN ATTEND.
SO, BUT YOU JUST NOT PART OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE, RIGHT? YOU CAN ATTEND AS CITIZENS, BASICALLY, KINDA LIKE WHAT ERIC IS DOING RIGHT NOW.
BUT MAKE SURE YOU LET US KNOW OF EVERY MEETING.
DO THEY HAVE TO BE IN PERSON MEETINGS OR CAN THEY BE VIRTUAL LIKE TEAMS OR, I'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
WELL, I'M ABOUT TO GO ON MATERNITY LEAVE, SO
I DON'T WANNA BE TOO OUT OF POCKET.
I JUST, THAT'S, THAT'S WHY AT THE BEGINNING I SAID MAKE SURE YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS GONNA BE ECAP DRIVEN.
YOU'RE GONNA BE OUT FOR A MINUTE, SO YOU DEFINITELY DON'T WANNA START SOMETHING NOW PAUSE IT AND THEN TRY TO RESTART.
SO WHEN DO YOU DO NEXT MONTH? OH, WE GOT TIME.
I'LL BE BACK FOR THE NEXT ONE.
ALRIGHT, NOW WHO'S ON THE SUBC COMMITTEE? WAS IT? WHO WAS IT? I THINK ME AND KATHY AND WHO ELSE? IT WAS ONE MORE.
BECAUSE IF YOU GUYS HAVE TO VOTE ON SOMETHING, YOU, YOU GOTTA HAVE THAT AT ONCE.
UM, SO MAYBE WE BRING IT BACK TO THE TABLE.
RECONVENE ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE UNTIL AT THE NEXT.
SO LIKE I SAID, THIS IS GONNA BE A PROCESS GUYS, SO IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME TIME.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS AGAIN AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU WANNA GET ON THE AGENDA AND COME UP WITH SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, SOME NEW IDEAS FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
KEN'S NOT HERE, SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO KEEP GROUND.
MICHELLE SAID DON'T FORGET ME.
HEY LOOK, I'VE GOT, UM, I'M GUESSING THIS DRIVE HERE IS WHAT I'M PULLING OUT WHEN THEY CLOSE LAUREN'S STUFF.
OKAY, I DON'T WANNA YANK OUT HER FLASH DRIVE BEFORE I SHUT IT ALL DOWN.
I SHOULD'VE KNOWN YOU WERE HERE WITH YOUR HUSBAND LURKING.
I KNOW HE JUST KIND OF SHOWED UP.
HE WAS LIKE, Y'ALL DONE YET? I WAS LIKE, LAUREN JUST STARTED.
SO YOU HAVE TO TELL HIM THERE'S PIZZA.
UH, THINK HE ALREADY ATE DINNER.
UM, I KNOW THERE'S SOME NEW-ISH FACES SINCE I WAS HERE LAST.
I HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO MEET SHARONDA, MICHELLE.
I'M THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR FOR SANITATION DEPARTMENT, BUT I'M ALSO ON THE BOARD OF KEEP GROW AND BEAUTIFUL.
SO I DO DOUBLE DUTY AND, UM, JUST POPPING IN.
WE HAVE, UM, MONTHLY MEETINGS.
SO I'M KIND OF, UM, GIVING YOU GUYS AN UPDATE ABOUT WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN OVER THE NEXT THREE MONTHS.
WE JUST GOT OUR CALENDAR PUT TOGETHER.
SO, UH, WE'VE GOT OUR MONTHLY, UM, WELL NOT IN APRIL, BUT WE'VE GOT OUR ARMSTRONG PARK, UM, MAINTENANCE, UH, ONE OF THE BUTTERFLY GARDENS THAT'S IN THE CITY AND WE GO 'EM, WE CLEAN AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS GOING AS IT SHOULD BE THERE.
THAT'S, UH, ONE OF THOSE, UM, MONARCH LOCATIONS WHERE THEY CHECK AND, YOU KNOW, COUNT BUTTERFLIES AS THEY'RE COMING THROUGH.
UM, WE'VE ALSO GOT, OUR MONTHLY BOARD MEETINGS ARE COMING UP ONE ON THE 19TH OF MARCH, THEN APRIL, UM, I BELIEVE MARCH 19TH NEXT WEDNESDAY.
WE ARE ON THE CALENDAR RIGHT NOW.
I THINK WE'VE, WE HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE NOW THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE GOING TO BE THREE PEOPLE OUT, WE STILL WILL HAVE A QUORUM.
I'M LOOKING AT BOB TO MAKE SURE, 'CAUSE I THINK I'LL BE THERE TOO.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, APRIL, THE MEETING AGAIN.
OUR THING THAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN GARLAND, I DIDN'T HAVE IT, UH, EVERYTHING SET IN PLACE FOR HER WHEN SHE PUT THE CALENDAR TOGETHER, SO I SHOULD HAVE ADDED IT IN HERE.
BUT ON APRIL 5TH, UM, OUR DEPARTMENT, UM, IS ALSO GONNA BE, UH, SETTING UP A DRIVE THROUGH RECYCLING EVENT OUT AT DALLAS COLLEGE.
