Dec 01, 2025 Work Session

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DECEMBER 1ST, 2025 WORK SESSION OF THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL. HOPE EVERYONE HAD A WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING, AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO WELCOME INTERIM CITY MANAGER MIKE BETTS SITTING HERE TO MY RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, SIR. WE'LL START WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS ON WORK SESSION ITEMS. MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS FOR TONIGHT? VERY GOOD. NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS

[ CONSIDER THE CONSENT AGENDA]

[1. Revision of City of Garland Code of Ordinances, Chapter 21, Emergency Ambulance Service]

[2. Abandonment of a Utility Easement and Portions of Two Utility Easements in the proposed Mission Hills Phase 1]

[3. Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program-State 2026]

[4. Texas First Responder Mental Health Program Grant 2026]

[5. TxDOT Impaired Driving Mobilization (IDM) Grant 2026]

[6. Annual Review of Investment Policy and Investment Strategy]

[7. Professional Design Services for Granville Arts Center Renovation]

COME ON. COME ON DOWN. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AMY ROSENTHAL, CULTURAL ARTS DIRECTOR. AND MICHAEL BUCKLER, DIRECTOR OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE. FANTASTIC. AND WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT. LET ME GET THIS TO FULL SCREEN. SO WE KNOW THAT THE GRANVILLE IS SUCH A SPECIAL ASSET FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND. AND THIS IS A HIGH PROFILE PROJECT. GARLAND HAS A LONG HISTORY OF ARTS AND CULTURE, AND WE HAVE VERY WE HAVE MANY STAKEHOLDERS AND VOLUNTEERS. AND SO WITH THE BOND ELECTION IN MAY, IN ADDITION TO ALLOCATING FUNDS FOR STREETS. RIGHT, WE WERE SO THRILLED FOR THE GARLAND VOTERS TO HELP DEDICATE DOLLARS FOR GRANVILLE ARTS CENTER TO HELP US WELCOME GUESTS FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS. SO THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS RESPONSIBILITY. AND IT'S NOT ONLY FOR OUR GROUPS, BUT IT'S ALSO FOR THE THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS AND VISITORS THAT WE THAT THIS FACILITY WELCOMES EACH YEAR. AND AND SO BEFORE WE GET STARTED WITH THE PRESENTATION, I JUST WANTED TO GO OVER A FEW NOTES. SO OUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT AND THIS OVERVIEW, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE SELECTION OF THE PROCESS OF HOW WE SELECTED THE ARCHITECTS. YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE IN THIS COMPLEX PROJECT AND OUR NEXT STEPS. SO OUR PRESENTATION IS NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY RENDERINGS. AND THERE WON'T BE ANY DESIGNS TO LOOK AT. WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED WITH OUR OFFICIAL ARCHITECTS. AND WE HAVE VERY MANY INVESTED ARTS PARTNERS, AND THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK DIRECTLY WITH THE ARCHITECTS. AND SO ALL OF THOSE PRETTY PICTURES THAT YOU'VE SEEN FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. SO THEY WERE VERY IMPORTANT TO HELP US WITH THIS JOURNEY. AND THEY HELPED US SAY IMAGINE AND KIND OF SAY, WELL, WHAT IF? BUT THOSE ARE NOT THE FINAL DESIGNS.

OKAY. SO THEY DID HELP US CREATE A POWERFUL VISUALS TO SHARE WITH OUR CITIZEN. SO AGAIN, TONIGHT IS ABOUT INSIGHT INTO THE SELECTION OF THIS, THIS RIGOROUS PROCESS. SO IN ORDER TO CONTINUE THE MOMENTUM AND COLLABORATION, WE HOPE THAT ANY SPECIFIC COUNCIL FEEDBACK REGARDING FACILITY DESIGN OR RECOMMENDATIONS, WE HOPE THAT THAT CAN COME IN TANDEM WITH OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND OUR STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK IN JANUARY. SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SHARE JUST A LITTLE BIT BEFORE WE GET DIG IN. SO, AS YOU KNOW, BACK IN MAY, OUR VOTERS DID APPROVE $25 MILLION TO HELP RENOVATE THE GRANVILLE ARTS CENTER. AND THIS WAS PART OF A BIGGER PACKAGE THAT INCLUDES STREETS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PARKS AND RECREATION. SO IN AUGUST, WE ISSUED THE RFQ, AND THEN WE OPENED. WE HAD ALL OF THESE PROPOSALS, AND WE'LL TALK JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE RFQ AND WHO SUBMITTED. BUT THEN IT CLOSED IN SEPTEMBER. WE HAD INTERVIEWS AND FINALISTS IN OCTOBER, AND THEN IN NOVEMBER

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SO THEY WERE MADE AWARE OF THAT HISTORICAL AND STRUCTURAL SENSITIVITY TO THE BUILDING CONTEXT SENSITIVE DESIGN THAT INTEGRATES ADJACENT PARCELS AND FUTURE BUILD OUT THAT FOCUSED ON FLEXIBILITY WITH THINGS OUTSIDE OF THE GRANVILLE. COLLABORATION WITH MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, INCLUDING STAFF, AND A VERY STRONG CIVIC VISIBILITY WITH PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP WAS EMPHASIZED, AND SO WE HOPE TO GET A BIG RESPONSE. AND WE DID.

LOTS AND LOTS OF PEOPLE SHOWED UP. 16 FIRMS REPRESENTING LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL DESIGN FIRMS ALL SUBMITTED PROPOSALS PRIOR TO RECEIVING THOSE PROPOSALS, PURCHASING. THE ARTS DEPARTMENT AND PMO HELD A WORKSHOP ON AUGUST 27TH WHERE OVER 40 REPRESENTATIVES SHOWED UP. WE GAVE EVERYBODY A VERY FUN TOUR OF THE ENTIRE FACILITY SOHEY COULD SEE THE EXISTING CONDITIONS THAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT AND THEY WERE PROPOSING UPON. STAFF HELPED OUT WITH LITTLE PRESENTATIONS ALONG THE WAY. IT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE, AND AFTER THE TOUR, THE RESPONDERS WERE REMINDED DURING THE SUBMITTAL WORKSHOP TO LIST YOUR PRIOR EXPERIENCE WITH CULTURAL PERFORMING ARTS FACILITIES, EXPERIENCE WITH PRIOR RENOVATIONS, AND IDENTIFY SPECIFICALLY THE THEATER CONSULTANT THAT THEY WERE GOING TO USE BECAUSE IT WAS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF THIS. SO MAJOR EMPHASIS WAS PUT ON MAINTAINING THE BUDGET AND TIMING AND SCHEDULING. SO 16 FIRMS TURNED IN PROPOSALS. THE LIFE CYCLE WE WENT THROUGH IT, THE TEAM EVALUATED IT, AND THEY WERE ALL WONDERFUL PROPOSALS. AND WE CHOSE THE TOP EIGHT FIRMS TO COME BACK FOR THE INTERVIEW PROCESS. WE SAT DOWN WITH THEM OVER A TWO WEEK PERIOD, ONE ON ONE WITH EACH FIRM QUESTIONS FOCUSED ON PHASING, POTENTIALLY COMMUNICATIONS, HOW WE WOULD GET OUR COMMUNICATION AND THE PROCESS OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND SHARE THE INFORMATION, LOGISTICS, ANY UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES. BECAUSE THIS ISN'T A RENOVATION. ACOUSTICS AND THEATRICAL SYSTEMS. AGAIN, THE MAJOR THEATER COMPONENTS THAT REQUIRE A SPECIALTY VENDOR ACCESSIBILITY AND ANY EXPERIENCE THAT THEY HAVE WITH A CMAA DELIVERY METHOD, WHICH WAS VERY IMPORTANT. AND THE ONE THING THE OTHER SUPER IMPORTANT THING WAS WE WANTED TO SIT DOWN IN FRONT OF THE PROPOSED TEAMS AND TALK TO THEM AND LOOK AT THEM AND ASK THEM PERSONALLY HOW THEY'RE GOING TO INTERACT WITH US. BECAUSE WE HAVE A TWO PLUS YEAR RELATIONSHIP, WE NEED TO START WITH THEM. SO THEY NEEDED TO BE THE RIGHT PEOPLE. AFTER THAT INTERVIEW PROCESS, WE FURTHER NARROWED DOWN THE EIGHT TO ANOTHER FOUR, AND AT THAT POINT, ALL THE FOUR WERE GIVEN THE SAME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS THAT THEY ANSWERED VERY THOROUGHLY. AFTER WE GOT THOSE, THE EVALUATION TEAM GOT TOGETHER AGAIN, AND FROM THERE WE MADE OUR FINAL SELECTIONS. ALL RIGHT. SO IT WAS A VERY RIGOROUS LONG PROCESS, BUT IT NEEDED TO BE. WE STILL MET THE INITIAL TIMELINE EXPECTATIONS OF HOW THIS WOULD PLAY OUT. WHEN WE GET TO BE ABLE TO SELECT THE DESIGNER. AS AMY MENTIONED, IT'S A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE RIGHT DESIGN TEAM TO GIVE US SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO LAST FOR THE NEXT 50, 60, 70 YEARS. I'LL SAY IT 50. WE'LL GO WITH

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AND SO A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE FIRMS. THEY HAVE AN EXTENSIVE PORTFOLIO OF CIVIC FACILITIES, BOTH NEW CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION. THEY'VE GOT REALLY A LOT OF CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JUMPED OUT TO ME WAS THIS KIND OF COOL USE OF LED LIGHTING ON A TRACK SYSTEM FOR A MULTI-GENERATIONAL FACILITY IN IRVING. SO JUST THINKING ABOUT USING LIGHT AND COOL KIND OF COLORFUL WAYS, AND THEY ALSO HAVE CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY, SO THEYE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CREATE 3D RENDERINGS FOR US TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE DESIGNS BEFORE THEY EVEN PICK UP A HAMMER BEFORE ANY DUST FLIES. RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE SPACES WILL LOOK LIKE. SO A LITTLE BIT THAT'S WILLIAMS. THARP AGAIN THEY'RE BASED OUT OF FORT WORTH SIMPLE BROWN. THESE ARE OUR THEATER EXPERTS.

SO ONE OF THEIR CORE FIRMS OR ONE OF THE CORE FOCUSES IS CULTURAL ARTS. AND THEY HAVE WORKED IN FACILITIES WITH DANCE AND MUSIC AND THEATER AND VISUAL ARTS. THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH RENOVATIONS, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE BUILT NEW PERFORMANCE FACILITIES AS WELL ACROSS THE NATION. AND THE THING THAT REALLY STOOD OUT TO ME THAT WAS IMPORTANT WAS THEIR PRINCIPAL HAS A BACKGROUND IN OPERATING A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, AND SO THEY'RE BRINGING THAT TYPE OF PERSPECTIVE TO THIS PROJECT. BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S ONE THING TO TO THINK ABOUT IT AND DESIGN IT AND, AND TALK ABOUT IT. BUT UNTIL YOU'VE ACTUALLY LIVED IN THE BUILDING AND KNOW HOW IT WORKS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT PERSPECTIVE. THEN THE OTHER PARTNER THAT'S IN THIS GROUP IS SCHULER SHOOK. AND THEY ARE THE GO TO FOR THEATER CONSULTANTS.

THEY'RE YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NATIONALLY KNOWN, ACTUALLY THEY'RE INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN.

BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ASSESS WHAT WE HAVE OUR CURRENT SYSTEMS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO HELUS TAKE US TO THE FUTURE PERFORMING ARTS. SO JUST THRILLED ABOUT THE TEAM THAT WE HAVE. AND SO WHY IS THIS THE RIGHT CHOICE? AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, AGAIN, IT WAS VERY RIGOROUS PROCESS, VERY COMPETITIVE. A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT WAS SPENT ANALYZING THE 16 DIFFERENT FIRMS THAT APPLIED DOWN TO THE EIGHT THAT WE INTERVIEWED, DOWN TO THE FOUR THAT WE HAD ADDITIONAL QUESTIS FOR. AND SO THESE ARE THE TOP FIVE REASONS WHY THESE FIRMS WERE SELECTED. THE FIRST IS THIS DUAL LEADERSHIP AND QUALITY OVERSIGHT. AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO SETS OF EYES ON ALL OF THE DELIVERABLES. AND THERE ARE ALSO THE BEST THING THAT'S ABOUT THIS GROUP IS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE OWNERS OF THESE FIRMS. I MEAN, THIS IS A FLAGSHIP PROJECT FOR THESE FIRMS. WE'RE NOT JUST ANOTHER PROJECT IN THEIR PORTFOLIO. THIS IS A WE'RE WORKING WITH THE OWNERS. AND SO WE REALLY FELT LIKE THAT BRINGS SOMETHING SPECIAL TO THE PROJECT. AGAIN, SPECIALIZED COST MANAGEMENT, BUDGET CONTROL. THEY WORK WITH A CONSULTANT CALLED COST PLUS THAT PROVIDES REALISTIC AND AND RELIABLE BUDGET PROJECTIONS. AND COST PLUS IS ALSO SPECIALIZED IN PERFORMANCE VENUES. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT MOVING PARTS IN A THEATER, A LOT OF DIFFERENT SYSTEMS, A LOT OF DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY. AND HAVING, YOU KNOW, THOSE EXPERTS THAT UNDERSTAND A THEATER IS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. THE COMPREHENSIVE THEATRICAL ASSESSMENT, THEY'RE GOING TO REVIEW THE CONDITION OF WHAT WE HAVE AND THE FUNCTIONALITY OF OUR CURRENT THEATER SYSTEMS. AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO WORK WITH OUR TECH STAFF TO HELP IDENTIFY RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT AS WELL.

HIGH IMPACT, LOW BUDGET DESIGN STRATEGIES. YOU KNOW, BOTH OF THESE FIRMS HAVE A HISTORY WITH ESTHETIC TRANSFORMATION, WITH MINIMAL INVESTMENT. THEY'RE LOOKING TO USE COLOR AND LIGHTING AND SIGNAGE TO HELP MAKE BIG IMPACT. AND THEN FINALLY, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE

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SO YEAH, AND I WANT TO JUMP IN ON THAT ONE TOO, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THEY'RE GOING TO GET TO SEE NUTCRACKER, WHICH WILL BE A SOLD OUT SHOW. OVER 700 PEOPLE IN THE AUDITORIUM. AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO SEE GARLAND CIVIC THEATER'S PRODUCTION A GREATER TUNA, WHICH WILL HAVE ABOUT 200 PEOPLE, ALMOST ABOUT A THOUSAND PEOPLE IN THAT BUILDING. SO THEY WILL GET TO SEE THE BUILDING IN ACTION FUNCTIONING AT ITS MAXIMUM POTENTIAL. AND SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE TO ENHANCE THE AUDIENCE EXPERIENCE, THAT'S WHAT THEY'LL GET TO SEE ON THE 14TH AND 15TH.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THEM THERE SO THEY CAN EXPERIENCE IT. AND THEN LIKE I SAID, THE SEYMOUR HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF DECEMBER, EXECUTE THE SEYMOUR CONTRACT IN JANUARY AND THEN JANUARY 26TH, WE START MASSING CONCEPT INPUT. WE START THE PROCESS, WE START HAVING MEETINGS, WE BRING PEOPLE IN AND WE START GETTING DESIGN ROLLING AS FAST AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. THAT'S RIGHT. AND THIS IS IMPORTANT TOO, FOR US TO JUST TO CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT. IT'S OUR COMMITMENT. SO, YOU KNOW, WE BOOK SPACES A YEAR IN ADVANCE, AND WE'VE ALREADY STARTED TO TALK TO OUR CLIENTS AND TO OUR RESIDENT COMPANIES. THAT 27 WILL BE A YEAR OF CONSTRUCTION. WE'VE HELPED WORK WITH GARLAND CIVIC THEATER ON SOME SOLUTIONS TO USE THE PLAZA.

WE'RE TALKING TO THE SYMPHONY ABOUT THE ATRIUM. YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED TO GSM A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT SOME OF THEIR OPPORTUNITIES ARE. SO WE'RE WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR CLIENTS NOW TO ANTICIPATE WHAT 2027 WILL LOOK LIKE. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM WITH TICKETING AND PROMOTIONS. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE. WE'RE NOT YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT ALL OF OUR ARTS GROUP MAKE IT THROUGH THIS PROCESS. I MEAN, THIS IS AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY AND WE ALL WANT TO BE THERE AT THE END WHEN WE CUT THE RIBBON IN 28.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S THERE WITH US. SO AND THIS IS THE BEST THING THAT I LOVE THAT MICHAEL IS REALLY THINKING ABOUT CONSTRUCTION AS AN ADVENTURE. IT SHOULD BE. I MEAN, REGARDLESS OF RESTRICTIONS OR HOW MUCH IS OPEN OR CLOSED, WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE INVOLVED, SEE INSIDE. WE WANT TO OPEN IT UP SAFELY. RIGHT? YOU KNOW, IF ANYTHING, GIVE VIDEO AND SHOW PEOPLE HOW THIS IS PROGRESSING. ONCE WE GET INTO CONSTRUCTION, IT'S GOING TO BE INTERRUPTIVE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT WE WANT THEM TO SHARE IN IT AND KNOW THAT WE'RE WE'RE FOCUSED ON MEETING A DEADLINE, AND THEY SHOULD BE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT IT IS AT THE END AND GET BACK IN THERE AND, AND USE IT. SO. RIGHT. SO THAT WAS A LITTLE INSIGHT TO OUR SELECTION PROCESS BEHIND AND SIMPLE BROWN. AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY

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ABSOLUTELY. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE WERE REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THEIR WORK IN IRVING. I KNOW THEY HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN BEDFORD AS WELL, BUT THEIR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE THEATER GUYS OUT OF DENVER, YOU KNOW, THAT REALLY MADE THEM RISE TO THE TOP. YOU KNOW, OUR SIMPLE BROWN OUT OF DENVER. THOSE GUYS ARE THE REAL THEATRICAL, YOU KNOW, REALLY HAVE THE HANDS ON WITH THE WITH THEATER TYPES OF RENOVATIONS AND THEN PARTNERING AGAIN WITH A LOCAL FIRM. SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I THINK WE NEED SOMEBODY THAT IS CLOSE BY TO HELP US WITH THIS PROJECT AND THE PROJECT THAT THEY'VE GOT ON THE GROUND IN IRVING. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? SURE. IT'S A MULTI-GENERATIONAL FACILITY. IT'S GOT ALL OF THESE FANTASTIC ELEMENTS FROM EVERYTHING THAT YOU WOULD WANT WITH A RECREATION FACILITY AND A SENIOR CENTER ALL COMBINED, BECAUSE IT'S MEANT TO ACCOMMODATE AGES, YOU KNOW, FROM, FROM YOUNG ONES TO TO OLDER FOLKS AS WELL, JUST THE WAY THAT YOU, YOU ENTER. WE'VE I'VE GOTTEN TO SEE SOME OF THE 3D RENDERINGS WHERE YOU CAN WALK IN AND KIND OF EXPLORE JUST ON THE COMPUTER, THE WAY THAT WE'VE USED LIGHT AND ART, IT'S PRETTY COOL. SO I THINK THEY'LL BE GREAT FOR US IN GARLAND. THANK YOU, THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCIL.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY WHEN IT'S DONE AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE FINISHED PRODUCT. I KNOW THE SHOW MUST GO ON IN THE MEANTIME, SO I'M

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[8. South Garland Lakeside Area Plan​​​​​ Update]

THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. ZERO. DANIEL. THANKS. FOR. THERE WE GO. IT'S ALWAYS THE FIRST TEST.

THAT'S RIGHT. SORRY, I GUESS I FAILED, I APOLOGIZE. WELL, MAYOR COUNCIL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US. AS NABILA MENTIONED, WE'RE WITH FRIESEN. NICHOLS. MY NAME IS CONNOR ROBERTS. THIS IS DANIEL HARRISON. WE'RE ALSO JOINED BY DAVID BUCHANAN OUT THERE IN THE IN THE PEANUT GALLERY. WE ARE URBAN PLANNERS THAT WORK FOR FREESE AND NICHOLS. SO WE HELP LOCAL COMMUNITIES, MUNICIPALITIES, COUNTIES WITH LONG RANGE PLANNING EFFTS THAT CAN BE ANYTHING AS SMALL AS AN AREA. PLAN TO CITYWIDE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS, ZONING ORDINANCES, YOU NAME IT. SO WE'RE THRILLED TO BE HERE TONIGHT. WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT ON THIS ITEM. IT'S BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS NOW, REALLY. AND WHAT WE'LL DO TONIGHT, WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.

SO THINK OF THAT AS YOUR SORT OF YOUR HIGHLIGHT REEL FOR THE PLAN. IT'S YOUR KIND OF QUICK TEAR SHEET TYPE. THAT'S AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PLAN. THERE'S ALSO THERESENTATION THAT YOU'LL SEE TONIGHT. I'LL WALK THROUGH THE PLAN AND THEN I'LL PASS IT OFF TO DANIEL FOR IMPLEMENTATION. AND THEN OF COURSE WE'LL HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION. SO REAL QUICK NABILA HINTED ON IT A LITTLE BIT. WHY WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? LET'S START WITH THAT. SO EARLY 2024, CITY OF GARLAND EMBARKED ON THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PLAN AROUND THE HARBOR POINT PENINSULA. AND AS NABILA MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT WAS REALLY AT THE HEELS OF THE EXTENSION OF PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE. SO IF YOU IF YOU'RE UNAWARE, IF YOU NEED A REFRESHER OR FOR THE LISTENING AUDIENCE, PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE, OPERATED BY NTTA, WILL EXTEND FROM ITS CURRENT TERMINUS INTO INTERSTATE 30. IT WILL GO THROUGH THE SOUTHERN LIMITATIONS OF GARLAND AND THEN ULTIMATELY TOWARDS US 80. SO WITH THAT, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOSS OF PROPERTY, SOMEWHAT OF A CATALYTIC TYPE DEVELOPMENT. AND THE CITY WAS REALLY INTERESTED IN HARNESSING THAT MOMENTUM, TRYING TO MAKE SOME SOME LEMONADE OUT OF LEMONS, IF YOU VIEW IT THAT WAY, AND ESSENTIALLY BETTER PLAN FOR THE

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THAT WAS SORT OF OUR INTERNAL STEERING COMMITTEE LOOKING AT THE IMPACT ON TAXABLE LAND VALUE. OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A LOSS OF LAND VALUE WITH THE EXTENSION OF THE HIGHWAY RIGHT OF WAY. SO HOW CAN WE WORK TO RETAIN THAT QUALITY OF LIFE, RETAIN THAT TAXABLE VALUE WITHIN THE AREA? THAT'S ULTIMATELY THE FRAMEWORK OF THE PLAN. SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STUDY AREA. YOU'LL SEE IT SORT OF EMBOLDENED THERE. IT'S BOUNDED BY ZION ROAD THE WEST THE SOUTHERN CITY LIMITS TO THE SOUTH. AND OF COURSE LAKE RAY HUBBARD. WHAT YOU SEE ON SCREEN THERE IN PINK, THOSE ARE THE AT THE TIME THE PLAN WAS MADE, THOSE WERE THE PLANNED EXTENSIONS OF GEORGE BUSH. SO YOU CAN SEE THE THE TRAJECTORY SOUTHWARD. YOU CAN SEE THE ADDITIONAL FLYOVER RAMPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IT REALLY START TO UNDERSTAND, OKAY, THIS IS THIS IS GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE AREA. SO HOW DO WE BETTER PREPARE OURSELVES FOR THAT IMPACT? OF COURSE, I'M SURE MANY OF YOU, IF NOT ALL OF YOU HOPEFULLY HAVE BEEN DOWN TO THIS AREA. MANY COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, MANY SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTIES IN VERY ROBUST NEIGHBORHOODS, CONCENTRATIONS OF MULTIFAMILY PRODUCTS ALL THROUGHOUT THE AREA, AND SOME VERY CRITICAL PARKS PROPERTIES ALSO LOCATED WITHIN THE STUDY AREA. AND WE'LL TOUCH ON WHAT THOSE ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE POTENTIALLY. WITH ANY PLANNING EFFORT. WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE CITY'S EXISTING PLANS. SO WE DID NOT SET ASIDE THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THERE'S AN I-30 CORRIDOR AREA PLAN ALREADY IN THIS AREA THAT WE TOOK A LOOK AT. HAVING THE PARKS DIRECTOR ON OUR INTERNAL TEAM WAS VERY HELPFUL. WE HAD OUR, OF COURSE, OUR PARKS, RECREATION AND CULTURAL ARTS STRATEGIC MASTER PLAN, OUR TRAILS, BIKEWAYS, MASTER PLAN, AND THEN PERTINENT TO OUR PREVIOUS ITEM, OUR CULTURAL ARTS MASTER PLAN AS WELL. IN HAND, WHILE WE WERE WRITING THIS, SOME BASELINE ASSESSMENTS, JUST SOME QUICK MAPS. OF COURSE, WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR EXISTING LAND USE. WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR OWNERSHIP. ARE THERE AREAS WHERE ONE OWNER OWNS A LOT OF PROPERTY THAT MIGHT BE EASIER TO REDEVELOP, VERSUS A LOT OF OWNERS OWNING SMALLER PIECES OF PROPERTY? IT'S HARDER TO GET THEM TO COMBINE, OFTEN LOOKING AT PARKS AND TRAILS, THINGS LIKE JOHN PAUL JONES LOOKING AT WINDSURF BAY. WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, TAKING A LOOK AT OUR UTILITY ASSESSMENTS. SO WHAT'S OUR WATER CAPACITY.

