Jul 07, 2026 City Council

[ LEGISLATIVE PRAYER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

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INVOCATION AND PLEDGE WILL BE LED BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUTTON, MA'AM. GOOD EVENING.

BEFORE WE START TONIGHT'S MEETING, I WANT TO SHARE A THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT IT TRULY MEANS TO BE A COMMUNITY. COMMUNITY ISN'T SIMPLY A PLACE WHERE WE LIVE SIDE BY SIDE.

IT'S A PROMISE WE MAKE TO ONE ANOTHER. A PROMISE THAT NO ONE CARRIES LIFE'S BURDEN ALONE.

THAT ACTS OF KINDNESS MATTER. THAT SERVICE HAS VALUE, AND THAT EVERY LIFE LEAVES A MARK ON THE PEOPLE AROUND IT. THIS EVENING, WE'LL RECOGNIZE THREE DIFFERENT STORIES, BUT TOGETHER THEY TELL ONE POWERFUL TRUTH WILL HONOR THE GARLAND CITIZEN'S POLICE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. PEOPLE WHO CHOOSE NOT TO STEP AWAY AFTER LEARNING ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT INSTEAD STEP TOWARD THEIR NEIGHBORS. THEY REMIND US THAT THE SAFEST COMMUNITIES AREN'T SOLELY BUILT ON FIRST RESPONDERS. THEY'RE BUILT ON ORDINARY PEOPLE WHO CHOOSE TO BECOME PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER THAN THEMSELVES. WE'LL CELEBRATE JAMI RATLIFF'S 40 YEARS OF SERVICE. 40 YEARS IS MORE THAN A CAREER. SORRY, I DON'T KNOW WHY I CRY. I'M SORRY.

IT'S JUST THIS IS HOW JESUS MADE ME. IT'S NOT EVEN SAD. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

LET'S SEE. IT'S 1000 UNFORESEEN MOMENTS OF DEDICATION. CHALLENGES MET WITH PERSEVERANCE AND COUNTLESS OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE SOMEONE'S LIFE A LITTLE BIT BETTER. WE OFTEN CELEBRATE MILESTONES, BUT IT'S THE ORDINARY DAYS OF FAITHFUL SERVICE, THAT QUALITY OR THAT QUIETLY SHAPED THE FUTURE OF A CITY. WE'LL ALSO PROCLAIM KIM, WENDY. NOW IT'S ALL DOWNHILL FROM HERE. THE DAY THAT REMINDS US THAT SOME LIVES. THOUGH HEARTBREAKINGLY SHORT, CONTINUE TO CHANGE US FOREVER. WE CANNOT ERASE TRAGEDY, BUT WE CAN CHOOSE WHAT WE DO WITH IT.

WE CAN REMEMBER. WE CAN HONOR AND WE CAN RECOMMIT OURSELVES TO PROTECTING THE VULNERABLE, SUPPORTING ONE ANOTHER AND REFUSING TO LET ANY MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY BE FORGOTTEN.

SERVICE, DEDICATION AND REMEMBRANCE. THESE ARE NOT SEPARATE IDEAS. THEY ARE THE THREADS THAT HOLD A COMMUNITY TOGETHER. THE TRUTH IS, WE WILL ALL BE REMEMBERED SOMEDAY. NOT FOR THE TITLES THAT WE HOLD OR THE MEETINGS WE ATTENDED, BUT FOR HOW WE MADE PEOPLE FEEL.

FOR WHETHER WE SHOWED UP WHEN IT MATTERED. EVEN IF IT'S A LITTLE LATE. FOR WHETHER WE.

FOR WHEN WE LET OUR CORNER OF THE WORLD. FOR WHEN. LET ME TRY THIS AGAIN, GUYS. SORRY. FOR WHETHER WE LEFT THE CORNER OF OUR WORLD A LITTLE KINDER, A LITTLE SAFER, AND A LITTLE MORE HOPEFUL THAN WHAT WE FOUND IT. AS WE CONDUCT THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS TONIGHT. MAY WE REMEMBER THAT EVERY DECISION WE MAKE REACHES BEYOND THESE WALLS. IT TOUCHES FAMILIES AROUND DINNER TABLES, CHILDREN'S GROWING UP IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, SENIORS WHO HAVE BUILT THIS CITY, AND FUTURE GENERATIONS WHO WILL INHERIT WHAT WE CHOOSE TO BUILD TODAY. MAY WE LEAD WITH HUMANITY, SERVE WITH COURAGE, AND NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE QUIET POWER OF COMPASSION. BECAUSE IN THE END, THE GREATEST LEGACY ANY COMMUNITY CAN LEAVE IS NOT FOUND IN ITS BUILDINGS OR ITS ROADS. IT IS FOUND IN E WAY THAT PEOPLE CHOOSE TO CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

[ MAYORAL PROCLAMATIONS, RECOGNITIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS]

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THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE HERE TODAY. IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU ALL HERE TO TO BE RECOGNIZED WITH US. THIS PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZES THE 34TH ANNUAL TEXAS CITIZEN POLICE ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION CONVENTION AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING. WHEREAS, THE GARLAND CITIZEN POLICE ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION IS CELEBRATING 34 YEARS AS AN ORGANIZATION. AND WHEREAS, IN 1993, THE GARLAND CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION WAS FOUNDED AS A STANDALONE NONPROFIT 501 C THREE ORGANIZATION. THE GROUP IS INDEPENDENT OF THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT EXISTS TO PROVIDE AN AVENUE FOR CONTINUED INVOLVEMENT FOR THE CPA GRADUATES WHO WISH TO GIVE BACK TO THEIR DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNITY. AND. WHEREAS, THIS PROGRAM IS AN ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION COMPRISED OF PEOPLE WHOSE INTEREST IN LAW ENRCEMENT AND APPRECIATION OF THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT BRINGS THEM TOGETHER IN SERVICE. THIS PROGRAM HELPS TO BUILD THE BRIDGE BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AND. WHEREAS FOR 34 YEARS, TALENTED, LOVING, GIVING AND DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS HAVE COME TOGETHER IN A UNITED WAY TO BETTER THE CAUSE AND SHARE THE PASSION FOR ITS FOUNDING. ALL MEMBERS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO MAKE THIS ORGANIZATION WHAT IT HAS GROWN INTO TODAY. EVERY MEMBER, PAST AND PRESENT, IS SOMEONE WHO TRULY UNDERSTANDS THE DEDICATION IT TAKES TO ACCOMPLISH THEIR MISSION. WITHOUT THE MEMBERS WHO CONTINUE TO WORK TIRELESSLY IN A COMBINED EFFORT WITH THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY, THEY COULD NOT EXIST. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF GARLAND PROUDLY WELCOMES CONVENTION ATTENDEES AND COMMENDS THE GARLAND CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION FOR ITS LONGSTANDING COMMITMENT TO SERVICE LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP. NOW, THEREFORE, I. DYLAN HEDRICK, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JULY 12TH THROUGH THE 15TH 2026 AS TEXAS CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION CONVENTION AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING DAYS IN GARLAND, TEXAS AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO RECOGNIZE AND APPRECIATE THE DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS WHOSE EFFORTS HELP MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES SAFER AND STRONGER. I THINK ANYONE LIKE TO SAY, OH, WHAT AM I SAYING? THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR. WE DO APPRECIATE IT BEING RECOGNIZED. AND IF YOU'RE EVER INTERESTED IN THE GARLAND CITIZEN POLICE ACADEMY, MATT PESTA CAN HELP YOU OUT. WHEREAS MATT, THANK YOU. TELL US ABOUT THE CONVENTION. OH, SO THE CONVENTION IS GOING TO BE JULY 12TH THROUGH THE 15TH IN 2026. AND IT WILL HOST 361 PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE STATE. SO IT WILL BE ALL DIFFERENT CITIZEN POLICE ACADEMY ALUMNI AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ATTENDING. AND THIS IS THE FIFTH ONE THAT GARLAND HAS HOSTED. YOU KNOW, SPEAKING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU EVERYONE. YEAH. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THIS NEXT PROCLAMATION IS FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS DEDICATED OVER 40 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF GARLAND. AND AS DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SAID, WE'RE HAPPY TO HONOR THAT SERVICE TODAY. THIS IS A PROCLAMATION. AND, SIR, IF YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN ME UP HERE IN HONOR OF THE HONORABLE JAMES B, JAMIE RATLIFF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF GARLAND. WHEREAS, MR.

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AS YOU CAN SEE, I HAVE A HARD TIME KEEPING A JOB. FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE. I LOVE PUBLIC SERVICE. WHAT I TRIED TO MAINTAIN IN MY 43 YEARS OF SERVICE. WHEN PEOPLE HAVE HEARD ME SAY THIS, IT'S TRY TO TAKE THE JOB VERY SERIOUSLY, BUT DON'T TAKE YOURSELF TOO SERIOUSLY. MY THOUGHTS WERE, AND I'D SEEN THAT PROBABLY A YEAR AFTER YOU LEAVE SERVICE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE SAYING, JAMIE, WHO? WELL, THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT. I ALSO LEARNED YOU CAN'T DO THE JOB BY YOURSELF, BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE. YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH YOUR FELLOW COUNCIL PEOPLE. YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH YOUR BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS, AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP AND WORK WITH THE DEDICATED AND RESPONSIVE STAFF. CAN'T UNDERESTIMATE STAFF. I'D LIKE TO THANK A FEW PEOPLE SPECIFICALLY THAT ARE HERE. RICHARD FRICKS. I SERVED WITH HIM ON THE COUNCIL WHEN I FIRST. WE FIRST CAME ON WHEN I WAS MAYOR. HE CAME ON THE COUNCIL.

HE HAD BEEN TOLD AND THOUGHT I WAS THE SEAT OF THE ANTICHRIST. IT TURNS OUT NOW WE'RE PROBABLY BEST FRIENDS. WE'RE VERY GOOD FRIENDS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT SAYS ABOUT HIM. AND TOM JEFFRIES. I SERVED WITH HIM ON THE CITY COUNCIL EARLY, AND ALSO I'VE SERVED WITH HIM FOR 22 YEARS ON THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL POWER AGENCY. I THINK AT THIS POINT, WE BOTH PROBABLY KNOW WHAT THE ACRONYM STANDS FOR. AFTER 22 YEARS. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE I'D LIKE TO THANK, BUT IT WOULD PROBABLY TAKE TOO LONG. SPECIFICALLY, THERE'S ONE PERSON IN PARTICULAR. THAT'S MY WIFE, ANNETTE.

SHE KEPT ME LEVEL, KEPT ME GROUNDED. SHE DID IT WITH HUMOR AND GRACE. SHE SHE WON. SHE SHE WAS REALLY WONDERFUL. THE WAY SHE WENT ABOUT IT. AND I'M GOING TO END

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SHE LET ME GO FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES, AND THEN SHE CAME UP AND SAID, JAMIE, I NEED D YOU TO TAKE THE TRASH OUT. THAT BROUGHT IT DOWN. ONCE AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, AND I GUESS IT'S TIME FOR ME TO GO HOME AND TAKE THE TRASH OUT.

FOR THREE YEARS. WE'RE CERTAINLY HONORED TO HAVE YOU HERE TODAY. THANK YOU. OUR FINAL PROCLAMATION WE HAVE TODAY IS RECOGNIZING KIM NGUYEN DAY, AND IF THE FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO JOIN ME UP HERE, PLEASE. JOIN RECOGNIZING KIM WIND. WHEREAS EVERY CHILD DESERVES TO GROW UP IN A COMMUNITY WHERE THEY ARE SAFE, CHERISHED, AND PROTECTED. AND WHEREAS, ON JULY 18TH, 1993, EIGHT YEAR OLD KIM NGUYEN, A NON-VERBAL AUTISTIC CHILD FROM GARLAND, WAS TRAGICALLY ABDUCTED FROM OUTSIDE HIS HOME. AND WHEREAS KIM'S LIFE WAS TAKEN FAR TOO SOON IN A SENSELESS ACT OF VIOLENCE THAT FOREVER CHANGED HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS AND THE GARLAND COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS, DESPITE EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATIVE EFFORTS OVER THE YEARS, THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR KIM'S MURD HAS NEVER BEEN IDENTIFIED AND THE CASE REMAINS UNSOLVED DUE TO LACK OF LEADS. AND WHEREAS, ALTHOUGH DECADES HAVE PASSED, KIM'S MEMORY CONTINUES TO LIVE ON AND HIS STORY SERVES AS A SOLEMN REMINDER OF THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING OUR MOST VALUABLE RESIDENTS, SUPPORTING FAMILIES AFFECTED BY TRAGEDY, AND REMAINING COMMITTED TO THE PURSUIT OF JUSTICE. AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF GARLAND HONORS KIM'S LIFE BY REMEMBERING THE JOY HE BROUGHT TO THOSE WHO LOVED HIM, RECOGNIZING THE UNIQUE VALUE AND DIGNITY OF EVERY CHILD, INCLUDING THOSE WITH DISABILITIES, AND REAFFIRMING OUR HOPE THAT ONE DAY ANSWERS WILL BE FOUND. AND WHEREAS DESIGNATING A DAY IN KIM'S MEMORY ENCOURAGES OUR COMMUNITY TO STAND TOGETHER IN COMPASSION, REMEMBRANCE AND CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR EFFORTS TO SOLVE COLD CASES AND BRING CLOSURE TO GRIEVING FAMILIES. NOW, THEREFORE, I, DYLAN HEDRICK, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS, ON BEHALF OF THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JULY 18TH, 2026 OF EACH YEAR AS KIM DAY IN THE CITY OF GARLAND AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO PAUSE IN REMEMBRANCE OF KIM, HONOR HIS LIFE, SUPPORT CLDREN AND FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND RENEW OUR SHARED COMMITMENT TO ENSURING THAT NO VICTIM IS EVER FORGOTTEN AND THAT THE PURSUIT OF JUSTICE NEVER ENDS. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS A LOT. I THINK THE CITY COUNCIL. AND CANON AND EVERYBODY. TO DO THIS REALLY, REALLY. HE NEVER GAVE UP. BUT I'M PROUD. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I JUST CAN'T. IT MEANS A LOT. TRUST ME. I TRY TO GIVE MY MOM AND DAD, BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE. AGAIN.

[ CONSENT AGENDA]

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RECONSTRUCTION. THREE C IS RECYCLABLE MATERIALS PROCESSING SERVICES. THREE D IS G, P AND L TRANSMISSION LINE CONDUCTOR. THREE E, G, P AND L SUBSTATION INSTRUMENTATION SUPPLIER CONTRACT THREE F, G, P AND L FIELD ENGINEERING SERVICES CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE, THREE G, G, P AND L RELAY SUPPORT SERVICES CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE THREE, HGMRSMDR SLASH EDR.

CYBER CYBERSECURITY SERVICES THREE I BOTTLENECK IMPROVEMENTS PACKAGE THREE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES THREE J TRAIL RIDGE DRIVE AND FOLIAGE DRIVE, WATER, WASTEWATER AND PAVING IMPROVEMENTS. THREE K RUNNING RIVER PLANTATION INDIAN SCHOOL, PATRICIA MORNINGSIDE, OLDGATE, NEWCASTLE AX AND OLD ORCHARD WATER REPLACEMENTS. THREE L GMRS RADIO SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE PLATFORM MODERNIZATION AGREEMENT. THREE M PURCHASE OF SEVEN REPLACEMENT FORD PICKUP TRUCKS. ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS MAYOR. APPOINTMENTS TO COUNCIL COMMITTEES AND OUTSIDE BOARDS. ITEM FIVE IS SALE OF CERTAIN JEEP AND TRANSMISSION FACILITIES. SIX IS FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF GARLAND ALLEY ABANDONMENT SEVEN NOTICE OF INTENT FOR SALE OF CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION SERIES 2026 ITEM EIGHT. 2025 EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANT GRANT. ITEM NINE IS TWTWDB GRANT APPLICATION, FIREWALL, PUMP STATION PROJECT AND ITEM NUMBER TEN IS AMENDMENT TO THE CIVIL SERVICE CLASSIFICATION ORDINANCE FOR POLICE AND FIRE COUNCIL. IS THERE ANY ITEM YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE PULLED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY? IS THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO HAVE AN ITEM PULLED IN CONSIDERED SEPARATELY? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DENTON, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. I HAVE A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUTTON TO APPROVE AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US? AND THAT ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. MOVE ON NOW TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. I MUST MAKE A NOTE. ITEM NUMBER 13 WILL BE PULLED FROM OUR AGENDA BECAUSE IT HAS ALREADY BEEN SEATED ON THE DART BOARD. OUR FIRST ITEM FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION IS

[a. Consider a request by Shan Namkeen, Inc., requesting approval of 1) a Specific Use Provision (SUP) to allow a Food Processing & Storage use and 2) a Concept Plan for the Food Processing & Storage use. The site is located at 201 Range Drive, Suite 201B on a property zoned Industrial (IN) District in District 8.]

