Aug 03, 2026 Work Session

[ PUBLIC COMMENTS ON WORK SESSION ITEMS]

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AUGUST 3RD, 2026 WORK SESSION OF THE GARDEN CITY COUNCIL. FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON WORK SESSION ITEMS. MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS SIGNED UP? YES, SIR. UNDER ITEM FOUR. ALL RIGHT. WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER, ERIC STUYVESANT? WOULD YOU? WHEREVER YOU WOULD LIKE, SIR. ALL RIGHT, MR. YOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF. MY NAME IS ERIC STUYVESANT. I LIVE AT 1212 WEST AVENUE HERE IN GARLAND, TEXAS.

FIRST, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE CITY ON SECURING THE FILM FRIENDLY TEXAS DESIGNATION LATE LAST MONTH, COMPLETING THE TRIFECTA ALONGSIDE OUR MUSIC AND TOURISM FRIENDLY CERTIFICATIONS IS A HUGE MILESTONE ON BEHALF OF THE LOCAL CREATIVE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU TO STAFF AND COUNCIL FOR LAYING THAT FOUNDATIONAL GROUNDWORK. CERTIFICATION GIVES US THE KEY TO THE DOOR. NOW THE REAL WORK BEGINS. WALKING THROUGH IT AND PUTTING AIR IN THE SALES OF GARLAND'S FILM ECONOMY. INDEPENDENT NARRATIVE PROJECTS, STUDIO PROJECTS, COMMERCIAL SHOOTS, AND DIGITAL MEDIA BRING IMMEDIATE, HIGH IMPACT DOLLARS TO OUR CITY.

THEY BUY CATERING FROM LOCAL RESTAURANTS, RENT GEAR, BOOK HOTEL ROOMS AND HIRE LOCAL TALENT. BEYOND THAT, EVERY PROJECT HERE SHOWCASES GARLAND'S HISTORIC NEIGHBHOODS, BUILDINGS AND RENOVATED DOWNTOWN AREA TO OUTSIDE AUDIENCES. THE FILMMAKERS, WHETHER THEY'RE LOCAL OR COMING IN FROM OUT OF TOWN, LOOK FOR PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE ENVIRONMENTS. THEY NEED CLEAR ANSWERS ON PERMITTING ROAD CLOSURES, POLICE DETAILS, AND LOCATION ACCESS. THE TEXAS FILM COMMISSION GIVES US THE FRAMEWORK FOR LOCAL EXECUTION IS WHAT CLOSES THE DEALS. THAT'S WHERE WE HOPE GARLAND FILM COLLECTIVE COMES IN. WE WANT TO OFFER OURSELVES AS A READY W WORKING PARTNER FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND. THINK OF US AS A LOCAL LIAISON AND OPERATIONAL ENGINE. WE ARE ALREADY EMBEDDED IN THE INDUSTRY, WORKING WITH CREW, VENDORS AND LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS EVERY DAY. WE CAN HELP THE CITY BUILD AND MAINTAIN A RICH LOCAL LOCATION AND VENDOR DIRECTORY TO SUBMIT DIRECTLY TO THE STATE REGISTRY, AND PRODUCERS PROVIDE PRACTICAL ADVICE ON STREAMLINING PERMITTING SO THAT CITY DEPARTMENTS AREN'T BURDENED WITH ADMINISTRATIVE GUESSWORK.

SERVE AS A POINT OF CONTACT FOR INCOMING PRODUCTIONS, HELPING THEM NAVIGATE LOCAL LOGISTICS QUICKLY. SO GARLAND BECOMES KNOWN AS THE EASIEST, MOST WELCOMING PLACE TO SHOOT IN NORTH TEXAS. AS A QUICK NOTE, MACK, WHO WAS THE STAR OF OUR SHORT FILM THE AUDIT, SAID THAT HE HAD NEVER BEEN TREATED SO WELL ON AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION. THAT'S WHAT WE WANT GARLAND TO REPRESENT ACROSS THE BOARD. GARLAND SHOULDN'T BE JUST FILM FRIENDLY ON PAPER. WE HAVE THE TALENT, THE LOCATIONS AND THE MOMENTUM TO BE INDEPENDENT STORYTELLING HUB OF THE METROPLEX. GARLAND FILM COLLECTIVE IS READY TO STAND ALONGSIDE THE CITY, ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES AND MAKE SURE THIS INITIATIVE HAS THE WIND AND STRUCTURE IT NEEDS TO THRIVE.

LET'S BUILD THIS TOGETHER. THANK YOU, THANK YOU SIR. ONE SECOND. WE DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. DON'T RUN AWAY YET. COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS WHOLE PROJECT TO GARLAND AND THE AUDIT TO GARLAND. I KNOW YOU FILMED SEVERAL WEEKS AGO IN DOWNTOWN IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. WHAT ROADBLOCKS DID YOU FACE AT ALL WITH YOUR, YOUR PRODUCTION AND THEN DID THE DESIGNATION HELP IN ANY WAY? THE DESIGNATION HELPS GREATLY.

WE'LL START WITH THERE. THE ROADBLOCKS WEREN'T SOMETHING THAT WE COULDN'T OVERCOME QUICKLY. IT WAS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO TO TALK TO, WHAT PERMIT WE NEEDED TO GET. AND, WE HAD TO GO THROUGH A CHECKLIST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS, RATHER THAN INUNDATING CULTURAL ARTS WITH THAT PROCESS, WE, WE NOW KNOW THE FRAMEWORK.

SO AS WE REACH OUT TO PRODUCTION COMPANIES AND THEY'RE TELLING US WHAT THEY WANT TO DO, WE CAN GO RIGHT THROUGH IT WITH THEM AND SAY, OKAY, IF YOU HAVE THIS, YOU'LL NEED THIS. YOU DON'T HAVE THIS. WE'LL NEED, MOVE TO THE OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS PERMIT. AND WILL YOU TELL ME AGAIN THE NAME OF YOUR ORGANIZATION, THE FILMING ORGANIZATION IS THE GARLAND FILM COLLECTIVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MA'AM. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, MADAM SECRETARY. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS

[1. Discussion of FY 2026-27 Proposed Annual Operating Budget]

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REMAINING. CALENDAR DATES FOR THE BUDGET PROCESS. TOMORROW NIGHT, WE'LL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND TAX RATE. AUGUST 11TH, A SPECIAL SESSION, ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING ON THEHE BUDGE AND TAX RATE, AS WELL AS COUNCIL DISCUSSION. AND ON AUGUST 17TH, WE'LL HAVE A DOUBLE SESSION BACK TO BACK WORK. REGULAR SESSION COUNCIL WILL GIVE FINAL DIRECTION ON THE BUDGET. WE'LL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET AND TAX RATE. WE WILL ADOPT THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND TAX RATE WITH ANY OF THOSE WITH THOSE, APPROVED CHANGES WE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED. WE'LL CALL FOR THE TAX RATE ELECTION. WE WILL ADOPT THE RATE AND FEE ORDINANCE, AND WE'LL ALSO ADOPT THE CIVIL SERVICE ORDINANCE. AND WITH THAT WE'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS. ARE YOU REACHING COUNCILMEMBER TRAN? YES, SIR. COUNCILMEMBER TRAN, THANK YOU, ALLISON. AND FOR THE PRESENTATION, MAYBE THERE ARE TWO MORE PRESENTATIONS YOU HAVE, RIGHT. SO I'M NOT SURE. LET ME ASK FIRST AND THEN SEE IF YOU CAN FALL INTO ONE OF THOSE. I THINK ON JULY 25TH, I JUST ASKING ABOUT, THE IMPORTANT OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOR OUR RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE PARK. SO I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST AGAIN, IF THAT CAN BE PUT IN, IN THE BUDGET. YES AND NO. AND TO ME IS PUBLIC SAFETY FOR OUR RESIDENTS. IT'S IMPORTANT AND ESPECIALLY WE HAVE NEW AMENITIES COMING UP. AND I HEARD THAT THERE ARE THE KIDS AND TEEGERS, THEY ARE HAVE ACTIVITY LATE IN THOSE, LIKE BRADFORD'S HOPPERS, RECREATION CENTERS AND OTHER PLACES. SO TO ME, IT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT SECURITY REGARDLESS OF, YOU KNOW, YES OR NO. BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE PUBLIC, FROM WHAT I HEAR SO FAR, THEY'RE VERY FAVORABLE ON THE YES BUDGET. BUT I FEEL IMPORTANT TO TO REQUEST FOR THAT. THANK YOU. SIR. THANK YOU. MAYOR, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS

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THE MODEL WILL FACTOR IN ALL THESE COMPLEXITIES AND THEN SAY THIS IS A LOW RISK RISK OF LOSING TONS AND REVENUE. IT'S A LOW RISK. IT'S A MODERATE RISK. IT'S A HIGH RISK. SO WE USE THAT MODEL TO HONE IN ON WHICH RATE ADJUSTMENTS WE WANT TO MAKE. JUST A REAL BRIEF OVERVIEW OF HOW THAT WORKS. AND THIS FIRST SLIDE IS SHOWING OUR PERFORMANCE. I'LL POINT OUT THAT WE'VE RAISED OUR RATES EVERY YEAR SINCE 2018 WHEN THIS DATA SET STARTS, EXCEPT FOR ONE YEAR THAT WAS 2024. SO THE, THE HIGHEST RATE OF INCREASE THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THIS PERIOD OF TIME WAS 14%. REALLY DRAMATIC NUMBER. THAT WAS US IN 2018 MATCHING THE MARKET. SO PRIOR TO THAT, WE WERE PRETTY FAR BELOW THE MARKET AND WE HAD A RELATIVELY HIGH INCREASE TO MEET THE MARKET. SINCE THEN, WE'VE HAD AN AVERAGE OF 5% INCREASES EACH YEAR OVER THE TIME. AND THAT STRATEGY IS TO KEEP US AT THE MARKET USING OUR MODEL AND A LITTLE BIT OF OUR INTUION, BUT MOSTLY THE MODEL, TO, TO PUT US AT THAT, TO PUT US AT THE RATES THAT WE'RE AT TODAY. AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN SINCE 2020 IS THAT OUR REVENUE IS OUTPACING OUR TONNAGE BY ABOUT 3.5%. YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THIS MODEL, THE GREEN BARS ARE GOING UP DRAMATICALLY. AND THE, THE RED LINE IS OUR TONNAGE. AND IT HAD ONE PERIOD OF TIME AROUND 2021 TO 2023 WHERE IT WAS GROWING RAPIDLY, BUT HAS SINCE SMOOTHED OUT. AND WHAT WE DID IN 2023 IS IMPORTANT.

THAT'S WHEN WE INSTITUTED THE C AND D RATE. SO PRIOR TO THAT, WE HAD ONE RATE NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF TRASH YOU WERE BRINGING. BUT WE KNOW THAT CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS IS TAKES UP A LOT MORE SPACE. IT COSTS US MORE TO MANAGE IT AND PROCESS IT. SO WE RAISED OUR RATE FOR CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS IN 2023 IN ORDER TO GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF DOLLARS FOR EACH CUBIC YARD OF AIR SPACE THAT WE GET FOR THE MSW. AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT BECAUSE OUR PERFORMANCE SINCE THEN IS EVEN BETTER. OUR OUR REVENUES SINCE 2003 ARE OUTPACING OUR TONNAGE GROWTH BY ABOUT 2.7%. IT'S A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, BUT IT'S EVIDENCE THAT OUR STRATEGY IS WORKING. ALL RIGHT. AND THIS NEXT SLIDE IS SHOWING THAT PERFORMANCE. OKAY.

NOW FROM HERE POINT ON WE'RE JUST TALKING 2023 ON BECAUSE IT'S A BIT OF A IT'S A DIFFERENT DATA SET. BUT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS THAT ON THE RIGHT IN THE ORANGE IS OUR

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SO, YOU CAN SEE THERE THAT I PUT OUR RATES ON THERE TWICE BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO RATES AND NONE OF THESE OTHER LANDFILLS DO THAT. THEY JUST CHARGE ONE RATE NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF WASTE YOU'RE BRINGING. SO I, I'M ALWAYS SENSITIVE IN LOOKING AT BOTH RATES. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE AT $50, THESE ARE OUR PROPOSED RATES, NOT OUR CURRENT RATES IN GREEN. AT $50, WE'RE JUST INCHING OURSELVES HIGHER THAN ONE OF OUR VERY CLOSE COMPETITORS ON THE MSW SIDE.

AND AT $66 ON THE C AND D SIDE, WE'RE DOING THE SAME THING. SO AGAIN, AS I SAID, THIS IS OUR WAY OF KIND OF TRYING TO STAY AT THE UPPER EDGE OF WHAT IS A LOW TO MODERATE RISK OF LOSING TOO MANY TONS. AND THEN FINALLY, JUST TO RECAP WHERE WE'RE AT ON SATURDAY'S WORK SESSION ON THE C AND D SIDE, WHAT WE HAD PROPOSED WAS NOT $66. IT WAS 64.5. OKAY. AND SINCE THE COMMENTS WE RECEIVED FROM THE COUNCIL AND STAFF DISCUSSIONS, WE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK INTO OUR MODEL. I APPRECIATE THE CHANCE TO REEVALUATE MY CONSERVATISM, BECAUSE WHAT I WAS DOING BEFORE TO PROPOSE THE $64.5 RATE FOR C AND D WAS I'M USING THE MODEL.

I'M PUTTING IT IN A DOLLAR OR $0.50 AT A TIME, AND LOOKING AT WHERE THE MODEL FLIPS FROM LOW RISK TO MODERATE RISK. AND THEN I JUST BACK IT BACK OFF AND STAY IN THE GREEN ZONE TO BE VERY CONSERVATIVE. BUT AS I LOOKED AT IT AGAIN, WE WE REALIZED, WELL, YOU COULD PUSH IT A LITTLE HIGHER AND STILL BE IN THAT SWEET SPOT WHERE I MIGHT LOSE A LITTLE BIT OF TONS, BUT THE DIFFERENTIAL DOLLARS WILL OFFSET THAT, KEEPING THE REVENUE THE SAME. SO TONIGHT I'M REVISING THAT PROPOSAL. I THINK WE'RE COMFORTABLE MOVING THE C AND D RATE TO 66 AND LEAVING THE MSW RATE AT $50 FOR NEXT YEAR, AND THAT'S WITH THAT. ANY QUESTIONS I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER. WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK. HI. WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS IN FAVOR OF RAISING ALL OF THE RATES FOR ANYONE THAT VISITS OUR LANDFILL EXCEPT FOR GARLAND RESIDENTS.

EVERY YEAR, EVEN IF IT'S A COUPLE CENTS. SO, I SAW A LOT OF .55 ON THERE. THERE'S NO REASON WE CAN'T HAVE A FIVE CENT INCREASE. I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WILL, MAKE PEOPLE

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO SO I HEARD YOU BASED ON YOUR STUDY, YOU PROPOSED TO INCREASE THE RATE UP TO $50 FOR THE GATE RATE AND 66 FOR C, D, C AND D RATE. AND THAT'S THE BEST THAT YOU CAN GO UP AND NOT HURT. NOT CHASE THEM AWAY. CORRECT. IT'S THE BEST WE CAN DO WITHOUT RISKING LOSING FUNDS. SO MANY TONS THAT WE ALSO LOSE REVENUE. SO YOU'RE THINKING IF THE THE COUNCILWOMAN'S ASKING PRICE AND YOU THINK THAT THEY WOULD CHASE THEM AWAY, I THINK YOU'LL LOSE US. I THINK YOU'LL LOSE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TONS. YES. THAT WILL AFFECT YOUR REVENUE.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR DEPARTMENT. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR O GENERAL FUND. SO WE TRY NOT TO DO ANYTHING THAT T THAT LOSE THT THAT THAT FUND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU SIR.

COUNCIL. ANY OTHER COMMENTS QUESTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER TREN YOU HIT ON IT RIGHT THERE AT THE END. YOU SAID DON'T AFFECT OUR REVENUE BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUE. AND I WOULD HATE TO RAISE THESE EVEN FURTHER AND START GETTING ON THAT DECLINE. LIKE YOU TALKED ABOUT, THAT DOWNWARD TRAJECTORY AS FAR AS THE REVENUE GOES. IF YOU WERE COMFORTABLE WITH GOING UP TO THE 66 FROM A 64.5 THAT YOU HAD PREVIOUSLY, I'M FINE WITH THAT COUNCIL. IF I COULD GET A CONSENSUS ON WHAT YOU SEE UP THERE, THE $50 FOR THE MSW AND THE $66 FOR THE C AND D RATES. CONSENSUS ON THIS, I DIDN'T SAY OR MORE. AND LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE UNANIMOUS ON THAT. SO WONDERFUL. APPRECIATE YOU GOING BACK AND TAKING A SECOND LOOK AT THOSE. THANK YOU. MY PLEASURE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. VERY GOOD JOB. IF THERE'S NOTHING FURTHER ON LANDFILL, WE'LL ASK OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO COME UP AND I WILL STEP TO THE SIDE, BUT WE'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND MR. CITY MANAGER JULIE WILLIAMS WITH PARKS AND RECREATION. AND JOINING ME IS CARRIE PACHECO AND ALBERT MONTEIRO. AND WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AND PROVIDE SOME FOLLOW UP INFORMATION FROM THE SPECIAL BUDGET WORK SESSION. SO THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL ASKED OF US TO GO BACK AND CONSIDER. SO THE FIRST ITEM WAS ABOUT OUR, RECREATION RESERVATION FEES AT THE RECREATION CENTERS. AND SO WE WERE ASKED TO LOOK AT A RESIDENT AND NONRESIDENT FEES AND THEN WEEKDAY WEEKEND FEES. SO THIS TABLE ANSWERS ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS. BUT THE CURRENT RATE FOR A MEETING ROOM AT A RECREATION CENTER IS $60, $80 FOR A MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM, AND THE GYM IS $80. AND WHAT WE PROPOSE TO YOU ALL AT THE BUDGET WORK SESSION WAS A INCREASED FEE OF FROM THE MEETING ROOM, TAKING IT FROM 60 TO 65, THE MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM GOING FROM 80 TO 85, AND THE GYM FROM 80 TO 85. AND THEN WHAT WE WENT AND LOOKED AT WERE WEEKDAY AND WEEKEND RATES. AND SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS A REDUCED RATE FOR THE WEEKDAY FOR GARLAND RESIDENTS. SO YOU SEE THAT IT DECREASES BY $15 FOR EACH OF THOSE FEES FOR THE WEEKDAY RATE. SO FROM 65 TO 50 FOR THE MEETING ROOM, 85 TO 70 FOR THE MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM, AND 85 TO 70 FOR THE GYM. AND THEN WE LOOKED AT OUR NONRESIDENT RATES AND SO ON. THE NONRESIDENT RATES. YOU SEE THAT INCREASE OF $15. SO GOING FROM A MEETING ROOM, GOING FROM 65 TO 80, ON THE WEEKEND, AND IT WOWOULD REMAIN AT 65 FOR THE WEEKDAY, A MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM WOULD GO FROM 70 TO 80, 70 TO 85. I'M SORRY. IT WOULD STAY THE SAME, THE 85, AND THEN IT WOULD INCREASE BY THE $15 ON THE WEWEEKEND TO 100. AND THEN THE GYMNASIUM ALSO INCREASES BY THAT SAME $15, ABOUT 58% OF OUR BOOKINGS ARE RESIDENTS. AND SO THE OTHER 40, SOME ODD PERCENT

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BUT THE COMPARISON CITY AVERAGE FOR NONRESIDENTS FOR A MEETING ROOM IS $103 FOR THE MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM, 196, AND FOR THE GYMNASIUM 188. SO FOR ALL THREE OF THOSE FEES FOR NONRESIDENT, GARLAND IS STILL BELOW THAT, BENCHMARK AVERAGE THAT'S OUT THERE. SO I WANTED TO GO OVER JUST OUR PARKS AND RECREATION PRICING MODEL. SO, AND SOME IMPORTANT NOTES FOR YOU GUYS. SO 4.9% OF THE RENTALS OCCUR MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY BEFORE FIVE, MONDAYS THROUGH FRIDAYS BEFORE FIVE. OUR WEEKEND RATE WOULD KICK IN FRIDAYS AT 5 P.M. AND GO THROUGH SUNDAYS. AND THE REASON THAT'S SUCH A LOW NUMBER, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT REASONS.

