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SESSION.TEXT DYLAN HEDRICK, TEXT MARGARET LT.
AND WELCOME TO THE AUGUST 4TH, 2026, REGULAR MEETING OF THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL.
IT IS THE TRADITION OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE AN INDICATION AND RECITAL OF THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF OUR MEETING.
IT'LL BE LED BY ONE OF OUR MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, AND YOU'RE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IF YOU SO CHOOSE.
BUT YOUR PARTICIPATION IS STRICTLY A MATTER OF YOUR OWN CHOICE.
YOUR DECISION WILL NOT AFFECT THE DECISIONS TO BE MADE BY THE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL IN ANY MANNER.
TONIGHT'S INVOCATION AND PLEDGE WILL BE LED BY MAYOR PRO.
SIR MR. MAYOR, YOU CARE TO JOIN ME.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER IN SERVICE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
GRANT US WISDOM TO MAKE SOUND DECISIONS, HUMILITY TO LISTEN WITH OPEN HEARTS.
E COURAGE TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT EVEN WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT.
BLESS THE PEOPLE OF GARLAND, THOSE WHO SERVE OUR CITY EVERY DAY.
AND THE FIRST RESPONDERS WHO PROTECT US.
MAY OUR DISCUSSIONS THIS EVENING BE GUIDED BY RESPECT, UNDERSTANDING, AND A SHARED DESIRE TO LEAVE OUR COMMUNITY BETTER THAN WE FOUND IT.
WE ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND YOUR PEACE AS WE BEGIN THIS MEETING.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO SAY SIR TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH YOU STAND.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL PEOPLE.
CITY COUNCIL, REGULAR MEETING, TEXT ON THE RIGHT SCREEN.
WELCOME TO THE AUGUST 4TH, 2026, CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING.
7:00 PM TEXT GARLAND IS WRITTEN ON THE WALL.
MAYOR DYLAN HEDRICK APPROACHES A PODIUM TEXT MICHAEL J BETS CITY MANAGER.
TEXT MARGARET LT, DISTRICT FIVE.
ALRIGHT, WELCOME EVERYONE AGAIN FOR JOINING US AND TODAY BEING THE FIRST MEETING OF THE MONTH, WE HAVE OUR PET OF THE MONTH.
WHO DO WE HAVE WITH US HERE TODAY? MAYOR HENDRICK SMILES PLACES, PAPERS ON THE PODIUM.
A MAN WALKS IN WITH A DOG ON A LEASH.
WOULD YOU CARE AT ALL? I WOULD LOVE TO.
I'M THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR AT THE GARLAND ANIMAL SHELTER AND TODAY I HAVE BROUGHT OUR PET OF THE MONTH.
WHO IS BOB? UM, BOBBER IS SIX YEARS OLD AND HE'S 42 POUNDS.
UM, HE CAME INTO US AS A STRAY IN JANUARY, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
AND I THINK THE ONLY REASON HE'S STILL AT THE SHELTER IS 'CAUSE HE HAS A FUNNY SHAPED HEAD.
IF YOU GET TO SEE HIM, YOU'LL SEE IT'S LIKE REAL ROUND.
UM, SORRY YOU GUYS MISSED ME LAST MONTH.
I WAS ON VACATION AND, UH, ENDED UP DECIDING, BEING LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'LL PROBABLY SKIP THIS ONE, BUT SORRY GUYS.
YOU KNOW, EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT I COME UP HERE, I PREACH ADOPTION, ADOPTION, ADOPTION.
AND WHILE ADOPTIONS ARE ALWAYS GREAT, I'M REALLY ASKING YOU GUYS TO SET ASIDE FIVE TO 10 YEARS OF YOUR LIFE.
THAT'S WHY I WANT TO ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT FOSTERING.
FOSTERING IS A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR NOT ONLY OUR DOGS, BUT FOR US.
AND IN THE SENSE BEING THAT WITH FOSTERING 99% OF THE DOGS THAT COME INTO OUR SHELTER, WE KNOW ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT THEM.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO BEHAVE IN A HOME.
THEY DON'T KNOW HOW THEY REACT.
ALL WE KNOW IS WHAT THEY KNOW IN A SHELTER.
IN A SHELTER, SOME OF THE BEST, SOME OF THE BEST OUTCOMES THAT WE'VE EVER HAD HAVE BEEN DOGS THAT HAVE SPENT TIME IN FOSTER BECAUSE WE GET TO SEE HOW THEY REACT TO A ROUTINE, TO OTHER PEOPLE, TO PETS, TO KIDS, ALL SORTS OF THINGS THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE ASK US WHEN THEY ADOPT.
ITS BACK SHOWING TEETH AND WIGGLING.
IT SETTLES ON SIDE THE PEOPLE SMILE.
LEMME GIVE HIM A LITTLE TREAT, MAN AT PODIUM, GESTURES TO DOG, DOG STANDS AND WALKS TO PODIUM, MAN, AND SEATED PEOPLE SMILE.
BUT YEAH, LIKE I SAID, I I ALWAYS ASK YOU GUYS TO ADOPT.
AND AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, ADOPTING IS AWESOME, BUT FOSTERING IS REALLY A GREAT THING.
AND IF YOU FOSTER THROUGH THE GARLAND ANIMAL SHELTER, ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE DO IS WE LITERALLY TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING.
WE TAKE CARE OF FOOD, WE TAKE CARE OF BEDDING, WE'LL GIVE YOU KENNELS, AND WE COVER ALL MEDICAL COSTS.
AND ALL WE ASK IN RETURN IS ONCE YOU HAVE THEM, LET US KNOW AT THE END.
GIVE, WE WILL GIVE YOU A LITTLE REPORT CARD.
FILL IT OUT THE BEST THAT YOU CAN.
THAT WAY, WHENEVER UH, A FAMILY COMES IN LOOKING FOR A PET, WE'RE BE, WE'RE BETTER.
UH, WE'RE ABLE TO BETTER, UH, MATCH THEM TO THE PERFECT FAMILY.
AS YOU TEXT CHRISTINA ANO, DISTRICT FOUR, THE MAN WATCHES THE PLAYFUL DOG SMILING.
THE SPEAKER AT THE PODIUM SMILES YOU OKAY, BOBBY? THE SWEET BOY MAN.
BUT YEAH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GUYS ARE EVER INTERESTED IN MAYBE SEEING WHAT A DOG WOULD LOOK LIKE IN YOUR HOME FOSTER, UH, FOSTERING IS A GREAT WAY TO DO SO.
AND LIKE I SAID, WE COVER EVERYTHING.
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TELL ME HOW MUCH YOU GUYS SPENT LAST TIME AT A VET AND I'LL TELL YOU HOW MUCH YOU'LL SPEND WITH US FOSTERING.AND I PROMISE YOU IT'LL ALWAYS BE ZERO BECAUSE ALL WE WANT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN FIND THE BEST HOME FOR OUR PETS.
AND IF IT MEANS THAT, HEY, THE DOG HAS TO, UH, BARBARA HAS TO COME OUT TO YOU GUYS FOR JUST A LITTLE BIT AND THEN EVENTUALLY HAS TO COME BACK, WELL GUESS WHAT? NOW WE KNOW HOW HE ACTS.
NOW WE KNOW HIS BEHAVIORS, HIS ROUTINES INSIDE OF A HOME.
AND LIKE I SAID, EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW BECAUSE THAT'S THE FIRST THING THEY ASK.
HOW DOES HE DO IN A HOME? IS HE GREAT AROUND KIDS? WHAT DO THEY DO AROUND OTHER CATS? WE DON'T KNOW THOSE ANSWERS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA BRING IN STAFF KIDS AND BEING LIKE, HEY GUYS, HANG OUT WITH BARBARA FOR A MINUTE AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T DO THAT, BUT IN A CONTROLLED SETTING, LIKE A HOME OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WITH EXPERIENCED PEOPLE, IT ALWAYS WORKS OUT AMAZING.
AND LIKE I SAID, WE CAN BETTER MARKET THESE PETS TO, UH, POTENTIAL ADOPTERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN FIND 'EM THEIR BEST HOME.
SO IF YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED, PLEASE COME CHECK OUT BOB.
YOU CAN EITHER FOSTER OR ADOPT HIM AND FOR THE MONTH OF, UH, FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST, HIS FEE WILL BE FREE BECAUSE HE IS THE PET OF THE MONTH.
SO THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME TODAY AND BARBARA, AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AT THE SHELTER.
OH, AND BY THE WAY, UH, THIS WEEKEND WE'RE DOING FREE ADOPTIONS THANKS TO THE RESCUE EFFECT AT A-S-P-C-A AND THE NEXT WEEK WE'RE HAVING OUR LOW COST VACCINE CLINIC.
WE'RE CALLING IT BARK AFTER DARK.
IT'S GONNA BE FROM 8:00 PM TO MIDNIGHT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE STAYS COOL.
AND THAT WAY ALL YOUR PETS COME OUT AND GET VACCINATED.
OR IF YOU WANT TO GET THE OTHER SHOTS LIKE THE D-A-P-P-V, WHICH IS FOR PARVO OR F-V-R-C-P FOR CATS OR A MICROCHIP, THOSE ARE FREE AS WELL.
AND ON TOP OF THAT, PETSMART HAS, UH, GENEROUSLY DONATED US OVER 3000 POUNDS OF FOOD, WHICH WILL WE, WE WILL BE GIVING AWAY TO CITIZENS COMING IN TO MAKE AN, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR, THEIR PETS ARE NOT ONLY VACCINATED, BUT CAN ALSO BE FED IN CASE OF EMERGENCY OR IF YOU JUST CAN'T MAKE IT.
WE'RE DOING SOME GREAT THINGS OUT AT THE SHELTER.
BARBARA WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU.
WORKING WITH ANIMALS AND BABIES, RIGHT? OUR KIDS AND AND SHOW BUSINESS.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION.
WE HAVE A, A, UH, RECOGNITION OF A FILM FRIENDLY CERTIFICATION FROM THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR'S TOURISM AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
INVITE THEM TO COME ON UP HERE.
MAYOR HEDRICK AT PODIUM, LOOKS AT LAPTOP.
I'D LOVE TO INTRODUCE HERSELF.
JANIE HOBBLE HAND'S DOCUMENT TO MAYOR HEDRICK.
MY NAME IS JANIE HAVEL AND I SERVE THE NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS REGIONS IN THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR IN TEXAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM.
I AM HERE TODAY TO RECOGNIZE THE CITY OF GARLAND FOR ACHIEVING YOUR FILM FRIENDLY TEXAS CERTIFICATION.
WE WANT TO THANK DANA LODGE WITH VISIT GARLAND FOR ALL OF HER HARD WORK AND COORDINATION IN THIS PROCESS.
THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL AND ALL CITY STAKEHOLDERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN REALIZING THIS EXCITING INITIATIVE FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND.
