Oct 20, 2026 City Council

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OCTOBER 20TH, 2026 REGULAR MEETING OF THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL. IT IS THE TRADITION OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE AN INVOCATION AND RECITAL OF THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF OUR MEETING, AND IT WILL BE LED BY ONE OF OUR MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL WHO WERE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN EITHER OR BOTH. YOUR DISTRICT. YOUR DECISION IS STRICTLY A MATTER OF YOUR OWN CHOICE AND WILL NOT AFFECT THE DECISIONS TO BE MADE BY THIS COUNCIL IN ANY MANNER. TONIGHT'S INVOCATION AND PLEDGE WILL BE LED BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUTTON, MA'AM. TONIGHT, WE ARE REMINDED THAT PUBLIC SERVICE COMES IN MANY FORMS. IT LOOKS LIKE A FIREFIGHTER RESPONDING TO AN EMERGENCY, A FIRST RESPONDER SHOWING UP TO SOMEONE'S WORST DAY, A PERSON PLANTING A TREE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS, OR A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER TAKING A CHANCE ON A DREAM. AND TONIGHT, IT ALSO LOOKS LIKE SOME OF OUR COUNCIL ARE DRESSED IN HALLOWEEN COSTUMES TRYING TO CONDUCT SERIOUS BUSINESS. IT'S A GOOD REMINDER THAT WE CAN ALL TAKE OUR RESPONSIBILITIES SERIOUSLY WITHOUT TAKING OURSELVES TOO SERIOUSLY. THE DAY TRIPPER JUST RELEASED AN EPISODE OF FEATURING GARLAND, SHOWING EVERYONE THAT WHO MAKES OUR CITY SO SPECIAL. THE BEST PART? HE MANAGED TO SHOWCASE GARLAND WITHOUT SITTING THROUGH A SINGLE COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING. THAT. THAT IS A PURE TALENT. EARLY VOTING IS OFFICIALLY UNDERWAY, SO PLEASE GET OUT AND EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE. REMEMBER, VOTING IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE YOUR VOICE HEARD WITHOUT HAVING TO FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AND WAIT THREE MINUTES FOR SOMEONE TO TELL YOU YOUR TIME IS UP.

AND NEXT TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27TH, FROM 1030 TO 6 P.M. YOU CAN HELP SUPPORT THE NINTH, THE GARLAND NINTH STREET GEM PROJECT BY TEST, DRIVING A NEW FORD AND COMPLETING A SHORT SURVEY. FORD WILL DONATE $30 TO THE GEM. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. NO BOXING GLOVES ARE NECESSARY.

AND IT'S PROBABLY THE ONLY TIME THAT SOMEONE WILL ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A CAR FOR A SPIN AND ACTUALLY GIVE MONEY TO A GOOD CAUSE. BUT TONIGHT ALSO GIVES US REASON TO PAUSE AND REMEMBER SOMETHING IMPORTANT. SEVEN YEARS AGO TODAY, A TORNADO TORE THROUGH WEST GARLAND. LEAVING.

SORRY. Y'ALL KNOW I CRY. LEAVING A PATH OF DESTRUCTION. AND A REMINDER JUST HOW QUICKLY LIFE CAN CHANGE. THANKS. COMING IN. CLUTCH. CRYBABY. BUT THAT TORNADO ALSO SHOWED US SOMETHING POWERFUL. IT SHOWED US THAT GARLAND IS FULL OF PEOPLE WHO GENUINELY CARE ABOUT THEIR CITY AND ABOUT ONE ANOTHER. NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS. PEOPLE SHOWED UP, LENT A HAND, AND STEPPED IN WHEREVER THEY WERE NEEDED. WHEN THINGS WERE AT THEIR WORST, WE SAW SOME OF THE VERY BEST IN PEOPLE. AND THAT IS WHAT MAKES THE COMMUNITY. IT'S NOT JUST OUR BUILDINGS, OUR BUSINESSES, OUR PARKS, OR OUR STREETS OR THE POTHOLES. IT'S PEOPLE THAT SHOW UP WHEN THEIR NEIGHBORS ED THEM. IT'S THE FIRST RESPONDERS WHO RUN TOWARDS DANGER, THE VOLUNTEERS WHO GIVE THEIR TIME, AND THE EVERYDAY PEOPLE THAT DON'T WAIT TO BE ASKED BEFORE HELPING SOMEONE. SO TONIGHT, AS WE CONDUCT OUR BUSINESS, MAY WE HAVE THE COURAGE OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, THE WISDOM TO MAKE THOUGHTFUL DECISIONS, AND THE PATIENCE TO LISTEN TO DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES. MAY REMEMBER. MAY WE REMEMBER THAT WHEN WE DISAGREE OR STILL AND STILL WORK TOGETHER. AND SOMETIMES THE BEST THING WE CAN DO IS TAKE A BREATH, FIND A LITTLE HUMOR, AND REMEMBER WHY WE WERE HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. MAY WE NEVER BECOME SO SERIOUS ABOUT OUR TITLES THAT WE FORGET THE PEOPLE BEHIND THEM. MAY WE NEVER GET SO CAUGHT UP IN THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT THAT WE FORGET THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE.

AND MAY WE CARRY FORWARD THE SPIRIT GARLAND SHOWED SEVEN YEARS AGO, AND THE SPIRIT OF NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS, STRANGERS BECOMING FRIENDS AND A COMMUNITY BECOMING CLOSER TOGETHER WHEN IT MATTERS MOST. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

[ MAYORAL PROCLAMATIONS, RECOGNITIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS]

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SO BE A SUPERCHARGER AND WORK ON YOUR FIRE PREVENTION SKILLS. MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU GUYS MIGHT WANT TO STAY UP HERE, BECAUSE OUR NEXT ONE IS FOR RECOGNIZING NATIONAL FIRST RESPONDERS DAY. WE HAVE SOME MORE FIRST RESPONDERS HERE WITH US TO. PLAY NICE BACK THERE.

IT'S A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING NATIONAL FIRST RESPONDERS DAY, WHEREAS FIRST RESPONDERS ARE THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ANSWER THE CALL WHEN OTHERS ARE EXPERIENCING SOME OF THE MOST DIFFICULT, FRIGHTENING AND UNCERTAIN MOMENTS OF THEIR LIVES. AND WHEREAS POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS, PARAMEDICS, 911 DISPATCHERS, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS PERSONNEL AND OTHER EMERGENCY PROFESSIONALS WORK TIRELESSLY TO PROTECT LIVES, PRESERVE PROPERTY, PROVIDE CRITICAL ASSISTANCE, AND KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. AND WHEREAS FIRST RESPONDERS DO NOT GET TO CHOOSE THE CIRCUMSTANCES THEY ENCOUNTER, THEY RUN TOWARDS EMERGENCIES WHILE OTHERS ARE RUNNING AWAY AND OFTEN PLACING THEIR OWN SAFETY AND WELL-BEING AT RISK TO HELP A STRANGER. AND WHEREAS THEIR SERVICE EXTENDS FAR BEYOND EMERGENCY CALLS, FIRST RESPONDERS EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN, VISIT OUR SCHOOLS AND

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AND WHEREAS GARLAND'S TREES AND URBAN FORESTS HELP COOL NEIGHBORHOODS, PARKS, TRAILS AND PUBLIC SPACES WHILE PROVIDING NATURAL PROTECTION FROM THE TEXAS SUN, WIND AND CHANGING WEATHER. AND WHEREAS TREES CONTRIBUTE TO THE BEAUTY AND CHARACTER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND BUSINESS AREAS, ENHANCE PROPERTY VALUES AND CREATE WELCOMING SPACES FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO ENJOY. AND WHEREAS THE TREES PLANTED AND PROTECTED TODAY ARE AN INVESTMENT IN GARLAND'S FUTURE, PROVIDING ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC, AND QUALITY OF LIFE BENEFITS THAT WIWIWILL CONTINUER GENERATIONS. AND WHEREAS ARBOR DAY PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THE VALUE OF TREES WHILE ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, ORGANIZATIONS AND VOLUNTEERS TO HELP PRESERVE, PROTECT AND GROW GARLAND'S URBAN FOREST. NOW, THEREFORE, I.

DYLAN HEDRICK, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY ON BEHALF OF THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 7TH, 2026 AS ARBOR DAY IN THE CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS. ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES TO CELEBRATE BY PLANTING AND CARING FOR TREES, PROTECTING OUR NATURAL RESOURCES, AND SUPPORTING EFFORTS THAT HELP GARLAND'S URBAN FORESTS CONTINUE TO GROW AND THRIVE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR RECOGNIZING TEXAS ARBOR DAY. ARBOR DAY IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THE IMPORTANCE OF TREES AND OUR COMMITMENT TO KEEPING GARLAND GREEN AND BEAUTIFUL FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. THIS YEAR, WE'RE CELEBRATING WITH TWO SPECIAL EVENTS. ON OCTOBER 25TH, WILL PARTNER WITH VOLUNTEER GARLAND AND THE WORLD MISSION SOCIETY CHURCH OF GOD FOR A COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING AT GRISSOM PARK. THEN ON NOVEMBER 7TH, GARLAND

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THIS NEXT ONE. NEXT TWO ACTUALLY ARE RECOGNIZING TWO SMALL BUSINESSES AND THE WORK THEY DO IN GARLAND. THIS FIRST ONE IS RECOGNIZING, WELL TECH USA FOR ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE CAR WASH INDUSTRY. SO IF THEY'D LIKE TO JOIN ME UP HERE. WHEREAS WELL, TECH USA INCORPORATED CONTRIBUTES TO THE CAR WASH INDUSTRY THROUGH SPECIALIZED LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, FIXTURES, AND ACCESSORIES DESIGNED TO MEET THE UNIQUE NEEDS AND DEMANDING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS OF MODERN CAR WASH FACILITIES. AND WHEREAS WELL, TECH USA INCORPORATED PROVIDES INNOVATIVE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS TO HELP CAR WASH OPERATORS ENHANCE VISIBILITY, IMPROVE FACILITY PRESENTATION, AND CREATE A POSITIVE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE FOR THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE. AND WHEREAS, THROUGH ITS CONTINUED WORK IN THE INDUSTRY. WELL, TECH USA INCORPORATED CONTRIBUTES TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN WHILE SUPPORTING CAR WASH PROFESSIONALS IN CREATING MODERN, FUNCTIONAL AND VISUALLY ENGAGING FACILITIES. AND WHEREAS CAR WASH AWARDS, FOUNDED BY BENTLEY, BRANDON RECOGNIZES WELL TECH USA AS AN INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTOR FOR ITS COMMITMENT TO SPECIALIZED LIGHTING SOLUTIONS AND ITS EFFORTS TO ENHANCE THE APPEARANCE, CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE AND OVERALL PRESENTATION OF CAR WASH FACILITIES. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF GARLAND IS PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE WELL TECH USA FOR ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GROWTH AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE CAR WASH INDUSTRY AND ITS COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR CAR WASH PROFESSIONALS AND THEIR CUSTOMERS. NOW, THEREFORE, I. DYLAN HEDRICK, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS, ON BEHALF OF THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE WELL TECH USA FOR ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CAR WASH INDUSTRY AND EXTEND CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS AND INNOVATION. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. I HAVE NO PREPARATION FOR IT, TO BE HONEST. BUT WE ARE NEW TO GARLAND AND SO WE JUST COLLECT SMALL BUSINESS. AND SO BUT WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN. WE ARE JUST VERY HAPPY. AND TO JUST COLLECT. LOCATED IN GARDEN CITY. AND SO IT'S OUR FIRST STOP IN THE US. AND SO WE, WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN THE LEAD INDUSTRIAL FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, BUT COLLECT THE CAR WASH INDUSTRY FOR MORE THAN, AROUND MORE THAN AROUND TEN YEARS. AND SO KIND OF LIKE THE, WE ARE HAPPY TO BE HERE AND WE ARE SO APPRECIATIVE TO JUST COLLECT THE GARLAND. AND SO THANK YOU EVERYBODY. IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, JUST LET ME KNOW.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR FINAL O IS RECOGNIZING INDEPENDENT NATIONAL INDEPENDENT COSTUME DAY. SO LIKE I NEED TO NOW YOU DON'T KNOW WHO I AM. ALL RIGHT.

RECOGNIZING NATIONAL INDEPENDENT COSTUME DAY. WHEREAS INDEPENDENT COSTUME STORES PLAY A UNIQUE AND VALUABLE ROLE IN COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING CREATIVE EXPRESSION, IMAGINATION AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUALS OF ALL AGES TO CELEBRATE SPECIAL OCCASIONS, TRADITIONAL CULTURAL TRADITIONS, AND SEASONAL FESTIVITIES. AND WHEREAS YEAR ROUND INDEPENDENT COSTUME STORES OFFER A WIDE VARIETY OF COSTUMES, ACCESSORIES, AND SPECIALTY ITEMS THAT SUPPORT THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS, SCHOOL EVENTS, COMMUNITY CELEBRATIONS, AND PERSONAL CREATIVITY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND WHEREAS THESE LOCAL, LOCALLY OPERATED BUSINESSES CONTRIBUTE TO THE ECONOMIC VITALITY OF THEIR COMMUNITIES BY CREATING JOBS, SUPPORTING LOCAL COMMERCE, AND PROVIDING PERSONALIZED CUSTOMER SERVICE AND SPECIALIZED EXPERTISE. AND WHEREAS INDEPENDENT COSTUME RETAILERS DEMONSTRATE DEDICATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND CREATIVITY WHILE HELPING PRESERVE THE JOY OF DRESSING UP, STORYTELLING AND IMAGINATIVE EXPRESSION FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. AND WHEREAS,

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THANK YOU. SO WE JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WHENEVER YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT COSTUMES, WE WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU GUYS WOULD THINK ABOUT SCRAPPY COSTUMES. WE ARE HERE LOCAL. WE ARE IN THE COMMUNITY. WE SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY LIKE LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, WE GIVE BACK TO THEATERS, TO SCHOOLS, AND WE WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. SO WE JUST WANT TO KNOW WHENEVER YOU THINK ABOUT COSTUMES, THINK ABOUT SCRAPPY. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR FIVE YEARS. WE'RE AT FIREWHEEL TOWN CENTER MALL. SO WE ARE YEAR ROUND. WE DO KIDS ALL THE WAY TO ADULT PLUS SIZE COSTUMES. AND I DON'T SEE MANY COSTUMES OUT THERE. SO COME GET OUR COSTUMES. WE ALSO HAVE PET COSTUMES TOO, AND SCRAPPY. OUR COSTUMES TOP CAME FROM OUR HAUNTED HOUSE THAT WE'VE HAD IN GARLAND FOR 12 YEARS. SO WE STARTED OUR OWN COSTUME STORE AND. AND SCRAPPY WAS A RESCUE. SO NOW HE OWNS HIS OWN COSTUME STORE. YEP. HE CAME UP IN THE WORLD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

