Mar 31, 2025 Work Session

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WELL, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE MARCH 31ST, 2025 WORK SESSION FOR THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL. I JUST LET EVERYBODY KNOW. MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE IS NOT JOINING US THIS EVENING. HE IS.

HE HAS BEEN DOWN IN AUSTIN DOING SOME LEGISLATIVE WORK FOR US. AND BUT HE WILL BE BACK FOR TOMORROW NIGHT. THE FIRST ITEM UP IS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON WORK SESSION ITEMS. I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS SIGNED UP THIS EVENING. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY. OKAY, MOVING ON TO CONSIDER THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR TOMORROW NIGHT. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY REQUESTS TO HAVE ANYTHING PULLED, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A PROCESS FOR THAT ONCE WE LEAVE HERE AND THE SOONER WE CAN KNOW,

[1. Franchise Ordinance for Oncor Electric Delivery Company, LLC Council is requested to consider approving a franchise ordinance with Oncor Electric Delivery Company, LLC. Unless otherwise directed by Council, this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the April 15, 2025 Regular Meeting. ]

[2. Notice of Intent to Issue Certificates of Obligation Council is requested to consider authorizing the publication of a Notice of Intent to Issue Certificates of Obligation in the amount not to exceed $46.5 million to fund a portion of the CIP. Unless otherwise directed by Council, this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the April 15, 2025 Regular Meeting.]

[3. Proposed Development Agreement and Purchase and Sale Agreement with Blooming Investments Group 1, LLC Council is requested to consider approval of the Proposed Development Agreement and Purchase and Sale Agreement with Blooming Investments Group 1, LLC. with regard to a 2.695-acre site at the corner of West Avenue D and South 1st Street. Unless otherwise directed by Council, this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the April 15, 2025 Regular Meeting.]

THIS PROJECT IS NOT NEW, BUT IT HAD QUITE A BIT OF TIME. MAY HAVE PASSED SINCE THE LAST TIME WE BRIEFED COUNCIL ON THIS. IN VARIOUS DISCUSSIONS AND IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS. SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF A RECAP. IF YOU'VE GOT ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE. BUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS AT THE CORNER OF FIRST AND AVENUE D IS 1011103, BOTH OF WHICH WE WERE AUTHORIZED TO PURCHASE THE FOUNDATION, THAT IS. AND SO WHAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD NOW IS A PROPOSED IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A HYBRID, A LITTLE BIT OF A COMBINATION OF A 380 AND A PSA, WHICH IS PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT. AND I JUST KIND OF WANT TO PROVIDE SOME FRAMEWORK ON ON WHY THIS PROJECT, WHY NOW? AND JUST TO RECAP A LITTLE BIT, WHAT'S IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH? WE'RE HERE TO CREATE DESTINATIONS.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THAT. IN THIS CASE, IT'S WITHIN THE BANKHEAD CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT. SO I WANT TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT THAT. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE TALK ABOUT IT ENOUGH.

THIS IS A BIG ENDEAVOR THAT WE'RE TRYING TO INCLUDE AMENITIES WITHIN THAT AND REALLY BRING PEOPLE WITHIN IT. WE'RE GOING TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE REDEVELOPMENT OF UNDERUTILIZED AND LOW VALUE PARCELS, UTILIZE THE COMP PLAN TO DETERMINE AREAS FOR INCREASED DENSITY, CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE EXPANSION OF THE CITY LAND ASSEMBLY AND LAND PREP PROGRAM, IMPROVE THE IMAGE AND ALTER THE PERCEPTION OF THE CITY, AND IMPROVE THE LIVABILITY OF THE CITY WITH HIGH VALUE FOR MONEY, HOUSING OPTIONS, AND HIGH QUALITY NEIGHBORHOODS. THAT'S A MOUTHFUL. SO THESE TWO LINES, WHAT YOU SEE HERE, THE BLUE LINE IS THE FAR EAST BOUNDARY OF THE DOWNTOWN ZONING DISTRICT, WITH THE UPTOWN SUBDISTRICT. SO THIS AREA IS IN THE SUBDISTRICT OF UPTOWN. AND EVEN THOUGH TONIGHT IS NOT A ZONING DISCUSSION, I POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE IT IS A BY RIGHT MULTIFAMILY USE THAT'S ALREADY PRESCRIBED IN THE UPTOWN DISTRICT. THE PURPLE LINE IS THE BOUNDARY OF THE BANKHEAD CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT. EXISTING CONDITIONS. SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, YOU CAN SEE THE TWO PROPERTIES THAT WE WERE PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED TO PURCHASE. SO THEY TOTAL JUST UNDER 2.7 ACRES. AS I MENTIONED, THEY'RE IN THE DOWNTOWN AND UPTOWN SUBDISTRICT. MULTIFAMILY IS ALLOWED BY RIGHT. WAREHOUSE TYPE USES WOULD BE SUPP. IT'S IN THE AUTOMOTIVE OVERLAY, WHICH MEANS THERE ARE NO CREDITS LEFT TO GO AROUND FOR AUTO USE. SO THAT IS PROBABLY NOT AN OPTION.

THIS LAND ALSO NEEDED TO BE PURCHASED IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THE BOTTLENECK PROJECT THAT'S APPROVED IN THE 2019 BOND, WHICH IS TAKING A SLICE OUT OF THE PROPERTY. THE PHOTO YOU SEE AT THE TOP, THE ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY AND UTILITY EASEMENTS NEEDED WOULD HAVE CHOPPED INTO THAT BUILDING PRETTY SUBSTANTIALLY ON BOTH FIRST AND AVENUE D, SO THESE TWO WERE PURCHASED FOR A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY 2.4 MILLION. THEY ARE CURRENTLY OR WERE THEY'RE OWNED BY THE FOUNDATION AT THIS TIME. BUT PRIOR TO THAT, THE I BELIEVE IT WAS THE 23 ASSESSMENT, BOTH OF THOSE PROPERTIES GENERATED JUST UNDER 10,000 IN CITY TAX REVENUE. PROPERTY TAX REVENUE, THE ONE ON ONE PROPERTY HAS ALREADY BEEN DEMOLISHED. WHAT'S THAT? 1032101 AND OH THEY BOTH

