City Council - Regular Meeting

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Everyone take their seats. All right. All right. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the regular meeting of the Irving City Council for January 29th, 2026. It is it is a pleasure to have each and every one of you with us tonight. Uh first we have the organizational service announcements. Chennai, do we have anybody signed up to give us an announcement? No sir.

Okay. Uh next we have our invocation which will be from uh Dr. Michael O Yoken. Would you please stand? Good evening. Thank you for this uh honor and privilege to do the invocation. Let us bow. Dear God, we thank you for uh all that you've done for us, for allowing us to see this day, and we thank you for allowing us to be here at this appointed place, at this appointed time. And we ask, oh God, that you will govern this meeting, that you will continue to cover our leaders of this great city and our state and our country. And God, we just ask that you will just continue to have your voice heard in all things. uh because we lean and depend on you for guidance in our lives. And so we ask that you just continue to cover this city of Irving, Texas, as we continue to do what you've called for us to do. Uh all these things we ask in the name of Jesus, we pray and ask it all. Amen.

Amen. If you would please uh remain standing, Councilman Croninut will lead the pledge. 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. Honor the Texas flag. I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas. One state under God, one and indivisible.

Thank you, Mark. Uh we are now moving on to the city operations update. Orlando Mayor Pro Tim, we have two presentations today. The first one is going to be by Dan Vendril and it will be on Dallas area rapid uh transit route uh 225 and 255 cancellation update. Okay, he's working his way up to the mic right now. And well before we begin with the uh the staff presentation, I understand Chana we have some uh residents who signed up to speak.

Yes, we do. That is correct. Um I'm going to read the script that is the same as the script for public comments because it applies closely here. public comments and this item um provides the opportunity to our citizens to address the council on items that are listed on the agenda. If you have a presentation, please give it to uh the officers at either side of the dis. Please keep your comments professional and I will call I will let you know when one minute is left. I will call you your name and somebody uh that's going next I will call you um up to at bat. So our first speaker is going to be Samuel Helerman followed by Mary Witherspoon. So Samuel

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Um, good evening, council. Um, so my name is Samuel Howerman. I'm a resident of district 5. Uh, Mr. Cronin Wagger, you're my councilman. Um, I live by North Lake College. Um, and I wanted to say one of the reasons I moved to Irving in the first place. Um, I'm originally from Fort Worth. One of the reasons I moved here was uh the Dart Orange line. Um I use this line to go to Dallas uh for recreation uh to go out with my friends. Uh I use it to get to the airport anytime I have a flight. It's far cheaper than getting to the airl uh airport any other way. Um I mean the ticket on Dart is $3 versus an Uber which is like 30 and I think parking would be $30 a day. Um I um I acknowledge that DART is not a perfect system, but uh from what I have heard from the city council so far, um the alternatives that we're considering if we exit DART after the May election, uh seem to me far inferior to what we have right now. um the system of via uh which is used in uh Arlington and which has been mentioned as an alternative here. Um according to Arlington residents I've spoken to, it's not disability accessible. Uh it's more of a ride share service than a mass transit service, which means you lose the advantages of reducing traffic. uh you lose the advantage that uh a mass transit system is more environmentally uh friendly. It's more green. Um the uh let's see uh I didn't didn't write my speech. I'm

going from memory. Um yeah, I I think that um I would hope that we can find a solution where we keep uh a mass transit system and not institute a ride share system instead.

Um whether that be, you know, partially staying in Dart, maybe keeping the trains, doing our own buses. Um I would hope that we can look at um alternatives like that. Um, and I also wanted to say, um, I emailed Councilman FAF, Councilman Webb, and Councilman Croninwet on this, uh, last weekend, and I wanted to thank you all for getting back to me. Um, so, thank you, Mary Weatherspoon, followed by Robert Sheeks, and Mary is over here to the left.