[ CONSENT AGENDA]

TWO B IS G, P, AND L SQUARE TOP SWITCH STATION CONTROL CABLE. TWO C IS TMP GREENVILLE NORTH SWITCH CONTROL ENCLOSURE TWO D IS G, P AND L SPRING CREEK SUBSTATION METERING UNITS. TWO E IS EQUIPMENT PURCHASE FOR RICK ODIN SPLASH PAD. TWO F IS CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR RICK ODIN. SPLASH PAD ITEM THREE IS PUBLIC HEARING WAS PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONING CASES. COUNCIL APPROVE THE ZONING REQUEST AND INSTRUCTED STAFF TO BRING FORTH FOLLOWING ORDINANCES. THREE A IS BEING PULLED. THREE B IS CASE Z26-21 WATERMILL EXPRESS IN DISTRICT FIVE. THREE C IS CASE Z 2629 ROCK INK TATTOOS IN DISTRICT TWO. ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY MATCHING GRANT SPRING 2026 CYCLE. ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS ALSO BEING PULLED AS WELL. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUNN, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM THREE A AND ITEM FIVE. HAVE A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUTTON AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE COUNCIL. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE? MADAM IS APPROVED

[a. Z 25-30 JPMorgan Chase (District 5)]

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BECAUSE IF YOU HAD, THEN YOU WOULD KNOW THAT THIS THIS PARTICULAR SHOPPING CENTER IS A MAGNET FOR LATE NIGHT VENDORS OR ALL KINDS OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. AND THE OWNERS OF THAT PROPERTY HAVE DONE NOTHING TO REMEDIATE THOSE PROBLEMS. NOT ONLY THAT, THEY WANT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS WHOLE EXCESSIVE PARKING THING, AND WE GOT IT DOWN TO 40, WHICH THEY'RE THEY'RE THINKING 12 PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING THERE. IF YOU'VE EVER DRIVEN BY AT 5:00 IN THE AFTERNOON WHEN EVERYONE GETS OFF WORK, THAT PARKING LOT IS EMPTY. THERE IS NO WAY THAT THEY WILL BE FILLING ALL OF THOSE SPACES. IT'S EXCESSIVE PARKING, AND JUST TO GET IT DOWN TO 40 WAS A WIN. SO DISAPPOINTING. COUNCILMEMBER. MORE IN THE QUEUE. DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. NO DISCUSSION. NO DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION. DISCUSSION. VERY GOOD SIR. ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY I BELIEVE IN OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THEM BE ABLE TO FILL THOSE PARKING SPACES. AND IN OUR HEARING, THEY SAID THAT THEY PLAN ON EXPANDING THEIR OPERATIONS THERE. AND I MEAN, BANKERS CERTAINLY HAVE DIFFERENT HOURS FROM PEOPLE WORKING 9 TO 5. THEY MAY HAVE DIFFERENT HOURS, BUT THEY TELL ME THEY NEED THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES BECAUSE THEY HAVE OPERATION PLANS AND CUSTOMERS THEY WISH TO SERVE WHILE IMPROVING THE SITUATION THERE. I SAID REDUCING THE IMPERVIOUS AREA DOWN TO 40 OR UP TO INCREASING UP TO 40%, ELIMINATING LOT OF THE PARKING. I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. DEPUTY MAYOR DUTTON, DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU HAVE NEW INFORMATION THAT WOULD LEAD US TO BELIEVE THAT NOT APPROVING 40, AS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED BY COUNCIL, WOULD HINDER THIS DEVELOPMENT FROM GOING THROUGH. IF THE MAYOR HAS INFORMATION THAT WOULD LEAD HIM TO BELIEVE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT WOULD NOT PROCEED IF WE DID NOT APPROVE IT. WITH THE 47 SPOTS. NO, MA'AM, I DON'T HAVE INFORMATION ON THAT. ON YOUR QUESTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. NO ONE ELSE. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE PREPARE A MOTION? PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE. THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED WITH THE 47 PARKING SPACES. COUNCIL. PLEASE VOTE.

THIS ITEM FAILS 4 TO 5 WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS. HARAWAY. GALLIANO, LUCK, DUTTON AND THOMAS IN OPPOSITION. COUNCIL. I'M STILL LOOKING FOR A MOTION ON THIS ITEM. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUTTON MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED ON THE AGENDA WITH THE 40 SPOTS. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION? MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE. AND I IS APPROVED 8

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[5. "Clean-up" Amendments to Code of Ordinances and GDC]

MISTER MAYOR, COUNCIL, IN 2021, FORMER CITY MARSHAL MICHAEL J. BETTS SPONSORED A SERIES OF PARKING AMENDMENTS. AND AS WHAT TENDS TO HAPPEN WITH ANY TYPE OF LEGISLATION, SOMETIMES YOU LOSE INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE ON WHY A CERTAIN PIECE OF LEGISLATION IS PASSED. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, IT WAS RELATED TO THE 30 FOOT SITE TRIANGLES THAT WE HAVE AT CONTROLLED INTERSECTIONS. AND OF COURSE, THE REASON WE HAVE 30 FOOT CONTROLLED SITE TRIANGLES IS A MATTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY. YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO PULL UP TO A STOP SIGN AND BE ABLE TO LOOK DOWN THE ROAD ON YOUR RIGHT AND LEFT, AND BE ABLE TO SEE ONCOMING TRAFFIC, AND MAKE SURE YOU DON'T PULL OUT IN FRONT OF IT. AND IN THAT PARTICULAR CASE, HE DID A FINE JOB OF DRAFTING THAT ORDINANCE. HOWEVER, WE DID LOSE SOME INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE ON WHY THAT ORDINANCE WAS PASSED. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS CASE. IF YOU COULD PULL UP THE FIRST SLIDE THERE, THAT'D BE GREAT. THANK YOU. OH, OKAY. WELL, I HAD CREATED TWO SLIDES FOR Y'ALL THAT WERE PICTURES OF I FIGURED SINCE I'M A LAWYER, A PICTURES MIGHT BE WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS. AND THIS IS GOING TO BE MY OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THIS. OH, THERE WE GO. SO I'M GOING TO SAVE YOU ALL A LOT OF TIME RIGHT HERE. THIS IS HOW OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE ADDRESSES CONTROLLED INTERSECTIONS. AS YOU CAN SEE THE RED LINES IN THIS PICTURE. THESE ARE AREAS WHERE THE CURRENT ORDINANCE TELLS OUR CITIZENS AND US THAT YOU CANNOT PARK HERE. AND INCLUDED IN THAT, UNINTENTIONALLY CAPTURED BY THAT ORDINANCE WAS THE LONG STRAIGHT LINE ACROSS THE STREET. AND THOSE ARE WHERE HOUSES ARE FREQUENTLY POSITIONED. AND AS A RESULT, 2 OR 3 HOUSES COULD HAVE LOCATIONS WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY PARKING OUT IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE, PUBLIC PARKING OUT IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE. SO IF YOU FLIP ONE MORE SLIDE, THIS IS WHAT THE NEW ORDINANCE DOES A BIG, LONG GREEN LINE UP TOP. THAT MEANS THE NEW ORDINANCE WILL ALLOW THEM TO PARK ACROSS THE STREET, AND IT STILL PRESERVES THE SITE TRIANGLES, WHICH ARE IMPORTANT FOR THE SAFETY OF THE DRIVERS IN GARLAND AT THE CORNER WHERE IT'S NECESSARY. AND SO I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A GOOD SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM THAT WE WERE TRYING TO ADDRESS ORIGINALLY BACK IN 2021. VERY GOOD. BASED ON THAT, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THIS ORDINANCE AS WRITTEN. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK IN DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION. COUNCIL SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE. ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO OUR ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ OUR SPEAKER GUIDELINES? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. MAYOR. THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IS GIVEN TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY RATHER THAN TO QUESTION THE CITY COUNCIL OR STAFF. THE CHAIR MAY CALL A SPEAKER OUT OF ORDER IF THE SPEAKER PRESENTS QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION THAT WILL UNDULY DELAY THE TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS AT THE MEETING. SPEAKERS SHALL BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SPEAK BASIS, AS DETERMINED BY THE ORDER IN WHICH THE CITY SECRETARY RECEIVES THE SPEAKER'S INFORMATION. APPLICANTS ARE ALLOWED TEN MINUTES FOR PRESENTATIONS, AND ALL OTHER SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. WHEN THE PODIUM BUZZER SOUNDS, THE SPEAKER MUST SEND THEIR COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEM AND HASN'T SIGNED UP? PLEASE GO DO SO.OWN BY THE CITY SECRETARY. FIRST ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION IS

[a. Consider a request by Kimley-Horn, requesting approval of 1) a change in zoning from Industrial (IN) District for the properties at 721 and 725 Marion Drive and Planned Development (PD) District 93-8 for the property at 1729 Davis Boulevard to a Planned Development (PD) District with a base zoning of Industrial (IN) District to allow a Distribution Center, Large (indoors only) use and permit the existing Retail Store use by right and 2) a Concept Plan for the Planned Development.]

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THE PROPOSAL INCLUDES REPLATTING THOSE INTO ONE LOT AND CONSTRUCTING AN ADDITIONAL BUILDING FOR MORE DISTRIBUTION SPACE. SO THE OVERALL USE OF THE SITE WOULD NOW BE CLASSIFIED AS DISTRIBUTION CENTER. LARGE. HERE YOU CAN SEE THE WHERE THE WHERE THE SITE IS WITHIN THE CITY. IT'S IN DISTRICT SIX. THERE ARE THREE ADDRESSES ASSOCIATED WITH IT AND IT'S APPROXIMATELY TEN ACRES. ON THIS SLIDE YOU CAN SEE. YOU CAN SEE THE PROPOSED SITE IN OUTLINED I TEAL TO THE EAST. YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE EXISTING BUILDINGS ARE THAT IS ZONED INDUSTRIAL. AND TO THE WEST THERE THE HATCHED THE HATCHED AREA THAT IS, THAT FALLS WITHIN AN EXISTING PD. AND THAT IS WHERE THEY'RE PROPOSING TO BUILD THE ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION BUILDING. THE SURROUNDING AREAS ARE MOSTLY INDUSTRIAL IN NATURE.

HOWEVER, ACROSS THE STREET FROM MARION THERE ARE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOMES AND FURTHER SOUTH THERE ARE ALSO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOMES. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CALLS THIS AREA OUT FOR BUSINESS CENTER. SO BUSINESS CENTERS PROVIDE A CLUSTER OF BUSINESS OFFICES AND OR LOW IMPACT INDUSTRY, INCLUDING CAMPUS TYPE DEVELOPMENT THAT CUMULATIVELY EMPLOY LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE. WE DO THINK THIS FITS PERFECTLY WITH THAT DESIGNATION WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. HERE ARE SOME OF THE SITE PHOTOS. THE TOP TWO PHOTOS THAT YOU SEE.

THAT'S THE EXISTING RETAIL BUILDING. IN THE BOTTOM. YOU COULD SEE SOME OF THE ACCESS AND THERE'S A BLOCKAGE THAT YOU COULD SEE ALONG DAVIS BOULEVARD. BUT IT IS WE HAVE IDENTIFIED DURING THE PROCESS THIS IS A PUBLIC STREET. SO THE APPLICANT HAS BEEN INSTRUCTED TO TAKE THAT BLOCK IT OUT BECAUSE THIS IS A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. THIS IS THE CONCEPT PLAN. HERE YOU COULD SEE TO THE TOP TOP RIGHT CORNER. THAT'S THE EXISTING RETAIL BUILDING. AND THEN YOU YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE EXISTG BUILDING RIGHT NEXT TO IT TO THE WEST. AND FURTHER WEST IS WHERE THE PROPOSED EXPANSION IS, IS ABOUT. IT'S ABOUT 90,000 SQUARE FOOT. THE NEW BUILDING.

SO OVERALL, THIS WHOLE PROJECT WILL BE DEFINED AS A DISTRIBUTION CENTER LARGE. AND THE EXISTING RETAIL BUILDING WILL BE PERMITTED BY. RIGHT WITHIN THIS PD, WE HAVE WORKED WITH THEM TO HAVE BETTER LANDSCAPING ALONG MARION DRIVE AND DAVIS BOULEVARD. WE ARE WORKING. WE HAVE WORKED WITH THEM TO HAVE CONDITIONS INCLUDED THAT WILL IMPROVE THE APPEARANCE OF THE RETAIL BUILDING. WE HAVE WORKED WITH THEM REGARDING FENCING AND SCREENING, AND I'M GOING TO GO OVER THOSE CONDITIONS HERE IN A BIT. THERE'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF LDSCAPING PLAN FOR REFERENCE. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE LANDSCAPING ALONG MARION AND DAVIS. THE NEW BUILDING WILL HAVE ABOUT TEN LOADING DOCKS FACING SOUTH. HOWEVER, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE BECAUSE DAVIS DOES END WITH A CUL DE SAC BEFORE THOSE LOADING DOCKS START, SO THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE DIRECTLY FACING PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A DETENTION POND WITH LANDSCAPING THERE AS WELL. SO A LITTLE OVERVIEW ON WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE PD AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE DEVIATIONS AND THE CONDITIONS. SO LAND USE IS A BIG DEAL. SO ALL INDUSTRIAL USES WOULD BE ALLOWED IN THE PROPOSED PD PLUS THE EXISTING RETAIL STORE BY RIGHT PARKING SPACES. BASED ON THE GDC RATIO, 203 SPACES ARE REQUIRED WHILE THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 110. SO THEY ARE PROPOSING A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT RATIO, BOTH FOR THE RETAIL AND THE DISTRIBUTION CENTER USE.

