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          OCTOBER 21ST, 2025 REGULAR MEETING OF THE BURLINGTON CITY COUNCIL. OR MAYBE IT'S AN IRREGULAR MEETING HERE. WE ALL HAVE OUR OUR COSTUMES FOR HALLOWEEN ON, BUT IT IS THE TRADITION OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE AN INVOCATION RECITAL OF THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, LED BY ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. YOU'RE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IF YOU SO CHOOSE, BUT ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN EITHER OR BOTH. YOUR DECISION IS STRICTLY A MATTER OF YOUR OWN CHOICE, AND WILL NOT AFFECT THE DECISIONS TO BE MADE BY MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL IN ANY MANNER, ANY MANNER. TONIGHT'S INVOCATION AND PLEDGE WILL BE LED BY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK. AND THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO THERE'S A KID ON A BEACH AND THERE ARE STARFISH FOR MILES AND MILES AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE, AND THE KIDS PICKING UP STARFISH AND THROWING THEM INTO THE OCEAN. THIS GUY'S WATCHING HIM, AND HE GOES UP TO HIM AND HE SAYS, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? AND THE KID SAYS, WELL, THE TIDE'S ABOUT TO ROLL OUT. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STARFISH GET IN THE OCEAN SO THEY DON'T BURN IN THE SUN. THE GUY SAYS, KID, YOU'RE CRAZY. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF STARFISH OUT HERE. 
          YOU'RE WASTING YOUR TIME. THE KID SMILES AT HIM. HE BENDS DOWN. HE PICKS UP A STARFISH. 
          HE THROWS IT INTO THE OCEAN. AND THEN HE LOOKS AT THE MAN AND HE SAYS, YEAH, WELL, I MADE A DIFFERENCE FOR THAT ONE. AND BEING ON CITY COUNCIL IS KIND OF LIKE BEING ON A BEACH FULL OF ISSUES AND COMPLAINTS AND UNHAPPY PEOPLE FOR AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE. AND SETIMES IT'S A THANKLESS JOB. BUT IF WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR ONE PERSON, HOPEFULLY MANY, BUT JUST ONE, THEN WE'VE DONE OUR JOB. SO I SAY TO YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU DO AND STICK WITH IT. ONE STARFISH AT A TIME. THANK YOU. 
          I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          [ MAYORAL PROCLAMATIONS, RECOGNITIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS]
GOOD EVENING AGAIN, EVERYONE. AND TONIGHT WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL GUEST IN THE HOUSE. AND IT LITERALLY TOOK AN ACT OF CONGRESS TO GET HIM TO COME BACK HERE TONIGHT. 
          AND OUR GUEST IS FORMER MAYOR SCOTT LEMAY. AND WE ALSO HAVE STATE REPRESENTATIVE ANGIE CHEN BUTTON HERE WITH A SPECIAL PROCLAMATION. IF YOU COME UP, PLEASE. HELLO, MY BELOVED GORDON. CITIZENS. GOOD EVENING. YOU PROBABLY HAVEN'T SEEN ME FOR QUITE A WHILE BECAUSE THE GOVERNOR LOVES US SO MUCH. KEPT US IN AUSTIN A LITTLE BIT LONG THIS YEAR, BUT I'M HAPPY THAT FINALLY GOT BACK TO VISIT WITH MY FOLKS. AND TONIGHT I DIDN'T GET A MEMO. IT'S GOING TO BE A HALLOWEEN PARTY. FORTUNATELY, SINCE I WORKED SO HARD DURING THE REGULAR SESSION AND THE TWO SPECIAL SESSIONS, I DID PUT ON SOME EXTRA MAKEUP TONIGHT. OKAY? AND IT'S MY GREAT HONOR TO BE HERE AND TO PRESENT THIS STATE PROCLAMATION AND THIS OFFICIAL. WELL, WE'RE ACTUALLY IN THE STATE WE CALL THE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN APPROVED DURING THE SECOND SPECIAL SESSION, JUST RIGHT BEFORE THE THE SUNNY DAY OF THE SECOND SPECIAL SESSION. AND I'M SO GLAD WE GOT IT DONE. 
          AND I'M GOING TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT INSTEAD OF JUST READ THIS RESOLUTION. OKAY. 
          FIRST LET ME SAY THAT IT HAS BEEN SUCH A GREAT HONOR TO WORK WITH OUR BELOVED MAYOR. SAKALA. 
          MAYOR, LET ME JUST SHARE A COUPLE OF THINGS PERSONAL STORIES WITH YOU. YOU FIRST GET INTO THE OFFICE BACK TO 2019. IS THAT RIGHT? YES. AS MAYOR. AND AND THAT WAS A TOUGH TIME. 
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IT WAS TOUGH TIME. AND SCOTT AND I TALKED ALMOST EVERY NIGHT TRY TO GET A COVID 19 IMMUNIZATION SHOTS AND SET UP OUR OWN SITES. EVERYTHING. AND I WAS CALLING SCOTT EVERY NIGHT AND THIS LOVELY LADY, TIFFANY, WAS WONDERING, WHO IS THAT WOMAN CALLING YOU EVERY NIGHT? REMEMBER, WE HAD A CODE, THE STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. WE HAD TO CALL THE COUNTY'S MEDICAL. WE CALL EVERYBODY. AS MUCH AS I'VE TRIED TO FORGET THAT, I CANNOT. YEAH, AND YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB, YOU AND I, WE DIDN'T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER. THEY TOLD US TO BE PATIENT AND WAIT. IF WE FOLLOW THE ADVICE, WE'RE NOT GOOD AT THAT. NO, NO, WE JUST SAID YOU GOTTA GIVE IT TO US. YOU CAN'T WAIT, OKAY? OUR PEOPLE NEED THAT. AND ALSO, LATER ON, I WAS ABLE TO GET VOLUNTEERS TO DONATE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS MASKS AND SOME SUPPLIES AND MANY, MANY GRACIOUSLY ARRANGED THE THE GARLAND WAREHOUSE FOR THE STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION FOR THE ENTIRE NORTH TEXAS. THIS EVER GOES TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT CITIES. WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO TAKE THE CREDIT. IS THAT RIGHT? WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO TAKE CREDIT. 
          WE JUST KEEP ON WORKING. AND THAT TELLS A LOT ABOUT ABOUT SCOTT'S PERSONALITY. AND THEN YOU ALL KNOW SCOTT WAS ALL OVER THE PLACES. EVERY IMPORTANT EVENT IN OUR CITY, YOU KNOW, HE WILL BE THERE. AND EVEN NOW, THE OTHER DAY I WENT TO THE VIETNAMESE FOOTBALL CELEBRATION, AND I LOOK AROUND SOMEBODY STANDING UNDER THE SHADE, OH, THAT WAS SCOTT. HE DIDN'T CARE IF ANYBODY GOING TO RECOGNIZE HIM OR NOT. HE JUST WANT TO BE THERE TO SUPPORT. AND THEN THE JUST THE OTHER DAY, MAYOR, REMEMBER OUR BIG HAT? I'M SO PROUD OF THE BIG HAT. WELL, SINCE I WAS THE AUTHOR TO DESIGNATE THE GARLAND AS A COWBOY, CAPITAL, THE CAPITAL OF COWBOY HAT IN TEXAS. SO I WAS SO THRILLED TO SEE THAT. AND I HEARD SOMEBODY WAS TALKING BEHIND ME. I SAID, THAT SOUNDS FAMILIAR. I TURN AROUND, IT WAS YOU AND REAGAN. YES. AND AND I SAID, OH, YOU WANT TO GET TO THE FRONT? HE SAID, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, I'M NOT THE MAYOR ANYMORE. I'M JUST HERE TO SUPPORT THIS GREAT EFFORT. THAT IS. MR. SCALA MADE. THAT IS HIS PERSONALITY. OKAY. SO YOU KNOW, THE SENATE RESOLUTION AND MAYOR, YOU KNOW, THAT USUALLY HAVE ALL KIND OF WORDS. SO,, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO READ EVERYTHING, BUT I'M JUST GONNA, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE'RE PUT TOGETHER THIS LAST A COUPLE OF PARAGRAPHS, WHEREAS OUTSIDE THE CIVIC INVOLVEMENT, MR. MAYOR HAS ENJOYED A SUCCESSFUL CAREER DESIGNATING LAYOUTS. OH, NO. 
          DESIGNING LAYOUTS FOR CONTAINER STORES. I NEED NEW GLASSES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IN ALL HIS ENDEAVORS, HE HAS BENEFITED FROM THE LOVE AND SUPPORT OF A WONDERFUL FAMILY THAT INCLUDING HIS LOVELY WIFE, TIFFANY. DID HE TAKE YOU TO A CRUISE AFTER HE RETIRED? YES, YES. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. THAT SOUNDS GOOD. AND THEY ARE THREE WONDERFUL CHILDREN, CAITLIN, MORGAN AND REAGAN. AND REAGAN WAS INVOLVED WITH A RIBBON CUTTING TONIGHT. YEAH, FOR THE CITY. YEAH. 
          THAT'S WONDERFUL. WHERE IS THE DEDICATION, EXPERTISE AND COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE DEMONSTRATED BY SKYLER MAY HAVE GREATLY BENEFITED THE CITIZENS OF GARLAND, AND HE MAY INDEED REFLECT WITH PRIDE ON A JOB WELL DONE, AND NOW I JUST FINISHED AS A STATE REP, PRESENTED THE STATE RESOLUTION. SO NEXT, AS A FELLOW ELECTED OFFICIAL, I BELIEVE MANY YEAR WILL AGREE WITH ME. MR. SKYLER, MAMAY YOUR SERVANT LEADERSHIP STYLE IS A ROLE MODEL FOR ALL 
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THE ELECTED OFFICIALS. ISN'T THAT TRUE? YES. THANK YOU, THK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND LASTLY, NOW THE LESLIE IS THAT I'M A PROUD. RESIDENT OF GREAT CITY OF GARLAND. ACTUAL, I'M THE ONLY STATE REPRESENTATIVE ACTUALLY LIVING IN GARLAND. OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO SAY BEING A GARLAND CITIZEN, YOUR PASSION, YOUR LOVE HAVE SERVED OUR COMMUNITY, OUR CITY SO WELL. AND I KNOW WHAT'S THE SECRET BESIDES TIFFANY'S SUPPORT, IT'S YOUR PASSION AND YOUR LOVE FOR THE CITY AND FOR ALL OF US. AND WE LOVE YOU. AND THE FEELING IS DEFINITELY MUTUAL. AND I'M GLAD NOW YOU LED THE NEW MAYOR TO TAKE THE PRESSURE. AND YOU CAN GET ON A BEACH TRIP. OKAY, SO HERE'S THE STATE RESOLUTION. YOU KNOW, WITH TAXES WERE CHEAP. WE DON'T HAVE PLAQUES. WE JUST HAVE PAPER. OKAY. YEAH. SO, MAYOR, CAN YOU JOIN US TO PRESENT AND TIFFANY. AND THANK YOU FOR A JOB WELL DONE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NOW, MAYOR, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING. NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. 
          YEAH. SCOTT LEMAY, 1704 LINWOOD BOULEVARD. NOW, WE HAVE WE HAVE MOVED SINCE I LEFT OFFICE. AND, YOU KNOW, I WAS GOING TO APOLOGIZE FOR MY CASUAL APPEARANCE TONIGHT BECAUSE, AS PROMISED, WHEN I LEFT OFFICE, I GAVE AWAY ALL MY JACKETS AND TIES, AND I HAVE STOPPED GETTING MY HAIRCUT. AND THEN I WALK IN. AND I'M LIKE, WELL, I MIGHT ACTUALLY LOOK PRETTY NORMAL HERE THIS EVENING, BUT REPRESENTATIVE BUTTON, THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT. I APPRECIATE THIS VERY MUCH. AND, YOU KNOW, BEING OUT OF OFFICE FOR THREE, FOUR MONTHS NOW, WHATEVER HAS SHOWN ME, I'VE SEEN HOW MUCH TIME I SPENT DOING IT AND HOW MUCH TIME IT TAKES AS AS MAYOR PRO TEM SAID, IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME, IT TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT. AND THERE'S VERY RARE. THIS IS A VERY RARE INSTANCE WHERE SOMEBODY WILL PAT YOU ON THE BACK FOR IT. MOST OF THE TIME THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT THE CASE, BUT I ENJOYED IT. I ENJOYED ALL THE YEARS. ANGIE AND I GOT INTO THIS ABOUT THE SAME TIME. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT. THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL FOR THEIR CONTINUED WORK, AND I AM, YOU KNOW, AS, AS A CITY MANAGER CAME UP WITH, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO PROVIDE A PLACE HERE IN GARLAND TO AN ATMOSPHERE WHERE PEOPLE COULD LIVE THEIR BEST LIVES. AND I WILL TELL YOU, SINCE LEAVING OFFICE, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M DOING. SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. I'VE NEVER I'VE NEVER SPOKEN UP HERE BEFORE. THIS THIS WILL BE SHORT, BUT I JUST HAVE TO TELL MY HUSBAND HOW INCREDIBLY PROUD THAT WE ARE AS HIS FAMILY. OUR GIRLS COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT HE'S BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR 18 YEARS. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, HE WAS SIX YEARS ON THE PLANNING COUNCIL, SIX YEARS ON THE CITY COUNCIL, AND SIX YEARS AS MAYOR. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD ASK, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN YOU DO THAT? YOU KNOW, DON'T YOU MISS HIM? AND OUR GIRLS GREW UP IN JUST KIND OF IN THIS BUILDING AROUND THIS BUILDING. AND THEY SAW WHAT A GOOD SERVANT LEADER IS. AND NOW THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE. THEY ARE ALL INVOLVED WITH THE CITIES THAT THEY LIVE IN. AND AND THEY ARE THAT WAY BECAUSE OF SCOTT. SO I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WE ARE SO VERY PROUD OF YOU. THANK. YOU. 
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ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR BEING HERE. CERTAINLY ALWAYS WELCOME 
          [ CONSENT AGENDA]
HERE ANYTIME. WE'LL MOVE ON THEN TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. ALL ITEMS UNDER THE SECTION ARE RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY A SINGLE MOTION OF COUNCIL WITHOUT DISCUSSION. COUNCIL HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW EACH OF THESE ITEMS AT A PREVIOUS WORK SESSION, AND APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE EACH ITEM. I WILL ANNOUNCEHE CONSENT AGENDA AND PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNCIL, AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE, TO REQUEST THAT ANY ITEM BE REMOVED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY. OUR FIRST ITEM ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA IS ITEM NUMBER ONE, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 6TH, 2025 REGULAR MEETING. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING BIDS TO A TRANSFORMERS FOR FIREWHEEL PUMP STATION TO BE JAMES PARK AND QUAIL CREEK PARKWAY. IMPROVEMENTS TWO C, G, P AND L OLINGER. UNIT ONE STATIC EXCITATION SYSTEM TO D TEAM GREENVILLE INTERCHANGE TO PRUITT. NEW LINE AND STATION CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS. TO E, G, P AND L NEYMAN TO APOLLO TRANSMISSION LINE CONDUCTOR. 
          ITEM THREE IS APPROVAL REQUEST TO CONSIDER AMENDMENTS TO THE GARLAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. GDC CHAPTER TWO ZONING REGULATIONS ARTICLE TWO DIVISION ONE APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF ZONING TO ADD AN OPTION TO EXPIRE ZONING CASE UPON PROLONGED APPLICANT INACTIVITY. 
          ITEM FOUR IS NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY MATCHING GRANT, SPRING 2025 CYCLE. ITEM FIVE E IS ANDONMENT OF AN ACCESS EASEMENT AND A PORTION OF A DRAINAGE EASEMENT TO CNM VERYWELL FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP LIMITED AND ITEM SIX IS RESOLUTION DENYING ENCORE ELECTRIC RATE CHANGE COUNCIL. IS THERE ANY ITEMS YOU WISH TO SEE REMOVED SEPARATELY? IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO HAVE AN ITEM REMOVED TO CONSIDER SEPARATELY? MAYOR PRO TEM MAYOR MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM LOGAN, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON. ANY DISCUSSION? MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US. THAT ITEMS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES FOR US? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. MAYOR. THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IS GIVEN TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY RATHER THAN TO QUESTION THE CITY COUNCIL OR STAFF. THE CHAIR MAY CALL A SPEAKER OUT OF ORDER IF THIS IS, IF THE SPEAKER PRESENTS QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION THAT WILL UNDULY DELAY THE TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS AT THE MEETING, SPEAKER SHALL BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK ON A FIRST COME, FIRST TO SPEAK BASIS, AS DETERMINED BY THE ORDER IN WHICH THE CITY SECRETARY RECEIVES THE SPEAKER'S INFORMATION. 
