Mar 03, 2026 City Council

[ LEGISLATIVE PRAYER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

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MARCH 3RD, 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 OUR MEETING.. IT WILL BE LED BY ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND YOU ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IF YOU SO CHOOSE. BUT YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN EITHER OR BOTH. YOUR DECISION IS STRICTLY A MATTER OF YOUR OWN CHOICE, AND WILL NOT AFFECT THE DECISIONS TO BE MADE BY THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL IN ANY MANNER. TONIGHT'S INVOCATION AND PLEDGE WILL BE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON, MA'AM. GOOD EVENING. Y'ALL THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO MISS THIS. FOR THOSE OF YOU WATCHING ONLINE, I BARELY JUST MADE IT IN THE DOOR. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE LAUGHING. BEFORE WE BEGIN TONIGHT'S WORK, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO PAUSE, TO BREATHE, AND TO RECOGNIZE SOMETHING IMPORTANT. LAST NIGHT, WE HEARD A PRESENTATION ON OUR WINTER STORM RESPONSE. AND WHAT STOOD OUT WASN'T JUST THE DATA, THE TIMELINES, OR THE OPERATIONAL CHARTS. WHAT STOOD OUT WAS THE PEOPLE TEAM.

GARLAND SHOWED UP IN FREEZING TEMPERATURES IN LONG SHIFTS, IN UNCERTAIN CONDITIONS. OUR POLICE, OUR FIREFIGHTERS, OUR PUBLIC WORKS CREWS, UTILITIES, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, COMMUNICATIONS STAFF, OUR FLEET TEAM AND SO MANY OTHERS WORKED AROUND THE CLOCK NOT FOR RECOGNITION OR APPLAUSE, BUT BECAUSE THIS IS THEIR CITY TOO. THEY CLEARED ROADS BEFORE SUNRISE. THEY RESTORED POWER IN THE BITTER COLD. THEY ANSWERED CALLS FROM ANXIOUS RESIDENTS, AND THEY CHECKED ON THE VULNERABLE. THEY DID THE WORK THAT OFTEN GOES UNSEEN, AND THAT IS SOMETHING WORTH BEING GRATEFUL FOR. MOMENTS LIKE THAT REMIND US THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT ISN'T ABSTRACT. IT'S NEIGHBORS SERVING NEIGHBORS. IT ISN'T JUST VOTES AND ORDINANCES AND AGENDAS. IT'S HEART.ONIGHT, AS WE GO THROUGH OUR AGENDA, I HOPE THAT WE CARRY THAT SPIRIT WITH US. THIS TEAM OF CITY LEADERSHIP, OF CHOOSING COLLABORATION OVER DIVISION AND SOLUTIONS, OVER NOISE. MAY WE MAKE DECISIONS WITH CLARITY. MAY WE LISTEN WITH HUMILITY, HUMILITY, AND MAY WE REMEMBER WHO WE SERVE. AND MAY WE CONTINUE BUILDING THE CITY THAT SHOWS UP FOR EACH OTHER IN SUNSHINE AND IN STORMS. THANK YOU TO TEAM GARLAND AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

[ MAYORAL PROCLAMATIONS, RECOGNITIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS]

GRANTED, THAT WAS OVER 100 YEARS AGO AND THERE'S NO MORE WILD BREED INSIDE OF THEM. BUT JUST SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE THEY GET THEIR LITTLE WILD HAIR, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY, AS YOU CAN SEE, HE'S VERY WELL TRAINED. KNOWS HOW TO SIT, YOU COULD EVEN TOSS HIM A TREAT. HE KNOWS HOW TO GRAB IT. ALMOST. SO YEAH, HE WALKS REALL GOOD ON A LEASH. HE HOPS RIGHT UP IN THE CAR LIKE HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING AND HE KNOWS WHERE HE'S GOING. AND ON TOP OF THAT, MY FAVORITE THING IS THAT HE NOT ONLY KNOWS HOW TO SIT WELL, HE ALSO GOES INTO HIS KENNEL AND IS POTTY

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CLEAN UP WORK IS NOT ALWAYS GLAMOROUS, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT AND YOU'RE THE REASON IT GETS DONE. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE GRPS WHO ARE JOINING US IN SUPPORTING THIS EFFORT. CODE COMPLIANCE, DISCIPLE, FIRST CHURCH, PARKS AND RECREATION, LAZY DOG, US AS WELL.

VOLUNTEERS, GOOD. SAM OF GARLAND, SANITATION. STORMWATER, ECOLAB, ECO. ESSENCE, KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL, SKATE PARK, RESPECT, PRESERVATION SOCIETY FOR SPRING CREEK FOREST, AND RANDOLPH BROOKS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION. WE TRULY APPRECIATE YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO GARLAND. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ORGANIZING A CLEANUP AT YOUR FAVORITE PARK OR TRAIL, EMAIL US AT VOLUNTEER AT GARLAND TX GOV AND WE'LL HELP GET YOU STARTED. THIS IS OUR YEAR. LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN. AND NOW I'M GOING TO HAND IT OFF TO MICHELLE WITH SANITATION SO SHE CAN SHARE SOMETHING NEW AND EXCITING FOR THIS YEAR'S NORTH TEXAS COMMUNITY CLEANUP CHALLENGE. I'M GLAD EVERYONE'S AS EXCITED AS WE ARE. SO THIS YEAR, OUR STORMWATER DEPARTMENT AND PAULA HAVE DECIDED THAT THEY ARE GOING TO HELP US TRY AND BOOST THESE NUMBERS THROUGH GISD, AND WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER A FLIER. WE'VE REACHED OUT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND WE'RE GOING TO INCLUDE THEM ALL IN OUR CLEANUPS. EVERY CAMPUS HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO WIN, AND I'M TRYING TO SEE IF WE HAVE OUR DOLLAR AMOUNT ON HERE. WE DO ONE. OKAY. SO EACH CAMPUS WE HAVE SEVERAL CATEGORIES. IT'S GOING TO BE ELEMENTARY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE COMPETING AGAINST EACH OTHER FOR THE CAMPUS THAT COLLECTS THE MOST TRASH. DURING THE MONTHS OF MARCH AND APRIL, THE THAT CAMPUS WILL WIN $1,000, AS WELL AS A TROPHY TO SHOW OFF THAT THEY WORKED SO HARD TO HELP GARLAND BRING HOME THE NORTH TEXAS CLEANUP CHALLENGE TROPHY. WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL ENCOURAGE US TO ENCOURAGE THE CAMPUSES IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

ENCOURAGE THE CAMPUSES WHERE YOUR CHILDREN GO TO SCHOOL TO PARTICIPATE AND BECOME PART OF THIS PROGRAM THAT WE HOPE WILL CONTINUE YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO.

AS THEY'RE SITTING DOWN, I HAVE ONE MORE PROCLAMATION I'D LIKE TO MAKE.

I KNOW THESE VOLUNTEERS OFTEN SPEND A LOT OF TIME OUT IN OUR PARKS CLEANING OUR PARKS. AND THIS ONE IS HONORING THE GARLAND PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND VOLUNTEER GARLAND FOR THREE RECREATION AND PARKS SOCIETY. OUR TRAPS AWARDS. WHEREAS THE CITY OF GARLAND PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND VOLUNTEER GARLAND EXEMPLIFY EXCELLENCE, INNOVATION AND SERVICE IN ENHANCING QUALITY OF LIFE. GARLAND RESIDENTS. AND WHEREAS, ON FEBRUARY 12TH, 2026, THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND VOLUNTEER GARLAND WERE HONORED WITH THREE PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS AT THE TEXAS RECREATION AND PARKS SOCIETY TRAPS STATE CONFERENCE IN CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS. AND WHEREAS, THE GARLAND PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT RECEIVED THE TRAPS PROMOTIONS AND MARKETING EXCELLENCE AWARD IN RECOGNITION OF ITS OUTSTANDING AND UNIFIED MARKETING STRATEGY, WHICH SUCCESSFULLY ALIGNED RECREATION, PARKS, OPERATIONS, VOLUNTEER GARLAND, AND PUBLIC AND MEDIA RELATIONS, RESULTING IN AWARD WINNING MEDIA EFFORTS. MEMBERSHIPS. MORE THAN DOUBLING TO 208,000 AND SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. AND WHEREAS VOLUNTEER GARLAND WAS HONORED WITH THE TRAPS VOLUNTARY SERVICE AWARD FOR AN ORGANIZATION FOR ITS EXCEPTIONAL VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP AND SUSTAINED SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, ENGAGING IN MORE THAN 1200 VOLUNTEERS WHO CONTRIBUTED 3874 SERVICE HOURS ACROSS 45 PROJECTS DURING 2024 AND 2025.

AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF GARLAND RECEIVED THE TRAPS RECREATION DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR THE RECREATION CENTER AND RECREATION CENTER AND AQUATIC CENTER, RECOGNIZING THE TRANSFORMATION OF AN AGING FACILITY INTO A MODERN, INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY HUB. AS PART OF THE VOTER APPROVED 2019 BOND PROGRAM. BILL GARLAND. AND WHEREAS, THESE AWARDS COLLECTIVELY REFLECT THE CITY OF GARLAND'S COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE, COLLABORATION, THOUGHTFUL DESIGN, AND MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY IMPACT THROUGH ITS PARKS, RECREATION, AND VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS. NOW, THEREFORE, I. DYLAN HEDRICK, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS, ON BEHALF OF THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE AND COMMEND THE

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MR. HOLD YOUR AWARD UP. YES I DID. I THINK. COMMISSIONER JOHNSON.

[ CONSENT AGENDA]

ITEM FIVE IS AMENDMENT TO THE CIVIL SERVICE CLASSIFICATIONS ORDINANCE. FOR POLICE. SIX IS ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 201 TO 225 NORTH 10TH STREET. ITEM SEVEN IS

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[h. Saturn Springs Estates Drainage Improvements]

THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU MA'AM. COUNCIL WILL GO TO YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK. YOU PULLED THE ITEM? YES. MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM TWO H AS PRESENTED BY MAYOR PRO TEM AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DENTON. ANY DISCUSSION COUNCIL ON THIS MOTION. ALL RIGHT, MADAM SECRETARY, TO PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US TO APPROVE. THAT ITEM IS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MOVE ON NOW TO OUR ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. MADAM

[a. Consider a request by Lala Guseynova, requesting approval of 1) a Specific Use Provision (SUP) to allow a Day Care Center, Adult use and 2) a Concept Plan for the Day Care Center, Adult use. The site is located at 705 East Oates Road on a property zoned Single Family (SF-7) District in District 4.]

THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IS GIVEN TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY RATHER THAN TO QUESTION THE CITY COUNCIL OR STAFF. THE CHAIR MAY CALL A SPEAKER OUT OF ORDER IF THE SPEAKER PRESENTS QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION THAT WILL UNDULY DELAY THE TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS AT THE MEETING, SPEAKERS SHALL BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SPEAK BASIS, AS DETERMINED BY THE ORDER IN WHICH THE CITY SECRETARY RECEIVES THE SPEAKER'S INFORMATION. APPLICANTS ARE ALLOWED TEN MINUTES FOR PRESENTATIONS, AND ALL OTHER SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. WHEN THE PODIUM BUZZER SOUNDS, THE SPEAKER MUST END THEIR COMMENTS. THANK YOU MA'AM. IF ANYONE WISHES TO SPEAK AND HASN'T DONE SO ALREADY, PLEASE GO FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD NEAR THE CITY SECRETARY. FIRST ITEM FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION IS ITEM NUMBER NINE. CONSIDER A REQUEST BY LILA GLEASON REQUESTING APPROVAL OF ONE. A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION TO ALLOW A DAYCARE CENTER ADULT USE, AND TWO A CONCEPT PLAN FOR DAYCARE CENTER ADULT USE. SITE IS LOCATED AT 705 EAST OATES ROAD ON A PROPERTY ZONED SINGLE FAMILY SEVEN IN DISTRICT FOUR. THANK YOU SIR. AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION FOR A DAYCARE CENTER ADULT. THE

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IT IS A LITTLE OVER HALF AN ACRE AND AS MENTIONED, SINGLE FAMILY SEVEN ZONING DISTRICT.

AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH WEST SIDE OF OATES, SOUTH OF OATES ROAD. THERE ARE ALL SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS. THEY'RE ALL ZONED SF7 THE SAME ZONING AS THIS PROPERTY SURROUNDING THIS PROPERTY TO THE NORTH, TO THE EAST AND TO THE TO THE WT, THERE ARE AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY. TO THE WEST THERE IS A CHURCH LOCATED ON THE AGRICULTURAL ZONE, PROPERTY. TO THE EAST THERE THERE IS A MOBILE HOME PARK WHICH IS LOCATED IN AGRICULTURAL ZONING AS WELL. FURTHER WEST YOU CAN SEE COMMERCIALLY ZONED PROPERTY. THERE IS A GAS STATION THERE AND THERE'S AN SUV FOR THAT GAS STATION. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CALLED CALLS THIS AREA OUT FOR COMPACT NEIGHBORHOODS. COMPACT NEIGHBORHOODS PROVIDE AREAS FOR MODERATE INCREASES IN RESIDENTIAL DENSITY, INCLUDING SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED AND SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOUSING. IT EXPANDS HOUSING OPTIONS THROUGH INFILL AND REDEVELOPMENT WHILE CONTINUING WALKABLE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS.

ALTHOUGH THE COMP PLAN DOESN'T DIRECTLY SPEAK ABOUT THIS USE OR THIS TYPE OF USE FOR A COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD, IT IS. IN STAFF'S OPINION, IT'S NOT INAPPROPRIATE TO HAVE THIS KIND OF SERVICES IN THESE LAND USE DESIGNATION. HERE YOU CAN SEE SOME SITE PHOTOS THE THE HOME OR THE BUILDING THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE SP THAT'S ALREADY BUILT THAT HAS BEEN PERMITTED PER HOUR BUILDING INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT. IT HAS BEEN BUILT. SO THE REQUEST IS FOR THE APPLICANT TO GET A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY TO OPERATE AS AN ADULT DAYCARE, THEY NEED A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION APPROVED BY THE CITY CITY COUNCIL. HERE'S THE CONCEPT PLAN. JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ABOUT THIS PROPERTY. A FEW YEARS BACK. THIS WHOLE WHAT YOU SEE IN COLOR AND WHAT YOU SEE IN HATCHED GRAYED AREA THAT SAYS NOT IN SCOPE. ALL OF THAT USED TO BE ONE PARCEL, SO THERE WAS ONE STRUCTURE, SECOND STRUCTURE, AND A THIRD STRUCTURE THERE WITHIN ONE PARCEL. SO THEY HAD GOTTEN AN SUPP FOR A GUEST HOUSE FOR THIS BACK ACCESSORY STRUCTURE FROM CITY COUNCIL. HOWEVER, LATER ON THEY HAD COME IN AND SUBDIVIDED THAT PARCEL.

SO NOW THIS PROPERTY, THE SP FOR GUEST HOUSE DOESN'T APPLY TO THIS PARCEL. Y'ALL. CAN Y'ALL SEE MY CURSOR? NO, NO. SO WHAT YOU SEE IN OUTLINED IN RED TO THE SOUTH OF THE PLAN? THAT PIECE DOES NOT HAVE THE SP ATTACHED TO THIS PROPERTY ANYMORE. THAT ONLY APPLIES TO THE SUBDIVIDED PROPERTY ON THE TOP, WHICH IS THE BACK PROPERTY. IF YOU LOOK AT THE ACTUAL ORIENTATION OF THE PROPERTY. SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THAT LITTLE, LITTLE HISTORY OUT THERE. SO THIS PROPERTY, ACCORDING TO THE APPLICANT, WAS BUILT FOR FAMILY MEMBER TO RESIDE IN. BUT LATER ON, ACCORDING TO THE APPLICANT, THE FAMILY MEMBER DECIDED NOT TO MOVE IN. SO HE'S NOW TRYING TO PUT A USE ON THIS, ON THIS BUILDING, WHICH REQUIRES AN SUPP FROM THE CITY. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE CONCEPT PLAN, WHAT YOU SEE IN ORANGE YELLOW, THAT IS AN OUTDOOR PATIO AREA, WHAT YOU SEE IN GRAYISH BLUE. THOSE ARE PARKING AREAS AND DRIVEWAYS.

WHAT YOU SEE IN GREEN, THOSE ARE GREEN, GREEN AND OPEN SPACE. SO ALL OF THOSE MEET OUR GARLAND DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENT FOR AN ADULT DAYCE USE. SO THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING EIGHT YEARS FOR THIS REQUEST. OUR RECOMMENDED TIME PERIOD THAT'S DESCRIBED WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD GUIDELINE THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IS 5 TO 8 YEARS, WHEN THERE'S NO SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUPP. SO THAT'S WHAT STAFF RECOMMENDS FOR THIS PROJECT AS WELL. SO IT DOES THE SITE DOES MEET ALL THE REQUIRED STANDARDS FOR A DAYCARE CENTER. IT DOES HAVE IT NEEDS 15 PARKING SPACES, WHICH IS PROVIDED ON THE SITE. IT CAN SERVE AS A SERVICE TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. WE DID LOOK INTO HOW MANY OTHER SIMILAR USES ARE THERE. THERE'S NONE WITHIN 1000FT, BUT WITHIN 1500 FEET WE COULD FIND ONE OTHER SIMILAR USE. WE THINK THIS COULD BE AN APPROPRIATE USE OF AN ALREADY BUILT STRUCTURE ON THIS PROPERTY PLAN COMMISSION ALSO RECOMMENDED

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IT'S THE AREA OF LAND THAT'S ADJACENT TO THE SITE. SO THERE IT IS, OVER 20% AND IT IS 23.08%, WHICH TRIGGERS THE SUPERMAJORITY VOTE. AND WE HAVE THE SECTION THERE FROM OUR GARLAND DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT KIND OF DESCRIBES THAT. AND OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE OUR CITY ATTORNEY WHO CAN CHIME IN AS WELL, BUT IT WILL REQUIRE A THREE FOURTHS VOTE OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE FULL CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE AS WELL TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS HERE. WE'LL START WITH MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK. HI MR. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, THIS WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT AS A RESIDENTIAL HOME. CORRECT. DO YOU TYPICALLY SEE PARKING SPACES AT HOUSES? WE DO NOT TYPICALLY SEE THAT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT PROHIBITS IT. SO IT WAS PERMITTED. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER DENTON, DO YOU KNOW IF THIS IS A ADULT, LIKE A DAY HAB OR A GROUP HOME? THE DEFINITION IS HEAVILY REGULATED BY WHAT THE STATE REQUIRES. IT HAS TO BE A STATE LICENSED ADULT DAYCARE CENTER, WHICH IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN A TRADITIONAL GROUP HOME PER OUR DEFINITION. OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. A COUPLE OF THINGS. NABILA. FIRST.

HAVE YOU HAD OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH THE COUNCILMAN AS IT RELATES TO THIS PROJECT? AND IF SO, SOME OF THE THOUGHTS THAT HE HAS SHARED WITH YOU, WE DID SPEAK ABOUT IT AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS REQUEST WHEN IT CAME IN, AND HE JUST KIND OF DEFERRED IT TO US TO PROVIDE THE FACTS OF THE CASE. BUT YEAH, WE HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY DISCUSS HIS PARTICULAR PREFERENCE OF ABOUT THIS REQUEST. COULD YOU SPEAK MORE ABOUT SOME OF THE THOUGHTS AS IT RELATED TO OPPOSITION, THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN OPPOSITION, CAN YOU SHARE SOME OF THOSE WITH US? YES. SO THE LETTERS THAT WE HAD RECEIVED AND THE RESPONSES HAVE BEEN FORWARDED TO CITY COUNCIL, BASICALLY THERE ARE SOME THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THIS.

USE DOESN'T FIT THIS AREA, AND THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THINGS THAT MAY NOT COME UNDER LAND USE REVIEW, BUT THEY MAY OR MAY NOT BE RELEVANT. THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT FENCING, AND INITIALLY THE FACT THAT THEY HAD COME IN BEFORE AND HAD GOTTEN AN SCP FOR A GUEST HOUSE FOR THEIR OVERALL PROPERTY, THEN NOW SUBDIVIDED IT AND MADE IT INTO TWO SEPARATE, TWO SEPARATE PROPERTIES. SO THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE INTENTION OF GOING THROUGH ALL THAT PROCESSSS AND LOOK LIKE THERE COULD BE SOME OTHER DISPUTE OR SOME OTHER MATTERS THAT WE DIDN'T THINK WERE RELATED TO ZONING AND LAND USE. BUT THOSE RESPONSES ARE AVAILABLE FOR FOR COUNCIL TO REVIEW. SO UPON YOUR REVIEW, PLANNING AS PLANNING DIRECTOR, YOU. DON'T THINK THAT THOSE POSITIONS WARRANT US SAYING IN THE WAY OF LAND USE, ESPECIALLY DENYING THIS REQUEST, IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. THAT IS NOT UP TO ME TO DECIDE. THAT'S UP TO CITY COUNCIL. I THINK WHEN WE SEE THE RESPONSES, WE TRY TO TAKE ALL THAT INTO ACCOUNT. BUT FOR STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE, WE ONLY FOCUS ON LAND USE. BUT AS COUNCIL, OF COURSE, IT IS A LAND USE MATTER, BUT I THINK IT CARRIES A LOT MORE VALUE FOR COUNCIL IN MAKING THEIR DECISION. I DON'T THINK ALL OF IT WAS STRICTLY LAND USE RELATED. YEAH, YEAH, WE'RE KIND OF CONSTRICTED AS YOU ARE. I GUESS THE THE LAST QUESTION WOULD BE. IN MY MIND,

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YOU'RE WELCOME SIR. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCILMEMBER BASS. THANK YOU, NABILA, FOR THE PRESENTATION. THIS MAY BE A BETTER QUESTION FOR THE APAPPLICANT, BUT IF YOU KNOW, THEN LET ME KNOW. ONE OF THE RESPONSES THAT WAS AGAINST MENTIONS A BUSINESS ALREADY OPERATING THERE. ARE WE AWARE OF ANY BUSINESS BEING OPERATED OUT OF THIS? WE HAD SENT STAFF AFTER LOOKING AT THAT COMMENT. WHEN STAFF VISITED THERE, THEY DIDN'T SEE ANY CARS OR ANY VEHICLES. IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE THERE WERE ANY PEOPLE THERE. BUT AGAIN, STAFF ONLY VISITED TWICE AND WE DIDN'T HAVE A REASON TO BELIEVE THEY WERE OPERATING. THEY DON'T HAVE A CEO, THEY'RE NOT LEGALLY SUPPOSED TO OPERATE, BUT WE COULDN'T SEE ANY SIGNS OF IT BEING OPERATED RIGHT NOW. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND I THINK EVERY OTHER CONCERN THAT I SEE ON THE ON THE AGAINST THAT WERE WHERE THEY VOICED A CONCERN. YOU'VE ALREADY ADDRESSED ALL OF THEM.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCIL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF ON THIS ITEM? MADAM SECRETARY, IS THE APPLICANT HERE? YES, SIR. HANNAH. NANCY. YES. ALL RIGHT.

SIR, IF YOU GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE TEN MINUTES TO GIVE YOUR PRESENTATION. MY NAME IS HANIF. LAST NAME IS NANCY. I AM THE OWNER OF 705 AND 703. THAT'S MY FAMILY COMPOUND. AND THAT FAMILY COMPOUND. MY FAMILY LIVES THERE. THE FRONT HOUSE WAS MEANT TO BE FOR MY SON WHO REFUSES TO MOVE FROM CALIFORNIA. WE'VE TRIED TWO YEARS TO HAVE HIM MOVE. PARENTS ARE NOT ALWAYS SUCCESSFUL. BEHIND ME IS SITTING MY WIFE AND MY DAUGHTER.

THAT'S THREE OF US THAT OCCUPY THAT ENTIRE COMPOUND. THE ENTIRE COMPOUND BASICALLY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A FAMILY COMPOUND WITH MY SON MISSING. WE ARE SITTING WITH A FRONT HOME THAT'S EMPTY. AND THE THING IS THAT THAT HOME I USED TO RESIDE IN FOR TWO YEARS NOW, I MOVED TO THE BACK HOME AND I HAVE BUILT THAT HOME SPACIOUSLY WITH 36 INCH DOORS, WHEELCHAIR ACCESS AND ALL. KNOWING THAT I'M GETTING OLD AND I MIGHT NEED IT SOMEDAY. AND THE THING IS THAT THE HOME WAS BUILT APPROPRIATELY, KEEPING SENIORS IN MIND SUCH AS MYSELF. SO I THINK IT'LL MAKE A GREAT ADULT DAYCARE CENTER. WE FIRST APPROACH A COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS WHEN WE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY, TO SEE WHAT WE CAN BUILD ON THAT PROPERTY, IF WE COULD BUILD A FAMILY COMPOUND. AND HE GUIDED US THROUGH PLANNING, AND THAT'S HOW WE GOT OUR REZONING DONE.