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IT'S DEVELOPMENT PAD SITE READY. SO WHAT IS THE PROJECT VISION. THIS WAS AGAIN TALKED ABOUT IN 2021 AS PART OF THE BOTTLENECK PROJECT. SO RATHER THAN JUST CHOPPING INTO AN OLD INDUSTRIAL BUILDING THAT WAS I THINK CONSTRUCTED IN 1960, IT MADE SENSE TO GO AHEAD AND ACQUIRE THE WHOLE THING FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. WE ALSO WANT TO FOCUS ON HIGH TRAFFIC CORRIDORS, WHICH IS THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A HIGH TRAFFIC CORRIDOR FOR BEAUTIFICATION EFFORTS, WHETHER THEY BE LANDSCAPING IN THE RIGHT OF WAYS OR BY PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT. WE ALSO HAVE A GOAL SET FOR IN THIS GENERAL AREA OF HAVING A VIBRANT DOWNTOWN GENERALLY NEEDS ABOUT 1200 RESIDENTS. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS, IS THAT, LIKE WE'VE ALL TALKED ABOUT THE BALANCE OF HAVING ENOUGH RESTAURANTS, ENOUGH RETAIL AND ENOUGH MULTIFAMILY, THEY'RE ALL IN BALANCE TOGETHER. SO AS FOLKS MOVE INTO THESE INFILL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS, THAT ADDS MORE FOOTFALL FOR FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO PATRONIZE THE BUSINESSES IN THIS, IN THIS AREA. SO THE DEVELOPER HAS ACTUALLY ENGAGED THE CITY SOME TIME AGO FOR DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, REALLY LIKE THIS ONE. WE'VE BEEN ENGAGED IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM FOR QUITE SOME TIME. THEY SPECIALIZE IN CREATING PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOODS, URBAN INFILL RESIDENTIAL. AND HE LIKES BEING PROXIMATE TO AMENITIES AND DESTINATIONS SUCH AS DOWNTOWN.

SO THIS DEVELOPER, THE PERSON THAT THAT WE COMMUNICATE WITH IS A PURVA PATEL. THEY'RE BASED IN MINNEAPOLIS. HERE IS KIND OF AN EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE OF PRODUCT THAT THEY PUT TOGETHER. AND AGAIN, THEY SPECIALIZE IN CONDOS, MULTIFAMILY, RETAIL, HOTEL, SOMETIMES MIXED USE TYPE THINGS. AND THEY'VE ALSO PURCHASED THREE ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES IN THE LAND ASSEMBLY EFFORT. SO THEY'VE BROUGHT THAT TO THE TABLE AS WELL. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT HIGHLIGHTED HERE IN THIS HATCHED AREA WITH THE HOPE OF ASSEMBLING THE FOUNDATIONS PROPERTY ALONG WITH THEIRS. SO WHAT DOES THAT DEAL LOOK LIKE? THE CITY IS AGREEING TO SELL APPROXIMATELY 2.7 ACRES AT THE 101 AND 103 WEST AVENUE D, FOR A PRICE OF 2.85 MILLION. 2.425 MILLION IS DUE UPON CLOSING. AND THEN THERE'S SOME PERFORMANCE TERMS. IF THEY DON'T DEVELOP COMPLETELY ACCORDING TO THE TERMS, BY THE END OF 2032, THEY WOULD OWE A PENALTY OF ANOTHER 425,000. AT THAT TIME, THE DEMOLITION AND THE SITE IS ALREADY READY FOR DEVELOPMENT. THE VALUE OF THAT IS 450,000. WE WOULD ALSO STILL NEED TO RETAIN SOME RIGHT OF WAY AND EASEMENTS RESERVED FOR THE BOTTLENECK, SO A TOTAL POTENTIAL MAXIMUM INCENTIVE OF 876,767. IF THAT TOTAL IS REALIZED, THAT IS A PAYBACK OF APPROXIMATELY FOUR YEARS AND THREE MONTHS. IN RETURN FOR THAT, THE DEVELOPER AGREES TO PROVIDE 30 MILLION IN MINIMUM ASSESSED VALUE. WE'D LIKE TO SEE THAT IN THREE SEPARATE BUILDINGS. THAT WAY IT'S NOT ONE GIANT BUILDING. FIRST, BUILDING PERMIT NEEDS TO BE PULLED IN 2027, WITH COMPLETION AT THE END OF 2032. SO IN A NUTSHELL, KIND OF WHAT IS THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT FOR THAT? AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, IT'S BEAUTIFICATION OF THESE MAJOR CORRIDORS WITH A HIGH END NICE DEVELOPMENT, IMPROVING FOOT TRAFFIC, POTENTIAL FOR DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES, AND THAT ADDED TAX VALUE FOR UNDERPERFORMING PROPERTIES AND WHAT THAT WOULD GENERATE, AS YOU SEE HERE, THE NEW AD VALOREM WOULD BE A LITTLE OVER 200,000. SO I WENT THROUGH THAT KIND OF QUICKLY. SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, IS IT IS IT OUR INTENTION TO DO OUR BOTTLENECK WORK PRIOR TO DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE? SO I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT TIMING OF THAT PROJECT. I KNOW CRYSTAL'S OUT THIS WEEK AND NEXT WEEK, SO I DON'T HAVE DETAILS ON THAT. I THINK, AGAIN, WE KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO BE RESERVED IN TERMS OF THAT RIGHT OF WAY AND EASEMENT. WE'VE WORKED WITH THE DEVELOPER ON KIND OF KNOWING, HEY, YOU DON'T GET THIS PIECE AND THERE WILL BE TWO SLICES BOTH OFF OF D. AND FIRST TO ALLOW FOR UTILITIES, UTILITIES AND THE ROAD WIDENING.

OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER HEDRICK, THANK YOU, MAYOR. QUESTION I HAD IS REGARDING THE NUMBER OF BUILDINGS. IT SAYS THREE BUILDINGS MINIMUM. THEIR PARKING GARAGE IS REQUIRED. PART OF THIS, AND I KNOW TEXAS RAP IS TYPICALLY THE STYLE WHERE IT'S ALL AROUND. WHAT'S THE REASONING TO HAVE THREE BUILDINGS SEPARATE, IF MAYBE ONE WRAPPED AROUND A PARKING GARAGE WOULD DO SO. SO HIS PARKING WILL BE BELOW GRADE IN ONE OF THE BUILDINGS. SO ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS YOU MIGHT RECALL THERE'S AN ENCORE LINE THAT GOES RIGHT THROUGH FOURTH. AND SO THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME SPACING DIFFERENCES THERE. SO HE WOULD PUT. MIGHT HELP ME REMEMBER THE EXACT LOCATION, BUT I THINK IT MIGHT BE 1 OR 2 ON ONE SIDE OF FOURTH AND THEN A COUPLE ON THE OTHER

