Jun 15, 2026 Work Session

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JUNE 15TH, 2026 WORK SESSION OF THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL. WE HAVE A LONG AGENDA TONIGHT, SO

[ PUBLIC COMMENTS ON WORK SESSION ITEMS]

I AM EXPERIENCED WITH DART IN USING PARATRANSIT AS WELL AS REGULAR SERVICES, AND I AM AWARE THAT THEIR PARATRANSIT SERVICES ARE NOT RUN, AT LEAST NOT AS THE SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES NOT RUN AS A SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE. IT IS. JUST DUMP THEM INTO THE REGULAR ROTATION AND GROSS INEFFICIENCIES OF OPERATION TAKE PLACE. THIS IS CHARACTERISTIC OF THE REST OF DART IN THEIR OPERATIONS, AS HAVING LOTS OF GROSS INEFFICIENCIES IN OPERATION, AND THIS WE WOULD LIKE TO CORRECT. I BELIEVE THE GREATEST PROBLEM WITH DART IS A CULTURE OF IMPEDIMENT TO AND RESISTANCE TO CHANGE AND INTERNAL CHALLENGE, AND THIS MUST BE ADDRESSED IN ORDER TO FACILITATE ANY OTHER CHANGES WE WISH TO MAKE. SO IT WILL BE QUITE A CHALLENGE. THERE ARE GOING TO BE TIMES WHEN GARLAND'S NEEDS MAY BE IN CONFLICT WITH OTHER CITIES. WELL, THIS IS WHERE NEGOTIATION TAKES PLACE. WE MUST NEGOTIATE BECAUSE GARLAND'S NEEDS MUST BE PRESENTED. BUT THEN AGAIN, IT MUST BE IN CONTEXT OF THE GREATER METROPOLITAN AREA. THEREFORE, WE MUST BE CHIEF DIPLOMATS OF OUR OWN, OUR OWN AGENDAS, AND WORK WITH OTHER CITIES. LIKE, FOR ONE THING, I WOULD LIKE TO FIND A GO LINK ZONE THAT WOULD TAKE THAT BE FROM THE RED LINE TO THE BLUE LINE. THAT WOULD INCORPORATE WESTERN GARLAND AND EASTERN RICHARDSON INTO ONE ZONE.

THERE'D BE A LOT OF BENEFIT FOR THIS. I WOULD ENJOY IT, BUT NOT FOR MYSELF ALONE. SO THERE ARE MANY AREAS IN WHICH DART NEEDS TO IMPROVE, AND I FEEL THE CALL OF DUTY TO COME IN AND DO MY PART TO FACILITATE THOSE CHANGES. THAT IS WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT. AND SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER, DANNY STARNES. NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. AND PLEASE LET US KNOW WHAT ITEM YOU'RE ADDRESSING AS WELL. DANNY STARNES 6509 FALLBROOK DRIVE, GARLAND, TEXAS, 75043. I'M ADDRESSING THE STRATEGIC PLAN. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF FOR SACRIFICING THEIR SATURDAY ON JUNE 6TH TO WORK ON THE FUTURE OF GARLAND. THANK YOU. I CANNOT ATTEND IN PERSON, BUT I DID WATCH THE ENTIRE 5.5 HOUR PRESENTATION DURING THE HOUSING STUDY PRESENTATION, COUNCILWOMAN SEGAL ASKED A CRITICAL QUESTION. I'M WONDERING, WHERE DOES GREENSPACE FALL IN THIS? THE ANSWER FROM KCSB WAS EYE OPENING, TO SAY THE LEAST. THEIR MESSAGE WAS CLEAR. IF GARLAND WANTS A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE, IT NEEDS TO RESIST THE UE TO PAVE OVER EVERYTHING. I AGREE, THEY EVEN SUGGESTED THAT PRESERVED UNCONSUMED GREEN SPACE CAN BE LIKE AN ATM MACHINE CAPABLE OF PRINTING MONEY FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND. I'M GLAD TO SEE THERE HAS BEEN ADDITIONS TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN TO ADDRESS THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE, AND INSTEAD OF LEAVING THINGS TO CHANCE, THERE ARE MEANINGFUL METRICS TO TRACK ITS IMPLEMENTATION. THINGS DO NOT HAPPEN UNLESS THEY ARE DONE ON PURPOSE AND SUPPORTED BY MANAGEMENT METRICS THAT DEFINE WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE FEEDBACK, BOTH FROM COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE CITIZENS. THIS IS EXACTLY HOW THINGS SHOULD WORK. I SPENT NEARLY THREE DECADES IN THE FEDERAL SECTOR WORKING ON

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HUNDREDS OF. HUMOR THEM AND PROVIDE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. YES, SIR. CARL SMITH 2216 RICH OAK DRIVE, GARLAND, TEXAS. I ACTUALLY SPEAKING ON KIND OF SEVEN AND NINE TOGETHER. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT IF YOU'RE DOING A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WHEN YOU'RE DOING THINGS LIKE GIVING OUT PERMITS TO BUILD BUSINESSES THAT YOU DON'T, THAT WE HAVE SOME SORT OF MECHANISM IN PLACE TO WHERE THEY DON'T BUILD A BRAND NEW BUILDING NEXT TO A TOTALLY EMPTY BUILDING. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT. THAT'S Y'ALL'S JOB. BUT IT'S A SHAME TO HAVE SO MANY EMPTY BUILDINGS IN THE CITY OF GARLAND, AND THEN THEY GO AND TAKE AN EMPTY PIECE OF LAND AND BUILD A BRAND NEW BUILDING ON IT. IT JUST KIND OF IT. IF THE BUILDING'S EMPTY, THEY CAN TEAR IT DOWN AND REBUILD A NEW ONE, RATHER THAN TAKING UP THAT MUCH MORE OF WHAT YOU WOULD BE. YOU DON'T HAVE ANY YOU DON'T HAVE ANY ECONOMIC IMPACT OR DEVELOPMENT. IF YOU'RE JUST BUILDING ANOTHER BUILDING AND YOU'RE LETTING OTHERS SIT STILL.

SO AS YOU'RE DOING THESE THINGS, I WOULD LIKE Y'ALL TO AT LEAST LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF PUSHING DEVELOPERS TOWARDS USING CURRENT BUILDINGS OR SITES THAT HAVE EMPTY BUILDINGS ON IT, AS OPPOSED TO JUST GOING OUT AND BUILDING ANOTHER BUILDING THAT MAY, IN A FEW YEARS ALSO BE EMPTY. SO ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY. THANK YOU SIR, IT'S PRETTY CALM TONIGHT. APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT. AND OUR LAST SPEAKER. WE'LL MOVE ON TO

[ CONSIDER THE CONSENT AGENDA]

[1. Clean-up Amendments to Chapter 22 of the Code of Ordinances]

ITEM NUMBER ONE IS CLEANUP AMENDMENTS TO CHAPAPTER 22 OF TE CODE OF ORDINANCES. NUMBER TWO

[2. Sale of Certain GP&L Transmission Facilities]

[3. Notice of Intent for Sale of Certificates of Obligation, Series 2026]

[4. General Obligation (GO) Bonds, Series 2026]

[5. Water and Sewer System Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2026]

[6. Interviews for Appointments to the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Board]

ITEM NUMBER SIX IS INTERVIEWS FOR APPOINTMENTS TO THE DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT BOARD. MADAM SECRETARY, WE'VE HAD ONE APPLICANT WHO IS ONLINE. WE'LL HAVE FIVE APPLICANTS WHO WILL INTERVIEW FOR THIS POSITION. OUR FIRST APPLICANT ONLINE IS MR. MARK ENOCH. ALL RIGHT, ONE SECOND, SIR. WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN. CONNECT IT HERE.

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ALL RIGHT. CAN YOU SEE US OR. INTERMITTENT AUDIO? AUDIO ONLY.

MAYBE THE CONNECTION THEY'RE SAYING MAYBE BAD ON ON THE OTHER END. BUT WE'LL WE'LL TRY TO PROCEED HERE. ALL RIGHT. SIR, IF YOU WOULD JUST. WE CAN WE CAN HEAR YOU. YES, SIR. IF YOU JUST TELL US YOUR NAME AND WHY YOU'RE APPLYING FOR THIS POSITION, AND THEN WE'LL GET STARTED WITH THE QUESTIONS AFTER THAT. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. MY NAME IS MARK KEENAN. I'M APPLYING FOR THE POSITION OF THE BOARD REPRESENTATIVE AS THE PARTIAL BOARD REPRESENTATIVE THAT DARWIN NOW HAS, SHARING WITH ROWLETT AND GLEN HEIGHTS. THAT PARTIAL POSITION PROBABLY WILL BE ELIMINATED WITH THIS NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION. AS AS YOU ALL KNOW, I WORKED WITH THE LEGISLATURE THIS LAST YEAR AT THE DART BOARD AND COMING UP WITH TWO OF OUR PLANS NOW TO SATISFY SOME OF THE CITY'S SALES TAX ISSUES, AS WELL AS REPRESENTATION. AND THE BOARD PASSED A RESOLUTION. AND I THINK THE CITIES ARE, INCLUDING DALLAS, ARE 100% BEHIND IT TO BE A COMPLETE SECOND PERSON ON THE BOARD AFTER THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION, BUT I'M APPLYING FOR THE POSITION BECAUSE MY ASSUMPTION IS, OF COURSE, WHEN THAT LEGISLATION IS CHANGED, YOU WILL THEN NEED TO CHANGE TO ADD A PERSON FROM GARLAND TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF GARLAND'S INTEREST. ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD COUNSEL. OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. NO QUESTIONS THEN. VERY GOOD. I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS, SIR. I APPRECIATE YOU. APPRECIATE YOUR APPLICATION, AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US REMOTELY. LET ME JUST I HAD SOME QUESTIONS. I SENT A LETTER TO THE COUNCIL PROBABLY ABOUT A MONTH AGO. I ALSO WANTED TO UPDATE THAT. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE CITY IS INVOLVED RIGHT NOW WITH ANTHEM IN NEGOTIATING THE FINANCING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE THAT IS, BUT WE'RE REAL EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE RAY HUBBARD AS WELL AS THE GARLAND CENTER. AND DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE? BUT I UNDERSTAND THE CITY IS IN DISCUSSIONS RIGHT NOW ABOUT THEM, T I SURE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US.

THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. BYE. WAIT TILL WE GET THAT SET UP. MADAM SECRETARY, WHO'S OUR NEXT APPLICANT? JEFF BASS. ALL RIGHT, SIR, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. THIS IS A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.

YES, SIR. MY NAME IS JEFF BASS. DOING THE SAME ADDRESS? NO NO NO. GO AHEAD. OKAY. JUST REAL QUICK JUST FOR EVERYBODY WATCHING AT HOME. SO THE APPLICANTS HAVE BEEN NARROWED DOWN FROM OVER 21ST. THE VIDEO INTERVIEWS. SO THERE MAY NOT BE AS MANY QUESTIONS AS YOU WOULD EXPECT BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN EXPRESSED THROUGH THE VIDEO AND PROCESS VIDEO INTERVIEW PROCESS, WHICH NARROWED IT DOWN TO THE FIVE WE HAVE TODAY. SO YES, I AM HERE.

