* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. GARLAND CITY COUNCIL SESSION [00:00:01] TEXT DYLAN HEDRICK, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING GARLAND. AND WELCOME TO THE JULY 7TH, 2026, REGULAR MEETING OF THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL. IT IS THE TRADITION OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE AN INVOCATION AND RECITAL OF THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF OUR MEETING. IT'LL BE LED BY ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND YOU'RE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IF YOU SO CHOOSE, BUT YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN EITHER OR BOTH, AND YOUR DECISION IS STRICTLY A MATTER OF YOUR OWN CHOICE AND WILL NOT AFFECT THE DECISIONS TO BE MADE BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN ANY MANNER. TONIGHT'S INVOCATION AND PLEDGE WILL BE LED BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM DUTTON. MA'AM. HELLO, CARISSA. DUTTON STANDS TEXT CARISSA DUTTON. GOOD EVENING. BEFORE WE START TONIGHT'S MEETING, I WANNA 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. WE'LL HONOR THE GARLAND CITIZENS 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 JAMIE RATLIFFS. 40 YEARS OF SERVICE. 40 YEARS IS MORE THAN A CAREER. SORRY. Y'ALL KNOW WHY CRY? I AM SORRY, . IT'S JUST THIS IS HOW JESUS MADE ME. IT'S NOT EVEN SAD. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. IT'S UM, LET'S SEE. UH, IT'S A THOUSAND 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. MARGARET LUCK, JOE DAMAS, CHRIS ODD BANNERS. 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'RE THE THREADS THAT HOLD A COMMUNITY TOGETHER. THE TRUTH IS WE WILL ALL BE REMEMBERED SOMEDAY, NOT FOR THE TITLES THAT WE HELD 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 CARISSA SAW OR GESTURES WITH PAPER FOR WHEN WE LED 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 SITTING AND FUTURE GENERATIONS WHO WILL INHERIT WHAT WE CHOOSE TO BUILD TODAY. MAY WE LEAD WITH HUMANITY, SERVE WITH COURAGE, AND NEVER UNDER UNDERESTIMATE THE QUIET POWER OF COMPASSION BECAUSE IN THE END, THE GREATEST LEGACY IN ANY ANY COMMUNITY CAN LEAVE IS NOT FOUND IN ITS BUILDINGS, WORDS, ROADS. IT IS FOUND IN THE WAY THAT PEOPLE CHOOSE TO CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN THE REPUBLIC FOR RELIGIOUS STATE. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE SPRAWL. COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OFFICIALS RETURN TO THEIR SEATS AT THE DESK. MAYOR DYLAN HENDRICK STANDS AT A WOODEN PODIUM AND SMILES ON A DESK SECTION. TEXT READS, MICHAEL J BETS CITY MANAGER. A BANNER AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN READS CITY COUNCIL JULY 7TH, 2026. ALL RIGHT, WELCOME AGAIN [00:05:01] AND THANK YOU DEPUTY MAYOR PROTO FOR THAT INTRODUCTION TO THESE PROCLAMATIONS THAT WE HAVE TODAY. WE'LL START WITH THE FIRST ONE WE HAVE AND IT'S FOR THE 34TH ANNUAL TEXAS CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION CONVENTION AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING. AND IF YOU WANNA JOIN ME UP HERE, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME ON UP HERE. TEXT CITY COUNCIL. JULY 2ND, 2026. THE CAMERA PULLS BACK TO REVEAL A WIDE SHOT OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBER. TWO LARGE SCREENS ON THE BACK WALL. DISPLAY THE WORD GARLAND WITH A CITY LOGO. A GROUP OF PEOPLE MOSTLY WEARING BLACK T-SHIRTS, GATHER AROUND THE PODIUM AND MORE PEOPLE CONTINUE TO JOIN THEM. ALRIGHT, YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE TO GO WITH A WIDE ANGLE LENS. 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 A AS A STANDALONE NONPROFIT 5 0 1 C3 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 ENFORCEMENT 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 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. GARLAND MAYOR DYLAN HEDRICK PRESENTS A DOCUMENT IN A RED FOLDER TO A WOMAN. SHE SMILES AS SHE ACCEPTS IT AND THEN HE SHAKES HANDS WITH ANOTHER PERSON IN THE GROUP. RIGHT? GOT IT. ANYONE LIKE TO SAY, OH, WHAT AM I SAYING? THERE YOU GO. WOMAN AT PODIUM HOLDING RED FOLDER. THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR. WE DO APPRECIATE IT BEING RECOGNIZED. UM, AND IF YOU'RE EVER INTERESTED IN THE GARLAND CITIZEN POLICE ACADEMY, UH, MATT PESTA CAN HELP YOU OUT. WHERE IS MATT ? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TELL US ABOUT THE CONVENTION. OH, SO THE CONVENTION IS, UM, GOING TO BE JULY 12TH THROUGH THE 15TH, UM, IN 2026. AND IT WILL HOST 361 PEOPLE, UM, FROM ALL OVER THE STATE. UM, 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 MIGHT, AS THE WOMAN AT THE PODIUM, SMILES AND TALKS TO THE MAN IN BLUE WHO SMILES BACK. YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. I LOOK FORWARD TO APPRECIATE IT. YOU EVERYONE. YEP. THANK YOU. PEOPLE IN BLACK POLO SHIRTS. SHAKE HANDS WITH THE MAN IN BLUE, THEN WALK AWAY. TEXT JUSTIN GOWAY, DISTRICT ONE TEXT ED MOORE, DISTRICT TWO TEXT CHA ARD. DISTRICT THREE. TEXT DYLAN MAREK, TEXT JOE RAO, DISTRICT SIX, THE GROUP DISPERSES AND THE MAN IN THE BLUE SUIT LOOKS DOWN AT PAPERS. ALRIGHT, THIS NEXT PROCLAMATION IS FOR SOMEONE 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 RATLIFFE SERVICE TO THE CITY OF GARLAND RATLIFF NEARS PODIUM, WRIGHT HEDRICK SHAKES RATLIFFS HAND, BOTH SMILE. WHEREAS MR. RATLIFF HAS CONTINUOUSLY SERVED GARLAND [00:10:01] RESIDENTS SINCE 1983 WITH UNWAVERING COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION. AND WHEREAS HE BEGAN HIS PUBLIC SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF GARLAND AS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER FROM 1983 THROUGH 1987. AND WHEREAS HE SERVED ON THE GARLAND BLUE RIBBON UTILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FROM 1987 THROUGH 1989 ON THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL FROM 1989 THROUGH 1991 AS A DART BOARD MEMBER FROM 1991 THROUGH 1994 AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF GARLAND FROM 1994 THROUGH 1998 ON THE GARLAND HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION FROM 1998 THROUGH 2004. AND AS A BOARD MEMBER OF THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL POWER AGENCY FROM 2004 THROUGH 2026. AND WERE AS EVER AN ADVOCATE FOR THE GARLAND COMMUNITY. MR. RATLIFFS LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE THROUGH CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENTS AND DEMANDING SITUATIONS, ALWAYS FOCUS ON THE BETTERMENT OF CITY SERVICES, THE COMMUNITY AND RESIDENTS QUALITY OF LIFE. AND WHEREAS HIS CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE HELPED SHAPE POLICIES AND INITIATIVES THAT SERVE AS THE FOUNDATION OF THE SUCCESS AND WELLBEING OF OUR CITY RESIDENTS AND GARLAND POWER AND LIGHT CUSTOMERS LEAVING A LASTING IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS WE EXTEND OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION FOR MR. RATLEY YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE AND COMMITMENT TO THE RESIDENTS OF GARLAND. NOW THEREFORE, I DYLAN HEDRICK, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS ON BEHALF OF THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SPECIAL RECOGNI RECOGNITION AND HEARTFELT APPRECIATION TO THE HONORABLE JAMES RATLIFFE FOR HIS OUTSTANDING SERVICE AND DEDICATION OF 43 YEARS. TO GARLAND RESIDENTS TEXT DYLAN HEDRICK, MAYOR TEXT CARISSA DUTTON, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, DISTRICT SIX TEXT MICHAEL J BETS CITY MANAGER. MAYOR HENDRICK PRESENTS A DOCUMENT TO JAMES RATLIFF. THEY POSE FOR A PHOTO, THEN MAYOR HENDRICK STEPS AWAY FROM THE PODIUM. JAMES RATLIFF ADJUSTS THE MICROPHONE AND LOOKS AT THE LAPTOP ON THE PODIUM. AS YOU CAN SEE, I HAVE A HARD TIME KEEPING A JOB. JAMES RATLIFF STANDS AT THE PODIUM OCCASIONALLY LOOKING DOWN AT HIS LAPTOP AND GESTURING WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE. RATLIFF LOOKS UP FROM LAPTOP. I LOVE PUBLIC SERVICE. JAMES RATLIFF MAKES HAND GESTURES WITH BOTH HANDS HIS EXPRESSION SERIOUS. WHAT I TRIED TO MAINTAIN IN MY 43 YEARS OF SERVICE WAS, AND PEOPLE HAVE HEARD ME SAY THIS, IS TRY TO TAKE THE JOB VERY SERIOUSLY, BUT DON'T TAKE YOURSELF TOO SERIOUSLY. JAMES IFF JESTERS, MY THOUGHTS WERE, AND I'D SEEN THAT PROBABLY A YEAR AFTER YOU LEAVE SERVICE, THEY'RE GONNA BE SAYING, JAMIE, WHO? WELL, THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT. TEXT MARGARET LUCK. DISTRICT FIVE, TEXT A MOI ALSO LEARNED YOU CAN'T DO THE JOB BY YOURSELF. WHAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE, YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH YOUR FELLOW COUNCIL PEOPLE. YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH YOUR BOARD 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, UH, SPECIFICALLY THAT ARE HERE. RICHARD FRICKS. I SERVED WITH HIM ON THE COUNCIL WHEN I FIRST, WE FIRST CAME ON WHEN I WAS MARRIED. HE CAME ON THE COUNCIL. HE, UH, JAMES RATLIFF. JESTER'S RIGHT HAND HAD BEEN TOLD AND THOUGHT I WAS THE, UH, SEAT OF THE ANTICHRIST. UH, IT TURNS OUT NOW WE'RE PROBABLY BEST FRIENDS. WE'RE VERY GOOD FRIENDS. UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT SAYS ABOUT HIM. AND TOM JEFFRIES. I SERVED WITH HIM ON THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, EARLY. AND UH, ALSO I'VE SERVED WITH HIM FOR 22 YEARS ON THE, UH, TEXAS MUNICIPAL POWER AGENCY. UH, 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 THINK THAT IT WOULD PROBABLY TAKE TOO LONG. SPECIFICALLY, THERE'S ONE PERSON IN PARTICULAR, AND THAT'S MY WIFE, ANNETTE TEXT CITY COUNCIL. JULY 7TH, 2026. A WOMAN, ANNETTE WOKES UP TO THE PODIUM FROM THE RIGHT, SMILING BROADLY AT JAMES RATCLIFFE AND PUTS HER HAND ON HIS ARM BRIEFLY. THEY'LL LOOK AT EACH OTHER AND SMILE, THEN LOOK FORWARD. SHE KEPT ME LEVEL, KEPT ME GROUNDED. SHE DID IT WITH HUMOR AND GRACE. ANNETTE STANDS BESIDE JAMES RATLIFF AT THE PODIUM. THEY SMILE AND SHARE A LAUGH AS HE CONTINUES TO SPEAK. SHE, SHE WAS REALLY WONDERFUL IN THE WAY SHE WENT ABOUT IT. AND I'M GONNA LEAD END THIS WITH A FUNNY STORY OR I THINK IT'S [00:15:01] FUNNY. ONE NIGHT WHEN I WAS MAYOR, WE HAD PULLED OFF THE COUNCIL. I PULLED OFF SOMETHING REALLY COOL. I MEAN, IT WAS SMOOTH. WE HAD SAVED THE CITIZENS A TON OF MONEY AND IT DIDN'T NEGATIVELY IMPACT ANYTHING. AND I CAME HOME, STRUTTING MY STUFF. MY EGO WAS ABOUT 10 MILES AHEAD OF MY INTELLECT. I WAS WAY OUT THERE. SHE LET ME GO FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES, . AND THEN SHE CAME UP AND SAID, JAMIE, I NEED YOU TO TAKE THE TRASH OUT. ANNETTE LEANS HER HEAD SLIGHTLY TOWARDS JAMES RATLIFF, BOTH SMILING THAT BROUGHT IT DOWN. ONCE AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND I GUESS IT'S TIME FOR ME TO, TO GO HOME AND TAKE THE TRASH OUT. JAMES RATLIFF HANDS A RED FOLDER TO ANNETTE AND THEY EMBRACE SMILING. THEY THEN STEP AWAY FROM THE PODIUM. MAYOR DYLAN HEDRICK APPROACHES THE PODIUM, THEN PLACES HIS HANDS ON IT, THEN LOOKS DOWN OF A LAPTOP, FOUR, THREE YEARS. WE'RE CERTAINLY HONORED TO HAVE YOU HERE TODAY. THANK YOU. OUR FINAL PROCLAMATION WE HAVE TODAY IS RECOGNIZING KIM WIND DAY. AND IF THE FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO JOIN ME UP HERE, PLEASE. MAYOR HEADER PICKS UP A SMALL PINK PAPER FROM THE PODIUM, UNFOLDS IT AND EXAMINES IT HERE HE FOLDS THE PAPER AND PLACES IT BACK. THEN CLASPED HIS HANDS AND BOWS HIS HEAD SLIGHTLY. A YOUNG BOY WEARING GLASSES APPROACHES THE PODIUM FOLLOWED BY AN ADULT MAN WHO PLACES A HAND ON THE BOY'S SHOULDER. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING. RECOGNIZING KIM WIND DAY. WHEREAS EVERY CHILD DESERVES TO GROW UP IN A COMMUNITY WHERE THEY'RE SAFE, CHERISHED AND PROTECTED. AND WHEREAS ON JULY 18TH, 1993, 8-YEAR-OLD KIM WYNN, A NONVERBAL 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 MURDER 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, TO HEREBY PROCLAIM JULY 18TH, 2026 OF EACH YEAR AS KIM GW DAY IN THE CITY OF GARLAND. AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO PAUSE AND REMEMBRANCE OF KIM, HONOR HIS LIFE, SUPPORT CHILDREN 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. DYLAN HEDRICK CLOSES A RED FOLDER AND HANDS IT TO THE ADULT MAN. THE BOY CLAPS AND THEN CROSSES HIS ARMS. DYLAN HEDRICK STEPS BACK FROM THE PODIUM. I JUST WANNA SAY MAN OPENS RED FOLDER. IT'S A LOT. THE ADULT MAN CONTINUES TO LOOK DOWN AT A RED FOLDER. THANKS THE CITY COUNCIL CANON AND EVERYBODY. BUT JUST TO DO THIS MADE ME FEEL LIKE TEXT DYLAN HEDRICK. I NEVER GAVE UP, BUT I'M PROUD. TEXT IN MEMORY OF KIM GUYON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS MAN HANDS DOCUMENT TO YOUNGER MAN IT MEANS A LOT. TRUST ME, I TRY TO GET A MOM AND DAD BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR THAT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. TEXT MICHAEL J BETS TEXT DYLAN HEDRICK. HEDRICK SHAKES, MAN, BOY'S HANDS MAN HOLDS FOLDER GIVES BOY OBJECT SHIRTS, UNSOLVED MURDER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE. THANK YOU SIR. THE MAN AND BOY WALK AWAY FROM THE PODIUM. MAYOR HEDRICK LEANS TO ADJUST A MICROPHONE TEXT MARGARET LUT. DISTRICT EIGHT MAYOR HEDRICK APPROACHES THE PODIUM WHERE A LAPTOP DISPLAYS THE WORD GARLAND. THE CAMERA PULLS BACK TO REVEAL THE FULL COUNCIL ROOM WITH A LONG CURVED WOODEN DESK WHERE SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE SEATED. A LIGHT GRAY WALL BEHIND HIM HAS A LARGE SIGN THAT READS GARLAND WITH A CITY LOGO AND TWO LARGE SCREENS ON THE WALL ALSO [00:20:01] DISPLAY THE GARLAND LOGO AND AMERICAN FLAG STANDS TO THE LEFT. MAYOR HEDRICK WALKS TO HIS SEAT AMONG THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE LOOKING AT DOCUMENTS OR MONITORS. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON WITH OUR REGULAR ORDER NOW. FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL ITEMS UNDER THIS SECTION ARE RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY A SINGLE MOTION OF COUNCIL. WITHOUT DISCUSSION, COUNCIL HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW EACH OF THESE ITEMS AT A PREVIOUS WORK SESSION. AND APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE EACH ITEM. I WILL ANNOUNCE EACH ITEM AND PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL TO REQUEST THAT ANY ITEM BE REMOVED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY. FIRST ITEM IS APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE JUNE 16TH, 2026, REGULAR MEETING. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE JUNE 6TH, 2026. SPECIAL MEETING. ITEM NUMBER THREE IS APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING BIDS. THREE A 2026. MISCELLANEOUS REPAIR TERM CONTRACT AWARD. THREE B DESIGN CONTRACT AWARD FOR PARKWAY DRIVE AND BEASLEY DRIVE RECONSTRUCTION. THREE C IS RECYCLABLE MATERIALS PROCESSING SERVICES. 3D IS GPNL TRANSMISSION LINE CONDUCTOR THREE E-G-P-N-L SUBSTATION INSTRUMENTATION SUPPLIER CONTRACT THREE F-G-P-N-L. FIELD ENGINEERING SERVICES CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE, 3G, GP AND L RELAY SUPPORT SERVICES CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE THREE H-G-M-R-S. HE LOOKS DOWN TO THE MICROPHONE. 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, OLD GATE, NEWCASTLE, AX, ALL METTA AND OLD ORCHARD WATER REPLACEMENTS. THREE L-G-M-R-S RADIO SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE PLATFORM MODERNIZATION AGREEMENT. 3M PURCHASE OF SEVEN REPLACEMENT FORD PICKUP TRUCKS TEXT DYLAN HEDRICK MAYOR CITY COUNCIL. ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS MAYOR APPOINTMENTS TO COUNCIL COMMITTEES AND OUTSIDE BOARDS. ITEM FIVE IS SALE OF CERTAIN GPL TRANSMISSION FACILITIES. SIX IS FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF GARLAND ALLEY ABANDONMENT. SEVEN. NOTICE OF INTENT FOR SALE OF CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION SERIES 2026. ITEM 8 20 25. EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANT GRANT. ITEM NINE IS T-W-T-W-D-B GRANT APPLICATION FIRE WHEEL PUMP STATION PROJECT. AND ITEM NUMBER 10 IS AMENDMENT TO THE CIVIL SERVICE CLASSIFICATION ORDINANCE FOR POLICE AND FIRE TEXT CITY COUNCIL COUNSEL, IS THERE ANY ITEM YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE PULLED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY? IS THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO HAVE AN ITEM PULLED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY? ALRIGHT, SCENE NONE. DEPUTY MEMBER PRO TIMM DUTTON. UM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. I HAVE A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIMM DUTTON TO APPROVE. AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US VOTING RESULTS WINDOW MOTION BY CARISSA DUTTON, SECONDED BY JOE DOIS JR. NAMES LIKE JIMMY TRAN. JUSTIN CARAWAY, ED MOORE, CHRISTINA CIANO, DYLAN HEDRICK ARE DISPLAYED ALL CHECK YES. TALLY YES. NINE NUMBER ZERO ABSTAIN. ZERO. 