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I DON'T GO OUT OF MY WAY TO GO SOMEWHERE. SO IF I HAVE TO MAKE A SQUARE TO GET SOMEWHERE, I'M PROBABLY NOT GOING TO GO. BUT BEING SO, IT'S LIKE THAT AWKWARD DISTANCE, LIKE YOU'RE CLOSE, BUT NOT LIKE WHERE YOU'D WANT TO WALK IN THEM, YOU KNOW, AT NINE, 10:00 AT NIGHT. SO I WAS JUST THINKING, LIKE DRIVABILITY, IF YOU'VE GOT SUCH A LARGE COMPLEX, I WOULD WANT TO MAYBE LOOK AT MAKING SURE THAT YOU COULD DRIVE TO DOWNTOWN WITHOUT HAVING TO MAKE A CRAZY SWIRLY AROUND. I GOT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. YES. AND, YOU KNOW, WE DID HAVE THOSE KIND OF. AND WE HAVE THEM FREQUENTLY WITH MOST DEVELOPERS. THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW TO GET TO, YOU KNOW, THE AMENITIES AND DESTINATIONS. SO WE HAVE HAD THAT CONVERSATION AND WE CAN KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN HE GETS THROUGH BUILDING PERMIT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ACCESSIBLE. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND COUNSELOR BEARD. I'M EXCITED. I'VE DRIVEN PAST THAT VERY UGLY BUILDING FOR 35 YEARS. AND IT IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER FROM MY NEIGHBORHOOD. I AM MY BIG QUESTION WAS GETTING THE SIDEWALKS AND EASEMENT IN, AND IF THAT WAS COMING BEFORE OR AFTER THE CONSTRUCTION, I GUESS IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER OTHER THAN THE CONSTRUCTION. I WOULD HATE TO ALREADY MOVE INTO A REALLY NICE APARTMENT AND THEN HAVE EVERYTHING IN FRONT OF MY APARTMENT TORN UP FOR. SURE. SO IN GENERAL, THAT THAT ROAD CROSS SECTION IS FOR THE MOST PART ALREADY KNOWN AND DESIGNED, AND SO THEY WOULD PROBABLY BE REQUIRED TO PUT THAT SIDEWALK IN ANYWAY. OKAY. AND SO NOT WHETHER THAT'S WHAT'S NORTH AND SOUTH OF IT MAY BE LAGGING IN SOME WAY DEPENDING ON THE TIME OF THAT PROJECT. BUT BUT NO, THAT'S A THAT'S A FAIR POINT. HE'S GOT PLANS OF WHAT TO MAKE OF THAT. I BELIEVE IT'S LIKE 17FT THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE THERE FOR SIDEWALK AND CIRCULATION. OKAY. YEAH. MOVING IT BACK. EVERYTHING BACK FROM THE THAT THAT INTERSECTION IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. EVEN THOUGH D IS ONE WAY PEOPLE RUN THAT LIGHT COMING UP FIRST AND YOU COULD NOT SEE WHAT WAS COMING. SO PEOPLE IT HAPPENED VERY FREQUENTLY ON PEOPLE GETTING T-BONED BECAUSE THEY PULL OUT WHEN THE LIGHT TURNS AND SOMEBODY T-BONED THEM. AS I'VE SAID, I'M EXCITED FOR ANY DEVELOPMENT IN DISTRICT TWO.

SO. GOOD JOB. THANKS. ONE OTHER THING I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT HE'S HE'S VERY RECEPTIVE AND VERY PRO PUBLIC ART. SO WE HAVE HAD SOME PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT. WHETHER OR NOT HE SHOWED

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[4. Parking Enforcement Update The City Marshal will brief City Council on recent activities related to the City Parking Enforcement Program. This update was requested by Councilmember Williams and seconded by Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Lucht at the March 17, 2025 Work Session.]

HELLO. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE EVERYBODY BEFORE I GET STARTED TO OUR NEWEST SUPERVISOR IN THE MARSHAL'S OFFICE. THIS IS LIEUTENANT PATRICK ARNOLD. WELCOME. AND HE'S GOING TO BE TAKING OVER PARKING DUTIES FROM PRIOR LIEUTENANT SHANKS. SO YOU MAY SEE HIS NAME AND HEAR FROM HIM QUITE OFTEN. I'M SORRY. HE COMES FROM US, FROM DALLAS COUNTY, WHERE HE RETIRED AFTER 20 YEARS AS A CAPTAIN WITH THE DALLAS SHERIFF'S OFFICE. SO HE HAS EXTENSIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE. ALL RIGHT, SO TONIGHT I WAS REQUESTED TO COME UP AND UPDATE YOU ALL ON A PARKING INITIATIVE THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO YOU ALL ABOUT A FEW TIMES LAST YEAR, AND THAT'S OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PARKING DIRECTED ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM. IF YOU RECALL FROM SOME OF THE MEETINGS WITH YOU ALL LAST YEAR, I PROPOSED SUPPLEMENTING OUR COMPLAINT DRIVEN MODEL WITH A PROACTIVE ENFORCEMENT STRATEGY. SOME OF THE KEY FEATURES OF WHAT I ENVISION TARGETED PATROLS AND SELECTED NEIGHBORHOODS FOR ONE MONTH AT A TIME,E, WITH DAILY PATROLS AT VARIOUS TIMES THROUGHOUT THE MONTH. ON WEEK ONE, WE'RE GOING TO ADVANCE NOTICE AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC THAT WE'RE COMING. I ANTICIPATE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A WEBSITE, AND I'M GOING TO ALSO PARTNER WITH YOU ALL AND YOUR HOA FOLKS AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO BE IN Y'ALL'S NEIGHBORHOOD THIS MONTH. WE'RE GOING TO BE TARGETING PARKING. WEEK TWO. WE'RE GOING TO SPEND OUR TIME GIVING OUT WARNINGS. I ANTICIPATE PUTTING A QR CODE ON THE WARNINGS THAT WILL TAKE PEOPLE TO OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE EDUCATION. FOLLOWED BY ENFORCEMENT IN WEEK THREE AND ENFORCEMENT AND EVALUATION IN WEEK FOUR. OUR FOCUS IS GOING TO BE TO ADDRESS VIOLATIONS THAT

