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          JULY 20TH, 2026 WORK SESSION OF THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL. FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON WORK SESSIONTEMS. MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? NO SPEAKERS. SIGN UP 
          [ CONSIDER THE CONSENT AGENDA]
TODAY. ALL RIGHT. FIRST ITEM THEN AFTER THAT IS CONSIDER THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVEN'T HAD ANY REQUESTS TO PULL ANY ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, BUT I HAVE ABOUT 24 HOURS TO LET ME 
          [1. Pending Items List - City Council Committees and Future Work Sessions]
KNOW IF YOU'D LIKE SOMETHING PULLED. MOVING ON TO WRITTEN BRIEFINGS, ITEM NUMBER ONE IS PENDING ITEMS LIST CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEES AND FUTURE WORK SESSIONS. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS 
          [2. GISD Interlocal Agreement Regarding Wastewater Line Constructio​n]
          [3. Resolution Amending the Authorized Representatives for the Texas Local Government Investment Pool]
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT REGARDING WASTEWATER LINE CONSTRUCTION. ITEM NUMBER THREE IS RESOLUTION AMENDING THE AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT 
          [4. Introduction of Assistant City Manager Jeffrey Bryan]
POOL. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO QUESTIONS, WE'LL MOVE ON TO VERBAL BRIEFINGS. ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS INTRODUCTION OF ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER JEFFREY BRYAN. JEFF, IF YOU COULD COME UP ALSO. THAT SOUNDS SO WEIRD. ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER JEFF BRYAN I'M NOT USED TO IT YET. 
          MAYOR AND COUNCIL, GOOD EVENING. I'M PLEASED TO HAVE TONIGHT JEFF BRYAN, AS IN HIS FIRST APPEARANCE AS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, JEFF SPENT OVER 30 YEARS WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RISING ALL THE WAY TO THE RANK OF CHIEF OF POLICE. AND I WORKED CLOSELY WITH JEFF FOR 15 YEARS AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT HE IS AN OUTSTANDING LEADER AND A FANTASTIC MANAGER, AND I'M VERY CONFIDENT THAT HE'S GOING TO SERVE THIS CITY VERY WELL. I ASKED HIM TO JOIN BECAUSE I NEED HIS TALENT. I NEED HIS TALENT, AND I NEED HIS LEADERSHIP. AND HE'S EXACTLY THE PERSON TO FILL THE ROLE. AT THIS TIME, JEFF LED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THROUGH SOME VERY CHALLENGING TIMES WITH A NUMBER OF DISASTERS RIGHT AFTER HE BECAME POLICE CHIEF. WE WERE LUCKY TO HAVE THE COVID PANDEMIC COME UPON US AND CHANGE ALMOST EVERYTHING OVERNIGHT, AND TO WATCH HIM BE ABLE TO ADAPT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO BOTH THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE WAY THAT WE DID PUBLIC S SAFETY DURING THAT TIME IN A WAY THAT WAS SAFE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES WAS FANTASTIC. AND SO I'M I'M VERY PLEASED THAT HE HAS AGREED TO JOIN US. HE HAS BEEN ONE OF OUR MOST TRUSTED SENIOR LEADERS HERE IN THE CITY DURING MY TENURE HERE. AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT HE ACCEPTED MY REQUEST THAT HE JOIN US AS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. AND I'D ASK JEFF 
          [5. Introduction of Proposed Interim Chief of Police Scott Vornberg]
TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO. THE NEXT ITEM IS THE INTRODUCTION OF THE PROPOSED INTERIM POLICE CHIEF SCOTT THORNBURG. AS IS KIND OF THE PRACTICE IN THE PAST, WE'VE HAD. I'D LIKE TO. JEFF BRYAN TO INTRODUCE. SCOTT THORNBURG AS THE AS MY APPOINTEE, AS INTERIM POLICE CHIEF. I BELIEVE THAT SCOTT WILL MAKE AN OUTSTANDING INTERIM CHIEF. AND I WOULD REQUEST, AS YOU KNOW, TOMORROW NIGHT I WILL BE REQUESTING THE COUNCIL TO CONFIRM THAT APPOINTMENT PURSUANT TO THE CHARTER I APPOINT. BUT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 143 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, THIS COUNCIL IS REQUIRED TO EXAMINE MY APPOINTMENT AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT TO CONFIRM, AND THAT WILL OCCUR TOMORROW NIGHT. AND I WOULD ASK THE COUNCIL TO USE TONIGHT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK CHIEF THORNBURG ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE OF HIM PRIOR TO THE TIME OF THE CONFIRMATION TOMORROW. WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JEFF BRYAN. THANK YOU. MIKE. THIS IS STRANGE FOR ME. I'VE SET UP HERE IN UNIFORM FOR A LONG TIME, AND TO SIT UP HERE IN CIVILIAN CLOTHES IS IS A CHANGE. I'VE BEEN ASKED A LOT. DO I LIKE THE CHANGE GOING TO CIVILIAN CLOTHES? AND THE ANSWER IS NO, I DO NOT. I GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I'M GOING TO WEAR EVERY SINGLE DAY. I'M TRYING TO TALK MIKE INTO UNIFORMS FOR THE CMO OFFICE, BUT. IT'S A CHANGE. BUT I'M LEAVING AN ORGANIZATION THAT I'VE BEEN PART OF FOR 30 YEARS. MY HEART AND SOUL IS THERE. I'VE BEEN POLICE CHIEF FOR THE PAST SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED IN THAT PROUD IN WHAT WE'RE TURNINGALSO THAT POLICE DEPARTMENT OVER TO. I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE TO YOU SCOTT VORENBERG. SCOTT GREW UP IN GARLAND GARLAND BOY, WENT TO LAKEVIEW HIGH SCHOOL. HE GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN. IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH, I DON'T LIKE THAT. HE STARTED WITH HE STARTED WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN 1993, ALMOST A LITTLE OVER 33 YEARS AGO. AND 
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WHAT I REMEMBER SCOTT FROM THE MOST IS A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE, HE WAS MY FIRST FIELD TRAINING OFFICER. SO WHEN I CAME IN AS A ROOKIE, SCOTT WAS MY TRAINING OFFICER. AND THEN NOT LONG AFTER, SCOTT BECAME A K-9 OFFICER. IN FACT, THERE WAS AT ONE TIME IN 1997 THAT ME, SCOTT VORENBERG AND BRIAN ENGLUND ALL SET IN LINEUPS TOGETHER AS YOUNG PATROL OFFICERS. AND IF I COULD GO BACK IN TIME TO THAT DAY, I WOULD SAY, MAN, BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU VOLUNTEER FOR MOVING FORWARD. BUT SCOTT HAS BEEN WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR 33 YEARS, AND HE'S BEEN ONE OF MY ASSISTANT CHIEFS FOR THE PAST SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS. AND I KNOW I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, BUT IN THE CITY OF GARLAND, WE HAVE THE BEST POLICE COMMAND STAFF, EXECUTIVE COMMAND STAFF ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY. AND SCOTT IS ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS. AND WHAT MAKES THEM SO SPECIAL IS THAT THEY'RE EACH UNIQUE IN THEIR OWN SKILLS, AND THEY WORK SO CLOSELY TOGETHER IN THOSE SKILLS. AND I TOLD SCOTT THIS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WHEN I WAS TALKING TO HIM ABOUT THIS JOB, AND WE MET SEVERAL TIMES AND I TOLD HIM, YOUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE THAT YOU HAVE THAT I DIDN'T HAVE IS THAT SCOTT VORENBERG AS POLICE CHIEF, IS NOT GOING TO HAVE SCOTT VORENBERG AS ASSISTANT CHIEF, TO BE THAT COLLABORATOR, TO BE THAT PERSON THAT CAN COME IN UNDER ANY SITUATION. AND BOTH PARTIES LEAVE HAPPY AND SATISFIED. AND THAT'S WHO SCOTT IS. AND SO I'M I'M VER PROUD TO INTRODUCE HIM. AND I THINK HE'S GOING TO BE GREAT IN THE INTERIM AND HOPEFULLY WILL BE ON THAT. SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO SCOTT. SCOTT, IF I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. FIRST OF ALL, THAT WAS VERY NICE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND ME AND JEFF DID. WE GREW UP AS SILVER BADGES TOGETHER AND WE ENJOYED IT VERY MUCH. I LOOK BACK AT THOSE TIMES AND THOSE WERE SOME WONDERFUL TIMES. BEING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. THAT IS WHERE ME, BRIAN AND JEFF DEFINITELY SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND KIND OF ROMANTICIZE ABOUT BEING A YOUNG POLICE OFFICER AS OPPOSED TO BEING POLICE ADMINISTRATORS, WHICH ISN'T NEARLY AS MUCH FUN OR AS INTERESTING IN SOME WAYS. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT WE CARE ABOUT THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE WANT IT TO GO WELL AND MOVE FORWARD. 
          YEAH. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL QUESTIONS. COMMENTS. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU BOTH. 
          THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR SERVICE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND THEN, OF COURSE, TO THE CITY OF GARLAND AS WELL. WE'RE FORTUNATE, LIKE CITY MANAGER SAID, TO HAVE SUCH A GOOD COMMAND STAFF AND HAVE A GREAT LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT WE'RE ABLE TO JUST PULL RIGHT INTO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND THEN PULL FROM THE RANKS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RIGHT UP TO REPLACE THE OUTGOING CHIEF. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO BOTH OF YOU AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU BOTH. THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE SOME PEOPLE, CHIMED IN COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS. SO IF YOU THINK ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER IS TOUGH, TRY COUNCILMEMBER. THAT IS TAKING TAKING A WHILE. SO ARE YOU THINKING ON THAT? THAT UNIFORM YOU THINK IN A BLACK SHIRT WITH GOLD BUTTONS WOULD BE A GOOD ASSISTANT, WOULD BE GOOD BLACK SHIRT WITH GOLD BUTTONS? NO, I THINK WE'RE I THINK WE'RE MAKING A GREAT MOVE HERE, JEFF. WE'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW EACH OTHER A LITTLE BIT OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO. WE MET THE FIRST BOND STUDY COMMITTEE I WAS ON IN 2019, AND I'VE WORKED ON VARIOUS THINGS OVER THE YEARS. I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT YOU'VE ACCEPTED THIS APPOINTMENT. SO I'M I JUST WANT TO SAY WELCOME. I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO DO GREAT IN THIS POSITION, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO KEEPING ON WORKING WITH YOU. AND SO, SCOTT, WHO IS GOING TO BE YOUR SCOTT VORENBERG, DO YOU HAVE YOU GOT SOME OF THOSE GUYS PICKED OUT YET? SEVERAL OF THEM RIGHT BACK THERE RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE WATCHING OVER ME HERE, TWO OF THEM, WHICH I WENT THROUGH THE POLICE ACADEMY WITH AS WELL. IS THAT RIGHT? SO YEAH, THEY'RE DEFINITELY BROTHERS IN BLUE TO ME. OKAY, WELL VERY GOOD. IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S ALREADY THINGS ALREADY FALLING INTO PLACE QUITE NICELY. CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF YOU. WELL DESERVED. LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'M SITTING HERE AND I'M LOOKING AT JUST TWO VERY FINE GENTLEMEN. AND IT'S QUITE OBVIOUS THAT BRIAN, WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO SEE YOU ELEVATED TO THE AREA THAT YOU'RE GOING INTO, THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AT THEAME TIME AS KIND OF ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE, MAN, THAT'S TOUGH, YOU KNOW, GOT TO START ALL OVER AGAIN HERE. BUT THEN, SCOTT, YOU'RE COMING IN AND THE MANNER BY WHICH YOU ARE PRESENTLY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, I THINK IT WOULD JUST NOT BE RIGHT TO AT LEAST ASK YOU ONE GOOD QUESTION. OKAY. IT NEEDS TO BE ON THE RIGHT. TELL ME, WHAT DO YOU THINK? THIS IS A VERY CHALLENGING TIME FOR LAW 
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ENFORCEMENT AND FOR OUR CITY, ESPECIALLY AS WE RELATE TO THE CHAIN CHANGING OVER. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY ARE YOUR TOP THREE PRIORITIES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT AS YOU LOOK AT THE CITY AND AS YOU GO FORWARD THESE NEXT FEW MONTHS, THIS NEXT YEAR? WELL, WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO BE FOLLOWING THE SAME PATH WE'VE BEEN TAKING WITH JEFF. BRIAN. 
          HE HAS LED US ON A VERY GOOD PATH. YEAH, THAT MEANS BUILDING COMMUNITY RELATIONS, KEEPING COMMUNITY RELATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WE HAVE A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITIZENS IN OUR CITY, I BELIEVE, AND WE WANT TO KEEP THAT. THAT'D BE THE FIRST. SECOND, I THINK THAT TECHNOLOGY IS IMPORTANT TO US. I THINK THAT THAT IS DEFINITELY AN AREA WHERE WE CAN DO MORE WITH LESS AT TIMES. YOU KNOW, IT IS A IT'S A PHRASE YOU USE ALL THE TIME FORCE MULTIPLIER. 
          AND WE'RE IN A TIME WE'RE TRYING TO BE, YOU KNOW, VERY JUDICIOUS WITH CITY FUNDS AND STUFF. AND IF WE CAN DO MORE WITH THAT AND WITH TECHNOLOGY, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. REAL TIME CRIME CENTER IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JEFF WAS TRYING TO IMPLEMENT BEFORE HE LEFT, AND WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING THAT DIRECTION. ALL POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE GOING TO BE DOING THIS. WE'RE FOLLOWING THE SAME PATH, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ARE NOT BEING LEFT BEHIND IN THAT. THE CITY OF GARLAND, THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT, FOR SURE, HAS ALWAYS BEEN NEAR THE FRONT OF TECHNOLOGY. WHEN IT CAME TO THINGS, WE WERE THE FIRST DEPARTMENT TO HAVE MDCS IN THE TEXAS AREA IN OUR SQUAD CARS, AND WE WERE DOING MORE WITH LESS THAN. AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE ON THAT DIRECTION. AND FINALLY, JUST IN GENERAL, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO FIGHT CRIME. IT COMES IN DIFFERENT WAYS. THERE ARE TIMES THAT SOMETHING WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING LOCALLY, BUT THERE'S ALSO TIMES WHEN IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS BEYOND THE LOCAL ABILITY, AND THAT'S WHERE EDUCATION AND STUFF, WHERE WE'RE USING THE PIO UNIT TO MAKE SURE THAT ELDERLY PEOPLE ARE NOT FALLING FOR SCAMS AND DOING THINGS IN THOSE DIRECTIONS. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF THAT IS, IS BEYOND OUR LOCAL AREA, BUT WE CAN DO A LOT TO TRY AND KEEP THAT FROM HAPPENING TO OUR CITIZENS. IT'S ALMOST LIKE I ASKED YOU THE QUESTION BEFORE YOU GOT HERE, THREE C'S COMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS CRIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUTTON. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY TOLD YOU, BUT THE WINTER UNIFORM IS SWEATER VEST. SWEATER VEST. OKAY. IT'S THE FANTASTIC. WE ALMOST GAVE HIM ONE WITH THE GARLAND POLICE BADGE ON IT. OKAY, THAT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE ALSO. AND CONGRATULATIONS. AS OUR NEW INTERIM CHIEF, I LOVE THAT YOUR FIRST YOUR FIRST STATEMENT WAS ABOUT COMMUNITY GOING INTO THIS PHASE OF LIFE AS A CITY, I, I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE A KEY, KEY FACTOR. BEST ADVICE IS TO STAY OFF FACEBOOK. SOCIAL MEDIA WILL WEAR YOU OUT. I'M VERY EXCITED TO TO SEE WHERE THIS TAKES YOU AND WHERE OUR CITY GOES IN THE MIDST OF FLOCK, IN ALL OF THOSE FUN THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE INTERNET IS IN AN UPROAR ABOUT RIGHT NOW. I FEEL LIKE YOU, YOU CAN HANDLE IT. YOU GOT A GREAT TEAM OF GUYS BACK HERE TO SUPPORT YOU. AND I, I THINK THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO GREAT THINGS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER CARRAWAY. YES. ONCE AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF YOU GUYS. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY. ONE THING THAT I DEFINITELY WANTED TO ADD AS FAR AS THE COMMUNITY PIECE OF IT, FEEL FREE TO LET US KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP ASSIST YOU WITH THAT. WE'RE HERE FOR YOU AS WELL, JUST LIKE YOUR BROTHERS ARE THERE TO SUPPORT YOU. WE WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT TEAM AS WELL AS SUPPORTING YOU. SO WELCOME AGAIN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT. 
          I HAVE NO ONE ELSE. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER TRAN. THANK YOU MAYOR SIR. AGAIN, THANK YOU, JEFF AND SCOTT, GREAT TO SEE YOU HERE. AS THE NEW ROLES, I MET YOU AS A SEVERAL YEARS AGO AS A PART OF THE COMMUNITY LEADERS AND ALSO PART OF THE POLICE ACADEMY TRAINING COMMITTEE ADVISORY. SO VERY WELL RESPECTED. VERY WELL. AWARE AND SUPPORT FROM OUR COMMUNITY. SO ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE NEW ROLES. AND THERE WAS A LOT OF CHALLENGES AHEAD, BUT WITH ALL THE SUPPORT FROM THE TEAM BEHIND AND THE CITY COUNCIL AND 
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THE WHOLE CITY STAFF. SO I THINK WE MEET THAT CHALLENGE. SO ONCE AIN, CONGRATULATIONS. 
          THANK YOU SIR. COUNCILMEMBER. MISTER BRIAN. YES. I DON'T KNOW, SOUNDS WEIRD, BUT YES, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN DO IT YET, BUT I DO WANT TO KNOW, WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THE ROLE THAT YOU SERVED AS CHIEF OF OUR GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR SO LONG. AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT MULTIPLE TIMES. BUT I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I MET YOU BEFORE YOU BECAME CHIEF, AND I FELT AN INSTANT CONNECTION WITH YOU. AND I FEEL THE SAME THING WITH YOU, CHIEF THORNBURG. AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU AS PART OF OUR TEAM IN THIS CAPACITY. 
          I'M EXCITED FOR THE TIME WHERE WE CAN SIT DOWN AND DISCUSS HOW YOU WANT COUNCIL MEMBERS TO CONTACT YOU. AND JUST LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER, CARAWAY SAID. HOWEVER, WE CAN HELP YOU MAKE THIS A SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION. WE'RE HERE AND REALLY EXCITED FOR THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM. ANYBODY ELSE? LAST CHANCE, I SEE NONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. MOVE ON 
          [6. Volunteer Garland Update]
NOW TO ITEM NUMBER SIX VOLUNTEER GARLAND UPDATE. 
          OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL AND MR. CITY MANAGER LEE WILLIAMS WITH PARKS AND RECREATION. AND JOINING ME IS JOSUE DIAZ, WHO IS THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM MANAGER. AND SO I KNOW THAT YOU ALL KNOW JOSUE AND ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE PROGRAM THAT HE HAS BUILT. HE STARTED IN OCTOBER OF 2024, HIT THE GROUND RUNNING, AND HE REALLY HASN'T STOPPED SINCE THEN. BUT WE WANTED TO DO, THOUGH, IS TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT ALL HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED, BASICALLY IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF. BUT REALLY THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS THAT HE DID TO BUILD THE FOUNDATION OF THIS PROGRAM AND CONTINUES TO WORK ON AND JUST BASICALLY GIVE YOU AN ANNUAL REPORT, BECAUSE HE REALLY KICKED OFF THE ACTUAL PROGRAM IN JUNE. AND SO BUT WANTED TO LET HIM GIVE ALL THE KUDOS OF EVERYTHING THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON. AND WITH THAT, WE'LL GET STARTED. WITH HELLO, RON. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. AND TODAY WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT KIND OF AN 18 MONTH REPORT OF VOLUNTEER GARLAND WHERE WE WHY WE WERE CREATED, WHAT WE HAVE DONE AND WHERE WE'RE GOING. VOLUNTEER GARLAND WAS CREATED AROUND A SIMPLE IDEA. STRONG COMMUNITIES ARE BUILT WHEN RESIDENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WORK TOGETHER. FOR YEARS, GARLAND RESIDENTS HAVE CONSISTENTLY STEPPED FORWARD TO SUPPORT THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES DURING TIMES OF NEED. BUT HISTORICALLY, THERE WAS NO CENTRALIZED SYSTEM THAT MADE IT EASY FOR RESIDENTS TO CONNECT WITH VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS THE CITY, ORGANIZATION VOLUNTEER GARLAND WAS CREATED TO BRIDGE THAT GAP. THE GOAL WAS NEVER SIMPLY ABOUT ORGANIZING EVENTS. THE GOAL WAS BUILDING A CITY WIDE SYSTEM THAT HELPS RESIDENTS CONNECT WITH THE CITY AND CREATE MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT THROUGHOUT GARLAND. WHEN I WAS HIRED IN OCTOBER OF 2020, FOR THE FIRST SEVERAL MONTHS, FOCUSED HEAVILY ON INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT. ONE OF THE FIRST MAJOR PROJECTS WAS DEVELOPING A VOLUNTEER MANUAL AND OPERATIONAL STANDARDS THAT WERE LATER INCORPORATED INTO THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT'S CAPRA ACCREDITATION PROCESS. AT THE SA TIME, WE IMPLEMENTED VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING REGISTRATIONS, REPORTING COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, BACKGROUND CHECKS, AND LONG TERM OPERATIONAL GROWTH. DURING SPRING 2025, WE LAUNCHED A PILOT CLEAN UP EVENTS TO TEST REGISTRATIONS, WAIVERS, COMMUNICATIONS, AND FIELD LOGISTICS BEFORE PUBLICLY LAUNCHING THE VOLUNTEER GARLAND CITYWIDE IN JUNE OF 2025. ONCE THE INFRASTRUCTURE WAS IN PLACE, THE NEXEXT PHASE FOCUSED ON OPERATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RELATIONSHIP BUILDING. MUCH OF 2025 WAS SPENT MEETING WITH 
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COMMUNITY LEADERS, SCHOOLS, NONPROFITS, CHURCHES, BUSINESSES AND CITY DEPARTMENTS TO EXPLAIN WHAT VOLUNTEER GARLAND WAS TRYING TO BECOME AT EACH. AT THE SAME TIME, WE EXECUTED AN $87,000 T-C-E-Q GRANT THAT FUNDED CLEANUP EQUIPMENT, SAFETY SUPPLIES, AND THE VOLUNTEER GARLAND TRAILER THAT GRANT HELPED MOVE THE PROGRAM FROM SMALL VOLUNTEER PROJECTS INTO A SCALABLE OPERATIONAL MODEL CAPABLE FOR SUPPORTING LARGER, CITY WIDE INITIATIVES. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT OPERATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS WAS THE CREATION OF THE VOLUNTEER GARLAND TRAILER. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE PROGRESSION FROM THE ORIGINAL WRITTEN CONCEPTS INTO THE FINAL INTERNAL BUILD OUT, COMPLETED BY THE PARKS OPERATIONS STAFF. 
          THE TRAILER WAS A CUSTOM DESIGNED AROUND VOLUNTEER OPERATIONS AND FIELD DEPLOYMENT NEEDS. BY SEPTEMBER 2025, THE TRAILER AND EQUIPMENT SYSTEM WAS FULLY DEPLOYED INTO THE FIELD AND BECAME ONE OF THE MOST VISIBLE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PROGRAM IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          AT THE SAME TIME, WE WERE BUILDING OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS. WE WERE ALSO BUILDING THE IDENTITY OF THE PROGRAM ITSELF. PARKS OPERATIONS STAFF CONTINUED ASSISTING WITH FABRICATION AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT, WHILE PUBLIC AND MEDIA RELATIONS HELPED ESTABLISH THE VOLUNTEER GARLAND VISUAL IDENTITY, BRANDING STANDARDS AND MARKETING STRUCTURE AND COMMUNICATION STRATEGY. THAT PARTNERSHIP HELPED CREATE A PROFESSIONAL, RECOGNIZABLE, PUBLIC FACING IMAGE THAT RESIDENTS NOW ASSOCIATE WITH VOLUNTEER SERVICE THROUGHOUT GARLAND. ONCE THE INFRASTRUCTURE, BRANDING AND SYSTEMS WERE IN PLACE, THE THE COMMUNITY RESPONDED VERY QUICKLY. RESIDENTS BEGAN PARTICIPATING IN LARGE SCALE, VISIBLE CLEANUP PROJECTS THAT ATTRACTED A CONSISTENT STREAM OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WHAT SURPRISED US MOST ABOUT HOW QUICKLY PARTICIPATION EXPANDED BEYOND GARLAND ITSELF? THAT RESPONSE CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS A STRONG DEMAND FOR ORGANIZED, VISIBLE, COMMUNITY BASED VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES. TODAY, THE SYSTEM HAS GROWN TO MORE THAN 2200 REGISTERED VOLUNTEER ACCOUNTS, OVER 1200 ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS, AND MORE THAN 156 COMPLETED VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES. WHAT STARTED AS A STARTUP EFFORT HAS RAPIDLY EVOLVED INTO A CITYWIDE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT SYSTEM, SUPPORTING MULTIPLE OPERATIONAL AREAS ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION. THE CHALLENGE NOW IS LESS ABOUT PROVING PUBLIC INTEREST AND MORE ABOUT BUILDING SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING LONG TERM GROWTH. IT IS EASY TO THIN THAT VOLUNTEER GARLAND IS ONLY A LITTER CLEANUP ORGANIZATION, BUT THAT IS SIMPLY WHERE THE PROGRAM BEGAN. 
          AS VOLUNTEER, GARLAND CONTINUED GROWING DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY ORGANIZATION BEGAN ADAPTING THE SYSTEM TO SUPPORT THEIR OWN OPERATIONAL NEEDS AND COMMUNITY GOALS. THE FIRST ADOPTERS WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION WERE PARKS AND RECREATION, SANITATION, AND THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. TODAY,3 CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE PARTICIPATING IN VOLUNTEER GARLAND'S ECOSYSTEM IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER. WE NOW OPERATE IN FOUR PILLARS THAT DIRECTLY SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE CITY OF GARLAND. THOSE PILLARS INCLUDE NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION, SUPPORT SERVICES, ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION, AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH. TODAY, RESIDENTS CAN CHOOSE FROM A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES THAT INCLUDE HELPING OUT AT THE LIBRARY, ASSISTING WITH THE SENIOR LUNCH PROGRAM, WORKING IN A CITY OFFICE, BEING AN USHER AT THE GRANVILLE ARTS CENTER, PARTICIPATING IN ONE OF TWO YEAR ROUND CITYWIDE CLEANUP EVENTS OR REBUILDING THE CITY THROUGH THE GARLAND CARES PROGRAM. VOLUNTEER GARLAND.ORG ALSO SERVES AS A PLATFORM FOR NONPROFIT AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT BENEFIT FROM THE GROWING VOLUNTEER DATABASE AND OUTREACH OUTREACH SYSTEM. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS, I HOPE YOU DON'T JUST SEE STATISTICS. I HOPE YOU SEE NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS IN JUST 18 MONTHS. THAT COLLECTIVE EFFORT HAS CREATED BETWEEN HALF $1,000,000.75 MILLION IN COMMUNITY VALUE. BUT THE REAL IMPACT CAN BE CAN'T BE MEASURED IN DOLLARS ALONE. IT CAN BE SEEN IN CLEANER PARKS, STRONGER NEIGHBORHOODS, FAMILIES FINDING PURPOSE THROUGH SERVICE AND DEPARTMENTS, ACCOMPLISHING PROJECTS THEY SIMPLY COULD NOT HAVE DONE ALONE. VOLUNTEER GARLAND PROVIDES THE STRUCTURE AND THE OPPORTUNITY. WE CONNECT PEOPLE WHO CARE WITH NEEDS THAT MATTER, AND TOGETHER WE ARE BUILDING A STRONGER GARLAND. ONE PROJECT, ONEARTNERSHIP, AND ONE VOLUNTEER AT A TIME. 
          LOOKING AHEAD, VOLUNTEER GARLAND WILL PLAY AN INTEGRAL ROLE IN GARLAND CARES, THE 
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CITY'S LONG TERM INITIATIVE TO STRENGTHEN NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH COMMUNITY SERVICE. 
          TOGETHER, WE WILL CONTINUE EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS TO SERVE, SUPPORTING CITY DEPARTMENTS AND HELP NEIGHBORS IN NEED. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE VOLUNTEER GARLAND IS EVOLVING FROM AN EVENT BASED PROGRAM INTO A LONG TERM STRATEGY FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. 
          AS PARTICIPATION GROWS, SO DOES OUR OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT RESIDENTS WITH MEANINGFUL WAYS TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY. IT HAS ONLY BEEN APPROXIMATELY SEVEN EIGHT MONTHS SINCE THE PROGRAM EXPANDED TO TWO FULL TIME EMPLOYEES. OUR FOCUS NOW IS INSTITUTIONALIZING THE PROGRAM FOR LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY. OVER THE LAST YEAR, THE PROGRAM ALSO RECEIVED TWO STATE RECOGNITIONS THROUGH THE TEXAS RECREATION AND PARKS SOCIETY. ONE OF THOSE RECOGNITIONS RECOGNITIONS WAS THE VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD FOR AN ORGANIZATION RECOGNIZING EXCEPTIONAL VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP AND SUSTAINED SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. THE DEPARTMENT ALSO RECEIVED RECOGNITION FOR MEDIA OUTREACH AND STORYTELLING CONNECTED TO VOLUNTEER GARLAND AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS. WE ALSO SAW CAITLIN GODFREY RECEIVE REGIONAL RECOGNITION AS PART TIME EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR, BEFORE LATER TRANSITIONING INTO A FULL TIME ROLE. RECENTLY, VOLUNTEER GARLAND WAS FEATURED IN TML'S TEXAS TOWN AND CITY FOR INNOVATION AS A GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION. WHEN PEOPLE ASK WHERE I SEE VOLUNTEER GARLAND IN THE NEXT 5 OR 10 YEARS, THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE I WANT SERVICE TO BECOME PART OF GARLAND'S IDENTITY. I WANT EVERY RESIDENTS TO KNOW THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO CONTRIBUTE, AND EVERY CITY DEPARTMENT TO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A COMMUNITY READY TO HELP. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT AND FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF VOLUNTEER GARLAND AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE BUILDING THIS PROGRAM ALONGSIDE OUR RESIDENTS, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND CITY DEPARTMENTS. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. YOU WILL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. YES. THANK YOU BOTH FOR THAT PRESENTATION. VERY, VERY WELL DONE. I I'M SEEING YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS THAT ARE COMING OUT ABOUT YOUR PROGRAM, AND I THINK THOSE ARE THE THOSE ARE THE MOST WELL RECEIVED THINGS THAT I'VE SEEN SINCE H-E-B. SO YOU'RE GETTING A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK. I THINK THE PUTTING THIS OUT THERE THAT HERE'S WHAT WE'RE DOING, SHOW IT IN PICTURES INSTEAD OF JUST A GRAPH THAT REALLY, I THINK HAS SPARKED A LOT OF INTEREST. AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A, A CLEANUP AND NORTHERN DUCK CREEK THAT RUNS THROUGH THE MAYOR'S NEIGHBORHOOD IN OAK RIDGE. I'VE TALKED TO SOME OF THEM. THEY'RE ANXIOUS TO GET ON BOARD AND HAVE A LOT OF RESIDENTS FROM THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WILL JUMP IN AND HELP ONCE WE DO THAT EFFORT THIS FALL. SO I DON'T WANT TO START THAT THIS WEEK. AND WITH 100 AND SOMETHING DEGREES. BUT I KNOW THAT YOU'VE GOT THAT IN YOUR PLANS. SO I KNOW THAT THERE. AND TO HELP WHEN WHEN THAT TIME COMES. SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN YOU'RE READY AND I WILL BE SURE AND GATHER UP, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF PEOPLE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHO WANT TO HELP WITH THAT PROJECT COMES. BUT ANYWAY, JUST WELL DONE. I THINK THIS IS A REALLY A GOOD UPDATE. AND YOU KNOW, WHO KNEW IT COULD LEAD TO THIS AND, AND DO YOUR VISION OF WHERE IT'S GOING. ABSOLUTELY. RIGHT ON. I'M REALLY IN APPRECIATE THE THOUGHT YOU'VE PUT INTO THIS TONIGHT. SO I THINK WE'RE I THINK WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK GUYS. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. THANK YOU THANK YOU SIR. MAYOR PRO TEM THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          IT'S IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT IT'S ONLY BEEN 18 MONTHS. IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'VE BEEN HERE THE WHOLE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN COUNCIL. THE AMOUNT OF THE WHIRLWIND OF ACTIVITY THAT YOU THAT THAT YOU'VE PERFORMED, IT'S IMPRESSIVE. I LOVE THE WAY THAT YOU INTEGRATE THE PROGRAM IN WITH OTHER PEOPLE'S NONPROFITS. AND IF THEY HAVE SOMETHING, IF THEY HAVE A WHOLE GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS, YOU JUST FOLD THEM RIGHT INTO THE PROGRAM AND YOU CAN FEEL THE ENERGY. IT IS THE EPITOME OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. AND, AND BRINGING CAITLIN ON BOARD FULL TIME. I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANTED FOR A LONG TIME. I'M GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT DONE. AND SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCILMEMBER. HI THERE. GOOD JOB. YOU DID SUCH AN AMAZING JOB. I KNOW READING IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY AND CLICK, CLICK CLICK. THAT'S THAT'S NERVE WRACKING. BUT YOU DID A FANTASTIC JOB. SO MY DAYTIME JOB IS, IS WORKING WITH AT RISK 
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YOUTH. AND ONE THINGS THAT I CAN RECALL IS WHEN WE HAD THE DUCK CREEK CLEANUP AND I HAD MAYBE, I THINK 30 YOUTH GO OUT THERE. AND AT THE END, THEY CONTINUE TO COME UP TO ME AND SAID, HEY, WE HAD PURPOSE, LIKE YOU SAID. AND THE OTHER THING IS NO ONE LOOKED AT US LIKE WE WERE DIFFERENT. WE WENT OUT THERE, THEY WERE IN THE CREEK. I'M LIKE, GET OUT OF THE CREEK, GET, GET OUT OF THE CREEK. YOU KNOW, LIKE GET, YOU KNOW, AND SWINGING THEIR LITTLE NET AROUND. I'M LIKE, DON'T GET THAT WATER ON ME. BUT YOU REALLY, THAT'S WHAT I LOVE TO SEE IS WHEN WE HAVE A DIVERSE GROUP OUT THERE, THE OLD TO THE VERY YOUNG, AND THEY'RE LOOKING JUST TO CHANGE THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THEM TO LEAVE AND SAY TO ME, HEY, WHEN'S THE NEXT EVENT? WHEN'S THE NEXT EVENT? THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW YOU'RE REALLY IMPACTING THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCILMEMBER LUCK. YES, WE WE YOU A LITTLE NERVOUS. YEAH. JUST A LITTLE. WILL YOU GO BACK TO THAT PAGE THAT SHOWS ALL OF THE ACCOLADES THAT YOU ALL HAVE RECEIVED, YOUR PROGRAM IMPACT. THAT'S IT. I'M SO PROUD OF YOU, AND YOU SHOULD BE SO PROUD OF YOURSELF AND CAITLIN FOR DOING SUCH AN AMAZING JOB YOU GUYS HAVE. REALLY, I MEAN, YOU MADE THIS PROGRAM AND YOU'VE MADE IT A SUCCESS, AND YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO, AS I AM VERY SURE. I'M A I'M A VOLUNTEER FOR GARLAND CARES. I KNOW COUNCILWOMAN DUTTON IS ALSO A VOLUNTEER FOR GARLAND CARES. I'VE SEEN COUNCILWOMAN SEGOVIANO OUT THERE AND MAYOR HEDRICK FOR THE CLEANUPS. SO I REALLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY OF THE VOLUNTEER GARLAND PROGRAMS AND SHOW YOUR IMPACT, BECAUSE THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING AND IT'S SO EXCITING. AND I, I REALLY, I JUST CAN'T SAY ENOUGH HOW PROUD I AM OF YOU. AND, AND CAITLIN, I KNOW Y'ALL ARE A TEAM AND, AND, AND IT JUST WORKS REALLY WELL. AND WE'RE, YOU'RE DOING SUCH A FANTASTIC JOB. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR THIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, MADAM DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUTTON I SORRY, I'M LAUGHING. I GOT A PHOTO FROM YESTERDAY'S CREEK CLEANUP OF ME HOLDING GLENNA'S PANTS SO THAT SHE DIDN'T FALL INTO THE POND YESTERDAY. SO THAT'S PERFECT TIMING. HOST HOW CAN COUNCIL SUPPORT YOU GUYS IN THE PROGRAM BEST? THAT IS. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I WOULD SAY THAT A UNIFIED CITY, ESPECIALLY COUNCIL, IS WHAT MAKES THIS POSSIBLE. NOT EVERYBODY WANTS TO GO OUT IN 110 DEGREE HEAT. NOT EVERYBODY CAN DO IT. IF YOU CAN TALK ABOUT IT, TELL PEOPLE ABOUT IT, ENCOURAGE OTHERS. YOU'RE THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY. THIS ISN'T JUST CAITLYN AND I OR THE CITY. THIS IS US. YOU ARE DOING A GOOD JOB. WE, THE COMMUNITY, ARE COMING TOGETHER AND THAT IS REFLECTING THE TIME, THE EXCITING TIME THAT WE ARE LIVING. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE CHANGING THE CITY FOR THE POSITIVE IN THE FUTURE. SO KEEP TELLING PEOPLE, KEEP BEING THE VOICE OF THE CITY. OKAY THEN. LIKE THAT WASN'T HEAVY OR ANYTHING, BUT YOU'RE SO VERY RIGHT. AND I THINK THAT ONE THING THAT YOU SELL YOURSELF SHORT ON IS THIS PROGRAM BY PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN IT. IT HONESTLY GIVES PEOPLE THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND OWNERSHIP WITHIN THE CITY AND MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR GARLAND ON THE RISE AND, YOU KNOW, OUR NEW STRATEGIC PLAN AND ALL OF THESE THINGS, HAVING YOUR NEIGHBORS HAVE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY IN A WORLD WHERE EVERYONE'S RESPONSE IS, MIND YOUR BUSINESS IS SO CRITICAL. 
          IT IS SO VERY CRITICAL. AND IT'S, IT GOES BEYOND DOING SOMEONE'S YARD. WE HAD AN ELDERLY WOMAN THAT WE DID A LAWN FOR, AND THE NEIGHBOR WAS BESIDE HIMSELF THAT THERE WERE TWO COUNCIL PEOPLE OUT THERE MOWING. HE WAS KNOCKING ON EVERYONE ELSE'S DOORS, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THERE WERE TWO COUNCIL PEOPLE OUT THERE MOWING. BUT AFTER THE FACT, WHAT NO ONE 
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SEES IS THE THE HOMEOWNER WHO IS STILL NOT HOME CALLING BECAUSE NOW SHE FEELS LIKE SHE HAS SOMEONE THAT SHE CAN TALK TO THAT CAN HELP HER IN OTHER WAYS. AND SO I GOT A HOME, I GOT A CALL FROM THE HOMEOWNER WEEKS LATER ABOUT HER GP, NO BILL. AND SO I, I WAS ABLE TO GET HER IN CONTACT WITH GP AND WE GOT IT HANDLED FOR HER AND GOT THAT SITUATION TAKEN CARE OF. AND SHE WAS JUST SO THANKFUL THAT SHE NOW FELT LIKE SHE HAD A GROUP OF FRIENDS WITHIN THE CITY.Y. SO DON'T SELL YOUR SHORT YOURSELF SHORT ON THAT. THE PROGRAM IS DOING AMAZING, AMAZING THINGS. DO I RECOMMEND DOING IT RIGHT NOW OUTSIDE? NO. BUT YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T DIE. WE BROUGHT POPSICLES. IT WAS FINE. SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DO AND FOR ANYONE WATCHING, IF YOU HAVE THINGS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR YOUR AREA THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO, THAT IS HOW YESTERDAY'S CLEANUP STARTED. AT THE PARK. WAS A RESIDENT REACHING OUT AND SAYING, HEY, THIS THIS POND IS FULL OF LITTER. CAN YOU GUYS HELP? HOST AND CAITLIN GOT IT TAKEN CARE OF. GOT IT POSTED. AND WE HAD, GOSH, PROBABLY LIKE 30 VOLUNTEERS THAT WERE OUT YESTERDAY, INCLUDING FRANK. THE CAT CAME TO HELP. AND SO YOU CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE JUST AN OPPORTUNITY THAT THAT WE HAVE PUT OUT THERE. SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. I DON'T HAVE ANYONE IN THE QUEUE, BUT TELL US IF PEOPLE WANT TO GET MORE INFORMATION, HOW DO THEY SIGN UP FOR THE NEWSLETTER? WHAT WEBSITE DO THEY GO TO? HOW DO THEY GET INVOLVED? RIGHT. IF PEOPLE WANT TO GET INVOLVED, THE EASIEST THING IS GO TO VOLUNTEER GARLAND.ORG. IF YOU WANT TO INTERACT WITH A HUMAN BEING, SEND ME AN EMAIL VOLUNTEER AT GARLAND, TX.ORG.GOV AND WE'LL GIVE YOU A CALL. GIVE US, GIVE US A NAME, NUMBER OR AN EMAIL RESPONSE, AND WE'LL REACH OUT. I'LL SAY THAT IN THE, IN THE UPCOMING FUTURE, PART OF WHAT WE DO GOOD DO REALLY WELL IS CHAMPION THE COMMUNITY. WE CAN'T POSSIBLY HANDLE THE ENTIRE CITY. WHAT WE DO REALLY WELL IS HELP PEOPLE HELP EACH OTHER. YESTERDAY'S CLEANUP IS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT. SOMEBODY REACHED OUT. THEY WANTED SOMETHING DONE. WE GAVE THEM MATERIALS. WE CONNECTED THEM TO THE DATABASE. PEOPLE RESPONDED. IN THE UPCOMING YEARS, THAT IS THE FORMULA THAT IS GOING TO LEAD TO SUCCESS IN THE CITY. VOLUNTEER GARLAND.ORG. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO 
          [7. GDC Amendment 25-09]
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS GDC AMENDMENT 2509. 
