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[ LEGISLATIVE PRAYER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

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GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE AUGUST 5TH, 2025 MEETING OF THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL. IT IS THE CUSTOM AND TRADITION OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE AN INVOCATION AND RECITAL OF THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BEFORE YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN EITHER OR BOTH, AND YOUR DECISION IS STRICTLY A MATTER OF YOUR OWN CHOICE. IT HAS NO BEARING ON THE MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED HERE, AND WILL NOT AFFECT THE DECISIONS TO BE MADE BY THE COUNCIL IN ANY MANNER.

HAVING SAID THAT, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE, THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE WILL BE LED TONIGHT BY COUNCIL MEMBER ART. IF YOU CARE TO JOIN ME. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING THE GARLAND COMMUNITY. GRANT US WISDOM, HUMILITY, AND DISCERNMENT AS WE MAKE DECISIONS THAT AFFECT THE LIVES OF OUR NEIGHBORS. MAY OUR WORDS BE GUIDED BY TRUTH AND OUR ACTIONS BY JUSTICE. WE LIFT UP OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS AND PARAMEDICS WHO STAND WATCH OVER US DAY AND NIGHT, PROTECT THEM AS THEY PROTECT OTHERS AND GRANT THEM STRENGTH, COURAGE AND PEACE IN EVERY CHALLENGE THEY FACE. BLESS THIS CITY, ITS LEADERS AND ALL WHO CALL IT HOME. AMEN. AMEN. 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. OH! THERE. THE PET OF THE MONTH.

JUST IN TIME. WELCOME AGAIN, EVERYBODY. AND IT'S ALWAYS WONDERFUL TO HAVE A FULL HOUSE WHEN WE'RE HAVE OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. AND BEFORE WE DIVE

[ MAYORAL PROCLAMATIONS, RECOGNITIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS]

INTO OUR ZONING AND OUR BUDGETS AND OUR BYLAWS, LET'S TAKE A MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING A LOT MORE EXCITING. AND THAT IS THE FUTURE OF GARLAND, WHO IS SITTING RIGHT OVER HERE.

GARLAND'S NEXT GENERATION LEADERS AREN'T JUST WAITING IN THE WINGS. THEY'RE RIGHT HERE.

THEY'RE ALREADY SHOWING UP. THEY'RE SPEAKING UP. AND TONIGHT, WE'RE HONORED TO WELCOME THE NEWEST CLASS OF GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL. YOU MAY KNOW THEM AS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS, OR THAT ONE KID WHO HAS ALWAYS HAD A BETTER IDEA THAN ANY OF THE ADULTS IN THE ROOM. BUT WE KNOW THEM AS OUR FUTURE POLICY ANALYSTS, OUR FUTURE CITY PLANNERS, AND HOPEFULLY EITHER A COUNCIL MEMBER OR A MAYOR OR TWO OUT OF THAT GROUP. SO GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL IS MORE THAN JUST A RESUME BUILDER. IT'S A SEAT AT THE TABLE. IT'S WHERE CURIOSITY MEETS COMMUNITY AND WHERE BOLD IDEAS MEETS REAL WORLD IMPACT. AND OUR GOAL ISN'T JUST TO HAND HIM A MICROPHONE OR A STAGE, BUT TO HAND HIM A BLUEPRINT TO TEACH US HOW TO BUILD A BETTER CITY.

SO LET'S WELCOME OR GIVE A BIG WELCOME AGAIN TO OUR GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL CLASS OF 2025.

MAYOR.

AS THEY'RE ALL COMING UP HERE, WE HAD A PINNING CEREMONY AND KIND OF AN INTRODUCTORY MEETING OVER IN THE ATRIUM RIGHT BEFORE OUR COUNCIL MEETING, AND YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SQUEEZE IN A LOT CLOSER IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET ON CAMERA. THERE ARE. WE ONLY GOT A LENS IS ONLY SO WIDE TO GET YOU IN THERE. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS YEAR WE'VE DOUBLED OUR YOUTH COUNCIL FROM WHAT IT WAS LAST YEAR. EACH COUNCIL MEMBER NOW APPOINTS UP TO FOUR MEMBERS OVER THE TWO WHICH THEY PREVIOUSLY HAD. SO WE'RE SO HAPPY. WE STILL HAVE SO MUCH INTEREST IN THIS PROGRAM, AND WE'RE GLAD TO WELCOME YOU ALL HERE TODAY. SO WELCOME EVERYONE. MY NAME IS TIFFANY VITO, AND I HAVE THE DISTINCT PLEASURE OF GETTING TO BE ONE OF THE FACILITATORS FOR THIS AMAZING GROUP OF STUDENTS HERE, AND FOR ALL OF OUR FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE AUDIENCE. WE GET TO, YOU KNOW, BE A PART OF AN EXTENSION OF YOUR FAMILY, AND WE'RE PROUD TO DO THAT. AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING US, YOUR STUDENTS FOR THIS GREAT PROGRAM.

AS MAYOR HEDRICK MENTIONED, WE DOUBLED THIS YEAR, AND SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO SEE WHERE WE WILL GO THIS YEAR. I'M JOINED BY TWO OTHER FACILITATORS, RHONDA MCTIER AND JENNIFER ALANIS. AND

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WE'RE WE'RE HAPPY TO SERVE THE CITY. WE'RE NOW GOING TO LET OUR STUDENTS COME UP ONE BY ONE AND INTRODUCE THEMSELVES JUST BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE AMAZING. AND WE WANT YOU GUYS TO SEE THAT THEY'RE AMAZINGS WELL. SO I'M GOING TO HAVE US START OVER HERE. HELLO, MY NAME IS EMILY AND I AM A NINTH GRADER AT GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL. AND MY AND THE ONE WHO NOMINATED ME IS EDMORE EDMORE. HELLO, MY NAME IS ESTHER ODETOLA, AND I'M A SENIOR AT LAKEVIEW HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WAS APPOINTED BY EDMORE. HIGH. I'M JULIA AARON BARRERA, A SENIOR AT NORTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WAS APPOINTED BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS. HI.

MY NAME IS NATALIE RITTER. I'M A 11TH GRADER AT GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL. I WAS APPOINTED BY MARGARET LET. HELLO, MY NAME IS MAYANA TAKAGI. I AM A 10TH GRADE. I GO TO SAKS HIGH SCHOOL AND I WAS APPOINTED BY CITY COUNCILMAN CHRIS BYRD BEARD. HI, MY NAME IS TOSHI. I'M A SENIOR AT SAXY HIGH SCHOOL AND I WAS APPOINTED BY MR. BJ WILLIAMS. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MARIA ISABEL ACUNA. I AM CURRENTLY A HOMESCHOOLER IN 11TH GRADE, AND I WAS APPOINTED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER, CHRIS BEARD. HELLO, MY NAME IS OLIVIA AUBIN. I'M AN 11TH GRADER AT NORTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WAS APPOINTED BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER CARISSA DUTTON. HELLO, MY NAME IS AMY OROZCO. I'M FROM SAXY HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR AND I WAS APPOINTED BY THE BEST JEFF BASS.

HELLO, MY NAME IS IVANKA HERNANDEZ. I'M A SOPHOMORE AT INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WAS APPOINTED BY MAYOR DILLON HEDRICK. HELLO, MY NAME IS SOPHIA SAAL. I'M A SOPHOMORE AT NORTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL AND I WAS APPOINTED BY COUNCILWOMAN LOOKED. HI. MY NAME IS JULIANA DEJESUS. I'M A 10TH GRADER AT SAXY HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WAS APPOINTED BY CHRIS AULT. HI. MY NAME IS BREANNA MORALES AND I'M A 10TH GRADER AT SAXY. AND I WAS APPOINTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JOE THOMAS JR. HI, MY NAME IS FIONA BUFORD. I'M AN 11TH GRADER AT GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL AND I WAS APPOINTED BY JOE THOMAS JR. HI, MY NAME IS LUCAS LEE. I'M A JUNIOR AT GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL AND I WAS APPOINTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JEFF BASS. HI, MY NAME IS ANDREW COURVILLE. I'M A NINTH GRADER AT GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY I'M TRULY HONORED TO BE A PART OF THIS COUNCIL, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CREATING AN EVEN BETTER GARLAND THROUGH COMMUNITY SERVICE AND KINDNESS. THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER EDMORE AND THE CITY COUNCIL FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT THE YOUTH OF GARLAND, AND THANK YOU.

HELLO, MY NAME IS HELLO. MY NAME IS ANNIE ROSALES AND I'M A SOPHOMORE AT INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL. I WAS APPOINTED BY JOE THOMAS JUNIOR. THANK YOU. HELLO.

MY NAME IS CATHERINE LEE. I'M A SENIOR AT SEXY HIGH SCHOOL AND I WAS APPOINTED BY MR. BJ WILLIAMS. HELLO. MY NAME IS PRANAV GAUTHAM. I'M A NINTH GRADER AT GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL AND I WAS APPOINTED BY MAYOR DYLAN HENDRICK. HELLO. MY NAME IS CAMILA GARCIA AND I WAS

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APPOINTED I'M A SENIOR AT GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL AND I WAS APPOINTED BY CHRIS BEARD. HELLO, MY NAME IS JORGE PRADO. I'M A SOPHOMORE AT NORTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL AND I WAS APPOINTED BY MARGARET LUKE. HI EVERYBODY. I'M ALICIA YU AND I'M A SENIOR AT GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL. AND I WAS APPOINTED BY MAYOR DYLAN HEDRICK. HI. MY NAME IS ANNA TANKERSLEY, AND I'M A SENIOR AT GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL. AND I WAS APPOINTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CARISSA DUTTON. HELLO. MY NAME IS NANCY OUYANG. I'M A SENIOR AT NORTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WAS APPOINTED BY MAYOR DYLAN HEDRICK. HI. MY NAME IS KAREN RUBIO AND I'M A 10TH GRADER AT NORTH GARLAND COUNCIL. AND I WAS APPOINTED BY CARISSA DUTTON. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ARIANA SANCHEZ. I'M A SENIOR AT BERKNER HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WAS APPOINTED BY THE LOVELY MISS CARISSA DUTTON. HELLO, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS COLE MCCLESKEY. I'M A SOPHOMORE AT ROWLETT, FORMERLY NORTH GARLAND, AND I WAS APPOINTED BY COUNCILMAN JOE THOMAS JUNIOR.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS JACOB ARTEAGA. I'M CURRENTLY A JUNIOR AT INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WAS APPOINTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JEFF BASS. HELLO, MY NAME IS XAVIER PRICE. I'M A 10TH GRADER AND I GO TO COLLIN COLLEGE, AND I WAS APPOINTED BY COUNCILMAN EDMORE. HI, I'M VANESSA GARCIA, AND I'M A SENIOR AT GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WAS APPOINTED BY MR. CHRIS ART. HELLO EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS PRESTON BASS. I AM A SENIOR AT INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WAS APPOINTED BY MARGARET LUCHT.

WELL, WELCOME EVERYONE, AND YOU ARE DISMISSED NOW. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF OUR YOUTH COUNCIL. WHILE THEY ARE FILING OUT, I'LL BRING UP OUR NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA. IT'S OUR PET OF THE MONTH, SO IF ANY OF YOU HIGH SCHOOLERS WANT A NEW PET, WE HAVE ONE FOR YOU. I SEE IT'S POPULAR OVER THERE IN THE CORNER ALREADY.

AND YOU ALREADY HAVE A TAKER FOR THAT PET. OR ARE WE STILL AVAILABLE OVER THERE? YES. ALL RIGHT. ONE OF THEM ARE ALREADY ADOPTED. OH, NO. NOT YET. NO. NOT YET. HELLO, GUYS. MY NAME IS ALBERTO MALDONADO. I AM IN THE 30TH GRADE. I'M JOKING GUYS, BUT MY NAME IS ALBERTO MALDONADO.

I'M THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR HERE FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND OUT AT THE SHELTER. AND TODAY I HAVE A VERY SPECIAL PERSON WITH US TODAY. AND HER NAME IS PRETZEL. SHE IS THE PET OF THE MONTH. AS YOU CAN SEE, PRETZEL IS ABOUT. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I THINK SHE'S RUNNING ABOUT TWO THREE MONTHS OLD RIGHT NOW. SHE IS A GERMAN SHEPHERD FOR SURE, AS YOU CAN SEE, SO YOU CAN EXPECT HER TO GET TO BE ABOUT MAYBE 6,065 POUNDS WAIST HEIGHT ON ME. SO AROUND HERE. SO THE REASON THAT WE NAMED HER PRETZEL IS BECAUSE WE FOUND HER OUTSIDE OF AUNTIE ANNE'S. AND SO WE WERE JUST LIKE, WHAT SHOULD NAME. SHE IS CURRENTLY NOTS THE SPAYED, BUT SHE WILL BE UPON

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ADOPTION AND SHE'S CURRENTLY AVAILABLE UP HERE AT THE SHELTER. PLEASE GUYS, I RECOMMEND YOU GUYS TO COME ON THROUGH. WE HAVE SO MANY PUPPIES RIGHT NOW. PUPPY SEASON IS COMING TO AN END AND SO THEY'RE ALL GETTING BIG. AND YOU KNOW AS YOU CAN SEE WE GOT THIS LITTLE GIRL RIGHT HERE. PLEASE STOP BY RIGHT NOW. ALL OF OUR FEES ARE FREE RIGHT NOW TILL THE 10TH.

WE'RE CELEBRATING DOGGIES, WHICH IS THE NATIONAL BIRTHDAY FOR THE SHELTER DOGS. SO IT'S FROM THE WHAT WE DO. OTHER THAN THAT, THAT FREE ADOPTION COMES WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN GET. IT COMES WITH A SPAY OR NEUTER. IT COMES WITH MICROCHIP, UP TO DATE VACCINES, AND ALSO A 25% DISCOUNT TO A GROOMER THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IN IN PLEASANT VALLEY. PLEASANT VALLEY. YEAH.

UP THERE. SO IF YOU GUYS ARE MORE THAN INTERESTED IN COMING TO CHECK US OUT, PLEASE COME.

IT'S AT 1902, STATE HIGHWAY 66. IF SHE'S JUST NOT THE SIZE FOR YOU, I GUARANTEE YOU WE HAVE THEM ALL. WE HAVE EVERYTHING. WE HAVE EVERYTHING FROM 6 POUNDS TO 100 POUNDS. SO PLEASE STOP BY AND CHECK US OUT. THANK YOU FOR GETTING.

ALL RIGHT. WELCOME AGAIN EVERYBODY, AND MUST MAKE ANNOUNCEMENT OFF THE BAT. I WILL BE RECUSING MYSELF FROM ITEM NINE A TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT. FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE

[ CONSENT AGENDA]

CONSENT AGENDA. ALL ITEMS UNDER THE 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 THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AUTHORIZES THE 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 CITY COUNCIL, TO REQUEST THAT ANY ITEM BE REMOVED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY. FIRST ITEM ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA IS ITEM ONE.

APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE JULY 22ND, 2025 REGULAR MEETING. NUMBER TWO IS APPROVE THE FOLLOWING BIDS TO A, G, P, AND L CIP PROJECT CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO BE GPD L OAKLAND 138 KV TRANSMISSION LINE REBUILD TWO C TMPA GIBBONS CREEK SWITCHYARD SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE MODIFICATION SERVICES TO D BRAND ROAD. STATE HIGHWAY 190 TO MUIRFIELD ROAD CONSTRUCTION AWARD. TO E ADDITIONAL PARKING LOT MODIFICATIONS C004 FOR WATER UTILITIES. BUILDING ITEM THREE PUBLIC HEARING WAS PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONING CASES. COUNCIL APPROVED THE ZONING REQUEST AND INSTRUCTED STAFF TO BRING FORTH THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCES THREE A IS Z 2351 HODA ENTERPRISES INCORPORATED IN DISTRICT SEVEN.

THREE B IS Z 2512 WIKI BEAR, LLC IN DISTRICT FIVE, ITEM THREE C IS Z 20 2515 CRAFTON COMMUNICATIONS INCORPORATED IN DISTRICT ONE. ITEM FOUR IS WORKERS COMPENSATION CASH FLOW PLAN CLAIM REIMBURSEMENT. ITEM FIVE IS CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, AND ITEM SIX TONIGHT IS BEING IT'S BEING PULLED AND IT WILL BE CONSIDERED AT OUR AUGUST 19TH, 2025 MEETING. IS THERE ANY MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WHO WOULD LIKE ANY ITEMS FOR? IS THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE ANY ITEMS PULLED? YES, SIR. I HAVE A QUESTION. IF YOU WOULD GET A SPEAKER CARD AND YOU COULD COME UP IF YOU WOULD GET A SPEAKER FILL A PLEASE COME UP. YOU'LL HAVE. JUST TO THE MICROPHONE, SIR. IS IT A QUESTION ABOUT THE CONSENT AGENDA AND ANY ITEMS TO BE PULLED? ALL THESE AGENDAS THAT YOU'RE STATING WE NEED, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY MEAN, SIR. SURE. GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. AND RAYMOND AVILA, 314 BISCAY. THANK YOU SIR. AND ALL THESE AGENDAS, WHENEVER I THINK WHATEVER THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR TALK TO THE RESIDENTS LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU SAID ALL THESE AGENDAS. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO YOU NEED TO KIND OF EXPLAIN SOME OF THIS.

UNDERSTOOD. YES, SIR. BECAUSE THAT'S THE I MEAN, THAT WOULD MAKE ME FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE AS WELL AS. SURE. AND THESE ITEMS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED BEFORE IN OUR WORK SESSION HEARINGS, AS WELL AS WE'VE RECEIVED WRITTEN BRIEFINGS AND HAD THEM DISCUSSED. SO IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PULL AN ITEM, THEN WE WOULD INVITE YOU TO SPEAK DURING OUR COMMENT SESSION AT THE END

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OF THE EVENING. IT'S JUST THAT SOME OF THESE THINGS, LIKE I SAID, UNDERSTOOD THINGS THAT YOU SEE, YOU'RE KIND OF LIKE SAYING, YEAH, YEAH, WELL, I UNDERSTAND, BUT WE'RE ASKING NOW, SIR, IF YOU'RE GOING TO PULL AN ITEM, IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PULL AN ITEM, WE'LL WAIT FOR YOUR COMMENTS AT THE END. IN ORDER FOR ME TO PULL AN ITEM, I HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ITEM IS.

SO I CAN'T REALLY PULL THE ITEM. LIKE, ALL THESE ITEMS THAT YOU MENTIONED, IT'S ONLY FAIR TO THE RESIDENTS THAT WE UNDERSTAND. I UNDERSTAND. SO THAT I CAN SAY, OKAY, I PULLED THIS ITEM BECAUSE IF I DON'T UNDERSTAND, THEN I'M LIKE, OKAY, OKAY, THAT'S ALL I HAD TO SAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. IS THERE ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO PULL AN ITEM? SEEING NONE. COUNCILMAN.

ART. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. W HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ART AND A SECOND BY. EXCUSE ME, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM ART AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER. MORE COUNCIL. DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US.

COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS. AND THAT ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES FOR US? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. MAYOR. THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IS GIVEN TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY RATHER THAN TO QUESTION THE CITY COUNCIL OR STAFF. THE CHAIR MAY CALL A SPEAKER OUT OF ORDER. THE SPEAKER PRESENTS QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION THAT WILL UNDULY DELAY THE TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS AT THE MEETING. SPEAKER SHALL BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK ON A FIRST COME, FIRST TO SPEAK BASIS, AS DETERMINED BY THE ORDER IN WHICH THE CITY SECRETARY RECEIVES THE SPEAKER'S INFORMATION.

APPLICANTS ARE ALLOWED TEN MINUTES FOR PRESENTATIONS, AND ALL OTHER SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. WHEN THE PODIUM BUZZER SOUNDS, THE SPEAKER MUST END THEIR COMMENTS. THANK YOU MA'AM. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM TONIGHT, I INVITE YOU TO GO TO THE CITY SECRETARY OVER TO YOUR RIGHT AND FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD FOR US. OUR FIRST

[7. Formal City Position on DART Governance and Funding]

ITEM FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION IS A FORMAL CITY POSITION ON DART GOVERNANCE AND FUNDING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. OVER THE LAST YEAR WE HAVE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, UPDATES REGARDING DART AND THEIR SERVICE LEVEL LEGISLATION THAT WAS PENDING THROUGHOUT THE 89TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND ACTIONS TAKEN BY DART AFTER THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. AT THE LAST WORK SESSION, THERE WAS A LOT OF DEBATE AND DISCUSSION ABOUT THE DRAFT OF A RESOLUTION, AND I REALLY TRIED TO CAPTURE ALL OF THE CONVERSATION AND ALL OF THE SENTIMENTS IN IN THE RESOLUTION THAT IS BEFORE YOU TODAY FOR CONSIDERATION. AND I WOULD LIKE TO READ THAT RESOLUTION NOW TO READ IT INTO THE RECORD. IT'S A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS, SETTING FORTH THE CITY'S FORMAL POSITION ON GOVERNANCE AND FUNDING ISSUES RELATED TO THE DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT DART AGENCY, CALLING FOR STRUCTURAL REFORM, EQUITABLE FUNDING, AND FLEXIBLE SERVICE MODELS, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

WHEREAS THE CITY OF GARLAND IS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT, DART AND HAS CONTINUOUSLY SUPPORTED REGIONAL MOBILITY THROUGH SUSTAINED FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TOTALING OVER THREE QUARTERS OF $1 BILLION TO DATE. AND WHEREAS THE CITY COUNCIL OF GARLAND HAS LONG MONITORED DART'S GOVERNANCE AND SERVICE DELIVERY AND NOW FINDS THE CURRENT TRAJECTORY OF THE AGENCY INCREASINGLY MISALIGNED WITH THE VALUES, PRIORITIES AND EXPECTATIONS OF GARLAND RESIDENTS. AND WHEREAS, THE INTRODUCTION OF DART'S GENERAL MOBILITY PROGRAM GMP, WHICH REALLOCATES $42.59 MILLION ANNUALLY TO ONLY SEVEN OF 13 MEMBER CITIES, HAS UNDERMINED CONSENSUS BASED GOVERNANCE AND CREATED INEQUITIES AMONG CITIES, WHILE PROMPTING SYSTEM WIDE CUTS THAT DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT RIDERS. AND WHEREAS DART'S PATTERN OF POLITICAL, POLITICIZED FISCAL DECISION MAKING AND USE OF TACTICAL COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES HAVE ERODED TRUST AMONG MEMBER CITIES AND ITS RIDERSHIP, AND WHEREAS PERFORMANCE AND FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY AT DART HAVE DECLINED, WITH RIDERSHIP STILL WELL BELOW PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS, A 22% DECLINE IN RIDERSHIP DESPITE A 64% INCREASE IN SALES TAX REVENUE SINCE 2025, AND WITH

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INCREASED ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS PUSHING AGENCY OVERHEAD NEAR ITS POLICY CAP. AND WHEREAS GARLAND RESIDENTS AND DART STAKEHOLDERS CONTINUE TO RAISE VALID CONCERNS REGARDING FARE EVASION, SAFETY AND SYSTEM ACCESS, WHILE DART'S RELIANCE ON AN OPEN ACCESS MODEL FOR PASSIVE FARE ENFORCEMENT FAILS TO MEET THE SECURITY NEEDS OF A MODERN PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM, AND WHEREAS PROPOSED FARE HIKES, ESPECIALLY ON PARATRANSIT AND NON-ADA SERVICES, APPEAR PUNITIVE AND UNJUSTIFIED, DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTING VULNERABLE POPULATIONS IN CONTRADICTION TO DART'S STATED MISSION OF ACCESSIBILITY AND INCLUSION. AND WHEREAS DART'S CURRENT ONE SIZE FITS ALL SERVICE MODEL FAILS TO REFLECT THE UNIQUE TRANSIT NEEDS OF EACH MEMBER CITY AND RESTRICTS INNOVATION THROUGH RIGID ENABLING LEGISLATION THAT PREVENTS PARTIAL MEMBERSHIP, SERVICE SCALING AND PERFORMANCE BASED SERVICE CONTRACTING. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF GARLAND SEEKS A MORE TRANSPARENT, EQUITABLE, AND ACCOUNTABLE REGIONAL TRANSIT AGENCY THAT IS REPRESENTATIVE TO LOCAL NEEDS, THAT IS RESPONSIVE TO LOCAL NEEDS AND WILLING TO ENGAGE IN TRUE PARTNERSHIP WITH ITS MEMBER CITIES. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS, SECTION ONE, THE CITY OF GARLAND HEREBY STATES ITS FORMAL OPPOSITION TO THE CURRENT GENERAL MOBILITY PROGRAM AS ADOPTED BY DART, AND CALLS FOR A REASSESSMENT OF ITS DESIGN, EQUITY IMPLICATIONS, AND SYSTEM WIDE IMPACTS. SECTION TWO. THE CITY OPPOSES FARE HIKES AND SERVICE REDUCTIONS INTENDED TO FUND THE GMP, AND CALLS FOR THEIR IMMEDIATE RECONSIDERATION IN LIGHT OF DART'S GROWING REVENUES AND AMPLE FUND BALANCE.