AGAIN WITH OUR FRIENDS AT ERE RECYCLER AND DALLAS COLLEGE IS BRINGING IN SHREDDING, UM, WORLD WAR PROJECT IS COLLECTING TEXTILES.
AND, UM, I SNUCK OUT EARLIER TO CATCH, UM, OUR OFFICER FRIENDS BECAUSE I HAD BEEN TOLD THAT THEY WERE GETTING RID OF THE
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COLLECTION BOXES AND THEN I FOUND OUT THEY JUST MOVED IT.SO I'M GONNA CONTACT THEM AND SEE IF WE CAN ADD THAT IN THERE TOO.
SO WE'LL BE PROMOTING THAT, UH, CONTAINER AS WELL AS MAYBE COLLECTING SOME THERE IF WE CAN GET APPROVAL FOR THAT.
AND THEN IN MAY, OUR ANNUAL DUCK CREEK CLEANUP, I BELIEVE IT IS OUR FOURTH ANNUAL IS HAPPENING.
THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, THE NEW VOLUNTEER WEB, UH, PORTAL IS SET UP WITH THE CITY.
I THINK IT SHOULD BE LIVE THROUGH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT THIS MONTH.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ALREADY IT'S UP 'CAUSE I KNOW I'VE BEEN USING IT.
I'VE BEEN USING IT, BUT I'VE BEEN HAVING TO SEND PEOPLE DIRECT LINKS TO GET INTO IT.
AND THEN WHEN I SENT IT TO CHRISTINA, THE LINK WAS BAD BECAUSE THEY CHANGED IT ON ME
SO OUR UH, VOLUNTEERS WILL NOW SIGN UP THROUGH THAT, UM, AND KEEP GROW AND BEAUTIFUL WILL BE USING THAT.
UM, THE CITY'S ALLOWING THEM TO HAVE THEIR OWN SECTION ON, UM, BEAUTIFICATION AND CLEANUPS SO THEY CAN SET UP ANY OF THESE EVENTS THAT YOU SEE ON HERE.
WE'LL BE LISTED ON THAT VOLUNTEER PORTAL, WHICH IS GREAT.
'CAUSE WHEN YOU GO IN AND YOU SIGN IN, UM, PUT YOUR NAME AND GET YOUR ACCOUNT SET UP, YOU GO AHEAD AND SIGN YOUR WAIVER.
THAT IS VALID FOR USING WITH KEEP GIRL AND BEAUTIFUL OR ANY OF OUR CITY EVENTS THAT YOU MIGHT VOLUNTEER FOR, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH PARKS OR NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IT'S ALL EVENTUALLY GONNA BE TOGETHER IN THAT ONE LOCATION.
SO YOU'RE ONLY HAVING TO FILL OUT ONE VOLUNTEER WAIVER AND YOU'RE GOOD FOR THE, YOU KNOW, DURATION UNTIL MAYBE WE UPDATE THE WAIVER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, THERE IS THE KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL STATE CONFERENCE COMING UP IN MAY.
ALSO, UM, MAY 5TH OF THE SEVENTH.
I THINK THERE'S A PRE-THING ON THAT SUNDAY NIGHT.
UM, UH, AT THIS MOMENT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE ANYONE GOING TO THAT EVENT, BUT THAT'S STILL UP IN THE AIR.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, BUTTERFLY CLEANUP AGAIN AND OUR, UM, BOARD MEETING AT THE END OF MAY.
UM, OUR UPDATES FROM OUR LAST MEETING, WE DID, LIKE I MENTIONED, ADDED A NEW BOARD MEMBER.
UM, TOM HENDRICK HAS, UH, JOINED US.
WE, IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED, YOU KNOW, IT'S NEVER ENOUGH TO BE ON JUST ONE BOARD.
YOU SHOULD BE ON MORE THAN ONE, SO, YOU KNOW,
BUT, UM, WE WOULD LOVE IF YOU OR IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO'S INTERESTED IN JOINING US ON THE BOARD, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE, UH, MORE VOICES.
AND THEN, UM, WE ARE NO LONGER MAINTAINING THAT STRETCH OF 78 NEAR 6 35.
IT'S KIND OF DANGEROUS AND YOU GUYS KNOW GOING UP AND DOWN GARLAND ROAD HOW FAST PEOPLE ARE GOING.
AND WE WOULD HAVE, UM, EITHER ONE OR TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE OUR CONSTANTS, WHICH IS OUR MAIN PERSON.
AND THEN WE'D HAVE MAYBE SOMETIMES WE'D HAVE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OR SOMETHING WOULD COME OUT TO VOLUNTEER AND IT IS JUST TOO DANGEROUS TO HAVE THEM ALONG THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THERE.
UM, WE'RE CONSIDERING, UM, LOOKING AT OTHER LOCATIONS THAT WE MIGHT, UM, WANNA PICK UP.
IT MAY NOT BE THROUGH TXDOT, UM, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR OPTIONS TO CHOOSE SOMETHING ELSE.
