Jan 06, 2026 City Council

[ LEGISLATIVE PRAYER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

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JANUARY 6TH, 2026 REGULAR MEETING OF THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL. IT IS THE TRADITION OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE AN INVOCATION AND RECITAL OF THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, LED BY ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, YOU ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR INVOCATION, OUR PLEDGE, BUT YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO DO SO.

AND YOUR PARTICIPATION, EITHER OR BOTH, IS STRICTLY A MATTER OF YOUR OWN CHOICE AND WILL NOT AFFECT T THE DECISIONS TO BE MAE BY THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL IN ANY MANNER.

TONIGHT'S INVOCATION AND PLEDGE WILL BE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BEARD. MA'AM. THANK YOU. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE. I HOPE EACH OF YOU HAD A WONDERFUL AND HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON, FILLED WITH LOVE AND JOY. AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, C COUNCIL MEMBR BASS TOLD THE STORY OF A T REX AND HIS UNLIKELY GROUP OF FRIENDS THAT CAME TO HIS AID OUT OF KINDNESS TO MAKE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL. AS WE ENTERED THE NEW YEAR, I HOPE EVERYONE CAN CARRY A LITTLE BIT OF THAT HOLIDAY KINDNESS WITH THEM ALL YEAR LONG, AND HELP THAT UNLIKELY FRIEND WHO MAY BE STRUGGLING TO QUOTE A SONG. WE ARE HOW WE TREAT EACH OTHER. SO BE KIND. THANK YOU. 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]

WE PUT HER IN THE KENNEL, SHE RAISED THEM UP, AND BY THE THIRD WEEK YOU COULD TELL SHE WAS DONE. SHE WAS FED UP WITH THOSE PUPPIES, AND SHE WAS JUST LOOKING AT US LIKE, PLEASE SEPARATE ME FROM THESE DOGS. FORTUNATELY ENOUGH, ALL OF THESE BABIES GOT ADOPTED OUT EXCEPT FOR FENDI. SHE'S STILL LOOKING AROUND, SEEING WHO CAN TAKE HER HOME. WHEN SHE FIRST CAME INTO THE SHELTER, SHE TESTED POSITIVE FOR HEARTWORMS. BUT THE TREATMENTS THAT WE GAVE HER IN AUGUST AND WE RETESTED HER AGAIN ON THE 18TH OF DECEMBER, AND SHE WAS HEARTWORM NEGATIVE. AND FROM ALL THE DOGS THAT WE'VE HAD AT THE SHELTER THAT ONCE THEY TEST NEGATIVE, THEY STAY NEGATIVE. SHE LOVES PETS, SHE LOVES BUTT SCRATCHES, AND HER FAVORITE SIDE IS HER RIGHT SIDE. SO IF YOU GET HER, JUST KNOW THAT'S THE RIGHT SIDE. SHE LOVES TO BE GROOMED. SHE LOVES BATHS. SHE LOVES BEING, YOU KNOW, LIKE THOSE THOSE HORSE BRUSHES WITH THE SHARP BRISTLES. SHE LOVES THOSE AS WELL. AND SHE'S A VERY, VERY, VERY SWEET GIRL. LOVES TO RIDE IN THE CAR. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, SHE'S VERY FRIENDLY. SHE IS A TWO YEAR OLD PIT BULL BOXER MIX AND SHE IS SPAYED AND FOR $25 IT COMES WITH THE SPAY. IT COMES WITH THE MICROCHIP. UP TO DATE VACCINES, TWO FREE VET VISITS, AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF GOODIES THAT COULD SAVE YOU UP TO $300 AFTERWARDS IN PET CARE. SO IF YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED IN COMING TO SEE FENDI AND SEEING WHY WE LOVE HER SO MUCH, PLEASE COME CHECK HER OUT. HER ADOPTION FEE IS ONLY $25. WE'RE AT 1902 STATE HIGHWAY 66 AND AGAIN, THIS IS FENDI. BUT JUST ASK FOR FENDI AND THEY'RE GOING TO KNOW EXACTLY WHO IT IS. THANK YOU GUYS I APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE ANOTHER VERY SPECIAL PROCLAMATION. IT'S THE TEXAS DOWNTOWN PRESENCE AWARD AND THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD FOR THE BEST PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT. COME ON DOWN. YOU CAN HAVE THE BROCHURE HERE FOR THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE DOWN IN WACO. THEY GAVE THE AWARDS AWAY FOR THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE BEST PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT FOR THE CENTRAL LIBRARY, AND ALSO THE PRESENCE AWARD, BEST PUBLIC FOR THE CENTRAL LIBRARY. AND THE PROCLAMATION READS HONORING THE CITY OF GARLAND FOR RECEIVING THE TEXAS DOWNTOWN PRESENCE AWARD AND PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD. WHEREAS THE CITY OF GARLAND TAKES GREAT PRIDE IN PRESERVING AND ENHANCING ITS DOWNTOWN AND THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY, FOSTERING A VIBRANT ENVIRONMENT FOR BUSINESS, CULTURAL, CULTURE, AND CONNECTION. AND WHEREAS, TEXAS DOWNTOWN, FOUNDED IN 1985, WAS ESTABLISHED TO CONNECT AND SERVE DOWNTOWN PROFESSIONALS

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[ CONSENT AGENDA]

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ALLOWING GOVERNMENT ISSUED IPADS BUT BANNING PHONES HIGHLIGHTS THE PROBLEM WITH THIS APPROACH. BOTH DEVICES HAVE THE SAME CAPABILITIES RECORDING, MESSAGING, INTERNET ACCESS AND SHARING INFORMATION. THE DISTINCTION IS ARBITRARY AND UNENFORCEABLE, AND IT GIVES A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY. THIS POLICY ALSO ERODES TRUST BY TREATING ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS AS SUSPECTS. INSTEAD OF HOLDING INDIVIDUALS ACCOUNTABLE FOR VIOLATIONS. A BETTER APPROACH IS TO CLEARLY PROHIBIT RECORDING OR TRANSMITTING EXECUTIVE SESSION INFORMATION, AND TO ENFORCE CONSEQUENCES WHEN VIOLATIONS OCCUR. THIS TARGETS THE BEHAVIOR, NOT THE HARDWARE. FOR THESE REASONS, I URGE OTHERS TO VOTE AGAINST THIS AND FOCUS ON ACCOUNTABILITY, TRUST, AND EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT.