SECTION THREE. THE CITY URGES THE DART BOARD AND EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TO RESTORE TRANSPARENCY, FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND FAIRNESS IN ITS BUDGETING AND POLICY MAKING, INCLUDING EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES AND SERVICE QUALITY. SECTION FOUR. THE CITY ADVOCATES FOR MODERNIZATION OF DART'S ENABLING LEGISLATION TO ALLOW FOR SERVICE FLEXIBILITY, PARTIAL MEMBERSHIP MODELS, AND CUSTOMIZED TRANSIT SOLUTIONS ALIGNED WITH LOCAL NEEDS AND FUNDING CONTRIBUTIONS. SECTION FIVE. THE CITY CALLS FOR IMIMMEDIATE INVESTMENT IN ENHAND FARE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BARRIER BASED ENTRY SYSTEMS OR PROOF OF PAYMENT APPROACHES TO IMPROVE RIDER SAFETY AND REDUCE FARE EVASION. SECTION SIX. THE CITY REAFFIRMS ITS COMMITMENT TO REGIONAL MOBILITY, BUT INSISTS ON TANGIBLE, MEASURABLE OUTCOMES IN RETURN FOR ITS CONTINUED FINANCIAL SUPPORT, AND EXPECTS DART TO ENGAGE MEMBER CITIES AS EQUAL PARTNERS IN ALL REFORM EFFORTS. SECTION SEVEN. THIS RESOLUTION SHALL BE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON ITS PASSAGE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS RESOLUTION? I SEE NONE, COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED. HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DUTTON AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE COUNCIL. DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS RESOLUTION? MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US? THAT ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM ON OUR

[8. Submission of Appraisal Roll and Rate for FY 2025-2026]

AGENDA IS ITEM EIGHT, SUBMISSION OF APPRAISAL ROLL AND RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 2026. I BELIEVE. COUNCIL MEMBER OTT, YOU HAVE SOME LANGUAGE TO READ. ALL RIGHT, MR. MAYOR. YES, SIR. JUST A PROCEDURAL SNAFU. REAL QUICK. WE NEED TO TAKE CITIZENS COMMENTS ON THE LAST ITEM, SINCE WE ALL DID TAKE A FORMAL ACTION ON IT, AND WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER ON. OKAY. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

WE'LL GO BACK TO THAT ITEM AND WE'LL ALLOW THE SPEAKER. MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE SPEAKER UP FOR US. LINDSAY BEGELMAN I MISS FINKELMAN, IF YOU'D COME UP, PLEASE. YOU KNOW HOW THIS WORKS. NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. LINDSAY FEIGELMAN, 1330 SURREY COURT. I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, AND I WANT TO SAY I AGREE WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED. I DID HAVE A QUESTION AS TO WHY THIS WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA PACKET FOR REVIEW PRIOR TO THE MEETING. I JUST WOULD APPRECIATE THINGS LIKE THAT IN THE FUTURE, WHEN THE ENTIRE REST OF THE AGENDA HAS ATTACHMENTS IN THIS ITEM DID NOT, AND THERE'S CLEARLY SOMETHING PRESENT FOR IT. BUT AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL MATERIAL OF THE RESOLUTION, THE REFERENCES TO SAFETY AND CRIME, I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT THE BASIS OF THOSE ARE. BECAUSE I'VE BEEN UNABLE TO FIND LIKE CRIME STATISTICS AS FAR AS DART, AND I KNOW IT DOESN'T MATCH MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, WHICH I UNDERSTAND DOESN'T ENCOMPASS ALL

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EXPERIENCES BY ANY MEANS. BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS WHERE THAT COMES FROM AND THE REFERENCE TO THE RIDERSHIP BEING LOW. BUT AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND, IT HAS BEEN INCREASING THE PAST FEW YEARS.

AND I JUST WAS WONDERING IF THAT IS ACCURATE OR WHETHER THAT SHOULD BE REFLECTED IN THEIR.

BUT THAT I DO AGREE WITH HOLDING DART ACCOUNTABLE AS YOU'LL HAVE PRESENTED IN THE RESOLUTION. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING ALL THE COMMENTS DURING THE WORK SESSION AND EVERYTHING PRIOR INTO ACCOUNT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. JOHN GARZA. ALL RIGHT SIR, NAME, ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. GOOD EVENIN. COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JOHN GARZA.

I LIVE AT 5509 MYERS DRIVE. I WANT TO ECHO THE SENTIMENT OF THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER REGARDING THE PUBLISHING OF THE LETTER. BEFORE WE WERE ABLE TO SPEAK ON IT, BECAUSE MY REMARKS ARE NOW COMPLETELY CHANGED. I'M STILL AGAINST THE MOTION, BUT I DO AGREE WITH WITH A LOT OF IT ON THERE, I WOULD I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO FORMALLY REQUEST THAT YOU MEET WITH THE DALLAS AREA TRANSIT ALLIANCE, AND SPECIFICALLY YOU, MAYOR HEDRICK, COUNCILMAN ED MOORE, AND THE CITY MANAGER TO KIND OF DISCUSS SOME PAST FUTURE ISSUES AND GET FEEDBACK FROM FROM US, THE RIDERS, REGARDING THE ISSUES THAT THE PERCEIVED ISSUES AT DART AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO BE MORE POSITIVE, POSITIVELY ADDRESS THE POSITIVELY, ADDRESS THE ISSUES IN A WAY THAT'S MORE PRODUCTIVE THAN THE OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE PASSED PREVIOUS RESOLUTIONS. OTHER THAN THAT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU SIR. MADAM SECRETARY, ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? YES, SIR. ONE MORE. OKAY. WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE NEXT SPEAKER, CARRIE YARBOROUGH? I THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO ADDRESS THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL TONIGHT. AND THE CITY MANAGER AND ATTORNEY. WE'VE GOT A MAJOR PROBLEM IN GARLAND. NAME AND ADDRESS FOR YARBOROUGH. WE HAVE A MAJOR PROBLEM IN THE CITY OF GARLAND WITH DART. AND WE NEED A DECENT PUBLIC TRANSIT FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND. AND DART HAS FAILED IN EVERY SINGLE WAY. AS FAR BACK AS I CAN REMEMBER. I'VE BEEN IN GARLAND FOR 20 YEARS AND DART HAS BEEN HORRIBLE THE WHOLE TIME. IT'S GETTING WORSE AS WE SPEAK. THERE'S MORE CRIME ON DART. THE DART POLICE DON'T DO A THING ABOUT THE CRIME THAT'S ON DART EASILY. THE CRIME ON ON DART PROPERTY IS TEN TIMES THAT OF ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY.

DART DOESN'T CARE. THEIR POLICE OFFICERS ARE NEVER THERE. WHEN THEY DO SHOW UP, THEY DON'T ENFORCE THE LAW. THE BUSSES AND TRAINS ARE FILLED WITH TOXIC, DEADLY POISONS IN THE AIR. THAT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR A PERSON TO BREATHE LIKE MYSELF, WITH ALLERGIES AND THINGS. I CAN'T EVEN BREATHE ON THOSE DART TRAINS BECAUSE THEY'RE SO FILLED WITH POLLUTION. ALL THOSE DRUG ADDICTS, ALL THOSE HOMELESS PEOPLE ON THE TRAINS AND THINGS. I CALL ATTENTION TO SOMEBODY WHO WORKS FOR DART. THEY WON'T DO A THING ABOUT IT, NEVER DO. AND THAT'S A VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW TO DO THAT SORT OF STUFF, STUFF ON THE TRAINS AND BUSSES OF THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. DART DOESN'T CARE. IT'S GOTTEN WORSE. AND NOW THEY WANT TO RAISE THE FARES FOR THE POOREST PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY, MANY OF WHICH ARE PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY AND. DISABLED. I WANT TO RAISE THEIR FARES DOUBLE WHAT THEY WERE LAST YEAR, AND THEY WANT TO CUT ROUTES AND SERVICE. DART JUST GOT THROUGH SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO IMPROVE ITS BUS SYSTEM AND TO GET BUSSES THAT ACTUALLY HAVE A DESTINATION, AND EVERY BUS NOW GOES SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. EVERY BUS GOES FROM A 4 OR 5 A.M. TO AFTER MIDNIGHT. THEY, THEY ARE, ARE SUPPOSEDLY A BETTER SYSTEM THAN WHAT THEY WERE BEFORE 2022. AND NOW THEY'RE WANTING TO GO BACK AND HAVE LONGER WAIT TIMES, FEWER BUSSES, THIS SORT OF THING. THEY HAVEN'T INCREASED THE RIDERSHIP ANY, AS LONG AS THEY GO BACK AND FORTH AND BACK AND FORTH AND DON'T HAVE DIRECTION, DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING, DON'T HAVE A CLU. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET THE RIDERSHIP UP. THEY'RE THEY'RE SPENDING 28, 34% OF THEIR REVENUE TO RAISE FOR TO GET USER FARES. AND USER FARES IS ONLY BRINGING IN 6% OF THE REVENUE. SO THEY'RE USING 34% OF THEIR EXPENDITURES TO RAISE 6% OF THE REVENUE. ANY PRIVATE BUSINESS WOULD LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE IT, MAKE IT TOTALLY FREE, AND WE'LL SAVE 28% BY MAKING IT TOTALLY FREE, BECAUSE YOU WOULDN'T SPEND 34%

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OF YOUR REVENUE. I MEAN, OF YOUR EXPENSES TO RAISE 6% OF YOUR REVENUE. IF IT WERE TOTALLY FREE, THEY'D GET SO MANY MORE RIDERS THAT THEY GET SO MUCH MORE MONEY FROM FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT THAT WOULD MAKE UP FOR IT, AND IT WOULD CLEAN THE AIR AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

GETTING FEWER CARS ON THE STREETS, EVERYTHING ELSE. BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A CLUE. WE NEED TO GET RID OF DART AND GET AN ALTERNATIVE. THANK YOU SIR. MADAM SECRETARY, ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILIL, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. SUBMISSION OF APPRAISAL ROLL AND RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 2026. COUNCIL MEMBER. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT THE PROPOSED 2025 TAX RATE OF 68.974 $0.06 PER $100 OF VALUATION BE DISCUSSED AT TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS. THE PUBLIC IS ENCOURAGED TO PROVIDE COMMENT AT THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD ON AUGUST 19TH, 2025 AT 7 P.M. AT THE GARLAND CITY HALL, LOCATED AT 200 NORTH FIFTH STREET IN GARLAND. A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2025 AT 7 P.M. AT GARLAND CITY HALL, LOCATED AT 200 NORTH FIFTH STREET IN GARLAND. TAX RATE ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2025 AT 7 P.M. AT THE GARLAND CITY HALL, LOCATED AT 200 NORTH FIFTH STREET IN GARLAND. THANK YOU SIR, DO WE HAVE A SECOND ON THAT ITEM? ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK COUNCIL. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU. PUBLIC COMMENT AGAIN? YES. THANK YOU, MADAM SECRETARY. ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR. THANK YOU. WE'LL GET THERE. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM. LUCK. MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US. AND THAT ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. MOVE ON, THEN, TO ITEM NINE, OUR

[a. Consider a request by Garland ISD, requesting approval of 1) a zoning change from Planned Development 94-53 with a base zoning of Single-family 7 (SF-7) to a new Planned Development for a Data Center and Warehouse, Office/Showroom (indoors only) use; and 2) a Concept Plan for the Data Center and Warehouse, Office/Showroom (indoors only) use. The site is located at 2302 Naaman School Road in District 1.]

ZONING CASES. OUR FIRST ITEM IS HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST BY GARLAND ISD REQUESTING APPROVAL OF ONE. A ZONING CHANGE FROM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 9453 WITH ZONING OF SINGLE FAMILY SEVEN SF SEVEN TO A NEW PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR A DATA CENTER AND WAREHOUSE OFFICE SHOWROOM INDOORS ONLY USE AND A CONCEPT PLAN FOR THE DATA CENTER AND WAREHOUSE. OFFICE SHOWROOM INDOOR ONLY USE SITE IS LOCATED AT 2302 NAAMAN SCHOOL ROAD AND DISTRICT ONE, AND MAYOR PRO TEM.

ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM? HI, NABILA. THANK YOU. MAYOR. SO HERE WE HAVE THE REQUEST AS READ OUT BY THE MAYOR. IT IS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT D DISTRICT WITH THE ZONING FOR A DATA CENTER AND WAREHOUSE OFFICE SHOWROOM INDOORS ONLY. USE ON PROPERTY. CURRENTLY ZONED PLAN DEVELOPMENT 9453 WITH A ZONING OF SF SEVEN. PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 2302 NAAMAN SCHOOL ROAD. OWNER IS GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT SEVEN AND A HALF ACRES. AS MENTIONED, CURRENTLY A PD FROM 1994 WITH SINGLE FAMILY BASED ZONING. SOME BACROUND JUST TO KIND OF REFRESHER AND REMINDER, PER OUR GDC, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS EXEMPT FROM NUMEROUS ZONING REQUIREMENTS. OFTENTIMES SOME OF THE IT IS IN THE GDC THAT SOME OF THE ZONING REQUIREMENTS CANNOT BE APPLICABLE TO USES THAT ARE BEING BROUGHT BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND HAS EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS TO THE COMMUNITY. BUT WITH GIS, WE'RE WORKING WITH DISD ON THIS SITE BECAUSE THE ZONING ON THIS SITE IS SO OLD. THE USD NATATORIUM IS TO THE NORTHEAST SIDE, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THIS IS NOT A SCHOOL CAMPUS. IT'S A GISD USE, BUT IT IS BEING USED BY SOME OTHER USE THAT IS BEING PROVIDED BY GISD. WE JUST WORKING WITH GISD, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BEST TO HAVE A PROPER ZONING ON THIS PROPERTY FOR THIS PARTICULAR USE, RATHER

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THAN TRYING TO GO STRAIGHT TO PERMITTING, WHICH TECHNICALLY DISD COULD HAVE DONE. SO. KIND OF A LITTLE BACKGROUND. THE PROPOSED ZONING IS NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, THE DATA CENTER AND WAREHOUSE OFFICE SHOWROOM. INDOORS ONLY USES ARE BEING PROPOSED TO BE PERMITTED BY RIGHT WITH THIS PD, THE ONLY DEVIATION REQUESTED IS IN RELATION TO BUILDING HEIGHTS.

NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES ALLOWS BETWEEN 16FT TO 20FT, AND THE PROPOSED BUILDING HEIGHT IS 35FT. THIS WILL MAKE SURE THE ZONING ON THIS SITE IS SOUND FOR FUTURE. HERE WE HAVE THE ZONING.

AS YOU CAN SEE WITH THE SINGLE FAMILY PD, WE HAVE NUMEROUS USES. THERE ARE SOME COMMERCIAL USES. TO THE NORTHEAST SIDE. WE HAVE THE CHURCH USE TO THE TO THE SOUTH SIDE WE HAVE SINGLE FAMILY TO THE NORTH AND THE NATATORIUM TO THE NORTHEAST SIDE. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IDENTIFIES THIS AREA AS A COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH PROVIDE AREAS FOR MODERATE INCREASES IN RESIDENTIAL DENSITY, INCLUDING SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED AND SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOUSING. IT EXPANDS HOUSING OPTIONS THROUGH INFILL AND REDEVELOPMENT WHILE CONTINUING WALKABLE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS. BY HAVING THIS EDUCATIONAL FACILITY WITHIN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, WE DO THINK IT IS IN THIS CONTEXT. IT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE VISION SET FORWARD WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. HERE WE HAVE A SITE PHOTO FROM TAKEN FROM NEIMAN SCHOOL ROAD. HERE WE HAVE THE CONCEPT PLAN. THE PROPOSED BUILDING IS TWO STORIES, APPROXIMATELY 37,000FT■S. THERE ARE THREE ACCESS POINTS ONE FROM PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD, ONE FROM NEIMAN SCHOOL ROAD, AND THERE IS ANOTHER ACCESS POINT FROM THE EXISTING GISD NATATORIUM SITE. THEY'RE PROPOSING. THEY HAVE CONVEYED THAT THEY ANTICIPATE HAVING 91, GENERALLY 91 EMPLOYEES, WHICH IS PRETTY LOW NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES FOR A SITE THIS BIG, ABOUT SEVEN AND A HALF ACRES. SO TRAFFIC FLOW, THE IMPACT ON TRAFFIC IS NON-SIGNIFICANT. THEY DID PROVIDE A TRIP GENERATION REPORT THAT WAS REVIEWED BY OUR ANSPORTATION TEAM, BUT A TIA WAS NOT REQUIRED. WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL AS PRESENTED. PLAN COMMISSION CONCURRED AS WELL. IN TERMS OF RESPONSE LETTERS, WE RECEIVED TWO WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA. ACTUALLY, AT THIS MEETING WE RECEIVED A THIRD ONE. ONE OF THE RESPONSE MENTIONED THAT THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT POTENTIALLY CAN CHEAPEN THE AREA, WHICH I DIDN'T NECESSARILY AGREE WITH, AND PUT STRAIN ON THE POWER GRID, WHICH IS ALSO SOMETHING THE ELECTRICAL MEP, THOSE THINGS ARE LOOKED AT, BUT PERMITTING AND APPROVED THROUGH PERMITTING. AFTER EXTENSIVE REVIEW, WE ALSO RECEIVED FROM OUTSIDE OF THE NOTIFICATION AREA. WE RECEIVED FIVE RESPONSES. WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. I DON'T BELIEVE THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.

IS THE APPLICANT HERE TO SPEAK OR TO GIVE A PRESENTATION? I DON'T BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS HERE, BUT I DO HAVE TWO SPEAKERS. OKAY. IN LIEU OF THE APPLICANT, ARE ARE YOU THE APPLICANT, SIR? OKAY, I REPRESENT OKAY. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK, PLEASE DO SO. YOU HAVE TEN MINUTES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, HONORABLE. HONORABLE MAYOR.

MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO SPEAK OF ON THIS ZONING CASE. MY NAME IS DEREK WHITE. I'M WITH DIG ENGINEERS. I LIVE AT 1871 STEVENS BLUFF LANE IN DALLAS, TEXAS. 75208 REPRESENT GARLAND ISD ON THIS PROJECT. AS THE CIVIL ENGINEER. I HAVE THE ARCHITECT HERE AS WELL WITH PBK. WE WE'RE WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU YOU MAY HAVE. WE FULLY SUPPORT THIS PROJECT AND WE HOPE THAT YOU YOU KNOW, WE HOPE AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO OUR, OUR CASES AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS. THANK YOU SIR.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS SIR. SPEAKER. COME BACK PLEASE.

YES, SIR. OKAY. WOULD YOU WOULD YOU BRIEFLY DESCRIBE THIS FACILITY AND THE OCCUPANTS OR

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THE POTENTIAL OCCUPANTS OF THIS FACILILITY? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. TE POTENTIAL APPLICANT APPLICANTS OR OR MAINLY STAFF WITH GARLAND ISD, APPROXIMATELY 91 STAFF MEMBERS. THE BUILDING, THE BUILDING ITSELF CAN HOUSE UP TO 200 PLUS IS EXCUSE ME, IS IT OVERNIGHT LODGING OR OR OFFICE? OFFICE? LODGING. CAN YOU GIVE ME GIVE ME SOME. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO THERE'S BASICALLY THREE COMPONENTS FOR THIS BUILDING. IT IS A WAREHOUSE COMPONENT. THERE IS A OFFICE COMPONENT AND THERE'S A DATA CENTER COMPONENT. MAINLY THE DATA CENTER IS BASICALLY TO HOUSE THEIR SERVERS, YOU KNOW, TO FOR SIMILAR TO LIKE IF THE CITY HAS AN IT DEPARTMENT TO HOUSE THEIR SERVERS. SO THAT'S, THAT'S BASICALLY AND THERE'S ANOTHER COMPONENT WHICH IS LIKE A CLASSROOM WHICH THEY WOULD USE FOR LIKE TRAINING, TRAINING THEIR STAFF, TRAINING STUDENTS.

AND IT'S STRICTLY FOR GISD, RIGHT? IT'S NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. IT'S NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, BUT STRICTLY FOR GIS, GIS STAFF AND PARTIALLY SOME STUDENTS FOR TRAINING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM. MADAM MAYOR PRO TEM. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS TO MAKE? NO, NO. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN WE'LL CALL YOU BACK UP IF THERE ARE ANY COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE. AND IN RESPONSE. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES AND CALL UP OUR FIRST SPEAKER, PLEASE? YES, MA'AM. THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IS GIVEN TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY, RATHER THAN TO QUESTION THE CITY COUNCIL OR STAFF. THE CHAIR MAY CALL A SPEAKER OUT OF ORDER AT THE SPEAKER, PRESENTS QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION THAT WILL UNDULY DELAY THE TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS. AT THE MEETING, SPEAKER SHALL BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS, AS DETERMINED BY THE ORDER IN WHICH THE CITY SECRETARY RECEIVES THE SPEAKER'S INFORMATION. APPLICANTS ARE ALLOWED TEN MINUTES FOR PRESENTATIONS, AND ALL OTHER SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. WHEN THE PODIUM BUZZER SOUNDS, SPEAKER MUST END THEIR COMMENTS. JOSH LAMB. HI MR. LAMB, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. 2402 RERTA COURT I'M IN ONE OF THE HOUSES THAT THEY NEGLECTED TO SHOW RIGHT TO THE NORTH OF THEIR IMAGES, SHOWING JUST THE OPEN AREA. THERE ARE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES IN THE AREA A LOT. IT'S MOSTLY RESIDENTIAL. YOU ALL APPROVED A CHURCH T TOO LONG AGO. THAT IS NEW, AND TO BE HONEST, IT IS QUITE LOUD AND A LITTLE IRRITATING AS WELL.

BUT WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE DATA CENTER. THERE'S A LOT OF BAD PUBLICITY OUT THERE. IF YOU DO SEARCHES FOR DATA CENTERS, YOU SEE LOTS OF BAD THINGS THAT HAPPEN, LOTS OF WATER USE, LOTS OF CONTAMINATION, POSSIBLY. AND OUR BIGGEST THING IS THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S BEEN A NEIGHBORHOOD FOR WE'VE BEEN IN THAT HOUSE FOR 23 YEARS. WE EXPECTED TO BE THERE A LONG TIME. WHEN WE BOUGHT IT WAS WE WERE TOLD IT WAS GOING TO BE A MIDDLE SCHOOL. IT HAS CHANGED TO A NATATORIUM, WHICH IS OKAY, I GUESS, RIGHT? IT GETS BUSY ON THE WEEKENDS ON OCCASION FOR A SWIM MEET. THIS SEEMS TO BE DIFFERENT. THIS SEEMS TO BE A BUSINESS IN A COMMERCIAL BUILDING AND IT SHOULD BE IN A COMMERCIAL AREA OF TOWN. SO THAT'S ABOUT ALL. WAIT RIGHT THERE FOR ME PLEASE. SIR, DO YOU HAVE ANY? DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER? THANK YOU SIR. MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL UP THE NEXT SPEAKER, NICOLE LAMB. HI, MISS LAMB, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. NICOLE LAMB 2402 ROBERTA COURT. LIKE MY HUSBAND SAID, WE ARE DIRECTLY ABUTTING THIS PROPERTY. IT WILL BE RIGHT BEHIND OUR HOUSE. WE CAN'T SEE THE NATATORIUM FROM OUR HOUSE UNLESS WE GO OUT INTO THE YARD.

BUT IT IS QUITE LARGE AND QUITE OBNOXIOUS. I DON'T KNOW HOW TALL IT IS, BUT I JUST SAW THAT THIS NEW BUILDING WAS SUPPOSED TO BE. THEY'RE ASKING FOR IT TO BE 35FT TALL. I THINK THAT'S ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. IT'S A FULLY RESIDENTIAL AREA. THERE'S A GROCERY STORE RIGHT THERE. WE'RE NEAR GEORGE BUSH, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT IT IS A RESIDENTIAL AREA. WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT NOISE. WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE HEIGHT. WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT KIND OF LIGHTING THERE'S

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GOING TO BE BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY GOT, LIKE YOU SAID, THE NEW CHURCH WAS BUILT THERE.

