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[ LEGISLATIVE PRAYER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

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HUMBLE HEARTS. THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF CALLING GARLAND OUR HOME AND FOR MANY PEOPLE, CULTURES, FAITH, AND TRADITION THAT TOGETHER MAKE US ONE COMMUNITY. WE ASK FOR YOUR BLESSING ON EVERY RESIDENT. MAY EVERYONE WHO CALLS GARLAND HOME KNOW THAT THEY ARE HEARD, THEY ARE VALUED AND THAT THEY ARE BELONG. WE PRAY FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS, OUR FIREFIGHTERS, OUR PARAMEDICS, OUR DISPATCHERS. WATCH OVER THEM AS THEY LEAVE THEIR FAMILIES TO PROTECT OURS.

GIVE THEM COURAGE, GIVE THEM WISDOM AND BRING THEM HOME SAFE. BLESS OUR CITY EMPLOYEES WHO SERVE OUR RESIDENTS EVERY DAY, OFTEN QUIETLY AND WITHOUT RECOGNITION. GIVE THEM STRENGTH, PATIENCE, AND PRIDE IN THEIR WORK. AND LORD, WE PRAY FOR OUR MAYOR, OUR CITY COUNCIL. KEEP US HUMBLE. GIVE US WISDOM TO LISTEN, COURAGE TO LEAD AND THE HONESTY TO EARN THE TRUST THAT HAS BEEN PLACED IN US. REMIND US THAT BEHIND EVERY DECISION ARE REAL PEOPLE, REAL FAMILY, AND REAL LIVES. MAY GOD ALWAYS BE A CITY WHERE PEOPLE FEEL SAFE, WHERE THEY FEEL WELCOME, AND WHERE THEY ARE PROUD TO SAY, THIS IS MY CITY, THIS IS MY COMMUNITY, AND THIS IS MY HOME.

GUIDE US, GUIDES OUR WORDS AND OUR DECISION TONIGHT AND UNITE US IN THE WORK OF MAKING GARLAND STRONGER FOR EVERYONE WHO LIVES HERE. AMEN. ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

ALRIGHT. WELCOME AGAIN EVERYBODY. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO CITY

[ MAYORAL PROCLAMATIONS, RECOGNITIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS]

COUNCIL MEETING BEFORE THE FIRST MEETING OF THE MONTH, WE HAVE OUR PET OF THE MONTH. SO WHO DO WE HAVE WITH US HERE TODAY? I WILL. HELLO EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS ALBERTO MALDONADO.

I'M THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR HERE AT THE SHELTER AT THE CITY OF GARLAND. AND TODAY I HAVE A VERY SPECIAL GUEST AND HIS NAME IS BOSS OR JEFF FOR SHORT, WHICHEVER ONE YOU LIKE. BOSS IS A REALLY GREAT GUY. HE HAS SOME AMAZING QUALITIES, ONE OF WHICH PENETRATED. HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU KNOW THAT HAS A KENNEL TRAINED DOG? THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. AT THE BOX PANEL TRAIN. THE NEXT GREAT THING ABOUT HIM THAT'S REALLY, REALLY AWESOME.

THAT'S PROBABLY MY FAVORITE POTTY TRAINED. HE KNOWS HOW TO USE A TOILET. GRANTED. WILL HE USE IT IN HIS KENNEL EVERY NOW AND AGAIN? WHO DOESN'T HAVE AN ACCIDENT? BOSS? BOSS KNOWS WHAT OUTSIDE MEANS. ANOTHER THING ABOUT BOSS THAT'S REALLY, REALLY AWESOME. THAT'S KIND OF A DOWNSIDE DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU THINK HE IS A TOTAL COUCH POTATO. HE DOES NOT LIKE TO RUN AROUND. HE DOESN'T LIKE TO JUMP UP. HE DOESN'T LIKE TO CHASE ANYTHING. HE LIKES TO HANG OUT.

AND I WOULD SAY PROBABLY HIS BEST QUALITY THAT HE HAS, THAT WE'VE LEARNED SINCE HAVING HIM IN DECEMBER IS THAT HE IS GREAT AROUND OTHER DOGS. OTHER DOGS CAN GET IN HIS FACE, GET ROWDY, AND GET WILD. BOSS WILL CONTAIN HIMSELF, HE'LL HAVE COMPOSURE AND HE KNOWS HOW TO BEHAVE, AND IF ANYTHING, HE FLEES THE SITUATION IN A MANNER THAT HELPS HIM TO NOT ESCALATE OR GET INTO ANOTHER ALTERCATION WITH OTHER DOGS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE NOTICED.

AND HONESTLY, THAT'S A REALLY GREAT TRAIT OF HIM. AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE HIM AS PET OF THE

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MONTH, BECAUSE HE HAS SOME QUALITIES THAT A LOT OF OTHER DOGS THAT COME INTO THE SHELTER DON'T HAVE. LIKE I SAID, HE'S BEEN WITH US SINCE DECEMBER. HE'S BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB WITH US. MANY EVENTS HE'S GONE OUT TO BEEN OVERLOOKED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HE'S A CLASSIC PIT BULL. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, HE'S THE SWEETEST THING THAT YOU COULD EVER, EVER HAVE OTHER DOGS HAVE. LIKE I SAID, TRY TO PUSH HIM TO THE EDGE. AND BOSS IS HFA FOR A REASON. YOU KNOW, BUT SO AS PET OF THE MONTH, HE IS GOING TO HAVE A FREE ADOPTION THIS WHOLE MONTH. BUT IF YOU GUYS JUST DON'T THINK THAT BOSS IS YOUR RIGHT FIT THIS WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEKEND, THANKS TO THE ASPCA, WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THEM TO DO THE RESCUE EFFECT. AND WE'RE DOING FREE ADOPTIONS THIS WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEKEND. NOT ONLY THAT, WE'RE ALSO INCLUDING A WHOLE BUNCH OF GOODIES TO GO HOME WITH THE DOGS. AND WE'RE ALSO PARTNERING WITH LEAD WITH LOVE DOG TRAINING AND EVERY ADOPTION THAT HAPPENS THIS WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEKEND, YOU GET FREE DOG TRAINING DIRECTLY FROM OUR TRAINERS. SO PLEASE GUYS, COME CHECK US OUT. WE HAVE A LOT OF AMAZING PETS OUT THERE. ALL THE FEES ARE GOING TO BE WAIVED. ANY OTHER TIME THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO CHECK US OUT, IT'S $25. THEY COME VACCINATED, STERILIZED, MICROCHIPPED, UP TO DATE VACCINES. AND IN BOSS'S CASE, YOU'LL HAVE A NEW BOSS FOR THE HOUSE. SO PLEASE, GUYS, COME CHECK US OUT. WE HAVE TONS OF PETS OUT THERE FOR YOU GUYS. HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE. THANK YOU GUYS. LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING ELSE TO. AND GENTLEMEN, I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, YOUTH COUNCIL, YOU'RE SITTING OVER THERE. IF YOU NEED A NEW DOG, YOU KNOW WHO TO TALK TO RIGHT THERE. YEAH. AND WE WILL INTRODUCE NOW OUR GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL BY TIFFANY VINO TO COME UP AND START THE INTRODUCTIONS. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER BETTS, AS OUR STUDENTS ARE FILING IN, JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US AND THANK ALL OF THE PARENTS FOR JOINING US. WE HAVE A GREAT GROUP HERE IN THE IN THE CROWD TO CHEER THEIR STUDENTS ON, AND THEY'RE MEMBERS OF THE YOUTH COUNCIL ON. AND WE THANK THEM FOR LOANING THEIR STUDENTS TO US AND LETTING THEM BE A PART OF THIS AMAZING PROGRAM. MY NAME IS TIFFANY VINO, AND I SERVE AS THE CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER FOR THE CITY. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I GET THE DISTINCT HONOR OF BEING A SPONSOR TO OUR AMAZING GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL. AND WHAT YOU SEE BEHIND ME IS OUR 2020 627 CLASS OF THE GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL. OUR MISSION ON THE GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL IS TO GIVE STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BOTH LEARN MORE ABOUT, BUT ALSO IMPACT THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH THEY LIVE. WE HAVE 36 AMAZING MEMBERS WHO ARE ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT EITHER LIVE IN GARLAND OR ATTEND A GARLAND ISD SCHOOL. WE'RE GOING TO LET THEM ALL INTRODUCE THEMSELVES PUBLICLY ONE BY ONE. WE'RE EXCITED FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO SEE OUR AMAZING CLASS. BUT BEFORE THEY DO THAT, I HAVE TWO AMAZING LADIES THAT ARE STANDING BESIDE ME, AND I'M GOING TO LET THEM INTRODUCE THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY HELP CO-FACILITATE THIS PROGRAM WITH ME. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS RHONDA MCINTYRE, AND THIS WILL BE MY THIRD YEAR AS ONE OF THE STAFF LIAISONS FOR GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL. AND I'M ALSO A SUPERVISOR AT FIELDS RECREATION CENTER AS WELL. SUPER EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THIS NEW GROUP, THIS 36 MEMBERS HAVE TO BRING ON THIS YEAR. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS DARIAN RODRIGUEZ. THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR WITH GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL. I'M ONE OF THEIR STAFF FACILITATORS AS WELL, AND I AM ALSO A SUPERVISOR FOR ONE OF THE RECREATION CENTERS HERE IN GARLAND. AND I'M SUPER EXCITED TO BE WITH THIS GROUP AND TO HOPEFULLY HAVE A GREAT YEAR. SO. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I'M TYLER GILLEN, I AM IN THE NINTH GRADE AND I GO TO LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MISS COUNCILWOMAN SEGOVIANO. I'M SO SORRY. HER NAME IS HARD TO PRONOUNCE, AND I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED TO BE INTO THIS, THIS ASSOCIATION THIS YEAR TO SEE HOW THE CITY COUNCIL RUNS AND TO IMPACT MY COMMUNITY. HI EVERYONE. MY NAME IS BRENDA GAUTHAM. I'M A SOPHOMORE AT GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL. I WANT TO THANK MAYOR HEDRICK FOR APPOINTING ME, AND I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED TO GET OUT AND MAKE AN IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HI EVERYONE. I AM NICHOLAS

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WORRELL. I GO TO GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL. I'M IN 12TH GRADE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK JIMMY TRAN FOR APPOINTING ME TO UIC. HI EVERYONE. MY NAME IS LUCAS LEE. I'M A SENIOR AT GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, AND I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE FOR COUNCIL MEMBER JIMMY TRAN FOR APPOINTING ME.

