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J BETS CITY MANAGER.AND WELCOME TO THE SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2026 WORK SESSION OF THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL.
COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE WON'T BE JOINING US THIS, UH, EVENING AND ALSO ITEMS NUMBER TWO AND NUMBER NINE.
NUMBER TWO, THE SMALL WATERSHED DAM, SITE NUMBER 11, AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE SUMMIT BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE.
THOSE ITEMS WILL BE HEARD AT A LATER DATE.
FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON WORK SESSION ITEMS. MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS SIGNED UP? NO, SIR.
ALRIGHT, OUR NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDER THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I HAVEN'T HAD ANY REQUESTS TO PULL ANY ITEMS, BUT YOU HAVE ABOUT 24 HOURS TO DO SO.
COUNSEL, MOVING ON TO WRITTEN BRIEFINGS.
THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR WRITTEN BRIEFINGS IS ITEM NUMBER 1 20 27 ANNUAL PROPOSED COUNCIL CALENDAR TEXT DYLAN HEDRICK MAYOR.
ITEM NUMBER TWO WILL BE HEARD AT A LATER DATE.
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS BOND REFUNDING ELECTRIC UTILITY SYSTEM, COMMERCIAL PAPER NOTES.
OFFICIALS SIT AT A DESK BELOW THE CITY OF GARLAND SEAL.
UM, CAN WE PULL, UM, NUMBER THREE PLEASE? JUST FOR, UM, STAFF TO GIVE A LITTLE MORE EXPLANATION OF WHAT THAT'S ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TOMORROW? YES, SIR.
TEXT CHRIS OT, DISTRICT SEVEN.
THE CAMERA ANGLE SHOWS AN EMPTY SECTION OF THE COUNCIL DESK WITH THREE BLACK CHAIRS AND MICROPHONES AND WITH NO QUESTIONS ON THE WRITTEN BRIEFINGS.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO VERBAL BRIEFINGS.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE REPORT TEXT WORK SESSION SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2026.
SO WE HAVE, UM, TWO ITEMS, UM, INCLUDED IN THIS, UM, IN THIS ITEM.
SO ONE IS, UM, THE AUTOMOTIVE USES AND THE INDUSTRIAL USES THAT WE LOOKED AT AND WORK, WE WORK WITH THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE ON THAT.
AND THEN, UM, THERE'S THE NON DISTURBED ZONE ITEM THAT, UH, MIKE PO.
SO THE FIRST ONE WAS AUTOMATED USES.
UM, I THINK, UM, FORMER COUNCILMAN, UM, JEFF BASS HAD BROUGHT IT UP, UM, THAT, HEY, OUR DEFINITIONS ARE KIND OF ANTIQUATED.
OBVIOUSLY THE WAY CARS ARE MADE NOW.
IT, IT'S A LOT OF CHANGES, A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES.
UM, SO SOMETIMES WHEN WE ARE TRYING TO CLASSIFY A USE, UH, BASED ON THOSE DEFINITIONS, IT, IT KIND OF GETS HARDER.
I RECOGNIZE THAT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY DEFINITIONS OF DATE WE WILL DO, THERE WILL ALWAYS BE CHANGES, BUT I THINK THERE'S A NEED TO KIND OF BRING IT UP TO DATE, UM, TO MATCH THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE USED THAT ARE BEING USED ON AUTOMOTIVE USES TODAY.
SO CURRENTLY OUR, BOTH OUR DEFINITIONS, AUTOMOTIVE, UM, AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR, MAJOR AND MINOR, THEY'RE VERY SPECIFIC, UH, ON ACTIVITIES LIKE WHAT'S BEING DONE ON THE VEHICLE AND PARTS OF THE VEHICLE.
UM, AGAIN, IT DOESN'T KEEP PACE WITH THE ADVANCES THAT WE HAVE HAD, UM, RECENTLY.
AND THEN THE WAY WE ARE TRYING TO TACKLE IT IS THAT THE STANDARDS WILL BE A LITTLE BROADER AND INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON ACTUAL PARTS OR ACTUAL ACTIVITY ON THE VEHICLE, THE DEFINITION WILL FOCUS A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE INTENSITY OF THE OPERATION.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, FOR MINOR AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR, IT'S GENERALLY JUST GONNA FOCUS ON ROOT ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND LIMITED SERVICE ACTIVITIES.
AND THEN MAJOR WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL DISASSEMBLY, REBUILDING, COALITION, BODY WORK, PAINTING.
SO ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DEAL WITH THE VEHICLE'S BODY ITSELF, UH, WOULD BE MAJOR.
BUT ANYTHING THAT'S ROUTINE TIRES, THINGS LIKE THAT WILL STILL BE MINOR.
IT'S NOT TOO BIG OF A CHANGE, BUT IT'S, UH, MORE CLEANING UP BECAUSE IT HAS COME UP SEVERAL TIMES WHERE, UH, WE CLASSIFIED IT AS SOMETHING AND THEN THE APPLICANT HAD TO COME IN AND EXPLAIN TO US WHY UH, THEIR FUNCTION IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
AND WHEN WE REALLY EXAMINED THEIR NARRATIVE, UM, IT WAS ACTUALLY LEANING MORE TOWARD THE, ANOTHER, ANOTHER DEFINITION.
SO, UH, WE WILL STILL INCLUDE SOME LISTS, SOME SHORT LIST OF EXAMPLE ACTIVITIES IN THE DEFINITIONS, UH, BUT GENERALLY WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE IT ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND LIMITED SERVICE.
AND THEN DISASSEMBLY, REBUILDING, COALITION, BODY WORK, PAINTING AS MAJOR.
AND AGAIN, JUST TO THINK OF WHAT KIND OF IMPACT THOSE USES HAVE.
OBVIOUSLY ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE WORK DOESN'T HAVE TOO BIG OF AN IMPACT IN TERMS OF NOISE POLLUTION, UM, TO THE SURROUNDING AS COMPARED TO, UH, WHEN BODY WORK IS BEING DONE.
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STANDARDS AS WELL.I THINK THIS CAME FROM THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE AS WELL, THAT AUTOMOTIVE, WE DO HAVE SEVERAL STANDARDS, UH, IN THERE ALREADY.
BUT, UH, ONE THING THAT UM, KIND OF STANDS OUT IS AN AUTOMOBILE REPAIR MINOR.
GENERALLY, GENERALLY IT SHOULDN'T STAY OVERNIGHT.
THE VEHICLE SHOULD NOT STAY OVERNIGHT AT THAT FACILITY.
BUT, UM, IT HAS A PROVISION THAT SAYS IF IT'S BEING WORKED ON, IT COULD BE STORED ON SITE FOR 14 DAYS.
UM, SO THAT TO US IS A, IS A LITTLE, LITTLE PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE IF IT'S TAKING THAT LONG, IT MAY GEAR MORE TOWARD MAJOR.
BUT FOR MINOR WE DID, WE JUST WANNA CLARIFY THAT THERE WOULD BE NO OUTSIDE STORAGE PERMITTED BETWEEN 8:00 PM AND 6:00 AM.
UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COMMITTEE HAD RECOMMENDED AND OBVIOUSLY WE RECOGNIZE WE HAVE A LOT OF THESE USES.
SO, UM, AUTOMOBILE REPAIR MAJOR IS ALREADY PRETTY RESTRICTIVE, UH, IN THE USE CHART, BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO HAVE THE MINOR TO BE PERMITTED WITH AN SUP IN THE LIGHT COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
SO, UH, MAJOR IS PERMITTED WITH AN SUP AND LIGHT COMMERCIAL AND PERMITTED BY RIDE IN HEAVY COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL MINOR WILL BE PERMITTED WITH AN SUP AND COMMUNITY RETAIL AND LIGHT, LIGHT COMMERCIAL AND THEN PERMITTED BY RIGHT WITH HEAVY AND INDUSTRIAL.
I WILL SAY THAT SOME RECENT, UM, ACTIVITIES BUSINESSES HAVE BROUGHT OUR ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT EVEN THESE MAY HAVE TO BE LOOKED AT.
I'M, I'M GONNA LOOK FOR COUNCIL'S DIRECTION ON THAT, THAT HEY, DO, DO WE WANT TO MAKE AUTOMOBILE REPAIR MINER NEEDING AN SUP EVEN IN HEAVY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
UM, BUT RIGHT NOW THIS IS WHERE WE ARE STANDING.
UM, WELL THIS ONE THING THAT I THINK ONE OF THE, OF THE KEY DISCRIMINATORS, YOU, YOU ALREADY HIT ON IT JUST A LITTLE BIT BETWEEN MINOR AND MAJOR AUTOMOTIVE IS, IS IT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED IN ONE DAY? THAT'S THE MAIN THING.
IS AND UH, ANYTHING BEYOND THAT GETS INTO MAJOR WORK REGARD.
YOU DO NOT DO BODY WORK IN ONE DAY MM-HMM
AND SAME WITH ALL YOUR MAJOR WORK.
NO, YOU, YOU, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO TACKLE.
I CALLED YOU DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM, I DEMOTED YOU YOUR MAYOR PRO NOW
SO IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE TO, AGAIN, NOT TOO SUBSTANTIAL OF CHANGES, JUST CLARIFYING THE DEFINITIONS AND CHANGING, MAKING THIS CHANGE ON THE USE CHART.
UM, IF NOBODY HAS QUESTIONS FOR NOW, WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE INDUSTRIAL USES TEXT.
UM, I RECENTLY HAD A, AN DEALERSHIP POP UP IN DISTRICT FIVE AT KINGSLEY AND GARLAND ROAD RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE OLD HYPER MART AND A HUGE PIECE OF LAND THAT WE'VE REZONED AND ARE TRYING TO REVITALIZE AND REDEVELOP.
UM, AND BECAUSE IT'S IN HIGH COMMERCIAL, IT'S ZONED PART OF THE PROPERTY WAS ZONED HIGH COMMERCIAL, THE, UH, AUTO USE WAS ALLOWED BY.
I WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOVE TO SEE SUP IN EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR INDUSTRIAL.
I I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA SAY THAT.
SO, UM, YES, SO WITH THIS DEFINITION UPDATE, UM, AND USE CHART UPDATE, I THINK WE CAN TACKLE THAT.
UM, AND IT'S, THAT ONE IS A AUTO SALES NEW OR USED, SO THAT WASN'T PART OF THIS, BUT IT IS AN AUTOMATED USE.
SO WE CAN ABSOLUTELY MAKE THAT CHANGE FOR ALL AUTO RELATED.
AND, AND IF THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AN ISSUE FOR ANYONE ELSE, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO JUST MAKE THE BOUNDARIES.
DISTRICT FIVE, FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS SIT AT A CRESCENT SHAPED DESK.
WELL, THE USE CHART DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY, UNFORTUNATELY.
DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM DUTTON CAMPBELL RETURNS TO THE COUNCIL DESK.
I, I WOULD LIKE AUTO USES AND SUP REQUIRED, UH, NO MATTER WHERE IT IS, HONESTLY.
UM, WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF QUESTIONABLE ONES IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA THAT, YOU KNOW.
UM, SO MY QUESTION IS, UM, WITH THE, UM, AUTO USES, SO THERE'S ONE ON LVO THAT WE HAD SEEN PREVIOUSLY, UM, ON A SIGNAGE ISSUE.
UM, THEY THEN DECIDED TO RENT U-HAUL, WHICH WAS NOT ON THEIR SUP.
IT WAS A TIRE SHOP ORIGINALLY.
SO THE WAY THAT THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY IS WRITTEN, IT HAS CARISSA DUTTON LOOKS DOWN OVER PAPERS.
UH, IT'S A VERY VAGUE, UM, DESCRIPTION.
IT'S LIKE AUTOMOTIVE SALES, NEW USE WITH MINOR
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AUTO REPAIR, BUT NO OUTSIDE VEHICLE REPAIR ALLOWED.BUT THEN THERE'S A SECONDARY THAT'S, UM, A REPAIR GARAGE.
SO CARISSA DUTTON GESTURES, THAT IS WHAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE CLEANED UP IS THAT IT'S NOT VERY CLEAR WHAT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO AND WHAT THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO.
IT'S LIKE, OH, AUTO OFFICER SITS ON A BENCH, OTTO IS ON YOUR CO.
YOU NOW YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO BECAUSE IT'S AUTO JOE DOM IS RESTS CHIN ON HAND.
THAT IS MY BIGGEST, UM, HEADACHE WITH HOW WE CURRENTLY DO IT, IS THE, THE MAJOR AND MINOR IN BECAUSE THEY FIND WORKAROUNDS.
AND SO, UM, WHEN WE'RE ALREADY SUCH A, AN HEAVY AUTO USE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SIT AT THE TABLE.
I, IT'S CRAZY TO ME THAT YOU COULD GO FROM A TIRE SHOP TO A CAR LOT UNDER THE SAME TEXT, MARGARET LUCK, THE SAME SUP OR CO THAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE.
SO IT COULD BE A CODE ISSUE TOO.
UM, SOMETIMES THEY, THE CO MAY NOT HAVE ALLOWED THAT, BUT THEY MAY HAVE TAKEN THE LIBERTY TO JUST DO IT AND THEN CODE JUST NEEDS TO FLAG IT.
BUT I, I TOTALLY GET YOUR POINT.
I MEAN, I, I'M LOOKING AT THE CO RIGHT NOW AND THE WAY THAT THE CO IS WRITTEN WOULD ALLOW IT.
AND SO HOWEVER THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE WOULD BE FANTASTIC.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE ARE WORKING WITH BUILDING INSPECTIONS AS WELL.
SO I MEAN, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF LAYERS.
THE USES WERE UPDATED IN THE USE CHART.
CHRIS OT LOOKS TO ISSA DUTTON, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THE CEOS NOW COMPLETELY REFLECT THE EXACT USE THAT WE HAVE ON THE USE CHART.
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE CAN THEN REDIRECT IT TO THE DEFINITION.
SO I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO TACKLE IT THAT WAY AND WE'RE CLOSE, BUT I TOTALLY GET THAT POINT.
WE WILL GET THE SUP, BUT, UH, ARE YOU ALSO TALKING ABOUT DOING SUP IN THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT? YEAH, I, I WOULD LIKE AN SUP NO MATTER WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO GO, COUNCIL MEMBERS SIT AT THE CURVE DESK TO COME COMBAT A LOT OF THE LESS THAN, UM, UP AND UP THINGS THAT ARE CURRENTLY HAPPENING.
I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY FOR US TO HAVE SOME KIND OF CONTROL OVER WHAT IS GOING INTO THESE PLACES BECAUSE IT'S EASY TO GET, UM, APPROVED FOR SOMETHING IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA BECAUSE YOU'RE ALLOWED BY RIDE OR WHATEVER AND, BUT ALSO BECAUSE YOU'RE OFF OF THE BEATEN PATH MM-HMM
SO YOU SEE A LOT OF QUESTIONABLE BUSINESSES THAT ARE GOING IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ON A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND YOUR AVERAGE PERSON ISN'T JUST DRIVING AROUND THE INDUSTRIAL AREA TO SEE WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON.
AND SO A LOT OF SHADY STUFF HAPPENS IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA FOR THAT, FOR THAT REASON.
SO I WOULD DEFINITELY BE A FAN OF AN SUP REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO GO.
WELL, WE'LL, UH, WE'LL DO THAT AND THEN WE'LL WORK WITH CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THAT'S ALL GOOD BY THEM.
MAYOR, THERE'S NOTHING ELSE WE CAN, I'M GOOD.
MAYOR PRO TEMA, SORRY TO BUZZ BACK IN, BUT, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY EXAMPLES OF WHERE WE HAVE A SUP IN EVERY ZONING DISTRICT IN THE CITY? YEAH.
TATTOO, UM, TATTOO OR THAT USE, UM, WHERE BODY PIERCING ESTABLISHMENT IS ONLY PERMITTED WITHIN SUP.
THERE IS AN INDUSTRIAL USE CALLED HIGHER SKEWS THAT ONE'S ONLY PERMITTED WITH AN SUP.
SO THERE ARE SOME, SOME USES THAT ARE ONLY PERMITTED WITH AN SU.
SO IT'S LEGALLY POSSIBLE TO DO THAT? I THINK SO.
BUT I, CITY ATTORNEY MAY, I MEAN THE WOMAN SITS AT THE DESK WITH HER HANDS CLASPED IN FRONT OF HER.
THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES, IT'S LEGALLY POSSIBLE.
THE TWO CASES THAT SHE JUST MENTIONED, THE TWO EXAMPLES YOU'RE LOOKING AT, ONE THAT'S HIGH RISK.
THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, UH, POTENTIAL FOR, UM, UM, IT'S A HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIONS OR FOR CONTAMINATION, UM, UM, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS.
THE SECOND ONE'S THE TATTOO SHOP, AND THAT'S A HIGHLY REGULATED INDUSTRY ALSO THAT'S RELATED TO HEALTH AND SAFETY.
SO TYPICALLY THE SUVS, WE'RE GONNA TOTALLY, IF WE'RE GONNA TAKE ONE USE AND JUST REQUIRE AND NOT HAVE ANY ZONING DISTRICTS IN WHICH THEY'RE ALLOWED BY.
UM, IT'S BECAUSE IT'S HEALTH AND SAFETY RELATED.
UM, IT'S, IT'S CERTAINLY POSSIBLE TO DO IT THROUGH AN SUP AND NOT HAVE IT BY RIGHT.
BUT, UM, UM, PROBABLY THE SAFEST WAY TO DO IT WOULD HAVE IT AT LEAST ONE ZONING DISTRICT AND IT'S ALLOWED BY RIGHT.
AND THEN THE REST, IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE, UM, IN ANOTHER LOCATION, THEN DO IT BY SUP.
SO A BEST PRACTICE WOULD BE TO LEAVE ONE ZONING DISTRICT.
OTHERWISE, THE, THE, THE CLAIM WOULD BE THAT YOU'RE NO LONGER, UM, UM, REGULATING A LAND USE.
YOU'RE TRYING TO DEREGULATE AN INDUSTRY, UM, OUT OF THE CITY.
UM, IF YOU COMPLETELY ZONE 'EM OUT, THAT'S THE REASON WE ALMOST ALWAYS SUGGEST THAT
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YOU HAVE ONE ZONING, UM, UM, DISTRICT IN WHICH A USE IS ALLOWED.SO YOU'RE NOT TRYING TO EXCLUDE A USE.
YOU'RE TRYING TO, YOU'RE ACTUALLY REGULATING LAND USES AND NOT EX NOT EXCLUDING A USE.
SO DOES THIS GET CLOSE TO WHAT THEY CALL A TAKING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? IT WOULD PROBABLY NOT.
UM, IN SOME WEIRD CIRCUMSTANCE YOU MIGHT GET THERE, BUT IT'S PROBABLY NOT, YOU'D PROBABLY, IT'D BE DIFFICULT 'CAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS A RATIONAL BASIS FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
SO IT'S PROBABLY NOT GONNA RISE TO THE LEVEL OF IT TAKING.
ONE OTHER APPROACH THAT I THOUGHT OF RECENTLY IS WE HAVE JUST ONE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
SO WE DON'T HAVE A, NOT THAT I'M SUGGESTING WE CREATE NEW DISTRICTS, BUT THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING HOLISTICALLY WHEN THE COMP PLAN IS DONE.
I WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT IF THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT CAN BE LIGHT AND HEAVY AND WE JUST TRULY HEAVY, HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AREAS ARE DESIGNATED AS HEAVY.
ALL THE OTHER ONES ARE LIGHT AND THE AUTOMOBILE USES COULD STILL BE ALLOWED IN THE HEAVY AREAS, HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AREAS, BUT THEY'RE JUST NOT GONNA BE AS MUCH THAT WE HAVE.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S JUST A RANDOM IDEA.
UM, BUT WE CAN, WE CAN WORK ON IT ONCE THE PLAN'S DONE, I THINK.
UH, BUT OBVIOUSLY, UH, FOR NOW, WE'LL WE WILL, WE'LL WE'LL DO WHATSAPP AND THEN WE WILL, UM, WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BUZZ IN AGAIN.
SO ONCE, UH, IF WE LIMITED THE S TO EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR INDUSTRIAL FOR NOW, THEN ONCE THE COMP PLAN IS PRESENTED TO US IN OCTOBER, WE CAN REVISIT AND MAYBE, UM, HAVE A WHOLE CITY KIND OF BROADER CONVERSATION, AUDIO CONVERSATION.
WITH THE SUPPORT OF OUR COMP PLAN.
ALRIGHT, ANYONE ELSE ON THIS TEXT? MICHAEL J BETS CITY MANAGER.
YEAH, SO THIS ONE'S, UM, NOT AS CONTROVERSIAL, BUT THIS IS MORE FOR US TO AGAIN, BE ABLE TO CLASSIFY SIMILAR ISSUES.
THOUGH WE HAVE HEAVY MANUFACTURING USE IN LIGHT MANUFACTURING USE ALMOST EVERY TIME, UH, ONE OF THOSE USES COME IN, IT BECOMES A CONVERSATION OF WHAT'S HEAVY, WHAT'S LIGHT.
UM, STAFF OBVIOUSLY TRIES TO TAKE A HOLISTIC APPROACH AND TRIES TO TAKE A LOOK AT, UH, OKAY, WHAT'S REALLY BEING DONE AT THE FACILITY.
UH, BUT AGAIN, TECHNOLOGY HAS CHANGED.
THINGS HAVE CHANGED, SO WE JUST NEEDED MORE CLARIFICATION, UH, ON THOSE TOO AS WELL.
UM, SO A BASIC DIFFERENTIATOR IS LIGHT IS WHEN THINGS ARE BEING ASSEMBLED FROM PREVIOUSLY PREPARED MATERIALS.
AND HEAVY IS WHEN RAW MATERIALS INVOLVED.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WHEN RAW MATERIALS INVOLVED, FOR EXAMPLE, ANIMAL HIDE OR, AND THEN IT'S BEING TRANSFORMED INTO A LETTER LEATHER AND THEN MADE INTO A HANDBAG OR SOMETHING, IT'S A MUCH MORE INTENSIVE, SMELLY AND INTENSIVE FACILITY AS OPPOSED TO IF THE LEATHER IS ALL THEY'RE DOING IS ASSEMBLING SOMETHING, THEN IT'S MUCH LESS INTENSIVE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF OUR BASIC PARAMETER.
UM, AND THAT SOMETIMES, UM, ALSO BECOMES AN ISSUE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A DEFINITION FOR WHAT IS A RAW MATERIAL.
SO WITH THIS, UM, PROPOSAL, WE ARE TRYING TO PUT IN A DEFINITION OF RAW MATERIAL THAT'LL MAKE IT EASIER FOR US TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR APPLICANTS AND POINT TOWARD WHAT REALLY IS DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE, UM, LIGHT OR HEAVY.
UH, WE ALSO FELT LIKE THERE ARE A LOT OF MANUFACTURING USES THESE DAYS THAT ARE MORE TECHNOLOGY ORIENTED.
UM, WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A PLACE FOR THEM.
UM, SO WE DO WANT TO REDC, UH, REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE THOSE USES R AND D TYPE USES.
SO WE WANTED TO ADD AN ADVANCED MANUFACTURING USE TO THE GDC AND ALLOW IT TO MORE DISTRICTS THAN WHAT, WHAT HEAVY AND LIGHT ALLOW LIGHT MANUFACTURING IS ALLOWED JUST BECAUSE THE NATURE IS IS JUST TECHNOLOGY.
IT'S NOT TRULY HEAVY, INTENSE INDUSTRIAL, UH, WORK, TEXT, INDUSTRIAL USES.
UM, SO THAT'S ONE OF THE PROPOSALS WITH THIS.
AND WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO CHANGE, UH, WE HAVE A USE NAME LABORATORY, ANA, ANALYTICAL AND OR RESEARCH USE.
UH, WE DID SOME PEER CITY RESEARCH AND I THINK MOST CITIES JUST CALL IT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER.
THAT'S JUST WHAT THE MARKET RECOGNIZES.
UH, MORE SO BECAUSE JUST BECAUSE WE'RE ONTO IT, UH, WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR SO THAT IT'S EASIER FOR US TO ATTRACT THAT MARKET.
UM, WE HAVE THE SAME, UM, LANGUAGE ON OUR, UM, LAND USE CHART.
UM, SO WE THINK THAT THAT USE COULD BE PERMITTED WITH AN SUP IN THE URBAN BUSINESS DISTRICT IF IT'S AN R AND D TYPE, UM, CENTER.
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UM, HAVING A MANUFACTURING ADVANCED, UM, USE AND ALLOW IT WITHIN AN SUP AND COMMUNITY OFFICE DISTRICT AND ALLOW IT, ALLOW IT WITHIN SUP AND LIKE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.THESE TWO WILL HAVE SOME CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH IT AND THEN ALLOW IT WITHIN SUP AND URBAN BUSINESS.
AND THEN, UM, JUST ADD, UM, AN SUP UH, ALLOWANCE FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER, UH, USE TEXT.
UM, THAT'S REALLY IT AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL AREAS? ALRIGHT, I SEE NONE.
UM, NALA, I JUST, I DO WANNA THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND FOR THE WHOLE CITY.
I KNOW YOU GUYS WORKED SO HARD AND THANK YOU TO LEGAL AS WELL FOR LOOKING AT STUFF AND MOSTLY APPROVING OF IT.
SO WE APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL.
COUNCIL MEMBERS LOOK AT THEIR LAPTOPS.
THE MAYOR AND MANAGER, PREPARE.
YOU HAVE IT LOADED, RIGHT? YEAH.
TEXT DYLAN HEDRICK MAYOR, A CIRCULAR EMBLEM ON THE WAL READS CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS.
UH, MICHAEL PEK, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING AND I'LL BE PRESENTING THE NON DISTURB ZONE.
AS Y'ALL MAY RECALL, AS YOU MAY RECALL, A FEW MONTHS BACK, UH, COUNCIL HAD DIRECTED, UH, OR REQUESTED, UH, DUE TO THE EASTERN HILLS REDEVELOPMENT OR DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO SAY THAT.
UM, THE BIG GRADE DIFFERENTIAL THAT WE HAD OUT ON THE SITE, UH, IT WAS, IT WAS RECOMMENDED IN COUNCIL TO GO TO THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE TO BE CONSIDERED, WHAT CAN WE DO WITH OUR ORDINANCE TO MAYBE POSSIBLY PREVENT SOMETHING OF SUCH A DRASTIC GRADE DIFFERENTIAL CHANGE.
AND SO, UH, WE GOT TOGETHER ENGINEERING PLANNING AND THE, AND THE, UM, COMMITTEE, UH, RECONVENED AND ENGINEERING AND PLANNING CONSULTED WITH EACH OTHER, DETERMINED WHAT POSSIBLE ORDINANCE THAT WE CAN LOOK AT.
AND WE HAD SOME IDEAS AND WHERE COULD WE PUT THIS IN OUR ORDINANCE.
AND, AND WE, WE FOUND SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE ORDINANCE WHEN REDEVELOPING A FORMER GOLF COURSE OR COUNTRY CLUB SITE.
AND BASED ON THE DISCUSSION WE HAD IDENTIFIED DIVISION FOUR OF THE GARLAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE TREE PRESERVATION AND MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS.
AND HERE IN A FEW SECONDS, UM, AS WE GO THROUGH THIS ON THE NEXT TWO SLIDES, I THINK IT'LL BECOME FAIRLY OBVIOUS WHY WE CHOSE TO PUT IT IN THIS PARTICULAR PART OF THE ORDINANCE.
AND I'M JUST GONNA GO THROUGH 'EM.
UH, THIS IS A BRIEF SYNOPSIS YOU ALL RECEIVED IN YOUR PACKET, A COPY OF THE REVISION OF THE ORDINANCE ITSELF.
I'M GONNA TAKE YOU THROUGH THE CLIFF'S NOTES VERSION OF IT.
BUT IF A PROPERTY CURRENTLY OR PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED WITH, WITH A GOLF COURSE OR COUNTRY CLUB USE IS BEING DEVELOPED OR REDEVELOPED, A 25 FOOT NON DISTURBED ZONE WOULD BE REQUIRED ALONG ANY SIDE OR REAR PROPERTY LINE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT SITE ADJACENT TO A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT OR AN EXISTING RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION.
STANDARDS WITHIN THE NON DISTURBED ZONE WOULD INCLUDE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF EXISTING TREES.
ADDITIONAL PLANTING REQUIREMENTS IF TREES WITHIN THE NON DISTURBED ZONE DO NOT EXIST IN A WAY THAT CREATES A NATURAL BUFFER BETWEEN THE TWO SUBDIVISIONS AND ADDITIONAL SCREENING REQUIREMENTS ON THE DEVELOPMENT SIDE OF THE NON DISTURBED ZONE.
SO BEYOND THE 25 FOOT, THERE WOULD BE ADDITIONAL SCREENING REQUIREMENTS.
UH, THIS IS WHERE WE GET TO THE, THE HEIGHT RESTRICTION TO PRESERVE THE PRIVACY OF EXISTING RESIDENTS ADJACENT TO THE NON DISTURBED ZONE, ANY PORTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT SITE WITHIN 50 FEET OF THE NON DISTURB ZONE.
SO THIS IS THE 25 FEET NON DISTURB ZONE.
THE NEXT ADDITIONAL 50 FEET PRIVACY NON DISTURB ZONE, UH, OUTSIDE OF THAT WOULD NEED TO BE DESIGNED WITH A MAXIMUM FOUR FOOT VERTICAL GRADE DIFFERENTIAL FROM EXISTING GRADE.
SO IT WOULD BE A MAXIMUM FOUR FOOT ALLOWED THROUGH THAT AREA.
SO THAT WOULD BE VERTICALLY UP OR DOWN TEXT.
PROPOSED STANDARDS HIGHER OR LOWER THAN THE EXISTING SUBDIVISION HAS.
CURRENTLY A NON DISTURBED ZONE MUST BE OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OR A PROPERTIES OWNER OWNER'S ASSOCIATION FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
AND AGAIN, ALL THIS IS, IS IN MORE DETAIL IN THE ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE.
WE ALSO HAD, UM, MADE A COMMENT WHEN WE PRESENTED THIS TO THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE OF AN OPTION TO WAIVE THE NON DISTURB ZONE.
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IF IT IS DETERMINED THAT A DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT SITE ADJACENT TO A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT WOULD NOT NEGATIVELY AFFECT NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES, IF THE NON DISTURBED ZONE IS NOT PROVIDED, UH, WE HAD STAFF, UH, MAKING THAT CALL AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE THAT THEY WOULD PREFER THAT THE CITY COUNCIL BE THE ENTITY RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING IF THE NON DISTURB ZONE REQUIREMENT MAY BE WAIVED.THAT COUNCIL IS THE ONLY ENTITY THAT, OR THE ONLY GROUP THAT COULD ACTUALLY WAIVE THE NON DISTURB ZONE FOR, FOR A PROPERTY LIKE THIS.
SO WITH THAT, THIS IS A VERY QUICK BRIEF, UM, EXPLANATION OF WHAT WE CAME UP WITH.
THE ORDINANCE WOULD BE PREPARED AND PRESENTED TO COUNSEL AT LATER COUNSEL DATE, BUT AT THIS POINT I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, COUNSEL QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? COUNCIL MEMBER RELUCTANT MR. PEK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WORKING ON THIS.
UM, I THINK EVERYBODY WAS REALLY SHOCKED WHEN THE EASTERN HILLS THING HAPPENED AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD COMPROMISE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
SO APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS.
COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS? YEAH, I ALSO WANT TO, UH, TO EXTEND MY APPRECIATION, I KNOW THAT, UH, I WAS CONTACTED BY SOME MEMBERS OF OAK RIDGE WONDERING IF THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, A RESPONSE TO THEIR, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPER REQUESTS.
AND I SAID, NO, THIS IS HAS TO DO WITH EASTERN HILLS, BUT WE, OAK RIDGE WOULD CERTAINLY BENEFIT FROM THIS VERY THING.
SHOULD A DEVELOPER WANNA DEVELOP THAT GOLF COURSE AND SO THAT, THAT WOULD PROTECT OAK RIDGE OR, OR ANY OTHER GOLF COURSE.
IF WE'D HAVE DECIDED TO SELL FIRE WHEEL, IT WOULD APPLY TO THEM TOO.
CHRIS OTT LEANS FORWARD, BUT SO THAT, THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
I DON'T KNOW, ARE THERE ANY OTHER GOLF COURSES IN THE CITY HERE THAT ARE THOSE ARE THE ONLY GOLF COURSES THAT I'M AWARE OF.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? COUNCIL MAYOR HEDRICK REED'S PAPERWORK.
THAT'S VIEWS HIS COMPUTER SCREEN.
ALRIGHT, SO COUNCIL, GOING BACK TO THE FIRST ITEM WAS THE AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR.
THE ONLY DISCUSSION POINT I HEARD WAS ABOUT REQUIRING AN SUP FOR HEAVY COMMERCIAL POSSIBLY.
AND WE'D COME BACK AT A LATER TIME TO LOOK MAYBE MORE RESTRICTIVE ON INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS, BUT WANTED TO GET A CONSENSUS ON FIRST ON WHAT WAS SHOWN THERE.
AND I DON'T HAVE SOMEONE TO RUN THROUGH THE SLIDE, BUT IT WAS A, UH, MAYOR HEDRICK LOOKS AT HIS SCREEN AS SHOWN.