YOU JOIN OVER 200 COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE AND HAVE POSITIONED GARLAND TO PROVIDE MEDIA PRODUCTIONS AND WITH AN INCREASED ASSURANCE THAT GARLAND IS INDUSTRY SAVVY AND SERIOUS ABOUT WELCOMING THEIR BUSINESSES TO YOUR COMMUNITY.
YOU'RE PREPARED TO ACCOMMODATE ON LOCATION, FILMING ACTIVITY, AND MATCH GARLAND BUSINESSES WITH MEDIA PRODUCTION RELATED NEEDS AND SERVICES.
THE FILM FRIENDLY TEXAS CERTIFICATION HELPS TO CREATE JOBS FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND BRING PRODUCTION INVESTMENT INTO GARLAND THROUGH SPENDING ON LOCAL GOODS AND SERVICES SUCH AS CATERING, CONSTRUCTION, SUPPLIES, TRANSPORTATION, LODGING AND MORE.
THE TEXAS FILM COMMISSION IS A DIVISION OF THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR'S DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM CREATED IN 1971.
OUR MISSION IS TO PROMOTE TEXAS AS A PREMIER MEDIA PRODUCTION DESTINATION.
FILM FRIENDLY TEXAS IS THE STATEWIDE NETWORK OF COMMUNITIES AND EXEMPLIFIES OUR STATE AS A MEDIA PRODUCTION FRIENDLY DESTINATION BETWEEN 2007 AND 2025.
THROUGH THE MYTH TEXAS MOVING INDUSTRY, I ALWAYS MIX UP MY LETTERS.
THE TEXAS MOVING IMAGE INDUSTRY INCENTIVE PROGRAM.
THE TEXAS FILM COMMISSION ATTRACTED $2.9 BILLION IN LOCAL SPENDING AND CREATED MORE THAN 223,000 PRODUCTION JOBS ACROSS THE STATE.
THIS STATEWIDE ECONOMIC IMPACT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE HELP THE FILM FRIENDLY TEXAS COMMUNITY PARTNERS SUCH AS YOURSELVES.
WITH THIS CERTIFICATION GARLAND NOW HAS CREATED ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO SHOWCASE SOME OF YOUR SIGNATURE LO LOCATIONS, SUCH AS THE WINDSURF BAY PARK, FIRE WHEEL, GOLF PARK, DUCK CREEK, GREENBELT, AND GARLAND DOWNTOWN.
JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF WHAT GARLAND HAS TO OFFER.
JANIE HUBBLE AT PODIUM HEWARD LEFT SORT OF THE FILM FRIENDLY TEXAS CERTIFICATION
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DEMONSTRATES THAT THE CITY OF GARLAND MERCHANTS AND RESIDENTS HAVE COLLABORATED TO ANNOUNCE GARLAND IS INDEED READY FOR PRODUCTION.ON BEHALF OF THE TEXAS FILM COMMISSION, CONGRATULATIONS ON BECOMING THE NEXT FILM FRIENDLY TEXAS COMMUNITY.
JANIE CLOSE'S, LAPTOP TAKES FOLDER, PEOPLE CLAP.
MAYOR HENDRICK SHAKES HER HAND.
THEY THEN STAND SIDE BY SIDE HOLDING THE BLUE FOLDER BOTH SMILING.
MORE WOMEN JOIN JANIE HUBBLE AND DYLAN HEDRICK.
TEXT ALANNA AVIANO DISTRICT FOUR, DYLAN HEDRICK PASSES THE FOLDER TO JANIE HUBBLE SHAKING HANDS.
GOT QUESTIONS? I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK STAFF WHO PUT ALL THEIR HARD WORK INTO GETTING THIS, UH, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
AND YES, WE ARE READY FOR ANYONE TO COME.
WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU OUT HERE.
DYLAN HEDRICK STANDS AT THE WOODEN PODIUM ORGANIZING A BLUE FOLDER AND PAPERS A LAPTOP ON THE PODIUM DISPLAYS GARLAND.
HEDRICK PICKS UP THE FOLDER AND PAPER THEN WALKS AWAY FROM THE PODIUM AND EIGHT APPROACHES.
THE SEATED MAYOR HANDS HIM A PAPER AND WALKS OUTTA FRAME THE PEOPLE SEATED AT THE CURVED WOODEN DESK LOOKED DOWN AT PAPERS ON THEIR DESKS.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON NOW WITH OUR REGULAR ORDER.
STARTING WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ALL ITEMS UNDER THIS SECTION ARE RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY A SINGLE MOTION OF COUNSEL.
WITHOUT DISCUSSION, COUNSEL HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW EACH OF THESE ITEMS AT A PREVIOUS WORK SESSION AND APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE EACH ITEM.
I WILL ANNOUNCE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNCIL AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE TO REQUEST THAT ANY ITEM BE REMOVED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.
THE FIRST ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ITEM NUMBER ONE.
APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE JULY 21ST, 2026 REGULAR MEETING.
ITEM NUMBER TWO IS APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING BIDS.
TWO A PARK GROVES WASTEWATER REPLACEMENTS.
TWO B IS 2026 STREET REPAIR TERM CONTRACT AWARD REGION ONE TWO C IS 2026 STREET REPAIR TERM CONTRACT AWARD REGION TWO 2D IS TERM CONTRACT FOR CYBERSECURITY SERVICES.
TWO E IS 2026 STREET REPAIR TERM CONTRACT AWARD REGION THREE TWO F IS PURCHASE OF QS CCTV TRANSIT VAN FOR THE WATER DEPARTMENT.
MAYOR HEDRICK LOOKS AT PAPERS.
ITEM TWO G IS GP AND L SQUARE TOP SWITCH STATION STEEL INSULATORS.
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS PUBLIC HEARING.
IT WAS PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONING CASES.
COUNCIL APPROVED THE ZONING REQUEST AND INSTRUCTED STAFF TO BRING FORTH THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCES.
26 DASH 11 LOAN STAR GREEN HOMES IN DISTRICT TWO.
LYLE ALLEN AND ASSOCIATES IN DISTRICT FIVE COUNCIL SITS A TABLE.
ITEM NUMBER THREE C IS CASE Z 26 20.
CITY OF GARLAND IN DISTRICT SEVEN.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS GENERAL OBLIGATION IMPROVEMENT BONDS SERIES 2026.
COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE PULLED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY? ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE WHO'D LIKE TO HAVE AN ITEM PULLED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY? ALRIGHT, SEE NONE.
MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
UH, MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TIM OT IN A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE.
ANY DISCUSSION MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE SCREENS DISPLAY VOTING RESULTS, TEXT VOTING RESULTS.
AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
AND WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO UH, ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES FOR US? YES SIR.
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IS GIVEN TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY RATHER THAN TO QUESTION THE CITY COUNCIL OR STAFF.
THE CHAIR MAY CALL A SPEAKER OUT OF ORDER IF THE SPEAKER PRESENTS QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION THAT WILL UNDULY DELAY THE TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS AT THE MEETING.
SPEAKER SHALL BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK ON A FIRST COME FIRST TO SPEAK BASIS AS DETERMINED BY THE ORDER IN WHICH THE CITY SECRETARY RECEIVES THE SPEAKER'S INFORMATION.
APPLICANTS ARE ALLOWED 10 MINUTES FOR PRESENTATIONS AND ALL OTHER SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK WHEN THE PODIUM BUZZER SOUNDS.
THE SPEAKER MUST SEND THEIR COMMENTS.
AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK AND YOU HAVEN'T FILLED OUT A SPEAKER CARD, PLEASE GO DO SO BY THE CITY SECRETARY.
FIRST ITEM FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION IS CONSIDERED AN ORDINANCE TO ISSUE.
MAYOR HENDRICK HAS SEATED AT THE DESK LOOKING DOWN AT PAPERS, HE LIFT HIS GAZE AND LOOKS FORWARD WITH A NEUTRAL EXPRESSION.
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GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.THIS THIS ITEM IS REALLY JUST A MORE OF A, A MECHANICALS THING FOR US TO LOWER OUR LONG-TERM DEBT.
DURING THE 2026 CIP PROCESS, COUNCIL APPROVED FOR MANY OF OUR PARKS AND FACILITY PROJECTS TO BE FUNDED WITH, UH, LONG-TERM DEBT CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.
BUT AFTER WORKING THROUGH OUR DEBT MODELS, WE ARE SUGGESTING THAT WE CHANGE THAT DEBT INSTRUMENT TO A SHORT-TERM DEBT INSTRUMENT CALLED A TAX NOTE, WHICH WILL PAY OFF IN ROUGHLY SIX MONTHS, WHICH WILL PROVIDE US MORE CAPACITY WHEN WE GET INTO NEXT YEAR'S CIP FOR, UH, ADDITIONAL PROJECTS OR FOR PROJECTS THAT MAY NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ITEM? SEE NONE.
MAYOR PRO TEMA, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL AND BARLAND WALL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, THAT WE CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF TAX NOTES.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY MAYOR PRO TIM OTT AND A SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM DUTTON.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE TEXT CITY COUNCIL DYLAN HEDRICK, MAYOR ROOM WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS AT A CURVED DESK FACING A WALL WITH THE WORD GARLAND.
TEXT VOTING RESULTS OVERLAY FADES.
MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM NUMBER SIX.
IT'S HOLD UPON A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 20 26, 20 27 TAX RATE.
I'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER SIGN UP, MAYOR HEDRICK LOOKS FORWARD AND OCCASIONALLY GLANCES TO THE SIDE WHILE SEATED AT THE DESK.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE? THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE VISIBLE AT THE CURVE TABLE WITH MAYOR HEDRICK AT HIS DESK SEEING NONE.
WITH THAT, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND JUST TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW, ADDITIONAL PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THE PROPOSED TAX RATE WILL BE HELD ON AUGUST 11TH, 2026 AT 6:00 PM AND ALSO ON AUGUST 17TH, 2026 AT 7:00 PM HERE AT CITY HALL.
THE CITY COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO CONSIDER AND VOTE ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE ON MONDAY, AUGUST 17TH, 2026 AT 7:00 PM FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FISCAL YEAR 20 26, 20 27.
PROPOSED ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET.
I'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MADAM SECRETARY, DO YOU HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? YES SIR.
WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR FIRST SPEAKER, KELSEY KA DYLAN HENDRICK SMILES FAINTLY.
YOU WOULD PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR RECORD.
SAY, DATE, ADDRESS, NAME AND ADDRESS.
I LIVE AT FIVE 10 SAN CLEMENTE DRIVE.
UH, GARLAND WOMAN AT PODIUM, LAPTOP OPEN.
JUST WANNA SAY MAYOR, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, UH, THANK YOU FOR SERVING.
UM, I KNOW IT TAKES, UH, SPECIAL CAPACITY AND HEART TO SERVE ON A COUNCIL, ESPECIALLY TO TAKE THE BEST INTEREST OF, UM, EVERYONE WITHIN OUR CITY TO HEART.
UM, BUT I DO, UM, SPEAK TODAY.
I JUST WANNA URGE THIS COUNCIL TO REMOVE ANY A LPR FUNDING, UM, IN THIS OR FUTURE BUDGETS.
