Jun 03, 2025 City Council

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GOOD A TRADITION OF THIS COUNCIL TO HAVE AN INVOCATION IN RECITAL OF THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF MEETING, LED BY ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF OUR COUNCIL. YOU ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IF YOU SO CHOOSE, BUT YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN EITHER OR BOTH, AND YOUR DECISION IS STRICTLY A MATTER OF YOUR OWN CHOICE AND WILL HAVE NO BEARING ON THE DECISIONS WE MAKE HERE THIS EVENING. TONIGHT WE WILL BE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS, SIR. IF YOU WOULD PRAY WITH ME. IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE BOW. GOD OF AGES AND YOUR SIGHT. NATIONS RISE AND FALL AND PASS THROUGH TIMES OF PERIL. NOW WHEN OUR LAND IS TROUBLED, BE NEAR TO JUDGE AND TO SAVE. MAY THE LEADERS BE LED BY YOUR WISDOM.

MAY THEY RESEARCH YOUR WILL AND SEE IT CLEARLY. IF WE HAVE TURNED FROM YOU WAY, HELP US REVERSE OUR WAYS AND REPENT. GIVE US YOUR LIGHT AND YOUR TRUTH TO GUIDE US THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD, WHO IS THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD. AMEN. NOW FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. WHOEVER SAID PLAY BALL, I HEARD THAT. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. GOOD. WELL, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. AND I SAY THIS ANYTIME. CITY HALL, THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, WHEN WE'RE HAVING A MEETING, SHOULD ALWAYS BE FULL. OKAY. I WILL TELL YOU THAT I ALWAYS, I ALWAYS APPRECIATE WHEN I'M STANDING HERE NOT TALKING TO EMPTY MAROON SEATS. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. WE HAVE

[ MAYORAL PROCLAMATIONS, RECOGNITIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS The Mayor may present proclamations, recognize attendees or accomplishments, and make announcements regarding City events or other matters of interest to citizens including but not limited to listed items. There will be no Council discussion or votes on these matters. Pet of the Month Proclamation Recognizing the Garland Parks and Recreation Department's pursuit of National accreditation through the Commission for Accreditation of Park and Recreation Agencies (CAPRA)]

SO YEAH, LIKE I SAID, SHE'S TWO YEARS OLD. SHE'S A GERMAN SHEPHERD MIX. SHE CAME IN AS A STRAY ON THE 11TH OF LAST MONTH. SHE'S WAITING. SHE'S WEIGHING IN RIGHT NOW AT ABOUT 23 POUNDS. SO THAT'S 60 POUNDS LIGHTER THAN A GERMAN SHEPHERD. SO IF YOU WANT EVERYTHING OF A GERMAN SHEPHERD, MINUS THE GERMAN SHEPHERD PART, SHE HAS IT ALL. I WILL SAY, THOUGH, SHE DOESN'T SHED, SHE JUST DECORATES. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THAT, SHE IS HEARTWORM NEGATIVE. AND SHE HAD HER SURGERY ON THE 20TH, SO SHE'S FULLY VACCINATED, SPAYED, MICROCHIPPED AND EVERYTHING. SHE IS ABOUT $25. IF YOU WANT TO COME CHECK HER OUT AT THE SHELTER. AND IF YOU GUYS ALSO WANT TO GET A DOG BUT NOT READY TO TAKE THE FULL COMMITMENT. WE ALSO DO HAVE FOSTER PROGRAMS AND PLAN AND WE PROVIDE EVERYTHING. THE ONLY THING THAT YOU NEED TO DO IS PROVIDE A SAFE HOME FOR THEM, AND WE'LL TAKE CARE OF FOOD, CRATES, MEDICAL, EVERYTHING. SO PLEASE GUYS, LIKE ALWAYS SAY ADOPT, DON'T SHOP AND COME CHECK US OUT. WE'RE ON 1902 STATE HIGHWAY 66 AND WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SEE YOU GUYS OUT THERE. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT.

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WELCOME. COME ON. KEEP ON. WELCOME. MY GOODNESS MAN. YAY! PARKS BOARD. THERE'S A LOT GOING ON WITH PARKS. MY GOODNESS. AND THEY JUST KEEP. COME ON DOWN. WOW. YEAH. THIS MIGHT BE A RECORD. AWESOME. AWESOME. WELL, WE ARE HERE IN RECOGNITION OF THE CITY OF GARLAND PARKS AND REC, PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, THE CITY OF GARLAND RECOGNIZES THE VITAL ROLE PARKS AND RECREATION SERVICES PLAY IN ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS, PROMOTING HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. AND WHEREAS, THE GARLAND PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT EXEMPLIFIES EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION IN ITS PROGRAMS, FACILITIES AND SERVICES. AND EREAS THE CITY OF GARLAND PROUDLY RECOGNIZES THE GARLAND PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT FOR ITS ONGOING PURSUIT OF NATIONAL ACCREDITATION THROUGH THE COMMISSION FOR ACCREDITATION OF PARKS AND RECREATION AGENCIES. CAPRA. THIS RIGOROUS PROCESS REFLECTS A DEEP COMMITMENT TO OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF GARLAND EXTENDS ITS SINCERE APPRECIATION TO THE CAPRA REVIEW TEAM, WHOSE TIME, EXPERTISE, AND DEDICATION ARE CRITICAL IN EVALUATING AND ADVANCING PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. YOUR VISIT FROM JUNE 2ND TO FOURTH, 2025 MARKS A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE IN GARLAND'S JOURNEY TO JOIN THE RANKS OF NATIONALLY ACCREDITED PARKS AND RECREATION AGENCIES. WHEREAS THE CITY OF GARLAND THANKS, CAP, THANKS TO CAPRA REVIEW TEAM FOR THEIR SERVICE AND WELCOME THEM TO OUR CITY WITH GRATITUDE AND PRIDE. NOW, THEREFORE, I, SCOTT LAMAY, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, ALONG WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY CONVEY THE SPECIAL RECOGNITION UPON THE GARLAND PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. WELL, YOU. DULY THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND MAYBE YOU CAN TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE ACCREDITATION. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE LEAVING HERE TO GO WORK SOME MORE. WORK SOME MORE ON IT? YES. WELL, PLEASE TELL US. SO THIS HAS BEEN QUITE A RIGOROUS PROCESS. WE STARTED THIS PROCESS BACK IN FALL OF 2023. WE HAD TO SUBMIT AN AGENCY SELF REPORT ON 154 STANDARDS AND HOW OUR PARKS AND RECREATION AGENCY MEETS THOSE DIFFERENT STANDARDS. AND THEN TODAY, WE'VE BEEN WITH THE CAPRA REVIEW TEAM, WHICH THEY ARE RIGHT HERE BEHIND ME. THEY COME FROM THEY'RE COMING FROM ALL OVER MARYLAND, PORTLAND AND OHIO. SO WE ARE SUPER THANKFUL THAT THEY ARE HERE. THEY BRING IDEAS, BUT THEY ALSO BRING A GREAT WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE. THEY'VE BEEN REVIEWING OUR ASSESSMENT, AND WE DO HAVE WORK TO GO BACK AND DO THIS EVENING, BECAUSE WE WILL MEET WITH THEM TOMORROW MORNING TO SEE ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE'VE CONTINUED TO ADD TO OUR ASSESSMENT, AND THEN THEY THEN WILL MAKE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COMMISSION ON WHETHER THEY FEEL WE HAVE MET ENOUGH OF THE STANDARDS TO BE ABLE TO BECOME ACCREDITED THIS SEPTEMBER OR NOT. SO IT WAS ONE STEP CLOSER IN THE JOURNEY. BUT YES. THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. GET A PICTURE. SOMEBODY WANTS TO GET A PICTURE.

OKAY. GREAT. WE'LL GET OUT OF HERE THEN. YES. AND WE HAVE MEMBERS OF PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE OUR PARKS BOARD MEMBERS HERE. I MEAN, WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT IT, EVERYBODY. SO VERY GOOD. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. THANK.

YOU. THINK I'M JUST GOING TO GO WITH. WHAT? YOU DO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT JUST A

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[ CONSENT AGENDA All items under this section are recommended for approval by a single motion of Council, without discussion. Council has had the opportunity to review each of these items at a previous Work Session, and approval of the consent agenda authorizes the City Manager or his designee to execute each item. The Mayor will announce the consent agenda and provide an opportunity for members of the audience, as well as Council, to request that any item be removed and considered separately.]

ITEM THREE APPROVED THE FOLLOWING BIDS. ITEM THREE A CITY OF GARLAND ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE. ITEM FOUR CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE OF WATER WASTEWATER REVENUE REFUNDING BONDS SERIES 2025, ITEM FIVE. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. SERIES 2025, ITEM SIX CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION SERIES 2025, ITEM SEVEN CONSIDER AN AGREEMENT REGARDING CITY PENSION OBLIGATION BONDS. AND FINALLY, ITEM EIGHT ABANDONMENT OF UTILITY EASEMENT AND SANITARY SEWER UTILITY EASEMENT IN DIGITAL REALTY EDITION. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANY OF THESE ITEMS PULLED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY? SEEING NONE? COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS, I LOOK TO YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. I MOVED THAT THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED AS PRESENTED. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM MORE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. MADAM SECRETARY. MADAM SECRETARY CAN PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US, PLEASE. COUNCIL. AND DISPLAY THE VOTE. AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. THAT MOVES US ON TO OUR ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU COVER THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES FOR ME, PLEASE. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. MAYOR. THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IS GIVEN TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY RATHER THAN TO QUESTION THE CITY COUNCIL OR STAFF. THE CHAIR MAY CALL SPEAKER OUT OF ORDER IF THE SPEAKER PRESENTS QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION THA WILL UNDULY DELAY THE TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS AT THE MEETING, SPEAKER SHALL BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK ON A FIRST COME, FIRST TO SPEAK BASIS, AS DETERMINED BY THE ORDER IN WHICH THE CITY SECRETARY RECEIVES THE SPEAKER'S INFORMATION.

APPLICANTS ARE ALLOWED TEN MINUTES FOR PRESENTATIONS, AND ALL OTHER SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. WHEN THE PODIUM BUZZER SOUNDS, THE SPEAKER MUST END THEIR COMMENTS. VERY GOOD. AND IF THERE IS ANYONE WHO HASN'T TURNED IN A SPEAKER CARD, IF YOU'RE PLANNING ON SPEAKING ON AN ITEM TONIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THE CITY SECRETARY OVER HERE, AND

[a. Consider a request by Everest Gas and Food Mart Inc. for approval of a variance regarding a distance less than the 300 feet minimum separation to South Garland High School from an establishment that sells alcoholic beverages. Everest Gas and Food Mart Inc., which currently sells beer & wine, will need a new wine and beer retailer's permit due to expire in July. The site is located at 3301 Broadway Boulevard in District 4. (File BW 25-01) Consider and take appropriate action on the application of Everest Gas and Food Mart Inc., requesting approval of a variance regarding a distance less than the 300 feet minimum separation to South Garland High School from an establishment that sells alcoholic beverages. Everest Gas and Food Mart Inc., which currently sells beer & wine, will need a new wine and beer retailer's permit due to expiration in July. The site is located at 3301 Broadway Boulevard. (District 4) (File BW 25-01)]

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YOU SEE IN THE PURPLE CIRCLE, THE YELLOW POINT OR THE ORANGE POINT IS OUR 3301, THE SUBJECT CASE FOR TONIGHT. AND YOU SEE, JUST SOUTHEAST OF IT, WE HAVE 3405 BROADWAY BOULEVARD, WHICH ALSO HAS AN ALCOHOL DISTANCE VARIANCE THAT WAS APPROVED BACK IN. IT WAS ACTUALLY BROUGHT BACK TO CITY COUNCIL TWICE. IT WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED IN 2019. BUT THEN THERE WAS A NEW CEO ISSUED, NEW LICENSE ISSUED. SO IT WAS BROUGHT BACK TO CITY COUNCIL AGAIN. BUT IT WAS THE SAME ADDRESS. GENERALLY, WE DO NOT CONTACT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SEPARATELY OTHER THAN THE NOTIFICATION LETTERS FOR THESE TYPE OF CASES, BUT BECAUSE THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, WE DID REACH OUT TO THEM LAST WEEK AND THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THEY THEY ASKED AUT WHEN THE HEARING IS.

SO THEY'RE AWARE OF THAT. I'M NOT REALLY SURE IF THERE'S ANYONE IN HERE, BUT THEY DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING FOR OR AGAINST ABOUT THIS CASE. THOSE WERE KIND OF THE THREE AREAS WHERE WE WANTED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE AND THERE'S THERE ARE NO UPDATED RESPONSES. THERE WERE ONE RESPONSE LETTER AND THAT WAS FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER THEMSELVES LAST TIME. AND THAT IS THE SAME THIS TIME AS WELL. WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. LOOK, MISTER, WHEN DOES THE SCP EXPIRE FOR THE OTHER PROPERTY? I BELIEVE IT'S CALLED THE WHIPPIN ON BROADWAY.

THE S U P. IT'S NOT AN SCP, IT'S AN ALCOHOL DISTANCE WAIVER. OKAY, YEAH, IT DOES NOT EXPIRE FOR SOME REASON IN 2019, WHEN THEY SOLD THE PROPERTY AND THERE WAS A NEW, NEW OWNER AND THEY WERE GETTING A NEW TABC LICENSE, THEY CAME BACK FOR ANOTHER ALCOHOL DISTANCE VARIANCE. BUT THERE'S NO EXPIRATION ON THAT. AND THAT'S RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL. CORRECT.

THAT'S IN A WAY A LITTLE BIT MORE ACCESSIBLE. YES. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. I SEE NE. NABILA THANK YOU FOR THE ADDITIONAL RESEARCH. MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? YES, SIR. WE DO. OKAY. NIHILIST'S.

GALAXIA. SIR, IF YOU CAN COME FORWARD, GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. AND YOU CAN MAKE A PRESENTATION OR SIMPLY ANSWER QUESTIONS. IT'S UP TO YOU. MYSELF. AND I'M THE PROPERTY OWNER OF THIS LOCATION. 3301 BROADWAY BOULEVARD. I'VE BEEN OWNING THIS STATION SINCE 2011, AND THE CURRENT TENANT? I'M SORRY, CURRENT TENANT WE HAVE SELECTED HAS A 14 PLUS YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE C STORE BUSINESS, AND I HAVE VERIFIED HIS BACKGROUND, AND THERE IS NO PAST ANY ALCOHOL VIOLATION ON HIM. AND I HAVE A CONDITION ON HIM. HE NEED TO FOLLOW ALL THE TABC REGULATIONS AS WELL AS CITY AND THE STATE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE RIGHT NOW. OKAY, AND IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, I'M READY TO ANSWER. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT, COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS? YES, SIR. I BELIEVE YOU SAID TWO WEEKS AGO THAT IF WE DENY YOUR VARIANCE THAT HE WON'T BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THE BUSINESS. HE AND HIS EMPLOYEES WILL BE UNEMPLOYED. AND IF YOU'RE IF YOU DON'T HAVE A TENANT THERE, THEN YOU'LL NOT BE ABLE TO PAY THE MORTGAGE AND YOU'LL LOSE THE PROPERTY. IS THAT CORRECT? RIGHT. AND WE CAN CONSIDER THAT, MR. ATTORNEY, BECAUSE IT'S A VARIANCE AND NOT A ZONING CASE VARIANCE UNDER 2.55. YOU CAN CONSIDER IF IT'S AN UNDUE HARDSHIP ON THE APPLICANT. VERY GOOD. AND SO I TOOK THE TIME TO GO TO YOUR STATION THIS PAST SATURDAY. I WALKED THROUGH THERE. IT'S VERY CLEAN STORE. I COUNTED NINE COOLER DOORS THAT HAD ALCOHOL AND OVER A DOZEN THAT HAD SOFT DRINKS AND OTHER DRINKS LIKE THAT. I WENT TO WENT BACK TO LOOK TO SEE HOW CLOSE IT WAS TO THE FENCE. IF YOU LOOK ON GOOGLE MAPS, IT'S KIND OF A RUSTY BROKEN DOWN FENCE. THAT'S NOT THE CASE TODAY. I WENT AROUND TO THE HIGH SCHOOL, DROVE BY. THERE'S A BRAND NEW CHAIN LINK FENCE OVER SIX FEET HIGH BETWEEN THE SCHOOL'S PARKING LOT AND YOUR STORE. IS THAT RIGHT, SIR? YES. AND IF THE 47FT BETWEEN YOUR STORE AND THAT FENCE IS KIND OF A LOW SPOT RIGHT THERE IN THE GROUND, IT'S KIND OF MUDDY IF YOU WERE TO WALK THROUGH THERE, IF YOU HAVE YOU YOU NOTICE THAT. NO. SO IF I'M A TEENAGER, I'M NOT PUTTING MY BRAND NEW KICKS THROUGH A MUD PUDDLE TO GET TO YOUR STORE. AND SO I AM IN I AM IN FAVOR OF THIS

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THANK YOU SIR. COUNCILMEMBER BASS THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. APPRECIATE YOU COMING DOWN HERE TODAY. AND I APPRECIATE YOU DOING DUE DILIGENCE ON YOUR ON YOUR TENANT. I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THE STAFF GOING BACK AND DOING THE RESEARCH THAT WE ASKED OF THEM.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THIS SPEAKER? SEEING NONE. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU, MADAM SECRETARY. DO WE HAVE ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS? YES, SIR. TWO MORE ON THIS ITEM. OKAY. SANJAY SAW THE APPLICANT, SIR. GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. AND YOU CAN MAKE A PRESENTATION OR SIMPLY ANSWER QUESTIONS OR BOTH.