LOOKING FOR A MOTION THEN ON THIS ITEM COUNCIL. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO TO STRIKE THE LINE.

THE USE OF PERSONAL CELL PHONES, TABLETS OR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICES PROHIBITED DURING EXECUTIVE SESSIONS MAKE A MOTION TO STRIKEHAT AND APPROVE THE REST OF THE. HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BASS AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON.

COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS. YOU'RE IN THE QUEUE FOR DISCUSSION. YES. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, COUNCILMAN BASS, DO YOU HAVE SOME SUBSTITUTE LANGUAGE YOU THAT YOU OUTLINED SO, SO ELOQUENTLY JUST A MINUTE AGO? WHAT WAS WAS THAT YOUR SUGGESTION? AS FOR THE SUBSTITUTE SUBSTITUTE LANGUAGE, NO, YOU DON'T NEED ANY. LANGUAGE. THAT IS TO ADDRESS THE BEHAVIOR OF EXECUTIVE SESSIONS MEAN BEING MAINTAINED PRIVATE. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SIR. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION THEN.

IS IT TO APPROVE THE REMAINDER OF THE DOCUMENT WITH THAT? CORRECT? CORRECT. TO APPROVE THE REMAINDER OF THE DOCUMENT? YES. ALL RIGHT. IF THE ITEM STRUCK REGARDING THE USE OF PERSONAL CELL PHONES DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION, MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US? AND THAT ITEM PASSES 6 TO 3 WITH THE MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM AND DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM IN OPPOSITION. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON THEN TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. FIRST ITEM FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION IS HOLD PUBLIC

[a. Consider a request by Jerry W. Cook, requesting approval of 1) a Specific Use Provision (SUP) for the expansion of an existing Heavy Manufacturing Use and 2) a Concept Plan for the expansion of an existing Heavy Manufacturing Use. The site is located at 2945 Market Street on a property zoned Industrial (IN) District in District 5.]

WHEN THE PODIUM BUZZER SOUNDS, THE SPEAKER MUST END THEIR COMMENTS. GOOD. ALL RIGHT.

FIRST ITEM AS I READ WAS ITEM SEVEN A. AND THANKOU, MR. MAYOR. PRESENTATION. YES, SIR.

AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR THE EXPANSION OF AN EXISTING HEAVY MANUFACTURING USE AND AN ASSOCIATED CONCEPT PLAN. SO I WANT TO KIND OF PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON HOW THIS REQUEST CAME ABOUT. THIS USE HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 1995. THE ORIGINAL CEO WAS ISSUED BACK IN 1995. AT THAT TIME, OUR REGULATIONS DID NOT DISTINGUISH BETWEEN HEAVY MANUFACTURING AND LIGHT MANUFACTURING, SO THEY

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WHAT YOU SEE IN HATCHED TO THE NORTH. THIS IS THE PROPOSED EXPANSION PER THE APPLICANT.

THEY ARE WANTING TO STORE MATERIALS AND USE IT. FOR MORE ON THE WAREHOUSING SIDE OF THE USE. BUT SINCE THE ENTIRE BUILDING WILL BE CONSIDERED UNDER ONE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, THE USE WILL BE CLASSIFIED AS A HEAVY MANUFACTURING USE. SOME SOME REALLY GOOD THINGS ABOUT THIS EXPANSION BECAUSE IT'S OVER 30%. WE ARE REQUIRING THEM TO COMPLY WITH OUR LANDSCAPING BUFFER, WHICH WOULD BE TEN FOOT ALONG MARKET STREET, AND THAT WILL INCLUDE TEN CANOPY TREES. THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE TO INSTALL FOUR CANOPY TREES FOR THE PARKING LOT TREES. THE DUMPSTER WILL BE SCREENED, SO FOR PARKING, LANDSCAPI AND SCREENING, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE GARLAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AS IT STANDS TODAY. AND THEY HAVE SHOWN THAT THEY'RE COMPLYING WITH THAT. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING 30 YEAR TIME FRAME. WE RECOMMENDED 20 TO 30 YEARS PLAN. COMMISSION RECOMMENDED 30 YEARS AS WELL.

UNANIMOUSLY. AGAIN, IT DOES ALIGN WITH THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN VISION. AND ALSO IT IS COMING. IT IS IMPROVING THE SITE IN IN MANY WAYS. WE SENT OUT 47 LETTERS AND WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY RESPONSES ON ANY OF THEM. WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF ON THIS ITEM? COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS. JUST ONE QUESTION. SHARE WITH US THE PLANNING COMMISSION DISCUSSION THAT. RESULTED IN THIS RECOMMENDED LENGTH OF THE ACP AND 20 OR 30. HOW? WHAT

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CHARLES VOIGT. SIR. COME DOWN. YOU HAVE TEN MINUTES FOR PRESENTATION. PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. LLOYD. ARCHITECT. MR. CHAIRMAN. LLOYD, 1200 WEST STATE STREET.

AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU'VE GOT, WHICH IS BASICALLY A WAREHOUSE THAT WE'RE EXPANDING INTO SOME OF THE FULLY SPRINKLERED, JUST LIKE THE EXISTING FACILITY IS.

HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER THEM. THANK YOU. YOU'VE GOT NINE MINUTES AND 50S LEFT, SIR. SO. ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT COUNCIL? SEEING NONE. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR, WE DO NOT. ALL RIGHT, MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK. THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT, MA'AM. MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM SEVEN A WITH A 30 YEAR'S U P AS PRESENTED MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM FOR APPROVAL FOR A 30 YEAR P AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION, MADAM? MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US? THAT ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

[b. Garland Development Code (GDC) Amendment 25-08]

