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          OKAY. 
          LET'S SEE. 
          ALRIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          UM, I CALLED TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCE DOWNTOWN FOREST JUPITER, BOARD OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS. 
          TODAY IS APRIL 29TH, 2026, AND THE TIME IS 4:34 PM THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD IN THE WORK SESSION ROOM AT CITY HALL. 
          WILL WILLIAM E DOLLAR MUNICIPAL BUILDING, 200 NORTH FIFTH STREET, GARLAND, TEXAS. 
          SO WE WILL BEGIN WITH ITEM ONE, THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. 
          WE'LL CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE OCTOBER 29TH, 2025 MEETING MINUTES. 
          I'LL GIVE YOU A FEW MINUTES TO LOOK OVER. 
          ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR REVISIONS TO THE MINUTES? IF THERE ARE NONE, UM, THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. 
          ANYBODY WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? AH, OKAY. 
          REGIE AND A SECOND. 
          A SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW YOUR NAME, I'M SORRY. 
          LU CHEN. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. 
          WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO, PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          PERSONS WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA ARE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. 
          IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AT THIS TIME? OKAY. 
          SEEING NO ONE. 
          WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          UM, ITEM A IS MANAGED DISTRICT SERVICES. 
          ITEM THREE A, MANAGED DISTRICT SERVICES. 
          THANK YOU, MS. BOFF. 
          SURE. 
          UM, GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD. 
          NANCY TENNELL, DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR DOWNTOWN GARLAND. 
          UM, I WANTED TO START THE MEETING OFF WITH A REMINDER OF UPCOMING ELECTIONS. 
          WE HAVE ELECTIONS IN DISTRICTS 1, 2, 4, AND FIVE THIS YEAR IN MAY. 
          UM, SO IF YOU ARE IN ANY OF THOSE SEATS, WE'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO REAPPLY FOR YOUR POSITION AS THE NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN APPOINT NEW MEMBERS, AND THEY LOOK FOR THE POOL OF NEW APPLICANTS FOR THAT. 
          SO WE'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO REAPPLY IF YOU ARE IN 1, 2, 4, AND FIVE, AND YOU'D LIKE TO CONTINUE SERVING, UM, REPLY BY JULY 1ST, PLEASE. 
          AND YOU CAN FIND THAT ON CARLIN TX.GOV IF YOU SEARCH BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. 
          UM, SO TO BEGIN OUR MANAGED DISTRICT SERVICES, UH, PRESENTATION, I'D LIKE TO START OFF BY THANKING YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE AND FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE AT THE ANNUAL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS MEETING. 
          UM, THIS MEETING, THIS PRESENTATION IS A LITTLE LENGTHY 'CAUSE WE ARE COMBINING EVERYTHING FROM JANUARY AND, UM, APRIL, WE'LL KIND OF GO PRETTY QUICKLY ON SOME OF 'EM. 
          UM, BUT AT THE NOVEMBER 13TH, WE HOSTED THE ANNUAL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS DINNER, AND THIS IS A CHANCE FOR CITY COUNCIL, UM, CITY STAFF, CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, AND OUR OFFICE TO SHOW OUR APPRECIATION, UM, FOR YOUR SERVICE ON OUR BOARD. 
          SO, THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDING. 
          I HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT EVENING. 
          UM, ALSO, UH, LAST QUARTER WE HAD A CONFERENCE IN WACO, TEXAS, THE TEXAS DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE. 
          UM, THE ENTIRE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT STAFF WAS IN ATTENDANCE. 
          UM, IT WAS THE 40TH YEAR OF THE ORGANIZATION, SO THEY HAD A LOT OF EXTRA, UM, ADD-ONS TO THE SESSION. 
          MANY WALKING TOURS, NETWORKING SESSIONS, SOME REALLY EXCELLENT MOTIVATING SPEAKERS ALL ON DOWNTOWN TOPICS. 
          SO IT'S A REALLY GREAT CHANCE FOR OUR OFFICE TO GO AND NERD OUT ON DOWNTOWN SHOES WITH, UM, COHORTS THAT ARE DOING THE SAME THING ACROSS TEXAS. 
          UM, WE ALSO CAME HOME WITH SOME GREAT AWARDS. 
          UM, AS PART OF THE CONFERENCE, THEY HOST THE ANNUAL PRESIDENT'S AWARD. 
          GALA BANQUET AND CITIES ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR DIFFERENT AWARDS. 
          AND THIS YEAR, DOWNTOWN GARLAND WON PRESIDENT'S AWARD FOR BEST PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT ON THE RENOVATIONS TO THE LIBRARY. 
          WE ALSO WON PEOPLE CHOICE BEST PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT. 
          SO THAT WAS VOTING ON THE BEST PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT, UH, PROJECT ON FACEBOOK. 
          AND, UM, WE WERE FINALISTS FOR TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. 
          BEST COMMERCIAL INTERIOR REMODEL OF DEAD WAX RECORDS, AND BEST ECONOMIC GAME CHANGER FOR THE VISITOR CENTER OPENING. 
          SO WE ARE EXCITED TO CELEBRATE THESE AWARDS. 
          THESE AWARDS ARE A GREAT TIME TO, UM, RECOGNIZE THE SYNERGY OF ALL THE DIFFERENT, MANY PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON IN DOWNTOWN AND HOW THEY ALL CONTRIBUTE TO OUR 
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DOWNTOWN IN GENERAL. 
          THEY'RE ALSO A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BRAG AND TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN DOWNTOWN ACROSS THE STATE. 
          UM, GARLAND IS BECOMING VERY WELL KNOWN IN THE TEXAS DOWNTOWN REALM. 
          UM, LAST YEAR WE WON SIX AWARDS. 
          THIS YEAR WE WON TWO AND WE'RE FINALISTS AND TWO. 
          SO, UM, WE'RE REALLY MAKING A NAME FOR OURSELVES ACROSS OTHER TEXAS DOWNTOWNS. 
          UM, WE ALSO ATTENDED IN, UH, FEBRUARY A TEXAS DOWNTOWN REGIONAL TRAINING. 
          THEY TOOK, THEY HOST FOUR REGIONAL TRAININGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE STATE, UM, TO BRING THE GROUP TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT ISSUES. 
          UM, IN LAPORTE, THEY TALKED ABOUT THEIR REVITALIZATION PROGRAM AND A CREATIVE MARKETING CAMPAIGN THAT THEY HOSTED RECENTLY. 
          THEY ALSO TALKED ABOUT A NEW PARK RENOVATION THAT THEY HAD AND THE EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PARK. 
          SO IT WAS REALLY REFRESHING TO GO SEE AN ANOTHER DOWNTOWN AND SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT THEY'RE DOING AND BRING BACK SOME OF THOSE IDEAS TO OUR DOWNTOWN. 
          UM, ALSO WE'VE BEEN PRETTY BUSY. 
          UM, WE'VE COMPLETED THE INSTALLATION OVER 160 DIFFERENT POLE BANNERS IN THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT. 
          THEY HAVE 10 FRESH NEW DESIGNS, UM, THAT AS YOU GO AROUND DOWNTOWN, YOU SHOULD SEE THEM ATTACH EACH OF THE LIGHT POLES IN DOWNTOWN. 
          UM, IT'S HELPS ESTABLISH A SENSE OF PLACE AND, UM, CONNECTION THROUGHOUT OUR DOWNTOWN SO THAT EVEN WHEN YOU LEAVE PAST THE SQUARE PROPER ON THE CONNECTING STREETS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE STILL IN DOWNTOWN GARLAND. 
          UM, WE'VE ALSO HAD A, UH, PRETTY ACTIVE BILLBOARD CAMPAIGN OVER THE PAST YEAR. 
          UM, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT BILLBOARDS, UM, DRAWING ATTENTION TO DOWNTOWN GARLAND, TO LOCAL RESIDENTS. 
          WE'VE HEARD FROM SOME OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT NOT EVERYONE IN THEIR DISTRICT EVEN KNOWS THAT GARLAND HAS A DOWNTOWN. 
          SO WE'VE , UM, EXPANDED OUR CAMPAIGN AND BILLBOARDS TO MAKE SURE THAT LOCALS KNOW ABOUT THE AWESOME AMENITY THAT THEY HAVE IN THE HEART OF THEIR DOWNTOWN AND TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO COME VISIT. 
          UM, WE HAVE THE FOREST ROAD AND STATE STREET BILLBOARD FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR AND HAVE, UM, PRETTY GOOD PLANS FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR AS TO WHAT WILL BE CALLING OUT ATTENTION TO RIGHT NOW. 
          IT'S, UM, ADVERTISING, OR YOU AIN'T HEARD NOTHING YET, CONCERT SERIES FOR EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT. 
          UM, WE HAVE HAD SOME GREAT TRACTION ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE. 
