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          WELCOME TO THE OCTOBER 20TH, 2025 MEETING OF THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL. IT'S OUR WORK 
          [ PUBLIC COMMENTS ON WORK SESSION ITEMS]
SESSION TONIGHT. FIRST ITEM WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON WORK SESSION ITEMS. MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TODAY? YES WE DO. SKIP KELLER. COME ON UP, SIR. YEAH. NO, WE'LL HAVE YOU JUST GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, SIR. MY NAME IS SKIP KELLER. I LIVE AT 3409 ALTAIR DRIVE IN GARLAND. AND. LAST NIGHT, MY WIFE CAME TO ME AND SAID. SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS ARE TALKING ABOUT A SPORTS COMPLEX. 
          SOCCER COMPLEX. AND IT WAS ON NEIGHBORHOOD, WHATEVER THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THING IS ONLINE. 
          CAN YOU READ THAT? I'M SORRY. SO I SAID, NO, I'LL FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE I THOUGHT THIS PROJECT WAS IT CAME OUT DURING THE ELECTION TIME AND NOW IT'S BACK ON FOR CONSIDERATION. IS THAT CORRECT? SO NOW SOME QUESTIONS BECAUSE I'M REALLY ALL FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN SPORTS TOURISM OVER 30 YEARS AND I THINK GARLAND IS A GREAT PLACE. 
          IT'S GROWING AND IT'S RELY WORKING ON SPORTS, TOURISM AND OTHER THINGS. SO I WANT TO SEE THIS HAPPEN. IT'S NOT A NEGATIVE THING THAT I'M UP HERE. SO FIRST QUESTION I HAVE IS WILL THIS BE A PRIVATE COMPLEX OR A PUBLIC COMPLEX. AND WILL THE PUBLIC HAVE ACCESS FOR LEAGUES AND TOURNAMENT PLAY? IF IT'S A PRIVATE COMPLEX. THE NEXT QUESTION, WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY AT THIS TIME? AND IF THIS PROJECT COMES TO FRUITION, WILL IT BECOME CITY PROPERTY? BECAUSE THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE. IS THIS COMPLEX BEING DESIGNED WITH YOUTH LEAGUES IN MIND, OR AS IN THE OTHER PROJECT, IS IT GOING TO BE DESIGNATED FOR SEMI-PRO USE ALSO? AND HOW IS THE PROJECT BEING FUNDED? ANOTHER CITY I WORK FOR, WE PAID FOR A $35 MILLION COMPLEX WITH FOUR B MONEY, BUT I UNDERSTAND WE DON'T HAVE THAT HERE, SO I'M INTERESTED. HOW IS THAT GOING TO BE PAID FOR BOND OR WHAT? BECAUSE I KNOW THE ONE WE DID IN 2019 DIDN'T REALLY HAVE THIS PROJECT IN MIND. I KNOW THE ROADS WERE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          HERE'S A REAL IMPORTANT ONE. WHO WILL PROGRAM, MAINTAIN AND PROMOTE THIS FACILITY? I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. IS IT GOING TO BE A PRIVATE ORGANIZATION OR IS IT GOING TO. 
          WE HAVE ONE OF THE BEST CVBS IN THE STATE, AND WE HAVE ONE OF THE BEST PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENTS IN THE STATE. AND I'VE KNOWN ANDY FOR 20 YEARS, AND I KNOW IF HE'S INVOLVED IN IT, IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT PROJECT. SO BUT IT'S REAL IMPORTANT TO THE PUBLIC. AND LIKE I SAY, THERE'S MISINFORMATION GOING ON AROUND THERE AROUND TOWN. AND I'D LIKE TO GET THIS STRAIGHT BECAUSE THIS COULD BE A GREAT PROJECT FOR THIS TOWN. AS A COMPLEX GOING TO BE DESIGNED FOR GAME FIELDS ONLY. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, SOCCER CAN WEAR OUT FIELDS IN A HURRY. AND SO SOMETIMES WE HAVE DESIGNATED GAME FIELDS ONLY WITH NO PRACTICE ON THEM. IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE PLAYING ON THESE FOR, YOU KNOW, SOCCER SEASON USUALLY HAS TWO SEASONS, SOMETIMES THREE. AND IF IT'S A PRIVATE COMPLEX, I WORKED AT A PRIVATE SOFTBALL COMPLEX IN AUSTIN, AND IT HAS TO BE A YEAR ROUND VENTURE FOR THEM TO SUSTAIN THEMSELVES. IT CAN'T BE EVERY THIRD OR FOURTH WEEKEND. 
          THEY'VE GOT TO BRING IN FUNDS TO MAINTAIN THEMSELVES, AND THEY CAN KEEP THIS PROJECT IN GOOD SHAPE. WILL IT HAVE NATURAL GRASS OR WILL IT BE SYNTHETIC TURF? BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS MAINTENANCE ISSUES. I LOVE NATURAL GRASS, BUT YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IF YOU GET SO MUCH PLAY, IT KIND OF WEARS IT OUT. AND SOME PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SYNTHETIC TURF, BUT SOCCER FIELDS MAINLY ARE NATURAL GRASS. I MEAN, THE SOCCER PEOPLE LOVE THE GRASS AND THERE'S ANOTHER ONE I SAW IN THE REPORT THERE. YOU HAD A COMPANY OUT OF CHICAGO WHO WAS GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHY WE NEED THIS? AND THEY SAID THERE'S NOT VERY MANY GOOD SOCCER COMPLEXES IN THE METROPLEX. YOU CAN HAVE THE 
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BEST FIELDS IN THE WORLD, BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE RUNNING THAT COMPLEX WHO KNOW HOW TO PUT ELITE TOURNAMENTS ON AND BRING IN THE PEOPLE, IT WILL NOT BECOME A DESTINATION AREA. OKAY. SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE THE CVB AND PEOPLE LIKE THAT FOR PROMOTING THIS WHO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. AND DANA HAS DONE A HECK OF A JOB SINCE SHE'S BEEN ON BOARD. I'VE SEEN IMPROVEMENT. IT'S BEEN UNBELIEVABLE WITH HER. AND YOU GOT A GREAT PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT. SO WE'VE GOT THE NATURAL RESOURCES HERE. AND WITH ANDY LEADING THE WAY, I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT PROJECT. AND AS I KNOW, MOST OF YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW, BUT THERE IS A LOT OF COMPETITION OUT THERE. FRISCO PROBABLY HAS ONE OF THE BEST SOCCER COMPLEXES IN THE STATE AND OTHER CITIES. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN BIDDING AGAINST OTHER CITIES SINCE THE 70S AND IT'S A GAME. SO WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT PEOPLE ON BOARD. WE JUST NEED TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC SO THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON, BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT PROJECT IF IT HAPPENS, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF COMPETITION OUT THERE. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, I ONLY KNOW A COUPLE OF YOU IN HERE NOW, I SPENT OVER 30 YEARS IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION BUSINESS WORK FOR CVBS WHEN I RETIRED, AND I WORKED FOR THAT PRIVATE SPORTS COMPLEX IN AUSTIN. SO I'M VERY INTERESTED IN THIS PROJECT. I LOVE THIS TOWN AND I WANT TO SEE IT GO. 
          AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU SIR. WE'LL CERTAINLY HAVE SOME ANSWERS FOR YOU COMING UP SOON. ALL RIGHT, MADAM SECRETARY, ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? NO, SIR. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK? OKAY. MR. CITY MANAGER, YOU HAVE AN INTRODUCTION YOU'D LIKE TO DO. YEAH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE HAD A MINUTE BEFORE WE JUMP IN HERE. 
          JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER, JUSTIN FAIR. HE'S KIND OF BEEN HERE A COUPLE WEEKS, SO HAS PROBABLY SHAKEN YOUR HAND, BUT JUST WANTED TO GIVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF FORMALLY INTRODUCE HIMSELF. HE'S BEEN HERE NOW FOR A FEW WEEKS. JOINS US FROM THE CITY OF GOODYEAR, ARIZONA, NOT TEXAS, ARIZONA. BUT HE'S GOT A LOT OF ROOTS HERE AND AND CERTAINLY HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN THE IT ARENA. AND ACTUALLY FOR THE CITY OF GOODYEAR, HE WAS A DEPUTY CITY MANAGER THERE FOR SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE JOINING TEAM GARLAND. SO JUSTIN, WELCOME AND FEEL FREE TO SHARE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL ABOUT YOURSELF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. IT'S IT REALLY IS GREAT TO BE HERE. I KNOW THIS IS WEEK SIX NOW. WE'RE COUNTING THIS MORNING, BUT IT'S BEEN GREAT. I AM, EVEN THOUGH I JUST CAME FROM ARIZONA. I'M TEXAN AT HEART, SO I'M GLAD TO BE HOME. I GREW UP IN WEST TEXAS AND THAT'S WHERE MY FAMILY'S AT AND SO. WELL, WHICH WHERE I GREW UP. AND SO MY WIFE AND I'VE GOT WIFE AND KIDS, AND THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY TO JOIN ME HERE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS WITH SCHOOL AND EVERYTHING FINISHING UP. SO BUT NO, WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE. AS I MENTIONED, I, I'VE SPENT 15 YEARS DOING WORKING WITHIN HEALTHCARE, IT SUPPORTING IT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, AND THEN WENT TO THE CITY OF GOODYEAR AND AS THE CIO OVER IT THERE THEN WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO MOVE UP INTO THE ROLE AS DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AND SPENT TWO AND A HALF YEARS IN THAT ROLE. SO VERY EXCITED TO BE BACK HOME TO TEXAS AND BE HERE. AND I'M EXCITED TO WORK ALONG WITH ALONGSIDE WITH YOU ALL AND HELP CONTINUE WITH JUDD'S VISION OF WHERE TO TAKE CITY OF GARLAND FORWARD AND TEAM GARLAND. SO WITH THAT, LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING TO KNOW EACH OF YOU A LITTLE BIT BETTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL WILL MOVE THEN ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. AGENDA. I HAVEN'T HAD 
          [ CONSIDER THE CONSENT AGENDA]
ANY REQUESTS TO PULL ANY ITEMS, BUT EVERYONE KNOWS HOW TO DO THAT. IF THEY HAVE AN ITEM THEY 
          [1. Abandonment of an Access Easement and Portion of a Drainage Easement to C&M Villareal Family Limited Partnership, Ltd]
WISH TO BE PULLED FOR TOMORROW, MOVE ON THEN TO WRITTEN BRIEFINGS. THE FIRST WRITTEN BRIEFING IS ABANDONMENT OF AN ACCESS EASEMENT AND PORTION OF A DRAINAGE EASEMENT TO CNM VILLAREAL FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP LIMITED. AND NUMBER TWO DENY ONCOR ELECTRIC RATE 
          [2. Deny Oncor's Electric Rate Change]
          [3. Consider the 2026 City Council Calendar]
CHANGE. NUMBER THREE IS. CONSIDER THE 2026 CITY COUNCIL CALENDAR. I WILL MOVE THEN ON 
          [4. Update on the PGBT & Holford Road Soccer Complex and Destination Development Plan]
TO OUR VERBAL BRIEFINGS. THE FIRST VERBAL BRIEFING IS UPDATE ON THE BGB AND HOLFORD ROAD SOCCER COMPLEX AND DESTINATION DEVELOPMENT PLAN. MR. HESSER, THANK YOU. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          ANDY HESS, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER I JUMPED UP HERE SO QUICKLY BECAUSE I WANTED TO TEST JUSTIN'S POWERPOINT OPENING SKILLS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING OUR MONEY'S WORTH. RIGHT? SO NOT A LOT OF SLIDES, BUT A LOT TO COVER. AND SO WHAT 
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I'M GOING TO TRY TO DO TONIGHT IS KIND OF COVER WHERE WE'VE BEEN, HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE AND SEEK A LITTLE DIRECTION ON ON WHERE WE'RE GOING. SO AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, AGAIN, THIS THIS PROJECT AS WELL AS MANY OTHERS, WE WANT TO SEEK ALIGNMENT WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, WHETHER IT'S OUR GPS STRATEGIC PLAN, WHETHER IT'S OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND MANY OTHERS, OUR STAFF, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF WORKS EVERY DAY VERY HARD TO DO THESE THINGS, AND WE WANT TO BE A REGIONALLY COMPETITIVE AND ATTRACTING QUALITY RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. WE WANT TO CREATE LOCAL A REGIONAL VISITOR DESTINATIONS, SUCH AS EXPANDING OUR LODGING OPTIONS TO ACCOMMODATE VISITORS AND SUPPORT TOURISM, IMPLEMENT TARGETED RECRUITMENT EFFORTS FOR RETAIL HOSPITALITY BUSINESSES. AND AS IT RELATES MORE TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT, LEVERAGE PUBLIC ASSETS TO CREATE DISTINCTIVE RECREATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT EXPERIENCES, AS WELL AS DEVELOP A DIVERSE INVENTORY OF EXPERIENCE BASED DESTINATIONS. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT IN DOING SO, WE WANT TO MAXIMIZE OUR RETURN ON BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INVESTMENT. THAT REALLY BOOSTS OUR REVENUE SOURCES AND OUR REVENUE STREAMS. OUR FISCAL HEALTH. SO A LITTLE, LITTLE BACKGROUND OF KIND OF WHERE WE WHERE WE'VE BEEN IN THE LAST THREE YEARS. YOU MIGHT RECALL THIS, THIS CONCEPT OF, OF SOCCER IN GARLAND REALLY STARTED WITH THE STADIUM DOWN SOUTH AND LOOKING THAT LOOKING AT THAT FROM A DESTINATION STANDPOINT THAT THAT EVOLVED OVER TIME VERY QUICKLY. AND AS IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THE STADIUM IS A IS A GREAT AMBITION, IS IT KIND OF WENT INTO THE THE REAR VIEW MIRROR AND WORKING WITH US AT THE TIME, IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THERE ARE TWO ECONOMIES THAT WERE THAT WERE AVAILABLE FOR THAT PROJECT, AND ONE WAS THE TRAINING FACILITY AND YOUTH SOCCER FACILITY TOGETHER. AND SO AGAIN, AS THAT EVOLVED OVER TIME, WHERE WE ENDED UP WHERE WE ARE TODAY IS FOCUSING ON THE YOUTH SOCCER COMPONENT. AND AS WE FELT VERY STRONGLY THAT THE STUDIES SHOW THAT PUBLIC ASSETS THAT ARE CENTERED AROUND YOUTH SPORTS DRIVE DEMAND FOR PRIVATE INVESTMENT. THEREFORE, WE ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY ALONG HOLFORD. BOTH THE 60 ACRES, THE COMPONENT THAT WOULD HOST THE SOCCER COMPONENT, AND THEN THE 13.95 FOR PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT. SO THEREFORE, OUR VISION REALLY REMAINS THE SAME, EVEN THOUGH IT'S CHANGED AND EVOLVED WHAT THE ECONOMY THAT WE FEEL THAT WILL BE DRIVEN BY HOLFORD AND 190 PARTNERSHIP IS REALLY GOING TO BE CENTERED AROUND THE YOUTH, RECREATIONAL, COMPETITIVE AND THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CLUB CUB PLAY POSSIBLE. AND THAT WILL INVOLVE LEAGUES, WILL INVOLVE TOURNAMENTS, THINGS THAT DRIVE HOTEL STAYS INCREASE FOOT TRAFFIC FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES. FAST FORWARD TO TODAY, AS YOU'VE SEEN, AND WE'VE DISCUSSED THE PREVIOUS PROPOSED DEAL STRUCTURE, JUST DIDN'T WE DIDN'T FEEL THAT IT WAS GOING TO YIELD LARGE ENOUGH RETURN ON INVESTMENT SINCE THOSE NEGOTIATIONS HAVE HAS ENDED, THE CITY HAS BEEN CONTACTED BY QUITE A BIT OF OF OUTSIDE INTEREST, BOTH SOCCER AS WELL AS OTHER OTHER TYPES OF SPORTS. ADDITIONALLY, THIS NEW OPPORTUNITY ALLOWS US AN ADDITIONAL TWO AND A HALF ACRES TO GO BACK INTO THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT SIDE THAT WAS ORIGINALLY SLATED FOR FOR MULTI-PURPOSE FACILITY. SO A QUICK RECAP OF THE BUDGET FROM THE 2019 BOND PROGRAM, 25.9 MILLION WAS ALLOCATED FOR HOLFORD ROAD AND NAAMAN FOREST EXTENSION IMPROVEMENTS. THOSE WERE INCLUDED IN THE BOND PROGRAM TO HELP CATALYZE DEVELOPMENT ON THAT CORNER. REGARDLESS OF WHAT IT WAS INTENDED TO BE. JUST WE KNEW THAT WAS A GREAT CORNER THAT WAS GOING TO NEED DEVELOPMENT. SO THE HOLFORD YOUTH AND RECREATION SOCCER FACILITIES ARE PROPOSED AT THIS POINT, AT 25 MILLION OF CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. SO THAT'S A TOTAL BUDGET NOW OF 50.9 MILLION. SO WE ENGAGED A CONSULTANT THAT SPECIALIZES IN FEASIBILITY STUDIES RELATED TO HOTELS, SPORTS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. 