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SO THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF ADDING THOSE REQUIREMENTS. WE HAVE ADDED OTHER SITE DESIGN CRITERIA ADDED AS IT RELATES TO BLOCK LENGTH YARDS, BUILD TO LINE ZONES. AGAIN, THE THE LENS THAT WE TRIED TO LOOK AT, IT WAS FROM A VERY URBAN PERSPECTIVE. WE IF WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH SENATE BILL 840, WE WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT AND MAKE SURE WE ARE CREATING AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT WITH PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY DESIGN AND FOCUS AND HIGH QUALITY ARCHITECTURE AND ELEVATIONS. CURRENTLY, OUR AMENITIES LIST, WE OFTEN GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND COMPLAINTS. WE REQUIRE AN 80 FOOT, 80 800 SQUARE FOOT SWIMMING POOL FOR ALL MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE VIABLE FOR MANY OF THEM. WITH THIS AMENDMENT, WE HAVE CREATED A ROBUST LIST OF AMENITIES, AND WE HAVE INCORPORATED A POINT SYSTEM, AND WE HAVE APPLIED THAT POINT SYSTEM PER SIZE OF THE DEVELOPMENT. AND I HAVE SOME EXAMPLES THAT I CAN SHOW. ANOTHER THING THAT WE WANTED TO DISCUSS IS THAT BECAUSE WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE MORE MIX OF HOUSING AND MULTIFAMILY CAN GO INTO MOST NONRESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS. WITH SENATE BILL 840, EXCEPT FOR INDUSTRIAL, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO ALLOW TOWNHOMES THERES WELL, SO THAT IF SOMEONE'S WANTING TO DO TOWNHOMES, IT DOES NOT BECOME HARDER FOR THEM TOWNHOMES THAN IT IS FOR THEM TO DO MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS. IT COULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF SHOCK FOR THE COMMUNITY. SOMETIMES, AS PEOPLE ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE AWARENESS REGARDING 840 AS THEY IN THE CURRENT STANDARDS, WE WOULD IF PRIOR TO 840, ANY MULTIFAMILY PROJECT IN A NONRESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT, THEY WOULD GET LETTERS FOR ZONING AND PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH WOULD NOT BE THE CASE ANYMORE BECAUSE MULTIFAMILY WOULD BE PERMITTED BY. RIGHT. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE IS AN APPLICANT PAID CONSTRUCTION SIGNAGE ON THE SITE THAT WILL TELL PEOPLE THAT THIS IS PER THE STATE REGULATIONS AND NOT PER THE CITY. THE STATE LAW ALSO INCLUDES CONVERSION PROJECTS.

SO CONVERTING AN OFFICE BUILDING OR RETAIL BUILDING TO MULTIFAMILY FOR THOSE. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS CAPABLE OF ALLOWING THAT DENSITY IN THOSE LOCATIONS. SO CURRENTLY OUR DEFINITION OF DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND PROJECTS, BUT IT DID NOT INCLUDE CONVERSION PROJECTS. SO WE ADDED THAT PROVISION IN OUR DEFINITION TO MAKE SURE WE CAN ASK FOR THE WATER WASTEWATER CAPACITY ANALYSIS. HERE ARE THE AMENITIES LIST THAT WE HAVE. AGAIN, WE HAVE PRESENTED THIS AND WE KIND OF LOOKED INTO IT FROM THE IMPACT OF THAT AMENITY AND ASSIGNED POINTS TO THOSE AMENITIES. BASED ON THAT, ON THE RIGHT SIDE, YOU COULD SEE IF IT'S A PROJECT THAT'S UP TO 20 DWELLING UNITS. THEY WILL THEY'LL THEY NEED TEN POINTS. IF IT'S 500 OR MORE, THEY NEED 70 POINTS. AND THEY CAN ACHIEVE THAT 70 POINTS BY HAVING MULTIPLE THINGS. THEY CAN HAVE A POOL, THEY CAN HAVE A DOG PARK, THEY CAN HAVE A SHARED GRILL. SO WE'RE PROVIDING THAT FLEXIBILITY FOR PEOPLE TO CHOOSE FROM AND CHOOSE THE AMENITIES BASED ON THE NEED OF THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT. WE AGAIN, I MENTIONED WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF BUILDING ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN SECTIONS, ENTRYWAYS, HOW THE THE ENTRYWAYS TO THE BUILDINGS SHOULD BE. BUT WE WANTED TO ALSO BUILD IN SOME FLEXIBILITY ABOUT THOSE. AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD. GOOD, GOOD PLACE TO MENTION. I FULLY EXPECT THAT WE WILL COME BACK WITH SOME OTHER AMENDMENTS, BECAUSE THIS IS TRULY OUR FIRST TAKE ON SENATE BILL 840. ONCE WE HAVE APPLIED IT TO SOME REAL PROJECTS, I'M SURE WE WILL SEE SOME THINGS THAT WE COULD DO BETTER WITH THIS CODE.ND AGAIN, THIS IS OUR FIRST TAKE. I FULLY EXPECT TO COME BACK. AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME VAGUE PROVISIONS REGARDING RELATED TO THOSE FLEXIBILITY AND ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE METHOD, AND WE KEPT IT VAGUE INTENTIONALLY SO THAT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF PROJECTS, WE CAN SEE HOW THOSE ARE WORKING OUT. AND AS WE WORK THROUGH A FEW PROJECTS, WE WILL HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THESE STANDARDS ARE WORKING FOR REAL LIFE PROJECTS. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO ANTICIPATE ALL AND EVERY FUTURE ISSUES OR SITUATIONS THAT A PROJECT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE, BUT WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT THIS COULD. THIS WOULD BE A FIRST STEP FORWARD IN RESPONSE