I'M HERE APPLYING TO REPRESENT THE FULL, FULL BOARD MEMBER POSITION ON DART REPRESENTING GARLAND. YOU KNOW, AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE I FEEL THAT THERE ARE I FEEL THAT NOT ONLY ARE THERE FAILURES ON DART'S PART, I FEEL THAT THERE HAVE BEEN FAILURES ON BOARD

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WHAT WOULD YOU SAY ARE YOUR TOP THREE DART BOARD MEMBER FAILURES FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS? WELL, NUMBER ONE IS PROPER REPRESENTATION OF GARLAND. BOARD MEMBERS TEND TO GO GET ON THE DART BOARD AND THEN GET BRAINWASHED INTO INTO BELIEVING THAT THAT THEY REPRESENT DART AS OPPOSED TO REPRESENTING THEIR MEMBER CITIES. AND I MEAN, ULTIMATELY THAT'S IT. THAT'S ONE, TWO AND THREE. AND IF YOU ARE APPOINTED, DO YOU PLAN ON HAVING REGULAR UPDATES TO COUNCIL? YES, YES. I WOULD LIKE TO COME TO COUNCIL QUARTERLY, AND WHEN I COME TO COUNCIL, IT WILL BE ME SPEAKING. OF COURSE, I MAY HAVE A DART REPRESENTATIVE WITH ME AS WELL, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO BE HERE JUST FOR DECORATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THIS APPLICANT? THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT APPLICANT, JOSEPH. DEREK. JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TELL US WHY YOU'RE APPLYING FOR THIS BOARD. THANK YOU. MAYOR. COUNCIL, I WAS BEFORE YOU A FEW WEEKS AGO. SO IT'S FOR THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT BOARD INTERVIEW AND IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK. I'M A LONG TIME GARLAND RESIDENT, AND I'M HERE BECAUSE I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THE RELATIONSHIP WITH DART HAS BEEN PROBLEMATIC FOR FOR SEVERAL YEARS. AND SO I'M, YOU KNOW, OFFERING A FRESH LOOK AT HOW YOUR ONE OF YOUR REPRESENTATIVES COULD, COULD SUPPORT BOTH DART'S MISSION, WHICH IS TO PROVIDE A SUSTAINABLE REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY OR AGENCY, BUT ALSO THE CONCERNS THAT GARLAND HAS. AND I'VE, YOU KNOW, SEEN THE RESOLUTION READ THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU ALL PASSED LAST YEAR, THE COUNCIL PASSED LAST YEAR.

AND IT SEEMS TO ME TO BE QUITE REASONABLE. AND TO TO THIS POINT, I'M NOT SURE WHAT, IF ANYTHING, HAS BEEN DONE TO SOME OF THE MORE GENERAL CONCERNS, SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, TRANSPARENCY, GOVERNANCE ISSUES, THE TRUST ISSUES THAT SOME OF YOU ALL RAISED. I WOULD OFFER, YOU KNOW, AN APPROACH THAT WOULD HOPEFULLY ADDRESS THOSE THINGS. AND THERE'S WAYS TO DO THAT WITHIN THE SYSTEM. ONE OF THEM IS, OF COURSE, PLACING ITEMS ON THE DART BOARD AGENDA, WHETHER IT'S THEIR EQUIVALENT TO YOUR WORK SESSION OR THEIR, THEIR MAIN THEIR MAIN MEETINGS. I MEAN, THE RESOLUTION, IN MY VIEW, I DON'T BELIEVE IT WAS EVER PUT ON THE AGENDA TO BE DISCUSSED. AND I THINK IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO COMMENT ON FROM THE DART BOARD. AND FRANKLY, YOU KNOW, THE YOU KNOW, THESE ARE ALL POINTS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITIES TO DART BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST COMMON SENSE THINGS THAT WOULD MAKE DART, I THINK, A BETTER ORGANIZATION. SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT I WOULD SUPPORT, THE KIND OF THING THAT I WOULD PUSH. SO I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT MY BACKGROUND AGAIN. BUT I WENT THROUGH THAT LAST TIME. I'M, I'M A REGISTERED, EXCUSE ME, NOT A REGISTERED ENGINEER. I'M A GRADUATE ENGINEER, CIVIL ENGINEER, GOT AN MBA FROM UT DALLAS. AND I'M A, I'M A LAWYER AS WELL. SO I'VE GOT, I THINK SOME EXPERIENCE AND SOME SKILLS THAT I COULD BRING TO BEAR AS A REPRESENTATIVE OR AN APPOINTEE ON THE DART BOARD. SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THIS APPLICANT. COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS, DO YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE SERVING ON

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT COUNCIL? I SEE NONE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. THANK YOU ALL. MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT APPLICANT, BRETT VANCE. SIR, IF YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TELL US WHY YOU'RE APPLYING FOR THIS BOARD POSITION. YES. MY NAME IS BRETT VANCE. I'M APPLYING TO THIS POSITION BECAUSE FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS I WAS A NEAR DAILY COMMUTER ON THE DART. I'M ADEQUATELY FAMILIAR WITH ITS SUCCESSES AND FAILURES. I'VE COMMUTED TO AND FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, MULTIPLE CITIES, INCLUDING GARLAND. AND AS SUCH, I FEEL PARTICULARLY QUALIFIED BECAUSE I'M, YOU KNOW, FAIRLY INTIMATELY FAMILIAR WITH A LOT OF THE DAILY INNER WORKINGS AND WHAT IT'S LIKE TO, TO BE, YOU KNOW, THAT REGULAR COMMUTER. IN ADDITION, I'VE SPENT MY CAREER IN MARKETING. I HAVE MANAGED SEVEN FIGURE MONTHLY BUDGETS, AND I'M USED TO MANAGING AND MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON METRICS AND DATA AND DOING WHAT THE DATA DEMANDS IN ORDER TO REMOVE KIND OF THE EMOTIONAL CAPACITY FROM THOSE THINGS. AND I THINK THE DATA BACKS UP THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT GARLAND NEEDS, AND I WANT SOMEBODY TO TO BE THAT VOICE FOR THE PEOPLE. AND THEN FINALLY, YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD VIEW IT AS MY JOB TO LISTEN, ESPECIALLY FROM THE CITY COUNCIL AS YOU'RE REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE. AND THAT WOULD PROVIDE A MAJOR INFLUENCE TO MY DIRECTION AS A BOARD MEMBER, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, IF I'M NOT SERVING THE PEOPLE OF GARLAND, THEN I'M, YOU KNOW, NOT NOT DOING ANYTHING OF ANY BENEFIT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR.

COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER. THOMAS. EXPERIENCE DO YOU HAVE WITH PUBLIC BOARDS OR REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS OR TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY THAT WOULD QUALIFY YOU FOR THE POSITION? SURE. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SUPER SPECIFIC RELATED TO PUBLIC TRANSIT. HOWEVER, I HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD BEFORE. I'M CURRENTLY ON THE BOARD OF A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT RUNS A THAT RUNS AN ORGANIZATION CALLED MORNING GLORY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY IN GUATEMALA. AND SO I'VE BEEN ON THAT BOARD FOR TWO YEARS, AND I'M USED TO MAKING, YOU KNOW, MAJOR DECISIONS THAT IMPACT A LOT OF PEOPLE'S LIVES. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCIL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT APPLICANT, FINAL APPLICANT. SIMON. MATTHEW.

ALL RIGHT. SIR, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TELL US WHY YOU'RE APPLYING FOR THIS BOARD POSITION. YES. MY NAME IS SIMON MATTHEW. I LIVE IN DISTRICT 34502 BOBTOWN ROAD, GARLAND, TEXAS. SO I'M INTERESTED IN THE DART BOARD BECAUSE I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE DART AREA TRANSIT ALLIANCE. WE WERE THE GROUP THAT HELPED KNOCK ON 4000 DOORS TO MAKE SURE PLANO AND OTHER CITIES DID NOT LEAVE. SO HIGHLAND PARK WAS THE ONLY CITY THAT, EVEN THOUGH WE TRIED, SOMEONE GAVE US A $10,000 GRANT TO ACTIVELY TRY TO GET PEOPLE TO VOTE THERE,

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[7. Adoption of the City of Garland Housing Strategy Prepared by CZB, LLC]

[8. Selection of Economic Focus Areas]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, I'M BECKY KING, I'M THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT, AND I'M HERE TO GIVE A VERY QUICK RECAP OF EBS PRESENTATION AT THE SATURDAY, JUNE WORKSHOP AND TO SHOW THE BOUNDARIES FOR THE ECONOMIC FOCUS AREAS THAT WILL BE CONSIDERING. SO JUST A VERY QUICK BACKGROUND. THE STUDY WAS INITIATED IN 2025 WITH CVB CONSULTING. THEY CAME TO COUNCIL A COUPLE OF TIMES IN

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TO GET TO THAT ASSISTANCE, THEY NO LONGER NEED TO KNOW WHAT DEPARTMENT DOES, WHAT PROGRAM, OR EVEN WHAT THE PROGRAMS ARE. THEY WOULD JUST HAVE TO CALL AND SAY WHAT THE NEED WAS. SO LOOKING AT EACH OF THE ECONOMIC FOCUS AREAS, HERE IS A MAP OF THE DOWNTOWN ECONOMIC FOCUS AREA. SOME OF THE MAJOR CORRIDORS ARE NOTED HERE. THE GREEN AREA IS THE AREA THAT'S ALREADY WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING IN. THE YELLOW AREAS WOULD BE THE NEXT AREAS WE WOULD EXPAND INTO, AND THEN THE PINKISH COLOR IS WHERE WE WOULD EXPAND TO LONG TERM. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT, THAT'S A NEIGHBORHOODS BETWEEN WALNUT AND BUCKINGHAM AND THEN ALSO NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN AS FAR SOUTH AS CENTRAL PARK. THE WEDGE ECONOMIC FOCUS AREA IS BASICALLY MADE UP OF THE AREA BOUNDED BY 635 CENTERVILLE, BROADWAY AND SOUTH GARLAND AVENUE. THERE ARE THREE KEY NODES THAT MAKE UP THE WEDGE THERE AT NORTHWEST HIGHWAY AND SATURN. KINGSLEY AND SATURN AND KINGSLEY AND FIRST STREET, AND THEN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WOULD BE PART OF THIS EFFORT ARE THOSE THAT SUBSTANTIALLY FALL WITHIN HALF A MILE RADIUS OF THOSE NODES. AND ALL OF THOSE CORRIDORS THERE ARE SCHEDULED FOR MEDIAN ENHANCEMENTS AS WELL. THE BELTLINE FOCUS AREA CENTERS AROUND ONE KEY NODE, WHICH IS THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH GARLAND AVENUE AND BELTLINE.

AND AGAIN, THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE SUBSTANTIALLY TOUCHED BY THE HALF MILE RADIUS. I WOULD NOTE THAT THESE CORRIDORS ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE 2025 BOND PROGRAM FOR MEDIAN ENHANCEMENT. AND THEN FINALLY, THE BROADWAY ECONOMIC FOCUS AREA IS MADE UP OF TWO NODES, ONE AT OATES AND BROADWAY AND ONE AT WYNN JOYCE IN BROADWAY. IT INCLUDES MEDIAN ENHANCEMENTS OF BROADWAY FROM I-30 UNTIL IT TURNS INTO FIRST AND BEYOND, AND IT INCLUDES THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE SUBSTANTIALLY TOUCHED BY THE HALF MILE RADIUS FROM THAT NODE.

SO WHY WERE THESE ECONOMIC FOCUS AREAS CHOSEN? SO I AM GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU THE CONSULTANTS EXPLANATION OF THAT. IT'S BASED ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF BUILDING ON STRENGTHS. SO THE SELECTION WA BASED ON A COMBINATION OF OPPORTUNITY READINESS AND LONG TERM IMPACT.