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LOCATIONS. 201 RANGE DRIVE, SUITE 201 B THE PROPERTY'S ABOUT 3.89 ACRES AND IT IS ZONED INDUSTRIAL. IT IS LOCATED IN DISTRICT EIGHT. A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. THIS PROPERTY DID OPERATE AS A FOOD PROCESSING AND STORAGE USE IN THE PAST. IN RECENT YEARS IN 2011, AND SP WAS APPROVED FOR A RECYCLING CENTER. HOWEVER, THAT BUILDING HAS BEEN VACANT FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS. THIS IS THE LOCATION MAP. YOU CAN SEE THE SITE OUTLINED IN TEAL. AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS SITE IS ZONED INDUSTRIAL AND EVERYTHING SURROUNDING IS INDUSTRIAL. THIS IS CLOSE TO OUR DOWNTOWN ZONING DISTRICT AS WELL. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CALLS THIS AREA OUT AS TRANSIT ORIENTED CENTERS. TRANSIT ORIENTED CENTERS ARE AREAS OF CONCENTRATED ACTIVITY AND INCREASED DENSITY WITH MAXIMUM ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS. IN A VERY TRADITIONAL SENSE, THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST MAY NOT FULLY COMPLY WITH THAT TRANSIT ORIENTED CENTER. BUT IF WE PUT IT IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS IS AN EXISTING INDUSTRIAL AREA, THIS IS AN EXISTING BUILDING THAT HAS BEEN VACANT FOR A WHILE, WHICH IS BEING PROPOSED TO BE REUSED IN AN ADAPTIVE MANNER. WE DO THINK IT MEETS THE SPIRIT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. HERE ARE SOME SITES. YOU CAN SEE THE BUILDING FROM RANGE DRIVE FACING NORTH FROM RANGE DRIVE. THE BUILDING IS OLD AND DATED AND CAN USE IMPROVEMENTS FOR BETTER VISIBILITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT. HERE'S A CONCEPT. PLAN WHAT YOU SEE OUTLINED IN BLUE. THAT'S THE ENTIRE BUILDING AND WHAT YOU SEE OUTLINED IN RED. THAT IS THE SUITE WHERE THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO HAVE THE SUP, THE PARKING PARKING SPACES ARE OUTLINED IN ORANGE AND A LONG RANGE DRIVE. THEY ARE PROPOSING TWO CANOPY TREES AND 32 SHRUBS.

SO THOSE ARE SHOWN IN DARK GREEN. THIS IS A REFERENCE ELEVATION. BUT WHAT WHAT WE WANTED TO SHOW IS THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING AND THE APPLICANT AGREED TO ADD THESE ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS TO THE BUILDING FACADE, WHICH CAN BE ORNAMENTAL TRIMS, CANOPIES, RECESSED ENTRIES, PLANTERS, BENCHES, LIGHTING FEATURES WHICH CAN MAKE THE BUILDING LOOK BETTER THAN WHAT IT IS TODAY. THEY HAVE REQUESTED THAT THOSE IMPROVEMENTS BE COMPLETED WITHIN A YEAR OF ISSUING THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. THE APPLICANT IS ASKING FOR 15 YEARS. THE TIME PERIOD GUIDELINE DOES RECOMMEND 8 TO 15, WITH THIS USE COMING IN AFTER TEN YEARS. WE DO RECOMMEND TO STAY IN THE SHORTER TIMELINE PERIOD, WHICH IS EIGHT YEARS, AND IN EIGHT YEARS. IF THE BUSINESS DOES NOT CAUSE ANY ISSUES AND ACTUALLY DOES DO EVERY IMPROVEMENT THAT THEY'RE THAT THEY'RE SAYING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO, COUNCIL CAN CONSIDER RENEWING THE SUP. WE DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST. AS I MENTIONED, WE DO THINK IT DOES MEET THE SPIRIT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IT DOES. IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS. THEY ARE PROPOSING TO ENHANCE THE LANDSCAPING ALONG THE FRONT YARD, WHICH WILL IMPROVE THE STREETSCAPE ALONG RANGE DRIVE, BUT THAT WILL BE WITHIN A YEAR OF ISSUING A CEO, NOT BEFORE ISSUING THE CEO. AND THEY'RE ALSO PROVIDING SIX DESIGN ELEMENTS TO THE BUILDING THAT WILL IMPROVE THE LOOK OF THE BUILDING WITHIN A YEAR. PLAN COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOR 15 YEARS WITH THE INSTALLED IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN A YEAR. WE SENT OUT 58 LETTERS. WE RECEIVED ONE RESPONSE IN FAVOR AND NONE IN OPPOSITION. WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. THE APPLICANT IS HERE AS WELL AND HE HAS BROUGHT A PRESENTATION FOR YOU ALL. COUNCILMEMBER LUCK. SO IF APPROVED, WITH THAT ONE YEAR AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION, WHAT HAPPENS AFTER A YEAR? IF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS AREN'T MADE, THEY WILL BE IN VIOLATION OF THEIR SUP. THEN THAT BECOMES GROUNDS FOR CODE COMPLIANCE TO GO OUT THERE AND ISSUE CITATIONS, AND

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THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE APPLICANT. MR. PATEL HERE. IF YOU'LL SIGN A SPEAKER CARD AFTER AFTER YOU SPEAK, PLEASE.

THANK YOU. IF YOU GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE TEN MINUTES FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. AWESOME. CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? WELL, YES. PERFECT. SEAN PATEL AND I'M HERE FOR 201 RANGE DRIVE, GARLAND, TEXAS. SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT US. WE'RE AN ETHNIC FOOD MANUFACTURING COMPANY THAT WAS STARTED IN 2005, AND WE'VE BEEN IN GARLAND SINCE 2011. SO SINCE 2011, WE'VE BEEN REALLY LUCKY TO GROW ALONGSIDE OUR COMMUNITY. WE STARTED OUT IN AROUND 4000FT■S IN OUR CURRENT BUILDIN, AND THEN WE'RE CURRENTLY AT 13,000, AND WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR FOOD MANUFACTURING FOR FOOD MANUFACTURING FACILITY FOR A WHILE NOW. AND IT WAS PRETTY DIFFICULT TO FIND SOMETHING THAT MET EXACTLY THE GUIDELINES OF A FOOD MANUFACTURING FACILITY WHILE STAYING CLOSE TO HOME. AND WE EVENTUALLY DISCOVERED 201 RANGE DRIVE, WHICH WAS A VACANT FOOD MANUFACTURING FACILITY. AND FOR THE PAST YEAR, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON REALLY CLEANING IT UP AND INVESTING A LOT OF TIME AS WELL AS MONEY INTO IT. SO THIS SPECIAL USE, THIS SPECIFIC USE PERMIT WOULD BE OUR NEXT STEP. A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT 201 RANGE DRIVE BEFORE WE KIND OF ACQUIRED IT. I'M NOT SURE IF ANYONE'S GOTTEN A CHANCE TO BE AT THAT SITE BEFORE, BUT ESSENTIALLY TYSON FOODS SLASH ADVANCED FOOD MANUFACTURING LEFT ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO, AND AFTER THAT, THE BUILDING STAYED VACANT. AND WITH THIS CAME A LOT OF IMPLICATIONS. LIKE THERE WAS TRASH EVERYWHERE. THERE WERE PARTS OF THE BUILDING WHERE THERE WERE MISSING EXTERIOR WALLS. THERE WERE RUSTED TANKS, AS WELL AS LIKE RUSTED PANELS OUTSIDE, AS WELL AS A LOT OF VANDALISM AND THEFT AROUND THE AREA, AS WELL AS WITHIN THE BUILDING. AND SINCE WE'VE TAKEN POSSESSION OF THE BUILDING, WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY REMOVING THESE RUSTED ELEMENTS TO MAKE IT LOOK WAY BETTER THAN BEFORE.

CLEARING OUT TRASH INSIDE AS WELL AS OUTSIDE, SECURING IT AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, REALLY SUBSTANTIAL INTERIOR RENOVATION. IF YOU GUYS LOOK AT GARLAND, IT'S REALLY A PLACE TO BE. AND THIS WAS QUITE A MASSIVE PROJECT GIVEN THE TEN YEARS THAT IT STAYED VACANT. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF COMPANIES LOOKING FOR FOOD MANUFACTURING, BUT THIS WAS SLIGHTLY AN AMBITIOUS PROJECT ON THE INSIDE. SO WE WERE FORTUNATELY ABLE TO GET A LOT OF IT DONE. AND THERE'S STILL PARTS REMAINING, BUT WE'VE MADE REALLY GOOD PROGRESS. A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT OUR COMMITMENT. SO WE'VE ALREADY MADE SOME INSIDE PROGRESS. WE'RE GOING TO PUT LANDSCAPING. WE'RE GOING TO HELP ENHANCE THE FACADE, AND WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING IT WITHIN A YEAR, PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE HAD TO ALREADY PUT IN A LOT OF INVESTMENT. GIVEN THE LONG VACANCY WITHIN THE BUILDING. SO I KNOW AFTER THE CITY COUNCIL, THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, WE ASKED FOR 15 YEARS THERE AND WE FORTUNATELY GOT THAT. AND SINCE THEN I'VE TALKED TO SOMEONE FROM PLANNED COMMISSION, AND TY SUGGESTED THAT OFTENTIMES IT'S NOT A BAD IDEA TO COME HERE AND INCREASE THAT TIME PERIOD, PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THIS ONE CONCERN THAT I WAS MADE AWARE OF AND IT'S LONGER TERM FINANCING. SO IN ORDER TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL FOOD MANUFACTURING OPERATION, WE DO REQUIRE A LOT OF CAPITAL EXPENDITURE AND KIND OF HAVING AN SUP THAT EXPIRES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME KIND OF DELAYS THIS FINANCING AS WELL AS POTENTIALLY DOES NOT LET IT BE AVAILABLE. SECOND THING IS THAT I BELIEVE IT'S SOMEWHAT OF A FAIR REPRESENTATION OF THE INVESTMENT WE'VE MADE. AGAIN, GARLAND IS A REALLY ATTRACTIVE PLACE TO MANUFACTURE. THERE'S A REASON THIS BUILDING WAS VACANT FOR TEN YEARS, AND IT'S BECAUSE IT TOOK A LOT OF INVESTMENT TO GET IT TO THE PLACE WHERE IT WILL BE. IT IS RIGHT NOW, SLASH WHERE IT WILL BE ONCE WE'RE READY FOR FOOD MANUFACTURING.

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AND THE THE TYPE OF PRODUCTS THAT YOU MAKE, WHY DON'T YOU TELL US A LITTLE MORE ABOUT WHAT THE WHAT THE BUSINESS DOES, OF COURSE. AND WE DID ACTUALLY BRING SOME SNACKS. WE'VE LEFT THEM OUTSIDE BECAUSE A FOOD MANUFACTURING COMPANY SHOULD COME WITH SNACKS IF THEY'RE COMING ANYWHERE. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE THAT WITH THE COMMUNITY. BUT WE PRIMARILY FOCUS ON ETHNIC SNACKS. SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE FOUR, FOUR DIFFERENT PRODUCTS THAT GO TO TOM THUMB STORES, AS WELL AS THE ETHNIC STORES. AND THEN THE OTHER TWO PRODUCTS ARE TRADITIONAL INDIAN PRODUCTS. WE'RE LOOKING AT EXPANDING OUR SKU MIX. RIGHT NOW. WE'RE PRIMARILY IN LIKE THE TEXAS AREA AS WELL AS PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST. BUT WITH THIS BIGGER SCALE, WE'RE LOOKING TO GO NATIONAL AS WELL AS EVEN EXPAND SOME OF OUR PRODUCT LINES OUTSIDE OF THIS ETHNIC FOOD MANUFACTURING SEGMENT. AND WITH THIS EXPANSION, ARE YOU ARE YOU PLANNING TO KEEP YOUR ORIGINAL LOCATION? ALSO, ARE YOU ARE YOU MOVING EVERYTHING OVER INTO THIS? WE DO PLAN ON MOVING EVERYTHING OVER FROM OUR ORIGINAL LOCATION, WHICH HAS AN INDEFINITE SUP OVER TO THIS ONE, BUT WE WOULD STILL BE RETAINING THE EXACT SAME WORKFORCE AND OBVIOUSLY GROWING IT BECAUSE WE'RE INCREASING THE SIZE, SIZE, LIKE PRETTY WELL, LIKE THREE TIMES IN TERMS OF SQUARE FEET. SO WORKFORCE SHOULD INCREASE RELATIVELY AS WELL. YEAH. DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MANY EMPLOYEES YOU EXPECT TO HAVE? IT'LL DEFINITELY GROW AS WE GROW INITIALLY. WE'LL DEFINITELY START WITH AROUND LIKE 20 EMPLOYEES. HOPE TO GET TOWARDS 40 OR 50 WITHIN A YEAR OR TWO. OKAY, OKAY. WELL WE'LL SEE WHAT THE WHAT THE COUNCIL VOTES. BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, FOR THIS PROPOSAL. AND THANK YOU F ALREADY BEING A, BEING A BUSINESS MEMBER HERE IN OUR GARLAND COMMUNITY. IT'S IMPORTANT TO US. AND THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR, WE DO NOT. NO OTHER SPEAKERS. MAYOR PRO TEM, THIS IS YOUR DISTRICT, SIR. SIR.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WELL. THIS IS A THIS IS A ESTABLISHED BUSINESS AND I, I BELIEVE THAT THEY THAT THIS WOULD WARRANT SOMETHING IN THE ORDER OF WHAT OUR MAXIMUM WOULD BE FOR, FOR OUR PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT, WHICH WOULD BE 15 YEARS. THEY'VE THEY HAVE A TRACK RECORD, AND I DON'T BELIEVE THEY'VE HAD ANY COMPLAINTS OR ISSUES. SO THAT WOULD BE MY PROPOSAL IS THAT WE APPROVE THIS WITH A 15 YEAR'S U. P A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM FOR 15 YEAR'S U. P AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON. EXCUSE ME, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUTTON PUT A DOLLAR IN THE JAR. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US? YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER TRAN, I BELIEVE YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO ABSTAIN FROM EMOTION. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO CHANGE YOUR VOTE? WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO CHANGE IT TO? AND THEN ITEM IS APPROVED, 8 TO 1 WITH COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK IN OPPOSITION. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL

[b. Consider a request by Sweetness Sweets, requesting approval of 1) a Specific Use Provision (SUP) to allow a Tattooing/Body Piercing Establishment use and 2) a Planned Development (PD) amendment to allow the establishment to be located within 500 feet of another Tattooing/Body Piercing Establishment. The site is located at 410 Town Center Boulevard on a property zoned Planned Development (PD) District 25-29 for mixed uses in District 1.]