          UM, AS A REMINDER, IN JUNE, 2025, WE PARTNERED WITH THE GARLAND DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION TO MERGE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS, UM, CREATING ONE STREAMLINED VOICE FOR DOWNTOWN, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, QUELL ANY CONFUSION BETWEEN THE TWO. 
          UM, SO NOW THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE MANAGES BOTH THE FACEBOOK AND THE INSTAGRAM PAGE OF AT DOWNTOWN GARLAND. 
          UM, SINCE THEN WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY BEEN GROWING OUR FOLLOWING AND OUR INTERACTIONS WITH THAT PAGE. 
          UM, OVER THE PAST 90 DAYS, THE INSTAGRAM HAS SEEN 495,000 VIEWS ON INSTAGRAM, AND OVER 31,000, UH, UH, VIEWERS HAVE BEEN ENGAGED WITH OUR, OUR MESSAGING. 
          AND 65% OF THAT ENGAGEMENT COMES FROM FOLLOWERS. 
          SO LEAVING 35% FROM, UM, NOT IN FOLLOWERS, UM, ON FACEBOOK, WE'VE NOT QUITE AS MUCH ATTENTION, BUT 87,000 PO UM, ACCOUNTS WERE REACHED AND INTERACTED WITH OUR POSTS. 
          THE GREATEST INTERACTION IS COMING FROM OUR MULTI PHOTO POSTS. 
          SO THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE KEEPING IN MIND IS POSTS COME ABOUT, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE, UM, SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA CAPTURE PEOPLE'S ATTENTION AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO ENGAGE WITH IT. 
          YES, SIR. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          WE DO THINK THAT THAT WAS RELATED TO, UM, OUR FALL MOVIE SERIES. 
          ONE OF OUR POSTS WENT PRETTY VIRAL ABOUT, UM, WHAT IS THAT VAMPIRE SHOW? TWILIGHT, THE TWILIGHT POST WENT PRETTY VIRAL AND HAD A LOT OF SHARES AND INTERACTIONS, AND SO WE THINK THAT, YEAH, IN OCTOBER. 
          SO WE THINK THAT WAS WHAT CONTRIBUTED TO THAT SWITCH, BUT VERY ASTUTE. 
          UM, IN OCTOBER, 65% OF OUR VIEWS WERE FROM NON FOLLOWERS, AND NOW 65% ARE FROM FOLLOWERS, SO IT KIND OF SWITCHED. 
          UM, WE HAVE ALSO RECENTLY COMPLETED IN FEBRUARY OUR DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          UM, THIS IS 124 PAGE REPORT THAT WE DEVELOPED WITH THE DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT SERVICES CONSULTANTS. 
          UM, OVER A SEVEN MONTH PERIOD, UM, WE INTERVIEWED A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS AND HOSTED A LOT OF INTERACTIVE CHARETTES. 
          WE EVEN HAD A VIRTUAL REALITY HEADSET WHERE WE COULD WALK AROUND AND, OH, IF WE PUT A SIX STORY APARTMENT COMPLEX RIGHT HERE, 
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THAT WOULD LOOK BAD. 
          , WE'RE ABLE TO VISUALIZE, UM, SOME OF THE REAL THINGS THAT WE'VE, UM, BEEN DREAMING ABOUT. 
          IT'S A VERY DATA-DRIVEN, ECONOMICALLY GROUNDED ROADMAP TO HELP US GUIDE FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS. 
          SO NOW, WHENEVER UM, NEW PROJECTS COME THROUGH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, WE COMPARE IT TO OUR REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AND SEE IF THAT'S A GOOD FIT FOR OUR DOWNTOWN. 
          IT'S ALSO PROVIDED A TOOL FOR US TO ATTRACT DEVELOPERS, UH, INFORM OUR PUBLIC INVESTMENT AND ALIGN INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING. 
          IT PROVIDES A CLEAR FRAMEWORK FOR US TO USE TO HELP IDENTIFY RATIOS THAT WE NEED TO MAINTAIN BETWEEN RESIDENCES, BUSINESSES, PARKING, UM, ALL SORTS OF THINGS TO HELP US FIND A REALLY WELL BALANCED DOWNTOWN. 
          THE COL CONSULTANTS ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT WE BUILD OUT CHARACTER AREAS IN OUR DOWNTOWN THAT WE FURTHER DEVELOP OUR HISTORIC CORE AND THEN EXPAND OUR WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS THE SURROUNDING STREETS AROUND OUR HISTORIC CORE, AND THEN OUR ACTIVITY CORRIDOR, WHICH IS EVEN FURTHER THE, THE TRIBUTARIES THAT CONNECT INTO DOWNTOWN. 
          UM, SO THE PLAN RECOMMENDED AN ADDITIONAL 1900 RESIDENTIAL UNITS IN OUR DOWNTOWN TO SUPPORT AND EXPAND THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT IN DOWNTOWN. 
          SO THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE ARE, UM, LOOKING TO ATTRACT HIGH QUALITY DEVELOPMENT THAT CAN PROVIDE THAT FOR OUR DOWNTOWN. 
          IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN VIEWING THE PRESENTATION, UH, THEY PRESENTED TO THE WORK SESSION ON JANUARY 5TH, AND THAT'S AVAILABLE ON THE CITY WEBSITE. 
          UM, BUT WE WILL USE THIS PLAN MOVING FORWARD TO HELP US, GUIDE US, UM, FOR FUTURE DECISIONS, UM, AND AS WELL THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLANNING. 
          WE'LL LOOK TO THIS PLAN IN THE FUTURE. 
          AWESOME CONCLUDES, SO DISTRICT SERVICES, I'M SORRY, THAT CONCLUDES MANAGED DISTRICT SERVICES. 
          SO THE NEXT ITEM IS THREE B, THE REVITALIZATION PROGRAM. 
          SO THE REVITALIZATION PROGRAM WAS IMPLEMENTED IN 2020 AS A FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WHERE PROJECTS COULD ONLY BE ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING IN 2021. 
          UH, THEY WENT AND AMENDED THE RESOLUTION TO EXPAND AND INCLUDE INTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS IN REPAIRS AND TO ALLOW TENANT BUSINESSES TO APPLY WITH THE CONSENT OF THE PROPERTY OWNER. 
          UM, APPLICATIONS ARE REVIEWED BY OUR COMMITTEE, WHICH INCLUDES A MEMBER OF PLANNING, BUILDING INSPECTIONS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND OUR HISTORICAL PRESERVATION CONSULTANT. 
          AND WE MEET THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH. 
          WE HAVE A MEETING NEXT WEEK TO REVIEW AN APPLICATION. 
          UM, OUR PROGRAM HAS BEEN AMAZINGLY SUCCESSFUL, UM, OVER THE FIRST SIX YEARS OF THE PROGRAM, OVER A MILLION DOLLARS. 
          WE'RE EXECUTED ACROSS 14 DIFFERENT PROJECTS WHEN YOU CONTRIBUTE THE APPLICANT MATCH. 
          THAT'S OVER TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS OF REINVESTMENT IN OUR DOWNTOWN BUILDINGS, UM, TO MAKE REMAIN ATTRACTIVE AND ALSO TO CONTINUE OUR HISTORIC CONTRIBUTING STATUS DESIGNATION OF OUR DOWNTOWN. 
          UM, BY FAR, OUR BIGGEST YEAR WAS 2025 WITH OVER $526,000 WORTH OF REIMBURSEMENTS DISTRIBUTED, INCLUDING OUR BIGGEST PROJECT TAINO. 
          UM, THIS PROJECT INCLUDED THE FULL GUT AND REMODEL OF THE BUILDING. 
          UM, IT WAS COMPLETED OVER FIVE MONTHS. 
          UM, IF YOU REMEMBER, IT USED TO BE JIM'S BARBER SHOP NUMBER OF YEARS AGO. 
          UM, AND THEN TACO VINO TOOK OVER AND, UM, THANKFULLY THEY STRIPPED OFF THAT PAINT ON RE-EXPOSED THE BEAUTIFUL BRICK BUILDING. 
          THEY PAID HOMAGE TO THE DOORFRAME AND THE TRANSOM WINDOWS. 
          UM, AND THEY ALSO, WHEN THEY STARTED WORK ON THE BUILDING, THEY SAW THE FLOORING WAS THIS BRIGHT, VIVID, VERY MID-CENTURY MODERN RED. 
          AND SO THEY PLAYED INTO THAT COLOR PALETTE TO KEEP THE HISTORIC NATURE OF IT. 
          UM, BUT SO AFTER FIVE MONTHS OF CONSTRUCTION, THEY OPENED THEIR DOORS IN SEPTEMBER OF 2025. 
          THIS IS THEIR SECOND LOCATION. 
          THEIR FIRST IS IN BISHOP ARTS. 
          SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO SEE SOMETHING FROM SUCH A BUZZY NEIGHBORHOOD COME TO DOWNTOWN GARLAND. 