          AND THEN JUNE OF 2025 THEY DID A MARKET DEMAND AND FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS. I THINK WE ALL RECOGNIZE WHETHER YOU HAVE KIDS OR GRANDKIDS OR OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS, THAT YOUTH SPORTS AND TOURISM, YOUTH SPORTS, TOURISM IN TEXAS IS NOT SLOWING DOWN. IT'S HUGE. WE'RE SECOND ONLY TO FLORIDA IN THAT BUSINESS. THE HOLFORD ROAD SIDE IS ADJACENT TO EXISTING RETAIL, HOTEL AND RECREATION AMENITIES. THIS PROJECT WOULD FURTHER ACCENTUATE THAT, AND THIS PROJECT ADDRESSES A VERY CLEAR GAP IN TOURNAMENT QUALITY FACILITIES IN DALLAS COUNTY, PARTICULARLY THE EAST SIDE, AND EVEN FURTHER. QUITE HONESTLY, IF YOU GO TO THE COMMUNITIES TO OUR EAST, THERE ARE LIMITED, IF ANY SOCCER FACILITIES WHATSOEVER, AND THEY ARE DRIVING RIGHT BY THIS LOCATION TO GO PARTICIPATE IN VARIOUS OTHER CITIES. SO THIS REALLY POSITIONS GARLAND ALONGSIDE TOP SUBURBAN SPORTS DESTINATIONS AND THE DYNAMIC BETWEEN THE 
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PUBLIC'S YOUTH SOCCER AND A PRIVATE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT BENEFIT BENEFIT EACH OTHER IN THE SENSE THAT TRAFFIC BEGETS SUCCESS FOR THE MIXED USE AND THE DESTINATION THERE FROM FOOD AND BEVERAGE, HOTEL OR RETAIL, IS WHAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR WITH SPORTS TOURISM IN THEIR IN THEIR FAMILIES. SO JUST A QUICK SUMMARY. WHAT THEY'RE WHAT THEY'RE BASICALLY SAYING IS, IS THAT OUR PROPOSED APPROXIMATELY EIGHT FIELDS FOR THIS FACILITY, THERE IS A MARKET FOR IT. THERE IS A MARKET FOR RETAIL AND DINING. THERE IS A MARKET FOR MULTIFAMILY AND HOTEL, ALL DRIVEN BY YOUTH SPORTS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING. KIND OF AT A HIGH LEVEL. AGAIN, IT'S A LENGTHY STUDY, BUT AT A HIGH LEVEL, ESTIMATED ANNUAL ATTENDANCE IS AROUND 240,000. 
          THAT'S THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS IT MAY RAMP UP TO BE WELL OVER 250,000. SO THAT PRODUCES OVER A 30 YEAR NET IMPACT OF NET NEW SPENDING IS JUST UNDER $1 BILLION, ACCORDING TO THIS STUDY. AND THAT POTENTIAL IMPACT TO THE CITY IS 108 MILLION, WITH SOME ASSUMPTIONS HERE. AND SO, AGAIN, YOUTH SPORTS TOURISM IS AT AN ALL TIME RECORD FROM PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS. THE SPENDING THAT THAT FAMILIES DO FOR YOUTH SPORTS IS ALL TIME HIGH. AND ON TOP OF THAT, DFW IS LEADING US METROPOLITAN AREAS IN POPULATION GROWTH. SO DFW IS NOT SLOWING DOWN. HERE'S A FEW EXAMPLES OF AND THERE'S MANY, MANY MORE. THESE ARE JUST WHAT WE COULD FIT ON ONE SLIDE. SO THESE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF YOUTH SPORTS ANCHOR DEVELOPMENTS I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THE DETAILS, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT SOME OF THESE ARE OUTDOOR, SOME ARE INDOOR, SOME ARE A COMBINATION OF THE TWO. BUT CLEARLY MANY CITIES HAVE CAUGHT ON TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SPORTS TOURISM, PARTICULARLY THE YOUTH AND ADJACENT DEVELOPMENT. SO HERE'S A KIND OF A AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD BE FAMILIAR WITH. WE DO HAVE OWNERSHIP OF THE WHOLE AREA. THERE'S 13.95 THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. THE BALANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 60 ACRES WILL BE DEDICATED STRICTLY FOR SOCCER USE FOR YOUTH AND PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE FACILITY. IN ADDITION TO THAT, A RECAP. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND WE'VE HAD SOME PUBLIC MEETINGS ABOUT IT. THERE IS ALSO A REZONING PROPOSAL FOR THIS WHOLE AREA, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT EVERYTHING OUTLINED IN BLUE RIGHT NOW IS A HODGEPODGE OF ZONING, FROM AG TO A COUPLE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PDS WITH DIFFERENT ZONING. REGARDLESS OF WHAT THIS ENDS UP BEING, IT MAKES SENSE FOR, AGAIN, THIS AMAZING CORNER TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF REGULATED MIXED USE TYPE DEVELOPMENT. SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS OF THIS 127 ACRES, FOR IT TO BE A REZONE OF THE BASE PD WOULD BE URBAN BUSINESS AND URBAN RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS BASICALLY OUR MIXED USE ZONING. THAT ALSO INCLUDES THE 13.95 ACRES ON THIS CORNER. YOU CAN SEE THE MOUSE RIGHT HERE THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW. AND AGAIN, THE PLAN WOULD TO MAKE SURE IT FACILITATES MIXED USE RETAIL, RESTAURANTS MULTIFAMILY POTENTIAL HOTEL MAYBE CONVENTION HOTEL. IT ALLOWS FOR HIGHER DENSITY, BUT IT IS A CONTIGUOUS DEVELOPMENT WHERE PRIORITIZES WALKABILITY TRAILS AND CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE TWO DEVELOPMENTS. SO RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'RE SEEKING DIRECTION AND FEEDBACK ON TONIGHT IS WE'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS YOUTH SOCCER DESTINATION MODEL BASED ON THE STUDY. AND ALSO ON TOP OF THAT, AS EVERYBODY'S AWARE THAT THE WORLD CUP IS COMING IN 2026, IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN THE PAST SEVERAL AND WHEREVER THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE UNITED STATES, THERE'S AN ENORMOUS BOUNCE IN YOUTH SOCCER INTEREST. AND IT IS NOT A GENERALLY A TEMPORARY BOUNCE. IT BOUNCES AND AND GAINS MOMENTUM. WE'D LIKE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. ALSO MOVING FORWARD AS PLANNED FROM THE BOND PROGRAM, THE GEO BONDS FOR NAAMAN FOREST EXTENSION AND CO BONDS FOR THE SOCCER COMPLEX PURSUE THE REZONE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT. AND THEN MORE IMPORTTLY TO THIS IS EVALUATE AND DETERMINE THE MOST EFFECTIVE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROCESS FOR POTENTIAL PARTNERS. I WIN THE AWARD FOR ALLITERATION WITH THE LETTER P. 
          NOT GOING TO TRY IT AGAIN. YOU ONLY GET ONE. SO AND THAT'S IMPORTANT. SO IN THIS PROCESS WE WOULD MAKE THIS. AND THERE'S SEVERAL WAYS TO DO THIS PROCUREMENT. SO WE'RE GOING TO EVALUATE WHAT'S BEST FOR BOTH THE SOCCER SIDE AND THE DEVELOPMENT SIDE. OR TOGETHER. 
          WE DON'T KNOW YET. BUT THAT NEEDS TO BE A PUBLIC PROCESS THAT EVERYBODY CAN SUBMIT, WHETHER THAT'S AN RFQ OR AN RFP. WE'LL DETERMINE THAT SHORTLY, BUT WE'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD 
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WITH THAT. WE WANT THAT TO BE A TRANSPARENT PROCESS. WE WANT IT TO BE A FAIR PROCESS, BUT ALSO GET THE MOST BANG FOR OUR BUCK FOR THE CITY AND RETURN ON ITS INVESTMENT. AND THEN LASTLY, CONTINUE. WE HAVE AN EXISTING CONTRACT WITH KIMLEY-HORN FOR DESIGN SERVICES. WE'VE MOVED FORWARD PRETTY QUICKLY BASED ON THE PREVIOUS CONCEPTS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO WITH THE NEW PARTNER, THE NEW FOCUS ON YOUTH SPORTS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT, OTHER AMENITIES OR OTHER DETAILS, OTHER FUNCTIONS OF THIS PROPERTY TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOW FOCUSED ON THAT AS THE PRIMARY PURPOSE. SO I WENT THROUGH THAT A LITTLE QUICKLY. WE'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU ANDY. MATT, GO TO YOU FIRST. CAN YOU BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT THE FINANCIAL SIDE OF THIS GIVEN THE NUMBERS? SURE. SO RIGHT NOW OUR BUDGET FOR THIS PROJECT IS 25.9 MILLION. AND THAT'S COMING FROM THE 2019 BOND PROGRAM. AND THAT IS THE BUDGET FOR THE NAME AND EXTENSION, AS WELL AS HOLFORD ROAD SURROUNDING THE SITE. THE $25 MILLION WOULD BE A CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION ISSUANCE THAT WE WOULD DO FOR THE SOCCER COMPLEX ITSELF. ONE THING I WILL NOTE IS DURING THE SUMMER, WE DID PASS A CIP BUDGET AMENDMENT TO INCREASE THE 2025 CIP BY $5 MILLION, WHICH YOU WILL SEE IN THE 2026 CIP. IS THIS FULL PROJECT COMING FORWARD IN THE 26 CIP. BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS ASKING, YOU KNOW, IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO CONTINUE DOWN THE PATH OF DESIGN FOR THAT, AND WE WOULD ISSUE THE BALANCE OF THOSE CEOS AND CEOS IN OUR TYPICAL TIME FRAME. WE TYPICALLY ISSUE BONDS AFTER THE CIP IS PASSED. AND AND THAT WOULD BE IN JANUARY FEBRUARY TIME FRAME. RIGHT. ANDY, YOU MENTIONED. I CAN'T SAY IT. THAT HUTTON. HUTTON HADN'T COMPANY DATA ANALYSIS. AND YOU ALSO MENTIONED AT ONE OF YOUR SLIDES, I THINK IT WAS THE LAST ONE YOU MENTIONED. KIMLEY-HORN. AND YOU TALKED ABOUT GETTING INPUT FROM VARIOUS VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS IN DESIGNED THE WHOLE WORKS. CAN YOU TELL ME HOW WOULD YOU HOW YOU ENVISION GOING ABOUT THAT? COMMUNITY, BE IT AMATEUR OR PRO ON EITHER SIDE OF THAT, EITHER WITH HUTTON COMPANY OR WITH KIMLEY-HORN? SO CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT? I MEAN, SO TO CLARIFY THAT THIS WILL BE GEARED TOWARDS YOUTH SPORTS IN THIS PARTICULAR PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'RE SEEKING THAT WOULD WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE ANY PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT IN THIS AT THAT TIME, AT THIS TIME, SO THAT THAT THEN WHEN YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT PARTNER FOR A DIFFERENT FOCUS, WE FEEL THAT IT IS PRUDENT THAT THE WHOEVER IS SELECTED AS OUR SOCCER PROVIDER FOR YOUTH AND I SAY YOUTH, YOU COULD ALSO SEE GO ALL THE WAY UP TO U18 SOMETIMES U19 FOR CLUB PLAY, BUT TO SEEK THEIR INPUT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THE PROPOSED COMPLEX IS SUITING THOSE NEEDS IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE. SO I WOULDN'T SEE LARGE WHOLESALE CHANGES. IT'S STILL LOOKING AT EIGHT FIELDS, LARGELY GRASS FIELDS. THEY WOULD OVERSEE THOSE IN THE WINTERTIME BECAUSE THE SOCCER SEASON PROBABLY FEELS LIKE 18 MONTHS A YEAR, BUT IT'S REALLY LIKE TEN. SO THEY WOULD PLAY IN THE WINTERTIME SOMETIMES AND ALL THE WAY THROUGH. SO WE MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF ARTIFICIAL TURF. BUT THE WAY THEY'RE ORIENTED, THE AMENITIES, THE SPACING BETWEEN THEM, ALL OF THOSE LITTLE DETAILS THAT WE WOULD WORK WITH WITH OUR DESIGN TEAM, WE WOULD DO SO WITH A NEW PARTNER AND WITH IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THOSE MEMBERS OF THE SOCCER COMMUNITY. YOUTH. YES, SIR, THAT YOU HAVE REFERRED TO, THEY WILL BE SOLICITED OR GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN ON BOTH THE DESIGN PART OF IT AND THE PURCHASE PART OF IT. SO THAT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR CLARIFICATION TOO. SO AGAIN, THE IDEA IS THAT'S WHY I ASKED THAT. YEAH. SO THAT THE OUR, OUR COMPONENT OF THAT IS THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT, THE 25 MILLION FOR THE FACILITY ITSELF, WITH OUR PROPOSAL, THE PROCUREMENT OF THIS PARTNER WOULD BE THE OPERATOR OF THE PROGRAM, ALSO THE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF IT. SO THAT DOES NOT IMPACT OUR 
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GENERAL FUND IN ANY WAY. THAT'S THAT'S THE GOAL. SO IT'S IT'S REALLY A WIN WIN. SO THE FEEDBACK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE THOSE THAT THAT THE PROCESS IS GOING TO VET OUT THE HOPEFULLY THE BEST PARTNER THAT'S GOING TO HAVE THE EXPERIENCE TO OPERATE IT AND THE EXPERIENCE TO MAINTAIN IT. AND THAT AND THAT COMES DOWN TO EXTREME AMOUNT OF DETAIL ABOUT THAT EXPERIENCE FOR THE YOUTH AND THE PARENTS AND THE VISITORS. AND LASTLY, SO HOW DO YOU ENVISION GETTING THAT INPUT FROM THE YOUTH, FROM THE THE VARIOUS ASSOCIATIONS THAT WE HAVE OPERATING IN GARLAND AND AROUND? HOW DO YOU SEE THAT FIGURING INTO THE FINAL PRODUCT? SURE. IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE EARLY YET TO HAVE THE EXACT DETAILS ON THAT, BUT I THINK DIRECT ENGAGEMENT, YOU KNOW, THAT TO MAXIMIZE THE ABILITY OF THIS PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE WANT THE PARTNER TO BE SELECTED BEFORE WE ENGAGE IN ALL OF THE DETAILS. SO I THINK JUST DIRECT ENGAGEMENT, ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR LOCAL USERS ALREADY THAT WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS FACILITY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. YES. IF YOU WILL GO FORWARD TO SLIDE TEN, PLEASE. SO I WANT TO FOCUS ON THE THE 2019 BOND SIDE OF THIS FOR A MOMENT. SO HOLFORD ROAD IS GOING TO EXTEND ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF THAT PROPERTY. 
          OR HOW MUCH FARTHER PAST THERE. TENTATIVELY WE'RE LOOKING AT THE THE CURRENT DESIGN DEVELOPMENT BRINGS IT TO THE ENTRANCE OF THAT PARK DRIVE ENTRANCE OF 1770. HOLFORD. THE ONE, THE ONE THAT'S ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF HOLFORD IS THAT LITTLE LOOP RIGHT THERE? YES, SIR. THAT'S CORRECT. CORNER RIGHT THERE. 1770. CORRECT. IS THE SIGN THERE. SO HOLFORD WOULD COME ALL THE WAY THAT FAR AND THEN NAAMAN FOREST, WOULD THAT CONNECT BOTH ENDS OF NAAMAN FOREST? OR IS THE PART ON THE NORTH END OR WEST SIDE INCLUDED IN THAT 25.9 MILLION, OR IS THAT AN ALTERNATE POSSIBILITY, OR ARE WE PLANNING TO DO THE WHOLE THING? I BELIEVE AT THIS POINT IT'S AN ALTERNATE. IT IS BUDGET DEPENDENT ON WHEN THE BIDS COME IN AND THE BUDGET IS IS FIXED AT THIS POINT. SO ONCE IT WILL BE APPROACHED AS A AS AN ADD ALTERNATE. OKAY. SO IF THERE'S ROOM IN THE 25.9, THEN WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND EXTEND IT ALL THE WAY ACROSS MY UNDERSTANDING OF CRYSTAL WANTS TO CHIME IN OKAY, IS THAT RECEIVED A THUMBS UP? OKAY. VERY GOOD. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH OF THAT ROAD IS GOING TO BE BUILT AND NOT BUILT AS WE GO ACROSS THERE, SO THERE MAY BE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THERE. I MEAN, I SEE A LITTLE GAP IN THE RED THERE, WHICH IS WHERE THE ROAD WOULD GO. CORRECT. AND SO THERE MAY BE OTHER DEVELOPERS ON EITHER SIDE OF THAT THAT WOULD WANT THAT ROAD TO GO THROUGH AND HELP US TAKE CARE OF THAT. IS THAT WHAT WE'RE IS THAT RIGHT? SO THAT WAS THAT WAS THE DESIGN INTENT LONG TIME AGO FOR THIS PROJECT. SINCE THEN, LOTS HAS HAPPENED. AND SO THE ECONOMY IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHY IT WOULD PRECIPITATE AN ALTERNATE OKAY OKAY. SO BUT BUT STILL THERE'S A POSSIBILITY SOMEONE ELSE WOULD PAY TO CONNECT HOLFORD TO THE FOREST TO THE WEST. WE WOULD NEED THAT I DON'T THAT I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN THE DEVELOPER, THEIR ENTRANCE IS GOING TO BE OFF OF THAT. THEY'RE GOING TO NEED A ROAD. SO. OKAY. WELL I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S WHAT WE'RE PAYING FOR AND WHAT WE'RE NOT. SO DOES THAT BOND MONEY PAY FOR ANYTHING EXCEPT THOSE TWO ROADS? IS IT ANYTHING WE'RE GOING TO DO? TOUCH THE SOCCER COMPLEX? NOT ON THE NOT ON THE GEO BONDS. NO. OKAY. SO NO UNDERGROUND SEWER? NO. NOTHING LIKE THAT IS WILL BE ANY PART OF THAT. NO. IT'S JUST ALL THE ROADWAY WORK FOR THOSE TWO STREETS. JUST THE ROADWAY WORK. OKAY. VERY GOOD. I JUST WANT, WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR ON THAT PIECE OF IT. 