IT'S UP TO YOU. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS SANJAY SHAH. I'M THE OWNER OF EVEREST GAS AND FOOD MART, LOCATED AT 3301 BROADWAY BOULEVARD IN GARLAND. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME SECOND CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY. I'M HERE TO KINDLY ASK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND APPROVING BEER AND WINE PERMIT FOR MY STORE. SINCE THIS STORE HAS BEEN HISTORY OF SELLING BEER AND WINE, I HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR THE PAST 16 YEARS AS A MANAGER AND TEN YEARS AS AN OWNER IN THE GAS STATION BUSINESS. I HAVE ALWAYS FOLLOW LOCAL AND STATE LAW. I HAVE RUN MY BUSINESS HONESTLY AND CAREFULLY, JUST TO MENTION MY. ANOTHER GAS STATION IN IRVING LOCATED. 444002 NORTH BELTLINE ROAD, WHICH IS VERY CLOSE TO A SCHOOL AND I HAVE HAD NEVER BROKE ANY LAW. MY GOAL IS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY THE RIGHT WAY AT AVERAGED GAS AND FOOD MART AND OTHER LOCATIONS TO THE CUSTOMER ALWAYS COMES FIRST FOR US. WE WORK HARD TO HELP PEOPLE SAVE MONEY, WHETHER IT'S ON THE FUEL OR DAILY ITEMS. WE USUALLY LOWER OUR GAS PRICE TO GIVE CUSTOMERS A BETTER DEAL AND TO HELP BREAK THE PRICE MONOPOLY BY NEARBY GAS STATIONS. WE ARE PROUD TO MAKE GAS MORE AFFORDABLE FOR LOCAL FAMILIES AND CUSTOMERS. I CAN GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE. WE GOT THAT STORE IN APRIL 4TH. WE STARTED DOING BUSINESS THERE. AND THEN WHEN I WHAT I FOUND THERE, LIKE ALL THE GAS STATIONS AROUND, HAVE LIKE $0.30, $0.20 HIGHER THAN THE ANY OTHER MARKET. THEN THE VERY FIRST THING WHAT I DID THERE, I LOWERED THE GAS PRICE. SO AND THE GAS STATION AROUND, THEY STARTED MATCHING OUR PRICE TOO. SO THE CUSTOMER GETTING BENEFIT OF IT FROM THERE. UNDERSTAND OUR LOCATION IS WITHIN A 300FT OF SCHOOL PROPERTY LINE, BUT THE ACTUAL STREET DISTANCE IS ABOUT 0.7 MILES AWAY. THERE IS NO DIRECT ACCESS OR VIEW BETWEEN OUR STORE AND THE SCHOOL. THE MAJOR THINGS TO POINT OUT IS THERE. THE STORE HAS BEEN SELLING BEER AND WINE FOR THE LAST 12 PLUS YEARS. WE ARE FULLY COMMITTED TO RESPONSIBLE ALCOHOL SALES AND WE HAVE TAKEN ALL THE NECESSARY STEPS TO ENSURE ENSURE COMPLIANCE. WE ALWAYS SEEK ID FOR SCHOOL LIKE ALCOHOL SALE. WE MAKE SURE ALL STOPS ARE TABC TRAINED AND KEEP THE STORES SAFE, CLEAN AND RESPECTFUL. WE FOLLOW ALL THE TABC AND CITY OF GARLAND RULES. I'M FULLY COMMITTED TO STAYING IN COMPLIANCE AND RUNNING A SAFE AND RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD SIR. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER? I SEE NONE. THANK YOU, MADAM SECRETARY. I BELIEVE YOU SAID YOU HAD ONE OTHER. YES, SIR. LINDSAY FOGLEMAN. NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. 1333 COURT. YEAH, I KIND OF PULLED

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WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THAT THIS ADDRESS, WHEN YOU GO TO ABC'S WEBSITE, THEIR LICENSE VERIFICATION, THEY HAVE HAD A. THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING UP. THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE IS 2017, BUT THEY'VE BEEN SELLING ALCOHOL SINCE 2006. WHICH OR AT LEAST UNTIL AS FAR AS THIS OWNER LANDOWNERS CAN CONCERNED. TO HIS KNOWLEDGE SINCE 2011 SINCE HE HAS OWNED IT, WHICH MEANS SIX YEARS THAT IT WAS SELLING, APPARENTLY WITHOUT A TABC LICENSE. I CALLED TABC TO CONFIRM THIS, AND THEY CONFIRMED THAT THERE WERE NO OTHER LICENSES AT THAT ADDRESS, ACTIVE OR OTHERWISE. STAFF REPORTED LAST MONTH THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY RECORD OF ANY ALCOHOL VARIANCE RECEIVED FROM CITY COUNCIL ON THIS ADDRESS. SO WE REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW THIS BUSINESS WAS BEING ABLE TO SELL BEER AND WINE FOR TEN PLUS YEARS. AND OUR COWS CONSISTENTLY SHOWED THAT THEY DID, MR. BASS RIGHT NOTED. AND I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT WE HAVE TO DEDE IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S SAFE TO BE AROUND OUR CHILDREN OR NOT, BECAUSE AT SOME POINT WE DECIDED IT WASN'T. THAT'S WHY IT'S IN HERE. GDC 255 C STATES THAT CITY COUNCIL MAY GRANT A VARIANCE AFTER CONSIDERATION OF THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC. I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THERE WAS SOME SPECULATION MADE LAST TIME AT THE LAST MEETING THAT IT WAS GOING TO IMPACT BUSINESS OWNERS. IF WE SAY NO BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO PUT THEM OUT OF BUSINESS, HOW DO WE KNOW THIS? WE WERE NOT PRESENTED WITH ANY FACTS REGARDING THE PERCENTAGE OF SALES THAT ALCOHOL CONSTITUTES AT THIS STORE. AND DOES THE NEW, NEW OWNER INTEND TO SELL THE SAME AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL? AND HOW DO WE KNOW THAT? SECONDLY, THERE WERE NO COMPLAINTS OR REPORTS FROM SURROUNDING BUSINESSES OR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THAT WAS ANOTHER CLAIM THAT WAS MADE.

THERE WAS ZERO PROOF PRESENTED OF THESE CLAIMS EITHER. WHAT ABOUT NEARBY RESIDENTS? WHILE I UNDERSTAND THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS OF NOTIFICATIONS LIKE THIS, IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT THE MANDATORY MANDATORY NOTIFICATIONS ONLY WENT OUT TO BUSINESSES, NOT A SINGLE RESIDENCE. LASTLY, IT WASN'T BROUGHT UP THAT THIS STORE IS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO 3321 BROADWAY, WHERE AT LEAST ONE CHURCH RESIDES. THERE'S ALSO THE NOOR AL-QURAN SOCIETY, APPROXIMATELY 140FT AWAY ACROSS THE INTERSECTION. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS. THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN TONIGHT. WOULD YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS? OH, I'M SORRY. AND THE DISTRICT YOU LIVE IN, LINDSEY FOGLEMAN, 1330, SURREY COURT, DISTRICT THREE, ABOUT 1000FT AWAY FROM THE SUBJECT PROPERTY RIGHT ACROSS BROADWAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

OKAY. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I SEE NONE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NO. ALL RIGHT. LET'S SEE HERE. CNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS, THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT, SIR. THANK YOU. MAYOR. LAST TIME WE TABLED THIS FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, STAFF HAS EXERCISED DUE DILIGENCE AND DOING ADDITIONAL RESEARCH. AND BASED ON THAT FINDING, I OFFER A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE REQUESTED VARIANCE FOR THIS BUSINESS TO OPERATE FOR THE SPECIFIED TIME. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS. I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER BEARD TO APPROVE THIS ITEM AS PRESENTED. SEEING NO ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, MADAM SECRETARY PREPARES TO VOTE FOR US, PLEASE. AND DISPLAY THE VOTE. AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON IN OPPOSITION. THANK YOU GENTLEMEN. MOVING ON. WE'RE GOING TO SKIP A

[d. Consider a request by Trak Group Inc. for approval of 1) a Specific Use Provision (SUP) for Fuel Pumps, Retail use on property zoned Community Retail (CR) District and 2) a Concept Plan for the existing Fuel Pumps, Retail use. The site is located at 3420 W. Walnut Street in District 6. Consider and take appropriate action on the application of Trak Group Inc., requesting approval of a Specific Use Provision (SUP) for Fuel Pumps, Retail use on property zoned Community Retail (CR). The site is located at 3420 W. Walnut Street. (District 6) (File Z 24-02)]

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RETAIL AND RETAIL USE. THE SITE IS LOCATED AT 3420 WEST WALNUT STREET IN DISTRICT SIX. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION ON THE SUBJECT SITE. THE PROPERTY IS ZONED A COMMUNITY RETAIL. AND IN THIS ZONING DISTRICT, IT'S REQUIRED TO HAVE A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION FOR A FUEL PUMPS, RETAIL USE. THE PROPERTY IS ADDRESSED AS 3420 WEST WALNUT AND THE APPLICANT IS TRACK GROUP. AND THE PROPERTY IS ABOUT 21,060FT■S IN SIZE. THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE. THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN HAS IDENTIFIED THIS FOR URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS. URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS ARE HIGHER DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS, AND THIS RESIDENTIAL OPTION MAY UTILIZE VERTICAL MIXED USE INTEGRATED INTO THE SURROUNDING AREA AND REFLECTING THE AREA'S DOMINANT CHARACTER OR, WHEN DESIRED, PROMOTING A NEW CHARACTER. IT ALSO SUPPORTS NONRESIDENTIAL USES THAT ARE COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA, AND THESE ARE SITE PHOTOS OF THE CONVENIENCE STORE. THESE ARE PHOTOS OF THE FUEL PUMPS. SO THE SITE ACTUALLY DID HAVE A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION FOR FUEL PUMPS RETAIL THAT WAS ISSUED IN 1998 FOR 20 YEARS AND IT HAS EXPIRED SINCE 2018. THE APPLICANT STAFF REACHED OUT TO THE APPLICANT TO NOTIFY THEM THAT THEIR SUP HAS EXPIRED, SO THEY DID COME IN AND SUBMIT FOR ANOTHER SCP. THE APPLICANT HAS ALSO PROVIDED THIS CONCEPT PLAN HERE AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE GREEN, THEY ARE GOING TO BE PROVIDING ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING TO BEAUTIFY OR IMPROVE THE SITE WITH ADDITIONAL SHRUBBERY ON THERE, ON THE EDGES AND ON THE INTERIOR OF THE LOT. SO THE SEEP TIME PERIOD GUIDELINE RECOMMENDS A PERIOD OF 20 TO 25 YEARS. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS TO KIND OF KP THE SITE IN CHECK AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING IS MAINTAINED, AND TO KIND OF HOLD THEM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE COMING IN WHEN THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO, FOR THE RENEWAL OF THE SPECIFIC USE PROVISION. THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS FOR THIS ONE. AND AS FOR THE RESPONSE LETTERS, WE DID GET ONE IN SUPPORT AND THREE IN OPPOSITION WITH NOTHING WRITTEN ON THEM, AND STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM. COUNCILMEMBER DUTTON. HEY, SO THE LAST UPDATE THAT I GOT ON THIS ONE, IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER OUR BIG STORM, THIS IS THE GAS STATION THAT HAD THE AWNING OVER. THE PUMPS COME COMPLETELY OFF BASICALLY ONTO A CAR. SO MY MAIN CONCERN IS I DON'T FEEL LIKE ANYONE IS GOING TO REMEMBER 30 YEARS FROM NOW THAT THEY NEED TO RENEW AN SP. I THINK THAT THAT IS ABSURD AND I CAN LOOK PAST THAT. HOWEVER, IT KIND OF SETS A PRECEDENCE OF ARE YOU GOING TO STAY ON TOP OF THINGS? SO MY QUESTION TO STAFF WAS. THE STRUCTURAL BEING OF THIS AWNING OVER THE GAS PUMPS. RIGHT. IT STILL HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. SO THAT IS THAT IS MY MAIN CONCERN. AM I GOING TO TIME OUT? NOT YET. OKAY. BUT WE'RE HEADED TO TIME OUT OKAY.

SO THAT'S THAT'S MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT WE HAVE NOT ACCOMPLISHED THAT YET. SO. YEAH. SO BUILDING INSPECTIONS WILL HAVE TO SCHEDULE AN INSPECTION. IT'S THEY'VE ISSUED A PERMIT AS YOU CAN SEE. IT'S UP THERE. BUT THEY STILL NEED TO DO A FINAL INSPECTION FOR THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE CANOPY THAT WAS INSTALLED. IT'S AND THE QUESTION AT HAND IS, IS THE SUP WHETHER WE WANT TO GRANT OR OR OR NOT ON THE SUP IN THE TERM OF THAT SUP. THAT'S FAIR. OKAY. THANK YOU MA'AM. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE MATTHEW IS RECOMMENDING 5 TO 10 YEARS OR FIVE YEARS. STAFF? YES, SIR. TEN YEARS FOR PLANNING. ZONING? YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. OKAY. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR, WE DO NOT. IS THERE

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WHAT IS, IF I MAY, I ADD QUESTIONS, PLEASE? YES, SIR. WOULD YOU REITERATE WHAT COUNCIL DEPUTY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK EMPHASIZED? WOULD YOU RESTATE THAT? SURE. SO WE TALKED WITH STAFF AND ASKED THEM TO IMPROVE THE SITE WITH ADDING ADDITIONAL SHRUBBERY INTERNALLY. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL SHOW. CAN Y'ALL SEE ON YOUR SCREEN? THERE WE GO. OKAY, SO INTERNAL SHRUBBERY ALONG HERE, INTERNAL OF THE SITE AND ALONG THE EDGES OF THE SITE. SO IF THIS IS APPROVED WITHIN 60 DAYS, STAFF WILL GO OUT THERE AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS INSTALLED. BUT WE'RE WE MADE A RECOMMENDATION FOR FIVE YEARS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE MAINTAINED. THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE TOOLS. OF COURSE, IT CAN BE MAINTAINED WITH CODE, CAN GO OUT THERE AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT DYING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE TOOLS THAT WE CAN USE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LANDSCAPING IS MAINTAINED. SO STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS FIVE YEARS. YES, SIR. I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THIS RECOMMENDATION IS FOR ONE YEAR. YES, SIR. IS IT RIGHT? YES, SIR. OKAY. SO THAT. OUR INSPECTION WILL BE DONE SOONER THAN FIVE YEARS TO ENSURE THAT THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE UNIT AND HELP ME. SO FOR COUNCIL MEMBER DUNSHEE ACTUALLY ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT THE CANOPY HAD FALLEN, COLLAPSED LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF A STORM OR SOMETHING LIKE TT. SO SHE WAS ASKING ABOUT THE STATUS OF IT, THE INSPECTION OF IT. SO THEY WERE ISSUED A PERMIT FOR IT TO BE CONSTRUCTED, BUT THEN THEY HAVE NOT HAD A FINAL INSPECTION DONE TO TEST THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE CANOPY, SO THAT THAT'S A SEPARATE ISSUE THAT STILL WILL BE ADDRESSED, WHETHER THIS IS I MEAN, IT'S STILL GOING TO HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED IF THIS IS APPROVED, BUT IT'S A SEPARATE ISSUE THAT IT MUST GET ADDRESSED. GO AHEAD. COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY AND THE PERMIT ISSUES ARE SEPARATE FROM WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT. SO WE'RE HERE ON A SPECIFIC USE, OF A SPECIAL USE PROVISION. AND STAFF HAD RECOMMENDED THE TERM OF FIVE YEARS. THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS FOR ONE YEAR SO THAT IT CAN BE REVISITED AT THE AT THE END OF ONE YEAR, I THINK, AND I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON, BUT THE IDEA WAS IN, IN THE IN THE UPCOMING YEAR, THERE MAY BE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT SOME OR HOW THEY WOULD APPLY TO GAS STATIONS. AND SO SHE WANTS TO SHORTEN THE TERM SO THAT WE CAN REVISIT THE ISSUE IN 12 MONTHS INSTEAD OF FIVE YEARS. THAT'S THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I UNDERSTAND. I JUST WANT TO GET CLARITY. I UNDERSTAND IT NOW. YES. THANK Y, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE BACK TO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THIS ITEM AS PRESENTED WITH A ONE YEAR SNP BY COUNCILMEMBER DUTTON AND A SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK. I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED TO THE VOTE. COUNCIL. AND DISPLAY THE VOTE, PLEASE. AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED

[e. Consider a request by Urban Strategy for approval of 1) a Major Waiver to Chapter 7, Table 7-7 of the Garland Development Code for the at-grade and above-grade window percentage of the façade, architectural articulation, Build-To-Zone, streetscaping, and monument sign standards and 2) a Downtown Development Plan to allow for a church expansion and addition, including a Major Waiver for the at-grade and above-grade window percentage of the façade, architectural articulation, Build-To-Zone, streetscaping, and monument sign standards on a property zoned Downtown (DT) District, Uptown (U) sub-district. The site is located at 801 W. Avenue D in District 2. (File DD 24-04) Consider and take appropriate action on the application of Urban Strategy, requesting a Major Waiver from the Garland Development Code for the at-grade and above-grade window percentage of the façade, architectural articulation, Build-To-Zone, streetscaping, and monument sign standards. The site is located at 801 W. Avenue D (District 2) (File DD 24-04)]

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IT EXPANDS HOUSING OPTIONS THROUGH INFILL AND REDEVELOPMENT WHILE CONTINUING WALKABLE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS. AND THESE ARE SOME SITE PHOTOS OF THE CURRENT CHURCH. MORE PHOTOS AND THIS IS THE SITE PLAN. THIS IS WHAT THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO DEMOLISH ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THE SITE. AND BECAUSE THIS IS IN THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT PLAN. AND WITH THAT, WE DO REQUIRE THE DETAILED SITE PLAN, THE LANDSCAPE PLAN AND ELEVATION. SO TRADITIONALLY IN THE ZONING CASE, WE'D ONLY REQUIRE A CONCEPT PLAN. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS A DETAILED PLAN. BESIDES THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING FOR SIX MAJOR DEVIATIONS. SO THOSE ARE GOING TO BE STANDARDS THAT DEVIATE FROM THE DOWNTOWN DESIGN STANDARDS. AND THE DOWNTOWN DESIGN STANDARDS WAS CREATED FOR USES SUCH AS MIXED USE RETAIL, RESIDENTIAL. BUT THIS IS A CHURCH AND CHURCHES ARE PERMITTED BY RIGHT IN THIS ZONING DISTRICT. SO QUITE NATURALLY WON'T MEET A LOT OF THE DESIGN STANDARDS. SO THERE ARE SIX REQUESTS. THE FIRST ONE IS FOR A MONUMENT SIGN. AND MONUMENT SIGNS ARE NOT PERMITTED IN THIS SUBDISTRICT BECAUSE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT, WITH SIGNAGE ON THE WALL DISPLAY WINDOWS. THE BUILDINGS UP CLOSE TO THE STREET. SO THAT'S THE INTENT OF THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT. THEY ARE REQUESTING A 43 SQUARE FOOT MONUMENT SIGN IN ANY OTHER ZONING DISTRICT WHERE MONUMENT SIGNS ARE PERMITTED. THE MAXIMUM SIZE IS 50FT■S, SO THEY WOULD, F THEY WERE IN A ZONING DISTRICT THAT WOULD PERMIT A MONUMENT SIGN, THEY STILL WOULD BE IN A WITHIN THE MAXIMUM SIZE LIMIT, AND THEY ARE IN KEEPING WITH THE SETBACK REQUIREMENT OF FIVE FEET FROM PROPERTY LINES. THAT'S THE FIRST REQUEST. THE SECOND REQUEST IS FOR AT GRADE AT GRADE WINDOW PERCENTAGE OF THE FACADE. AND THAT BASICALLY MEANS THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE A MINIMUM OF 60 TO 80% OF WINDOW FACADE ON THE FIRST FLOOR. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING FOR THERE TO BE 56% ON THE SOUTH ELEVATION, 27% ON THE EAST ELEVATION AND 33% ON THE WEST ELEVATION. AND TRADITIONALLY, WITH A DOWNTOWN TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE DISPLAY WINDOWS. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, BUILDINGS UP CLOSE TO THE STREET. IT'S GOING TO BE VERY WALKABLE, WITH PEDESTRIANS WALKING TO AND FRO ON THE SIDEWALKS. SO THEY DID TRY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AS THEY COULD SEE, GET TO THE RENDERINGS. IT DID TRY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, BUT IT IS A CHURCH BUILDING. THE THIRD REQUEST IS GOING TO BE FOR ABOVE GRADE WINDOW PERCENTAGE, AND IT'S SIMILAR TO THE FIRST OR THE SECOND DEVIATION THE OTHER.

THE ONLY THING IS THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE FOR THE SECOND FLOOR. SO THE GDC REQUIRES THAT THERE BE A BETWEEN 30% AND A MAXIMUM OF 60% OF WINDOW GLAZING. AND THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A 21% ON THE EAST ELEVATION AND 25% ON THE WEST ELEVATION. THE FOURTH REQUEST IS FOR STREETSCAPING. THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF 15 TREES ON SOUTH GLENBROOK ON THIS SIDE AND ON AND ON SOUTH NINTH STREET. THE REASON THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO PLANT THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF TREES THEY'RE LACKING FIVE IS BECAUSE OF THE UNDERGROUND UTILITIES AND BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF SPACING THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE. THIS SITE IS, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE ORIGINAL LOCATION MAP, IS COMPLETELY, ALMOST COMPLETELY BUILT OUT WITH MINIMUM

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YOU GOT SO 61 DID NOT RESPOND? YES, SIR. IS THAT NORMAL? IT DEPENDS ON THE CASE. SOMETIMES YOU GET NONE. SOMETIMES YOU GET AN OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF RESPONSE. SO UNUSUAL FOR A CHURCH BODY. I'D HAVE TO CHECK TO SEE. I'M JUST. I'M JUST CURIOUS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO 61 JUST DIDN'T RESPOND, RIGHT? YES, SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THAT'S ALL. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I SEE NONE. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? YES, SIR. WE HAVE THREE. OKAY. LET'S GO. FOUR, ACTUALLY TOM GREENWOOD.

AND YOU. YES. I MEAN, IF YOU IF YOU GUYS WANT TO PRESENT TOGETHER, THAT'S THAT'S FINE. I WILL JUST NEED YOU TO GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. AND YOU WILL HAVE TEN MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION. ANSWER QUESTIONS. OKAY. MY NAME IS DENNIS NEAL, 1310 WILDFLOWER LANE IN WYLIE. I'M THE EXECUTIVE PASTOR AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH,ND I KNOW OUR CHURCH HAS BEEN THERE FOR MANY YEARS. AND WHEN WE FIRST STARTED TALKING ABOUT REBUILDING, THE OPPORTUNITY CAME TO US TO POSSIBLY MOVE OUT OF DOWNTOWN. AND WE CHOSE TO STAY BECAUSE WE WANT TO INVEST IN DOWNTOWN GARLAND. AND I THINK THAT'S EVIDENT FROM OUR WORK WITH THE FRIENDSHIP HOUSE, OUR BENEVOLENCE ARM. I THINK IT'S ALSO EVIDENT FROM OUR UPWARD SPORTS PROGRAM, WHICH REACHES MANY CHILDREN EACH YEAR THROUGH BASKETBALL AS WELL AS SOCCER.

AND SO IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE'VE WAITED SINCE 1980 TO, TO BUILD. AND THE TIME

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WE HAVE DECORATIVE HARDSCAPE, WE HAVE LOTS OF LAYERS OF PLANTING, AND WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO PUT AS MANY TREES AS WE CAN ON THE SITE. WE'RE JUST COMING UP A LITTLE BIT SHORT IN TERMS OF WHAT THE CITY WOULD REQUIRE AND HOW MANY TREES COLLECTIVELY WOULD YOU PUT ON THE SITE? I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN GET BACK TO THAT SITE PLAN. HERE WE GO. ALL THE GREEN DOTS SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE ARE TREES. SO. ABOUT 2021 TREES AND ALL OF THE AREAS THAT ARE SHADED RED ARE THE AREAS THAT IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO PLANT TREES. SO YOU CAN SEE IN THE EXHIBIT THAT THE LEFTOVER SPACE THAT WE HAVE, WE'RE MAXING IT OUT PRETTY WELL. AND TOTAL OF LOOKS LIKE IT'S ABOUT 2021 TREES FROM WHAT I JUST QUICKLY COUNTED. OKAY. SO YOU YOU HAVAVE YOU HAVE SKETCHED FROM FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE THAT THAT THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF TREES THAT COULD BE ALLOWED IN THAT AREA. YES, SIR.

OKAY. GIVEN THE LIMITATIONS THAT YOU YOU CITED EARLIER. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. VERY GOOD. BACK TO COUNCILMEMBER DUTTON. HI. I THINK THE RENDERING IS BEAUTIFUL. I DEFINITELY THINK IT WILL BE AN ASSET TO DOWNTOWN. I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. HAVE WE CONSIDERED WHERE WE'RE DOING THE LIVE NATIVITY SCENE? OH, WE HAVEN'T BEEN DOING A LIVE NATIVITY SCENE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. REALLY? Y'ALL DON'T DO SOMETHING OUTSIDE AT CHRISTMAS. WE USED TO DO CHRISTMAS ON THE FIELD AT OUR SOCCER FIELDS, WHICH ARE LOCATED DOWN THE STREET ON OFF GLENBROOK. BUT WE HAVEN'T DONE IT WHERE THERE WAS SOMETHING DOWN ON THE GRASS. MAYBE I'M CRAZY. IT'S POSSIBLE, BUT EITHER WAY IT IS GORGEOUS. AND I THINK THAT THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT ASSET DOWNTOWN. SO I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. THANK YOU.

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MADAM SECRETARY, PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US, PLEASE. COUNCIL. AND DISPLAY THE VOTE. AND THAT

[f. Consider a request by The Kroger Co. for approval of 1) a Specific Use Provision (SUP) for Fuel Pumps, Retail Use and 2) a Concept Plan for a Fuel Pumps, Retail Use. The site is located at 6850 N. Shiloh Road in District 1. Consider and take appropriate action on the application of The Kroger Co., requesting approval of a Specific Use Provision for Fuel Pumps, Retail use. The site is located at 6850 N. Shiloh Road. (District 1) (File Z 25-03)]

MOTION IS TO POSTPONE UNTIL JULY 8TH. AND DISPLAY THE VOTE. AND THAT IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

[g. Consider a request by CCM Engineering for approval of 1) an Amendment to Planned Development (PD) District 20-44 to reduce the minimum lot size and depth requirements on specific lots and number of provided parking spaces. The site is located at 2126 Rowlett Road in District 3. Consider and take appropriate action on the application of CCM Engineering, requesting approval of an amendment to Planned Development (PD) District 20-44 to reduce the minimum lot size and depth requirements on specific lots and number of provided parking spaces. The site is located at 2126 Rowlett Road. (District 3) (File Z 25-16) ]

NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMPACT NEIGHBORHOODS PROVIDE AREAS FOR MODERATE INCREASES IN RESIDENTIAL DENSITY AND INCLUDING SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED AND SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOUSING. IT EXPANDS HOUSING OPTIONS THROUGH INFILL AND REDEVELOPMENT WHILE CONTINUING WALKABLE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS, AND THESE ARE SITE PHOTOS. THIS SITE WAS ACTUALLY APPROVED FOR ZONING FOR SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED WITH A SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED BASED ZONING DISTRICT AND A PD. THE SITE PERMIT FOR THIS SITE HAS ACTUALLY BEEN APPROVED. IT'S JUST THAT WHEN STAFF WAS REVIEWING THE FINAL PLAT, WE NOTICED THAT NINE OF THE LOTS WERE NOT MEETING THE MINIMUM LOT DEPTH AND LOT SIZE REQUIREMENTS. SO, AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE THERE IS A TEN FOOT PEDESTRIAN UTILITY EASEMENT RIGHT ALONG THIS EDGE HERE. AND THERE IS AN EIGHT FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER, WHICH WAS NOT ACCOUNTED FOR WHEN THE ZONING ORIGINALLY CAME BEFORE CITY COUNCIL AND GOT APPROVED. SO THE MINIMUM LOT SIZES 1925FT■S. AND THOSE NINE LOTS WILL RANGE FROM.

1713FT■S TO 1913FT■S. THE MINIMM LOT DEPTH REQUIREMENT IS 75FT, AND THEY WILL RANGE FROM 66 TO 77FT. AND THIS IS FOR THIS BLOCK HERE. AND THEN AT THE BACK IS THE PEDESTRIAN UTILITY EASEMENT AND THE EIGHT FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER BEHIND THERE I CAN'T SEE MY CURSOR. THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST UNANIMOUSLY, UNANIMOUSLY. AND STAFF ALSO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST. VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM? OH, SORRY, I FORGOT TO LETTER IN SUPPORT AND THEN FIVE LETTERS IN OPPOSITION OF THE REQUEST. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS, CAN YOU HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE OPPOSITION REASONS, THE

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AND THEN YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT REDUCED PARKING. CAN YOU. OH YES. SO WITH THE REDUCTION IN PARKING, THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE DOES REQUIRE AT LEAST 11 SPACES. THE PD WAS APPROVED FOR 13 SPACES. SO THEY'RE REQUESTING TO JUST GO DOWN TO THE GARLAND DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENT, WHICH IS 11 SPACES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR GUEST SPACES. YEAH. OKAY. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? SEEING NONE. THANK YOU. MADAM SECRETARY. DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR, WE DO NOT. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPK ON THIS ITEM? MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE, THE SENIOR DISTRICT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO MOVE FOR APPROVAL. I HAVE A I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL OR FOR MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE TO APPROVE WITH A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS. AGAIN, THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE. MADAM SECRETARY. AND DISPLAY THE VOTE. AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON IN OPPOSITION. ALL RIGHT.

[b. Garland Development Code (GDC) Amendment 25-05 Hold a public hearing to consider amendments to Chapter 2 Zoning Regulations, Attachment 1 - Land use chart and Article 4, Division 4 Mixed-Use Districts as it relates to the permitted land uses and development regulations for the Urban Residential (UR) and Urban Business (UB) districts.]