AND THEN WE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR A REASONABLY PRICED, UM, SECURE STORAGE LOCATION.
UM, BETTY KEPT EVERYTHING IN HER STORAGE AT HER HOUSE AND SO, UM, IT HAS SINCE BEEN DISPERSED THROUGH SEVERAL MEMBERS AND SO IT'S KIND OF SCATTERED IN DIFFERENT PLACES.
I THINK PARKS MAY BE HOLDING ONTO SOME THINGS FOR US.
SO IF ANYBODY IS, UH, AWARE OR HAS AN IDEA OF SOMEPLACE THAT IT WOULD BE AFFORDABLE, UM, THE BUDGET FOR KEEP CRAWL AND BEAUTIFUL IS SUPER, SUPER TIGHT.
WE DON'T RAISE A TON OF MONEY.
IT'S USUALLY JUST ENOUGH TO COVER OUR INSURANCE NEEDS AND OUR, UM, YOU KNOW, INCIDENTALS ALONG THE WAY.
SO, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO, TO MAINTAIN THAT AND NOT, UM, HAVE TO COME UP WITH EXTRA FUNDING.
SO, UM, THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE.
I WOULD, UH, POINT OUT THAT WHEN YOU GO TO THAT VOLUNTEER PORTAL, YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THE VOLUNTEER NEWSLETTER FROM THE CITY.
AND IT, IT COMES OUT, I, I GET ONE I THINK EVERY THREE OR FOUR WEEKS.
UM, WITH ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES TO VOLUNTEER ACROSS THE BOARD FOR CITY, THERE'S, IF YOU WANNA LEARN WHAT THE CITY'S DOING, IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO DO IT.
AND WHAT YOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE DOING.
I KNOW CAITLYN DOES TRY TO MAKE SURE IT COMES OUT, ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S MORE THINGS GOING ON DURING THE MONTH, SHE'LL SEND IT OUT TWICE A MONTH.
SO DEFINITELY SHADA, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES, I DO.
THERE'S ALL QUESTIONS ARE GOOD QUESTIONS.
IT'S LIKE, WHAT'S SHE GOT NOW? OKAY.
SO, UM, I'M, I'M DEFINITELY A BIG FAN OF KEEPING, UH, GARLAND BEAUTIFUL.
UH, I DO ATTEND THE DUCK CREEK CLEANUP, ACTUALLY.
I, UH, FORCE AND, BUT I DO HAVE TO PAY MY EMPLOYEES TO COME OUT AND CLEAN UP, BUT I MAKE THEM DO IT.
BUT I JUST GOTTA PAY 'EM TO DO IT.
BUT STILL THE POWER, THE POINT IS GET OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY MM-HMM
SO, UM, SO WE'RE ALWAYS THERE AT THE DUCK CREEK.
UM, SO, UH, I I SO THIS YEAR WE MIGHT PICK SOMETHING ELSE, ANOTHER PART.
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UM, DOES GARLAND HAVE A ADOPT A STREET? DO WE HAVE THAT PROGRAM? NO, WE DON'T HAVE THAT PROGRAM.NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF WHY IT'S BEEN PROPOSED AND CITY POINTED IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
WE WOULD HAVE TO BUILD THAT BACK UP AGAIN AND PROPOSE IT AGAIN BECAUSE WE WANNA KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL.
I THINK THAT'S MORE OF A KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL PROJECT.
WHAT IT IS, IT IS A KEEP GARLAND.
WHY DON'T WE HAVE AN ADOPTED STREET? A LOT OF BUSINESS, INSTEAD OF GETTING OUT ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK, WE PREFER TO LITERALLY ADOPT THE STREET.
SO WHY DON'T WE PAY THE MONEY TO HELP YOU CLEAN IT IF WE'RE ADOPTING THE STREETS, THAT'S THE PROPOSAL THAT I KEEP WANTING TO MAKE IT KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL.
WELL, UH, WE'LL BUSY ARGUING OVER INSURANCE.
WE'LL LOOK INTERNALLY TO SEE WHAT CITY DEPARTMENT THIS MIGHT FALL OVER AND UH, WE'LL WE CAN COME BACK TO THE, TO THE BOARD AND SOUNDS LIKE GIVE AN UPDATE.
WE DON'T DO, I DON'T EVER SEE US DOING FUNDRAISING FOR KEEPING GARLAND BEAUTIFUL.
WHY IS THAT? THEY'RE OPPOSED TO FUNDRAISING.
THEY'RE SO, AS A, UM, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, THEY DO PARTICIPATE IN A NORTH TEXAS, UM, GIVING DAY.
GIVING DAY, THEY PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
AND THEN ON THEIR WEBSITE THERE IS ALWAYS SUPPOSED TO BE AN ACTIVE BUTTON WHERE YOU CAN PUSH TO, DON'T MAKE DONATIONS.
I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S OPERABLE.
YOU HAD MADE MENTION, I THINK ABOUT NEEDING TO CHANGE HOW WE WERE DOING THAT IN ORDER TO, UH, MAKE IT FOR THE LAST FOUR MONTHS.