          LEONARD, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. I DON'T KNOW HOW HOW I ALWAYS END UP HERE AFTER A FASCINATING PRESENTATION AND MY STUFF JUST SEEMS MORE BORING AT THAT POINT. BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT DID COME FROM THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE, AND IT DID COME TO CITY COUNCIL AS A REPORT OUT. WE DID GET DIRECTION TO MOVE FORWARD. NOW HAVE TAKEN IT TO PLAN COMMISSION, GOTTEN THEIR RECOMMENDATION, WHAT THEY HAVE RECOMMENDED. THAT'S PART OF YOUR PACKET AS WELL. SO THAT HAS A LOT OF REDLINED ITEMS. AND I'LL EXPLAIN ONE BY ONE WHY IT SEEMS SO EXTENSIVE. BUT THE GIST OF IT IS THATT IN CHAPTER FOUR, ARTICLE FIVE, OR OUR GDC IS WHERE WE HAVE ALL OUR SCIENCE STANDARDS. AND FOR OUR DOWNTOWN DISTRICT, WE HAVE OUR SCIENCE STANDARDS. IN CHAPTER SEVEN, ARTICLE SEVEN. SO WE HAVE TOUCHED THEM BOTH WITH THIS AMENDMENT. AND IT IS NOT FULLY COMPREHENSIVE, BUT IT WENT A LITTLE. WE CLEANED IT UP A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WHAT WAS INITIALLY SCOPED. SO FOR BIG ITEMS THAT WE DID WITH IT, ONE IS WE WERE INSTRUCTED TO LOOK INTO THE SIZE, SIZE OF THE 
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SIGNS. THE WHOLE POINT WAS, HEY, THERE ARE A L OF WAIVER REQUESTS, VARIANCE REQUESTS RELATED TO SIGNS AS THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO TO MAKE IT EASIER WHERE APPROPRIATE. SO WE HAVE TACKLED THAT. THERE WAS ANOTHER REQUEST THAT DOWNTOWN WAIVER PROCESS, IT DOES COME THROUGH PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL. IS THERE A WAY TO MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER WHEN THERE IS A SIGN VARIANCE THAT'S NEEDED IN DOWNTOWN? SO WE HAVE LOOK INTO THAT AS WELL. WHERE WE HAVE GONE COMPREHENSIVE IS THE STRUCTURE OF THE OF THE CHAPTER WHERE THERE WERE LOTS OF TEXTS AND PEOPLE, WHEN THEY'RE READING IT, THEY'LL REALLY HAVE TO FOCUS AND FIND OUT WHAT THE REGULATIONS ARE WANTING THEM TO DO. SO WE HAVE CONVERTED A LOT OF IT INTO TABLES. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT IN THE PACKET, WHICH WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR SOMEONE TO NAVIGATE THROUGH DIFFERENT TYPES OF REQUIREMENTS THAT COME WITH DIFFERENT TYPE OF SIGN. 
          ONE OTHER MAJOR COMPONENT WAS LOOKING INTO ICONIC SIGNS. WE ALREADY HAVE A HISTORIC SIGNS SECTION IN THE GDC. THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN THAT. ONE BIG EXAMPLE COULD BE THE JIMMY WALLACE SIGN. IT DOES NOT FIT THE STANDARDS THAT ARE WITHIN THE GDC, BUT WE THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT IT WAS CONSIDERED SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE USEFUL FOR OUR DOWNTOWN. IT WAS APPROVED TO BE A DOWNTOWN WAIVER, MAJOR WAIVER PROCESS. SO WE WANTED TO ESTABLISH SOMETHING THAT WILL HAVE A DESIGNATION PROCESS FOR ICONIC SIGNS. IT COULD BE EXISTING. 
          ICONIC SIGNS CAN COME FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL TO GET THAT DESIGNATION. OR IF SOMEONE'S WANTING TO ESTABLISH SOMETHING UNIQUE AND THAT DOES NOT FIT THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE GDC, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO COME TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THAT. AND THAT PROCESS HAS BEEN STREAMLINED AS WELL. SO IN TERMS OF SIZE RESTRICTIONS. WE REALLY WANTED TO LOOK INTO WHERE BIGGER SIGNS WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE. AND IN DISCUSSION WITH THE COMMITTEE, WE CAME UP WITH THE FACT THAT NEAR HIGHWAYS, THE STRIKE AND RAIL IS A GREAT EXAMPLE. IT'S NEXT TO 190. IT'S YES, IT'S WAY BIGGER THAN WHAT THE GDC ALLOWS. BUT AT THAT LOCATION NEXT TO THE HIGHWAYS FOR VISIBILITY PURPOSES TO ATTRACT PEOPLE, IT WORKS. SO WE HAVE IDENTIFIED IN THE AMENDMENT THREE FREEWAYS WITHIN THE CITY. SO 190 I-30 AND 635 IF THERE IF THERE ARE SIGNS THAT ARE ALONG THOSE HIGHWAYS, THEY WILL BE PERMITTED WITHOUT HAVING TO COME TO CITY COUNCIL. 
          THEY WILL BE PERMITTED TO BE MULTIPLIED BY A FACTOR OF TWO. SO THEY CAN BE DOUBLE THE SIZE THAN OTHERWISE ALLOWED. WE WENT A LITTLE FURTHER AS WELL, AND WE SAY THAT IF IT'S MOUNTED WITHIN THE UPPERMOST 25% OF THE HEIGHT OF THE FACADE, JUST LIKE THE STRIKE AND REAL ONE IS, IT'S WAY HIGHER. SO IT'S VISIBILITY IS BETTER BECAUSE IT'S HIGH. IN THAT INSTANCE, IT CAN BE MULTIPLIED BY A FACTOR OF THREE BECAUSE IT'S NEXT TO THE HIGHWAYS. WE DO NOT THINK THESE WILL CREATE ISSUES OF CLUTTERING OR VISUAL OBSTRUCTIONS THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          SO THAT'S HOW WE'RE WE'RE BEING MORE FLEXIBLE WHEN THEY'RE NEXT TO HIGHWAYS. ANOTHER THING THAT WE DID FOR SIZE OR SIZE RELATED MATTERS WAS THAT IN DOWNTOWN, WE HAD A PROVISION THAT IF A SIGN IS BEING PLACED IN A BUILDING AT A HEIGHT THAT'S LESS THAN 12 FOOT ABOVE GRADE, THEN THEY COULD ONLY BE TEN SQUARE FOOT, WHICH IS VERY, VERY SMALL. MOST OF OUR SIGNS DO NOT MEET THAT STANDARD. I YOU ALL MAY REMEMBER EPIPHANY CAME TO CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL LAST YEAR. IT WAS THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. IT'S AN EXISTING BUILDING. IT'S LESS THAN 12 FOOT. SO WE WERE ONLY BEING ABLE TO ALLOW THEM TEN SQUARE FOOT. BUT IF THEY GO BEYOND 12FT IN GRADE, THEY'RE ALLOWED 30 SQUARE FOOT. WE'RE PROPOSING THAT THE MAXIMUM AREA OF 30 SQUARE FOOT BE ALLOWED, REGARDLESS OF THE HEIGHT OF THE SIGN ON A FACADE, JUST LIKE THIS ONE THERE. IT DOES NOT CREATE AN ISSUE AS WE HAVE SEEN THIS BEING PLACED. SO WE THINK BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE IN DOWNTOWN, BASED ON THE EXISTING BUILDINGS, INSTEAD OF THEM HAVING TO COME THROUGH OR COME COME THROUGH A PROCESS, IT'S BETTER TO ALLOW 30 SQUARE FOOT REGARDLESS IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS. THE DOWNTOWN WAIVERS. 
          CURRENTLY, WE HAVE TWO DIFFERT WAIVER PROCESSES IN DOWNTOWN. ONE IS A MINOR WAIVER. 
          ONE IS A MAJOR WAIVER. SO MINOR WAIVERS ARE LISTED ON THE GDC. ANYTHING THAT DOESN'T FIT THE DEFINITION OF MINOR WAIVER IS A MAJOR WAIVER. SO ALMOST EVERYTHING SIGNED RELATED 
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BECOMES A MAJOR WAIVER. WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING THAT EVEN SO, DOWNTOWN SIGN STANDARDS ARE DIFFERENT. SO AS LONG AS THEIR PROPOSED SIGN MEETS THE CITYWIDE SIGN STANDARDS, THEY COULD BE APPROVED VIA A MINOR WAIVER PROCESS, WHICH IS ADMINISTRATIVE. IT SAVES THEM TIME. IT SAVES THEM MONEY. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AUTOMATIC. SO STAFF WILL STILL BE ABLE TO LOOK INTO IT, EVALUATE THE IMPACT, EVALUATE WHETHER OR NOT IT'S GOING TO CAUSE A DISRUPTION TO THE PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE. AND IF WE SEE THAT IT'S CONSISTENT WITH EVERYTHING ELSE, IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT ADDITION TO DOWNTOWN. WE'LL BE APPROVING IT, BUT OBVIOUSLY IF WE DENY IT, THEY WILL HAVE AN OPTION TO COME TO PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL AS AN APPEAL THAT WILL SHORTEN TIME FRAME, THAT WILL INCREASE PREDICTABILITY IN DOWNTOWN. SO THAT'S ALSOOMETHING THAT WE HAD COME UP WITH IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMITTEE. AND IF IT'S A PROPOSAL TO PUT A SIGN THAT'S BEYOND THE CITY WIDE SIGN STANDARDS, THAT WOULD STILL REQUIRE MAJOR WAIVER. AND I DON'T WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR. I REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH MORE WE ALLOW, THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOMEONE WHO WANTS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT SIGN OR A LITTLE BIT BIGGER SIGN. AND WE'RE NEVER GOING TO COMPLETELY ELIMINATE ALL PEOPLE COMING TO CITY COUNCIL. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO PROVIDE THEM DIFFERENT AVENUES SO THAT THE TIMELINE AND PREDICTABILITY MATTERS ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE, WORKS, A LITTLE BIT MORE IN FAVOR OF THE APPLICANTS. SO IN TERMS OF USER FRIENDLINESS, WHAT YOU SEE IN THAT TABLE, ALL OF THOSE INFORMATION USED TO BE IN TEXT FORMAT. ANYONE WHO WOULD BE READING IT, IT WAS VERY HARD. IT'S KIND OF YOU'D GET LOST IN THEIR INTERPRETATION WAS DIFFICULT. IT WAS HARD TO COMPARE. SO WE HAVE CREATED THIS TABLE THAT MAKES IT VERY, VERY EASY TO READ. SO YOU CAN COMPARE DIFFERENT SIGNS, TYPES AND WHAT'S ALLOWED IN EACH ONE IN TERMS OF HEIGHT, SIZE, PLACEMENT, NUMBER, WHETHER OR NOT A PERMIT IS REQUIRED. THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL STANDARDS ASSOCIATED WITH SOME SIGNS IN TERMS OF LIGHTING, CONSTRUCTION, THINGS LIKE THAT. THOSE ARE STILL KIND OF LINKED WITH SOME ADDITIONAL TEXT IN THE IN THE ARTICLE. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE CREATED ANOTHER TABLE THAT SHOWS WHICH DISTRICTS ALLOW WHAT KIND OF SIGN. AGAIN, JUST TO ADD A LITTLE BIT OF USER FRIENDLINESS TO THE DDC CHAPTER. IN TERMS OF ICONIC SIGNS, THE PURPOSE IS TO ALLOW SIGNS THAT WILL STRENGTHEN THE CORRECT CHARACTER AND IDENTITY OF GARLAND. WE ARE VERY MUCH FOCUSED ON ARTS AND CULTURE. THIS IS GOING TO BE AN IMPORTANT STEP, IN MY OPINION, IN FUTURE, WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME IN AND HAVE UNIQUE SIGNS IT WILL. BUT BECAUSE IT'S ARTS, IT'S UNIQUE SIGNS. IT'S ICONIC. WHO DETERMINES WHAT IS ICONIC? THAT ALWAYS BECOMES A SUBJECTIVE DETERMINATION. SO SINCE WE HAVE A CULTURAL ARTS DEPARTMENT, WE WORK WITH THEM TO ESTABLISH THE PROCESS. SO INSTEAD OF THEM HAVING TO APPLY GOING THROUGH LIKE ONE HEARING TO PLAN COMMISSION, ANOTHER HEARING TO CITY COUNCIL, WE ELIMINATED THE PLAN, NOT ELIMINATED IT. ICONIC SIGNS WERE NEVER A PROCESS, BUT WE'LL HAVE THE CULTURAL ARTS DEPARTMENT REVIEW IT, AND THEN IT'LL COME TO CITY COUNCIL. SO THAT'S HOW WE THINK. WE CAN ESTABLISH A LITTLE BIT MORE CREATIVITY AND ARTISTRY WHEN IT COMES TO SCIENCE. IF A CITY WANTS TO DESIGNATE A SIGN AS ICONIC THAT'S EXISTING, THE CITY CAN BE THE APPLICANT, BUT IT WILL NEED THE PROPERTY OWNER'S CONSENT EITHER WAY. WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL START WITH DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUTTON. I'M I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT WE THINK THAT THIS MADE IT MORE USER FRIENDLY, BECAUSE THAT WAS VERY MUCH NOT EASY TO FOLLOW THE PRESENTATION OR THE PACKET. ALL OF THE ABOVE. OKAY. SO HAVE WE CONSIDERED LOOKING AT LIKE A PERCENTAGE OF A SIGN INSTEAD OF SAYING 30FT■S? RIGHT. WELL, 30FT■S ON THIS BUILDING VERSUS THIS BUILDING ARE GOING TO LOOK DIFFERENT. SO IS THERE NOT LIKE A PERCENTAGE OF LIKE A, THE MAX SIGN AREA BASED ON THE BUILDING FRONTAGE ON THE WALL SIGNS, WE HAVE THOSE THINGS. THIS IS THE AREA OF THE SIGN THAT WAS IN PROPORTION TO THE HEIGHT OF THE 
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BUILDING. SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING WE'RE CHANGING. WE ALREADY HAD PERCENTAGE ESTABLISHED FOR WALL SIGNS. SO WE DO PERCENTAGE. AND SO THEY'RE BUILDING THEIR DESIGN WITH THEIR R SIGN HEIGHT. THERE ARE SIGN AREA. SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF IT. SO THE WIDTH ON CERTAIN THINGS WILL BE PER THE BUILDING FACADE WIDTH. IT HAS TO BE PROPORTIONATE TO THAT. THAT'S HOW WE ALREADY HAVE IT. OKAY OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. 
          ANYONE ELSE. AND THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN THROUGH PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEY HAVE APPROVED THESE CHANGES, CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. AND LOOKING FOR COUNCIL MEMBER TRAN. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO I AM ALWAYS IN FAVOR OF BIG SIZE. I TRAVELED TO HOUSTON. I SEE A LOT OF BIG SIGNS, EASY TO READ. AND NOW YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE HIGHWAYS LIKE A TRACK AND RAIL. PRETTY EASY TO, TO, TO READ AND ATTRACTIVE. AND PEOPLE CAN SEE RIGHT AWAY. MY QUESTION IS. ON THE IF WE IF WE DON'T CONSIDER THIS IN TERMS OF INCREASE THE SIZE OF WHAT IS THE IMPACT TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY WOULD WANT TO REQUEST THE BIG SIZE. IF COUNCIL DOESN'T APPROVE THAT PIECE. RIGHT? SO IN DOWNTOWN, IT WILL STILL COME THROUGH. WELL, DOWNTOWN DOESN'T APPLY BECAUSE THOSE BIG SIGNS ONLY APPLY TO ALONG FREEWAYS AND HIGHWAYS. SO THEY WILL HAVE TO COME IN. THERE IS A SIGN VARIANCE PROCESS THAT CAN GO TO PLAN COMMISSION, BUT THAT THAT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH MORE THEY'RE ASKING FOR. BUT THEY CAN ALWAYS DO A PLAN DEVELOPMENT, TRY TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. AND THIS ONE IS SIMPLIFIED. WE DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE COUNCIL. THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT. THAT COULD BE IN THOSE INSTANCES, IT COULD BE APPVED ADMINISTRATIVELY. 
          YES. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, I GUESS THE BANK COULD. BANKHEAD HIGHWAY DIDN'T QUALIFY AS A HIGHWAY THROUGH DOWNTOWN. NOT BIG ENOUGH. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO COUNCIL LOOKING ON. COUOUNCIL MEMBER MOORE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I THINK YOU'VE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB, AND THE COMMITTEE HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB IN THE WAY OF BRINGING FORTH THIS POLICY. IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE TRYING TO STREAMLINE IT SUCH THAT IT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH A LOT QUICKER THAN IT HAS BEFORE. I THINK MORE IMPORTANTLY, THOUGH, DIVERSITY IN THE RIGHT PLACES, WE'LL HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT EACH ONE AS THEY COME THROUGH. YOU GET TO APPROVE A LOT OF IT, AND IT'S CERTAINLY GOING TO HELP TO SAVE OUR TIME. I GUESS WHAT I'M REALLY SAYING HERE IS THAT I REALLY DO LIKE THE MANNER BY WHICH YOU HAVE BROUGHT IT FORWARD, AND THE AMOUNT OF WHAT YOU'RE ATTEMPTING TO GO FORWARD IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU SIR. 
          THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, SIR. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, ANYONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE THEN LOOKING FOR CONSENSUS ON THESE CHANGES? WE HAVE EIGHT THERE WITH COUNCILMEMBER OR EXCUSE ME, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DENTON. OPPOSITION. THIS WILL COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL AS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE FINAL. WONDERFUL. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL 
          [8. GDC Amendment ORD 26-03]
LOOK FORWARD TO IT COMING BACK. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. JDC AMENDMENT ORDINANCE 2603. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST A LITTLE CLARIFICATION OF WHERE THIS ITEM IS, AS OPPOSED TO THE ONE THAT WE JUST PRESENTED. SO THAT ONE WAS ALREADY REPORTED OUT TO CITY COUNCIL, WENT TO PLANNING COMMISSION. WE HAD ALREADY WORKED ON THAT. THE AMENDMENTS WERE PREPARED. THIS ONE, THIS IS THE REPORT OUT. WE DID BRING IT AFTER THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSION. WE DID BRING IT TO CITY COUNCIL ONE TIME BEFORE, AND AT THAT TIME, COUNCIL FELT LIKE ANOTHER PRESENTATION WILL BE HELPFUL WITH MORE WITH MORE INFORMATION. SO THERE WE ARE. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF SLIDES. WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS, BUT FEEL FREE TO STOP US IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PRESENTATION. SO ONCE AGAIN, IT DID COME FROM THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE. WE WERE LOOKING INTO THE RESIDENTIAL CARPORTS, CANOPIES AND PORCHES. THE GOAL WAS TO ASSIST THE EXISTING REGULATIONS AND SEE IF WE CAN UPDATE THE 
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STANDARDS TO ENHANCE NEIGHBORHOOD ESTHETICS. THAT WAS THE OVERARCHING GOAL. SO RIGHT NOW THERE'S NOT MUCH ABOUT THERE'S ONE SECTION, IT'S PRETTY SHORT SECTION 2.59 IN GARLAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO WILL EXPAND THAT SECTION IN IN A SIGNIFICANT WAY. SO THE WAY WE ARE, WE HAVE DIVIDED THESE PRESENTATION. AND THE WAY WE'RE LOOKING INTO THESE AMENDMENTS IS WE'RE GOING TO LOOK INTO STANDARDS THAT WILL BE APPLICABLE TO ALL CARPORTS. WHEREVER THERE ARE CARPORTS, WE'LL BE LOOKING INTO STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO CARPORTS WHEN THEY'RE VISIBLE FROM THE STREET. SO THERE WILL BE MORE MORE STANDARDS APPLICABLE IF IT'S VISIBLE FROM THE STREET, BECAUSE THEN THAT IMPACTS THE NEIGHBORHOOD ESTHETICS AND THERE ARE STANDARDS APPLICABLE. WE'LL BE LOOKING INTO STANDARDS THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO CARPORTS THAT ARE NOT VISIBLE FROM THE STREETS. IN THAT CASE, THERE WOULD BE MORE ALLOWANCES, AND WE'RE LOOKING INTO DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS, CLEANING THINGS UP. 