SELECTION CRITERIA INCLUDED THINGS SUCH AS ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE AND MARKET OPPORTUNITIES, PROPERTY CONDITIONS, REDEVELOPMENT READINESS, INCLUDING PARCEL SIZES AND ASSEMBLY FEASIBILITY, CORRIDOR CONNECTIVITY AND VISIBILITY SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD STRENGTH. THE COST, TIMING AND LIKELIHOOD OF SUCCESSFUL TRANSFORMATION AND CONNECTING ONE EFFORT SUCCESS TO EACH OTHER FOR MAXIMUM IMPACT. AND SO IF YOU NOTE THEIR PHILOSOPHY OF BUILDING FROM DOWNTOWN IS OUR STRONGEST STARTING POINT AND WORKING OUTWARD, YOU KIND OF SEE HOW THOSE WORK TOGETHER. AND THEN FINALLY, THOSE FOCUS AREAS ABILITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE OVERALL HOUSING STRATEGY AND NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN FOR EACH OF THOSE, THERE ARE SOME SPECIFIC STRENGTHS THAT THEY NOTED DOWNTOWN, OUR STRONGEST EXISTING ASSET WITH A PROVEN MOMENTUM AND REDEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL. AND ALSO NOTING THAT REALLY TO STRENGTHEN THE GROWTH THAT WE'VE HAD IN OUR COMMERCIAL AMENITIES DOWNTOWN, WE REALLY DO NEED TO ADD 2500 HOUSEHOLDS TO HELP STABILIZE AND PROTECT

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AND THEN FINALLY, THE BELTLINE AND BROADWAY NODES, THEY SEE THOSE AS FUTURE EXPANSION OPPORTUNITIES, BUT IMPORTANT GATEWAYS AND REDEVELOPMENT CANDIDATES. AND THAT IS I'M READY FOR QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON. DO YOU KNOW ON PROPOSITION EIGHT, WHAT WAS THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE ALLOCATING FOR CORRIDOR BEAUTIFICATION? YES, IT WAS 20 MILLION. AND SO OUT OF THAT 20 MILLION, IS THAT ONLY GOING TO COVER THE CORRIDORS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ON THIS MAP, OR IS IT GOING TO COVER THE CORRIDORS THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WITH THE BOND PROPOSITION? SO THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME CORRIDORS.

IT'S KIND OF HARD TO TELL IN THIS MAP. THERE ARE SOME YELLOW CORRIDORS ON HERE. AND SO, FOR INSTANCE, BELTLINE FROM JUPITER TO SHILOH IS YELLOW. AND IT IS INCLUDED IN THE BOND PROGRAM.

IT'S ALSO CRITICAL TO THE HOUSING STRATEGY BECAUSE IT IS A GATEWAY INTO THIS FUTURE FOCUS AREA NODE. AND THEN ALSO, IF YOU LOOK ON NORTHWEST HIGHWAY, IT'S HARD TO SEE. BUT FROM 635 TO SATURN IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE BOND PROGRAM FOR MEDIAN ENHANCEMENTS, AS WELL AS LAVON, DRIVE NORTH ALL THE WAY TO THE CITY LIMIT. AND THEN FOREST LANE AND 66 ARE ALREADY ACTIVE PROJECTS UNDERWAY. PRIOR TO THE 25 BOND. OKAY, YEAH, THE MAP IS NOT THE EASIEST TO READ FOR CORRIDOR ENHANCEMENT, SO. THAT WAS WE I FEEL LIKE THERE WERE A LOT MORE CORRIDORS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT GETTING COVERED WITH THAT BOND PACKAGE. AND SO THAT'S WHAHAT I WAS MOSTLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT WE'RE NOT WE'RE STILL CONTINUING WITH WHAT WE WERE.

WE HAD DISCUSSED WITH THE BOND PACKAGE. SO THANK YOU MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. I THINK YOU MAY BE REFERRING TO SOME OF THE SIGNAGE WE'RE PUTTING UP AT OUR ENTRANCES INTO THE CITY. WE WANT TO PUT KIND OF A WELCOME TO GARLAND PILLAR OR SIGNAGE OR SOME SORT. YES. UNDER CORRIDORS.

YES. THOSE ARE I APOLOGIZE. THE GATEWAY SIGNAGE IS ALSO INCLUDED. AND SO THERE IS A MAP THAT SHOWS ALL OF THE PLACES WHERE GATEWAY SIGNS WOULD GO. AND I DID NOT INTEND TO EXCLUDE THOSE. THEY ARE PART OF THAT. THE BOND PROGRAM. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS. YES, SIR. SO BECKY, THE WEDGE IS OUR PRIMARY F A, BUT THE OTHER THREE THE GRAY CIRCLES. SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO FOCUS ON THOSE AT THE BEGINNING. BUT IF SOMEBODY COMES TO US AND SAYS, HEY, I'D LIKE TO DO SOMETHING IN INSIDE THAT CIRCLE, WE WOULD CERTAINLY LISTEN TO THEM AND TALK TO THEM. IS THAT HOW WE'RE APPROACHING THAT? YES, SIR. AND SO, YES, IF A REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY PRESENTED ITSELF, WE KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE WHEN THEY COME. I THINK WE WOULD ALSO BE LOOKING AND PLANNING AHEAD AT THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, LAND USE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE WOULDN'T WE WOULDN'T WAIT UNTIL SOMEDAY LATER TO START PLANNING AHEAD FOR THOSE. CERTAINLY. BUT BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, THE WEDGE IS OUR PRIMARY FOCUS BECAUSE THAT'S A BIG CHUNK ALL INTERCONNECTED. THE WEDGE AND DOWNTOWN. YES, SIR. DOWNTOWN. SO OKAY. REALLY GOOD. I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT, HEY, THOSE OTHER THREE THAT IF YOU IF YOU REALLY WANT TO DO THAT INSTEAD OF THE WEDGE, WELL, WE MIGHT STILL TALK TO YOU. YES, SIR. AND WE'RE PLANNING THAT FOR OUR KIND OF PHASE TWO PRIMARY LOCATIONS ONCE WE GET THE WEDGE DONE. YES. AND I WOULD NOTE THAT ON THE MEDIAN ENHANCEMENTS THAT WERE IN THE BOND PROGRAM, THOSE ARE ON A FAIRLY AGGRESSIVE ROLLOUT SCHEDULE. SO EVEN THOUGH THE NODES ON BROADWAY MIGHT NOT BE UNTIL SEVERAL YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, I THINK YOU'LL BE SEEING THAT IN THE 27 CIP. OKAY. VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. THANK YOU, MR. GREAT PRESENTATION, BECKY. AGAIN, TOMORROW EVENING, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ASKING US TO VOTE ON WHAT.

JUST VERY SIMPLE. TWO THINGS. THERE IS A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR THE HOUSING

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ELABORATE VERY BRIEFLY AGAIN ON THE HOUSING SUPPORT ON THE HOUSING STRATEGY HOUSING STRATEGY. SO BASICALLY IT'S THE REPORT THAT WITH ALL THE DETAILS BEHIND THE SUMMARY THAT I JUST PRESENTED TONIGHT, THAT STRATEGY INCLUDES REFERENCE TO ALL OF THESE ECONOMIC FOCUS AREAS AS WELL. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. YES. WE'LL BE VOTING TOMORROW TO ADOPT THE HOUSING STRATEGY AS WE'VE ADOPTED OTHER PNS IN THE PAST, LIKE OUR AQUATICS PLAN AND OUR TRAILS AND HIKE AND BIKE PLAN AND SO FORTH. SO SIMILAR. EXACTLY. YEAH. JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY DOES UNDERSTAND BECAUSE WE'VE GONE THROUGH A LOT OF INFORMATION, JUST WANT TO JUST BE VERY SIMPLE. THIS IS TRULY WHAT WE'LL BE VOTING ON TOMORROW EVENING, WHICH IS A HOUSING STRATEGY. AND THESE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLANS. YES, SIR.

AND I BELIEVE MR. BETTS WILL BE HAVE SOMETHING AS WELL. SO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR.

COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM. IT'S A HOUSING STUDY ITEM. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD.

IT'S INCLUDED IN THE PACKET. AND FOR ANYONE WATCHING I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ THROUGH THE WHOLE THING. IT'S IN THE WORK SESSION PACKET. IT'S VERY INTERESTING READ, AND IT WILL CERTAINLY GUIDE US THROUGH OUR HOUSING STRATEGY FOR THE NEXT DECADE PLUS. SO THANK YOU. IS THERE A SEPARATE PRESENTATION THEN ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AREAS? NO, SIR.

THAT WAS COMBINED. ALL RIGHT. SO WE DID COMBINE ITEM SEVEN AND EIGHT, THAT SELECTION OF THE ECONOMIC FOCUS AREAS COUNCIL. YOU HEARD ALL THOSE THE DOWNTOWN, THE WEDGE, THE BROADWAY AND THE BELTLINE. AS OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC FOCUS AREAS EFFORTS, WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR RESOLUTION TOMORROW TO SPECIFY AND ADOPT THOSE. ALL RIGHT. I'LL MOVE ON

[9. Garland on the Rise 2026–2036 Strategic Plan Adoption]

THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. I'M BACK AGAIN TO TALK ABOUT MY FAVORITE SUBJECT, WHICH IS THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR OUR CITY FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS. CAN YOU HEAR ME THERE? OKAY.

TOMORROW IS AN IMPORTANT NIGHT FOR US. TOMORROW, BECAUSE TOMORROW WE WILL BE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO ADOPT THE GARLAND ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN. AS I EXPLAINED TO YOU LAST SATURDAY, THIS IS IMPORTANT WORK. IT'S GENERATIONAL WORK FOR THE CITY, AND IT ALLOWS THE CITY OF GARLAND TO FORGE A PATH FORWARD TOWARDS PROSPERITY. IT BUILDS ON WHAT BECKY JUST TOLD YOU ABOUT THE HOUSING STRATEGY, AND IT ALSO SOLVES A STRUCTURAL FISCAL PROBLEM THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FOR SOME TIME. THE WHY NOW IS A WE HAVE THE PROBLEM WITH THE HOUSING SITUATION THAT THE HOUSING STRATEGY IS DESIGNED TO ADOPT. AND THE DEAL THAT YOU'RE GOING TO ADOPT IS DESIGNED TO DEAL WITH. WE ALSO HAVE A MATH PROBLEM, AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THE MATH, BECAUSE THE MATH IS REALLY WHAT HAS BROUGHT US TO THIS POINT AT THIS TIME, THE ANNUAL COST GROWTH OF THE THINGS THAT WE BUY AS A CITY, FUEL AND EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND INSURANCE KEEP GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE. THEY GO UP IN PRICE ABOUT 7% EVERY YEAR. BUT THE LEGISLATURE, UNDER SENATE BILL TWO, HAS CAPPED THE ANNUAL REVENUE THAT WE CAN RECOVER UNDER OUR PROPERTY TAX BY 3.5%. AND TWO THIRDS APPROXIMATELY, OF OUR COSTS EVERY YEAR ARE PUBLIC SAFETY. THAT'S OUR POLICE, OUR FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE. THIS IS NOT A SUDDEN BUDGET CRISIS. IT'S A STRUCTURAL REALITY THAT WE FACE UNDER SENATE BILL TWO. IF OUR COSTS OUTRUN OUR REVENUES YEAR AFTER YEAR, THAT GAP DOESN'T STAY SMALL. IT COMPOUNDS OVER TIME. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE FACING. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT NUMBERS ON THIS SLIDE IS THE $90 MILLION NUMBER. GARLAND COLLECTS ABOUT $354 PER RESIDENT, LESS IN REVENUE THAN THE REGIONAL AVERAGE. MOST OF THAT DEFICIT OCCURS IN OUR SALES TAX AND OUR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TAX. AS I POINTED OUT ON SATURDAY, WE HAVE AN IMBALANCE IN THAT 60% OF OUR REVENUES COME FROM RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TAXES, AND 40% COME

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AND TWO, IT FLOWS BACK IN TO ALLOW US TO THEN DO THE NEXT AREA. AND AS I POINTED OUT, THE ECONOMIC FOCUS AREAS THAT YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO DECIDE ARE NOT A JUDGMENT ON ANY PARTICULAR AREA. THEY'RE RATHER A SEQUENCING STRATEGY. WHICH AREAS ARE READY TO BE DEVELOPED FIRST AND WHICH ONES CAN WE REDEVELOP SECOND AND THIRD? AND AS WE REDEVELOP THESE AREAS AND THEY START TO GROW AND THRIVE, THEY WILL PROVIDE MORE REVENUE TO BE ABLE TO GET TO MORE AND MORE OF THE CITY. SO THE LONG TERM PLAN IS TO GET TO EVERY AREA IN THE CITY. BUT THE STRATEGY IS TO START WITH THOSE AREAS THATRE READY TO GROW BECAUSE WE HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES. THE FOUR COMMITMENTS THAT SHAPE THE PLAN ARE, NUMBER ONE, WHAT WE PROTECT. WE PROTECT THE EVERYDAY SERVICES THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE COME TO RELY ON. POLICE AND FIRE.