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THE PD ALLOWS A MIX OF USES AND AN URBAN STYLE REGIONAL MALL. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CALLS OUT FOR REGIONAL CENTERS. REGIONAL CENTERS ARE AREAS WITH HIGHER CONCENTRATION OF ACTIVITY THAT SERVE AS A DESTINATION FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS. WE DO THINK THIS BUSINESS, SWEETNESS SWEETS, DOES MEET THE INTENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THIS DOES FIT WHERE IT IS TODAY AND CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE OVERALL FIREWHEEL TOWN CENTER ENVIRONMENT. HERE THE SITE PHOTOS WHAT YOU SEE HERE THAT SAYS IF YOU CAN SEE TWO S'S, THAT'S THE SWEET FOR SWEETNESS SWEETS. THIS IS THE LAYOUT AND THE DISTANCE MAP. AS MENTIONED, THERE ARE. ONE COMPONENT IS THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR THE FOR THE BUSINESS. BUT THE SECOND COMPONENT IS THAT THE GARLAND DEVELOPMENT CODE DOES NOT ALLOW ONE TATTOO BODY PIERCING ESTABLISHMENT TO BE LOCATED WITHIN 500FT OF ANOTHER ONE. SO ON THIS LAYOUT AND DISTANCE MAP, YOU SEE TWO BOXES. ONE IS RED, ONE IS BLACK. SO THIS ONE'S FOR TEN TOWN CENTER BOULEVARD, WHICH IS THE SUBJECT SITE. OUR SUBJECT SWEET FOR TONIGHT. WHAT YOU SEE IN RED. THAT'S THE RECENTLY APPROVED I BELIEVE IT WAS LAST YEAR. THAT'S THE RECENTLY APPROVED TATTOO STUDIO.

AND THEY ARE LOCATED WITHIN 420FT OF EACH OTHER. SO BECAUSE THAT'S NOT ALLOWED AND THE SUP CANNOT AMEND THAT, THAT'S WHY THEY'RE HAVING TO BRING IN A PD AMENDMENT AS WELL. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING AN SUP FOR AN INDEFINITE TIME PERIOD. RSVP GUIDELINE RECOMMENDS 5 TO 10 YEARS. THE APPLICANT DOES REQUEST THAT THEY BE ALLOWED TO STAY WITHIN 420FT, APPROXIMATELY FROM ANOTHER TATTOO OR BODY PIERCING ESTABLISHMENT. WHAT WE RECOMMEND IS ALLOW THE USE, BUT ONLY THE BODY PIERCING PIECE OF THAT USE, BECAUSE THE OTHER USE IS MORE. THE OTHER TATTOO SHOP IS MORE FOCUSED ON TATTOOING IN THAT WAY. YES, THERE ARE TWO OF THOSE LAND USES WITHIN 500FT OF EACH OTHER, BUT THEY'RE NOT DOING THE EXACT SAME THING. IT IS ALSO FULFILLING THE VISION OF THE TOWN CENTER BY HAVING A DIVERSITY OF BUSINESSES, AND WE RECOMMEND THAT INSTEAD OF HAVING A GENERAL REDUCTION OF THAT 500 FOOT DISTANCE REQUIREMENT WE SPECIFIED, WE WANT TO SPECIFY THAT THAT APPLIES FOR THIS PARTICULAR BUSINESS ONLY. SO TOMORROW, IF ANOTHER TATTOO STUDIO WANTS TO COME IN AND WANTS TO BE WITHIN 420FT OF THIS BUSINESS, THEY WON'T BE ALLOWED TO DO SO. IT'S ONLY FOR THESE TWO LOCATIONS WHERE THAT AMENDMENT WILL APPLY. WE DID SEND OUT 302 LETTERS. WE RECEIVED THREE LETTERS IN OPPOSITION FROM WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA, BUT NONE OF THOSE HAD ANY COMMENTS WRITTEN ON THAT. SO WE WERE UNABLE TO SAY WHAT THE CONCERNS WERE. WITH THAT. I'M AVAILABLE FOR

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THANK YOU. MAYOR, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY THAT JUST A QUICK QUESTION. HOW LONG THIS BUSINESS HAS BEEN THERE AT THIS LOCATION. SO THE THE BUSINESS ITSELF HAS BEEN IN FIREWHEEL TOWN CENTER FOR ABOUT A DECADE OR MORE. BUT AT THIS WEEK, THEY WERE IN ANOTHER SUITE AND THEY GOT RELOCATED TO THIS SUITE IN 2025. GOT IT. SO IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMEND TO APPROVE THIS RECOMMENDED. AND THEN THE STAFF RECOMMEND TO APPROVE IT. YES, SIR. AND YOU SAY NOW 302 LETTERS TO RESIDENTS. AND THERE ARE THREE OBJECTIONS, BUT WITHOUT REASON. THERE WERE NO COMMENTS. NO COMMENTS ON THAT. AND THIS IS JUST STRICTLY ONLY FOR BODY PIERCINGS IS NOT TATTOO. YES. WE ARE INCLUDING A CONDITION IN THE SUP THAT THEY BE LIMITED TO BODY PIERCING ONLY. OKAY. THANK YOU AS THAT IS THE COMPLEMENTARY PIECE TO THEIR JEWELRY SELLING BUSINESS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR.

COUNCILMEMBER, YOU SAID THAT THEY WERE RELOCATED. SO THERE ARE OTHER SUITES WITHIN THE PROPERTY OUTSIDE OF THAT 500 FOOT RANGE THAT THEY COULD OCCUPY. NO, THOSE WE'RE FORMULATING THE CONDITIONS. THEY CAN ONLY DO IT AT THIS PARTICULAR SUITE. RIGHT, I GUESS. ARE THERE ANY OTHER VACANCIES WITHIN THE PROPERTY THAT THEY COULD OCCUPY THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THAT 500FT DISTANCE FROM THE TATTOO PARLOR? I THINK THERE ARE A FEW VACANT SUITES, BUT NOT NOT THEY CANNOT OCCUPY. THEY THEY CAN HAVE A RETAIL BUSINESS, BUT NOT THIS PARTICULAR LAND USE. BUT IF THEY WERE WITH WITH YES, OUTSIDE OF 500 THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DO IT. YES, MA'AM. SORRY ABOUT THAT. THAT'S OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COCOUNCILMEMR MOORE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. LET ME I WANT TO JUST REHASH WHAT I THINK I HEARD HERE. WE HAVE A BUSINESS THAT HAS MOVED FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER. CORRECT.

WERE THEY FORCED TO DO THIS OR WAS THIS OF THEIR OWN CHOICE? NOW THAT WAS THEIR OWN CHOICE, THEIR CHOICE TO MOVE. AND THEY WERE NOTIFIED THAT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DO BUSINESS PRACTICES THAT THEY WERE DOING PRIOR TO, BECAUSE THEY WERE MOVED WITHIN THE PROXIMITY OF ANOTHER BUSINESS, NOT EXPLAIN. PLEASE KNOW, REGARDLESS OF THE DISTANCE, EVEN IF THERE WAS NOT ANOTHER TATTOO SHOP WITHIN 500FT, THEY STILL NEED AN SUP FOR THE TATTOO FOR TO OPERATE A TATTOO BODY PIERCING ESTABLISHMENT. BECAUSE OF THE MOVE THAT THE MOVE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE WITH WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY. THEY MOVED ON THEIR OWN ACCORD. WE'RE NOT TOO SURE WHY THEY MOVED, JUST CHOSE TO MOVE TO A DIFFERENT SUITE. BUT CODE COMPLIANCE RECENTLY FOUND OUT THAT THEY HAD BODY PIERCING AS PART OF THEIR BUSINESS BECAUSE THEY SELL JEWELRIES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO FINDING THAT INFRACTION IS WHAT HAS MOTIVATED OUR. CORRECT. OKAY. WELL, THAT IN ITSELF HELPS ME NOW LAST BECAUSE WE'RE SAYING

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AND IN FACT, I WOULD PROBABLY BE INCLINED TO GO ALONG WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, SIR. COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS. SO, YOU KNOW, IS THERE IS THEIR PRIMARY BUSINESS SELLING JEWELRY. THAT PIECE. I CANNOT SPEAK TO THAT FROM WHAT I GATHERED WAS THAT, YES, PRIMARY IS SELLING JEWELRIES, BUT THE IMPRESSION THAT I GOT FROM VISITING THE SITE WAS THAT IT'S MORE LIKE A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN BUY JEWELRY. AND IF YOU NEED PIERCING TO PUT THAT JEWELRY ON, THEY OFFER THAT SERVICE. SO, SO BODY PIERCING IS THE PRIMARY BUSINESS. AND OH, BY THE WAY, WE ALSO SELL JEWELRY IF YOU WANT TO. NO, I WOULD SAY THE OTHER WAY AROUND. JEWELRY SALES IS THEIR PRIMARY BUSINESS. IT'S A RETAIL BUSINESS. OKAY. AND BODY PIERCING IS JUST A SERVICE THEY OFFER. BUT I'M NOT BEING ABLE TO REALLY IDENTIFY LIKE, BECAUSE FOR IT TO BE PRIMARY, IN MY MIND, IT HAS TO BE 50% OR MORE. THERE'S NO REALLY DIVISION IN THE SWEET THAT, OH, THIS IS WHERE WE DO BODY PIERCING. THIS IS WHERE WE SELL THE JEWELRY. SO THERE'S NO SCIENTIFIC WAY OF SAYING THAT. BUT MY IMPRESSION WAS THAT IT'S A JEWELRY SELLING BUSINESS THAT ALSO OFFERS THE PIERCING SERVICE. OKAY. SO SO THIS DOESN'T BY BY PROHIBITING TATTOOING, THIS DOESN'T KILL THEIR BUSINESS. NO, THEY WERE NOT DOING TATTOOING TO BEGIN WITH. THEY'RE NOT DOING TATTOOING TO BEGIN WITH. SO ADDING THIS RESTRICTION DOESN'T HARM THIS BUSINESS AT ALL. NO, THIS IS ONLY IF THIS BUSINESS OF THE LAND USE. CORRECT. BUT ANOTHER TATTOO BODY PIERCING WANTS TO MOVE IN. THEN THEY WILL ALSO BE LIMITED TO BODY PIERCING BECAUSE THERE'S ANOTHER TATTOO STUDIO NEARBY.

OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DENTON, DO YOU KNOW IF THERE ARE OTHER LOCATION? HAD A SUP TO DO BODY PIERCINGS AT THAT LOCATION? I THINK SO. AND I WILL SAY THAT. THEY PRIMARILY ADVERTISE BODY PIERCINGS AS OPPOSED TO JEWELRY OR BAGS OR WHATEVER RETAIL THINGS THEY SELL. I WOULD LIKE TO JUST REMIND COUNCIL THAT WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE REASON WHY WE HAVE A GDC. WE MAKE RULES FOR A REASON. AND SO I'M NOT I'M NOT NECESSARILY A FAN OF OF GOING AGAINST THE RULES THAT WE HAVE SET IN PLACE BECAUSE THEY ARE SET IN PLACE FOR A REASON. SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REMIND YOU GUYS TO KEEP THAT IN MIND. THANK YOU. MA'AM. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM? SEE NONE. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE APPLICANT UP? UNSURE IF THEY'RE HERE, BUT JUANITA ALLEN. IS THE APPLICANT HERE? MISS ALLEN? OKAY. I DO NOT SEE THE APPLICANT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR. DOES ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? I DO NOT SEE. COUNCILMEMBER TRAN, THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT, SIR. THANK YOU. MAYOR. SO WHAT I HEAR FROM THE STAFF PLANS AND I ALSO WALKED THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S. AND IT IS IS BESIDE WHAT WE JUST DISCUSSED, THAT THEY ALSO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPREHENSIVE PLANS. AND OUR CITY OF GARLAND IS IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS. AND WE WANT TO ATTRACT MORE BUSINESS TO OUR CITY, MORE INVESTMENTS. BUT WHAT I, I SEE FROM STAFF DISCUSSION AND PRESENTATION, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS ITEM AS PRESENTED. MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMEMBER TRAN. THE TIME PERIOD IS FIVE YEARS RECOMMENDED BY BOTH STAFF AND

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SIR. SO THAT WAS A MOTION TO APPROVE, COUNCILMEMBER. WAS THAT FOR FIVE YEARS, SIR? YES.

FOR FIVE YEARS. AS THE STAFF JUST CLARIFIED FOR FIVE YEARS. OKAY. AND I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE DISCUSSION. HAVE MAYOR PRO TEM IN THE QUEUE. YES, SIR. I HAD A CLARIFYING QUESTION FOR NABILA. I'M SORRY THAT THIS POPPED UP SO LATE, BUT DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW WHETHER THEY ARE LICENSED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS TO DO BODY PIERCINGS? I DO NOT KNOW THAT.

AND WE DO NOT CHECK FOR THAT DURING OUR ZONING PROCESS. BUT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO. OKAY. BY THE STATE, NOT BY THE CITY. OKAY. THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE FOR APPROVAL FOR FIVE YEAR'S U. P SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? THIS IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE. THAT ITEM FAILS 5 TO 4 WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS. CARAWAY LUCK, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUTTON, COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS AND MAYOR IN OPPOSITION. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 11. C IS CONSIDER A

[c. Consider a request by All About Permits, requesting approval of 1) a Specific Use Provision (SUP) for a Food Processing and Storage use on property zoned Industrial (IN) District and 2) a concept plan for a Food Processing and Storage use. The site is located at 725 East Walnut Street in District 2.]

OUR GDC DOES REQUIRE AN SUP FOR THIS USE AT THIS LOCATION. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN TEAL AND PURPLE ZONED INDUSTRIAL SURROUNDED BY INDUSTRIAL ACCESS FROM EAST WALNUT. HOWEVER, TO THE NORTH OF THE PROPERTY, THERE IS A SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES CALL THIS AREA OUT FOR COMPACT NEIGHBORHOODS. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A BUSINESS AND NOT EXACTLY WHAT WE ENVISIONED TO BE COMPACT, COMPACT NEIGHBORHOODS.

BUT AGAIN, WHEN PUT INTO THE CONTEXT, THESE AREAS DO PROVIDE TRANSITIONS BETWEEN TRADITIONAL RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND HIGHER DENSITY RESIDIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND NONRESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. SO WITH THE RIGHT ADJACENCY REQUIREMENTS, WITH THE RIGHT CONDITIONS, THEY MAY COEXIST AS THEY ALREADY ARE COEXISTING. DIFFERENT ZONING HERE, THE SITE PHOTOS, YOU CAN SEE THE BUILDING FACING NORTH, WEST, SOUTH, AND YOU CAN SEE OUR ZONING SIGN AS WELL. THIS IS THE CONCEPT PLAN. THE PROPERTY IS GENERALLY LAID OUT LIKE THIS.

THE BUILDING. THEY'RE NOT PROPOSING ANY SIGNIFICANT SIT LAYOUT CHANGE. HOWEVER, THE HATCHED RECTANGLE HERE IS THE BUILDING ABOUT 8000 SQUARE FOOT. THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD IS UP THERE TO THE NORTH. SO CURRENTLY THE CONDITION ALONG WALNUT IS NOT TOO ESTHETIC, SO THEY ARE BEING TRIGGERED TO DO A LANDSCAPE BUFFER. AN 11 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG WEST WALNUT, AND TO PUT CANOPY TREES, PLANTERS AND SHRUBS, AND TO MEET OUR LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENT FOR THE BUFFER. THEY HAD A FEW EXTRA PARKING SPACES THAT WE OUR STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, THEY'RE CONVERTING THEM INTO LANDSCAPE ISLANDS. THEY'RE MAKING FACADE

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PUBLIC TO BE TO BE AWAY FROM THE PUBLIC FACING STREET AND EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS INCORPORATING ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS, THEY'RE GOING TO PAINT THE BUILDING AND ADD DECORATIVE LIGHTING. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GDC, WE DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE SP.

WE DO THINK THIS IS SUBSTANTIAL SITE IMPROVEMENTS IN TERMS OF WHAT WE ARE. WE'RE REALLY RECEIVING FOR ENHANCEMENTS, ESPECIALLY THE LANDSCAPING AND THE ARCHITECTURAL ENHANCEMENTS AND THE SCREENING TO THE NORTH. THEY'RE WILLING TO LIMIT THEIR BUSINESS HOURS TO BE 8 A.M. AND 5 P.M. THAT WAY IN THE AFTERNOON, IN THE EVENINGS, THERE'S NOT, NOT NOT GOING TO BE TOO MUCH NOISE TO THE NORTH FOR THE RESIDENTS. THE REQUIRED LANDSCAPING WILL BE INSTALLED ALONG WALNUT AND WITHIN PARKING LOT. THEY'RE GOING TO RELOCATE AND SCREEN THE REFUSE CONTAINER.