WHAT'S OUR WASTEWATER CAPACITY. YOU KNOW THESE ARE ALL DEVELOPED AREAS ALREADY OF COURSE TAKING A LOOK AT OUR THOROUGHFARE PLAN. IF YOU'VE IF YOU'VE DRIVEN DOWN THERE, YOU KNOW THAT GETTING FROM ONE LAND MASS TO THE OTHER IS SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT. SO HOW COULD WE OVERCOME THAT? OF COURSE, LOOKING AT OUR EXISTING AND PROPOSED TRAIL NETWORKS AND THEN REALLY A CENTRAL FOCUS, YOU'LL SEE THIS IN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THAT WE HANDED OUT IS THE MARKET ANALYSIS. SO WHAT WHAT CAN WE DO. ARE WE INTERESTED IN MARKETING THIS AS A DESTINATION DISTRICT. SO CITY OF ROWLETT HAS ITS SIGNATURE GATEWAY TO THE NORTH. IT HAS ITS BAYSIDE AND SAPPHIRE BAY A LITTLE FURTHER UPSTREAM. 30. IF YOU GO FARTHER, YOU HIT ROCK WALLS, HARBOR DISTRICT. THOSE ARE ALL DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AND LEARN FROM. AND IF WE WERE TO REDEVELOP THIS AREA, HOW CAN WE IMPROVE UPON WHAT THEY HAVE IN OUR SISTER CITIES ACROSS THE WATER? SO ULTIMATELY, LOOKING AT ATTRACTING THAT BUSINESS, IMPROVING THAT TRANSPORTATION AND ULTIMATELY ROOTING THAT IN DISCUSSION THAT IS BASED IN ACTUAL MARKET DEMAND SO THAT IT'S NOT SO PIE IN THE SKY. AND THEN LASTLY, OF COURSE, WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR OPPORTUNITIES, OUR CONSTRAINTS, OPPORTUNITIES. THERE. ARE THERE MANY PROPERTIES OWNED BY THE CITY IN THIS AREA. THAT THAT POSES A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY IS SINCE YOU SORT OF CONTROL WHAT COULD HAPPEN THERE, SOME WITH SOME LIMITATIONS. THERE'S OBVIOUSLY THE THE VANTAGE OF THE PROPERTY OR OF THE FOCUS AREA ALONG THE LAKE AND SOME EXISTING AND PROPOSED ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE. YOU SEE THAT THROUGH YOUR YOUR TRAILS PLAN ALONG THE WATER CONSTRAINTS. OF COURSE, LAND USE CHANGES IN WHOLESALE CAN BE SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT. THERE ARE DIFFERENT AVENUES THAT WE CAN PURSUE TO ACHIEVE THAT AND BUILDING ON VACANT LAND GENERALLY, IF IT'S VACANT IN AN AREA LIKE THIS, THERE'S PROBABLY SOME QUIRKY REASONS WHY. SO WITH THAT, I'LL SORT OF JUMP INTO IT. THE PLAN ITSELF IS ABOUT 130 PAGES WITH THE APPENDIX. REALLY, IT BOILS DOWN TO THIS MAP. THIS IS WHAT WE CALL OUR PLANNING SCENARIO. IF SOMEONE WERE TO COME UP AND ASK YOU WHAT'S IN THIS PLAN, I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS PROBABLY BE THE PAGE THAT YOU RIP OUT AND HAND TO THEM. THIS IS A RATHER DENSE MAP. IT'S GOING TO SHOW SORT OF FOUR MAIN ELEMENTS THAT WE SORT OF BROKE THIS DOWN

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IT COULD BE PEDESTRIAN. WE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR URBAN DESIGN AND OPEN SPACE. THAT WAS A CRUX OF THIS PLAN WAS HOW DO WE GET PEOPLE CONNECTED TO THE WATER? IF YOU IF YOU GO AROUND LAKE RAY HUBBARD, THERE'S NOT REALLY A WHOLE LOT OF AREAS THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY ACCESS TO. LAKE.

IT'S ACTUALLY KIND OF A TRAVESTY. I GREW UP IN THIS AREA. THERE'S REALLY A FEW BOAT DOCKS, A FEW PARKS. HOW CAN WE HOW CAN WE IMPROVE UPON THAT? AND THEN OF COURSE, THERE'S MORE PASSIVE WAYFINDING BRANDING. YOU SEE IT HERE IN DOWNTOWN WHEN YOU'RE DOWN HERE, YOU KNOW YOU ARE. THERE'S SIGNAGE, THERE'S CONSISTENCY, THERE'S THERE'S CHARACTER TO THAT. SO HOW COULD WE SORT OF EMBODY THAT MOVING INTO TO EACH OF THOSE SORT OF FOCUSED TOPICS.

YOU HAVE YOUR YOUR LAND USE AND CHARACTER, OF COURSE. AGAIN, TRYING TO CONNECT THOSE FOLKS TO THE LAKEFRONT, TRYING TO HARNESS THAT SHOPPING AND EATING DESTINATION APPROACH. OF COURSE, THERE'S NEEDED TRANSPORTATION CONNECTIONS THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT IN MORE DETAIL HERE. ULTIMATELY, STRIVING FOR TH IMPROVEMENT AND RETENTION OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE ONTO THE TRANSPORTATION AND CIRCULATION. REALLY, FROM A STUDY AREA WIDE, THE FOCUS IS TO IS TO IMPROVE UPON THE NETWORK. IF THAT COMES WITH ADJUSTMENTS OF ROADWAYS OR EXTENSIONS OF ROADWAYS, THEN THEN THAT WOULD BE THE RECOMMENDATION. SOME OF THOSE KEY IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE THE MARVIN LOVING DRIVE EXTENSION. SO THAT'S SORT OF ON THAT LAND MASS. THE SOUTH SIDE THERE SORT OF CONTINUING THAT EXTENSION THROUGH THE SOUTHERN AREA. OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE FRONTAGE ROADS, SO WE'LL HAVE NEW NORTH AND SOUTHBOUND FRONTAGE ROADS ALONG THAT EXTENSION. THAT WOULD THEORETICALLY BE ACCESSIBLE TO DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN LOCUST GROVE ENHANCEMENTS.

SO LOCUST GROVE IN ITS CURRENT STATE IS JUST A TWO LANE ROAD WITH WITH OPEN DITCH. WELL THAT WILL THAT SUPPORT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO POTENTIALLY ACHIEVE HERE. AND THAT'S PART OF THE DISCUSSION. URBAN DESIGN AND OPEN SPACE. THESE ARE MORE OF YOUR PLACEMAKING TYPE IMPROVEMENTS. THINGS LIKE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, PARKS. WE HAVE WINDSURF BAY, WE HAVE JOHN PAUL JONES. WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE PROPERTIES? ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES? WE HAVE EVEN RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO BOARDWALKS. HOW DO WE CAN WE FLIP EXISTING RIGHTS AWAY ALONG THE LAKE AND MAKE THOSE PEDESTRIAN ONLY? WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS THERE? SO SOME SOME DISCUSSION ON THAT. AND THEN OF COURSE AGAIN BACK TO THAT SORT OF PASSIVE WAYFINDING AND BRANDING RECOMMENDATIONS AS IT RELATES TO MAKING SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, HEY, YOU'VE MADE IT TO A DESTINATION, YOU'VE MADE IT TO GARLAND, YOU'VE TRAVELED ON THESE HIGHWAYS, YOU KNOW, HERE YOU ARE, YOU KNOW, COME HANG OUT WITH US, ESSENTIALLY IS THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PLAN IN THAT IN THAT REGARD. SO WE HAVE THOSE SORT OF FOUR KEY DISCUSSION POINTS ON THE PLAN. WE WENT FURTHER. WE ACTUALLY DIVVIED UP THE AREA INTO INTO FIVE FOCUS AREAS. THIS IS TO SORT OF HELP US DIVE INTO THE RECOMMENDATIONS WITHIN EACH AREA. SO REAL QUICKLY I'LL WALK THROUGH WHAT THOSE ARE. YOU HAVE ZION POINT, THAT WOULD BE THE PROPERTY NORTH OF I-30, EAST OF THE EXISTING GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE. YOU HAVE NORTH POINT, SO THAT WOULD BE AREAS NORTH OF CHAS AND BASS PRO DRIVE. THAT INCLUDES THE BASS PRO SHOPS AND INCLUDES THOSE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES IN THAT AREA. SOUTH POINT. WHAT WE ENDED UP DOING, SOUTH POINT WAS AREA SOUTH OF THAT. IT WOULD BE THE MAIN MASS OF MULTIFAMILY PRODUCT THAT YOU SEE OUT THERE. MOVING INTO WINDSURF BAY. FOCUS AREA FOR THIS THE FIRST AREA DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE EXTENSION. SO THE EXTENSION IS JUST TO IT'S JUST TO ITS WEST.

THIS RANGES FROM THE MARINA ALL THE WAY DOWN TO WINDSURF BAY PARK AND THEN OF COURSE LOCUST GROVE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE EXTENSION, FLANKING BOTH SIDES OF LOCUST GROVE ROAD NORTH AND SOUTH. NOW YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE ARE THERE ARE SOME PROPERTIES THAT ARE NOT WITHIN A FOCUS AREA. THAT'S THAT'S NOT TO INSINUATE THAT THEY SHOULD NOT BE FOCUSED ON. THAT IS SIMPLY TO INSINUATE THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD. THE FOCUS AREAS WERE INTENDED TO SORT OF DIVE THROUGH ALL THE DETAIL OF THE MAP AND REALLY GET TO THE ROOT OF THAT IN THE PLAN. SO BRIEFLY, I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT THOSE ARE AND THEN I'LL PASS IT OFF TO DANIEL. FOCUS AREA ONE ZION POINT. WE WROTE LITTLE MISSION STATEMENTS, VISION STATEMENTS FOR EACH FOCUS AREA. ZION POINTS IS TO FOCUS ON FURTHERING THE CITY'S HOUSING DIVERSITY INITIATIVES AND CONTINUED CONNECTION TO LAKE RAY HUBBARD. THERE'S A A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY IN THIS AREA AROUND THE EXISTING BOAT DOCK. THAT'S ONE OF ONE OF FEW PUBLIC BOAT DOCKS ON THE LAKE. LOOKING AT OPTIMIZING THAT SITE FOR A POTENTIAL WAYFINDING MONUMENT.

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YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT ALREADY IN THIS AREA. IF YOU GO OUT THERE. SOME LONG STANDING RESTAURANT PARTNERS THAT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SORT OF FRONT ON THE WATER. OF COURSE, YOU HAVE BASS PRO SHOPS THERE LOOKING AT ACHIEVING THIS VISION THROUGH A VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS ON THE CITY OWNED PROPERTY THERE THAT YOU SEE IN THAT SORT OF TEAL OR TURQUOISE. THERE'S SOME SIGNIFICANT ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS HERE, REALIGNING CONNECTIONS TO I-30. SO THAT WOULD BE YOUR BASS PRO SHOP, EXIT RENOVATIONS THAT ARE IN DESIGN, YOUR MARVIN LOVING ROAD RE REALIGNMENTS THROUGH THIS PLAN. BOARDWALK FEATURES SORT OF RESTORING THAT EXISTING BOAT DOCK THAT USED TO BE OUT THERE CONNECTING FOLKS TO THE WATER, AND THEN A SIGNATURE GATEWAY SIGNAGE OPPORTUNITY AS FOLKS ARE TRAVELING IN FROM OUR EASTERN NEIGHBORS, BUT ULTIMATELY UPWARDS OF ALMOST $115 MILLION IN THE TAX POTENTIAL TAXABLE LAND VALUE ADDED IN THIS AREA. SO TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF COLOR, WHAT WHAT MIGHT THAT LOOK LIKE POTENTIALLY SOMETHING LIKE THIS, YOU SEE IN THE RENDERING A LITTLE BIT OF WATERFRONT CONNECTION, YOU SEE SOME OF THAT MORE VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT IN THAT MIXED USE COMPONENT. AGAIN, ALL ATTEMPTING TO ATTRACT FOLKS TO THE WATERFRONT AND CONTINUE THAT PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION. FOCUS. AREA NUMBER THREE WOULD BE SOUTH POINT.