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THAT'S WHY IT'S GRAYED OUT ON THE SLIDE. OTHER THAN THAT ON THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, THERE ARE SOME CLEANUPS AS WELL. THE PERCENTAGE PERCENTAGE REQUIREMENT THAT WE HAD ON RESIDENTIAL VERSUS NONRESIDENTIAL. WE HAVE REMOVED THAT. AGAIN, WE WANTED TO BE AS FLEXIBLE AS POSSIBLE FOR GREAT DEVELOPMENTS TO HAPPEN. TO ENCOURAGE PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT. WE HAVE INCLUDED STANDARDS TO REQUIRE STREET ORIENTED ENTRIES FOR STREET LEVEL DWELLING UNITS. WE ARE ALSO INCLUDING A STANDARD FOR AN ACTIVE DEPTH OF NINE FEET THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. SO ACTIVE DEPT THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. SO ACTIVE DEPTH MEANS THE INTERIOR DEPTH FROM THE BUILDING FACADE. IT IS INCLUDED TO DISCOURAGE INACTIVE USES, SUCH AS SOMETIMES IN TOWNHOMES. WE SEE TUCK UNDER PARKING. SO WE DO NOT WANT THOSE KIND OF TUCK UNDER PARKING THAT MAY DISCOURAGE PEDESTRIAN EXPEENCE. WE WANT ACTIVE USES THAT CAN BRING IN THOSE URBAN STYLE, PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED DEVELOPMENTS. WE HAVE ALSO CHANGED THE MINIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT. SO IT WAS 30FT BEFORE, AND NOW WE ARE RECOMMENDING 24FT AGAIN. THE PURPOSE IS TO HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY. IT IS NOT TO GO AS TALL AS WE CAN. IT IS ALSO TO BUILD FLEXIBILITY. SO ON THE MINIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT, WE'RE GOING DOWN FROM 30 TO 24. SINCE THE PLAN COMMISSION MEETING STAFF HAS UPDATED A RECOMMENDATION ON THIS. AND THAT IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW ON THE ON THE SLIDE. SO THIS RECOMMENDATION HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH ADJACENCY. SO WHENEVER ANY DEVELOPMENT IS BEING PROPOSED THAT IS ADJACENT TO AN EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT 100 FOOT SETBACK BE REQUIRED. AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, AND THAT IS ALREADY BUILT INTO EARNED UB. ON TOP OF THAT 100 FOOT SETBACK, IT WOULD IT WOULD NEED TO FOLLOW A 4045 DEGREE SLOPE MEASURED FROM THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY LINE IN REGARDS TO HEIGHT, TO MAINTAIN PRIVACY FOR ADJACENT SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS. HERE WE HAVE AN ILLUSTRATION THAT GENERALLY SHOWS HOW ADJACENCY IS PROTECTED WITHIN THE ER AND UB ZONING DISTRICTS. SO THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING WITH THE GDC AMENDMENT. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A SEPARATE CASE. THEN THE ZONING CASE Z 2508, ALTHOUGH THIS IS IN RELATION TO 2508, WHICH WE'LL PRESENT IN A BIT. THIS IS TRULY A GDC AMENDMENT, AND WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR MORE QUESTIONS. VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM? PLAN COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL ON THIS. VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU I SEE NO NO ONE IN THE QUEUE. THANK YOU, MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR, WE DO NOT. OKAY. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK. SORRY. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. I MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NINE B AS PRESENTED TO INCLUDE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. I HAVE A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS TO APPROVE THIS ITEM AS PRESENTED WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. SORRY. OH. OH, OKAY. HAVE YOU FILLED OUT A SPEAKER CARD FOR US? OKAY. I HAVE A QUESTION ON THIS. BRANT RICH 1410 MAYFIELD GARLAND, TEXAS 7501 ON THIS FOR THE GDC. AND THE SETBACK IS THERE LIKE A WALL REQUIREMENT FOR DOES ANYONE KNOW LIKE 100FT OR WHAT? LIKE WHERE WE LIVE RIGHT NOW WE BACK UP WHERE THE LAST RESIDENTIAL STREET THAT BACKS UP TO A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, AND WE HAVE TWO WALLS AND. ONE IS, I DON'T KNOW, TEN FOOT HIGH, MAYBE ACTUALLY 15 FOOT HIGH. SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF THIS ON THE GDC IS THERE. IS THERE A PRO FOR A WALL OR SOMETHING? NABILA, CAN YOU HELP

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VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. BACK TO THE MOTION AT HAND. ANYONE NEED ME TO REPEAT? NO.

MADAM SECRETARY, YOU PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US, PLEASE. COUNCIL. THERE WE GO. AND DISPLAY THE VOTE. AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ON TO ITEM NINE. C, C CONSIDER REQUEST BY E

[c. Consider a request by City of Garland for approval of a change in zoning from multiple zoning districts including but not limited to Industrial (IN), Community Retail (CR), and Planned Developments with IN and CR base zoning to Urban Residential (UR) and Urban Business (UB) Districts. The site consists of approximately 317 acres of properties, generally located on the north side of I-635, on both sides of S. Garland Avenue in District 5. Consider and take appropriate action on the application of City of Garland, requesting approval of a change in zoning from multiple zoning districts including but not limited to Industrial (IN), Community Retail (CR), and Planned Developments with IN and CR base zoning to Urban Residential (UR) and Urban Business (UB) Districts. The site consists of approximately 317 acres of properties, generally located on the north side of I-635, on both sides of S. Garland Avenue. (District 5) (File Z 25-08)]

THANK YOU MAYOR. HERE ARE ON THE SCREEN SOME BASIC CASE INFORMATION BEFORE WE DIVE FURTHER INTO THE CASE. THE REZONING PROPOSAL, AS YOU MENTIONED, COVERS 317 ACRES IN THE SOUTH GARLAND AREA NORTH OF 635 BOTH SIDES OF SOUTH GARLAND AVENUE, THE WEST SIDE OF SOUTH GARLAND AVENUE HAS THE OLD HYPERMART SITE AND FEW BUSINESSES THERE AS WELL.

HOWEVER, THE MAJORITY OF THE REZONING AREA IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF SOUTH GARLAND AVENUE.

APPROXIMATELY 50 ACRES OF THAT 317 ACRES OF CITY CONTROLLED PARCELS, MOSTLY CLOSE TO SOUTH GARLAND AVENUE. THIS IS IN DISTRICT FIVE. AND AS YOU MENTIONED, THERE ARE MULTIPLE ZONING DISTRICTS IN THIS AREA, PREDOMINANTLY COMMUNITY RETAIL. WE CALL IT CR AND IN WHICH IS INDUSTRIAL. AND THERE PD'S AS WELL THAT HAVE THOSE BASE ZONING AS WELL. THE CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HAS DIFFERENT MULTIPLE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS IN THIS GENERAL AREA. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE TOGETHER. SO THERE ARE BUSINESS TRANSIT ORIENTED CENTERS, URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD AND NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS. SO TOGETHER THEY DO FORMULATE A VISION FOR URBAN SCALE MIXED USE BUSINESSES, TRANSIT AND PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WE CAN ALL AGREE. THAT'S NOT HOW THIS AREA IS DEVELOPED AS TODAY. I DO WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO HOW THIS CITY INITIATED REZONING CASE CAME ABOUT. IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE STUDIES AND PLANS. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, SOME OF THOSE MULTIPLE STUDIES THAT IDENTIFIED THIS AREA AS A CATALYST AREA. WE HAVE THE CENTERVILLE MARKETPLACE REVITALIZATION STRATEGY PLAN, WHICH HAD THIS AREA IDENTIFIED AS A CATALYST. THE HYPERMART SITE WAS IDENTIFIED AND PRIORITIZED ON THE SOUTH GARLAND CORRIDOR PLAN. OUR STRATEGIC PLAN ALSO RECOGNIZED THIS AS A CATALYST AREA. THEN, OUR ONGOING COMP PLAN EFFORT HAS ALREADY INFORMED US THAT THIS AREA WOULD BE MARKED AND RIPE FOR REDEVELOPMENT AND REVITALIZATION. SO THERE ARE.

THESE STUDIES DO CLEARLY RECOGNIZE THAT IT IS A GATEWAY TO THE CITY AND HAS NOT REALLY BEEN DEVELOPED AS SUCH, AND THE PROPOSED URBAN BUSINESS AND URBAN RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS ARE CAPABLE OF CREATING THAT VIBRANT PLACE THAT MIXED USE, PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT WITH APPROPRIATE URBAN DESIGN IN PLACE. SO A OUT FROM THESE STUDIES THAT WEL HEARD DIRECTLY FROM THE COMMUNITY. THIS IS A PAGE FROM THE PLAN THAT SHOWS WHAT RESIDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY RESPONDED AS FAR AS WHAT THEY WANT. AS WE CAN SEE, NICE RESTAURANTS. IT'S TALKING ABOUT ITALIAN RESTAURANTS. IT'S TALKING ABOUT WE DON'T WANT ANYMORE CAR LOTS OR PAWN SHOPS. SO THESE ARE COMING DIRECTLY FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THE RESIDENTS FROM THESE STUDIES. ANOTHER THING THAT WE HEARD, AND THIS IS FROM THE SOUTH GARLAND AVENUE AND HYPERMART INITIATIVE. THERE WAS STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT. AND THIS SITE IS KIND OF SUMMARIZING WHAT WE HEARD. AND ON THE SECOND BULLET POINT, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE, IT'S TALKING ABOUT DIVERSE ENTERTAINMENT, NEIGHBORHOOD MARKET AND FOOD

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I KIND OF WANT TO DRAW A LITTLE BIT OF ATTENTION ON THE TRANSPORTATION COMPOPONENT. AS U ALL ARE AWARE, THERE ARE IMPROVEMENTS GOING ON FOR I-66 35. SO ONCE THAT'S DONE, ACCESS THROUGH SHILOH AND GARLAND AVENUE IS ANTICIPATED TO IMPROVE SIGNIFICANTLY. AND THAT CAN CONTRIBUTE A LOT IN CREATING THIS DESTINATION THAT THE CITY HAS ENVISIONED FOR SO LONG.

THERE ARE ALSO ONGOING DISCUSSIONS WITH DART ABOUT RELOCATING THE TRANSIT STATION IN ANOTHER SITE. THE CITY AND DART HAS HAVE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT IN PLACE FOR A LAND SWAP FOR THAT PURPOSE, SO WHY YOU ARE AND UB WE JUST WENT OVER WHAT THOSE DISTRICTS ARE, BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO BRING IT UP WITH THIS CASE BECAUSE THAT IS RELEVANT, THAT THAT IS WHAT WE ARE, WE ARE PROPOSING. WE THOUGHT OF INCLUDING THIS, THIS PHOTO BECAUSE TO SIMPLY ILLUSTRATE WHAT THIS DISTRICTS ARE FOR AND WHAT THEY CAN ACHIEVE, THESE ARE TRULY OUR BEST ZONING DISTRICTS AVAILABLE FOR PLACEMAKING PURPOSES. THESE ARE DIRECTLY FROM THESE DEFINITIONS ARE DIRECTLY FROM OUR GDC. I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT SEVERAL TIMES. BUT THE DEFINITION BY DEFINITION, THESE DISTRICTS ARE INTENDED TO BE MIXED USE, MIXED DENSITY, URBAN STYLE, PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED SITE DESIGN, INNOVATIVE AND HIGH QUALITY AND ENHANCED DESIGN FEATURES. SO EVERYTHING KIND OF JUST REALLY REQUIRES A LOT OF QUALITY PROJECTS THROUGH THROUGH THIS ZONING DISTRICTS. I DO WANT TO BRING UP WHAT THE CURRENT ZONING DISTRICTS ALLOW. SO AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP, WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THE AREA WITHIN THE REZONING AREA, REZONING THAT ARE CURRENTLY ZONED EITHER INDUSTRIAL OR HAS AN INDUSTRIAL BASED ZONING. AND SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES ARE CURRENTLY PERMITTED BY RIGHT IN INDUSTRIAL ZONING, OUTSIDE STORAGE IS PERMITTED BY RIGHT TRUCK, SLASH BUS, BUS WASH, CONCRETE BATCH PLANT, AUTO REPAIR, AUTO SALES. THOSE THINGS ARE PERMITTED BY RIGHT. SO THEY CAN, IF THEY WANTED TO GO IN THOSE PURPLE AREAS TODAY, THEY CAN COME IN. THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE TO COME BEFORE PLANNING COMMISSION, CITY COUNCIL OR ANYTHING. THEY CAN GO STRAIGHT TO PERMIT AND OBTAIN A PERMIT FOR THOSE USES IN THOSE AREAS.

IT ALSO ALLOWS MOTELS WITH SUPS AND SMOKE SHOPS WITH SUPS. AND AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A FULL BLOWN, BLOWN ROBUST LIST OF THINGS THAT ARE ALLOWED IN INDUSTRIAL AND CR. BUT WE WANTED TO POINT IT OUT SOME OF THE POTENTIAL USES THAT ARE CURRENTLY PERMITTED BY RIGHT IN THE CURRENT ZONING. WE ALSO WANTED TO COMPARE HOW THE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS ARE GOING TO BE PROTECTED FAR MORE THROUGH ADJACENCY BETWEEN THE CURRENT ZONING AND THE PROPOSED ZONING. SO WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE CURRENTLY, THAT IS WHAT THE CURRENT ZONING WOULD REQUIRE. SO GENERALLY THERE ARE COMMUNITY RETAIL ZONING THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. AND CR ZONING HAS A 20 FOOT REAR YARD SETBACK. BUILDINGS COULD BE UP TO 35FT. SO THIS COULD BE POTENTIALLY ANY SITUATION WITH THE CURRENT ZONING. WITH THE PROPOSED ZONING. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE ENVISIONING 100 FOOT SETBACK FROM THE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD FOR FURTHER PROTECTION OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, ANYTHING THAT GOES BEYOND 35 FOOT IN HEIGHT WILL HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE 45 DEGREE RESIDENTIAL PROXIMITY SLOPE. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE, IT'S A 45 DEGREE ANGLE THAT IS DRAWN FROM THE PROPERTY LINE, AND THE HEIGHT WILL HAVE TO HAVE TO GO WITH THAT TO NOT ALLOW MASSIVE BUILDINGS ANYWHERE CLOSER TO SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS IS KIND OF A SUMMARY SLIDE IN TERMS OF WHAT WE SEE ON THE RIGHT, ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OR MY LEFT HAND SIDE IS THE CURRENT ZONING, WHICH AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S A HAPHAZARD PATTERN OF CR AND INDUSTRIAL AND SOME PDS. THE STANDARDS ON THOSE

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AND THIS QUOTE REALLY CONVEYS VERY ELOQUENTLY THAT IT IS CRITICAL FOR US TO REMEMBER THIS. THIS IS A CHALLENGING PATH, AND BUT IT IS NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE THE FUTURE THAT THE CITY ENVISIONED. PLAN COMMISSION RECOMMENDED DENIAL. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL. I DO

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SO THE AFFECTED AT ALL. THANK YOU. SO THE HOME OWNERS THAT LIVE IN THESE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THIS REZONING PROPOSAL, THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS AREN'T GOING TO LOSE THEIR HOMES TO APARTMENT BUILDINGS. THE CITY OF GARLAND IS IN NO WAY INTENDING TO REMOVE THEIR PROPERTY RIGHTS OR DO ANYTHING TO INHIBIT THEM FROM LIVING THEIR BEST LIVES IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS. NOT AT ALL. THANK YOU. OKAY, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS, THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. I THANK YOU FOR LAYING THIS OUT FOR OUR AUDIENCE TONIGHT. I KNOW THERE WAS WE WERE THERE WAS A LOT OF MISINFORMATION. FRANKLY, THAT

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THAT COUNCIL LADY, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK SPONSORED THE OTHER DAY. BUT I BUT I, I THINK I, I, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE FOR ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS THAT THE CITY, CITY RESIDENTS, HOMEOWNERS HAD AND CLARIFYING THIS ISSUE. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO GO BACK AND TO ATTEND THAT THAT THAT PUBLIC MEETING AND EXPOSE YOURSELF TO THE KIND OF QUESTIONING THAT CLARIFIED THIS ISSUE. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR. SIR, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

I KNOW WE HAVE MULTIPLE SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS ITEM. IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM WHO HAS NOT PUT IN A SPEAKER CARD? IF YOU CAN, IF YOU DECIDE, YOU CAN SIGN UP OVER HERE WITH THE CITY SECRETARY. MADAM SECRETARY, HOW MANY SPEAKER CARDS DO WE HAVE CURRENTLY? LET ME COUNT REALLY QUICK. 17. 17. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD.

OKAY, FOLKS. SO WE ARE GOING TO MOVE THROUGH ALL OF THESE SPEAKERS AND HEAR THE TESTIMONY.

AND SO I WILL ASK YOU, WHEN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM, YOU AND THE CITY SECRETARY WILL CALL YOU UP IF YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO WITH NUMBER ONE, BRAD PARKER. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING. BRAD PARKER, 3710 SOUTH SHILOH ROAD. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO PULL THAT MIC UP JUST A LITTLE BIT THERE. IF WE CAN GET TO YOU. BRAD PARKER, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES. BRAD PARKER, 3710 SOUTH SHILOH ROAD. I JOTTED SOME STUFF DOWN REAL QUICK. YOU KNOW WHERE MY OFFICE IS. SORRY, I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS. WE ARE. I DON'T KNOW WHO THE GARLAND FOUNDATION FOR DEVELOPMENT IS, BUT I'M ON THE STRETCH OF SHILOH AND GARLAND ROAD, AND I'M THE ONLY BUSINESS THAT HASN'T BEEN BOUGHT BY THIS INCORPORATION.