EVERY DAY ORDINARY RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY DRIVE TO WORK, SCHOOL, DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS, PLACES OF WORSHIP.
THESE ARE ROUTINE TRIPS THAT ARE PHOTOGRAPHED, LOGGED, AND STORED IN A SEARCHABLE NATIONAL DATABASE.
WITHOUT A WARRANT AND WITHOUT SUSPICION.
IT DOESN'T MATTER THAT IT'S 30 DAYS OR 10, ALL OF IT JUST ROLLS AND STARTS OVER.
MORE THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND OF THESE AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS OPERATE ACROSS ALL 50 STATES.
THE SYSTEM CAPTURES NOT ONLY PLATES BUT VEHICLE MAKE, MODEL COLOR AND DISTINGUISHING FEATURES THAT MAKE THAT DATA AVAILABLE TO THOUSANDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES NATIONWIDE.
NEWER VERSIONS CAPTURE PEOPLE IN THE FREEFORM SEARCH.
AUDITS AND PUBLIC RECORDS HAVE REPEATEDLY SHOWN THAT LOCAL CAMERA DATA HAS BEEN ACCESSED BY OUT OF JURISDICTION AND FEDERAL AGENCIES, INCLUDING IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES.
UM, EVEN WHEN LOCAL LEADERS WERE TOLD THAT THIS WOULD NOT OCCUR, THE A CLU HAS DOCUMENTED MULTIPLE INSTANCES IN WHICH THE COMPANY ITSELF PROVIDED INACCURATE INFORMATION TO CITY COUNCILS ABOUT THE EXTENT OF FEDERAL ACCESS.
MORE THAN 50 MUNICIPALITIES HAVE ALREADY CANCELED OR REJECTED FLOCK CONTRACTS PRECISELY BECAUSE OF THESE DATA SHARING PRACTICES.
IN THE ABSENCE OF MEANINGFUL LOCAL CONTROL, DOCUMENTED CASES OF MISUSE ILLUSTRATE THE RISK OF PLACING CONTINUOUS LOCATION TRACKING IN THE HANDS OF GOVERNMENT.
I WANNA BE CLEAR, THIS IS NOT ABOUT OPPOSING TOOLS THAT HELP SOLVE CRIME.
IT'S ABOUT REFUSING TO NORMALIZE THIS PERMANENT SUSPICION LIST RECORDING OF THE MOVEMENTS OF EVERYDAY LAW ABIDING RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY.
DATA OVER TIME PAINTS A DETAILED PICTURE OF PRIVATE LIFE AND ONCE COLLECTED
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AND NETWORKED THAT DATA, DATA IS DIFFICULT TO RECLAIM.UM, AS SOMEONE WHO WORKS IN YOUTH MINISTRY, UH, WE HAVE INSTANCES WHERE WE HAVE FAMILIES WHO HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD TO KEEP THE LOCATIONS OF CHILDREN, UM, AWAY FROM DANGEROUS PEOPLE.
THIS SCARES ME THAT THESE CAMERAS CAN BE HACKED AND THAT IT COULD BE VERY EASY FOR THESE PEOPLE TO TRACK DOWN THESE KIDS.
UM, SO TO PROTECT PUBLIC SAFETY WITHOUT SURRENDERING THE PRINCIPLE THAT FREE PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE TRACKED BY THEIR GOVERNMENT SIMPLY FOR DRIVING ON OUR PUBLIC ROADS.
UM, REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL HER NEXT SPEAKER LISA CRAWFORD.
PEOPLE SIT AT A CURVED DESK IN A COUNCIL CHAMBER.
MONITORS AT EACH SEAT ON THE WALL.
GARLAND IS RIDDEN WITH AN EMBLEM.
GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
HELLO, MY NAME IS LISA CRAWFORD.
I LIVE AT 6 0 3 PERDIDO DRIVE.
I'M HERE TO DISCUSS TECHNOLOGY THAT THIS BUDGET FUNDS GARLAND'S HAD A-P-L-R-A LPRS FOR A LITTLE OVER FOUR YEARS.
NO INDEPENDENT AUDITS, NO PUBLIC STATISTICS ON FALSE ALERTS, MISTAKEN STOPS AND SEARCHES OF INNOCENT PEOPLE.
HOW PEOPLE ARE IMPACTED DOESN'T SEEM TO BE DISGUSTED MUCH, BUT IT MATTERS FAR MORE THAN RECOVERED VEHICLES FLOCK'S OWN PUBLISHED FIGURES.
STATE SEVEN OUT OF EVERY 100 LICENSE PLATES ARE MISREAD.
AN INTERNAL AUDIT BY ROSEVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOUND THAT FLOCK MISREAD 71% OF ALL ALERTS IN A ONE YEAR PERIOD.
THIS SURVEILLANCE IS VASTLY DIFFERENT THAN THE POPULAR EXAMPLE OF A MAN STANDING ON A CORNER RECORDING.
IT'S NOT ONE CORNER, IT'S MULTIPLE CAMERAS NETWORKED TOGETHER.
IT CREATE A TIMES STAMPED RECORD OF OUR DAILY ROUTINES.
IT'S ALSO NOT THE SAME AS CARRYING A CELL PHONE WITH SIGNED TERMS AND AGREEMENTS THAT CAN BE PUT IN A FARADAY BAG.
AND THAT REQUIRES A WARRANT FOR A SEARCH.
IT CHANGES THE, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND CITIZENS.
GOVERNMENT FEELS LESS LIKE A PUBLIC SERVANT AND MORE LIKE A WATCHER CITY COUNCIL.
I HAVE PROVIDED ALL OF YOU WITH DOCUMENTS, SOURCE BACKED DOCUMENTS WITH EXAMPLES OF ABUSE, FALSE ARREST, WRONGFUL DETENTIONS, DATA MISUSE AND CONCERNS REGARDING FLOCK ZONE PRACTICES.
FOUR YEARS AGO YOU WERE TOLD THESE CAMERAS WOULD ONLY EVER BE PLACED AT MAJOR INTERSECTIONS.
LA PRADA AND VALLEY MILLS IS NOT A MAJOR INTERSECTION.
I CANNOT GO THREE BLOCKS WITHOUT SETTING OFF A CAMERA.
YOU WERE TOLD FLUX FREEFORM APPLICATION COULD SEARCH FOR A RED FORD TRUCK.
THE NEW VERSIONS CAN SEARCH FOR A BLACK MAN WITH A WHITE HOODIE ON A BIKE.
THE CEO OF FLOCK RECENTLY TOLD FORBES THAT HIS CLIENTS DON'T EVEN KNOW WHICH VERSION OF THE SOFTWARE THEY'RE USING TO YOU.
IMAGINE THIS TECHNOLOGY COVID 2.0 AND THE OVERREACHING ACTIONS OFFICIALS HAVE ALREADY PROVED CAPABLE OF.
YOU ARE TRUSTING EVERY FUTURE OFFICIAL AND AGENDAS THAT YOU CANNOT POSSIBLY KNOW WITH RAPIDLY ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY AND THERE IS NO KILL SWITCH.
THIS NEEDS TO BE REEVALUATED WITH REAL DISCUSSIONS AND NOT ONE-SIDED PRESENTATIONS.
MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER? JANIE BRITTON, TEXT CITY COUNCIL.
WOMAN OF PODIUM COUNCIL MEMBERS A DESK GARLAND SIGN ON WALL FLAG BLANK SCREENS.
ALRIGHT, GIVE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
MOVE THESE CLOSER 'CAUSE I CAN'T HEAR.
THEY'LL ADJUST IT IN THE BACK.
UM, I ONLY RECENTLY LEARNED THAT THE CITY OF GARLAND HAS BEEN IN PARTNERSHIP FOR SEVERAL YEARS WITH A COMPANY CALLED FLOCK SAFETY TO COLLECT AND ANALYZE DATA FROM SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS AND AUDIO RECORDING DEVICES INSTALLED THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
WHILE THE CITY'S ORIGINAL INTENTIONS MAY HAVE BEEN GOOD CONCERNS ABOUT THE LACK OF FOURTH AMENDMENT PROTECTIONS WITH THIS SYSTEM ARE GROWING, THE SUPREME COURT IS STARTING TO RECOGNIZE THAT ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY CAN UNDERCUT THE BLANKET NO EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY NOTION.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN CASES LIKE CARPENTER VERSUS UNITED STATES, THE COURT HAS HELD THAT WHILE A SINGLE OBSERVATION OF A PERSON'S MOVEMENT IN PUBLIC IS NOT A FOURTH AMENDMENT CONCERN, COLLECTING AND STORING MOVEMENTS OVER TIME LIKE THE FLOCK SYSTEM DOES, CREATES A DETAILED PICTURE OF THAT PERSON'S PRIVATE LIFE THAT DESERVES CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTION.
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I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO TO THE WEBSITE DEF FLOCK.ORG AND BRING UP THE MAP.IT SHOWS THE LOCATIONS OF OVER 125,000 SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING MANY IN GARLAND.
WE MUST REMEMBER THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S PRIMARY JOB IS NOT TO ENSURE OUR SAFETY.
IF IT WERE THE BEST GOVERNMENT OF ALL WOULD BE A TOTALITARIAN STATE LIKE CHINA.
INSTEAD, AS OUR DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, CLEARLY STATES GOVERNMENTS ARE CREATED TO SECURE OUR UNALIENABLE RIGHTS, WHICH ARE ENDOWED BY GOD SUCH THAT NO MAN CAN TAKE THEM AWAY.
GARRETT LANGLEY SAID RECENTLY IN AN INTERVIEW THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SHOULD BE UNDER CONSTANT SURVEILLANCE.
HE SAID THAT PEOPLE ARE LIKE SMALL CHILDREN, THEY'LL ALWAYS DO WHAT THEY THINK THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH AND WILL ONLY STOP DOING IT IF SOMEONE IS CONSTANTLY WATCHING THEM.
THE FLOCK SAFETY WEBSITE ALSO STATES THAT SAFETY IS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT.
BOTH OF THESE IDEAS ARE FALSE AND UN-AMERICAN, AND I FIND IT FRIGHTENING THAT GARLAND IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A COMPANY WHOSE CEO HOLDS THESE VIEWS AND THAT SPIRIT, I URGE YOU TO PLEASE DEFUND THE CITY'S PARTNERSHIP WITH FLOCK SAFETY IN ANY SIMILAR COMPANY THAT PLACES SAFETY AHEAD OF PROTECTING OUR LIBERTIES.
I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD THIS COUNTLESS TIMES, BUT AS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SAID, THOSE WHO WOULD GIVE UP ESSENTIAL LIBERTY TO PURCHASE A LITTLE TEMPORARY SAFETY DESERVE NEITHER LIBERTY NOR SAFETY.
MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? NO, SIR.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? I WASN'T GOING TO BY MAYOR DI HENDRICK MILES SLIGHTLY.