HELLO, MY NAME IS CAITLIN HERRERA. I'M A JUNIOR AT SAXY HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMAN ED MOORE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JULIANA DEJESUS. I AM GO TO SAXY HIGH SCHOOL. I'M IN THE 11TH GRADE AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS FOR APPOINTING ME THE BEST COUNCIL MEMBER. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS SOPHIA SAL. I'M A JUNIOR AT NORTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCILWOMAN MARGARET LUCK FOR APPOINTING ME. HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS GABRIEL ACUNA. I'M HOME SCHOOL. I'M A NINTH GRADE AND I APPRECIATE MISTER JUSTIN CARAWAY OVER HERE FOR APPOINTING ME AT THE GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL. IT'S REALLY AN HONOR TO BE HERE AND TO SERVE THIS WONDERFUL COMMUNITY. HELLO, MY NAME IS MARIA ZAVALA ACUNA, I AM HOMESCHOOLED, I'M IN 11TH GRADE AND I GOT APPOINTED BY DISTRICT TWO COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTIN CARAWAY. HE'S RIGHT OVER THERE.

THANK YOU. HELLO. MY NAME IS CATHERINE R RAMIREZ AND I GO TO NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL. I'M IN NINTH GRADE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK CHRIS FOR APPOINTING ME. HELLO, MY NAME IS CATALINA EDDIE. I GO TO SOUTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL AND I'M A FRESHMAN. AND I LIKE TO THANK MISS COUNCILWOMAN KRISTA DUNT FOR APPOINTING ME. HELLO, EVERYBODY. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DANIEL SALVADOR, AND I WANT I WANT TO GIVE A REALLY SPECIAL THANKS TO CHRISTIANA QUIJANO. I'M SORRY. I DON'T WANT TO BUTCHER THAT AT ALL. ALL MY HEART AND RESPECT. I'M A 10TH GRADE SOPHOMORE, AND I LOVE MY COMMUNITY, AND I'M SO EXCITED TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

HERE I AM. HOPEFULLY Y'ALL ARE JUST AS OPTIMISTIC AS I AM. HAVE A GOOD DAY GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ECHIKUNWOKE AND I'M A SENIOR AT NORTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTIN CARAWAY FOR APPOINTING ME TO THIS PROGRAM, AND I'M HONORED TO BE HERE FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HI GUYS. MY NAME IS ANDREW GARLAND, HAS BEEN MY HOME FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS, AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO ALL THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF THE BEST CITY IN THE WORLD. THANK YOU. HELLO, EVERYBODY. I'M MILES VARGHESE AND I GO TO LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL. I'M A SOPHOMORE, AND I WANT TO THANK MAYOR HEDRICK FOR APPOINTING ME. MY NAME IS DEANNA. I'M A FRESHMAN AT NORTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, AND I'M THANKFUL TO MR. EDMORE FOR APPOINTING ME. GOOD EVENING, MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ. I GO TO HIGH SCHOOL AND I'M IN THE 11TH GRADE. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE SERVING WITH THE G. C, AND I LIKE TO THANK JUSTIN CARAWAY FOR APPOINTING ME. HI, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS JASON TRAN. I AM A JUNIOR AND I GO TO SAXY HIGH SCHOOL. AND THANK YOU TO MAYOR DYLAN HENDRICK FOR APPOINTING ME. HELLO, MY NAME IS IVANKA HERNANDEZ. I'M A JUNIOR AT TEXAS GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WANT TO GIVE A REALLY BIG THANK YOU TO MAYOR DYLAN HEDRICK FOR APPOINTING ME. AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE SERVING MY SECOND YEAR IN GIC. HI, MY NAME IS KAREN RUBIO.

THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR IN GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL. I'M A JUNIOR AT NORTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL AND I LOOK FORWARD TO A TO AN AMAZING YEAR, JUST AS LAST YEAR WHERE WE MADE A HUGE IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH

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YOU ALL. AND OH, AND I FORGOT, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MISS KARISSA DURAN FOR APPOINTING ME AND LIKE. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS MATTHEW MARTIN AND I AM A STUDENT AT NORTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL. I AM CURRENTLY A SOPHOMORE AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY AND ESPECIALLY OUR OUR CITY COUNCIL, FOR JUST BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTING THIS INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY. AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS OTT, DISTSTRICT EIGHT, FOR APPOINTING ME. AND A LITTLE FUN FACT ABOUT ME. I'M ACTUALLY A PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE TEXAS OKLAHOMA DISTRICT OF KEY CLUB INTERNATIONAL. HELLO. IS THIS THING ON? OKAY. HELLO. MY NAME IS EMILY MILES. I AM A SOPHOMORE IN GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL. I'D LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMAN ED MOORE FOR APPOINTING ME. AND THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE TO SAY FOR A WHILE. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS PRUDENCE AND DUTY. I'M A SOPHOMORE IN HIGH SCHOOL. I'M.

THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE. I HAVE A LOT OF IDEAS AND I'M EXCITED TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF GARLAND COUNCIL. HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS EVELYN GUTIERREZ. I'M A JUNIOR AT LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MISS COUNCILWOMAN CRISTINA SEGOVIANO FOR APPOINTING ME. YES. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS BRYSON MORALES AND I'M A JUNIOR AT SAXY HIGH SCHOOL. THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR ON GIC AND I'D LIKE TO THANK MR. DODGE JUNIOR FOR APPOINTING ME THIS YEAR. WE ARE. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS TAYLOR LEE. I'M A SOPHOMORE AT GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MR. CHRIS OTT FOR APPOINTING ME AND I'M. AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO WORK WITH EVERYBODY. THANK YOU.

HELLO. MY NAME IS NEHA PHILIP. I'M A SOPHOMORE AT GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, AND I'M SO HONORED TO BE APPOINTED BY MISS CHRISTINA SEGOVIANO. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT YEAR. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS NICOLE MCCLESKEY. I HAVE BEEN APPOINTED BY THE BEST COUNCILMAN, JOE THOMAS. LET'S GO. DISTRICT SEVEN. I AM A JUNIOR AT HIGHCHOOL, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY WELCOME TO ALL THE NEW PEOPLE HERE AT OUR COUNCIL. AND HELLO TO ALL THE RETURNING MEMBERS. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THIS A GREAT YEAR. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING Y'ALL. MY NAME IS AURORA. NO, I'M A JUNIOR AT HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER TRAN FOR APPOINTING ME THIS YEAR. THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR IN GC AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO THIS YEAR. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS XAVIER PRICE. I'M HOMESCHOOLED AND I'M IN THE 11TH GRADE. THANK YOU TO OUR LIAISONS FOR BEING HERE TO SUPPORT US. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER TRAN FOR APPOINTING ME. IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE. HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ZAFAR KHAJA MOHIDEEN. I AM A STUDENT AT DALLAS COLLEGE AS A HOMESCHOOLER AND I'M IN THE 12TH GRADE. I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT. THANK YOU FOR APPOINTING ME COUNCIL MEMBER KARISSA DUTTON, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT FIRST YEAR AT GC. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. LET'S GIVE OUR GC ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE. I'LL SAY ON CAMERA THE SAME THING I TOLD THEM IN THE BACK, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE LEADERS WHO WILL BE UP SITTING BEHIND THE TABLE HERE IN THE FUTURE, AND WE CAN'T WAIT FOR ONE OF YOU TO ACTUALLY TAKE ONE OF OUR PLACES. YOU KNOW, WE'RE TERM LIMITED. WE CAN ONLY SERVE A MAXIMUM OF SIX YEARS. SO SOMEONE'S GOT TO STEP UP AND TAKE THOSE PLACES. AND YOU ALREADY HEARD THAT THEY'RE PRACTICING THEIR PUBLIC SPEAKING. SO I THINK THEY ALL DID A GREAT JOB AND CONGRATULATIONS.