AND I JUST WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHO THIS COMPANY IS. AND I KEEP HEARING THAT THERE'S NO PLANS FOR THIS WHOLE DEVELOPMENT YET. BUT APPARENTLY THERE'S A PLAN. AND I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. I MEAN, I NEED TO GROW MY BUSINESS, I NEED TO EXPAND, AND I CAN'T BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO. I MEAN, THE REAL FRUSTRATION IS, IS THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON AND IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME, AND I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE THE PEOPLE IN THAT AREA. KNOW, KNOW WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING WHEN THERE IS A PLAN. YOU KNOW, SHE MENTIONED THAT THERE'S THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY LOST TAX REVENUE. I MEAN, EVERY BUILDING THAT'S BEHIND ME, THEY'RE ALREADY TEARING BUILDINGS DOWN. THERE'S A THERE'S AN INDUSTRIAL BUILDING THAT HAS PROBABLY 15 OR 20 TENANTS IN IT. ALL OF THEM HAVE BEEN MOVED OUT. WHERE'S THAT TAX TAX REVENUE GONE? I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER THE GARLAND FOUNDATION FOR DEVELOPMENT IS THAT'S BUYING THIS PROPERTY. THEY'RE NOT MAINTAINING THE PROPERTY.

THERE'S WEEDS THAT ARE SIX FEET TALL ON EVERY PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT THEY BOUGHT. I MEAN, I JUST I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHO WHO IS THE GARLAND FOUNDATION FOR DEVELOPMENT? IF THERE'S NOT ANY PLANS HERE, DO YOU HAVE ANY ANSWERS ON THAT OR. THAT'S THE ONLY THING I HAVE TO SAY. OKAY.

WELL, VERY SIMPLY PUT, THE GARLAND FOUNDATION FOR DEVELOPMENT IS US AND THE LAND IS BEING PURCHASED FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND THE WEEDS WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF ASAP. OKAY.

THANK YOU. SORRY. MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE, YOU HAD A QUESTION FOR THE SPEAKER. YES. SIR. YES. WHEN YOU BEGAN, YOU WERE QUESTIONING AND I GUESS MY QUESTION TO YOU WOULD BE, HAVE YOU ATTEMPTED TO TALK WITH THE CITY COUNCIL PERSON FROM THAT AREA? I'VE SENT EMAILS TO EVERYBODY AND I'VE

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WOULD YOU DO THAT FOR ME? I'LL DO THAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU I THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU MAYOR. VERY GOOD. MADAM SECRETARY, CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE, STEVE HUDAK.

GOOD EVENING. GIVE US YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

GOOD EVENING. I'M STEVE HUDAK. I'M WITH CARMAX, BUT WE'VE GOT A WHOLE TEAM HERE. CAN WE DO WHAT THAT OTHER APPLICATION DID? EVERYONE COMES UP AT THE SAME TIME. THAT WAY WE CAN CHECK US OFF THE BOX. MY ADDRESS, 12,800 TUCKAHOE CREEK PARKWAY, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. BUT YOU'RE NOT YOU'RE NOT WEARING A CARMAX SHIRT, BUT EVERYBODY ELSE IS. I GOT IT, I CAME FROM THE HOME OFFICE. I DEBATED IT, BUT I DECIDED TO GO WITH THE WITH THE BUTTON DOWN. GO AHEAD. YOU HAVE MY WHO I AM. YES. WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. SO THIS IS THE STORE AND REGIONAL LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT OPERATES THE STORE HERE IN GARLAND. AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE TO US. THAT'S WHY EVERYONE'S HERE. OUR KEY MESSAGES TONIGHT ARE WE DON'T WANT TO INTERFERE WITH THE LONG TERM GOALS OF THE CITY. THAT'S COUNTERPRODUCTIVE. BUT WE'RE HERE TO REMIND THE CITY, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE WE'VE BEEN BEFORE YOU JUST WHAT KIND OF COMPANY WE ARE AND THE TYPE OF EMPLOYEE EMPLOYER WE ARE AND HOPE THAT THAT HAS SOME SORT OF. WELL, WE CAN PERSONALIZE THE DECISIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE AND HOW IT REFLECTS ON ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES. AND OUR TWO PRIMARY CONCERNS ARE THE POTENTIAL SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM IMPACTS TO THE 185 ASSOCIATES WE HAVE AT THE STORE, 35 OF WHICH ARE ACTUAL RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF GARLAND. MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING QUESTIONS. THEY SEE THE SIGNS AROUND TOWN. HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT REZONE? WHAT'S THE IMPLICATION ON US? SO THAT'S THE FIRST CONCERN. THE SECOND ONE IS JUST WHAT'S THE FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL COST? IF THE ZONING ACTION GETS APPROVED AND THEN WE'RE UNABLE TO CONTINUE OUR OPERATION. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO MAIN CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE. FOR US, THE BEST OUTCOME THAT COMES OUT OF TONIGHT IS JUST A DEFERRAL OR A DELAY IN THE

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AND WE WORKED WITH YOU GUYS TO GIVE UP THOSE RIGHTS ON THAT PROPERTY. AND THEN SINCE 2021, WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH YOUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT ABOUT HOW TO REALIGN MILLAIS BOULEVARD.

YOU KNOW, SO WE'VE ALWAYS VIEWED THIS AS A PARTNERSHIP. AND WE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE. AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO HAVE OUR TEAM COME THROUGH AND TALK ABOUT OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO. ALL RIGHT.

JUST A HEADS UP. YOU'VE GOT SEVEN MINUTES LEFT. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JESSICA DEELY. I'M HERE REPRESENTING MY COMPANY, CARMAX, MY EMPLOYER. I AM VERY PROUD TO SAY THAT MY PARENTS LIVE ON 2321 KNIGHTHOOD LANE GARLAND, TEXAS 75044 EXACTLY ONE MILE FROM MY CURRENT RESIDENCE AS WELL IN A HOUSE THEY WILL HAVE LIVED IN FOR 37 YEARS THIS COMING SEPTEMBER. AND THE HOUSE I GREW UP IN, IN MY OWN 35 YEARS OF LIVING IN GARLAND, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WATCHING THIS CITY GROW IN MULTIPLE WAYS. I PASSED NOT ONLY MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHERE WE WOULD WALK ACROSS THE STREET TO HAWAIIAN FALLS FOR FIELD TRIPS, BUT ALSO MY HIGH SCHOOL EVERY DAY ON MY WAY INTO WORK THERE AT 12715 LBJ FREEWAY, I WAS MADE AWARE THAT MISS MARGARET, YOU ATTENDED SOUTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH WAS MY HIGH SCHOOL'S FAVORITE RIVALS. SO SOME OF MY FAVORITE MEMORIES FROM THOSE YEARS INVOLVE YELLING AT YOUR SCHOOL FROM ACROSS THE FOOTBALL FIELD. THROUGH MY PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY, IT HAS TAKEN ME MANY PLACES. I ALWAYS SEEM TO END BACK AT HOME BASE. FROM WORKING AT THE CHEDDAR'S OFF OF NORTH GARLAND ROAD TO EVEN THE FIREWHEEL MALL GAMESTOP. I WAS HIRED BY THIS LOCATION IN LATE 2020 AS A BUYER IN TRAINING. IN MY TIME HERE OF NEARLY FIVE YEARS, I'VE UTILIZED MY BACKGROUND EXPERIENCE IN RETAIL AND GENUINE. WANT TO PUT OUR CUSTOMERS AND COMMUNITY FIRST IN THAT JOURNEY, I CAN SAY I WORKED FOR MANY COMPANIES, NONE OF WHICH HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HOLD A CANDLE TO THE DIRECT INFLUENCE THIS CARMAX HAS HAD ON THE COMMUNITY. WE ARE A MERE FOUR MILES FROM DOWNTOWN GARLAND, GIVING US THE FEELING THAT WE TRULY BELONG TO THE HEART OF THE CITY. EVEN BEFORE MY EMPLOYMENT BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL, MANY OF MY FRIENDS HAVE STORIES OF BUYING THEIR FIRST CARS WITH US. AND NOW I GET TO SEE OUR COMPANY DECALS ON THE BACK OF PEOPLE'S CARS AND HAVE A HUGE SENSE OF PRIDE. IF YOU HAD TOLD MY YOUNGER SELF I WOULD END UP BUYING CARS FOR THIS COMPANY, I WOULD HAVE LAUGHED. THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSY WAS DIFFERENT THAN MOST RETAIL. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN I WAS HIRED, AND WHILE I WAS APPREHENSIVE, I QUICKLY FELL IN LOVE WITH THE COMPANY'S CULTURE. THE LEADERS STRIVING TO DO THE RIGHT THING EVERY SINGLE DAY AND THE PAST FOUR YEARS HAVE FLOWN BY BECAUSE OF IT. NOW I'M WHEN I'M OUT AND ABOUT, I START GRINNING. WHEN I HEAR OUR CUSTOMERS TALK ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE AT OUR LOCATION AND IN FIRST TO VOLUNTEER IN THE MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES CARMAX OFFERS TO SUPPORT MY HOMETOWN, I PERSONALLY TAKE THE TIME OUT NEARLY EVERY DAY TO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES, INCLUDING THE TACO TRUCKS THAT COME IN FREQUENTLY, VISIT OUR LOCATION AND THE NUMBER OF US THAT LOVE TO GO OVER THERE AND SPEND TIME WITH THEM, AS WELL AS MY PEERS, CONTINUE TO TELL YOU A BIT MORE ABOUT OUR JOURNEY AS A STORE AND COMPANY. MY ASK IS THAT YOU RECOGNIZE NOT ONLY THE IMPROVEMENTS THIS STORE HAS MADE TO THE CITY, BUT ALSO THE IMPACT IT HAS HAD ON INDIVIDUALS LIKE MYSELF AND THE PEOPLE WE ARE PROUD TO SERVE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MADAM SECRETARY. I'M HOPING YOU'RE KEEPING TRACK OF THESE SPEAKER CARDS. I'M HUNTER RENICK. 1212715 LBJ FREEWAY. I'M HAPPY TO SERVE AS THE LOCATION GENERAL MANAGER HERE IN GARLAND. I'M A PROUD NATIVE TEXAN. I'VE

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COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS, I SHARE WITH YOU A LOVE OF GOLF AND BASEBALL. I'M EXCITED TO PLAY WINTER GOLF IN TEXAS. DIDN'T GET TO DO A LOT OF THAT IN VIRGINIA AS WELL AS WATCH THE RANGERS PLAY. I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR CUSTOMER CENTRIC APPROACH, AND IT'S AT THE HEART OF EVERYTHING WE DO. WE UNDERSTAND THAT BUYING A CAR IS MORE THAN JUST A TRANSACTION.

IT'S A STEP TOWARDS FREEDOM, OPPORTUNITY AND CONNECTION, WHETHER IT'S GOING TO WORK, TALKING TO, TAKING THE KIDS TO SCHOOL, HEADING OUT ON A ROAD TRIP, OR SIMPLY RUNNING THE ERRANDS, WE'RE PROUD TO PROVIDE VEHICLES THAT HELP PEOPLE LIVE THEIR LIVES WITH CONFIDENCE AND PEACE OF MIND. I CAN CITE A SITUATION JUST THIS MORNING WHERE A CUSTOMER PURCHASED A VEHICLE FROM US 50 DAYS AGO, AND THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE CUSTOMER, THEY DECIDED THAT THEY WOULDN'T LIKE IT FIXED, THAT THEY WOULD WANT TO UNWIND THE ENTIRE TRANSACTION, WHICH WE SUPPORTED THEM IN DOING, SHIELDING THEM FROM FINANCIAL BURDEN AND ALLOWING THEM TO BUY A NEW CAR WITH CONFIDENCE. THAT'S WHERE WE BELIEVE WE BRING VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY. WE DO THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY. WE LEAD WITH CUSTOMER ENVISIONED. AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE HEALTH OF A COMMUNITY, WE ARE THE NUMBER ONE USED CAR SELLER IN THE STATE OR IN THE CITY OF GARLAND AS WELL AS THE UNITED STATES. SO I'LL YIELD MY TIME TO MY OTHER TEAM MEMBERS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. PUT ON THE READERS HERE. MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS SCOTT SIPES, AND I'M 2580 COLLIN MCKINNEY PARKWAY IN MCKINNEY. I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING THE OPERATIONS MANAGER AT THE GARLAND CARMAX FOR OVER TWO YEARS NOW. DURING THIS TIME, GARLAND HAS BECOME MORE THAN JUST A PLACE I COMMUTE TO. IT'S BECOME A MEANINGFUL PART OF MY LIFE. I REGULARLY SUPPORT THE LOCAL BUSINESSES, WORK OUT ATT THE LOCAL GYMS, AND PARTICIPATE IN VOLUNTEER EFFORTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. I LIKE YOU, MR. MAYOR. NOT ONLY SHARE YOUR NAME, BUT MY LOVE OF CLASSIC CARS AND SWAP MEETS. I'M CURRENTLY GETTING READY TO TRAVEL TO DETROIT TO PICK UP A 69 CHEVELLE, SO. AND I TOO LIKE YOU. MY BETTER HALF ADVISES ME BUY PARTS FOR THE CARS THAT I CURRENTLY OWN, NOT CARS THAT I WANT TO OWN. BUT TODAY I COME BEFORE YOU, NOT ONLY AS AN INDIVIDUAL, BUT A REPRESENTATIVE OF CARMAX. OUR PURPOSE AT CARMAX IS TO DRIVE INTEGRITY THROUGH HONESTY AND TRANSPARENCY IN ALL INTERACTIONS. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE HOPE TO DO TODAY. JUST SPEAK OPENLY ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF THE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON OUR ASSOCIATES AND ON OUR BUSINESSES. WE EMPLOY 185 ASSOCIATES WHO LIVE AND WORK IN AND AROUND THE GARLAND AREA. MANY OF THESE INCREDIBLE INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN WITH CARMAX FOR DECADES, SOME SINCE OUR GARLAND STORE OPENED IN 1997. THEY BUILT CAREERS, RAISED THEIR FAMILIES, AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS AND GROWTH OF THIS COMMUNITY. IT'S DIFFICULT TO PUT INTO WORDS WHAT IT MEANS TO ALL OF THEM, TO POTENTIALLY LOSE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE WORKING AT THIS LOCATION THAT HAS MEANT SO MUCH TO THEM ALL THEIR LIVES. CARMAX IS MORE THAN JUST A PLACE TO BUY A CAR. WE'RE PROUD AND DEDICATED PARTNERS IN THE GARLAND COMMUNITY. WE OPERATE WITH A PEOPLE FIRST MENTALITY, ALWAYS STRIVING TO TAKE CARE OF OUR CUSTOMERS AND ASSOCIATES WITH RESPECT, EMPATHY AND EXCELLENCE. WE BELIEVE THAT IN OUR TIME, WE'VE MADE A SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY, AND WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO WORKING AT THAT.

AND IN CLOSING, I RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU TO REMEMBER CARMAX IS DEEPLY ROOTED IN OUR COMMUNITY AND NOT ONLY A BUSINESS, BUT AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PRIDE AND SERVICE, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL TO BE PART OF THAT COMMUNITY AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE SHARED JOURNEY OF PROGRESS AND PARTNERSHIP. AND WITH THAT, I THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, DO WE GET THREE MINUTES EACH OR WE HAD TEN MINUTES TOTAL. HANG ON, HANG ON, HANG ON. I'VE GOT A TIMER GOING.