IF YOU'D FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AFTER YOU'RE DONE SPEAKING, GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
I'LL ADMIT I'M NOT AS WELL RESEARCHED AS THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS ON THE CAMERAS, BUT I'VE HEARD PLENTY ENOUGH TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT IT.
AND FRANKLY, THE WHOLE IDEA REMINDS ME OF 1984 SCREENS, CAMERAS EVERYWHERE, WATCHING EVERY MOVE.
WE'RE ALREADY IN A WORLD WHERE PRIVACY BARELY EXISTS AND NOW THIS JUST MEANS NONE AT ALL.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE SPENDING MONEY IF THEY'RE SPENT PAYING US MONEY, BUT IF WE'RE SPENDING MONEY ON THIS, THAT IS NOT A GOOD IDEA.
YES, I WANT TO BE SAFE, BUT I ALSO WANT PRIVACY.
AND LIKE I SAID, ALL RIGHTS MATTER MORE.
AND THE FACT IS, NO MATTER HOW MUCH SECURITY OR SURVEILLANCE YOU HAVE, WE LIVE IN A BROKEN WORLD.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE PERFECTLY SAFE AT ALL TIMES NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO.
IS IT REALLY WORTH GIVING UP OUR RIGHTS FOR A LITTLE HIGHER CHANCE THAT MAYBE SOMETHING WON'T HAPPEN? I THINK NOT.
SO PLEASE GET RID OF THOSE CONTRACTS IF WE HAVE THEM.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SIR, IF YOU PLEASE FILL OUT SPEAKER CARD.
IS ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? MAYOR SITZ GESTURING TEXT DYLAN HEDRICK, MAYOR.
ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE WITH THAT, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT ADDITIONAL PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET WILL BE HELD ON AUGUST 11TH, 2026 AT 6:00 PM AND ON AUGUST 17TH, 2026 AT SIX AT 7:00 PM THE CITY COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO CONSIDER AND VOTE ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET ON MONDAY, AUGUST 17TH, 2026 AT 7:00 PM FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
WE'LL HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE FOLLOWING ZONING CASES.
CONSIDERING A REQUEST BY THE DIMENSION GROUP REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION FOR A MORTUARY SLASH FUNERAL HOME USE ON A PROPERTY ZONE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
AND A CONCEPT PLAN FOR A FUNERAL MORTUARY USE IN DISTRICT SIX DECIDES LOCATED AT 36 14 SECURITY STREET.
UH, NABIL LENNER, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.
AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION FOR A MORTUARY FUNERAL HOME USE ON PROPERTY ZONE INDUSTRIAL AND ASSOCIATED CONCEPT PLAN.
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, THE SITE IS CURRENTLY A VACANT INDUSTRIAL BUILDING, ABOUT 10,900 SQUARE FOOT.
UH, THE THE BUILDING WAS OCCUPIED WITH DIFFERENT BUSINESSES IN THE PAST.
UM, BEFORE THERE WAS A ROOFING ROOFING COMPANY.
BEFORE THAT THERE WERE PROBABLY A FLOORING COMPANY, VERY INDUSTRIAL TYPE USES ALL ALONG.
UM, ALTHOUGH IN OUR LAND USE MATRIX, THE WHAT THE APPLICANT IS WANTING TO DO THAT IS BEING CLASSIFIED AS A MORTUARY SLASH FUNERAL HOME USE Z 26 17.
WHAT THEY'RE WANTING TO DO IS A PET AFTER CARE AND CREMATION FACILITY.
SO THEIR FACILITY WILL NOT HAVE REGULAR MORTUARY, FUNERAL HOME TYPE, UM, BUSINESS OR FACILITY.
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MUCH.IT WAS, IT WOULD BE A HUNDRED PERCENT GEARED TOWARD PET AFTER CARE CARE AND CREMATION.
UM, MORE TOUR SLASH FUNERAL HOME WAS THE USE.
THAT WAS THE CLOSEST THAT WE COULD IDENTIFY, UH, IN THE GARLAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
AND THAT'S WHY IT HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED AS SUCH.
AND IN THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT THAT USE REQUIRES AN SUP, WHICH IS WHY WE ARE HERE TONIGHT.
MAP AND CASE INFORMATION, IT IS LOCATED AS 36 14 SECURITY STREET.
UM, THE LOT IS 0.80 ACRES ON INDUSTRIAL AND IT IS SURROUNDED BY OTHER INDUSTRIAL, UM, USES.
THERE ARE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TYPE OF COMPANIES.
AUTO SALES, OTHER STORAGE TYPE, UM, ALL INDUSTRIAL ALL ALONG.
UH, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES CALL THIS AREA OUT TO BE AN INDUSTRY CENTER.
AN INDUSTRY CENTER PROVIDES A CLUSTER OF TRADE IN INDUSTRY THAT CUMULATIVELY EMPLOY LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
UH, WE DO THINK, UM, WHERE THIS LOCATION IS, WHERE THAT BUSINESS, THIS BUSINESS IS WANTING TO COME IN.
IT DOES MEET THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN'S INTENTION.
HERE ARE SOME PICTURES THAT YOU COULD SEE OF THE BUILDING.
UM, THE ACCESS, UH, FROM SECURITY STREET, THE ZONING SIGN THAT'S BEEN PLACED ON THE BUILDING, UH, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY ANY UNPAVED AREA LEFT.
UM, SO WE HAD TO COME UP WITH SOME ALTERNATE LANDSCAPING IDEAS.
UM, SO HERE YOU COULD SEE, UH, WHAT YOU SEE IN BLUE.
UH, THE PARKING, UH, AREA ARE SHOWN IN THE GRAY AREAS.
AND WITH STRIPE, YOU, YOU COULD SEE THREE, UH, TINY RECTANGLES, UH, THAT ARE GREEN, UH, ON THE, ON THIS CONCEPT LINE.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE, UH, PROPOSING THAT THE APPLICANT PUTS IN, UM, PLANTERS AND NINE PLANTS.
SO THAT SECURITY STREET LOOKS A LITTLE BETTER.
THESE ARE THE REFERENCE ELEVATIONS.
OF COURSE, THE BUILDING'S ALREADY THERE.
UM, THAT'S WHAT IS BEING SHOWN ON THE, ON THESE ELEVATIONS.
UM, THE SUP TIME PERIOD GUIDELINE FOR THESE KIND OF SITUATIONS RECOMMEND, UM, EIGHT TO 15 YEARS.
UM, AND THE WAY WE'RE, WE HAVE CRAFTED THE CONDITIONS, THE OPERATION WILL BE LIMITED TO PET AFTERCARE AND CREMATORY SERVICES.
IT WILL NOT OPERATE AS, AS A RETAIL USE AND IT WILL HAVE VERY LIMITED PUBLIC VISITATION.
UM, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING NINE PLOTTED PLANTS ALONG THE NORTH FRONT OF THE UH, BUILDING.
THEY'RE, UH, PROPOSING TO RELOCATE THE REFUSE CONTAINER BEHIND THE BUILDING TO MEET OUR GDC REQUIREMENT AND THE ROOFTOP MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT WILL BE SCREENED.
UH, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, APPROVAL AS WE MENTIONED THIS IS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INDUSTRIAL CENTER, MIDDLE OF INDUSTRIAL USES.
WE DO THINK, UH, IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THE OTHER HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USES, THIS COULD BE ANOTHER, UH, BUSINESS THAT CAN DIVERSIFY THAT AREA.
UH, WE THINK 10 10 TENURE IS APPROPRIATE PER THE UM, SUP TIME PERIOD GUIDELINE.
UM, AND WE HAVE SOME CONDITIONS, AGAIN, IT'LL BE LIMITED TO HEAD AFTERCARE, CREMATORY LIMITED TO NON-HUMAN SERVICES AND OPERATIONS.
UH, IT WILL NOT BE OPEN TO GENERAL PUBLIC AND THE APPLICANT CAN TALK SOME MORE ABOUT THE GENERAL OPERATION, BUT THEY HAVE MENTIONED THAT USUALLY THEY, UM, GET THOSE UM, PET DECEASED PETS FROM VETS.
UM, VERY RARELY WOULD SOMEONE SHOW UP AT THE DOOR FRONT, UH, WITH A DECEASED PET.
THAT'S NOT THEIR BUSINESS OPERATION.
THEY PREFER TO WORK WITH VETS TO BRING IN THEIR PETS AND, UM, DO THE SERVICES THERE.
UM, THE REFUSE CONTAINER WILL HAVE TO MEET THE GDC REQUIREMENT BEFORE WE ISSUE THE CO.
THE SCREENING WILL HAVE TO HAPPEN ON THE MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT BEFORE WE ISSUE THE CO.
AND THE HOURS OF OPERATION WILL BE LIMITED TO MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM EIGHT TO 5:00 PM UH, IT WILL BE CLOSE TO GENERAL PUBLIC SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS, BUT THE APPLICANT UM, SAID THERE'LL BE SOME LIMITED INTERNAL OPERATIONS ON THE WEEKENDS WITH NO MORE THAN FOUR EMPLOYEES ON SITE.
UH, PLAN COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL FOR 10 YEARS AS WELL.
WE GOT FOUR LETTERS IN OPPOSITION.
THE LETTERS WERE SENT TO YOU EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.
UH, MOSTLY FROM THE LETTERS AND THE COMMENTS.
IT SEEMED LIKE PEOPLE HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT UM, HAVING A FUNERAL HOME AT THAT LOCATION AND THE TRAFFIC THAT IT MAY GENERATE.
IT ALMOST FELT BECAUSE IN OUR NOTIFICATION LETTER, WE PUT IN THE OFFICIAL USE, WHICH IS THE FUNERAL HOME.
THAT MAY HAVE CONFUSED SOME PEOPLE, BUT IF THEY'RE LISTENING TO THE PRESENTATION, THIS IS UH, VERY LIMITED TO PET AFTERCARE.
AND UH, WITH THAT I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF ON THIS ITEM? SCREEN SHOW.
QUESTIONS NABILA TYPES ON LAPTOP.
THANK YOU MR. MAYOR NABILA, UH,
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YOU MAY HAVE SAID IT, I JUST DIDN'T HEAR IT.IS THERE GOING TO BE SOME TYPE OF LICENSED STAFF PHYSICIAN OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE ON UH, ON THE STAFF AT THIS FACILITY? AND I'M ASKING THAT BECAUSE YOU KIND OF RAISED IT.
UH, HOW WILL THEY BE ABLE TO DETERMINE IF THERE IS A, SOME TYPE OF DISEASE OR THING OF THAT NATURE? OH, IT'S ONLY AFTER A PET PASSES AWAY.
THAT'S WHEN THEY BRING THEM IN.
FROM THE VET FOR TO, UH, FACILITY.
THE VE IS ALREADY CERTIFIED THEN THAT THIS DEBT PET IS OKAY.
SO THEY'RE COMING FROM THE VET? YES.
UM, WHAT ARE ANY AIR QUALITY AND THE ORDER CONTROLS THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS LOCATION? WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AS SUCH IN OUR ZONING CA ZONING, UH, ORDINANCE FOR THESE.