          APPLICANTS ARE ALLOWED TEN MINUTES FOR PRESENTATIONS, AND ALL OTHER SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. WHEN THE PODIUM BUZZER SOUNDS, THE SPEAKER MUST END THEIR COMMENTS. ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK AND HAVE DONE SO ALREADY? PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD 
          [7. Spring Creek Forest Preserve and Wastewater Interceptor Condition Assessment]
DOWN BY THE CITY SECRETARY. FIRST ITEM FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION IS ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. SPRING CREEK FOREST PRESERVE AND WASTEWATER INTERCEPTOR CONDITION ASSESSMENT. MR. BRINKMAN. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. CITY MANAGER. ITEM SEVEN IS A REQUEST TO AWARD PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT TO KIMLEY-HORN AND ASSOCIATES FOR THE CONDITION ASSESSMENT OF THE SPRING CREEK FOREST PRESERVE AND WASTEWATER INTERCEPTOR PROJECT. KIMLEY-HORN WAS SELECTED WITH A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES ON AN ANNUAL BASIS FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND. THE TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT IS $789,853. OF THAT, ABOUT 70% OF THAT IS RELATED TO CONDITION ASSESSMENT OF THE SEWER MAINS IN THE AREA ALL THROUGHOUT SPRING CREEK, FROM ESSENTIALLY GEORGE BUSH PARKWAY 
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ALL THE WAY UP TO CAMPBELL ROAD. THE SCOPE OF WORK AND DELIVERABLES THAT KIMLEY-HORN IS GOING TO BE WORKING WITH IS COORDINATING WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND MOST IMPORTANT PARTNERS IN THIS EFFORT, WHICH IS A SPRING CREEK PRESERVE BOARD, COUNTY OF DALLAS, OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE HELPING US COORDINATE THOSE ACCESS ISSUES TO BE ABLE TO INSPECT THOSE FACILITIES. AND ADDRESS ACCESS AND ANY SORT OF DAMAGE REPORT AND WAYS TO MITIGATE THE DAMAGE THAT WAS CONDUCTED ON THE ON THE PRESERVE PROPERTY ITSELF. 
          THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BE PERFORMING SOME SURVEY AND PLANNING THE ACCESS FOR US TO DEVELOP ROUTES AND INTERACTIVELY WORK WITH THE PRESERVE AND DALLAS COUNTY TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST ROUTES AVAILABLE TO MINIMIZE ANY DISRUPTION OF THE OF THE PARK AND PRESERVE. THEY'RE GOING TO BE INSPECTING THE SEWER MAINS INTERNALLY AS WELL, WITH A MULTI-SENSOR AND CCTV CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISING TO BE ABLE TO LOOK ATAT THOSE WASTEWATER LINES, MANHOLES AND DOCUMENTS WHERE THOSE ARE AND WHAT CERTAIN TYPES OF CONDITIONS FOR THAT FOR THAT SEWER MAIN. AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO DEVELOP SOME FUTURE PLANNING AND INITIATIVES TO DEVELOP SOME COST ESTIMATES FOR US TO LOOK AT ALTERNATIVES FOR INTERCEPTOR REHAB OR REPLACEMENT, AND ALSO LOOK AT SOME COST AND SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO LOOK TO SEE WHAT WHAT HAPPENS IF THAT SEWER MAIN WERE RELOCATED OUTSIDE THE PRESERVE? THE ROUGH CALENDAR THAT WE HAVE AT THE CURRENT IS SOMEWHAT WEATHER DEPENDENT, BECAUSE AS WE GET INTO THE WINTER PERIOD AND MORE RAINFALL, SOME OF THE INSPECTIONS. MAY BE DELAYED, BUT THIS IS THE SCHEDULE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. HOPEFULLY WITHIN ABOUT SIX MONTHS WE'LL BE COMPLETE WITH THIS ASSESSMENT. AND ON TO THE NEXT PHASE OF THE PROGRAM. AND WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS YES. THANK YOU. MAYOR, WOULD YOU GO BACK TO THAT LAST STEP? AND IN THAT PROCESS, WHAT IS COMMITTEE HORN GOING TO DO AS FAR AS ADDRESSING THE STAKEHOLDERS AND GETTING THEIR INPUT? AND BEFORE WE GET TO THE END OF THIS TRAIN, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT? I'M SURE THERE'LL BE INITIAL KICKOFF MEETINGS AND PERIODIC MEETINGS THROUGH THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. AND PART OF THAT IS TO UNDERSTAND SEVERAL THINGS. ONE IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT ACCESS TO THE SEWER MAINS SO THAT THEY CAN CONDUCT A SURVEY OF THE SEWER MAIN ITSELF. 
          THEY ALSO NEED TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE PARKS BOARD OR THE SPRING CREEK PRESERVE BOARD, DALLAS COUNTY, TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IMPACTS TO THE FOREST AND PARKS BOARD OR THE PRESERVE BOARD HAS SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS THAT THEY'VE IDENTIFIED THAT WE WANT TO VISIT WITH AND HAVE KIMLEY-HORN VISIT WITH, AND HAVE THEIR EXPERTS VISIT WITH THE FOLKS THAT ARE MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE PRESERVE, INTERACT AND COMMUNICATE SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE TOTAL IMPACT OF THAT OF THAT DAMAGE WAS, AND THAT WE CAN LOOK THROUGH SOME SORT OF REMEDY FOR THAT AND RESTORATION OF THAT AREA. SO IT'LL BE A CONTINUOUS PROCESS HAND IN GLOVE WITH WITH THE PRESERVE BOARD, DALLAS COUNTY AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, AND THEY'RE THE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE REFLECTIVE OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS. 
          YES, SIR. THANK YOU, THANK YOUO, ANK YOU SIR. COUNSEL, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM SECRETARY. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? YES WE DO, BARBARA BAYNHAM. NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. HELLO, EVERYONE. HOW ARE YOU? I'M BARBARA BAYNHAM OUT OF 5806 FIRECREST IN GARLAND. AND I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE PRESERVATION SOCIETY FOR SPRING CREEK FOREST. DAVID PARISH, OUR PRESIDENT, COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT. ONE OF HIS SONS IS IN THE HOSPITAL, BUT HE SENDS HIS BEST WISHES TO EVERYBODY. THE PRESERVATION SOCIETY. AND I WANT TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY ADMINISTRATORS FOR ALL THE TIME AND ATTENTION AND THE MONEY THEY HAVE ALLOCATED TOWARDS RECTIFYING THE PROBLEM OF THE SEWER THAT WAS PLACED ALONG THE BED OF SPRING CREEK MANY YEARS BEFORE THE AREA WAS 
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DESIGNATED AS A PRESERVE. I APPRECIATE THAT THIS MEETING HOPEFULLY WILL ALLOW THE ASSESSMENT OF THE ENTIRE PROBLEM TO REALLY BEGIN FROM THE SEWER BED INSPECTION TO THE EROSION FROM THE INCORRECTLY BULLDOZED ROAD TO THE REHABILITATION OF THE FOREST, AND THEN TO DECIDING THE FUTURE OF WHAT I LIKE TO CALL THE POOP PROJECT. THE GETTING THAT PIPELINE OUT OF THE PRESERVE. IT'S TIME TO CORRECT THIS 50 YEAR OLD ERROR, AND TO ENSURE THAT OUR CREEK AND OUR WATER SOURCE IS HEALTHY. LET'S FIND A NEW LOCATION FOR THAT SEWER SO THAT THE CREEK AND THE FLOODPLAIN CAN REALLY BEGIN HEALING. ANYTHING ELSE? ANY QUESTIONS? I SEE NONE. OH, ONE SECOND, COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS. OH! GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. MAYOR, IN YOUR CONCLUSION STATEMENT, YOU TALKED ABOUT ENSURING THAT THE ULTIMATE THAT THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'VE BEEN SO WELL DOCUMENTED AND WILL MORE SO IN THE FUTURE, WILL WILL RESULT IN A FIX FOR THE FOR THE FOR THE FOR THIS PROJECT. DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT. KENNY HORN AND AND STAFF WILL CERTAINLY INCLUDE YOU AND OTHER PRESERVATION MEMBERS TO ENSURE THAT THAT WHATEVER THE OUTCOME IS, THAT IT'LL REFLECT BE REFLECTIVE OF YOUR INPUT AS WELL? I BELIEVE SO, MR. WILLIAMS. THEY HAVE BEEN VERY ATTENTIVE TO SUGGESTIONS THAT WE HAVE MADE AND OF COURSE, OUR ANGER AND OUR PROGRESS TOWARD HEALING THAT ANGER. AND SO, YES, I DO. I BELIEVE THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION AT LEAST, WILL CERTAINLY TRY TO TRY TO DO THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS BARBARA, ONE THING I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I KNOW THATAT WE WE'VE HAD SOME PRESENTATIONS ON WHAT HAPPENED, BUT THE PRESENTATION ON WHY IT HAPPENED, WHERE WAS THE FAILURE IN COMMUNICATION? CERTAINLY OUR CITY AUDITOR HAS UNDERTAKEN THAT INVESTIGATION NOW, EMAILS TALKING TO ALL THE PARTIES AND THAT FINDING IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S IN THE WORKS AND COMING SOON. 
          AND SO THE HOW DO WE PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN PIECE OF THIS IS COMING. WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE YET. BUT THAT STUDY IS UNDERWAY. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT. AND BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT QUESTION, IT'S, YOU KNOW, THIS IS BEHIND US NOW AND WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR, OUR PART TO FIX IT. BUT WE'VE GOT THE FUTURE TO LOOK OUT FOR. WE'VE GOT PROCEDURES WE NEED TO PUT IN PLACE TO AS BEST WE CAN MINIMIZE ANY CHANCE THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. SO I WANTED JUST TO SAY THAT THAT'S COMING AND BE THE AUDITOR JUST FINISHED UP A BUNCH OF AUDITS. AND SO HIS STAFF IS NOW FREED UP TO REALLY FOCUS ON THIS. AND THEY HAVE BEEN. SO I THINK THAT'S COMING SOON. AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE PLEASED WITH THE REPORT AND WITH THE WITH THE STRUCTURE THAT WE PUT IN PLACE GOING FORWARD. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? YES SIR. WE HAVE A COLLINS. GOOD EVENING. I'M REBA COLLINS. I LIVE AT 5010 DRAWBRIDGE LANE, DISTRICT SEVEN. AND TO BUILD A LITTLE BIT ON BARBARA'S STATEMENTS, I WANTED TO BRING THE COUNCIL UP TO DATE ON WHAT THE PRESERVATION SOCIETY FOR SPRING CREEK FOREST HAS BEEN DOING SINCE JUNE. I'M A BOARD MEMBER, AND I WANT TO SHARE SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION EFFORTS. SINCE TH, PRESERVATION SOCIETY FOR SPRING CREEK FOREST REMAINS STEADFAST IN ITS COMMITMENT TO OUR MISSION OF EDUCATION AND OUTREACH, EMPHASIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFEGUARDING THE PRESERVE FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS. JUST SINCE THE END OF JUNE, FOLLOWING THE DISCOVERY OF THE FOREST DESTRUCTION, THE SOCIETY HAS ACTIVELY ORGANIZED AND IMPLEMENTED A RANGE OF ACTIVITIES FOR THE RESIDENTS OF GARLAND AND NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES. HERE'S A FEW OF THOSE EVENTS THAT ENGAGED HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE. JULY 3RD, WE HAD AN OUTREACH BOOTH AT THE CITY SPONSORED GARLAND RED, WHITE AND BLUE CELEBRATION IN DOWNTOWN GARLAND. JULY 19TH, WE SPONSORED THE ANNUAL MOTH NIGHT, A WILDLY POPULAR EVENING EVENT 
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AT THE PRESERVE, WITH NATURALISTS SETTING UP SEVERAL LIGHT SHEETS AT THE PRESERVE TO ATTRACT MOTHS AND OTHER NIGHT FLYING INSECTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION. KIDS REALLY LOVE IT. AUGUST 10TH, WE STARTED NATIVE GRASS SEED COLLECTION AT THE HALF PARK SECTION OF THE PRESERVE, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE TIRELESS DANA WILSON. VOLUNTEERS COLLECTED CANADA WILD RICE SEEDS, A GREAT UNDERSTORY EROSION CONTROL GRASS. THIS IS ONE OF THE AREAS OF SEVERE DESTRUCTION, AND WE HOPE TO USE THOSE SEEDS FOR HABITAT RESTORATION IN THE FUTURE. AUGUST 17TH DANA'S VOLUNTEERS STARTED WILDFLOWER SEED COLLECTION ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PRESERVE TO ENHANCE OUR POCKET PRAIRIES IN THE FUTURE, ON SEPTEMBER 20TH AND OCTOBER 4TH, WE STARTED ACTUAL PLANT RESCUE IN THE DAMAGED AREAS. 
          VOLUNTEER NATURALISTS RESCUED NATIVE PLANTS AND WERE POTTING THOSE PLANTS UP AND STORING THEM IN A GREENHOUSE FOR OVERWINTERING. THEN VOLUNTEERS CAN TRANSPLANT THEM BACK INTO HALF PARK IN THE FUTURE, SEED COLLECTION AND PLANT RESCUES WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF THIS YEAR, INCLUDING THIS COMING THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23RD. WE'RE HAVING ANOTHER PLANT RESCUE AFTER OUR SUMMER RECESS. WE RESUMED OUR SECOND SATURDAY WORK SESSIONS ON SEPTEMBER 13TH AND OCTOBER 11TH, WH VOLUNTEERS WORKING ON TRAIL MAINTENANCE AND PRAIRIE PLANTINGS. OUR SPEAKER SERIES PROGRAMS ALSO RESUMED AFTER THE SUMMER RECESS ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, WE HAD IAN SIEMENS WITH ENVIRONMENT TEXAS DISCUSSING THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN RENEWABLE ENERGY AND CONSERVATION. ON OCTOBER 7, KIMBERLY SASSON PRESENTED A TALK ABOUT PLANT GALLS, WHICH IS REALLY KIND OF INTERESTING, Y'ALL. AND OUR OUR FRIDAY, I MEAN, OUR FOURTH SUNDAY NATURE WALKS ALSO RESUMED ON OCTOBER 28TH. BILL HUDDLESTON LED A VERY LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE THROUGH THE DESTRUCTION AND HALF PARK. AND THEN THIS COMING SUNDAY IS OUR NEXT FOURTH SUNDAY WALK, WHICH WILL BE WITH KIMBERLY SASSON. AND WE'RE GOING TO GO WALK AND FIND PLANT GALLS IN THE FOREST ITSELF. SO WE'VE BEEN BUSY. I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE TO. AND WE CERTAINLY WELCOME ANY OF YOU TO COME ON TO ANY OF OUR ACTIVITIES. YOU CAN FIND ALL OF THAT POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE AND ON OUR FACEBOOK GROUP PAGE. THANK YOU. ONE SECOND. MAYOR PRO TEM LOOKED. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING FOR BARBARA AND DAVID PARISH. EVERYONE IN THE PRESERVATION SOCIETY, IT'S IT'S JUST TRULY REMARKABLE HOW KIND YOU ALL ARE BEING AND AND THE WAKE OF THIS, BECAUSE I KNOW HOW TRAUMATIC IT WAS, IS STILL FOR EVERYONE THAT WORKS IN THAT PARK ALL THE TIME AND JUST DEDICATE SO MANY HOURS AND AND AND TRULY BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS INTO, INTO THAT PLACE. SO THANK YOU FOR FOR SHARING WHAT YOU HAVE TONIGHT. I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO REPEAT THE NAME OF YOUR SOCIETY AND SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHERE TO GO IF THEY WANT TO JOIN IN ON THE EVENTS THAT YOU HAVE. THANK YOU. 