          UM, THEY'RE HOME TO, THEIR BIGGEST SPECIAL THAT THEY ADVERTISE IS SIX TACOS AND A BOTTLE OF WINE FOR $40 IS THEIR BIG DATE NIGHT SPECIAL. 
          UM, THEY ARE AWARD-WINNING RESTAURANT, DALLAS OBSERVER, DALLAS MAGAZINE, TASTEMAKERS, AND MANY OTHERS. 
          UM, AND THEY'VE BEEN ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN OUR DOWNTOWN EVENTS AND PROGRAMMING EVER SINCE OPENING. 
          SO WE'RE GRATEFUL TO HAVE THEM IN DOWNTOWN GARLAND. 
          UM, THE ONLY CURRENT OPEN PROJECT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS LOLA'S TAPAS. 
          UM, THEY ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION CURRENTLY. 
          UM, THEY ARE NOTICE TO PROCEED WAS ISSUED IN OCTOBER. 
          AND UM, THEY BELIEVE THEY'RE GONNA FINISH CONSTRUCTION SUMMER OF 20, THIS SUMMER, 2026. 
          UM, THEY DID RECENTLY COME BACK TO THE REVIEW COMMITTEE WITH 
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ADDITIONAL PLUMBING COSTS, UM, AND INCREASE THEIR REIMBURSEMENT REQUESTS BY $4,000. 
          SO NOW THEIR NEW TOTAL IS GOING TO BE 83,000 933 0 5. 
          UH, ONCE THEY COMPLETE ALL THE WORK IN THE BUILDING, SIMILAR TO TAINO, IT IS A FULL GUT AND REMODEL. 
          UM, THEY HAVE PLANS TO ADD A NICE DANCE FLOOR, UM, A NICE TILED AREA, A BAR, A NICE SEATING, AND THE PATIO IN THE FRONT AND THE BACK OF THE BUILDING. 
          UM, AS WELL, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, UH, REFINEMENTS TO THE PROGRAM. 
          AS THE PROGRAM ENTERS THE SEVENTH YEAR, THE REVIEW COMMITTEE HAS RECOGNIZED THAT SOME REFINEMENTS ARE NEEDED TO ADAPT TO PER THE PER CURRENT DOWNTOWN NEEDS AND TO ADAPT TO THE REDEVELOPMENT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          UM, SO WITH THAT, THE REVIEW COMMITTEE IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE PUT A MAXIMUM CAP ON THE REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST OF $150,000. 
          THIS WILL ENSURE THAT MULTIPLE PROJECTS CAN HAPPEN, UM, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR INSTEAD OF JUST ONE BIG APPLICANT COMING IN AND TAKING ALL THE FUNDING. 
          UM, BUT OF, OF NOTE, OUT OF THE 14 PROJECTS THAT WE'VE COMPLETED SO FAR, ONLY ONE OF THEM WAS ABOVE THIS AMOUNT. 
          UM, OF NOTE, THERE'S STILL OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          IF ANOTHER BIG PROJECT COMES IN THAT WE WANT TO SEE COME TO FRUITION, WE CAN ALWAYS PARTNER WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. 
          UM, THE COMMITTEE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REQUIRE THAT PROJECTS HAVE A MINIMUM OF 25% EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS. 
          THEY WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE WORK WILL BE VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC AND SOMETHING THAT WILL REALLY CHANGE THE DISTRICT, UM, WHICH IS WHAT THE PROGRAM IS SUPPOSED TO DO, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE IMPACT IS, UH, VISIBLE TO THOSE PASSING BY TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME IN. 
          THE COMMITTEE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO, UH, REQUEST THAT SIGNAGE BE REMOVED FROM THE FIVE-YEAR WAIT PERIOD OR EXEMPT FROM THE FIVE-YEAR WAIT PERIOD AS THE PROGRAM STANDS NOW. 
          IF YOU PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM, YOU HAVE TO WAIT FIVE YEARS UNTIL YOU'RE ELIGIBLE TO REAPPLY OR USE THE FUNDING AGAIN. 
          AND WE'VE RECOGNIZED THAT SOMETIMES BUSINESSES TURN OVER WITHIN THAT PERIOD. 
          AND SO WE LIKE TO HAVE, PROVIDE SOME ASSISTANCE TO THE NEW BUSINESSES COMING IN, HELP THEM GET A NICE SIGN, UM, TO OPEN THEIR STOREFRONT. 
          UM, THE, THIS IS THE, UM, SORRY, TAX PRO NON-TAX PRODUCING PROPERTIES. 
          UM, THEY'D LIKE TO INCREASE, INCLUDE FUNDING TO HAVE EXTERIOR FACADE IMPROVEMENTS. 
          UM, BEFORE THIS, UM, NON-TAX PRODUCING ENTITIES WERE ONLY ALLOWED TO APPLY FOR LIFE SAVING IMPROVEMENTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH ANOTHER PROJECT. 
          SO THIS WILL BE, WILL ALLOW THEM TO HAVE EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS TO MAINTAIN THEIR HISTORIC DESIGNATION. 
          THIS IS THE ONLY ITEM, UM, THAT THEY'RE LOOKING THAT WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO REVISE RESOLUTION NUMBER 1 0 4 6 8. 
          UM, ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS ARE ALLOWED AS THE RESOLUTION STANDS, BUT, UH, MAKING THIS CHANGE, WE WILL HAVE TO GO BEFORE COUNCIL TO CHANGE THAT RESOLUTION. 
          UM, WE'D ALSO LIKE TO ADOPT A NEW SCORECARD THAT GIVES THE REVIEW BOARD FLEXIBILITY TO ALLOCATE FUNDING BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION REDEVELOPMENT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          UM, SO ALLOWING THE, THE JUDGES TO, UM, LOOK AT A PROJECT AND MAKE SURE THAT ALIGNS WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AND IS SOMETHING THAT WE ACTUALLY WANT TO ATTRACT TO DOWNTOWN GARLAND. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, SO THIS WILL BE BROUGHT TO COUNCIL THIS SUMMER, SO IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AT THIS TIME, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. 
          YES. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THE $150,000 CAP WOULD KEEP IT FROM ANY ONE PROJECT TAKING UP THE TOTAL AVAILABLE FOR THE YEAR. 
          MM-HMM . 
          WHAT IS THAT TOTAL ANNUAL, ROUGHLY? THE, THE TOTAL ANNUAL CHANGES YEAR TO YEAR BASED ON OUR 20 YEAR PROJECT PLAN. 
          UM, FOR THIS NEXT YEAR, OUR, UH, TOTAL AVAILABLE IS 200,000. 
          AND SO, UH, HAVING 150 CAP WOULD ENSURE THAT, WELL, AT LEAST WE COULD GET TWO PROJECTS OUT OF THAT. 
          UM, THE MAJORITY OF OUR PROJECTS DO NOT GET TO 150,000. 
          IF YOU LOOK TO, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, JIMMY WALLACE WAS 78 TALK SCOOP AND BOBAS WAS 18. 
          EPIPHANY GALLERY WAS LESS THAN 3000. 
          UM, ROACH FEED WAS 22. 
          SO THE MAJORITY OF OUR, OUR PROJECTS ARE WELL UNDER THE 150,000. 
          UM, BUT WE JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT, UM, ONE NEW ENTITY COULDN'T COME IN AND WIPE US OUT. 
          AND THEN THE 25% EXTERIOR REQUIREMENT MM-HMM . 
          HOW IS THAT BEING MEASURED? IS THAT IN DOLLARS? YES. 
          25% OF THE FUNDING. 
          SO IF YOU'RE ASKING IF 
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YOUR PROJECT TOTAL COST JUST $300,000 WITH 150 REIMBURSEMENT, THEN YOU'D HAVE TO SPEND AT LEAST A HUNDRED THOUSAND ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING. 
          I'M SORRY, 75,000? 25% ? YES. 
          OH, I THINK YOU HAVE TO TURN HIM ON. 
          I PUT THE LITTLE STICKY NOTE. 
          I BELIEVE HE'S 11. 
          UH, SO CHURCHES, UM, OR NONPROFITS. 
          SO WE HAVE VISUAL AID VOLUNTEERS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE MULTIPLE CHURCHES IN OUR DOWNTOWN DISTRICT. 
          SO THOSE ADDRESSES ARE NOT, UM, INCURRING, UM, TAX PRODUCING ENTITIES AS THEY'RE NONPROFITS OR CHURCHES. 
          YES. 
          UM, IF A, UH, PROJECT APPLIES AND THEY GET APPROVED, THEY COMPLETE ALL THEIR WORK, THEN ONCE THEIR REIMBURSEMENT IS SENT, THEN THE FIVE YEAR TIME PERIOD STARTS AND IT IS PER ADDRESS. 