THERE ARE A TON OF LIGHTS IN THEIR PARKING LOT THAT SHINE STRAIGHT INTO OUR ROOM, OUR BEDROOM WINDOW AT NIGHT. THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT THE POSSIBLE HAZMAT STUFF THAT GOES ON WITH THE DATA CENTER, THE USE OF WATER, POSSIBLE GROUND CONTAMINATION. I DON'T KNOW, WE'VE JUST DONE SOME PRELIMINARY RESEARCH ON IT. MAYBE YOU GUYS KNOW MORE THAN WE DO, BUT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A REALLY CONCERNING THING TO BE PUTTING IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. THERE'S PLENTY OF BUSINESS AREAS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER PROPERTY GISD OWNS, BUT THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER BUSINESS AREAS IN GARLAND. EVEN I KNOW THAT THEY OWN THE ONE THAT'S ACROSS FROM THE ORIGINAL PLACE WHERE THEY WERE GOING TO BUILD THE NATATORIUM ON GEORGE BUSH AND BRAND ROAD. THAT ONE'S RIGHT ON GEORGE BUSH, AND IT SEEMS LIKE A MORE APPROPRIATE PLACE TO PUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS. WE JUST WE ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS. AND LIKE MY HUSBAND SAID, WE'VE LIVED HERE FOR 25 YEARS. WE ALWAYS KNEW SOMETHING WAS GOING TO GO BACK THERE. WE JUST NEVER THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE A GIANT COMMERCIAL BUILDING. SO WE ARE DEFINITELY AGAINST THIS. AND I FEEL LIKE ORIGINALLY I WAS KIND OF NEUTRAL ABOUT IT. BUT THE MORE I'VE RESEARCHED AND THE MORE I'VE HEARD, THE LESS I AM FOR IT. I'M TOTALLY I'M TOTALLY AGAINST HAVING THIS BEHIND OUR HOUSE. IT SHOULD BE SOMEWHERE ELSE IN A MORE COMMERCIAL AREA. THANK YOU, THANK YOU MA'AM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER? MA'AM, WOULD YOU PLEASE STEP BACK UP TO THE PODIUM? COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS? YES, GOOD EVENING. I YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU LIVE YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEHIND YOU. YES. IF YOU HAD ANY CONVERSATION WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ABOUT THE THINGS THAT YOU, YOU AND HIM LAID OUT, YOU HAVE YOU MET MET WITH THEM? CAN YOU? I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MULTIPLE TIMES AND I HAVE RECEIVED NOTHING BACK. I'VE CALLED, I'VE LEFT MESSAGES. I'VE TALKED TO FOUR DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO CAN'T REALLY SEEM TO POINT ME IN THE DIRECTION OF WHO I NEED TO TALK TO. AND THEN SUMMER CAME AND I GOT REALLY BUSY AND KIND OF GAVE UP BECAUSE I WAS NEVER GETTING ANY RESPONSE FROM ANYONE ABOUT ANYTHING I WAS ASKING. SO. AND DID YOU TRY THE SUPERINTENDENT? NUMBER? SINCE YOU OBVIOUSLY WASN'T ABLE TO GET A RESPONSE? I DON'T THINK I WENT UP THAT HIGH BECAUSE I WASN'T SURE IF HE WOULD BE ABLE TO SPECIFICALLY GIVE ME ANY SPECIFIC INFORMATION, OTHER THAN JUST A GENERAL, BROAD OVERVIEW OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO ALL I CALLED, I, I, I TALKED TO A COUPLE PEOPLE FROM THE CITY OF GARLAND, WHICH THEY WERE VERY HELPFUL, BUT THEY WERE POINTING ME TO PEOPLE WITH GISD THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO TALK TO. THOSE WERE THE PEOPLE THAT NEVER CALLED BACK, NEVER EMAILED BACK, NEVER RESPONDED IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. SO IT WAS REALLY IT WAS REALLY KIND OF DISHEARTENING. AND ALSO WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE NATATORIUM STUFF, WEERE TOLD ALSO, LIKE SHE SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION, THAT GISD DOESN'T HAVE TO FOLLOW ANY ZONING LAWS, SO THEY BASICALLY GET TO DO WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE CITIZENS FEEL LIKE THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAPPEN. SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT I MEAN, I JUST I THINK THAT'S KIND OF CRAZY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD THIS GIANT BUILDING BEHIND OUR HOUSE AND WE DON'T HAVE A SAY IN THEY DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW ZONING LAWS LIKE EVERY OTHER OTHER BUSINESS WOULD. SO ONE LAST QUESTION. YOU HAVE YOU REACHED OUT TO ANY OF YOUR LEGISLATIVE LEGISLATORS? I CAN'T SAY THE WORD LEGISLATORS ABOUT THIS. NO, I HAVEN'T YET BECAUSE ORIGINALLY WE WEREN'T EVEN SURE WHAT WAS BEING BUILT BACK THERE. WE ONLY FOUND OUT WHAT WAS BEING BUILT BACK THERE IN AUGUST OR IN JULY. WE GOT THE NOTICE FOR THE LAST MEETING. WE WERE OUT OF TOWN, SO WE WEREN'T ABLE TO COME TO THE LAST MEETING. THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE KNEW WHAT WAS BEING BUILT THERE. WE, I HAD TRIED TO LOOK ON ZONING WEBSITE, COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING, COULDN'T FIND ANY INFORMATION. AND SO THAT WAS THE FIRST WE'D HEARD OF WHAT IT ACTUALLY WAS GOING TO BE. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, MADAM SECRETARY. ARE THERE ANY MORE SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO, MA'AM. I'M SORRY, I HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER. COUNCILWOMAN DUTTON, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE, PLEASE. COULD YOU TELL US WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THIS BUILDING IS ACTUALLY DATA CENTER? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. HELLO. MY NAME IS JUDY LANGFORD, AND I LIVE AT 776 COPPELL ROAD IN COPPELL, TEXAS. I'M GOING TO NEED A SPEAKER CARD

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FROM YOU. THANK YOU. OH, OKAY. JUST WHEN YOU'RE DONE, CAN DO IT LATER. YES. AND IT'S UNFORTUNATELY IT'S BEEN DEEMED OR IT'S BEEN CALLED A DATA CENTER, BUT IT'S NOT ACTUALLY A DATA CENTER. IT'S A NETWORK OPERATIONS CENTER. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE. THIS IS THE AND WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM GISD HERE, BUT IT IS THE HUB FOR THE NETWORK THAT DISTRIBUTES INFORMATION TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. IT IS NOT THE TYPICAL DATA CENTER THAT YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND TO HAVE THE CONCERNS THAT THE CITIZENS HAVE HERE, THE AREA THAT IS FOR THE NETWORK OPERATIONS CENTER FOR THE SERVER AREA IS APPROXIMATELY, I THINK IT'S 7000FT■S. IT IS IN A HARDENED AREA. AND SO IT IS SECURE FROM STORM CENTERS AND OR FROM SOME STORM WINDS. AND THERE IS NO I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE WATER CONCERN BECAUSE THAT IS NOT PART OF THIS ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION TYPE. AND SO WE APOLOGIZE FOR THAT CONFUSION IN THE TITLE OF THE ACTUAL CENTER FOR THE FOR THE BUILDING. AND IT IS AN OFFICE BUILDING, BUT IT'S A PRIVATE OFFICE BUILDING. SO THE, THE COMMERCIAL PORTION OF THAT IS, IS NOT REALLY THE INTENT OF THAT. IT IS A SCHOOL DISTRICT TYPE OF FACILITY THAT WOULD BE USED FOR EDUCATION. AND THEN THE HOUSING OF JUST THE FACILITY OFFICE WORKERS AND THE DIRECTORS OF THAT. AND THEN ALSO THE WAREHOUSE PORTION IS FOR DISTRIBUTING THE SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY TO ALL OF THE SCHOOLS, ALL OF THE TABLETS AND THE COMPUTERS, AND TO THE OTHER DISTRICT OFFICE AREAS. WE'RE BRINGING IN FROM WE'RE BRINGING THEM INTO ANOTHER AREA THAT'S A LITTLE BIT NICER. AND THE FACILITY IS A CUTTING EDGE FACILITY FOR THIS TYPE OF OPERATION THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE PLANNING TO DO THERE. PERFECT.

THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS? THANK YOU.

YES, MA'AM. HAS HAS HAS THE HAVE YOUR. ORGANIZATION OR THAT'S INVOLVED IN THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION REACHED OUT TO NEIGHBORING NEIGHBORS TO EXPLAIN WHAT YOU HAVE. SO. ELOQUENTLY EXPLAINED TO US OR OR HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN IN AND IN IN IN PLANS. HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN ON ON THE ON THE MAP AND ON THE ASSEMBLY LINE? AND HOW HOW HAVE YOU HAD ANY DIALOG AT ALL WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS? WE HAVEN'T HAD A COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENT TO DATE. WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THAT. WE WOULD LOVE TO EXPLAIN AND CLEAR UP SOME OF THE CONCERNS FOR THAT AREA. AND HOW WOULD YOU JUST JUST BRIEFLY, HOW WOULD YOU GO BY REACHING OUT AND IDENTIFYING AND GETTING THAT FEEDBACK? EITHER ONE OF YOU, WE WOULD WE CAN ADVERTISE AND SET UP A COMMUNITY MEETING EITHER IN THAT AREA OR IN A. CITY COMMUNITY AREA THAT THAT IS FOR THAT IS BETTER FOR HOUSING THAT TYPE OF AN EVENT IN AN AIR CONDITIONED FACILITY. WE COULD DO, YOU KNOW, A SITE MEETING TO EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE DOING THERE. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF GRAPHICS TO SHOW THE BUILDING AND TO SHOW EXACTLY HOW WE'RE SCREENING IT, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT THE TRAFFIC THERE. WE'VE DONE A STUDY AND BECAUSE IT IS OPERATIONAL FOR OFFICES BETWEEN THE HOURS OF EIGHT AND 5 P.M, AND THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THE SHIPPING THAT WILL HAPPEN TO DISTRIBUTE THE GOODS TO THE DIFFERENT FACILITIES, TO THE DIFFERENT DISTRICT SCHOOLS AND THE OFFICES. WE'D LOVE TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY SHOW THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING AND HELP EVERYONE UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS NOT, AS IN OUR OPINION, BECAUSE WE'RE THE DESIGNERS, IS NOT AS MUCH OF AN EYESORE AS WE THINK, OR THAT SOMEONE MIGHT BE CONCERNED WITH.

AND THE LIGHTING. WE ARE DEFINITELY KEEPING THE LIGHTING LEVELS LOW. WE HAVE MINIMIZED THE PARKING LIGHTING TO UNDERSTAND THE LIGHT, THE ENERGY COMPLIANCE CODE AND THE LIGHTING

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LEVELS TO HELP ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS OF THE NEIGHBORING RESIDENTS. AND DO YOU HAVE IS THERE A CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE AND HOW WOULD INJECTING THAT FEATURE WOULD AFFECT YOUR YOUR TIMELINE? OH, THAT INJECTING THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH FEATURE WOULD THAT YES WE CAN WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS OF WHEN WE ARE TRYING TO START CONSTRUCTION. WE COULD WE COULD SCHEDULE AND ADVERTISE A COMMUNITY OUTREACH MEETING. WELL BEFORE WE'RE GOING TO START CONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO START IN FOUR MONTHS. SO WITHIN FOUR MONTHS, YES, WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE ABLE TO DO THAT. WELL, MADAM MAYOR PRO TEM I, I WOULD STRONGLY LIKE TO SEE THAT SOME KIND OF COMMUNICATIONS, I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE, BUT I THINK WITH, WITH THE ADJOINING RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, IT, IT WOULD IT WHETHER WHETHER OR NOT THIS GOES UP OR DOWN, THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE. BUT IT WOULD BE IT'S ALWAYS IN ORDER TO BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY BE THEY THEY MAY NOT BE THE ONLY TWO PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHO HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. AND IT'S BETTER TO GET IT OUT FRONT THAN ON THE BACK END. ALL RIGHT. DO YOU. SO I YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT LOOKS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW. BUT I SUGGEST STRONGLY THAT WE. THAT WE DO SOMETHING PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION DATE TO, TO NOT NECESSARILY. CONVERT THE DOUBTERS BUT TO AT LEAST GIVE THEM A COMFORT LEVEL AND AN INFORMATION SOURCE SO THEY'LL KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH YOU. WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO DO THAT. ABSOLUTELY. WORKING WITH THE WITH GISD. AND I'M A I AM A BORN AND RAISED HERE IN GARLAND. AND SO I LOVE THAT AREA. AND I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS OF WHEN THINGS ARE COMING IN WHERE YOU'VE LIVED FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. AND SO I'M MORE THAN HAPPY, AND OUR TEAM IS MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT WHAT IT IS WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND HELP THE DISTRICT, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MADAM MAYOR PRO TEM.

YES, PLEASE. JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION THAT IF GISD ELECTS TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS OR A COMMUNITY OUTREACH ON THIS, THAT'S THEIR DECISION. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THIS COUNCIL SHOULD FACTOR INTO ANY DECISION TONIGHT. AGAIN, THEY'RE HERE OUT OF A COURTESY. AS THE ZONING GOES, THEY ARE ENTITLED BY RIGHT TO BUILD THIS FACILITY. WHETHER THIS BODY ELECTS TO CHANGE THE ZONING OR NOT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. I BELIEVE IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SPEAK WITH STAFF AFTER THE MEETING TO TRADE CONTACT INFORMATION, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO FACILITATE THAT. HOWEVER, CITY OF GARLAND WILL NOT BE HOLDING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR GISD TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. COUNCILWOMAN DUTTON, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE CLARIFICATION. I DO AGREE WITH BG. I THINK COMMUNITY OUTREACH IS A FANTASTIC, FANTASTIC IDEA.

YOU CAN'T REALLY GO WRONG. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MISS LAMB TO COME BACK UP FOR JUST A SECOND, IF YOU WOULD. THANK YOU. HI. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION WITH THE DATA CENTER THAT THAT KIND OF HELPED CLARIFY SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS, BECAUSE WE HAVE NEVER SEEN ANY OF THE PLOT, THE PICTURES OR ANYTHING. I MEAN, WE DON'T KNOW. WE'RE JUST GETTING INFORMATION BASED ON WHAT WAS ON THIS PAPER AND WHAT THEY SAID. SO I FEEL LIKE WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. AND I, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS THAT YOU CAN SAY THINGS TO MAKE THEM SOUND BETTER THAN THEY ARE, BECAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY AN EDUCATIONAL CENTER.

THAT'S NOT WHAT IT IS. IT'S GOING TO BE AN OFFICE BUILDING. SO I DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT REALLY NOTHING'S REALLY CHANGED IN MY MIND UNLESS WE GET ACTUAL INFORMATION. BUT YES, THANK YOU FOR ASKING THE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. AND HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS CAN GET TOGETHER AND GET GET SOME EDUCATION BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER. BUT HOPEFULLY HOPEFULLY WE HELPED A LITTLE BIT. YEAH. AND I KNOW IT'S ALWAYS EVERYONE'S ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT LIKE SHE SAID IT'S ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT HARD TO HAVE NEW STUFF COME INTO YOUR

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NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE JUST GET REALLY PROTECTIVE. CHANGE IS SCARY. CHANGE IS SCARY FOR EVERYBODY. SO AND WE ALL JUST WANT THE BEST FOR OUR CITY, SO WE CAN ALL APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU MA'AM. MADAM SECRETARY, IS THAT EVERYONE THAT WAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL. THIS IS. COUNCILMAN MOORE. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM. SO AT THIS POINT, ARE WE CLARIFICATION FROM OUR LEGAL? BASED ON WHAT I'VE JUST HEARD YOU SAY? WE ARE AT THE POINT NOW OF HAVING TO VOTE ON THE MERIT OF THE ZONING CHANGE. NOT NECESSARILY IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING OR NOT.

CAN YOU CLARIFY, PLEASE? YES. IT'S THE DECISION TO HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING WILL BE ENTIRELY UP TO GISD IN REGARD TO WHAT THEIR OUTREACH WOULD BE TO THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY TONIGHT, WHAT COUNCIL IS DECIDING IS WHETHER OR NOT TO FORMALLY, ON PAPER, CHANGE THE ZONING OF THIS LOCATION AND ALSO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT ON THE DEVIATION OF THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING, THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING DEVIATIONS. AN INTERESTING ISSUE, RIGHT? WITHOUT KNOWING MORE FROM GISD IN REGARD TO THE NECESSITY OF THE. THE MACHINES THAT THEY'RE AND THE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY'RE HOUSING INSIDE THIS BUILDING, AND THE NEED FOR SPACE AND THE NEED FOR THE IT TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPORT THEIR EDUCATIONAL FUNCTIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THAT'S REALLY THE STANDARD. SO THE SEMINAL CASE IN DALLAS AND DALLAS COUNTY IN PARTICULAR, IS A DISD CASE IN ADDISON, WHERE DISD WAS BUILDING A BUS BARN. AND ADDISON MADE THE ARGUMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, A BUS BARN IS NOT AN EDUCATIONAL IT'S NOT AN EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY. THE COURT DISAGREED AND SAID IN ORDER TO SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, YOU NEED BUSSES TO GET CHILDREN TO SCHOOL. AND SO THEREFORE IT IS AN EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY. AND SO IT'S GONE FROM A BUS BARN TO ALSO TO DATA CENTERS TO THESE TYPE OF NETWORKS TO ADMINISTRATION BUILDINGS, ALL OF THOSE BUILDINGS IN TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE COURTS, ARE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES. AND THEY AND THEY SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES. AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY TONIGHT, ALTHOUGH THEY'RE HERE AS A COURTESY, THE ACTIVITY ITSELF, THEY CAN DO WHETHER OR NOT THIS COUNCIL DECIDES TO CHANGE THE ZONING OR NOT. THERE'S NOTHING IN LAW THAT REQUIRES YOU TO CHANGE THE ZONING, BUT THERE'S ALSO NOTHING IN LAW THAT WILL PROHIBIT THEM FROM BUILDING, WHETHER YOU CHANGE THE ZONING OR NOT. COULD YOU? SAY JUST ONE CLARIFICATION ITEM ON THE HEIGHT? SO THE BASE ZONING HEIGHT IS CURRENTLY PER CDC. THE ALLOWED HEIGHT IS 16 TO 20FT, WHICH IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE BASE ZONING THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING. BUT CURRENTLY PER THE PD, THE BASE ZONING IS SF SEVEN AND SF SEVEN. ZONING DOES ALLOW 35FT BUILDING HEIGHT, SO CURRENTLY 35 FOOT BUILDING CAN GO IN THERE ANYWAY. SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT CLARIFICATION POINT OUT THERE. OKAY, SO LAND USAGE IS APPROPRIATE ZONING. THE ZONING COMMISSION HAS ALREADY APPROVED THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. STAFF IS APPROVING RECOMMENDING APPROVAL, PENDING APPROVAL, USE OF LAND IS THERE.

I'M TRYING TO JUST CLARIFY AT THIS POINT IN THE WAY OF THE VOTE, WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON. AND AS I SEE IT AT THIS POINT, I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING IN THE WAY OF A REASON OTHER THAN DISLIKING THE BUILDING HEIGHT. AND. I THINK WE'VE CLARIFIED THE DATA USAGE ASPECT OF IT. IS THERE IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THERE IN THE WAY OF WHAT WE AS A COUNCIL CAN LOOK AT IN THE WAY OF HOW WE HAVE TO VOTE, WHAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT AND WE'RE VOTING? THERE ARE TWO ASPECTS THAT I HAVE DEBATED UPON. ONE IS IF THIS FACILITY BY GISD CAN BE CONSTRUCTED ANYWAY, AND BUILDING HEIGHT AGAIN IS EXEMPT. AND IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE BECAUSE 35FT IS ALLOWED PER THE BASE ZONING, CURRENT BASE ZONING. IS IT EVEN NEEDED THAT THEY CHANGE THE ■ZONING? THE BENEFIT OF THAT IS THAT BRINGS THE PROPERTY FULLY INTO COMPLIANCE. SO IF THEY IF GISD EVER DECIDES TO AND I'M NOT ANTICIPATING THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THEY HAVE SAID. I'M JUST SAYING 30 YEARS FROM TODAY,

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IF THEY SELL THAT LAND AND THAT BUILDING, THE BUY RIGHT USES WILL STILL BE DATA CENTER, OFFICE, WAREHOUSE. AND IF YOU WANT TO CONSIDER THAT INTO YOUR VOTING, YOU MAY IF THERE'S CONCERN ABOUT THAT, USE BEING OCCUPIED IN THAT LAND BY SOMEONE ELSE AND NOT BY GISD, THEN LEAVING THE ZONING AS IS DOESN'T REALLY PROHIBIT WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO. SO THAT'S JUST AN ASPECT. THERE ARE PROS AND CONS ON BOTH. SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP FOR YOUR ATTENTION. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU MR. THANK YOU, MR. COUNCILMAN BASS. THANK YOU.

CLEARED THE QUEUE. YOU ARE THE LAST ONE TO SPEAK. THANKS. A COUPLE THINGS I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS. THIS IS IN MY DISTRICT. I HAVE HAD NOBODY REACH OUT TO ME IN ANY FORM WHATSOEVER TO THE AFFIRMATIVE ON THIS OR TOO DIUSS IT OR TO EXPRESS ANY DISINTEREST IN IT. SO NOBODY HAS REACHED OUT TO ME FROM THE PUBLIC, FROM STAFF, FROM GISD, FROM ANYWHERE, AND DATA CENTERS.

I'M A BIG PROPONENT. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THIS COUNCIL'S VOTING RECORD, WE ARE BIG PROPONENTS OF DATA CENTERS. THERE'S NOTHING HEALTH RELATED, WATER RELATED OR WHATEVER THAT'S WRONG WITH THE DATA CENTER. GOT PLENTY OF THEM IN DISTRICT ONE. I LOVE THEM, THEY CREATE A GREAT TAX BASE AND THEY DON'T USE A LOT OF SERVICE. YOU KNOW, THIS IS A GISD PROPERTY. IT'S BEEN A GISD PROPERTY FOR A WHILE. YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THE COURTESY OF GISD COMING TO US WITH THIS.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO APPRECIATE THAT COURTESY FOR THEM TO DO THAT AND FOR US TO LOOK AT IT.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID ON THIS. I MOTIONO APPROVE 2510 AS PRESENTED. GO AHEAD AND HIT YOUR MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I HAVE A MOTION BY JEFF BACK, COUNCILMAN JEFF BASS AND A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN CHRIS BEARD. MADAM SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE? THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER DENTON.

PRESS VOTE. WAY TO GO. CARUSO. ALSO, MAYOR PRO TEM, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU VOTED UNDER MAYOR HENDRICKS. I'M VOTING ON YOUR IPAD. YES. THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS. WE DON'T HAVE. ANYTHING. AND I KNOW THAT. WHAT CAN I VOTE FOR, DYLAN. I DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT THAT. YOU SUPERVISOR. OH, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I DO. IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, YOU KICK IT. OFF. OVER HERE. THIS SEEMS LIKE A JUST LIKE ON YOUR PHONE. YEAH.

THIS MIGHT BE A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU ALL TO SPEAK. JUST SAYING. WITH THEM.

YEAH. THERE YOU GO. I MEANT WITH THE LADY BACK THERE. YEP. I'M A CARD. YEAH, I GOT IT. ALL RIGHT.

THE MOTION. THE MOTION HAS PASSED WITH COUNCILWOMAN DUTTON AND OPPOSITION. ALL RIGHT, MAYOR HEDRICK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. THEN WE'LL MOVE ON THEN TO ITEM NINE. BE

[b. Consider a request by Scruby's Wave Wash, LLC., requesting approval of 1) a Planned Development amendment to update permitted uses and change the base zoning district to Community Retail (CR), and 2) a Concept Plan for a Car Wash, Automated/Rollover use. The site is located at 6437 Broadway Boulevard in District 4.]

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CONSIDERING A REQUEST BY SCRUBBIES WAVE WASH, LLC REQUESTING APPROVAL OF ONE. A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT TO UPDATE PERMITTED USES THAT CHANGE THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT TO COMMUNITY RETAIL, AND TWO A CONCEPT PLAN FOR A CAR WASH AUTOMATED ROLLOVER USE SITE IS LOCATED AT 6437 BROADWAY BOULEVARD IN DISTRICT FOUR. THANK YOU. MAYOR. AS MENTIONED, THE APPLICANT IS FEEL GREAT CAR WASH OWNER SCRUBBIES WAVE WASH LLC. THE PROPERTY IS A LITTLE OVER ONE ACRE 1.12 ACRES. THE CURRENT ZONING IS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 17 DASH FOUR ONE. THE. BASE ZONING ON THAT IS YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE. YES. NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE. SO A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THE ON THE CASE. SO THE CURRENT PD DOES ALLOW THE PROPOSED USE. THE CURRENT PD ALLOWS THE CAR WASH AUTOMATED ROLLOVER, BUT IT ALSO ALLOWS AN AUTO REPAIR MINOR USE.