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TO MY SON. AND. I GOT A ROOM. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON NOW WITH OUR REGULAR

[ CONSENT AGENDA]

ORDER. FIRST ITEM IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA. ALL ITEMS UNDER THE SECTION ARE RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY A SINGLE MOTION OF COUNCIL. WITHOUT DISCUSSION. COUNCIL HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW EACH OF THESE ITEMS AT A PREVIOUS WORK SESSION, AND APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE EACH ITEM. I WILL ANNOUNCE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE, AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL, TO REQUEST THAT ANY ITEM BE REMOVED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY. OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ITEM NUMBER ONE. APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE AUGUST 11TH, 2026 SPECIAL MEETING. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS. APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE AUGUST 17TH, 2026 REGULAR MEETING. ITEM THREE IS APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING BIDS. THREE A FIRE ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT SERVICES AND TRAINING CONSTRUCTION SERVICES. THREE B FORCE LANE. MEDIAN IMPROVEMENTS.

THREE C INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BUILDING UPS REPLACEMENT THREE D, G, P AND L WILEY SWITCH STATION ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT THREE E, G, P AND L, CENTERVILLE TO MILLER, 138 KV TRANSMISSION LINE RE CONDUCTOR ENGINEERING SERVICES, THREE F DESIGN CONTRACT AWARD FOR DAUGHTRY DRIVE AND PAMELA PLACE RECONSTRUCTION THREE G HIGHWAY ROAD WIDENING AGREEMENT WITH THE KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY FOR THE SIXTH STREET, AVENUE E AND AVENUE F IMPROVEMENTS. PROCT THREE H, G, P AND L WIDE AREA COORDINATION ENGINEERING STUDY ITEM FOUR IS AMENDMENT TO INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES WITH DALLAS COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND AND CONSENT TO SUBLICENSE AGREEMENT BETWEEN DALLAS COUNTY AND SAINT VINCENT DEPAUL CHARITABLE PHARMACY. ITEM FIVE IS CODE COMPLIANCE, CIVIL CITATION COLLECTIONS. CONTRACT COUNSELOR. IS THERE ANY ITEMS YOU WISH TO HAVE REMOVED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY? IS THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE WHO WISH TO HAVE ANY ITEMS REMOVED CONSIDERED SEPARATELY? MAYOR HEDRICK YES, JUST A FRIENDLY REMINDER THAT ITEM FOUR WAS REQUESTED TO BE PULLED. OKAY, THEN WE WILL PULL THAT FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. RIGHT. SEEING NO ITEMS THAT WISH TO BE PULLED SEPARATELY. COUNCIL MEMBER TRAN.

MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. I HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE REMOVAL OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR. AND WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE. MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE. ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. MAYOR. THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IS GIVEN TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY RATHER THAN TO QUESTION THE CITY COUNCIL OR STAFF. THE CHAIR MAY CALL SPEAKER OUT OF ORDER AT. 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 TEN MINUTES FOR PRESENTATIONS, AND ALL OTHER SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. WHEN THE PODIUM BUZZER SOUNDS, THE SPEAKER MUST SEND THEIR COMMENTS IF ANYONE WISHES TO SPEAK AND HASN'T DONE SO,

[a. Consider a request by Glamour by Jessica, requesting approval of 1) a Specific Use Provision (SUP) for a Personal Service use and 2) a Concept Plan for the Personal Service use. The site is zoned Planned Development (PD) Community Office (CO) District 11-03 in District 5. The site is located at 2903 Saturn Road.]

PLEASE GO FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD NEAR THE CITY SECRETARY. FIRST ITEM FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION IS ITEM NUMBER SIX. WE'LL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A REQUEST BY GLAMOR BY JESSICA REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION FOR PERSONAL SERVICE USE AND A CONCEPT PLAN FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICE USE. THE SITE IS ZONED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY OFFICE DISTRICT 11-03 IN DISTRICT FIVE. THE SITE IS LOCATED AT 2903 SATURN ROAD.

THANK YOU MAYOR. AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS A REQUEST FOR AN SUP TO ALLOW A PERSONAL SERVICE USE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ONE MORE TIME. 2903 SATURN ROAD IS THE LOCATION.

THE APPLICANT IS GLAMORED BY JESSICA. IT'S A IT'S THE SALON'S NAME. THE SITE IS .231

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ACRES. THE PROPERTY IS ZONED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT WITH COMMUNITY OFFICE BASED ZONING DISTRICT. A LITTLE BIT OF OVERVIEW THERE. AN SUP FOR THE SAME USE WAS ISSUED BACK IN 2011 FOR 15 YEARS. SO THIS IS 2026. THIS YEAR THAT'S U P HAS EXPIRED. SO THE APPLICANT HAS COME IN TO REQUEST A NEW ONE JUST BASED ON HOW THE SITE IS DEVELOPED. THERE'S ON SITE PARKING THAT IS IN EXCESS OF WHAT'S ALLOWED BY THE GDC. HOWEVER, THOSE ARE GRANDFATHERED IN BECAUSE THOSE PARKING WERE ESTABLISHED PRIOR TO THE GDC, ESTABLISHING THE MAXIMUM PARKING RULES. AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS THE LOCATION MAP. GENERALLY, THE WHOLE AREA IS RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY ALONG SATURN. THAT CORRIDOR HAS NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE, COMMUNITY OFFICE, ZONING, AND THE USES THAT ARE THERE CURRENTLY ARE COMPATIBLE WITH THOSE ZONING.

THERE ARE DOCTOR'S OFFICE, PHYSIOTHERAPY TYPE THINGS, CHURCHES, SALONS. SO THERE. AND THE WAY THE STRUCTURES ARE BUILT, THEY'RE MOSTLY ONE STORY NOT TOO INTENSIVE. SO I WOULD SAY THEY DO COMPLIMENT THEIR SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL HOMES. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CALLS THIS AREA OUT FOR TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS. TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS ARE CURRENTLY FOUND THROUGHOUT GARLAND AND PROVIDE AREAS FOR LOW TO MODERATE DENSITY, SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED RESIDENTIAL HOUSING AND ALSO ACCOMMODATE CONVENIENCE, RETAIL GOODS AND SERVICES, OFFICE SPACES AND PUBLIC SERVICES. WE DO THINK THIS PROPOSED USE IS IS COMPATIBLE WITH THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATION. JUST SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WANTING TO BRING IN WITH EACH ZONING CASE THESE DAYS IS OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. GARLAND ON THE RISE. THIS SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN ONE OF OUR ECONOMIC FOCUS AREA AREAS. THE WEDGE WITHIN THE ECONOMIC FOCUS AREAS, WE'RE TRYING TO PROMOTE HOUSING, MIXED USE CENTERS, WALKABLE DEVELOPMENT. ALTHOUGH THIS SITE IS GENERALLY WITHIN THE WEDGE, THIS IS NOT WITHIN THE INITIAL REINVESTMENT CORRIDORS. HOWEVER. ANYWAY, THE PROPOSED USE DOES ALIGN WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN IN THE SHORT TERM. BY CONTINUING TO SERVE THEEARBY NEIGHBORHOOD. HERE'S SOME SIDE PHOTOS. YOU CAN SEE THE BUILDING. YOU CAN SEE THE PARKING SPACES IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING. CURRENTLY, THERE'S NO LANDSCAPING THAT CAN BE SEEN, BUT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO PUT TEN SHRUBS IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING FACADE AND FIVE SHRUBS AND TWO ORNAMENTAL TREES IN THAT PARKING LOT. IN THAT LANDSCAPE ISLAND. SOME MORE PHOTOS OF THE SITE AND HOW THE PARKING IS PAVED. YOU CAN SEE DILAPIDATED FENCE ON THE PHOTO TO THE TO THE LEFT SIDE. IT'S A CHAIN LINK FENCE THAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO TAKE OUT. HERE'S THE CONCEPT PLAN.

THE SITE IS GENERALLY DEVELOPED LIKE THIS ON GOOGLE MAP. IT DOESN'T REALLY SHOW THE PARKING IN THE BEHIND TO BE PAVED LIKE THIS, BUT THIS IS WHAT THEY WILL HAVE TO COMPLY WITH. IF THE SCP IS APPROVED. THE APPLICANT DID REQUEST THE SCP TO BE ALLOWED FOR 15 YEARS, WHICH WAS THE SAME TIME PERIOD. IT WAS ALLOWED FOR THE LAST TIME. OUR UPDATED SUP TIME PERIOD GUIDELINE RECOMMENDS BETWEEN 5 TO 8 YEARS. AND BECAUSE THIS IS WITHIN AN ECONOMIC FOCUS AREA AND WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT GENERAL DEVELOPMENT REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY IN THIS AREA IN FUTURE. WE THINK IT'S THE RECOMMENDED TIMELINE SHOULD BE FIVE YEARS. SO WITH THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL F FIVE YEARS. WE DO THINK THIS REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMP PLAN, CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN. THEY ARE PROVIDING ENHANCED LANDSCAPING ALONG THE FRONT YARD AND THE STREETSCAPE ALONG SATURN. THAT WOULD MAKE SATURN LOOK A LITTLE BETTER. AND ALSO THEY'RE REMOVING THE DILAPIDATED CHAIN LINK FENCE. SO OVERALL, THERE ARE SITE IMPROVEMENTS HAPPENING WITH THIS REQUEST. PLAN COMMISSION ALSO RECOMMENDED APPROVAL FOR FIVE YEARS. WE SENT OUT 77 LETTERS. WE RECEIVED TWO LETTERS IN FAVOR WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA AND SIX LETTERS IN FAVOR WITH OUTSIDE OF THE NOTIFICATION AREA. NO LETTERS IN OPPOSITION WITH THAT. I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL START WITH DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUTTON. CAN YOU VERIFY WHERE TEN TREES OR SHRUBS AND TWO TREES ARE GOING? YES, MA'AM. SO DO YOU SEE. OH, WELL, YOU CAN'T SEE MY CURSOR, BUT ON THIS SLIDE IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING, YOU SEE THE LITTLE, LITTLE DOTS. THAT'S WHERE THE SHRUBS ARE GOING. AND ALSO VERY SOUTH OF THE SLIDE, LIKE ON THAT, THE DOWNWARD WHERE SATURN IS, THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE TWO BIGGER CIRCLES. THOSE ARE THE TWO ORNAMENTAL TREES AND SHRUBS IN THAT ISLAND. ALONG SATURN. OKAY.