SO WE, WE CAN'T DONATE OR WE CAN YOU ABSOLUTELY.
THEY WILL TAKE DONATIONS FOR SURE.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, UM, GETTING IT CONTACTED.
WELL THE REASON I'M ASKING IS THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WILL, THAT DO LIKE TO KEEP GIRL AND BEAUTIFUL.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A WEBSITE AND YOU CAN CONTACT KEEP GIRL AND BEAUTIFUL THROUGH THE WEBSITE MM-HMM
AND WE AND ANYBODY CAN JUST DONATE.
IS THAT OKAY? THANK YOU FOR LOOKING.
WE NEED TO GET UNDER THE TABLE.
NO, JUST GOT A, THERE'S APPARENTLY SOME DOGS OUT IN THE COURTYARD.
I THOUGHT IT WAS ERIC TO TELL YOU.
MY HUSBAND, I'M LIKE, DOES HE HAVE HIS HEARING AIDS IN? NO, I, I KEEP IT ON SILENT 'CAUSE I CAN'T HEAR, SO IT WOULDN'T MATTER.
I HAD ONE LAST QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU.
UM, FOR THE EQUIPMENT STORAGE MM-HMM
HOW MUCH OF, WHAT ARE WE STORING PICKERS, UM, GARBAGE BAGS.
IS IT LIKE A 10 BY 10 SPACE THAT YOU'RE NEEDING OR? I HAVE FEELING LIKE I HEARD EIGHT BY EIGHT.
I DON'T THINK LIKE A SMALL SHED.
I VOLUNTEERED THE SHED ONCE ALREADY.
I THINK THINK CLIMATE CONTROL WAS A CONCERN AS PARTICULARLY BECAUSE OF THE TRASH BAGS.
UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE TEXAS HEAT AND THE ELEMENTS BACK AND FORTH, IF YOU LEAVE SOMETHING IN THAT AND IT GOES FROM REALLY COLD IN THE WINTER AND THEN IN THE SUMMER THE HEAT, THOSE PLASTICS ARE GONNA START TO BREAK DOWN AND CRACKLE AND IT'S REALLY KIND OF USELESS WHEN YOU GO TO USE IT.
AND THE TRASH FALLS RIGHT THROUGH BAGS.
THERE'S ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS WITH PLASTIC BAGS AND JUST ACROSS THE, SO WE JUST FORM UP WITH TRASH AND MOVE ON.
WE DO HAVE QUITE A LOT OF BAGS.
SO THAT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE WE NEED TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY IDEAS ON PLACES THAT NEED TO BE CLEANED UP IN ADDITION TO STREET PROGRAMS. YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS, ESPECIALLY PARKS HAS WORKED WITH THE KGB WITH SETTING UP, UM, CLEANUPS.
THEY'RE SUPPORTING IT AND SENDING OUT THROUGH THE NEWSLETTER TO LET FOLKS KNOW, HEY, WE'VE GOT A CLEANUP THAT'S BEING PLANNED.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED YOU CAN SIGN UP HERE.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THAT HAS GONE HAND IN HAND WITH THEM.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO SUPPORT THEM AS MUCH AS WE CAN TOO THROUGH OUR SANITATION DEPARTMENT.
WELL, I KNOW MILLER AND JUPITER NEEDS SOME REAL GOOD CLEANING.
I MEAN I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE THE WHOLE CITY AND GO OVER THERE AND JUST CLEAN IT RIGHT ON UP.
THAT'S AN AREA THAT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING FOR ME? BROADWAY AND CENTERVILLE IS THAT, THAT THEY DON'T BAG THE TRASH IN THE DUMPSTERS.
AND SO WHEN THE TRUCKS DUMP THE WIND MM-HMM
THAT LOOSE TRASH BACK OUT AGAIN.
I DO HAVE ONE MORE LITTLE THING I DIDN'T HAVE ON MY LIST, BUT UM, I AM HAVING, UH, I HAD TO PUSH MY, UH, TIRE AND TEXTILE, UM, COLLECTION TO THIS SATURDAY.
SO IF ANYONE IS AVAILABLE AND WANTS TO COME OUT AND HELP US, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOME EXTRA HANDS.
I KNOW CHRISTINA WAS GONNA COME LAST WEEKEND, BUT THEN SHE HAS SOMETHING.
MARIA, ARE YOU STILL AVAILABLE? IS IT GONNA BE IN DALLAS COLLEGE? NO, THIS ONE IS THE ONE AT THIS TRANSFER STATION.
SAME SPOT AS YEAH, WE JUST MOVED IT ONE ONE WEEKEND.
WHAT DO YOU DO? WHAT THE VOLUNTEERS DO? WHAT DO THE VOLUNTEERS DO? WE NEED HELP.
UM, DIRECT PICK DIRECTION IS NOT TOO MUCH SOMETHING THAT WE NEED THESE EVENTS.
