Jun 16, 2025 Work Session

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WELL, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE JUNE 16TH, 2025 WORK SESSION FOR THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL. AND YOU MAY NOTICE THAT WE ARE NOT IN THE WORK SESSION ROOM. WE ARE GOING TO GET AN UPDATE ON SOME TECHNOLOGY UPDATES WE'RE DOING HERE IN THE IN THE CHAMBER AND THE WORK SESSION ROOM. SO WE ARE MEETING IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS THIS EVENING. FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON WORK SESSION ITEMS. I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER TONIGHT.

MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY WORK SESSION ITEM AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. SPEAKERS ARE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES, GROUPED BY AGENDA ITEM AND CALLED IN THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK MUST FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AND GIVE IT TO THE CITY SECRETARY. I WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO ADDRESSING ITEMS ON THE WORK SESSION AGENDA ONLY ITEMS ON THE REGULAR MEETING AGENDA SHOULD BE ADDRESSED AT THE RESPECTIVE MEETING. ITEMS NOT CURRENTLY ON AGENDA MAY BE ADDRESSED DURING THE CITIZEN COMMENT PORTION OF ANY REGULAR MEETING. MADAM SECRETARY, YOU CALL OUR FIRST SPEAKER. I DON'T THINK YOUR MIC IS ON. RANDY SMITH. MR. SMITH, IF YOU COME FORWARD, SIR. AND IF YOU CAN GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, EXCUSE ME, AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES AND THERE'S A TIMER IN FRONT OF YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL, APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. LET ME SPEAK IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT BEFORE I START. YOU KIND OF THREW ME CURVEBALL THERE. I'M NOT SPEAKING ON ANY AGENDA ITEM THAT IS ON. THAT IS BEFORE YOU TODAY.

THIS IS JUST BASICALLY CITIZEN'S COMMENT. THEN IT WILL NEED TO WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW NIGHT'S MEETING FOR THAT SECTION. YES. THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME WHEN I CALLED ABOUT THE MEETING HERE, BUT I APOLOGIZE FOR TAKING UP YOUR TIME AND I'LL YIELD BACK. WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT THEN, SIR. MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM, CONSIDER THE CONSENT AGENDA.

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

[1. Parking Restrictions on Wall Street Council is requested to consider parking restrictions on Wall Street. Unless otherwise directed by Council, this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the July 8, 2025 Regular Meeting.]

[2. Notice of Intention to Issue Certificates of Obligation Council is requested to consider a resolution directing the publication of notice of intention to issue certificates of obligation to fund Capital Projects. Unless otherwise directed by Council, this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the June 17, 2025 Regular Meeting.]

[3. Technology Update for the City Council Chambers and Work Session Rooms Staff will give a brief update on the new technology and system for agendas and audio-visual equipment.]

THE MAYOR HAS A NEW CONTROL PANEL. YOU'LL HAVE A REQUEST TO SPEAK BUTTONS. AND WE'VE PROVIDED SOME TRAINING. THERE'S ALSO IPADS FOR INTERACTING WITH THE NEW AGENDA SOFTWARE AND NEW AGENDA SOFTWARE. THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN UNDERWAY FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW, AND WE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY BETWEEN THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING AND THIS COUNCIL MEETING TO INSTALL THIS TECHNOLOGY IN THIS CHAMBERS. NORMALLY FOR A PROJECT SUCH AS THIS, WE WOULD HAVE SHUT DOWN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND THE WORK SESSION ROOM AND MOVED OVER TO THE GOLDILOCK ROOM FOR A MONTH OR TWO. TO DO THAT. WE DECIDED FROM OUR PAST EXPERIENCE THAT THAT WOULD BE VERY DISRUPTIVE, BOTH FOR THE COUNCIL AND FOR THE PUBLIC WHO IS USED TO BEING HERE. AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE'RE IN THIS ROOM TONIGHT, BECAUSE THE TECHNOLOGY IN THIS ROOM IS MOSTLY DONE. THE TECHNOLOGY NEXT DOOR, WE'RE STILL COMPLETING OUT. IN THE COMING WEEKS, WE WILL COMPLETE ALL THE REST OF THE TECHNOLOGY IN THIS ROOM, AND WE WILL COMPLETE THE TECHNOLOGY IN THE ROOM NEXT DOOR. THERE'S ALSO NEW AGENDA SOFTWARE CIVIC CLERK, WHICH IS NOW IN PLACE, AND IT'S GOING TO REPLACE THE OLD AGENDA AND OLD VOTE LINKS VOTING SYSTEM TO GIVE US GREATER RELIABILITY, TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC ACCESS. BECAUSE THE SYSTEMS ARE BOTH NEW, WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT TONIGHT WE HAVE EXTRA STAFF HERE. IF AT ANY TIME DURING THE MEETING, YOU OR A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC NEEDS ASSISTANCE WITH THE TECHNOLOGY. IF YOU JUST GET ONE OF OUR ATTENTIONS, WE'LL COME UP AND HELP YOU WITH THE TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MEETING GOES ACCORDING TO PLAN. AND WITH THAT MAYOR, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY AND THE SOFTWARE, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. AND JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS, I DIDN'T SHUT THE TIMER OFF. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU JUST HEARD. SO THAT THAT IS ON ME. IT'S OKAY. THEY'RE CHEERING IN THE BACK SECTION.

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MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM FOUR, INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 635

[4. IH 635 Reconstruction Project Update Council is requested to receive a status update from the Texas Department of Transportation on the IH 635 reconstruction project, which spans from US 75 to IH 30. The project, which began in 2020, involves a complete rebuild to include continuous frontage roads, five general-purpose lanes, one managed lane, enhanced ramp access, and upgrades to meet modern roadway design standards. The original completion date was December 2024, and TxDOT will provide an update on current progress and any schedule changes]

ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. THERE WE GO. ALRIGHT. AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. MY NAME IS SUSAN CLEMONS. I'M THE DISTRICT ENGINEER FOR TEXDOT. HERE TO BRIEF YOU ON OUR LBJ EAST PROJECT. I DID WANT TO START OFF WITH SOME SAFETY STATISTICS. WE LIKE TO START OUT ALL OF OUR MEETINGS WITH JUST KIND OF A SAFETY UPDATE, AND REALLY A PLEA FOR HELP. THIS IS A LOOK AT THE FATALITIES STATEWIDE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. GOOD NEWS IS, WELL, THE BAD NEWS. AFTER COVID WE SAW AN INCREASE IN FATALITIES. REALLY. PEOPLE PICKED UP SPEED AND STARTED DRIVING A LOT FASTER. THAT, AND AS A RESULT LED TO MORE CRASHES AS WELL AS MORE FATALITIES.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD ON AN ENGINEERING SOLUTION TO IT, TO THE BEST THAT WE CAN. AND YOU CAN SEE THE TREND IS STARTING TO GO DOWN, BUT DEFINITELY NOT DOWN AS FAST AS WE WOULD LIKE IT TO GO. AND SO THIS IS STATEWIDE, ON AVERAGE, 11 PEOPLE DIE ON OUR ROADWAYS EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT PROUD OF, THAT WE REALLY WANT TO WORK TO REDUCE. IN THE DALLAS DISTRICT WHERE I COVER, WE COVER SEVEN COUNTIES, INCLUDING DALLAS COUNTY COLLIN, DENTON, ELLIS, NAVARRO, ROCKWALL AND KAUFMAN. THESE ARE THE FATALITIES IN THOSE SEVEN COUNTIES. AND SO THIS LAST YEAR, WE HAD 537, 20, 23. WE HAD 540. SO AGAIN, THE TREND IS GOING DOWN, BUT NOT NEARLY AS FAST AS WE'D LIKE IT TO. AND WE REALLY ARE DOING A LOT OF ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS.

BUT WE FOUND A LOT OF THIS IS DRIVER BEHAVIOR. AND SO TXDOT HAS THE IN THE STREET CAMPAIGN THAT YOU ALL HAVE HEARD OF. OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE NO DEATHS ON OUR ROADWAYS. BUT WE ALSO STARTED A NEW CAMPAIGN TITLED DRIVE LIKE A TEXAN. WE'RE REALLY ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC'S HELP TO SLOW DOWN, BE MORE COURTEOUS AS YOU'RE DRIVING, RESPECT YOUR FELLOW DRIVERS. AND SWE'VE KICKED OFF THIS NEW CAMPAIGN. YOU SHOULD START SEEING ADS ON TV AS WELL AS THE RADIO. AND SO ANYTIME THAT YOU YOU CAN ASK FOR YOUR HELP TO PASS ON THIS MESSAGE THAT WE CAN USE SOME HELP ON JUST DRIVER BEHAVIOR AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN START LOOKING AT A FASTER TREND ON THOSE FATALITIES. BUT NOW GETTING INTO THE MEAT OF THE PROJECT AND THE PRESENTATION, LBJ'S PROJECT OVERVIEW I THINK EVERYONE OF YOU ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROJECT. YOU DRIVE IT EVERY SINGLE DAY, BUT 11 MILES ON 635, WE'RE RECONSTRUCTING TWO MILES ALONG INTERSTATE 30. THAT INCLUDES THE SIX 3530 INTERCHANGE, $1.7 BILLION. WE ARE PROUD THAT THAT NUMBER HAS NOT CHANGED. THAT PRICE HAS NOT GONE UP. YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF PRICES GO UP OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. I'M SURE Y'ALL HAVE SEEN IT AS A COUNCIL. WE HAVE NOT RISEN THE PRICE ON THIS PROJECT.

SO THERE'S A LOOK AT THE TYPICAL SECTIONS TODAY. WE'VE GOT FOUR LANES IN EACH DIRECTION FOUR GENERAL PURPOSE LANES. BEFORE WE STARTED, WE HAD ONE TOLL MANAGED LANE IN THE MIDDLE. WHEN WE'RE DONE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FIVE GENERAL PURPOSE LANES IN EACH DIRECTION, AS WELL ASOLL MANAGED LANES IN THE CENTER. JUST LOOKING AT THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, I'M GOING TO START

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IF YOU CAN SEE MY CURSOR, I'M NOT SURE THAT YOU CAN, BUT THE BRIDGES ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE LANES ARE ACTUALLY FUTURE FLYOVERS THAT IF YOU'RE COMING FROM 75, YOU CAN GET OFF ON A FLYOVER AND ACTUALLY GET INTO THE TOLL MANAGED LANES. SO YOU WON'T HAVE TO JOIN THE GENERAL PURPOSE LANES. SO WE KIND OF CALL THOSE WISHBONES INTO THE MIDDLE. ALONG 635, YOU CAN SEE THAT BRIDGE PROGRESSIOION GOING ALONG. HERE'S A LOOK AT ABRAMS ROAD AND FOREST LANE. YOU CAN SEE MOST OF THE BRIDGES ARE FAIRLY COMPLETE. WE'VE GOT TO STILL DO SOME MEDIAN WORK ON TOP OF THE BRIDGES, DO A FEW TIE INS ON THE CITY STREETS. BUT WE'RE GETTING VERY CLOSE AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE MIDDLE WE STILL HAVE SOME MAIN LANE PAVING TO DO THERE IN THE MIDDLE, BUT THIS SECTION OF THE PROJECT IS GETTING VERY CLOSE TO BEING COMPLETE. AS WE CONTINUE ON TO SKILLMAN, THE ARCH BRIDGE WE ARE HOPING TO OPEN AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, EARLY NEXT MONTH.

WE'RE STILL DOING SOME ELECTRICAL WORK ON THE INSIDE OF THE BRIDGE. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE DRIVING BY AND SAYING, ARE YOU EVER GOING TO OPEN THIS? WE ARE GOING TO OPEN IT. BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE ONCE WE OPEN IT THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE CONTINUE TO HAVE LANE CLOSURES ON THE BRIDGE. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS DONE. ONCE WE DO THAT, YOU CAN SEE THE BRIDGE RIGHT NEXT TO IT. WE'VE GOT TO DEMOLISH THAT BRIDGE AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT COME DOWN, AND THAT'S WHEN WE CAN FINISH THE PAVING IN THE MIDDLE THERE THAT YOU SEE THAT'S NOT QUITE COMPLETE. AS WE CONTINUE EAST HERE'S ROYAL LANE, MILLER ROAD AGAIN VERY CLOSE ON THE CITY STREET ABOVE. STILL WORK TO DO IN THE MIDDLE, BUT YOU SHOULD SEE PAVING GOING ALONG. THERE SHOULD BE SEEING DRAINAGE PIPE GO IN THERE. EVERYTHING IS PROGRESSING VERY WELL AT THIS LOCATION. HERE'S A LOOK AT PLANO ROAD. EVERYTHING'S GOING VERY GOOD. WE'VE GOT EVERYBODY SHOVED REALLY ON THE FUTURE NORTHBOUND OR WESTBOUND LANES. AND WE'RE BUILDING THE NEW EASTBOUND OR SOUTHBOUND LANES, IF YOU WILL. YOU SHOULD SEE THOSE BRIDGE COLUMNS GO UP, AND PRETTY SOON YOU'RE GOING TO START SEEING BEAMS ON TOP OF THIS BRIDGE. IT'LL BE A FEW BRIDGES. I'LL SHOW YOU WHICH ONES NEXT, BUT EVERYTHING'S GOING WELL ON PLANO ROAD. HERE IS KINGSLEY AVENUE OR KINGSLEY ROAD. I APOLOGIZE. ONE THING THAT YOU DON'T SEE HERE IS THE CLOSURE OF KINGSLEY HELPED US TREMENDOUSLY, WHICH YOUR CITY STAFF HAS REALLY HELPED US. BUT UNDERNEATH HERE, WE'VE GOT VERY LARGE BOX CULVERTS. THERE'S A DRAINAGE CHANNEL TO THE NORTH OF 635. WE'RE CONNECTING IT TO THE SOUTH. WE WERE ABLE TO GET SEVERAL BOXES IN THERE. IF I BROUGHT LAST MONTH'S AERIALS, YOU COULD SEE IT. BUT WE BURIED FOUR, EIGHT BY FIVE BOXES, WHICH ARE VERY BIG BOXES. WE'RE ABLE TO BURY THAT. AND THEN IF YOU DROVE OVER THERE TODAY, WE PROBABLY HAVE FIVE STEEL BEAMS ALL THE WAY ACROSS ON KINGSLEY. AND SO THIS BRIDGE IS COMING ALONG. YOU SHOULD SEE THAT STEEL GO UP JUST ABOUT EVERY SINGLE DAY AND SHOULD BE PROGRESSING THERE. JUPITER IS THE NEXT INTERSECTION. MOST OF THE BRIDGE SUBSTRUCTURE. THAT'S THE COLUMNS IN THE CAPS. WHAT WE CALL THEM ARE COMPLETE. YOU WILL SEE BIG CRANES MOVING TO THIS LOCATION HERE VERY SOON, BECAUSE THE NEXT BEAMS THAT WE RECEIVE ON THE PROJECT WILL BE SET OVER JUPITER ROAD. WE DON'T HAVE THAT SCHEDULED JUST QUITE YET, BUT THIS IS A BIG, BIG FOCUS FOR US. ONE CHALLENGE THAT WE'VE SEEN IS ALL OF OUR BRIDGE BEAMS ARE ACTUALLY COMING FROM SAN ANTONIO. THEY PRODUCE ALMOST EVERY BRIDGE BEAM IN THE STATE. AND SO WE ARE WAITING IN LINE TO RECEIVE TRUCKS. THERE'S NOT MANY TRUCKS THAT CAN DELIVER THOSE BEAMS. AND SO WE'VE TOLD THEM WE WILL TAKE A BEAM ANYTIME THAT WE CAN GET IT. AND SO BE A LITTLE BIT CAUTIOUS. WE MIGHT TELL YOU THAT WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE ROAD AT NIGHT PRETTY QUICKLY, BUT THAT'S REALLY JUST TO PROGRESS THE CONSTRUCTION. NEXT UP IS GARLAND ROAD. HOPEFULLY YOU ALL HAVE SEEN QUITE A BIT OF PROGRESS HERE. YOU SEE THE BRIDGE SUPPORT THERE RIGHT NEXT TO THE RAILROAD TRACK THAT NOW HAS BEAMS ALL THE WAY ACROSS. WE ACTUALLY HAVE HALF OF THE DECKING ACROSS. WE ARE HOPING TO ACTUALLY POUR THE CONCRETE ON THAT BRIDGE PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO. AND THE GOAL IS ACTUALLY TO MOVE ALL OF MAIN LANE TRAFFIC OFF OF THE OLD BRIDGE. THIS IS THE LAST ORIGINAL BRIDGE THAT WE HAVE TO DEMO ON THE PROJECT, PUT IT ON THE NEW BRIDGE WE'RE TARGETING MID JULY. AND SO IF YOU ALL ARE KEEPING UP WITH OUR PROGRESS, WE NEED IT TO DRY UP AND QUIT RAINING. BUT OUR GOAL I TO HIT THAT IN MIDDLE OF JULY. AND THAT'LL PUT US TO THE POINT THAT ALL TRAFFIC IS ON NEW BRIDGES, AND THEN WE'RE JUST FINISHING UP THE MIDDLE. SO THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF OUR BIGGEST PINCH POINTS ON THE PROJECT WORKING OVER CAKES. THEY'VE BEEN GOOD PARTNERS, BUT YOU DO HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THEY DON'T HAVE ANY TRAINS COMING THROUGH. AND SO THAT IS BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A COORDINATION EFFORT ACROSS THE KCS LINE. THEN CONTINUING ON EAST HERE IS SHILOH AND NORTHWEST HIGHWAY SHILOH. IF YOU REMEMBER, THE MANAGED LANES WILL TIE INTO SHILOH. SO YOU'LL SEE START SEEING RETAINING WALLS GO UP IN THIS AREA. WE'RE MOVING THE RETAINING WALL CREWS HERE.