THE ROOF MOUNTED EQUIPMENT WILL BE SCREENED. SO OVERALL, WE DO SEE THIS AS A POSITIVE CASE THAT CAN MAKE SOME CHANGES TO THAT AREA THAT NEEDS A DESPERATELY. AND PLANNING COMMISSION DID APPROVE THE REQUEST AS WELL WITH THE SAME TIME PERIOD, WHICH IS 15 YEARS AND SAME CONDITIONS FOR AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF, WE DID SEND OUT 78 LETTERS. WE GOT TWO LETTERS IN OPPOSITION, AND BOTH THOSE LETTERS CONVEYED THAT THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT RODENTS, NOISE, LIGHTING, POLLUTION, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND BOTH OF THOSE CAME FROM THE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS TO THE NORTH OF THE SITE. WITH THAT AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

IN TERMS OF THE RESIDENT COMMENTS, I THINK ALL THE OTHER NOISE, THE THE THE HOURS OF OPERATION DO ADDRESS IT SOMEHOW. OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE OUR NOISE ORDINANCE, WE HAVE OUR LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS WHERE WE DO NOT ALLOW PART OF THE GDC FOR LIGHTING TO REALLY GO BEYOND THEIR PROPERTY LINE TO A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. SO WE HAVE MEASURES FOR ALL OF THAT.

I'M NOT TOO SURE ABOUT THE PESTS OR RODENTS ISSUE. ZONING DOES NOT NECESSARILY ADDRESS ANY OF THAT, BUT I DO NOT ENVISION THOSE ISSUES IN A FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRY. BUT THE APPLICANT CAN SPEAK TO THAT. BUT YEAH, I WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK. HOW TALL IS THE PROPOSED MASONRY WALL? IT'LL BE PART OF THE GDC. THEY HAVE NOT SPECIFIED. SO WE ALLOW 6 TO 8 FOOT. OKAY. THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DENTON. SO MY CONCERN IS THE ONE ACCESS. THE A LOADING DOCK IS OFF OF MARS. IS THAT CORRECT? FROM HERE? YES. THEIR LOADING DOCK IS ON MARS IN SCHOOL TRAFFIC. IS MY CONCERN. I HOPE THAT THE APPLICANT KNOWS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. THE TRASH RECEPTACLES IS OUR GDC NOT REQUIRE THAT THEY'RE SCREENED IN. THEY DO. OKAY. AND THEY'LL HAVE TO DO IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. COUNCILMEMBER CARRAWAY. AS FAR AS THE REQUIRED OR THE REQUEST THAT WE PUT IN FOR THE GREENERY, WHAT'S THE TIME FRAME ON THAT FOR THIS? THEY HAVE NOT ASKED FOR ANY DEVIATION. SO THAT WILL BE PRIOR TO THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY BEFORE THEY CAN OCCUPY THE BUILDING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SISIR. ANY OTHER

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WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CARAWAY FOR DENIAL. IS THERE A SECOND ON THIS ITEM? THAT MOTION FAILS FOR LACK OF A SECOND. COUNCIL LOOKING FOR ANOTHER MOTION. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUTTON, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS ITEM WITH A TEN YEAR'S U. P MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUTTON TO APPROVE THE TEN YEAR'S U. P AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER.

COUNCILMEMBER, YOU'RE IN THE QUEUE, SIR. I WAS JUST GOING SECOND. OKAY. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? THIS IS APPROVAL FOR A TEN YEAR'S U. P SEEING NO DISCUSSION. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE? AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED 8 TO 1 WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CARAWAY IN OPPOSITION AND COUNCIL. BEFORE WE MOVE TO ITEM 11 D, WE MUST GO BACK TO 11 B MR. ATTORNEY, MR. MAYOR, I JUST DID A EVEN THOUGH, AS I REPEATEDLY REMIND EVERYONE, I'M NOT THE PARLIAMENTARIAN, BUT I DID LOOK AT ROBERT'S RULES. AND ROBERT'S RULES DOES NOT REQUIRE A DENIAL VOTE. BUT FOR A ZONING CASE, THIS MIGHT BE BEST TO DO IT JUST FOR A CLEANER RECORD TO SHOW, BECAUSE CURRENTLY WE HAD A VOTE FOR APPROVAL THAT WAS NOT PASSED. IT WAS DENIED.

SOMEONE ELSE MAY WANT TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL WITH DIFFERENT CONDITIONS ATTACHED.

AND SO FOR ZONING, I WOULD RECOMMEND GOING BACK AND GOING AHEAD AND DO ANOTHER VOTE. OKAY.

ON 11 B, WE HAD A MOTION ORIGINALLY FROM COUNCILMEMBER TRAN THAT FAILED COUNCIL THEN LOOKING FOR ANOTHER MOTION ON THAT ITEM BY SWEETNESS SWEETS FOR EITHER A MOTION TO DENY OR FOR A DIFFERENT TIME PERIOD OR DIFFERENT CONDITIONS. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUTTON TO MAKE A MOTION TO DENY ITEM B, A MOTION TO DENY BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUTTON, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION TO DENY. SEEING NONE. MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE

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CORRECT? OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU. MAYOR. SO AGAIN, SOME WITH ALL THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, THE PLANNING COMSSION IS RECOMMENDATIONS IS MEET OUR REQUIREMENT FOR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND I KNOW THIS LOCATION IS 420FT APART. IT DOESN'T MEET THE 500FT. RIGHT. SO IT'S SHORT UP TO 80FT. RIGHT. AND THEY'VE BEEN HERE IN THIS BUSINESS FOR A WHILE ALREADY IN THE GENERAL FIREWHEEL TOWN CENTER. YES, YES. SO LIKE I SHARED BEFORE, I MEAN, WE ARE THE CITY OF GARLAND IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS. WE WANT TO ATTRACT MORE BUSINESS INS. WE WANT TO WE WANT TO SEND A MESSAGE THAT WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS AND BRINGING MORE INVESTMENTS. COME IN. I AGREE WITH PRO TEM ART. IF THE APPLICANT HERE IS BETTER. BUT REGARDLESS OF THAT, MY. I STILL BELIEVE THAT. WE SHOULD APPROVE IT. I UNDERSTAND THAT IN THE PAST THAT MAY BE THE KEY OR WHATEVER THE CODE THAT WE HAVE, WE NEED TO ENFORCE. AND THEN THE ISSUE OF THE AUTOMOBILE. BUT FOR THIS SITUATION, AND I STILL BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD APPROVE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. LUCK. WELCOME TO TOWN CENTER BOULEVARD, WHERE YOU CAN GET YOUR TATTOOS OR YOUR PIERCINGS. AND MAYBE WE SHOULD INVITE SOME MORE TATTOO PARLORS ON THIS SITE WITHIN THESE 500FT. MY OPPOSITION ISN'T NECESSARILY AGAINST A TATTOO PARLOR WHICH THEY OPERATE, OR A PIERCING PARLOR, WHICH THEY OPERATED AS WITHOUT AN SUP THEY OPERATED AGAINST WITH WITHOUT THE PROPER PERMITS FOR TEN YEARS, TEN YEARS. AND THEN MOVE TO ANOTHER PLACE, MR. MAYOR. YES, SIR. I'M JUST GOING TO HAVE TO I APOLOGIZE. IT'S OKAY. I UNDERSTAND SHE KNOWS THAT. SHE KNOWS WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY. BUT THE COUNCIL SHOULD NOT CONSIDER THE FACT THAT THEY MAY HAVE OPERATED ILLEGALLY IN THE PAST IN CONSIDERING THIS LAND USE CASE. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL SHOULD FACTOR INTO YOUR DECISION. THANK YOU. I WILL NOT CONSIDER THAT THIS BUSINESS OPERATED ILLEGALLY. YOU LET ONE IN, YOU LET ANOTHER ONE IN, DRIVE DOWN GARLAND ROAD. JUST AS DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUTTON SAID. YOU LET ONE IN, YOU LET ANOTHER ONE IN AND ANOTHER ONE COMES IN, AND THEN YOU HAVE A WHOLE ROW OF BODY PIERCING TATTOO PARLORS AT FIREWHEEL TOWN CENTER, WHERE WE ARE ABOUT TO ASK HEB TO PUT A AN INVESTMENT. AND YES, WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS. IS THIS THE KIND OF BUSINESS YOU WANT NEXT TO HEB? IS THIS THE KIND OF BUSINESS THAT THE DENTAL OFFICE THAT THAT SENT IN AN OPPOSITION LETTER TO ONCE NEXT DOOR TO THEM, WITHIN 500FT OF THEM, A WHOLE ROW OF THESE. THAT'S THE PROBLEM. IF THEY WERE WITHOUT IF THEY WERE OUTSIDE OF THAT 500FT. PERIMETER, I WOULD PROBABLY BE FINE WITH IT. BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, IS THAT THEY'RE NOT, AND I AM NOT ALLOWED TO CONSIDER OTHER OTHER ILLEGAL USES. SO THAT IS MY OPPOSITION TO THIS CASE. THANK YOU. I DO WANT TO MAKE I KNOW I'M SURE IT'S ALMOST CLEAR, BUT I STILL WANT TO CLARIFY. SO EVEN IF THIS SUP IS DENIED, THEY CAN STILL OPERATE AS A JEWELRY STORE. THAT'S FINE.

THEIR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, THEY CAN STILL OPERATE AS SUCH. THEY JUST WON'T BE ABLE TO HAVE THEIR BODY PIERCING SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS BUSINESS. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK

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NOW THAT I'M THINKING ABOUT IT, WE CAN. IF COUNCIL WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD, WE CAN PUT A LIMIT TO. MAYBE 10% OF THEIR TENANT SPACE CAN BE ONLY BODY PIERCING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT WE DID THINK OF THAT AS THE TATTOO BUSINESS. AND THIS ONE, THESE BUSINESSES, NOT THE USES, THE BUSINESSES ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE SAME. SO TECHNICALLY, YES, THEY'RE WITHIN 500FT, BUT THEY HAD THE OPTION TO APPLY FOR THE PD AMENDMENT BEING AT THAT SITE BEING SEEING THAT WHAT TYPE OF BUSINESS THAT IS FOR THAT PARTICULAR BUSINESS, WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TOO MUCH OF A CONCERN. BUT I KNOW COUNCIL IS NOT APPROVING THE BUSINESS.

THEY'RE APPROVING THE LAND USE. THAT'S WHY WE PUT THE SHORT TIME FRAME ON IT THAT, HEY, YOU CAN DO FOR FIVE YEARS, BUT IN FIVE YEARS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK AND WE'LL REEVALUATE IF YOU'RE STILL OKAY OR NOT. SO ONE MORE TIME, THIS TIME, JUST A SHORT VERSION.

OKAY. WHY DID STAFF APPROVE? I THINK THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SEPATED THE USES ONE IS THE TATTOO, ALTHOUGH THAT ONE DOES NOT HAVE A CONDITION THAT THEY CANNOT OPERATE AT AS AS A BODY PIERCING, AND THIS ONE'S JUST LIMITED TO BODY PIERCING. WE DID THINK EVEN THOUGH THE USE IS CLASSIFIED AS THE SAME, THE BUSINESSES WILL BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND CAN PROVIDE DIVERSIFIED SERVICE. THE SQUARE FOOTAGE IS NOT ENTERING INTO YOUR EQUATION OF PROXIMITY. NO IT IS. IT IS STILL 420FT. SO YEAH, THEY'RE NOT MEETING THE 500. THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT. AT LEAST PART OF THAT IS WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY. IF THAT'S THE CASE, IF THAT IS THE REAL ISSUE OF WHY WE'RE HERE. AND IN FACT, I HAVE TO AGREE THAT WE'RE GOING AGAINST OUR OWN RULES. THEN WE'RE HERE FOR BOTH. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. BUT IF YOU DON'T WANT TO AMEND THE PD TO ALLOW THEM TO BE WITHIN 420FT OF EACH OTHER, I DON'T SEE A POINT OF WHY THE S P WOULD BE ALLOWED, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED AT. THEY WON'T BE ALLOWED. THEY WON'T BE. EVEN IF THE SUP IS APPROVED, THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO OPERATE THERE BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE AGAINST THE DDC. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND SO THEN I HAVE TO AGREE WITH DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM THAT IN FACT, WE'D BE GOING AGAINST OUR OWN RULES IN ORDER TO IF WE APPROVE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, SIR. COUNCILMEMBER SEGOVIANO. I'M SORRY. IS THE OTHER PLACE IS IT IN FULL OPERATION RIGHT NOW AND OFFERING BOTH SERVICES? THEY WERE THEY GOT THERE LAST YEAR AND THEN GOT THEIR SEAL PRETTY MUCH A MONTH OR TWO AFTER THAT. SO YEAH, THEY'RE OPERATING AND I KNOW THEY'RE PRIMARILY TATTOO, BUT THEY CAN DO BOTH. OKAY. SO WE'RE SAYING ON THIS ONE YOU CANNOT DO TATTOOS, BUT YOU CAN DO BODY PIERCINGS. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. THAT'S CORRECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. COUNCILMEMBER CARRAWAY, MOST TATTOO PARLORS I KNOW

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COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS. SO THEY THEY MOVED VOLUNTARILY. AND WHICH IS THE REASON THEY'RE ASKING FOR A P D IF THEY MOVE BACK TO THEIR OLD SUITE, THEN THE P D QUESTION GOES AWAY. AND THEN IT'S ABOUT IT'S ONLY ABOUT AN SUPPD QUESTION GOES AWAY, BUT THEY WILL STILL NEED AN SUP.

OKAY. BUT THEY MOVED VOLUNTARILY TO THIS LOCATION. NO, THE SIMON DIDN'T FORCE THEM OUT OF THAT SUITE INTO ANOTHER SUITE THAT I CANNOT SPEAK TO. BUT THE CITY WAS NOT INVOLVED IN. CITY WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THEM. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT.

I HAVE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK IN THE QUEUE AGAIN. COUNCIL. I'M STILL LOOKING FOR ANOTHER MOTION, SO WE WILL GO. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE UP NEXT IN THE QUEUE, MA'AM. ARE YOU ARE YOU GOOD? MARGARET? I MEAN, AS SOMEONE THAT WENT TO BARONESS TATTOOS AND GOT TWO TATTOOS ON FRIDAY THE 13TH FOR THEIR OPENING, I CAN TELL YOU THAT WHEN I WAS IN THERE, THEY IN FACT DID OFFER PIERCINGS. NEBULA, IS THERE A DIFFERENCE IN DO WE HAVE A AN SUP THAT IS OR WHAT IS IT A WHAT IS IT A WHATEVER. Y'ALL CONFUSED THE THE LIFE OUT OF. I THINK WE ALL CONFUSED EACH OTHER I THINK IS WHAT JUST HAPPENED. BUT IT IS A TATTOO AND PIERCING PD, CORRECT? BECAUSE WE'RE DOING A PROVISIONAL S, U, P OR WHATEVER THE LAND USES TATTOO SLASH BODY PIERCING ESTABLISHMENT LIMITED TO BODY PIERCING BUT WITHOUT THE LIMITED. IT IS TATTOOS AND PIERCINGS. THAT IS WHAT IT IS. HOW IT IS NAMED. WE DO NOT HAVE A SEPARATE TATTOO. WE DO NOT. OKAY, SO I THINK THAT WE ANSWER OUR OWN QUESTION THAT THE BARONESS TATTOOS ALREADY HAS THE TATTOO PIERCING ALLOWANCE. I DON'T CARE WHAT IF. A SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCH WILL TAKE YOU TO THEIR WEBSITE? THEY ARE NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF JEWELRY SELLING.

THEY ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF PIERCINGS. THEY HAVE MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. THEY ARE PIERCERS.

