[ LEGISLATIVE PRAYER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
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          JULY 21ST, 2026 REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. IT IS THE TRADITION OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE AN INVOCATION AND RECITAL OF THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF OUR MEETING, LED BY ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. WE WERE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE, IF YOU SO CHOOSE, BUT YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN EITHER OR BOTH IN YOUR DECISION. DECISION IS STRICTLY A MATTER OF YOUR OWN CHOICE AND WILL NOT AFFECT THE DECISIONS TO BE MADE BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN ANY MANNER. TONIGHT'S INVOCATION AND PLEDGE WILL BE LED BY COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS SIR. LET US PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, TODAY WE COME BEFORE YOU WITH GRATEFUL HEARTS, THANKING YOU FOR THE FAITHFUL SERVICE OF TWO DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANTS. INTERIM POLICE CHIEF SCOTT VORENBERG AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER JEFF BRYANT. FOR MORE THAN THREE DECADES, EACH HAS ANSWERED THE CALL TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY WITH COMMITMENT, INTEGRITY AND PERSEVERANCE. WE THANK YOU FOR THE COUNTLESS LIVES THEY HAVE TOUCHED, THE CHALLENGES THEY HAVE FACED, AND THE WISDOM THEY HAVE GAINED THROUGH YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF GARLAND. AS THEY STEP INTO THESE NEW LEADERSHIP ROLES, WE ASK FOR YOUR ABUNDANT BLESSINGS UPON THEM. LORD GRANT CHIEF THORNBURGH WISDOM TO LEAD WITH COURAGE, FAIRNESS, AND COMPASSION. GIVE HIM DISCERNMENT IN EVERY DECISION. STRENGTH DURING DIFFICULT MOMENTS, AND A STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE. PROTECT HIM AND THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ALL THOSE WHO SERVE ALONGSIDE HIM. MAY HIS LEADERSHIP INSPIRE CONFIDENCE, UNITY AND EXCELLENCE THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT. WE ALSO LIFT UP ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER JEFF BRYANT, BLESS HIM WITH WISDOM, VISION AND HUMILITY AS HE HELPS GUIDE THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY. GIVE HIM CLARITY IN EVERY CHALLENGE, GRACE IN EVERY CONVERSATION, AND THE ABILITY TO TO LEAD WITH INTEGRITY AND A SERVANT'S HEART. MAY HIS EXPERIENCE CONTINUE TO BE A BLESSING TO OUR EMPLOYEES AND TO EVERY RESIDENT OF GARLAND. 
          FATHER, SURROUND BOTH OF THESE LEADERS WITH TRUSTED ADVISORS, SUPPORTIVE COLLEAGUES, AND DEDICATED TEAMS. GIVE THEM COURAGE WHEN DECISIONS ARE DIFFICULT. PATIENCE WHEN CHALLENGES ARISE AND PEACE THAT COMES FROM KNOWING YOU ARE WITH THEM EACH STEP OF THE WAY. WE ALSO ASK YOU TO BLESS THEIR FAMILIES WHO HAVE SUPPORTED THEM THROUGH THE YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND SACRIFICE. GRANT THEM HEALTH, JOY, PROTECTION, AND ENCOURAGEMENT AS THEY BEGIN THIS NEW CHAPTER TOGETHER. MAY SCOTT VORENBERG AND JEFF BRYANT CONTINUE TO LEAD NOT FOR PERSONAL RECOGNITION, BUT FOR THE GOOD OF THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE. MAY THEIR LEADERSHIP STRENGTHEN OUR CITY, FOSTER UNITY, AND LEAVE A LASTING LEGACY OF HONOR, INTEGRITY, AND FAITHFUL SERVICE. WE THANK YOU FOR RAISING UP LEADERS WHO HAVE DEVOTED SO MUCH OF THEIR LIVES TO THIS COMMUNITY. CONTINUE TO GUIDE THEIR PATHS. BLESS THE WORK OF THEIR HANDS, AND LET YOUR FAVOR REST UPON THEM AS THEY LEAD WITH WISDOM AND COMPASSION. IN YOUR HOLY NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          [ MAYORAL PROCLAMATIONS, RECOGNITIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS]
GOOD EVENING AGAIN. AND WE HAVE ONE PROCLAMATION TO DO BEFORE WE MOVE INTO THE REGULAR ORDER OF THE MEETING. AND THIS IS IN MEMORY OF A OUTSTANDING, DEVOTED MEMBER OF OUR GARLAND COMMUNITY WHO HAS PASSED MICHAEL RAY HAYSLIP, WHEREAS, MICHAEL RAY HAYSLIP, ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY'S MOST DEVOTED HISTORIANS, STORYTELLERS AND CIVIC VOLUNTEERS. AND WHEREAS A SIXTH GENERATION GARLAND GARLAND FAMILY MEMBER, MIKE DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO PRESERVING THE HISTORY OF THE COMMUNITY HE LOVED. AS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE GARLAND LANDMARK SOCIETY. HE SERVED THE ORGANIZATION IN NUMEROUS LEADERSHIP ROLES FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS, HELPED PRESERVE THE STORIES, PHOTOGRAPHS, ARTIFACTS, AND PLACES THAT DEFINE GARLAND'S HERITAGE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. AND WHEREAS MIKE WAS THE AUTHOR OF GARLAND, ITS PREMIER CENTURY EDITOR OF SKETCHES OF KATE JAMES, DALLAS COUNTY PIONEER AND A FREQUENT CONTRIBUTOR TO HISTORIC FEATURES TO THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS AND GARLAND NEWS. THROUGH HIS RESEARCH, WRITING, AND REMARKABLE MEMORY, HE DOCUMENTED THE PEOPLE, PLACES, 
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AND EVENTS THAT SHAPED GARLAND AND ENSURED THEIR STORIES WOULD NOT BE FORGOTT. AND WHEREAS FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS, MIKE RAY HAYSLIP WAS MORE THAN GARLAND, THAN GARLAND'S HISTORIAN. HE WAS ITS MEMORY, HIS EXTRAORDINARY KNOWLEDGE, CURIOSITY, AND GIFT FOR STORYTELLING MADE HIM THE TRUSTED KEEPER OF GARLAND'S COLLECTIVE MEMORY WHILE POSSESSING AN EXTRAORDINARY WIT, INSATIABLE CURIOSITY, AND SATIRICAL SENSE OF HUMOR. AND WHEREAS MIKE DEVOTED HIMSELF TO NUMEROUS CIVIC CAUSES, INCLUDING THE GARLAND SUMMER MUSICALS, VISUAL AID VOLUNTEERS AND THE STEVEN D FELDMAN TRUST FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED. HE BELIEVED THAT THE PRIVILEGES OF LIVING IN A FREE SOCIETY CARRIED WITH THEM THE RESPONSIBILITY RESPONSIBILITY TO GIVE BACK. AND HE FULFILLED THAT BELIEF THROUGH DECADES OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE TO OTHERS. NOW, THEREFORE, I, DYLAN HEDRICK, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS, ON BEHALF OF THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY HONOR THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF MICHAEL RAY HAYSLIP, WHOSE CURIOSITY, SCHOLARSHIP, WIT, AND UNWAVERING DEVOTION PRESERVE THE STORIES THAT DEFINE OUR COMMUNITY. WE EXPRESS OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE FOR HIS EXTRAORDINARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY OF GARLAND AND EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT SYMPATHY TO HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS, A ALL WHO ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO KNOW HIM. MIKE HAS PASSED THE STORIES HE PRESERVED AND THE COUNTLESS STORIES SHARED ABOUT HIM WILL CONTINUE TO SHAPE GARLAND FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. 
          [ CONSENT AGENDA]
ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON WITH OUR REGULAR ORDER. FIRST ITEM IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL ITEMS UNDER THE SECTION ARE RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY A SINGLE MOTION OF COUNCIL WITHOUT DISCUSSION. COUNCIL HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW EACH OF THESE ITEMS AT A PREVIOUS WORK SESSION, AND APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE EACH ITEM. I WILL ANNOUNCE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNCIL, AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE, TO REQUEST THAT ANY ITEM BE REMOVED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY. THE FIRST ITEM WE HAVE ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA IS ITEM NUMBER ONE. APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE JULY 7TH, 2026 REGULAR MEETING. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING BIDS TWO A, G, P, AND L NAME AND NEWMAN. 138 KV TRANSMISSION LINE MATERIALS TO BE CORRIDOR REVITALIZATION PROGRAM. PHASE ONE DESIGN SERVICES. TWO C FIRE DEPARTMENT EMS BILLING SERVICES. TWO D PURCHASE OF FOUR SUVS AND FIVE ONE TON SERVICE TRUCKS. TWO E PROFESSIONAL AUDITING SERVICES. ITEM NUMBER THREE IS. A PUBLIC CONDUCTED FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONING CASES. COUNCIL APPROVED THE ZONING REQUEST AND INSTRUCTED STAFF TO BRING FORTH THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCES. THREE A IS ITEM NUMBER Z26-09. SEAN KIM INCORPORATED IN DISTRICT EIGHT. ITEM THREE B IS ITEM Z 2613. ALL ABOUT PERMITS IN DISTRICT TWO. ITEM THREE C IS Z26-16FSG SIGNS IN DISTRICT FIVE. ITEM FOUR IS ANNUAL PERFORMANCE UPDATE ON THE CITY OF GARLAND HOUSING AGENCIES 2025 THROUGH 2029. FIVE YEAR PLAN APPROVAL ITEM FIVE IS GARLAND HOUSING AGENCIES ADMINISTRATIVE PLA ITEM SIX IS GSD INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT REGARDING WASTEWATER LINE CONSTRUCTION. ITEM SEVEN IS RESOLUTION AMENDING THE AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT POOL. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS RESOLUTION APPROVING A JOINTLY OWNED FACILITY EXCHANGE TRANSACTION BETWEEN ONCOR AND THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL POWER AGENCY COUNCIL. IS THERE ANY ITEMS YOU WISH TO HAVE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY? IS THERE ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO HAVE ANY ITEMS PULLED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY? SEEING NONE, COUNCILMAN THOMAS, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK. DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION. MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE. 
          AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES FOR US? YES, SIR. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IS GIVEN TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY RATHER THAN TO QUESTION THE CITY COUNCIL OR STAFF. THE CHAIR MAY CALL A 
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SPEAKER OUT OF ORDER AT. THE SPEAKER PRESENTS QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS FOR INFORMAMATION THAT WILL UNDULY DELAY THE TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS. AT THE MEETING, SPEAKER SHALL BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK ON A FIRST COME, FIRST TO SPEAK BASIS, AS DETERMINED BY THE ORDER IN WHICH THE CITY SECRETARY RECEIVES THE SPEAKER'S INFORMATION. APPLICANTS ARE ALLOWED TEN MINUTES FOR PRESENTATIONS, AND ALL OTHER SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. WHEN THE PODIUM BUZZER SOUNDS, THE SPEAKER MUST SEND THEIR COMMENTS. THANK YOU MA'AM, IF ANYONE WISHES TO SPEAK AND HAS NOT ALREADY SIGNED UP, PLEASE 
          [9. Consider confirmation of the City Manager's Appointment of Scott Vornberg as Interim Chief of Police]
DO SO OVER BY THE CITY SECRETARY. FIRST ITEM FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION IS CONSIDER CONFIRMATION OF CITY MANAGER'S APPOINTMENT OF SCOTT THORNBURG AS INTERIM CHIEF OF POLICE. MR. CITY MANAGER, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. THIS NEXT ITEM CONCERNS THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. AS YOU KNOW, CHIEF JEFF BRIAN WAS PROMOTED TO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER YESTERDAY. AS I EXPLAINED LAST NIGHT, I'M EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO HAVE JEFF'S LEADERSHIP AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. I KNOW THAT JEFF LOVED BEING POLICE CHIEF, AND I KNOW THAT IT WAS HARD FOR HIM TO WALK AWAY, BUT I NEEDED HIS LEADERSHIP IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT HE AGREED TO COME JOIN US. THAT PROMOTION CREATED A VACANCY IN THE OFFICE OF CHIEF OF POLICE, AND I HAVE APPOINTED SCOTT WEINBERG TO SERVE AS INTERIM CHIEF OF POLICE. LET ME TELL YOU BRIEFLY WHY I CHOSE CHIEF THORNBURG. CHIEF THORNBURG HAS SERVED THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR OVER 30 YEARS. HE WAS BORN IN GARLAND. HE GRADUATED FROM GARLAND LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL. HE SPENT HIS ENTIRE PROFESSIONAL CAREER WORKING IN GARLAND. HE'S BEEN WITH THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND ROSE TO THE LEVEL OF ASSISTANT CHIEF HE LED AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER. NEARLY EVERY SINGLE PART OF THAT POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND IN DOING SO, HE HAS EARNED THE RESPECT OF THE MEN AND WOMEN, BOTH OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ALL SERVE. AND I KNOW THAT HE SHARES THE COUNCIL'S COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY AS THE FOUNDATION OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DO HERE IN THE CITY OF GARLAND. I HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE IN HIS ABILITY TO LEAD THE DEPARTMENT. UNDER CHAPTER 143 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, THE APPOINTMENT OF THE HEAD OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION BY THE GOVERNING BODY. SO WHILE I MAKE THE APPOINTMENT UNDER THE CHARTER CITY MANAGER, I AM BRINGING THAT APPOINTMENT TO YOU TONIGHT TO SEEK YOUR CONFIRMATION. AND TONIGHT I WOULD ASK THIS COUNCIL TO CONFIRM CHIEF THORNBURG AS INTERIM CHIEF OF POLICE, AND I DO SO WITHOUT ANY RESERVATION. THANK YOU, SIR. 
          ALL RIGHT. I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CONFIRM. COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS. YES, I MOVE THAT WE CONFIRM SCOTT THORNBURG AS INTERIM POLICE CHIEF AS RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY MANAGER. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER. MORE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION. COUNCIL. MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE. AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. CONGRATULATIONS, SIR. 
          [10. Swearing in of the Interim Police Chief]
NOW, INVITE OUR INTERIM POLICE CHIEF, MR. SCOTT VORENBERG, AND HIS FAMILY TO COME UP HERE FOR THE SWEARING IN CEREMONY. ALL RIGHT. REPEAT AFTER ME. I, SCOTT THORNBURG, I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE. THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF CHIEF OF POLICE, CHIEF OF POLICE, OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL AND WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THIS STATE AND OF THIS STATE. SO HELP ME GOD, SO HELP ME GOD. FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR APPOINTING ME AND CONFIRMING ME. THEY'VE BEEN VERY STRONG SUPPORTERS OF ME IN THIS WHOLE ENTIRE PROCESS. NEXT, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK JEFF. BRIAN. JEFF HAS BEEN THE LEADER OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE LAST SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS, AND WE'VE HAD SOME VERY 
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DIFFICULT CHALLENGES OVER THE TIMES, INCLUDING A GLOBAL PANDEMIC AND NATURAL DISASTERS. 