IT JUST SHOWED A, UH, SUP REQUIREMENT IN THE BETS, ADJUST HIS GLASSES.
HEAVY COMMERCIAL MAYOR HEDRICK LANCES TOWARD THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND THEN, UH, WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT POSSIBLY MAKING THAT NO, WE HAD A MOVING IT TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL, BUT MAYOR HEDRICK MAKES A GESTURE.
CAN WE GET SOMEONE TO PUT IT UP BACK? WHAT WAS UH, DISCUSSED THERE? BET'S REST, HANDS ON THE DESK.
THE ORIGINAL CITY MANAGER BETS LOOKS TOWARD THE MAYOR PROPOSAL BY, UH, STAFF OR BY, BY THE COMMITTEE.
MAYOR HENDRICK GESTURES WITH HIS HAND.
I THINK IT WAS THAT LAST SLIDE.
MAYOR HEDRICK LOOKS DOWN AT HIS NOTES.
IT WAS HAVING SUP AND LIGHT COMMERCIAL.
SO FIRST CONSENSUS ON, WELL, I'M GONNA ASK TWO THINGS.
THIS ONE, OR REQUIRING SUP FOR HEAVY COMMERCIAL AS WELL AS THE, UH, LIGHT COMMERCIAL THE COUNCIL MEETS WITH THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER AT THE FRONT DAYS.
SO I'M ASKING IF WE COULD DO FIRST HAVING IT LIGHT ONLY AS SHOWN HERE.
AND THEN, UH, SECONDLY I'LL ASK ABOUT REQUIRING SUP ON HEAVY COMMERCIAL AS WELL.
SO ON AS IT'S SHOWN LIGHT COMMERCIAL HERE.
DISTRICT SEVEN, AND THEN ON BOTH LIGHT COMMERCIAL AND HEAVY COMMERCIAL COUNCIL MEMBERS.
ALRIGHT, SO LOOKS LIKE THAT'S THE CONSENSUS THERE.
WE'LL REQUIRE SUP THEN ON HEAVY COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS AS WELL FOR THE AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR USES AND WE'LL REVISIT AT A LATER DATE FOR POSSIBLE INDUSTRIAL USE INCLUSION ON THAT.
OKAY, COUNCIL MEMBERS WATCH THE PRESENTATION.
UH, LOOKING AT CONSENSUS, THEN ON THE MAYOR HEDRICK MAKES A GESTURE.
UM, INDUSTRIAL USE STANDARDS, ADDING THOSE DISTRICTS.
COUNCIL MEMBERS SIT AT THE TABLE.
TEXT CHRIS OTT, MAYOR, PRO TEM, DISTRICT EIGHT, EVERYONE REMEMBER WHAT THOSE WERE? WE'LL PULL THOSE BACK UP REAL QUICK.
ADDING THE NEW ADVANCED MANUFACTURING MAYOR HENDRICK RESTED HIS HANDS ON THE DESK.
IS THAT CONSISTENT ON THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS SIGNAL THEIR AGREEMENT? LOOKS LIKE WE ARE UNANIMOUS ON THOSE.
AND THEN FINALLY, LOOKING AT THEIR HANDS, REST ON DESKS, THESE SETBACKS, UH, AROUND GOLF COURSES AND COUNTRY CLUBS.
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LOOKS LIKE THAT IS UNANIMOUS AS WELL.DEVELOPMENT SERVICE COMMITTEE FOR YOUR WORK ON THOSE.
THEN WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, DART GENERAL UPDATE.
ALRIGHT, INVITE OUR DART MEMBERS TO COME ON UP FOR US.
MAYOR HENDRICK SHIFTS IN HIS CHAIR.
I HAVE TO GET SOME MORE CHAIRS FOR EVERYONE HERE.
YES, YOU ARE DART REPRESENTATIVES.
TAKE THEIR SEATS AT THE TABLE.
A HAND MOVES ACROSS THE BOTTOM LEFT OF THE SCREEN.
I'M DAVID WEININGER, I'M THE PRESIDENT INTERIM, UH, PRESIDENT, UH, AND, UH, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER FOR DART, UH, HERE WITH ME TONIGHT.
UH, OBVIOUSLY OUR YOUR TWO BOARD REPRESENTATIVES, JEFF BASS AND MARK ENOCH.
UM, AND, UH, OUR CHAIRMAN, UH, RANDALL BRYANT.
UM, AND THEN KAY SHELTON, UH, WHO'S OUR CHIEF OF STAFF, DAVID LEININGER, GESTURES TO THE COUNCIL.
SOME BETWEEN US ALL WE'LL BE ABLE OR AMONG US ALL, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THIS AND, UH, AND WE'LL SPEND AS, AS MUCH TIME OR AS LITTLE ON THESE SLIDES.
UM, I, IF I DO WANNA EXERCISE SOME LICENSE, IF I MAY TAKE SOME SLIDES OUT OF ORDER.
UH, 'CAUSE I WANTED TO GIVE RANDALL AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO SPEAK TO A, A MAJOR INITIATIVE THAT, UH, HE'S BEEN HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH REALLY, UH, IN REGARD TO GOVERNANCE AND THE GMP, UH, PROVISIONING FOR THE CITY.
AND I THOUGHT PERHAPS WE OUGHT TO GET TO THAT ITEM FIRST.
SO HE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE STATUS THAT IS.
AND THEN I GO MORE INTO THE DATA SIDE, UH, OF THE BUSINESS, UH, FOR DART.
SO, UH, GOING TO SEE IF I CAN CONTROL THESE SLIDES.
THE PRESENTATION SLIDE CHANGES TO A MAP VISUALIZATION WITH HIGHLIGHTED SERVICE REGIONS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, MR. CITY MANAGER RANDALL BRYANT, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD FOR DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT.
UM, I WANNA FIRST START BY THANKING THE CITY OF GARLAND FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF DART.
UM, WE'VE OBVIOUSLY, AS A, I THINK I USED THE WORD EARLY, WE MET WITH THE MAYOR AND THE MANAGER.
OUR FAMILY HAS COME BACK TOGETHER AND, UM, WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE, UM, JUST THE HARD WORK, BUT THE EFFORTS THAT WE'VE ALL PUT INTO, UM, GETTING IT GETTING DART TO A BETTER PLACE.
I BECAME CHAIR IN OCTOBER, UH, OCTOBER 28TH OF LAST YEAR.
SO I'M ALMOST ON MY ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY.
IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, BUT WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THE, THE, UM, THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT STILL LIE AHEAD OF US.
AND SO, UM, WHERE WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT HERE ON THE, UH, FUNDING AND GOVERNANCE, UM, COMING INTO THIS, WE, WE UNDERSTOOD THE KIND OF THE THREE CHALLENGES OR THE THREE PILLARS, UH, OF THE CHALLENGES FOR DART AT THE TIME WERE GOVERNANCE, FUNDING, AND SERVICE YOU NEVER FULLY SAW FOR SERVICE.
UH, SERVICE IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE, UM, WORK TOGETHER TO ONGOING, UH, ONGOINGLY IMPROVE, UH, BASED UPON, UH, TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENTS AND MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.
RIGHT? WHEN WE STARTED IN 1983, WE DIDN'T HAVE MICRO TRANSIT.
UM, TRAFFIC PATTERNS, GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CITY ARE GONNA ALWAYS PUSH US TO, UM, GET SERVICE OR DELIVER SERVICES BETTER.
SO WE NEVER FULLY, UM, SOLVE FOR SERVICE, BUT FOR GOVERNANCE AND FOR FUNDING.
UM, DART IS NOW LOOKING AT, OBVIOUSLY ITS THIRD ITERATION OF A GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE.
UH, THE ONE WE STARTED IN 1983 WAS NOT THE ONE WE'RE EVEN UNDER CURRENTLY.
AND SO NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT WILL BE OUR THIRD GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT WHAT IN THIS INTERIM PERIOD COULD BE, UM, SOME SUPPORT BACK TO OUR SERVICE AREA CITIES WITH, UH, THE GMP.
AND SO, UM, FOR THE REVENUE SHARING PROGRAMS ITSELF, SOME OF YOU ALL MAY OR MAY NOT BE AWARE, UH, EVEN OUTSIDE OF THE GMP DART HAS ALWAYS TRIED TO BALANCE, UM, EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTIONS OF SERVICES, UH, COMMENSURATE TO THE SALES TAXES THAT WE DO RECEIVE.
UH, HISTORICALLY, DART HAS PARTICIPATED IN, UH, THREE, UH, WHAT WE CALL REVENUE SHARING PROGRAMS, WHETHER THAT'S THE LAB ASSISTANCE, THE THE LAB PROGRAM FROM 89 TO 2004, THE PTI PROGRAM FROM 2023 TO 24.
UM, WE'VE ALSO HAD AN EXTENSION OF THE LAB PROGRAM AS WELL.
UM, SO OVER THE HISTORY OF, OF DART FROM 1983 TO PRESENT, UH, WE'VE REALLOCATED ABOUT $450 MILLION BACK TO ALL OF OUR SERVICE CITIES.
UM, IN THE NEXT SIX YEARS, WE WILL REALLOCATE
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NEARLY 424, UH, MILLION DOLLARS BACK TO OUR SERVICE MEMBER CITIES.NEXT SLIDE, TEXT SIX YEAR GENERAL MOBILITY PROGRAM, GMP.
SO THE GMP STRUCTURE ITSELF, UH, AGAIN, GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR.
UH, THE CITY OF GARLAND WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THIS ONE.
UM, IT WAS OFFERED TO ALL, UH, 13 CITIES AT THE TIME.
UH, PRIOR TO THE WITHDRAWAL ELECTIONS, OBVIOUSLY WE HAD SIX CITIES AT THE TIME THAT WERE, THAT HAD CALLED FOR WITHDRAWAL ELECTION.
UH, THIS PROGRAM WAS EXTENDED TO ALL OF OUR CITIES.
UH, AT THAT TIME, UH, THE THREE OF THE CITIES, PLANO, IRVING, AND FARMER'S BRANCH, UM, NOT ONLY EXECUTED THE ILA AGREEMENTS, BUT THEY CALLED OFF THEIR ELECTION.
THAT WAS A CONDITION OF, OF THE ILA.
AND THEN, UM, ADDISON HIGHLAND PARK AND UNIVERSITY PARK MOVED FORWARD WITH THEIR ELECTIONS.
OBVIOUSLY, HIGHLAND PARK WAS THE ONLY, UH, CITY THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL.
UM, BUT NONETHELESS, UNIVERSITY PARK AND AND ADDISON WERE EXCLUDED FROM PARTICIPATING IN, IN THIS GMP, UM, GIVEN ONE SPECIFIC, UM, UH, CLAUSE IN THE CONTRACT, WHICH WAS, UH, CALLED NO FAVORED NATIONS, WHICH MEANS NO CITY COULD GET ANY TERMS, UH, GREATER OR DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER CITIES.
SO THAT PROTECTED CITIES LIKE GARLAND THAT NEVER CALLED FOR THE ELECTION, WE SHOULD NOT BE PENALIZING, UM, CITIES THAT ARE WORKING GREAT WITH DART, UM, WITH THIS AGREEMENT.
BUT IT DID TRY TO EXTEND AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALL CITIES.
AND SO WHAT IT WILL DO, UH, OR WHAT IT ENDED UP DOING WAS, WAS A PART OF THE AGREEMENT WAS WE RECEIVED $75 MILLION FROM THE RTC AS A PART OF IT.
UM, IT, IT ESSENTIALLY STARTS AS A, AS A STEPPING FROM 5%, 1% COMPOUNDED YEAR OVER YEAR THROUGH THE SIXTH YEAR, WHICH WILL TOTAL OUT AT 10%.
UM, ALL THESE, UM, FUNDS WILL BE, UM, UH, ALLOCATED IN CONS, UH, CONSISTENT WITH CHAPTER 4 52, ESSENTIALLY, UH, STREETS, UM, DRAINAGE, UM, SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THINGS THAT YOU ALL HAVE, UH, UTILIZED THE FUNDS FOR IN THE PAST.
WE'VE NEVER, UH, I DON'T BELIEVE EVER DENIED ANY PROJECTS.
SO WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP AND ENSURED, UH, COMPLIANCE WITH, WITH OUR STATE LAW.
UM, THE ONE LAST POINT JUST TO AGAIN, UH, POINT OUT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LAST BULLET POINT, UM, GOING INTO THIS NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND THE OTHER TWO, UH, LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE SIX YEAR AGREEMENT, THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN US AND THE CITIES IS THAT, UH, NO CITY WILL ADVOCATE, UH, FOR ANY CHANGES TO THE SALES TAXES OF DART.
OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS A BIG CONTENTIOUS MOMENT WITH DART AND, AND THE CITIES IN THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS.
SO WITHIN THE AGREEMENT, ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT, THAT ALL CITIES SHOULD ENSURE, UH, THAT WE ARE UPHOLDING IS NO CHANGES TO THE SALES TAXES, BUT WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF CHANGES TO THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE AS OF RIGHT NOW.
UM, THIS IS JUST A BREAKDOWN OF ALL OF THE SIX YEARS AND WHAT THE TOTAL AMOUNTS WILL BE.
OBVIOUSLY, AGAIN, THESE EXCLUDE, UM, ADDISON HIGHLAND PARK, AND UNIVERSITY PARK.
UH, THESE NUMBERS ARE, UM, SOLIDIFIED WITHIN OUR BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR AS WELL AS OUR 20 YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN.
UH, SO THESE ARE NUMBERS THAT WE INTEND TO, UM, UPHOLD, UM, THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE AGREEMENT.
AGAIN, UH, THEY'RE ALWAYS GONNA BE A TWO YEAR LOOK BACK, SO WE KNOW THE ACTUAL NUMBERS FOR, UM, THE PAST YEAR IN THIS CURRENT YEAR.
AND, UM, THE RTC DOLLARS ARE, UM, SHOWN IN THE, UM, SECOND COLUMN THERE.
THIS IS WHAT THE TWO YEARS OF THE FIRST, UM, SIX YEARS WILL BE ACTUALIZED FOR THE SEAT OF GARLAND AND THE REMAINING FOUR YEARS.
TEXT GOVERNANCE CHANGE WILL REQUIRE AMENDMENT.
AND THEN FINALLY, FOR THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE, THIS WON'T CHANGE MUCH FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND.
UM, YOU ALREADY, UH, APPOINT TWO MEMBERS TO THE BOARD, EXCEPT NOW THE CHANGE WOULD BE THAT THAT MEMBER, I WOULD ASSUME WOULD ONLY COME FROM THE CITY OF GARLAND.
YOU WON'T BE SHARING, UM, REPRESENTATIVE ENOCH ANY LONGER.
I'M SURE YOU ALL ARE SAD TO SEE A 28 YEAR MEMBER OF DART BOARD, UM, NOT REPRESENTING THE CITY ANY LONGER.
UM, SOME OF THE KEY, UH, PRINCIPLES TO THE, THE GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK, NO CITY SHALL HOLD A MAJORITY OF THE, THE DART BOARD ANY LONGER THAT'S BEEN HISTORICALLY, UM, HELD FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.
I PERSONALLY AM A BOARD MEMBER FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS.
UM, IT'S RANGED FROM ABOUT 60% DOWN TO WHAT IT CURRENTLY IS AT 52%.
UH, THE, THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS AGREED TO THROUGH A RESOLUTION AND AS WELL THROUGH THE FRAMEWORK ITSELF THAT WE'VE ALL, UM, BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF TO, UM, MAINTAIN SEVEN MEMBERS AT 45%.
SO CURRENTLY IT'S EIGHT MEMBERS OF 15.
AND GOING FORWARD, IT WOULD BE, UM, SEVEN
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MEMBERS APPOINTED TO THE BOARD THAT WOULD EQUALLY DIVIDE 45% OF THE, OF, OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF, LET'S CALL THEM SHARES OF, OF, OF VOTING FOR DARK.UM, EACH CITY GOING FORWARD WOULD HAVE AT LEAST ONE MEMBER, UM, APPOINTED TO THE BOARD.
THERE ARE SOME BRACKETS WITHIN THAT RANGE GOING FORWARD.
UM, SO AGAIN, FOR GARLAND, IT WOULD BE, UH, TWO MEMBERS APPOINTED THAT WOULD SHARE, UM, 9.5% TEXT CITIES AGREED TO FRAMEWORK.
UM, THE DART BOARD HAS OF COURSE, UH, LOOKS TO APPROVE THESE.
FINALLY AT OUR SEPTEMBER 22ND, UH, BOARD MEETING.
THEY WERE A PART AND, AND THEY WERE A PART OF, AND PART OF, OF OUR PREVIOUS LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
UM, THESE GOVERNANCE, UM, CHANGES WILL OF COURSE HAVE TO BE FINALLY AMENDED AND APPROVED THROUGH THE STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WHICH WILL BEGIN NEXT, NEXT YEAR.
OBVIOUSLY, UH, WE'VE ALREADY BEGAN THAT WORK WORKING WITH THE NORTH TEXAS COMMISSION.
THE BILL CURRENTLY IS FILED, OR IT'S IN PRE-FILING OR PREPARED FOR A PRE-FILING WITH SENATOR TAN PARKER'S OFFICE.
AND IT'S WITH LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL RIGHT NOW.
UH, SO WE FULLY, UH, INTEND ON IT BEING A PART OF THE PRE-FILE ON NOVEMBER THE NINTH, AND CARRIED BY SENATOR TAN PARKER AND BY SOME, UM, UNDETERMINED AS OF RIGHT NOW, MEMBER ON THE HOUSE.
BUT ALL SIGNS ARE, UH, SHOWING THAT IT WILL, UH, RECEIVE THE SUPPORT AND THE TRACTION TO, UH, BE FINALLY IMPLEMENTED.
AND THAT WILL BE ONE OF THE MAJOR PILLARS.
GOING BACK TO THE THREE THAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, UM, CHECKED OFF, THEN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH FINDING OTHER WAYS TO, UM, FUND TRANSIT AS A WHOLE.
WE WENT INTO SOME GREAT DETAIL AND HAD A GREAT DISCUSSION WITH THE MAYOR AND THE MANAGER EARLIER ON THIS, OBVIOUSLY, DART IS ALSO GOING THROUGH A TRANSITION WHERE WE WILL, WE WILL SAY GOODBYE FOR THE SECOND TIME TO, TO DAVID.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE'LL HE HAS A THIRD ONE IN HIM OR NOT.
COUNCIL MEMBERS REMAIN AT THE TABLE.
UH, BUT OBVIOUSLY OUR NEW CEO WILL BE COMING IN AND ON OCTOBER 26TH.
AND, UM, YOU ALL HAVE GREAT BOARD MEMBERS, UM, THAT ARE REPRESENTED HERE, UH, THAT I BELIEVE WILL ENSURE, UH, GREATER PROGRESS FOR THE CITY OF CITY OF GARLAND, AS WELL AS FOR DART.
AND I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO DAVID TO CONTINUE ON.
UH, JUST TO BUILD ON THE ONE POINT ON THE GOVERNANCE.
UH, SO THE MODIFIED BOARD WOULD THEN HAVE 21 MEMBERS IN TOTAL, UH, UP FROM 15.
NOW, JUST TO TIE THAT, THAT CIRCLE FOR YOU.
SO, UH, JUST SOME HIGH LEVEL THINGS, UH, TO CONFIRM AGAIN THAT, UH, NED FORD, UH, WILL BE HERE OCTOBER, ACTUALLY, OCTOBER 26TH IS HIS OFFICIAL START DAY.
UH, I'LL OVERLAP FOR TWO WEEKS, UH, IN A DIFFERENT CAPACITY, AND THEN I WILL FADE COMPLETELY TO GRAY, UH, AND, UH, BECOME A CITIZEN OF THE REGION AGAIN.
UH, THE, UH, PERIOD OF TIME BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, THAT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN HERE.
UH, HE MET WITH THE MARON CITY MANAGER HERE THIS AFTERNOON.
HE'S HERE NOT AS A PAID EMPLOYEE OF DART OR A CONSULTANT, AND NOR IS HE BEING PAID BY, UH, JACKSONVILLE.
I NEED TO SAY THAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF BOTH DART AND JACKSONVILLE.
UH, BUT HE'S, UH, ELECTED TO TAKE SOME OF HIS QUOTE VACATION TIME AND COME HERE AND SPEND SOME TIME TRYING TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH THE AREA SO THAT HE'S GOT A HEAD START.
SO WHEN HE LANDS, ULTIMATELY ON THE 26TH IN OCTOBER, HE'S GOT A PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
THE, UH, UH, WE SHOULD MENTION THAT WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE JEFF BASS ON THE BOARD.
UH, AND HE'S BEEN WITH US NOW A COUPLE MONTHS.
AND, UH, SO IT HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO QUICKLY GET UP TO SPEED AND GET PRESENTED WITH A BUDGET TO ADOPT.
SO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE SEATED AT THE TABLE.
HE IS, UH, BEEN, UH, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO, UH, FEED HIM AS MUCH INFORMATION AND HE'S, HE'S WILLING TO ACCEPT.
AND SO FAR HE'S NOT DENIED ANYTHING.
SO
UH, I SHOULD SAY THAT THE, AND RANDALL MENTIONED THIS, THAT THE, UH, FY 27 BUDGET, UH, IS BEING PRESENTED FOR FINAL, UH, HEARING AND ADOPTION ON THE 22ND OF THIS MONTH.
UH, IT HAS BEEN REVIEWED A NUMBER OF TIMES, UH, WAS ACTED ON AND REVIEWED BY THE COMMITTEE THE WHOLE, UH, WEEK AGO.
AND SO IT'S READY TO, AS I SAY, CONSIDER AND, AND FINALLY ADOPT.
AND THAT WOULD BE BOTH THE ANNUAL BUDGET AND ALSO THE 20 YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN.
UH, JUST AS A MECHANICAL REMINDER FOR Y'ALL, THE ANNUAL BUDGET IS A MAJORITY VOTE.
THE FINANCIAL PLAN, THE 20 YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN IS ACTUALLY TWO THIRDS VOTE.
SO IT REQUIRES A FULL, UH, A FULL MORE COMPLETE, UH, PARTICIPATION, UH, ON THE BOARD MEMBERS.
THE, UH, UH, THE BUDGET ITSELF, THE SPEAKER LOOKS DOWN AT HIS COMPUTER SCREEN, IS BASICALLY PRESENTING THE SERVICE PROGRAM OF THIS YEAR, NEXT
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YEAR.UH, THIS LAST YEAR, THERE WERE QUITE A LOT OF CHANGES MADE IN REDUCTIONS MADE, UH, TO GET FITTED, SO TO SPEAK, INTO ACCOMMODATING THE GMP OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
UH, SO THE COMMITMENT, UH, THAT WAS MADE EARLY ON IN, IN THE, IN THE WINTERTIME WAS TO KEEP THE SERVICE PROGRAMS THE SAME, SUSTAIN 'EM AT THEIR, THIS YEAR'S STANDARDS INTO NEXT YEAR.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF SERVICES WHERE THEY WERE AGREED TO IN TERMS OF SOME AUGMENTATION LAST YEAR.
SO THEY'LL GO FULLY INTO EFFECT THIS YEAR.
THERE'S, THERE'S AN ADJUSTMENT IN ADDISON, THERE'S AN ADJUSTMENT IN 0.0.
UH, BUT THOSE WERE ADOPTED LAST YEAR AS PART OF THAT PROGRAM.
SO THERE'S VIRTUALLY NO SERVICE CHANGE, UH, AT ALL, UH, IN THE BUDGET.
UH, AND THE BUDGET ITSELF, UH, IS, UH, IN TOTAL, UH, GOING TO BE ABOUT A BILLION, UH, EIGHT, UH, IT THAT INCLUDES ROUGHLY 800 MILLION IN CAPITAL AND, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 1,000,001 IN OPERATING.
THE, UH, THE ACTUAL OPERATING BUDGET ITSELF IS JUST ABOUT, UH, JUST UNDER 900 MILLION.
UH, I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT AND WE'LL GET TO THAT IN A MINUTE AND HOW THAT, UH, DISTRIBUTES.
BUT IT'S A SIZABLE BUDGET AND IT'S, UH, CONSISTENT WITH, UH, THE VERY LARGE SERVICE AREA THAT, THAT WE HAVE TO SERVE.
UH, WE'RE GONNA TALK THROUGH THESE QUICKLY, BUT BEFORE I GO ANY FURTHER, I, I SHOULD GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE OF RANDALL RELATIVE TO THE GOVERNMENT.
SO I WANNA PAUSE FOR A MINUTE BEFORE I GO ANY FURTHER AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK ON THE GOVERNMENT BEFORE GOVERNANCE AND THE TIMING THERE.
BEFORE YOU GO ANY FURTHER QUESTION HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER LU, UM, HI.
LESS A, A QUESTION AND MORE OF A COMMENT.
UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE DART BOARD LOOKING AT GOVERNANCE AND FOR DALLAS, UM, KIND OF LETTING US ALL HAVE A BIGGER PIECE OF THE BOARD.
I I THINK IT SHOWS A LOT, UM, BY WAY OF YOU WANTING TO PARTICIPATE WITH THE REST OF THE MEMBER CITIES.
AND, AND IT, I THINK IT MADE, IT WENT A LONG WAY TO MAKE EVERYBODY FEEL A LOT BETTER ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON.
AND, AND THANK YOU TO OUR, OUR BOARD MEMBER, JEFF BASS.
WE KNOW THAT YOU WILL SERVE US WELL AND, UM, TRUE CHEERLEADER FOR GARLAND.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT? I SEE NONE, RIGHT? SO THE AGENDA THAT I'LL TALK THROUGH AND, AND, UH, THERE'S A TOTAL OF 30 PLUS SLIDES, SO I WILL TALK ABOUT THEM, BUT I WON'T NECESSARILY READ OFF THEM.
SO I JUST WANNA ASSURE YOU THAT I'M, I'M NOT GONNA BE LITERAL, UH, IN THESE, BUT WE'RE, WE ARE GONNA TOUCH ON SERVICE, WE'RE GONNA TALK TOUCH ON SYSTEM MODERNIZATION 'CAUSE IT DEFINITELY AFFECTS, UH, YOU ALL, UH, SECURITY IS SOMETHING WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT.
WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT BECAUSE SOME MAJOR INITIATIVES HAVE JUST BEEN DISCUSSED WITH THE BOARD THAT, UH, WE WANT ALERT YOU TO, UH, TRANSITORY DEVELOPMENT, SOMETHING THAT'S ACTUALLY VERY PERTINENT TO YOU ALL.
UM, SEVERAL OF YOUR, UH, CURRENT LOCATIONS THAT YOU HAVE NEGOTIATED UNDERWAY.
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALSO YOUR DOWNTOWN, UH, GARLAND STATION AS WELL, AND SOME OPPORTUNITIES THERE.
WE TALKED ABOUT FUNDING AND, AND GOVERNANCE.
SO ON THE, ON THE RIDERSHIP SIDE, WE ALWAYS LIKE TO START OFF WITH THE SYSTEM SIZE.
JUST TO QUICKLY REMIND EVERYBODY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE A LARGE SYSTEM, 700 SQUARE MILES THAT WE SERVE, UH, 12 CITIES NOW, AND 93 MILES OF LIGHT RAIL, 66 STATIONS, UH, TWO REGIONAL, REGIONAL RAIL.
NOW THAT SILVER LINE AND TRE, THE DIFFERENCE IN REGIONAL RAIL IS THAT IT'S A, IT IS A DIFFERENT MODE.
IT, IT, UH, IS, UH, NOT, DOESN'T USE, UH, UH, ARY AND ELECTRIFICATION.
SO IT'S USING DIESEL, UH, MOTIVES AND, AND, AND IT WORKS ON COMBINED FREIGHT LINES.
SO IT OPERATES UNDER THE FRA AS OPPOSED TO THE FTA, UH, THAT'S PERTINENT WHEN YOU GET INTO SOME OF THE DETAILS OF OPERATIONS SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS.
UH, BUT THE, AGAIN, THE TRE IS CONNECTS TO THE TWO DOWNTOWNS OVER DALLAS TO FORT WORTH AND THE SILVER LINE, UM, FROM NEAR WILEY.
AND, AND ON THE EAST SIDE OF 0.0 ALL THE WAY OVER TO, UH, DFW AND WHERE IT CONNECTS TO TERMINAL B.
AND THEN, UH, TEXT RAIL ON THE, THAT SIDE GOES ON INTO DOWNTOWN FORT WORTH, 80 PLUS BUS ROUTES, 7,000 STOPS.
UH, MICROT TRANSIT IS, UH, A MODE AS, AS RANDALL SAID, THAT DIDN'T EXIST, UH, REALLY SIX, SEVEN YEARS AGO.
SO THIS IS ALL REALLY GROWING OUT OF A CHANGE IN THE WAY THAT PEOPLE RIDE AND THE CHANGE IN OUR MOBILITY OPPORTUNITIES PARATRANSITS AVAILABLE.
AND THAT'S BY CHOICE OF THIS BOARD, NOT BY LAW.
UH, PARATRANSIT IS AN OBLIGATION THAT WITHIN, UH, THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE OF A FIXED ROUTE.
UH, BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE A FIXED
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ROUTE, THEN YOU'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO PROVIDE ANY PARATRANSIT IF YOU DIDN'T WANT TO.UH, THE DARTBOARD YEARS AGO MADE THE DETERMINATION THAT PARATRANSIT SHOULD BE MAIL MADE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM, UH, SYSTEMWIDE, WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS LIGHT RAIL.
AND THAT'S BEEN A PRACTICE, BUT IT'S NOT A QUOTE FFR UH, UH, FEDERAL REQUIREMENT.
UH, JUST TO TOUCH ON THIS BRIEFLY, UH, UH, ARE WE, WE START WITH THIS, IT WAS VERY, FIFA WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL, AND IT REALLY DEMONSTRATED THAT A BIG SYSTEM CAN DELIVER ON BIG EVENTS.
UH, AND WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH, WITH FORT WORTH ON THIS.
WE LEAD WITH ZERO INCIDENTS, UH, THAT WAS 39 DAYS, NINE MATCHES, ZERO SIGNIFICANT INCIDENTS.
AND BY THAT I MEAN, UH, ANY KIND OF A DISRUPTION, SERVICE DISRUPTION, WE HAD LOTS OF BACKUP BUSES, FORTUNATELY WE DIDN'T HAVE TO USE THEM.
UH, AND, UH, IT WAS A, IT WAS A REALLY GOOD SUCCESS, UH, 35% AS IT SHOWS, UH, INCREASE IN RIDERSHIP ON TRE, UH, WHICH OF COURSE WAS A PRIMARY WAY THAT PEOPLE COULD, COULD USE RAIL TO GET TO THE STADIUM.
THERE WAS A BUS BRIDGE THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER AND UNDERWRITTEN BY THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS THAT PICKED YOU UP AT CENTER PORT AND TOOK YOU DOWN, UH, TO THE STADIUM.
WE CARRIED ABOUT 10,000 TO 12,000, UH, UH, TRIPS ON THOSE PARTICULAR MATCH DAYS.
AND ACTUALLY, OUR BIGGEST DAY WAS ACTUALLY OVER TO FAIR PARK, AND IT WAS CALLED FAN FUSS, WHICH WAS 22,000 TRIPS.
AND THAT HAPPENED TO BE A COINCIDENT WITH THE, THE MEXICO MATCH IN MEXICO.
UH, IT WAS, IT WAS THE BIGGEST SINGLE, UH, EVENT WE HAD HERE.
UH, SO A LOT OF UPSIDE, A LOT OF INCREASE IN RIDERSHIP, AND, AND WE LEARNED A LOT FROM THAT.
AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN, WE CAN BUILD ON THAT.
UH, LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT NOW ABOUT, UH, GARLAND.
UH, THE, UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE, UH, THE BLUE LINE, THE LIGHT RAIL LINE THAT SERVES DOWNTOWN AND ONE OF THE STATION FOREST JUPITER, THREE TRANSIT CENTERS, BY THE WAY, I WAS OVER AT SOUTH GARLAND, AND I WANNA CONFIRM THAT WE WILL HAVE CONCRETE REPAIR ON THE PARKING, UH, DONE BY OCTOBER 1ST.
SO I, SO WE'RE, I WAS, I WAS OVER THERE AND SAID, THESE ARE BIG, BIG HOLES.
THEY DO NEED TO BE FIXED, AND THEY ARE BEING FIXED.
UH, YOU HAVE SEVERAL KINDS, UH, THE FREQUENT AND THE LOCAL COVERAGE.
I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT BUS.
UH, YOU HAVE HIGH BUS RIDERSHIP, UH, IN COMPARISON TO A LOT OF THE OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY.
UH, AND SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT COMPOSITION OF RIDERS AND LIGHT RAIL USE COMPARED TO OUR OVERALL SYSTEM AND SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT AND BETTER, UH, SECURITY, UH, INCIDENTS AND POLICE INCIDENTS, AND I'LL TALK TO ALL THOSE IN JUST A MINUTE.
UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, THE SOUTHEAST GARLAND EAST TELECOM GOLINK, UM, HAS BEEN INTRODUCED NOW, AND IT'S BEING EXPANDED, UH, TYING INTO SERVICE AREAS AND LINKING OVER TO ROULETTE AND THE FIRE WHEEL.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN THAT.