ACCORDING TO THE APPLICANT, PETCO'S DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES DO NOT USE AS MUCH PARKING AND IT. ALTHOUGH THERE WERE NO STUDIES OR ANYTHING SUBMITTED, WE KIND OF. WE FELT LIKE IT

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SO WE DON'T THINK THAT DEVIATION REALLY WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON HOW PEOPLE SEE THE SITE, BECAUSE IT'S FURTHER REMOVED FROM THE MORE TRAVELED STREET. HOWEVER, TO OFFSET THAT, WE HAVE REQUESTED THE EXISTING RETAIL BUILDING BE IMPROVED WITH FUTURE BAND FOR DISPLAY WINDOWS, TWO BENCHES AND TWO PLANTERS. SO THAT WILL IMPROVE THE THE LOOK AND FEEL FROM MARION DRIVE, WHICH IS MORE TRAVELED. SO AGAIN, THERE'S THE CONDITIONS. ONE ADDITIONAL CONDITION THAT CAME UP DURING THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING WAS THE HOURS OF OPERATION. WE HAD SEVERAL RESIDENTS HERE EXPRESSING CONCERNS ABOUT THE THE TRUCK LOADING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THE NOISE. HOWEVER, THEY DID ALSO MENTION THAT THEY DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THE BUILDING WILL BE FURTHER AWAY FROM MARION THAN WHERE CURRENTLY THE FACILITY OPERATES, AND THEY DIDN'T REALIZE THAT IT WAS AN EXPANSION OF PETCO ITSELF. HOWEVER, DURING THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WE DID INCLUDE AN HOURS OF OPERATION CONDITION AS WELL, WHICH WILL BE LIMITED BETWEEN 6 A.M. AND 5 P.M. SO WITH THAT, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL. WE.

WE DO THINK IT MEETS THE THE COMP PLAN DESIGNATION. IT EXPANDS AN EXISTING LONG STANDING BUSINESS FOR GARLAND. IT IS IMPROVING THE. THE LOOK AND FEEL FROM MARION. SO LOTS OF POSITIVES THERE. AND PLANNING COMMISSION ALSO RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. WE DID SEND OUT 120 LETTERS. WE RECEIVED TWO IN OPPOSITION. THOSE HAVE BEEN MAILED TO YOU EMAILED TO YOU EARLIER TODAY. THE CONCERNS INCLUDE NOISE, TRAFFIC, HAVING THESE KIND OF INDUSTRIAL TYPE USE NEXT TO RESIDENTIAL HOMES. HOWEVER, AS MENTIONED, THE PROPOSED EXPANSION IS FURTHER AWAY FROM WHERE THE FACILITY IS CURRENTLY IN RELATION TO THE EXISTING HOMES. WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER LUCK, ONE OF THE RESPONDENTS MENTIONED SPIEGEL GREEN PARK. HOW CLOSE IS THIS TO THAT PARK? I THINK THAT IS THE NAME THAT IS FURTHER TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S CLOSE TO IT'S NOT ADJACENT TO IT. NO, NO, NO, THERE'S NO ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL HOMES. IT'S ACROSS THE STREET.

AND THEN FURTHER SOUTH. THE HOMES ARE ON MARION THOUGH, RIGHT? YES. THE HOMES ARE ACROSS THE STREET FROM MARION. AND THE. AND WITH THIS, WELL CURRENTLY, DO THEY HAVE LARGE TRUCKS THAT ARE TRAVELING DOWN MARION TO GET TO THIS FACILITY? THERE ARE THREE BAYS CURRENTLY, BUT THAT IS THE BUILDING THAT IS KIND OF. THAT IS THE REAR BUILDING. MY QUESTION IS MORE GEARED TOWARDS THE ACTUAL TRAFFIC ON MARION AND THE NOISE FROM LARGE TRUCKS. I LIVE ON SATURN, SO IT'S A. I MEAN, IT'S A THING. THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL. BECAUSE CURRENTLY THERE ARE THREE BAYS AND THEY'RE ADDING TEN MORE. SO THERE WILL BE A TOTAL OF 13. SO YES. SO IT'LL BE ABOUT. THREE TIMES THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT CURRENTLY IS THERE WITH LARGE TRUCKS. SO ACCORDING TO THE APPLICANT, THE NEW BUILDING. YES, IT HAS THE ADDITIONAL BAYS, BUT IT IS USED MORE FOR STORING THINGS. SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ALWAYS 1 TO 1 RATIO OF

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DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUTTON NABILA, THE 110 SPACES, IS THAT STILL SOMETHING THAT THE APPLICANT REQUESTED, OR WERE THEY REQUESTING LESS? AND WE'RE STILL REQUIRING 110? NO, THEY REQUESTED 110. OKAY. AND THEN THE HOURS OF OPERATION BEING 6 A.M. TO 5 P.M. IS THAT FOR TRUCK DELIVERIES ONLY? THAT'S WHAT THEY AGREED TO AT THE PLAN COMMISSION MEETING. HOWEVER, AT THE PLAN COMMISSION MEETING, ONLY THE ENGINEER WAS PRESENT, NOT THE BUSINESS OWNER. SO WE DID TALK TO THEM AFTERWARDS AND THEY AGREED TO FOR TRUCK DELIVERIES. SO WE DIDN'T LET THE ENGINEER DETMINE WHEN THEY WERE GOING TO AGREE TO DELIVERY HOURS. CORRECT. THE OWNERS ARE FINE WITH THIS. NO, WE CHECKED WITH THE WITH THE APPLICANT. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEIR CURRENT DELIVERY HOURS ARE? I DO NOT KNOW. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS. SO JUST LOOKING AT GOOGLE MAPS SOUTH OF DAVIS STREET APPEARS TO BE A REALLY LARGE BAND OF TREES GOING SOUTH. AND THOSE WILL ALL REMAIN. THOSE ALL LOOK LIKE VACANT PROPERTIES. THIS IS A 2026 GOOGLE EARTH IMAGE. YES, SIR. SO THAT WILL ALL BE IN THAT BUFFER TO THE TO THE SOUTH IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S A FULL RESIDENTIAL LOT MORE MORE WORTH OF BUFFER ON THAT. THAT'S NOT PART OF THE REQUEST. SO THERE'S NOTHING HAPPENING THERE WITH THIS. IS THAT PIECE SOUTH OF DAVIS. THOSE ARE TOTALLY SEPARATE, NOT OWNED BY ATCO. THAT IS ACTUALLY PART OF THE EXISTING PD. BUT WITH THIS REQUEST NORTH OF DAVIS IS BECOMING A WHOLE NEW PD THEMSELVES AND THE REMAINDER WILL REMAIN THE PD 90 SOMETHING, UNLESS SOMEBODY ELSE COMES WITH A REQUEST FOR THOSE FOR THAT AREA. OKAY. SO THAT THAT CERTAINLY DOES. AND THEN THE HOUSES THAT ARE ALONG MARION. NONE OF THOSE FACE. MARION. THEY DO NOT. YOU GET INTO THE RESIDENTIAL STREET AND THAT'S WHAT THOSE HOUSES DOESN'T FACE IT. THEY DON'T THEY DON'T ENTER THE DRIWAY FROM IT THAT SIDE. SO THAT'S SO THAT AT LEAST IT'S ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET AND THEY WANT THE TRUCKS TYPICALLY, I WOULD THINK WOULD BE GOING NORTH ON MARION TO LEAVE THE FACILITY COULD GO SOUTH, BUT YOU'RE GOING DEEP INTO RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THAT WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE. IF I WAS A TRUCK DRIVER, I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE THERE EITHER. AND SO BUT MAYBE THAT'S AN APPLICANT QUESTION AS FAR AS OPERATION. YES, SIR. OKAY. VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

NABILA, THE DAVIS BOULEVARD THAT IS A CITY PROPERTY, CORRECT? CORRECT. THAT IS A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY AND IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. YES, SIR.

OKAY. AND THEY HAVE A FENCE THAT'S THAT THAT BLOCKS THAT OFF, CORRECT. YEAH. I'VE BEEN INFORMED TO REMOVE THAT. OKAY. SO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD THAT. YES, SIR. AND WILL WILL THE TRUCK TRAFFIC BE MOSTLY GOING DOWN DAVIS OR WILL THAT BE. THAT'S THE PLAN. THAT'S HOW IT LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE THE THE BAYS ARE ALL FACING. DAVIS. OKAY. AND THAT'LL BE CONVENIENT FOR QUEUING ALSO. YES, BECAUSE DAVIS IS HARDLY USED TODAY BY ANYBODY OTHER THAN THEM. YES I UNDERSTOOD. ARE THERE ANY FUTURE PLANS THAT YOU KNOW OF TO EXPAND MARION ROAD, TO MAKE IT TO RELIEVE SOME OF THE LIKE IF A TRUCK WAS STOPPED ON? MARION. I'M NOT AWARE, SIR.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. COUNCILMEMBER TRENT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. NABILA, IF I UNDERSTAND, IS THE HEAD COACH HAS BEEN PART OF THE GARDENS IN 1938, AND THEY HAVE ABOUT 400 JOBS, EMPLOYERS AND GROWING. AND THIS IS JUST THE EXPANSION OF IT, RIGHT? CORRECT. OKAY. AND THEY ONLY REQUEST FOR 110 SPACE. WOULD THEY HAVE ENOUGH

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BASED ON THE DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE HAVING PRESENTLY. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE GIVEN REAL CONSIDERATION AS IT RELATES TO IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THE TRAFFIC IS GOING TO BE THE PROBLEM. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE NOISE THAT COULD BE GENERATED FROM IT IS MORE THE PROBLEM.

BUT EITHER OF THOSE ARE THOSE THINGS THAT WE AS COUNCIL, SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. AS IT RELATES TO THE PROJECT. YOU CAN ALWAYS. BOTH TRAFFIC AND NOISE ARE LEGITIMATE AREAS TO CONSIDER RELATED TO TRAFFIC. HOWEVER, THERE'S NOTHING IN THE GDC THAT WOULD REQUIRE THIS PARTICULAR APPLICANT TO SPEND THE MONEY ON A TRAFFIC STUDY. THIS ISN'T THE TYPE OF USE THAT'S GOING TO GENERATE A LOT OF EXTRA TRAFFIC. IT'S, OF COURSE, GOING TO GENERATE SOME MORE TRAFFIC WITH BIG TRUCKS BECAUSE OF THE MORE CAPACITY, BUT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WOULD TYPICALLY GENERATE TRIGGER A TRAFFIC STUDY UNDER OUR GDC OR ANY OTHER CODE THAT I'M AWARE OF. I SEE OUR DIRECTORS OF ASSISTANT DIRECTORS HERE. YES, MA'AM.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. IN REGARDS TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION, SO CONSIDERING THAT THIS IS A CONCEPT PLAN, ANYTIME THAT A DEVELOPER COMES IN AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH THE DETAILED SE PLAN, IF A TRAFFIC STUDY WOULD BE TRIGGERED, IT WOULD BE TRIGGERED DURING THAT TIME. THERE'S NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN ON THE CONCEPT PLAN TO BE ABLE TO SAY WHETHER OR NOT A TRAFFIC STUDY WOULD BE REQUIRED, BUT PRIOR TO ANY FULL DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL BE ASSESSED BY THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. OKAY. AND IF THAT WERE THE CASE THAT WE DID NEED, AND WE WOULD TAKE

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I DON'T KNOW IF THIS QUESTION FOR YOU, BUT IS THERE GOING TO BE EILEEN OVERNIGHT PARKING.

IT'S IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A DOCK GOING FROM 3 TO 13 IS GOING TO BE A LOT. I DO SUPPORT HECO AND I WANT TO BE, BUT I, I AM CONCERNED WITH WHAT IT'S GOING TO BRING INTO THOSE RESIDENTIAL STREETS. IT WILLVENTUALLY DETERIORATE. I KNOW, MAYBE NOT TOMORROW, BUT IT FAIRLY QUICKLY I'M SURE. SO I WANT TO ECHO THAT I, I AND THEN THE 6 A.M. START TIME AS A MOM WHO'S GETTING READY AND SOMETIMES I WANT MY KIDS TO SLEEP IN TO AT LEAST 630. I'M WORRIED ABOUT IF THE TRUCKS ARE GOING TO BE TOO LOUD. ARE WE HAVING ALL TEN OF THESE TRUCKS OR 13 AT ONE TIME? HOW IS THIS GOING TO BE? I'M JUST I WANT TO LOOK AT THIS FROM A QUALITY OF LIFE AND A MOM'S PERSPECTIVE AS WELL IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA, AND HOW SAFE IT WOULD BE BECAUSE THE PARKS AND HOW CLOSE WE ARE TO THE TO THE HOME. SO I JUST THOUGHT I'D VOICE THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF I HAD A QUESTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU, MADAM DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUTTON. I JUST WANT TO ANSWER A COUPLE OF THE CONCERNS THAT COUNCIL HAS MENTIONED. THIS LOCATION AT DAVIS BOULEVARD IS 0.23 MILES FROM FOREST LANE. THAT'S LITERALLY NOTHING.

THAT'S THE LENGTH OF THREE SEMIS. IF THEY WERE NOSE TO REAR. I DON'T I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD WORRY ABOUT THE NUMBER OF TRUCKS UNTIL THE APPLICANT COMES IN AND LETS US KNOW IF THEY ANTICIPATE THEIR DELIVERY QUANTITY GOING INCREASING. IT'S FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, IT IS A WAY FOR THEM TO JUST HAVE STORAGE SPACE, AND IF YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF SPACE, YOU NEED PEOPLE, YOU NEED PLACES TO PICK IT UP FROM. AS FAR AS THE PARK GOES, THIS IS HALF A MILE FROM THE PARK. IF YOU'RE THERE'S NOT KIDS THAT PLAY OVER THERE. IF YOUR KIDS ARE PLAYING THAT FAR UP FROM THE PARK, THEY'RE PROBABLY RIDING ATVS THROUGH THE PARK LIKE THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO. SO. I, I'VE NEVER GOTTEN A COMPLAINT OF THE TRUCK NOISE AGAIN. WE HAVE KIDS THAT RIDE ATVS AND TWO WHEELERS THROUGH THAT AREA AT VERY LOUD SOUNDS.

WE'VE GOT A MUSTANG THAT HAS REALLY NICE EXHAUST, AND HE LIKES TO SHOW IT OFF AT 11 P.M.

A COUPLE OF SEMIS ARE NOT GOING TO ALTER ANYTHING THAT'S GOING OVER THERE. AS FAR AS TRAFFIC GOES, THAT IS NOT A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND BECAUSE IT IS SO CLOSE TO FOREST, THERE'S A LIGHT RIGHT THERE. IF YOU'RE COMING PULLING OUT OF HATCO TO GO TOWARDS FOREST, YOU WILL NEVER SEE MORE THAN TWO CARS AT THAT LIGHT AT ONE TIME. YOU JUST DON'T. PEOPLE GO DOWN PARK OR JAMES OR DAVIS TO GO TO GARLAND ROAD. VERY SELDOM DO YOU SEE PEOPLE GOING DOWN.