          SO IF, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, 600 MAIN STREET WERE TO APPLY FOR FUNDING, COMPLETE THEIR WORK IN FEBRUARY OF 2025, THEN THEY WOULDN'T BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY UNTIL IT'S LIKE FILING AN INSURANCE CLAIM ON YOUR ROOF. 
          YEAH, EXACTLY. 
          THERE'S ALSO SOME PARAMETERS ABOUT, UM, THEY HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE, THE PROJECTS THAT WERE IMPLEMENTED. 
          SO IF THEY DECIDE THEY, IF THEY WANNA BUILD SOMETHING AND THEN LATER THEY DECIDE, OH, I DON'T LIKE THAT ANYMORE. 
          I WANNA CHANGE. 
          WELL, ACCORDING TO THE GUIDELINES, THEY HAVE TO KEEP THAT FOR THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD, THE MONEY DOESN'T ROLL OVER IN TERMS OF THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE. 
          UM, THE MONEY CAN ROLL OVER IF WE REQUEST IT. 
          IF WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE, UH, THE USE FOR IT COMING UP, WE CAN REQUEST FOR IT TO BE ROLLED OVER. 
          IT DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY ROLL OVER IF WE DON'T REQUEST A ROLLOVER, IT GOES BACK INTO OUR FUND BALANCE. 
          IT'S JUST KIND OF LIKE OUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT SO THAT IT'S ALWAYS MAINTAINED IN THE TIFF. 
          AND WE ALWAYS, THE TIFF IS ONE, TIFF ONE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN USE THAT FUNDING. 
          UM, BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE A KNOWN USE FOR IT, IT JUST GOES TO OUR FUND BALANCE. 
          GIVEN THAT MM-HMM . 
          WOULDN'T IT BE SMARTER TO, INSTEAD OF A HARD CAP ON IF IT WAS UP AGAINST THAT CAP AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WELL, LET'S SEE IT LATER ON FOR YOU. 
          LIKE, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? UM, SO THE SLIDE WOULD BE ON IF WE APPROVE IT OR NOT, OR, WELL, I, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, WHAT ANNEX OF IT WOULD THIS COMES IN AND THEY, THEY GO UP AGAINST THAT 100 LIMIT. 
          UH, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE MORE MM-HMM . 
          OH. 
          SO IF WE DON'T EXHAUST THE FUNDS AND THEY WANTED MORE. 
          YEAH. 
          OH, LIKE A PERCENT OF TOTAL INCIDENTAL. 
          YEAH. 
          SOME, UM, I MEAN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DISCUSS WITH THE REVIEW COMMITTEE AND, UM, BRING UP THE 150,000 CAME ABOUT, UM, THROUGH THE TEXAS DOWNTOWN NETWORK. 
          I WAS ABLE TO RESEARCH THAT WHAT OTHER DOWNTOWNS ARE, ARE DOING IN THE STATE. 
          UM, AND WE HAVE REALIZED THAT OF ALL THE CITIES THAT I WAS ABLE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH, THE ONLY OTHER CITY THAT DOES NOT HAVE A CAP IS GALVESTON. 
          AND SO ALL THE OTHER CITIES THAT I TALKED TO HAVE A CAP OF 25 OR 50,000. 
          SO WE THOUGHT THAT 150 WAS STILL A VERY GENEROUS AMOUNT AND WOULD ALLOW YOU TO GET A LOT OF PROJECT DONE. 
          'CAUSE KEEP IN MIND THEY'RE MATCHING THE ONE 50 FOR 300,000. 
          UM, BUT THAT IS A GOOD, A GOOD SUGGESTION, ESPECIALLY FOR SOME OF OUR LARGER SQUARE FOOT BUILDINGS. 
          AND SOMETHING I CAN TAKE TO THE REVIEW COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS. 
          IF YOU'RE RED, YOU'RE, YOU'RE GREAT. 
          GOOD. 
          I THINK YOU'RE SEVEN. 
          KIM, DO YOU HAVE THAT STICKY NOTE? NO, YOU'RE GOOD. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, SOMETHING TO CONSIDER IN RELATION TO THAT SO THAT IT'S NOT BEING AWARDED UNFAIRLY BECAUSE SOMEBODY HAS A BIGGER PROJECT IS BY SQUARE FOOTAGE OR SOMETHING THAT IS, UH, EQUAL AND NOT UNFAIR TO OTHER BUSINESSES ON THE SQUARE OR IN OUR DISTRICT. 
          UM, 
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WHICH THEN WOULD BE AWARDED THAT EXTRA AMOUNT. 
          'CAUSE UH, ADEQUATE, I, I'M NOT REALLY FAMILIAR WITH OUR INVOLVEMENTS HERE PERSONALLY. 
          DOES ANYBODY HAVE A BUSINESS ON THE SQUARE OR IN THE DISTRICT? OKAY. 
          WE USED TO HAVE TWO OR THREE BUSINESSES ON THE SQUARE IN THE DISTRICT, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. 
          UM, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE ALWAYS WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD IN MIND, THAT WE WERE JUDICIOUS TO ALL THE BUSINESSES IN THE DISTRICT AND NOT PREFER, UH, BEING PREFERENTIAL TO ONE OR ANOTHER. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UH, UNJUSTLY. 
          SO, WELL, I LIKE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE IDEA. 
          WE'LL VISIT THAT WITH THE COMMITTEE. 
          YEAH. 
          JUST LOOKING BACK, HOW WOULD THAT HAVE AFFECTED THE LARGE, UM, PROJECT FROM, SO IF TACO VINO WERE TO APPLY AND OUR MAXIMUM WAS ONE 50, THEN WE WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO GO THROUGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO GET A THREE 80 AGREEMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THERE'S STILL FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS A LARGER PROJECT, AND PART OF THE BOND THAT PASSED LAST MAY INCLUDED INCENTIVE FUNDING FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO ATTRACT BUSINESS AT DOWNTOWN GARLAND. 
          SO THEY STILL HAVE FUNDING AND THE CAPACITY TO MANAGE THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM . 
          SO FAR? MM-HMM . 
          WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE APPLICANTS, UM, DISCUSS, WE HAD ONE SUBMIT THAT WE'RE REVIEWING AT THE MAY MEETING, UM, AND WE'VE GOTTEN MULTIPLE THAT ARE PREPARING THEIR APPLICATION. 
          I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE VERY CAUTIOUS. 
          UM, I'VE HEARD SOME PEOPLE SAY, OH, I'M GONNA SAVE MY MONEY. 
          IT'S A, A ROUGH YEAR THIS YEAR. 
          UM, JUST PRICE OF GOODS, CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE GETTING REALLY HIGH. 
          UM, TARIFFS, I'VE HEARD PEOPLE QUOTE. 
          SO, UM, I THINK THAT HAS SLOWED DOWN SOME OF THE INVESTMENT IN DOWNTOWN SOMEWHAT. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT MAKES SENSE. 
          YEAH, WE ARE, WE ARE STILL ACTIVELY TALKING TO SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT ARE PREPARING THEIR APPLICATION. 
          UM, SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN MOVING INTO DOWNTOWN. 
          UM, BUT I THINK SOME OF THE ESTABLISHED BUSINESSES ARE KIND OF HOLDING THEIR CARDS RIGHT NOW. 
          AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REVITALIZATION UPDATE. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON REVITALIZATION BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO ENHANCED SQUARE PROGRAMMING? ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD NANCY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, SO ENHANCED SQUARE PROGRAMMING. 
          UM, WE HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY. 
          UM, LISA, OUR NEW EVENT COORDINATOR, UH, JUST REALLY HIT THE GROUND RUNNING WITH, UM, THE DIRECTIVE OF 50 EVENTS A YEAR, AND SHE'S TAKING THAT VERY MUCH TO HEART. 
          UM, SO WE DIDN'T LIST OUT ALL OF THE WINTER PROGRAMMING THAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE OUR OCTOBER MEETING. 
          UM, YOU GUYS WOULD BE HERE FOR QUITE A BIT OF TIME. 
          UM, BUT SOME OF THE MORE RECENT ONES IN FEBRUARY, WE HOSTED THE FIRST EVER PASSWORD REQUIRED, UH, OUR PROHIBITION EXPERIENCE. 
          SO, UM, BACK DURING THE TIMES OF PROHIBITION, GARLAND WAS HOME TO A SPEAKEASY CALLED THE GREEN LANTERN. 
          AND WE WANTED TO, UH, PAY TRIBUTE TO THAT, UM, ENCOURAGE SOME PEOPLE TO GO TO THE HERITAGE MUSEUM AND THEN ALSO INVOLVE OUR DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES IN THAT MANNER. 
          UM, SO WE HAD SIX DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES PARTICIPATE, DO BANDERAS, FORTUNATE SUNS STATE AND MAINE MERCHANT, TACO VINO, LOCKWOOD DISTILLERY, AND INTRINSIC BREWERY. 