          WE'RE HAVING SOME ADMINISTRATIVE CONSIDERATIONS. AND OVERALL WE'LL HAVE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO GO ABOUT IT. AND AGAIN, WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE COMMITTEE AND WE WERE IN CONSENSUS ABOUT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. THIS IS WHERE WE ARE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO GIVE US A THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN, SO THAT WE CAN GO AND DEVELOP THESE RECOMMENDATIONS INTO ACTUAL GDC AMENDMENTS. THERE ARE SOME STANDARDS THAT THERE WERE CONCERNS THAT IT WHETHER OR NOT IT WILL BE OBJECTIVE ENOUGH TO BE REVIEWED AND PERMITTED BY THE BUILDING INSPECTION STAFF AND FOR CODE COMPLIANCE STAFF TO CARRY IT THROUGH, BECAUSE THE CARPORT PERMITS DO COME THROUGH BY. SO WE WILL BE WORKING WITH OUR COLLEAGUES TO MAKE SURE THAT AND THE LENS THAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO IS THAT WHETHER OR NOT THESE PROPOSED STANDARDS WOULD FURTHER PROPERTY MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION GOALS OF THE HOUSING STUDY THAT WAS APPROVED RECENTLY. SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO OUR PLANNING ADMINISTRATOR, RYAN MULKEY. HE'S GOING TO GO OVER MAJORITY OF THE PRESENTATION. 
          THEN WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND SUM IT UP ONE MORE TIME. FROM THERE, I THINK. SIR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. IF Y'ALL THOUGHT SIGNS WERE EXCITING, JUST GET READY FOR CARPORTS. DO YOU MIND IF I CAN'T REALLY SEE IT? VERY WELL. LET ME SWITCH PLACES. MUSICAL CHAIRS. ALL RIGHT. SO, AS NABILA SAID, WE'LL GET STARTED WITH SOME POSSIBLE STANDARDS THAT WOULD BE APPLICABLE TO ALL CARPORTS, WHETHER THEY'RE IN THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE, TO THE REAR OF THE HOME, ETC. AND A LOT OF THESE ARE PULLED FROM SOME OF OUR PEER CITY REVIEW. 
          SO THE FIRST OF THESE WOULD BE THAT THE ENTIRE AREA UNDER A CARPORT SHALL ONLY BE USED TO PARK OPERABLE AND PROPERLY LICENSED VEHICLES. A LOT OF CITIES GIVE SORT OF A LISTING OF WHAT THOSE VEHICLES ARE. SO CARS, PICK UP TRUCKS, VANS, SUVS. SOME CITIES INCLUDE BOATS AND CAMPERS THAT ARE ALLOWED TO BE UNDER CARPORTS. WE MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT WHETHER WE WANT TO ALLOW THAT OR NOT. IF THOSE MAYBE NEED TO BE PARKED OFFSITE IN AN RV PARK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT ARE CUSTOMARILY INCIDENTAL TO THE RESIDENTIAL USE OF THE PROPERTY, NO STORAGE OF HOUSEHOLD BELONGINGS OR OTHER NON VEHICLE ITEMS ARE ALLOWED. SO SOME OTHER STANDARDS THAT WOULD APPLY TO ALL CARPORTS, THEY ARE ONLY PERMITTED WHEN COVERING AN APPROPRIATE ALL WEATHER DRIVEWAY SURFACE LIKE CONCRETE OR ASPHALT DESIGNED FOR VEHICLE STORAGE, AND THEY SHOULD ONLY BE ACCESSED VIA AN APPROPRIATE ALL WEATHER DRIVEWAY SURFACE. 
          SO THE SURFACE UNDERNEATH THE STRUCTURE ITSELF AND THE WAY TO GET TO THAT STRUCTURE HAS TO BE CONCRETE OR ASPHALT. AND THEN THE ENTIRE CARPORT, INCLUDING THE SUPPORT STRUCTURE. AND RUTH SHALL BE WITHIN THE FOOTPRINT OF AN APPROPRIATE ALL WEATHER DRIVEWAY SURFACE, SMALL EXTENSIONS OF AN EXISTING DRIVEWAY PORT, ONLY TO ACCOMMODATE THE SUPPORT COLUMNS OF A CARPORT SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED. SO WHEN WE WERE HAVING THIS ITEM AT DSC, WE NOTICED THAT IN GARLAND, THERE ARE A LOT OF INSTANCES WHERE FOLKS WILL JUST KIND OF POUR A LITTLE BIT OF CONCRETE INTO THEIR YARD, YOU KNOW, JUST TO KIND OF ACCOMMODATE THE SUPPORT STRUCTURE. SO THIS WOULD PROHIBIT THAT. A CARPORT SHOULD NOT BE ENCLOSED OR CONVERTED INTO GARAGE SPACE, LIVING SPACE STORAGE OR WORKROOM. THIS IS MORE FROM THE BUY SIDE OF THINGS, BUT WE WANTED TO RETAIN THAT. SO CURRENTLY OUR CODE SAYS THAT ALL CONSTRUCTION PLANS SUBMITTED FOR PERMIT APPROVAL MUST MEET APPLICABLE LOAD SPAN SPECIFICATIONS REQUIRED BY THE BUILDING CODE, AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE AN ENGINEER'S STAMP AS WELL BY RECOMMENDS JUST CHANGING THAT TO ANY SORT OF REGISTERED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL. SO WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES THERE. AND THEN THE MINIMUM HEIGHT OF A SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR ANY 
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CARPORT NEEDS TO BE AT LEAST EIGHT FEET. AND IN NO CASE SHALL THE MAXIMUM AREA OF ANY CARPORT EXCEED 400FT■S. MOVING ON TO A FEW OTHER STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO ALL CARPORTS. 
          CARPORTS SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUCTED OF UNPAINTED OR STAINED WOOD, TIN, PLASTIC, CONCRETE, MASONRY UNITS, CORRUGATED METAL, CANVAS OR VINYL. WE TRY TO STEER AWAY FROM PHRASES LIKE OR SIMILAR MATERIALS. WE WANT TO BE AS CONCRETE AS POSSIBLE, AND THEN WE'RE STILL KIND OF WORKSHOPPING THIS LAST ONE. I KNOW OUR CITY ATTORNEY KIND OF HAD SOME ISSUES WITH IT WHEN WE PRESENTED THIS BACK IN MARCH TO DSC, BUT SOMETHING ABOUT MAINTENANCE STANDARDS. SO IT COULD BE SOMETHING LIKE ALL CARPORTS MUST BE PROPERLY MAINTAINED IN A STATE OF GOOD REPAIR AND NEAT APPEARANCE. OR WE CAN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF FLESH THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO MOVING FROM THOSE STANDARDS THAT APPLY TO ALL CARPORTS TO ONES THAT ARE VISIBLE FROM A STREET, THESE WOULD BE ONES THAT ARE PROBABLY THE ONES WE'RE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT IN THE FRONT YARD OR THE SIDE STREET YARD OF A HOME. IT CAN BE A LITTLE TRICKY TO HAVE PURPOSE STATEMENTS IN SECTIONS OF CODE. SOMETIMES IT CAN GET A LITTLE FLUFFY, BUT IT MIGHT, YOU KNOW, MAKE SENSE TO HAVE THAT FOR THIS SECTION OF CODE. 
          SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROVISION WOULD BE TO ALLOW CARPORTS TO BE ERECTED BETWEEN A STREET AND A PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE, WHEN NO OTHER FEASIBLE OPTION EXISTS ON A QUALIFYING RESIDENTIAL LOT. SO JUST WHEN FOLKS ARE UNABLE TO FIND ANY OTHER OPTION THAT MIGHT WORK FOR THEM, THIS COULD BE A SECTION OF CODE THEY COULD LOOK TO. AS FAR AS APPLICABILITY, THIS IS REALLY A CRUX OF WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING. CARPORT BETWEEN A STREET AND A PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE SHALL BE LIMITED TO LOTS WHERE THE PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE WAS ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED BEFORE MAY 19TH, 2015. THIS IS WHEN THE GDC WAS ADOPTED. THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THE CITY OF GARLAND REQUIRED A TWO CAR GARAGE FOR ALL HOMES. SO IF YOU HAVE A HOME CONSTRUCTED AFTER THAT GDC ADOPTION DATE, YOU JUST WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HAVE A CARPORT AT ALL. AND THEN HOME CONSTRUCTED AFTER THAT DATE WOULD NOT BE PERMITTED. BUT ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THAT DATE, YOU COULD HAVE A FEW OPTIONS HERE. SO FOR ANYTHING, ANY HOHOME CONSTRUCTED BEFORE THAT DATE, YOU COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE A CARPORT. 
          THEY WOULD JUST BE SUBJECT TO VERY ROBUST DIMENSIONAL AND DESIGN STANDARDS. SO STARTING WITH THOSE DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS, THEY WOULD HAVE A FIVE FOOT FRONT SETBACK FROM THE FRONT PROPERTY LINE. IF YOU HAVE A HOME THAT'S ON A CORNER LOT AND HAS A SIDE STREET SETBACK, THAT WOULD ALSO BE FIVE FEET, AND THEN ANY KIND OF INTERIOR SIDE SETBACKS WOULD ALSO BE FIVE FEET. AREA RESTRICTIONS WOULD KIND OF BE TIED TO THE SIZE OF THE GARAGE OF THE EXISTING HOME. SO IF THE PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED WITH A TWO CAR GARAGE, YOU COULD HAVE A MAX OF 20FT IN LENGTH AND 20FT IN WIDTH. THAT WOULD TAKE YOU UP TO THE MAX OF 400FT■S THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER. HOWEVER, IF THE PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED WITH A ONE CAR GARAGE SO THAT 20FT IN LENGTH BUT ONLY TEN FEET IN WIDTH. SO THIS WAS A PHOTO OF A HOME THAT WAS TAKEN WHEN THIS ITEM WAS GOING THROUGH DSC. AND YOU CAN SEE THIS CARPORT STRUCTURE. IT'S VERY NICE. IT HAS A PITCHED ROOF THAT MATCHES THE PITCH OF THE HOME. GREAT MATERIALS. I SEE THE LOOK ON YOUR FACE. YOU'RE NOT A NOT TOO MUCH OF A FAN. YOU CAN SEE THE STRUCTURE YOU KNOW IS WITHIN THE ENVELOPE OF THE EXISTING DRIVEWAY. IT EVEN HAS A RAIN GUTTER. BUT IF YOU LOOK HERE AT THE BACK OF OF THE DRIVEWAY, YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS IS A SMALLER HOME THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED WITH A ONE CAR GARAGE. SO MOVING FORWARD, A CARPORT LIKE THIS COULD ONLY BE TEN FEET WIDE, MOVING INTO HEIGHT STANDARDS. IF THE PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE IS ONE STORY, THE HEIGHT OF THE CARPORT WOULD NOT EXCEED THE HEIGHT OF THE PEAK OF THE ROOF OF THE PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE, OR 15FT, WHICHEVER IS LESS. AND THEN IF YOU HAVE A PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE, TWO OR MORE STORIES, IT WOULD JUST BE A MAX HEIGHT OF 15FT. AS FAR AS MATERIALS, WE REQUIRE THAT A CARPORT BE CONSTRUCTED OF BUILDING MATERIALS OF SIMILAR TYPE, SHAPE, SIZE, TEXTURE, OR COLOR OF THE BUILDING MATERIALS OF THE PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE, AND OBVIOUSLY NO METAL CARPORTS. 
          EXCUSE ME, BETWEEN THE STREET AND A PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE. YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID, WE'RE REALLY CONCERNED WITH THE ESTHETICS HERE. METAL CARPORTS GENERALLY DON'T CONTRIBUTE TO THAT. JUST A SIDEBAR HERE. I DID WANT TO NOTE THAT BEFORE THE ADOPTION OF THE GDC, THIS IS TAKEN FROM THE ZONING ORDINANCE THAT WAS IN EFFECT PRIOR TO 2015. THAT STANDARD FOR MATERIALS DID APPLY. SO FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT WAS TAKEN OUT. BUT IT'S DEFINITELY BEEN A CONCERN IN THE PAST. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO GONE REALLY DETAILED ON ROOF STANDARDS. SO THE ROOF OF THE CARPORT WOULD HAVE TO BE A PCHED ROOF THAT MATCHES THE ROOF PITCH OF THE PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE. ROOFING MATERIALS MUST MATCH THE ROOFING MATERIALS OF THE PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE, AND THEN EVEN GOING SO FAR AS TO REQUIRE A CERTAIN TYPE OF, OF, OF, OF, OF ROOF. 
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FOR THE CARPORT, IT WOULD NEED TO BE A CLOSED GABLE OR A HIP DESIGN. THESE ARE VERY COMMON PROOF TYPES THAT YOU SEE ON SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WE WOULD ALSO HAVE PROPOSING A PROCESS FOR AN ALTERNATE DESIGN OF THE ROOF THAT WOULD GO THROUGH AN APPEALS PROCESS THAT I'LL MENTION LATER IN THE PRESENTATION. SO IF YOU'RE LIKE ME AND YOU'RE NOT AN ARCHITECT AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT A CLOSED GABLE ROOF IS, THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS IS. THIS RED HIGHLIGHTED SECTION HERE WOULD BE THE GABLE OF THAT ROOF, AND IT'S CALLED CLOSED, BECAUSE THIS SORT OF PEDIMENT RIGHT HERE KIND OF CLOSES THAT GABLE SECTION BEFORE YOU GET TO THE REST OF THE FACADE. SO THIS IS A DESIGN THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, KIND OF REQUIRE. AND THEN A HIP ROOF IS ONE THAT STARTS AT THE TOPMOST POINT OF THE ROOF AND THEN JUST GOES STRAIGHT DOWN TO THAT SIDEWALL WITHOUT ANY KIND OF GABLE. SO THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER DESIGN THAT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE. MAXIMUM SEPARATION REQUIREMENT IS ANOTHER THING THAT WE LOOKED AT AT A LOT OF OUR PEER CITIES. SO FREESTANDING CARPORTS THAT ARE NOT STRUCTURALLY INTEGRATED WITH THE ROOF OF THE PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE SHOULDN'T BE MORE THAN 18IN SEPARATED FROM THE PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE. AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A REALLY GREAT SITE THAT I PASS ON FORESTS ON MY WAY INTO WORK EVERY MORNING. THAT KIND OF OFFERS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHY THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA. SO THIS IS A PROPERTY THAT ACTUALLY HAS TWO CARPORTS WITHIN ITS SIDE YARD. AND YOU CAN SEE THE ONE THAT IS PRETTY CLOSE TO THE PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE, OBVIOUSLY USED FOR PARKING OF VEHICLES. BUT AS WE GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER OUT INTO THE SIDE YARD, THERE'S THIS OTHER CARPORT HERE AND IT'S USED FOR STORAGE OF STUFF. 
          WE DON'T REALLY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S OUT THERE, CAN'T REALLY SEE IT FROM THE ROAD. BUT YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT FOR VEHICLES. SO THAT MAXIMUM SEPARATION REQUIREMENT CAN KIND HOPEFULLY PREVENT SOME OF THOSE KIND OF ISSUES THAT DO IMPACT ESTHETICS IN THE CITY. 
          AND THIS IS ANOTHER PROPERTY ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF FOREST THAT KIND OF HAS SOME SIMILAR CONDITIONS. THIS DOES HAVE TWO CARPORTS, BUT THEY'RE VERY CLOSE TO THE HOME. AND YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE USED FOR PARKING OF VEHICLES. AND ANOTHER ALMOST COMING TO THE END OF THE CARPORTS VISIBLE FROM THE STREET. SO ALL SIDES OF A CARPORT BETWEEN A STREET AND A PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE SHALL BE OPEN AND UNOBSTRUCTED, EXCEPT FOR SUPPORT COLUMNS. AND WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A VISIBILITY REQUIREMENT FOR THE SUPPORT COLUMNS TO THAT. THEY NOT OBSTRUCT MORE THAN 15% OF THE AREA OF ANY SIDE, AND THIS CONTRIBUTES TO ESTHETICS. IT ALSO HELPS WITH VISIBILITY FOR MOTORISTS. IF YOU HAVE A CORNER LOT HOME WITH A CARPORT THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, SIDING, THAT CAN REALLY HELP WITH VISIBILITY COMING AROUND THAT STREET INTERSECTION. SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT THERE. AND THEN MOVING TO CARPORTS NOT VISIBLE FROM A STREET. WE'RE LESS CONCERNED WITH THESE. SO WE STILL HAVE SOME STANDARDS. 
          THERE'S JUST NOT GOING TO BE AS ROBUST, NO REAL SPECIFIC APPLICABILITY DATE. WHETHER YOU'RE HOME WAS CONSTRUCTED BEFORE OR AFTER ADOPTION OF THE GDC. WE'RE NOT REALLY CONCERNED WITH THAT HERE, SINCE THESE WOULD PRIMARILY BE IN THE REAR YARD OF A LOT. APPLYING A REAR SETBACK OF TEN FEET. INTERIOR SIDE SETBACK OF FIVE FEET. THIS MATERIALS CONDITION IS ACTUALLY FROM EXISTING CODE. A CARPORT OF MAL CONSTRUCTION MAY BE LOCATED AT THE REAR OF A PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE, SO LONG AS ACCESS IS PROVIDED FROM A PAVED ALLEY AT THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY. SO YOU COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE A METAL CARPORT BEHIND YOUR HOME, JUST AS LONG AS IT'S ACCESSED FROM AN ALLEY. AND I KNOW IN NABILA PRESENTED THIS ITEM EARLIER, THERE WAS A CONCERN ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR SUBDIVISIONS BECAUSE ALLEYS ARE REQUIRED EVERYWHERE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THERE'S INSTANCES WHERE YOU HAVE A HOME, A REAR YARD, AN ALLEY, AND THEN YOU GO STRAIGHT INTO THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, RIGHT. SO YOU CAN FROM, YOU KNOW, A THOROUGHFARE, SEE THAT ALLEY, SEE THE REAR OF THE HOME. ONE THING WE THOUGHT OF THAT MIGHT KIND OF HELP WITH VISIBILITY THERE IS YOU COULD ONLY HAVE A CARPORT IN THAT REAR YARD IF THE SUBDIVISION AS A WHOLE MEETS THIS SUBDIVISION WALL REQUIREMENT. THAT'S IN CHAPTER FOUR, WHICH IS ALL OF OUR SITE DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS. SO THERE WOULD STILL BE A SUBDIVISION WALL KIND OF, YOU KNOW, SHIELDING THAT CARPORT FROM THE PUBLIC THOROUGHFARE AS FAR AS HEIGHT, PRETTY SIMILAR HEIGHT CONDITIONS TO CARPORTS THAT WOULD BE VISIBLE FROM A STREET. STILL, THAT RESTRICTION ON 15FT OR THE HEIGHT OF THE STRUCTURE, WHICHEVER IS LESS IF IT'S A TWO STORY STRUCTURE OR MAX HEIGHT OF 15FT WHEN ATTACHED TO A PRIMARY STRUCTURE, THE CARPORT WOULD NEED TO BE OPEN OPEN ON A MINIMUM OF TWO SIDES. WHEN DETACHED, IT WOULD NEED TO BE OPEN ON A MINIMUM OF THREE SIDES, AND THEN THE SIDING OF A CARPORT COULD EXTEND DOWN A MAXIMUM OF TWO FEET FROM THE ROOF. ON THE OPEN SIDES OF THE STRUCTURE, KIND OF CONFERRED WITH OUR BY FOLKS A LITTLE BIT ON THIS, BECAUSE I WASN'T REALLY UNDERSTANDING THAT CONDITION, BUT IT'S ESSENTIALLY TO ALLOW FOR THESE METAL 
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CARPORTS THAT KIND OF HAVE A GAMBREL ROOF. YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME KIND OF SIDING THAT COMES ALONG THE SIDES. SO THAT CONDITION WOULD STILL ALLOW FOR THAT IN THE REAR YARD. AND THEN MOVING INTO DEFINITIONS. SO THIS SECTION OF CODE KIND OF CONFLATES A LOT OF DIFFERENT STRUCTURES AND TYPES OF STRUCTURES. YOU KNOW, IT TALKS ABOUT CARPORTS, CANOPIES, PORT CASHIERS, PATIO COVERS, ALL THOSE SORT OF STUFF. WE'RE KIND OF PROPOSING SOME NEWER DEFINITIONS THAT WOULD KIND OF CONFLATE IF THAT'S A WORD, ALL THESE DIFFERENT TERMS. SO A POTENTIAL NEW DEFINITION OF A CARPORT WOULD SIMPLY JUST BE AN UNENCLOSED ROOF STRUCTURE USED FOR VEHICLE SHELTER AND PARKING. THAT WOULD JUST BE DEFINING WHAT THAT THING IS IN OUR CODE. 