MARIAN. SO I A LOT OF THE. I UNDERSTAND A LOT OF THE CONCERNS, HOWEVER. I DON'T FORESEE ANY OF THEM BEING AN ISSUE. SO THANK YOU. COUNCIL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM? MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE APPLICANT? DAN GALLAGHER. YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. YOU HAVE TEN MINUTES FOR PRESENTATION. YES. EVENING, STAFF. MY NAME IS DAN GALLAGHER WITH KIMLEY-HORN 2600 NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, RICHARDSON, TEXAS, 7500. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, STAFF, FOR DOING A GOOD PRESENTATION. ONE THING THAT HAS NOT BEEN CLARIFIED, I THINK WITH RESPECT TO A ZONING CASE, IT'S GOOD TO COMPARE WHAT'S ALLOWED BY RIGHT TODAY VERSUS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING. SO THE CURRENT PD IS A 33 YEAR OLD PD FOR RESISTOL HATS IN THE PD. WAREHOUSING IS AN ALLOWED USE BY RIGHT MEAT AND GRAIN PROCESSING ALLOWED BY RIGHT MEDIUM INDUSTRIAL ALLOWED BY RIGHT PRODUCT TESTING GOES ON AND ON AND ON. SO THE THE PURPOSE OF US BEING HERE IS TO CONSOLIDATE TWO PROPERTIES WHICH HAVE DIFFERENT ZONING. THE RETAIL BUILDING IS IN A DIFFERENT ZONING DESIGNATION.

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THEY'VE BEEN THERE A VERY, VERY LONG TIME. WE CAN ADDRESS THE TRAFFIC CONCERNS. I, I WOULD AGREE WITH SOME OF THE SENTIMENT. WE DON'T THINK THERE'S THAT MUCH TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT. THE OWNER IS HERE. AND SO WE CAN ADDRESS THAT. THE THE PURPOSE IS REALLY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL STORAGE OF PRODUCT. SO THE THE TRAFFIC ITSELF IS NOT ANTICIPATED TO GROW SIGNIFICANTLY AS PART OF THIS PROJECT. IT'S REALLY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INVENTORY SPACE. THOSE EXISTING BUILDINGS ARE BURSTING AT THE SEAMS. SO YES, THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL DOCKS. IN SPEAKING WITH THE OWNER, THEY'RE NOT ANTICIPATING THE ACTUAL DELIVERY COMING AND GOING OF TRUCKS ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS IS GOING TO CHANGE MUCH FROM WHAT GOES THERE TODAY.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'LL BE GOING DOWN TO DAVIS STREET IS PROBABLY THE MAIN CHANGE. INSTEAD OF KIND OF GOING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SITE TODAY. BUT IN TERMS OF TOTAL TRAFFIC, THE TRUCK VOLUME ISN'T GOING TO INCREASE. WE'VE BEEN COORDINATING WITH RAMON CITY ENGINEER. HE DID NOT REQUIRE A TIA. WE'RE PRETTY FAR ALONG. THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO HAVE TO PAY IMPACT FEES. THOSE WOULD LIKELY GO TO FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO MARION DRIVE. SO WE REALLY THINK IT'S A GOOD PROJECT AND EXPANSION OF EXISTING BUILDING. THE. THE HOURS OF OPERATION WERE DISCUSSED. YES, WE DID CONFIRM DIRECTLY WITH THE OWNER THAT THEY'RE OKAY WITH THOSE HOURS.

SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE'LL COMMIT TO. OBVIOUSLY NOISE IS, IS UNDERSTANDABLY SOMETHING THAT BRINGS UP AND AND WE'LL ADHERE TO ANY APPLICABLE CITY ORDINANCES. SO WE DIDN'T DO A NOISE STUDY, BUT OBVIOUSLY ANY BUSINESS IS GOING TO HAVE TO RESPECT CITY CODES AND ORDINANCES. AND IF IT'S NOT ADHERING TO THOSE, THEN THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED. SO WE MORE THAN ANYTHING, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE WHAT IS ALLOWED BY. RIGHT. AND IF THERE'S QUESTIONS THAT MYSELF AS THE ENGINEER OR THE OWNER CAN ADDRESS THAT WE HAVEN'T ADDRESSED, THEN CERTAINLY HERE TO HELP ANSWER THOSE. SIR, YOU MENTIONED YOU MAYBE WANT TO SHOW SOMETHING, A DOCUMENT CAMERA. I CAN TURN THAT ON. I COULD SHOW YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU. SO. YEAH. SO SO THIS IS THE ORIGINAL PD LOOKS PRETTY SIMILAR TO THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT STAFF SHARED EARLIER. THE PARKING IS ACTUALLY FURTHER SOUTH INTO THOSE TREES. SO THE EXPANSION AREA IS EFFECTIVELY WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING. THE PARKING IS A LITTLE LESS. SO IT'S ACTUALLY A SMALLER BUILDING THAN WHEN IT WAS APPROVED 33 YEARS AGO. YOU KNOW, IF WE SCROLL UP TO THE LIST OF ALLOWED USES, SOME OF THE THINGS I WAS TALKING ABOUT, THERE'S WAREHOUSING, MEAT GAME PROCESSING, ALL ALL THESE THINGS ARE IN THE EXISTING PD. BUT THAT CONCEPT PLAN IS WHAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING. SOF ANYTHING, THIS IS JUST TRYING TO GET IT UP TO CURRENT CODES. YES, WE'RE WE'RE ASKING FOR SOME PARKING REDUCTIONS BECAUSE MOST OF THIS IS GOING TO BE STORAGE. THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A LOT OF EMPLOYEES ADDED. IT'S MAINLY ADDITIONAL PRODUCT STORAGE. SO THAT'S NOT GOING TO GENERATE THE NEED FOR A LOT OF ADDITIONAL PARKING. VERY GOOD. I HAVE QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. YES, SIR. SO ON A BUILDING LIKE THIS, YOU'RE PUTTING IN 13 DOORS IN THIS NEW BUILDING? YES. OKAY. AND SO IF YOU'RE DESIGNING A BUILDING, EVEN IF YOU WEREN'T GOING TO USE ALL 13 ON DAY ONE, YOU WOULDN'T DESIGN THE BUILDING, SAY, WELL, I'M GOING TO DO SIX NOW AND COME BACK LATER AND DO SEVEN DOORS AND HAVE TO REDO IT. IS THAT YEAH, THAT SEEMS FAIR.

YEAH. THERE'S THERE'S ALWAYS IF THE IF THE BUILDING PRODUCT GROWS. YEAH. I MEAN, THERE'S ROOM FOR EXPANSION. RIGHT. BUT, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S THE POINT. IF YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD THE BUILDING, YOU WANT TO BUILD IT AS AS MANY DOORS AS YOU CAN. EVEN IF YOU DON'T USE ALL THOSE TOMORROW, THEN YOU WOULD THAT THAT WOULD BE JUST PART OF THE NATURAL DESIGN PROCESS. SO I THINK IF PEOPLE GET, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN LOGISTICS FOR A LONG TIME PRIOR TO THIS, PRIOR TO TAKING THIS JOB AT COUNCIL. AND SO I'M FAMILIAR WITH HOW SOME OF THESE THINGS WORK. AND SO WE HAD DOORS THAT WE NEVER OPENED BECAUSE THAT WE JUST WEREN'T DIDN'T EXPAND ENOUGH TO NEED THOSE JUST YET. THAT C COUD BE FAR, FAR IN THE FUTURE. I ALSO QUESTION, WILL THIS BE

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THANK YOU SIR. COUNCILMEMBER LUKE. HI. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PLEASE, BROTHERS. YEAH. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY REALLY HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE PROPOSED PD. APPRECIATE THE EDUCATION ON THAT. BUT I, I THINK WE JUST WANT OUR MINDS PUT AT EASE ON THE TRAFFIC ON MARION. THAT'S REALLY IT. I THINK THAT'S THE SOLE CONCERN ANYONE HAS HERE. YES, MA'AM. YEAH. SO AGAIN, I THINK IT'S GOING TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF TRUCKS THAT ARE SPENDING MORE THAN JUST PASSING THROUGH ON MARION AND COMING TO DAVIS. I THINK THAT WILL ALMOST BE ELIMINATED. WE STILL HAVE SOME SMALL BOX TRUCKS AND FEDEX TRUCKS THAT WILL COME INTO THE CURRENT DOCKS THAT WILL BECOME OUR E-COMMERCE WAREHOUSE. SO WE STILL HAVE A FEW SMALL LIKE FEDEX AND UPS TRUCKS LEAVING THERE ON A DAILY BASIS. BUT IT ALSO CREATES A SEPARATE EXIT FOR WAREHOUSE EMPLOYEES. SO CURRENTLY, WHEN WE LET OUT OF WORK TO EVERYBODY QUEUING TO GET OUT OF THE GATE, NOW THERE WILL BE TWO GATES FOR PEOPLE TO GO OUT OF. SO WE SHOULD SEE A LITTLE BIT SAFER TRAFFIC TURNS.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE AREN'T PEOPLE CAN GET EAGER IF THEY'VE BEEN WAITING IN LINE FOR A LONG TIME.

SO IT SHOULD, IF ANYTHING, MAKE IT SAFER THAN THE CURRENT. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WANTED TO HEAR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER TRENT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THE GOBLINS IN 1938. WOW. THAT'S A LONG TIME. GOOD TO KNOW THAT YOU EXPAND. MY QUESTION IS, SINCE YOU EXPAND FROM THREE DOCKS UP TO 13 DOCKS AND IS DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY TRUCK TRIPS PER DAY, LIKE I DISCUSSED WITH MR. THOMAS? PROBABLY 4 TO 10 TRUCKS A DAY, 4 TO 10 DAYS. YEAH, I'M SURE THERE WILL BE TIMES OF THE YEAR WHERE IT'S MORE THAN THAT, AND

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GOT YOU, GOT YOU. AND THIRD QUESTION IS, IS NORMALLY IS IS RUNNING BETWEEN 6 P.M. TO 7 A.M. 6 A.M. TO 5 P.M. 6 A.M. 5 P.M. SO IF IT'S DURING THE DAY, YEAH, WHICH IS CURRENTLY OUR HOURS ARE ACTUALLY NOT QUITE THAT STRICT. THE WAREHOUSE DOES START IN THE SUMMER EARLIER BECAUSE THE HEAT OUR NEW FACILITY WILL BE TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED, SO IT SHOULD BE ABLE TO START AT 6 A.M. THANK YOU. SO CURRENTLY 4 TO 10 TRIP PER DAY. AND WHEN WE GO UP TO 13 DOCKS WILL THIS TRIP WILL BE INCREASED. IT MAY BE SEASONALLY, BUT ON A ON AN OVERALL BASIS WE'RE AT MAX CAPACITY AS FAR AS PRODUCTION IS CONCERNED. WE EXPECT MORE PARCELS TO GO OUT AS OUR E-COMMERCE BUSINESS GROWS, BUT WE DON'T EXPECT A TREMENDOUS INCREASE IN VOLUME OF TRUCKS. SO YOU DON'T WANT YOU DON'T EXPECT A TREMENDOUS INCREASE. BUT THERE ARE 13 DOCKS. SO THEY'RE JUST AVAILABLE FOR YES TO PARK TRAILERS SO THAT WE CAN FILL TRAILERS. SO FOR OUR LARGE RETAILERS, I'M SURE, I THINK WE HAVE A BOOT BARN HERE IN GARLAND AT FIREWHEEL. AND SO LIKE BOOT BARN, FOR INSTANCE, THEY HAVE 700 STORES. SO WE HAVE MULTIPLE TRAILERS IDEALLY THAT ARE SET UP AND WE CAN FILL THOSE TRAILERS. AND AS THEY FILL, THEY LEAVE. BUT THE TRAILER COULD, YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS OF FILLING A TRAILER CAN SOMETIMES TAKE DAYS IF THEY'RE MISSING UNITS. SO THE IDEA IS THAT WE PARK THE TRAILER, THE TRUCK LEAVES, YOU FILL THE TRAILER, AND THEN THE TRUCK COMES AND PICKS IT UP WHEN IT'S READY. OKAY. YEAH, I THINK YOU ANSWERED ALL MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, SIR. COUNCILMEMBER SEGOVIANO. THANK YOU. HEY, I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I LOVE YOUR HAT. REALLY GOOD. YOU SUPPORT IT. WELL, CAN YOU REMIND US HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN HERE TO GARLAND? SINCE WHAT YEAR?R? 1938. AND CAN YOU REMIND US HOW MANY JOBS THAT YOU SECURE HERE? 400 ON AN AVERAGE BASIS. AND IT GOES ABOVE THAT SEASONAL. OKAY. SO I JUST WANTED TO REMIND THE CITY. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THANK YOU MAYOR.HANK YOU, MADAM DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUTTON. THIS MIGHT BE A COMBINED QUESTION FOR YOU AND OUR STAFF ON THE STAFF OR ON THIS SLIDE. THAT STAFF SHOWED THE OPERATING HOURS FROM 6 TO 5. IT SPECIFICALLY LISTS TRUCK DELIVERIES ON THAT. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S NOT GOING TO HINDER WHEN YOU CAN START WORKING IN THE FACTORY. BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, IF YOU'VE BEEN IN HATCO AND DONE A TOUR, IT IS HOT AS TARNATION IN THAT WAREHOUSE. AND IN THE MIDDLE OF JULY, I WOULD I IF IT START WORK AT 5:00 IN THEATHER MORNING RATHER THAN LATER. SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT HINDERING YOUR WORKING CAPABILITIES BECAUSE OF THAT.

