Aug 31, 2026 Work Session

[ PUBLIC COMMENTS ON WORK SESSION ITEMS]

[ CONSIDER THE CONSENT AGENDA]

[1. Amendment to Interlocal Agreement for Public Health Services with Dallas County Health & Human Services and Consent to Sublicense Agreement between Dallas County and St. Vicent de Paul Charitable Pharmacy]

[2. Code Compliance Civil Citation Collections Contract]

[3. Overview of the November 3rd Tax Rate Election]

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THIS INCLUDES COSTS FOR THE BASE UNITS, ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT TO OUTFIT THOSE UNITS, RESERVE FOR FUTURE REPLACEMENT FUEL, AND ONGOING VEHICLE MAINTENANCE. THE TOTAL FOR THESE VEHICLES IS $500,612, FOR A TOTAL COMBINED REQUEST OF $2,098,762 FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARE NINE ADDITIONAL FIREFIGHTER POSITIONS AND AN OVERTIME ADJUSTMENT FOR THE POSITIONS. THIS INCLUDES SALARY, FRINGE BENEFITS FOR FICA, MEDICARE, HEALTH INSURANCE, TMRS PENSION AND CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT BENEFIT, AS WELL AS EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT. THE TOTAL FOR THESE POSITIONS IS $1,128,160 FOR THE OVERTIME ADJUSTMENT. THIS INCLUDES 594,400 ADDITIONAL OF SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING, WITH THE VOTE IN FAVOR FOR TOTAL COMBINED REQUEST OF $1,722,000 AND FIVE SORRY, $1,722,560. FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT EMERGENCY SERVICE DISPATCHERS POSITIONS. THIS REQUEST INCLUDES SALARY, OVERTIME, FRINGE BENEFITS FOR FICA, MEDICARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY, HEALTH INSURANCE, AND THE TEAMSTERS PENSION, AS WELL AS EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT, FOR A TOTAL REQUEST OF $756,424. FOR THE ANIMAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS A REQUEST TO CONVERT TEMPORARY POSITIONS INTO THREE FULL TIME ANIMAL CARE TECHNICIAN POSITIONS. THIS INCLUDES SALARY, FRINGE, FRINGE BENEFITS FOR MEDICARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY, HEALTH INSURANCE, AND TMRS PENSION, AS WELL AS REALLOCATED TEMPORARY SALARIES FOR TOTAL NET REQUEST

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FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS CROSSING GUARD SALARY MARKET ADJUSTMENTS FOR TEMP POSITIONS. THIS INCLUDES THE SALARY FOR THE CROSSING GUARDS, AS WELL AS FRINGE BENEFITS COVERING FICA, MEDICARE, AND SOCIAL SECURITY FOR TOTAL SUPPLEMENTAL AMOUNT, WITH THE VOTE IN FAVOR OF $15,527. AND AS ALLISON MENTIONED EARLIER, GENERAL FUND RESERVES FOR UNFORESEEN OPERATIONAL EXPENSES, EMERGENCIES AND INCREASED COSTS IN THE FUTURE. THE AMOUNT WITH THE VOTE IN FAVOR WOULD BE $3,537,535, AND THE BASE BUDGET AMOUNT WITH THE VOTE AGAINST WOULD COVER $974,000. IF VOTERS DO NOT APPROVE THE PROPOSITION SECTION 26.07 E OF THE TEXAS OF THE TEXAS TAX CODE WILL REDUCE THE CITY'S PROPERTY TAX RATE TO

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YOU NEED TO CHECK YOUR APPRAISAL NOTICE FOR YOUR ACTUAL TAXABLE HOME VALUE. THE CITY OF GARLAND IS ONLY RESPONSIBLE FOR SETTING THE TAX RATE, NOT YOUR APPRAISED VALUE, THAT IS SET INDEPENDENTLY BY THE RESPECTIVE COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT. ON THIS SLIDE AND ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, UNDER VOTING INFORMATION, THERE WILL BE EARLY VOTING DATES AND TIMES OUTLINED HERE ON THE SLIDE. AS PROVIDED BY DALLAS AND COLLIN COUNTIES. THE WEBSITE WILL BE UPDATED WITH ELECTION DAY VOTING LOCATIONS ONCE THOSE ARE ANNOUNCED BY THE RESPECTIVE COUNTIES, AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE ADDED TO THE WEBSITE REGARDING FUTURE CITY WIDE TOWN HALL DATES AND FAQS AS RECEIVED. AND FINALLY, ELECTION DAY IS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD, 2026. AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. SEE? NO QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR. UPDATE ON UPCOMING CITY FACILITY

[4. Update on Upcoming City Facility Openings]

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GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MICHAEL BUCKLER, PMO DIRECTOR. HOW ARE YOU ALL? THIS IS MEANT TO BE A FUN UPDATE BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING TO THE PART OF THESE PROJECTS BEHIND US WHERE EVERYBODY LIKES TO GET CUTTING RIBBONS AND OPENING BUILDINGS. THE FOUR FACILITIES I'M GOING TO BE DISCUSSING TONIGHT REPRESENT SOME OF THE LAST MAJOR FACILITY PROJECTS FROM THE 2019 BUILD GARLAND BOND PROGRAM, AND ALL FOUR ARE COMING ACROSS THE FINISH LINE THIS FALL. SO BEFORE WE GET INTO EACH PROJECT, THIS IS GOING TO BE A QUICK LOOK AT HOW MUCH IS OPENING IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. WE HAVE THE JACK COLEMAN TENNIS CENTER, WHICH IS REOPENING ON OCTOBER 1ST. FIRE STATIONS ONE AND SEVEN ARE BOTH CELEBRATING ACTIVATION ON OCTOBER 10TH, AND THE SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER PREVIEW WILL BE HELD ON OCTOBER 30TH. OCTOBER IS GOING TO BE A GOOD, FUN MONTH FOR GARLAND, SO I'LL START WITH THE SENIOR CENTER. THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY ON THIS SITE. BEFORE THE ORIGINAL SENIOR CENTER WAS THERE, THERE WAS A LARGE RED BRICK BUILDING THAT WAS FIRST USED AS A GIN, AND THEN IT WAS THE FERRIS WATSON SEED COMPANY. AND THEN THE SENIOR CENTER THAT WE ALL REMEMBER WAS BUILT IN 1994 AND SERVED THE COMMUNITY FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS. WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER IS THAT THE PROJECT DIDN'T ORIGINALLY BEGIN AS A FULL REPLACEMENT. IT WAS A RENOVATION. AS THE WORK PROGRESSED, THE AGE AND CONDITION OF THE BUILDING REVEALED SOME UNFORESEEN CONDITIONS AND THE COST TO CONTINUE THAT RENOVATION NO LONGER MADE SENSE. SO AT THAT POINT, THE CITY MADE THE DECISION TO STOP DEMOLISH THE EXISTING BUILDING AND INSTEAD DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT A NEW MODERN SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER THAT COULD BETTER SERVE GARLAND FOR THE LONG TERM. THAT'S WHERE THE PROJECT CHANGED FROM SIMPLY BEING AN IMPROVEMENT OF THE OLD FACILITY TO SOMETHING MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT. SO WE ARE GOING FROM ROUGHLY 14,500FT■S PREVIOUSLY TO JUST OVER 27,000FT■S, ALMOST TWICE THE SPACE IN THE NEW FACILITY.

IT'LL GIVE US AN EVENT HALL, CATERING, KITCHEN, ARTS AND CRAFTS, FITNESS AND GROUP FITNESS PARTY SPACE, PICKLEBALL OFFICES AND A NEW VETERANS MEMORIAL. CONSTRUCTION STARTED IN AUGUST OF 2025. SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION IS TARGETED FOR OCTOBER 26TH AND THEN ON OCTOBER 30TH, WE GET TO INVITE EVERYBODY IN AND SHOW IT OFF. NEXT UP IS PUBLIC SAFETY, AND I'LL START WITH FIRE STATION ONE, THE OLD STATION ONE, OUR CENTRAL STATION. IT'S BEEN SERVING GARLAND SINCE 1967. IT'S A LITTLE OVER 10,600FT■S WITH THREE APPARATUS BAYS, A COMMUNAL BUNK AND RESTROOM AREA, AN OLD KITCHEN AND DAYROOM, AND THE FITNESS SPACE IS SQUEEZED INTO ONE OF THE APPARATUS BAYS. IT'S DONE ITS JOB FOR NEARLY 60 YEARS, BUT THE PHOTOS MAKE IT PRETTY CLEAR WHY IT'S TIME FOR A NEW ONE. AND WHAT A DIFFERENCE A NEW STATION MAKES, RIGHT? THE NEW STATION ONE NEARLY DOUBLES ITS SIZE TO APPROXIMATELY 20,300FT■S.

THERE'LL BE SIX APPARATUS BAYS, 15 INDIVIDUAL DORMS, NINE RESTROOMS, DEDICATED FITNESS, DECONTAMINATION AND PPE AREAS, A STORM SHELTER, BATTALION SPACE, AND MUCH BETTER LIVING AND WORKING ENVIRONMENTS. EVEN THE DORM ROOMS HAVE AN INDEPENDENT HVAC SYSTEM THAT'S DESIGNED TO HELP REDUCE DISEASE TRANSMISSION FROM ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE. SO IT'S NOT JUST A LARGER STATION, IT'S A MUCH BETTER WORKPLACE FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS. AND SIMILARLY, STATION SEVEN HAS A SIMILAR STORY. THE FACILITIES SERVE THE COMMUNITY WELL FOR DECADES, BUT IT'S SIMPLY REACHED THE LIMITS OF WHAT IT COULD PROVIDE. SO THE CURRENT STATION WAS BUILT IN 1985 AND IS JUST UNDER 6000FT■S. IT WAS DESIGNED AS A SINGLE COMPANY STATION WITH THREE APPARATUS BAYS, COMMUNAL SLEEPING AND RESTROOM AREAS, AND VERY LIMITED SPACE FOR MANY OF THE FUNCTIONS OF A MODERN FIRE COMPANY. IT SERVED THIS PART OF GARLAND FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS, AND THE COMMUNITY AND THE DEPARTMENT'S NEEDS AND THE COMMUNITY HAVE CHANGED

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SO THAT'S IT. BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T SEE ANY, BUT I AM VERY EXCITED FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF. I CAN'T I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE SEVENTH, EIGHTH OR NINTH BUILD GARLAND DAY THAT WE'LL HAVE, BUT I'M HAPPY TO HAVE BEEN PART OF ALL OF THEM SO FAR. I'M VERY MUCH FORWARD LOOKING TO THIS FINAL ONE THAT WILL HAVE AS WELL. AWESOME. AGAIN. THANK YOU. YEP. ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, WE'LL MOVE ON

[5. Garland Cultural Arts Commission, Inc. Hotel Occupancy Tax Revenue Budget, Subgrant Recipients and Hotel Occupancy Tax Program Management Agreement]

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THERE WERE SOME UPDATES. GARLAND. THE ARTS AGENCIES ACTUALLY ALL ACROSS TEXAS ARE LOOKING AT THEIR PROGRAMING AS IT RELATES TO HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES. EVERYBODY'S TAKING A LITTLE BIT CLOSER LOOK AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE IN ALIGNMENT. YES. AND SO PART OF THIS TOO, IS AS WE CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AS A DESTINATION FOR ARTS PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, THIS MAKING SURE THAT OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES ARE BEING USED THE APPROPRIATE WAY IS, IS REALLY IMPORTANT. SO THE UPDATES TO THE GRANT THIS YEAR, THEY HAVE TO BE IN OPEN TO THE PUBLIC SETTINGS. OKAY. IT IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE FOR ARTS EDUCATION OR FOR ART PROGRAMS THAT ARE YOUTH FOCUSED. NOW AS THE ARTS COMMISSION, WE LOVE ARTS, WE WANT TO SUPPORT ART INITIATIVES. BUT WE KNOW THAT THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES HAVE TO BE AN OPEN TO PUBLIC SETTINGS. OKAY, SO THIS YEAR WE'RE ASKING OUR ARTS GROUPS TO THINK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY ABOUT HOW THEY MARKET THEIR PROGRAMS. AND WE'RE ALSO ASKING THEM TO SUBMIT A FINAL REPORT.

