[ LEGISLATIVE PRAYER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] [00:00:06] GOOD EVENING. ALRIGHT. IT'S A ROWDY CROWD IN HERE TONIGHT, SO. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE JUNE 17TH, RECITAL OF THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PRIOR TO OUR MEETING, LED BY ONE OF OUR MEMBERS. YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN EITHER OR BOTH, AND YOUR DECISION WILL NOT HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THE DECISIONS WE MAKE HERE THIS EVENING. AND TONIGHT, WE WILL BE LED BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCKE FROM DISTRICT FIVE. I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO REFLECT ON JUNETEENTH AND WHY THIS DAY STILL MATTERS 160 YEARS LATER, ON JUNE 19TH, 1865, UNION SOLDIERS ARRIVED IN GALVESTON, TEXAS, TO DELIVER A MESSAGE THAT WAS TWO AND A HALF YEARS LATE. SLAVERY HAS ENDED. PRESIDENT LINCOLN HAD ISSUED THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION, DECLARING THAT ALL PERSONS HELD AS SLAVES WITHIN ANY STATE SHALL BE THEN THENCEFORWARD AND FOREVER FREE, AND THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNMENT WILL RECOGNIZE AND MAINTAIN THE FREEDOM OF SUCH PERSONS AND ANY EFFORTS THEY MAY MAKE FOR THEIR ACTUAL FREEDOM. THAT PHRASE, ACTUAL FREEDOM STANDS OUT TO ME, BECAUSE FREEDOM IS NOT JUST DECLARED, IT MUST BE MADE REAL. AND EVEN WHEN IT IS, IT CAN BE FRAGILE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO HEARD THAT NEWS IN GALVESTON WERE NOT MET WITH IMMEDIATE SAFETY, EQUALITY OR OPPORTUNITY. THEY WERE MET WITH UNCERTAINTY, RESISTANCE AND A LONG ROAD AHEAD, A ROAD WE STILL STRUGGLE TO NAVIGATE. AS DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR SAID, CHANGE DOES NOT ROLL IN ON THE WHEELS OF INEVITABILITY, BUT COMES THROUGH CONTINUOUS STRUGGLE. JUNETEENTH IS ABOUT HONORING THAT STRUGGLE. IT'S ABOUT RECOGNIZING THAT FREEDOM IS DELAYED. THAT FREEDOM DELAYED IS FREEDOM DENIED, AND THAT JUSTICE MUST BE PURSUED ACTIVELY, NOT PASSIVELY. I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK ABOUT HOW WE TREAT PEOPLE NOW, ABOUT HOW EASY IT IS STILL TO LOOK AWAY FROM SOMEONE ELSE'S HARDSHIP, TO SEPARATE US FROM THEM. IF WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT HONORING JUNETEENTH, WE HAVE TO CARRY ITS MESSAGE FORWARD. WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES WHETHER WE ARE STILL CHOOSING DELAY OVER DIGNITY, OR WHETHER WE'RE COMMITTED TO MAKING FREEDOM REAL FOR EVERYONE. THIS THURSDAY AND EVERY DAY, REMEMBER THE HEAT AND THE HOPE OF THAT DAY IN GALVESTON. REMEMBER THE VOICES THAT REFUSED TO BE SILENCED. COMMIT TO THE ONGOING WORK OF JUSTICE, NOT JUST IN WORD, BUT IN HOW WE TREAT ONE ANOTHER. THANK YOU. 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. AMEN. WELL, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I YOU KNOW, I SAY THIS ANYTIME, ANYTIME. THERE'S NOT [ MAYORAL PROCLAMATIONS, RECOGNITIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS] JUST EMPTY MAROON SEATS OUT HERE, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IT OFTEN IS. AND SO I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO SEE FACES LOOKING BACK AT ME HERE AT CITY HALL. AND SO WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF RECOGNITIONS TO DO THIS EVENING BEFORE WE GET STARTED. AND FIRST UP, I WILL INVITE MY CAMELOT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FRIENDS TO COME ON UP. AND COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS, WOULD YOU JOIN US? CYNTHIA. AND. IN THE IN THE SPIRIT OF FULL DISCLOSURE, I AM A RESIDENT OF THE CAMELOT NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THIS IS VERY SPECIAL. ONCE AGAIN. SO. THIS IS I'M NOT [00:05:12] EVEN SURE HOW MANY TIMES WE HAVE WON THIS AWARD. AND WHEN I SAY WE, I MEAN YOU MAINLY THIS IS CYNTHIA HOUK. SHE IS THE EDITOR OF OUR NEWSLETTER IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE ARE THE CAMELOT NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WE HAVE THE NIGHTLY NEWS. YES. AND IT IS. IT IS A GREAT NEWSLETTER THAT WE'VE HAD FOR MANY YEARS. AND THIS IS IN RECOGNITION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEWSLETTER, NATIONAL AWARD. WHEREAS EACH YEAR THE CITY OF GARLAND OFFICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY RECOGNIZES NEIGHBORS AND NEIGHBORHOODS WHO MAKE EXTRAORDINARY EFFORTS TO ENHANCE, REVITALIZE AND INVEST IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. AND WHEREAS COMMUNICATION AMONG NEIGHBORS IS VITAL FOR STRONG NEIGHBORHOODS, THE CAMELOT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS NIGHTLY NEWS IS A SHINING EXAMPLE OF THIS, EARNING THE AWARD FOR NEIGHBORHOOD NEWSLETTER COMPETITION FOR 2024. AND WHEREAS, AN APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED ON BEHALF OF THE CAMELOT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD USA AWARD, THE NIGHTLY NEWS WAS HONORED WITH SECOND PLACE IN THE NATIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD NEWSLETTER COMPETITION, COMPETING AMONG OTHER ENTRIES FROM NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AN EXTRAORDINARY ACHIEVEMENT THAT REFLECTS THE CREATIVITY, DEDICATION AND STORYTELLING THAT DEFINE THE CAMELOT COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS THIS RECOGNITION SHOWCASES GARLAND'S COMMITMENT TO FOSTERING STRONG, INFORMED AND CONNECTED NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH CLEAR COMMUNICATION AND CIVIC PARTICIPATION. NOW, THEREFORE, I. SCOTT LEMAY, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, ALONG WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE, RECOGNIZE AND EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CAMELOT NIGHTLY NEWS. FOR YOU. FOR YOU. AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE, WELL, I'D LIKE TO THANK NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY. IT'S TO ME, A GREATER HONOR TO WIN THIS FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND, BECAUSE IT MEANS MORE TO ME THAN THE NATIONAL, ACTUALLY. BUT IT'S SO NICE OF THEM TO GO AHEAD AND SEND FORWARD ALL OF THEIR WINNERS TO THE NATIONAL COMPETITION. AND WHAT AN HONOR TO WIN SECOND PLACE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. AND. AND AGAIN, I AM A 24 YEAR RESIDENT OF THE CAMELOT NEIGHBORHOOD. I THANK YOU. CYNTHIA HASN'T LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN 2024 YEARS, 24 YEARS. BUT SHE WAS ONE OF OUR EARLY MEMBERS AND AGAIN, HASN'T LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD F WELL OVER TWO DECADES, BUT STILL DOES OUR MONTHLY NEWSLETTER EVERY MONTH, EVERY YEAR. SO THANK YOU, MY FRIENDS. AND. AND WHILE I'VE GOT THEM HERE, YOU KNOW, THE CAMELOT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WELL REPRESENTED IN THE LAST 45 YEARS, THE CAMELOT NEIGHBORHOOD HAS GENERATED FIVE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, ONE OF WHICH WENT ON TO BECOME MAYOR. GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND COUNCIL MEMBER. THOMAS IS ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS IN IN CAMELOT. AND FORMER FORMER BOARD MEMBER LIKE MYSELF FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND HE HAS JOINED US ON THE CITY COUNCIL, WHAT, TWO WEEKS AGO, THREE WEEKS AGO, 30, 35 DAYS SINCE BEING SWORN IN DAYS. SO I'M THEY SAY I THEY SAID I WAS DRINKING FROM THE FIRE HOSE. THEY DID NOT SAY IT WOULD ALSO BE LIVING IN A WHIRLWIND. I WANT TO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO CYNTHIA. IF ANYBODY NEEDS AN EXAMPLE OF SOMEONE DEDICATED TO THEIR COMMUNITY, THIS LITTLE LADY RIGHT HERE REPRESENTS IT. SO IF ANYBODY IS LOOKING FOR INSPIRATION TO BE TO DEDICATE THEMSELVES TO A CAUSE FOR, FOR AS LONG AS THEY WANT TO BE, THIS IS IT RIGHT HERE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, CYNTHIA. I REALLY I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS. I, I WAS PRESIDENT OF THAT ASSOCIATION FOR FIVE YEARS, FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF SOMEBODY HERE THAT LED HIM TO A PLAN COMMISSION AND COUNCIL SEAT AND NOW MAYOR. AND SO I'VE GOT 18 YEARS TO GO TO CATCH UP, SCOTT, BUT I'M WORKING ON IT. SO I WANT TO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT. AND THANK YOU AGAIN, CYNTHIA, FOR A WONDERFUL JOB YOU DO ON THAT NEWSLETTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, WE HAVE A [00:10:09] RECOGNITION FOR WHO'S WHO IN GARLAND NEIGHBORHOODS NATIONAL AWARD. TOMMY ZAPATA, IF YOU COULD COME FORWARD, PLEASE, SIR. HOW ARE YOU THIS EVENING? I'M DOING GOOD. GOOD. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU. THIS IS IN RECOGNITION OF WHO'S WHO IN GARLAND NEIGHBORHOOD NATIONAL AWARD. WHEREAS EACH YEAR, THE CITY OF GARLAND NEIGHBORHOOD OF VITALITY RECOGNIZES NEIGHBORS AND NEIGHBORHOODS WHO MAKE EXTRAORDINARY EFFORTS TO ENHANCE, REVITALIZE AND INVEST IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. WHEREAS THE WHO'S WHO IN GARLAND NEIGHBORHOODS AWARD IS GIVEN TO INDIVIDUALS WHO EXEMPLIFY WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR THROUGH LEADERSHIP, COMMUNITY BUILDING AND SERVICE. AND TOMMY ZAPATA OF OUR RUSTIC OAKS ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD, TOTALLY 100% EMBODIES THESE QUALITIES. WHEREAS AN APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED ON BEHALF OF TOMMY ZAPATA OF RUSTIC OAKS ESTATES TO THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE WHO'S WHO IN AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOODS USA AWARD, TOMMY ZAPATA OF GARLAND, TEXAS, HAS BEEN NAMED THE FIRST PLACE WINNER OF THE 2025 WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA'S NEIGHBORHOODS USA AWARD. THANK YOU. THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO EXTRAORDINARY DEDICATION IN INNOVATION AND IMPACT IN BUILDING STRONG, INCLUSIVE AND RESILIENT NEIGHBORHOODS. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF GARLAND IS PROUD TO BE HOME TO INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVE AS ROLE MODELS OF CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY, BRINGING NATIONAL RECOGNITION TO OUR CITY THROUGH THEIR RECEIPT OF THIS AWARD. NOW, THEREFORE, I, SCOTT, MAYOR, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, ALONG WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE AND EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS TO TOMMY ZAPATA OF RUSTIC OAKS ESTATES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. THIS IS FOR YOU. AND THE PODIUM IS YOURS, SIR. WHAT A COUNTRY. WHAT CAN I SAY, MAN? YOU WOULD THINK I'M USED TO THIS BY NOW. I'M REALLY NOT. I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING BEFORE I GET INTO THIS. AND I'LL MAKE A QUICK. SOMETHING MORE IMPORTANT TO ME THAN THIS AWARD IS. TODAY'S MY DAD'S 80TH BIRTHDAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAD. LOVE YOU. I'VE GOT EIGHT SIBLINGS. I DON'T WANT TO GET BEAT UP WHEN I GET BACK TO HOUSTON. ALL RIGHT? SO I'VE BEEN THROUGH THAT. I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU, THE ORGANIZATION WAS INCREDIBLE. THEY WERE CITIES FROM ALL OVER THE US. THOSE THAT KNEW LITTLE ABOUT GARLAND, TEXAS AND NOW KNOW MUCH MORE. I TALK AND TALK AND TALK ENGLISH, ENGLISH, SPANISH, ENGLISH. AND I GOT TO TELL YOU, THEY THOUGHT I WAS THE PUBLIC PART OF YOUR PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, GET YOU SOME BUSINESS CARDS. THERE YOU GO. IT'S COMING THERE. WHILE I WAS THERE, I WAS ASKED TO BE GUEST SPEAKER FOR 2 OR 3 WORKSHOPS. THIS IS BEFORE ONE AND ALSO ASKED TO BE ON THE BOARD. BUT MY PLATE IS FULL ENOUGH RIGHT NOW. I WANTED TO GET BACK TO GARLAND, TEXAS. I LOVE GARLAND, TEXAS. I WANT TO BEGIN BY SAYING THANK YOU TO SCOTT LA MAYOR. ALL OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY OFFICIALS. CATHERINE, WHERE ARE YOU? CATHERINE. THERE'S OUR THERE'S THE CITY'S NUMBER ONE CHEERLEADER. THERE'S NO BETTER SUPPORTER THAN THAT WOMAN. I LOVE HER, MAN. SHE WAS INCREDIBLE. THANK YOU, CATHERINE, AND MORE. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY, FOR THE NEIGHBORS, FOR MYSELF. HE'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE. HE'S PROBABLY SORRY HE GAVE ME HIS CELL PHONE, BUT THAT'S OKAY. AND HE SPEAKS SPANISH, TOO, SO I CAN'T TALK ABOUT HIM. ALL RIGHT. HEY, I TRIED. IT GOES OKAY, I KNOW NOTHING, NOTHING, NOTHING. I WANT TO SAY A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR MPO, DAVID PRUITT. HE PLAYED A BIG PART FROM TAKING OUR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. WE HAD A VISION. I HAD A VISION FOUR YEARS AGO. OUR FIRST ONE WAS 28 PEOPLE. I WAS ALL EXCITED. IN 2024, WE ATTRACTED 100 PEOPLE. A STATE REPRESENTATIVE, COUNCILMAN, MORE POLICE CHIEF, POLICE CHIEF, POLICE LIEUTENANT. SO WE WERE BLESSED. WE WERE BLESSED ALSO. PRUITT HELPED ME COORDINATE FIVE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS OF GARLAND PD. I GOT TO MEET THE POLICE CHIEF AND LIEUTENANT AND IT FELT GOOD NOT [00:15:04] BEING IN HANDCUFFS MEETING THESE PEOPLE I GOT, THEY WEREN'T USED TO IT, THANK GOD, AND I WASN'T EITHER. I WANT TO GIVE HER A LOT OF CREDIT TO MY FAMILY. MY WONDERERFUL WOMAN, LUCAS. PICK T UP. SHE DOESN'T TAKE ENOUGH CREDIT. LUPE. NICOLE, MY DAUGHTER, MY SON TOMMY JR AND AMBER, MY DAUGHTER. I SIGN OFF NOW BY CHALLENGING ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE TO SUPPORT YOUR COMMUNITY LEADERS, TO BE THERE FOR THEM, LIKE COUNCILMAN MOORE WAS FOR ME TO GIVE THEM AN EAR, TO NEVER BE TOO BUSY TO HELP IMPVE THEM, THEIR VISION, THE NEIGHBORS AND THE COMMUNITY THAT BLESS YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SIR. YES, MA'AM. IT'S ALL YOU. IT'S ALL YOU. AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU EVER WANT TO KNOW WHY I LOVE THIS CITY SO MUCH, REPLAY THAT SPEECH. THAT'S IT RIGHT THERE. SURE. NOW YOU'RE ALL GOING TO BE QUIET. BEFORE WE GET STARTED. I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO SAY. LAST WEEK, TEAM GARLAND LOST A COUPLE OF VERY VALUED MEMBERS. FIRST WAS GARCIA. HE'S WORKED FOR TEAM GARLAND FOR 22 YEARS. HE PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK AFTER A LONG ILLNESS. IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, HE'S BEEN OUR FLEET SERVICES DIRECTOR, AND HE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED, OBVIOUSLY, BY HIS FAMILY OUTSIDE OF THIS ORGANIZATION, BY BUT CERTAINLY BY HIS FAMILY WITHIN THIS ORGANIZATION. SO PLEASE KEEP HIS HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN IN YOUR THOUGHTS. AND THEN LAST WEEK WE HAD THE PASSING OF FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER JACKIE FAGAN. I KNOW I WAS CERTAIN THAT HE WAS GOING TO OUTLIVE ME. JACKIE PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK AT THE TENDER AGE OF 93. HE SERVED ON THIS COUNCIL FROM 1999 TO 2004, TOOK A LITTLE BREAK, CAME BACK AND SERVED FROM 2006 TO 2008. JACKIE AND HIS WIFE JOYCE, WHO PASSED AWAY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, SETTLED IN GARLAND IN 1958, RAISED A FAMILY, JACKIE HAD A BUSINESS OVER ON FOREST LANE, FAGAN MOTORS, THAT WAS IN OPERATION UP UNTIL ABOUT TWO, MAYBE THREE YEARS AGO. HE AND HIS SONS OPERATED THAT, AND IT IS MY ROUGH CALCULATION THAT IN THAT TIME JACKIE SOLD APPROXIMATELY A MILLION CARS. HE WAS. YOU KNOW, HE HE KNEW THIS CITY LIKE THE BACK OF HIS HAND. PROBABLY BETTER. HE HE HAD A NICKNAME THAT WAS, WELL, WELL DESERVED. WELL, EVERYBODY BASICALLY KNEW HIM AS MR. GARLAND. AND HE HOLDS THE ALL TIME RECORD OF HAVING HIS PICTURE TAKEN AT JUST ABOUT EVERY RIBBON CUTTING THAT HAS EVER BEEN CUT IN THIS CITY. JACKIE LOVED THIS CITY. HE HE SUPPORTED EVERYTHING WE DID THROUGH THE CHAMBER, THROUGH THE COUNCIL, WHATEVER IT WAS. AND HE WILL BE, HE WILL BE DEFINITELY MISSED. SO KEEP THE FAGAN FAMILY IN YOUR THOUGHTS. ALRIGHT, SO I KNOW THAT MOST OF YOU ARE HERE BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE A PARTY. I HATE TO BREAK IT TO YOU, BUT WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF BUSINESS TO DO BEFORE WE GET TO THAT POINT. SO THE FIRST ITEM AND I'M JUST GOING TO WARN EVERYBODY, WE HAVE A BRAND NEW VOTING SYSTEM