YES, MA'AM. THE WAY WE HAVE WRITTEN THE CONDITIONS, IT'S REALLY FOR THE TRUCK DELIVERY AND PICKUP. IT'S NOT FOR PERFECT. PERFECT. I WOULD I WOULD HATE TO SEE US INADVERTENTLY HINDER THEIR BUSINESS BECAUSE OF A WORD. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION ALSO THAT. I'VE I'VE NEVER SEEN A TRUCK IDLING ON MARION EVER. I LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I DRIVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE A PSYCHOPATH, SO I. I PROBABLY DRIVE UP AND DOWN MARION PAST HATCO, NO LESS THAN TEN TIMES A DAY. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY BEING LIKE, IT'S PROBABLY MORE THAN THAT. AND I HAVE I HAVE NEVER SEEN A TRUCK IDLING ON MARION. I'VE SEEN TOW TRUCKS PARKED ON FOREST. THAT WILL MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO MEET YOUR MAKER. BUT MARION HAS NEVER BEEN A POINT OF CONTENTION OR CONCERN. ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT SHERWIN WILLIAMS IS 0.7 MILES AWAY FROM CATCO, AND THEY GET TRAINS THAT DELIVER AT ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT, AND THEY THEY REALLY LOVE THE SOUND OF THEIR HORN. AND SO THEY, THEY BLARE THEIR

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AND THEY DID GO THE OPPOSITE WAY. I TOLD THEM, HEY, CAN YOU PUT UP SIGNS, YOU KNOW, ON YOUR WAREHOUSE TELLING THEM WHICH WAY TO GO? BECAUSE THEY, THEY MESS UP, THEY GO THE WRONG WAY, THEY GO THE OPPOSITE WAY, AND THEN THEY TURN AROUND AND COME BACK. AND THAT THAT STREET IS REALLY BAD. IT'S BREAKING. AND MY CONCERN IS IT COULD THEY COULD JUST FALL OVER AND HIT MY HOUSE ONE OF THESE DAYS ON THAT. AND IF THEY COULD PUT SPEED BUMPS UP ALSO, BECAUSE I'VE ALREADY HAD MY CAR HIT LIKE 2 OR 3 TIMES AND THERE HAS BEEN A WRECK IN FRONT OF THERE IN FRONT OF THEIR ON MARION STREET. ALSO. THAT WAS MY CONCERN SO FAR. BUT I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST THEM OR NOTHING. BUT I WAS JUST SAYING LIKE, I NEED TO PUT LIKE SIGNS FOR THEM WHICH WAY THEY NEED TO GO AND MAYBE BIGGER ONES BECAUSE I ALREADY TOLD THEM, BUT IT LOOKS REALLY SMALL.

THE SIGNS THAT THEY GIVE FOR THE 18 WHEELERS. SO THAT WAS IT PRETTY MUCH OKAY. AND I HAD ANOTHER CONCERN, YOU KNOW, THAT FENCE THAT YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO CLOSE, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO OPEN UP FOR, YOU KNOW, TO GO THROUGH THERE USED TO HAVE PARTIES BACK THERE. SO I THINK THAT'S WHY THEY PUT UP THAT FENCE IN THE FIRST PLACE. SECOND, SIR, I HAVE A QUESTION FROM SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DENTON, JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, THE WHEN YOUR CAR WAS HIT, WAS IT AN 18 WHEELER OR JUST TRAFFIC? WAS AMAZON TOTALED IT OUT? OKAY.

AND THEY DO HAVE DEBRIS COMING TO MY PLACE. BUT YOU KNOW, I PICK IT UP. SURE. YEAH. I MEAN, I WAS, I WAS MOSTLY CURIOUS AND UNFORTUNATELY AND IT HAD THEY HAVE HIT MY CAR A COUPLE OF MORE TIMES BEFORE THAT. BUT THE 18 WHEELERS. NO. OR JUST OTHER OTHER VEHICLES. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK, BUT THERE HAS BEEN A WRECK WITH THE WEATHER COMING OUT OF MARION STREET AND TOTAL OUT OF THE CAR. WHENEVER THEY FIRST BUILT THAT ENTRANCE IN AND OUT. OKAY, SO MAYBE THEY COULD PUT AN ARROW OR SOMETHING SO IT COULD BE MORE CLEAR FOR THE PEOPLE THERE AND EVERYTHING. AND ONE THING THAT I HAVE TALKED TO OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT ABOUT IS WHEN, WHEN THE TRUCK DRIVERS GO AND THEY LOOK AT THEIR, THEIR GOOGLE MAPS OR WHATEVER IT IS TO GET OUT OF, YOU KW, THEIR PLACES THAT THEY'RE LOADING. A LOT OF TIMES IT WILL USE THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS, AS A CUT THROUGH. WE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. I'M ON PATRICIA AND GOLDFINCH. WE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH CRAFT AND THEIR 18 WHEELERS. WE'VE HAD THEM TAKE OUT FIRE HYDRANTS AND CAUSE MULTIPLE MINE BUSTS IN THE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY AN ISSUE, BUT I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT WE CAN WE CAN HAVE THE MAP COMPANIES NOT PUT THE RESIDENTIAL STREETS AS CUT THROUGH. SO IF THAT IF THAT HELPS EASE YOUR MIND A LITTLE BIT, WE'RE WORKING ON IT. MAYBE THE SIGNS WILL HELP A LITTLE BIT BIGGER FOR THE 18 WHEELERS ALSO. NO, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S I HAD TO START PARKING MY CARS IN THE BACK BECAUSE THEY JUST FLY THROUGH THERE.

NOT THE 18 WHEELERS THOUGH. THE 18 WHEELERS. WELL THE 18 WHEELERS, THEY GO THE WRONG WAY.

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[b. GDC Amendment ORD 26-08]

SO THEY HAVE MADE RECOMMENDATIONS. SO WE ARE HERE TODAY FOR THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING SO THAT THIS COULD BE ADOPTED. SO JUST JUST A QUICK REFRESHER. IN THE PAST OR CURRENTLY IT'S WE DON'T REGULATE SHORT TERM RENTALS AS A USE OR BASED ON ZONING. IT'S MORE OF A PERMIT. THERE IS A SHORT TERM RENTAL PROGRAM WHERE THEY PEOPLE CAN REGISTER THEIR, THEIR HOME AND GET A PERMIT. THERE WERE A LOT OF DIFFERENT CASES GOING ON AND DIFFERENT COURTS. SO LITIGATION RISK WAS HIGH AND WE WANTED TO STAY DEFENSIBLE. BUT RECENTLY, MARVEL VERSUS CITY OF NEW BRAUNFELS, THE FIFTH CIRCUIT HAS UPHELD THE FACT THAT PRESERVING RESIDENTIAL INTEGRITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER IS A LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT INTEREST. AND THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SHORT TERM RENTAL AND LONG TERM RENTAL FROM A USE PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE THE SOCIAL CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR NEIGHBORS ARE OFTEN VERY DIFFERENT IF WE'RE JUST THERE FOR A COUPLE DAYS. SO FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, FROM A PARKING PERSPECTIVE, JUST FROM A QUALITY OF LIFE PERSPECTIVE, SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM RENTALS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HAVING DIFFERENT IMPACTS. AND THAT FIFTH CIRCUIT HAS ALSO UPHELD THAT THERE'S NO PROTECTED PROPERTY INTEREST IN RENTING SOMEONE SOMEONE'S HOME IN ON A SHORT TERM BASIS. SO PRIOR TO THAT, THAT CASE, WE WE WERE ONLY REGULATING OPERATIONALLY. SO PERMITS, INSPECTIONS, CONDUCT. WE DIDN'T HAVE A USE ON OUR LAND USE CHART FOR THIS. AND AGAIN, VERY CONSERVATIVE APPROACH. THIS THIS CASE, IT'S A THIS CASE DOES GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE COMFORT IN GETTING IT ADDED AS A LAND USE ON OUR LAND USE MATRIX AND HAVING BY RIGHTS SUP PROHIBITED DISTRICTS. AND WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT THE RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER RATIONALE WILL HOLD UP IN COURTS. SO WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED IN THE ORDINANCE THAT IS PART OF YOUR AGENDA PACKET. WE'RE WE'RE ADDING IT IN OUR LAND USE MATRIX AS A AS A SEPARATE LAND USE. WE HAVE A DEFINITION FOR THAT LAND USE IN THE GDC AS WELL. IN THE PROPOSED. A PROPOSED LAND USE. BUT WE ARE PROPOSING THAT OUR SHORT TERM RENTAL BE PERMITTED BY RIGHT IN LIGHT, COMMERCIAL AND HEAVY COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS. IT COULD BE IN THE PD ONLY IF THE PD EXPLICITLY SAY SHORT TERM RENTALS ARE PERMITTED. IF THE PD DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT, THAT MEANS IT IS NOT ALLOWED IN THAT PD. THERE IS ONE PROVISION BUILT INTO THE ORDINANCE THAT BECAUSE GENERALLY THE PERMITS PEOPLE THAT HAVE A VALID PERMIT TODAY, THEY CAN CONTINUE WITH THEIR WITH THEIR PERMIT AND CONTINUE USING THAT PROPERTY AS A SHORT TERM RENTAL. HOWEVER, IF THEY SELL THEIR LAND WITHIN 12 MONTHS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ORDINANCE, THEY CAN. THERE'S. THERE COULD BE ONE TRANSFER AS LONG AS IT. AS LONG

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THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER MORE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, FIRST OF ALL, THAT WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING, A REAL UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHAT IS TAKING PLACE. ARE WE STILL LOOKING AT THREE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THE STR CAN GO FORWARD? ARE WE LOOKING AT THE MINIMUM BEING THAT IN A YEAR? IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT YOU SAID, THAT IF A HOMEOWNER HAS THEIR HOME PRESENTLY, IF THEY DON'T HAVE AN STR IN THE FUTURE, THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT HOUSE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BECOME AN STR, CORRECT? CORRECT. UNLESS IT'S ZONED FOR IT, MEANING WHICH IS LIGHT. LIGHT IN THE TWO LIGHT AND HEAVY COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS. SO ON THOSE TWO DISTRICTS, SHORT TERM RENTAL WILL BE PERMITTED BY. RIGHT. OKAY. LET'S JUST SAY MY HOME. YES. THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO DO IT. THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO DO IT. OKAY. UNLESS THEY WANT TO COME TO YOU AND REZONE THEIR PROPERTY. BECAUSE WHAT IT'S SOUNDING LIKE AT THIS POINT, NO MATTER WHICH ONE OF THESE THINGS WE VOTE ON, WE AS A CITY ARE SAYING AT THIS POINT, WE REALLY SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY, WE'RE GETTING RID OF SCARS. I WOULDN'T SAY THAT IT'S STILL AN ALLOWED USE IN THE LAND USE CHART, BUT IF IN FACT, AFTER A YEAR I DON'T UTILIZE OR I DON'T REQUEST AN STR AFTER THAT YEAR, I CANNOT REQUEST ONE. CORRECT. YOU STILL CAN IF IT'S ZONED FOR LIGHT OR HEAVY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. OKAY, SO MY HOME IN EMERALD LAKE ESTATES IS NOT ZONED FOR LIGHT COMMERCIAL. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOUR HOME IS ZONED S, F SEVEN AND YOU DO NOT HAVE AN STR PERMIT TODAY, YOU WOULD NOT HAVE A BY RIGHT. YOU CANNOT USE YOUR HOME FOR SHORT TERM RENTAL BY RIGHT. LET ME JUST GO AHEAD AND GET TO BECAUSE WHAT I HEAR HAPPENING WITH THIS IS WHEN I PURCHASED MY HOME, AS MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SITTING HERE TONIGHT, WHEN THEY PURCHASED THEIR HOME, THEY HAD IN MIND, FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S A HOME IN WHICH THEY LIVE WITH THEIR FAMILY. SECONDLY, IT WAS THERE WERE SOME ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES TO IT, AND THAT IS THAT THEY WAS GOING TO COME WHEN I WOULD RETIRE, OR I COULD. AND WHEN I RETIRED, HOPEFULLY THE HOUSE HAD APPRAISED TO A CERTAIN VALUE AT THAT POINT, AS IN MY CASE, I'M 78 YEARS OLD AT THIS POINT. I HAVE A SITUATION WHERE I HAVE A 4300 SQUARE FOOT HE, AND I DON'T EVEN GO UPSTAIRS ANYMORE. AND SO I HAVE SOM OPPORTUNITIES WHEN I LEAVE THE COUNCIL NEXT MAY, I HAVE OPPORTUNITIES WITH MY HOME. ONE OF THOSE IS IF THE MARKET IS CORRECT, THE MARKET IS GREAT. I PROBABLY SELL IT, MOVE INTO AND TAKE HALF THE MONEY AND PURCHASE SOMETHING RIGHT, AND THE REST OF IT PUT INTO AN ACCOUNT AND BE ON MY WAY.

ENJOYING RETIREMENT. BUT THE MARKET IS NOT RIGHT. AND SO ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I PURCHASED

[01:30:05]

THEY'RE DIFFERENT THAN LONG TERM RENTAL OR OWNERSHIP FUNCTION OR THE QUALITY OF LIFE IS DIFFERENT. SO HOW MANY STR STRS DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE REGISTERED IN THE CITY? I THINK WE HAVE 60 SOMETHING. SO WE HAVE NOTIFIED ALL OF THEM. HOW MANY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES DO WE HAVE IN THE CITY? 80,000 250,000 PEOPLE DIVIDED BY 3.2 MULTIFAMILY, 60,000 OR 70,080.

YEAH. SO SO THE NUMBER OF STARS IS ROUGHLY 1% OF THE NUMBER OF HOMES IN GARLAND EVEN. YEAH.

AND IF THE CONCERN IS IF THERE IS CONCERN, WOULD YOU SAY IT SHOULD BE FOR AN STR OWNER OR FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE NEIGHBORS THAT SUFFER AN STR IF IT'S GOING BADLY, THAT'S WHAT THE LAND USE DOES. IT EVALUATES THE IMPACT ON NEIGHBORS, QUALITY OF LIFE, RESIDENTIAL INTEGRITY. AND THAT'S WHY LAND USES ARE SEPARATE IN DIFFERENT ZONING DISTRICTS. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET AT. SO WE'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF NEIGHBORHOODS. WE'RE RECOGNIZING WHAT THE HOW THE COURTS HAVE RULED ON. RIGHT.

