Mar 02, 2026 Work Session

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MARCH 2ND, 2026 WORK SESSION OF THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL. FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS PUBLIC

[ PUBLIC COMMENTS ON WORK SESSION ITEMS]

WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR FIRST SPEAKER? DAVID HOGUE FOR ITEM FIVE. SIR, IF YOU GIVE YOUR NAME, A NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. DAVID HOGUE, 534 PAULA ROAD, GARLAND, TEXAS. PRETTY BRIEF COMMENT JUST ON THE WHOLE H-E-B THING. WHAT TO SAY VERY STRONGLY IN FAVOR AND SUPPORTING OF THAT IDEA. I'VE HEARD NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS ABOUT THEM. AND I BELIEVE HAVING SOME MORE COMPETITION WILL HELP KEEP PRICES MANAGEABLE, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO ARE REALLY STRUGGLING TO GET BY. SO JUST WANT TO URGE YOU GUYS DON'T LET THAT OPPORTUNITY SLIP US BY. THAT'S A GOOD ONE. AND I ALSO WANT FOR ONE MORE YES, FOR NUMBER NINE. ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD. NUMBER NINE FOR THE CODE COMPLIANCE.

JUST THE THING I WANT TO ASK YOU ALL TO BE COGNIZANT ABOUT IS KEEP IN MIND THAT SOME FOLKS HAVE PRETTY LIMITED FINANCIAL MEANS TO COVER COMPLIANCE WITH THIS STUFF. I, I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE TALKED ABOUT GIVING PEOPLE MORE TIME NEED IT. I ALSO WANT TO REMIND YOU SOME FOLKS MAY JUST NOT HAVE THE MEANS, PERIOD. AND ENFORCEMENT'S GOT TO HAPPEN. I KNOW THERE'S THERE'S REASONS FOR ALL OF THAT. JUST KEEP IN MIND SOME FOLKS ARE REALLY IN A TIGHT SPACE AND MAY NEED MORE THAN JUST EXTRA TIME, SO JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU SIR.

MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? NO, SIR, WE DO NOT. VERY GOOD. WE'LL MOVE ON

[ CONSIDER THE CONSENT AGENDA]

[1. FY 2025-26 Annual Operating Budget Amendment No. 1]

[2. Amendment to the Civil Service Classifications Ordinance for Police]

[3. Appointment, Contract, Duties, and Employment of the City Manager]

[4. Approve the Employment Contract of the City Manager, Mike Betz]

[5. Proposed Development Agreement with H-E-B, L.P.]

NEW TO ME IS THAT THEY'RE IN MULTIPLE FORMATS. WE'LL TALK ABOUT HEB AND JOVI'S IN PARTICULAR. FOLKS MAY BE SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR WITH THE CENTRAL MARKET THAT'S UP ON COIT AND GEORGE BUSH. VERY AMAZING MARKET. AND THEN TIENDA, THE SITE THAT'S BEING PROPOSED HERE IS, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE AT FIREWHEEL AND GEORGE BUSH, WHICH IS ONE OF THE FINAL FEW PAD SITES AVAILABLE AT AMAZING OPPORTUNITY AND ANY INCREDIBLE LOCATION THAT HAS MET THEIR CRITERIA, AND WE WOULD HOPE TO SEE THIS DEAL HAPPEN. I BELIEVE BY THE END OF 2030 IS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS. IN THE IN THE MEANTIME, WE HAVE A KIND OF A DEAL. IN PRINCIPLE, WE'RE NOT KIND OF WE HAVE A DEAL IN PRINCIPLE, AND WE WILL BE BRINGING FORTH IN THE COMING WEEKS THE FINAL DETAILS AND THOSE THAT'S ALL CONTINGENT ON THE CLOSING OF THIS PROPERTY. WE'RE JUST KIND OF A STREET VIEW. I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS

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THERE WAS ANY CONCERN WHATSOEVER. AND BUT YEAH, YOU'RE YOU'RE RIGHT. THIS IS PROBABLY WE WON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL THEY PLAT IT. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE WHAT, ANOTHER YEAR OR TWO BEFORE WE EVEN GET THAT FAR. RIGHT. PROBABLY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. AND IF I, IF I COULD ADD, I LEFT OUT JUST A LITTLE BIT THAT AS, AS A GIVEN THAT WHAT I MEAN BY THE FINAL DETAILS. THIS WILL BE IN THE FORM OF A 380 AGREEMENT AS WE TYPICALLY WOULD. AND THOSE WILL COME IN THE FORM OF A VARIETY OF, OF INCENTIVES AND PARTNERSHIP TYPE ACTIVITIES. SO AGAIN, THOSE DETAILS WILL BE FORTHCOMING. BUT JUST WANTED TO MAKE EVERYBODY AWARE THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON. SO ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS. BUT COUNCIL I THINK THIS IS VERY, VERY EXCITING FOR OUR CITY. SOMEONE WHO GREW UP IN SOUTH TEXAS WITH HEB AND LATER IN HOUSTON, THIS BRAND, I WAS KIND OF EXPLAINING IT TO PEOPLE. I SAID, IT'S LIKE IF YOU TAKE WHATABURGER, PLUS BUCKY'S PLUS DOCTOR PEPPER PLUS BLUEBELL, IT'S ABOVE THAT IF YOU COMBINE ALL THOSE. SO SOMETHING VERY EXCITED TO TO BRING TO GARLAND HERE. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING THE CHAPTER THREE AGREEMENT BACK VERY SOON. YES, SIR. YEAH, YEAH. THE TORTILLAS ARE ALWAYS SOLD OUT BEFORE I CAN GET TO THEM. WELL HOLD ON,

[6. Proposed Development Agreement for Joe V's Smart Shop by H-E-B, L.P.]

MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO FILL THE ANCHOR SPACE AND REDEVELOP. AND IN 2010, ACTUALLY THE FORMER PROPERTY OWNER REMODEL AND DID THE FACADE IMPROVEMENT. BUT ACTUALLY THEY DID NOT EVEN TRY TO FILL THE SPACE. MULTIPLE RETAILERS ATTEMPT TO EVEN TRY TO BUY THAT PROPERTY, BUT THEY NEVER REALLY THE FORMER PROPERTY OWNER NEVER KNOW, NEVER SELL THAT PROPERTY OR NO INTENTION TO REVITALIZE. BUT FINALLY, 2025 H-E-B PURCHASED THE SITE TO INTENTION OF

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THEIR INTENTION IS TO REVITALIZE SHOPPING CENTER THAT HAS BEEN VACANT FOR OVER 20 YEARS. THIS NEW GROCER AND PROPOSED SITE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE PLANNING TO ADD ONE PART SITE ON THE CENTERVILLE. SO A NEW RETAIL TENANTS EXPECTED AND LANDSCAPING ON THIS SITE. WITH THAT, WE ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION. COUNCILMEMBER DUTTON, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. HOWEVER, I DO WANT TO MENTION OUR SWAT TEAM IS ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR BUILDINGS TO IMPLODE. I'M SURE THEY'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TAKE THAT ONE DOWN FOR US. AND AGAIN, WE'VE HEARD LOTS OF PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT JOVI'S AND NOT HAVING TO GO TO THE THE ONE OFF OF BUCKNER. AND SO I THINK THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE GREAT FOR THAT AREA IS REALLY IN A POINT OF TRANSFORMATION RIGHT NOW. THE BANK IS ABOUT TO GET DEMOLISHED AND REBUILT, AND I THINK THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A PHENOMENAL STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AND ANDY, WILL YOU TALK? SINCE WE ALREADY KNOW TRAFFIC IS ALWAYS EVERYONE'S CONCERN, CAN YOU JUST VERY BRIEFLY TELL US ABOUT THE TRAFFIC SITUATION OVER THERE THAT WE'RE ALREADY ADDRESSING? ANSWER THAT QUESTION. SOMEONE MORE OF A CRYSTAL QUESTION OR A POLL QUESTION IN A FUTURE DATE.

SO I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. WE'RE EXTENDING IT THOUGH, RIGHT? THERE'S LIKE AN ADDITIONAL TURN LANE THAT'S GOING ON CENTERVILLE. BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS FROM. I JUST KNOW THAT IT'S HAPPENING. I HOPE THE TRAFFIC. SO AM I CORRECT IN ASSUMING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 635 PROJECT AND THE EXTENSION THERE? THERE IS SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT THAT INTERSECTION ON BOTH THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH SIDE OF 635 ON CENTERVILLE.

THAT SHOULD DEFINITELY IMPROVE THAT SITUATION. I JUST WANTED SOMEONE OTHER THAN MYSELF TO SAY IT OUT LOUD. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK. YES, THERE'S A SECOND LEFT TURN LANE GOING ON TO 635 FROM CENTERVILLE. THAT THAT LEFT TURN LANE IS I MEAN, IF YOU WANT TO GET ANGRY AND JUST SPEND THE REST OF YOUR DAY STEAMING, TAKE THAT LEFT TURN. IT'S AWFUL. SO I AM HAPPY THAT THEY'RE GETTING THAT LEFT, THAT SECOND LEFT TURN LANE. YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CARE THAT GOES INTO THE FOOD SELECTION AND ALL OF THAT, BUT WE TALK ABOUT THE CARE THAT GOES INTO THE PROPERTY BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE THE BIGGEST INCENTIVES FROM HAVING HEB MANAGE THIS SITE. AND IF YOU'LL GO BACK TO THE RED LINE, RED OUTLINE MAP. YES. SO THEY'RE PURCHASING THIS THIS ENTIRE SPACE, WHICH INCLUDES THE ROSS AND. SO WILL YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FACADE IMPROVEMENTS AND THE LANDSCAPING. AND THEN MAYBE THE PARKING LOT AS WELL, IF THAT'S ANY CONSIDERATION. RIGHT. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY'RE GOING TO BE DEMOLISHED ON A REALLY BRIGHT BROADMOOR, THAT SMALL SHOPPING STRIP, THAT BUILDING THEY'RE GOING TO DEMOLISH, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE ADDING PARKING ON THAT SITE. AND DEFINITELY THEY'RE GOING TO PUT THE LANDSCAPING FOR THE AS WE REQUIRE. THAT'S REALLY OUR DEVELOPMENT TEAM IS WORKING WITH THEM AS FAR AS THE SECURITY, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN STANDARD. AND THEN THEY WERE REALLY MENTIONING ABOUT THEY HAVE REALLY HIGH STANDARDS. SO THEY DO HAVE SOME COMMITTEE AND THEY WILL REVIEW THE TEAM AND REVIEW THEIR SAFETY, AND THEN THEY WILL REALLY COME BACK AND WHATEVER THE NECESSARY NEEDED. SO THEY DO HAVE A REALLY HIGH STANDARD ON THE SECURITY AND SAFETY. OF COURSE, THAT'S REALLY THEIR INTEREST. SO YEAH, THEY THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT.

THAT'S VERY EXCITING. THAT SHOPPING CENTER IS NEEDED SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME. AND I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT. I THINK IT WILL CATALYZE DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE SHOPPING CENTER AND ACROSS THE STREET. AND I WE'VE BEEN

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE HARD WORK. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, I AGREE, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT FOR THE AREA, ESPECIALLY SOUTH GARLAND. SO HAPPY TO HAVE THAT THERE. SO COUNCIL I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM. WELL THEN TO CELEBRATE THESE TWO, I TOOK THE LIBERTY OF GOING BY H-E-B YESTERDAY AND I BOUGHT A COUPLE PACKS OF TORTILLAS. SO WE WANT TO HAND THESE OUT. I THINK THERE MIGHT BE ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE IF YOU WANT TO PASS THAT AROUND. OH MY GOODNESS. IT'S LIKE BEING AT A TECH GAME. THERE YOU GO. I C'T EAT THOSE.

GOT A TEXAS TECH GUY OVER THERE WANTS TO THROW THEM BUT NO. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING AND THANK YOU. WE'RE LOOKING VERY FORWARD TO HAVING THIS H-E-B AND JOBS IN OUR CITY.

WELCOME TO GARLAND. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS GROW

[7. Grow Garland Bond Proposition C: Granville Arts Center Renovation Update]

WE MOVED VERY QUICKLY TO IDENTIFY OUR CMAA EARLY SO WE CAN USE THEIR CONSTRUCTABILITY EXPERTISE TO INFORM US IN THE DESIGN PROCESS. AND IT ALSO POSITIONS US TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION THE MOMENT WE'RE DONE WITH DESIGN. SO IT WAS A TIMING CONSIDERATION AS WELL.

THIS SLIDE THAT'S UP THERE NOW OUTLINES THE PROGRESSION FROM THE RFQ TO THE INTERVIEWS TO THE CONTRACTOR SELECTION, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID IN DESIGN. SO YOU CAN SEE HOW WE ARRIVED AT THE CMAA. WE HELD A PRE-BID MEETING ON NOVEMBER 12TH OF LAST YEAR. 29 GENERAL CONTRACTORS SHOWED UP. IT WAS I MEAN, YOU CAN'T THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE ROOM THERE, AND IT WAS VERY EXCITING TO SEE THAT MANY PEOPLE. NINE FIRMS SUBMITTED A FULL PROPOSAL.

AFTER SOME QUESTIONS BACK AND FORTH TO THE NINE FIRMS, WE DECIDED AND WE SELECTED FOUR FIRMS THAT WERE ROSE TO THE TOP. AND BASED ON THE COMPETITIVE CRITERIA DRIVEN DATA, BYRNE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES WAS SELECTED AS OUR CMAA BASED ON THEIR TEAM THAT THEY PROPOSED THEIR PAST THEATER AND CULTURAL EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING CMAA PROJECTS, QUALITY CONTROL AND COST CONTROL. ALL RIGHT. AND THIS NEXT SLIDE KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THEIR PORTFOLIO IN THE PERFORMING ARTS AND CULTURAL FACILITIES, INCLUDING SOME COMPLEX RENOVATIONS WITH ACTIVE USER GROUPS IN THE SPACE. IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO SEE ON THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT THERE, BUT SOME CALL OUTS ARE THE PLAZA THEATER IN EL PASO, VERY SIMILAR, THE LILA COCKRELL THEATER IN SAN ANTONIO, AND THE UNT CONCERT HALL UP IN DENTON.

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THEY WERE ABLE TO TAKE AWAY SOME REALLY IMPORTANT INSIGHTS. AND SO JUST KIND OF AS A QUICK OVERVIEW, OUR ARTS PARTNERS, YOU KNOW, THEY THEY GAVE US A B GOOD SOLID B, BUT THEY WANTED TO THEY WANT US TO THINK ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY. THEY WANT US TO THINK ABOUT THE BACKSTAGE. THEY INDICATED TO US THAT WE HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE SOUND AND LIGHTING. SO THEY GAVE SOME GREAT FEEDBACK AND WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO TALK TO THE ARCHITECTS, WHICH WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THE STAKEHOLDERS. THEN WE HAD OUR COMMUNITY FOLKS AGAIN. THESE WERE AUDIENCE MEMBERS THAT ATTENDED EITHER NUTCRACKER OR THE SYMPHONY OR GREATER TUNA CHRISTMAS. OR MAYBE WE'RE PATRONS FOR SOMETHING ELSE. IN THE PAST, THEY GAVE US, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A THREE AND A HALF TO FOUR STAR RATING, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE IMPORTANT TO THEM. THEY WANT TO SEE SOME AISLE ACCESS. THEY WANT US TO THINK ABOUT SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY. ONE OF THE THINGS I REALLY LOVE SEEING ON THE SURVEY IS THAT 65% OF OUR AUDIENCE IS EATING OR SHOPPING IN DOWNTOWN AS PART OF THEIR EXPERIENCE AT THE THEATER, WHICH IS GREAT, AGAIN, KIND OF UNDERSCORES THIS ECONOMIC VALUE TO IT. AND THEN I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT CAME OUT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, CONGESTED LOBBIES.

SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD SOME INSTINCTS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS REALLY GREAT, AGAIN, FOR THE ARCHITECTS TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THOSE PEOPLE ATTENDING SHOWS ABOUT THINGS THAT THEY WANTED TO SEE IN THIS FACILITY. SO NOW WE HAVE A PR FIRM, WHICH IS REALLY TERRIFIC AS WELL TOO. SO PART OF THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ARCHITECTS WAS TO INCORPORATE OR RETAIN A PR FIRM AS PART OF THIS PROCESS. THIS IS A PRETTY SPECIAL PROJECT. THIS IS KIND OF A ONCE IN A GENERATION TYPE OF PROJECT FOR AN ARTS FACILITY, AND WE NEED SOME HELP GETTING THE WORD OUT. AND SO THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF HOW THE PR FIRM IS THINKING ABOUT GETTING OUT SOME OF THOSE MESSAGES. THEY'VE STARTED TO CREATE A CALENDAR. SO WE'LL START TO SEE SOME MEDIA HITTING SOON ABOUT WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF THE OF THE GRANVILLE GLOW UP IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING IT, WHICH IS PRETTY COOL. THE GRANVILLE GLOW UP. YEAH, YEAH, A LITTLE REFRESH, RIGHT? SO VERY HAPPY TO HAVE THE POWER GROUP ON BOARD FOR SOME PROMOTIONS. AND SO HERE'S WHAT'S KIND OF COMING UP NEXT. SO I THINK ARE WE ARE WE TACKLING THIS ONE TOO OKAY.

SO YOU KNOW AS WE'VE MENTIONED WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ARCHITECTS ARE MATCHING WHAT THEY'RE HEARING FROM OUR STAKEHOLDERS. COST EFFECTIVENESS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT. WE HAVE A THIS IS THE BUDGET. WE'RE NOT GOING OVER THE BUDGET. THIS IS THIS IS WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THIS FACILITY. WE'VE HAD STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS. WE'VE HAD ALL KINDS OF INSPECTIONS. WE'VE HAD LOTS OF PEOPLE LOOKING IN THE ATTIC, YOU KNOW, BEHIND THE WALLS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS HAPPENED HERE, AND I'LL LET YOU TALK ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE THIS IS SO COOL FOR ME TO TO SEE. I'LL TAKE THIS ONE. A LOT HAS BEEN DONE. AGAIN, WE'RE NOT BREAKING THINGS YET, SO YOU DON'T SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. BUT THIS IS THE NEXT TWO SLIDES WHICH WILL SHOWCASE SOME OF THE TANGIBLE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE SO FAR. WE'VE LIED. OUR RADAR SCANNED. IT'S NOT LIGHT, IT'S NOT RADAR, IT'S LIGHT. BUT WE'VE DONE THE WHOLE ENTIRE BUILDING. SO THESE TWO IMAGES UP HERE REPRESENT THE SCAN OF THE EXISTING GRANVILLE AND ALL THE SPACES, THE WALLS AND EVERYTHING IN THERE. IT'S PROVIDING US A HIGH ACCURACY DIGITAL MODEL OF THE WHOLE BUILDING. IT CAPTURES

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WE'VE SHARED THIS WITH YOU A COUPLE OF TIMES NOW. YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD WITH OUR CLIENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY'S LEFT BEHIND DURING THIS PROJECT. SO WE KNOW THAT THE SYMPHONY HAS ALREADY STARTED TO MAKE SOME ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE GSD. WE KNOW THAT THE GCT, WE'RE GOING TO PUT THEM INTO THE PLAZA. WE'RE STILL WORKING ON SOME SOLUTIONS WITH GSM, BUT WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE READY TO GET CREATIVE AND WE'RE READY TO STAND BY OUR ARTS PARTNERS THROUGH THIS PROCESS. AND AGAIN, THE COMMUNITY ADVENTURE OF CONSTRUCTION. NOT QUITE THERE YET, BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, KEEPING THIS PLAYFUL, FUN, ENGAGING BEHIND THE SCENES WHEN WHEN THE DIRT STARTS FLYING. I GUESS IT'S NOT REALLY DIRT OR BUT HAMMERS. WHEN THE HAMMERS START, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AUDIENCE MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC AND THE CITIZENS HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. SO WITH THAT, WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER DUNN, THIS IS SO EXCITING. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO VERIFY THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WIDER SEATS, AND THAT EVERY DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW IS DEFINITELY WIDER THAN THE SEATS THAT ARE EXISTING. YES. NOW, WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WIDER BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF ENGINEERING THAT GOES INTO THE WAY WE RESTRUCTURE THE WHOLE HALL AND WHAT WE CAN GET IN THERE. IT'S IT'S IT'S A WHOLE PROCESS. BUT EVERYTHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS A BIGGER SEAT. PERFECT. YEAH. PERFECT. I'M SUPER EXCITED. I'VE ALREADY BEEN TRYING TO RECRUIT PEOPLE TO COME AND PLAY AT THE GRANVILLE. ONCE IT'S BACK UP AND FINISHED, IT'S GLOW UP, SO I'M SUPER EXCITED TO SEE WHAT YOU GUYS COME UP WITH IN VIGOROUSLY. THANK YOU. YOU GOT IT. ARE YOU A BOOKING AGENT OVER THERE? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK IS ABOUT BRANDING AND WHAT YOUR SIGNAGE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S KIND OF A A LIGHT THAT SHINES ONTO THE FACADE. AND I'D BE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE A MORE PERMANENT KIND OF SIGN, A MURAL. NO, NOT NO, ACTUALLY, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, LIKE, LETTERS THAT ARE MADE OUT OF METAL OR SOME OTHER MATERIAL AFFIXED TO THE BUILDING. NO. AND I THINK YOU BRING UP A GREAT POINT THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM SOME OF OUR OTHER STAKEHOLDERS. IT'S HARD SIGNAGE. WE DEFINITELY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE ON SIGNAGE AND EVEN FOR VISITORS. WITH THE ATRIUM AND THE ART CENTER, IT'S HARD SOMETIMES FOR FOLKS TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEY'RE GOING, WHICH DOOR IS OPEN, SOME. WE'RE IN DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW WITH ALL OF THOSE THINGS. WE HAD TRAFFIC COUNTS DURING THAT REALLY BUSY DECEMBER, WHICH IS THE BUSIEST THAT THAT IS LIKE THE PEAK, BUSIEST TIME THAT WE WILL BE IN A YEAR. WHEN WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAPPENING. WE DID A YEAH, PAUL HELPED US WITH TRAFFIC COUNTS. AND SO WE TRIED TO KIND OF IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE PEOPLE COMING WHEN THEY'RE APPROACHING BY VEHICLE? WHERE ARE THEY? WHERE ARE THEY COMING FROM? WHERE ARE THEY PARKING? HOW ARE THEY FIRST APPROACHING THE BUILDING? SO I DO I HEAR YOU ON THE SIGNAGE AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THAT. AND NOT SO MUCH THAT BUT ALSO BRANDING. YEAH. BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE OLD LETTERING WAS PRETTY DATED AND I'D JUST LIKE TO SEE IT. I MEAN, WE HAVE NEW BRANDING FOR OUR GATEWAYS AND CORRIDORS, AND MAYBE TYING THAT IN WOULD BE APPROPRIATE OR I MEAN, I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. SO BUT I'M NOT THE THAT'S NOT MY JOB. SO I'LL LEAVE IT TO Y'ALL. OUR DREAM TEAM WOULD HAVE TO WE ROLE BRANDING AS A SEPARATE DISCUSSION POINT AT SOME POINT IN THE DESIGN. OKAY. GREAT. AND WITH THIS REFRESH, I MEAN IT LENDS ITSELF TO A WHOLE NEW. YEAH, A DIFFERENT KIND OF SCRIPT, RIGHT. MAYBE OR A FONT. SO THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. COUNCIL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DON'T SEE ANY BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT UPDATE. MAYBE WHEN YOU CAN COME BACK AND SHARE MORE DESIGN ASPECTS WITH US. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GREAT. THANK YOU

[8. January Winter Storm Update]

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ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. MR. MAYOR, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH YOU ABOUT OUR WINTER STORM RESPONSE. FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, PHILLY ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION TO GO OVER, AND I WILL WARN THE COUNCIL THAT WE'VE GOT ABOUT 45 SLIDES TO GO OVER, BUT I CAN DEFINITELY GO THROUGH IT VERY, VERY QUICKLY, BUT REALLY WANTED TO TO HIGHLIGHT ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING ON THROUGHOUT ANY TYPE OF DISASTER RESPONSE THAT WE HAVE AS A, AS A CITY. BUT BEFORE I BEGIN, I THINK IT'S BENEFICIAL TO START THIS CONVERSATION WITH A WITH A THANK YOU TO THE CITY STAFF THAT RESPONDED TO THIS DISASTER. SO WHEN YOU THINK OF THESE DISASTERS, YOU THINK OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE WATER DEPARTMENTS, THE STREET DEPARTMENT AND THOSE DEPARTMENTS HAVE ALL DONE A GREAT JOB. BUT WHAT YOU'LL SEE THROUGH THIS, AS WAS NOT ONLY THOSE DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS THAT PUT IN A LOT OF HOURS, A LOT OF EXTRA HOURS, AND THEY WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THEY TYPICALLY DO.

YOU SEE THINGS THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION, LIKE THE STREETS DEPARTMENT THAT WAS CLEARING SIDEWALKS DOWNTOWN SO BUSINESSES COULD GET BACK OPEN. YOU SEE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT ALSO DOING THE SAME THING TO TRY AND GET FACILITIES BACK OPEN THROUGHOUT THE CITY AS WELL. THROUGHOUT THE SLIDES, YOU'LL SEE THERE WAS THERE'S SEVERAL THAT WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF GOOD THAT TOOK PLACE AS WELL. JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, ONE, ONE DEPARTMENT THAT I DIDN'T HAVE A SLIDE FOR WAS THE MARSHALS OFFICE, AND THEY HAD ABOUT 72 HOURS THEY LOGGED AND WORKING AT THE WARMING SHELTER TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAD A PEACEFUL OPERATION THAT WAS GOING ON. AND I ALSO THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO POINT OUT OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE TEAM AS THEY WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE ANSWERING PHONE CALLS TO ASSIST THE CITIZENS IF THEY REACHED US. SO WE DO HAVE REMOTE WORK CAPABILITIES. THAT WAS ONE OF THE BENEFITS WE FOUND OF BEING ABLE TO GO REMOTE DURING THE COVID TIMES, THAT WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONTINUE OUR OPERATIONS WHEN WE ARE NOT NECESSARILY IN THE OFFICE. BUT WITH THAT, I WILL I'LL BEGIN THE PRESENTATION HERE. SO FIRST I'M JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH DEPARTMENT BY DEPARTMENT. BUT I WANTED TO START WITH OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM. AND THE REASON I'M STARTING WITH THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM, IT'S A IT'S A GROUP OF FOUR THAT REALLY KEEP THE THE OPERATIONS COMMUNICATING. SO THERE'S THERE ARE CENTRAL GROUP THAT DOCUMENT WHAT WE'RE DOING AS AN ORGANIZATION. BUT THEY ALSO HELP US COORDINATE SEVERAL AREAS OF COMMUNICATION, NOT ONLY INTERNALLY AS DEPARTMENTS, BUT ALSO WITH THE COMMUNITY AS WELL, AND ALSO HELPING COORDINATE THAT COMMUNICATION WITH OUR PR TEAM. THERE ARE ALSO EXTERNAL GROUPS SUCH AS THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THIS. THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT WITH THE THE WINTER STORM THAT THEY WERE COMMUNICATING WITH. AND THEY ALSO KEPT IN CONTACT WITH GROUPS LIKE DALLAS COUNTY, AS WELL AS TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. IN THE EVENT WE NEEDED ADDITIONAL RESPONSES. BUT SOMETHING TO TO KEEP IN MIND. THEY RAN DURING THE THE STORM, WHICH WHICH STARTED ON JANUARY 23RD. AT LEAST ONE RESPONSE CALL PER DAY WITH AT LEAST 23 DEPARTMENTS ATTENDING THOSE THOSE CALLS. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ALL THE DEPARTMENTS HAVING ALL HANDS ON DECK, IT WAS REALLY ALL HANDS ON DECK RESPONDING TO THIS STORM. AND SO THERE WAS THERE WAS QUITE A BIT THAT WENT ON ON THOSE, THOSE CALLS. AND ONE OF THE BENEFITS WAS ALSO THE CALLS BEING WRAPPED UP BY OUR CITY MANAGER AND REALLY PROVIDING THAT FEEDBACK TO THE STAFF OF WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND THAT WE'RE SERVING THE COMMUNITY AS WE AS WE NEEDED. AND AT THE END OF THOSE, THOSE MEETINGS, WE WOULD PREPARE A REPORT THAT WE COULD SHARE AMONGST THE ORGANIZATION TO LET EVERYONE KNOW WHAT OUR STEPS WE WERE TAKING AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH. I'LL JUMP INTO OUR RISK MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. SO ONE THING THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE DID THROUGH THESE COORDINATION CALLS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT FOR THE THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, WE STARTED EVERY CALL WITH A SAFETY BRIEFING. SO OUR RISK MANAGEMENT TEAM WOULD COME IN.

THEY WOULD TALK ABOUT THINGS SUCH AS DEALING WITH COLD TEMPERATURES WHEN YOU WERE EXPOSED TO IT IN LONG TERMS OUTSIDE, THEY TALKED ABOUT THE SAFE OPERATION OF VEHICLES AS AS EXAMPLES. THIS AGAIN WAS A WAS A PROLONGED STORM. WE DEALT WITH IT FOR ABOUT 5 TO O 6 DAYS.

WE HAD FREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR AT LEAST FOUR AND A HALF DAYS OR BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES. EXCUSE ME FOR AT LEAST FOUR AND A HALF DAYS. AND WE HAD SOMEWHERE IN THE AREA OF 3 TO 4IN OF, OF ICE OR IN ACCUMULATION AS WELL. BUT THROUGH THIS, THROUGH THIS EVENT, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 38 INCIDENTS THAT WE REPORTED THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WHICH RESULTED IN 25 CLAIMS. ONE THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT AS PART OF THIS, WE HAD A LOT OF

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I'LL JUMP INTO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WINTER STORMS, WE THINK OF DISASTERS, WE THINK ABOUT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. AND THEY DID PLAY A VERY LARGE ROLE IN THIS, THIS RESPONSE. AND TALKING WITH THE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY HAD, DURING THE COURSE OF THE STORM, A CALL VOLUME OF ABOUT 2915 TOTAL CALLS FOR SERVICE, WHICH IS ABOUT A 6.5% INCREASE. WHAT WE TYPICALLY SEE IN THAT TIME FRAME FOR CALLS. ONE THING THAT I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THERE WAS 50 MOTOR VEHICLE ASSIST CALLS THAT CAME CAME OUT, AND THERE WERE 50 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS THAT CAME OUT. SO THESE WERE 50 CALLS RELATED TO PEOPLE LEAVING THE ROADWAY. THEY WERE SLIP SLIPPING OFF ROADWAYS, GOING INTO DITCHES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT RESULTED IN SOME TYPE OF ASSISTANCE. SO THERE WERE ABOUT 100 CALLS RELATED TO THE WINTER WEATHER THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO SPECIFICALLY. NEXT, I'LL JUMP INTO THE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO THEY HAD A TOTAL CALLS OF SERVICE OF 591. THEY WERE AVERAGING ABOUT 98.5 CALLS DURING THE STORM. THEIR TYPICAL AVERAGE IS ABOUT 83 CALLS. SO THEY SAW ABOUT A 19% INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CALLS THAT THEY WERE SEEING. SO THEY WERE RESPONDING TO MORE MORE CALLS THAN THAN USUAL. THEIR MOST PREVALENT CALL DURING THE TIM WAS RESPONSE TO FALLS. AND THOSE WERE 67 CALLS. AND THEN THE NEXT WAS RESPONSES TO MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS AT 28 CALLS. ONE THING I DID TALK TO TO CHIEF LEE ABOUT WAS DURING THE STORM. THEY DID INCREASE THEIR STAFFING, AND THEY HAD SIX DIFFERENT PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT WERE EXTRA BEYOND WHAT WE TYPICALLY HAVE ON THE STREETS THAT WERE RESPONDING TO TO CALLS. AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THIS PICTURE HERE IS ONE OF OUR AMBULANCES THAT HAS SNOW CHAINS ON IT. AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE WHEN WE GET TO THE THE FLEET DEPARTMENT.