My name is Mary Witherspoon. I'm a 22-year resident of Northwest Dallas, so Irving is part of my stomping ground. I arrived here today in a DART para transit um vehicle for the last 22 years. Irving again has been my stomping ground. I used the Kroger. I use the Kroger pharmacy. I love Ulta. You did lose some sales tax revenue from me when the Seas Candy store closed. That's a sad thing. But um after about 12 years of living in that area, I lost a significant part of my vision. And it just so happens that my retina specialist has offices in Irving. I've had over 20 different procedures in the offices. I've had three surgeries in Irving hospitals. I access all of these things because paratransit exists. I can get to Irving. I can get to the service providers and the businesses that I want to seek out and use because I have relationships with them. If paratransit ends, myself and so many others no longer have access to Irving businesses and the relationships that we've had over a long period of time. I am not a unique individual. I just might be unseen because I don't drive. I don't live in the city of Irving, but I do a lot of business there. I do have a lot of services there. One example that can represent I don't know how many thousands, but we come to Irving for services. I was 20 when DART was created. And I've just always lived in a world where this Dallas area was just business. I didn't recognize city versus

city and I recognize I can see a little bit that my time has one minute left. So I just want to say that I would like to keep doing business across the cities that I'm used to having business access to. I do have very limited vision. You don't want me driving on the streets. I promise you. But I do want to have access to Irving services. So, thank you for hearing me tonight and please take that into consideration as you discuss the next steps on how business is conducted in Irving. Thank you. Robert Sheeks followed by Cheryl Miles.

Hello, council. Uh, my name is Robert Sheeks. I'm uh glad to be here on the last week of my bus's run. The 255 goes out of business uh this weekend. I'm going to miss it. I uh take the uh 229 to uh Carolton to go to work. When I come back the end of the day, I'm tired. Right downtown, I catch a 255 over to my street, Fifth Street, and I'm almost home. So, it's going to be an inconvenience. But, uh, I've been trying to puzzle out why in the world they're cutting services. I went to the DART, uh, board meeting in Dallas in June. There's a lot of people. I was number 183 to speak. No, I didn't speak. I signed up to speak. I had a sign said 183, but I got a 3:00 alarm. I couldn't stay that late. But there was a lot of people there, like the woman who preceded me, who depend on Dart for everything. and a lot of complaints about the suburbs, the white suburbs, pulling back their money to the harm of the black riders in Dallas, southern Dallas especially. And it may be an oversimplification, but that was the perception. And I believe a fellow named Jeff Leech up in uh in Plano, his name came up several times. And I think that uh I've heard several speakers on this topic here say we love mass transit. We love public transportation. Well, my question is why are you trying to kill it? Oh, we're not trying to kill it. Well, it certainly looks like it. We make it possible for it to disappear. And there's five cities now out of 13 going to take a vote. Probably. I'm guessing they'll all say no, we're going

to keep dark. But who knows? The dice have been rolled and if uh we're crazy about one minute left

the idea of uh mass transit, we should make it more convenient, make it more possible for people to fit it into their schedule and to become familiar with it. They may see a bus going up and down a street every day, but it may not occur to them that they could get on it until something happens in their life where, well, now I need it. And uh the benefits of of uh mass transit, even MacArthur, well, you guys have driven on MacArthur, it's it's a [clears throat] it's a traffic jam, and it's they move a lot of cars. It's pretty impressive, but uh any anything that's uh takes away the larger vehicles, the trains, the buses, and and scatters them out in the smaller vehicles, we're still going to be dealing with the traffic, still going to be dealing with the carbon. And uh anyway, I I just don't think uh 4 seconds ride share is going to get me to work at 7 a.m. every morning. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chic. Uh, Cheryl Miles, followed by Lana Hansen. Good evening. My name is Cheryl Miles and I work with the Table Irving. We have a housing program to help the home homeless and housing challenged, the ones that are going to be evicted. Many don't have don't drive and have to use the bus system for every from for everything jobs, doctor's appointments, and grocery stores. The seniors and disabled have no choice but to use mass transit for important business. Our seniors and disabled can't walk a mile, much less two or three. Reducing the need for the bus system in Southeast Irving cripples the very people we've been trying to help. Jeffrey Zachary is 75. He he can't walk that far without being out of breath. Cy and Jacob have problems. Cressy is disabled and her son Jacob is a medically complex child. My final point is that if you leave if you were leaving Irving, it would be devastating for everyone. Thank you,