THAT IS WHAT THEY DO. SO I. I DON'T THINK THAT THERE SHOULD BE MUCH CONFUSION, BUT MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE DENY THIS ITEM. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DENT TO DENY A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CARRAWAY AND COUNCIL VOTE. I WANT TO CHIME IN THAT WE CHANGE OUR RULES FREQUENTLY. THAT'S WHAT THESE ARE FOR. TYPICALLY, TO GO AROUND OUR TYPICAL ZONING RULES. BUT I DO AGREE IN THIS CASE THAT I DON'T WANT TO HAVE SIMILAR BUSINESS SO CLOSE TOGETHER IN OUR TOWN CENTER, ESPECIALLY WITH THE REVITALIZATION EFFORTS AND THE NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT WE WANT TO HAVE THERE. SO I'LL BE VOTING IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO DENY WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE BY COUNCIL, BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUTTON AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CARAWAY. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE? COUNCIL PLEASE VOTE. AND THAT ITEM TO DENY IS APPROVED 8 TO 1 WITH COUNCIL MEMBER OTT IN OPPOSITION. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, THESE TATTOO PIERCING ONES ARE ALWAYS THE MOST DIFFICULT ONES THAT WE DO. I'VE BEEN MY TIME ON COUNCIL THROUGH SEVERAL OF THESE. SO THESE ARE ALWAYS THE TOUGHEST. MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM 11 D

[d. Consider a request by Hamza Iftikhar Saleemi, requesting approval of 1) a Specific Use Provision (SUP) to allow an Automobile Sales, New or Used use and 2) a Concept Plan for the Automobile Sales, New or Used use. The site is located at 1805 Reserve Street Suite 101 on a property zoned Industrial (IN) District in District 6.]

THE PROPERTY IS ZONED INDUSTRIAL AND IT'S LOCATED IN DISTRICT SIX. SO A LITTLE BIT

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SO THIS IS THE OVERALL SITE THAT YOU SEE ON THE CONCEPT PLAN. WHAT YOU SEE IN TEAL, THAT LITTLE BOX THAT'S ABOUT 400 SQUARE FOOT. THAT'S THE SUITE THAT THEY'RE APPLYING THE SUP FOR. SO AGAIN, JUST 400 SQUARE FOOT AND THE PARKING, THE FIVE SPACES THAT YOU SEE THAT ARE IN DARK BLUE, THOSE ARE THE PARKING SPACES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS BUSINESS.

AND WHAT YOU SEE IN GREEN, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE REQUIRING OR WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THEY PROVIDE LANDSCAPING. THE THE APPLICANT IS ASKING FOR EIGHT YEARS. WE DO RECOMMEND FIVE TO 5 TO 8. WE DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL IN THIS CASE BECAUSE IT IS A VERY, VERY, VERY CORE INDUSTRIAL AREA. GENERALLY IN ANY OTHER SITE. WE DO LOOK INTO THESE USES NOT TOO FAVORABLY, BUT JUST BEING AT THAT SITE AND LOOKING AT WHAT'S SURROUNDING IT GENERALLY DOES COMPLY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SCALE BEING SO SMALL. BUT WE DO RECOMMEND THAT THE DISPLAY PARKING SPACES WHERE THE VEHICLES WILL BE THE THE VEHICLES FOR SALE, THOSE BE LABELED VERY CLEARLY AS DISPLAY ONLY PARKING. AND THEY WERE ASKING FOR SIX PARKING SPACES. THE GDC. ALLOWS THEM TO HAVE THREE. THEY'RE GOING A LITTLE ABOVE THAT. SO. FOUR SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THEY DO FOUR PARKING SPACES FOR THE VEHICLES. SO THEY CAN ONLY HAVE FOUR FOUR VEHICLES FOR SALE AT A TIME.

AND THEN ONE MORE FOR THE ONE EMPLOYEE WHO'S GOING TO BE COMING TO THAT, COMING TO THAT SITE. SO FIVE TOTAL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS BUSINESS VEHICLE SERVICING AND REPAIR TO BE PROHIBITED ON SITE OVERNIGHT STORAGE WILL BE PROHIBITED EXCEPT FOR THE FOUR VEHICLES THAT WILL BE THERE FOR THE SALE. AND THEN THEY INSTALLED TWO CANOPY TREES AND 25 SHRUBS ALONG THE GREEN AREAS THAT ARE SHOWN ON THE CONSENT. PLAN COMMISSION ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED FIVE YEAR'S U P SUBJECT TO ALL THE OTHER ALL THE CONDITIONS THAT WE JUST DESCRIBED. WE SENT OUT 42 LETTERS. WE RECEIVED ONE IN FAVOR AND THREE IN OPPOSITION. WELL, THREE IN OPPOSITION FROM WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA AND TWO MORE FROM OUTSIDE OF THE NOTIFICATION AREA. THEIR CONCERNS WERE PRETTY SIMILAR THAT THIS GENERAL AREA HAS TRAFFIC CONCERNS MANEUVERING. THEY ARE ALREADY SHORT ON PARKING. A LOT OF PEOPLE DO PARK ON STREET ALREADY, SO THESE TYPE OF AUTO SALES BUSINESS CAN KIND OF MAKE THE SITUATION A LITTLE WORSE THAN WHAT IT IS TODAY. THOSE WERE THE CONCERNS THAT THEY MENTIONED ON THE LETTER. WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. I HAVE A QUESTION FROM DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUTTON NEBULA. ARE THE VEHICLES THAT THEY'RE SELLING GOING TO BE PARKED OUTSIDE? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? OKAY. THOSE FOUR PARKING SPACES. OKAY. AND THEN WE'RE REQUIRING LANDSCAPING FOR THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE BUILDING. WELL, THIS IS THE ENTIRE BUILDING. THIS IS THEIR SUITE. SO THEY'RE LIMITED TO THAT 400 SQUARE FOOT PARKING.

BUT WE'RE REQUIRING THAT THEY PROVIDE LANDSCAPING ALONG THE ENTIRETY OF THIS. YEAH. OKAY.

BUT THAT SEEMS LIKE A BAD DEAL FOR THEM. BUT SO AND YOU SAID THESE ARE IMPORTED VEHICLES.

THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID. I DON'T KNOW THAT I'D BE A FAN OF PARKING IMPORTED VEHICLES OUTSIDE, BECAUSE IMPORT TO ME WOULD BE A LITTLE EXPENSIVE. CAN. DO YOU KNOWHAT BUSINESS

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THEY THERE WAS NO BUSINESS. THERE WAS SOLELY OCCUPIED BY KAISER. OKAY. IS THAT THE SAME THE FOOD, THE KAISER FOOD. OKAY. SO AND WHEN THEY'RE STILL IN THAT THE REST OF THAT BUILDING.

CORRECT. OKAY. OKAY. AND WE DON'T SEE AN ISSUE WITH HAVING A BUILDING THAT'S BOTH AUTO AND FOOD. SEEMS A LITTLE ODD. NOT AT THIS SCALE. WE WILL BE LIMITING THEM TO THAT 400 SQUARE FOOT ONLY. AND THOSE FIVE PARKING SPACES ONLY, THEY THEY CAN IF THEY GO BEYOND THAT, EVEN ON THE PARKING. IF THEY PARK ONE OF THEIR DISPLAY VEHICLES IN ONE OF THE PARKING SPACES THAT ARE NOT OUTLINED IN BLUE, THEN THEY WILL BE IN VIOLATION OF THEIR SUP. AND IN THIS. LAYOUT THAT YOU'VE GOT, WHAT ARE THESE RED DASHED LINES OUTSIDE OF THIS TEAL BOX? IS THAT THE SAME SWEET. OKAY, THAT'S THE ADDRESS. SO THE WAY OUR ADDRESSING WORKS, THAT'S THE THAT'S A SEPARATE ADDRESS THAN THE REST OF THE BUILDING. THAT'S WHY IT'S SHOWN THAT WAY.

BUT THEY WILL BE LIMITED TO THAT. SWEET ONLY THATAT'S WT WE PUT IN THE ORDINANCE. OKAY.

OKAY. I WILL WAIT UNTIL THE APPLICANT COMES UP. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LUCK. THE OFF STREET PARKING. WE GO BACK TO THE PLAN. OFF STREET PARKING SHOWN THERE ON THE FIRE LINE, FIRE LANE LINE. THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO PARK VEHICLES THERE, WOULDN'T THEY? THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO, BUT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO UNLESS A MARSHAL CAME BY OR SOMEONE ELSE COMPLAINS AND CODE COMPLIANCE GOES UP. WELL, I'VE I'VE GONE THROUGH THE THE LETTERS, THE OPPOSITION LETTERS THAT WERE PROVIDED BY NEARBY NEIGHBORS, AND MOST OF THEM COMPLAINED ABOUT STREETS ALL OVER CARS PARKED ALL UP AND DOWN THE STREET. THIS ONE SAYS. AUTO ORIENTED. I'M SORRY, WE ALREADY HAVE TOO MANY AUTO MOTIVE USES, WHICH I AGREE WITH, BUT. THEY JUST. OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN SAY PEOPLE PARK UP AND DOWN THE STREET. THERE'S. THE STREET IS CLUTTERED WITH CARS PARKED AND OR BLOCKING T TE INTERSECTION OF ASSET AND RESERVE. SO THERE. IF THE PARKING MARSHALS AREN'T TAKING CARE OF THE CAR SITUATION THAT'S THERE NOW, AND THEY ARE NOT RESTRICTED IN ANY WAY FROM PARKING ON THE STREET EXCEPT BY PARKING MARSHAL OBSERVATION. I HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVING THAT THEY WILL NOT PARK ON THE STREET. THANK YOU, THANK YOU MA'AM. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM? I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU. IT'S REGARDING THE NUMBER OF PARKING IS WITH THOSE FIVE SPACES BEING TAKEN BY THIS USE, IS THERE SUFFICIENT PARKING REMAINING FOR THE REMAINING USE IN THAT LOT? OKAY. PRETTY GOOD. I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. SO, MADAM SECRARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE APPLICANT? MR. SALEEM? YOU GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. YOU HAVE TEN MINUTES FOR PRESENTATION. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS HAMZA SALAMEH AND MY APPLICATION IS FOR 1805 RESERVE STREET, GARLAND. AND SO I'M THE OWNER OF DAIICHI AUTO SALES. I MOVED TO TEXAS ONE YEAR AGO FROM JAPAN, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE MY FIRST BUSINESS VENTURE HERE IN TEXAS. SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE WE HAVE TWO DEARSHIPS, ONE IN TOKYO AND ONE IN OKINAWA, ONE IN OKINAWA, AND BACK IN JAPAN. WE SELL TO LOCAL JAPANESE CUSTOMERS AND US MILITARY AS WELL. 50% OF THE SALES ARE TO LOCAL JAPANESE AND 50% ARE TO US MILITARY. BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY US BASES IN JAPAN. SO AFTER MOVING TO TEXAS, I SAW AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPECIALIZE IN SOMETHING UNIQUE, WHICH IS 25 YEARS OLD. UNIQUE ANTIQUE JAPANESE CARS FROM JAPAN AND THEY'RE CALLED JDM CARS HERE. SO MOST OF THEM ARE NISSAN SKYLINE, MAZDA RX SEVEN, TOYOTA SUPRA, AND ALL OF THEM WOULD BE 25 YEARS OLD CARS. SO WHAT MY BUSINESS PLAN IS I'LL BE IMPORTING THEM HERE IN THE

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I JUST NEED TO TAKE PICTURES, POST THEM, SELL THE CAR AND THE PAPERWORK. ALL THE IMPORT PAPERWORK WOULD BE DONE HERE IN THE OFFICE. THAT'S IT. SO THERE WERE LIKE THERE WOULD BE BARELY ANY CUSTOMERS COMING. AND, AND LIKE, IF IN CASE, LIKE THE BUSINESS IS SUCCESSFUL, LIKE I'VE BEEN DOING BUSINESS IN JAPAN FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS. AND WHAT I BELIEVE IS YOU ALWAYS START SMALL. SO THAT'S WHY I LOOK FOR THIS LIKE THIS PLACE, I'M GOING TO START SMALL.

AND THEN IF LIKE I AM ABLE TO DO A LOT OF SALES, I WOULD LOVE TO GET A BIGGER COMMERCIAL PLACE HERE IN GARLAND. AND BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NOT EVEN ONE CAR DEALERSHIP HERE IN TEXAS WHO JUST FOCUS ON JDM CARS. ALL OF THEM ARE LOCATED IN CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, PLACES LIKE THESE. SO LIKE IF YOU DO FIND ME AN SUV, TH WOULD BE LIKE THE FIRST JDM CARS DEALERSHSHIP HERE IN TEXAS AND N GARLAND. SO YEAH, I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND APPROVAL OF MY REQUEST AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS FOR YOU, YOU START WITH COUNCILMEMBER LUCK. ACTUALLY, MY QUESTION IS FOR TH CITY ATTORNEY. HOW ARE TAXES PROCESSED ON VEHICLES? IT'S INTERESTING. YOU JUST ASKED ME THAT OUR OUR LOCAL AUTOMOTIVE EXPERT SITTING UP HERE WITH US HAS TOLD ME WE DON'T COLLECT SALES TAXES ON AUTOMOBILES. OKAY. WHAT ABOUT BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX? HOW IS THAT COLLECTED FOR AN AUTOMOBILE DEALERSHIP? WELL, SEE, NOW YOU PUT ME ON THE SPOT. I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU.

UNFORTUNATELY. I CAN LOOK REAL QUICK. I'LL DO SOME QUICK RESEARCH AND SEE IF I CAN GET BEFORE YOU ALL VOTE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MADAM DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUTTON, WHERE DO YOU CURRENTLY STORE THE VEHICLES THAT YOU'VE GOT LISTED FOR SALE? I DON'T HAVE ANY CARS RIGHT NOW, SO I JUST REGISTERED FOR THIS COMPANY HERE. AND THEN ONCE I GET THE SUV AND THEN ONCE I GET MY DEALER'S LICENSE, THEN I'M GOING TO START IMPORTING CARS.

AND YOU, YOU SAID THAT THE CARS THAT YOU HAVE ARE $100,000 CARS. YEAH. THESE CARS THAT I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON ARE LIKE NISSAN SKYLINE GT-R. YEAH, THESE ONES ARE AROUND 100,000. SO I WILL SAY I DROVE BY THE LOCATION LAST NIGHT. I, I'VE DROVE BY BEFORE, BUT IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN THE DAY THAN IT IS AT NIGHT. U COULD NOT PAY ME ENOUGH MONEY TO PARK $100,000 CAR, LET ALONE FIVE OF THEM OUT IN THAT PARKING LOT. SO I STRUGGLE LIKE IT WON'T BE ALL NISSAN SKYLINE. LIKE I'LL BE DOING 20,000 LIKE LAND CRUISERS AND CARS LIKE THIS. BUT LIKE,

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YOU OKAY? THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. COUNCILMEMBER. HI THERE. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT KIND OF CARS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO BUT I WAS WHAT IS IT, MAYOR? HOW DO WE DEPUTY. I, I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH HERI'M KIND OF NERVOUS ABOUT THAT. SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU WILL PURCHASE ALL FIVE OF THESE CARS AND YOU WOULD TAKE UP ALL THOSE SPOTS THE ENTIRE TIME? NO. OR YOU'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE ONE AT A TIME, LIKE 2 OR 3 AT A TIME, 2 OR 3 AT A TIME. BUT I DO NEED FIVE PARKING SPOTS IN ORDER TO GET THE DEALERS LICENSE. THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT IS FIVE. AND WHAT I'M LOOKING AT FIVE AND THEN ONE FOR MYSELF FOR FOR SALES, HOWEVER. BUT YOU COULD PROBABLY LIKE PARK SINCE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THEM ALL FIVE PULLED UP, YOU COULD PROBABLY USE ONE OF THE SPOTS FOR YOURSELF. ACT LIKE YOU'RE SELLING THAT CAR, I GUESS. BUT OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I JUST WANTED TO SEE. BUT I DO GUARANTEE THERE WON'T BE MORE THAN FIVE CARS LIKE AT ONE POINT HERE. OKAY. AND IF LIKE, IF IT GROWS, I WOULD JUST GET ANOTHER COMMERCIAL. LIKE THIHIS IS JUST THE START, LIKE IN ORDER TO START MY BUSINESS. OKAY, OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT WAS ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MA'AM. COUNCILMEMBER.