THIS IS SORT OF OUR URBAN CORE AS WHAT WE ENDED UP DEEMING THIS. IT FOCUSES ON ESTABLISHING A PREMIER LAKESIDE EXRIENCE FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS THROUGH URBAN FORMS, MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. SO THE REASONING BEHIND THAT, THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE IN THIS AREA. THERE ARE EXISTING ROADWAY ALIGNMENTS THAT OTHER AREAS ARE NOT AS PRONE TO. THERE'S SOME UTILITY PRESENCE AND A BULK OF VERY NICE LAKEFRONT PROPERTY THAT IS CURRENTLY SORT OF PARALLELED WITH LAKE HUBBARD PARKWAY. SO THE IDEA HERE ESTABLISH THAT CORE OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL USES, INTRODUCE A MORE INTIMATE LAKESIDE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT SORT OF FRONTS ON THE WATER. WE EVEN DISCUSSED POTENTIALLY FLIPPING LAKE HUBBARD PARKWAY INTO A PEDESTRIAN OR SHARED USE TYPE THOROUGHFARE, SORT OF ACTIVATING THAT WATERFRONT AND ULTIMATELY A POTENTIAL GAIN OF $250 MILLION IN POTENTIAL TAXABLE LAND VALUE. AGAIN, WHAT MIGHT THAT LOOK LIKE? YOU SEE HERE THE THE IN THE FOREGROUND THAT THAT PEDESTRIAN PATH ALONG THE LAKE, SORT OF THAT MORE DENSE RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE CENTER OF THE LANDMASS WITH COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES ALONG I-30 AS IS AS IS RELATIVELY CURRENT. MOVING INTO WINDSURF BAY, I WOULD SAY WINDSURF BAY PARK IS PROBABLY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT RECOMMENDATION THAT WE KICKED AROUND INTERNALLY. THIS AREA IS AGAIN THE FIRST AREA THAT'S DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE EXTENSION, SO WE WANTED TO BE VERY COGNIZANT OF THAT, WANT TO SUPPORT EXISTING RESIDENTS. THIS AREA ESTABLISHES RECREATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL AND RESIDENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDY AREA VISITORS AND RESIDENTS. LOOKING AT ACCESSING THOSE NEW, NEWLY FOUND FRONTAGE ROADS ALONG NTTA. I'M NOT SURE IF WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THOSE WOULD LOOK LIKE, BUT IDEALLY WE KNOW WE'D BE ABLE TO CONNECT TO THEM. IMPROVING THAT RECREATIONAL PROGRAMING FOR WINDSURF, BAY PARK AND ULTIMATELY POTENTIALLY FLIPPING A PORTION OF THAT PARK INTO A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. SO AGAIN, THAT GOES BACK TO OUR OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS. OPPORTUNITY. THE CITY OWNS THIS RATHER LARGE PROPERTY. HOW COULD WE LEVERAGE THAT FOR ANOTHER CATALYST DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA. SO THE COLORS THAT YOU SEE THERE, WE SIMPLY JUST FOLLOWED THE EXISTING ROADWAY THROUGHOUT THE PARK. THAT'S ALL VERY MUCH STILL HIGH LEVEL, STILL VERY MUCH UP FOR DISCUSSION AND ULTIMATELY LOOKING AT UPWARDS OF $300 MILLION IN POTENTIAL TAXABLE LAND VALUE THROUGH THROUGH THE PLAN IMPLEMENTATION. AGAIN, WHAT MIGHT THAT LOOK LIKE?

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CENTRAL OPEN SPACES AGAIN, ALL ALL SORT OF FEEDING INTO THE THE ETHOS OF THE AREA PLAN AND CONNECTING FOLKS TO OPEN SPACE, CONNECTING THEM TO THE LAKE AND UPWARDS OF POTENTIALLY $135 MILLION IN POTENTIAL TAXABLE LAND VALUE. BUT THAT I'LL PASS IT TO DANIEL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SO TALKING A LITTLE BIT MORE NOW ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION, WHAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON IS TO HIT SOME OF THE KEY ELEMENTS. AND WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON IS ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY AS ONE OF THE KEY RECOMMENDATIONS IN THIS PLAN. AS CONNOR HAS MENTIONED, AS DEVELOPING THIS PLAN AND LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS AND SEEING HERE'S WHAT WE'RE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE TOLLWAY AND WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES REALLY CAPTURE IN THIS AREA, TO SAY THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG TERM PROJECT, THAT WE'RE LOOKING OUT DECADES TO SEE HOW THIS IS GOING TO CHANGE, AND HOW CAN THIS REALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A GREAT ASSET THAT WE HAVE IN THE LAKE THAT PEOPLE CAN ACCESS? AND THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE A DEFINING CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CITY. ALSO, WE MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, IN OUR OUR DISCUSSION AT OUR LAST MEETING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A REAL GOOD PROJECT DEVELOPMENT FOR, FOR FOR SOUTH GARLAND, BECAUSE WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE COME OUT TO THE MEDIA AND TALKED ABOUT LIKE, HEY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE IN MY AREA SOMETIMES JUST WITH THE SHAPE OF THE CITY.

IT'S A LONG, LONG WAY TO COME TO DOWNTOWN, OR IT'S A LONGER WAY TO GET TO THE TO THE NORTH PART. SO THIS COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN REALLY HAVE SOME SOME ENGAGEMENT AND REALLY BE PART OF OUR LOCAL AREA, BEING ON THE SOUTH SIDE. SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO TO MENTION ABOUT, LIKE THIS IS CONTINUING TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AS THIS PLAN IS ROLLED OUT. WE ALSO WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECT. ONCE AGAIN, THE LAKE DEVELOPMENT, THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE THERE TO BE REALLY DEFINING. IT'S A GREAT ASSET THAT THE CITY HAS. HOW CAN WE SEE THIS DEVELOP? IT WON'T B DEVELOPED OVERNIGHT OR IN A FIVE YEAR OR A TEN YEAR SPAN. BUT ONCE AGAIN, WITH THE TOLLWAY COMING THROUGH WITH THE INCREASED TRAFFIC, WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE REALLY HAVE TO SAY, LIKE, HEY, THIS CAN BE A REALLY DEFINING ELEMENT. WE'VE SEEN DEVELOPMENT GO ON. AND AS CONNOR WAS MENTIONING, OUR SISTER CITIES ACROSS THE DIFFERENT SIDES OF THE LAKE AND WHAT CAN WE DO AND BUILD UPON AND EVEN HAVE GREATER OPPORTUNITIES FOR, FOR GARLAND RESIDENTS. AND THEN MANY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE IN HERE ARE INTERRELATED. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE GOING THROUGH OUR DIFFERENT FOCUS AREAS, HAVING PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THOSE AREAS, THOSE ARE INTERRELATED INTO OUR DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT FOCUS AREAS. AND ALSO THEY'RE CATALYTIC. SO IF WE DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP AN AREA, WHETHER IT WAS LIKE A WITH PARKLAND OR SOME OTHER TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL WITH A DEVELOPER, THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER KEY ELEMENT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT HERE IS WE DO HAVE A LOT OF RECOMMENDATIONS IN HERE, BUT SOME OF THE KEY RECOMMENDATIONS WE HAVE ARE IS CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE LANDOWNERS, THE PROPERTY OWNERS, FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES TO REALLY REDEVELOP THIS AREA AND TO MAXIMIZE THE POTENTIAL. THAT WOULD BE T RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR FOR T LANDOWNERS AND ALSO FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOR RESIDENTS IN THE CITY. SO WE REALLY JUST WANT TO LEVERAGE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AS THEY ARRIVE. SO THERE'S DIFFERENT FUNDING TOOLS THAT THE PLAN IDENTIFIES, WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 380 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS OR TALKING ABOUT CITY OWNED LAND, THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES SINCE THERE'S THERE WE DO HAVE CITY OWNED LAND TO BE SORT OF ONCE AGAIN, THOSE CATALYTIC DEVELOPMENTS, PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENTS, TOURS. THERE'S ALREADY A TOURS IN THE AREA, BUT TOURS, TYPE DEVELOPMENT, LOCAL HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, CITYWIDE BONDING FUND, THOSE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES EXIST. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO GRANT OPPORTUNITIES. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PARKS AND RECREATION, WHETHER THEY'RE OUTDOOR OUTREACH PROGRAMS FROM TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE OR RECREATIONAL TRAIL GRANTS. WE HAVE OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL GRANTS, INDOOR RECREATIONAL GRANTS, ALSO BOATING ACCESS GRANTS BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN, ACCESSING THE LAKE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE.

AND THEN OTHER TYPE OF TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE SET ASIDE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS,

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WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN AN IMPLEMENTATION TABLE. AND SO WHAT THIS DOES, IT ALLOWS US TO SORT OF LOOK AT THE GOALS, ACTIONS AND CATEGORIES, REALLY SUMMARIZE EVERYTHING INTO THE PLAN, INTO A NICE LITTLE TABLE AT THE END WHERE WE CAN SEE HOW DOES ALL THIS FIT TOGETHER WITH OUR GOALS AND ACTIONS. DO AN IMPLEMENTATION TIME FRAME. SO WHETHER IT'S A SHORT, A MID-TERM OR A LONG TERM ACTION ITEM, WE IDENTIFY KEY ENTITIES AND PARTNER AGENCIES TO HELP GET SOME OF THESE PROJECTS GOING AND RECOMMENDATIONS. WE ALSO LISTEN WHAT PROJECT TYPES THEY ARE. IS THIS A PARTNERSHIP? IS THIS A STUDY? IS THIS A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM ITEM ALONG THOSE ALONG THOSE ROUTES AND THEN POTENTIAL COST RANGE. JUST SOME GENERAL FIGURES JUST TO HELP WITH THE PLANNING PROCESS. NOT A DETAILED COST ESTIMATE BUT JUST GENERAL COST ESTIMATE NUMBERS AND THEN POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES AS WELL. AND SO HERE WE HAVE IN THE DOCUMENT THESE PRIORITY RECOMMENDATIONS. AND ONCE AGAIN WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WILL BE KEY. MOVING THE P PLAN FORWARD. NUMBER ONE E TALK ABOUT PARTNERING WITH EXISTING COMMERCIAL LANDOWNERS TO REDEVELOP OLDER PROPERTIES WITHIN THE STUDY AREA. NUMBER FOUR, WE TALK ABOUT CITY INITIATED REZONING. SO THAT REZONING GOES THROUGH A PUBLIC PROCESS TO TO GET INPUT AS WELL. NUMBER SIX, WE TALK ABOUT ESTABLISHING PARTNERSHIPS WITH PROPERTY OWNERS AND DEVELOPERS FOR PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.