          PERSONALLY, JEFF HAS BEEN A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE. HE'S BEEN A HUGE SUPPORTER OF ME AND ALL THE COMMAND STAFF MEMBERS YOU SEE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY. SO THANK YOU, JEFF, FOR YOUR 30 YEARS OF SERVICE AS A POLICE OFFICER FOR THE CITY. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND TO ALL OF US. I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK MY FAMILY, WHO ALL CAME IN FROM VARIOUS DIFFERENT PLACES. BOTH MY KIDS THAT ARE ADULTS CAME IN. MY WIFE, OF COURSE, WHO HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SUPPORTIVE, AND OUR BROTHER MARK, WHO CAME IN FROM AUSTIN AND ALL THE OFFICERS YOU SEE HERE TODAY. APPRECIATE YOU. 
          AS THE CITY MANAGER SAID, I GREW UP IN GARLAND. I GRADUATED FROM LAKEVIEW HIGH SCHOOL WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER. I WAS ACTUALLY A CITY LIFEGUARD FOR SURF AND SWIM, AND IT WAS A FAIRLY NEW POOL. AFTER GRADUATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, I CAME BACK TO MY HOMETOWN, AND THE ONLY JOB I'VE HAD AS AN ADULT HAS BEEN AT GARLAND POLICE OFFICER. I CARE VERY DEEPLY ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY, THE CITY. I CARE VERY DEEPLY ABOUT THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE BEEN BEST IN CLASS FOR A LOT OF YEARS, AND I WANTED TO MAINTAIN THAT WAY UNDERNEATH MY LEADERSHIP. EVERY TIME I'VE TAKEN OVER SOME NEW UNIT OR NEW DIVISION, I HAVE TOLD THE OFFICERS WHAT I EXPECT OF THEM, AND IT BOILS DOWN TO THREE THINGS. EVERY TIME I EXPECT THEM TO BE SAFE, I EXPECT THEM TO KEEP OUR CITIZENS SAFE. I EXPECT THEM TO KEEP OUR OUR CHILDREN SAFE, AND I EXPECT THEM TO KEEP EACH OTHER SAFE. I EXPECT THEM TO FIGHT CRIME. THAT IS THE CORE REASON WHY WE EXIST AS A POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND I EXPECT THEM TO WORK ON IT EVERY DADAY, AND I EXPECT THEM TO BE. PROFESSIONAL WHEN THEY ARE DEALING WITH CITIZENS. I EXPECT THEM TO BE FAIR. I EXPECT THEM TO BE RESPECTFUL AND TO BEHAVE AT ALL TIMES LIKE A PROFESSIONAL. MOVING FORWARD, WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOSTER THE COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS WE'VE BUILT OVER THE YEARS, AND I PROMISE, WORKING TOGETHER, WE'RE GOING TO LIVE IN A NICE, SAFE AND PROSPEROUS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SIR. WE CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. ALL 
          [11. Replace Resolution No. 10468 for the Downtown Historic District Revitalization Grant Program]
RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM NUMBER 11. IT'S REPLACE RESOLUTION NUMBER TEN 468 FOR THE DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT REVITALIZATION REVITALIZATION GRANT PROGRAM. 
          AND COUNCIL, TONIGHT I'M ASKING COUNCIL TO CONSIDER A MODIFICATION TO THE DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION PROGRAM. THIS WAS PRESENTED AT THE JUNE 16TH WORK SESSION. WE DID TAKE DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL AND REMOVE ONE PORTION OF THIS, AND THE CURRENT PROPOSAL IS LIMITED TO JUST THE TWO ITEMS, WHICH IS MAXIMIZING THE CAP OF THE REIMBURSEMENT TO 150,000 AND REQUIRING THAT 25% OF THE PROJECT BE DEDICATED TO THE EXTERIOR OF THE REVITALIZATION. 
          SO SINCE THIS HAS BEEN PRESENTED, I'M JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ON THE ITEM AND ASK FOR YOU TO SUPPORT IT. ALRIGHT, COUNCIL, WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS PREVIOUSLY ON JUNE 15TH. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? I SEE NONE, THANK YOU. MADAM SECRETARY. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO SIR, WE DO NOT. COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS LOOKING TO YOU, SIR. MOVE THAT. WE REPLACE THE RESOLUTION WITH THE NEW RESOLUTION AS PROPOSED. 
          HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS, A SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUTTON. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE. THAT ITEM IS APPROVED 
          [a. Consider a request by Omega Shipping Ex. Inc., requesting approval of 1) a Specific Use Provision (SUP) for a Truck/ Bus Repair use on property zoned Industrial (IN) District and 2) a concept plan for a Truck/ Bus Repair use in District 5.]
UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THE ZONING CASES. OUR FIRST ITEM IS ITEM 12 A CONSIDER A REQUEST BY OMEGA SHIPPING ECS INCORPORATED REQUESTING APPROVAL OF ONE, A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION FOR A TRUCK BUS REPAIR USE ON PROPERTY ZONED INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AND TWO A CONCEPT PLAN FOR A TRUCK BUS REPAIR USE IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
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THANK YOU, MAYOR ELEANOR, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, THIS IS A REQUEST FOR AN SUP FOR A TRUCK BUS REPAIR USE ON PROPERTY ZONED INDUSTRIAL AND THE ASSOCIATED CONCEPT PLAN CASE INFORMATION. THIS IS LOCATED AT 2430 LONGACRE DRIVE. 2.61 ACRES. IT'S LOCATED IN DISTRICT FIVE AND ZONING IS INDUSTRIAL AND IT'S SURROUNDED BY INDUSTRIAL. A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS. THE SITE IS CURRENTLY BEING USED FOR TRUCK PARKING AND STORAGE IN 2022, AND SUP WAS APPROVED FOR A TRUCK BUS STORAGE USE. HOWEVER, IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT APPROVAL, SUCH AS LANDSCAPING. THEY WERE ALSO SUPPOSED TO HAVE AN OFFICE BUILDING ON THE CONCEPT PLAN. 
          NONE OF THAT HAPPENED. THEY DID COME IN FOR A BUILDING PERMIT A COUPLE OF TIMES, 1 IN 2020, 22, 1 IN 2024, AND THEN. BUT NEITHER OF THOSE TIMES, THEY KIND OF SAW IT THROUGH. SO IT WAS NEVER COMPLETED. HOWEVER, THEY DID COME AGAIN IN 2025 FOR THAT BUILDING PERMIT. AND IN MARCH OF 2026, THAT BUILDING PERMIT WAS APPROVED. HOWEVER, INSTEAD OF CONSTRUCTING THAT BUILDING, THE APPLICANT HAS NOW COME FORWARD FOR AN ADDITIONAL SUP ON THAT PROPERTY FOR THE TRUCK. BUS REPAIR USE TO BE AN ANCILLARY USE TO THE EXISTING TRUCK BUS STORAGE USE. THIS IS THE LOCATION MAP. AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS DEEP IN OUR INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. IT IS LOCATED, IT IS ZONED INDUSTRIAL AND EVERYTHING AROUND IT IS ZONED INDUSTRIAL. THERE ARE A LOT OF VEHICULAR STORAGE, TRANSPORTATION TYPE OF USES, BUT THERE ARE ALSO OTHER INDUSTRIAL USES SUCH AS MANUFACTURING. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES CALLS THIS AREA OUT FOR INDUSTRIAL CENTER, WHICH INDUSTRY CENTERS ARE GENERALLY LOCATED ALONG MAJOR ARTERIAL STREETS, AND THEY'RE THERE FOR A CLUSTER OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY THAT CAN CUMULATIVELY EMPLOY LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE. SO TECHNICALLY SPEAKING, YES, AN INDUSTRIAL USE DOES GENERALLY FALL UNDER THE INDUSTRY CENTER CATEGORY. HERE ARE THE SITE PHOTOS THAT YOU COULD SEE. THERE ARE ALREADY PARKS TRUCKS PARKED ON THE SIDE FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES. THIS IS THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING. IF YOU COULD SEE ALONG LONGACRE DRIVE, THERE IS A RECTANGLE THAT IS THE PROPOSED BUILDING THAT THEY'RE. 
          IT'S ABOUT 3000 SQUARE FOOT WITH THE MEZZANINE AREA. THEY'RE PROPOSING THAT BUILDING TO BE USED FOR THE FOR OFFICE. AND THERE'S GOING TO BE THREE THERE'S GOING TO BE THREE SERVICE BAYS FOR THE TRUCK. BUS REPAIR SERVICES. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE SEVERAL LONG RECTANGULAR SHAPED PARKING TYPE SPACES THROUGHOUT THE SITE. THOSE ARE THE TRUCK PARKING SLIPS IN 2022, THE CONCEPT PLAN DID CALL OUT FOR LANDSCAPING ALONG LONGACRE DRIVE AND TO THE NORTH OF THE PROPERTY. HOWEVER, NONE OF THAT REALLY TOOK PLACE THERE. THE FLOOR PLANS JUST SHOWING WHERE THE SERVICE BAYS WOULD BE FOR THE REPAIR SERVICES THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING. 
          ELEVATION. SO ONE OF THE ELEVATIONS STAFF KIND OF ASKED THEM WHAT THEY COULD DO TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT OF THE SERVICE. BAYS FACING LOAN DOES NOT ALLOW THE SURVEY SPACE TO LOOK AND LOOK TOWARD THE PUBLIC STREETS. THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE PROCESS THAT THEY CAN COME FORWARD, BUT THEY STAFF WORK WITH THEM TO SEE WHAT THEY WHAT COULD BE DONE. AND THEY'RE OFFERING A MURAL ON THAT ELEVATION THAT WILL BE WRAPPED AROUND THE BUILDING AS WELL. SO THEY'RE ASKING FOR AN SUP FOR A TRUCK BUS REPAIR USE TO OPERATE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE EXISTING TRUCK BUS STORAGE. USE THIS PROPOSED USE. THE REPAIR IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE ON SITE BY ITSELF, IT CAN ONLY HAPPEN AS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORAGE USE. 
          IT WAS APPROVED IN 2022. THE STORAGE WAS APPROVED FOR 20 YEARS. THERE ARE 16 YEARS LEFT ON THAT. CURRENTLY THE SUP. THE NEW TIME PERIOD GUIDELINE RECOMMENDS 8 TO 15 YEARS. THE PLAN COMMISSION AND STAFF DID THINK THAT, IF APPROVED, IT COULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO JUST TIE IT ALL TOGETHER AND ONLY GIVE THEM 16 YEARS SO THAT BOTH USES ARE THERE AT THE SAME TIME. 
          JUST AGAIN, IT DOES INCLUDE A NEW SERVICE BUILDING. THEY ARE OFFERING ADDITIONAL SHRUBS AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTINGS ALONG LONGACRE DRIVE AND MURAL ON THE STREET FACING ELEVATION ON THE BUILDING. THE CONDITIONS THAT WE HAVE OFFICIALLY ARE RECOMMENDATIONS, APPROVAL JUST 
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BASED ON WHAT'S THERE TODAY, THE SURROUNDING AREAS. BUT I'LL PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE ANALYSIS BASED ON OUR RECENTLY APPROVED STRATEGIC PLAN. BUT OFFICIALLY, OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS APPROVAL OF THE SUP. IT WILL OPERATE. THE REPAIR USE CAN ONLY OPERATE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TRUCK BUS STORAGE USE AND NOT AS A STANDALONE USE, AND IT WILL ONLY BE USED FOR COMPANY OWNED VEHICLES ONLY. THAT'S WHAT THE APPLICANT HAS INDICATED THAT THAT THAT IS WHAT THIS IS FOR. THERE'S THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY OUTDOOR REPAIR OR MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY ALLOWED OUTSIDE THAT'S PROHIBITED PER THE ORDINANCE. THEY WILL HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE CONCEPT PLAN IF APPROVED, WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE THE ELEVATIONS THAT HAS THE MURAL CONDITION AND THE LANDSCAPING AS WELL, AND ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING SHALL BE PROVIDED TO SCREEN THE SERVICE BAYS ALONG LONGACRE AS WELL. THE HOURS OF OPERATION MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 7 A.M. 
          TO 6 P.M. AND SUNDAY FROM 8 A.M. TO 2 P.M. AND PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION WAS ALSO APPROVAL. WITH THE EXISTING SUP TIMELINE, WHICH HAS APPROXIMATELY 16 YEARS LEFT. 
          I DO WANT TO BROUGHT SOME ATTENTION INTO OUR RECENTLY APPROVED STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH IS GARLAND ON THE RISE AND HOW WE ARE NOW LOOKING INTO CASES, LOOKING INTO USES AND LOOKING INTO THE ZONING CASES. THIS IS ONE OF THE CASES THAT CAME BEFORE THE PLAN WAS ADOPTED. 
          BUT IF WE DO APPLY THE LENSES OF OUR CURRENT STRATEGIC PLAN, WE DO NOT. WE WE WOULD NOT BE SAYING THAT THIS IS THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE ON THE PROPERTY. 37 RESPONSE LETTERS WERE SENT. 
          WE GOT ONE IN FAVOR AND NONE IN OPPOSITION. WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. OKAY. 
          HAVE A QUESTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK. HI. PARKS ON IN THAT LOCATION RIGHT NOW. IS IT THE THE APPLICANT, THE APPLICANT AND THEIR BUSINESS OR LIKE SOMEONE DO THEY DO THEY ALLOW PARKING FROM OTHER COMPANIES TO PARK OPERATIONALLY, WE'LL HAVE THE APPLICANT ANSWER THAT QUESTION. OKAY. AND THEN HOW MANY PARKING SPACES ARE BEING REMOVED IN ORDER TO MAKE SPACE FOR THAT SERVICE BUILDING IN THIS PLAN. SO THERE'S NO BUILDING RIGHT NOW. SO THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO PUT A BUILDING THERE AND PARKING SPACES FOR THE EMPLOYEES. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S TEN. WE DID NOT CHECK ON THAT. BUT WITH THE BUILDING, TEN PARKING SPACES WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR THIS USE. SO THEY ARE MEETING THAT REQUIREMENT. 