          AS FAR AS CANOPIES AND PATIO COVERS, WE DIDN'T REALLY SEE THAT THIS WAS APPLICABLE IN A RESIDENTIAL CONTEXT. USUALLY YOU SEE CANOPIES ON COMMERCIAL STRUCTURES, AND THEN PATIO COVERS ARE FOR PEOPLE. THEY'RE NOT FOR CARS. SO WE WERE A LITTLE CONFUSED ON WHY THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE SECTION OF CODE. WE'D RECOMMEND EITHER STRIKING THAT OR IF THOSE ARE DEFINED, YOU KNOW, IN THE CITY'S BUILDING CODE CITY'S RESIDENTIAL CODE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT MIGHT BE A BETTER PLACE TO DEFINE THAT. AND THEN BEYOND CARPORTS, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO BE REALLY RESTRICTIVE ON CARPORTS MOVING FORWARD, AND IF YOU HAVE AN OLDER HOME, WE HAVE THESE REALLY ROBUST DESIGN STANDARDS. WE THOUGHT GIVING FOLKS ANOTHER OPTION FOR SOME SORT OF SHELTER OR VEHICLES WITHIN OUR CODE MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE SOME FLEXIBILITY. SO WE LOOKED INTO OUR PEER CITIES. THEY SOME OF THEM HAVE STANDARDS FOR WORKER SHARES, WHICH ARE ESSENTIALLY ROOF STRUCTURES THAT ARE INTEGRATED WITH THE HOME. THEY'RE MORE ARCHITECTURALLY INTEGRATED, ESTHETICALLY INTEGRATED WITH A HOME. AND WHEREAS A CARPORT IS KIND OF AT THE TERMINUS OF A DRIVEWAY, RIGHT? LIKE YOU GO INTO YOUR DRIVEWAY AND YOU STOP AND YOU'RE PARKED UNDER A CARPORT. A PORTE COCHERE IS USUALLY SOMETHING A VEHICLE PASSES THROUGH ON ITS WAY TO THE REAR OF A LOT, OR TO A DETACHED GARAGE, OR TO DROP OFF SOMEBODY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO A LOT OF THE PEER CITIES, THEY'RE PRETTY SILENT ON THESE BECAUSE THEY ARE JUST SORT OF INTEGRATED WITH THE MAIN HOME. 
          BUT WE KIND OF CAME UP WITH SOME POSSIBLE IDEAS FOR THOSE AS WELL. SO BEFORE I GET INTO THOSE, I DID KIND OF JUST WANT TO GIVE SOME VISUALS ON WHAT A PORTE COCHERE IS. AND A LOT OF THESE ARE EXAMPLES FROM GARLAND. THIS IS THE TRAVIS COLLEGE HILL HISTORIC DISTRICT OVER ON 11TH STREET. THIS IS A PORTE COCHERE. ESSENTIALLY. YOU CAN SEE THE ROOFING MATERIALS UP HERE. 
          MATCH THE ROOF OF THE HOME. THE PITCH OF THE ROOF MATCHES THE PITCH OF THE HOME. THESE SUPPORT COLUMNS AREN'T, YOU KNOW, METAL POSTS. THEY'RE THEY'RE MASONRY, RIGHT. THEY'RE BRICK THAT MATCHES THE HOME. AND THEN THIS ALLOWS FOR VEHICLES TO PASS THROUGH TO THAT DETACHED GARAGE AT THE REAR. AND THEN EVEN DOWN TO THIS CLOSED GABLE ROOF, RIGHT? THAT'S, THAT'S THE ROOF TYPE ON THE ON THE HOME. AND THEN IF WE COME OVER HERE TO AVENUE D, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SIDE. IT'S THE SAME TYPE OF ROOF ON THAT PORTE COCHERE. SO THAT ALL KIND OF ARCHITECTURALLY MATCHES, RIGHT. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE ON 11TH STREET OF A OF A PORTE COCHERE AND ON AN HISTORIC HOME LIKE THAT. AND THEN THESE ARE THIS HOME IS NOT IN GARLAND. IT'S JUST A GOOD EXAMPLE OF A HIP ROOF, PORTE COCHERE STYLE. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT FROM A FEW DIFFERENT ANGLES. SO THESE ARE THE POSSIBLE STANDARDS FOR PORTE COCHERE. I KIND OF JUST LEFT THIS IN AS A JOKE. I WAS PRONOUNCING THIS WORD WRONG MY WHOLE LIFE. IT'S PRONOUNCED PORTE COCHERE. I GOOGLED IT. VERY INTERESTING STUFF, I KNOW. 
          SO A LOT OF THESE STANDARDS ARE GOING TO BE SIMILAR. PORTE COCHERE SHOULD ONLY BE PERMITTED WHEN COVERING AN APPROPRIATE ALL WEATHER DRIVEWAY SURFACE. IT HAS TO BE ACCESSED BY AN APPROPRIATE ALL WEATHER DRIVEWAY SURFACE SHALL NOT BE ENCLOSED OR CONVERTED INTO GARAGE SPACE. SAME STANDARD FOR YOU KNOW, NEEDING TO REGISTER DESIGN PROFESSIONAL THAT MIGHT APPLY OR YOU KNOW, IF IT'S INTEGRATED WITH THE HOUSE, IT MAY NOT NEED TO BE PERMITTED AS A SEPARATE STRUCTURE. FRONT SETBACK OF FIVE FEET, FIVE FEET SIDE STREET, FIVE FEET INTERIOR SIDE AND A TEN FOOT REAR. USUALLY YOU SEE THESE IN THE FRONT YARD OF A HOME, MAYBE FOR A CIRCULAR DRIVEWAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SOMETIMES YOU SEE THEM AT THE SIDE, DON'T USUALLY SEE THEM IN THE REAR YARD, BUT WE COULD STILL HAVE THAT REAR SETBACK. 
          AND THEN HEIGHT STANDARDS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. WHEREAS BEFORE WE WANTED TO BE AS RESTRICTIVE AS POSSIBLE, HEIGHT FOR A ONE STORY STRUCTURE COULD BE 15FT OR THE HEIGHT OF THE PEAK OF THE ROOF OF THE PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE, WHICHEVER IS GREATER. YOU KNOW, THESE ARE USUALLY A LITTLE MORE GRAND IN TERMS OF THEIR DESIGN. THEY HAVE GREEK COLUMNS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO MAYBE WE WANT TO BE A LITTLE MORE PERMISSIVE WITH THEM. AND THEN SO THAT MAXIMUM 15 FOOT HEIGHT, IF THE PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE IS TWO OR MORE STORIES, MINIMUM HEIGHT OF A SUPPORT STRUCTURE SHALL BE EIGHT FEET. SAME STANDARD FOR MATERIALS, SAME STANDARDS FOR 
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ROOF. AS FAR AS THE PITCH, THE MATERIALS, THE STYLE, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. THIS IS FROM EXISTING CODE, BUT A PORTE COCHERE SHALL BE SUPPORTED BY COLUMNS THAT ARE ARCHITECTURALLY INTEGRATED WITH AND SIMILAR TO THE COLORS OF THE MAIN BUILDING, OPEN AND UNOBSTRUCTED, AND THEN THE SIDING OF A PORTE COCHERE COULD EXTEND DOWN TO A MAXIMUM OF TWO FEET. SO THAT KIND OF COVERS THIS AREA RIGHT HERE IN MY EXAMPLE. AND THEN THE FEEDBACK FROM DSC IS WE'D WANT TO TREAT THIS AS A SEPARATE ITEM. WE ALSO HAVE A STANDARD FOR NONRESIDENTIAL CARPORTS, CANOPIES AND PORTE COCHERE. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE. THEY'RE ALSO PRETTY PRETTY CONFUSING, PRETTY CONFLATED TODAY. SO WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT IN THE FUTURE. AND THEN AS FAR AS ADMINISTRATIVE CONSIDERATIONS, WE IN PLANNING WOULD RECOMMEND THAT OUR COLLEAGUES IN B, I AND CODE COMPLIANCE BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEW, PERMITTING INSPECTION OF CARPORTS AND POSSIBLY PORTE COCHERE AS IF WE HAD STANDARDS FOR THOSE. HOWEVER, WE'RE DEFINITELY WILLING TO WORK WITH OUR WITH OUR COLLEAGUES TO ENSURE STANDARDS ARE OBJECTIVE AND FALL WITHIN ACCEPTABLE PARAMETERS FOR INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT A PERMIT BE REQUIRED FOR THESE STRUCTURES. AND THEN THROUGHOUT THE DSC PROCESS, BE. 
          I KIND OF OUTLINED AN APPEALS PROCESS. IF FOLKS HAD AN ISSUE, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T RECEIVE A PERMIT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEY COULD FIRST APPEAL THAT DECISION TO THE BUILDING OFFICIAL. THEN THE UNIFIED BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION, ANY ISSUES WITH LOT SIZE AND REFERENCE TO THESE STRUCTURES WOULD REQUIRE A VARIANCE FROM THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. AND IF FOLKS WANTED TO DO SORT OF AN ALTERNATE ROOF DESIGN, SOMETHING OTHER THAN A CLOSED GABLE OR HIP ROOF, WE COULD APPROVE THAT POSSIBLY THROUGH AN ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE REQUEST, WHICH GOES TO THE PLANNING DIRECTOR. SO I WILL PASS THE MIC BACK OVER TO I CAN JUST FLIP THROUGH THE SLIDES. YEAH. SO KIND OF SUMMARIZING ALL OF THAT. FIRST OF ALL, FOR HOMES THAT WERE BUILT AFTER THE ADOPTION OF 2015 GDC, WE WILL NOT BE PERMITTING CARPORTS THAT ARE VISIBLE FROM THE STREETS. THEN FOR HOMES THAT ARE CONSTRUCTED PRIOR TO 2015, THEY WILL STILL HAVE THE ABILITY BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE THE TWO CAR GARAGE REQUIREMENTS. SO THEY WE SEE THAT THERE'S A NEED FOR THEM TO HAVE A CARPORT, BUT THEY WILL HAVE TO MEET THE STANDARDS THAT WILL BE SET FORTH IN THE GDC THAT ARE PRETTY ROBUST. RYAN WENT OVER THEM. IF THE COUNCIL AGREES TO. THOSE WILL BE THE STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO THEM. AGAIN, THE BIG DIFFERENTIATOR IS WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE VISIBLE FROM THE STREETS. WE ARE TRYING TO PROTECT THE ESTHETICS. WE ARE TRYING TO PROTECT THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHY THEY'RE DESIGNATED THAT WAY. DEFINITIONS AGAIN, RIGHT NOW THEY'RE VERY CONVOLUTED. SO WE ARE GOING GOING TO CLEAN THEM UP. WHAT IS A CARPORT VERSUS WHAT IS A CANOPY VERSUS WHAT IS A PORTE COCHERE. ALL THOSE DEFINITIONS WILL WILL SEPARATE THEM, CLARIFY THEM SO THAT WHEN BUILDING INSPECTIONS GETS THOSE PERMITS, IT'S EASIER FOR THEM TO IMPLEMENT THEM AND PERMIT THEM. THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR PORTE COCHERE. AGAIN, THAT INITIALLY THAT WASN'T PART OF THE SCOPE, BUT I THINK DSC KIND OF THOUGHT THAT THOSE COULD BE HELPFUL. SO WE'LL BE DEVELOPING THOSE AS WELL. CURRENTLY THERE'S NOTHING SEPARATE FOR PORTE COCHERE IN OUR GDC. ONE OTHER THING. SO ALL THESE STANDARDS ARE VERY MUCH FOCUSED TOWARDS RESIDENTIAL CARPORTS. AS RYAN MENTIONED, IF WE IF COUNCIL WANTS TO, WE CAN LOOK INTO NONRESIDENTIAL CARPORTS, CANOPIES, PUSHCHAIRS, THINGS LIKE THAT. THE PROCESS WISE, WE'LL HAVE TO WORK WITH OUR COLLEAGUES IN B, I AND CODE COMPLIANCE. I THINK THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF CONCERN OF IF WE'RE BRINGING IN ESTHETIC STANDARDS, IF WE'RE BRINGING IN, HEY, IT HAS TO MATCH THE THE STYLE OF THE MAIN BUILDING, THINGS LIKE THAT. IF IT BECOMES SUBJECTIVE, THEN PLANNING NEEDS TO GET INVOLVED. BUT WHICH AGAIN, IF IT NEEDS TO, WE CAN BE. BUT THE GOAL IS TO ESTABLISH STANDARDS IN A WAY THAT IS NOT SUBJECTIVE. IT'S OBJECTIVE ENOUGH FOR BY STAFF TO PROCESS THOSE PERMITS. SO THOSE ARE OUR OVERARCHINGNG RECOMMENDATIONS. I KNOW THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS LAST TIME WE WE PRESENTED THIS. SO WE WANTED TO BRING IN THE EXTENDED VERSION OF THE PRESENTATION AND SEE WHAT YOU ALL THOUGHT. AGAIN, IT'S UP TO COUNCIL TO DECIDE IF YOU WANT TO MOVE THIS FORWARD OR NOT. WE WILL BE WORKING ON THE AMENDMENTS IF YOU APPROVE IT. WE HAVE NOT ACTUALLY DONE THE AMENDMENTS YET. WE HAVE NOT PUT IN ANY WORK ON THAT. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. WE'LL START WITH DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUTTON. I'M GOING TO APOLOGIZE AHEAD OF TIME BECAUSE I HAVE A TON OF QUESTIONS. WHEN 
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YOU GUYS WERE COMING UP WITH THE THIS PRESENTATION OF POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS, DID YOU CONSULT WITH CODE NBI IN THE PROCESS OF THIS? SO INITIALLY THIS ITEM WAS BEING HANDLED BY BUILDING INSPECTIONS. SO THEY HAVE BEEN ALWAYS IN THE LOOP WHEN WE WERE PRESENTING IT AT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE, WE HAD THIS PRESENTATION SENT TO THEM. THEY HAD TAKEN A LOOK AT THEM. THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ALSO BROUGHT UP THE CONCERN THAT IF IT BECOMES SUBJECTIVE BY STAFF, MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ADMINISTER THEM. SO YES, THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE LOOP AND THEY CAN SPEAK FOR IT AS WELL. HOW THEY HOW THEY SEE IT THROUGH. SO BY BUT NOT CODE, NOT DIRECTLY CODE. NO. NO MA'AM. SO THAT'S ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS THERE'S A LOT OF THESE THINGS THAT I QUESTION CODE BEING ABLE TO ENFORCE. AND SO I, I WOULD THINK THAT HAVING, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE ASKING THEM TO BE THE ONES TO HAVE THE EYES ON THEM TO ENFORCE THESE THINGS, I WOULD THINK THAT HAVING THEM INVOLVED IN THE CONVERSATION WOULD BE PRETTY IMPORTANT. DO THAT OUT OF THE PICTURES THAT YOU SHOWED US ON YOUR PRESENTATION, DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY OF THOSE CARPORTS WERE PERMITTED OR NOT PERMITTED? NO, WE DID NOT LOOK INTO THAT. WE DO THINK A LOT OF THEM ARE NOT PERMITTED, ACTUALLY, BUT THAT WILL REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK TO GO INTO THAT RESEARCH. BUT I KNOW AT SOME POINT, B, I HAD PUT THAT LIST TOGETHER, LIKE HOW MANY PERMITS THEY HAVE FOR CARPORTS. AND THAT'S THAT DOES NOT COME CLOSE TO HOW MANY WE ACTUALLY HAVE IN THE CITY. SO THERE ARE TONS THAT ARE NOT PERMITTED. SURE. 
          AND THAT IS KIND OF THE POINT OF THAT IS HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO PERMIT CARPORTS GOING FORWARD. SO I DON'T WANT TO SAY LIKE, WE'RE SPINNING OUR WHEELS OFF OR NOTHING, BUT I THINK THE RESIDENTS OF GARLAND SHOWS THAT WE'RE SPINNING OUR WHEELS FOR A LOT OF NOTHING, ESPECIALLY IF WE DON'T HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE OF WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. SO YOU'VE BUILT A CARPORT WITHOUT GETTING PERMITTED. PERMITTED THEN WHAT? RIGHT. BECAUSE AS IT STANDS, IT'LL GO TO COUNCIL. 
          IT'S A ZONING VIOLATION, SURE, BUT IT GOES TO COUNCIL AND THEN COUNCIL WILL ALWAYS APPROVE IT. 
          OKAY. HOW MANY HOW MANY CARPORTS HAVE WE MADE PEOPLE TEAR DOWN? THERE WAS ONE TWO WEEKS AGO IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. IT WAS A VERY NICE ONE, MADE OF WOOD AND SHINGLED ROOF, AND IT WAS THERE FOR ABOUT A WEEK AND IT HAD TO BE REMOVED. THAT IS GREAT NEWS BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL ALL OVER EVERYWHERE. SO THAT IS GREAT NEWS BECAUSE YEAH, IF I COULD JUST HOP IN REAL QUICK. I THINK YOUR FIRST QUESTION ABOUT CODE COMPLIANCE AND BRINGING THEM IN ON THIS AND SAYING LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THIS MIGHT BE ABOVE OUR PAY GRADE, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT. 
          IT MAY NOT BE ENFORCEABLE FOR US. I THINK THAT'S REALLY GOING TO BE CRUCIAL BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THE ARM OF THIS WHOLE THING THAT MAKES SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE DOING WORK WITH PERMITS. AND IF THEY'RE NOT THAT THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, TAKING DOWN THESE STRUCTURES AND EVERYTHING. SO YEAH, I THINK THAT'LL REALLY BE CRUCIAL. SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT NEXT STEP FOR US WITH THIS. I MEAN, BECAUSE WE ALSO ASKED CODE TO ENFORCE THINGS, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE SOMEONE TAKE IT DOWN. AND SO THERE HAS TO BE THAT BECAUSE THE EYE HAS TO BE THE ONES TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION FOR IT TO GET TAKEKEN DOWN. CORRECT CODE COMPLIANCE WILL, IF IT WAS CONSTRUCTED WITHOUT A PERMIT, THEN THEY GET THE FIRST NOTICE FROM CODE, RIGHT. BUT CODE CAN'T TELL THEM THEY HAVE TO TEAR IT DOWN. BUILDING THE EYE HAS TO BE THE ONE TO DO IT. WHAT WE DO IS YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME, SO I'M GOING TO JUMP IN. THERE'S A COUPLE OF WAY WE CAN GO ABOUT DOING THAT. ONE, YOU CAN ALWAYS USE THE PROPERTY STANDARDS BOARD AND GET AN ORDER FROM THE PROPERTY STANDARDS BOARD. THE SECOND WAY IS CODE CAN HAVE INFORMAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM AND EXPLAIN THAT YOU'RE IN VIOLATION. WE'RE GOING TO START ISSUING CITATIONS TO YOU UNTIL YOU DO TAKE IT DOW THE THIRD WAY WE COULD DO, WHICH IS WE COULD GET AN INJUNCTION FROM A DISTRICT COURT. AND AND THERE'S ALSO A FOURTH WAY, I GUESS WE COULD ALSO GET IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION OR CHAPTER 54 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, WE COULD GET AN INJUNCTION FROM OUR MUNICIPAL COURT. SO THERE'S PLENTY OF WAYS YOU'RE CORRECT. CODE CANNOT MAKE THEM TAKE IT DOWN. BUT CODE HAS ACCESS TO OUR OFFICE, WHICH CAN FILE PETITIONS IN THE PROPER VENUE TO HAVE THAT HAVE A CARPORT THAT'S NOT BEEN PERMITTED, TAKEN DOWN. THERE'S OPTIONS. 