          SO THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? AND THANK YOU. HIT ON MOST OF THE QUESTIONS WE HAD FROM OUR SPEAKER EARLIER. THE COMPLEX WILL STILL OWN THE PROPERTY. CORRECT. WE'RE LOOKING FOR AN OPERATOR ON THIS MINUS THE 13.95 FOR PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT. RIGHT. SO IN THAT 13.95 I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A MINUTE. 
          WE'RE GETTING ONE SLIDE THAT SAID, AND YOU MENTIONED IT TOO, THAT WE'RE GETTING TWO AND A HALF ACRES BACK OUT OF THAT ORIGINAL 13.95 ACRES AND $20 MILLION THAT WE WOULD HAVE PUT IN TOWARDS BUILDING A A TEAM HEADQUARTERS OR OFFICE TYPE BUILDING THERE, SIR. COUNCIL, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT DEAL. WE'RE GETTING THAT MONEY BACK AND WE'RE GOING TO GET ADDITIONAL ACREAGE FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO PAY TO DEVELOP AND GENERATE MORE TAX REVENUE AND PROPERTY TAX VALUE FOR US AS WELL. SO TALKING ABOUT WHO'S GOING TO MAINTAIN PROGRAM AND PROMOTE THE FACILITY, THIS IS THIRD PARTY WE'RE LOOKING AT. I KNOW MYSELF, I'VE ALREADY RECEIVED UNSOLICITED PHONE CALLS, WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE THERE'S EXCITEMENT OUT THERE 
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BEHIND THIS. AND I KNOW YOU'VE RECEIVED A BUNCH TOO. AND AND WILL HOPEFULLY HAVE A FORMAL RFQ RFP PROCESS VERY SOON TO FORMALIZE THAT NATURAL OR SYNTHETIC TURF. YOU TALKED ABOUT OVERSEEDING, BUT YOU ALSO TALKED, YOU SAID MAYBE A FEW SYNTHETIC FIELDS. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A MOMENT? SURE. AGAIN, I THINK THAT'S WHERE YOU YOU HAVE THE FEEDBACK FROM THE PROPOSED OPERATOR. THERE'S PROS AND CONS TO BOTH. THERE'S THERE'S NO PERFECT GRASS. IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT WHAT THE GOAL IS. SO I THINK ORIGINALLY THERE WAS THE CONCEPT OF WE CALLED IT A SHOW PITCH. WELL THAT WHAT THAT BASICALLY MEANS IS, IS THAT IT W PROPOSED TO BE ARTIFICIAL TURF BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A TOURNAMENT BRACKET, THE IDEAL NUMBER OF FIELDS FOR A REGIONAL TOURNAMENT IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 20 AND 24. AND THEN YOUR BRACKET WHITTLES ITSELF DOWN TO THOSE THAT ARE IN THE WINNERS BRACKET. AND YOU YOU REALLY LIKE TO PLAY YOUR FEATURE GAMES ON A NICE FIELD. AND SO THE IDEA THERE WAS, WAS THAT ARTIFICIAL THEN IS MORE MORE WEATHERPROOF FOR YOUR YOUR CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. WE MAY RECEIVE FEEDBACK THAT SHOULD THERE BE MAYBE MORE ARTIFICIAL FIELDS THAN WHAT WAS PROPOSED, AND WE'LL CERTAINLY ENTERTAIN THAT. THERE'S A TRADE OFF THERE. YES, THEY'RE ALL WEATHER, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE TO BE REPLACED WITH CAPITAL FUNDS ANYWHERE FROM 5 TO 10 YEARS OUT. SO THERE AGAIN, THERE'S A THERE'S A TRADE OFF. BUT THERE'S WAYS TO DEAL WITH THAT. YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY OVERPLAY AND OVERUSE GRASS FIELDS. THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. AND WHEN YOU'RE IN AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SITUATION RELATED TO SPORTS USE, YOU GOT TO CONSIDER THAT YOU CAN WEAR THEM OUT AND AND HAVE TO REPLACE THE GRASS AS WELL. SO THOSE ARE THE DISCUSSIONS WE WOULD HAVE OF WHAT THE RIGHT NUMBER IS FOR ARTIFICIAL VERSUS GRASS. AND TALKING ABOUT ALSO BIDDING AGAINST OTHER CITIES. I KNOW YOU MENTIONED OTHER SOCCER COMPLEXES, AND I KNOW FIRSTHAND WITH TWO DAUGHTERS WHO ARE IN SOCCER, WE DRIVE ALL OVER THE METROPLEX TO LOOK FOR SOCCER FIELDS FROM LEWISVILLE TO MCKINNEY TO ALL OVER THE PLACE. BUT PEOPLE COMING, LIKE YOU SAID, FROM EASTSIDE, SPECIFICALLY MESQUITE OR ROCKWALL OR THAT AREA ARE HAVING TO COMEME RIGHT PT EVEN NORTH DALLAS. THEY'LL DRIVE PAST THIS FACILITY TO GET TO THE NORTHERN CITIES. SO THE GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS OF THAT IS AND TO ME, IT'S GOOD NEWS, IS THAT THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH SOCCER FIELDS IN THE DFW AREA AT ALL. WE'RE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO HOW MANY THE METROPLEX CAN HANDLE. I THINK IF THERE WERE 100 BUILT IN THE METROPLEX, WE'D STILL NOT HAVE ENOUGH. SO, I MEAN, WE'RE IN A GREAT POSITION TO WHERE WHEN WE BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME AND THEY SAY, SO WE'RE THIS IS THE BUSINESS TO BE IN. AND SOCCER IS HUGE IN THIS AREA. I THINK, AS MANY KNOW. WE WILL WE WILL HAVE A DRAW AND THEY WILL THEY WILL BE FILLED BY SOMEONE AWFUL. THAT'S JUST MAKE SURE WE HIT ALL THOSE QUESTIONS THERE. COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, YOU HAVE A IN THE QUEUE SIR. THANK YOU SIR. HAVING DEALT WITH ALL THOSE DETAILS, I JUST WANT TO ONCE AGAIN HEAR WHAT THE ASK YOUR ASK TONIGHT OF THE COUNCIL. YES, SIR. SO I'VE LANDED ON THAT PAGE. HERE'S HERE'S OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. AND WE'RE CERTAINLY OPEN TO FEEDBACK AND DIRECTION. BUT THESE EACH INDIVIDUAL ITEMS HERE GO HAND IN HAND AS PART OF THE PROJECT. AND SO WE'RE ASKING FOR GUIDANCE ON CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS AS A SOCCER DESTINATION, WHICH MEANS CONTINUING OUR CONTRACT WITH KIMLEY-HORN, WHICH WE'RE WELL IN DESIGN DEVELOPMENT WITH THEM. DISCOVER THE RIGHT OR FIND THE RIGHT PROCUREMENT PROCESS FOR THIS PROJECT, AND THEN THE REZONING THAT MAKES SENSE FOR THIS AREA. WE'VE WE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORERE THAT, AND THAT WOULD HAPPEN SOON. I THINK THERE HAS BEEN SOME PUBLIC MEETINGS ALREADY HAD FOR DISTRICT SEVEN, SO WE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE WITH THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO AS WE CAN REGULATE ALL OF THIS TOGETHER AND CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT AND EXPENDITURE OF THE BONDS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, SIR, AND PERFECT SEGUE INTO COUNCIL. THEN WITH NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE, I'LL LOOK FOR CONSENSUS ON MOVING FORWARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU SEE UP THERE. AT. IS EIGHT IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED? LOOKS LIKE WE'LL BE MOVING FORWARD. 
          ANYTHING ELSE? I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD COUNCIL AS YOU IF YOU LOOK AT THE RECOMMENDATION SLIDE HERE, RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE OTHER APPROVALS THAT WILL COME BACK TO YOU ON THIS. SO WHO THE PARTNER IS AND ANY AGREEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT BOND ISSUANCES. THIS IS NOT FINAL. THIS IS HEY LET'S KEEP MOVING FORWARD. WE LIKE THE VISION. 
          LET'S KEEP KEEP MOVING FORWARD. WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT EVERY YEAR IN THE CIP BUDGET AS WELL. OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD. THANK YOU SIR. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM. IT'S THE N EXCEL 
          [5. NXL Paintball Tournament Recap]
PAINTBALL TOURNAMENT RECAP. 
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GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL AND MAYOR. THIS IS GOING TO BE A MUCH BETTER REPORT THIS YEAR THAN I GAVE LAST YEAR. AND I HOPE YOU GUYS WILL FIND THAT WE WANT THIS GROUP TO COME BACK THE FOLLOWING YEAR. HAD NO RAIN WHATSOEVER THE ENTIRE TIME THEY WERE HERE, SO IT JUST TURNED OUT TO BE REALLY A GREAT EVENT. I AM STARTING WITH THE VISIT GARLAND MISSION, AND MAINLY I JUST WANTED TO REMIND COUNCIL THAT THESE GROUPS DON'T COME TO GARLAND JUST BY HAPPENSTANCE. 
          OUR VISIT GARLAND TEAM GOES OUT AND FINDS GROUPS THAT WE THINK MATCH. GARLAND MAKES SENSE TO COME HERE AND GIVES US AN A POSITIVE ECONOMIC IMPACT TO OUR CITY. SO JUST AS A LITTLE REMINDER, IN CASE I DID KIND OF PRESENT THIS LAST YEAR, BUT JUST WANTED TO GO OVER IT, OUR CELLS DEPARTMENT OF VISIT GARLAND WENT TO A TRADE SHOW IN 2020. THAT'S HOW MANY YEARS IT TOOK TO BRING THIS GROUP HERE. MET WITH THE EVENT ORGANIZER AT THE SPORTS TRADE SHOW IN 2020. 
          CONTINUED WORKING THIS PARTICULAR GROUP, INVITED THEM HERE FOR A SITE VISIT, SHOWED THEM SOME DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. THEY SETTLED IN ON AUDUBON PARK, BOOKED IT FOR 2022, ENDED UP GETTING CANCELED DUE TO COVID, BUT MY SALES MANAGER DID NOT GIVE UP. SHE WENT BACK AFTER THEM ENDED UP BOOKING 2024. WE DID HOST THAT LAST YEAR IN APRIL PROVED TO BE QUITE A RAINY TIME OF YEAR FOR GARLAND, BUT WE DID HAVE 2000 PARTICIPANTS AND ANOTHER 2000 PLUS SPECTATORS LAST YEAR. THEY CHOSE SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR, HOPING THAT IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT BETTER TIME OF THE YEAR. HAD A FEW LESS PARTICIPANTS, ABOUT 1600, BUT STILL HAD BETWEEN 2 AND 3000 SPECTATORS, AND THEY WOULD LOVE TO COME BACK FOR SEPTEMBER OF 2026. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IN EXCEL, THEY ARE DEFINITELY THE PREMIER PAINTBALL TOURNAMENT ORGANIZER IN THE WORLD. THEY DO ONE TOURNAMENT IN LATIN AMERICA, SEVERAL IN EUROPE, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THEY DO NOT DO VERY MANY TOURNAMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES. SO IT'S REALLY QUITE IT'S PRETTY COOL THAT GARLAND IS ON THEIR RADAR AS A CITY. 
          THEY ARE SUPER HAPPY WITH OUR LOCATION. THEY LIKE THE CENTRAL PART OF THE UNITED STATES AND DEFINITELY WANT TO KEEP GARLAND ON THEIR ON THEIR LIST. HERE'S JUST SOME FUN PICTURES OF THE TOURNAMENT. IF YOU DIDN'T GET TO GO OUT THERE, IT'S MUCH LARGER THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE. 
          IT'S GOT VENDORS THAT FOLLOW THIS TOURNAMENT THAT COME FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES JUST TO BE AT THEIR PAINTBALL TOURNAMENT. TAKES THEM ABOUT TEN DAYS TO SET UP ALL THE COURSES, AND ABOUT FIVE DAYS TO BREAK DOWN. SO IT IS NOT A WEEKEND EVENT. IT'S IT'S QUITE, QUITE ELABORATE. SO FOR THIS PARTICULAR YEAR, AS I MENTIONED, WE HAD A LITTLE OVER 1600 PARTICIPANTS, ABOUT 2 TO 3000 SPECTATORS IN THE CITY OF GARLAND. WE BOOKED 1512 SLEEPING ROOMS, AND IT GAVE US AN ECONOMIC ESTIMATED ECONOMIC IMPACT. JUST OVER $1 MILLION. 
          WE HAD VISITORS, FOR THE MOST PART, WERE OUTSIDE THE STATE OF TEXAS. THAT'S WHAT WE LIKE. WE LIKE TO BRING IN VISITORS, HAVE THEM SPEND THEIR MONEY HERE AND THEN GO HOME AND HAD QUITE A FEW INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS AS WELL. SOME CHANGES THAT WE MADE FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, JUST TO MANAGE THE SITUATION BETTER. MAINLY PARKING, PARKING, PARKING. WE MADE AN AGREEMENT 
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WITH THE SOUTH DART STATION TO USE THE BACK HALF OF THEIR LOT, AND WE RAN NONSTOP SHUTTLES DURING THE ENTIRE TOURNAMENT FOR THEIR PLAYERS SO THAT THEY DIDN'T TAKE OVER THE NEIGHBORHOODS. THEY DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, PARK EVERYWHERE. SO THAT WORKED REALLY, REALLY GREAT. WE THEY ACTUALLY LOVED IT BECAUSE THEY COULD DROP OFF ALL OF THEIR EQUIPMENT AT THE LOADING AND UNLOADING, AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO HAUL IT, HAUL IT ALL THE WAY DOWN THE LONG AUDUBON PARKING LOT. SO THAT WAS THE MAIN, MAIN DIFFERENCE. AND AND LIKE I SAID, IT MADE A BIG, BIG DIFFERENCE. WE ALSO HAD DEDICATED STAFF THAT STAYED ON THE GROUNDS THE ENTIRE TIME. 