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SO THAT LITTLE STRIP ON SATURN. CORRECT. FIVE SHRUBS AND TWO TREES. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW THAT TWO TREES ARE GOING TO GO THERE WITH FIVE STROKES. ORNAMENTAL TREES. OKAY. YEAH. SO THEY WILL BE LIKE SMALLER IN SIZE. THEY'RE NOT FULL CANOPY TREES, BUT IT'S A VERY SMALL SPACE.

AND THE REST OF THE SHRUBS ARE GOING IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING PARKING LOT IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING BETWEEN THE PARKING AND THE BUILDING, SO THEY COULD BE PLACED IN PLANTERS. OKAY.

AND THEN WHAT IS THE BUSINESS NEXT DOOR? ON THIS BUILDING OR. SO THE ENTIRE. THERE WAS AN OFFICE CEO BACK IN THE DAYS CURRENTLY WHEN I VISITED THE SITE. THE SALON WAS OPERATING ON ONE PORTION AND THE OTHER PORTION WAS CLOSED. THERE WAS NO BUSINESS OPERATING FROM THAT OTHER PORTION OF THE BUILDING. OKAY. THANK YOU. HI, COUNCILMEMBER LUCK, ARE YOU REFERRING TO THREE, THREE, THREE SHOP THAT SHOWS UP ON ON GOOGLE? CORRECT. AND THAT BUSINESS IS NOT IN OPERATION. NOT RECENTLY. IS THAT BUSINESS COVERED BY THIS? YES. YOU KNOW, THE BUSINESS IS NOT EVEN ALLOWED IN THIS ZONING DISTRICT. SO IF THEY OPENED THAT BACK UP, THAT WILL BE IN VIOLATION OF ZONING. OKAY. AND CODE COMPLIANCE IS AWARE OF THAT.

OKAY. AND THE C P COVERS THE ENTIRE BUILDING. YES. THE PERSONAL PERSONAL SERVICE USE CAN GO TO THE ENTIRE BUILDING. ARE THERE OPERATION HOURS OF OPERATION CLOSED? NOT CURRENTLY.

NO, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? MADAM SECRETARY, IS THE APPLICANT HERE? YES, SIR. JESSICA. PLEASE COME UP, MA'AM. AND YOU HAVE TEN MINUTES. PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME. YOU HAVE TEN MINUTES FOR A PRESENTATION. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS JESSICA MURPHY. I OWN THE PROPERTY AT 29 SERRANO. WHERE'S MY SALON AND MY BARBER SALON LOCATED? I'M REQUESTING THE PERMIT TO THIS TIME THAT WE CAN HAVE TO KEEP OUR IMPROVING AND INVESTING ON MY BUILDING AND MY PROPERTY, WHICH IS GOING TO HELP MY BENEFIT MY CLIENTS, MY NEIGHBOR AND MY CITY. ALSO, I'M WORKING ON IMPROVE THE EXTERIOR OF MY BUILDING, WHICH CAN BE LOOKED BETTER FOR MY NEIGHBOR AND MY CITY TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU MA'AM, WE HAVE A QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER LUCK. WILL YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THE THREE, THREE, THREE SHOP IS? THAT WAS ON THE PICTURE? YEAH, THEY IT'S WAS MY SON TRYING TO DO THE BUSINESS OVER THERE, BUT HE ALREADY MOVED STRAIGHT TO THE SATURN BEFORE NORTHWEST. WHERE IS THE BAR? NEXT TO THE BAR IS WHERE HE OPENED A BIG SHOP. OKAY, SO HE ALREADY MOVED FROM OVER THERE. YOU DO HAVE A VERY NICE SALON AND YOU PROVIDE A NICE, A A WONDERFUL SERVICE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I'VE HAD MY HAIR CUT AT YOUR SALON AND YOU ALL DO A GREAT JOB. AND THE RENOVATIONS THAT YOU'VE DONE INSIDE LOOK FANTASTIC. AND I HOPE TO SEE THAT IN THE OUTSIDE AS WELL. THANK YOU. I ALREADY I ALREADY SUBMIT MY PERMIT AND MY PLAN FOR THE CITY. THEY ALREADY APPROVED THAT PERMIT TO KEEP WORKING BECAUSE I'M GOING TO MAKE LIKE A NEW BUILDING FOR MY CITY AND MY NEIGHBOR BECAUSE I LIVE OVER THERE TOO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. HOLD ON ONE SECOND, MA'AM. WE GOT ANOTHER QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER SEGOVIANO. THANK YOU. MAYOR. HI THERE. YES, I GOT TO VISIT THE SITE TOO. IT'S REALLY NICE. SO THE TWO THINGS I HAD, DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR HOURS OF OPERATION IS GOING TO BE? DO WE KNOW? NO, I HAVEN'T DECIDED YET YET, BUT BECAUSE I KNOW MY BARBERS, THEY WERE IN THEIR OWN TIME. I WORE MY HOURS. BUT I

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HAVE EMPLOYEES TOO, SO MOSTLY THE GUYS DON'T WORK EARLY, BUT THEY WERE LATE AND I WERE SUPER EARLY, SO I DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC TIME, BUT I THINK MAYBE. NICE TEN AROUND THAT TIME BECAUSE I START AT 7 A.M. IN THE MORNING, BUT I GET UP LIKE AROUND 2 OR 3, BUT THEY WERE DIFFERENT HOURS THAN ME, SO. OH, OKAY. OKAY. AND THEN THE OTHER THING. SO IS THAT FENCE STILL UP THERE? THE CHAIN LINK FENCE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE SAW THERE WAS LIKE A FENCE THAT WAS ON THERE AND IT LOOKED ON YOUR PROPERTY, I THINK THAT YOUR SON HAD MENTIONED THEY WERE TAKING IT DOWN. OH, WE ALREADY TOOK THEM OFF, I THINK. OKAY, WE'RE VERY REMOVED. ALSO, WE ALREADY DO ALL THE THE PLANTS AND EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING. OKAY. GOOD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU MA'AM. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MADAM SECRETARY. WE DID INCLUDE THE HOURS OF OPERATION IN OUR CONDITIONS, AND IT IS MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY FROM 10 A.M. TO 8 P.M. SO THAT WAS DISCUSSED WITH THE APPLICANT, I BELIEVE. SO JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT OUT ON THE RECORD. WE HAVE THAT IN THE CONDITIONS. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO CONFIRM WITH THE APPLICANT THAT THOSE HOURS ARE RECOGNIZED AND AND CONFIRMED. IF YOU COME UP, MA'AM, IF YOU COME BACK UP, SORRY. I WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND A LITTLE BIT THE TIME BECAUSE I HAVE MANY BARBERS. SO THEY WERE LATE THAN ME. I USUALLY BEFORE I WORK TILL EIGHT, BUT NOW I START MORE EARLY, BUT THEY STAY A LITTLE BIT LATE BECAUSE SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, GUYS DO DIFFERENT HOURS THAN ME. SO MAYBE WE HAVE LIKE AROUND EIGHT OVER THERE. ANYWAY. SO WE CAN DO LIKE 8 TO 10 BECAUSE I START SUPER EARLY AND THEY STAY A LITTLE LATE. AND I AM I OKAY TO DISCUSS THE HOURS OF OPERATION? SURE. BECAUSE IN THIS CASE, YEAH, IN THIS CASE IT'S AN SUP THAT'S IN A COMMUNITY OFFICE DISTRICT, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO A NEIGHBORHOOD. SO HOURS OF OPERATION ARE RELEVANT TO THE LAND USE. THE THE LATE HOURS ARE A CONCERN JUST BECAUSE OF THE NEIGHBORS. SO HOW ABOUT 7 A.M. TO 9 P.M. FINE. OKAY. IT WORKS FOR ME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU, MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR, WE DO NOT. COUNCILMEMBER LUCK IN YOUR DISTRICT, MA'AM. YES, SIR. I WOULD LIKE TO MOTION TO APPROVE THIS SUP FOR A FIVE YEAR TIME LIMIT. THE HOURS OF OPERATION DISCUSSED FROM 7 A.M. TO 8 P.M. AND THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL. STATE THOSE HOURS AGAIN ONE MORE TIME, 7 A.M. TO 9 P.M. THAT'S DIFFERENT FOR WHAT YOU SAID PREVIOUSLY. I BELIEVE YOU SAID 8 A.M. TO 7 A.M. TO 9 P.M. 7 P.M. 9 P.M. THAT'S THE MOTION.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE FOR A FIVE YEAR APPROVAL FROM 7 A.M. TO 9 P.M. AND WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DUTTON. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE. AND I WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM NUMBER SIX. B

[b. Consider a request by Masterplan Consultants, requesting approval of a Planned Development (PD) with a base zoning of Community Retail (CR) District for a Car Wash, Automated/Rollover use in District 8. The site is located at 1355 Belt Line Road.]