UM, BUT IT'S MORE, UM, IF YOU HAVE GLOVES HELPING UNLOAD PEOPLE'S, UH, STUFF OUTTA THEIR CARS.
THE TEXTILES, UM, THEY'LL BRING BAGS
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OF CLOTHING.WE PUT 'EM IN THE WORLD WEAR BINS THAT ARE ALREADY ON SITE THERE AT SANITATION AT THE TRANSFER STATION.
UM, THE TIRES WE'RE PULLING TIRES OUTTA THE BACK OF PEOPLE'S VEHICLES AND PUTTING THEM INTO A ROLL OFF CONTAINER SO THAT THEY CAN BE TAKEN INTO THE RECYCLING FACILITY.
SOME HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYERS FOR THAT.
YEAH, THAT'S, UH, CHRISTINA SUPPLIES ME WITH A COUPLE OF THOSE EVERY NOW AND THEN, BUT I ALSO HAVE, UM, I HAVE ONE, UH, YOUTH WHO'S COME THE LAST COUPLE OF TIMES AND HE'S AT, UM, OH, THE SCHOOL.
I CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME OF NOW.
SO IT'D ALSO BE A BENEFIT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE 'EM COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS.
I SIGN THEIR SHEETS WHEN THEY COME.
IF THEY WOULD MAKE THAT KNOWN.
I KNOW THAT THE, THE GARLAND TRUANCY COURT IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SAFE PLACES TO SEND YES.
KIDS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS.
AND I'VE NEVER SEEN SANITATION ON THE LIST.
REALLY? SOMEBODY REACHED OUT TO ME, I THINK.
IT MIGHT BE, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE IT RIGHT NOW, BUT I DID GET A COMMUNICATION FROM SOMEONE IN THE LAST, I FEEL LIKE IT WAS EARLY FEBRUARY AND I REPLIED TO HIM AND SAID, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
THESE ARE THE DATES I HAVE STUFF COMING UP.
SO THE LIFE IS VERY LONG TO VOLUNTEER AT THE ANIMAL SHELTER.
BUT PRETTY MUCH, OF COURSE ELSE.
WELL, I MEAN, I'D PUPPIES, TIRES.
WE GOTTA CLEAN UP AFTER THE PUPPY.
FOR SURE DON'T SMELL THAT BAD.
IS THIS, I'M NOT SURE WHOSE FLASH DRIVE THAT IS ALL.
IS THAT YOUR FLASH DRIVE? I THINK IT'S OZ.
NO, I WAS GONNA COME LAST SATURDAY.
OH YES, WE UM, JIM, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ON THE BYLAWS THAT YOU WANTED TO SUGGEST RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD? N NOTHING PRECONCEIVED.
AND WE HAD A SUBCOMMITTEE HOW MANY YEARS AGO WAS THAT THAT REVIEWED THEM AND THEN WE UPDATED THEM THEN.
BUT THAT WAS, I WANNA SAY 7, 6, 7 YEARS AGO.
BUT ANY, ANY, IT'S ANYTHING EITHER WE WANT TO ADD OR DELETES.
SO JUST I WOULD SUGGEST THAT EVERYBODY REVIEWS 'EM.
WHERE DO WE GET A COPY OF THIS AT? UH, TAB FOUR IN YOUR BOOK.
ALRIGHT, BOB, THIS IS THE ONLY ISSUE THAT YOU BROUGHT UP, THE ELECTIONS.
THE BYLAWS SPECIFICALLY SAY THAT THEY HAVE TO BE DONE IN OCTOBER ONCE A YEAR.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN CH JUST REMOVE THE MONTH MM-HMM
AND, AND AWARDED SO THAT IT SAYS THAT IT HAS TO BE DONE ONCE ANNUALLY.
THAT WAY YOU'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO DO IT ON A SPECIFIC MONTH.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT YOU BROUGHT UP TO ME ON A MEETING IN OCTOBER.
SO IF THAT'S A CHANGE THAT YOU GUYS WANNA MAKE, WE CAN DEFINITELY, YEAH, I THINK WE CAN DO THAT.
IF SOMEBODY WOULD LIKE TO, UH, SUGGEST IT.
SO WE WON'T HAVE TO HAVE IT SPECIFICALLY IN OCTOBER.
WE JUST WANT A MOTION TO CHANGE IT ANNUALLY.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AT YOUR, AT YOUR, UH, LEISURE, YOU CAN REVIEW THESE AND IF YOU SEE SOMETHING ELSE, BRING IT UP AT THE NEXT MEETING AND WE CAN PURSUE IT.
AND ON THAT NOTE, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THE, DO YOU WANNA ADD THOUGHT LAUREN WAS GONNA SAY SOMETHING? NOPE.
OTHER THAN THE GREEN INITIATIVE, I THINK WE SHOULD PUT ON THE AGENDA FOR, YEAH.
OH, I DID ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION.