          AND I'M ASKING HOW MANY OF THE LARGE TRUCK SPACES WOULD BE REMOVED. IF YOU GO BACK TO THE PICTURE OF THE PROPERTY, IT'S QUITE FULL. AND TO ME, IT DOESN'T REALLY LOOK LIKE THERE'S ENOUGH SPACE HERE TO PUT A BUILDING OR TEN PARKING SPACES FOR CARS AND STILL HAVE IT AS A USABLE SPACE FOR TRUCK PARKING. SO WHAT WE COULD SEE THAT WAS NOT WHAT WE COULD SEE HERE. THIS IS THE CONDITION. HOWEVER, THEY DID NOT REALLY IMPROVE THE SITE PER THE CONCEPT PLAN. SO ALL OF IT WILL HAVE TO BE REDONE TO MAKE THE CIRCULATION WORK, TO PUT IN THE BUILDING, TO PUT IN THE PARKING SPACES AND TO PUT IN THE TRUCK PARKING SLIPS. CONSIDERING THEIR HISTORY OF NOT COMPLETING DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS, HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU THAT THE LANDSCAPING, THE MURAL, ALL OF THIS. CIRCULATION WOULD BE COMPLETED? WELL, WE'LL HAVE TO WORK WITH CODE TO MAKE SURE THEY CHECK ON IT PRETTY PRETTY SOON AFTER OR BEFORE THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY IS ISSUED ON THE BUILDING. BUT YEAH, I DON'T HAVE A REFERENCE, BUT YES, THEY HAVE NOT COMPLETED IT FROM 2022. SO AFTER FOUR YEARS THEY HAVEN'T DONE IT. AND, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT THEY WILL IN THE FUTURE WITH THIS PLAN. WELL, THEY DID NOT EVEN THEY DID NOT GET THEIR BUILDING PERMITS. A BUILDING PERMIT WAS ISSUED IN 2026. SO THEY MAY MAKE THE ARGUMENT THAT WITH THAT BUILDING PERMIT, THEY INTENDED TO MAKE ALL THE CHANGES OR MAKE IT APPROVED PER THE APPROVED CONCEPT PLAN. HOWEVER, BY THAT DEFINITION, THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO PARK THERE AT ALL RIGHT TODAY. BECAUSE THERE SHOULD BE LIKE STRIPING AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS CURRENTLY. AND THERE'S NOT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU MA'AM. COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'M PROBABLY GOING 
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TO ECHO SOME OF WHAT YOU JUST HEARD. WE HAVE A BUSINESS APPLYING FOR AN SUP THAT OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS HAVE NOT ADHERED TO THE IMPROVEMENTS OF THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE PLACE. THAT IS CORRECT. AND THEY'RE COMING BEFORE US TONIGHT ASKING FOR AN SUV, FOR ANOTHER SUV, ANOTHER SUP. WHAT REASONS HAVE THEY GIVEN FOR NOT COMPLYING IN THE PAST? SO THEY HAVE APPLIED FOR THE PERMIT A COUPLE TIMES. THEY JUST DIDN'T SEE IT THROUGH. SO WE WOULD IT'LL PROBABLY BE BETTER TO LISTEN FROM THEM. WHY IT NEVER WENT THROUGH THE FULL PROCESS. AND VERY BRIEFLY AGAIN FOR PLANNING AND FOR, WELL, FOR BOTH THE ORGANIZATIONS TO APPROVE. WHAT WERE YOUR REASONS AGAIN, YOUR RATIONALE. SO CURRENTLY OR PRIOR TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN BEING ADOPTED, WHICH IS WHEN THESE CASES WERE RECEIVED, OUR LENSES WERE WHAT IS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CALLS OUT FOR? WHAT ARE THE SURROUNDING USES? WHAT IS CURRENTLY GOING ON ON SITE, OR WHAT IS CURRENTLY APPROVED ON SITE? WHETHER OR NOT THE PROPOSED USE GO ALONG WITH THAT, WITH ALL OF THAT THINGS. AND IF YOU CONSIDER ALL THAT, IT'S IT'S IN THE IN THE MIDDLE OF INDUSTRIAL. IT IS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES CALL IT OUT FOR INDUSTRY CENTER. IT IS SURROUNDED BY OTHER SIMILAR TRANSPORTATION RELATED USES, STORAGE TYPE USES, AND THE COUNCIL HAD ALREADY APPROVED A STORAGE USE, WHICH THIS WAS JUST SUPPOSED TO BE. THIS IS JUST SUPPOSED TO BE WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH IT. SO THOSE WERE OUR REASONINGS. BUT WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE NEW STRATEGIC PLANS, WE DO HAVE A ANOTHER LENS TO LOOK THROUGH THINGS. AND WITH THAT LENS IT IT MAY NOT FIT THAT CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL. MAYBE I NEED TO ASK A LEGAL QUESTION AT THIS POINT. THEN, BASED ON THE GOAL ON THE RISE, OUR NEW STRATEGIC PLAN, WOULD THEY BE GRANDFATHERED IN? ARE WE ABLE AT THIS POINT TO LOOK AT THEM AS IT RELATES TO THE NEW PLAN? GRANDFATHERED IN? I'M SORRY. 
          LET ME GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON YOUR QUESTION. DO YOU MEAN GRANDFATHERED IN ON THEIR USE AS A PARKING FACILITY? NO, THE NEW SUP THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE ADDITIONAL USE. IF YOU GRANT THE SUP, THEY WON'T NEED TO BE GRANDFATHERED IN BECECAUSE THEY'LL BE GRANTED THE RIGHT TO USE IT PURSUANT TO THE SUP. SO I GUESS I MIGHT BE MISSING SOMETHING IN THE QUESTION, BUT WHAT I'M GETTING IS PURSUANT TO THE SUP IS A STORAGE FACILITY. AT THIS POINT THEY'RE GOING TO BRING IN REPAIR OPERATIONS, CORRECT? RIGHT. THAT'S CORRECT. SO TO SAY TO DENY WOULD ONLY BE DENYING THE ADDITIONAL USE. THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT, THAT'S CORRECT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU NABILA. THANK YOU SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCILMEMBER? THANK YOU. MAYOR, CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND STAFF RECOMMEND FOR SUP FOR 15 YEARS OR 16 YEARS? SO STAFF WAS GOING WITH THE TIME PERIOD GUIDELINE, WHICH DOES RECOMMEND 8 TO 15. 
          AND PLAN COMMISSION WANTED TO MAKE IT TIED TO THE EXISTING SUP, WHICH HAS 16 YEARS LEFT. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE PROPOSED HOURS. WHAT IS THE REASONING BEHIND THE PROPOSED HOURS OF OPERATION IN THE SUP? THAT IS WHAT THEY THIS IS NOT I DON'T THINK THIS IS STAFF IMPOSED. THIS IS WHAT OPERATIONALLY, WHAT THEY VOLUNTEERED. VERY GOOD. I SEE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE APPLICANT? I DO NOT BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS HERE. OR MAYBE THEY ARE OKAY. IF YOU'LL FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AFTER YOU PRESENT. THANK YOU. IF YOU'LL FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AFTER YOU PRESENT. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. YOU'LL HAVE TEN MINUTES FOR PRESENTATION. CHARLES BOYD, ARCHITECT, WAS HERE. BOYD, 1200 WEST STATE STREET, GARLAND, TEXAS, 75041. WE HAVE BEEN WE'RE EMPLOYED BY THE CLIENT ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO TO EXPEDITE THIS PARTICULAR PROCESS AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE. OTHER TRUCK FACILITIES IN GARLAND WHERE THEY ATTACHED TO THEM, A MAINTENANCE FACILITY TO THEM. 
          THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE THEIR OWN TRUCKS THAT THE SITE IS DOES HAVE CONCRETE ON IT RIGHT NOW. AND THERE IS STRIPED RIGHT NOW WITH THE FOR THE PARKING OF THE TRUCKS AND EVERYTHING. 
          ORIGINALLY IT WAS DESIGNED FOR 38 TRUCKS. THEY LOST FOUR TRUCKS IN THE TRANSFER OVER TO 34 INDIVIDUAL TRUCK PARKING AREAS NOW AND EVERYTHING. AND SO BECAUSE ECONOMIC REASONS 
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OVER THE PAST YEARS, WITH EVERYTHING WE'VE GONE THROUGH AND THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE TRUCK INDUSTRY, THAT'S WHY THEY WANT THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY TO DO THEIR OWN TRUCKS, NOT HAVE TO PROCESS THAT OUTSIDE AND SPEND THAT EXTRA EXPENDITURES AND EVERYTHING. SO I'M HERE AND THE OWNER'S HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. THANK A QUESTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK. I MY ISSUE IS THAT PREVIOUS. WELL, HISTORICALLY, NONE OF THE DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED IN THE PREVIOUS SUP THAT WAS GRANTED FOR TRUCK STORAGE. AND NOW I'M I'M I'M QUESTIONING THE OWNER'S ABILITY TO COMPLETE THESE NEW REQUIREMENTS. NOT ONLY THAT, AND MOST PARTICULARLY THE LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS, BECAUSE THOSE WERE NOT COMPLETED IN THE LAST SUP. SO I I'M HAVING A REALLY HARD TIME BELIEVING THAT THAT WILL HAPPEN SINCE IT HASN'T HAPPENED IN FOUR YEARS PREVIOUSLY. AND, AND THAT DISTRICT FIVE IS INUNDATED WITH AUTO USES. AND ALSO LONGACRE DRIVE ITSELF IS INUNDATED WITH ON STREET PARKING, OVERNIGHT PARKING, WHICH IS NOT ALLOWED. AND, AND I GET FREQUENT COMPLAINTS FROM THE BUSINESSES ON THAT STREET. I'M HAVING A HARD TIME WITH THIS CASE, ESPECIALLY ANYTHING MORE THAN A ONE YEAR'S P IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT ANYTHING THAT IS REQUIRED AS FAR AS LANDSCAPING IS, IS COMPLETED IN A TIMELY FASHION, I UNDERSTAND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE PARKING ON SITE NOW. THAT'S WHY IT'S CONCRETE. AND THEY'VE GOT THOSE AREAS STRIPED AND, AND YES, THEY'RE PARKING ON. THERE SHOULD NOT BE UNTIL THEY COMPLETED ALL THE SITE WORK, THE LANDSCAPING. AND THAT'S WHY THEY WENT FROM A SMALLER BUILDING INTO A LARGER BUILDING TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR TRUCKING AND TRUCKING. BECAUSE IT IS A PRIVATE TRUCKING FIRM AND EVERYTHING, THEY HAVE TO GO BY CERTAIN LOT, CERTAIN FEDERAL LAWS AND EVERYTHING. AND AS THE PLANNER HEAD OF PLANNING POINTED OUT, THEY'RE GOING TO DO ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING. AND IF YOU WANT TO PUT A CONDITION ON IT THAT THESE THINGS HAVE TO TAKE PLACE WITHIN A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, I THINK THE CLIENT WOULD BE AND APPROVE THAT. I, I FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR THEM TO MAYBE COME BACK AFTER THE ORIGINAL S, U P REQUIREMENTS ARE FINISHED. AND THEN AND THEN WE COULD MAYBE RECONSIDER THIS AT A LATER DATE WHEN WE HAVE SOME PROOF THAT THOSE THINGS WILL BE COMPLETED, SO THAT I COULD HAVE A LITTLE MORE CONFIDENCE THAT THAT A, A USE OF THIS TYPE, WHICH IS NOT NECESSARILY MOVING THE DIAL FOR THIS AREA IN A UPWARD MOTION. THAT WOULD MAKE ME FEEL A LOT BETTER BECAUSE JUST SAYING, YEAH, WE'LL DO IT OBVIOUSLY IS NOT HE SET A PRECEDENT THAT THAT'S NOT THE CASE. I THINK IT'S, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, JUST BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE CITY OVER A PERIOD OF TIME AND EVERYTHING. AND I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS OF IT. I JUST GOT INVOLVED IN IT SIX MONTHS AGO. BUT WE'VE GOT SEVERAL PROJECTS GOING ON HERE IN THE CITY OF GARLAND, AND ACTUALLY OUR OFFICE IS IN CITY GARDEN, SO WE HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CITY OF GARLAND, AND ALSO FOR HIM TO EXPEDITETEHIS PROJECT. I, I GOT MY NAME ON IT. AND THAT THAT DOESN'T MEAN A LOT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. BUT, BUT, BUT, BUT I'VE GOT, I'VE GOT 40 YEARS, I GOT 40 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE ON THIS BUSINESS AND EVERYTHING AS AN ARCHITECT, AND I'VE GOT A VESTED INTEREST IN FOR HIM TO DO IT. AND I THINK HE CAN SPEAK FOR HIMSELF IF YOU IF YOU WAN TO ASK HIM SOME QUESTIONS. WELCOME TO RESPOND. YEAH. IF YOU'D LIKE, SIR. I'M I'M WELL AWARE OF THAT CONCERN BECAUSE I JUST GOT RID OF A GOOD SAMARITAN ACROSS MY STREET THAT I'VE HAD FOR 20 YEARS IN THE PARKING PROBLEM. ALL RIGHT, SIR, IF YOU GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. YEAH. MY NAME IS EFREM. EFREM. I AM THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY. I'M. I LIVE IN 6 TO 4 PINE VALLEY, RICHARDSON, TEXAS. MA'AM, FOR YOU, I HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU BECAUSE THE THE THING THAT IS TAKING THIS LONG BECAUSE WE GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE CITY. AND ON TOP OF THAT, WE'VE BEEN REQUIRED WITH THE FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIERS TO ADD A MAINTENANCE FACILITY IN THE PROPERTY. WHAT THE THE INITIAL PURPOSE FOR US WAS JUST TO HAVE A TRUCK PARKING IN STORAGE, LIKE AS IT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY OF GARLAND. AND ONCE WE PASS THROUGH THAT, WE COME TO FIND OUT WE WANT. IF WE HAVE A PARKING LOT FOR A COMPANY TO RUN UNDER FMCSA, WE. WE HAVE TO HAVE A MAINTENANCE FACILITY IN THE LOT FOR THE TRUCKS TO. WHEN THEY GO IN AND OUT TO DO INSPECTION AND IN-HOUSE MAINTENANCE FOR THE. TO GET APPROVED FOR THE WITH THE FMCSA REGULATIONS. AND THE REASON 
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IT'S TAKEN THIS LONG IS WE'RE GOING BACK AND FORTH, ESPECIALLY. MY ENGINEER WAS GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. SOME OF THE APPOINTMENTS TAKE LIKE SIX MONTHS, AND THAT'S AS MUCH AS YOU WERE FRUSTRATED AND FRUSTRATED. IT'S TOOK ME LIKE ALMOST FOUR YEARS TO GO THROUGH THIS. WHY? WHY DID THAT PROHIBIT YOU FROM PLANTING LANDSCAPING PLANTS? THE LANDSCAPING PLAN WAS THERE. IT'S THERE ALREADY. AND WHY DID IT? WHY? WHY DID THAT PRECLUDE YOU FROM PLANTING PLANTS? WHY? WHY DID YOU NOT PLANT ANY OF THE LANDSCAPING REQUIRED? BECAUSE THE PROPERTY IS ALREADY THERE. THE LANDSCAPING WAS REQUIRED ON THE PERIMETER. SO WHY WAS THAT NOT DONE? THE LANDSCAPING THAT WAS REQUIRED IS ALREADY IN THERE. IT'S ALREADY INSIDE THE PROPERTY. THERE IS NO ANY ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING WAS REQUIRED. IF YOU CAN SEE THE SITE PLAN. WE DIDN'T. WE. THERE WAS NO REQUEST TO ADD ANY MORE GREEN PLANTS IN LIKE, LIKE YOU SAID, I'M SORRY. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DEFER TO STAFF NOW BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT YOU WERE REQUIRED TO PLANT LANDSCAPING AND DID NOT. 
          SO IF YOU COULD. THERE ARE SOME NATURAL PLANTS ALONG THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STREET, BUT THE WAY THE CONCEPT PLAN REQUIRES IT, LONGACRE DOESN'T HAVE THOSE TREES. THAT'S WHAT WE OBSERVED. SO WE DON'T KNOW WHEN IT WAS PLANTED, IF THERE WERE PLANTED. BUT WE DID NOT OBSERVE THOSE TREES ALONG ACCORDING TO THE LANDSCAPE PLAN, ACCORDING TO THE LANDSCAPE. 