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AND OF COURSE, THAT'S DIRECTED AT ABANDONED VEHICLES MORE SO THAN PEOPLE ACTUALLY LIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THEN THIS WOULD BE A SAMPLE OF WHAT OUR WARNING TICKETS LOOK LIKE. THESE WOULD JUST BE PAPER. THEY'D GIVE INFORMATION ON THE VIOLATION. WE WOULD CHECK A BOX, WE'D HAVE A QR CODE ON THEM. AND THIS IS THE DIRECTION WE'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS, IF YOU ALL AGREE. SO SOME OF THE TARGET VIOLATIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SPECIFICALLY LOOKING FOR, THIS IS AN INOPERABLE VEHICLE ON THE ROAD, RIGHT. I MEAN, PARKED OR LANDED SOMEHOW ENDED UP THERE. ALL THREE OF THESE, THOUGH, DON'T BELONG ON OUR ROADS. AND WHEN I SAID IMPOUNDMENT AFTER GIVING PROPER WARNINGS, THESE WOULD BE THE KIND OF VEHICLES WE'D BE IMPOUNDING. WE'RE NOT GOING TO LEAVE THESE SITTING OUT ON THE ROADS. IN ADDITION TO OUR CIVIL ENFORCEMENT TICKETS. SO THE SECOND SLIDE, THERE IS ANOTHER THING WE SEE OFTEN. SO IT'S THE THIRD. THIS IS PARKING ON UNIMPROVED SURFACES. WE'D BE LOOKING FOR THESE TYPE OF VIOLATIONS. WE GET QUITE A FEW CALLS ON THESE. ALSO. THERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF THAT. THE WHITE CAR ON THE LEFT OF THE DRIVEWAY. AND THEN OUR TRAILERS AND OUR OVERSIZE VEHICLES. RIGHT. THESE ARE SOME OF THE OTHER COMPLAINTS I RECEIVED FROM YOU. ALL THAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON WHEN WE'RE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS DOING THESE DIRECTED PATROLS. AND THEN FINALLY BLOCKING THE SIDEWALKS. THIS IS THIS IS ALSO ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE THAT COME UP QUITE OFTEN. SO THESE WOULD BE THE SPECIFIC VIOLATIONS THAT WE'D BE TARGETING ON THESE DIRECTED PATROLS. NOW OF COURSE WHEN WE'RE THERE WE'RE GOING TO WARN AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ENFORCEMENT ACTION ON OTHER THINGS. BUT THESE ARE THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING FOR. SO WHAT'S OUR SCHEDULE LOOK LIKE? I WAS GOING TO START TOMORROW, BUT I GOT SOME MORE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO DO BEFORE I START. SO I'M GOING TO PUSH IT ONE MORE MONTH OFF. I WANT TO GET OUR WEBSITE UP AND RUNNING. I WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN ORDER SOME OF THESE SIGNS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT USING AND GET OUR TICKETS PRINTED UP. SO I'M LOOKING AT STARTING IN MAY. WHY

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HE'S READY TO START THIS INITIATIVE. AND THE IDEALS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TWO COUNCIL DISTRICTS, ONE ON EACH SIDE OF TOWN, AND WE'LL PICK OUT ONE NEIGHBORHOOD IN EACH OF THOSE, AND WE'LL RUN THAT FOR A MONTH, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO TWO MORE COUNCIL DISTRICTS, TWO MORE NEIGHBORHOODS. I'M HOPING THAT WE FIND THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE TIME TO DO MORE THAN THIS.

BUT I DON'T WANT TO OVER PROMISE YOU AT THIS POINT. SO I WANT TO START OFF WITH ONE COUNCIL DISTRICT, ONE NEIGHBORHOOD PER MONTH ON ONE SIDE OF TOWN, ONE COUNCIL DISTRICT, ONE NEIGHBORHOOD PER MONTH ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN. SO IF YOU'RE A MATH PERSON,OU REALIZE THAT THAT MEANS I'LL BE IN YOUR DISTRICT. WE WILL BE IN YOUR DISTRICT THREE TIMES A YEAR, THREE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS, UNTIL WE CAN MAYBE ADVANCE THIS. THAT'S THE SAMPLE OF THE PLAN I HAVE FOR THE NEXT YEAR. WE'LL START IN DISTRICT TWO AND FOUR IN MAY IF YOU TWO AND FOUR CAN HELP US PICK NEIGHBORHOODS. AND THEN WE'LL SAY, THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE A STRUGGLE AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON FROM THERE. I DO PLAN ON REACHING OUT TO EACH OF YOU AHEAD OF TIME AND GETTING YOUR SUGGESTIONS OF WHERE YOU'RE YOU'RE HEARING THE COMPLAINTS FROM, AND WE CAN FOCUS ON THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS FIRST. SO WHAT DO WE HAVE LEFT TO DO? WE HAVE AN ACTIVITY TRACKING PROGRAM AND I NEED TO GIVE KUDOS TO IT. THEY'VE BUILT US AN ACTIVITY TRACKING PROGRAM THAT WE'RE USING THAT WE BUILT IN SOME FUNCTIONALITY TO CAPTURE STATS FOR THIS PROGRAM. WE KNEW IT WAS COMING. SO WE'RE GOING TO FINISH THAT PROGRAM UP. WE'RE GOING TO LAUNCH OUR WEBSITE. I'M GOING TO WORK WITH TIFFANY TO GET US A NEW WEB PAGE. IT'LL BE A SECOND WEB PAGE FOR OUR PARKING PROGRAM, AND THEN WE'LL USE IT SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PROGRAM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENFORCEMENT. BY APRIL 25TH, WE'LL HAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS SETTLED, HOPEFULLY DISTRICT TWO AND FOUR. AND GET ME SOME NEIGHBORHOODS. SOME IDEAS, PLEASE. SOME CONTACTS FROM YOUR HOA OR SOME OF THE FOLKS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT CAN HELP SPREAD THE WORD. WE'RE COMING. AND THEN WE'LL START PROVIDING NOTICE AT THE END OF APRIL FOR THE FIRST TWO NEIGHBORHOODS GOING INTO MAY.

ALL RIGHT. QUESTIONS, COUNSELOR DUTTON, SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE. I KNOW MARGARET AND I BOTH DID A RIDE ALONG WITH YOU, WHICH WAS AWESOME. I FEEL LIKE WE BOTH LEARNED A LOT OF A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW. HOPEFULLY WE HELPED YOU AS WELL. SO I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE FANTASTIC. MY MAIN QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE I KNOW STAFFING IS AN ISSUE. DO WE HAVE PLANS ON EVENING HOURS WHEN PEOPLE ARE HOME FROM WORK AND ARE PARKING IN THE GRASS AT THAT TIME, BECAUSE DURING THE DAY EVERYONE'S AT WORK, SO WE'RE LESS LIKELY TO HAVE AS MANY SITUATIONS AS WHAT WE WOULD IN THE EVENINGS OR WEEKENDS. SO. SO OUR STAFFING MODEL CURRENTLY IS WE HAVE ONE COME IN EARLY DURING THE DAY AND ONE COME IN MIDDAY AND WORK THROUGH THE NIGHT. 9:00 10:00 LATEST, UNLESS WE HAVE A SPECIAL PROJECT GOING ON. AND THAT'S TWO DEPUTIES A DAY THAT WE TRY TO SAY, HEY, GO OUT AND DO PARKING IN ADDITION TO THE SUPERVISOR WHEN HE'S NOT SITTING AT A BUILDING FILLING, FILLING IN. SO THE ANSWER, THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES, WE WILL. WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO VARY THESE TIMES. BE THERE DURING THE DAY, ONE DAY IN THE EVENING, THE NEXT MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, MAYBE EVEN MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, DEPENDING ON HOW IT GOES.