AND SO THE THINGS THAT ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR A CULTURAL TOURISM GRANT, GENERAL OPERATIONS, EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES, ACTIVITIES AND PRIVATE LOCATIONS, EVENTS ONLY SERVING RESIDENTS AND CAPITAL OR CONSTRUCTION EXPENSES. AND THIS YEAR, WE'RE ALSO ASKING OUR GROUPS THAT ARE FUNDED TO SUBMIT A FINAL REPORT. AND THIS IS THIS IS ACTUALLY TO HELP PROTECT THE COMMISSION IN THE EVENT THAT THERE WERE AN AUDIT OR OTHER QUESTIONS THAT WOULD BE ASKED, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE MEASURES IN PLACE TO HELP PROTECT THE COMMISSION. AND SO AFTER AN ORGANIZATION RECEIVES THEIR GRANT, 30 DAYS AFTER THEY'RE GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A FINAL REPORT SHOWING US HOW THEY USE THE FUNDS, TALKING ABOUT THEIR ATTENDEES, TRACKING WHERE THEIR ATTENDEES ARE COMING FROM, AND SHOWING US MARKETING EXAMPLES. SO WE WE ALSO SOLICITED OUR SCHEDULE THIS YEAR. SO I'M HERE A LITTLE EARLIER. USUALLY I COME IN SEPTEMBER, WELL, MORE TOWARD THE END OF SEPTEMBER AND EARLY OCTOBER. BUT THIS YEAR, I ORDER TO MAKE SURE I COULD COME TONIGHT FOR A WORK SESSION AND THEN COME BACK IN THE MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER TO HAVE THIS, TO HAVE YOU ALL VOTE ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS, WE HAD TO SLIDE THE CALENDAR BACK. AND SO THE GRANT CYCLE WAS OPEN IN JULY. WE HAD INTERVIEWS WITH OUR APPLICANTS. WE ALSO MADE SURE THAT WE WEREEALLY AVAILABLE TO OUR APPLICANTS BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES. AND SO JUST TO KNOW, BECAUSE WE DID UPDATE THE TIME FRAME AND BECAUSE THERE ARE THE THE CHANGES IN TERMS OF THE APPLICATION HERE, HERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT WE DID. WE PUT IT OUT THERE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

WE SEND IT OUT IN EMAILS. IT WAS IN THE CITY PRESS. IT'S BEEN ON THE GARLAND ARTS HOME PAGE. IT WAS ON GROW GARLAND. AND THEN WE REALLY EMAILED OUR PREVIOUS RECIPIENTS TO SAY, HEY, TWO THINGS. THE TIMELINE IS CHANGING AND WE HAVE MADE SOME UPDATES TO THE APPLICATION IN TERMS OF HOW THE DOLLARS, YOU KNOW, CAN BE SPENT. WE HAD A WEBINAR. WE MADE SURE THAT WE WERE AVAILABLE TO, TO TALK TO APPLICANTS, YOU KNOW, TO SEE IF THEY HAD ANY QUESTIONS, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO LEAVE ANYBODY HANGING OUT THERE. WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE TAKING CARE OF OUR APPLICATIONS, OUR APPLICANTS. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAD A REDUCED NUMBER OF APPLICANTS THIS YEAR. OKAY. THERE WERE GROUPS THAT HAD APPLIED IN THE PAST THAT WERE NO LONGER NO LONGER REALLY FIT THE CRITERIA OF A CULTURAL TOURISM GRANT. OKAY. SO FOR EXAMPLE, I AM GOING TO JUST MENTION THE TEXAS WINDS FANTASTIC ARTS PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, A GROUP THAT THE ARTS COMMISSION HAD SUPPORTED IN PRIOR YEARS. THEY GO INTO RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES. IT IS NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. AND THEY AND THEY PLAY FOR THE RESIDENTS. AND SO THIS IS A PROGRAM. THEY DECIDED THAT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT TO THEIR PROGRAM. AND THIS YEAR THEY DECIDED THAT THEY WOULD NOT APPLY. SO IN THE FUTURE, IF WE HAVE SOME PRIVATE DOLLARS, WE'RE WORKING ON SOME FUNDRAISING THINGS. THERE MAY BE WAYS FOR US TO SUPPORT THESE GROUPS IN THE FUTURE, BUT FOR FOR THIS YEAR, THESE WERE OUR APPLICANTS. SO THE THE TRANSFER FOR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES THIS YEAR IS $160,330. THE COMMISSIONERS HAD THE VERY TOUGH JOB OF REVIEWING ALL OF THOSE APPLICATIONS AND RECOMMENDING CERTAIN GRANT AWARDS TO THE DIFFERENT GROUPS, AND THEY HAVE $160,000 WORTH OF RECOMMENDATIONS. RIGHT. AND SO BUT THERE ARE A FEW OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE THAT THEY WILL SUPPORT. AND THEY'LL DO THIS THROUGH PRIVATE DOLLARS. THEY'LL THE GISD SENIOR ART

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AND WITH THE 11 APPLICANTS, YOU CAN SEE HOW THE GRANT FUNDING, HOW YOU KNOW, THE RECOMMENDED AMOUNTS FOR THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, THE 2000, THE YOUTH SUBSIDIES. THAT IS NOT CASH, THAT IS FREE RENT AT A GARLAND CULTURAL FACILITY WHEN YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE INVOLVED. SO SO THE APPLICANT DEMONSTRATES THAT THEY HAVE X AMOUNT OF YOUNG PEOPLE INVOLVED OR, OR, OR EDUCATION INITIATIVES. AND THEN THERE IS A NON DOLLAR AMOUNT OF COMPLIMENTARY SPACE. SO THAT IS THAT'S THE RECOMMENDED THAT'S THE GRANT AWARD RECOMMENDATIONS.

JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A FEW UPDATES ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS LAST YEAR HAS BEEN REALLY FANTASTIC. BUSY YEAR. WE'VE HAD BATTLEGROUNDS. THAT'S THE BREAKDANCING GROUP. THE FOUNDER ACTUALLY GREW UP IN GARLAND. HE'S A, YOU KNOW, A GARLAND NATIVE, JOEL SALAZAR. AND SO HE HAS THIS GREAT GROUP, BATTLEOUNDS WHERE THEY THEY COME OUT FOR TWO DAYS, THEY DO DANCE BATTLES. IT'S FANTASTIC. IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT IN PERSON, I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY GETS TO SEE IT NEXT YEAR. IT IS SO FUN. IT'S REALLY ENERGETIC, VERY POSITIVE, SUPER COOL. WE ALSO HAD ALI VENABLE AND SHAMIKA COPELAND.

THEY ARE THE QUEENS OF JAZZ OR BLUES, AND THEY WERE HERE EARLIER THIS YEAR, AS WELL AS THE OMNIUM CIRCUS, WHICH WAS JUST I MEAN, THAT WAS SUCH A FANTASTIC CIRCUS TO, TO GET TO SEE, YOU KNOW, HIGH HIGHLIGHTING PERFORMERS OF ALL ABILITIES. WE HAD A SOLD OUT SHOW WITH MORGAN JAMES, ELIDA REYNA WAS LAST FALL. WE HAD BEETLE GRASS. THEY SELL OUT EVERY YEAR OUR QUINCEANERA FAIR. AND THEN JUST RECENTLY WE HAD JOE MO AND THE POSSUM POSSE.

VERY FUN. SO THE THING THAT I LOVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HIGHLIGHT AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMISSIONERS AS WELL TOO, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE TICKET BUYERS ARE COMING FROM OTHER PLACES TO GARLAND TO SEE THESE PROGRAMS. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SPENDING THEIR MONEY HERE WHEN THEY COME TO SEE A SHOW, USUALLY IT'S ACCOMPANIED BY A DINNER OUT OR MAYBE A GLASS OF WINE AFTER. SO IT'S GREAT TO JUST SEE WHERE THOSE HOT SPOTS, YOU KNOW, WHERE FOLKS ARE COMING FROM. AND YOU KNOW, ALSO THIS HOPEFULLY IS TRANSLATING INTO SOME HOTEL NIGHTS AS WELL TOO. SO THIS IS THE OTHER THING THAT I FEEL LIKE IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR FOLKS TO, TO SEE AS WELL TOO. SO OUR IN 23 WE WERE ESTABLISHED AS A CULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION FROM TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS, WHICH IS REALLY COOL, VERY KIND OF PRESTIGIOUS. THEY HELPED US WITH THE GRANT FOR THE BIG HAT. IS IS CRITICAL MENTION. THIS IS WHAT PMR PUTS TOGETHER TO KIND OF CAPTURE HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE EXPOSED TO A CERTAIN TOPIC.

WE COULD NEVER BUY $3.8 MILLION WORTH OF ADVERTISING. SO WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT HAS THAT TYPE OF REACH AND THAT TYPE OF VALUE, YOU KNOW, THAT 3.8 WORTH OF MILLION WORTH OF PUBLICITY, I MEAN, THAT'S PRETTY POWERFUL STUFF. AND THAT'S FOR A PROJECT, YOU KNOW, THAT IS KIND OF QUIRKY FOR OUR CAPITAL AND KIND OF CAME OUT OF THE BRAINPOWER FROM MY COMMISSION HERE. THERE, THERE ARE A LOT OF FUN, BUT IT IS, IT'S A REALLY COOL TO HAVE THIS OVERSIZE, THE BIGGEST COWBOY HAT IN TEXAS. THE OTHER PROJECT THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF WAS ALSO FUNDED BY TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS, THE FLATS MOSAIC. WE DID THIS IN TANDEM WITH SEVERAL NONPROFITS, INCLUDING THE CAPPS GROUP AND MAGIC 11TH, WHO HAD THE MARKER. AND THERE'S SOME HISTORICAL PANELS OUT OUT THERE. THAT PROJECT, 2.4 MILLION IN PUBLICITY, YOU KNOW, PRETTY, PRETTY SPECTACULAR TO SEE THE REACH OF 7.1 MILLION. I MEAN, IT'S THESE ARE THESE ARE REALLY SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS. AND WE'RE VERY PROUD THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT HAS IT. SO HERE'S WHAT'S COMING NEXT. MAYOR PRO TEM AND THE AND THE STAR TREK 60. WE ARE WE WE FOUND OUT WE'VE WE'VE GOT SOME INTERGALACTIC PROCLAMATIONS HAPPENING IN RIVERSIDE, IOWA,

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IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY FUN. LIVE FROM LAUREL CANYON. THIS IS CELEBRATING AMERICA, AMERICA'S FOLK MUSIC. IT'S GOING TO BE FANSTIC. IT'S A KIND OF A MULTIMEDIA SHOW. IT'S THE LIVE BAND. AND THEN IT ALSO HAS VIDEO PROJECTION AS WELL TOO. AND THEN THE DAYS THAT MADE AMERICA. SO THIS, THIS SHOW WE'RE ACTUALLY REALLY EXCITED ABOUT AS WELL. THIS IS HISTORIAN LINDSEY GRAHAM, WHO HAS IDENTIFIED SIX DAYS THAT REALLY SHAPED AMERICA. IT'S REALLY KIND OF COOL TO START WHEN YOU START THINKING ABOUT LIKE, WHAT, SIX DAY? I DON'T EVEN KNOW THE SIX DAYS THAT HE SELECTED. WE'RE GOING TO DO A MORE LOCAL CAMPAIGN TO SAY, HEY, WHAT ARE THE SIX DAYS THAT SHAPED GARLAND? YOU KNOW, WAS IT THE FIRE ON THE SQUARE? WAS IT THE TORNADO? WAS IT WHEN THE RAILROAD CAME TO TOWN? SO ANYWAY, SO ON OCTOBER 23RD, HE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE SIX DAYS THAT SHAPED AMERICA. IT'S NOT POLITICAL. IT'S HISTORY. HE'S GOT A PODCAST THAT HAS A MILLION FOLLOWERS. IT'S HISTORY DAILY LIVE. CHECK IT OUT. CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT. THE TEJAS BROTHERS WILL BE HERE FOR CHRISTMAS, WHICH IS GOING TO BE FUN. AND THE BLIND BOYS, THIS ISN'T EVEN OUT. WE HAVE NOT EVEN ANNOUNCED THIS YET, BUT BLIND BOYS ARE COMING BACK FOR CHRISTMAS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE PARTNERED WITH A SPECIAL GUEST THAT WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SAY. BUT I COULD SHOW A PICTURE OF HIM. BUT ON SEPTEMBER 15TH WE'LL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT. BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE A REALLY SPECIAL EVENT AT GRANVILLE ARTS CENTER. THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE FINAL PERFORMANCES OF GRANVILLE ARTS CENTER BEFORE THE RENOVATION, SO LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING SOME SOME SPECIAL CHRISTMAS MEMORIES. BUT HERE'S THE THING THAT OUR CHAIR WAS REFERENCING. SO WE JUST FOUND OUT FROM TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED 187,000 TO HELP WITH THE ARTS INCUBATOR, AND THE ARTS COMMISSION IS STILL SEEKING SOME HELP AND SUPPORT. AND SO NORTH TEXAS GIVING DAY, YOU CAN CHECK THAT OUT AND, AND HELP US BRING THIS VISION TO, TO GARLAND. SO AND SPEAKING OF, WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH SOME NAMES, LIKE, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO CALL THIS THING? AND WE HAD A DISCUSSION AT OUR LAST MEETING AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, GIVES US SOME THUMBS UP ON THIS AS WELL TOO. SO WE'RE THE COMMISSION. THEY RECOMMEND FIFTH AND ART. AND THESE WERE SOME OF THE OTHER KIND OF TITLES THAT WE CHEWED ON AND PLAYED AROUND WITH. BUT WE KNOW A LOT OF GOOD, FUN, MAGICAL THINGS WILL BE HAPPENING. AND THE BIGGEST ONE THAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT YET TO THE GRANVILLE RENOVATION, WE'RE COMING BACK ON OCTOBER 5TH. SO ON OCTOBER 5TH, I'LL COME BACK AND GIVE YOU ALL THE SCOOP ON THE RENOVATION FOR GRANVILLE ARTS CENTER. SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS HERE. WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND AMY, AND TO OUR COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE PUT INTO THIS PRESENTATION. I THINK THAT BOTH OF YOU HAVE PROBABLY BEEN ON THE COMMISSION NOW FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE YEARS OF SERVICE THAT YOU PUT INTO IT, PROFESSIONALISM AND EXPERTISE THAT YOU BRING TO IT. I STILL SAY THAT GARLAND PROBABLY HAS ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING AND CULTURAL ARTS PERFORMING ARTS CENTERS, I CALL IT PROBABLY THE REGION'S BEST KEPT SECRET, BECAUSE IT HAPPENS HERE. AND I AND AMY, YOU KNOW, I LOVE THE ARTS, AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE STAR TREK. I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS ANOTHER STAR TREK AROUND, BUT I REALLY DO ENJOY THE STAR TREK. WE HAVE NUMEROUS ON THE COUNCIL. I'VE HEARD FROM SEVERAL FOLKS, SO. BOLDLY GO WHERE NO OTHER. YEAH.