NEXT I'LL JUMP INTO TO SANITATION. ONE THING THAT I DO HAVE THE BENEFIT OF BEING ABLE TO TO SAY IS THAT I HAVE THE SANITATION DEPARTMENT UNDER ME, AND IT SEEMED LIKE BEYOND GETTING THE THE DOORS TO CITY HALL BACK OPEN, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE GETTING BACK TO GETTING OUR TRASH PICKED UP, AND WE WANTED TO BE TIMELY ABOUT THAT. AND SO WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT EVERY DAY DURING THE THE STORMS, WE HAD STAFF THAT WAS ON HAND AND THEY WERE ENSURING THAT OUR TRUCKS WERE STILL GOING TO BE FUNCTIONAL. WHENEVER WE WERE ABLE TO OPEN, THEY WOULD DO ROAD ASSESSMENTS TO SEE IF IT WAS SAFE TO OPERATE TRUCKS, AND WE WOULD HAVE THAT COMMUNICATION WITH THE CITY MANAGER EVERY MORNING AND LET HIM KNOW THAT WE DIDN'T FEEL IT WAS SAFE TO TO OPERATE. BUT BEFORE THE STORM EVEN STARTED, THERE'S A LOT OF COORDINATION THAT TAKES PLACE IN THE SANITATION DEPARTMENT. SO THIS IS GOING BACK OVER OUR SAFE OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR OUR VEHICLES, ENSURING THAT WE KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN WE'RE IDENTIFYING ROAD HAZARDS, BUT ALSO COORDINATING WITH THE FLEET DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR VEHICLES AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE UP AND THAT THEY CAN BE THEY CAN BE OPERATED SAFELY. ONE THING I ALWAYS WANT TO POINT OUT WITH SANITATION VEHICLES, WHEN THEY ARE FULL OF TRASH, THEY CAN WEIGH ANYWHERE FROM 25,000 TO 30,000 POUNDS. AND SO WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT THESE VEHICLES ARE READY TO BE PUT ON THE ROAD. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SUPERVISORS PUT OUR DRIVERS BEHIND VEHICLES, THAT THEY FEEL THEY CAN OPERATE SAFELY. AND SO THAT'S WHY THAT DECISION TOOK PLACE TO GET US OPEN ON THE THURSDAY OF THE FOLLOWING WEEK OF THE STORM, TO BE ABLE TO START PICKING UP TRASH. AS WE TALKED ABOUT, THERE WAS A LOT OF COORDINATION THAT TOOK PLACE FOR SANITATION TO PICK UP TRASH. THERE WAS DISCUSSIONS WITH THE FLEET DEPARTMENT TO GET THE VEHICLES UP AND RUNNING. WE ALSO WORKED WITH THE STREETS DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE THAT WE WERE SANDING AND TREATING A LOT OF OUR AREAS THAT HAD HEAVY, HEAVY TRAFFIC, SUCH AS OUR RAMP THAT GOES INTO THE TRANSFER STATION, THE PARKING LOT AREA, AND THEN AS WELL AS OUR ROUTE THAT WE TAKE TO THE LANDFILL. THERE WERE SAFETY BRIEFINGS THAT TOOK PLACE WITH OUR STAFF EVERY, EVERY MORNING, AND WE WENT OVER WHAT THEY NEEDED TO FOCUS ON AS IT RELATED TO THEIR THEIR OPERATION OF THE VEHICLES. SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND. WE WERE TWO DAYS DELAYED AS IT RELATED TO OUR TRASH PICKUP, BUT IT TOOK US JUST THAT ONE WEEK TO GET BACK INTO SERVICE.

AND SO THOUGH WE WERE DELAYED TWO DAYS, WE PICKED UP ABOUT 4.7 MILLION TONS WORTH OF TRASH AND ABOUT 300,000 300,000 POUNDS OF RECYCLABLE MATERIALS. SO THE TEAM DEFINITELY GOT BACK

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NEXT, I'LL JUMP OVER TO TO ANIMAL SERVICES. ONE THING THAT WE SEE IN ANIMAL SERVICES IS A LARGE UPTICK OF CALLS RELATED TO ANIMALS BEING LEFT OUTSIDE, AND SO THAT KEEPS OUR ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS OUT ON THE STREETS TRYING TO ASSIST ANIMALS. THAT ALSO INCREASES OUR INTAKE INTO THE SHELTER. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE TRIED TO ILLUSTRATE HERE, THAT WE HAD 15 ANIMALS DURING THE DURING THE STORM THAT WERE PULLED OUT OF HARSH CONDITIONS THAT WE FELT NEEDED TO BE PULLED IN, AND THOSE WERE COMMUNICATED TO THE OWNER, AND THEY WERE ALSO DISCUSSED WITH THE OWNERS. WE HAD 42 TOTAL CALLS GO OUT FOR OUR ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS THAT WE WE WORK THROUGH. WE ALSO HAD A RESCUE THAT WAS COMING TO PULL ANIMALS OUT OF THE SHELTER. TOWARDS THE TAIL END OF THE FOLLOWING WEEK, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE ANIMALS WERE READY TO GO, AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET THOSE THOSE ANALS OUT. AND THEN WE DID HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE WERE HOME AND THEY WANTED TO TO ADOPT ANIMALS. AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET ANIMALS OUT OF THE SHELTER AT THAT TIME. I BELIEVE IT'S BENEFICIAL TO STATE, TO THE COUNCIL THAT DURING THE STORM, WE AVERAGED 225 DOGS PER DAY WITHIN THE SHELTER AND 50 CATS PER DAY WITHIN THE SHELTER. SO BEYOND WHAT OUR NORMAL CALL LOAD IS AND THE NORMAL ANIMALS WITHIN THE SHELTER, THOSE ADDITIONAL ANIMALS COMING IN DEFINITELY DO PUT A BURDEN ON ON THE STAFF. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS THE SHELTER STAFF SHOWED UP EVERY DAY. THERE WAS THERE WERE STAFF MEMBERS AT THE SHELTER EVERY DAY. AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURES HERE, YOU'VE GOT SOME STAFF CLEARING THE WALKWAYS TO ENSURE THAT THE COMMUNITY COULD GET INTO THE SHELTER. YOU SEE STAFF MEMBERS TAKING DOGS OUT OF THEIR THEIR KENNELS, AND YOU EVEN HAVE OUR MEDICAL TEAM THAT HAD SOME MEDICAL ISSUES THEY NEEDED TO DEAL WITH ON SOME ANIMALS, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE. AND SO THE ANIMALS WERE DEFINITELY CARED FOR. AND WE'LL SHOW THAT ON OUR OUR NEXT SLIDE. IT'S 225 DOGS THAT NEED TO BE PULLED OUT OF THEIR KENNELS EVERY DAY. AND THOSE WERE DEFINITELY PULLED OUT BY THE KENNELS EVERY DAY. AND SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THEM HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO GET OUT AND PLAY IN THE THE ICE OR SNOW, WHICHEVER YOU WANT TO, YOU WANT TO CALL IT. BUT WE DID HAVE A FULL, FULL STAFF GROUP OUT THERE THAT WAS ABLE TO HELP US GET THE ANIMALS TAKEN CARE OF.

NEXT, I'LL JUMP INTO THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT. SO SIMILAR TO THE THERE, SIMILAR TO THE THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, THERE WAS A LOT OF PREPARATION THAT TOOK PLACE PRIOR TO THE STORM ITSELF. THERE WAS PREPARATIONS THAT WERE NEEDED, ESPECIALLY AS WE HAVE BUILDINGS THAT ARE OUTSIDE, SUCH AS THE GOLF COURSE, ON COURSE RESTROOMS THAT NEEDED TO BE TREATED. WE NEEDED TO ENSURE THAT HVAC SYSTEMS, NOT ONLY IN OUR BUILDINGS HERE, BUT ALL OF THOSE OTHER BUILDINGS THAT DID HAVE HVAC CAPABILITY WERE STILL RUNNING, AND THAT THOSE WERE ABLE TO KEEP FREEZING TEMPERATURES FROM AFFECTING THOSE THOSE AREAS. WE DRIP FAUCETS, WE WERE ABLE TO SHUT OFF IRRIGATION WHERE POSSIBLE. AND THEN IN SOME AREAS WE WERE ABLE TO ADD ANTI-FREEZING GEL TO SOME OF THE AREAS TO AVOID PLUMBING ISSUES. OUR FACILITIES TEAM AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT OUR PARKS TEAM AS WELL. THEY DID A GREAT JOB OF HELPING US CLEAR SEVERAL SIDEWALKS, WALKWAYS TO GET OUR AREAS BACK BACK UP TO TO OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. AND I'LL GO OVER THOSE ON THE NEXT SLIDE. BUT THROUGHOUT THE STORM EVENT, WE DID HAVE POWER OUTAGES THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT WERE WERE BRIEF. AND SO SOME OF THOSE TIMES WE HAD TO GET HVAC SYSTEMS BACK UP AND RUNNING. IT SEEMS LIKE ANYTIME WE HAVE SOME TYPE OF A DISASTER, WHETHER IT'S A WINTER STORM, IT'S WIND, OUR GATES GO OUT ON US. AND SO THAT'S ALWAYS A CHALLENGE WHERE WE HAVE TO GET OUR SECURITY GATES REPROGRAMED AND BACK OPEN. AND SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT THE TEAM FOCUSED ON. AND THEY WERE ALSO VERY PROACTIVE ABOUT GOING TO THE BUILDINGS AND ENSURING THAT THERE WERE NO ROOF LEAKS OR OTHER WATER LEAKS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN TAKING PLACE.

THERE WERE ALSO DOORS THAT WERE BLOCKED BY ICE, AND SO THEY WERE ABLE TO CLEAR THOSE AREAS.

AND AS COUNCIL IS AWARE, THERE IS A AUTOMATED CARD READER SYSTEM ON OUR MOST OF OUR DOORS THAT ARE ON A SCHEDULE. AND SO WE HAD TO HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF GO IN AND ENSURE THAT THOSE WERE TURNED OFF SO BUILDINGS WEREN'T UNLOCKING WHEN STAFF WERE NOT OCCUPYING THEM. HERE'S A LIST OF THE BUILDINGS THAT THE FACILITIES TEAM WORKED AT DURING THE STORM.

WE CALL IT THE JUSTICE COMPLEX, BUT THIS IS POLICE MUNICIPAL COURT, THE PAYMENT CENTER. WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CUSTOMER SERVICE TEAM, KEVIN SLAY IN PARTICULAR, ABOUT ENSURING NOT ONLY WERE THE SIDEWALKS CLEAR, BUT ALSO THE ENTRYWAYS FOR VEHICLES SINCE A LOT OF THAT AREA IS SHADED. FACILITIES HELPED US WITH THAT QUITE A BIT. OUR CENTRAL LIBRARY, THE JONES BUILDING, THE FIRE AND IT BUILDING, AND THEN AS WELL AS WE TALKED ABOUT, THEY HELP WITH A LOT OF THE AREAS ON THE ON THE SQUARE. DID TALK TO BILL WILSON, DIRECTOR

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OVERALL, GPL FELT THIS WAS A SUCCESS FROM THEIR SIDE. NUMBER ONE, THEY HAD NO INJURIES TO REPORT, THOUGH THEY HAD SEVERAL STAFF MEMBERS OUT IN THE FIELD WORKING THIS THIS INCIDENT, AND THOUGH THERE WERE A FEW POWER OUTAGES, THEY WERE ADDRESSED AND THEY WERE GETTING THE CUSTOMERS BACK UP AS THEY THEY HAD THOSE COME IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION TEAM. THERE WAS A LOT OF WINTERIZATION AND PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR FACILITIES DEPARTMENT AS IT RELATED TO EXTERNAL BUILDINGS. IRRIGATION SYSTEMS WERE WINTERIZED. THE PARKS DEPARTMENT ALSO PARTNERS WITH THE FACILITIES TEAM TO PUT OUT ICE MELT OR SALT ON OUR ON OUR WALKWAYS AND CLEAR, CLEAR WALKWAYS. AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AND VISITING WITH THE FACILITIES AND PARKS TEAMS. BETWEEN THE TWO, THERE WERE THREE PALLETS OF ICE MELT THAT WERE PUT OUT, SO THEY WERE TREATING QUITE OFTEN AND GETTING THESE AREAS OPENED UP. SOMETHING ELSE TO KEEP IN MIND.