PERFECT. AWESOME. I'M EXCITED. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER BASS. THANK YOU. I LIKE THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. SO A QUESTION ON THE PAPER WARNINGS. ARE WE TRACKING THOSE AS WELL.

YES OKAY. AND BY TRACKING THOSE WE'RE GOING TO TRACK THE FACT WE GAVE IT AND THE OFFENSE WE GAVE IT FOR SURE THE NUMBER. BUT OTHER THAN THAT THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE'RE TRACKING THEM. SO IS THAT WHAT YOU MEANT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. YEAH. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT DATA TO BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO EVALUATE THEN IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT DATA TO COMPARE. YES. OKAY. AND THEN A QUESTION ABOUT OUR VEHICLES AND DRIVEWAY DRIVEWAYS REQUIRED TO BE OPERABLE AND REGISTERED. THE ANSWER IS YES DEPENDING HOW OLD THEY ARE, HOW HOW FAR OUT THE REGISTRATION IS AND WHAT CONDITION THEY'RE IN AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE SCREENED, BUT THEY FALL UNDER A JUNKED VEHICLE MOTOR VEHICLE ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE THAT'S ENFORCED BY CODE, NOT ENFORCED BY OUR FOLKS. NOW, IT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T HELP CODE GET TO THE LOCATION AND START LOOKING AT THINGS AS WE SEE THEM. BUT ULTIMATELY, YOU CANNOT HAVE A JUNK VEHICLE IN YOUR DRIVEWAY THAT'S NOT SCREENED. THE REGISTRATIONS OUT OLDER THAN FIVE YEARS OLD, NOT OPERABLE. OKAY. AND DOES THAT MATTER WHETHER IT'S FRONT OR BACK. SO STREET OR ALLEY

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THE POINT IS TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE IN NEIGHBORHOODS. AND I'M REALLY GLAD THAT'S YOUR FOCUS, AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE THIS PROGRAM IN ACTION. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT I TAKE MY CUES FROM BRIAN ENGLAND. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WORKS IN YOUR GREAT MENTOR OR NOT. COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS WELL, SINCE I TAKE MY CUES FROM BRIAN ENGLAND TO. BUT BUT SEAN, I'M EXCITED ABOUT ABOUT I KNOW HOW MUCH WORK YOU PUT INTO THIS AND TRIAL AND ERROR AND WE'VE DISCUSSED IT. IF WE DISCUSSED THIS ONE TIME, WE DISCUSSED THIS 100 TIMES AND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO. AND I'M EXCITED, I'M SURE AS WE GET INTO IT AND THE PROGRAM STARTS FUNCTIONING, THERE'LL BE SOME TWEAKING HERE AND THERE. BUT I ALREADY HAVE THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS PICKED OUT FOR YOU. AND I KNOW COUNCILMAN COUNCIL LADY BEARD DOES ALSO. SO COME MAY I. READY TO KICK OFF. BUT BUT IT'S A POSITIVE THING.

AND WHEN YOU HAVE THE EDUCATION MATERIAL READY AND WANT TO WANT TO MAKE US FIRST, YOU KNOW, LET US KNOW AND WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE SURE YOU YOU'RE IN A, IN A VISIBLE, HIGHLY VISIBLE AREA. SO THEY COME UP AND ASK YOU, YOU, WHAT ARE YOU DOING OVER HERE? SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT. SOUNDS GOOD. AND THANK YOU. AND AS SOON AS WE GET OUR WEBSITE UP, THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THE EDUCATION MATERIAL WILL BE. I WILL SHARE THAT LINK WITH EACH OF YOU AND YOU CAN GIVE ME YOUR FEEDBACK. I APPRECIATE IT, SO APPRECIATE YOUR WORK, SEAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. VERY

[5. DART Governance and Funding: Impacts on Garland Staff will provide the Council with an update on recent actions taken by the DART Board regarding funding and governance. Proposed legislation that would impact DART will also be discussed.]

AND SO IF WE'RE IF WE'RE EQUATING THIS TO A GAME OF POKER, A LOT OF CARDS HAVE BEEN PLAYED BETWEEN THE LAST MEETING AND THIS MEETING. AND SO I WANTED TO GET IN FRONT OF YOU FOR, FOR AN UPDATE ON, ON SOME OF THIS INFORMATION. NEXT SLIDE. SO SOME OF THE MOVING PIECES HERE TO WALK THROUGH ONE IS THAT THERE HAS BEEN A NEGOTIATED MEDIATION PROCESS. THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN IN THE WORKS THAT ENDED LAST WEEK. AND REALLY DID NOT COME TO ANY KIND OF RESOLUTION. AND THAT THAT PROCESS INCLUDED DART, WHAT I CALL THE UPSIDE DOWN CITIES.

ESSENTIALLY, THOSE ARE THE MEMBER CITIES THAT CONTRIBUTE MORE IN SALES TAX THAN, THAN THEY HAVE COST ALLOCATED TO THEIR CITY OR SERVICES RECEIVED. AND THE COG WAS INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS AS WELL. AND SO I THINK THE HOPE IN THAT MEDIATION WAS TO COME TO SOME KIND OF RESOLUTION THAT COULD BE HANDLED LOCALLY AND, AND THAT FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS DIDN'T HAPPEN. AND SO THE DART BOARD MEETING ON LAST TUESDAY, THERE WAS A RESOLUTION THAT WAS PASSED THAT CREATES A GENERAL MOBILITY PROGRAM THAT THAT BENEFITS WILL AGAIN, I CALL THE UPSIDE DOWN CITIES. AND I HAVE A LIST HERE IN A IN A MINUTE THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT GENERAL MOBILITY PROGRAM IS AND WHAT THE FINANCIAL BENEFIT TO THOSE UPSIDE DOWN CITIES IS AS WELL.