          UM, PAMPHLETS WERE AVAILABLE AT THE BUSINESSES AS WELL AS AT THE VISITOR CENTER. 
          AND OVER 250 PAMPHLETS WERE PASSED OUT, UM, ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO GO TO THE BUSINESSES, WHISPER THE SECRET PASSWORD AND GET A DRINK ITEM THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED ON THE MENU. 
          SO A SPECIALTY DRINK ITEM THAT THE BUSINESSES MADE TO PARTICIPATE WITH THIS. 
          UM, WE ALSO HOSTED OUR MUSIC MADE HERE IN FEBRUARY INSIDE OF INTRINSIC, UH, BREWHOUSE, A BREWERY. 
          UM, IT WAS A LIVE BAND, A FIVE PIECE BAND. 
          UM, SO A LOT OF ATTENDEES WERE VERY EXCITED TO GET UP AND SING THEIR HEARTS OUT TO A LIVE BAND CALLED DECADES. 
          UM, WE WILL BE RE REPEATING THIS EVENT AGAIN NEXT YEAR, 'CAUSE OF SUCH, UH, COMMITTED FANS AND EXCITEMENT ABOUT IT. 
          SOME PEOPLE WANT US TO DO IT EVERY MONTH, , UM, BUT WE'LL PROBABLY JUST STICK TO ONCE A YEAR. 
          . 
          UM, WE ALSO HAD SPRING BREAK ON THE SQUARE THIS YEAR, UM, FIVE DAYS OF BACK-TO-BACK PROGRAMMING. 
          UM, MONDAY WE HAD GAME DAY WITH, UH, BASKETBALL HOOPS, AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT CAME OUT WITH THEIR PLAY TRAILER, WHICH INCLUDES CORNHOLE AND HULA HOOPS AND GA BASKETBALLS AND GAMES. 
          AND WE ALSO HAD A MAHJONG GROUP COME OUT ON THE SQUARE AND PLAY MAHJONG ON THE SQUARE AND DOWNTOWN GARLAND. 
          UM, TUESDAY 
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WAS THE ST. 
          PATRICK'S, UH, ST. 
          PATTY'S PUPPY PARTY. 
          SO IT WAS ON ST. 
          PATRICK'S DAY. 
          A LOT OF THE DOGS CAME DRESSED IN GREEN. 
          UM, FOUR DOGS WERE ADOPTED. 
          I BELIEVE FOUR OR FIVE WERE ADOPTED THAT DAY, WHICH IS GREAT. 
          THE ADOPTION COORDINATOR SAID HE RARELY HAS DOGS IF THE ADOPTED AT EVENTS. 
          UM, BUT WE DID A GREAT JOB OF MARKETING. 
          HALEY DID A GREAT JOB OF MARKETING THE EVENT AND SAYING GET READY TO BRING A DOG HOME OVER SPRING BREAK. 
          UM, WEDNESDAY WAS A WICKED DOUBLE FEATURE. 
          WE PLAYED BOTH SHOWINGS OF WICKED AND IN BETWEEN DURING INTERMISSION, WE HAD A PERFORMANCE BY CHARITY EDEN DOING A LOT OF SABRINA CARPENTER AND TAYLOR SWIFT COVERS. 
          UM, DEFINITELY TARGETED TOWARDS A YOUNGER CROWD. 
          UM, BUT WE HAD A GREAT ATTENDANCE FOR A FOUR O'CLOCK CONCERT. 
          WE'VE NEVER DONE A CONCERT AT FOUR O'CLOCK ON A WEDNESDAY, AND IT WENT VERY WELL. 
          SO VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, THURSDAY NIGHT WAS MY FAVORITE NIGHT. 
          THAT WAS THE SILENT DISCO EVENT. 
          UM, WE HAD THREE DIFFERENT DJS INSIDE OF THE TREE HOUSE AT THE, ON THE PLAYGROUND, AND THEY WERE LIT UP AND THEN DOWN ON THE FLOOR, WE HAD A LITTLE FENCED IN AREA WHERE A HUNDRED DIFFERENT PARTICIPANTS GOT TO COME IN, PUT THE HEADPHONES ON, AND THEY COULD CHANGE THE CHANNEL AND HEAR THE THREE DIFFERENT DJS. 
          AND, UM, IT WAS JUST SUCH A SURREAL EXPERIENCE TO SEE ALL THESE PEOPLE JUST DANCING THEIR HEARTS OUT. 
          AND IT WAS SILENT AND . 
          IT WAS GREAT. 
          EVEN, UM, OUR, OUR MAS CAME WITH HIS CHILDREN AND THEY LOVED IT. 
          THEY WERE IN THERE DANCING FOR A LONG TIME. 
          UM, SO THAT'S ANOTHER ONE THAT PEOPLE ASK IF WE WOULD DO THAT EVERY SINGLE WEEK. 
           VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT. 
          AND THEN FRIDAY WAS WILD FLOWERS AND WATERCOLORS. 
          UM, WE HAD THE LIBRARY COME OUT AND DO SOME INTERACTIVE PAINTING. 
          WE ALSO HAD, UM, PLANTING DEMONSTRATIONS, UH, FRESH HERBAL TEA AND JUST A RELAXED, UM, WILDFLOWER LOVING KIND OF DAY ON THE SQUARE IN DOWNTOWN. 
          UM, WE ALSO HAD ART MADE HERE ON SATURDAY, MARCH 28TH. 
          UM, THIS YEAR ATTENDANCE WAS, UM, JUST UNDER 3000. 
          AND THE ATTENDEES, UH, LINGERED FOR, I BELIEVE 30 MINUTES LONGER THAN THEY DID LAST BASED ON LAST YEAR'S, UH, METRICS. 
          UM, SO PEOPLE CAME AND THEY ENJOYED THEMSELVES. 
          UM, THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, UH, PAINTED A MURAL AND DID SOME DUMPSTER PAINTINGS. 
          WE ALSO SCREENED A MOVIE AND LAUNCHED OUR TINY HAT EXHIBIT, UM, WHICH I'VE GOT DOWN IN THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          UM, SOME OF OUR RECURRING PROGRAMMING MUSIC MADE HERE IS EVERY FIRST FRIDAY ON THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE. 
          UM, COMING UP THIS FRIDAY, IF IT DOESN'T GET RAINED OUT, WE HAVE LA NEVA FORA. 
          UM, COMING TO DOWNTOWN GARLAND, UM, JUNE 5TH, FRANK CANNON OF TESLA IS COMING BACK TO GARLAND FOR ANOTHER PERFORMANCE. 
          JULY 3RD IS RED, WHITE AND U UM, THIS IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST EVENTS IN DOWNTOWN. 
          UM, WE HAVE, UH, DISTRICT-WIDE CLOSURES, UM, FROM THIRD TO SEVENTH IN AUSTIN TO AVENUE A. 
          SO WE EXPECT PROBABLY 15 TO 20,000 PEOPLE COMING TO DOWNTOWN GARLAND. 
          UM, LOTS OF FUN INTERACTIVE ELEMENTS PLANNED. 
          AND, UH, TIGER LILY GOLD WILL BE THE HEADLINING PERFORMER THAT EVENING. 
          UM, WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING OUR, YOU AIN'T HEARD NOTHING YET EVERY THURSDAY IN APRIL AND MAY. 
          UM, THIS IS FROM SIX 30 TO 8:00 PM IS A VERY CALM, SINGER SONGWRITER. 
          WE DON'T HAVE A STAGE, IT'S JUST A PLUG IN A RUG. 
          UM, WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND GET THEIR, TO GO FOOD AND SIT ON THE SQUARE OR BRING A BLANKET OR A SOCCER BALL AND JUST KIND OF CREATE A VIBE IN DOWNTOWN GARLAND. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE THE, UH, MONTHLY URBAN MARKET, UM, THAT WILL BE HAPPENING. 
          NEXT ONE IS MAY 9TH, UH, SATURDAY BEFORE MOTHER'S DAY. 
          UM, SO I KNOW THEY HAVE SOME FUN THINGS PLANNED. 
          UM, MIGHT BRING YOUR NEW MOTHER OUT WITH YOU ON MOTHER MAY 9TH. 
          UM, BUT WE'LL ALSO HAVE ONE IN JUNE, IN JULY AND AUGUST. 
          THEY DO A NIGHT MARKET JUST DUE TO THE HEAT WHERE THE MARKET STARTS LATER IN THE EVENING, FIVE TO 10:00 PM AND IS A VERY FUN EXPERIENCE AS WELL. 
          UM, AND THEN UPCOMING. 
          WE'VE GOT, UM, SEVERAL FUN EVENTS ON THE BOOKS, INCLUDING ASIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE FESTIVAL HAPPENING ON MAY 16TH. 
          UM, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. 
          LOTS OF BEAUTIFUL DISPLAYS, DANCES, UH, PERFORMANCES. 
          IT REALLY WILL BE A GREAT TIME. 