HAVE YOU HAVE YOU SEEN OTHER CITIES MAKE SIMILAR ORDINANCES? YES, I HAVE HOW MANY? AND I MEAN, ARE THEY NEAR US? ARE THEY IN THE METROPLEX? I THINK CITY OF ARLINGTON HAS HAD A LONG STANDING STR ORDINANCE. OBVIOUSLY, IT HAS BEEN CHALLENGED A FEW TIMES SINCE THIS CASE LAW THAT UPHOLDS THE RESIDENTIAL INTEGRITY CONVERSATION. I WAS JUST AT THE APA CONFERENCE, AND IT WAS A DISCUSSED TOPIC WHERE SEVERAL CITIES MENTIONED THEY WILL NOW

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COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO I THINK I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, YOU ARE ASKING US TO CONSIDER TO. TAKE AWAY. THE THE HOME OWNERS BE ABLE TO DO A SHORT TERM RENTAL OR A AIRBNB UP TO 12 MONTHS OF THEY SELL THE PROPERTY, IS THAT CORRECT? SO. MR. LET ME EXPLAIN THAT PROVISION. THE PROVISION YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE TRANSFER. RIGHT. AND SO ONE OF THE PROVISIONS THAT ARE IN THE. THAT'S IN THE COPY OF THE ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU. THE DRAFT OF THE ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU IS A 12 MONTH TRANSFER RIGHT AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THIS. IF IT WERE TO BE PASSED OF THE ORDINANCE THAT GIVES THE. ANY CURRENT HOMEOWNER PROPERTY OWNER, I SHOULD SAY THAT'S OPERATING AS TR, THE ABILITY TO SELL THAT PROPERTY AS AN STR WITHIN 12 MONTHS. IF THEY DO NOT SELL THAT WITHIN 12 MONTHS, THEN THEY DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO TRANSFER THAT PROPERTY AS AN STR. THEY CAN STILL SELL THE PROPERTY, BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE A RIGHT TO USE IT AS AN STR. AT THAT POINT, THE NEW OWNER WOULD NOT. RIGHT. BUT THEY STILL, WHEN THEY CURRENTLY OWN THE PROPERTY, THEY STILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT. YES, THERE'S A PROVISION IN THERE THAT WILL STILL ALLOW CURRENT STRS AS LONG AS THEY ARE LAWFULLY PERMITTED AND CONTINUE TO BE PERMITTED, AND THERE'S NOT A LAPSE IN THAT PERMIT, THEN THEY'LL BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE TO USE THAT STR AS AN STR, RIGHT. SO IF WE APPROVE IT TONIGHT, THEY WANT TO PROPOSE, THEN THE CURRENT OWNER, IF THEY DON'T SELL THEIR HOUSE, THEY STILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT SHORT TERM RENTAL. THEY'LL CALL AIRBNB IF THEY WANT TO SELL THAT PROPERTY WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF TRANSFER, THEN THEY HAVE THAT. AND AFTER THE 12 MONTHS, THEY NO LONGER THAT PROPERTY, NO LONGER BE ABLE TO DO THE STR OR AIRBNB. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. IF THEY SELL THE PROPERTY, THEIR CURRENT STR OPERATOR AND CURRENTLY PERMITTED, IF THEY SELL THE PROPERTY PRIOR TO A YEAR FROM NOW, IF THIS ORDINANCE PASSES, THEN THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SELL THAT AS AN STR. SO THEY'RE SELLING BOTH THE REAL PROPERTY AND THE BUSINESS ITSELF, RIGHT? THEY WAIT PAST THAT 12 MONTHS UPON EFFECTIVE, EFFECTIVE DATE, THEN THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SELL THE PROPERTY BUT NOT THE STR. GOT YOU. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFICATION. SO I AM ALL FOR QUALITY OF LIFE, BUT I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THE PROPERTY RIGHT. YOU KNOW, I, I FOR MY DISTRICT, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY COMPLAINT ABOUT STR. THE MY, MY EXPERIENCE IS THAT I TRAVEL A LOT ONCE A YEAR FOR SOCCER TOURNAMENT FROM DIFFERENT STATE AND BE ABLE TO DO THE SER OR AIRBNBS. MULTIPLE LOCATIONS INCLUDE THE RESIDENTIAL. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS. I MEAN, I HAVE PEOPLE COME TO TO OUR CITY A LOT OF TOURNAMENTS. WE HAVE SOCCER TOURNAMENTS. WE HAVE. WHAT IS THAT, PING PONG TOURNAMENT, TENNIS TOURNAMENTS. RIGHT. AND THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT WE DON'T HAVE LACK OF THE AIRBNB. AND THEY HAVE TO GO TO PLANO. RICHARDSON AND OTHERS. SO, SO SO THE OTHER CITY INHERITS ALL THE TAX SALE TAX. SO WITH THAT I BELIEVE THAT. WITH LOOKING AT MY OWN DISTRICTS, WHAT I LEARNED SO FAR, AND I STILL BELIEVE THAT THE PROPERTY RIGHT OF THE OWNERS NEED TO PRESERVE. SO THAT'S, THAT'S THAT'S MY OPINIONS ON THAT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK, YOU'RE IN THE QUEUE FOR THE THIRD TIME ON THIS GO ROUND. JUST CURIOUS, ARE WE STILL QUESTIONING STAFF OR IS THIS A DISCUSSION BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE A DISCUSSION, MA'AM. I AM THE ONE WHO RUNS THESE MEETINGS.

THANK YOU MA'AM. COUNCIL, WE HAVE A ANY ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER, FOR THE SECOND TIME. YOUR ANSWER IS THAT. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF ON THIS ONE? I HAVE, YES, SIR. I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT I THINK ARE VERY OPEN TO DISCUSSION, BECAUSE ARE THESE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS STAFF? YES. OKAY. MY

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SO I'M NOT REALLY COMING AT IT FROM THE COMPLAINT PERSPECTIVE AT ALL. SO I DO NOT HAVE THAT INFORMATION. OKAY. AND I ASK THAT BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE'RE HERE. WE'RE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE OF COMPLAINTS THAT HOMEOWNERS QUALITY OF LIFE HOMEOWNERS HAVE HAD AS IT RELATES TO THE STRS HAVING TO DO WITH TRAFFIC, HAVING TO DO WITH NOISE, HAVING TO DO WITH THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE, WE HAVE ON THE BOOK, WE HAVE LAWS THAT ADDRESS ALL OF THE ISSUES AS IT RELATES TO A COMPLAINT, AS IT RELATES TO ANY OF THOSE COMPLAINTS, AND FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, IF WE ENFORCE THOSE LAWS, THOSE LAWS WILL TAKE CARE OF MANY OF THE PROBLEMS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AS FAR AS THE STARS ARE CONCERNED. AGAIN, I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE TAKING THE WORD OF A VERY FEW AND IMPOSING LAWS UPON THE PEOPLE OF MANY, AND TO SAY, YOUR NEIGHBORS ARE THE ONES WHO ARE SUFFERING. AS COUNCILMAN TRINIDAD JUST STATED.

EVIDENTLY NOT, BECAUSE I'M NOT GETTING ANY COMPLAINTS NOW I AM. I HAVE ONE COMPLAINT IN THE ENTIRE CITY, IN MY ENTIRE DISTRICT PRESIDENT AS IT RELATES TO STRS. BUT I'M NOT ABOUT TO TAKE THE RIGHTS OF EVERY CITIZEN OR EVERY HOUSEHOLD AWAY FROM THEM IN ORDER TO DEAL WITH THAT COMPLAINT. SO THAT'S THE REASON THAT I ASKED THAT. SORRY, YOU CAN'T ANSWER THAT ONE, BUT THAT WAS THE QUESTION THAT I HAD. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCIL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF? WE HAVE SEVERAL SPEAKERS LINED UP AND WE'VE BEEN AT IT FOR A WHILE. COUNCILMAN, ASK THAT WE TAKE A 15 MINUTE BREAK, ALL RIGHT. WELK TO OUR REGULAR MEETING. WE'LL CONTINUE WITH OUR DISCUSSION ON ITEM SIX B, GDC AMENDMENT ORDINANCE 26-08. WE NOW ARE READY FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS. I'M SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR FIRST SPEAKER? SIGN UP ON THIS ITEM? ROBERT RITTER.

IF YOU'D GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU PEOPLE. THE REAL QUESTION AT THIS POINT IS ARE WE ALLOWED TO USE OUR OWN HOME AS WE FEEL AS A REAL AREA OF FREEDOM, AND THAT IF THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH YOUR CREATING PROBLEMS WITH THE NEIGHBORS, THAT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ISSUE THAN AN AIRBNB. THAT'S NOT CREATING PROBLEMS. AND YOU GO THROUGH THE APPROVAL PROCESS WHERE YOU HAVE TO GO AHEAD AND TELL ALL THE NEIGHBORS THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO HAVE AN AIRBNB. IF THERE IS A PROBLEM OR A COMPLAINT, THEN THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND JUST SAY THERE'S NO, THEY'RE NOT RENEWING. SO THE REAL QUESTION IS FREEDOM. AND THE REAL QUESTION IS, ARE WE ALLOWED TO USE OUR HOME? OR ARE WE GOING TO BECOME LIKE DALLAS AND ARLINGTON AND SOME OF THESE OTHER PLACES WHERE YOU HAVE SO MUCH, SO MUCH INSTRUCTIONS AND COMPLICATIONS FOR DOING ANYTHING? SO YOU GUYS HAVE A CHANCE TO DO SOME FREEDOM AND TO HELP THE CITY OF GARLAND BE BETTER. SO PLEASE THINK CAREFULLY ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING. THINK ABOUT WHAT I WAS SAYING. TALK ABOUT WHAT JIMMY WAS SAYING. AND THE REAL PROBLEM IS WHAT? HOW MANY ARE YOU? HOW MANY COMPLAINTS ARE YOU REALLY GETTING? AND HOW MUCH OF THIS IS TIED UP IN LEGAL? LEGAL MUMBO JUMBO? BECAUSE YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND DO IT. SO THE REAL QUESTION IS SHOULD YOU DO IT? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SIR. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER, JUSTIN LANDON? YOUR

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UNFORTUNATELY, WE THINK THIS ORDINANCE TIPS THAT BALANCE IN THE WRONG DIRECTION AND GETS US OUT OF BALANCE. WE SHARE YOUR GOAL OF SAFE, STABLE NEIGHBORHOODS. WE UNDERSTAND MUCH OF WHAT BROUGHT THIS ORDINANCE TO THE TABLE IS A FEW BAD ACTORS, AND WE ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT THE CITY'S HOLDING THOSE OPERATORS ACCOUNTABLE. BUT THAT'S OUR POINT. THE TOOLS EXIST TODAY. IN FACT, LAST YEAR YOU PUT A NEW SET OF TOOLS IN PLACE TO HELP HOLD ACCOUNTABLE OPERATORS. BUT THIS ORDINANCE GOES FURTHER, LIMITING THE USE FOR EVERY OWNER IN GARLAND, INCLUDING THE ONES WHO GET THE PERMITS, PASS INSPECTIONS, CARRY INSURANCE, AND ARE GENERALLY GOOD NEIGHBORS. A FEW OPERATORS CONDUCT IS A REASON TO STRONGLY ENFORCE THE RULES, NOT TO RESTRICT EVERYONE WHO FOLLOWS THEM. SO WE'RE ASKING REALLY FOR ONE THING TONIGHT, WHICH IS NOT TO THROW THIS WORK AWAY, BUT TO ASK TO CONTINUE THIS HEARING TO A DATE CERTAIN WE WOULD ASK FOR FEBRUARY 1ST SO THAT THE RULES YOU ADOPTED IN SEPTEMBER OF 25. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILMAN MOORE FOR THE QUESTIONS ABOUT DATA. WE NOW HAVE A FULL YEAR OF DATA BEHIND THE CHANGES YOU GUYS MADE A YEAR AGO. WE'D ASK YOU TO LOOK AT THAT DATA AND DETERMINE WHERE THOSE SANCTIONS ARE FALLING SHORT BEFORE YOU ACT. SECOND, AS DRAFTED, A PERMITTED HOME LOSES THE STATUS AT THE NEXT SALE AFTER THE FIRST YEAR, WITH NO EXCEPTION FOR DEATH, DIVORCE, A DEED INTO A TRANSFER OF FAMILY TRUST. THIS IS A REAL IMPACT ON INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES THAT HAVE INVESTED IN YOUR COMMUNITY. THIRD, OUTSIDE OF TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS, THE ONLY PATH TO A NEW SHORT TERM RENTAL IS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT, AND THE ORDINANCE DOES NOT INCLUDE WHAT CRITERIA YOU, AS COUNCIL, MIGHT LOOK AT TO APPROVE A FUTURE PLANNED AMENDMENT, WHICH IS COMMON IN MANY OTHER ORDINANCES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. A CLEAR CRITERIA WOULD GIVE YOU AND YOUR RESIDENTS A CLEAR AND PREDICTABLE PROCESS FOR FUTURE STR PERMITS. WE'VE SUBMITTED A LETTER TO EACH OF YOU WITH MORE DETAIL ON OUR POSITION, INCLUDING THE ONGOING SAGA IN THE COURTS. THIS IS NOT OVER. WE WANT TO HELP DRIVE BETTER POLICY AND HELP YOU FIND THE BALANCE FOR PROPERTY OWNERS HERE AND FOR THEIR NEIGHBORS.

WE URGE YOU TO ENFORCE THE RULES AGAINST THE OPERATORS WHO HAVE BROKEN THEM, AND GIVE YOURSELVES A FEW MONTHS TO GET THE REST RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU SIR. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER, AMY HANSON? YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. MY NAME IS AMY HANSON, AND I OWN A RENTAL PROPERTY HERE IN THE CITY OF GARLAND. AND I'M ALSO A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY MANAGER. I'M ALSO THE IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY MANAGERS. I'M ALSO A REALTOR AND WORK WITH THE METRO ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS. AND I WANT TO START WHERE YOU ARE. NO ONE IN MY PROFESSION WANTS A PROBLEM HOUSE NEXT DOOR TO THE FAMILIES THAT WE SERVE. WHEN A PROBLEM HOUSE, WHEN A PROPERTY BECOMES A PROBLEM, IT HURTS THE OWNERS AND THE MANAGERS WHO DO IT RIGHT. THAT'S WHY I SUPPORT THE RULES THE COUNCIL ADOPTED LAST YEAR PERMITS, INSPECTIONS, INSURANCE, PARKING LIMITS, A MINIMUM STAY AND A SUSPENSION FOR THE REPEAT VIOLATORS. THOSE RULES HOLD OPERATORS ACCOUNTABLE, AND THEY TARGET THE RIGHT PEOPLE. BY THE CITY'S ATTORNEYS ESTIMATE, GARLAND HAS MORE THAN 200 SHORT TERM RENTALS, WITH 2 OR 3 SERIOUS PROBLEM PROPERTIES AT ANY ONE TIME LAST YEAR. LAST YEAR'S RULES HAVE ONLY BEEN IN PLACE FOR JUST A YEAR. THE ATTORNEY ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE EVEN THE POLICE CHIEF SAID THERE WERE VERY FEW ISSUES WITH SHORT TERM RENTALS. I PRESUME THAT THE 1 OR 2 HOUSES THAT HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE HAVE ALREADY LOST THEIR PERMITS, SO PASSING THIS PROPOSAL DOESN'T FIX THE 1 OR 2 BAD GUYS, BUT IT IMPACTS THE ABILITY TO HAVE AN SDR PROPERTY. IN GENERAL, COMMUNITIES CAN BENEFIT FROM SHORT TERM RENTALS. SHORT TERM RENTALS CAN BRING REVENUE AND BRING JOBS. HERE IN GARLAND, THE CITY COLLECTS A 7% LOCAL HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FROM ALL SHORT TERM RENTALS. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT TO OUR TAX BASE. ALSO, WITH 200 SHORT TERM RENTALS AT $500 A YEAR IN

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HELLO. MY NAME IS TED MUMMA. I LIVE AT 1231 WEST AVENUE, A GARLAND RESIDENT FOR 21 YEARS.