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WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, WE HAVE COMMUNITY RETAIL, WHICH ARE MUCH MORE INTENSIVE ZONING DISTRICTS THAN COMMUNITY OFFICE THAT HAVE A HEIGHT LIMIT OF 35. SO WE MATCH THAT IN COMMUNITY OFFICE AS WELL, SO THAT WE'RE NOT SUBJECT TO ANY LEGAL HEIGHT ATNY POINT. IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED AT THE WORK SESSION, WE HAVE ADDED A ROBUST LIST OF DESIGN ELEMENTS, AND WE'RE REQUIRING SIX FROM THAT LIST. WE HAVE THAT ALREADY IN OUR NONRESIDENTIAL DESIGN STANDARDS. WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT MAKES IT TO THE MULTIFAMILY STANDARDS AS WELL. ONE THING THAT CAME TO OUR ATTENTION WAS THAT WITH THE BUILDINGS BEING PULLED CLOSER TO THE STREETS NOW, THERE COULD BE SOME POTENTIAL CONFLICT BETWEEN THE PERIMETER LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS AND THE BUILDING. IN THE PAST, WE HAD MINIMUM SETBACKS, SO WHICH MEANT THE BUILDING COULD BE SETBACK 30FT OR 40FT. BUT NOW THAT WE HAVE BUILT TWO LINE ZONE, WE ARE SAYING THE BUILDING HAS TO BE BUILT BETWEEN 15 TO 30FT FROM THE PROPERTY LINE. AND IN CERTAIN AREAS WE HAVE A 15 FOOT LANDSCE BUFFER REQUIREMENT, WHICH MAY BECOME CONFLICTING WITH THE BILL TO LINE ZONE. WE WE ADDED A PROVISION THAT ADDS SOME FLEXIBILITY THAT IF THAT BECOMES AN ISSUE, THE CANOPY TREES CAN BE REPLACED WITH ORNAMENTAL TREES. AND BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE UP ALL OUR LANDSCAPING STANDARDS AS WELL. SO THE INTENTION IS TO KEEP PUSHING FOR THE LANDS TO ACHIEVE THE LANDSCAPING STANDARDS. BUT IN TERMS OF TRUE CONFLICT, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ALLOW SMALLER TREES FOR THE BUILDING TO BE PULLED CLOSER TO THE STREET PLAN. COMMISSION HAD A COUPLE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING SIDEWALKS. SO IN SIDEWALKS WE ARE REQUIRING EIGHT FOOT WIDE SIDEWALKS FOR NEW PROJECTS. BUT FOR OLDER PROJECTS WHERE SIDEWALKS WERE ALREADY THERE, WE'RE ONLY SAYING THAT THEY NEED TO. THEY WILL NEED TO KIND OF REPAVE OR BUILD IT TO THE PREVIOUS STANDARD SO THAT IT'S IT'S USABLE AND WALKABLE AND NOT IN DESPAIR. BUT ONE OF THE IDEAS FROM PLANNING COMMISSION WAS THAT FOR OLDER PROJECTS, WE MAY NOT ASK THEM TO GO ALL THE WAY TO EIGHT FOOT, BUT SIX FOOT SEEMED REASONABLE. SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT PLANNING COMMISSION WANTED CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER. THEY WANTED TO ADD A TRAILS TO BE CONNECTED WITH CITY PARKS OR SOMETHING WHEN APPLICABLE, IN THE AMENITIES LIST. AND ANOTHER IDEA THAT PLAN COMMISSION HAD WAS CUMULATIVE ZONING, BECAUSE WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT TOWNHOMES BE PERMITTED WHEREVER MULTIFAMILY IS PERMITTED. THE PLAN COMMISSION CHAIR WANTED TO EXPLORE THE IDEA OF HAVING SINGLE FAMILY PERMITTED IN ALL THOSE DISTRICTS AS WELL, BUT WITH AN SUP. SO AGAIN, THEY MADE IT INTO THE MOTION THAT COUNCIL CONSIDERS ALL THOSE DISCUSSIONS. SO I WANTED TO BRING THOSE UP. TODAY WE GOT A RESIDENT REQUEST TO ADD A COMMUNITY GARDEN AS AN AMENITY, WHICH I THINK IS A GOOD AMENITY TO ADD. HOWEVER, WE CAN KEEP ADDING AND ADDING AND ADDING, BUT WE HAVE ONE ALL ENCOMPASSING LINE ITEM IN THE AMENITIES LIST, WHICH IS ANY COMPARABLE AMENITIES. SO EVEN IF WE DON'T ADD ALL THESE SEPARATE IDEAS INTO THE LIST, IT CAN BE CONSIDERED A

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ARE THERE ANY ADA COMPLIANCE? LAWS OR. ESTABLISHED THINGS THAT WOULD REQUIRE A SIDEWALK EXPANSION FROM FOUR FEET? WELL, I GUESS YOU COULD HAVE A DEVELOPMENT COME IN THAT'S RESTRICTING IT TO HANDICAPPED INDIVIDUALS, AND THEY REQUIRE THAT FOR ACCESS, BUT THAT WOULD BE THEM COMING IN AND ASKING FOR A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION ABOUT WHAT WE REQUIRE UNDER THE GDC. WE PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BUILD THAT INTO THE GDC. THEY'D BE GRANTED THAT UNDER A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION. OKAY. MR. WILL YOU READ OFF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING? YES. SO AGAIN, THESE WEREN'T THEY DIDN'T MAKE IT INTO FORMAL MOTION WHAT THEY SAID THAT THESE ARE THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE WOULD LIKE FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER. SO ONE WAS THE SIDEWALK DISCUSSION. IF IT'S AN EXISTING SIDEWALK CAN WE MAKE THEM DO SIX FOOT. NO WE CAN'T. THAT'S NOT HOW WE HAVE WRITTEN IT ANYWAY. SO HOW WE HAVE WRITTEN IT IS EIGHT FOOT FOR NEW PROJECTS, FOR OLDER PROJECTS, HOWEVER WAY THEY WERE, THEY REPAIR IT OR DO WHATEVER THEY NEED TO FOR THAT SIDEWALK SIDEWALK TO WORK THE TRAILS.

ONE WAS TO ADD THAT INTO THE AMENITIES LIST. I DON'T WE DIDN'T HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT

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BUT YOU KNOW, SOMEONE ELSE MIGHT NOT BE. ASIDE FROM THAT, BEFORE I GET OUT OF THE QUEUE, I WANTED TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE ON THIS, YOU AND YOUR TEAM.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMAN BASS AND COUNCILMAN THOMAS FOR THEIR INVALUABLE INPUT AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE. THE THIS WAS THIS WAS WE WERE OUR HANDS WERE FORCED TO KIND OF PULL ALL OF THIS TOGETHER AND AND YOU'VE JUST DONE AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU MA'AM. COUNCILMEMBER MORE. GREAT JOB.

WONDERFUL JOB. AND YOUR EXPLANATIONS. I'VE HEARD I NEED SOME CLARIFICATION. ON ONE HAND, I HEARD YOU TALKING ABOUT AMENITIES THAT WERE CONNECTED TO POINT SYSTEMS, WHICH WERE ALTERNATIVES THAT A BUILDER MAY WANT TO SELECT AS LONG AS IT ADDED UP TO A PARTICULAR NUMBER.

ON THE OTHER HAND, I'M HEARING YOU SAY AT THIS POINT THAT THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE NECESSARY, THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THESE IN THERE. WHAT IS THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN WHAT IS NECESSARY VERSUS THOSE THINGS THAT ARE ALTERNATIVES? SO THE POINT SYSTEM IS APPLICABLE FOR THE AMENITIES ONLY. SO AMENITIES INCLUDE DOG PARK, GRILLS, PARK, PICNIC AREAS, SWIMMING POOL THINGS LIKE THAT ARE CONSIDERED AMENITIES FOR THOSE APARTMENT COMPLEX RESIDENTS. THE THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED ARE SITE DESIGN, BUILDING ARTICULATION, LANDSCAPING THAT DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE AMENITIES, BUT HAS TO DEAL WITH THE QUALITY OF THE PROJECTS. THOSE ARE STILL REQUIRED, ALTHOUGH AGAIN, WE HAVE BUILT IN SOME FLEXIBILITY. AND I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT I'M ACTUALLY PROUD OF THAT SUGGESTION FROM THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE THAT FLEXIBILITY HAS TO DEAL WITH.