ABSOLUTELY. STREETS AND UTILITIES, SURE. BUT ALSO PARKS AND LIBRARIES. DOES THAT MEAN THAT EVERY SERVICE LEVEL IS GOING TO STAY THE SAME OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS AS WE HAVE DECLINING REVENUES? PROBABLY NOT. PROBABLY NOT BECAUSE OF THE MATH PROBLEM THAT WE FACE.

BUT WHAT IT DOES MEAN IS THAT WE'LL MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT WHICH OF THOSE SERVICES RESIDENTS RELY UPON MOST AND PROTECT THOSE, AND TRY TO TIGHTEN OUR BELTS UNTIL WE CAN GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE GROW OUR WAY OUT OF THIS PROBLEM. SECOND, WHAT WE BUILD, WE CONCENTRATE REINVESTMENT IN SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS AND CORRIDORS TO ALLOW THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND CORRIDORS TO GROW AND TO CREATE A STRONGER COMMERCIAL TAX BASE TO GROW REVENUE OFF, TO CONTINUE TO FUND THIS PLAN AND TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THOSE SERVICES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROTECT. IN AN ECONOMY WHERE YOU HAVE A OR AN ECONOMIC SITUATION UNDER SENATE BILL TWO, WHERE YOU HAVE ESSENTIALLY DECLINING REAL DOLLAR REVENUES EVERY YEAR. THE THIRD GOAL OF THE PLAN IS TO SPEND WITH DISCIPLINE. WE HAVE TO SPEND WITH DISCIPLINE. WE HAVE TO BE VERY DISCIPLINED IN THE NEXT DECADE. HOW DO WE SPEND OUR MONEY? ARE WE GOING

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AND WE WILL SEE THE RESULTS OF THE PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE MADE IN THOSE AREAS. THE THIRD THING I'D LIKE TO SEE IN A DECADE FROM NOW IS SUSTAIN PUBLIC SAFETY. I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT DESPITE OUR REVENUE CHALLENGES, THE PUBLIC HAS THE POLICE, FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES THAT THEY COME TO EXPECT DESPITE THE REVENUE CHALLENGES. AND IN ADDITION, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT THE LIBRARIES AND PARKS, THE CULTURAL ARTS AND THE OTHER THINGS THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE COME TO EXPECT ARE THRIVING BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE REVENUE NECESSARY, BECAUSE THE PLAN HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN A DECADE, WE'LL ALSO HAVE A MORE BALANCED TAX RATE. AS I SAID EARLIER, 60% RIGHT NOW IS PAID BY THE RESIDENTS AND 40% IS PAID BY SALES TAX AND COMMERCIAL. I HOPE IN A DECADE THAT THAT'S FLIPPED OR PRETTY CLOSE. AND THAT WOULD PUT US IN A HEALTHIER FINANCIAL POSITION, A HEALTHIER FINANCIAL POSITION, BECAUSE IN AN ENVIRONMENT WITH SENATE BILL TWO, YOU NEED A STRONG SALES TAX BASE BECAUSE YOUR REVENUES FROM PROPERTY TAX ARE GOING TO BE HINDERED EVERY YEAR BY SENATE BILL TWO, AND IT'S GOING TO RESULT IN US HAVING A STRONGER REGIONAL STANDING THAT IS WILL COMPETE SUCCESSFULLY ACROSS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS FOR BOTH INVESTMENT EMPLOYERS AND FOR HOUSEHOLDS, PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LIVE HERE AND SPEND THEIR MONEY HERE IN GARLAND. ANOTHER THING WE'RE DOING IS STRENGTHENING THE PLAN. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE ADDED SINCE THE LAST PRESENTATION I HAD. THE HOUSING FOLKS MADE A POINT AND COUNCIL MEMBERS RAISED THE QUESTION, WHAT ABOUT GREEN SPACES? AND IT WAS A GOOD QUESTION. IT'S THE RIGHT QUESTION TO BE ASKING, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'LL SEE IN SOME CITIES IS, AND WE'VE GOT IT IN PARTS OF OUR CITY WHERE EVERY SQUARE INCH IS COVERED IN CONCRETE AND THERE'S NO GREEN SPACES. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE HOUSING STUDY PEOPLE POINTED OUT TO US IS THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HINDER OUR ABILITY TO DEVELOP. IF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THE LOOK OF JUST STRAIGHT CONCRETE AND NOTHING GREEN IN THE AREA. AND SO ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES WE ADDED TO THE PLAN SINCE LAST YOU SAW IT IS OBJECTIVE 211, WHICH SAYS, LET'S CONSIDER OPEN SPACE AS A STRATEGIC ASSET AND A VALUE CREATING ASSET. NOT TO SAY THAT NO OPEN SPACE WILL BE DEVELOPED, OR THAT TO SAY WE'RE NOT GOING TO DEVELOP IN ANY GREEN SPACE, BUT TO SAY, LOOK, GREEN SPACES ARE VALUABLE ASSETS THAT MAKE THE ADJOINING PROPERTIES MORE VALUABLE. IT'S POSSIBLE THERE'LL BE PLACES WHERE WE HAVE GREEN SPACES, AND SOMEBODY WANTS TO DEVELOP AN ADJACENT PROPERTY AND COMBINE THOSE TWO PROPERTIES AND DO SOMETHING THAT THEY COME TO THE COUNCIL AND NEED TO SAY TO THE COUNCIL, WELL, I'D LIKE TO GET SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT THAT'S OTHERWISE NOT ZONED THAT WAY. I WANT A PD OR I WANT SOMETHING ELSE THERE. WE MAY SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'D BE WILLING TO SUPPORT THAT. IF YOU'RE WILLING TO MIX THE GREEN SPACE IN THAT YOU'RE OTHERWISE TAKING SO THAT WE HAVE GREEN SPACE IN THE PROJECT. SO WE'RE NOT CREATING CONCRETE IN PLACES WHERE IT'S CURRENTLY GREEN UNNECESSARILY. AGAIN, OTHER PLACES THAT ARE UNDEVELOPED THAT ARE GREEN SPACE THAT WILL DEVELOP. SURE. ALL THIS SAYS IS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A STRATEGIC LOOK AT THIS AND SAY, IS THERE A PLACE WHERE THOSE GREEN SPACES BRING VALUE AND ADD VALUE TO THE PLACES WE'RE TRYING TO REDEVELOP IN THE FIRST PLACE? AND AS YOU HEARD THE HOUSING STUDY, PEOPLE SAY, AND THIS WAS ALLUDED TO HERE THIS EVENING, THOSE GREEN SPACES ADD VALUE TO THOSE PLACES WE'RE TRYING TO REDEVELOP AND TO MAKE EVERYTHING CONCRETE, WALL TO WALL CONCRETE IS CONTRARY TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.

SO I'VE I'VE ADDED THAT INTO THE LAST DRAFT. I'VE SENT YOU A COPY OF IT. AND WE JUST NEED TO BE PURPOSEFUL IN THE USE OF OUR GREEN SPACES SO THAT THEY DON'T ALL DISAPPEAR, BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T HELP US FROM AN ECONOMIC STANDPOINT. SO WHAT I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL, NUMBER

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THE SAME MODEL THAT WE USED DOWNTOWN THAT WENT THROUGH THE COUNCIL LEADERSHIP DECIDING TO DO IT, THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTING IT, AND THE VOTERS AT THE BALLOT BOX PAYING FOR IT, AND THEN THE CITY STAFF DELIVERING IT IS THE SAME MODEL WE WILL USE FOR THE ECONOMIC REDEVELOPMENT OF THESE ECONOMIC FOCUS AREAS. LET'S NOT KID OURSELVES. THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE EASY. IT'S A HUGE UNDERTAKING, A HUGE UNDERTAKING, AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM AND EVERYBODY IN THIS COMMUNITY. IT'S GOING TO TAKE THIS COUNCIL'S LEADERSHIP. IT'S GOING TO TAKE OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S GOING TO TAKE THE CITY STAFF WHO WORK HERE TO ALL WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. BUT LET'S DO THIS. LET'S DO THIS. AND IF WE DO A GENERATION FROM NOW, GARLAND WILL LOOK BACK AND KNOW THE RISE BEGAN WITH US. THAT I'LL TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. FIRST OF ALL, MIKE, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT PRESENTATION IS ONE THAT I BELIEVE THAT WE ALL CAN TRULY GET BEHIND. WE HAVE HEARD IT SEVERAL TIMES. WE BELIEVE IN IT. AFTER I GOT YOUR SECOND LETTER TODAY EMAIL AS IT RELATED TO THE GREEN SPACE, I BEGAN TO ASK MYSELF A QUESTION. ASK QUESTIONSS THAT I WANT TO HAVE YOU JUST SPEAK ON TONIGHT. WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE CERTAINLY LANDLOCKED AND AS WE GO FORWARD, GREEN SPACE IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE CAN PRESERVE. BUT HOW WILL WE MEASURE AND RELIABLY DEMONSTRATE THAT PRESERVING OR IMPROVING A SPECIFIC OPEN SPACE INCREASED THE TAXABLE VALUE OF THE NEARBY PROPERTIES? SURE. SO SO WHAT I ANTICIPATE IS WE'LL LOOK AT THOSE PROPERTIES WE DEVELOP AND THOSE AREAS WE DEVELOP WITHREEN SPACE AND THE MONIES WE PUT IN AND HOW THEY PERFORM ECONOMICALLY VERSUS THE PLACES THAT DEVELOP THAT DON'T HAVE GREEN SPACE AVAILABLE. AND SEE WHETHER AND THAT'S THE QUESTION, DOES THE DATA SUPPORT WHEN YOU MAINTAIN GREEN SPACES, THOSE PROPERTIES BECOME MORE PRODUCTIVE AND MORE VALUABLE. AND SO WE'LL MEASURE THEM BY THE OUTCOME, ECONOMIC

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HERE'S WHAT THE DATA SAYS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S CRITICAL IN A PLAN LIKE THIS IS THAT YOU BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND NOT BE RIGID AND SAY, HERE'S WHAT THE DATA SHOWS. IT'S WORKING.

HERE'S WHAT THE DATA SHOWS IS NOT WORKING. AND IF YOU FOLLOW THE DATA AND IT'S NOT WORKING, THEN WE DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND MAKE SURE WE STAY FLEXIBLE. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION, ESPECIALLY FOR THE FORETHOUGHT IN BRINGING ABOUT THE STUDY, AS WELL AS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, SIR. MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK. MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PUTTING FORWARD THIS PLAN. I THINK THIS WAS OUR LAST STRATEGIC PLAN OUT OF THE WATER AND REALLY HAVING THOSE FOCUSED AREAS, THE FOUR PILLARS THAT YOU HAVE, I THINK THAT THOSE I THINK THAT FUTURE COUNCILS WILL BE ABLE TO CARRY THIS PLAN ON, BECAUSE IT'S QUITE SIMPLE, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S SO MUCH BEHIND IT THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN ORDER TO MAKE IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THOSE PILLARS. AND I THINK IT'S JUST WONDERFUL, THIS AND THE PREVIOUS TWO ITEMS THAT WE HAD THAT WE JUST HAD, ALL OF THIS GIVES ME SO MUCH HOPE. AND, AND REALLY, IT'S JUST GOING TO DRIVE GARLAND FORWARD. AND LIKE I'VE SAID MANY TIMES, GARLAND IS A SLEEPING GIANT. AND THIS JUST THIS RISE WILL WILL BE THE, THE RISE OF THAT SLEEPING GIANT.

AND I'M I'M VERY EXCITED FOR OUR FUTURE WITH THIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU MA'AM.