GO AHEAD. PERFECT. WELL BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BURY THE LEAD HERE OKAY JONATHAN TYSON, 3312 WASHINGTON DRIVE AND MELISSA, TEXAS. WHAT'S A GUY LIKE ME DOING ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE IN GARLAND? I'VE BEEN A SENIOR MANAGER AT THE GARLAND LOCATION FOR OVER FIVE YEARS, AND MY ROLE AS REGIONAL CO-CHAIR FOR CARMAX CARES IS TO PROMOTE OUR ASSOCIATE PORTAL OF GIVING, RIGHT. IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LIVE OUR VALUES WITH ON A DAILY BASIS. SO OUR ASSOCIATES ARE THE HEART OF THE CARMAX FOUNDATION, GIVING THEIR TIME AND TALENTS TO THE CAUSES MOST IMPORTANT TO THEM. OUR PROGRAMS PROVIDE MEANINGFUL WAYS FOR ASSOCIATES TO MAKE AN IMPACT. SO NOT ONLY DO WE DO OVER $110 MILLION NATIONALLY, I WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT SPECIFICALLY WE DO HERE IN GARLAND WITH OUR LOCAL NONPROFITS. HAS ANYBODY HERE HEARD OF JONATHAN'S PLACE, LOCAL NONPROFIT, WHICH WE DO AN ANNUAL TOY DRIVE FOR EACH YEAR, GOOD SAMARITANS OF GARLAND. ANYBODY? YEP. PERFECT. SO WE JUST FINISHED UP A DONATION OR, I'M

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SO WE LIVE OUR VALUES AS A COMPANY, WE LIVE OUR VALUES AS A REGION AND WE LIVE OUR VALUES LOCALLY. AND I JUST WANT TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT IMPACT WE HAVE HERE AT THE CARMAX IN GARLAND. HELLO. MY NAME IS BRIAN SPANN. I'M THE REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER WITH CARMAX SUPPORTING THE DALLAS REGION. I'VE BEEN WITH CARMAX 2124 YEARS. MR. WILLIAMS I ALSO GREW UP IN A TOWN ACROSS THE TRACKS. I GREW UP IN A SMALL FARMING COUNTRY TOWN SOUTH OF WACO, TEXAS NAMED CHILTON, TEXAS. I ATTENDED SAINT PAUL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND ALSO GRADUATED FROM AN HBCU, PRAIRIE VIEW A&M. I'M A PROUD MEMBER OF PHI BETA SIGMA FRATERNITY AND GLAD TO SUPPORT THE DALLAS REGION AND CARMAX. MY REGION EXPANDS AS SOUTH AS MIDLOTHIAN AND AS NORTH AS O'FALLON, ILLINOIS. WORK HARD TO SUPPORT CARMAX ASSOCIATES EACH AND EVERY WEEK AND EVERY DAY I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY IN MY CARMAX JOURNEY. I WAS ONCE A GENERAL MANAGER OF THE GARLAND CARMAX ABOUT TEN YEARS BACK, AND I LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT THAT COMMUNITY. IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THAT AREA, WE CAME IN THE TOWN AROUND 1997. IT WAS AN OLD WET AND WILD. YOU GUYS REMEMBER THAT? YEAH, WE TURNED THAT AROUND A LITTLE BIT.

THERE WERE SOME BIG BAD CRICKETS THERE, MAN. THERE WAS SOME TOUGH CRICKETS. WE FOUGHT THAT FIGHT AND WE WON. WE IMPROVED THAT AREA. WE MAKE SURE THE LANDSCAPE IS GREAT. I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU GUYS THAT CARMAX ISN'T A BUY HERE, PAY HERE PLACE TO BUY CARS. THAT LACKS INTEGRITY. WE ARE THE NUMBER ONE USED CAR RETAILER IN THE UNITED STATES, AND THE NUMBER ONE USED CAR RETAILER IN GARLAND, AND WE SUPPORT WHAT YOU GUYS WANT TO DO. REGARDS TO CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT. WITH THE OVER 300 ACRES IN QUESTION, WE WANT TO SUPPORT THAT, BUT WE WANT TO BE A CONFORMING BUSINESS IN SUPPORTING THAT. SO THANK YOU, CITY OF GARLAND FOR HEARING US OUT TODAY. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. I BELIEVE THAT'S THE ENTIRE CARMAX TEAM. THE FIRST SPEAKER I'M SORRY, CAN YOU YOU HAD A QUESTION. I WANT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO ADDRESS ONE THING. AND THAT WAS. NONCONFORMING. YEP. MR. LEVINE THAT WELL THAT'S FAIR BROAD MAYOR. WELL HE. WE'RE NOT HERE TONIGHT TO DISCONTINUE ANY BUSINESS AND THE STATUS IF THE ZONING CHANGE GOES THROUGH, THE STATUS WILL BE WHAT WE CONSIDER TO BE A LEGAL, NONCONFORMING USE, WHICH MEANS IT CAN CONTINUE ON AS IT IS AND IT CAN BE TRANSFERRED. AND NOT THAT YOU INTEND, OBVIOUSLY, TRANSFER THE BUSINESS. AND THIS IS A BASE ZONING TO THE AREA. SO IT DOESN'T ELIMINATE THE OPPORTUNITY OF A FUTURE PD OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT'S TH BASE ZONING FOR THE AREA. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION, MAYOR, I THINK SO, YES. COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS. YES. AND. SINCE YOU RAISED IT BEFORE YOU LEAVE TONIGHT, COUNSELOR, LADY, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK SITS RIGHT THERE. I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO GIVE HER YOUR INFORMATION, SET AN APPOINTMENT WITH HER AND YOU AND ANY AND ALL OF THESE GROUPS VISIT WITH HER. OKAY. THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS HAS OUTLINED WHAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO DO TONIGHT.

BUT BUT I THINK YOU NEED IT WOULD DO YOU WELL AND ALL THE OTHERS WHO ARE ON STAFF TO SIT

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SURE. THANK YOU SIR. CARMAX TEAM. THANK YOU. AND, MADAM SECRETARY, YOU CAN CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER, MICHAEL MCGREGOR. I'M JUST TELLING YOU, YOU GUYS WERE GETTING IF YOU SIT ON THE FRONT ROW EVERYBODY'S GOING TO SEE YOUR CARMAX LOGO. SO THAT'S SOME FREE ADVERTISING FOR YOU. SIR.

WELCOME. IF YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD YOU'LL HAVE THREE. MY NAME IS MICHAEL MCGREGOR. I LIVE AT 1506 CLEAR POINT DRIVE, GARLAND, TEXAS, NINE FEET FROM THE AREA THAT'S GOING TO BE REZONED. AND HERE'S THE KICKER. I'M FOR IT WITH QUALIFICATIONS, WHICH IS PROBABLY GOING TO UPSET A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE AREA. BUT I AM SO LUCKY THAT 112FT FROM MY BACK DOOR, I HAVE A MASSAGE PARLOR. AREN'T I LUCKY? WOW, 136FT FROM MY BACK DOOR.

I'VE GOT A VAPE SHOP. OH WOW, AREN'T I LUCKY? ALL THOSE CONVENIENCES. I'VE ALSO GOT SCOOTERS, BUT I'VE PUT UP WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME. NOW. WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING. AND THIS IS THE ONLY PLAN IN ALL THE YEARS THAT IS GOING TO ADDRESS WHAT'S GOING ON. I HAVE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE IN THEIR 80S THAT BOUGHT THEIR HOUSES WHEN THEY WERE BUILT IN 1970S IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND STILL LIVE THERE, AND THEY'VE BEEN HIT WITH ALL THIS. THEY'RE UPSET. THEY'RE CONFUSED WITH THE FALSE NARRATIVES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT OUT. ALL THE BUSINESSES ARE GOING TO BE PUT OUT OF BUSINESS. NOT TRUE. ALL THE STUFF THAT'S GOING ON. CITY DIDN'T ROLL THIS OUT THE GREATEST WAY IT COULD HAVE, BUT IT'S A GREAT IDEA. MOST OF IT. I MAKE MY LIVING OFF APARTMENT COMPLEXES. THE NEGATIVE SIDE OF IT, I'M THE GUY THEY BRING IN TO CLEAN THEM UP.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO THIS ROUTE, THERE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE SOME STERN, TOUGH RULES FOR ANYONE COMING IN, BECAUSE EVERYBODY WILL SHOW YOU THE PRETTY PICTURE OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE, AND THEN THEY BUILD IT AND A YEAR LATER THEY SELL IT AND THEY BRING IN THE NEW MANAGEMENT COMPANY AND OH BOY, DOES IT CHANGE QUICK. BUT IT'S FINE. BUT WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING IN SOUTH GARLAND BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW ISN'T WORKING. AND I KNOW A LOT OF MY PEOPLE THAT LIVE A FEW BLOCKS AWAY FROM THIS AREN'T GOING TO AGREE WITH ME, BUT I'M NINE FOOT AWAY AND I GOT A MASSAGE PARLOR OUT OF THIS DEAL. I DON'T WANT IT. SO YEAH, WE DO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TERRIBLY, TERRIBLY DRASTIC. AND THIS IS SEEMING DRASTIC TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. BUT IT'S NOT IT'S A CHOICE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE OR ELSE, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST TELLING YOU, THIS AIN'T GOING TO WORK. GO LOOK AT ALL THE EMPTY BUILDINGS. SO THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY, AND I'M FOR IT. AND I'M SURE THAT'S GOING TO UPSET A LOT OF PEOPLE. VERY GOOD. WELL, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME. YOU CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE, TOM OLIVER.

WELCOME. THANK YOU. I'M TOM OLIVER, 1705 LEXINGTON DRIVE, GARLAND, TEXAS. I'M A FAITHFUL DISTRICT FIVE MEMBER. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. IT'S A PLEASURE TO COME AND SPEAK TO YOU, MR. MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL. COUNCIL MANAGEMENT. STAFF. THAT'S AMAZING. I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU, THAT IS THE MOST AMBITIOUS PROGRAM AND WELL THOUGHT OUT. HERE'S WHAT WE'VE GOT TO DO FOR THE FUTURE THAT I'VE EVER SEEN. THE PROBLEM IS, NOBODY KNOWS IT. AND WHAT I'M HERE TO SAY IS THAT WHERE I AM, TWO BLOCKS AWAY FROM PUBLIC STORAGE AND THE RED LINE AND SO ON AND SO FORTH, IS, I THINK THAT WE COULD DO A MUCH BETTER JOB OF BEING TRANSPARENT AND COOPERATIVE AND COMMUNITY MINDED IN SETTING FORTH, FIRST OF ALL, TONIGHT IS POSTPONING ANY ACTION, ANYTHING ON THIS WHATSOEVER. THE SECOND THING IS THAT I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE GET TOGETHER AND DISCUSS WAYS THAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN HAVE MEANINGFUL MEETINGS WITH A GREAT PRESENTATION FROM STAFF, AND

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ALL RIGHT. YOU SUDDENLY HAVE A FAN CLUB. YOU CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE, TYLER WILLIAMS. HI. WELCOME. TYLER WILLIAMS. I LIVE AT 1806 CHARLESTON DRIVE IN GARLAND, TEXAS. I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I ATTENDED THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND AT THE TIME OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, I WAS AGAINST THIS ZONING. AND A BIG PART OF THAT WAS I DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT. I GOT A LETTER IN THE MAIL. WELL, NOT EVEN IN THE MAIL. IT WAS RIGHT ON MY DOOR AND GIVING ME ALL SORTS OF,OU KNOW, REALLY SCARY WORDS LIKE 15 MINIMUM 15 STORY APARTMENTS AND, YOU KNOW, AND NO PUBLIC MEETINGS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, I'M JUST SITTING THERE. OH MY GOSH, I BOUGHT THIS HOUSE, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS AREA. BUT I'M COMING TO YOU TODAY BECAUSE AFTER THIS, THAT THAT PLANNING COMMISSION WHERE, YOU KNOW, A BIG PART OF IT WAS, HEY, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. MY COUNCILWOMAN CAME TO ME WHILE I WAS HERE AND SAID, I'M GOING TO HAVE A TOWN HALL. AND THEN GUESS WHAT? THE TOWN HALL HAPPENED. AND GUESS WHAT? WE LEARNED A LOT OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, I WAS I WAS GOING TO MENTION A LOT OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY PRESENTED HERE BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, MAN, THIS IS ALL REALLY GREAT INFORMATION. AND WHAT I SAW AT OUR PLANNING COMMISSION WAS WE HAVE A LOT OF CITIZENS, A LOT OF NEIGHBORS WHO ARE WHO WANT TO BE EXCITED. AND, YOU KNOW, BRINGING US IN IS A GOOD THING. HAVING I WOULD ECHO THAT TOO, IS LET'S HAVE MORE MEETINGS, LET'S HAVE MORE THINGS. BUT ULTIMATELY, THE CURRENT ZONING IS I'M NOT OKAY WITH I DIDN'T KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, STRIP CLUB COULD BE PLACED RIGHT NEXT TO MY HOUSE. THAT'S WHERE I LEAVE THE CITY EVERY DAY. THE ONLY WAY I GET IN AND OUT OF MY HOUSE IS BASICALLY THROUGH JACKSON, RIGHT THERE. I GO BY ALL THE LOCATIONS THERE, AND I HAVE A THREE YEAR OLD SON.

THE LAST THING I WANT HIM TO HAVE IS TO BE DRIVING BY A STRIP CLUB OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I'M EXCITED FOR THIS ZONING CHANGE, AND I REALLY I ASK YOU GUYS TO PLEASE APPROVE IT. THANK YOU SIR. CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. BRANT RICH. ONCE AGAIN. BRANT RICH, 1410 MAYFIELD GARLAND, TEXAS. I BACK UP LITERALLY. WE'RE CLEAR POINT IN MAYFIELD. BACK UP TO ALL THE BUSINESSES. AND I WILL TELL YOU I MISS MERVYN'S TOO. I MISS I MISS ALL OF YOU KNOW THE FAMILY RESTAURANT WHERE SCOOTER IS AND IT HAS BEEN I GREW UP IN GARLAND, WENT TO SOUTH GARLAND AND OUR AREA COMING INTO THE CITY HAS BEEN LIKE THAT. IT'S HORRIBLE. WE LOST GRANDY'S.

THAT'S THE SECTION THAT IS OUTLINED THAT I GUESS SEX PARLOR COULD BE OR STRIP CLUB OR SO I'M IN FAVOR FOR CHANGING THE ZONING BECAUSE I BACK UP TO THE MASSAGE PARLOR AS WELL. AND THE LAUNDROMAT, BUT I DO THINK IT NEEDS TO BE THOUGHT OUT. LIKE, WHAT IS THE PLAN? WHAT'S THE FUTURE OF SOUTH GARLAND LOOK LIKE? I MEAN, NOTHING'S CHANGED. PARK AND RIDE IS STILL THERE.

ALL NEXT TO ALDI'S. IT'S WHEN YOU DRIVE IN AND OUT OF GARLAND FROM 635 TO SATURN. IT'S HORRIBLE. SO THAT'S MY THOUGHTS. THANKS. THANK YOU SIR. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. RYAN. SHARON.

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WITH THIS CHANGE. I WOULD BE UNCOMFORTABLE NOT NON-CONFORMANT IN ONE YEAR, I WILL BE KICKED OUT BECAUSE I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO. I MEAN TO RENEW THE SUP WITH THIS CHANGE. SO I WAS WONDERING WHAT WHAT SHOULD I DO? TEAR THE BUILDING DOWN? BECAUSE THIS IS A SPECIAL BUILDING AND IT WILL NEVER BE. I MEAN CONFORMANT WITH THE YOU ARE WHICH IS PROPOSED IN MY CORNER. SO JUST I NEED SOMEBODY TO TELL ME WHAT SHOULD I DO? MR. LEVINE, CAN YOU ADDRESS THE ISSUE? WELL, AS A SEPARATE MATTER, THE SUP IS GOING. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE SCP IS GOING TO EXPIRE. SO AGAIN, I WOULD SAY THE SAME THING. WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE AREA IS A BASE ZONING. SO IF THERE'S A USE THAT IN THIS INSTANCE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN SCP WHICH WOULD EXPIRE, WHICH IS A DIFFERENT ISSUE THAN THE BASE ZONING. UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT THE ZONING IS FOR THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY, BUT HE WOULD LIKELY NEED A ZONING CHANGE AT THAT POINT, WHICH WOULD BE LIKELY IN THE FORM OF A PD TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT USE. I DON'T KNOW THAT FOR CERTAIN, BUT THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SUSPECT. OKAY.

THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK, SIR. IS THERE AN ADDITIONAL USE WITH YOUR CAR WASH? IS THERE ANOTHER BUSINESS ATTACHED TO IT? WE JUST OPENED. I MEAN, A YEAR AGO, A STORE THERE, A SMALL STORE. WHAT'S THE NAME OF IT? HOOK YOU UP. I'M SORRY. HOOK YOU UP. HOOK YOU UP? YES, MA'AM. WHAT WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THAT BUSINESS AS? IT'S A SMALL STORE WITH TOBACCO PRODUCTS. I MEAN, DO YOU SELL HOOKAHS? I'M SORRY. HOOKAHS? YES, IF I MAY, I WORK AT THE CAR WASH AS WELL. DO YOU HAVE A SPEAKER CARD? YES, I DO, HE'S. HE'S MY SON AND MY PARTNER. I GOT IT THEN. NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD ADDRESS IS 3120 SOUTH SHILOH ROAD. CONTINUE.