WE BOUGHT A HOUSE OVER THERE. IT WAS BUILT IN 1937 FOR A FAMILY CALLED THE PEAVEY'S. I DON'T KNOW ANYWAY, THAT'S. THAT'S WHY WE CAME HERE FOR THE OLD HOUSE. I RECENTLY RETIRED FROM GISDI WAS IN TRANSPORTATION WORKING WITH THE SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS FOR 7 OR 8 YEARS. NINE YEARS. ACTUALLY, ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO, WE DECIDED TO TAKE OUR SAVINGS AND INVEST. WE HAD A FALLING DOWN GARAGE, SO WE TOOK IT TO THE STUDS AND REBUILT IT, AND WE TURNED IT INTO A SHORT WELL. WE TURNED IT INTO A GUEST HOUSE, WHICH WE THEN ADVERTISED ON AIRBNB AND VRBO AS SHORT TERM RENTALS. WE HAVE A AN ENTRANCE IN THE REAR REMOTE THAT LET YOU IN AND LET YOU OUT. WE BUILT A POOL AND A HOT TUB, AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING PRETTY WELL.

WE'VE HAD ON OUR REVIEWS, WE'VE HAD 207 AIRBNB REVIEWS AT 4.9 RATING AND 11 VIDEO REVIEWS AT 4.8 RATING. WE'VE HAD NO. WE HAVE COUPLES ONLY. WE HAVE. NO. NO CHILDREN, NO PETS. POOL CLOSES AT 10 P.M. WE HAVE HAD NO COMPLAINTS FROM ANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS. IN FACT, WE'VE HAD SOME OF THEM COME AND STAY FOR A FEW DAYS THEMSELVES BECAUSE IT'S A PRETTY NICE PLACE. SO MY CONCERN IS, WELL, I SPOKE OF THE OWNERSHIP OF MY PROPERTY AND THE FACT I AM 81 YEARS OLD.

I'M RETIRED. THE ONLY MONEY I HAVE IS MY SOCIAL SECURITY, THE LITTLE PENSION, AND THEN THIS AIRBNB IS WHAT WE RETIRED ON. SO IF IT GOES AWAY, I'M IN BIG TROUBLE. I COULD HAVE SPENT MY MONEY ON SOMETHING ELSE. AND THEN AND MAYBE ANYWAY, IT IT WAS OUR INVESTMENT TO RETIRE.

SO I AGREED WITH THE PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU'RE TAKING AWAY RIGHTS, TAKEN AWAY THE ABILITY FOR ME TO SELLY HOME IF I IF I DON'T SELL IT IN THE FIRST YEAR, THEN I CAN'T ADVERTISE THAT THEY CAN USE IT AS A SHORT TERM RENTAL. MY SUGGESTION IS THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BAD BEHAVIOR, DOING BAD BEHAVIOR, AND SHORT TERM RENTALS, YOU'VE GOT THEIR, YOU'VE GOT THEM LICENSED AND YOU'VE GOT THEM PERMITTED. YOU KNOW WHO THEY ARE. GO TAKE CARE OF THEM AND LEAVE US WHO ARE DOING OUR JOB AND DOING THE TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS AND TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS. LEAVE US ALONE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANKS. THANK YOU SIR. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER, JEFF LUCIDO? SIR, IF YOU GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. I'M JEFF LUCIDO, A RESIDENT OF 25 YEARS, LIVING AT 3405 RIDGEDALE DRIVE IN GARLAND. MAYOR HEDRICK. COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY CITY MANAGER AND CITYTY ATTORNEY. GOOD EVENING. N SEPTEMBER 28TH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED GARLAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT 26-08, THE SHORT TERM RENTAL ZONING AMENDMENT BY A VOTE OF 7 TO 0. AT THAT MEETING, PLANNING DIRECTOR NABILA NUR SAID RESIDENTIAL INTEGRITY AND

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THE CITY LISTS 64 SHORT TERM RENTALS, WHICH WILL REMAIN OPERATIONAL. THE DATA SHOWS THE VAST MAJORITY ARE RUN AS BUSINESSES. 52 HAVE NO HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. MORE THAN HALF OF THE OWNERS ARE REGISTERED. TAX RECORDS OUTSIDE OF GARLAND, FIVE ARE OUTSIDE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. THE OWNERS, ONE THIRD OF THESE HOUSES HOLD MORE THAN 50 OTHER PROPERTIES.

IN DALLAS COUNTY ALONE, ONLY 12 HOLD AN ACTIVE STATE HOTEL TAX PERMIT. THESE OWNERS TURNED HOMES INTO HOTELS OR BOUGHT HOUSES TO RUN THEM AS SHORT TERM RTALS. THAT IS A BUSINESS, AND A BUSINESS CARRIES NO GUARANTEES. THESE NEIGHBORS SHOULD NOT CARRY THAT RISK. LAST NIGHT, YOU HEARD THE PERMANENT APPEAL FOR A HOME ON RIDGEDALE DRIVE. THE HOUSE IS EXACTLY WHAT THESE CHANGES ARE MEANT TO STOP. SHORT TERM RENTAL OPERATOR SOLD IT.

MARKETED AS A BUSINESS, NOT A HOME. THE BUYER BOUGHT IT AND KEPT IT RUNNING. IN THAT WAY, THE CITY MADE CHANGES. I'M SORRY THAT THE BUYER MADE CHANGES THE CITY NEVER APPROVED AS WRITTEN, THIS CLAUSE LETS ALL 64 OF THESE HOMES BE SOLD THE SAME WAY FOR THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, AND POTENTIALLY TURN INTO THE NEXT RIDSDALE PROPERTY. TEXAS COURTS HAVE SPOKEN. THE FORT WORTH COURT OF APPEALS UPHELD ARLINGTON, FORT WORTH AND GRAPEVINE, EACH GIVING EXISTING OPERATORS NINE MONTHS OR LESS. IN JUNE, THE FIFTH CIRCUIT FOUND TEXAS COURTS HAVE NEVER RECOGNIZED A VESTED RIGHT TO RENT A HOME AS A SHORT TERM RENTAL. I'VE SEEN THE CITY'S ATTORNEYS LITIGATE A SHORT TERM RENTAL CASE. THEY WERE PREPARED AND PROFESSIONAL, AND I TRUST THEM TO DEFEND THIS. SPEAKING QUICKLY TO COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE'S COMMENTS REGARDING LAWS AIMING TO MITIGATE PARKING, NOISE, PARTIES, ETC. YES, THEY'RE STRONG, THEY'RE EXTENSIVE, BUT ENFORCEMENT IS EXTREMELY DIFCULT. FOR EXAMPLE, AIRBNB ALLOWING CONTINUAL RENTALS AFTER AN ENFORCEMENT WAS PULLED RIGHT. EVEN THIS, THE SCARLET LETTER SIGN, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS A BEAUTIFUL IDEA, HAD ZERO EFFECT. IT DIDN'T STOP A SINGLE RENTAL.

SIR, I ASK YOU TO SUM UP, PLEASE. IF YOU KEEP THE BUYER OPTION, PLEASE MAKE THE 12 MONTHS AND 30 DAYS FIRM DEADLINES AND GIVE THAT THE BUYERS PERMIT HAS AN END DATE.

IF NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER IS THE REASON THAT THE ORDINANCE SAY SO, PLEASE GIVE THEM BACK THE CHOICE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? YES, SIR. WE HAVE TWO. ALL RIGHT. WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER, EMMA NAGY? I DO NOT SEE HER. IF YOU PLEASE, CALL OUR NEXT ONE, ANNIE ORTIZ. GOOD EVENING TO ALL OF YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR NAME. FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU.

YES. I HAD THE PLEASURE TO SERVE MY COMMUNITY THROUGH AN AIRBNB HOST FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS. AND I HAVE AIRBNB IN DIFFERENT STATES. I CONSIDER THAT THIS REQUEST IS TAKING THE RIGHTS TO ANY HOMEOWNER, IN ADDITION TO BE A HOST FOR AIRBNB AND VRBO. I CONSIDER THAT MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS VERY WELL KEPT BECAUSE WE AS A COMMUNITY, IT'S NOT ONLY ABOUT MY PROPERTY. WE AS A COMMUNITY WORK TOGETHER TO BEAUTIFY THE WHOLE STATE. OUR COMMUNITIES ARE OUR AIRBNB PROPERTIES CAN BE DIFFERENTIATED FROM FAR AWAY. YOU DRIVE IN A STREET THAT HAS AN AIRBNB PROPERTY AS A GREAT LANDSCAPING, AS A GREAT. APPROACH TO THE HOUSE, AND IN ADDITION HAVE TO FOLLOW WITH ALL THE GUIDELILINES THAT THE CITY HAS STIPULATED. FOR US AS A HOMEOWNER TO FOLLOW. I AM TALKING FROM THE PART OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT IS BEHIND A SHORT TERM RENTAL. WE HAD FAMILIES THAT WE PROVIDE JOB TO, A LANDSCAPER. WE PROVIDE JOB TO A HANDYMAN. WE PROVIDE YOU AN ELECTRICIAN. IT'S A LOT OF WORK INVOLVING THE SERVICE THAT WE

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IN ADDITION TO THAT OF SERVING COMMUNITIES AND SERVING RESIDENTS AND SERVING VISITORS.

HOSPITALITY IS WHAT WE DO BEST IN GARLA. GARLAND IS A MULTICULTURAL PLACE WHERE PEOPLE ARE ATTRACTED BECAUSE THE BEAUTY OF THE CITY, WE CANNOT TAKE THAT FROM THE COMMUNITY. PEOPLE CAME FROM FAR AWAY BECAUSE THEY. HERE GARLAND IS A PLACE THAT I SAW ON THE TV SHOW A FEW YEARS AGO. GARLAND IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE. I WORK WITH FAMILIES. I HAVE INVESTORS THAT I AM REPRESENTING TONIGHT. I AM PEOPLE WHO WORK HARD IN THIS TOWN BECAUSE THEY REALLY WANT TO BE IN GARLAND AS A RESIDENT AND ALSO AS A WORKER. SO WE PROVIDE WORK TO OTHERS. I BENEFIT MY CLIENTS WITH MY HOSPITALITY SERVICE BENEFIT TOO, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT IS WE TAKE CARE OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY AS THE HOST, I HAD THE RIGHT TO SELECT WHO IS STAYING MY PROPERTY. I HAD THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE AND PROVIDE THE GUIDELINES ABOUT WHO WILL STAY BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE A DRIVER'S LICENSE INFORMATION. YOU CAN GOOGLE WHOEVER YOU HAVE TO ASK YOU TO SUM UP, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT IS I. I AM NOT IN PRO OF THAT NEW REGULATION BECAUSE AIRBNB BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY, THE SOCIETY, THE GUESTS, AND AS A REAL ESTATE AGENT, I KNOW ABOUT DEMOGRAPHICS, I KNOW ABOUT INVESTMENT, AND I KNOW ABOUT REVENUE. HAVING THOSE PROPERTIES IN THE CITY IS AN ATTRACTIVE WAY FOR PEOPLE COMING TO THE CITY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU, MADAM SECRETARY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? NO, SIR. WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE NAME OF THE SPEAKER WHO IS NOT HERE AGAIN, PLEASE? GO. ALL RIGHT. LAST CHANCE. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM TONIGHT? SEEING NONE.

COUNCIL. IN OUR HANDS. I WANT TO START. JUST START THE DISCUSSION OFF. BECAUSE START WITH THE PRINCIPLE THAT THE COUNCIL HAS FOLLOWED ON SHORT TERM RENTALS FOR YEARS. STAFF PUT ON OUR SLIDE. IT SAYS STAY DEFENSIBLE. DON'T BE THE TEST CASE. THAT WAS ON THE VERY FIRST SLIDE THAT CITY ATTORNEY HAD ON ON OUR PRESENTATION LAST NIGHT. AND I THINK THE ORDINANCE IN FRONT OF US TONIGHT BREAKS THAT RULE. AND I'M ASKING US, AS YOU'VE HEARD FROM OTHER SPEAKERS TONIGHT, TO PAUSE BEFORE WE ACT HERE, THERE'S STILL CASE LAW PENDING.

THERE'S STILL A CHANCE FOR PLAINTIFFS TO APPEAL TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT. THERE'S A SPLIT DECISIONS IN VARIOUS COURTS IN TEXAS, AND THERE'S NO RUSH TO ACT ON THIS BEFORE THOSE THOSE CASES ARE SETTLED. BUT IT'S NOT JUST CASE LAW. IT'S ABOUT THE FAIRNESS, THE PEOPLE WHO WHO DID EVERYTHING WE ASKED, WE STRENGTHENED OUR REGULATIONS AROUND SHORT TERM RENTALS. WE REQUIRED THEM TO GET PERMITS. WE WENT AND INSPECTED THEIR HOMES. AND THEN WE ALSO CASHED THE CHECKS THAT THEY SENT US FOR THE HOTEL TAX, HOTEL TAX EVERY QUARTER AND EVEN TONIGHT. AND AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WE HAD AN 81 YEAR OLD RESIDENT WHO WORKED FOR GSD AND AS A BUS DRIVER, IF I REMEMBER FROM THE. THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING TESTIFIED THAT HE PUT HIS RETIREMENT SAVINGS INTO A RENTAL TO FUND HIS RETIREMENT.