THAT'S HOW WE GOT OUR REPLATTING DONE. THE FRONT HOUSE IS ON A HALF ACRE, THE BACK HOUSE IS ON ONE ACRE, THE BACK HOUSE HAS A HOUSE AND ALSO HAS A GUEST HOUSE LIKE A MOTHER IN LAW SUITE. IT IS NOT A SEPARATE HOUSE, IT'S A GUEST HOUSE. IT'S USED OCCASIONALLY WHEN WE HAVE FAMILY VISITING FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. THE WHOLE IDEA WAS TO BUILD SOMETHING VERY, VERY BEAUTIFUL, VERY, VERY NICE IN THE CITY OF GARDEN. AND WE SHARED THAT WITH THE COUNCILMAN. AND THIS IS WHAT WE BUILT. AND YOU CAN SEE IT AS A JAPANESE TORII GATE, AS JAPANESE GAZEBOS, AS JAPANESE BRIDGES IN THE BACK, AS A HOBBIT LADDER IN THE BACK. SO THIS WAS BUILT WITH A LOT OF LOVE FOR OUR FAMILY TO BE RESIDENTS OVER THERE. NOW THAT WE DO NOT HAVE ANY USE FOR IT, WE WENT BACK TO COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. WE SENT LALA, WHO WANTED TO OPERATE THE DAYCARE CENTER, TO COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, AND ASKED IF THIS WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE USE FOR THAT HOME, AND HE GUIDED US TO PLANNING. AND THEN WE HAVE COME THROUGH PLANNING TILL THE POINT WHERE WE ARE STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU. MY NEIGHBOR ON ONE SIDE IS THE CHURCH. VERY NICE CHURCH. I HAVE CHILDREN PLAYING ON SUNDAYS AFTER MASS AND ALL. I

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I THINK IT'S VERY PRETTY. IT'S VERY BEAUTIFUL. ON THE OTHER SIDE, I HAVE A MOBILE HOME.

THAT MOBILE HOME I WISH THE CITY WOULD TAKE AN INTEREST, SPEWS OUT RAW SEWAGE AND CODE COMPLIANCE CAN ATTEST TO THAT. IT HAS PIPES THAT BREAK ALL THE TIME, AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF GALLONS OF WATER SWAMP OUR PROPERTY. THERE IS NOISE FROM THAT MOBILE HOME, BUT AS GOOD NEIGHBORS WE HAVE TRIED NEVER TO BASICALLY GO TO CODE COMPLIANCE TO COMPLAIN. WE ALWAYS WORK WITH OUR NEIGHBORS TO GET THEM SITUATED. HOWEVER, THEY ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE NOW BASICALLY SAID THAT THEY DO NOT APPROVE AND THEY HAVE SENT A COMPLAINT. MOST OF THE COMPLAINT, IF YOU READ IT, IS THE COMPLAINT AGAINST THE CHURCH. THE CHURCH ASKED THEM IF THEY WOULD SPLIT THE COST OF THE FENCE. THE FRONT HALF OF THE MOBILE HOME IS ADJACENT TO ME. THE SECOND HALF THAT IS BEHIND IS ADJACENT TO THE CHURCH PARKING LOT AND THE CHURCH PARKING LOT. BASICALLY, THEY WERE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS DOGS WERE GETTING THROUGH AND ALL KINDS OF SEWAGE AND WATER WAS GETTING THROUGH, AND THEY DECIDED TO BUILD THE FENCE AND THEY APPROACHED THE OWNER TO GO HALF AND HALF, NOT US. OUR FENCE ALREADY EXISTED 2 OR 3 YEARS AGO, AND WE'VE NEVER HAD HAD EVER HAD ANY COMMUNICATION WITH THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR. THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR COMPLAINS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE CHURCH IS BUILT, SHE WANTS TO VISIT THE CHURCH, AND SHE WAS TOLD SHE CANNOT VISIT THE CHURCH. THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH US. THIS IS OUR FAMILY HOME AND OUR FAMILY COMPOUND, AND THE CHURCH IS OUR NEIGHBOR AND THE NEIGHBOR OF THE MOBILE HOME. AND WHATEVER HAPPEN BETWEEN THEM IS BETWEEN THEM. WE HAVE NO ISSUES WITH THEM. AND THE OTHER THING IS THAT. VERY SIMPLY SPEAKING, WE WOULD LOVE TO BASICALLY HAVE THESE SERVICES IN OUR CITY OF GARLAND. THIS WILL BRING GOOD EMPLOYMENT TO OUR CITY OF GARLAND. THIS IS A VERY BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY IN OUR CITY OF THIS IS OUR HOME. WE WILL BE LIVING RIGHT BEHIND IT. THIS WILL BE A PLACE FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE TO COME AND DO SOME DAILY ACTIVITIES. PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE FAMILY AND NEED OTHER ADULTS, SENIORS TO BASICALLY HAVE ACTIVITY WITH. THIS IS A VERY, VERY GOOD SERVICE THAT IS BEING PROVIDED TO THE CITY AND TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY, AND THIS DAYCE FACILITY ONLY OPERATES 9 TO 5 APPROXIMATELY AND ONLY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE IS NO CHANCE THAT, YOU KNOW, 70, 80 YEAR OLD PEOPLE WILL BE MAKING A LOT OF NOISE. WE ARE NOT GOING TOO BE WE. THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING WHICH IS A GOOD ADDITION TO A NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THIS WILL NOT GENERATE ANY N NOISE. LIKE ONE F THE COMPLAINTS CAME IN IS NOT POSSIBLE. THERE'S ONLY THREE OF US LIVING IN THE PROPERTY. WE DO NOT GENERATE ANY NOISE, ANY NOISE THAT'S COMING IN WHICH THE COMPLAINT IS BASED ON IS COMING FROM THE MOBILE HOME, NOT FROM US. SO AGAIN, THE THING IS THAT I AM GOING TO ALLOW LALA, WHO'S THE APPLICANT, TO COME AND EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT HER CONCEPT OF DAYCARE ISND WHAT ACTIVITIES WILL BE TAKING OVER THERE. BUT ME, AS A RESIDENT OF GARLAND, I WOULD LIKE TO BASICALLY REQUEST MY COUNCIL OF CITY MEMBERS AND MY MAYOR TO CONSIDER THIS AND ALLOW THIS DAYCARE TO HAPPEN, BECAUSE IT WILL ONLY ADD TO THE BEAUTY AND ALL THE SERVICES THAT GARLAND NEEDS. AND ON A SIDEBAR, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR ON THE SUCCESS OF BRINGING HEB TO GARLAND. WE ARE VERY, VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU. WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON. WHEN DID YOU FINISH CONSTRUCTION ON YOUR FAMILY COMPOUND? WE BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY IN 2017, RIGHT AFTER COVID. THE CHURCH APPROACHED ME AND THEY SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE RUNNING OUT OF FUNDS.

WOULD I BUY THIS PROPERTY FOR A SPECIFIC PRICE? I SAID YES, I WOULD. SO TO HELP THE CHURCH, I BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY NOT KNOWING WHAT I WOULD DO WITH IT. THAT'S WHEN I WENT TO COUNCILMAN TO ASK, CAN I BUILD A FAMILY COMPOUND HERE? AND WHEN DID YOU FINISH CONSTRUCTION? THE FIRST HOUSE WAS FINISHED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. THE LAST HOUSE WAS FINISHED ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS AGO. SO. PART OF MY ISSUE IS THAT YOU'RE ALREADY RUNNING AN ADULT DAYCARE OUT OF THAT PROPERTY. IT'S CALLED HARMONY ADULT DAYCARE AND REHABILITATION.

THERE'S PICTURES ON FACEBOOK WHERE YOU'VE GOT AT LEAST 30 PEOPLE SITTING THERE. YES, I'M HARD OF HEARING. I HAVE A HEARING AID. HOLD ON A SECOND, PLEASE. WHETHER HE'S CURRENTLY RUNNING A DAYCARE OR NOT, OR HAS IN THE PAST IS NOT REALLY RELEVANT TO WHAT Y'ALL ARE HERE

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AND IS THE FACILITY CURRENTLY LICENSED OR IN THE PROCESS OF BEING LICENSED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS? NUMBER ONE, IT IS NOT OPERATIONAL. I LIVE RIGHT BEHIND IT. SO UNLESS AND UNTIL WE GET ALL THE PERMISSIONS FROM THE CITY AND FROM THE STATE, NOTHING WILL BE OPERATIONAL.

AND THE OTHER THING IS THAT THOSE QUESTIONS ON THE EXACT WORDING OF A DAYCARE CENTER IS BEST ANSWERED BY LALA, WHO'S THE APPLICANT? WHO IS GOING TO BE MY TENANT AND WHO KNOWS AND HAS RUN THESE CENTERS BEFORE. SHE USED TO HAVE A DAYCARE CENTER IN NORTH GARLAND, AND THAT WAS SHUT DOWN BECAUSE THE LANDLORD SOLD THE PREMISES, AND NOW SHE HAS ALL THESE CLIENTS FROM NORTH GARLAND, BUT SHE HAS NO PLACE FOR THEM, AND THAT'S WHY SHE HAS COME TO US TO BASICALLY SEE IF SHE CAN MOVE HER DAYCARE CENTER, WHICH IS CLOSED TO THIS FACILITY. BUT THIS LADY LALA IS ALREADY WAS ALREADY DOING THIS EXACT DAYCARE BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF THE QUESTION IS, IS IT IN THE PROCESS OF BEING LICENSED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS? IT IS OKAY AS THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AS AN ADULT DAYCARE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

COUNCILMEMBER BASS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU, I LOVE THE IDEA OF A FAMILY COMPOUND. YOU'VE MADE A BEAUTIFUL USE OF THE SPACE ESTHETICALLY. IT'S VERY PLEASING.ND, YOU KNOW, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON COUNCIL AND IN OUR COMMITTEES TALKING ABOUT THE ESTHETICS OF THE CITY AND ENVISIONING WHAT OUR FUTURE CAN BE. AND YOU MENTIONED H-E-B, SO I'LL BRING THAT UP. PEOPLE ASK US, YOU KNOW, WHY CAN'T WE HAVE NICE THINGS IN GARLAND? WELL, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TRAILER PARK RIGHT NEXT TO YOU, THAT'S WHY WE DON'T HAVE NICE THINGS IN GARLAND PEOPLE BECAUSE OF DUMPS LIKE THAT. THIS GENTLEMAN COMES IN HERE RIGHT NEXT TO THAT, AND HE BUILDS THIS BEAUTIFUL COMPOUND FACING THE ROAD WITH A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING. IF WE IF WE MAINTAIN ESTHETICS LIKE THIS, IF WE KEEP THE CITY LOOKING BEAUTIFUL LIKE THIS, THAT'S HOW WE GET THE NICE THINGS. WE GET THE NICE THINGS BY PROVING THAT WE DESERVE THEM. AND YOU, SIR, ARE DOING THAT. I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE HERE. I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. IT FACES OATS. IT'S A BUSY STREET. IT'S A GREAT IT'S A GREAT USE OF THE PROPERTY. LIKE I SAID, I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU'VE GOT A FAMILY COMPOUND. APPRECIATE THAT. AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU'VE BEAUTIFIED OUR CITY AND TAKEN THE RISK OF DOING IT ADJACENT TO A TO A DUMP, THAT WE SHOULD CONDEMN THE ENTIRE THING NEXT TO YOU THERE. BUT APPRECIATE YOU COMING BEFORE US TODAY AND I DEFINITELY SUPPORT YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER? ALL RIGHT. I DON'T SEE ANY. THANK YOU, SIR. AGAIN, MY GRACIOUS THANKS TO ALL OF YOU. AND PLEASE DON'T STOP AT HEB. TRADER JOE'S SHOULD BE NEXT.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. SIR. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER? LAYLA CASANOVA? ALL RIGHT, MA'AM, IF YOU GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. HI. MY NAME IS LEILA GUSEINOV. I LIVE AT 1918 BROOK HILL DRIVE IN GARLAND, 7543.

BUT OUR BUSINESS WILL BE AT HOPEFULLY WILL BE AT 705 EAST OATES ROAD. 75043. OKAY, I'M HERE BASICALLY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS BECAUSE I KNOW ADULT DAYCARE NAME. IT'S A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING. ANSWER MISS DUTTON QUESTION. ADULT DAYCARE WILL SERVE ONLY ADULTS WHO ARE 70 AND UP, SO IT'S NOT A DAY HABILITATION CENTER. IT'S ADULT DAYCARE. ALSO, YES, WE DO HAVE.