THE BOARD RESOLUTION AND INFORMATION THAT WAS SHARED. AND I DON'T THINK THE GOVERNANCE PROPOSAL THAT WAS THAT WAS SENT ALONG TO THE CITIES WAS FORMALLY ADOPTED BY THE BOARD, BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS IN THEIR COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE AND WAS ENDORSED AT THAT LEVEL. AND SO I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT GOVERNANCE PROPOSAL AS WELL, AND HOW THAT WOULD SHAKE OUT AND KIND OF SHAPE THE BOARD MAKEUP. THE OTHER TWO PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT ARE

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OF COURSE, IT'S SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND THE FUNDING ALLOCATION, THE DARTS PROGRAM, 5% OF TOTAL SALES TAX REVENUE. THE LEGISLATION PROPOSES 25%. AND SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A5X FACTOR THERE THROUGH THE GENERAL MOBILITY PROGRAM IN THE LEGISLATION. AS FAR AS WHO

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AGAIN, IT DOESN'T GET A LOT OF DETAIL IN THE IN THE RESOLUTION THAT DART APPROVED. YET IT'S JUST BASED ON ESSENTIALLY HAVING MORE IN SALES TAX CONTRIBUTION THAN IT RECEIVES IN SERVICES.

THE LEGISLATION OUTLINES IT CLEARLY THAT IT'S 50% AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR AND THEN 50% REIMBURSED LATER IN THE SAME FISCAL YEAR, BASED ON THE ON THE PROJECTS THAT THE CITY IS DOING IN THE GENERAL MOBILITY PROGRAM, AS FAR AS WHAT THOSE FUNDS COULD BE USED FOR, SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU RECALL, THE CITIES, THE MEMBER CITIES RECEIVED FUNDING BACK IN 2022 THROUGH AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT THOSE EXPENSES HAD TO BE QUALIFIED, YOU KNOW, FOR MOBILITY NEEDS UNDER CHAPTER 452. SIMILAR THING FOR THE DART GENERAL MOBILITY PROGRAM. THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE SOMEHOW RELATED TO MOBILITY AND TRANSPORTATION IN THE LEGISLATION. IT DOES LIST OUT SPECIFIC EXPENSES IN IN GREATER DETAIL. NOT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF DIFFERENCE THERE, I THINK BETWEEN 452 AND THE AND THE LEGISLATION. BUT VERY SIMILAR UNUSED FUNDS. SO WHAT HAPPENS TO THE FUNDS IN THE GENERAL MOBILITY PROGRAM IF THEY IF TY GO UNUSED BY THE MEMBER CITIES? THE DART RESOLUTION SAYS IT WOULD GO BACK INTO DART'S GENERAL FUND. THE LEGISLATION SAYS DART HAS TO USE THAT TO ESSENTIALLY BUY DOWN THEIR THEIR DEBT. IF IT GOES UNSPENT BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. GOVERNANCE AGREEMENT REQUIREMENT, BOTH WOULD LIKELY COME IN THE FORM OF AN ILA BETWEEN THE CITIES AND DART FISCAL OVERSIGHT IN TERMS OF KIND OF COMING UP WITH A LIST OF PROJECTS, THE RESOLUTION AGAIN, IT DOESN'T GIVE A LOT OF DETAIL YET ON THE PROGRAM. THE LEGISLATION SAYS THAT THAT CITIES MUST PROVIDE AN ANNUAL LIST OF PROJECTS TO DART IN TERMS OF OVERSIGHT, BONDING, IMPACT. AND THIS IS A THIS IS A TOUGH ONE. GETTING INTO A LITTLE BIT OF GRAY AREA HERE. YOU KNOW, HOW HOW DOES REALLOCATING 5% OF DART SALES TAX REVENUE IMPACT THEIR BONDING? THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ANSWER THAT. BUT AT LEAST IN THE RESOLUTION IT REALLY DOESN'T ADDRESS THAT. WHAT THE LEGISLATION DOES SAY IS THAT DART CANNOT PLEDGE MORE THAN 75% OF THEIR SALES TAX FOR BONDS, MEANING THAT THAT THAT CAN'T BE PLEDGED IN FUTURE ISSUANCES IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THOSE FUNDS FOR THE GENERAL MOBILITY PROGRAM. UNDER THE LEGISLATION. CURRENT STATUS. THE. OF COURSE, THE RESOLUTION WAS APPROVED BY DART LAST WEEK. STATE LEGISLATOR. STATE LEGISLATURE IS NOT CONSIDERED EITHER OF THOSE BILLS YET. WE'RE STILL EARLY IN THE SESSION. AND THEN FINALLY, KIND OF READING INTO THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT AND PURPOSE FOR THESE, I THINK DART'S GENERAL MOBILITY PROGRAM REALLY IS MEANT TO GIVE BACK FINANCIALLY TO THE CITIES THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING MORE THAN THEY ARE, ARE GETTING IN SERVICE VERSUS THE GENERAL MOBILITY PROGRAM. AND THE LEGISLATION IS BROADER, APPLIES TO ALL CITIES, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEIR NET SALES TAX CONTRIBUTION IS. SO AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO TRY TO CONTRAST NOW THAT THE CARDS HAVE BEEN PLAYED, WE KNOW WHAT THE LEGISLATION SAYS. WE KNOW WHAT DART APPROVED IN TERMS OF A GENERAL MOBILITY PROGRAM. WE CAN LOOK AT THOSE SIDE BY SIDE AND SEE WHAT THE COMPARISON IS AND GO FROM THERE. AND I THINK I'VE GOT ONE MORE SLIDE HERE. SO ON ON THE GOVERNANCE SIDE OF THINGS AND THIS AGAIN THIS IS WHERE THINGS GET A LITTLE COMPLICATED. THE DART BOARD NOW IS 15 MEMBERS. WE ESSENTIALLY HAVE ONE AND A THIRD SEATS. IF YOU LOOK AT IT THAT WAY THE DART GOVERNANCE RESOLUTION, THAT KIND OF STIPULATES HOW THEY WOULD STRUCTURE IT AND SUPPORT LEGISLATION IN THE THAT DIRECTION, PROVIDES A TIERED SYSTEM BASED ON POPULATION. AND THE TABLE ON THE RIGHT IS HOW THAT WOULD PLAY OUT IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN, IT ESSENTIALLY WOULD ADD MORE SEATS, KIND OF REAPPORTIONED THINGS. WE WOULD LOSE, AT LEAST UNTIL WE BREAK 250,000 POPULATION, LOSE THAT THIRD, THAT THIRD SEAT, ONE THIRD SEAT, I SHOULD SAY. AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HOW ELSE.