WHAT OPPORTUNITIES EXIST IN THESE AREAS? ONCE AGAIN, THESE LAKESIDE AREAS ARE VERY DESIRABLE FOR DEVELOPERS. AND SO THOSE COULD BE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOME PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AS WELL. AND THEN LASTLY, ON TEN COORDINATING WITH HOMEOWNERS AND DEVELOPERS TO TO CARRY OUT THE NEEDED LAND ASSEMBLY AND TO PROMOTE THE PLAN AND DEVELOPMENT. SO ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS THIS PLAN IS A LIVING DOCUMENT. THE VISION FOR THIS DOCUMENT IS VERY LONG. LOOKING AT 30 TO 50 YEARS AS WE SEE THE AREA REDEVELOP. SO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH LANDOWNERS, PROPERTY OWNERS, RESIDENTS IN THE IN THE AREA TO REALLY SEE THIS PLAN COME TO LIFE. AND SO WITH THAT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR HOPEFULLY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. ALL RIGHT COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS? MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

SO YOU MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES THAT RESIDENTS IN THE AREA SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TOO FAR AWAY FROM DOWNTOWN. WE WANT THEE SPE TO KIND OF GIVE US A PLACE TO GO. HOW DO YOU SEE THIS SPACE KIND OF AS A SECOND DOWNTOWN? BASICALLY, I THINK ONE OF THE OPTIONS IS, IS PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO TAKE THEIR FAMILY. SINCE IT'S CHRISTMAS AND THANKSGIVING TIME, YOU KNOW, AS PEOPLE COME IN, WHERE DO YOU WANT TO SHOW OFF THE CITY? DOWNTOWN'S, OF COURSE, A GREAT PLACE AND ALL THE REINVESTMENT AND BRINGING BRINGING FRIENDS AND FAMILY DOWNTOWN. BUT ALSO SO WHEN WE WERE HAD OUR MEETING WI COUNCILMAN MOORE DOWN AT THE LIBRARY, THAT WAS A LOT OF THE CONVERSATION THAT PEOPLE WERE HAVING IS LIKE, THIS WOULD BE NICE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE MY, MY FRIENDS AND MY FAMILY AS THEY COME INTO TOWN AND REALLY, REALLY HAVE THAT IDENTITY. OF COURSE, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN USED TO SEEING THE LAKE AND TRYING TO ENJOY THE LAKE, YOU KNOW, SINCE THE SINCE THE LAKE HAS BEEN THERE. SO ONCE AGAIN, WE SEE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY SAY, HERE'S SOME CHANCES TO REALLY ENGAGE WITH THE LAKE, WHETHER YOU'RE JUST CASUAL, I JUST WANT TO EAT AND LOOK AT IT OR WHETHER I WANT TO. WE HAVE OUR DIFFERENT SOME OF THE THINGS WHEN WHEN CONNOR WAS SHOWING HIS STUFF, THERE'S AT OUR DIFFERENT POINTS OF ACCESSING LAKE, THE DIFFERENT DEFINING FEATURES THAT WE CAN HAVE THERE WITH, WITH BRANDING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO PEOPLE REALLY KNOW, LIKE, OKAY, YOU KNOW, I'M HERE. I CAN FIND IF I'M OUT ON THE LAKE, I CAN GET BACK TO THE BOAT DOCK. I CAN SEE IT FROM A PRETTY FAR, FAR WAY AWAY. SO WHETHER YOU'RE A REALLY ENGAGED LAKE USER OR WHETHER YOU'RE JUST A, I JUST LIKE BEING NEXT TO THE WATER AND SEEING THAT. AND OF COURSE, WE DO HAVE GARLAND'S VERY LUCKY IN THE FACT THAT WE'RE IF YOU GO IN THE EVENING, YOU'LL BE HAVING A NICE VIEW LOOKING TO THE EAST. AND SO IF YOU EVER BEEN TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LAKE AND BEEN IN SOME OF THOSE PLACES AND LOOKING WEST, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE YOU'RE STARING INTO THE SUN, WHY, WHY, THAT'S OKAY. BUT, YOU KNOW, ON A SUMMER EVENING IT COULD BE PRETTY HOT AND, YOU KNOW, BUT SO IT'S A VERY BEAUTIFUL PART OF THE LAKE. AND SO PEOPLE WILL HAVE HAVE ACCESS TO IT. AND BEING BE ABLE TO ENJOY A LOT OF THE TIMES OF THE YEAR AND MOST OF THE DAY. AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SEE WHEN I'M KIND OF COMPARING A DOWNTOWN AREA TO TO WHAT WE SAW, IS I DIDN'T SEE ANY KIND OF AMPHITHEATER OR OUTDOOR SPACE FOR PERFORMANCES BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN I, I MEAN, SINCE THEY MENTIONED IT RIGHT, CONTINUOUSLY, I REALLY WANT TO

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU MA'AM. COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. PLEMENTATION. HOW DO YOU TALK ABOUT 5YEARS? THAT'S A LONG TIME. HOW DO YOU SEE BREAKING THIS UP? WHAT DO YOU SEE THE AREAS AS FIRST IN HOW MANY YEARS ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE FIRST. GO AT IT. SECOND GO AT IT. YOU MENTIONED WINDSURF BAY IN RESPONSE TO MAYOR PRO TEM LUX. HOW DO YOU SEE THAT BUILDING AND HOW AND FOR US, THE STAGES ARE CONCERNED. I CAN ANSWER A LITTLE BIT OF THAT. SO WE DO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PRIORITY RECOMMENDATIONS. YOU KNOW THOSE ARE SOME OF THOSE CATALYST IMPROVEMENTS. SO IF THE CITY IS GOING TO TAKE THE THE FIRST STEP IN PREING THIS AREA FOR REDEVELOPMENT BEYOND WHAT IT'S ALREADY PREPARED FOR, WHAT ARE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS? THINGS LIKE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, YOU KNOW, ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS SO THAT DEVELOPERS AND PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ARE GOING TO BE DOING THE DEVELOPING ARE MORE OF A PLUG AND PLAY TYPE SITUATION, SO THAT THAT SORT OF BRUNT OF THE EFFORT IS ALREADY TAKEN OUT. SO I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT ANSWER AS TO WHICH AREAS WILL BE FIRST, WHICH PROPERTIES WILL BE FIRST. THIS IS A A POLICY DOCUMENT THAT YOU, AS THE GOVERNING BODY, CAN TURN BACK TO. IF YOU HAVE A REZONING CASE OR A DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU CAN SAY, OKAY, HOW DOES THIS FIT INTO OUR SCHEME FOR THIS AREA? AND THEN ULTIMATELY THERE ARE SOME REGULATORY THINGS THAT YOU COULD TAKE IN THE INTERIM THAT WOULD FURTHER THAT ALONG. THINGS LIKE ZONING, THINGS LIKE FOLDING THIS FORMALLY INTO THE COMP PLAN, YOU KNOW, THOSE THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT YOU COULD HELP LOCAL PROPERTY OWNERS STEER INTO THAT, AS OPPOSED TO JUST DEVELOPING AD HOC OR REDEVELOPING AD HOC, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. SO DO YOU HAVE ANY? YEAH. SO THE NICE PART ABOUT HAVING THIS PLAN IS BECAUSE IT'S SORT OF LIKE WHO'S CRYSTAL BALL IS. RIGHT. BECAUSE BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW AS FAR AS WHAT THE WHAT THE MARKET THE TIMING ON A LOT OF MARKET THINGS, WE KNOW THAT EVENTUALLY 30 WILL BE WILL BE LOOKING GOOD AND CARRYING LOTS OF TRAFFIC. WE DO KNOW NBTA WILL EVENTUALLY COMPLETE THE TURNPIKE, SO WE WILL HAVE MORE TRAFFIC AS WELL GOING THROUGH THE AREA. AND IF YOU IF YOU CAN REMEMBER BACK WHEN, OF COURSE, THEY WERE WORKING ON GEORGE BUSH, YOU KNOW, BACK FURTHER WHEN IT WAS GOING, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE JUST IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ON THE PLAN FOR A LONG TIME, BUT WHEN THEY WERE CLEARING THINGS OR LAND WAS BEING DEDICATED FURTHER FURTHER WEST THROUGH PLANO AND GOING OUT OUT WEST, YOU KNOW, NO ONE KNOWS EXACTLY WHEN THE DEVELOPER AND ALL THOSE CONDITIONS ARE EXACTLY RIGHT FOR THEM TO TO GO AHEAD AND ENTER AND START DOING THEIR DOING THEIR DEVELMENT PROPOSALS. BUT THE NICE PART ABOUT HAVING THE PLAN IS WE GET TO HAVE A PLAN TO SAY LIKE, THIS IS WHAT THE CITY AND THE RESIDENTS REALLY WANT TO SEE, AND THESE ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE REALLY SEE BEING NEXT TO THE LAKE, THESE ARE THE THINGS WE WANT TO CAPTURE AND VALUE AS A CITY NOW. SO WHEN THAT DEVELOPMENT COMES IN AND HAS THERE'S DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES, BUT NOW WE CAN EVALUATE THAT DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL BASED UPON WHAT WE HAVE HERE, HERE IN THE PLAN AND START THINKING ABOUT LIKE, OKAY, THIS THIS IS A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO WAIT FOR THE FOR THE RIGHT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT

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AND THEN ONCE AGAIN, THAT HELPS WITH BUSINESSES HAVING CUSTOMERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO I THINK ALL THE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE SEE HERE, WHY WE DON'T KNOW THE EXACT TIMING. SORRY TO GET BACK TO THE AWFUL TRAIL HERE. WE DON'T KNOW THE EXACT TIMING. WE DO KNOW THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT WE WANT AND THE UNIQUENESS THAT WE WANT TO SEE HERE IN THE LAKE AREA. SO I THINK WE'RE ON A GOOD TRACK, BUT BUT WE DON'T HAVE AN EXACT, EXACT TIME FRAME.

AND LASTLY, YOU MENTIONED THE IMPACT OF GEORGE BUSH. OKAY. BUT 635 LBJ IS A MAJOR. ONCE THAT'S DONE, IT'S A MAJOR FEEDER IN THIS AREA. SO AND I'M HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT ABOUT ABOUT THAT AREA. AND THAT'S IN MY DISTRICT. HOW DO YOU SEE DO YOU SEE ANY CARRYOVER OR IMPACT THERE? I THINK WHEN WE WHEN WE SEE THE IMPROVEMENTS COMPLETED ON SIX, 35 AND 30, IT WILL HELP IMPROVE OUR OUR TRAFFIC FLOW. AS A PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE AREA AND OUR OFFICES THERE ON 635 AT 75 AND 635 635 IMPROVEMENTS SHOULD HOPEFULLY BE VERY BENEFICIAL FOR ALL OF US HERE IN THE AREA. ONCE AGAIN, WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT BUSINESSES, THEY'RE LOOKING AT TRAFFIC COUNTS AND FLOWS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IS IT EASY TO GET HERE? WE THINK HOPEFULLY THAT ALL THOSE SIX, 35 AND 30 IMPROVEMENTS REALLY WILL MAKE THINGS EASIER TO TRAVELERE.

IF YOU LOOK FURTHER, HOW 635 HAS GONE ON, ON THE ON THE WEST SIDE OF 75. THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF IMPROVEMENTS THERE. YES, THERE'S STILL LOTS OF TRAFFIC. BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY'LL HAVE THE MIDTOWN DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THE OLD VALLEY VIEW SITE. SO I THINK EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A LOT OF AND I DON'T THINK THAT TAKES AWAY FROM ANYTHING THAT'S, THAT'S COMING HERE JUST BECAUSE THAT'S A DIFFERENT MARKET AREA AND THAT'S PRETTY, PRETTY GOOD DISTANCE. BUT THAT SHOWS, I THINK, THE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL THAT WE HAVE. AND ONCE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ARE DONE ON 635, I THINK IT BENEFITS. I THINK IT BENEFITS THE CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCIL.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER MOORE THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. FIVE YEARS AGO. WE TOOK OFFICE. ONE OF THE. OVERLYING CONCERNS OF DISTRICT THREE WAS THEY FELT THAT DISTRICT THREE WAS THE ARMPIT OF GARLAND. ALL THE MONEY WAS GOING TO THE NORTH AND EVERYPLACE ELSE, AND NOTHING WAS COMING TO THE SOUTHERN SECTOR. AND I RECALL LISTENING TO THEM AS THEY TALKED ABOUT IT. AND IT WAS DURING A TIME THAT I WAS ACTUAY ON A, A COMMITTEE THAT WAS LOOKING AT LAND USE FOR THE EASTERN HILLS COUNTNTRY CLUB, WHICH HAD JUST CLOSED. IT WAS RIGHT DURING A TIME THAT SOMETHING CALLED THE I-30 CORRIDOR CATALYST STUDY WAS PRODUCED. I REMEMBER LOOKING AT THAT STUDY. IT OUTLINED MANY, SUCH AS WHAT YOU'VE DONE,

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WHEN I CAME BACK, I COULDN'T EVEN LIVE THERE BECAUSE OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENT IN THE GROWTH.