UH, THIS IS OF COURSE YOUR SERVICE MAP, UH, THE GOLINK DESTINATIONS, UH, THEY'RE SHOWING UP THERE IN THE SOUTHEAST AREA, AND YOU CAN SEE, UH, UP IN THE FIRE WHEEL AREA THAT, THAT NOW IS LINKED UP.
UH, SO SOME OBVIOUS PLACES THAT, UH, WOULD, THERE ARE HOT DE OR IMPORTANT DESTINATIONS, UH, FOR YOUR RESIDENTS.
UH, THIS IS A KIND OF A SCATTERGRAM OF PARATRANSIT DROP-OFFS.
IT GIVES YOU A PRETTY GOOD IDEA THAT'S PRETTY WIDELY DISTRIBUTED.
IT'S NOT HIGHLY CONCENTRATED, BUT THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT ARE MORE HIGHLY, BUT, BUT BY AND LARGE, UH, WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE, HAVE NEED FOR THIS KIND OF SERVICE ALL OVER THE CITY.
IF YOU TOOK THE REST OF THE SYSTEM, YOU'D SEE SIMILAR THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, I WANNA POINT OUT THE FEBRUARY 26TH, WHICH WAS THE SERVICE CHANGE.
AND THAT'S WHY, UH, YOU'RE SEEING A RIDERSHIP DROP WHEN IT STARTS THERE, BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY REDUCED COVERAGE, UH, NOT SO MUCH COVERAGE, BUT FREQUENCY.
AND WHEN YOU DROP FREQUENCY, YOU'RE GONNA LOSE SOME RIDER IN THAT CONTEXT.
WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT, BUT, UH, YOU CAN SEE NOW IT'S BEGINNING TO TICK BACK UP AGAIN.
UH, AND THE, HOPEFULLY WE'LL WORK ON THAT, AND THAT WILL BE A BIG PRIORITY THIS NEXT YEAR.
RIDERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND RECAPTURE OF LOST RIDERS IS A BIG DEAL.
SO IT'S AN IMPORTANT OBJECTIVE FOR THE AGENCY.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S SPECIFIC TO YOU.
UH, COG PUTS TOGETHER A, A SURVEY EVERY THREE TO FOUR YEARS, UH, THAT'S CALLED AN ONBOARD SURVEY.
AND ACTUALLY ASK PEOPLE WHERE DID THEY GET ON, WHERE DID THEY GET OFF? UM, WHERE DID THEY START, WHERE DID THEY STOP? ALL THAT.
AND IT REALLY, WHAT THIS IS SHOWING, UH, REALLY SUCCINCTLY IS 15% OF YOUR RIDERS ARE GETTING ON, IN, IN GARLAND AND, AND GETTING OFF IN GARLAND.
68% ARE GETTING ON IN GARLAND, GETTING OFF SOMEWHERE IN DALLAS.
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YOU A DIRECTION TO TRAVEL, BASICALLY, IT'S WHAT THAT'S REALLY SAYING, 7% GETTING OFF IN RICHARDSON, UH, AND SO FORTH.BUT, UH, THIS GIVES YOU A SENSE OF THIS.
I DO WANNA TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF DATA, UH, UH, AND WE ARE TRYING TO GET AS MUCH OF IT OUT TO YOU ALL AND WORKING WITH STAFF AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE DASHBOARDS THAT WE'RE NOW MAKING AVAILABLE TO STAFF.
UH, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET THIS INFORMATION OUT TO YOU SO YOU SEE WHERE YOUR WRITERS, UH, ARE GOING, WHAT MODES THEY'RE USING, UH, AND SO IT CAN SHAPE THE SYSTEM.
THE ONE THING THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN DIFFERENTLY OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS IS SERVICE DELIVERY IS GONNA BE HIGHLY DIFFERENTIATED BY THE CITY THAT, UH, THAT WE'RE SERVING.
SO, AND YOU, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ALL DIFFERENT.
I MEAN, YOU, YOU HAVE VERY DIFFERENT COMPOSITIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS, UM, AND WE HAVE TO MOVE AWAY FROM A KIND OF ONE SIZE FITS ALL INTO SOMETHING THAT'S MORE ADAPTIVE TO WHAT YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES ARE.
THIS GETS A LITTLE DEEPER DIVE, AND I WON'T GO THROUGH THESE STATISTICS TOO MUCH, JUST TO TELL YOU THOUGH, THAT THERE IS A LOT OF DATA AVAILABLE THAT TALKS ABOUT YOUR WRITERS COMING AND WHAT THEIR INTERESTS ARE AND WHAT THEIR DEMOGRAPHICS ARE AND THAT SORT OF THING.
THE OTHER THING WE'VE DONE MORE RECENTLY, UH, WE'VE JUST INTRODUCED TWO, UH, DASHBOARDS.
UH, UH, THIS DASHBOARD, WHICH IS ONLINE IS CITY SPECIFIC.
IT'S YOUR RIDER IN YOUR CITY ON YOUR MODES, UH, THAT SERVE YOU.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, IN TALKING TO KAY AND I, WHEN I, UH, CAME BACK INTO DART, WENT OUT AND MET WITH EVERY CITY MANAGER, UM, AND TWO, A CITY MANAGER, UH, THEY SAID TWO THINGS.
UH, ONE, WE WANT OUR DATA, WE WANT DATA, AND WE WANT DASHBOARDS THAT ARE MORE FREQUENT THAN QUARTERLY.
AND THIS IS A MONTHLY DATABASE.
IT WILL GET TO WEEKLY, UH, AND IT'S REALLY THERE.
SO WE JUST HAVE TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF WORKING ON THIS, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET IT TO YOU.
WE GOT THIS TURNED OUT IN SIX WEEKS.
AND, AND THAT'S OUR, OUR GOAL THERE.
UH, THE, UH, THE SECOND DASHBOARD IS ACTUALLY ON GOLINK THAT'S ACTUALLY AVAILABLE AND ONLINE DAILY.
AND THAT GIVES YOU HOTSPOTS, UH, DAILY.
AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY NOW TO GET THEM CERTIFIED SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO THE CITY STAFF TO THAT INFORMATION AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE, UH, TO THE TRANSPORTATION TEAM HERE IN THE CITY.
THE SECOND THING THAT VIRTUALLY EVERY CITY MANAGER SAID TO ME IN A CITY THAT SERVED BY RAIL, IS, YES, WE STRONGLY FAVOR CLOSING THE SYSTEM, PUTTING GATES AND HAVING GATED ACCESS, UH, AT THE PLATFORMS. THAT WAS A UNI UNIFORM, A STATEMENT ACROSS THE BOARD.
UM, AND RANDALL HAS, UH, HAS MADE A VERY CLEAR POINT OF, AND WITH THE BOARD SAYING THAT IS A PRIORITY.
THAT'S AN AMBITION THAT REALLY WANTS TO BE PURSUED A LITTLE BIT ON SYSTEM MODERNIZATION.
UH, IF YOU THINK ABOUT, THERE'S FIVE GENERAL CATEGORIES THAT USEFUL WAY TO THINK ABOUT THIS.
UH, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT TWO AND A HALF BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF INVESTMENT IN THESE CATEGORIES COLLECTIVELY VEHICLES, UH, REPLACING 95, THE OLDEST L RVS.
THESE GO BACK TO THE, THE LATE NINETIES, UH, AND THEN 74, 76 BUSES.
THOSE BUSES HAVE BEEN PROCURED AND ABOUT HALF OF THEM AND BE DELIVERED.
AND THE BALANCE THAT WILL BE DELIVERED INSIDE THE NEXT 12 MONTH MONTHS OR SO, A, A A A POINT ON, ON A, A RAIL VEHICLE, UH, THEY'RE ABOUT $10 MILLION EACH.
JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE, A BUS IS ABOUT 800,000, $900,000 EACH.
SO, UH, WHEN I JOINED AS CFO AT DART BACK IN 2008, A BUS WAS ABOUT $450,000.
BUT, UH, THAT'S, THAT IS THE, THE, THE WORLD WE'RE IN.
SO THE VEHICLES BY THEMSELVES ARE ALMOST A BILLION DOLLARS.
THE UNIFIED SIGNAL SYSTEM IS REALLY ALL THE CABLING AND WIRING AND SO FORTH THAT TIES ALL THE LIGHT RAIL SYSTEMS TOGETHER AND ACTUALLY IS AUTOMATES THAT PROCESS OF SWITCHING AND, AND SIGNALIZATION SO FORTH.
UH, WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS BASICALLY, AND IT'S TIME NOW TO PULL 'EM ALL INTO AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM.
THE NEWEST ONE IS IN GOOD SHAPE, BUT THE OTHERS HAVE TO BE UPGRADED.
THAT COULD BE AS MUCH AS 800 TO 900 MILLION.
THE RESILIENCY, UH, HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER COLD WINTERS, ICE STORM TYPE WINTERS? AND WE, WE'VE, THOSE ARE THE EXTREME CONDITIONS.
SOME PEOPLE WOULD SAY A HUNDRED DEGREES IS EXTREME CONDITION.
WE HAVEN'T HAD TO SHUT DOWN FOR A HUNDRED DEGREE DAYS OR 160 DEGREES DAYS, BUT WE HAVE HAD TO SHUT DOWN FOR ICE STORMS. UM, AND PART OF THAT THEN IS, IS DOING WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO HEAT THE ARIES, UH, ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE HEATING THE SWITCHES AND THE RAIL SO THEY DON'T FREEZE UP.
AND OF COURSE, THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS, UH, IF YOU'RE NOT CAREFUL.
SO, AND SHUTTING DOWN A, A WHITE RAIL SYSTEM AND SHUTTING DOWN A BUS SYSTEM, UH, IS ACTUALLY IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME IS ACTUALLY WHEN A LOT OF PEOPLE NEED IT THE MOST.
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IT'S, IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING TO, TO DEAL WITH.IT'S VERY SPECIFIC TO OUR PARTICULAR WEATHER CIRCUMSTANCE.
UM, AND THAT'S WHAT THAT'S RELATES TO.
STATIONS AND PASSENGER FACILITIES.
JUST THINK PLATFORMS. BUT WE'RE, WE'RE RAISING PLATFORMS. SO WE HAVE LEVEL BOARDING ACROSS ALL OF OUR PLATFORMS. THERE'S ABOUT 28 REMAINING THAT HAVE TO BE ADJUSTED.
WE'VE GOTTEN A $25 MILLION GRANT TOWARD THAT.
BUT IT'S, UH, IT WILL COST CONSIDERABLY MORE THAN THAT, PROBABLY 200 MILLION BY THE TIME WE GET DONE, UH, WITH THAT, IF NOT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UH, BUT THAT WILL ALLOW THE RAIL CARS THAT COME INTO, UH, AS THE NEW CARS TO BE LITERALLY LEVEL ACROSS.
AND RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE A STEP UP AND THEN THERE'S A CENTER SECTION, UH, THAT YOU ENTER ON LEVEL.
AND THAT ONE THAT'S FOR THE WHEELCHAIR AND BIKES, THAT SORT OF THING.
AND THE NEW FLEET WITH ALL LEVEL BOARDING, BASICALLY, YOU CAN ENTER AT ANY DOOR AND THEY'RE ALL LEVEL AND THERE'S, THERE ARE NO STEPS.
THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY WHAT THAT TRANSLATES TO.
AND THEN OPERATING FACILITIES, IF YOU HAVE NEW CARS, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO UPGRADE YOUR MAINTENANCE FACILITIES BECAUSE THEY'RE NEW LIFTS, UH, DIFFERENT SIZES, UH, ALL THAT, UH, SORT OF THING.
UH, AND AGAIN, WE HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, TWO RAIL YARDS AND THREE BUS YARDS.
AND SO, UH, THIS IS REALLY IN, IN PARTICULAR REFERENCE SOME TO THE BUS, MOSTLY TO THE RAILS WHERE THAT'S GONNA KICK IN.
UM, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THESE MODERNIZATION INITIATIVES.
I THINK YOU'VE BEEN SEEING THAT SOME OF THE MODERN BUS SHELTERS WE'RE, WE'RE INSTALLING THOSE NOW.
UH, THE NEW TICKET, UH, VENDING MACHINES THAT ARE GOING ON ALL THE PLATFORMS, THAT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLETE.
WE'RE UPDATING, UH, PASSENGER INFORMATION.
THERE'LL BE A LOT MORE OF THAT GOING ON.
THE NEW BUS FLEET I MENTIONED.
AND THEN THE, THE LOW FOUR LIGHT RAIL VEHICLES.
SO YOU'LL HEAR YOU'LL BE HEARING A LOT ABOUT THAT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS.
LET'S TALK ABOUT SECURITY A LITTLE BIT.
UM, THE, OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, WE'VE ADDED OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE IN, UH, RIGHT AT A HUNDRED FOR THE, WHAT'S CALLED TRANSIT SECURITY OFFICERS.
NOW, THESE ARE NOT, THEY'RE NOT POLICE OFFICERS.
DART POLICE OFFICERS ARE SUPPLEMENT, BUT THEY ARE, THEY CAN CARRY A WEAPON.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE LICENSED TO CARRY A WEAPON.
SO THAT'S IN ADDITION TO OUR FAIR ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO ARE UNIFORM, BUT THEY DO NOT CARRY A WEAPON.
SO THE COMBINATION OF THE, THE UNIFORM POLICE, WHICH IS OVER 200, THE HUNDRED, UH, OF THE TSOS, AND ANOTHER ROUGHLY 80 OF THE FAIR ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, GIVES YOU A SENSE OF HOW MANY PEOPLE NOW WE HAVE OUT IN THE SYSTEM.
SO A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVER WHAT WE HAD BEFORE.
I'LL COME BACK THAT AND TALK ABOUT IN A LITTLE BIT.
UH, AND THEN THE, UH, THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESPONSE TEAM, MDRT, THAT IS SPECIFICALLY, UH, INTENDED, UH, WORKING WITH PARKLAND AND SPECIALIZED, UH, GROUP THAT THEY PROVIDE TO DEAL WITH DIVERSION AS OPPOSED TO INCARCERATION OF PEOPLE WHO ARE MENTALLY CHALLENGED AND, AND, AND HAVE A, AN EVENT ON, ON THE SYSTEM OR ON A PLATFORM OR AT A BUS LOCATION.
UM, AND WHERE WE NEED TO ASSIST THEM AND, AND NOT TAKE THEM TO JAIL, BUT DIVERT THEM TO, UH, SOMEONE THAT CAN HANDLE THAT.
TAKING TO JAIL IS, IS A COMPLICATED PROCESS.
UH, IT'S A VERY TIME CONSUMING PROCESS.
AND IT'S ALSO AN EXPENSIVE PROCESS, BOTH FOR DALLAS COUNTY AND FOR US.
WE'RE THE SECOND LARGEST, UH, CONTRIBUTOR TO THE JAIL POPULATION.
AND IT'S HAS TO DO WITH, UH, UH, DISCIPLINING ON TEXT SECURITY UPDATE.
UH, PEOPLE ON THE TRAIN WHO DON'T HAVE, UH, UH, PASSES ARE NOT ABLE TO BE THERE, OR THEY'RE VIOLATING CODE OF CONDUCT.
SO THOSE ARE THE INSTANCES THAT WE GENERATE.
THIS IS A PARTICULAR KIND OF CIRCUMSTANCE THAT, UH, IS INTENDED TO WORK ON DIVERSION, NOT INCARCERATION.
WE HAVE, UH, OR 7,000 CAMERAS.
SO IN CASE YOU ASK, WE HAVE 16 FLOCK CAMERAS, IF, IF YOU'VE BEEN READING ABOUT THOSE.
AND WE, THOSE ARE IN, UH, SOME OF OUR PARKING LOTS IN TOTAL.
AND AS YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY ARE FOR DRIVER'S LICENSE IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS, AND THAT'S HOW THEY'RE USED.
UH, AND THEY HAVE BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE.
UH, BUT THAT IS OUR, THAT IS OUR NUMBER, AND THAT'S OUR LIMIT.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF CAMERAS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE TWO STATIONS, LIGHT RAIL STATIONS.
UM, AND THESE CAMERAS NOW ARE FULLY INTEGRATED INTO OUR NEW COMMAND AND, UH, DISPATCH AND COMMAND CENTER, UH, WHICH HAS BEEN BUILT.
SO WE CAN ACTUALLY NOW, UM, SEE ALL OF THE CAMERAS AND BE ABLE TO, UH, TEST WHETHER NUMBER ONE, THEY'RE ON OR NOT.
THEY'RE OF NO USE TO US IF THEY'RE NOT WORKING.
UH, AND SECONDLY, UH, IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S A CONDITION THAT'S CHANGED, THAT CREATES AN ALERT THAT DRAWS, THEN THE DISPATCHER'S ATTENTION TO THOSE PARTICULAR CAMERAS.
UM, SO THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT UPGRADE.
IT'S JUST NOW BEING COMPLETED.
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AND THAT'S WHAT THAT'S ABOUT.IF ANY OF YOU'RE EVER INTERESTED IN SEEING OUR COMMAND AND CONTROL CENTER, WHICH IS OVER IN THE NORTHWEST AREA OF DALLAS, IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE.
UM, AND IT, UH, IS VERY REASSURING WHEN YOU SEE WHAT'S THERE.
NOW, UH, THE LAST THING I WANNA TALK ABOUT, UH, IS THIS PIECE HERE, AND THEN I'LL TALK TO THE STATS.
UH, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A TWO PART, UH, SIGNIFICANT INITIATIVE ON LIGHT RAIL.
UH, PART ONE WE BRIEFED, UH, LAST WEEK, SEPTEMBER 8TH.
UH, AND PART TWO WILL BE OCTOBER 13TH.
PART ONE IS A POLICE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT THAT WILL BE ABOUT A 90 DAY DEMONSTRATION OF BASICALLY CREATING, UH, A HUMAN, UH, PHYSICAL ACCESS, UH, SYSTEM SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID FOR FIFA ON, UH, FIVE, UH, PLATFORMS LOCATED AROUND DOWNTOWN DALLAS AND THEN TWO IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS, WHERE EVERYBODY BOARDING OR EVERYBODY GETTING OFF WILL HAVE TO HAVE A FARE AND, AND PROOF OF PAYMENT.
UH, AND IT'S INTENDED TO, TO ALLOW US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT A GATED SYSTEM, UH, LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF HOW YOU MANAGE THE, THE FLOW OF PEOPLE ON AND OFF, HOW YOU MAINTAIN YOUR TIMING FREQUENCIES.
AND ALSO, HOPEFULLY BY USING 90 DAYS, WE CAN MAKE AN IMPACT IN WHAT WE CALL, UH, UH, A, A CODE OF CONDUCT AND, AND CREATE REIN, UH, ENACTING AND, AND, AND RE GETTING BACK TO, UM, A, A, A, UH, BEHAVIOR THAT'S COMPLIANT.
AND SO WE HAVE AN EXPECTATION OF COMPLIANT BEHAVIOR AND COMPLIANCE IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT, AS OPPOSED TO, TO, IT WAS GOT VERY RELAXED, UH, DURING COVID AND THE PERIOD THEREAFTER, THAT THAT IS OVER.
THAT THAT PERIOD HAS TO BE ELIMINATED.
THIS IS A, A BIG STEP IN THAT DIRECTION.
WE HAVE SEVEN AND A HALF BILLION DOLLARS INVESTED IN LIGHT RAIL AND COMMUTER RAIL IN COMBINATION.
IT HAS TO BE PROTECTED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RIDERS.
SAFETY AND SECURITY IS A BIG, BIG PART OF THAT.
PART TWO IS REALLY EXAMINING THEN, UH, HOW DO YOU ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY DESIGN AND BUILD THESE, THESE SYSTEM, THESE GATES? UH, 'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE THE SAME.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ELEVATED PLATFORMS. WE HAVE BELOW GRADE PLATFORMS. WE HAVE A LOT OF SURFACE PLATFORMS. UH, THERE ARE SOME ARE CENTER LOAD, SOME ARE SIDE LOAD.
SO WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL THOSE KINDS OF, UH, DISCUSSIONS, HOW TO DO THAT, WHAT KIND OF FENCE YOU USE, WHAT KIND OF BARRIERS, UH, AS ONE SYSTEM IS COMPLETED.
UH, GOING FROM A COMPLETELY OPEN TO COMPLETELY, UH, CLOSEST IN THAT ST.
LOUIS, UH, RANDALL IS SCHEDULING A TRIP.
UH, AND, UH, CITY MANAGERS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE INVITED ON THAT TOUR.
SEATTLE IS BECAUSE THEY JUST COMPLETED A STUDY LOOKING AT AND CLOSING THEIR SYSTEM.
AND THEY'VE IDENTIFIED THEIR FIRST PHASE WILL BE 14, UH, SYSTEMS WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO ATTACK THAT.
THEY FEEL THAT IT'S COST BENEFICIAL, MEANING THAT THEY'LL GENERATE MORE RIDERSHIP AND FEWER INCIDENTS OF INCARCERATION AND IT'LL ACTUALLY PAY FOR ITSELF.
LOUIS HAS POSITIVELY EXPERIENCED BOTH AN INCREASE, UH, IN RIDERSHIP AND AN INCREASE IN FAIR INCOME BY VIRTUE OF THEIR EXPERIMENT, UH, AND EXPERIENCE.
LOUIS' INSTANCE, THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTED $2 MILLION, UH, TOWARD THEIR PROGRAM BECAUSE IT WAS THAT IMPORTANT TO THEM, UH, TO ADDRESS, UH, THEIR CONCERNS.
AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY HAPPY WITH THE RESULT.
UH, AND I JUST WANNA REPORT THAT THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF IT.
THE OTHER IS EXPLAIN EXPLORING THEN THE CODE OF CONDUCT CHANGES THAT WE REALLY THINK HAVE TO BE MADE.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS WHAT KINDA STAFFING COMPLIMENT IS REALLY REQUIRED ON THE TRAINS.
UH, RANDALL AND THE BOARD HAVE TALKED ABOUT HAVING STAFFING ON EVERY TRAIN.
UH, WE'VE, WE'VE TESTING HAVING A STAFF MEMBER OR A UNIFORMED OFFICER ON THE FIRST CAR OF EVERY TRAIN SO THAT YOU WOULD KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS THAT YOU JUST GO TO THE FIRST CAR, UM, AND THERE'LL BE A UNIFORMED OFFICER THERE.
NOW I CAN DESCRIBE THAT REALLY EASILY.
THE PART ABOUT HOW YOU DO THAT AND HOW YOU PAY FOR IT AND HOW YOU DO THAT CONSISTENTLY, THAT THAT IS THE CHALLENGE.
AND WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT A TEAM WORKING ON THAT EXACT QUESTION RIGHT NOW.
HOW MANY PEOPLE, HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH DIFFERENT IS THAT THAN WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW? BECAUSE WE WOULD BE CHANGING SOME OF THE TEAMS THAT ARE OUT THERE CIRCULATING CURRENTLY, AND WE WOULD BE REALLOCATING SOME OF THOSE TO THAT, BUT IT WOULD BE MORE, UH, MORE TEAM MEMBERS.
SO ALL OF THIS IS PART OF A VARIOUS SERIOUS MOVEMENT TO SIMPLY SAY, WE HAVE TO PROTECT OUR LIGHT RAIL.
IT'S IMPORTANT, IT'S IMPORTANT TO OUR RIDERSHIP, IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE CITIES THAT ARE, UH, UH, PART OF THE CITY IN, IN OUR SERVICE AREA.
AND IT, IT, IT IS JUST A, A MAJOR PRIORITY.
NOW IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE DATA, UH, OVERALL
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YEAR OVER YEAR CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS IS DOWN, IT'S DOWN 20%, UH, PROPERTY, 14%.THERE'S BEEN A BIG INCREASE, UH, IN EMPHASIS.
AND YOU CAN SEE WITH ALL THE ADDITIONAL OFFICERS AND THE, THE, THE, THE NUMBER OF CONTACTS, UH, CONTACTS WITH THE POLICE AND RIDERS IS, HAS NEARLY DOUBLED, UH, OVER THIS LAST YEAR.
AND IT WOULD MAKE SENSE BECAUSE WE PUT A LOT MORE PEOPLE OUT THERE NOW TO INTERACT WITH US.
SO, UH, A UH, A FACT THAT, UH, I WANT TO GET INTO TEXT POSITIVE SECURITY OUTCOMES.
I WANNA COMPARE SOME STATISTICS HERE IN A MINUTE.
TEXT POSITIVE CUSTOMER OUTCOMES.
SEE IF I CAN FIND THOSE IN, IN A MINUTE.
I'LL, I'LL SEE IF YOU CAN FIND THAT SECURITY THING.
UH, WHILE WE'RE LOOKING FOR THAT, I, THE, UH, I WANNA TALK ABOUT, UH, SOME OTHER THINGS THAT ARE POSITIVE AND POSITIVE, GOOD NEWS.
AND THAT IS, UH, WE DO A COM CUSTOMER SERVICE, UH, SATISFACTION SURVEY EVERY YEAR.
THIS ONE WAS CONDUCTED IN APRIL.
UH, SO, UM, IT WAS PRE CHARTS TRACK CUSTOMER SATISFACTION, UH, BUT IT WAS, AND IT WAS ALSO PRE PULLOUT ELECTION.
UH, WHAT IT SHOWS, UH, IS A SIGNIFICANT UPTICK IN CUSTOMER SATISFACTION, UH, WITH THE SYSTEM OVERALL SATISFACTION, 75% UP 4.7 POINTS.
NET PROMOTER SCORE IS UP 10 POINTS.
THAT'S A BIG DEAL BECAUSE, UH, UH, IT'S A, YOU WAY YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN IT IS IT'S, YOU GO FROM PLUS A HUNDRED TO MINUS A HUNDRED, UM, AND YOU WANNA BE OBVIOUSLY ABOVE ZERO.
WE WEREN'T, UH, ACTUALLY THERE WAS A PERIOD OF TIME WHERE WE WERE BELOW, UH, AND, BUT THIS LAST YEAR WE'VE MOVED UP FROM 22 TO 33, UH, AND IT'S A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT AND NET PROMOTER SCORE.
BASICALLY, IT'S, WOULD YOU REC, WOULD YOU KNOW, ARE THERE MORE PEOPLE, UH, HIGHLY RECOMMENDING THE SYSTEM VERSUS NOT? AND IT'S A, IT'S A, JUST, IT'S A GOOD THING AND, AND IT'S A VERY GOOD RESULT.
LIKELIHOOD TO CONTINUE ALMOST 90% UP SIX POINTS, SILVER LINE SATISFACTION, UH, 81, 80 2% FIRST YEAR SUCCESS.
THAT'S, THAT'S A, IT'S A GREAT, THAT OVERALL SATISFACTION COMPARED TO 75.
UH, AND IT'S ENCOURAGING AND, AND IT'S, IT'S ENCOURAGING TO THE STAFF WHO HAVE PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO REALLY TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND REALLY RESPOND TO WHAT THEY HAVE PERCEIVED AS ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS.
LEMME GO BACK TO SECURITY FOR A MINUTE.
SEE THE ONE, YEAH, THE ONE THAT I WANT, THE, UH, THE DATA THAT, UH, YOU HAD GIVEN ME, HERE IT IS TEXT POLICE QUARTERLY REPORTS.
JUST A, A A, A QUICK NOTE, UH, IN TERMS OF GROUP A OFFENSES, UH, WHICH IS THE MORE SERIOUS THAT THERE ARE 1,782, THOSE SYSTEM WIDE.
THIS LAST YEAR, UH, IN GARLAND THERE WERE 28.
UH, SO PERCENTAGE WISE, THAT'S, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 1%.
UH, BUT YOU REPRESENT, UH, 15% OVERALL, UH, OF THE RIDERSHIP IN, IN A VARIOUS VARIETY OF CATEGORIES.
SO, UH, YOU'VE GOT MUCH BETTER SECURITY DATA ON, ON ARREST.
UM, NOW THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN GROUP A OFFENSE IS, IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT CATEGORY.
SO 25 TOTAL ARRESTS, 22, 22 IN GARLAND.
SO AGAIN, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S RIGHT AT 1%.
UH, SO, UH, IT, WHAT IT, WHAT IT INDICATES IS THAT, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S REALLY NOT A LOT OF, UH, CRIME.
IN FACT, THERE'S VERY LITTLE, UH, THAT WHILE WE, WE ALL RECOGNIZE THOUGH, THAT THERE IS A CONTINUING CONCERN, UM, ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE WRITING THE SYSTEM WHO REALLY SHOULDN'T BE ON THERE.
A LOT OF 'EM VERY OFTEN ARE HOMELESS.
UM, AND WE'RE, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON, AND YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF EMPHASIS IN THERE.
BUT I DID WANNA TOUCH ON THAT REAL BRIEFLY, UH, ON THE TOD.
UM, I THINK YOU KNOW THIS, BUT, UH, JUST GOING BACK TO THIS SLIDE, DART HAS BEEN CONDUCTING STUDIES ON THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS SURROUNDING THE STATIONS THAT ARE UNDER DEVELOPMENT SINCE, UH, REALLY THE LATE NINETIES.
AND THE QUESTION IS, UH, WHAT, HOW DOES THAT, UH, PROPERTY OFFICE BUILDINGS, RETAIL APARTMENTS, UH, RETAIL AND APARTMENTS COMPARE TO PROPERTY THAT'S BUILT THE SAME TIME, BUT NOT NEAR A PLATFORM? YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE COMPARISON? UH, WE'VE BEEN TESTING THAT AND WHAT'S THE OVERALL IMPACT, UH, JUST OF THAT AREA, WHICH IS BASICALLY WITHIN A QUARTER MILE, WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT AND WE'RE NOW, WE'RE UP TO $18 BILLION OF ADDITIONAL IN VALUE OVER THAT PERIOD OF
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TIME, SINCE THE BASICALLY 2000, UH, THIS ONE WAS JUST LOOKING AT 22 TO 24, AND THIS LOOKED AT 37 PROJECTS.AS YOU CAN SEE, 9,500 JOBS IN WAGES, 10% PREMIUM FOR FOR 10, UH, FOR RESIDENTIAL AND MULTIFAMILY, 12% FOR COMMERCIAL, MEANING THE RENTS ARE HIGHER, UH, IN CLOSE PROXIMITY THAN COMPARABLE PROPERTIES THAT ARE NOT.
AND THEN A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN, IN, UH, REVENUE IN, IN 19.
AND THEN ON TAX REVENUE AND STATE AND LOCAL TAXES.
THE POINT IS THAT, UH, TOD AND RAIL INVESTMENT DOES PAY THAT, BUT IT HAS TO BE PROTECTED, UH, OR THE BENEFIT IS LOST BECAUSE OF CONCERNS ABOUT, UH, THE USE OF THE PLATFORM.
SO THEY ALL GO TOGETHER WHEN YOU, WHEN THEY GO TOGETHER AND WORK IT.
IT'S A BIG DIVIDEND FOR EVERYONE WHO'S GOT A PLATFORM IN THEIR MARKET.
UH, AND WELL, FIRST OF ALL, ACTIVE TO DS.
WE HAVE, UH, ACTUALLY TWO CURRENT ONES IN, IN GARLAND, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE THIRD, UH, THAT, UH, IS, UH, DOWNTOWN THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING NOW.
BUT WE HAVE TWO AGREEMENTS UNDERWAY.
SOUTH GARLAND, AND OF COURSE, LAKE RAY HUBBARD, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE OTHERS.
UH, THERE'S, UH, UH, THAT ARE GOING ON NOW.
ONE UP IN, UH, IN THE CARROLLTON AREA, UH, ADDISON IS, IS NOW STARTING AGAIN IN REGENICS.
NOW, THE SILVER LINE IS, IS, UH, UH, ACTIVE, UH, AND OF COURSE DOWN AT MOCKINGBIRD, VERY BIG PROJECT DOWN THERE, AND THE ONE OVER IN BUCKNER.
SO, UH, A LOT OF ACTIVITY THERE.
OF COURSE, THERE'S, WE HAVE NINE ACRES OVER AT SOUTH GARLAND.
WE HAVE 13 ACRES AT LAKE RAY HUBBARD.
UH, YOU'VE GOT ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT GOING ON, UH, AT RAY LAKE, RAY HUBBARD, AND, AND THAT WILL BE PROGRESSING IN BOTH INSTANCES.
UH, THE TRANSIT CENTERS THAT ARE THERE WILL BE RELOCATED.
UH, AND THERE'LL BE DIFFERENT, UH, BY, BY VIRTUE OF THAT, BECAUSE ONCE WE KNOW WHAT ACTUALLY YOUR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IS, THE TRANSIT CENTER MAY BE INTEGRATED INTO A PARKING STRUCTURE.
IT, IT, IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD TO KNOW UNTIL WE KNOW.
BUT I, I WILL SAY THIS, UH, THEY'LL BE, THEY'LL BE MORE EFFICIENT THAN THE, THE, THE CENTERS WE NOW, THEY DON'T NEED TO BE AS BIG AS THE ONES WE HAVE NOW.
THEY CAN DO JUST AS, AS CAPABLE OF JOB WITHOUT THE KIND OF CAPITAL INVESTMENT THAT WE PUT INTO THOSE THINGS, YOU KNOW, 25 YEARS AGO OR 45 YEARS AGO IN SOME OF THESE INSTANCES.
BUT, UH, THESE, THIS IS A, THIS IS A MAJOR, THIS, IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT CUSTOMER ENHANCEMENT.