          MARGARET. IT'S PRESERVATION SOCIETY FOR SPRING CREEK FOREST, A NONPROFIT GROUP THAT ALL VOLUNTEERS. EVERYTHING WE DO AT THE PRESERVE IS ALL VOLUNTEERS, AND IT'S ALL FREE. OUR WEBSITE IS SPRING CREEK FOREST. ORG, AND OUR FACEBOOK PAGE. IT'S A GROUP PAGE, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO JOIN IT. IT'S BECAUSE IT'S A PUBLIC PAGE AND IT'S UNDER PRESERVATION SOCIETY FOR SPRING CREEK FOREST. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU MA'AM. COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON I JUST WANTED TO ECHO WHAT MARGARET SAID. WE GREATLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING PATIENT WITH US AS WE ALSO NAVIGATE THIS KIND OF NEW, NEW WORLD THAT WE'RE ALL FACING AND THE EFFORTS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE MADE IN DOING THE SEED COLLECTION AND THE PLANT RESCUE IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. I HOPE THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO EVEN AFTER WE ARE RESTORED AS MUCH AS WE CAN, BECAUSE YOU JUST NEVER KNOW. AND I THINK THAT WHEN YOU'RE DOING THE POCKET PARKS AND THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT THAT ARE AN ASSET, RIGHT. AND SO I HOPE THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO TO DO THOSE THINGS AFTER AND KEEP ON DOING THEM SO THAT WE CAN SHARE THEM WITH NEIGHBORS AND ALL OF THAT FUN STUFF. BUT AGAIN, JUST THANK YOU FOR BEING PATIENT WITH US. WHILE, YOU KNOW, WE ALL KIND OF NAVIGATE THIS TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING DOING THE BEST THAT WE CAN, NOT ONLY FOR YOU GUYS, BUT FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS ONE 
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SECOND. SO THANK YOU, REBA. THANK YOU FOR BEING A LONG TIME. GOOD NEIGHBOR AND MENTOR FOR ME. 
          I APPRECIATE YOU. SO FOR SOME OF US THAT MAYBE AREN'T PHYSICALLY ABLE TO GO INTO THE PARK AND HELP COLLECT SEEDS OR PLANTS, ARE THERE OTHER WAYS WE CAN SUPPORT YOU, MAYBE FINANCIALLY OR OTHER WAYS? CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? YEAH, WE HAVE A DONATE BUTTON ON OUR WEBSITE. YOU CAN ALWAYS DONATE MONEY, AND THE MONEY THAT WE COLLECT WILL GO TOWARDS ALL OF ALL THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE COULD USE MONEY FOR. BUT MOST OF ALL, YOU CAN JUST SUPPORT BY FOLLOWING US RECOMMENDING IT. IF YOU HAVE KIDS OR GRANDKIDS, BRING THEM OUT. WE HAVE FOUR MILES OF PAVED TRAIL, FOUR MILES OF UNPAVED TRAIL. IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO BRING KIDS TO EXPERIENCE NATURE, AND WE OUR MONTHLY PROGRAM IS ON ZOOM. OUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, OUR LECTURE SERIES, AND THAT'S ALWAYS THE FIRST TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH. OKAY. VERY GOOD. 
          THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU, THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MA'AM. YES MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR, WE DO NOT. IS THERE ANYONE, ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL LOOKING FOR A MOTION. COUNCIL MEMBER. DENTON, A MOTION TO APPROVE. ITEM THE ITEM SEVEN AS PRESENTED. MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER DENTON TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US? AND ITEMS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON THEN TO OUR ITEMS FOR 
          [8. Hold public hearings on the following Cases:]
PUBLIC HEARINGS. OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ITEM IS ITEM EIGHT A CONSIDER A REQUEST BY MISSION RIDGE CONSULTANTS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 80 4-104 FOR MIXED USES TO ALLOW A WAREHOUSE, OFFICE, SLASH SHOWROOM AND A CONCEPT PLAN FOR A WAREHOUSE OFFICE SLASH SHOWROOM USE. THE SITE IS LOCATED AT 1775 WINCHESTER ROAD IN DISTRICT THREE. FOR THE RECORD. MR. TURNER, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AS YOU MENTIONED, THE REQUEST IS FOR A PLAN DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT FOR OFF FOR A WAREHOUSE OFFICE SLASH SHOWROOM, USE ON PROPERTY ZONED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 84 104. TO CLARIFY, IT IS A VERY OLD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. AS YOU CAN SEE BUILT IN OR FORMULATED IN 1984. THE PD DOES NOT ALLOW FOR AN OFFICE SHOWROOM WAREHOUSE USE, AND THAT IS THE GIST OF THE REQUEST WHERE THE APPLICANT IS COMING IN AND ASKING FOR THIS USE TO BE PERMITTED BY RIGHT IN THIS PD DOING THE PD AMENDMENT. THE SITE IS LOCATED 1775 WINDROSE ROAD. APPLICANT IS MISSION RIDGE CONSULTANT. THE SITE IS 0.29 ACRES. AS MENTIONED, IT'S A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 84 104. IT HAS A BASE. IT HAS A BASE ZONING OF. WE CALL IT MIXED USE BECAUSE THAT OLD PD HAD A LOT OF DIFFERENT GENERAL BUSINESS PLUS OTHER PERMITTED USES. SO CURRENTLY IN THE CONVERSION IT'S CALLED THE MIXED USE PD. HERE ON THE ZONING MAP YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE WHERE THE SITE IS OUTLINED IN TEAL. FOR THE MOST PART, THIS PD AND NEARBY AREAS ARE DEVELOPED WITH A VARIETY OF RETAIL COMMERCIAL TYPE USES. THERE ARE SOME MINI STORAGE, MINI STORAGE, MINI MINI WAREHOUSE, SELF STORAGE TYPE BUSINESSES AS WELL DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE PROPOSED SITE, THERE ARE THREE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT YOU SEE IN YELLOW. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IDENTIFIES THIS AREA AS NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS. THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER CATEGORY PROVIDE A MIX OF RETAIL SERVICES AND COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACES. THIS CENTER SHOULD BE APPROPRIATELY SCALED TO ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL AREAS. HERE ARE SOME SIDE PHOTOS. THE BUILDING THAT YOU SEE IN GRAY THAT IS CURRENTLY THE SITE. AS YOU COULD TELL, THE SITE IS NOT IN GREAT CONDITIONS. THERE ARE SOME CRUMBLING PARKING LOTS. THERE ARE LANDSCAPING IS NOT UP TO STANDARD AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. THE PARKING AREA IN THE FRONT IS ALSO BUILT IN ASPHALT. ON THE PHOTO TO THE LEFT YOU SEE ONE OF THE. YOU COULD SEE THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT ARE DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET 
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FROM ONE CHOICE AND JUST GENERAL VIEW OF OF THE STREET. A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. 
          THIS USED TO BE A PRINTING BUSINESS MEDIA PRINTING OFFICE. IN THE PAST, IF YOU IF WE CONTINUE GOING TOWARD SOUTH ALONG WINDSOR ROAD, THE APPLICANT HAS ANOTHER OFFICE THERE. IT'S LOCATED AT 1602 WIND JOYCE. ACTUALLY IN HERE YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEIR EXISTING BUSINESSES. SO WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO LOCATE HERE, IT'S 22 MILES APART. THEY'RE CONSIDERING IT AS AN EXPANSION. WHAT THEY HAVE HERE IS CALLED ROCK STRATEGIC. IT'S A BUSINESS. 
          THEY HELP RESTAURANTS FIND REAL ESTATE AREAS. THE APPLICANT IS HERE. THEY CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS ITSELF. SO I WANTED TO PUT THAT CONTEXT OUT THERE THAT THEY HAVE AN EXISTING BUSINESS HERE. AND THIS IS CONSIDERED AN EXPANSION ON THEIR PART. THIS IS A CONCEPT PLAN. MOSTLY IT DEPICTS DEPICTS WHAT IT IS TODAY. SO IT IS A44 THOUSAND 800 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING. WHAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING. JUST SO, BECAUSE THERE ARE NEARBY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND THE ADJACENT BUSINESSES ARE NOT TRULY HEAVY COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL IN NATURE. SO THEY'RE PROPOSING THAT THEY PUT 5050 OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE. SO 50% OF THE BUILDING WOULD BE DEDICATED FOR AN OFFICE USE, AND 50% WOULD BE DEDICATED FOR WAREHOUSE. AND OUR DEFINITION FOR THE GDC, ONLY 25% NEEDS TO BE OFFICE. SO THEY'RE GIVING THAT COMPROMISE WHERE IT'S MORE ON THE LESS INTENSIVE OFFICE SIDE AND LESS ON THE WAREHOUSE SIDE. THE APPLICANT HAS COMMITTED THAT THE ASPHALT THAT YOU SAW ON THE PICTURE HERE, THEY'LL THEY WOULD LIKE TO RESURFACE IT TO MAKE IT LOOK BETTER. AND THERE ARE FEW OTHER IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING THAT WE BELIEVE WOULD MAKE THE SITE A LOT BETTER FOR AN ADAPTIVE REUSE, SINCE IT'S MOSTLY DEVELOPED SITE, THERE'S NOT A ROOM LEFT FOR TRUE LANDSCAPING TO HAPPEN, BUT STAFF HAS WORKED WITH THE APPLICANT TO GET FOUR PLANTERS TO BE INSTALLED IN THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING, JUST TO ELEVATE THE LOOK AS MUCH AS WE CAN. AS MENTIONED, 50% OF THE BUILDING SHALL BE DEDICATED FOR OFFICE SPACE. THE APPLICANT WILL BE MAKING UPDATES TO THE BUILDING ITSELF AND UPDATING IT TO MATCH OUR BUILDING ARTICULATION AND BUILDING DESIGN SECTION. PER THE GDC, THERE IS ONE DEVIATION THAT THEY'RE ASKING WITH THIS PD AMENDMENT WITH THE BECAUSE WE'RE ASKING FOR AN INCREASED OFFICE SPACE THAT ALSO REQUIRES MORE PARKING SPACES. SO WITH 2400 OFF 2400 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE SPACE AND 2400 SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE SPACE, 11 PARKING SPACES ARE WOULD BE REQUIRED PER THE GDC, BUT PER THE APPLICANT. THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A BUSINESS WHERE CUSTOMERS WILL BE COMING IN A LOT. THEY WOULD ONLY HAVE UP TO SIX EMPLOYEES, SO THEY BELIEVE EIGHT PARKING SPACES SHALL BE ENOUGH AND THEY'RE MAKING IT PART OF THE PD AMENDMENT. WE DO THINK THIS GENERALLY MATCHES THE COMPLIANT. IT DOES HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF KIND OF LESS INTENSIVE USE THAN BEFORE. AND THE OTHER SURROUNDING AREAS. IT DOES UTILIZE AND CURRENTLY UNDERUTILIZED SITE AND IMPROVES IT TO TO A GOOD EXTENT. AND PLAN COMMISSION ALSO RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. RESPONSE LETTERS. WE GOT FIVE IN FAVOR FROM WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA AND THREE IN OPPOSITION FROM WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA, A TOTAL OF EIGHT. WHEN I WENT THROUGH THE THE COMMENTS, THERE WERE NOT THAT MANY COMMENTS MADE ONLY ONE LETTER MENTIONED SOME CONCERNS ABOUT NOISE AND POLLUTION AND SOME IMPACT ON TAXES AND HOUSING SERVICES. BASED ON WHAT WAS SAID ON THE COMMENTS, IT DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THIS USE WOULD ACTUALLY IMPACT, WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE THOSE GENERATE THOSE CONCERNS. WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE AS WELL. AND THEY HAVE A PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF ON THIS ITEM. SEEING NONE. THANK YOU. MADAM SECRETARY WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE APPLICANT. YES. PARMALEE INS AND SKYE. GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE TEN MINUTES FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT SOUNDS LIKE SHE WANT 
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TO ATTEMPT THE NAME SKYE THIBODEAU. BRIDGE CONSULTANTS WERE LOCATED AT P.O. BOX 26020260. I ALWAYS GET THIS WRONG. 203 IN PLANO, TEXAS. WE'RE SOON TO ACTUALLY MOVE OUR OFFICES NEXT MONTH, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO WE ARE REPRESENTING MATTHEW HERE WITH WITH ROCK STRATEGIC WHO'S LOOKING TO REVITALIZE THIS THIS PROPERTY. HE'S GOING TO TAKE OVER THE PRESENTATION HERE. ONCE I GET THROUGH THE RECOMMENDATION SLIDE THAT YOU'LL FIND UP HERE. SO I THINK A NOVEL I DID A FANTASTIC JOB DISCUSSING THE SITE AND THE CONTEXT INVOLVED. SO I'LL JUST SKIP THROUGH THIS. SO WE'RE NOT JUST REPEATING INFORMATION. ALL RIGHT. SO THE PROPOSED USE THIS HAS BEEN AN INTERESTING ONE FOR ME. I MENTIONED WE'RE MOVING OFFICES OURSELVES WITH MISSION RIDGE, WHERE WE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE ABOUT 40% OF WAREHOUSE SPACE. BUT IT'S IN AN OFFICE ENVIRONMENT. IT'S AN OFFICE PARK. SO LIKE US, WE SEE THIS USE IS REALLY AN OFFICE KIND OF AN EXAMPLE I'VE BEEN GIVING TO FOLKS THAT WE'VE WE'VE TALKED TO IS IF YOU WERE TO IMAGINE WHAT STRATEGIC IS DOING, THEY'RE DOING MORE OF A HORIZONTAL EXPANSION WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE DO PROJECTS ALL THE TIME IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS, IN THE SKYSCRAPERS THERE. YOU KNOW, WE SEE THIS AS KIND OF THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT FLOOR OF A MULTI-STORY BUILDING. YOU KNOW, WHERE THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE JUST WAREHOUSE NEEDS TO TO UTILIZE THEIR THE MATERIALS THEY HAVE, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER NORMAL OFFICE ENVIRONMENT. BUT IN TALKING TO STAFF, YOU KNOW, WE UNDERSTAND WE HAVE TO PICK A USE THAT THAT MOST CLEARLY REPRESENTS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE AT THIS LOCATION. SO OFFICE WAREHOUSE, SHOWROOM WAS THE USE THAT WE'VE BEEN GUIDED TO. BUT WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY DOING A SHOWROOM HERE. SO THIS THIS IS NOT ACTUALLY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC REALLY. THIS  FOR THE MAINTENANCE STAFF FOR ROCK STRATEGIC. SO THERE'LL BE ABOUT SIX EMPLOYEES WHO UTILIZE THEIR OFFICE SPACE. YOU CAN SEE THEY HAVE MEETING ROOMS, BREAK AREAS, OFFICES AND THEN THE THE WAREHOUSE FOR THEIR OWN NEEDS TO DO THEIR JOB. AGAIN. THIS RELOCATES MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE STAFF TO SUPPORT 70 PLUS FRANCHISE STORES. AND THIS LAST BULLET POINT REALLY THEY'RE JUST LOOKING TO REINVIGORATE AND BRING THE PROPERTY TO LIFE. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S BEEN THERE IN ITS CURRENT CONDITION FOR SOME TIME, AND WE FEEL LIKE ROCK STRATEGIC IS THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE FOR THE PROPERTY. WHO WILL BE A BENEFIT TO THE CORRIDOR? ALL RIGHT. SO I'D LIKE TO THANK KIM LITTLE RICHARD FOR MEETING WITH US EARLY IN SEPTEMBER. THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL, MR. MOORE, THAT DAY AND HAVING DISCUSSION WITH ME. IT WAS KIND OF IMPROMPTU, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO SPEAK WITH ME AND REALLY LISTEN TO WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO HERE, WHAT I PRESENTED AT THIS FIRST SLIDE, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO DO, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO EXPAND ON THE SELF STORAGE WAREHOUSES THAT ARE ALREADY THERE. THAT'S KIND OF THE CONFUSION WE RAN INTO TRYING TO REPREST WHAT WE'RE TRYING T DO TO VARIOUS FOLKS. SO YOU PROVIDED A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK AND REALLY PUSHED US TO GET TO THAT 5050 MIX, YOU KNOW, TO SERVE THE FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO BE WORKING HERE FOR ROCK STRATEGIC AND UTILIZE THE PROPERTY FOR WHAT MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REALLY NEED. SO WE DID THAT. WE RESPONDED TO THE FEEDBACK AND THEN CHANGED THE LAYOUT. AND MATTHEW IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE BELLS AND WHISTLES, WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO WITH THE WITH THE BUILDING ITSELF. SO YOU CAN I THINK YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE REALLY PLEASED AT WHAT YOU SEE. WE ALSO DELIVERED LETTERS TO THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORS. THAT WAS OUR FOCUS. WE UNDERSTAND THERE WAS A GREATER AREA OF THE PD THAT WAS THAT WAS NOT NOTIFIED, BUT WE REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS ON OUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORS. WE FELT LIKE THEY WERE CLOSEST TO US. WE HAD THE MOST IMPACT ON US. SO ACTUALLY, I WALKED DOOR TO DOOR DELIVERING LETTERS. I BELIEVE THERE WAS ONE THAT THAT DID RESPOND AND I TALKED ABOUT IT. IF YOU REALLY READ THROUGH THAT LETTER, IT MADE IT SEEM LIKE THEY THOUGHT THEIR OWN PROPERTY WAS BEING REZONED FROM COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL. SO THAT IS NOT THE CASE. IF THAT PERSON IS HERE, I HOPE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT. I BELIEVE I SAW THAT HOUSE. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, I'M TWO YEARS IN MY DUOLINGO RELEARNING SPANISH JOURNEY. THERE WAS A LADY AT THE FRONT PORCH AND I TRIED TO ENGAGE IN A CONVERSATION, BUT VERY QUICKLY DECIDED I WOULD NOT BE EFFECTIVE IN MY COMMUNICATION WITH HER. SO I JUST HANDED A LETTER OFF AND, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THAT THAT EXPLAINED ITSELF. BUT IT LOOKED LIKE THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOME CONFUSION THERE. I THOUGHT I HAD ANOTHER SLIDE, BUT I THOUGHT I HAD A RECOMMENDATION SLIDE IN HERE. BUT WHAT IT REALLY SAID IS JUST THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE'VE RECEIVED UP TO THIS POINT HAS BEEN VERY POSITIVE. OBVIOUSLY, WORKING OUT A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL WITH STAFF WAS A BIG WIN FOR US. YOU KNOW, WE WERE AGAIN, WE WERE FIRST TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO. WE WEREN'T SURE IF THIS WAS A COMPATIBLE KIND OF DEAL. BUT ONCE WE GROUNDED THE CONVERSATION IN THE REALITY OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO HERE, YOU KNOW, AND WORKING WITH COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, WE CAME TO A GOOD RECOMMENDATION WITH STAFF. WE FEEL LIKE IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THE SITE. AND AGAIN, THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL FOR OUR PROJECT UNANIMOUSLY. SO I'D LIKE TO STATE THAT AS WELL. AND 
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HERE'S MATT WITH STRATEGIC. HELLO MATTHEW PALMER, LEE ROCK STRATEGIC 1602 WIN JOYCE ROAD. 