          ACCORDING TO THE DETAILED PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED WITH THE S P. DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I'LL DEFER TO YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE LANDSCAPING SHOWN ON THE CONCEPT PLAN. AT THAT TIME, IT WAS OKAY. I STILL HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS. I'M SORRY. AND AND YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHEN YOU WHEN YOU MADE THIS DEVELOPMENT INITIALLY THAT YOU WERE REQUIRED TO HAVE A REPAIR CENTER ON THE PROPERTY. I DID NOT KNOW. WHEN DID THEY TELL YOU? I MEAN, THAT THAT. THE FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION HAS THEIR OWN RULES AND REGULATION, RIGHT. 
          AND WHEN YOU GIVE THEM THE ADDRESS AND YOU TELL THEM HOW MUCH TRUCKS THAT YOU RUN AND THEY REQUIRE TO HAVE YOUR OWN MAINTENANCE FACILITY, AND YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT BEFORE YOU. I DIDN'T SET OUT ON THIS ENDEAVOR. I MEAN, THAT SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY BIG QUALIFICATION TO NOT HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF, BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME. SO I THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU DID NOT KNOW THAT IF YOU'VE GOT A CONTRACT WITH A COMPANY TO HAVE YOUR OWN TRUCKS AND, AND YOU'VE PURCHASED LAND IN ORDER TO PARK THOSE TRUCKS ON IT, AND THEN YOU'VE GONE THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS. AND THEN ONE DAY THEY'RE LIKE, OH, BUT BY THE WAY, YOU NEEDED THIS MAINTENANCE FACILITY. WE DIDN'T TELL YOU ABOUT MY ORIGINAL PLAN TO BUY THE LAND WAS JUST TO HAVE THE PARKING FACILITY AND AN OFFICE IN THERE. SO JUST TO RUN MY COMPANY. AND, AND THE FIRST APPLICATION WAS SET UP FOR THE CITY. THE SAME THING. 
          LIKE TO HAVE A PARKING LOT AND AN OFFICE SO THAT WE CAN OPERATE FROM THAT PROPERTY. 
          THAT'S WHY I BOUGHT THE LAND. AND ONCE WE BOUGHT THE LAND, AND ONCE WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND THE FMCSA ASKS, THEY ASK YOU WHICH ADDRESS YOU LOCATE. AND ONCE WE PUT THE 2430 AND THEY ASK US HOW MANY TRUCKS THAT WE RUN, AND THAT'S WHEN WE WE FIND OUT THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A MAINTENANCE FACILITY IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ON THAT ADDRESS. BUT TRUST ME, IT TOOK ME LIKE 4 OR 5 YEARS. IT'S VERY STRESSFUL FOR ME TO. YEAH, I WOULD BE VERY UPSET IF I HAD TO DEAL WITH A COMPANY. AND THEN THEY PUT A QUALIFICATION ON ME THAT I DIDN'T DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT EITHER THAT, BUT I FEEL LIKE IT JUST SOUNDS FISHY TO ME AND I'M SORRY IT DOES. SO I, I APOLOGIZE, THAT'S JUST HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT. MAYBE OTHERS DO NOT. BUT THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. 
          HI THERE. HI THERE, MR. BOYD. I FEEL BAD FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE LIKE, I JUST WALKED INTO THIS SIX MONTHS AGO. SO I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. SO IT WAS DESIGNED FOR 38 TRUCKS AND NOW WE'RE DOWN TO 34. AND YOU WANT TO BUILD SOMETHING WHERE YOU COME IN AND YOU FIX THESE TRUCKS. IS THIS ONLY GOING TO BE YOUR 34 TRUCKS OR ARE YOU BRINGING IN. CORRECT. IT'S ONLY IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE ON MY. AND WE KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW BASED ON OUR OUR PLAN THAT WE HAVE DECLINING COMMERCIAL AREAS, RIGHT? WE KNOW THAT WE WANT TO UPLIFT THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT YOU WILL, YOU KNOW, NEW PAVING, FENCING, LANDSCAPING, ALL THIS BEAUTIFUL THINGS, RIGHT. BUT THE THING IS, YOU CAME BEFORE US. AND UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE TO AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN, ONCE YOU LOSE TRUST, IT'S REALLY HARD TO GAIN IT BACK. AND, MR. BOYD. YEAH, I 
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KNOW THIS, BUT I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY HARD FOR US TO LOOK AT HAVING NEW PAYMENT FOR TEN. 
          WE'D HAVE TO LOOK BACK AT YOU TEN YEARS FROM NOW. OUR OWN STAFF SAID THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO KEEP CODE ON YOU TO ENSURE THAT THINGS ARE GETTING DONE. I THINK OUR CODE IS BUSY ENOUGH, RIGHT, MATT? MATT SAID. YES, THEY'RE BUSY ENOUGH, SO I APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN, BUT I HAVE TO. I HAVE TO AGREE WITH COUNCILWOMAN LUCK. THIS IS HER DISTRICT AND I FEEL THAT SHE'S DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUTTON, CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY WHERE DO YOU WORK ON YOUR TRUCKS CURRENTLY? WHERE DO WE PARK? WHERE DO YOU WORK ON THEM? LIKE IF YOU HAVE MAINTENANCE THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ON YOUR TRUCKS CURRENTLY, WHERE DO YOU DO THAT AT? WE TAKE THEM OUTSIDE ON THE AREA. THERE'S A LOT OF. SHOPS IN THERE. SO YOU'RE TAKING THEM TO OTHER SHOPS. YOU DON'T WORK ON THEM YOURSELF? YES, MA'AM. BUT RIGHT NOW WE WE HAVE TO HAVE LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE CERTAIN SIZE WITH THE TRUCKS, THE FMC, FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIERS, REGULATION LIKE THE SAFETY AND ADMINISTRATION, THEY REQUIRE THAT. SURE. AND IF WE HAVE TO BE LOCATED ON THAT ADDRESS, WE MUST HAVE IT. THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS. SURE. SO THAT MEANS YOU'RE GOING TO ALSO HAVE TO HIRE A MECHANIC. 
          CORRECT. AND YOU'RE PREPARED FOR ALL OF THAT. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MA'AM. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS, SIR. SO WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO HAVE A MUCH SHORTER SUP TO ENSURE THAT THE LANDSCAPING IS DONE? LET'S SAY, I DON'T KNOW, ONE YEAR, TWO YEARS MAYBE. AND AND THEN YOU COME BACK IN TWO YEARS AND SAY, OKAY, HERE'S THE PICTURES. NOW WITH LANDSCAPING, NOW CAN WE HAVE THE REST? THIS THE SUP THAT MATCHES THIS, THIS, THE REST OF THE 16 YEAR TERM WITH A SHORTER TERM TO ENSURE THAT, I MEAN, THIS IS YOU CAN TELL THIS IS A BIG DEAL TO US TO HAVE IT BEAUTIFIED FROM THE STREET. AND AND I WAS IN THE INDUSTRY FOR A LONG TIME. I KNOW DEALING WITH THE FMC I IS NOT EASY. IT'S A LONG PROCESS DEALING WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND SO. BUT WOULD A WOULD YOU ACCEPT A ONE YEAR'S U. P LET ME JUST PUT IT TO YOU THAT WAY. YES. OF COURSE. OKAY. BECAUSE I THINK WITHIN A YEAR YOU COULD PLANT THE PLANTS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY THE CONCEPT PLAN HERE. AND THEN WE COULD, YOU COULD COME BACK IN A YEAR AND SAY, WE'VE PERFORMED. NOW. NOW YOU CONSIDER OUR REQUEST. YES, OF COURSE, THAT WOULD THAT WOULD THAT WOULD THAT MEET THAT REQUIREMENT? OKAY. JUST WANTED TO SEE IF THAT WAS A POSSIBILITY, IF THAT WOULD HELP ANYBODY ELSE HERE. 
          SO. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU MADAM. SO NO BUILDING PERMIT WOULD BE APPLIED FOR ARE PERMITTED DURING THAT ONE YEAR. JUST ASK TO UPGRADE IT TO THE ORIGINAL SUP. ALL THOSE CRITERIA THAT HAVE BEEN. I WOULD THINK THAT IF WE IF WE DID A ONE YEAR'S U P AND IF YOU GET THE LANDSCAPING IN THERE IN SIX MONTHS, YOU CAN COME BACK AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE READY TO GO AGAIN AND WE'RE READY TO ISSUE. NOW WE'RE READY TO ISSUE THE BUILDING PERMIT BECAUSE WE'VE PERFORMED, LIKE WE SAID WE WOULD. THEN I THINK THEN YOU COULD CERTAINLY YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO WAIT A WHOLE YEAR. IF YOU GOT IT DONE SOONER, THEN I THINK WE WOULD RECONSIDER IT SOONER. THANK YOU. IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK, YOU'RE BACK IN THE QUEUE. MA'AM, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY. CAN WE MAKE COMPLETION OF THE ORIGINAL SUP REQUIREMENTS? A CONDITION OF THIS SUP? I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO THAT. IT'S NOT BEST PRACTICE, CERTAINLY. I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, I CAN'T REMEMBER, AND I APOLOGIZE, BUT DID THEY EVER GET A PERMIT TO BE OPERATING ON THIS SITE. SO THEY THEY'RE CURRENTLY OKAY. THE ONLY REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE THAT SHOULD BE PART OF YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT. I'M ONLY ASKING THAT BECAUSE. A PERMIT, THE CITY STAFF CAN WITHHOLD A PERMIT IF THEY'RE NOT MEETING CONDITIONS OF AN SUP, WHICH MEANS CURRENTLY THEY'RE PARKING IN THEIR IMPROPERLY WITHOUT A PERMIT. SO CITY STAFF CAN ENFORCE THAT UNTIL THEY MEET THOSE CONDITIONS OF THAT. AT THAT TIME, THEY CAN GET A PERMIT. SO THEY HAVE SOME INCENTIVE TO GET A PERMIT TO MEET THOSE CONDITIONS SO THEY CAN GET THEIR PERMIT, BUT THEY WON'T GET THAT PERMIT UNTIL THEY MEET THE CONDITIONS OF THE ZONING. WELL, IN THAT RESPECT, 
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WOULDN'T THEY? I MEAN, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN MEETING THE CONDITIONS THIS ENTIRE TIME AND PARKING THERE. SO NOT HAVING A PERMIT HASN'T EVEN BEEN A CONSIDERATION. I AGREE THAT'S AN ENFORCEMENT ISSUE. NOT REALLY A LAND USE OR ZONING ISSUE, BUT I UNDERSTAND HOW IT OVERLAPS IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, BECAUSE THE ISSUE, AS YOU'VE DESCRIBED IT, WAS THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED THAT BECAUSE THE THE PURPOSE OF THE PRIOR CONDITIONS ON THE PREVIOUS SUP WERE TO HELP WITH THE IMPACTS OF THE USE. THAT'S A TRUCK PARKING AREA. AND IF YOU BEAUTIFY THE LANDSCAPING, THEN THAT'S GOING TO HELP REDUCE THOSE NEGATIVE IMPACTS. YOU'RE CONCERNED BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE NEGATIVE IMPACTS WITH THE ACTUAL MAINTENANCE, OPERATION AND REPAIR OPERATION GOING ON THAT THEY WOULD CONTINUE DOWN THAT SO THAT THAT MAKES SENSE. AND THAT'S A RATIONAL BASIS TO EITHER DENY OR APPROVE WHATEVER THE COUNCIL MAY WANT TO DO. BUT YES, I SEE YOUR CONCERN AND SOME OF ITS OPERATIONAL, WHICH IS SOMETHING THE CODE CAN ENFORCE. AND AND CURRENTLY IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE THEY'RE USING THE PROPERTY WITHOUT A PERMIT. AND THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THE CODE CAN ENFORCE. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MA'AM. COUNCIL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? I SEE NONE, MADAM SECRETARY, DO YOU HAVE ANY SPEAKERS, OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR. ALRIGHT. THIS IS YOUR DISTRICT, MA'AM. THANK YOU SIR. I A MOTION TO DENY ITEM 12 A A MOTION TO DENY BY COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK AND A SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUTTON COUNCIL. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? SEEING NONE. MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE. AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED 8 TO 1 WITH COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS IN OPPOSITION. 
          ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM. EXPLAIN WHAT THAT APPROVAL. IS NOT CONFUSION FOR THE RECORD AND SAY THEY ARE APPROVED. YOU'RE SAYING WELL, THE MOTION WAS APPROVED. SORRY. 
          YES. THE MOTION WAS APPROVED. YES. MOTION WAS APPROVED 8 TO 1. THE MOTION TO DENY WAS. ALL 
          [b. Consider a request by Lone Star Green Homes, requesting approval of 1) an amendment to Planned Development (PD) District 22-26 to allow Dwelling, Zero-Lot-Line Homes as a permitted use and amend certain standards and 2) a Concept Plan for the PD. The site is located at 1350 East Miller Road, on a property zoned Planned Development (PD) District 22-26 in District 2.]