UM, BUT FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND, THE THE IMPACT SHOULD BE PRETTY MINIMAL.
MINIMAL BECAUSE IT'S ALL INSIDE.
SO I READ THE LETTERS OF OPPOSITION AND ALL OF THEM SEEMED TO THINK THIS WAS FOR HUMANS.
AND SO HOW, HOW DID THEY NOT GET THE MESSAGE THAT THIS WAS ANIMALS? ONLY BECAUSE WHEN WE SEND A NOTIFICATION LETTER, WE ARE LEGALLY OBLIGATED TO SEND IT WITH THE OFFICIAL USE, WHICH IS PER OUR LAND USE MATRIX.
IT'S A MOR SLASH FUNERAL HOME.
IT IS WITHIN THE CONDITIONS WHERE WE ARE LIMITING IT TO A PET AFTERCARE.
YOU HAVE HEARD US, UH, SAYING HEY, IT'S THE USE NOT THE USER.
SO IF WE WERE NOT LIMITING IT IN THE CONDITIONS, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN IF ONCE THIS BUSINESS, IF THIS BUSINESS LEAVES ANOTHER MORTUARY COULD HAVE MOVED IN HERE.
BUT WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN WITH OUR CONDITION.
SO OBVIOUSLY THE PEOPLE WHO GOT THE LETTER, THEY WERE NOT PRIVY TO THOSE INFORMATION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF? TEXT DYLAN HEDRICK, MAYOR? I SEE NONE.
ALRIGHT, MADAM SECRETARY, IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? YES SIR.
UH, MISTY, MICHAEL AND KEATON THE PERSON WALKS PAST IN THE LOWER FOREGROUND.
GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES FOR A PRESENTATION.
YEAH, KEATON MY WITH THE DIMENSION GROUP 1 0 7 5 5 SANDHILL ROAD, DALLAS, TEXAS.
UM, WE'RE JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE.
I'M ACCOMPANIED BY GATEWAY SERVICE REPRESENTATION AS WELL.
ONE THING I DID WANT TO TOUCH ON BEFORE GETTING TO THE QUESTIONS IS THAT WE DID DO A PARKING ANALYSIS OF THE SITE BASED ON THE USE.
'CAUSE THE GDC FOR A FUNERAL HOME HAS A MUCH HIGHER RATIO THAN WHAT WE DETERMINE WOULD BE NECESSARY FOR THIS TYPE OF USER.
AND THAT STUDY SHOWED THAT UM, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD ESTIMATE NO MORE THAN 15 PARKING SPACES WOULD BE NEEDED OUT THERE.
AND THERE'S CURRENTLY 20 ON SITE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO MAINTAIN.
AND SO I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AND IF I CAN'T ANSWER IT, I'M SURE THAT GATEWAY SERVICES COULD.
ALRIGHT, COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? DEPUTY MAYOR PRO, TIM DUTTON.
UM, I WOULD BE INTERESTED, UM, TO HAVE THE APPLICANT JUST COME IN, GIVE US A QUICK, UM, RUNDOWN OF WHAT YOU THINK OPERATIONS WOULD LOOK LIKE.
UM, I I THINK CURRENTLY IF YOU WERE TO GET YOUR PET CREMATED, UM, YOU HAVE TO GO TO SAXY.
I THINK IT'S THE CLOSEST PLACE.
UM, AND IT'S, IT'S COMMON THERE FOR PEOPLE TO JUST COME AND BRING THEIR PET THAT PASSED AWAY AT HOME.
UM, SO I WOULDN'T BE OPPOSED TO THAT IF THAT WAS PART OF, UM, YOUR BUSINESS MODEL.
BUT, UM, JUST KIND OF YOU, UH, FEEL UP TO GIVING ME A LITTLE OVERVIEW OF WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
DISTRICT FIVE, A MAN STANDS AT A WOODEN PODIUM.
HI, I MICHAEL DUNNING, UH, TO DANIELS WAY TON RHODE ISLAND.
I AM OPERATIONS MANAGER FOR GATEWAY SERVICES.
I AM SEXY IS ONE OF OUR FACILITIES.
UM, I THINK TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THE REASON THAT WE HAVE UM, RETAIL WALK-IN PEOPLE THERE, IT IS A CEMETERY AS WELL.
UM, IT'S SIGNED FROM THE STREET.
UH, THAT WAS THE CORE BUSINESS THAT WE PURCHASED, UM, WAS THE CEMETERY.
UH, THIS FACILITY IN GARLAND IS STRICTLY CREMATION, NO CEMETERY AND MAN GESTURES AT PODIUM.
YES, IT'S POSSIBLE SOMEONE COULD BRING A DECEASED PET TO US AND WE WOULD NOT TURN 'EM AWAY.
BUT THE CORE OF OUR BUSINESS IS, UH, AN EXTENSION OF THE VETERINARY SERVICES.
SO WE'RE PICKING UP THE PETS FROM THE VET, BRINGING THEM BACK, PERFORMING THE SERVICES, AND THEN BRINGING THEM BACK TO THE VET TO DISTRIBUTE BACK TO THE THE FAMILIES.
WELL I, UM, AM IN FAVOR OF THIS.
THERE ARE FAR WORSE USES THAT WE COULD
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HAVE OVER THERE AND ALREADY HAVE OVER THERE.UM, WE'VE GOT A SURPLUS OF SOME AND UH, I THINK MIXING IT UP A LITTLE IS NOT A BAD THING.
SO, UM, I AM IN FAVOR OF IT AND WE'LL SEE HOW COUNCIL VOTES.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANO, ONE SECOND SIR.
WE GOT ANOTHER QUESTION FOR YOU.
UM, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR DOING THE PARKING ANALYSIS.
I, I FEEL THAT THAT WAS A LOT OF THE CONCERNS ON THE LETTERS.
THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE PARKING AND EXISTING, UM, RESIDENTS.
I JUST WANNA REMIND THE CITY IT'S SOMETHING'S GONNA GO THERE ANYWAYS, YOU OR SOMETHING ELSE.
SO REGARDLESS, AT LEAST YOU, YOU MADE THE EFFORT OF, YOU KNOW, LET 'EM KNOW THAT HEY, WE'RE NOT GONNA, WE'RE NOT HERE TAKING UP YOUR PARKING.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY A SERVICE.
WHAT, WHAT DO I CALL YOU? I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS IT MAYOR? NO.
I AGREE WITH, I THINK IT'S U UNIQUE THING TO OFFER AND I I FEEL THAT IT'S IN A, IN A GOOD AREA.
I DROVE BY THE, THE, THE AREA AND I, I FEEL LIKE IT'S A GOOD AREA SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? MAYOR HENDRICK SITS AT DESK SMILES THEN SERIOUS.
SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO SIR, WE DO NOT.
DOES ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? MAYOR HEDRICK.
DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM, THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT MA'AM.
ALRIGHT, UM, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM EIGHT A IS APPROVED, IS PRESENTED.
OH DO WE NEED TO DO THE SEP TIME? I'M SORRY.
YOU CAN INCLUDE BOTH IN YOUR MOTION IF YOU WISH.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE 10 YEAR TIMELINE ON THE PD AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? COUNCIL, CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR SMILES AND SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
DYLAN HEDRICK LOOKS AT PAPERS.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO OUR NEXT ITEMS. THESE NEXT TWO ITEMS ARE RECONSIDERATIONS AND MR. THE ATTORNEY, YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE A MOMENT? YES, MAYOR.
UM, THESE CASES DON'T COME BEFORE COUNSEL VERY OFTEN.
IN FACT, I THINK IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS WE MAY HAVE HAD ONE, POSSIBLY TWO.
SO I JUST WANT TO GO UM, REAL QUICKLY OVER THE PROCEDURAL, UM, RULES IN THESE CASES.
UM, BOTH THE CASES TONIGHT FOR RECONSIDERATION WERE DENIED AT THE LAST REGULAR MEETING AND THE APPLICANTS BOTH TIMELY FILED, UM, THEIR RECONSIDERATION UH, APPLICATIONS.
SO TONIGHT'S QUESTION IS ONLY WHETHER COUNSEL WERE WILL RECONSIDER EACH DENIAL.
THIS IS NOT A ZONING CASE, THIS IS JUST A PROCEDURAL CASE TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT EACH APPLICANT'S APPLICANT'S PROVIDE Y'ALL WITH ENOUGH INFORMATION THAT Y'ALL CONSIDER WORTHY FOR A RECONSIDERATION ON THE VOTE, THE APPLICANT MAY PRESENT ONLY NEW EVIDENCE THAT WAS NOT PRESENTED DURING THE ORIGINAL PUBLIC HEARING.
AND THIS PARTICULAR CASE, ONE APPLICANT WAS NOT HERE AND I BELIEVE IT'S THE FIRST ONE.
AND SO ANY NEW UM, UM, ANYTHING THEY PRESENT TONIGHT WILL BE NEW EVIDENCE THAT WAS NOT PRESENTED.
UM, A MOTION TO GRANT RECONSIDERATION MUST BE MADE BY A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO VOTED TO DENY THE CASE.
THE MOTION RECONSIDERATION REQUIRES AT LEAST THREE-FOURTHS VOTE OF THE MEMBERS PRESENT AND VOTING BUT NEVER FEWER THAN FIVE AFFIRMATIVE VOTES.
IF WE ALL OF Y'ALL WEREN'T HERE, WE'RE ALL HERE.
IF RECONSIDERATION IS GRANTED, THE ZONING CASES WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR A NEW MERITS HEARING AT THE NEXT AVAILABLE REGULAR MEETING.
AFTER ALL REQUIRED NOTICES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
IF RECONSIDERATION IS NOT GRANTED, THE ORIGINAL DENIAL REMAINS IN EFFECT AND THE COUNCIL WILL NOT REHEAR THE MERITS.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, IF NOT, LET'S BE CAREFUL WITH OUR QUESTIONS 'CAUSE REMEMBER THIS IS NOT A SUBSTANTIVE UM, REVIEW OF THE MERITS.
THIS IS MERELY A PROCEDURAL MATTER.
ALRIGHT, IN THIS CASE, THE FIRST ONE IS ITEM EIGHT B.
IT'S RECONSIDERATION REQUEST OF PREVIOUSLY DENIED DENIED ZONING APPLICATION FILE NUMBER Z 26 12 SWEETNESS SUITES AND DISTRICT ONE.
SO AS CITY ATTORNEY SAID, WE'RE NOT GONNA GO OVER THE CASE.
UM, WE'RE JUST REMINDING UM, SOME FACTUAL MATTERS OF THE CASE.
UM, FOUR 10 TOWN CENTER BOULEVARD SUITE WEAKNESS SUITES.
THE REQUEST IS FOR A TATTOO SLASH BODY PIERCING ESTABLISHMENT.
THE WOMAN WITH LONG DARK HAIR WEARING A RED TOP AND A PLAID BLAZER STANDS AT A WOODEN PODIUM LOOKING AT TWO LAPTOPS EMPTY.