          THEY HELPED WITH JUST MAKING SURE THAT THE ENTIRE FOOTPRINT STAYED CLEAN. AND, YOU KNOW, JUST JUST HAD EYES ON IT THE WHOLE TIME. AND THEN WE ALSO PUT THE VISIT GARLAND BOOTH OUT THERE. AND I THINK THIS WAS A REALLY BIG HELP BECAUSE IT ALLOWED US TO TALK ABOUT EATING AT THE RESTAURANTS, DOWN AT BASS PRO, EATING AT THE RESTAURANTS IN DOWNTOWN, MAKING SURE THAT THEY DIDN'T JUST SLIP OVER THE BORDER TO SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES. WE WANTED TO PUT OUT AS MUCH EFFORT AS POSSIBLE TRYING TO CAPTURE THAT ECONOMIC IMPACT. I WANTED BECAUSE I KNEW THAT COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS WANTED ME TO DO THIS PRESENTATION. I WANTED TO ASK THE DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS IF THEY RECEIVED ANY FEEDBACK, WHAT THEY HEARD, AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I BROUGHT THAT FORWARD. AS I SAID, THE PLAYERS LOVED THE LOCATION. THEY DID WANT MORE FOOD VENDORS, AND THAT'S AN EASY, EASY FIX. WE CAN HELP THE EVENT ORGANIZER WITH FOOD TRUCKS AND HELP THEM GET SOME MORE FOOD OUT THERE ON THE SITE. BELIEVE IT, SANITATION IS A HUGE PART OF THIS TOURNAMENT. THEY MAKE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF TRASH, BUT SANITATION HAD NO ISSUES. WE DID NOT PUT ANY OF THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT ON THE LAWN. NO, NONE OF THE ROLL OFFS OR ANYTHING WERE ON THE ON THE GROUNDS. AND SO IT WAS VERY EASY FOR THEM TO KEEP THOSE ROLL OFFS EMPTY. SO NO ISSUES FROM THEM. PARKS OPS FELT LIKE THERE WERE SOME HIGH TRAFFIC SPOTS THAT PROBABLY NEEDED A LITTLE TLC FOR THE WEEK OR TWO AFTER THE TOURNAMENT, AND THEN GARLAND PD, I THINK HAD A BLAST ACTUALLY WATCHING THE TOURNAMENT WOULD TOTALLY WELCOME THEM BACK. THEY DID HAVE TO TREAT SOME HEAT EXHAUSTION. MOST OF THE HEAT EXHAUSTION GOT TREATED ON THE SPOT, BUT ONE PERSON DID GET SENT TO THE HOSPITAL ON THE VERY LAST DAY. SO I THINK KEEPING THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT OFF OF THE LAWN, OFFERING PARKING SOLUTIONS, TRYING TO CAPTURE THAT ECONOMIC IMPACT WITH VISIT GARLAND THERE, WHERE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THIS YEAR THAT WE DIDN'T DO AS WELL LAST YEAR, AND THEN THE ONLY REAL CHALLENGE THAT WE HAD WAS THERE WERE SOME PAINT PELLETS STILL LEFT ON THE LAWN, ON THE TURF THAT HAD NOT ACTUALLY THAT WERE STILL ON BURST. AND SO WE WERE A LITTLE BIT WORRIED ABOUT THE CRICKET PLAYERS, BUT LUCKILY RIGHT AFTER THEY HAD COMPLETELY BROKEN DOWN, WE HAD A REALLY NICE, GOOD SOLID RAIN. WE HELD OUT. AND SO IT PRETTY MUCH, YOU KNOW, TOOK CARE OF THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE. SO I THINK THE CRICKET PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE ACTUALLY HAD FUN WITH THAT. I'M NOT SURE. BUT. AND SO THEY WOULD LIKE TO RETURN FOR SEPTEMBER OF 2026. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I WOULD BE GLAD TO ANSWER THEM. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS, THANK YOU, MAYOR. EXCELLENT REPORT. I WAS LISTENING FOR SEVERAL POINTS AFTER LAST YEAR THAT AND I WAS AT BOTH FINGERS CROSSED THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO BACK DOWN THAT ROAD. AND WE DIDN'T. I WAS OUT THERE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. I TOOK TIME TO VISIT WITH NOT ONLY THE PARTICIPANTS, BUT SOME OF THE VENDORS THAT HAD THE ROWS, THE TENTS ASKED 
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THEM HOW THE HOW, THE HOW, HOW WAS IT GOING, THE PARKING, THE TRANSPORTATION, THE FACT THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE TO WALK FROM THE DART STATION TO AUDUBON WAS A BIG TREAT, AND THEY ENJOYED THAT AND NOT PUTTING THOSE HEAVY. TRASH DISPOSAL INSTRUMENTS ON THE TURF WAS WAS A GODSEND. AND AS FAR AS FOOD, THEY WERE ABLE TO THE ONES THAT I SPOKE TO, THEY WERE ABLE TO THEY KNEW WHERE THEY HAD. THEY HAD APPARENTLY A FRIEND WORD OF MOUTH, A LOT OF THEM, A LOT OF THEM CAME DOWNTOWN, MATTER OF FACT. SO IT WAS A WAS A SUCCESSFUL EVENT. AND THE NONE OF MY NEIGHBORS WHO WHO DIDN'T NECESSARILY GO FOR PAINTBALL, BUT THEY WENT A LOT OF THEM WERE CURIOUS. AND I GOT POSITIVE FEEDBACK, PARTICULARLY FROM PEOPLE, PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN IN THE TRAILS. AND I GOT POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM THEM. SO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR, FOR, FOR EVALUATING LAST YEAR AND FOR STEPPING UP AND DOING THOSE THINGS THAT WERE NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT. EVERYBODY HAD A HAD A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE. AND I, FOR ONE, WOULD CERTAINLY WELCOME THEM BACK. BASED ON YOUR FEEDBACK FOR NEXT YEAR'S'S TOURNAMENT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU, SIR. COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AS ALWAYS, DANA, YOU JUST CONTINUE TO INSPIRE US THROUGH DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB. I DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY THIS YEAR TO GO. BUT, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR, THE FIRST YEAR THEY WERE HERE, I WAS THERE. I LIKE EACH EACH TIME THAT THEY SHOT A PAINTBALL. 
          AND IT WAS JUST AN OUTSTANDING EVENT. AND I JUST REALLY I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT COMING TO GARLAND. I WOULD LIKE TO GO, IF YOU WILL GO BACK TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IMPACT PAGE. YES. MY QUESTION IS WE SEEM TO PUT A LOT OF RESOURCES INTO THESE TYPES OF EVENTS. AND THIS PARTICULAR ONE, I'M LISTENING. I'M WONDERING HOW DO WE EVALUATE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT, THE RATE OF RETURN AS IT RELATES TO WHAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO THE PROJECT VERSUS WHAT WE'RE GETTING BACK? IS THERE A DIFFERENCE IN THIS NUMBER, THIS ECONOMIC IMPACT NUMBER IN THE WAY OF THE INCOME VERSUS THE THE EXPENSES? AND THEN FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE, SHOULD WE EVEN BE EXPECTING? BECAUSE MANY TIMES IN OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, WE'RE REALLY ATTEMPTING TO PROMOTE THE CITY AND TO BRING THAT BRING TALENT FROM OUTSIDE THE CITY. QUESTION. HOW DO WE DETERMINE THAT? SO WE GET THAT NUMBER. WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF TOURISM IN AUSTIN, AND THEY CREATE A FORMULA FOR PRETTY MUCH EVERY CITY ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS TO UTILIZE. AND IT IS CUSTOMIZED BASED ON WHAT THE AVERAGE DAILY RATE OF HOTELS ARE IN YOUR PARTICULAR CITY AND THERE. AND SO THEY TAKE THE AVERAGE RATE OF WHAT HOTELS ARE IN YOUR CITY, PLUS AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT THAT A PERSON SPENDS FOR THE RESTAURANTS, YOU KNOW, GASSING UP THEIR CAR, GOING TO CVS. AND THAT NUMBER, THEY THEY GIVE US A NUMBER AND I CUSTOMIZED IT TO A LOWER AMOUNT BECAUSE I FELT LIKE I WANTED TO BE AS CONSERVATIVE AS PSIBLE SO THAT I WAS NOT OVERSELLING HOW MUCH THE ECONOMIC IMPACT IS. SO IT'S THAT HOTEL STAY PLUS THE AMOUNT THEY SPEND ON OTHER EXPENDITURES TIMES THE NUMBER OF DAYS THAT THEY'RE IN T THE CITY. SO FOR HERE IT WAS FOR FOUR DAYS BECAUSE THIS WAS A THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY TOURNAMENT. AND AND WE ONLY WE WE ONLY USE THE HOTEL NUMBER FOR THOSE THAT STAYED IN OUR HOTEL. BUT WE USE THAT DAILY SPEND FOR THOSE 3000. FOR THE OTHERS THAT DIDN'T STAY IN OUR HOTEL, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. 
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I MEAN, WE GET A VALUE FROM THE THE EXPENSES FROM THE EXPENSE PART OF IT BECAUSE MESQUITE AND DALLAS CAPTURED PROBABLY MORE HOTELS THAN WE DID, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO NOT COUNT ANY EXPENDITURES OF THEM GOING TO A RESTAURANT OR GETTING GAS, YOU KNOW, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, EVEN THOUGH THEIR HOTEL WAS NOT HERE. SO WE ONLY COUNTED IT ON THE 1512, THE HOTEL PORTION OF IT. SO THERE IS A VERY, YOU KNOW, PRETTY DETAILED FORMULA THAT I FOLLOW. IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE NOT IT'S NOT A WASTE OF TIME. THIS IS NOT A WASTE OF MONEY. WE'RE NOT LOSING MONEY ON THE VENTURE. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE STAFF TIME AND, YOU KNOW, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. 
          BUT I THINK THE BOTTOM LINE IS TRULY, WE SAW $1 MILLION IN ECONOMIC IMPACT. AND I FEEL THAT I AM PRESENTING A CONSERVATIVE NUMBER. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, SIR. 
          MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK, DANA, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M SO EXCITED TO HAVE THIS COME TO GARLAND. IT'S AN EXCITING EVENT. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU SHOWED THE LIST. IT'S WE'RE WE'RE AMONG FEW THAT RECEIVE IT. SO THAT'S THAT'S REALLY EXCITING. AND YOUR TEAM DOES A GREAT JOB ON ALL THINGS. 
          I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE THE RESPONSES THAT YOU RECEIVED FROM THE STAKEHOLDERS. ONE OF THEM MENTIONED WE NEED MORE FOOD. SO HOW DO YOU PLAN TO HELP THEM ATTAIN THAT? THEY WANTED TO KIND OF MANAGE THEIR OWN FOOD TRUCKS THIS PARTICULAR YEAR, AND I THINK THEY REALIZED AFTER THIS YEAR THAT THEY REALLY NEED US TO HELP THEM. WE ALREADY KNOW WHO'S APPROVED FROM DALLAS COUNTY AND CAN EASILY COME OUT WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF HOOPS. AND AND WE CAN HELP FACILITATE THAT. SO THE POST MEETING THAT I HAD WITH THE EVENT ORGANIZER IS THAT THEY WOULD, YES, WELCOME SOME ASSISTANCE. THEY'RE PRETTY TURNKEY LIKE THEY THEY KIND OF DO THEIR OWN THING. AND SOMETIMES I HAVE TO INTERJECT THAT I WANT TO HELP THEM. SO THIS IS ONE OF THEM. AND YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HELP MAKE THAT HAPPEN. THAT'S GREAT. AND DO YOU PROVIDE LIKE A MAP? THEY HAVE AN APP, RIGHT, THAT THEY GIVE TO ALL OF THEIR CONTEST CONTESTANTS. PARTICIPANTS. THANK YOU. THAT'S A MUCH BETTER WORD. IS THERE LIKE A LIST YOU CAN GIVE TO THEM SO THAT THEY CAN PUT IT ON THEIR APP THAT HAS A LIST OF RESTAURANTS IN GARLAND, AND YOU COULD CERTAINLY ADD THAT TO THE APP WE HAVE VISIT. GARLAND IS LINKED TO THE VISIT. GARLAND'S RESTAURANT PAGE IS LINKED TO THEIR SITE, BUT WE COULD PROBABLY BE EVEN MORE PROACTIVE. WE DID ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE PUT THE GARLAND BOOTH ON THERE AND HAD, YOU KNOW, SOME RESTAURANTS THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, SOME FLIERS AND STUFF, BUT PUTTING IT ON THE APP WOULD BE EVEN, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THESE ARE ALL YOUNG DIGITAL PEOPLE. SO, YEAH. AND NOT JUST DOWNTOWN TOO. YEAH. WE HAVE CUISINE FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD HERE. AND IT WOULD BE NICE TO SAY, HEY, GO CHECK OUT THAT. YEAH, I MEAN REALLY BASS PRO WAS VERY SERIOUSLY PUSHED BECAUSE THAT'S SUCH A CONVENIENT LOCATION FOR THAT. 
          BUT YES, ALL OVER FOR SURE. AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM OUGHT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO GIVE MORE KUDOS FOR THE FOR THE PAINTBALL TOURNAMENT. IT WAS I WENT LAST YEAR AND I WENT THIS YEAR AND YOU COULD SEE THE REFINEMENTS. IT WAS IT WAS MORE SMOOTHLY EXECUTED AND IT'S IT'S JUST WILD. I WAS OUT THERE FOR HOURS WATCHING PEOPLE STALKING EACH OTHER AND SEEING HOW THE WHOLE THING WORKS AND SEEING THE DRONE COVERAGE. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY TREAT IT AS A VERY SERIOUS SPORT TO HAVE THAT HERE. 
          IT'S IT'S A WONDERFUL THING. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. I KNOW AT ONE POINT THEY HAD TALKED ABOUT HAVING A HEADQUARTERS SOMEWHERE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GONE ANY FURTHER, WHETHER THERE ARE TALKS WITH HAVING THAT HERE IN GARLAND. WE HAVEN'T HAD FURTHER CONVERSATIONS SINCE LAST YEAR, BUT I DO THINK THEY WOULD LIKE A PERMANENT LOCATION. AND I DON'T YOU KNOW, I THINK WE PROBABLY NEED TO REENGAGE THAT TRUTHFULLY. OKAY. WELL THANK YOU AND GOOD JOB. AND I'M NOT SURPRISED THERE'S A FEW PAINTBALLS LEFT OUT THERE. YOU WATCH THEM POURING THEM IN BY THE HUNDREDS. SO YEAH, I CAN IMAGINE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. YES. GREAT JOB. I WAS OUT THERE SATURDAY AFTERNOON, AND THE LONGEST LINE OF ALL OF THEM 
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WAS THE LINE FOR THE FOOD TRUCK THERE THAT I THINK THEY CERTAINLY COULD USE MORE FOOD OPTIONS. I'M GLAD YOU'RE GAUGING TO HELP THEM ON THAT. BUT ONCE AGAIN, WONDERFUL EVENT AND GLAD TO HAVE HIM BACK NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL WILL MOVE ON TO 
          [6. Public Safety Committee Report - Fire | EMS Stakeholder Committee Update]
OUR NEXT ITS. WE HAVE QUITE A FEW COMMITTEE REPORTS, SO WE'LL KICK IT OFF FIRST WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. CHAIRMAN OT. THANK YOU. WELL, TONIGHT LETICIA AND I ARE PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS OF THE FIRE AND EMS STAKEHOLDERS COMMITTEE. AND THIS COMMITTEE WAS ESTABLISHED TO TAKE A THOUGHTFUL, TRANSPARENT AND FORWARD LOOKING LOOK AT HOW GARLAND DELIVERS THESE CRITICAL LIFE SAVING SERVICES, BOTH TODAY AND FOR THE FUTURE. AND OUR MISSION IS CLEAR AND CONSISTENT TO SUSTAIN ESSENTIAL SERVICES FOR OUR CITIZENS, TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, AND TO DO BOTH IN A WAY THAT IS FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE AND SUSTAINABLE FOR THE CITY. I WANT TO THANK THE THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, INCLUDING OUR CITY STAFF, DEPARTMENT, LEADERSHIP, UNION REPRESENTATIVES, MEDICAL OVERSIGHT, COMMUNITY LEADERS AND OUR CONSULTANT, TIM NOWAK AND DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCHT AND COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON FOR COLLABORATING THE PROFESSIONALISM. THIS IS GOING TO BE A NINE MONTH PROCESS AND WE'RE ONLY TWO IN. SO, LETICIA. 
          THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THE COMMISSIONER THAT ADDITIONALLY TO THE MANAGER AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE LIAISON. SO AS DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM ORT LAID OUT FOR YOU, THE THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMITTEE IS QUITE CLEAR. SO TO EXPLORE OPTIONS FOR DELIVERING FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE FIRE AND EMS SERVICES AND THE TARGETED OUTCOME BEING TO ULTIMATELY COME BACK TO COUNCIL IN SPRING OF 2026 WITH RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE CURRENT 24 ON 48 OFF OPERATING SCHEDULE, AS WELL AS THE SERVICE MODEL FOR THE DELIVERY OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TO GARLAND RESIDENTS. AND I'M TRYING NOT TO REPEAT TOO MUCH FROM YOUR INTRODUCTION, BUT ESSENTIALLY THE THE COMMITTEE REALLY REPRESENTS A BROAD CROSS-SECTION OF PERSPECTIVES, BEING COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, EXECUTIVE STAFF, FRONTLINE PERSONNEL, UNION REPRESENTATION, AS WELL AS THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR, AND THEN OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS, SO ENGAGED MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT CAN SPEAK TO THIS SUBJECT SPECIFICALLY AND JUST REALLY CREATING A FORUM FOR A VERY BALANCED AND INFORMED DISCUSSION. SO THE COMMITTEE MEETS ON THE SECOND WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH AT 6 P.M. IN SEPTEMBER. WE KICKED THINGS OFF WITH CHIEF LEE WALKING THE GROUP THROUGH SOMEWHAT OF AN ORIENTATION OF THE CURRENT OPERATIONS FOR GARLAND FIRE AND EMS AND OCTOBER. TIM NOWAK, WHO DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM MENTIONED IS OUR CONSULTANT WITH EMERGENCY MEDICAL SOLUTIONS, AND HE REALLY PRESENTED THE GROUP WITH AN UNDERSTANDING OF NATIONAL AND REGIONAL TRENDS, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO CREATE SOME CONTEXT AROUND THE CONVERSATION. AS WE MOVE FORWARD. NEXT MONTH, WE'LL DIG INTO A FINANCIAL OVERVIEW OF THE THE COST, CURRENT COSTS, REVENUES, AND BUDGET CONTEXT OF OPERATIONS HERE IN GARLAND. AND THOSE THREE PIECES COME TOGETHER TO PROVIDE A STRONG FOUNDATION, IF YOU WILL, AND THEN GIVE US OPPORTUNITY TO CIRCLE BACK WITH THE COMMITTEE IN DECEMBER BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT THE YEAR, JUST TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE'S ON THE SAME PAGE AND HAS A SOLID UNDERSTANDING OF OUR CURRENT STATE. WHEN WE COME BACK AFTER THE NEW YEAR, WE'LL THEN BEGIN TO EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES AND EVALUATE ALTERNATIVES. MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE'LL DEFINE OUR EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR WHAT SUCCESS WILL LOOK LIKE. AND THEN AGAIN, ULTIMATELY COME BACK TO COUNCIL IN LATE SPRING OF 2026 WITH FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THIS COMMITTEE. SO OVERALL, I'D SAY THIS COMMITTEE IS REALLY OFF TO A STRONG START WITH THAT GROUP OF FOLKS COMMITTED TO COMING OUT ONCE A MONTH. WE DEFINITELY HAVE HAD SOME VERY ENGAGED DISCUSSIONS, EXCELLENT DISCUSSIONS TO DATE, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO KEEPING THAT MOMENTUM GOING THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. WE HOPE TO OR WE PLAN TO COME BACK TO YOU ALL ON A MONTHLY BASIS, JUST TO KEEP YOU ALL UP TO SPEED ON THE PROGRESS OF THE COMMITTEE AND WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING. AS WE GO WITH THAT, WE CAN OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. AND MR. CITY MANAGER, YOU HAVE SOMETHING. LETICIA, IF YOU'D GO BACK ONE SLIDE TO THE THE SCHEDULE. I WANTED TO POINT OUT FROM A TIMING STANDPOINT, COUNCIL, IF YOU RECALL THE AN EARLIER AGENDA ITEM WHICH HAD THE COUNCIL CALENDAR FOR 2026 BECAUSE OF THE TAX RATE SWAP ELECTION THAT WE'RE PLANNING ON NOVEMBER OF NEXT YEAR, OUR BUDGET PROCESS MOVES UP ABOUT A MONTH. IN TERMS OF THE TIMING 
          [01:00:07]
OF ALL THE MEETINGS WE USUALLY HAVE. AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE IS TRY TO TIME THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COME OUT OF THIS COMMITTEE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL BUDGET WORKSHOP, WHICH WILL HAVE INSTEAD OF IN JUNE, ACTUALLY HAVE IT IN MAY, SHORTLY AFTER MAY 13TH WHEN THE RECOMMENDATION COMES IN FROM THE COMMITTEE. SO JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT WE'VE KIND OF TIMED THAT IN THE COMMITTEE WORK IN INTO THE BUDGET SCHEDULE FOR NEXT YEAR. SO IF THERE ARE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OR THINGS THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES IN PREPARATION FOR THE NOVEMBER ELECTION NEXT YEAR, THAT WE'VE KIND OF TIMED THAT IN AS WELL. SO A LOT OF THOUGHT WENT INTO THE SEDULE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE KIND OF GET THINGS SEQUENCED RIGHT FROM A BIG PICTURE STANDPOINT. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD COUNSEL. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS THANK YOU MAYOR. MR. CHAIR QUESTION WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR FOR US TO GET AT LEAST THAT THAT SLIDE THEY'RE LOOKING AT TO. WITH THAT SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF KEEP UP WITH WHAT THE SCHEDULE IS AND ALL THAT WITH WITH EVERY POSSIBLE. YES OF COURSE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          VERY GOOD. COUNCILMEMBER DUTTON. SO MY ONLY QUESTION IS, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN DO THIS SHORTER THAN NINE MONTHS? IS THERE A SPECIFIC REASON WHY WE ARE? I MEAN, WE HAVE A WHOLE DAY DEDICATED TO A MIDPOINT CHECK IN. I MEAN, IS THERE ANY REASON WHY WE CAN'T COMPACT THIS? I DON'T. NINE MONTHS IS A LONG TIME AND I UNDERSTAND IT IS A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT NINE MONTHS IS A LONG TIME TO DRAG THIS OUT IN MY OPINION. SO I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS SHORTER. I CAN TAKE IT IF YOU WANT. OR MR. CHAIR, I THINK AT THAT MIDPOINT CHECK IN WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO DECIDE IF THE IF THE COMMITTEE WANTS TO GO, IF THIS SCHEDULE LOOKS GOOD, OR IF OR IF YOU WANT TO JUMP TO CERTAIN THINGS. I MEAN, I THINK WE CERTAINLY THERE'S ENOUGH CONTENT AND ENOUGH CONTEXT NEEDED TO TO MAKE A DECISION. I THINK THAT YOU COULD TAKE NINE MONTHS. AND THAT'S WHAT WE BASED SORT OF THE SCHEDULE ON. BUT I THINK IF YOU GET TO DECEMBER AND YOU'RE LIKE, OKAY, HERE'S REALLY SOME KEY THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DIG INTO. LET'S TAKE A COUPLE MONTHS TO DO THAT. I MEAN, REALLY, IT'S A COMMITTEE CAN TAKE AS LONG OR AS SHORT AS YOU WANT ON TO ARRIVE AT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. SO I THINK IT'S UP TO YOU ALL TO HAVE THROUGH THE 2025 BOND COMMITTEE, AND THAT I BELIEVE, COUNCILMAN THOMAS, DIDN'T THAT WRAP UP EARLIER THAN IT WAS ORIGINALLY? PLANNED OR LIKE 1 OR 2 MEETINGS WE MET EVERY WEEK, THOUGH. YES. SO AND THAT WAS STILL WE STARTED THE THIRD WEEK OF AUGUST AND WRAPPED UP RIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING. SO YEAH, IF YOU WENT TO WEEKLY MEETINGS, WELL, YEAH, YOU'D WRAP THIS UP BY CHRISTMAS, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE MUCH. NO, IT'D BE DIFFICULT, BUT NO, IT IS POSSIBLE THIS WILL WRAP UP EARLIER, BUT I DO AGREE THAT THE MIDPOINT CHECK IN IS GOING TO BE THAT AFTER THE FOUNDATION IS LAID OUT, WE'LL BE SEEING HOW HOW IT ALL, HOW IT ALL GOES. 
          AND. YEAH, OKAY. VERY GOOD. COUNCIL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT I SEE NONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY OTHER ITEMS FROM THE COMMITTEE? JUST ONE. AND THAT WOULD BE PUBLIC. PLEASE COME OUT. WE WE INVITE PEOPLE TO. IT'S OPEN FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME AND TESTIFY. IF YOU'RE A RETIRED FIREFIGHTER, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE YOUR $0.02 ON IT, WE'D CERTAINLY LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC. THAT'S ALL VERY GOOD. COUNCIL WILL THEN MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT 
          [7. Administrative Services Committee Report]
COMMITTEE REPORT. WE HAVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE. CHAIRWOMAN BEARD, THIS IS YOURS. THANK YOU. OUR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE IS MYSELF, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON. AND WE MET ON OCTOBER 20TH TO DISCUSS OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ENGAGEMENT. AND ALSO THE ISSUE OF FLAGS AT HALF STAFF RECOMMENDATION. SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JENNIFER AND PHIL TO DISCUSS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL AND MAYOR. APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT ON THESE TWO ITEMS. PHIL, 
          [01:05:01]
YOUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, THE FIRST ITEM REGARDING THE BOARD AND COMMISSION ENGAGEMENT WAS A DISCUSSION REGARDING BYLAWS FOR THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. AND SO AS THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THIS ITEM, STAFF POINTED OUT TO THE COMMITTEE THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL VERSIONS OF BYLAWS RELATES TO OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND I USED SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF ONES THAT WE LOOKED AT THAT WERE REALLY AROUND FOR QUITE A WHILE. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN REVIEWED IN SOME TIME, AND IN FACT, THERE WERE SOME THAT ACTUALLY ALLOWED FOR POSTINGS TO HAPPEN AFTER THE REQUIRED 72 HOUR POSTING. THERE WERE SOME THAT HAD A VARIETY OF AGENDA FORMATS, AND SO WHAT WE WERE RECOMMENDING TO THE COMMITTEE WAS A CONSOLIDATED BYLAW. THAT WAY, IF MYSELF OR ANOTHER PERSON STEPS INTO A BOARD, WE ALL UNDERSTAND THE WAY THAT MEETING SHOULD OPERATE, AND WE ALL UNDERSTAND THE THE RULES THAT WE'RE PLAYING BY WITHIN THOSE WITHIN THOSE MEETINGS. AND SO WE HAVE A SET OF BYLAWS THAT JENNIFER WILL GO OVER THAT SHE HELPED PUT TOGETHER AND RUN THROUGH THE COMMITTEE. BUT WHAT WE DID SEE FOR THESE, AS A RECOMMENDATION FOR ALL OF THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT ARE NON QUASI JUDICIAL, SO GROUPS LIKE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, BOARD OF SURVEY, THOSE ARE THOSE QUASI QUASI JUDICIAL BOARDS, AND THEY HAVE BYLAWS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THE CHARTER AND OTHER ORDINANCES THAT ESTABLISH THOSE THOSE GROUPS. THIS WOULD BE SPECIFIC TO GROUPS LIKE THE THE PARKS BOARD, THE COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION, AS AN EXAMPLE. BUT WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO TO JENNIFER, AND SHE CAN TALK ABOUT THE BYLAWS THAT WE HAVE RECOMMENDED. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JENNIFER STUBBS, CITY SECRETARY. SO I'VE PROVIDED YOU ALL A COPY OF THE BYLAWS TEMPLATE THAT I HAVE PRODUCED. AND ESSENTIALLY IT JUST HAS VARIOUS ARTICLES FOR THE BOARDS TO KIND OF GET THEIR BYLAWS INTO, INTO UNIFORMITY AND STRUCTURE AND ESSENTIALLY THEIR OFFICERS FOR EACH BOARD. 
          SO PROVIDING A CHAIRPERSON AND A VICE CHAIRPERSON, WHICH A LOT OF BOARDS ALREADY DO, THAT WHEN WE MET IN THE COMMITTEE, THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT HAVING TERM LIMITS. AND SO I'VE ADDED IN THERE THAT THAT CHAIRPERSON MAY SERVE A MAXIMUM OF TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS, AND THEN THEY JUST HAVE TO WAIT ONE TERM. AND IF THEY'RE STILL ON THE BOARD, THEN THEY CAN. IF THEY WANT TO BE A CHAIR AGAIN, THEN THEY CAN SERVE AGAIN. THEY JUST HAVE TO SIT OUT ONE TERM. SO THAT IS SOMETHING WORTH NOTING. JUST KIND OF TALKS ABOUT WHEN THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR ELECTED. WE HAVE A MEETING SECTION. MOST OF THEM, MOST OF THE BOARDS HAVE SET MONTHLY MEETINGS. AND SO JUST KIND OF ADDING THAT TO THE BYLAWS. LATER ON, WE'VE GOT A ITEM THAT TALKS ABOUT THE NUMBER THAT MAKES A QUORUM FOR THE BOARD. AND. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST KIND OF A SIMPLE LITTLE BYLAW SHEET. NOTHING. NOTHING THAT A LOT OF THEM PROBABLY DON'T ALREADY HAVE IN THEIR BYLAWS. IT'S MAINLY JUST TO ADD SOME UNIFORMITY AND SOME CONSISTENCY BECAUSE THEY ALL LOOK DIFFERENT. AND SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO TO MAKE THINGS LOOK A LITTLE BIT CLEANER AND NEATER. WE ALSO ADDED A SECTION ABOUT COMMITTEES. SO FROM TIME TO TIME BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WILL HAVE SPECIAL COMMITTEES. AND SO WE WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE WE HAVE NOT JUST ONE PERSON ON A COMMITTEE. SO WE ADDED THAT TOO. SO AND WITH THAT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE MEAT AND THE MEAT AND POTATOES OF THE BYLAWS TEMPLATE. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER BASS, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. I READ THE WHOLE THING EARLIER AND THEN I READ IT AGAIN. SO IT'S A GOOD READ. TWO QUESTIONS I'M SERIOUS. IT IS I ENJOY THIS TWO QUESTIONS. ONE ARE ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS ADDRESSED ELSEWHERE? I DON'T BELIEVE THE ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS ARE ADDRESSED. COUNCILMEMBER BASS, I BELIEVE THE ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS ARE WITHIN COUNCIL POLICY, AND I BELIEVE THAT THE POLICIES WILL BE ADDRESSED AT THE NEXT, NEXT MEETING WITH THE WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY. IF I'M 17, EXCUSE ME, THE 17TH OF NOVEMBER. OKAY, COOL. AND THEN NEXT ONE, JUST A JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION HERE. SO WHERE YOU MENTIONED THE CHAIRPERSON MAY SERVE A MAXIMUM OF TWO CONSECUTIVE TERMS, I THINK WHEN YOU SPOKE, DID YOU SAY YEARS OR TERMS BECAUSE THE TERM IS TWO YEARS. CORRECT. DON'T THEY RUN CONCURRENTLY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER OKAY. SO OKAY, SO IT WOULD BE A MAXIMUM OF TWO TERMS OR FOUR YEARS OKAY. OKAY. COOL. 
          [01:10:02]
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'VE GOT IT CORRECT. AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. 
          COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS. I'M OUT. CITY MANAGER. COUNCILMEMBER BASS, THIS QUESTION. THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. COUNCIL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS IS THE INTENT. THEN THIS WILL BE GO TO EACH BOARD OR COMMISSION FOR THEM TO RATIFY IT. AND THEN WILL IT COME BACK TO US FOR APPROVAL OR HOW WOULD THAT PROCESS WORK? WHAT WE ARE SEEKING FROM COUNCIL TONIGHT IS CONSENSUS ON MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS SET OF BYLAWS. AND WE WOULD THEN UTILIZE THE STAFF LIAISONS TO TAKE THESE AS AS A COUNCIL DRIVEN ITEM TO MAKE THESE. THE BYLAWS FOR THESE GROUPS. OKAY. WOULD THE BOARDS OR COMMISSIONS HAVE A CHANCE TO AMEND THIS AS THEY WANT? JUST THIS IS A TEMPLATE AND THEY CAN ADD TO SUBTRACT AS THEY DEEM NECESSARY. THEN IT WOULD COME BACK TO US AND WE WOULD APPROVE EACH INDIVIDUAL ONE AT THAT POINT. SURE. SO MAYOR, WHAT WE WOULD HAVE A GOAL OF IS HAVING THESE AS UNIFIED BYLAWS. WHAT I THINK WE GOT INTO WITH THE PREVIOUS BYLAWS IS THAT MANY OF THEM MORPHED AS THE COMMITTEES BEGAN TO, TO DIG INTO THEM. AND SO IT WOULD BE OUR GOAL TO KEEP THESE AS UNIFORM AS POSSIBLE. THERE MAY BE AMENDMENTS THAT WE BRING BACK TO TO COUNCIL AS AN EXAMPLE, COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION HAS AS A BUDGET ASSIGNED TO IT. AND SO THEY WOULD WANT TO APPOINT A TREASURER POSITION. NOT ALL OF THE BOARDS HAVE HAVE FUNDS. AND SO THAT WOULD BE AN AMENDMENT TO THEIR BYLAWS OF HAVING A TREASURER DEFINED WITHIN THEIR BYLAWS. AND SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE WOULD BRING BACK TO COUNCIL. VERY GOOD. AND COUNCIL LOOKING ON CONSENSUS TO MR. BOARDS OR COMMISSIONS. THAT IS UNANIMOUS. VERY GOOD. CHAIRWOMAN BEARD, ANY OTHER ITEMS FROM YOUR COMMITTEE? YES. 