YES, SIR. OH. WOULD YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WHERE YOU TALKED ABOUT. THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE PERMITTED AND NOT PERMITTED. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. SURE. BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THAT LIST OF ACTIVITIES THAT YOU SHOWED OF SO MANY OF THOSE PERFORMING ARTS INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST ARE NOT GOING TO BE THEY'RE COMING THIS YEAR. CORRECT? RIGHT. AND, AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, OF COURSE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE AS A CITY ARE DOING IN ANY WAY OF CUTTING OUT THINGS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO SOME OF THE DECISIONS THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE MADE HERE AS WE GO FORWARD. AND AGAIN, NOW, IF YOU WILL GO BACK TO THE ONE WHERE IT ACTUALLY TALKS ABOUT THOSE THINGS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO, AND WHAT THEY CAN AND CANNOT DO IS

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THESE ARE HOW THE DOLLARS HAVE TO BE SPENT. AND IT'S THAT I'M LOOKING LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER GREAT YEAR OF PERFORMING AND CULTURAL ARTS. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCILMEMBER. LOOK, THANK YOU, MAYOR. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR CULTURAL ARTS IN THIS CITY. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MUCH MORE ART AND MORE ART ACTIVATIONS IN DOWNTOWN AND THE ENTIRE CITY. AND I'M LIKE, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU PARTICIPATE IN, I'M JUST SUPER EXCITED ABOUT. AND I REALLY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE HARD WORK THAT YOU ALL DO TO PROMOTE THE ARTS IN GARLAND. I VOTE FIFTH IN ART, BY THE WAY, ■BUT I WOULD CHANGE THAT. AND TO AN AMPERSAND SAYING. AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO SAY I WAS AT FORTUNATE SON LAST WEEK, AND I SAW PEOPLE DOING TAKING SELFIES UNDER THE COWBOY HAT. THE PHOTOGRAPHER WAS GETTING INTO THE ROAD SO THAT THEY COULD GET HIM WITH THE HAT OVER THEIR HEAD KIND OF THING, WHICH MIGHT BE A LITTLE DANGEROUS, BUT IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON. NOBODY GOT HURT. AND BUT THAT'S JUST TO SHOW LIKE HOW WONDERFUL THAT IS. AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE HEAR STUFF ON ONLINE THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T APPRECIATE THAT KIND OF THING. AND YOU KNOW WHAT, WHATEVER THAT THING IS AMAZING WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING THREE OVER ALMOST $4 MILLION OF PUBLICITY JUST FROM THAT INSTALLATION ALONE. THAT'S AMAZING. SO THANK YOU. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK. KEEP SUPPORTING THE ARTS. AND I'M, I'M SO THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU ALL DO.

THANK YOU. MADAM DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DENTON, ON YOUR ANALYTICS. IT'S ONLINE NEWS, TV AND RADIO. DO YOU GUYS TAKE INTO ACCOUNT SOCIAL MEDIA? I BELIEVE THAT IS THE THE ONLINE.

I MEAN I THINK THAT YES, I THINK SO. LET ME YEAH. LOOKING BACK AT TIFFANY KNOWS FOR SURE.

YES. PERFECT. I APPRECIATE IT. I THE BIG HAT MADE LOTS OF NEWS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WHETHER IT WAS PEOPLE THAT HATED OR LOVED IT OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE, WE DON'T REALLY CARE. IT JUST BOOSTS IT.

SOME OF THE LIGHTS ARE OUT, BY THE WAY, ON THE BRIM. SO. OH. THAT'S THAT'S YOUR NEW MISSION ONCE YOU LEAVE HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU GUYS. THANKS, MA'AM. COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS. SO ON SLIDE 15, AMY. YEAH, SO I, I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT SLIDE HERE. IT SHOWS THAT WE ARE BRINGING PEOPLE FROM ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. I DON'T KNOW WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THE WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA, BUT THEY ARE KILLING IT. THERE'S A HUGE SPOT IN SOUTH DAKOTA THAT WOULDN'T BE IN MY TOP 48 OF STATES. I WOULD HAVE GUESSED WE'RE ATTRACTING PEOPLE FROM.

BUT VERY CLEARLY I THINK THAT AND CHIP, YOU SOLD ME ON THIS BACK WHEN WE WERE ON BOND STUDY

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MAYOR PRO TEM. OH, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'LL PILE ON THE KUDOS AND THE ACCOLADES. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING Y'ALL HAVE BEEN DOING. THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION, WITHOUT THE HARD WORK THAT YOU DO, WHERE WOULD WE BE? I MEAN, THE BIG HAT, THAT'S A THAT'S A CLASSIC CASE OF PLACEMAKING, PUBLIC ART. AND IT'S A BIG PART OF WHAT WE'RE YING TO DO IS TO MAKE MEMORIES FOR PEOPLE AND CHANGE, TO DEMONSTRATE THE PEOPLE, THE GARLAND THAT WE HAVE IN OUR HEARTS, IT'S EXPRESSED THROUGH THE ART. AND THEN PEOPLE WILL COME FROM FAR AND WIDE, AS WE'VE SEEN. I'M DEFINITELY LIKE FIFTH AND ART ALSO, I LIKE THE NAME ON THAT SHORT AND SWEET, SHORT AND SWEET. AND IT HAPPENS TO BE IN DISTRICT EIGHT. LET ME GET A PLUG OUT THERE FOR THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING MORE ARTS TO DISTRICT EIGHT AND STAR TREK 60TH. THAT IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF FUN. IF Y'ALL ARE WANTING TO HAVE A GOOD TIME, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TRIVIA. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING. AND THE INTERGALACTIC PROCLAMATION WE GOT. RIVERSIDE BROUGHT THEIRS IN TODAY, WHICH IS AWESOME, WHICH IS, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, THE FICTIONAL FUTURE BIRTHPLACE OF JAMES T KIRK. SO THEYE GIVEN US A NICE PROCLAMATION. WE'RE GETTING ONE FROM TICONDEROGA, NEW YORK, AS WELL. SO IT'S A WHICH IS WHERE THE WHERE THE ORIGINAL SERIES HAS A SET THAT IS EXACTLY LIKE THE ORIGINAL THEY HAD. AND IT'S WE'RE GETTING ONE FROM THEM AS WELL. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GOOD TIME. SO THAT'S ALL I HAD. THANK YOU. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SIR COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. ART CULTURAL DIRECTORS AND COMMISSIONERS FOR ALL YOU DO. I SUPPORT ART, BUT I WANT JUST CLARIFY THAT THE WHEN RESIDENT HERE ART GRANTS MAY BE ASSUMED THAT PROPERTY TAX AND PROPERTY TAX. BUT I WANT TO CLARIFY THIS IS JUST FROM THE HOTEL TAX AND IS PAID BY THE PEOPLE WHO STAY OVERNIGHT. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. YES, SIR.

THANK YOU. CAN YOU GO BACK TO PAGE 16? YES. SO I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW, WHEN YOU MENTIONED ABOUT PUBLICITY BY MEDIA TYPE, LIKE ABOUT 3.8 MILLION, HOW, HOW, HOW ARE WE CALCULATE THAT? SO WELL, THERE IS A, A COMPUTER SYSTEM, THERE'S A SERVICE THAT THE CITY SUBSCRIBES TO THAT CALCULATE IT. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE WERE MENTIONED, I KNOW THIS ONE HAD NATIONAL COVERAGE.

THERE PROBABLY WAS A STORY SOMEWHERE IN NORTH DAKOTA. I KNOW THAT, BUT I KNOW THERE WAS SOME REALLY NATIONAL COVERAGE ON THIS ONE. SO THE VALUE OF LIKE, IF WE WERE TO BUY A COMMERCIAL, A 32ND COMMERCIAL IN NORTH DAKOTA, IT WOULD COST $5,000 OR WHATEVER. SO BASICALLY THIS SERVICE TRACKS EVERY TIME. THE BIG HAT IN GARLAND, TEXAS WAS MENTIONED.

AND THEN IT PUTS THE DOLLAR VALUE TOWARD IT. AND SO AGAIN, WE WOULD NEVER HAVE THREE AND $8.8 MILLION TO SPEND ON PUBLICITY OR BY ADVERTISING IT. IT'S GREAT. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. THANK YOU BOTH TO WHAT YOU DO. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE EXCITING THINGS TO COME AND LOOK FORWARD. AND I APPRECIATE YOU NAMING IT TAKING OUT OF THE COUNCIL'S HANDS, BECAUSE THE LAST TIME WE HAD A NAMING AND TRIED TO NAME THE SKATE PARK, IT BECAME A WHOLE THING. SO

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THANK YOU. WE DON'T WANT TO BE AUDITED, THAT'S FOR SURE. THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN FUN. COUNCIL,

[6. Amendment to Sections 2.50, 2.51, and 2.52 of the Garland Development Code - Zoning of Short-term Rentals]

HOWEVER, IF YOU HAPPEN TO LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD OR ON A STREET WITH A SHORT TERM RENTAL NEXT TO YOU, IT CAN BE A BIG IMPACT ON YOUR LIFE, A BIG NEGATIVE IMPACT ON YOUR LIFE.

AND IT CAN IT CAN DISRUPT THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND WE HAVE ONE PARTICULAR CASE RIGHT NOW WE'RE DEALING WITH WHERE THAT'S OCCURRING. AND WE ALSO HAVE EVERY NOW AND THEN THEY POP UP IN NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY. AND SO IT IS A PROBLEM, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE IN TERMS OF CALLS FOR SERVICE FROM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENTS, EXCEPT FOR MAYBE 1 OR 2 LOCATIONS IN THE CITY AT A TIME, THOUGH SOMETIMES JUST KIND OF

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WE DECIDED NOT TO PUSH REGULATION TOO FAR. WE TOOK A MODERATE APPROACH. THESE ARE SOME OF THE CASES THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE YEARS. STARTING IN 2019. I TALKED ABOUT THAT CITY OF AUSTIN CASE. THIS IS WHERE THE AUSTIN COURT OF APPEALS. IT STRUCK DOWN SEVERAL PORTIONS OF AUSTIN'S OCCUPANCY AS ASSEMBLY LIMITS, BUT IT DID UPHOLD THE CITY'S GENERAL AUTHORITY TO REGULATE STRS. BUT IT ALSO MADE IT CLEAR IN DICTA IN THAT CASE THAT IT BELIEVED THAT IT WAS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT. IF YOU OWNED PROPERTY IN TEXAS, THAT YOU COULD LEASE THAT PROPERTY OUT, AND THAT INCLUDES SHORT TERM RENTALS. THAT'S A PRETTY BOLD STATEMENT FROM THE AUSTIN COURT OF APPEALS WHEN THEY MADE THAT BACK IN 2019. AND THAT'S WHAT SCARED A LOT OF CITIES, BECAUSE SAYING IT'S A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT UNDER THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION IS A BIG DEAL. IT MEANS YOU HAVE TO BE REALLY CAREFUL ABOUT HOW YOU REGULATE IT. AS A RESULT, MANY CITIES LIKE GARLAND DECIDED NOT TO REGULATE THE LAND USE, BUT TO DO JUST THE PERMIT REGULATIONS AND OPERATION REGULATIONS. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, AS THE TIME WENT BY, YOU SEE IN 2026, WE'VE HAD THREE THINGS HAPPEN IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS. WE HAD A HOUSTON COURT OF APPEALS, THE FIRST DISTRICT. IT CAME BACK AND SAID, DESPITE WHAT THE AUSTIN COURT OF APPEALS SAID, SAID, THERE IS NO CATEGORICAL, CATEGORICAL RIGHT TO RENT SHORT TERM RENTALS. THEN THE FORT WORTH COURT OF APPEALS, IT SAID, YOU DO HAVE A GENERAL RIGHT TO LEASE, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO A SHORT TERM RENTAL UNDER 30 DAYS. AND SO IT KIND OF LINED ITSELF UP WITH HOUSTON. AND THE FORT WORTH COURT OF APPEALS ALSO DID A GRAPEVINE CITY OF GRAPEVINE CASE, WHERE THERE'S NO VESTED SHORT TERM RENTAL. RIGHT. AND IT UPHELD ALL THE CITY REGULATIONS. THOSE WERE THE STATE CASES. AND THOSE WERE IMPORTANT CASES FOR US, BECAUSE WE WEREN'T SURE HOW THE STATE COURTS WERE GOING TO HANDLE THESE ISSUES. BUT THE CONSISTENT TAKEAWAY THROUGH ALL THOSE CASES, THE GENERAL RIGHT TO LEASE PROPERTY IS NOT CATEGORICAL OR VESTED, RIGHT, FOR FEWER THAN 30 DAYS. AND SO THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS FOR US IN OTHER CITIES IN THE STATE. I GUESS. I TALKED EARLIER ABOUT THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT PUNTING. AND THEN TWO MONTHS AGO, THE FIFTH CIRCUIT STEPPED IN FINALLY AND DECIDED ON A FEDERAL ON A FEDERAL LAWSUIT WITH THE CITY OF NEW BRAUNFELS.