MAROON THEATER SEATS ARE BEHIND HER.
UM, THE CURRENT ZONING ON THAT PROPERTY IS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT PD 25 DASH 29.
IT IS IN THE FIRE WHEEL FIREWALL.
UH, THE TENANT SPACE THAT THEY'RE WANTING TO, UH, OCCUPY IS 1535 SQUARE FEET.
UM, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF REMINDER.
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ONE.UH, EVERYBODY EXCEPT FOR CM OTT, UH, WAS IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT.
SO HE'S THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN'T MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER.
ANYBODY ELSE CAN MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER AND ANYBODY CAN SECOND INCLUDING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER OTT.
UM, AS CITY ATTORNEY MENTIONED, IT WILL REQUIRE AT LEAST SEVEN VOTES TO GRANT THE RECONSIDERATION.
AGAIN, COUNSEL IS NOT HEARING THE CASE ITSELF, IT'S THE NEW EVIDENCE THAT THE APPLICANT, UM, HAS TO OFFER.
THAT'S ALL WE WANTED TO UM, SAY AND I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT'S HERE.
ALRIGHT, MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE APPLICANT? UM, UNAWARE IF THE APPLICANT IS HERE.
IS MS. JUANITA ALLEN HERE? THE MODERN COUNSEL ROOM HAS NINE PEOPLE SEATED OF A LARGE CURVE TABLE.
IF YOU'LL FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD, PLEASE AFTER THANK YOU.
FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AFTERWARDS, BUT IF YOU GIVE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, YOU'LL HAVE 10 MINUTES FOR A PRESENTATION.
AND THE ADDRESS IS FOUR 10 TOWN CENTER BOULEVARD, GARLAND, TEXAS 7 5 0 4 0.
OKAY, SO HI MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL.
UM, THIS, WELL FIRST, UM, THIS IS VERY NEW TO ME TO COME TO GARLAND AND BE IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL.
I'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS ABOUT 22 YEARS WITH SWEETNESS SWEETS, BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME BROUGHT BEFORE COUNCIL.
SO SOME OF THE PROCEDURES I WASN'T AWARE OF, BUT I'VE COME TO FIND OUT A LOT OF THE PROCEDURES NOW.
UM, SO WITH SWEETNESS SUITES WE'RE KIND OF LIKE A SHOP, LIKE, UM, CLAIRE'S.
AND SO IT'S, UH, YOU CAN GO INSIDE AND GET BODY PEER GET EAR PIERCINGS, BUT WE DO A FEW OTHER PIERCINGS AS FAR AS ABOVE THE WAIST.
WE'VE BEEN THERE IN THAT LOCATION FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS NOW.
UM, AND ANOTHER SHOP I BELIEVE CAME IN AFTER, JUST RECENTLY, A FEW MONTHS AGO.
AND SO WE APPLIED FOR OUR, UM, CO AT THAT TIME.
AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE CO THERE, BUT WE HAD THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COME OUT, DO A, UH, INSPECTION AND WE ALSO HAD THE STATE OF, UH, TEXAS COME OUT, DO OUR PRE UH, INSPECTIONS.
AND WE GOT APPROVED AT THAT TIME.
AND SO WITH THAT SUB PERMIT WE'RE REQUESTING JUST TO GET THAT SUB PERMIT FOR THAT LOCATION.
'CAUSE WE'LL MOVE FROM OUR ORIGINAL SPOT IN THE MALL TO A NEW SPOT.
SO WE'RE NEEDING A SUB PERMIT FOR THE NEW LOCATION AND WE JUST DO A LITTLE EAR PIERCINGS, MORE OF LIKE A LITTLE, UM, WE DO HAVE ACCESSORIES AND BODY PIERCINGS AND THINGS IN THERE AND SO WE'RE JUST REQUESTING FOR THAT SUB APARTMENT FOR THE NEW LOCATION TEXT CITY COUNCIL.
COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE RECONSIDERATION REQUEST? TEXT DYLAN HEDRICK, MAYOR.
UM, THANK YOU FOR DOING BUSINESS.
IT'S, UH, IN GOLAND DISTRICT ONE.
UM, AND I, I WENT THERE UM, SEVERAL TIMES, SO IT'S THIS NICE PLACE.
CAN YOU SHARE WITH US THAT, UM, IS THERE A REASON WHY YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO MAKE TO THE LAST MEETINGS ON JULY 7TH? UM, IT'S, I WASN'T AWARE THAT IT WAS A SECOND MEETING.
I WENT TO THE PLANNING MEETING AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS IT.
SO I DIDN'T KNOW, UM, ABOUT THE NEXT MEETING.
AND SO WHEN I SPOKE WITH THE, UM, GARLAND GAVE HIM A PHONE CALL, THEY SAID, BUT I HAPPENED TO TALK TO HIM I THINK A COUPLE DAYS AFTER THE COUNCIL MEETING AND THEY SAID, OH, IT WAS ANOTHER MEETING.
I WASN'T AWARE THAT IT WAS ANOTHER MEETING AND SO THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I DIDN'T SHOW, I WASN'T AWARE OF IT TO, AND I, I WAS OUTTA TOWN THAT TIME BUT I WASN'T AWARE THAT IT WAS ANOTHER MEETING.
SO YOU RECEIVED ANY EMAIL FROM OUR, OUR STAFF? NO, THEY DIDN'T SEND ME AN EMAIL TELLING ME ABOUT THE NEXT, THE, THE COUNCIL MEETING THAT JUST HAPPENED.
THAT WAS WHY I CALLED THE OFFICE BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THAT MEETING.
YEAH, 'CAUSE I'M BEING TOLD THAT THE STAFF ALREADY SENT YOU AN EMAIL AND THEY TOLD ME THEY SENT A LETTER.
UH, BUT I DIDN'T GET THAT LETTER WHEN I CALLED THE OFFICE.
THEY SAID, WELL WE SENT A LETTER TO THAT ADDRESS AND I DIDN'T RECEIVE THAT LETTER IN TIME 'CAUSE I WAS OUTTA TOWN.
UM, YOU WERE IN THE DOWN CENTER MALL ALREADY IN ANOTHER SPOT? YES.
AND THAT WAS MORE THAN 500 FEET AWAY FROM THE SHOP THAT'S CAUSING THE PROBLEM RIGHT NOW.
MR. MAYOR, MR. ATTORNEY, I'M NOT SURE HOW THIS WOULD BE RELEVANT FOR RECONSIDERATION EVALUATION TONIGHT.
IT'D BE RELEVANT FOR THE NEXT MEETING IF COUNSEL GRANTS THE RECONSIDERATION, BUT WE'RE GETTING TO THE SUBSTANCE OF THE ZONING CASE AND NOT THE PROCEDURAL MATTER AT THIS POINT.
I'LL WITHDRAW MY QUESTIONS MR. MAYOR.
I'LL, I'LL HOLD THOSE FOR THE NEXT TIME.
COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE, MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO TEXT CITY COUNCIL THAT QUESTION AND THAT IS WE ARE GONNA, OUR THOUGHTS AND I ARE HA RELATE TO THE RECONSIDERATION.
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THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH AND I GUESS THE REAL QUESTION THEN BECOMES FOR ME, OKAY, WHAT NEW INFORMATION, UH, IS BEING PRESENTED OR SHOULD EVEN NEW INFORMATION BE PRESENTED THAT WILL UH, UH, GIVE ME SOME TYPE OF THOUGHT AS TO WHY SHOULD EVEN CONSIDER A RECONSIDERATION.AND AT THIS POINT I DON'T SEE THAT THE APPLICANT IS ABLE TO REALLY GIVE ANY INFORMATION.
I HAVE NOT HEARD STAFF GIVE ANY NEW INFORMATION, THEREFORE IT MAKES IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.
IT SEEMS FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT I WOULD CHANGE MY VOTE TO RECONSIDER BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT I HAD BEFORE.
I DON'T SEE, HEAR ANYTHING ANY DIFFERENT THAN I WHAT I HEARD BEFORE.
IS THAT TEXT JIMMY TRAN, DISTRICT ONE? I'M NOT TALKING TO LEGAL NOW.
YOU'RE I'M JUST TALKING TO LEGAL NOW.
COUNCILMAN, I THINK YOUR ANALYSIS IS ON POINT AND ACCURATE.
THAT IS THE, UM, THAT'S HOW, THAT'S A GOOD DESCRIPTION OF WHAT COUNSEL SHOULD BE CONSIDERING TONIGHT.
JUST STRICTLY THE INFORMATION PROVIDED YOU TONIGHT, IF THAT'S NEW INFORMATION THAT YOU WERE NOT, THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO YOU BEFORE WHEN YOU ORIGINALLY MADE THE DECISION AND I THINK YOU KIND OF NAILED THE PROCESS PRETTY WELL IN YOUR DESCRIPTION.
THEREFORE I THINK IT'D VERY IMPORTANT FOR YOU AS THE APPLICANT TO RECOGNIZE AND TO UNDERSTAND THAT UNLESS WE HEAR SOMETHING TONIGHT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HEARD BEFORE, NEW INFORMATION, IT MAKES IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO RECONSIDER.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING DIFFERENT? DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHY? NO.
SO DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING NEW THAT YOU CAN PRESENT TO US? SO NEW INFORMATION THAT I HAVE IS, UM, THAT I EMAILED TO THEM IS THAT THE FACT THAT I HAVE BEEN IN THAT LOCATION FOR OVER 10 YEARS AND THAT, UM, I'M ACTUALLY INSIDE OF A LEASE THERE IN THAT PARTICULAR SPACE FOR THAT.
SO THAT WAS NEW INFORMATION THAT I DID SEND TO THEM.
I SENT THEM MY LEASE LEASING INFORMATION AND THE FACT THAT I HAD BEEN IN THAT LOCATION BEFORE THE NEW LOCATION WE JUST SWITCHED, UM, TO ANOTHER BUILDING.
SO I SENT ALL OF THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE WE ORIGINALLY WAS ON CEDAR SAGE, HOW THE MALL IS AND WE HAD ALL OF OUR LICENSE AND EVERYTHING THERE.
AND THEN WE MOVED TO THE, SORRY CORNER SPOT INSIDE OF THE MALL.
SO THAT WAS THE NEW INFORMATION THAT WASN'T PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED AND I, I MIGHT GET MY HAND SLAPPED HERE, BUT COUNCIL MEMBERS LISTEN TO DESK.
IT'S OBVIOUS THAT YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY YOU WERE DENIED AND AS A RESULT OF THAT THE INFORMATION THAT YOU WANNA PRESENT TO US IS NOT NEW INFORMATION FOR US.
SO AS A RESULT OF THAT, UH, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE RECONSIDERATION TO THE APPLICANT? MAYOR DYLAN HEDRICK LOOKS FORWARD AT THE DESK.
WHITE SHOT OF COUNCIL CHAMBER.