WE DO HAVE AN EMERGENCY GENERATOR THAT WE CAN MOVE TO VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN THE EVENT WE NEED TO SET UP SATELLITE OFFICES OR RESPOND TO DISASTERS, AND THIS WAS STAGED AT THE FIELDS REC CENTER, ANDO IT WAS ABLE TO BE POWERED IN THE EVENT THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF WARMING CENTER OR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER AT THAT, AT THAT LOCATION. WE TALKED ABOUT IT ALREADY, A LOT OF A LOT OF ICE MELT THAT WENT DOWN. AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURES HERE, THERE'S SOME AREAS DOWNTOWN THAT THEY'RE HELPING WITH CLEARING AND THEN STILL RECALL. I BELIEVE THAT WAS SUNDAY MORNING ON THE PICTURE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE STAFF GETTING THE THE THE DUCKWORTH BUILDING CLEARED OUT. AND HERE'S A LIST OF THE BUILDINGS THAT PARKS TAKES CARE OF. AND SO THEY WERE WORKING THROUGH THOSE TO GET THOSE GET THOSE BACK OPEN SOME MORE PICTURES TO SHARE. I WILL TELL YOU THIS WAS AN INTERESTING TO SEE THIS WORK TAKE PLACE. IT WAS VERY, VERY MANUAL IN NATURE. THEY WOULD PUT DOWN ICE MELT AND IT WAS IT WAS SO COLD. THERE WAS SO MUCH ICE THAT IT WAS NOT DOING MUCH. AND SO THERE HAD TO BE A LOT OF MANUAL BREAKING UP OF ICE. AND SO DEFINITELY APPLAUD THE TEAM OUT THERE FOR HELPING TO GET THESE AREAS OPEN BACK UP. SO THE LAST DEPARTMENT I HAVE IS THE STREETS DEPARTMENT. AND THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION HERE. AND SO WE'LL START HERE WITH WITH WHERE WHERE THEY STARTED ON THEIR PLANNING SEQUENCE. AND SO JANUARY 19TH, ABOUT FIVE DAYS BEFORE WE HAD THE ACTUAL STORM, THE STREET DEPARTMENT CAME TOGETHER AND THEY STARTED THEIR INITIAL DISCUSSIONS AS IT RELATED TO WHAT THE RESPONSE WOULD BE TO THIS, THIS STORM COMING IN. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I FOUND BENEFICIAL ABOUT PREPARING THIS PRESENTATION IS NOT ALL OF THESE DEPARTMENTS WORK UNDER UNDER ME. THESE ARE ALSO UNDER SOME OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS AND THE CITY MANAGER. AND SO I WAS ABLE TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT SOME OF OUR DEPARTMENTS. BUT ONE THING THAT WAS INTERESTING IS THAT WE HAVE 2600 MILES OF ROADWAY THAT WE TAKE CARE OF IN GARLAND, AND IF YOU COMPARE THAT, THAT'S A ROUTE FROM HERE TO ANCHORAGE, ALASKA THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF ROAD WISE IN THE IN THE CITY OF GARLAND. SO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE TALK ABOUT THE, THE PRESENTATION. BUT GOING BACK TO THE 19TH, THOSE INITIAL CONVERSATIONS WERE STARTING. WE WERE WORKING WITH INTERNALLY WITHIN THE STREETS DEPARTMENT AND AS ALSO COORDINATING WITH THE FLEET DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE THAT THE TEAM WAS READY TO TO GO AND TREAT, TREAT ROADS. AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE THE DIAGRAM ON THE RIGHT, THEY'VE GOT A HIERARCHY OF HOW THEY RESPOND TO VARIOUS DISASTERS IN DIFFERENT AREAS THAT THE STREET DEPARTMENT NEEDS. AND, AND EACH ONE OF THOSE AREAS, THERE'S A DIFFERENT TIME SCHEDULE THAT THE STAFF WORKS, THERE'S A DIFFERENT AMOUNT OF RESOURCES THAT ARE THAT ARE BROUGHT IN. BUT THE BIGGEST THING THAT TOOK PLACE BEFORE THE STORM EVEN STARTED WAS WHAT WOULD STAFFING SCHEDULING LOOK LIKE? WHAT KIND OF EQUIPMENT WOULD WE HAVE? HOW ARE WE GOING TO TREAT ROADS AND WHAT EQUIPMENT DID WE HAVE? SO, SO GOING INTO THIS NEXT SLIDE, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE SANDING OF ROROADS. ANDO THAT'S BEEN OUR HISTORICAL TREATMENT OF ROADS TO TO TO HELP MELT ICE. AND SO FROM A STREETS PERSPECTIVE THEY HAVE FIVE DUMP TRUCKS THAT HAVE THAT HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO SPREAD SALT OR SAND. EXCUSE ME.

AND WE'VE GOT FIVE ACTUAL BOX SPREADERS THAT MOUNT ON THOSE TRUCKS TO BE ABLE TO TREAT. WE DO HAVE A FRONT END LOADER. WE HAVE SAND, WE HAVE TRUCKS, CHAINSAWS, STREET SWEEPERS, AND WE HAVE PERSONNEL. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE THERE ARE EQUIPMENT AND ASSETS OUT THERE THAT CAN BE DEPLOYED TO ASSIST. BUT THERE'S NOT A TON OF RESOURCES OUT THERE AS IT RELATES TO SPECIFIC WINTER STORMS. AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE NEXT SLIDES. SO AS THE STORM GOT GOING AND AGAIN, AS WE TALKED ABOUT THE 23RD IS WHEN WE STARTED TO SEE THE TEMPERATURES DROP. WE STARTED TO SEE MOISTURE FALLING THAT

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KNOWING WE HAD POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS GOING IN AND OUT OF BUILDINGS, WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE FACILITIES WERE BEING TREATED AS WELL. AND SO THOSE WERE PART OF THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT TOOK PLACE. NEXT ITEM I WANT TO TALK ABOUT PLOWING FOR SNOW AND ICE. SO YOU'LL SEE ON THE TOP TWO PICTURES HERE. THE STREETS DEPARTMENT HAS TWO MOTOR GRADERS AND THEY HAVE WHAT THEY CALL EARTH MOVING BLADES. AND SEE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE IT VERY WELL. THEY'RE JUST A STEEL BLADE ON THOSE TOP TWO PICTURES. AND SO TO KIND OF PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, THE LANDFILL HAS THE SAME TYPE OF EQUIPMENT. AND THEY USEEHIS TO GRADE THEIR CALICHE AND ROCK ROADS OUT AT THE LANDFILL. IT'S NOT UTILIZED ON A, ON A CONCRETE ROAD ON AN ASPHALT ROAD. THESE ARE DEFINITELY MOVED MOVING WHAT THEY'RE CALLING EARTH MOVING OR EARTH EARTH GRADING. AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT HAS TO GO INTO THESE VEHICLES TO BE ABLE TO PLOW SNOW AND MOVE ICE IF THEY'RE USED FOR THAT. THE FIRST IS, IS HAVING THE PROPER BLADE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE SNOW TO MOVE ICE. AND YOU'LL SEE ON THAT BOTTOM PICTURE, THERE'S A RUBBER CUTTING EDGE THAT GOES ON TO THE MOTOR GRADER THAT WOULD ACTUALLY REMOVE SNOW, REMOVE ICE. WE DO NOT CURRENTLY OWN THOSE AS A AS A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT WE ARE REVIEWING AS PART OF AN AFTER ACTION OF SOMETHING THAT COULD POTTIALLY BE UTILIZED WITHIN THE CITY. BUT TO KEEP IN MIND, AS IT RELATES TO TO THIS STORM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY FAMILIAR WITH. WE DON'T DEAL WITH THIS VERY, VERY OFTEN. SO IN TALKING WITH THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM, IT WAS FIVE YEARS AGO, THE LAST TIME WE HAD A STORM OF THIS MAGNITUDE, THIS MUCH MOISTURE IN THIS TIME WITH UNDER UNDER FREEZING TEMPERATURES. AND SO WE COULD BUY ALL THIS EQUIPMENT TOMORROW, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO TO TRAIN THE STAFF AND FIND AN ABILITY TO GET THEM TRAINED. BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THIS ELEMENT TO TO DEAL WITH. THERE IS HEAVY CONCERN WITH, WITH PLOWING ROADS THAT THERE COULD BE PAVEMENT SERVICE DAMAGE, ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S NOT TRAINED INDIVIDUALS UTILIZING THE EQUIPMENT. AND JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND. WE DO HAVE BOND FUNDS OUT FOR ABOUT 210 MILLION IN STREET IMPROVEMENTS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT DOING MORE, MORE HARM THAN GOOD AS IT RELATES TO TO THE ROADS. AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. THESE MOTOR GRADERS ARE ALSO VERY EXPENSIVE. THEY'RE ABOUT $350,000. SO WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WHEN WE UTILIZE THEM FOR WHATEVER PURPOSE WE'RE USING THEM, THAT WE'RE TREATING THEM RIGHT, AND THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO FUNCTION AS THEY AS THEY NEED TO. SO SO LOOKING AHEAD, I WANTED TO PULL OUT TWO, TWO STUDIES THAT WERE FOUND. AND I APPRECIATE MATT WATSON FOR HELPING ME LOCATE THIS INFORMATION. BUT THERE WERE TWO STUDIES, ONE FROM PRAIRIE VIEW A&M FROM 2012. AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER FROM UT AUSTIN FROM 2024. AND REALLY WHAT THEY COMMENT IS AND JUST KIND OF SUM IT UP, ANY TYPE OF BLADING OF A ROAD CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO, TO TO THE PAVEMENT. AND THERE WAS A

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ANOTHER PICTURE OF CRACK SEAL. YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE CRACK SEAL HAS BEEN PULLED UP AFTER A ROAD HAS BEEN BEEN BLADED FROM SNOW AND ICE. HERE'S ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE CRACK SEAL YOU'LL SEE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PICTURE. THAT CRACK SEAL WAS PULLED UP, AND THEN ON THE FAR LEFT END OF THE SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE A ACTUAL CONCRETE SECTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PULLED UP WITHIN THE ROADWAY. AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING TO TO KEEP IN MIND AS YOU LOOK AT BLADING ROADS. NEXT I WANTED TO SHARE. THERE WERE SEVEN LARGE CITIES THAT WERE SURVEYED RELATED TO THE THE ACTUAL TREATMENT OF ROADS RELATED TO, TO SNOW AND ICE. AND SO OF THE SEVEN THAT WE SURVEYED, ONLY TWO HAD SOME TYPE OF SNOW PLOW WITHIN THEIR WITHIN THEIR FLEET. SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO TO TO MENTION THERE. BUT AS WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING SAND SPREADING, HAVING SAND TREATMENT IS DEFINITELY THE PREVALENT PREFERRED METHOD OF OF DOING SAND I'M SORRY, ICE TREATMENT. AND SO ALL OF THE CITIES WERE UTILIZING THAT. WHAT WAS INTERESTING, THREE OF THE SEVEN ARE UTILIZING A LIQUID BRINE TREATMENT SIMILAR TO WHAT THE TOLL AUTHORITY OR TEX-DOT ARE DOING ON THEIR THEIR ROADWAYS. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO EXPLORE AS STAFF. AND I'LL TOUCH BASE ON A LITTLE BIT ON THE NEXT SLIDES.

SO HERE'S SOME STATISTICS S AS T RELATES TO THE STREET DEPARTMENT. SO THERE WERE 70 STAFF MEMBERS THAT WERE DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH THE THE TREATMENT OF ROADS. THERE WERE OVER 2500 HOURS WORKED. THEY RECEIVED OVER 100 SPECIAL SERVICE CALLS. AND THEN THERE WERE ABOUT 200 TONS OF SAND THAT WERE TREATED ON THE ROADS. AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHAT THAT 200 TONS WOULD BE. AND, AND SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF A REAL NUMBER, AND THAT WOULD BE THE EQUIVALENT OF 33 AFRICAN ELEPHANTS THAT WERE DUMPED ON, ON OUR ROADS TO TREAT, TREAT ROADS. SO I'M TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING THAT BRINGS IT INTO THE WEIGHT AND THE MAGNITUDE OF WORK THAT THAT HELPS OR HURTS. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH AN AFRICAN ELEPHANT WEIGHS, RIGHT.

SO. AND THERE WERE ABOUT 475 LOCATIONS THAT WERE ACTUALLY TREATED AS PART OF THE THE PROCESS. WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE ACTUAL PLOWING OF THE OF THE ROADWAYS. AND SO AGAIN, GOING BACK WE HAVE ABOUT 2600 MILES OF ROADWAYS WITHIN WITHIN THE CITY. THAT INCLUDES OUR ROADWAYS AND ALLEYS. WE DO HAVE 619 MILES OF ARTERIAL ROADS AND 330 MILES OF COLLECTORS. SO THERE'S ABOUT 949 MILES OF ROADS THAT ARE HEAVILY TRAVELED WITHIN, WITHIN THE CITY. AND SO I WANTED TO DO A LITTLE RESEARCH ON WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO ACTUALLY PLOW ROADS IN THE EVENT WE NEEDED TO, TO DO SO. SO FOUND A COUNTY IN IOWA THAT PUBLISHED ON THEIR WEBSITE WITH THEIR PLOWING OF SNOW AND ICE LOOK LIKE. AND SO ACCORDING TO THEIR WEBSITE, THEY CAN PLOW ABOUT 57 MILES PER DAY OF ICE AND SNOW PER MOTOR GRADER THAT THEY HAVE WITHIN THEIR FLEET. SO BASED ON THAT, IF WE HAD ONE MOTOR GRADER THAT WAS OUTFITTED WITH THE CUTTING EDGE, THAT WOULD TAKE US ABOUT 16 DAYS OR 17 DAYS TO TO BE ABLE TO CLEAR

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AGAIN, THE THE GRADERS ARE ABOUT 350,000 EACH. THAT WOULD BE ABOUT $6 MILLION WORTH OF THE ACTUAL MOTOR GRADERS TO TO GET INTO THE FLEET. THE STAFFING TO OPERATE THAT EQUIPMENT WOULD BE ABOUT 1.2 MILLION, ASSUMING ABOUT 10,000 MAINTENANCE PER UNIT, THAT WOULD BE ABOUT 117,000 IN MAINTENANCE PER YEAR. SO THAT WOULD BE A STAFFING COST, AS WELL AS AN ANNUAL MAINTENANCE COST OF ABOUT 1.4 MILLION. TO BE ABLE TO PLOW OUR ROADS, ALL OF THOSE 949 MILES IN THE EVENT OF A OF A STORM. STILL LOOKING AHEAD. WANTED TO TO TALK ABOUT WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS ARE, ESPECIALLY FROM FROM A STREETS PERSPECTIVE PERSPECTIVE, BUT ALSO AS AN ORGANIZATION. SO ANYTIME WE DO HAVE AN EVENT SUCH AS THIS, WE DO HAVE AN AFTER ACTION REPORT. AND WE LOOK AT WHAT DID WE DO WELL, WHAT ARE AREAS THAT WE CAN CAN IMPROVE UPON. ANOTHER STREET DEPARTNT IS GOING BACK AND LOOKING TO LOOK AT SOLUTIONS LIKE THOSE CUTTING EDGE BLADES, TO BE ABLE TO HELP WITH THE SAND. I'M SORRY, THE ICE AND SNOW PLOWING THAT WE DO NOT HAVE NOW, AND SEE WHAT THOSE WOULD TAKE TO BE ABLE TO GET UNDER OUR INTO OUR FLEET AND BE ABLE TO TRAIN OUR STAFF ON THOSE. WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE BRINE TREATMENT AND SEEING WHAT THAT WOULD TAKE TO NOT ONLY PROCURE THOSE ITEMS, BUT ALSO TRAIN OUR STAFF TO UTILIZE THOSE. WE'VE ALSO THOUGHT ABOUT OUTSIDE THE BOX A LITTLE BIT.