UH, AND OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOTTA WORK CLOSELY WITH THE CITY, UH, ON THAT.
AND WE ARE, UM, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN INITIATIVE.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE FOREST JU IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY, UH, THAT WE'LL BE TALKING TO THE CITY, UH, WITH AS SOON AS THEY'RE READY.
THE AREA PLANS, UH, THE STAFF'S BEEN WORKING ON THOSE, UH, HAVING TO DO WITH ALL THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FUNDING AND GOVERNANCE.
UH, THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD JUST MENTION IS THAT, UH, MY FIRST PRESENTATION TO GARLAND WAS IN 1974 WHEN I WAS YOUR CFO SLIDE TAIL SALES TAX PROJECTIONS.
UH, AND THIS IS MY LAST PRESENTATION
SO, AND WITH THAT FIVE PEOPLE SIT AT A TABLE WITH THE PRESENTATION SLIDE.
I'M CONFIDENT ABOUT THAT, BUT WE'RE PLEASED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THIS INFORMATION TO YOUR ATTENTION.
WELL, WE'RE CERTAINLY GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK, AND I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR THE COUNCIL THAT IS THE MOST INFORMATIVE, AND I SAY ENCOURAGING REPORT THAT WE'VE HAD FROM DART IN QUITE A LONG TIME, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO, ESPECIALLY THOSE ONES, THOSE TWO OTHERS YOU MENTIONED BRIEFLY AT THE END THERE THAT WE'D LOVE TO GET THOSE ON TRACK SOON AS WELL TO HAVE THOSE, UH, REDEVELOPMENT OF THOSE PROPERTIES AND REALLY PUSH FORWARD THE, THE GROWTH AND SEE SOME OF THOSE BENEFITS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT.
UM, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'LL START WITH DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIMM DUTTON TEXT, JOE THOMAS JR.
THANK YOU FOR THAT VERY IN DEPTH PRESENTATION.
UM, MY FIRST REQUEST WOULD BE, CAN YOU GET OUR STAFF THAT PRESENTATION SO THAT THEY CAN FORWARD IT TO COUNCIL SO WE CAN HAVE IT TO REFERENCE BACK TO LATER? I, I THINK WE HAVE SENT IT OUT TODAY.
UM, AT ONE POINT YOU MENTIONED, UM, HOMELESS RIDERS, UM, AND AS SOMEONE THAT WORKS AND VOLUNTEERS FOR, UM, UNHOUSED, UM, ENTITIES, UM, NONPROFITS, UM, WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO DART MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE, UM, TO TRY TO GET CARISSA DOESN'T GESTURES KEEP, UH, LIKE A DISCOUNT TICKET WHERE WE, OUR VOLUNTEERS COULD PURCHASE TICKETS SO THAT OUR UNHOUSED PEOPLE CAN GET TO AND FROM THE WARMING STATION OR THE COOLING STATION OR INTERVIEWS OR A NEW JOB OR WHATEVER.
UM, SO ONE THING I, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IS TEXT OT, MAYOR, PRO TEM
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TEXT WORK SESSION, SOMETHING THAT WE COULD WORK TOGETHER ON THAT.UM, BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW, YOU CAN TICKET SOMEONE ALL DAY LONG, BUT IF THEY DON'T HAVE IT, THEY DON'T HAVE IT, AND ALL THAT, ALL THAT ENDS UP DOING IS KEEPING PEOPLE FURTHER DOWN.
BUT OUR VOLUNTEERS AND OUR NONPROFITS ONLY HAVE SO MUCH FUNDING.
AND SO WHILE WE WOULD LOVE TO BUY TICKETS FOR EVERYONE, UM, IT'S FINANCIALLY, IT'S JUST HARD TO DO.
SO I'D RATHER YOU SEE A COUPLE OF DOLLARS FROM A DISCOUNTED TICKET THAN NO DOLLARS FROM GIVING SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, A TICKET THAT'S GONNA PUT THEM IN JAIL.
TEXT MARGARET LUCK, DISTRICT EIGHT.
HAVE YOU GUYS DONE ANY KIND OF STUDIES REGARDING LIKE THE PLACEMENT OF YOUR, YOUR BUS STOPS PLACEMENT? OH, THE BUS STOPS? YEAH, LIKE THE SAFETY, UM, LIKE TRAFFIC LAWS, LIKE HOW DO THEY, UM, WE'VE GOT A FEW ONE WAY STREETS.
UM, THIS YOUNG LADY HERE SPENT 20 YEARS LOOKING AT JUST EXACTLY THAT.
SO RATHER THAN ME SPEAK TO THIS, KAY, YES, ACTUALLY I DIDN'T REALLY WORK ON THE BUS STOP SIDE, BUT, UM, I DO KNOW THAT WHEN OUR SERVICE PLANNERS DO GO OUT AND PLACE THE BUS STOPS, THEY DO LOOK AT THE SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS AROUND IT.
A LOT OF TIMES THEY WANT TO BE CLOSE TO THE USE RIGHT AS WELL.
AND SOMETIMES THERE'S NOT SAFE MIDBLOCK CROSSING, SO THEY DO TRY TO GET AS CLOSE TO AN INTERSECTION AS POSSIBLE.
UM, THEY HAVE BEEN MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS.
WE USED TO HAVE ABOUT 13,000 BUS STOPS, SO AS THEY'VE GONE DOWN TO 7,000, THEY'VE REALLY TRIED TO TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE PLACED PROPERLY.
UM, IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC ONES YOU WANT US TO LOOK AT, I'D BE HAPPY TO GET WITH YOU AFTER THIS AND TAKE THOSE BACK TO OUR SERVICE PLANNING GROUP AND LOOK AT THEM.
I WILL WASTE YOUR TIME LATER WITH THAT QUESTION,
WE ENCOURAGE THOSE, THESE KINDS OF QUESTIONS THOUGH, AND, AND WE'LL, WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU.
YEAH, WE'VE GOT SOME ONE, ONE WAY STREETS WHERE I, I OBVIOUSLY KNOW, YOU KNOW, THEY TRY TO GET OFF WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE INTERSECTION IS, AND, BUT WHEN YOU SEE A DART BUS COMING AT YOU FROM ACROSS THREE LANES OF THE, OF THE STREET TO MAKE A TURN ON THE OTHER SIDE, IT'S, UH, IT'S A LITTLE SCARY.
SO, UM, THAT HAS BEEN A BURNING QUESTION IS, UM, WHAT, WHAT YOUR ACCIDENT RATE LOOKS LIKE FOR THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I WOULD DEFINITELY, UM, LOVE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU ABOUT THAT ONE.
UM, AND AGAIN, WE THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT FANTASTIC INFORMATION, UM, AND THAT, I THINK THAT WAS THE MOST THAT WE'VE EVER GOT OUT OF TALK AT ONE TIME.
IT'S SATURN AT MILLER, UM, SOUTHBOUND ON SATURN ROAD, ROUTE 2 51.
COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE SEATED AT THE TABLE.
ALRIGHT, THERE'S THAT
UM, SO, UH, REGARDING BUS FLEET REPLACEMENT, UM, ARE THERE ANY CONSIDERATIONS FOR SMALLER VEHICLES OR MAYBE GOLINK EXPANSION ON THOSE LOW, UH, LOW RIDERSHIP ROUTES? YEAH.
AND, AND THAT'S A FOREVER DISCUSSION.
UH, WHEN I BACK DART BACK IN 2010, 11, WE ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH A DOWNSIZING THING WHERE WE, WE BOUGHT SOME, UH, UH, CAB CHASSIS THAT WERE, UH, 28 FOOT, AND THERE'S BUS SIZES THERE.
THERE'S A 28 FOOT AND A 35 AND A 40, AND THEN THERE'S, THERE'S ALSO A 30.
THE, UH, UH, THE SMALLER ONES, UH, YOU GET INTO, UH, IF YOU HAVE 14 PASSENGERS LESS, YOU DON'T NEED A CO CSL UH, LICENSE.
UH, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS SIT AT THE CONFERENCE TABLE AND THEY SERVE A PURPOSE.
UM, THEY DON'T LAST VERY LONG BECAUSE YOU PUT A LOT OF MILES ON 'EM, AND, UH, THEY KINDA SHAKE APART, LITERALLY.
I MEAN, AND WE'VE TRIED A NUMBER OF THEM, BUT THEY'RE, UH, BUT THEY DO SERVE A PURPOSE.
IF YOU, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GET SERVICE TO AN AREA, UH, THEY WORK BETTER, PROBABLY BEST IN, IN SHUTTLE CIRCUMSTANCES, UH, WHERE YOU'RE NOT PUTTING SOME MONEY, UH, YOU, UH, SUCH A BIG ROUTE.
UM, THE, THE 30 FOOT BUSES, WHICH ARE REALLY A, A JUST A SHORTER VERSION OF A, OF A, UH, A 40 FOOT BUS, UM, ARE, UH, MORE SUBSTANTIAL.
AND, AND THAT'S ANOTHER OPTION, BUT THEY'RE HIGH AND THEY'RE WIDE AND, AND SO, UH, THEY'RE NOT WELL SUITED TO RESIDENTIAL AREAS OR NARROW STREETS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, WHAT'S, WHAT'S EMERGING, UH, YOU HAVEN'T QUITE SEEN IT YET, UH, IS WE'RE GONNA START SEEING SOME VEHICLES THAT ARE, UH, SOME AUTONOMOUS, SOME HYBRID THAT ARE MORE PURPOSE-BUILT.
SHUTTLES ARE IN THE SIX TO EIGHT PASSENGER LEVEL.
UH, AND, UH, THE GOAL HERE IS NOT TO HAVE SINGLE PURPOSE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES RUNNING AROUND.
I MEAN, WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS A COMFORTABLE CHOICE WHERE PEOPLE SAY, I WOULD LIKE
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TO RIDE IN THAT WITH A COUPLE OTHER FRIENDS AND, UH, AND NOT HAVE PEOPLE IN CARS.UH, THE, UH, WHICH REMINDS ME OF A STATISTIC I FORGOT TO MENTION.
THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF, OF CARS PER HOUSEHOLD, UH, IN DALLAS COUNTY IS, IS TWO IN YOUR PARTICULAR, UH, SURVEY OF YOUR RIDERS.
THAT'S NOT THE, ALL YOUR RESIDENTS, BUT YOUR RIDERS, UH, THERE ARE 44% OF THEM THAT THERE'S NO CAR IN THE HOUSEHOLD, WHICH SAYS THAT THERE'S A HIGHER INCIDENCE OF, OF TRANSIT DEPENDENCY, UH, THUS SOME OF THE CORRELATION WITH RIDERSHIP.
SO, HAD TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT SEGUE.
BUT BACK TO THE, THE, THE POINT THIS, THIS QUESTION OF THE RIGHT SIZE VEHICLE FOR THE RIGHT SIZE MARKET IS, IS RIGHT ON POINT THOUGH.
IT, IT, UH, UH, I PERSONALLY REALLY LIKE, UH, THE MAN GESTURES WITH HIS HANDS, UH, IN, IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AREAS AND THE, THE OFFICE CAMPUS AREAS AND SO FORTH.
UH, THERE'S A REAL DEMAND FOR TRIPS IN THE 10, CALL IT 10 30 TO TWO 30 TIME CALLED THE LUNCH HOUR.
UH, AND THE RESIDENT OR THE RETAIL SHOPS WI 'CAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE GONNA RUN OUT OF PARKING IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
UH, AND SO YOU HAVE A NATURAL WILLINGNESS OF THE TO GROUP INTO, YOU KNOW, THREE, FOUR FOLKS WRITING.
AND SO THERE'S A, THERE'S A NATURAL MARKET THERE, UH, THAT WE CAN SUPPORT AND MAKE IT BETTER ON THE RETAILER AND COMMERCIAL FOLKS AND BETTER ON THE RESIDENTS WHO ALSO LIVE IN SOME OF THE SAME AREAS.
UH, THAT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR A FOUR TO EIGHT PERSON KIND OF VEHICLE AS OPPOSED TO A 14, UH, AND CERTAINLY NOT A BUS.
SO, LONG-WINDED ANSWER TO SAY THAT THERE ARE QUITE A FEW OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
UH, AND, UH, I, I THINK THAT, UH, WE HAVE TO GET COMFORTABLE WITH THE FACT THAT, UH, AGAIN, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO ACCOMMODATE THESE, UH, THIS VARIETY OF OPTIONS COST EFFECTIVELY.
UH, WE'RE MOVING TO BROKERAGE MODELS, WHICH MEANS THAT THE PLATFORM WILL BE ABLE TO PICK AND CHOOSE, BUT WE, WE DON'T HAVE TO OWN ALL THOSE THINGS.
IF WE CAN WORK WITH PRIVATE SECTOR PROVIDERS THAT HAVE THOSE DIFFERENT KINDS OF VEHICLES, AND WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A REQUEST FOR A CERTAIN KIND OF DEMAND, AND WE CAN IDENTIFY A COUPLE PRI PROVIDERS THAT CAN DO THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
NOT NOT ACTUALLY TRY TO HIRE OUR OWN PEOPLE AND OUR OWN EQUIPMENT ALL THE TIME.
SO, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF, A LOT OF GOOD NEWS, YOU KNOW, EMERGING IN, IN THAT AREA.
UM, AND WE JUST HAD TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BALANCE THE COST, THE REVENUES, UH, AND, AND THEN, AND ALSO MATCH IT UP WITH THE FACT THAT CHANGES.
WHEN WE WORKED WITH POINT OH IN THIS, WHEN, UH, TOYOTA CAME IN, THEY, THEY REALLY WANTED TO ACCOMMODATE THE NOONDAY CROWD AND, AND THEY WANNA BE NICE TO THEIR NEW, UH, CORPORATE EMPLOYER.
WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT VIRTUALLY BY DAY OF THE WEEK, UH, THE DEMAND CHANGED, NOT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE RIDING, BUT WHERE THEY WENT.
AND IT TURNS OUT THAT THERE ARE RESTAURANTS IN THE EAST SIDE OF, UH, THE TOLL ROAD AND THE WEST SIDE OF THE TOLL ROAD, AND THEY WERE COMPETING AGAINST EACH OTHER AND THEY WERE RUNNING SPECIALS.
SO YOU COULD START SEEING THE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE DEPENDING ON WHO WAS RUNNING SPECIALS THAT PARTICULAR DAY.
THAT'S WHEN I LOOKED AT IT AND SAID, WE CAN NEVER MEET THAT KIND OF DEMAND WITH FIXED ROUTE.
UH, BUT WE CAN WITH ON DEMAND.
UH, AND, AND, AND, AND WE SHOULD FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DO THAT.
I MEAN, THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE DO IS HELP MOBILITY, KEEP PEOPLE OUTTA THEIR CARS, UH, REDUCE THE NEED FOR TOO MUCH PARKING.
UH, IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE PARKING, WE HAVE SO MUCH STRUCTURED PARKING, AND THEN YOU LOOK AT HOW MUCH OF IT'S OCCUPIED, IT'S IN THE 20 AND 30%.
IT'S, IT'S REALLY EMBARRASSING.
I'M A, A BIG FAN OF STRUCTURED PARKING THAT'S VERTICAL.
SO ESPECIALLY PAIRING THAT WITH, WITH RETAIL CENTERS, UH, MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING, UM, THOSE THINGS AND, AND SHARING THAT WITH THEM.
'CAUSE STRUCTURED PARKING IS SO EXPENSIVE FOR DEVELOPERS TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT.
HAVING A PARTNER IN DART FOR THAT WOULD BE REALLY AMAZING.
UM, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE FOREST JUPITER STATION WHERE, UM, YOU DID KIND OF TOUCH ON IT, BUT DO YOU HAVE THE TEXT, CARISSA DUTTON? UM, CAN YOU KIND OF EXPAND ON ANY VISION THAT DART HAS FOR THAT PARTICULAR STATION AND HOW WE CAN KIND OF WORK TOGETHER? WELL, THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S WHERE THE AREA PLANTED AND WHAT YOUR VISION'S GOTTA BE DRIVEN BY WHAT YOU'RE ALL COMFORTABLE WITH FIRST.
AND YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT YOU SEE THE MARKET IS THAT YOU WANNA SERVE THERE.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE THE NICE THING IS, UM, WHEN YOU'RE WORKING, WE OWN THE LAND THERE.
SO, UH, WE, WE DON'T HAVE A DEBT NUMBER THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE, THAT'S GONNA BURN UP IN, IN 24 MONTHS.
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CAN WORK WITH YOU ON FOR YOU, GETTING THE KIND OF DEVELOPMENT USES THAT YOU WANT.UH, AND, YOU KNOW, RICHARDSON HAS, HAS, HAS COME UP WITH A GOOD IDEA, BUT THE MEETING PARTICIPANTS LISTEN TO THE PRESENTATION.
UH, THEIR MARKET RIGHT NOW ISN'T REACTING TO THE OFFERS THAT THEY PUT OUT THERE.
AND THEY'VE SAID, WELL, WE REALLY DON'T WANNA JUST TAKE ANYTHING THAT MIGHT GET OFFERED.
WE WANT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS THAT WE REALLY ASPIRE TO, AND THEN FIGURE OUT WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE FOR US TO ASPIRE TO GET THAT KIND OF DEVELOPMENT.
AND THE DEVELOPERS WILL TELL YOU, I MEAN, THEY'LL, THEY'LL TELL YOU WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S ECONOMIC AND WELL, THE MARKET SAYS THIS.
AND, YOU KNOW, AND I USED TO BE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, AND I'D SAY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S TWO CHOICES.
YOU CAN MEET THE MARKET OR MAKE THE MARKET MEET THE MARKETS EASIER A LOT, BUT MAKE THE MARKET IS WHAT DIFFERENTIATES YOU OVER TIME.
SO IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, HOW TO DO THAT WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, AND LIVING JUST, YOU KNOW, FOR THE NEXT FIGHT, YOU KNOW.
I THINK WE'RE DEFINITELY ON THE MAKE THE MARKET, UH, VISION RIGHT NOW.
SO, UM, MY LAST QUESTION FOR YOU, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TONIGHT.
UM, UH, I'M A HUGE PROPONENT FOR A CLOSED SYSTEM.
UM, I'M VERY ANXIOUS TO SEE HOW, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN ST.
UM, I'D LOVE TO HEAR A REPORT BACK ON THAT, UM, FROM FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE.
UM, AND I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT THAT'S A PRIORITY MOVING FORWARD.
AND I REALLY, I THINK IT'LL HELP WITH THE STAFFING CONSIDERATIONS THAT YOU'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING INTO.
TRYING TO HAVE SOMEONE ON EVERY SINGLE TRAIN AND EVERY SINGLE BUS.
FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS SIT OF THE DAYS.
HOPEFULLY THOSE TWO THINGS CAN KIND OF INTEGRATE AND COALESCE TOGETHER AND, UM, NOT BE AS MUCH OF A BURDEN ON THE ENTIRE SYSTEM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT HERE.
THIS IS, UH, THIS HAS BEEN THE BEST START PRESENTATION WE'VE EVER SEEN.
AND, UM, REALLY LIKE THE WRITER DASHBOARD THAT YOU TOLD US ABOUT.
UH, AND IT'S, UH, IT'S FASCINATING.
YOU CAN GO CITY BY CITY AND SEE A LOT OF DETAIL IN THERE.
SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN WANTING TO SEE FOR A WHILE.
UM, I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF GETTING TO RIDE THE DARK RAIL TO GO TO THE WORLD CUP FAN EXPOSED DOWN AT THE DOWN THERE, AND IT WAS, IT WAS GREAT.
AND, UH, AND IT WAS, UH, IT WAS SAFE.
IT WAS, THERE WAS SECURITY EVERYWHERE.
I DON'T, UH, I DON'T THINK THAT WAS THE NORM, BUT IT, UH, I THINK THEY JUST, IT WAS ENHANCED, BUT IT WAS FOR THE, FOR, FOR THAT PARTICULAR TIME.
BUT IT WAS, IT'S, YOU CAN SEE THE, THAT CHANGES IN THE WIND AND THAT IT'S, THAT IT'S HAPPENING.
SO, UM, COULD YOU SPEAK BRIEFLY OF, UH, I'VE NOTICED CONSPICUOUSLY THE, UM, OH, THE COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS BUSES HAVE, UH, IS THAT JUST SOMETHING THAT MAYBE THAT ADVERTISING ON THE BUSES IS GREATER NOW, BUT HAVE Y'ALL BEEN RUNNING CNG BUSES FOR A WHILE AND WHAT'S, UH, WHAT'S BEEN THAT SINCE, UH, 2011, 12.
WE CHANGED OUT THE FLEET BACK THEN.
WE HAVE, UH, MAJOR COMPRESSED, UH, AIR FACILITIES FOR, UH, OVERSIZED, UH, GAS LINES TO COME INTO, UH, OUR BUS YARDS.
UM, AND THAT'S A, IT WAS A MAJOR INVESTMENT BECAUSE THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE NOT SMALL THINGS.
THERE, THERE WAS PROBABLY $40 MILLION INVESTED JUST IN THOSE COMPRESSING.
'CAUSE YOU HAVE TO BRING THE GAS IN, THEN YOU HAVE TO COMPRESS IT TO A POINT WHERE YOU, THEN YOU CAN PUMP IT INTO THE FACILITIES.
BUT THAT FLEET CONVERSION WAS DONE, YOU KNOW, MARK WOULD REMEMBER THAT WAS A BIG DISCUSSION, UH, A LOT ABOUT THE COST BENEFIT, AND IT DOES A PENCIL AND, AND, AND THAT SORT OF THING.
SO, UH, AND IT TURNED OUT IT WAS, IF WE HIT EXACTLY THE RIGHT TIME BECAUSE, UH, UH, FUEL PRICES WERE REALLY BEGINNING TO GET REALLY EXPENSIVE.
AND THEN, UH, NATURAL GAS REALLY WENT DOWN IN, IN COST.
AND IT TURNS OUT TO BE MORE STABLE, UH, NOW, AND BECAUSE IT'S MORE ABUNDANT HERE IN TEXAS, UH, THAN, UH, THAN DIESEL ON THE OTHER FARM.
THE PRESENTATION SLIDE REMAINS VISIBLE.
AND THE NEWER DIESELS HAVE A LOT MORE MAINTENANCE ON THEM, SO THAT YOU KIND OF DODGED ALL OF THAT, UH, THAT ISSUE ALSO.
UM, I AM A PROPONENT OF THE CLOSING OF THE SYSTEM.
I, I, I HOPE THAT IT'S DONE IN AN ARCHITECTURALLY PLEASING WAY, UH, AS GOOD AS CAN BE.
BUT, UH, I LOOK, UM, NO, THIS IS ALL, THIS IS ALL GOOD NEWS IN GENERAL.
SO I, I THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
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MAYOR.THANK YOU FOR PRESENTATIONS AND, UH, HONOR BEST HE KNOW ME.
SO SOMETIME I TALK TO HIM AND HE SAY, WELL, I'M JIMMY, I'M BUSY ALL DAY AT THE, AT THE DARK.
THANK YOU FOR WORKING HARD TO REPRESENT, REPRESENT COLIN.
UM, FROM WHAT I SEE SO FAR, THOSE ARE GOOD NEWS.
UM, AND YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU HAVE A LOT OF DATA AND, UH, COMMIT TO TRANSPARENCY.
ATTENDEES ARE SEATED IN THE BACKGROUND.
UM, I JUST WANNA SHARE SOME COMMENTS AS I, I, I RODE THE DART RAIL TWICE THIS YEAR, RIGHT.
I THINK THE LAST ONE I DID LAST, LAST MONTH.
AND, UH, I DROPPED THE CAR AT THE COLLEGE STATION AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, TAKE THE BUS BACK, TEXT CHRISTINA AVIANO WHEN I GO TO DART RAIL, UM, THEY GOOD THAT THEY, WE HAVE THE SECURITY, THEY TRY SHOW ME HOW TO BUY THE TICKETS.
BUT WHEN I GOT ON, NOBODY ASKED ME ANY TICKETS.
BUT THE, MAYBE WHAT I, I SAID EARLIER, YOU MENTIONED ABOUT GO TO THE TOP OF THE CARS OR THE, THE BOTTOM OF THE, I, MAYBE I WAS IN THE KIND OF REAR ONE.
AND, UM, IT'S JUST PEOPLE THERE GOING, THEY JUMP IN AND OUT AND THEY ASK FOR MONEY.
UH, SO I THINK THAT IS JUST FOR SECURITY IN THE FUTURE.
YOU, I SAW YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU HAVE MORE ARM AND UNARM SECURITY COMING.
UM, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, HOW CAN WE HELP OUR S MORE SECURE WITH THE DRIVERS? THAT PARTICULAR EXAMPLE IS A VIOLATION OF CODE OF CONDUCT.
IT, IT GOES RIGHT TO, YOU KNOW, PANHANDLING AND, AND THAT SORT OF THING.
IS IT, IT'S NOT ALLOWED, IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO OCCUR.
UH, AND, BUT OUR BOARD MEMBERS HERE CAN SPEAK TO THIS 'CAUSE THEY TALK ABOUT THIS REGULARLY.
AND THAT, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I THINK DAVID DID A GREAT JOB OF TRYING TO EXPLAIN WHERE WE, WHERE WE ARE, WHERE WE HAVE BEEN, AND WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GO.
UM, I, I'M, I'M A DALLAS DALLASITE.
UM, I STARTED RIDING THE SYSTEM WHEN I WAS 10, AND AT 10 YEARS OLD, MY GREAT GRANDPARENTS WOULD PUT ME ON AT PARKLAND.
IT'S WHERE THE RED LINE STOPPED THEN AND WOULD SEND ME TO MY GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE IN OAK CLIFF.
YOU WOULDN'T PUT A 10-YEAR-OLD TO GO DOWN THE STREET AND TO THE, YOU KNOW, GROCERY STORE, COME BACK.
WE'RE JUST LIVING IN A DIFFERENT TIME.
AND WE'RE DEFINITELY LIVING IN A DIFFERENT TIME POST COVID.
UM, I THINK RIGHT NOW WHAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM US IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE TIMES THAT WE'RE IN, UM, YOU KNOW, DCTA IN, IN DENTON COUNTY.
WHAT WE SPEND ON THOSE 200 OR SO POLICE OFFICERS, THE A HUNDRED TSO OFFICERS, AND THE 80 F UH, FAIR ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS JUST FOR UNIFORM PRESENCE IS GREATER THAN THE ENTIRE BUDGET FOR DCTA.
UM, SO, AND, AND YOU GOTTA THINK OF IT IN, IN THE CONVERSE, EVERY DOLLAR WE SPEND TO PROTECT THE SYSTEM IS ONE LESS DOLLAR WE PUT ON A ROUTE OR INCREASE IN FREQUENCIES OR ALL THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW DRIVE UP RIDERSHIP.
AND SO, UM, THAT'S THE BALANCE THAT WE'RE PLAYING RIGHT NOW.
IT'S KIND OF A CHICKEN AND EGG.
WHAT, WHAT DO YOU DO TO INCREASE RIDERSHIP? UM, IT IS A PRIORITY OF OURS, THOUGH, TO INCREASE EVEN BEYOND EVEN HOW WE GOT TO THE TSOS IN THE FIRST PLACE WAS A RESPONSE TO SAFETY AND SECURITY CONCERNS.
BECAUSE WE, AT ONE POINT DID NOT EVEN, UM, ADMINISTER THIS A HUNDRED, UH, THESE 100 TSO OFFICERS.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO RESPOND AND REACT TO IT IN REAL TIME, UM, AND, AND DO INITIATIVES LIKE WE'RE GONNA DO IN NOVEMBER FOR A 90 DAY PERIOD TO, YOU KNOW, ASSESS AND THEN ADDRESS.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S BEEN THE, UM, UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU KNOW, INSTANCES LIKE YOU THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, THEY WERE, OH, THEY WERE ONE-OFFS, OR THEY WERE ANECDOTAL, OR THEY WERE ISOLATED INCIDENTS.
AND I THINK WHAT YOU'RE HEARING IS, IS, IS FROM US NOW, IS WE, WE BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE MORE THAN JUST ONE-OFFS AND ANECDOTAL AND, AND, AND ISOLATED INCIDENCES.
I THINK THAT THAT WAY YOU, YOU WANNA INCREASE RIDERSHIP.
THAT ONE OF THE CONCERN THAT SAFETY.
UM, BUT OVERALL, I HAVE A GOOD SMOOTH DRY
IT'S LIKE THE MEETING IS IN A CONFERENCE ROOM, I CAN LIGHT UP.
BUT ANYHOW, UM, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU.
UM, AND LIKE, UH, OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS MENTIONED, UH, THIS IS, UM, A LOT OF INFORMATION.
AND ON YOUR DASHBOARD, IS THAT INCLUDE THE, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBER POINTS TO A DOCUMENT? YEAH, THE ROUTE LEVEL RISE SHEET IN THERE TOO, OR DIFFERENT? UH, IT'S, THAT'S THE MODE.
UH, WE CAN PROVIDE ROUTE LEVEL INFORMATION AS WELL.
THAT'S A, IT IS ANOTHER LEVEL OF DRILL DOWN.
BUT, UH, ACTUALLY WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO DO IS FIND OUT WHAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
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UH, I DO GET A, A ROUTE LEVEL PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT'S BASED ON, UH, ACTUALLY THE FAIRBOX INFORMATION ON BUSES.UH, AND IN COMBINATION WITH SOMETHING CALLED, UH, UH, IT BASICALLY, WE'RE COUNTING PEOPLE, UH, AS A, UH, BOARD.
UH, BUT THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.
IT'S, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT ALWAYS AVAILABLE.
SOMETIMES A A BUS DOESN'T RUN AND ALL THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
BUT, UH, THAT ROUTE, ROUTE INFORMATION, I ACTUALLY LOOKED AT IT, UH, UH, YESTERDAY, UH, AS I WAS LOOKING AT GARLAND INFORMATION PULLED UP LAST WEEK, UH, TO LOOK AT THE ROUTES AND, YOU KNOW, UTILIZATION, YOUR, YOUR ROUTES OUT HERE, UH, CONSISTENTLY RANK IN THE, IN THE UPPER, YOU KNOW, THIRD, UH, IN TERMS OF ACTIVITY, ALL THE ROUTES IN THE SYSTEM.
IN FACT, I HAD A PIECE OF INFORMATION HERE THAT YOUR REVENUE PER ROUTE IS, IT GOES BETWEEN, UH, 15 TO X-RAYS BY 12 TO $20.
UH, THE MAN OF THE SENDER GESTURES IS REVENUE PASSENGER PER HOUR.
UH, WHAT THAT MEANS IS LITERALLY THAT, THAT IF YOU HAVE A, IF YOU'RE RUNNING A FOR AN HOUR, THERE'S, LET'S CALL IT 20, UH, PAYING CUSTOMERS THAT ARE RIDING DURING THAT HOUR, UH, THE TRIP WIRE TO, TO MOVE YOU FROM ON DEMAND, UH, OVER TO, UH, FIXED ROUTE IS AROUND EIGHT TO 10.
SO WHEN YOU START SEEING THAT LEVEL, THEN YOU CAN SAY, OKAY, THERE'S ENOUGH SUSTAINED RIDERSHIP THAT YOU COULD JUSTIFY A FIXED ROUTE AS OPPOSED TO AN ON-DEMAND IF, IF THE CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT.
BUT, UH, I CAN TELL YOU THAT A LOT OF, UH, LIKE I SAY, TWO THIRDS OF THE ROUTES ARE NOT, UH, AS ACTIVE, NOT AS HEAVILY USED AS THESE ROUTES.
NOW THAT, THAT RIDERSHIP STATISTIC ALSO INCLUDES THE OTHER CITIES THAT ARE ON THAT SAME ROUTE.
BUT, BUT THEY'RE ACTIVELY USED.
AND, AND, UH, AND THIS IS WHY BUS IS, UH, SO IMPORTANT.
YOU'RE, UH, YOU'RE AT 15% ON LIGHT RAIL USAGE AS, AS PERCENTAGE WHERE THE SYSTEM WIDE IS, UH, RIGHT AT ABOUT 40%, JUST TO GIVE YOU A MODAL SHIFT DIFFERENCE AS WELL.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT EVERY CITY DIFFERENTLY.
UH, 'CAUSE THE, THE DEMOGRAPHICS, THE PHYSICS, EVERYTHING, UH, ARE JUST ENOUGH DIFFERENT THAT YOU, YOU JUST CAN'T DO UNIFORM KINDS OF SERVICES.
AND, AND Y'ALL ARE THE SECOND LARGEST BUS USERS OF CITIES THAT WE HAVE.
A LOT OF FOLKS, WHEN WE PERIODICALLY GO THROUGH TO TEST THE HEALTH OF THE BUS ROUTE, GARLAND'S TYPICALLY OUTPERFORM.
WELL, I, I, I HEARD SOME THAT THEY MENTIONED.
IT'S, UH, THERE'S SOME LOCATION THEY DIDN'T GO TO, BUT THAT, THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY.
BUT IF YOU HAVE HANDY IN THE FUTURES, UH, KIND OF IN RIDINGS, UH, SOME KIND OF THE, UH, ROUTE LEVELS,
CITY MANAGER'S GONNA GET COVERED UP WITH DATA HERE.
UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION.
VERY, VERY GOOD AMOUNT OF DATA HERE.