COUNCIL. ANY OTHER COMMENTS QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER. MY BEST. WE SPENT A WHOLE DAY LAST SATURDAY. SO THANK YOU, YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR WORKING TIRELESSLY TO BRING US THE A ALTERNATE ALTERNATE PLAN. WE LEARNED THAT IF WE DO NOTHING, LIVE THE WAY IT IS WITH THE COST 7%, WHILE THE REVENUE COME IN WITH CAPS ON 3.5% IN TEN YEARS. I THINK WE SHARED A CONVERSATION THAT THE CITY OF GARLAND DOES NOT LOOK LIKE IT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN AND AND PROTECT ALL OUR OUR CORE SERVICES FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO RELY ON. SO MY, I'M NEW TO THIS, BUT I HOPEFUL I'M, I'M SO FAR, IS REALLY GREAT. ISEE JUST HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH MY RESIDENTS AT FRIDAY COFFEE AND SHARE WITH THEM THE CHALLENGE, THE FINANCIAL CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE. AND IN THERE, THEY UNDERSTAND. AND WE'RE READY TO SUPPORT THIS PLAN BECAUSE. WE NEED TO MOVE IT FORWARD. AND THIS IS WHERE IT WILL TAKE US, IT'S OTHERWISE IT'S IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE. SO THANK YOU AGAIN, AND YOUR WHOLE STAFF THAT WORK TIRELESSLY. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF WORK, BUT ONE QUICK QUESTION TO FOLLOW UP IS THIS. HOW IS THAT? HAVE THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE NOVEMBER TAX ELECTION? I SPOKE TO THIS ISSUE ON THE SATURDAY SESSION.

WE KIND OF WORK HAND IN HAND. SO THE NOVEMBER RATE SWAP ELECTION ASKS US TO MOVE MONEY FROM THE DEBT SERVICE PART OF OUR BUDGET TO THE OPERATING PART OF OUR BUDGET, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME REDUCING THE OVERALL RATE TAX RATE. IT ALLOWS US MORE ROOM IN OUR OPERATING BUDGET TO GIVE US MORE TIME AND MORE MONEY TO BE ABLE TO BOTH A IMPLEMENT THE PLAN AND B TO SUSTAIN THE SERVICE LEVELS THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO. WHILE WE MAKE THESE STRUCTURAL CHANGES, WHILE WE IMPROVE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND

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COUNCILMEMBER SEGOVIANA, YOU DID A REALLY GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. MAYOR. SO, ME, I HAVE THE SAME THING IN PLAIN LANGUAGE AND WHAT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT AND WHAT I'M HEARING FROM MY CONSTITUENTS IS THAT THERE IS A DISPOSABLE INCOME HERE IN GARLAND. WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT DRIVING IT SOMEWHERE ELSE. THEY'RE NOT GOING DOWN THE STREET WHEN WE CAN OFFER THE SAME THING. WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE TO BE PATIENT. AND WHAT I DO SEE IN THE PLAN THAT I'M LIKING A LOT, TOO, IS WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A DASHBOARD, RIGHT, THAT SHOWS THE AREAS AND HEY, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE IMPROVING. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING. I, I AGREE WITH MAYOR PRO TEM THAT WE ARE A SLEEPING GIANT. AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE POKING THE BEAR EVERY NOW AND THEN BY SHOWING, OKAY, LOOK, THERE'S NEW LIGHTS HERE. THERE'S AND, AND I GUESS THE MAIN THING AS WELL IS WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PATIENT. THIS IS NOT A TOMORROW THING. THIS IS NOT A NEXT YEAR THING. THIS IS GOING TO BE GENERATIONAL GROWTH. AND THAT FOR ONE, THIS IS THE REASON WHY I JOINED THE COUNCIL IS BECAUSE I, I, I STRIVE IN SEEING GENERATIONAL GROWTH BECAUSE WE'RE NOT DOING THIS FOR OURSELVES. RIGHT? TEN YEARS FROM NOW, WE DON'T KNOW WE'LL BE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I REALLY THINK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO LISTEN TO A, A 15 HOUR PODCAST ON THIS. THANK YOU FOR THAT 20 HOUR PODCAST. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND, AND I THINK LIKE YOU SAID, THE RISE WILL BEGIN WITH ALL OF US. SO I'M SUPER EXCITED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

THANK YOU MA'AM. COUNCIL. ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS VERY MUCH SO. AND YOU KNOW LIKE THE ON THE SLIDES AT THE BEGINNING, WE REALLY HAVE TWO PATHS HERE. AND ONE IS TO CHOOSE NOT TO DO ANYTHING. BUT THE ECONOMIC FORCES GO WHERE THEY MAY, OR WE CAN CHOOSE TO ACT ON THIS. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS PLAN DOES. AND, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS LOVE DRAWING ANALOGIES AND PULLING ANALOGIES FROM THE BIBLE THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S THE, YOU KNOW, THE GREATEST WISDOM BOOK EVER WRITTEN. OF COURSE, YOU'VE GOT A THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES OF FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE, RIGHT? WE PUT FAITH IN MIKE WHEN WE HIRED HIM TO COME AND HELP US. WE WERE THROUGH A TIME OF NEED IN OUR CITY, THROUGH A CHANGE IN THE CITY MANAGER. AND NOW WE'RE PUTTING FAITH IN A PLAN THAT WE HAVE HERE. AND SOMEONE SAID, HOPE IS NOT A PLAN, BUT THIS PLAN IS A PLAN. HOPE REALLY IS A CONFIDENT, CERTAIN EXPECTATION ANCHORED IN RESULTS THAT ARE PROMISED BY THISLAN. YOU'RE HOPING IN THE RESULTS OF THIS PLAN. AND FINALLY, IT'LL ONLY BE ACCOMPLISHED BY THE LOVE YOU SEE, THE LOVE WE ALL HAVE FOR THE CITY. YOU SEE THE LOVE THAT THE STAFF HAS FOR THE CITY, AND FOR MIKE TO COME BACK NOT ONCE, NOT TWICE, BUT THREE TIMES TO THE CITY TO WORK FOR A CITY. YOU SEE THE LOVE THAT'S THERE. SO I KNOW THAT THIS PLAN, I MEAN, IT'S CERTAINLY THE BEST PLAN THAT WE HAVE MOVING FORWARD. I KNOW THAT WE ALL ARE UNITED AS A COUNCIL TO WORK TO MAKE THIS PLAN SUCCEED. I CERTAINLY HOPE WE CAN ADOPT IT. AND I, FOR ONE, CAN'T GET RID OF IT. CAN'T WAIT TO START THE WORK ON THIS, GETTING OUT INTO THE CITIES, IMPROVING THESE AREAS THAT SO DESPERATELY NEEDED IN OUR CITY. I KNOW YOU WILL. YOU FEEL THE SAME WAY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. THANK

[10. Replace Resolution No.10468 for the Downtown Historic District Revitalization Grant Program]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I THINK YOU'LL FIND THIS TO BE A LITTLE LESS SERIOUS FOR YOU THIS EVENING. I'M DANA LODGE, THE DIRECTOR OF THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, AND I'M DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT MANAGER. YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO BRING SOMEBODY THAT CAN ANSWER THE HARD QUESTIONS AFTER THE PRESENTATION. SO I BROUGHT MISS NANCY WITH ME, AND I WANTED YOU GUYS TO GET TO KNOW HER AS WELL. THIS IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD, BUT I WANTED TO START WITH JUST

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DOS BANDERAS, JIMMY WALLACE. AND THEN TACO VINO. AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT ABOUT THESE TWO, JIMMY WALLACE AND ALSO TACO VINO. THEY REALLY ALMOST STRENGTHENED THE HISTORIC CHARACTER BECAUSE THEY REMOVED KIND OF THAT SLIP COVER, TOOK IT BACK TO THE ORIGINAL BRICK.

LUCKILY, THE ORIGINAL BRICK WAS IN GOOD ENOUGH SHAPE TO BE SAVED. AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO HAVE THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE WE LITERALLY STRENGTHENED THOSE TWO BUILDINGS FOR THE HISTORIC DESIGNATION. SO AS THE STEWARDS OF THIS PROGRAM FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, IT'S JUST COME TO LIGHT THAT A FEW UPDATES TO THE PROGRAM OR REFINEMENTS MIGHT

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SO THAT'S A $300,000 PROJECT THAT A BUILDING OWNER OR TENANT MIGHT BE DOING WITH THE BUILDING, AND THE REIMBURSEMENT PORTION WOULD BE 150. JUST LET ME REMIND EVERYBODY, THERE ARE OTHER PROGRAMS OUT THERE. IF THEY NEEDED TO HIT A HIGHER THRESHOLD. THERE ARE SOME OTHER PROGRAMS BESIDES THE DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION PROGRAM THAT COULD ASSIST AT A HIGHER LEVEL.

OUR SECOND REQUEST IS THAT WE HAVE AT LEAST 25% OF THE PROJECT BE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THAT BUILDING, KIND OF TAKING US BACK TO THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THIS PROGRAM, THAT FACADE, MAKING SURE WE STRENGTHEN THAT HISTORIC DISTRICT. AND THEN OUR THIRD REQUEST IS THAT WE ALLOW NON TAX PRODUCING PROPERTIES TO ACTUALLY BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM. IF IT WAS, AGAIN, FOR THAT EXTERIOR FACADE OR A LIFE SAVING IMPROVEMENT, WHICH IS BASICALLY A FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM, AS WHAT THAT'S KIND OF BOILS DOWN TO. SO THIS WOULD BE THAT PROPOSED LANGUAGE THAT THE RESOLUTION WOULD READ AGAIN, THAT 150,000 MAXIMUM REIMBURSEMENT. THE REASON WHY WE FELT LIKE THIS WAS A VERY SUITABLE AMOUNT IS ONE, WE DID OUR DUE DILIGENCE WITH THE TEXAS DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION AND CHECKED WITH OTHER TOWNS IN TEXAS AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING. AND WE FOUND THAT ABOUT 90% OF THEM ARE AT A 25 OR 50 ZERO ZERO $0 MAX CAPACITY. VERY. WE FOUND ONE OTHER THAT WAS AT 150 AND ONE OTHER THAT HAD NO LIMIT LIKE WE CURRENTLY HAVE. SO TO BE IN THE BEST PRACTICES AGAINST SOME OTHER CITIES IN THE STATE, WE FELT LIKE THIS MIGHT BE A MORE APPROPRIATE MOVE FOR US. IT'S STILL ALLOWS US A LARGE REIMBURSEMENT. SO IF YOU DID HAVE A DEVELOPER LOOKING AT A CITY THAT WAS OFFERING 25000 AND WE'RE OFFERING 150, WE SHOULD STILL BE A VERY ATTRACTIVE CITY, BUT GETTING US A LITTLE BIT MORE IN LINE WITH OUR OTHER DOWNTOWNS ACROSS THE STATE, IT ALSO KEEPS ONE VERY LARGE PROJECT, TAKING THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR THAT YEAR. AND THEN EXHAUSTING IT TO WHERE OTHER POTENTIAL BUSINESSES COULDN'T USE IT FOR THAT PARTICULAR YEAR. THE OTHER THING THAT IT DOES IS IT, IT MAKES THE APPLICANT BE FOCUSED ON WHAT IT IS THAT THEY WANT TO DO TO THAT BUILDING. THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ASK BEFORE THEY COME WITH THIS VERY LARGE KIND OF ASK. AND SO IT JUST KIND OF FOCUSES THE PROJECT AND BRINGS IT BACK TO THAT ORIGINAL INTENT. AGAIN, THE 25% EXTERIOR, THIS IS HOW THE LANGUAGE WOULD READ NOT LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF THE TOTAL ELIGIBLE PRODUCT COST MUST BE ALLOCATED TO THE EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS. AGAIN, BRINGS US BACK TO THAT. PROTECTING THAT HISTORIC DESIGNATION. AND THEN THIS IS HOW THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION LANGUAGE WOULD READ, ALLOWING THOSE NON TAX PRODUCING BUILDINGS TO PARTICIPATE AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME THEY CANNOT. SO THIS WOULD ACTUALLY OPEN THE DOOR TO SOME FOLKS THATAN'T CURRENTLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT, BUT ONLY IF IT'S GOING TO HELP PROTECT OUR HISTORIC DESIGNATION OR LIFE SAVING. SO THAT IS IT PRETTY MUCH IN A NUTSHELL. AGAIN, I'VE PRETTY MUCH MENTIONED THE DIFFERENT REASONS WHY WE THINK THAT IT'S IT'S TIME FOR A LITTLE BIT OF REFINEMENT. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR IF YOU ARE IN AGREEABLE TO THIS, THEN WE WOULD SEND THE FULL RESOLUTION TO YOU FOR A FORMAL APPROVAL. OKAY. GOOD QUESTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER DENTON, DO YOU KNOW IF THE OTHER TOWNS THAT YOU WERE COMPARING TO, DO THEY USE TIFF FUNDS FOR THEIR