          MAKING IT OKAY. MR. THE RECOMMENDATION COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON THAT WAS SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK CONCERNING OUR STATUS ON FLAGS AT HALF STAFF FOR THE CITY AND. COUNCIL MEMBER BEARD. I'LL TAKE THAT ITEM. MITCH BATES IS OUT OF THE OFFICE TODAY, SO I CAN DEFINITELY HELP HELP COVER THIS ITEM. AS COUNCIL MEMBER BEARD STATED, THERE WERE TWO PRESENTATIONS THAT WERE MADE TO COUNCIL REGARDING THIS ITEM. THE INITIAL PRESENTATION WAS DONE BY OUR LIBRARY STAFF WHO CURRENTLY FORMS THE. THE STAFF. WHENEVER FLAGS ARE ARE BEING ALTERED BY EITHER THE, THE PRESIDENT OR THE OR THE GOVERNOR, AND THAT DUTY WILL CONTINUE TO TO REST WITH THAT THAT DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE. JUST QUICKLY, WHAT THEY WENT OVER WAS THAT THERE IS A US FLAG CODE AND THAT THE PRESIDENT CAN ORDER FLAGS. AND I SAY FLAG THE US FLAG TO BE FLOWN AT HALF STAFF IN OBSERVANCE OF SPECIAL EVENTS SUCH AS THE DEATHS OF NATIONAL LEADERS, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, GOVERNORS OR NATIONAL TRAGEDIES. THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE STATES THAT THE TEXAS GOVERNOR CAN ORDER THE TEXAS FLAG TO BE LOWERED TO HALF STAFF FOR THE SAME ITEMS AS WELL, AND THE US PRESIDENT MAY ALSO REQUEST THAT STATE FLAGS BE LOWERED TO HALF STAFF AS WELL AS IT RELATES TO THE CITY, THE MAYOR MAY DIRECT T THAT CIT FLAGS ON CITY PROPERTY BE BROUGHT TO HALF STAFF FOR SIMILAR EVENTS. HOWEVER, THIS CAN ONLY BE ON OUR PRIVATE I'M SORRY. ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, WE CANNOT FORCE INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY HAVE CITY FLAGS TO LOWER THOSE TO TO TO HALF STAFF. WHAT THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED WAS THAT IN THE EVENT OF A DEATH OF A CURRENT EMPLOYEE, THAT WE WOULD AUTOMATICALLY LOWER THE FLAGS TO TO HALF STAFF RATHER THAN GOING TO THE MAYOR FOR THAT. AND THAT IN THE EVENT THERE'S IN THE EVENT, THERE'S OTHER REQUESTS FOR THIS THAT EITHER A COUNCIL MEMBER OR A MAYOR MAY MAKE A REQUEST FOR FLAGS TO BE LOWERED TO HALF STAFF. AND AS A REMINDER, RIGHT NOW IT IS THE MAYOR THAT MAKES THAT THAT THAT DETERMINATION. 
          SO IT WOULD BE FOR COUNCIL MEMBER OR THE THE MAYOR AS THE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT CAME OUT OF COMMITTEE. COUNCIL MEMBER. BASS THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THEN WHERE WOULD THOSE REQUESTS BE MADE TO CITY MANAGER? CITY MANAGER? WE WOULD WORK WITH OUR LIBRARY STAFF THAT WOULD INFORM THE ORGANIZATION ABOUT THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. ONE ON ONE SLIDES AS IT SAYS, OTHER SIGNIFICANT EVENTS OR TRAGEDIES AT THE AT PRESIDENTIAL DISCRETION. NOW THAT THEY CAN GET A LITTLE HAZY, WHAT HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU ADVISE US HANDLING THAT? IT'S IT'S THAT PERSON IS NOT NECESSARILY A PUBLIC OFFICIAL. BUT IS A PUBLIC PERSON IN THE VIEW OF 
          [01:15:07]
THE PRESIDENT OR THE GOVERNOR? COUNCIL MEMBER, IF I UNDERSTAND, ARE YOU ASKING ABOUT WHEN THE PRESIDENT MAKES THE DETERMINATION? YES. OKAY. IF THE PRESIDENT MAKES THE DETERMINATION BASED ON THE US FLAG, WE'RE GOVERNED BY THE US FLAG CODE TO COMPLY TO THAT. 
          AND SO WE WOULD NOT HAVE THE OPTION TO NOT COMPLY WITH THAT. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. THERE'S STILL SOME THERE'S STILL ANOTHER SCHOOL OF THOUGHT OUT THERE. AND IT JUST. PERSONALITY SOMETIMES SOME PEOPLE ARE BECAUSE I'M HEARING FROM SOME OF MY CONSTITUENTS WHY THIS, THIS, THIS PERSON, NOT THIS PERSON. YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYIN AND IT CAN GET WE CAN GET INTO DEBATES AND ARGUMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IT'S IT'S IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S WORTH THINKING ABOUT BECAUSE, I MEAN. IF THIS PERSON SHOWS UP AND SOME THIS PERSON BECOMES ILL OR DEATH OR SOMETHING, BUT IF THAT PERSON SHOWS UP, YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING. AND SO IT'S, IT'S A I'M JUST I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE FOR HOPEFULLY IT WON'T CAUSE NO DEBATE AMONG US, BUT IT COULD SO PARTICULARLY IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT NON ELECTED OR APPOINTED OFFICIALS, BUT IS SOMEBODY WHO IS ADVOCATING A POSITION PRO OR CON AS FAR AS THE PRESIDENT IS CONCERNED, WHAT DO YOU DO THEN? THAT'S THE QUESTION. THAT'S I KNOW IT'S NOT ADDRESSED, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT BEING THE POINT OF DISCUSSION IN THE COMMUNITY. SO I JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT. IT MAY NOT IT MAY NOT BE A MAYBE IT'S NOT A PROBLEM AND I HOPE IT'S NOT. BUT IT IT'S IT'S A TOPIC THAT HAS COME UP IN IN RECENT WEEKS. SO COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS, DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE QUESTION. I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR, FOR MR. MISTER REX, BUT IT WOULD BE MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IF WE DID HAVE A PRESIDENTIAL REQUEST OR ORDER OR A REQUEST OR ORDER FROM THE GOVERNOR, THAT WE WOULD COMPLY WITH THAT. NOW, IF THE COUNCIL WOULD, WOULD WANT TO CONVENE AND DISCUSS THAT AND PROVIDE DIFFERENT DIRECTION TO STAFF, THAT'S THAT WOULD BE THE COUNCIL'S PREROGATIVE. AND THEY COULD HELP PROVIDE THAT, THAT POLICY GUIDANCE. BUT IT WOULD BE OUR INTENTION TO COMPLY WITH WHATEVER ORDERS ARE GIVEN BY THE PRESIDENT OR THE GOVERNOR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OR AND THE STATE GOVERNMENT BEING VERY PARTIZAN IN ITS RELATIONSHIPS, HOW THEY ENDEAVOR TO GOVERN AND BRINGING THAT TO THE MUNICIPAL LOCAL LEVEL. I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS. 
          I DO SEE THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, IF HE STATES THAT HE WANTS FLAGS TO BE AT ANY TYPE OF MASS, AND IN FACT, WE AS A LOCAL MUNICIPALITY ARE GOING TO ADHERE TO THAT THE STATE, THE VERY SAME THING WHEN IT COMES TO OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT. HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF US BEING SOMEWHAT NONPARTISAN AND ATTEMPTING TO KIND OF KEEP THINGS ON A VERY EVEN KEEL, IT I HAVE CONCERN WHEN WE SAY THAT THE MAYOR THEN HAS THE PREROGATIVE OF SAYING THAT NOT NECESSARILY THAT THE STATE OR THE NATIONAL, BUT THEE MAYOR OF THE COMMUNITY STATES THAT I FEEL THAT THE FLAG SHOULD BE AT HALF MAST, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, AS IT RELATES TO TRAGEDIES THAT MAY HAPPEN IN THE COMMUNITY. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO RESOLVE THAT. 
          IT JUST SEEMS TO ME THAT MOST OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO ON THIS LEVEL ARE DONE AS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN COUNCIL AND MAYOR. IT JUST SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE MAY SHOULD BE SOME DISCUSSION AS IT RELATES TO THAT PARTICULAR. SET OF RULES OR THAT PARTICULAR STANCE. SO I'D LIKE TO AT LEAST THAT PIECE OF IT. I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS, MAYBE GO BACK TO COMMITTEE AND HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE DISCUSSION ON THAT PARTICULAR ASPECT OF IT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MR. MAYOR, IF I MAY, AND COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, I APOLOGIZE IF I MISUNDERSTOOD 
          [01:20:03]
WHAT YOU WERE WERE STATING, BUT AS IT RELATES TO THE MAYOR OR IN THIS CASE, IF WE DID GO WITH THE COUNCIL BEING ABLE TO REQUEST THE FLAGS BE LOWERED, IT WOULD ONLY BE THE CITY FLAG. 
          IT WOULD NOT BE THE USUS OR THE STATE FLAG. THE CITY CITY COUNCIL OR MAYOR WOULD ONLY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO LOWER THE FLAG. YES, I'M WANTING TO MAKE SURE. YES, SIR. I'M AWARE WITH THIS. COUNCIL MEMBER BEARD, JUST FOR SOME CLARIFICATION, THE ISSUE WITH THE COMMITTEE IS WE WANT TO HONOR THOSE CURRENT CITY EMPLOYEES WHO MAY PASS AWAY. THAT IS THE REASON FOR THE REQUEST TO LOWER THE CITY FLAG AT HALF STAFF, TO HONOR THOSE THAT ARE ON TEAM GARLAND. 
          IF FOR THE TRAGIC EVENT, ONE OF THEM SHOULD PASS AWAY THE LAW, STATES OR FLAG ETIQUETTE, AS WE WERE DISCUSSED, STATES THAT THE MAYOR MAY REQUEST, AND THIS IS ACROSS THE BOARD. ALL MAYORS MAY REQUEST THEIR CITY FLAG BE LOWERED AT HALF STAFF FOR SPECIFIC EVENTS OR DEATHS WITHIN THEIR CITY. AND WE'RE JUST ASKING THAT NOT ONLY THE MAYOR BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT REQUEST, BUT OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ALSO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT REQUEST FOR THOSE EVENTS. 
          WOULD THAT BE AUTOMATICALLY LOWERED AT HALF STAFF OR DEATHS OF CURRENT CITY EMPLOYEES? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I AGREE TOTALLY WITH THAT. IT WAS THAT NATIONAL TRAGEDY PIECE THAT I HEARD READ THAT KIND OF GAVE ME ISSUE. I AGREE CITY EMPLOYEES AND YES, TOTALLY. 
          THIS IS CITY RELATED. YES. THE NATIONAL TRAGEDY ASPECT OF IT. AND THE MAYOR BEING ABLE TO SAY THAT WE SHOULD LOWER THE FLAG, I THINK THAT THAT SHOULD HAVE MORE DISCUSSION. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? COUNCIL? AS SOMEONE WHO WOULD BE GIVING UP POWER, I DON'T MIND YOU GUYS REQUESTING TO LOWER FLAGS IF THERE IS A. FOR THE NEXT YEAR AND A HALF AT LEAST. I DON'T MIND IF WE HAVE A ESPECIALLY. 
          IT SAYS IT'S A LOCAL TRAGEDY OR A PROMINENT LOCAL FIGURE. THAT'S THE KEY THERE. IT'S NOT A NATIONAL EVENT NECESSARILY. THOSE ARE COVERED BY GOVERNOR AND THE PRESIDENT AS WELL. SO YEAH, I DON'T MIND HAVING THOSE REQUESTS MADE TO LOWER OUR OUR CITY FLAG. SO COUNCIL LOOKING FOR CONSENSUS THEN ON THIS ITEM. THAT IS AT LEAST WE HAVE A MAJORITY. YES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT CHAIRMAN BEARD ANY OTHER ITEMS. THAT IS IT FOR TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. 
          [8. Community Services Committee Report]
VERY GOOD. WE'LL MOVE ON THEN TO OUR NEXT COMMITTEE. WE HAVE OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE REPORT. THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON. THANK YOU MAYOR. WE HAVE SCOTT BOLLINGER UP HERE TO HELP US ALONG WITH THIS. WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP IT SHORT AND SWEET FOR EVERYONE. THE COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMITTEE HAS MET ON A COUPLE OF I THINK WE'VE GOT TWO MEETINGS, ACTUALLY, THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE UP FOR BECAUSE WE FORGOT TO PUT IT ON AGENDA PREVIOUSLY. SO WE'VE HAD QUITE A COUPLE OF COUPLE OF HOT TOPICS. LET'S SEE, OUR FIRST DISCUSSION WAS OUTDOOR STORAGE OF TIRES. OUR CURRENT REGULATIONS ARE IN REFERENCE TO OUTDOOR DISPLAY, STORAGE AND SALES. WE CURRENTLY DO NOT ALLOW HIGHER THAN FIVE FEET, NOT ON ROOFTOPS. AMPLE PARKING, PARKING TRAFFIC. MAXIMUM HEIGHT IS FIVE FEET. AND SO THAT WAS KIND OF A TEMPORARY THING. WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT LONG TERM IS NOT BETWEEN A BUILDING AND STREET, NOT STACKED ABOVE THE BUILDING. NOW THESE WOULD ALSO APPLY TO BUSINESSES THAT ARE NOT SPECIFIC FOR TIRES. RIGHT. SO THIS IS JUST A COMMERCIAL. IT WOULD BE A COMMERCIAL ORDINANCE AS A WHOLE. SO IT WOULD AFFECT LIKE THE ROOFING COMPANIES. THEY CAN'T THEY WOULD THEY WOULD ALSO NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE STACKS OF SHINGLES AND ROOFING SUPPLIES HIGHER THAN THE FIVE FEET. WE DID HAVE A SURPRISINGLY, WE HAD A LARGE NUMBER OF TIRE SHOP EMPLOYEES AND OWNERS THAT DID SHOW UP TO OUR LAST MEETING, WHICH WAS AMAZING. THEY GAVE US SOME REALLY GREAT INSIGHT, AND ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK THAT PREVIOUSLY ON COUNCIL THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT IS ABOVE, ABOVE A CERTAIN HEIGHT, IS ESTHETICALLY, IS NOT PLEASING. 
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RIGHT. BUT THE THE GUYS THAT CAME OUT TO OUR MEETING DID ALSO EXPLAIN AFTER FIVE FEET YOU BECOME IT'S A SAFETY HAZARD AND SO TNGS BECOME UNSTABLE AND THEY KIND OF OPEN THAT ROOM FOR THINGS TO FALL. AND IT'S YOU KNOW IT'S A SAFETY HAZARD. SO WHILE WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE THINGS, IT'S NOT JUST SPECIFIC TO TIRE SHOPS. IF WE'RE MAKING THESE THESE CHANGES TO OUR ORDINANCE. SO WE LOOKED AT THE ISSUES WITH THE TIRE STORAGE AND DISPLAYING, WHICH INCLUDED OVERFLOWING TIRE BINS AND DUMPING ISSUES, WHICH WE ALL KNOW. WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ILLEGAL TIRE DUMPING. SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW IS AN EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN, WHICH WOULD BE 90 DAYS WORKING WITH OUR PMR TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC. WE WILL MEET WITH INDIVIDUAL BUSINESSES TO EDUCATE AND THEN MONITOR VOLUNTEER COMPLIANCE RATE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OUR CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT HAS ALREADY STARTED WORKING ON. 
          THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF TIRE SHOPS IN GARLAND, I THINK. I THINK WAS IT 57 AND THAT WAS JUST TIRE SPECIFIC. THAT'S NOT INCLUDING AUTOMOTIVE SHOPS THAT ALSO OFFER TIRE SERVICES AS WELL. SO THAT NUMBER IS VERY, VERY HIGH. SO IT WAS NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO HIT ALL OF THOSE SHOPS BEFORE OUR MEETING. SO BUT THEY DID A GREAT JOB AND GOT US SOME, SOME GREAT PEOPLE IN TO TALK TO US AND GIVE US SOME GOOD INSIGHT FOR THE ENFORCEMENT ASPECT. INSPECTORS WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SHOPS ISSUE ENVIOS, WHICH IS A NOTICE OF VIOLATION FOR NONCOMPLIANCE AND MONITOR REPORT RESULTS. 