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THEY SHOULD GO UP FAIRLY QUICKLY. ONCE WE SET THE BEAMS AT JUPITER, THE CRANES ARE MOVING TO CENTERVILLE TO HIT THIS LOCATION NEXT. AND SO IF YOU'RE A AN ENGINEERING GEEK LIE ME, THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY GOOD THING TO WATCH. AND SO YOU SHOULD SEE JUPITER AND CENTERVILLE TO SET THE BEAMS. AND THEN YOU'LL SEE, I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN MOUNDS OF DIRT IN THE MIDDLE. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THAT IS ACCOMMODATING ALL OF THE DRAINAGE STRUCTURE THAT GOES IN.

I KEEP I'M LIKE, WHERE'S ALL THIS DIRT COMING FROM? STOP GENERATING MORE DIRT. BUT WE ARE PUTTING IN A MASSIVE DRAINAGE SYSTEM DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THAT. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO START HAULING THAT OFF PRETTY QUICKLY. THE NEXT PICTURE IS THERE. WE'VE GOT LA PRADA CLOSED AGAIN, QUITE A BIT OF DRAINAGE WORK. YOU CAN SEE THE POND TO THE RIGHT OF THE PICTURE. WE ARE ACTUALLY PUTTING IN A NEW BRIDGE OR I'M SORRY, A BOX CULVERT THAT GOES ACROSS THAT ALLOW THAT POND TO DRAIN INTO DUCK CREEK. AND SO THAT IS PROBABLY WEEKS AWAY FROM GETTING PUNCHED THROUGH. AND THEN THAT SHOULD SEE QUITE A BIT OF DRAINAGE RELIEF. SO THERE IS A LOT THE NEIGHBORHOOD OVER ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PICTURE ACTUALLY DRAINS ALL THE WAY TO THAT CREEK. AND SO YOU SHOULD START SEEING QUITE A BIT OF RELIEF ONCE WE PUNCH THAT BOX CULVERT THROUGH. NEED A LITTLE BIT OF DRY WEATHER. THE WEATHER HAS DELAYED THIS. THEY WERE HOPING TO BE FURTHER ALONG HERE AT LA PRADA, BUT IT WON'T STOP RAINING ON US. THEN LOOKING AT OATS AND GALLOWAY. THESE THESE BRIDGES ARE GOING WELL. OATS IS VERY CLOSE TO. WE'VE GOT TO TIE IN THE PAVING ON EACH SIDE. BUT THE BRIDGE DECK IS ACTUALLY COMPLETE THERE AT GALLOWAY. IT LOOKS LIKE WE DON'T HAVE THE BRIDGE BEAMS UP. THOSE ALL THOSE BRIDGE BEAMS ARE UP. YOU'LL START SEEING THE DECKING GOING ACROSS ON GALLOWAY. AND SO THAT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL THAT BRIDGE DECK IS COMPLETE. CONTINUING INTO THE INTERCHANGE, YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT EVERYBODY PRETTY MUCH SHOVED OVER ONTO THE SOUTHBOUND LANES. WE ARE WORKING THE NORTHBOUND LANES. YOU MIGHT THINK THAT IT'S TAKING US FOREVER OVER THERE. THAT IS SOME OF THE WORST SOIL THAT WE HAVE IN THE METROPLEX RIGHT THROUGH THAT INTERCHANGE. SO THEY'VE ACTUALLY GOT TO UNDERCUT THAT PAVING 40IN, TAKE THAT OUT AND THEN BRING IN NEW, BETTER MATERIAL JUST SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT A PAVEMENT STRUCTURE THAT IS GOING TO LAST. AND SO IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S TAKING A LONG TIME, BUT THAT'S WORK THAT THAT TAKES TIME. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET PAVEMENT SURFACE THAT LASTS. BUT THEY'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT AUGUST TO HAVE ALL THE NORTHBOUND LANES FINISHED. AND THEN WE'LL MOVE TRAFFIC ONTO THE NORTHBOUND LANES AND COMPLETE THOSE SOUTHBOUND LANES. ALONG INTERSTATE 30. HERE AT GUS THOMPSON, YOU CAN SEE JUST ABOUT ALL OF GUS THOMASSON IS COMPLETE. WE'VE GOT ONE MORE CORNER OF A TURN LANE THAT WE'VE GOT TO FINISH UP, BUT IT'S LOOKING VERY GOOD AS WELL AS THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK ON THE MAIN LANES THAT WE'RE FINISHING UP ALONG 30 ON GUS THOMPSON. SAME THING AT GALLOWAY. GALLOWAY ISIS GTING VERY CLOSE. WE'VE GOT TO TIE IN BOTH SIDES OF THE BRIDGE, BUT THE BRIDGE IS COMPLETE AND SO STARTING TO CLEAN UP. THEY USED TO HAVE A BATCH PLANT ON ONE CORNER OF THE GALLOWAY BRIDGE THAT HAS BEEN PACKED UP AND MOVED ALONG BECAUSE THEY NO LONGER NEED IT. AND SO THEY'RE STARTING TO FINISH THE FINISHING TOUCHES ALONG INTERSTATE 30 IN GALLOWAY. SO JUST LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS, THEY'VE DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK REALLY. THE EARTHWORK IS 75, 80% COMPLETE EXCAVATIONS, 90%, EMBANKMENT 70%. THE BRIDGE WORK IS REALLY WHAT CATCHES MY EYE. WE'RE ABOUT 75% COMPLETE. USUALLY ONCE THE BRIDGE IS COMPLETE, THE PAVING WILL WILL FINISH SHORTLY THEREAFTER. AND SO EVERYTHING'S MOVING ALONG. I KNOW THIS IS PROBABLY THE SLIDE THAT YOU CARE MOST ABOUT IS THE COMPLETI DATE. WE ARE LOOKING TO OPEN THE FIVE GENERAL PURPOSE LANES END OF 2025 EARLY 2026. LAST TIME I WAS HERE, I TOLD YOU BY THE END OF 2025, WE'RE NOT PROUD THAT IT IS SLID A LITTLE BIT, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT THEY ARE WORKING SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. IF YOU DRIVE THROUGH HERE, THEY HAVE EVERY CREW WORKING SIX DAYS A WEEK, AND THEY ARE WORKING THE CRITICAL PATH SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. USUALLY IF I STAND BACK THE DATE A LITTLE BIT, OUR GOAL IS TO REALLY MEET THAT 2025 DATE. BUT I DID WANT TO GIVE SOME CUSHION. IF IT DOESN'T STOP RAINING, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY CHALLENGING TO MEET THAT END OF 2025 DATE.E. THE MANAGED LANES WILL COME SHORTLY AFTER THAT IN THE SPRING AS WELL AS THE CITY STREETS. LIKE I SAID, I'M NOT PROUD THAT THE DATE HAS PUSHED. THE GOOD NEWS IS OUR PRICE HAS NOT INCREASED AND SO THAT'S A BENEFIT. THEY ARE WORKING. THEY'RE TRYING TO BRING ON MORE CREWS. IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE THIS LAST YEAR. BUT I WILL SAY THAT NOT EVERY CONTRACTOR IN THE METROPLEX IS WORKING SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. SO I DO APPRECIATE THEM AT LEAST TRYING TO GET SOME WORK

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GREAT. AND THAT SOUTHBOUND CENTERVILLE, WHEN YOU GO GET ON TO. YEAH. ARE YOU ADDING YOU'RE STILL ADDING THE SECOND LEFT TURN LANE. THERE WE ARE. THERE WILL BE A TIME THAT WE WILL HAVE TO RESTRICT IT TO ONE LEFT TURN LANE. AND SO BEAR WITH US. BUT THAT PHASING ALONG CENTERVILLE IS NOT EASY BY ANY MEANS, SO THAT YOU WILL HAVE A PERIOD OF TIME THAT YOU ONLY HAVE ONE LEFT TURN LANE, BUT IN THE PERMANENT CONDITION WILL HAVE TWO LEFT TURN LANES, AND WHERE WE CAN ACCOMMODATE TWO DURING PHASING WE WILL, BUT IT'LL BE CHALLENGING AS LONG AS WE HAVE ONE A SECOND LANE. IN THE END, I THINK EVERYBODY'S GOING TO HAVE A SECOND MUCH HAPPIER BECAUSE THAT IS A VERY FRUSTRATING ACCESS POINT FOR US TO GET ON TO. 635 AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOU COMING DOWN AND TALKING TO US. AND IF THERE'S THERE IS ONE OTHER THING, TWO OF MY INTERSECTIONS AT CENTERVILLE AND NORTHWEST HIGHWAY, WE HAVE NO PEDESTRIAN ZONES. AND THOSE SIGNS FOR THOSE FOR THOSE PEDESTRIAN ZONES. YES, THE SIGNS FOR THOSE PEDESTRIAN ZONES ARE ARE TAKEN DOWN QUITE FREQUENTLY DUE TO CONSTRUCTION, WHICH I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND, BUT MAYBE YOU COULD WORK WITH STAFF TO GET TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING TO KEEP THEM AROUND MORE OFTEN.

YES, IT REALLY HELPS TO HAVE THEM. WE WILL DO BETTER THERE. GREAT. THANK YOU SUSAN. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS. YES, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. COULD YOU GO BACK TO SLIDE NINE, PLEASE? YES. SO I HAVE BEEN WATCHING THIS INTERSECTION WITH GREAT INTEREST FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW. MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL KNOW THAT I MY DATE NIGHT IS THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WIFE AND I GO KARAOKE AND WE PASS BY THIS EVERY THURSDAY. AND WE'VE BEEN WATCHING VERY EAGERLY TO SEE THE ARCHES OPEN THERE. AND SO WE'RE HOW MANY WEEKS AWAY STILL END OF JUNE, EARLY JULY TARGETING END OF JUNE. WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE ELECTRIC WORK INSIDE THE ARCH. AND SO YOU PROBABLY DRIVE BY AND YOU DON'T SEE ANYBODY.

WE'VE GOT A FEW TIE INS ON THE ON THE EACH END, BUT OUR GOAL IS ONCE WE OPEN IT, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE MANY LANE CLOSURES ON TOP OF IT. ONCE WE OPEN IT THERE WILL BE A FEW JUST BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO GET RID OF THE OLD BRIDGE. BUT END OF JUNE, EARLY JULY, WE'RE TARGETING. OKAY.

VERY GOOD. SO SOME ARE THERE GOING TO BE LIGHTS ON THAT THING OR THERE WILL BE LIGHTS. WE'VE DONE A COUPLE TEST RUNS. MAYBE SOME OF YOU SAW IT. WE'RE TESTING IT AT NIGHT OF COURSE.

AND SO THERE ARE LIGHTS. THEY CAN CHANGE COLORS AS WELL. CITY OF DALLAS IS MAINTAINING THIS BRIDGE AND THEY'LL MAINTAIN THE ILLUMINATION AS WELL. AND SO WE'RE COORDINATING WITH THEM.

OKAY I SEE TWO I SEE TWO ARCHES. ANY CHANCE YOU'LL PAINT THEM GOLD AND GET A CORPORATE SPONSOR? I CAN THINK OF ONE THAT HAS NOT BEEN DISCUSSED, BUT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. SO I'LL SAY THAT. I'M SORRY. I COULDN'T RESIST THAT. SO WE'VE BEEN CALLING IT THE MCDONALD'S. MCDONALD'S NOW FOR A LONG TIME. THAT'S VERY GOOD. AND BUT YES, THAT THAT'S COMING ALONG AND THAT WHOLE INTERCHANGE LEADING UP TO IT AND AWAY FROM IT IS DONE A LOT TO RELIEVE CONGESTION THERE. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS ON THAT SPOT. JUST ME PERSONALLY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE WILLIAMSON. LET ME BE LAST PLACE. ALL RIGHT. FORCING ME TO LEARN MORE BUTTONS.

COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS. ARE. IT'S VERY SENSITIVE. IT HAS TO BE HIT JUST RIGHT. OKAY, OKAY. I SEE THE RED LIGHT NOW. YES. OKAY. DID YOU GO TO THE VERY LAST SLIDE? YES. ONE MORE. OKAY.

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YES, BUT SINCE WITH ALL THESE CHANGES, WHAT DO YOU THINK IS. IS THE OUTSIDE COMPLETION DATE INCLUDING CITY STREETS? FROM. DO YOU THINK IT'LL BE ANY DIFFERENT? OR YOU THINK IT WILL BE MOVED CLOSER OR FROM FROM THE TIME. WE GOT THE APPROVAL FOR THE WALL AND BUILT THE WALL TO.

NOW, HOW DO YOU LOOK THROUGH YOUR LENS LENSES? WHAT DO YOU THINK? WHAT DO YOU THINK? WE COULD CUT THE RIBBON ON THIS WHOLE PROJECT? ANY ANY PROJECTIONS FOR SAINT SPRING? THEIR SCHEDULE SHOWS APRIL. AND SO I WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF FLUFF, IF YOU WILL, SPRING.

AND SO RIGHT NOW THEIR SCHEDULE IS SHOWING APRIL. WE NEED GOOD WEATHER. AND SO SPRING OF 2026 IS, IS WHEN WE THINK WE WILL BE COMPLETE, ALL LANES ARE OPEN AND THEN WE'LL JUST BE WORKING ON ON PUNCH LIST ITEMS, OKAY. INCLUDING CITY STREETS. YES, SIR. YES. AND THE ONLY THING THAT WILL BE LEFT TO DO IS COMPLETE. WE CALL IT PUNCH LIST. THERE MIGHT BE A FEW THINGS THAT THERE MIGHT BE A BROKEN CONCRETE SIDEWALK PANEL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO THEY'LL GO AND REPLACE ANYTHING THAT GOT BROKEN DURING CONSTRUCTION. BUT ALL MAIN LANES WILL BE OPEN. ALL CITY STREET LANES WILL BE OPEN. RIGHT NOW THEY'RE SHOWING APRIL, BUT LIKE I SAID, WE NEED SOME GOOD WEATHER, BUT EVERYTHING SHOULD BE OPEN BY THE END OF SPRING OF 2026. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. MAYOR. SIR, BACK TO MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT THE NAME SEASON CLIMATE IS KNOWN AROUND THE REGION, AROUND THE STATE AS BEING THE MOST ON TIME PROJECT MANAGER THAT WE WOULD HAVE IN THE WAY OF BRINGING PROJECTS TO FRUITION. WHEN SHE SAYS THEY'RE GOING TO COME, EVEN WITH THE WEATHER BEING AS BAD AS IT IS SOMETIMES, BUT EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, KIND OF KEEPING THEM TO A POINT OF THE CAPITALIZATION IS NOT AS OFTEN AS AS IT SHOULD BE DURING AN INFLATIONARY TIME SUCH AS THIS. AND I JUST WANTED TO JUST STOP AND JUST ACKNOWLEDGE IT OR NOT AND JUST SAY, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. SERVING ON THE RTC AND DRC AND THE DIFFERENT PLACES I HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO OBSERVE HER AS SHE BRINGS MOST OF THE YOU DEAL WITH MOST OF THE PROJECTS REALLY THAT TAKE PLACE HERE IN THIS REGION. CORRECT? I'VE GOT A BIG TEAM, SO DON'T THINK IT'S JUST ME, BUT I'VE GOT A VERY GOOD TEAM THAT HELPS ME OUT QUITE A BIT. WELL, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. SHE'S ALWAYS APPROACHABLE. SHE'S ALWAYS ONE THAT WHENEVER WE NEED SOMEONE TO TALK TO ABOUT WHATEVER THE PROJECT MAY BE, SHE'S THERE TO DO SO AND WE'LL BE TALKING TO HER VERY SOON ABOUT THE I-30. YES, SIR. YES. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR COMING THIS EVENING. THANKS FOR HAVING. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON. HEY, SO I DO NOT DRIVE ON 635 BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO DIE. BUT I WILL SAY I ACCIDENTALLY GOT ON THE GARLAND ROAD NEW ENTRANCE AND IT'S AMAZING. SO YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB. I'M STILL NOT GOING TO DRIVE ON THAT HIGHWAY, BUT IT IS. AND YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AN AWESOME JOB. I DO, HOWEVER, DRIVE DOWN GARLAND ROAD QUITE OFTEN WHERE YOUR BATCH PLANT IS LOCATED, AND I KNOW THAT OUR STAFF HAS REACHED OUT TO YOU GUYS. SO MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT WE, WHILE WE'RE WRAPPING UP THIS PROJECT, THAT WE JUST MAKE SURE THAT OUR BATCH PLANT IS STAYING TIDY. YES, IT'S BEEN A POINT OF CONTENTION. I GET PHONE CALLS ALL THE TIME. SO ASIDE FROM ASIDE FROM OUR BATCH PLANT SITUATION, YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB AND WEE HOPE THAT THE WILL DO SOME ANTI RAIN DANCES AND SEE IF WE CAN GET Y'ALL GUYS BACK ON TRACK FOR OUR END OF 25. SO BUT THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING. AND WE ARE EXCITED TO GET THIS GET THIS GET THIS FINISHED AND WRAPPED UP CLOSE. AND WE WILL DO BETTER AT THE BATCH PLANT. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF AND WE UNDERSTAND YOU'LL SEE BETTER EFFORT GOING FORWARD. AWESOME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR YOUR UPDATE.

KEEPING US ON TRACK. AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, THE AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, THE THOSE AERIAL SHOTS

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[5. Garland Chamber Mid-Year Report In continuing with the 2024-2025 Action Plan and the City's Contract, the Chamber is required to present biannual reports to City Council. Garland Chamber of Commerce staff will present to City Council a mid-year report.]

MAYOR, COUNCIL CITY MANAGER, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. PROUD TO BE HERE THIS EVENING PRESENTING OUR MIDYEAR REPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP CONTRACT. WE'VE DONE THIS SEVERAL TIMES. AND SO YOU PROBABLY ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR RESPONSIBILITY IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SCHEME, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, WE IN GENERAL ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FOLKS THAT ARE ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW, THEIR THEIR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING AND THEIR EXPANSION. SO BUSINESS RETENTION. EXPANSION IS THE GENERAL CATEGORY IN WHICH WE WERE WORKING TO DO THAT. THERE WE GO TO DO THAT. WE WORK IN THREE AREAS OF FOCUS. AND SO THE GENERAL CATEGORY OF BUSINESS RETENTION, WHEN YOU HAVE TARGETED RESOURCES, YOU HAVE TO BE TARGETED IN YOUR APPROACH. AND SO OUR APPROACH TO BUSINESS RETENTION IS TO FOCUS ON THE CITY'S HIGHEST RETURN ON, ON. INVESTMENT, THE HIGHEST TAX RATE, THE HIGHEST UTILITY RATES.

AND THAT'S IN GENERAL OR SPECIFICALLY OUR MANUFACTURING COMMUNITY, 350 MANUFACTURERS, JUST OVER 9000 EMPLOYEES. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE REPORTS, THAT AREA OF GARLAND HAS THE HIGHEST TAX RATE TAXING IMPACT PER ACRE OF ANY PLACE IN THE CITY. SO THAT'S WHERE WE FOCUS ON THE ON THE MANUFACTURING COMMUNITY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BUSINESS RETENTION, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT'S THE BIGGEST FACTOR IN HOLDING ON TO THESE FOLKS, IT'S THEIR PEOPLE. SO THAT'S THE SECOND AREA OF FOCUS IS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT. AND THEN THE CATCH ALL CATEGORY THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO MOST OF YOUR HEARTS IS THAT SMALL BUSINESS CATEGORY. WE HAVE ROUGHLY 7000 BUSINESSES IN GARLAND, 90%, 95% ARE CONSIDERED SMALL. SO WHEN YOU'RE ATTACKING THAT, YOU HAVE TO GET VERY INTENTIONAL. SO THE THEME THAT I'M GOING TO USE THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION IS TWO KEY WORDS ENGAGEMENT AND ELEVATION. THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN HELP SOMEBODY IS IF THEY KNOW THAT YOU'RE THERE TO HELP THEM. THAT'S THE ENGAGEMENT PIECE. AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT REPEATED THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT.

ELEMENTS OF THIS PRESENTATION. SO STARTING WITH BUSINESS RETENTION OUR AGREEMENT SAYS THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO VISIT 30 BUSINESSES A YEAR. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. IN THE FIRST HALF WE VISITED 16. THAT'S NOT THE MEAT OF IT. THE MEAT OF IT IS WHAT DO WE LEARN WHEN WE MEET WITH THESE FOLKS? AND SO IN GENERAL, GARLAND FOLKS ARE MANUFACTURERS ARE ARE PRETTY HAPPY IN A TIME WHEN IT'S TOUGH TO BE HAPPY. SOME BIG, BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS. YOU NOTICE THAT.

GENERAL DYNAMICS IS NO LONGER HERE. REP CON USA, A TURKISH COMPANY, HAS PURCHASED THAT FACILITY. THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT WILL BRING A WHOLE LOT OF NEW, NEW INVESTMENT.

RETAIN THOSE JOBS. GEODYNAMICS WAS. MOVING OUT OF THAT. THAT SECTOR REPCON IS HERE. ANDERSEN CORPORATION, OUR WINDOW MANUFACTURERS, IS GOING TO BE MAKING 140,000 MORE WINDOWS THAN THE 500,000 ARE MAKING NOW. THAT'S ABOUT A $36 MILLION EXPANSION. ORLANDO WAS A SMALL BUSINESS. JARRETT, NOT JARRETT. GIFFORD SPRINGS COMPANY WAS PURCHASED BY ORLANDO PRECISION.

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TRANSITION OF THEIR HEADQUARTERS DOWN HERE HAS BEEN PUT ON HOLD UNTIL THAT'S RESOLVED. SOME OTHER SMALLER EXAMPLES OF TARIFFS IN GENERAL. IT'S NOT THE TARIFFS THAT BOTHERS OUR OUR FOLKS. IT'S THE UNCERTAINTY. WE'RE AT A CONFERENCE WITH THE BUSINESS JOURNAL A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. AND THAT'S THAT ATTITUDE ACROSS THE MANUFACTURING COMMUNITY OF NORTH TEXAS IS PREVALENT. NOT KNOWING WHAT THE NEXT DAY IS GOING TO GENERATE. SO. SO THAT'S THE ENGAGEMENT PART OF IT, THE ELEVATION PART OF IT. WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU'VE TALKED TO THESE FOLKS AND YOU BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM? HOW DO YOU GET THEM TO THAT NEXT LEVEL? WELL, THAT BRINGS US INTO. SOME SPECIFIC RESOURCES. SINCE 2006, WE'VE HAD THE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION, DCMA. WE FORMED IN 2006. SO 19 YEARS OF HAVING THAT EFFORT FOCUSING ON THE MANUFACTURING COMMUNITY, PROVIDING THEM THE RESOURCES THEY NEED. WITHIN THE LAST YEAR, WE'VE MERGED THAT EFFORT WITH AN EFFORT THAT'S BEING SPEARHEADED BY DALLAS COLLEGE, THIS NEXT GENERATION SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS. SO THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR IS ONE OF NINE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS THAT THE COLLEGE'S SPUN UP AROUND AROUND DALLAS COUNTY. THE LEADERSHIP FOR THIS, THE SECTOR PARTNERSHIP HAS COME EXCLUSIVELY FROM DCMA. SO WE'RE LEADING THIS EFFORT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN IN PLACE FOR 20 YEARS. WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT RESOURCES AND WHAT THIS SECTOR PARTNERSHIP, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND HIRING, TECHNICAL AND SPECIALIZED SKILLS, OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY, EXPANSION, INFRASTRUCTURE, QUALITY, SAFETY AND COST, ALL OF THESE ISSUES ARE WHAT IS GOING TO PROPEL THE MANUFACTURING COMMUNITY GOING FORWARD AND THE RESOURCES AROUND IT. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE HEADLINE OF THIS, THE PARTNERS THAT PUT THIS TOGETHER IS THE DCMA, US WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, GREATER DALLAS AND DALLAS COLLEGE. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE, THIS IS A SAMPLE OF THE ACTION REPORTS, ACTION TEAMM REPORTS. T GETS VERY SPECIFIC AND VERY INTENTIONAL IN TERMS OF INDUSTRY LED ISSUES AND INDUSTRY LED SOLUTIONS. SOME OF THESE ARE SHORT TERM. SOME OF THESE ARE JUST HOW DO YOU DO A BETTER JOB OF RECRUITING AND TRAINING. SOME OF THESE ARE LONG TERM IN TERMS OF HOW DO YOU CHANGE ATTITUDES WITH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS AND PARENTS ABOUT THE MANUFACTURING COMMUNITY? ALL OF THIS SPEAKS TO THE FUTURE OF MANUFACTURING. WE TALKED ABOUT AUTOMATION. NOW THIS GETS DOWN TO SPECIFICS. SO THE E WHOLE INTENT OF THIS NEXT GEN SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS IS TO PUT MANUFACTURING IN THE CENTER OF THE ROOM, LISTEN TO THEIR CONCERNS ONCE AND FOR ALL, AND THEN AROUND THE PERIMETER, RESOURCES, EVERYTHING FROM EDUCATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UTILITIES, ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE FUTURE OF THAT SECTOR. NOTHING NEW TO US. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR 20 YEARS IN TERMS OF OUR MANUFACTURING ASSOCIATION. WHAT THIS DOES IS BRING A LOT MORE FOCUS, A LOT MORE RESOURCES. IN ADDITION TO THIS NEXT NEXT GENERATION SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS,

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WORKABLE TIME LIMIT. BUT THE SMALL BUSINESS EFFORT AGAIN THE MEASURABLES WAS WE'RE GOING TO DO 30 VISITS A YEAR. WE'VE DONE 18 SO FAR. THAT DOESN'T BEGIN TO TELL THE STORY BECAUSE THAT'S THE THAT'S THE ENGAGEMENT PIECE. THAT'S THE PIECE OF THE ENGAGEMENT PIECE WHERE IT REALLY STARTS TO GET SPECIFIC. AND MEASURABLE IS A PROGRAM WE'RE CALLING THE SMALL BUSINESS 100, WHICH IN BRIEF TERMS IS THE GOAL OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS IS TO HAVE 100 BUSINESSES ORGANIZED AROUND INDIVIDUAL PEER DIRECTED ROUNDTABLES. COUNCILMAN BASS, YOU'RE PART OF OUR OUR BETA TESTING EFFORT. OUR INITIAL AND THIS IS WHERE PEERS GET TOGETHER ONCE A MONTH AND SOLVE THE BUSINESS ISSUES, EVERYTHING FROM MARKETING TO COMMUNICATIONS TO ACCOUNTING TO FINANCING EVERYTHING ELSE. AND THEN WHEN YOU SEE THAT OF THE 48 BUSINESSES THAT WE'VE CONTACTED OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, WE'RE PUTTING THEM IN CATEGORIES. AND SO WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE THEM ALL TO A LEVEL FIVE. LEVEL ONE IS THE INITIAL VISIT. THAT'S THE ENGAGEMENT PIECE. LEVEL TWO. THIS IS HOW MANY PEOPLE WE'VE MET WITH THE OWNER AND BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE. WE'RE AT LEVEL THREE. BUSINESSES HAVE ATTENDED A WORKSHOP AND THEN PART OF A ROUNDTABLE. AND THEN LEVEL FIVE IS WHEN THEY'RE IN THAT ROUNDTABLE. AND THIS IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. WHEN WE START TO GET THEIR THEIR SPECIFICS ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS, THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT HOW TO MOVE THEM UP, ATTACKING SMALL BUSINESS WITH THAT MANY PEOPLE THAT YOU COULD HELP IS MOVING WAY BEYOND JUST DOING WORKSHOPS. AND WE'LL DO THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. WE STILL WE STILL DO WORKSHOPS. BUT WHERE YOU WOULD EXPECT RESULTS IS, ARE WE MOVING THE NEEDLE AS A RESULT, AS A RESULT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING? AND SO THAT'S THE SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM. NOW, ONE OF THE NEWEST THINGS WE'VE DONE THIS YEAR IS THE GARLAND HISPANIC BUSINESS ASSOCIATION.

WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE. YOU LOOK AT THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE, A LOT OF WORK. AND THERE'S THESE ARE THE PILLARS THAT THE COMMITTEE THAT LED BY KARINA AND OUR STAFF THAT PUT TOGETHER VISION AND OBJECTIVES, PILLARS, THE TACTICS AND DELIVERY RESOURCES AND RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS. AGAIN. INTENTIONAL, INTENTIONAL, MEASURABLE. NOW THIS IS WHERE I GET TO DO A PUBLIC APOLOGY. TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, AND JUDD TELLS ME ALL THE TIME, PAUL, YOU PUMP SUNSHINE. THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GOOD AT AND YOU'RE AN OPTIMIST. WELL, I WASN'T AS IT RELATED TO OUTREACH TO THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY. I'VE LIVED IN GARLAND FOR 35 YEARS. I KNOW OUR DEMOGRAPHICS. BUT STILL, I SAID, BRAND NEW PROGRAM. WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY GET 30 OR 40 PEOPLE TO SHOW UP. SO WITH KARINA IN THE AUDIENCE AND EVERYBODY LISTENING AT HOME, I'M APOLOGIZING BECAUSE KARINA DIDN'T LISTEN TO ME. SHE SAID, PAUL, THERE'S A LOT MORE EFFORT AND WE'RE GOING TO GET 100. WELL, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE, 142 BUSINESSES REGISTERED, 86 ACTUALLY ATTENDED, 126 UNIQUE BUSINESSES THAT WE NOW HAVE INFORMATION ON, AND EMPLOYEES SIZE FROM 1 TO 50 BLEW IT OUT OF THE PARK. THIS WAS THE LAUNCH. AND THAT'S JUST THE BEGINNING. WHAT WE'VE DETERMINED FROM THIS SURVEY, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT THAT COMMUNITY NEEDS. MARKETING STRATEGIES, NAVIGATING LEGAL AND REGULATORY, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, ACCESS TO CAPITAL, LACK OF MENTORS AND THEN LANGUAGE BARRIERS. WHEN YOU'RE DEALING THIS COMMUNITY. AND THE PROGRAM IS CONDUCTED ENTIRELY IN SPANISH, ALL THE ALL THE INFORMATION WENT OUT AND YOU SAW THE PREVIOUS SLIDE WHERE THE FLIER WENT OUT. THAT'S HOW YOU RELATE. I KNOW DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU HAD A VERY SPECIFIC INTEREST IN THIS AREA, AND ALL OF YOU DO, BECAUSE YOU HAVE REPRESENTATIVES OF THAT COMMUNITY IN YOUR YOUR BUSINESS, IN YOUR IN YOUR DISTRICTS. SO, KARINA, THANK YOU FOR NOT LISTENING TO ME. THOSE ARE THE

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DIRECT CONNECT REGISTRATION 57. ACTUAL 45. WE QUANTIFY OUR NUMBERS VERY SPECIFICALLY.

THAT'S AN INFORM. AND AGAIN, YOU'VE GOT FOLKS IN THEE COUNCIL THAT PARTICIPATE IN THAT. THAT'S HOW WE ENGAGE WITH A WHOLE LOT OF BUSINESSES ON A MONTHLY BASIS. FROM THERE, WE MOVE THEM TOWARDS ROUNDTABLES OR WE MOVE THEM TOWARDS ONE ON ONE SERVICES. THE BUSINESS EXPO. WE DO THAT ANNUALLY. 32 EXHIBITORS, 100 ATTENDEES, AGAIN PUTTING BUSINESS TOGETHER WITH OTHER BUSINESSES AND CUSTOMERS. OUR WOMEN'S INITIATIVE IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS, CONTINUES TO GROW 80 TO ATTENDEES AT OUR LAST CONFERENCE. AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MOST OF YOU ARE. A LOT OF YOU HAVE PARTICIPATED IN LEADERSHIP. GARLAND. THIS IS CLASS 44 WITH 34 GRADUATES. THAT'S ABOUT AS SUCCINCT AS I CAN MAKE IT. ONE OTHER THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE LAST PIECE OF ENGAGEMENT. YOU REMEMBER MY STATEMENT AT THE BEGINNING. YOU CAN ONLY HELP SOMEBODY IF THEY KNOW YOU'RE AVAILABLE AND QUALIFIED TO HELP THEM. THAT'S THAT WHOLE OUTREACH THING. SO THIS YEAR WE'VE ADDED A FULL TIME MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS. THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND THE CITY FOR A WHILE, WILL WILL RECOGNIZE SHERYL LOUDERMILK'S NAME. SHE WAS WITH YOUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, TOOK SOME TIME OFF TO RAISE A FAMILY. NOW SHE'S BACK WITH A WHOLE LOT OF EXPERIENCE. THIS IS ONE EXAMPLE OF HER OUTREACH. THE CANDIDATES VIDEOS HAVE 15 OVER 15,000 SOCIAL MEDIA IMPRESSIONS. THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE AREAS THAT SHE'S WORKING TO INCREASE THE EXPOSURE FOR THE THINGS THAT WE DO TO HELP BUSINESS. SO EVERY TIME SOMEBODY KNOWS ABOUT US, THAT'S SOMEBODY ELSE THAT WE CAN HELP.

AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT HAVING SHERYL ON STAFF. THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE BUYING. THIS IS THE EIGHT PEOPLE THAT ARE AS COMMITTED TO GROWING GARLAND AS EVERYBODY SITTING AROUND THIS THIS HORSESHOE. AND SO I'M EXCITED. THAT'S BEEN HERE 35 PLUS YEARS. THIS IS THE BEST GROUP OF FOLKS. WE'VE HAD SOME GOOD ONES. BUT IN TERMS OF THEIR COMMITMENT, THEIR EXPERIENCE, THEIR ABILITY TO CONTRIBUTE, IT'S BEST WE'VE HAD. SO SUMMARY. WHEN WE SET OUT TO DO THIS ARRANGEMENT AT THE BEGINNING, WE SET OUT SOME PRETTY BROAD PARAMETERS. LET'S JUST MAKE SOME CONTACTS. LET'S DO SOME GOOD STUFF. NOW WE'VE EVOLVED. THIS IS OUR SECOND YEAR. THE THINGS ARE A LOT MORE SPECIFIC, A LOT MORE MEASURABLE, A LOT MORE THINGS THAT YOU CAN TIE TO YOUR GOALS WITH THE CITY THAT THAT REALLY YOU CAN QUANTIFY MOVING THE NEEDLE IN TERMS OF THEIR SUCCESS. AND SO WE APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP. WE WORK CLOSELY WITH AYAKO ON THE SIDE THAT THAT DOES THE. RECRUITMENT THE REDEVELOPMENT, A LOT OF BIG PROJECTS. AND SO WE'RE PROUD TO BE HERE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL PROLONG THIS MEETING BY ANSWERING THEM. SO, YOUR HONOR, ANY QUESTIONS UNDER THIS TOPIC. ALRIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS, YES, THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN. PAUL. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. AS YOU KNOW, I AM BRAND NEW TO THIS POSITION. I WAS SWORN IN ONLY NINE DAYS BEFORE I GRADUATED FROM LEADERSHIP. GARLAND, CLASS OF 44. I HAD TO CLAMP MY MOUTH, HAND OVER MY MOUTH TO STOP FROM SAYING THE BEST CLASS BECAUSE I'M IN THAT CULT NOW, AND I WANT TO SAY THAT PROGRAM WAS JUST EXCELLENT EDUCATION FOR ME TO GET TO THIS. I DON'T KNOW IF GRADUATING INTO THE LEADERSHIP OF GARLAND IF THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU MEANT, BUT THAT'S WHY I TOOK THE CLASS, BECAUSE I HAD A

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[6. Update on the Development of a Multi-Use Soccer Complex Staff will provide City Council an update on the development of a multi-use soccer complex and associated infrastructure located near Holford Road and President George Bush Turnpike. Unless otherwise directed by Council, this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the June 17, 2025 Regular Meeting.]

THAT IS PART OF THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT MR. REX MENTIONED. THE OTHER COMPONENT OF THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDES THE ROADWAYS. AND I WILL TALK ABOUT ALL OF THESE ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS HERE IN JUST A MOMENT. AND THEN TO THE RIGHT OF YOUR SCREEN ADJACENT TO PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE IS THE MULTI-PURPOSE FACILITY THERE TO THE RIGHT AND DOWN ON THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER. THAT LITTLE OBLONG TYPE BUILDING AT AN ANGLE. AND I REALLY THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO HAVE A CURSOR AND OH, THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE. AWESOME. SO ON THE PROJECT OVERVIEW FOR STREET INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, LOOKING AT HOLFORD ROAD, THAT'S GOING TO EXTEND FROM PGBT DOWN TO SPRING CREEK FOREST PRESERVE. IT'S A BLUE AREA THAT'S SHOWN ON THERE. IF YOU LOOK AT THAT BLUE AREA, THERE WILL BE A TRANSITION THAT WILL TAKE US FROM THE FROM PDB TO I'M SORRY, FROM NAAMAN FOREST DOWN TO THE SPRING CREEK RESERVE PARKING AREA. BUT THAT'S

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ALMOST COMPLETE ACTUALLY. IT WILL INCLUDE CURBS AS WELL AS DEDICATED BIKE LANES. THOSE DEDICATED BIKE LANES WILL BE ABLE TO BE UTILIZED DURING PEAK INGRESS AND EGRESS INTO THE FACILITY IF NECESSARY, BUT OTHERWISE THEY WILL BE DEDICATED AND STRIPED AS BIKE LANES. AND THEN ON NAAMAN FOREST, IT WILL BE A FOUR LANE DIVIDED CONCRETE STREET. WE'RE NOT GOING FROM ANYTHING BUT GRASS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT DOES NOT EXIST. SO IT WILL BE A FOUR LANE DIVIDED CONCRETE STREET WITH OUR STANDARD RAISED MEDIAN. IT WILL INCLUDE CURBS AND GUTTERS WITH UNDERGROUND DRAINAGE, AS WELL AS ENHANCED PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE ALONG THAT ROADWAY AS WELL. THE ENGINEER ON THIS IS ALSO KIMLEY-HORN. ONCE AGAIN, THE BUDGET IS 25.87 MILLION AND THAT'S IN THE 2019 BOND FUNDS. SO THE SECOND PUBLIC COMPONENT IS THE PUBLIC SOCCER FIELDS. THAT WILL INCLUDE UP TO EIGHT FIELDS FOR RECREATIONAL ACADEMY AND TRAINING USE.

THERE'S ALSO RESTROOM AND CONCESSION BUILDINGS THAT'S INCLUDED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, AS WELL AS UP TO TWO PUBLIC FOOTBALL COURTS. THERE WILL ALSO BE ON STREET, I'M SORRY, SURFACE PARKING INCLUDED, AS WELL AS LIGHTING,ANDSCAPING THROUGHOUT AND PARK LIKE ATMOSPHERE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PUBLIC SOCCER FIELD. PART OF THIS PROJECT, ONCE AGAIN, THE ENGINEERS KIMLEY-HORN THE BUDGET IS 25 MILLION AND IT WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. MOVING ON TO THE WHAT MR. REX REFERRED TO AS THE SECOND COMPONENT, I'I'M CALLI IT THE THIRD, THE MULTI-PURPOSE FACILITY THAT IS APPROXIMATELY 28,000FT■S. IT'S WHERE TEAM HEADQUARTERS WILL BE LOCATED. IT WILL INCLUDE A TEAM STORE, PHYSICAL THERAPY FACILITIES, DINING AREAS, LOCKER ROOMS. THE ARCHITECT FOR THIS PROJECT IS OBERLIN PARTNERS, INC, AND THE BUDGET FOR THIS IS 20 MILLION AND IT WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH CASH. SO JUST AS AN OVERVIEW OF THE TIMELINE, BACK ON VALENTINE'S DAY OF THIS YEAR, STAFF CAME FORWARD WITH THE COUNCIL AWARD RECOMMENDATION FOR THE PROJECT ENGINEER THAT WAS KIMLEY-HORN THAT WAS AWARDED ON VALENTINE'S DAY. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, IN MARCH, THE CMAR RFP WAS ADVERTISED TO THE PUBLIC. IT WAS OPEN FOR ABOUT FOUR WEEKS AND IT CLOSED. WHEN IT CLOSED, WE HAD SIX RESPONSES BETWEEN THE TIME THAT WE RECEIVED THE RESPONSES AND WE ACTUALLY MADE THE SELECTION. WE CAME FORWARD WITH A COUNCIL AWARD RECOMMENDATION FOR THE PROJECT ARCHITECT, WHICH WAS OVERLAND PARTNERS. THAT WAS COMPLETED ON MAY 6TH, AND WE HAVE SELECTED THE CMAR AS LEE LEWIS CONSTRUCTION, INC. WE ARE NOT BRINGING THAT FORWARD FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL. IT DOES NOT MEET THE THRESHOLD FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL. BUT IN ORDER TO BE TRANSPARENT, I CERTAINLY WANTED TO BRING IT FORWARD TO SAY THAT AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, ONCE WE GET FURTHER ALONG IN DESIGN, WE WILL BE BRINGING SEVERAL GMPS ALONG THE WAY FOR CONSTRUCTION. AND THEN NOVEMBER 2026 IS THE ANTICIPATED DATE THAT THE TEAM WILL HAVE USE OF THERAINING FACILITY, WITH THE SUTANTIAL COMPLETION TARGETED FOR MARCH 2027. ASSUMING THE STARS ALIGN AND THE SUN KEEPS SHINING AND SO MANY OTHER THINGS HAVE TO COME TOGETHER IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, BUT THAT IS DEFINITELY OUR TARGET DATE AT THIS TIME, AND I AM GOING TO PAUSE THERE BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO ANDY TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROJECT DELIVERY PORTION, IF THAT'S OKAY. OKAY. GOT COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS MISSED MOST OF IT, BUT I, I HEARD THE BEST PART OF GO BACK TO THE LAST FACILITY THAT YOU THAT. YES, SIR. SYSTEM STORES, THERAPY, PHYSICAL

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ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR RESPONSE. THANK YOU. MAYOR. MR. THOMAS. YES, GO BACK TO SLIDE FOUR, PLEASE. WAS THAT THE 30,000 FOOT VIEW? MAYBE IT'S THREE. THE FACILITY ITSELF. I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT WAS AT 4 OR 5. THERE WE GO. THREE. SO HOW MANY PARKING SPACES DOES THAT REPRESENT. SO I DON'T HAVE AN ACTUAL COUNT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. BUT I DO WANT TO CAUTION YOU THAT THIS IS A CONCEPTUAL PLAN. WE ARE STILL WORKING OUT ALL THE SPECIFIC DETAILS. YOU NOTICE THAT WHEN I WAS DOING THE PRESENTATION, I DID A LOT OF UP TWOS, AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS, ALTHOUGH THIS IS THE CONCEPT THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH, WE DON'T HAVE THE FINAL DETAILS IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT WE CAN DELIVER IT SPECIFICALLY LIKE THIS, BUT WE WILL HAVE ADEQUATE PARKING OUT THERE TO ACCOMMODATE THE USE THAT WE ARE PROPOSING FOR THIS AREA. OKAY. VERY GOOD.