ONE, A LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T DOING THEIR KIDS BIRTHDAY PARTIES, THEIR SHOWERS, THEIR GRADUATION PARTIES DURING THE WEEKDAY. THEY'RE DOING THOSE ON THE WEEKENDS. SO THAT'S NUMBER ONE. BUT NUMBER TWO, WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF PROGRAMING THAT HAPPENS IN THE EVENINGS OVER AT THE RECREATION CENTER. SO THERE'S JUST NOT AS MUCH SPACE. WE HAVE THE FREE PLAY BASKETBALL. WE HAVE PICKLEBALL IN THE GYMNASIUM. SO THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING ON THAT THE PUBLIC EXPECTS. SO WE JUST DON'T HAVE AS MUCH SPACE. BECAUSE THAT'S A HIGH DEMAND TIME FOR PEOPLE TO, DO THOSE TYPES OF CLASSES DURING THE WEEK. AND THEN SO THE 95% OCCUR FRIDAYS AFTER FIVE THROUGH SUNDAYS. SO THAT'S ALL THE SHOWERS, THE GRADUATION PARTIES, THE CHURCHES THAT WE HAVE RENT OUR FACILITIES. AND THEN I WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT COUNCIL, STAFF RECOMMENDED COUNCIL APPROVED IN THE 2223 BUDGET PROCESS, THE ELIMINATION OF THE WEEKDAY AND WEEKEND FEES. AND THAT WAS JUST TO SIMPLIFY THAT FEE STRUCTURE AGAIN, IN OUR PARKS MASTER PLAN, ONE OF OUR ACTION ITEMS WAS THAT PRICING SHOULD BE EASY TO UNDERSTAND BY BOTH THE STAFF AND THE USERS. AND SO WHEN YOU START TALKING TO SOMEBODY, YOU'RE TAKING A CALL AND YOU'RE LIKE, OKAY, FIRST OF ALL, I GOT TO FIGURE OUT, ARE YOU A GARLAND RESIDENT OR RESIDENT? AND DO YOU WANT THE WEEKDAY OR WEEKEND? IT JUST GETS CONFUSING.

AND SO THIS JUST SIMPLIFIES THE PROCESS. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE RECOMMENDED AND IT WAS APPROVED IN THE 2223 PROCESS. THE NEXT ITEM WE WERE ASKED TO LOOK AT WAS A SENIOR AQUATICS PASS. AND SO WE COMPARED 14 DIFFERENT CITIES. AND OF THOSE 14 CITIES, THREE OF THEM OFFER SENIOR FEES FOR AQUATICS. AND THAT'S LITTLE ELM, PLANO AND ROWLETT. AND, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT LITTLE ELM AND PLANO HAVE INDOOR AQUATIC FACILITIES. THEY ALSO HAVE OUTDOOR FACILITIES, BUT THEY'RE TIED TO THEIR RECREATION CENTERS. SO THEY'RE TACKING ON A FEE. YOU CAN USE THE REC CENTER. AND IF YOU WANT AQUATICS, THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE. AND SINCE WE DO NOT HAVE THAT AMENITY AT OUR RECREATION CENTERS, WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS DOING THE SEASON PASS THAT WE IMPLEMENTED THIS SEASON OVER AT HOLFORD AND MATCHING THAT TO THE YOUTH SEASON PASS PRICE. SO A WEEKDAY PASS WOULD BE $35 FOR THE SEASON AND THE SUMMER SEASON, AND THE SEASON PASS WOULD BE $50. SO THE YOUTH AND SENIORS WOULD PAY THE SAME AMOUNT.

AGAIN, SIMPLIFIES THAT PRICING STRUCTURE. AND THOSE THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT WOULD BE SENIORS THAT ARE 55 AND UP. AND THAT ALIGNS WITH THE AGE REQUIREMENT THAT WE HAVE OVER AT THE CARVER SENIOR CENTER IN GARLAND SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER. AND THEN WE DID OUR BENCHMARKING FOR THOSE SENIOR FEES. AND SO PLANO AND LITTLE ELM, THEY HAVE A MONTHLY FEE OF 17 AND $20, RESPECTIVELY. SO YOU SEE IT SAYS 42.5, $42.50. THAT'S BECAUSE WE BASICALLY TOOK THEIR MONTHLY FEE AND CONVERTED THAT TO TWO AND A HALF MONTHS, BECAUSE THAT'S ABOUT WHAT OUR OPERATION IS IN THE SUMMER. S WE WANTED TO MAKE IT SIMPLE FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES. BUT THE AVERAGE THERE IS $46. BUT AGAIN, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE DO THE SENIOR FEES. A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS DO THE SENIOR FEES. SO YOU HAVE TO JUST KIND OF LOOK AT IT. SO, WE'RE BELOW THAT BENCHMARK FOR THE WEEKDAY AND THEN A LITTLE BIT ABOVE. IF YOU DO THE SEASON PASS. THE NEXT ITEM WAS THE BRADFORD RECREATION CENTER TRANSITION PLAN. AND SO THIS IS PERTAINING TO JUST THE RECREATION CENTER. SO WE HAVE TEN CURRENT CONTRACT

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AND OUR RECOMMENDATION IS WE WOULD MOVE THAT OVER TO GAIL FIELDS RECREATION CENTER. OKAY, THIS ONE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND ON JUST THE TRANSITION PLAN FOR AQUATICS. SO A LOT HAS HAPPENED. AND SO 2019 WAS THE LAST TIME THAT WE WERE COMPLETELY OPEN. AND THAT WAS PRE COVID. AND THEN COVID EITHER DIDN'T OFFER ANYTHING OR IT WAS VERY LIMITED. SO WE WENT BACK TO 2022 AND BACK TO, I GUESS, FIVE YEARS. AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT WAS OPEN AND WHERE SWIM LESSONS WERE OFFERED IN 2022, HOLFORD AND SURF AND SWIM WERE BOTH OPEN, BUT SWIM LESSONS WERE ONLY OFFERED AT HOLFORD BECAUSE HISTORICALLY, SURF AND SWIM DIDN'T OFFER SWIM LESSONS BECAUSE IT WAS A WAVE POOL, SO IT WAS NOT CONDUCIVE FOR THOSE TYPES OF PROGRAMS. SO THE SWIM LEARN TO SWIM PROGRAM WAS OFFERED AT THE COMMUNITY POOLS. AND THEN IN 23 AND 24, BRADFORD WAS THE ONLY FACILITY OPEN AND THE ONLY FACILITY THAT OFFERED SWIM LESSON LOCATIONS. AND THAT IS BECAUSE HOLFORD AND SURF AND SWIM WERE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THEN LAST SUMMER WE OPENED A BRAND NEW HOLFORD UP. WE HAD BRADFORD OPEN, HOLFORD OPEN, BOTH OFFERING SWIM LESSONS, AND THEN THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT ALL THREE LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN OPEN AND ALL THREE LOCATIONS WERE ABLE TO OFFER SWIM LESSONS, AND THAT IS BECAUSE THE CHANGES AND MODIFICATIONS THAT WE DID TO THE DESIGN OF SURF AND SWIM ALLOWED US TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MORE SWIM LESSONS, OR BE ABLE TO OFFER THE LEARN TO SWIM PROGRAM AT THAT FACILITY. AND I HAVE THAT NOTE IN 2022, BRADFORD WAS CLOSED THAT SUMMER.

THAT WAS DUE TO THE LIFEGUARD SHORTAGE THAT WAS GOING ON. SO YOU TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND WE WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU THE ACTUAL CLASSES THAT MADE. SO THE SWIM LEARN TO SWIM PROGRAM IS THEY HAVE FOUR SESSIONS EACH SUMMER. EACH SESSION IS TWO WEEKS LONG. AND SO IN EACH OF THOSE SESSIONS, WE OFFER LOTS OF DIFFERENT CLASSES AT DIFFERENT VARIOUS TIMES, SOME IN THE MORNING AND SOME IN THE EVENING TO ACCOMMODATE EVERYBODY'S SCHEDULE. AND SO IN 2022, 92 CLASSES MADE AND WE SERVED 1213 REGISTRANTS. AND THAT WAS OVER AT HOLFORD IN 2023, 93 CLASSES MADE WITH A LITTLE OVER 1600 REGISTERED. AND THAT WAS AT BRADFIELD IN 2024, 85 CLASSES MADE, WITH 1700 REGISTERED. AND THAT WAS AT BRADFIELD. AND YOU MAY THINK, WELL, THERE WERE LESS CLASSES BUT MORE PEOPLE REGISTERED. SO A CLASS HAS A MINIMUM AND A MAXIMUM. AND SO IT JUST MAY BE THAT OBVIOUSLY MORE PEOPLE SIGNED UP IN 2024, EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE LESS CLASSES IN 2025, YOU HAD 140 CLASSES MAKE WITH OVER 2100 REGISTERED, AND THAT WAS AT BRADFIELD AND HOLFORD. AND THEN THIS SUMMER, WE HAD 121 CLASSES, MAKE 1500 PEOPLE REGISTERED, AND THAT WAS OFFERED AT THREE LOCATIONS. BUT BRADFIELD WAS CLOSED FOR TWO OF THOSE SESSIONS. SO WE LOST TWO SESSIONS AT BRADFIELD. SO THEY WERE ONLY OPEN THE LAST TWO SESSIONS OF THE SUMMER. AND WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING FOR NEXT YEAR IS TO BE ABLE, IF BRADFIELD POOL CLOSED, WE WOULD ABSORB AS MUCH AS WE CAN OVER AT HOLFORD AND SURF AND SWIM.

SO BRADFIELD WAS THE. THE POOL THAT HAD AM AND PM CLASSES. AND SO WE WOULD NEED TO ABSORB THOSE INTO THE SYSTEM BECAUSE PEOPLE THAT WORK NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AN EVENING CLASS THAT THEY CAN TAKE THEIR KIDDOS TO. SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT OUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO MOVE THOSE CLASSES TO SURF AND SWIM. AND THE REASON BEING IS THIS PAST SUMMER WE DID THE ADULT

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WE HAVE OUR OWN FACEBOOK PAGE THAT WE COULD PUT THINGS OUT ON. UPDATE ON THE WEBSITE, WE HAVE THE REC PROGRAM GUIDE THAT WE COULD PROVIDE UPDATES. WE WOULD OF COURSE INFORM OUR CURRENT USERS, LET THEM KNOW ANYBODY THAT'S IN A CURRENT PROGRAM WHERE THEIR PROGRAM WOULD BE RELOCATED, WORK WITH THOSE INSTRUCTORS, GETTING THEM MOVED AND ON TO THE PROGRAM SCHEDULE AT THE RELOCATED CENTERS. AND THEN WE WOULD DO AN EMAIL BLAST TO ALL OF OUR, ALL OF OUR PARKS AND RECREATION USERS SO THEY WOULD UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE CLOSURE OF THE TWO FACILITIES.

AND THEN WE ALSO WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROPERLY TRAIN OUR STAFF. SO WE PROVIDE A LIST IN OF FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS TO OUR STAFF, TRAIN THEM ON THAT SO THAT THEY CAN ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS THAT THE PUBLIC MAY ASK ABOUT THOSE CLOSURES. WE WOULD REASSIGN THE EXISTING STAFF TO THE CENTERS THAT WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED, AND THEN REALLOCATE ANY SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT TO OTHER RECREATION CENTERS. AND WITH THAT, WE CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. WELL DONE. IS IS I'LL HEARKEN BACK TO THE LANDFILL EXAMPLE. IS RAISING OUR FEES GOING TO COST US TONNAGE? OR MAYBE ATTENDANCE IS A BETTER WAY TO DO THAT. DO YOU THINK THIS RAISING OUR FEES WOULD HAVE PEOPLE GO TO RICHARDSON OR MESQUITE OR SOMEWHERE ELSE? SO I WOULD SAY WHAT OUR PROPOSED, LET ME GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE. THE PROPOSED FEE THAT WE HAVE OF JUST WHEN WE INITIALLY CAME OF 65, 85 AND 85, WE FEEL CONFIDENT ABOUT IT WOULD BE OUR RECOMMENDATION JUST TO KEEP IT AT THAT AND NOT IMPLEMENT THE RESIDENT AND NONRESIDENT OR THE WEEKDAY AND WEEKEND. WE DO A LOT OF RENTALS AT OUR FACILITIES, AND WITH ABOUT HALF OF THEM BEING NONRESIDENTS, DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IMPACT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO THE REVENUE IF WE STARTED ADJUSTING THOSE FEES. AND THAT'S WHY THERE'S NOT SUCH A BIG DRASTIC CHANGE IN THOSE FEES BECAUSE WE WANT, IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION OF COUNCIL, WE WANTED TO STAIR STEP THAT SO THAT IT'S NOT A BIG SHOCK INITIALLY. OKAY. I JUST, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WE, WE WANT PEOPLE TO KEEP COMING HERE AND USING OUR NEW FACILITIES, BUT WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT, DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT TOO COMPLICATED FOR STAFF OR FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO COME HERE FROM OUTSIDE THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WOULD PAY. SO ANYWAY, OKAY, I JUST WASN'T SURE WHAT IT IS THERE ANYBODY REALLY TO MEASURE THAT? I MEAN, HOW MANY NONRESIDENTS WOULD CHOOSE TO GO ELSEWHERE? OH NO. WE WOULD HAVE TO JT COMPARE THE DATA NEXT YEAR AT THIS TIME TO SEE HOW MANY NONRESIDENT BOOKINGS WE HAD, AND WE PROBABLY BE ABLE TO SEE IF THEY'RE REPEAT USERS, BUT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE COULD GIVE YOU RIGHT NOW. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THAT'S THAT'S FAIR. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR.

COUNCILMEMBER CARAWAY. YES, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I LOVE THE PROPOSED RENTAL FEES.

I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, AS SOMEONE THAT STILL IS INVOLVED IN THIS TYPE OF FIELD, IT'S IT'S SPOT ON THE MONEY. I THINK OUR BIGGEST COMPETITOR IS ROWLETT AS FAR AS THE RENTALS ARE CONCERNED. AND THEY ONLY HAVE ONE FACILITY, BUT I THINK IT'S SPOT ON THE MONEY. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY KUDOS TO YOU GUYS AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCILMEMBER LUCK. SO I THINK THE WEEK DAY WEEKEND MAY GET A LITTLE CONVOLUTED, BUT I DO I DO THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A NONRESIDENT FEE. IT LOOKS HERE LIKE MESQUITE IS AT 85, 95, 90. I THINK THOSE ARE FAIR PRICES THAT WOULDN'T I DON'T THINK

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THAT'S IT. HOLFORD. OKAY. GOT IT. AND AS FAR AS THE PROPOSED THE RENTAL FEES WEEKDAY AND WEEKEND, I DON'T SEE ANY REASON TO HAVE TO DO THAT. BUT, RESIDENT VERSUS NONRESIDENT. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD CONSIDER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR, COUNCILMEMBER CARRAWAY. QUESTION. AS FAR AS THE ADULT SWIM, IS THERE ANY WAY AND THIS IS JUST A THOUGHT PROCESS OF MINE, I THINK THAT WE'RE MISSING THAT. WE HAVE A FACILITY GISD DOES. IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY GET SWIM LESSONS OVER THERE OR POSSIBLY GET THE ADULT SWIM THERE? WE'VE TRIED TO WORK WITH GSD IN THE PAST. YOU KNOW, THEY ARE, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SWIM PROGRAM THAT THEY HAVE TO ACCOMMODATE, ESPECIALLY DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON THEIR SWIM TEAM. USUALLY IT COMES DOWN THAT WE HAVE TO RENT THAT FACILITY. AND SO THEN IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT TO RENT IT BASED AND NOT BE ABLE TO OFFER BECAUSE OUR SWIM LESSONS ARE $65 FOR A SESSION. SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT VERY EXPENSIVE. SO IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO PRICE US OUT. WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE IT AT THAT PRICE POINT. OKAY. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR COUNCILMEMBER.

THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THE YOUR TEAM FOR THE PRESENTATION. SO, I TNK THAT THE OTHER FEES I'M OKAY. I'M JUST LOOK AT THE TRANSITION PLAN FOR THE BRADFIELD. I KNOW THAT'S A LOT OF RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY I HAVE SOME RESIDENTS FROM DISTRICT TWO DISAPPOINTED. BUT FOR THE TRANSITION PLAN FOR BRADFIELD, POOL BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE SHARING, ARE THEY HOW MANY PERCENT WILL GO TO SWIMMING, SWIMMING, SURF, AND THEN HOW MANY PERCENT WILL GO TO THE HARTFORD? SO THE ENTIRE EVENING PROGRAM WOULD GO TO SURF AND SWIM. BECAUSE HOLFORD DOES NOT OFFER EVENING CLASSES BECAUSE OF THE ADULT SWIM CLASS. SO ALL OF THE BRADFIELD CLASSES WOULD MOVE. LET ME SEE OVER HERE. SO CURRENTLY YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT WE HAD 121 CLASSES MAKE 156, ARE PROJECTED. AND I WOULD HAVE TO GET YOU THE PERCENTAGES OF WHAT WOULD MOVE. BUT IT WOULD BE THE ENTIRE EVENING PROGRAM WOULD MOVE OVER THERE. SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE ALL OF THE CLASSES AND RESIDENTS TO THOSE TO TWO PLACES. YES. I MEAN, SO, WELL, THIS NUMBER FOR 2026, JUST A REMINDER THAT BRADFIELD WAS CLOSED FOR TWO SESSIONS. SO THAT'S PROBABLY CLOSER TO THOSE BOTH OF THOSE NUMBERS WOULD BE HIGHER IF THOSE HAD TWO SESSIONS HAD BEEN MADE. SO ACTUALLY IF WE LOOK AT OUR MAX CAPACITY, WHAT WE PLANNED TO OFFER AND WHAT ACTUALLY MADE THE SUMMER AND THEN WHAT WE WERE PROJECTING FOR 2027, IT'S ABOUT, EIGHT CLASSES LESS THAN WHAT WE'D BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE AND A MAX CAPACITY OF ABOUT 340 PEOPLE LESS THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE. SO THE DISTANCE FROM BRADFIELD TO HARTFORD IS CLOSER, RIGHT? TWO MILES, THREE MILES CLOSER. I DON'T KNOW THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. AND THEN THE SWIM IS IS LONGER. YOU'RE THINKING THEY THEY WILL, WILL, WILL AFFECT THAT. THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GO TO SURF AND SWIM BECAUSE OF THE DISTANCE I THAT WOULD BE AN INDIVIDUAL USER. I CAN'T PREDICT WHAT PEOPLE WOULD DECIDE TO DO. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LIKE CERTAIN FACILITIES AND SOME PEOPLE GO AROUND TO OTHERS, BUT THAT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO TRY AND PREDICT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, SIR. COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I PRETTY MUCH SAID THAT I WASN'T GOING TO ENTER INTO THE CONVERSATION BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE SOME DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO THE CLOSING OF BRADFORD BRADFIELD. AND LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS. IT DOES APPEAR, THOUGH, THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF

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COUNCIL, ARE WE OKAY THEN LOOKING FOR, CONSENSUS ON THESE RATES GOING FORWARD? THAT IS UNANIMOUS. THEN I DO HAVE ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION MORE. OKAY, ON DISCUSSION ON THE RATES. ARE YOU GOOD WITH WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING AS THE NONRESIDENT? SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR THE STANDARD RATE, STANDARD RATE OR DAILY RATE. YEAH. OKAY. YES. ALL RIGHT.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM NUMBER TWO. WELL, I'LL STOP PAUSE FOR A MOMENT. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS ON OUR, ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM? DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES, FOR ANYONE WATCHING THIS MEETING, NOTHING HAS ACTUALLY BEEN DECIDED UNTIL COUNCIL VOTES FOR IT. SO IT'S STILL UP ON DISCUSSION. IT WAS A

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[2. Potential GDC Amendment for Townhouse Standards in the Garland Development Code]

THANK YOU, MAYOR, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS AN ITEM THAT, KIND OF CAME FROM OUR THOUGHTS WITH SB 840 AND WHAT WE DID WITH OUR MULTIFAMILY STANDARDS, IF YOU REMEMBER, AS AN, AS A REACTION TO IT, SB 840, WE DID UPDATE OUR MULTIFAMILY STANDARDS TO INCLUDE MORE, MORE, UPDATED INCREASED REGULATIONS ABOUT AMENITIES, BUILDING ARTICULATIONS, SITE DESIGN, THINGS LIKE THAT. IF YOU REMEMBER, IN THE LAND USE CHART WITH THAT AMENDMENT, AS MULTIFAMILY HAS TO BE PERMITTED WHEREVER COMMERCIAL CAN GO, EXCEPT FOR INDUSTRIAL. WE ALSO MADE TOWNHOMES, A PERMITTED USE ON THE LAND USE MATRIX WHEREVER MULTIFAMILY COULD GO. THE THOUGHT BEHIND IT WAS, WE WANT A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS IN GARLAND, SO WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR SOMEONE TO HAVE TO DO A TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT THAN MULTIFAMILY. THAT WAS THE WHOLE THOUGHT. AS THINGS PROGRESSED AND AS WE STARTED LOOKING INTO OUR STANDARDS, WE THOUGHT, OKAY, WE UPDATED OUR MULTIFAMILY STANDARDS, BUT HOW ABOUT TOWNHOMES? BECAUSE THEY CAN ALSO GO IN MAJORITY OF OUR COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS BY. RIGHT. SO THAT NECESSITATED A NEED TO LOOK INTO IT. WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING YET. THIS IS JUST THROWING OUT IDEAS TO CITY COUNCIL AND SEE IF, COUNCIL AGREES AND THEN WE'LL GO AND WORK ON THE ITEMS IF COUNCIL DIRECTS US TO DO SO. THIS ITEM, WE DID SUBMIT IT BACK IN MAY, BUT DUE TO THE AGENDAS BEING VERY LONG FOR A WHILE IT GOT PUSHED. THE REASON I'M SAYING IT AT THAT TIME, BETWEEN MAY AND NOW, WE HAVE GOTTEN SEVERAL DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS THAT GOT APPROVED FOR TOWNHOMES BEFORE, BUT NOW HAVE COME IN TO CHANGE THAT TO ZERO LOT LINE. AND FROM THOSE DEVELOPERS, WE HAVE HEARD THAT THE TOWNHOME TOWNHOUSE MARKET MAY NOT BE DOING AS WELL. AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE ANY DATA ABOUT THAT. THE ONLY REASON I'M SAYING IT IS BECAUSE WE MAY WANT TO, ONCE WE PRESENT THESE IDEAS, THESE CAN EXPAND FROM TOWNHOUSE TO OTHER COMPACT TYPE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS SUCH AS ZERO LOT LINE. I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF START OFF WITH THAT. SO AGAIN, THE MAIN GOAL IS TO ENHANCE STANDARDS ENHANCEMENT IS THE, IS THE GOAL. YES, WE'LL BE MORE OPEN WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND WITH THE HOUSING STRATEGY WILL BE MORE OPEN TO DENSITY. BUT WITH THAT DENSITY, WE WOULD WANT THE FORM OF THOSE DEVELOPMENTS TO BE DESIRABLE AND TO GET THE TYPE OF HOUSEHOLDS AND FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS THAT ARE EXCITED ABOUT QUALITY PROJECTS. WE DO HAVE SEPARATE STANDARDS IN OUR GDC FOR TOWNHOUSES. THEY'RE A GOOD START FOR WHERE WE WERE BEFORE, WHERE TOWNHOMES WERE ONLY ALLOWED IN A FEW RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS. BUT IF WE'RE EXPANDING THE, THE PALETTE AND WE'RE SAYING TOWNHOMES ARE, GOING TO BE PERMITTED IN MAJORITY OF THE DISTRICTS, THEN DEFINITELY THOSE MAY NOT BE ADEQUATE. SO WE'RE LOOKING INTO SOME KIND OF HYBRID APPROACH.

THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE DO DID WITH OUR MULTIFAMILY STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM DEVELOPERS THAT, HEY, THIS DOES, CONTRIBUTE TOWARD GREATER QUALITY, WHAT WE COULD HOLD ACCOUNTABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT, HEY, THIS HAS TO MEET OUR ARTICULATION STANDARDS, WHICH WASN'T THERE BEFORE. SO WE CAN BORROW SOME IDEAS FROM THAT. WE CAN SELECT SOME ELEMENTS FROM OU DOWNTOWN STANDARDS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME, SOME THINGS IN OUR DOWNTOWN CHAPTER THAT CAN BE APPLICABLE. AND I'LL GO, GO OVER WITH THOSE. AND WE HAVE SOME SINGLE FAMILY STANDARDS FOR TOWNHOUSES THAT WE WOULD NEED TO ENHANCE. SO A COUPLE THINGS. CURRENTLY, TOWNHOME

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WE'RE THINKING OF THOSE TOWNHOME FUTURE TOWNHOME PROJECTS TO BE IN TWO DIFFERENT FORMS. SOME COULD BE URBAN, IN DOWNTOWN, WE WANT MORE MISSING MIDDLE TOWNHOMES. WE DO WANT THOSE TO BE KIND OF DENSE, PROBABLY TALLER, VERY URBAN IN TERMS OF THE FORM AND THE LOOK.

BUT ALSO THERE ARE PLACES FOR SUBURBAN TYPE TOWNHOMES. FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE RIVERSIDE PARK, WHICH HAS A TOWNHOME COMPONENT TO IT. IT IS, WE WOULD SAY SUBURBAN, BUT THE STANDARDS IN THAT PD WERE PRETTY HIGH. THAT ACTUALLY GENERATED A QUALITY DEVELOPMENT. SO THAT'S WHERE WE MIGHT, WE MAY WANT TO PULL SOME IDEAS FROM, FROM THAT. PD AGAIN, WE'RE NOT SAYING THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO, BUT CURRENTLY WE DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS INCLUDED IN THE GDC FOR TOWNHOUSE DEVELOPMENT. SO WE CAN SAY, HEY, HERE'S A LIST YOU CAN HAVE. YOU HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST SIX OF THOSE IN EACH UNIT. FOR STREETSCAPING, HOW THE, HOW THE UNITS LOOK LIKE FROM THE STREET TO ENHANCE THAT EXPERIENCE. AND I'LL SHOW SOME PICTURES. WE CAN REQUIRE SOME FRONT PORCH AREAS. WE CAN REQUIRE FRONT COVERED PORCH AND WE CAN HAVE SOME USABLE SPACE THERE. AND THAT DOES CREATE A HIGHER, HIGHER QUALITY IN TERMS OF LANDSCAPING.

WE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WE'RE LOOKING INTO, WHAT TYPE OF TREES AND PLANTS ARE MORE APPROPRIATE WHEN THE LOTS ARE SMALLER. IN THESE SITUATIONS, THE REQUIRED TREE COULD BE PLANTED ON THE LOT OR COULD BE IN THE IN THE PARKWAY, DEPENDING UPON ENGINEERING'S, THOUGHTS ON IT. SO THIS IS, SOMETHING THAT WE THOUGHT TURNED OUT PRETTY WELL. YOU COULD SEE THE COVERED PORCHES IN THE, IN THE FRONT OR RAILINGS THAT ARE SUPPORTED BY COLUMNS. YOU CAN SEE EACH UNIT IS CONNECTED TO THE WALKWAY TO THE SIDEWALK. JUST OVERALL THIS, THIS WAS A RESULT OF A PD, OUR REGULAR GDC TOWNHOUSE STANDARDS ARE NOT GOING TO GENERATE THIS IF SOMEONE'S JUSTOLLOWING THOSE STANDARDS. SO THIS IS THE GOAL. LIKE NOT THIS EXACTLY.

BUT WE WANT TO GO THERE WITHOUT HAVING TO DO A PD. SO SOME OTHER OPTIONS ALCOVES, PORTICOS, ENTRY RECESS A LITTLE BIT FROM THE FRONT FACADE. THOSE COULD BE OTHER THINGS. ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS AND GRASSES. SO THIS IS A PORTICO AGAIN THIS IS NOT FROM GARLAND BUT THESE TYPE OF THINGS CAN BE INCLUDED AS AN OPTION FOR DEVELOPERS TO CHOOSE FROM. AND THESE ARE THESE L L CODE IS HOW YOU SAY IT WITH RECESSED ENTRY. THAT CAN ALSO CREATE SOME QUALITY AND VISUAL INTEREST FROM THE STREET. AGAIN, I WANTED TO POINT OUT HOW EACH UNIT IS, GETTING A CONNECTION, TO THE SIDEWALK. AND IT, IT IS, EVEN THOUGH THE BUILDING IS LONG BECAUSE IT'S, IT HAS, SEVERAL UNITS, THE WAY IT'S DESIGNED, THE WAY THERE ARE DIFFERENT MATERIALS INCLUDED, THE WAY THE ROOF PITCH ARE, IT DOES CREATE SOME TYPE OF ENGAGED EXPERIENCE FOR THE RESIDENTS, FOR STREETSCAPES. WE WERE THINKING WN TOWNHOUSE DEVELOPMENT, WE DO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL PARKING FOR GUEST PARKING. SO THERE'S NO PROVISION FOR ON STREET PARALLEL PARKING SPACES. IF WE DO WANT TO GO IN THE URBAN FORM, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK INTO. AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A, THIS IS JUST OUR DOWNTOWN, BUT THESE TYPE OF PARALLEL PARKING PROVISIONS CAN BE CREATED WITHIN TOWNHOUSE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS. AT LEAST CURRENTLY. IF WE ARE ALLOWING GREATER DENSITY THAT CAN, MAKE THE CASE FOR REQUIRING REAR ALLEYS AND REAR ACCESS SO THAT OUR STREETS REMAIN NOT GARAGE DOMINANT AND DRIVEWAYS,

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WE CAN ALSO ESTABLISH RESIDENTIAL AND MONOTONY STANDARDS SO THAT A IN, IN ONE BLOCK, EVERY OTHER HOUSE HAS TO PICK DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS FROM THE MENU BOARD. AMENITIES IS A BIG DEAL. CURRENTLY, WE DO HAVE AMENITIES, THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO CHOOSE FROM, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT TOO ROBUST. IT'S NOT A POINT SYSTEM. IT DOESN'T REALLY TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE FORM OF THE FORM OF THE, THE DEVELOPMT. SO WE WANTED TO KIND OF BRING IN THE IDEA, THE SAME POINT SYSTEM AND KIND OF TAKING IN, OKAY, IF IT'S 100 DWELLING UNITS, YOU GET THIS MANY POINTS, YOU HAVE TO ACHIEVE THIS MANY POINTS. IF IT'S 200, YOU HAVE TO ACHIEVE THAT MANY POINTS. S THAT IDEA. SO WE BROUGHT IN CLUBHOUSE, SWIMMING POOL, SPLASH PAD, LEISURE AREA. SO TONS OF DIFFERENT MENU BOARD MENUS TO PICK FROM. AND WE'RE TRYING TO ASSIGN POINTS. AND THEN WE'RE SAYING, OKAY, IF YOU'RE 1 TO 6, YOU MAY BE EXEMPT FROM THE AMENITIES REQUIREMENT, BUT JUST ASSIGNING HOW MUCH POINT THAT THE SIZE OF THE DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE TO ACHIEVE WITH A COMBINATION OF DIFFERENT AMENITIES, WALKING TRAILS, WE WOULD WANT THOSE TO BE REQUIRED IF THEY ABOUT A PUBLIC TRAIL, WE WOULD WANT THAT TO BE CONNECTED, FOR INFILL AND REDEVELOPMENT. ONE THING THAT WE THOUGHT, WELL, IF IT'S AN INFILL, IT'S PROBABLY NOT TOO POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO DO BIG, AMENITIES LIKE CLUBHOUSE OR SWIMMING POOLS. SO WE KIND OF RETHOUGHT THE, BUT WE STILL WANT THEM TO PROVIDE AMENITIES. SO WE RETHOUGHT THE AMENITY MENU FOR THEM. AGAIN, THAT'S A DIFFERENT TYPE OF, OKAY, IN THIS CASE, 1 TO 6 IS JUST FIVE POINTS. IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT POINT STRUCTURE FOR INFILL AND REDEVELOPMENT. FOR THE, FOR ADMINISTRATING AND MAKING SURE THERE ARE A LOT MORE COMMON AREAS IN A TOWNHOUSE DEVELOPMENT THAN SINGLE FAMILY.

SO HOA WILL BE REQUIRED UNLESS IT'S AN INFILL DEVELOPMENT. WITH THAT I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. AGAIN, NONE OF THIS IS SET FORTH OR DECIDED OR ANYTHING. THESE ARE IDEAS THAT WE KIND OF PUT TOGETHER WE THOUGHT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR TOWNHOUSE DEVELOPMENTS AND POSSIBLY OTHER TYPES OF SMALLER LOT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. SO WE'RE OPEN FOR QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. WE RAN THROUGH THOSE PRETTY FAST. SO WE DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ON THERE. COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK. WE'LL START WITH YOU. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS ON TOWNHOMES? WE DO. CURRENTLY IT'S 35FT, BUT WE CAN GO HIGHER. OKAY. I MEAN, IT'D BE PRETTY COOL TO HAVE A, A TOWNHOME THAT'S REALLY TALL. WHAT ABOUT, WORK SPACES ON THE BOTTOM? SO THERE WERE SOME TOWNHOMES THAT I SAW IN ADDISON AND THEY WERE, I THINK, WHAT WERE THEY, 3 OR 4 STORIES. WE WENT INTO THEM. YEAH, THEY WERE FOUR STORIES. AND THEN THERE WAS A COMMERCIAL AREA ON THE BOTTOM FOR THEM TO HAVE LIKE A, A LAW OFFICE OR, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED KIND OF LIVE WORK OR, MIXED USE. AND WE DO HAVE A SEPARATE USE FOR IT.

AND WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE THESE TYPE OF STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO THOSE. THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE. YES. AND QUICK CLARIFICATION, 35FT IS FOR TWO F FOR SFA. IT'S 40FT. SO WE CAN DO THREE STORIES. OKAY. AND THEN DO YOU ALSO ALLOW ROOFTOP LIKE AREAS, BALCONIES ON TOP WHERE THEY CAN HAVE A HOT TUB OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE. IS THAT CONSIDERED IN HERE? IF NOT, WE HAVE NOT, WE CAN'T, WE HAVE NOT. BUT WE DEFINITELY CAN. THAT'S A GOOD. AND THAT COULD ALSO BE ADDED TO YOUR POINT SYSTEM FOR THE AMENITIES. OH YEAH. THAT WOULD BE PRETTY AWESOME. OKAY. YEAH, EXACTLY. I DO WANT TO, I REALLY LOVE THE FACADE ARTICULATIONS THAT YOU

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YEAH. YES. THE COLUMNS. YES. THEY WERE DIFFERENT FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE. AND I THOUGHT THAT THAT REALLY MADE THEM MORE INDIVIDUAL LOOKING. AND THAT IS RIVERSIDE. SO WE HAVE DONE IT HERE. SO TO ME, I'M LIKE, WHY CAN'T WE JUST ASK PEOPLE REQUIRE PEOE TO DO THAT. I AGREE, I DO WANT TO, ON THE EASEMENT, CARE HERITAGE PARK ON MILLER THAT SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT BEHIND IT. THERE'S THIS LIKE 40 FOOT EASEMENT BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HERITAGE PARK. AND HERITAGE PARK PUT ALL THEIR CONSTRUCTION STUFF IN THAT EASEMENT. AND THE THE RESIDENTS WERE REQUIRED TO CARE FOR THAT HUGE EASEMENT. IF A NEW DEVELOPMENT IS GOING IN, I THINK THEY SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE NEW AT LEAST HALF OF IT, AT LEAST HALF OF ANY ADJOINING EASEMENT TO A NEIGHBORHOOD, ESPECIALLY IF IT EXCEEDS LIKE SIX FEET. SO, I'D LIKE THAT CONSIDERED AS WELL, JUST SO WE DON'T RUN INTO THE SAME PROBLEM WE DID WITH HERITAGE PARK. THAT MAY BE A SEPARATE, BUT I'LL MAKE A NOTE OF IT AND I'LL CHECK. AND THAT'S A LOOK AT. THANK YOU.