AND THAT'S WHAT'S REFLECTED ON THE PD'S DETAILED PLAN. BACK THEN WE USED TO DO THE DETAIL PLANS. THIS PROPOSED PD DOES REQUEST TO INCLUDE A CAR WASH FULL SERVICE FOR THE FUTURE, ALTHOUGH WHAT THEY'RE SHOWING IN THE CONCEPT PLAN IS STILL A CAR WASH. AUTOMATED ROLLOVER.

HOWEVER, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO REMOVE THE AUTO REPAIR MINOR USE FROM THE PD AND FROM THE PLAN.

THE APPLICANT DID PROPOSE TO CHANGE THE BASE ZONING TO CR COMMUNITY RETAIL. WE DO RECOMMEND DIFFERENTLY AND WE CAN WE'LL GET TO THAT LATER BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THE ALLOWED USES BEING THE PROPOSED USES BEING SPECIFIED IN THE PD. ANYWAY, WE DON'T REALLY SEE THE NEED TO CHANGE THE BASE ZONING HERE. WE HAVE THE LOCATION MAP THAT YOU COULD SEE THE ZONING OF THE PROPERTY. IT IS ON DISTRICT FOUR. THERE ARE SEVERAL USES IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS. GAS STATION. JUST TO THE NORTH WE HAVE RACETRACK. THERE'S RESTAURANTS, STRIP CENTER, MOSTLY RETAIL, OFFICE TYPE ZONING ALL AROUND. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CALLS IT OUT FOR COMMUNITY CENTERS, WHICH ARE AREAS WIT COMPACT DEVELOPMENT, PRIMARILY NONRESIDENTIAL, SERVING A COLLECTION OF NEIGHBORHOODS. IN THIS PARTICULAR CONTEXT, WHERE THE PROPOSED USE IS ALREADY ALLOWED AND THE PROPOSED PD IS GOING TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BETTER BY REMOVING AN AUTO CENTRIC USE FROM FROM THIS PROPOSED PROJECT. WE DO THINK THE PROJECT FITS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN VISION. HERE WE HAVE THE SITE PHOTOS FROM THE RACETRACK LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY FROM THE RACETRACK PROPERTY TO THE NORTH. HERE WE HAVE THE CONCEPT PLAN. THE PROPOSED BUILDING IS SHOWN IN BLUE ON THE SCREEN. THE BUILDING IS APPROXIMATELY 4300 SQUARE FOOT. THEY'RE PROPOSING THREE ROWS OF QUEUING TO AVOID BACKING UP ON BROADWAY. THE ACCESS CURRENTLY IS PRIMARILY FROM BROADWAY, BUT THEY ALSO SHOW A SECONDARY ACCESS CURRENTLY, AS YOU SEE ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, ON THE CONCEPT PLAN FROM THE RACETRACK PROPERTY, WHICH THE OUR TRANSPORTATION TEAM HAS DEEMED THAT THAT'S NOT NECESSARY, BUT IT WILL BE DESIRED OR OPTIMAL, AND THE APPLICANT IS TRYING TO TALK TO RACETRACK AND GET THAT CROSS ACCESS EASEMENT IF POSSIBLE. AS YOU CAN SEE TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE SITE ON THE SCREEN, THEY HAVE VACUUM PARKING SPACES. THEY ARE PROPOSING 28 VACUUM STALLS PLUS FOUR PARKING SPACES FOR STAFF IN ORANGE TO THEE NORTH WEST CORNER YOU'LL SEE THE DUMPSTER. THERE WERE SOME SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT THE DUMPSTER LOCATION AND HOW THE TRUCK WILL BE BACKING UP. SO WE GOT SANITATION DEPARTMENT INVOLVED AND THEY ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THE PROPOSED LOCATION OF THE DUMPSTER WHERE THE TRUCK TRUCK WOULD JUST BACK UP. AND THEN THEY WILL KEEP TRAVELING SOUTH THROUGH THE VACUUM PARKING SPACE AREAS. STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE SPACE, ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION CONCURRED AS WELL. WE RECEIVED ONE RESPONSE LETTER IN FAVOR, AND THAT WAS FROM WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA. AND WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. HELLO AGAIN. BACK WHEN WE MET WITH THE

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OWNER AND HIS REPRESENTATIVE BACK A COUPLE OF MONTHS, I KNOW I'VE BEEN OUT. AGO. THERE WAS A SINGLE ISSUE AND IT WAS ABOUT ACCESS, AND I. I DROVE OVER THERE YESTERDAY. I THINK IT WAS.

AND THE STREET THAT GOES THAT GOES OFF OF BROADWAY INTO, INTO RACETRACK. IT STOPS AT RACETRACK. THERE'S NO OTHER ACCESS THAT I COULD SEE TO. TO THE SERVICES THAT THEY'RE OFFERING. HELP. ME AND I, I READ THIS REPORT AND I READ THE. PLANNING COMMISSION'S VOTE.

OKAY. HAS ANYTHING OCCURRED SINCE WE HAD THAT LAST MEETING THAT WOULD CHANGE? I KNOW IN THIS REPORT, THEY SAY. THEY THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO. TRY TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE CAR WASH THROUGH RACETRACK. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. SO HELP ME COME FROM THAT MEETING TO TWO MONTHS AGO TO THAT POINT OF WHAT? AND HOW DOES THAT AND YOU ALSO SAY THAT TRANSPORTATION HAS ASSESSED THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY NECESSARY, BUT IT WOULD BE OPTIMAL. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO CAN YOU THAT OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO FOR THEM TO GET THE ACCESS FROM THE RACETRACK PROPERTY RACETRACK WOULD HAVE TO AGREE TO IT. AND THAT'S WHAT WE SAID AT THAT MEETING. CORRECT.

AND THEY SAID THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO THE APPLICANT HAD SAID THEY WERE STILL TRYING TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE RACETRACK PROPERTY OWNER. I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY RESOLUTION COMING OUT OF THAT. THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT HERE. OF COURSE HE CAN SPEAK TO THAT MATTER. BUT THE REASON WE DIDN'T HOLD UP THE CASE BECAUSE OF THAT WAS WHEN WE SPOKE TO OUR TRANSPORTATION TEAM. THEY SAID FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE, THAT CROSS ACCESS FOR THIS SITE TO FUNCTION AS PROPOSED PER THE CONCEPT PLAN, THAT ACCESS POINT IS NOT THAT CROSS ACCESS IS NOT A REQUIREMENT. WOULD IT MAKE THE SITE A LITTLE BETTER? YES, BUT FROM A TRANSPORTATION ASPECT, THEY THEY COULD APPROVE IT EVEN WITHOUT THAT CROSS ACCESS EASEMENT. OKAY. HOW WOULD YOU GET THERE AS IT AS IT STANDS CURRENTLY. HELP ME HELP ME UNDERSTAND. HOW WOULD YOU GET THERE? THERE'S ALONG BROADWAY.

THERE'S A CURB. IT'S YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO THERE'S NO CUT. THERE'S NO CUT. CUT THROUGH PATH THERE. THE STREET THAT GOES INTO THE RACETRACK, YOU GO YOU GO AROUND AND DOWN THERE. IT DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE. SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND AS IT CURRENTLY SITS. AS THE ACCESS AND EGRESS. HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW BOTH THOSE WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED AS IT SITS NOW. AND ITS CURRENT STATE. AND BECAUSE I NOTICED THERE WERE SOME WORKERS DOWN THERE DOING SOMETHING TO THAT LOT. SO I WANT TO BE FAIR, BUT I WANT TO BE SOMETHING'S NOT SOMETHING. SOMETHING IS NOT SOMETHING MISSING HERE. SO HELP ME. I'M AFRAID I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE ENGINEERING ASPECT OF IT FROM A TRANSPORTATION STANDPOINT. THEY DID PROVIDE A TIA WAS NOT REQUIRED AT IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT WASN'T REQUIRED FROM OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. WHEN THEY LOOKED AT CIRCULATION AND WHAT HOW THE ACCESS WAS COMING FROM BROADWAY, THEY WERE SATISFIED WITH THAT ONE ACCESS POINT WITH THE QUEUING LANES THAT THEY HAVE THREE QUEUING LANES. THEY MY QUESTION TO YOU IS OKAY, ACCESS AND EGRESS RIGHT NOW, IF YOU'RE GOING DOWN THAT DOWN BROADWAY TO THE RACETRACK, YOU YOU MAKE A RIGHT TURN AND YOU YOU IN AND YOU YOU COME OUT. IF YOU COME OUT AT THEHE LIGHT, YOU, YOU YOU CAN GO EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT. IN EITHER DIRECTION. BUT BUT THAT'S THE ONLY ACCESS RIGHT NOW. AND WHAT MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, OKAY, HOW DOES THE CURB LANE ON BROADWAY? THERE'S

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THE, THE STREET THAT GOES PAST THE RACETRACK GOES AROUND. IT DOESN'T IT DIDN'T GO IT IT IT ENDS BACK THERE BEHIND THAT GATE. SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS I'M JUST I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT. HOW WOULD YOU IF CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES, HOW WOULD GIVEN TRANSPORTATION'S EXPLANATION, HOW WOULD YOU ACCESS THIS CARWASH? HOW WOULD YOU ACCESS. THAT'S MY QUESTION.

YOU HAVE TO CONSTRUCT THE DRIVEWAY. THAT'S PART OF THEIR. YEAH, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONSTRUCT THAT DRIVEWAY THAT'S BEING SHOWN. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SEE WHERE IT IS.

OKAY OKAY. SO. THEY THEY THEY SO THEY'RE GOING TO DO A CUT ON THE BROADWAY RIGHT THERE. RIGHT. FOR THEM TO CONSTRUCT THE DRIVEWAY. YES. OKAY. SO AS SHOWN ON, ON THE, ON THE DRAWING. RIGHT.

OKAY. SO THEY THTHEY WILL DO THT CUT EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T HAVE. SO THAT THAT WAY THAT WOULD ELIMINATE THE RACETRACK ACCESS ISSUE FOR, FOR THE TIME BEING. BUT BY CREATING ACCESS RIGHT.

CORRECT. SO THEY THEIR PRIMARY ACCESS IS FROM BROADWAY. THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SHOWING THROUGH THIS CONCEPT PLAN. IF THEY DO A CROSS ACCESS EASEMENT WITH RACETRACK, THERE'LL BE AN ADDITIONAL ACCESS POINT AS SHOWN. OKAY. THAT THAT'S SEE WHAT I TRYING TO GET TO. YES, SIR. OKAY, OKAY. WE HAD CRYSTAL HERE TOO, IN CASE. OKAY. AND NOW WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE. OKAY.

YEAH. OKAY. NO, WELL, I WASN'T WE WASN'T, WE WEREN'T WE WEREN'T GETTING THERE. OKAY. NOW, NOW.

SO IF RACETRACK ULTIMATELY AGREES TO GIVE, GIVE THEM ACCESS, THEY'LL THAT MEANS THERE WILL BE TWO ACCESS POINTS, RIGHT? CORRECT. OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S OKAY. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. WE ON THE SAME PAGE NOW? YES, SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF? COUNCILMEMBER MOORE THANK YOU.

THANK YOU NABILA. OR IS THE A BASED ON THE MAP THERE WHERE NOW IS THE SH. IS THAT TO THE RIGHT THE SH YES. THE RACETRACK. WHERE IS THE RACETRACK. RACETRACK HERE IS RIGHT HERE. THAT'S RIGHT.

OKAY. SO REALLY? THE ACCESS IS IT'S THERE. OKAY. YEAH. IT'S A LITTLE BECAUSE THIS IS ORIENTED NOT NORTH. I THINK THAT'S WHAT COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS WAS ALLUDING TO, IS THAT HE WAS LOOKING AT THAT DEAD END ROAD AND HOW YOU WERE GOING TO ACCESS IT, BECAUSE IT'S NOT LIKE HE MUST HAVE. I THINK HE THOUGHT THEY WERE COMING IN THROUGH THE REAR THERE. BUT THIS IS ALL TAKING PLACE ON THE FRONT OF BROADWAY, CORRECT? YEAH. THIS IS BROADWAY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? STAFF ON THIS ITEM? COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. YES, I'M LOOKING AT THIS ON GOOGLE MAPS. AND THE IMAGE IT SAYS JUNE 2025. SO I KNOW THEY CHANGED THEIR COULD CHANGE ANY, ANY TIME. BUT THE STREET VIEW IT LOOKS THERE'S ALREADY A STRUCTURE THERE. IS THAT RIGHT.

IT'S A WAND WASH AND NOT A DRIVEWAY ON A DRIVE THROUGH WASH. I'M LOOKING AT THE RIGHT ADDRESS. I SEE A I SEE A SIGN. BUT WE DIDN'T. DID WE SEE ANY STRUCTURE? NO. JUST JUST THAT SIGN MAYBE. OKAY, MAYBE I'M LOOKING AT THE THING NEXT DOOR TO IT. THAT'S BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO. THAT BUILDING IS ORIENTED NORTH AND SOUTH, AND THE ONE ON YOUR MAP IS EAST AND WEST. AND MAYBE I'M LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY JUST NEXT TO IT. THAT'S A WAND WASH, BUT. AND NOT NOT THE, THE PROPERTY BECAUSE THIS OKAY. SO THIS PROPERTY TOTALLY VACANT LOT OKAY OKAY. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE I'M CONFUSED AS I'M LOOKING AT THIS. AND IT'S A WAND WASH ALREADY THERE. AND IT'S TURNED 90 DEGREES FROM WHAT WE SEE ON THE MAP. CORRECT. SO THIS IS BROADWAY. BROADWAY IS TO THE SOUTH HERE ON THIS PAGE. OKAY. D BROADWAY IS ON THE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY IN, IN REALITY. RIGHT. BROADWAY. SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. I WAS JUST CONFUSED ON THE ADDRESS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF ON THIS

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ITEM? MADAM SECRETARY, IS THE APPLICANT HERE? YES, SIR. WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE APPLICANT UP, MAXWELL FISHER? MR. FISHER, NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. YOU HAVE TEN MINUTES, SIR.

OKAY. THE CASE NUMBER. OH, THOSE ARE YOUR PRESENTATIONS. OKAY. MINE LOADED UP DOWN HERE. YOU CAN'T HAVE THIS. YEAH, IT WAS LOADED UP ABOUT TEN MINUTES, PROBABLY. I'M JUST. OKAY. THANK YOU. MAYOR. COUNCIL. MY NAME IS MAXWELL FISHER WITH ZONE DEV, 2502 GRANDVIEW DRIVE, RICHARDSON, TEXAS, 75080. CAN YOU HEAR ME? RAISE IT UP. YEP.

REPRESENTING FEEL GREAT. CAR WASH. IF WE COULD, MAYOR, I'LL DO MOST OF THE PRESENTATION. AND IF WE COULD HAVE ALI SANDOVAL WITH FEEL GREAT COME UP AND TALK ABOUT THE CULTURE AND THEIR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. AND THEN I'LL WRAP IT UP AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. FEEL GREAT IS A GREAT OPERATOR. THEY HAVE THEY'RE FAST GROWING. THEY HAVE THREE ESTABLISHED LOCATIONS IN DALLAS, CARROLLTON AND ARLINGTON, WITH FOUR UNDER DEVELOPED UNDER DEVELOPMENT IN DALLAS, ARLINGTON AND FORT WORTH AREA. THEY HAVE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY SOAPS. THEY VERY CAREFUL ON HOW MUCH WATER THEY USE WITH TECHNOLOGY AND ALSO SOME SOME NOISE BUFFERING TECHNOLOGY AS WELL WITH THEIR FACILITIES. AS STAFF MENTIONED, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ABOUT THIS REQUEST IS THE FACT THAT THE ZONING DOES ALLOW A AUTOMATED CAR WASH AND AN AUTO REPAIR USE. THAT WAS, I'LL ADMIT, THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT CRAMMED ON THE SITE, AND SO IT HAS REMAINED UNDEVELOPED ALL THIS TIME. AND SO NOW WE HAVE AN OPERATOR WHO WANTS TO BUILD ON THE ENTIRE PROPERTY WITH AN AMENDED CONCEPT PLAN FOR THE AUTOMATED CAR WASH. AND THEN WE WOULD GIVE UP. WE WOULD AGREE TO PROHIBIT AUTO REPAIR. AND WE KNOW WHAT THE COUNCIL AND CITY LEADERSHIP THINKS ABOUT THAT USE. SO WE'RE HAPPY TO GIVE THAT UP WITH THIS REQUEST. IF THE COUNCIL'S OKAY WITH THE OTHER, OTHER PORTION. SO FOR ROUGHLY 4300 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING, DRIVE THROUGH, THEY TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN GETTING CUSTOMERS THROUGH THE SITE VERY QUICKLY.

AND HOW WE DO THAT IS WE HAVE A LOT OF STALLS, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS, IS AT THE POINT OF SERVICE, WE QUICKLY MOVE PEOPLE THROUGH ITS MEMBERSHIP BASED. ONCE YOU'RE A MEMBER, IT SCANS YOUR LICENSE PLATE. SO THERE'S TECHNOLOGY THAT QUICKLY MOVES PEOPLE THROUGH THE SITE. SO WE DON'T HAVE ISSUES WITH CONGESTION. WE WANT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY DOESN'T WANT CONGESTION. BUT AS AN OPERATOR, WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT CONGESTION ON OUR ON OUR SITE, WE ARE SEEKING CROSS ACCESS WITH RACETRACK. THERE'S BEEN SOME NEGOTIATION THERE. AS COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, YOU'VE BEEN AWARE, IT IS AN IN ADDITION TO A FULL TWO WAY ACCESS DRIVE THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY TRANSPORTATION OFF OF BROADWAY BOULEVARD. SO WE DO HAVE FULL TWO WAY ACCESS INTO THROUGH THAT DRIVE IN AND OUT OF THAT DRIVEWAY. THE ADVANTAGE OF RACETRACK IS THAT IT HAS THERE'S A MEDIUM CUT THERE THAT HELPS WITH BETTER ACCESS, BUT IT'S NOT NOT REQUIRED. AND TRANSPORTATION IS APPROVED. OUR TRANSPORTATION PLAN, MORE OR LESS OPERATING HOURS, IS 7 A.M. TO 8 P.M. SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. WE HAVE ROUGHLY 15 FULL TIME EMPLOYEES, 3 TO 6 PER SHIFT. AGAIN, QUICK POINT OF PURCHASE, THREE MINUTE WASHES. WITH THIS, WE ALSO HAVE VERY DILIGENT STAFF THAT KEEP THE TRASH PICKED UP WITH THIS TYPE OF NATURE OF THIS USE AND NOISE DAMPENING ON OUR VACUUMS, HERE'S A LOOK AT THE BUILDING. IT'S ARCHITECTURAL METAL AND MASONRY.

I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE ALI SANDOVAL IF SHE COULD TALK JUST A BIT AND THEN I'LL WRAP UP.

THANK YOU. AND COUNCIL. I'VE GOT MY SPEAKER CARD READY. PERFECT NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AS WELL. MY NAME IS ALI SANDOVAL. I LIVE IN EULESS, 310 SOUTH INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD.

THANK YOU, HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYOR PRO TEM AND OTHER CITY OFFICIALS. I APPRECIATE UR TIME. I WORK IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING TEAM FOR FIELD GRADE CAR WASH, AND I'M HERE TO PROVIDE SOME INSIGHT AND HOW WE PLAN TO BE A POSITIVE ADDITION TO THE COMMUNITY. NEXT.

LIKE THIS. COOL QUALITY ISN'T A PROMISE. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE BUILD INTO OUR CULTURE. FROM EYE CATCHING LANDSCAPING TO TOP TIER AMERICAN MADE EQUIPMENT, WE GO THE EXTRA MILE TO MAKE EVERY

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VISIT FEEL GREAT. ONE OUR TEAM IS PROACTIVE. WE'RE HELPFUL. WE'RE FOCUSED ON PROVIDING OUTSTANDING VALUE AND A SMOOTH AND FRIENDLY EXPERIENCE. WE BELIEVE IN COMMUNITY. I WAS ORIGINALLY HIRED AS THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH LIAISON ORGANIZER, AND NOW IT'S MY FAVORITE PART OF MY JOB. I LOVE GOING TO WORK EVERY DAY AND FIGURING OUT WAYS TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE'RE A PART OF AND EVERY CITY WE OPERATE, WE'RE ACTIVELY SUPPORT LOCAL CAUSES, FROM SPONSORING FIRST RESPONDERS TO HOSTING FUNDRAISERS FOR SCHOOLS AND YOUTH SPORTS. AS WE GROW INTO GARLAND, WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING THE SAME LEVEL OF COMMITMENT.

OUR TEAM PLANS TO BUILD STRONG PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL LEADERS BY REACHING OUT DIRECTLY TO SCHOOLS AND OTHER SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS. THIS IS HALTOM CITY PD. THESE ARE A YOUTH BASKETBALL TEAM, THE LADY WOLVES. THEY WERE GOING TO FLORIDA TO COMPETE OVER THERE.

THEY RAISED OVER $1,000 IN THREE HOURS, HOSTING A REALLY SAFE AND EASY FUNDRAISER FOR THEM. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WON. I HOPE THEY DID, BUT THEY HAD. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN HOSTING THE LITTLE GIRLS AS WELL AS MONEY. WE DO OUR TIME QUARTERLY. OUR MANAGERS GO OUT TO PLACES LIKE TARRANT COUNTY, MEALS ON WHEELS AND OTHER FOOD ORGANIZATIONS TO JUST GIVE BACK, GET AWAY FROM THE CAR WASH AND REALLY BECOME A PART OF THE COMMUNITIES WE ARE IN. SO THAT'S WHAT OUR MANAGER GEO IS DOING RIGHT THERE. AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM IS OUR OFFICE MANAGER, ALYSSA, WITH THE FORT WORTH FIRE DEPARTMENT. SHE WAS REALLY HAPPY THAT DAY TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH THOSE GUYS. HERE IS JUST A FEW MORE EXAMPLES OF HOW WE STAY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THE GARLAND COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH SPONSORSHIPS OR CLEANUPS LIKE WE DID IN ARLINGTON AT THE FISH CREEK CLEANUP. IT WAS KIND OF COLD IN FEBRUARY, BUT WE WERE HAPPY TO BE THERE. WE WANT TO MAKE EASY FUNDRAISERS, AND WE WANT TO MAKE IT SIMPLE FOR THE ORGANIZERS TO PARTNER WITH US. I HAVE TWO KIDS IN SPORTS SOCCER, FLAG FOOTBALL, ALL OF THE FUN STUFF. WE GOT TO MAKE IT EASY AND ATTAINABLE FOR EVERYONE, NOT JUST AAU, BASKETBALL AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE AND SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND HOW WE PLAN TO BE A PART OF GARLAND, AND I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO MAXWELL. THANKS. COUNCIL. SO THIS IS THIS IS WE THINK THIS IS A CHALLENGE SITE. AND WHAT'S GOOD ABOUT THIS USE IS IT'S ROBUST AND WE THINK IT CAN BE A VERY A USE THAT'S, THAT'S HERE FOR A LONG TIME. BECAUSE NOT ONLY DOES IT PICK UP IMPULSE PURCHASES IF SOMEONE IS DRIVING BY, BUT ONCE YOU'RE A MEMBER, YOU'RE IT'S GOING TO BE A DESTINATION. YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO BACK TO THIS LOCATION. OTHER TYPES OF USES MAY MAY END UP GOING DARK HERE ON THIS LOCATION. SO WE THINK IT'S A GREAT USE FOR THE SITE.