RIGHT. MOVING ON NOW TO ITEM 12 B. IT'S. CONSIDER A REQUEST BY LONE STAR GREEN HOMES REQUESTING APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 2226 TO ALLOW DWELLING ZERO LOT LINE HOMES AS A PERMITTED USE AND TO AMEND CERTAIN STANDARDS AND A CONCEPT PLAN FOR THE PD. THE SITE IS LOCATED AT 1350 EAST MILL ROAD ON A PROPERTY ZONED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 2226 IN DISTRICT TWO. THANK YOU MAYOR. AS YOU MENTIONED, IT'S A REQUEST TO AMEND THE CURRENT PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. 22-26 TO ALLOW DWELLING ZERO LOT LINE HOMES AS PERMITTED, PERMITTED USE AND AMEND CERTAIN STANDARDS. IT IS LOCATED IN DISTRICT 23.18 ACRES, LOCATED AT 1350 EAST MUELLER ROAD. A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. THIS ONE IS ALSO A ZONING CASE FROM 2022. IT HAD APPROVED TOWNHOMES FROM THAT TIME. THE SITE ACTUALLY HAS BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND AMENITIES HAVE BEEN INSTALLED THERE ALREADY, SO NOTHING MAJOR IS BEING PROPOSED TO BE CHANGED SITE LAYOUT WISE. WITH THIS REQUEST, THE GENERAL CONCEPT PLAN REMAINS THE SAME. THE TRIGGER FOR REZONING IS BECAUSE THAT PD ONLY ALLOWED TOWNHOMES AND WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TO BE INCLUDED NOW IS SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED USES ZERO LOT LINE. SO THAT'S TRIGGERING THE REZONING. AND ALSO THE SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES THERE REQUESTING THOSE TO BE THREE STORIES. SO THIS IS WHERE THE SITE IS LOCATED. IT'S OUTLINED IN TEAL. IT IS SURROUNDED BY TO THE NORTH AND TO THE SOUTH. THERE ARE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT THERE ARE ALSO GARLAND FIRE STATION NUMBER EIGHT AND AN EDUCATIONAL FACILITY AND OTHER COMMERCIAL USES SURROUNDED AS WELL. SO IF YOU GO TO THE SITE TODAY, YOU'LL SEE THE AMENITIES THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CALLS THIS AREA OUT FOR COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD. THE COMPACT NEIGHBORHOODS PROVIDE AREAS FOR MODERATE INCREASES IN RESIDENTIAL DENSITY, INCLUDING SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED AND DETACHED HOUSING. WITH THE PROPOSAL NOW REQUESTING BOTH TOWNHOMES AND DETACHED HOMES, WE DO BELIEVE IT MEETS THE INTENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PERFECTLY. HERE ARE SOME OF THE SITE PHOTOS TAKEN FROM MILLER AND SOUTH COUNTRY CLUB ROAD, AND THERE ARE SOME OTHER SIDE PHOTOS AS WELL. JUST SHOWING THE STREETS THAT ARE ALREADY ALREADY IN PLACE. THIS IS THE CONCEPT PLAN AGAIN, THE WAY IT'S LAID OUT, IT REMAINS SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS APPROVED BEFORE IN 2022. WHAT IS SHOWN IN BLUE TO THE SOUTH SIDE. THOSE REMAIN TOWNHOUSES, AND 
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THOSE WILL REMAIN TWO STORIES TO BE RESPECTFUL TO THE TO THE NEIGHBORS, TO THE SOUTH. WHAT YOU SEE IN ORANGE, T THE LOTS THAT ARE IN ORANGE, THOSE ARE WHERE THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO CHANGE THE TOWNHOMES TO SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES. HERE ARE SOME REFERENCE ELEVATIONS BECAUSE THERE ARE GOING TO BE THREE STORIES WITH FRONT FRONT FACING GARAGES. WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES. WHAT ARE BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS AMENDMENT. AGAIN DUELING AND ZERO LOT LINE HOME SHALL BE A PERMITTED USE. AND WITH THAT COMES IN THE SETBACKS. SO ZERO LOT LINE IN THIS CASE ON ONE SIDE THERE WILL BE ON THE INTERIOR SIDE IT WILL HAVE THREE FEET SETBACKS. ON THE OTHER SIDE IT THE HOME WILL BE ON THE PROPERTY LINE. THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED ZERO LOT LINE. SO THAT IS BEING REQUESTED AS AN AMENDMENT. THE ZERO LOT LINE HOMES, THEY'RE REQUESTING IT TO BE THREE STORIES, WHICH IS STILL WHICH STILL COMPLIES WITH OUR MAXIMUM HEIGHT REQUIREMENT PER THE UDC, WHICH IS 35FT. BUT THE TOWNHOMES REMAIN TWO STORIES. THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS. WE SHOWED YOU A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES. THE PLANNING COMMISSION WANTED TO INCLUDE, IN ADDITION TO ALL THE DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT ARE. GDC REQUIRES. THEY ALSO WANTED TO INCLUDE A CARRIAGE STYLE GARAGE HOME BECAUSE IT IS DENSELY, DENSELY PLACED HOMES AND THE GARAGE. WE DON'T WANT THE GARAGE TO BECOME THE MOST PROMINENT FEATURE ON THOSE. ON THOSE HOMES. A MINIMUM OF ONE LARGE CANOPY TREE AND ONE ORNAMENTAL TREE SHALL BE PROVIDED ON, ON, ON ALL LOTS. 
          AND ONE OF THOSE HAVE HAS TO BE IN THE FRONT. FRONT YARD. ALREADY MENTIONED THE SIDE YARD SETBACKS BECAUSE THESE HOMES ARE PRETTY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER. WE HAVE CHECKED WITH FIRE AND FOR TOWNHOMES, THE FIRE SPRINKLERS WILL BE INSTALLED AND FOR THE DACHED HOME, THOSE WILL BE FIRE RATED WALLS. SO THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN SORTED OUT WITH FIRE. ALTHOUGH THERE'S RT 3800 ZERO SQUARE FOOT, APPROXIMATELY SPACE OPEN SPACE INCLUDED. BECAUSE IT'S COMING IN AS A ZONING CASE. AND WITH EACH ZONING CASE, WE ALWAYS WANT TO SEE WHAT ELSE CAN BE IMPROVED, WHAT MORE AMENITY CAN BE INCLUDED. WE SAW AN OPPORTUNITY TO THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THIS SITE TO INCLUDE A DOG PARK AS WELL. SO THAT IS PART OF THE CONDITIONS. AGAIN, REPEATING THE CARROT STYLE DOOR. THE CANOPY TREE AND ORNAMENTAL AND THE DOG PARK WERE PART OF PLAN COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION, SO WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH THESE CONDITIONS. 
          PLAN COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH THESE CONDITIONS AS WELL. WE DID SEND OUT 108 LETTERS. WE GOT ONE IN FAVOR, THREE IN OPPOSITION. THE ONES THAT WERE IN OPPOSITION. THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT, BECAUSE THE APPLICANTS CALL LONE STAR GREEN HOMES ONE OF THE ONE OF THE RESPONSES DID ASK, WHAT IS A GREEN HOME? ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE GARAGE OR NOT? SO THEY WILL HAVE GARAGES. THEY WILL HAVE A 20FT DRIVEWAY, ALL OF THAT. THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT TOO MUCH DENSITY, TRAFFIC, THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT JUST A REMINDER, THIS IS NOT CHANGING THE DENSITY AT ALL. 37 UNITS WERE PROPOSED BEFORE THE NUMBER OF UNITS REMAIN. THE SAME. WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUTTON NEBULA. WHAT AMENITIES ARE ALREADY OUT THERE? THEY HAVE A PLAYGROUND. THEY HAVE. A GAZEBO, A PLAYGROUND, SEATING, SEATING AREAS, BENCHES ALREADY PLACED IN THEIR CORRECT. AND THE BIKE RACKS AND FENCING. AND WHAT IS THE PLAQUE SIZE FOR EACH OF THOSE? MY. MY CONCERN IS REQUIRING A LARGE CANOPY TREE FOR EACH LOT ON A ZERO LOT LINE IS THAT IN 20 YEARS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BUNCH OF HOUSES WITH FOUNDATION ISSUES THAT ARE GOING TO END UP NOT IN THE BEST OF CONDITION. SO I, I QUESTION IF REQUIRING A LARGE CANOPY TREE PER LOT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO DO US MORE HARM THAN GOOD. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT DID COME UP AT PLANNING COMMISSION AS WELL. SO INITIALLY WE WERE WANTING THEM TO HAVE TWO LARGE TREES. SO THE PLANNING COMMISSION SAID ONE LARGE TREE AND ONE ORNAMENTAL. AND THEN APPLICANT AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION SAID THERE WILL BE ENOUGH SPACE FOR THOSE. I MEAN, I'M SURE THERE'S ENOUGH SPACE FOR THE FUTURE. SURE. YEAH. BUT TREE ROOTS WILL DESTROY AN ENTIRE HOME. AND THEN IF WE'VE GOT AN AREA THAT NOW THEY'RE ALL WRECKED FOUNDATIONS BECAUSE 
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WE REQUIRED LARGE CANOPY TREES ON EACH SPOT, ARE WE DOING OURSELVES A DISSERVICE BECAUSE NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HOMES THAT AREN'T GOING TO SELL, THEY'RE GOING TO GET THE CONDITION OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE WORSE THAN A TYPICAL HOME, THAT KIND OF THING. YEAH, IS MY CONCERN. I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND IT. I WOULD SAY FOR US, IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE GREENERY BECAUSE THAT DOES CONTRIBUTE TO THE QUALITY. SO I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN AND THESE BEING VERY DENSELY PACD LOTS, THERE COULD BE THAT CONCERN. WE DON'T KNOW YET. IT IT DEPENDS ON WHAT LARGE TREES SELECTED. LIVE OAK HAS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF IMPACT THAN SOME OTHER TYPE OF CANOPY TREE. IF COUNCIL SO WISS, WE CAN TALK TO THE APPLICANT TO HAVE MAYBE TWO ORNAMENTALS AND A FEW SHRUBS. MAYBE THAT WILL BE BETTER IF THE APPLICANT AGREES TO THAT. FOR TO ADDRESS THAT CONCERN, WE'LL BE OKAY. I THINK IT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CARAWAY. YES. THANK YOU MAYOR. THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I WAS GOING TO ASK AS WELL, BEING A ZERO ZERO LOT LAND ON THOSE HOMES WE HAVE. HOW MANY EXACTLY? IF YOU'LL GO BACK TO YOUR PLANTS, HOW MANY EXACTLY WILL WE HAVE AS TOWNHOMES AND COUNT THOSE UP REAL QUICK. 16 LOOKS LIKE 16 HOME UNITS AND 21 ARE SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED. OKAY, NOW ON THOSE 16 TOWNHOMES, ARE THESE GOING TO BE FOR SALE OR IS THIS A ARE THEIR INDIVIDUAL LOTS OKAY. YEAH. AND ALL OF IT WILL BE ZERO LOTS. CORRECT. SO TOWNHOMES ARE TOWNHOMES RIGHT? YEAH. BUT THE ORANGE ONES WILL BE ZERO LOTS. OKAY. THANK YOU MAYOR SIR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I SEE NONE THANK YOU. 
          MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE APPLICANT? SHAR ALTHOFF AND BOBBY RAWLINGS GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. YOU HAVE TEN MINUTES FOR PRESENTATION. GOOD EVENING MAYOR. THANK YOU. I'M BOBBY RAWLINGS. I LIVE AT THREE, TWO, TWO ONE SAINT GEORGE'S DRIVE, PLANO, TEXAS 75093. I'M HERE WITH THE APPLICANT. IF YOU HAVE MORE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, HE CAN ANSWER THOSE. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT FOR SOME TIME. AS WAS MENTIONED BY STAFF, IT IS A COMPLETED DEVELOPMENT. I THINK WE'VE COMPLETED VIRTUALLY ALL THE REQUIRED CITY IMPROVEMENTS STREETS, UTILITIES, STREET SIGNS. THE APPLICANT HAS MADE A DECISION TO CREATE ANOTHER PRODUCT HERE ALONG WITH THE TOWNHOUSES. AS YOU SEE THE THE TOWNHOUSES IN BLUE, THOSE ARE THOSE ARE ATTACHED UNITS. SO IF YOU'VE GOT A FIVE UNIT OR SIX UNIT BUILDING, IT'S A BUILDING WHERE YOU HAVE COMMON WALLS. THEY'VE DECIDED TO LOOK INTO POSSIBLY BUILDING, HOPEFULLY BUILDING A ZERO LOT LINE PRODUCT ACROSS THE STREET, THREE STORY PRODUCT, BUT IT'S AWAY FROM THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL THAT'S THAT ABUTS US TO THE SOUTH. THE ONES AT THE FAR EAST END BACK UP TO THE FIRE STATION THAT EXISTS THERE NOW. THE ZERO LOT LINE HOUSES, WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE THE LOTS AS THEY SIT RIGHT NOW, THESE LOTS ARE 25FT WIDE AND THEY'LL WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE CONFIGURATION OF THE SUBDIVISION. WE'RE NOT ADDING DENSITY TO THE SUBUBDIVISION WE JUST LIKE TO ADD A DIFFERENT MARKET PRODUCT TO IT. AND A ZERO LOT LINE, WHICH IS A DETACHED HOME, AS WAS MENTIONED BY STAFF. THE TOWNHOUSES ARE GOING TO RANGE IN SQUARE FOOTAGE FROM ABOUT 1750 TO 1850FT■S. WHAT THEY HOPE TO DO IS ON THE ZERO LOT LINE RESIDENCES. THEY'RE GOING TO A THREE STORY PRODUCT, AND THOSE WILL START AT ABOUT 2300FT■S. A LITTLE LARGER PRODUCT ON THOSE NEWER LOTS, IF APPROVED BY THIS COUNCIL. SO STAFF PRETTY WELL COVERED EVERYTHING WE'RE TRYING TO DO. WE'VE GOT A COMPLETED SUBDIVISION. WE ARE NOT TRYING TO ADD DENSITY. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO CHANGE ANYTHING, JUST A DIFFERENT PRODUCT LINE. AND HOPEFULLY THE CITY COUNCIL WILL LOOK WITH FAVOR ON THIS AND LET US MOVE FORWARD FROM THIS POINT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. A FEW QUESTIONS. WE'LL START WITH DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUTTON, I SORRY, WOULD LIKE TO JUST CLARIFY SOME OF THE RESPONSES THAT WE RECEIVED. HAD SOME. INTERESTING QUESTIONS. SO JUST FOR THE RECORD, I WOULD I'VE GOT CLARIFY THOSE RESPONSES HERE, BUT I'LL LISTEN TO YOU. 
          SO WILL THESE WILL THESE HOMES HAVE FOUNDATIONS. YES THEY WILL THESE ARE YES, THEY WILL HAVE 
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FOUNDATIONS. OKAY. RIGHT. I READ THAT ONE WITH SOME HUMOR TO IT AS WELL. YEAH. I MEAN, AND I THINK THAT SOME OF IT COULD HAVE BEEN THAT SOME OF THE VERBIAGE MIGHT HAVE ALLUDED TO, LIKE MODULAR HOMES OR WHATEVER. SOMETIMES OUR IMAGINATIONS GET THE BEST OF US. 
          AND WILL THEY HAVE SEWERS SET UP? YES, MA'AM. NO OUTHOUSES, NO OUTHOUSES. FANTASTIC. I MEAN, THESE ARE REAL QUESTIONS. SO WE'VE ANSWERED THE GARAGE. PERFECT. OH, THEY. IT'S BECAUSE THEY LOOK LIKE TRAILER PARK LOTS. IS WAS THE. THAT'S WHY THEY DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE FOUNDATION. PERFECT. I,  HAVE SEEN THE PLAYGROUND GO UP. RIGHT. I AM A STALKER OF ALL THINGS. GARLAND. UNFORTUNATELY FOR PEOPLE. SO I DRIVE BY QUITE FREQUENTLY, SO I'M. I'M EXCITED TO SEE SOME MOVEMENT GOING ON WITH THE. AS IS THE OWNER. YES. AND I, HOW DO YOU GUYS FEEL ABOUT THE DOG PARK SITUATION RIGHT OFF OF MILLER? YOUR SFF PUT IT PROPERLY. THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD SOMETHING AND THEY DID FROM THE ORIGINAL ONE, IF I CAN. WE'VE GOT AN AREA WHERE THIS WORKED EARLIER. THE FOUR UNITS THAT ADJOINED THAT BACK UP TO THE FIRE STATION ON THE FAR EAST END, ON THE NORTH END OF THAT, YOU CAN SEE THAT SPACE THAT'S ABOUT. THEY ASKED FOR A MINIMUM 100 SQUARE FOOT DOG PARK. THAT WOULD BE A TEN BY TEN FOOT AREA. WE'VE GOT A LITTLE OVER 2500FT OF SPACE. THE GREEN AREA, EVERYTHING IN GREEN ON THIS SITE IS AN HOA OWNED PROPERTY. ABOUT ALMOST 27% OF THIS PROPERTY IS COMMON AREA. OF THE 3.17 ACRES WE'VE GOT, ABOUT 27% OF IT IS IS COMMON AREA. WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO JUST ADD FOUR FOOT. WE'VE GOT A MASONRY WALL ALONG THE FIRE STATION. 