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OKAY. THERE'S A LOT OF WORDS. SORRY. OKAY. SO THEN ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A HOUSE THAT WAS BUI IN 2020 WITH A TWO CAR GARAGE VERSUS A HOUSE THAT WAS BUILT IN 1980 WITH A TWO CAR GARAGE? BECAUSE IF WE'RE SAYING THAT, THAT THE THE LINE IN THE SAND IS 2015, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN HOUSES WERE REQUIRED TO HAVE A TWO CAR GARAGE. SO WE'RE SAYING THAT TWO CAR GARAGE IS THE STANDARD, RIGHT? SO WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? WHY WOULD WE ALLOW IT FOR A 1980S HOUSE THAT HAS A TWO CAR GARAGE, BUT NOT A NEWER HOUSE THAT HAS A TWO CAR GARAGE? SO THE 1980S HOUSE WAS NOT YOU ALREADY HAD THE ANSWER IN YOUR QUESTION. THEY DIDN'T HAVE THAT REQUIREMENT. YES. THEY WERE BUILT WITH THE TWO CAR GARAGE. 
          BUT WE WILL WE DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE. WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT A CASE BY CASE SITUATION WHERE, OH, IF IT'S 1980S, BUT IT HAS A TWO CAR GARAGE, WHAT WAS THE DIMENSION OF THOSE GARAGE? WE DON'T KNOW. THEY WERE NOT REQUIRED AT THAT TIME. SO WE CAN'T REALLY HAVE THAT KIND OF SUBJECTIVITY LEFT. SO THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY THAT WE FOUND AGAIN, IT'S NOT FOOLPROOF, BUT THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY WE FOUND IS TO HAVE THAT ESTABLISHMENT OF GDC THAT REQUIRED THE TWO CAR GARAGE. BY THAT WAY, IT ESTABLISHES THE GARAGES DIMENSION THAT WAY TOO. BECAUSE IT'S TWO CAR, IT HAS TO ACCOMMODATE TWO CAR. IT HAS TO BE 18, 18, OH NINE, 918FT WIDE, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE HAVE THOSE STANDARDS NOW WE WISH WE DIDN'T HAVE IN 1980. SO WE DON'T HAVE A WAY TO REGULATE THEM, EVEN IF THEY WANT TO CONVERT ONE OF THEIR GARAGES TO OR ONE OF THEIR SPACES TO A PART OF THEIR HOME, TO A LIVING ROOM. THERE'S NOT MUCH WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT. BUT IF IT'S A HOME THAT'S BUILT IN 2020 AND THEY'RE CONVERTING THEIR GARAGE INTO SOMETHING ELSE, THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE COULD DO. 
          SO THAT, TO US, WAS THE BEST POSSIBLE AVENUE TO DISTINGUISH IN A REASONABLE MANNER. WHEN OR WHEN NOT, IT COULD BE ALLOWED TO BE VISIBLE FROM THE STREET. SO WE DO HAVE A CODE THAT SAYS IF YOU CONVERT YOUR GARAGE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOU HAVE TO BUILD AN OTHER BUILDING. SO I MEAN, IT, IT'S IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT TO SAY, WELL, IF IT WAS BUILT BEFORE HERE, YOU'RE GOOD. LIKE I WOULD, I WOULD THINK THAT IF YOU HAVE A TWO CAR GARAGE, YOU DON'T NEED A CARPORT, IF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SAYING, BECAUSE IT'S A TWO CAR GARAGE IS A TWO CAR GARAGE. YOU COULD GET TWO CARS. 
          YES, BUT THEN THEY'RE ALLOWED TO MAKE THOSE TWO CAR GARAGE INTO SOMETHING ELSE, WHICH THE CITY WON'T BE ABLE TO ENFORCE THAT WHICH IN THE OTHER CASE, THE 2020 BUILT HOME WON'T BE ABLE TO CONVERT THE TWO CAR GARAGE. SO IF IT'S A HOME, IF I MADE MY IF I MADE MY TWO CAR GARAGE AND I MADE THE CHOICE TO CONVERT MY TWO CAR GARAGE, OUR ORDINANCE ALREADY SAYS THAT YOU HAVE TO REPLACE THAT WITH A GARAGE AFTER AFTER 2015, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THE REQUIREMENT WAS ESTABLISHED. SO I HAVE A HOUSE THAT WAS BUILT IN 1980 AND I CONVERTED THE GARAGE INTO A BEDROOM. DOES OUR ORDINANCE NOT SAY THAT? YOU HAVE TO? NO. OKAY. IT ALSO KIND OF YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I KEEP GOING BACK TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION BECAUSE IT'S A GOOD QUESTION, BUT JUST MAKING THIS CRAZY COMPLICATED STUFF AS SIMPLE AND STRAIGHTFORWARD AS POSSIBLE. LET'S SAY WE HAVE A PERMIT TECH OR A PLANS EXAMINER OR A CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER OR SOMETHING, DETERMINING IF YOU KNOW THIS CARPORT IS PERMITTED ON THIS PROPERTY. IT'S VERY EASY TO GO TO DCAD AND LOOK UP FOR A PARTICULAR LOT WHEN THE HOME WAS CONSTRUCTED. AND THEN THAT STAFFER CAN SAY, OKAY, THAT WAS BEFORE MAY 19TH, 2015. SO THEY'RE GOOD. OR, YOU KNOW, IT WAS AFTER THAT DATE. SO NO, SORRY, YOU CAN'T GET THIS PERMIT. OKAY, SO PART OF IT SAYS THAT YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO POUR THE TWO CONCRETE PADS INTO FOR THE COLUMNS, THE SUPPORT COLUMNS, RIGHT ON THE FIRST PHOTO. LET'S GO BACK. YEAH, THIS GUY RIGHT HERE. SO. 
          THEY'VE EXTENDED THEIR DRIVEWAY. BUT YOU COULDN'T HAVE TWO PADS. WHAT IS WHAT IS THE THOUGHT PROCESS OF THAT? YEAH. THIS WAS ACTUALLY A CONDITION THAT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE DSC MEMBERS, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE CARPORTS THAT HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY WITHOUT PERMITS, 
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ONE THING THEY WERE DOING TO MAKE IT FEASIBLE WITH THEIR EXISTING DRIVEWAY IS JUST ADDING A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA CONCRETE INTO THAT GRASS FOR THAT COLUMN WITH THE CONDITION, THIS LAST BULLET POINT HERE ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE SAYS IS THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT. IT WOULD NEED TO BE WITHIN THE ENVELOPE OF THE DRIVEWAY ITSELF. SO GOING BACK, SURE, SURE. IF THEY DID THAT, THEN THAT WOULD THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO FIT THAT POLE IN. THEY JUST NEED TO MOVE IT OVER TO THE WHERE THE DRIVEWAY ITSELF IS. AS YOU CAN SEE MY CURSOR JUST ALONG THAT LINE, RIGHT? BUT THAT TOP POLE WOULD BE BLOCKING THE DRIVEWAY. THAT WOULD MAKE IT I YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? IT PUTS IT FLUSH WITH IT WOULD BE MORE RESTRICTIVE. BUT AGAIN, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THESE, WHEN WE EVEN ALLOW THEM, YOU KNOW, HYPOTHETICALLY MOVING FORWARD, IF, IF COUNCIL VOTES TO ADOPT, THIS IS WE WOULD BE BEING MORE RESTRICTIVE. WE'D STILL GIVE FOLKS OPTIONS. BUT, YOU KNOW, NOT THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF OPTION, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. YES. IT YEAH, THEN IT SAYS ABOUT WHAT'S ALLOWEDE UNDER THE CARPORT. SO IT SAYS OTHER NON VEHICLE ITEMS. NO STORAGE OF HOUSEHOLD BELONGINGS OR OTHER NON VEHICLE ITEMS. SO ARE WE YOU'RE ONLY ALLOWED TO HAVE A CAR THERE. YOU COULDN'T HAVE YOUR POLY CART THERE. YOU COULDN'T HAVE YOUR OUTDOOR TOYS UNDER THERE. YOU COULDN'T. OKAY. THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. AND JUST NOT TO BE TOO LIKE PLANNER PREACHY OR WHATEVER. BUT YOU KNOW, CODE LANGUAGE OBVIOUSLY IS WRITTEN IN A VERY PARTICULAR WAY AND IT CAN GET REALLY CONFUSING. SO ONE THING, WHETHER I'M READING CODE OR WRITING CODE THAT I FIND REALLY HELPFUL IS WHAT IS THIS PIECE OF LANGUAGE ATTEMPTING TO DO? LIKE WHAT'S THE ULTIMATE GOAL? AND, YOU KNOW, FOR MOST OF THESE, IT'S, IT HAS TO BE OVER A PAVED SURFACE AND YOU CAN'T HAVE AN ATV, YOU KNOW, OR A BOAT OR A CAMPER OR SOMETHING UNDER IT. IT'S BASICALLY FANCY LANGUAGE THAT SAYS JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. IT IS THE GOAL IS TO PROTECT THE ESTHETICS. SO IF YOU HAVE YOUR TV, YOUR JUNK OR SOMETHING ELSE, JUST PUT UNDER YOUR CARPORT AND THAT'S VISIBLE FROM THE STREET. IT IS, IT DOES IMPACT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ESTHETICS. IT DOES IMPACT THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE OTHER RESIDENTS THAT ARE THERE. SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GET AT. RIGHT. AND I'M NOT SAYING A TV OR JUST WE'VE GOT HOUSES THAT LOOK LIKE THE INSIDE OF THE HOUSE THREW UP ON THE OUTSIDE. SO I'M MOST DEFINITELY NOT SAYING JUST RANDOM NON OUTDOOR ITEMS. BUT IF YOU HAVE A TWO CAR GARAGE AND YOU ALSO NEED A TWO CAR CARPORT, THERE'S A REASON WHY YOU NEED A TWO CAR CARPORT. RIGHT ON TOP OF A TWO CAR GARAGE IS MOST LIKELY BECAUSE YOU CAN'T FIT OTHER THINGS INSIDE OF YOUR TWO CAR GARAGE. 
          SO BY SAYING THIS, WE'RE SAYING LIKE, YOU CANNOT HAVE YOUR BICYCLE UNDER YOUR CARPORT. SO THAT WEREN'T THE PURPOSE OF THIS AMENDMENT IS NOT TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IT AT. THAT IS CORRECT. SO IF PEOPLE DO RUN OUT OF SPACE BECAUSE THEY JUST HAVE TOO MANY THINGS IN THEIR TWO CAR GARAGE, THAT IS A PROBLEM THAT WE CAN'T SOLVE THAT. 
          ANOTHER REASON WHY I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE JUST DON'T ALLOW TWO CAR CARPORT, BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE A TWO CAR CARPORT, WHAT DO YOU NEED? FOUR CARS, RIGHT? YOU SEE WHERE YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? LIKE IT IT IT SEEMS YOU HAVE TWO CARS. YOU HAVE A TWO CAR GARAGE, BUT YOUR TWO CARS IN THERE, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD PREFER AS WELL. SURE. SO WHY DO YOU NEED A TWO CAR? IT JUST SEEMS SILLY TO ME. THE SAME THING FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES. YEAH, BUT I MEAN, IT ALL GOES TOGETHER. YEAH. IT'S IT'S IT'S ALL CONNECTED, RIGHT? BECAUSE IN I LIVE IN AN OLDER NEIGHBORHOOD. IF YOU GO DOWN GARLAND ROAD ACROSS FROM THE THE CEMETERY, IT'S ALL OLDER HOMES. THEY HAVE ONE CAR GARAGES THAT ARE VERY TINY, ONE CAR GARAGES WHERE EVEN WITH YOUR, YOUR FOOTINGS, YOU, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FIT A CARPORT BECAUSE THOSE THOSE, THOSE GARAGES, I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW THEY FIT CARS IN THERE. BACK WHEN THE HOUSES WERE BUILT BECAUSE CARS WERE MUCH LARGER, I TRIED TO FIT A CAR IN THERE. TODAY IS YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HIT YOUR HOUSE, RIGHT? SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO FIT A CARPORT STRUCTURE THAT'S GOING TO EVEN FIT YOUR CAR. MOST OF THEM DON'T EVEN HAVE FULL DRIVEWAYS. THEY HAVE TWO 
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CEMENT CATS THAT GO UP. AND SO THE POINT I'M MAKING IS I THOSE ARE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF OF SOME HOUSES HAVE A ONE CAR GARAGE, BUT YOU COULDN'T EVEN FIT A CARPORT STRUCTURE. HOW THIS IS WRITTEN BECAUSE THE GARAGE IS SO TINY, BUT WE'RE SAYING, WELL, IF YOU HAVE A TWO CAR GARAGE, WELL, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DIMENSIONS WERE BECAUSE WE WEREN'T REGULATING IT, BUT YOU COULD STILL HAVE A TWO CAR CARPORT LIKE IT. IT ALL KIND OF GOES TOGETHER IN A ROUNDABOUT WAY. SO ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY THAT IF THEY HAVE A TWO CAR GARAGE, WE SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWING THEM TO HAVEARPORTS AT ALL IS OKAY. OKAY. YEAH, WE'RE FINE WITH THAT. LIKE, WE DO NOT THINK CARPORTS HELP WITH NEIGHBORHOOD ESTHETICS. YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S REALLY THE GOAL. I DID WANT TO JUST CLARIFY IN THE EXAMPLE THAT YOU GAVE OF LIKE THE OLDER HOME, IT HAS A ONE CAR GARAGE. IT WAS PROBABLY FOR LIKE A MODEL T OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS? IT WAS SO SMALL. YEAH. OR WHATEVER. AND MAYBE THEY HAVE A RIBBON DRIVEWAY INSTEAD OF A FULL DRIVEWAY OR WHATEVER. IN IN THAT EXAMPLE, LET'S SAY IT'S A FULL DRIVEWAY, NOT A RIBBON DRIVEWAY. IT'S A ONE CAR GARAGE. THEY COULD STILL HAVE A CARPORT OVER THEIR DRIVEWAY THAT DOES NOT EXCEED 20FT IN LENGTH OR TEN FEET IN WIDTH. RIGHT. BUT WITH THE FOOTINGS, YEAH, YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO FIT IT. YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? WELL, YOU COULD IT WOULD JUST HAVE TO BE WITHIN THE ENVELOPE OF THE THE VERY NARROW DRIVEWAY. RIGHT. 
          WHEN YOU HAVE THE, THE LITTLE RIBBON, THERE'S NO RIGHT. THERE'S NO GIVE ROOM. LIKE IT'S LITERALLY, YEAH, CEMENT BIG ENOUGH FOR YOUR TIRES, YOU KNOW, AS NABILA WAS POINTING TO A CARPORT MAY NOT BE THE ANSWER FOR THAT PARTICULAR RESIDENT, YOU KNOW. OKAY, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO DRIVE THROUGH WILLIAMS AND IF YOU CAN COME UP WITH SOME CREATIVE SOLUTIONSNS, BECAUSE I WILL SAY THAT THE MOST PEOPLE THAT I HEAR FROM ABOUT CARPORTS ARE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, AND IT IS BECAUSE THE HOUSES, MOST OF THEM WERE HAD CARPORTS WHEN THE CURRENT OWNERS BOUGHT THEM, WHEN WE HAD A TORNADO AND OUR HURRICANE GARLAND RIPPED THROUGH THERE, A LOT OF PEOPLE LOST THEIR CARPORTS AND HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO REPLACE THE CARPORTS BECAUSE OF OUR CURRENT CARPORT SITUATION AND TRYING TO DO IT THE PROPER WAY. AND SO THE GARAGES YOU COULDN'T FIT A CAR IN TO TODAY. AND SO THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE THAT I HEAR ABOUT CARPORTS ARE IN THAT AREA WHERE IT'S JUST OLDER HOMES, RIGHT? AND THE WAY THAT THIS IS WRITTEN, THEY STILL WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET CARPORT. AND SO THAT THAT IS WHERE THE MAJORITY OF MY, MY PEOPLE THAT WANT CARPORTS COME FROM. AND SO THOSE ARE JUST KIND OF WHERE MY QUESTIONS CAME FROM IS LOOKING AT THEIR PROPERTIES. HOW WOULD THIS ALIGN WITH THOSE PROPERTIES? WELL, IT WOULDN'T. AND SO I, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY UNDERSTANDING THE VAST DIFFERENCE OF WHAT OUR HOUSING LOOKS LIKE IN GARLAND BECAUSE IT, IT IS FROM ONE EXTREME TO ANOTHER. THE HOUSE ON AVENUE B, KEVIN, WITH THE MULTIPLE THAT YOU SAID YOU GO PAST ON YOUR WAY TO WORK, THAT THAT IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF. I WOULD NOT BE IN FAVOR OF THAT. THEY'VE GOT MULTIPLE OTHER CODE ISSUES GOING ON THAT YOU COULD SEE IN THAT PICTURE. THEY'RE PARKED ON UNIMPROVED SURFACES. GUESS WHAT? IT'S BEEN LIKE THAT FOR YEARS. 
          SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT PICKING OUR BATTLES LIKE SO I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU THANK YOU MA'AM. MAYOR PRO TEM MARTIN THANK YOU. MAYOR BRIAN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY FASCINATING. AS FOR CARPORTS ONES, I I'M NOT AS NEGATIVE ON CARPORTS. IF THEY'RE IN THE BACK OF THE HOUSE, THEY'RE IN THE ALLEYWAY IN THE FRONT. YES. I THINK THEY'RE KIND OF AN EYESORE. AND PUTTING STRICT REGULATIONS ON THEM, I THINK IS A VERY GOOD IDEA TO DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM WANTING TO BUILD THEM. BUT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I WOULD HAVE IS, DOES THE DOESN'T THE STATE PREEMPT US FROM BEING ABLE TO, TO TALK ABOUT CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS? MISTER CITY ATTORNEY MAN, THAT WAS DRAMATIC. I WOULD, IN MY OPINION, YES, ESPECIALLY FOR PUERTO. IS THAT A NO? I'M SORRY, PUERTO RICO CHAIR. IN TEXAS, WE CALL THEM PUERTO RICO CHAIRS, JUST SO YOU KNOW. BUT YES, FOR SURE WITH THAT, WE CANNOT WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO REGULATE BUILDING MATERIALS BECAUSE IT'S ATTACHED TO THE HOUSE. LIKEWISE, IF A CARPORT IS ATTACHED TO THE MAIN RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO REGULATE BUILDING MATERIALS. IT'S A QUESTION THAT'S STILL OPEN. IN 
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OTHER WORDS, THE COURTS HAVE NOT ADDRESSED THE ISSUE OF CARPORTS THAT ARE UNATTACHED TO THE HOUSE. AND I ONLY SAY IT LIKE THAT BECAUSE THE BUILDING CODES TREAT CARPORTS GENERALLY IN RESIDENTIAL BUILDING CODES AS ACCESSORY BUILDINGS OR ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, AND BUT ACCESSORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES. AND SO THE COURTS HAVEN'T ACTUALLY GIVEN US THE RULE ON THAT YET. AND SO THERE'S A RISK THERE. BUT I FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE ABOUT THAT RISK THAN I DO WITH THE ONES THAT ARE ACTUALLY ATTACHED TO THE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE THEMSELVES. AND SO IF THE IF THE IF THE COUNCIL DESIRES TO REGULALATE BUILDING MATERIALS FR CARPORTS, THEN THERE'S A RISK. BUT IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT, I WOULD RECOMMEND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A REQUIREMENT THAT THE CARPORT IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE. AS FAR AS THE PORTICO SHARE. THEN WE SHOULD NOT BE HAVING ANY KIND OF PROVISION RELATED TO THE BUILDING MATERIALS, WHICH CAN LOOK KIND OF AWKWARD, QUITE FRANKLY. YES. OKAY. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I SUSPECTED YOUR ANSWER WOULD BE. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND. THERE'S, THERE'S A CASE FOR CARPORTS FOR WE WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE LIVE IN DIFFERENT WAYS. AND ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE OBVIOUS THINGS THAT I CAN THAT I, THAT I HAVE TO POINT OUT IS PEOPLE WITH VERY EXPENSIVE PICKUP TRUCKS, THEY CAN A PICKUP TRUCK CAN BE 60 TO $80,000 AND IT CANNOT FIT IN A REGULAR GARAGE. SO I CAN SEE THAT A CARPORT WOULD BE VERY HANDY FOR PEOPLE THAT, THAT, THAT LIVE THE LIFE OF EXPENSIVE PICKUP TRUCKS. AS FOR CAMPERS AND RVS, THOSE IF IT'S BEHIND THE HOUSE, IF IT'S IN THE ALLEY, I'M NOT AS I'M NOT AS UPSET ABOUT THAT, BUT IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE. ABSOLUTELY NOT. IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN RESTRICT THAT? SOMEONE COULD ONLY HAVE A CAR IN THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE IF IT'S IF IT'S ALONG THE STREET, BUT IN THE ALLEYWAY, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ALLOW SOMEONE TO HAVE THEIR BOAT, THEIR BASS BOAT THERE THAT THEY CAN'T FIT INTO THEIR GARAGE. ALSO, I'M CURIOUS, WHAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF A REGISTERED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL ARCTECT? WHAT ARCHITECT? IS THERE ANYTHING BEYOND AN ARCHITECT ENGINEER. 