SO, UM, UNDER ARTICLE TWO, THERE'S UH, A THROUGH G THERE MM-HMM
UM, I'M LOOKING AT, WELL I THINK THAT A ALIGNS WITH THE GREEN INITIATIVE THAT WE WERE DISCUSSING EARLIER TO SUPPORT KGB MM-HMM
UM, CD EIGHT IN PROMOTING STRATEGIES E UM, PROMOTE THE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM THROUGH DALLAS AREA, HAW NETWORK.
THAT REALLY, DOES ANYBODY KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME WE DID THAT? SHOULD WE REMOVE THAT? WE DO THAT INTERNALLY IN SANITATION IN SANITATION DEPARTMENT.
IT'S YES, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THE ECAP DOES ANYTHING.
I DON'T THINK EVERY INTERNALLY TO BE THERE.
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CAN'T PROMOTE THAT THOUGH? BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO DO.SHOULD WE BE PROMOTING THAT IT'S ON THE WEBSITE? YEAH, BUT SOME PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THE PAINT.
SOME PEOPLE LEAVE IT BY HERE THINKING THEY'RE PICKING IT UP BULK AND THEY'RE NOT.
THAT'S WHAT WE ADVERTISE THAT, I MEAN, SO BRINGING IT UP.
I MEAN, AS A, AS A GROUP, THE SEVEN OF US CAN'T DO MUCH ABOUT THAT.
UM, CAN WE IMPLEMENT SOMETHING TO TRY TO GET THE WORD OUT ON HOW TO FIND RIGHT RESOURCES THAT THEY COULD THERE'S A PAGE ON THE GARLAND WEBSITE DEDICATED SOLELY TO RECYCLING.
THEY MANAGE WHO GOES TO THAT PAGE IS THE QUESTION.
SO, SO, SO GUYS, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY ON POINT.
MY QUESTION WAS, ARE WE GOING, HOW ARE WE PROMOTING THAT PROGRAM? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE ITEM SAYS.
SO I THINK PART OF OUR, UH, REVIEWING THIS SHOULD BE OKAY.
SHOULD WE BE CIRCLING BACK TO SOME OF THESE, UH, THINGS THAT OUR GROUP IS SUPPOSED TO BE FOCUSING ON MM-HMM
UM, IS HOW DO WE PROMOTE THAT IN 2025? WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HONORING THESE BYLAWS? AND IF WE FEEL LIKE THERE'S THINGS WE WANNA ADD HERE AS PART OF OUR PURPOSE AND MISSION STATEMENT, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD ALL THINK ABOUT.
YOU KNOW, WHAT'S YOUR REASON FOR JOINING THE BOARD AND HOW CAN WE IMPLEMENT SOME OF THAT IN 2025? AND DO WE WANNA ADD ANY OF THESE THINGS AS PART OF OUR PURPOSE AND MISSION STATEMENT? SO, UM, WE CAN EITHER, YOU KNOW, CHOOSE TO BUILD ON THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE OR REMOVE THEM OR ADD TO THEM OR, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR OUR BOARD TO BE PRODUCTIVE.
YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR, JUST, JUST THINKING FROM TOP OF MY HEAD, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS CAN DO TO PROMOTE E IS YOU CAN HOLD A COLLECTION EVENT, LIKE A PAINT COLLECTION EVENT.
LIKE WE'RE DOING RECYCLING EVENTS, BUT IT WILL BE SPONSORED 100% BY THE ECAP AND MAYBE KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL.
SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT WITH
SO THAT'S JUST AN IDEA IN THE EVENT THAT YOU GUYS WANTED TO KEEP THIS AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO PROMOTE THIS, THAT'S THE PERFECT WAY TO PROMOTE IT.
AND THEN YOU HAVE TO HAUL IT TO THE DALLAS COUNTY SITE.
YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN, UM, IF YOU GUYS END UP WORKING WITH, UH, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THAT'S A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN HAVE A BOOTH AND HAVE A, A FLYER TO PASS OUT.
A LOT OF BUSINESSES DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH HAMA DO THAT.
THEY DON'T, BUSINESSES CANNOT RECYCLE AT THE DALLAS COUNTY.
IT'S ONE OF THE DISADVANTAGES OF BEING IN THIS BUSINESS.
AND THIS IS WHY WE NEED TO TAP INTO THE HOAS AND ALL OF THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD WATCHES THAT THEY'RE DOING THAT WILL LET PEOPLE KNOW, YOU KNOW, THAT PAINT THAT YOU HAVE SITTING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS, THE REASON THEY'RE NOT PICKING IT UP IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO GO HERE.
AND SOME PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THIS.
AND I CAN TELL YOU GUYS, I MEAN MICHELLE IS VERY, VERY ACTIVE.
SHE GOES TO HWAY MEETINGS TO THE SCHOOLS.
UH, THIS IS NOT THE MAIN EMPHASIS OF WHAT SHE TALKS ABOUT, BUT SHE DOES TALK ABOUT IT.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY INCREASE IF WE NEED TO.
AND THEN I WANTED TO ALSO NOTE ITEM G, UM, THE BOARD AND US MAINTAINING RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL PERSON WHO APPOINTED YOU AS A BOARD MEMBER.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TOO.