THEN ON SLIDE FOUR. THE 25 MILLION THAT INCLUDES EVERYTHING WE SEE IN BLUE THERE AND NAMING FOR. YES. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS, THERE WAS 225 MILLION. AND I WAS LIKE WAS THAT FOR EACH OR FOR BOTH. NO, IT'S 25.87 FOR THE STREET INFRASTRUCTURE. AND THEN THE 25 MILLION IS FOR THE THAT ONE FOR THE PUBLIC SOCCER FIELDS. RIGHT. FOUR AND FIVE BOTH HAD 25.87.

AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS ALL THE SAME. ALL FOR THE SAME THING. OKAY. VERY GOOD. I'M VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THIS COME TO MY DISTRICT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR. COUNSELOR DUTTON.

JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, WE WERE SAYING PUBLIC SOCCER FIELDS. HOW MANY OF THOSE SOCCER FIELDS ARE GOING TO BE OPEN ACCESS FOR THE PUBLIC TO USE ON A REGULAR BASIS? RIGHT NOW, THESE THESE EIGHT FIELDS ARE PUBLIC FIELDS THAT ARE GOING TO BE A PERCENTAGE OF THEM AVAILABLE FOR CERTAIN USES AND A PERCENTAGE FOR USES BY THE TEAM. SO WHAT SPECIFIC FIELDS IT WILL BE IS YET TO BE DETERMINED, BUT ALL EIGHT ARE PUBLIC SOCCER FIELDS, LIMITED PUBLIC SOCCER FIELDS.

RIGHT. CORRECT. OKAY. SO THEN WE'VE ALSO SAID UP TO TWO FOOTBALL COURTS UP TO IS KIND OF A SKETCHY I WOULD I WOULD LIKE A MINIMAL OF PUBLIC SOMETHING. THE FOOTBALL COURTS ARE PUBLIC. IT'S JUST WE'RE NOT SURE IF WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIT. TWO. THERE SHOULD BE ONE FOR CERTAIN, BUT WHETHER IT'S 1 OR 2, THEY WILL BOTH BE PUBLIC. OKAY, YOU MAY. YOU MAKE MY HEART POUND A LITTLE HARDER WHEN YOU'RE LIKE, THERE SHOULD BE ONE, BUT HOPEFULLY TWO BECAUSE WE CALL IT PUBLIC. BUT THEN IT'S LIKE, WELL, PUBLIC. BUT IF MAYBE IF YOU IF THE WIND IS BLOWING, RIGHT. THAT'S NOT THE INTENT. THAT'S THE UNNERVING PART ON MY THE WAY MY BRAIN IS HEARING IT IS LIKE I THE UNCERTAINTY OF IT IS VERY HIGH. THIS IS IF I CAN RESPOND TO THAT. THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO

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ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SECTION OF THIS. I SEE NONE ANY. ALL RIGHT. I'VE GOT THE EASY PART, AND I DID NOT FULFILL THE MAYOR'S REQUEST COMPLETELY. AND MAKING IT FULL SCREEN. I MADE IT ONLY 97% FULL SCREEN. SO HERE WE GO. SO AS MR. REX ALLUDED TO, WHAT WILL BE UP FOR CONSIDERATION TOMORROW EVENING ARE THE LEASE TERMS FOR THESE SOCCER FIELDS. AND SO TO RECAP THAT'S A $75,000 ANNUAL LEASE PAYMENT WITH A 2.5% ANNUAL ESCALATION. THAT IS FOR AN INITIAL 20 YEAR TERM. THEY WILL MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE FACILITY, AND THEY WILL ALSO SUBMIT ANNUAL MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND RENOVATION PLAN AS TO BE APPROVED BY THE CITY AS IT AGES GOING FORWARD. THE MULTI-PURPOSE BUILDING AGAIN APPROXIMATELY 28,000FT■S. THE LEASE WILL PAY THE CITY 350,000 ANNUALLY, PLUS 10% OF NET SPONSORSHIPS OR 50,000, WHICHEVER IS GREATEST. AGAIN, A 20 YEAR TERM. NO RENT FOR THE FIRST 18 MONTHS. TO HELP WITH STARTUP, THEY AGAIN WILL MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THAT FACILITY, COVER THE INSURANCE, UTILITY BILLS AND THINGS THAT GO ALONG WITH IT, AND SUBMIT AN ANNUAL MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND RENOVATION PLAN. APPROVAL BY THE CITY. AND THAT IS THAT IN A NUTSHELL. OKAY. VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? AND I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THIS FURTHER IN EXECUTIVE SESSION THIS EVENING FOR THOSE. CORRECT. AND THEN IT WILL BE UP FOR FORMAL CONSIDERATION TOMORROW NIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM

[7. Garland ADA Transition Plan Update Staff will brief City Council on the recent update to the ADA Transition Plan.]

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THE IT STARTED BACK IN THE 1960S WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL BARRIERS ACT. AND AT THAT TIME IT WAS FOCUSED A LOT ON JUST PHYSICAL ACCESS, PRIMARILY PEOPLE THAT WERE IN WHEELCHAIRS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WERE DIDN'T WEREN'T ABLE TO ACCESS A LOT OF PUBLIC SPACES. THERE WERE SOME SOME CHANGES AND SOME SOME ADDITIONAL LAWS AND THINGS THAT WERE PASSED IN THE 70S AND 80S, BUT IT REALLY ALL KIND OF CAME TOGETHER IN IN 1990 WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE ADA. AS WITH A LOT OF FEDERAL LAWS, IT TAKES A FEW YEARS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT MEANS AND HOW DO WE COMPLY WITH THOSE WITH THAT LAW. AND SO IN 1993, WE DEVELOPED OUR FIRST ADA TRANSITION PLAN. IT WAS PRIMARILY A LIST OF BUILDINGS AND THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE CHANGED WITHIN THE BUILDINGS, PRIMARILY RAMP ACCESS INTO THE BUILDINGS AND CHANGES IN THE BATHROOMS. THE OVER THE YEARS SINCE THEN, WE'VE DONE OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF CIP PROJECTS, AND ANYTIME A CIP PROJECT WAS DONE OR ANY MAINTENANCE, SIGNIFICANT MAINTENANCE WAS DONE, THAT WAS ALL. WE MADE SURE THAT THAT WAS ADA COMPLIANT WITH WHEN IT WAS BUILT. AND THAT KIND OF LEADS US TO TODAY AND TALKING ABOUT THE UPDATE THAT WE'VE DONE, JUST BRIEFLY, WHAT IS THE TRANSITION PLAN? IT'S REALLY SIMPLY A SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS OF THE BARRIERS AND HOW TO ELIMINATE THOSE BARRIERS. SO WE IDENTIFY WE INVENTORY WHAT ALL THE BARRIERS ARE IN THE CITY, PROVIDE A SCHEDULE FOR WHEN WE'LL REMOVE THEM AND THEN REMOVE THEM. SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES SINCE 1993. IN THE ADA ACT IN 1990 REALLY KICKED OFF A LOT OF ACTIVITY IN THIS AREA. THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE THAT REALLY GOT GOING ABOUT THAT TIME, AND ONE OF WHICH WAS IS CALLED PRO AG PROPOSED ACCESSIBILITY GUIDELINES FOR PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. SO THAT'S A LOT TO SAY. SO IT'S EVERYBODY JUST CALLS IT PRO AG. THAT'S THAT'S REALLY THE COMMITTEE THAT COMES UP WITH BEST PRACTICES AND HOW HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD WITH MAKING EVERYTHING ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. THAT WAS THERE WAS A VERSION OF THAT WAS PASSED IN 2011, ALONG WITH SOME NEW ADA STANDARDS THAT WERE ADOPTED INTO BY THE GUIDANCE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. EVEN THAT BACK THEN, WAS IT CONFLICTED BECAUSE IT WAS THERE WAS IT'S ACTUALLY GETS A LOT MORE COMPLICATED WHEN YOU GET INTO THE DETAILS OF SPECIFIC SITUATIONS. AND. YOU YOU CAN MAKE THINGS ACCESSIBLE FOR SOMEONE WITH A PHYSICAL DISABILITY. BUT THEN IF THEY'RE IF THEY'RE SIGHT IMPAIRED OR VISION OR HEARING IMPAIRED, SOMETIMES WHAT WHAT WORKS FOR ONE GROUP IS AT ODDS REALLY WITH WITH ANOTHER GROUP. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE REALLY BEEN WRESTLING WITH OVER THE YEARS. AND ACTUALLY, JUST AT THE END OF 2024, THEY'VE REALLY ADOPTED THEIR THEIR FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS. AND IT'S I FEEL LIKE THEY'VE KIND OF SETTLED ON SOMETHING THAT REALLY WORKS FOR EVERYONE. SO IT'S A VERY GOOD THING. THERE'S ALSO BEEN NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR PROGRAMS. SO IF WE HAVE A, A SOMETHING ON THE SQUARE THAT WE NEED TO ADVERTISE, YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF YOUR ALL OF THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU HAVE AT THE CITY ARE, ARE NOT JUST PHYSICALLY ACCESSIBLE, BUT WHEN YOU'RE ADVERTISING FOR THEM THAT THE INFORMATION THAT GOES OUT IS, HAS FONTS THAT PEOPLE CAN READ AND EVERYONE CAN SEE. AND OF COURSE THAT THEN TRANSLATES TO WEB PAGES, WHICH WASN'T EVEN

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BUT IT'S THE STANDARD PRACTICE NOW TO ADD THOSE WITH STREET RECONSTRUCTIONS. I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE ADDING THEM BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. COUNSELOR DUTTON.

SORRY. IT'S NOT FUNNY. I'M SO SORRY. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT IF WE HAD AN ALL ABILITIES BOARD OR COMMISSION THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO ASSIST WITH? LIKE YOU MENTIONED, THE ADA. COMMITTEE, THAT WOULD NEED TO BE ESTABLISHED. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT. A BOARD, A BOARD OF CITIZENS COULD POTENTIALLY ASSIST YOU GUYS WITH? AS FAR AS LIKE THE MAILERS AND THE ADVERTISEMENTS AND ALL THAT STUFF. SO THE COMMITTEE, THE COMMITTEE THAT'S CALLED FOR IN THE DOCUMENT IS, IS MADE UP OF THE DIRECTORS OF REALLY THE FIVE MAIN HEADS OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT KIND OF REALLY DEAL WITH THIS, THAT THE PARKS, FACILITIES AND THEN STREETS, ENGINEERING

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COUNCIL, WE'VE GOT SEVERAL MORE ITEMS TO COME. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE A QUICK RECESS.

LET'S HAVE EVERYBODY BACK AT ALRIGHT. I'M. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL. BEFORE WE COME BACK, JUST LET EVERYBODY KNOW. THE BROADCAST THAT'S BEEN GOING OUT THUS FAR HAS NOT HAD ANY AUDIO.

IT'S BEEN RESET DURING OUR BREAK AND THE REBROADCAST WILL HAVE THE AUDIO. SO. WE DON'T YET KNOW WE'RE GOING TO START OVER. WE'RE GOING TO DO THE WHOLE THING OVER. REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID. AND WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, DUB IT IN. YEAH. SO. AND ANYTIME YOU'RE READY. READY.

YEAH. ANYTIME YOU'RE READY. NICK. WE'LL BE READY WHEN Y'ALL ARE. I KNOW. YEAH. JUST AS SOON AS NICK PUSHES THE BUTTON. GOOD EVENING. WE ARE COMING BACK FROM RECESS FOR THE MONDAY, JUNE 16TH WORK SESSION FOR THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL. AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE BROADCAST LIVE, WE HAVE HAD SOME AUDIO ISSUES, BUT WE BELIEVE THAT HAS BEEN RESOLVED. AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, THE REBROADCAST OF THIS MEETING WILL HAVE THE AUDIO IN PLACE. SO WE ARE COMING BACK TO ITEM EIGHT UPDATE ON MD

[8. Update on MD Health Pathways Program Staff will brief City Council on the MD Health Pathways program and provide an update on discussions with other cities that have implemented the program, as well as outline the resources and actions needed to initiate the program in Garland.]