AND UNDER THIS ORDINANCE, UNLESS HE SELLS WITHIN 12 MONTHS, THAT VALUE HE BUILT DISAPPEARS THE DAY THE PROPERTY CHANGES HANDS. THAT INCLUDES THE DAY THAT HIS WIFE INHERITANCE, OR THE DAY HE PUTS IT IN LIVING TRUST AND A LAWFUL USE SHOULDN'T END BECAUSE THE NAME OF THE DEED CHANGES. IF WE BELIEVE IN PROPERTY RIGHTS, THEN THE VALUE SOMEONE BUILT SHOULD STAY WITH THE PROPERTY. AND 12 MONTHS REALLY ISN'T 12 MONTHS. THIS ISN'T 2022 WHEN HOMES SOLD IN THREE WEEKS, FEDERAL RESERVE DATA FROM THE MEDIAN MARKET TIME TO MARKET IN DALLAS, FORT WORTH HAD A RECORD HIGH OF 72 DAYS THIS PAST JANUAR AND THAT'S JUST TIME TO GET A CONTRACT, SO MUST BE CLOSED AND RECORDED WITHIN THE YEAR, SO OWNERS WILL HAVE TO LIST WITHIN MONTHS STARTING NOVEMBER. HEADING INTO THE SLOWEST HOME SALE SEASON, AND

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THINK OF A RETIREE OR A YOUNG FAMILY WHO'S STRETCHED TO MAKE THE MORTGAGE. SOME SOMEONE HAS FAMILY IN TOWN FOR GRADUATION. THOSE AREN'T OUR PROBLEM PROPERTIES. THE OWNER IS RIGHT THERE DOWN THE HALL, AND THEY'RE ON SITE EVERY SINGLE NIGHT. IF WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT PARTY HOUSES WITH NO ONE WATCHING, THE HOME WHERE THE OWNER LIVES IS THE LAST PLACE WE SHOULD BE LOOKING. SO I WOULD SUPPORT A MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM. AND IF WE'RE NOT READY TO WAIT, WE NENEED TO AMEND THIS ORDINANCE O CARVE OUT CARVE OUT THE STIPULATIONS FOR OWNERS WHO RENT A ROOM, LIMIT HOW MANY NON OCCUPIED OWNER RENTALS CAN OPERATE ON ANY ONE BLOCK. MAYBE THEY USE THE SAN ANTONIO MODEL WHERE THEY PUT A DENSITY CAP ON NON-OWNER OCCUPIED RENTALS SO THAT NO STREET BECOMES A ROW OF RENTALS AND STILL PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE ON THE BOOKS. AND LET'S NOT MAKE GARLAND A TEST CASE IN THE COURTS. I HAVE SOMEONE IN THE QUEUE QUEUE COUNCILMEMBER. SO I HEARD WORDS FROM THE SPEAKERS LIKE INVESTORS. I HEARD MANY OF THEM NOT SAY THAT THEY LIVE IN GARLAND. I HEARD LAWN SERVICE. MAID SERVICE, THOSE THOSE THINGS, SOUND MAINTENANCE SERVICES, THOSE ALL SOUND LIKE HOTELS TO ME. AND ESSENTIALLY A HOTEL IS A BUSINESS AND WE DON'T ALLOW BUSINESSES TO OPERATE IN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. IN GARLAND, THIS ORDINANCE, AS WRITTEN, ALLOWS CURRENT STR OWNERS TO OPERATE IN PERPETUITY AS LONG AS THEY ARE FOLLOWING OUR STR ORDINANCE. IT ALLOWS THEM TO SELL WITHIN 12 MONTHS IF THEY EVER, IF THEY NEED, IF THEY FEEL THE NEED TO. BUT I DON'T I DON'T SEE THAT MANY OF THESE, ESPECIALLY THE THE GENTLEMAN THAT SERVED GISD FOR SO LONG, I DON'T SEE THOSE THAT NONE OF THEM SAID THAT THEY WANTED TO SELL, I. IN FACT, I THINK THAT THERE'S A HUGE MARKET FOR A SEPARATE BUILDING ON YOUR PROPERTY THAT COULD BE USED AS A. WHAT'S FREQUENTLY CALLED MOTHER IN LAW SUITE. SO IF IF WE PASS THIS, THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS LATER. BUT WHAT IT DOES RIGHT NOW IS IT LIMITS THE ABILITY FOR NEIGHBORHOODS WHO ARE AFFECTED BY A BAD STR TO NOT HAVE ANY MORE ENTER THEIR INTO ENTER THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT NOW, EVEN IF A PERMIT IS REVOKED ON AN STR PROPERTY, THEY COULD SELL THAT PROPERTY AND IT COULD BECOME AN STR AGAIN. AND THAT'S A PROBLEM, ESPECIALLY FOR NEIGHBORHOODS WHO HAVE SUFFERED A HOTEL IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, WHERE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE HAS BEEN DAMAGED BY THE PRESENCE OF STRANGERS COMING IN AND OUT ALL THE TIME. IF A PROPERTY IS SOLELY AN STR, YOU DO NOT HAVE DO NOT HAVE THE SAME NEIGHBOR THERE ALL THE TIME. AND YES, WE WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS US TO REVOKE A PERMIT. IF SOMEONE HAS THREE STRIKES AND THEN THEY GO THROUGH THIS OTHER PROCESS, AND IF THERE'S ANOTHER THREE STRIKES DURING THAT TIME, IF A PERMIT IS REVOKED, AIRBNB DOES NOT PROHIBIT THEM FROM RENTING THEIR PROPERTY. AND I WOULD SAY THAT IF AIRBNB OR ANY OF THEM, VRBO, ALL OF THOSE STR WEBSITES WOULD ACTUALLY PARTNER WITH THE

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. MORE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND I'M NOT GOING TO BE VERY LONG AT ALL. I THINK THAT BASED ON THE PREPONDERANCE OF INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE HEARD HERE TONIGHT, I THINK THAT OUR BEST ROUTE, AGAIN, IS TO DO EXACTLY WHAT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED AND RECOMMENDED, AND THAT IS WITH SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US. THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO VOTE ON TONIGHT. IT IS NOT AN ISSUE THAT IS, THE EMERGENCY IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION ON RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE OTHER SITUATIONS, OTHER THINGS THAT ARE BEFORE US THAT I THINK ARE MUCH MORE PRESSING. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, AS HAS ALREADY BEEN STATED, WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE ACTUALLY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE WILLING TO PARTNER WITH US, WHO ARE WILLING TO SIT DOWN AT THE TABLE WITH US AND TO TAKE A LOOK AT WAYS BY WHICH WE CAN GO ABOUT PREPARING A MUCH MORE ENFORCEABLE, MUCH MORE POWERFUL ORDINANCE, ONE THAT IS GOING TO BE FAIR TO ALL. AND I JUST THINK THAT THIS IS NOT THE TIME FOR US TO BE MAKING A DECISION. AS IT RELATES TO A FEW HOMEOWNERS BREAKING THE LAWS AND IMPOSING THE INFRACTIONS UPON THE MAJORITY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US IF I SEE HERE THE MOTION IN ORDER. YET ARE WE STILL SPEAKING? NO ONE HAS MADE A MOTION YET, SIR. I HAVE TWO MORE IN THE QUEUE, THOUGH. OH. DO YOU? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MY MOTION TONIGHT WOULD CERTAINLY BE THAT WE WOULD POSTPONE THIS VOTE OR THAT WE WOULD VOTE NO TO THIS VOTE. AND SHE'S RIGHT. WE WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK AND REVAMP AND TO AMEND AND TO DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS WITH IT. BUT I THINK ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT A CONCERNED ME TONIGHT IS THAT WE'RE SAYING THAT WE AS A CITY, HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ENFORCE THE LAWS AS IT RELATATES TO HOW TO BRING THESE STARS THAT ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE INTO COMPLIANCE. NOW, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT, BUT THAT IS WHERE I THINK THAT WE TRULY NEED TO LOOK PRIMARILY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF WE HAVE A POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE A FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE A CODE COMPLIANCE. AND IF WE UTILIZE THOSE ENTITIES TO DO WHAT WE DID, WHAT WE SAID LAST YEAR, I DON'T KNOW WHO IT WAS THAT SAID, LET'S GIVE IT A YEAR, AT LEAST GIVE IT A YEAR. BUT WE'VE ALREADY VOTED ON. IT WOULD GIVE US OPPORTUNITY THEN TO REALLY HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND SAY, WELL, THIS IS WORKING, THAT'S NOT WORKING, AND HOW TO GO ABOUT MOVING IT INTO THE FUTURE. SO IF I WERE GOING TO DO A MOTION AT ALL, THE FIRST MOTION WOULD BE NO TO THE THE ORDINANCE THAT'S BEFORE US. AND THE SECOND THING WOULD BE TO POSTPONE IT UNTIL WE CAN WORK ON IT AS A COMMUNITY. BECAUSE, MR. MAYOR, AGAIN, I KIND OF SEE THIS AS BEING THAT MD HEALTH PATHWAY SITUATION OF WHERE WE MAKE A DECISION FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENTS IN THIS CITY, AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN TALKED TO THEM. AND AT THIS POINT, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. BUT WHEN THEY FIND OUT THAT WE HAVE TAKEN THEIR RIGHTS, THEY WILL KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. AND I THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO FACE A SITUATION AGAIN WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT IS VERY UPSET WITH US AS A RESULT OF WHAT WE'VE DONE. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU SIR. MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I TOO WOULD LIKE TO ECHO SOMETHING THAT COUNCILMAN MOORE IS IS SPEAKING OF. I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE WE'RE MISSING OUT ON A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE CITIZENS ABOUT NOT JUST SHORT TERM RENTALS, BUT ALSO HOME BASED BUSINESSES, BECAUSE AS IT'S BEING ABUNDANTLY MADE CLEAR, THIS IS A HOME BUSINESS OF

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WE HAVE A MOTION TO DENY COUNCILL A SECONDS ON THAT MOTION. SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TRAN. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DUTTON. SO I HAD THE MOTION BUTTON PRESSED 30 MINUTES AGO. IF YOU HAVE A PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY, PLEASE MAKE IT. I WOULD LIKE TO MOTION THAT. WE LOOK AT APPROVING THIS ORDINANCE WITH THE EXCLUSION OF OWNER OCCUPIED STAIRS, SO THAT OWNER OCCUPIED STAIRS WOULD BE ALLOWED IN SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONES WITH TRANSFERS IN THE ORDINANCE, NOT TO HAVE A 12 MONTH TRANSFER PERIOD. SO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GENUINELY TRYING TO MAKE THOSE ENDS MEET BY HAVING A MOTHER IN LAW SUITE THERE, THEY'RE GOOD TO GO. WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE BEHAVE DIFFERENTLY WHEN THEIR EARS WITHIN HEARING DISTANCE. SO THAT WOULD BE MY MY MOTION WOULD BE TO ALLOW OWNER OCCUPIED STAIRS. ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION ON THE TABLE. YES.

DOES THE MOTION MAKER CONCUR? DOES NOT ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? I ON THE TABLE A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TRAN. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE. THAT MOTION CARRIES 6 TO 3 WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS LUCK AND DUTTON IN OPPOSITION. COUNCIL.

[7. Mayor Dylan Hedrick

• Community Multicultural Commission — Robert Vera 

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[ CITIZEN COMMENTS]

WHILE PRIMARILY CELEBRATED BY HINDU JAIN AND SECRETS, ITS CENTRAL THEME OF LIGHT RESONATES WITH THE THE ALL OF HUMANITY AND SERVES AS A POWERFUL SYMBOL OF UNITY, BRIDGING GAPS AND BETWEEN PEOPLE OF DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS. THIS YEAR, WE ANTICIPATE OVER 11,000 VISITORS OVER THE METROPLEX OF NORTH TEXAS, AND THIS YEAR'S THEME IS LIGHT BEYOND THE LAMPS. THROUGHOUT THE EVENT, GUESTS WILL ENJOY A DELICIOUS FOOD AT THE FOOD STALLS, IN ADDITION OF 10,000FT■S IN AN IMMERSIVE EXHIBIT. EXHIBITION WILL BE DISPLAYED WHILE PROVIDE KNOWLEDGE AND HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF CULTURAL MORAL VALUES IN CELEBRATING COMMUNITY GARDENS. FOOD IN THE TRADITIONS. O THE DISPLAY, ALSO CALLED THE MOUNTAIN OF FOOD, FEATURING AN OFFER OF 1100 VEGETARIAN DISHES. IN THE SPIRIT OF CIVIC PRIDE AND OUR EVENING STAGE PROGRAM INCLUDES AMERICA 250 CELEBRATION, FEATURING VETERANS AND FRONTLINE WORKERS. TO APPRECIATE OUR HONOR, OUR NATION AND LOCAL HEROES BY EVENING. CULTURAL PROGRAM IN THE GRAND FIREWORKS FINALE. CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS ALSO WILL ALSO BE EXPERIENCING THE UNIVERSAL MESSAGE OF UNITY, REFLECTION, AND HOPE THAT DIWALI BRINGS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF GARLAND AND THE RESIDENTS OF GARLAND, TEXAS TO OUR CELEBRATION. FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS, PLEASE CONTACT THE BAPS.ORG/DALLAS OR CONTACT US AT THE DFW.PUBLICAFFAIRS.TEAM@GMAIL.CO.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER, DOROTHY WHITE? GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DOROTHY WHITE. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. I AM SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF PROPOSITION A BECAUSE I AM A PROUD GARLAND NATIVE, AND I WANT TO SEE OUR CITY'S EXCELLENT SERVICES, KEEP PACE WITH OUR COMMUNITY'S NEEDS. PROPOSITION A PROVIDES FOR NEEDED PUBLIC SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS, STREET MAINTENANCE, MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT FOR OUR PARKS, MATERIALS AND PROGRAMS FOR OUR LIBRARIES, AND MANY QUALITY OF LIFE ACTIVITIES THAT WE CAN ALL ENJOY. ALL OF THIS WITHOUT INCREASING MY TAX BILL. GARLAND VOTERS HAVE APPROVED IMPORTANT PROJECTS SUCH AS NEW ROAD PROJECTS, NEW PARKS, NEW LIBRARIES. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE INVESTMENTS ARE SUPPORTED AND MAINTAINED.

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THANK YOU, MA'AM. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER, WESLEY JOHNSON? PLEASE KEEP YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS WESLEY JOHNSON. I LIVE AT 3007 BLUFFVIEW IN DISTRICT THREE. I'M UP HERE AND I ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT MISS WHITE'S COMMENTS ABOUT SUPPORTING PROPOSITION A. I URGE ALL OF YOU ON THE COUNCIL, ALL OF YOU BEING RESIDENTS OF GARLAND, TO VOTE FOR PROPOSITION A, AND I URGE EVERYBODY HERE WHO IS A GARLAND RESIDENT TO VOTE FOR PROPOSITION A BECAUSE IT'S AN INVESTMENT IN OUR FUTURE, AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK ACROSS THE STREET AND SEE THE GOOD WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE. WE NEED TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD ON IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. VOTE YES ON PROPOSITION A. THANK YOU SIR.

MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER? THERE ARE NO MORE SPEAKERS. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TONIGHT? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE.

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