          OKAY. OKAY. AND LET'S SEE. IS THERE A REMEDY FOR SOMEBODY THAT HAS A THREE CAR GARAGE AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A TWO CAR GARAGE? THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE A THREE CAR GARAGE AND THEY WANTED TO HAVE A CARPORT. DO THEY DO WE HAVE WHAT WOULD THAT BE? THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. IS THERE ALWAYS HAS TO BE A REMEDY. SO WE DO. IN THE PROPOSED STANDARDS, WE HAVE LIMITED TO TWO 400 SQUARE FOOT. SO IF IT'S THREE CAR GARAGE IT WOULD GO BEYOND THAT. 
          YEAH. THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME TO BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT FOR CARPORT MATTERS, BUT THEY WILL HAVE TO SHOW SIZE, SIZE, SHAPE OR SLOPE RELATED RELATED HARDSHIP, WHICH I DON'T THINK IN MOST CASES THEY WILL HAVE THAT IF THEY ALREADY HAVE THE THREE CAR GARAGE. OKAY, JUST CURIOUS IF THERE WAS A METHOD FOR THAT. AND SO IT WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE THE METHOD IS THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. THEY CAN GO BEFORE THEM FROM A PROCEDURAL PERSPECTIVE. AND LET'S SEE. I THINK THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE. OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SIR COUNCILMEMBER. TOOK A LOT OF NOS, BUT I DO. I WANT TO AGREE WITH MAYOR PRO TEM ON THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE. I FEEL LIKE IF WE WANT TO KEEP THIS NEW VIBE THAT WE'RE GOING WITH, THAT OUR CITY MANAGER INTRODUCED AND KEEPING THAT AND KEEPING EVERYTHING LOOKING GREAT, WE SHOULD FOCUS ON OUR DESIGNS, YOU KNOW, TRY KEEPING THEM IN THE BACK IF TY HAVE TO BE HERE. I HAVE I HAVE KIDS THAT MOVE BACK HOME, COLLEGE KIDS, THEY SHOULDN'T BE AT HOME, BUT THEY ARE AND THEY ALL HAVE CARS. SO WE HAVE THEY HAVE TO PARK SOMEWHERE. SO I, I CAN'T IMAGINE BANNING THEM ALL TOGETHER BECAUSE WE HAVE TO PARK SOMEWHERE. WE HAVE TO PROTECT THEM. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I HAVE THESE QUESTIONS. YOU MAY HAVE ANSWERED THEM, BUT IT WAS ■VERY DILUTED. SO I DO APOLOGIZE IF YOU ALREADY ANSWERED IT. SHOULD THE RESIDENTS BE GETTING PERMITS FOR THESE CARPORTS? YES, YES. OKAY. ARE WE WHERE DO THEY GO 
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TO GET THESE PERMITS? OKAY. SO NUMBER ONE, YES, THEY NEED TO GET PERMITS, RIGHT? OKAY. IF THEY DO NOT GET A PERMIT, WHO IS ENFORCING THIS? WHO IS GOING TO TELL THEM? TAKE IT DOWN. 
          LIKE WHAT HAPPENED WHEN MAYOR WHO TELLS THEM TO TAKE IT DOWN CODE OR THE BUILDING CODE, COMPLIANCE FLAGS THEM, FLAGS THEM. OKAY. AND THEN THE PROCESS FOLLOWS AS CITY CITATION CITATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. OKAY. SO IF THE RULES HAVE BEEN BROKEN, THEY DID NOT GET THEM. THEY WILL BE ALLEGEDLY FINED UNTIL IT'S EVENTUALLY TAKEN DOWN IN COMPLIANCE. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO WORK. OKAY. AND THEN THE THE CARPORTS, I AGREE WITH SORRY, KRISTA DEPUTY UNDERNEATH THEM, WE SHOULD HAVE CARS, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, NOT, YOU KNOW, NOT STORAGE. I, I AGREE THAT ALL THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT MAKING SECOND HOUSES OF THESE. I THINK THAT'S WHAT GOD SAID. OKAY. AND THEN DID WE SAY YES TO THE MEDALS OR NO TO THE METAL ONES? ONLY WHEN THEY'RE NOT VISIBLE FROM THE STREET. SO LIKE SORT OF IN THE REAR YARD BEHIND THE HOME. AND THEN ONLY WHEN THEY'RE ACCESSED FROM AN ALLEY. OKAY, SO IN THE BACK OF THE HOUSE, IF THEY'RE COMING IN THROUGH THE BACK, WE CAN SAY YES, THE METAL ONES. YES. FROM IS THAT CORRECT? EVEN IF IT'S LIKE WE'RE DRIVING AND THEY LIVE ON THE CORNER AND WE CAN SEE ON THE CORNER, IT'S STILL A YES IF IT'S VISIBLE FROM THE STREET. NO, THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF HAVING THAT LINK RATHER THAN JUST SAYING REAR OR SIDE OR FRONT. THAT'S WHY WE BROKEN THEDOWN INTO VISIBLE FROM THE STREET AND NOT VISIBLE FROM THE STREET. OKAY. AND IN THE SCENARIO YOU GAVE, THAT'S A SIDE STREET SETBACK OR SIDE STREET YARD JUST TEACHING MOMENT. NO, NO, NO. YEAH. BECAUSE I LIVE ON THE CORNER. 
          SO MINE IS OKAY. AND THEN FINALLY, DID WE SAY NO TO FOUR WHEELERS. IS THAT WHAT THOSE 80S. IS THAT WHAT WE SAID? NO FOUR WHEELERS. THEY SHOULDN'T BE UNDERNEATH THERE. YEAH. WHAT WOULD WE CALL IT? RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. WHAT ABOUT IF THEY'RE IN THE BACK STILL NO. RIGHT. IS THAT WHAT WE'RE SAYING? I JUST I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS. 
          RIGHT, RIGHT. OKAY. BUT THERE'S NO CLEAR ANSWER. IT'S OKAY. WELL, WE MIGHT WE MIGHT HAVE. 
          IT'S OKAY. YEAH. WHILE WE'RE HAVING THIS. YES, SIR. I MIGHT BE ABLE TO JUST TOUCH ON THAT. 
          WE HAVE A CODE OF ORDINANCE PROVISION THAT REGULATES HOW, WHERE AND HOW RVS CAN BE KEPT IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS. SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A PART OF THE GDC FOR THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S ALREADY COVERED UNDER THE CODE OF ORDINANCES. FANTASTIC. OKAY. I THINK HE ANSWERED THAT. MAYBE I'LL JUST PUT A QUESTION MARK BY THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU MA'AM. COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ORION NEBULA, JUST BASED ON THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE HAD THUS FAR, IT'S QUITE OBVIOUS THAT WE CERTAINLY DO NEED TO GO FORWARD WITH. REFINING, DEFINING, AND GIVING A MUCH MORE CLEAR DEFINITION OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. AS FAR AS CARPORTS ARE CONCERNED. I'D LIKE TO JUST KIND OF CLEAR UP A COUPLE OF THINGS. WE HAVE STATED THAT HOMES PRIOR TO 2015, THEY WILL HAVE THESE FLEXIBILITIES. THEY WILL HAHAVE THESE GUIDELINES AS FAR AS IT RELATES TO THE CARPORTS, ANYTHING AFTER 2015, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE NOT ALLOWING THEM. CORRECT NOW. THEY'RE STILL ALLOWED IN THE REAR. THEY'RE JUST NOT JUST NOT VISIBLE FROM THE STREET. OKAY. SO THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED FROM THE FRONT, CORRECT? CORRECT. SECOND, A HOME SOLD PRIOR TO 2015 NOT SOLD THOUGH IT'S CONSTRUCTED. SO IT'LL BE PER THE PERMIT. SO AFTER THE GDC ADOPTION, IF THE PERMIT HAD COME IN BEFORE THAT, IF THE OLD RULES HAD APPLIED TO THEM, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT THAT COUNTS. NOT WHEN THE HOUSE WAS SOLD. OKAY. SO MY QUESTION IS A HOME THOUGH, THAT IS SOLD TODAY, BUILT PRIOR TO 2015. THE PERMIT GOES WITH THE HOUSE AND NOT WITH THE OWNER. CORRECT. OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. THAT THAT REALLY HELPS THAT CLARIFIES THAT DEFINES THAT HELPS US TO HAVE A BREAKING POINT AS IT RELATES TO WHAT THESE RULES, THESE LAWS AND REGULATIONS ARE GOING TO CONCERN. WHAT YOU'RE COMING TO US TONIGHT ASKING US IS TO GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO GO FORWARD NOW WITH GIVING REAL CONTEXT, GIVING LIFE TO THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING. BUT YOU WILL BE COMING BACK AND WE WILL HEAR MORE AS IT RELATES TO WHAT YOU ARE COMING BACK WITH AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE CERTAINLY APPROVING. CORRECT. SO JUST LIKE THE SIGN ORDINANCE, IF YOU 
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REMEMBER, WE HAD COME TO YOU FOR A REPORT OUT AND NOW WE ACTUALLY HAVE COME TO YOU WITH THE ACTUAL AMENDMENTS. YOU CAN SEE IT IN YOUR PACKET. SO. RIGHT. SO THIS TIME WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THAT BECAUSE WE'RE JUST PRESENTING THE IDEA. SO WE WILL BE BRINGING IN THE ACTUAL LANGUAGE TO YOU FOR YOU TO CONSIDER. IT' GO THROUGH PLAN COMMISSION FOR PUBLIC HEARING. 
          IT'LL GO, IT WILL COME BACK TO WORK SESSION. THEN IT WILL GO THROUGH A PUBLIC HEARING. SO PLENTY OF TIME TO EVALUATE THE ACTUAL AMENDMENTS LATER. THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT I WANTED TO SAY, BUT I FORGOT. THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE THAT THAT SAYS TO ME, JUST BASED ON THE CONVERSATION WE'VE HAD ALREADY, YOU'VE GOT YOUR WORK CUT OUT FOR YOU IN THE WAY. CORRECT? DEALING WITH SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN POSED, SOME OF THE PREDICTION OR SOME OF THE POSSIBILITIES AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. COUNCILMEMBER TRENT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO I THINK I UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROPOSAL TO TRY TO PROTECT THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF RESIDENTS. RIGHT. SO I NOTICED THAT THE HOUSE IS PRIOR IN 20 2015. I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE IMPACT IF THIS PROPOSAL GOING FORWARD. DO YOU HAVE SOME KIND OF GUESSTIMATE NUMBERS? HOW MANY PERCENTS THAT PEOPLE ALREADY THE HOUSE BILL IN 2015, AND THEY ALREADY HAVE THE CARPORTS OUT THERE? YEAH, WE DON'T HAVE THOSE BECAUSE A LOT OF BIG, BIG PORTION OF IT IS CONSTRUCTED WITHOUT A PERMIT. SO IT'S IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO HAVE THOSE NUMBERS. SO NO, SO IT'S MORE I WOULD LIKE FOR COUNCIL TO LOOK AT IT AS REGULATIONS MOVING FORWARD. SO ANYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING MOVING FORWARD, WE WILL BE APPLYING THESE NEW RULES. WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO BACK TO A CARPORT THAT'S ALREADY EXISTING. AND AGAIN I'M NOT MAKING THOSE CLAIMS. WHAT I WANT TO HIGH LEVEL SAY IS THE RULES ARE FOR SITUATIONS MOVING FORWARD. OKAY. SO LET'S SAY IF WE HAVE A FEW HOUSES BUILT PRIOR TO 2015, THEY ALREADY HAVE THE CARPORTS, AND IT MIGHT NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THE NEW REQUIREMENT, WHAT GOING TO HAPPEN TO THEM? IT DEPENDS ON WHEN THEY BUILD THE CARPORT. IF THEY DID IT WITH A PERMIT, THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO TELL. AND IF THEY DID IT WITH A PERMIT, THAT WAS THEY'LL BE GRANDFATHERED BECAUSE THEY WERE PRIOR TOHESE AMENDMENTS GOING IN ACTION. BUT IF THEY WERE BUILT WITHOUT A PERMIT, THEN CODE COMPLIANCE EVEN TODAY CAN GO AND NOTIFY THEM OF A VIOLATION TODAY, EVEN WITHOUT THESE AMENDMENTS. GOT YOU. SO THE ONE THAT WITHOUT A PERMIT, WE KNOW WHAT TO DO FOR THE ONE ALREADY HAVE THE PERMIT PRIOR TO 2015. THEY SHOULD BE GOOD. THEY SHOULD BE GOOD TO GO. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS, BACK TO SLIDE EIGHT. 
          IT'S A THING ABOUT THE PROHIBITED MATERIALS. IT SAYS SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUCTED OF UNPAINTED SLASH STAINED WOOD. DO YOU MEAN UNPAINTED OR UNSTAINED WOOD? IN THAT INSTANCE? I SAW THIS ON FACEBOOK AND SOMEBODY SAID, I CAN'T BUILD IT WITH WOOD THAT'S BEENEN STAINED. AND I THINK YOU MEAN UNPAINTED, UNSTAINED OR SLASH UNSTAINED. CORRECT? YEAH. 
          YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN? IT DOESN'T SAY UNSTAINED. IT SAYS STAINED. SO SOMEBODY SAID, I CAN'T BUILD IT AND STAIN THE WOOD. I THINK THEY WOULD WANT ME TO STAIN THE WOOD. LET'S SAY THAT'S A TYPO. 
          OKAY, SO I WANT TO FIX. AND THEN THERE WAS TALK SAID WHAT ABOUT PLASTIC? DOES THAT INCLUDE LIKE CORRUGATED PLASTIC FOR THE ROOF? WOULD THAT BE PROHIBITED? SO IN TERMS OF MATERIALS, JUST AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE 2019. STATE LAW, WE WON'T BE IT'LL BE WHATEVER IS. 
          THE BUILDING CODE ALLOWS FOR THE BUILDING TO BE BUILT WITH THOSE. ALL WILL BE ALLOWED. SO WE'LL JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE WHATEVER'S NOT WHATEVER'S PROHIBITED IN THE BUILDING CODE WILL HAVE. SO PLASTIC IS NOT A PERMITTED BUILDING MATERIAL PER THE BUILDING CODE. SO THEY ARE PROHIBITED MATERIAL. OKAY, OKAY. VERY GOOD. WELL, I, I JUST SAW THAT TODAY. YOU KNOW, THIS PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE AGENDA APPARENTLY AND PLUCK THAT PLUCK THAT SLIDE OUT TODAY. 
          AND, AND I SAID, I WONDER IF THAT JUST MEANS UNPAINTED. UNSTAINED IS WHAT YOU REALLY MEANT. SO I WANTED TO BRING THAT UP TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SETTLE THAT QUESTION. SO THANK YOU. VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. 
          COUNCILMEMBER LUCK. HI. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS BACK. I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE WORKED VERY HARD ON THIS. I WANTED TO KIND OF SUMMARIZE SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WERE 
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MENTIONED DURING THIS CONVERSATION. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT NOT REQUIRING CARPORTS TO BE ATTACHED. WELL, IF WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT THE BUILDING MATERIALS, I THINK SO. WE'LL HAVE TO WORK WITH CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT. SO YEAH, I DEFINITELY WANT TO LOOK INTO DETACHED ONLY OR A CERTAIN AN INCH. I DON'T KNOW IF WE NOT PART OF THE MAIN S STRUCTUREAND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO PUT BUILDING MATERIAL STANDARDS FOR THOSE. CORRECT. AND WE'LL WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT ALL WORKS. AND THEN THE SECOND ONE WAS, IF IT'S A TWO CAR GARAGE, NO FRONT CARPORT. WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT. YEAH, GREAT. THOSE ARE THE BIGGEST CHANGES THAT I SAW AS WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE ON THIS. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. YES, SIR. THIS IS JUST A AS I'M SITTING HERE LISTENING TO THE CONVERSATION, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT A. WE HAVE VERY A FEW CASES, I THINK MAYBE 3 OR 4 IN GARLAND, WHERE PEOPLE HAVE ASKED FOR A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION FOR CARPORTS AND THEY GENERALLY COME IN THE FORM, COME WITH AN APPLICATION AND A DOCTOR'S NOTE INCLUDED THAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY NEED THIS FOR THEIR MEDICAL TREATMENT OR THEY HAVE A CERTAIN TYPE OF AND THEY NEED A COVERED PARKING AREA FOR VARIOUS REASONS. AND SO THERE MAY BE SOME CARPORTS IN ONE OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE THERE WITHOUT US ONLY BECAUSE OF A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION REQUEST. THAT'S JUST MORE OF AN FYI THAN ANYTHING. OH, I'M PERFECTLY FINE GIVING ANYONE ACCOMMODATIONS IF THEY NEED IT FOR MEDICAL REASONS OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. AND IN THAT WAY. ONE CLARIFICATION. SO WHEN WE'RE SAYING NO FRONT, NO CARPORT IN THE FRONT, WHEN THERE'S A TWO CAR GARAGE, WHEN THEY'RE BUILT AFTER 2015. CORRECT. NOT PRIOR. AFTER. I MEAN, I'M FINE WITH ANY BUT BEFORE WILL BE HARD TO ENFORCE BEFORE. THAT WOULD BE THE REALLY BIG SIGNIFICANT CHANGE FROM TODAY VERSUS, YOU KNOW, WHEN THIS WAS AT DSC, WE JUST IF IT'S A TWO CAR GARAGE, YOU JUST DO NOT HAVE A CARPORT AT ALL IN THE FRONT. YEAH. OKAY. BUT IT WAS IF IT WAS CONSTRUCTED PRIOR TO 2015, IS IT DOES IT STILL APPLY? I MEAN, I'M WE'RE GOOD WITH IT. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S ENFORCEABLE. BECAUSE IF IT'S PRIOR TO 2015, THEY WERE NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE TWO CAR GARAGE, THEN IT COULD BECOME AN ENFORCEMENT MATTER. BUT WE CAN START WITH THAT. WE CAN WORK WITH CITY ATTORNEY CODE COMPLIANCE, BUILDING INSPECTIONS AND GO FROM THERE. I THINK HE'S READY. WELL, I GUESS I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED. 
          LET ME TRY TO SEE WHAT YOU'RE GETTING AT. YOU'RE SUGGESTING THAT IF THEY HAVE A TWO CAR GARAGE, DESPITE WHEN IT'S BUILT, AND THEY PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO HAVE A CARPORT. WELL, YEAH, YOU COULD DO THAT. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S 2015 OR NOT PRIOR TO 2015 OR NOT. OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE ONE WHICH THAT THEY DO, THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO THAT BUT HOUSES BEFORE. I MEAN, IF THAT'S THE BLANKET PROHIBITION, IF YOU HAVE A TWO CAR GARAGE, 2015 SHOULDN'T MATTER. SO THE ONLY CLARIFICATION WE'LL NEED, LIKE IF THEY WERE BUILT WITH A TWO CAR GARAGE, RIGHT? IF THE BUILD, THE HOME WAS BUILT WITH A TWO CAR GARAGE, I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULD NEED THAT. IF THEY HAVE A TWO CAR GARAGE, WHETHER IT WAS BUILT WITH IT OR NOT, AND HOW FOR A IF THEY APPLY FOR A PERMIT FOR A A CARPORT, THEN IF THE RULE IS YOU DON'T GET A CARPORT IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE. IF YOU HAVE A TWO CAR GARAGE, WHY DO WE CARE WHEN THE TWO CAR GARAGE IS BUILT? IF IT'S THERE, IT'S EITHER THERE OR IT'S NOT THERE. I THINK WE WOULD HAVE TO LIKE SORT OF DEFINE WHAT WE MEAN BY TWO CAR GARAGE, LIKE MINIMUM DIMENSIONS OR SOMETHING, BECAUSE IT COULD, AND I'D HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND THINK ABOUT IT, BUT IT COULD GET A LITTLE NEBULOUS AS FAR AS LIKE WHAT THE CONDITION IS THAT TRIGGERS YOU DON'T GET A CARPORT IN THE FRONT, YOU KNOW, LIKE PEOPLE COULD COME BACK AND SAY, WELL, DEFINE TWO CAR GARAGE. I THINK I CAN, I'M JUST, I'LL JUST TELL YOU THAT I DON'T THINK WE DON'T NEED A DEFINITION FOR EVERYTHING. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT A TWO CAR GARAGE IS WELL DEFINED WITHIN ALL THE BUILDING CODES. OKAY. YEAH. SO SO USING THE TERM TWO CAR GARAGE, IF THE COUNCIL DESIRES TO JUST SAY IF YOU HAVE A TWO CAR GARAGE ON YOUR RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE, YOU MAY YOU'RE PROHIBITED FROM BUILDING A CARPORT, THEN THAT'S EASY. I DON'T I GUESS I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING THE WHY 2015 WOULD MATTER IN THAT CASE. THEY WERE TRYING TO BE NICE. OH, NO. 