          AND JUST DOWN THE STREET IN GARLAND. SO YES, WE'RE A 70 PLUS STORE ACCOUNT FRANCHISE GROUP THAT OWNS AND OPERATES JACK IN THE BOX'S GOLDEN CHICKS AND HAWAIIAN BROS RESTAURANTS. 
          THIS IS MAINLY TO DO MAINTENANCE FOR THE THE THE 40 RELATIVELY 40 PLUS RESTAURANTS WE OWN AND OPERATE IN NORTH TEXAS, AS WE ACTUALLY DO RIGHT NOW IN OUR CURRENT OFFICE. 
          WE'RE JUST AS WE'RE STARTING TO GROW. I'M ACTUALLY MY POSITION IS A NEW ONE THAT I GOT HIRED ON RELATIVELY FOUR MONTHS AGO. WE'RE EXPANDING AS AN OFFICE, AND SO WE NEED A SPOT TO GO AND AND RELOCATE OUR MAINTENANCE STAFF TO KIND OF HELP US EXPAND. AND OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR WHEN WE DO THAT. PART OF THAT IS ALSO AS WE GROW WITH OUR CONCEPTS AND OUR STORE NUMBERS, WE'RE ALSO GROWING WITH THE CONCEPTS WE'RE A PART OF. SO OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING PRESENTABLE. WHENEVER WE'RE LOOKING AT NEW CONCEPTS AND BRINGING PEOPLE IN, WE WANT THEM TO SEE OUR OPERATION AND HAVE A NICE, CLEAN FACILITY. OBVIOUSLY, REPAIRING SOME OF THE ASPHALT, THE THE BROKEN UP ASPHALT THAT'S THERE OUT FRONT. WE ALSO HAVE CALLED OUT TO REPLACE THE CONCRETE ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY AS WELL AS YOU CAN SEE PICTURES HERE. THE METAL FACADE. NOT ONLY DOES IT NEED PAINT, NEED NEW PAINT, IT NEEDS TO BE REFINISHED WITH NEW MATERIAL. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, PUTTING IN PLANTERS OUT FRONT WITH BENCHES AS WELL AND MAKING SURE THAT WE GET THAT ITEM IN THE THE PUBLIC CODE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A NICE FACILITY THAT REPRESENTS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE. YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE AND IN THE WAREHOUSE SPACE, IT'S REALLY MORE SO FOR STORAGE AND MAINTENANCE. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ANYTHING THAT'S REALLY OUT OF THE ORDINARY THAT YOU WOULDN'T DO IN A HOME GARAGE. AND I THINK THAT COVERED ABOUT ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS WE'LL BE DOING THERE. YEAH. AND SO REALLY WE JUST WANT TO HELP IT GROW OUR BUSINESS, KIND OF TURN A SHABBY BUILDING DOWN THE STREET INTO ONE THAT'S OPERATING AND HELPING SUPPORT OUR RESTAURANTS. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          LUCK. HI. I TRULY APPRECIATE THE ESTHETIC LEAPS AND BOUNDS THAT YOU WERE MAKING WITH THIS PROPERTY. I, I THINK IT'S GOING TO IMPROVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD MORE THAN THE RESIDENTS AROUND, YOU KNOW, AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I, I ACTUALLY WORKED FOR A JACK FRANCHISEE IN GARLAND FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS. WE HAD A WAREHOUSE, AND THAT WAREHOUSE WAS FULL OF OLD EQUIPMENT, GREASE LIKE THE FRYERS AND ALL OF THE THINGS. SO HOW THAT WAS REALLY ONE THING THAT WAS VERY GROSS TO ME WHEN I WORKED THERE. SO I WAS WONDERING HOW YOU INTEND TO USE THAT WAREHOUSE SPACE. IT WILL BE USED TO CYCLE IN LIKE STORE EQUIPMENT. WE DO REMODEL VARIOUS REMODELS. THEY ACTUALLY JACK IN THE BOX AS A REMODEL PROGRAM RIGHT NOW. SO IT IS KIND OF IT'S ONE OF THOSE WHERE WE WE WILL BRING IN. LIKE RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING A REMODEL FOR A RESTAURANT WE HAVE IN DALLAS. SO WE HAVE ALL THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE PLAN TO REUSE THERE. 
          SITTING THERE MOST OF THE TIME, THOUGH, WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT, IT'S TYPICALLY TOO OLD TO USE. IT'S IT'S EITHER TOO OLD TO USE AND WE'RE REPLACING IT IF WE'RE DOING A REMODEL LIKE THAT. SO TYPICALLY WE WOULDN'T TAKE LIKE OLD EQUIPMENT AND JUST LET IT SIT WITH THE NUMBER OF STORES WE HAVE. IT'S NOT VERY ECONOMICAL JUST TO IF SOMETHING BREAKS DOWN JUST TO KEEP IT SITTING THERE BECAUSE IT TAKES UP SPACE. AND IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO USE IT, THEN IT'S IT JUST COSTS US TO HOLD IT. SO WE WOULDN'T TYPICALLY USE IT TO STORE LIKE OLD EQUIPMENT THAT DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE. LONG, LONG TERM. WE MIGHT BRING IN EQUIPMENT TO CLEAN IT OR EVEN DO SOME PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE ON SOMETHING, BUT TYPICALLY THAT'S DONE MORE IN THE FIELD. WE'D BE USING IT TO DO TO HELP MAINTAIN, LIKE WE HAVE OUR OWN WOOD CHIPPERS, WE HAVE OUR OWN FORKLIFT. DIFFERENT TOOLS LIKE THAT TO KIND OF HELP REPAIR THE EQUIPMENT LONG TERM. I WOULD SAY THE STUFF WOULD MORE SO CYCLE IN AND OUT. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU MAYOR. SORRY. THANK YOU MA'AM. 
          COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS THANK YOU MAYOR. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. 
          YOU ON THE ON ON ONE OF THE SLIDES, YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SIX EMPLOYEES AND AS OPPOSED TO 11, HOW WILL YOU TAKE ME THROUGH BRIEFLY. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO BE HOW ARE YOU 
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GOING TO GOING TO ORCHESTRATE THAT WITH SIX EMPLOYEES? I MEAN, IT'S REALLY MORE SO JUST AN EXTENSION OF THE OFFICE. IT'S IT'S IT'S NOT REALLY GOING TO BE ANYTHING. WE'RE NOT REALLY PROVIDING A SALE OR A SERVICE, QUOTE UNQUOTE, TO THE PUBLIC. IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A PLACE FOR IT'S JUST GOING TO BE LIKE GOING INTO AN OFFICE FOR ALL OF OUR MAINTENANCE FOLKS. SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE SAY SIX EMPLOYEES, I MEAN, HALF THAT MOST OF THE TIME THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN THE FIELD. IT'S REALLY KIND OF A PLACE FOR THEM TO KIND OF SIT DOWN AND ANSWER EMAILS OR DO ANY OF THEIR ADMIN WORK, BUT MOST OF THEIR WORK IS DONE IN THE FIELD. OKAY. THE NEXT QUESTION IS, IS LIGHTING YOU? CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? HOW IS ANY ADDITIONAL LIGHTING? ARE YOU GOING TO CHANGE ANYTHING? CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT? I. I WENT BY THE BUILDING AND IT NEEDS IT'S IN DISREPAIR. YEAH. AND I'M GLAD TO TO KNOW THAT YOU ALL ARE PROPOSING TO DO THAT. BUT TALK TO ME ABOUT THE LIGHTING. THERE WILL BE SOME. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID, WE HAVE ACTUALLY ENGAGED A DESIGNER ON THIS AS WELL. AND THAT'S SOME OF THE SHE HAS LIKE A DECORATIVE LIGHT FIXTURE SHE WANTS TO PUT OUTSIDE TO NOT ONLY, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY LIGHT THE SPACE AND, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE PROPER FOOT CANDLES SO THAT YOU CAN SEE AT NIGHT AND FOR SECURITY, BUT ALSO JUST SOMETHING THAT LOOKS NICE WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING BY AND WHAT ARE GOING TO BE YOUR OFFICE HOURS. ARE THEY LIKE 8 TO 5? I WOULD THINK JUST KIND OF YOUR STANDARD OFFICE HOURS. WE DON'T TYPICALLY WE'LL HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO COME IN LIKE SAY THAT SOMEBODY IS ON CALL FOR THE WEEKEND. THEY HAVE TO COME IN LATE AND GET A TOOL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT THAT MIGHT HAPPEN, BUT ON A REGULAR BASIS, PROBABLY NOT. 
          IT'S MORE SO JUST A 7 A.M. TO 4 OR 7 A.M. TO FIVE, PROBABLY HOURS OF OPERATION. ARE YOU OPEN? ARE YOU OPEN NORMALLY ON WEEKENDS? NO, NOT NOT TYPICALLY. NO. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? SEEING NONE. 
          COUNCILMEMBER. MORE QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT. YES, SIR. THANK Y, MR. MAYOR. NABILA, WOULD YOU COME BACK, PLEASE? OKAY. THE PROJECT IS ONE WHERE WE'RE CALLING FOR STORAGE AND STOREROOM. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT I'VE HEARD UP FRONT OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE. SO 50% OFFICE SPACE, 50% WAREHOUSE SPACE WHERE THEY'LL BE STORING STUFF. SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE, IF YOU WILL. IF YOU CAN'T, MAYBE THEY CAN TO THE IDEA OF EQUIPMENT BEING REPAIRED. THIS THIS CONCERNS ME A LITTLE AS IT RELATES TO EQUIPMENT COMING. IT'S OUT OF SERVICE OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. IS THAT WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE STORAGE? ARE WE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT REPAIRING EQUIPMENT ON THE IN THE STOREROOM? NO, THIS USE DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY REPAIR TYPE OF SERVICES HAPPENING IN THE BUILDING. SO THEY CAN ONLY STORE THE EQUIPMENT INSIDE THE BUILDING. THAT'S WHY IT'S A WAREHOUSE USE AND IT'S NOT A REPAIR SERVICE USE. OKAY, SO IF IT'S VERY OLD EQUIPMENT, THEN IT COULD BE STORED FOR THEY CAN STORE IT PERIODS OF TIME. CORRECT. BUT THEY CAN'T DO THE REPAIR WORK IN THE BUILDING. I THINK THERE'S A DISTINCTION THAT YOU THAT WE MAY NEED TO DRAW HERE. THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN OFFERING AND REPAIR SERVICE VERSUS REPAIRING THEIR OWN EQUIPMENT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OCCURS IN EVERY WAREHOUSE IN THE IN THE CITY, IN EVERY STORAGE LOCATION, AS BUSINESSES, EQUIPMENT AND PERSONAL PROPERTY BREAK DOWN OR FALL INTO DISREPAIR, THEN THE PROPERTY OWNER, WHICH IS THE BUSINESS OWNER, IS GOING TO REPAIR THAT MOST LIKELY ON SITE. AND THAT'S PERFECTLY ALLOWED WITHIN THE WITH THIS TYPE OF USE. BUT IT WOULD NOT BE A SITUATION OF WHERE OLD EQUIPMENT COMES AND IT JUST SITS THERE FOR IT COULD BE, BUT INSIDE THEY CAN'T STORE THAT EQUIPMENT OUTSIDE. NO, BUT YEAH, THEY COULD CERTAINLY STORE OLD EQUIPMENT THAT INSIDE IN THEIR WAREHOUSE. THERE'S NOTHING THAT WOULD KEEP THEM FROM DOING THAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'M WAITING NOW FOR ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. I SEE NO OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS. 
          MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR, WE DO NOT. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, THIS IS YOUR DISTRICT, SIR. MR. MAYOR, BASED ON ALL THAT HAS BEEN 
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STATED, I LIVE APPROXIMATELY SIX BLOCKS FROM THIS FACILITY. AND BASED ON THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT I HAVE HEARD THAT ARE GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE, ESPECIALLY THE ESTHETICS AND THE LANDSCAPING, IT'S CERTAINLY GOING TO HELP ME WITH BEING NOT BEING AN EYESORE AND HELP THAT PROPERTY TO BE IMPROVED. WITH THAT, I MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MOORE AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER BASS. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US. AND ITEMS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT PUBLIC HEARING. ITEM IS ITEM EIGHT B CONSIDER A REQUEST BY HUNTER MCGUIRE REQUESTING APPROVAL OF TATTOOING BODY PIERCING ESTABLISHMENT TO BE PERMITTED ON THE PROPOSED SITE. 
          THE SITE IS CURRENTLY ZONED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 2119 FOR MIXED USES. THE SITE IS LOCATED AT 315 CONEFLOWER DRIVE IN UNIT A03, IN DISTRICT ONE. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO THIS REQUEST IS TWOFOLD. THE AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS PROPERTY IS ZONED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 21 DASH 19. IT'S ACTUALLY AN OLD PD THAT KEEPS KIND OF BEING AMENDED AMENDED AND AMENDED. 