AND, UH, THANK YOU TO THE CITY SECRETARY.
SHE'S ALREADY FORWARDED THAT TO US.
IT'S IN YOUR EMAIL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TEXT CHRIS OTT.
AND SO SIR, YOU'RE, YOU COME BACK IN AS AN INTERIM.
UH, YOUR, YOU, YOU'LL, YOUR TERM IN NEXT MONTH? NOVEMBER 6TH.
WELL, MY, MY TERM AS CEO ENDS ON OCTOBER 26TH.
THAT'S WHEN, THAT'S WHEN NA ARRIVES.
BUT I'LL OVERLAP FOR TWO WEEKS.
BUT NOVEMBER 6TH AND I'LL, I'LL FADE OFF INTO THE WIND.
I ENCOURAGE YOU, UH, NOT TO HANG OUT WITH OUR CITY MANAGER.
UH, HE HAS MANY FINE QUALITIES, BUT STAYING RETIRED IS NOT ONE OF THEM, APPARENTLY.
SO HE AND I TRADED NOTES IN THAT WE'RE BOTH FAILED TEXT JOE THOMAS JR.
WE ARE GRATEFUL, WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT HE DOES NOT HAVE THAT FINE QUALITY
UH, NO, MY, UM, MY QUESTION KIND OF MAYBE IT'S UH, JUST NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFIC.
I, UH, IT'S ABOUT ACTUALLY GETTING, I'VE GOT SOME BUS STOPS BUT NO BENCHES THERE.
AND SO I'VE GOT TWO NEW IN THE, IN THE SQUARE MILE.
I LIVE IN TWO NEW, UH, TRACK, UH, TOWN HOME DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE DIRT IS TURNING RIGHT NOW.
AND THERE IS A BUS STOP THERE, BUT THERE'S NO BENCH.
AND SO I, I'VE SEEN A COUPLE OF THESE AND IT'S JUST YOUR PLAIN OLD CONCRETE BENCH.
ARE YOU GUYS STILL DOING THOSE OR HAVE WE ALL GONE TO STEEL OR SOMETHING FANCY? WELL, WE DO HAVE, I MEAN, WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT, BUT DO YOU KNOW THE NEW ONE? YEAH, THE NEW ONE WILL BE STEEL STRAP BENCHES.
AND WE'VE BEEN, THAT'S PART OF OUR AMENITIES REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.
SO NOT ONLY ARE THE SHELTERS BEING REPLACED, BUT WE'RE PUTTING MORE BENCHES OUT THERE AS WELL.
MORE MODERN BENCHES THAN THE CONCRETE BENCHES.
I MEAN, THOSE CONCRETE BENCHES HAVE GOTTA BE THE PRETTY CHEAP COMPARED TO LAST A LONG TIME.
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THAT'S IN THE PICTURE, IT'S CLOSE TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD HERE.NO, YOU CAN'T, UH, UM, NEVER VERY LONG TEXT MARGARET LUCK.
I WANT TO, UH, YOU KNOW, THESE TOWN HOME DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE COMING THAT, AND I KNOW YOUR, I'VE, I'VE SEEN YOUR, THERE'S A, A WEBSITE TO GO REQUEST A BENCH AND YOUR STANDARD IS 25, UH, BOARDINGS PER DAY IS ON AVERAGE TO REQUIRE THAT, I THINK IS WHAT I SAW.
AND SO, BUT I'M THINKING ABOUT THESE TWO TRACKS THAT THERE WOULD A LOT LIKELY BE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD WANNA RIDE THE BUS AND GETTING A BENCH OUT THERE KIND OF AHEAD OF HAVING ANY DATA TOWARDS THAT.
IS THERE, IS THAT POSSIBLE? WHAT'S, WHAT'S OUR OBLIGATION TRY TO GET TO YES.
YOU KNOW, NOT TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO SAY NO.
LET'S GET THE ADDRESSES AND THOSE DEVELOPMENTS AND SEE, TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND SEE HOW CLOSE IT THEY ARE TO REALLY BEING ABLE TO GENERATE RIDERSHIP.
AT LEAST WE CAN DO THAT FOR YOU.
'CAUSE I, I KNOW THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S IS, YOU KNOW, PART, PART OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA MOVE IN THERE ARE GONNA WANT TO HAVE OTHER OPTIONS OTHER THAN WHAT AREA OF GARLAND IS IT FAR NORTH? UH, SO AT, UH, SHILOH ROAD AT CAMPBELL AND THEN SHILOH ROAD AT ARAPAHOE IS THE, UH, IS THE KIND OF THE TWO CORNERS NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE TRACT I LIVE IN, WHICH IS CAMELOT.
SO, UH, EXACTLY WHERE IT IS, I DRIVE OVER TO FIRE WHEEL PLAY GOLF, I CAN RUN OVER THAT.
YOU'RE DRIVING, DRIVING DOWN CAMELO.
THE PANEL OF FIVE PRESENTERS SITS AT A CONFERENCE TABLE
SO, UH, OKAY, WELL I, I CAN, I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT.
IF YOU'LL FOLLOW UP WITH ME ON THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
AND I'LL SEE, WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGE RIDERSHIP FROM DAY ONE WHEN THOSE, UH, YOU KNOW, I MEAN THEY'RE REALLY GOT, THEY'RE READY GETTING READY TO POUR CONCRETE FOR THE STREETS AND WE'LL START TO SEE 'EM GO VERTICAL HERE PRETTY SOON.
SO I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO USE THE SYSTEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
AND HAVING A BENCH THERE RATHER THAN JUST A, A STA A STOP WHERE YOU'VE GOTTA STAND, I THINK MIGHT BE HELPFUL.
SO, AND I'D BE PERFECTLY HAPPY WITH, YOU'VE GOT OLD CONCRETE BENCHES IN A WAREHOUSE SOMEWHERE.
YOU COULD BRING THOSE BACK UP HERE AND I, THAT WOULD BE SATISFACTORY.
BUT IF YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING NEWER AND FANCIER THAT WON'T COST US TOO MUCH MONEY, I'D LIKE TO AT LEAST TALK ABOUT IT, GIVING US A CHALLENGE.
AND UH, SO THAT WAS KIND OF OVERWHELMING FOR ME, BUT I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I SEE COLOR VERY WELL.
SO I WANNA SEE ON, UM, SLIDE SIX.
IS THAT COLOR COORDINATING WITH RIDERSHIP OR DO Y'ALL HAVE THAT THERE FOR A REASON? LIKE ON NUMBER SIX, SLIDE SIX.
DOES THAT TEXT ED MOORE, JUSTIN CARAWAY, WHEN ALMOST THERE.
IS THAT CORRELATION TO RIDERSHIP? IS RED MEAN WE HAVE A LOT OF RIDERS? I'M HERE AT THE SOUTHEAST GARLAND.
WHAT IS THAT BROWN? IS THAT CORRELATION AT ALL OR IS IT JUST A ADD COLOR? YEAH, SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOUTHEAST GARLAND, YOU SEE THE RED OUTLINE? YEAH, JUST NO, NO, NO.
THE RED, LIKE IN GENERAL WE HAVE 'EM, LIKE THERE'S GRAY.
YOU SEE HOW THEY'RE SECTIONED OUT.
IS THAT JUST BECAUSE THOSE ARE, THAT'S JUST COLORS.
THAT'S DIFFERENT CHAIN COLORS.
AND THE CITY BOUNDARY AND THE COOLING ZONE AND NOTHING WITH RIDERSHIP? YES.
AND THEN, UM, LET'S SEE, ON NINE, WE'LL GO BACK TO SLIDE NINE.
SO TELL ME, YOU MIGHT HAVE MENTIONED, WHAT IS YOUR QUARTER? IS THAT THREE MONTHS, YEAR? WHAT IS YOUR QUARTER AND WHAT MONTHS ARE THOSE? YOUR QUARTER, YOU SAY QUARTER 1, 2, 3.
THEY'RE ON FISCAL YEAR QUARTERS.
OUR, OUR FISCAL YEAR IS, UH, ENDS IN, UH, IN SEPTEMBER.
IT'S OCTOBER ONE THROUGH SEPTEMBER.
SO IN ONE YEAR THEN WE HAVE THAT.
AND THEN SO IS MORE RIDERSHIP IN CERTAIN MONTHS, WHICH WOULD BE OH YEAH.
SO TYPICALLY IN THE SUMMER OR STATE FAIR IS ALWAYS GONNA DRIVE A LOT OF RIDERSHIP.
SO SEASONAL MAYBE SEASONAL RIDERSHIP.
IS THAT CORRECT? AND WEATHER DRIVEN.
SO YOU CAN EXPECT THAT RIDERSHIP FALLS OFF IN JANUARY, EARLY FEBRUARY, LIKE THIS.
GARLAND RIDERSHIP, PASSENGER TRIPS, UM, WAY BACK IN THE DAY, THIS IS NOT SEVENTIES THOUGH, BUT
SO I WORKED DOWNTOWN AND I LIVED HERE AND YEAH, THEY RODE RANDOMLY ASK FOR THE TICKET.
AND THEY PULLED ME OFF AND THEY'RE LIKE, YOU GOTTA GO BUY A TICKET.
I NEVER GOT THROWN IN JAIL FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT THEY WOULD PULL ME OFF AND SAY, YOU HAVE TO BUY A TICKET.
AND THEY'RE LIKE, GET OFF OFF.
EVEN THOUGH I WAS LIKE, I'M NOT GONNA LIE,
THEY HAD VENDING MACHINES BACK THEN TOO, SO I'M LIKE, THOSE ARE, NO, THOSE ARE NOT NEW.
BUT THE OTHER THING IS THAT I'M REALLY EXCITED AND
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I APPRECIATE THE DIVERSIONARY PROGRAM THAT YOU'RE BRINGING WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN.I THINK THAT THAT WILL HELP WHAT, UM, DEPUTY MAYOR, PRO TIM, UH, ALLURED TO HELPING THE UNHOUSED THEY GETTING ON AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
IF WE CAN TARGET THAT POPULATION, I KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT JAILING THEM.
I'M DEFINITELY NOT UNHOUSED, BUT I WAS STILL PULLED OFF TEXT JIMMY TRAN, THAT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THAT, THAT PARTNERSHIP.
UM, BUT YOU DID MENTION, UM, TSOS, SO THEY'RE NOT REPLACING OUR DART OFFICERS.
I'VE APPLIED FOR DART WAY BACK IN THE DAY, TOO.
SO THEY'RE NOT REPLACING DART OFFICERS, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.
IT'S GONNA BE IN A, BUT A LITTLE BIT CHEAPER TO PAY, I'M SURE LESS EXPENSIVE.
I DON'T WANNA USE THE WORD TOO, BUT LESS EXPENSIVE.
WELL, UNIFORMS ARE ARE THE, THE KEY.
UHHUH
WE HAVE JUST A UNIFORM PRESENCE, WHETHER IT'S A TSO OR A FAIR ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
IT MAKES PEOPLE FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE.
A MATTER, NOT JUST SAFETY, IT'S A MATTER OF COMFORTABLE COMFORT.
AND I THINK IF THE PRESENCE, SOMEONE YOU CAN ASK A QUESTION OR IT'S A BETTER PROGRAM.
AND, AND WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY WITH CONTRACT, UH, THAN YOU WOULD WITH EMPLOYEES, JUST IN TERMS OF THE RECRUITING PROCESS.
SO THIS GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY.
AND THEN MY FINAL COMMENT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A BROTHER THAT, UM, FAITHFULLY USES PARATRANSIT FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS.
HE GOES FROM HERE TO CARROLLTON.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE HIS ADULT, UM, UM, PROGRAM IS.
UM, AND I, I HAVE TO SAY, AND NOT SAY, BUT I AM DISAPPOINTED ON HOW IT ACTS.
I KNOW THAT YOU'RE PARTNERING WITH DIFFERENT COMPANIES ENSURE THAT HE GETS THERE, AND THAT'S REALLY GREAT.
BUT SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE PICKING HIM UP AND I'M LIKE, HMM.
YOU KNOW, AND I'M LIKE, I'LL JUST TAKE YOU TODAY.
UM, SO I THINK THAT ONCE WE GET THAT PARTNERSHIP UNIFIED, IT'S GONNA LOOK BETTER.
BUT FOR SOMEONE WHO, LIKE ME, I'M A GUARDIAN OF MY BROTHER.
AND SINCE HE DOESN'T, WE, THEY RIDE PARATRANSIT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T NECESSARILY, I NOT FIT TO RIDE THE BIGGER ONES.
CAN YOU GET LOST? SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE UNIFIED AND WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE SENDING OUR LOVED ONES INTO.
'CAUSE THAT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, IT IS, UM, CONSISTENT.
YOU KNOW, I I, ONE DAY IT'S AN UBER, ONE DAY IT'S A AND HE'S LIKE, SISTER, I DON'T KNOW IF I WAS SUPPOSED TO GET ON TODAY.
AND I'M LIKE, YOU DIDN'T GET ON.
YOU KNOW, ME DRIVING TO CARROLLTON TO GARLAND, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT A LOT OF FUN.
BUT OTHERWISE YOU'RE DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB.
I'M GLAD WE GOT TO KEEP Y'ALL ON GARLAND.
WE'RE THE SECOND LARGEST, SO YOU GET A NICE BIG CHUNK OF CHANGE FROM US.
SO WE, WE LIKE TO GET IT BACK TOO.
AND WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT SPECIFICALLY.
YES, MR. CITY MANAGER, MAYOR, AND, UH, COUNCIL EARLIER TODAY, WE, UH, MET WITH, UH, UH, THE CEO
UH, THE MAYOR AND I MET AND HAD A DISCUSSION AT THAT TIME.
AND I WANNA SHARE SOMETHING THAT I TOLD HIM, UH, DURING THAT, UH, MEETING.
THE MEN REMAINED AT THE GARLAND SEAL.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK OF AN INTERIM CEO, UH, YOU THINK OF SOMEBODY WHO SHOWS UP IN A CARETAKER ROLE TO JUST KEEP THE AGENCY GOING UNTIL, UH, THE NEXT GUY SHOWS UP.
NOTHING COULD, UH, LESS DESCRIBED, UH, MR. LEININGER'S, UH, WORK THERE.
HIS WORK HAS BEEN REALLY TRANSFORMATIONAL, UM, IN A WAY THAT, UH, IS EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL TO THE MEMBER CITIES.
UH, WHEN I MET WITH HIM SHORTLY AFTER HE, UH, BECAME THE CEO, I SAT WITH HIM FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND DISCUSSED THE NUMBER OF CONCERNS THAT WE HAD.
UH, AND DAYS LATER I RECEIVED A SERIES OF NOTES SAYING, HERE'S ALL YOUR CONCERNS.
AND I, I THOUGHT NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN WITH THEM.
AND THEY LITERALLY FOLLOWED UP ON EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.
AND THE PRESENTATION YOU SAW TONIGHT, AND I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 20 YEARS, WATCHING DARK PRESENTATIONS, WAS IN FACT THE BEST PRESENTATION THAT I'VE EVER SEEN.
AND THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO MR. LEININGER'S WORK THERE.
AND I JUST THINK WE OWE HIM A DEBT OF GRATITUDE.
TEXT MICHAEL J BETS CITY MANAGER.
WE APPRECIATE THE CITY MANAGER WEARING DARK BLUE AND YELLOW TONIGHT.
THE MEN REMAIN SEATED AT THE DESK.
WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING DOWN.
I THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND WE GAVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HOMEWORK, BUT NOT TOO MUCH, BUT WASN'T TOO BAD.
LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, THE NEW CEO WHEN HE COMES.
AND INVITE HIM TO GIVE PRESENTATION SOON, AND YOU'LL BE ENJOYING LIFE ON A GOLF COURSE.
PLEASE TEXT DYLAN HEDRICK, MAYOR.
SO WE'VE BEEN AT IT FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
COUNSEL, WE'LL GO TAKE A LITTLE RECESS HERE.
ASK EVERYONE TO BE BACK AT 8 0 5.
THE MAYOR CONSULTS A DOCUMENT.
ALRIGHT, WELCOME BACK TO OUR WORK SESSION.
WE'LL MOVE NOW TO OUR NEXT ITEM.
IT'S ITEM NUMBER SIX, GPL, RECOVERY ADJUSTMENT
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FACTOR, DECREASE THE WOMAN WALKS ACROSS THE BACKGROUND FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, MAYOR, UH, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.THIS IS A MOMENTOUS NIGHT BECAUSE I HAVE GOOD NEWS AND A SHORT PRESENTATION, AND THOSE TWO NEVER GO TOGETHER, THE MAN IN A BLUE SHIRT AT THE TABLE GESTURES.
SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UM, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST IS TO REDUCE OUR REV, UH, RECOVERY ADJUSTMENT FACTOR.
AS PART OF THE COMPONENT OF OF THE ELECTRICITY RATE, WE'RE LOOKING AT REDUCING THAT BY 1 CENT PER KILOWATT HOUR.
UH, SO THIS 1 CENT REDUCTION WOULD BE APPLICABLE TO ALL GPL CUSTOMERS, EXCEPT FOR THERE'S ABOUT, UH, 12, 13 CUSTOMERS THAT ARE LARGE LEVEL CUSTOMERS THAT ARE TRANSMISSION VOLTAGE TO SOME OF OUR LARGE DISTRIBUTION CUSTOMERS THAT ARE UNDER DIFFERENT TYPE OF TARIFFS AND IT WOULDN'T BE APPLICABLE TO THOSE PARTICULAR CUSTOMERS.
UM, GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THIS 1 CENT REDUCTION LOOKS LIKE.
UM, IF YOU TAKE THE CURRENT AVERAGE, UH, RESIDENTIAL, UH, MONTHLY BILL, IT'S UM, IT'S RIGHT AROUND $163 AND 10 CENTS CURRENTLY.
UH, WHAT THIS 1 CENT REDUCTION WILL DO WILL BE TO LOWER IT TO $151 AND 10 CENTS.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT, UM, AN, AN AVERAGE MONTHLY SAVINGS OF $12.
UH, IF YOU ANNUALIZE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT $144, UH, YOU MIGHT WONDER WHAT'S, UM, UH, WHAT'S THE JUSTIFICATION OR SUPPORTING, UH, THE REDUCTION.
UH, THIS PARTICULAR GRAPH HERE HAS THE FORWARD MARKET CURVES FOR ENERGY PRICES IN ERCOT.
UH, IT'S GOING OVER THE PAST 12 MONTH PERIOD, AND THIS IS LOOKING AT PRICING BLOCKS THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED 24 7 PRICING.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE, IN THE GRAPH THAT, UM, THE COST HAVE BEEN COMING DOWN OVER THE PAST 12 MONTHS, EFFECTIVELY, IF YOU WERE TO AVERAGE THE, UH, YEARS OF 27, 28 AND 29, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ROUGHLY ABOUT A 1 CENT DECREASE.
UH, GIVEN THAT WE USE OUR, UH, GENERATING UNITS AS HEDGES AGAINST THE MARKET PRICE, UH, THEY'RE OLDER UNITS NOT QUITE AS EFFICIENT, UH, WHEN WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO BUY POWER, UH, AT A PRICE LOWER THAN US GENERATING WHILE WE TAKE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
AND SO WITH THE MARKET MOVING DOWN, IT'S PRESENTED SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO BE ABLE TO LOCK IN SOME, SOME POWER AT LOWER COST.
AND SO HENCE THAT'S THE REASON WHY YOU'RE SEEING THE RECOVERY ADJUSTMENT FACTOR COMING DOWN BY A PENNY.
AND WITH THAT, UH, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, THE THANK YOU SLATE, OVERLY IS THE SPEAKER AT THE CONFERENCE TABLE.
WELL, GERALD, THAT IS FANTASTIC NEWS.
UM, DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW HOW THIS WILL COMPARE TO OUR OTHER PROVIDERS OF ELECTRICITY OUT THERE? YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS THAT BAR GRAPH, ISN'T THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH THAT YOU'VE CREATED? CORRECT.
SO THE MARKET HAS BEEN MOVING DOWN.
UM, HISTORICALLY WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE ABOUT, UM, TWO, TWO AND A HALF CENTS, UH, BELOW THE AVERAGE MARKET.
UH, RIGHT NOW THAT'S COMPRESSED A LITTLE BIT, UH, BECAUSE THE MARKET HAS MOVED DOWN, UH, JUST SLIGHTLY OVER A PENNY.
BUT WITH THIS PENNY REDUCTION, IT'LL GET US BACK, UH, CLOSER TO THAT TWO, TWO AND A HALF CENT, UM, UH, COST DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN THE AVERAGE MARKET PRICE.
WE CAN STILL POINT THAT WE'RE ALWAYS OVER THERE TOWARDS THE RIGHT ON THE GRAPH, SO THAT'S GOOD.
AND JUST AN IDEA OF, OF 2 CENTS, UM, FOR THE AVERAGE CUSTOMER WOULD BE $24 A MONTH OR $288 A YEAR.
IT'S, UM, IT'S A NICE SAVINGS.
THE MAYOR LOOKS DOWN AT HIS LAPTOP WHILE THE CITY MANAGER SITS BESIDE HIM.
ALRIGHT, WELL, I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.
THE MAN IN THE BLUE SHIRT TYPES ON HIS LAPTOP.
WELL, WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, LIBRARY STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE.
THE WOMAN SITS ON THE FAR LEFT OF THE FRAME, THE HARD PART.
THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER SIT AT THE DAYS IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER BEFORE THE GARLAND SEAL.
WE HAVE OUR SPEAKER HERE, THE REMAIN OF THE DAYS.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL AND MR. BETS.
UM, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT THE UPDATE TO THE LIBRARY STRATEGIC PLAN.
I'M KAREN ARCHIBALD, THE DIRECTOR OF LIBRARIES FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND.
AND WITH ME TONIGHT I HAVE THE WOMAN IN THE RIGHT GESTURES TOWARD THE OTHER WOMEN
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I'M JULIA PRINCE WITH THE IVY GROUP, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING OVER THE LAST YEAR TO UPDATE OUR, UM, STRATEGIC PLAN.
BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THE, UH, THE UPDATE OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN, I JUST WANNA BRIEFLY HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE AMAZING THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH OUR CURRENT, UH, STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE IN 2021.
SO OVER THE LAST FIVE OR SO YEARS, UM, WE'VE REALLY GONE THROUGH A TRANSFORMATION PROCESS WITH, UH, GARLAND PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
WE'VE REDUCED BARRIERS THROUGH FIND FREE SERVICE, ADDING THE LIBRARY OF THINGS, ADDING LIBRARY HOTSPOTS AND OUTREACH.
WE'VE EXPANDED HOW WE SERVE CHILDREN, TEENS, UH, SENIORS, ADULTS, ALL OF GARLAND'S DIVERSE COMMUNITIES THROUGH BILINGUAL AND SENSORY PROGRAMS, ADAPTABLE PROGRAMS AFTER SCHOOL SUPPORT, TEEN ADVISORY BOARDS, UH, CULTURAL PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS.
WE'VE ALSO STRENGTHENED OUR ORGANIZATION ITSELF THROUGH UPDATING SOME POLICIES, UH, COMMUNITY AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS AND MULTILINGUAL STAFFING.
WE'VE MADE A A REALLY CONCERTED EFFORT TO TRANSFORM NOT JUST THE THE BUILDINGS THEMSELVES, BUT THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDINGS, UH, INCLUDING THE STAFF, THE PROGRAMS FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.
AND FOR THE FUN PART, TEXT DEMAND IS GROWING EIGHT ICONS.
THE PUBLIC HAS RESPONDED VERY WELL TO THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE MADE.
AND THERE'S JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS ON THIS SLIDE THAT I WANNA HIGHLIGHT.
ONE BEING THAT WE'RE MAKING A COMPARISON OF FISCAL YEAR 26 ESTIMATES TO FISCAL YEAR 19.
WE CHOSE FISCAL YEAR 19 BECAUSE THAT WAS THE LAST YEAR THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD A QUOTE UNQUOTE NORMAL YEAR IN THE LIBRARY, THAT WE WEREN'T IMPACTED BY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OR A PANDEMIC.
SO WE WANTED TO, TO COMPARE THOSE.
UH, NORMAL YEARS, TEXT DEMAND IS GROWING, THE NUMBER OF VISITORS HAVE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF MATERIALS BOTH PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL.
UM, CHECKOUTS HAVE INCREASED, OUR DATABASE USAGE HAS INCREASED.
UM, BUT THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT I WANNA REALLY HIGHLIGHT HERE.
ONE, IN OUR SCHOOL READINESS SCORES, WE CAN'T TAKE A HUNDRED PERCENT CREDIT FOR THOSE SCHOOL READINESS SCORES, BUT WE WILL TAKE A GOOD PART OF THE CREDIT FOR THOSE SCHOOL READINESS SCORES.
SO THAT'S REALLY FOCUSING ON ZERO TO FOUR AND HELPING TO ENSURE THAT CHILDREN AND PARENTS HAVE THE NEEDED SKILLS THAT THEY NEED, UH, THAT FOUNDATION THAT'S SO CRITICAL FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN SCHOOL, KNOWING, YOU KNOW, BASIC LETTERS, BASIC SOUNDS, UH, COLORS, HOW TO COUNT TO 10, ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE CRITICAL FOR SUCCESS.
AND THE OTHER THING IS OUR PROGRAM ATTENDANCE.
SO THAT PROGRAM ATTENDANCE ISN'T JUST A, A SNAPSHOT, IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN INCREASING OVER THE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS, EVEN THOUGH THE NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT WE MAY BE PUT PUTTING ON HAVE BEEN DECREASING OUR NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS IS ACTUALLY GOING UP.
AND THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO OUR LIBRARY TEAM WHO'S REALLY, UM, LOOKED AT WHAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS, UH, AND RESPONDED WITH THOSE NEEDS WITH THOSE PROGRAMS. EIGHT CIRCLES SHOW LIBRARY METRICS.
SO WE'VE BUILT A VERY AGENDA SOLID, A SOLID FOUNDATION OVER THESE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO BUILD UP COLORFUL LIBRARY INTERIOR.
WAS SEATING STRONG GOING FROM HERE? I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JULIA.
TONIGHT WE HAVE AN AGENDA FOR YOU TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL THAT WE LEARNED ABOUT THE STRATEGIC STRATEGIC MASTER PLAN, STARTING WITH WHO YOU ARE.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO, WHAT IS THE VALUE OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES? WHAT DO THE, WHAT DOES THE LIBRARY GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY? WE'LL TALK ABOUT OUR PROCESS FOR ENGAGING, UH, SOME OF YOU.
UM, HOW WE ALIGNED ALL OF OUR THOUGHTS WITH CARLAND ON THE RISE, AND THEN FROM ALL OF THOSE ASPECTS, DEVELOPED THE GOALS AND STRATEGIC TACTICS FOR THE PLAN, JULIA.
SO BEFORE WE GET INTO THE DATA AND EVERYTHING WE LEARNED FROM YOUR COMMUNITY, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT WHY THE MOMENT'S, RIGHT FOR A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE LIBRARY AND WHAT THAT STRATEGIC PLAN CAN DO.
UM, AS YOU HEARD, THE LIBRARY HAS ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH OVER THE PREVIOUS FEW YEARS, SO IT'S AN EXCELLENT TIME TO STEP BACK AND SAY, WHAT ARE THE COMMUNITY NEEDS? THE COMMUNITY IS CHANGING.
HOW IS THE LIBRARY RESPONDING, TRANSLATING ALL OF THOSE NEEDS INTO PRIORITIES, ALIGNING STAFF, LEADERSHIP, BOARD, COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN ONE SHARED DIRECTION, BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH THAT'S BEING ASKED OF THE LIBRARY AND SETTING GOALS AND DEMONSTRATING THE IMPACT.
AND OF COURSE, UH, HAVING A NEW STRATEGIC PLAN IN PLACE IS REQUIRED FOR ACCREDITATION BY THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES COMMISSION.
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SO CHECK.THANK YOU
UH, WE BEGAN WITH A DATA-DRIVEN COMMUNITY PROFILE.
AND THIS FIGURE HERE IS REALLY REPRESENTING THAT WE LOOKED AT GRANULARITY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
SO CENSUS TRACKS, BLOCK GROUPS AND HOW THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND DATA DIFFERED WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL, AS WELL AS WHEN WE ZOOM OUT AND LOOK AT YOUR COMMUNITY OVERALL.
SO AT THAT MACRO LEVEL, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE GARLAND COMMUNITY IS YOUNGER THAN MANY, AND IMPORTANTLY THAT IT'S PROJECTED TO GROW BY ABOUT 18.7% BY 2045.
SO NOW YOU'RE SERVING A YOUNG POPULATION, AND WE'RE PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE OF MORE, MORE PEOPLE MAKING USE OF LIBRARY SERVICES, TEXT EDUCATION.
UH, THIS, THE SPURS MAP SHOWS THE SHARE OF ADULTS BY BLOCK GROUP WITHOUT HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA.
SO CAST YOUR EYE TO THE DARKER GREEN, WHICH IS SHOWING, UM, ABOVE 18% ADULTS WITHOUT HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS.
UH, SO AS YOU CAN SEE, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT VARIES ACROSS THE CITY.
THE ADULTS WITHOUT A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA ARE MORE CONCENTRATED IN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, WESTERN, AND SOUTHERN AREAS.
AND THIS MATTERS FOR THE REASONS WE ALL KNOW OF HOW EDUCATION IMPACTS INCOME, EMPLOYMENT, ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY, CIVIC PARTICIPATION AND COMFORT, NAVIGATING PUBLIC SYSTEMS, TEXT ON COMMUNITY PROFILE, ADULTS WITHOUT HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS.
THAT'S NOT ME, RIGHT? I'M NOT BEEPING.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AND HOW THAT VARIES ACROSS YOUR COMMUNITY.
THE MAP YOU SEE HERE, UH, SHOWS THE HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE RELIANT ON CELL CELL PHONES, CELL DATA, UH, FOR ACCESS TO THE INTER FOR ACCESS TO THE INTERNET.
THERE ARE MANY HOUSEHOLDS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT LACK BROADBAND CABLE OR FIBER OPTIONS.
UM, SO AGAIN, THEY TURN TO THE CELL PHONE FOR INTERNET SERVICE.
THAT'S CAN BE A VERY UNRELIABLE METHOD OF GETTING ONLINE.
AND NOT IDEAL FOR THINGS LIKE APPLYING FOR A JOB OR COMPLETING SCHOOLWORK, TEXT, PRIMARY LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME OTHER THAN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT LANGUAGE DIVERSITY IS CENTRAL TO GARLAND'S IDENTITY.
UH, WE SEE THAT MORE THAN HALF OF GARLAND HOUSEHOLDS SPEAK A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH AT HOME.
UH, AND 14% ARE LIMITED ENGLISH SPEAKING.
THIS MAP IS SHOWING, UM, HOW THE LANGUAGE IS SPOKEN AT HOME OTHER THAN SPANISH, OF COURSE, RECOGNIZE THAT'S VERY LARGE, UH, PREDOMINANT LANGUAGE HERE.
UM, LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH AND SPANISH DIFFER THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
SO YOU HAVE YOUR PEACHY COLOR, UH, WHICH IS VIETNAMESE, UH, SEE IN THE DARKER BLUE, SOME OTHER ASIAN LANGUAGES.
BUT WHAT I REALLY TAKE AWAY FROM THIS IS THE VARIETY AND THE NEED FROM ALL OF THESE MAPS TOGETHER TO RESPOND AT, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL, THE LOCATION LEVEL, AS WELL AS SERVING THESE BROADER TRENDS THAT WE SEE THROUGHOUT YOUR CITY.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CITY OVERALL, BUT THAT DATA DOESN'T TELL THE WHOLE STORY.
BUT WE DO START TO HAVE SOME THEMES EMERGING OF EQUITABLE, CONSISTENT ACCESS, UM, LEARNING AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
AND THAT COMMUNITY LEVEL RESPONSE THROUGH SERVICES AND SPACES.
THE VALUE OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES SHOWS LIBRARY SAVINGS.
I THINK KAREN MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS IS THE FUN ONE.
WE, WE CONDUCTED A RETURN ON INVESTMENT AND COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF LIBRARY SERVICE.
SO OUR APPROACH ESTIMATED THE VALUE OF DIFFERENT LIBRARY SERVICES AND RESOURCES, AND LOOKED AT THO THAT VALUE IN TERMS OF MARKET PRICE.
IF PEOPLE WERE PAYING TO ACCESS THIS WITH THEIR, UH, WITH THEIR OWN WALLETS, WHAT WOULD THEY PAY IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE LIBRARY? UH, IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE THE RELEVANCE FOR YOUR LIBRARY AND YOUR COMMUNITY.
UH, WE USED GARLAND AND TEXAS, UH, MARKET PRICES.
THINGS DON'T COST THE SAME HERE AS THEY DO WHERE I'M FROM IN VIRGINIA.
AND SO WE TOOK THAT INTO ACCOUNT.
UH, WE ALSO TOOK A CAUTIOUS APPROACH.
SO THESE VALUES ARE LIKELY TO UNDERESTIMATE, UH, A TOTAL ESTIMATE OF VALUE.
AND WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT FOR EVERY DOLLAR INVESTED IN GARLAND PUBLIC LIBRARIES RESIDENCY $4 AND 8 CENTS FOR THAT $1.