          IT'S FREE TO ATTEND, UM, LOTS OF, UM, UNIQUE FOOD OFFERINGS. 
          WE PARTNER WITH, UH, SCOOP AND BUNS TO H HOUSE, THE UBE LAND SECTION OF THE EVENT, UH, WHERE WE TAKE OVER MAIN STREET WITH PURPLE EVERYTHING, PURPLE UEY, EVERYTHING. 
          UM, SO IF YOU'VE NEVER HAD UEY, PLEASE COME OUT ON MAY 16TH. 
          UM, WE'RE ALSO HOSTING 
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A PICKLE PARTY IN JUNE, UM, FROM FOUR TO 8:00 PM PAY HOMAGE TO GARLAND'S HISTORY OF PICKLE PRODUCING, WHICH GARLAND HAS BEEN KNOWN PICKLE PRODUCER FOR A LONG TIME. 
          UM, WE'LL HAVE DIFFERENT VENDORS ACTIVITIES AND, UM, LOTS OF PICKLES TO SAMPLE. 
          UM, SATURDAY, JUNE 20TH IS JUNETEENTH. 
          UM, THIS WILL BE A VERY SPECIAL JUNETEENTH AS WILL ALSO BE UNVEILING A MOSAIC, UM, INSTALLED BY REGINALD ADAMS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CULTURAL ARTS. 
          UM, THE MOSAIC WILL, UH, SPAN THE, THAT RETAINING WALL JUST OUTSIDE OF THE CULTURAL ART CENTER ALONG FIFTH STREET. 
          UM, SO IF YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN FIFTH STREET, YOU'LL SEE ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF ART HERE IN DOWNTOWN GARLAND. 
          AND THEN, UH, NOT TO BE LEFT OUT, RED, WHITE AND U ON FRIDAY, JULY 3RD. 
          IT'S ALSO AMERICA'S 250TH. 
          SO WE HAVE LOTS OF FUN EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR THIS DAY. 
          AND, UM, IT'S GONNA BE GREAT LIVE FIREWORK SHOW AND, UM, A FUN TIME. 
          AND THAT INCLUDES, UH, ENHANCED SQUARE PROGRAMMING UPDATES. 
          ANY QUESTIONS FOR NANCY BEFORE MOVING ON TO PUBLIC ART? GO AHEAD. 
          OH, WELL, WE ARE, AND I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T PUT IT IN MY PRESENTATION, I'M SORRY. 
          UH, WE'VE PA PARTNERED WITH, UH, MASTER HATTERS OF TEXAS. 
          SO THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING A POPUP IN THE, UH, FIREHOUSE BUILDING THE MONTHS OF, UH, JUNE AND JULY. 
          UM, WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE HOSTING, UM, SOME FUN AND INTERACTIVE, UM, SOCCER BOOTHS ON THE SQUARE. 
          UM, AND WE'RE GONNA BE SUPPORTING OUR DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES IF THEY HOST WATCH PARTIES OR ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES. 
          MM-HMM . 
          BUT THEY, UM, OUR VISIT DEPARTMENT HAS DONE A LOT OF, UM, MARKETING TOWARDS THE TEAMS THAT WILL BE PLAYING. 
          SO IF YOU GO TO TARGET IN ARGENTINA, YOU MIGHT SEE A VISIT DOWNTOWN GARLAND POSTER. 
          UM, SO LOTS OF, UM, FUN AND INTERACTIVE WAYS. 
          I, WE ARE PRESUMING THAT WHEN PEOPLE COME TO TEXAS, THEY WANNA LEAVE WITH A COWBOY HAT. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE INVITED, UH, MASTER HATTERS TO COME OUT AND, UM, POP UP DURING THAT TIME PROMOTION AT ALL. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          WE'LL STEP IT UP THIS'S LESS. 
          HAVE YOU ALL SEEN ANY PROMOTION RELATED TO OKAY, WELL WE'LL GET THE WORD OUT MORE. 
          SURE. 
          THIS IS MS. DANA LODGE, UH, MY DIRECTOR. 
          SO, UH, AS NANCY SAID, I'M DANA LODGE. 
          I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE. 
          AND SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF ELEMENTS TO THAT. 
          UM, ONE, UM, WE DID NOT ONE LICENSING TO DO ANY KIND OF WATCH PARTIES IS VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE AND THEY'RE ONLY GIVING VERY FEW OUT. 
          UM, SO WATCH PARTIES ARE, ARE NOT REALLY REALISTIC. 
          UM, ALSO, UM, OUR GARLAND POLICE, UH, DEPARTMENT IS HEAVILY ENGAGED BY THE ENTIRE METROPLEX TO SUPPORT THE ENTIRE METROPLEX. 
          AND AS A RESULT, UM, THEY ASKED US TO PLEASE STICK TO THE NORMAL FESTIVALS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN JUNE AND JULY, WHICH ARE QUITE ABUNDANT. 
          I MEAN, WE HAVE A RED WHITE NU FESTIVAL, WHICH BRINGS 16,000 PEOPLE, WHICH DEFINITELY USES A LARGE, UH, POLICE FORCE. 
          SO, UM, BEING VERY MINDFUL THAT THE GARLAND, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT IS BEING UTILIZED ACROSS THE METROPLEX, WE'RE REALLY STAYING, UM, PRETTY MILD WITH ANY ADDITIONAL, UM, TYPE WORLD CUP. 
          THE THIRD THING IS WE HOPE THAT YOU DON'T SEE THE ADVERTISING BECAUSE WE ARE ADVERTISING OUTSIDE OF GARLAND. 
          SO ALL OF OUR ADVERTISING ABOUT, UM, COME SEE THE LARGEST HAT SCULPTURE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, COME, UM, VISIT THE HAT CAPITAL OF TEXAS, COME SEE OUR POP-UP STORE, COME EAT AND DRINK AND STAY IN. 
          OUR HOTELS ARE TARGETED AT THOSE INTERNATIONAL CITIES THAT ARE PLAYING IN, UM, DALLAS AND ALSO OUTSIDE OF THE DALLAS METROPLEX. 
          SO ALL OF OUR ADVERTISING IS 50 MILES AND OUT. 
          AND THEN ALSO FOR THIS PARTICULAR EVENT, INTERNATIONAL. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE SEEN ANYTHING, 
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WE'VE BEEN, WE HAVEN'T BEEN DOING IT CORRECTLY, WE DON'T WANT, WE WE'RE NOT THAT, THAT'S NOT WHAT THE GAME, UM, PLAN IS. 
          SO HOPEFULLY THAT KIND OF CLARIFIES THAT A LITTLE BIT. 
          YEAH, YEAH. 
          THANK YOU DANA. 
          ALRIGHT, UM, NANCY, LET'S CONTINUE WITH PUBLIC ART. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, SO AS I, I KIND OF ALLUDED TO EARLIER, OUR TINY HAT HUNT WAS LAUNCHED DURING ART MADE HERE. 
          UM, THIS IS, UH, INCLUDES EIGHT MINIATURE COWBOY HATS. 
          THEY'RE ALL ABOUT THREE AND A HALF INCHES. 
          THEY FIT IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND. 
          THEY'VE BEEN PERMANENTLY INSTALLED IN EIGHT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN. 
          UM, VISITORS CAN GET A MAP OR A CUE CARD, UM, AS IT IS A SCAVENGER HUNT, A CUE CARD AT THE VISITOR CENTER, OR YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT ON THE, THE VISIT GARLAND WEBSITE. 
          UM, SO THESE EIGHT DIFFERENT HATS WERE, UM, MODELED IN THE LIKENESS OF SOME OF THE CELEBRITIES THAT HAVE, UH, ADORNED A HAT FROM DOWNTOWN, FROM GARLAND. 
          UM, SO ONE IS, UH, NAMED AFTER MISS LEANNE RIMES. 
          THERE'S ANOTHER ONE NAMED AFTER, UM, SOME PRESIDENTS, UM, SOME HISTORICAL FIGURES THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN. 
          SO WE'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO WALK AROUND DOWNTOWN AND FIND MM-HMM . 
          UM, A TINY LITTLE HAT. 
          UM, THEY ARE PERMANENTLY INSTALLED, SO YOU CAN'T TAKE THEM HOME . 
          UM, BUT, UM, THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL AND, UM, THEY'VE BEEN VERY WELL RECEIVED AND VERY MUCH COMPLIMENT THE GIANT HATS. 
          AND NOW WE HAVE GIANT HATS, MEDIUM HATS, AND TINY HATS HERE IN GARLAND. 
          UM, AND AS ALLUDED TO, WE ALSO PAINTED DUMPSTERS AS PART OF THE ART MADE HERE. 
          UM, WE HAVE 12 DUMPSTERS IN THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT THAT ARE, UH, CONSIDERED SHARED WASTE. 