          POTENTIAL PILOT PROGRAM FOR AFTER HOURS ENFORCEMENT. NEXT. OH DO WE DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE TIRE THING? WE'RE GONNA DO THAT REAL QUICK. MAYOR PRO TEM. SO I'M CURIOUS WHY WHY WE'RE WORKING WITH PMR INSTEAD OF VOLUNTEER GARLAND. SO PMR, THE REASON WORKING WITH PMR IS TO GET THE PUBLIC EDUCATION OUT. SO AS FAR AS LIKE ON OUR WEBSITE, SO THAT WE CAN HIT THE MASSES, WE ARE WE DID GET THE TIRE SITUATION BACK ON TO THE AGENDA FOR THE COMMUNITY SERVICES, BECAUSE WHEN WE WEREALKING WITH THE TIRE SHOP OPERATORS, IT OPENED A WHOLE NOTHER ASPECT OF ALL THINGS TIRES. SO WE HAD TO GET IT BACK ONTO THE AGENDA SO THAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT THOSE ASPECTS. BESIDES THE OUTSIDE STORAGE. SO PMR IS GOING TO HELP WITH THE EDUCATION ASPECT OF IT. VOLUNTEER GARLAND IS GOING TO COME IN INTO THIS NEXT PORTION OF THE TIRE DISCUSSION TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THEM, THAT WE CAN PARTNER WITH THEM TO HELP THE ILLEGAL DUMPING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT FOR THE OUTSIDE STORAGE, VOLUNTEER, GARLAND WOULDN'T REALLY BE ABLE TO HELP US WITH THAT. SO PMR ON THIS IS JUST GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC, REACHING OUT TO TIRE SHOPS AND GIVING THEM LIKE, HEY, KIND OF LIKE OUR OUR DIRECTED TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT OR PARKING ENFORCEMENT WHERE WE'RE WE WANT TO EDUCATE FIRST. RIGHT. SO THE THE THOUGHT WITH IT IS THE 90 DAYS EDUCATION. WE'RE WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEND OUT INFORMATION TO TIRE SHOPS INFORMING THEM BECAUSE SOME OF THEM MIGHT NOT KNOW. RIGHT. WE RUN INTO THAT ALL THE TIME IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY WHERE PEOPLE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ORDINANCES ARE. SO WE WANT TO DO A 90 DAY CAMPAIGN OF EDUCATING LIKE THIS IS WHAT IS ALLOWED. THIS IS WHAT IS NOT ALLOWED, AND JUST REALLY TRYING TO GET THEM TO COMPLY VOLUNTARILY. AND THEN WE CAN MOVE INTO THE ENFORCEMENT PHASE. SO THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE PMR COMES IN ON THAT. OKAY. AND THEN ON OUTDOOR STORAGE. SO THIS THE OUTDOOR THE CHANGE IN OUTDOOR STORAGE DOES NOT JUST APPLY TO TIRE SHOPS. LIKE THAT APPLIES TO ALL COMMERCIAL ENTITIES. SO I'VE, I THOUGHT THAT WE WERE AT IF YOU HAD OUTDOOR AND THIS INCLUDES BEHIND A BUILDING AND IN FRONT OF A BUILDING, IF YOU HAVE OUTDOOR STORAGE, YOUR YOUR STACKS CAN'T BE HIGHER THAN THE FENCE THAT SURROUNDS THE PROPERTY AND THAT THEY MUST BE SCREENED WELL. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT BUSINESSES LIKE 84 LUMBER WHERE THEY HAVE LIKE STACKS A STACKS OF OF WOOD THAT YOU CAN SEE, BUT BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF IN AN OPEN AREA, YOU KNOW, THEY 
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IT'S LIKE A THREE SIDED BUILDING. THEY, THEY HAVE THE STACKS HIGHER THAN THE FENCE, BUT IT'S COVERED MOSTLY BY I JUST I DON'T WANT BUSINESSES LIKE THAT TO BE AFFECTED NEGATIVELY BY THIS WHEN THEY'RE, I MEAN, THEY KEEP THEIR PROPERTY UP AND THEY, THEY YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? NO, I TOTALLY GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. BUT I THINK THAT THE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE GOING TO RUN INTO IS CHERRY PICKING WHO WOULD THIS WOULD AND WOULDN'T APPLY TO. SO BECAUSE AS A CITY, WE CAN'T JUST OH, WELL, YOU HAVE A BIGGER CAR THAN YOUR NEIGHBOR SO YOU CAN BLOCK THE DRIVEWAY. IT JUST HAS TO BE A BLANKET ACROSS, ACROSS THE BOARD. SO YOU CAN'T YOU CAN'T YOU YOU CAN'T MAKE AN AN ORDINANCE IN HOPES THAT EVERYONE IS GOING TO BE A PLUS IF WE IF WE NARROW IT OR WHATEVER, IF WE MAKE IT NOT AS IF WE MAKE IT A LITTLE LOOSER THAN THE EXPECTATION IS GOING TO BE LOOSER FOR EVERYONE ACROSS THE BOARD. SO WE DON'T WANT TO SAY LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, WELL, THEY KEEP THEIR STACK UP TO THE ROOF, BUT AT LEAST IT LOOKS OKAY BECAUSE THE NEXT GUY MIGHT NOT, OR THE NEXT OWNER  THAT SAME BUSINESS MIGHT NOT. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S THE HARD PART IS THAT WE CAN'T PICK AND CHOOSE WHO WHO A, AN ORDINANCE WOULD APPLY TO. SO I AGREE WE SHOULD NOT PICAND CHOOSE FOR SURE. WHAT ABOUT HOME DEPOT AND LOWE'S. IT WOULD ALSO APPLY TO THEM. WHAT ABOUT THEIR GARDEN CENTER? IT WOULD ALSO APPLY TO THEM. I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S SUSTAINABLE FOR COMPANIES LIKE THAT. I MEAN WALMART, SAME THING. THEY HAVE GARDEN CENTERS BUT THEY'RE ALSO FENCED. SO LIKE HOME DEPOT WHERE THEY HAVE PALLETS UPON PALLETS UPON PALLETS OF AM I ABOUT TO GET IN TROUBLE? NO, YOU'RE DOING FINE. I WAS GOING TO. AS SOON AS YOU'RE DONE, I'LL I'LL THROW IN MY $0.02 ONCE YOU'RE DONE. OKAY. THEY, THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, IN THE SUMMER YOU SEE LIKE PALLETS AND PALLETS AND PALLETS OF SOIL IN THEIR OR IN THEIR PARKING LOT, WILL THESE THINGS THAT WOULD PREVENT THEM FROM BEING ABLE TO DO THAT. SO WE HAVE TO DECIDE AS A CITY, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE LOOKING AT? BECAUSE IF IT'S OKAY FOR HOME DEPOT TO DO IT, WHY ISN'T IT OKAY FOR PAYLESS SHOE STORES TO I MEAN, WHATEVER, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, BECAUSE IF IT'S WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE GOOSE IS GOOD FOR THE GANDER. SO IF IF WE'RE ALLOWING THEM TO DO IT EVEN THOUGH, OH, WELL, IT'S JUST IN SUMMER. OH, IT'S JUST POTTING SOIL. WELL, WHAT DO WE WANT FOR OUR CITY AS A WHOLE VERSUS. OH, POOR HOME DEPOT. THEY'RE $1 BILLION COMPANY. THEY'RE GOING TO BE FINE. BUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE THEY'RE IN THEIR BACK CENTER IS IS FENCED AND THEY HAVE AMPLE STORAGE, YOU KNOW, WHERE IT'S SCREENED. AND THEY CAN STACK THINGS ACCORDINGLY. SO YES. BRIAN. REAL QUICKLY IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. I THINK YOU'VE POINTED OUT THE PROBLEM WITH DRAFTING ORDINANCES TO TO MAKE SURE YOU CAPTURE THE THINGS YOU WANT TO AND NOT OVER CAPTURE THE THINGS YOU DON'T. AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOME DEPOT, LOWE'S, SOME OF THE LUMBER YARDS AND SOME OF THE OTHER YARDS THAT HAVE COMMERCIAL STORAGE IN IT, WE HAVE A DEFINITION CALLED BULK MATERIAL SALES AND STORAGE, AND THAT BASICALLY SAYS IT. IT DESCRIBES IT AS UNCONTAINED INANIMATE MATERIALS. WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING IS ALL CONTAINED THERE, EITHER WITHIN A LEAN TO THREE SIDED BUILDING THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED CONTAINMENT. AND THAT'S UP TO THE CODE DIRECTOR. 
          THAT'S BEEN OUR POLICY TO INTERPRET THOSE AS BEING CONTAINED. AND THAT'S ALWAYS UP TO THE CODE DIRECTOR AND THEIR REASONABLE INTERPRETATION. YOU HAVE TO DO THAT. YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM THAT REASONABLE INTERPRETATION, BECAUSE WE JUST CAN'T ADDRESS EVERY SINGLE SMALL ISSUE. SO IN THE CASES YOU'RE DESCRIBING, IT'S COVERED BY DEFINITION RIGHT NOW. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOU ANSWERING ALL OF MY QUESTIONS. THAT WAS FUN. SO RIGHT NOW JUST TO CLARIFY REAL QUICK, SO YOU SAID INANIMATE. SO THE PLANTS THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE HOME DEPOT RIGHT NOW, THAT'S ALL. OKAY. YES. WELL PLANTS WE DON'T REALLY TREAT AS, AS STORAGE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE NEVER TREATED THAT AS STORAGE. THAT'S MORE OF A EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT IN THE GROUND PLANTED. WE'VE NEVER HAD EVER TREATED PLANTS AS, AS BECAUSE THEY'RE THEY'RE ANIMATE NUMBER ONE. THEY'RE ALIVE. AND SO I SAID INANIMATE. THAT'S WHY I SAID THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT IT UP. RIGHT. CHRISTMAS IS COMING. THEY'LL HAVE CHRISTMAS TREES OUT RIGHT THERE HAVE BEEN CHOPPED OFF. THEY'RE NOW INANIMATE, BUT THEY'RE STILL ALIVE. AND SO. YEAH. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, I HEAR YOU. THEY'RE NO LONGER GROWING. THAT'S TRUE. 
          THEY THEY'RE HOLDING ON. THEY'RE THEY'RE DOWN THE WATER AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PLANTER, THAT'S FOR SURE. AND THE TREE STAND. SO. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. CHAIR. MEMBER. ANY OTHER THING FROM COMMITTEE? THE NEXT TOPIC THAT WE HAD WAS POP UP BUSINESSES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. 
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THIS WAS A HOT TOPIC, SPECIFICALLY CENTERVILLE AREA. BROADWAY FIRST, JUPITER, WALNUT. 
          THOSE WERE SOME OF OUR OUR BIG HOT SPOTS. NOW THIS WAS A PROJECT BY CODE. THAT CODE HANDLED THIS WAS JUST FOR THE SELLING OF ITEMS, NOT FOOD. SO THIS WAS A MERCHANTILE TYPE OF SITUATION. NOT ANY LIKE FOOD TRUCKS OR ANYTHING. SO. CODE DID A PHENOMENAL JOB DURING THIS. THIS LITTLE PORTION OF THEIR ENFORCEMENT. I, I PERSONALLY HAVE SEEN A HUGE DECREASE IN THESE MERCHANT VENDORS IN THE PARKING LOTS. I'VE NOT SEEN ANYONE SELLING THE LIGHT UP BALALLOONS ON FIRST AND MILLER, SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND WE'VE HAD I'VE HAD QUITE A FEW PEOPLE COMMENT THAT THE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE SELLING ITEMS IN THE WHAT IS IT, THE 99 CENT STORE IN THE CHASE PARKING LOT HAS DRAMATICALLY DECREASED. SO YEAH. SO IT'S BEEN VERY NICE. YES, IT'S BEEN VERY NICE. THEY'VE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB. AND AGAIN, CODE HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL AT EDUCATING. FIRST SOME PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO BE EDUCATED AND THAT'S OKAY. SO THOSE THAT DON'T WANT TO BE EDUCATED THEY THEY GET THEY GET FINED A LITTLE. AND THAT'S ALL RIGHT TOO. SO AGAIN THANK YOU CODE FOR GETTING ON TOP OF THAT. AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE THAT PROGRESS. I THINK THAT WE DISCUSSED CONTINUING WITH THIS, THIS PILOT PROGRAM FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS. IS THAT OKAY, SO ARE OUR NEXT STEPS. IS MAINTENANCE AND TARGETED ENFORCEMENT. SO THE BIG HOLIDAYS WHERE YOU SEE THE BALLOON BASKETS, THE TEDDY BEAR BASKETS. SO MOTHER'S DAY, VALENTINE'S DAY, CHRISTMAS, EASTER, THOSE TYPES OF HOLIDAYS. THEY'RE REALLY GOING TO TARGET THOSE HOLIDAYS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN KEEP KEEP THOSE VENDORS HOPEFULLY AT NONE BUT AT A MINIMAL IS IS OUR GOAL. SO WE'RE I THINK WE'RE WANTING COUNCIL CONSENSUS THAT WE'RE OKAY CONTINUING CODES PROGRAM THROUGH THESE TARGETED HOLIDAYS SO THAT WE CAN KEEP OUR STREETS A LITTLE CLEANED UP. SO DO WE NEED DO WE NEED A CONSENSUS ON THAT ONE SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM? SO WE'RE JUST GOING. MR. CODE CAN OKAY. BECAUSE IT WAS A PILOT PROGRAM. SO I WASN'T REALLY SURE. SORRY. 
          OKAY. DIRECTORS HERE WOULD LIKE TO COME UP HERE BRIEFLY. AND YEP, I DON'T THINK ANYONE ON COUNCIL WILL SAY NO, THAT WE DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE IT. BUT SINCE IT WAS A PILOT PROGRAM, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. BRIAN MORRIS, DIRECTOR OF CODE COMPLIANCE. SO INITIALLY THE 13 WEEK PROGRAM WAS FUNDED WITH OVERTIME, JUST A LIMITED BUDGET. 
          SO THAT WAS THE PILOT PROGRAM. IT COST LESS THAN 5000 TO OPERATE FOR THOSE 13 WEEKS. SO THAT WAS OUR PILOT PROGRAM TO REALLY GET IT UNDER CONTROL, PUT A MASSIVE FORCE OUT THERE AT ONE TIME. SO GOING FORWARD, WE'RE HOPING TO DO IS JUST MAINTAIN WHAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE. AND SO WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN DO THAT WITH JUST A TARGETED, MEASURED APPROACH. WE HAVE A WEEKEND STAFF MEMBER THAT WORKS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, AND SO WE KNOW THE HOLIDAYS ARE GOING TO COME. WE KNOW VALENTINE'S DAY, CHRISTMAS, THOSE HIGH TRAFFIC HOLIDAYS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE OUT THERE SO WE CAN JUST TARGET A SMALLER GROUP TO COME OUT THERE ON THOSE HIGH TRAFFIC HOLIDAYS FOR NOW. SO GOING FORWARD, WE MAY WANT TO REINTRODUCE AT SOME POINT, MAYBE DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS WHEN EVERY WEEKEND BECOMES BECAUSE WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT UNDER THE ILLUSION THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A PERMANENT SOLUTION. IF THEY DON'T SEE US OUT THERE FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS OR A COUPLE OF MONTHS, THEY WILL THEY WILL RESURFACE AT SOME POINT. SO WE WANT TO HAVE THAT OPTION. BUT FOR NOW, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO JUST JUST DO A TARGETED ENFORCEMENT AS NEEDED. AND IF WE SEE IT, IF WE SEE AN UPTICK, WE CAN ALWAYS REEVALUATE AND COME BACK TO THE COME BACK TO THE TABLE. MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          I SAW A TREMENDOUS IMPROVEMENT, ESPECIALLY ALONG CENTERVILLE AT 635 DURING YOUR ENFORCEMENT, YOUR TARGETED ENFORCEMENT. PERIOD AND THE WEEKEND AFTER YOU STOPPED, THERE WERE SEVERAL 
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VENDORS THAT JUST POPPED UP AGAIN WITH THE TURTLES AND THE AND THE STUFFED ANIMALS. Y'ALL WENT BACK OUT THAT WEEKEND AND AND CLEANED SOME STUFF UP. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. I WOULD I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT JUST BE RANDOM AND GOING OUT THERE. I DON'T KNOW AS MUCH AS YOU CAN AFFORD TO GET PEOPLE OUT THERE, BECAUSE IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IS NOT GOING TO STOP, ESPECIALLY, LIKE YOU SAID, AS WE GINTO THE HOLIDAY SEASON. SO I WOULD I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO SEE AS AS MUCH AS YOU CAN SPARE OFFICERS OUT. ABSOLUTELY. I THINK WE CAN AGAIN, WE DO HAVE OUR WE HAVE OUR EYES PEELED ON THE WEEKEND. SO SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WE GET A FULL REPORT OF WHAT THEY'RE SEEING OUT THERE. BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY SUPPLEMENT THAT WITH AN OFFICER TO JUST ON A ON A RANDOM RANDOM WEEKEND. SURE. AND YOU'RE COORDINATING WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AS WELL FOR FOOD VENDORS THAT DON'T HAVE PERMITS OR ARE ILLEGALLY STATIONED ON SOMEONE'S PROPERTY. YES, WE ARE. SO IF WE SEE FOOD VENDORS OR ANIMAL SERVICES AS WELL. SO IF WE SEE THE TURTLES OR PUPPIES OUT THERE FOR SALE, WE'LL COORDINATE WITH ANIMAL SERVICES TO HAVE THEM COME OUT. OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE EFFORT IS NOTICEABLE AND AND IT'S MADE A HUGE IMPACT IN EVERYONE REALLY APPRECIATES IT. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER BASS. THANK YOU. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY YOU CAN TAKE FATHER'S DAY WEEKEND OFF. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S GOING TO BE THE SLOWEST TRAFFIC WEEKEND OF THE YEAR. MOTHER'S DAY WILL BE WILL BE ON TEN. BUT FATHER'S DAY. NO, NO SUCH WORRIES. THANK YOU MAYOR. YOU'RE ON THE NAUGHTY LIST. COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. YES. SO, YEAH, I DO APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I DON'T HAVE A HUGE ISSUE WITH THIS DISTRICT SEVEN, BUT I DO SEE THEM POP UP NOW AND AGAIN. THERE'S A COUPLE OF STORE FOR SALE AND THERE'S SOMEBODY IN THE PARKING LOT. SO IF WE SEE SOME OF THAT WHAT WHAT SHOULD WE DO. IS THAT ASSIST REQUEST. IS THAT THE BEST WAY TO TAKE A PICTURE OF THOSE GUYS, PUT A DOT ON THE MAP TO TO SEND THAT EVEN IF WE SEE THEM ON THE WEEKEND. SURE. 