THE I-30 CORRIDOR STUDY WAS ABLE TO SHOW ME THE POTENTIAL. IT NOT ONLY SHOWED THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY PROBLEMS IN THE SOUTH. WE HAVE SO MANY SITUATIONS DOWN THERE THAT BUT IT SHOWED THE PROBLEMS, BUT IT ALSO SHOWED THE MANY OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US. AND I GOT EXCITED ABOUT IT. I GOT AND I'M STILL EXCITED ABOUT IT. I'M EXCITED AS I AS A MATTER OF FACT, AS I SIT HERE AND LISTEN TO YOU PUT FORTH THIS VISION BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE. YOU'VE PUT FORTH THE VISION, YOU'VE ACTUALLY ENFLESHED YOU'VE GIVEN SOME LIFE TO A STUDY THAT REALLY WAS DONE AND PUT ON THE SHELF, AND NOW WE'RE PULLING IT BACK OFF THE SHELF AGAIN, AND YOU'RE PUTTING LIFE INTO IT. WHAT IS THE POTENTIAL? WE'RE LANDLOCKED. WE CAN'T GROW OUT ANYMORE. WE CAN ONLY GO UP. BUT THE ONE THING THAT THAT STUDY SHOWED WAS IF WE ZONE PROPERLY, THAT LAND AREA, IF WE COME WITH A PLAN, THAT AREA CAN TRULY BECOME A DESTINATION LOCATION. BUT NOT JUST ANY DESTINATION LOCATION. IT CAN BECOME. IF YOU CAN'T GO OUT ANY FURTHER WITH THE LAND, YOU CAN CERTAINLY USE THE WATER. AND I THINK THAT ROWLETT HAS SHOWN US HOW TO USE THE WATER. WE CAN LEARN FROM ROWLETT, WE CAN LEARN FROM THEM THE MISTAKES THAT THEY HAVE MADE, AND WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GO FORWARD WITH THAT. AND I KNOW RIGHT NOW I'M I'M JUST EXCITED ABOUT WHAT I SEE IN THE POTENTIAL OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN. AND I THINK THAT OUR DISTRICT IS EXCITED ABOUT IT, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, ANYMORE AFTER THE SOCCER SITUATION, FOR EXAMPLE, I WAS READY. I WAS READY TO GO WITH THE SOCCER THING BECAUSE AGAIN, I SAW THE POTENTIAL OF WHAT NOT ONLY COULD IT DO FOR THAT DISTRICT, BUT WHAT IT COULD DO FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. I SEE TODAY WHAT THIS STUDY CAN DO, AND I THINK COUNCIL, WHAT WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT IS THIS IS NOT THE PLAN. THIS IS JUST THE POTENTIAL OF THE PLAN. THIS IS THE POSSIBILITY. BUT WE NEED A PLAN. THAT'S WHAT I SAW WHEN I CAME BACK TO DALLAS. WHEN I SAW THE DEVELOPMENTS AND THINGS, I GOT EXCITED AND I WENT OUT TO UNIVERSITY PARK. IF YOU WERE GOING TO UNIVERSITY PARK, A HIGHLAND PARK OR ANY OF THOSE AREAS, GREENVILLE AVENUE, AND YOU WATCH THE BUSINESSES, HOW THEY ARE SITUATED WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORTS THE BUSINESS AND THE BUSINESS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. IN OTHER WORDS, THERE'S NOTHING NEW FOR ME UNDER THE SUN, NOTHING NEW.

IT'S JUST A MATTER BY WHICH WE ARE GOING TO PLAN IT AND IMPLEMENT IT. AND WE HAVE TO BE PURPOSEFUL ABOUT THAT. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE PUT BEFORE US TONIGHT. YOU PUT A PLAN BEFORE US THAT THESE RENDITIONS, IT MAY NOT EVER COME TO BE ANY OF THAT THING, BUT THE KEY IS IF WE DON'T PUT A PLAN TOGETHER PRESENTLY, YOU'VE ALREADY STATED IT. WE ARE INTO POPULATION GROWTH AS NO OTHER CITY AND STATE HAS EVER SEEN BEFORE. WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE? WHERE ARE WE GOING TO PUT THEM? WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO GO? AND IF GARLAND IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE SOME TYPE OF POTENTIAL, IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS VIABLE IN THE INTEREST OF THIS REGION. WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING WITH THIS PIECE OF GARLAND. THERE IS NOTHING LIKE WORKING WITH THE WATER. IT DON'T GET NO BETTER. IT DON'T GET NO PERIOD. IT DON'T I MEAN, IT'S JUST EXCITING. AND SO I SAY TO YOU TONIGHT THAT I REALLY DO APPRECIATE POTTER. DANIEL, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU HAVE PUT BEFORE US. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COUNCIL WILL DO, I REALLY DON'T I THINK I, I THINK THAT I'VE TALKED TO ENOUGH OF THEM THAT WE WILL PROBABLY GO FORWARD, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COUNCIL WILL DO. AND I'LL TELL YOU THIS BASED ON WHAT YOU'VE DONE WITH THIS PLAN, ALL I CAN SAY IS THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR THE VISION THAT YOU'VE PUT INTO IT, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING US GO FORWARD WITH IT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS EXTENDING UPON COUNCILMAN MOORE'S COMMENTS? AND YOU MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES

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IT'S COME UP. WE'VE DONE IT ALREADY IN SEVERAL AREAS AROUND TOWN. ALREADY HAVE A WE HAVE AN URBAN BUSINESS URBAN DISTRICT. THAT'S KIND OF A IT FIT BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING FOR THAT THAT TYPE OF AREA VERY DENSE DEVELOPMENT OTHER THAN ZONING. AND IN LIGHT OF PROPOSITION D THAT PASSED WITH OUR 2025 BOND WITH THAT BORDER BOARDWALK AROUND THERE, WHAT OTHER 1 OR 2 ITEMS SHOULD BE THE NEXT TO IMPLEMENT TO GET THIS PLAN KICKED OFF? I THINK THERE ARE A FEW THAT ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE TACKLED WITH IN OUR INTERNAL GROUP WAS CIRCULATION. IT WAS REALLY THE THE FRAMEWORK OF ROADWAYS CAN PEOPLE GET TO AND FROM. SO THERE'S A A SIGNATURE BRIDGE CROSSING IS WHAT IT'S IT WAS CALLED IN THE PLAN IN BETWEEN YOUR AREA THREE AND YOUR IN YOUR AREA FOUR. THAT SORT OF ALLOWS FOR EAST WEST CIRCULATION IN AN AREA THAT DOES NOT HAVE EAST WEST CIRCULATION CURRENTLY BETWEEN LAND MASSES. THAT WAS ONE THAT WE IDENTIFIED AS, HEY, THIS WOULD BE AN IMPROVEMENT THAT WOULD REALLY BE ATTRACTIVE FOR A REDEVELOPER KNOWING THAT THEY CAN GET FOLKS IN AND OUT OF CONNECTIONS AND WHATNOT. OTHER IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE THE THE ALREADY WHAT YOU'RE GOING WITH YOUR PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION. THAT WAS THAT WAS ONE THING THAT THAT DOESN'T PARTICULARLY NEED TO WAIT. IF IT COMES FIRST. WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT DEVELOPMENT COULD ACCOMMODATE IT. IF DEVELOPMENT COMES FIRST, WE'RE NOT YOU KNOW, IT IS A POTENTIAL THAT IT MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE. THE TRAIL JUST KIND OF DEPENDS ON THE TIMING. AND SO THOSE ARE SORT OF THE TWO BIG PROJECTS THAT WE IDENTIFIED AS, HEY, LET'S GET THAT FRAMEWORK OF CIRCULATION STARTED TO LINE OUT, AND THEN LET'S TRY AND GET THOSE FOLKS ABLE TO MANEUVER OUTSIDE OF THEIR VEHICLE TO DIFFERENT DISTRICTS. BUT, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THE OTHERHING WOULD BE ENGAGING THE PEOPLE, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE IDEA AND THEY'RE VERY HOPEFUL AS WELL AS SEEING, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S THE ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE PLAN OR TALKING TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE ABOUT, LIKE, THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOR OUR DIFFERENT PARKLAND SITES OR ACCESS TO THE WATER. I MEAN, IT'S FUN AND EXCITING BECAUSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE AND BRINGING YOUR KIDS DOWN, THEY GET TO PLAY AND YOU CAN VISUALIZE THAT EASY, LIKE, OH, THIS IS A GOOD PLACE. I'M GOING TO TAKE MY KIDS TO, TO PLAY ON THIS AMAZING STRUCTURE. SAME WITH, SAME WITH THE WATER. BUT IT'S OF COURSE WATER BASED, YOU KNOW, OKAY, THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET EXCITED ABOUT LIKE, OH, IT'S IT'S SATURDAY MORNING. I CAN'T WAIT TO COME DOWN AND BRING MY BOAT OR I CAN'T WAIT TO COME DOWN OR EVENTUALLY ONE DAY WAKE UP AND JUST GO OUTSIDE AND HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE AT WHATEVER RESTAURANT TO DO SOMETHING. SO BUT I THINK WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO DO IS TO CONTINUE THE VISION FORWARD, IS TO CONTINUE TO MEET WITH WITH PEOPLE AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS. AND THERE'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS EXPRESSED TO US, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, JUST THE CONCERN OF THE THE TOLLWAY EXPANSION AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO LOOK AND FEEL. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS, JUST CONTINUING THE ENGAGEMENT IN THE AREA SO PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THE PLAN IS. AND IT'S IT'S THIS IS OUR GOAL TO CONTINUE TO MOVE THIS BALL FORWARD. I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE CRITICAL THINGS LIKE BUT ALSO WHAT CONNOR WAS SAYING WITH THE WITH THESE CONNECTIONS. SO PEOPLE CAN REALLY START UNDERSTANDING, LIKE HERE'S THE VISION FOR THE AREA. IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE FOR SOME OF THESE THINGS TO DEVELOP, JUST LIKE THEY ALWAYS DO. BUT CONTINUING THAT VISION. SO PEOPLE ARE CONTINUING TO ASK YOU, HEY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN SOUTH GARLAND BY THE BY BY THE LAKE.

SO CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT STUFF TO GO. SO JUST HAVE MORE OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS. IT'S GREAT TO HEAR THAT THAT PEDESTRIAN BOARDWALK IS WE'RE NOT PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE. THEN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE VOTERS ASKED FOR. SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PUT IN RIGHT NOW. DRAW SOME INTEREST IN THE AREA. COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, EXCUSE ME, MR. MAYOR, I HATE TO JUST JUMP BACK IN, BUT I DID WANT TO COME BACK IN AND SAY TO NABILA, THANK YOU FOR PULLING THIS OFF THE SHELF AND PUTTING IT BACK BEFORE US. THANK YOU, ANDY AND YOUR STAFF FOR KEEPING US FOCUSED AND KEEPING US HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. I REALLY FEEL THAT WE NEED TO MAKE MENTION OF THOSE NAMES, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE'D BE LOOKING AT THIS TODAY IF THEY HAD NOT CONTINUED TO PUSH IT FORWARD. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGIG,

[9. Public Safety Committee Report - Fire | EMS Stakeholder Committee Update]

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BUT THEY'VE BOTH BEEN A STEADY HAND. THEY GAVE US A REALLY MASTERFUL VIEW OF FINANCE THIS LAST MEETING. AND SO IT WAS IT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THEY HAD ON THEIR. AS FAR AS WHERE WE WHERE WE STAND WITH, WITH THE WORK THAT WE'VE COMPLETED SO FAR. I THINK YOU'VE GOT A FEW THINGS PULLED UP FOR THAT. YES. SO GOOD EVENING. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

LETITIA MCNATT, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER, JUST HERE TONIGHT TO DOUBLE DOWN ON A PROGRESS REPORT, IF YOU WILL, OF THE FIRE AND EMS STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE. SO TO DATE, WE'VE HELD THREE MEETINGS THAT KICKOFF THAT WE HAD IN SEPTEMBER OF REALLY WALKING THROUGH AN INTRODUCTION TO FIRE AND EMS 101 AS IT PERTAINS TO GARLAND. AND THEN IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER, WE REALLY FOCUSED ON A GENERAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE EMS INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE.