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 MARK ENOCH HAS ALREADY BEEN SEATED ON THE DART BOARD. OUR FIRST ITEM FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION IS WHOLE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONING CASE. AND MADAM SECRETARY, BEFORE WE BEGIN THAT, WILL YOU PLEASE READ OUR SPEAKER GUIDELINES? YES SIR. THANK YOU MAYOR. THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IS GIVEN TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY RATHER THAN TO QUESTION THE CITY COUNCIL OR STAFF. THE CHAIR MAY CALL A SPEAKER OUT OF ORDER IF THE SPEAKER PRESENTS QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION THAT WILL UNDULY DELAY THE TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS AT THE MEETING. SPEAKER SHALL BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK ON A FIRST COME FIRST TO SPEAK BASIS AS DETERMINED BY THE ORDER IN WHICH THE CITY SECRETARY RECEIVES THE SPEAKER'S INFORMATION. APPLICANTS ARE ALLOWED 10 MINUTES FOR PRESENTATIONS AND ALL OTHER SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK WHEN THE PODIUM BUZZER SOUNDS. THE SPEAKER MUST SEND THEIR COMMENTS. AND IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK AND YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO, PLEASE GO SPILL OUT. FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD BY THE SECRETARY'S, UH, STATION OVER THERE. FIRST ITEM FOR AN INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION IS 11 A CONSIDER A REQUEST BY SEAN NAKIM INC. REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION TO ALLOW FOR A FOOD PROCESSING AND STORAGE USE AND A CONCEPT PLAN FOR THE PRO FOOD PROCESSING AND STORAGE USE. THE SITE IS LOCATED AT 201 [00:25:01] RANGE DRIVE SUITE 201 B ON A PROPERTY ZONE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT IN DISTRICT EIGHT. AND THE REQUEST IS TO HAVE A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT PROVISION TO ALLOW FOR A FOOD PROCESSING AND STORAGE USE AND HAVE AN ASSOCIATED CONCEPT PLAN FOR THAT. A LITTLE BIT OF CASE INFORMATION. AGAIN, LOCATIONS 2 0 1 RANGE DRIVE, SUITE 2 0 1 B. UH, THE PROPERTY IS 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, UH, USE IN THE PAST, UH, IN RECENT YEARS IN TWO IN 2011, AN SUP WAS APPROVED FOR A RECYCLING CENTER. HOWEVER, THAT BUILDING HAS BEEN VACANT FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS. THIS IS THE LOCATION MAP. YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE SITE OUTLINED IN TEAL. AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS SITE IS ZONED INDUSTRIAL AND EVERYTHING SURROUNDING IS INDUSTRIAL. UH, THIS IS CLOSE TO OUR DOWNTOWN ZONING, UM, DISTRICT AS WELL. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CALLS THIS AREA OUT AS TRANSIT ORIENTED CENTERS. UM, 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, UM, COMPLY WITH THAT TRANSIT-ORIENTED CENTER. BUT, UM, 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, UH, BEING PROPOSED TO BE REUSED IN AN ADAPTIVE MANNER. UH, WE DO THINK IT MEETS THE SPIRIT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. HERE ARE SOME SITES YOU CAN SEE THE BUILDING, UM, FROM RANGE DRIVE, UH, FACING NORTH FROM RANGE DRIVE. THE BUILDING IS UM, OLD AND DATED AND CAN USE IMPROVEMENTS, UM, FOR BETTER VISIBILITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THERE'S A CONCEPT PLAN. UM, 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, UM, PARKING SPACES ARE OUTLINED IN, UM, ORANGE AND, UH, A LONG RANGE DRIVE. THEY'RE PROPOSING, UH, TWO CANOPY TREES AND 32 SHRUBS. SO THOSE ARE SHOWN IN DARK GREEN. THIS IS A REFERENCE ELEVATION. UH, BUT WHAT WHAT WE WANTED TO SHOW IS THAT WE'RE, UH, RECOMMENDING AND THE APPLICANT AGREED TO ADD, UM, 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 UM, BETTER THAN WHAT IT IS TODAY. UM, THEY HAVE REQUESTED THAT THOSE, UM, IMPROVEMENTS BE COMPLETED WITHIN A YEAR OF ISSUING THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. THE APPLICANT IS ASKING FOR, UH, 15 YEARS. UM, THE TIME PERIOD GUIDELINE, UM, DOES RECOMMEND EIGHT TO 15. UH, WITH THIS USE COMING IN AFTER 10 YEARS, UM, WE DO RECOMMEND TO STAY IN THE SHORTER TIMELINE PERIOD, WHICH IS EIGHT YEARS. AND IN EIGHT YEARS IF THE BUSINESS, UM, DOES NOT CAUSE ANY ISSUES AND ACTUALLY DOES DO EVERY IMPROVEMENT THAT THEY'RE REC, UH, THAT THEY'RE SAYING THAT THEY'RE GONNA DO, UH, COUNCIL CAN CONSIDER, UM, RENEWING THE SUP. WE DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST. AS I MENTIONED, WE DO THINK IT DOES, UH, MEET THE SPIRIT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IT DOES, UH, IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS. UM, THEY ARE PROPOSING TO ENHANCE THE LANDSCAPING ALONG THE FRONT YARD, UH, WHICH WILL IMPROVE THE STREETSCAPE ALONG, UH, RANGE DRIVE, BUT THAT WILL BE WITHIN A YEAR OF ISSUING A CEO, NOT BEFORE ISSUING THE CEO. AND THEY'RE ALSO, UH, PROVIDING SIX DESIGN ELEMENTS TO THE BUILDING THAT WILL IMPROVE THE LOOK OF THE BUILDING WITHIN A YEAR. UH, PLAN COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOR 15 YEARS WITH THE INSTALLED IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN A YEAR. WE SENT OUT 58 LETTERS. UH, WE RECEIVED ONE RESPONSE IN FAVOR AND NONE IN OPPOSITION. WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. UH, THE APPLICANT IS HERE AS WELL AND HE HAS BROUGHT, BROUGHT A PRESENTATION FOR Y'ALL. OKAY, COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK. UM, SO IF APPROVED, UM, WITH THAT ONE YEAR, UH, THE AT THE PLAN COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION, UM, WHAT HAPPENS AFTER A YEAR, IF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS AREN'T MADE, THEY WILL BE IN VIOLATION OF THEIR SUP, THEN THAT BECOMES, UM, GROUNDS FOR CODE COMPLIANCE TO GO OUT THERE AND ISSUE CITATIONS. [00:30:01] AND EVENTUALLY THERE THEY'LL BE IN VIOLATION OF THEIR ZONING ORDINANCE. BUT WOULDN'T THAT TAKE A LONG TIME AND SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF RED TAPE AND THAT THEY WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO OCCUPY FOR QUITE SOME TIME EVEN IF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS AREN'T MADE? IT COULD BE. WE DO PREFER GENERALLY FOR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS BE DONE BEFORE THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY IS ISSUED. UH, BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THEY REQUESTED, UM, THAT THAT ONE YEAR WINDOW IS GIVEN. THEY CAN OBVIOUSLY SPEAK TO WHY THEY'RE REQUESTING THAT AND WHICH IS ALSO A REASON WHY WE ARE RECOMMENDING A SHORTER TIMEFRAME SO THAT WE CAN KEEP A TIGHTER GRASP ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY FOLLOWED THROUGH. SOUNDS LOGICAL TO ME. I'M IN FAVOR OF THAT EIGHT YEARS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNSEL? AMANDA DESK BANNERS SHOW NAMES. ALRIGHT, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE APPLICANT IS MR. PATEL HERE SCREENS ON THE WALL, SHOW SLIDES THEY DISPLAY. THANK YOU. CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND SPECIFIC USE PROVISION AND SNACKS. IF YOU'LL SIGN A SPEAKER CARD AFTER, AFTER YOU SPEAK PLEASE. THANK YOU. AWESOME. YEP. ALRIGHT, IF YOU GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. AWESOME. CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME WELL? WE CAN, YES. PERFECT. SEAN PATEL AND I'M HERE FOR 2 0 1 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 4,000 SQUARE FEET IN OUR CURRENT BUILDING AND THEN WE'RE CURRENTLY AT 13,000 AND WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR FOOD MANUFACTURING FOR A 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 2 0 1 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 OR THIS SPECIFIC USE PERMIT WOULD BE OUR NEXT STEP. A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT 2 0 1 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 FOOD SLASH ADVANCED FOOD MANUFACTURING LEFT ABOUT 10 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, UM, REMOVING THESE LIKE 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 10 YEARS THAT IT STAYED VACANT. UM, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF COMPANIES LOOKING FOR FOOD MANUFACTURING, BUT THIS WAS SLIGHTLY AN AMBITIOUS PROJECT ON THE INSIDE. SO, UM, WE WERE FORTUNATELY ABLE TO GET A LOT OF IT DONE AND THERE'S STILL PARTS REMAINING, BUT UM, WE'VE MADE REALLY GOOD PROGRESS. UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT OUR COMMITMENT. SO WE'VE ALREADY MADE SOME INSIDE PROGRESS. WE'RE GONNA PUT LANDSCAPING, WE'RE GONNA 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. UM, SO I KNOW, UH, AFTER THE CITY COUNCIL, THE PLAN COMMISSION, UH, MEETING, WE ASKED FOR 15 YEARS THERE AND WE FORTUNATELY GOT THAT. AND SINCE THEN I'VE TALKED TO SOMEONE FROM PLAN COMMISSION AND UM, THEY SUGGESTED THAT OFTENTIMES, UM, 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, UM, OPERATION, WE DO REQUIRE A LOT OF CAPITAL EXPENDITURE AND KIND OF HAVING, UM, SUP THAT EXPIRES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, UH, KIND OF DELAYS THIS FINANCING AS WELL AS POTENTIALLY DOES NOT LET IT, UM, BE AVAILABLE. SECOND THING IS THAT IT, 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 10 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. SO WE DO HOPE THAT IT'S A GOOD REPRESENTATION OF OUR WORK. [00:35:01] AND THE LAST THING IS IT'S A LOW RISK OF MISALIGNMENT. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS BUILDING, UM, PRIMARILY THE VACANCY WAS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT LIKE IT'S NOT EASY TO CROSS DOCK WITHIN THIS BUILDING. THERE'S, UM, DRAINS EVERYWHERE. THE COMPLICATE THE LAYOUT IS RELATIVELY COMPLICATED WITH CONCRETE WALLS EVERYWHERE. IT REALLY TAKES A REALLY SPECIFIC USER AND WE WERE LUCKY AND WE'RE GRATEFUL TO FIND, UM, THIS BUILDING, BUT THAT'S KIND OF ALSO ALONGSIDE WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR THE 20 YEARS AS WELL. SO THANK YOU AND I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS. WE'VE HAD A REALLY GOOD JOURNEY IN GARLAND SO FAR AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT AT 2 0 1 RANGE DRIVE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. COUNSEL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? MAYOR PRO, TIM OTT. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. UM, MR. PATEL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. OF COURSE. AND THANK YOU FOR THIS PRO UH, THIS PROPOSAL. UM, SO, UH, YOU'VE UH, YOU ALREADY, UH, YOU ALREADY HAVE THE BUILDING CURRENTLY, CORRECT? YES. OKAY. AND, UM, 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 'CAUSE 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 LINE, UM, FOUR DIFFERENT PRODUCTS THAT GO TO TOM THUMB STORES AS WELL AS THE ETHNIC STORES. AND THEN THE OTHER TWO PRODUCTS ARE, UH, TRADITIONAL INDIAN PRODUCTS. UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT EXPANDING OUR SKU MIX. RIGHT NOW WE'RE PRIMARILY IN LIKE, UM, 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, UH, SOME OF OUR PRODUCT LINES OUTSIDE OF THIS AT ETHNIC FOOD MANUFACTURING SEGMENT. AND, UH, WITH THIS EXPANSION, ARE YOU, ARE YOU PLANNING TO KEEP YOUR ORIGINAL, UH, LOCATION ALSO? ARE YOU, UH, 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 'CAUSE WE'RE INCREASING THE SIZE, SIZE, LIKE PRETTY RELATIVE LIKE THREE TIMES IN TERMS OF SQUARE FEET. SO WORKFORCE SHOULD INCREASE RELATIVELY AS WELL. DO YOU HAVE, DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MANY EMPLOYEES WHO EXPECT TO HAVE? UM, IT'LL DEFINITELY GROW AS WE GROW. UM, 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, UM, WE'LL SEE WHAT THE UH, WHAT THE COUNCIL VOTES. BUT, UM, I, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOR THIS PROPOSAL AND THANK YOU FOR ALREADY BEING A, UH, BEING A BUSINESS MEMBER HERE IN OUR GARLAND COMMUNITY. IT'S IMPORTANT TO US. AND, UM, THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? MICHAEL J. BETS MANAGER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. AWESOME. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR, WE DO NOT. CITY COUNCIL. JULY 2ND. OTHER SPEAKERS? MAYOR PRO. TIM OTT. THIS IS YOUR DISTRICT SIR. SIR. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UM, WELL TEXT MARGARET LUCK DISTRICT FIVE. THIS IS A, THIS IS A ESTABLISHED BUSINESS AND I I BELIEVE THAT THEY, UH, THAT THIS WOULD WARRANT SOMETHING IN THE ORDER OF, UH, WHAT OUR, UH, MAXIMUM WOULD BE FOR, UH, FOR OUR PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT, WHICH WOULD BE 15 YEARS, IS THEY'VE, UH, THEY HAVE A TRACK RECORD AND, UH, I, 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 SUP. HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PROTE MOTT FOR A 15 YEAR SUP AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON. EXCUSE ME. DEPUTY MAYOR PROTE DUTTON PUT A DOLLAR IN THE JAR. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TEXT DYLAN HEDRICK. MAYOR. ALRIGHT, MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US, THE MAN IN A BLUE SUIT, WHITE SHIRT AND RED AND BLUE STRIKE TIE SITS AT A DARK WOODEN DESK. COUNCIL MEMBER TRAN, I BELIEVE YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO ABSTAIN FROM A MOTION. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO CHANGE YOUR VOTE? YES. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO CHANGE IT TO PEOPLE AT A DESK? GARLAND LOGO SCREEN SHIFTS TO VOTING RESULTS YES. HATE. NO ONE ABSTAIN. ZERO. AND THEN ITEM IS APPROVED EIGHT TO ONE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK IN OPPOSITION. VOTE EIGHT. YES. ONE NO GARLAND MEETING ROOM. ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM 11 B, CONSIDERING A REQUEST BY SWEETNESS SUITES REQUESTING [00:40:01] APPROVAL OF A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION TO ALLOW A TATTOOING SLASH BODY PIERCING ESTABLISHMENT USE. AND TWO, A PLAN DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT TO ALLOW THE ESTABLISHMENT TO BE LOCATED WITHIN 500 FEET OF ANOTHER TATTOOING SLASH BODY PIERCING ESTABLISHMENT. THE SITE IS LOCATED AT FOUR 10 TOWN CENTER BOULEVARD ON A PROPERTY ZONE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 25 29 FOR MIXED USES IN DISTRICT ONE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS REQUEST IS FOR AN SUP FOR A TATTOOING UH, SLASH BODY PIERCING ESTABLISHMENT AND TO AMEND THE PD, UM, FOR THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENT BETWEEN UM, TWO TATTOOING AND BODY PIERCING ESTABLISHMENT. SO THERE ARE TWO PARTS OF THIS REQUEST. THE SLIDE HAS A MAP ON LEFT CASE INFORMATION ON RIGHT. THIS IS LOCATED AT FOUR 10 TOWN CENTER BOULEVARD WITHIN THE FARWELL, UM, TOWN CENTER. UH, SWEETNESS SUITES IS THE NAME OF THE BUSINESS. UM, THE TENANT SPACE IS APPROXIMATELY 1500 SQUARE FEET. UM, THIS IS PART OF THE FIREWALL TOWN CENTER, UH, PLAN DEVELOPMENT, WHICH THE MOST RECENT, UH, ZONING NUMBER ON THAT IS 25 DASH 29. SO A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. THIS BUSINESS HAS BEEN OPERATING IN FIREWOOD TOWN CENTER FOR MANY YEARS. UM, THEY WERE IN A DIFFERENT SUITE BEFORE AND IN 2025 THEY GOT RELOCATED TO THIS SUITE. UM, SINCE THEY SELL JEWELRIES, UM, BODY PIERCING HAS BEEN A PART OF THEIR BUSINESS. UM, THEY WERE RECENTLY NOTIFIED BY CODE COMPLIANCE. THAT BODY PIERCING IS NOT ALLOWED WITH THE RETAIL BUSINESS CERTIFICATE OF OCTOPUS. THIS IS THE LOCATION MAP SHOWING THE ENTIRE, UM, PD FOR THE FIREWALL. UH, TOWN CENTER AS YOU KNOW, THIS, UM, IS A MIX OF USES. UH, THE PD ALLOWS A MIX OF USES AND AN URBAN STYLE REGIONAL MALL. UM, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CALLS OUT FOR REGIONAL CENTERS. REGIONAL CENTERS ARE AREAS WITH HIGHER CONCENTRATION EFFECTIVITY THAT SERVE AS A DESTINATION FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS. WE DO THINK THIS BUSINESS, SWEETNESS SUITES DOES, UH, MEET THE, THE INTENT OF THE, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THIS DOES FIT WHERE IT IS TODAY AND CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE OVERALL FIREWALL TOWN CENTER ENVIRONMENT. HERE ARE THE SITE PHOTOS. UH, WHAT YOU SEE HERE THAT SAYS THERE, IF YOU CAN SEE TWO S'S, THAT'S THE SUITE FOR SWEETNESS SUITE STOREFRONT PHOTOS MAP HAS HIGHLIGHT. THIS IS THE LAYOUT AND THE DISTANCE MAP AS MENTIONED THERE. ONE COMPONENT IS THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR THE, FOR THE BUSINESS. BUT THE SECOND COMPONENT IS THAT, UH, THE GARLAND DEVELOPMENT CODE DOES NOT ALLOW ONE TATTOO SLASH BODY PIERCING ESTABLISHMENT TO BE LOCATED WITHIN 500 FEET OF ANOTHER ONE. SO, UM, ON THIS LAYOUT AND DISTANCE MAP, YOU SEE TWO BOXES. ONE IS RED, ONE IS BLACK. SO THIS ONE'S FOUR 10 TOWN CENTER BOULEVARD, WHICH IS THE SUBJECT SITE OR SUBJECT SUITE FOR, UH, 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 420 FEET OF EACH OTHER. SO BECAUSE THAT'S NOT ALLOWED AND THE SUP THAT CANNOT, UH, AMEND THAT, THAT'S WHY THEY'RE HAVING TO BRING IN A PD AMENDMENT AS WELL. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING AN AN SUP FOR AN INDEFINITE TIME PERIOD. OUR SUP GUIDELINE, UH, RECOMMENDS FIVE TO 10 YEARS. THE SLIDE TITLED PLAN DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT APPEARS. UM, THE APPLICANT DOES REQUEST THAT THEY BE ALLOWED TO STAY WITHIN 420 FEET APPROXIMATELY FROM ANOTHER TATTOO SLASH 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, UH, THE OTHER TATTOO SHOP IS MORE FOCUSED ON TATTOOING IN THAT WAY. YES, THERE ARE TWO OF THOSE LAND USES WITHIN 500 FEET OF EACH OTHER, BUT THEY'RE NOT DOING THE EXACT SAME THING. IT IS ALSO, UM, FULFILLING THE VISION OF THE FIREWOOD TOWN CENTER BY HAVING A DIVERSITY OF BUSINESSES. AND WE RECOMMEND THAT INSTEAD OF HAVING A GENERAL REDUCTION OF THAT 500 FEET DISTANCE REQUIREMENT, WE SPECIFY, 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 420 FEET OF THIS BUSINESS, THEY WON'T BE ALLOWED TO DO SO. IT'S ONLY FOR THESE TWO LOCATIONS WHERE THAT, UH, AMENDMENT WILL APPLY. TEXT RESPONSE LETTERS. WE DID SEND OUT 302 RESPONSES TABLE FOR SWEETNESS SUITES, UM, LETTERS. WE RECEIVED THREE LETTERS IN OPPOSITION FROM WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA, BUT, UM, 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 QUESTIONS. TEXT. THANK YOU. THREE BUILDINGS. WE HAVE A QUESTION. DEPUTY [00:45:01] MAYOR PRO, TIM DUTTON, CAN YOU, UM, MAYOR DYLAN HEDRICK LOOKS AROUND. REPEAT WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT WHAT WHAT PART OF OUR, UM, DOESN'T ALLOW FOR TWO SHOPS TO BE NEXT TO EACH OTHER. THAT'S OUR GARLAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. FOUR PEOPLE AT A DESK, TWO WOMEN READ PAPERS, TWO MEN LOOK AHEAD. A WOMAN AT A PODIUM WITH CLASSED HANDS MIX AND A LAPTOP. THE FOUR WATCH. SO WHAT, WHAT IS THE SPECIFIC REASON WHY YOU GUYS WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE GO AGAINST OUR OWN DEVELOPMENT CODE? IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, YES, THEY'RE BOTH CLASSIFIED AS THE SAME USE PER OUR LAND USE MATRIX, BUT THE WAY WE ARE RECOMMENDING IT, THEY'RE ONLY GONNA BE ALLOWED TO DO THE BODY PIERCING PIECE OF THE, OF THAT USE AND NOT THE TATTOO PART. AND THE OTHER SHOP, IF YOU REMEMBER, UH, FROM LAST YEAR, THAT ONE'S MORE FOCUSED ON THE TATTOO PIECE AND THAT'S THE RATIONALE BEHIND US BEING WILLING TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THEM BEING WITHIN 420 FEET. BECAUSE YES, IT'S THE SAME LAND USE BUT NOT THE EXACT BUSINESS THAT, AND THAT WILL BE IN THE SUP CONDITION. BUT DID THE, THE OTHER SHOP DOES ALLOW, THEY DO BODY PIERCINGS. THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON THEIR SUP AT THAT TIME. SO THEY CAN, THEY CAN INCLUDE BODY PIERCING. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER TRAN. THANK YOU. MAYOR. IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY THAT PEOPLE AT A COUNCIL DESK, JUST, JUST A QUICK QUESTION. HOW LONG THIS BUSINESS HAS BEEN THERE HAS THIS LOCATION? SO THE, THE BUSINESS ITSELF HAS BEEN IN FIREWOOD TOWN CENTER FOR ABOUT A DECADE OR MORE, BUT AT THIS SUITE THEY WERE IN ANOTHER SUITE AND THEY GOT RELOCATED TO THIS SUITE IN 2025. GOT IT. SO, UM, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, THE PLAN COMMISSION RECOMMEND TO APPROVE THIS. THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVE. YES, SIR. AND THEN THE STAFF RECOMMENDED TO APPROVE IT? YES SIR. AND YOU SENT OUT 302 LETTERS TO RESIDENTS AND THERE ARE THREE OBJECTIONS, BUT WITHOUT REASON. THERE WERE NO COMMENTS ATTACHED. NO COMMENTS ON THAT. OKAY. AND THIS IS JUST STRICTLY ONLY FOR BODY PIERCINGS? IT'S NOT THE TATTOO. YES, WE ARE, UH, INCLUDING A CONDITION IN THE SUP THAT THEY BE LIMITED TO BODY PIERCING ONLY. THANK YOU. AS THAT IS THE COMPLIMENTARY PIECE TO THEIR JEWELRY SELLING BUSINESS. OKAY. GOT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK TEXT CITY COUNCIL. UM, YOU SAID THAT THEY WERE RELOCATED. SO THERE ARE OTHER, UH, SUITES WITHIN THE PROPERTY OUTSIDE OF THAT 500 FOOT RANGE THAT THEY COULD OCCUPY? MM-HMM. NO, THE WAY WE'RE, UH, FORMULATING THE CONDITIONS, THEY CAN ONLY DO IT AT THIS PARTICULAR SUITE. RIGHT. I GUESS, UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER VACANCIES WITHIN THE PROPERTY THAT THEY COULD OCCUPY THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THAT 500 FEET 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. THE WOMAN AT THE PODIUM GESTURES HER HANDS. COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. MANAGER BETS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE SHOWN ME. I WANT TO JUST REHASH WHAT I THINK I'VE 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? NO, THAT WAS THEIR OWN CHOICE. THEIR CHOICE TO MOVE. THEN 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. MM-HMM. NOT EXPLAIN PLEASE. NO, UH, REGARDLESS OF THE DISTANCE, EVEN IF THERE WAS NOT ANOTHER TATTOO SHOP WITHIN 500 FEET, THEY STILL NEED AN SUP FOR THE TATTOO FOR, TO OPERATE A TATTOO SLASH BODY PIERCING ESTABLISHMENT BECAUSE OF THE MOVE THAT THE MOVE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE, WITH WHAT YOU HAVE, UH, IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY. THEY MOVED ON THEIR OWN OCCURRED. UM, 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. ALRIGHT. SO FINDING THAT INFRACTION IS WHAT HAS MOTIVATED OUR CORRECT. OKAY. WELL THAT IN ITSELF HELPS ME NOW LAST, UH, BECAUSE WE ARE SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO SET UP A STIPULATION WHERE THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DO ONE PRACTICE [00:50:01] BUT NOT THE OTHER. AND THIS IS NOT A LAND USE SITUATION HERE, THE BEST USE OF THE LAND PER SE, BECAUSE HOW IS THAT GOING TO IMPACT THEIR BUSINESS AND THEM NOT BEING ABLE TO DO THIS SERVICE THAT THEY ARE USED TO DOING IN THE WAY OF BRINGING IN AN INCOME. THEY'RE STILL GONNA, IF APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL, THEY CAN STILL DO WHAT THEY WERE DOING BEFORE THEY CAN DO THE BODY PIERCING, WHICH IS THE COMPLIMENTARY PART TO THE JEWELRY SELLING BUSINESS. BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THEY WERE DOING TATTOOS ANYWAY BEFORE. BUT IN OUR LAND USE MATRIX, THE TATTOO AND BODY PIERCING ARE COMBINED TOGETHER AS A LAND USE TEXT JULY 7TH. OKAY. JUST THE IDEA OF, UH, INITIALLY I'M THINKING THAT THIS IS A REAL PROBLEM FOR THE BUSINESS, BUT JUST THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THEY WERE PRACTICING A SERVICE THAT THEY WERE NOT APPROVED TO PRACTICE, THEN IN FACT, UH, I WOULD PROBABLY BE INCLINED TO GO ALONG WITH, UH, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. SO DO YOU KNOW, IS THERE, IS THERE PRIMARY BUSINESS SELLING JEWELRY TEXT CITY COUNCIL JULY 7TH? THAT PIECE? UM, 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 PLAYERS WHERE YOU CAN BUY A 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. UM, NO, I WOULD SAY THE OTHER WAY AROUND. SO JEWELRY SALES IS THEIR PRIMARY BUSINESS. IT'S A RETAIL BUSINESS. OKAY. AND THE 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 SUITE 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, IT'S IT'S ONLY BECAUSE THE LAND USE. CORRECT. BUT ANOTHER TATTOO SLASH 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 TIM DUTTON, NALA. DO YOU KNOW IF THERE OTHER LOCATION HAD A SUP TO DO BODY PIERCINGS AT THAT LOCATION? I DON'T THINK SO. NO TEXT OTT MAYOR PRO TEM ATE AND I, I WILL SAY THAT PERSON ON RIGHT LIENS TO SPEAK TO NEIGHBOR. THEY PRIMARILY ADVERTISE BODY PIERCINGS, UM, OPPOSED TO JEWELRY OR BAGS OR WHATEVER, UH, RETAIL THINGS THEY SELL. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST REMIND COUNSEL THAT WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT, UM, THE REASON WHY WE HAVE A-A-G-D-C. UM, WE MAKE RULES FOR A REASON. UM, 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'RE SET IN PLACE FOR A REASON. UM, SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REMIND YOU GUYS TO KEEP THAT IN MIND. THANK YOU. TEXT CITY COUNCIL CANBERRA PANS TO CHRIS OTT THEN MAYOR HEDRICK. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE STAFF ON THIS ITEM? I SEE NONE. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE APPLICANT UP? UNSURE IF THEY'RE HERE, BUT UH, HAVE A JUAN TO ALLEN. IS THE APPLICANT HERE? MS. 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 HIM. COUNCIL MEMBER TRAN, THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT, SIR. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO, UM, FROM WHAT I HEAR FROM THE STAFF PLANS AND I ALSO WALK THROUGH THE PLAN COMMISSIONS AND IT IS, IS BESIDE WHAT WE JUST DISCUSSED, THAT THEY ALSO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR COMP COMPREHENSIVE PLANS AND OUR CITY OF GARLAND IS, IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS AND WE WANNA ATTRACT MORE BUSINESS TO OUR CITY, MORE INVESTMENTS. UM, BUT WHAT I, I SEE FROM STAFF, UM, DISCUSSION AND PRE PRESENTATION, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE, THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVED, UH, THIS ITEM AS PRESENTED. A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER TRAN, MAYOR HENDRICK SPEAKS MANAGER BETTS. ONE CLARIFICATION. UH, THE TIME PERIOD, UM, [00:55:01] IS FIVE YEARS RECOMMENDED BY BOTH STAFF AND PLAN COMMISSION. AND THAT IS ALSO BECAUSE IT IS A UNIQUE SITUATION, UM, LIKE COUNCILWOMAN DUTTON SAID. AND WE'RE ALLOWING TWO SIMILAR BUSINESSES THAT WE GENERALLY DON'T TO BE WITHIN 500 FEET OF EACH OTHER. SO HAVING A, IF COUNCIL APPROVES, WE DO RECOMMEND HAVING A SHORT TIMEFRAME SO THAT IN FIVE YEARS WE'LL KNOW IF THAT CAUSED ANY ISSUES OR NOT. OKAY. ALRIGHT SIR, SO THAT WAS A MOTION TO APPROVE COUNCIL MEMBER TRAIN. WAS THAT FOR FIVE YEARS, SIR? YES, FOR FIVE YEARS. UM, A AS THE STAFF JUST CLARIFIED FOR FIVE YEARS. OKAY. AND I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE FOR DISCUSSION. HAVE MAYOR PRO TIM OTT IN THE QUEUE? YES, SIR. I HAD A CLARIFYING QUESTION FOR NABILA. I'M SORRY THAT THIS POPPED UP SO LATE, BUT, UM, 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. ALRIGHT, SO YOU HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE FOR APPROVAL FOR FIVE-YEAR SUP SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TEXT DYLAN HEDRICK. ALRIGHT, THIS IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE TEXT VOTING RESULTS MOTION BY JIMMY TRAN, SECONDED BY ED MOORE. JIMMY TRAN. YES. ED MOORE. YES. THE VOTE SUMMARY SHOWS YES. FOUR, NO. FIVE ABSTAIN. ZERO. AND THAT ITEM FAILS FIVE TO FOUR WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS. CARAWAY LUCK. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIMM DUTTON, COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS AND THE MAYOR IN OPPOSITION TEXT DYLAN HEDRICK. ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 11 C. IT'S CONSIDERED A REQUEST BY ALL ABOUT PERMITS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION FOR FOOD PROCESSING AND STORAGE USE ON A PROPERTY ZONE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. AND A CONCEPT PLAN FOR A F FOOD PROCESSING AND STORAGE USE SITE IS LOCATED AT 7 25 EAST WALNUT STREET IN DISTRICT TWO MAYOR HEDRICK LO MICHAEL J BETS RESTS WOMAN ADJUST EARPIECE LAPTOPS ON PODIUM. THANK YOU MAYOR. AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS, UH, ANOTHER FOOD PROCESSING AND STORAGE, UH, USE REQUEST FOR, AND THEN IT'S AN SUP PROPERTY ZONED INDUSTRIAL. UM, IT'S A LONG WALNUT. UH, THE LOCATION IS 7 25 EAST WALNUT STREET. UM, IT'S 0.75 ACRES. A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. THE BUILDING, IT'S AN EXISTING BUILDING AS WELL. THIS IS ABOUT, UM, 8,000 SQUARE FOOT. UM, CURRENTLY HAS A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR A CHURCH, BUT IT, IT HAS HISTORICALLY, UH, BEEN OCCUPIED WITH AN ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MANUFACTURING FACILITY SINCE 2001. SO THERE WAS AN INDUSTRIAL USE BEFORE FOR A LONG TIME, AND THEN RECENTLY THEY GOT A CO FOR A CHURCH. UM, RGDC DOES REQUIRE AN SUP, UM, FOR THIS HUE AT THIS LOCATION. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN TEAL, UM, AND PURPLE ZONED INDUSTRIAL SURROUNDED BY INDUSTRIAL, UM, ACCESS FROM EAST WALNUT. HOWEVER, TO THE NORTH OF THE PROPERTY THERE, THERE'S A SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES CALL THIS AREA OUT FOR COMPACT NEIGHBORHOODS. UM, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A BUSINESS AND NOT EXACTLY WHAT WE ENVISION TO BE COMPACT, COMPACT NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT AGAIN, WHEN PUT INTO THE CONTEXT, THESE AREAS DO PROVIDE TRANSITIONS BETWEEN TRADITIONAL RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND HIGHER DENSITY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND NON-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS. SO WITH THE RIGHT ADJACENCY REQUIREMENTS, WITH THE RIGHT CONDITIONS, THEY MAY COEXIST AS THEY ALREADY ARE COEXISTING. UM, DIFFERENT ZONING. HERE ARE THE SITE PHOTOS. UM, YOU CAN SEE THE BUILDING FACING NORTH WEST SOUTH AND YOU CAN SEE OUR ZONING SIGN AS WELL. THIS IS THE CONCEPT PLAN. UM, THE PROPERTY IS GENERALLY LAID OUT LIKE THIS. THE BUILDING, THEY'RE NOT PROPOSING ANY, UM, SIGNIFICANT SITE LAYOUT CHANGE. HOWEVER, UM, THE HATCHED RECTANGLE HERE IS THE BUILDING ABOUT 8,000 SQUARE FOOT. THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD IS UP THERE, UM, TO THE NORTH. SO CURRENTLY THE CONDITION ALONG WALNUT IS NOT TOO, UM, AESTHETIC. 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, UM, TO MEET OUR LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENT FOR THE BUFFER, UH, THEY HAD A FEW EXTRA PARKING SPACES THAT WE, PER STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, THEY'RE CONVERTING THEM INTO, UM, LANDSCAPE VIOLENCE, THEY'RE MAKING FACADE IMPROVEMENTS AND JUST MATCHING GDC FOR ARTICULATION. THEY [01:00:01] DO HAVE AN ACCESS FROM THE ALLEY TO THE NORTH AS WELL. HOWEVER, WITH THIS PROPOSAL, THEY ARE, UM, SAYING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO, UH, REMOVE THAT ACCESS FROM THE ALLEY. AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA PROVIDE SCREENING ALONG, UM, THE NORTHERN, UM, SIDE OF THE PROPERTY WHERE IT ABUTS THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. SO THERE IS THIS PROPERTY AND THEN THERE'S AN ALLEY AND THEN THERE ARE THE FENCES FOR THIS, THE WOODEN FENCES FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, UM, HOMES. SO WE DO BELIEVE, UH, UH, SCREENING, PROPER SCREENING WILL BENEFIT, ALTHOUGH THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO BECAUSE THIS IS ONLY PARTIAL SCREENING IS TRIGGERED. BUT, UM, THEY HAVE, UM, THEY HAVE CONVEYED THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO PROVIDE THAT, UH, WALL AND THAT WAS PART OF PLAN COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION AS WELL. SO, UM, THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST IS TO HAVE AN SUP THERE PERMANENTLY. OUR TIME PERIOD GUIDELINES RECOMMEND GUIDELINE RECOMMENDS EIGHT TO 15 YEARS. UH, THEIR IMPROVEMENTS, UM, INCLUDE LANDSCAPING ENHANCEMENTS, SCREENING ALONG THE NORTHERN PROPERTY LINE AND THE ROOF MOUNT EQUIPMENTS. THEY'RE LOCATING THE REFUSE CONTAINER. UM, TO BE AWAY FROM THE PUBLIC, PUBLIC TO BE, TO BE AWAY FROM THE PUBLIC FACING, UH, STREET AND EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS INCORPORATING ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS. THEY'RE GONNA PAINT THE BUILDING AND ADD DECORATIVE LIGHTING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GDC. SO WE DO RECOMMEND, UM, APPROVAL OF THE SUP. WE DO THINK THIS IS SUBSTANTIAL SITE, UM, 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. UM, THEY'RE WILLING TO, UM, LIMIT THEIR BUSINESS HOURS TO BE 8:00 AM UH, AND 5:00 PM UM, THAT WAY IN THE AFTERNOON, IN THE EVENINGS, THERE'S NOT, NOT, NOT GONNA BE TOO MUCH NOISE, UH, TO THE NORTH. UH, FOR THE RESIDENTS, THE REQUIRED LANDSCAPING WILL BE INSTALLED, THE LONG WALNUT AND WITHIN PARKING LOT. UM, THEY'RE GONNA RELOCATE AND SCREEN THE REFUSE CON CONTAINER. THE ROOF MOUNTED EQUIPMENT WILL BE SCREENED. SO OVERALL, UM, WE DO SEE THIS AS A POSITIVE CASE THAT CAN MAKE SOME CHANGES TO THAT AREA THAT NEEDS A DISPARITY AND PLAN COMMISSION DID APPROVE THE REQUEST AS WELL WITH THE SAME TIME PERIOD, WHICH IS 15 YEARS. AND SAME CONDITIONS. UH, FOR AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF. WE DID SEND OUT 78 LETTERS. WE GOT TWO LETTERS IN OPPOSITION. AND BOTH THOSE LETTERS, UM, CONVEYED THAT THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT RODENTS, NOISE, LIGHTING, UH, POLLUTION, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND BOTH OF THOSE CAME FROM THE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS TO THE NORTH, UH, OF THE SITE WITH THAT, UM, AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. UM, IN TERMS OF THE RESIDENT COMMENTS, I THINK ALL THE OTHER, UM, NOISE, UM, THE BUS, THE, THE OP HOURS OF OPERATION DO ADDRESS IT SOMEHOW. UM, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE OUR NOISE ORDINANCE, WE HAVE OUR LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS WHERE WE DO NOT ALLOW PER 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, UM, INDUSTRY. BUT THE APPLICANT CAN SPEAK TO THAT. UM, BUT YEAH, I WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM COUNCILMAN. RELUCTANT. HOW TALL IS THE PROPOSED MASONRY WALL? IT'LL BE PART THE GDC THEY HAVE NOT SPECIFIED, SO WE ALLOW UH, SIX TO EIGHT FOOT. OKAY, THANK YOU. TEXT MARGARET LUT, DEPUTY MAYOR TIM DUTTON, MAYOR DYLAN HENDRICK SITS AT A DESK WEARING A SUIT AND TIE. SO MY CONCERN IS THE ONE ACCESS, UM, THERE, THE LOADING DOCK IS OFF OF MARS. THE SCREEN DISPLAYS SATELLITE IMAGES. IS THAT CORRECT? FROM HERE? MM-HMM . YES. THE LOADING DOCK IS ON MARS. AND SCHOOL TRAFFIC, UM, IS MY CONCERN. I HOPE THAT THE APPLICANT, UH, KNOWS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. UM, THE TRASH RECEPTACLES. DOES OUR GDC NOT REQUIRE THAT THEY'RE SCREENED IN? THEY DO. OKAY. AND THEY'LL HAVE TO DO IT. OKAY, THANK YOU. SLIDE SHOWS A CONCEPT PLAN. THANK YOU MA'AM. COUNCIL MEMBER CARAWAY, AS FAR AS THE, UM, REQUIRED OR THE REQUEST THAT WE PUT IN FOR THE GREENERY, UM, WHAT'S THE TIMEFRAME ON THAT? FOR THIS, THEY HAVE NOT ASKED FOR ANY DEVIATION, SO THAT WILL BE PRIOR TO, UM, THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY BEFORE THEY CAN OCCUPY THE BUILDING. THANK YOU. THE WOMAN GESTURES WITH HER HANDS. THANK YOU SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? ALRIGHT, I SEE NONE. THANK YOU. [01:05:01] AND SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE APPLICANT? TEXT LJ BETS MANAGER IS MS. SO ROSANO HERE IF YOU COULD FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AFTER THANK YOU. YOU GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES FOR PRESENTATION. UM, I WILL SPEAK FREELY AND ANSWER QUESTIONS AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR COMPANY. I'M NOT FROM ALL ABOUT PERMITS, THAT'S ACTUALLY OUR PLANNER AND ARCHITECT. I'M THE ACTUAL, UM, PROPERTY OWNER AND COMPANY OWNER WHO WILL, UM, WORK AS THE FOOD PROCESSING FACILITY. SO I CAN DEFINITELY ANSWER THE QUESTIONS FOR WASTE, UH, MANAGEMENT RODENTS AND ANY OTHER CONCERNS THAT MIGHT COME UP. AND IF YOU GIVE YOUR NAME PLEASE THEN UH, MY NAME IS, UH, SETH DGEN AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF A D EIGHT FOODS. OKAY. WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM COUNCILMAN. RELUCTANT. I'M GLAD YOU CLARIFIED ABOUT THE NAME BECAUSE ALL ABOUT PERMITS AND FOOD PROCESSING. DID NOT YEAH, AGREE WITH ME. I WAS LIKE, WHAT ARE THEY DOING HERE? UM, COULD YOU JUST TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE KIND OF FOOD PROCESSING THAT YOU'RE DO DOING? ABSOLUTELY. SO OUR COMPANY HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS SINCE 2009 AND WE ARE A RAW MEAT PROCESSING FACILITY. SO WE PURCHASE RAW MEATS, MARINATE THEM, PACKAGE, FREEZE THEM, AND THEN WE MAINLY SELL THEM TO FOOD SERVICES SUCH AS CISCO, US FOODS, UM, PFG THAT PRETTY MUCH PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE US. UM, SINCE 2012, WE ARE A-U-S-D-A REGULATED AND INSPECTED FACILITY. SO WE WORK UNDER STRICT USDA PROVISIONS AND REGULATIONS. WE HAVE A-U-S-D-A INSPECTOR ON SITE ON A DAILY BASIS. UM, AND WE OPERATE UNDER A-H-A-C-C-P PLAN, WHICH IS BASICALLY A, UM, HAZARD ANALYSIS AND SANITATION PROGRAM THAT, UM, IS GIVING US STRICT PROGRAMS ON HOW WE HAVE TO PROCESS THE MEAT STORE. THEM. WE HAVE STRICT WASTE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS IN PLACE AND ALSO A PEST CONTROL SYSTEM. DO YOU BRING LIVE ANIMALS ON SITE? NO, NO ANIMALS, NO SLAUGHTER WHATSOEVER. WE JUST PURCHASE RAW FROZEN MEAT, PROCESS IT, PACKAGE IT, AND SHIP IT. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU MA'AM. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? THE MAN SITS AT A DESK. TEXT DYLAN HEDRICK. MAYOR. I SEE NONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU MADAM SECRETARY. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO SIR, WE DO NOT. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THE SIDE? THE MAYOR LOOKS UP AND SMILES SLIGHTLY THEN RETURNS TO LOOKING AT PAPERS ON THE DESK. SCENE NONE. COUNCIL MEMBER CARAWAY, THIS IS YOUR DISTRICT SIR. PEOPLE AT DESK TEXT ED MOORE. DISTRICT THREE. GIVEN THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE, JIMMY TRAN REST HIS CHIN ON HIS HAND. I'M GONNA HAVE TO MOTION THAT WE DON'T APPROVE THIS. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CARAWAY FOR DENIAL. THREE SEATED TEXT. DYLAN HEDRICK, MAYOR. IS THERE A SECOND ON THIS ITEM? THE MAYOR LOOKS UP AND SMILES, THEN LOOKS AT PAPERS. THAT MOTION FAILS FOR LACK OF A SECOND. COUNCIL LOOKING FOR ANOTHER MOTION. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO, TIM DUTTON. UM, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS ITEM, UM, WITH A 10 YEAR SUP. I HAVE A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM DUTTON TO APPROVE WITH A 10 YEAR SUP AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE. COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE. YOU'RE IN THE QUEUE, SIR. I WAS JUST GOING, UH, SECONDING. OKAY. SECONDING. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? THIS IS APPROVAL FOR A 10 YEAR SUP MAYOR HENDRICK GESTURES WITH HIS RIGHT HAND SEEING NO DISCUSSION MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE TEXT VOTING RESULTS MOTION BY CARISSA DUTTON, SECONDED BY ED MOORE. AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED 8 2 1 WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CARAWAY IN OPPOSITION. AND COUNCIL FOUR, WE MOVE TO ITEM 11 D. WE MUST GO BACK TO 11 B GARLAND LOGO ON HEDRICK SMILES. MR. ATTORNEY? YEAH, 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, IT 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 WANNA 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 COUNCIL MEMBER TRAN THAT FAILED. UH, COUNSEL THEN LOOKING FOR ANOTHER MOTION ON THAT ITEM BY SWEETNESS SUITES FOR EITHER A MOTION TO DENY OR FOR A DIFFERENT TIME PERIOD OR DIFFERENT CONDITIONS. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM DUTTON TO MAKE A MOTION TO DENY ITEM, UH, B, HAVE A MOTION TO DENY BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO AND TIM DUTTON. AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? MOTION TO DENY MAN A DESK TWO MEN NEAR SEE NONE. MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US. THIS IS A [01:10:01] MOTION TO DENY THAT ITEM. THE BLACK SCREEN DISPLAYS VOTING RESULTS TEXT. THE FINAL TALLY IS YES, FOUR, NO, FIVE ABSTAIN. ZERO. AND THAT ITEM FAILS FOUR TO FIVE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER TRAN CARE WAY MOORE AVIANO AND, UH, IN OPPOSITION. DO WE KNOW WHAT THE FLOOR IS STILL OPEN? COUNSEL FOR EMOTION THREE MEN SIT AT A LARGE TABLE. THE CENTER MAN SMILES LOOKING OFF CAMERA. WE CAN OPEN IT BACK UP FOR DISCUSSION. COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE . YEAH, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN WE VOTED FOR THIS INITIALLY, UH, I REALLY THOUGHT I HAD A GOOD GRASP OF, OF WHAT THIS WAS ABOUT, BUT IT IT APPEARS THAT WE HAD A BUSINESS THAT MOVED FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER AND THIS WAS A VOLUNTARY MOVE. BUT WHEN I ASKED THE QUESTION, WERE WE GOING TO DENY IT BECAUSE THEY HAD MOVED VERY IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO ANOTHER BUSINESS OF THE SAME CALIBER, THE SAME TYPE. I WAS TOLD NO, THAT THAT'S NOT, THAT WASN'T THE ISSUE. IT SOUNDED LIKE THE REAL ISSUE HAD TO DO WITH THEY WERE PRACTICING, THEY WERE PROVIDING A SERVICE THAT HAD NOT BEEN APPROVED. NOW, FOR ME THAT WAS SAYING THAT, WELL, THAT IN ITSELF, THAT ALONE WOULD SAY THAT REALLY WE SHOULD NOT MAYBE APPROVE IT. BUT THEN I HEARD THAT STAFF AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAD VOTED TO APPROVE. IS THAT CORRECT? AM I YES, THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT. WITH THAT, I, I JUST DID NOT SEE A PROBLEM WITH GOING FORWARD WITH THAT VOTE. PRIMARILY BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE USE OF THE SERVICE THAT'S NOT PERMITTED, BUT THEY ARE GONNA BE IN THE SAME PROXIMITY, BUT THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE PROVIDING THE SAME SERVICES. THAT WAS THE REASON THAT IF ALL THAT IS CORRECT, I WOULD STILL VOTE WITH STAFF AND THE ZONING, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION. IF THAT'S IT, THEN WE, WE CAN VOTE AGAIN. , I HAVE A FEW MORE PEOPLE IN THE QUEUE, SIR. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIMM DUTTON, CAMRA SHIFTS TO INDIVIDUALS. SO FOR CLARIFICATION, THE ISSUE IS CAMRA SHIFTS TO NEW NAMES. NOT ANYTHING WHAT THEY WERE DOING, THEY'RE MOVING TO A LOCATION NEXT TO WITHIN THAT 500 FEET, 400 FEET, WHATEVER, OF ANOTHER BUSINESS, WHICH IS AGAINST OUR GDC. WE HAVE MADE OUR OWN RULES THAT SAY YOU WERE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE TWO OF THESE BUSINESSES WITHIN SO MANY FEET OF EACH OTHER. THAT IS WHAT IS TRIGGERING THE SUP. WE ALREADY KNOW THEIR PREVIOUS LOCATION DID NOT HAVE AN SUP TO DO THIS BUSINESS. SO I I'M NOT A FAN OF GOING AGAINST OUR OWN RULES. COUNCIL MEMBERS, A DESK CITY COUNCIL. THIS THE BUSINESS THAT THEY'RE MOVING NEXT TO OR THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY? THEY'RE ALREADY IN OPERATION. OKAY. THEIR MAIN, THEIR MAIN FOCUS IS BODY PIERCING. IT IS NOT JEWELRY, IT IS NOT PURSES, IT IS NOT WHATEVER. IT IS STILL AGAINST OUR GDC, CHRIS O'S HAND TO MOUTH. I, WE SHOULD NOT MAKE RULES IF WE'RE NOT GONNA FOLLOW THEM. THIS IS HOW WE ENDED UP WITH 155 MILLION TIRE SHOPS. AND THAT IS WHY PEOPLE ARE MAD AT US BECAUSE WE'D SAY, WELL, WELL, OKAY, THIS TIME, WELL THIS TIME, OKAY, WELL THIS TIME THAT IS HOW WE END UP IN THIS REPETITIVE SITUATION THAT WE ARE IN WITH TIRE SHOPS, WITH SELF STEWARDS, WITH ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT WE HEAR ON A DAILY BASIS, PEOPLE SCREAMING AT US ABOUT. SO EITHER WE FOLLOW OUR GDC THAT KEEPS US OUT OF THAT CYCLE, OR WE DON'T AND WE PREPARE FOR THE NEXT THING THAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE MAD ABOUT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. MAYOR PRO. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. UM, NABILA, DID THEY, WERE THEY IN, UH, FIRE WHEEL TOWN CENTER BEFORE? THAT'S YES, SIR. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT I UNDERSTOOD. AND SO THEY WERE ALREADY QUOTE UNQUOTE A COMPETITOR OR THEY, THEY WERE A COMPETING BUSINESS. IF THEY'D REMAINED THERE, THEY WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO BE IN BUSINESS DOING WHAT THEY WERE DOING BEFORE, CORRECT. WITHOUT AN NO, WITHOUT AN SUP. WITHOUT AN SU. SO THIS REQUEST IS TWO PRONGED THAT, SO REGARDLESS, THEY NEED A NOWHERE IN THE CITY, A TATTOO SLASH BODY PIERCING ESTABLISHMENT CAN OPERATE WITHOUT AN SUP TEXT CITY COUNCIL. SO THEY NEEDED AN SUP ANYWAY THAT DIDN'T HAVE THAT. THEY DIDN'T HAVE. RIGHT. AND, AND IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY FROM BACK IN THE GDC PUBLIC HEARING DAYS, WE HAD ALL THESE PUBLIC MEETINGS TO, UH, TO ESTABLISH THE GDCI BELIEVE THAT THEY CAME UP WITH THE 500 FOOT RULE WAS SO THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE, THERE WAS A FEAR THAT WE WOULD CREATE A DISTRICT THAT AN UNSAVORY DISTRICT WOULD APPEAR, WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE, [01:15:01] YOU KNOW, A WHOLE ROW OF, OF BODY PIERCING PLACES AND TATTOO, UH, PARLOR'S. NOW STUDIOS AND TIMES CHANGE, THINGS CHANGE. BUT, UM, THIS PLACE WAS ALREADY IN THIS, UH, WAS ALREADY IN FIRE WHALE TOWN CENTER AND THEY'VE MOVED CLOSER. I THINK THE THING THAT REALLY MAKES THIS DIFFICULT IS THAT THE APPLICANT IS NOT HERE. AND THAT ACTUALLY IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN SOMETHING THAT I'VE ALWAYS HAD A RULE THAT I DON'T VOTE IN FAVOR OF. SOMETHING WHERE THE APPLICANT DOESN'T SHOW UP, DID THEY, WERE THEY AT THE PLAN COMMISSION MEETING? YEAH, THEY WERE. OKAY. AND AT THAT, AND AFTER THAT MEETING, THE PLAN COMMISSION AND STAFF THAT CONCLUDING, WE'VE COME HERE WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE WITH RESTRICTIONS, CORRECT? MM-HMM . UM, OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER T TRENT. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO, UM, AGAIN, FOUR MORE MEMBERS WITH ALL THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. THE PLAN COMMISSION IS RECOMMENDATIONS IS MEET OUR REQUIREMENT FOR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND I KNOW THIS LOCATION IS 420 FEET APART. IT DOESN'T MEET THE 500 FEET, RIGHT? SO IT'S SHORT UP THE 80 FEET. RIGHT. AND THEY'VE BEEN HERE IN THIS BUSINESS FOR, FOR A WHILE ALREADY. UM, IN THE GENERAL FIREWOOD TOWN CENTER AREA. YES. YES. SO, UM, LIKE I SHARED BEFORE, UM, I MEAN WE ARE, UM, THE CITY OF GOSS OPEN FOR BUSINESS. WE WANNA ATTRACT MORE BUSINESS IN. WE WANT TO, WE STILL WANNA SEND A MESSAGE THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, OPEN FOR BUSINESS AND BRINGING MORE IN, IN INVESTMENTS COME IN. UM, I AGREE WITH, UM, MEPO TAM ODD IF THE APPLICANT HERE IS BETTER. UH, BUT IT'S REGARDLESS OF THAT FROM MY, I STILL BELIEVE THAT, UM, WE, WE, WE SHOULD APPROVE IT. UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT IN THE PAST THAT MAY BE THE CHIEF OR WHATEVER THE CODE THAT WE HAVE, WE NEED TO ENFORCE AND THEN THE ISSUE OF THE AUTOMOBILE. BUT FOR THIS SITUATION, AND I, I STILL BELIEVE THAT, UM, WE SHOULD APPROVE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK. WELCOME TO TOWN CENTER BOULEVARD WHERE YOU CAN GET YOUR TATTOOS, YOUR PAR, YOUR PIERCINGS, AND MAYBE WE SHOULD INVITE SOME MORE TATTOO PARLORS ON THIS SITE WITHIN THESE 500 FEET. 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 10 YEARS, PROBABLY 10 YEARS. CITY COUNCIL MEETING GARLAND NAME, DATE DISPLAYED FOUR MEMBERS A DESK AND THEN MOVE TO ANOTHER PLACE. MR. MAYOR? YES, SIR. I'M JUST GONNA HAVE TO, I APOLOGIZE. I DON'T WANT, IT'S OKAY. I UNDERSTAND. SHE KNOWS, SHE KNOWS WHAT I'M GONNA SAY. BUT THE COUNSEL 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 COUNSEL SHOULD FACTOR INTO YOUR DECISION. THANK YOU. I WILL NOT CONSIDER THAT THIS BUSINESS OPERATED ILLEGALLY. OTHER COUNSEL MEMBERS SHOWN CHRISTINA ANO SMILES. YOU LET ONE IN, YOU LET ANOTHER ONE IN DRIVE DOWN GARLAND ROAD JUST AS DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM 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 FIRE WHEEL TILDEN 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 AT THAT SENT IN AN OPPOSITION LETTER TWO ONCE NEXT DOOR TO THEM, WITHIN 500 FEET OF THEM, A WHOLE ROW OF THESE? THAT'S THE PROBLEM. IF THEY WERE WITHOUT, IF THEY WERE OUTSIDE OF THAT 500 FEET TEXT CARISSA DUTTON, UH, 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, UM, THAT IS MY OPPOSITION TO THIS CASE. THANK YOU. I DO WANNA MAKE, I KNOW, UM, I'M SURE IT'S, UM, ALMOST CLEAR, BUT I STILL WANNA CLARIFY. SO EVEN IF THIS SUP IS DENIED, THEY CAN STILL OPERATE AS A JEWELRY STORE, THAT'S FINE. THAT'S 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. GREAT TEXT CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU MA'AM. [01:20:02] COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE, I HATE TO CHIME BACK IN AGAIN, BUT I JUST, I'VE GOTTA MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR. NAVILA AGAIN. MAYOR DYLAN HEDRICK LOOKS TO HIS LEFT THAN TO HIS RIGHT BRINGING A HAND TO HIS GYM. THE PROXIMITY IS NOT WHAT IS MOTIVATING THE SUP, IS THAT CORRECT? ED MOORE JESTERS. SO THE PROXIMITY IS NOT FIGURING THE SUP, THE SUP IS REQUIRED ANYWAY, RIGHT? THE THE PROXIMITY, THE FOUR, THE, THAT'S NOT, BUT THE PROXIMITY IS CITY COUNCIL FOUR SEATED IS TRIGGERING THE PD AMENDMENT. OKAY. AND THE COMPETING COMPETITION, THAT'S, THAT'S NO LONGER PART OF IT BECAUSE THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT TRIGGERING THE SUP CORRECT. EDMORE GESTURES LEFT THE COMPETITION OF BUSINESS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THE SAME THING THE OTHER BUSINESSES DO. THAT'S NOT WHY WE PUT THAT, PUT THAT CONDITION IN THERE. WE JUST DO NOT WANT TWO TATTOO SLASH BODY PIERCING ESTABLISHMENTS NEXT TO EACH OTHER FOR THE SAME REASONS WHY THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENT WAS PUT PUT IN THERE. AND BECAUSE THEY'RE SPECIFICALLY BODY PIERCING, THAT'S WHY WE ARE LIMITING THEM OR RECOMMENDING TO LIMIT THEM TO THAT PIECE OF THE USE ONLY. WHY DID STAFF RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOR THIS? YES. UM, FOR VERY SHORT TIME FIVE YEARS, WOMAN GESTURES, TOUCHES HAIR. WE DID THINK, UM, THAT SINCE THIS IS A COMPLIMENTARY YOU OR SERVICE TO THE JEWELRY BUSINESS, WE CAN, 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, UM, WE DID THINK OF THAT AS UM, THE TATTOO BUSINESS AND THIS ONE, THESE BUSINESSES, NOT THE USES, THE BUSINESSES ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE SAME. SO TECHNICALLY YES, THEY'RE WITHIN 500 FEET, BUT THEY HAD THE OPTION TO APPLY FOR THE PD AMENDMENT. BEING ON THAT SIDE, 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 COUNSEL IS NOT APPROVING THE BUSINESS. THEY'RE APPROVING THE LAND USE. THAT'S WHY WE PUT THE SHORT TIMEFRAME ON IT THAT HEY, YOU CAN DO IT FOR FIVE YEARS, BUT IN FIVE YEARS YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO COME BACK AND WE'LL REEVALUATE IF YOU'RE STILL OKAY OR NOT. SO TEXT JIMMY TRAN. ONE MORE TIME. THIS TIME, JUST THE SHORT VERSION. OKAY. WHY DID STAFF APPROVE? I THINK THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SEPARATED THE USES, ONE IS THE TATTOO, ALTHOUGH THAT ONE DOES NOT HAVE A CONDITION THAT THEY CANNOT OPERATE AT A 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. SO THE SQUARE FOOTAGE IS NOT ENTERING INTO YOUR EQUATION OF HIGH PROXIMITY? NO, IT IS, IT IS STILL 420 FEET. SO YEAH, THEY'RE NOT MEETING THE 500. THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE TONIGHT. AT LEAST PART OF THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY. NOW, IF THAT'S THE CASE, IF THAT IS THE REAL ISSUE OF WHY WE'RE HERE, THEN IN FACT I HAVE TO AGREE THAT WE ARE GOING AGAINST OUR OWN RULES THEN WE ARE HERE FOR BOTH TEXT CITY COUNCIL, JULY 2ND, 2026. ED MOORE GESTURES, WOMAN OF PODIUM LAPTOPS, M**K ON PODIUM. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. BUT IF YOU DON'T WANT TO AMEND THE PD TO ALLOW THEM TO BE WITHIN 420 FEET OF EACH OTHER, I DON'T SEE A POINT OF WHY THE SUP 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, UM, OPERATE THERE BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE AGAINST THE GDC. OKAY. ALRIGHT. AND SO THEN I HAVE TO AGREE WITH DEPUTY MAYOR PROTE AND IN FACT WE'LL BE GOING AGAINST OUR OWN RULES IN ORDER TO, IF WE APPROVE. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. TEXT DYLAN HEDRICK, MAYOR COUNCIL MRNA. OKAY, I'M SORRY, I HAVE A QUESTION. NO WORRIES. IS THE OTHER PLACE, IS IT IN FULL OPERATION RIGHT NOW AND OFFERING BOTH SERVICES, MAN, SIPS, WATER WOMAN GESTURES? THEY WERE, THEY GOT THEIR SSP LAST YEAR AND THEN GOT THEIR SEAL PRETTY MUCH A MONTH OR TWO AFTER THAT. SO YEAH, THEY'RE OPERATING AND THEY'RE DOING, I KNOW THEY'RE PRIMARILY TATTOOED, BUT THEY CAN DO BOTH. THEY CAN DO, 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 WHAT I, I JUST, THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. COUNCIL MEMBER CARAWAY MOST TATTOO PARLORS I KNOW OFFER [01:25:01] OF PEARSONS, SO I AGREE WITH, UM, MAYOR PRO TIM AND COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK THAT I THINK THAT WE'RE GOING AGAINST OUR OWN RULES THERE AND I REALLY DON'T SEE THE NEED FOR IT. UM, THAT SERVICE IS ALREADY BEING OFFERED, AND TO HAVE 'EM THAT CLOSE IN PROXIMITY TO TO EACH OTHER REALLY JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. AND GIVEN THE FACT THAT THEY MOVED ON THEIR OWN WILL AND WE HAVE NO REASON WHY. NO EXPLANATION WHY MULTIPLE COUNCIL MEMBERS NAMED. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. MAYOR HEDRICK TOUCHES HIS GYM COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. UM, UM, SO THEY, THEY MOVED VOLUNTARILY AND WHICH IS THE REASON THEY'RE ASKING FOR A PD FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOW. IF, IF THEY MOVE BACK TO THEIR OLD SUITE, THEN THE, THE PD QUESTION GOES AWAY AND THEN IT'S ABOUT A, THEN IT'S ONLY ABOUT AN SUP. YES, THE PD QUESTION GOES AWAY, BUT THEY WILL STILL NEED AN SUP. OKAY. BUT THEY MOVED VOLUNTARILY TO THIS LOCATION. NO TEXT MARGARET LUCK. SIMON DIDN'T FORCE THEM OUT OF THAT SUITE INTO ANOTHER SUITE THAT I CANNOT SPEAK TO, BUT THE CITY WAS NOT INVOLVED IN, THE CITY WAS NOT INVOLVED IN REMOVING. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM AND COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK IN THE QUEUE AGAIN. COUNCIL, I'M STILL LOOKING FOR ANOTHER MOTION. SO WE WILL GO. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO. TIM, YOU'RE UP NEXT IN THE QUEUE, MA'AM. MAYOR DYLAN HENDRICKS MILES. ARE YOU, ARE YOU GOOD? UH, MARGARET, I JUST TEXTED THE OWNER TO SEE IF SHE OFFERS, I MEAN, AS SOMEONE THAT WENT TO BARENESS TATTOOS AND GOT TWO TATTOOS ON, UH, FRIDAY THE 13TH FOR THEIR OPENING. UM, I CAN TELL YOU THAT WHEN I WAS IN THERE, THEY IN FACT DID OFFER PIERCINGS, NABILA. IS THERE A DIFFERENCE IN, UM, DO WE HAVE A AN SUP THAT IS, OR A, WHAT IS IT? A WHAT IS IT? CITY COUNCIL IN JOE THOMAS, 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 PROVISION SUP OR WHATEVER. YES. 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. THE 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. THEY, THE BARENESS TATTOOS ALREADY HAS THE TATTOO PIERCING, UM, ALLOWANCE. I DON'T CARE WHAT, UM, IF A SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCH WILL TAKE YOU TO THEIR WEBSITE, THEY'RE NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF JEWELRY SELLING. THEY'RE 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 COUNCIL MEMBER DEN TO DENY IT. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CAREWAY AND COUNCIL, BEFORE WE VOTE, I WANT TO CHIME IN THAT WE CHANGE OUR RULES FREQUENTLY. UH, THAT'S WHAT PDS OR, OR TYPICALLY TO GO AROUND OUR TYPICAL ZONING RULES. BUT I DO AGREE IN THIS CASE THAT I DON'T WANT TO HAVE THE SIMILAR BUSINESS SO CLOSE TOGETHER IN OUR TOWN CENTER, ESPECIALLY WITH THE REVITALIZATION EFFORTS AND THE NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT WE DON'T WANNA HAVE THERE. SO I'LL BE VOTING IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO DENY TEXT LJ BETS. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE BY COUNCIL BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM DUTTON. AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CARAWAY. UH, MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE COUNCIL PLEASE VOTE GARLAND LOGO, FLORAL DESIGN ABOVE THE WORD GARLAND. VOTING RESULTS. SHOW NAMES CHOICES. MOTION BY DUTTON. SECONDED BY CARAWAY. SCREEN SHOWS ZERO ABSTAIN. AND THAT ITEM TO DENY IS APPROVED. EIGHT TO ONE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER OTT IN OPPOSITION. THANK YOU GUYS. THREE MEN IN SUITS. SIT AT A TABLE. MAYOR DYLAN HENDRICKS MILES. ALRIGHT, MICHAEL J BET'S COVER FACE, YOU KNOW, 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. WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM 11 D. CONSIDER A REQUEST BY HAMZA IF THE CAR S REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION TO ALLOW AUTOMOBILE, AUTOMOBILE SALES, NEW OR USED USE AND A CONCEPT PLAN FOR AUTOMOBILE SALES. NEW OR USED USE SITE IS LOCATED 1805 RESERVE SUITE 1 0 1 ON A PROPERTY ZONE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT IN DISTRICT SIX. THE MAN LOOKS DOWN. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. UH, AGAIN, THE SUP REQUEST IS FOR AN AUTOMOBILE. SOUTH NEW YORK. USED USE, UM, ABOUT 1.59 ACRES OF LAND 1805 RESERVE STREET, SUITE 1 0 1. UM, THE PROPERTY ZONED INDUSTRIAL AND IT'S LOCATED IN DISTRICT SIX. [01:30:01] SO A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THE REQUEST PROPOSING TO OCCUPY A SMALL SUITE IN AN EXISTING MULTI-TENANT BUILDING. ACCORDING TO THE APPLICANT, IT'S A SMALL SCALE DEALERSHIP SPECIALIZING EXCLUSIVELY IN THE SALE OF PRE-OWNED VEHICLES. UM, YOU'LL HAVE ONE ONSITE EMPLOYEE AND CUSTOMERS ARE NOT EXPECTED ON SITE. UM, THAT'S ALL PER THE APPLICANT. UM, THIS IS THE LOCATION MAP. AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS SURROUNDED BY INDUSTRIAL, UM, ZONING, SURROUNDED BY INDUSTRIAL USES. INDUSTRY CENTERED DESCRIPTION. UM, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES CALL THIS AREA OUT FOR INDUSTRY CENTERS AS WELL. SO GENERALLY SPEAKING, IT DOES COMPLY SITE PHOTOS. UH, HERE ARE THE SITE PHOTOS. OF COURSE, THE SITE IS NOT IN THE GREATEST CONDITION. UM, THE, THE STRUCTURES ARE VERY DATED. OLD, UM, PAVING'S NOT REALLY WORKING WELL. UM, SO LOT, LOT LOTS OF THINGS THAT ARE NOT REALLY UP TO DATE ON THE SITE. SO THIS IS THE OVERALL SITE THAT YOU SEE ON THE CONCEPT PLAN. UM, WHAT YOU SEE IN TEAL AND THAT LITTLE BOX THAT'S ABOUT 400 SQUARE FOOT, THAT'S THE SUITE THAT THEY'RE APPLYING THE SUP FOR. UM, SO AGAIN, JUST 400 SQUARE FOOT AND THE PARKING, THE FIVE SPACES THAT YOU SEE THAT ARE IN DARK BLUE, UM, THOSE ARE THE PARKING SPACES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS, UM, BUSINESS AND WHAT YOU SEE IN GREEN, UH, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE REQUIRING OR WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THEY PROVIDE. LANDSCAPING CONCEPT PLAN SHOWS STREETS, THEN SUP TITLE AND AUTOMOBILE SALES REQUEST. THE APP, THE APPLICANT'S ASKING FOR EIGHT YEARS. UM, WE DO RECOMMEND FIVE TO FIVE TO EIGHT. UM, WE DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL IN THIS CASE BECAUSE IT IS A VERY, VERY, VERY CORE INDUSTRIAL AREA. UH, GENERALLY IN ANY OTHER SITE, UH, 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. UM, BUT WE DO RECOMMEND THAT THE DISPLAY PARKING SPACES WHERE THE VEHICLES WILL BE THE, THE VEHICLES FOR SALE, UM, THOSE BE LABELED VERY CLEARLY AS DISPLAY ONLY PARKING AND THEY WERE ASKING FOR SIX PARKING SPACES. UM, THE GDC TEXT PC RECOMMENDATION ALLOWS THEM TO HAVE THREE. THEY'RE GOING A LITTLE ABOVE THAT. SO FOUR PAR. 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 GONNA BE, UM, COMING TO THAT, COMING TO THAT SITE. SO FIVE TOTAL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS BUSINESS. UM, VEHICLE SERVICING AND REPAIR TO BE, UH, PROHIBITED ON SITE OVERNIGHT STORAGE WILL BE PROHIBITED, UH, EXCEPT FOR THE FOUR VEHICLES THAT WILL BE THERE FOR THE SALE. AND THEN, UH, THEY INSTALLED TWO CANOPY TREES AND 25 SHRUBS. UH, ALONG THE GREEN AREAS THAT ARE SHOWN ON THE CONCEPT. UM, PLAN, PLAN COMMISSION ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED FIVE YEAR SUP, UH, SUBJECT TO ALL THE OTHER, ALL THE CONDITIONS THAT WE JUST UH, DESCRIBED. WE SENT OUT 42 LETTERS. UH, WE RECEIVED ONE IN FAVOR AND THREE IN OPPOSITION. UM, WELL THREE IN OPPOSITION FROM WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA AND TWO MORE FROM OUTSIDE OF THE NOTIFICATION AREA. UM, THEIR CONCERNS WERE PRETTY SIMILAR, UM, THAT THIS GENERAL AREA HAS TRAFFIC CONCERNS MANEUVERING. UM, THEY ARE ALREADY SHORT ON PARKING. A LOT OF, UH, 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. UH, WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT, I HAVE A QUESTION FROM DEPUTY MEMBER TIM DUTTON, NABILA, ARE THE VEHICLES THAT THEY'RE SELLING GONNA BE PARKED OUTSIDE? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? OKAY, THOSE FOUR PARKING SPACES. OKAY. TEXT CARISSA DUTTON, DISTRICT SIX. AND THEN WE'RE REQUIRING LANDSCAPING FOR THE, THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE BUILDING TEXT CONCEPT PLAN. WELL, YOU SAID OUR BUILDING, THIS IS THEIR SUITE, SO THEY'RE LIMITED TO THAT 400 SQUARE FOOT AND, AND THOSE PARKING, BUT WE ARE REQUIRING THAT THEY PROVIDE LANDSCAPING ALONG, UM, THE ENTIRETY OF THIS. YEAH. OKAY. THAT, THAT SEEMS LIKE A BAD DEAL FOR THEM. BUT, UM, SO, AND YOU SAID THESE ARE IMPORTED VEHICLES? THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW THAT I'D, UH, BE A FAN OF PARKING IT, UH, IMPORTED VEHICLES OUTSIDE. 'CAUSE IMPORT TO ME, UH, WOULD BE A LITTLE EXPENSIVE. UM, CAN, DO YOU KNOW WHAT BUSINESS WAS LOCATED IN THAT, UM, THAT LOCATION [01:35:01] BEFORE ON THAT SUITE? MM-HMM . I DO NOT FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS SIT AT A TABLE. I'M SORRY. NO, I DO NOT. NO, THEY, THERE WAS NO BUSINESS THERE WAS SOLELY OCCUPIED BY KAISER. OKAY. UM, IS THAT THE SAME, THE FOOD? UM MM-HMM THE KAISER FOOD TEXT. OKAY. CITY COUNCIL JULY 7TH. SO, AND WHEN THEY'RE STILL IN THAT, THE REST OF THAT BUILDING, CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. OKAY. UM, 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'LL BE LIMITING THEM TO THAT 400 SQUARE FOOT. ONLY IN THOSE FIVE PARKING SPACES, ONLY WOMAN EXTENDS PALMS UP. 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 WOMAN RAISE HIS HAND GESTURING IN, IN THIS TEXT. MARGARET LUCK DISTRICT SIX TEXT HOT LAYOUT THAT YOU'VE GOT. WHAT ARE THESE RED DASH LINES OUTSIDE OF THIS TEAL BOX? IS THAT THE SAME SUITE? THIS ONE? SO THAT'S THE ADDRESS. SO THE WAY OUR ADDRESSING WORKS, THAT'S THE, UH, THAT'S A SEPARATE ADDRESS THAN THE REST OF THE BUILDING. THAT'S WHY IT'S SHOWN THAT WAY. UM, BUT THEY'LL BE LIMITED TO THAT SUITE ONLY. THAT'S WHAT WE PUT IN THE ORDINANCE. OKAY. UM, OKAY. I WILL WAIT, UM, UNTIL THE APPLICANT COMES UP. THANK YOU. TEXT MARGARET LUT, DISTRICT FIVE COUNCIL MEMBER LUT CAMERARA PANS TO OTHER MEMBERS. UM, THE OFF STREET PARKING. WILL WE GO BACK TO THE PLAN? CARISSA BUTTON IS ACTIVELY SPEAKING AND GESTURING WITH HER HANDS OFF STREET PARKING SHOWN THERE ON THE FIRE LINE, FIRE LANE LINE CONCEPT PLAN, SITE PLAN. 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 OUT THERE. WELL I'VE, I'VE GONE THROUGH THE, THE LETTERS, THE OPPOSITION LETTERS THAT WERE PROVIDED BY NEARBY NEIGHBORS. UM, AND MOST OF THEM COMPLAIN ABOUT, UH, STREETS ALL OVER CARS PARKED ALL UP AND DOWN THE STREET. THIS ONE SAYS CONCEPT PLAN TEXT MARGARET LUCK, DISTRICT FIVE AUTO ORIENTED. UH, I'M SORRY. UH, WE ALREADY HAVE TOO MANY AUTO MOTIVE USES, WHICH I AGREE WITH, BUT, UM, 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 THE INTERSECTION OF ASSET AND RESERVE. SO, UM, 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 MARSHALL OBSERVATION, UM, I HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVING THAT THEY WILL NOT PARK ON THE STREET. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MA'AM. TEXT JOE THOMAS JR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM? TEXT DYLAN HEDRICK. I HAVE, 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? YES. OKAY. MAYOR HEDRICK ENGAGED. ALRIGHT, PRETTY GOOD. I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. SO MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE APPLICANT MR. SIMI TEXT DYLAN HEDRICK MAYOR DYLAN HEDRICK IN BLUE SUIT AND TIE SITS A TABLE LOOKING FORWARD. SORRY, YOU GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES FOR A PRESENTATION. THANK GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS HAMZA SIMI AND MY SUP APPLICATION IS FOR 1805 RESERVE STREET GARLAND. AND SO I'M THE OWNER OF THE IT 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 DEALERSHIPS, ONE IN TOKYO AND ONE IS OKINA, 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, LIKE ANTIQUE JAPANESE CARS FROM JAPAN. AND THEY'RE CALLED JDM CARS HERE. SO MOST OF THEM ARE NISSAN SKYLINE. MAZDA JAW ARE SAME MAN WEARS BA CAP TOYOTA SRA AND ALL OF THEM WOULD BE 25 YEARS OLD CARS. SO WHAT MY BUSINESS PLAN IS, I'LL BE IMPORTING THEM HERE IN THE US [01:40:01] I'LL BE REGISTERING THEM AND SELLING THEM ON, ON ALL THE AUCTIONS. AND BECAUSE ALL FOR THESE ANTI NT CARS, THE AUCTIONS ARE ONLINE. SO MO LIKE 99% OF THE CUSTOMERS, THEY NEVER COME AND CHECK THE CARS OR IT IS ON, LIKE YOU POST AROUND 200 CARS ON 200 PICTURES ONLINE AND THEY BID AND THEY BUY THE CAR. AND MOST OF THE CUSTOMERS ARE COMING FROM CALIFORNIA AND PLACES LIKE THESE. SO LIKE UNLIKE A TRADITIONAL CAR DEALERSHIP, I WILL BE JUST IMPORTING JDM CARS FROM JAPAN AND IT WOULD BE ALL ONLINE AND CUSTOMERS FROM ALL OVER THE US WOULD BE COMING. SO BECAUSE OF THAT THERE IS VERY LITTLE, LITTLE CUSTOMER TRAFFIC AT THE PROPERTY. MOST BUYERS EITHER ARRANGE THE VEHICLES TO BE SHIPPED TO THEM OR THEY, THEY FLY IN AND TAKE THE CAR WITH THEM, APPLICANT PODIUM, PHONE CHECK. SO, AND THEN I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME NEIGHBORS HAVE CONCERN BECAUSE THEY MAY BE PICTURING A TRADITIONAL CAR DEALERSHIP WITH CONSISTENT TRAFFIC AND DOZENS OF VEHICLES, BUT I WON'T, LIKE, I WANT TO ENSURE THERE WON'T BE MORE THAN FIVE VEHICLES AT ONE TIME BECAUSE THESE, LIKE, WHAT I'M PLANNING TO DO IS I WILL JUST FOCUS ON APPLICANT GESTURES, EXPRESSION ENGAGED ON THESE LIKE EXPENSIVE CARS, WHICH ARE, WHICH ARE AROUND ONE 50,000 OR 100,000. SO EVEN I CAN'T AFFORD TO BRING SO MANY CARS HERE AND, AND THERE WILL. AND SO I'M RESPECTIVE, I'M REQUESTING FIVE PARKING SPACES FOR MY INVENTORY BECAUSE IT IS LIKE, IN ORDER TO GET A DEALER'S LICENSE HERE, YOU NEED A MINIMUM OF FIVE CAR, LIKE FIVE PARKING SPACE. AND I WOULD LIKE, LIKE, IT WOULD BE A REALLY FAVOR IF YOU CAN DO SIX ONE FOR ME AND THEN FIVE FOR THE INVENTORY. BECAUSE LIKE THE MINIMUM IN ORDER TO GET A DEALER'S LICENSE, YOU NEED FIVE PARKING SPOTS HERE. AND THEN THERE'S ONE THING, THERE WON'T BE ANY REPAIRS OR ANYTHING DOWN THERE, EVEN LIKE ENGINE OIL OR ANYTHING WON'T BE CHANGED HERE. SO EVERYTHING WOULD BE DONE BACK IN JAPAN. MY, MY WORKERS WOULD DO IT BACK IN JAPAN AND THE CAR WOULD BE SHIPPED HERE. 