          YEAH. GREAT QUESTION. SO ANY ASSIST WOULD BE A A PREFERABLE METHOD. BUT ALSO I'LL TAKE AN EMAIL SO WE CAN BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE WILL BE ONE OFF SITUATIONS. SO IT MAY GET LOST IN THE ASSIST. IF THE OFFICER IS NOT THERE THEY MAY CLOSE IT OUT WHEN THEY COME TO WORK MONDAY. SO FOR SOMETHING THAT A PATTERN. SO IF WE SEESTABLISH SOMEBODY THAT'S COMING IN ON A REGULAR BASIS, I'D LIKE TO GET AN EMAIL DIRECTLY, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND. OKAY. WELL, I'M THINKING ABOUT THE PUBLIC AT LARGE. IF I SPREAD THE WORD, SAY, HEY, IF YOU SEE THESE GUYS, THAT'S NOT. WELL, IN THAT CASE, MAYBE WE CAN REVISE THAT. SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL WE'LL COME UP WITH SOMETHING, MAYBE A GROUP EMAIL THAT CAN JUST BE DIRECTLY FOR POP UP VENDORS. 
          POP UP, POP UP VENDORS, WEEKEND SOTHING WHERE, HEY, IF YOU SEE THAT IS FINE, BUT BUT BUT YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE ASSIST ON THE WEEKEND. REALLY. YOU'RE YOU'RE NOT IN FRONT OF YOUR COMPUTER FOR THAT, RIGHT? CORRECT. OKAY. SO THAT'S FINE TO ESTABLISH A PATTERN. BUT AS FAR AS GETTING SOMETHING REPORTED AND GETTING SOMEBODY TO SWING BY THERE, IF WE SEE THEM POP UP, BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT THAT IT'S GOING TO POP UP DURING CHRISTMAS, THEY WILL COME ACROSS HERE. OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T SEE THEM MUCH DURING THE YEAR, BUT AT CHRISTMAS I DO SEE SEVERAL HAVE POPPED UP HERE AND THERE. SO JUST WANT TO SEE HOW TO GET IN TOUCH IF WE SEE ONE ONE NOT ON YOUR REGULAR ROUTE FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD. SO OKAY, VERY GOOD. THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU COULD. ABSOLUTELY. WE'LL WE'LL GET IT. WE'LL GET A DEDICATED EMAIL FOR THAT OKAY. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL. GOING TO CONTINUE OUR ENFORCEMENT. I'M NOT DONE WITH YOU YET. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT. CHAIRWOMAN DUTTON, BACK TO YOU. SO OUR LAST TOPIC WAS EMERGENCY WEATHER ALERTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THIS WAS PROMPTED BY SOME OF OUR OUR HURRICANE GARLAND EVENT THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR. AND REALLY JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING PROACTIVE IN DOING OUR PART IN GETTING EMERGENCY ALERTS OUT TO OUR CITIZENS. SO THESE ARE SCREENSHOTS THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN. THESE ARE SCREENSHOTS FROM OUR LAST SEVERE WEATHER DAY. AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS CAME IN AND TALKED TO THE COMMUNITY, NOT ONLY THE COMMUNITY SERVICE, BUT AS WELL AS PUBLIC SAFETY IN REFERENCE TO WHO GETS ALERTS AND WHY. SO IF YOUR ADDRESS, YOUR ADDRESS HAS TO BE REGISTERED WHERE THE STORM IS GOING TO HIT FOR YOU 
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TO GET THOSE ALERTS. SO WE ALL KNOW THAT WE'RE WE'RE TRAVELING, WE'RE MOVING. WE'RE NOT ALWAYS AT HOME WHEN SEVERE WEATHER HITS. RIGHT. AND WE LIVE IN A IN A WORLD OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND QUICK INFORMATION. AND SO IF YOU DON'T GET THAT ALERT BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT AT HOME, BUT YOU'RE IN A DIFFERENT SPOT OF TOWN AND IT'S GOING TO REALLY JUST GET WHERE YOU'RE AT. YOU MIGHT LOOK UP AND SEE THE SKIES ARE GRAY AND YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. SO THIS GIVES PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HOP ON SOCIAL MEDIA, LOOK AT OUR CITY WEBSITE AND GET THOSE ALERTS SO THAT YOU KNOW THAT SOMETHING IS COMING, JUST SO THAT WE KNOW WE'RE DOING OUR PART TO INFORM PEOPLE THE BEST THAT WE CAN, SO THAT NOBODY CAN SAY THAT WE CAN'T. SO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS GOTTEN A NEW PROGRAM. WELL, IT'S NOT A NEW PROGRAM. IT'S A NEWER PROGRAM THAT WE DIDN'T REALIZE UNSYNCED ITSELF. SO AT ONE POINT IT WAS SET UP TO. TO MANUALLY OR TO AUTOMATICALLY SET OUT THESE ALERTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. AND IT WORKED ONCE. AND THEN IT KIND OF UNSYNCED ITSELF. AND SO IT DIDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN, BUT WE DIDN'T REALLY REALIZE THAT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. SO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN AMAZING. AND THEY'VE TALKED TO THE TALK TO THE SOURCE OR THE PEOPLE THAT THE CREATORS, WHAT IS IT CALLED? WHATEVER THE PEOPLE THAT DO THE PROGRAM, AND THEY HAVE GOT THOSE BUGS WORKED OUT, HOPEFULLY. SO WE SHOULD START SEEING THESE EMERGENCY ALERTS FOR WEATHER POPPING UP ON SOCIAL MEDIA ON A MORE REGULAR BASIS. AND SO HOPEFULLY THAT HAS FIXED THAT. AND WE CAN TELL OUR PEOPLE THAT WE'RE DOING OUR PART. SO AND THEN THESE ARE TWO MORE WITH OUR. OUTDOOR EMERGENCY SIRENS. THEY ARE NOT TORNADO SIRENS. FOR EVERYONE LISTENING. THEY'RE NOT TORNADO SIRENS. THEY'RE EMERGENCY ALERT OUTDOOR ALERT SYSTEMS OKAY. THAT DOES NOT MEAN A TORNADO IS COMING. SO THESE ARE JUST ANOTHER COUPLE OF EXAMPLES BECAUSE NAME AND SCHOOL ROAD STILL FLOODS UNTIL WE FINISH, UNTIL WE FINISH THE REPAIRS ON THAT ROAD. BUT SO THEY THEY'RE DOING THEIR PART TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS STAYING INFORMED AND STAYING IN THE KNOW. ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM COUNCIL. I SEE NONE. ANYTHING ELSE FROM ME? THAT'S IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          [9. Development Services Committee Report]
VERY GOOD. COUNCIL WILL PUSH ON THEN TO OUR LAST ITEM, OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE REPORT. CHAIRWOMAN LUCK, THIS IS YOURS, MAYOR. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO WE HAVE TWO RELATED ITEMS THAT WERE REFERRED TO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE. COUNCIL MEMBERS THOMAS AND BASS SERVE ON THAT COMMITTEE WITH ME. THESE ITEMS ARE RELATED TO HISTORIC SIGNS, AND I WILL DEFER TO ANDY HESTER TO. SURE. I WILL DO MY BEST TO ADDRESS THAT. I THINK THIS WAS KIND OF AN INTERESTING ONE TO LOOK INTO, BECAUSE I THINK WE ALL AGREE WE HAVE SOME REALLY COOL SIGNS IN TOWN, AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD A COUPLE OF INSTANCES THAT CAME UP THAT THAT IN ORDER TO REPAIR THOSE OR DO SOMETHING WITH THEM, THEY TECHNICALLY HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE SIGN ORDINANCE UNLESS THEY ARE DESIGNATED AS HISTORIC. SO THERE IS A PROCESS FOR THAT ALREADY. AND SO THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY OR THE SIGN CAN COME IN AND AND THERE'S A HISTORIC SIGN PERMIT THAT THEY CAN REQUEST. AND THAT DESIGNATION OF A HISTORIC SIGN IS ACTUALLY, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IS GOT TO BE APPROVED BY COUNCIL IN, IN CHAPTER FOUR OF THE OF THE GDC. AND S SO THAT BEING SAID, WE FOUND SOME VALUE IN BEING A LITTLE MORE PROACTIVE WITH THAT. THOSE FOLKS DON'T KNOW THAT THEY NEED TO DO THAT. SOMETIMES IT'S JUST EASIER TO DO SOMETHING AND ASK FOR FORGIVENESS. SO WE'D RATHER REACH OUT PROACTIVELY. SO EDIE HAS REACHED OUT TO CULTURAL ARTS DEPARTMENT TO IDENTIFY ALL OF THOSE. THEY'VE INVENTORIED THEM. WE COULD TAKE A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO DO A COUPLE OF THINGS, AND ONE IS TO LET THEM KNOW THAT IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WHAT HERE'S THE PROCESS. IF THIS WONDERFUL HISTORIC SIGN BURDENS YOU IN ANY WAY AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISPOSE OF IT, WE COULD ALSO HELP FIND A BUYER FOR THAT AND RELOCATE THAT, MEANING THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S A MECHANISM THAT WE COULD DO THAT, BUT WE CAN'T GO IN AND DESIGNATE THOSE AS HISTORIC. THAT COULD BE HAVE SOME LEGAL CONSEQUENCES RELATED TO THAT AND BE CONSIDERED SOME TYPE OF TAKING. SO WE'D LIKE TO GO OUT THAT THE SECOND PIECE OF THAT IS, IS WE'RE REALLY ORIGINALLY STARTED WAS WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE HISTORIC SIGNS COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FACADE GRANT IMPROVEMENTS. IT WASN'T SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT ORIGINALLY MAKES PERFECT SENSE THAT IT SHOULD, IF THAT THE CODE ALREADY RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF OF THE CHARACTER AND THE VIBE OF OUR CITY THROUGH THAT. SO WHY WOULDN'T 
          [01:50:03]
WE WANT TO INCLUDE THAT IN SOME MEANS THAT THEY COULD RESTORE THAT USING FACADE GRANT FUNDS AND ALONG WITH SOME OF THEIR OTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO MAINTAIN IT, IMPROVE IT, REPAIR IT. SOME OF THESE ARE VERY OLD, VERY DIFFICULT TO GET NEON ANYMORE. A LOT OF THOSE ARE GOING TO LED. 
          SO THAT WAS KIND OF THE THE ANGLE THAT WE WERE TAKING WITH THAT ONE. MAKE SURE I DON'T FORGET ANYTHING. I'M KIND OF GOING BACK THROUGH SOME NOTES. WE DID DISCUSS ALSO MAYBE A FUTURE SIGN YARD OF SOME KIND OR JUST AN AREA THAT WOULD DISPLAY ANY SIGNS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACQUIRE THAT FIT INTO THE HISTORIC SIGN. RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER. SO I THINK THAT THAT COULD WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THERE IS, IS THAT, AGAIN, IF THERE ARE THOSE THAT HAVE NO INTEREST IN THAT, THAT SHOULD FUNDS BE AVAILABLE, YOU'LL SEE IN VARIOUS PLACES ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT ARE ACTUALLY PARKS THAT HAVE HISTORIC SIGNAGE. 
          SOME ARE LIKE THE ONE IN LAS VEGAS. THERE'S A COUPLE THAT HAVE A REALLY COOL NEON SIGN DISPLAYS THAT ARE PART OF THE PARK. I KNOW THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT, SO THAT MIGHT BE AN OPTION IF THEY'RE WILLING TO SELL IT AND THERE'S FUNDS AVAILABLE, THERE MIGHT BE SOME OPPORTUNITIES THERE. SOME ARE VERY SMALL, LIKE THE OLD FLORIST SIGN. SOME ARE VERY LARGE, LIKE THE GARLAND SHOPPING CENTER. BUT AGAIN, THIS GIVES THE THE ABILITY FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER TO SIGN OVER SOME OPTIONS THAT THEY MAY HAVE NOT HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM. SO WE CAN PROACTIVELY REACH OUT TO THEM AND MAKE THEM AWARE. I THINK WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT IF THERE'S A NEED FOR IMPROVING OR REPAIRING A SIGN THAT MAYBE WE WOULD KIND OF LEAN INTO THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL OF SIGNS, DIDN'T WE? WASN'T THAT PART OF THE DISCUSSION? I'M PRETTY SURE PERHAPS IT'S A LITTLE IT'S A LITTLE FUZZY. I KNOW THAT AGAIN, THE DESIGNATION OF THE HISTORIC SIGN AUTHORITY LIES WITH COUNCIL. AND SO THAT THAT PERMIT PROCESS ALLOWS THEM TO DO THAT WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, BEING HELD TO THE NORMAL SIGN STANDARD. SO IT FREES UP THEIR ABILITY TO DO THAT. BUT I DO REMEMBER SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER THE ACTION ITEMS. OKAY. WELL MAYBE WE CAN GO BACK OVER THAT IN COMMITTEE OKAY. SO BASICALLY FOR NOW WE'RE JUST ASKING THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO USE THE FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TO HELP BUSINESSES RESTORE THOSE SIGNS, THOSE HISTORIC SIGNS, IF COUNCIL DEEMS THEM HISTORIC SIGNS. VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL. ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE COMMITTEE? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. COUNCIL. 
          [ ANNOUNCE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM. ANNOUNCE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ANYONE WOULD LIKE CONSIDERED? MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK? YES. SINCE THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE IS GOING OVER A SOMEWHAT KIND OF KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL CAMPAIGN IDEA THING ISH, I WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO LOOK AT A LIKE AN ADOPT A HIGHWAY TYPE PROGRAM. ALLEN DID IT WITH ACTUALLY OUR VOLUNTEER GARLAND COORDINATOR, JOSUE, AND I THINK THAT THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT HE WOULD BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT. I THINK THERE WAS A AGENDA ITEM ALREADY CREATED FOR THAT THAT'S IN THE WORKS. IT'S AN ADOPT A STREET. AND SO WE CAN WRITE, OH, COULD THOSE BE COMBINED? BECAUSE I WOULD REALLY LIKE IT TO NOT JUST COVER STREETS. I WANT IT TO COVER WHOLE AREAS WHERE THERE'S DUMPING THAT. THAT WAS. YEAH. AND A LOT OF THE DUMPING INCLUDES TIRES. SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING TO LOOK AT BOTH THOSE STREETS. 
          YEAH. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE A SECOND ON THAT ITEM. SECOND IS COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON. ANYTHING ELSE SIR. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. COUNCILMEMBER DUTTON, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT WE HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION OF IAN'S ASSIST. JUST KIND OF LIKE AN INFORMATIONAL HOW TO USE IT. WHAT TYPES OF THINGS CAN YOU USE IT FOR? AND ALSO KIND OF INCLUDE, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT GOES THROUGH ASSIST TICKETS AND DIVVIES THEM OUT TO WHO THEY NEED TO GO TO. SO I WOULD LIKE A PRESENTATION OF ALL THINGS ASSIST. ALL RIGHT. SECOND COUNCIL HAVE A LOT. I'LL GIVE IT TO COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS ON THAT ONE. ALL RIGHT THEN I DON'T HAVE ANOTHER FUTURE 
          [01:55:01]
AGENDA ITEM. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT IT'S TODAY HAS BEEN SIX YEARS SINCE WE HAD OUR TORNADO. TODAY IS SIX YEARS TODAY THAT WE HAD OUR TORNADO. SO I WOULD JUST LIKE EVERYONE TO KEEP THAT IN MIND. TONIGHT WE ARE GETTING CLOSE TO THE WITCHING HOUR OF THAT TORNADO HAPPENING AND JUST BE THANKFUL IT'S NOT HAPPENING TODAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT REMINDER. ANYTHING ELSE? THAT'S IT. OKAY. VERY GOOD. COUNCIL. ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? ALL RIGHT, I SEE NONE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.