GARLAND'S SPECIFIC FINANCIAL CONTEXT, AND THEN A BASELINE FOR FIRE AND EMS OPERATIONS HERE IN GARLAND. SO SOME KEY THEMES HAVE EMERGED. EMS SYSTEMS VARY WIDELY. THERE'S NO ONE SIZE FITS ALL MODEL THAT WILL WORK WITH EVERY COMMUNITY. NATIONALLY. DEPARTMENTS ARE FACING STAFFING SHORTAGES, RISING CALL VOLUMES, LIMITED FUNDING AND HOSPITAL WALL TIME DELAYS. LOCALLY, GARLAND OPERATES UNDER SOME STRUCTURAL REVENUE CONSTRAINTS. AS YOU'RE ALL AWARE, THE TAX REVENUE PER CAPITA IS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER IN GARLAND IN COMPARISON TO OUR PEER CITIES, AND THAT REALLY CREATES A LIMITED CAPACITY. OVERALL, GARLAND IS FACING OVER $4 BILLION DEFICIT TO MAINTAIN OUR CURRENT SERVICE AND STAFFING LEVELS, AND THAT'S REALLY THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE TAX RATE ELECTION PLANNED IN NOVEMBER OF 2026. JUST SUSTAIN THOSE GENERAL FUND OPERATIONS. AND THEN LASTLY, AS FAR AS THOSE THEMES THAT HAVE EMERGED ARE ACTUAL OVERTIME NEEDS FOR FIRE AND EMS HAVE TRADITIONALLY BEEN HIGHER THAN WHAT HAS BEEN BUDGETED. SO AT OUR LAST MEETING IN NOVEMBER, THE COMMITTEE WAS INTRODUCED AT A HIGH LEVEL TO SOME INITIAL COST MODELING FOR ALTERNATIVE SERVICE DELIVERY OPTIONS. AN EXAMPLE HERE IS THAT THAT 2472 CITY DELIVERED EMS MODEL ESTIMATES ABOUT A 13 TO $16 MILLION ANNUAL IMPACT THAT WOULD CALL FOR ABOUT 87 NEWEW POTIONS AND A 5 TO 6 CENT TAX RATE INCREASE. ANOTHER EXAMPLE BEING A HYBRID PUBLIC PRIVATE EMS PARTNERSHIP THAT ESTIMATES UP TO POTENTIALLY $5 MILLION ANNUALLY AND AN IMPACT TO THE CITY, CREATING THE NEED FOR FIVE N NEW POSITIONS AND THEN UP TO A TWO CENT TAX RATE INCREASE. SO PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THESE ARE ALL VERY PRELIMINARY NUMBERS. AND REALLY AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THE INTENTION WAS TO FRAME FRAME THE SCALE OF COST AND SERVICES THAT THE COMMITTEE WILL WORK THROUGH IN THE MONTHS TO COME AS FAR AS REACHING THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS. SO AS FAR AS OUR CURRENT SCHEDULE, OUR MEETING FOR DECEMBER IS ACTUALLY NEXT WEDNESDAY AT 6 P.M. YOU CAN JOIN US OVER AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY. IT'S BEEN QUITE AN ATTENDANCE SO FAR AS TURNOUT, THE SCHEDULE WE'VE GONE OVER SO FAR ARE JUST GAVE YOU A PROGRESS REPORT ON RATHER TAKES US RIGHT UP TO THAT MIDPOINT CHECK IN BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT FOR THE YEAR. SO THE INTENTION HERE IS JUST TO ENSURE THAT WE ALL HAVE THE SAME UNDERSTANDING OF OUR CURRENT SITUATION HERE

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COUNCILMEMBER MOORE THANK YOU, MR. YOR. I ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT I'M CERTAINLY HEARING FROM MOST OF OUR CONSTITUENTS AS IT RELATES TO THIS DISCUSSION IS THERE'S A THOUGHT OUT THERE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO BRING ABOUT AN ALTERNATIVE TO OUR EMS SERVICES, MEANING TO PRIORITIZE IT. AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE DISMISS THAT MYTH BECAUSE TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THAT IS NOT THE REASON THAT WE'RE MEETING. IS THAT CORRECT? I WOULD SAY THAT THE DISCUSSION IS SO PRELIMINARY AT THIS POINT. WE'VE REALLY NOT GOTTEN TO A TARGETED CONVERSATION AROUND THAT QUITE YET. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE FIRST SLIDE WHERE YOU ON THE. YEAH, IT THE HYBRID HYBRID PUBLIC. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH DISCUSSION YOU'VE HAD THERE, BUT CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR PIECE A LITTLE OR YOU THINK WE'RE STILL TOO PRELIMINARY? IT WAS VERY PRELIMINARY. I'D LIKE TO ASK MR. WATSON TO COME UP AND SHARE ANY DETAILS HE MIGHT HAVE. AND THAT INITIAL COST MODELING THAT THEY SHARED WITH THE COMMITTEE.

HEY, MATT. SO WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO AT THE LAST MEETING WAS PROVIDE TWO POSSIBLE OPTIONS. SO AGAIN, THE ONLY THING WE'VE REALLY BEEN LOOKING AT IS MOVING TO THIS 24 OVER 72 SCHEDULE MEETING 24 HOURS ON, 72 OFF FOR FIRE. SO IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THAT'S GOING TO COST 13 TO $16 MILLION AND ADD 87 POSITIONS, WHICH IN THE CURRENT FINANCIAL ENVIRONMENT IS A DIFFICULT THING TO DO. SO ANOTHER OPTION ON THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM WAS THIS HYBRID. IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE TRANSPORT, AMBULANCE, TRANSPORT AND YOU'RE DOING A PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH THAT. SO BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING THERE IS BEING ABLE TO REPURPOSE THE FIREMEN FOR THAT 2472 SHIFT. AND IT'S RIGHT NOW EARLY PROJECTIONS, ABOUT FIVE PEOPLE. HOWEVER, IT'S VERY COMPLICATED WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT OPTION BECAUSE ON YES, THERE'S A COMPONENT WITH THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. SECOND, WILL OVERTIME GO DOWN? THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK INTO TO DRILL INTO THAT. SO TAKE THAT NUMBER WITH A GRAIN OF SALT. BUT THE INTENT WAS TO SHOW A SPECTRUM, TRYING TO GET A 2472 SCHEDULE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? CHAIRMAN? YOU CARE TO SUM US UP? WE HAVE HAD WE HAVE HAD A SPECTRUM OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME OUT TO, TO SPEAK TO US. AND I WANT TO COMMEND THE PUBLIC FOR THAT. AND I'M I'D WHOLEHEARTEDLY LIKE TO SEE JUST AS MANY COME OUT. THEY FILLED THE ROOM. WE HAD TO GO GET CHAIRS TO BE ABLE TO FIND PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO SIT, AND EVEN THEN THEY'RE STILL STANDING IN THE BACK. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT WEEK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. YES, DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT WEEK. AND IF YOU TELL US WHERE THAT LOCATION IS AGAIN, AT WHAT TIME NEXT WEEK? AS A MATTER OF FACT, I'D LOVE TO. THAT'S GOING TO BE AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY AT 6:00 ON WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. ALL RIGHT. WONDERFUL. THANKS, SIR.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. COUNCIL. WE'VE BEEN OUT FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF NOW. I'M GOING TO GIVE US A TEN MINUTE RECESS BEFORE WE HIT OUR NEXT AGENDA

[10. Audit Committee Meeting Report]

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I DO WANT TO INFORM YOU, I DID EMAIL THIS REPORT TO ALL OF YOU RIGHT BEFORE THE MEETING. AND THIS THE DRAFT COPY OF THE REPORT IS POSTED ONLINE AS WELL. SO. AND TOMORROW WE WILL POST THE AUDIO OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AS WELL. ABOUT THE AUDIT. WE HAD TWO OBJECTIVES. WE WANTED TO DETERMINE THE PURPOSE OF THE VEGETATION CLEARING INITIIVE.

SECONDLY, WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT ADEQUATE INTERNAL CONTROLS EXIST OVER THE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING COMPLIANCE, PERFORMANCE AND PAYMENT MONITORING. TO PERFORM A COMPLEX REVIEW OF THIS INCIDENT CLEARING, WE ACTUALLY WENT BACK TO TO THE END OF LAST YEAR, AND THERE WAS ACTUALLY A CLEARING SURROUNDING THE PRESERVE AREA BACK IN JANUARY OF 2025. THEN THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY REPAIR DONE IN MARCH. THEN OBVIOUSLY EVERYONE IS AWARE OF THE CLEARING THAT HAPPENED IN JULY 2025. AS PART OF THIS AUDIT, WE NOT ONLY LOOKED AT THE INTERNAL CONTROLS, WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE CITY'S AGREEMENTS WITH THE PRESERVATION SOCIETY, DALLAS COUNTY, AS WELL AS ALL THE CONTRACTUAL REQUIREMENTS. THE CONTRACT THAT WE USE TO CLEAR THIS HAD A NUMBER OF CRITERIA THAT THE CITY WAS SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW. SO WE LOOKED AT THAT AS WELL. SO I WILL GO I WILL KIND OF GIVE A HIGH, HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE FOUND. AND THEN AS THE CHAIR SAID, IF IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE. WHILE IT WAS CRITICAL NEED FOR THE CITY TO INSPECT AND PERFORM MAINTENANCE ON THE SEWER SYSTEM LOCATED IN THE PRESERVE, THE DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED BY THE WATER DEPARTMENT DID NOT REFLECT ANY EVALUATION OF THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF THE ECOSYSTEM IN THE SPRING CREEK PRESERVE AREA AND PARKLAND, AS PART OF THE PLANNING PROCESS. SINCE 2015, THERE WERE ONLY 24 MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE PRESERVE AREA RECORDED IN THE WORK ORDER SYSTEM. THE JUNE 2025 CLEARING IS MEASURED TO BE 10 TO 80FT WIDE, AND IS APPROXIMATELY 1.56 MILES IN LENGTH. THE JANUARY 2025 CLEARING LENGTH WAS CALCULATED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 1.34 MILES. BASED ON THE MAP PROVIDED BY THE WATER DEPARTMENT USING THE GIS MEASUREMENTOOL. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF COLLABORATION WITH OTHER STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING OTHER AFFECTED DEPARTMENTS DALLAS COUNTY, THE SOCIETY, THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION AND THE PUBLIC PROJECT PLANNING DID NOT CONSIDER ALL RELEVANT CRITERIA REQUIRED OR REFERENCED IN THE UTILITIES CONTRACT. CITY OF GARLAND ORDINANCES, THE DEVELOPMENT CODE, AND THE NORTH TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT STANDARDS SUCH AS PRESERVATION OF TREES, TREE PROTECTION AND EROSION CONTROL, GEOGRAPHICAL LIMITS AND SCOPE OF WORK SUCH AS ACCESS POINTS, LENGTH, WIDTH AND HEIGHT OF THE INTENDED PATH, PROTECTION OF THE TREES, EROSION CONTROL OR TYPE OF EQUIPMENTO BE USED WERE NOT DEVELOPED OR DOCUMENTED. FOR THE JUNE 2025 CLEARING. THERE IS NO DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE OF ANY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE CITY PERSONNEL AND THE CONTRACTOR. INTERVIEWS INDICATED THAT ON SITE STAFF RELIED PRIMARILY ON VERBAL GUIDANCE RELATED TO THE PROXIMITY TO THE CREEK AND EQUIPMENT ACCESS, AND DID NOT RECEIVE ADDITIONAL WRITTEN PARAMETERS FOR THE JUNE CLEARING. THEIR MAIN OBJECTIVE WAS TO KEEP THE CONTRACTOR 10 TO 20FT AWAY FROM THE CREEK'S EDGE. BASED ON STAFF INTERVIEWS, CITY PERSONNEL WERE PRESENT ON SITE DURING THEIR SCHEDULED

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CONSIDERATION OF THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF THE ECOSYSTEM.

COLLABORATION WITH ALL APPROPRIATE STAKEHOLDERS. COMPREHENSION OF THE CONTRACT AND AUTHORITATIVE PRONOUNCEMENT REQUIREMENTS. DEVELOPMENT OF A PROPER SCOPE OF WORK.

COMMICATION WITH THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR AND INTERNAL STAFF. MONITORING OF CONTRACT COMPLIANCE AND CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE. DOCUMENTATION AND RECORD KEEPING. DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. IN ADDITION, AS I HAVE MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE WERE DIFFERENCES IN ORDER IN BOUNDARIES AND MAPS USED BY STAKEHOLDERS. WELL, AS YOU AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS AUDIT FOR FOR QUITE SOME TIME. I DO WANT TO APPRECIATE THE PATIENCE THAT ALL PARTIES, INCLUDING OUR STAKEHOLDERS, THE PUBLIC, TOOK A WHILE FOR US TO COMPLETE THIS AUDIT. ONE THING THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT, AND WE WE TALKED ABOUT IT DURING THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. TRANSPARENCY ENHANCES ACCOUNTABILITY AS WELL AS ENHANCES PUBLIC TRUST. AND THAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THIS AUDIT. WE BELIEVE BY DOING THIS THOROUGH AUDIT, WE'RE COMING OUT AND ACKNOWLEDGING THE MISTAKES THAT WERE MADE.