AWESOME. THANK YOU MA'AM. COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS. SO, NABILA BACK ON, I THINK IT'S SLIDE FOUR. MAYBE IT'S NOT THE SAME SLIDES IN THE PRESENTATIONS HERE. SO I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER. IT WAS GETTING PRETTY LONG WITH THAT. SO I DID DELETE SOMETHING. YEAH. SO, I THINKING ABOUT THE, THE EASEMENT AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING LESS THAN A FULL STREET OUT FRONT, OF COURSE, I'M THINKING ABOUT Z 2311 THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER TODAY. AND SO THAT'S GOT A LITTLE STREET. IT'S ONLY KIND OF ONE CAR WIDE WITH THIS CONFIGURATION HERE, ALLOW FOR THAT NOW, WHEREAS WELL, THOSE, THOSE WERE SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES ANYWAY.

SO THEY HAVE TO FRONT A PUBLIC STREET. THESE I WOULD SAY, THINK OF HOW YOU GO INTO A MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT. AND THOSE ARE NOT FULL. THOSE ARE NOT BUILT TO FULL PUBLIC STREET STANDARDS. THOSE ARE, KIND OF A LITTLE LESS IN TERMS OF THE DIMENSIONS. SO THOSE JUST WILL BE LIKE THAT. BUT FRONTING, THEE TOWNHOMES WILL BE FRONTING THOSE. I THINK WE HAVE A PRETTY OLD EXAMPLE. I FORGOT THE NAME OF THE SUBDIVISION, BUT WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THAT WAS PROBABLY DONE WITH THE PD BACK IN THE DAYS. BUT RIGHT NOW THE ISSUE THAT WE FACE IS THAT THEY HAVE DIFFERENT A PUBLIC STREET, THE TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENTS AND OFTEN THE, THE DENSITY THAT IT'S BRINGING IN AND FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO THE UTILITIES AND EVERYTHING IN THE PUBLIC STREET SETTING CAN GET A LITTLE, LITTLE PROBLEMATIC. THAT'S WHY OUR WE'D BE OKAY IF IT'S A PRIVATE ACCESS EASEMENT WITH THE REAR ALLEY. THAT WOULD BE CONFIGURATION WISE, OUR PREFERENCE. BUT ENGINEERING CAN SPEAK TO IT MUCH BETTER. WE'LL. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. WE'RE GOOD.

THIS WAS KIND OF CURIOUS. IS THAT IS THAT HOW THAT CHANGED? NO, NO, THAT'S THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU SIR. MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THIS IS A VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT, AND I'M DEFINITELY IN FAVOR OF WHAT YOU'RE WHAT YOU'RE DOING. ALSO A GOOD EXAMPLE IS, MILLENNIUM VILLAGE THAT DOES HAVE, ROOFTOP AMENITIES WITH THE, WITH THE TOWNHOMES THAT ARE ON THE BACK OF IT. THOSE ARE NOT DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO IT, THE PUBLIC STREET, BUT THE PROJECT IS OKAY. IT'S A, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF THINGS IDEA FROM THAT. THANK YOU. YEAH. AND, A LOT OF THIS REMINDS ME OF OUR DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CODES, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE, THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE AND ALSO A LOT LIKE FORM BASED CODE. SO JUST THIS IS THE BASIC PATTERN BOOK OF WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING. AND, AND SO TO, I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING A LOT MORE TOWNHOMES HERE, AND WE MIGHT AS WELL SHAPE THEM SO THAT THEY LOOK AT THEIR BEST. YES, SIR. THAT'S THE GOAL. ONE THING I DID WANT TO MENTION CURRENTLY IN OUR GDC, SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HAS A LIMIT OF 12, MAXIMUM 12 UNITS PER ACRE. WE DO THINK THAT COULD BE INCREASED JUST GENERALLY 14

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BECAUSE IT PROBABLY THINGS THAT WE WOULDN'T THINK ABOUT THAT ACTUALLY HAPPEN, THAT ARE A BIGGER ISSUE FOR THEM THAN ANYTHING. SO, THOSE WERE MY MAIN CONCERNS. AND THEN YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT ADDITIONAL PARKING FOR TOWNHOUSES THAT IS CURRENTLY REQUIRED. SO IN ADDITION TO TWO PARKING SPACES, ENCLOSED GARAGE SPACES, CURRENTLY THE CODE REQUIRES ONE PER EVERY FOUR UNITS. SO WE WANT TO KEEP THAT, BUT WE JUST WANT TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL LIKE ON STREET PARKING, MAYBE JUST A CURB OUT, JUST LIKE THAT DOWNTOWN EXAMPLE WHERE PEOPLE CAN DO ON STREET PARKING AS WELL. SO WOULD THE, TWO CAR GARAGE. 2015 SITUATION NOT APPLY TO A TOWNHOUSE? NO IT DOES. SO IT'S A TWO CAR GARAGE AND ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES FOR GUESTS IN TOWNHOUSE DEVELOPMENTS. DO PEOPLE IN TOWNHOUSES GET MORE GUESTS THAN PEOPLE IN DETACHED SINGLE FAMILY? I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY IT MADE LIKE IT DOESN'T SEEM TO MAKE A LOT OF SENSE TO ME. I WOULD RATHER SEE AN EXTRA AMENITY OFFERED TO THE PEOPLE IN THAT DEVELOPMENT THAN EXTRA PARKING SPACES, BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT TOWNHOUSES. AND I THINK THE GENERAL IDEA IS IN SINGLE FAMILY. NOT THAT I'M NOT. I'M NOT SAYING IT ALL MAKES SENSE IN THE CURRENT GDC. THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING INTO IT. PEOPLE WILL PARK LIKE GUESTS. GUESTS ARE GUESTS E ABLE TO PARK ON THE STREET, BUT IN TOWNHOUSES, WE AGAIN, WE REQUIRE THEM TO BE PUBLIC STREET. SO YES, THOSE GUESTS CAN ALSO PARK ON STREET. BUT IF WE'RE, LET'S SAY, GOING TO ALLOW THEM TO BE ON ACCESS EASEMENTS, THEN YES, YOU WOULD NEED ADDITIONAL PARKING BECAUSE THOSE STREETS, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, IN A MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT, PEOPLE WOULD NOT PARK ON THE STREET. THEY WOULD PARK ON THEIR DESIGNATED GUEST

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WE'RE JUST TRYING TO TRY TODC. MAKE IT A LITTLE EASY FOR DEVELOPERS TO ACHIEVE IT BY PROVIDING ON STREET OPTIONS. OKAY. I THINK STREET PARALLEL PARKING OPTIONS. YEAH, YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK OUT OF EVERYTHING THAT WAS JUST MENTIONED, PARKING IS THE LEAST EASY THING FOR A DEVELOPER. YOU KNOW WT I MEAN? IF WE'RE REQUIRING A TWO CAR GARAGE, THEN YOU SHOULD.

THAT I JUST IT DOESN'T, IT'S NOT LOGICAL TO ME. SO I WOULD, I WOULD MUCH RATHER SEE ADDITIONAL AMENITY AREAS, OUTDOORS, WHATEVER THAN AN EXTRA PARKING LOT THAT MAY OR MAY NOT GET USED BECAUSE OF A MULTIFAMILY. SO, I LOVE THE WAY THAT RIVER SET IS LAID OUT. I WOULD SAY, ALONG THE LINES OF THE, THE MATERIAL RESTRICTIONS. NOT EVERYONE LIKES HOUSES THAT ARE MIXED WITH THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF STONE AND WOOD BECAUSE THERE'S, THEY ALL, IT, IT'S, IT'S NOT MY THING. RIGHT. SO, I, I THINK THAT WHEN WE, WHEN WE REALLY TRY TO. OVER OVERREGULATED, WE GET A LITTLE, A LITTLE CRAZY. AND IT CAN HAVE NEGATIVE REPERCUSSIONS. SO, I APPRECIATE IT AND THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER TRAN. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I THINK I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. I THINK IT'S, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, YOU ARE ASKING COUNCIL DIRECTION FOR UPDATED GDC FOR THE, TOWNHOUSE BECAUSE RECENTLY WE DID THE UPDATE FOR MULTIFAMILY. SO WE WANT TO DO THE SAME THING FOR THAT IS CORRECT. TOWNHOMES CAN NOW BE PERMITTED IN MORE DISTRICTS THAN BEFORE. GOT YOU.

SO, AND THEN I MENTIONED THERE'S THE MANDATORY ALLEYS. DOES THAT DO FOR THE MULTIFAMILY? DO WE DO MANDATORY ALLEYS FOR THE MULTIFAMILY? NO. MULTIFAMILY I IS DIFFERENT. YEA.

OKAY. SO, SO WE, WHAT WE TRY TO UPDATE ON THE GDC FOR THE TOWNHOUSE. IS THIS PART O THE GALLON ON THE RISE STRATEGIC PLANS, LIKE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM MENTIONED EARLIER, IT IS TO, OBVIOUSLY MEET THE GOALS IN THE HOUSING STRATEGY, WHICH IS AND THE GARLAND ON THE RISE STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH IS TO PROVIDE QUALITY HOUSING AND MISSING MIDDLE FOCUS ON CONCENTRATED REINVESTMENT, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND YOU THINK THAT MANDATORY ALLEYS TO THAT IS WILL THAT AFFECT THE COST OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND POTENTIAL THAT MIGHT BE AFFECTS THEIRS? I DON'T THINK THE SPECIFIC SUGGESTIONS ARE MAY NOT BE FULLY RELATED TO THAT TO COST OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT THE OVERALL GOAL IS TO CREATE A LITTLE BIT BETTER PRODUCTS FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE IN AND CHOOSE GARLAND, AS THE PLACE. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE GOAL. AND THEN CURRENTLY, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY PERCENTS THE I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE YOU HAVE A NUMBER, BUT I'M JUST ASKING, IS THE NUMBER OR THE PERCENTS OF THE TOWNHOUSE IN GARLAND COMPARED TO MULTIFAMILY? I DO NOT HAVE THAT NUMBER, BUT I CAN LOOK INTO IT. OKAY. THANK YOU.

AND LAST QUESTION IS THIS, NORMALLY IS THAT GO TO THE DELOPMENT SERVICE COMMITTEE FIRST OR THEY CAN JUST GO, I HAVEN'T HEARD THIS ONE YET. SO GENERALLY, THE WAY I THINK OF IT, THERE'S THE, THE ONES THAT COME FROM THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE, IT FOLLOWS THE SAME PROCESS. ONCE WE TALK ABOUT IT IN THE COMMITTEE, WE COME TO CITY COUNCIL, WE DO A REPORT OUT, THEN WE GO WORK ON IT. IF IT'S STAFF INITIATED LIKE THIS. THIS DIDN'T COME FROM THE COMMITTEE. THIS IS ESSENTIALLY THE REPORT OUT SEEING IF COUNCIL WANTS STAFF TO GO WORK ON IT, GET YOU GOOD TEAM. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YOU ANSWER ALL MY QUESTIONS. I'LL SEND YOU THE TOWNHOME VERSUS MULTIFAMILY NUMBER TOMORROW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR.

COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU. SO I ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY. IF WE SET DESIGN PREFERENCES, CAN WE GIVE POINTS TO DEVELOPERS FOR ACHIEVING THOSE PREFERENCES? WHAT WOULD THE POINTS ACCOMPLISH? WELL, LIKE WE HAVE THE AMENITY POINTS SYSTEM. AND

[01:30:01]

SO YOU HAVE A PRODUCT THAT LOOKS FANTASTIC AND MAYBE YOU DON'T HAVE A DOG PARK. I'LL HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT. OKAY. IT'S A GOODUESTION. I'LL TELL YOU, MY INITIAL THOUGHT IS WE PROBABLY CANNOT TREAT THEM ANY DIFFERENTLY THAN A DEVELOPER WHO, WANTS TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND. WE PROBABLY HAVE TO GIVE THEM, WE CAN'T DISCRIMINATE AGAINST THEM BECAUSE THEY CHOOSE TO FOLLOW THEM. WELL, IT'S NOT A DISCRIMINATION. IT'S A, IT'S A CHOICE. THEY GET TO MAKE THE CHOICE. THAT'S TRUE. BUT I GUESS THE CHOICE, IF IT IF IT MEANS BY MAKING A CHOICE, THEN I'M GOING TO GET ACCESS TO SOMETHING I WOULD NOT OTHERWISE HAVE. THAT WOULD BE DISCRIMINATION. WELL, THAT'S MY INITIAL. BUT I WILL LOOK INTO IT. BUT THAT'S MY INITIAL THOUGHT ON IT, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU MA'AM. COUNCIL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. TOWNHOMES. HOW MANY HAVE WE. TOWNHOME APPLICATIONS FOR A PRIVATE STREET. BECAUSE YOU SAID THAT WAS A SUGGESTION BY ENGINEERING. THAT'S A THAT'S A THOUGHT FROM ENGINEERING BECAUSE CURRENTLY THEY'RE REQUIRED TO BE FRONTING PUBLIC STREETS. RIGHT. I WOULD RECOMMEND AGAINST THAT. I HAVE ACTUALLY WORKED ON TOWNHOME PROJECTS ON PRIVATE STREETS, AND IT'S VERY HARD TO FIT THE UTILITIES IN AND GET FIRE LANE WIDTH REQUIREMENTS, GARBAGE WITH REQUIREMENTS FOR TRASH TRUCKS TO ACCESS THEM. AND IF AN HOA GOES UNDER, WE'RE LEFT WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF UPKEEP ON THAT. THAT DOESN'T MEET CITY STANDARDS. SO I WOULD I WOULD NOT BE IN FAVOR OF HAVING PRIVATE STREETS IN A TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT. THAT'S FINE. YEAH, WE CAN WE CAN GO BACK TO ENGINEERING, TALK ABOUT IT MORE. YOU MENTIONED ALLEYS AS WELL. ALLEYS IS JUST TO GET REAR ACCESS GARAGES IS THAT MAIN THING? YEAH. FOR US, IT'S MOSTLY TO MAINTAIN THE THE LOOK OF THE HOUSE FROM THE STREET SO THAT THEY'RE NOT GARAGE DOMINANT. BUT OF COURSE, WELL, YOU KNOW, TOWNHOMES, WE ALL GET TOWNHOMES THAT ARE FRONT LOADED GARAGE AND YOU HAVE 20 FOOT GARAGE WITH AND YOU HAVE A FOUR FOOT YES ON THE SIDE. WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID THAT FOUR FEET FOR TOWNHOME. THAT'S HARD TO AVOID IN TOWN IN INFILL DEVELOPMENTS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE A LOT THAT DON'T HAVE ENOUGH WIDTH FOR AN ALLEY, LET ALONE, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT.

SO I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT AS WELL. DO WE REQUIRE WE DON'T REQUIRE NO POINT SYSTEMS FOR SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS. I KNOW THIS TOWN AMENITIES DO WE RIGHT NOW. NO, WE DO NOT FOR FOR SINGLE FAMILIES. RIGHT. I KNOW TOWNHOMES IS KIND OF A MIDDLE GROUND BETWEEN THE MULTIFAMILY AND SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. AND THIS POINT SYSTEM, I'M NOT COMPLETELY SOLD ON 100% YET, ESPECIALLY THERE WAS A MENTION ABOUT WHO IS NOT BEING REQUIRED, I BELIEVE. ARE WE REQUIRED TO HAVE A CHOICE FOR ALL NEW DEVELOPMENT? NO. WE WILL. IT'S ONLY IF IT'S AN INFILL. SO IT'S IN DOWNTOWN. IF THERE'S A LOT WHERE THEY'RE BUILDING TOWNHOMES, WE DON'T KNOW IF AND. BUT IN THOSE CASES, WE'RE NOT GOING TO REQUIRE THE TYPE OF AMENITIES THAT WILL. I MEAN, EVERYTHING'S AN INFILL AT THIS POINT, RIGHT? SO IT'S LIKE IF IT'S NOT, WHERE DO WE DRAW THAT LINE? IS IT YOU'RE BUILDING THREE, FOUR TOWNHOMES ON A LOT BECAUSE I'M WORKING ON PROJECTS RIGHT NOW WHERE THEY TORE DOWN TWO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND THEY'RE PUTTING SIX TOWNHOMES ON THAT PROJECT. IS THAT AN INFILL PROJECT? DOES THAT REQUIRE AN HOA? THERE'S A LOT I'M FOR THIS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT MORE, MORE INFORMATION AND MORE. RIGHT. YEAH. SO I'M FINE WITH STAFF MOVING AHEAD WITH THIS. I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE SEEN THE SLIDES BEFORE WE WENT TO THIS TO BECAUSE I'M SEEING THEM AND WE WENT THROUGH THEM RELATIVELY FAST FOR THE FIRST TIME HERE. I'D LOVE TO SEE THE SLIDES GET SENT OUT TO COUNCIL AND MAYBE BRING THIS BACK FOR ANOTHER WORK SESSION FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF DISCUSSION.

YEAH, COUNCIL WANTS STAFF HAS MORE TIME TO WORK ON IT ONCE COUNCIL HAS MORE TIME TO LOOK INTO IT AS WELL. SO WHAT ARE THE WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT BECAUSE WE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE DO BRING IT IN, WE HAVE THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. WHAT WOULD THOSE BE KIND OF MORE INFILL SITUATION FLESHED OUT? WELL, CERTAINLY ONE THING THAT COUNCILMEMBER TALKED ABOUT AND THAT'S BRINGING UP THESE DESIGN STANDARDS, I KNOW I'VE WORKED IN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND THEY ARE QUITE STRICT ON WHAT I'M ALLOWED TO DO DOWN TO THE COLOR OF THE PAINT. AND I KNOW THAT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY SOMETHING THAT STATE LAW ALLOWS, BUT THEY GET AWAY WITH IT BECAUSE MY PROJECT'S NOT APPROVED UNLESS I GET A WAIVER ON MY SHADE OF RED THAT I'M USING ON MY, MY BUILDING. IT'S THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE COULD DO. IF WE'RE GOING. I KNOW WE WANT TO KEEP OUR STANDARDS HIGH, SO I'D LIKE TO KEEP HIGH STANDARDS OF COURSE, BUT, I'LL JUST HAVE TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON, ON WHAT THAT

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OH, SO IT CAN BE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC. RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE IT ALL FLESHED OUT. THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF IT. WE WILL BE FLESHING THOSE OUT WITH THIS AMENDMENT IF COUNCIL WANTS US TO DO SO. YEAH I AGREE, WE NEED SOME MORE MORE TIME TO DIGEST. THANK YOU. OKAY. YOU'RE WELCOME.