AND WHAT NEW BRAUNFELS DID IS THEY ACTUALLY PASSED AN ORDINANCE THAT IT WAS A ZONING ORDINANCE THAT PROHIBITED SHORT TERM RENTALS FROM OPERATING IN SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. THEY STEPPED OUT ON THE LIMB. THEY GOT SUED, BUT THEY WON THEIR LAWSUIT IN THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. THE COURT UPHELD RATIONAL BASIS LINE DRAWN BETWEEN SHORT TERM. THAT'S UNDER 30 DAYS AND LONG TERM RENTALS AS REASONABLE LEGISLATIVE JUDGMENT. AND SO IT SHOULDN'T BE SECOND GUESSED BY THE COURT. THEY REJECTED A DUE PROCESS, CLAIM THAT THERE'S NO PROTECTED PROPERTY INTEREST IN ANYONE'S HOME SHORT TERM UNDER TEXAS LAW. AGAIN, YOU KEEP SEEING THAT WHEN THAT ISSUE POP UP OVER AND OVER AGAIN. AND IT ALSO REJECTED AN EQUAL PROTECTION CLAIM. DISTINGUISHING STRS FROM LONG TERM RENTALS EASILY SATISFIES RATIONAL BASIS REVIEW. AND THE DISTINCTION THERE, IF YOU'RE WONDERING, IS BASICALLY THE TRANSITORY NATURE OF SHORT TERM RENTALS AND PEOPLE MOVE IN FOR A WEEKEND, THEY BEHAVE MUCH DIFFERENTLY THAN IF THEY LIVED THERE LONG TERM WITH NEIGHBORS RIGHT NEXT TO THEM. THAT IMPLIED SOCIAL CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR NEIGHBORS IS MUCH STRONGER THAN ONE THAT WOULD BE PUT IN PLACE IMPLICITLY THROUGH JUST A GUEST OVER THE WEEKEND WHO'S HAVING A PARTY OR HAVING FAMILY THERE. THEY'RE GOING TO TYPICALLY BE MUCH MORE WILLING TO. AND STUDIES HAVE SUGGESTED ACROSS THE COUNTRY MUCH MORE WILLING TO HAVE PARTIES, LOUD MUSIC, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT DISTURB THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO BASED ON THAT FIFTH CIRCUIT RULING, I'M FULFILLING MY PROMISE TO YOU GUYS TO COME BACK. THIS IS JUST A PROPOSAL FOR A CHANGE IN OUR SHORT TERM RENTAL REGULATION. I'M NOT ASKING THAT WE GO BACK INTO CHAPTER 26 OR CHAPTER 32 TO MESS WITH MESS AROUND WITH THE PERMITTING PROCESS. OF COURSE, THAT IS Y'ALL'S RIGHT. IF YOU

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SO IT'S GENERALLY PROHIBITED UNLESS THIS COUNCIL DECIDES THAT YOU ALL WANT TO AUTHORIZE A SHORT TERM RENTAL, AND THEN ALL OTHER ZONING DISTRICTS, INCLUDING SINGLE FAMY NEIGHBORHOODS, IT'S PROHIBITED. NOW, AGAIN, I DESIGNATE THIS AS PLACEHOLDERS. Y'ALL MAY DECIDE AS A COUNCIL THAT AS A MATTER OF PUBLIC POLICY, YOU'LL THINK THAT THESE SHOULD BE OPERATED OR NOT OPERATED SOMEWHERE ELSE. I WOULD STRONGLY DISCOURAGE US FROM DOING AN OUTRIGHT BAN ON SHORT TERM RENTALS IN THE CITY. AND THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT, BECAUSE KEEP IN MIND YOUR POLICE POWER TO PASS ZONING LAWS IS BASED ON LAND REGULATION, NOT PROHIBITING USES THAT OTHERWISE WOULD BE LAWFUL. AND SO IT GIVES US A RECORD THAT WE CAN DEFEND OUR ORDINANCE ON. IF WE CAN SHOW THE COURT THAT, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL DIDN'T MAKE THIS DECISION BASED ON POLITICAL REASONS OR PRESSURE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, Y'ALL DECIDED THIS BASED ON WHERE IT IS ACTUALLY LOCATED AND WHERE IT'S BEST LOCATED. SO YOU DIDN'T COMPLETELY BAN IT.

YOU ALLOWED SOME LOCATIONS FOR IT, BUT YOU JUST DIDN'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO GO INTO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. BASED ON OUR HISTORY WITH SHORT TERM RENTALS IN THE CITY, IN TERMS OF HOW THEY CAN BE DISRUPTIVE TO NEIGHBORHOODS, EVEN WITH A STRONG PERMITTING AND OPERATIONAL SCHEME IN PLACE REGULATION SCHEME. SO THE OPERATIONS PERMITTING AND CONTINUING AND CONTINUATION, AGAIN, THESE ARE GOING TO ALL STAY THE SAME. WE'RE I'M I'M I'M NOT RECOMMENDING THAT WE CHANGE ANYTHING. Y'ALL MIGHT HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS IN THAT REGARD. WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT THAT. THIS IS JUST A GDC AMENDMENT AND NOT A CODE OF ORDINANCE AMENDMENT. IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IF YOU ARE OPERATING AN STR TODAY AND YOU'RE LAWFULLY OPERATING IT, OR AT THE TIME THIS IS PASSED, YOU'LL CONTINUE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE THAT. HOWEVER, UNLIKE MOST ZONING CASE WE'RE MAKING THIS AS A LEGISLATIVE EXCEPTION OR LEGISLATIVE GRACE. AS SOME, LIKE THE CITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK CASE, TALKED ABOUT, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN SELL, AND THEN IT GETS CARRIED FORWARD TO THE NEXT OWNER. SO THEY'RE AN INVESTOR THAT CAME IN TO BUY YOUR PROPERTY AS AN STR WON'T BE ABLE TO SAY THAT THEY HAD SOME INVESTMENT BACK EXPECTATIONS BECAUSE OUR OUR ORDINANCE WILL MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THERE IS NO RIGHT CONTINUED RIGHT. BUT IF YOU ARE OPERATING IT CURRENTLY WITH A PERMIT AND YOU'RE DOING LAWFULLY, THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. BUT IT'S A LIMITED CONTINUATION. SO HERE'S WHERE WE GO FROM HERE. I'LL GET SOME DIRECTION FROM YOU GUYS TONIGHT. THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS TO REVIEW THIS AND GIVE ITS RECOMMENDATIONS BECAUSE IT IS A ZONING MATTER.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE PUBLIC NOTICE AND HEARINGS. AND THEN OF COURSE COUNCIL ADOPTION. I ANTICIPATE IN THE NEXT 5 TO 6 WEEKS ANY QUESTIONS OR OF ME ANY COMMENTS? I WILL START WITH DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUTTON. I OKAY, SO WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED, YOU SAID THAT WE DON'T HAVE A HIGH FOLLOWED FOR PB ON AVERAGE FOR STRS. SO MY QUESTION WOULD BE HAVE WE ALSO CONTACTED CODE COMPLIANCE TO GET A FEEL OF WHAT THEIR WORKLOAD IS BECAUSE OF STRS? SO THAT WAY, WHATEVER ORDINANCE WE'RE PUTTING INTO PLACE COVERS BOTH OF THOSE BASES. BECAUSE WE HAVE, I FEEL LIKE A DECENT AMOUNT OF STARS THAT ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE ON A CODE STANDPOINT, AND THAT'S AS BIG OF AN ISSUE A AS IT IS A PD STANDPOINT. SO THAT WOULD BEE MY MY ONE, MY BIG THING ALSO PERMITTING AN ISSUE PERMITTING ON A MULTIFAMILY WITH AN SP PER, WHAT AM I TRYING TO SAY, PERMITTED, PERMITTED, WHICH I'M SORRY, ON MULTIFAMILY. I, I WOULD PREFER THAT IT JUST

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AND THEN THE OTHER TWO ARE JUST NOT PERMITTED. AND TN ON THE LIMITED CONTINUATION, COULD WE ADD IN SOMETHING ABOUT IF YOUR PERMIT ELAPSES. YES, THEN OKAY, THEN YOU'RE NO LONGER NOT LIKE A SIX MONTH. LIKE IF YOU EXPIRE, YOU'RE EXPIRED. WE'LL HAVE TO WE'LL HAVE TO GIVE THEM SOME SIX MONTHS MIGHT BE TOO LONG, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO GIVE THEM SOME PERIOD TO 30 DAYS. WELL, I'LL LOOK AT THAT ISSUE. I UNDERSTAND YOUR DIRECTION. I'LL MAKE SURE I REALLY WILL LOOK AT THAT ISSUE AND I'LL MAKE IT AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE. AWESOME. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. I'M CURIOUS IF EVEN YOU WOULD BE ALLOWED TO SUBLEASE YOUR MULTIFAMILY. I MEAN, JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE NOT VERY TRUE. COUNCILMEMBER. MORE THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. BRIAN, CONGRATULATIONS. AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE I REALLY DO THINK THAT YOUR DUE DILIGENCE IN HOLDING OFF AND BRINGING THAT PAUSE GAVE US OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT THE COURT WERE GOING TO DO WITH THIS. AND I THINK THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO US AND NOT BRINGING US INTO A SITUATION OF WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO DEAL WITH SOME LITIGATION AS IT RELATES TO NOT KNOWING WHERE THE COURTS WERE AT ONE TIME, IT REALLY DID APPEAR THAT THE COURTS WERE GOING TO BE GOING A TOTALLY DIFFERENT DIRECTION.

BUT AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO SAY AT LEAST ONE MORE TIME ABOUT THOSE STARS THAT ARE EXISTING PRESENTLY, AND EXACTLY WHAT OUR POSITION IS GOING TO BE WITH THOSE ONE MORE TIME.

WELL, THE CURRENT STR IS THE ONES THAT ARE EXISTING AND THEY ARE LAWFULLY PERMITTED. AND SO IF THEY'RE OPERATING OFF OPERATING NOW WITHOUT A PERMIT, THEY WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS. SO THEY WOULD BE THE ONES THAT WE HAVE ON RECORD THAT HAVE PERMITS, AND THEY'RE OPERATING STR CURRENTLY. THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE AS AN STR SO LONG AS THEY REMAIN PERMITTED AND FOR AND BUILD IN SOME EXPIRATION PERIOD. NOT MAYBE NOT SIX MONTHS, BUT MAYBE NOT EVEN 90 DAYS, BUT SOME PERIOD OF TIME TO WHERE THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET NOTICE THAT THEY'VE EXPIRED. AND THEY CAN AT THAT POINT, BECAUSE OF THAT DUE PROCESS, THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND GET THEIR APPLICATION IN, AND WE COULD SET THAT AT A REASONABLE TIME. AND THAT'S WHAT THE COURT WOULD LOOK AT, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PERIOD IS REASONABLE. BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE LIKE IN TYPICAL ZONING, A. RIGHT.