AND QUEUING SYSTEM THAT I'M SURE MAYOR ELECT HEDRICK IS GOING TO BE REALLY GOOD AT. I AM PROBABLY GOING TO STRUGGLE. YOU MAY SEE SOMEONE FROM IT, OR SOMEONE STEP IN BEHIND ME AND SHOW ME WHAT BUTTON TO PUSH, SO I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE. THE FIRST ITEM ON [ CONSENT AGENDA] OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING IS OUR 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 [00:20:02] AUTHORIZES CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE EACH ITEM. I WILL ANNOUNCE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE, AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL, TO REQUEST THAT ANY ITEM BE REMOVED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY. CURRENTLY, I DO NOT HAVE ANY REQUESTS. LET ME READ THROUGH THE AGENDA ITEM ONE. APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE JUNE 3RD, 2025 REGULAR MEETING. ITEM TWO APPROVED THE FOLLOWING BIDS. ITEM TWO A GP OATES ROAD TO LYONS ROAD 138 KV TRANSMISSION LINE REBUILD. ENGINEERING SERVICES ITEM TWO B GP KING MOUNTAIN TERMINAL TO GRAND FALLS STEEL STRUCTURES, ITEM TWO C GP WILEY SWITCH STATION RECONFIGURATION ENGINEERING SERVICES, ITEM TWO D TMPA STEEP HOLLOW TO KEITH SWITCH TRANSMISSION LINE GROUNDING SERVICES. ITEM TWO E ON DEMAND MAINTENANCE CONTRACT FOR PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD AND ELM GROVE ROAD. I THINK THAT'S THE LAST ONE UNDER THAT. YES. ITEM THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS WERE PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONING CASES. COUNCIL APPROVED THE REQUEST AND INSTRUCTED STAFF TO BRING FORTH THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCES. ITEM THREE A ZONING CASE Z 20 4-02 TRACK GROUP INCORPORATED IN DISTRICT SIX. ITEM THREE B ZONING CASE Z 20 5-08 CITY OF GARLAND IN DISTRICT FIVE. ITEM THREE C ZONING CASE Z 25 DASH 16 CM ENGINEERING IN DISTRICT THREE AND ITEM THREE D GARLAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, AMENDMENT 20 FIVE, DASH ZERO FIVE, ITEM FOUR GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL APPOINTEE SELECTION AND ITEM FIVE NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. THAT IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANY OF THESE ITEMS PULLED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY? SEEING NONE? DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, I LOOK TO YOU FOR A MOTION. YOU'RE GOOD. AM I HOT? YOU ARE. I MET THE MIC. YES. MR. MAYOR, YOU WILL BE DEARLY MISSED. I MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. I HAVE A. BOY. 19 MINUTES IN. I HAVE A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK, AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BASS TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU COULD PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US. THIS IS WHERE THINGS COULD GET TRICKY. AND ONCE THE VOTES ARE READ, IF YOU COULD PLEASE DISPLAY THE VOTES. HAS EVERYONE VOTED? MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE? WAIT A MINUTE. I T TO THE RESCUE. I'M JUST GLAD IT'S A SEAT DOWN THERE. NOT THIS ONE. ALL RIGHT, LET'S SEE HOW IT WORKS. MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU HAVE ALL THE VOTES, PLEASE DISPLAY THE RESULTS. AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. LOOK AT THAT NEW GRAPHIC AND EVERYTHING. YEAH, THAT IS THE FIRST TIME ANYBODY'S EVER CLAPPED FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. YOU PEOPLE NEED TO GET OUT MORE. YOU KNOW, MY CAREER WAS GOING SO WELL UP UNTIL TONIGHT. NEXT [6. Approval of a Term Sheet for the Lease of a Multi-Use Soccer Fields Complex] ITEM. NEXT SECTION UNDER OUR AGENDA IS OLD BUSINESS. FIRST UP IS ITEM SIX, APPROVAL OF A TERM SHEET FOR THE LEASE OF A MULTI USE SOCCER FIELDS COMPLEX. MR. HESSER. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. YOU'VE SEEN THIS INFORMATION LAST NIGHT SO THIS WILL BE BRIEF. BUT FOR YOUR FORMAL CONSIDERATION TONIGHT IS A SOCCER COMPLEX LEASE AGREEMENT WHICH THE OVERVIEW MAP HERE IS THE EIGHT FIELDS THAT ARE THE SUBJECT OF THIS LEASE, AS WELL AS THE TWO FOOTBALL COURTS UP TO THE TWO FOOTBALL COURTS. LEASE TERMS ARE EIGHT FIELDS FOR RECREATIONAL, ACADEMY, [00:25:02] TOURNAMENT AND TRAINING USE. THERE'S RESTROOM AND CONCESSION BUILDING, MAINTENANCE BUILDING AND UP TO TWO FOOTBALL COURTS CONTINGENT ON BUDGET. THE ENGINEER FIRM THAT HAS BEEN RETAINED FOR THIS PROJECT IS KIMLEY-HORN, AND THE BUDGET FOR THIS PROJECT IS APPROXIMATELY 25 MILLION. IN CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. THE BROAD TERMS OF THIS LEASE 75,000 ANNUAL LEASE PAYMENT WITH 2.5% ANNUAL ESCALATION FOR A 20 YEAR TERM. THE LEASE MAINTAINS AND MANAGES THE FACILITY AND MUST SUBMIT AN ANNUAL MAINTENANCE REPAIR RENOVATION PLAN TO BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY. THAT IS IT. VERY GOOD SIR. OBVIOUSLY, COUNCIL, WE HAD A CHANCE TO DISCUSS THIS LAST NIGHT. IS THERE ANY ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM? AND IF WE DO, IF INTERESTED, WE DO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE TEAM HERE THIS EVENING HAVE SUBMITTED A SPEAKER CARD IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM AS WELL. OKAY. COUNCIL, WE DO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES HERE. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM BEFORE I CALL THEM FORWARD? OKAY. YEP. HANG ON. YES. YES. IS THE ANSWER OKAY? I BELIEVE IT'S MATT. YES, SIR. MATT VALENTINE AND I BELIEVE JENNIFER'S GOT SPEAKER CARD. YES I DO. AND IF YOU COULD GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. OKAY. YEAH. MY NAME IS MATT VALENTINE. I LIVE AT 4414 ABBOTT AVENUE, DALLAS, TEXAS 75205. VERY GOOD. COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS. YEAH. THE PUBLIC THE PUBLIC FACILITY THAT'S PART OF ALL THIS THAT'S IS SUPPOSED TO BE A CASH ONLY. CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT AND HOW HOW HOW THAT IS QUOTE IT'S A PUBLIC FACILITY BUT NOT A PUBLIC FACILITY. FACILITY JUST FOR OUR PATRONS. YEAH. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE EIGHT FIELDS. YES. CORRECT. OKAY. AND ANDY, YOU CAN CHIME IN, BUT AS I BELIEVE MOST OF THE CITY PARKS ARE, THE FIELDS SUCH AS WINTERS PARK ARE NOT OPEN 24 HOURS. THEY'RE NOT HAVE COMPLETE ACCESS 24 HOURS. BUT THESE FIELDS ARE FOR USE OF THE PUBLIC TO HAVE ACCESS TO THEM. BUT IN TERMS OF MAINTENANCE AND WHATNOT THAT'S COVERED BY OUR TEAM. WE WILL COVER ALL THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF THE FIELDS, BUT THEY ARE FOR PUBLIC USE. AND THE, THE ACTUAL STRUCTURE, THE PUBLIC STRUCTURE THERE. WOULD YOU ELABORATE? WELL, THE STRUCTURES UNDER THIS PROPOSAL ARE CONCESSION STANDS, RESTROOMS, MAIENANCE SHED. OBVIOUSLY THE PUBLIC COULD COME USE ANY OF THOSE FACILITIES AS THEIR CHOICE. HOWEVER, THEY WOULD NOT ACCESSIBLE REALLY FOR PUBLIC USE. THE BUILDING WE SAW, WE SAW WE SAW A PICTURE OF THE BUILDING LAST NIGHT AND I DIDN'T SEE. I WANTED YOU TO JUST BRIEFLY RESTATE WHAT YOU STATED LAST NIGHT. SO FOR PUBLIC FOR TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC HAS A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING AS TO WHAT THE PUBLIC BUILDING THAT IS NOT PUBLIC ACCESSIBLE SO THAT ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT, THAT'S A SEPARATE AGREEMENT, SEPARATE PROJECT ALTOGETHER, SEPARATE FUNDING SOURCE. SO FOR WHAT'S TONIGHT IS JUST THE SOCCER FIELDS THEMSELVES. AND SO THE PUBLIC MECHANISM IS MUCH LIKE WE DO ANY OF OUR SPORTS AGREEMENTS WITH, WITH ENTITIES THAT PROVIDES SPORTS ON OUR BEHALF, SUCH AS WINTERS PARK, OR WHETHER IT'S ADULT SOFTBALL, WOMEN'S SOFTBALL, THOSE ARE ALL ACCESSIBLE BY THE PUBLIC V THE LEAGUE, PLAY THE TOURNAMENT, PLAY THE ACADEMY, PLAY WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. SO IN THE SENSE THAT IT IS AN OPEN GATE TO ANYBODY TO WALK UP AND PLAY ON AT ANY GIVEN TIME. NONE OF OUR COMPETITION FIELDS ARE THAT WAY, SO THIS IS NO DIFFERENT. THIS IS THIS WOULD BE A LEASE TERM WITH THIS ORGANIZATION TO PROVIDE THIS LEVEL OF SOCCER PLAY ON OUR BEHALF ON THESE FIELDS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU BOTH. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD? I SEE NONE. MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE, YOU JUMPED IN FOR A MOTION. I THOUGHT WE WERE GETTING READY TO GO THERE. MOTION TO APPROVE. I HAVE A I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE. I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BASS SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU COMPARE THE VOTE FOR US, PLEASE. [00:30:07] COUNCIL. MADAM SECRETARY, ONCE THE VOTES ARE COLLECTED, IF YOU COULD SHOW THE RESULTS, PLEASE. MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE. I'M NOTICING A PATTERN. OKAY. THAT ITEM IS APPROVED WITH COUNCIL [7. Consider a request by Prime Data Centers/Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr proposing an expansion of the existing Planned Development (PD) District 23-47 for a Data Center and Electric Substations to the northeast corner of Arapaho Road and Holford Road, currently zoned Agricultural (AG) District. The site is located 2000 Holford Road in District 7.] MEMBER DUTTON IN OPPOSITION. MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM, ITEM SEVEN. CONSIDER REQUEST BY PRIME DATA CENTERS MUNCH HEART CORP AND ARE PROPOSING AN EXPANSION OF T THE EXISTING PLAN DEVELOPMT DISTRICT 2347 FOR A DATA CENTER AND ELECTRIC SUBSTATIONS TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF ARAPAHOE AND HOLFORD ROADS. CURRENTLY ZONED AGRICULTURE DISTRICT, THIS SITE IS LOCATED AT 2000 HOLFORD ROAD IN DISTRICT SEVEN. OH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, IT WOULD APPEAR THAT ITEM NUMBER SEVEN HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. SO OUR EVENING JUST GOT A LITTLE SHORTER. FOR THOSE OF YOU NOT AWARE, THAT IS A FORMER MAYOR CLAPPING. NEXT UP, THIS ONE I KNOW IS GOING THROUGH ITEM EIGHT IS CONSIDER APPROVAL [8. Consider Approval of an Ordinance Canvassing and Declaring the Results of the Runoff Election for Mayor held on June 7, 2025 and Issue a Certificate of Election to the Newly Elected Mayor] OF AN ORDINANCE CANVASING AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE RUNOFF ELECTION FOR MAYOR HELD ON JUNE 7TH, 2025, AND ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION TO THE NEWLY ELECTED MAYOR. AND LET ME DO THIS. I'VE CLEARED THE QUEUE LOOKING FOR A MOTION. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BASS, SIR. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I'D L LIE TO APPROVE THE CANVASING AS PRESENTED. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM EIGHT AS PRESENTED BY COUNCILMEMBER BASS, WITH A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON. SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. MADAM SECRETARY, PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US, PLEASE. AND ONCE THE VOTES ARE IN, IF YOU COULD DISPLAY THOSE RESULTS AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. WE [9. Councilmember Kris BeardKay Moore, Parks & Recreation Advisory Board] HAVE ONE MORE ITEM. ITEM NINE. CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. COUNCIL MEMBER BEARD, YOU HAVE AN APPOINTMENT THIS EVENING? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO APPOINT KAY MOORE TO THE PARKS BOARD, PLEASE. I HAVE A MOTION. WE'RE GOING TO GO BY. WHAT THE. YOU KNOW, WE'RE DEVELOPING NEW, BETTER HABITS HERE. WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THE SYSTEM. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BEARD AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BASS TO APPROVE THE NOMINATION OF KAY MOORE TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD. SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. MADAM SECRETARY, ONE MORE TIME. ONCE THE VOTES ARE IN, IF YOU COULD DISPLAY THE RESULTS AND THAT NOMINATION IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. CONGRATULATIONS. I SAW YOU OUT THERE SOMEWHERE. CONGRATULATIONS. AND. THAT. RIGHT. THESE TWO ARE GOING TO MESS ME UP. THAT WAS MY LAST VOTE. SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM TEN. AND WE'RE GOING TO [10. Conduct Swearing in Ceremony] CONDUCT A SWEARING IN CEREMONY. I DON'T NEED ANY OF THIS STUFF TO TAKE WITH ME. PODIUM MAGIC THERE NORMALLY. NORMALLY IT IS ME INTRODUCING THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT IT WOULD SEEM KIND OF AWKWARD. AND ALSO INTRODUCING COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE LEAVING US. AND IT [00:35:02] WOULD BE RATHER AWKWARD FOR ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AND PRESENT MYSELF WITH AN AWARD, ALTHOUGH I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IT. BUT TONIGHT THAT DUTY IS GOING TO FALL TO OUR CITY MANAGER, DEDRICK. MAYOR LEMAY, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, IT'S CUSTOMARY FOR US TO PRESENT TO OUTGOING COUNCIL MEMBERS AND IN YOUR CASE, THE MAYOR. A FLAG OF THE CITY, WHICH IS YOURS. AND HONESTLY, IF YOU WANT TO MOVE IT FROM ONE HAND TO THE OTHER JUST SO YOU'RE GIVING IT TO YOURSELF, THAT WOULD BE OKAY TOO. AND THEN A PLAQUE, OF COURSE, AND YOU'LL NOTICE ON HERE, I WAS WONDERING HOW THEY WERE GOING TO DO THE DATES. THE LONG TIME. THAT'S A LONG TIME. SIX YEARS IS MAYOR, SIX YEARS AS COUNCIL MEMBER AND SIX YEARS AS A PLANNING COMMISSIONER. A PLAQUE HARDLY DOES ALL THIS JUSTICE. BUT ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF GARLAND, SCOTT LEMAY IS HONORED AND RECOGNIZED FOR LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO THE CITY OF GARLAND AS MAYOR. MAY 2013 TO JUNE 2025. SIT DOWN. I'M NOT LEAVING THAT QUICKLY. I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO SOAK THIS UP. I BELIEVE THERE'S A PRESENTATION. MADAM SECRETARY. IS IT JUST THE ONE BEFORE I GET TOO CARRIED AWAY? YES, MA'AM. THIS IS CAPTAIN WILLIAM CRUZ FROM THE GARLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHO IS THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE GARLAND FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION. AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, I HAD INVITED DAVID RIGGS TO COME DO THIS, BUT SOMETHING ABOUT TIME WASN'T THERE, SO. WELL, BUT IN HIS DEFENSE, HE DID SEND ME A TEXT MESSAGE. WELL, GOOD. I'M SURE IT WAS LONG. IT WAS LONG. AND THIS IS WE PRESENT PLAQUES MUCH LIKE THIS TO OUR RETIRING FIREFIGHTERS WHO DO MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE CITY, AND WOULD BE REMISS IF WE DIDN'T PRESENT THIS TO YOU AS WELL. BUT THIS IS NOT ENOUGH. I GET MY OWN FIRE TRUCK. SINCE 1836, WHEN HENRY GRATACAP FASHIONED THE FIRST FIRE HELMET OUT OF LEATHER, JUST WHEN HIS LETTER. THERE HAS BEEN NO MORE ICONIC SYMBOL OF FIRE SERVICE THAN THE HELMET. THERE'S NO OTHER INDUSTRY THAT USES A HELMET LIKE THIS. AND YOU LOOK AT A FIRE HELMET. IT TELLS A LOT OF STORIES. IT TELLS THE RANK OF THE PERSON WEARING THAT HELMET. IT TELLS YOU WHAT FIRES THEY'VE SEEN, WHERE THEY'VE BEEN, HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN DOING THAT. AND NO HELMET STANDS OUT MORE THAN THE WHITE HELMET OF FIRE CHIEF, AS IT STANDS FOR LEADERSHIP, FOR RESPONSIBILITY AND A LIFETIME OF SERVICE. AND THE ONE WHO WEARS THAT WHITE HELMET IS CARRIES NOT ONLY. RESPONSIBILITY AND AUTHORITY TO TRUST. TRUST THAT HE'S GOING TO LEAD PEOPLE INTO DANGER AND BRING THEM HOME, THAT HE'S GOING TO MAKE THE TOUGH DECISIONS THAT HAVE TO BE MADE, EVEN THOUGH IT MAY MAKE SOMEBODY UNHAPPY. AND MAYOR, I CAN THINK OF NOBODY MORE FITTING TO HAVE HIS OWN WHITE HELMET BECAUSE OF YOUR LEADERSHIP OF THIS CITY. AND I AM FOR EVER GRATEFUL TO YOU AS A LABOR LEADER, BECAUSE I HEAR NIGHTMARES FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY IN DEALING WITH MAYORS AND CITY ADMINISTRATION AND COUNCILS. AND I JUST SIT BACK AND SMILE BECAUSE I'VE GOT IT VERY LUCKY. AND I KIND OF EVEN BETTER THAT I DIDN'T PLAN THIS. AND I HOPE YOU DISPLAY THIS WITH PRIDE AND KNOW THAT THERE'S 182 MEMBERS OF GARLAND FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION. FOREVER GRATEFUL TO [00:40:07] YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP OF THIS CITY OF THE UNITED. WELL. BILL, CAPTAIN CRUZ, THANK YOU. ON BEHALF OF, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU TO ALL THE MEMBERS. AS I WAS COMMUNICATING WITH FORMER PRESIDENT RIGGS THIS AFTERNOON, I, I TOLD HIM, YOU KNOW. I HAVE PROBABLY LEARNED MORE THAN I HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IN MY TIME IN OFFICE. AND I WILL TELL YOU, THE ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN A HUGE PART OF THAT EDUCATI OF CITY OPERATIONS AND BENEFITS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS. AND, AND I'M VERY PROUD THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, TO WORK THOSE THINGS THROUGH, CERTAINLY TO THE BENEFIT OF OUR, OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND I KNOW THAT THIS HELMET IS DESIGNED OR MEANT TO BE CEREMONIAL, TO BE PUT IN A TROPHY CASE SOMEWHERE. BUT I CAN PRETTY MUCH GUARANTEE YOU, IF YOU SEE ME AT TOMTOM. MOWING MY YARD, JUST WANDERING AROUND THE HOUSE, I WILL PROBABLY BE WEARING THIS HELMET. SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO GIVE ME AN AWARD BEFORE I START? BECAUSE I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, MY NERVES ARE A LITTLE JANGLY. HAVE BEEN FOR SEVERAL DAYS. AND IT HASN'T GOTTEN BETTER IN THE LAST HOUR. MAN. I HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT I'D LIKE TO THANK FOR THE THOUGHTS I WANT TO SHARE TONIGHT. THE INTEREST OF TIME. I'M GOING TO TRY TO KEEP IT BRIEF, BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW ME, KNOW THAT THAT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. I WILL CERTAINLY EXCEED THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT FOR SPEAKERS. BY THE WAY, SCOTT LEMAY 3233 SHIELD LANE, 24 YEAR RESIDENT OF DISTRICT SEVEN. I'VE BEEN WANTING TO DO. I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO PEOPLE SAY THAT FOR YEARS, AND SO I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO IT. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN WRITING THIS SPEECH IN MY HEAD FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS, KNOWING THAT SOONER OR LATER THIS DAY WOULD ARRIVE. BUT I HAVE TO ADMIT, IT'S GOTTEN HERE A LOT FASTER THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD. AND I THINK THAT'S BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY SAY TIME FLIES WHEN YOU'RE HAVING FUN. AND AS RIDICULOUS AS IT SOUNDS, BECAUSE ELECTED SERVICE IS NOT DESIGNED TO BE FUN, THERE'S NO PART OF FUN IN ANY OF IT. BUT I HAVE HAD FUN AND WE HAVE. AND SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED AND THAT HAS MADE THE TIME FLY BY. I HAVE TO START WITH MY BEAUTIFUL FAMILY HERE ON THE FRONT ROW, WHICH I WISH THEY WERE ON THE BACK ROW. WOULD MAKE THIS A LITTLE BIT EASIER. TIFFANY AND I HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR 35 YEARS. AND WE'VE BEEN MARRIED 31 OF THOSE. AND IT OCCURRED TO ME A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO OR A MONTH OR SO AGO NOW ON OUR ANNIVERSARY, OF HOW MUCH OF THAT TIME I'VE BEEN SOMEWHERE ELSE. BEFORE MY TIME IN PUBLIC SERVICE. I TRAVELED A LOT FOR WORK. AND SO I'VE REALIZED THAT ALMOST THREE QUARTERS OF THE TIME WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER, I'VE [00:45:02] BEEN SOMEWHERE ELSE OR OTHERWISE OCCUPIED. WELL. THAT IS THE NEXT LINE. THAT IS. BUT I'LL TELL YOU, THAT ENDS TONIGHT. AND YES, IT IS PROBABLY A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO US BEING TOGETHER FOR SO LONG. BUT THROUGH IT ALL, SHE HAS SUPPORTED ME. SHE HAS ENCOURAGED ME, AND REMARKABLY, SHE HAS NEVER TRIED TO CHANGE ME. ALTHOUGH ON MANY OCCASIONS SHE HAS HAD TO REPAIR ME. SHE IS MY BEST FRIEND, SOMETIMES MY ONLY FRIEND AND ABSOLUTELY THE LOVE OF MY LIFE. SO THANK YOU. IT'S GOING TO GET BETTER FOLKS, I PROMISE. I KNOW, I APOLOGIZE, I APOLOGIZE. ALRIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO POWER THROUGH. IN THE EARLY SPRING OF 2007, I MARCHED INTO CITY HALL. IT LOOKED A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN THOSE DAYS. I HAD MY CANDIDATE PAPERWORK IN HAND WITH MY PETITIONS CORRECTLY FILLED OUT. OF COURSE, SOME OF YOU WILL GET THAT JOKE. AND I ALSO HAD MY THREE LITTLE GIRLS WITH ME. CAITLIN WAS IN THE FIFTH GRADE AND MORGAN AND REAGAN WERE IN KINDERGARTEN. I PULLED THEM OUT OF SCHOOL THAT DAY TO COME WITH ME, BECAUSE I WANTED THEM TO BE A PART OF THE PROCESS, AND PROBABLY IN SOME UNCONSCIOUS WAY. I WANTED THEM TO BE PROUD OF THEIR OLD MAN FOR DOING SOMETHING. ALTHOUGH AT THE TIME, AT THEIR AGE, THEY PROBABLY HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS DOING AND THEY HAVE SUPPORTED ENCOURAGED ME AS WELL. THEY IN MY EARLY CAMPAIGNS, THEY HELPED ME FOLD MAILERS, PUT OUT YARD SIGNS AND ALL THAT CAMPAIGN STUFF. THEY'VE ATTENDED COUNTLESS CITY EVENTS WITH ME OVER THE YEARS. BUT I WILL TELL YOU, I AM MORE PROUD OF THEM THAN ANYTHING I'VE EVER DONE IN THIS BUILDING. THOSE LITTLE GIRLS ARE ALL GROWN UP NOW, AND THEY'VE GROWN INTO GOOD PEOPLE. AND EACH ONE OF THEM IS PURSUING A CAREER IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR. TIFFANY AND I HAVE RAISED THREE MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES. WHO ARE CURRENTLY SERVING THE CITIZENS OF GARLAND, GREENVILLE AND GLENN HEIGHTS, TEXAS. AND YES, WE ONLY SERVE IN CITIES THAT START WITH G. BUT I AM VERY PROUD OF THEM FOR TAKING THAT ON. IT IS, YOU KNOW, WORKING WORKING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR CAN BE CHALLENGING AND I APPRECIATE THEM AND I THANK THEM, LOVED THEM DEARLY, AND I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE OF A FAN OF TMRS IN MY LIFE. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, THAT'S THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM. I WANT TO THANK MY MOTHER, KAY, WHO WAS SUPPORTING ME LONG BEFORE THESE OTHER LADIES. SHE WAS A STRUGGLING SINGLE MOM WHO TAUGHT HER TWO SONS HOW TO SURVIVE, TAUGHT US HOW TO FIGHT, HOW TO KNOW WHAT WAS RIGHT, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, HOW TO LOVE THE LIFE THAT YOU MAKE AND TO MAKE THE MOST OF THE LIFE THAT YOU HAVE. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO'VE MET HER, KNOWING THAT BEING A LITTLE WILD AND CRAZY NEVER HURT ANYBODY. SO THANK YOU, MOM. SHE'S UP IN TONKAWA, OKLAHOMA. AND I WANT TO THANK MY CONTAINER STORE FAMILY. I HAVE SOME REPRESENTATIVES HERE TONIGHT. I'M VERY PROUD. MY CONTAINER STORE FAMILY, PAST AND PRESENT, WHO HAVE SUPPORTED ME AND HONESTLY TOLERATED A VERY WEIRD SCHEDULE THAT I HAVE LIVED IN LIFE. WITHOUT THEIR SUPPORT, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN NEXT TO, IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE, AND HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY I'VE TAUGHT YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT ALONG THE WAY. PROBABLY NOT. BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK [00:50:04] YOU TO THE CITIZENS OF GARLAND FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR COURAGE TO ADVOCATE FOR CHANGES IN OUR CITY. WE MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE ON EVERYTHING OR HOW WE DO SOMETHING, BUT WE AGREE THAT CHANGE WAS NECESSARY AND IN MANY CASES, LONG OVERDUE. YOUR SUPPORT OF THE 2019 BOND PACKAGE HAS BROUGHT ABOUT THE START OF THE CHANGE THAT WE ALL WANTED TO SEE, NEW AND IMPROVED AMENITIES AND SERVICES THAT HAVE HAD AN IMMEDIATE IMPACTS ON OUR CITY. AND AS I'VE SAID MANY TIMES BEFORE, WE'LL HAVE GENERATIONAL IMPACTS ON OUR CITY. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR MAKING YOUR VOICES HEARD. NOW, YOU'VE GIVEN US A PATH FORWARD FOR EVEN MORE IMPROVEMENTS BY SUPPORTING THE 2025 BOND PACKAGE, THE COUNCIL HAS MADE A COMMITMENT TO COMPLETE EVERY ITEM ON THOSE BOND LISTS FROM 19 AND FROM 25, AND I'M CERTAIN THAT THAT COMMITMENT WILL CONTINUE. SO THANK YOU TO THE CITIZENS OF GARLAND. YOU FOLKS ARE THE BEST. AND THROUGH ALL THE PHONE CALLS AND EVEN THE ONES, EVEN THOSE OF YOU WHO'VE CALLED ME, WHO YELLED AT ME, THANK YOU. BUT OVERWHELMING THE SUPPORT OF THE OF THE CITIZENS OF GARLAND HAS JUST BEEN OVERWHELMING. THANK YOU TO OUR CITY STAFF, PAST AND PRESENT, AT EVERY LEVEL, EVERY DEPARTMENT OF THIS ORGANIZATION. YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY THE BEST. YOU SERVE THE CITIZENS OF GARLAND EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND SOME OF MY BEST MEMORIES ARE THE TIMES THAT I GOT TO SPEND WITH YOU AT EVENTS. JUST AND MY FAREWELL TOUR AND HERE AT MEETINGS, JUST TALKING, SHARING STORIES, SHARING OUR LIVES WITH EACH OTHER. THANK YOU FOR THE CAMARADERIE AND THE FRIENDSHIPS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO OUR CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY SECRETARY STAFFS. YOU HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH ME FAR MORE THAN ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS COMBINED, AND YOU'VE ALWAYS GONE OUT OF YOUR WAY TO MAKE ME FEEL LIKE I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING. AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT, BECAUSE THERE ARE OFTEN TIMES I WAS JUST MAKING IT UP AS I WENT. AND THANK YOU TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. CHAIRMAN ROBERTS IS HERE SOMEWHERE. THERE HE IS. I SERVED ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION FROM 2007 TO 2013. SCOTT ROBERTS BECAME THE CHAIR, I BELIEVE, THE YEAR AFTER I JOINED. AND THERE ARE SEVERAL OF YOU HERE THAT I SERVED WITH ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND THERE ARE SEVERAL CURRENT PLANNING COMMISSIONERS HERE. THAT WAS A GREAT TRAINING GROUND FOR ME AND I, AND I THANK THOSE THAT I SERVED WITH ON THE COMMISSION FOR TOLERATING A YOUNG GUY WHO THOUGHT HE KNEW EVERYTHING AND COULD FIX EVERY PROBLEM. YOU, YOU. THAT WAS A GREAT EDUCATION FOR ME. AND IT IS SOMETHING I HAVE CARRIED WITH ME TO THIS VERY DAY. SCOTT ROBERTS HAS BEEN THE CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE AND HE HAS BEEN A GREAT MENTOR TO ME. HE'S BEEN A GREAT EXAMPLE TO ME. HE IS PROBABLY THE COOLEST, CALMEST PERSON YOU WILL EVER MEET IN YOUR LIFE, NO MATTER HOW HEATED, HOW CONFUSING THE ISSUE MAY HAVE BEEN OR BE. SCOTT JUST TAKES CARE OF BUSINESS AND THAT IS HARD TO DO. THAT SEAT IS HOT AND IT GETS VERY CONFUSING UP THERE SOME NIGHTS AS AS TO WHAT TO DO. SO SCOTT, THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU ALL THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS. I WANT TO THANK ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, PAST AND PRESENT. I PRESENT. I'VE SERVED WITH ALL 25 OF YOU HAVE BROUGHT SOMETHING TO THE TABLE THAT HAS MADE THE CITY BETTER, AND YOU'VE MADE ME BETTER. AND I FEEL COMPELLED TO READ ALL OF THEIR NAMES INTO THE RECORD. SO BEAR WITH ME. I SERVED UNDER TWO MAYORS, DOUGLAS ATHENS AND LORI DODSON, IN DISTRICT ONE, TIM CAMPBELL, DAVID GIBBONS, RICKY MCNEIL, AND JEFF BASS. DISTRICT TWO ANITA GOBLE, DEBORAH MORRIS, CHRIS BEARD. DISTRICT THREE STEVEN STANLEY, JERRY NICKERSON, ED MOORE. DISTRICT FOUR BJ WILLIAMS, JIM BOOKOUT, AND BJ WILLIAMS. BJ CAME BACK, HE TURNED OUT CAME BACK. DISTRICT FIVE JOHN WILLIS, BILLY [00:55:10] MCWILLIAMS, RICH AUBURN AND MARGARET LUCK. DISTRICT SIX LORI DODSON, ROBERT VERA, AND CARISSA DUTTON. DISTRICT SEVEN DILLON HEDRICK AND NOW JOE THOMAS. JOE SNUCK IN UNDER THE WIRE. AND LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, DISTRICT EIGHT JIM CAHILL, ROBERT JOHN SMITH AND CHRIS OTT. THANK YOU ALL. WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER, WHETHER IN THIS BUILDING OR OUT IN THE CITY. AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ASK ME, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S IT LIKE? IT'S LIKE HAVING EIGHT BROTHERS AND SISTERS THAT YOU'RE RELATED, BUT YOU DON'T NECESSARILY LIKE THAT. SOMETIMES YOU WORK TOGETHER, BUT YOU KNOW WHERE EACH OTHER'S BUTTONS ARE. AND BUT YOU'RE A TEAM, AND WE ALL MAKE SACRIFICES TO DO THIS JOB. AND I BELIEVE THAT WE BELIEVE IN WHAT WE'RE DOING. THE COUNCIL HAS MADE ALL THE DECISIONS THAT THAT THE CITIZENS EXPECT US TO MAKE BUDGETS, ORDINANCES, ZONING CASES, THINGS LIKE THAT, THINGS THAT WE DO EVERY NIGHT. BUT THIS COUNCIL HAS ALSO MADE SOME BOLD DECISIONS, AND THOSE ARE HARD. THOSE ARE HARD. BOLD DECISIONS SOMETIMES PUT US AT ODDS WITH EACH OTHER. THEY PUT US AT ODDS WITH THE CITIZENS WHO ARE OFTEN OUR FRIENDS. AND THAT'S TOUGH. THAT IS THAT IS THAT IS TOUGH. BUT I BELIEVE IN THOSE CHOICES, AND I BELIEVE IN YOUR ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS FOR OUR CITY. THANK YOU. NOW, MAYOR ELECT HEDRICK, THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP TO CONTINUE YOUR SERVICE AFTER SIX YEARS OF SERVING IN DISTRICT SEVEN, WHICH IS MY HOME DISTRICT, WE FIRST MET BACK IN 2017. DYLAN APPLIED FOR AN OPEN SPOT I HAD ON THE PLAN COMMISSION. WE MET OVER COFFEE ONE DAY, AND AT THAT TIME, I DON'T THINK EITHER OF US COULD IMAGINE THE SCENARIO WE'RE LIVING OUT TONIGHT. BUT MY BEST ADVICE TO YOU IS TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT THIS IS A TEAM EFFORT, AND I KNOW YOU WILL, AND THERE WILL CERTAINLY BE MORE CELEBRATIONS TO COME, AND THERE WILL CERTAINLY BE CHALLENGES. BUT JUST KNOW THAT THIS TEAM, THIS COUNCIL, THIS STAFF WILL SUPPORT YOU AS LONG AS THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE A PART OF THE SOLUTION. AND I KNOW THEY WILL. AND AS MANY FORMER MAYORS HAVE SAID TO THEIR SUCCESSORS, I WILL BE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU IN THE COUNCIL. IF YOU NEED ME, CALL ME. OTHERWISE I'M GOING TO LEAVE YOU ALONE, AND I'M GOING TO EXPECT YOU TO LEAD THIS CITY INTO THE FUTURE. SO THANK YOU. NOW, ENOUGH OF THAT. I HOPE THAT YOU ALL GET THE SENSE THAT I TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY. I TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY. YOU KNOW, THIS IS IMPORTANT STUFF WE'RE DOING UP HERE. AND IT'S TIME CONSUMING. IT'S MIND NUMBING SOMETIMES. BUT IT IS NECESSARY WORK THAT WE DO TO KEEP THIS CITY MOVING FORWARD. AND I HAVE ALWAYS TAKEN THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES VERY SERIOUS. BUT ONE THING I HAVE NEVER DONE AND WILL NEVER DO IS TAKE MYSELF SERIOUSLY. BECAUSE I HAVE DEVELOPED, I THINK IT'S AS I'VE AGED A LITTLE BIT, I'VE SORT OF DEVELOPED AN IDEA OR PHILOSOPHY THAT IF YOU'RE NOT HAVING FUN WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY ARISES, YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG. AND SO WE HAVE AN AMAZING PUBLIC AND MEDIA RELATIONS TEAM HERE, AND THEY HAVE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'VE DONE. THEY'VE DONE. THEY THEY HAVE THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE CREATED THEY'VE GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE FUN, AND THEY'VE GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THAT WITH, FRANKLY, THE WORLD, WHICH WAS NOT THE INTENTION. BUT IT HAS IT HAS HAPPENED. AND SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO THIS IS THE FINAL [01:00:10] INSTALLMENT OF MY MAYOR'S GONE WILD SERIES. AND SO PLEASE DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SCREENS. YES, MAYOR. AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING? LISTEN, TOM CRUISES OUT. I'VE JUST TURNED OUT THE STARS OF THE LINE. I NEED YOU TO HELP ME RECORD THIS VIDEO. WHAT VIDEO? OH. YOU'LL SEE. LET'S GET THE TERMED OUT MAYOR SCOTT LEMAY IN. IT WAS A TEASER. YES, MAYOR. AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING? LISTEN, TOM CRUISE IS OUT. I'VE JUST TURNED OUT THE STARS HAVE ALIGNED. I NEED YOU TO HELP ME RECORD THIS VIDEO. WHAT VIDEO? OH. YOU'LL SEE. TERMED OUT MAYOR SCOTT LEMAY IN. MISSION IMPOSSIBLE. AND A YIPPEE KAY. YEAH. NO, NOT EVEN THE RIGHT MOVIE. YEAH, BUT IT'S KIND OF MY THING. ALL RIGHT, SO WITH THAT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I AM DONE. I WOULD LIKE TO BRING FORWARD MAYOR ELECT DILLON HEDRICK SO THAT WE CAN REMOVE THE ELECT PART FROM HIS TITLE. PLEASE REPEAT AFTER ME. I, DILLON HEDRICK, I, DILLON HEDRICK, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE, THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF MAYOR. THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF MAYOR OF THE CITY OF GARLAND AND THE CITY OF GARLAND, OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND WILL AND WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THIS STATE AND OF THIS STATE. SO HELP ME GOD. SO HELP ME GOD. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE. I, AS MAYOR LEMAY ALWAYS SAYS, IT'S WONDERFUL SPEAKING TO A FULL ROOM. AND I WANT TO THANK FATHER STEPHEN INGRAM FROM SAINT JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH FOR BEING HERE AND DOING THE SWEARING IN CEREMONY FOR ME, ESPECIALLY MY FAMILY, FOR BEING HERE AS WELL TO SUPPORT ME. BUT GOOD EVENING, GARLAND. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU TO EVERY VOTER WHO BELIEVED [01:05:02] IN THIS VISION, BELIEVED IN OUR CITY'S FUTURE, AND WHO MADE YOUR VOICE HEARD AT THE BALLOT BOX. I AM TRULY HUMBLED AND HONORED TO STAND BEFORE YOU TONIGHT AS THE 38TH MAYOR OF GARLAND, TEXAS. THANK YOU. I WANT TO EXPRESS MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO MY FAMILY, MY CAMPAIGN TEAM, AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS WHO WORK TIRELESSLY EACH AND EVERY DAY TO REACH EVERY CORNER OF OUR CITY DURING THIS ELECTION. YOUR FAITH IN THIS CAMPAIGN MEANS THE WORLD TO ME. TO MAYOR SCOTT LEMAY. HE'S ALREADY THERE. HE IS. SEE, I'M SO USED TO TURNING AROUND AND, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR SUPPORT THROUGH THIS JOURNEY. YOU'VE SERVED THE CITY WITH DEDICATION AND DIGNITY OVER THE LAST 18 YEARS, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BUILDING UPON THE FOUNDATION THAT YOU HELPED LAY. THIS VICTORY BELONGS TO EVERY RESIDENT WHO IS AS HOPEFUL AS I AM FOR THE FUTURE OF THIS CITY. AND NOW IT'S TIME TO GET TO WORK TOGETHER. WE WILL. WE WILL REBUILD GARLAND'S AGING STREETS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, MAKING LONG OVERDUE IMPROVEMENTS TO EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD NOT JUST FOR TODAY, BUT FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. WE WILL EXPAND ECONOMICC OPPORTUNIY TO ATTRACT QUALITY JOBS, REVITALIZE SHOPPING CENTERS. SO GARLAND CONTINUES TO GROW AS A VIBRANT AND COMPETITIVE CITY IN THE DFW REGION. WE WILL INVEST IN PUBLIC SAFETY, SUPPORTING OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, EXPANDING COMMUNITY POLICING PROGRAMS, AND MAKING SURE EVERY RESIDENT FEELS SAFE IN THEIR HOME OR AT WORK, OR ON THEIR STREET CORNER. AND ABOVE ALL, WE WILL UNITE THE CITY. BECAUSE PROGRESS DOESN'T COME FROM DIVISION, IT COMES FROM WORKING TOGETHER. WHETHER YOU SUPPORTED ME OR NOT, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I WILL BE A MAYOR FOR ALL OF GARLAND. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING FOR OUR CITY STAFF AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS, MANY THAT ARE HERE TODAY. WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS AND WE'LL PUSH EVEN FURTHER. GARLAND IS A STRONG CITY AND I BELIEVE OUR BEST DAYS ARE AHEAD. LET'S GET TO WORK. LET'S MOVE GARLAND AHEAD TOGETHER. THANK YOU. MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND MAY GOD BLESS. GARLAND, TEXAS. THERE IT IS, SIR. UP. BEFORE YOU TAKE YOUR SEAT, I WANT TO GIVE YOU KEYS TO THE OFFICE. IT IS ON. IT IS ON A BOTTLE OPENER FOR A REASON. AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU THIS BECAUSE THERE IS A TRACKING DEVICE IN IT THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. CONGRATULATIONS, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO, DID ANYTHING HAPPEN IN THE LAST MONTH? WELL, WE'LL CONTINUE THEN. WITH THE COUNCIL MEETING. [ CITIZEN COMMENTS] MOVES US TO THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA. CITIZENS COMMENTS. MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. PLEASE. LET'S SEE. WOULD YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE THE FIRST SPEAKER? SIR, IF YOU'D COME ON UP AND PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR [01:10:07] ELECTION. I KNOW IT'S A BIG NIGHT FOR YOU, YOUR SUPPORTERS AND YOUR FAMILY. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF TONIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL. I'M SORRY, AM I HOT? YES. OKAY, OKAY. OH, YEAH. MY NAME IS RANDY SMITH. I LIVE AT 14933 HAVEN PLACE IN ADDISON, TEXAS. AND I'M HERE TO TELL A STORY. AND TO GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND, I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE CITY OF GARLAND. MY GARLAND STORY STARTS IN 1960, MOVED TO GARLAND. I'M A PRODUCT OF GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, GRADUATE OF SOUTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL. WENT TO OFF TO COLLEGE. IT'S THE ONLY TIME I'VE NOT LIVED HERE. CAME BACK, NEEDED A JOB, APPLIED, TESTED AND GOT ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I DID 30 A LITTLE OVER 35 YEARS ON THE GARLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT. VERY PROUD OF THAT. VERY, VERY HAPPY TO HAVE TO HAVE DONE THAT. MY MOTHER STILL LIVES IN THE SAME HOUSE THAT WE MOVED HERE IN 1960, SO WE'RE A LONG TIME GARLAND PEOPLE, I TELL YOU ALL THAT, TO TELL YOU HOW PROUD I AM TO BE FROM GARLAND AND WHEREVER I GO TO LET PEOPLE KNOW I'M FROM GARLAND AND WHERE I WORK, AND THE PRIDE AND PRIVILEGE IT WAS CITIZENS OF GARLAND. NOW, I SAY ALL OF THAT TO GET TO TELL YOU JUST ONE DISAPPOINTMENT THAT I HAVE RECENTLY FOUND OUT ABOUT THE CITY OF GARLAND. AFTER 35 YEARS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE ONE THING THAT WE WERE TRULY TOLD THE ENTIRE TIME WE WORKED HERE, AND I'VE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGES IN GARLAND. I'VE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGE. BUT THE ONE THING THAT STAYED CONSISTENT WAS THAT THEY ALWAYS TOLD US THAT THE CITY CARE CLINIC WOULD ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE TO US RETIREES. WE WENT THERE THE ENTIRE TIME WE WERE EMPLOYED. THE CITY CARE CLINIC ALWAYS SUPPORTED AND HELPED US FOR THE MINOR THINGS. FOR INSTANCE, FILLING OUT A SIMPLE PHYSICAL FORM SO I CAN OFFICIATE FOOTBALL. THEY TAKE YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE AND SIGN A FORM AND TELL THEM, SAY THAT YOU'RE BREATHING WELL, I GO, I CALLED TO GET MY APPOINTMENT THIS YEAR, 1ST OF JUNE TO GET THAT DONE, AND I WAS INFORMED THAT I WASN'T IN THE SYSTEM. SO HE'S THUMBING THROUGH THE SYSTEM, LOOKING THROUGH HIS COMPUTER, AND HE SAID, BY CHANCE, ARE YOU RETIRED? I SAID, WELL, YES, SIR, PROUDLY RETIRED. AND I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT TO EVERYONE THAT CAN GET THEIR. HE SAID, WELL, THERE IS A NEW COMPANY RUNNING OUR CITY CARE CLINIC NOW, AND UNDER NEW POLICIES, RETIREES ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO COME HERE. AM I GETTING CLOSE? I APOLOGIZE, THE CITY CARE CLINIC I HAVE USED FOR THE MINOR THINGS. I DON'T THINK IT HAS EVER COST THE CITY CARE CLINIC. AND WHEN I STARTED GOING, IT WAS THE NURSE'S OFFICE. ONE PERSON, BILLY CALDWELL AND TINA FEY, RAN THE CITY NURSE'S OFFICE. I HAVE SEEN IT GROW AND EXPAND, AND THEY TELL US NOW THAT WE ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO GO. LIKE I SAY, I DON'T THINK IT'S EVER COST THE CLINIC A PENNY FOR ME TO GO IN AND HAVE MY BLOOD PRESSURE TAKEN, GET THESE ANNUAL FORMS FILLED OUT. BUT IT HAS SAVED ME AND I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR ME, BUT I'M SURE IT HAS SAVED MANY RETIREES, HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OVER THE YEARS. AND WE SO MUCH APPRECIATED THAT THE STAFF WAS ALWAYS SO GOOD TO US. IT WAS A GREAT SERVICE. WE HAD TO START BUYING OUR OWN INSURANCE. APOLOGIZE. SIR, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WRAP UP NOW. I APOLOGIZE, FOR INSTANCE, THIS FORM THAT I SHOWED YOU THAT THEY WOULD SIGN, I HAD TO MAKE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT THAT COST ME $150 TO GO GET THIS PIECE OF PAPER SIGNED. SO THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE. SO I AM HERE TO TELL YOU, I LOVED WORKING AND PROTECTING YOU FOR ALL THOSE YEARS AND LIVING IN THE CITY OF GARLAND, BUT I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IF Y'ALL WOULD TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE CITY CARE CLINIC AND GIVE THAT SERVICE BACK TO US, AND WITH THAT, I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. THAT. MADAM SECRETARY, ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? YES, THERE IS DAVE BRADY. MR. BRADY. PLEASE COME FORWARD. NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. THREE MINUTES, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. [01:15:02] HENDRICK. WELCOME ABOARD. AS THE CHIEF, I CAME TONIGHT PRIMARILY TO FIRST OF ALL, THINK ONE OF THE FINEST SERVANTS POLITICAL SERVICE IN THE CITY OF GARLAND'S HISTORY. THANK YOU, SCOTT LEMAY, FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE OVER THE MANY, MANY YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR CITY AND OUR CITIZENS. AND TO ALL OF YOU NEW AND TENURED MEMBERS OF THIS HORSESHOE. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS, BUT A CHALLENGE YOU EVEN MORE FOR THE DAYS AHEAD ARE THE CHALLENGES THAT DART RIDERS AND TAXPAYERS OF THIS CITY FACE IN THE DAYS AHEAD. WE GOT TO KEEP FIGHTING FOR DART. WE GOT TO KEEP FIGHTING FOR ALL OF THE IMPORTANT FEATURES OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND THE IMPORTANCE THAT IT PLAYED, AND HAS CONTINUED TO PLAY AND WILL CONTINUE TO PLAY FOR THE FUTURE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THIS GREAT CITY. I CAME HERE IN 1949 AND THERE WASN'T HARDLY ANYBODY IN TOWN, BUT KRAFT FOODS BROUGHT A WHOLE BUNCH OF US TO TOWN. AND I'VE WATCHED THE TREMENDOUS, WONDERFUL GROWTH OF THIS CITY. AND I'VE WATCHED THE PARTICIPATION OF TAXPAYERS AND RIDERS TO HELP GARLAND GROW WITH DART. DART IS A NECESSITY FOR SO MANY OF OUR CITIZENS. THE CHALLENGE YOU IN THE DAYS AHEAD TO DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO WORK IN THAT DIRECTION OF KEEPING GARLAND GOING WITH DART, THAT WAS THE OBJECTIVE OF THE GARLAND BUS USER SOCIETY, WHICH I HELPED FOUND IN 1982 BEFORE THE ELECTION, TO JOIN DART AND BE PART OF A TREMENDOUS REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION NETWORK THAT SERVES FAR SO MANY EMPLOYEES AND CITIZENS OF OUR REGION. AND WE REALLY HAVE A JOB STILL AHEAD OF US TO KEEP DART STRONG FOR GARLAND AND KEEP GARLAND GOING WITH DART. THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS AS YOU PROCEED IN THE DAYS AHEAD. GBA STANDS READY TO HELP YOU IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY, MR. MAYOR, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO STRENGTHEN GARLAND'S PARTICIPATION IN DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, SIR. AND DID YOU SAY YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? I THINK WE HAVE THAT, MISS. MADAM SECRETARY, ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? NO, SIR. THAT WAS THE LAST ONE. ALL RIGHT THEN. OKAY, SIR. FILL OUT A CARD THEN, SIR. AFTERWARDS, NAME AND RECORD YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. I'M PC MATTHEW 4122 ALL THE TIME. DRIVE. GARLAND. LET ME PRAISE AND THANK GOD FOR THIS WONDERFUL MOMENT I AM SEEING HERE A LOT OF PEOPLE TODAY. BECAUSE THE CELEBRATION. I STARTED RUNNING FOR GARLAND MAYOR AND CAME OUT OF THREE, AND THEN WE ENDED UP HERE. THAT WAS GOD WILL AND I THANK GOD FOR EVERYTHING AND EACH AND EVERY COUNCIL MEMBERS, NEW MAYOR AND THE PREVIOUS MAYORS AND MANY LEADERS HERE FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO SERVE THE CITY OF GARLAND AND THE PEOPLE. WHAT I HEARD FROM DYLAN ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE, SAFETY AND THE ECONOMIC GROWTH. WE PUT OUR TRUST IN YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. I PRAY THAT GOD GIVE YOU STRENGTH AND WISDOM TO LEAD THIS CITY. WITH ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE, INCLUDING THE SECRETARY AND THE CITY MANAGER. THEY ALL HELP IN MY PROCESS ALSO SERVING THIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU SIR. YOU. SIR. FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD FIRST, SIR. IF THERE'S NO ONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK. ANYBODY ELSE? [01:20:06] LAST CALL. ONE MORE. ALL RIGHT. YOU CAN FILL IT UP AFTER YOU FILL IT OUT. AFTER YOU SPEAK, GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M SAMUEL HOCK. I LIVE AT 3730 HILLCREST DRIVE. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I'VE BEEN LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY FOR ABOUT 22 YEARS NOW. I'M AN IMMIGRANT WITH MY FAMILY WHO CAME HERE, BROUGHT ME HERE WHEN I WAS ABOUT TWO YEARS OLD, AND I'M ALSO A LAST YEAR MEDICAL STUDENT GOING TO BE GRADUATING IN THE SPRING. AND I WANT TO TALK TO MAYOR HEDRICK. WHEN I FIRST MET HIM, HE SAID ONE OF HIS GOALS WAS TRYING TO BRING BACK A COMMUNITY HOSPITAL TO GARLAND. AND I JUST WANTED TO IMPLORE THE COUNTY TO KEEP THAT AT THE FOREFRONT OF THEIR PLANS. IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE A COUPLE YEARS, MAYBE MULTIPLE TERMS, LOTS OF REGULATORY AND LEGAL PROCESS THAT YOU'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH. BUT I WOULD LOVE MORE THAN ANYTHING TO SERVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THAT TOOK IN MY FAMILY, GAVE THEM A HOME THAT RAISED ME. AND YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I JUST WANTED TO SAY TO THE COUNCIL TODAY. THANK YOU SIR. LAST CALL. ONE MORE. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE COME ON UP. PLEASE GIVE YOUR. YOU CAN FILL OUT THE CARD AFTERWARDS. JUST IF YOU GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE ONE MINUTE. SO MY NAME IS DEE AND I'M THE VIETNAMESE, THE PRESIDENT OF THE VIETNAMESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY OF GREATER DALLAS. WE LOCATE IN THREE, TWO, THREE, TWO, TWO ONE BELTWAY ROAD RIGHT ACROSS FROM MAYOR DILLON NEIGHBORHOOD. I BELIEVE IN DISTRICT SEVEN. I'M PROUD TO BE IN DISTRICT SEVEN. I JUST WANT TO FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO BE HERE TO THANK YOU, MAYOR LAMAR. WE. WELL, I KNOW, I KNOW HIM. WHEN HE WAS IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION, I BELIEVE, WHEN HE ALWAYS STAND BEHIND ALL OF YOU, CITY COUNCIL AND ALWAYS THERE. AND IT'S LIKE HE DOESN'T HE DOESN'T GIVE A GREAT SPEECH. BUT AFTER ALL THESE YEARS. OH MY GOSH, I AM AMAZED. I'M TELLING YOU, AT THAT TIME I WAS. I LIKE HE IS A ROLE MODEL. NOW HE STANDS UP HERE, HE MAKE JOKES AND HE MAKE IT LOOK SO EASY. I AM HAVING A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN RIGHT NOW, BUT BUT OVER THE YEARS WE'VE THE COMMUNITY HAVE WORKED WITH HIM AND I'VE WORKED WITH HIM FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, AND HE HAS HE'S VERY, VERY GREAT IN ALWAYS BEING, HELPING, GOING TO BE VERY DIVERSIFIED, ALWAYS BE INCLUSIVE OF THE. MINOR COMMUNITY LIKE MINOR COMMUNITY MINORITIES. I'M SORRY. LIKE I SAID, I HAVE A LOT TO LEARN FROM HIM AND I HAVE MANY MORE YEARS TO GO. I SEE, BUT THANK YOU AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EVERY ONE OF YOU AND AS WELL AS OUR MAYOR HERE. AND CONGRATULATIONS, WE VOTED FOR YOU. SO YEAH, I'M VERY GLAD THAT YOU WON. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE TODAY. JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE VIETNAMESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY, WE ARE REPRESENTED BY THE YELLOW FLAG WITH THE THREE RED STRIPES. A LOT OF THINGS HAS BEEN HAPPENING BECAUSE BECAUSE OF THAT INCLUSIVITY, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INCLUDING VIETNAM, BUT THEY PULL UP THE WRONG FLAG. SO I JUST WANT TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION. WE WILL SEND THE INFORMATION MORE FOR THAT. SO HOPEFULLY YOU CAN HELP US SPREAD OUT THE WORD FOR THAT. BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK OR CONGRATULATE OR MAKE FUN OF MAYOR LAMAR? YOU DON'T HAVE ANY. OKAY, WELL THEN IF NOT, THEN AT * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.