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AND THEY ALSO SAID IT DID TAKE THEM ABOUT 12 MONTHS. FROM THE INITIAL CONVERSATIONS WITH MD PATHWAYS TO GETTING A CONTRACT EXECUTED AND THE PROGRAM IMPLEMENTED. SO LAST WEEK HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH WITH DOCTOR, DOCTOR DIRK AND AS WELL AS BRIAN DAVIS WITH THE MD PATHWAYS TEAM. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TALKED HEAVILY WITH US ABOUT IS THE ABILITY TO START DEVELOPING EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH PLAN. IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL WANTS TO CONTINUE TO PURSUE, AND WE FEEL THAT'S GOING TO BE A VERY IMPORTANT AND KEY PIECE OF THIS, ENSURING THE COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT THIS PROGRAM IS COMING AND IS WITH THIS AND AS LARGE OF A CITY AS GARLAND IS, THAT THEY WOULD ALSO NEED TO HAVE TIME TO RAMP UP THEIR HIRING FOR STAFFING AS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROGRAM AS WELL. SO WHAT THEY WOULD RECOMMEND IS IF THE COUNCIL DOES WANT TO PURSUE SOMETHING OF THIS NATURE OF THIS PROGRAM, THAT SPRING OF 2026 WOULD BE THEIR RECOMMENDATION TO IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM. AND THAT, AND I'LL SHOW YOU IN THE NEXT SLIDES, COINCIDES WITH THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON IN CUSTOMER SERVICE AT THIS TIME. SO, SO BRIEFLY, I'LL GO OVER SOME OF THE PROGRAMS WE HAVE GOING ON IN CUSTOMER SERVICE. THE FIRST IS AN UPGRADE THAT'S TAKING PLACE TO OUR OUR SIS SYSTEM, OR IT'S ESNTIALLY OUR OUR BILLING SYSTEM FOR UTILITY PAYMENTS. AND I'VE HEARD DANA AND KEVIN REFER TO IT AS THE UTILITY SPIDER WEB. IT'S A PROGRAM THAT'S HAD TO BE ESSENTIALLY BUILT AND CUSTOMIZED FOR GARLAND. DUE TO THE UNIQUE NATURE OF GARLAND, THERE ARE NOT MANY CITIES THAT HAVE FULL SERVICE SANITATION, LANDFILL, ELECTRIC, WATER, SEWER SERVICE AS AS WE DO. AND SO IT WAS A SYSTEM THAT HAD TO BE CUSTOMIZED FOR US. AND IT DOES REQUIRE AN UPDATE AT THIS TIME. AND SO THAT DID START IN OCTOBER OF 2024. AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK THROUGH THAT, THAT PROCESS. AND SO WE ANTICIPATE THE UPDATE WILL GO THROUGH 2026. AND SO WE ARE WORKING ON THAT THAT PROCESS AT THIS TIME. AND THAT IS FOR THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT PROCESS AS WELL. ONE THING I DID PUT AT THE BOTTOM OF EACH OF THESE PROJECTS IS HOW MANY STAFF MEMBERS AND CUSTOMER SERVICE ARE WORKING ON THE PROJECT. SO DANA'S TEAM HAS A GROUP, THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT ARE REALLY TECHNICAL IN NATURE, BUT ALSO UNDERSTAND THE UTILITY BILLING PROCESS. AND SO THEY ARE WORKING ON THESE PROJECTS. SO AT ANY GIVEN TIME, THERE'S 4 TO 8 EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT ARE WORKING ON THIS PROJECT. AND THAT IS JUST THE CUSTOMER SERVICE TEAM THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE IT TEAM THAT THAT IS ALSO INVOLVED WITH THIS PROGRAM AS WELL. ONE THING THAT IS IMPORTANT ABOUT THE CUSTOMER SERVICE SOFTWARE, WE DID HAVE A MEETING WITH WITH AWS, WHO IS OUR SOFTWARE PROVIDER, AND THEY HAVE RECOMMENDED WE DO NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE SOFTWARE SYSTEM UNTIL WE GET THIS UPGRADE IN PLACE. AND SO THAT INCLUDES ANY CHANGES, SUCH AS ADDING A NEW LINE ITEM FOR BILLING, SUCH AS THE BILLING FOR MD PATHWAYS.

AS MR. DARYL KLEIN TALKED ABOUT, I BELIEVE HE WAS AT THE LAST MEETING. THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE ARMY PROJECT THAT'S COMING ON. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE ELECTRIC METER READING PROCESS THAT'S GOING TO START. AS A COUNCIL IS AWARE, THAT'S A VERY TIME INTENSIVE PROJECT. WE ALSO EXPECT WITHIN CUSTOMER SERVICE, THAT SAME TECHNICAL TEAM IS GOING TO BE INVOLVED WITH THIS, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE ABOUT A THREE YEAR PROJECT THAT THAT INITIATES. AND SO THAT PROJECT IS STILL BEING DEFINED AT THIS TIME AND STILL BEING WORKED WITH THE CUSTOMER SERVICE TEAM, BUT DID WANT TO PUT THAT ON THE RADAR AS WELL, THAT THIS IS A PROJECT THAT'S UNDERWAY AND TAKING PLACE AT THIS TIME. THERE IS A UPGRADE TO OUR CASHIERING SOFTWARE THAT'S ALSO TAKING

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WHENEVER THEY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR ABOUT THEIR TRASH SERVICE. SO THAT IS ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE YEAR. AND I BELIEVE THAT'LL SAVE QUITE A BIT OF TIME ASSOCIATED WITH OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE INTERACTIONS WE HAVE RELATED TO SANITATION. SO KIND OF JUMPING THROUGH THE PROJECTS WE HAVE GOING ON. WE ALSO DISCUSSED ABOUT WHAT WE MAY POTENTIALLY NEED TO GET THIS PROJECT GOING AS WELL. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED TO BRIAN DIS WITH MD PATHWAYS, AS WELL AS DOCTOR DIRK, WAS THE ABILITY TO HAVE ADDITIONAL STAFFING AS THE STARTUP OF THIS PROGRAM TAKES PLACE. SO FOLKS, TO BE IN THE CALL CENTER AS WE GET THOSE INITIAL OPT OUT CALLS, QUESTIONS, CALLS OF WHAT THIS IS HELPING TO EXPLAIN. AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING TO DEFINE IN THE AND THE AGREEMENT TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE STAFFING AND THE CUSTOMER SUPPORT TO SUPPLEMENT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN OUR CALL CENTER. WE ALSO HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH AWS, THE CUSTOMER SERVICE PLATFORM AS WELL, AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A NEW COST OR LINE ITEM ON OUR BILL IS ABOUT $70,000. AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER COST. WE PUT IN THE AGREEMENT THAT WE ASK THAT THAT BE REIMBURSED TO THE CITY FOR THOSE COSTS TO BE REIMBURSED BACK TO US. AND THEN ALSO WE UTILIZE A BILL PRINTING SERVICE.

AND THIS IS A PRETTY LOW COST, BUT IT'S ABOUT $1,000 TO GET OUR OUR BILL PRINTER TO ADD A LINE TO THE, TO THE BILL THAT'S PRINTED FOR US. AND SO ALSO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE SEE THAT WE WOULD NEED ABOUT A 12 MONTH PERIOD TO GET FULLY IMPLEMENTED WITH THIS, WITH THIS PROGRAM. AND AGAIN, I BELIEVE THAT LINES UP WITH THE TIMELINE THAT MD PATHWAYS WOULD LOOK AT AS WELL. IN OUR DISCUSSIONS LAST WEEK WITH DOCTOR DIRK AND BRIAN DAVIS, THERE WAS DISCUSSIONS ABOUT STARTING THIS PROGRAM. ONCE WE HAVE THE AWS UPGRADE IN PLACE, STARTING WITH THE POTENTIAL PILOT PROGRAM, WHETHER IT'S SPECIFICALLY CHURCHES THAT WE START AT, SCHOOL LOCATIONS, SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. SO BEING ABLE TO START SMALL, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE OUR FOOTING AND THAT WE'RE SUCCESSFUL WITH THIS AND THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT IT CORRECTLY. SO NEXT STEPS COUNCIL WHAT WE'D WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF THIS IS COUNCIL'S DESIRE TO CONTINUE PURSUING THIS IS WE WOULD LIKE TO FURTHER DEFINE OUR SOFTWARE NEEDS AND OUR PROJECT NEEDS AND CUSTOMER SERVICE. I FEEL LIKE WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF THAT AT THIS POINT, BUT ONE OF THE QUESTION MARKS THAT'S OUT THERE IS STILL THE ARMY PROJECT TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THAT PROPERLY DEFINED AND WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THAT. WE ALSO WANT TO CONTINUE VISITING WITH THE MD PATHWAY FOLKS TO TALK ABOUT THEIR CUSTOMER OUTREACH THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE, AS WELL AS DATA TRANSFER COLLECTION PROCEDURES. THERE'S A LOT OF WHAT WE FEEL IS GOING TO BE BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN US AND MD PATHWAYS AS IT RELATES TO THE TRANSACTIONS THAT TAKE PLACE IN CUSTOMER SERVICE.ND ONE OF THE EXAMPLES THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY TALK ABOUT IS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF RENTAL PROPERTIES AND ALSO APARTMENTS WITHIN GARLAND. AND SO THERE'S CHANGEOVER IN THOSE THOSE PROPERTIES QUITE OFTEN. AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO COMMUNICATE THAT INFORMATION.

AND THAT CHANGEOVER TO MD PATHWAYS IS A BIG QUESTION MARK FOR US. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CLARIFY THAT. WE ALSO HAVE THE CONTRACT UNDER REVIEW, AS WE STATED THAT THE LEGAL TEAM IS ASSISTING US WITH THAT. SO WITH THOSE THREE THINGS, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND IS THAT WE COME BACK TO COUNCIL IN TWO MONTHS. WE PROVIDE AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE'RE AT ON THE CONTRACT, HAVE A FURTHER DEFINITION OF WHERE WE'RE AT FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND ALSO HAVE THOSE FINAL POINTS REALLY NEGOTIATED OUT WITH WITH MD PATHWAYS AND HOPEFULLY IN THE FORM OF THE OF THE AGREEMENT. WITH THAT, WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. SO ARE YOU LOOKING AT YOUR TIMELINE? SECOND MEETING IN AUGUST. FIRST MEETING IN SEPTEMBER. I MEAN, IS IT IT WOULD BE THE SECOND MEETING IN AUGUST. IT WOULD BE THE GOAL, YES, SIR, TO HAVE IT BACK. ALL RIGHT. ANY PEOPLE IN ANY. YES. COUNCILOR DUTTON, FIRST, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I AM

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THAT IS MY PERSONAL OPINION. I. WE HAVE ALL OF THESE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT BRINGING A HOSPITAL TO GARLAND AND HOW WE HAVE THIS GREAT NEED FOR A HOSPITAL, AND I THINK THAT WE WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY INSANE TO NOT UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT SELLING POINT TO GET A HOSPITAL BACK IN GARLAND, BECAUSE THE ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE THINGS WITH THE HOSPITAL LEAVING GARLAND IS BECAUSE WE ARE UNDERINSURED, AND WE USE THAT AS A DOCTOR'S OFFICE. THIS IS GOING TO TAKE AWAY A LOT OF THAT BURDEN OFF OF A HOSPITAL. SO I THINK THAT IF WE DON'T REALLY JUST TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHILE WE'RE WE NEED A HOSPITAL, WE KNOW THAT.

AND I THINK THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT SELLING POINT WHEN WE'RE APPROACHING HOSPITALS OR WHOEVER, TO COME INTO GARLAND LIKE, HEY, WE'VE ALREADY GOT THIS IN PLACE, AND THIS WILL HELP EASE SOME OF THAT BURDEN OFF OF YOU GUYS SO THAT YOU AREN'T JUST SINKING. SO THOSE THOSE ARE MY $0.02. I STILL AM 100% ON BOARD WITH THIS PROGRAM. I THINK THAT THAT A LARGE AMOUNT OF OUR CITY IS GOING TO BENEFIT FROM IT MORE THAN, MORE THAN NOT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CUSTOMER SERVICE AND PEOPLE CALLING IN TO OPT OUT OF THE PROGRAM. IS THAT THE ONLY WAY TO OPT OUT OR ARE THERE OTHER OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE? SO THAT IS ONE THING THAT WE ARE TALKG WITH THE MD PATHWAY FOLKS ABOUT IS HAVING SOME TYPE OF APP OR SOME TYPE OF WEB PORTAL WHERE THEY CAN GO OPT OUT. THE QUESTION IS, IS WHO'S GOING TO PROCESS THOSE ONCE THOSE, THOSE COME IN. SO WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS A RESOLUTION FOR THAT. YES MA'AM. OKAY. GREAT. IT WOULD BE IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF ELECTRONIC MEANS OF DOING SO. THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY SO MUCH ABOUT CUSTOMER SERVICE. BUT ONCE YOU'RE READY AND IF THIS PASSES, I'D LOVE TO INVITE YOU TO A TOWN HALL OF MINE IN THE FUTURE TO TELL EVERYBODY ABOUT IT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING TONIGHT. COUNCILOR WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I SEE THE GENTLEMAN STANDING NEXT TO YOU SMILING. HE'S JUST STANDING THERE. AND I NOTICED ONE OF YOUR SLIDES YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT CITIES OPTING OUT AND YOU GAVE. YOU GAVE HER MONEY. SLIDE SAID YOU HAD. I'D LIKE TO KNOW. KNOW A LITTLE BIT. JUST JUST JUST A TINKLING AS TO WHAT WERE THE REASONS THAT YOU FOUND THAT FOLKS IN FERRIS AND THE OTHER CITIES OPTED OUT. AND I'D LIKE TO THE GENTLEMAN TO EXTENDING TO YOUR, YOUR LEFT TO ADDRESS THAT. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS COUNCIL THE MAIN REASON GIVE US YOUR NAME.

OH I'M SORRY DANA MITCHELL AND YOUR ADDRESS. NO, HE'S I'M I'M A SIS. OKAY. ADMINISTRATOR. ALL RIGHT. OKAY, OKAY. I'LL WITHDRAW THAT. GO AHEAD. WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY IS, DURING THE PROCESS OF INTERVIEWING THESE OTHER TWO CITIES, WE FOUND OUT THAT A LOT OF THE FOLKS THAT DID OPT OUT OF THE PROGRAM, MERELY THEY ALREADY HAD INSURANCE AND THEY DIDN'T NEED THE ADDITIONAL. THAT WAS THE REASONING. AND PIGGYBACK ON COUNCILMAN. NOT THAT I NECESSARILY AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH HER, BUT THERE IS A NEED FOR A HOSPITAL AND THEY CLOSED ON US, LEFT TOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT? YES, SIR. OKAY. FROM THAT EXPERIENCE, WHAT WOULD YOU WHAT WHAT WERE YOU TAKE A LOOK AT TO? THAT WOULD BE A SELLING POINT FOR MAYBE GETTING A HOSPITAL IN THIS AREA.

COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS, I DON'T THINK THAT THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, INITIALLY, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE A CASE FOR A HOSPITAL. BUT WHAT I BELIEVE WE CAN DO AND IN TALKING WITH DOCTOR DIRK IS THEY WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE US DASHBOARDS OF THE TYPE OF USAGE THAT'S COMING FROM THIS PROGRAM SO THAT USERS COULD BE THAT WE HAVE A VERY HIGH COVID OUTBREAK IN THE CITY WHEN THEY START GETTING THOSE TYPE OF CALLS OR FLU OUTBREAKS, BUT ALSO THEY CAN LET US KNOW, WE DO HAVE THIS AMOUNT OF PEOPLE COMING IN TO THE PROGRAM. THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING DIVERTED AWAY

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OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK MR. THOMAS. WOULD YOU GO BACK TO ABOUT SLIDE THREE. IF THAT WAS THE RIGHT ONE? MAYBE IT WAS FOR I'M SORRY I'M I'M NEW TO THE WHOLE THING HERE. YEAH. NO RIGHT THERE. SO RIGHT HERE YOU TALKED ABOUT AND I KNOW THIS DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH MD PATHWAYS. YOU TALKED ABOUT HAVING A SERVICE WHERE IF SOMEONE'S TRASH IS MISSED. SO THOSE ARE THE CALLS I'M GETTING MOST FREQUENTLY. AFTER 34 DAYS IN OFFICE. I THINK THIS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HOLD THAT. THE DISCUSSION IS ABOUT MD PATHWAYS, NOT THE FUTURE. OTHER PROGRAMS OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. DEPUTY MAYOR OR NO MAYOR PRO TEM MORE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, I NEED TO I JUST LIKE FOR YOU TO SUMMARIZE WHAT I THINK THAT HAS HAPPENED TO US THUS FAR. THIS CAME TO US AS A RESULT OF COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMITTEE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION. CORRECT? CORRECT. YES, SIR. OKAY. AND AT THAT POINT, IT CAME TO US THROUGH OUR WORK SESSION, SIR. DISCUSSED IT. RIGHT. AND AT THIS POINT, WE'RE SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO TURN IT BACK OVER TO STAFF AGAIN TO CONTINUE TO REVIEW SUCH THAT YOU'LL COME BACK TO US AND YOU WILL COME BACK WITH A BECAUSE AT THIS POINT I'M HEARING SUPPORT, BUT I'M LOOKING NOW FOR MORE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. WILL YOU BE COMING BACK WITH A STAFF

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AND COUNCIL MEMBER OTT, I JUST WANTED TO JUST GIVE MY SUPPORT FOR THIS AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE EFFORTS THAT YOU'VE BEEN PUTTING INTO IT. IT SOUNDS LIKE EVERYTHING IS BEING IS BEING FRUITFULLY WORKED ON. AND THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE AND LOOK FORWARD TO WHEN YOU COME BACK WITH MORE DETAILS. VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? THANK YOU FOR THE WORK AND THE WORK TO COME AND SEE YOU BACK HERE IN AUGUST. MOVING ON TO ITEM NINE. GARLAND YOUTH

[9. Garland Youth Council Appointee Selection Council is requested to consider amendments to the Code of Ordinances regarding the Garland Youth Council. Amendments include an increase to the number of appointees each City Councilmember is able to select. Unless otherwise directed by Council, this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the June 17, 2025 Regular Meeting.]

ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. MAYOR MAY, CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER REX, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. I'M JOINED BY RHONDA MCTIER. SHE'S RECREATION SUPERVISOR AND WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS POTENTIAL CHANGES TO CODE OF ORDINANCES REGARDING THE GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL. IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET, YOU RECEIVED A DRAFT OF THE REDLINED CODE OF ORDINANCES, BUT WE WANTED TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY THIS EVENING TO TALK THROUGH WHAT EACH OF THOSE POTENTIAL CHANGES ARE. SO IN SECTION ONE B, THESE CHANGES ARE REALLY INTENDED TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF APPOINTEES THAT OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE ABLE TO SELECT. SO PREVIOUSLY OR RIGHT NOW, CURRENTLY IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, IT ALLOWS FOR 18 SPOTS FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SELECT 18 APPOINTEES. AND THEN IT ALLOWS FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWO OTHER APPOINTEES TO BE SELECTED BY THE CHAIRPERSON OR THE PRESIDENT OF THE GC, WHICH IS ONE OF THE STUDENTS. NOW, IN THE PAST YEARS, THAT HAS NOT REALLY BEEN HAPPENING. SO WE'RE TRYING TO CLEAN UP A LITTLE BIT OF THAT LANGUAGE WITH THIS, BUT ALSO PUT THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF CHOOSING OUR APPOINTEES TO THE YOUTH COUNCIL, WITH OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO THAT IS THE CHANGES HERE. BUT ALSO, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, INCREASING THE NUMBER. SO IF YOU REMEMBER, WHEN WE PRESENTED IN FRONT OF YOU A FEW WEEKS AGO, AT THE END OF THE YEAR RECAP, WE SAID THAT Y'ALL ISSUED US A CHALLENGE TO INCREASE OUR RECRUITING EFFORTS. WELL, WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN 2425. WE HAD 18 APPLICANTS. AND FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR, 2526, THIS YEAR, WE RECEIVED 39 APPLICATIONS. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO ALLOW UP TO 36 STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THESE CHANGES REFLECT IN SECTION 1D. THE INTENT OF THESE CHANGES IS TO ALLOW ALL STUDENTS IN GARLAND ISD THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY AND BE SELECTED IF YOU GUYS WERE TO CHOOSE THEM. SO CURRENTLY THE CODE OF ORDINANCES ALLOWS FOR STUDENTS THAT LIVE IN GARLAND.

AND SO OUR PROPOSED CHANGES IS SAYING STUDENTS THAT LIVE IN GARLAND AND OR ATTEND A GARLAND ISD SCHOOL. THE OTHER CHANGES IN THIS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE APPLICATION IS JUST KIND OF BETTER ALIGNING OUR CURRENT PRACTICES WITH WHAT'S IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES. FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT NOW IT MENTIONS THAT OUR APPLICANTS COMPLETE A STANDARD BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS APPLICATION, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO KIND OF CLEAR OUT THAT LANGUAGE. IT ALSO MENTIONS THAT THE APPLICANTS FILL OUT AN ESSAY. WE'RE ACTUALLY ASKING THEM QUESTIONS LONG FORM QUESTIONS. SO AGAIN JUST TRYING TO CLEAN UP THAT LANGUAGE A LITTLE BIT BETTER ALIGN IT WITH WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING. AND THEN WHILE WE'RE AT IT BETTER ALIGNING IN SECTION ONE, F IT RIGHT NOW MENTIONS THAT WE MEET ONCE A MONTH, BUT THERE ARE MONTHS THAT WE ACTUALLY MEET TWICE. SO TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY WHILE WE'RE AT IT TO GO AHEAD AND SAY AT LEAST ONCE AND JUST MAKE IT ALL TRUTHFUL. SO THOSE ARE OUR PROPOSED CHANGES AND WE'RE GOING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. BUT ALSO JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL A HEADS UP THAT THIS IS ON THE AGENDA FOR TOMORROW FOR APPROVAL. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR RECOMMENDATIONS WE ARE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN THOSE NOW. OKAY. COUNSELOR DUTTON, I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL OF THOSE APPLICATIONS BECAUSE THAT IS A PHENOMENAL. YOU GUYS HAVE DONE GREAT THINGS

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YEAH. THERE. SO IF ADOPTED THAT WOULD ALLOW. THIS COUNCIL TO SELECT UP TO 36 MEMBERS RIGHT.

TOTAL. SO EACH COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD BE ABLE TO SELECT UP TO FOUR. SO CURRENTLY YOU SELECT TWO. AND SO WE ARE GIVING POTENTIALLY PROPOSING TO CHANGE THAT. YOU'D BE ABLE TO SELECT UP TO FOUR STUDENTS OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SECOND POINT IS IF YOU ARE ABLE TO IF THAT LANGUAGE IS ADOPTED. AND LET'S SAY FOR 25 FOR 2425 SCHOOL YEAR, LET'S SAY YOU HAD ONE UNDERCLASSMEN AND ONE SENIOR. SO IN 25 THAT GRADUATING CLASS OF 25 WOULD INCLUDE ONE SENIOR. RIGHT? OKAY.

IN THAT CASE. IF YOU AND YOU YOU SAID YOU GAVE SOME NUMBERS AT INTRODUCTION THERE THAT. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER STUDENTS OR BY BY DISTRICT OR OR. GSD WIDE I DON'T KNOW I DON'T REMEMBER, BUT.

REFERENCE TODAY'S CALL. TODAY'S CONVERSATION OKAY, OKAY. IF YOU LET'S SAY YOU ONLY WANT TO SELECT TWO, THAT'S TOTALLY FINE. FINE. WALK ME THROUGH. RIGHT. BRIEFLY WALK ME THROUGH THAT PROCESS. YOU YOU'VE GOT AN UNDERCLASSMEN. THAT'S A ONE TO SOPHOMORE OKAY. SO YOU KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE A JUNIOR NEXT YEAR. SO IT'LL STILL BE IN GSD. SO OKAY. BUT THE OTHER THE OTHER THE OTHER THREE IS OKAY. BUT YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE FROM. WHAT'S YOUR CRITERIA FOR CHOOSING WHAT WHAT WOULD WHAT WOULD SPUR YOU TO SELECT AMONG THREE? I'M GOING TO USE AN EXAMPLE AMONG THE THREE AND RECOMMENDED ONE TO ME. YES. SO EACH STUDENT AND ONE THING TO NOTE IS THAT EVERY STUDENT HAS TO REAPPLY EVERY YEAR. SO IF THEY WERE A STUDENT LAST YEAR, THEY STILL HAVE TO REAPPLY FOR THIS YEAR AS A RETURNING MEMBER. AND EACH COUNCIL MEMBER IS THEN ABLE TO EITHER YOU GET A CHANCE TO CLEAR THE SLATE, YOU CAN EITHER REAPPOINT SOMEONE THAT YOU HAVE APPOINTED PREVIOUSLY, OR YOU COULD CHOOSE NOT TO REAPPOINT THAT PERSON, AND YOU CAN START OVER AND REAPPOINT UP TO FOUR PEOPLE. IF YOU POTENTIALLY DIDN'T WANT TO CHOOSE ANY OF THE STUDENTS, THAT WOULD BE YOUR RIGHT. BUT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING RIGHT NOW IS YOU CAN CHOOSE UP TO FOUR, YOU COULD CHOOSE ONE, YOU COULD CHOOSE TWO, 3 OR 4. AND HOW YOU SELECT THE STUDENTS IS REALLY HOW YOU FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE. SOME I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE INTERVIEWED STUDENTS IN THE PAST, CALLED THEM ON THE PHONE OR MET WITH THEM IN PERSON. SOME MAKE THEIR SELECTIONS BASED OFF OF THE RECOMMENDATION LETTERS OR THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS THAT THEY RESPOND BACK TO. YOU KNOW, WE INCLUDE IN THERE WHAT THEIR GRADE IS. SO SOMETIMES COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY LOOK AT THIS STUDENT IS A FRESHMAN. AND SO MAYBE I WANT TO APPOINT A FRESHMAN BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO POTENTIALLY COME BACK FOR UP TO THREE MORE YEARS VERSUS A SENIOR WHO THIS IS THEIR ONE YEAR. SO ANY FACTOR OF THOSE CRITERIA, HOWEVER, COUNCIL MEMBER CHOOSES TO PRIORITIZE THOSE IS HOW YOU COULD POTENTIALLY CHOOSE THEM IF YOU SO CHOOSE. BUT AGAIN, IF YOU DIDN'T WANT TO DO ALL FOUR, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO. SO IF THIS COUNCIL SEES FIT TO ADOPT THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING. BUT BUT YOU ONLY WANTED TO SELECT FROM THE THREE. YOU GOT

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IF THERE WERE MEMBERS IN YOUR DISTRICT, WE WOULD PRIORITIZE THOSE FIRST. AND AFTER THAT IT WOULD BE POTENTIALLY THEIR RECOMMENDATION LETTERS, THEIR THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. OKAY. SO OF THOSE THREE REMAINING AND I'M I'M DONE WITH THIS. THE THREE REMAINING. YOU YOU'VE ALREADY TOLD ME ON IN PHONE CONVERSATION THAT YOU DIDN'T BASED ON BASED ON THE FILES YOU GOT. NOW THAT.

NO, THERE WERE NO STUDENTS IN DISTRICT FOUR. WHO GOES TO WHO SHOWS THAT THEY GO TO SCHOOL IN DISTRICT FOUR, RIGHT? RIGHT, RIGHT. SO THEREFORE YOU ALSO TOLD ME THAT THAT THAT THERE ARE THREE OTHER POSSIBILITIES, RIGHT? I MENTIONED THAT THERE WERE THREE STUDENTS THAT LIVED IN SAXY. RIGHT. SO THEY ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, PLUGGED INTO ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS DISTRICT. SO THEY'RE KIND OF OPEN GAME TO ANYBODY. AND THEN ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE ALREADY MADE THEIR SELECTIONS, LIKE, I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER BASS HAS MADE HIS SELECTIONS. SO ANY OTHER MEMBERS IN DISTRICT ONE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN CHOSEN WOULD BE UP FOR GRABS FOR YOU AS WELL.

SO. SO IN OTHER WORDS, MY LAST STATEMENT I KNOW IS UP. SO THERE ARE THREE FLOATING OUT THERE.

FROM SAXY AND FROM THOSE THAT ARE FLOATING OUT THERE. YOU, YOU, YOU ARE GOING TO RECOMMEND TO ME ONE OF THOSE THREE. YES. BASED ON I'M GOING TO LOOK AT THEIR RECOMMENDATION LETTERS, LOOK AT THEIR ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS AND DISCUSS WITH MISS MCTIER OVER HERE AS WELL. AND THEN WE'LL MAKE YOU A RECOMMENDATION. OKAY. YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT I AM OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. I WAS TRYING TO JUST JUST GET SOME LIFE TO THAT PROCESS THAT THAT YOU HAD ALREADY COMMITTED TO. YES, BUT I WANTED TO TALK, I WANTED TO I IT TOOK A LITTLE LONGER, BUT BUT I WANTED TO US TO TALK THROUGH THAT. OKAY. OKAY. SO THAT SO THAT FOR THE WHETHER YOU YOU DECIDE WELL IT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE ONE OR IT'S GOING TO BE TWO OR THERE'LL BE 36. I JUST WANTED YOU WANTED I JUST WANTED YOU TO BE ABLE TO TALK THROUGH THAT PROCESS OF UP ON THE FRONT END. YES. SO THAT ON THE BACK END WE WON'T HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS.

OKAY, SO AM I. THAT MAKES SENSE. I THINK WE'RE ALL THERE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. SO IT DOESN'T MATTER THAT THEY ARE IN SACHI OR ANY AS LONG AS THEY'RE IN GISD. YES. OKAY, GOOD.

BECAUSE I THOUGHT I, I THOUGHT I SAW SOMEWHERE WHERE IT WAS SAYING GARLAND. ONLY THE CURRENT CODE OF ORDINANCES LIMITS IT TO GARLAND THAT THEY HAVE TO LIVE IN GARLAND. WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS THAT WE PUT AN AND OR IN THERE THAT THEY LIVE IN GARLAND AND OR ATTEND GARLAND ISD SCHOOL THAT WAY. MAYBE THEY LIVE IN SAXY, BUT THEY ATTEND GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL NORTH, GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL SOUTH, OR ANY OF THE SCHOOLS IN GARLAND ISD THAT THEY WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR. BASS. THANK YOU, MAYOR TIFFANY.