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OWNER OF THE PROPERTY DECIDED TO SELL THE HOUSE AND WE LET 40 PEOPLE OUT JUST TO GO BACK HOME AND BASICALLY SIT HOME AND, YOU KNOW, JUST CONCENTRATE ON THE ILLNESSES, MEDICATIONS, MANY OF THEM END UP AT THE NURSING HOME CAUSE IT'S NO OTHER PLACES FOR THEM TO GO. MANY OF THEM END UP AT ASSISTED LIVING. SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE A 30, 30, 35. NOT MORE THAN THAT, BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE ARE SOMEWHERE ELSE. I BELIEVE THIS PROGRAM, IT'S AMAZING FOR STATE IN GENERAL BECAUSE IT'S SAVE A LOT OF MONEY TO STATE NURSING HOME, MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE ASSISTED LIVING, MUCH ME EXPENSIVE. SO THOSE PEOPLE WILL COME. THEY SOCIALIZE DURING THE DAY. WE WILL SERVE THEM LUNCH AND BREAKFAST. WE HELP THEM WITH MEDICATIONS, WILL H HELP THEM, LET'S SAY CALL DOCTOR AND SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT.

EXPLAIN THEM. THEY BILLS. SO BASICALLY WE ARE PART OF THE FAMILY. IF I CAN SAY THAT. AND WE DON'T EXPECT THEM, YOU KNOW, RUN AROUND. NO, NONE OF THEM HAVE A MENTAL DISABILITY. NONE OF THEM HAVE ALZHEIMER. SO IT'S ALL SAFE FOR THEM JUST TO BE INSIDE, PLAY BINGO, DO PUZZLES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO VERY GOOD. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. THOMAS. YES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. THANK YOU. I'M LOOKING AT, AS YOU MIGHT SURMISE, WE GO TO GOOGLE MAPS AND WE LOOK AND SEE AND YOU CAN SEE WHY WE WOULD THINK YOU'RE ALREADY IN OPERATION. RIGHT? RIGHT, MR. MAYOR? YES, SIR. IF WE COULD MOVE ON FROM THAT PARTICULAR TOPIC. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. SO I BUT I THANK YOU. I THINK YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT PATH. I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES. I THINK YOU JUST COVERED THAT. YOU'RE DOING BINGO. THEY'RE DOING CROSSWORD JIGSAW PUZZLES, THINGS LIKE THAT. DURING THE DAY. YES. THIS IS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CIALIZING DURING THE DAY, FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT HAVE ANYBODY ELSE TO, TO SOCIALIZE WITH. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE WHAT YOU WOULD DO THERE? YES, WE WE'RE PLANNING TO DO MORE THAN THAT IF YOU WANT ME TO GO OVER. SO FOR PEOPLE WHO ENGLISH IS A SECOND LANGUAGE, WE OFFER THEM ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE. FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE ALONE AND DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION. WE WILL BE TAKING THINGS THAT WALMART, NEIGHBORHOOD, WALMART JUST DOWN THE STREET WE WILL BE TAKING TO. WE WILL BE TAKING THEM TO GROCERY SHOPPING SO THEY CAN HAVE GROCERIES FOR A WEEK. WE WILL BE TAKING THEM TO DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT. WE'RE GOING TO BRING NURSE PRACTITIONER WHO WILL DO VACCINATION, FLU AND COVID AND PNEUMONIA JUST FOR THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE CAR AND GO TO DOCTOR, WE'LL HAVE AN AUDIOLOGIST. WE HAVE OPTOMETRIST WHO WILL COME, CHIROPRACTOR AND MASSAGE THERAPIST WHO WILL COME AND PROVIDE THEIR SERVICES RIGHT THERE AT THE FACILITY. AND ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE BILLIARD CARD GAMES. ALSO, WE ARE PLANNING TO KEEP THEM

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AS SOMEONE W WHO'S ONLY 14 MONTS AWAY FROM BEING ABLE TO ACCESS YOUR FACILITY, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO REALLY APPRECIATE HAVING A BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY. I ECHO COUNCILMAN BASS'S SENTIMENTS.

YOU'VE DONE A BEAUTIFUL JOB ON THIS PROPERTY, AND I SEE NO REASON WE SHOULD DENY YOUR APPLICATION. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM.

THANK YOU. MR. MAYOR MAY HAVE MANY FULL TIME STAFF DO YOU HOW EXPECT TO HAVE PER STATE? WE HAVE TO HAVE ONE EMPLOYEE TO 8 TO 8 CLIENTS. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO HAVE A MORE THAN 30, 35. SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A MORE THAN 5 OR 6 EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING ME AND MY PARTNER, WHO IS ALSO A NURSE. AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A TWO DRIVERS OFFICE PERSON, AND THAT'S PROBABLY IT FOR NOW, OKAY. AND THE REST WILL JUST BE ROTATING PEOPLE THAT COME IN OCCASIONALLY. THAT WILL BE FOR SPECIAL CLASSES. YES, WE WILL HAVE A VOLUNTEERS AND THOSE WHO PROVIDE THE SERVICE. THEY PROVIDE THEIR SERVICES, BUT THEY WILL BE CONTRACTORS. SO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE PAID BY US. THEY WILL BE JUST CONTRACTING WITH US. AND DO YOU FEEL THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF PARKING? YES, YES, BECAUSE, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, ME AND MY OLDER SON, WHO WILL BE AN OFFICE MANAGER, WILL COME IN ONE CAR AND THEN WE'RE NOT GOING TO BRING WE'RE GOING TO BRING PEOPLE, OUR CLIENTS, OURSELVES IN THE VAN AND THEN WILL BE PARKED INSIDE OF THE GARAGE. MR. NANCY, HAVE A BEAUTIFUL FOUR CAR GARAGE SO WE CAN EASILY PARK A COUPLE OF VANS THERE. SO YOU PROBABLY NOT EVEN GOING TO SEE TOO MANY CARS OUTSIDE, BECAUSE OUR CLIENTS ARE NOT GOING TO COME WITH THEIR OWN VEHICLES. THEY'RE GOING TO COME WITH OUR VAN, AND THEN WE'LL BE PARKED INSIDE AND YOU MIGHT SEE 2 OR 3 CARS OF THE EMPLOYEES AND THAT'S IT. AND WE HAVE A 15 ASSIGNED PARKING. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANKS. I'D LIKE TO ECHO WHAT COUNCILMAN BASS AND COUNCILMAN THOMAS ALSO MENTIONED THAT THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY. THE THE FRONTAGE OF IT AND WHAT IT WHAT OATS ROAD SEES IS VERY NICE. SO IT'S AN INTERESTING REPURPOSING OF THE PROPERTY.

AND SO I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE IN SUPPORTING IT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER I SEE NONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER? THERE ARE NO MORE SPEAKERS. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE.

COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS IS NOT HERE. SO, COUNCIL, I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO YOU. SEE, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. BASED ON ALL THAT WE HAVE HEARD AND HAS BEEN STATED, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO A APPROVE THE PROJECT. NSABP AS PRESENTED MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER BASS COUNCIL. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US? UP? SIR? CLARIFICATION ON THE SUP. FOR HOW MANY YEARS WAS YOUR MOTION? FIVE. WASN'T IT EIGHT, EIGHT YEARS, EIGHT YEARS, EIGHT YEAR MOTION. AND A SECOND. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS THE MOTION TO APPROVE FOR EIGHT YEARS. SUP? FOR EIGHT YEARS. COUNCIL. PLEASE VOTE. THAT ITEM IS APPROVED 7 TO 1 WITH COUNCIL

[b. Consider a request by Watermill Express, requesting approval of 1) a Specific Use Provision (SUP) for a Kiosk, Self-Service: Retail (ice, water, etc. use) and 2) a Concept Plan for a Kiosk, Self-Service: Retail ice, water, etc. use. The site is located at 568 North Shiloh Road on a property zoned Planned Development (PD) District 93-05 in District 8.]

SELF-SERVICE RETAIL ICE WATER USE. THE SITE IS LOCATED AT 568 NORTH SHILOH ROAD ON A PROPERTY ZONED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 9305, IN DISTRICT EIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. AS YOU

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MR. COULD WE MOVE THE LANDSCAPING TO THE SIDES OF THE. FACILITY TO THE TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT? IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE WATER KIOSK. YEAH, INSTEAD OF IN FRONT OF IT, I THINK THEY WILL HAVE TO. WOULD YOU SHOW THE PICTURE OF THE UNIT AGAIN? YES. NEW UNIT. NOT THE OLD ONE.

THIS ONE? YES. SO. SO YOU WOULDN'T BE COLLECTING WATER OR ICE FROM THE SIDE OF THE UNIT, RIGHT? NO, JUST IN THE FRONT. THAT'S OKAY. SO YEAH, I THINK ON THE SIDES WOULD BE PERFECTLY FINE. I DO UNDERSTAND NOT HAVING LANDSCAPING BEHIND IT MAKES SENSE. ALSO, WILL YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SUP TIME FRAME THAT YOU, THAT STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED AND WHY AND WHERE THAT COMES FROM? SO WE HAD PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL THREE DIFFERENT TIERS. NOW REMEMBER NOT EVERY SINGLE REQUEST WILL FALL EXACTLY WITHIN THOSE THREE TIERS. BUT OUR THOUGHT WAS IF A PROPERTY IF A REQUEST DOES NOT, IF A REQUEST IS WORKING ON US ON A SITE THAT IS GREENFIELD, UNDEVELOPED AND THEY'RE PUTTING IN SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT, IT'S IT'S A CAR WASH, NEW CAR WASH, OR IT'S A NEW GAS STATION. THAT'S IT'S LIKELY THAT IT'S GOING TO BE THERE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. SO IT SHOULD GIVE COUNCIL THAT THOUGHT PROCESS OF, HEY, WHEN WE'RE APPROVING IT, IT'S GOING TO BE HERE FOR A WHILE. AND THAT'S WHY THE TIME FRAME IS ALSO ADJUSTED TO BE 25 TO 30 YEARS. AND FOR THINGS LIKE THIS WHERE IT HAS VERY LITTLE SIDE IMPROVEMENTS, IT THINGS THAT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. FOR EXAMPLE, THEY'RE

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CORRECT. IT HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED. COUNCIL HAD PROVIDED WORK SESSION CONSENSUS.

CONSENSUS, YES. AND THEN IT HAS GONE TO PLAN. COMMISSION. IT IS GOING TO BE BEFORE YOU ON MARCH 16TH OR 17TH FOR FINAL APPROVAL. OKAY. WE'VE I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT WE HAVE NOT STUCK TO THOSE PARAMETERS RECENTLY. SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. MAYBE WHEN THIS COMES BEFORE COUNCIL, SINCE WE HAVEN'T BEEN FOLLOWING THOSE GUIDELINES THAT WE DECIDED TO FOLLOW. SO YOU DID YOU DID PICK THE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF THEIR OF THEIR RANGE. YES, MA'AM.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOYOU PLEASE CALL THE APPLICANT HALEY PRYOR? WE DID FIND OUT THE TIME FRAME APPROVED ON ONE OF THEM THAT CAME BEFORE YOU LAST TIME. AND IT WAS ALSO 15 YEARS. SO, YEAH, WE'RE ALL WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING ANYTHING THAT'S INCONSISTENT WITH THAT. ALL RIGHT, COME UP. GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE TEN MINUTES TO GIVE YOUR PRESENTATION. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS HALEY PRYOR. I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT OF WATERMILL EXPRESS. WE HAVE AN OFFICE LOCATED AT 3616 CONFLANS ROAD IN IRVING, TEXAS. WE HAVE PREPARED A FEW SLIDES WITH INFORMATION TO GIVE YOU A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AS I. OF OUR BUSINESS AND WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING FOR THE SOUP AND UNIT UPGRADE. THIS IS A UNI THAT WE INSTALLED IN WACO, TEXAS, GIVES YOU A REPRESENTATION OF HOW THE UNIT FITS WITHIN THE SHOPPING CENTER AND HOW IT SITS IN THE PARKING LOT WITHIN THOSE TWO PARKING STALLS THAT WE LEASE FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER. OUR CONCEPT IS ESSENTIALLY A MINI WATER PURIFICATION PLANT WITHIN THAT UNIT, WHERE WE PURIFY THE WATER THAT WE ARE CONNECTED TO AND THEN VEND THAT WATER AND ICE. WE HAVE A MULTI-STEP FILTRATION PROCESS WITHIN THAT UNIT THAT IS ALSO IN THIS SLIDE IN A COUPLE SLIDES FURTHER, AND OUR KIOSK IS DRIVE UP FOR EASY ACCESS FOR OUR CUSTOMERS. THIS NEW MODEL IS WHAT WE CALL OUR 5000 SERIES STATION. IT IS A PRECAST CONCRETE STRUCTURE. IT IS DESIGNED TO WITHSTAND ELEMENTS, WEAR AND TEAR, HAVE A VERY LONG LIFE. IT IS CERTIFIED WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS. IT IS WHEN RATED TO 170MPH, AND IT IS RATED TO A DESIGN CATEGORY D ANY ROOFTOP EQUIPMENT IS HIDDEN BY THE PARAPET WALL, AS YOU CAN SEE THERE IN THE PICTURE. OUR FILTRATION SYSTEM. IT HAS A FIVE MICRON FILTER, ION EXCHANGE, GRANULATED ACTIVATED CARBON, A ONE MICRON FILTER, REVERSE OSMOSIS OZONIZATION STERILIZATION, A TASTE AND ODOR FILTER. ULTRAVIOLET DISINFECTION. IT HAS DIRECT TO CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY THAT ELIMINATES THE NEED FOR ANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES TO BE INVOLVED. BETWEEN THE PRODUCT AND THE CONSUMER. WE HAVE 100% FRESHNESS GUARANTEE AND A CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBER POSTED ON THE UNITS. OUR CUSTOMERS LOVE US BECAUSE WE ARE CONVENIENT. WE HAVE THAT DIRECT TO CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY. OUR PRICING IS A FRACTION OF THE COST OF PREPACKAGED WATER AND ICE. WE HAVE TECHNICIANS THAT SERVICE DAILY, WEEKLY AND MONTHLY WITH MAINTENANCE SCHEDULES TO ENSURE THEY ARE CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE AND PROPERLY RUNNING. WE HAVE A COMPUTER MONITORING SYSTEM THAT IS WITHIN THE UNIT, SO OUR TECHS CAN BE NOTIFIED THE MOMENT THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM AND THEY CAN COME BACK TO THE PROPERTY AND GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF. WE HAVE THAT ONE 800 NUMBER POSTED ON THE UNIT. OUR CONCEPT REDUCES SINGLE USE PLASTIC WASTE. WE ARE REGISTERED WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS AND UNDERGO TESTING REGULARLY FOR THAT QUALITY AND ACCURACY. AND WE HAVE A 100% FRESHNESS GUARANTEE. THAT IS THE END OF OUR SLIDES, AND I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS

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THAT IS PART OF OUR STANDARD SIGNAGE PACKAGE THAT I THINK WE PUT ON ALL OF OUR 5000 UNITS.

SO WE WILL CHECK FOR THAT. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO HAVE COMPLIANT SIGNAGE WITH THAT, WE WILL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. COUNCIL MEMBER DENTON. IS THIS LOCATION GOING TO HAVE BAGS FOR ICE COLLECTION? I KNOW IT'S ICE DISPENSER, BUT IS IT LIKE BULK OR SO? IN THIS PICTURE YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE TWO WATER SINKS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE UNIT WHERE YOU CAN GET ONE, 3 OR 5 GALLON REFILLS OF WATER. AND THEN ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE UNIT IS THE ICE DISPENSER. ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE LEFT HALF IS WHERE YOU CAN BUY 10 POUND BAGS OF ICE. THE LARGER SECTION WHERE YOU CAN SEE THAT BIG ICE UNIT, THAT IS WHERE YOU CAN PUT YOUR COOLER UNDER AND GET EITHER 10 OR 20 POUNDS OF BULK ICE DROPPED DIRECTLY INTO YOUR COOLER, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO BUY THE BAGGED ICE AND THEN OPEN IT AND DUMP IT IN YOUR COOLER. HAVE YOU GUYS EVER PUT TRASH CANS BY ANY OF YOUR MACHINES? WE HAVE NOT BECAUSE WE DON'T GENERATE TRASH AND WE HAVE FOUND THAT IF WE DO, IT INVITES PEOPLE TO DUMP STUFF. THE ONLY REASON WHY I ASK IS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE OTHER ICE MACHINES WHERE PEOPLE WILL GET A BAG BECAUSE THEY DON'T NEED THE FULL BULK AMOUNT OF ICE, AND THEN BAGS END UP KIND OF EVERYWHERE. SO THAT WAS THE ONLY REASON I WAS ASKING. I APPRECIATE IT. AND LIKE COUNCILWOMAN SUGGESTED, THE THE VINYL B BANNERS BECAUSE THEY'RE TEMPORARY. SO JUST MAKE SURE THAT THAT BUT I'M SUPER EXCITED FOR IT. AND I ALSO LIKE THIS A LOT BETTER THAN THE THE OLD WILL WINDMILL LOCATION. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU, MISTER MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR FOR BRINGING THIS TO US. IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE A BIG UPGRADE FOR GETTING RID OF THE WINDMILL AND PUTTING IN THIS NICE NEW MODERN. VENDING MACHINE. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO DISTRICT EIGHT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU. HOPELLY THAT WON'T BE THE LAST ONE YOU SEE FROM US IN THE CITY OF GARLAND. WE'RE WORKING TO GET THOSE UPGRADED ACROSS OUR PORTFOLIO. THANK YOU SIR.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? NO, SIR. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM IS IN YOUR DISTRICT, SIR. WELL, THEN I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM NINE B AS PRESENTED WITH A 15 YEAR'S U P A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US. YES. I ASSUME YOUR MOTION INCLUDES THE LANDSCAPING. ABSOLUTELY.

ABSOLUTELY, YES. THAT ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT ITEM ON OUR

[c. Consider a request by Spiars Engineering, requesting approval of 1) a change in zoning from Industrial (IN) District to a Planned Development (PD), with a base zoning of Multifamily (MF) District (PD-MF) to convert and expand an existing building into a dwelling, multifamily use and 2) a Concept Plan for a dwelling, multifamily use. The site is located at 2301 Forest Lane on a property zoned Industrial (IN) District in District 8.]

AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED INDUSTRIAL AND THERE IS AN EXISTING OFFICE BUILDING THERE WHICH HAS BEEN VACANT SINCE 2019, I BELIEVE. SO WHAT THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING IS A PLAN DEVELOPMENT WITH THE BASE ZONING OF MULTIFAMILY TO CONVERT THIS EXISTING BUILDING AND ALSO ADD TO IT FOR THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT. PROPOSED

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ITIT IS SURROUNDED BY OTHER INDUSTRIAL INDUSTRIAL USES, BUT I WOULDN'T SAY THAT THOSE INDUSTRIAL ARE ON THE SIDES OF HEAVY MANUFACTURING, ALTHOUGH HEAVY MANUFACTURING CAN GO IN THERE, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL CAN GO IN THERE, BUT THOSE ARE MORE OFFICE TYPE INDUSTRIAL USES, IF YOU MAY. AND WE THINK BY RENOVATING THIS, THIS BUILDING AND REPURPOSING THIS SITE, IT CAN ADD A BIG IMPACT ON THE OVERALL IMPROVEMENT OF FOREST LANE. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATES THIS AREA AS BUSINESS CENTERS. BUSINESS CENTERS PROVIDE A CLUSTER OF BUSINESS OFFICES AND ARE LOW IMPACT INDUSTRY, INCLUDING CAMPUS TYPE DEVELOPMENT. ONCE AGAIN, A MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT MAY NOT FIT EXACTLY IN THE BUSINESS CENTER CATEGORY OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, BUT FOR THE REPURPOSING OF A SITE FOR BRINGING IN FOR USING A VACANT BUILDING. BEING SO CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN FOR THIS SITE, WE DO THINK IT THE PROPOSED PROJECT DOES MEET THE INTENT OF THE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AS THIS COULD BE AS THESE ARE MULTIFAMILY, PRELIMINARY ONE BEDROOM, ONE BEDROOM UNITS CAN SERVE AS A WORKFORCE HOUSING OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE THAT WORK IN THOSE INDUSTRIES. HERE'S SOME SITE PHOTOS, A FEW FROM GOLD STREET. VIEW OF THE SITE FROM GOLD STREET. THIS IS WHAT YOU. THE PICTURE TO THE LEFT IS WHAT YOU SEE PRIMARILY IF YOU'RE TRAVELING DOWN FOREST AND ALSO LOOKING WEST DOWN FOREST LANE. THIS IS THE PROPOSED CONCEPT PLAN. WHAT YOU SEE IN BROWN IS THE EXISTING BUILDING AND WHAT YOU SEE IN YELLOW IN FRONT OF THAT BROWN EXISTING BUILDING IS GOING TO BE THE AMENITY DECK. WHAT YOU SEE IN PINK, THAT IS GOING TO BE THE ADDITION AS PROPOSED.

AND THAT WILL BE THAT WILL HAVE TWO STORIES OF PODIUM STYLE PARKING. SO THERE'S NOT REALLY SURFACE PARKING THERE. IT'S MOSTLY ALL IN A GARAGE PODIUM SETTING, WHICH WE PREFER A LOT FOR THIS LOCATION. FOR AMENITIES, THEY'LL HAVE TO MEET OUR POINT SYSTEM FOR LANDSCAPING, THEY'LL HAVE TO MEET GDC. SO THE ONLY COUPLE THINGS THAT THEY'RE NOT BEING ABLE TO MEET. ONE IS PARKING WHERE THEY'RE DEVIATING. AND I'LL TOUCH ON IT A LITTLE BIT.

SO AS YOU REMEMBER, SB 840 DOES PUT RESTRICTIONS ON WHAT WE CAN REQUIRE FOR OUR PARKING SPACES, AND IT IS ONE PARKING SPACE PER DWELLING UNIT STAFF HAS REASON TO BELIEVE THAT MAY NOT BE ADEQUATE FOR MOST DEVELOPMENT, ESPECIALLY IF IT IF IT HAD SOME TWO BEDROOM UNITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WHAT THEY HAVE PROPOSED IS GOING BEYOND THAT, GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND FROM THAT ONE PARKING SPACE PER UNIT. AND THEY'RE CLOSELY RESEMBLING OUR PARKING STANDARDS THAT WERE THERE PRIOR TO SB 840 COMING IN. SO FOR EFFICIENCY, WE HAD ONE FOR ONE BEDROOM UNITS, WE HAD 1.5, AND FOR TWO BEDROOM UNITS WE HAD TWO. SO THEY'RE CLOSELY RESEMBLING THAT AND THEY'RE MAKING THAT MINIMUM PARKING. SO WE'RE HAPPY WITH THAT DEVIATION FOR THE OTHER TWO BUILDING DESIGN AND BUILD TO LINE ZONE SETBACKS. THOSE APPLY TO THE EXISTING BUILDING FOR THE DESIGN. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF TWO FOOT DEPTH IN THE HORIZONTAL

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THEY'RE REPURPOSING IT. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MEET THAT. THERE IS A MINIMUM OF TEN INCH DEPTH OF HORIZONTAL ARTICULATION, AND THAT'S ONLY THE BUILDING THAT'S ALONG FOREST LANE. SO THEY'RE GOING TO ADD BALCONIES AND SOME OTHER BUILDING MATERIALS AND CREATE SOME VARIATION USING COLORS. AND WE HAVE PUT THAT IN THE CONDITIONS TO ENFORCE THAT ALONG GOLD STREET. THEY WILL BE MEETING OUR NEW STANDARDS BECAUSE THAT WILL BE THE NEW NEW CONSTRUCTION. SAME THING WITH SETBACKS. WE REQUIRE THAT 75% OF THE BUILDING FACADE MUST BE WITHIN THE BUILD TO ZONE, WHICH IS 15 TO 30FT. AGAIN, THE BUILDING IS ALREADY THERE. SO THEY CAN CANNOT CHANGE THAT TO COME CLOSER TO THE STREET. SO THAT'S TECHNICALLY A DEVIATION THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR. AND WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT AS WELL. WE DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH THAT CONDITION THAT BALCONIES, ADDITIONAL MATERIALS AND COLORS BE UTILIZED TO OFFSET THE REDUCTION OF HORIZONTAL ARTICULATION. ARTICULATION STANDARDS ALONG FOREST LANE AND PLAN COMMISSION APPROVED AS PRESENTED AS WELL. WE HAD SENT OUT 84 RESPONSES AND WE HAD GOT WE HAVE GOTTEN ONE IN FAVOR FROM WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA. WE GOT FIVE THAT ARE AGAINST. WE GOT FOUR THAT ARE AGAINST, BUT THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE NOTIFICATION AREA. WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE THE COMMENTS IN THE LETTERS THAT WERE SENT, THERE WERE MORE TOWARD SAYING THEY DID NOT BELIEVE A MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT BELONGS IN THIS LOCATION. THAT SHOULD BE SCRUTINIZED AND LOOKED INTO FURTHER. THAT WAS A CONCERN.

THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING THERE IF THEY HAVE CHILDREN, IF CHILDREN GOT OUT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PROJECT, OF THEIR SITE AND WANDERING AROUND THE INDUSTRIAL AREAS THERE, THERE WERE SOME SAFETY CONCERNS THAT WERE EXPRESSED IN THOSE LETTERS, BUT THOSE WERE PRIMARILY WHERE THEY WERE COMING FROM. AND WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS, AND THE APPLICANTS ARE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL START WITH MAYOR PRO TEM. LOOK, WHAT SIZE ARE THE UNITS. THAT IS A QUESTION BETTER ANSWERED BY THE APPLICANT. SO THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SAY THAT. THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM I. MOST OF MY QUESTIONS ARE GOING TO BE FOR THE APPLICANT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU AND YOUR STAFF DID A WONDERFUL JOB PRESENTING THIS AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THEY REALLY FLESHED THIS OUT QUITE WELL, AND IT'S A VERY EXCITING PROJECT. I THINK THAT IT'S VERY INTERESTING REUSE OF IT. IT REMINDS ME A LOT OF WHAT WE HAVE AT THE MILLENNIUM VILLAGE THAT YOU BROUGHT JUST AT THE A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE, ABOUT THE SIGN FOR THAT, BUT AND ALSO THE CHASE TOWER THAT BECAME THE DRAPER. SO THESE ARE A LOT OF THE COOL THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO AND REHABBING THE CITY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME SIR. APPRECIATE IT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE APPLICANT? I DON'T HAVE A SPEAKER CARDS, BUT I BELIEVE I SEE THEM HERE. MR. BOND OR MR. SAPPINGTON, ARE YOU HERE? ALL RIGHT. AS THEY FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AFTER YOU SPEAK. BUT THERE YOU GO. WONDERFUL. YOU GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR RECORD. YOU HAVE TEN MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. DAVID BOND DAVID BOND WITH SPIRES ENGINEERING, 765 COASTER ROAD IN PLANO.. YOU'RE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT, EXCITED TO BRING THIS REQUEST TO YOU ALL THIS EVENING WITH RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL FROM PLANNING COMMISSION. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DRIVE BY YOUR SITES OFTEN THAT'S THAT'S HOW FIND A LOCATION. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED HERE. MY CLIENT LIVES IN GARLAND, DROVE BY THE SITE AND HAPPENED TO NOTICE IT WENT ON THE MARKET, FOUND IT. AND WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING THIS FOR YOU THIS EVENING WITH A REQUEST TO REDEVELOP THE PROJECT. REALLY, ALL THREE OF OUR VARIANCES AS OUTLINED ARE REALLY RELATED, I SUPPOSE. EXCUSE ME, TWO OF THEM ARE RELATED TO KEEPING THE EXISTING BUILDING, THE ARTICULATION. YOU KNOW, THE BUILDING HAS ABOUT TEN INCHES OF ARTICULATION. YOU GUYS REQUIRE TWO FEET. WE'RE JUST NOT ABLE TO DO THAT IN A TO MEET THAT IN A WAY THAT WOULD LOOK APPETIZING. SO OUR ARCHITECT HAS HAS SOME WORK TO BE DONE THERE. YOU'LL SEE. LET ME GET THIS. OOPS. SHOOT. THERE WE GO. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT ON THIS IMAGE HERE IN THE YELLOW. I'M NOT SURE HOW TO MAKE THIS BIG. SORRY. YOU HAVE TO FORGIVE ME. I WENT TO A&M. WE DIDN'T HAVE COMPUTERS THERE.

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HATS OFF. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER DENTON. FIRST I TOTALLY AGREE ON THE THE SIGN. I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING FLASHY. I ALMOST WANT TO SAY JUST OVER THE TOP BECAUSE THIS AREA IS SO INDUSTRIAL AND JUST ME. IT'S NOT ESTHETICALLY PLEASING BY ANY STRETCH OF THE MEANS. FIRST, THANK YOU FOR EVEN CONSIDERING THIS BUILDING. THIS HAS BEEN A MASSIVE EYESORE FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AND I AM I AT THIS POINT. I WOULDN'T CARE IF THEY MADE IT INTO A CAR WASHES AND 20 NAIL SHOPS AS LONG AS IT IS FIXED. SO SO WE APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK THAT SMALLER APARTMENTS IS GOING TO BE A FANTASTIC USE FOR THIS. RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET YOU'VE GOT CRAFT, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT COMMUTE TO CRAFT IS VERY HIGH, AND I THINK THAT I THINK YOU WILL HAVE NO PROBLEMS FILLING UP SPACE. AS FAR AS THE ZONING RESPONSES GO, THIS IS WHY PEOPLE WATCH THEIR OWN CHILDREN. I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT CHILDREN PLAYING IN THE STREET. I DO NOT WANT TO SEE A GATE PUT OUT IN FRONT BECAUSE OF POTENTIAL. WHATEVER. WE'VE GOT ENOUGH FENCES AND GATES AND IRON THINGS, YOU KNOW, THAT MAKE IT VERY HARD, INDUSTRIAL LOOKING. IF YOU THINK THE DRAPER HOW IT'S IT'S VERY FREE FLOWING AND IT JUST IT GIVES IT A VERY HOMEY FEELING AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED IN THAT AREA. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS PROJECT AND I AM EXCITED TO SEE IT HAPPEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, MR. VAUGHN, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO US. I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT. WE'VE WE HAVE I MENTIONED ONE BEFORE, MILLENNIUM VILLAGE. THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO IT. IT'S ON BELTLINE ROAD. AND WE ALSO HAVE THE DRAPER. ALL OF THESE ARE HAPPEN TO BE IN DISTRICT EIGHT.

SO THIS IS IT'S GOOD TIMES FOR US. BUT THIS IS I DO LIKE THE THE CLEVER SOLUTION FOR THE FOR THE ARTICULATION. THE IT'S IT'S JUST A REALLY NICE PROJECT. THE PARKING THE I GUESS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I WOULD HAVE WOULD BE, I'M ASSUMING THAT THIS WILL HAVE, WILL HAVE

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HAS A SISTER BUILDING OVER IN DALLAS ON FOREST LANE AT PRESTON ROAD. IS IT REALLY OKAY? WELL, DALLAS IS GOING TO BE JEALOUS. THEY WILL. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SIR.

COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. YES. SO I, I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON ABOUT IT'S NOT YOUR JOB TO WATCH PEOPLE'S CHILDREN, BUT WE DID GET A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUES.

AND DO YOU GUYS CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT AT ALL? KIND OF ASSUAGE SOME OF THOSE FEARS THAT WE SEE EXPRESSED IN THE CITIZENS COMMENTS THAT CAME BACK? YEAH, I THINK A LOT OF THE MARKET STUDIES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE SHOW THAT SOME OF WHAT MISS DUTTON WAS SAYING, YOU KNOW, A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF PERCENTAGE OF THE RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, IN A ONE BEDROOM UNIT WOULD LIKELY BE A SINGLE PERSON OR A MARRIED COUPLE WITH NO KIDS, YOU KNOW, AND SO IF THAT'S THAT'S 75% REALLY THAT'S THAT'S THE, THE CLIENT BASE THAT WE'D BE MARKETING THE AMENITIES TO, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE IN THIS IMAGE THE, YOU KNOW, THE RESORTT STYLE POOL AT THE SECOND LEVEL, YOU KNOW, THE, THE AMENITIES MINI PACKAGE THAT WOULD COME HERE IS MORE FOR THAT SINGLE THE YOUNG PROFESSIONAL. SO IT WOULD BE CERTAINLY SECURED FROM A, YOU KNOW, RESIDENT SAFETY SORT OF PERSPECTIVE. BUT I THINK THE WAY WE AMENITIZED IT REALLY WILL LEND ITSELF MORE TOWARDS A YOUNG PROFESSIONAL OR A SINGLE PERSON TO WHERE THERE'D BE A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF, OF FOLKS THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD HAVE KIDS OF AGE TO BE RENTED. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? YEAH, I HAD A FEW THINGS. SO, YOU KNOW, I ALSO DO A STUDY OF WHERE ALL THE SCHOOLS ARE, YOU KNOW, YOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, THE CLOSEST ONE, I THINK WAS ONE THAT GLENN, WHICH IS NEAR WALNUT AND JUPITER, AND THERE'S ALSO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND A MIDDLE SCHOOL AT MILLER AND SHILOH. THOSE ARE THE CLOSEST TWO SCHOOLS. BOTH ALL THREE ARE ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF AND NORMALLY IN IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PARENTS WITH KIDS, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO LIVE CLOSER TO THE SCHOOLS THAN THAT, BECAUSE THIS WAY THEY'D BE HAVING TO DRIVE. THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE, I DOUBT, IF THERE'S ANY BUS SERVICE THAT WOULD SERVE THIS STREET BECAUSE IT'S A MAJOR STREET. AND SO I'M EXPECTING THAT WE WOULD BE CATERING MORE TO THE ADULTS WITH WITH NO KIDS OR IF THEY HAVE KIDS, MAYBE IT'S A MARRIED COUPLE, MAYBE THEY HAVE A BABY, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE OUT.

WE'VE DESIGNED THIS WHERE MOST OF THE TRAFFIC IS COMING OFF OF FOREST LANE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. THE ACCESS TO THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE OF THE PODIUM GARAGE IS COMING IN THROUGH THE FRONT AND GOING UP UNDERNEATH OUR AMENITY AREA. AND SO WE'VE TRIED TO KEEP IT WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF A SELF-CONTAINED FACILITY AND THAT THERE WOULDN'T BE A LOT OF PEOPLE GETTING OUT AND WALKING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ADDRESSED OR TRIED TO ADDRESS AT THIS EARLY PRELIMINARY STAGE. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THAT THAT CERTAINLY DOESN'T. I THINK ABOUT HOW MANY UNITS DO YOU I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE AN EXA NUMBER, MAYBE A RANGE. ARE WE TALKING ABOUT. YEAH. RIGHT NOW WE'VE KIND OF SUGGESTED ABOUT 105 UNITS. WE'LL DO A FORMAL MARKET STUDY THAT WILL KIND OF DETAIL THAT

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WE'LL HAVE SOME WE'LL HAVE SOME EFFICIENCIES, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S AN EXISTING BUILDING.

WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE SOME LIMITATIONS. WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO DO SOME LOFT STYLES THERE. BUT I THINK BY CITY CODE WE'RE LIMITED TO 10% FOR EFFICIENCIES. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCILMEMBER BASS THANK YOU GENTLEMEN. APPRECIATE YOU ALL COMING OUT. AND JUST TO ECHO SOME OF WHAT MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SAID, YOU KNOW, APPRECIATE THAT YOU'VE TAKEN A BLIGHT AND YOU'VE MADE IT INTO SOMETHING USEFUL AND ESTHETICALLY PLEASING. I REALLY LIKE THE PODIUM PARKING. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GREAT USE OF VERTICAL SPACE AND HOPEFULLY THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL CONTINUE TO CATCH ON HERE IN GARLAND. SO I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT TO US. AND AND LIKE COUNCIL LADIES, DUTTON AND LUCK SAID, I HAVE MY NOTES HERE TO TALK ABOUT A SIGN TOO. WE REALLY I MEAN, IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, TAKE A LOOK AT OUR DOWNTOWN SQUARE. LOOK AT THE SIGNS THAT WE HAVE DOWN THERE. WE REALLY LOVE THE CHARACTER AND THE FEEL. AND SO IT TAKES INSPIRATION FROM THAT. TAKES SOME INSPIRATION FROM THE MILLENNIUM SIGN WE JUST APPROVED FOR AN APARTMENT COMPLEX ON BELTLINE ROAD, I BELIEVE IT WAS. AND GET CREATIVE WITH IT. AND WE, YOU KNOW, YOU WILL HAVE MY SUPPORT. I CAN'T SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY ELSE UP HERE, BUT I WOULD IMAGINE YOU WOULD HAVE SUPPORT FROM COUNCIL FOR WHATEVER, WHATEVER CREATIVE SIGN THAT YOU BROUGHT TO BRING ATTENTION TO YOUR PROPERTY. I LIKE THE UNIT SIZE. I THINK THE UNIT SIZE IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE LOCATION. YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S A HIGHLY INDUSTRIAL AREA. AND SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT LOCATION. I WAS THINKING ABOUT CRAFT AND US FOODS. SHERWIN WILLIAMS ALL RIGHT THERE. I MEAN IF THOSE PEOPLE COULD, COULD WALK TO WORK, I MEAN, HOW AMAZING IS THAT FOR THEM? AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY READING, THE READING THE NEGATIVE COMMENTS, THE ONLY NEGATIVE COMMENT WAS READ IF FOR THE PUBLIC HERE WAS ABOUT DELIVERY TRUCKS DRIVING OVER BABIES. AND IT WAS MENTIONED ABOUT FOUR DIFFERENT TIMES. I THINK SOME OF THEM WERE JUST COPIED. BUT YOU KNOW, AND THAT IS KIND OF HUMOROUS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, DELIVERY TRUCKS AREN'T OUT DRIVING OVER BABIES. BUT JUST LOOKING AT IT, THOUGH, WE DO WANT TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT FAMILIES OF ALL DIFFERENT TYPES. AND OF COURSE, I KNOW WE'RE JUST A, YOU KNOW, CONCEPTUAL STAGE HERE, BUT ON YOUR ON YOUR AMENITIES THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT ADDING, I WOULD RECOMMEND SOMETHING THAT ALLOWS SOME WALKING. I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY WE DON'T HAVE ANY TRAILS NEAR THERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST SOME AMENITY THAT WOULD PROMOTE WALKING THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE GOOD. NOT, YOU KNOW, FOR FAMILIES WITH KIDS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO DO RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THERE. SO JUST JUST A LITTLE FOOD FOR THOUGHT ON THAT ONE THERE. BUT APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING. LIKE WHAT YOU'VE DONE LIKE THAT YOU'RE TRUSTING THE GARLAND'S GOING TO SUPPORT YOU ON THIS. AND I THINK THAT I THINK WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT FOR YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THE APPLICANT ON THIS ITEM COUNCIL. I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO PUT A BIG SIGN ON OUR POLICE PROPERTY ROOM RIGHT NEXT DOOR. WITH ALL THIS TALK ABOUT SIGNS THERE. YEAH. I HAVE NO OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MADAM SECRETARY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? YES.