COUNCIL MEMBERS AT CURVE DESK GARLAND LOGO BEHIND THEM RIGHT MA'AM? SECRETARY, DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM? NO SIR, WE DO NOT.
ALRIGHT AND COUNSEL, I WILL OPEN THIS UP TO YOU IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER.
COUNCIL MEMBER TR THANK YOU MAYOR.
SO BASED ON WHAT WE HEAR TODAY, TEXT JUSTIN CARAWAY, EDMORE AND CHRISTINA ANO FROM THE APPLICANTS AND UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DENY THIS RECONSIDERATION REQUEST OF THE PREVIOUS DENIED ZONING APPLICATION Z 26 12 SWISSNESS SWISS DISTRICT ONE.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO DENY THE RECONSIDERATION ANY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE COUNCIL ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO DENY? SEE NONE MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US.
THIS IS A MOTION TO DENY THE RECONSIDERATION OVERLAY TEXT VOTING RESULTS MOTION BY ED MOORE, SECONDED BY JUSTIN CARAWAY.
THAT ITEM IS APPROVED EIGHT TO ONE WITH COUNCIL, WITH UH, MAYOR PRO TIM OT IN OPPOSITION.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO OUR NEXT ITEM.
RECONSIDERATION REQUEST OF A PREVIOUSLY DESI DENIED ZONING APPLICATION FILE NUMBER Z 26 15 BY HAMZA.
IF KAHAR SIMI IN DISTRICT SIX.
THE MAN IN A SUIT LOOKS DOWN AT PAPERS AND NODS.
UM, AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS AGAIN A RECONSIDERATION CASE SO WE'RE NOT GONNA PRESENT, UM, DETAILS OF THE CASE.
JUST AS A REMINDER, SUP UH, FOR AN AUTOMOBILE SALES NEW, UH, NEW OR USED USE, UH, ON PROPERTIES, UH, PROPERTY ZONED INDUSTRIAL.
THE LOCATION'S 1805 RESERVE STREET, SUITE 1 0 1.
UM, THE ACREAGE IS 1.59 ACRES.
UM, LITTLE REMINDER ON THE MOTION IT WAS DENIED.
SEVEN TO TWO THE MAYOR AND CM MOORE WERE IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT.
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ARE THE TWO MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL THAT CAN'T MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER BUT ANYBODY EL ANYBODY CAN SECOND, UM, AGAIN REQUIRES SEVEN VOTE AND YOU'RE HERE TO UM, WE'RE HERE TO GET NEW EVIDENCE TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO RECONSIDER.ALL RIGHT AND SECRETARY IS THE APPLICANT HERE.
I'M UNAWARE IF THE APPLICANT IS HERE.
IS MR. SIMI HERE? COUNCIL ROOM WITH SCREENS MONITORS SHOW.
QUESTIONS SLIDE GARLAND ON BACK WALL CALL.
IS THE APPLICANT HERE? THE MAN SPEAKS TO ANOTHER THE THANK YOU QUESTIONS.
DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM DUTTON, YOU'RE IN THE QUEUE.
MA'AM, I ASSUME HE'S NOT HERE BECAUSE HE'S BUSY.
UH, BEING IN BUSINESS RIGHT NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DENY THE REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION.
I HAVE A MOTION TO DENY MAYOR HEDRICK.
WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC SPEAKER THOUGH.
UH, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR SPEAKER KYLE STEVENS.
MAYOR DYLAN HEDRICK LOOKS DIRECTLY FORWARD WITH A SLIGHT SMILE, THEN BRIEFLY GLANCES DOWN TO HIS RIGHT BEFORE LOOKING BACK UP AND SMILING.
ALRIGHT, IF YOU GIVE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
UM, 27 0 3 FOUNTAIN VIEW, CORINTH, TEXAS.
I'M REPRESENTING BIG D UM, I'M JUST ASKING FOR Y'ALL TO, UH, DENY THE REQUEST.
UM, JUST, JUST BASED OFF SAFETY CONCERNS, UM, AGAIN AND JUST ALLOWING PEACEFUL, UH, TRUCKS TO COME THROUGH OR WHATNOT.
YEAH, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I GOT ON THAT END.
I DUNNO IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR I SHOULD SAY I DON'T SEE ANY.
MAYOR HEDRICK, TEXT CITY COUNCIL 2026.
ALRIGHT MADAM SECRETARY, ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? NO SIR.
WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS RECONSIDERATION CASE? ALRIGHT, I'LL TURN IT BACK TO YOU.
UM, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DENY THE REQUEST TO RECONSIDER.
I HAVE A MOTION TO DENY BY THE MAYOR PROAM DUTTON AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER RELUCTANT COUNCIL.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? THIS IS A MOTION TO DENY I SECRETARY.
PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US VOTING RESULTS.
AND THAT ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
MOVE ON NOW TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS TO CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS SIR, YOU HAVE AN APPOINTMENT? YES, I NOMINATE TONY BOWIE TO SERVE ON THE COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION.
ALRIGHT, HAVE A NOMINATION BY COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS AND A SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM DUTTON IN DISCUSSION ON THE NOMINATION.
UM, SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE.
COULD I PLEASE GET ONE MORE PERSON TO THANK YOU.
AND THAT APPOINTMENT IS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
WE'LL GO NOW TO DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM DUTTON.
DYLAN HEDRICK LOOKS FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND THEN DOWN.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE, UM, PRUDENCE AND SFA TO THE GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL.
TWO NOMINEES TO THE GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL.
WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK, DYLAN HEDRICK LOOKS UP, DOWN SMILES MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE AND THOSE APPOINTMENTS ARE APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
NOW MOVE ON TO CITIZEN'S COMMENTS.
MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO ADDRESS ISSUES NOT ON THE MEETING.
AGENDA MAY HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK, HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO THE TEXT OPEN MEETINGS ACT COUNCIL IS PROHIBITED FROM DISCUSSING ANY ITEM NOT ON THE POSTED AGENDA.
UM, SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER SIGNED UP TODAY? YES SIR.
ALRIGHT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR FIRST SPEAKER KIRSTEN MILLER.
DARK GRAY TEXT GARLAND ON THE WALL WITH AN AMERICAN FLAG TO HIS LEFT SMALLER NAME.
PLAQUES ARE VISIBLE ON THE CURVED WOODEN DESK.
ALRIGHT, IF YOU GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
HELLO? UH, MY NAME IS KIRSTEN MILLER.
MY ADDRESS IS 39 21 GREENSBORO CIRCLE, AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE FLOCK CAMERAS.
WHEN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT FLOCK CAMERAS STARTED TO GET IN THE SPOTLIGHT.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, I LOOKED UP MY LICENSE PLATE ON A WEBSITE CALLED HAVE I BEEN FLOCKED.COM.
ACCORDING TO THIS WEBSITE, MY LICENSE PLATE HAD BEEN FLAGGED AS SUSPICIOUS IN THE STATE OF OHIO BY OR BY LUCAS COUNTY, OHIO POLICE OFFICERS BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2025, AND OCTOBER 2ND, 2025.
AND THEIR SEARCH WARRANT HAD BEEN MADE USING OVER 92,000 CAMERAS, ACROSS 6,600 NETWORKS.
THE REASON THAT THIS WEBSITE HAD THIS RECORD ABOUT MY PLATE WAS BECAUSE THE MU MIO POLICE DEPARTMENT IN WASHINGTON STATE PUBLISHES THEIR DATA FOR THEIR FLOCK SYSTEMS. AS A RESULT, I, A CITIZEN OF GARLAND, TEXAS HAD MY DATA FLAGGED BY A POLICE DEPARTMENT IN OHIO, AND THE SEARCH ITSELF WAS RELEASED FROM A POLICE DEPARTMENT IN WASHINGTON STATE.
I'VE NOT BEEN TO OHIO IN WELL OVER A DECADE,
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ADDITIONALLY USING A MAP THAT TRACKS BLOCK CAMERAS.I'VE IDENTIFIED THE PLACEMENT OF A FEW OF THEM THAT I FEEL ARE TROUBLING.
ONE SUCH CAMERA IS POSTED, UH, NEAR AN, UH, A LATINO CHURCH OFF OF MILLER ROAD.
SINCE THE ENTRANCE OF THE CHURCH IS VISIBLE FROM THE STREET, IT IS ALSO VISIBLE IN WITHIN THE CAMERA'S VIEW.
WHILE I, WHILE I DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING OF THIS WITH THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT DOING THIS, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THE, THAT ICE USES DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE ACCESS TO THE FLOCK DATABASE AND WITH THAT IS A SITUATION I FIND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DEEPLY TROUBLING.
UH, ANOTHER FLOCK CAMERA IS FOUND ON THE NORTHBOUND SIDE OF GARLAND ROAD, JUST NORTH OF WALNUT.
IT HAS IN ITS VIEW ON THE RIGHT, A HOUSE THAT IS OWNED BY SOMEONE WHO DESIRES THEIR PRIVACY SO MUCH.
THEY'VE HAD THE IMAGES OF THEIR HOUSE OBSCURED ON GOOGLE MAPS.
I CAN'T VERIFY THIS, BUT IF IT'S HIGH ENOUGH, IT CAN SEE OVER THEIR FENCE AND TOWARDS THE FRONT DOOR OF THE HOUSE, ACROSS THE STREET FROM THEM.
FLOCK IS NOT AN INFALLIBLE TOOL.
UH, A MAN IN OHIO WAS JAILED BECAUSE FLOCK READ THE SEVEN ON HIS PLATE IS A TWO.
A WOMAN IN COLORADO WAS ACCUSED OF STEALING PACKAGES BECAUSE CAMERAS SPOTTED THAT SHE HAD SIMPLY DRIVEN THROUGH A NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY 20 TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF A MONTH.
AN OFFICER IN THE HOUSTON AREA JUST RECENTLY RESIGNED DURING AN INVESTIGATION ABOUT HIM USING THE FLOCK CAMERA DATABASE TO TRACK SOMEONE IN HIS PERSONAL LIFE TO MAKE IT CRAZIER.
THIS ISN'T LIMITED TO POLICE EITHER.
YOUTUBER BEN JORDAN HAS TALKED AT LENGTH ABOUT HOW EASILY HACKABLE THESE CAMERAS ARE WITHIN THE RIGHT KNOWHOW.
IT CAN BE DONE WITH COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE INTERNET BROWSERS AND THAT KNOWHOW IS FOR SALE ON THE DARK WEB.
JORDAN HAS POSTED A VARIETY OF VIDEOS TO SHOW THE SECURITY FLAWS IN FLOCKS CAMERAS WITH THE COOPERATION OF 4 0 4 MEDIA WHO RELEASED A VIDEO TITLED THE FLOCK CAMERA LEAK IS LIKE NETFLIX FOR STALKERS.
IN THIS VIDEO, JORDAN WAS ABLE TO ACCESS THE ADMIN DASHBOARDS FOR CAMERAS REMOTELY THROUGH CONVENTIONAL SEARCH ENGINES.