THANK YOU. MAYOR, I THINK YOU ALREADY ANSWERED MY QSTION. WHEN COUNCIL ASKED. ADDITIONAL QUESTION IS IT'S JUST A CAR. YOU MENTIONED IT'S $100,000 CARS AND ABOUT FIVE OF THEM AT THE TIME. NOT ALL OF THEM WOULD BE 100,000. LIKE IF I JUST GO FOR NISSAN SKYLINES, LIKE, LIKE THE GT-R WOULD BE AROUND 100,000. BUT LIKE THE OTHER, I'M PLANNING ON DOING LIKE TOYOTA CROWN LAND CRUISERS AS WELL. AND THOSE ONES ARE AROUND LIKE 10,000, 20,000. YEAH. BUT IF I GO FOR NISSAN, LIKE I AM PLANNING TO DO ONE NISSAN SKYLINE AND THEN OTHER TOYOTA CROWN, TOYOTA LAND CRUISER, MAZDA X7. YEAH. SO IS THAT ALL 24 HOURS OF PARKING, YOU PARKING ALL 24 HOURS. LIKE YOU HAVE FIVE PARKING, RIGHT? YOU ASKED FOR. YEAH, YEAH. AND IT'S IT'S NORMALLY HOW LONG THAT THAT YOU STAY THERE AND THEN BEFORE, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL BE GONE WITHIN LIKE, I THINK 10 TO 15 DAYS, TEN, 15 DAYS. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. BECAUSE ONCE YOU REGISTERED THE CAR, I'LL JUST AUCTION THEM AND THEN LIKE PEOPLE COME AND TAKE THE CAR.

OTHERWISE YOU JUST SHIP THEM. OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. MR. MAYOR. YES, SIR. I HAVE AN ANSWER TO HAVE AN ANSWER. COUNCILWOMAN LUCK'S QUESTION. THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS IT'S A SPECIAL INVENTORY TAX THAT WE CAN COLLECT. AND IT'S DIFFERENT THAN BPP PERSONAL INVENTORY. BASICALLY, THE MARKET VALUE OF THE DEALER'S MOTOR VEHICLE INVENTORY IS CALCULATED ON JANUARY 1ST. AND IT'S BASICALLY CALCULATED AS THE DEALER'S PRIOR YEAR TOTAL OF SALES DIVIDED BY 12. LESS CERTAIN EXCLUDED, LESS CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS THAT HE MAY HAVE. SO THERE'S YOUR ANSWER. ALL RIGHT. SO YOU'RE SAYING BUY YOUR CAR BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. GET A GOOD DEAL. ALL RIGHT, MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

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

WHERE DO YOU HAVE THEIR FROM. DO YOU HAVE A WAREHOUSE. WON'T BE ANY INDOOR. AND THEN LIKE NISSAN SKYLINE, IT WOULD BE AT ONE TIME THERE WOULD BE JUST ONE OVER THERE. AND LIKE WHAT I'M SAYING, THE SELLING PRICE WOULD BE 100,000. I'M A CAR DEALERSHIP. I HAVE A CAR DEALERSHIP BACK IN JAPAN, SO I HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THE CAR CAR AUCTIONS BACK IN JAPAN. SO I'LL BE BUYING IT MUCH CHEAPER. SO YES, NO I UNDERSTAND. YEAH. SO BUT THE SELLING PRICE WOULD BE WHAT DO WE REQUIRE? AND I MEAN PARDON MY IGNORANCE BECAUSE I'M, I AM WELL I'VE BEEN IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY FOR MY ENTIRE ADULT LIFE. THE I'VE NEVER HAD A DEALER'S LICENSE. I JUST WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A VERY LARGE FACILITY. WE COULD EASILY APPLY FOR ONE. BUT I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO DO THE PAPERWORK WITH IT. AND WE'RE JUST NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF BUYING AND SELLING CARS. BUT THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS, DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE A DEALER'S LICENSE TO BUY

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YOU NEED A DEALER'S LICENSE. OKAY. SO YOU NEED THE FIVE SPACES AND YOU HAVE TO PUT SIGNAGE ONTO THE ONTO THE BUILDING. YES. WELL, YEAH, I DID REGISTER FOR THE LLC AND THE SIGN ON. THIS IS REALLY UNUSUAL. YEAH. THIS IS A NICHE MARKET. LIKE MOST OF THE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS. LIKE I GOT MARRIED HERE IN THE US LAST YEAR. AND LIKE WHEN ME AND MY WIFE WERE COMING FROM JAPAN, LIKE WE ACTUALLY BOUGHT ONE TOYOTA CROWN WITH US HERE AND THE CAR GOT SOLD WITHIN TWO DAYS. AND NOW I HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE MESSAGING ME, WHEN ARE YOU GETTING MORE CARS? SO I WAS LIKE, RATHER THAN FOCUSING ON MY BUSINESBACK IN JAPAN, I CAN DO SOMETHING HERE TOO. AND I THINK IT CAN BE A GREAT BUSINESS. LIKE I DO KNOW ONE GUY WHO'S DOING IT IN, IN HOUSTON AND THAT'S IT. AND I DON'T THINK HE EVEN HAVE THE DEALER'S LICENSE. SO I JUST WANT TO GO IN THE PROPER WAY, GET THE DEALER'S LICENSE AND START IMPORTING LIKE TWO PEOPLE. I DO BELIEVE IN THE BUSINESS. I AM IN THE AUTOMOTIVE OF THE JDM AUTOMOTIVE BUSINESS, SO I'M A BELIEVER IN IT. I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF TRACTION IN IT, BUT WHAT I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING IS AN OUTDOOR JDM BUSINESS. THESE CARS ARE TOO PRECIOUS.

IT'S IT'S AN INVITATION FOR FOR DAMAGE TO THEM. IT'S THEY'RE A MAGNET. THE, THE CARS THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING OF ARE ONES THAT I MEAN, WE HAVE ONES THAT, THAT LIKE THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS. I KNOW THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH. YEAH. THAT'S HOW CARS THAT ARE IN THAT WE WE SERVICE REPLICA CARS OF THOSE WHEN YOU DRIVE THEM, PEOPLE WILL PEOPLE ARE FILMING YOU EVERYWHERE THAT YOU GO. YOU CANNOT GO ANYWHERE WITHOUT PEOPLE CHASING YOU DOWN. AND SO HAVING SOMETHING LIKE A, A SKYLINE THAT'S PARKED IN A INDUSTRIAL PARK WILL GET OUT ON THE INTERNET IN AN INSTANT, A WELL AS THE OTHER CARS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. I'M A BELIEVER IN YOUR BUSINESS, BUT I THINK THAT IT NEEDS AND I KNOW THAT YOU NEED FIVE PARKING SPACES, BUT WHAT YOU NEED IS FIVE PARKING SPACES AND A WAREHOUSE THAT GOES TOGETHER. NO. SO THE SKYLINE AND THE OTHER CARS, I'M TALKING ABOUT YOUR CROWNS AND LAND CRUISERS. THOSE ONES ARE AROUND FIVE 10,000 LIKE THAT RANGE FIVE, 10,000, 15,000 RANGE. IT DEPENDS ON THE MILEAGE. I UNDERSTAND THE CAR I GOT FROM JAPAN, TOYOTA CROWN, THAT ONE WAS LIKE WHAT, 5000, INCLUDING FREIGHT AND EVERYTHING. SO THOSE ARE STRANGELY POPULAR CARS BUILT LIKE A TANK. YEAH. YES. THAT'S RIGHT. AND THEN YEAH, THEY THEY JUST LAUNCHED TOYOTA CROWN HERE.

SO NOW THEY'RE GETTING REALLY POPULAR. SO MOSTLY SO IT WON'T BE JUST EXPENSIVE CARS. I'LL BE DOING MIX AND MATCH. I'LL BE GOING FOR CHEAP CARS. AND THEN I WOULD LOVE TO KEEP ONE JEEP LIKE NISSAN SKYLINE AS WELL. OKAY. WELL I APPRECIATE YOUR CANDOR ON THIS. I, I'M INTRIGUED BY YOUR BY YOUR BUSINESS. I'M, I'M NOT TERRIBLY CONVINCED BY THE FACT THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A WAREHOUSE THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE CITY, BUT I'LL DEFER TO THE REST OF OUR, OUR COUNCIL TO DISCUSS THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE.

AND THEN ONE THING. SO ONLY IF I GO FOR NISSAN SKYLINE GT-R, THAT ONE IS THAT ONE WOULD BE LIKE 100 000. BUT IF I GO FOR GT, THAT'S ALMOST HALF THE PRICE. OKAY, A MAZDA RX SEVEN YEAH, $30,000 IS WHAT THEY IS WHAT THEY WHAT YOU'D BE ABLE TO BUY THEM FOR IN JAPAN, A RIGHT HAND DRIVE, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO BUY THEM A LITTLE BIT LESS WITH SOME, BUT THE BETTER ONES LIKE THE 99 SPEC ONES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE UP CLOSER TO $100,000. THE OTHER CARS, I MEAN, YOU GET INTO THE CAPPUCCINO CARS, THE LITTLE TINY ONES THAT PEOPLE ARE REALLY INTO THE TRUCKS. YEAH, YEAH. SO I'LL BE DOING MIX AND MATCH AND BUT FOR NOW, MOST OF THE CARS WOULD BE YEAH, WOULD BE LAND CRUISER, TOYOTA CROWN.

SO CHEAP CARS. AND THEN I WOULD LOVE TO. THERE'S SUCH THERE'S SUCH INTERESTING VEHICLES AND THEY'RE SO AND THEY'RE VALUABLE ENOUGH TO PEOPLE. THEY REALLY, I, I STILL STAND BY MY REMARKS THAT I BELIEVE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES SOME FORM OF INDOOR STORAGE. YEAH.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'M PLANNING TO DO. START WITH THIS SMALL DEALERSHIP. AND IF IT WORKS LIKE I WOULD LOVE TO GET A NEW PLACE IN GARLAND, LIKE A BIGGER PARKING SPOT, I UNDERSTAND A PROPER YOU'RE SETTING YOURSELF UP FOR SOME HEARTACHE. IF YOU IF YOU DO IT IN THIS WAY. BUT WE'RE JUDGING THE, THE, THE PLAN THAT'S IN FRONT OF US. SO WE'LL WE'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? YES, SIR.

WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR FIRST SPEAKER, KYLE STEPHENS? SIR, GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR

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WE HAVE DELIVERIES, YOU KNOW, CONSTANTLY ALL DAY. AND WE HAVE CUSTOMERS THAT WOULD BE COMING THROUGH. SO I KNOW. MISS HUTTON DUTTON, EXCUSE ME, AND TALKED ABOUT KIND OF THE SECURITY. AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I THINK IT'S A PRETTY COOL J CARS OR WHATNOT. AND BEING ON PROFIT AND ASSET IS PRETTY COOL AS WELL. BUT JUST TO PROTECT THE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN THERE, I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE BEST OPTION. SO I WOULD HOPE THAT Y'ALL WOULD PUT THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. ALSO LIKE THE BUSHES AND THE TREES, IF Y'ALL DRIVE THROUGH THERE, IT'S ALREADY KIND OF GOT SOME BLIND SPOTS FROM SOME OVERGROWN AREAS. AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT KIND OF YOUR, YOUR PROCEDURES THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE BEFORE. BUT YEAH, THERE'S ALREADY A TON OF AUTOMOTIVE AND DIFFERENT STUFF DOWN THAT ROAD ALREADY. SO YEAH, JUST FOR PROTECTION OF THE EXISTING BUSINESSES, I HOPE Y'ALL WOULD OPPOSE THIS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SIR, WE HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LUCK. DO YOU HAVE ANY ON STREET PARKING ON THAT STREET? DO YOU? YEAH, THEY YEAH. SO I BELIEVE THIS BUILDING HAS BEEN HERE SINCE LIKE THE 60S OR SO. SO IT'S A LITTLE DATED. BUT AGAIN, THAT SOUTH PARK, THAT SOUTH SIDE, OUR FIRE LINE, OUR FIRE LANE ESSENTIALLY ALMOST GOES DIRECTLY UP TO THAT. SO OUR ON SITE PARKING IS GOING TO BE ON MILLER. WE DO HAVE AN ADJACENT SUITE, THAT TENANT THAT IS USING THE THREE D SIGNS THERE. SO THEY HAVE A LOT OF PARKING THAT USES THAT ASSET. AND THEN WE PARK OUR OUR EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS CAN'T PARK ON THAT WILL CALL SIDE, WHICH WOULD BE THAT WEST SIDE THAT YOU SEE THERE ON THE ON THE PICTURE. THANK YOU. YES. ONE OTHER THING I WAS GOING TO MENTION, I DO THINK, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE. I'VE SEEN THE SUITE IN THERE, BUT I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IF WE'RE ALREADY USING PARKING IN THERE, BUT WE DO HAVE THAT KAISER THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE QUITE A FEW EMPLOYEES IN THERE TOO. SO, YOU KNOW, I'M HERE 6 TO 6 DAILY IN AND OUT. SO IT IS A VERY, VERY BUSY AREA.

BUT YEAH, IT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I GOT. THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT. APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. THANK YOU.

MADAM SECRETARY. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO SIR, WE DO NOT. ALL RIGHT.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUTTON, THIS IS YOUR DISTRICT MANAGER. THIS. I LOVE THE APPLICANTS POSITIVITY ON ON HIS VENTURE, AND I WISH HIM ALL THE BEST. HOWEVER, I AM GOING TO HAVE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE DENY THIS. DENY THIS ITEM. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION TO DENY BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUTTON, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE. THIS IS A MOTION TO DENY. AND THAT ITEM PASSES 7 TO 2 WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE AND THE MAYOR IN OPPOSITION. ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, WE'VE BEEN AT IT FOR A WHILE, SO I'M GOING TO TAKE A RECESS. I ASK ALL RIGHT.K TO OUR JULY 7TH MEETING. WE ARE

[e. Consider a request by FSG SIGNS, requesting approval of 1) an amendment to Planned Development (PD) District 02-48 to modify sign standards and 2) a Concept Plan for the location of the proposed signs on a property zoned for Commercial Retail (CR) uses. The site is located at 1040 West Centerville Road in District 5.]

[02:00:05]

BUT TO THE NORTHEAST SIDE, WE HAVE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. THIS SITE ON THAT PARTICULAR PIECE, JOVIS IS PREPARING TO OCCUPY THE SITE. THERE HAS BEEN A SITE PERMIT THAT WAS APPROVED, AND WITH THAT SITE PERMIT, WE DID GET PRETTY SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG BROADMOOR ROAD. THE COMMUNITY. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES IDENTIFY THIS AREA AS COMMUNITY CENTERS. COMMUNITY CENTERS ARE AREAS WITH COMPACT DEVELOPMENT, PRIMARILY NONRESIDENTIAL, SERVING A COLLECTION OF NEIGHBORHOODS. WITH THIS BEING VERY SPECIFIC TO SIGNS, THERE'S NO DIRECT RELATIONSHIP, BUT SIGNS DO PROMOTE. BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY CENTERS ARE THERE TO PROMOTE BUSINESSES AS WELL. HERE THE SITE PHOTOS. AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS A PRETTY DATED OLD BUILDING. CURRENTLY VACANT JOBS IS COMING IN. THIS IS THE THIS ONE IS THE FRONT BUILDING FACADE FACING CENTERVILLE. THIS ONE'S THE. WELL, YOU CAN'T SEE MY CURSOR. THE RIGHT SIDE. WE HAVE THE REAR BUILDING FACADE. YOU CAN SEE THE TWO EXISTING SIGNS THAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO BRING DOWN TO REMOVE WITH THE OTHER PYLON SIGN THAT THEY'RE ABOUT TO INSTALL OR PROPOSING. PROPOSING TO INSTALL. THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF FRONTAGE ALONG BROADMOOR, WHICH IS WHERE THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO INSTALL THE LANDSCAPING. SO BUT WE'RE HERE TONIGHT IS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO SIGNS. AND THERE ARE FOUR SIGNS THAT ARE IN QUESTION. SO.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT. OKAY, SO IF Y'ALL CAN SEE MY CURSOR, THERE ARE TWO RECTANGULAR BOXES.