JAMES. ALEXANDER. JAMES. ALEXANDER. GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE. ALL RIGHT. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE NEXT SPEAKER? THERE ARE NO MORE SPEAKERS. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM THIS IN YOUR DISTRICT, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WELL, BEFORE I MAKE THE MOTION, JUST WANT TO.

REMIND OUR APPLICANT THAT YOU KNOW THE CHASE TOWER, WHICH IS PART OF THE DRAPER THAT HAS APPROVED A VERY LARGE NEON SIGN FOR THE ROOF. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING FOR THAT ONE. I HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH THE DEVELOPER DURING THE CONVERSATION. HE'S OPEN TO US PUTTING A CONDITION IN THE PD IF COUNCIL SO WISHES THAT I DON'T REALLY KNOW. LIKE WE DON'T WANT TO LOCK HIM DOWN TO A BLADE SIGN OR SOMETHING, BUT WE CAN SAY ENHANCE SIGNAGE AS PER AS DETERMINED BY THE PLANNING STAFF IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. IF WE WANT TO HAVE THEM, AVOID THAT EXTRA STEP OF THEM COMING HERE, GETTING A VARIANCE AND ALL THAT.

Y'ALL CAN ADD THAT INTO THE CONDITION AND MAKE IT MORE ADMINISTRATIVE. I THINK IT'S BETTER TO KEEP IT A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBLE AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T THINK THAT THEY HAVE FIGURED OUT WHAT KIND OF SIGNS, BUT ENHANCED SIGNAGE, OR IS THAT

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ALL RIGHT. WOULD WE LIKE DISCUSSION ON SAID SIGNAGE? FIRST ONE IN THE Q MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK. DO IT. I THINK I TRUST STAFF TO GUIDE THE DEVELOPER. I THINK I THINK THE QUESTION WAS MORE OF SIZE. YEAH. BEYOND OUR REGULATIONS. SO WE NEED TO ADD A LITTLE MORE SPECIFICS TO THIS IF WE'RE GOING TO INCLUDE IT. CAN WE DO DO YOU WANT A PERCENTAGE.

BECAUSE I HAVE TO DRAFT THIS. AND I'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW I'M GOING TO DRAFT AND QUOTE ENHANCE. CAN'T BE LARGER THAN 40% OF THE. 140 WHOLE BUILDING. JUST FOR REFERENCE, THE ONE THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WAS PROBABLY 105 SQUARE FOOT FOR A LATE SIGN, WHICH WAS WAY OVER 40% THAN WHAT'S ALLOWED, BECAUSE WHAT'S ALLOWED WAS JUST TEN SQUARE FOOT OR SOMETHING. SO IT DEPENDS ON THE SIGN TYPE. SO I SEE CITY ATTORNEY'S POINT, BUT I GUESS UP TO 50% IN LARCHMONT COULD BE SOMETHING TO BE CONSIDERED. BUT YEAH, I KNOW TO THROW COLD WATER ON THIS. I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A BLADE SIGN OR A MOUNTED SIGN ON THE BUILDING, ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I KNOW WE LOVE TO SEE GREAT NEW SIGNS. I WOULDN'T BE HAVE AN OBJECTION TO HAVING IT COME BACK THROUGH THE PROCESS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ANOTHER STEP FOR THE APPLICANT JUST BECAUSE THEIR DESIGN IS SO EARLY. AT THIS POINT, I WANT TO GET THISROJECT APPROVED AND MOVED FORWARD, SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT FIRST BEFORE ANOTHER SIGN. BUT THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION. MR. MAYOR. SO THE ORDINANCE WILL COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS FOR APPROVAL. PD ORDINANCE, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT THE APPLICANT MIGHT BE ABLE TO GIVE US SOME IDEA ON A SIGN SIZE THAT I COULD DROP INTO THE FINAL ORDINANCE, AND WE ALL CAN APPROVE THAT FINAL ORDINANCE IF THEY COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT STAFF APPROVES.

BY THE TIME WE APPROVE OF THIS IN TWO WEEKS, BY THE TIME COUNCIL APPROVES THIS, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE APPLICANT THAT QUESTION. AGAIN. DAVID BOND WAS FIRES. WE WERE CHATTING WITH NABILA. I THINK TO MR. ENGLAND'S POINT, I THINK WE CAN GET PRETTY SPECIFIC ON WHAT A REQUEST WOULD BE IN LINE WITH SOME OF THE OTHERS THAT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED BY COUNCIL THIS EVENING AND, AND HAVE A SOMETHING MORE FIRM FOR YOU. BE SUFFICIENT TIME FOR YOU TO DO THAT. YES, SIR, I BELIEVE SO. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER DUTTON, YOU'RE IN THE QUEUE. MA'AM, I WAS JUST GOING TO AGREE WITH YOU. I DON'T WANT TO LIMIT THEM BECAUSE I THINK THAT THEY'RE THE PROFESSIONALS. THEY WILL COME UP WITH A SIGN THAT WE MIGHT NOT EVEN THOUGHT WOULD BE A GREAT POSSIBILITY. SO I'M GLAD THAT WE DID THE THE TWO WEEK, YOU KNOW, FOR THE NEXT HEARING. SO THAT'S ALL I, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THAT. AND DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, BACK TO YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT. I'M ASSUMING I DON'T HAVE TO ADD ANY EXTRA LANGUAGE FOR THAT.

THOSE INSERTIONS BACK IN, I'LL ADD THAT LANGUAGE. YOU CAN LOOK OVER THE ORDINANCE AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO AMEND IT BEFORE APPROVING IT, Y'ALL CAN MAKE IT. AND THEN FOR TONIGHT, WHAT WE WILL HAVE IS THAT, WELL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM NINE C AS PRESENTED. ALL RIGHT I HAVE A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM OTTEN, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON. ANY DISCUSSION? MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US. AND ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, MOVE ON TO OUR

[d. Consider a request by Arrow Fabricated Tubing, Inc., requesting approval of a Municipal Setting Designation (MSD) application. The site is located at 1010 E. Walnut Street in District 2.]

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THANK YOU MAYOR. SO THIS IS A REQUEST. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A MUNICIPAL SETTING DESIGNATION MSD FOR THE FOR PROPERTY ADDRESSED 1010 EAST WALNUT STREET. WE'LL GO OVER WHAT MSD IS BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN RECENT YEARS THERE HAS ONLY BEEN ONE OTHER SUCH REQUEST. BUT IT IS A MORE OF A TECHNICAL MATTER THAN A PLANNING MATTER IN MY OPINION. BUT WE'LL GO OVER ALL THAT. SO AS MENTIONED, LOCATED 1010 EAST WALNUT STREET. THE SITE IS ABOUT SIX ACRES. THE APPLICANT IS AERO FABRICATED TUBING. THEY ARE THE ONES WHO ARE LEASING THAT BUILDING AND CURRENTLY OPERATING FOR MANY YEARS THERE. THE ZONING IS INDUSTRIAL AS YOU CAN SEE. AS MENTIONED, IT IS ZONED INDUSTRIAL AND ON TO THE NORTH, EAST AND WEST. IT'S INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES AS WELL, OPERATING MOSTLY AS INDUSTRIAL. TO THE SOUTH SIDE, IT'S COMMUNITY RETAIL. IT'S DEVELOPED WITH CHURCH, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, A LARGE PIECE OF THAT PROPERTY TO THE WEST IS UNDEVELOPED. SO GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT MSDS, WHAT WHAT DOES THE MSD DO. SO THE PURPOSE OF AN MSD IS TO RESTRICT THE USE OF GROUNDWATER FOR PURPOSES OF DRINKING ON A SITE THAT IS BELIEVED TO BE CONTAMINATED WITH GROUNDWATER. SO IF THERE IS CONTAMINATION, THERE'S REASON TO BELIEVE THERE'S CONTAMINATION IN THE GROUNDWATER. THE MSD DESIGNATION RESTRICTS THE USE OF GROUNDWATER FOR DRINKING DRINKABLE PURPOSES FOR THAT SITE, SO IT PROTECTS PUBLIC HEALTH. IT LEGALLY RESTRICTS USE OF GROUNDWATER FOR POTABLE PURPOSES. IT SUPPORTS REDEVELOPMENT AND CONTINUED COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL USE.

BECAUSE IT IS EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE FOR AN APPLICANT TO GO IN AND COMPLETELY REMEDIATE GROUNDWATER THAT HAS BEEN CONTAMINATED, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS TO CLEAN THAT SITE. THAT RESPONSIBILITY IS WITH THE STATE, WITHH TKC TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. SO THIS IS MORE OF A STEP FOR THE APPLICANT TO GET THE CITY SIGN OFF, CITY COUNCIL SIGN OFF BEFORE THEY CAN APPLY FOR THE FINAL MSD DESIGNATION FROM TC, AND IT IS TC WHO MAKES SURE ALL THE TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET. WE AS STAFF, ONCE WE HAD RECEIVED THE APPLICATION, WE HAD OUR ONE OF OUR CONSULTANTS THAT WORKED WITH ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. WE HAD THEM REVIEW THE APPLICATION TO MAKE SURE ALL THE ELEMENTS ARE OKAY. THERE NO CERTAIN QUESTIONABLE MATTERS IN THE APPLICANT APPLICATION. SO THERE WERE SOME BACK AND FORTH. THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS AND THEY HAD SATISFACTORILY ANSWERED THOSE THOSE QUESTIONS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE APPLICATION, BEING ABLE TO GO TO TC FROM THE CITY. SO ONE OTHER POINT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE, THE MSD WOULD ONLY APPLY TO THIS SITE.