AND I'LL HAVE TO SAY THIS ALSO, JUST TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH YOU ALL THAT THIS IS THE MOST RISKY PART OF THIS ORDINANCE IS SOMEONE COULD MAKE A CLAIM THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A VESTED RIGHT. BUT I HAVE A SENSE THAT IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, IT PROBABLY WON'T BE A VALID CLAIM AND THAT WE COULD DEFEND IT. SO AND WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT IN THE WAY OF A TIMETABLE AS IT RELATES TO OUR GETTING THE INFORMATION BACK AND BRINGING IT TO APPROVAL? I'M ASKING THAT BECAUSE I'M THINKING THAT ONCE PEOPLE LEARN THAT THIS IS KIND OF THE POSITION THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE MAY HAVE KIND OF AN INFLUX OF PEOPLE TRYING TO 6 TO 8 WEEKS IS WHAT I WOULD GUESS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, SIR. COUNCILMEMBER, LET. IT'S ALWAYS SO WONDERFUL WHEN WHAT YOU WANT STARTS TO MATCH WHAT THE CITY ATTORNEY WILL LET YOU DO. I'VE BEEN AN IMPEDIMENT ON THIS. I ADMIT THAT I'VE YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE PROBLEM STRS IS IN MY DISTRICT.

AND LIKE YOU SAID EARLIER, UNTIL YOU LIVE NEXT DOOR TO ONE THAT IS NOT ACTING IN GOOD FAITH WITH THE REST OF THE NEIGHBS IN IN YOUR ON YOUR STREET, IT IS A HUGE IMPACT ON, ON YOUR LIFE. I MEAN, IT'S LIKE WHEN, WHEN YOU'RE NOT GETTING ALONG WITH YOUR NEIGHBOR, EVERY TIME YOU SEE THEM, EVERY LITTLE THING THAT THEY DO JUST DRIVES YOU MAD. AND, AND JUST THINK ABOUT LIVING NEXT DOOR TO, YOU KNOW, A BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT COME AND PARTY IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND SCARE EVERYBODY AND MAKE EVERYBODY MAD. IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST AWFUL.

SO I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THIS COME FORWARD. I AGREE, I DON'T THINK THAT MULTIFAMILY SHOULD, I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE THE SAME STANDARDS AS SINGLE FAMILY, ESPECIALLY SINCE OUR OCCUPANCY

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MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. THE USES THAT WE HAVE NEW COUNCIL. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. CAN YOU GIVE US A DEFINITION OF SHORT TERM RENTAL AND LONG TERM RENTAL? THIS IS FOR SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTY, RIGHT? YES IT IS. IT'S A SHORT TERM RENTAL. IS ANYTHING UNDER 31 DAYS OR ACTUALLY 32 DAYS. AND THEN A LONG TERM RENTAL IS ANYTHING 32 DAYS OR LONGER. OKAY. SO THE PROBLEM WE TRY TO SOLVE IS THAT BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY HAVE SOME RENTAL PROPERTY IN SHORT TERM, THEY MIGHT HAVE SOME ISSUE, RIGHT? BUT. BUT THE, THE, THE YOU ASKED FOR THE CONSIDERATION TO AMENDMENTS ON THE GDC FOR INCLUDED SHORT TERM RENTAL, BASICALLY, WE'RE GOING TO TELL THE OWNER OF THE PROROPERTY THAT THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO THE SHORT TERM RENTAL ANYMORE, OR THAT'S CORRECT. IT WILL PROHIBIT THEM FROM DOING THAT IN A SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD. SO IF THEY OWN A RENTAL PROPERTY IN A SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY CANNOT RENT IT FOR SHORT FOR A TIME PERIOD, SHORTER THAN 32 DAYS. BUT YOU ALSO MENTIONED THAT IT WON'T CHANGE UNLESS THEY IF THEY WANT TO SELL THE PROPERTY, THEN THE NEXT ONE BUY IT. THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO DO THE RENTAL. THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO. THAT'S CORRECT. BUT AS LONG AS THEY HAVE THE PROPERTY, THEY CAN STILL DO IT. THAT'S CORRECT. RIGHT. SO YOU MENTIONED EARLIER THAT IN TERMS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE DON'T REALLY HEAR A LOT OF THE ISSUE. RIGHT. THEY MY UNDERSTANDING IN CHIEF WARRENBURG CAN CORRECT ME. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY DON'T HAVE A LARGE INFLUX OF CALLS DEALING WITH SHORT TERM RENTALS AROUND THE CITY. THEY HAVE A PROBLEM SHORT TERM RENTAL HERE OR ONE THERE. I THINK THERE MAY BE A COUPLE RIGHT NOW THAT THEY'RE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH, BUT THAT'S CONSISTENT. THERE'S ALWAYS 2 OR 3 THAT THEY'RE ALWAYS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH, AND THAT THAT ROTATES FROM LOCATION TO LOCATION. IT JUST SO HAPPENS WE HAVE A COUPLE RIGHT NOW THAT HAVE KIND OF BEEN LONG TERM PROBLEMS, RIGHT? DO YOU WE DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF ENFORCEMENT WAY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. WE DO. AND WE HAVE, FOR THOSE OF YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH, WE CURRENTLY ARE ACTUALLY IN A LAWSUIT WITH ONE OF THESE. I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT IN AN OPEN MEETING, OTHER THAN JUST TO SAY THAT WE'RE IN A LAWSUIT. TO REGULATE SHORT TERM RENTALS IS A VERY TIME INTENSIVE AND RESOURCE INTENSIVE PROPOSITION. IT TAKES A LOT TO PROVE A SHORT TERM RENTAL CASE IN MUNICIPAL COURT.

IT'S EASY FOR THEM TO GO WRITE A TICKET, OR FOR CODE TO GO OUT AND WRITE A TICKET, OR FOR POLICE TO SHOW UP AND ASK THEM TO KEEP IT DOWN. THOSE ARE EASY THINGS TO DO, BUT TRYING TO ENFORCE THAT AND THEN PROSECUTE IT IS VERY TIME INTENSIVE, AND YOU WOULD BE QUITE SURPRISED HOW MUCH TIME THAT MY STAFF AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CODE ENFORCEMENT HAVE SPENT IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS ON A SINGLE PROPERTY TRYING TO GET COMPLIANCE. AND IT'S JUST NOT IT'S JUST NOT HAPPENING. AND, AND WE'RE ABOUT TO GO TO TRIAL IN SEPTEMBER ON THIS CASE TO TRY TO GET SOME COMPLIANCE. SO. WITH WITH THIS, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE GARLAND ON THE RISE THESE TEN YEARS PLANS, RIGHT. AND WE PRETTY MUCH THAT ONE TO THE GOAL. WE TRY TO GROW OUR

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RIGHT. WELL, I, I DO FEEL FOR RESIDENTS WHO LIVE TO THE NEXT, NEXT NEIGHBORS THAT BE PART OF THE SHORT TERM RENTAL. I UNDERSTAND THAT MY CONCERN IS THAT WHAT MESSAGE WE'RE GOING TO SEND TO, YOU KNOW, OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY OUT THERE. AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT GARLAND AS A PLACE THAT THEY ARE COMING TO INVEST AND TO LIVE AND WORK HERE. THAT'S THE ONLY THING MY CONCERNS, BUT I UNDERSTAND FOR THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE TO THE RENTAL PROPERTY, THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING, WHAT IS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WE HAVE? SO. SO THIS IS THE ONLY FOR FOR RECOMMEND TO THE COMMISSION TO REVIEW US. AND THEN THEY GO BACK TO US TO VOTE YES. SO I IT'S LIKE ANY ZONING CASE WHERE THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS TO COME UP WITH A RECOMMENDATION. WE HAVE TO HEAR IT. THEY HAVE TO COME UP WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR CITY COUNCIL. AND THEN YOU ALWAYS CONSIDER THEIR RECOMMENDATION ON WHETHER OR NOT TO AMEND THE DEVELOPMENT CODE OR. OKAY. LAST QUESTION. IS THIS A REALLY BIG ISSUE? SMALL MEDIUM ISSUE? WELL, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU MEAN, WHICH I CAN TELL YOU. OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND MY STAFF IN PARTICULAR WILL TELL YOU THAT THIS IS A BIG ISSUE. IF YOU ASK CERTAIN COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE TONIGHT, IF IT'S A BIG ISSUE, THEY'LL TELL YOU IT'S A BIG ISSUE. THEY HEAR A LOT FROM THEIR CONSTITUENTS ABOUT THIS. NOW, IN REGARD TO THE OVERALL ECONOMIC HEALTH OF THE CITY, IT'S PROBABLY, I DON'T KNOW. IT'S NOT REALLY MY PLACE TO SAY. IT'S PROBABLY MORE OF A QUESTION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR THE CITY MANAGER AND HIS TEAM TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, AS OPPOSED TO ME, I'M JUST A LAWYER. SO WILL THIS ISSUE COME BACK TO US AFTER NOVEMBER 3RD? NO, IT'LL COME BEFORE NOVEMBER 30TH. I HAVE A CONCERN. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DENTON, SIR. SO. DO WE. I YOU MENTIONED BEING CONCERNED ABOUT BUSINESS OWNERS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO TOUCH ON THAT FIRST BEFORE I ASK MY QUESTION. OUR RESIDENTIAL AREAS ARE NOT OPEN FOR BUSINESS. THEY'RE OPEN FOR RESIDENTS TO LIVE LIFE, FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO MAKE A QUICK BUCK. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT SHOULD BE IN A HOTEL, AND NOT ALL OF THE STARS ARE BAD.

NOT ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT STAY AT STARS ARE BAD, BUT THE ONES THAT ARE BAD ARE REALLY BAD. SO THAT THAT IS THE PROBLEM THAT WE ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS. I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU GO ON TO THE CITY WEBSITE AND DO A LITTLE SEARCH FOR STARS. WATCH SOME OF THE VIDEOS FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS, AND LISTEN TO THE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE HAD TO LIVE NEXT DOOR TO SOME OF THESE PROPERTIES. AND IT, IT MIGHT HELP YOU GET SOME INSIGHT ON WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN ORDINANCE IN GARLAND THAT WE DO NOT ALLOW PEOPLE TO OPERATE A BUSINESS OUT OF THEIR HOME. SO IT'S KIND OF A A LITTLE A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD. SO THERE'S THAT. SO MY ACTUAL QUESTION WHY I POSTED, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING IN PLACE FOR PROPERTIES THAT HAVE A LONG TERM RENTER AND A SHORT TERM RENTER AT THE SAME TIME? SO, SO YOU'RE SAYING THEY HAVE A LONG TERM LEASE, BUT THEY'RE SUBLEASING ON A SHORT TERM BASIS TO MAYBE A ROOMMATE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? IS THAT THE QUESTION? LIKE A PROPERTY OWNER HAS FOUR TENANTS THAT HAVE YEAR PLUS LEASES AND THE FIFTH ROOM, THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY EVEN A ROOM IS LEASED OUT ON

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WELL, THE SON, BUT I'M SO SON IS NOT ACTUALLY LIVING THERE WHILE HE CLAIMS HE IS OKAY WELL CLAIMS MAYBE HE'S LIVING BEHIND ONE OF THE DOORS THAT DOESN'T OPEN. PEOPLE ARE WEIRD, I DON'T CARE. SO WOULD THAT BE THE SAME AS IF YOU WERE ACTUALLY. YES. OKAY, OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU MA'AM. COUNCILMEMBER. YEAH. I WANTED TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE THINGS YOU SAID AS WELL, JIMMY.

YOUR CONCERN FOR THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. THAT'S WHY WE'RE ALLOWING OR THAT'S WHY THE PROPOSAL IS TO ALLOW STRS IN LIGHT COMMERCIAL AND HEAVY COMMERCIAL SO THAT THERE WHERE BUSINESSES DO EXIST, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SHORT TERM RENTALS, NEIGHBORHOODS.

THERE SHOULD NOT BE A HOTEL IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD. IT. IT DISRUPTS QUALITY OF LIFE OF THOSE NEIGHBORS. AND AS FAR AS HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, IT IS UP TO THE STR OWNER TO REPORT HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX NUMBERS AND THE ONLY THE ONLY WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? STR RENTAL SITE AIRBNB.

THAT IS THE ONLY ONE THAT ACTUALLY GIVES CITIES MONEY FROM REPORTED HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES. SO SO VRBO ALL IN THE CRAIGSLIST. I MEAN, ANY OF THOSE THEY DON'T THEY DON'T ACTUALLY GIVE THE CITY ANY MONEY. SO OUR, OUR, OUR REAL. THE REALIZATION OF HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES FROM STRS IS ACTUALLY QUITE LOW BECAUSE MANY OF THOSE FUNDS AREN'T REPORTED.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER TRAN. SO BASED ON THE SHARING INFORMATION FROM THE COUNCILMAN AND DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUTTON, I GO BACK TO ONE QUESTION FOR YOU. DO WE HAVE HOW MANY SHORT TERM RENTAL PROPERTIES IN GARLAND AND HOW MANY HAVE PROBLEM. OKAY, LAST TIME I CHECKED AND I DON'T SEE. BUILDING INSPECTION HERE, BUT IT WAS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 200 AND 250 I BELIEVE IS WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. AND, AND IT'S VERY THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE AREN'T WIDESPREAD. THEY'RE NOT ALL THE WAY. THEY'RE NOT A BUNCH OF PROPERTIES AT ONE TIME.