THINKING ABOUT THAT, ANOTHER WAY, GARLAND PUBLIC LIBRARIES PROVIDES OVER $23 MILLION.
THAT WAS WHAT OUR EVALUATION CAME OUT TO, UH, WHICH IS A SAVINGS OF ABOUT 17.5 MILLION ONCE WE TAKE OUT THOSE OPERATING COSTS.
SO THAT'S THE STYLIZED CAT ICON ON THE INFOGRAPHIC.
$4 FOR EVERYONE AND EVERY ONE AND OVER 17 IN SAVINGS.
AND THESE ARE, THESE ARE STRONG FIGURES.
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ANALYSES FOR OTHER PUBLIC LIBRARIES, UH, WE SEE A RETURN CLOSER TO THE $3 AND 50 CENT MARK.SO YOUR LIBRARY IS DELIVERING INCREDIBLY STRONG VALUE FOR YOUR COMMUNITY, AND WE EXPECT THAT NUMBER TO INCREASE WITH ALL OF THE, UM, THE, THE RENOVATIONS AND CHANGES TO THE, THE CENTRAL AND WEST LOCATIONS.
TEXT VALUATION OF QUANTIFIABLE GPL OFFERINGS, A TABLE LIST SERVICES, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT HOW NOT EVERYTHING CAN BE QUANTIFIED, UH, BUT WE
THIS IS JUST A BREAKDOWN OF THAT VALUATION OF SERVICES.
THERE'S SOME, UM, THERE'S SOME COMPLEX THINGS HAPPENING BEHIND THESE NUMBERS, BUT THERE'S ALSO SOME PRETTY SIMPLE ARITHMETIC, LOOKING AT HOW OFTEN WERE THINGS LIKE REFERENCE SERVICES USED, OR PROGRAMS ATTENDED, OR COMPUTERS USED, OR WIFI SESSIONS, OR MANY FOLKS FAVORITE BOOKS, UH, CHECKED OUT PHYSICALLY AND DIGITALLY.
WHAT WAS THE USE? WHAT IS THE VALUE PER USE? UM, MULTIPLY THOSE THINGS TOGETHER AND YOU GET THE TOTAL VALUATION.
AND WE SEE SOME OF THE HIGHEST TOTAL VALUE, UH, AGAINST CIRCULATION.
SO THAT'S THE COLLECTION, THAT'S THE STUFF.
UH, THE COMPUTER AND WIRELESS CONNECTIONS, THE TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE THROUGH THE LIBRARY, UH, AS WELL AS THE DATABASE AND TUTORING SERVICES.
CIRCULATION IS 11 MILLION CONNECTIONS, 9 MILLION, TOTALING 23 MILLION.
BUT AS JULIA MENTIONED, NOT EVERY METRIC IS MEASURABLE.
UM, JULIE AND I WERE WORKING IN THE LIBRARY TODAY.
THERE WASN'T A SEAT TO BE FOUND.
THAT THIRD PLACE WHERE PEOPLE ARE MEETING TO WORK, TO COLLABORATE TO, UH, FIND THEIR NEIGHBORS, TO CHECK OUT BOOKS, IT WAS ALL HAPPENING ON A MONDAY AFTERNOON.
UM, THERE ARE KIDS THAT ARE THERE LEARNING TO READ, LIKE KAREN WAS TALKING ABOUT.
THERE ARE PEOPLE LEARNING TO MAKE THINGS IN THE MAKERSPACE ALL UNMEASURABLE FROM A DOLLAR PERSPECTIVE, BUT STILL REALLY IMPORTANT TO THAT QUALITY OF LIFE THAT YOU ALL HAVE HERE IN GARLAND.
SO TO ONCE WE HAVE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT, THAT WE GATHERED THAT WE DIDN'T SHARE WITH YOU.
UH, WE STARTED TO LOOK AT HOW WE WOULD APPROACH THIS.
AND GOING TO THE COMMUNITY WAS THE FIRST STEP.
SO I SAW MANY OF YOU AT CHRISTMAS OUT ON THE SQUARE, WE HAD OUR BIG BOOTH.
I SEE THE MAYOR WEARING HIS SOCKS, MAYBE, UH, YOU PARTICIPATED IN, UH, VOTING
I, I, WE WERE AT THE LIBRARY AND I SAID, I FORGOT MY SOCKS
UM, BUT WE HAD, UH, ALMOST 800 PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN PERSON VOTING ON THOSE BOARDS AT THREE DIFFERENT EVENTS.
THE BULK OF THEM AT THE, THE CHRISTMAS EVENT, WE DID AN ONLINE SURVEY, AND 738 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN THAT.
THAT WAS OFFERED IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH AND VIETNAMESE, UM, SO THAT EVERYBODY COULD PARTICIPATE IN, UH, THIS ONLINE SURVEY.
UM, WE TALKED TO LIBRARY STAFF.
WE WENT TO A WORKSHOP OF THEIRS.
WE TALKED TO MANY OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY, UM, EITHER AT THE DIOCESE OR EVEN IN THE ROOM THAT CAME AND SHARED WITH US WHY A LIBRARY IS IMPORTANT AND WHAT ELSE IT COULD DO FOR GARLAND AS A COMMUNITY FOR, UH, GROWING AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
UM, AND SO ALL OF THAT RESULTED US, UM, REALLY HEARING STORIES FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT MY TEST SCORES WENT UP.
I'M NOT THE LONELINESS FACTORY.
THE FACTOR THAT WE'RE READING A LOT ABOUT.
UM, ALL OF THE STORIES THAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY REALLY SUPPORT THE, THE VALUE OF THE LIBRARY.
I ALSO JUST WANNA CALL OUT THAT THE SURVEY HAD HAD A STRONG RESPONSE FROM THE COMMUNITY, BUT I THINK YOU ALL SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY PROUD THAT 20% OF OUR SURVEY RESPONDENTS WERE CLASSIFIED AS NON-USERS OF THE LIBRARY.
SO IT WASN'T JUST FOLKS THAT USE THE LIBRARY EVERY DAY OR EVERY MONTH COMING TO US AND SAYING, I LOVE THE LIBRARY.
THE LIBRARY WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO REACH FOLKS WHO DON'T USE THE LIBRARY AND GET THEIR FEEDBACK AS WELL.
AND ONE OF THE STATS I THINK WE WOULD BE REMISS TO NOT TAKE A GIANT YELLOW HIGHLIGHTER TO IS THAT IN THAT COMMUNITY SURVEY, THE LIBRARY EARNED A NET PROMOTER SCORE OF 77, WHICH IS CONSIDERED EXCELLENT.
TEXT ZERO THREE, THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS AND TIMELINE THE TABLE.
AND THIS IS THE TIMELINE WE DEVELOPED.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BEING THE FIRST, UM, IN THE WINTER, WE'VE TALKED WITH THE LIBRARY STAFF, WE TALKED WITH MANY OF YOU.
UM, AND THEN SPRING AND SUMMER, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENTIRE PLAN.
OVERALL, IT'S BEEN A YEARS LONG PROCESS OF GATHERING BOTH DATA, BOTH OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE.
COLUMNS ARE LABELED FALL 2025, WINTER 2026, AND
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SPRING 2026.I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAD TO SAY ON THAT.
YOU'VE GOT AN EXCITING FIVE YEARS AHEAD, BRO.
BUT I TAKE AWAY, LOOK AT ALL THE BULLETS.
THAT'S ALL THE PEOPLE ENGAGED.
UH, THIS TRULY WAS A COMPREHENSIVE, ABSOLUTELY HOLISTIC PROCESS.
TEXT ZERO FOUR, ALIGNMENT WITH GARLAND ON THE RISE.
UH, THIS PLAN ALSO, THE RELEASE OF THE PLAN'S CORRESPONDING WITH THE RELEASE OF GARLAND ON THE RISE.
SO LOOKING AT WHERE THE LIBRARY IS SUPPORTING THE CITY'S FUTURE DIRECTION.
AND THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY OF SOME OF THE OVERLAP AREAS.
SO, UH, WORKING TOGETHER TO STRENGTHEN THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND COMMUNITY CONNECTION, SUPPORTING VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOODS IN PLACE, MAKING, EXPANDING ACCESS AND REDUCING BARRIERS.
ADVANCING LEARNING, WORKFORCE READINESS, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
THESE THINGS SHOULD SOUND FAMILIAR.
THEY'RE IN THE LIBRARIES AS WELL.
UH, RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP AND MEASURABLE IMPACT, AND BUILDING A FUTURE FOCUSED ORGANIZATION.
UH, AND IF YOU READ THE FULL STRATEGIC PLAN THAT GETS INTO MORE DETAIL ABOUT HOW SPECIFICALLY, UH, EACH GOAL IN THE PLAN AND THE PLAN DIRECTION, SUPPORT GARLAND ON THE RISE.
TEXT CROSSCUTTING PRINCIPLES, ADULT READS TO CHILDREN.
UH, THERE ARE ALSO MANY SHARED PRINCIPLES IN THIS PLAN.
SO THE LIBRARY'S TAKEN ON A LOT OF WORK.
THEY'VE SAID, WE'VE GOT A LOT TO DO THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
AND SOME OF THAT MAY CHANGE
UH, BUT SOMETHING THAT WILL NOT CHANGE IS THAT THE LIBRARY WILL CENTER CONNECTION, COMMITMENT, AND COMMUNITY.
THE LIBRARY WILL PRIORITIZE EQUITY IN ALL WORK.
THEY'LL MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS, THEY'LL PRIORITIZE PARTNERSHIPS.
THEY WILL MEASURE SUCCESSIVE IMPACT, AND THEY'LL STAY FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE.
SO IF WE DIDN'T USE THOSE WORDS ENOUGH IN EVERY SINGLE LINE IN THE PLAN, THESE ARE, THIS IS JUST SET IN THE STAGE.
THE PLAN ITSELF
SO THE PLAN CONTAINS SIX DIFFERENT GOALS.
EACH GOAL IS SUPPORTED BY SEVERAL OBJECTIVES, AND NOT ON SCREEN, BUT, UH, WITHIN THE PLAN ITSELF.
AND WE'LL CHAT THROUGH SOME EXAMPLES ARE TACTICS THAT BRING EACH OBJECTIVE, UH, FORWARD.
WHAT, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO TO ACCOMPLISH THIS? SO THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS ARE THERE AS WELL.
THE FIRST GOAL OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS TO SUSTAIN LIFELONG CURIOSITY THROUGH LEADING RESOURCES.
THIS IS THE STUFF, THIS IS THE STUFF ONE.
UM, THIS WAS THE STRONG DIGITAL AND PHYSICAL COLLECTIONS.
IT'S WHAT, IT'S VERY VISIBLE WITHIN THE LIBRARY.
UH, THIS IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE HEARD AGAIN AND AGAIN FROM YOUR COMMUNITY WAS IMPORTANT TO THEM.
WE HEARD THAT THE COMMUNITY VALUES THE COLLECTIONS.
AND TO DISTILL IT IN ONE QUOTE, WE KIND OF JUST, WE HEARD MORE AND MORE, MORE
THEY WANT TO SEE AN INCREASED INVESTMENT IN THOSE COLLECTIONS.
AND THEN THE INCREASED INVESTMENT WOULD RESULT IN SHORTER WAIT TIMES.
NONE OF US WANT TO WAIT FOR OUR STUFF.
UM, AND MORE RELEVANT COLLECTIONS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT LIBRARIES ARE CONTINUOUSLY WORKING ON.
UM, AS INTERESTS AND LANGUAGE AND CULTURE AND LIFE STAGE PREFERENCES EVOLVE, MAKING SURE THAT THE COLLECTION IS EVOLVING WITH THOSE THINGS.
SO THE FIRST OBJECTIVE TO SUPPORT, UH, SUSTAINING LIFELONG CURIOSITY IS ABOUT ALIGNING COLLECTIONS WITH THAT COMMUNITY DEMAND.
AN EXAMPLE OF THIS AS A TACTIC WOULD BE TO MAINTAIN THE STRONG INVESTMENT IN HIGH DEMAND PHYSICAL MATERIALS.
TEXT ZERO FIVE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.
PHYSICAL MATERIALS REMAIN IMPORTANT.
YOUR DIGITAL IS SEEING EXCEPTIONAL USE.
THERE WILL BE, UH, HOPEFULLY SOME INCREASED FOCUS ON THAT AS WELL.
BUT WE CAN'T FORGET ABOUT THOSE PHYSICAL MATERIALS.
THE COMMUNITY WAS VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
UH, THE LIBRARY WILL IMPROVE DISCOVERY AND THE PATRON EXPERIENCE.
SO ONE OF THE WAYS THAT THAT MIGHT HAPPEN IS IN LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND OPERATING HOURS.
THIRD OBJECTIVE IS AROUND CONNECTING THE COLLECTIONS TO COMMUNITY INTERESTS.
SO, UH, NOT THE, YOU KNOW, SPARKLY
CONTINUING TO TIE THINGS LIKE THE LIBRARY OF THINGS OR NON-TRADITIONAL OFFERINGS SUCH AS THE SEED LIBRARY TO SUPPORT RELEVANT INTERESTS AND HOBBIES.
WHAT'S THE DEMAND? WHAT'S THE NEED? HERE'S THE COLLECTION RESPONSE TEXT GOAL ONE, SUSTAIN LIFELONG CURIOSITY THROUGH LEADING RESOURCES, AN ADULT AND YOUTH SIT ON THE FLOOR BROWSING BOOKS.
ALL RIGHT, SO THE FIRST GOAL IS CENTERED ON MATERIALS, PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL.
THIS NEXT GOAL IS AROUND REMOVING BARRIERS SO THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN HAVE ACCESS
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TO THOSE MATERIALS.GOAL TWO, EXPANDING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO LIBRARY SERVICES, LIBRARY, COMPUTER WORKSTATION.
UH, THIS IS SO IMPORTANT IN A CITY AS LARGE AND DIVERSE AND MULTILINGUAL AS GARLAND.
WE WANTED TO THINK BACK TO SOME OF THE MAPS WE FLIPPED THROUGH.
NOT EVERYONE IS HAVING THE SAME EXPERIENCE ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.
UH, THE SURVEY, THE ENGAGEMENTS, OUR MAPPING DATA SHOW PARTICULAR BARRIERS RELATING TO LACK OF TIME.
UH, INTERNET ACCESS AT DIGITAL DIVIDE, UH, PERHAPS LIBRARY HOURS, GETTING PHYSICALLY TO LIBRARY LOCATIONS, UH, GETTING TO THE SPACES, DIFFERENT LANGUAGE NEEDS AND AWARENESS IS ALSO A BARRIER WE NEED TO WORK ON, BUT WE'LL GET MORE INTO THAT ONE LATER.
IN ORDER TO EXPAND EQUITABLE ACCESS, THE OBJECTIVES WILL FOCUS ON MODERNIZING THE ACCESS POINTS.
SO THINGS LIKE SELF-SERVICE, LOCKERS AND PICKUP SOLUTIONS MIGHT BE A MODERNIZATION.
CLOSING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE, THAT'S A BIG ONE, BUT THERE'S A LOT THE LIBRARY CAN DO THERE.
UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, BY EXPANDING ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY THAT'S AVAILABLE WITHIN THE LIBRARY, SUCH AS HOTSPOTS AND DEVICE LENDING.
UH, THE LIBRARY WILL DELIVER MULTILINGUAL ACCESS.
THE WORD DELIVER IS VERY INTENTIONAL THERE.
IT'S BEING BROUGHT TO PEOPLE BY EXPANDING AS ONE EXAMPLE, BILINGUAL AND CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE PROGRAMS AND EVENTS.
AND FINALLY, UH, MODERNIZING THE MOBILE LIBRARY AND OUTREACH INFRASTRUCTURE.
ONE PARTICULAR EXCITING, UH, ACTIVITY IN DEVELOPMENT IS THE PURCHASE AND OUTFIT OF A VEHICLE TO FACILITATE HYBRID OUTREACH NEEDS.
SO IT'S BOTH A, UH, MOBILE COLLECTION POINT AND A FLEXIBLE OUTREACH HUB FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REMOVING THESE BARRIERS INSIDE THE LIBRARY AND AS THEY EXIST THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
TEXT GOAL THREE, STRENGTHEN LEARNING, LITERACY AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY OBJECTIVES.
THIRD GOAL, STRENGTHENING LEARNING, LITERACY, AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
THE PRESENTER ADDRESSES THE AUDIENCE.
THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE GARLAND, THE, EXCUSE ME, THE LIBRARY IS KNOWN AS A PLACE OF LEARNING FOR ALL STAGES OF LIFE.
THAT MIGHT BE WHAT YOU THINK OF, UH, WHEN YOU THINK OF THE LIBRARY, AND IT'S CERTAINLY WHAT YOUR COMMUNITY THINKS OF AS WELL.
THE SURVEY SHOWED THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS A STRONG INTEREST IN, AGAIN, I'LL USE THE PHRASE MORE, MORE, MORE
THEY'RE FOR SCHOOL READINESS LITERACY, ENGAGING TEENS, SUPPORTING FAMILIES, UH, PROVIDING FINANCIAL RELIEF, REDUCING ISOLATION, AND HELPING PEOPLE CONTINUE TO LEARN THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES.
THERE'S A LOT AT STAKE WITH THESE PROGRAMS AND OTHER SERVICES AND OFFERINGS.
FIRST OBJECTIVE IS TO EXPAND THOSE HIGH DEMAND PROGRAMS. THAT'S A BIG ASK, BUT WE HEARD IT GONNA WORK ON IT.
NEXT, ADVANCING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
THAT CAN BE STRENGTHENING THE CAREER SERVICES THROUGH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CENTERED WORKSHOPS, OR DIGITAL SKILLS TRAINING, AND THIRD, SUPPORTING ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.
UH, ONE OF THE WAYS, ONE OF THE WAYS THE LIBRARY HAS SUCCESSFULLY DONE THIS AND CAN CONTINUE TO DO SO, IS BY BRINGING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER THROUGH MAKER FAIRS, JOB FAIRS, SMALL BUSINESS SHOWCASES, CREATIVE MARKETS, HANDS-ON LEARNING EXPERIENCES, THOSE THINGS THAT BRING THE COMMUNITY AND PARTNERS TOGETHER FOR A SHARED PURPOSE OF SUPPORTING ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
TEXT GOAL FOUR, CREATE WELCOMING HIGH IMPACT SPACES.
OBJECTIVE 4.1, MODERNIZED SERVICES.
GOAL FOUR IS ALL ABOUT LIBRARY SPACES.
AND AS THE ARCHITECT ON THE, UH, TEAM, I GET TO TALK ABOUT THOSE.
AND I TOLD YOU ABOUT WHAT WE EXPERIENCED TODAY AT CENTRAL, UM, YOUR WEST LIBRARY BEING ON THE COVER OF AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
ALL REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF CREATING A WELCOMING AND HIGH IMPACT SPACES.
UM, WE TALKED ABOUT MODERNIZING AND REVITALIZING SPACES.
UM, SOUTH IS OUT TO BID BIDS THIS WEEK.
SO WE'LL SEE, UH, HOW THAT TURNS OUT, UM, TO, BUT TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT HOW LIBRARIES ARE CHANGING, HOW THEY CAN BE BETTER EVERY DAY.
AND THE, THERE ARE TWO OBJECTIVES HERE.
MODERNIZING AND REVITALIZING SPACES.
IF YOU'RE GROWING 20% BY 2045, THAT MEANS WATCHING TO SEE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE, WHO'S MOVING INTO YOUR CITY, WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE, AND CONTINUOUSLY MONITORING.
SO YOU CONTINUE TO BE A MODERN AND REALLY AT THE FOREFRONT OF SPACES.
AND THEN DESIGNED FOR COMMUNITY AS A THIRD PLACE.
WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS AND
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DID THAT TRANSFORMATION AT CENTRAL, WHERE WE REMOVED A LOT OF THE SHELVING, BUT KEPT THE CORE COLLECTION.AND NOW THE COLLECTION IS CIRCULATING EVEN MORE AND PEOPLE ARE COMING TO THAT LIBRARY TO HANG OUT.
AND SO HOW DO WE GET MORE PEOPLE INTO THE LIBRARY TO DO THAT? AND PART OF THAT IS REALLY INVESTIGATING, UM, CURRENT AND PROJECTED SPACE NEEDS.
UM, LOOKING AT HOW BEST TO DELIVER SERVICE, WHETHER IT'S, UM, EXPANDING BUILDINGS, REARRANGING BUILDINGS, OR CREATING A NEW PLACE FOR, UH, LIBRARY SERVICES TO BE DELIVERED.
TEXT OBJECTIVE 4.2, DESIGNED FOR COMMUNITY USE LIBRARY ATRIUM, GOAL FIVE, INCREASE AWARENESS, USE, AND COMMUNITY IMPACT.
OKAY, SO WE'VE STRENGTHENED COLLECTIONS AND PROGRAMMING.
WE'VE REMOVED BARRIERS, WE'VE REFINED OUR SPACES.
NOW IT'S TIME TO PROMOTE ALL THAT AND MEASURE THE IMPACT OF ALL OF THAT WORK.
TEXT, STRATEGIC MARKETING PLAN.
WE HEARD AGAIN AND AGAIN THAT THE LIBRARY IS VALUED BY ITS USERS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, MANY RESIDENTS, EVEN THOSE WHO MAKE FREQUENT USE OF LIBRARY SERVICES, AREN'T AWARE OF EVERYTHING THAT THE LIBRARY OFFERS AND THE IMPACT IT CAN HAVE ON THEM AND THEIR NEIGHBORS.
SO WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
UH, THE SURVEY POINTED TO MARKETING AND AWARENESS AS AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT.
UH, MY FIRM WORKS WITH LIBRARIES ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY, RUNS SURVEYS SIMILAR TO THIS AGAIN AND AGAIN.
AND THAT'S A VERY COMMON REFRAIN.
THE LIBRARY DOES SO MUCH, BUT I'M NOT SURE EVERYTHING THEY DO OR EVEN MORE COMMON.
I DIDN'T KNOW THE LIBRARY DID THAT.
SO YOU'RE IN GOOD COMPANY THERE.
THERE'S STILL JUST A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
LUCKILY, THE COMMUNITY POINTED US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
WE ASKED IN OUR SURVEY, HOW DO YOU WANNA HEAR FROM THE LIBRARY? HOW DO YOU WANNA RECEIVE INFORMATION? AND THEY SAID, I, I USE MY EMAIL AND I WANNA USE YOUR WEBSITE AND YOUR APP.
THE FIRST OBJECTIVE IS TO IMPLEMENT A MARKETING PLAN.
THERE ARE GONNA BE A LOT OF IDEAS ABOUT WHAT THE LIBRARY CAN DO TO RAISE AWARENESS AND RAISE USE, UH, AND MANY DIFFERENT AUDIENCES THAT NEED TO BE ENGAGED.
SO LET'S PUT ALL THAT WORK DOWN IN THE FORM OF A MARKETING PLAN, PEOPLE INTERACTING AT A TABLE.
NEXT OBJECTIVE IS TO DEEPEN COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND PARTNER ENGAGEMENT.
THE LIBRARY CAN'T DO IT ALONE.
UH, THE LIBRARY HAS VERY STRONG CONNECTIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND JUST CONTINUING TO NURTURE THOSE AND BEING ABLE TO LEVERAGE EACH OTHER'S NETWORKS.
AND FINALLY, ENHANCING ONSITE AND ONLINE PATRON ENGAGEMENT.
SO THIS IS HOW ARE PEOPLE PHYSICALLY MOVING THROUGH THE LIBRARY SPACES AND FINDING WHAT'S AVAILABLE AND HOW ARE THEY NAVIGATING, UH, THE DIGITAL LOCATION, THE DIGITAL BRANCH, AND FINDING WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S, UH, THE BEST USER EXPERIENCE THAT THERE CAN BE IN THE PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL WORLD.
A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE POSES IN A BUILDING ATRIUM.
ALL RIGHT, LAST, OUR FINAL GOAL.
INNOVATE WITH PURPOSE AND ENSURE ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS AND FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY.
WE'VE, WE'VE GOTTA KEEP IT GOING
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK OUTLINED IN THIS PLAN.
AND TO DELIVER ON THAT, THE LIBRARY NEEDS STRONG INTERNAL SYSTEMS, SUSTAINABLE STAFFING, RESPONSIBLE BUDGETING, CLEAR COMMUNICATIONS AND ONGOING EVALUATION.
AND PART OF THAT EVALUATION IS IN OUR FIRST OBJECTIVE, EVALUATING ALL SERVICES BASED ON IMPACT AND RETURN ON INVESTMENT.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THE LIBRARY IS WORKING ON ALREADY, UH, WITH THIS TEAM IS AN IMPLEMENTATION DASHBOARD THAT MAKES THE STRATEGIC PLAN EVEN MORE ACTIONABLE.
SO FOR EVERY GOAL AND OBJECTIVE AND ACTIVITY LAID OUT IN THE PLAN, WHERE DO WE START? WHAT ARE WE MEASURING AND WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE? SO HAVING THAT IMPLEMENTATION DASHBOARD TO TRACK THE METRICS AND PROGRESS THROUGHOUT THE LIFE OF THE PLAN.
AND THE FINAL OBJECTIVE IS TO STRENGTHEN STAFF ALIGNMENT AND DEVELOPMENT.
UH, NONE OF THIS HAPPENS WITHOUT THE LIBRARY'S INTERNAL TEAM.
HOW ARE THEY SUPPORTED? WHAT IS THEIR CAPACITY? UM, AND HOW ARE THEY PART OF THE CONVERSATION, UH, OF HOW THE LIBRARY MOVES FORWARD? ALRIGHT, THIS PLAN REPRESENTS, UH, AN EXCITING NEXT CHAPTER FOR GHRELIN PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
YES, I DID HAVE TO MAKE A CHAPTER PUN.
UH, AND THE LIBRARY HAS, I KNOW STORE CONTINUES GARLAND'S STORY.
THERE'S JUST SO MANY TO CHOOSE FROM.
UH, AND WITH THIS PLAN, THE LIBRARY IS WELL POSITIONED TO CONTINUE ON THE MOMENTUM FROM, FROM THE YEARS BEFORE AND IN LOCKSTEP WITH THE CITY.
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BREEZE THROUGH THAT.COUNCIL MEMBER LUT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UM, IT'S REALLY WONDERFUL TO SEE ALL OF THESE THINGS.
WE ALL KNOW HOW AMAZING OUR LIBRARIES ARE.
UM, EVERY TIME I GO TO CENTRAL, I LOOK FOR MY, MY LETTER IN THE, IN THE MOSAIC THAT WE MADE, OR INSTALLATION, I GUESS.
AND IT'S, IT'S THINGS LIKE THAT THAT MAKE THE LIBRARIES THAT WE HAVE SO SPECIAL, THE STAINED GLASS AT, AT WEST GARLAND, UM, VISUALLY, BUT PROGRAMMATICALLY, IF THAT'S EVEN THE RIGHT WORD.
TEXT OTT, MAYOR, PRO TEM, DISTRICT TWO, YOU, UH, YOU, YOU TOUCHED ON COMMUNICATION AND A MARKETING STRATEGY.
SO WHAT ARE SOME ELEMENTS OF THAT, UM, THAT YOU INTEND TO UTILIZE TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE? I KNOW, UM, I SIGNED UP FOR, UH, CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH CLASSES.
I GOT TO SIGN UP FOR LIKE FOUR OF THEM THAT HAPPEN IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS.
UM, AND THE ONLY REASON I KNEW ABOUT IT WAS BECAUSE I HAD A TOWN HALL AT SOUTH GARLAND AND I SAW A LITTLE FLYER HANGING UP ON THE WALL.
SO, UM, HOW ARE WE GONNA CONNECT WITH PEOPLE? I CAN JUST START WITH, IT'S A BIG QUESTION AND THAT'S WHY THE FIRST OBJECTIVE SAYS THERE WILL BE A MARKETING PLAN
THAT WILL TIE, UM, AUDIENCE, YOU KNOW, WHO, WHO ARE WE SPEAKING TO? HOW ARE WE SPEAKING TO THEM? WHAT DO THEY NEED TO KNOW? UM, WHAT MESSAGES CAN BE PRIORITIZED.
WE DREAM, BUT NOT EVERYONE WILL KNOW EVERYTHING THAT THE LIBRARY OFFERS, BUT BEGINNING TO GET THOSE PRIORITY MESSAGES AND PROMOTIONAL PLATFORMS, UM, ARTICULATED IN THE MARKETING PLAN IS THE DIFFICULT WORK WE LEAVE TO THE LIBRARY.
WE'RE LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT SERVICES, UM, THAT PROVIDE A NEWSLETTER AND EMAIL SERVICE.
SO YOU, YOU SIGN UP FOR IT AND IT WOULD DIRECTLY COME TO YOUR INBOX.
IT'S NOT A TOMORROW
I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE IT SHOULD BE A, REMEMBER ON THE FAR RIGHT GESTURES, I DON'T WANNA USE THE WORD DUMP TRUCK, BUT, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBERS REMAIN SEATED AN OVER OF FIRE HOSE OF INFORMATION THAT PEOPLE RECEIVE AND, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S JUST THAT MUCH GOING ON AT OUR, AT OUR LIBRARIES BECAUSE THEY'RE SO WONDERFUL.
UM, ARE, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WITH THE LANGUAGE MAP ON IT? TEXT ISSA DUTTON, DEPUTY MAYOR, PRO TEM, DISTRICT THREE TEXT MARGARET LT.
SO I WAS CURIOUS WHY IT EXCLUDES ENGLISH AND SPANISH ON YOUR MAP.
UH, THAT'S SO THAT WE CAN SEE THE LANGUAGES THAT ARE NOT ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
IF YOU RUN THIS WITH SPANISH, IT, IT'S JUST A SEA OF SPANISH.
UM, SO IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T OFFER ANY INSIGHT IN THE LANGUAGES OUTSIDE OF SPANISH.
OUR FULL COMMUNITY PROFILE, UH, DID LOOK AT, UH, SPANISH SPEAKERS AS WELL.
AND THEN IT SAYS YEAR 2015 AND THEN ON THE BOTTOM IT SAYS, SINCE SAYS 2010, IS THAT THE MOST CURRENT INFORMATION THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET? SO THE 2010 IS FOR THE CENSUS TRACKED BOUNDARY, JUST PHYSICALLY WHAT IS THE OUTLINE OF, UH, CENSUS TRACTED.
AND UNFORTUNATELY 2015 IS THE MOST RECENTLY AVAILABLE FROM THE CENSUS AT, UH, THE TIME OF THIS STUDY.
COUNCIL MEMBERS SEATED AT THEIR CURVE DESK.
WE HOPE FOR AN AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY UPDATE SOON.
THREE WOMEN SIT ONE REVIEW PAPERS.
CHRIS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SNO.
AND I JUST HAVE TO GIVE KUDOS REALLY QUICK TO, UM, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM DUTTON.
WE WENT TO DO THE SEED, UM, LIBRARY WITH HER IN WEST.
SO WE HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME AND THANK YOU CARISSA FOR BEING PART OF THAT.
BUT, UM, SO I KNOW THAT THE MOBILE LIBRARY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, I LOVE THE LITTLE VENDING, UH, MACHINES THAT WE HAVE.
SO SHE COMES UP HERE WITH ME AND I'M LIKE, GO TO THE VENDING MACHINE.
BUT THIS ONE'S BEEN BROKEN FOR A LONG TIME.
WHAT ARE WE, IS THAT GONNA BE FIXED SOON? IT'S IN THE PROCESS OF BEING FIXED.
ONE OF THE WORST THINGS FOR THE VENDING MACHINES IS THE TEXAS HEAT.
LAPTOP AND PURPLE BOTTLE ON THE TABLE.
ESPECIALLY WITH THIS SUMMER, IT'S IMPACTED SOME OF THE, THE PARTS ON THE INSIDE OF IT.
CENTER WOMAN WATCHES SPEAKER, UH, THEY ARE COMING I THINK WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS TO ACTUALLY FIX IT, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO WAIT UNTIL TEMPERATURES.
OH, WITH TEXAS BE WAITING A LONG TIME, BUT, OKAY.
AND THEN, UM, HAS SENATE BILL,
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UM, 13 AFFECTED Y'ALL AT ALL? DO YOU KNOW IF, DO Y'ALL KNOW IF THAT'S TEXT CHRISTINA AVIANO? I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHICH ONE SENATE BILL 13 IS RIGHT NOW.BECAUSE WHAT IT'S AFFECTING THE SCHOOL IS WHEN THEY CHECK OUT THE BOOKS STAFF LISTEN TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, THEY HAVE TO SEND THE PARENTS, UM, THE BOOKS THAT THE CHILDREN CHECKED OUT.
SO IS, I KNOW THAT THAT'S CORRELATION WITH THE SCHOOL, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY'RE TRYING, IF THE SENATE BILL IS TRYING TO CONNECT IT WITH THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
I, I IT JUST KIND OF, YEAH, I WILL SAY IT'S A, IT'S A BIGGER CONVERSATION.
SENATE BILL THIRTEEN'S NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT'S IMPACTING SCHOOL LIBRARIES OR PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
UH, BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION DIRECTLY AT THIS POINT IN TIME, SENATE BILL 13 IS NOT IMPACTING PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THOSE MEASURES, BUT THERE ARE, THERE WERE IN THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND PROBABLY WILL BE IN THIS NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION, UM, BILLS PROPOSED THAT WOULD IMPACT, UM, PUBLIC LIBRARY ACCESS.