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AND ON YOUR MAP ON THE THIRD SLIDE, IT SHOWS A RED DASHED LINE AROUND THAT AUSTIN'S ANTIQUES. WHAT? THE MAP ON THE RIGHT? NO. ON THE. YEAH. ON WHERE 212 IS. YEAH, THAT'S AUSTIN ANTIQUES. THAT WAS THAT WAS AN ADDITION TO OUR HISTORIC APPLICATION. SO WE FIRST APPLIED AND THEN LATER AMENDED IT AND ADDED AUSTIN'S ANTIQUE TO THE MAP, WHICH IS WHY THAT LITTLE ADDITIONAL DOTTED LINE IS ADDED. THOSE THAT ARE ALREADY DONE THING. IT IS A CONTRIBUTING BUILDING. THAT'S INTERESTING. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM, SLIDE 14 PLEASE. SO I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT SEVEN. I I'M TRYING TO THINK OF ANY NON TAX PRODUCING PROPERTIES ON IN THAT AREA BESIDES THE THERE'S THE THE BRAILLE PLACE THAT HAS THE VOLUNTEER MURAL ALREADY. AND THEN THERE ARE TWO CHURCHES, BUT THOSE ALREADY HAVE HISTORICAL FACADES ON THEM OR HISTORICAL FACADES AND SHOULD, AS FAR AS I KNOW, THE INSIDE OF ONE OF THOSE CHURCHES HAS BEEN TOTALLY REDONE. THE ONE IN THE BUILDING. SO WHICH OTHER PROPERTIES ARE YOU REFERRING TO? THERE'S A COUPLE OF CHURCHES IN DOWNTOWN, INCLUDING LIFE. WELL, WHICH IS RIGHT ON THE SQUARE VISUAL AID VOLUNTEER, WHICH YOU MENTIONED. THERE'S THE MYANMAR CHRISTIAN CHURCH. THERE'S A BUDDHIST CHURCH AS WELL. THERE MIGHT BE A COUPLE OF OTHER I'M NOT THINKING OF AT THE MOMENT. I'M. THE REASON THAT I'VE. I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS IS BECAUSE A TIFF IS TOTALLY FUNDED BY TAXPAYERS AND USING TAXPAYER MONEY TO FUND A BUSINESS THAT IS NOT PAYING TAXES. I'M. I'M A LITTLE UNEASY ABOUT THIS. THIS MEASURE, THIS PARTICULAR PART OF THE MEASURE. SO. THE. I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT. AND I REALLY KIND OF FELT THE SAME WAY, BUT WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WEREN'T TURNING AWAY SOMEBODY WHO MIGHT NEED LIKE A FIRE SUPPRESSION. BUT ALSO REALLY WHAT TALKED TO ME WAS LIKE THE VISUAL AID BUILDING. IF, IF THAT WAS TO GET RESTORED TO THAT ORINAL BRICK UNDERNEATH, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE A WIN FOR THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. BUT IT IS SOMETHING WE COULD CERTAINLY MAKE THESE CHANGES WITHOUT THE REQUEST. NUMBER THREE, IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT BECAUSE I AGREE, THAT'S WHY AT THIS CURRENT TIME, THEY CANNOT PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM, I, I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF, OF NOT ADDING THAT PORTION. MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT LATER, BUT I THINK THAT RIGHT NOW OUR INCENTIVES SHOULD BE AIMED AT TAX PRODUCING PROPERTIES THAT THAT BRING IN PEOPLE THAT WILL SPEND MONEY AROUND THE SQUARE AND, AND BE, AND SPEND MONEY IN THOSE PARTICULAR BUSINESSES. SO I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT. YEAH. AND I, YOU KNOW, I HAVE NO PROBLEM REVISITING IT LATER AFTER, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE MORE DONE AROUND THE SQUARE AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, REALLY AMPED IT UP A LOT MORE. BUT FOR, FOR NOW, I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF 7 OR 8.

COUNCIL MEMBER. THOMAS. YEAH, I WILL, I WILL SECOND THAT. I MY CONCERN WAS WITH NON PRODUCING RECEIVING TAX DOLLARS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S PLENTY OF OTHERS THAT DO PRODUCE TAX DOLLARS THAT WE SHOULD FOCUS ON FIRST. AND SO WE CAN CERTAINLY ADD THAT LATER. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT A GREAT POINT. IF YOU GO BACK TO SLIDE 11, PLEASE. AND SO YOU YOU CAME TO THIS $150,000 REIMBURSEMENT MAXIMUM. YEAH. HOW DID YOU GET TO THAT NUMBER? ARE THERE OTHER CITIES OUR SIZE THAT ARE DOING THAT? OR. IT'S A HARD QUESTION, NANCY. IT'S WELL, WE LOOKED AT THE 14

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. SIR. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM MARTIN. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. DANA AND NANCY, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. BACK TO SEVEN AND EIGHT AGAIN, THAT THOSE TWO THOSE TWO ITEMS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE NONPROFITS, HAVE YOU HAD NONPROFITS THAT HAVE REACHED OUT TO YOU WANTING ASSISTANCE? YES, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF NONPROFITS REACHING OUT FOR DIFFERENT PROJECTS, MAINLY INTERIOR PROJECTS WITHIN THEIR BUILDING. OKAY. I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD BE MORE IN FAVOR OF THINGS THAT THE PUBLIC CAN SEE BECAUSE AS FAR AS INTERIOR PROJECTS, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S IT DOES BOTHER ME THAT WE'RE THAT WE'RE USING THE HARD EARNED TAXABLE FUNDS FOR NONPROFIT ACTIVITIES. THEY ARE A CORNERSTONE, BUT NONPROFITS ARE A CONTRIBUTOR IN DIFFERENT WAYS TO OUR COMMUNITY. THE ONE WAY THAT WE COULD MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE CONTRIBUTING IS MAKING SURE THAT THE OUTSIDE OF IT, WHAT EVERYBODY BUMPS INTO AND SEES THAT THAT LOOKS HOW WE WANT IT TO BE. AND IF WE HAVE SOME WAY OF RESHAPING THAT TO WHERE IT'S AND IF THE COUNCIL'S AGREEABLE TO IT, I WOULD HAVE SUPPORT FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT INTERIOR AND LIFE SAVING TYPE THINGS SOUNDS KIND OF COLD HEARTED OF ME TO SAY, OH, WE'RE GOING TO DENY THEM OF LIFE SAVING IMPROVEMENTS. BUT THOSE CAN BE VERY EXPENSIVE PROJECTS AND THOSE FUNDS COULD BE USED SOMEWHERE ELSE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? QUESTION. ANSWER. YES. NO YOU DON'T HAVE TO. COUNCIL MEMBER TRENT, I GOT PRESSURE. THANK YOU. MAYOR. JUST A QUICK I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A TOOL THAT FOR US TO ATTRACT PRIVATE INVESTMENT. HOW URGENT IS THIS? AND IF WE DON'T DO IT QUICKLY, WHAT'S THE IMPACT TO OUR DOWNTOWN'S ATTRACTING TO BRING MORE BUSINESS TO THIS.

WELL, WE CURRENTLY HAVE THE PROGRAM. IT'S JUST CURRENTLY IT HAS NO CAP WHATSOEVER. SO IF SOMEBODY PUT IN A VERY LARGE PROJECT, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING IN WRITING TO LIMIT HOW MUCH THE REIMBURSEMENT IS. AND SOMETHING THAT'S A VERY LARGE PROJECT REALLY SHOULD PROBABLY BE HANDLED BY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, WHERE IT HAS SOME PERFORMANCE

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OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A QUESTION ON OUR HANDS WHETHER OR NOT TO INCLU THE ITEMS SEVEN AND EIGHT THERE IN OUR IN OUR PROPOSED CHANGES. SO I'LL ASK THEN SOUNDED LIKE THERE WAS MORE OF A CONSENSUS NOT TO INCLUDE THEM. SO I'LL GO WITH THAT FIRST. LOOKING FOR A CONSENSUS NOT TO INCLUDE THESE ITEMS. AND THAT IS ONE TWO. THAT IS FIVE. SO WE'LL STRIKE THOSE ITEMS SEVEN AND EIGHT FROM THERE. OKAY. AND WE WILL BRING THE REWRITTEN RESOLUTION BACK FOR FORMAL CONSIDERATION.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCIL. WE'VE BEEN OUT FOR A WHILE, SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE A TEN MINUTE RECES ALL RIGHT. WELCOME BACK TO OUR

[11. Update Regarding the Rate Review Mechanism (RRM) Framework and Atmos Energy Annual Rate Case]

AFTER THAT LEGISLATION WENT INTO EFFECT, THOUGH, MANY CITIES DID START WONDERING, HOW DO WE GET INTO A PROCESS WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY REVIEW THESE AND NEGOTIATE THESE RATES? BECAUSE AT THE UNDER THE GRIP, THE ONLY THING THAT'S REALLY LOOKED AT IS WHAT WERE THEIR INVESTMENTS? AND THEY'RE ALLOWED TO RECOVER REVENUES THROUGH RATEPAYERS, OFF INVESTMENTS. BUT THERE ARE MANY OTHER THINGS THAT NEED TO BE LOOKED AT. HOW MUCH DID CUSTOMERS GO UP? HOW MUCH DID EXPENDITURES GO UP OR DOWN? WHAT IS OTHER REVENUES THEY'RE RECEIVING? SO THERE'S MORE THINGS WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A FINANCIAL FINANCIALLY, LOOKING AT YOUR RATES OUTSIDE OF JUST CAPITAL INVESTMENTS. SO IN 2008, THE ATMOS CITY STEERING COMMITTEE WAS BORN. IT'S ABOUT 180 CITIES THAT ARE IN THIS STEERING COMMITTEE. AND GARLAND IS ONE OF THEM. AND WE WERE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE WHAT'S CALLED THE RATE REVIEW MECHANISM AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THIS GRIP PROCESS. AND SO WHAT THIS DOES IS THE R N PROVIDES ATMOS WITH AN ANNUAL RATE REVIEW PROCESS WHILE PRESERVING LOCAL GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT. AND IT ALLOWS US TO HAVE AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF THESE UTILITY COSTS. SO HERE'S JUST KIND OF AN OVERALL ARCHING SIDE BY SIDE TO THE RATE REVIEW MECHANISM, WHICH THE CITY OF GARLAND IS A PART OF. AND THE ORIGINAL GRIP PROCESS. SO WHAT ARE OUR END PROVIDES IS THE ABILITY FOR US IN CONJUNCTION WITH THOSE OTHER 180 CITIES, TO REVIEW AND VERIFY COSTS WITHIN THEIR FILING. IT ALSO PROVIDES US WITH A FULL COST OF SERVICE REVIEW, NOT JUST LOOKING AT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS ONLY. SO WE ARE ABLE TO EVALUATE REVENUES, EXPENSES AND INVESTMENTS, NOT ONLY JUST LOOKING AT THE INVESTMENTS ONLY, WHICH IS IN THE GRIP PROCESS. SO THROUGH THIS STEERING COMMITTEE, WE ARE ALSO ABLE TO POOL OUR RESOURCES WITH THE OTHER 180 CITIES TO HIRE INDEPENDENT ENGINEERS, LAWYERS, FINANCIAL REVIEW AND UNDER THE GRIP, THERE WOULD BE