IT'S NORMALLY 2 OR 3 THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. AND THANK GOODNESS, BECAUSE THOSE TWO AND 2 OR 3 PROPERTIES, IN ORDER TO TRY TO REGULATE THEM AND TRY TO ENFORCE OUR ORDINANCES ON THEM, TAKES UP A LOT OF TIME BECAUSE I, I'M THINKING THERE ARE GOOD RENTAL, SHORT TER RENTAL PROPERTY, RIGHT? I'M NOT TRYING TO DEFEND THEM. I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S THE IMPACT AND THE THAT WILL, WILL MAKE THIS DECISION. RIGHT. I CAN TELL YOU, BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE IN DEALING WITH SHORT TERM RENTALS OVER THE LAST 19 YEARS, IS I'VE NEVER ONCE HAD A NEIGHBORHOOD SHOW UP AND SAY, WHAT A GREAT ADDITION THIS IS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE BECAUSE THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND PEOPLE DON'T WANT IT. I'M JUST LOOKING IN TERMS OF YOU MENTIONED IT, THERE ARE POTENTIAL. CURRENTLY THEY ARE SURE THE CITY OF GARLAND, RIGHT? THE SHORT TERM. COULD THEY COULD THEY? OH, THEY COULD CERTAINLY. BUT I'M VERY COMFORTABLE WITH OUR THE WAY WE CURRENTLY REGULATE THEM. AND I'M VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT AS WELL. GOT YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR, COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD DO THIS OR NOT, BECAUSE I DON'T SEE THIS GOING TO CHANGE ANYTHING. I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO CHANGE ANYTHING. SO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SIR. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WITH THE ZONING? CHANGES? SO COUNCIL, FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD, WE'RE LOOKING TO POSSIBLE CHANGE. I HEARD WAS BROUGHT UP WAS TO REMOVE MULTIFAMILY COMPLETELY, MAKE IT PROHIBITED IN THAT ZONING DISTRICT. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT OUR URBAN BUSINESS AND URBAN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS AS OUR NEW ONES IS URBAN BUSINESS. WAS THAT CONSIDERED LIGHT OR

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ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. WE'LL GO FORWARD WITH THAT. ALL RIGHT COUNCIL WE'VE BEEN AT IT FOR A WHILE. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A BREAK. I

[7. Update on Right Site for EMS Triaging]

I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT OF DATA TONIGHT, BUT I WANT TO RECAP THAT. WHERE THIS CAME FROM. PEOPLE NEED HELP. WE'RE IN THE BUSINESS OF HELPING THEM. SO ONE OF THE BEST WAYS THAT WE FOUND FOR, FOR PATIENTS TO GET TO THE RIGHT PLACE IN THE RIGHT CARE, A LOT OF TIMES THEY WERE USING EMS AS THEIR PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHERE ELSE TO GO, DIDN'T HAVE RESOURCES, OR JUST WEREN'T SURE IF THEY NEEDED AN AMBULANCE OR NOT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S POLICY WAS, IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL. AND WE WIND UP WITH A LOT OF AMBULANCES ON NON-EMERGENCY CALLS, PARKED AT A HOSPITAL, WAITING TO OFFLOAD THEIR PATIENT TO WHERE THEY COULD RETURN TO SERVICE. RIGHT SIDE CAME IN AND HELPS US GET THE RIGHT PATIENT SEEN AT THE RIGHT TIME AT THE RIGHT SITE.

AND THAT COULD BE AN URGENT CARE. MAKING AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE PCP. SOMETIMES IT'S JUST THE EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN SAYS YOU NEED AN ANTIBIOTIC AND THEY CAN CALL IT IN FOR THEM AND GET IT DELIVERED FOR THEM. SO WITH THAT I'M GOING TO KICK IT OFF CHIEF VORENBERG AND I THINK HE'S GOING TO KICK IT TO KIKI MOST LIKELY. BUT THAT'S RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON OR GOOD EVENING. FOR OUR PART, WHEN THIS PROGRAM FIRST STARTED OUT, IT STARTED ENTIRELY IN THE AMBULANCES. WHEN THEY CAME ON A CALL THAT THEY COULD UTILIZE IT, THEY IMPLEMENTED IT. AND THEN IT QUICKLY KICKED OVER TO DISPATCH IS THE FIRST POINT OF CONTACT THAT PATIENTS HAVE WITH US. AND SO I BROUGHT KIKI WESTON. HE SHE IS OUR COMMUNICATIONS ADMINISTER ADMINISTRATOR. SHE HAS BEEN IN IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION FOR A LONG TIME. SHE HAS WORKED EVERY DIFFERENT POSITION WITHIN COMMUNICATIONS. SHE KNOWS EVERYTHING THERE IS TO DO ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS, DISPATCH. SO I BROUGHT HER TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THIS STARTS AT THE VERY BEGINNING AND HOW DISPATCH INTERACTS. AND WHEN IT PASSES ON OVER TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. GOOD EVENING. I'LL COVER THE NUMBERS THAT ARE ON THE POWERPOINT IN JUST A SECOND.

I FIRST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT HAPPENS WITH. THE CALL COMES IN AS A MEDICAL CALL, AND HOW WE GO ABOUT THE PROCESS TO GET IT TO THE RIGHT SITE. INITIALLY, WE HANDLE ALL MEDICAL CALLS THE EXACT SAME WAY UNTIL WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE PATIENT, AND THEN IF IT BECOMES A LOW ACUITY CALL, STOMACH VIRUS NOT FEELING WELL, THEN WE START TO THE INDIVIDUAL PROTOCOL THAT COVERS EACH WHAT WE CALL CHIEF COMPLAINT, WHAT EACH CHIEF COMPLAINT THEY HAVE. AND THAT DETERMINES FOR US IF THE CALL IS A LOW ENOUGH ACUITY WHERE IT CAN BE SENT TO RIGHT SITE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEND SOMEBODY WITH CHEST PAINS TO A VIDEO CONFERENCE WITH AN ER DOCTOR. ONCE THE CALL IS ESTABLISHED, AND WE KNOW THAT IT CAN BE ONE OF RIGHT SITES, IT MEETS THEIR PARAMETERS THAT THEY CAN HANDLE. WE GET THE RIGHT SITE NAVIGATOR ON THE PHONE AND THEY GET CONSENT FROM THE CALLER. WE REMAIN ON THE PHONE WITH THE CALLER UNTIL THEY GIVE CONSENT, BECAUSE OF THE CALLER DOESN'T WANT TO SPEAK TO AN ER DOCTOR AND THEY WANT PARAMEDICS OUT. THEN WE TAKE BACK OVER THAT CALL AND WE CONTINUE IT LIKE WE WOULD ON A NORMAL EMS CALL. IF THEY DO TAKE CONSENT TO SPEAK INTO AN ER DOCTOR, THE NAVIGATOR TAKES OVER AND THEN OUR CALL TAKER DISCONNECTS THE LINE. AND THEN THAT'S THE END OF THE CALL FOR US, UNLESS WE'RE AT SITE CALLS BACK AND SAYS, OKAY, YOUR DOCTOR HAS SPOKE WITH THE PATIENT, THEY'VE ASSESSED THEM AND WE STILL NEED AN AMBULANCE TO COME TAKE THEM TO THE HOSPITAL. AND THAT'S WHEN WE DISPATCH EMS. THE FIRST SLIDE THAT WE HAVE, WE STARTED IN JUNE OF JUNE 20TH OF 2026, AND THAT'S WHEN OUR CALL TAKER STARTED TAKING THE ACTUAL CALL. SO THESE NUMBERS UP ON THE POWERPOINT RIGHT NOW ARE FOR THAT UNTIL 810. ALL EMS CALLS IS MY FIRST NUMBER THERE. WE'VE TAKEN 3141 EMS CALLS, JUST MEDICAL. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY TAKING OUT INJURY ACCIDENTS. I

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THEY DO NOT DO ANYTHING WITH THIRD AND FOURTH PARTY BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET CONSENT FROM THE PATIENT THAT WAY, AND THEY ALSO DON'T DO ANYTHING ON DEEP NIGHTS. 10 P.M. TO 6 A.M.

TECHNICALLY, A PHARMACY IS NOT GOING TO BE OPEN. UBER HEALTH MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DRIVE THEM ANYWHERE, SO THEY'RE CLOSED. WE CAN'T TRANSFER CALLS TO THEM AT THAT TIME. AND UP UNTIL RECENTLY, THEY WERE NOT DOING THE WEEKENDS. THEY JUST STARTED DOING THE WEEKENDS A WEEK AGO.

SO THAT WAS ALL. AFTER I HAD COMPLETED THESE NUMBERS. SO THIS ONE IS JUST BREAKS DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH THE RIGHT SIDE. THAT STARTS WITH THE ACTUAL DATE THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BEGAN UP UNTIL AUGUST 10TH WHEN I HAD THE REPORT DONE. SO REDIRECTION, THEY HAVE IT AS 67, WHICH IS 62% OF THEIR CALLS HAVE BEEN REDIRECTED. AND IT JUST GIVES YOU A TOTAL OF TOTAL ACTIVATIONS, WHICH EITHER IS FROM US IN THE COMM CENTER OR FROM THE EMS ON THE FIELD, OUT IN THE FIELD THAT HAVE ACTUALLY CALLED THEM AND GOT THEM ON THE LINE WITH A NAVIGATOR FROM RIGHT SIDE. THIS ONE JUST BREAKS IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. THE IT'S KIND OF HARD TO TELL, BUT THE LIGHTER BLUE AT THE BOTTOM, WHICH YOU'LL SEE FOR THE FIRST FEW MONTHS OR FIRST SEVERAL WEEKS, IS THAT'S ALL FROM THE FIREMEN AND PARAMEDICS THAT WERE ON SCENE THAT ACTUALLY CONTACTED ROADSIDE AND HAD THEM TAKE CARE OF IT. AND THEN WHEN YOU GET FURTHER INTO IT ON 614 THROUGH THE SIX 21ST THROUGH AUGUST 6TH, THE TOP ONES ARE WHERE WE'VE ACTUALLY TAKEN THE CALLS AND WE'VE TRANSFERRED THOSE CALLS TO RIGHT SIDE. SO THIS JUST BREAKS IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER SO THAT YOU SEE EXACTLY WEEKLY WHAT TYPE OF CALLS HAVE GONE TO THEM. OKAY, I WANT TO BREAK IT DOWN AND JUST SHOW YOU THE MONTH OF JULY, WHAT EXPERIENCE WE HAD WITH THAT. THE RIGHT SIDE REDIRECTION WAS 32, WHICH WAS 65% OF THE OVERALL RATE. THAT WAS SUGGESTED FOR RIGHT SIDE. THEY ACTIVATED 52 TIMES. THE UNIQUE PATIENTS WAS 50. THE RELEASE TIMES. THIS IS DOWN THERE NEAR THE BOTTOM. THE AVERAGE DISPATCH RELEASE TIME IS IS ONE MINUTE. AND THAT RELEASE TIME IS TIME SPENT TRANSFERRING THE PATIENT TO RIGHT SIDE FROM DISPATCH. SO THEY'VE GOT THE ACUITY LEVEL SET. THEY REFER IT TO RIGHT SIDE AND THEN THEY'RE STAYING ON THE LINE, GET RELEASED AT ONE MINUTE. FIELD TIME IS 17 MINUTES OF RELEASE TIME. USUALLY OUR GUYS STAY ON SCENE UNTIL THEY FINISH THE TOTAL EVALUATION, AND THAT WAY THEY DON'T GET CALLED BACK TO THE SCENE. AT THE ER. DOC DECIDES THIS PATIENT NEEDS TO GO BY AMBULANCE, SO THEY'RE STAYING THERE ABOUT 17 MINUTES AFTER ACTIVATION. BUT THIS IS FAR BETTER THAN THE 35 MINUTES TO TRANSPORT TO A HOSPITAL. WAITING. TRANSFER OF CARE, RETURN TO STATUS IN THE CITY.

SO WE'RE SAVING A LOT OF TIME THERE. CLOSING THE LOOP AVERAGE. THIS IS WHEN RIGHT SIDE CONTACTS DISPATCH AGAIN AND SAYS, THIS PATIENT HAS BEEN HANDLED AND WE'VE TAKEN CARE OF THEM AND YET THEY CAN CLOSE THE CALL AT THAT TIME. SO THAT'S AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT 18 MINUTES.

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MOST OF THAT WAS OVER THE COUNTER MEDICATIONS THAT WERE PROVIDED TO THEM AND CO-PAYS WHEREVER THEY MAY HAVE TAKEN THEM TO. THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS SCREEN HERE KIND OF BREAKS OUT THE THE HEALTH CARE THAT WAS NEEDED AND ADDRESSED BY RIGHT SIDE, FIRST ONE BEING TRANSPORTATION, SECOND, MEDICATIONS, PRIMARY CARE, PHYSICIAN APPOINTMENTS.