AND THEN, AND LET'S SEE, I TRIED TO MATCH YOUR LIBRARY FUND, BUT GUESS IT WAS OVERDUE.
SO THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH.
WE FIND FREE, SO OVERDUE DOESN'T MATTER.
COUNCIL, NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
SO KAREN USED TO INCLUDE ME TO ALL THE COMMUNITIES ENGAGEMENTS AND BEFORE I RUN THE COUNCIL, BUT SHE DOES NOT INCLUDE ME ANYMORE.
I KNOW THAT YOU ARE, UM, WORK CLOSELY WITH THE ELS, UM, COMMUNITIES BETWEEN WYN AND THOMAS WINDS.
IF YOU LOOK AT A MAP CLOSELY, IS THE VIETNAMESE, IS THAT A BIG PART OF IT? IS THAT WHAT IT IS? IT'S THE, IT'S THE PEACHY COLOR THAT IS SO LIGHT.
SO MY QUESTION, BECAUSE EARLIER I, I SAW YOU MENTION, UH, YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE ALLY WITH THE GAR ON THE RISE, AND I NOTICED AS WE, UH, WHEN, UM, ATTRACT MORE THE PEOPLE MOVE TO GARLANDS AND INVEST AND LIVE HERE, FIRST THING THEY LOOK AT IS SCHOOL AND SECOND AND THEN LIBRARY, RIGHT? DO WE HAVE ANY PLAN TO KIND OF PARTNER WITH SCHOOL IN TERM OF, UM, HOW THAT WE CONNECT TOGETHER WITH SCHOOL AND LIBRARY? SO WE CURRENTLY ARE, UM, A PARTNER WITH GISD, UM, HEAVILY WITH THE PRESCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROGRAMS THAT THEY HAVE.
UM, BUT WE'RE BUILDING THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND, UH, HIGH SCHOOL, UH, PARTS OF THAT PARTNERSHIP CURRENTLY.
WE GO TO ALMOST EVERY, UH, LITERACY NIGHT, OPEN HOUSE, ANY KIND OF, UM, UH, EVENT THAT GISD HAS.
WE GO TO THE KINDERGARTEN, UM, ROUNDUP THAT THEY HAVE IN THE SPRINGTIME.
THE WOMEN REMAIN SEATED DURING THE MEETING.
BUT JUST ABOUT EVERY INITIATIVE THAT YOU CAN THINK OF AND IT'S HELPED STRENGTHEN, UM, UH, PART OF THAT SCHOOL READINESS.
THE GROUP REMAINS IN THEIR SEATS ELEMENT THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.
IN FACT, WE STARTED PARTNERING WITH THEM AND, UH, ENGAGING WITH THEM BACK IN 20 18, 20 19 TO LEARN WHAT THEIR NEEDS WERE.
UM, TO BE ABLE TO HELP THE WOMAN IN PINK GESTURES WITH HANDS BRIDGE SOME OF THOSE GAPS THAT THEY WERE SEEING WITH, UM, CHILDREN.
BUT THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAPPEN ON A VERY REGULAR BASIS WITH GI D TEXT ED MOORE, DISTRICT THREE.
I THINK 'CAUSE UH, WE ALL CONNECT TOGETHER THAT WILL, WILL, WILL HELP OUR RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY ON THE EDUCATION.
UM, I'M CURIOUS ON DO WE HAVE ANY FUN OR ADULT EDUCATIONS OR WEB SEMINARS THAT WE HAVE AT, UM, OUR SYSTEM? WE DO, WE DO.
UM, I WILL SAY THOUGH THAT THE, UH, ADULT EDUCATION ELEMENT HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT HARDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO, UM, FIND WHAT STICKS IN OUR COMMUNITY, UNLIKE THE, UM, SOME OF THE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.
UH, BUT WE'VE WORKED, WE'VE GOT PARTNERSHIPS WITH, UM, DALLAS COLLEGE, UH, WITH, AGAIN, GISD, A COUPLE OF OTHER DIFFERENT GROUPS WITHIN THE CITY OR WITHIN DALLAS COUNTY.
UM, BUT THEN CENTRAL LIBRARY, UH, WEST GARLAND LIBRARY, SOUTH GAR, UH, SOUTH GARLAND LIBRARY, ALL HAVE SOME TYPE OF REGULAR INITIATIVE, WHETHER IT'S LANGUAGE LEARNING, UM, RESUME BUILDING, UH, JOB COACHING, INTERVIEW COACHING, THREE WOMEN AT A TABLE BRING IN PARTNER WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE BRING IN.
BUT SOME OF THOSE ARE ALSO STAFF LED PROGRAMS TO HELP WITH THOSE INITIATIVES.
SO DO WE HAVE LIKE COMMUNITIES, UM, OUTREACH AND CERTAIN PROGRAM THAT THEY ARE PEOPLE FROM EXPERTISE FEEL AND THEY FEEL THAT THEY WANNA GIVE
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BACK TO COMMUNITY AND THEY WANT TO PROVIDE CERTAIN FUND EDUCATION CLASSES? UM, WILL WE HAVE A SPACE TO HOST IT? WE'LL VET THEM, UM, FOR SURE.BUT YES, WE, IF IT'S A GOOD PARTNERSHIP OR A GOOD COLLABORATION, WE DO INVITE EXPERTS, UH, AND PARTNERS FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO COME IN AND HELP FACILITATE THAT HELPS US BE ABLE TO EXPAND OUR REACH AND EXPERTISE IN SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT, UM, THINGS AS WELL.
I, I LIKE THE PROGRAM THAT WE EXPAND MORE AND, UH, REACH MORE TO PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY COMMUNITY.
UM, BECAUSE TODAY I HEARD THAT PEOPLE, THEY HAVE THEIR CELL PHONE, THEY HAVE EVERYTHING ELECTRONICALLY.
THEY DO, THEY GO TO THE LIBRARY OR NOT.
UH, MY QUESTION IS, IS THIS FOR 20 28, 27, 20 28 PLAN OR, UH, IT'LL BE A FIVE YEAR PLAN.
AND DO WE NEED MONEY? WE ALWAYS NEED MONEY.
SO THERE'S GONNA HAVE TO BE SOME GIVE AND TAKE BEFORE WE GET TO THAT POINT.
THANK YOU LADIES FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, ONE THING THAT I DEFINITELY WANTED TO JUST PUT OUT THERE, I KNOW YOU GUYS WERE SAYING THAT WE, YOU KNOW, AS A CITY ARE GETTING YOUNGER AND LOOKING TO EXPAND TO REACH THE AUDIENCE.
THE YOUNGER AUDIENCE RECOMMEND THAT WE TRY TO, UH, REACH OUT TO OUR YOUTH CITY COUNCIL, GET THOSE GUYS INVOLVED, SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY PARTNER WITH THEM.
I KNOW I'LL BE WILLING TO HELP OUT HOWEVER I CAN WITH THAT AS WELL.
UM, FINANCIAL LITERACY I THINK IS A HUGE, HUGE COMPONENT TO THIS AS WELL.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT PROGRAM THAT YOU CAN OFFER AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH JUST TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THE COMMUNITY, IN THE COMMUNITY TO COME OUT AND HAVE A PROFESSIONAL, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, BANKS DOWN HERE, HAVE A BANKER OR SOMEBODY COME AND SPEAK JUST IN REGARDS TO FINANCIAL LITERACY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAD ONE QUESTION.
ON ROI EVALUATE THE SERVICES BASED ON COMMUNITY IMPACT AND RETURN ON INVESTMENT.
TAKING THAT ONE STEP FURTHER, I KNOW WE HAVE LIMITED BUDGETS THAT'S EVALUATING IT IS THEN THE RECOMMENDATION TO MAKE CUTS AND MAKE SERVICE CHANGES BASED UPON ROI AND COMMUNITY IMPACT.
AT THAT POINT, I THINK WE'RE LEANING ON IMPACT TO MEAN MANY THINGS, RIGHT? MM-HMM
IMPACT, SO THE ROI IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE WAYS THAT THE LIBRARY WILL BE TRACKING WHAT'S QUANTIFIABLE FOR WHERE IT CAN BE.
BUT IMPACT CAN BE THE OUTPUTS THAT THE LIBRARY TRACKS SO DILIGENTLY, BUT IT CAN ALSO BE THE OUTCOME OUTCOMES.
MAUREEN TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE STORIES, UM, THAT YOU CAN HEAR OR WITNESS JUST FROM WALKING INTO THE LIBRARY OR SPEAKING TO A LIBRARY USER.
AND PART OF, UH, THE LIBRARY'S CHARGE IS TO COLLECT THOSE STORIES AND TO PUT TOGETHER, UM, IMPACT BEYOND THE NUMBERS.
SO THERE'S GOTTA BE THE NUMBERS.
UH, WE'RE MAKING THE DASHBOARD
UM, BUT THE WORD IMPACT IS DOING A LOT THERE IN TERMS OF WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE AND WHERE IS IT APPROPRIATE TO LOOK, UH, AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL VERSUS A LIBRARY OUTPUT LEVEL.
WELL, I, I'VE CERTAINLY SEEN A LOT OF CHANGES OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS IN THE LIBRARIES AND I'M CERTAINLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT THE NEXT FIVE YEARS HAVE AS WELL FOR US.
I KNOW IT'S GOING TO GET BETTER AND BETTER IN OUR LIBRARIES.
SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
YOU, YOU, WELL TEXT MICHAEL J BETTS, CITY MANAGER.
TEXT DYLAN HEDRICK, MAYOR HEDRICK.
ALRIGHT COUNSEL, WE'LL MOVE ON NOW.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS THE CITY OF GARLAND HOUSING AUTHORITIES ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN APPROVAL WITH UPDATED H-O-T-M-A AND INSPIRE REQUIREMENTS.
EVENING EVERYONE TEXT CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS.
A CIRCULAR EMBLEM IS MOUNTED ON THE WOODEN WALL.
THANK YOU FOR STICKING WITH US MAYOR.
ALRIGHT, THE CANBERRA CUTS TO THREE PEOPLE SEATED AT A TABLE.
THE MAN IN THE CENTER GESTURES A MAN TO HIS LEFT REVIEWS DOCUMENTS AND A WOMAN TO HIS RIGHT SITS AT THE TABLE.
UH, WELL GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR
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COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER.UM, AS IT SAYS UP THERE, MY NAME'S STEVEN FITCH.
I'M THE DIRECTOR FOR THE GARLAND HOUSING AGENCY.
WE, UH, OUR CHARGED WITH ADMINISTERING THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM GRANT THROUGH HUD, COMMONLY KNOWN AS SECTION EIGHT.
UM, THE SECTION EIGHT RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
UH, THE TWO OTHER FOLKS ON, UH, ON MY RIGHT OVER HERE IS KEITH CORMAN.
HE'S MY OPERATIONS AND FINANCE MANAGER.
HE'S ALSO, UH, HAS BEEN COLLABORATING WITH OTHER HOUSING AGENCIES IN THIS AREA TO SEE HOW THEY DO THEIR INSPECTIONS.
ON MY LEFT, I WANNA INTRODUCE ROBIN ARMSTRONG.
SHE'S THE CASEWORKER SUPERVISOR.
SHE IS ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF THE NORTH TEXAS HOUSING CONSORTIUM FOR THE THIS AREA.
AND SHE'S ALSO OUR REPRESENTATIVE TO THE STATE TEXAS HOUSING ASSOCIATION.
THE THREE PRESENTERS SIT AT THE TABLE, UM, AND AS I SAID, I'M THE DIRECTOR.
UH, THE REASON WHY WE'RE HERE, AND WE THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO COME HERE, IS WE'RE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE OUR ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2027.
UM, FOR EVERY YEAR THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, WE HAVE ALWAYS COME BEFORE THIS PANEL AND ASK FOR YOU TO APPROVE OUR ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN AS WELL AS OUR ANNUAL PLAN.
THE ANNUAL PLAN IS JUST A FINANCIAL STATEMENT THAT WE GIVE TO HUD AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN IS HOW WE GO AHEAD AND OPERATE OUR PROGRAM.
NOW, EVERY YEAR WE COME BEFORE YOU AND ASK YOU TO APPROVE IT.
EVEN IF THERE'S BEEN NO CHANGES TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR, THE BINDER IS VISIBLE ON THE TABLE.
UM, A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, UM, BACK IN 2016, SO 10 YEARS AGO THERE WAS A LAW PASSED CALLED THE HOUSING OPPORTUNITY THROUGH MODERNIZATION ACT, WHICH IS HAMA, HOT.
THE MAN ON THE LEFT LOOKS TOWARD THE SPEAKER THAT REALLY CHANGED HOW HOUSING INDUSTRIES OPERATE.
AND OVER THE YEARS THEY HAVE BEEN SAYING WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND IMPLEMENT IT.
AND THEN IT GETS DELAYED AND IT HAS BEEN DELAYED AND DELAYED.
FINALLY, STARTING THIS PAST, I BELIEVE IT WAS FEBRUARY THERE, SAID, THERE IS NO MORE DELAY AND ALL HOUSING AGENCIES MUST PROCEED WITH THIS LAW EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2027.
THE BIG IDEA OF THIS LAW THAT WHICH CHANGES IS HOW WE UPDATE INCOME, HOW WE CALCULATE RENT, WHAT WE LOOK AT FOR ASSETS AS WELL AS OUR RULES AND HOW WE ADMINISTER IT.
THE IDEA BEHIND THIS IS THAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS, BASICALLY REMOVE BUREAUCRACY, UNNEEDED BUREAUCRACY.
UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A HISTORY.
IT TOOK 2023 BEFORE THEY CAME OUT WITH A FINAL RULE.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IN HUD LANGUAGE IS THEY FINALLY FIGURED OUT KIND OF WHAT CONGRESS WAS SAYING AND HOW TO IMPLEMENT IT.
THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE TO THE, UH, FEDERAL COMPUTER SYSTEMS, TO LOCAL POLICIES.
HOW ARE THEY GOING TO IMPLEMENT THIS? 20 24 2 RULES BECAME EFFECTIVE, WHICH REQUIRED US TO START KIND OF, UH, PUTTING IT IN STAGES BETWEEN 2024 AND 2025.
AND THEN FINALLY IN JANUARY IS WHEN IT ALL ROLLS OUT.
NOW THE REASON WHY WE WERE CAME TO YOU TODAY WITH THIS PROGRAM IS BACK IN 2025, WE HIRED A, A LOCAL CONSULTING FIRM THAT DOES TRAINING ON THIS LAW AND ASK THEM TO LOOK AT OUR ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN AND TOTALLY REWRITE IT.
THAT'S WHY THIS LOOKS SO MUCH DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAVE NOW.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE COVERING EVERYTHING THAT THIS LAW REQUIRED US TO DO.
AND SO THIS IS WHAT THEY PRODUCED WITH THIS.
UM, THE BIT, LIKE I SAID, THE BASIC CHANGES BETWEEN HOW WE'RE GONNA OPERATE IN THE FUTURE VERSUS NOW IS HOW WE CALCULATE INCOME.
WHERE WE GET THE INCOME FROM, HOW WE DO CHANGES, WHEN WE DO CHANGES, WHAT TYPE OF DEDUCTIONS FAMILIES ARE GONNA HAVE AND WHAT IS NOW CONSIDERED IN ASSETS THAT COULD DETERMINE THEIR ELIGIBILITY AND HOW IT AFFECTS IT.
THIS SLIDE JUST KIND OF REPEATS THE SAME THING.
AND FINALLY IN 2027 IS WHEN WE HAVE TO IMPLEMENT IT.
TEXT THE MACHINERY OF RENT CALCULATION.
EVERYTHING THAT THESE TWO SECTIONS TOUCH IS BASICALLY WHAT'S LISTED HERE.
INCOME, ASSETS, DEDUCTIONS, HOW WE DO VERIFICATIONS, WHAT HARDSHIPS RELIEF CAN BE, UH, CAN BE APPLIED FOR FAMILIES TEXT.
FEDERAL REPORTING SYSTEM BECAME THE CRITICAL PATH.
WHAT HAPPENED AND THE REASON WHY IT TOOK SO LONG IS YOU HAD HUD THEIR SYSTEM, HOW IT WAS DESIGNED VERSUS WHAT WE WORKED WITH.
SYSTEM DEPENDENCY LINKS, HUD VENDOR HOUSING AGENCIES, WE HAVE TO USE SOFTWARES.
THERE'S THREE BASIC SOFTWARE VENDORS IN THE UNITED STATES.
AND SO THEY HAD TO WORK WITH HUD AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE CHANGES.
THEY, ANYONE WHO WORKS IN IT KNOWS THAT A CHANGE HERE HAS TO BE TESTED AT LEAST SIX MONTHS.
THERE WAS A LOT OF CHANGE IN THAT DURING ALL THIS TIME.
HUD WAS CHANGING THEIR COMPUTER SYSTEM.
IT WAS KNOWN AS HIP, OBVIOUSLY
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WE USE A LOT OF ACRONYMS. UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS LAST YEAR THEY DECIDED IT WASN'T GONNA WORK.SO THEY HAD TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND USE THE OLD SYSTEM, WHICH WAS BY THE WAY, DESIGNED IN THE NINETIES AND TRY TO IMPLEMENT IT.
BASICALLY WHAT THIS HOT, WHAT HOTMAN DOES IS MODERNIZES OUR PROGRAMS AND NOT JUST FOR US, FOR ALL HOUSING AGENCIES, SIMPLIFIES HOW WE DO THINGS AND IT PROTECTS THE RULES AND BASICALLY IT'S STRENGTHENS HOW WE, UH, USE FEDERAL FUNDING.
THERE'S TWO, THERE'S THREE SECTIONS TO HAMA.
TWO OF THEM APPLY TO OUR PROGRAM BECAUSE WE ARE, UH, WE ARE NOT PUBLIC HOUSING.
GARLAND DOESN'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC HOUSING, BUT WE DO LOOK AT INCOME REVIEWS AND WE DO LOOK AT ASSET LIMITS.
THOSE ARE THE TWO MAJOR THINGS.
UM, AT THIS TIME I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND LET MS. ARMSTRONG TALK ABOUT IT.
SHE HAS BEEN WAY MORE VERSED IN THIS PROGRAM.
WE'VE GONE THROUGH SEVERAL TRAININGS.
UM, SO SECTION 1 0 2 REALLY TALKS ABOUT HOW INCOME IS REVIEWED FOR OUR PARTICIPANTS.
UM, IF YOU THINK ABOUT HOUSING WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1937, WE HAVE ALL SORTS OF TYPES OF INCOME THAT DID NOT EXIST IN 1937 THAT WE DO NOW IN 2026.
SO IT'S MOVING AWAY TO MAKE A DEFINITION THAT CATCHES ON THAT.
ALL INCOME IS INCOME UNLESS IT'S EXCLUDED.
AND EXCLUDED INCOME WOULD BE THINGS SUCH AS, UM, SUPPLE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION BENEFITS.
SO YOUR OLD FOOD STAMPS, YOUR FEDERAL COLLEGE LOANS, UM, MONEY THAT'S SPECIFICALLY TO HELP FOR MEDICAL EXPENSES AND OTHER SORTS OF FEDERAL GO GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE.
UM, IT ALSO HELPS US LOOK AT NEW DEFINITIONS THAT THEY COME OUT.
YOU KNOW, WE DID NOT USED TO HAVE DAY LABOR.
IT WASN'T DEFINED SO NO ONE KNEW WHETHER TO INCLUDE IT OR EXCLUDE IT.
SO IT GAVE US A BROADER THING.
IT ALSO HELPS FAMILIES KEEP SOME OF THEIR INCOME AS NOW THEY ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT THEIR INCOME CHANGES TO US AND WE CAN READJUST THEIR RENT AS THEY COME THROUGH.
BUT NOW THEY'RE SAYING THAT IT HAS TO BE A 10% CHANGE FROM THEIR ADJUSTED INCOME.
AND ADJUSTED INCOME IS JUST TAKING INTO EFFECT THAT THEY HAVE DEPENDENTS.
THEY MAY BE PAYING CHILDCARE TO GO TO WORK, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY HAVE MEDICAL EXPENSES IF THEY'RE ELDERLY AND DISABLED.
AND IT KEEPS US ACROSS THE BOARD OF ALL AGENCIES OPERATING THE SAME.
SO IF I HAVE SOMEONE COMING IN FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE, THEY DON'T HAVE NEW RULES TO LEARN.
UM, IT ALSO REVISES OUR DEDUCTIONS.
SO WE LOOK AT HOW MUCH IT IS COSTING TO HAVE FOR CHILDREN OR HOW MUCH IT IS FOR MEDICAL EXPENSES.
I'VE BEEN WITH THE HOUSING AGENCY FOR 26 YEARS AND THESE HAVE NEVER BEEN REVISED.
SO WHAT WE USED IN THE YEAR 2000 WAS WHAT WE ARE USING CURRENTLY AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT LOOKING AT THE INFLATION RATES.
SO THAT IS A NEW, AND ALSO IT'S ALSO CAUSING US TO STREAMLINE SOME OF THE PAPERWORK.
WE HAVE FAMILIES COME IN AND THEY SIGN THE SAME PAPERWORK YEAR AFTER YEAR.
IT DOESN'T CHANGE, IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE.
SO NOW THEY'VE UM, CHANGED THE LANGUAGE ON THESE FORMS WHERE THEY CAN SIGN IT ONE TIME AND AS LONG AS THEY'RE AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT, THOSE FORMS GO INTO EFFECT.
NOW SECTION 1 0 4 TALKS ABOUT ASSETS AND UM, ONCE AGAIN JUST EXPANDING OUT THE DEFINITION OF ASSETS.
WE DIDN'T HAVE VENMO, WE DIDN'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, ACCOUNTS SUCH AS THAT.
IT'S ALSO LOOKING AT THE NET FAMILY ASSETS.
SO, AND OWNERSHIP OF REAL PROPERTY.
SO IT NOW LOOKS AT, IF YOU OWN A HOUSE AND THAT THAT HOUSE IS LIVABLE FOR YOU, THEN UM, THAT'S NO LONGER, YOU ARE NO LONGER ELIGIBLE FOR OUR PROGRAM BECAUSE THE IDEA IS THE NEED FOR HOUSING IS GREATER THAN THERE IS.
SO LET'S ASSIST PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE THOSE HOMES.
THERE ARE SOME EXCEPTIONS IF THE HOME IS NOT LIVABLE OR PERHAPS THE HOME IS FAR AWAY WHERE IT'S NOT, UM, CONVENIENT FOR YOU.
I, CONVENIENT IS NOT A GOOD WORD, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT IN THIS AREA.
SO, UM, ALSO WE ARE NOW EXCLUDING RETIREMENT BEN, OR RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS AND EDUCATIONAL ACCOUNTS.
SO THOSE WHO NO LONGER ARE HELD FOR OUR FAMILIES IN THEIR RENT PROPORTIONS.
TEXT HAMA REQUIRES REVISED CONSENT FORMS ONCE, UM, SOME OF THE BIG CHANGES ARE HOW WE LOOK AT INCOME.
'CAUSE IN, IN THE PAST WE WERE LOOKING AT THEIR CURRENT INCOME TO PROJECT, TO PROJECT THE FUTURE, AND NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT WHAT THEY MADE IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS.
SO IF YOU HAVE A FAMILY THAT COMES IN, DEPENDING ON THE TIME OF YEAR, YOU KNOW, CHRISTMAS, THEY MAY HAVE AN UPTAKE IN INCOME BECAUSE THEY WORK,
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UM, A DELIVERY JOB.SO THERE'S AN INCREASED NEED FOR DELIVERY IF YOU WORK FOR FEDEX OR AMAZON.
AND SO WE MAY MISS THAT OR WE MAY CATCH IT AND OVERINFLATE THEIR INCOME OR UNDERINFLATED.
SO NOW WE'RE CATCHING THEIR YEARLY AMOUNT INSTEAD OF PROJECTING WHAT WE SEE IN THE FUTURE BASED ON A SNAPSHOT OF TIME TABLE, ANNUAL INCOME SHIFTS TOWARD WHAT THE FAMILY ACTUALLY RECEIVED.
WE ALSO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ALSO UTILIZE THE OTHER FEDERAL PROGRAMS IN ORDER TO PROJECT THEIR INCOME.
SO ANOTHER FEDERAL PROGRAM HAS COME IN AND ANNUALIZED THEIR INCOME.
WE CAN NOW USE THEIR PROJECTION BECAUSE IT SHOULD BE THERE FOR THAT YEAR.
UM, INTERIM RE EXAMINATIONS ARE LESS FREQUENT, SO THERE'S LESS PAPERWORK FOR THE FAMILY TO DO.
THERE'S THE TABLE ROWS COMPARE POLICIES, LIKE I SAID, IT REALLY DEFINES THAT FOR THEM.
IT ALSO, UM, ENCOURAGES THEM TO EARN INCOME, SO TO INCREASE THEIR INCOME AND KEEP THAT FROM THEIR NEXT ANNUAL.
SO ENCOURAGE WORKING AND DOING THAT.
AND THERE USED TO BE A SY WELL THERE IS STILL A SYSTEM CALLED EIV, IT'S ENTERPRISE INCOME VERIFICATION.
AND THIS POOLS THEIR PAST INCOME.
WE USED TO HAVE TO PULL THAT INFORMATION EVERY TIME THEY CAME IN FOR A CHANGE.
AND NOW WE ONLY HAVE TO PULL OUT THEIR ANNUAL, THE INFORMATION IS NOT UP TO DATE WHEN THEY COME IN FOR A CHANGE.
SO IT'S JUST THAT ONCE AGAIN, CUTTING DOWN THE PAPERWORK FOR US TO DO.
AND THAT WAY WE CAN USE THEIR MOST CURRENT INCOME TABLE SHOWS RENT DEDUCTIONS FOR THE HAMA POLICY.
WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE CHANGES.
UM, SO WHERE WE USED TO ALLOW PREDICTIVE FAMILY, AN ELDERLY DISABLED FAMILY WOULD HAVE ABOUT $400 IN MEDICAL EXPENSES.
AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS GONNA BE ADJUSTED ANNUALLY WITH AN INFLATION RATE.
THE DEPENDENT ALLOWANCE HAS GONE FROM FOUR 80 PER CHILD TO 5 25 ONCE AGAIN ADJUSTED.
AND THEN ALSO WITH THE GREATER EXPENSE OF, UM, THE MEDICAL ALLOWANCE, THEN WE'RE ACTUALLY DEDUCTING IT RAISES THE THRESHOLD FOR ADDITIONAL MEDICAL EXPENSES TO 10% AND WE'RE GONNA PHASE FAMILIES INTO THAT.
THAT WAY THEY DON'T GET THE, THEY GET A TIME TO ADJUST IN NEW CALCULATIONS, TEXT ASSET RULES AT A FIRM ELIGIBILITY TEST BEFORE THERE WAS NO CAP ON NET FAMILY ASSETS IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE APPLIED TO OUR PROGRAM.
AND NOW THAT ONCE AGAIN IS AN ADJUSTED RATE.
SO ANY FAMILY THAT HAS A NET FAMILY OUTSET OF 109,700 TABLE LISTS ASSET RULES IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM IN 2027.
UM, WE TALKED ABOUT REAL PROPERTY, REAL PROPERTY.
SO IF THEY OWN A HOUSE THAT THEY CAN LIVE IN, THEY MAY NOT BE ELIGIBLE UNLESS IF IT'S SUITABLE TO LIVE IN.
UM, ALSO IT LETS US EXCLUDE RECERTIFYING THEIR ASSETS FOR LESS THAN 54,968 A YEAR.
SO, BUT WE STILL DO HAVE TO LOOK AT THEM EVERY THREE YEARS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COLLECTING THE CORRECT INFORMATION THAT IT, SO THAT KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THE TWO MAJOR, UH, CHANGES, ASSETS AND INCOMES AND HOW WE DO IT.
THE OTHERS PART OF THIS, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN, WHICH ISN'T NECESSARILY PART OF HAMA, HOWEVER IT IS BEING, UH, BASED IN ALSO IN JANUARY, CHANGES HOW WE DO INSPECTIONS.
THE CURRENT, UM, ACRONYM IS CALLED HOUSING, HQS, HOUSING QUALITY STANDARDS.
AND THE NEW ONE IS CALLED INSPIRE.
THERE'S A, SOME CHANGES, SOME SLIGHT VARIANCES.
I'M GONNA HAVE KEITH GO AND TALK ABOUT THAT 'CAUSE HE'S BEEN WORKING WITH THE OTHER HOUSING AGENCIES AND KIND OF COMING UP WITH THE HOW WE WANT TO DO IT.
UM, AS STEVE SAID, I, NOT ONLY DO I DO THE FINANCE AND OPERATIONS FOR THE HOUSING AGENCY, I SEE OVER THE INSPECTION DEPARTMENT TOO.
AND, UH, WHAT HUD IS DOING IS TRANSITIONING FROM THE OLD WAY OF INSPECTING THESE UNITS TO THE UPDATED WAY, WHICH IS FOCUSED MORE ON THE SAFETY OF THE UNIT RATHER THAN COSMETICS AND MAKING IT LOOK NICE, BUT IT'S NOT SAFE WHEN SOMEBODY LIVES THERE.
SO, UM, THE PREVIOUS, UM, INSPECTIONS THAT WE USE IS CALLED HOUSING QUALITY STANDARDS, HQS, AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT SOME OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT IT'S GOT.
UM, I DON'T THINK THAT'S BEEN UPDATED I QUITE A LONG TIME.
SO WHAT HUD HAS DONE IS THEY'VE COME IN AND SAID, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA UPDATE THIS, THIS VOUCHER PROGRAM THE WAY WE DO INSPECTIONS, AND WE'RE GONNA START USING INSPIRE.
AND WHAT INSPIRE STANDS FOR IS NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR THE PHYSICAL INSPECTION OF REAL ESTATE.
SO WHAT THIS WILL DO IS IT'LL, UM, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE ORGANIZED REQUIREMENTS BY UNIT, OKAY, BY INSIDE AND OUTSIDE WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE DWELLING UNIT.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE LIFE THREATENING,
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UH, SEVERE, MODERATE, AND I'LL KIND OF GET INTO THOSE, WHAT THOSE MEAN FOR YOU IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.BUT, UM, THE LIFE THREATENING ARE, ARE THINGS THAT ARE DUE WITHIN 24 HOURS.
SO YOU HAVE 24 HOURS TO FIX THOSE.
THAT WOULD BE LIKE, YOUR HEAT GOES OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER, YOUR AIR GOES OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER.
UM, YOUR SMOKE ALARMS DON'T WORK, YOUR CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS DON'T WORK.
UM, THIS, THAT'S A BIG PUSH WITH HUD NOW IS THE SMOKE DETECTORS AND THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.
UM, AGAIN, TABLE COMPARES HQ S PERFORMANCE AREAS WITH THREE N-S-B-I-R AREAS.
N-S-B-I-R-E DEFECT LEVELS, RISK MEANINGS AND CORRECTION.
DEADLINES FOR LIFE-THREATENING SEVERE, MODERATE AND LOW CATEGORIES.
NOW THIS ONE, OKAY, YEAH, ONE OF THE DIFFERENT AREAS, COMPARISON TABLE RETURNS.
SO, UM, ON THIS SLIDE YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT INSPIRE REORGANIZES, WHAT THE INSPECTORS EXAMINE.
UH, IT'S UH, INTO THREE, THREE PLACES THE UNIT, WHICH IS THE INTERIOR.
SO THAT'S THE ACTUAL INSIDE OF THE ASSISTED UNIT.
UH, AND THEN THERE'S THE INSIDE, WHICH IS THE COMMON AREAS AND THE BUILDING SYSTEM.
SO, UH, LET'S SAY THEY HAVE A, A LAUNDRY ROOM THAT'S A COMMON AREA.
WE WOULD INSPECT THAT OR LIKE A GYM, UH, IN THERE, THEY WOULD INSPECT THAT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO WIRES HANGING DOWN FROM THE CEILING THAT SOMEBODY COULD GET ELECTROCUTED.
AND THEN OUTSIDE, UM, THEY'LL BE INSPECTING RIGHT AROUND THE UNIT THAT WE, THAT WE DO, UM, ASSIST TEXT SITE AND NEIGHBORHOOD.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE INSPIRE TIES EACH DEFECT TO RISK AND CORRECTION DEADLINE.
SO THE LIFE THREATENING ARE THE THINGS I KIND OF, UH, TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ALREADY.
THEY'LL HAVE 24 HOURS TO FIX THOSE AND THEN IT GOES INTO SEVERE AND MODERATE, WHICH WE GIVE 30 DAYS TO CORRECT THOSE.
AND THEN THEY DO HAVE ANOTHER ONE CALLED LOW, WHICH IS NOTED FOR INFORMATION.
BUT THAT DOESN'T RESULT IN A FAIL FOR THE UM, PLACE.
BUT IT, THE WAY THAT, UH, THE HCV PROGRAM, WHICH IS THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM WILL CONTINUE, IS WE'LL JUST DO A PASS FAIL.
UM, THERE IS ANOTHER SIDE, THE PUBLIC HOUSING SIDE TO INSPIRE, WHICH HAS NUMERICAL THINGS AND YOU HAVE TO PASS A CERTAIN AMOUNT.
UH, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GET ONE HERE, ONE HERE, ONE HERE.