IT'S COMPATIBLE WITH THE ADJACENT FUEL STATION. MAYBE YOU WANT TO GET GAS AND THEN GET YOUR CAR WASHED. LANDOVER LANDOWNER IS GIVING WOULD GIVE UP THEIR AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR RIGHTS WITH THIS REQUEST. AND WE THINK THIS IS A SUPERIOR LAYOUT TO THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED LAYOUT THAT COULD BE BUILT TODAY. AND WE WOULD ASK YOU TO EXPAND GARLAND SERVICES IN THIS REQUEST AND THIS TYPE OF INDUSTRY, AND FOLLOW STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND PLANNING COMMISSION SUPPORT. AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF SPEAKER COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS? HELLO, SIR. THE RACE RACETRACK ACCESS. WHAT DO YOU SEE THAT GOING? WE HAVE UPPED OUR PRICE WITH RACETRACK. WE'RE NEGOTIATING. THEY'VE THEY'VE ASKED OBVIOUSLY FOR SOME MONEY TO HAVE THAT CROSS ACCESS. I KNOW THAT'S PROBABLY NOT PROBABLY YOUR YOUR ATTORNEY PROBABLY DOESN'T WANT TO TALK MUCH ABOUT THAT BUT BUT WE ARE WE'RE ACTIVELY TRYING TO ACTIVELY TRYING TO GET THAT CROSS ACCESS EASEMENT. WE THINK IT'S BEST FOR US. IT'S BEST FOR EVERYBODY, BUT IT'S NOT REQUIRED. AND WE WOULD STILL BUILD WITHOUT IT. I UNDERSTAND I UNDERSTAND ALL THAT, BUT BUT THERE ARE EFFORTS ONGOING TO GET THAT ACCESS RIGHT. ABSOLUTELY. FOR SURE. YEAH. WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AND THE DRIVE TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING. OKAY. SHOW ME WHERE THE DRIVE IS CUT OFF OF BROADWAY OUT. SO WALK ME THROUGH THAT. WE HAVE A FULL TWO WAY DRIVEWAY DRIVE APPROACH OFF OF BROADWAY DIRECTLY. I DON'T I CAN'T, I CAN'T I CAN'T POINT TO IT. I

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THOUGHT YOU HAD A POINT ABOUT THAT. SORRY. OH, MAYBE I DO. PROBABLY ENDED UP TURNING OFF THE PRESENTATION, I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW. IT'S HERE. YEAH, OKAY. THERE YOU GO. YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. IT'S IN AND OUT, RIGHT? YES. IN AND OUT. C CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. AND THIS IS AN UNDEVELOPED SITE. IT'S IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF RACETRACK.

JUST TO CLARIFY. OKAY. AND WHAT WHAT ARE THEY DOING? DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DOING NOW A AS IN PREPARATION FOR THAT FOR THIS SITE. DO YOU HAVE ANY ANY I'M JUST CURIOUS I DON'T I'M NOT FOLLOWING YOUR QUESTION. I'M SORRY. MY QUESTION IS DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING NOW AS FAR AS PREPARATION? THERE'S SOME ACTIVITY GOING ON DOWN THERE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT WE'RE NOT AWARE. WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING ON THE PROPERTY THAT WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING ON THE PROPERTY RIGHT NOW. OKAY? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. STATUE. YES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU SIR.

COUNCILMEMBER DUTTON. I JUST WANT TO KNOW, CAN YOU FIT AN 18 WHEELER IN THAT CAR WASH? NO.

FANTASTIC. NO, IT'S NOT A TRUCK WASH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER MOORE.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MAXWELL, WHEN YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS, I. I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE CAR WASH. AND OF COURSE, THIS BEING AN ENTRY POINT INTO IT'S A GATEWAY INTO OUR, OUR COMMUNITY, INTO OUR CITY. AND MY CONCERN WAS THAT SEEM TO ME AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING MORE. UPSCALE AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. AT THE SAME TIME, THOUGH, I NOW THAT I'M ABLE TO REALLY SEE WHAT FIRST OF ALL, JUST LOOKING AT THE AREA, YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE IS A CUTE OR A RACETRACK AND YOU'VE GOT THE CAR WASH THERE. AT THIS POINT, WE'VE GOT THE BUILDING, OFFICE BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET THERE, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE STRIP MALL. AND SO TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, I CAN SEE AT THIS POINT THAT THE THERE MAY BE A VERY GOOD, APPROPRIATE USE FOR IT THERE, THAT IT I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT THERE AS AN ENTRY INTO THE COMMUNI, AS ONE OF OUR GATEWAYS. BUT BASED ON WHAT I SEE HERE AND ALSO BASED ON WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW, YOU ALREADY HAVE RIGHTS AS IT RELATES TO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO HERE. SO WITH THAT. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCIL, IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE SPEAKER ON THIS ITEM? MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR. OTHER SPEAKERS TO YOU. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, THIS IS YOUR DISTRICT, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO OFFER A MOTION TO FOR THE APPLICATION OF SCRUBBIES WAVE WASH. APPROVAL OF A PLAN AMENDMENT TO UPDATE THE PERMITTED USE AND THE CHANGE TO THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT TO RETAIL AND A CONCEPT PLAN FOR CAR WASH AND AUTOMOTIVE ROLL DASH ROLLOVER. THIS SITE IS LOCATED AT 6437 BROADWAY BOULEVARD. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT AND THE CONCEPT PLAN. I'M MISSING SOMETHING, MR. MAYOR. SECOND.

JUST AS AN FYI, STAFF AND PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED A BASE ZONING OF NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE. WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT. IT WASN'T INCLUDED HERE, BUT OKAY, INCLUDE THAT ALSO. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE A PLAN AMENDMENT WITH THE BASE ZONING NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE AND A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE CONCEPT PLAN. EVERYONE CLEAR ON THAT? THANK YOU. SECOND, BY COUNCILMEMBER DUTTON COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS MOTION? MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US? COUNCIL MEMBER MORRIS. THAT ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. MOVE ON THEN, TO OUR NEXT ITEM

[c. Consider a request by Jared Trozzo, requesting approval of 1) a Planned Development amendment to allow for an additional pad site and updates to the permitted uses in the existing Planned Development 2) a Concept Plan for an additional pad site, on a property zoned with a base zoning of Community Retail (CR) District. The site is located at 930 West Centerville Road in District 5.]

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IS HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NINE. C REQUEST A. CONSIDER A REQUEST BY JARED TROSO REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A PLAN DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT TO ALLOW FOR AN ADDITIONAL PAD SITE AND UPDATES TO THE PERMITTED USES IN THE EXISTING PLAN DEVELOPMENT, AND TWO A CONCEPT PLAN FOR AN ADDITIONAL PAD SITE ON A PROPERTY ZONED WITH A BASE ZONING OF COMMUNITY RETAIL DISTRICT SITE IS LOCATED AT 3930 WEST CENTERVILLE ROAD IN DISTRICT FIVE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SORRY ABOUT THE DELAY. THE SITE IS LOCATED AT 930 WEST CENTERVILLE ROAD PROPERTIES, ABOUT 6.27 ACRES. CURRENTLY, IT'S A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FROM 1988, WITH THE BASE ZONING OF. COMMUNITY RETAIL. SOME BACKGROUND. SO THE EXISTING PD TEXT DOES LIMIT THE NUMBER OF PET SITES THAT THAT COULD BE ON THE SITE. SO THE REQUEST TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL PET SITE IS TRIGGERING A NEED FOR A PD AMENDMENT. THE USES THAT ARE PERMITTED IN THE EXISTING PD. THOSE ARE ANTIQUATED, AS IT WAS ALL FROM 1988. THEY DON'T NECESSARILY REFLECT THE USES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE ON OUR LAND USE CHART FOR OUR GDC. SO THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT, ALONG WITH REQUESTING AN ADDITIONAL PAD SITE, ALSO REQUESTS TO CLEAN UP THE PERMITTED USES ON THE PDS. THEY'RE ADDING SOME PERMITTED USES. THEY'RE REQUESTING TO ADD SOME PERMITTED USES FROM THE USE CHART, REQUESTING TO ADD SOME USES BY SUP FROM THE USE CHART, BUT ALSO PROPOSING TO REMOVE SOME OF THE OLDER AUTO CENTRIC USES THAT ARE CURRENTLY ALLOWED PER THE EXISTING PD. HERE YOU SEE THE ZONING MAP. THE LOCATION MAP. AS YOU SEE, THE SITE IS SURROUNDED BY A LOT OF OTHER RETAIL TYPE USES. TO THE SOUTH WEST DOES HAVE APARTMENTS TO THE NORTHEAST. THERE ARE SINGLE FAMILY DIRECTLY TO THE SOUTH, BUT THERE'S ALREADY AN EXISTING SCREENING WALL THAT SEPARATES THIS SITE AND THE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CALLS OUT CALLS THIS AREA OUT FOR URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE HIGHER DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. THE RESIDENTIAL OPTION MAY UTILIZE VERTICAL MIXED USE INTEGRATED INTO THE SURROUNDING AREAS, REFLECTING THE AREA'S DOMINANT CHARACTER.

WHILE THIS IS NOT SPECIFICALLY DOING THAT, IT IS ADDING AN ADDITIONAL PAD SITE WHICH CAN BRING IN ADDITIONAL USE TO REVITALIZE THIS SITE. SO WE THINK IN SPIRIT IT DOES MEET THE INTENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLA. HERE ARE. HERE WE HAVE SOME SITE PHOTOS THAT YOU COULD SEE. THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL SITE PHOTOS FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES OF THE STREETS. HERE WE HAVE THE LIST OF USES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED TO BE AMENDED. AS YOU COULD SEE, THE FIRST TABLE ON THE SLIDE.

THAT ONE'S THAT ONE IS REQUESTING TO ALLOW USES BY RIGHT. MOSTLY OFFICE RETAIL TYPE USES SHOPPING MALL PERSONAL SERVICES RESTAURANT RETAIL STORE. JUST JUST TO BRING IT UNDER THE CURRENT GDC BY YOU BY THIS BY THIS LIST ON THE MIDDLE YOU SEE RESTAURANT DRIVE THRU IS BEING PROPOSED TO BE PERMITTED BY NCP, USE GOOD RETAIL SALES INDOORS IS ALSO BEING REQUESTED TO BE ALLOWED BY NCP. ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TABLE. THERE ARE SOME USES THAT WE DEEM TO BE KIND OF AUTO CENTRIC, THINGS THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY SEE, THAT CAN HELP THIS SITE TO BE REVITALIZED. THOSE ARE BEING PROPOSED TO BE PROHIBITED DURING THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.

THERE ARE TWO USES FROM THE FIRST CHART THAT PLAN COMMISSION WANTED TO TAKE OUT FROM BEING PERMITTED BY RIGHT TO ALLOW WITH SUP. THOSE TWO ARE COMMERCIAL BLOOD PLASMA TISSUE AND CELL COLLECTION CENTER AND KIOSK TRAILER OR MINI STRUCTURE. ATTENDED RETAIL SERVICE. WE ALSO AGREEDEDHAT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD APPROACH FOR THOSE USES. IF THEY EVER COME TO THIS SITE FOR PLAN, COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT. ADDITIONALLY, THROUGH AN SUP

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LENS. HERE WE HAVE THE CONCEPT PLAN. YOU SEE THE EXISTING BUILDINGS IN THE BEIGE COLOR OR BEIGE YELLOW COLOR. THE PINK IS SHOWN THE EXISTING FIRE LANE ON ALL SIDES. THE SITE IS SOMEWHAT LANDSCAPED, HOWEVER, WITH THIS BEING AN ADDITIONAL PAD SITE AND ADDITIONAL BUILDING, IT WILL TRIGGER PARTIAL LANDSCAPING, PERIMETER LANDSCAPING FOR THEM TO COMPLY, SO THEY WILL HAVE TO.

SO RIGHT NOW THERE ARE TREES, BUT THEY'LL HAVE TO PER THE CURRENT GDC, THEY'LL HAVE TO PROVIDE THE SHRUBS AND OTHER MEANS OF LANDSCAPING AT THE TIME OF SITE PERMIT. WE DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL, AND WE CONCUR WITH PLAN COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION TO TAKE THOSE TWO USES OUT OF THE PERMITTED BY RIGHT AND PUT THEM UNDER THE SUP UMBRELLA.E DID GET TWO LETTERS IN FAVOR, ONE FROM WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA AND ONE FROM OUTSIDE. THERE WERE NO CONCERNS THAT WE SAW THAT. I WANTED TO BRING UP TO YOUR ATTENTION. AND WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. ONE THING I DID WANT TO MENTION ON THE CONCEPT PLAN THE BUILDING, THE PROPOSED BUILDING NEW ON THE NEW PAD SIDE WOULD BE 5000 SQUARE FOOT. ADDITIONAL 5000 SQUARE FOOT. THEY'RE SAYING IT COULD BE EITHER RETAIL OR RESTAURANT. THE SITE IS CURRENTLY OVER PARKED. SO EVEN WITH THE ADDITION OF THIS NEW BUILDING, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE OVER PARKED.

BUT THE SPECIFIC USE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PROPOSE IN THAT BUILDING WILL DETERMINE THE PARKING SITUATION. SO THAT'S THE OTHER INFORMATION THAT I WANTED TO PROVIDE. ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF ON THIS ITEM? I SEE NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.

MADAM SECRETARY. IS THE APPLICANT HERE? NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, NO, SIR. NO LATE ARRIVAL. HE IS HERE, SIR. IF I'D ASK YOU TO. NO PROBLEM. IF YOU'D COME DOWN, YOU CAN SIGN IN.

PROVIDE A SPEAKER CARD AFTER YOUR COMMENTS. BUT IF YOU GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, YOU'LL HAVE TEN MINUTES, SIR. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MY NAME IS CLAY TREVIZO. MY ADDRESS IS 8811 GAYLORD DRIVE, HOUSTON, TEXAS, SUITE 200. I'M REPRESENTING PCDC. I WORK FOR PROPERTY COMMERCE. SO THIS CAME ABOUT. WE WERE MARKETING OUR EXISTING LEASE SPACE OR LEASES IN THE BACK 99 CENT ONLY. AND OFFICE DEPOT HAD ALSO HAD A RESTRICTION ON PUTTING A BUILDING OUT IN FRONT OF THEM. BUT WE HAD MANY PROSPECTS APPROACH US THAT WANTED TO BE IN THE MARKET. SO WHEN THOSE LEASES EXPIRED, THEY BOTH CAME UP THIS YEAR. WE SAID, WELL, WHY DON'T WE GO UP TO THE CITY OF GARLAND AND FIND OUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO BUILD A LITTLE PAD SITE? SO THAT'S THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. SO WE WANT TO BUILD 5000FT AT THE MOST. COULD BE SMALLER DEPENDING ON WHO WE SIGN A LEASE WITH. WITH YOUR APPROVAL. AND WE'LL GO OUT AND MARKET THIS IF APPROVED TONIGHT WE PLAN TO ATTEND THE RETAIL LIVE CONFERENCE IN AUSTIN ON SEPTEMBER 4TH, AND WE GO AND JUST MEET WITH ALL THE RETAILERS THAT ARE ACTIVE IN THE TEXAS MARKET. SO THAT'S OUR PLAN. WE WERE THERE TODAY SHOWING SPACE TO A PROSPECT NEXT TO INSPIRED DENTAL. WE HAVE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE RELEASED THE 99 CENT ONLY TO LA MICHOACANA MEAT MARKET WHICH THEY'RE A GROUP BASED OUT OF HOUSTON. GREAT FAJITAS. IF YOU LIKE FAJITAS. BUT THEY JUST THEY DO A GREAT JOB. THEY HAVE OVER 100 STORES AND WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH TWO SOFTGOODS USERS TO TAKE THE OFFICE DEPOT SPACE. SO ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT. MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK I'M SORRY. WOULD YOU REPEAT THE LAST TNG YOU SAID YOU'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH? TWO. WHAT? SOFT GOOD RETAILERS I SEE. YEAH THEY THEY WANT TO TAKE THE THEY BOTH WANT TO TAKE THE ENTIRE 25,000FT■S. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THE APPLICANT. BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LET ME KNOW IN THE FUTURE WHEN YOU'RE CLOSING DOWN OFFICE DEPOT. I WENT UP THERE TO GET SOME SUPPLIES AND THEY WERE GONE, SO THEY WERE GONE. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. ANY OTHER

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QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MADAM SECRETARY. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR, WE DO NOT. ALL RIGHT, MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK. I LOOK TO YOU. THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT, MA'AM. MOTION TO APPROVE. SORRY. I KEEP FORGETTING ABOUT THOSE BUTTONS. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. MAYOR. MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION TO APPROVE BY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK. ANY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER. DUTTON COUNCIL. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US? ALL? RIGHT. SO THAT. ANDHAT ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, WE'VE BEEN AT THIS FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS NOW. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE A TEN MINUTE RECESS. SO IF YOU'LL BE BACK AT 905, WELCOME BACK TO THE AUGUST 5TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL WILL MOVE.

[d. Consider a request by Om Estates Development, requesting approval of 1) a Planned Development amendment to change the phasing of the approved layout and 2) a Concept Plan for a new phasing plan on a property zoned for Mixed Uses. The site is located at 240 East Interstate 30 Freeway in District 3.]

NOW ON TO ITEM NINE. D CONSIDER A REQUEST BY ESTATES DEVELOPMENT REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A PLAN DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE PHASING OF THE APPROVED LAYOUT AND A CONCEPT PLAN FOR A NEW PHASING PLAN ON A PROPERTY. ZONED MIXED USES SITE IS LOCATED AT 240 EAST INTERSTATE 30, IN DISTRICT THREE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THE PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY 20 ACRES. THE CURRENT ZONING IS PLANNED. DEVELOPMENT 21 DASH 52. IT IS A MIXED ZONING DISTRICT, HAS MULTIFAMILY FOR THE MOST PART, BUT ALSO HAS A RETAIL COMPONENT TO IT AND THEN TOWNHOMES ON THE BACK. SORRY. SO A LITTLE BACKGROUND. THE REQUEST INITIALLY INITIALLY CAME IN FROM THE DEVELOPER TO CLEAN UP THE PD PHASING FOR HER FINANCIAL PURPOSES, BUT OBVIOUSLY WITH THE ZONING CONSIDERATION, WE DON'T WE CAN'T CONSIDER THOSE FACTORS. HOWEVER, ON OUR END, WE SAW THAT THE PD COULD BENEFIT FROM CLEANING UP THE PHASING TO ENSURE ADEQUATE PARKING FOR EACH PHASE. SO WITH THE PREVIOUS PLAN THAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PD, PARKING WAS CALCULATED FOR OVERALL DEVELOPMENT AND NOT TO NOT IT WASN'T MADE SURE THAT EACH PHASE HAS ITS OWN ADEQUATE PARKING. SO DURING SITE PERMIT STAFF ALWAYS LOOKS INTO MAKING SURE THAT EACH SITE CAN SUSTAIN THEIR OWN USES IN CASE THE PHASING DOESN'T ALWAYS COME TOGETHER THE WAY WE EXPECT. AND THAT WAS CAUSING SOME SOME ISSUES AT THE PERMITTING STAGE. SO WE SAW IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CLEAN UP THE PD TO MAKE SURE EACH PHASE HAD ITS OWN ADEQUATE PARKING IN THE PAST. IN THE CURRENT PD, THE PARKING NUMBERS, THEY RELIED TOO HEAVILY ON THE LATER PHASES AND INITIAL PHASES THAT WERE THAT WERE GOING TO BE DONE IN THE FRONT END OF IT WERE VERY UNDER PARK. SO THIS AMENDMENT WILL WILL CLEAN UP THAT ISSUE. HERE. YOU SEE THE SITE. THIS IS DIRECTLY SOUTH OF I-30. IT IS SURROUNDED BY COMMUNITY OFFICE DISTRICTS ON BOTH SIDES, FROM TO THE EAST AND TO THE WEST AND ACROSS I-30. IT HAS MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT HAVE HAPPENING. HERE ARE SOME SITE PHOTOS LOOKING AT THE SUBJECT SITE FROM DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT DIFFERENT ANGLES. AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, CONSTRUCTION IS GOING ON. THERE IS ONE PHASE THAT HAS GONE VERTICAL AND I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND SHE MAY SHARE SOME PICTURES AND PHOTOS OF HOW THAT LOOKS LIKE AS WELL.

JUST AS A REFERENCE, HERE IS THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT IS BEING PROPOSED WITH THIS AMENDMENT.

AND AGAIN BACK IN 21, WE HAD A DETAILED PLAN AND THE PARKING WERE NOT DISTRIBUTED AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. SO WE WITH THIS CONCEPT PLAN WHERE WE HAVE A SITE PLAN WITH THIS THAT IS IN REFERENCE TO THESE PHASING LINES, BUT WITH THE CONCEPT PLA, WE'RE NOT SHOWING THE ACTUAL PARKING NUMBERS. AND THAT ALSO OPENS IT UP FOR MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR THE FOR THE APPLICANT. WE DO

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RECOMMEND APPROVAL PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY A CLEANUP ITEM. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT. BUT ALONG WITH THAT, THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY ON THE PHASING SEQUENCE, AND SHE'LL SPEAK TO THAT. I WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT STAFF SEES NO ISSUES WITH THAT REQUEST AT ALL.

WE RECEIVED ONE, ONE LETTER IN FAVOR AND ONE IN OPPOSITION, BOTH WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA. WHEN I LOOKED AT THE COMMENTS, I DIDN'T REALLY SEE ANYTHING OF SUBSTANCE TO BRING UP TO CITY COUNCIL. WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTION AND THE APPLICANT IS ALSO HERE.

COUNCIL. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. THANK YOU. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE APPLICANT UP? I, I ENJOY I'M SORRY, BEN HOYT.

ALL RIGHT. MA'AM, IF YOU PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE TEN MINUTES. JUST PULL THIS MICROPHONE DOWN JUST SLIGHTLY. MY NAME IS ANGELA VARSHNEY. MY ADDRESS IS 310 EAST 30 GARLAND, TEXAS. THIS IS MY BUSINESS ADDRESS. RESIDENTIAL FROM 4017 BORDER CIRCLE FROM TEXAS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYONE FOR YOUR TIME. I THINK YOU SEE ME AFTER THREE YEARS AND WHAT I PROMISE I'M TRYING TO DELIVER IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. MOORE, TO SUPPORT ME FOR THROUGHOUT THE PROCESSES AND FOR STAFF TO SUPPORT THIS DEVELOPMENT. BRING UP. MR. REX HELPED ME A LOT. EVEN MR. ENGLAND HELPED ME ON THIS DEVELOPMENT AND IS NOW HAPPENING. I'LL SHOW YOU THE PICTURE FOR THE CURRENT BUILDING. SO THIS IS THE CURRENT BUILDING IS LOOKING NICE. I HAVE GOT SO MANY COMMENTS. THERE'S NICE LOOKING BUILDING RIGHT NOW AND I THINK THAT PHASE WILL BE WE ARE GETTING THE CEO FOR THE CLUBHOUSE IS I THINK NEXT MONTH.

AND THEN THE BUILDING CEO, THE CONTRACTOR PROMISED ME TO GIVE ME THE CEO BY NOVEMBER. SO NOVEMBER 18TH WILL BE GRAND OPENING FOR THE PHASE ONE. AND I FORMALLY SEND YOU THE INVITATION. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO YOU GUYS TO JOIN FOR THE FOR TH, FOR THE GRAND OPENING CEREMONY.

BUT THE HERE WHAT NABILA SHOWED, WE ARE NOT TRYING TO CHANGE ANYTHING. I'M JUST REQUESTING THE PHASING SEQUENCE. THE BUILDING WILL GO NEXT. THE REASON WHY? BECAUSE WHEN I START THIS, THIS ZONING OR THIS. WHEN I BOUGHT THIS LAND THAT TIME, THE INTEREST RATE WAS TOO LOW.

IT WAS FOUR AND THREE AND A HALF, BUT NOW INTEREST RATE IS ALMOST 7 OR 8%. AND WE STILL TRYING TO BUILD THAT PROPERTY. THEN THE REASON RIGHT NOW WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE FUNDING WITH THE HUD HAS A PROGRAM CALLED 221 D4 IS FOR THE NEW DEVELOPMENT IS THE MARKET RATE IS NOT LIKE A LOW INCOME, ANYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT THEY MY GOAL IS TO GO THE NEXT RETAIL PHASE THAT MR. MOORE IS WANTED TO LOOK I-30. NICE OKAY. BUT IT'S STILL LIKE I'M WAITING FOR MORE APPROVAL FROM THE HUD. THAT WHICH PHASE THEY CAN APPROVE IT. SO THAT'S WHY I'M LOOKING FOR FLEXIBILITY. BUT 9,990% I'M I THINK THE NEXT PHASE WILL BE RETAIL PHASE. UNTIL I DON'T HAVE ANY BIG HURDLE. THEN IF THAT NOT GO APPROVE THEN WE WILL GO THE SIMILAR BUILDING LIKE THIS WHICH IS 108 UNIT. THAT IS THE REASON WHY FOR THAT, BECAUSE IT'S APPROXIMATELY FOR THIS BUILDING.