THE THE COVERAGE FOR THE MEDICATIONS THAT WERE PRESCRIBED, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. SPECIALIST APPOINTMENTS, ADDITIONAL URGENT HEALTH CARE COSTS, AND ONE WOULD HELP WITH THEIR UTILITIES RIGHT SIDE WAS THEIR OR FOLKS IN OUR CITY AND PROVIDING ALL OF THESE THINGS WHENEVER IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO DO SO. AND ON THE PAYER MIX, WE HAVE A BLEND.

IF YOU BLEND MEDICARE AND MEDICARE ADVANTAGE, IT ACCOUNTS FOR 32% OF THE PATIENTS THAT WERE CARRIED. COMMERCIAL INSURANCE IS 31% AND THE UNINSURED WAS 22%. SO. THE THE SURPRISE FOR ME IN THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE IS THAT WE'RE HELPING ALL ELEMENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE'RE HELPING OUR ELDERS, WE'RE HELPING THOSE THAT ARE JUST SICK AND DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. THEY'VE GOT INSURANCE. THEY'VE GOT CAPABILITIES TO GO TO A DOCTOR, BUT THEY JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO. SO RIGHT SIDE IS HELPING EVERYBODY THAT IS ACTIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY IN ALL SHAPES, FORMS AND FASHIONS FROM THE MEDICAID, MEDICARE, UNINSURED TO THE COMMERCIALLY INSURED. BUT THAT WILL TAKE SOME QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL START WITH COUNCILMEMBER LUCK. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION. I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THE NUMBERS ARE RISING. THAT'S A IT'S A REALLY GOOD THING TO TO SEE. AND HOPEFULLY THOSE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO RISE. HOW MUCH IS AN AMBULANCE TRIP? SO FROM THE TIME THAT IT LEAVES THE STATION, GETS TO A HOME, PICK SOMEONE UP AND TAKES THEM TO A HOSPITAL ABOUT HOW MUCH DOES THAT COST? I KNOW IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO ASK BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PAY AND FUEL AND UPKEEP ON THE AMBULANCE, AND THEN ALSO WHAT A PATIENT WOULD NEED TO PAY IF THEY TOOK THAT AMBULANCE RIDE. THE. IT WOULD REQUIRE SPECULATION FOR ME. AT THIS

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THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING. WE REFER TO IT AS AVAILABILITY IN DISTRICT AND OR THE RELIABILITY FACTOR. AND ANYTIME THAT YOU CAN TAKE A CALL OR TEN CALLS OFF OF A UNIT, THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO BE AVAILABLE FOR CALLS IN THEIR DISTRICT. AND THAT'S ALL ABOUT RESPONSE TIMES.

YEP. THAT'S AMAZING. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.

IT'S NICE. IT'S GOOD TO SEE GOOD RESULTS. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. CHIEFLY I COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK ASKED ONE OF MY QUESTIONS, BUT ONE OF THE OTHER ONES THAT I HAD WAS ABOUT THE. CAN YOU REMIND THIS COUNCIL HOW MUCH THIS PROGRAM COSTS THE CITY? IT'S ALMOST UNBEARABLE, SIR. I KNOW IT'S $0. ISN'T THAT AMAZING? IT IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING THAT IT'S NOT COSTING OUR CITIZENS ANYTHING FOR THIS, THIS PROGRAM TO OPERATE IN OUR CITY. AND AS WE SAID BEFORE, IT WAS A DREAM OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO FIND A PROGRAM LIKE THIS. AND WE WERE HITTING THE STREETS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIND SOMETHING LIKE THIS. AND IT FELL ON OUR LAP. AND IT'S BEEN NOTHING BUT AMAZING. WELL THAT'S GREAT. I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NUMBERS TO KEEP GROWING. ONE THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS, HOW DO WE HAVE ANY FEEDBACK FROM THE PATIENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SERVED? WE DO PROBABLY SKIPPED RIGHT OVER THAT AVERAGE PATIENT SATISFACTION SCORE. TEN OF 1,057% OF THE SURVEYS WERE COMPLETED, GIVING US THAT SCORE OF TEN FOR TEN. THE OTHER THING THAT BRIGHTSIDE DOES, AND I SKIPPED OVER THIS AS WELL. SO THE FOLLOW UP CALLS THAT WERE COMPLETED WITHIN SEVEN DS OF THE INITIAL EMS CALL, THEY TRY TO CALL THESE PATIENTS BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE DOING BETTER. AND IF THEY HAVE ANY OTHER NEEDS THAT NEED TO BE HELPED WITH, THEY'VE ONLY BEEN ABLE TO REACH ABOUT 76% OF THE PATIENTS. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT I THOUGHT WAS PRETTY POWERFUL, THAT THEY'RE REACHING OUT TO THEM. AND THIS WAS IN JULY. THEY REACHED OUT AND GOT 76% OF THEM, AND THEN SOME OF THE SURVEYS AND STILL GOT A TEN OUT OF TEN. SO IT'S REMARKABLE. THAT'S FANTASTIC. AND I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE PROGRAM. I'M A BIG SUPPORTER OF IT. AS WE KNOW, 43% OF GARLAND IS EITHER UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED. AND SO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP THOSE THAT ARE IN NEED, I KNOW WE'VE GOT A BIG HEART, AND THE POLICE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, BOTH ARE IN THE FRONT LINES OF THAT.

SO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP YOU AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT IT'S GIVING YOU RESULTS. WE CAN SEE IT. LET'S LET'S KEEP IT GOING. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. CHIEF, I JUST WANT TO SAY TO YOU THAT I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROGRAM, AND ESPECIALLY OUR MD HEALTH PATHWAYS. VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. QUESTION TO YOU IS, TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE REDUNDANCY, BECAUSE WHAT I'M LOOKING AT, IT SEEMS THAT THE NUMBERS THAT YOU'RE SHOWING ARE BASED ON JUST REGULAR DAYS THAT WE I MEAN, THIS, I DON'T SEE THEM GOING TO GO UP ANYMORE BECAUSE THIS IS A REGULAR DAY THAT THE EMERGENCY TAKES PLACE. SO AS A RESULT OF THAT, THE NUMBERS THAT I'M SEEING HERE, YOU'RE RIGHT, THE COST SAVINGS VERSUS THE ASSISTANCE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS RECEIVING, WE'RE TALKING 300 AND 250,000 PEOPLE, LESS THAN 200. THE ENTIRE GRAPH IS NOT SHOWING OVER. I MEAN, THAT'S

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AND THE OTHER BEAY OF THIS PROGRAM IS WE'RE ALSO WORKING TO GET THEM GET RIGHT SIDE COORDINATED WITH MELISSA SULLIVAN, WHO IS OUR SOCIAL WORKER HERE FOR THE CITY AND THE PROGRAM THAT SHE'S DOING TO HELP ALL OF OUR FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THAT ARE NEEDING OUR SERVICES ON A VERY FREQUENT BASIS, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN DAILY AND 2 TO 3 TIMES A WEEK, TO 2 TO 3 TIMES A MONTH. WE TRY TO GET THEM IDENTIFIED AND GET THE RIGHT ASSISTANCE TO THEM, AND RIGHT SIDE HELPS OUT WITH SOME OF THAT AS WELL. WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND AGAIN, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROGRAM ITSELF. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, SIR. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DENTON. SO FIRST, I WILL SAY THAT I DID NOT REALIZE THAT WE HAD JUST STARTED THIS IN JUNE. OTHERWISE I MIGHT HAVE PULLED OFF A LITTLE BIT. SO JUST NOTE, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOU GUYS BACK AFTER WE'VE COMPLETED A SIX MONTH CYCLE OF THIS, TO REALLY GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW IT'S GOING AND THE BENEFITS. AND IF THERE'S ANY NEGATIVE THINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING. SO I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. SO YOU MENTIONED THE AVERAGE DISPATCH RELEASE TIME IS ONE MINUTE. SO IS THAT FROM THE START OF WHEN SOMEONE CALLS IN OR THAT'S WHEN YOU DETERMINE THEY NEED RIGHT SIDE VERSUS AN AMBULANCE AND YOU GET TO DISCONNECT? YES. OKAY. THAT MAKES MUCH MORE SENSE. IT'S USUALLY FROM THE START OF THE CALL TO US ASKING OUR PROTOCOL QUESTIONS, WHICH DETERMINES WHERE WE'RE AT. IT'S ABOUT A MINUTE DEPENDING WITH THE CALLER AND EVERYTHING. AND THEN FROM RIGHT SIDE, SOMETIMES IT FLUCTUATES WITH THEM. SOMETIMES IT'S A MINUTE, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LONONGER DEPDING ON THE CONSENT AND ANY KIND OF QUESTIONS THAT THE PATIENT MAY HAVE FOR THE NAVIGATOR. OKAY, SO WHAT DOES THAT DO TO YOUR AVERAGE? LIKE IF YOU WEREN'T DOING RIGHT SIDE AND YOU WEREN'T TRYING TO SCREEN FOR RIGHT SIDE, IS THAT EXTENDING YOUR CALL TIME VERSUS PREVIOUSLY? SO FAR IT HAS NOT. I JUST PULLED CALLS FOR LAST MONTH, AND THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY MONTH I CAN TRULY JUDGE FROM JUNE BECAUSE WE WERE JUST LEARNING HOW TO DO IT. IT WAS TAKING A LITTLE BIT LONGER, BUT FOR FOR THE MONTH OF JULY, IT HAS NOT AFFECTED THE CALLS AND THEY'RE GETTING MORE USED TO THE CALL TAKERS ARE GETTING MORE USED TO MAKING SURE TO ASK THEIR QUESTIONS AND THEN NAVIGATING THEM OVER TO RIGHT SIDE. THANK YOU. BECAUSE ONE THING I WOULD HATE TO SEE IS THAT OUR FULL TIME INCREASE, BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO TRIAGE CALLS, ESPECIALLY IF WE ALREADY KNOW THAT WE ARE DEFINITELY SHORT ON DISPATCH TO THAT POINT, I DO THINK IT ADDS A LITTLE BIT TO DISPATCH, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN EARLY DAYS TO REALLY UNDERSTAND ALL THAT, AND I THINK IT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO HAVE MORE TIME TO DO THAT. BUT IN THE WHOLE, I THINK AS FOR THE CITY, FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, IT'S DEFINITELY ADDED CAPACITY FOR US. OKAY. AND SO DO THESE CALLS STAY WITH THE CALL TAKERS OR DO THEY GET SENT TO THE FIRE DISPATCHER? WE SEND IT TO THE FIRE DISPATCHER. OKAY, WE WE GO AHEAD AND CREATE A CALL JUST IN CASE. 20 MINUTES FROM NOW, THE CALL, THEY CALL BACK, THE NAVIGATOR CALLS BACK AND SAYS, WE NEED MEDICS OUT THERE. WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS THEY'VE SET UP A. A UNIT MORE OR LESS. IT'S JUST A VIRTUAL UNIT THAT WE PUT THE CALL ON TO. IT'S FOR RIGHT SITE. THAT WAY IT'S NOT PENDING. AND SHOWING THAT WE WERE HOLDING THE CALL FOR 20 MINUTES, IT MOVES OVER TO RIGHT SIDE. AND THE MINUTE THEY CALL, WE ADD NOTES IN. OUR FIRE DISPATCHER IS ABLE TO DISPATCH IT IMMEDIATELY. OKAY, SO YOUR FIRE DISPATCH IS NOT STUCK ON THAT ONE CALL WHILE WAITING FOR HER RIGHT SIDE. NO, THEY RELEASED THE CALL, DON'T THEY? AND THEN, OH YEAH, WE COMPLETELY RELEASED THE CALL WITH EVERYBODY. WE JUST HAVE AN ACTUAL EVENT THAT WE ACCEPT THAT GOES INTO A VIRTUAL UNIT.

OKAY. AND WE OPERATE WITH ONLY ONE FIRE DISPATCH PER SHIFT, CORRECT? YES. SO THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW AND HAVEN'T TOURED OUR DISPATCH CENTER, MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU

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DISCONNECT WITH THE PATIENT OR THE CALLER. AND THEN THEY JUST PROCESS THE CALL FOR THE FIRE DISPATCHER TO DISPATCH. RIGHT. SO AN EMS TEAM, AN AMBULANCE CAME TO THE RESIDENT AND THEY DETERMINE IF THAT'S A NON-EMERGENCY. THEN WE'LL CALL CONTACT THE RIGHT HERE THEY CAN THE FIELD ACTIVATION CAN BE THAT VERY SCENARIO THAT FOR WHATEVER REASON WE WERE DISPATCHED TO THAT CALL, WE ARRIVE ON SCENE TO DETERMINE THEY PROBABLY DON'T NEED EMERGENT CARE THROUGH AN ER, AND THEN WE CAN ACTIVATE RIGHT SIDE FROM FROM THEIR LOCATION.