          WE'VE GOT A ROCK COLN WALL WITH WROUGHT IRON ALONG MILLER ROAD. WE'RE GOING TO PUT A FOUR FOOT. ARE WE. IF IF APPROVED, WE'LL BUILD A FOUR FOOT WROUGHT IRON FENCE ALONG THE STREET AND THEN ALONG THE THE SIDE OF THAT DWELLING THAT THAT BUILDING THERE. AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ABOUT 2500FT■S OF DOG PARK. I THINK I HAD A DIMENSION, I HAD A DIMENSION OF OF ABOUT 32 TO 34 BY 85 FOOT SPACE THAT CAN BE DESIGNATED FOR THAT BECAUSE IT'S OPEN SPACE RIGHT NOW. IT'S COMMON AREA RIGHT NOW. SO DOES EACH UNIT HAVE A YARD OR NO. JUST NO, THEY DO NOT. I MEAN THEY HAVE A FRONT YARD AREA BUT NOT A REAR YARD AREA. THEY BACK UP TO A GREEN SPACE AREA. MOST OF THEM DO. OKAY. AND AS YOU PROBABLY NOTED, THE LANDSCAPING IS INSTALLED IN ALL THE COMMON AREAS. AND I'VE DONE THIS FOR SOME TIME, AS YOU CAN TELL BY LOOKING AT ME. AND THE LANDSCAPING IS PRETTY EXTENSIVE FOR A SITE LIKE THIS. THEY'VE PUT SOME MATURE STUFF IN THERE. 
          IT'S ATTRACTIVE IN MY OPINION. MAKE SURE YOU CHECK ON IT. SOME OF IT LOOKS A LITTLE FRAZZLED. 
          WELL, I NEED SOME EXTRA WATER. TIME WILL DO THAT. AND 108 DEGREES IS WHAT MY CAR SAID WHEN I DROVE OVER HERE. THAT MADE ME FRAZZLED AS WELL. YES. SO. AND HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE TREES? WELL, YOU KNOW, I WOULD MUCH RATHER SEE LARGE TREES IN THAT GREEN AREA SO THAT WE'RE LITERALLY. TEXAS GROUND DOES NOT NEED HELP BREAKING FOUNDATIONS. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. AND THE FRONT AREAS THAT ARE OPEN FOR PLANTING ARE NOT LARGE AREAS AS WELL. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A TWO CAR WIDE DRIVEWAY ON A 25 FOOT WIDE LOT. SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF AREA IN THE FRONT TO PLANT A TREE, BUT REQUESTED OF US OR REQUIRED OF US. YOU PICK THE WORD THAT FITS BEST AND WE AGREED TO IT. BUT IF IF I MEAN, WE'D BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH STAFF OR WHOEVER. IF Y'ALL GOT A SOMEONE ON STAFF TT'S MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE OF TREES AND SUCH, I DON'T THINK THE OWNER HAS A PROBLEM WITH WHAT'S PLANTED. JUST TELL US WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IN IN WHAT INDIVIDUAL LOT AREA WE HAVE ON THE, ON THE SITE. YEAH. I MEAN, I, AND I THINK AT THREE STORIES, I MEAN, BECAUSE THE, I, THE IDEA OF HAVING TREES IN FRONT OF YOUR HOME IS FOR SHADE. IT HELPS WITH YOUR ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION, ALL OF THESE THINGS. IT ALSO HAS ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS. YES. HOWEVER, FOR YOUR HOME, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. IS THAT SHADE, RIGHT? THE TREES PROVIDE. AND AT THREE STORIES WE'RE LOOKING AT ANOTHER 80 YEARS BEFORE IT GETS TALL ENOUGH TO DO THAT. IN THE MEANTIME, ALL OF YOUR PLUMBING IS A DISASTER AND YOU'VE GOT CRACKS IN YOUR WALLS. SO WE SUBMITTED AN EXTENSIVE LANDSCAPE PLAN FOR THE ENTIRE SITE, NOT JUST COMMON AREAS, 
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BUT FOR THE THE RESIDENCES THEMSELVES THAT WERE PART OF OUR SUBMITTAL TO THE CITY. AND IF THAT NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED OR REVISED, I'M SURE I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE OWNER, BUT NOD YOUR HEAD. I BELIEVE I BELIEVE HE WOULD AGREE TO SIT DOWN OR WORK WITH WHOEVER HAS A CONCERN. AND ANYTIME YOU GO FROM A CANOPY TREE DOWN, IT'S PROBABLY LESS EXPENSIVE. I CAN'T IMAGINE YOU SPENDING YOUR MONEY GETTING A SMALLER TREE, SO I DON'T THINK IT'D BE A DOLLAR AND CENT ISSUE TO THE OWNER. SURE, IF THE CITY JUST DIRECT US ACCORDINGLY. FANTASTIC. I'M IN FAVOR OF OF THIS PROPOSAL WITH THE EXCEPTION OF OUR TREE REQUIREMENT. I WOULD LIKE OUR STAFF TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND BE A LITTLE MORE MINDFUL OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND WHERE OUR REQUIREMENTS ARE GOING TO LAND US 20 YEARS IN A HOUSING MARKET IN THAT AREA. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR YOUR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU MA'AM. COUNCILMEMBER CARAWAY. YES, THANK YOU. MAYOR, MY QUESTION IS REALLY SIMPLE. WHAT MADE US CHANGE OUR MINDS ON THE ORIGINAL PLAN FROM 2022? WELL, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, IT'S A LITTLE CHANGE IN THE MARKET. I THINK THE OWNER IS LOOKING TO BUILD MAYBE A LITTLE LARGER PRODUCT THAN THE TOWNHOUSE PRODUCT. AND THE ONLY WAY THIS IS THE PRODUCT, HE CHOSE TO TRY TO PUT ON THESE LOTS. THESE WILL BE 500 OR MORE SQUARE FEET LARGER THAN THE TOWNHOUSE PRODUCT ON IT. IT'S REALLY MORE OF A BUSINESS MARKET DECISION THAN ANYTHING ELSE, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED, AND I CAN'T SEE IT BEING ANY DIFFERENT THAN THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. 
          COUNCILMEMBER SCOTT. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I FORGOT TO SAY THANK YOU LAST TIME. SO THANK YOU, MAYOR. TWICE. OKAY. I LOVE THIS IDEA. I KNOW THAT WE'RE REALLY, YOU KNOW, COMPACT NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          EVERYTHING THAT'S SURROUNDING IT LOOKS REALLY GREAT. I'M KIND OF ON WITH CARAWAY. COUNCILMAN CARAWAY. WHAT HE SAID, WHY YOU CHANGED YOUR MIND. SO NOW I KNOW, BUT WHAT IS THE PRICE DIFFERENCE GOING TO BE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, ARE WE GOING TO. NOPE. NEVER MIND, NEVER MIND, NEVER MIND. I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE PRICE. REMOVE REMOVE OBJECT. NEVER MIND I LIK IT. I LIKE THE IDEA. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MA'AM. COUNCILMEMBER LUCK, THANK YOU FOR COMING. I'M HAPPY THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE A BETTER PRODUCT, HIGHER QUALITY, LARGER. 
          THAT MAKES ME VERY HAPPY. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF ALONG THAT NORTHERN SIDE. WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE TO PLANT ITALIAN CYPRESS INSTEAD OF LARGE CANOPY TREES? COULD WE MAKE THAT A REQUIREMENT? THE ROOT SYSTEM ON THOSE ISN'T AS LARGE AND THEY STILL GET VERY HIGH. THEY PROVIDE SOME SHADE. SO WE DO USE THAT A LOT FOR OTHER THINGS. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT ALONG MILLER THEY'RE ALREADY PROVIDING, PER THE ORIGINAL PLAN, 28 CANOPY TREES, WHERE THE GDC ONLY REQUIRES 15. SO THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE. OKAY, SO I THINK THE CONCERN CAME FROM THE THE TREES REQUIRED PER LOT, RIGHT. AND WE DO THINK BASED ON THE FACT THAT THEY ALREADY PROVIDED MORE THAN ENHANCED ALONG MILLER GOING TO ONE ORNAMENTAL MAY NOT BE MAYBE A GOOD IDEA. WOULD AN ITALIAN CYPRESS SUFFICE FOR ORNAMENTAL AS WELL? I, I, I HAVE A CRAPE MYRTLE AND IT'S A HORRIBLE TREE I. I WISH IT WOULD GO AWAY, BUT EVERY TIME WE CUT IT DOWN IT JUST GROWS BACK SOMEWHERE ELSE. SO WE HAVE THAT AS PART OF OUR APPROVED PLANT LIST. I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S UNDER CANOPY OR IF IT'S UNDER ORNAMENTAL. WE CAN CHECK ON THAT. IF COUNCIL CAN KEEP THAT MOTION A LITTLE OPEN ENDED FOR US TO WORK ON IT AND BRING YOU BACK THE ORDINANCE, WOULD IT WOULD IT BE OKAY TO SAY A TREE APPROPRIATE FOR THE SPACE? OKAY. AND YOU'LL HAVE REALLY, COULD WE JUST SAY PLANT APPROPRIATE FOR THE SPACE BECAUSE, OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM, COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS. SO ON ONE OF THE OBJECTIONS HERE IS THAT THERE WAS SOME RUNOFF OF THIS PROPERTY ONTO ANOTHER PROPERTY THAT BACKS UP TO IT. IT'S LOT 14 ON BUTTETERFLY. SO DO YOU HAE A PLAN TO KEEP WATER FROM RUNNING OFF INTO THE INTO THE BACKYARDS OF THE PROPERTIES ON THE SOUTH SIDE? WELL, DURING MY ON IT, I MEAN, WE BUILT IT AND IT WAS INSPECTED AND ACCEPTED. WE ARE NOT AWARE. WE'VE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF A DRAINAGE ISSUE ON ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNER. THE SITE IS. WE BUILT A 
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RETAINING WALL ALONG THE NORTHERN SIDE. I IT'S ABO A THREE FOOT TALL RETAINING WALL. 
          ON TOP OF THAT, THERE'S A SIX FOOT MASONRY AND ROCK WALL. WE CAN JUST LOOK INTO IT. 
          OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE DRAINING ONTO SOMEONE ELSE'S PROPERTY AND IF IT'S HAPPENING, AN ENGINEER MISSED SOMETHING SOMEWHERE. WE'LL JUST HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO CORRECT IT. BUT OTHER THAN WHEN I SAW THESE NOTICES TODAY, WE'VE NOT HEARD ANYBODY. NO ONE'S CONTACTED US ABOUT THAT. OKAY. I'M NOT TRYING TO DODGE IT. I'M JUST SAYING SOMEWHERE IN ENGINEERING, WE NEED TO FIND OUT A WAY TO CORRECT THAT. YEAH. OKAY. WELL, AND I'M NOT ASKING THAT IF YOU HAVE EVIDENCE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, BUT IT WAS SOMEBODY RAISED AN OBJECTION THAT WAS AGAINST IT. I WOULD HAVE SAID A LOT OF WATER FLOODS INTO THEIR BACKYARD. AND SO LET'S LOOK AT IF SEE IF THERE'S ANY ISSUE THERE, BECAUSE CERTAINLY THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE'D WANT TO REMEDIATE DURING THIS PROCESS. SO, YOU KNOW, JUST A JUST A CONCERNED NEIGHBOR THERE. SO THE OTHER GUY THAT SAID, THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE STORAGE UNITS, IT'S LIKE, OKAY, NO, RIGHT. I LOVE THESE COMMENTS SOMETIMES. ANYWAY, THAT'S REALLY MY MY QUESTION IS, I BELIEVE SOME OF THEM WERE CONFUSED ABOUT THE ZONING. OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE GOT TOWNHOUSE ZONING. SOME PEOPLE JUST DON'T WANT TOWNHOUSES HERE, BUT THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE. 
          WE'RE JUST TRYING TO CHANGE THE PD TO ALLOW ANOTHER PRODUCT IN A CERTAIN PORTION OF THIS PRODUCT. THIS OF THIS SITE CERTAINLY AGREE. HAVING BIGGER HOUSES, THAT'S JUST BETTER FOR US ALL AROUND. AND SO I'M, I'M PERFECTLY HAPPY TO APPROVE THAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF YOUR LOT, MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO WATER GOING TO THE BACKYARDS OF THE NEIGHBORS BACK THERE. YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? ALL RIGHT, I SEE NONE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. MADAM SECRETARY. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR. 
          COUNCILMEMBER CARRAWAY, SIR, THIS IS YOUR DISTRICT. YES, I MOTION THAT WE APPROVE IN REGARDS TO WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FIGURING OUT THIS TREE SITUATION. PLANTS. YES, BUT I MOTION THAT WE APPROVE. I'M GOING TO ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY DO WE NEED CLARIFICATION ON THE MOTION THERE? I CAN BRING BACK AN ORDINANCE, FINAL ORDINANCE THAT HAS LANGUAGE THAT I THINK I CAN GET TO. WHAT COUNCILMAN WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOR MAYOR PRO TEM. OKAY, NO, YOU'RE NOT MAYOR PRO TEM. YOU'RE MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCILWOMAN. VERY GOOD. AND WE HAVE A WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER CARRAWAY AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER. MORE DISCUSSION. 
          SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE. AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. COUNCILMAN, TO TRY 
          [c. Consider a request by City of Garland, requesting approval of a zoning change from Agricultural (AG) District to Planned Development (PD) District 84-96 in District 7.]
TO PUSH THROUGH. WE'RE GOING TO GO ON NOW TO ITEM NUMBER 12. C CONSIDER A REQUEST BY THE CITY OF GARLAND REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A ZONING CHANGE FROM AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 8496 IN DISTRICT SEVEN. THANK YOU. MAYOR. THIS IS LOCATED ALONG HARFORD ROAD. IT IS A CITY INITIATED REZONING IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE. .44 ACRES CURRENTLY ZONED AGRICULTURAL. HERE YOU CAN SEE THE PROPOSED REZONING BOUNDARY UNTIL. IF YOU MAY REMEMBER, COUNCIL DID APPROVE A REAL ESTATE TRANSFER IN JUNE. WITH THAT TRIANGLE AND TH TRIANGLE TO THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF IT. SO THIS IS TRULY TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT THIS TRIANGLE WORK IN CONJUNCTION OR WORK BETTER WITH THE EXISTING PD 84-96 THAT'S ADJACENT TO THIS TRIANGLE. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HAS TWO SEPARATE CATEGORY ON THIS. ONE IS A BUSINESS CENTER. ONE IS AN URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD. AGAIN, THIS IS TRULY A STRAIGHT REZONING SO THAT THE THE ADJACENT PROPERTY THAT CAN BE BUILT AS MULTIFAMILY OR MIXED USE, THEY HAVE A BETTER COHESIVE WAY OF DEVELOPING IT. AND THE CITY ALSO HAS SOME SMOOTH, EFFICIENT WAY OF MAKING THE FOR ROAD EXPANSION AND NAAMAN FOREST ROAD EXPANSION WORK. THESE ARE THE SITES. THERE'S NO CONCEPT PLAN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS. AGAIN, THE CONSIDERATIONS ARE AS B 840 DOES ALLOW MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT ON PD 8496. ALL WE ARE ASKING IS TO CHANGE THAT LITTLE TRIANGLE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THAT PD, SO THAT WHEN DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS ON THAT PIECE, IT HAS A LITTLE BIT MORE OPPORTUNITY TO HAPPEN MORE COHESIVELY. IF THE REQUEST IS APPROVED AGAIN, ALL OF IT WILL HAVE TO MEET ALL THE GDC REQUIREMENTS. STAFF RECOMMENDS 
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APPROVAL. PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. WE SENT OUT 11 LETTERS. WE DIDN'T GET ANY RESPONSES FROM WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA. WE DID GET ONE RESPONSE FROM OUTSIDE OF THE NOTIFICATION AREA AND THAT SIMPLY REQUESTED DON'T BUILD ANYTHING ELSE ALONG HARFORD ROAD, WHICH OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T REALLY HAVE MUCH TO DO WITH THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST. WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? SEE? NONE. THANK YOU. 