          AND THE LATEST ONE IS 21 DASH 19. THIS PD CURRENTLY DOES NOT ALLOW TATTOOING BODY PIERCING ESTABLISHMENT AT ALL. NOT WITHIN NOT BY RIGHT. NOT WITH AN SUV. SO THE REQUEST THE THE FIRST REQUEST IS TO AMEND THE PD TO ALLOW A TATTOOING BODY PIERCING ESTABLISHMENT TO BE ALLOWED WITH AN SUV IN THIS PD. AND THEN THE SECOND REQUEST IS TO APPROVE THAT SUP. THE APPLICANT INITIALLY REQUESTED TEN YEARS, BUT I THINK IS AMENABLE TO FIVE YEARS. BUT TO APPROVE THAT SUV FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF YEARSS. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO ASPECTS OF THIS REQUEST. 
          AS YOU MENTIONED, LOCATION IS 315 CONEFLOWER DRIVE OWNER SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, AND IT'S ZONED PD 21 DASH 19. IT IS A MIXED USE PD, HAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROVISIONS AND HAS A LOT OF. SPECIFIC USES THAT ARE PERMITTED WITHIN THE PD AND THAT ARE NOT PERMITTED WITHIN THE PD. HERE YOU SEE THE LOCATION MAP. THIS IS IN FIREWHEEL TOWN CENTER. IT HAS A BIG AREA IS INCLUDED WITHIN THE SAME PD. THE COMPLIANT DOES DOES CALL THIS AREA OUT FOR REGIONAL CENTERS. AND REGIONAL CENTERS ARE AREAS WITH HIGHER CONSTRUCTION CONCENTRATION OF ACTIVITY THAT SERVE AS A DESTINATION FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS. USES WITHIN THIS DEVELOPMENT TYPE PROVIDE A MIX OF RETAIL SERVICES, ENTERTAINMENT AND EMPLOYMENT, AND MAY INCLUDE RESIDENTIAL USES, SO IT IS THAT REGIONAL CENTER. THE VISION OF HAVING A REGIONAL DESTINATION THAT CAN DRAW THE RESIDENTS WITHIN THE GARLAND, BUT ALSO VISITORS FROM OUTSIDE OF GARLAND. WE WANT TO KNOW IN THIS CASE, WE WANTED TO USE AN AERIAL PHOTO AS WELL, JUST TO KIND OF SHOW ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPE OF BUSINESSES AND RETAIL COMMERCIAL USES THAT ARE SURROUNDING AND THAT ARE WITHIN THE FARWELL TOWN CENTER. AS YOU COULD SEE, THERE ARE LOTS OF DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS. THERE ARE CANDY STORES, AMC MOVIE THEATER TO THE NORTH AND TO THE FURTHER NORTH AND EAST. THERE ARE MULTIFAMILY APARTMENTS AS WELL. HERE WE HAVE A CONCEPT PLAN, AND THIS IS NOT ORIENTED NORTH. AS YOU CAN SEE, AMC HERE IS TO THE NORTH, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY OVER HERE. BUT WE WANTED TO SHOW WHERE THE SWEET IS. THE THE THE REQUEST IS FOR THE CP WITHIN A SWEET. AND THAT SWEET IS HERE. WE JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE IN TERMS OF WHERE IN THIS ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT, THIS PARTICULAR SWEET, WHERE A TATTOO BODY PIERCING ESTABLISHMENT IS BEING REQUESTED, WHERE THAT SWEET IS LOCATED. HERE'S SOME SITE PHOTOS OF THAT SWEET FROM DIFFERENT DIFFERENT VIEWS. 
          STAFF DOES NOT NECESSARILY HAVE A RECOMMENDATION ON THIS PIECE BECAUSE ON ONE END, DOES IT TRULY FIT THE VISION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF HAVING BEING A BEING A USE THAT CONTRIBUTES TOWARD A REGIONAL CENTER THAT COULD BE UP TO INTERPRETATION, BUT DOES IT TRULY HAVE A LOT OF IMPACT? PROBABLY NOT. IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF A MALL OF AN OUTDOOR REGIONAL SHOPPING MALL. THE IMPACT IS PRETTY MINIMAL. OUR GDC DOES HAVE SOME SPECIFIC 
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CONDITIONS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH TATTOO BODY PIERCING ESTABLISHMENT. IT CANNOT BE WITHIN 500FT OF CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, OTHER RESIDENTIAL. ALTHOUGH THE FIREWHEEL THERE, THERE ARE MULTIFAMILY TO THE NORTH AND TO THE EAST. THEY ARE WELL BEYOND 500FT FROM THIS PARTICULAR SWEET. SO STAFF IS NEUTRAL ON THIS. WE CAN SEE IT GO BOTH SIDES, BUT PLAN COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION WAS APPROVAL OF THE APPROVAL OF THE PLAN. PLAN DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT AMENDMENT. OF COURSE, TO ALLOW THIS USE WITHIN CP, WITHIN THE PD, AND THEN APPROVAL OF THE CP FOR FIVE YEARS. AND THE APPLICANT WAS AMENABLE TO TO THE TIMELINE RESPONSE LETTERS. WE RECEIVED THREE LETTERS FROM WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA IN FAVOR AND ONE AND AGAINST THE ONE THAT WAS AGAINST. THEY HAD A COMMENT ABOUT. IN ALL, FOR CLEAN, CLEAN BUSINESSES, THIS DOES NOT REALLY COMPLIMENT THE OTHER SURROUNDING USES. THAT WAS THE COMMENT MADE ON THE LETTER. WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. I KNOW THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND THEY BROUGHT A PRESENTATION AS WELL. OH THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM? COUNCILMEMBER BASS THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NABILA, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING AGAIN AND EXPLAIN THE THE TWO REQUESTS, THE ONE BEING THE PD CHANGE ONE IS THE AMENDMENT TO THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD ALLOW THE TATTOOING BODY PIERCING ESTABLISHMENT WITH AN SUP. OKAY. AND THEN THE SECOND REQUEST IS TO APPROVE THAT SUP FOR TATTOOING BODY PIERCING ESTABLISHMENT FOR 5 TO 10 YEARS. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          THANK YOU SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF ON THIS ITEM? MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE APPLICANT? MATTHEW LUCKY? GOOD EVENING. I'M MATTHEW LUCKY. I'M AT 3801 JUNIPER LANE, ROWLETT, TEXAS. 
          SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME. I WORK FOR A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IN GARLAND STANDARD SITE UTILITIES. I'M A VP OF OPERATIONS. I'M HELPING MY WIFE. SHE'S THE THE ARTIST, CATHERINE, HELPING HER TRY TO RUN THIS BUSINESS. AND WITH ALL THE BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION SIDES OF EVERYTHING. BUT I'M JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH A QUICK SLIDESHOW. SO IT'S CALLED BARONESS TATTOO. THAT IS HER, I GUESS, ARTIST PERSONA. SO WE KNOW THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF STIGMA, YOU KNOW, AROUND THE TATTOO PARLOR TATTOO COMMUNITY. SO WE ARE ADDRESSING THAT WITH THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE PROVIDING. WE WANT IT TO BE A ART SPACE THAT SPECIALIZES IN BODY ART, ALSO FINE ART. SHE'S A CLASSICALLY TRAINED ARTIST WITH MULTIPLE DEGREES AT ART SCHOOL IN BALTIMORE. SHE'S ALSO OPERATED HER OWN BUSINESS IN MARYLAND BEFORE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK YOUR BUSINESS EXPERIENCE OR NOT, AND YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH TATTOOING. 
          I'M CATHERINE MYERS, 3801 JENNIFER LANE, SAME RESIDENCE. SO I HAVE TWO ART DEGREES, GOT TRAINED AT MICA FOR FINE ARTS WITH A MAJOR IN PAINTING, AND THEN I WENT TO AI IN DC AND I TRAINED AS A CONCEPT ARTIST. SO I HAVE A SECOND DEGREE IN ANIMATION AND MEDIA ARTS. THE MEDIA ART PART ACTUALLY HELPS IMMENSELY WITH THE TATTOOING, BECAUSE I CAN LITERALLY JUST SIT DOWN AND DRAW THE DESIGNS LIKE SUPER QUICKLY WITH MY CLIENTS THERE AND THEN. I ALSO RAN COUNTLESS PAINT NIGHTS FOR A VERY LONG TIME, AND I STARTED MY OWN PAINT NIGHT BUSINESS. 
          THAT WAS KIND OF LIKE MY FIRST BUSINESS VENTURE. SO THIS IS KIND OF TECHNICALLY THE SECOND. 
          THANK YOU. SO WE JUST WANT TO BE MORE OF AN ART STUDIO DESTINATION RATHER THAN JUST YOUR RUN OF THE MILL TATTOO STUDIO. SO WE'RE GOING TO OFFER PERMANENT MAKEUP ART CONSULTING, EVENTUALLY SELL GOODS, HANDMADE JEWELRY, AND KIND OF HAVE LIKE A BOUTIQUE FEEL TO IT ON ONE SIDE, THE OTHER SIDE. BE FOR THE ARTIST. SO YEAH, SOME OF THE STIGMA UNPROFESSIONAL, YOU 
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KNOW, THEY'RE DIRTY, NOT A GREAT ENVIRONMENT OR, YOU KNOW, NOT REAL ART, LOW CULTURAL VALUE. THAT'S SOME OF THE CLASSIC THINGS THAT WE'VE HEARD IN THIS INDUSTRY. AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO COMBAT THAT WITH REALLY HIGH STANDARDS FOR OUR ARTISTS, OUR ENVIRONMENT AND THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE. YEAH. SO SOME OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE JOBS CREATED FOR UP TO EIGHT ARTISTS, I BELIEVE, AND THEN WE WANT TO SCALE AND EXPAND INTO OTHER LOCATIONS AS WELL. OF COURSE, WE'LL BE PAYING TAX REVENUE TO THE CITY OF GARLAND, AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE KIND OF A TOURISTY SPOT. OH, YOU CAN'T HEAR ME. SORRY ABOUT THAT. YEAH. SO WE WANT TO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN BRIDGERTON. THE THEME IS GOING TO BE LIKE A FRENCH ROCOCO TYPE FEEL TO THE STUDIO, SO WE WANT TO WANT IT TO BE A LUXURIOUS LIKE DESTINATION SPOT. MORE OF AN EXPERIENCE THAN JUST, YOU KNOW, COME IN AND GET TATTOOED. WE WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY AND COMFORTABLE WITH ART THAT WE PROVIDE. YEAH, TATTOOING IS BECOMING MORE MAINSTREAM. ONE IN, I THINK THREE AMERICANS HAVE TATTOOS NOW, SO SOME OF THE STIGMA IS COMING DOWN A LITTLE BIT AS FAR AS BEING CULTURALLY ACCEPTED. 
          BUT HERE'S SOME OF OUR STUDIO CONCEPTS THAT YOU PUT THESE TOGETHER. ONE ON THE LEFT. THE BIGGER IMAGE IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE CLOSER TO WHAT IT WILL ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE ON THE INSIDE. WE ACTUALLY HAVE THOSE PIECES OF FURNITURE READY TO GO. WE HAVE THE LEASE SECURED BY SIMON. THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH IT. THEY SAID THERE USED TO BE TATTOO STUDIOS AT FIREWHEEL TOWN CENTER A LONG TIME A, IS WHAT HUNTER TOLD ME. AND. YEAH, TATTOO MARKET'S INCREASING 10% EVERY YEAR ON REVENUE. IT'S DOUBLED SINCE 2007. AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE. 
          I GUESS, ANOTHER 10% INCREASE BY 2032. SO THE. THE OPPORTUNITIES THERE FOR SURE. 
          DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT. WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS. YES YES SIR. THANK YOU. MAYOR YOU'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT TATTOO BUSINESS AND IT'S GROWING. IF IF THIS REQUEST IS APPROVED, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE BACK TO SIMON. THAT BUSINESS. MR. ATTORNEY? YES, THAT'S THAT'S PROBABLY JUST A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE. YEAH. OKAY. WHAT IS IT GOING TO BE? WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE IMPACT ON THE NEIGHBORS AROUND SURROUNDING YOUR BUSINESS? IF THIS REQUEST IS APPROVED? AM I GOOD? I WOULD SAY THAT WHAT YOU WERE THINKING OF BEFORE BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY OF LIKE THE AREA. 
          SIDE NOTE THAT HE DIDN'T MENTION THAT I PROVIDE. I PROVIDE FREE NIPPLE RECONSTRUCTION LIKE TATTOOS FOR BREAST CANCER AWARENESS LIKE STUFF. SO I ALREADY I GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY IN THAT WAY. JUST TO KIND OF EASE YOUR MIND ON THAT FIRST THOUGHT YOU HAD. 
          AND THEN THE BUSINESSES AROUND THE AREA, I WOULDN'T BE TO LIKE FIGHT THE STIGMA OF LIKE TATTOO SHOPS. I WOULDN'T BE HIRING INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD BRING IN BAD CLIENTELE. MOST OF MY CLIENTELE IS WIDELY WOMEN. I AM AT A WOMAN'S STUDIO CURRENTLY, LIKE ALL WOMEN. SO. AND I'M I'M VERY BUSY. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I HAVE TO CUT DOWN THE AMOUNT OF BUSINESS I'M CURRENTLY GETTING BECAUSE I'M PREGNANT. BUT I BRING IN A LOT OF PEOPLE, LIKE, ALL OVER THE PLACE PEOPLE FLY IN TO SEE ME. SO I'D BE BRINGING IN MORE BUSINESS FOR THE BUSINESSES SURROUNDING, ESPECIALLY THE TWO SWEET SHOPS ON EITHER SIDE OF THAT SWEET. THERE'S LIKE SWEET PEARLS AND A 
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BOBA TEA PLACE. SO WHEN YOU'RE GETTING TATTOOED, YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF LIKE, IF IT'S YOUR FIRST TIME, YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN ADRENALINE SPIKE. AND ONCE YOU REALIZE THE TATTOOS, NOT SO BAD. AFTER I LIKE, POKE YOU THE FIRST COUPLE OF TIMES, YOU'RE YOUR ADRENALINE GOES DOWN AND WITH THAT, YOUR BLOOD SUGAR TANKS. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T EATEN, SWEETS WILL PREVENT YOU FROM PASSING OUT. SO WHEN PEOPLE COME IN AND IT'S LIKE THEIR FIRST TIME OR THEY'RE NERVOUS, I USUALLY SUGGEST THEM TO GO GET SOME SUGAR. WHICH IDEAL? THERE'S TWO SUGAR PLACES ON EITHER SIDE OF THAT SWEET PLACE AND ALSO FOOD ACROSS THE STREET. SO IT WOULD BE IT WOULD BE BRINGING IN LIKE ESPECIALLY THE FOOD PORTION OF THAT BUSINESS FOR THEM. AND LASTLY, YOU MENTIONED, I THINK I HEARD YOU RIGHT. YOU MENTIONED THAT SIMON HAD TOLD YOU THAT THERE WAS TATTOO BUSINESSES IN THAT MALL PREVIOUSLY. CAN YOU CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT? THAT'S JUST WHAT I'VE KNOWN THAT I MEAN, I'VE BEEN PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THAT MALL REALLY, SINCE IT'S BEEN THERE. SO HELP ME AS WAS. CAN YOU ADD SOME SOME CONTEXT TO THAT? THAT'S JUST WHAT HUNTER MCGUIRE TOLD ME WHENEVER I WAS, I GUESS, FILLING OUT SOME OF THE PAPERWORK, ACTUALLY, FOR THE FIT APPLICATION OVER THERE AT THEIR OFFICE, HE DIDN'T GIVE ME ANY SPECIFICS ABOUT WHERE IT WAS LOCATED, AND HE JUST SAID THAT THERE HAD BEEN SOME TATTOO PARLORS IN FIREWHEEL AT ONE POINT IN TIME. AND I KNOW ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS WAS FROM THE. FIREWHEEL SALONS, THE SALON SUITES OVER THERE. I READ ONE OF THEIR COMMENTS ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, NOT HAVING, I GUESS, NOT BEING ON PAR WITH ALL THE OTHER RETAIL STORES IN THE AREA, BUT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A TATTOO STUDIO OPERATING THERE RIGHT NOW AT SALON SUITES, SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEIR ARGUMENT WAS AGAINST IT. IF THEY HAVE A TATTOO STUDIO OPERATING THERE NOW. SO BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE OF WHO THE PREVIOUS. 