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 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 GONNA START SMALL AND THEN IF LIKE I AM, 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 GRAND NEAR SUP, THAT WOULD BE LIKE THE FIRST JDM CARS DEALERSHIP HERE IN TEXAS AND IN GARLAND. SO YEAH. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND APPROVAL OF MY REQUEST AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION, WE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU. YOU START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK. UM, ACTUALLY MY QUESTION IS FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY, HOW ARE TAXES PROCESSED ON VEHICLES? IT'S INTERESTING YOU JUST ASKED ME THAT. UM, OUR AUTO OUR UM, 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'VE PUT ME ON THE SPOT. UM, , I I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU. UM, UNFORTUNATELY I CAN LOOK REAL QUICK. I'LL DO SOME QUICK RESEARCH AND SEE IF I CAN GET BEFORE Y'ALL VOTE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM DUTTON. HI. UM, 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 SUP AND THEN ONCE I GET MY DEALER'S LICENSE, THEN I'M GONNA START IMPORTING CARS INTO OKAY. TEXT CITY COUNCIL. YOU, YOU SAID THAT THE CARS THAT YOU HAVE ARE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS CARS IS YEAH, THESE CARS THAT I'M GONNA FOCUS ON ARE LIKE NEXT ON SKYLINE GTRS. YEAH, THESE ONES ARE AROUND 100,000. SO I, I WILL SAY I DROVE BY THE LOCATION TEXT CARISSA DUTTON LAST NIGHT. I, I DROVE BY BEFORE, BUT IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN THE DAY THAN IT IS AT NIGHT. YOU COULD NOT PAY ME ENOUGH MONEY TO PARK A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS CAR, LET ALONE FIVE OF THEM OUT IN THAT PARKING LOT. SO I, I STRUGGLE. IT'S GONNA BE LIKE, IT WON'T BE ALL NISSAN SKYLINES. LIKE I'LL BE DOING 20,003 LIKE LAND CRUISERS AND CARS LIKE THIS. BUT LIKE YEAH, I WOULD GIVE ONE NISSAN [01:45:01] SKYLINE AS WELL. SO IT'S GONNA BE DIFFERENT KIND OF CARS. YEAH. TEXT CARISSA DUTTON. OKAY. UM, THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. COUNCIL MEMBER SANO. 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 MAYOR, DEPUTY, I, I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH HER. I'M KIND OF NERVOUS ABOUT THAT. SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU'LL PURCHASE ALL FIVE OF THESE CARS AND YOU WILL TAKE UP ALL THOSE SPOTS THE ENTIRE TIME? NO. NO. OR YOU'RE JUST GONNA HAVE ONE AT A TIME, SO LIKE TWO OR THREE AT A TIME? TWO OR THREE AT A TIME. BUT I DO NEED FIVE PARKING WORTH IN ORDER TO GET THE DEALER'S LICENSE. THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT IS FIVE AND WHAT I'M LOOKING AT FIVE AND THEN ONE FOR MYSELF. OKAY. LIKE FOR PERSONAL LICENSE, HOWEVER, BUT YOU COULD PROBABLY LIKE PARK SINCE YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE 'EM ALL FIVE FOLD 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, I JUST WANTED TO SEE. BUT I DO GUARANTEE THERE WON'T BE MORE THAN FIVE CARS. MM-HMM . LIKE AT ONE POINT HERE. OKAY. AND IF LIKE, IF, IF IT GROWS, I WOULD JUST GET ANOTHER COMMERCIAL. LIKE THIS IS JUST THE START. LIKE IN ORDER TO START MY BUSINESS MM-HMM . OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT WAS IT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MA'AM. COUNCIL MEMBER TRAN. THANK YOU MAYOR. I THINK YOU ALREADY ANSWERED MY QUESTION. WHEN CAL SHOWS VIE DON'T ASK, UH, ADDITIONAL QUESTION IS, UM, IT'S JUST A CAR YOU MENTIONED IS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS CARS AND ABOUT FIVE OF THEM AT THE TIME, NOT ALL OF THEM WOULD BE A HUNDRED THOUSAND. LIKE IF I JUST GO FOR NISSANS ISLANDS, LIKE THEY, LIKE THE GTR WOULD BE AROUND 100,000. BUT LIKE THE OTHER, I'M PLANNING ON DOING LIKE TOYOTA CROWNS, LAND CRUISERS AS WELL AND THOSE ONES ARE AROUND THE LIKE 10,000. 20,000. YEAH. BUT IF I GO FROM NISSAN, LIKE I AM PLANNING TO DO ONE NISSAN SKYLINE AND THEN OTHER TOYOTA CROWNS, TOYOTA LAND CRUISER MAJA SEVEN. YEAH. SO IS THAT ALL 24 HOURS OF PARKING? YOU PARK IN ALL 24 HOURS? LIKE YOU HAVE FIVE PARKING, RIGHT? YOU ASK THEM HIGH PARKING? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. AND IS IS NORMALLY HOW LONG THAT, THAT YOU STAY THERE AND THEN BEFORE YOU SHIP OUT? SO THEY'LL BE GONE WITHIN LIKE, I THINK 10 TO 15 DAYS. 10, 15 DAYS. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH, BECAUSE ONCE YOU REGISTER THE CAR, I'LL JUST AUCTION THEM AND THEN LIKE PEOPLE COME AND TAKE THE CAR. OTHERWISE YOU JUST SHIP IT. OKAY. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. MR. MAYOR? YES SIR. I HAVE AN ANSWER TO, I HAVE AN ANSWER COUNCILMAN LUX QUESTION. UM, THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS IT'S A SPECIAL INVENTORY TAX THAT WE CAN COLLECT AND IT'S DIFFERENT THAN VPP PERSONAL INVENTORY. UM, BASICALLY THE MARKET VALUE OF THE DEALER'S MOTOR VEHICLE INVENTORY IS CALCULATED ON JANUARY ONE AND IT'S BASICALLY CALCULATED AS THE DEALER'S PRIOR YEAR TOTAL OF SALES DIVIDED BY 12 LESS CERTAIN EXCLUDED OR LESS CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS THAT HE MAY HAVE. SO THERE'S YOUR ANSWER. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, SO YOU'RE SAYING BUY YOUR CAR BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. GET A GOOD DEAL. TEXT CITY COUNCIL. ALRIGHT, MAYOR PRO TIM OTT. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. TEXT CHRIS OTT, MAYOR PRO TEM, DISTRICT EIGHT. SO THIS, THIS IS AN INTERESTING BUSINESS AND IT HAPPENS TO KIND OF COINCIDE WITH SOMETHING THAT I'M IN MY, MY DAY JOB IS IN THE BUSINESS I'VE BEEN IN 38 YEARS WORKING ON MAZDA RX SEVENS MANUFACTURING PARTS FOR THEM AND SERVICING THEM. YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF IT, ROTARY PERFORMANCE. AND SO COUNCIL MEMBERS LOOK AT PAPERS, THE SKYLINES THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO BRING THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE AN R 32 AND R 33 AND R 30 FOURS. YEAH, THE R 34 IS THE SUPER EXPENSIVE ONE AND THE MOST COVETED, ESPECIALLY THE, THE PURPLISH COLORED ONE. THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS. BUT, UM, THOSE CARS, YOU WOULD NEVER LEAVE IT OUTSIDE EVER. UH, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME FORM OF INDOOR STORAGE. WHERE DO YOU HAVE THERE FROM? UH, DO YOU HAVE A WAREHOUSE? NO, THERE 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 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 ONE DO WE REQUIRE? AND UH, I MEAN, PARDON MY IGNORANCE BECAUSE I'M, I AM, WELL I'VE BEEN IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY FOR MY ENTIRE ADULT LIFE. THE MARGARET LUCK. 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 WANNA DO THE PAPERWORK WITH IT AND WE'RE JUST NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF BUYING AND SELLING CARS. BUT, UH, THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS, DO YOU HAVE A, UH, A DEALER'S LICENSE TO, UH, TO BUY JDM CARS? YES. [01:50:01] LIKE IF YOU, LIKE, IF YOU'RE IMPORTING CARS EVERY MONTH, EVERY TWO MONTHS, YEAH, YOU NEED A DEALER'S LICENSE. OKAY. SO YOU NEED THE FIVE SPACES AND YOU HAVE TO PUT SIGNAGE ONTO THE, ONTO THE BUILDING YEAH. AS WELL. YEAH, I DID REGISTER FOR THE LLC AND THE SIGN TEXT CITY COUNCIL JULY 2ND, 2026. 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, WE WERE COMING FROM JAPAN, LIKE WE ACTUALLY BOUGHT ONE TOYOTA CROWN WITH US HERE AND THE GUARD GOT SOLD WITHIN TWO DAYS. AND NOW I SO MANY PEOPLE MESSAGING ME, WHEN ARE YOU GETTING MORE CARS? SO I WAS LIKE, RATHER THAN FOCUSING ON MY BUSINESS BACK IN JAPAN, I CAN DO SOMETHING HERE TO YOU. 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 ON THE, IN THE PROPER WAY, GET THE DEALER'S LICENSE AND START IMPORTING LIKE TWO, THREE CARS. WELL I, I DO BELIEVE IN THE BUSINESS. I AM IN THE AUTOMO, UH, 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, UH, JDM BUSINESS, THESE CARS ARE TOO PRECIOUS. IT'S AN, IT'S AN INVITATION FOR, UH, FOR DAMAGE TO THEM. THEY, IT'S, THEY'RE A MAGNET. THE THE THE CARS THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING OF ARE ONES THAT, I MEAN, WE HAVE ONES THAT THAT LIKE THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS. YOU'RE I'M, I I KNOW THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE YEAH, THAT'S HOW CARS THAT ARE IN THAT. WE, WE, UH, SERVICE REPLICA CARS OF THOSE, WHEN YOU DRIVE THEM, PEOPLE WILL, UH, PEOPLE ARE FILMING YOU EVERYWHERE THAT YOU GO. YOU CANNOT GO ANYWHERE WITHOUT PEOPLE CHASING YOU DOWN. YEAH. AND SO HAVING SOMETHING LIKE A A, A SKYLINE THAT'S PARKED IN A INDUSTRIAL PARK WOULD GET OUT ON THE INTERNET IN AN INSTANT AS WELL AS THE OTHER CARS THAT 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 TOYOTA CROWNS AND LAND CRUISES, THOSE ONES ARE AROUND FIVE, 10,000, LIKE THAT RANGE. FIVE, 10,000, 15,000 RANGE. IT DEPENDS ON THE MILEAGE. I UNDERSTAND. SO THE CAR I GOT FROM JAPAN, TOYOTA CROWN, THAT ONE WAS LIKE, WHAT, 5,000 INCLUDING FREIGHT AND EVERYTHING. SO THOSE ARE STRANGELY POPULAR CARS BUILT LIKE A TANK. YEAH, 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 PARTS. I'LL BE DOING MIX AND MATCH. I'LL BE GOING FOR CHEAP CARS AND THEN I WOULD LOVE TO KEEP ONE, UH, JEEP LIKE YEAH, NISSAN SKYLINE AS WELL. OKAY. WELL I 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, THAT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT'S FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE CITY. BUT I'LL DEFER TO THE REST OF OUR, UM, OUR COUNCIL TO DISCUSS THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE. AND THEN ONE THING, SO ONLY IF I GO FOR NISSAN SKYLINE, GTR, THAT ONE IS, THAT ONE WOULD BE LIKE 100,000. BUT IF I GO FOR GT TESLA, ALMOST HALF THE PRICE. WELL, UH, OKAY. UM, A MAZDA RX SEVEN YEAH. $30,000 IS WHAT THEY IS WHAT THEY, WHAT YOU'D BE ABLE TO BUY 'EM FOR IN JAPAN. A RIGHT HAND DRIVE, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO BUY 'EM A LITTLE BIT LESS WITH SOME, UH, BUT THE, THE BETTER ONES LIKE THE NINE NINE SPEC ONES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE UP, UH, UP CLOSER TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE THE OTHER CARS, I MEAN YOU GET INTO THE CAPPUCCINO CARS, THE LITTLE TINY ONES THAT PEOPLE REALLY INTO YEAH, THE KEY, YEAH. THE K TRUCKS. SO YEAH, SO I'LL BE DOING MIX AND MATCH AND BUT MO FOR NOW, MOST OF THE CARS WOULD BE, YEAH, WOULD BE LAND CREW, TOYOTA CROWN, SO JEEP CARS. AND THEN I WOULD LOVE TO KEEP, THERE'S SUCH, THERE'S SUCH INTERESTING VEHICLES AND THEY'RE SO, AND THEY'RE VALUABLE ENOUGH TO PEOPLE. THEY REALLY TEXT JOE THOMAS JR. I, I STILL STAND BY MY REMARKS THAT I, I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES, UH, 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 YARD. YOU'RE, YOU'RE SETTING YOURSELF UP FOR SOME HEARTACHE IF YOU, IF YOU DO IT IN THIS WAY. UH, BUT WE'RE JUDGING THE, THE, UH, THE PLAN THAT'S IN FRONT OF US. SO WE'LL, WE'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH SIR. SIR, SECRETARY, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? YES SIR. ALRIGHT. WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR FIRST SPEAKER, KYLE, STEVEN, COUNCIL MEMBERS A DESK TEXT GARLAND SCREEN SHOW GRAPHS, MAYOR HEDRICK SLAS. SIR, KEEP YOUR NAME, ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. DO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES? OKAY. UH, KYLE STEVENS. [01:55:01] UM, YEAH, THANK Y'ALL. I, I WORK AT BIG D BOLT. Y'ALL ARE LOOKING AT THE BUILDING PLAN HERE, UM, AS ESSENTIALLY THAT, I GUESS THAT WOULD BE THE SOUTH SIDE OF THIS BUILDING WAS GONNA BE BACKING UP TO OUR BUILDING HERE. SO IF Y'ALL COME OVER THERE OFTEN, YOU'LL SEE THERE'S NO ROOM FOR ANY OF THAT. WE HAVE DELIVERIES, YOU KNOW, CONSTANTLY ALL DAY AND WE HAVE CUSTOMERS THAT WOULD BE COMING THROUGH. SO I KNOW, UM, MS. HUTTON, UM, DUTTON, EXCUSE ME, TALKED ABOUT KIND OF THE SECURITY AND UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I THINK IT'S, UH, PRETTY COOL, UM, THAT JAKE CARS OR WHATNOT, UM, AND BEING ON PROFIT AND ASSET IS, 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, UM, FROM SOME OVERGROWN AREAS AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT KIND OF YOUR, YOUR, UH, PROCEDURES THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE BEFORE. BUT, UM, YEAH, THERE'S ALREADY A TON OF AUTOMOTIVE AND DIFFERENT STUFF DOWN THAT ROAD ALREADY. SO YEAH, JUST FOR PROTECTION OF THE EXISTING BUSINESSES, UH, I'D HOPE Y'ALL WOULD, UH, OPPOSE THIS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SIR. WE GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU. COUNCIL LUCK, MAN. TAKES PHONE SMILES. UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY ON STREETE PARKING ON THAT STREET? DO YOU DO YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBERS A DESK FLAGS BEHIND. YEAH, SO I BELIEVE THIS BUILDING HAS BEEN HERE SINCE LIKE THE SIXTIES 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, UM, OUR ONSITE PARKING IS GONNA BE ON MILLER. UM, WE DO HAVE AN ADJACENT, UH, SUITE. THAT TENANT IS USING THE 3D SIGNS THERE, SO THEY HAVE A LOT OF PARKING THAT USES THAT ASSET. AND THEN WE PARK ON OUR, OUR EMPLOYEES AND THE CUSTOMER'S CAR AND PARK ON THAT WILL CALL SIDE, WHICH WOULD BE THAT, UH, WHAT WEST SIDE THAT YOU SEE THERE ON THE, UH, ON THE PICTURE. OKAY, THANK YOU. YES. UM, ONE OTHER THING I WAS GONNA MENTION. I DO THINK, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL, THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE. I'VE SEEN THE, THE SUITE IN THERE, BUT I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IF Y'ALL WERE 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 SIX TO SIX DAILY IN AND OUT. SO IT, IT IS A VERY, VERY BUSY AREA. BUT YEAH, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I GOT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SIR. ALRIGHT, APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. TEXT DYLAN HEDRICK MAYOR. ALRIGHT, MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO SIR, WE DO NOT. ALL RIGHT. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIMM DUTTON, THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT MA'AM. IT IS TEXT CHRIS OTT, MAYOR PRO TEM, DISTRICT EIGHT. I LOVE THE APPLICANT'S, UM, POSITIVITY ON, ON HIS VENTURE AND I WISH HIM ALL THE BEST. HOWEVER, UM, I AM GONNA HAVE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE, UM, DENY THIS, DENY THIS ITEM. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION TO DENY BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIMM DUTTON, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? TEXT CITY COUNCIL MAYOR LOOKS DOWN. ALRIGHT, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE. THIS IS A MOTION TO DENY COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOWN WITH NAME BANNERS, SCREEN SHOWS GARLAND LOGO, THEN VOTING RESULTS. TEXT VOTING RESULTS. SEVEN YES. TWO, NO, ZERO ABSTAIN. AND THAT ITEM PASSES SEVEN TO TWO WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE AND THE MAYOR IN OPPOSITION. ALRIGHT, COUNCIL, WE'VE BEEN AT IT FOR A WHILE, SO I'M GOING TO TAKE A RECESS. I ASK YOU BE BACK AT NINE 10. WE'RE IN RECESS. ALRIGHT, WELCOME BACK TO OUR JULY 7TH MEETING. WE ARE BACK FROM RECESS AND WE'RE MOVING ON NOW TO ITEM 11 E. IT'S CONSIDERED A REQUEST BY FSG SIGNS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT ZERO TWO DASH 8 4 0 2 DASH FOUR EIGHT, AND A MODIFY SIGN STANDARDS AND A CONCEPT PLAN FOR THE LOCATION OF PROPOSED SIGNS ON A PROPERTY ZONE COMMERCIAL RETAIL USES. THE SITE IS LOCATED AT 10 40 WEST CENTERVILLE ROAD IN DISTRICT FIVE. THANK YOU MAYOR. AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS A REQUEST TO AMEND THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT ZERO TWO DASH 48. UM, BUT THE REQUEST IS SPECIFICALLY TO THE, TO THE SIGN STANDARDS SPEAKER OF PODIUM, EMPTY CHAIRS. SO LOCATED AT 10 40 WEST CENTERVILLE, UM, 7.95 ACRES AND, UM, OWNED BY HEB. UH, AS YOU COULD SEE ON THE LOCATION MAP, THIS IS, UH, A PD WITH A COMMUNITY RETAIL BASED ZONING. UH, MOST OF THE THINGS SURROUNDING OUR COMMUNITY, OUR COMMERCIAL RETAIL IN NATURE, THERE ARE RESTAURANTS, [02:00:01] THERE'S MCDONALD'S, ROSS, DOLLAR TREE, UH, LOTS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OF COMMERCIAL. UM, BUT UH, TO THE NORTHEAST SIDE WE HAVE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. UM, THIS, UH, SITE, UH, ON THAT PARTICULAR PIECE, UM, JO V'S. IS PREPARING TO OCCUPY THE SITE. THERE HAS BEEN A SITE PERMIT THAT WAS APPROVED. UM, AND WITH THAT SITE PERMIT WE DID GET A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPE BUFFER, UH, ALONG BROADMOOR ROAD. UM, THE COMMUNITY, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES, UH, IDENTIFY THIS AREA AS COMMUNITY CENTERS. UH, COMMUNITY CENTERS ARE AREAS WITH COMPACT DEVELOPMENT, PRIMARILY NON-RESIDENTIAL, SERVING A COLLECTION OF NEIGHBORHOODS. WITH THIS BEING VERY SPECIFIC TO SIGNS, UM, THERE'S NO DIRECT RELATIONSHIP, BUT SIGNS DO PROMOTE BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY CENTERS ARE, UM, THERE TO PROMOTE BUSINESSES AS WELL. 10 40 CENTERVILLE FRONT REAR. UM, HERE ARE THE SITE PHOTOS. UH, AS YOU COULD SEE, THIS IS A PRETTY DATED OLD BUILDING. UM, CURRENTLY VACANT JOVIE IS COMING IN. UM, THIS IS THE, THIS ONE IS THE FRONT BUILDING FACADE FACING CENTERVILLE. UH, THIS ONE'S THE, WELL, YOU CAN'T SEE MY CURSOR. UM, THE RIGHT SIDE, WE HAVE THE REAR BUILDING FACADE. UM, YOU CAN SEE THE TWO EXISTING SIGNS THAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO BRING DOWN, UH, TO REMOVE, UH, WITH THE OTHER PYLON SIGN THAT THEY'RE ABOUT TO INSTALL ARE PROPOSING, PROPOSING TO INSTALL BRICK BUILDING WITH DARK WINDOWS IN A GREEN TREE PARKING LOT. THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF FRONTAGE ALONG BROADMOOR, WHICH IS WHERE, UM, THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO INSTALL THE LANDSCAPE. SO, UH, BUT WE ARE HERE TONIGHT IS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO SIGNS AND THERE ARE FOUR SIGNS THAT ARE IN QUESTION. SO, UM, 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 GONNA BE A MONUMENT SIGN, OR THAT ONE'S GONNA 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. UH, WITH THE, UM, WITH THE REQUESTS. I'M GONNA GO BY, GO EXPLAIN ONE BY ONE. UM, THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF ALL THESE DEVIATIONS IS FOR SOMETHING LIKE JOVI'S TO COME IN, THEY WANNA INCREASE VISIBILITY, THEY WANNA INCREASE ATTRACTION. THAT'S PRIMARILY THE REASON, UH, FOR WHY THEY'RE ASKING FOR THESE DEVIATIONS. SO FIRST, THE MONUMENT SIGN. THE GDC REQUIRES THE GDC ALLOWS FOR THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF A MONUMENT SIGN TO BE SEVEN FEET. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING IT TO BE 10 FEET, SO THAT'S A DEVIATION ON THE MONUMENT SIGN ON THE FRONT. IN THE REAR, UH, WALL SIGN, THE DEVIATIONS ARE KIND OF TWO-PRONGED. ONE IS THE SIZE. SO THE GDC ALLOWS THE MAXIMUM SIGN AREA TO BE 200 SQUARE FEET. SO IN THE FRONT ATTACHED SIGN OR WALL SIGN, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THAT TO BE 712.4 SQUARE FEET. SO PRETTY LARGE, UM, THAN WHAT'S GENERALLY ALLOWED BETWEEN PLAN COMMISSION. AND, UH, TONIGHT THE APPLICANT HAS INFORMED US THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO BRING IT DOWN, UM, 20%, APPROXIMATELY 20% FROM WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING. SO 720.4, WHATEVER THE 20% IS FOR THAT. SO IT'S GONNA BE REDUCED TO I GUESS 600 SOMETHING. I CAN DO THE MAT REAL QUICK. UM, THE REAR ATTACHED SIGN, UM, THE GDC UH, ALLOWS IT TO BE UP TO HUNDRED SQUARE FEET. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING IT TO BE 400 455 0.77 SQUARE FEET. ADDITIONALLY, THE GDC ONLY ALLOWS, UM, 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 J OVY SIGN MODEL. AND THEY ARE REQUESTING THE WALL SIGN TO BE COMPRISED OF ILLUMINATED PANELS OR BOX TYPE SIGNS TO [02:05:01] INCREASE VISIBILITY AND PRESENCE. TEXT SIGN EXHIBITS, THE PYLON SIGN. SO THEY'RE BRINGING DOWN TWO PYLON SIGNS AND PUTTING BACK ONE SIGN. HOWEVER, UM, THEY ARE REQUESTING, UH, TO EXCEED THE HEIGHT. SO THE GDC ALLOWS THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF A PYLON SIGN TO BE 35 FEET AND UP TO 40 FEET IS ALLOWED WITH AN ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE REQUEST. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO, UM, TO MAKE IT GO UP TO 65 AT PLAN COMMISSION. THEY DID RECOMMEND 60 FEET. SO IF COUNSEL WOULD LIKE TO GO TO 65, THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE MOTION BECAUSE THE APPLICANT JUST MENTIONED THEY WOULD LIKE TO KEEP, UM, THAT AT 65 AS WELL. UM, IN TERMS OF SIGN AREA OF THAT PILE ON SIGN, UM, THE GDC ALLOWS 150 SQUARE FEET PER SIDE. SO EACH SIDE, UM, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THAT PERMITTED SIGN AREA TO BE 655 SQUARE FEET PER SIDE. IN TERMS OF MATERIAL, THE GDC REQUIRES THAT THOSE SIGNS CAN ONLY BE MASONRY. THE APPLICANT INITIALLY WAS REQUESTING ALL STEEL, BUT UH, WITH STAFF AND PLAN COMMISSION WE WERE UM, 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 22 FEET OF THE BASE WILL BE MASONRY AND ABOVE THAT IT'LL BE STEEL. IN TERMS OF UM, CONDITIONS, WE ARE REQUESTING THAT THEY PROVIDE A GOOD LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG CENTERVILLE BECAUSE UM, THERE ARE SOME LANDSCAPING ALONG THE MCDONALD'S PIECE, BUT UM, ON IT DOES NOT CONTINUE ALONG. SO WE DO THINK THE CORRIDOR CAN BENEFIT, UH, 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. UM, SO WE ARE PUTTING THAT IN THERE IN THE CONDITIONS THAT AN EIGHT FOOT, UM, LANDSCAPE BUFFER WILL BE PROVIDED ALONG CENTERVILLE WITH A COMBINATION OF ORNAMENTAL, UM, TREES AND SHRUBS. SO A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, SUMMARY, THE BIG PILE ON SIGN. THEY'RE REQUESTING THE SURFACE AREA TO BE 655 SQUARE FEET. THE HEIGHT OF THAT SIGN, THEY'RE REQUESTING IT TO BE 65 FEET, NOT 60 65. THE MULTI-TENANT, UH, THE MASON, THE PYLON SIGN WILL BE MASONRY AND STEEL WITH THE MASONRY BASE OF 22 FEET. THE FRONT WALL SIGN HA SHALL HAVE A MAXIMUM SURFACE AREA OF 700 AND TEXT PLAN DEVELOPMENT SQUARE FEET RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY'RE REDUCING IT TO 20%. UH, AND THEN THEY'RE REDUCING 20% FROM THAT NUMBER. AND THE REAR WALL SIGN, UH, WILL HAVE A MAXIMUM SURFACE AREA OF 460 SQUARE FOOT. THE MONUMENT SIGN HAVE A MAXIMUM, SHALL HAVE A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 10 FEET AND THE WALL SIGNS WILL BE ILLUMINATED BOX TYPE SIGNS. UM, THEY ARE GOING TO PROVIDE AN EIGHT FOOT WIDE LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG UH, WEST CENTERVILLE, UH, WITH ORNAMENTED TREES AND SHRUBS. AND WE'RE ALREADY GETTING, UH, 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. THE TITLE READS RECOMMENDATIONS. UM, CONSIDERING THAT THIS, THIS SITE, UH, IS VACANT AND UM, WE DO WANT BUSINESSES TO MOVE IN, MOVE IN THERE AND WE WANT THOSE BUSINESSES TO BE SUCCESSFUL, UM, WE'D RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THESE AMENDMENTS AND PLAN COMMISSION ALSO RECOMMEND WE SENT OUT 97 UM, LETTERS AND WE RECEIVED TWO UM, RESPONSES IN FAVOR. UH, 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. UM, 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, UM, AUTOZONE, WINCO, UH, THEY ALL HAVE CERTAIN DEVIATIONS FROM OUR CURRENT GDC STANDARDS. UM, 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 UM, 60 FEET. UM, SO IT IS AT LEAST SOMEWHAT ALIGNED WITH UM, THE TALL, THE OTHER TALL PYLON SIGN THAT'S THERE IN THE AREA. AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE APPLICANT HERE WITH US. ALRIGHT, I HAVE A QUESTION FIRST FROM DEPUTY MAYOR PRO, TIM DUTTON, WOMAN OF PODIUM SMILES, [02:10:01] MAYOR HENDRICK SITS. I'M GLAD THAT YOU SAID THE IHOP 'CAUSE THAT WAS GONNA BE MY QUESTIONNAIRE. ARE THERE OTHER SIGNS IN THE AREA THAT ARE EVEN REMOTELY CLOSE TO THE 60 FOOT? UM, DO WE HAVE MANY OTHER SIGNS IN THAT AREA THAT ARE CLOSE TO THAT? I DO NOT BELIEVE SO. I MEAN, I WOULD RATHER SEE A JOV SIGN THAN A IHOP SIGN. SO I MEAN, UM, AND SO THEN 20% OFF OF THE SEVEN 15 IS ROUGHLY LIKE 5 69 42. YEAH, IT'S LIKE 169 FEET IS WHAT IT WOULD BRING IT DOWN TO. IS THAT NO, NO, NO. IT'D BE 80% OF THE SIGN. SO THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE FRONT FIVE 70 WOULD BE 569.712. THAT'S LITERALLY WHAT I JUST SAID. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. DYLAN HEDRICK MAYOR IS AT A DESK LOOKING DOWN. SO 572 WE CAN, IF, IF SOMEONE WANTS TO APPROVE 69 69 2. OKAY. THE WOMAN OF A PODIUM VIEWS YOUR DEVICE. AND DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER BUSINESSES THAT HAVE FRONT SIGNS THAT ARE THAT LARGE? NOT THAT LARGE. UM, BUT UH, WE HAVE THE WINCO THAT IS 86 STILL. YEAH, THE AUTO ZONE IS NINE SEVEN SQUARE FEET. BUT ALSO THE FACADE, HOW THEY SCALE IS IT SO PROPORTIONATE? CORRECT. OKAY. SO WE, WE STILL FEEL LIKE WITH UM, THIS 569 SQUARE FEET THAT IT'S STILL PROPORTIONATE TO, I WOULD SAY IT'S BIGGER THAN WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, BUT THAT'S, UH, WHAT THE BUSINESS IS REQUESTING TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE ON THAT SIDE. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? TEXT DYLAN HEDRICK. MAYOR. ALRIGHT, I SEE NONE. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE APPLICANT WENDY OOD AND JOHN ROSE, WHOEVER WANTS TO GO FIRST. JUST NAME AND 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 WANNA POINT OUT MY FIRST CAR OUT RIGHT OUTTA COLLEGE WAS AN RX SEVEN, SO I DON'T, I JUST WANTED TO GET THOSE OFF MY CHEST. . UM, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO VISIT WITH US. UH, WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT. UM, WE SPEND A GREAT DEAL OF TIME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING IN TERMS OF SIGNS. WE DO WHAT'S CALLED FLAGGING A SIGN. AND THE REASON WE DO A FLAG SIGN FLAGGING IS WE LOOK, AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, IT'S BASICALLY A CRANE IS BROUGHT OUT, WE STRETCH FABRIC ACROSS A 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 GONNA BE THE FIRST ONE TO TELL YOU THAT ANYBODY WHO LIVES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD'S GONNA KNOW WE'RE THERE. THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE. WE WANT TO DRAW PEOPLE INTO GARLAND AND BUY FROM THAT STORE AT IN GARLAND. SO WHEN WE GO OUT, WE ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT WHAT YOU CAN SEE FROM THE FREEWAY. AND THAT'S WHY WE HAD ASKED, ASKED FOR THE 65 FEET. 'CAUSE WE LITERALLY WENT AND DID WHAT'S CALLED A SIGN FLAGGING HERE TO MAKE SURE WE HAD VISIBILITY. 'CAUSE 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. WE ACTUALLY DRAW FURTHER AWAY WITH THE JVS THAN WE DO WITH AN HEB BECAUSE IT'S A VERY POPULAR, POPULAR USE. UH, AND SO WE'RE, WE'VE, WE'RE TRYING TO GET I OUR IDENTITY AND BRING PEOPLE IN AND IT'S ALSO A, A CA CASE WHERE HEB IS WELL KNOWN. JOVI'S IS NOT AS MUCH. AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE IT. 'CAUSE WE ALSO, UH, PUT OUR BRAND ON THERE, BUT IT'S A LITTLE BIT SMALLER. AND BY THE WAY, I, I WORK FOR BOTH OF THEM. I JUST, UH, SWITCH HITTER TODAY. UM, SO, UM, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THE ONLY REASON WE'RE AT 10 FOOT OUT ON BROADMOOR IS, IS THAT FRANKLY SUVS, IF AN SU V'S THERE, YOU CAN'T SEE A SIGN THAT'S SEVEN FOOT. UH, SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE ASKED FOR IT TO BE 10. IT'S NOT, IT'S NOTHING MORE THAN THAT. ON THE, ON THE PYLON SIGN, IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT. WELL THERE'S TWO THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, THE AREA, IN ORDER FOR US TO TAKE DOWN THAT ROSS SIGN WE'RE ON, WE'RE WE HAVE 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 RE REPLACE IT EXACTLY THE SAME SIZE THAT'S ALREADY THERE. SO THAT ALREADY FIXES THAT. SAME THING WITH DOLLAR TREE. WE'VE GOTTA KEEP THAT 'CAUSE THOSE ARE OUR REQUIREMENTS FROM THAT STANDPOINT. AND SO, UM, WE'RE TRYING OUR BEST TO HONOR OUR, THE AGREEMENTS IN THE LEASES THAT ARE ALREADY OUT THERE AND AT THE SAME TIME BRING IN A NEW BUSINESS. IT'S GOING TO REALLY IMPACT THAT CENTER AND WE HOPEFULLY DRIVE EVERYTHING UP AND BRING IN SOME OTHER BUSINESS AS WELL BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE LEASE SPACES ON THIS CENTER AS WELL. SO WITH THAT, I, I'M, I'LL SORT OF STEP BACK AND TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS BECAUSE [02:15:01] I HOPEFULLY Y'ALL HAVE QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A FEW HERE. START WITH DEPUTY MAYOR PRO, TIM DUTTON. AYE. WELL, FIRST WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU GUYS. I DON'T THINK THAT, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE TOO. , DON'T MISUNDERSTAND THAT. , I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S A SINGLE PERSON, UH, UP HERE THAT IS NOT ECSTATIC TO HAVE YOU GUYS, UM, JOIN OUR CITY. UM, I I DON'T REALLY HAVE QUALMS ABOUT THE 65 FOOT SIGN. I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND. UM, AND BRINGING PEOPLE INTO GARLAND IS WHAT WE'RE AFTER. UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, UM, MY ONLY CONCERN HONESTLY IS THAT FRONT SIGN, UM, JUST BEING SO LARGE AND IT IS FACING CENTERVILLE. SO IT, I I DON'T LIKE FROM A BUSINESS STANDPOINT, WHAT IS THE BENEFITS OF HAVING SUCH A LARGE FRONT SIGN? IT, IT'S AN AESTHETICS. IT FRANKLY, WE'RE TAKING A VERY OLD BUILDING AND I HOPEFULLY YOU'VE SEEN SOME, THE JOBY CONCEPT, THE MAN STANDS AT A PODIUM. WE'RE TAKING A VERY OLD BUILDING AND TRYING TO GET IT SOME IMPACT AND POP TO THAT BUILDING. AND BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO DO THAT AS ECONOMICALLY AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE THIS WAS NOT CHEAP PROPERTY. UM, WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT WITH, UH, WE'VE GOT SOME MATERIALS THAT ARE GONNA MAKE AN, MAKE AN IMPACT AND MAKE SOME JOHN ROSE GESTURES SOME. WOW. BUT IF WE PUT A VERY TINY SIGN ON IT, IT'S GONNA LOOK VERY OUT OF, OUT OF CONTEXT, IF YOU WILL. AND SO THIS IS A, THIS IS ABILITY OF TRYING TO MATCH UP THE SIGN SIZE WITH THE FACADE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, WHICH IS A HUGE FACADE. AND IT'S A LIT, LIT UP SIGN ON THE FRONT. YES MA'AM. IT'S FULLY IN IT'S ILLUMINATED AND I LOVE THAT. UM, 'CAUSE THAT JUST IS ADDED SECURITY AND, AND FOR THE SUCH A DARK AREA, WE, WE RECOGNIZE OUR PRIMARY CUSTOMER IS FEMALE. I'M SORRY IF THAT SOUNDS SEXIST. IT IS THE TRUTH AND IT'S VERY TRUE. AND SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS, IS WE'RE MORE AS CONCERNED ABOUT SECURITY AND SAFETY AND, AND LIGHTING AS YOU ARE. OUR PARKING LOT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I PROBABLY SPEND 20% OF MY TIME DEALING WITH PARKING LOT ISSUES BECAUSE IT'S YOUR FIRST AND LAST EXPERIENCE. SO WE'RE, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT LIGHTING, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT INGRESS AND EGRESS AND WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT OVERALL SAFETY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU MA'AM. COUNCIL MEMBER SAVIANO. OKAY. I I LOVE HEB TOO AND JOE. UM, BUT I GUESS MY CONCERN IS THAT YOU HEARD US EARLIER TODAY, WE HAVE THESE ROLES THAT WE ALL MENTIONED, GD, WHAT WAS IT? JDC AND WHAT WE DO FOR ONE, WE SHOULD DO FOR ALL. AND I AM WORRIED THAT IT WILL OPEN A DOOR. YOU KNOW, I GO TO WIN GO WE GO. I'M JUST CONCERNED WITH THAT. YOU DO IT FOR YOU. AND THEN DOWN CHASE IS GONNA SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT I WANT, I WANT SOMETHING BIGGER. MCDONALD'S IS GONNA SAY, I WANT SOMETHING BIGGER. SO I, I UNDERSTAND WE NEED TO BRING IN, 'CAUSE 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 GONNA BE SO EXCITED. I DO AGREE. UM, I'M JUST KIND OF CONCERNED WHAT WE ABOUT THE SIGNAGE. LARGE, VERY LARGE. HI, I'M WENDY ALLGOOD WITH FSG SIGNS. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF HEB AND JOVI'S. I JUST WANNA 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, AESTHETICALLY 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 AND THE COMMUNITY SURROUNDING IT. AND YOU'LL FIND THAT WHENEVER JOVI'S, WHENEVER HEB 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 GONNA HAVE PEOPLE LIKE ME WHIP IT ACROSS FIVE LANES, BREAKING THAT, TRYING TO GET OVER THERE. AND NOW WE'VE GOT A WHOLE OTHER SITUATION AT HAND. WE HAVE A SAFETY HAZARD. SO THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS THAT GO INTO THE PLANNING OF ALL OF THE SITES. WE'RE DOUBLE TEAMING YOU TODAY. I'M SO SORRY. NO, NO, NO. WE, NO, WE'RE DOUBLE DOUBLE TEAMING. THAT'S, THAT'S, I'M SO SORRY, JOHN. UM, SO, UH, THANK YOU. HOPEFULLY, UM, I THINK WE WE'RE IN TO SHOW YOU KIND OF WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF FACADE ON THIS. DID WE, WERE WE NOT, I THINK THAT CAME BY AND HAVE Y SEEN IT IN THE PLANNING ZONE OR THE, I THINK, I THINK YOU, IF, IF YOU COULD SEE WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT, WHERE WE WENT FROM WHEN WE JUST DID WHEATLAND AT WESTMORELAND, WHICH YES WAS IN [02:20:01] EVEN MORE DESPERATE SHAPE THAN HERE AND IT HAS COMPLETELY REVITALIZED THAT SHOPPING CENTER. IT'S NINE DAY DIFFERENCE AND WE THINK WE'RE GONNA BE DOING SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU MA'AM. COUNCIL MEMBER, LOOK. HI JOHN. HI THERE. TALK TO YOU AGAIN. UM, 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 60 FEET TALL. UM, I HAVE NO PROBLEM GOING UP TO 65. IT'S THAT FRONT WALL SIGN. UM, AND TEXT CITY COUNCIL. SO I'VE DONE THE MATH AND REDUCING THAT BY 20% DOES MAKE IT 569.712 SQUARE FEET. AND YOU'RE AMENABLE TO THAT? WE ARE, WE ARE. OKAY. YOU DID MENTION SECURITY AND UM, WE FREQUENTLY HAVE VENDORS, UM, ILLEGAL, ILLEGAL VENDORS IN THAT PARKING LOT. DOES YOUR SECURITY TEAM ADDRESS ISSUES? WE DON'T LET THAT ISSUES LIKE THAT. WE, WE, WE HAVE THE 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 FIRE WHEEL, 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. UM, AND SO, UM, WE WORK WELL WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE SOME OF OUR, OUR, UH, LOSS PEOPLE OR FORMER POLICE OFFICERS OR FORMER LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SO WE REALLY WANT, AGAIN, IT'S ALL ABOUT A PRIMARY CUSTOMER FEELING SAFE. WE'RE NOT GONNA LET, UM, JOE BOB OUT THERE JUST DOING ANYTHING HE WANTS TO DO. THAT'S VERY NICE TO HEAR. I DO WANT TO WARN YOU THAT, UM, THEY'RE IN PROCESS OF BUILDING A THREE STORY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DOWN BROADMOOR, UH, THREE. YEAH. UM, THAT WE'LL HAVE AT LEAST 1000 KIDS ATTENDING ON A DAILY BASIS WHEN THAT'S, UM, WHEN FINISHED YOU WILL HAVE SOME TRAFFIC THAT DOESN'T BOTHER ME BACKED UP ALL THE WAY TO CENTERVILLE AND, AND THAT DOES CREATE A TRAFFIC CONCERN ALREADY. UM, SO JUST TO FOREWARN YOU THAT MAYBE, UM, YOU WILL HAVE SOME OF THOSE DROP OFF AND PICK UP VEHICLES TRYING TO STOP IN YOUR PARKING LOT. SO BE FOREWARNED, , WE, WE BUILD A LOT. JUST LETTING YOU KNOW, , WE, WE DO BUILD A LOT BY SCHOOLS AND WE DO RUN INTO THOSE ISSUES AND WE HAVE WAYS TO, TO WORK WITH THEM, RIGHT? WE DON'T WANNA 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 FROM THIS. GREAT. WELCOME TO GARLAND. THANK YOU. TEXT CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU MA'AM. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? ALL RIGHT, I SEE NONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MAD SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO SIR. ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK. THIS IS YOUR DISTRICT MA'AM. THANK YOU SIR. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MOTION TO FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST PER STAFF RECOMMENDATION WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM FOUR REDUCING TO 569.712 SQUARE FEET ON THE FRONT WALL SIGN. AND THEN ITEM TWO, INCREASING THE HEIGHT OF THE PYLON SIGN TO 65 FEET, ALL OTHER AMENDMENTS IN PLACE. ALRIGHT, YOU HEARD THE MOTION? WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? COUNSEL, ADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE PEOPLE AT A DESK. GARLAND, A FLORAL LOGO, VOTING RESULTS ON SCREENS. ALL NINE VOTED YES AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. WELL WELCOME TO GARLAND. THANK YOU. WE'LL BE BACK TO SEE YOU UH, IN THE NEAR FUTURE. MAYOR LOOKS DOWN, PICKS UP PAPERS, SMILES. LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. YES, SOME OF YOUR PARKS ON. SO , THANK YOU SO MUCH. HOPE Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. EXTRA BUTTER ON THE TORTILLAS PLEASE. AND THEN THAT CONCLUDES OUR ZONING CASES. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 12, WHICH IS TEXAS MUNICIPAL POWER AGENCY APPOINTMENT COUNSEL, WE INTERVIEWED THE, UH, APPLICANT'S LAST NIGHT AND NOW LOOKING FOR NOMINATIONS. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM DUTTON. I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE MR. TOM HANCOCK. HAVE A NOMINATION OF TOM HANCOCK. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON. ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? COUNSEL DAYS WITH SEATED MEMBERS NAME BANNERS FOR MICHAEL BETS AND CHRISTINA ANO ARE VISIBLE. SECOND, SORRY, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOTION DAY AND SECOND. YES. TALENT COUNCIL, MEMBER LUCK. SECOND. ALL RIGHT, NO OTHER NOMINATIONS. THEN THEY HAVE A NOMINATION OF TOM HANCOCK. MA'AM, SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE ON TOM HANCOCK? TEXT VOTING RESULTS MOTION BY CARISSA DUTTON, SECONDED BY MARGARET LT. AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY GARLAND LOGO APPEARS FADES TO [02:25:01] SHOW MAYOR HEDRICK. RIGHT ITEM NUMBER 13 WAS PULLED BECAUSE THAT DART REPRESENTATIVE, IF IT'S ALREADY BEEN APPOINTED TO THE DART BOARD, MOVE ON TO CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. ITEM NUMBER 14, COUNSEL, I WILL ASK THAT EACH OF YOU READ YOUR OWN REPRESENTATIVES AND MAYOR PRO. TIM, IF YOU'LL READ MY MAYOR DYLAN HEDRICK LOOKS TO HIS LEFT. READ MINE. YES SIR. ALRIGHT, WE'LL START DOWN. DISTRICT ONE, COUNCIL MEMBER TRAN. THANK YOU MAYOR FOR DISTRICT ONE NOMINEES LISTED IN THE PACKAGE ARE ARRO AND GO. LUCAS LE NICHOLAS WAR AND SVIA PRICE TEXT CITY COUNCIL. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER CARAWAY. MAYOR HEDRICK LOOKS DOWN AT PAPERS ON THE DESK. ONE SECOND PLEASE. YOU TOO FAR DOWN? YEAH, YOU SEE YOU RIGHT? STAFF REPORT. GOTCHA. EASE UP, WATCH YOUR NAME. UH, YES, I HAVE GABRIEL. UM, GABRIEL AND ISABELLA. I'M NOT SURE PRONOUNCING THE LAST NAME. I DON'T WANT TO BUTCHER IT. JIMMY TRAN. DISTRICT ONE. UM, AS WELL AS, AS WELL AS MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ AND RUTH AT KOA WALKER. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR NOMINATE ANDREW DION NEAR EMILY MILES. CALY HERRERA. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER SANA. OKAY, UM, I HAVE DANIEL SALVADOR, EVELYN REZ, MIA PHILLIP AND TYLER GILLIN. THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU MA'AM. COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK. I'M TRYING TO FIND THE FOURTH ONE. I APOLOGIZE. TEXT CITY COUNCIL. JULY 2ND, 2026. JUSTIN CARAWAY, ED MOORE, CHRISTINA ANO, FIONA BUFORD, GEORGE PRODO, NATALIE RITTER AND SOPHIA CELL. THANK YOU MA'AM. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM DUTTON. UM, I HAVE CATALINA AADE, UH, KAREN ROSALES, MERA AND MIRIAM. I SHOULD NOT BE GUIVE. JUST GLASSES. THANK YOU MA'AM. COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS NOMINATE BRIA MORALES, COLE MCCLUSKEY, INYA ROSALES AND NATALIE CJO. TEXT CITY COUNCIL MAYOR PRO TEMA DISTRICT EIGHT, UH, PROUDLY NOMINATES THE RETURNING JULIANA DE JESUS. UH, CATHERINE RAMIREZ, MATTHEW MARTIN AND TAYLOR LAY. AND FOR THE MAYOR WE HAVE IVANKA HERNANDEZ, JASON TRAN, MILES VARGHESE AND UH, OV GTI I BELIEVE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SIR. NOW LOOK FOR A MOTION TO ACCEPT ALL THOSE NOMINATIONS. TEXT CITY COUNCIL DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIMM DUTTON MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE COUNCIL'S NOMINATIONS. I HAVE A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM DU DUTTON. AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER TRAN. I'M SECRETARY. PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE TEXT VOTING RESULTS MOTION BY CARISSA DUTTON, SECONDED BY JIMMY TRAN. ALL NINE NAMES ARE MARKED YES. SHOWING YES. NINE, NO ZERO ABSTAINED, ZERO. THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. CONGRATULATIONS YOUTH COUNCIL, LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ALL YOUR GOOD WORK THIS NEXT COMING YEAR. DYLAN HEDRICK MAYOR SITS AT A TABLE, HE WEARS A SUIT AND TIE. ALRIGHT, NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE. YOU HAVE A NOMINATION FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD, SIR? YES SIR. MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE MARK VINCE ELLA PARKS AND RECREATION. ALRIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION AND LOOK FOR A SECOND ON THAT NOMINATION. SECOND BY COUNCIL LUCK. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT NOMINATION? MAD SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE, THE GARLAND LOGO OF FLOWER AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT, FINAL ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS CITIZEN COMMENTS TEXT DYLAN HEDRICK MAYOR. HE LOOKS AT PAPERS THEN GLANCES UP. UH, MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO ADDRESS ISSUES NOT ON THE MEETING AGENDA MAY HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK, HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT COUNCIL IS PROHIBITED FROM DISCUSSING ANY ITEM NOT ON THE POSTAGE AGENDA. MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TONIGHT? YES SIR. ALRIGHT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR FIRST SPEAKER DANNY YATES TEXT DYLAN HEDRICK MAYOR TEXT GARLAND. [02:30:08] ALL RIGHT, IF YOU GIVE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES SIR. UH, AS NOTED, UH, THE, THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE PACKETS CURRENTLY SITTING ON YOUR DESK. MY NAME'S DANNY YATES. I RESIDE AT 24 0 6 SPRINGWOOD LANE RICHARDSON, TEXAS. UM, GOOD EVENING MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, MEDICAL RECORDS SHOULD TELL THE STORY OF A PATIENT'S CARE. IN ARCH'S CASE, THE CITY OF GARLAND CERTIFIED THAT STORY DOES NOT EXIST. OUR FAMILY ADOPTED A PUPPY NAMED ARCH FROM GARLAND ANIMAL SERVICES. WHEN HE TESTED POSITIVE FOR PARVO, WE RETURNED HIM BECAUSE OUR VETERINARIAN TRUSTED THE CITY'S CLINIC AND HIS PROMISE OF INTENSIVE MEDICAL CARE. ON JUNE 18TH, THE VET LOG THAT ARCH WAS BRIGHT ALERT, WAGGING HIS TAIL. TWO DAYS LATER, A STAFF MEMBER WALKED INTO ISOLATION AT SHIFT IN AND FOUND HIM STIFF AND COLD TO TOUCH. WE ASKED THE OBVIOUS QUESTION, WHAT HAPPENED? WE WERE COLDLY TOLD THE FED DOESN'T SPEAK TO THE PUBLIC. WELL TONIGHT PUBLIC IS SPEAKING TO THIS ADMINISTRATION. THE CITY'S ANSWER TO OUR OPEN RECORDS REQUEST WAS AN EMPTY FILE. THE CITY LEGALLY CERTIFIED THAT ZERO HOSPITALIZATION FLOW SHEETS, TREATMENT GRIDS OR MEDICATION LOGS EXIST BEYOND THREE ENTRIES COVERING A 10 DAY STAY. WHEN WE REQUESTED POPULATION COUNTS, THE CITY CERTIFIED IT HAD NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS FOR THAT EITHER. MEANWHILE, THE SHELTER ZONE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES REQUIRE ICU PATIENTS TO BE MONITORED, MONITORED EVERY TWO TO FOUR HOURS WITH ALL FINDINGS RECORDED. THOSE ARE 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 FUND 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'M 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 RTA ANDREWS BOWERS, FORMALLY NOTIFIED US THAT THEY'RE INITIATING THE STATE LEGISLATIVE INQUIRY INQUIRY DIRECTLY INTO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE REGARDING THESE OPERATIONAL AND MEDICAL FAILURES. I AM ASKING FOR PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY. 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 MARCIA HE AVISH AND JAMES SINGLETON TEXT CITY COUNCIL. JULY 7TH, 2026. MAYOR HEDRICK RUBS HIS EYE BANNERS. IDENTIFY CHRISTINA SERRANO. MICHAEL A BETTS. MARGARET LOVE CLAUDIA NOTEN AND ZETO MAE. GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. WE HAVE THREE MINUTES. HELLO, HOW ARE Y'ALL TONIGHT? MY NAME IS MARSHA KEAP. 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. JAMES EYES PAPER, MARSHA. UM, LET ME BEGIN WITH A LITTLE BIT 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. UM, FIVE YEARS AGO I BEGAN TEACHING JAMES TO SWIM. WE SPENT THE FIRST TWO YEARS AT HOLFORD PARK POOL AND 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 AGING 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 BRADFIELD 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 HOLFORD OR THE $13 ADMISSION FEE AT SURF AND SWIM EACH TIME WE VISITED. SECOND, THE DESIGN OF THE POOL HAS BEEN IDEAL FOR TEACHING IT'S WIDE SHALLOW AREA. ALLOWS JAMES TO BUILD ENDURANCE WHILE REMAINING IN WATER [02:35:01] WHERE HE FEELS CONFIDENT AND SAFE. THE GRADUAL SLOPE INTO THE DEEP END ALSO GIVES US A OPPORTUNITY TO PRACTICE PORT AND WATER SAFETY SKILLS SUCH AS, UM, TREADING WATER AND SWIMMING UNDERWATER, JUMPING IN FROM THE SIDE AND TRANSITIONING INTO DEEPER WATER. AS HIS CONFIDENCE HAS GROWN, I'M SURE JAMES IS NOT THE ONLY CHILD WHO HAS LEARNED TO SWIM AT BRADFIELD. ALTHOUGH CHILDREN TODAY DON'T WALK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD POOL AS I DID WAY BACK THEN, I CAN'T IMAGINE A COMMUNITY WITHOUT AN AFFORDABLE NEIGHBORHOOD POOL WHERE FAMILIES CAN LEARN EXERCISE AND SPEND TIME TOGETHER. WELL, IT DOES NOT. IT MAY NOT BE FINANCIALLY PRACTICAL. PRACTICAL TO CONTINUE MAINTAINING BRADFIELD. I HOPE THE CITY OF GARLAND WILL CONSIDER BUDGETING FOR A REPLACEMENT NEIGHBORHOOD POOL IN THE FUTURE. POOL LIKE BRADFIELD WILL PROVIDE MORE THAN RECREATION. THEY TEACH LIFESAVING SKILLS, ENCOURAGE, HELP THE ACTIVITY AND CREATE LASTING MEMORIES FOR GENERATIONS OF GARLAND RESIDENTS. AND NOW JAMES WILL ADDRESS YOU. JAMES, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AS WELL. FOR TWO YEARS I HAVE BEEN SWIMMING. I BRADFIELD POOL. I HAVE BECOME BETTER, UH, THREADING WATER BECAUSE BRADFIELD HAS A DEEP END. I SWIM ACROSS AND BACK. THIS HAVE MY ENDURANCE. I PUT OFF WITH MY FEET AND THEN I KICKED MY LEGS AND MOVE MY ARM. I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT ACROSS, BUT NOW I CAN GO ACROSS TWO TIMES WITHOUT STOPPING. IF I FEEL CLOSENESS, THERE IS NO OTHER POOR. I KEEP I CLOSE AND I SPEAK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LETTING YOU THANK YOU. GIVE A BOW, GIVE A BOW MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER? STEPHANIE WILSON, CITY COUNCIL ROOM WITH PEOPLE AT A DESK. WALL HAS GARLAND LETTERS AND LOGO SCREEN SHOW GARLAND LOGO AND TEXT ON SCREEN. TEXT READS CITY COUNCIL JULY 2ND, 2026. ALRIGHT, YOU PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. UM, MY NAME IS STEPHANIE WILSON AND MY ADDRESS IS 1121 HOLLAND DRIVE. MARINE GARLAND. STEPHANIE WILSON OF PODIUM SPEAKING. UH, GOOD EVENING. I'M JUST READING MY STATEMENT HERE. STEPHANIE WILSON STANDS AT A WOODEN PODIUM SHUFFLING PAPER. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. AGAIN, MY NAME IS STEPHANIE WILSON. I'M A RESIDENT OF NORTHEAST GARLAND. I'M HERE 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 FAMILY'S MEMORIES. BRADFIELD 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 AND SWIM OR HALFORD. THE 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 HALFORD RECREATION CENTER IS NICE, THE POOL ITSELF IS EXTREMELY SMALL. SURFING 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, POOLS, AND RECREATION CENTERS. MAINTAINING BRADFIELD SENDS A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT GARLAND INVESTS IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH HELPS ATTRACT AND RETAIN FAMILIES. CITYWIDE STEPHANIE OF PODIUM. WE ARE WELL AWARE THAT BRADFIELD NEEDS SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT, BUT INVESTMENT IS NOT WASTE, ESPECIALLY FOR A FACILITY. FACILITY THAT CONTINUES TO SERVE THE NORTHEAST GARLAND NEIGHBORHOODS AND HAS ANCHORED THIS COMMUNITY FOR SEVERAL DECADES, [02:40:01] OUR RESPECTFULLY ASKED THE COUNCIL TO KEEP BRADFIELD OPEN, EXPLORE PHASED RENOVATION, CONSIDER BOND OR GRANT FUNDING, AND ENGAGE RESIDENTS IN A TRANSPARENT PLANNING PROCESS. YOU HAVE INVESTED IN HARFORD, YOU HAVE INVESTED IN SURFING SWIM. IT IS NOW TIME TO INVEST IN BRADFIELD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU MA'AM. MA'AM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? YES SIR. TWO MORE. ALRIGHT, PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER. TIFFANY LINSON. THE CURVED CITY COUNCIL MEETING ROOM HAS COUNCIL MEMBERS SEE IT AT A CURVED WOODEN TABLE EACH WITH A COMPUTER MONITOR. THE LIGHT GRAY WALL BEHIND THEM FEATURES TWO LARGE SCREENS DISPLAYING THE GARLAND LOGO. PLEASE KEEP YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. MY NAME IS TIFFANY LINSON 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 HAVE BEEN BRAGGING ON OUR CITY, ESPECIALLY THE CENTRAL LIBRARY, THE DOWNTOWN GARLAND SQUARE AT THE NEW HALFORD 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 SWIM POOL. I HAVE LIVED IN DISTRICT ONE FOR 20 YEARS. TIFFANY LINSON STANDS AT A PODIUM 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 MA'AM. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER SEAN PATE. DYLAN HEDRICK MAYOR SITS AT A LARGE WOODEN DESK. LOOKING FORWARD, IS HE HERE ONE MORE TIME? SEAN PATE? I DO NOT SEE HIM. IS THERE ANYONE, ANYONE ELSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK TONIGHT? ALRIGHT, I SEE NONE THEN. AT 9 53 WE ARE ADJOURNED. GOODNIGHT GARLAND. . * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.