WE'VE TALKED WITH OUR FLEET DIRECTOR ABOUT ADDING PLOWS TO THE FRONT OF THINGS, LIKE OUR TRASH TRUCKS, WHICH OTHER CITIES DO IN THE NORTH TO BE ABLE TO TO TREAT. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OPTIONS THAT WE CAN WE CAN HAVE THERE. ONE THING I DID WANT TO TO POINT OUT, AND I APPRECIATE TONY FROM OUR STREETS DEPARTMENT PROVIDING THIS THIS NEWS ARTICLE THAT WAS IN THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS. AND ESSENTIALLY THERE WERE TWO QUOTES THAT WERE WERE PULLED OUT. THE FIRST WAS THAT TXDOT WAS RUNNING 12 HOUR ROTATING SHIFTS UTILIZING SALT, THE BRINE, AND OTHER GRAIN GRANULAR MATERIAL TO BE ABLE TO TREAT ROADS. AND SO ONCE THEY WERE ABLE TO PUT THAT BRINE DOWN, EVEN AFTER THE INITIAL TREATMENTS, THAT HELPED THEM WITH THEIR PLOWING PROCESS, AND SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE MUCH DAMAGE TO THE ROADS AS THEY THOUGHT THEY WOULD BY BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT ICE MELT OUT. SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE WILL DEFINITELY LOOK AT AND SEEING AS A AS A FUTURE OPTION, BUT SOMETHING THAT'S ALSO DISCUSSED WITHIN THE THE ARTICLE AS WELL IS THAT IT'S IT'S ALSO A DISCUSSION OF BEING ABLE TO STAFF UP FOR THESE RESOURCES AND, AND ALSO AS WELL AS PROCURING THESE RESOURCES FOR THE HOW OFTEN WE HAVE THESE TYPE OF STORMS. SO AGAIN, WE HAD OUR LAST EVENT OF THIS NATURE WAS WAS FIVE YEARS AGO. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO WEIGH AS FAR AS THE COSTS ARE BEING ABLE TO TO TO TREAT THESE ITEMS. COUNCIL. MR. MAYOR WITH THAT, THAT'S WHAT I, WHAT I HAVE FOR TODAY AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AND IF I DO NOT HAVE AN ANSWER TODAY, I CAN DEFINITELY FOLLOW BACK UP WITH WITH THAT WHAT I CAN. FEW PEOPLE HERE. COUNCILMEMBER DUTTON, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. YOU DEFINITELY WERE NOT LACKING ON THE INFORMATION, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR. IT TO KNOW THE MAGNITUDE OF WHAT OUR TEAM WAS DOING BEHIND THE SCENES IS IS AMAZING. AND UNFORTUNATELY, PEOPLE WERE LOCKED IN THEIR HOUSES. AND SO WE HEARD A LOT OF ARE ARE THEY EVEN TREATING THE STREETS? ARE THEY. WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING. WELL, YOU'RE IN YOUR HOUSE, GUYS. YOU DON'T YOU'RE NOT SEEING EVERYTHING. BUT I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. HISTORICALLY SPEAKING, WHAT WOULD OUR PREVIOUS RESPONSE BE AS FAR AS SANDING? LIKE HAVE WE EVER SANDED ALL OF OUR MAJOR ROADS? SO TYPICALLY WE HAVE OUR IDENTIFIED INTERSECTIONS AS WHERE AS AS WELL AS OUR ARTERIALS THAT WE WE SAND. SO WHEN YOU SAY MAJOR ROADS, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE ARTERIAL ROADS? SO I'M WANTING TO UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION. I MEAN ARE WE ARE WE PLAYING PAC-MAN THROUGH THE CITY MINUS RESIDENTIAL'S SANDING. CORRECT. SO YOU ARE CORRECT. WE ARE NOT TREATING RESIDENTIAL ROADS AS WE LOOK AT RESIDENTIAL ROADS. AND YOU TALKED ABOUT EVERYBODY BEING HOME. THERE'S THERE'S VEHICLES PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROADS. IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO MAKE PASSES THROUGH THOSE AREAS. BUT YES, AS IT RELATES TO TO MAJOR ROADWAYS, WE ARE TREATING THOSE AREAS. BUT AGAIN, WE DO HAVE THAT FOCUS ON ON BRIDGES AND THE MAJOR ARTERIALS AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. YES, MA'AM. AT ONE POINT IN TIME, WE USED TO ONLY TREAT INTERSECTIONS AND THEN WE WOULD TREAT OUTSIDE OF THAT IF THERE WAS A TROUBLE SPOT. IS THAT IS THAT ACCURATE? DO YOU KNOW I DO NOT KNOW IF WE JUST DID INTERSECTIONS, BUT I CAN DEFINITELY FIND THE THE ANSWER FOR THAT. OKAY. BUT I MEAN IT'S IT'S SAFE TOAY THAT

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COUNCILMEMBER, IF I MAY, BEYOND THE REFLECTORS, ONE THING TO ALSO KEEP IN MIND, AND I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF THE THE PAVEMENT MARKINGS AS WELL OF THE DESIGNATED TURN LANES, THE LANE MARKERS, THOSE ALSO COME UP AS PART OF THE BLADING PROCESS. AND SO BEYOND THAT, THAT'S ALSO A COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. WE DID SEE THAT IN A COUPLE OF SPOTS DOWNTOWN FROM WHERE WE DID TRY TO CLEAR. AND I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE HOW MUCH THAT PAINT IS RAISED UP OFF OF THIS, OFF OF THE CEMENT. AND SO IT LITERALLY IS LIKE JUST PEELING OLD NAIL POLISH AND JUST POPS RIGHT OFF. SO IT IT WAS IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE, BUT I DON'T WANT TO DO IT THROUGH OUR WHOLE CITY. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK COUNCILS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR AROUND MANY OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE PIVOTAL IN MAKING THIS DISASTER, YOU KNOW, AS LIMITED AS POSSIBLE FOR ALL OF THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS. TO OUR CITY MANAGER, MIKE BETTS IS JOINING US IN THOSE IN THOSE MEETINGS. AND I JUST WANT TO EXTEND ANOTHER THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO WORKED OVERNIGHT AND DAYS AND DAYS STRAIGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS DID HAVE THEIR TRASH PICKED UP AS SOON AS THINGS OPENED UP THAT THEY DID HAVE ELECTRICITY THE ENTIRE TIME. THAT, YOU KNOW, THE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THE THE TRUCKS WERE ABLE TO BE ON THE ROADWAY BECAUSE OF FLEET, I MEAN, THE THE DEPARTMENT COORDINATION THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THAT WHOLE SITUATION IS AMAZING. I KNOW THAT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WAS OF WAS 24 4 OVER SEVEN THE ENTIRE TIME. SO THEY GET THEY THEY EVERYONE, EVERY SINGLE CITY OF GARLAND EMPLOYEE DESERVES A BIG THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THANK YOYOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS. YEAH. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT SLIDE WHERE YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST IF WE HAD SNOWPLOWS AND SNOW EQUIPMENT. I SAW THAT A LOT IS LIKE, WHY DON'T WE HAVE SNOWPLOWS? IT'S LIKE, BECAUSE IT WOULD COST US $1 MILLION A YEAR JUST TO MAINTAIN THEM WHILE THEY SAT THERE FOR FIVE YEARS UNUSED.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT. PEOPLE SHOULD REALIZE THAT'S WHY WE DON'T HAVE IT. WE JUST DON'T HAVE THIS OFTEN ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY THE WHAT, A MILLION FOR A YEAR JUST FOR THE MAINTENANCE, YOU KNOW, ACQUISITION COST ASIDE. SO I APPRECIATE THAT SLIDE AND THAT INFORMATION. I THINK THAT HELPS A LOT. SOMETHING ELSE I HEARD WAS THAT, WELL, WHEN WE LIVED UP NORTH, WE USED SALT INSTEAD OF SAND. AND I THINK I KNOW WHY WE DON'T DO THAT. CAN YOU EXPAND ON THAT? CAN YOU? SURE. SO THERE IS AN OPTION TO UTILIZE SAND AND SALT. THAT IS THE THE BRINE MIXTURE THAT THAT WOULD GO OUT ON THE ROADWAY. AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT AT A STAFF LEVEL TO SEE IF THAT WILL HAVE MORE OF AN IMPACT OTHER THAN THE SAND, SIR. YEAH. SO AND I THINK THEY WERE USING, YOU KNOW, HOW WE HAVE

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THANK YOU SIR. COUNCILMEMBER BEARD, JUST I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS, ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS. Y'ALL DID A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL JOB. YES. WE CANNOT MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY. NO, WE DO NOT NEED TO SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON EQUIPMENT THAT WE WOULD USE ONE DAY OR TWO DAYS EVERY FIVE YEARS. THAT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE. IT'S A NOT A VERY GOOD USE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS THERE. BUT FOR THE TREATMENTS THAT WE DID USE, WE KEPT OUR EMERGENCY CREWS RUNNING. WE GOT IF YOU CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, YOU CALLED AN AMBULANCE. THEY GOT THERE. THEY MAY HAVE BEEN SLOW, BUT THEY GOT THERE. IF YOU NEEDED A POLICE OFFICER, HE GOT THERE. THAT'S WHAT MATTERS. AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY REALIZES.

AND OTHER THAN A FEW JUST MINOR, VERY BRIEF POWER OUTAGES, EVERYBODY STAYED WARM.

EVERYBODY'S POWER STAYED ON. SO IT WAS GREAT. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE DEPARTMENTS OUT THERE. THANK YOU. MA'AM. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE DETAIL. IT IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN A BETTER ELABORATION. I AGREE PMR HELPED MAKE THINGS A LOT EASIER FOR ALL OF US. THEY SENT OUT MORE INFORMATION ON, YOU KNOW, REAL TIME SITUATION ON THE GROUND. IT WAS KUDOS TO ALL THE DEPARTMENTS. THANK YOU FOR FOR EVERYTHING. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT TO THE STAFF HOW PROUD I AM OF THE WORK THAT THEY DID. I THOUGHT THAT THE COORDINATION AND THE RESPONSE OF OUR STAFF WAS OUTSTANDING. THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WORKED AROUND THE CLOCK UNDER VERY DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES, THE PEOPLE WHO STAYED AND SLEPT IN BUILDINGS SO THAT THEY COULD BE HERE TO WORK AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAD SERVICES AVAILABLE AND THAT THE SERVICES THEY NEEDED. I COULDN'T BE ANY MORE PROUD OF THIS ORGANIZATION AS A RESULT OF THE WAY THEY RESPONDED. AND I WAS ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL FOR PMR. WE HAD A COORDINATED EFFORT FROM THE BEGINNING AND DISCUSSED FROM THE BEGINNING THE IMPORTANCE NOT ONLY OF OF THE WORK THAT WE WOULD DO IN RESPONDING, BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC WAS AWARE OF WHAT THEIR CITY WAS DOING TO TAKE CARE OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE CITY. AND SO I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF THIS ORGANIZATION. AND I AM PROUD OF THE RESPONSE THAT WE HAD. THANK YOU, SIR, AND I WILL WRAP IT UP.

I SAY YES, MAYOR PRO TEM SAID HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS. VERY PROUD AND APPRECIATIVE OF ALL OUR STAFF ON BEHALF OF CITY COUNCIL AND OUR CITIZENS ESPECIALLY.

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[9. Code Compliance Civil Citation Program]

YOU'VE GOT YOU GOT A HANDFUL OF CATEGORIES HERE. YOU'VE GOT CIVIL NUISANCES THAT CAN BE ABATED. THOSE ARE TYPICALLY YOUR MAINTENANCE RELATED TYPE ITEMS THAT ARE EASY. AND THEN YOU'VE GOT A CIVIL NUISANCE CATEGORY THAT IS NOT AVAILABLE. AND THOSE TEND TO BE MORE PROPERTY STANDARDS, A LITTLE TRICKIER, A LITTLE MORE SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES. AND THEN YOU'VE GOT YOUR CRIMINAL LEVEL THAT ARE MUCH MORE COMPLEX AND THEN GENERALLY REQUIRE SOME TYPE OF INVESTIGATION AND OTHER DUE PROCESS. SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE IS CLARIFIED HERE IS ONCE THE PROGRAM IS IS KICKED OFF AND IN FULL SWING, THIS EDUCATION PERIOD SERVES AS THE WARNINGS. AND GOING FORWARD, WHEN YOU ARE SEEN BEING IN VIOLATION OF THE ORDINANCE, YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR FIRST CITATION. AND RATHER THAN A WARNING SAYING, HEY, CLEAN UP OR YOU'RE GOING TO GET A CITATION. SO IT WILL BE DIFFERENT IN THAT WAY, THAT IT WILL BE A CITATION. THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT COIN IS, IS THAT ON THE AVAILABLE THINGS, EVEN DURING OUR EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN, YOU MIGHT GET YOUR RED NOTICE. BUT WE HAVE A AN ANNUAL ABATEMENT NOTICE THAT YOU CAN RECEIVE THAT WAY. IT'S AN ONGOING WE CAN ACT ON IT ANYTIME THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SO YOU MIGHT GET YOUR WARNING. IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S AVAILABLE, WE MIGHT GIVE YOU THAT NOTICE. AT THE SAME TIME, CLOSE THE EDUCATION COMPONENT OF THAT.

NOW WE'RE IN FULL SWING OF CIVIL CITATIONS COMMERCIAL, MULTIFAMILY, RESIDENTIAL ALL RECEIVED THEIR FIRST CITATION. THAT IS THEIR NOTICE OF VIOLATION. SO THAT WAS THE ONE THING I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'VE GOT THAT CLEAR. IF I DIDN'T REPRESENT THAT CORRECTLY IN ANY WAY, PLEASE SET ME STRAIGHT. BUT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALL ON BOARD WITH? I THINK AGAIN, THE IDEA IS THAT WE'RE WE ARE IN A CRITICAL PHASE OF NEEDING COMPLIANCE.

AND I THINK THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT WAY OF GETTING COMPLIANCE ONCE THE EDUCATION IS DONE, I THINK THE THE HEAVY LIFTING WILL BE DONE IS KIND OF BASED ON DEMONSTRATION. WHEN WE HAD THE PARKING ENFORCEMENT PROGM, ONCE EVERYBODY GOT THE MESSAGE, IT WAS A LITTLE MORE MANAGEABLE FROM THERE. ALL RIGHT. I ASK THAT THIS BE BROUGHT BACK TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS CONSENSUS ON COUNCIL ABOUT HOW WE GO ABOUT WARNING THE CITIZENS, NOTIFYING THE CITIZENS OF THIS CHANGE IN PROCESS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE SENT A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT THERE'S A CHANGE IN HOW WE'RE DOING CODE ENFORCEMENT FROM A PROGRAM THAT RELIED ON SIGNIFICANTLY ON WARNINGS AND SECOND WARNINGS AND THIRD WARNINGS ON OCCASIONS, TO ONE WHERE WE WILL PUT WARNINGS OUT IN MANY OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS AND FOR A PERIOD OF THREE MONTHS, WE WILL PUT RED TAG NOTICES ON HOUSES AND LET THEM KNOW. HERE'S WHAT, HERE'S WHAT THE VIOLATIONS ARE. HERE'S THE WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN GO FIND OUT WHAT THE PROPERTY STANDARDS REQUIRE. AND THEN A NOTICE ALSO ON THE SAME NOTICE LINK FOR HOW TO GET TO CODE CARES. SO IF YOU'RE UNABLE TO ACTUALLY AND YOU HEARD TESTIMONY EARLIER FROM ONE OF OUR WITNESSES OF PEOPLE WHO ARE UNABLE TO MAKE REPAIRS TO THEIR PROPERTY, I THINK AN IMPORTANT THAT DURING THIS NOTICE PERIOD, WE TELL PEOPLE IF YOU'RE UNABLE TO MAKE THESE REPAIRS, UNABLE TO BRING YOUR PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE, HERE'S HOW YOU GET AHOLD OF CODE CARES, AND HERE'S HOW YOU AND WE CAN VISIT WITH THEM, MEET WITH THEM, AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO ASSIST THEM. FOR SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE UNABLE TO MAKE THESE REPAIRS. BUT THE IDEA WITH THE ENFORCEMENT IS TO SWITCH FROM A CRIMINAL SITUATION WHERE WE'VE GOT 200 TO 1000 TICKETS OR 500 TICKETS TO A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE $25 TICKETS. I ALSO ASKED THAT MAYBE THE

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REMEMBER, THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROGRAM IS NOT IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM TO RAISE REVENUE FOR THE CITY. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO IS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE, TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE CITIZENS AND THE RESIDENTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. AND SO I WOULD ASK THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER TONIGHT WHETHER, WHETHER WE THIS WOULD A BE AN APPROPRIATE MECHANISM TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC OF THE CHANGE IN THE WAY WE'RE DOING ENFORCEMENT, AND B WHETHER THE COUNCIL WOULD BE INCLINED TO ASK THE HEARING OFFICERS FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF THE PROGRAM, FOR EXAMPLE, TO TO IF SOMEBODY COMES IN AND SHOWS THE HEARING OFFICER THAT THEY HAVE BROUGHT THEIR PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE, WHETHER WE COULD ASK THEM TO EITHER REDUCE THE FINE TO THE $3 COST OF THE TICKET THAT IT COST US TO ISSUE THE TICKET, OR EVEN REDUCE THE TICKET TO ZERO BECAUSE THEY COMPLIED? BECAUSE AGAIN, THE THE POINT OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN COMPLIANCE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE RESIDENTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. VERY GOOD MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK. I WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE IN FAVOR, ESPECIALLY DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF THE PROGRAM, TO FOR THE HEARING OFFICER TO REMOVE THAT FINE. IF SOMEONE SHOWS PROOF OF COMPLIANCE. HOWEVER, IF THERE'S A A SIMILAR OR THE SAME VIOLATION WITHIN THAT FIRST YEAR, I THINK IT NEEDS TO GO TO THE SECOND TICKET AMOUNT. SO I'M IF PEOPLE ARE DOING DUE DILIGENCE TO CORRECT THOSE THINGS, I'M ABSOLUTELY IN FAVOR OF OF BEING LENIENT ON THAT FIRST OFFENSE. THANK YOU MA'AM. COUNCILMEMBER DUTTON. SO WE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THE WARNINGS WERE STILL GOING TO BE A THING. SO DURING THE ENTIRE CONVERSATION OF THE CIVIL CITATION, WE HAD ASKED MULTIPLE TIMES IF WARNINGS WERE STILL GOING TO HAPPEN. SO THAT KIND OF HIT ME A LITTLE OFF GUARD. I AM NOT A FAN OF ONLY DOING WARNINGS FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF MONTHS, BECAUSE THE FIRST COUPLE OF MONTHS YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO HIT A SMALL AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO GET THAT THAT WARNING. RIGHT.