AND ONE OTHER I DID HAVE ANOTHER. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER TRENT. ONE OTHER POINT ABOUT THE PRIVATE ALLEYS AND DRIVES. I THINK IT WOULD BE HARDER TO GET SOMEONE TOWED OFF OF A PRIVATE STREET RATHER THAN A PUBLIC STREET. THIS IN CONSIDERATION WITH DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUTTON, TALKED ABOUT WITH PEOPLE PARKING DIRECTLY IN THE ALLEYS. COUNCIL, I'M FOR STAFF CONTINUING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND BRING IT BACK ANOTHER TIME. I THINK THAT'S THE DIRECTION THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. SO I'M ASKING FOR CONSENSUS ON HAVING STAFF CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS. THAT'S UNANIMOUS. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING MORE AT A FUTURE WORK SESSION THEN COUNCIL. WE'VE BEEN AT A LITTLE OVER AN HOUR AND A HALF. I'M GOING TO CALL FOR A TEN MINUTE RECESS, ASK YOU TO

[3. GDC Amendment 26-05]

AND IF COUNCIL'S OKAY, IT WILL THEN GO TOUBLIC HEARING. SO THIS ACTUALLY HAS, WE HAVE ALREADY WORKED ON THE AMENDMENTS. SO RHT NOW, JUST, JUST TO REFRESH EVERYBODY'S MEMORIES, WE CURRENTLY HAVE OUR MAXIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND WHAT TO DO IF SOMEONE WANTS TO EXCEED THOSE MAXIMUM IN SECTION 4.20 K OF THE GDC. AND IT'S BASED OFF OF STRUCTURE SQUARE FOOTAGE, IF IT'S 0 TO 4 ZERO ZERO ZERO SQUARE FOOT, IT'S 5%. YOU CAN INCREASE 5%.

IF IT'S 40,000 TO 85,000, YOU CAN INCREASE 10%. IF IT'S MORE THAN 85,000, IT'S MORE THAN, IT'S 15% IS YOUR LIMIT. WE DIDN'T REALLY SEE ANY RATIONALE BEHIND REALLY TYING IT TO PROJECT SQUARE FOOTAGE. IT ALSO DOESN'T PROVIDE ADEQUATE RELIEF AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL. IT OUTLINES A BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT PROCESS TO GO BEYOND THE MAXIMUM, WHICH IS ALSO A LITTLE, LITTLE AWKWARD TO HAVE IT JUST FOR THAT. AND THE PURPOSE IS REALLY TO SIMPLIFY THE MAXIMUM PARKING PROCEDURE AND PROCESS. AND I KNOW AT THE, WHEN WE HAD COME IN AND SHARED THE IDEA, THERE WAS SOME, THERE WERE, WILLINGNESS FOR, FOR, FOR COUNCIL TO HAVE STAFF LOOK INTO MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS AS WELL. BUT THAT WILL NEED TO THAT, THAT IS A SEPARATE AMENDMENT BECAUSE THAT WILL REQUIRE A LOT OF STUDY RESEARCH AND, THAT'LL BE TIED TO OUR LAND USE CHART UPDATE AS WELL. SO WE'LL WAIT A LITTLE BIT FOR THAT. THIS IS REALLY A QUICK FIX FOR MAXIMUM PARKING STANDARDS. SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE OUR PARKING REQUIREMENTS LISTED

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AND IF, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO GO BEYOND THAT, THEY'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PD BECAUSE WE DO DETERMINE WE THAT THAT'S THAT'S ADEQUATE PARKING. AND WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE MORE AMENITIES OR MORE SPACE FOR PEOPLE, THAN JUST HAVE ADDITIONAL PARKING WITHOUT JUSTIFICATION, ON NONRESIDENTS. SECOND, WE DO HAVE. DO YOU WANT TO JUMP IN OR DO YOU WANT OKAY.

WE'LL CONTINUE. OKAY. FOR NONRESIDENTIAL, LAST TIME I WAS ASKED IF I COULD USE A NUMBER.

SO I WILL DO THAT. SO IF, IF A BUSINESS IS REQUIRED TO HAVE 100 PARKING SPACES WITH THIS PROPOSED REGULATION, THEY CAN DO 100 BETWEEN 100 AND 115 WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH ANY PROCESS. SO THEY CAN DO UP TO 15% MORE WITHOUT A PROCESS, FROM 15% TO 30%, WHICH IS 150 TO 130. THEY'LL NEED TO GO THROUGH A PARKING DEVIATION PROCESS, WHICH IS ADMINISTRATIVE. THEY'LL HAVE TO SHOW, A TRAFFIC STUDY, THEY'LL HAVE TO SHOW THEIR OPERATIONS.

THEY'LL HAVE TO SHOW IN A TANGIBLE MANNER WHY THEY NEED THAT MUCH PARKING MORE THAN OUR MINIMUM REQUIRED. BUT IF IT'S OVER 30%, THEN THERE'S NO ADMINISTRATIVE RELIEF. IT HAS TO COME TO COUNCIL. IF YOU REMEMBER LAST TIME WE PROPOSED A 40% NUMBER AND IT WAS COUNCILS DESIRE THAT WE BRING IT DOWN TO 30%. AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID. PROCEDURE WISE, THE SAME PROCESS AS ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE. AGAIN, HAS TO BE PREPARED BY A LICENSED TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER. THEY'LL HAVE TO SHOW AN ACTUAL NEED FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING.

AND IF THEY ARE PROVIDING THAT MUCH MORE PARKING, IT HAS TO BE MITIGATED THROUGH INCREASED LANDSCAPING OR STORMWATER CONTROL. DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT OTHER METHODS. THE DOWNTOWN, WE WANTED TO ADD AN EXEMPTION FOR, ADDITIONAL PARKING IN DOWNTOWN, THAT YOU CANNOT GO BEYOND THE MINIMUM REQUIRED, BUT IF THE PARKING SPACE IS IN EXCESS OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR MULTIFAMILY OR NONRESIDENTIAL OR PROVIDED AS PUBLICLY SHARED PARKING, AGAIN, WE'RE NOT REQUIRING THEM TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC PARKING, BUT IF THEY ARE PROVIDING THAT IF THEY'RE VOLUNTEERING TO DO THAT, THEY THEY WILL BE EXEMPT FROM THE PARKING DEVIATION REQUEST. THAT IS REALLY TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE THE PUBLIC PARKING IN DOWNTOWN. AGAIN, THAT IS TO ENCOURAGE ADDITIONAL PUBLIC PARKING IN DOWNTOWN. THERE WAS AN IDEA LAST TIME THAT STRUCTURED PARKING SHOULD BE EXEMPT FROM THIS REQUIREMENT. AGAIN, IF SOMEONE WANTS TO DO STRUCTURED PARKING, WE WANT TO ELIMINATE FRICTIONS FOR THEM. SO IF THEY'RE DOING STRUCTURED PARKING, WE WON'T NECESSARILY, THEY WILL BE EXEMPT FROM THE, NOT THE FROM THE MAXIMUM MAXIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENT.

AND IT'S ALSO UNCOMMON FOR PEOPLE TO DO STRUCTURED PARKING AND DO THAT MANY MORE. SO WE THINK IT'LL WORK OUT ANYWAY. SO THAT'S REALLY THE GIST OF THE UPDATE TO ADDRESS THE MAXIMUM PARKING, ALLOWED SITUATION, WE WILL BE COMING BACK WITH THE MINIMUM PARKING AND THAT WILL BE A LOT OF WORK. AND WE'LL COME BACK WITH THAT SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE. ALL RIGHT. START WITH DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUTTON. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT HAS THE MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM FOR YEAH. SO. I WILL 100% NOT AGREE WITH THIS. MAXIMUM PARKING FOR MULTIFAMILY.

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BECAUSE ONE PARKING SPACE FOR. ONE APARTMENT IS, IS CRAZY. SINGLE FAMILY HOMES HAVE EIGHT CARS FOR A THREE BEDROOM HOUSE. IT'S, IT'S, IT DOESN'T MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE TO ME. I WOULD MUCH RATHER FOCUS ON THE, COMMERCIAL MAXIMUM PARKING BECAUSE WE KNOW PEOPLE LIKE TO THINK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT MORE, BUSINESS THAN WHAT THEY DO. AND WE'VE GOT PARKING LOTS THAT DON'T GET ANY ACTION. THEN THEY DON'T EVER REPAVE THEM THERE BECAUSE NO ONE'S USING THEM. SO WHY WOULD YOU SPEND YOUR OWN MONEY TO REPAVE THEM? SO I, I DON'T, I, I CANNOT GET BEHIND THE MAXIMUM, ON MULTIFAMILY. I DON'T THINK THAT YOU CAN HAVE TOO MANY PARKING SPOTS IN MULTIFAMILY. NO, NO MAXIMUM PER YOUR SUGGESTION, WE WILL HAVE MINIMUM, WHICH IS THE STATE REQUIRED MINIMUM, BUT WE WON'T HAVE ANY MAXIMUM. I MEAN, I, I HONESTLY, I DON'T FEEL LIKE FOR MULTIFAMILY, YOU CAN HAVE A TERRIBLE AMOUNT OF TOO MUCH PARKING. THAT IS PROBABLY NOT TOO COMMON EITHER BECAUSE ALSO DEVELOPERS WILL NOT BE LIKE, THEY WILL DO THEIR STUDY AND DO IT BASED ON THAT ARE FOR THIS. OUR GOAL IS TO REALLY HAVE MORE USABLE SPACE, GREEN SPACE, THINGS LIKE THAT, INSTEAD OF EXCESS PARKING. THAT'S WHERE OUR GOAL IS. BUT IF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO ELIMINATE THAT, WE DON'T THINK THAT WILL BE TOO BIG OF A PROBLEM. BUT ALSO. WITH THAT, IF THEY ARE REVERTED TO PD, SOMETIMES THAT COULD ALSO BE CONSIDERED A GOOD THING, BECAUSE THEN THAT ENABLES COUNCIL TO ASK FOR OTHER ENHANCEMENTS SOMETIMES. SO THAT'S THAT WAS ALSO WHAT WE WERE THINKING. BUT AGAIN, WE DON'T FEEL TOO STRONGLY ABOUT THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COUNCIL. COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I HEARD THAT TWO THINGS THAT, ONE IS THE DOWNTOWN EXAMS. YOU STILL WAIT FOR CITY ATTORNEY TO, TO, TO PROVIDE YOU THE, THE IT'S STILL A REVIEW, RIGHT? WE GOT THE REVIEWED VERSION FROM CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. OKAY. SO THAT THAT THAT CLEAR THAT YOU HAVE THAT ONE. OKAY. REMIND ME AGAIN, BECAUSE, I HEARD THAT THE MEETING THAT WE HAVE IN THE PAST IS MAY 18TH. SO IT'S WELL BACK, WHAT EXACTLY WE TRY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM ABOUT THE PARKING. IT'S JUST NOT ABOUT LIKE MINIMUM PARKING, BUT HOW ARE 4.20 K SECTION ADDRESSES MAXIMUM PARKING? IT IS A VERY CONVOLUTED PROCESS. SO WHAT IT SAYS IS THAT IF YOUR STRUCTURE IS 30,000 SQUARE FOOT, IF YOUR NONRESIDENTIAL. IF YOU HAVE A 30,000 SQUARE FOOT BUSINESS AND YOU'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE 100 PARKING SPACES AND YOU WANT TO DO 106 PARKING, YOU HAVE TO GO TO BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. A LOT OF PEOPLE DO NOT LIKE THAT SITUATION. SO WE WERE TRYING TO CREATE A MORE LAYERED APPROACH WHERE THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE ADMINISTRATIVE RELIEF, WHERE THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO GO IN FRONT OF A BOARD OR COUNCIL OR SOMEONE, AS LONG AS THEY'RE SHOWING WHY THEY NEED THAT EXTRA PARKING. BUT BEYOND 30%, THEY WILL HAVE TO. DO THAT. WILL HAVE, THE BUILDERS OR THE BUSINESS BUSINESSES THAT WILL STREAMLINE OUR PROCESS AND THAT GUIDELINE, BUT ALSO NOT JUST GIVING THEM FREE REIN ON PARKING FOR NONRESIDENTIAL SO THAT, OH, IF YOU NEED YOUR REQUIREMENT IS 100, YOU SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO JUST GO AND BUILD 150 BECAUSE AGAIN,

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SO WE HAVE SOME TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT AND BEFORE THAT GOES FORWARD. BUT, REALLY IT'S AN INFORMATIVE NOT TAKING A CONSENSUS OR ANYTHING TONIGHT, BUT WE WILL SEE IT AT A FUTURE.

IT'LL MOVE SINCE WE HEARD IT HERE. MOVE FORWARD TO A TO A REGULAR SESSION. UPCOMING.

WOULD COUNCIL LIKE FOR US TO TAKE OUT THE MULTIFAMILY PIECE WHEN IT COMES BACK TO PUBLIC HEARING, BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE THE FULL ORDINANCE, AT THAT TIME ATTACHED WITH THE AGENDA COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THE MULTIFAMILY PIECE. REALLY MY THOUGHTS ON THAT IS THAT THE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPER HAS AN INCENTIVE TO BUILD A QUALITY PRODUCT WITH SUFFICIENT PARKING.

ALTHOUGH THEY WON'T BUILD PARKING TO EXCESS BECAUSE THEY'LL WANT TO MAXIMIZE THEIR BUILDING SQUARE FOOTAGE AREA SO THAT THEY CAN GET THE, THE MOST DENSITY FOR THEIR PROJECT, GET THE MOST RETURN THERE. SO IT'S KIND OF A KIND OF JUST ARGUED FOR BOTH SIDES RIGHT THERE. BUT IT'S A. I LOOK AT THE CITY OF DALLAS, WHICH IS REALLY TAKING A SIGNIFICANT STEP WITH THEIR PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND REALLY ALMOST ELIMINATED ALL PARKING REQUIREMENTS. IT'S, SOMETHING I THINK MAYBE FOR UP FOR DISCUSSION, EVEN TO US AT LEAST, AT LEAST IT'S WORTH TAKING A LOOK AT FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SEE WHAT THEIR PARKING REQUIREMENTS ARE BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY JUST STEPPING BACK. AND NOW, THEY ARE VERY MINIMAL PARKING REQUIREMENTS, WHAT THEY'VE DONE AND KIND OF LETTING THE MARKET TAKE A LOOK AT IT, WHICH IT'S INTERESTING.

AND SOME OTHER MUNICIPALITIES HAVE DONE THE SAME THING AS WELL. I THINK AUSTIN MAY BE LIKE THAT AS WELL, BUT. DALLAS, ARE THEY LANDLOCKED? THEY HAVE A LOT OF LAND POSSIBLY LEFT TO DEVELOP. COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT, PRACTICALLY SPEAKING, A DEVELOPER WOULDN'T PUT IN THE DEVELOPER OF MULTIFAMILY, WOULDN'T PUT IN EXCESS SPACES? IF YOU HAD EXCESS SPACE, HE'D BUILD ANOTHER BUILDING. SO WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE A PROBLEM THAT DOESN'T REALLY EXIST IN PRACTICAL TERMS IS THAT, WELL, THIS IS TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S SUFFICIENT PARKING FOR THEIR RESIDENTS. AND. SURE. AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE MINIMUMS. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM THAT'S MINIMUMS. BUT THIS IS A MAXIMUM WE'RE PUTTING IN. IT'S THE OPPOSITE SIDE. YEAH. AND SO BUT IS IT YOU ARE WE PUTTING INN A LAW AGAINST SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN. WHAT'S THE POINT. I THINK THAT'S WHAT DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM WAS ARGUING THERE. OKAY. MY, MY I'M CATCHING UP TO HER. IT'S SLOW AT TIMES, BUT I THINK I GOT THERE. SO. OKAY. YEAH. IF I'M A DEVELOPER AND I CAN BUILD ONE MORE UNIT ON MY PROPERTY, WHY WOULD I PAVE THAT OVER AND MAKE EXTRA PARKING SPACES? I WOULDN'T. SO OKAY, VERY GOOD.

THEN COUNCIL, THAT GOES BACK TO THE DISCUSSION OF, WE WANT TO REMOVE THAT MULTIFAMILY MAXIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENT FROM THIS WHEN IT COMES BACK OR LEAVE IT IN THERE, AS IS ASKING FOR CONSENSUS TO REMOVE IT. ON THAT LOOKS LIKE UNANIMOUS THERE. SO WE'LL TAKE THAT PORTION OUT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCIL DOWNTOWN EXCEPTIONS, STRUCTURED PARKING, ANYTHING ELSE? LIKE I SAID EARLIER, THIS WILL BE COMING TO A FUTURE REGULAR AGENDA SESSION WITH THE MULTIFAMILY PORTION REMOVED. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON NOW THEN TO ITEM

[4. Briefing on the Film Friendly Texas Certification Program ]

[01:55:21]

THEY ASK THAT A CITY DESIGNATE AN OFFICIAL LIAISON TO BE THAT REPRESENTATIVE TO HANDLE ANY FILM REQUESTS THAT MAY HAPPEN IN THE CITY. WE IDENTIFIED THE SPECIAL EVENTS DEPARTMENT. IT'S A LONG THE LINES OF A THIRD PARTY SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME TRIGGERS.

IT DOESN'T HAVE THE 100 PEOPLE KIND OF TRIGGERS. BUT, IT JUST MADE SENSE FOR THE SPECIAL EVENTS DEPARTMENT, TO BE THE LIAISON FOR THAT. WE'VE ALREADY BEEN HANDLING IT. WE ALREADY DID HAVE SOME POLICIES SET, BUT THEY WERE VERY SPECIFIC TO GARLAND AND NOT NECESSARILY THE BEST PRACTICES THAT THE TEXAS FILM COMMISSION HAD SUGGESTED THAT WE UTILIZE. SO THE SPECIAL EVENTS DEPARTMENT WAS IDENTIFIED. WE HAD TO ATTEND A WORKSHOP TO LEARN ABOUT THOSE BEST PRACTICES. I'D ACTUALLY GOTTEN THIS CERTIFICATION, ACROSS THE FINISH LINE FOR THE PREVIOUS CITY THAT I WORKED FOR. SO THIS WAS ACTUALLY THE THIRD TIME I HAD ATTENDED THAT WORKSHOP. SO I FEEL LIKE I AM VERSED AT GETTING US MOVING FORWARD. AND SO WE ACCOMPLISHED THAT. AND FROM THAT, THEY REALLY BASICALLY LEAN INTO, WHAT ARE THE BEST GUIDELINES, THAT FOLKS SHOULD GO THROUGH WHEN THEY'RE INTERESTED IN FILMING IN YOUR CITY. AND SO WE PUT THOSE TOGETHER AGAIN, WE HAD SOME THAT WERE PRETTY LOOSE IN, THE PROCESSES, BUT WE TIGHTENED THAT UP AND GOT THOSE CREATED AND SENT OFF TO, THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE FOR APPROVAL.

AND THEN BASICALLY WHAT THE TEXAS FILM COMMISSION REALLY AND TRULY IS, IS IT'S REALLY A DEPOSITORY OF PHOTOS THAT IDENTIFY LOCATIONS THAT SOMEBODY MAY WANT TO UTILIZE FOR FILMING IN THE FUTURE. AND THIS IS LIKE IN ITS INFANCY OF THE, LOCATIONS THAT WE'VE PUT INTO THE SITE AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME, WE PUT IN ENOUGH TO GET THE CERTIFICATION, BUT LITERALLY THERE'S HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF LOCATIONS THAT, CAN BE ADDED.