YES. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL BUSINESS ADJACENT RETAIL STORE TO THE.

IT'S A RETAIL STORE. RETAIL STORE. CORRECT. AND WHAT'S WHAT DO YOU MOSTLY SELL? CLOTHING, VAPES, OTHER MERCHANDISE? COLOGNES. WHAT KIND OF MERCHANDISE? JUST RETAIL MERCHANDISE. DECENT SELL SMOKING APPARATUS? VAPES? YES, WE SELL VAPES. DO YOU SMELL? DO YOU SELL ANYTHING ELSE THAT CAN BE USED TO SMOKE SOMETHING WITH VAPES? TOBACCO PRODUCTS? OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, SIR. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. WHY IS IT THAT YOU NEVER REACHED OUT TO ME AS ONE OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS, TO THE BUILDING OVER HERE? FROM WHAT I HEAR WHEN I SPOKE TO YOU A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. SO THIS OPPORTUNITY IS FOR YOU TO HAVE THREE MINUTES. YOU'VE SIGNED A SPEAKER CARD. IT'S NOT FOR A QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION WITH WITH COUNCIL.

THAT'S NOT THE PURPOSE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TONIGHT I UNDERSTAND. SO WHAT HAPPENS IN REGARDS TO THE SUP? YOU SAID YOU'RE UNCERTAIN. UNCERTAIN UNCERTAINTY IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN GO OFF OF OVER HERE. WELL, SIR, I HAVEN'T. COULD I CONTINUE? LET ME LET ME SPEAK FIRST AND THEN. THANK YOU. SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO US? I MEAN, THIS UNCERTAINTY IS AFFECTING LIVES, OKAY? IT'S AFFECTING LIVES. FAMILIES ARE INVOLVED IN THIS OPERATION. OKAY. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO US? I NEED TO KNOW. UNCERTAIN IS NOT AN ANSWER. OKAY, BUT I'M SORRY IF I SAY THAT WE JUST BOUGHT IT IN 19 AND 2020, AND WE HAVE ALL OF OUR SAVINGS IN THAT BUILDING. IF I KNEW THAT IT WOULD NOT BE THERE IN FIVE YEARS, I WILL NOT BUY. MISS DIANE, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. NOW, THIS IS THAT'S NOT HOW THIS IS GOING TO GO. NO. OKAY. I HAVE DONE MY PART AS A N EMPLOYEE OF THE BUILDING. I HAVE HELPED THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT ARREST OVER 13 INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE DEALT WITH THEFT AROUND THE AREA. WHEN YOU GUYS TAKE ME OUT, YOU'LL BE BRINGING DEPARTMENTS WITH DOPE BOYS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF INTO THOSE BUILDINGS, INTO THOSE APARTMENTS. IT'S GOING TO BE THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT I DO. I'M HELPING MY I'M DOING MY PART IN

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THIS IS THE REASON WHY I'M A LITTLE BIT UPSET TODAY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW OF MY SITUATION, BUT YOU NEVER REACHED OUT. YOU NEVER REACHED OUT TO INQUIRE, HELP OR ANYTHING. OKAY, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU FROM COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS. YES, MISTER WILLIAMS, BEFORE YOU, YOU'VE GIVEN YOUR NAME AND BOTH OF YOU, YOUR ADDRESS BEFORE YOU LEAVE TONIGHT, YOU'VE GOT OBVIOUSLY OTHER QUESTIONS. YES, SIR. THAT CAN BE ANSWERED IN THIS VENUE. BUT YOU'RE COUNCIL LADY IS SITTING RIGHT THERE. SO I SUGGEST IYOU CAN, IF YOU CAN SPARE THE TIME. OKAY. AFTER THIS IS OVER. OKAY. YOU HANG AROUND AND GIVE HER YOUR INFORMATION SO THAT BOTH OF YOU SO THAT SHE CAN THEN GET WITH YOU AND DISCUSS WHATEVER ISSUES YOU HAVE THAT'S BOTHERING YOU. OKAY. BEFORE YOU LEAVE HERE TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT? IF YOU DO THAT, I'D APPRECIATE IT. I MEAN, WE'LL DEFINITELY DO IT. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. CARL CROWLEY.

WELCOME. WELCOME. CARL CROWLEY 3333333. WILBURN. SORRY. WE JUST MOVED THERE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

DALLAS, TEXAS. 75219I GUESS SOME SOME POINTS I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, I GUESS, AND I'LL SAY THIS AT LEAST ONE MORE TIME, SO I APOLOGIZE. WHAT'S THE RUSH THAT CAME UP AT THE PNC HEARING, TOO? WHAT'S THE RUSH? I THINK NABILA AND I'VE KNOWN NABILA FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS MENTIONED THAT THE CITY AND THE FOUNDATIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE OWN ABOUT 50 ACRES, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY ABOUT 15% OF THIS AND PROBABLY THE BEST DEVELOPMENT SITES IN THE WHOLE AREA, BECAUSE THEY'RE VACANT AND THEY'RE LARGE TRACTS AND, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUY OUT BUSINESSES AND STUFF. SO OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD BE A GOOD CATALYST. LOCATION MATTER OF HISTORY. ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO, I WAS HERE REPRESENTING SOMEBODY WHO WANTED TO DO SOMETHING TO THE HYPERMART, AND I WAS ACTUALLY AT THE GRAND OPENING OF THE HYPERMART. I GUESS THAT MAKES ME OLD. AND I DID GO TO WET AND WILD AND DO REMEMBER THE CRICKETS. SO WE CAME WITH A ZONING CASE TO BUILD SOME SELF-STORAGE IN THE BUILDING AND AN INDOOR RECREATION FACILITY. AND, AND THE CITY COUNCIL DENIED THAT, PROBABLY RIGHTFULLY SO, TO KEEP IT AS A CATALYST LOCATION. THAT WAS TEN PLUS YEARS AGO. AND OBVIOUSLY RIGHT NOW IT'S, I GUESS, A LAY DOWN YARD AND STORAGE YARD FOR THE LBJ PROJECT, WHICH IS A GOOD A GOOD USE OF IT THERE FOR THE TIME BEING. SO JUST THE CITY PRODUCED A ONE PAGER, TWO THIRDS OF A PAGE THING ABOUT WHAT THIS ZONING CASE IS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HIGHLIGHTED IS WE'LL HAVE A WILL THERE BE ANY IMMEDIATE IMPACT ON THE EXISTING BUSINESSES? AND I GUESS BETWEEN TODAY AND TOMORROW? NO, THERE PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE. BUT SHORT TERM THERE WOULD BE NON-CONFORMING BUSINESSES HAVE DIFFICULTY GETTING FINANCING TO DO A NEW ROOF. THE GENTLEMAN MENTIONED THAT $500,000 TO DO A NEW ROOF. BANKS HAVE ISSUES WITH LOANING MONEY TO NON-CONFORMING USES, AND IF THEY DO LOAN THERE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET A GOOD RATE, PROBABLY BECAUSE IT'S A NONCONFORMING USE. AND THEN WOULD IT HAVE EXISTING IMPACT OR IMPACT ON EXISTING HOMES? ONE THING WAS MENTIONED TONIGHT CAME UP 3 OR 4 TIMES. SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES. THEY CAN'T BE WITHIN 500FT OF A RESIDENTIAL UNIT IN GARLAND. THAT'S THE LAW.

SO IT'S KIND OF DISINGENUOUS TO SAY THAT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE'LL BE A YOU COULD PUT

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AND THE PROBLEM WHEN YOU MAKE A STRUCTURE OR USE NONCONFORMING AS AS MR. CROWLEY MENTIONED, BANKS HAVE RESERVATIONS ABOUT EXTENDING LOANS TO THEM. AND MORTGAGE COMPANIES AND TITLE COMPANIES HAVE ISSUES ONCE THEY LEARN THAT THAT THEIR BUSINESS IS NON-CONFORMING. AND LOTS OF TIMES THE MARKET WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO SELL YOUR BUSINESS, THEY PEOPLE WILL BACK AWAY ONCE THEY HEAEAR YOUR NON-CONFORMING. AND SO YOU END UP WITH A LOWER MARKET VALUE OF YOUR PROPERTY. I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT STATE LAW DOES NOT ALLOW THE CITY TO IMPOSE DESIGN STANDARDS, EXCEPT IF IT'S A DESIGNATED AREA OF HISTORICAL OR CULTURAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE AND SIGNIFICANCE. AND THAT'S SECTION TWO 1103 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. THIS AREA DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR DESIGN STANDARDS. THE LAST THING THAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT CARMAX AND AMF REQUEST THAT YOU VOTE AGAINST THIS PROPOSED REZONING OF THEIR PROPERTIES, OR ALTERNATIVELY, REQUEST THAT YOU DELETE THE DESIGN STANDARDS FOR THEIR PROPERTIES AND MAKE VEHICLE SALES USE A USE THAT IS PERMITTETEDY RIGHT. THANK YOU. ONE SECOND. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. LOOK, I ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF. YOU MENTIONED THAT THE BOWLING ALLEY WOULD NOT BE WOULD BECOME NONCONFORMING. THE STRUCTURE IS THAT TRUE? I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF ON THAT, PLEASE. THE USE WILL REMAIN AS CONFORMING TO THE USE REMAINS CONFORMING. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. CALLER. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. LINDA PHILLIPS. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LINDA PHIPPS. I, I LIVE

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IT'S. I'M LISTENING TO THE TWO SIDES. IAS NOT INVITED TO A TOWN HALL. I DID NOT GET ANY LETTERS. I'M GOING. HEY. WHAT HAPPENED? DID YOU FORGET ABOUT TOWN GATE? ARE WE JUST OBSOLETE? YOU PUT IN A WATER TOWER TO ACCOMMODATE JUST THE RESIDENTS THAT WERE THERE. YOU PUT IN THIS MANY APARTMENTS. WHERE ARE YOU GOING? TO PUT ANOTHER WATER TOWER AT? WE NEED. I JUST DON'T THINK THE PLANNING HAS BEEN THERE. AND LIKE THE PREVIOUS MEETING, THEY SAID TO TABLE IT SO WE COULD GET MORE INFORMATION. I STILL DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO SAY YES, I GO ALONG WITH THIS, I DON'T, I, I THINK PUSHING THIS IS WRONG. I DO THINK IT NEEDS TO BE TABLED AND MORE PEOPLE NEED TO BE. I'M SORRY YOU YOU BROUGHT UP THOSE THREE MOTELS. THAT IS THE BIGGEST THING YOU REALLY NEED TO GET RID OF. BUT NO, YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP THEM. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. KATHY HEDGE. AND HOW MANY CARS DO WE HAVE LEFT? BY THE WAY? I'VE LOST TRACK. TWO MORE AFTER THIS. SPEAKER. OKAY. VERY GOOD.

KATHY HEDGE, 822 ARROWHEAD DRIVE SOUTH. GARLAND. I THOUGHT I JUST VOTED YES ON MY CARD. I DIDN'T REALIZE I WAS GOING TO SPEAK. I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE TYPES OF BUSINESSES THAT WOULD COME IN THAT WERE DESCRIBED TO ME. THANKS. VERY GOOD. FOR SOMEBODY THAT WASN'T PLANNING ON SPEAKING. YOU DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB. SARAH WITHROW. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS SARAH WITHROW. I LIVE AT 1805 CLEARPOINT DRIVE, RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND RIGHT IN FRONT OF RUTH ROACH ELEMENTARY. THERE'S ACTUALLY FOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, FIVE WITHIN A MILE RADIUS OF THERE. AND I ASK YOU TO SCOOT OVER JUST A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THE MIC. THANK YOU. THEY'RE ALL ABOUT WITHIN A MILE RADIUS OF THIS.

AND I ALSO GOT ONE OF THOSE YELLOW LETTERS ON MY DOOR FILLED WITH A LOT OF COLORFUL LANGUAGE.

SO I WENT ONLINE TO THE CITY'S PDF THAT THEY HAD PROVIDED, ALSO FILLED WITH A LOT OF COLORFUL LANGUAGE LIKE VERTICALLY ORIENTED, MIXED USE REVITALIZATION, GETTING OUT LESS THAN PREFERRED BUSINESSES, BRINGING IN MORE ATTRACTIVE BUSINESSES. I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT THAT MEANS. ARE THEY WEARING SKIRTS? I LOVE WHERE I LIVE, I LIVE WITH MY MOTHER, WHO'S A SENIOR CITIZEN AND ALSO THE WIDOW OF A VETERAN. PROPERTY TAX INCREASES WON'T AFFECT US BECAUSE VETERANS DON'T PAY PROPERTY TAXES. IT WILL AFFECT ALL THE NEIGHBORS THAT LIVE AROUND ME. BECAUSE IN 2010 TO 2019, IT WAS SHOWN THAT PROPERTY VALUES INCREASED ABOUT 10% WITHIN A HALF MILE RADIUS OF HIGH RISE APARTMENTS. AND I LIKE MY NEIGHBORHOOD. I LIKE ALL THE RESIDENTS IN IT. I LIKE ALL THE BUSINESSES AROUND IT. I LIKE JOSIE RECORDS, I LIKE GARLAND CAMERA. I WANT THOSE BUSINESSES TO BE ABLE TO KEEP CONTINUING AS THEY ARE. I ALSO AM ABOUT TEN YEAR SEASONED TRANSPORTATION ADVOCATE. SO WHEN PEOPLE USE WORDS LIKE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY,

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THEY'RE AN ARTISAN MARKET THAT GOES ALL AROUND THE METROPLEX AREA. WE'VE DONE SEVERAL MARKETS AT CITY LINE. I WOULD NOT CALL THAT PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY AT ALL. IF YOU NEED TO HAVE A 24 HOUR STAFF OF TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT IN A DEVELOPMENT THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY, IT IS NOT PESTRIAN FRIENDLY. I SEE THAT THEY MADE THE 20 FOOT EASEMENT. 100 FOOT EASEMENT.