AND THE REASON IS ALL THESE LINES UNDERGROUND LINE IS ALREADY IN. SO IT IS IT WILL REDUCE SOME COSTS. SO I THINK THAT'S IT. I HAVE ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTION FOR ME AND REALLY APPRECIATE FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. AND COUNCIL. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT ON THIS ITEM. ALL RIGHT I SEE NONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. YOU HAVE QUITE YOU DON'T HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE HERE BEHIND YOU AS YOU DID LAST TIME WHEN YOU WERE HERE. ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS, MADAM SECRETARY, ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMAN MOORE, SIR, THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT. I JUST WANT TO. BECAUSE OF TIME, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY MOVE FOR APPROVAL. BUT I DO WANT TO SAY TO YOU THAT WE DO APPRECIATE THE PROJECT THAT YOU'RE BRINGING TO THE DISTRICT. I WANT TO EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE. SO FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE ASKED YOU TO DO, YOU HAVE CERTAINLY DONE IT. AND WE

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ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT. YOU ARE MEETING ALL THE EXPECTATIONS THAT WE HAVE OF MAKING THAT I-30 CORRIDOR, THE GRAND PLACE BY WHICH WHEN YOU GO DOWN THROUGH THERE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LOOK OUT TO THE LEFT AND TO THE RIGHT AND JUST SEE ANYTHING ANYMORE. YOU'RE REALLY GOING TO SEE SOMETHING OF SUBSTANCE, SOMETHING OF PURPOSE, AND SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO REALLY BRING VALUE TO OUR CITY. SO WITH THAT, MR. MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FOR APPROVAL. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MOORE, AND WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? COUNCIL? MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US.

[e. Consider a request by Watermill Express, requesting approval of 1) a Specific Use Provision (SUP) for a Kiosk, Self-Service: Retail ice, water, etc. use and 2) a Concept Plan for a Kiosk, Self-Service: Retail ice, water, etc. use. The site is located at 4550 West Buckingham Road Suite K in District 6.]

THAT ITEM IS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON THEN TO OUR NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NINE E. CONSIDER A REQUEST BY WATERMILL EXPRESS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF ONE A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION FOR KIOSK, SELF-SERVICE, RETAIL, ICE, WATER, ETC. USE AND TWO A CONCEPT PLAN FOR KIOSK SELF-SERVICE, RETAIL ICE, WATER, ETC. USE. THE SITE IS LOCATED AT 4550 WEST BUCKINGHAM ROAD, SUITE K IN DISTRICT SIX. THANK YOU MR. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THE APPLICANT IS WATERMILL EXPRESS. OWNER IS PRB REAL ESTATE LLC. THE SITE IS APPROXIMATELY THREE ACRES AND ZONING IS COMMUNITY RETAIL. BACKGROUND ON THIS REQUEST, THERE'S ALREADY AN EXISTING KIOSK ON THIS SITE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REPLACE THE EXISTING KIOSK WITH A NEWER MODEL WHICH LOOKS UPGRADED. THE CURRENT KIOSK DID NOT HAVE AN SP ASSOCIATED WITH IT BECAUSE AT THAT TIME, THIS WAS PRIOR TO THE 2015 GDC, AND AT THAT TIME THIS USE WAS CLASSIFIED AS RETAIL AND IT DID NOT REQUIRE AN SUP. BUT SINCE THEY ARE WANTING TO UPDATE IT, THAT TRIGGERS THE REQUEST PER CURRENT GDC. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY ARE PROPOSING SOME ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING ON THE ENTRANCE AS AN IMPROVEMENT FOR THE SITE. HERE YOU SEE THE LOCATION MAP. THIS IS IN ZONED COMMUNITY RETAIL. IT'S SURROUNDED BY COMMUNITY RETAIL ON BOTH SIDES. IT DOES HAVE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO THE SOUTH, BUT I BELIEVE THERE IS A MASONRY WALL THAT SEPARATES THIS AND THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT THAT'S THERE. AND THEIR VEGETATION ON THAT SIDE AS WELL. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CALLS IT OUT FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER THAT PROVIDES FOR A MIX OF RETAIL SERVICES AND COMMUNITY GATHERING PLACES. IN THIS CONTEXT, FOR THIS PROJECT, WE DO THINK THIS REQUEST DOES FULFILL THE COMP PLAN VISION. HERE WE HAVE SOME SITE PHOTOS. YOU COULD SEE THE EXISTING KIOSK ON THE FIRST PHOTO, AND YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE USING THAT KIOSK AS WELL. YOU SEE SOME OTHER VIEWS FROM BUCKINGHAM ROAD FACING EAST. HERE WE HAVE SOME OTHER SITE PHOTOS. THIS IS THE CONCEPT PLAN. WHAT YOU SEE IN PINK IS WHERE THEY'RE PROPOSING TO HAVE THE NEW KIOSK. AND WHAT YOU SEE IN GREEN ARE PROPOSED ADDITIONS OF LANDSCAPING. THEY ARE LEASING TWO PARKING SPACES. TECHNICALLY, THE GDC REQUIRES ONE FOR THIS USE, BUT THEY ARE LEASING MORE THAN ONE. THEY'RE LEASING TWO SPACES. HERE ARE SOME CONCEPT ELEVATIONS THAT SHOW THE NEW MODEL THAT WILL REPLACE THAT WHAT THEY HAVE EXISTING. AND I BELIEVE THEY THEY'RE THEY'RE MORE WE HAVE HAD MORE FIT MEETINGS WHERE OTHER LOCATIONS ARE ALSO WANTING TO COME IN AND UPGRADE THOSE THOSE MODELS. SO THEY HAVE REQUESTED AN SP FOR 30 YEAR. THE TIME FRAME RECOMMENDS 10 TO 15 YEARS, AND THEY HAVE PROPOSED ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING, WHICH IS WHICH IS WE APPRECIATE THAT WE DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOR 15 YEARS WITH THE ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING PLAN. COMMISSION CONCURRED WITH OUR RECOMMENDATION AS WELL. WE HAVE RECEIVED ONE RESPONSE LETTER IN FAVOR AND ONE IN OPPOSITION, BOTH WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA. I DIDN'T SEE ANY COMMENTS WRITTEN ON THOSE, BUT DURING THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, WE HAD SOME RESIDENTS WHO SHOWED UP AND THEY SPOKE REGARDING TRAFFIC SAFETY, SOME OTHER MATTERS THAT WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY THINK ARE IMPACTED BY THIS PARTICULAR REPLACING OF AN EXISTING WATER KIOSK. BUT THERE WERE SOME SOME CONCERNS CONVEYED REGARDING TRAFFIC DURING THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM? COUNCILMEMBER BASS, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION TO ME. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SP TIME PERIOD REQUESTED BY THE APPLICANT, PLEASE? OKAY. THE APPLICANT REQUESTED A 30 YEAR SCP GUIDELINE. IS 15 YEAR OKAY. IS THE APPLICANT GOING TO SPEAK? WE DO HAVE AN APPLICANT. OKAY. I'LL SAVE MY QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF ON THIS ITEM? MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE APPLICANT? KELLY? ALL RIGHT. NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. AND YOU HAVE TEN MINUTES. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS RICK KELLY. OUR ADDRESS IS 3616 CONFERENCE IN IRVING. I'M HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF WATERMILL EXPRESS TO REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL OF A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION TO REPLACE OUR EXISTING WATER VENDING STATION WITH A NEWER, MORE ATTRACTIVE AND GREATLY IMPROVED MODEL. WATERMILL EXPRESS HAS BEEN A LONG AND VALUED PRESENCE IN GARLAND. OUR FIRST LOCATION HERE OPENED NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO. WE NOW OPERATE 11 VENDING STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND OVER 100 ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. WE ARE PROUD TO PROVIDE CONVENIENT, AFFORDABLE, HIGH QUALITY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, GREAT TASTING WATER AND ICE. WELL, THIS PARTICULAR SPACE STATION WAS INSTALLED IN 2011. THE VENDING MODEL ITSELF WAS DEVELOPED MORE THAN 30 YEARS AGO. REPLACING THIS STATION REPRESENTS A MAJOR ENHANCEMENT IN THE SERVICE WE PROVIDE, AND A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT FOR US IN YOUR COMMUNITY. THE NEW UNIT WILL THEN ICE IN ADDITION TO WATER, A MUCH REQUESTED AMENITY, AND INCORPORATES IMPROVED PURIFICATION AND VENDING TECHNOLOGY, ALONG WITH CUSTOMER FRIENDLY FEATURES SUCH AS CREDIT CARD ACCEPTANCE, FAST FILL AND CONTINUOUS COMPUTER MONITORING.

THESE IMPROVEMENTS, COMBINED WITH OUR COMMITMENT TO DAILY SERVICE AT EVERY LOCATION, WILL HE ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO DELIVER A HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT AND A GREAT CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE TO YOUR RESIDENTS. IN ADDITION TO THE PROPOSED INVESTMENT IN A NEW FACILITY, WE'VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH CITY STAFF TO INCORPORATE DESIGN AND LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS TO COMPLY WITH GARDEN GARLAND'S CODE REQUIREMENTS AND ENHANCE NOT ONLY OUR VENDING STATION, BUT THE OVERALL ESTHETIC OF THE SHOPPING CENTER WHERE WE'RE LOCATED. IN ALL, THIS UPGRADE REFLECTS OUR ONGOING COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE PRODUCT AND EXPERIENCE TO OUR CUSTOMERS, AND OUR DESIRE TO REMAIN A VALUABLE ASSET TO YOUR COMMUNITY FOR YEARS TO COME.

WITH THAT IN MIND, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL OF THIS SPECIFIC PROVISION AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT ON THIS ITEM? COUNCILMEMBER BASS, THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TONIGHT. I NOTICED YOU HAD REQUESTED A 30 YEAR SUPPLY AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS 15. YES, SIR. WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT. WE OBVIOUSLY WANT TO BE AS LONG AS HERE AS LONG AS WE CAN. LIKE I SAID, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF UNITS HERE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE ALMOST 20 YEARS, BUT WE'RE OKAY WITH THE 15, 15 YEARS. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE WEREN'T ANY OBSTACLES THAT WE WEREN'T SEEING THAT MIGHT BE CAUSING THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU.

NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON. HELLO. HI. SO AS A WATER MILL USER. I WILL SAY I'VE ONLY RECEIVED ONE PHONE CALL IN REFERENCE TO THIS CASE. AND IT WAS A BUSINESS OWNER NEARBY. AND AS NABILA SAID A FEW MINUTES AGO, THE COMPLAINTS THAT WE WERE GETTING AREN'T REALLY BECAUSE OF A WATER MILL. AND IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE BECAUSE WE'RE SWITCHING THE MACHINERY. SO I THINK THAT A LOT OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT WE DID HEAR ARE MORE OF THE PROPERTY OWNER AS A WHOLE THAT WE CAN WORK ON. CLEANLINESS IS THE BIG THING THAT I HEARD THE MOST OF. I HAVE NOT SEEN YOUR AREA BE DIRTY, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S SO MUCH YOU. SO I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT AT ALL. I'M VERY EXCITED TO HAVE WATER AND ICE AND ONE STOP. I'M READY FOR YOU TO UPGRADE SHILOH NEXT. THAT IS THAT IS MY WATER MILL THAT I GO TO, AND I GO AT WEIRD, WEIRD HOURS. SO LIGHTING IF THE NEW SYSTEM, IF THE NEW HOUSING HAS LIGHTING, THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC. BUT YEAH, I'M I AM ALL FOR GETTING YOU GUYS UPGRADED AND GETTING GETTING SOME ICE IN THOSE BAD BOYS. I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATRONAGE. OTHER THAN THE LAST MEETING, THE TWO PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT WERE THE ADJACENT LANDOWNERS. I THINK THEIR THEIR ISSUE MAY HAVE BEEN MORE WITH THE THAT THEY WERE PART OF THE

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ADJACENT PROPERTY. THERE WAS A CROSS ACCESS AGREEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN THERE, I THINK, SINCE THE 80S AND LAST TILL 2055. THE COMMENTS THEY MADE REGARDING US, I REALLY DON'T THINK WE'RE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO, THAT WE DO AT ALL OF OUR UNITS IS WE DO DAILY SERVICE. SO WE HAVE A TECHNICIAN THERE EVERY DAY SERVICING AND SANITIZING OUR FACILITIES, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T KEEP THEM CLEAN AND WE DON'T KEEP THEM WORKING IN GOOD SHAPE, PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO USE THEM. SO WE'RE VERY COMMITTED TO THAT. ABSOLUTELY. I'VE NEVER I'VE NEVER EVEN EXPERIENCED THE LOCATION THAT I GO TO ON SHILOH TO BE DIRTY. IT'S GOOD TO HEAR SO AND THAT'S I MEAN, IT'S IN PROBABLY A LESS DESIRABLE SHOPPING CENTER THAN THE ONE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT. SO IT'S NEVER BEEN BROKEN DOWN. IT'S NEVER NOT ACCEPTED. MY WEIRD COINS THAT HAVE BEEN CRUSTY IN MY CONSOLE FOR THREE MONTHS. SO YOU GUYS DO A PHENOMENAL JOB OF KEEPING YOUR MACHINES. SO IT'S YOU'RE NOT YOU'RE NOT LIKE A LITTLE SLUMLORD OR ANYTHING CAUSING ANY TROUBLE. SO I AM I AM IN FAVOR OF GETTING YOU UPGRADED. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT ON THIS ITEM? I SEE NONE, THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU, MADAM SECRETARY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR. ALL RIGHT THEN, COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON WILL LOOK TO YOU. THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT. ALL RIGHT. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS ITEM WITH A 15 YEAR. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON FOR A 15 YEAR APPROVAL AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BASS. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? COUNCIL SEEING NONE. MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US. THAT ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR

[f. Consider a request by Rashad Haiddar requesting approval of a Major Waiver to Chapter 7, Table 7-7 of the Garland Development Code to allow an approximately 102-square-feet wall sign installed that is larger than the maximum allowed area to remain on the front of the building of a property zoned Downtown (DT) District, Downtown, Suburban Corridor (SC) and the Automotive Overlay District. The maximum allowed area for the wall sign is 10 square feet as it is positioned less than 12 feet above grade. The applicant has included a second request to allow another oversized sign to remain on the northeast side of the building. The site is located at 136 Lavon Drive in District 2.]

FINAL ITEM OF THE NIGHT. IT'S ITEM NINE F. CONSIDER A REQUEST BY RASHAD HAIDAR REQUESTING APPROVAL OF MAJOR WAIVER TO CHAPTER SEVEN, TABLE 7-7 OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE TO ALLOW AN APPROXIMATELY 102FT■S WALL SIGN INSTALLED THAT IS LARGER THAN THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED AREA TO REMAIN ON THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING OF A PROPERTY ZONED DOWNTOWN DISTRICT. DOWNTOWN SUBURBAN CORRIDOR AND THE AUTOMOTIVE OVERLAY DISTRICICT. E MAXIMUM ALLOWED AREA FOR THE WALL SIGN IS TEN SQUARE FEET, AND IT IS AS IT IS POSITIONED AT LESS THAN 12FT ABOVE GRADE. THE APPLICANT HAS INCLUDED A SECOND REQUEST TO ALLOW ANOTHER OVERSIZE SIGN TO REMAIN ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING. THE SITE IS LOCATED AT 136 LAVON DRIVE IN DISTRICT TWO. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THE APPLICANT IS RASHAD HYDER. AS YOU MENTIONED, ZONING IS DOWNTOWN DISTRICT.

DOWNTOWN SUBURBAN CORRIDOR IS THE SUBDISTRICT. SOME BACKGROUND HOW THIS CASE CAME ABOUT. CODE COMPLIANCE HAD ISSUED NUMEROUS CITATIONS ON THIS PROPERTY FOR THIS SIGN BEING NON-COMPLIANT.

THERE ARE THREE SIGNS ONE TO THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING AND TWO SIGNS ON BOTH SIDES. AS WE STARTED LOOKING INTO IT, WE SAW THERE WAS A PERMIT FILED BACK IN 2022 TO BUILDING INSPECTIONS FOR CHANNEL LETTERING SIGNAGE TO THE FRONT AND THE SIDE, AND THOSE PERMITS WERE DENIED BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT IN COMPLIANT WITH THE COMPLIANCE WITH OUR GDC. AND THERE WERE TWO LARGE. AFTER THE PERMIT WAS DENIED SOMETIME. WE DON'T KNOW WHEN EXACTLY THIS WENT UP, BUT SIGNS THAT ARE LARGER THAN WHAT WAS BEING PROPOSED WITH THE PROPOSED PERMIT, THOSE WERE INSTALLED AFTER THE DENIAL. AND WE HAVE SOME PICTURES ON THE SLIDE. THESE ARE GOOGLE IMAGE. THE TOP ONE SHOWS THE SIGNAGE FROM BACK IN 2021 FROM GOOGLE IMAGE, AND THE BOTTOM ONE IS WHAT YOU SEE TODAY. AND THIS ONE WE DO HAVE SITE PHOTOS LATER ON THAT WE TOOK, BUT THIS ONE'S ALSO FROM GOOGLE. THAT IS FROM 2024. SO SOMETIME IN 2023 AND EARLY 2024 THIS SIGN WENT UP, WE BELIEVE.

AS MENTIONED, THIS IS LOCATED IN THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT, SURROUNDED BY DOWNTOWN DISTRICT AS WELL. BUT TO THE SOUTHEAST SIDE THERE IS INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AS WELL. AND THERE ARE A COMBINATION OF DIFFERENT USES. THERE ARE OTHER AUTOMOTIVE USES AROUND THIS PROPERTY, BUT THERE ARE ALSO A RESTAURANT, RETAIL AND A WHOLE DIFFERENT TYPE OF VARIETY OF USES THAT ARE SURROUNDING THIS PROPERTY. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CALLS IT OUT FOR BUSINESS CENTERS, WHICH

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PROVIDE A CLUSTER OF BUSINESS OFFICES AND OR LOW IMPACT INDUSTRY, INCLUDING CAMPUS TYPE DEVELOPMENT, THAT CUMULATIVELY EMPLOY LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE. WHILE THIS WE USUALLY ALWAYS HAVE THE COMP PLAN CATEGORY UP THERE, BUT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE MUCH TO DO WITH OUR REQUEST HERE TODAY. THAT IS TO DO WITH THE SIGN SIZE. HERE WE HAVE THE SITE PHOTOS. SO THE FIRST PHOTO. SO THESE TWO PHOTOS ARE SHOWING THE SITE SIGNS. SO I THINK IN COORDINATION WITH CODE COMPLIANCE THE APPLICANT WAS GOING TO REMOVE THE SIGN THAT SAYS ALIGNMENT. THAT'S THE SECOND PHOTO. WE STILL SEE IT ON SITE. IT HAS NOT BEEN REMOVED YET. THE OTHER SIGN THAT YOU SEE ON THE FIRST PHOTO THAT IS PART OF THIS REQUEST, AND HERE WE SEE THE SITE PHOTO IN THE FROM THE FRONT. THE ISSUE IS ON THIS ONE. WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY RECEIVE THE TYPICAL DOCUMENTS THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE APPLICANT. SO WE WERE HAVING SOME CHALLENGES KIND OF GAUGING WHAT EXACTLY WAS THE SIGN OF THE SIGN THAT'S UP THERE. SO WE WERE TRYING TO WE PULLED THE PERMIT THAT WAS DENIED BACK IN 2022 AND TRYING TO MEASURE SOME STUFF FROM THERE TO GET A GAUGE ON WHAT THE WHAT THE SIZE OF THE SIGN IS THAT IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE. SO OUR GUESSTIMATE IS THE SIGN ON THE FRONT IS ABOUT 102FT■S. WE COULDN'T REALLY DETERMINE WHAT THE SIGN ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING, WHAT THE SIZE OF THAT SIGN WAS. I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT HAS PUT SOME INFORMATION ON HIS PRESENTATION, SO WE CAN HEAR FROM HIM ON THAT. THE ADDITIONAL SIDE THAT'S ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE THAT YOU SAW THAT SAYS ALIGNMENT. THAT ONE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE REMOVED. BUT AS OF NOW WE ARE NOT SEEING THAT TO BE REMOVED. SO IN THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT, FOR BUILDINGS THAT ARE LOWER THAN 12FT, THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED SIGN SQUARE FOOTAGE IS TEN. WE DO BELIEVE THAT COULD BE A LITTLE IN THIS AREA. THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED TO BE TOO SMALL TO ATTRACT THE INTENDED CUSTOMERS. SO BUT IN ON OUR DOWNTOWN DISTRICT, WE DO ALLOW SIGNS TO BE A MAXIMUM OF 30 SQUARE FOOT. IF THE BUILDING HEIGHT IS OVER 12FT. SO ON THIS PARTICULAR CASE, EVEN THOUGH THE BUILDING HEIGHT IS LESS THAN 12FT, WE DO THINK THERE'S VALUE IN ALLOWING UP TO 30FT■S HERE.

BUT THE SECOND SIGNAGE THAT'S ON THE SIDE, WE RECOMMEND DENIAL FOR THAT ONE. THERE'S NO THE REQUIREMENT IS THAT THERE HAS TO BE AN ENTRANCE, A PUBLIC ENTRANCE FOR A SITE SIGN TO EXIST. AND WE I KNOW THERE'S A DOOR, BUT THERE'S NOT. THAT'S NOT A TRUE PUBLIC ENTRANCE. SO WE DO RECOMMEND DENIAL FOR THAT. AND PLANNING COMMISSION CONCURRED. SO AGAIN THE EXISTING SIGN THAT'S IN THE FRONT IS ABOUT 102FT■S. OUR RECOMMENDATIN IS TO GO UP TO 30FT■S FOR THAT FRONT SIGN. THE SECOND SIGN THAT IS PART OF THAT REQUEST. WE RECOMMEND DENIAL ON THAT. THE THIRD SIGN THAT YOU THAT YOU SAW IN THE PICTURES THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE REMOVED, PER THE APPLICANT, WE DID RECEIVE A TOTAL OF FIVE RESPONSES ON THIS REQUEST, ALL IN OPPOSITION FOR WAS WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA AND ONE FROM OUTSIDE OF THE NOTIFICATION AREA. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE COMMENT LETTERS, THEY MOSTLY TALKED ABOUT FAIRNESS AND BUSINESS. IF SOMEONE HAS TOO LARGE OF A SIGN, THEY CAN ATTRACT A LOT OF DIFFERENT BUSINESSES, AND SEEING THAT OTHER BUSINESSES WILL THEN WANT TO WANT TO JUST GO IN AND INSTALL LARGER SIGNS IF THEY CAN GET A VARIANCE FOR THAT. SO THINGS OF THAT NATURE WERE IN THE COMMENT LETTERS THAT WERE SENT TO YOU EARLIER TODAY. AND WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON, WT ARE WE CURRENTLY ALLOW? THE OTHER SIGNS IN THAT AREA. WHAT SIZE ARE THEY FOR THIS BUILDING, FOR A BUILDING THAT IS LESS THAN 12FT, WE ARE ALLOWABLE. SQUARE FOOTAGE IS TEN TEN SQUARE FEET. OKAY, SO THE BUILDINGS AROUND THIS BUILDING THAT ARE COMPARABLE IN SIZE ARE WITHIN THAT TEN SQUARE FEET SIZE. NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE SIGNS COULD HAVE BEEN GRANDFATHERED FROM PRIOR TO 2015. LIKE HE WAS LIKE THIS PROPERTY WAS AS YOU COULD SEE, THIS WAS THE SIGN BEFORE. HAD HE NOT REMOVED IT AND KEPT IT AS IT IS, THEN HE WOULD HAVE THIS PROPERTY WOULD HAVE BEEN GRANDFATHERED IN AS WELL. THIS

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PARTICULAR SIGNAGE WOULD HAVE BEEN GRANDFATHERED IN AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. I MEAN, MY BIGGEST ISSUE WITH THIS IS THAT YOU HAD A PERMIT THAT WAS DENIED A PERMIT APPLICATION THAT WAS DENIED, AND YOU STILL WENT AHEAD AND DID IT ANYWAY. SO JUST SHOW COMPLETE DISREGARD FOR WHAT OUR PROCESS IS, IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT THING. I ALSO SEE IN THE PICTURE THAT YOU'VE GOT THE TIRES RIGHT UP ON THE ON THE LINE, WHICH IS AGAINST OUR CODE. SO I MEAN, I, I CAN'T SUPPORT ANYONE THAT JUST HAS FULL DISREGARD FOR WHAT OUR ORDINANCES ARE. SO I WOULD NOT BE IN SUPPORT OF DOING THIS LARGER SIGN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. ANOTHER QUESTION FOR STAFF. MAYOR PRO TEM LUKE, WHAT WAS THE INTENT OF THE 2015 SIGN ORDINANCE AND MAKING IT TEN SQUARE FEET FOR A LESS THAN 12 FOOT HIGH BUILDING? I WASN'T HERE BACK IN 2015, BUT IF I CAN GAUGE THAT IS TO ENSURE PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED WALK A PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED EXPERIENCE FOR VISITORS THAT ARE COMING TO OUR DOWNTOWN SO THAT THEY'RE NOT OVERWHELMED BY SIGN, THEY'RE LOOKING AT BUILDINGS AND SHOPS AND GLASS RETAIL STORES THAT CONSTITUTE A MUCH MORE ENGAGING EXPERIENCE. SO I'M I'M GOING TO PUT YOU ON THE FIRE HERE A LITTLE BIT. IF THAT IS THE CASE, WHY IS STAFF RECOMMENDING THIS BE APPROVED FOR UP TO 30FT■S? WHEN THE ORDINANCE CLEARLY STATES TEN. IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE AREA. SO IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA THAT IS NOT CORE DOWNTOWN. IT IS TECHNICALLY DOWNTOWN DISTRICT, BUT IT'S IN THE SUBURBAN CORRIDOR SUBDISTRICT, WHICH IN THE LOOK AND FEEL OF THAT AREA IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE SEE IN CORE DOWNTOWN WHERE WE ARE TODAY. SO LOOKING AT THIS BUILDING, LOOKING AT THIS, THE LENGTH OF THEIR FACADE, TEN SQUARE FEET JUST FROM AGAIN, THERE'S NO I CAN'T REALLY PROVIDE A SCIENCE BEHIND WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY. TEN SQUARE FEET COULD BE CONSIDERED TOO SMALL. IF I'M DRIVING BY AND I WANT TO STOP THERE, I IT'S UP TO YOUR DISCRETION. OF COURSE WE CAN. WHAT WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO SAY. WE CAN ONLY SUPPORT UP TO 30FT■S AND NOT BEYOND ANYTHING BEYOND THAT. MR. MAYOR. YES, I ACTUALLY WAS HERE WHEN THIS. IN FACT, I MAY BE. I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD ADMIT TO THIS OR NOT. I MAY HAVE POSTED THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE, AND I DO REMEMBER THE DISCUSSIONS AT THE TIME AROUND THE SIZE, ESPECIALLY IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. AND I'LL SAY THAT SINCE 2015, ATTITUDES TOWARD SIGNS HAVE HAVE REALLY CHANGED, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS COUNCIL.