Lana Hansen. Followed by Patricia Owen. Good evening, council. My name is Lena Hansen and I live at 38 3708 Partridge Lane in Irving. I am the founder and executive director of Many Helping Hands as well as the chair of the IAN homeless services committee. I'm here tonight to express my deep concern about DART's discontinuation of the 225 and 255. These routes are not just lines on a map. They are lifelines. Our neighbors experiencing homelessness rely on the 225 and 255 routes to access essential services, including the Many Helping Hands Day Center and the Life Change Housing Inclement weather shelter. Without these routes, many of our most vulnerable residents will simply not be able to get help. Irving is a large city and while our nonprofits worked incredibly hard do not have the capa capacity to transport everyone who needs services. If these routes are removed, the burden may fall heavily on already stretched nonprofits and on the IPD who step in during inclement weather to ensure no one dies on the streets. This is not sustainable and it's not fair to our first responders or service providers. Our service providers in Irving collaborate except exceptionally well with someone gains employment or income. We work with the table to help them get uh obtain low-income housing which is located on the 225 route. After someone has endured homelessness and finally has hope of stability, removing their transportation puts their progress at work, I mean at risk. These individuals have already suffered enough. I also want to highlight that these routes serve both the Irving colleges. Eliminating elim eliminating them will dis dismpact low-income families and students who depend on public transportation to attend classes, maintain employment,

improve their future, making education less accessible and increases long-term economic instability in our community. Jo is also on the 255. So, jo is new in our city and a lot of people use that now for lowinccome and removing that really really makes an impact. Additionally, I live near and travel north road often and there are many working residents who rely on the 255 route to get their jobs. Reducing removing access and transportation would inevitably lead them to job loss. Job loss leads to directly increased need for assistance. A possible solution could be maybe smaller buses, reducing the schedules to three times a day. Um, just finding some other solution with just not just removing them. I respectfully urge you to advocate strongly with DART to keep 225 and 255 routes in place. Access to transportation is access to safety, education, employment, housing, and dignity. Thank you for your time, for listening, and continue continued commitment for the people of Irving. Thank you,

Patricia Owen, followed by Vicky G.

Good evening, council. I'm Patricia Owen, 1506 Ross Drive. [sighs and gasps] The cancellation of these routes so impacts every part of my life. My family uh owns the Metabrook Apartments. I'm heavily involved in the Southeast Irving Community Center and the ministry at the table. Losing these bus routes will cause people to probably lose their jobs. People that have been homeless and have finally been able to get into an apartment, won't have a way to get to work now because a lot of them can't get a car, they can't afford a car, and they don't have the kind of job that's going to let them afford a car. We also have a lot of residents who are elderly and on fixed incomes and are handicapped that use these bus routes to get to the doctor, to get to the grocery store, to get everything they need to live a quiet, stable, and dignified life. I always believed that a Christian community, a godly community, helped provide for other people that were a little more needy. I also thought that the only reason that we had public transportation was to help out the people that needed public transportation and you always hoped it's not you. We have a fire department hoping our house never catch us on fire. And we have buses hoping we won't necessarily need to ride them. But some people do. Some people depend on it. And the routes they're cutting are the ones the people most depend on. I appreciate students needing to get to school, but they're young. They might could walk. Some of my tenants can't walk to the bus stop easily, much less walk to the grocery store. So, a lot of them would be too proud to say anything, but I'm not too proud. I beg you, if you have any influence, if there is any way to talk DART into letting us keep these routes at a minimum level, less bus service,

less often, but still available to these people. Please, I beg you, let's keep our bus routes. Thank you, Vicki. Ice followed by Russell Miller.

Please refrain from clapping. We've had a lot of issues recently where people are not able to hear their name announced because of the the applause. Thank you. Good evening, council members.

I'm Vicky Gist. I live at Metobrook Heights Apartments. We moved to Irving six months ago and I love it. Um, we need bus 225. I do. My husband does. We have multiple medical issues. Um, I'm having tests run this next week and my so is my husband. It's very difficult for us to get around right now and we use 225. We live right in the middle of the route that either takes us to the orange line at the university or it takes us down to downtown Irving here to the TR. Um we have to connect to other buses to get places and also uh lost my train of thought. Uh, also I want to say the uh 255 bus is the way that we get to Job's, which is a new discount store. We have to have groceries. Uh, we have to get our prescriptions. We have to do other things. And just as an added note, uh, I'm on a board meeting. I'm on a board at Parkland Hospital on the homes program. I have board meetings. I have other business I have to take care of in Dallas. And I can't get there if there's no bus. I mean, I can't walk that far. I uh I'm I'm at a loss. And the only other thing um that I need to talk about is think about what you could tell the DART. If y'all discuss with DART, what

about shuttle buses? We used to have them, the little school bus looking buses. They're economical, they're convenient, and it'll help us one minute tremendously. And that's all I have. Thank you very much.