I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD HAS COMMUNICATION WITH THEIR COUNCIL PERSON.
I TRY TO RUN, I LITERALLY RUN
BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT UM, IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO, UM, KIND OF KEEP THEM IN THE LOOP OF WHAT OUR BOARD'S DISCUSSING AND GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THEM ON.
LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY? HOW CAN WE HELP? AND, UM, THINGS LIKE THAT.
I, AND NOT ONLY THAT, IF YOUR BOARD MEMBER KNOWS WHO YOU ARE, YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER, WHENEVER YOU NEED 'EM, WHENEVER YOU SEND AN EMAIL, THEY'RE GONNA KNOW THEY'RE ACTUALLY GONNA PUT A FACE TO THE NAME.
SO THAT MIGHT HELP YOU OUT WITH ACHIEVING WHATEVER YOUR VEHICLE RELATIONSHIPS.
I THOUGHT THAT THEY NOMINATE, LIKE I KNOW MINE VERY WELL.
I MEET WITH HIM REGULARLY 'CAUSE I THOUGHT THAT'S WHY HE THAT NOMINATED ME RETIRED QUITE SOME TIME AGO.
BUT I TALKED TO HIM LAST WEEK IF THAT HELPS.
SO, UH, BEFORE WE GET OUT OF TOPIC, ARE WE DONE WITH THE BYLAWS AND UM, DO WE WANNA PUT IT TABLE MAYBE ON THE NEXT AGENDA TABLE? THAT WAY PEOPLE LOOK AT IT, WE NOW AND THEN THEY CAN.
SO WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS, UH, WE'RE GONNA SEND YOU GUYS THE, UH, MINUTES AND THE PROPOSED AGENDA AND A COPY OF THE REVISION OF THE BYLAWS.
AND IF SOMETHING ELSE, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT, UM, I WANNA MAKE ANOTHER CHANGE.
SO ANOTHER THING IF YOU GUYS DON'T SELECT, UH, AN AGENDA ITEM FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
YOU GUYS CAN SEND US AN EMAIL, BUT IT HAS TO BE TWO PEOPLE.
LIKE ONE PERSON HAS TO BE BASICALLY
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MAKING THE MOTION AND THE SECOND PERSON IS THE, IS THE SECOND, ESSENTIALLY.SO TWO PEOPLE HAVE TO BE INCLUDED IN THAT EMAIL.
LAUREN SENT US AN EMAIL, BUT SHE INCLUDED BOB.
SO THAT MAKES, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST PERSON MAKING THE MOTION.
SO IF YOU GUYS WANT AN AGENDA ITEM, JUST REMEMBER IT HAS TO HAVE AT LEAST TWO OF YOU.
ALL OF US
ON THAT NOTE, DOES ANYBODY HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM THEY'D LIKE TO PROPOSE? WE COULD, UH, DETERMINE WHAT LAUREN'S UH, BABY'S NAME IS GONNA BE AT THE NEXT MEETING.
WE CAN, WE WE CAN, WE CAN OVERRULE THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO PUT ON THERE, UM, A WAY TO HELP, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FIGURE OUT A WAY TO COLLECT THESE, THE THROWAWAY DRUGS AND THE NEEDLES WITHOUT REALLY HAVING A PROBLEM.
THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR, I LIKE THAT.
THEY'VE GOTTA HAVE A SHARPS CONTAINER SOMEWHERE IN THE POLICE STATION.
RIGHT? WHAT AREN'T THEY DOING? THE CITY HAS ITS OWN CLINIC FOR CITY EMPLOYEES AND I'M SURE THEY HAVE SHARPS CONTAINERS THERE.
HOW CAN WE HELP THEM FIGURE OUT MAYBE WE NEED TO SPEAK TO NARCOTICS THEN MAYBE HAVE SOMEONE FROM NARCOTICS HERE.
'CAUSE THAT'S OUR MAIN CONCERN.
IT'S THOSE KIND OF NEEDLES FOLLOW UP.
YOU'RE ABOUT TO HAVE A BABY, YOU WANT A NEEDLE IN THE PARK BECAUSE HE SAID, SO WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY CAN DO THAT.
I THINK FOLLOWING UP WITH THE LIEUTENANT AND JUST FOLLOWING UP WOULD BE I THINK GREAT TO SEE BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY WERE GONNA LOOK INTO IT.
UH, BUT, AND I THINK THAT YOU CAN DO, I MEAN YOU CAN JUST SEND THEM AN EMAIL AND SAY, HEY LISTEN, I WAS VERY INTERESTED IN, IN THE, UH, THE CONVERSATION THAT YOU GAVE US.
WHAT CAN WE DO AS A BOARD? THAT'S GOOD.
WHAT CAN I DO AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND THIS, 'CAUSE THE POINT IS THEY HAVE TO LEAD THE CONVERSATION BECAUSE WE, WE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY NEED.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO TELL YOU.
I THINK ALSO WITH THE, UH, QUESTION YOU HAD WITH THE LADY THAT TALKED ABOUT THE AUTO SHOPS.