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I BELIEVE THAT'S ALMOST A 25% INCREASE. SO WE WILL BE WORKING AGAIN WITH THE RATE REVIEW MECHANISM TO TRY TO NEGOTIATE THOSE RATES DOWN. ONE IMPORTANT THING, THOUGH, IS WE CAN'T REALLY CHALLENGE ANY OF THE FILINGS UNDER THE GRIP. WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO IS NEGOTIATE THROUGH THIS RATE REVIEW MECHANISM AND UTILIZE CITY ORDINANCES COLLECTIVELY WITH THE OTHER 180 CITIES TO TRY TO NEGOTIATE THOSE DOWN. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE THE PROCESS AGAIN THIS YEAR. AND AGAIN, I WILL BE BACK IN SEPTEMBER WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THOSE OTHER 180 CITIES, INCLUDING US, AND THROUGH THE LAWYERS AND THE FINANCIAL REVIEW PROCESS TO GET THE NEGOTIATION WITH ATMOS. SO WHERE THE CRITICAL DATES WILL BE AT SOME TIME IN SEPTEMBER, WE WILL BE BACK TO DISCUSS THOSE AND THEN HOPEFULLY FORMAL APPROVAL IN THE LAST MEETING OF SEPTEMBER. WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU, MATT, FOR THIS BRIEFING. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE HAD SEVERAL CONSTITUENTS THAT HAD REACHED OUT ABOUT THIS THIS SHOCKING INCREASE TO THEIR BILLS PROPOSED THAT 25% IS A LOT. AND SO THEY WANTED A BETTER UNDERSTANDING. AND I KNEW THE EXACT PERSON THAT COULD GIVE THAT UNDERSTANDING. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GIVING US THAT BRIEFING. AND HOPEFULLY THEY'RE WATCHING. YES, SIR. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCIL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COMPLAINTS I GOT YOUR ABOUT

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[12. Update Regarding Potential Opportunity Zone Nominations]

AND IT'S IN THE NAME IN THE TITLE ON THIS ONE. I RARELY GET TO PRESENT ON ANYTHING THAT'S A POSITIVE. BUT THIS ONE IS A VERY MUCH A POSITIVE THERE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR US IN THE TIMING OF WHAT Y'ALL JUST APPROVED IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN, THE HOUSING STUDIES AND THE FOCUS AREAS, BECAUSE THIS PLAYS INTO MAYBE GIVING US A POTENTIAL FOR OPPORTUNITY TO BRING PRIVATE INVESTMENT WITHIN THOSE ZONES THATT YOU ALL JUST DESIGNATED. SO IT WAS GOOD TIMING. SO TO START, WHAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE? AND ON THAT MAP, YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE FEDERALLY DESIGNATED CENSUS TRACTS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BECOME OPPORTUNITY ZONES. SO WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE DOES IS PROVIDE TAX BREAKS, FEDERAL TAX BREAKS FOR POTENTIAL INVESTMENTS WITHIN THESE ZONES. AND REALLY WHAT IT IS, IT GIVES AN INVESTOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE A TAX BREAK ON CAPITAL GAINS TAX, WHICH IS A SUBSTANTIAL BENEFIT FOR SOMEBODY THAT IS WILLING TO INVEST A LOT OF MONEY IN THESE CENSUS TRACTS. AND THE INTENT REALLY IS, IS JUST FOR UNDERUTILIZED AREAS TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET REAL PRIVATE INVESTMENT. SO FROM THAT PROCESS, TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DESIGNATES THE CENSUS TRACTS AND THEY'RE THEY'RE DESIGNATED BASED OFF OF LOW INCOME AFFORDABILITY AND MEDIAN INCOME LEVELS. AND FROM THERE, THEY USUALLY TURN IT OVER TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. AND THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE THEN CAN PICK 25% OF ALL THE TOTAL CENSUS TRACT AREAS TO DESIGNATE AS NOMINATIONS TO THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT, BACK TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO START RECEIVING THESE ABILITIES TO HAVE PRIVATE INVESTMENT. THE LAST TIME THIS WAS DONE WAS IN 2013, AND WE ONLY GOT ONE DESIGNATION. AND AT THAT TIME, THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE DID NOT ASK FOR ANY INPUT. THEY JUST SIMPLY CHOSE BASED OFF OF THEIR OWN METHODOLOGY. AND THIS YEAR, BECAUSE OF A LOT OF BACKLASH THAT I A LOT OF THE CITIES BACK TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, THEY ARE ALLOWING US TO PUT IN UP TO TEN CENSUS TRACTS FOR NOMINATION. AND SO WE HAVE SPENT SOME TIME, WE'VE GONE DOWN TO AUSTIN, WE'VE TALKED TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE BECAUSE WE WANTED ONE FOR THEM TO SEE OUR FACES AND TO SHOW WE WERE SERIOUS. AND TWO, WE WANTED TO GET SOME INSIDE INTEL ON EXACTLY WHAT THEY WILL BE LOOKING FOR IN THEIR PROCESS. ONE OF THE CRITICAL DATES IS, IS WE HAVE TO SUBMIT OUR CENSUS TRACK DESIGNATIONS BY JUNE 26TH. WE ARE ON A TIGHT TIME FRAME.

AND WHY WE'RE PRESENTING THIS TO YOU HERE TONIGHT IS ONE IS TO GET YOUR INPUT ON ON THE CENSUS TRACKS AND EXPLAIN HOW WE CHOSE THEM INTO IS TOMORROW NIGHT. WE ARE REQUESTING A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT TO SEND IN WITH OUR APPLICATION TO THE GOVERNOROR'S OFFICE TO HELP SUPPORT OUR CLAIM FOR INCLUSION OF THESE. SO BACK TO THE PRIOR CENSUS TRACK, WHERE THAT STAR IS ON THAT MAP. THAT IS OUR CURRENT OPPORTUNITY ZONE FROM OPPORTUNITIES FROM THE LAST DESIGNATION. WE ARE RIGHT NOW WANTING TO PUT IN A REQUEST FOR TEN MORE. AND HERE'S A LOOK AT HOW THEY THEY SCORE THESE. SO WITH LOCAL SUPPORT, WHICH BACK TO WHY WE WERE ASKING FOR A RESOLUTION AND COMMUNITY PRIORITIES AND GOALS, WHICH WE CAN POINT BACK TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND ALL THE DATA AND STUDIES THAT WE'VE DONE. YOU CAN GET UP TO FOUR POINTS FOR LOCAL SUPPORT AND THEN PROJECT VIABILITY. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SHOVEL READY PROJECTS. THEY WANT THIS THIS TIME AROUND FOR TEXAS TO SHOW REAL INVESTMENT IN THESE ZONES. SO WE ALSO WENT AND LOOKED THROUGH WHERE OUR PROJECTS THAT ARE SHOVEL READY, WHERE DO WE OWN LARGE TRACTS OF LAND? WHERE DO WE KNOW WHERE WE HAVE DEALS CLOSE TO BEING DONE? SO WE ALSO USE THAT TO FACTOR IN BECAUSE YOU CAN GET UP TO FOUR POINTS THERE. AND SINCE IT'S A FEDERAL PROGRAM, THEY DO ALSO OPEN IT UP FOR TWO MORE POINTS FOR WHAT IS AREAS THAT ARE DECLARED DISASTER OR THAT ARE RURAL. SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT DALLAS COUNTY AS A WHOLE, SO THERE'S GOING TO BE

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BUT JUST TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, THERE WILL BE 58 CENSUS TRACTS IN DALLAS COUNTY THAT WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET NOMINATIONS. SO WE ARE FIGHTING WITH EVERY OTHER CITY AND ALSO THE COUNTY TO GET THOSE DESIGNATIONS. SO THE MORE COMPETITIVE WE CAN BE, THE BETTER. IN THTHE GREEN ARE THE AREAS THAT STAFF, THROUGH LOOKING AT THE DATA AND WANTING TO TIE BACK TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN, OUR HOUSING STUDY, AS WELL AS MANY OF THE MASTER PLANS, FOR INSTANCE, IN HARBOR POINT, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A STRONG CASE AND SEND IN ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE. SO THE AREAS IN GREEN ARE THE ONES STAFF HAS ARE IS COMING FORWARD TO RECOMMEND TO CITY COUNCIL. AND OF THOSE ARE IN WHAT WASCHUNK REFERRED TO AS THE WEDGE. YOU ALSO SEE THAT ON 190 .13 THAT IS THE FOREST JUPITER AREA. WE ALSO HAVE DOWNTOWN MANY OF THE HARBOR POINT AREAS AS WELL AS I-30. AND THEN 190 .27 UP NORTH.

GARLAND IS WHERE OUR HOLFORD ROAD SOCCER PROJECT IS. SO JUST GOING THROUGH THE LISTING, WE DO HAVE TO PUT THESE IN PRIORITY ORDER. AND SO THESE ARE THIS IS THE ORDER THAT STAFF HAS PUT TOGETHER. AGAIN BASED OFF OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, YOU'LL SEE 184.01 WHICH IS LOCATED DOWN OFF OF SOUTH GARLAND AVENUE. AND AS YOU'LL MANY OF YOU ALL KNOW, WE DO OWN LARGE TRACTS OF LAND DOWN THERE. WE HAVE BEEN DOING SOME LAND ASSEMBLAGE, SO IT FEELS LIKE A STRATEGICALLY GOOD STARTING POINT FOR OUR OUR PRIORITIES. 184.03 AND 184.02 ARE DIRECTLY TIED INTO THE WEDGE, WITH THE INTENTION OF BRINGING INVESTMENT TO THOSE CORRIDORS THAT WERE JUST DESIGNATED OR JUST PRESENTED BY MISS BECKY KING. 181.41, WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE HARBOR POINT AREA. WE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE MASTER PLANS THAT WE HAVE DESIGNATED DOWN IN THAT AREA. WE FELT THAT THAT WAS ALSO A STRONG CANDIDATE. 184183 IS, YOU KNOW, JUST NORTH OF THAT WEDGE AREA. SO WE'RE LOOKING, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN CORRIDORS IN THOSE AREAS AND MOVING DOWN THE LIST. 181.48 AGAIN, IS IN ONE OF THOSE SECONDARY ZONES THAT WERE JUST PUT FORWARD IN THE HOUSING STUDY. WE ALSO DO ANTICIPATE SEEING SOME IMPROVEMENTS HAPPENING FAIRLY SOON THERE. AND 190 .27, WHICH IS OUR HOLFORD ROAD PROJECT PRIMARY DRIVER THERE, IS THAT WE DO HAVE THAT SOCCER STADIUM, SOCCER FACILITY BEING BUILT THERE, AND WE FEEL THAT WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN RFP PUT OUT ON THE STREET VERY SOON FOR THE 14 ACRES THAT. BUT UP NEXT TO THAT SOCCER FACILITY, 188.02 IS DOWNTOWN. I THINK YOU ALL ARE WELL AWARE OF. THE HOUSING STUDY SAYS THAT WE NEED TO LEAN INTO DOWNTOWN. SO WE WENT AHEAD AND INCLUDED THAT AS WELL. 190 .13 IS THE FOREST JUPITER AREA. WE DO HAVE A NOMINATION BY NCT COG TO HAVE. THEY WILL ALSO PUT IN A NOMINATION REQUEST FOR THIS AREA FOR ITS TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT COULD OCCUR IN THAT AREA. AND THEN FINALLY, 181.38, WHICH IS A TRACT THAT INCLUDES ROSE HILL SITE, WHICH WE OWN 17 ACRE TRACTS THERE THAT THE FOUNDATION CURRENTLY HAS. AND WE ARE ALSO CURRENTLY IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH DEVELOPERS FOR THAT AREA AS WELL. SO WE FEEL LIKE IT'S SHOVEL READY. SO AGAIN, HERE'S A MAP OF JUST SHOWING THE AREAS THAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING. AND WITH THAT WE WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, HEAR YOUR CONCERNS AND SEE IF HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. VERY GOOD MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK 190 .27. HOW DOES THAT TRACT TRACK? YOU KNOW, WE TYPICALLY THINK OF THIS. WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF MAPS. AND THIS AREA IS NOT TYPICALLY IDENTIFIED AS A LOW INCOME AREA. SO SO THEY USED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT METRICS. IT'S NOT JUST INCOME. AND SO THE INCOME IN THAT TRACT, IT'S KIND OF A PIECE OF ODD GEOGRAPHY BECAUSE THE INCOME IS NOT EXORBITANTLY HIGH PER SE. BUT IT'S NOT IT'S NOT LOWER THAN THE MEDIAN PER SE. BUT THEY HAVE OTHER METRICS IN THERE THAT I BELIEVE WERE