RIGHT. AND FROM THE NUMBER YOU MENTIONED, ONLY JUST ONE PATIENT THAT REFUSED TO USE THE RIGHT CHAIR FOR THE MONTH OF JULY. YES. BUT OVERALL, I MEAN, MOST OF THE DAY THEY GO TO THE RIGHT CHAIR. I BELIEVE IT WAS. THERE WERE THREE THAT ABSOLUTELY REFUSED. PATIENT DID NOT CONSENT TO RIGHT SITE CARE. AND SO EMS RESPONDED ANYWAY. AND THEN THERE WERE ANOTHER 16 THAT REQUESTED EMS RESPONSE. SO DISPATCH CALLED RIGHT SITE, REFERRED BACK TO DISPATCH FOR EMS CARE. AND FOLLOW UP. DO WE, OUR RESENTS, SHARE THAT? WHY DO THEY REFUSE? WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION. NO, SIR. ALL RIGHT. LAST QUESTION. DO WE HAVE LIKE HOW MANY CALLS DISTRIBUTED BY THIS DISTRICT? WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I TOO AM LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER UPDATE SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE. SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE DATA TO GO FROM. BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S BENEFICIAL PROGRAM RIGHT NOW. THIS IS A REAL HEAVY LIFT FOR OUR DISPATCHERS. I KNOW SHE SAID DIDN'T REQUIRE A LOT OF ADDITIONAL TRAINING, BUT IT WAS A CHANGE IN PROCESS. AND THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE US. THEY'RE VERY PROCESS ORIENTED, SO IT'S A HUGE LIFT FOR THEM TO MAKE THIS PROGRAM SUCCESSFUL. SO KUDOS TO KIKI AND HER TEAM FOR MAKING IT HAPPEN. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. THANK YOU. ALL R RIGHT,

[8. Atmos Rate Review Mechanism]

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GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT THE ATMOS RATE REVIEW MECHANISM. I WAS HERE PROBABLY TWO MONTHS AGO WHEN ATMOS FIRST FILED IN APRIL FOR THEIR ANNUAL REVIEW OF HOW MUCH REVENUE THEY WANT TO GENERATE THROUGH THEIR THEIR FEES, MOSTLY THROUGH RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS. AND AT THE TIME, I DISCUSSED THAT THE PROCESS OF HOW THIS TYPICALLY WORKS IS IN 2003, THE LEGISLATURE PUT TOGETHER WHAT'S CALLED THE GAS RELIABILITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM, OR WHAT IS TYPICALLY CALLED GRIP, WHICH ALLOWS GAS UTILITIES TO RECOVER INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS THROUGH ANNUAL RATE INCREASES.

HOWEVER, IN 2008, CITIES GOT TOGETHER BECAUSE WE STRICTLY OPPOSED THE GRIP PROCESS BECAUSE IT BASICALLY ALLOWS ATMOS AS A UTILITY TO RECOVER ALL THE COST OF THE INVESTMENTS THAT THEY PUT IN WITHOUT LOOKING AT NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS OR REVENUE NEEDS OR PAYROLL OR ANY OF THOSE OTHER OTHER ITEMS. SO WE WERE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE THROUGH WHAT IS CALLED THE ATMOS CITY STEERING COMMITTEE, A DIFFERENT TYPE OF RATE SETTING PROCESS, WHICH IS CALLED THE RATE REVIEW MECHANISM, AND WHAT IT ALLOWS US TO DO AS A COLLECTION OF 180 CITIES, GARLAND BEING ONE OF THEM. FOR US TO HAVE A NEGOTIATION STANDPOINT AND REALLY REVIEW ATMOS FILING. AND TYPICALLY WHAT THAT ALLOWS US TO DO IS GET RATES LOWERED TO WHAT WE CONSIDER MORE REASONABLE THROUGH THIS NEGOTIATION PROCESS, RATHER THAN A BLANKET GRIP PROCESS THAT ALLOWS ATMOS JUST TO FILE THE CLAIMS. SO AGAIN, THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE RATE REVIEW MECHANISM AND THE GRIP PROCESS IS WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE. WE ARE THERE WITH ATTORNEYS AND WITH ENGINEERS, AND ALLOW FOR US TO COLLECT ALL OF THE MONEY FROM ALL 180 CITIES TO GET THE THE BEST LAWYERS THAT WE CAN HAVE AND THE BEST ENGINEERS TO REVIEW ALL THIS INFORMATION TIMELY. AND SO THE BIGGEST BENEFIT TO US IS THAT WE HAVE THAT SEAT AT THE TABLE, AND THERE'S AN ACTUAL NEGOTIATION GOING ON, RATHER THAN THE LIMITED ROLE THAT THE GRIP PROCESS HAS. SO WHEN I WAS HERE LAST TIME, WE DISCUSSED KIND OF THE TIMELINE OF HOW THIS TYPICALLY FLOWS. AND THIS IS AN ANNUAL PROCESS. SO USUALLY AROUND APRIL 1ST OR SOON AFTER, AND THIS ENERGY WILL FILE THEIR RATE REVIEW MECHANISM WITH THE ATMOSPHERE COMMITTEE IN MAY, CUSTOMERS START GETTING NOTIFIED. SO THAT'S PROBABLY WHEN A LOT OF Y'ALL STARTED HEARING FROM RESIDENTS WHEN THEY'RE SEEING THE FILING, AND THEN MAYBE SOME STICKER SHOCK ON WHAT THE ATMOS BILLS WERE GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN AUGUST. WE START THE SETTLEMENT PROCESS, AND THEN WE HEAD INTO SEPTEMBER, AND BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER, WE TYPICALLY HAVE TO HAVE THAT NEGOTIATION SIGNED BY RESOLUTION, BY THE 180 CITIES TO HAVE WHAT IS TYPICALLY AT THAT LOWER RATE SET FOR ATMOS.

THIS YEAR WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN PREVIOUS YEARS, JUST BECAUSE OF THE SHEER NUMBER OF REVENUE THAT THEY WERE REQUESTING. SO YOU CAN SEE IN THEIR FILING, THEY ASKED FOR $291.1 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL REVENUE, AND I, I SHOWED THE TWO PRIOR YEARS BEFORE THAT, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IT WAS A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE. AND THEY THEY ARE TOUTING MOST OF THIS RELATED TO HEAVY CAPITAL NEEDS AND MOST OF IT RELATED TO SAFETY AND CHANGING OUT PIPELINES. SO THE PROPOSED IMPACT TO A RESIDENT WAS GOING TO BE $14.94. IF THAT RATE REVIEW MECHANISM WENT IN AS FILED, RATHER THAN THE NEGOTIATED RATE. AND YOU C SEE THAT WHAT THAT WAS COMPARED TO THE RATES FROM 2025 AND 24. SO THAT'S ROUGHLY A 15% INCREASE IN THE RESIDENTIAL BILL FROM THIS LAST FILING THEY PUT IN. AND AGAIN, I MENTIONED THAT THE LARGE INCREASE IN REVENUE WAS MOSTLY RELATED TO $1.8 MILLION OF INVESTMENT THAT THEY MADE, AND THEY DID CLAIM ABOUT 85% OF THAT INVESTMENT WAS RELATED TO SAFETY AND RELIABILITY PROJECTS. SO WE HAVE RECEIVED THE NEGOTIATIONS BACK FROM THE STEERING

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THROUGH OUR ENGINEERS AND LEGAL TEAMS, WE HAVE NEGOTIATED THAT DOWN 30.6 MILLION, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS THAT THE AVERAGE MONTHLY RATE WILL DROP ABOUT $1.50 FROM WHAT ATMOS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED, BUT YOU CAN STILL SEE THAT IT'S STILL A PRETTY HEFTY INCREASE FOR ONE YEAR. SO THEY THEY ASKED FOR 15.81%. THE NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT IS AT 14.15. AND AGAIN, THE ATMOSPHERE COMMITTEES LEGAL TEAM IS ASKING THAT ALL CITIES APPROVE THIS BY THE 1ST OF OCTOBER. SO I HAVE PUT THIS ON THE SEPTEMBER 15TH AGENDA DURING THE REGULAR MEETING. BUT BECAUSE OF THE HOW HIGH THE RATE INCREASES WERE THIS YEAR, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAME FIRST IN A WORK SESSION TO DISCUSS THIS AND SEE IF THERE WAS ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT Y'ALL WOULD NEED TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION AT THE SEPTEMBER 15TH MEETING. ONE OTHER THING THAT I WILL NOTE THAT I JUST PUT AT THE BOTTOM IS, SO STARTING IN NOVEMBER, THEY HAVE PUT IN ANOTHER FILING THROUGH THEIR PIPELINE PROJECTS, AND THAT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO DROP RATES. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE RATE OF 13.37, THAT INCREASE STARTING IN NOVEMBER, THE AVERAGE CUSTOMER WILL SEE ANOTHER DOLLAR 20 DROP OFF OF THAT. AND THAT'S JUST MOSTLY BECAUSE OF THE CAPACITIES AND NATURAL GAS PRICING THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE. SO IT WILL DROP ANOTHER DOLLAR 20. BUT STILL YOU'RE TALKING A TEN PLUS PERCENT RATE INCREASE FOR ATMOS. WITH THAT, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBERS. OKAY. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. LET'S SEE. I'M TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT. WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS A HIGHER BILL AND. AND IT'S NOT THE CITY'S DOING. WE NEED TO MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR. WE DIDN'T VOTE THIS IN. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. OKAY. WE DIDN'T SAY WE'RE NOT ASKING ANYBODY. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT JUST HAPPENED HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH. BUT WHAT IF WE I'M JUST WONDERING, WHAT IF WE SAID NO TO THE SETTLEMENT? WOULD WE LOSE OUR OUR ABILITY TO GET GAS? I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST WONDERING. THAT'S A THAT'S A THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. OKAY, GOOD. AND THE REASON WHY WE DO GO IN WITH THE ATMOSPHERE COMMITTEE IS BECAUSE YOU GET SYNERGY WITH ALL THE OTHER CITIES. SO IF WE WERE TO DO THIS ON OUR OWN, WE WOULD HAVE TO GET OUR OWN SET OF LEGAL TEAM, OUR OWN SET OF ENGINEERS TO REVIEW THESE FILINGS. AND IT WOULD COST US A LOT MORE THAN TO HOOK UP WITH ATMOSPHERIC COMMITTEE AND HAVE US ALL PULL OUR CASH TOGETHER FOR ONE FILING BY ITSELF. MAKES SO WE JUST NEED TO PREPARE THE RESIDENTS FOR THIS INCREASE.

YEAH, THIS ONE IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE HIGHEST ONES I'VE SEEN IN MY 20 YEARS OF DOING THIS, BUT IT'S BETTER THAN THE ALTERNATIVE. UNFORTUNATELY, I'M IN THE GRIP PROCESS AND THAT THE FACT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO LEASE IT DOWN SOME. OKAY. WE BROKE IT DOWN. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU MATT. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. I THINK SHE HAD ONE MORE QUESTION. IF WE DO NOT APPROVE IT AT OUR OCTOBER OR BEFORE OCTOBER 1ST, WHAT HAPPENS AT THAT POINT? IF WE DO NOT APPROVE IT, WE WOULD FALL INTO THE GRIP PROCESS, MEANING WE WOULD BE PAYING THE HIGHER RATE. OKAY. SO EVEN THOUGH I MEAN. ATMOS IS REQUESTING A WELL, EVEN WITH THE REVIEW, THEY'RE STILL GIVING THEM MORE THAN 50% INCREASE IN THEIR REVENUE REQUEST THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR. 15%. YEP. 50. I MEAN, 50% REVENUE INCREASE IS 177 MILLION. AND IT SETTLED AT 260 MILLION. CORRECT? YES, YES. YEAH. SO IT'S THAT'S QUITE A LARGE REVENUE INCREASE EVEN WITH NEGOTIATED ONE. BUT. ALL RIGHT. WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE BE PREPARED. SORRY TO BRING LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET HIGHER RATES. BUT WE PART OF THIS NEGOTIATION PROCESS, WE WERE ABLE TO AT LEAST NEGOTIATE DOWN SOMEWHAT. SO. ALL RIGHT. I DON'T HAVE ONE MORE FOR THE QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER TRAN. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO WHAT I, I NOTICED THAT THE THE PREVIOUS ONE, THE WE THE RESIDENT BILL, WE INCREASE ON THE WATER AND

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THE RESIDENT MIGHT SEE OVERALL INCREASE JUST SPECIFICALLY TO JUST RUN BY THE CITY IN ANY FASHION. SO WE WE JUST WORK WITH ANOTHER GROUPING OF OTHER CITIES TO TRY TO NEGOTIATE ATMOS RATES DOWN. THEY FROM A LEGISLATIVE STANDPOINT, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO, TO INCREASE THE REVENUES TO COVER THEIR INVESTMENTS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT.

NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU MATT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS

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