THAT'S MORE THAN ENOUGH ROOM TO PUT A BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS PATHWAY THERE. FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE HERE THAT DO NOT RELY ON THEIR CARS. I ALSO JUST RECOVERED FROM AN ACCIDENT WHERE I USED A STROLLER ALL THE TIME ON THE SIDEWALK. MY DAUGHTER IS TWO. I STILL USE A STROLLER AND STROLLER WAGON ALL THE TIME ON THE SIDEWALK. MY. I LIVE WITH TWO SENIOR CITIZEN SCIENTISTS USING WHEELCHAIRS ON THE SIDEWALK, AND I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THIS, WHATEVER HAPPENS WITH IT, TO BE BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY, THAT'S IMPORTANT. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY LIVE HERE. AND BECAUSE WHERE WE ARE IN THIS DEVELOPMENT IS ON THE EDGE OF 635 AND THERE ARE FOUR LOW COST GROCERY STORES IN THIS DEVELOPMENT THAT ARE GOING TO BE REZONED, YOU'RE AT RISK OF MAKING THIS A FOOD DESERT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. OH, ACTUALLY, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING FROM THE STREET DIRECTOR, TONY ERVIN ABOUT ANY OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS OR HOW THAT IS GOING TO BE ACCESSED. I WANT TO HEAR FROM HIM, AND I THINK ALL OF YOU SHOULD ASK FOR HIS OPINION ON THIS AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CALLER NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. LINDSAY FOGLEMAN. LINDSAY FOGLEMAN 1330 SURRY COURT. SINCE IT'S A POPULAR QUESTION, NO, I DON'T LIVE IN THE DISTRICT IN QUESTION, BUT I LIVE IN THIS CITY. AND AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, CITIZENS HAVE EQUAL VOICES HERE. I WANT TO ECHO TOM OLIVER. HE WAS WAY MORE ELOQUENT THAN I AM. SO I'LL JUST SAY DITTO. AS AN INDIVIDUAL RESIDENT, I LOVE THE CONCEPT OF THIS. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. BUT AS SOMEONE WHO VALUES OTHERS OPINIONS, WE NEED TO LISTEN TO THE CONCERNS OF THESE BUSINESSES AS WELL. MY QUESTIONS AND CONCERN ARE THESE WHAT BUSINESSES WANT TO LANGUISH? WHO DOESN'T WANT TO GROW? WHAT IS THE CITY DOING FOR BUSINESSES WHO HAVE INVESTED YEARS AND DECADES HERE? IF THEY BECOME NON-CONFORMING AND WANT TO GROW, HOW IS THE CITY WORKING WITH THEM AND GOING TO HELP THEM STAY HERE IN GARLAND? OR ARE WE JUST GOING TO LET THEM GO AND HOPE SOMEBODY TAKES THEIR PLACE? THIS IS A SWEEPING CHANGE. I THINK THE CITY SHOULD ONLY BE APPLYING THESE CHANGES TO PROPERTY IT ALREADY OWNS, AND LOOK AT FURTHER ZONING CHANGES AFTER GREATER INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER. AND I BELIEVE THIS IS OUR LAST SPEAKER, FRANCIS HEINER. AND JUST A HEADS UP, LAST CALL. IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, NOW'S THE TIME. ONE SECOND. I NEED MY DRINK, MY DRINK. WE'RE GONNA DEDUCT THIS FROM YOUR TIME. NEEDLESS TO SAY, WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR A LONG TIME. AND THE OTHER THING IS, I HAVE THROAT CANCER, HAD THROAT CANCER, AND IT DAMAGED MY THROAT. SO HE KNOWS. OPTION TWO IS 911. AT LEAST WE GOT SOME. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. NAME AND ADDRESS AND LET'S GO. FRANCIS HEINER, 1113 INAVALE GARLAND, TEXAS. OKAY. I HELPED PUT LBJ TOGETHER. I HELP TESTIFY TO MAKE THIS COME TO FRUITION. I'VE LIVED BEHIND THE TARGET SINCE 1967. THAT'S 58 YEARS. IN THAT TIME WE HAVE HAD A WONDERFUL STORES AND PEOPLE COME AND PEOPLE GO. BOTTOM LINE, THE WORLD IS CHANGING. BUSINESS IS CHANGING. THE BIG BOX STORES ARE GONE. THEY'RE DROPPING LIKE FLIES. WE HAVE GOT TO GET QUALITY BUSINESSES AND QUALITY THINGS. BACK IN GARLAND. WE HAVE ONE SHOT AT THIS. WE NEED THIS TO PASS. WE NEED IT TO PASS.

NOW. WE HAVE OTHER BUSINESSES, OTHER RESTAURANTS THAT ARE LOOKING AT THIS AND LOOKING AT OUR AREA. AS OF, I WORK FOR OLIVE GARDEN. THEY JUST RECENTLY BOUGHT THE OLD FIRS. AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS AT THE TOWN HALL, I WAS TALKING WITH MY BOSSES. I SAID, HEY, WE'RE

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AND CALL OUR NEXT. I THINK WE GAINED SOME SPEAKER CARDS IN THE PROCESS. YES, MAYOR. WE DID ALRIGHT. TONY WHITTINGHAM. OH, I DON'T MIND. OKAY. MAKE IT QUICK. HEY, AT LEAST I DIDN'T GET CHOKED UP THERE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS TONY RUTIGLIANO AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF RACETRACK. OUR OFFICE IS HEADQUARTERED IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 200 GALLERY PARKWAY. I THINK I CAN PROVIDE AN INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE TO WHAT YOU ALL ARE DEALING WITH TODAY. IT'S YOU'RE WRESTLING WITH REVITALIZATION OF YOUR COMMUNITY. AND I DID THAT FOR A LOT OF YEARS IN ARLINGTON, AND I AND I SERVED ON THE TEXAS DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION BOARD. YOU'VE GOT A GREAT EXAMPLE OF SUCCESS IN YOUR TOWN RIGHT HERE IN DOWNTOWN. AND IT TOOK A LONG TIME. IT TOOK A LOT OF ITERATIONS. IT TOOK A LOT OF PLANNING. BUT WHAT I WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT HERE IS CHANGING THE UNDERLYING ZONING REALLY ELIMINATES PROPERTY RIGHTS FOR THE FOLKS THAT HAVE INVESTED AND HAVE REALLY BEEN IN GARLAND FOR A LONG TIME. RACETRACKS BEEN AROUND SINCE 2012. WE OWN TWO PARCELS OR TWO PROPERTIES IN THIS ZONE, AND I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT TO THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS AND SEE HOW THEY MIGHT ALSO HELP INVEST WITH YOU IN THIS EFFORT. THE EXAMPLES THAT WERE PROVIDED EARLIER NEAR SOUTHSIDE IN FORT WORTH, THAT'S A FORM BASED CODE, REALLY NOT BASED ON USE. ALL OF THOSE INCLUDE INCENTIVES. RIGHT? SO ALL OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, THOSE THOSE DREAMS FOR REVITALIZATION IN YOUR TOWN, THEY INCLUDE INCENTIVES. MOST OF THEM HAVE TERS TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONES. MOST OF THEM HAVE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS. SO I THINK IF YOU WERE TO TAKE A STEP BACK, MAYBE PAUSE A LITTLE BIT AND JUST ASK STAFF TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER TOOLS IN THE TOOLBOX THAT MIGHT BE AT YOUR DISPOSAL. I DON'T THINK CHANGING THE UNDERLYING ZONING IS THE FIRST STEP THAT I WOULD TAKE IN THAT EFFORT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU SIR. ANY CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER. THIS IS OUR FINAL SPEAKER, ANTONIO AND ANDRADE.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ANTONIO ANDRADE. I LIVE ON 1413 MAYFIELD AVENUE. IT'S MY FIRST HOME THAT I PURCHASED. AND I WANT TO START OUT BY SAYING IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN THERE. BUT I WOULD SAY AS I'VE GOTTEN THESE LETTERS OF REZONING, DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH, YOU KNOW, I'M GETTING MIXED SIGNALS, AS IN, YOU KNOW, SHOULD I BE FOR IT OR AGAINST IT? AND I FEEL LIKE AS A HOMEOWNER I SHOULDN'T HAVE IT. I SHOULD KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I WANT BASED OFF WHAT'S BEEN TOLD TO ME OR WHAT I KNOW ABOUT. AND I DON'T KNOW MUCH OF IT. AND COMING HERE TODAY HAS EDUCATED ME A LOT, AND I'VE LEARNED A LOT, GAINED MY KNOWLEDGE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD SAY IS, AS THEY MENTIONED ABOUT LIKE MORE HOUSING, THE APARTMENTS AND ALL THAT COMING IN, A GOOD QUESTION WAS BROUGHT UP, AS IN, CAN OUR POLICE REALLY HANDLE THAT? OKAY. LAST YEAR I HAD A CALL THE POLICE AT 3:00 IN

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AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING OUT HERE AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF EXPRESSING WHAT THEY NEED TO. AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT. LAST OF THE LAST CALL. IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE. THERE WE GO. THIS IS THE LAST CALL. IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK, GET A CARD IN NOW. MARILYN. MAY. ROBERT AS A PEREZ. AND THEN I'D ALSO LIKE TO LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT MICHELLE HERRERA AND DAVID HASSLER ARE NOT SPEAKING, BUT THEY'RE REGISTERED. THEY'RE THEY'RE IN FAVOR OF THIS. OKAY. NOT TESTIFYING, BUT REGISTERING IN FAVOR. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. SIR. MAYOR, COUNCILMAN OR COUNCIL PEOPLE. THE I'M A REAL ESTATE BROKER HERE IN GARLAND, TEXAS. I'VE BEEN AT 345 WEST CENTERVILLE IS WHERE MY BUSINESS I IS. WE LIVE AT 310 WL BRIER GARLAND, TEXAS, AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF CONCERN BECAUSE I'VE WATCHED SAPPHIRE BAY OUT IN ROWLETT. THE BAIT AND SWITCH THAT WAS DONE AND THAT HASN'T BEEN SPOKEN ABOUT HERE. THEY WENT IN AND THEY SAID, WE'RE BUILD ALL THIS AMAZING INFRASTRUCTURE, ETC. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WAS NOTHING BUT APARTMENTS. I SEE THAT. I DON'T KNOW HOW IT HAPPENS. I DON'T KNOW THE WHOLE PROCESS IN THE CITY. I DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND HOW Y'ALL KNOW ALL THE RULES ABOUT THE TECHNICALITIES OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO I'M ALSO GOT A TIRE SHOP THAT'S ON GARLAND AVENUE THAT I'VE GOT A CLIENT THAT WANTS TO BUY IT. SO I'M BEING TOLD, WELL, WE'RE NOT REALLY SURE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO KICK YOU OUT. NOBODY CAN GIVE ME A REAL ANSWER. SO IT'S KIND OF SHOCKING TO ME THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THAT WHAT'S GOING TO STOP THE BAIT AND SWITCH? CAN ANY OF Y'ALL ANSWER THAT? I'M JUST ASKING. I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT ANYBODY ON THE SPOT. BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT IT HAPPENED IN SAPPHIRE BAY AND WE ALL SAW IT.

EVERY ONE OF US SAW IT. OKAY. AND EVEN ON THE OTHER SIDE, WHEN THEY WERE LIKE, WE'RE GOING TO BUILD ALL THIS CONVENTION CENTERS, ALL THIS OTHER STUFF, IT'S MORE AND MORE AND MORE APARTMENTS. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING AT. LOOK AT IT AND UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A LOT OF LIVES AT STAKE OR NOT AT STAKE, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE THEIR LIVELIHOODS AT STAKE, OKAY. THERE'S BUSINESSES THAT ARE BEING CLOSED. MY CLIENT THAT WANTS TO BUY THE SHOP, HE WAS GIVEN A 30 DAY NOTICE TO VACATE PROPERTY BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO SELL IT BECAUSE OF THE NEW ZONING. SO THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A SECOND. HOW CAN YOU DO THAT? THIS IS SOMEBODY WHO WAS MAKING A LIVING FEEDING NUMEROUS FAMILIES WITH THAT. SO BUT THE BAIT AND SWITCH ANYBODY GOT AN ANSWER. WE'RE NOT DISCUSSING A SPECIFIC PROJECT TONIGHT OKAY. THIS IS THE THIS IS THE UNDERLYING ZONING RIGHT. NOT A SPECIFIC PROJECT. SO THERE'S RIGHT THERE'S NOTHING TO SWITCH OKAY I GET THAT I APPRECIATE THAT. SO BUT ALSO THE AMOUNT OF LAND THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT I'M NOT 100% SURE WHERE IT GOES. IS IT AFFECT MY REAL ESTATE OFFICE OVER OFF OF MAYFIELD AND CENTERVILLE. SO I'M NOT SURE YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING. GO AHEAD. NO. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS. GOOD EVENING SIR. THANK YOU. HOW ARE YOU, SIR? ELOQUENT TESTIMONY. WELL, BEFORE YOU LEAVE TONIGHT. YES, SIR. ALL THOSE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE HAVE SO ELOQUENTLY. SPEWED OUT.

MISSIONARIES THINK SHE'S SITTING OVER THERE, RIGHT. OKAY. WOULD YOU GET WITH HER? YES, SIR.

OKAY. AND SHE CAN ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS FOR YOU. THANK YOU. OR ALSO THE SPONSOR OF THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT'S PROPOSED IS SITTING RIGHT THERE. OKAY. WOULD YOU GET WITH HER? OKAY.

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OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO EVEN THOUGH WE CAN'T ANSWER NOW OKAY. IF YOU WOULD.

CONTACT MISS NUR OR PERFECT MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK. AND I GUARANTEE YOU THAT BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM, THEY. THEY WILL ANSWER ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR EXPERIENC WAS IN ROCKWALL. I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK TO THAT. OKAY. BUT I KNOW THAT YOUR QUESTIONS CAN BE ANSWERED AS IT RELATES TO GARLAND. SO WOULD YOU DO THAT FOR ME? YES I WILL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. SURE. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. I BELIEVE THAT WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER. AND I DIDN'T SEE ANYBODY COME UP AND PUT A CARD IN WHILE THE GENTLEMAN WAS SPEAKING. SO WE HAVE WORKED THROUGH ALL OF THE TESTIMONY THIS EVENING. AND I WOULD SAY THAT DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK. THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT. IF THERE'S A IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION. OTHERWISE I'M GOING TO DEFER TO THE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. MAYOR. I, I VERY EXCITINGLY AND PROFOUNDLY. THIS THIS REZONING EFFORT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME, AND I APOLOGIZE IF I GET EMOTIONAL. I HAVE LIVED HERE MY ENTIRE LIFE, AND I WANT TO SEE BETTER FOR NOT ONLY MY COMMUNITY, BUT THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE NOT HAD THE THINGS THAT THEY WANT FOR YEARS. AND I FEEL LIKE THIS ZONING LAYS THE GROUNDWORK FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. THIS IS NOT A DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE APPROVING TONIGHT. THIS IS THE GROUNDWORK FOR ZONING THAT WILL IMPROVE OUR LIVES. SOUTH GARLAND HAS MISSED OUT ON A LOT IN THE LAST, I DON'T KNOW, 50 DECADES AND FIVE DECADES. SORRY.

AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE WE'VE RECEIVED THE ATTENTION THAT WE DESERVE. I WHOLEHEARTEDLY MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NINE C AS PRESENTED. I HAVE A MOTION. I HAVE A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS. MADAM SECRETARY. AND AGAIN THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE. MADAM SECRETARY, PREPARE THE VOTE, PLEASE. COUNCIL. AND DISPLAY THE VOTE. THAT ITEM IS APPROVED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON IN OPPOSITION. ALL RIGHT.

THAT WAS OUR LAST CASE. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR COMING OUT HERE TONIGHT AND YOUR PATIENCE. IT'S JUST SHY OF 10:00. I WILL TELL YOU, THIS IS MY LAST. THIS ISN'T MY LAST OFFICIAL MEETING, BUT IT'S THE LAST MEETING I'M GOING TO HAVE WITH A PUBLIC HEARING. AND THIS WAS A GOOD WAY FOR ME TO GO OUT SEEING ALL OF YOUR FACES HERE. AND I SAID THIS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WHEN WE HAD A CASE THAT GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT HERE. HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS. AND I'VE SEEN IT TIME AND TIME AGAIN. THIS ISSUE GETS RESOLVED AND YOU GO BACK TO YOUR LIVES, AND WE'RE HERE EVERY OTHER WEEK. OKAY. SO I APPRECIATE YOU GETTING INVOLVED. I APPRECIATE YOU APPRECIATE YOU WANTING TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT WE DO. NOTHING WE DO IS HIDDEN. IT IS ALL DONE RIGHT HERE IN THIS ROOM. AND AS I SAID EARLIER, I USUALLY TALK TO EMPTY MAROON SEATS. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME OUT TONIGHT. EXPRESS YOUR OPINION. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP DOING IT. KEEP COMING BACK. WE'RE HERE. SOMEBODY WILL BE IN THIS CHAIR OTHER THAN ME, BUT THIS COUNCIL WILL BE HERE READY TO LISTEN. SO THANK YOU. WITH THAT, OUR NEXT

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AND IT'S BEEN REALLY INTERESTING DURING THIS MEETING, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF COMMUNICATION ABOUT COMMUNICATION ON OTHER ISSUES AND FEEDBACK, AND THEY EVEN HAVE THE THINGS ON THE BOARD. I'M LIKE, WOW, I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT ON THE KROGER GAS PUMPS. SO I JUST WANT TO IMPLORE YOU TO I KNOW YOU'VE PUT THINGS OFF FOR A MONTH. I WANT TO IMPLORE YOU TO PLEASE UNDERSTAND THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY CLOSE THAT HAVE NO IDEA THIS IS GOING ON, AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO EXPRESS OUR OPINIONS.O IF YOU COULD, ON THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE, INCREASE YOUR COMMUNICATION, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO HELP IN ANY WAY I CAN. THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. I ACTUALLY WROTE AN EMAIL WITH MY CONCERNS, AND I GAVE IT TO THE SECRETARY TO PASS OUT TO ALL OF YOU AND THANKS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANKS FOR EVERYTHING ALL OF YOU DO TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY AS IT'S GROWING. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU MA'AM. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? SEEING NONE, I SHOULD PAUSE THIS AND TRY TO WAIT TILL IT'S RIGHT AT 10:00.

BUT I'M GOING TO SAY AT

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