          TENANTS WERE, TATTOO ARTISTS OR STUDIOS WERE. THAT'S JUST WHAT WAS RELAYED TO ME FROM SIMON. 
          MY NEXT QUESTION WHAT WOULD BE YOUR IF IF THIS REQUEST IS APPROVED? WHAT? TELL US ABOUT YOUR HOURS OF OPERATION. I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO BE 10 TO 9. YEAH, 10:10 A.M. 9 P.M. AND POSSIBLY OFF ON SUNDAYS. THAT'S UP TO THE ARTISTS BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE UP TO 99 CONTRACTORS, AND THEY'LL JUST BE PAYING RENT FOR OUR SPACE. SO. BUT OPEN HOURS. YEAH. IT'S GOING TO BE 10 TO 9. YEAH OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. 
          COUNCILMEMBER DUTTON, I THINK YOUR RENDERING IS FANTASTIC. AND AS SOMEONE WHO IS OPEN THEIR OWN TATTOO STUDIO IN HER BEDROOM, I CAN GUARANTEE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT SAFER FOR YOU TO DO IT THAN FOR ME TO DO I IT IN MY OM. SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A FANTASTIC ADDITION TO FIREWHEEL. THERE'S THERE'S NOT REALLY A TATTOO STUDIO IN THE VICINITY. AND SO I THINK THAT I THINK THAT IT IT WILL THRIVE RIGHT THERE. AND I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT. 
          IT'S IT'S BEAUTIFUL FROM THE RENDERINGS. SO I'M EXCITED. THANK YOU GUYS. WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE EMPIRE. ONE OF THOSE THE CHANDELIERS THAT ARE IN THAT FIRST PICTURE. WE SOURCED THEM ON AN AUCTION SITE AND THEY'RE FROM EGYPT AND THEY'RE LIKE INCREDIBLE. AND I CAN'T WAIT TO, LIKE, HOOK THEM UP. I LOVE IT. WELL, IT LOOKS IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. SO I'M EXCITED. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. COUNCILMEMBER BASS THANK YOU. MY LAST IN THE QUEUE. YOU MAY BE, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK FURTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM FOR CATHERINE. MATTHEW, FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. ON THE ON YOUR BUSINESS AND ON YOUR UPCOMING BABY. VERY, VERY HAPPY FOR YOU GUYS AND I APOLOGIZE. I KNOW YOU HAD EMAILED ME AND I ACTUALLY JUST GOT A CHANCE TO EMAIL BACK TODAY, SO WE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO TO MEET. BUT YOU KNOW, REALLY AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH OUR STAFF ALREADY. SO, YOU KNOW, I'VE ALREADY I'M FAMILIAR WITH WHAT WHAT YOU GUYS WHAT YOUR WHAT YOUR VISION IS. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE AND APPRECIATE IT. AND YOU PUT TOGETHER A REALLY NICE PRESENTATION TO REALLY LIKE THE PRESENTATION. YOU ACTUALLY TOOK SOME OF MY NOTES AWAY FROM ME. SO SO I ANSWERED A LOT OF MY 
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QUESTIONS, ANSWERED A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS, WENT OVER A LOT OF MY NOTES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY, WHEN I ONE OF THE WHEN I STARTED ON COUNCIL, WE HAD BEFORE I GOT ON COUNCIL, A TATTOO PARLOR WAS APPROVED FOR DOWNTOWN IN DOWNTOWN GARLAND. AND SP GIVEN WAS SOMETHING LIKE ONE YEAR OR THREE YEARS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I WAS ON COUNCIL WHEN WHEN THEY CAME BACK FOR THEIR SP, AND IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING CULTURALLY HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED, BECAUSE GIVING A SHORTER SP SHOWS THAT WE DON'T HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE BUSINESS, AND THAT CONFIDENCE ON A TATTOO PARLOR WOULD BE THE NEGATIVE THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH IT THAT YOU MENTIONED. AND, YOU KNOW, CULTURALLY, EVEN OVER THE PAST FIVE, SIX YEARS, I REALLY FEEL THAT THAT'S CHANGED A LOT, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T SEE ANY PROBLEM WITH IT AT ALL. I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE A GREAT VISION AND HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE IN GARLAND. IT'S GOING TO ATTRACT MORE PEOPLE TO FIREWHEEL AND IT'S GOING TO, YOU KNOW, BE A GOOD, GOOD, GOOD THING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, IN IN DISTRICT ONE AND IN GARLAND. SO APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING HERE AND YOU'VE GOT MY SUPPORT. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. YES, I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR FOR APPLYING HERE. I KNOW WE HAVE BUSINESSES AND FIREWHEEL THAT ARE CLOSING THEIR DOORS AND GOING AWAY AND LOOKING AT GOOGLE STREET VIEW. THERE WAS A SOMETHING IN THERE BEFORE THAT'S NOW LISTED ON GOOGLE IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED. AND SO I THINK WE SEE SEVERAL OF THAT IN FIREWHEEL. SO I'M PERSONALLY HAPPY TO SEE A BUSINESS THAT WANTS TO COME TO FIREWHEEL, THAT WANTS TO DO THAT. AND THEN YOUR PRESENTATION, WHICH JUST SOME OF THE ART WOULD JUST IT'S JUST A FANTASTIC PRESENTATION. I REALLY THOUGHT THERE'S SOME REAL TRUE ARTISTS. IS THIS ALL YOURS? AREN'T YOU PERSONALLY? WOW. AND SO THE CONTRACTORS THAT YOU WILL BE HIRING, ARE THEY TRAINED BY YOU? HAVE THEY GONE TO SCHOOL? WHERE ARE YOU SOURCING FROM? TWO APPRENTICES. AND I AM PUTTING THEM THROUGH A RIGOROUS TRAINING. I'M GOING TO BE TRAINING THEM IN LIKE TRADITIONAL DRAWING FIRST AND THEN FAKE SKIN. MOSTLY LIKE REALISM AND THEN COLOR WORK IF THEY WANT TO DO THAT, AND THEN IT DEPENDS ON LIKE WHAT DIRECTION THAT THEY SEE THEMSELVES GOING IN AS AN ARTIST, BECAUSE THERE'S LOTS OF THEY DON'T ALL HAVE TO LIKE, BE LIKE ME. THEY COULD GO A DIFFERENT ROUTE. THERE'S ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT STUFF OTHER THAN LIKE YOUR TRADITIONAL AMERICAN TRAD, WHICH IS WHAT EVERYBODY'S USED TO SEEING, LIKE THE THE OLD STYLE WAY WITH LIKE THE REALLY HEAVY, BOLD LINES. THERE'S TONS AND TONS OF DIFFERENT STYLES NOW, SO I'M GOING TO START THEM ON LIKE TRADITIONAL, BUT I DO EXPECT THEM TO KIND OF BRANCH OFF AND FIND LIKE THEIR OWN KIND OF ARTISTIC STYLE SEPARATE FROM MINE. SO THAT WAY WE OFFER MORE STUFF AND I DON'T HAVE ANY ARTIST IN MIND AS OF YET, BUT I DO FEEL CONFIDENT WHEN I OPEN THE STUDIO AND I LIKE DESIGN IT. 
          AND THEN I PUT UP PICTURES THERE. THERE'S GOING TO BE INTEREST, AND I'M PROBABLY GOING TO BE PRETTY NIT PICKY ON WHO I PICK, GIVEN THAT I DO HAVE A DAUGHTER THAT I'M BRINGING INTO THE WORLD. SO SHE PROBABLY WILL BE GOING TO THE STUDIO WITH ME ONCE IN A WHILE. 
          SO I WANT THE PEOPLE SURROUNDING ME TO BE OF HIGHER QUALITY THAN WHAT YOU MIGHT FIND IN SOME OTHER PLACES. OKAY. AND SO WILL YOUR STUDIO. WHAT'S THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF ARTISTS YOU CAN HAVE COME? DID YOU? THERE ARE SEPARATE ROOMS. THERE ARE. THERE'S LIKE A BIG FRONT LOBBY. I'M NOT GOING TO BE CHANGING THE LAYOUT OF IT. IT WAS A MED SPA BEFORE. I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY PICTURES UP ON THERE, BUT I DID TAKE PICTURES. THERE ARE FOUR ROOMS. TWO OF THE ROOMS ARE QUITE LARGE. THAT COULD FIT LIKE TWO ARTISTS EACH, AND THEN TWO SMALLER ROOMS, ONE OF WHICH I WAS THINKING, IF WE DON'T DO PIERCING, IT'S GOING TO BE TATTOO ARTISTS. BUT IF I INCLUDE THE PIERCING WITH IT, ONE OF THOSE WOULD BE A PIERCER. SO UP TO 6 TO 8 ARTISTS IN THIS SPACE. OKAY. AND THEN YOU TALKED ABOUT YOUR HOURS 10 TO 9. IS THAT SEVEN DAYS A WEEK OR WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT HOW MANY DAYS WE WE'RE BOTH CHRISTIAN. WE GO TO ELEVATE LIFE IN FRISCO ON SUNDAYS. AND WE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY LOVE OUR CHURCH. SO I WOULD PREFER TO BE OFF LIKE SUNDAYS BUSINESS WISE. OKAY. JUST BECAUSE. NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. JUST CURIOUS AS TO AS TO, YOU KNOW, HOW OFTEN YOU WOULD BE OPEN AND, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY I CAN, YOU KNOW, JUST FROM LOOKING AT YOUR WORK HERE, I THINK THAT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU NEED TO START IS PUTTING YOUR WORK OUT THERE. THOSE ARE SOME REALLY BEAUTIFUL PIECES HERE. THANK YOU. IMPRESS VIRTUALLY ANYBODY. SO I DO FAVOR THIS BOTH AMENDING THE P 
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AND THE SP. I THINK THAT FIVE YEARS IS A GOOD TERM. FIVE YEARS I THINK IS A GOOD TERM JUST TO SIMON ALSO SAID THAT THEY WANTED TO DO FIVE YEARS JUST TO SEE KIND OF HOW IT WOULD GO BUSINESS WISE. AND WE DO WANT TO EXPAND. I DO HOPE THAT IT LIKE FLOURISHES THERE. 
          AND THEN IF WE NEED TO COME BACK AND LIKE RENEW IT, MAYBE RENEW IT FOR THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME OR RENEW IT LONGER. BUT FIVE YEARS I FEEL LIKE IS GOOD. OKAY. AND THAT WAS PLAN. 
          COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION WAS FIVE YEARS AS WELL. RIGHT? YES. OKAY. THAT'S VERY GOOD OKAY. 
          BEST OF LUCK TO YOU. WELCOME TO GARLAND. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCIL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THE APPLICANT ON THIS ITEM. MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR, WE DO NOT. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER BASS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT, SIR. THANK YOU. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOTION TO APPROVE THE PD AMENDMENT WITH SP AND APPROVE THE SP FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS. MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BASS, A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? A MOTION TO APPROVE. MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US. 
          IT'S PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELCOME TO GARLAND. THANK YOU GUYS. 
          COUNCIL, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO OUR CITIZENS COMMENT SEION, WE'VE BEEN AT IT FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF. I'M GOING TO ASK THAT WE TAKE A RECESS HERE. IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE COME BACK AT 835. YOU'RE IN RECESS. THANK YOU. 
          I'M GOING TO SAY THAT THIS. WELCOME BACK TO THE OCTOBER 21ST MEETING, THE 
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GARLAND CITY COUNCIL. WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS CITIZENS COMMENTS. IF COUNCIL MEMBERS PLEASE TAKE THEIR SEATS. COUNSEL, IF YOU PLEASE, TAKE YOUR SEATS. FOR CITIZENS COMMENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE ADDRESS ISSUES NOT ON THE MEETING AGENDA MAY HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, COUNCIL IS PROHIBITED FROM DISCUSSING ANY ITEM NOT ON THE POSTED AGENDA. 
          AS A REMINDER, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK EACH AND IF YOU PLEASE, GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. R THE RECORD, MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR FIRST SPEAKER? YES, SIR J. ISSN-L. HIS NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. MY NAME IS JENNA. I LIVE ON 207 TRENTON DRIVE IN WILEY, AND I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK FOR THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF MARWAN MAAROUF, A GARLAND RESIDENT THAT WAS UNJUSTLY ABDUCTED BY ICE. I VOLUNTEERED AND WORKED AT THE MUSLIM AMERICAN SOCIETY. MASS. HERE IN DFW, MASS. AS A COMMUNITY SPACE THAT MARWAN MAAROUF IS A PINNACLE OF, I WILL BE REFERRING TO MARWAN MAAROUF AS MARWAN IS THE ARABIC WORD FOR UNCLE, AND EVEN THOUGH HE IS NOT MY BIOLOGICAL UNCLE, BUT HE MADE EVERYONE FEEL LIKE FAMILY. MARWAN IS THE PERSON WHO WOULD ALWAYS ENSURE THAT EVERY COMMUNITY MEMBER, NO MATTER THEIR BACKGROUND OR RELIGION, IS WELCOME. HE WOULD NEVER DISMISS THE YOUTH, BUT RATHER HE TREATED THEM AS A PINNACLE OF THE COMMUNITY AND ALWAYS EMPOWERED THEM. DURING MY EXPERIENCE OF WORKING WITH MARWAN DURING THE MASS SUMMER CAMP, I GOT TO WITNESS FIRSTHAND HOW MARWAN MADE EVERY CHILD FEEL SAFE AND AT HOME. HE IS THE PERSON THAT KIDS WOULD GO TO HIS OFFICE JUST TO TALK TO AND GRAB A SNACK. HE IS THE PERSON WHO WOULD REMEMBER ONE OF THE ONE OF HIS STUDENTS FAVORITE SMOOTHIES AND MAKE IT FOR THEM. HE ONCE SAW A GROUP OF STUDENTS SELLING SWEETS AT A TABLE AND NO ONE WAS PURCHASING FROM THEM, SO HE GAVE ME AND OTHER STAFF CASH AND QUIETLY SIGNALED FOR US TO LINE UP AT THE TABLE. THE KIDS WERE SO EXCITED TO SEE THAT THE LINE THAT FORMED IN FRONT OF THEM. 
          SO EXCITED TO SEE THE LINE FORM IN FRONT OF THEM, NOT KNOWING IT WAS ALL BECAUSE OF MARWAN. 
          HE ORGANIZED FOOD DRIVES, MENTORED THE YOUTH, WAS RECOGNIZED BY CITY COUNCILS, AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. FOR A GARLAND RESIDENT WHO STRIVED FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE COMMUNITY IN EVERY ASPECT, TO BE ABDUCTED IN SUCH A DEHUMANIZING WAY SETS A HORRIFYING PRECEDENT, A PRECEDENT THAT ALLOWS FOR ANY LAW ABIDING COMMUNITY SERVICE INDIVIDUAL TO BE TARGETED BY A SYSTEM THAT AIMS TO WEAPONIZE THE IMMIGRATION PROCESS. IF 
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THIS COUNCIL CHOOSES TO STAY SILENT AS ONE OF ITS RESIDENTS IS PENALIZED FOR THE MERE ACT OF GIVING TO THOSE IN NEED, THIS WILL NOT ONLY BE AN INJUSTICE, BUT WILL CAUSE EVERY RESIDENT TO THINK TWICE BEFORE PERFORMING ANY ACT OF COMMUNITY SERVICE. I REPEAT, COMMUNITY SERVICE, ONE OF ANY CITY'S, I REPEAT, COMMUNITY SERCE. THE THE FABRIC OF ANY CITY, ONE OF THE CITY COUNCIL'S ROLES IS TO REPRESENT ITS CONSTITUENTS. SO I HOPE TODAY, AFTER HEARING YOUR CONSTITUENTS CONCERNED REGARDING UNJUST ABDUCTION, YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR ROLES BY VOICING OUR CONCERNS AND CALL FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM SECRETARY. 
          PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER. ABDUL RAHMAN. HIS NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. HI EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ABDUL RAHMAN AND I LIVE AT 1760 LOOKOUT DRIVE IN GARLAND. I'M IN MY LAST YEAR OF LAW SCHOOL AT SMU LAW, AND I'M A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER, AND WE ARE ALL HERE TODAY TO ASK THAT THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL MAKE A STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF MARWAN MADOFF'S RELEASE, WHO WAS ABDUCTED BY ICE ON SEPTEMBER 22ND AFTER HE WAS SURROUNDED BY SEVERAL POLICE OFFICERS. AFTER DROPPING HIS YOUNGEST SON AT SCHOOL. HE AND HIS FAMILY ARE GARLAND RESIDENTS AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS THAT YOU WERE ELECTED TO PROTECT. THE COMMUNITY IS AT LOSS WITHOUT THE PRESENCE OF BROTHER MARWAN. AND I DON'T JUST MEAN THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE BROADER GARLAND, RICHARDSON AND GREATER DFW AREA. 
          IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH WHOM ONE IS, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT NEARLY EVERY MUSLIM IN DALLAS KNOWS HIM FOR HIS LEADERSHIP, COMPASSION, AND TIRELESS SERVICE. FOR EXAMPLE, IN 2024, MARWAN WAS HONORED WITH A PROCLAMATION FROM THE MAYOR OF RICHARDSON COMMENDING HIS RELIEF EFFORTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC, INCLUDING THE DELIVERY OF OVER 100,000 HOT MEALS TO FRONTLINE WORKERS IN AID THAT TOUCHED THE LIVES OF CITY EMPLOYEES ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS. WHEN MY FAMILY MOVED TO DALLAS IN 2014, MARWAN WAS THE ONE WHO WELCOMED MY FAMILY TO DALLAS AND HELPED US ESTABLISH OUR FOOTING HERE. WE ARE JUST ONE OF THE MANY FAMILIES HE HAS HELPED, AND THIS STORY IS JUST A SMALL WINDOW INTO WHO HE IS. BUT ONE IS USUALLY STANDING AT THE LOBBY OF THE MUSLIM AMERICAN SOCIETY IN RICHARDSON, OPENING THE DOOR FOR NEW PEOPLE AND PASSING OUT WATER BOTTLES. HE IS A CONSTANT SOURCE OF HAPPINESS FOR THE CHILDREN OF COMMUNITY, GIVING CASH OUT TO KIDS SO THEY CAN BUY A TREAT FROM THE VENDING MACHINE. AS JENNA MENTIONED ON MY YOUNGEST BROTHER SIXTH BIRTHDAY, HE DROVE ALL THE WAY TO MY FAMILY'S HOUSE TO SURPRISE HIM WITH HIS FAVORITE COLOGNE BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT HE LOVED IT SO MUCH AND THAT IS THE TYPE OF MAN HE IS. HE ALWAYS MAKES EVERYONE FEEL SPECIAL AND SEEN AND REMEMBERED, NO MATTER THEIR AGE OR STATUS. THE ABDUCTION OF MARWAN IS A WIDER PATTERN OF TARGETING PALESTINIAN, MUSLIM AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, AND WE MUST PUSH BACK AGAINST THIS REPRESSION AND STAND TOGETHER AS THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL. 
          YOU HAVE THE DUTY TO PROTECT YOUR CONSTITUENTS. HIS IMMIGRATION CASE IS BEING POLITICIZED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO MAKE AN EXAMPLE OUT OF HIM, AND TO SEND A MESSAGE TO THE GREATER COMMUNITY THAT IF YOU ARE ACTIVE, WHETHER IN PROVIDING SERVICE OR SPEAKING OUT AGAINST OPPRESSION, AND EVEN IF YOU DO EVERYTHING RIGHT, TO BE HERE WITH DOCUMENTATION, AS HE DID, BECAUSE HE'S BEEN HERE FOR 30 YEARS, EVERYONE CAN BE A TARGET. WE DO NOT ACCEPT SHAM ALLEGATIONS AND RACIST ALLEGATIONS REGARDING NATIONAL SECURITY. EVERY SINGLE TIME THE GOVERNMENT SEEKS TO SHOW ITS POWER BY BULLYING THE VULNERABLE AMONG US. WHEN IMMIGRATION BECOMES A POLITICAL WEAPON, OUR DEMOCRACY LOSES ITS MORAL COMPASS. GARLAND MUST REJECT THIS INJUSTICE AND HELP US DEMAND MARWAN'S IMMEDIATE RELEASE. MAKE HIM AND YOUR FAMILY ONE OF THE STARFISHES YOU MENTIONED EARLIER TODAY, AND HELP US TO IMPACT OUR FAMILY POSITIVELY. AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM SECRETARY. 
          PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. AND I HAVE THREE MINUTES. ASSALAMU ALAIKUM. MAY PEACE AND BLESSINGS BE UPON YOU. MY NAME IS ALI. I RESIDE AT 601 PHEASANT RUN DRIVE, MURPHY, TEXAS. I'VE KNOWN SINCE I WAS FIVE YEARS OLD. THROUGH THE COMMUNITY CENTER MASS. GROWING UP, I WAS A PART OF GIRL SCOUTS FROM BROWNIE TO AMBASSADOR, ATTENDED SUNDAY SCHOOL AND AM NOW A VOLUNTEER THERE. AND IN NEARLY EVERY MEMORY OF MASS IS OUR MAMA JUAN. A STEADY CONSTANT IN AN EVER CHANGING WORLD WHO BETTERS PEOPLE JUST BY BEING AROUND THEM? I STILL RECALL AT 23 YEARS OLD NOW, WHAT I SAID ABOUT IMAM MARWAN AT A COMMUNITY GATHERING FOR HIM WHEN I WAS MAYBE ABOUT EIGHT YEARS OLD, I RAISED MY HAND UP, UP HIGH, AS HIGH AS I COULD, MY HEART POUNDING TO GRAB THE MIC JUST SO THAT I COULD SAY I'M MARWAN IS THE PHRASE ONE SIZE FITS ALL. 
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BECAUSE NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE OR HOW OLD YOU ARE, HE IS FOR YOU. HE MAKES COMMUNITY PROGRAMS FOR YOU. HE MAKES RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR YOU. HE LOOKS AFTER YOU. HE HAS NURTURED MULTIPLE GENERATIONS OF KIDS AND YOUTH TO BE BETTER, MORE CONSCIENTIOUS ADULTS. HE IS WHAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS, NOT JUST LOOKING AFTER US NOW, BUT BUILDING OUR AND OUR FUTURE KIDS AS GENERATIONS. I'VE GONE FROM BEING ONE OF THE ROWDY CHILDREN HE LOOKED AFTER ON FRIDAY NIGHT, PROGRAMMINGS TO WORKING WITH HIM DURING COVID TO ENSURE KIDS HAD A WEEKLY VIRTUAL SPACE TO MEET, LEARN AND EXPRESS THEMSELVES TO VOLUNTEERING IN PUBLIC ADVOCACY AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND TRYING TO INCREASE VOTER REGISTRATION. HE'S CHALLENGED ME IN MY VOLUNTEERING TO ASK MYSELF WHAT IMPACT I WANT TO LEAVE ON THE GREATER DFW COMMUNITY, HOW I WANT TO ADVOCATE AND PARTICIPATE IN ENACTING CHANGE, THE SAME WAY THAT THE REASON YOU'RE ALL IN YOUR SEATS IS BECAUSE YOU CARE ENOUGH ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITIES TO ENACT SYSTEMIC CHANGE, TO IMPROVE THEM, AND CARRYING FORWARD THE METAPHOR FROM THE START OF THE MEETING, AMAL MARWAN HAS BEEN ON THE HAS BEEN THE BOY ON THE BEACH THROWING THE STARFISH, AND HE'S BEEN CALLING OTHERS TO DO THE SAME. SO I ASK THAT IN HIS TIME OF NEED, YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR HIM, BECAUSE THE GREATER DFW COMMUNITY IS STRONGER THAN AN INDIVIDUAL LIKE IMAM MARWAN, INCLUDING GARLAND. I CALL ON THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL TO ISSUE A STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF MARWAN MADOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM SECRETARY. PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER, CARL SMITH. MY NAME IS CARL SMITH, 2216 RIDGE OAK DRIVE. I'M NOT A PUBLIC SPEAKER. I'M JUST A REGULAR CITIZEN WHO NEVER WANTED THIS KIND OF INTERACTION WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT FEEL COMPELLED TO SPEAK BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT PATHWAYS IS A MONEY GRAB, AND I BELIEVE THAT SOMEONE ON THE COUNCIL OR STAFF IS MAKING MONEY ON IT. SO IN MY VERY SMALL AUNT OF TIME IN EACH COUNCIL MEETING, I WILL GO PAGE TO PAGE TO VOICE MY CONCERNS. I BELIEVE THIS CONTRACT SHOULD BE CANCELED. 
          MANY DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE CONTRACT YET. ABOUT THE OPTING OUT, BUT ALMOST 2000 HAVE ALREADY OPTED OUT. OPTING OUT DOESN'T MEAN THAT TAX DOLLARS WON'T BE USED, SO YOU'D STILL BE PAYING FOR IT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. AND TO THAT POINT ON, THE RECITALS OF THE CONTRACT, IT SAYS IT WOULD NOT AND IS NOT INTENDED TO EXPEND FUNDS FROM THE GENERAL FUND. YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF JOBS THAT ARE BEING CREATED TO IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM. AND PATHWAYS IS SUPPOSEDLY PAYING FOR THOSE FOR LIKE SIX MONTHS, I BELIEVE IS THE TERM. WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT SIX MONTHS? YOU'RE JUST GOING TO THROW THEM OUT THE DOOR? PROBABLY NOT. YOU'RE GOING TO START USING TAX DOLLARS TO PAY THEM. THAT'S THE WAY THAT WORKS WITH APARTMENTS. 
          I HAVEN'T SEEN A THING IN THIS CONTRACT THAT ACTUALLY ADDRESSES APARTMENTS. THEIR APARTMENTS IN THE CITY OF GARLAND, WHERE THEIR UTILITIES ARE PAID BY THE APARTMENT COMPLEX, DOESN'T ADDRESS THAT AT ALL. SO, LIKE I SAY, I'LL BE GOING PAGE BY PAGE. I'LL SEE Y'ALL EVERY EVERY MEETING. YOU'LL GET USED TO MY BRIGHT AND SHINING FACE, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS THING NEEDS TO GO AWAY. I THINK IT'S A BAD IDEA. IT ONLY IF IT HAS ANY BENEFITS AT ALL. IT WOULD ONLY BENEFIT. BENEFIT A SMALL AMOUNT OF THIS CITY POPULATION. AND IT'S GOING TO COST TAX DOLLARS. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY TONIGHT. I'LL SEE YOU ALL NEXT TIME. THANK YOU SIR. MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER, DANNY STARNES. DANNY STARNES, 6509 FALLBROOK DRIVE, GARLAND, TEXAS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL AND VOICE MY CONCERNS ABOUT MD HEALTH PATHWAYS PROGRAM. I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, FOR VOTING NO ON THIS INTRUSIVE PROGRAM. IT BURDENS OUR ELDERLY CITIZENS. YOUR STATEMENT AT THE AUGUST 19TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING HIGHLIGHTING THE AUTOMATIC OPT IN MODEL AS A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE RESONATES WITH MANY OF US. COUNCILMAN, 
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COUNCILMAN MOORE DID A WONDERFUL JOB, AND I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR SHOWING TRUE COURAGE BY VOTING NO. IN AN ERA WHERE POLITICAL BACKBONE IS RARE, YOU STOOD UP FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND IT'S VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. YOU CLEARLY RECOGNIZE THAT AS AMERICAN CITIZENS, WE HAVE THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO CHOOSE THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES WE WANT. 
          WE DO NOT WANT THOSE DECISIONS MADE FOR US BY THE GOVERNMENT. SOCIAL MEDIA IS STILL ABUZZ WITH OUTRAGE, AND THE COUNCIL SHOULD TAKE NOTE. THE PEOPLE OF GARLAND WILL NOT STAND BY AS OUR RIGHTS ARE DISREGARDED BY FORCIBLY ENROLLING EVERY HOUSEHOLD INTO THIS PREDATORY PROGRAM, THE COUNCIL HAS OVERSTEPPED THEIR AUTHORITY HERE IN GARLAND. WE DON'T TOLERATE OUR RIGHTS BEING TRAMPLED ON UNTIL THE COUNCIL RECONSIDERS. EXPECT TO SEE US HERE HOLDING YOU ACCOUNTABLE. WE HAVE LONG MEMORIES, AND COME ELECTION TIME, WE'LL REMEMBER THOSE THAT IGNORED OUR BOUNDARIES. I REMAIN PUZZLED BY THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO VOTED YES FOR THIS INTRUSIVE PROGRAM. THIS IS A SMALL START UP COMPANY TESTED ONLY IN SMALL CITIES LIKE LIKE FERRIS. FERRIS HAS ABOUT 2000 HOUSEHOLDS, AND I'M BEING VERY GENEROUS. 
          GARLAND HAS 82,000 HOUSEHOLDS. AND THAT'S THAT'S A BIG, BIG DIFFERENCE. THE SCALE AND RISK HERE ARE VASTLY DIFFERENT. NOW, I UNDERSTAND COUNCILWOMAN BEARD'S YES VOTE. SHE POSTED ON FACEBOOK THAT DOCTOR PARROT ACTUALLY SAVED HER LIFE YEARS AGO. THEY DISCUSSED IT AFTER A WORK SESSION BEFORE THE OFFICIAL VOTE. NOW, FEW WOULD VOTE NO IN THAT SITUATION, THOUGH, I WOULD RECOMMEND ABSTAINING SINCE THERE WOULD NO BE, THERE WOULD NOT BE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. MAYOR PRO TEM LUKE'S POSITION, HOWEVER, IS PERPLEXING. DURING THE MAY 5TH WORK SESSION, DOCTOR PARROT STATED, IF THIS DOESN'T WORK IN GARLAND, IT DESTROYS MY BUSINESS. HER RESPONSE I HOPE WE CAN HELP PROVE TO EVERYONE THAT THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM. 
          INSTEAD, MAYBE SHE SHOULD HAVE SAID, I'LL CONSULT MY CONSTITUENTS TO HEAR THEIR VIEWS. SO IN CLOSING, I URGE YOU TO CANCEL THIS PROGRAM BEFORE IT CONTINUES ANY FURTHER. 
          THANK YOU SIR. MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER. MOTION. SALEM. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MOUSSA SALEM AND I RESIDE AT THREE 406 CASTLEMAN COVE. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF GARLAND FOR 18 YEARS NOW, AND I ENJOY THIS CITY, ESPECIALLY THE RICH CULTURAL TAPESTRY THAT DISTINGUISHES GARLAND. BUT MY THOUGHTS FOR THE PAST MONTH HAVE REVOLVED ABOUT ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS. HE AND HIS FAMILY HAVE RESIDED HERE FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS AS WELL, AND THEY'VE BEEN MODEL RESIDENTS FROM THE FIRST OF THEM TO THE YOUNGEST PROFESSIONALS, HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, EDUCATORS, WORKING CONSTRUCTION STUDENTS, VOLUNTEERS. THE LIST GOES ON. 