ESSENTIALLY IT'S ONE EVERY MEMBER CITY GETS ONE SEAT. AND THEN IF YOU'RE ABOVE 250,000, YOU GET AN ADDITIONAL SEAT. IF YOU'RE ABOVE HALF A MILLION, YOU GET AND IT KIND OF GOES UP FROM THERE. AND SO WITH THE DART GOVERNANCE RESOLUTION, YOU END UP WITH 22 SEATS. AND THAT WOULD

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YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE JUST, AGAIN, ABLE TO SEE WHAT THE DIFFERENT PROPOSALS ARE, WHAT DART CAME FORWARD WITH AND PASSED IN TERMS OF A RESOLUTION FOR A GENERAL MOBILITY PROGRAM AND WHAT THEROPOSED LEGISLATION WOULD DO. SO I'LL STOP THERE AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE. I DID ONE PIECE THAT I MISSED HERE IS THAT OUR LEGIATIVE AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, I KNOW SOME MONTHS BACK CONSIDERED LOOKING AT A RESOLUTION THAT PER COUNCIL GOT TABLED AND SO AGAIN, THIS INFORMATION KIND OF HELPS PLAY INTO THAT AS WELL. AND, AND JUST WANTED TO TOSS EVERYTHING OUT THERE AND SEE WHAT QUESTIONS THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE. OKAY. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LOOK, ISN'T MAYOR PRO TEM MORE IN AUSTIN TODAY TALKING ABOUT DART? HE IS. YES, YES. DO YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK FROM WHAT HAPPENED TODAY OR. I TALKED TO HIM BRIEFLY AT THE END OF THE DAY, AND HE WAS STILL KIND OF RECAPPING. THERE WERE NOT ANY FORMAL THERE WAS NOT A COMMITTEE MEETING HEE WENT TO THIS WAS MEETING WITH MEMBERS OF THE OF THE SENATE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE REALLY LOOKING TO KEEP US ENGAGED IN ON THE LEGISLATIVE FRONT, WE'VE GOT DART HERE LOCALLY, BUT WE KNOW THAT AUSTIN IS GOING TO BE TAKING SOME STEPS AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE A PART OF THAT PROCESS. OKAY. AND WE'LL GET A REPORT FROM HIM WHEN HE DOES RETURN. AND THEN ARE YOU LOOKING FOR OUR LIKE PREFERENCE AS TO WHICH ONE WE SUPPORT TODAY, OR ARE YOU JUST LETTING US KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON? I THINK ANY FEEDBACK THE COUNCIL CAN PROVIDE NOW IS HELPFUL. AND IF IT'S IF IT'S SUCH A TIME THAT THE COUNCIL WANTS TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE REALLY SUPPORT OR OPPOSE ONE OR THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, I THINK AT SOME POINT THAT'S GOING TO BE UP TO COUNCIL IF YOU WANT TO GO THAT DIRECTION, BUT ANY ANY DISCUSSION OR FEEDBACK AT THIS POINT WOULD BE HELPFUL. OKAY. WELL I ALWAYS HAVE AN OPINION. AS FAR AS GOVERNANCE GOES, I, I LIKE THE STATE'S IDEA OF GOVERNANCE BETTER. I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED THAT THAT LINE WAS AT 250,000 PEOPLE, BECAUSE WE'RE JUST ABOUT THERE, AND NOBODY ELSE WITH A LOWER POPULATION IS ANYWHERE NEAR 250,000. KIND OF LOOKS LIKE WE WERE TARGETED A LITTLE BIT ON THAT ONE. AND THEN AS FAR AS THE LEGISLATIVE SIDE, I'M ALSO MORE IN LINE WITH THE STATE'S WHAT'S GOING THROUGH COMMITTEE OR WHAT WILL GO THROUGH COMMITTEE WITH THE STATE. IT JUST SEEMS A LITTLE MORE FAIR, I GUESS. SO THAT'S MY TAKE. OKAY. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR OBSERVATIONS AT THIS POINT? I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS MOVING. THERE'S A LOT OF MOVEMENT ON LOTS OF SID. SO COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS, I JUST WANT TO SPEAK TO THE STATE'S ACTION ON 2118.

AND. AND 5049. I THINK THE BOARD, THE BOARD'S SIZE SHOULD BE INCREASED. I THINK IT'S WHERE THE STATE'S GOING. BUT. DALLAS GETTING THREE VOTES, I. I CAN DALLAS WILL I RECOGNIZE THAT DALLAS WILL ULTIMATELY HAVE MOST VOTES BECAUSE DALLAS IS A BIG IS SORT OF THE BIG 500 POUND GORILLA IN THIS PROCESS. AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THE MAJORITY OF THE VOTES. BUT I DON'T THINK THAT PROPORTIONATELY THAT THAT THAT SHOULD RECEIVE DALLAS VOTE SHOULD BE WORTH

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AND I JUST DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION YET. SO IT'S HARD TO GIVE A THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN.

THAT'S WHY THAT'S WHY IT'S MISSING. EXACTLY. YEAH. I THINK BOTH, YOU KNOW, BOTH PROPOSALS ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME KIND OF IMPACT. THE MORE MONEY INVOLVED WITH WITH THE LEGISLATION, THE MORE IMPACT. BUT EXACTLY HOW THAT PLAYS OUT, WHERE IT PLAYS OUT. HARD TO SAY RIGHT NOW. ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU. OKAY. EXCUSE ME, COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE CITIES THAT ARE UPSIDE DOWN, IS THAT LIKE THEY'RE PAYING MORE IN AND NOT GETTING THE AMOUNT OF SERVICES? THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. SO I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN KNOWING, LIKE HOW MANY STOPS BECAUSE LOOKING AT IT ALL BUT PLANO ARE SMALLER CITIES THAN GARLAND. SO I IT ALMOST SEEMS KIND OF LIKE A UPSIDE DOWN COMPARISON. IF WE'RE TALKING WE HAVE WE'RE THE WE'RE THE SQUARE MILEAGE LARGEST CITY. I MEAN AGAINST DALLAS VERSUS PLANO. LIKE OF COURSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE P PAYING MORE IN BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE UPSIDE DOWN BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE AS MANY MILES TO COVER. SO I'D BE INTERESTED TO KNOW, LIKE MAYBE LIKE A COMPARISON OF HOW MANY STOPS DO WE HAVE VERSUS THE OTHER ONES THAT ARE UPSIDE DOWN? PLANO, I DON'T THINK, HAS AS MANY OF THE GO LINK CAPABILITIES AS WE DO. OH THEY HAVE THEY HAVE MORE, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE AS MANY STOPS LIKE SO KIND OF I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN KNOWING THOSE KIND OF NUMBERS. LIKE HOW MANY TRANSIT STATIONS DO THEY HAVE VERSUS US? AND I MEAN, WE KNOW THAT HALF OF THEIR TRANSIT STATIONS DON'T GET USED ANYWAY. SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE THOSE ARE NUMBERS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IN FRONT OF US. ALSO, JUST TO KIND OF SEE THE BIG PICTURE. SO YEAH, WHAT REALLY GOOD QUESTION. AND IT GOES TO THERE WAS METHOD BEHIND THE MADNESS WHEN IT COMES TO THE NUMBERS IN THE STUDY THAT WAS DONE TO DETERMINE COST ALLOCATION IS WHAT THEY CALL IT. BUT IT'S ESSENTIALLY HOW MUCH SERVICE, HOW MUCH DART IS SPENDING ON SERVICES IN EACH CITY. SO I'LL SEND YOU THAT METHODOLOGY. IT IS LINKED TO BUS STOPS AND BUSSES AND MILES OF RAIL AND RAIL STATIONS. ALL THAT FACTORS IN TO THE METHODOLOGY THAT WAS USED TO CREATE THAT COST ALLOCATION.