THOSE ARE THE TWO EXISTING SIGNS WHERE IT SAYS REMOVE SIGN. THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT YOU SAW IN THE PICTURE THAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO BRING DOWN. NOW THEY'RE PROPOSING ONE PYLON SIGN ALONG HERE. SO ALONG CENTERVILLE OR VISIBLE FROM CENTERVILLE, THEY'RE PROPOSING ONE MONUMENT SIGN ALONG HERE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A MONUMENT SIGN, OR THAT ONE'S GOING TO BE A MONUMENT SIGN. THE ONE ALONG CENTERVILLE WILL BE A PYLON SIGN AND TWO WALL SIGNS IN THE FRONT AND BACK OF THE BUILDING. SO THERE ARE LOTS OF DEVIATIONS INCLUDED WITH THE WITH THE REQUEST. SO I'M GOING TO GO BY, GO EXPLAIN ONE BY ONE. THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF ALL THESE DEVIATIONS IS FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO COME IN. THEY WANT TO INCREASE VISIBILITY. THEY WANT TO INCREASE ATTRACTION. THAT'S PRIMARILY THE REASON FOR WHY THEY'RE ASKING FOR THESE DEVIATIONS. SO FIRST, THE MONUMENT SIGN. THE DDC REQUIRES THE DDC ALLOWS FOR THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF A MONUMENT SIGN TO BE SEVEN FEET. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING IT TO BE TEN FEET. SO THAT'S A DEVIATION ON THE MONUMENT SIGN ON THE FRONT AND THE REAR WALL SIGN. THE DEVIATIONS ARE KIND OF TWO PRONGED. ONE IS THE SIZE. SO THE GDC ALLOWS THE MAXIMUM SIGN AREA TO BE 200FT■S. SO IN THE FRONT ATTACHED SIGN OR WALL SIGN, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THAT TO BE 712.4FT■S. SO PRETTY LARGE THAN WHAT'S GENERALLY ALLOWED BETWEEN PLAN COMMISSION. AND THE APPLICANT HAS INFORMED US THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO BRING IT DOWN 20%, APPROXIMATELY 20% FROM WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING. SO 720.4, WHATEVER THE 20% IS FOR THAT.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE REDUCED TO, I GUESS, 600 SOMETHING. I CAN DO THE MATH REAL QUICK. THE REAR ATTACHED SIGN, THE GDC ALLOWS IT TO BE UP TO 100FT■S. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING IT TO BE 400, 455.77FT■S. ADDITIONALLY, THE GDC ONLY ALLOWS THE WALL SIGNS TO BE INDIVIDUAL LETTERS ATTACHED DIRECTLY TO THE BUILDING FACE. IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY ALLOW ILLUMINATED PANELS OR BOX TYPE SIGNS, BUT THAT'S THE THAT'S THE SIGN MODEL. AND THEY ARE REQUESTING THE WALL SIGN TO BE COMPRISED OF ILLUMINATED PANELS OR BOX TYPE SIGNS TO INCREASE

[02:05:06]

THE APPLICANT INITIALLY WAS REQUESTING ALL STEEL, BUT WITH STAFF AND PLANNING COMMISSION, WE WERE DISCUSSING A COMBINATION OF STEEL AND MASONRY, AND THE APPLICANT AGREED TO BRING TO PUT MASONRY ALL THE WAY UP TO WHERE THE FIRST SIGN PANEL STARTS. SO ABOUT 22FT OF THE BASE WILL BE MASONRY, AND ABOVE THAT IT'LL BE STEEL. IN TERMS OF CONDITIONS, WE ARE REQUESTING THAT THEY PROVIDE GOOD LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG CENTERVILLE, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME LANDSCAPING ALONG THE MCDONALD'S PIECE, BUT IT DOES NOT CONTINUE ALONG. SO WE DO THINK THE CORRIDOR CAN BENEFIT FROM THE LANDSCAPING. THERE WERE SOME ENGINEERING AND TRANSPORTATION CONCERNS, BUT THIS LANDSCAPE BUFFER DOES NOT NECESSARILY MAKE THE MAKE ANYTHING WORSE THAN WHAT IT IS TODAY. SO WE ARE PUTTING THAT IN THERE IN THE CONDITIONS THAT AN EIGHT FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER WILL BE PROVIDED ALONG CENTERVILLE WITH A COMBINATION OF ORNAMENTAL TREES AND SHRUBS. SO A LITTLE BIT OF A SUMMARY, THE BIG PYLON SIGN, THEY'RE REQUESTING THE SURFACE AREA TO BE 655FT■S. THE HEIGHT OF THAT SIGN. THEY'RE REQUESTING IT TO BE 65FT, NOT 6065. THE MULTI-TENT THE MASON PYLON SIGN WILL BE MASONRY AND STEEL WITH THE MASONRY BASE OF 22FT. THE FRONT WALL SIGN SHALL HAVE A MAXIMUM SURFACE AREA OF 715FT■S RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY'RE REDUCING IT TO 20%. AND THEN THEY'RE REDUCING 20% FROM THAT NUMBER. AND THE REAR WALL SIGN WILL HAVE A MAXIMUM SURFACE AREA OF 460 SQUARE FOOT. THE MONUMENT SIGN HAVE A MAXIMUM, SHALL HAVE A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF TEN FEET. AND THE WALL SIGNS WILL BE ILLUMINATED. BOX TYPE SIGNS. THEY ARE GOING TO PROVIDE AN EIGHT FOOT WIDE LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG WEST CENTERVILLE WITH ORNAMENTAL TREES AND SHRUBS, AND WE'RE ALREADY GETTING A GOOD BIT OF LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG BROADMOOR, BUT THAT'S NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REQUEST THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED THROUGH A SITE PERMIT. CONSIDERING THAT THIS THIS SITE IS VACANT AND WE DO WANT BUSINESSES TO MOVE IN, MOVE IN THERE, AND WE WANT THOSE BUSINESSES TO BE SUCCESSFUL. WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THESE AMENDMENTS, AND PLANNING COMMISSION ALSO RECOMMENDS USING. WE SENT OUT 97 LETTERS AND WE RECEIVED TWO RESPONSES IN FAVOR, ONE IN OPPOSITION, BUT THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THE NOTIFICATION AREA. I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE WAS A COMMENT ASSOCIATED WITH IT. I DO NOT THINK SO. WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. THERE ARE OTHER SIGNS IN THE GENERAL AREA. EVEN THE SIGN THAT IS THERE TODAY, THE ROSS SIGN, AUTOZONE, WINCO, THEY ALL HAVE CERTAIN DEVIATIONS FROM OUR CURRENT GDC STANDARDS. MOST OF THEM WERE PUT IN THERE BEFORE THE GDC, SO IT'S NOT COMPLETELY UNPRECEDENTED. THE PYLON SIGN.

YES, IT DOES SEEM LIKE A BIG DEVIATION, BUT THE NEARBY IHOP IS 60FT, SO IT IS AT LEAST SOMEWHAT ALIGNED WITH THE TALL, THE OTHER TALL PYLON SIGN THAT'S THERE IN THE AREA. AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE APPLICANT HERE WITH US. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A QUESTION FIRST FROM DEPUTY

[02:10:03]

ARE THERE OTHER SIGNS IN THE AREA THAT ARE EVEN REMOTELY CLOSE TO THE 60 FOOT? DO WE HAVE MANY OTHER SIGNS IN THAT AREA THAT ARE CLOSE TO THAT? I DO NOT BELIEVE SO. I WOULD RATHER SEE A SIGN THAN AN IHOP SIGN. SO I MEAN, AND SO THEN 20% OFF OF THE 715 IS ROUGHLY LIKE 162. YEAH, IT'S LIKE 169FT IS WHAT IT WOULD BRING IT DOWN TO. IS THAT NO, NO, NO, IT WOULD BE 80% OF THE SIGN. SO THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE 570 569.712. THAT'S LITERALLY WHAT I JUST SAID. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. SO 572 WE CAN IF WANTS TO APPROVE. 59.91 OKAY. AND DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER BUSINESSES THAT HAVE SIGNS THAT ARE THAT LARGE, NOT THAT LARGE, BUT WE HAVE THE WINCO THAT IS 86 STILL. YEAH, THE AUTOZONE IS 97FT■S, BUT ALSO THE FACADE, HOW THEY SCALE, IS IT STILL PROPORTIONATE? CORRECT. OKAY. SO WE WE STILL FEEL LIKE WITH THIS 569FT■S THAT IT'S STILL PROPORTIONATE TO, I WOULD SAY IT'S BIGGER THAN WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE. BUT THAT'S WHAT THE BUSINESS IS REQUESTING TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE ON THAT SIDE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I SEE NONE. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD Y YOULEASE CALL THE APPLICANT? WENDY? ALL GOOD. JOHN. WHOEVER WANTS TO GO FIRST, JUST NAME. ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. FIRST OF ALL, I DIDN'T REALIZE WE WERE BRINGING FOOD OR OTHERWISE THERE'D BE TORTILLAS OUT THERE. SO MY APOLOGIES FOR NOT BRINGING TORTILLAS WITH ME. AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT MY FIRST CAR RIGHT OUT OF COLLEGE WAS AN RX7, SO I DON'T I JUST WANTED TO GET THOSE OFF MY CHEST. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO VISIT WITH US. WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT. WE SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF TIME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING IN TERMS OF SIGNS. WE DO WHAT IS CALLED FLAGGING A SIGN, AND THE REASON WE DO A FLAG SIGN FLAGGING IS WE. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, IT'S BASICALLY A CRANE IS BROUGHT OUT. WE STRETCH FABRIC ACROSS THE FRAME, WE LIFT IT UP, AND WE LOOK FOR ELEVATIONS TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT FROM DIFFERENT PLACES, BECAUSE WE DRAW A LOT FURTHER AWAY. WE'RE I'M GOING TO BE THE FIRST ONE TO TELL YOU THAT ANYBODY WHO LIVES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS GOING TO KNOW WE'RE THERE. THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE. WE WANT TO DRAW PEOPLE INTO GARLAND AND BUY FROM THAT STORE IN GARLAND. SO WHEN WE GO OUT, WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT WHAT YOU CAN SEE FROM THE FREEWAY. AND THAT'S WHY WE HAD ASKED FOR THE 65FT, BECAUSE WE LITERALLY WENT AND DID WHAT'S CALLED A SIGN FLAGGING HERE TO MAKE SURE WE HAD VISIBILITY, BECAUSE THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US. WE IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL WHEN WE DO THAT SORT OF THING, BECAUSE IT BRINGS IN A LOT OF CUSTOMERS, WECTUALLY DRAW FURTHER AWAY FOR THE JOBS AND WE DO WITH AN H-E-B BECAUSE IT'S A VERY POPULAR POPULAR USE. AND SO WE'RE WE'VE, WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUR IDENTITY AND BRING PEOPLE IN. AND IT'S ALSO A CASE WHERE H-E-B IS WELL KNOWN.

JOVIS IS NOT AS MUCH. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE IT BECAUSE WE ALSO PUT OUR BRAND ON THERE, BUT IT'S A LITTLE BIT SMALLER. BY THE WAY, I WORK FOR BOTH OF THEM. I JUST SWITCH HITTER TODAY. SO I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THE ONLY REASON WE'RE AT TEN FOOT OUT OF BROADMOOR IS, IS THAT, FRANKLY, SUV. IF AN SUV IS THERE, YOU CAN'T SEE A SIGN THAT'S SEVEN FOOT. SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE ASKED FOR IT TO BE TEN. IT'S NOT.

IT'S NOTHING MORE THAN THAT ON THE ON THE PYLON SIGN, IT'S 100%. WELL, THERE'S TWO THINGS.

FIRST OF ALL, THE AREA IN ORDER FOR US TO TAKE DOWN THAT ROAD SIGN, WE'RE WE'RE WE HAVE A RECIPROCAL EASEMENT AGREEMENTS IN PLACE WITH ROSS AND DOLLAR TREE AND EVERYBODY ELSE. IN ORDER TO TAKE THAT SIGN DOWN, WE MUST KEEP THE EXACT SAME SIZE. AND IT HAS TO BE RELATIVELY SIMILAR IN TERMS OF WHAT'S GOING ON THERE. SO WHEN WE'RE TAKING IT DOWN, WE'RE LITERALLY HAVING TO REPLACE IT EXACTLY THE SAME SIZE. IT'S ALREADY THERE. SO THAT ALREADY FIXES THAT. SAME THING WITH DOLLAR TREE. WE'VE GOT TO KEEP THAT BECAUSE THOSE ARE OUR REQUIREMENTS FROM THAT STANDPOINT. AND SO WE'RE TRYING OUR BEST TO HONOR OUR AGREEMENTS IN THE LEASES THAT ARE ALREADY OUT THERE AND AT THE SAME TIME, BRING IN A NEW BUSINESS THAT'S GOING TO REALLY IMPACT THAT CENTER. AND WE HOPEFULLY DRIVE EVERYTHING UP AND BRING IN SOME OTHER BUSINESSES AS WELL, BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE LEASE SPACES ON THIS CENTER AS WELL. SO WITH THAT, I'M I'LL SORT OF STEP BACK AND TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS

[02:15:05]

SO WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT LIGHTING, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT INGRESS AND EGRESS, AND WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT OVERALL SAFETY. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU MA'AM. COUNCILMEMBER. OKAY.

I LOVE H-E-B TOO, AND JOE, BUT I GUESS MY CONCERN IS THAT YOU HEARD EARLIER TODAY. WE HAVE THESE RULES THAT WE ALL MENTIONED, G D WHAT WAS IT? JD C AND WHAT WE DO FOR ONE, WE SHOULD DO FOR ALL. AND I'M WORRIED THAT IT WILL OPEN A DOOR. YOU KNOW, I GO TO WIN, WE GO. I'M JUST CONCERNED WITH THAT. YOU DO IT FOR YOU AND THEN DOWN CHASE IS GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT I WANT? I WANT SOMETHING BIGGER. MCDONALD'S IS GOING TO SAY, I WANT SOMETHING BIGGER. SO I, I UNDERSTAND WE NEED TO BRING IN BECAUSE THAT PLACE HAS BEEN EMPTY FOREVER.

LIKE I DON'T EVEN I USED TO WORK AT THE TARGET BEHIND THERE. THAT'S HOW LONG. NO ONE PROBABLY KNOWS THAT THERE WAS A TARGET THERE. THAT'S HOW LONG AGO IT WAS. SO I APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN. THIS IS GOING TO BE SO EXCITED. I DO AGREE, I'M JUST KIND OF CONCERNED WHAT WE ABOUT THE SIGNAGE LARGE VERY LARGE. I'M WENDY ALLGOOD WITH FSG SIGNS. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF H-E-B. AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE REMOVING TWO EXISTING POORLY MAINTAINED SIGNS FOR MULTI TENANT THERE. SO THIS IS IN IN EFFECT IT'S GOING TO CREATE A NICE COHESIVE, CLEAN, ESTHETICALLY PLEASING LOOK WHILE REMOVING SOMETHING THAT'S DEVALUING THE PROPERTY IN THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. I THINK THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE'RE NOT TAKING AWAY FROM THE GOAL OF IS IT THE GDC? IS THAT THE CORRECT TERM OF THE GDC? I BELIEVE THAT IN ANY CITY WE GO TO THE GDC ZONING, ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE CREATED IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE PROPERTY VALUES IN THE COMMUNITY SURROUNDING IT. AND YOU'LL FIND THAT WHENEVER JOVIS WHENEVER H-E-B ENTERS A COMMUNITY, THE GOAL IS TO BE A VALUED COMMUNITY MEMBER, AN ASSET TO THE SURROUNDING, NOT ONLY NOT ONLY THE AREA, BUT THE PEOPLE IN IT. SO THE GOAL FOR THESE LARGER SIGNS IS, IS YOU'LL NOTICE THE WAY THAT IT IS NEAR THAT FREEWAY, RIGHT? WE NEED TO LET THEM KNOW BEFORE THEY PASS THE EXIT, OR YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE LIKE ME WHIP IT ACROSS FIVE LANES, BREAK A NECK TRYING TO GET OVER THERE. AND NOW WE'VE GOT A WHOLE OTHER SITUATION AT HAND. WE HAVE A SAFETY HAZARD. SO THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS THAT GO INTO THE PLANNING OF ALL THIS. WE'RE DOUBLE TEAMING YOU TODAY. I'M SO SORRY. NO NO NO NO DOUBLE TEAMING. THAT'S. I'M SO SORRY JOHN. SO. HOPEFULLY I THINK WE'RE IN TO SHOW YOU KIND OF WHAT WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF FACADE ON THIS, WERE WE NOT. I THINK THAT CAME BY AND I. OR I THINK I THINK IF IF YOU COULD SEE WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT WHERE WE WENT

[02:20:01]

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. COUNCILMEMBER, LOOK. HI, JOHN.