CONSIDER A REQUEST BY MASTER PLAN CONSULTANTS REQUESTING APPROVAL. APPROVAL OF A PLAN DEVELOPMENT. THE BASE ZONING OF COMMUNITY RETAIL DISTRICT FOR CAR WASH. AUTOMATED ROLLER USE IN DISTRICT EIGHT SITE IS LOCATED AT 1355 BELT ROAD. THANK YOU MAYOR. AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS A REQUEST FOR PLAN DEVELOPMENT. THE REQUEST IS TO ALLOW THE CAR WASH AUTOMATED ROLLOVER USE TO BE PERMITTED BY RIGHT THROUGH THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT, WHEREAS IN COMMUNITY RETAIL ZONING DISTRICT THAT USE REQUIRES AN SUP. LOCATION. 1355 BELTLINE ROAD, .785 ACRES. ZONING IS COMMUNITY RETAIL. CURRENTLY A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. THERE IS AN EXISTING ONE STORY CAR WASH BUILDING APPROXIMATELY 3500FT■S BASED ON DCAD. WE FOUND OUT THAT THAT CAR WASH WAS OR THAT BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1986. SO PRIOR TO THE 2015 GTC ADOPTION, THAT USE WAS PERMITTED BY. RIGHT. HOWEVER, AFTER THE GTC ADOPTION IN 2015,

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THE CAR WASH USE IS ONLY ALLOWED WITH AN SUP. NOW MAKING THE EXISTING CAR WASH LEGAL NONCONFORMING. I BELIEVE THEY HAD A CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP, BUT THEY MADE SOME IMPROVEMENTS.

THE IMPROVEMENTS DID NOT INCLUDE SITE RELATED IMPROVEMENTS OR WHAT WE CONSIDER SITE RELATED IMPROVEMENTS. THERE WAS NO LANDSCAPING OR ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT. THE IMPROVEMENTS WERE MOSTLY RELATED TO BUSINESS OPERATIONS, HOW CIRCULATION IS WORKING, THE BUILDING, THE PAINT, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THEY DID MAKE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS VERY RECENTLY. SO NOW THEY'RE COMING IN TO REQUEST TO ALLOW THIS USE BY RIGHT THROUGH A PD SO THAT THERE IS NO SUP ASSOCIATED WITH IT OR NO ASSOCIATED TIMELINE.

AS YOU KNOW, WITH SUPS WE IMPLEMENT TIMELINES. AND THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST IS THEY USE JUST BE ALLOWED BY RIGHT. HERE'S THE LOCATION MAP. YOU CAN SEE UNTIL THIS IS COMMUNITY RETAIL. BUT SURROUNDING USES ARE THERE ARE SOME COMMERCIAL USES, BUT ALSO ADJACENT TO IT IS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES CALL THIS AREA OUT FOR COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THE COMPACT NEIGHBORHOODS PROVIDE AREAS FOR MODERATE INCREASES IN RESIDENTIAL DENSITY, INCLUDING SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED AND SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOUSING.

THEY CAN PROVIDE TRANSITIONS BETWEEN. TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND HIGH DENSITY NEIGHBORHOODS AND SOME NONRESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS. HOWEVER, WE DO NOT THINK A CAR WASH USE FIT FITS THE COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATION. HERE THE SITE PHOTOS. YOU CAN SEE THE NEW PAINT ON THE SIDE. THERE ARE LOTS OF VACUUM VACUUM AREAS NOW ESTABLISHED ALONG THE WOOD WOODLAND PARK FRONTAGE, SO THERE HAS BEEN IMPROVEMENTS, BUT THOSE ARE ALL BUSINESS OPERATION RELATED. HERE ARE SOME MORE SIGNS PHOTOS OF THE OF THE SITE AND OUR ZONING CHANGE SIGN AS WELL. SO AGAIN THE APPLICANT IS NOT DID NOT AGREE TO PROVIDE ANY SITE RELATED IMPROVEMENTS AS SUCH LANDSCAPING OR ANYTHING THAT WE THINK WOULD BEAUTIFY THE CORRIDOR OR CONTRIBUTE TO BEAUTIFYING THE CORRIDORS IN ANY WAY. SO AT THIS POINT, THEY'RE NOT PROPOSING ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION. WHAT WE HAVE, WHAT THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF PARKING, STACKING, CIRCULATION, LANDSCAPING, SCREENING, SCREENING, EVERYTHING WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED. THEIR WISH IS TO HAVE THE NONCONFORMING STATUS LIFTED BY HAVING THE PD WHERE THE USE IS ALLOWED BY. RIGHT.

HERE'S THE CURRENT SITE PLAN. THIS IS WHAT THEY HAVE ON SITE CURRENTLY. WE RECOMMEND DENIAL OF THE REQUEST. FIRST OF ALL, IT DOESN'T MEET THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATION.

WE DO NOT THINK IT THE THE PD THAT WOULD ALLOW THE USE BY RIGHT IS APPROPRIATE BECAUSE IN CR ZONING AND THAT GENERAL AREA, THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA AND SUP IS HIGHLY APPROPRIATE FOR THESE KIND OF USES. PLANNING COMMISSION ALSO RECOMMENDED DENIAL OF THE REQUEST. AND REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE DECISION OF COUNCIL IS, THE USE CAN OPERATE AS IS. THEY CAN OPERATE AS IS AS A LEGAL NONCONFORMING USE. BUT OUR OUR RECOMMENDATION IS NOT TO. APPROVE THE REQUEST WHERE THE CAR WASH. THERE WILL BE A PRECEDENT SET WHERE THE CAR WASH WOULD BE ALLOWED BY.

RIGHT IN A COMMUNITY RETAIL ZONING DISTRICT. THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. WE SENT OUT 90 LETTERS. WE RECEIVED TWO IN FAVOR FROM WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA, ONE IN OPPOSITION FROM WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA. THE LETTER LETTERS WERE SENT OUT TO YOU EARLIER TODAY. THE ONE PERSON FROM WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA THAT OPPOSED IT, THEIR CONCERN WAS THE COMPATIBILITY WITH THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE QUIETNESS, PRIVACY OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. AND THAT'S THAT'S REALLY IT. WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

NABILA, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. EXCELLENT. YOU HIT ON ONE OF THE THE MAIN REASON I WAS BUZZING. AND JUST TO MENTION THAT THIS. SINCE THIS IS LEGAL NONCONFORMING, THEY DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONTINUE OPERATING THE BUSINESS AS IS. CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF ON THIS ITEM? MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE APPLICANT? YES, SIR. DALLAS CAWTHORN. ALL RIGHT. SO IF YOU GIVE YOUR NAME AND YOU HAVE TEN MINUTES FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, GREAT. I WON'T TAKE ALL OF IT. DALLAS COUNTY FROM 1431 WEST MOCKINGBIRD, DALLAS, TEXAS. IT'S KIND OF AN UNUSUAL CASE. YOU KNOW, WE

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THERE'S THE IT'S A 40 YEAR OLD CAR WASH, YOU KNOW, AND WE'D LIKE TO BE CONFORMING. SO THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE JUST BEEN THERE. WE'VE ALSO SPENT NEARLY $700,000 ON SOMETHING THAT ONLY HAS $800,000 OF VALUE. SO YES, WE COULD HAVE WAITED AND DONE IT AFTER ZONING CASE, BUT WE THOUGHT WE DEMONSTRATE GOOD FAITH BY SAYING, IF YOU LOOK AT LIKE 14 AND 15 AT THE BACK, YOU'LL SEE KIND OF THAT BEFORE AND AFTER WE DID PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS, AND IT MADE A VERY LARGE INVESTMENT IN SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT A VERY IT JUST IT WAS AN OLDER CAR WASH. IT DIDN'T HAVE THE RIGHT TECHNOLOGY INSIDE IT. IT FRANKLY DIDN'T GET CARS CLEAN ENOUGH. WE'VE ALSO HAD VACUUMS. AND IF YOU'VE BEEN THERE, IT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE.