HOWEVER, FOCUSING ON THE FUTURE, WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THESE MISTAKES AND HOW WE CAN PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING. AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE I BELIEVE MIKE BETTS IS THE PERFECT PERSON TO FIX THIS GOING FORWARD. I'VE WORKED WITH MIKE FOR THE PAST 19 YEARS. A NUMBER OF HE HAS REQUESTED A NUMBER OF AUDITS BEFORE AND AND HE EVEN INVOLVED ME WHEN HE WAS SETTING UP THE PARKING ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM. AND I FEEL LIKE IF YOU WOULD ALLOW MIKE SOME TIME, HE WOULD IMPLEMENT A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE IDENTIFIED IN THIS AUDIT. I WILL QUICKLY GO OVER THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE MADE FOR THE CITY ADMINISTRATION. WE REQUESTED OR RECOMMENDED THAT THEY DEVELOP A COLLABORATIVE DATABASE FOR ALL CITY OWNED, CO-OWNED, AND CITY MANAGED PROPERTIES AND ASSETS TO INCLUDE CRITICAL DETAILS SUCH AS MAPS, LOCATIONS, OWNERSHIP, STAKEHOLDERS, CONTRACTS, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND HISTORICAL FACTS. THEN CATEGORIZE THE PROPERTIES INTO VARIOUS GROUPS SUCH AS LAND, PARKS. PRESERVES.

CREATE A CHECKLIST WITH REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH GROUP FOR MAINTENANCE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. THE CHECKLIST SHOULD INCLUDE RELEVANT FACTORS SUCH AS APPROVAL AUTHORITY, CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS, REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS, RECORD KEEPING REQUIREMENTS, AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. THEN, DEVELOP A FRAMEWORK THAT INCLUDES POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION FOR DEPARTMENTS, THEN ENSURING THAT ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS DEVELOP POLICIES, PROCEDURES, GUIDELINES FOR THEIR DAY TO DAY OPERATION. TO COMPLY WITH THE FRAMEWORK. CREATE AN OVERSIGHT BODY TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND PERFORM MONITORING OF FRAMEWORK COMPLIANCE FOR MAJOR CRITICAL PROJECTS. WORK WITH DALLAS COUNTY TO CONDUCT A SURVEY OF PARCEL OF LAND TO DETERMINE ACREAGE, BOUNDARIES AND APPROPRIATE DESIGNATIONS SUCH AS GREENBELTS, PARK PRESERVE, FOREST, FOREST PRESERVE. ADOPT THE MOST RECENT NOTES. COUNCIL, TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT, NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT AMENDED FIFTH EDITION STANDARDS AND INCORPORATE THIS INTO FUTURE RELEVANT CONTRACTS. CONSIDER CENTRALIZING CITY'S VARIOUS GIS FUNCTIONS UNDER THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ALSO MADE A FEW RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE WATER DEPARTMENT. WE RECOMMENDED THEM TO COORDINATE AND COMMUNICATE PROJECT PLANS WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS, GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING OF ALL RELEVANT AUTHORITY PRONOUNCEMENTS SUCH AS THE CONTRACT ANDLL INCORPORATED DOCUMENTS. AS

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PERFORM PROJECT MONITORING FOR CONTRACT COMPLIANCE AND DOCUMENT CONTRACTOR COMMUNICATIONS. IMPLEMENT FULL USAGE OF THE WORK ORDER SYSTEM TO CAPTURE ALL WORK INITIATED AND PERFORMED. RUN PERIODIC REPORTS FOR MANAGEMENT, REVIEW AND MONITORING OF PROJECTS, AND ENSURE DEVELOPMENT OF A PROCESS TO COMPLY WITH THE REGULATORY AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND RETENTION OF ALL RELEVANT RECORDS. MANAGEMENT DID CONCUR WITH ALL OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT THEY DID ASK TIME DUE TO RESOURCE LIMITATIONS AS WELL AS BUDGET LIMITATIONS, AND ONCE AGAIN, ME AND MIKE JUST GOT HERE, BUT WE HAD A CHANCE TO SIT DOWN AND GO OVER THIS REPORT WITH HIM, AND HE'S ON TOP OF THIS, AND HE'S ALREADY IMPLEMENTING A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE WE DISCUSSED DURING THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. AND AS I MENTIONED HERE. SO IN A NUTSHELL, I KNOW I COVERED A LOT OF DETAILS IN IN LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES. IT'S IT'S A LOT PROBABLY TO COMPREHEND AT THIS POI. BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I KNOW COUNSEL THIS THIS ISSUE IS CAUSED REAL FRUSTRATION AND DISAPPOINTMENT AND SOME CASES REAL HURT WITH OUR VOLUNTEERS AND OUR PARTNERS THAT WE HAD IN THIS, IN DEALING WITH THIS AND HOPEFULLY THIS AUDIT THAT WE'VE DONE SHOWS THAT WE'RE BEING TRANSPARENT ABOUT THIS PROCESS AND THAT WE'RE REALLY COMMITTED TO MAKING SIGNIFICANT CHANGES, THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. WITH THIS AUDIT. WE'RE TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT WE'VE DONE AND ALSO WHAT WE HAVEN'N'T NE IN THIS PROCESS. I LIKE THAT MANAGEMENT AGREES WITH ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND SHOWN THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK HARD TO IMPLEMENT STRONGER CONTROLS AND ANY MANDATORY PLANS OR WORK PROCESSES THAT WE HAVE TO PUT IN PLACE TO MAKE IT BETTER. AND I THINK ALSO WE'VE SHOWN WITH THIS THE ACTIONS WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN, PARTNERING WITH KIMLEY-HORN, THAT WE'RE COMMITTED TO REBUILDING THE REPAIRING THE DAMAGE, ANALYZING WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS TO GET ALL THAT DONE. SO IT'S SOME STRUCTURAL CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING HERE IN GARLAND, AND I HOPE THAT THE PUBLIC REALIZES THAT WE ARE WORKING HARD TO TO DO BETTER AND MAKE CHANGE ON THIS. SO OUR RESIDENTS DESERVE BETTER AND THEY'RE GETTING BETTER WITH THIS. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I HOPE WE'RE SHOWING WITH THIS CONTINUING PROCESS WITH THIS AUDIT. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK AND YOUR TEAM'S HARD WORK ON THIS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS.

AND INTERIM CITY MANAGER BATES, THANK YOU ALSO FOR YOU WORKING THROUGH THIS SO QUICKLY. AND.

YOU KNOW, IMPLEMENTING AND WORKING THROUGH AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO IMPLEMENTING THIS PROCESS AND THE CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE, IF I MAY, MAYOR AND I HAD MET WITH CHAD AND WE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME ON THIS. IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I DID, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY PRIOR TO EVEN BEING APPOINTED BY THE COUNCIL, STARTED TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND WORK THROUGH THE MATTERS IN THE AUDIT. MOST OF THE MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE MANAGEMENT RESPONSE WAS DONE BEFORE I CAME ON BOARD. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS APPARENT TO ME IN READING THIS, AND IF YOU'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY OVER 20 YEARS, IS I'M ACUTELY AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT PRESERVE TO THIS COMMUNITY. AND READING THE AUDIT REPORT, ONE THING IS CLEAR MISTAKES WERE MADE, AND IT'S HEARTBREAKING FOR PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY. AND, YOU KNOW, I MENTIONED EARLIER AT THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, ONE OF THE THINGS MY DAD TOLD ME WHEN I WAS A YOUNG MAN AND I MADE MISTAKES AND WAS BEATING MYSELF UP ON IT, HE SAID, YOU HAVE NO HOPE OF A BETTER PAST, HE SAID. BUT YOU HAVE A HOPE OF A BETTER FUTURE. AND MY COMMITMENT TO YOU IS, IS WE ARE GOING TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. AND WE'RE GOING TO USE ALL OF OUR EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER WE CAN DO OUT THERE TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS THAT WE LEFT BEHIND AFTER THIS WILL BE DONE. AND THAT'S THAT'S THE COMMITMENT THAT I MAKE TO YOU, IS IS ONE MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN AND TRY TO IMPLEMENT AS MANY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS AS WE CAN DO WITHIN OUR FINANCIAL RESOURCES. AND NUMBER TWO, MAKE SURE WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO MAKE IT BETTER FOR THE DAMAGE THAT WAS CAUSED OUT THERE. BUT WE GET IT. WE GET IT AS CITY MANAGEMENT, AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS RIGHT AS BEST WE CAN. THANK YOU SIR.

COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU DID ON THIS AUDIT. I'VE MADE IT THROUGH A LITTLE OVER HALF OF IT SO FAR. SO ONE OF MY QUESTIONS TO YOU WAS GOING TO BE, IF THE MANAGEMENT RESPONSE WAS FROM OUR PREVIOUS

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THAT'S OUR GOAL. AND I'VE BEEN THE CITY AUDITOR FOR THE PAST 12 YEARS. KNOWING MY TEAM AND MYSELF. WE ALWAYS LOVE TO SEE THINGS GETTING ACCOMPLISHED AFTER THE AUDIT REPORT. THE HARDEST PART IS PUTTING IT IN THE AUDIT REPORT. BUT WHEN WE SEE THAT THINGS ARE GETTING ACCOMPLISHED, THINGS ARE GETTING IMPLEMENTED. THAT THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE. AND I LIKE THE WAY COUNCILWOMAN DUTTON MENTIONED SHE USED A NUMBER OF TIMES US. THIS IS US. WE'RE TOGETHER. WE'RE ONE FAMILY. COUNCIL EMPLOYEES AUDIT THE CITIZENS. IT'S ALL WE'RE ALL HERE TO SERVE THE CITY. SO VERY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT. THANK YOU. WELL SAID SIR. THANK YOU. NO ONE ELSE HERE IN THE QUEUE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. ONE MORE ITEM. YES, SIR. SO THE NEXT ITEM THAT WE DISCUSSED WAS THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 AUDIT PLAN. I WILL QUICKLY GO OVER THIS.

PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. SO HERE IS WHAT I'M PROPOSING FOR THIS YEAR.

CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AUDIT. WE WILL OBTAIN A SAMPLE OF CITY CONTRACTS WITH THIRD PARTY VENDORS TO DETERMINE ADEQUATE CONTROL AND COMPLIANCE. THE NEXT AUDIT THAT I'M PROPOSING IS THE STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM. ANALYZE THE EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF THE STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM. THIRDLY, SINGLE SHORT TERM MULTIFAMILY LODGING RENTAL PERMIT AUDIT ENSURE THAT RENTAL PROPERTIES ARE PERMITTED BY THE CITY AND EVALUATE THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION STATUS FOR APPROPRIATENESS. ENSURE REQUIREMENTS STATED IN THE COURT OF ORDINANCES ARE EFFECTIVELY ENFORCED, SUCH AS PERMIT FEE COLLECTIONS AND TIMELY INSPECTION. NEXT AUDIT IS THE FIXED ASSET MANAGEMENT, BUILDING INSPECTIONS, AUDIT, WAREHOUSE SERVICE AGREEMENT, AUDIT FEE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION AUDIT, TRAFFIC SIGNAL EQUIPMENT MODERNIZATION PROGRAM RECORD CONTRACT, GARLAND VISITOR CENTER OPERATIONS AUDIT, CITY VEHICLE RETIREMENT AUCTION PROCESS AUDIT, FACILITIES MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS AUDIT. TOLL ROAD USAGE AUDIT. THIS ONE WAS REQUESTED BY COUNCILMAN ART AND THEN PAYROLL AUDIT AND LASTLY REVENUE RECOVERY EFFORTS, MAINLY FOCUSING ON EMS TRANSPORT AS WELL AS CODE ABATEMENT. SO THESE ARE THE AUDITS THAT I'M PROPOSING TO BE COMPLETED, OR AT LEAST TO BE INITIATED AND WORKED ON IN FISCAL YEAR 2026. THE AUDIT COMMITTEE APPROVED THIS PLAN. I WOULD LIKE TO GET COUNCIL'S APPROVAL AS WELL. COUNCIL. ANY OBJECTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR? THUMBS UP. UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU. MAYOR. THAT'S IT. CHAIRMAN MOORE, ANY LAST WORDS, SIR, FOR YOUR COMMITTEE? APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. JOB WELL DONE. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. NOW MOVE ON. NEXT ITEM IS ANNOUNCE ANY FUTURE

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551.074 AND ATTORNEY CLIENT MATTERS RELATED TO THE SAME 551.071. THEN

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