AND SO I'VE ASSIGNED THAT TASK TO SOMEBODY TO HELP ME. I GOT THESE PUT IN, BUT JUST SO MANY DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. AND A LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, I'M, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE TOURISM, PART OF OUR CITY. SO A LOT OF THESE ARE TOURISM RELATED, BUT REALLY FILM LOCATIONS, A LOT OF TIMES ARE NOT NECESSARILY TOURISM LOCATIONS. LIKE I GOT A PHONE CALL, FOR A FILM WHO WANTED OUR COURTROOM. SO ANYTHING CAN BE A FILM LOCATION. AND SO WE WILL JUST CONTINUE TO BUILD THAT INVENTORY THAT REPRESENTS GARLAND. AS, AS QUICKLY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN, BUT IT'S REALLY

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IT'S HIDDEN RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I, WANTED TO TWEAK A COUPLE OF THINGS BEFORE IT WENT PUBLIC, BUT THE CITY OF GARLAND'S WEBSITE WILL HAVE THAT LANDING PAGE. IT WILL CARRY A LOT OF THE LINKS THAT THE TEXAS FILM COMMISSION'S WEBSITE DOES, WHICH INCLUDES DIFFERENT WAYS FOR FILM PRODUCERS TO GET RECEIVE INCENTIVES AND, AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT OUTREACH TO. THERE'S THREE FILM COMMISSIONS IN THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX. THEY ALL PULL THEIR INFORMATION FROM THE TEXAS FILM COMMISSION AS WELL. SO IF YOU GO TO THE DALLAS, FILM COMMISSION'S WEBSITE AND YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT LOCATIONS ARE IN THE NORTH TEXAS REGION, GARLAND COMES UP UNDER THE DALLAS FILM COMMISSION, BUT THEY'RE PULLING THE PICTURES OFF OF THE TEXAS FILM COMMISSION. SO IT REALLY IS. THAT'S THAT'S THE HUB AND EVERYTHING KIND OF LINKS BACK TO THAT. BUT JUST REALLY JUST HONEST OUTREACH TO THOSE FOLKS THAT RUN THOSE, FILM COMMISSIONS THAT LETTING THEM KNOW THAT, HEY, WE'RE HERE AS A PARTNER. WHAT CAN WE DO? WE'VE ACTUALLY, I'VE HAD A LONG RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DALLAS FILM COMMISSION. AND, YOU KNOW, IF THEY THINK WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT THEY DON'T HAVE, THEY'LL REACH OUT AND WE JUST NEED TO ALWAYS FOSTER THAT RELATIONSHIP AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY REMEMBER WE'RE HERE. JUST LIKE MARKETING OUR CITY MARKETING VISIT. GARLAND DOES THAT EVERY DAY. THIS IS JUST REALLY ALONG THE SAME LINES OF THAT. AND AGAIN, JUST SOME VERY, SCRATCH THE SURFACE KIND OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE CAN DO OUTREACH TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT THIS IS SERIOUS TO US AND THAT WE INVITE AND OPEN, PRODUCERS TO CREATE FILMS HERE. AND THEN ANOTHER THING IS ANYBODY CAN ACTUALLY LIST THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTY ON THAT SITE AS WELL. SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE JUST A CITY OF GARLAND PUBLIC PROPERTY.

BUT THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER NEEDS TO LIST IT THEMSELVES. THEY HAVE TO AGREE, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT THEY WOULD WELCOME SOMEBODY TO FILM IN THEIR, PRIVATE LOCATION. SO I MEAN, I CAN SEE JIMMY WALLACE GUITARS OR JUST, YOU KNOW, NUMEROUS, NUMEROUS, PRIVATE PROPERTY BUSINESSES, LIST. SO WE'LL BE DOING SOME OUTREACH TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO MAKE THAT, LOCATION LIST EVEN MORE ROBUST. AND THEN JUST WANTED TO THROW OUT THE FILMS ARE IMPORTANT TO GARLAND AS WELL. AMY OF COURSE CREATED TWO DIFFERENT FILM FESTIVALS SINCE SHE'S BEEN WORKING FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND IN 23. SHE ESTABLISHED IT CAME FROM TEXAS, A FILM FESTIVAL THAT ONE REALLY FOCUSES ON, FILMS THAT HAVE A TEXAS CONNECTION. AND THEN IN 24 DID THE BANKHEAD FILM FESTIVAL. THESE ARE BOTH ANNUAL EVENTS AND THE BANK HAD IS REALLY FOCUSED MORE ON YOUNG FILMMAKERS. SO JUST WANTED TO THROW OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT TO US AS WELL. AND THEN, AT THAT PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE COMING TOMORROW TO PRESENT THE MAYOR WITH A CERTIFICATION AND, FOR THE CITY. AND, EXCITED THAT WE GOT IT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE, BUT THERE'S A LOT MORE WORK TO BE DONE. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER LOOKED. SO WHAT'S THE PROCESS FOR A BUSINESS OR ENTITY IN GARLAND TO GET ON THAT LIST? I THINK THEY THEY

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WOULD WE BE ABLE TO? I'M TRYING TO SEE HOW WE CAN USE THE GARLAND FILM COLLECTIVE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT IN THESE OUTREACH EFFORTS. I MEAN, WE HAVE A VERY TIGHT BUDGET THIS YEAR, SO I KNOW THAT THERE'S NOT A LOT THAT CAN BE ALLOCATED TO THIS. BUT IF WE HAVE AN, YOU KNOW, A GARLAND ENTITY THAT'S WILLING TO SUPPORT, MAYBE THEY CAN, MAYBE WE CAN CREATE A MICROSOFT FORM APPLICATION THAT WOULD KIND OF TAKE PEOPLE THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THEN SHOOT THEM OVER TO FILL OUT THAT LISTING AREA. I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S GOT TO BE A WAY TO USE THEIR, YOU KNOW, WILLINGNESS TO VOLUNTEER TIME AND, AND CREATE A RELATIONSHIP THAT WILL INCREASE THAT LIST FOR US. YEAH. I MEAN, I AM OPEN TO ALL OUTREACH IDEAS POSSIBLE AND IT IS GOING TO TAKE MULTIPLE PEOPLE TO GET THAT WORD OUT.

AND ESPECIALLY FOR SOME PRIVATE ENTITIES. SO YES, I WOULD LOVE AND IF WHAT WE'RE DOING IS JUST A REALLY SIMPLE LITTLE MARKETING PIECE THAT THEY CAN SHARE AND HELP PUSH OUT, THAT DOESN'T COST US ANYTHING. OKAY, GREAT. SO IT'S EASY. I GOT THE, I GOT THE FOLKS THAT CAN DO THAT. FANTASTIC. I CAN'T CREATE ANYTHING, BUT I CAN ASK FOR IT TO BE CREATED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DID FOR THIS. I, I, I JUST THINK THAT MOVIES MADE HERE IS REALLY COOL. I, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MUSIC MADE HERE, MOVIES MADE HERE. THAT'S, IT'S JUST A NO BRAINER. THANK YOU. OF COURSE. YES. THANK YOU MA'AM. COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS.

YEAH. SO, THE TRIFECTA GOT THE TRIFECTA STARTED WORKING ON THIS BEFORE YOU TOLD US YOU WERE WORKING ON THIS. ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO TELL US IS THE QUAD FECTA OUT THERE SOMEWHERE? THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS I LIKE TO TELL YOU, BUT THE ATTORNEY MAY STOP ME. HE JUST SAID, GO AHEAD. HE JUST GAVE IT. HE JUST GAVE IT AWAY. SO, ABOUT GETTING OTHER PLACES ON THE LIST. THAT COULD BE ALL THE WAY. PRIVATE HOMES. IF I WANTED THEM TO USE MY SWIMMING POOL TO MY BACKYARD TO FILM A SCENE, THEY COULD. I COULD SIGN UP MY HOUSE AND SOME. BUT BUT ANYBODY COULD DO THAT.

I DON'T THINK MY HOUSE IS PROBABLY FANCY ENOUGH FOR SOMEBODY TO WANT TO DO THAT, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S SOME PRETTY NICE PLACES HERE AND, AND SO ARE YOU TAKING KIND OF ANY AND ALL SUGGESTIONS? I'M, I MEAN, I WOULD DEFINITELY TAKE ANY AND ALL SUGGESTIONS. YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO DO THE OUTREACH THAT LIKE IF YOU WANT TO CONSIDER ALLOWING FILMING TO HAPPEN AT YOUR LOCATION, THERE'S NO CHARGE FOR IT TO BE LISTED. I MEAN, THE HOUSE THAT'S LISTED ON THERE RIGHT NOW IS REALLY LIKE AN AIRBNB HOUSE. AND I THINK THEY'RE KIND OF MAYBE HOPING, YOU KNOW, TO GET SOME RENTALS, I DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT LISTING. WHEN I WENT ON THERE, I'M LIKE, OH, I DIDN'T PUT THIS ONE ON THERE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I CAN, I CAN SEE A LOT OF REALLY WONDERFUL, UNIQUE BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVE IN GARLAND THAT WOULD MAKE PERFECT SENSE ALMOST MORE SO THAN PRIVATE HOMES, BUT I'M NOT OPPOSED TO PRIVATE HOMES. I JUST THINK WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY COOL, UNIQUE RESTAURANTS AND, AND BUSINESSES THAT I THINK WOULD MAKE A GREAT LOCATION. OKAY. SO IT COULD BE VIRTUALLY ANY PLACE IN THE CITY. IT REALLY LITERALLY, I HAD SOMEBODY WHO SAY, I JUST WANT YOUR COURTROOM. I'M NOT GOING TO SHOW THE GARLAND LOGO OR ANYTHING. I NEED A COURTROOM SCENE. SO YOU JUST HAVE WORK SESSION. IT COULD BE I MEAN, IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. IT'S JUST WHATEVER WE WANT TO DECIDE THAT WE WANT TO LET THEM USE, BUT PRIVATELY AS

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DANA. OF COURSE. YES. YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. THANK YOU SIR. MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I GUESS I'LL PILE ON THE KUDOS ALSO. THANK YOU, DANA, FOR BRINGING THIS. THIS IS VERY INTERESTING. THIS IS, THE BRIEFING THAT I HAD ASKED FOR. AND, YOU DIDN'T DISAPPOINT.

THIS IS A THIS IS VERY INTERESTING. I MEAN, YEARS AGO THEY USED TO FILM THINGS LIKE WALKER, TEXAS RANGER HERE. AND I KNOW INCENTIVES CHANGE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND, BUT WE, LOOKS LIKE WE'RE BACK IN THE PRODUCTION BUSINESS. SO THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY COOL. AND THANK YOU FOR WALKING US THROUGH, HOW TO, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO GET ADDED TO THE DATABASE BECAUSE I CAN THINK OF A LOT OF PLACES THAT WOULD BE VERY INTERESTING FOR, FOR PRODUCERS. THOUGHTS ON EVENTUAL GOALS FOR THE PROGRAM. AND THERE'S OTHER CITIES THAT ARE ALREADY, IN THIS PROGRAM. AND, WHAT ARE SOME STRETCH GOALS THAT WE COULD BE HAVING FOR THE FUTURE? WELL, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE AN EPISODE OF YELLOWSTONE. YES. DUTTON RANCH OR ANY OTHER THINGS WE CAN THINK OF. YEAH. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, ULTIMATELY, IF WE GOT IT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT WOULD JUST BE ONE, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S WHEN THE ECONOMIC IMPACT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE FOR YOUR CITY. BUT, I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO GET THE WORD OUT THERE.

IT'S NEVER ENDING. IT'S LIKE ANY MARKETING OF ANYTHING. IT NEVER ENDS. YOU JUST HAVE TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, TELLING THE STORY THAT, THAT WE'RE OPEN FOR BUSINESS IN THAT REGARD. BUT YEAH, GETTING SOMETHING THAT'S LONG TERM, THAT'S A MAJOR HIT WOULD BE, WOULD BE FANTASTIC.

SO WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO FIND THE NUMBER FOR, FOR TAYLOR SHERIDAN. IS THAT WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING? AND SO TO START AN OUTREACH PROGRAM, I KNOW WHERE HE HANGS OUT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AWESOME. WELL THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR DOI THIS. APPRECIATE IT MAN. THANK YOU SIR. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUTTON, I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHAT, IF ANY, ARE THE FINANCIAL, ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROGRAM AND ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING OUTREACH, IS THAT GOING TO TAKE AWAY FROM YOUR TEAM'S WORK THAT THEY'RE ALREADY DOING? I MEAN, WE HAVE MARKETING EXPERTS AND THIS IS PART OF MARKETING OUR CITY. SO I THINK IT'S THEIR PART OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY. I DON'T THINK THIS NECESSARILY TAKES THEM AWAY FROM ANYTHING. AND I THINK MOST OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IS GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, DIGITALLY OR EMAILING. I DON'T I DON'T SEE THIS TAKING A BIG HIT TO OUR BUDGET AS FAR AS GETTING THE WORD OUT. I MEAN, WE HAVE TWO BILLBOARDS ON FIRE. WILL, I MIGHT EVEN DO THOSE. I MEAN, WE HAVE LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS, I THINK, TO GET THE WORD OUT AND IT NOT NECESSARILY COST US, ADDITIONAL MONEY. I MEAN, WE PAY FOR THOSE BILLBOARDS, BUT THEY'RE ALREADY PAID FOR.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK RESOURCE WISE MARKETING IS WHAT OUR TEAM IS, IS HIRED TO DO.

AND DO YOU KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY, TO LIMIT WHAT TYPES OF PRIVATE PROPERTIES GOT? BECAUSE I THINK MARKETING TO AIRBNBS IS GOING TO BE A SLIPPERY SLOPE THAT WE'RE NOT READY FOR. I ACTUALLY HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE TEXAS FILM COMMISSION WHEN I SAW THAT LISTED. AND BASICALLY THERE ISN'T. WE WE'VE ALL HEARD THE COMPLAINTS OF, MARGARET'S DISTRICT. AND I COULD SEE THAT BECOMING A PRODUCTION MECCA OF THE WORLD. AND, IT LOOKS TO YOU, MY FRIENDS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. COUNCILMEMBER TRENT. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU.

DANA, GOOD TO SEE YOU. AND CONGRATULATIONS. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TEAM AND WORK SO HARD FOR THIS. AND WE HAVE TOURISM FRIENDLY AND MUSIC FRIENDLY. YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE FILM FRIENDLY. YES. VACATION. AWESOME. QUICK QUESTION. FIRST THING I SEE THE FIVE PARK IN THERE. THE DISTRICT ONE. THANK YOU FOR APPRECIATE THAT. YOU'RE WELCOME. LET'S SAY IF WE ATTRACT A LOT OF. FILM AND FILM AND PEOPLE, WHATEVER, THE FILM INDUSTRY CAN COME HERE AND DO THE FILMING AND OUR RESIDENTS ARE EXCITED TO COME AND SEE IT. AND MAYBE LARGE CROWD. SO WHO WILL PAY FOR THAT TRAFFIC CONTROL. SO IN THE POLICIES, WE DO HAVE SOME PROVISIONS FOR IF POLICE ARE NEEDED OR BARRICADES. AND THERE THERE IS SOME ADDITIONAL COSTS THAT WOULD BE PASSED ON TO THE FILMMAKER. FOR THE MOST PART, THEY WHAT I, WE HAVE NOT HAD A LOT OF,

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LIKE THEY DON'T NEED ANYBODY TO REALLY KNOW THAT THEY'RE IN TOWN FILMING. THEY'RE TRYING TO BE A LITTLE BIT UNDER THE RADAR. YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'D HAVE TO HIT SOME KIND OFIG SHOW LIKE YELLOWSTONE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO HAVE SOME KIND OF SITUATION LIKE THAT. BUT REGARDLESS, WE HAVE PROVISIONS IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS BECAUSE, BLOCKING STREETS MAY, THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN IT'S A BIG PRODUCTION. THEY JUST NEED AN EMPTY STREET. AND WE MIGHT HAVE TO DO BARRICADES AND WE HAVE A PROVISION IN THERE THAT PASSES THAT COST ON.

IT'S VERY MINIMAL. THANK YOU. AND I'M INTERESTED TO SEE WHEN YOU HAVE THE ADVERTISING PROMOTIONS, THAT WAY WE CAN SHARE WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND EVERYONE THAT IF THEY WANT TO BE ON THAT LIST. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SIR. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? AGAIN, GOOD JOB AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE ADDING PLACES TO THERE.

I KNOW ANYTHING FROM PUBLIC POOLS TO PARKS. ALL THOSE COULD BE GOOD, GREAT LOCATIONS TO FILM. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MOVE ON. MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, PUBLIC SAFETY

[5. Public Safety Committee Report - Public Safety Committee, including Fire & EMS Stakeholder Committee Update]

AND THIS WILL INCLUDE A FIRE AND EMS STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE UPDATE, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. TONIGHT WE HAVE A WE HAVE A TWOFER. WE HAVE A TWO PART, OF REPORT. AND IT'S THE PROBABLY THE, THE FIRST THING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT IS THE NINE MONTH SPECIAL SESSION, THAT OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE FOR THE FIRE AND EMS. AND, BEFORE WE BEGIN THIS REPORT, I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE. THE THREE PRINCIPLES THAT GUIDED US ON THAT COMMITTEE FROM THE VERY FIRST MEETING WAS, ONE, MAINTAINING EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS, AND THREE, ENSURING LONG TERM FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY FOR GARLAND'S TAXPAYERS. AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO HAND THIS OVER TO MR. GARDNER TO WALK US THROUGH THE BROAD STROKES OF IT. HELLO, MR. GARDNER, I'M THE STAFF LIAISON FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.

SO FOR TONIGHT, NO ACTION IS BEING REQUESTED, FROM COUNCIL, BUT WE ARE JUST PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE WORK THAT WAS DONE AND COMPLETED BY THE FIRE AND EMS COMMITTEE.

STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE, SORRY. THEY'RE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. SO WITH THAT, THE RECOMMENDATION THAT CAME UP ENDED UP BEING A VERY INNOVATIVE SOLUTION. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMITTEE WORKED VERY HARD ON. AND I THINK THAT OVERALL, FOR THE MOST PART, SEVERAL FOLKS DID NOT BELIEVE IT WAS GOING TO BE POSSIBLE. SO, RIGHT UP FRONT, JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND KUDOS TO THAT COMMITTEE BECAUSE THEY WORKED HARD TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT IS ACTUALLY FEASIBLE. SO IT STARTS WITH A, SHIFT TO FOUR WORK SHIFTS AND A, B, C, AND D, FROM THE THREE IFTS. AND WITH THAT MOVE, IT TAKES THE HOUR OR THE YEARLY SHIFTS FOR A FIREFIGHTER FROM 120 TO 103. SO IT'S NOT EXACTLY THE 42 HOUR WORK WEEK THAT THEY ORIGINALLY REQUESTED, BUT IT IS GETTING CLOSE BECAUSE WITH THE 18 DEBIT DAYS A YEAR, THOSE ARE ASSIGNED NON OVERTIME DAYS, BUT THAT DOES ALLOW IT AVERAGES OUT TO ABOUT A 50 HOUR WORKWEEK. IT WILL REQUIRE A RESTRUCTURE AND RANK. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE WOULD RETIRE OR ELIMINATE THE LIEUTENANT POSITION. AND THOSE POSITIONS WOULD BE RECLASSIFIED TO CAPTAINS, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR 14 CAPTAINS, ON A SHIFT AND THEN ADDS NON FIREFIGHTER POSITIONS.

IN THE, I GUESS TWO RULE CHANGES THAT OCCUR WITH THE MODEL IS A 28 DAY FLSA CYCLE.

AND THAT ENDS OR ELIMINATES THE REQUIREMENT FOR FOUR HOURS OF MANDATORY OVERTIME. THAT COMES UP WITH THE 56 HOUR WORKWEEK. AND THEN THE PAY SCALES WOULD BE ADJUSTED SO THAT NO ANNUAL CHANGE OCCURS FOR THOSE FIREFIGHTERS AS FAR AS PAY GOES. SO GUARDRAILS, CITY MANAGER BETTS, WAS ABLE TO COME UP WITH GUARDRAILS AND CONTINGENCIES THAT WOULD ALLOW THIS PLAN TO

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RIGHT NOW THEY'RE SPENDING THREE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SLIDE SAID. OVER 3 MILLION, $3.5 MILLION IN OVERTIME. AND SO IF WE CAN BRING THE OVERTIME DOWN TO $2.5 MILLION, WE'LL

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WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE THE THE STATION DESIGNS THE WAY THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IF IF ULTIMATELY THEY GOT TO A POINT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE IF THE PLAN IS SUCCESSFUL AND WE GROW REVENUES AND THEY GOT TO A POINT WHERE THE CITY COULD AFFORD A DIFFERENT SOLUTION.

AND WE HAD FOUR ACTUAL SHIFTS INSTEAD OF ALL THE DEBIT DAYS. THEN THEN WE CERTAINLY COU LOOK AT THAT AT THAT TIME. BUT BUT THE PLAN CURRENTLY IS TO LEAVE THE STATION DESIGNS THE WAY THEY ARE. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THAT'S THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR.

COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE LEMONADE OUT OF WHAT STARTED OUT AS LEMONS, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO THE TIME FRAME BY WHICH THIS COMMITTEE WORKED ON A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION TO BRING US TO WHERE WE ARE PRESENTLY.

WOULD YOU GO BACK AND JUST EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT WHAT DEBIT DAYS ARE? I WILL DO MY BEST.

BUT LUCKILY, CHIEF CHIEF LEE IS HERE IN CASE I HAVE TROUBLE WITH THAT. SO DEBIT DAYS ARE ESSENTIALLY DAYS THAT WHEN THEY SCHEDULE THE THE FORCE, THE FOUR SHIFTS A, B, C AND D EVERY MONTH, THEY WOULD HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL SHIFT. AND THEN EVERY OTHER MONTH IT WOULD BE TWO ADDITIONAL SHIFTS. SO FOR A MONTH LONG, THEY WOULD EITHER HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL SHIFT OR TWO ADDITIONAL SHIFT ABOVE AND BEYOND THE WHAT THEY WOULD NORMALLY HAVE ON THE REOCCURRING EVERY FOUR SHIFTS. SO FOR FOUR DAYS A, B, C AND D SHIFT, THEY WORK EVERY FOURTH DAY. SO IT WOULD ADD ONE SHIFT WITHIN A MONTH, AND THEN EVERY OTHER MONTH IT WOULD ADD TWO SHIFTS WITHIN A MONTH. THEY STILL GET PAID FOR THEM. IT'S JUST THAT IT GIVES THEM ADDITIONAL SHIFTS PER MONTH ABOVE AND BEYOND JUST THEIR ASSIGNED A, B, C, OR D. WHAT DOES THAT DO IN RELATION TO ONE OF THESE SITUATIONS WE WERE TALKING, I HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THEM GETTING THEIR PROPER REST AND GETTING IT. HOW DID THAT ENHANCE OUR. SO WHAT THEY WORKED OUT IS THAT IN. IF THEY HAD, SAY, A A C SHIFT, THEY WOUD WORK IT SO THAT WHEN THEY, THEY WOULD HAVE THEIR TWO DAYS OF REST AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE THEIR DEBIT DAY AND THEN COME BACK AND WORK THEIR ACTUAL SHIFT. SO THEY AMONGST THEMSELVES FIGURED OUT THE BEST TIMELINE OF WHERE THAT SHIFT WOULD LIE WITHIN THEIR FOUR SHIFTS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD, MR. MOORE WITH THE, WITH THE, ASSOCIATION AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE IDEA WAS THAT BY HAVING THE FOUR SHIFT, THERE WERE TIMES WHEN THEY WOULD GET ONE DAY ON, THREE DAYS OFF SO THAT THEY WOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO RECHARGE SOME OF THE TIME SO THAT IT WASN'T THIS CONSTANT DRAIN WHERE THEY, ESPECIALLY AT THE BUSY STATIONS, WHERE TWO DAYS WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TIME, ESPECIALLY IF THEY HAD WORKED A FULL 24 HOURS AND THE STATION WAS SO BUSY THEY HAD NO DOWNTIME OR NO REST TIME BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZED THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE POINTS THAT THEY MADE WAS IF THOSE WHEN THOSE DAYS HAPPEN, THEN THEY DRIVE HOME AND THEN THEY HAVE A CHOICE. DO I ENJOY MY TIME OFF OR DO I ACTUALLY TRY AND CATCH UP ON MY SLEEP? SO I'M NOT SICK AND ABLE TO COME BACK TO WORK? AND SO THE THE

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THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE FIRE EMS STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE? NO THANK YOU. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, COUNCILMEMBER, ART AND DEPUTY MAYOR, PRO TEM, DEPUTY MAYOR, PRO TEM AND COUNCILMEMBER LUCK WERE ALL ON THAT COMMITTEE. THANK YOU FOR ALL FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON THAT COMMITTEE. AND LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOOD. I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT. AND I'M THANKFUL ALSO TO THE. LIKE YOU SAID TO EVERYONE INVOLVED TO HELP GET US TO THIS POINT. SO NOW IT'S UP TO THE VOTERS TO HELP US IN NOVEMBER SO WE CAN ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT THIS. ALL RIGHT. NEXT PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, SECOND PART OF YOUR REPORT TONIGHT, SIR. THE SECOND ACT. HERE WE GO. GOOD EVENING CHIEF. THIS IS AN UPDATE. THE JEFF RYAN CHIEF AT THE TIME, ORIGINALLY GAVE THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND IT WAS ASKED FOR ME TO BRING FORTH THE SAME PRESENTATION FOR Y'ALL. THE FIRST THING IS THE LOUD MUSIC DOWNTOWN. THERE WAS A REQUEST, BY COUNCIL MEMBER BEARD, TO EXPLORE AN ORDINANCE THAT WAS EXPLAINING THE QUIET ZONE FOR LOUD VEHICLES IN DOWNTOWN. THIS WAS MODELED AFTER A BELIEF THAT FORT WORTH HAD AN ORDINANCE THAT THEY HAD CREATED SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT

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THERE'S ABOUT FIVE, FIVE DIFFERENT EVENTS OVER THE SIX MONTH PERIOD. WE CAN JUST SKIP OVER THE NEXT ONE, BUT YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THEM MUSIC MADE HERE, ART MADE HERE, VERY SPECIAL E EVENTS THAT OCCURRED OVER THE COURSE OF THE SIX MONTHS. AND WHAT WE HAVE NEXT TO IT IS THE, THE DIFFERENT CITATIONS THAT WERE WRITTEN. SOME OF THEM WERE LOUD MUSIC CITATIONS, AND SOME OF THEM WERE JUST OTHER CITATIONS, THAT THEY WROTE, AS A RESULT OF ENFORCEMENT DOWN THERE. WHEN THEY DID TRAFFIC STOPS OVER THE COURSE OF THE 5 OR 6 MONTHS AND THE VARIOUS DIFFERENT EVENTS, WE ENDED UP WORKING 32 HOURS AND WE WROTE 16 LOUD MUSIC CITATIONS AND SEVEN OTHER CITATIONS, WHICH IS AVERAGING OUT A LITTLE LESS THAN ONE PER HOUR WORKED. THIS INFORMATION WAS PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, AND THEY GAVE THE DIRECTION THAT WE WERE NOT GOING TO GO FORTH WITH FUTURE OVERTIME AND FUTURE ENFORCEMENT.

HAVING SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OFFICERS THAT ARE ROUTINELY PATROLLING DOWNTOWN, AND THEY WILL FOCUS ON THIS TYPE OF ISSUE DURING SPECIAL EVENTS AS BEST THEY CAN. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT PARTICULAR. I SEE NONE, PLEASE CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD. CELEBRATORY GUNFIRE. ALSO, THERE ARE TWO PARTICULAR DAYS THAT CELEBRATORY GUNFIRE HAPPENS 4TH OF JULY AND NEW YEAR'S EVE, OR RIGHT AROUND THOSE. THE REST OF THE TIME. THESE ARE JUST GENERAL FIREARMS DISTURBANCES OR GUNFIRE DISTURBANCES. WAS GOING TO REVIEW A LITTLE BIT THE LAWS THAT WE HAVE, TO COMBAT THESE GUNFIRE DISTURBANCES. THE FIRST ONE IS A DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. AND ALL OF THESE LAWS. THERE IS A, SOME DETAILS THAT MAKE IT A LITTLE DIFFICULT FOR US. AND WE'RE GOING TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THOSE IN THIS PARTICULAR LAW, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE WORD RECKLESSLY IS UNDERLINED. AS AN EXAMPLE. IF SOMEBODY WERE TO SHOOT OFF A FIREARM IN THEIR BACKYARD STRAIGHT INTO THE GROUND, WE USED TO FILE THOSE REGULARLY. AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY STOPPED TAKING THEM BECAUSE THEY FOCUSED ON THIS WORD RECKLESSLY. THEY FELT LIKE THAT WAS NOT RECKLESS. NOW, IF SOMETHING HAPPENS WHERE THEY SHOOT AT SOMETHING THAT WHERE THERE'S A POSSIBLE RICOCHET OR THERE'S SOMEBODY POSSIBLY DOWNRANGE, THEN ABSOLUTELY WE CAN AND WE HAVE FILED A WHOLE BUNCH OF THOSE CASES. BUT THIS IS DEFINITELY, ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE WHEN WE'RE GOING THROUGH THESE. NEXT ONE IS THE CITY ORDINANCE PROTECTING OF MISSILES PROHIBITED. THIS TYPICALLY WAS ORIGINALLY FOR BB GUNS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE IT DOES FALL WITHIN THE RANGE OF IF SOMEBODY DISCHARGES A FIREARM. BUT IT IS A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR.

THIS IS A TICKETABLE OFFENSE, WHICH IS WHY WE, WE CAN USE IT IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT IT'S NOT VERY MUCH OF A DETERRENT EFFECT, FOR SOMEBODY THAT'S FIRING OFF GUNS. THE NEXT ONE IS UNLAWFUL CARRYING OF WEAPONS. SO WE'VE GOT THE LANGUAGE IN THIS LAW, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET TO A POINT RIGHT AFTERWARDS THAT WE'LL FOCUS MORE ON. WHEN I WAS A YOUNG OFFICER, IF SOMEBODY WAS CARRYING A HANDGUN OUT IN PUBLIC, IT WAS GENERALLY ILLEGAL. AND WE FILED THIS CASE, WHAT WE REFER TO AS CW QUITE OFTEN. THERE WAS A FEW EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULE, BUT FOR THE MOST PART YOU WEREN'T ALLOWED TO DO IT. AS TIME HAS GONE ON, THE LAW HAS EVOLVED, AND THERE'S SPECIFIC LANGUAGE THAT'S BEEN PUT IN THIS LAW THAT CREATES MORE, EXCEPTIONS. AND THAT WAS PUT IN FAIRLY INTENTIONALLY. IT HAS MADE IT VERY COMPLEX FOR US TO FILE. AND SO GOING DOWN, WE HAVE STARTED CREATING CHARTS FOR OUR OFFICERS BECAUSE OF THIS COMPLEXITY. THIS IS ONE OF THE CHARTS THAT WE HAVE. NOT THE ONLY ONE. THIS PARTICULAR CHART TALKS ABOUT, THE FLOWCHART TO BEING ABLE TO, TO FILE THIS CASE AGAINST A DRIVER OR OWNER OF A VEHICLE. THIS NEXT ONE IS THE FLOW CHART THAT TALKS ABOUT,

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SOMEBODY CALLS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEY SAY THAT THEY HEARD THREE GUNSHOTS JUST NOW.

THEY HEARD IT SOUTHEAST OF THEIR DISPATCH LOCATION. THEY DIDN'T SEE ANYBODY. THEY DIDN'T SEE ANY VEHICLES. ALL THEY DID IS HERE AND THEY HAVE THE LAST, LETTERS OR NO ONE TO CONTACT, SO THEY DON'T WANT TO BE CONTACTED. SO AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE AN OFFICER THAT SOMEBODY HEARD GUNSHOTS. WE CHECKED THE GENERAL AREA. AND THOSE ARE VERY, VERY LOW PROBABILITY OF US FINDING OCCASIONALLY WE DO, BUT NOT VERY MUCH. THIS PARTICULAR CALL, THEY HEARD EIGHT GUNSHOTS. THEY DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING. THEY JUST HEARD THEM WANTED US TO KNOW THEY GAVE A LOCATION POSSIBLY COMING FROM WILLIAMS FUNERAL HOME. NOW LOTS OF TIMES WHEN THESE TYPES OF CALLS COME IN, WE HAVE MULTIPLE CALLERS ABOUT THE SAME EVENT. AND IN THIS WE DID HAVE MULTIPLE COLORS. SO A DUPLICATE, CALL CAME IN, THEY HEARD 13 GUNSHOTS. THEY THOUGHT WITH ONE GUN, THEY THOUGHT IT WAS POSSIBLY BY THE SCHOOL OVER AT WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY, WHICH IS SEVERAL BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE FUNERAL HOME. ANOTHER CALL CAME IN AT ROCK CREEK, WHICH IS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD JUST NORTH OF WILLIAMS FUNERAL HOME. THEY HEARD 20 TO 25 GUNSHOTS. THE, ANOTHER CALLER FELT LIKE THAT. IT WAS THE GUNSHOTS WERE COMING FROM CENTRAL PARK, WHICH IS SEVERAL BLOCKS NORTH OF THAT. NOBODY SAW ANYBODY AND THERE WAS NO VEHICLE SEEN OR HEARD.

NOBODY WANTED TO BE CONTACTED. SO, THAT GIVES YOU AN EXAMPLE OF KIND OF A WHOLE B BUNCH OF

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WITNESSES OBTAINED A LICENSE PLATE. BECAUSE OF THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO USE OUR, THEY RECOVERED SOME SHELL CASINGS. WE WERE ABLE TO USE TWO TECHNOLOGY, KNIVES. AND THEY ALSO, I THINK, USE FLOCK IN THAT TO TRY AND PUT ALL THE PIECES TOGETHER AND ULTIMATELY, FILE A CASE. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THE MEADOWLARK APARTMENTS. WE MADE AN ARREST ON A 13 YEAR OLD SHOOTING A FIREARM IN THE PARKING LOT. AND, THIS NEXT ONE, AN OFFICER, OR IN FACT, BOTH OF THESE CASES ARE OFFICERS GOT TO THE SCENE AND ACTUALLY WITNESSED THE OFFENSE OCCURRED, WHICH IS THE DISTINCTION. EITHER A WITNESS DOES IT OR OFFICERS WERE ON SCENE FAST ENOUGH. AND THEY DO LOCATE. AND THE SECOND ONE WAS WHEN THEY WERE FIRING OFF A AR RIFLE.

BOTH OF THOSE WERE ARRESTED AND CHARGED. THIS PARTICULAR CASE, A WITNESS CALLED, OBSERVED TWO JUVENILES SHOOTING A GUN, LICENSE PLATE OBTAINED. IT WAS ENTERED INTO FLOCK, AND THE VEHICLE WAS LOCATED LATER ON, OVER AT CENTRAL PARK. THEY ARRESTED THE SUBJECT AND ARRESTED MULTIPLE OR RECOVERED MULTIPLE GUNS. THIS CASE WAS LINKED TO SEVEN OTHER PREVIOUS FIREARMS CASES WHERE WE HAD COLLECTED SHELL CASINGS AT ALL OF THOSE INCIDENTS. AND YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT STRING OF DATES THERE. THE TWO SUSPECTS WERE 17 AND 16, AGAIN, YOUNG PEOPLE. SO OF THE LAST TEN YEARS, WE'VE MADE 130 ARRESTS. 20 OF THEM HAVE BEEN IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS. SO WITH THIS, THESE NEW TECHNOLOGIES, WE'VE INCREASING THE OUR ABILITY TO MAKE THESE ARRESTS. WE DID A DEEP DIVE IN 2023 ON THE 25 ARRESTS WE MADE THAT YEAR. AND IT BROKE DOWN TO THREE KIND OF GENERAL CATEGORIES. 15 OF THEM WERE MADE BECAUSE OF WITNESS IDENTIFICATION. FIVE OF THEM WERE BECAUSE OFFICERS GOT ON SCENE AND WERE ABLE TO OBSERVE THE PERSON'S, FIRING THE GUN. AND THEN FIVE OF THEM WERE MADE ON PARTIAL DESCRIPTIONS, AND THE TECHNOLOGY THEY'RE FLOCKING NIVENS TO PIECE TOGETHER ALL THE ELEMENTS AND MAKE THE CASE.

AND THIS IS A CHART OF KIND OF THOSE 130, THE AGE GROUPS. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY SKEW TOWARDS YOUNGER WITH THE ONE EXCEPTION OF SOMEBODY THAT WAS VERY OLD. THE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT PERSON WAS 99 YEARS OLD. SO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT GUNSHOT DISTURBANCES OR CELEBRATORY GUNFIRE? OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER. WERE YOU, DO YOU HAVE THE PENAL CODE RELATED TO THE AGE OF SOMEONE WHO IS ALLOWED TO HAVE A HANDGUN IN HERE? NO, I DON'T WELL, I MEAN, YOU SEE, W THERE IS, THERE ARE SOME EXCEPTIONS OR BECAUSE OF THIS CHART WHEN THEY'RE JUVENILE, THAT DEFINITELY MAKES IT PROBLEMATIC FOR US. RIGHT. IS THAT KIND OF THE POINT? NO, THE POINT IS THAT IF SOMEONE IS OPERATING OR IN CONTROL OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, THEN THEY CAN BE 15 YEARS OLD

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BUT THOSE ARE A LITTLE MORE REMOTE. AND SHOOTING THE MAYOR IN THE AIR, IS, WE WOULD SAY RECKLESS BECAUSE THE BULLET ALWAYS HAS TO COME DOWN AS OPPOSED TO SHOOTING IT INTO THE GROUND OR SHOOTING INTO SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK IS GOING TO COLLECT THE BULLET.