AND IF YOU DON'T GET ALL THOSE, THEN YOU DON'T PASS.
BUT FOR HQ OR FOR HCV, IT'S JUST GOING TO BE THE UNIT EITHER PASSES OR FAILS, TEXT THE INSPECTION SCHEDULE AND CORE ENFORCEMENT STRUCTURE.
THREE INSPECTION TYPES, INITIAL, PERIODIC AND SPECIAL.
SO THE INSPECTION SCHEDULE AND CORE ENFORCEMENT STRUCTURE REMAIN THE SAME.
WE HAVE THREE TYPES OF INSPECTIONS FOR TEXT.
THE SLIDE LIST INSPECTION POLICIES, THE HCV PROGRAM.
SO THIS IS BEFORE ANYONE EVEN MOVES INTO THE UNIT.
A FAMILY GOES OUT AND THEY FIND A NEW PLACE THEY WANNA LIVE BEFORE THEY MOVE IN.
WE GO OUT AND DO AN INSPECTION TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS IN FACT A SAFE UNIT FOR THIS FAMILY TO GO INTO AND LIVE WITH THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS.
AND THEN AFTER THAT INITIAL INSPECTION, IF THEY CONTINUE TO LIVE THERE EVERY YEAR, WE'LL GO OUT AND DO, UH, WE DO ANNUAL INSPECTION.
SO WE'LL GO OUT EVERY YEAR FROM THE DATE OF THAT INITIAL INSPECTION AND MAKE SURE THAT THE UNIT IS STILL SAFE FOR THEM.
SO WE STILL GO OUT THERE AND WE CHECK SMOKE ALARMS, WE CHECK CARBON MONOXIDE, WE MAKE SURE THEY'RE STILL UP.
UM, 'CAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WE'LL GET THERE AND THEY'VE BEEN TAKEN DOWN OR THEY, THEY'VE BEEN BEEPING, SO THEY'LL JUST TAKE THE BATTERIES OUT.
WE'LL INSPECT, UM, WE EVEN GO IN AND INSPECT THE, UH, THE WATER HEATERS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS, IS VENTED CORRECTLY, EVERYTHING'S WORKING CORRECTLY.
SO THAT'S THE PERIODIC ONE THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
SOME, SOME HOUSING AGENCIES DO BIANNUAL INSPECTIONS.
SOME OF THE REALLY SMALL ONES DO TRI-ANNUAL BECAUSE THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE STAFF TO DO IT ANNUAL, BUT WE DO ANNUAL.
WE HAVE THREE HOUSING INSPECTORS THAT GO OUT EVERY DAY AND DO THIS.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THEY FOCUS ON EVERY DAY IS GOING OUT AND DOING THIS.
AND I'LL, I'LL PROBABLY SAY HUMBLY, WE'VE GOT PROBABLY THE GREAT, THE GREATEST STAFF OF INSPECTORS THAT WE'VE HAD IN A LONG TIME.
THEY'VE GOT THE MOST KNOWLEDGE AND THE MOST EXPERIENCE I'VE SEEN IN A LONG TIME FOR THIS STUFF.
THE THIRD TYPE OF INSPECTION IS A SPECIAL INSPECTION.
SOMEBODY CALLS IN AND SAYS, HEY, THIS FAMILY'S ON SECTION EIGHT.
THEY'RE DOING THIS, THEY'RE DOING THAT.
THERE'S SOMEBODY LIVING THERE THAT SHOULDN'T BE LIVING THERE.
SO WE'LL GO OUT AND WE'LL INSPECT THAT UNIT AND SEE IF SOMETHING REALLY IS GOING ON.
'CAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE RUN OUR PROGRAM WITH INTEGRITY.
SO IF THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO, WE WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
UM, WE ALSO DO TENANT REQUESTED, UH, INSPECTIONS, WHICH ARE THOSE ONES
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WHERE LIKE MY AIR IS OUT SO WE'LL, WE GO OUT THERE AND WE WILL, UH, INSPECT THAT UNIT AND YEAH, IT IS OUT.SOMETIMES WE GO OUT THERE AND IT'S JUST NOT AS COLD AS THEY WOULD LIKE IT TO BE.
SO, UH, AND THEN THE LAST TYPE OF, UH, SPECIAL INSPECTION IS A QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTION, WHICH IS WHERE I GO OUT AND I REINSPECT A UNIT THAT ONE OF OUR INSPECTORS JUST WENT OUT AND INSPECTED SO I CAN MAKE SURE THEY'RE DOING THEIR JOB CORRECTLY.
TEXT INITIAL BEFORE THE HAP CONTRACT BEGINS KIND OF THE WHY HUD IS CHANGING TO INSPIRE TEXT OWNERS RESPONSIBLE.
UM, I WOULD SAY THEY WANNA FOCUS ON HEALTH AND SAFETY, UH, BETTER REFLECTION OF PROPERTY CONDITIONS.
IT IMPLEMENTS INSPECTIONS THAT, UH, REFRE REFLECT THE TRUE PHYSICAL CONDITIONS OF THE PROPERTY.
AND IT, IT, THE WAY THEY'RE GONNA BE RUNNING THE PROGRAM NOW REALLY DOES, UH, ENCOURAGE BETTER MAINTENANCE FROM LANDLORDS, FROM PROPERTY OWNERS, UM, FROM MANAGEMENT STAFF AND APARTMENTS.
SO THIS WILL REALLY HELP YEAR-ROUND MAINTENANCE AND, AND HELP KEEP THE PROPERTY MORE UP TO STANDARDS AND CODES.
UM, ON THIS PAGE, THE, THE LAST SLIDE HERE UNDER INSPIRE, WE JUST KIND OF WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF A UNIT GOES INTO ABATEMENT.
AND I'LL GET INTO WHAT THAT IS IN JUST A SECOND.
BUT THIS IS WHEN WE GO OUT AND THE UNIT FAILS BECAUSE THE OWNER NEEDS TO FIX SOMETHING.
SO LET'S SAY, UH, THERE'S A HOLE IN A DOOR, UH, OR THE DOOR DOESN'T CLOSE CORRECTLY AND WEATHER FROM THE OUTSIDE CAN GET IN.
SO WE'LL FAIL THE UNIT FOR THAT AND, AND WE GIVE THEM WRITTEN NOTICE, GIVE THEM 30 DAYS TO CORRECT THAT.
WHETHER IT'S, IF IT'S LIFE THREATENING, WE, WE CALL THEM IMMEDIATELY.
'CAUSE THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A 24 HOUR FIX.
BUT THESE ARE FOR ANYTHING THAT'S NOT LIFE THREATENING.
SO THEY'LL HAVE 30 DAYS TO FIX THAT ITEM AND THEN WE GO BACK AND INSPECT THAT UNIT AGAIN.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THERE THE OWNER CURE PERIOD.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS, UM, THE DAYS, THE, THE TIME THEY GET TO FIX SOMETHING.
SO 24 HOUR FOR LIFE THREATENING, 30 FOR SEVERE OR MODERATE.
AND IF THOSE ARE MISSED, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING CALLED AN ABATEMENT.
SO WHAT AN ABATEMENT IS, WELL, LET ME BACK UP.
DURING THOSE THAT FIRST 30 DAYS, WE DON'T CUT OFF THE HOUSING ASSISTANCE PAYMENT.
SO WE STILL CONTINUE PAYING THEM IN THE ANTICIPATION OF WHEN WE GO BACK OUT THERE ON THAT 30 DAYS IT'S GONNA BE CORRECTED OR BEFORE THAT IF THEY CONTACT US.
SO IF WE GO BACK OUT ON THAT 30 DAYS, THAT 31 DAYS OR 30 DAYS AND THEY HAVEN'T CORRECTED WHAT THEY NEED TO CORRECT, WE'LL PUT IT INTO ABATEMENT.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS, ACCORDING TO HUD, WE CAN'T PAY DURING A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.
SO IN THIS CASE IT WOULD BE FOR, WE GIVE THEM 60 DAYS, 60 MORE DAYS TO CORRECT THE THING THAT MAY BE FAILED.
UM, BUT DURING THAT TIME WE AREN'T ALLOWED TO PAY THE HAP THE HOUSING ASSISTANCE PAYMENT AND WE DON'T PAY IT RETROACTIVELY EITHER.
ONCE THEY FIX IT DURING THAT ABATEMENT PERIOD, THAT'S, THAT'S A HUD RULE.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE ON NUMBER FOUR, IF THE UNIT REMAINS NON-COMPLIANT, WHICH MEANS NOTHING EVER DOES GET FIXED EVEN AFTER THAT ABATEMENT PERIOD, UH, THE PHA MUST TERMINATE THE HAP CONTRACT AND HELP PRESERVE THE FAMILY'S CONTINUED ASSISTANCE, WHICH MEANS WE'LL GIVE THEM A VOUCHER TO MOVE.
THEY CAN MOVE TO A NEW UNIT THAT'S SAFE FOR THEM, UH, THAT FITS MORE THEIR NEEDS THAT DOESN'T HAVE ISSUES LIKE WHATEVER THEY'RE DEALING WITH.
SO, UM, THAT'S KIND OF THE RUNDOWN OF THE ABATEMENT PROCESS.
SO HERE'S SOME OF THE KEY CHANGES.
UH, INSPIRE USES FOUR SEVERITY LEVELS WITH SPECIFIC TIMEFRAMES.
UNLIKE HQS, A LOT OF TIMES WITH HQS IT WAS KIND OF OBJECTIVE, UM, WHATEVER THE, NOT WHATEVER THE INSPECTOR, BUT YOU COULD GO FROM ONE HOUSING AGENCY TO THE NEXT AND IT COULD BE DIFFERENT.
WE MAY FAIL IT FOR THIS, BUT YOU GO TO MESQUITE HOUSING JUST FOR EXAMPLE, AND THEY DON'T, THEY'RE NOT AS SEVERE AS WE ARE WITH THIS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO THIS KIND OF MAKES IT THE SAME ACROSS THE BOARD BECAUSE EVERY HOUSING AGENCY IS GOING TO BE USING THIS AND IT'S A LOT MORE SPECIFIC THAN THIS JUDGMENT BASE LIKE THAT.
UM, IT EMPHASIZES HEALTH SAFETY AND FUNCTIONALITY OVER THE APPEARANCE.
SO A UNIT IS GREAT IF IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL ON THE OUTSIDE AND LOOKS GREAT ON THE INSIDE, BUT IF NOTHING WORKS WHEN WE GET THERE, THAT DOESN'T HELP THE FAMILY.
SO WHAT WE WANNA DO IS, IS FOCUS ON FUNCTIONALITY OVER, WE DON'T WANT THE UNIT OBVIOUSLY TO LOOK BAD, BUT WE'RE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE UNIT FOR THE FAMILY.
UM, I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE CONSISTENT STANDARDS AND THEN THIS ONE, A BIG PUSH WITH THIS IS TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION WITH
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HQS, WE WERE STILL USING, WE STILL ARE USING PAPER BOOKLETS WHEN WE GO OUT THERE.SO WE'LL WRITE DOWN STUFF ON THIS PAPER BOOKLET AND BRING IT BACK AND DO IT THAT WAY.
SO WHAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO NOW IS EITHER USE IPADS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO INTEGRATE TECHNOLOGY INTO THAT WHERE WE CAN DO THE INSPECTION ON AN IPAD OR OTHER DEVICE AND COME BACK AND UPLOAD IT TO OUR SYSTEM THAT WAY RATHER THAN DOING ALL THESE PAPER BOOKLETS AND KIND OF WASTING PAPER THAT WAY.
SO, UM, SO THAT, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE INSPIRE SYSTEM.
IT, IT SAT IT, WHEN WE FIRST SAW IT WE THOUGHT, OH, ALL THESE BIG CHANGES.
GARLAND HOUSING IS ALREADY DOING 99% OF THESE ALREADY, RIGHT? UM, THE ONLY THING THAT'S BEEN REALLY A BIG PUSH IN OUR, OUR HOUSING AGENCY HAS BEEN UH, THE SMOKE ALARMS. 'CAUSE NOW THEY HAVE TO BE EITHER SEALED, THE BATTERY'S SEALED OR THEY HAVE TO BE HARDWIRED.
SO NO MORE JUST, YOU KNOW, $10 LITTLE SMOKE ALARMS THAT YOU CAN POP THE BATTERY OUT WHEN IT STARTS BEEPING.
THESE, THESE HAVE TO EITHER BE SEALED TO WHERE THEY CAN'T GET THE BATTERY OUT OR THEY HAVE TO BE HARDWIRED.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS SAFETY.
WE DON'T WANT THEM POPPING THE THE BATTERIES OUT BECAUSE THEN IF SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN, THEY MAY NOT KNOW IF IT'S THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
SO YEAH, THAT'S JUST THE MAIN THINGS, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE ALREADY DOING MOST OF THIS STUFF ANYWAYS.
SO THAT'S ACTUALLY THE END OF THE PRESENTATION AND LIKE I SAID, THIS IS, THIS ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN IS SHOULD BE THE MOST UPDATED.
HOWEVER, WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED OVER THE PAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS OF GOING TO TRAINING AND TALKING WITH OTHER HOUSING AGENCIES AND I'M ACTUALLY ON A, UH, COUNCIL OF, OF A BOARD WITH UH, UH, OF OUR HOUSEWORK, UH, SOFTWARE VENDOR IS THAT THIS IS EVER CHANGING.
SO WE WILL PROBABLY BE BACK NEXT YEAR TO POINT OUT SOME OTHER CHANGES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE OR THAT LEARNED.
SO WE DO ASK THAT, UH, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE TO APPROVE THIS STARTING IN JANUARY.
ANY QUESTIONS? WE'RE HERE, WE'LL START WITH DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM DUTTON.
UM, IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A SINGLE FAMILY HOME COUNCIL MEMBERS REMAIN SEATED, DO THESE PROPERTIES ALSO GET INSPECTED BY CODE COMPLIANCE AS PART OF THE RENTAL PROCESS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE? FOR THOSE WE, UH, IF, IF THEY'RE IN GARLAND, I IMAGINE THEY ARE.
WE DON'T, WE DON'T CONFIRM OR VERIFY THAT SINCE WE'RE TWO DIFFERENT, UH, PROGRAMS. UM, SO IN GARLAND, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY SHOULD BE THREE PEOPLE ARE SEATED AT THE TABLE REGISTER WITH CODE COMMITTEE SITS, TEXT, OTT, MAYOR, PRO TEM, DISTRICT TWO.
WOULD IT BE BENEFICIAL TO HAVE THAT LINE OF COMMUNICATION TO KNOW WHAT WE HAVE REGISTERED AS RENTALS, UM, IS YOU GUYS SEE THEM? WOULD THAT, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO CONFIRM THAT THEY'RE UH, TO CONFIRM? YEAH.
LUCKILY WE'RE IN THE SAME BUILDING, SO
CARISSA DUTTON LOOKS DOWN OF HER PAPERS.
UM, SO, UH, YOU SPOKE ABOUT A 570 MARGARET LUCK REVIEWS HER DOCUMENTS, UH, MEDICAL EXPENSE, UH, I GUESS THAT'S A DEDUCTION.
FROM THEIR INCOME, IS THAT THE CAP EVEN IF THEIR MEDICAL EXPENSES EXCEED FIVE 70? SO NO.
SO EVERYONE WHO IS ELDERLY, WHICH IS DEFINED AS 62 OR OLDER OR IS DISABLED, WHICH MEANS THE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD SPOUSE OR WHAT WE CALL THE CO-HEAD, UM, MEETS SOCIAL SECURITY DEFINITION OF DISABLED GETS THE 5 75 AUTOMATICALLY.
NOW FOR FAMILIES WHO HAVE ADDITIONAL MEDICAL EXPENSES, UM, IF THEIR MEDICAL EXPENSES EXCEED 10% OF THEIR INCOME, THEN WE WILL TAKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEIR MEDICAL EXPENSES AND THAT 10%.
WE ALSO NOW, WHICH IS, THIS IS NEW, WE HAVE HARDSHIPS.
SO IF WE HAVE A FAMILY WHO HAS AN INCREASE IN MEDICAL EXPENSE FOR THAT THEY WEREN'T ANTICIPATING, WHICH IS SOMETIMES THAT'S A LOT OF TIMES THAT'S HOW MEDICAL GOES, THEY CAN NOW ASK FOR OUR HARDSHIP AND WE CAN LOOK AT THAT ADDITIONAL MEDICAL EXPENSE FOR 90 DAYS TO REDUCE THEIR RENT.
THAT WAY THEY CAN STILL PAY THEIR MEDICAL EXPENSES AND AFFORD THEIR RENT.
THE WOMAN GESTURE IS WELL SEATED.
UM, DO YOU SEE THESE, UM, THESE CHANGES, UH, NEGATIVELY AFFECTING YOUR CUSTOMERS OR, OR ARE YOU HAPPY
'CAUSE WE DO HAVE TO TELL OUR PARTICIPANTS THAT THIS IS COMING
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AND THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE QUESTION THEY HAVE.HOW IS THIS GONNA AFFECT ME PERSONALLY? UM, MOST PEOPLE ARE GONNA BENEFIT FROM THE, THE ALLOWANCES GOING UP THAT 5 75 FOR THE CHILDREN.
I MEAN THE 5 25 FOR THE CHILDREN, THEY'RE GOING TO SEE THEIR RENT GO DOWN.
UM, 'CAUSE MOST OF OUR FAMILIES DON'T CLAIM 10% MEDICAL EXPENSES.
SO EVERYONE'S GONNA GET THAT IN THE BEGINNING.
AND LIKE I SAID, WE ARE PHASING THAT IN.
SO THOSE FAMILIES WHO DO HAVE HIGH MEDICAL EXPENSES, THEY'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, GRADUALLY COME IN AND ADJUST TO IT.
I FEEL LIKE THE IDEA OF THE INCOME IS GONNA GIVE US A CLEARER PICTURE MM-HMM
BECAUSE WE DO HAVE FAMILIES, UM, HUD ACTUALLY DOES A REPORT THAT WE GO THROUGH EVERY MONTH AND IT LOOKS THAT WE PULL INFORMATION FROM THE STATE OR HUD PULLS INFORMATION FROM THE STATE ABOUT WAGES AND EARNED INCOME AND THEY COMPARE IT TO WHAT WE'RE REPORTING AND WHAT THEY'RE PULLING FROM THE STATE.
AND ANYONE THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN $2,400 IT FLAGS.
AND IT COULD BE JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE ONE QUARTER, LIKE CITY OF GARLAND, WE GET OUR STABILITY PAY IN DECEMBER.
SO IF YOU PULL MY REPORT IN THE FOURTH QUARTER IS GONNA LOOK DIFFERENT THAN IF YOU PULLED IT IN THE SECOND OR THIRD QUARTER.
SO SOME PEOPLE IS GONNA GIVE THEM THAT NICE MOVE AND CAPTURE THEIR INCOME GREATLY.
AND PLUS I THINK THE OTHER THING IS, IS THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO COME TO OUR AGENCY ALL THE TIME.
THAT'S GONNA BE REDUCED AS MANY TIMES AS THEY HAVE TO.
AND YOU KNOW, ANOTHER THING THAT SHE DIDN'T MENTION WAS IF, IF YOU NEED TO DO A CHANGE OF INCOME, BUT YOU'RE WITHIN 90 DAYS OF YOUR ANNUAL, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT.
YOU WILL LET YOU WAIT UNTIL YOUR ANNUAL.
SO IF THERE'S AN INCREASE IN INCOME, FOR EXAMPLE, REPORTING A, YOU KNOW, A NEW JOB CHANGE OR NOT A JOB CHANGE, BUT A, YOU KNOW, JUST A RAISE IF YOU'RE WITHIN 30, 90 DAYS OF YOUR ANNUAL, WE'RE JUST GONNA NOT DO ANYTHING UNTIL YOUR ANNUAL.
LESS WORK GOES BACK TO THAT REDUCING THE BUREAUCRACY.
AND UM, SO, UH, BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IT'S, IT'S ALMOST LIKE A 50 50 MM-HMM
THERE ARE SOME THAT WILL BE AFFECTED AND SOME THAT'S GONNA GET BENEFITED.
UH, THE ASSET CERTAINLY INCREASE, NOT THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND MM-HMM
NOW WHAT THIS ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN SAYS IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO ALLOW THEM SIX MONTHS TO MAKE THE, TO WHAT'S THE TERM THEY USE, CURE.
SO IF YOU'VE GOT $150,000 IN A SAVINGS ACCOUNT, YOU NEED TO SOMEHOW GET RID OF 50,000 SO YOU CAN MEET THE THRESHOLD AND WE'RE GONNA ALLOW THAT FOR UP TO SIX MONTHS.
THE MAN IN A BLUE POLO SHIRT SITS BETWEEN A MAN IN WHITE AND A WOMAN IN BLACK.
UM, DO THEY HAVE TO SHOW WHERE THAT $50,000 TEXT JOE THOMAS, JR.
DISTRICT THREE? NO, JUST DISAPPEARED.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TAKING AROUND THE WORLD TRIP.
THE CAMPBELL RETURNS TO THE THREE PERSON PANEL.
I MEAN OF COURSE THEY HAVE TO VERIFY.
I MEAN IF THEY PUT IT INTO ANOTHER, THEY COULD PUT IT INTO A ROTH, THEY COULD PUT IT INTO A RETIREMENT ACCOUNT BECAUSE THOSE ARE NOW, UH, NOT COUNTED.
SO YES, THEY CAN TAKE THE 50,000, PUT IT INTO SOME SORT OF A RETIREMENT ACCOUNT.
SO HOW ARE YOU TRACKING, YOU MENTIONED LIKE THINGS LIKE VENMO AND ZELLE.
UM, HOW ARE YOU TRACKING INCOME FROM THOSE? THEY BRING IN THEIR STATEMENTS.
TEXT KRISA DUTTON, DISTRICT FIVE AND EVERYTHING SHOWS ON BANK STATEMENTS NOW.
SO WE GET A LOT OF INFORMATION FROM BANK STATEMENTS AND YOU KNOW, MOST OF OUR PE OUR PARTICIPANTS ARE HONEST.
UM, WHEN YOU DO COMMON AREA INSPECTIONS, LIKE SAY FOR A LAUNDRY AREA, UM, ARE YOU, ARE YOU LOOKING AT NON-WORKING EQUIPMENT AT ALL? SO IF THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, LIKE FIVE OF THE SEVEN WASHING MACHINES AREN'T WORKING, IS THAT, IS THAT A, A TICK ON THEIR INSPECTION? WE ACTUALLY JUST HAD THIS CONVERSATION
UH, SOMEONE ASKED THE, THE QUESTION TO THE TRAINER AND THEY COULDN'T ANSWER IT.
SOMEONE SAID, DO WE NEED TO CARRY AROUND A, A BUNCH OF QUARTERS IN OUR POCKET? RIGHT? UM, THE IDEA BE BEHIND THAT IS LOOKING MORE OF SAFETY.
IF YOU HAVE EXPOSED WIRING, NOW IF YOU HAVE FIVE OF THE SEVEN ARE NOT WORKING, THAT FALLS UNDER AMENITIES.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT A PERSON'S, WHEN WHEN WE LOOK AT THEIR RENT, WHAT THEY'RE ASKING, WHAT THE LANDLORD'S ASKING FOR, THEY'RE ASKING FOR 1800 AND IT'S GOT THIS, THIS, THIS, THIS INCLUDING LAUNDRIES.
BUT IF THE LA'S NOT THERE, WE CAN ACTUALLY REDUCE TAKE IT OFF OF THE COMPARABLES AND SAY IT NO LONGER, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT AN $1,800 APARTMENT.
SO THAT FALLS UNDER MORE AMENITIES AND HEALTH AND SAFETY.
SO I MEAN, NOT BEING ABLE TO WASH YOUR CLOTHES IS KIND OF A SAFETY MATTER, I THINK.
UM, YOU KNOW, BUT UH, I GUESS THAT FALLS UNDER LIKE THE, LIKE THE AMENITY.
IT'S LIKE, UM, IT'S LIKE A POOL, YOU KNOW, LIKE OUR APARTMENTS OFFER POOLS THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE INCLUDE THAT IN THE RENT AND YET THE POOL HASN'T BEEN WORKING FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS.
UH, WE CAN GO IN AND SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS IS NO LONGER AN AMENITY THAT WE CAN LIST WHEN WE DO OUR, UH, EVALUATION
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OF THE RENT.IF IT'S REASONABLE TEXT MARGARET LUCK.
UM, AND THEN HOW ARE, UM, ARE INFESTATIONS COVERED UNDER HEALTH AND SAFETY? OKAY, GOOD.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I DIDN'T HEAR THAT MENTIONED, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE
UM, SO IF A, IF A LANDLORD DOESN'T ABATE COUNCIL MEMBERS REVIEW THEIR DOCUMENTS, UM, THEIR DEFICIENCIES, UM, AND THEN THEY NEVER ABATE THEM AND YOU REMOVE THEM FROM HAP ARE THEY ALLOWED TO REENTER THE HAP PROGRAM AT ANY TIME? OR OFFICIALS SIT WITH AN OFFICER? IS THERE LIKE A WAITING PERIOD? SO IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE A FREQUENT OFFENDER OF NOT FIXING THINGS, EMPTY CHAIRS ARE BEHIND A COUNCIL DESK.
I'LL HAVE TO, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND BRAG A LITTLE BIT.
GARLAND HOUSING, UH, SEVERAL YEARS BACK IMPLEMENTED A PROGRAM CALLED THE 3 5 2 RULE WHERE IF A LANDLORD HAS THREE ABATEMENTS WITHIN A FIVE YEAR PERIOD, THEN THEIR AUTHOR PROGRAM FOR TWO, TWO YEARS.
SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YEAH, HUD WILL ALLOW A LANDLORD TO BE IN THERE.
GARLAND HOUSING, UH, WE HAVE A 3 5 2 RULES AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN THAT, SO IF YOU HAVE A LANDLORD THAT'S CONSTANTLY DOING THAT, THEN WITHIN A FIVE YEAR PERIOD THEY CAN BE REMOVED FROM OUR PROGRAM.
AND YOUR INSPECTIONS ARE ONLY OF GARLAND PROPERTIES OR ARE THEY OF ANYONE THAT YOU'VE GIVEN A VOUCHER TO AND THEY GO, SO THEY COULD BE IN ANYONE THAT HAS A VOUCHER AND WE COVER ABOUT A 60 MILE AREA.
I MEAN WE'VE GOT SOME ALL THE WAY UP IN ANNA, THE MAN IN THE BLUE POLO SHIRT WATCHES THE SPEAKER TRAVEL WHERE YOU FOLLOW THE VOUCHERS, NOT THE UM RIGHT.
WE DON'T TELL THEM WHERE TO LIVE.
THEY CAN GO OUT AND PICK ANY UNIT AS LONG AS THE LANDLORD WANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM, MAN AND WHITE SHIRT GESTURES.
WE REALLY, REALLY DON'T CARE WHERE THEY LIVE WITHIN THAT JURISDICTION THAT WE COVER.
ALL OF COLIN, ALL OF DALLAS, ALL OF ROCKWELL, LITTLE BIT OF DEBT AND A LITTLE BIT OF COLIN.
I MEAN, I'VE HEARD IT'S PRETTY DIFFICULT TO GET, UM, LANDLORD PARTICIPATION AT TIMES.
SO I KNOW THAT PEOPLE, THAT'S, THAT'S OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE YEAH.
AND I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND BRAG A LITTLE BIT MORE THAT WE DO HAVE A VERY SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIP WITH A LOT OF OUR LANDLORDS.
THERE ARE LANDLORDS THAT WILL WORK WITH GARLAND BUT WILL NOT WORK WITH OTHER HOUSING AUTHORITIES OR HOUSING AGENCIES AS IT WERE.
UM, SO, AND THAT'S, THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE DI BECAUSE OF THE WORK OF THE, OF THE EMPLOYEES.
UM, YOU KNOW, RETURN CALLS, MAKE PAYMENTS, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE 'EM THE INFORMATION.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION.
I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE A LOT TO
I, I SUSPECT WITH CHANGES TO OUR PLAN.
COUNCIL MEMBER TR THANK YOU MAYOR.
THANK YOU DIRECTOR FITCH AND, UH, THE WHOLE TEAM FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
SO LOOK LIKE, UM, IT'S ABOUT $20 MILLION AT RISK, UH, FOR 1,537 FAMILIES.
WE DON'T APPROVE THE ADMINIS, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN BY OCTOBER 5TH.
OFFICIALS REMAIN AT THE TABLE.
WELL, YES, WE DO HAVE TO ADMINISTER THIS BY JANUARY 1ST.
UH, UM, ON PAGE 14, YOU HAVE A LIST OF ALL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CURRENT POLICIES OR THE CURRENT STANDARD AND THE NEW, IS THIS ALL THE CHANGES OR JUST YOU HIGHLIGHT? THESE ARE JUST THE NO, THESE ARE JUST, THESE ARE JUST THE BASIC HIGHLIGHTS.
UM, IS THERE A, UM, MEMO QUICK SOMEWHERE THAT THEY, THEY THEY HAVE ALL THE CHANGES OR IS THAT SOMETHING YOU COME BACK LATER IN THE FUTURE? I CAN CERTAINLY COME BACK LATER WITH IT.
ALMOST EVERYTHING IN HERE IS A LITTLE, A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT BUT THE SAME.
SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE, LIKE THE ASSETS FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DIDN'T REALLY LOOK AT IT BEFORE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW IT UP TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
SO, SO $20 MILLION ARE YOU ENVISIONED IN THE FUTURE THAT NUMBER WILL WE GO UP, DOWN? WELL THE 20 MILLION, THE WAY THEY, THE WAY THE, THE BUDGET HAS WORKED IS THEY LOOK AT WHAT YOU SPEND THE PREVIOUS YEAR, THE CENTER SPEAKER GESTURES.
UM, I'VE HEARD IT EXPLAINED LIKE A LEMONADE STAND.
YOU ASK YOUR PARENTS FOR $10 TO OPEN UP A LEMONADE STAND, YOU SPEND $8, YOU GO BACK TO YOUR PARENTS, SAY, HEY, I NEED, GIMME ANOTHER TIME.
WELL, YOU ONLY SPEND EIGHT SO WE'RE ONLY GONNA GIVE YOU EIGHT.
MM-HMM IF YOU SPEND ALL 10, THEN THEY'LL GIVE YOU 10 OBVIOUSLY PLUS AN INFLATIONARY.
SO OUR AGENCY OPERATES AT LIKE 99.8% OF OUR BUDGET.
SO EVERY YEAR WE WE'RE GETTING WHAT WE SPENT PLUS AN INFLATIONARY AMOUNT.
SO I SEE THAT GOING UP BASED ON, NOW IF RENTS DROP DRAMATICALLY TO WHERE WE'RE NOT SPENDING THE MONEY, THEN YES, BUDGETS CAN GO DOWN BUT RIGHT.
I, I'VE BEEN HERE 26 YEARS, I'VE NEVER SEEN A FEDERAL BUDGET
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GO DOWNIT MAY NOT GO UP AS MUCH AS THE PREVIOUS YEAR, BUT IT'S NEVER GONE DOWN.
DO WE HAVE A LONG WAITING LIST? WE DO HAVE A LONG WAITING LIST.
UH, RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT ABOUT 2,600 PEOPLE ON THE WAITING LIST.
WE HOPE TO START PULLING NAMES.
THIS MONTH WE HOPE TO ISSUE ABOUT 25 VOUCHERS A A MONTH TO BASED ON FIRST COME FIRST SERVE ON THAT WAITING LIST.
SO THE WAITING LIST IS, IS WAS BASED ON FIRST COME FIRST SERVE.
UH, WE OPENED UP THE WAITING LIST IN JUNE OF 21.
SO WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT LIST FROM 2021.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO PROOFING THE PLAN SOON.
TEXT MICHAEL J BETS CITY MANAGER COUNCIL ITEM NUMBER NINE, INFRASTRUCTURE SUMMIT REPORT BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE WILL BE PUSHED WHEN HE RETURNS.
THE NEXT ITEMS THEN ARE CONSIDERING APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
WE'LL HAVE THE CITYWIDE APPOINTMENT TO THE ANIMAL SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK WILL HAVE AN APPOINTEE TO THE ALL ABILITIES COMMITTEE.
AND NOW COUNCIL ASK YOU TO ANNOUNCE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS YOU WISH TO HAVE.
TEXT CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS ON THE CIRCULAR WALL SEAL.
I DON'T SEE ANY AT THE MOMENT BUT IF YOU HAVE ONE BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT MEETING, HOW TO GET THOSE TO ME.
AND UH, WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
CITY COUNCIL WILL ADJOURN TO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 5 5 1 0 7 1 5 5 1 0 8 6 AND 5 5 2 0.133 OF TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DELIBERATE OR DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING.
ITEM 12 IS COMPETITIVE MATTERS RELATED TO GARLAND POWER AND LIGHT AS IT PERTAINS TO THE QUARTERLY BRIEFING FROM THE RISK OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
5 5 1 0.086 AND 5 5 2 0.133 AN ATTORNEY CLIENT COMMUNICATION RELATED TO THE SAME.
5 5 1 0.071 MAYOR HEDRICK LOOKS AT HIS DEVICE.
WITH THAT COUNSEL IT IS NINE MANAGER BETS, CHECKS, PAPERS WE ARE ADJOURNED.