OKAY. AND DO THEY TRACK LIKE HOW MANY, HOW MANY PEOPLE GET ON AT A CERTAIN STOP ON LIKE A BUS? DO

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THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT I THINK WE'VE CLEARED THE QUEUE ON THIS SIDE. AND OBVIOUSLY THIS IS DEVELOPING AND CHANGING. AND AS WE GO AND IF WE CAN GET SOME FOLLOW UP I KNOW OUR ONE AND A THIRD DART REPS ARE HERE WITH US. IF THEY COULD PROVIDE US WITH SOME OF THAT INFORMATION.

NOT TONIGHT, BUT TO HELP SOME OF THESE CLARIFICATIONS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND THEN ONCE MAYOR PRO TEM MORE IS BACK, WE'LL GET SOME REPORTING BACK FROM HIM. AND AS WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS THROUGH OUR LEGISLATIVE PROCESSES, WE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ON. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

[6. Administrative Services Committee Report Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Lucht, Chair of the Administrative Services Committee, along with staff, will present a committee report on the evaluation process for Council appointees. The discussion will also cover the next steps in engaging a consultant for next year's evaluation process. This item was submitted by Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Lucht.]

I THINK THAT CLEAR CAREER PROS REACHED OUT TO EVERYONE AND ASKED THEM, BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO TELL THEM AT THE TIME OR WANT ME TO PASS ALONG, I'M HAPPY TO DO SO. OKAY, WELL, I WILL TELL YOU, HAVING GONE THROUGH 12 YEARS OF THESE REVIEWS AND THAT THIS YEARS IN PREVIOUS YEARS WE WOULD GET OFF TRACK, WAS IT A CONTRACT YEAR? WAS IT WE WOULD GET LOST IN JUST ALL OF THE VARIATIONS AND DETAILS AND AMENDMENTS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS. AND IT WAS IT WAS VERY REFRESHING THIS YEAR TO HAVE A VERY CLEAR CUT PROCESS, SYSTEMATIC WAY OF GOING THROUGH THIS. I'M SORRY I DIDN'T HAVE IT FOR THE PREVIOUS 11 YEARS THAT I WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS, BECAUSE IT WAS MUCH SIMPLER, MUCH MORE DIRECT, AND I FULLY

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[7. Transportation, Infrastructure and Mobility Committee Report Councilmember Ott, Chair of the Transportation, Infrastructure and Mobility Committee, and staff will provide a committee report on the following items: No Parking Zones Near Naaman Forest and Mansions Drive, as well as No Parking Zones by the Stadium Near General Dynamics. The items were referred to the committee by Councilmember Ott with a second from Councilmember Hedrick at the February 17, 2025 Work Session. The items were discussed at the committee meeting on March 18, 2025.]

COUNCIL MEMBER OT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MARCH 18TH WE HAD A COMMITTEE MEETING AND THE TWO ITEMS WERE BOTH PARKING ISSUES. ONE WAS ITEM THREE A, WHICH WAS STREET PARKING ALONG NAAMAN FOREST AND MANSIONS DRIVE. AND IT'S A WELL KNOWN STREET PARKING AREA. AND OUR CONCLUSION WAS TO GO WITH THE STATUS QUO THAT UNTIL WE HAVE A WE UNTIL WE START CONSTRUCTION ON NAAMAN FOREST ROAD, WHERE IT WILL CONNECT OVER TO HOLFORD ROAD, THERE'S NO POINT IN GETTING RID OF THE STREET PARKING. IT'LL JUST ANTAGONIZE THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE. AND IT'S NOT CAUSING AN IMMEDIATE ISSUE RIGHT NOW, BUT AS SOON AS WE DO DECIDE TO START THE CONSTRUCTION, WE SHOULD ELIMINATE THE STREET PARKING EARLIER, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETED. AND THAT WOULD BE OUR RECOMMENDATION. ALSO, WE HAD ITEM THREE B, WHICH WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. IT'S NORTH FIFTH STREET. THAT'S A THAT'S A NORTH FIFTH STREET BETWEEN TRAVIS AND WALNUT. AND THE ROAD WAS CLOSED ALONG AT TRAVIS RIGHT AFTER SEPTEMBER 11TH. AND THE, BUT BEFORE THAT OCCURRED, THAT WHOLE ZONE HAD BEEN POSTED. NO PARKING FOR ALL THESE YEARS. JUST THE SIGNS HAD GONE INTO DISREPAIR AND PEOPLE HAD GOTTEN OUT OF THE HABIT OF NOT PARKING IN THE STREET. AND NOW THAT YOU CAN DRIVE ALL THE WAY THROUGH, IT'S VERY OBVIOUS THAT THAT WE NEED TO ENFORCE THE WE'RE. OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS TO RESTORE THE SIGNAGE FIRST, GIVE A GRACE PERIOD OF A MONTH OR TWO, AND THEN TO AFTER THAT. THAT WOULD GENTLY REMIND PEOPLE THAT THERE IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE PARKING ON NORTH FIFTH STREET, AND THEN EVENTUALLY SEND THE MARSHALS AND ENFORCE THE NO PARKING ZONE. SO THAT'S WHAT WE RECOMMEND THAT WE DO. VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS? AND ARE WE LOOKING FOR CONSENSUS ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS? YES, THAT WOULD BE UNANIMOUS. RIGHT.

WE HAVE A CONSENSUS. THANK YOU. AND THAT WAS OUR LAST ITEM UNDER THIS SECTION. MOVING ON TO

[8. Councilmember Dylan Hedrick Kathleen Gardner, PhD, Senior Citizens Advisory Commission]

[ ANNOUNCE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS A Councilmember, with a second by another member or the Mayor alone, may ask that an item be placed on a future agenda of the City Council or of a committee of the City Council. No substantive discussion of that item will take place at this time. ]

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