BACK IN 2015. I DON'T THINK IT'S A STRETCH TO SAY THAT COUNCIL HATED SIGNS, AND WE WENT THROUGH A PERIOD OF TIME THERE WHERE WE WERE REDUCING THE SIZE AND ALSO THE NUMBER, AND BUT SINCE THAT TIME, I'VE SEEN OVER THE YEARS THIS COUNCIL CHANGE AS MEMBERSHIP CHANGE AND THE ATTITUDES TOWARD SIGNS HAVE CHANGED. AND SO THAT'S THE REASON THAT IT WAS SMALLER THAN.

AND WE'RE SEEING IT AS YOU ALL KNOW, YOU ALL HAVE GRANTED A LOT MORE DEVIATIONS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA IN THE LAST 3 OR 4 YEARS THAN WE'VE SEEN IN PREVIOUS YEARS. I BELIEVE SOME OF THOSE DEVIATIONS MAY HAVE BEEN SLIGHTLY ARTISTIC, THOUGH. THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. THAT MAY BE. BUT WE AS WE KNOW, WE DON'T LOOK AT THE CONTENT OF THE SIGNS. YEAH. CAN I CLARIFY SOMETHING REAL QUICK? SO THIS PARTICULAR SIGN AGAIN, AND I'M MADE IT CLEAR IN THE PRESENTATION THAT IS OVER 100 SQUARE FOOT. BY NO MEANS IS STAFF SUPPORTING ANY PART OF THAT PARTICULAR SIGN, WITH OUR RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL IS ONLY FOR THE DEVIATION TO BE ABLE TO GO UP TO 30, I UNDERSTAND. OKAY. ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND. SO MY SECOND QUESTION IS WHAT IS THAT WHOLE STRUCTURE THERE. THERE IS A POLE SIGN AND A PYLON SIGN ON THE PROPERTY. SO WHAT IS THE POINT OF HAVING ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE ON A BUILDING IF THERE ARE ALREADY TWO SIGNS ON THE PROPERTY THAT ARE CLEARLY POINTED TOWARDS THE ROAD ON EITHER SIDE, YOU CAN MAKE THAT ARGUMENT. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU MR. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU MA'AM. COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON, ANOTHER QUESTION FOR STAFF. SORRY, I'LL BE QUICK. IS THIS AN ACTUAL SIGN OR A BANNER THAT'S ATTACHED TO THE BUILDING? YOU CAN SEE THE BULLS. IT'S NOT PAINTED ON THE BUILDING. IT'S A PANEL THAT GOES IN THE AREA. I MEAN, IT'S BOLTED IN. IS IT

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METAL? METAL MATERIAL OR VINYL MATERIAL? WE DON'T HAVE A PERMIT FOR THIS, SO WE CAN'T CONFIRM ANYTHING OF THAT SORT. BUT LOOKING AT IT, IT'S A METAL PANEL. IT WOULD BE MY GUESS. BUT THE APPLICANT IS HERE. WHO CAN CONFIRM. PERFECT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU MA'AM. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE APPLICANT? FORWARD. RASHAD. AFTERNOON. CITY COUNCIL. MISS DOESN'T HAVE ANSWERS FOR YOU, SIR. JUST FIRST NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE TEN MINUTES.

I'M LOCATED AT 136 LAVON DRIVE. THANK YOU SIR. YES, PLEASE. THANK YOU MA'AM. YEAH, YEAH.

LET'S SEE. DID YOU HAVE. ALL RIGHT, I'M REQUESTING A FORMAL VARIANCE IN A ZONING AMENDMENT CONCERNING SIGNAGE OF MY BUSINESS LOCATED AT 136 LAVON DRIVE. THIS REQUEST ARISES ON ONGOING CHALLENGES RELATED TO ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS AGAINST MY PREEXISTING SIGNS. THE SIGNAGE WAS INSTALLED AT THE OPENING, AT THE OPENING OF THE BUSINESS OVER TWO YEARS AGO, AND HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN ESTABLISHING MY PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY. IN DECEMBER 2022, I SUBMITTED A REQUEST TO UPGRADE THE SIGNAGE TO CHANNEL LETTERING IN EFFORTS TO ENHANCE THE COMPLIANCE AND IMPROVE THE APPEARANCE OF MY BUSINESS. HOWEVER, I'M JUST ASKING TO GET IT ON FULL SCREEN YOUR PRESENTATION SO WE CAN SEE IT A LITTLE MORE EASILY. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO. AND IS THERE EXTRA? BUT NOT THAT. THERE WE GO. MUCH BETTER. THANK YOU. SORRY ABOUT THAT SIR. MY TIME I DID. YES I STOPPED IT. PLEASE, PLEASE GO AHEAD. CONTINUE. THE SIGNAGE WAS INSTALLED. INSTALLED AT THE OPENING OF THE BUSINESS OVER TWO YEARS AGO, AND HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN ESTABLISHING THE PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY. IN DECEMBER 2022, I SUBMITTED A REQUEST TO UPGRADE THE SIGNAGE TO CHANNEL LETTERING IN AN EFFORT TO ENHANCE THE COMPLIANCE AND IMPROVE THE APPEARANCE OF MY BUSINESS. HOWEVER, THE CITY DENIED THIS REQUEST. RECENTLY, A COMPLAINT WAS LODGED BY A NEIGHBORING BUSINESS OWNER AFTER TWO YEARS AGO, APPARENTLY MOTIVATED BY COMPETITIVE INTERESTS RATHER THAN GENUINE ZONING CONCERNS. THE COMPLAINT TRIGGERED INTENSIFIED SCRUTINY AND RESULTED IN 17 CITATIONS OVER TIME. I AM GRATEFUL THAT THESE CITATIONS WAS ULTIMATELY DISMISSED DUE TO THE LACK OF EVIDENCE SUFFICIENT FOR TRIAL. I WENT TO TRIAL ON EACH ONE OF THOSE. EACH ONE OF THOSE WERE DROPPED BECAUSE THEY HAD NO SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE FOR IT. WE CAN. THIS IS THE BUILDING. THESE SIGNS WERE THERE WHEN I BOUGHT THE BUILDING, WHEN I BOUGHT THE BUSINESS, WHEN I BOUGHT THE BUILDING, THESE SIGNS WERE THERE. ALL I ASKED FOR IS TO TAKE THESE SIGNS AND MAKE THEM INTO LETTERING. AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS DENIED. THE SIZES ON THESE ON THE SIDEWALL. I USED TO HAVE AN AUTO BEAR AUTO REPAIR SIGN THAT WAS 20FT WIDE TO TWO INCHES, AND IT WAS TWO TWO FEET IN HEIGHT AND NINE INCHES IN IN HEIGHT. THE ALIGNMENT ONE WAS EIGHT FEET AND TWO EIGHT FEET WIDE AND TWO FEET IN HEIGHT. THE SIDE FASCIA WHERE IT SAYS WHEELS AND TIRES, WERE A TOTAL OF 24 OR 26FT AND TEN INCHES. THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE MEASUREMENTS THAT THAT THEY WERE REQUESTING. IF YOU SEE HERE THAT THERE WAS A SIGN WAS AUTO WILL, AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR WHEELS AND TIRES, AND IT ALSO HAD THE ALIGNMENT SIGN. SO I WENT TO MR. RAYMOND IN THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY ZONING COMMISSION. I HAD A MEETING WITH ABOUT EVERY ONE OF THEM. AT THAT TIME. THEY WERE TELLING ME THAT, HEY, WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH YOUR FRONT SIGN BECAUSE THE FRONT SIGN WAS ALREADY EXISTING. EVEN WITH EASY RIDE, THAT SIGN WAS THERE. SO WHETHER THEY CHANGED IT OR WHETHER WHATEVER HAPPENED, THE FRONT SIGN, IT SHOULD BE ALREADY GRANDFATHERED IN. AND THEY'RE LIKE, WE DON'T HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. WE WANT YOU TO TAKE OFF THE WHERE IT SAYS AUTO REPAIR WHEELS AND TIRES. WILLINGNESS TO WILLING WILLINGNESS, WILLINGNESS TO COOPERATE WITH REASONABLE MODIFICATIONS. SINCE MY LAST MEETING WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND MR. RAYMOND, I HAVE ALREADY MADE SIGNIFICANT MODIFICATIONS TO THE BUILDING AS

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A COURTESY TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS RAISED. AND THAT'S WHAT MISS DUTTON WAS TALKING ABOUT. I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU AND ANYONE THAT HAS NO REGARD FOR THE CITY'S APPEARANCE AND RESPECT. I DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR EITHER. SO I WENT AHEAD AND DID THAT. INDICATING THAT LIKE, I'M SORRY. DESPITE THESE EFFORTS, THE ENFORCEMENT ISSUES CONTINUE IN THE INDICATING THE LACK OF CLEAR UNDERSTANDING ABOUT SPECIFIC VARIANTS REQUESTED. SO EVEN WHEN I DID THAT, THEY KEPT COMING TO ME AND KEPT GIVING ME CITATIONS. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT MY REQUEST IS NOT TO NOT FOR UNRESTRICTED SIGNAGE, BUT A REASONABLE VARIANCE THAT RECOGNIZES MY EXISTING CONDITIONS AND SUPPORT THE CONTINUED VISIBILITY OF MY BUSINESS WITHOUT CONFLICTING THE GUARDIAN OVER OVERALL ZONING GOALS. I REMAIN OPEN TO WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CITY OFFICIALS TO CLARIFY THE SCOPE OF THE VARIANCE AND FIND MUTUALLY AGREEABLE SOLUTIONS. AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE SIGN. AS YOU SEE, BEFORE I HAD AUTO REPAIR, I HAD THE WHEELS AND TIRES, AND THAT WAS THEIR PROBLEM. THEY SAID THAT DID NOT EXIST BEFORE. IT CAN NOT BE GRANDFATHERED IN. I SAID, NO PROBLEM, I'LL TAKE IT OFF. AND THAT'S WHAT I DID THERE. I LOVE THE LITTLE ONE ON BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS GOING TO BE ALLOWED OR NOT, AND I WILL GLADLY TAKE THAT OFF AS WELL, AS LONG AS WE CAN COME TO A MUTUAL AGREEMENT. A FEW KEY POINTS. I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT THE LONG STANDING USE AND ESTABLISH GOOD FAITH. MY SIGN.

MY SIGN HAS BEEN DISPLAYED CONTINUOUSLY AND OPENLY FOR OVER TWO YEARS. DURING THIS PERIOD.

IT HAS CAME TO AS IT HAS BECAME ACCEPTED, PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S COMMERCIAL LANDSCAPE. THE INITIAL DENIAL OF THE CHANNEL LETTERING TO CHANGE THE REQUEST DID NOT INVENT OR INVALIDATE MY EXISTING SIGNAGE RIGHTS. SELECT ENFORCEMENT. UNFAIR TARGETING. THESE CITATIONS APPEAR TO BE LINKED TO NEIGHBORHOODS, NEIGHBORS, COMPETITIVE COMPLAINT RATHER THAN OBJECTIVE CITY ZONING CONCERNS, GIVING ALL THE CITATIONS THAT WERE DISMISSED TO THE LACK OF EVIDENCE. THESE THESE PATTERNS SUGGEST UNFAIR TARGETING RATHER THAN LEGITIMATE VIOLATIONS. BUSINESS IMPACT I HAVE INVESTED OVER $2 MILLION OF MY OWN MONEY IN THE CITY OF GARLAND TO MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE, MAKE IT LOOK BETTER. WE DO. WE HAVE. WE JUST RECENTLY HAD A COMMUNITY THING FOR THE PEOPLE OF GARLAND. WE HAD FREE FOOD, FREE DRINKS. WE, YOU KNOW, THE YOUTH CAME OUT. SO WE ARE ACTIVELY DOING THINGS TO BE A PART OF THE GARLAND'S. I HAVE 22 STORES ALL OVER AMERICA, AND GARLAND. I CHOSE GARLAND TO BE ONE OF THOSE. THE SIGNAGE IS A CRUCIAL IS CRUCIAL FOR MY BUSINESS VISIBILITY AND CUSTOMER OUTREACH, ESPECIALLY IN THE. AS A REDCLIFFE, I'M SORRY FOR MY ENGLISH RELATIVELY NEW LOCAL ENTERPRISE REMOVAL OR FORCE ALTERATION WILL CAUSE SEVERE, SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND UNDERMINE MY INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY. NO DOCUMENTED SAFETY OR ESTHETIC HARM. TO DATE, THERE HAVE BEEN NO COMPLAINTS FROM THE PUBLIC OR EVIDENCE PRESENTED. THE SIGNS CAUSES, SAFETY HAZARDS OR OR SIGNIFICANT ESTHETICS DEGRADING THE COMPLIANCE OF GARLAND'S MUNICIPAL CODE. I WANT TO ADDRESS THE COMPLAINTS THAT WERE GOING ON AND THAT WERE SENT IN BY A NEIGHBORING BUSINESS. I WANT YOU GUYS TO TAKE A LOOK. AND THIS THE BUSINESS NEXT TO ME HAS THE SAME SIGNAGE AS I DO.

EXACT SAME SIZE, EXACT SAME THING. AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY HAVE THE EXACT SAME SIZE. AND OUT OF 4 OR 5 OF THESE PEOPLE, SHE OWNS THREE OF THESE PROPERTIES. I HAVE A VIDEO THAT HAS ME AND HER IN CONVERSATION TALKING ABOUT THIS, THIS SITUATION, AND SHE TELLS ME IN THIS VIDEO CLEARLY THAT I WILL SHUT YOU DOWN. WILL GET DONNA TO CLOSE YOU DOWN. SO WHEN I BROUGHT THIS TO ATTENTION TO DEVELOPMENTS HEAD, YOU KNOW, IT JUST I'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH. I'VE BEEN GETTING CITATIONS, I'VE BEEN GOING TO COURT 17 OVER 17 TIMES. AND EVERY TIME THEY WOULD DISMISS IT. NOW I'M JUST I'M A LOST FOR WORDS. I CAME TO THIS COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO INVEST MY MONEY, TO MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE, TO HAVE BETTER, BETTER SIGNS, A BETTER LOOKING BUILDING. I, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO TO OUR PROPERTY, EVERYTHING IS CLEANED AS FAR AS THE TIRE IS DONE. YOU'RE COMPLETELY RIGHT. I'VE RECENTLY FOUND OUT THAT THE TIRE IS A PROBLEM. SO IF YOU DRIVE BY MY LOCATION ANYTIME SOON, YOU'LL SEE IT'S ONLY FIVE FEET FROM WHAT I WAS GUIDED BY THE CITY. I KNOW WE NO LONGER PUT IT TOWARDS THAT WAY, BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO WORK, SO WE DO HAVE IT MOVED BACK. IT'S ONLY FIVE FEET AWAY FROM THERE. I AM LITERALLY TRYING TO DO ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO STAY WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I REALLY REQUEST, GIVEN THAT THE ABOVE, I

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RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE CITY, GRANT THE VARIANCE AND CONSIDER A ZONING AMENDMENT THAT RECOGNIZES MY SIGN'S PREEXISTING STATUS AND MIGRATES TO UNDUE HARDSHIP CAUSED BY RECENT ENFORCEMENT. I'M COMMITTED TO WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE CITY, WITH THE GARLAND OFFICIALS, AND REACH A SOLUTION THAT BALANCES CITY CODES ENFORCEMENT WITH SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES. WITH THAT SAID, I WOULD LIKE YOU GUYS TO CONSIDER IF YOU LOOK AT IF YOU LOOK AT THE CITY'S PICTURE, THIS PICTURE HERE, I ALREADY HAD THOSE PREEXISTING SIGNS. I WOULD LIKE FOR THIS SIGN IN THE FRONT TO REMAIN TO WORK WITH THE CITY. I AM WILLING TO TAKE OFF THAT ALIGNMENT SIGN. I HAVE ALREADY TAKEN OFF MAJORITY OF IT. I'M SORRY, I'VE TAKEN OFF MAJORITY OF IT, BUT I'LL GLADLY TAKE OFF WHERE IT SAYS ALIGNMENT AS WELL. ON THE FOLLOWING SIDE, I DO HAVE A PUBLIC ENTRANCE. IF YOU SEE THIS DOOR RIGHT HERE. THAT IS A FULL PUBLIC ENTRANCE TO MY BUILDING. SO I WOULD LIKE FOR THE CITY TO ALLOW ME TO KEEP THIS SIGNS HERE AND IN THE FRONT. AND I WILL REMOVE THE ALIGNMENT SIGN ON THE SIDE. I'M WILLING TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO BE A PART OF GARLAND'S COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU SIR. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT, MR. MAYOR? YES, SIR. REAL QUICK, JUST A PREEMPTIVE COMMENT, IF I MAY. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION SO FAR BY THE APPLICANT. HE HAD A RIGHT TO BRING THOSE UP, BUT THE COUNCIL SHOULD NOT CONSIDER PAST CODE VIOLATIONS AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THESE SIGNS ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THIS SITE. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF OTHER FACTORS THAT THE COUNCIL COULD CONSIDER ITS APPEARANCE, ITS GENERAL APPEARANCE, WHETHER OR NOT IT CONTRIBUTES TO SIGN CLUTTER, WHETHER OR NOT IT CONTRIBUTES TO JUST THE OVERALL APPEARANCE OF THE AREA, OF WHETHER IF IT HAS A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THAT, YOU CAN CONSIDER THOSE THINGS. BUT WE SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERING PAST CODE VIOLATIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. LEGAL. AS I'VE LISTENED, I'VE HEARD OUR CODE. DEPARTMENT. OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT STATE THAT WE ARE WILLING TO GO UP TO 30FT, BUT REALLY, THE BASE SHOULD BE TEN. AS I HAVE LISTENED IT, IT ALSO SOUNDS LIKE WHEN HE PURCHASED THE BUILDING AT THE SIGN THAT WAS ON THE BUILDING AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE. THAT IS CORRECT, WAS A LEGITIMATE SIGN. AND I'M ALSO HEARING AT THIS POINT, THOUGH, THAT WHAT WE'RE SUGGESTING, THOUGH, AT THIS POINT, IS REGARDLESS OF IF HE BOUGHT THE BUILDING, IF THE SIGN WAS THERE OR NOT, OR MAYBE EVEN OUR OWN DECISIONS AS IT RELATES TO WHAT THE FOOTAGE SHOULD BE OF THE SIGNS THAT AT THIS POINT, WE'RE SAYING THAT WE WANT HIM TO ADHERE TO THE LANGUAGE OF THE CODE AS IT RELATES TO SIGNS. IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? I, I THINK I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION A COUPLE OF FACTUAL POINTS, MY UNDERSTANDING, AND I'VE REVIEWED THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION, THE SIGNS AT THIS LOCATION, BOTH PREVIOUS AND CURRENT, AND THE CURRENT SIGN ACROSS THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING IS NOT THE SAME SIGN THAT WAS THERE WHEN THE PRIOR BUSINESS WAS THERE, WHICH WAS THERE BY RIGHT. IT WAS GRANDFATHERED IN. THE SIGN THAT'S THERE NOW IS A LITTLE BIT WIDER THAN IT WAS AND LONGER THAN IT WAS AT THAT TIME. NOT A LOT, BUT IT WAS. IT IS WIDER. SO IT'S THE SIGN EXPANDED SOME, ALTHOUGH IT'S LOCATED AT E SAME LOCATION AND IT HAD EXPANDED SOME. AND SO ONCE HE EXPANDED THE SIGN, THAT'S WHEN THE GRANDFATHERING I THINK IS NABILA POINTED OUT. THAT'S WHEN THE GRANDFATHERING OF THE SIGN WENT AWAY. AT THAT POINT, AS FAR AS THE SIZE OF IT, AGAIN, THE COUNCIL IS BEING ASKED TO GRANT A MAJOR WAIVER OR A VARIANCE ON THE SIZE OF IT. AND Y'ALL CAN CHOOSE THE REASON. MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE FROM STAFF THAT THEY SELECTED 30FT. THEY THOUGHT THAT WHAT'S IN THE CODE CURRENTLY AT THIS LOCATION, AT THIS MAJOR INTERSECTION, WHICH IS A SIX LANE DIVIDED THOROUGHFARE, A 30 FOOT SIGN, OR A WHAT'S REQUIRED BY CODE, RATHER NOT A 30 FOOT. IT MIGHT BE TOO SMALL, IT MIGHT CREATE A TRAFFIC HAZARD IN THE SENSE THAT PEOPLE DRIVING BY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO SEE IT. SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT PLANNING WAS RECOMMENDED. A LARGER SIGN, WHICH I THINK WAS 30FT, IF I REMEMBER, BECAUSE OF THAT FACTOR. SO THAT TRAFFIC HAD

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COULD SEE THE SIGN WITHOUT BEING DISTRACTED FROM TRAFFIC. AND WE REALLY SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT THE SIGN THAT IS ON THE SCREEN PRESENTLY IS THE SAME SIZE AS THE ONE THAT WE'RE SEEING TO HIM, HE CANNOT USE. I GUESS, MAYBE REPHRASE THAT QUESTION. THE SIGN TH WE'RE LOOKING AT PRESENTLY ON THE SCREEN, IS IT THE SAME SIZE AS THE SIGN THAT HE HAS ON HIS BUILDING? IT MIGHT BE, BUT THIS WE CAN'T CONSIDER THAT BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING TWO INDEPENDENT.

WELL, YOU COULD CERTAINLY CONSIDER IN THE SENSE, IF YOU WANT TO GRANT HIM A LARGER SIGN, THAT THAT MIGHT BE A FACTOR TO CONSIDER IS LOOKING AT SURROUNDING BUSINESSES AND SEEING WHAT SIZE SIGNS THEY HAVE. BUT UNDERSTAND THAT WE COULDN'T HAVE THIS SIGN REMOVED ON THIS PARTICULAR BUILDING BECAUSE THIS THIS SIGN WAS THERE PRIOR TO 2015, WAS IS THERE BY RIGHT NOW. AND SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IS AGAIN, IT'S REALLY IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD CONSIDER AS A FACTOR ON HOW BIG YOU WANT THE SIGN TO BE IF YOU ALL CHOOSE TO GRANT A VARIANCE TONIGHT, Y'ALL COULD USE THAT AS A FACTOR. BUT YOU DO NOT HAVE TO. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

COUNCIL, MAY I SAY SOMETHING, SIR? ONE SECOND. WELL. ONE SECOND, ONE SECOND. WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEMBER FOR A QUESTION OF THE APPLICANT. COUNCIL MEMBER BEARD. OKAY.