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SO IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO ATTRACT INVESTMENT BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE THE SPACE TO DO SO. SOME OF THOSE OTHER ONES, THERE IS SOME SPACE ALONG KIND OF, SAY LAKE FOREST OR NORTH ON JUPITER. THAT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO BE A HEAVY LIFT IN TERMS OF REDEVELOPMENT, BUT YOU WOULD HAVE TO FIGHT WITH EXISTING PROPERTY OWNERS AS OPPOSED TO EITHER GREENVILLE INFILL OR SITES OF THE CITY ALREADY OWNS. AND SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE FELT THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A HARDER ASK, BECAUSE THE OTHER AREAS OUTSIDE OF THAT ARE MOSTLY SINGLE FAMILY OR MULTIFAMILY, THAT WOULD BE REALLY HARD TO REDEVELOP. BUT ISN'T THAT KIND OF THE POINT OF AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR REALLY HARD TO DEVELOP? IT DEPENDS. I MEAN, IT'S TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOPERS TO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS 20 THEY HAVE TO INVEST FOR 20 YEARS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. ISN'T THAT THE IT'S TEN YEARS. TEN. OKAY. I WOULD SAY THAT THE, THE DIFFICULT PART ON THAT IS THAT IT DEPENDS ON THE TYPE OF PROJECTS YOU WOULD BE LOOKING AT, BECAUSE A LOT OFHESE, THEY WANT KIND OF SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO. SO FOR INSTANCE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SHOPPING CENTERS IN. IN THOSE AREAS, A LOT OF THEM HAVE HAD A LOT OF PAD SITE READ PAD SITE DEVELOPMENT VERSUS THE SHOPPING CENTERS IN THE WEDGE.

AND THIS IS KIND OF HARKENING BACK TO A LITTLE BIT OF THIS ANALYSIS OF THE AREA, THE AREA AND AREAS IN THE WEDGE TEND TO HAVE LARGER PARKING LOTS THAT DO NOT HAVE BUILDINGS ALREADY IN THEM. AND SO A POTENTIAL DEVELOPER IS GOING TO COME INTO THAT AREA AND SEE THE THAT THERE IS A LESSER AMOUNT OF DEMOLITION THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETELY SCRAPE AND REDO. BUT THEN THE SECOND PIECE IS THERE'S BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT PAD SITE DEVELOPMENT IS INDIVIDUALLY OWNED, YOU'RE GOING TO JUST HAVE A MUCH, MUCH HARDER TIME ASSEMBLING THE LAND. AND SINCE WE ONLY HAVE A TEN YEAR WINDOW, YOU'RE LOOKING AT MUCH LONGER TIME HORIZONS ON THOSE PROPERTIES AS WELL. AND SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY IT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY. BUT THERE'S THERE'S KIND OF SOME STRUCTURAL ISSUES THAT ARE BEYOND JUST MONETARY ISSUES THAT THAT WOULD MEAN THAT THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN THOSE AREAS, MOST LIKELY BEFORE THEY'RE PROBABLY READY FOR REDEVELOPMENT. OKAY. IN OUR PREVIOUS OPPORTUNITY ZONE IN DISTRICT FOUR THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, I TRIED TO FIND SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WHO HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM, AND I COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING. I COULDN'T FIND A LIST ANYWHERE. I LOOKED, I LOOKED AT WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE. I LOOKED IN ALL KINDS OF PLACES AND I. I COULD FIND NO INFORMATION. SO DO WE KNOW HOW SUCCESSFUL THIS PROGRAM ACTUALLY IS? IT'S SUCCESSFUL IN CERTAIN AREAS. IF YOU HAVE PROJECTS LINED UP, THE ISSUE FOR OUR CURRENT EXISTING OPPORTUNITY ZONE IS REALLY.

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I LIKE WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING IN THE WAY OF HOW THAT MONEY IS GOING TO BE ALLOCATED. AND I THINK WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A CONSENSUS THAT WE GO FORWARD TO APPLY FOR IT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, SIR. COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS. YEAH, SO I GUESS I WAS ALSO SURPRISED TO SEE 199.27 IN THE ON THE MAP, EVEN THOUGH IT'S IN MY DISTRICT. DO YOU THINK THAT HAVING THAT 14 ACRES ON THE CORNER KIND OF BEING SHOVEL READY, IT REALLY BROUGHT DRAGGED THAT OVER THE LINE TO BECAUSE WE'VE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT CORNER NEXT TO THE SOCCER COMPLEX TO BE SOMETHING REALLY NICE RIGHT ALONG GEORGE BUSH THERE. WE'VE GOT SEVERAL ACRES. I THINK THAT'S THE BIG DRIVER THAT IS A HUGE DRIVER. BACK TO THE SCORING METHODOLOGY AND BACK TO WHAT JACOB SAID ABOUT GOVERNOR'S OFFICE IN OUR DISCUSSIONS. WHEN WE WENT DOWN THERE AND TALKED TO THEM IN AUSTIN, WE'RE VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THEIR OPPORTUNITY ZONE SELECTION PROCESS LAST TIME. AND, AND, AND HOW LITTLE THE PROGRAM WAS UTILIZED IN THE STATE BECAUSE OF THEM NOT GETTING FEEDBACK. SO THEY HAVE HEAVY WEIGHTING TOWARDS SHOVEL READY PROJECTS FOR THAT. AND THEY WERE VERY CLEAR TO US THAT THEY WANT TO SEE OPPORTUNITY ZONES BE SUCCESSFUL. AND THE ONLY WAY THAT REALLY, IN THAT TEN YEAR HORIZON, TEN YEARS IS REALLY A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME FOR MAJOR CHANGE IN AN AREA. SO YOU GOT TO HAVE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, IN THE DOCKET. SO WE JUST FELT LIKE IF WE HAVE THINGS IN THE DOCKET, EVEN THOUGH THAT ZONE IS RIGHT ON THE CUSP OF EVEN BEING QUALIFIED, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT AS MANY, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE HAVE UP TO TEN. THAT'S NOT A GUARANTEE THAT WE'RE GETTING TEN. AGAIN, WE'RE COMPETING WITH ALL OF DALLAS COUNTY. SO WE WANT IT. WE WANT IT TO SHOW IN OUR APPLICATIONS FOR ALL THESE THAT WE ARE READY. OKAY. AND THE AREA THAT'S WEST OF HOLFORD ROAD THERE, WE DIDN'T INCLUDE THAT BECAUSE WE ALREADY APPROVED A MULTIFAMILY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SOCCER COMPLEX. SO THERE WAS NO NEED TO INCLUDE THAT. I MEAN, WE, WE DREW THESE LINES, DID WE NOT, OR NO, WE DID NOT DRAW. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DREW THESE LINES. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DREW THESE LINES. OKAY, OKAY. WHICH WE WOULD HAVE DRAWN LIKE 184.01 WOULD HAVE BEEN DRAWN IF WE WERE DRAWING. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN DRAWN VERY DIFFERENT

[02:10:04]

AND ON THE VERY, VERY BOTTOM ON THE TIPPY. YES, YES, YES, YES. LIKE ALMOST NOT IN GARLAND. YES.

SO AND I UNDERSTAND WHY IT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN PICKED FOR THIS CYCLE. IS THAT MAYBE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD LOOK AT WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THAT KROGER IS LOCATED THAT WENT OUT OF BUSINESS. AND SO WE REALLY HAVE LIKE A GROCERY DESERT DOWN THERE. AND SO THE PEOPLE IN THAT AREA ARE HAVING TO GO TO SUNNYVALE OR ELSEWHERE TO GO GROCERY SHOPPING. AND SO I THINK THAT WITHOUT PAYING SOME KIND OF ATTENTION TO THAT IS KIND OF A MISSED MARK FOR US, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NEEDING TO CAPTURE MORE SALES TAX REVENUE. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ON SOMEONE'S RADAR SOMEWHERE. IT'S DEFINITELY ON OUR RADAR. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WITH THAT SPECIFIC CENSUS TRACT, AND THIS IS PART OF THE REASON WHY WE DIDN'T INCLUDE IT, IS BECAUSE THE BULK OF THAT CENSUS TRACT IS ACTUALLY IN MESQUITE. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE GEOGRAPHIC REGION, IT IS IT ENCOMPASSES A LARGE SECTION IN MESQUITE. AND SO FOR US, IT WAS A VERY, VERY TINY SLIVER. AND THOUGH IT DOES HAVE A SHOPPING CENTER IN IT, THE BULK OF T THE SPACE AND THE BENEFIT WOULD END UP GOING TO A DIFFERENT CITY, WHICH WAS THE REASON WHY WE CHOSE TO, TO NOT INCLUDE THAT ONE. BUT YES, THAT THAT SHOPPING CENTER IS DEFINITELY ON OUR LIST. I KNOW THAT THEY YEAH, THEY'RE WE'VE BEEN BANGING DOWN THEIR DOORS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS PLANS ARE. SO YEAH, CHIPOTLE. BUT WE NEED TO KEEP. YEP, YEP. I WILL JUST SAY AGAIN, THIS IS JUST ONE TOOL IN OUR TOOLBOX. SO AGAIN, WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE PICKED THE ONES THAT HAD THE HIGHEST CHANCE OF BEING SELECTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. BUT JUST BECAUSE IT'S NOT SELECTED, THERE ARE OTHER TOOLS IN OUR TOOLBOX. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS STAFF ON THIS ITEM? I THINK I'M FINE WITH THESE SELECTIONS HERE.

AND I THINK REGARDING 190 .27, WE OFTEN HAVE THIS MARKET GAP WHERE PEOPLE AREN'T WILLING TO INVEST. AND THIS GIVES US ANHER TOOL IN OUR TOOLBOX TO WE CAN PROVIDE THEM WITH SOME KIND OF INCENTIVE WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND OUR CASH AND GET DEVELOPMENT UP IN THAT AREA. I'M ALL FOR THAT. SO I THINK INCLUDING THAT ONE I'M FINE WITH. AND THEN THIS MAP OVERLAYS NICELY WITH OUR OTHER STRATEGIC PLAN AREAS AND OUR, OUR STUDY WE JUST DISCUSSED AS WELL. SO I'M FINE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT WE'LL HAVE A FORMAL ADOPTION TOMORROW FOR THIS. SO NO NEED TO TAKE A VOTE OR CONSENSUS RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM NUMBER 13, DATA CENTER. WATER USAGE REPORT. THIS ITEM. THIS ITEM WILL ACTUALLY BE POSTPONING. STAFF IS STILL COLLECTING SOME DATA ON WATER USAGE FOR THESE PROPERTIES. SO WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THIS ITEM

[13. Consider the Appointment of a Mayor Pro Tem and Deputy Mayor Pro Tem]

ARTICLE THREE, SECTION FOUR OF OUR CITY CHARTER. AS YOU ALL KNOW, I'M SURE. BUT YOU I WILL.

THERE'LL BE NOMINATIONS TAKEN FOR EACH OF THOSE POSITIONS TOMORROW, SO IT'LL BE UP TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO DO THE NOMINATIONS. ALL RIGHT. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT ITEM.

[ CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS]

[ ANNOUNCE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]

[02:15:01]

[ EXECUTIVE SESSION]

551.07087 AND ATTORNEY CLIENT COMMUNICATIONS RELATED TO THE SAME. 551.071 AND ITEM NUMBER 17 IS PERSONAL MATTERS RELATED TO THE RESIGNATION, EMPLOYMENT OR DUTIES OF THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, PHILIP RUBIO, WHO HAS ACCEPTED A JOB AS CITY MANAGER FOR ANOTHER MUNICIPALITY AND ITS IMPACT ON THE OFFICES OF THE CITY MANAGER AND THE POTENTIAL FILLING OF THE VACANCY BY 51.074 AN ATTORNEY CLIENT. MATTERS RELATED TO THE SAME. 551.071 ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL AT

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