IF YOU HAVE INCORPORATED SOMETHING UNIQUE ON YOUR PROJECT, FOR EXAMPLE, A MURAL THAT REALLY CAPTURES GARLAND, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO COME TO US AND ASK FOR A WAIVER ON UP TO FIVE ELEMENTS OF THE ARTICULATION STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE, BUT YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE SOMETHING UNIQUE INSTEAD. SO THAT'S WHERE THE FLEXIBILITY COMES IN. AND THE POINT SYSTEM IS APPLICABLE FOR THE AMENITIES ONLY. OKAY. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE IN FACT, WHAT THE COUNCIL LADY HAS SUGGESTED WOULD CERTAINLY BE IN OUR BEST INTEREST. AND THAT IS THOSE THINGS THAT ARE NECESSARY THAT WE HAVE TO WE WANT TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT THOSE, BECAUSE WE COULD BE VIOLATING OR CAUSING THEM TO TAKE RISKS UNNECESSARILY. AND THE ONE THING THAT WE CERTAINLY CAN APPROVE, WHICH IS WHAT ONE THING THAT YOU SAID THAT WE CAN APPROVE, OH, FROM THE PLAN COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS TO ALLOW SINGLE FAMILY USES AS WELL, WITH AN SUP IN NONRESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS. I DO WANT TO SAY THIS, THOUGH, THIS DID COME FROM THE PLAN COMMISSION AT THE MEETING. STAFF DID NOT NECESSARILY HAVE A CHANCE TO EVALUATE WHAT IT MEANS. IT COULD BE. IT COULD CERTAINLY BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO FURTHER AND COME UP WITH OUR OWN RECOMMENDATION. BUT AT THIS MOMENT, WE DON'T HAVE A RECOMMENDATION ON THAT PARTICULAR ITEM. THAT IS SOLELY PLAN COMMISSION'S IDEA. AND I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF THE GARDEN FOR THE APARTMENT DWELLERS, BECAUSE FOOD IS JUST OUTRAGEOUS RIGHT NOW. PRICES. COMMUNITY GARDEN WAS MY THESIS TOPIC FOR MY MASTER'S. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. AND ONE.

WELL, WE'LL GO ON TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING THEN. MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY

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COUNSELOR, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? COUNCILMEMBER BASS THANK YOU. YES. IN REGARDS TO THE MOTION, I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THE SINGLE FAMILY. I'D PREFER TO HAVE THAT PORTION TABLED FOR STAFF PRESENTATION. I'D LIKE TO GET STAFF'S EVALUATION ON THAT. YEAH, I'M FINE WITH THAT. OKAY. AND WE HAVE A WILL. IS THAT A SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION THEN YOU'RE MAKING. IT'S AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION A SECOND. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND ON THE AMENDMENT. SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER MORE AND COUNCIL. I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT TOO, BECAUSE WE HAVE TYPICALLY HAVE TIME PERIODS ON. AND IF WE DON'T ALLOW AN INFINITE TIME PERIOD ON THIS SHIP, SOMEONE'S RESIDENCE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO I THIHINK WE NEED TO DISCUSS THIS A LITTLE FURTHER BEFORE WE MAKE A DECISION ON IT. ALL RIGHT. SO, MADAM SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE PREPARE A VOTE FOR THE AMENDMENT TO THAT MOTION UNLESS WE HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT? ALL RIGHT. I SEE NO OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION. MADAM SECRETARY, A MOTION TO AMEND.

THAT ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, WILL THEN GO TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION, NOW MODIFIED WITH THE AMENDMENT. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US? AND THAT ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, AND I WILL SEND THAT ITEM TO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES RIGHT NOW. WE'LL LOOK AT IT. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON. NOW OUR NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDER

[8. Citywide Appointment

• Tax Increment Finance (TIF) 1 Downtown/Forest Jupiter Board Chair

WELL, WE'LL GO BY THE BOARD A SECOND. EXCUSE ME. MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BASS. A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. ANY DISCUSSION ON JOSEPH SCHROEDER AS THE TIFF NUMBER ONE? DO WE NEED DO WE HAVE TO. DO WE HAVE TO USE ONE OF THE NAMES PRESENTED, OR CAN WE CHOOSE ANYONE FROM THAT BOARD? ANYONE CAN BE NOMINATED. YES, WE HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND RIGHT NOW OF THAT INDIVIDUAL. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE

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[9. Citywide Appointment

• Tax Increment Finance (TIF) 2 South Board Chair

THE NUMBER TWO BOARD WHO WISHED SHOWED INTEREST WAS BILL SWISHER. HE'S THE CURRENT CHAIR I WOULD LIKE THAT'S OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE JASON SHANKS. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A NOTE, A ONE NOMINATION BY COUNCILMEMBER MORRIS, ANOTHER NOMINATION BY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK ON JASON SHANKS. WE HAVE A SECOND ON ANY OF THOSE NOMINATIONS. A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER. DUTTON. WHICH ONE ARE YOU SECONDING? SECOND FOR JASON SHANKS BY. COUNCILMEMBER DUTTON.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT NOMINATION? JASON SHANKS? I'M SECRETARY. WOULD YOU PLEASE PREPARE A VOTE FOR JASONHANKS NOMINATION AS CHAIRMAN OF THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCE NUMBER TWO. COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS, BEFORE WE VOTE, DO YOU HAVE DISCUSSION ON THAT ITEM? I HAVE A QUESTION, SIR. YES, SIR. COUNCIL. LADY TIM, TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS CANDIDATE.