          YEAH, I THINK I THINK THE WAY IT'LL IT'LL BE ENFORCED IS THE THE DAY COUNCIL APPROVES THE 
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ORDINANCE GETS APPROVED FOR THE CARPORT FROM THAT DAY, IF THE TWO CAR GARAGE THEN PERIOD. 
          THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE. SO THERE'S STILL A CUT OFF DATE. YEAH. IT'S WHEN THE C COUNCIL PASSES THERDINANCE. THIS ORDINANCE. YEAH, WE CAN DO THAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. PERFECT. 
          THANK YOU. ONE SECOND. OH, YEAH. GARAGE DOORS COME IN STANDARD SIZES. THEY'RE USUALLY TWO CAR GARAGE, 16FT WIDE BY SEVEN FEET TALL. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MATTERS. I DON'T THINK THE STANDARD GARAGE GARAGE, SIDE ROOM, WHICH IS DIFFERENT, BUT THE DOOR IS USUALLY STANDARD SIZE. IF SOMEONE IS BUILDING A CARPORT AND YOU DON'T WANT TO BUILD THE BUILDING FOOTING, CAN THEY JUST EXPAND THEIR DRIVEWAY BY A FOOT ON EITHER SIDE? THEY CAN. IF IT MEETS OUR ENGINEERING STANDARDS, RIGHT? AND THEN ALL EXISTING CARPORTS WOULD BE GRANDFATHERED, CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. AND WHICH IF THEY WERE BUILT WITHOUT A PERMIT, OF COURSE THEY'RE NOT GRANDFATHERED. RIGHT? OKAY. IF THEY'RE BUILT WITH A PERMIT, THEN THEY'RE GRANDFATHERED. 
          THAT'S HOW I READ IT. OKAY. CORRECT. OKAY. AND. ONE OTHER THING I HAD, I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT NONRESIDENTIAL NEXT, BUT LET'S TAKE CARE OF THIS FIRST, THIS ISSUE. SO WE DISCUSSED THE BASIC OUTLINE COUNCIL. THIS WILL COME BACK FOR ANOTHER DISCUSSION MORE FLESHED OUT. SO ARE WE OKAY MOVING FORWARD WITH THE BASIC FRAMEWORK? I HAD ONLY QUESTION I HEARD REALLY DISCUSSED WAS NOT ALLOWING FRONT CANOPIES WITH TWO CAR GARAGE AT ALL, OR ONLY IN THOSE BUILT BEFORE 2015. I'D LIKE TO GET A CONSENSUS ON THAT SO STAFF KNOWS HOW TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT ISSUE. SO LOOKING FOR ONLY AFTER ONLY ALLOWED BEFORE 2015. CANOPIES ALLOWED ONLY BEFORE HOUSES BUILT BEFORE SORRY CARPORTS CANOPIES YOU TAKE OUT OF THE DEFINITION I. BUT A CARPORT IS ONLY BUILT ONLY ALLOWED IN BUILDINGS. HOUSES BUILT BEFORE 2015. LOOKING FOR CONSISTENCY ON THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO THEN NOT ALLOWING IT AT ALL. AND THAT IS THAT IS NOT ALLOWING IT AT ALL. OKAY. THAT IS UNANIMOUS. WE'LL GO FORWARD WITH THAT THEN. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU COUNCIL. WE'VE BEEN OUT FOR TWO HOURS. I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE A TEN MINUT ALL RIGHT. WELCOME BACK TO OUR JULY 20TH, 2026 WORK SESSION. WE'LL 
          [9. Audit Committee Meeting Report]
MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM NUMBER NINE. IT'S THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT. COUNCIL MEMBER OR CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL, THIS EVENING WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF PRESENTING A BRIEF REPORT ON BEHALF OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, ALONG WITH OUR CITY AUDITOR, JETT JOHNSON. LOOKS LIKE HE HAS A SPECIAL GUEST WITH HIM AS CHAIR, SERVING WITH THE COUNT WITH COUNCILWOMAN MARGARET LUTZ AND COUNCILMAN CHRIS OTT. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE COMMITTEE'S IMPORTANT ROLE IN SUPPORTING TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND PUBLIC TRUST IN THE CITY OF GARLAND'S FINANCIAL OPERATIONS. TONIGHT'S REPORT CONCERNS THE SELECTION OF THE CITY'S EXTERNAL AUDIT FIRM, THE INDEPENDENT FIRM THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND HELPING ENSURE OUR FINANCIAL REPORTING REMAINS ACCURATE, RELIABLE AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ESTABLISHED STANDARDS. I ALSO WANT TO THANK JED AND HIS TEAM FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP, PROFESSIONALISM AND CAREFUL WORK THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JED. ASK HIM TO INTRODUCE OUR SPEAKER FOR THIS EVENING. PRESENT THIS PLAN. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION. AS THE CHAIR INDICATED, WE'VE MET ON JULY 7TH, 2026, AS HE ALSO MENTIONED, THE STATE LAW, TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, AS WELL AS OUR CITY CHARTER, REQUIRE THE CITY TO HIRE A THI PARTY CPA TO CONDUCT A FINANCIAL AUDIT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. SO THE CURRENT EXTERNAL FIRM THAT WE HAVE BEEN USING THAT CONTRACT HAS EXPIRED. 
          SO WE HAD TO GO THROUGH AN RFP PROCESS. OUR CFO, ALISON STEADMAN, LED THAT INITIATIVE. 
          SO I'M JUST GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO HER. SHE'S GOING TO GO OVER THE PROCESS, HIGH LEVEL PROCESS AND THE SELECTION PROCESS ITSELF, AS WELL AS OUR RECOMMENDATION TO THE COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU, CHAD, AND THANK YOU. 
          CITY COUNCIL WANT TO GIVE A. ALSO, KUDOS TO JED AS HE'S WORKED WITH US ON THIS PROCESS, GOING THROUGH THE SELECTION AND REVIEWING ALL THE SUBMITTALS FOR THE RFP. SO JED OUTLINED WHAT IS REQUIRED IN OUR CITY CHARTER AND CITY POLICY. I ALSO JUST WANT TO MAKE THE LARGER COUNCIL AWARE OF OUR BEST PRACTICE FROM THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION. 
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THEY HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO ROTATE AUDIT FIRMS OR AND OR YOUR KEY MANAGEMENT STAFF WITHIN THAT SAME FIRM EVERY FIVE YEARS. SO FOR CONTEXT FOR THIS COUNCIL, WE LAST AWARDED AN RFP IN 2019. WE WERE GRANTED A TWO YEAR EXTENSION FOR THAT RFP DUE TO OUR WORKDAY FINANCIALS, ERP SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION. AND SO WE WERE DUE BASED ON THAT FIVE YEAR GRANT PLUS THE TWO YEAR EXTENSION TO GO THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS AGAIN. SO WE HAD AN AUDIT SELECTION COMMITTEE MADE UP OF OUR CITY AUDITOR, MR. JOHNSON. MATTHEW WATSON, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND PREVIOUS CFO, MYSELF, GARY WILCOX, OUR ELECTRIC CONTROLLER, AND KAREN HOLLINGSWORTH, OUR CITY CONTROLLER, AS WELL AS DON DAUGHTRY, WHO'S OUR CASH AND DEBT MANAGER. WE REVIEWED AND SCORED THOSE PROPOSALS, AND WE INTERVIEWED THE TWO TOP SCORING FIRMS BASED ON OUR SET CRITERIA. OUR CRITERIA LOOKED AT TECHNICAL QUALITY, OVERALL RESPONSIVENESS TO THE PROPOSAL, COMMITMENT TO PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES. WE HAD TWO HIGH SCORING FIRMS. THE FIRST WAS WEAVER, WHO WAS THE INCUMBENT, AND THEN THE SECOND WAS FOR VIS MAZARS. BOTH FIRMS WERE OFFERED HIGHLY COMPETENT TEAMS, COMPETITIVE PRICING, USES OF TECHNOLOGY. THE DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN THE TWO WAS THAT WEAVER PROVIDED AMPLE EXPERIENCE WITH ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN THE ERCOT MARKET, BEYOND JUST THE CITY OF GARLAND, AND THEY HAVE A LARGER STAFF TO SUPPORT THE CITY OF GARLAND ENGAGEMENT, WHETHER WITH THIS EXISTING TEAM OR AN ALTERNATIVE MANAGEMENT TEAM. THE RFP COMMITTEE WENT THROUGH NOT ONLY BASED ON THE HIGHEST SCORE FROM THE INITIAL RESPONSE REVIEW, BUT ALSO THE HIGHEST SCORE OUT OTHE INTERVIEW PROCESS. AND THEN FINALLY, THE LOWEST PRICE OFFERED WITH THE BEST AND FINAL TO RECOMMEND WEAVER TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. AND THEN THE AUDIT COMMITTEE GAVE US THE GREEN LIGHT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION TO THIS BODY. 
          TONIGHT, THE CITY COUNCIL, WE FIND SOME BENEFITS WITH WEAVER, CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS, KNOWLEDGE OF OUR ACCOUNTING STRUCTURE, REVENUES WITH SPECIFICALLY WITH OUR ELECTRIC UTILITY, OUR GRANT PROGRAMS, WHICH ARE A LARGER VOLUME IN NATURE FOR A MUNICIPALITY, OUR SIDE, AS WELL AS THE COMPLEXITY OF OUR PENSION OBLIGATION BOND, WHICH IS WAS ISSUED LAST YEAR BUT IS STILL HAS AN ACCOUNTING IMPACT INTO 2026. WE BELIEVE THEY'LL OFFER SUPPORT AS WE CONTINUE WITH OUR SYSTEM STABILIZATION, WITH OUR WORKDAY FINANCIALS, ERP, AND THEN THEY WILL OFFER, YOU KNOW, SOME GUIDANCE ON THIS AS WE FULLY IMPLEMENT OUT SOME OF THE MODULES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT SYSTEM AND THE ACCOUNTING IMPACTS THEY MAY HAVE. THERE SHOULD BE EFFICIENCIES WITH THIS ENGAGEMENT BY ALLOWING THEM SOME READ ONLY ACCESS INTO OUR SYSTEM. THAT WILL REDUCE THE OVERALL COST AND STAFF TIME, AS WELL AS LEVERAGE THEIR ABILITY TO LOOK IN OUR SYSTEM FOR THE TECHNICAL CONTROLS AND VALIDATE APPROVALS, AS WELL AS MAYBE GIVE US INSIGHT ON SOME OPPORTUNITIES WITH OUR SYSTEM TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND REALLY ENHANCE, ENHANCE OUR PROCEDURES. AND THEN FINALLY, WITHIN THEIR BEST AND FINAL PRICE, THEY HAVE AMPLE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES THAT NOT ONLY THE FINANCIAL STAFF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE PART OF, BUT I KNOW THE INTERNAL INTERNAL AUDIT STAFF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE. PART OF THIS IS FAIRLY STANDARD OFFERINGS, AND BOTH OF OUR TOP TWO FIRMS HAD IT, BUT WE WERE EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY, PARTICULARLY WITH WEAVER, BECAUSE THEY HAVE OFFERED TO CUSTOM MAKE A COURSE SPECIFIC TO MAYBE SOME OF THE NEEDS OR AREAS OF GREATEST IMPROVEMENT FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND. AND THEN FINALLY, WITH THEIR BEST AND FINAL, THEY'VE PROVIDED US THE ABILITY TO CHANGE THE AUDIT MANAGER THAT WOULD BE WORKING ON THE AUDIT TO ENSURE THERE IS THAT RETENTION OF INDEPENDENCE AND GAINING A FRESH PERSPECTIVE WHILE BALANCING AND LEVERAGING THAT HISTORIC KNOWLEDGE. SO FOR THE CITY COUNCIL'S FAMILIARITY, THE AUDIT MANAGERS ESSENTIALLY WHO'S WHO'S ON FROM THE FIRM RUNNING THE DAY TO DAY ACTIVITIES OF THE AUDIT PROCESS, SPECIFICALLY WHEN THEY'RE ON SITE FROM ABOUT MID JANUARY TO MARCH. AS WE PREPARE THAT THEY ARE REVIEWING, THEY'RE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH STAFF. AND SO CHANGING THAT INDIVIDUAL WOULD 
          [02:10:02]
PROVIDE THEM FRESH PERSPECTIVE AND THAT INDEPENDENCE AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH ANOTHER ENGAGEMENT. AND THEN MY FINAL POINT WOULD BE WE MADE A COMMITMENT TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, NOT BEYOND JUST OUR EXISTING POLICY, THAT WE WOULD BE COMING BACK ON AN ANNUAL BASITO DISCUSS THIS ENGAGEMENT. THE CONTRACT IS A ONE YEAR TERM WITH A FOUR YEAR OPTIONAL RENEWAL, BUT WE'LL BRING THAT DISCUSSION BACK EACH YEAR AT THE WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO THAT AUDIT COMMITTEE ABOUT ANY FURTHER EXTENSIONS. YEAH. SUMMARIZING, MAYOR, I THINK ALLISON DID AN EXCELLENT JOB IN SUMMARIZING EVERYTHING. ALL WE NEED FROM FROM FROM COUNCIL IS A CONSENSUS. IF YOU'RE OY WITH THIS PROPOSAL. ANY QUESTIONS COUNCILL TN. COUNCILMEMBER TRENT ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU MAYOR. SO JUST WANT TO CLARIFY HOW MANY YEARS WE HAVE TO ROTATE AND. ROTATE A FIRM. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY ROTATING A FIRM. 
          IT'S A ROTATING A FIRM OR KEY MANAGEMENT STAFF WITHIN THE SAME FIRM. AND SO THERE ARE FIRMS. WEAVER WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF THAT. THERE'S OTHER FIRMS THAT DIDN'T SUBMIT THAT WOULD HAVE THE CAPACITY. THEY HAVE LARGE ENOUGH STAFFS THAT WORK IN THIS INDUSTRY AND THIS PRACTICE SPECIFIC TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT. THEY HAVE MULTIPLE, YOU KNOW, PARTNERS THAT BID ON THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE COMPLETE STAFFS UNDERNEATH THEM, THAT YOU COULD HAVE AN ENTIRE CHANGEOVER IN THAT FULL STRUCTURE, BUT STILL BE WITH THE SAME FIRM. OH, GO AHEAD. DO YOU PROPOSE TO RECOMMEND TO KEEP WEAVER CONTINUE TO THIS YEAR? AND THEN AFTER THE BECAUSE THE KEY FOR THIS TRANSITION PERIOD. AND THEN WHAT DO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO AFTER THAT, AFTER THE TRANSITION PERIOD IS DONE, OR WE GO BACK TO TO OUR RECOMMENDATION AND JED, PLEASE CHIME IN IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE AN ADDITIONAL POINT. OUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO EXTEND WITH WEAVER, WITH THE KEY MANAGEMENT CHANGE THAT WILL. 
          IT'S A ONE YEAR RENEWAL WITH FOUR OPTIONAL TERMS AND BRING IT BACK THROUGH THE AUDIT COMMITTEE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS FOR ANY RECOMMENDATIONS OR DIRECTION FROM THAT BOARD. IF WE SHOULD PURSUE AN RFP PROCESS AGAIN PRIOR TO OR IF THERE IS A STAFF RECOMMENDATION, AN AUDIT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION TO ENGAGE WEAVER UNDER THAT FIVE POTENTIAL FIVE YEAR RENEWAL, MULTIPLE YEARS. SO BESIDE WEAVER'S, DO WE HAVE A SECOND OPTION IF WE WANT TO GO, IF WE DON'T WANT TO KEEP, WE WOULD NEED TO REDO OR GO THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS AGAIN. BUT JUST FROM THIS PAST SELECTION FOR THIS, MAZARS WAS THE SECOND SCORING FIRM AND OFFERED, YOU KNOW, A HIGHLY COMPETENT, HIGHLY CAPABLE TEAM. SO IN THE YOU KNOW, WHEN THAT TIME COMES FOR US TO GO BACK THROUGH THAT RFP PROCESS AGAIN, I WOULD ANTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT FIRM OR OTHER FIRMS IN THIS INDUSTRY TO PARTICIPATE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT. COUNSEL THEN. LOOKING FOR CONSENSUS. THAT IS UNANIMOUS. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THAT WAS THE LAST ITEM FOR 
          [10. ​Councilmember Margaret LuchtKristin Lucido - Plan CommissionRene Granado - Library Board]
INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. I'LL MOVE ON TO APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. 
          COUNCILMEMBER LUCK, YOU HAVE TWO APPOINTMENTS TOMORROW. ONE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, ONE 
          [ ANNOUNCE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
TO THE LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL. AND THEN NOW IS THE TIME TO ANNOUNCE F FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. IS THERE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? COUNCILMEMBER LUCK, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO LOOK AT ADDING A MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY TOTAL AND PER ROOM REQUIREMENT TO THE STR ORDINANCE, AND ALSO A MAXIMUM NUMBER OF ROOMS ALLOWED TO OBTAIN AN STR PERMIT. ALL RIGHT. 
          HAVE A SECOND. BY COUNCILMEMBER DUTTON. ANY OTHERS? ALL THANK YOU. MR. MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO HAVE EITHER A BRIEFING. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING WHERE WE GET A BRIEFING OR WHETHER WE. HAVE THE TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE LOOK AT THIS. BUT WE ALL HAVE SEEN A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION, WITH ATMOS REPLACING GAS LINES. I HAVE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF PEOPLE CONTACTING ME ABOUT SINKHOLES, BAD PATCH JOBS, AND WITH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE'VE GOT $230 MILLION WE'RE PUTTING INTO STREETS AND ALLEYWAYS THAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE THOSE COMPLETELY RESTORED WHEN THIS IS COMPLETED. 
          OKAY. SECOND, BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUTTON. ANYTHING ELSE? THAT'S IT. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER 
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CARAWAY. YES, I WOULD LIKE TO REFER TO THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICE COMMITTEE. THE QUESTION OF WHETHER HOW THE TREE MITIGATION FEE SHOULD BE APPLIED TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION IN CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS AND CHURCHES. 
          SPECIFICALLY, I ASK THAT THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICE COMMITTEE TO EXAMINE WHETHER SUCH ORGANIZATIONS SHOULD BE CHARGED TREE MITIGATION FEES AT ALL AND IF THEY ARE OR DO, DO NEED TO BE CHARGED, HOW THOSE FEES SHOULD BE ASSESSED AND DETERMINED. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBERS. ANYTHING ELSE, SIR? THAT'LL BE ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. IF YOU COME UP WITH SOMETHING LATER, YOU KNOW HOW TO GET IT TO ME. WITH A SECOND 
          [ EXECUTIVE SESSION]
FROM ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER. NOW, THE COUNCIL WILL MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTIONS FIVE FIVE, 1.071 AND 551.07, TWO OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. CONSULT WITH CITY ATTORNEY AND DELIBERATE REGARDING REAL PROPERTY MATTERS RELATED TO A PROPOSED BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT. CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS RELATED TO IMPROVEMENTS, MAINTENANCE AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR ROADWAYS, THE COMPROMISE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, AND LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO CITY ORDINANCES, INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS, POTENTIAL LEGAL CLAIMS AND RISKS ASSOCIATED THERE WITH. COUNCIL AT SIX OR EXCUSE ME. 826. WE'RE ADJOURNED. GOOD NIGHT. GARLANDND.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.