I WOULD I WOULD BE FINE IF YOU GOT EACH HOUSE, GOT ONE WARNING AND THEN AFTER THAT WE WE MOVE ON. I JUST I DON'T. WE CAN'T EXPECT THAT SOMEONE IS GOING TO HAVE HIGH GRASS IN AUGUST.

RIGHT. BUT WE'VE ALREADY WE WERE OUTSIDE OF THAT TRIAL PERIOD. RIGHT. WELL NOW THEY'RE GETTING THEIR FIRST CITATION FROM CODE COMPLIANCE. AND SO THIS IS THE FIRST THAT THEY HEAR ABOUT IT. WELL YOU ALREADY GOT YOU ALREADY GOT SLAPPED WITH THE TICKET WHEN WE COULD BE USING THAT OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE ABOUT CODE CARES AND GETTING THEM THE HELP THAT THEY NEED TO GET INTO COMPLIANCE. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO ME? YES. I'M I'M PROCESSING. SO I THINK AGAIN, WE COULD WE COULD EXPLORE THAT. I THINK AGAIN, THE IDEAS OF GETTING COMPLIANCE AND AND THIS IS WHY WE'RE WANTING TO CLARIFY THAT, BECAUSE WHEN WE LEFT THE MEETING TWO WEEKS AGO, IT HIT ME THAT I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE COMMUNICATED A DIFFERENT DIRECTION THAN WHAT WE WERE INTENDING. SO I THINK THE CHALLENGE IS FOR US IS THAT IT'S IT'S A SITUATION WHERE ALL, ALL RESIDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO KNOW WHAT THE LAWS ARE. IT'S, YOU KNOW, IF I'M SPEEDING, I IT'S HARD FOR ME TO SAY, WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS SPEEDING.

THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW THAT I WAS SPEEDING OR THAT THERE'S OTHER, OTOTHER LAWS IN PLACE. SO AGAIN, WHATEVER THE COUNCIL'S PLEASURE IS ON THIS, I THINK BEING A LITTLE MORE ASSERTIVE IN GETTING THESE VIOLATIONS IN COMPLIANCE, I THINK IS, IS IS CRITICAL FOR US, AS MR. BETTS MENTIONED. SO ONE OF THE LOGISTICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE CURRENT SITUATION THAT WE DO WE DO WARNINGS AND THEN GO BACK AND WARNINGS GO BACK. IF YOU WANT TO DO PROACTIVE PATROL OF A NEIGHBORHOOD AND CLEAN UP A NEIGHBORHOOD FOR CODE VIOLATIONS THAT YOU HAVE. IF YOU DO A SYSTEM WITH WARNINGS, THEN WE HAVE TO GO FIGURE OUT, HAVE WE GIVEN THIS PERSON A WARNING AND GO BACK AND CHECK ON IT? THE PROBLEM IS WE HAVE 80,000 RESIDENCES AND 26 CODE OFFICERS. AND WHEN YOU DO THE MATH, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY CODE COMPLIANCE IS SO DIFFICULT. TO ACHIEVE RESULTS IN THE CITY IS BECAUSE OF THE

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GOING TO CHECK. THERE'S 30 OTHER HOUSES THAT HAVE CODE VIOLATIONS THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO GET TO BECAUSE OF THE MANPOWER THAT WE HAVE AND THE NUMBER OF CODE VIOLATIONS THAT WE HAVE. SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT SAID, I'M EXTREMELY SENSITIVE TO AND HAVE REPEATEDLY TALKED TO STAFF ABOUT THE FACT THAT IF THE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE UNABLE TO COMPLY BECAUSE THEY NEED HELP TO COMPLY, THAT'S NOT THE TARGET OF OUR ENFORCEMENT.

THAT'S THE TARGET OF OUR CODE CARES PROGRAM THAT WE INTEND TO BEEF UP SUBSTANTIALLY. AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND THAT. IF THERE'S PEOPLE WHO CAN'T COMPLY AND GET A TICKET AND THEY ARE UNABLE TO COMPLY, WE WILL GO WORK WITH THOSE PEOPLE TO BRING THEM INTO COMPLIANCE AND THEN WORK WITH THE HEARING OFFICER TO GET RID OF THE TICKET, IF THAT'S WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, SO THAT WE HAVE COMPLIANCE. THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE ABOUT THE PROCESS WE USE NOW, WHICH IS A WARNING AND THEN A PAUSE AND THEN A WARNING AND A PAUSE, THEN WE HIT THEM WITH A $200 CRIMINAL TICKET AND SOMETIMES GO OUT AND ABATE AT GREAT EXPENSESE, AND THEN SLAP A LIEN ON, ON THEM FOR THE ABATEMENT IS THAT ITSELF IS VERY ONEROUS ON THE RESIDENTS AS OPPOSED TO A $25 TICKET. AND SO IT'S A PLACE OF TRYING TO STRIKE A BALANCE BETWEEN HOW DO YOU WARN AN AREA THAT THIS IS CIVIL ENFORCEMENT? WE'RE DOING CIVIL ENFORCEMENT NOW AND PUT THEM ON NOTICE THAT, YES, WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING CIVIL ENFORCEMENT WITH LOW LEVEL TICKETS. AND AS MAYOR PRO TEM SAID, DURING THE FIRST YEAR, OR MAYBE EVEN BEYOND THAT, IF THEY BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE, WAIVE THE FINE. THE POINT OF THE OF THE EXERCISE IS TO TRY TO FIND A WAY TO IMPROVE THE LEVEL OF CODE COMPLIANCE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND BRING THE THE VIEW OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE STANDARDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS UP. NOT TO BE ONEROUS ON PEOPLE, AND I'M VERY SENSITIVE TO THE ISSUE. AND I AND I'VE TOLD THE STAFF REPEATEDLY, WE NEED TO REALLY THIS IS WHERE WE NEED TO LEAN INTO CODE CARES AND, AND OUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM TO GO OUT AND TRY TO HELP SOME OF THESE PEOPLE WHO HAVE CODE VIOLATIONS.

AND, AND THAT'S THE THE RESPONSE THAT I'D HAVE ABOUT THAT. OF COURSE, WHATEVER THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION IS, IS WHAT WE'LL DO ON THIS. BUT I, I AM TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO GET BETTER COMPLIANCE AND, AND TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. SURE. I MEAN, THAT WAS THE ENTIRE INTENT TO BEGIN WITH BECAUSE MARGARET AND I ADVOCATED FOR THIS UNTIL WE WERE BLUE IN THE FACE AND WE WERE GETTING MAD THAT IT WAS, WELL, WE GOT ANOTHER SIX MONTHS FOR SALESFORCE OR WORKFORCE, WHATEVER IT'S CALLED, ANOTHER ANOTHER SIX MONTHS, ANOTHER EIGHT. OH, WELL, SOMETHING HELPED. SO I, I AM FULLY, FULLY, FULLY AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO HAMMER THIS OUT. MY CONCERN IS MY MY NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE STREET WHO IS GOT THE HUSBAND IS ON HOSPICE. THE WIFE CAN'T GET HER TRASH CAN OUT TO THE CURB IN EIGHT MONTHS AFTER WE'VE DONE OUR OUR WARNING PERIOD. WELL, NOW YOU STILL HAVE TO GO TO COURT TO GET THAT TICKET. EVEN IF EVEN IF THEY HAVE SOMEONE COME OUT AND MOW AND THEY'RE NOW THEY'RE ON COMPLIANT, THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE, THEY'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO GET TO THE COURTHOUSE TO GET THE JUDGE TO GET THAT TICKET AWAY. AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE VIABLE FOR EVERYONE. SO SO WE ARE LOOKING AT A PROCESS BY WHICH THE PERSON WHO RECEIVES THE TICKET COULD SUBMIT THROUGH EITHER AN APP OR A WEBSITE, SUBMIT VISUAL PROOF, A PICTURE TAKEN FROM THE SAME VANTAGE POINT OF THE PICTURE THAT'S ON THEIR TICKET, SHOWING THAT THE VIOLATION HAS BEEN COMPLIED FOR EXACTLY THE PURPOSE YOU SUGGESTED, WHICH IS FOR A HOMWNER TO COME DURING BUSINESS HOURS AND AND DEMONSTRATE THAT THE TICKET'S BEEN RESOLVED, WOULD PUT A BURDEN ON SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS.

AND WE'RE WE'RE TRYING VERY HARD TO FIGURE OUT A TECHNOLOGY WHERE THE THE PERSON WHO RECEIVES THE TICKET COULD SEND A PICTURE IN FOR THE HEARING EXAMINER TO LOOK AND SAY, HERE'S THE CONDITIONS THAT EXISTED, HERE'S THE CONDITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN REPAIRED, AND TO DEAL WITH THE TICKET THAT WAY, SO THAT THE RESIDENT DIDN'T HAVE TO APPEAR. AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO DO DURING THE FIRST PERIOD OF AT LEAST A YEAR OF THESE CITATIONS, AND MAYBE LONGER IF WE FIND THAT IT NECESSARY. SURE. AND I MEAN, I LIKE THAT IDEA. I WOULDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE GOING FORWARD WITH. HITTING PEOPLE WITH A CITATION RIGHT OFF THE BAT UNTIL WE HAVE THAT IN PLACE AS A SAFEGUARD. JUST BECAUSE WE WE ALL KNOW WHAT WE AND, YOU KNOW, I. FEEL PROTECTED IN THE HOTEL. SO I SUPPORT THE MISSION. LIKE FOUGHT FOR THE MISSION. I

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RIGHT. SO THE FINE. WELL, EITHER WAY. RIGHT. SO THE FINE IS PAID AT THE END, NOT AT THE BEGINNING. CORRECT. IT'S PAID EITHER. IF THEY CHOOSE TO ADMIT THEIR NONCOMPLIANCE OR ONCE THEY GO THROUGH THAT HEARING PROCESS, OKAY. AND THEN OKAY. AND SO. OKAY, I'M NOT SUPER FAMILIAR WITH THE OLD WAY WE WERE DOING IT. RIGHT. I THINK THIS WAY MAKES PERFECT SENSE.

SO HERE'S MY QUESTION ON THIS. I GUESS I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WE WERE NOT CHANGING ANY PROCESS OF HOW WE GIVE OUT WARNINGS. OKAY, SO. AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THE CRIMINAL WAY WE WERE, WE WERE DOING IT THROUGH THE CRIMINAL PROCESS IS WE WE WOULD GIVE SOMEBODY A WARNING AND THEN IF THEY DID NOT COME INTO COMPLIANCE THEN THEY GOT A FINE. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. SO WE WOULD BEGIN THE CRIMINAL PROCESS WITH A NOTICE OF VIOLATION, A COMPLIANCE LETTER OR WARNING. IF THEY DID NOT COME INTO COMPLIANCE, THEN WE WOULD ISSUE A CITATION. THEY WOULD COME TO COURT AND THE JUDGE WOULD DETERMINE WHAT THE WHAT THE WOULD BE. SO WHAT. AND I UNDERSTAND LOGISTICS CITY MANAGER ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, SOUND GREAT WHEN WE JUST SPIT THEM OUT OF OUR MOUTHS, BUT LOGISTICALLY THEY WOULDN'T WORK. MY QUESTION IS, IF WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE GIVING A A WARNING OR A NOTICE OF VIOLATION WITHOUT A FINE ATTACHED TO IT, IF WE'RE ABLE TO LOGISTICALLY HAVE THAT BE A PART OF IT WHEN IT GOES TO THE CRIMINAL PROCESS, HOW ARE WE THEN NOT ABLE TO DO THAT EXACT SAME THING? WHEN WE SWITCH IT OVER, SWITCH IT OVER TO A CIVIL PROCESS? WE COULD WE COULD. THE POINT THAT I WAS MAKING WAS THAT IT RESULTS. INSTEAD OF YOU BEING ABLE TO PROACTIVELY PATROL A NEIGHBORHOOD AND ISSUE CITATIONS, YOU ISSUE WARNINGS. NOW I'VE GOT TO GO BACK TO EACH OF THOSE HOUSES AND FIGURE OUT THERE'S BEEN A WARNING HERE. I CAN'T JUST PROACTIVELY PATROL THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I GO BACK AND I SEE, HAS THIS VIOLATION BEEN CORRECTED? SO YOU TAKE TWO VISITS TO ONE, SEE THE VIOLATION, CREATE A WARNING, AND THEN A SECOND VISIT TO SEE IF THEY'VE COMPLIED BEFORE YOU ISSUE A TICKET. OKAY. SO IT DOUBLES THE AMOUNT. THE DIFFERENCE IS RIGHT ON. ON WHAT GOING THROUGH THE CRIMINAL PROCESS. THE IT'S A REACTIVE PROCESS DOING IT CIVILLY. WE'RE PROACTIVE. AND THEN SO DO WE NOT HAVE ANY WAY OF RECORDING THAT THOUGH THAT THAT CAN THAT CAN BE LOOKED ON A DATABASE SOMEWHERE. WE DO WE COULD ISSUE WE COULD ISSUE WARNINGS THROUGH THE T2 SYSTEMS. WE DID THIS WITH PARKING ELECTRONIC WARNINGS INSTEAD OF THEN PAYING A DOLLAR FOR ABOUT A DOLLAR TO MAIL A WARNING A LITTLE LESS, WE'D WANT IT PAYING $3 FOR ELECTRONIC WARNING, AND THEN THEY WOULD MAIL THE WARNING AND HAVE TRACK KEEP TRACK OF THE FACT THEY GOT A WARNING. AND IF YOU WENT BACK TO THE HOUSE BEFORE YOU WROTE A TICKET, IF YOU WENT TO WRITE THE TICKET, IF THEY HADN'T HAD ONE BEFORE FOR THAT VIOLATION, IT WOULD BE

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I COME BACK IN A MONTH. YOU'VE GOT THAT VIOLATION AGAIN. DOES THAT PERSON GET A TICKET OR A WARNING? THAT'S THE QUESTION. AND AND THE THE IDEA WITH PROACTIVE PATROL IS YOU GO THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND YOU CITE FOR THE THINGS THAT YOU SEE. AND THIS IS AGAIN, AFTER A PERIOD OF MONTHS OF ISSUING WARNING NOTICES TO THE RESIDENTS IN THOSE AREAS OF THE VIOLATIONS THAT OCCUR ON THOSE PROPERTIES. SO IT'S JUST A IT'S A FUNCTION OF HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO BRING SOME OF THE AREAS INTO COMPLIANCE TO TRY TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE.

AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. IT'S AN IMPORTANT TOOL THAT WE WOULD NEED TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO REVITALIZE SOME OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS AND SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH RESPECT TO THE HOUSING STUDY. SO THE THE MORE EXPEDITIOUSLY YOU CAN BRING THESE RESIDENTS INTO COMPLIANCE IN SOME AREAS, THE MORE QUICKLY YOU CAN IMPROVE THE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE SURROUNDING ECONOMIC AND THE SURROUNDING CORRIDORS, BUSINESS CORRIDORS. IF YOU DON'T, THEN IT JUST TAKES A LOT LONGER. AND THAT'S THE PROCESS. YES, CRIMINAL CITATIONS ALSO ADD ADDITIONAL TIME OF THE THE FOLKS GOING TO COURT FROM THE CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT AND WRITING PROBABLE CAUSE AFFIDAVITS THAT WON'T BE NECESSARY UNDER CIVIL. THIS WILL SPEED IT UP. THE THE MY VISION WAS TO DO CODE ENFORCEMENT MUCH THE WAY THEY DO PARKING ENFORCEMENT. WE DON'T GO OUT AND GIVE PEOPLE WARNINGS BECAUSE THEY'RE PARKED ACROSS THE SIDEWALK. WE EXPECT THAT THEY WON'T PARK ACROSS THE SIDEWALK AND THEN WE ISSUE THEM CITATIONS. ALTHOUGH EVEN BEFORE WE DID THAT, IF YOU RECALL, BACK IN THE PARKING ENFORCEMENT DAYS FOR THREE MONTHS, WE WENT OUT AND LITERALLY PUT 10,000 WARNINGS ON CARS TO TRY TO LET THE WORLD KNOW THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE CHANGING THE WAY WE DID ENFORCEMENT AND AND ISSUING LOTS OF CITATIONS IF THEY WEREN'T IN COMPLIANCE. AND SO IT'S JUST A POLICY QUESTION FOR THE COUNCIL, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. I JUST WANT THE COUNCIL TO BE AWARE OF WHAT WE AS STAFF ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, WHICH IS TO EXPEDITIOUSLY IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN SOME OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS AND BRING SOME OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS UP TO A STANDARDD TT WOULD BE CONDUCIVE TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE. OKAY, QUESTION I HAVE SO THROUGH THE THROUGH IT AS A CRIMINAL PROCESS, WHEN THE WARNING IS ISSUED, HOW LONG DO THEY HAVE TO BRING IT INTO COMPLIANCE BEFORE THAT VIOLATION BECOMES A CHARGE? YES. SO THAT DEPENDS ON THE VIOLATION. SO FOR TYPICAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 7 TO 9 DAYS TO BRING INTO COMPLIANCE. IF WE COME BACK AND RE-INSPECT IN THOSE 7 TO 9 DAYS, THEY'RE NOT IN COMPLIANCE. AT THAT POINT WE ISSUE A CITATION OKAY. AND AND OR AN ABATEMENT OKAY. OKAY. COOL I APPRECIATE IT. LIKE I SAID, GUYS, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO WORK WITHIN THE PARAMETERS THAT WE HAVE. AND EVERYTHING'S EVERYTHING'S NOT GOING TO FIT PERFECTLY INTO THAT. SO BUT APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION.

CITY MANAGER THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. IF I COULD ADD REAL QUICK, I JUST I THINK IT TOO. WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO BALANCE THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EQUATION IS, IS THAT THE FOLKS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, SUFFERING THE NUISANCE WANT TO SEE ACTION SOONER. SO WE'RE TRYING TO EXPEDITE THAT IN A WAY THAT IS MUCH MORE RESPONSIVE THAN THE PAST PRACTICE, BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S THE OTHER SIDE THAT WE HEAR ALL THE TIME IS WHAT'S WHAT'S WHAT'S TAKING SO LONG.

COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS. YEAH, SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION. I THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT PATH, BUT I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON. I DON'T WANT US TO RUSH INTO THIS. I YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET OUR FIRST HIGH GRASS FOR ANOTHER MONTH. AND SO HAVING I THINK AT LEAST 90 DAYS FROM APRIL 1ST OF DOING RED TAGS SO THAT ALL OF THAT KIND OF INITIAL WARNINGS GETS, GETS DONE, OPPORTUNITIES FOR PMR TO GET THE WORD OUT FOR US TO GET THE WORD OUT, YOU KNOW, LONG BEFORE THIS HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS A TICKET, YOU KNOW, IN TWO WEEKS, I THINK I DON'T WANT TO RUSH INTO THIS.

I WANT TO GIVE US PLENTY OF TIME TO GET THE WORD OUT SO THAT WE HAVE THAT MANY FEWER SURPRISES. AND THEN ALSO ABOUT, LIKE YOU SAID, WITH CODE CARES TO BE ABLE TO SAY, HEY, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THAT PRETTY LARGE ON THE RED TAG, THAT, HEY, IF YOU CAN'T TAKE CARE OF THIS YOURSELF, WE GOT PEOPLE TO HELP YOU CALL US, WE'LL HELP YOU. AND SO I THINK LET'S MAKE THAT POINT REALLY STRONG THAT THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO DO THIS FOR THE FINE MONEY. BUT I DO THINK IT SHORTCUTS THE PROCESS. IT'S LIKE A PARKING TICKET. YOU GET THE TICKET RIGHT ON YOUR WINDSHIELD AS SOON AS IT HAPPENS, AND THEN THAT SPEEDS UP THE REACTION PROCESS. SO FROM THE TIME THEY GET THE THEY GET THE RED TAG. LET'S SAY YOU GOT AN ACTUAL CITATION YEAR AFTER MY 90 DAY PERIOD IS UP. THEN WHAT? HOW MUCH TIME DO THEY HAVE TO COMPLY? THAT'S A

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YEP. AND SO IF I IF I MAY THAT'S A, YOU KNOW, DUAL APPROACH WE'RE BUILDING. THAT'S A MAJOR PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE'RE BUILDING CAPACITY FOR CODE CARESECAUSE WE WE UNDERSTAND WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF VIOLATIONS WITHIN THE CY. AND SO IT'S NOT JUST ONE APPROACH, BUT WE'RE WE'RE FOCUSING HEAVILY ON BUILDING CAPACITY FOR CODE CARE SO WE CAN INCREASE VOLUNTEERS, INCREASE SKILLED LABOR THAT CAN COME AND LEND A HAND WHEN NEEDED. ABSOLUTELY. THE TRAILER. RIGHTH. ABSOLUTELY. THAS THAT'S ROLLING OUT EARLY EARLY SPRING. YEAH. SO THAT TRAILER IS COMING IN THE EARLY SUMMER. THAT TRAILER IS COMING HERE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS WHERE IF YOU IF YOU CAN DO THE WORK, YOU JUST NEED THE TOOLS. WE'D BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. VERY GOOD. I THINK THAT'S I THINK IT'S SUCH A GREAT HELP FOR THE CODE, FOR ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO BE INVOLVED IN CODE CARES. THAT MAY NOT HAVE THE TOOLS TO DO IT. WE CAN PROVIDE THAT AND ALL THEY NEED, ALL WE NEED THEM FOR IS THE LABOR. YEAH. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY COVERED THIS, BUT WHAT DO WE DO IF WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT HAS MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS SIMULTANEOUSLY? DO WE GO FROM WORST TO LEAST? AND DO WE? I'M ASSUMING THAT WE WOULDN'T HAND SOMEBODY A A HANDFUL OF 25 VIOLATIONS. IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, WE'RE SEEKING DIRECTION ON THAT AT THIS TIME OF VIOLATIONS OF VIOLATIONS. SO IF YOU HAVE A MULTIPLE VIOLATION SITUATION, THE THOUGHT IS THERE WOULD BE MULTIPLE CITATIONS UNTIL WE CAN BRING IT INTO COMPLIANCE. IS EACH ONE OF THOSE A INDIVIDUAL TICKETING ITEM. CORRECT. OKAY. MOST OF MY RELUCTANCE TO THE PROGRAM WOULD BE IS SET ASIDE BY IF WE ARE ACTUALLY FORGIVING THE FINE IF THEY COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR OF OUR PROGRAM THAT WE'RE. I SUSPECT THAT AS THIS GETS ROLLED OUT AND PEOPLE,

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ALTHOUGH I WAS THE FIRST TO SUGGEST, WHEN WE DISCUSSED BRINGING WARNINGS BACK THAT FOR THE FIRST YEAR, MAYBE LONGER, IF A PERSON BRINGS THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE, THEY CAN SHOW THAT THEY BROUGHT THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE, THEN WAVE THE TICKET. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO RAISE FINES. WE DON'T WANT TO RAISE FINES. WE WANT TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE

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AND I MEAN IT. IT RUINS HIS QUALITY OF LIFE. IT TRULY DOES. THE VICTIM HERE IS NOT THE PERSON THAT'S COMMITTING THE VIOLATIONS. THE VICTIM IS THE NEIGHBOR WHO HAS TO LOOK AT IT EVERY DAY, OR WHO HAS TO SUFFER FROM VERMIN GETTING ONTO THEIR PROPERTY BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY PLACES FOR FOR RATS TO HIDE IN, IN JUST TRASH ON PEOPLE'S YARDS. I MEAN, THOSE THE REAL VICTIMS HERE ARE NOT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMMITTING THESE VIOLATIONS. AND I THINK THAT THAT WE HAVE PUT IN PLACE SEVERAL THINGS THAT WILL HELP PEOPLE THAT NEED HELP. I THINK THAT THAT CODE, MR. MORRIS HAS SHOWN, AND OUR CITY MANAGER HAS SHOWN THAT OUR TOP PRIORITY IS NOT TO PUNISH PEOPLE. OUR PRIORITY IS TO HELP EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND BY BRINGING UP OUR QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL OF THE RESIDENTS, THAT'S THE GOAL. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN ONLINE OR APP COMPLIANCE THING HAPPENED BEFORE THE PROGRAM IS IMPLEMENTED. I THINK THAT THAT WILL MAKE IT MUCH EASIER FOR PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW, ARE JUST LIKE, MAN, I FORGOT TO MOW LAST WEEK OR I WAS BUSY, I WAS OUT OF TOWN. WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE THAT THEY CAN EASILY GET IT BACK INTO COMPLIANCE, SHOW IT THROUGH A PHONE, APP OR ONLINE. HOWEVER, WHATEVER. THE EASIEST THING TO DO TO IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM LIKE THAT IS. OR TECHNOLOGY, I GUESS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN BEFORE THE PROGRAM STARTS. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ENSURE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WAIVING THAT FEE FOR THE FIRST YEAR. FOR FIRST VIOLATIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS, BUT ALSO I WANT THE HEARING OFFICER TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO DEFER VIOLATIONS, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS. IF IN LIEU OF SOMEONE ENTERING LIKE A CODE CARES PROGRAM. SO IF THEY'RE LIKE, OBVIOUSLY THIS PERSON NEEDS HELP, WE'LL WE'LL SET THIS DOWN FOR NOW AND, AND WE'LL GET YOU SOME HELP. SO I WOULD LIKE THE HEARING OFFICER TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT AS WELL. AND I THINK THAT HAVING THOSE THINGS IN PLACE WILL MAKE THIS AN EFFECTIVE, BUT ALSO EMPATHETIC PROGRAM. I THINK THAT I THINK THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WORK IN CODE REALLY DO CARE. I MEAN, THAT I KNOW THE STAFF MEMBERS IN CODE, THEY ALL CARE ABOUT THE CITY AND THEY CARE ABOUT THE RESIDENTS HERE. IT IS NOT THIS IS NOT A PROGRAM AIMED AT IN, YOU KNOW, INCREASING REVENUE. IT'S IT'S A PROGRAM AIMED AT INCREASING QUALITY OF LIFE. AND I JUST REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT. SO THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU MA'AM. AND I MAKE A SUGGESTION IS IF YOU WOULD GIVE US WE COULD COME BACK AT THE NEXT WORK SESSION. I WOULD LIKE TO SIT DOWN WITH STAFF AND DESIGN A COMPLETE PACKAGE OF HERE'S HOW WE CAN ROLL THIS OUT IN A WAY THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT WHAT I'VE HEARD TONIGHT AND BE ABLE TO SAY, OKAY, HERE'S SOME OF THE CONCERNS WE HAVE, WHAT SAFEGUARDS WE CAN PUT IN PLACE SHORT OF THE OLD PROGRAM OF WAING, FOLLOWED BY A DELAY, FOLLOWED BY HAVING TO GO BACK AND CHECK WHAT SAFEGUARDS CAN WE PUT IN PLACE SO THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY UNABLE TO COMPLY ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY COMPLY, ARE THE ONES WHO ARE PROTECTED, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME BEING PROACTIVE AGAINST THE PEOPLE WHO CAN COMPLY BUT JUST DON'T WANT TO COMPLY. AND I THINK THAT I THINK IF YOU GIVE US A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO TO LOOK AT THIS, I THINK I CAN,

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THAT'S YEARS OF NEGLECT. THAT'S WEEKS OF OR EVEN A MONTH NEGLECT FOR GRASS CHUNKS PILED UP AGAINST MY STREET. IT'S MY NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE TO SUFFER AND PROPERTY VALUE SUFFER. IT DOESN'T MAKE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS APPEALING. IF SOMEONE'S DRIVING DOWN AND WANTS TO PURCHASE A HOUSE THERE, AND I'D BE MORE RETICENT TO NOT SUPPORT THIS IF WE DIDN'T HAVE SUCH. THE CARING HAND OF CODE CARES TO GO OUT AND SUPPORT THIS, AND I THINK WHAT CITY MANAGER IS SAYING ABOUT A PROCESS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY NEED HELP, I THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL. BUT I STILL THINK WE WANT TO HAVE HIGHER QUALITY. THE ANALOGY MR. HESTER MADE ABOUT THE STOP SIGN OR EXCUSE ME, THE SPEED LIMITS, IT'S PERFECT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO KNOW THE RULES AND REGULATIONS, AND IGNORANCE IS NOT AN EXCUSE FOR NOT KNOWING IT. IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO LIVE IN A CITY AND TO OTHERWISE. WHY DO WE HAVE THESE ORDINANCES ON THE BOOK IF WE'RE NOT EVEN GOING TO ENFORCE THEM? SO I WANT TO CONTINUE TO PUSH HARD ON THIS AND REALLY DRIVE A HIGHER QUALITY AND HIGHER EXPECTATIONS, BECAUSE I THINK SOME OF OUR PEER CITIES, THEY HAVE HIGH LEVELS OF EXPECTATIONS, AND I WANT TO HAVE THE SAME THING IN THE BEST QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE CITIZENS HERE IN GARLAND AS WELL. SO IF YOU WANT TO COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS, I'D LOVE TO. LOVE TO SEE IT. AND THE PLAN YOU HAVE GOING FORWARD, SIR.