BUT THINGS THAT THE GENERAL CITIZEN THINKS IS GOING TO STOP A BULLET DON'T NECESSARILY ALWAYS STOP A BULLET. AND THEY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT. AND SO THAT'S RECKLESS. SO I'M NOT SAYING YOU CAN'T SHOOT A GUN TO THE GROUND AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO ARREST YOU. BUT I DO SAY THAT THAT IS ONE OF THE PROBLEMATIC. THERE ARE CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE IT MAY PRECLUDE US FROM FILING A CASE. AND SO WHAT ARE YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS RECOMMENDATIONS AS OUR NEW INTERIM CHIEF? FOR WHEN YOU HEAR GUNSHOTS, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE OUR CITIZENS TO DO? WELL, FIRST CALL US, GIVE US ANY INFORMATION YOU HAVE ABOUT WHAT, YOU KNOW, PREFERABLY, THE THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS IF YOU HAVE A LOCATION WHERE, YOU KNOW, TELL US IF YOU SEE A VEHICLE, GIVE US A DESCRIPTION, ALLOW US TO CONTACT YOU. AND, SO WE CAN FOLLOW UP. SOMETIMES WHEN MY OFFICERS ARE TALKING TO PEOPLE, THEY CAN PULL INFORMATION OUT OF YOU. YOU DIDN'T REALLY REALIZE YOU HAD BY ASKING SOME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. SO THOSE SEVERAL OF THOSE THINGS I THINK WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. IF YOU SEE SHELL CASINGS. LEAVE THEM ALONE. BUT TELL US WHERE THEY'RE AT. ONE OF OUR, NPOS, CAME TO THE WEST GARLAND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING AND HE TOUCHED ON, HOW WE ALL ASSUME THAT ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS CALLED, AND HOW AS AN NPO, THEY'LL GO AND CHECK THEIR REPORTS AND SEE LIKE WHAT THE CALLS WERE FOR THE NIGHT BEFORE OR WHATEVER, AND KIND OF FIGURE OUT LIKE, WHAT IS THE HOT TOPIC? HAVE YOU, IN THE AREA? AND HE SAYS, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS REALLY FUNNY WHEN HE'S ASKED, WELL, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT THE GUNSHOTS? AND HE SAYS, WELL, THEY'RE I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THAT WAS A PROBLEM BECAUSE NO ONE CALLS THEM IN. AND SO, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF CALLING THINGS IN WHEN YOU HEAR IT. BUT THEN ALSO WE HAVE THE THOUGHT PROCESS OF, WELL, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING. SO WHAT, WHAT AM I GOING TO CALL AND TELL THEM? SO IF NOTHING ELSE, IT HELPS TRACK WHERE OUR, OUR TROUBLE LOCATIONS ARE AND OUR OFFICERS CAN PUT PIECES OF THE PUZZLE TOGETHER. WE'LL TELL YOU HOW DEEP NIGHTS FOR A LOT OF YEARS, AND YOU WOULD HEAR SOME GUNSHOTS AND WE'D START COLLAPSING IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA AND EXPECTING SOME CALLS TO, TO START HITTING BECAUSE OF IT. AND THERE ARE TIMES NONE WOULD COME. SO YEAH, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. PERFECT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MA'AM. COUNCILMEMBER FRIEND. THANK YOU. I THOUGHT I'M ON THE LINE. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. AND THEN FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY, I APPRECIATE IT. I FORGOT THE SLIDE NUMBER. BUT EARLIER THERE SLIDE THAT TALK ABOUT THE CITATION. BECAUSE OF THE LAW, I'M NOT SURE WHAT. CAN YOU GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF THE CITATION FOR THAT LOUD NOISE? OH, FOR THE LOUD NOISE. WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT IN THIS NEXT PRESENTATION. SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT THERE. I'LL WAIT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS, SO THE DOWNTOWN EVENT, LOUD MUSIC CITATIONS, FEBRUARY 6TH, IF I RECALL, WAS KARAOKE AT INTRINSIC. AND YOU GAVE FOUR CITATIONS. I DIDN'T GET ONE OF THOSE, DID I? THAT'S MY KNOWLEDGE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU. YEAH, YOU IF YOU HEARD MY PERFORMANCE, YOU PROBABLY MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY. SO BUT IT JUST SEEMS STRANGE THAT THAT WAS ANY OF THOSE RELATED TO THAT EVENT OR I THINK. WELL, WE WERE WHAT THE OFFICERS WERE DIRECTED TO DO IS PATROL THE DOWNTOWN AREA DURING THOSE EVENTS. AND IF VEHICLES ARE COMING BY THAT ARE DOING LOUD MUSIC OR HAVE LOUD SOUNDS FOR SOME REASON, YOU KNOW, WE EDUCATED THEM OR REFRESH THEIR MEMORY ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT LAWS ASSOCIATED WITH IT AND TRY AND ENFORCE THOSE. AND SO

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THAT'S TYPICALLY NOT WHAT WE DO. TYPICALLY OFFICERS GO AND IF THEY CAN HEAR A LOUD MUSIC OR SOMETHING FROM A LOCATION, WE'VE RECEIVED A COMPLAINT. IF THEY'RE WITHIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE, THEY CAN FILE A CASE. AND IT TALKS ABOUT SOME SPECIFIC NOISES THAT ARE PROHIBITED, INCLUDING MOTOR VEHICLES. AGAIN, IT GETS INTO TECHNICAL STUFF ABOUT THE DISTANCE AND DECIBELS. THIS SOUND AMPLIFICATION ON VEHICLES IS THE ONE THAT TYPICALLY IS ENFORCED MUCH MORE THAN OTHERS. YOU ALL PROBABLY KNOW IT AS THE BOOMBOX ORDINANCE, AND IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A LOT OF YEARS. AND, IT'S JUST SAYING THAT IF A VEHICLE IS GOING DOWN THE STREET, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE MUSIC COMING FROM IT FOR MORE THAN 50FT. AND THERE'S SOME ENHANCEMENTS IF THERE ARE REPEAT OFFENSES. AND THIS IS MORE LIKE ON THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND THINGS THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO ENFORCE IS THAT TYPE OF ORDINANCE. THE PENAL CODE ALSO HAS A DISORDERLY CONDUCT. IF SOMEBODY MAKES AN UNREASONABLE NOISE IN A PUBLIC PLACE OTHER THAN A SHOOTING RANGE, OR IN A PRIVATE RESIDENCE, THEN YOU CAN, FILE A CASE. IT'S STILL, IT'S A TEXAS PENAL CODE, BUT IT IS A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR. SO OF ALL THE NOISE ORDINANCES OR ALL THE NOISE REPORTS THAT WE'VE GOT HERE, THIS IS, AGAIN, THROUGH A TEN YEAR PERIOD, THERE'S, I UPDATED THESE TODAY. THERE'S OVER 5000 OF THEM. AND WE'VE ISSUED 425 NOISE CITATIONS, IN THE LAST, IN THE LAST YEAR, THERE HAS BEEN 308 PLACES, LOCATIONS THAT HAVE THREE OR MORE COMPLAINTS, KIND OF COMMON PLACES WHERE WE'RE HAVING LOUD MUSIC DISTURBANCES. THOSE ARE AREAS WE TRY AND FOCUS ON. IF WE HAVE REPEAT OFFENSES AT A LOCATION, THE MPOS DEFINITELY GET A LOT OF INFORMATION FROM THEIR, CRIME WATCH GROUPS AND THEIR, DIFFERENT PEOPLE THEY CONTACT AND THEN TRY AND FOCUS ON THOSE. WE ALSO, EVEN IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T CALL ABOUT THEM, WE TRY AND, OR IF AN OFFICER RESPONDS AND THEY TURN THE MUSIC DOWN, IF THERE ARE REPEAT PROBLEM LOCATION, WE WILL TYPICALLY WATCH SOME BODY CAM VIDEO, SEE IF WE CAN FILE A CASE AFTER THE FACT BECAUSE THEY'RE A PROBLEM LOCATION. I WILL TELL YOU THAT IN GENERAL OFFICERS, WHAT THEY TRY AND DO IS WHEN WE RECEIVE SOME SORT OF NOISE COMPLAINT, WE TRY AND GO OUT THERE AND WE TRY AND EDUCATE THE PEOPLE, EXPLAIN, HEY, YOU MAY NOT REALIZE THIS WAS SO LOUD, BUT IT IS, AND IT'S DISTURBING YOUR NEIGHBORS AND TRY AND GET VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE. THAT'S TYPICALLY WHAT WHAT WE TRY AND DO. BUT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO, FILE THESE CASES. AND IF WE GO OUT THERE MULTIPLE TIMES, WE DO, WE TRY TO. QUESTIONS FROM ALL OF THAT. COUNCILMEMBER, LET ME GO BACK TO THAT LAST SLIDE. YES. SO IN 2025, THERE WERE 5283 CALLS FOR SERVICE. HOW MANY CITATIONS WERE WRITTEN AND 2025, DO YOU KNOW? I DON'T RIGHT OFFHAND. NO, I DO KNOW. I CAN TELL YOU THAT, IN RECENT TIMES, WE HAVE DEFINITELY STEPPED UP OUR ENFORCEMENT ON THIS AS WE CAN.

SO I WOULD SAY WE'RE TRENDING UPWARD, BUT I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER. I CAN FIND THAT OUT FOR YOU LATER. I'M THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPLAINTS I GET IS ABOUT NOISE, LOUD PARTIES, OR EVEN JUST NOISE FROM PEOPLE IN GENERAL, HAVING A BUNCH OF PEOPLE IN ONE PLACE AND THEY'RE JUST ALL BEING LOUD AT THE SAME TIME. IT, IT'S DISTURBING. AND NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE QUIET AND IT REALLY, REALLY BOTHERS PEOPLE. IT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE THAT IF AN OFFICER HAS TO GO TO A LOCATION MORE THAN ONCE, THEY GET A CITATION.

I'VE, I'VE ENCOUNTERED SITUATIONS WHERE AN OFFICER VISITED THREE TIMES, AND THEN ON THE FOURTH TIME ISSUED A CITATION BECAUSE I REQUESTED IT. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT HAS TO BE

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THEY'RE TRYING TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PROBLEM. BUT I ABSOLUTELY SEE YOUR POINT, AND WE HAVE DEFINITELY ENCOURAGED THAT THERE WAS AN INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED NOT LONG AGO THAT WE WERE NOT PLEASED ABOUT. WE FOLLOWED UP AFTERWARDS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO FILE SOME CASES THAT WHEN THEY DID NOT INITIALLY DO IT. AND WE'VE USED THAT AS AN EXAMPLE IN RECENT MONTHS, AND I'M REALLY GLAD TO HEAR THAT. WHAT IS A, WHAT CAN A RESIDENT DO IF THERE'S A LOUD PARTY NEARBY? WHAT'S THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION FOR THEM TO TAKE? IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY, YOU CAN ALWAYS TALK TO THEM, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. THEY ARE AFRAID THAT'S GOING TO CAUSE A CONFRONTATION. AND SO IN THAT CIRCUMSTANCE, DEFINITELY CALL US AND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. IF YOU SAY, WILL YOU PLEASE ASK THEM TO TURN IT DOWN? OR IF YOU WANT TO SIGN A CITATION, IF YOU'RE FED UP. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME. THERE'S BEEN REPEAT PROBLEMS, YOU KNOW, INDICATE THAT YOU WANT TO SIGN A CITATION. AND THAT DEFINITELY GIVES THE OFFICER AN INDICATOR, THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM AND, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGES ENFORCEMENT ACTION. WHAT'S YOUR ADVICE FOR NEIGHBORS WHO ARE AFRAID OF RETALIATION FROM THOSE NEIGHBORS? AND WHEN THEY'RE ASKED TO SIGN A TICKET BECAUSE AN OFFICER DIDN'T WITNESS THE NOISE VIOLATION OR DISTURBANCE? WHAT DO YOU SAY ABOUT THAT? WELL, I WOULD SAY IT'S UP TO THEM. THE OFFICER CANNOT SIGN OR CANNOT GIVE A CITATION IF THEY DON'T HEAR THE MUSIC AND THEY DON'T HAVE SOME SORT OF WITNESS ON THERE. TYPICALLY OFFICERS WON'T SAY, HEY, NEXT TIME IT HAPPENS OR, THAT GIVE US A CALL AGAIN AND WE CAN TRY AND CATCH IT. IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT AT TIMES BECAUSE THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IS BUILT TO HAVE SOMEBODY BE A WITNESS OR BE A COMPLAINANT IN THE SITUATION. WE'VE TRIED TO TAILOR THE LAW. SO IT, IT ALLOWS OFFICERS TO DO, TAKE ENFORCEMENT ACTION BASED ON THEIR OWN OBSERVATIONS. BUT, IN GENERAL, OFFICERS, PEACE CANNOT BE DISTURBED IN A LOT OF CIRCUMSTANCES. NOW THAT'S EXPANDED A LITTLE BIT AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT NOW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR QUESTION. YEAH, I MEAN, I, I JUST ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO ASK FOR CONTACT FROM THE OFFICER IF THERE'S A REPEATED OFFENSE, SHOULD BE CONTACTING THE PEOPLE, THEY SHOULD NOT BE CONTACTING THE COMPLAINANT AND NOT CONTACTING THE PARTY THAT EVEN IF THEY DON'T HEAR THE MUSIC, THEY SHOULD BE GOING OVER AND TELLING THEM THAT. SO YEAH, I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MA'AM. COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU MAYOR. NOW. YEAH. GOOD QUESTION FOR THE FOR THE CITATION. SO GREAT TO SEE. WITHIN TEN YEAR PERIODS, WE ONLY HAVE 425 CITATIONS, RIGHT OUT OF 50,000. SO IT'S NOT A LOT, A LITTLE LOW TO ME, BUT THAT'S THE NUMBER I'VE BEEN GIVEN. RIGHT. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT IF THEY HAVE A LOUD MUSIC ON THE CAR, THEY MIGHT HAVE A CITATION. YEAH. AND THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THOSE CITATIONS. THIS IS JUST, LIKE A HOUSE, YOU KNOW, NOISE DISTURBANCE REPORT, NOT CARS GOING BY. THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE BOOMBOX VIOLATIONS.

THANK YOU. NOW, I GET THE REPORT FROM THE CHIEF. BRIAN. BEFORE THAT, THE 12 OFFICER TASK FORCE FOR THE JULY RELATED FIREWORK. A LOT OF RESIDENTS, THEY APPRECIATE THAT. THEY THANK YOU. BUT THERE ARE ALSO SOME RESIDENTS ASKING THAT, IS, IS, IS, IS THE POLICE OFFICER.

DO WE HAVE ENOUGH, OFFICERS ON THE STREET THAT FOCUS ON CRIME AND ACTIVITIES OTHER THAN THE FIREWORKS? FIREWORKS. SO WE HAVE A TASK FORCE THAT FOCUSES MOSTLY ON FIREWORKS ON THOSE PARTICULAR NIGHTS, 4TH OF JULY, NEW YEAR'S EVE. NOBODY IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ALLOWED TO TAKE OFF ON 4TH OF JULY. WHEN THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO THAT SHIFT, THEY DO NOT. WE DO NOT ALLOW THEM TO HAVE VACATION. SO WE HAVE A FULL CONTINGENT OF OFFICERS AND WE BRING A TASK FORCE ON AS WELL. AND SO THAT ALLOWS THE OFFICERS, AGAIN, WE DON'T ALLOW ANY OF THEM TO TAKE

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BUT WHEN A BIG EVENT HAPPENS, EVERYBODY JUMPS IN ON DEALING WITH THAT. AND, BECAUSE THERE IS ALWAYS PRIORITIZING WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE PARTICULAR CITY, THE VIOLENT CRIMES GOING ON, THEY'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THE VIOLENT CRIME OVER THE FIREWORKS. BUT THIS, THIS TASK FORCE MODEL, I THINK, HAS BEEN DONE A GOOD JOB TO ADDRESS BOTH. I AGREE, I SAW THAT WE HAVE ABOUT 1200 CARS, THAT FROM THE DISPATCHERS THAT RECEIVE AND YOU HAVE FIVE 353 FIREWORK RELATED. THE QUESTION IS IF WHEN THEY RECEIVE A CITATION, WHAT IS THE PROCESS, HOW MUCH THE COST WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR CITATION? I DON'T KNOW, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU. THE, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'VE GOT A CITATION. AND THEN BEYOND THERE, IT'S UP TO THE COURTS. THANK YOU. SO YOU THINK THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH OFFICERS FOR, FOR HANDLE THOSE SITUATIONS THAT YOU SAID THAT, THAT THEY ALL THE OFFICERS, ALL THE TEAM THAT TAKING CARE OF THE CRIME. SO IT'S NOT TAKE AWAY FROM FROM THEIR DUTY AT ALL. THAT'S CORRECT. I MEAN, WE, THOSE ARE THE TWO BUSIEST DAYS OF THE YEAR. AND WE PUT EVERYBODY ON.

I MEAN, I WORKED PART OF IT THIS LAST TIME. SO YEAH, EVERYBODY'S ON ON DECK. YES. I SEE THE COMMENT SAYS THAT. YEAH. GREAT. I SEE OFFICER COME TO MY STREET TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY SAY, WELL, I HAVEN'T SEEN THEM. WHERE, WHERE ARE THEY? WHERE WERE THEY? RIGHT. THE FIREWORKS. I ASSURE YOU THAT SOME OF THEM GOING OVER THERE. RIGHT. OKAY, SO MY QUESTION GO BACK IS DO WE WE MIGHT NEED MORE OFFICERS. I'LL TAKE ALL THE OFFICERS YOU GIVE ME. BUT THOSE PARTICULAR NIGHTS WE, WE USE EVERYBODY WE CAN. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL. I SEE NONE. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

[6. Councilmember Joe Thomas Jr.

• Tony Bui - Community Multicultural Commission

[7. Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Carissa Dutton

• Prudence Ndudi - Garland Youth Council
• Safa Khajamohideen - Garland Youth Council

[ ANNOUNCE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]

AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LET ANYTHING ELSE. OKAY. COUNCIL, ANY OTHER ITEMS, YOU KNOW HOW TO GET THEM TO ME IF YOU COME UP WITH SOMETHING AND WITH THAT BEING OUR LAST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA AT 919, WE

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