          I WON'T CALL THE APPLICANT BECAUSE THE APPLICANT IS THE CITY OF GARLAND. BUT MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR, WE DO NOT. COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS, THIS IS YOUR DISTRICT. SIR. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THIS ITEM AS PRESENTED. THE MOTION APPROVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE. AND ITEMS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. ALL 
          [d. Consider a request by Lyle Allen and Associates, requesting approval of 1) an amendment to Planned Development (PD) Neighborhood Office (NO) District 82-20 to Planned Development (PD) Community Retail (CR) District to allow for CR uses and 2) a Concept Plan for the proposed site improvements in District 5.]
RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR FINAL ZONING CASE OF THE NIGHT. IT'S ITEM 12 D CONSIDER REQUEST BY LYLE ALLEN ASSOCIATES REQUESTING APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT. 
          NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE, DISTRICT 8220 PLAN DEVELOPMENT. COMMUNITY RETAIL DISTRICT TO ALLOW FOR CR USES AND A CONCEPT PLAN FOR THE PROPOSED SITE. IMPROVEMENTS IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS SITE IS CURRENTLY ZONED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FROM 82-20. THE BASE ZONING IS NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE. THE REQUEST IS TO CHANGE IT, CHANGE THE BASE ZONING FROM NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE TO COMMUNITY RETAIL. IT IS LOCATED IN DISTRICT FIVE 1015 WEST CENTERVILLE ROAD IS THE ADDRESS. THE SITE IS IN EXISTING DEVELOPED SHOPPING CENTER. IT'S PART OF A BIGGER SHOPPING CENTER ACTUALLY, AND THE ACREAGE IS 1.3 ACRES. AS MENTIONED, IT'S ZONED PD WITH THE ZONING OF NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE. A LITTLE BACKGROUND, NO EXPANSION, NO CONSTRUCTION PROPOSED WITH THIS REQUEST. THE PURPOSE OF THE REQUEST IS TO TRY AND EXPAND THE PERMITTED LAND USE. NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE IS THE MOST RESTRICTIVE AND LEAST INTENSIVE NONRESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT THAT WE HAVE. 
          IF YOU GO THROUGH THE LAND USE CHART, YOU'LL SEE ONLY A FEW OFFICE TYPE, VERY LOW DENSITY OFFICE TYPE USES ARE ALLOWED IN NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE, ZONING DISTRICT AS OPPOSED TO COMMUNITY RETAIL IS A MUCH MORE EXPANSIVE COMMUNITY RETAIL SERVICE. COMMERCIAL USE ORIENTED ZONING DISTRICT. SO THAT'S WHERE THEY THEY'RE WANTING TO DO. THEY'RE WANTING TO EXPAND THEIR CHOICE OF USES AND TENANTS THAT THEY CAN ATTRACT ON THE SHOPPING CENTER. 
          HERE'S THE SITE OUTLINED IN TEAL. AS YOU CAN SEE ON DIFFERENT SIDES, IT IS SURROUNDED BY OTHER COMMUNITY RETAIL, BUT MOSTLY PDS, BUT HAS A BASE ZONING OF COMMUNITY RETAIL TO FURTHER WEST. IT HAS OUR URBAN BUSINESS ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH WAS REZONED LAST YEAR THROUGH A CITY INITIATED REZONING. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES CALL THIS AREA OUT FOR COMMUNITY CENTERS. COMMUNITY CENTERS ARE AREAS WITH COMPACT DEVELOPMENT, PRIMARILY NONRESIDENTIAL, SERVING A COLLECTION OF NEIGHBORHOODS. WHEN COMPARED TO WHETHER OR NOT THIS COMMUNITY CENTER CATEGORY ALIGN MORE WITH NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE OR COMMUNITY RETAIL, WE DO THINK THE PROPOSED ZONING DISTRICT IS ACTUALLY A ACTUALLY MORE ALIGNED WITH WHAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CALLS FOR. THESE ARE THE SITE PHOTO. AS YOU CAN SEE, FULLY ESTABLISHED SITE. THIS IS THE CONCEPT PLAN. AGAIN, NOTHING'S BEING PROPOSED ON THE BUILDING ITSELF. WHAT YOU SEE IN GRAY IS THE BUILDING. WHAT YOU SEE IN BLUE IS THOSE ARE THE PARKING SPACES. WE ARE REQUIRING SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPE ENHANCEMENTS FROM THE APPLICANT, BOTH ALONG CENTERVILLE AND MARKETPLACE AND THROUGHOUT THE PARKING LOT LANDSCAPING, BECAUSE CURRENTLY THERE'S NOT MUCH PARKING LOT LANDSCAPING PROVIDED. SO WE'RE REQUIRING ALL OF THAT WITH THIS REQUEST OR WE REQUIRE WE'RE REQUESTING ALL OF THAT WITH THIS AMENDMENT. 
          SO PERMITTED USES WILL FOLLOW WHATEVER'S ALLOWED IN COMMUNITY RETAIL DISTRICT, WITH A COUPLE EXCEPTIONS PER THE CONDITIONS. WE'LL GO OVER THAT HERE IN A MINUTE. BUT WE'LL HAVE THREE LARGE CANOPY TREES AND 21 SHRUBS ALONG CENTERVILLE. WE'LL HAVE SEVEN LARGE CANOPY TREES AND 49 SHRUBS ALONG MARKETPLACE, AND WE'LL HAVE TEN LARGE CANOPY TREES THROUGHOUT THE PARKING LOTS AND ALL REQUIRED LANDSCAPED AREAS, SUCH AS THE PARKING ISLAND. THEY WILL BE COVERED BY LIVING PLANT MATERIALS AND NOT ROCK OR STONES OR OTHER THINGS. WE DO 
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RECOMMEND APPROVAL. WE DO THINK THIS COULD BE A GOOD THING TO BE ABLE TO ATTRACT OTHER TENANTS THAT ARE MORE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL, RETAIL TYPE USES, BUT COMMUNITY RETAIL ALSO DOES ALLOW A COUPLE USES THAT WE DO NOT THINK WILL BE BENEFICIAL FOR THIS SITE. SO WE HAVE CALLED THOSE OUT. WE DO NOT THINK SO. LAUNDROMATS ALREADY REQUIRE AN SUP IN COMMUNITY RETAIL, SO FOR SOMEONE TO COME IN AND REQUEST THEY WILL HAVE TO COME THROUGH COUNCIL ANYWAY. 
          BUT BASED ON WHAT WE ENVISION, WE'RE REQUESTING THAT LAUNDROMATS BE OUTRIGHT PROHIBITED ON THIS PD FURNITURE, HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS, OR APPLIANCE SALES RENTAL TYPE. 
          THE HEAVIER COMMERCIAL USES BE ALSO BE PROHIBITED WITH THIS PD CONVENIENCE STORES, WHICH OFTEN COME WITH GAS STATIONS. WE ALSO DO NOT THINK THOSE COULD BE APPROPRIATE. SO THOSE WE'RE LIMITING WITH THE PD MAKING THEM PROHIBITED USE. WE THINK GROCERY IS FINE GROCERY OR SUPERMARKET USE. HOWEVER, PER OUR GDC, THAT MEANS GROCERY IS OVER 5000FT■S. AND BY DEFINITIO. 
          SO WE JUST CREATED A CONDITION THAT LIMITS IF IT COULD BE A GROCERY, BUT WE WANT IT TO BE NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE AND NOT TO EXCEED 5000 SQUARE FOOT. SO THOSE ARE OUR CONDITION PLAN COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL PER OUR CONDITIONS AS WELL. WE SENT 81 LETTERS. WE GOT ONE IN FAVOR, NONE IN OPPOSITION. WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. 
          I DON'T SEE ANY FROM COUNCIL, BUT I HAVE ONE QUESTION. THE LOCATION OF THE DUMPSTER PAD IS UP FRONT ALONG THE FRONT STREET. DOES STAFF HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT BEING SO CLOSE TO THE RIGHT OF WAY? WE'LL HAVE TO WORK WITH OUR SANITATION DEPARTMENT FOR THAT, BUT IT'S EXISTING THERE ALREADY. THAT'S THE CORRECT, BUT THAT'S WHY WE MOVE BEHIND THE BUILDING. 
          THAT'LL BE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT. BUT YEAH, IT IS EXISTING, BUT WE DO WANT TREES PLANTED THERE SO THAT IT'S NOT VISIBLE FROM THE FROM MARKETPLACE. OKAY. I SEE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SIR. ONE SECOND. COUNCILMEMBER LUCK, IS THERE AN ENCLOSURE AROUND THE DUMPSTER? I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING AN ENCLOSURE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE APPLICANT? I DON'T BELIEVE THEY'RE HERE, BUT MR. ALLEN OR MR. GEARS, ARE YOU HERE? THANK YOU. I'M HERBERT GEARS AT 40526 WILD BRIER IN IRVING, TEXAS. I'M THE OWNER OF LYLE ALLEN ASSOCIATES. MY SON'S NAME. AND BY THE WAY, OUTHOUSES WERE MENTIONED EARLIER. YOU KNOW, I'M ACTUALLY OLD ENOUGH TO WHERE I GREW UP OUT IN THE COUNTRY AND WE HAD AN OUTHOUSE. AND WHEN YOU FIRST GOT TOILETS BACK THEN, YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY PLACE TO PUT IT BECAUSE IT'D BE IN THE HOUSE, YOU KNOW, WITH A BATHROOM. SO THEY CORDONED OFF A LITTLE, ROPED OFF A LITTLE PART OF MY GRANDMOTHER'S BEDROOM, AND ONLY THE GROWN UPS WERE ALLOWED TO USE IT. THAT'S THE WAY IT STARTED. BUT ANYWAY. WE'RE HAPPY TO MAKE THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THIS PROPERTY. IT'S GOING TO LOOK A LOT BETTER. THE DUMPSTER WILL HAVE A VERY NICE STONE ENCLOSURE, YOU KNOW, HAS AN ENCLOSURE NOW. BUT OUR GOAL IS TO IMPROVE THE PROPERTY, MAKE IT LOOK BETTER, AND THERE'S APPARENTLY SOME NON-CONFORMING LEGAL NON-CONFORMING USES THERE NOW. AND SO WE ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO COME IN AND CLEAN THAT UP. 
          AND SO THROUGH A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS WITH STAFF, THEY SUGGESTED THAT WE ASK FOR THIS BASE ZONING IN PARTICULAR. WE WEREN'T REALLY SEEKING OUT A LOT MORE USES. THE BASE ZONING DOES ALLOW A LOT MORE USES, BUT MAINLY IT BRINGS OUR PROPERTY INTO CONFORMANCE. SO WE WERE HAPPY TO EXCLUDE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER USE OF STAFF DIDN'T WANT TO SEE THERE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKI TO MAKE AN IMPROVEMENT HERE, YOU KNOW, IN THIS SORT OF COMPACT AREA, YOU'RE GOING TO BE PROUD OF IT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK. SO THERE'S A LOT OF LANDSCAPING THAT YOU HAVE TO ADD WITHIN THIS PROPOSAL. THE PREVIOUS LANDSCAPING WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH ROCKS. SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE THAT THIS LANDSCAPING WILL BE ADDED AND, AND THE ROCKS WILL BE TAKEN AWAY AND WE'LL HAVE PRETTY THINGS IN GREEN. IT WILL BE AND IT WILL BE IRRIGATED SO THAT IT WILL STAY LIVING. WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO USE WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE AND IS GOING TO LOOK GOOD. YOU KNOW THAT. AND WE CAN KEEP IT THAT WAY. THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO. I'M A I'M A BIG FAN OF XERISCAPE. THE LESS WATER YOU HAVE TO USE, THE BETTER AND STAY GREEN ALL THE 
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TIME. I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE ENCLOSURE. DO YOU INTEND TO PUT A GATE ON IT ON THE DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE? I THINK IT HAS ONE NOW. SO RIGHT NOW IT'S THREE SIDED WITHOUT A GATE. 
          OKAY, WE'RE HAPPY TO ADD A GATE. IT'S IT'S IT'S THREE SIDED, OPEN. AND THEN TWO TREES ON ONE OF THE SIDES IS CLOSED. AS FAR AS YOUR PREVIOUS STATEMENT, EVERYTHING IS EITHER DIRTR SO OVERGROWN THAT IF YOU CUT IT BACK, IT'S GOING TO BE STICKS. PUT IT OUT AND PUT GRAVEL THERE, I'M AWARE. STABILIZE IT WITH A PLAN TO DO LANDSCAPING, PROBABLY LATE SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO UNDER SEVEN YEARS. YEAH. I'M AWARE. I HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE GIVE ME A CALL ABOUT THOSE ROCKS. SO THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THAT. THAT LARGE SCALE LANDSCAPING CHANGE. IT WILL MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE THERE. 
          SO IF WE ADDED THE REQUIREMENT OF A DUMPSTER GATE, YOU WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. 