HI THERE. TALK TO YOU AGAIN. I, I THINK KIND OF REFLECT WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY. I'M REALLY NOT SO CONCERNED WITH THE HEIGHT OF THE PYLON SIGN. I THINK FIVE FEET IS NEGLIGIBLE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY 60FT TALL. I HAVE NO PROBLEM GOING UP TO 65. IT'S THAT FRONT WALL SIGN. AND SO I'VE DONE THE MATH, AND REDUCING THAT BY 20% DOES MAKE IT 569.712FT■S. AND YOU'RE AMENABLE TO THAT. WE ARE, WE ARE. YOU DID MENTION SECURITY, AND WE FREQUENTLY HAVE VENDORS, ILLEGAL, ILLEGAL VENDORS IN THAT PARKING LOT. DOES YOUR SECURITY TEAM ADDRESS. WE DON'T LIKE THAT. WE WE HAVE SOME WONDERFUL LOSS PREVENTION FOLKS.

AND WHEN WE GET READY TO OPEN THE STORE, FIRST OF ALL, THEY'LL BE WORKING WITH YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HANDLE THE TRAFFIC BECAUSE INVARIABLY, BOTH HERE AND WHEN WE OPEN FI, WE'LL THERE IS GOING TO BE A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC. AND SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH YOUR WITH YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, BASICALLY WORKING OUT HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MANAGE TRAFFIC WELL. AND SO WE WORK WELL WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE SOME OF OUR, OUR LOST FRIENDSHIP PEOPLE ARE FORMER POLICE OFFICERS OR FORMER LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND SO WE REALLY WANT AGAIN, IT'S ALL ABOUT PRIMARY CUSTOMER FEELING SAFE. WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET JOE BOB OUT THERE JUST DOING ANYTHING HE WANTS TO DO. THAT'S VERY NICE TO HEAR. I DO WANT TO WARN YOU THAT THEY'RE IN PROCESS OF BUILDING A THREE STORY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DOWN.

BROADMOOR THREE. YEAH, THAT WILL HAVE AT LEAST 1000 KIDS ATTENDING ON A DAILY BASIS. AND THAT'S FINISHED. YOU WILL HAVE SOME TRAFFIC THAT DOESN'T BOTHER BACKED UP ALL THE WAY TO CENTERVILLE. AND AND THAT DOES CREATE A TRAFFIC CONCERN ALREADY. SO JUST TO FOREWARN YOU THAT MAYBE YOU WILL HAVE SOME OF THOSE DROP OFF AND PICK UP VEHICLES TRYING TO STOP IN YOUR PARKING LOT. SO BE FOREWARNED, WE JUST LETTING YOU KNOW WE DO BUILD A LOT BY SCHOOLS AND WE DO RUN INTO THOSE ISSUES AND WE HAVE WAYS TO WORK WITH THEM. WE DON'T WANT TO GET MOM MAD BECAUSE THAT'S ALSO OUR CUSTOMER, BUT WE HAVE WAYS TO WORK WITH THEM SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM. RIGHT. WELCOME TO GARLAND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? ALL RIGHT, I SEE NONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MADAM SECRETARY. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER LUCK, THIS IS YOUR DISTRICT, MA'AM. THANK YOU. SIR, I WOULD LIKE TO MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM FOUR, REDUCING TO 569.712FT■S ON THE FRONT WALL SIGN. AND THEN ITEM TWO, INCREASING THE HEIGHT OF THE PYLON SIGN TO 65FT. ALL OTHER AMENDMENTS IN PLACE. ALL RIGHT. YOU HEARD THE MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DUTTON. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION COUNCIL? MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE. THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. WELCOME TO GARLAND. THANK YOU.

WE WILL SEE YOU IN THE NEAR FUTURE. ON TIME. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. EXTRA BUTTER ON THE TORTILLAS, PLEASE. AND THEN THAT CONCLUDES OUR ZONING CASES.

[12. Texas Municipal Power Agency Appointment]

[13. Consider Appointment of a DART Board Representative]

[14. Garland Youth Council Appointments]

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MOVE ON TO CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. ITEM NUMBER 14 COUNCIL. I WILL ASK THAT EACH OF YOU READ YOUR OWN REPRESENTATIVES AND MAYOR PRO TEM IF YOU'LL READ MY READ MINE. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL START DOWN DISTRICT ONE COUNCIL MEMBER TRAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR DISTRICT ONE NOMINEES LIST IS IN. THE PACKETS ARE ARE AURORA AND GO. LUCAS. LEE. NICHOLAS WORRELL AND XAVIER PRICE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR.

COUNCILMEMBER CARAWAY. ONE SECOND PLEASE. I'LL KEEP GOING ALL THE WAY. YEAH. YOU TOO FAR DOWN. YEAH. SEE YOU. ALL RIGHT. STAFF REPORT. YEAH. GOTCHA. HE'S UP AND ABOUT YOUR NAME.

RIGHT. YES, I HAVE GABRIEL, GABRIEL AND ISABELLA. I'M NOT SURE PRONOUNCING THE LAST NAME.

I DON'T WANT TO BUTCHER IT AS WELL AS. AS WELL AS MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ AND RUTH. AT WALKER.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. COUNCILMEMBER MORE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. NOMINATE ANDREW LITTLE. DION NAIR, EMILY MILES, CAITLIN HERRERA, SIR. COUNCILMEMBER. SCOVILLE, I HAVE DANIEL SALVADOR, EVELYN TORRES, MIA PHILIP AND TYLER GILLEN. THANK YOU MAN. THANK YOU MA'AM.

COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK. I'M TRYING TO FIND AFFORDABLE. FIONA BUFORD, JORGE PRADO, NATALIE RITTER AND SOPHIA SELF. THANK YOU. MADAM DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUTTON. I HAVE CATALINA, KAREN ROSALES, MIRA AND MIRIAM. I SHOULD NOT BE. THANK YOU MA'AM. COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS NOMINATE BRISA MORALES. COLE MCCLUSKEY, ENYA ROSALES AND NATALIE CONEJO. MAYOR PRO TEM DISTRICT EIGHT PROUDLY NOMINATES THE RETURNING JULIANA DE JESUS. CATHERINE RAMIREZ, MATTHEW MARTIN AND TAYLOR LEY. AND FOR THE MAYOR, WE HAVE IVANKA HERNANDEZ, JASON TRAN, MILES VARGHESE AND PRANAV GAUTAM. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. NOW LOOK FOR A MOTION TO ACCEPT ALL THOSE NOMINATIONS.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUTTON MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE COUNCIL'S NOMINATIONS. WE HAVE A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUTTON AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TRAN. MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE. AND ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. CONGRATULATIONS, YOUTH COUNCIL, LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ALL YOUR GOOD WORK THIS NEXT COMING YEAR. ALL RIGHT.

[15. ​Councilmember Ed Moore

• Mark "Vince" Falsarella - Parks & Recreation Advisory Board

SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT NOMINATION? MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE. THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. FINAL ITEM ON OUR

[ CITIZEN COMMENTS]

[02:30:01]

IT'S NOT MY STANDARDS. THOSE ARE THE CITY STANDARDS. THIS ISN'T SIMPLY ABOUT ONE PUPPY.

IT'S ABOUT WHETHER A TAXPAYER FUNDED FACILITY CAN ACCOUNT FOR THE CARE IT PROVIDES. ARCH HAD A FAMILY WAITING FOR HIM. WHAT ABOUT THE ANIMALS THAT DON'T? WHO REVIEWS THOSE FILES? WHO HOLDS THE SYSTEM ACCOUNTABLE? WE CANNOT ASK DONORS TO FUNDND ICU TREATMENT. WHILE THE CITY'S OWN RECORDS CANNOT DEMONSTRATE THAT BASIC CARE WAS EVEN DOCUMENTED, PREVIOUS AUDITS FLAGGED THESE EXACT TRACKING DEFICIENCIES AND IMPROVEMENTS WERE PROMISED TONIGHT. I AM NOT ASKING FOR ANOTHER EMPTY PROMISE, AND WE REFUSE TO HIDE THIS. IN A CLOSED DOOR MEETING TODAY. THE OFFICE TODAY, THE OFFICE OF STATE REPRESENTATIVE RHETTA ANDREWS BOWERS, FORMALLY NOTIFIED US THAT THEY ARE INITIATING A STATE LEGISLATIVE INQUIRY. INQUIRY DIRECTLY INTO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE REGARDING THESE OPERATIONAL AND MEDICAL FAILURES. I AM ASKING FOR PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY TO DETERMINE WHAT HAPPENED. TELL THE PUBLIC THE TRUTH. MAKE SURE NO FAMILY AND NO ANIMAL EVER HAS TO WONDER AGAIN WHAT HAPPENED BEHIND THOSE ISOLATION WARD DOORS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER? MARSHA AND JAMES SINGLETON? GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. HELLO. HOW ARE Y'ALL TONIGHT? MY NAME IS MARSHA HEAPS. I KNOW IT'S HARD.

OKAY. AND THIS IS MY STUDENT, JAMES SINGLETON. JAMES AND I HAVE BEEN STUDENT AND TEACHER FOR SIX YEARS AND DEVELOPED A VERY CLOSE RELATIONSHIP. WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT BRADFIELD POOL TONIGHT AND WHAT IT HAS MEANT TO BOTH OF US. LET ME BEGIN WITH A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. I GREW UP IN WICHITA, KANSAS. I HAD TWO SWIMMING POOLS WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF MY HOME, AND THIS IS WHERE I LEARNED TO SWIM. AND I HAVE TAUGHT SCHOOL FOR 28 YEARS, TUTORED HIM FOR SIX, AND TAUGHT SWIMMING LESSONS FOR 48 YEARS. IT IS A PASSION OF MINE.

FIVE YEARS AGO, I BEGAN TEACHING JAMES TO SWIM. WE SPENT THE FIRST TWO YEARS AT HOLFORD PARK POOL. IN THE LAST THREE YEARS AT BRADFIELD. WE UNDERSTAND THAT BRADFIELD WILL LIKELY CLOSE AT THE END OF THE 2026 SEASON, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS AN ANG FACILITY AND THAT MAINTAINING IT, AND I'M NERVOUS, BY THE WAY, IT IS EXPENSIVE. WE ARE NOT HERE TO ARGUE THAT THAT REALITY OR TO ASK YOU TO CHANGE YOUR DECISION. INSTEAD, WE SIMPLY WANT TO SHARE A FEW THINGS THAT MAKE BRADFID UNIQUE AND VALUABLE. FIRST, BRADFIELD IS AFFORDABLE.

JAMES AND I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SWIM TWICE A WEEK IF WE HAD TO PAY THE $8 ADMISSION FEE AT WOLFORD, OR THE $13 ADMISSION FEE AT SURF AND SWIM EACH TIME WE VISITED. SECOND, THE DESIGN OF THE POOL HAS BEEN IDEAL FOR TEACHING. ITS WIDE, SHALLOW AREA ALLOWS JAMES TO BUILD

[02:35:04]

GIVE A BOW. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER, STEPHANIE WILSON.

PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS STEPHANIE WILSON, AND MY ADDRESS IS 1121 HOLLAND DRIVE IN GARLAND. GOOD EVENING, I'M JUST READING MY STATEMENT HERE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AGAIN.

MY NAME IS STEPHANIE WILSON. I'M A RESIDENT OF NORTHEAST GARLAND. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT BRADFIELD PARK RECREATION CENTER AND POOL THAT HAS SERVED OUR COMMUNITY FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

THE RECREATION CENTER AND THE POOL ARE A CORNERSTONE OF GARLAND. GARLAND STAFF HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT BRADFIELD HAS SERVED GENERATIONS OF RESIDENTS AND REMAINS AN IMPORTANT PART OF MANY FAMILIES MEMORIES. BRADFIFIELD IS ONE OF ONLY THREE CITY POOLS, AND EVEN WITH OCCASIONAL CLOSURES, BRADFIELD HAS SERVED HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS EACH YEAR. BRADFIELD IS LOCATED IN A DENSE, WALKABLE PART OF GARLAND WHERE MANY FAMILIES, TEENS AND SENIORS RELY ON NEARBY RECREATION. CLOSING IT WOULD DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT RESIDENTS WHO CANNOT EASILY TRAVEL TO SURF, SWIM OR. HARTFORD RECREATION CENTER PROVIDES STRUCTURED ACTIVITIES, SAFE GATHERING SPACES AND POSITIVE OUTLETS FOR OUR YOUTH, WHICH STRENGTHENS PUBLIC SAFETY, HEALTH AND COMMUNITY CONNECTION. KEEPING BRADFIELD OPEN BENEFITS ALL OF GARLAND. IT REDUCES OVERCROWDING AND OTHER FACILITIES, WHILE THE RECREATION CENTER IS NICE, THE POOL ITSELF IS EXTREMELY SMALL. SURF AND SWIM IS ALWAYS CROWDED.

KEEPING BRADFIELD OPEN PRESERVES A COMMUNITY ASSET THAT REFLECTS GARLAND'S IDENTITY, AND IT SUPPORTS EQUITABLE INVESTMENT ACROSS ALL DISTRICTS. FAMILIES CHOOSING WHERE TO LIVE LOOK FOR SAFE PARKS AND RECREATION CENTERS. MAINTAINING BRADFIELD SENDS A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT GARLAND INVEST IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH HELPS ATTRACT AND RETAIN FAMILIES CITY WIDE. WE ARE WELL AWARE THAT BRADFIELD NEEDS SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT, BUT INVESTMENT IS NOT WASTE, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR FACILITY FACILITY THATONTINUES TO SERVE THE NORTHEAST GARLAND NEIGHBORHOODS AND HAS ANCHORED THIS COMMUNITY FOR SEVERAL

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YOU HAVE INVESTED IN HARTFORD. YOU HAVE INVESTED IN SURF AND SWIM. IT IS NOW TIME TO INVEST IN BRADFIELD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU MA'AM. MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? YES, SIR. TWO MORE. PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER, TIFFANY LINTON. PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. MY NAME IS TIFFANY LINTON AND I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT ONE, AND I'VE LIVED AT 1517 MERIDIAN WAY. I LIVE AT 1517 MERIDIAN WAY HERE IN GARLAND, TEXAS. I HAVE LIVED HERE SINCE I WAS FIVE YEARS OLD.

I AM VERY PROUD OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT I HAVE SEEN HERE IN GARLAND. I'VE BEEN BRAGGING ON OUR CITY, ESPECIALLY THE CENTRAL LIBRARY, THE DOWNTOWN GARLAND SQUARE AND THE NEW HARTFORD RECREATION CENTER. GARLAND HAS A HAS COME A LONG WAY. MY HEART WAS BROKEN WHEN I HEARD THAT THE CITY OF GARLAND FELT LIKE THERE WAS NO HOPE FOR BRADFIELD RECREATION CENTER AND SWIMMING POOL. I HAVE LIVED IN DISTRICT ONE FOR 20 YEARS AND BRADFIELD IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM MY HOME. MY FAMILY HAS CELEBRATED BIRTHDAYS THERE FOR YEARS AT THE POOL AND RECREATION CENTER. THERE ARE SO MANY CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN THAT AREA THAT NEED FOR THAT POOL AND RECREATION CENTER TO REMAIN OPEN. IF IT HAS TO BE CLOSED, I HOPE YOU WILL FIND IT IN YOUR HEARTS TO ONLY CLOSE IT TEMPORARILY. OTHER DISTRICTS ARE REMODELING AND REBUILDING. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN ALSO FOR BRADFIELD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU MADAM. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER? SEAN PATE. THE FIRST. Z HERE ONE MORE TIME. SEAN PATE. I DO NOT SEE HIM. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE, ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TONIGHT? ALL RIGHT, I SEE NONE. TH

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