          SO MULTIPLE BUSINESSES, UH, SHARE THE DUMPSTERS AMONGST EACH OTHER. 
          UM, AND SO OF THAT WE TRY TO REPAINT THE DUMPSTERS REGULARLY, KEEP DESIGNS FRESH AND BEAUTIFUL. 
          UM, THIS YEAR WE PAINTED SIX DUMPSTERS DURING ARC MADE HERE. 
          OUR NEW GOAL WILL BE PAINT SIX EVERY YEAR SO THAT EACH DUMPSTER WILL BE REPAINTED EVERY TWO YEARS. 
          UM, AND WE APPRECIATE THE BOARD. 
          I KNOW WE COULDN'T HOST THE MEETING IN JANUARY, BUT MANY OF YOU VOTED VIRTUALLY ON THE THEME. 
          UM, THE THEME WAS, UH, COWBOY HAT CAPITAL OF TEXAS. 
          AND SO WITH THAT, UM, A LOT OF THE DESIGNS ARE VERY COWBOY HAT HEAVY, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WANTED TO KIND OF CALL OUT THAT. 
          UM, SOME OF THEM INCLUDED ANIMALS AND, UM, UH, DESERT WILDLIFE TO GO WITH KIND OF THE COWBOY LOOK. 
          UM, THIS ONE ON THE LEFT, WHEN SHE COMPLETED IT KIND OF LOOKED LIKE A, A NECKERCHIEF HANDKERCHIEF WITH A LITTLE PAT OR PAISLEY PATTERNS AROUND THE OUTSIDE. 
          UM, SO I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO EXPLORE DOWNTOWN AND SEE OUR 12 PAINTED DUMPSTERS. 
          AND IT IS AVAILABLE IF YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE, THERE'S A, UM, THINGS TO DO AND THE PUBLIC ART MAP POINTS OUT WHERE THINGS ARE. 
          WE ALSO, DURING ART MADE HERE, UH, HOSTED A COMMUNITY MURAL. 
          UM, A LOCAL GARLAND ARTIST, COLIN LASSETER CAME OUT AND WORKED WITH A COMMUNITY TO PAINT THIS MURAL. 
          UM, IT'S MADE UP OF SEVEN DIFFERENT SHADES OF BLUE AND WHITE, AND IT'S CALLED CLOUDY PLAY ON HOWDY. 
          UM, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE CLOUDS, THEY'RE COWBOY HATS AS WELL. 
          UM, SO A VERY FUN AND CREATIVE PLAY ON, UM, HATS AND A, A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN DOWNTOWN GARLAND. 
          AND, UM, THE BIG HAT INSTALLATION, HARD TO BELIEVE. 
          UM, BUT IT, IT WAS COMPLETED IN NOVEMBER OF 2025. 
          UM, THIS IS A DESIGNATION THAT IN HONOR OF THE BANKHEAD CULTURAL ARTS DESIGNATION, WHICH WAS A GRANT, UM, AWARDED, UM, OUR ARTS DIRECTOR, MS. ROSENTHAL, WAS ABLE TO, UH, GET THIS AWARD AND GET OUR, UH, CULTURAL ARTS DESIGNATION, WHICH IS VERY PRESTIGIOUS. 
          AND PART OF THAT CAME A STIPEND TO ADD A SCULPTURE IN DOWNTOWN. 
          AND SHE CHOSE A COWBOY HAT SCULPTURE. 
          UM, SO THE HAT LIGHTS UP ALONG THE BRIM AND AT THE TOP OF THE HAT. 
          UM, IT ALSO, IF YOU GO ON THE BACK OF IT, IT SAYS COWBOY HAT CAPITAL, UM, AND HAS THE GTX LOGO. 
          UM, WE'VE GOTTEN AN INSANE AMOUNT OF PUBLICITY, UM, FROM THIS OF PEOPLE SHARING OVER $3.8 MILLION WORTH OF PUBLICITY JUST ON, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA AND NEWS OUTLETS. 
          UM, 49 MILLION VIEWERS ACROSS 27 STATES HAVE, UH, SEEN THE HAT OR A SNIPPET, OR A CLIP IT OF THE HAT. 
          UM, AND IT'S ALL THE TIME NOW. 
          I SEE PEOPLE DRIVING BY REALLY SLOW OR GOING AND TAKING SELFIES. 
          SO I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME GET YOUR SELFIE WITH THE BIGGEST HAT IN TEXAS. 
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UM, IT WAS MADE BY, UM, I'M FORGETTING THE NAME RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, BUT IT'S IN COMMEMORATION OF THE THREE, UH, HAT MAKERS HERE IN GARLAND HATCO, DORFMAN MILANO AND MASTER HATTERS. 
          IT'S 20 FEET LONG AND 16 FEET WIDE, MAKING IT THE LARGEST HAT HERE IN TEXAS. 
          . 
          THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. 
          . 
          UM, AND THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC ART UPDATES. 
          THANK YOU, NANCY. 
          ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON PUBLIC ART? ALRIGHT, LET'S, UM, MOVE ON TO TIFF AREA NUMBER ONE, IMPROVEMENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO PART OF OUR TIFF AREA IMPROVEMENTS, UH, TIFF ONE HAS FUNDED THE DOWNTOWN INFRASTRUCTURE STUDY. 
          THIS WILL BE DONE BY THE CONSULTANT FREEZE AND NICHOLS. 
          UH, IT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL IN MARCH, JUST LAST MONTH. 
          UM, IT IS A STUDY THAT WILL COME OUT AND DO PARCEL LEVEL PROJECTIONS OF WATER DEMAND, HYDRAULIC FLOW MODELING. 
          IT'LL IDENTIFY INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITATIONS IN OUR DOWNTOWN, AND IT'LL RECOMMEND CAPACITY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE NEED. 
          UM, IT WAS REALLY GREAT TIMING FOR THIS TO HAPPEN JUST FOLLOWING THE REDEVELOPMENT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          UH, SO FROM THAT WE CAN USE THE TOOLS THAT WE GOT FROM THAT PLAN, UH, TO PROJECT HOW MUCH MULTIFAMILY WE WANT, HOW MUCH BUSINESS RETAIL WE WANT, AND USE THAT TO FORECAST, UH, WHAT KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS WE NEED TO MAKE IN DOWNTOWN SO THAT WHEN THE 1900 NEW RESIDENTS LIVING IN DOWNTOWN FLUSH THE TOILET, IT GOES TO THE RIGHT PLACE AND NEW WATER GETS PUT IN. 
          SO, UM, THIS WILL BE A ONE-TIME COST OF 317,000 THAT IS FUNDED BY THE TIF. 
          THE PROGRAM WILL BE MANAGED BY THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, BUT WE'LL WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE, UM, THAT THE, THE PROJECT COMES OUT AS WE LIKE. 
          YEAH, SO THEY EXPECT IT TO BE ABOUT NINE MONTHS. 
          UM, THEY'RE WORKING OUT THE FINAL PLANS WITH FRIES AND NICHOLS RIGHT NOW AS TO THE IMPLEMENTATION START DATE AND EVERYTHING. 
          BUT SINCE FUNDING WAS APPROVED IN MARCH, I BELIEVE THEY'RE, UM, DEVELOPING THEIR TIMELINE NOW. 
          AND SO HOPEFULLY BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR IT'LL BE, THE STUDY WILL BE WRAPPED UP. 
          UM, TIFF AREA IMPROVEMENTS BUCKET IS ALSO FUNDING CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. 
          UM, THIS PROJECT, UM, THEY BROKE GROUND, I BELIEVE LAST WEEK, MAYBE THE WEEK BEFORE ON THE 66 PROJECT, WHICH IS OUTSIDE OF THE TIFF BOUNDARIES. 
          UM, BUT THE NEXT PHASE OF CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT WILL BE FOREST AND JUPITER. 
          AND SO WE WILL, THAT IS WITHIN THE TIFF BOUNDARIES AND WE WERE ABLE TO HELP FUND, UM, AN ADDITIONAL $150,000 TO HAVE SOME COOL DESIGN ELEMENTS. 
          UM, SO THESE LITTLE FIRE WHEELS, IF YOU, THESE LITTLE ARCHES THAT YOU CAN SEE ARE, THEY CALL 'EM SPROCKETS. 
          THEY'RE FIRE WHEEL SPROCKETS. 
          UM, BUT IT'S THE OUTLINE OF OUR CITY FLOWER AS A, UH, BEAUTIFUL ARTISTIC RENDERING TO PROVIDE PLACE MAKING WAY FINDING, LET PEOPLE KNOW YOU'VE ENTERED GARLAND. 
          UM, THERE'S ALSO SOME ADDIT, THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT WILL GO IN AT DIFFERENT INTERSECTIONS. 
          UM, THIS WILL ALSO INCLUDE LANDSCAPING AND HARDSCAPING UPDATES AT THESE INTERSECTIONS. 