RHONDA, THANK YOU FOR THE THOUGHT YOU GUYS PUT INTO THIS. I JUST I JUST WANT TO GET KIND OF A DIRECTION OF WHERE YOU GOT TO, SO I UNDERSTAND CITY OF GARLAND. AND WHAT KIND OF THOUGHT DID YOU GUYS GIVE TO OTHER SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN GARLAND, LIKE CHARTER SCHOOLS OR HARMONY? AND THEN ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHEN YOU ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'RE EXPANDING THIS PARTS OF GARLAND ARE ALSO IN RISD IN RICHARDSON. SO ARE WE REACHING OUT TO ALL OF THOSE? ARE WE FIRST, ARE WE REACHING OUT TO ALL OF THOSE SCHOOLS? AND SECOND, WHAT WAS YOUR THOUGHT

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BUT THEN TO YOUR POINT AS WELL, WE HAVE ONE STUDENT RIGHT NOW WHO LIVES IN SHE ATTENDS BERKNER. SO IT'S CROSS, SHE ATTENDS BERKNER, BUT SHE LIVES IN GARLAND. BUT THE OPPOSITE IF THEY LIVED IN RICHARDSON BUT ATTENDED GARLAND ISD SCHOOL, THAT WOULD STILL FALL UNDER WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE. BUT THE IDEA IS WE'RE NOT EXCLUDING THE OTHER CHARTER SCHOOLS. OUR RECRUITING EFFORTS ARE STILL GOING TO ENCOMPASS ALL OF THOSE. THE ONLY REASON THAT WE DIDN'T MENTION THEM HERE IS BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO CAPTURE THE STUDENTS WHO DON'T LIVE WITHIN THE CITY OF GARLAND IN THAT. OKAY. BUT AND YOUR OUTREACH IS GOING TO BE TO YES, ISD AND THE CHARTER SCHOOLS. YES, YES, YES. AND I KNOW I NOTICED WE HAD A WE HAD A HOMESCHOOL APPLICANT AS WELL. SO THAT WAS THAT WAS REALLY COOL. LIKE TO SEE THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU PUT INTO THIS. VERY GOOD. COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. THANK YOU LADIES FOR COMING DOWN TONIGHT. AND THANK YOU, TIFFANY I, I REPLIED TO TIFFANY'S EMAIL AFTER READING THE RECOMMENDATION LETTERS ABOUT. I HAD NO IDEA THIS JOB WAS GOING TO GET THIS DIFFICULT THIS FAST. OF THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE APPLICANTS THAT I GOT IN DISTRICT SEVEN JUST BLEW ME AWAY. SO I, I REALLY THANK YOU FOR RECRUITING SOME REALLY FINE INDIVIDUALS. AND SO I WANT TO FIRST SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT. SECONDLY, I'M CURIOUS AS TO HOW YOU ARRIVED AT THE NUMBER 36. IF YOU HAD HAD 50 APPLICANTS, WOULD YOU GO TO 45? IF YOU'D HAD 100, WOULD YOU WANT ANOTHER NUMBER? HOW DO WE GET TO 36? WE GOT TO 36 BECAUSE RHONDA AND I TALKED ABOUT WHAT WE THOUGHT OUR THRESHOLD WAS THAT BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY DID TO BE TRANSPARENT, WE HAD ABOUT 46 PEOPLE APPLY ON THE FRONT END, SUBMIT AN APPLICATION, BUT THEY DIDN'T SUBMIT ALL OF THE QUALIFYING PIECES. SO WE HAD TO KICK OUT A FEW SAYING WE GAVE THEM SOME EXTRA TIME AND THEY STILL WEREN'T ABLE TO SUBMIT ALL THE QUALIFYING PIECES. SO WE HAD TO KICK THOSE OUT. AND RHONDA AND I TALKED ABOUT WHAT IS OUR NUMBER, COULD WE GO UP TO 45? AND WE DIDN'T THINK WE COULD HANDLE THAT. WE THOUGHT THAT WE COULD STICK TO 36 AND THAT'S HOW WE CAME UP. SO THAT'S KIND OF OPTIMAL CLASS SIZE. IF YOU'RE A PUBLIC SCHOOL CLASS, YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO BE BIGGER THAN THAT. AND THAT'S KIND OF HOW YOU GOT TO THAT NUMBER. SO THAT DOES MAKE MY LIFE MUCH EASIER BECAUSE THE THOUGHT WAS WHAT COULD IF WE CAN'T HAVE TWO PEOPLE AT EVERYTHING, WHAT COULD ONE PERSON HANDLE? AND WE DIDN'T THINK, YOU KNOW, A GREATER THAN 36 TO 1 RATIO WAS WAS A GOOD IDEA. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM. AND THIS WILL BE UP FOR FORMAL CONSIDERATION TOMORROW NIGHT. THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH.

[10. Legislative and Public Affairs Committee Report Councilmember BJ Williams, Chair of the Legislative & Public Affairs Committee, and staff will provide a committee report. Ariel Traub, Managing Director of Legislative & Public Affairs, will discuss key takeaways from the 89th legislative session.]

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SENATE BILL 15. THAT IS THE LOT DENSITY BILL. WE WORKED A LOT ON THIS BILL. WE'VE WE HAD AN AMENDMENT THAT WAS THAT WAS ON IN IN THE HOUSE. IT WAS STRIPPED OUT IN CONFERENCE. SO THERE WERE A COUPLE OF PROVISIONS THAT MADE IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER. BUT I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE ON THAT ONE. AND THEN SENATE BILL 673 REGARDING OUR ABILITY TO REGULATE ADUS ALSO DIED. SENATE BILL 840 IS ONE THAT I'M SURE YOU ALL HAVE HEARD OF. WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS ONE A FEW TIMES AS WELL, BUT ESSENTIALLY THE BILL ALLOWS THE REDEVELOPMENT OF MULTI REDEVELOPMENT OF COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL USE TO MULTIFAMILY OR MIXED USE. THAT ONE IS SENT TO THE GOVERNOR. THE TWO PREEMPTION BILLS DIED. THOSE THOSE ARE DEAD. THE MUNICIPAL FINANCE BILL, SENATE BILL 1024, WHICH WOULD HAVE REALLY RESTRICTED OUR ABILITY TO ISSUE COS OR ANTICIPATION NOTES, IS THAT ONE DIED AS WELL. HOUSE BILL 23 WAS THE THIRD PARTY INSPECTIONS BILL THAT WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE AUTHOR ON. THAT ONE DIED AS WELL. BUT HOUSE BILL 24, WHICH IS ONE OF THE ZONE CHANGES, THAT ONE WAS SENT TO THE GOVERNOR. FINALLY, THE DART RESTRUCTURE FINANCE RESTRUCTURE BILL DIED. THAT WAS HOUSE BILL 3187, SENATE BILL 718 ALSO DIED. THAT WAS ONE OF THE ELECTRIC BILLS WE HAD BEEN FOLLOWING CLOSELY, AS WAS SENATE BILL 393. AND HOUSE BILL 1227 WAS ANOTHER ONE THAT WE FOLLOWED CLOSELY RELATING TO FRANCHISE FEES. AND HOUSE BILL 21 RELATES TO HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATIONS, AND THAT ONE WAS PASSED. WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GET IT RETROACTIVE, BUT MOVING FORWARD, HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATIONS ARE FORCED TO STAY WITHIN THEIR SPECIFIC BOUNDARY. WE HAD TWO LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES THIS SESSION. ONE WAS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ZONES. THE OTHER WAS A QUALIFIED HOTEL PROJECT. SO ON THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ZONE FRONT, WE WORKED WITH REPRESENTATIVE RHETTA BOWERS AND SENATOR NATHAN JOHNSON TO FILE THEIR RESPECTIVE BILL, SENATE BILL 2633 AND HOUSE BILL 3085. WE WERE ABLE TO SEE QUITE A BIT OF MOVEMENT ON SENATE BILL 2633. HOWEVER, IT FACED SOME OPPOSITION AND DIED IN THE HOUSE, AND WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET THE HOUSE BILL TO MOVE ON THE QUALIFIED HOTEL PROJECT BILL. WE WERE, HOWEVER, ABLE TO GET IT THROUGH THE COMMITTEE IN BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE. THOSE ARE THEN COMBINED INTO ONE OMNIBUS BILL, AND THAT BILL ALSO DIED. SO WE HAD WORKED EXTREMELY CLOSELY WITH THE AUTHOR. THERE WERE ABOUT 30 CITIES THAT WERE WRAPPED UP INTO THIS BILL. THE SENATE PASSED A DIFFERENT VERSION. THEY INCLUDED SOME LANGUAGE THAT LIMITED EACH PROJECT OR EACH CITY TO ONE PROJECT, THAT THEY COULD DRAW DOWN. SOME OF THOSE STATE FUNDS FOR THE HOUSE DID NOT LOVE THAT LANGUAGE, AND THERE WAS SOME CONSIDERATION FROM AN EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDER TO KILL THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT. SO IT JUST NEVER CAME OUT OF CONFERENCE KILLING THE BILL FOR ALL CITIES. AND THEN ONCE OUR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ZONE BILLS DIED, WE WENT BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH REPRESENTATIVE RHETTA BOWERS TO AND SHE HELPED US WORK WITH REPRESENTATIVE

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WHEREAS THE LEGISLATION CREATED AN EVENING, AN EVEN BOARD ACROSS ALL MEMBER CITIES. AS THE BILL DEADLINES APPROACHED IN THE DART BILLS ULTIMATELY FAILED. THERE WAS SOME CONCERN THAT WITHOUT THE PRESSURE OF LEGISLATION, THAT MAYBE THE GMP PROGRAM ON THE DART SIDE WOULDN'T SEE THE LIGHT OF D. AS THE LEGISLATURE ADJOURNED, HOWEVER, DART RELEASED A STATEMENT THAT IN PREPARATION FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THEIR GMP, THAT THEY WOULD BE MAKING HISTORIC CUTS AND AS SUCH THEY WILL BE HOLDING PUBLIC HEARINGS. OUR PRE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE COMMUNITY WILL TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAY, JUNE 26TH FROM 630 TO 730. AND THEN THIS IS THEIR LIST OF PROPOSED CUTS THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED AT THAT COMMUNITY MEETING. AND NUMBER ONE, THERE IS A BOLD BULLET POINT AND THAT IS OUR BUS ROUTE THAT IS FACING THE CHOPPING BLOCK. THAT'S THE LAKE RAY HUBBARD EXPRESS. AND THEN THEY THERE'S GOING TO BE FREQUENCY REDUCTIONS ON ON ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION. SOME PARATRANSIT CHANGES AND A LOT OF FARE INCREASES AND CHANGES ACROSS THE BOARD. I THINK ONE OF THE CONCERNING OR CONFUSING ASPECTS OF THIS PROPOSAL IS THAT THEIR LARGEST CONCERN WITH THE LEGISLATION THAT WAS PROPOSED WAS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO INSTITUTE HISTORIC CUTS. AND HERE WE ARE FACING HISTORIC CUTS ANYWAYS. SO THAT THAT MEETING IS SET TO HAPPEN IN IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? VERY GOOD, COUNCILOR WILLIAMS. EXCELLT REPORT. THANK YOU TO YOU. AND I DON'T SEE YOU. OH, THERE SHE IS. THERE SHE IS.

YEAH. MY PARTNER IN CRIME. I JUST WANT I WANT TO SAY TO YOU THAT. YOU YOU'VE AFFORDED TO US.

WHAT THE. THE BACKROOM DEALS AN. BUT YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB, BOTH OF YOU. AND LAYING IT OUT AND CHEERLEADING. WHO THE WINNERS ARE AND WHO LOSES IT ALL. THANK YOU. POTENTIALLY. SO

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SO I WANT YOU TO KNOW FROM, FROM AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE AND AS AS WHO REPRESENTS THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER AND THE REST OF COUNCIL. I WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE YOU AND MAKING THIS REPORT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DUTTON, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT YOUR LEDGE, A NEWSLETTER, WAS PHENOMENAL AND A HUGE HELP TO ALL OF US. I FEEL THINGS DUMBED DOWN A LITTLE. AND YOU GUYS DEFINITELY HELPED MAKE THAT POSSIBLE. SO I, I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE APPRECIATE THE NEWSLETTER. IT WAS A TREMENDOUS HELP TO ME PERSONALLY. YOU GUYS YOU GUYS ROCKED IT FOR SURE. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK DOWN THERE BECAUSE I KNOW IT WAS NOT EASY. AND COUNCIL, I HOPE THAT WE ALL TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO REALIZE THAT WE'RE WAITING AND SEEING WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK OUT.

SO I HOPE THAT GOING FORWARD THAT WE TAKE TAKE A MOMENT TO HAVE A LITTLE BACKBONE AND STAND UP FOR STUFF, BECAUSE THIS SITUATION IS NOT WE JUST HAD A WHOLE MEETING ABOUT ADA STUFF, AND THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE GOOD FOR ADA PEOPLE. SO THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, I HAVE THE SAME COMMENT ABOUT TALES FROM THE LEDGE. IT WAS AWESOME AND I FELT MORE INFORMED THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAN I EVER HAVE ON COUNCIL. SO YOU'VE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB. I HAVE ATTENDED SEVERAL LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEETINGS, EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT ON THAT COMMITTEE, BECAUSE YOU'VE JUST MADE IT SO ENJOYABLE, ACTUALLY, BECAUSE ALL OF THAT STUFF CAN BE QUITE TRAUMATIZING SOMETIMES. SO, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE JOB THAT YOU'RE DOING. THANK YOU. I LOVE DOING IT. SO I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO DO SO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE. THANK YOU. THAT WAS THE LAST ITEM UNDER THIS SECTION. NEXT UP IS

[11. Councilmember Kris Beard • Kay Moore, Parks & Recreation Advisory Board]

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

WELL, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A BRIEFING ON. LET'S SEE HERE. I WROTE IT DOWN. YOU JUST SEARCHING FOR A TOPIC? NO NO NO NO, THIS WAS ABOUT THIS IS ABOUT OUR RETICULATED PYTHON. I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD HAVE A BRIEFING ON THE LEGALITIES OF HAVING EXOTIC PETS IN THE CITY OF GARLAND. SURE. I BELIEVE I BELIEVE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE CAN CAN WORK SOMETHING UP ON THAT. ALL RIGHT. FOR A FUTURE WORK SESSION. THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE ALONG THE. YEAH, YEAH.

YES, YES. MR. SNAKE, WOULD YOU LIKE. ALRIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL. NOPE. THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT.

OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A PROCESS. YOU KNOW, IF SOMETHING COMES UP AFTER THIS EVENING MOVING ON TO

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

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