ALL THE OTHER SITES THAT ARE SURROUNDING, REGARDLESS OF IF THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF CONTAMINATION ON THOSE SITES, THIS MSD WILL ONLY APPLY TO THESE SITES IF SOMEONE SOME OTHER PROPERTY HAS REASON TO BELIEVE THEY HAVE CONTAMINATION ON THEIR GROUNDWATER BENEATH THEIR PROPERTY AS WELL, THEY WILL HAVE TO SEEK THEIR OWN MSD. SO WHAT TRIGGERED THIS APPLICATION? THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WAS THERE A PERMIT REQUEST? WAS THERE AN EXPANSION OR WHAT? NOTHING FROM THE CITY TRIGGERED THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION. SO AS I MENTIONED, THE APPLICANT IS CURRENTLY LEASING THIS BUILDING FROM THE LANDOWNER. SO THEY MADE AN INQUIRY TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY. AND AT THAT TIME THEIR LENDER REQUIRED A PHASE ONE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT, WHICH BROUGHT UP THIS ISSUE OF CONTAMINATION IN THE GROUNDWATER AS REQUIRED. WE HELD A PUBLIC MEETING ON FEBRUARY 19TH, 2026. IT HAS EXTENSIVE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT. IT GOES EVEN

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I'M OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS THE CITY COUNCIL MAY HAVE. COUNCIL MEMBER BEARD. HI. THANK YOU. AT THE PUBLIC HEARING THE OTHER DAY, I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT THE TCE IS NO LONGER BEING USED AT THIS SITE, CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. AND COULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT? BECAUSE I KNOW THIS WILL COME UP. THE INNOCENT I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME FOR THE AREAS AROUND THIS SITE. IF THEY WERE TO DISCOVER CONTAMINATION IN THEIR GROUNDWATER. YEAH. THE MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTIES AROUND THE SITE ARE INDUSTRIAL, EXCEPT FOR THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH, WHICH I THINK SHE SAID WAS ZONED COMMERCIAL RETAIL IN AREAS WHERE CONTAMINATION MAY HAVE MIGRATED OFF. AND AT THIS POINT, WE BELIEVE THE ONLY PROPERTY THAT MAY HAVE BEEN AFFECTED IS THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH. THERE'S A PROGRAM WITHIN THE TCE PRIVY CALLED THE INNOCENT OWNER PROGRAM, AND THE PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED TO ALLOW LANDOWNERS OR PROPERTY OWNERS, TENANTS THAT CAN PROVE THAT THEY DID NOT CAUSE, CONTRIBUTE, CAUSE OR CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONTAMINATION. THEY CAN APPLY FOR A WHAT'S CALLED AN INNOCENT OWNER CERTIFICATE, AND THAT WOULD ABSOLVE THEM FROM ANY LIABILITIES THAT WOULD COME AS A RESULT OF GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION THAT MAY EXTEND ACROSS THE SITE BOUNDARY. THANK YOU. I KNOW THOSE ARE TWO OF

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SOMETIMES I HAVE RESIDENTS WHO WILL COME AND SAY, WELL, YOU GUYS ARE BEGINNING TO BUILD ON THIS PROPERTY AND HAVE YOU DONE ANY SOIL CONTAMINATION, TYPES OF RESEARCH AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO THIS TYPE OF THING CAN HAPPEN ON ANY PIECE OF PROPERTY. YEAH, WE'VE WE'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND RIGHT NOW I THINK THERE ARE OVER 30 VOLUNTARY CLEANUP PROGRAM SITES IN THE CITY OF GARLAND ALONE. AND BEING IN THE BENEFITS OF BEING IN PART OF THAT, THAT PROGRAM IS THAT YOUR VOLUNTEER, THE APPLICANTS VOLUNTARILY ELECTING TO CLEAN IT UP TO THE TC, SATISFACTION WITH THE GOAL IN THE ULTIMATE END GOAL OF RECEIVING WHAT'S CALLED A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS. YES, SIR.

SO IS AERO FABRICATING STILL OPERATING THIS LOCATION TODAY? THEY'VE BEEN IN OPERATION SINCE THE EARLY 1990S, SINCE EARLY 1990S. OKAY. AND AND SO ARE THEY ADMITTING THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS CHEMICAL GETTING INTO THE GROUNDWATER? YEAH, THEY WERE A DOCUMENTED USER OF IT DURING THE TIME FRAME THAT THEY'VE BEEN IN OPERATION. SO BY YEAH, THEY HAVE ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CLEANUP OPERATIONS. OKAY. AND SO DID THEY SAY HOW IT COULD GET TO THE GROUNDWATER? I, I WORKED AT A COMPANY IN LOS ANGELES. IT WAS FORMED IN THE 30S, AND THEY MADE ROOFING PRODUCTS, AND THEY HAD A BACK CORNER OF THE PROPERTY THAT BACK IN THE 30S AND 40S AND 50S, THAT WHEN YOU HAD SOME CHEMICALS THAT WERE NASTY, YOU DIDN'T WANT TO PAY IT ALL AWAY. YOU WENT AND DUMPED THEM IN THE BACK CORNER. AND OF COURSE, WHEN THEY WENT TO SELL THAT PROPERTY AND DID THE GROUNDWATER STUDY, THEY'RE FINDING SIMILAR THINGS TO WHAT YOU'RE FINDING HERE. YEAH, THAT'S HOW THIS HAPPENED. NO, NO, I CAN I CAN TELL YOU FOR FOR A FACT THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO ILLEGAL DUMPING OF THOSE CHEMICALS. WHAT WHAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS IN THESE TYPE OF OPERATIONS ARE JUST THEY WERE IN USE FOR, YOU KNOW, TEN YEARS, 20 YEARS. COMMON ROUTINE SPILLS IS JUST PART OF THE COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS. THESE SOLVENTS ARE VERY SUSCEPTIBLE TO PERMEATING PERMEATING THROUGH CONCRETE. IT DOESN'T TAKE VERY MUCH. IT'S ALMOST LIKE IF YOU POUR WATER ON CONCRETE, IT ABSORBS RIGHT THROUGH IT. WELL, THESE CHEMICALS ALMOST ACT AS IF CONCRETE'S NOT THERE. SO IT'S JUST THROUGH THE THE USE OF THESE CHEMICALS OVER THE YEARS THAT THEY JUST NATURALLY MAKE THEIR WAY DOWN THERE. YEAH. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE NATURAL SPILLS. THE FORKLIFT PUNCTURES A DRUM, THINGS LIKE THAT. YES. ABSOLUTELY. SO OKAY. SO NO INTENTIONAL NO POLLUTION OF THE GROUNDWATER. HERE IS IS THE POINT I WAS GETTING AT. NO. AND SO OKAY. VERY GOOD. WELL I THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU FOR THAT. I APPRECIATE THE YOU KNOW THE CLARITY THERE. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT.

MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK. WHEN DID THEY STOP USING TCE? THE MAJORITY OF IT WAS STOPPED IN THE EARLY 1990S, ABOUT 20, 25 YEARS AGO. THEY HAD SMALL QUANTITIES OF IT UP TO ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS AGO. BUT WE'RE TALKING SQUIRT BOTTLES AMOUNTS AND THAT HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED AS OF ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS AGO. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE. THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. SO I'LL ASK IF THERE'S ANY OTHER SPEAKERS WHO WISH TO SPEAK DURING THIS PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE NONE. REMINDER, COUNCIL, THIS ORDINANCE WILL COME BACK AT OUR NEXT MEETING. MAYOR. IT WILL BE BOTH AN ORDINANCE AND A RESOLUTION. THE

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THAT'LL BE PART OF THAT TECHNICAL REVIEW THAT THEY DO. VERY GOOD QUESTION FROM MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK, MISTER ENGLAND. IF THE CITY DOES NOT ALLOW FOR THE DRILLING OF WELLS, WHAT'S THE POINT OF MSD? IT ALLOWS FOR FURTHER AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. LENDERS LIKE TO SEE THIS.

INVESTORS LIKE TO SEE THIS BECAUSE IT ALLOWS IT TO OPEN UP DEVELOPMENT. IT'S A LOT LIKE THINKING OF IN TERMS OF WHEN WE DEAL WITH PROPERTIES THAT HAVE ABESTOS. AS LONG AS YOU DON'T DISTURB THAT ASBESTOS, YOU'RE ABLE TO DO SOME REMODELING AND DEVELOPING OF IT WITHOUT REMOVING THAT ASBESTOS. UP TO A CERTAIN DEGREE. IT'S KIND OF LIKE THAT IS WHETHER YOU PASS THIS MSD OR NOT, IT'S NOT GOING TO AFFECT ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GOING TO ABATE ANY CONTAMINATION THAT'S PRESENT IN THE GROUNDWATER. YOUR DECISION TONIGHT HAS NO IMPACT ON THAT.

THIS IS REALLY A DEVELOPMENT DECISION. ARE WE GOING TO ALLOW THIS PROPERTY TO SIT AND NOT BE REDEVELOPED BECAUSE OF THE CONTAMINATION? OR ARE WE GOING TO GIVE IT AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE REDEVELOPED, AS LONG AS THEY DON'T CAUSE ANY KIND OF HARM TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE DISTURBANCE OF THE CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER? SO IT'S IT'S KIND OF A A CERTIFICATE THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO HARM THE PUBLIC. IT KIND OF GIVES A IN THE CASE OF DEVELOPMENT, IT GIVES PEOPLE A SENSE OF WE WON'T BE HURT BY THIS WHEN DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS. WHAT HAPPENS IS, IS ONCE THEY GET THE CERTIFICATE FROM THE TC, IF THEY DO, THEY HAVE AN OBLIGATION WITHIN 30 DAYS TO RECORD THAT IN THE REAL PROPERTY RECORDS OF DALLAS COUNTY. AND IT RUNS WITH THE LAND. THAT DOES A COUPLE OF THINGS. NUMBER ONE, IT PUTS ANY FUTURE LAND OWNER, ANY FUTURE OWNERS OF THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY ON NOTICE, BUT IT ALSO PUTS NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES ON NOTICE THAT YOU CAN'T BE DRILLING WATER WELLS IN ON YOUR PROPERTY BECAUSE OF THIS LOCATION. AND ALSO THIS LOCATION GETS REGISTERED AS AN MSD. AND YOU SAW THE RADIUS HE HAD THERE. SO ANY, ANY, ANY PROPERTIES THAT MIGHT WANT TO DRILL A WELL IN THE FUTURE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO THERE FOR THIS AND FOR ALSO OTHER REASONS. BUT IT ALSO PUTS EVERYBODY ON NOTICE THAT THIS MSD IS PRESENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. NO

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

IN FACT, HE HAD ALREADY RETIRED TWICE. HE AND HIS WIFE HAD ALREADY MOVED OUT OF STATE.

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HE HAS BUILT TRUST AT THIS COUNCIL TABLE. HE LISTENS, HE LEADS WITH INTEGRITY AND HE DOES NOT SEEK ATTENTION. HE SEEKS SOLUTIONS. HE ACTUALLY ACCEPTED THE CHALLENGE OF HIS CAREER. HE HAS REMINDED US WHAT STEADY LEADERSHIP LOOKS LIKE. THIS THREE YEAR CONTRACT IS NOT JUST ABOUT EMPLOYMENT TERMS, IT'S ABOUT CONTINUITY. IT IS ABOUT MOMENTUM. IT IS ABOUT SIGNALING TO OUR EMPLOYEES, OUR RESIDENTS, AND OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND TO EACH OTHER THAT GARLAND IS GROUNDED AND MOVING FORWARD. WE ARE NOT A CITY DEFINED BY OUR HARDEST MOMENTS. WE ARE A CITY DEFINED BY HOW RESPOND, HOW WE RESPOND TO THEM. AND BECAUSE MIKE STEPPED FORWARD, BECAUSE HE CHOSE SERVICE OVER COMFORT. WE ARE STRONGER TODAY THAN WE WERE YESTERDAY. MIKE, THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK. THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING GARLAND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. AND THANK YOU FOR HELPING US MOVE FROM CHAOS TO CLARITY. I AM SO PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS CONTRACT, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE STEADY, FORWARD THINKING LEADERSHIP THAT WILL GUIDE OUR CITY INTO THIS NEXT CHAPTER. AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT COUNCIL APPROVES. ITEM NUMBER TEN AS PRESENTED. OH, VERY WELL SAID. THANK YOU MA'AM. HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK COUNCIL. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE ON THIS ITEM? AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. NOW GO BUY A HOUSE. IF I MAY. COUNCILOR ONE, I'M HUMBLED AND HONORED, AND I. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE TRUST AND THE CONFIDENCE THAT YOU'VE PLACED IN ME. I TAKE THIS RESPONSIBILITY VERY SERIOUSLY. I COMMIT TO YOU AND TO THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY, THAT I WILL WORK AS HARD AS I CAN EVERY DAY TO ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY RECEIVES THE EXCELLENT SERVICE THAT IT DESERVES AND THAT OUR CITY GOVERNMENT OPERATES EFFICIENTLY WITH INTEGRITY, TRANSPARENCY AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. I ALSO COMMIT TO THE STAFF, THE FANTASTIC MEMBERS OF TEAM GARLAND WHO WORK HARD EVERY DAY TO DELIVER AND SERVE OUR RESIDENTS, SOLVE PROBLEMS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE GOVERNMENT THEY DESERVE. BUT I WILL SUPPORT THEM AND THAT I WILL ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED TO SUCCEED AND CULTIVATE A ORGANIZATION WHERE COLLABORATION, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND MUTUAL RESPECT IS OUR CULTURE. GARLAND IS A CITY WITH A RICH HISTORY AND ENORMOUS POTENTIAL, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER WITH YOU TO BUILD ON THAT FOUNDATION AND MOVE OUR COMMUNITY FORWARD. SO IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE. I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU, SIR, AND I THINK THERE'S ONE MORE ITEM WE TAKE CARE OF COUNCIL, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN.

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SORRY. ARE YOU OKAY? ARE YOU OKAY? NO, THAT WAS GOOD THOUGH. YEAH.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 11. THAT ITEM IS ACTUALLY BEEN PULLED FROM OUR AGENDA. WE WILL NOT BE DISCUSSING THAT ONE TONIGHT. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO CITIZEN COMMENTS. MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS SIGNED UP FOR TONIGHT? NO, SIR. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK TONIGHT? SEEING NONE. THEN AT 921, WE'RE

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.