SO WE ARE NON-CONFORMING. WE'RE GOING TO BE A CAR WASH WHETHER YOU VOTE FOR IT OR YOU DON'T FOR IT, VOTE FOR IT. THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF AN IRONY THAT Y'ALL HAVE MADE A, A GOOD EFFORT TO TRY TO ATTRACT MORE BUSINESS. AND HERE WE ARE WANTING TO FOLLOW ALL THE RULES AND BE CONFORMING AND, AND INVESTED A LOT OF MONEY TO DO IT. AND WE JUST LIKE TO HAVE ZONING WHERE WE'RE CONFORMING. IF WE'RE SETTING A PRECEDENT, IT'S, WE'RE PUTTING A LOT OF MONEY UP FRONT FOR, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S NOT VERY OFTEN THAT PEOPLE SPEND ALMOST AS MUCH AS ON IMPROVEMENTS AS THE PROPERTY IS VALUED. ONE OF THE OTHER REASONS WE'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO MAKE A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS ON THE SITE IS THERE HAVE BEEN TWO TAKINGS. SO WE WORKED WITH THE CITY IN BOTH INSTANCES. SO IF YOU LOOK AT AT ON PAGE FOUR, THE YELLOW WAS ONE TAKING AND THE RED IS ANOTHER TAKING. SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE ON TWO THOROUGHFARES AND ANOTHER STREET. SO THIS IS NEVER GOING TO TRANSITION TO SOME SORT OF DENSER NEIGHBORHOOD KIND OF THING. PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO LIVE ON, ON ONE BUSY STREET, MUCH LESS TWO BUSY STREETS. AND, AND WE HAVE THREE FRONT YARDS. SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF LIKE TECHNICAL PROBLEMS WHERE WE CAN'T, THIS JUST WOULD NOT MEET. IT'S JUST NOT EASY TO DEVELOP THIS. SO WITH THE TAKINGS, YOU CAN'T PUT A RETAIL BUILDING ON THERE AND PARK IT. SO THIS IS NOT A PARTICULARLY DEVELOPABLE SITE. THE ONLY THING I THINK Y'ALL KNOW, WE WORK ON A VARIETY MASTER PLAN, DOES A LOT OF RETAIL WORK. THE ONLY THING WE COULD TEST FIT ONTO HERE WAS LIKE A COFFEE SHOP WITH NO INTERIOR PARKING. THAT'S 100% DRIVE THROUGH, WHICH I THINK WOULD PROBABLY ALSO REQUIRE AN SUV. SO THIS IS A HARD SITE THAT DOESN'T QUITE FIT THE PLAN FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, I GET IT, BUT WE HAVE AN OWNER WHO REALLY HAS DONE WELL IN THIS COMMUNITY. I MEAN, THIS IS A NATIONAL PLAYER. THEY DO FREE CAR WASH CARDS FOR TEACHERS AND COACHES. I MEAN, ANYTIME I'VE ASKED SUPERSTAR FOR I MEAN, I ALREADY ASKED HIM, I JUST ASKED FOR SOME MORE FREEBIES TO BE ABLE TO PASS OUT. THEY'LL DO CAR WASHES FOR THE BAND WHERE THEY GET DISCOUNTED ONES AND IT JUST GOES TO THEM. SO THESE GUYS REALLY WANT TO BE A PART OF ALL THE COMMUNITIES. THEY'VE DONE SEVERAL OF THOSE FREE CAR WASH THINGS FOR THINGS MY KIDS ARE INVOLVED IN. SO THIS IS A GOOD COMMUNITY. OPERATOR. WE JUST WANT TO HAVE CONFORMING, CONFORMING ZONING. I DON'T SEE THAT THE CITY IS ANY WORSE FOR WEAR ON THIS, THAT WE'RE ALL AGREEING IT'S A PD. THERE ARE ALL THESE RULES. CODE WOULD ENFORCE THAT IF WE'RE NON-CONFORMING. WELL, WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ALL THE CAR WASH BAYS AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS. WE'RE YOU'RE NOT ANY BETTER OR WORSE OFF ON THIS. SO WE MADE THE INVESTMENT UP FRONT BECAUSE WE THOUGHT IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. THIS IS JUST KIND OF A WEIRD ZONING CASE. IT'S SORT OF A I'M ASKING YOU, I THINK I TOLD PLANNING COMMISSION THIS, I'M IN THE ZONING BUSINESS. ZONINGS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS RIGHT NOW. THAT IS ALL MARKET BASED CITIES ARE IN THE PLANNING BUSINESS, SOMETHING THAT WILL HAPPEN TYPICALLY OVER A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME. WELL, THE CAR WASH IS STILL GOING TO BE HERE. I'D SUBMIT IT'S BEEN THERE 40 YEARS. SO IF WE HAD BEEN, YOU KNOW, IF WE IF WE HAD ASKED FOR AN SCP, WE WOULD HAVE ASKED FOR AT LEAST 50 YEARS OR MORE TO AMORTIZE OUR INVESTMENT. I'D ARGUE THE LADY WITH THE NICE BEAUTY SALON, SHE'S BEEN THERE 15 YEARS. SHE PROBABLY DESERVED MORE THAN FIVE YEARS. SO WE JUST WE WERE NOT INTERESTED IN WORKING ON AN SUP FOR SOME SMALLER AMOUNT OF TIME. WHEN WE'VE SPENT ALMOST WORSE, THE PROPERTY'S WORTH. SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE, YOU KNOW, BENEFIT FROM WE'VE CREATED WHAT WE'VE TRIPLED THE NUMBER OF JOBS THAT WERE THERE. YOU KNOW, WE PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITIES FOR KIDS IN SCHOOL TO GET TRAINING WORK, A KIND OF UNUSUAL SCHEDULE WHILE THEY'RE DOING THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO, WE TRY TO REALLY BE FLEXIBLE, THE COMMUNITY WE'RE IN, AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A BUMP IN THE AD VALOREM VALUE OF A REALLY HARD DEVELOPED SITE. SO THAT'S WHY WE THOUGHT IT'S A REASONABLE REQUEST. YOU KNOW, THIS IS A

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WEIRD ONE, BUT I RARELY COME HERE ON LAYUPS. I MEAN, I JUST THAT'S NOT WHAT WE GET HIRED FOR. THIS IS A HARD ONE. I UNDERSTAND YOUR POSITION. AND IF WE LOSE IT'S OKAY. I MEAN WE'RE NOT GOING TO LOVE IT AND IT WON'T IMPACT. WE THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD MARKET. WE WANT TO BE IN IT. AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE REALLY IF YOU LOOK AT THE BEFORE AND AFTER, WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY AND COUNCILMEMBER, YOU REALLY SAID THAT YOU WANTED US TO MAKE THIS LOOK REALLY NICE. WE DID THE VERY BEST WE COULD DO WITH A BUILDING THAT WAS BUILT WHEN I WAS JUST STARTING TO DRIVE. AND I'M PRETTY OLD. SO, I MEAN, IT'S BEEN THERE A LONG TIME, SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. I THINK IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT. WE'D LOVE YOUR SUPPORT. I THINK IT DOES SEND A MESSAGE THAT IF YOU WANT BUSINESS TO IMPROVE IN THIS AREA, REWARDING THE COMPANY THAT'S SPENT, YOU KNOW, ALMOST AS MUCH AS THEY IS VALUED FOR IS A GOOD MESSAGE.

THANK YOU. I HAD A QUESTION. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUTTON, HOW MANY VACUUMS DID YOU HAVE BEFORE THE RENOVATION VERSUS NOW? IT WAS ONE FOR ONE. WE MAY HAVE CREATED TWO ACTUALLY. SO WE IF YOU HEARD THAT, WE MAY HAVE CREATED TWO EXTRAS. IT WAS SIMILAR, BUT IT'S ALL NEW EQUIPMENT I. I WENT THROUGUGHT BEFORE THEY CLOSED JUST SO I COULD KIND OF COMPARE APPLES AND APPLES. AND I DIDN'T VACUUM THE FIRST DAY BECAUSE I WAS COMING HERE FOR A HEARING. BUT IT'S A. I'VE NOW BEEN THROUGH IT TWICE SINCE THEY HAVE OPENED. I WENT ON OPENING WEEKEND WHEN IT WAS KIND OF A SOFT OPENING. IT'S MUCH BETTER. I MEAN, THE CAR WASH QUALITY'S LIKE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND YOUR JOB IS TO SELL US ON A CAR WASH AND A REMODEL.

OKAY. SO I WILL SAY THERE, I, I CANNOT, I CAN'T GET BEHIND THINKING THAT YOU ONLY ADDED TO VACUUM. I, I, OH, GIVE ME A SECOND. I DON'T ACTUALLY THE CAR WASH USAGE IS NOT A POINT OF CONTENTION FOR ME. THE POINT OF CONTENTION FOR ME IS THAT YOU ADDED A LARGE NUMBER OF VACUUMS WITH RESIDENTIAL HOMES RIGHT BEHIND YOUR PROPERTY. SO THAT CREATES A SITUATION THEN, AND I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S FAIR THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SAY THAT YOU WERE INVESTING TO BE CONFORMING. YOU WERE INVESTING IN REMODELING TO GO FROM A FULL SERVICE CAR WASH TO A NOW AUTOMATED SELF-SERVICE CAR WASH. SO IT WASN'T IT WASN'T A CON TRYING TO GET INTO CONFORMING STATUS. IT WAS IT WAS A BUSINESS SITUATION, WHICH I UNDERSTAND, BUT LET'S CALL IT WHAT IT IS, RIGHT? SO THAT IS THE PROBLEM THAT I'VE GOT. I MEAN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S BEEN THERE, LIKE YOU SAID, FOR 40 YEARS. SO I JUST SELL IT FOR WHAT IT IS. THANK YOU.

MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MR. CATHERINE, THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN AND PRESENTING THIS. HOW LONG HAVE HAVE HAVE YOU HAD THIS PROPERTY? IS IT THIS YEAR? CORRECT? YES. WE CLOSED IN. YEAH. WE'VE ONLY SIX MONTHS. OKAY. THAT'S AN IMPRESSIVE CHANGE. IT'S A LOT.

IT'S A LOT DENSER THAN IT WAS. I MEAN YOU'VE GOT A LOT MORE EQUIPMENT IN THERE. I DO SHARE THE RESERVATION. I MEAN, I, I HAVE A HARD TIME REMEMBERING HOW THE VACUUMS WERE SET UP IN THE PAST, BUT BUT THEY'RE VERY PROMINENT NOW. BUT WE GOT A PERMIT FOR ALL THE WORK TOO, I'M CERTAIN. YOU KNOW, JUST SO IT, YOU KNOW, WE DID IT THE RIGHT WAY. I'M SURE. YEAH.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? SEEING NONE. THANK YOU. MADAM SECRETARY. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM? NO, SIR. MAYOR PRO TEM, THIS IS YOUR DISTRICT, SIR.