HE WAS A MARSHAL FOR DECADES. HE HE WORKED IN CITY HALL RIGHT THERE AT THE BOOTH. I'M SURE YOU TALKED TO HIM SEVERAL TIMES ON YOUR WAY IN? YES. HE'S BECOME AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY SINCE HE RETIRED LAST YEAR, I BELIEVE. YEAH. AND HE ASKED TO BE MORE INVOLVED IN BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, SO I THOUGHT I WOULD GIVE HIM THAT OPPORTUNITY. HE'S ALREADY SERVING ON THE BOARD. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE NOMINATION OF JASON SHANKS? COUNCILMEMBER? MORE. UNDERSTANDING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY. AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE PERSON ON THAT BOARD THAT HAS PUT FORTH HIS NAME TO BE THE CHAIR. AND WE HAVE A PERSON. OF COURSE, I KNOW JASON ALSO, BUT DID NOT PUT FORTH HIS NAME AS A RESULT OF THAT. I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT WE HAVE. WOULD HE EVEN WANT TO EVEN ACCEPT? IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WE WOULD AT LEAST GIVE THE PERSON WHO PUT THEIR NAME FORWARD THE OPPORTUNITY. BUT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO SECOND FOR THE NAME.

AGAIN, IT JUST SEEMS TO ME THAT WE WOULD AT LEAST GIVE HIM THAT OPPORTUNITY. WELL, IN OTHER WORDS, I'M SAYING HERE THAT WE GAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE ENTIRE BOARD TO PUT FORTH HIS NAME AS THE CHAIR. ONE PERSON PUT THEIR NAME FORWARD, WHICH IS SWISHER. WE NOW HAVE A NOMINATION FROM THE FLOOR FOR SOMEONE WHO DIDN'T PUT THEIR NAME FORWARD, AND I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT THAT BEING THE CASE, THIS PERSON MIGHT NOT EVEN WANT IT. BUT WE DO HAVE A CANDIDATE THAT DID WANT IT. AND THAT'S I GUESS THAT'S A CONCERN TO ME. BUT HIS NAME DID COME FORWARD. NO ONE SECOND IT AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE ARE AT THIS POINT WHERE WE ARE ON THE VOTE. SO THAT'S THE DISCUSSION. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK.

COUNCILMAN MOORE, I HAVE THE SAME CONCERN. I HAVE NOT SPOKEN WITH MR. SHANKS. HOWEVER, WE HAD INTERVIEWS LAST NIGHT AND AND HE DID NOT SHOW UP, SO I'M NOT SURE HOW INTERESTED HE ACTUALLY IS, WHICH IS WHY I PUT FORTH ANOTHER NOMINATION THAT THAT WAS THE REASON BEHIND MY NOMINATION. YEAH. THANK YOU SIR. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE NOMINATION WE HAVE ON THE FLOOR

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AND THAT ITEM PASSES 7 TO 2 WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS BEARD AND THOMAS IN OPPOSITION. MOVE ON NOW TO TAX INCREMENT FINANCE NUMBER THREE, THE PERSON WE INTERVIEWED LAST

[10. Citywide Appointment

• Tax Increment Finance (TIF) 3 Finance Board Chair

[11. Mayor Dylan Hedrick

• Amanda Esquivel - All Abilities Committee 

[12. Mayor Pro Tem Margaret Lucht

• Elizabeth Shirley Graham - All Abilities Committee

[13. Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Chris Ott

• Heather Miller - All Abilities Committee

[14. Councilmember Jeff Bass

• Leigh Calmes - All Abilities Committee

I PERSONALLY FEEL THAT FOR THIS PARTICULAR COMMITTEE, THERE NEEDS TO BE A STRONG AMOUNT OF KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION FOR THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO TO, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO PROPERLY ADVOCATE FOR, FOR THE ALL ABILITIES COMMITTEE. AND MY NOMINATION IS FOR LEE COMBS AND LEE'S QUALIFICATIONSS INCLUDE WHICH AND AS WELL AS A JUDICIAL COMMISSION ON MENTAL HEALTH AND DIFFERENT OTHER MENTAL HEALTH AND INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT DISABILITIES COMMITTEES. ALSO HAS SHE HAS PROVIDED WRITTEN TESTIMONY FOR AND AGAINST STATE LEGISLATIVE LAWS AFFECTING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN TEXAS. SO, LIKE I SAID, I FEEL THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THIS COMMITTEE COMMITTEE TO HAVE SOME SOME SKILL SET IN PLACE ALREADY. AND SO THEREFORE, LEE COMBS IS MY NOMINATION. THANK YOU, SIR, AND I ALSO APPRECIATE THE DESCRIPTION OF THE COMMITTEE ITSELF AND THE REASON FOR IT. MOTION A NOMINATION.

COUNCILMEMBER COMBS A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DUTTON. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS NOMINATION? MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE FOR THIS NOMINATION? THAT ITEM

[15. Councilmember Kris Beard

• Jana Veit - All Abilities Committee

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ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS NOMINATION? MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE FOR THIS ONE. ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. COUNCILMEMBER MORE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'D LIKE

[16. Councilmember Ed Moore

• Tommy Zapata - All Abilities Committee

[17. Councilmember B.J. Williams

• Jennifer Reeder - All Abilities Committee

READER FOR THE ALL ABILITIES COMMITTEE. AND JENNIFER HAS A LONG HISTORY. SHE WAS VERY INVOLVED WITH CITY STAFF AND AND CITY WORKERS DURING THE RENOVATION OF THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE AND OTHER BIKE RELATED TO ISSUES THAT HAVE COME UP IN THE CITY. SO VERY GOOD, SIR, I HAVE A NOMINATION OF JENNIFER REEDER BY COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS FOR A SECOND ON THAT NOMINATION.

I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS NOMINATION? MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE ON THIS NOMINATION? AND THAT ITEM PASSES EIGHT ONE WITH COUNCILMEMBER DUTTON IN OPPOSITION. COUNCILMEMBER

[18. Councilmember Carissa Dutton

• Grant Laird Jr. - All Abilities Committee

SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS NOMINATION? AND, SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US?

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[19. Councilmember Joe Thomas Jr.