          AND, UM, THIS ARTISTIC SIGNAGE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. 
          SO I KNOW A LOT OF YOU ARE IN THAT AREA OF TOWN VERY OFTEN, SO, UM, YOU MIND THE CONSTRUCTION FOR A LITTLE BIT FOR A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT IN THE END. 
          UM, AND THEN SOME OF THE OTHER AREA IMPROVEMENTS ARE NEW AND INCOMING BUSINESSES HERE IN DOWNTOWN GARLAND. 
          UM, SO GARLAND PACK AND SHIP OPENED ITS DOORS IN DECEMBER OF 2025. 
          IT IS A, UM, IT'S ON THE CORNER OF GLENBROOK AND MAINE. 
          THEY PROVIDE, UM, SMALL MAILBOXES, UM, UH, DIFFERENT SERVICES FOR MAILING AND PACKAGING THINGS, FAXING. 
          UM, THEY ALSO HAVE A, A NOTARY ON STAFF. 
          SO IF YOU ANYTHING NOTARIZED WHILE IN DOWNTOWN, YOU CAN VISIT, PACK AND SHIP. 
          UM, LOCKWOOD DISTILLERY OPENED ITS, UH, LOCATION, GARLAND LOCATION IN FEBRUARY, UM, WITH KIND OF, UH, TEMPORARY HOURS AND THEN IN MARCH WITH OUR FULL BLOWN HOURS, UM, THEY'RE NOW OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK HERE IN DOWNTOWN GARLAND. 
          AND FOR THE SOUTH, A, UM, CLOTHING LINE OPENED IN MARCH OF 2026. 
          UM, THEY'RE AT THE CORNER OF SIXTH AND MAINE. 
          UM, THEY HAVE A VERY BIG FOLLOWING AND ESTABLISHED CLOTHING BRAND THAT THEY BROUGHT HERE TO GARLAND. 
          UM, THEY USED TO BE LOCATED IN HOUSTON AND THEN 'CAUSE OF COVID KIND OF CLOSED IN, WENT TO VIRTUAL 
          [00:50:01]
ONLINE SALES ONLY AND HAVE A VERY STRONG DEDICATED FOLLOWING. 
          SO NOW WHEN YOU'RE WALKING AROUND DOWNTOWN, YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE A SHIRT THAT SAYS FOR THE SOUTH OR MADE IN THE SOUTH. 
          AND THAT'S FROM THE STORE. 
          UM, LOLA'S TAPAS IS SLATED TO OPEN THIS SUMMER. 
          UM, THEY'RE ONE OF OUR REVITALIZATION PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS. 
          UM, SO WE'RE HOPING TO DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY THIS SUMMER. 
          AND, UH, THE AL ICE HOUSE IS, UM, TARGETING FOR FALL OF 2026 FOR OPENING. 
          UM, SO IF YOU, IF YOU GO BY, SINCE WE MET LAST, THEY'VE POURED THE FOUNDATION, LAID THE PLUMBING, AND HAVE STARTED ON THE FRAMING. 
          SO DEFINITELY PROGRESS BEING MADE AT OWL ICE HOUSE. 
          AND THAT CONCLUDES MY, UH, PRESENTATION. 
          UM, JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYONE THAT OUR NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING IS JULY 29TH, 4:30 PM SAME LOCATION. 
          AND I'LL ALLOW MR. SCHROEDER TO TAKE OVER ADJOURNMENT. 
          THANK YOU NANCY. 
          YEAH. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          ARE THEY INTENTIONALLY DOING THE, THE SIGNS THAT LOOK LIKE THE OLD GARLAND SIGN AT LIKE A GARLAND SHOPPING CENTER KIND OF TO GO WITH OUR SAVING THE, I I BELIEVE THAT WAS DEFINITELY PART OF THE CONSIDERATION. 
          UM, I WASN'T IN ON ALL OF THE PLANNING MEETINGS FOR THAT. 
          UM, BUT MS. BECKY KING IS DEFINITELY ONE WHO LOVES TO PAY HOMAGE TO GARLAND HISTORY, SO THAT WOULD NOT SURPRISE ME IF THAT WAS THE KING. 
          VERY NOSTALGIC. 
          YEAH. 
          , I APPRECIATE IT. 
          GOOD, GOOD. 
          AWESOME. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, THIS, BUT I MEAN IF DART DOES PULL OUT OF SOME OF THE OTHER NEIGHBORING CITIES, WILL THAT IMPACT THE FOREST IN JUPITER INCLUDING OUR DOWNTOWN UH, STATION? UM, I BELIEVE THAT IS STILL IN THE AIR. 
          UM, THINGS ARE STILL BEING LOOKED AT AND DISCUSSED. 
          UM, WE WOULD STILL MAINTAIN THE TIFF BOUNDARIES AS IS AND WOULD STILL, UH, MAINTAIN DOWNTOWN GARLAND AS IS. 
          UM, SO IN THAT MANNER, IT, IT WOULDN'T AFFECT US. 
          I MEAN IT WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE SOME IMPACTS, UM, TO OUR DISTRICT IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN. 
          UM, BUT UM, IT WOULDN'T CHANGE OUR FUNDING MECHANISMS OR OUR, UM, SERVICE OR ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK FOR OR COOPERATE WITH OTHER BOARDS, COMMITTEES ON FINDING POTENTIALS FOR THOSE LOCATIONS? PROPERTIES? UM, IF, IF YOU KNOW OF DEVELOPERS THAT ARE INTERESTED, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE PARCELS THAT ARE FOR SALE OR THE DART PARCELS OR, OR POTENTIAL PARCELS THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE IF DART DID LEAVE? UH, OH GOSH, THAT WOULD BE A BIG GAP. 
          UM, I THINK, UH, WE'RE GONNA CROSS THAT BRIDGE WHEN IT COMES TYPE OF A THING. 
          UM, BUT IF, IF ANY NEEDS DO ARISE, I WILL DEFINITELY ALERT THE BOARD AND LET YOU KNOW. 
          NO GARLAND DOES NOT HAVE ANY ELECTION. 
          BUT IF DART IS REASSESSING AND FOR SOME REASON, UH, PLANO, UH, WAS ON DART'S BOARD, UH, CONSIDERATIONS OF CLOSING 'CAUSE IT WASN'T A GREAT, UH, ADVANTAGE TO DART AND IT WASN'T USED A LOT BY A PLAN OF RESIDENCE. 
          IT WAS USED TO KIND OF DEFRAY DALLAS TRAFFIC. 
          THIS IS, UH, MS. ALLISON BE STEADMAN. 
          UM, THE BUDGET DIRECTOR MIGHT HAVE HAVE FOUR TO WEIGH IN ON. 
          I KNOW A LITTLE BIT, SO I DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING I'LL PREFACE WITH THAT. 
          UM, SO THREE CITIES ARE MAINTAINING THEIR CALL FOR ELECTIONS, WHICH WILL OCCUR THIS MAY, UM, HIGHLAND PARK, UNIVERSITY PARK, AND UH, ADDISON. 
          UM, SHOULD THOSE CITIES, UH, THEIR CITIZENS ELECT TO LEAVE DART, THEN SERVICE TO THOSE CITIES WILL STOP, UM, THE DAY AFTER THE ELECTION AND DART WILL BE PUBLICIZING AND DOING PUBLIC HEARINGS OF UM, WHERE THOSE STOPS WITHIN THOSE CITIES WILL BE RELOCATED TO. 
          SO TO OUR UNDERSTANDING, UM, NONE OF THE LOCATIONS WITHIN GARLAND WILL BE DIRECTLY IMPACTED, BUT THE ROUTES YOU TAKE TO GET TO OTHER CITIES WITHIN THE DART SYSTEM COULD HAVE IMPACTS OR YOU COULD MAY HAVE TO GO ALTERNATIVE WAYS OR, OR HAVE ALTERNATIVE CONNECTIONS. 
          BUT THAT INFORMATION WILL COME OUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE SUMMER THROUGH DART. 
          UM, AND ANYTIME THEY CHANGE A ROUTE, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH A SERIES OF PUBLIC HEARINGS. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT INFORMATION COULD BE SHARED WITH THE BOARD. 
          IT IS ALSO PUBLICIZED ON THEIR WEBSITE AS WELL IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING ALONG WITH THE ELECTION. 
          SO THAT MAINLY AFFECT, AFFECTS THE BUS ROUTES THEN NOT SO MUCH THE TRAIN. 
          IT WILL AFFECT ALL, ALL ROUTES THROUGH THE CITY, WHETHER IT'S BUS OR TRAIN. 
          OKAY. 
          INTERESTING. 
          [00:55:01]
VERY GOOD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME, ALLISON. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS? ALRIGHT, SINCE THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS, UH, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. 
          SECOND. 
          ALRIGHT, MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT, PLEASE SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY. 
          ALRIGHT THEN WE ARE ADJOURNED. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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