          IF YOU KNOW HIS NAME, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH HIS NAME, IT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE HE'S WORKED ALONGSIDE YOU IN SOME PHILANTHROPIC ENDEAVOR. IF YOU DON'T KNOW HIS NAME, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY LOST, BUT PROBABLY MORE TRUE IS THAT, AS WE SPOKE PREVIOUSLY ABOUT SERVANT LEADERS, ARE ONE IS A SILENT SERVANT, AND THAT'S HOW HE OPERATES. AS YOU'VE HEARD ON THESE STREETS, OUR STREETS OF GARLAND. HE WAS SURROUNDED AFTER DROPPING HIS CHILD OFF AT SCHOOL, IN FULL VIEW OF THE OTHER STUDENTS AND PARENTS OF THOSE STUDENTS, AND WHISKED AWAY. IMAGINE YOURSELF IN THAT SITUATION. IMAGINE THE WORST THING THAT SOMEONE COULD ACCUSE YOU OF BEING A LIAR. BEING A FRAUD. AND THAT'S ALL WRAPPED UP IN THIS SWARM THAT SURROUNDED HIM AND SWEPT HIM AWAY IN FRONT OF A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. IT WAS DESIGNED TO HUMILIATE AND TO EMBARRASS, AND THE PROCESS I TRIED TO FIND A WORD THAT 
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DESCRIBES IT, AND ALL I COULD COME UP WITH IS IT'S A VULGAR. IT'S VULGAR. HE'S NEVER RESPONDED NEGATIVELY TO A NOTICE TO APPEAR OR PROVIDE INFORMATION WITH REGARD TO HIS IMMIGRATION STATUS. NEVER. I KNOW MARWAN VERY WELL, AND MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM DO AS WELL, AND I THINK WE WOULD ALL AGREE THAT HE HAS EXEMPLARY CHARACTER. I WOULD I WOULD HOPE THAT MY CHILDREN GROW IN THAT SAME. FASHION. IF I WERE TO ASK YOU, IF I WERE TO ASK YOU IF I NEEDED TO KNOW THE SQUARE ROOT OF 169, HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD I HAVE TO ASK BEFORE I FELT COMFORTABLE WITH THE ANSWER? TWO. THREE, FOUR. IS IT 13? THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN GARLAND WHO LOVE MARWAN AND APPRECIATE MARWAN, AND WE CAN'T ALL BE WRONG. SO MY ASK, IS THIS AS A CITY REPRESENTING YOUR RESIDENTS, MAKE A STATEMENT THAT YOU SUPPORT MARWAN. MAKE A STATEMENT THAT YOU HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH MARWAN, THAT HE'A MODEL CITIZEN. MODEL RESIDENT OF THE CITY? YES, SIR. YES, SIR. TWO SECONDS. AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITY, I THINK THIS IS YOUR DUTY PERSONALLY. YOU MIGHT BE THINKING, WHAT'S WHAT DIFFERERENCE IS THAT GOING TO MAKE? AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THAT MOST GOOD DEEDS THAT YOU DO, THAT WE ALL DO, THE BENEFIT OF IT GOES BEYOND OUR ABILITY TO SEE AND EXPERIENCE. AND I THINK THAT IS THE DESIGN OF THE ALMIGHTY DIVINE, THAT OUR GOOD DEEDS HAPPEN OUTSIDE OF OUR VISION SO THAT WE DON'T BECOME ARROGANT, DO WHAT YOU CAN AND DON'T EXPECT TO GET REWARDED FOR IT. BUT KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY WILL BENEFIT FROM IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU SIR. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER, AHMED TAHA? GOOD AFTERNOON AND PEACE AND BLESSINGS UPON YOU. MY NAME IS AHMED TAHA. I'M THE RICHARDSON RESIDENT FOR 431 RICHARDSON. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, AND THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR GIVING ME THE CHANCE TO ADDRESS YOU WITH THE SAME TOPIC, WHICH IS THE KIND REQUEST FROM YOU AS THE CITY WHERE MARWAN USED TO LIVE, TO SUPPORT HIS CASE BY ASKING TO RELEASE HIM IN A BOND SO HE CAN CONTINUE HIS LEGAL FIGHT OUTSIDE. I HAVE BEEN I KNOW MARWAN FOR OVER 20 YEARS, DESPITE THE FACT THAT I USED TO BE IN ILLINOIS. HE USED TO BE IN LOUISIANA AND IN TEXAS, BUT BOTH OF US USED TO SERVE AS VOLUNTEERS. AND THE THE NON-FOR-PROFIT NATIONAL ORGANIZATION, MUSLIM AMERICAN SOCIETY. MARWAN WAS KNOWN NATIONWIDE AS THE YOUTH ADVOCATE, THE MENTOR, THE GUIDE, THE INSPIRATION, SOURCE OF INSPIRATION FOR YOUTH OF ALL AGES. AND IT WAS KNOWN FOR MARWAN NATIONWIDE IN OUR COMMUNITY, THE THE ONE WHO WAS GIVEN, WHO ESTABLISHED THE THE ONE OF THE BIGGEST BOY SCOUTS TROOPS CANNOT BE A THREAT TO THE COUNTRY, TO THE SOCIETY HE LIVES IN, THE ONE WHO PUT HIMSELF ON THE VERGE OF THE TROUBLES DURING THE COVID, FOR HIS SERVICE, FOR HIS VERY SELFLESS SERVICE IN COVID CANNOT BE THREAT TO THE SOCIETY AND FOR THE FOR THE COMMUNITY WHO LIVES IN AND THE ONE WHO OPENED THE DOORS OF HIS ORGANIZATION, MESS DALLAS, TO EVERYONE TO USE AND COLLABORATE WITH FAITH BASED, NON-FAITH BASED, ACTIVISM BASED ORGANIZATIONS. IT'S NOT JUST HIS COMMUNITY, BUT ACTUALLY FOR THE SOCIETY CANNOT BE A THREAT TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO SOCIETY WHO LIVES IN THE ONE WHO RAISED GREAT FOUR SONS AND YOUNGEST IS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND THE OLDEST IS A DENTIST, CANNOT BE A THREAT TO THE SOCIETY WHO LIVES IN MARWAN, IS KNOWN IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN THE SOCIETY WHO LIVES IN AS A SOURCE OF PEACE AND TRANQUILITY. AND YOU YOU HEARD FROM THE 3 OR 4 OF THE YOUNG LEADERS, OUR GREAT DAUGHTERS, WHO SPOKE ABOUT HOW MARWAN TOUCHED THEM, THEIR LIFE AFFECTED AND IMPACTED THEIR LIFE PERSONALLY. THIS IS MARWAN AND THE ONE WHO GOT RECOGNIZED BY THE CITY OF RICHARDSON A 
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COUPLE OF TIMES CANNOT BE A THREAT TO THE COMMUNITY, AND THE SOCIETY LIVES IN HIS IMMIGRATION CASE FOR OVER 30 YEARS HAS BEEN POLITICIZED, AND EVERYONE KNOWS THAT. AND THIS IS OUR DUTY AS INDIVIDUALS WHO KNOWS HIM OR AS A CITY YOURSELF. YOU REPRESENT THE CITY HE LIVES IN, IS TO SUPPORT HIM IN THIS UNJUST DETENTION THAT HE FACED MORE THAN A MONTH AGO. MY VERY CLEAR REQUEST, KIND REQUEST TO YOU IF YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE CASE FROM MARWAN, WE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT. BUT MY REQUEST IS TO ISSUE A STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF RELEASING HIM WOULD BE ON A BOND SO HE CAN CONTINUE TO HIS LEGAL FIGHT OUTSIDE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. SIR. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER, ABDUL RAHMAN SHIRIN. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ABDUL RAHMAN SALEEM. I LIVE AT 5346 CROSSWINDS TRAIL. 
          GARLAND. I'VE KNOWN MARWAN FOR MANY YEARS. HE'S A PERSONAL FRIEND. AND AGAIN, I REQUEST THAT YOU ISSUE A STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF HIS RELEASE. THERE ARE SO MANY MEMORIES THAT I HAVE OF MARWAN, THINGS THAT I CAN TALK ABOUT. BUT THE THING THAT COMES TO MY MIND ALWAYS IS WAS ONE WHERE, AFTER A PRAYER AT THE MUSLIM AMERICAN SOCIETY, HE TOOK THE MICROPHONE AND HE ASKED PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN A BLOOD DRIVE IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER THERE. AND IN HIS SPEECH, HE ASKED PEOPLE, DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S THE BEST? WHAT'S THE BEST BLOOD TYPE? AND HE ANSWERED THAT IT'S BE POSITIVE. SO I ASK YOU, PLEASE BE POSITIVE AND DO SOMETHING TO SUPPORT THIS GARLAND RESIDENT WHO IS, AS YOU HEARDROM SO MANY PEOPLE, AND I THINK THERE'S SO MANY MORE STORIES THAT YOU CAN HEAR. HE'S BEEN AN EXEMPLARY CITIZEN AND SUPPORT FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. MADAM SECRETARY. PLEASE CALL OUNEXT SPEAKER. AHMED BARBIE. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS AHMAD GHARBIYA. I'VE BEEN LIVING IN SORRY. 1021 GREEN POND DRIVE, GARLAND, TEXAS. I'VE BEEN RESIDENT OF GARLAND FOR FOR 17 YEARS. I'VE LIVED IN DALLAS MY ENTIRE LIFE, BORN AND RAISED HERE. I'M ALSO ADVOCATING FOR MY UNCLE MARWAN. I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE THINKING, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO? WE'RE JUST CITY COUNCIL. BUT. BUT MARWAN IS A RESIDENT OF GARLAND. HE'S BEEN HERE FOREVER. HE IS A COMPLETELY LAW ABIDING, LEGAL IMMIGRANT TO AMERICA. THIS IS COMPLETELY A SHAM. HIS CASE IS BEING USED AS BEING POLITICIZED AND BEING USED AGAINST TO MAKE TO MAKE A STATEMENT. AS EVERYONE SAID MENTIONED EARLIER, MARWAN IS A ROLE MODEL AND IS VERY INSPIRATIONAL TO ALL OF US. 
          HE'S THE KIND OF GUY THAT WHEN THE ROBOTICS, INTERFAITH, CHRISTIANS, JEWS, A LOT OF DIFFERENT SCHOOLS WERE LOOKING FOR A PLACE FOR ROBOTICS CLUB, HE OPENED UP. THAT'S WHERE HE HELPS OUT. HE VOLUNTEERS THERE. HE OPENED IT UP AND SAID, HEY, COME DO YOUR ROBOTICS TOURNAMENT HERE, COME TO YOUR EXHIBITION HERE. HE WILL PROVIDE FOOD, HE'LL PROVIDE DRINKS, HE PROVIDE INVITES. ADVERTISEMENT. WHATEVER IS NEEDED. HE'S ALWAYS THE FIRST PERSON THERE. YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. ALL OF THESE CAUSES ARE REALLY GOOD. WE APPRECIATE LISTENING TO THEM. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME HERE, SO I DO NOT KNOW THE INNER WORKINGS OF A CITY. AND I CAN SEE THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. SO I'M LEARNING A LOT HERE AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I DO WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR MY UNCLE MARWAN. 
          I DO WANT YOU GUYS TO TO CONSIDER RELEASING A STATEMENT. AS EVERYONE SAID HERE, JUST JUST SHOW YOUR SUPPORT. HEY, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER'S WE KNOW ICE IS BEING THEY'RE TRYING TO FOLLOW THE PRESIDENT'S ORDERS, BUT THIS IS NOT THE WAY TO DO IT. THIS IS IT'S KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, ABDUCTING A GUY IN THE MIDDLE OF DROPPING HIS KID OFF TO SCHOOL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. JUST AN AVERAGE REGULAR GUY, 50 SOMETHING YEARS OLD. IT'S LIKE, COME ON, IT'S NOT. HE'S NOT A VIOLENT RISK OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE. THAT'S NOT THE KIND OF MORALS AND ETHICS ETHICS THAT WE AS AMERICANS BELIEVE IN. THAT'S NOT THE CODE OF ETHICS THAT WE BELIEVE IN, AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE ADVOCATE FOR. WE'RE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE HERE. I'M SURE SOME OF YOU GUYS ARE RELIGIOUS AS WELL. THAT'S NOT THE CODE OF CHRISTIANS, NOR MUSLIMS NOR JEWS. THAT'S NOT HOW WE THAT'S NOT HOW WE BEHAVE. SO PLEASE DO RELEASE A STATEMENT. PLEASE DO HELP AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. MARWAN. MARUF. THAT'S HIS NAME. MARWAN. JUST WHATEVER YOU CAN DO. IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO ALSO TO TO RAISE AWARENESS OR GIVE YOU GUYS PERMISSION, LET US KNOW. MY NAME IS AHMAD. I'VE BEEN HERE MY WHOLE LIFE. MY FRIENDS AND BROTHERS AND SISTERS ARE ALL HERE TO SHOW SUPPORT BECAUSE WE'RE SO PASSIONATE ABOUT HIS CASE. MY UNCLE MARWAN HAS A HEALTH CONDITION. ALSO. HE'S IN DETENTION RIGHT NOW AND ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN AT ANY MOMENT. WE'RE VERY CONCERNED FOR HIM. WE'RE NOT ASKING TO CIRCUMVENT THE LAW. WE'RE ASKING THAT LET'S GET HIM OUT, DEAL WITH HIS, YOU KNOW, GET HIM OUT ON BOND, DEAL WITH HIS CASE LEGALLY, THE APPROPRIATE WAY. EVERYONE'S FOLLOWING THE 
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LAW, NO PROBLEM. BUT WE DON'T WANT HIM HELD IN DETENTION FOR A VERY LONG TIME. HIS FAMILY'S HERE IN GARLAND. THEY'RE WAITING VERY ANXIOUSLY FOR THEIR DAD TO RETURN HOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER. MARIAM. ABILITIES. YES. 
          GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS MARIAM ABDUL LATIF AND I LIVE ON 3306 ENCLAVE COURT. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN DEEPLY MISSED FOR THE PAST MONTH, MARWAN MAAROUF. OR AS THE COMMUNITY CALLS HIM, WHICH, LIKE JENNA SAID, MEANS UNCLE MARWAN. WHEN MY FAMILY MOVED HERE FIVE YEARS AGO, I DIDN'T KNOW MUCH PEOPLE, BUT MARWAN WAS THE FIRST TO WELCOME ME. HE MADE ME FEEL LIKE I BELONGED. THAT WAS HIS NATURE, ALWAYS THE FIRST TO HELP AND THE LAST TO ASK FOR CREDIT. AS A BOARD MEMBER AT MASS, THE MUSLIM AMERICAN SOCIETY, HE QUIETLY SUPPORTED ALMOST EVERY PROGRAM THAT HELPED BUILD THE CITY'S YOUTH. MY MOM LIT A LARGE GIRL SCOUT TROOP THAT I HELPED HER WITH, AND HE WAS ALWAYS BEHIND THE SCENES MAKING SURE SHE HAD WHAT SHE NEEDED, WHETHER IT WAS EQUIPMENT, SPACE, WHATEVER IT TOOK TO KE IT POSSIBLE. HE NEVER RAISED HIS VOICE AND NEVER TURNED ANYONE AWAY TO THE KIDS. HE WAS A FATHER FIGURE TO THE TO THE PARENTS. HE WAS A TRUSTED FRIEND TO OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY. HE WAS THE BACKBONE, SOMEONE WHOSE PRESENCE MADE EVERYONE FEEL SAFE AND SUPPORTED. BUT ONE MONTH AGO, THIS SAME MAN WHO HAS DONE NOTHING BUT SERVE AND UPLIFT OTHERS WAS DETAINED BY ICE. HE COMMITTED NO CRIME AND YET HE WAS TAKEN FROM THE VERY COMMUNITY HE HELPED BUILD. WE CANNOT STAY SILENT WHILE A MAN LIKE THIS IS TREATED UNJUSTLY. 
          I AM ASKING THE COUNCIL TO TAKE ACTION TO PUBLICLY STAND WITH OUR COMMUNITY, TO CONTACT ICE, AND TO ADVOCATE FOR HIS RELEASE. YOUR VOICES MATTER MORE THAN YOU MIGHT REALIZE. WHEN LOCAL LEADERS SPEAK UP, IT SENDS A MESSAGE THAT GARLAND STANDS FOR JUSTICE, COMPASSION, AND FOR UNITY AMONG DESERVES TO COME HOME NOT BECAUSE HE'S LOVED, BUT BECAUSE WHAT'S BEING DONE TO HIM IS WRONG. WHEN A GOOD, LAW ABIDING MAN IS TAKEN FROM HIS COMMUNITY WITHOUT REASON, THAT'S NOT JUST HIS LOSS. IT'S A LOSS FOR THE WHOLE CITY OF GARLAND. MARWAN WAS NOT A THREAT TO THE COMMUNITY. HE WAS A GIFT. AND IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO BRING THAT GIFT BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY. PLEASE USE YOUR INFLUENCE TO HELP US BRING HIM HOME. LET'S MAKE IT CLEAR THAT IN GARLAND, WE DON'T ABANDON THE PEOPLE WHO DEDICATE THEIR LIVES TO OTHERS. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. MADAM SECRETARY. PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER. THERE ARE NO MORE SPEAKERS. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TONIGHT? SEEING NONE AT 906. 
          WE'RE ADJOURNED. GOOD NIGHT. GARLAND.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.