HER, THAT'S ALSO A REALLY IMPORTANT ONE ON, UM, THAT WHOLE THING.
HOW DO WE IMPROVE THIS? AND SHE SUGGESTED THAT WE MAKE A QUORUM, UH, QUORUM AND DISCUSS THIS WITH COUNSEL.
OR EXPRESS THIS CONCERN OF LIKE, HOW DO WE GET THE SHOP.
SO, I MEAN, HONESTLY IT'S AS SIMPLE AS AFTER THIS MEETING, YOU ALL CAN EMAIL YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER AND TELL THEM, HEY, WE HAVE THIS PRESENTATION TODAY.
HOW CAN WE MAKE IT MORE RESTRICTIVE TO PREVENT TIRE SHOPS AND CAR SALES BUSINESSES FOR MOVING INTO GARLAND? MM.
UM, YOU CAN COME EVERY OTHER TUESDAY AND AFTER THE COUNCIL MEETING THEIR CITIZEN COMMENTS, YOU CAN TALK ABOUT ANYTHING AT ALL.
DOES THE FREE FOR ALL WHATEVER IDEA YOU MAY HAVE, THAT'S YOUR PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF 'EM, INCLUDING THE CITY MANAGER.
UM, THE PLANNING COMMISSION DOES THE FIRST STEP.
WHENEVER A BUSINESS OR EVEN A CITIZEN WANTS TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S, UH, THAT REQUIRES A PERMIT, YOU CAN GO TO THOSE MEETINGS AND SPEAK YOUR MIND.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO NOW IF YOU WANT.
YOU KNOW, IF IF YOU, IF YOU DON'T WANT ANY MORE, IF YOU WANT THAT MAP TO BE MORE RESTRICTIVE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU GUYS CAN DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS RIGHT NOW.
BUT HOW DO WE DO IT AS THE ADVISORY BOARD? THAT'S WHAT MY QUESTION IS.
HOW DO WE DO IT? AS YOU CAN ALL SHOW UP AT THE COUNCIL MEETING AND TRUST ME, YOU NEVER SEE EIGHT PEOPLE SPEAKING ONE AFTER THE OTHER ABOUT THE EXACT SAME THING EVER.
IT SENDS A PRETTY LOUD MESSAGE.
THE ONE THING THAT SHE SAID THAT I, I TOOK THE EXCEPTION WITH THE SPECIAL USE PERMITS.
WE ATTENDED MEETINGS FOR A RECYCLING COMPANY MANY YEARS AGO THAT HAS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
NOW IT'S ATTACHED TO THAT PROPERTY AND THEY'VE NEVER USED IT AND THEY JUST GO ON FOREVER.
THEY'VE, SO IT'S A LICENSE TO KILL, BASICALLY FOREVER.
SO IF THEY SHOULD LIMIT THOSE, YOU HAVE TO SO, UM, IMPACT YOUR BUSINESS WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.
I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA TRY TO END THIS 'CAUSE WE CANNOT CONTINUE HAVING A DISCUSSION UNLESS IT'S ACTUALLY PART OF THE AGENDA.
BUT, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, NALA SAID IS, IS THAT, IS THAT, UM, YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN ALL THE DIFFERENT CHANGES THAT THE CITY HAS MADE OVER THE YEARS, ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH ANYBODY COULD OPEN A, A TIRE SHOP NOW YOU CAN'T MM-HMM
I MEAN IT'S, IT'S, THEY'RE BEING MORE SO THEY, THE CITY'S DOING THINGS TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.
I JUST DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY, I MEAN, I CAN LOOK INTO IT.
I JUST DON'T, I I CANNOT THINK OF A WAY IN WHICH THE BOARD CAN PRESENT SOMETHING SAYING, HEY, UM, ON BEHALF OF EAB, WE WOULD LIKE FOR
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THE PERMITS TO BE MORE STRICT, YOU KNOW, FOR TIRE SHOPS OR USE UNDER 180 DAY.THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
WE JUST HAVE TO ALL AGREE THAT I HAVE TO DO THAT FIRST.
BUT, UH, IT HONESTLY, YOU KNOW, UH, THE LAST BULLET POINT OF MAINTAINING A CONVERSATION, REGULAR COMMUNICATION WITH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER, THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO DO IT.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE JUST ARE NOT AWARE OF.
BY YOU STARTING THE CONVERSATION, THEY MIGHT TELL YOU, HEY, WELL ACTUALLY THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS GOING TO THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE.
THERE'S ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT BE, THAT MIGHT BE HAPPENING, BE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS THAT WE JUST DON'T KNOW ABOUT.
UM, ARIEL RELATED TO THAT TWO G, THE, THE, THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL, THEY GET COPIES OF OUR, OUR OF OUR, UH, MEETING MINUTES.
WELL IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE I SAY WE ADJOURN TO THE NEXT MEETING AND IF ANYBODY HAS SUGGESTIONS, UM, SEND THEM IN.