OH, QUESTION. FIRST QUESTION. COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. THANK YOU. SIR, CAN WE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION THAT WE'VE ALREADY INVESTED A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY? IS THAT GERMANE TO THIS AT ALL? I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GERMANE. I MEAN, THEY INVESTED MONEY KNOWING WHAT THEIR PROPERTY WAS ZONED AND THEY WERE AWARE OF THAT AT THE TIME. SO I'M NOT SURE HOW IT WOULD BE GERMANE TO THIS PARTICULAR DISCUSSION. OKAY. THAT WAS MY MY QUESTION. THANK YOU MAYOR.

THANK YOU SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MAYOR PRO TEM, SIR. MR. MAYOR. IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT WITH GARLAND ON THE RISE AND THIS IS ONE OF OUR SECONDARY INTEREST ZONES, AS FAR AS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO DENY THE APPLICATION MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM TO DENY A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOCKED IN DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION.

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COUNCIL. MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US. MADAM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

[c. GDC Amendment ORD 25-09]

I MOVE ON TO THEIR NEXT ITEM FOR PUBLIC HEARING. HEARING? IT'S ITEM 6CG DC AMENDMENT ORDINANCE 25-09. THANK YOU MAYOR. THIS REQUEST IS TO CONSIDER AMENDMENTS TO SEVERAL SECTIONS WITHIN CHAPTER FOUR SITE DEVELOPMENT. CHAPTER SIX DEFINITIONS AND CHAPTER SEVEN DOWNTOWN DISTRICT GENERALLY RELATED TO CITYWIDE AND DOWNTOWN SIGN REGULATIONS. THIS ITEM DID INITIATE FROM THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE. IT WAS LAST YEAR. THERE WERE SEVERAL BACK AND FORTH WITH THE COMMITTEE, AND THEN T THERE WASA REPORT OUT TO THE CITY COUNCIL, WHERE THE COUNCIL GAVE STAFF THE GREEN LIGHT TO GO AND WORK ON THOSE THINGS. AND AFTER WE DID, WE CAME BACK TO PLANNING COMMISSION, PLANNING COMMISSION. AFTER THEY VOTED, WE BROUGHT IT TO CITY COUNCIL TO A WORK SESSION AND PRESENTED THOSE IN DETAIL. SO TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS TODAY'S ITEM IS MORE ABOUT THE PUBLIC HRING. I WILL STILL DO A VERY QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE GOING, WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING. BUT I ALSO HAVE BACKUP SLIDES SO WE CAN DISCUSS ANY FURTHER AS WELL. BUT INITIALLY MY PRESENTATION WILL REALLY BE VERY SUCCINCT AND JUST SUMMARIZING THE CHANGES. SO THERE ARE FOUR BIG COMPONENTS OF THE CHANGES. ONE IS THERE ARE SOME SIZE RESTRICTIONS, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT HAD TRIGGERED THE REQUEST FROM THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE. WE WANTED TO BE MORE BUSINESS FRIENDLY.

WE WANTED TO ALLOW BIGGER AND BETTER SIGNS WHERE APPLICABLE. SO ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'LL SEE IN THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS IS WHERE ADJACENT TO A FREEWAY, WHICH ARE IDENTIFIED AS 190 I-30 AND 635, THE SIGNS ARE ALLOWED TO BE BIGGER. IF THEY'RE IN A TALLER BUILDING, THEY'RE ALLOWED TO BE EVEN MORE BIGGER. SO THAT'S ONE PROVISION. THAT'S ONE FLEXIBILITY THAT WE HAVE ADDED IN OUR DOWNTOWN WAIVER PROCESS. CURRENTLY, THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF WAIVERS.

ONE IS WAIVER. ONE IS A MAJOR WAIVER. SIGNS DO COME TO CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT IDENTIFIED IN THE MINOR WAIVER PROCESS. SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE, WE HAVE INTRODUCED A THRESHOLD WHERE AS LONG AS WHAT'S BEING REQUESTED, EVEN IN DOWNTOWN, IS COMPLIANT WITH THE CITYWIDE REQUIREMENTS, IT COULD BE CONSIDERED ADMINISTRATIVELY. SO THAT PROVIDES SOME SOME PROCEDURAL PROCEDURAL RELIEF. THE NEXT KIND OF BIG THING IS JUST CHANGING THE FORMAT OF HOW THE SIGN REGULATIONS ARE LAID OUT. IF YOU HAVE LOOKED AT THE EXISTING SECTIONS, THEY'RE VERY IT'S ALL TEXT. THERE ARE LOTS OF DIFFERENT STANDARDS JUST LAID OUT RANDOMLY. SO WE HAVE BROUGHT EVERYTHING IN DIFFERENT TABLES AND WE HAVE REFORMATTED THEM SO THAT ANYBODY WHO'S READING THE SIGN REGULATIONS DON'T HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING TO THE REGULATIONS. AND ONE UNIQUE THING THAT WE ADDED IS THE ICONIC SIGN DESIGNATION. CURRENTLY WE HAVE HISTORIC SIGNS, WHICH IS DIFFERENT, BUT THERE IS DESIRE. THE WAS DESIRE DURING THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE PROCESS TO HAVE THE ICONIC SIGNS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE JIMMY WALLACE SIGN.

WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT ADDS ON TO THE CULTURAL IDENTITY OF DOWNTOWN GARLAND. SO THINGS LIKE THAT, JUST SO WE'RE NOT MAKING IT HARD FOR PEOPLE TO BRING IN CULTURALLY UNIQUE SIGNS. WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THOSE WITH DEFINITIONS AND A PROCESS IN THESE AMENDMENTS. SO THOSE ARE THE SUMMARY WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL. PLANNING COMMISSIO RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. I CAN GO THROUGH THE DETAILS IF YOU'D LIKE, BUT AT THIS POINT I STAND BY FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT.

SO WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS IN A WORK SESSION BRIEFLY PREVIOUSLY. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I SEE. NO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO I'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR, WE DO NOT. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT, I SEE NONE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. COUNCILMEMBER TRENTON.

THANK YOU. MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENTS TO THE GARLAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AS PRESENTED. A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER TRAN, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER OR EXCUSE ME, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DENTON. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE. AND ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM SIX D GDC AMENDMENT

[d. GDC Amendment 26-05]

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26-05. THANK YOU MAYOR. THIS IS A REQUEST TO CONSIDER AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER TWO ZONING REGULATIONS. CHAPTER FOUR SITE DEVELOPMENT. CHAPTER FIVE RELIEF PROCEDURES AND ENFORCEMENT. AND CHAPTER SEVEN DOWNTOWN DISTRICT GENERALLY RELATED TO PARKING REQUIREMENTS.

THTHIS IS A STAFF INITIATED AMENDMENT REQUEST. AGAIN, THIS. THIS DID NOT GO. THIS THIS THIS DID NOT COME FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE, BUT IT INITIALLY CAME TO A COUNCIL WORK SESSION TO SEE IF COUNCIL WANTED STAFF TO WORK ON IT. AFTER WE GOT THE GREEN SIGNAL, WE DID. AND THEN WE BROUGHT IT BACK TO PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEN BROUGHT IT BACK TO WORK SESSION. SO COUNCIL HAS SEEN THESE. SO I'M SUMMARIZING AGAIN BUT AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. I HAVE DETAILED SLIDES THAT'S BACK UP. SO WE CAN GO TO THOSE AS WELL. SO THE SUMMARY IS CURRENTLY IN THE LAND USE CHART. WE HAVE THE MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS SET. SO IF SOME SOME DEVELOPMENT REQUIRES. AND I'M GOING TO USE THE NUMBER 100 BECAUSE IT'S ALL BASED ON PERCENTAGE. IF A DEVELOPMENT REQUIRES 100 PARKING SPACES, THE WAY WE ARE SETTING IT UP IS THEY COULD DO 115 UP TO 115 WITHOUT GOING THROUGH ANY PROCESS. SO THAT ALLOWS SOME FLEXIBILITY FOR THEM. HOWEVER, WE DO NOT WANT SEA OF PARKING. WE WANT MORE PLACES FOR PEOPLE AND NOT JUST CARS. SO IF IT GOES FROM 15 TO 30% SO THEY CAN, IF THEY'RE WANTING TO DO UP TO 130, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PARKING DEVIATION PROCESS, WHICH CAN BE ADMINISTRATIVE, BUT THEY HAVE TO SHOW US THROUGH A TRAFFIC STUDY OR SOME OTHER DOCUMENT PREPARED BY A PROFESSIONAL, KIND OF DEMONSTRATING WHY THEY NEED MORE THAN 30% OR THAT MUCH MORE THAN WHAT'S ALLOWED. IF IT'S MORE THAN 30% PERIOD, THEY HAVE TO COME TO COUNCIL AND CONVINCE COUNCIL WHY THEY NEED MORE THAN 30% OF WHAT'S WHAT'S REQUIRED. SO DURING THE WORK SESSION PRESENTATION, COUNCIL SENTIMENT WAS THAT WE KEEP IT TO NONRESIDENTIAL ONLY AND DO NOT APPLY TO MULTIFAMILY BECAUSE WE HAD ANOTHER SECTION FOR MULTIFAMILY. SO WE NOW HAVE REMOVED THAT FROM THE AMENDMENTS WE HAVE ALSO, IT WAS COUNCIL'S WISH THAT WE EXEMPT STRUCTURED PARKING, WHICH MAKES TOTA SENSE. WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE MORE STRUCTURED PARKING. SO IF THEY ARE PROVIDING THE EXCESS PARKING IN A STRUCTURED PARKING OR GARAGE, THEY DO NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH THESE PROCESSES. AND ALSO IF THEY'RE THE APPLICANT IS, ARE THE DEVELOPERS MAKING THE DOWNTOWN? IF IT'S IN DOWNTOWN AND THEY'RE MAKING THEM PUBLIC PARKING, THEY'RE ALSO EXEMPT FROM THESE PARKING REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE WE DO RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR MORE PUBLIC PARKING IN DOWNTOWN. SO REALLY, THOSE ARE THE MAJOR POINTS. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL, PLANNING COMMSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL, AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM. SEE NONE. THANK YOU. WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR, WE DO NOT. DOES ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. COUNCILMEMBER TRAN. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE AMENDMENTS TO THE GOLAN DEVELOPMENT CODE AS PRESENTED A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER TRAN, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER. MORE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION. SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE. AND APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