[10. Development Services Committee Report]

OKAY, SO WE'VE BEEN GOING OVER. SMOKE SHOP AND TOBACCO CIGAR SHOP. IT FIRST CAME ABOUT TO REALLY JUST IDENTIFY AND DISCERN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EACH OF THESE ITEMS. SO MR. ENGLAND CAME TO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WITH SOME WONDERFUL VERBIAGE FOR US. AND I WILL LET HIM PRESENT THAT MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SMOKE SHOPS ARE WHAT WE CALL THEM NOW NOT TOO LONG AGO THEY WERE CALLED HEAD SHOPS, AND FROM A REGULATORY PERSPECTIVE, THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN A LITTLE PROBLEMATIC FOR CITIES BECAUSE OF DEFINITIONS. AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WE RAN INTO THAT, ESPECIALLY AS TECHNOLOGY CHANGES IN EVERY FIELD AND IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, INCLUDING WITH SMOKE SHOPS. NOW, VAPING IS A THING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T EVEN CONTEMPLATE 15 YEARS AGO, AND YOU HAVE VAPE STORES POPPING UP EVERYWHERE. AND SO THE CHALLENGE THAT WE WERE FACED WITH IN THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT TO THE GDC IS COMING UP WITH DEFINITIONS THAT DISTINGUISH BETWEEN SMOKE SHOPS OR VAPE SHOPS, WHICH YOU'LL SEE IN THE DEFINITION OF VAPE SHOPS WILL BE BROUGHT IN UNDER THE DEFINITION OF SMOKE SHOPS AND CIGAR SHOPS OR CIGAR LOUNGES, TOBACCO STORES, WHICH ARE PRIMARILY JUST RETAIL STORES THAT ARE SELLING CIGARS OR TOBACCO THAT'S BEEN PREPACKAGED. CURRENTLY, THE LAND USE MATRIX DOES NOT HAVE A REFERENCE TITLED TOBACCO SHOP. IT JUST DOESN'T HAVE A DEFINITION FOR TOBACCO SHOPS. AND SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THIS AMENDMENT WAS. ONE OF THE AMENDMENTS WE WERE MAKING IS COME UP WITH A DEFINITION OF TOBACCO SHOPS THAT WORKS WITH WHAT IS CURRENTLY GOING ON IN THE MARKET, ESPECIALLY WITH CIGARS AND THEIR POPULARITY.

THE CITY DOES GDC DOES REGULATE SMOKE SHOPS AND IT'S THEY'RE ONLY PERMITTED CURRENTLY IN INDUSTRIAL LAND USE AREAS, ACCORDING TO THE MATRIX. AND ONE OF THE CHANGES YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IN A MOMENT IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO REQUIRE AN OCP, KEEP IT IN THE INDUSTRIAL LAND USE AREAS, BUT REQUIRE AN OCP. BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE A CAUTION WITH THAT. AND I'LL

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AND SO THAT'S THAT'LL BE QUITE A QUITE A PROJECT TRACKING DOWN WHO THE SMOKE SHOPS ARE AND THEN PROVIDING THEM ALL NOTICE. SO HERE ARE THE UPDATED DEFINITIONS. AS YOU CAN SEE WITH SMOKE SHOP IT'S A FAIRLY LENGTHY DEFINITION. AND THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT BECAUSE DEFINITIONS ARE KEY IN THIS TYPE OF THING IS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY AREN'T VAGUE AND SO SOMEBODY CAN READ IT AND UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE YOU SEE THE X THERE. THAT MEANS IT'S AN SUP, A COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT ESTABLISHMENT TO WHICH THE PUBLIC IS ADMITTED OR INVITED, WHOSE PRIMARY BUSINESS PURPOSE IS THE SALE, DISTRIBUTION OR EXCHANGE FOR ANY FORM OF CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS, INSTRUMENTS OR DEVICES THAT ARE INTENDED, DESIGNED OR MARKETED FOR. THIS IS SUCH A LAWYER DEFINITION I KNOW FOR USE IN THE SMOKING, INHALING, VAPORIZING, OR CONSUMPTION OF ANY SUBSTANCE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE SUBSTANCE ITSELF IS SOLD ON THE PREMISES. YES, NOW I THEN GO INTO DESCRIBING WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A PRIMARY BUSINESS PURPOSE. A COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS PRIMARY BUSINESS PURPOSE IS THE SALE OF SUCH ITEMS, INSTRUMENTS OR DEVICES WHERE ONE THE DISPLAY OR SALE OF SUCH ITEMS, INSTRUMENTS OR DEVICES PREDOMINATES OVER THE SALE OR DISPLAY OF CONSUMABLE TOBACCO PRODUCTS. SO IF YOU HAVE A LOT MORE PIPES, YOU HAVE A LOT MORE OTHER DEVICES LIKE THAT BONGS. THEN YOU DO TOBACCO. THEN BY DEFINITION, YOU'RE GOING TO BE THAT'S GOING TO BE YOUR PRIMARY BUSINESS OR TO THE ESTABLISHMENTS MARKETING OR ADVERTISING ENCOURAGES OR PROMOTES THE USE OF CANNABIS, ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES, HEMP DERIVED PRODUCTS OR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, INCLUDING ITEMS LABELED AS NOVELTY OR NOT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. NOW THAT'S PRETTY. THAT CAPTURES A LOT RIGHT THERE. AND SO EVEN IF THE ARGUMENT IS, LISTEN, WE ACTUALLY HAVE MORE TOBACCO SALES THAN WE DO THESE DEVICES THAT WE'RE SELLING. IF YOU'RE ADVERTISING THAT YOU'RE SELLING THESE OTHER THINGS, THEN THAT IN AND OF ITSELF FOR LAND USE PURPOSES ONLY MAKES YOU A SMOKE SHOP. SO THAT CAPTURES A LOT THAT MAY NOT BE CAPTURED IN IF IT BECOMES DIFFICULT TO TO PROVE THAT A MAJORITY OF THE PRODUCTS BEING SOLD ARE NOT ACTUALLY TOBACCO, BUT THE INSTRUMENTS OR DEVICES, THEN YOU GET TO TOBACCO AND CIGAR SHOP. IT'S A COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT TO WHICH THE PUBLIC IS ADMITTED OR INVITED, IN WHICH MORE THAN 75% OF THE STORES PUBLICLY DISPLAYED.

INVENTORY CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING TOBACCO PRODUCTS IN THE ORIGINAL MANUFACTURER'S PACKAGING YOU HAVE CIGARETTES, CIGARS, PIPE TOBACCO, SNUFF, OR CHEWING TOBACCO. TOBACCO. NOW YOU MAY BE ASKING, WHY ARE WE SAYING PUBLICLY DISPLAYED? THIS AVOIDS THIS HELPS ENFORCEMENT.

AND THIS IS ONE OF THE PRIMARY PURPOSES OF THIS CHANGE IS TO HELP WITH OUR ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS AND IDENTIFYING SO OUR CODE OFFICERS CAN GO IN AND IDENTIFY WHAT'S A SMOKE SHOP VERSUS WHAT'S A TOBACCO SHOP. AND IT ALSO HELPS WITH PROSECUTION. AND SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO GET A WARRANT. THEY CAN WALK INTO A PUBLICLY A PUBLIC PLACE, A PLACE THAT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, LOOK AT THE INVENTORY ON HAND AND TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS, VIDEOTAPE IT,

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SO CURRENTLY THIS IS WE'RE WE'RE REALLY WORKING ON DEFINITIONS HERE. THE SMOKE SHOPS OR HEAD SHOPS ARE ONLY ALLOWED IN INDUSTRIAL AREAS RIGHT NOW AS IT IS. SO WE'RE NOT WITH AN SUP. RIGHT. THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE NOW IS THEY'LL BE WITH AN SUP AND THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE SOME DISCIPLINE FROM COUNCIL THAT WE CAN'T JUST MAKE THE DECISION THAT WE'RE GOING TO BAN ALL SMOKE SHOPS ANYTIME THEY COME BEFORE US, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOME IDEAS AND WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH STAFF OR WHATEVER, SOME REASONS WHY THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION IN AN INDUSTRIAL ZONE WOULD NOT FIT UNDER WHATEVER CONDITIONS MAY BE HAPPENING.

AND I THINK THAT MAKES ALL THE SENSE. AND SO 252.8 38 THIS IS THE SPECIAL PROVISIONS OF WHEN YOU HAVE USES. THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT IS NOT EXACTLY LIKE THE DEFINITIONS FOR A REASON BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT. A REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION IN TRYING TO PROSECUTE THE CASE.

AND SO WHEN WE HAVE A CASE LIKE THIS, OFTENTIMES, AS YOU ALL KNOWMOST OF THE TIME, WELL, ALL THE TIME, THE CITY HAS THE BURDEN TO PROVE THE VIOLATION IN COURT. HOWEVER, THERE ARE TIMES WHERE WE CAN FLIP A REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THEY HAVE TO PROVE THAT BECAUSE THIS EXISTS, THEN THEY ARE NOT THAT. AND SO THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE. AND THERE'S THIS REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION THAT A TOBACCO CIGAR SHOP IS OPERATING AS A SMOKE SHOP, WHERE TOBACCO PRODUCTS IN THEIR ORIGINAL MANUFACTURER PACKAGE CIGARETTES, CIGARS, PIPE TOBACCO, SNUFF AND CHEWING TOBACCO MAKE UP LESS THAN 75% OF ITS PUBLICLY DISPLAYED INVENTORY, OR TWO. THE ESTABLISHMENT, MARKETING OR ADVERTISING ENCOURAGES PROMOTES THE USE OF CANNABIS. AND SO IF WE SEE EITHER ONE OF THESE THINGS, THEN AT THAT POINT THE BURDEN OF PROOF SHIFTS OVER TO THE BUSINESS OWNER TO PROVE THAT THEY, IN FACT, ARE NOT A SMOKE SHOP, THAT THEY'RE A TOBACCO SHOP. AND SO THIS IS REALLY HELPING OUT PROSECUTION, PROSECUTING THESE CASES. AS WE'VE SAID BEFORE, BOTH ENFORCEMENT AND PROSECUTING HAVE BEEN THE REAL CHALLENGES IN THIS PARTICULAR LAND USE ACTIVITY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER DENTON, WE DON'T HAVE ANY BUSINESSES WE HAVE CURRENTLY WITH. I DO NOT DO WE DOES ANYBODY KNOW? WE DON'T KNOW. I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU THOUGH. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW MANY ARE REGISTERED AT THIS WORKSHOP VERSUS A CONVENIENT. OH, I'M I'M GUESSING BECAUSE WE AND ANECDOTALLY I'M GUESSING A LOT MORE CONVENIENCE STORES AND SMOKE SHOPS. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THE CIGAR GUY THAT SELLS

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AND SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO EITHER HAVE TO RECEIVE A COMPLAINT ON, OR WE JUST HAPPEN TO BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SEEING IT, AND WE STOP IN TO MAKE SURE. I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON STAFF AND PRIORITIES. YEAH. I MEAN, I DO KNOW SOME SMOKE SHOPS THAT HAVE ADJUSTED THEIR CEO AFTER BEING OPEN LIKE A SMOKE SHOP AND HAVE CHANGED OVER TO A CONVENIENCE STORE. SO YEAH, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IF WE'RE FIXING THE PROBLEM, WE'RE FIXING THE PROBLEM OR NOT, WE'RE PROBABLY NOT FIXING THE PROBLEM YOU'RE SPEAKING OF BECAUSE OF THAT PROBLEM IS NOT FIXABLE UNLESS THEY ABANDON IT. ABANDON THE USE. I'M JUST SAYING, GOING FORWARD, GOING FORWARD, WE'RE FIXING THE PROBLEM. THANK YOU.

YES, MA'AM. COUNCILMEMBER BASS, THANK YOU. SO WHAT WHAT STAFF IS IN CHARGE OF IN CHARGE OF MONITORING THIS CODE ENFORCEMENT IS CODE OKAY. CAN YOU GO BACK TO SLIDE FOUR, PLEASE? OKAY. AND THEN YEAH OKAY. SO ON UNDER TOBACCO AND CIGAR SHOP YOU HAVE THE WORDS WHETHER ON OR OFF PREMISE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT ADDED TO 6.03 AS WELL AS 2528 38. OKAY I CAN DO THAT. COOL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. CHAIRMAN. LOOK, THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE TO SAY. I MEAN, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, AND I'VE BEEN ASKING MR. ENGLAND TO TACKLE THIS SUBJECT FOR A VERY LONG TIME. YES. SO I'M. I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT WE. I THINK THE BIGGEST THING HERE WAS GETTING DEFINITIONS. THE IT DOESN'T AFFECT BUSINESSES THAT ARE OPERATING NOW. WE'RE NOT CLOSING ANYBODY DOWN. THEY WILL BECOME LEGAL NONCONFORMING. SO THEY HAVE SIX MONTHS TO GO BACK INTO ORATION. IF FOR SOME REASON OPERATION CEASES. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME TO GIVE THEM TO OPERATE THEIR LEGAL NONCONFORMING BUSINESS AGAIN. BUT MOVING FORWARD, I THINK THIS GIVES BUILDING INSPECTIONS MORE TOOLS TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT SOME OF THESE SHOPS ARE IN COMPLIANCE. COUNCIL LOOKING FOR CONSENSUS, THEN CHANGE DEFINITION MANY TIMES. THAT IS UNANIMOUS. VERY GOOD COUNCIL. I WAS HOPING TO PUSH THROUGH, BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK HERE. SO BEFORE WE GET TO THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL, WE'LL HAVE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BATHROOM BRE ALL RIGHT. WELCOME BACK TO OUR WORK SESSION. WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO

[11. Legislative & Public Affairs Committee Report]

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OH, I'M JUST READING OFF OF MY NOTES. I BELIEVE I ATTACHED THE PRESENTATION FROM THE MEETING AS WELL, BUT I'LL JUST READ A COUPLE NOTES. EVER SINCE A LOT OF FUNDING FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S NEIGHBORHOOD ACCESS AND EQUITY GRANTS, I BELIEVE THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR THAT PROGRAM WAS ABOUT 3.6 BILLION, AND IT REPEALED ABOUT $2.4 BILLION OF THOSE THOSE GRANT DOLLARS. IT ALSO CUT A LOT OF MONEY THROUGH SNAP $186 BILLION, AND THEN ABOUT $1 TRILLION FROM MEDICAID. SO WE'LL SEE SOME OF THOSE TRICKLE DOWN EFFECTS. EVERY COMMUNITY WILL. AND THEN ANOTHER ONE I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WERE ACCELERATED PHASE OUTS OF TAX CREDITS FOR SOLAR AND WIND PROJECTS. AND SPEAKING WITH OUR FOLKS AT J-PAL, WE ARE NOT AS AFFECTED BY THAT AS SOME OTHER CITIES AND OTHER ELECTRIC COMPANIES.

THERE WERE A COUPLE OF GOOD THINGS, ONE OF THEM BEING THAT THERE WAS THE PRESERVATION OF TAX EXEMPTION ON MUNICIPAL BONDS SO THAT THEY WERE CONSIDERING REMOVING THAT, AND THAT WOULD HAVE MADE IT A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE FOR MUNICIPALITIES TO BORROW MONEY.

THEY ALSO TEMPORARILY RAISED THE STATE AND LOCAL TAX DEDUCTION AND IMPROVED SOME PRIVATE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES. AND THOSE ARE OPPORTUNITY ZONES. SO WE ARE ACTILY IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE ON LOOKING AT HOW THEY ARE DESIGNATED, DESIGNATING OPPORTUNITY ZONES AND WHAT OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT, THAT TOPIC AND NEGOTIATE WITH THEM. FINALLY, THERE WAS JUST SOME EXPANSIONS OF IMMIGRATION AND ENFORCEMENT CAPACITY AND THEN SOME TARGETED FUNDING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AROUND FIFA. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? ANY QUESTIONS? THEN WE TALKED ABOUT OPTIONS FOR THE LOCAL OPTION ELECTIONS. AND IT WAS THE COMMITTEE'S SUGGESTION TO NOT PURSUE LOCAL OPTION ELECTIONS OR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ZONES IN THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION. SO ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. THE NEXT ITEM, THE

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