THEY WEREN'T ENCRYPTED, NOR WERE THEY PASSWORD PROTECTED.
FLOCK MADE A RESPONSE ABOUT IT AND JORDAN'S RESPONSE TO THAT WHEN RECORD, WHEN RECORDED WAS NOT USING ONE OF HIS OWN CAMERAS, BUT A FLOCK CAMERA THAT TRIED TO INSTEAD FOCUS ON NEARBY CHILDREN INSTEAD OF HIM WHEN HE MADE ATTEMPTS TO REACH OUT TO FLOCK TO ADDRESS THESE FLAWS AND ACTIVITY THAT IS TYPICAL IN THE INDUSTRY TECH AND THE IN, IN THE TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY CALLED, UH, UH, BOUNTIES.
UH, HE HAS BEEN GHOSTED BY FLOCK AND OTHER RECENT EVENTS SHOW THAT THEIR ANSWER TO JORDAN'S WORK WAS TO BLACKLIST HIM ENTIRELY.
I'M GONNA HAVE TO ASK YOU TO SUM UP PLEASE.
UH, THESE, BASICALLY, THERE'S A LOT OF SECURITY FLAWS AND WE HAVE THEM.
WE HAVE LIKE KIRSTEN MILLER GESTURES WITH HER HANDS AS YOU SPEAK.
OH, UH, LIKE US SENATORS HAVE ACTUALLY WRITTEN TO TRY TO GET CONSIDERATION ON THEM BEING A POTENTIAL THREAT OF NATIONAL SECURITY AS WELL.
SO BECAUSE OF THESE ISSUES AND THEIR INSECURITY AND THE FACT THAT THEY'RE VERY EXPENSIVE, IT FEELS LIKE IT WOULD BE BETTER TO CANCEL OUR CONTRACTS LIKE OTHER CITIES SUCH AS LOS ANGELES HAVE.
SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR, EXCUSE ME, LEWIS SALAZAR TEXT DYLAN HEDRICK MAYOR.
HE GESTURES WITH HIS RIGHT HAND WHILE PRESIDING OVER THE COUNCIL.
GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AS WELL.
LUIS SALAZAR, UH, 5 6 6 2 SOUTHERN FERN ROAD.
I WAS BORN, UH, AND RAISED HERE IN GARLAND AND A FATHER OF TWO CHILDREN.
I HAVE MANY RULES REGARDING MY CHILDREN AND EACH ONE OF THEM WAS CREATED WITH SAFETY IN MIND.
MY MOST UNPOPULAR RULE IS NO PHOTOS OF MY CHILDREN ONLINE.
I ENFORCE THIS WITH FAMILY, CHURCH AND FRIENDS.
I'M HERE ALSO TO TALK ABOUT FLOCK CAMERAS AND TO ASK YOU TO CANCEL YOUR CONTRACT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
THESE CAMERAS, WHILE THEY MAY BE AN EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, ENFORCEMENT, I ASSURE YOU THERE IS AN ASTOUNDING AMOUNT OF EVIDENCE THAT THESE CAMERAS ARE DOING MUCH MORE THAN THAT.
THESE SYSTEMS MARKETED FOR SOLVING CRIMES GET USED FOR IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT.
THESE TEMPORARY PROGRAMS BECOME PERMANENT INFRASTRUCTURE WITH MANY CITIES LIKE CANTON, OHIO AND EVANSTON, ILLINOIS STRUGGLING AFTER THEY'VE CANCELED THEIR CONTRACT WITH ONLINE CAMERAS THAT HAVE STAYED ON FOR WEEKS.
DATA SHARING AGREEMENTS GROW TO INCLUDE MORE AGENCIES AND TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES.
ENABLE INVASIVE USES AND INVASIVE LOCATIONS THAT THEY ARE INSTALLED, INCLUDING POINTED RIGHT OUTSIDE PUBLIC RESTROOMS OR CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUNDS OR PRIVATE BOXING GYMS, REGULATIONS AND OVERSIGHT CONSISTENTLY LAG BEHIND, UH, DEPLOYMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AND CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT FOR ABUSE.
FLOCK WILL NOT STOP INSTALLING CAMERAS.
THEY CAN AND WILL DO IT WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION.
I KNOW THIS BECAUSE MY NEIGHBORHOOD MADE THIS EXACT MISTAKE.
WE ARE LEARNING THIS THE HARD WAY.
MY HOA AT PARKS AT ROSE HILL HAS AGREED TO INSTALL TWO CAMERAS POINTED OUTWARD.
WE SIGNED FOR THEM IN THE SUMMER OF 2023 FOR ABOUT $10,000 A YEAR.
IT SEEMED LIKE A SMALL PRICE TO PAY FOR LESS BREAK-INS AND POSSIBLY BRINGING SOME OF THESE PEOPLE TO JUSTICE.
TWO MONTHS AGO I NOTICED SOMETHING.
THERE ARE TWO NEW CAMERAS ON EACH POST.
KEEP IN MIND THAT THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT WAS FOR ONE CAMERA ON EACH POST POINTED OUTWARD, BUT NOW THEY'RE POINTED IN AND OUT OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
I HAVE MY OWN CAMERA POINTED RIGHT AT THAT, AT THAT CAMERA.
AND AT FIRST THE IR SENSOR WOULD ONLY
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FLASH FOR CARS, BUT NEVER PEOPLE.UM, NOW THEY FLASH FOR BOTH PLATES AND PEOPLE.
YOU SEE THESE UPDATES COME OVER THE AIR.
AND WHEN THE NEW CAMERA, WHICH WAS INSTALLED, UH, POINTED INWARD, IT WAS INSTALLED, POINTED DIRECTLY AT MY HOME, LESS THAN 50 FEET AWAY.
SUDDENLY A CAMERA I DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO CAPTURING MORE THAN JUST LICENSE PLATES IS POINTED AT MY FAMILY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, MY CHILDREN.
I KNOW THAT YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHAT YOU SIGNED UP FOR.
WE GOT SOLD TO, BUT I'M WARNING YOU THAT THIS IS A PRIVATE COMPANY.
THEY ASPIRE TO MAKE MONEY, NOT JUST THE MONEY THAT THEY GOT FROM US, THE CITY OF GARLAND, BUT OTHER PRIVATE INTERESTS.
THEY CLAIM TO ONLY KEEP OUR INFORMATION FOR 30 DAYS, BUT THEY CAN AND WILL SELL IT TO THIRD PARTIES WHO ARE HAPPY TO KEEP IT MUCH LONGER.
THEY DON'T COME BACK TO ASK FOR MORE OF OUR MONEY TO DRIVE REVENUE.
THEY WILL COME AND INSTALL MORE CAMERAS AND UNMARKED VEHICLES WITHOUT OUR CONSENT AS A CITY AND AGAINST US AS CITIZENS.
I IMPLORE YOU IF YOU NEED ANOTHER TOOL IN YOUR TOOL BELT TO SOLVE CRIMES.
RECONSIDER BASED ON WHAT I'M SHARING WITH YOU TODAY, THERE ARE ARE, THERE ARE ALREADY PLENTY OF CAMERAS IN THE WORLD.
MY HOMETOWN CANNOT BETRAY US LIKE THIS.
RECONSIDER WHAT DAMAGE THIS DOES TO THE TRUST WE HAVE IN YOU AS CITIZENS OF GARLAND AND TO THE PRIVACY OF FAMILIES JUST LIKE MINE.
MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER? DENISE HAMILTON.
TEXT DYLAN HEDRICK, MAYOR TEXT BJ WILLIAMS MAYOR PRO TEM TEXT ED MOORE, COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT THREE TEXT MICHAEL A BATZ COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT FOUR.
IF YOU'D PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
I AM 1 3 0 2 2 CLEARVIEW DRIVE IN PONY.
BUT THE PROPERTY I'M CALLING ABOUT IS HERE ABOUT IS, UM, 1413 DAIRY DAIRY ROAD HERE IN GOLAND.
DENISE HAMILTON OF THE PODIUM WITH PAPERS.
MY NAME IS DENISE HAMILTON, REPRESENTING NEWMONT HE BAPTIST CHURCH.
FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMAN CA CAR CALLAWAY.
DENISE HAMILTON READS HER PAPERS OF PODIUM, UH, FOR HIS TIME.
SHE LOOKS AT PAPERS MAKING A GESTURE AND FOR HI FOR HIM.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK HIM FOR HIS TIME AND BEING, BRINGING OUR CONCERNS TO THE COUNCIL.
I AM HERE TONIGHT TO ASK THE COUNCIL TO WAIVE THE, UH, TREE MITIGATION FEE SO THAT WE CAN CUT DOWN THREE TREES IN FRONT OF OUR CHURCH THAT'S, UM, DAMAGING OUR SIDEWALKS.
JUST LAST SUNDAY, UH, WE RETURNED BACK TO OUR CHURCH AFTER NINE MONTHS OF RENOVATION AND WE HAD A MEMBER OF OUR CHURCH FAMILY TO FALL ON THE SIDEWALK 'CAUSE OF THE DAMAGE THAT THE TREE IS CAUSING, THE TREES ARE CAUSING WOMAN OF PODIUM PAPERS.
UM, THIS CAUSES OVERWHELMING FOR A SMALL NONPROFIT CHURCH.
WE MUST PAY FOR THE, FOR THE PERMIT, A, UM, CERTIFIED TREE SURGEON, A TREE REMOVER BRUSH, UM, HAULING, AND THEN PAY FOR THE UM, MITIGATION FEE.
I RESPECTFULLY ASKED THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER WHETHER THIS ORDINANCE SHOULD APPLY THE SAME TO CHURCHES AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT SERVE THE COMMUNITY AS IT DOES.
AS WE ARE NOT A NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
WE ARE A CHURCH TRYING TO MAKE A, UH, OUR PROPERTY SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE.
DENISE HAMILTON TURNS A PAGE, ADJUST GLASSES.
WE, WE ONLY BEEN BACK IN OUR CHURCH ONE WEEK AFTER NINE MONTHS OF RENOVATION.
WE ALREADY HAD OUR FRONT DOORS INTENTIONALLY VANDALIZED.
THANKFULLY, NOTHING INSIDE THE CHURCH WAS DAMAGED.
I STOLEN THE TREES, ALSO BLOCKED THE VISIBILITY OF OUR CHURCH AND THE SIGN FOR THE STREET.
OUR MEMBERS ARE LONG TERM GARLAND RESIDENTS, HOMEOWNERS, TAXPAYERS, AND ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
FOR MANY OF MANY WHO ARE SENIORS.
THIS CHURCH, THIS IS, THIS CHURCH IS THEIR PRIMARILY, UH, PRIMARY PLACE FOR, UM, FELLOWSHIP AND SUPPORT.
WE ARE SIMPLY ASKING FOR FAIRNESS AND CONSIDERATION SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE SERVING GARLAND COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR RESPECT.
THE MAN IN A SUIT SITS A DESK.
M SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? NO SIR.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TONIGHT? COUNSEL CHAMBER WITH PEOPLE AT DESKS.