• Susan Behrens - All Abilities Committee

[ CITIZEN COMMENTS]

MADAM SECRETARY, ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS SIGNED UP FOR TONIGHT? YES, SIR. WE HAVE FOUR. VERY GOOD. WILL YOU PLEASE CALL OUR FIRST SPEAKER, SHIRLEY ROBERTS? I'M TALKING ABOUT THE AGED PEOPLE. AND IT'S COLD IN HERE FOR THIS AGED PERSON. SHIRLEY ROBERTS, 2102, COUNTRY OAKS, TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT. WELL, A LOT OF US TALK ABOUT AND THAT'S ENERGY HEALTH PATHWAYS. I'M ONE OF 30,000 SENIOR GARLAND CITIZENS. WE SENIORS ARE IN EVERY ONE OF YOUR DISTRICTS. MY BIGGEST CONCERN, AND THE ONE THAT I STARTED OUT WITH, WAS THAT YOU DID NOT TELL US ABOUT THIS PROGRAM BEFORE YOU VOTED ON IT AND SIGNED THE CONTRACT. I SIGNED UP FOR ELECTRICITY, WATER AND GARBAGE. I NEVER SIGNED UP FOR $6 A MONTH. TEXAS LAW STATE THAT YOU CAN TAKE MONEY FROM UTILITIES FOR LIBRARY, FIRE AND EMS, BUT THE LAW DOES NOT STATE YOU CAN TAKE AND COLLECT MONEY FROM UTILITIES AND OUR MONEY AND GIVE IT TO A PRIVATE COMPANY. NO ONE GAVE THEIR CONSENT TO TAKE MONEY FROM THEM WITHOUT THEIR KWLEDGE AND CONSENT. MANY OF US SENIORS DEPEND ON OUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS TO HELP AND ALERT US. WHEN SOMEONE IS TRYING TO TAKE OUR MONEY. BUT YOU NEVER EVEN TOLD OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. IN FACT, I HAD TO TELL MY OWN SONS THEY DIDN'T KNOW IT. MANY OF US DON'T TEXT QUICKLY AND WE GET FRUSTRATED WHEN WE HAVE WHEN WE MAKE MISTAKES AND WE HAVE TO BACK UP AND GO OVER AGAIN. AND THAT INCLUDES ME. MOST SENIORS ARE ON MEDICARE AND ARE ABLE TO REACH A DOCTOR 24 OVER SEVEN. PATHWAYS IS ONLY OPEN 7 TO 10, AND DOES NOT HAVE OUR HISTORY OR LIST OF MEDICATIONS. WHEN SENIORS ARE ANXIOUS, IN PAIN, OR FRUSTRATED WITH THE SITUATION THAT THEY'RE IN, THEY CAN FORGET MEDICAL HISTORY, ALLERGIES, AND MEDICATIONS. AND THAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME EVEN. DID YOU CONSIDER US SENIORS BEFORE YOU SIGNED US UP? DID YOU ALL REALIZE YOU'RE AFFECTING EVERY ONE OF THE 30,000 SENIORS HERE IN GARLAND? I FEEL DECEIVED THIS PLAN WAS ROLLED OUT TO BE AN INSURANCE ALTERNATIVE. IT IS NOT INSURANCE. IT IS TOUTED TO BE A HEALTH CARE SUBSTITUTE FOR US SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A HOSPITAL, BUT WE PAID TAXES TO THE COUNTY FOR MEDICAL CARE, AND THIS CITY HAS NO LEGAL RIGHT TO COMPETE WITH THAT. AND SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE TRYING TO TAKE OVER FROM THE ROLE THAT PARKLAND HAS FOR US. YOU ALL COME TO US SENIORS WHEN YOU WANT TO BE ELECTED BECAUSE WE VOTE. CAN I JUST FINISH WHAT I'M SAYING? PLEASE? OKAY. AND YOU COME TO US WHEN YOU WANT A BOND ELECTION. YOU COME TO US AND ASK OUR OPINIONS. WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT IN NOVEMBER, YOU'RE GOING TO COME AND SAY THE MONEY IS RUN OUT IN GARLAND, AND WE NEED TO VOTE FOR THIS, TO GIVE US MONEY IN

[01:10:03]

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MD HEALTH PATHWAYS GETTING TO MORE AND MORE CITIES. I HAVE SEARCHED EXHAUSTIVELY ON NUMEROUS SEARCH ENGINES. THEY'RE NOT LISTED ON ONE SINGLE AGENDA ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY THAT I CAN FIND. THE DOCTOR WAS ASKED ABOUT THIS. HE REFUSED TO TELL YOU WHERE THEY WERE GOING. WE GOT THIS STORY ABOUT HE WAS SUPPOSEDLY INVOLVED IN HIGH LEVEL DISCUSSIONS. SINCE WHEN WERE GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS SECRET CITY AFTER CITY HAS TURNED THEM DOWN DUE TO THEIR PREDATORY AND DISHONEST FORCED ENROLLMENT AND THE CHARGE ON THE UTILITY BILLS? COUNCILMAN BASS, YOU PUT A POST UP ON GARLAND'S SITE ON DECEMBER 18TH ON FACEBOOK SAYING GARLAND CITY COUNCIL IS COLLECTING COMMUNITY FEEDBACK PRIOR TO ADDING THIS SERVICE.

FOR GARLAND CITIZENS, NO SUCH THING IS HAPPENING. IT'S OBVIOUS FROM THE DELUGE OF RESPONSES THAT WERE GIVEN THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF CITIZENS ARE AGAINST THIS DECEPTIVE HEALTH CARE ALTERNATIVE. WHAT DO WE CALL IT? THERE'S OBVIOUSLY BEEN NO FURTHER RESEARCH INTO THIS, AND NO DISCUSSIONS OF VOTING TO CANCEL THE CONTRACT. LEGITIMATE COMPANIES OPERATE IN THE REAL WORLD MARKETPLACE, AND THOSE INTERESTED IN THEIR PRODUCT OR SERVICE CAN SIGN UP ON THEIR OWN WITHOUT DRAGGING THOUSANDS OF THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS IN TO BE CHARGED WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT. AGAIN, HEALTHCARE.GOV AND THE FTC NEVER ALLOW ENROLLMENT INTO ANY HEALTHCARE AND CHARGES FOR SAID WITHOUT CONSENT. WE DID NOT CONSENT.

COUNCILMAN MOORE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WONDERFUL POST YESTERDAY. JUST A FEW POINTS YOU MADE THAT I'I'M GOING REITERATE THERE WAS NO COMPETITIVE BIDDING, NO OPEN MARKET EVALUATION. THIS BEING PUT ON THE WATER BILL MAY OR MAY NOT EVEN BE LEGAL. THERE'S ALL KINDS OF ISSUES WITH IT. RESIDENTS WERE NOT MEANGFULLY ENGAGED BEFORE THE FRAMEWORK WAS FINALIZED. WE ARE NOT GETTING ANY KIND OF TRIAL PERIOD OR PILOT WE'RE IN. YOU THREW US IN. SO HOW CAN WE EVALUATE IT? AND LOOKING AT THIS, REVIEWING THE CONTRACT LANGUAGE, YOU SAID IT IS CLEAR THAT NO SUCH PILOT PERIOD EXISTS. THERE ARE NO DEFINED PARTICIPATION THRESHOLDS, NO SUCCESS METRICS, NO CONTRACTUAL OFF RAMPS TIED TO ENROLLMENT OR PERFORMANCE IN THIS AGREEMENT.