[7. City Manager Appointments

  • Patricia Anthony - Civil Service Commission
  • Glenna Saygidia - Civil Service Commission
]

MOVE ON NOW TO APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. MR. CITY MANAGER, YOU HAVE APPOINTMENTS FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION. THANK YOU. MAYOR. PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 143 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, I'M REQUIRED BY THAT THAT STATUTE TO APPOINT MEMBERS TO OUR CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, SUBJECT TO THE CONFIRMATION OF THIS COUNCIL. TONIGHT I HAVE TWO APPOINTMENTS. THE FIRST APPOINTMENT IS PATRICIA ANTHONY, WHO CURRENTLY SERVES ON THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, AS COMPLETING AN UNEXPIRED OR SOON TO BE EXPIRED TERM IN SEPTEMBER THAT SHE BEGAN SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. AND I'M ASKING THAT SHE BE APPOINTED. I'M ALSO APPOINTING GLENNA SEGEDY, WHO IS CURRENTLY A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION, TO COMPLETE THE UNEXPIRED TERM BEING VACATED BY. MARISOL TREVIZO FOLLOWING HER

[01:05:04]

APPOINTMENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. I WOULD ASK THE COUNCIL TO CONFIRM THOSE APPOINTMENTS TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER TRANSFER. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE CONFIRM PATRICIA ANTHONY AND GLENNA SADIA TO THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION AS RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY MANAGER. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER TRAN AND A SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DENTON. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE.

[8. Councilmember Margaret Lucht

  • Board of Adjustment — Margaret Bice
  • Cultural Arts Commission — Trayc Claybrook
  • Environmental & Community Advisory Board — Catherine Haedge 
  • Parks & Recreation Advisory Board — Jason Aguirre
  • Property Standards Board — Gayle Owens 
  • Senior Citizens Advisory Commission — Gail Belton
  • Tax Increment Finance #1 Downtown/Forest Jupiter Board — Lucian Giambasu
  • Tax Increment Finance #2 South Board — Jason Shanks
  • Tax Increment Finance #3 Board — Mehwish Khanum
  • Unified Building Standards Commission — Tyler Williams
]

APPOINTMENTS ARE CONFIRMED UNANIMOUSLY. MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.

COUNCILMEMBER LUCK, YOU HAVE SEVERAL APPOINTMENTS. I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT MARGARET BICE TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, TRACY CLAYBROOK TO THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION, CATHERINE HEDGE TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD, JASON AGUIRRE TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD. GAIL OWENS, PROPERTY STANDARDS BOARD. GAIL BELTON, SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMISSION. LUKE JIM BASU, TAX INCREMENT FINANCE NUMBER ONE, DOWNTOWN FOREST, JUPITER BOARD. JASON SHANKS, TAX INCREMENT FINANCE NUMBER TWO. SOUTH BOARD MAY WISH TAX INCREMENT FINANCE NUMBER THREE BOARD AND TYLER WILLIAMS TO THE UNIFIED BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION. WE HAVE NOMINATIONS BY COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK, AND WE HAVE A SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUNCAN COUNCIL. ANY DISCUSSIONS ON THOSE? ONHOSE APPOINTMENTS? SEEING NONE.

MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE. AND THOSE ARE APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY AS WELL.

[ CITIZEN COMMENTS]

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO CITIZEN COMMENTS. MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO ADDRESS ISSUES NOT ON THE MEETING AGENDA MAY HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, COUNCIL IS PROHIBITED FROM DISCUSSING ANY ITEM NOT ON THE AGENDA. MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TONIGHT? YES, SIR. WE HAVE ONE CALLER, SPEAKER CHIP VAN PELT. SIR, IF YOU GIVE YOUR NAME, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. COUNCIL CHIP VAN PELT, 34, 25 RIDGE OAK DRIVE IN GARLAND. I SERVE ON THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION, AND I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE VOTE YES, GARLAND PAC. THIS IS SECOND VERSE. SAME AS THE FIRST RIGHT HERE. I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE NOVEMBER 3RD TAX RATE ELECTION. FIRST, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER WHY WE ARE HAVING THIS ELECTION. THE TEXAS STATE, AS TEXAS HAS, HOWEVER WELL INTENTIONED, HAS PUT TEXAS MUNICIPALITIES IN A DIFFICULT FINANCIAL POSITION, WHICH, WITH ITS 3.5% REVENUE CAP, ESPECIALLY CITIES LIKE GARLAND THAT RELY DISPROPORTIONATELY ON PROPERTY TAXES. I'M AN ARTIST, NOT A FINANCIAL PERSON, BUT EVEN I CAN SEE THAT 3.5% DOES NOT COME CLOSE TO COVERING THE REAL COST INCREASES FACING THE CITY. AND THIS IS NOT SIMPLY A ONE YEAR BUDGET CHALLENGE. A NO VOTE COULD MEAN GARLAND LOSES GROUND IN SERVICES AND PERSONNEL YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR. BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER, THERE WILL BE A LOT OF DEBATE ABOUT A YES VOTE VERSUS A NO VOTE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE HIRING OF POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS AND 911 DISPATCHERS. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SPEND A MINUTE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE SPECIAL EVENTS. THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW ME KNOW THAT I LIKE TO TALK ABOUT CULTURAL ARTS, NOT SIMPLY AS AN AMENITY, BUT AS AN ECONOMIC ENGINE. AND THERE MAY BE NO BETTER EVIDENCE OF THAT THAN WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN GARLAND SINCE THE SQUARE WAS RENOVATED. LIKE FIELD OF DREAMS. WE BUILT IT AND THE PEOPLE CAME, AND WITH THOSE PEOPLE CAME NEW BUSINESSES AND RESTAURANTS. AND IMPORTANTLY, INCREASED SALES TAX REVENUE. A KEY DRIVER OF THAT ACTIVITY IS THE NUMBER OF EVENTS AND CONCERTS HELD IN DOWNTOWN GARLAND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. EVENTS LIKE DIA DE LOS MUERTOS, ART MADE HERE, ASIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE, JUNETEENTH, FALL FEST, AND ALL THE DIFFERENT MUSIC MADE HERE CONCERTS. THEY CONTINUE TO GROW IN POPULARITY. PEOPLE CROWD THE DOWNTOWN, THEY VISIT OUR SHOPS, THEY EAT IN OUR RESTAURANTS, AND THESE EVENTS CAN PROVIDE SOME OF THOSE BUSINESSES WITH THEIR MOST PROFITABLE DAYS OF THE YEAR. NOW WHAT? NOW IMAGINE WHAT HAPPENS IF THE PROPOSITION IS DEFEATED AND MANY OF THESE EVENTS ARE REDUCED OR ELIMINATED. THINK ABOUT THE IMPACT ON THOSE BUSINESSES. THINK ABOUT THE LOST ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. THINK ABOUT THE SALES TAX REVENUE THAT GOES WITH IT. WOULD BUSINESSES HAVE, LIKE THE OWL OR THE FORTUNATE OR UNFORTUNATE SON, HAVE MADE THE DECISION TO LOCATE IN DOWNTOWN GARLAND IF THEY BELIEVE THE MOMENTUM AND ACTIVITY THAT ATTRACTED THEM COULD NOT BE SUSTAINED, HOW MUCH MORE

[01:10:02]

DIFFICULT WILL IT BE TO ATTRACT NEW RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS TO DOWNTOWN? I'VE LOOKED AT THE OPTIONS AND I'VE RUN THE NUMBER WITH THE ONLINE CALCULATOR. I WILL BE VOTING YES FOR PROPOSITION A. FOR ME, THE APPROXIMATELY 12 OR $13 A MONTH DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A YES OR A NO VOTE IS AN INVESTMENT IN CONTINUING THE INCREDIBLE MOMENTUM GARLAND HAS BUILT OVER THE LAST DECADE. I BELIEVE WE'VE COME TOO FAR, BUILT TOO MUCH TO START MOVING BACKWARD NOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TONIGHT? I SEE NONE.

THEN AT 810, WE ARE ADJOURNED. GOOD NIGHT. GARLAND.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.