          GREAT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? I SEE NONE, THANK YOU. MADAM SECRETARY. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LUCK, THIS IS YOUR DISTRICT, MA'AM. YES, SIR. I WOULD LIKE TO MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 12 D WITH THE INCLUSION OF A REQUIREMENT FOR A DUMPSTER GATE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE INCLUSION OF A DUMPSTER GATE. A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DUTTON. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE. AND I WAS APPROVED 
          [13. ​Councilmember Margaret LuchtKristin Lucido - Plan CommissionRene Granado - Library Board]
UNANIMOUSLY. WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO. OUR NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. THANK YOU. YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU SIR. AND I THINK THAT'S THE FIRST STORY WE'VE HAD ABOUT AN OUTHOUSE HERE IN THE CITY COUNCIL. ITEM NUMBER 13 IS CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK. YOU HAVE TWO APPOINTMENTS? YES, SIR. I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT KRISTEN LUCIDO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND RENEE GRANATO TO THE LIBRARY BOARD. I HAVE NOMINATIONS FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION. LIBRARY BOARD. SECOND ON THOSE NOMINATIONS, SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DENTON. ANY DISCUSSION? MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE. AND I'M APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. MOVE 
          [ CITIZEN COMMENTS]
ON NOW TO CITIZENS COMMENTS. MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO ADDRESS ISSUES NOT ON THE MEETING AGENDA MAY HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, COUNCIL IS PROHIBITED FROM DISCUSSING ANY ITEM NOT ON THE AGENDA. AND, SECRETARY, DO YOU HAVE ANY SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TONIGHT? YES, SIR. WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR FIRST SPEAKER, MICHAEL COOLEY? GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. MICHAEL COOLEY, I AM A CITIZEN OF GARLAND. I CAME TO SPEAK TO YOU LAST YEAR SOMETIME AND ASKING YOU TO FUND CERTAIN PROGRAMS, AND I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE SPECIFIC. BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, I'VE REALIZED THAT THE CRIMINALIZATION OF THE UNHOUSED HAS SHOWED ITS DISCRIMINATORY FACE IN GARLAND, TEXAS. NOT THAT IT'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL BY THE SUPREME COURT PASSING. THAT IS NOT UNCONSTITUTIONAL TO TICKET SOMEONE FOR SLEEPING IN PUBLIC PLACES, BUT THAT THE GARLAND PD LIAISON OFFICER SPECIFICALLY WRITES TICKETS AND CITATIONS AND IGNORES THE DUE PROCESS OF THIS LAW. THE DUE PROCESS HAS EXPLICIT RIGHTS FOR THE UNHOUSED, AND STEPS TO CLEARLY MANDATE, SO THAT THIS WILL PREVENT A PERSON FROM ENTERING THE SYSTEM, AND AN INDIGENT PERSON THAT CANNOT PAY A FINE. AND SO, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT BEING DONE AND THEY ARE BEING TICKETED AND JAILED AS OF RECENTLY, AS OF THIS PAST FRIDAY. FURTHERMORE, UNLESS THE INDIVIDUAL FLATLY REFUSES THE HELP THAT THE LIAISON OFFICER GIVES THEM, THAT IS THE ONLY WAY A CITATION IS TO BE WRITTEN. NOW, THIS IS COVERED EXPLICITLY IN THE GUIDELINES. HOW DO WE GET TO THIS POINT? WELL, BESIDES OUR PRESIDENT'S EXECUTIVE ORDER, WE'VE GOT TO THIS POINT BECAUSE IN THE CITY OF GARLAND, THE CITY OF GARLAND STILL RECEIVES FUNDS FROM HUD. NOW, THIS IS WHAT I LOOK UP CONSTANTLY TO MAKE SURE THAT I GET MY INFORMATION CORRECT. AND THE CITY OF GARLAND STILL RECEIVINFUNDS FROM HUD, BUT YET IT'S LISTED THAT WE HAVE SHELTERS AND WE DO NOT. IT'S LISTED THAT WE HAVE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AND WE DO NOT. THIS IS THAT WE HAVE PUBLIC HOUSING AND WE DO NOT. 
          AND THE LOW INCOME HOUSING PROJECT PROGRAM HAS NOT TAKEN AN APPLICATION IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS. SO WHERE IS THIS MONEY GOING? THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT THE UNHOUSED, BECAUSE YOU ARE HANDICAPPING THE RESOURCES FROM THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN HELP US AND WE. AND THEREFORE THERE IS NO HELP. AND SO WE'RE UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT IF WE DO NOTHING FOR THEM, IF WE 
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DON'T HIRE THEM AND WE DON'T GIVE THEM ANY ASSISTANCE, THEY WILL LEAVE, BECAUSE THE MESSAGE THAT WE ARE RECEIVING IS THAT THE MAYOR CALLS THE CHIEF AND THE CHIEF CALLS, TELLS HIS OFFICERS, UNDER NO CERTAIN TERMS, GET RID OF T UNHOUSED. THESE THINGS CANNOT STAND. WE DO NOT APPRECIATE BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST. WE REMIND YOU. 2013 DALLAS RECEIVED A DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT FOR THESE VERY SAME PRACTICES, IN WHICH $68.5 MILLION WAS AWARDED AGAINST THE CITY OF DALLAS. THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING HERE. WE ARE ASKING YOU TO HAVE A COME TO JESUS MOMENT AND READ ISAIAH AND MATTHEW AND PROVERBS AND JOHN AND SEE WHAT JESUS WOULD DO AS HE SPEAKS ABOUT THE POOR AND THE HOMELESS. AND WE'RE ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL TO TAKE NOTICE. WE ASK TO SPEAK WITH US INDIVIDUALLY, FORM A PILOT COMMITTEE, HOW WE CAN RECTIFY THIS SITUATION, BECAUSE WHAT'S MORE PRODUCTIVE, TAXPAYING PERSON THAT HAS BECOME THAT GOES FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE BECAUSE HE GETS A JOB. I'VE BEEN TWO YEARS WAITING ON A RESPONSE FROM YOUR SANITATION DEPARTMENT WON'T HIRE ME BECAUSE I'M UNHOUSED. PEOPLE THAT VOLUNTEER THE GOOD SAMARITANS CAN'T GET HIRED BECAUSE THEY'RE UNHOUSED. HOW CAN WE COME UP OUT OF OUR CONDITION UNLESS WE GET THAT KIND OF HELP? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SIR. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER? JULIA JULIET CERVANTES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY AS A PART OF MY PROJECT FOR CITY COMMUNITY INTERVENTION. I'M PRESENTING TO THE GOVERNING BODY GARLAND CITY COUNCILS, WHERE I RESIDE. MY NAME IS JULIAN CERVANTES. I'M A MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK STUDENT AT EAST TEXAS A&M. MY COMMUNITY INTERVENTION PROJECT FOCUSES ON THE BARRIERS ADULT SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT FACE WHEN TRYING TO ACCESS LONG TERM, TRAUMA INFORMED SUPPORT. BECAUSE GARLAND IS ONE OF THE LARGEST CITIES IN DALLAS COUNTY, THESE BARRIERS ALSO AFFECT OUR MEMBERS OF OUR OWN COMMUNITY. 
          DALLAS COUNTY IS HOME TO MORE THAN 2.6 MILLION RESIDENTS AND HAS APPROXIMATELY 1284 HOSPITAL REPORTED SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES EACH YEAR. HOWEVER, THIS NUMBER LIKELY DOES NOT REFLECT THE TRUE SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM. MORE THAN HALF OF THESE ADULTS, 53%, HAVE EXPERIENCED SEXUAL ASSAULT, YET OVER 80% OF THESE CASES ARE NEVER REPORTED. MY ASSESSMENT HAS ALSO FOUND SEVERAL BARRIERS THAT PREVENT SURVIVORS FROM RECEIVING LONG TERM CARE. IN ADDITION, LONG WAITLISTS, TRANSPORTATION CHALLENGE STIGMA, AND A LACK OF AWARENESS ABOUT AVAILABLE SOURCES MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR MANY SURVIVORS TO ACCESS AND REMAIN AND REMAIN IN TRAUMA INFORMED CARE. MY PROPOSED SOLUTION IS TO IMPLEMENT A COORDINATED CONTINUUM OF CARE MODEL THAT STRENGTHENS COLLABORATION AMONG HOSPITALS, MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS, VICTIM ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COMMUNITY AGENCIES. RATHER THAN REQUIRING SURVIVORS TO NAVIGATE MULTIPLE SYSTEMS ON THEIR OWN, PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS WOULD WORK TOGETHER TO STANDARDIZE REFERRAL, PROCESS REGULAR COMMUNICATION, AND COORDINATED CASE MANAGEMENT TO ENSURE SURVIVORS RECEIVE CONTINUOUS SUPPORT THROUGHOUT. THIS MODEL WOULD CONNECT SURVIVORS NOT ONLY TO IMMEDIATE CRISIS INTERVENTION, BUT ALSO LONG TERM COUNSELING GROUPS, LEGAL ADVOCACY, HOUSING RESOURCES WHEN NEEDED, AND OTHER TRAUMA INFORMED SERVICES. IT WOULD BE. IT WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE AGENCIES TO IDENTIFY SERVICE GAPS, REDUCE DUPLICATION OF EFFORTS AND IMPROVE ACCESS TO CARE BY STRENGTHENING PARTNERSHIPS AND SHARING RESOURCES. BY CREATING A MORE COORDINATED NETWORK OF SERVICES, SURVIVORS WOULD BE LESS LIKELY TO FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS AFTER THE INITIAL CRISIS, AND MORE LIKELY TO RECEIVE THE LONG TERM SUPPORT NECESSARY FOR HEALING RECOVERY. I ENCOURAGE THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING PARTNERSHIPS WITH THESE ORGANIZATIONS AND STRENGTHENING COORDINATE REFERRAL SYSTEMS SO SURVIVORS CAN MORE EASILY ACCESS LONG TERM, TRAUMA INFORMED CARE THEY NEED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. I'M SECRETARY. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? YES, SIR. ELLA HAD. 
          YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. MY NAME IS ELLA HAIG. I LIVE AT 830 MAGNOLIA DRIVE, 75040. I AM HERE IN MY CAPACITY AS A RAPID RESPONSE VOLUNTEER WITH EL MOVIMIENTO. RAPID RESPONDERS ARE TRAINED IN LEGAL OBSERVING AND COMMUNITY CARE AND RESPONSE TO ICE ABDUCTIONS OF OUR NEIGHBORS. WE DISTRIBUTE KNOW YOUR RIGHTS KITS WITH INFORMATION ON HOW TO RECEIVE MUTUAL AID, AS WELL AS SOME LEGAL OPPORTUNITIES AND CONNECTIONS FOR LORENZO SALGADO, WHO WAS MURDERED IN HOUSTON, ICE HAD BEGUN RAMPING UP ABDUCTIONS ALL ACROSS THE NATION. AS OF LAST MONTH. DALLAS COUNTY IS NUMBER ONE FOR ICE DETENTIONS IN THE NATION, WE ARE ALL AWARE OF OPERATION METRO SURGE IN MINNEAPOLIS. 
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THERE ARE EMPLOYED HERE, EXCEPT THE DALLAS FIELD OFFICE COVERS 128 COUNTIES IN NORTH TEXAS AND ALL OF OKLAHOMA SPREAD OUT OVER THAT TERRITORY. ISIS ICE, EXCUSE ME, CAN TERRORIZE COMMUNITIES LARGELY UNIMPEDED, UNLIKE THE COMMUNITIES OF MINNEAPOLIS THAT HAVE STOOD UP FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR NEIGHBORS. TWO WEEKS AGO, I RESPONDED TO AN ABANDONED VEHICLE THAT HAD BEEN LEFT IN THE PARKING LOT OF A RESTAURANT ON KINGSLEY ON WEST KINGSLEY ROAD. THE OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BY ICE, BUT NOT BEFORE THEY SMASHED THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER WINDOWS. I FOUND IN THE TRUCK. I FOUND A KEY AND VARIOUS BUSINESS CARDS AND HIS PASSPORT. THE SCENE BEFORE ME WAS A STILL LIFE OF A LIFE, INTERRUPTED WITH INFORMATION FOUND IN THE TRUCK. A VOLUNTEER NETWORK WERE ABLE TO CONTACT HIS WIFE. THE FAMILY HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS TRUCK FOR THREE DAYS. HE HAD BEEN HUNTED AND SNATCHED AWAY WITHOUT DUE PROCESS. PEOPLE FROM GARLAND ARE A PART OF THAT DAILY QUOTA. THE DALLAS FIELD OFFICE. I UNDERSTAND YOU CANNOT COMMENT DIRECTLY AT THIS TIME, BUT I HAVE MANY QUESTIONS AND WOULD LIKE TO OPEN A DIALOG ON HOW WE CAN PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORS AND LOVED ONES. ICE OUT.ORG HAS REPORTED 43 VERIFIED AND UNVERIFIED SIGHTINGS IN GARLAND, TEXAS FROM JANUARY TO TODAY. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE MORE THAT HAVE BEEN UNREPORTED. COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND LEGAL OBSERVERS ALIKE HAVE PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE AT THE HANDS OF ICE. 
          PEOPLE ARE SCARED, AND IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT THOSE WHO CAN STAND UP TO THIS TYRANNY DO SO. 
          THANK YOU. MA'AM. MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? YES, SIR. PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER, JASON PATRICK JONES. JASON PATRICK JONES, DAVID HOGUE. SIR, MY NAME ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. OKAY. DAVID HOGUE 534 PAULA ROAD. APOLOGIES IN ADVANCE IF I HAVE A LITTLE TROUBLE GETTING THROUGH THIS ONE. FOR A WHILE, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT GARLAND'S CHALLENGE AND HOW TO RISE TO A BETTER TOMORROW. A LOT OF HARD WORK FROM ALL OF US REQUIRED. NOT JUST THE COUNCIL AND THE STAFF. WE NEED THE WHOLE COMMUNITY ON BOARD, BUT THERE ARE SOME OF US WHO NEED A LITTLE EXTRA HELP TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN HAVE THAT MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTION, THE GROUP THAT'S LEFT TO FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS WAY TOO MANY TIMES, THE DIFFERENTLY ABLED OR DISABLED. FOR THOSE WHO KNOW THAT TERM BETTER, MANY OF THOSE THE PROSPECTS OF GAINING AN INCOME, LET ALONE MAINTAINING IT FOR ANY REAL LENGTH OF TIME, RANGES FROM DAUNTING TO NIGH IMPOSSIBLE. MANY STRUGGLE WITH THINGS THE AVERAGE PERSON WOULDN'T EVEN THINK TWICE ABOUT. MANY NEED ACCOMMODATIONS, BUT FACE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE NOT ONLY DO THEY NOT EXIST, BUT THOSE WHO NEED THEM ARE LOOKED DOWN UPON. ALL TOO OFTEN SOCIETY LOOKS AT THESE SORTS OF FOLKS AND THEY CALL US LAZY AND INCOMPETENT. MANY OTHER LESS THAN IDEAL THINGS, BUT WE'RE NEVER GOING TO REACH OUR FULL POTENTIAL, WHILE THOSE WHO FACE THESE UNIQUE STRUGGLES ARE LEFT TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES WITHOUT SO MUCH AS AN ATTEMPT TO MEET THEM WHERE THEY ARE, THOSE WHO CARE FOR THE LEAST AMONG THEM ARE THE ONES WHO COME OUT AHEAD. IN THE END, THE FACT THAT COUNCIL VOTED TO CREATE THE ALL ABILITIES COMMITTEE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH PROOF THAT THIS ISN'T A NEW IDEA. BUT NOW IS THE TIME TO ACT, TO BRIDGE THE BIGGEST GAP THAT DIFFERENTLY ABLED FACE EMPLOYMENT. TO THAT END, I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE COUNCIL TO WORK WITH THE CITY STAFF AND THE ALL ABILITIES COMMITTEE TO FIND WAYS TO HELP ACCOMMODATE INDIVIDUALS WHO STRUGGLE WITH EMPLOYMENT INTO SOME OF THE CITY JOBS, SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE A BETTER CHANCE AT FINDING THEIR FOOTING SOMEWHERE. I ALSO ASK THAT THE CITY SEEK TO ENCOURAGE OTHER EMPLOYERS WITHIN ITS BOUNDARIES TO DO LIKEWISE. LET'S MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITY IS ON THE RISE. WE BRING EVERYONE ALONG. WHEN SOME OF US CAN'T THRIVE, WE'RE ALL HELD BACK. DON'T LET THAT BE O FUTURE. WE CAN DO SO MUCH BETTER. SIR. MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? NO, SIR. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TONIGHT? SEEING NONE. THEN AT
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