THAT DISTINCTION MATTERS BECAUSE CLARITY OF EXPECTATIONS IS ESSENTIAL TO PUBLIC TRUST.

IT IS ALSO NOTEWORTHY THAT THE GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS CHOSEN NOT TO PARTICIPATE. I PERSONALLY CONTACTED THEIR LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO FIND OUT AND THEY ARE NOT PARTICIPATING. PLEASE GET US OUT OF THIS SCAM TODAY. THE CITY DOES NOT NEED TO BE IN IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER, FOR THE RECORD. THREE MINUTES.ES PHILIP DRYDEN, 2016 WESTCHESTER DRIVE. I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT DART. I'M A DAILY DART RIDER. EVERY DAY I RIDE THE BLUE LINE FROM DOWNTOWN GARLAND STATION TO MY JOB IN DALLAS, IN THE MEDICAL DISTRICT. AND I GET TO MY STATION BY RIDING MY BIKE UP GLENBROOK DRIVE. I, MARGARET, HAS APPARENTLY SEEN ME RIDING OUT THERE A FEW TIMES. SHE'S BEEN SO FAR POLITE ENOUGH NOT TO HONK. I HOPE I'VE BEEN POLITE. DART IS EXTREMELY VALUABLE TO ME AND TO MY FAMILY. MY WIFE STAYS HOME WITH OUR DAUGHTER RIGHT NOW, AND ME BEING ABLE TO RIDE DART TO WORK MEANS SHE CAN KEEP THE CAR FOR GROCERY RS, PLAY DATES, TRIPS TO OUR WONDERFUL NEW LIBRARY. WHEN WE PURCHASED OUR HOME, WE DID SO KNOWING THAT WE WOULD HAVE THIS RAIL ACCESS NEARBY. I AM NOT HERE TONIGHT TO TELL YOU THAT DART IS A PERFECT ORGANIZATION. I'M JUST HERE TO ASK YOU TO REMEMBER THAT DART IS EXTREMELY VALUABLE TO PEOPLE LIKE ME, AND TO ASK YOU, AS YOU DECIDE WHETHER YOU WANT TO SCHEDULE AN EXIT ELECTION OR GARLAND TO STAY OR GO IN DART, NOT TO DO SO OUT OF FEAR OF WHAT VOTERS IN OTHER CITIES

[01:15:02]

THE STAFF WILL ANSWER A FOR YOU. OR BY THE WAY, WE NEVER SAW ANYTHING IN THIS THING. BUT NOW YOU GOT TWO PAGES THAT YOU GOT SOMETHING ON. THE CITY STAFF WILL GIVE YOU A FOUR YEAR AMOUNT ON THE NUMBER OF OPT OUTS, BUT EVERY TIME YOU ASK THE MD PATHWAYS GUYS, HOW MANY HAVE YOU SIGNED UP ON YOUR PILOT PROGRAM? THEY SAY HUNDREDS. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 100? COULD BE 100 HUNDRED COULD BE NINE, 99. IT DOESN'T. THEY'RE GASLIGHTING YOU GUYS AND YOU'RE ALLOWING THEM TO GASLIGHT YOU. COUNCILMAN MOORE, MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, THOUGH, YOU WENT THROUGH THE EFFORT OF WRITING AN EXTENSIVE SOCIAL MEDIA POST, WHY DO YOU NOT NOW DEMAND A REVISIT OF THE MD PATHWAYS AND DO IT THE RIGHT WAY, NOT THE WAY MD PATHWAYS WANTED IT DONE? THIS PROGRAM HAS BECOME A POINT OF CONTENTION IN THE CITY COUNCIL, REGARDLESS OF THE OPPOSITION TO THE PROGRAM, OR ARE TOO PROUD OR TOO PROUD TO ADMIT THAT THEY SCREWED UP IN THE HANDLING OF IT. AND GOING BACK AND CHECK AND GOING THROUGH IT AGAIN. MY LAST QUESTION IS, EVERY TIME A CITY COUNCILMAN OR CITY COUNCIL WOMAN ASK A QUESTION THAT DIGS DEEP INTO IT, THE CITY ATTORNEY TELLS THEM NOT TO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TONIGHT? PLEASE COME UP. YOU FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD. AFTER YOU SPEAK, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

HEATHER ANDERSON, 3202 MEADOWOOD DRIVE. GOOD EVENING. I'M GOING TO JUMP RIGHT IN. I AM A DISTANCE RUNNER. I LIVE IN GARLAND AND I HAVE SUFFERED SIX DOG ATTACKS WHILE RUNNING IN 2025, ALL OF THEM ALONG ONE LENGTH OF APOLLO BETWEEN COOMER PARK AND TORRANCE. WHEN I REACH OUT TO ANIMAL CONTROL OR THE POLICE, I FIND THAT THERE IS NO HELP FOR SOMEONE BEIEING MENAC BY LOOSE DOGS. UNLESS YOU WANT TO ALLOW A POTENTIALLY GRIEVOUS INJURY. CURRENTLY, DOG NUMBER SIX, A MEAN TEMPERED DOODLE BREED, IS LOOSE AT THE INTERSECTION OF TORRANCE AND APOLLO. AS OF THIS MORNING ON THE 30TH OF LAST DECEMBER. THIS DOG GROWLED, BARKED, AND CHASED ME DOWN THE SIDEWALK AND ATTEMPTED TO FOLLOW FURTHER. AFTER I RAN INTO TRAFFIC. THIS DOG HAS BEEN LOOSED FOR AT LEAST A YEAR AND I HAVE CALLED ON IT MULTIPLE TIMES. THE OTHER ATTACKS INVOLVED OTHER DOGS NEAR THE AREA OF COOMER PARK, A PLACE WHERE MANY BRING THEIR CHILDREN, SOME AS YOUNG AS INFANTS. WHEN YOU CALL FOR HELP FOR A VICIOUS DOG THAT HAS NOT

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SO JANUARY 22ND AT 630 AT AUDUBON PARK, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. NO FURTHER ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.