TONIGHT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS, AND I DIDN'T GET NABILA'S PAPERWORK TILL TODAY.

SO THIS IS. TODAY'S THE FIRST DAY THAT I'VE SEEN THIS, BUT I HAVE DRIVEN BY YOUR SHOP ALMOST DAILY. IT'S NOT FAR FROM RIGHT HERE. THE SIGN THAT IS CURRENTLY THERE IS VERY OVERWHELMING ON THE BUILDING. I'VE NOTICED THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE NOTICED THAT I DON'T AND I DON'T WANT TO. I TOLD YOU THAT I DIDN'T COULDN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION WAS BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME. COMPARING ONE SIGN TO ANOTHER SIGN FROM BUILDING TO BUILDING ALSO TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING, AND YOUR BUILDING IS SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER. THE SIGN YOU HAVE IS EXTREMELY OVERWHELMING, SO. AGAIN, IF IT WOULD HAVE STAYED WITH THE ORIGINAL SIGNAGE WHEN YOU PURCHASED THE BUILDING THAT WAS THERE, WHEN THE BUILDING WAS WHITE AND THE SIGN WAS ON THERE, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN GRANDFATHERED IN, THAT SIGN COULD HAVE STAYED. SO. WHEN EXACTLY DID YOU CHANGE THE SIGNAGE? I PURPOSELY NEVER CHANGED THE SIGNAGE. AND I KEEP I KEEP SAYING THAT AND I KEEP SAYING THAT AND I KEEP SAYING THAT. WHEN WAS THE SIGNAGE CHANGED? I BOUGHT I KNOW YOU BOUGHT THE BUILDING FROM A FAMILY MEMBER, SO I'M NOT SURE OF WHEN THE SIGNAGE WAS CHANGED. BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO REITERATE ONE THING THAT I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND PAYLESS TIRES HERE. WHEN THEY PAINTED THE BUILDING, THEY DID NOT HAVE THESE SIGNS. THEY PUT THESE SIGNS UP WITHOUT PERMITTING. I CAN'T I CAN'T ADDRESS. YEAH. SO BUT BESIDES THAT, I BOUGHT THE BUSINESS AS IS. THAT'S WHY I APPLIED FOR CHINA LETTERING, BECAUSE I WANTED TO LINE UP. I WANTED TO LIKE I WANTED TO LIGHT UP AT NIGHTTIME. SO WHEN PEOPLE ARE DRIVING, THEY CAN SEE IT. BUT AGAIN, COUNCIL, I AM NOT TRYING TO ASK YOU GUYS TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE CRAZY DECISIONS. I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO BE FAIR HERE.

THE SIZE OF THIS BUILDING COMPARED TO MINE IS LESS ACTUALLY. IF YOU GUYS PULL UP THE RECORDS. THIS BUILDING IS SMALLER THAN MY BUILDING. IT'S SMALLER THAN MY PROPERTY LINE.

ALSO, THIS BUSINESS DID NOT PULL ANY PERMITS. THIS WHOLE THING OR GOT ORCHESTRATED. AFTER TWO YEARS OF ME BEING IN BUSINESS AND TAKING BUSINESS AWAY FROM A COMPETITIVE, THAT'S WHAT CAUSED ALL THESE PROBLEMS. I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY DON'T WANT TO. I WANT TO BE A PART OF GARLAND. I DON'T WANT TO LOSE $2 MILLION IN MY INVESTMENT. I WANT TO BE A PART. I LOVE THE PEOPLE OF GARLAND. I WANT SOME OF THE NICEST PEOPLE. THEY DON'T JUDGE YOU. THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT ANY OF THAT. THEY COME IN, THEY SUPPORT MY BUSINESS. AND I REALLY, REALLY DON'T WANT TO BE ABLE TO SHUT DOWN. I'VE DONE EVERYTHING THAT I CAN TO WORK WITH THE CITY. I'VE WENT TO, EVERY COURT DATE I'VE. I'VE DONE EVERY SINGLE THING. I REALLY WANT YOU GUYS TO PLEASE. I'M WILLING TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS. THIS SIGN HERE WAS NOT IN THE BUILDING. WHEN IN THIS GOOGLE PICTURE, I WILL COMPLETELY TAKE IT OFF. INCLUDING THAT ALIGNMENT SIGN. NO PROBLEM. ALL I'M ASKING FOR YOU GUYS IS TO GIVE ME THE RIGHTS TO KEEP MY FRONT SIGN. AND IT'S ACTUALLY THE EXACT SAME SIZE. IF YOU LOOK ON THE GOOGLE, THE WHOLE THING, IT EXPANDS THE FULL FASCIA. THE SIGN PREVIOUSLY EXPANDS THE EXACT SAME AMOUNT BECAUSE THEY USE THE EXACT SAME METAL THAT WAS THERE BEFORE, SO

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YOU COULDN'T CHANGE THAT. IT WAS THE SAME METAL. ALL I'M ASKING IS FOR YOU GUYS TO GIVE ME THE GRANT TO KEEP THE FACE OF MY BUSINESS LIKE HOW IT WAS BEFORE. I WILL REMOVE THE SIDE SIGN, WHICH IS WHERE THIS AUTO REPAIR WAS, AND I'VE ALREADY REMOVED THAT. IT'S WHAT ALL IT SAYS IS ALIGNMENT ON IT. I'LL GLADLY TAKE THAT OFF FIRST THING TOMORROW MORNING. I NEED THIS FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY OF MY BUSINESS. I NEED THIS BECAUSE THERE'S A SIX LANE TRAFFIC.

THERE'S NO WAY. AND FROM THE TIME YOU TAKE OFF FROM THE LIGHT OF FIRST STREET WHERE THAT IS, AND YOU TAKE IT OFF, YOU'RE GOING AT A HIGHER SPEED. YOU'RE NOT SLOWING DOWN. THERE'S NO WAY FOR PEOPLE TO CATCH MY BUSINESS WITH A 30 FOOT SIGN. THERE'S JUST NO WAY. EVERYBODY ELSE AROUND ME, INCLUDING EVERY SINGLE BUSINESS, HAS THIS EXACT SAME SIGN AS THE EXACT SAME ALL ACROSS THEIR FASCIA. WHY AM I BEING TARGETED? OKAY, COMING BACK TO THE SIGNAGE, WOULDN'T A 30 SQUARE FOOT SIGN WITH YOU WANTED THE BACK LIT? YOU WANTED THE YOU WANTED TO CHANGE THE SIGN ANYWAY, WOULDN'T IT? HAVING LIGHTING ON THE SIGN AND IT BE SMALLER, BUT WHEN BEING LIT WOULDN'T THAT BRING. SO WHEN I WAS DENIED THAT I RESPECTED THE CITY'S DECISION, SO I PUT LIGHTING ALL OVER THE BUILDING, I PUT LIGHTING, I PUT NEW POLES. I INVESTED ABOUT $100,000 INTO PUTTING IN NEW LIGHTING SO THE PLACE CAN LIGHT UP. JUST LIKE UT WHEN YOU DRIVE BY, IT'S LIT UP.

I DON'T WANT, ESPECIALLY IN THAT AREA WHEN YOU'RE GOING INTO GARLAND CITY OF GARLAND TO DOWNTOWN DISTRICT TO LOOK UGLY. I SPENT ALL THIS MONEY AND I AND TO MAKE IT LOOK GOOD, I RESPECTED US, I RESPECTED THEIR DECISION. I DIDN'T PUT UP THE CHINA LETTERING. ALL I DID IS I CHANGED OUT ALL THE LIGHTS, FIXED ALL THE LIGHTING AROUND THE BUILDING, PUT NEW ELECTRICAL WORK. AND LIKE I SAID, ALL I'M ASKING IS FOR THE CITY TO GRANT MY EXISTING SIGN THAT IT WAS THERE BEFORE, AS YOU GUYS SAW IN THE PICTURE, WHERE EASY, RIGHT? IT WAS THE EXACT SAME SIZE. I AM WILLING TO WORK WITH THE CITY AND REMOVE THE OTHER SIDE THAT SAYS ALIGNMENT. I'M ALSO WILLING TO WORK SO MUCH WITH THE CITY. IF YOU GUYS ALLOW ME THIS VARIANCE, I WILL REMOVE WHERE IT SAYS AUTO REPAIR AND ALIGNMENT. ON THE OTHER SIDE, I AM WILLING TO WORK WITH THE CITY. I DO NOT WANT TO LOSE $2 MILLION OF MY HARD WORK MONEY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER BEARD.

COUNCILMEMBER DUTTON, WHEN DID YOU BUY THE PROPERTY? I BOUGHT THE PROPERTY IN, I BELIEVE IN 2020, 2022 OR CLOSER TO 2023. I'M NOT I'M NOT SURE WHEN EXACTLY. WE OWN. I OWN OVER 300 PROPERTIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, AND I DON'T DO THE ACQUISITION. I ONLY, YOU KNOW, I'M ONLY HERE TODAY FROM NEW YORK BECAUSE I WANTED TO SEE YOU GUYS I IN PERSO I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT'S BEEN DEALING WITH THIS. AND ATTORNEY IS NOT GOING TO BE EXPLAINED WHAT'S GOING ON OKAY.

SO LET ME LET ME JUST TRY TO DO MY BEST TO EXPLAIN A COUPLE OF THIN. SO IF YOU BOUGHT THE PROPERTY IN 2022, WE HAVE AN APPLICATION FROM NOVEMBER OF 2022. RIGHT. THAT WAS THE DENIAL FOR THE PERMIT FOR THE CHANNEL LETTERS. THE CHANNEL LETTERS ARE THE SAME EXACT SIZE AS THE LETTERING THAT IS CURRENTLY ON THE EXISTING BUILDING. IT'S NOT BECAUSE HOLD ON, HOLD ON. OKAY.

YOU'VE HAD A LOT OF TIME TO TALK. I'M TRYING TO EXPLAIN IT. THERE'S ZERO DIFFERENCE IN THE SIZE OF THESE CHANNEL LETTERS VERSUS WHAT IS ON THIS BUILDING RIGHT NOW. OKAY. HOLD ON. YOU'LL HAVE YOUR OPPORTUNITY. SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SAY IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT THE REASON WHY THE CHANNEL LETTERS WERE DENIED IS BECAUSE IT IS THE EXACT SAME SIZE AS WHAT IS ON THERE RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS OUT OF OUR ORDINANCE. OKAY, AS FAR AS PAYLESS GOES, THEIR SIGN HAS BEEN EXACTLY THE SAME SINCE 2007, AND THAT'S JUST AS FAR BACK AS GOOGLE MAPS GOES.

THEY'RE GRANDFATHERED IN. THEY ARE NOT. THEY ARE NON TOPIC. THERE'S ZERO ZIP, ZILCH. THAT IS GOING TO BE DEBATABLE ABOUT PAYLESS BECAUSE IT'S BEEN THAT WAY SINCE AT LEAST 2007. IT HAS ZERO BEARING ON YOUR BUILDING ON YOUR SIGN. OKAY. SO YOU REMOVED PART OF WHAT YOU REMOVED THE AUTO REPAIR SIGN AND THEN PUT UP AN ALIGNMENT SIGN. SO IT WAS KIND OF LIKE A OH, WELL, I'LL TAKE THIS DOWN. BUT HERE, I'LL PUT THIS UP. YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE SEE IT FROM A CITY STANDPOINT. WE HAVE TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE UPHOLDING OUR OWN

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ORDINANCES AND EXPECTATIONS. THAT IS IT. IT'S NOTHING PERSONAL. IT'S NOTHING MORE.

IT'S NOTHING LESS. WE HAVE A SET CODE OF STANDARDS THAT WE'VE GOT IN. WE CAN'T JUST HAVE SIGNS THAT ARE 800 TIMES THE SIZE OF WHAT WE WOULD NORMALLY ALLOW. IT IS A MAJOR, MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, I UNDERSTAND. I DON'T THINK ANYONE'S GOING TO DRIVE PAST THIS BUILDING AND THINK, I WONDER IF THEY SELL KITTENS. NO ONE, NO ONE. THERE'S 800 TIRE SHOPS AND AUTO REPAIR SHOPS RIGHT THERE. RIGHT? THAT IS WHAT THAT AREA IS. WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T LOOK LIKE A CRAP HOLE FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE DRIVING IN THERE. IT IS OVERWHELMING WHEN YOU HAVE 800 BUILDINGS WITH 300 FOOT LETTERS. THAT IS OUR JOB. SO I DON'T I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE STILL ARGUING ABOUT IT. OUR IT IS WELL ABOVE OUR ORDINANCE. I THINK THAT IF YOU WOULD HAVE CAME BACK AND WORKED WITH THE CITY ON YOUR CHANNEL LETTERING AND YOU WOULD HAVE ADJUSTED THE SIZE, I'M PRETTY SURE WE WOULDN'T BE HAVING THIS SAME CONVERSATION.

YOU WOULD HAVE HAD YOUR CHANNEL LETTERING. GO AHEAD. SO IF WE PUT CHINA LETTERING UP, CHINA LOVING THE WAY IT WORKS. IT NEEDS A BOX BEHIND IT. IT NEEDS A, YOU KNOW, ELECTRICAL OUTLETS.

THOSE SIGNS CANNOT BE THE SAME SIZE BECAUSE IT WOULD NEVER WORK. I'M LOOKING AT THE RENDERING FROM THE UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. THIS IS WHAT WE GOT AND IT IS NO DIFFERENT THAN THE SIZE IT IS RIGHT HERE. CHANNEL LETTERING GETS MADE IN MULTIPLE DIFFERENT SIZES. I AM SAYING, HAD YOU CAME BACK TO THE CITY AND HAD A CONVERSATION AND HAD THEM SMALLER, WE MOST LIKELY WOULD NOT BE HERE RIGHT NOW. SO THAT SHOWS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE INTENTIONS ON WORKING WITH THE CITY. THAT'S WHERE MY PROBLEM COMES IN. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. PRO TEM LUCK.

COULD YOU GO BACK A PICTURE? OKAY. WHAT'S THAT? ONE MORE. MAYBE FORWARD. OH, IT'S ONE PICTURE WHERE IT SHOWS YOUR YOUR ALL OF YOUR SIGNAGE. THIS ONE. YEAH. THAT ONE. OKAY. SO THE SIGN THAT'S RIGHT BY THE ROAD AND THEN THE SIGN THAT'S ON THE BUILDING, WE NO LONGER ALLOW POLE SIGNS UNLESS THEY'RE GRANDFATHERED IN. THESE ARE GRANDFATHERED IN. BUT WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO GET RID OF THOSE. WOULD I BE WILLING TO GET RID OF THOSE TWO SIGNS? IF YOU ALLOW ME KEEP THE REST OF MY SIGNS, I WILL BE WILLING TO REMOVE THAT BIG ONE RIGHT OVER THE TOP. NO, I'M TALKING BOTH OF THEM, BECAUSE THE LETTERING ON THOSE SIGNS IS VERY SMALL. AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY MORE OF THE SIZE THAT WE TO BE HONEST, NOBODY SEES THAT. SO I'M WILLING TO DO WHATEVER YOU WANT, MA'AM. SURE. I'M TRYING TO MAKE A POINT. I DON'T THINK THAT ANY OF THE SIGNAGE ON YOUR BUILDING IS NECESSARY, ACTUALLY, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TWO PYLON SIGNS THAT ARE PERFECTLY ADEQUATE FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES. IN FACT, ONE IS SO MUCH CLOSER TO THE ROAD TO THOSE SIX LANES THAT YOU SAY THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO REACH, THAT PEOPLE GOING BOTH WAYS CAN IS VERY SMALL, MA'AM. AND THE PICTURE ON THE PICTURE TO WHAT YOU COULD ACTUALLY MY OPINION IS THAT WE DON'T NEED ANY SIGNAGE ON THE BUILDING AND THAT THE PYLON SIGNS ARE GOOD ENOUGH.

THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. I APPRECIATE YOUR OPINION. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. TAKE A BREATH, SIR. YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU'VE BEEN TO COURT OF SOME IN THE CITY. 17, 18 TIMES. YES, SIR. SO YOU'VE HAD VIOLATIONS WRITTEN? AGAINST THIS BUSINESS, RIGHT, MR. MAYOR? YES, SIR. JUST TO JUST TO REITERATE MY POINT EARLIER THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERING PAST VIOLATIONS TO MAKE THE DETERMINATION WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE GOING TO GRANT A VARIANCE TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT REMINDER. OKAY. THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. I, I, I ONCE AGAIN I, I WANT TO REITERATE THIS. IF THE CITY COUNCIL PLEASE APPROVE US TO STAY IN MANDATE AND GIVE ME THE GRANDFATHER STATUE ON THE FRONT BUILDING, AS YOU GUYS SAW ON GOOGLE, I IF YOU I CAN KEEP THE FRONT SIGNAGE. I AM WILLING TO REMOVE ALL THE SIDE SIDING, INCLUDING THESE. I'M REALLY

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TRYING TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS. OKAY. WOULD YOU? YOU SAID THE FRONT SIGNAGE. IF YOU COULD KEEP THAT, WOULD YOU POINT TO THAT? WHICH SHOWS ON GOOGLE ASTHIS PREVIOUSLY THAT SHOULD BE GRANDFATHERED IN. AND WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO REMOVE. AND I'M GOING TO REMOVE ALL OF THE SIGNAGE HERE TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS TO BE ABLE TO, SINCE IT'S SO EXCESSIVE, I'LL REMOVE ALL THAT FOR YOU AND REMOVE THE SIDE SIGNING, WHICH IS WHERE THE SIGN IS ON THE OTHER SIDE. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE SIGNAGE? THE SIGNAGE THAT THE SIGNAGE THAT'S RIGHT HERE. I'M WILLING TO TAKE ALL OF THE TAKE THE SIDE SIGN OFF HERE, AND I'M WILLING TO TAKE ALL THESE SIGNS OFF HERE AS LONG AS I CAN KEEP THIS SIGN AND MY TWO POLE SIGNS. OKAY. SO YOU WANT TO KEEP THE TWO POLE SIGNS AND THAT THAT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT ENOUGH FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO GET SOME VISIBILITY. AND I MEAN, IT SHOULD BE GRANDFATHERED IN BECAUSE IT'S THE EXACT SAME SIZE. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, I WANT TO I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT I UNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU WERE ASKING US IF YOU COULD KEEP. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? THANK YOU SIR. MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR. VERY WELL.

COUNCIL MEMBER BEARD, THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT. I MAKE A MOTION TO FOLLOW STAFF'S AND ZONING PLANNING. ZONING RECOMMENDATION OF A 30 FOOT SIGN VARIANCE FOR THIS BUILDING WITH ALL OTHER SIGNS REMOVED. OH, GRANDFATHER IN THE POLE SIGNS. AND I LET ME START OVER. I'M SORRY. I'M TIRED. I RECOMMEND FOLLOWING PLANNING AND ZONING AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR SIGNAGE ON THIS BUILDING. THAT INCLUDES 30 FOOT PROVISION, 30 FOOT SQUARE FOOT PROVISION, AND THE REMOVAL OF THE SIGN FROM THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING. YES. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BEARD AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON. MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK. I MOVED TO AMEND THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR. I. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE TEN SQUARE FEET OR NONE, HONESTLY, OF SIGNAGE ON THE BUILDING. THEY HAVE TWO PYLON SIGNS ALREADY. THIS IS ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE ON THE BUILDING. IF YOU'D MAKE THAT MOTION, PLEASE PUSH YOUR MOTION BUTTON. WE HAVE A AMENDMENT BY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON TO AMEND IT TO BE TEN SQUARE FEET.

COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM ON THIS AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION? COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE, QUESTION CAN YOU GIVE US GUIDELINES? THE MOTION, THE AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION IS THAT. THE AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION IS TO HAVE TEN. IS THAT CONDUCIVE? IS THAT CONSISTENT WITH. THE OTHER SIGNAGE IS TAKING PLACE IN THE AREA. SO TEN SQUARE FEET IS WHAT PERMITTED PER CODE ANYWAY. SO FOR THAT WE DON'T REALLY NEED A DEVIATION. COUNCIL CAN ALWAYS, AT YOUR DISCRETION, DENY THIS REQUEST, WHICH MEANS YOU CAN ONLY HAVE THE TEN SQUARE FOOT SIGN ON THE FRONT WITHOUT A DEVIATION FROM DOWNTOWN. WAIVER FROM CITY COUNCIL. BOTH HIS SITE SIGNS HAS TO COME DOWN ANYWAY. THOSE ARE NOT LEGAL SIGNS ON I KNOW HE THE APPLICANT DOES REFER TO BEING WILLING TO REMOVE THEM, BUT HE'S REQUIRED TO REMOVE THEM ANYWAY ON BOTH SIDES. MAYOR PRO TEM NABILA. DO DOES THAT PAY LESS TIRES SHOP THAT WE WERE SHOWN? DO THEY HAVE PYLON SIGNS? PROBABLY NOT. I DON'T I DON'T RECALL SEEING THEM IN ANY OF THE PICTURES. LET ME DOUBLE CHECK REAL QUICK BEFORE I SPEAK. IN FACT I DON'T. THEY'RE REALLY AREN'T WITHIN HIS GENERAL AREA.

I DIDN'T SEE MANY POLE SIGNS AROUND HIM AT ALL EXCEPT FOR HIS. NO MA'AM, I DO NOT SEE.

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SIGN THERE. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER BASS. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO IN LOOKING AT IT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP. WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE BUSINESSES NEARBY? THERE ARE A LOT OF POLE SIGNS ACTUALLY GOING DOWN THE STREET FROM GOING NORTH FROM HIS BUSINESS. JUST ABOUT EVERY BUSINESS HAS A POLE SIGN, MOST OF THE SIGNAGE, AND I ONLY WENT OUT LIKE MAYBE 200 YARDS IN EACH DIRECTION. I DIDN'T GO VERY FAR ON GOOGLE IMAGES HERE. THERE ARE ONE, TWO, THREE, THREE BUILDINGS WITHIN A HUNDRED YARDS OF THIS ONE THAT HAVE SIGNS ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING WITH NO PUBLIC ACCESS. THERE ARE ONE TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN BUILDINGS THAT HAVE SIGNS THAT ARE DEFINITELY LARGER THAN 30FT■S. WHETHER ANY OF THESE ARE GRANDFATHERED IN OR NOT, IT IS THE COMPETITIVE MARKET THAT THIS BUSINESS IS IN. SO THERE ARE MANY POLE SIGNS. THREE BUSINESSES WITH BUILDING SIGNS ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING WITH NO ACCESS, AND MORE THAN HALF A DOZEN WITH SIGNS THAT ARE DEFINITELY LARGER THAN 30FT■S. DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF THESE ARE GRANDFATHERED IN OR NOT, BUT JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. THAT'S WHAT I FOUND IN LOOKING ON GOOGLE IMAGES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS ON THIS MOTION FOR TO AMEND THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO TEN SQUARE FEET ALLOWED AREA. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO MORE DISCUSSION, MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION? AND THAT ITEM, I DIDN'T I NEVER GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE. YOU ARE NOT UP THERE. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE RESET THE VOTE NOW? IT'S OKAY.

COUNCIL. PLEASE VOTE. THAT ITEM. FAILS 4 TO 5 WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. BEARD, MOORE AND THOMAS IN OPPOSITION. WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO THE ORIGINAL AMENDMENT. THE ORIGINAL MOTION.

IT WAS 30FT■S. DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL RIGHT. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION FOR 30FT■S? THAT ITEM PASSES 7 TO 2 WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS AND BASS IN OPPOSITION. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM ON

[10. Citywide Appointment

  • Christie Fuentes, Animal Services Advisory Committee
]

OUR AGENDA. IT'S CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. WE ARE HAVING A CITYWIDE APPOINTMENT TO THE ANIMAL SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE. MAYOR PRO TEM LUKE, PLEASE MAKE THAT NOMINATION. THANK YOU. MAYOR, THERE'S AN APPOINTMENT FOR CHRISTY FUENTES ANIMAL SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE. WE HAVE A NOMINATION FOR CHRISTY FUENTES TO THE ANIMAL SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE. COUNCIL? DO WE HAVE A SECOND ON THAT ONE? SORRY. AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER BASS. ANY DISCUSSION ON THI ITEM? MADAM CHAIR, IF YOU'D PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE. AND COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS. HE IS HERE. THAT ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM IS CITIZEN. COMMENTS. I HAVE THE.

REGULATIONS HERE. MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO ADDRESS ISSUES NOT ON THE MEETING AGENDA. WE'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT,

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COUNCIL IS PROHIBITED FROM DISCUSSING ANY ITEM NOT ON THE POSTED AGENDA. MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS TONIGHT? NO, SIR, WE DO NOT. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? SEEING NONE. THEN AT

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