Russell Miller, followed by Robert Rush. Rush. Good evening, council. I'm Russell Miller. I'm part of the table. I'm here in Irving at 1700 Carl Road. I live right there off of where 225 is. I don't necessarily use it, but like you've heard from some of our other people here, we've helped get people off the streets. And then we also give them resources so that they maintain off the streets. We're doing mental health. We're talking to other partners to bring in some medical resources. We're bringing in lots of resources that this lower income area needs and they use the bus to get to these resources. So, not only does it affect all of the transportation that you've already heard from all of these people, but now we're going to be affecting the resources that we can provide people. And if we're really trying to help get people off the streets and trying to make this a better place and to get the lower income areas more like what you guys want Irving to be, the way to do that is with resources. So, we have to stop dart and we have to make sure that we keep these lines because these are crucial and have been very integral with our ministry and the help that we're doing here in the community. So, I'm just asking that you guys reach out to DART. You fight for us. Let's keep 225 going. 255 is also clearly very important to the community. With all the money that we're paying into these people, the least they can do is continue to give us services while we still are using them. If they want to rip stuff away after we say we don't want to, then so be it. But right now, we have to stand up and say, "We've paid our money. We've done our dues. Let us keep what we have while we have it." And then we'll worry about it come May. But right now, we just need to make sure that the people of this community get the resources that they need, be able to continue to maintain the work that they do, and that they can don't go unemployed. If we think we have an unemployment problem now and a homeless problem now, get rid of all the buses, and then these people can't get to work, imagine how many more homeless are going to be on the streets. So, let's do what

we can to keep this city intact and keep it growing in the right direction. Thank you. Robert Rash, followed by Bill G.

Good evening. I'm Robert Rash. I've lived been a resident of Rivering for over 20 years and I've used the uh 225 bus route in that uh period of time and uh I am very dependent on that bus route for uh to get back and forth to my job. As I know uh a lot of others here have spoke and a lot of others in Irving are very dependent upon upon the 225 and the 255 routes. like I said to get back and forth to and from work and medical appointments really important thing that they have to do. So, uh, if there's any way that we can keep those bus lines running, we just ask that y'all could just plead with DART to keep the those routes going because we are very dependent upon those routes. Without them, it would put us in a really difficult situation. So, thank you, Bill. Guys, followed by Craig Leard. Good evening, folks. Uh, I got multiple doctor's appointments coming up and possible surgeries on my legs. If you take away my bus, I can't get to none of my doctor's appointments at all. I live on 225 bus route and I shop at Jo's on from bus 255. A lot of people are very upset

and there's people like me. If I can't get to my medical appointments, I got four of them coming up in two months and possible surgeries. If I can't, I'll be probably be calling lots of calling numbers to where somebody's gonna have to come up and pick me [clears throat] up and it probably spread and you probably getting a lot of call back from other people saying why why why you just got just got to hunker down and do what you need to do. Even like people said, just shuttle buses. That's fine. I can get to my doctor's appointments. I can go do my grocery shopping. And I live on a very low income. I can't afford Yuber. I can't really afford Go Link every day to go get my medical expenses done. So, I use that DART program to get to where I need to go. And living where I live at, I can get to my appointments. I can get to my grocery stores if they disappear. you know, it's going to be hassle cuz I can't afford uh Uber every other day or twice a week. It's just uncalled for. Thank you,

Craig Lair, followed by Michael O'Keeffe. Council Mayor, thank you for letting us speak. Craig Lair, 2629 East Grow Wyler. I beat them all. I'm here since 60. So, I've seen DART be good and bad. And we're in it now. I'm not here to argue whether we should get in or out. I'm here to ask you as council to pass a resolution to say to DART, according to Ker Quick research, last August on the end of the fiscal DART year, $108.3 million was paid by Irving citizens to DART. I'm here to demand that and ask that DART provide value for the service until we get out. Get good service. People are wanting this. Do a resolution. Tell your board member. Fight. Fight for the citizens. You're elected to fight for the citizens. We're in it. Whether we vote to get out. I remember the two other elections and I remember the bond election by DART. We are asking you to take action to save these routes. DART they want to keep Irving do better service. If you're saying that for $108 million you cannot have my office on Groweiler. You can't have a bus there where there's a huge apartment complex.

Ask them to put in a resolution for your board member to fight. Put it in the press. Fight for us to say this. We're in it. If we paid 108.3 million last fiscal year, how much we paying this year? We're asking you to protect us and to fight for us. That's your job as the council. Tell them you're put a resolution out there. We want to save this. As I said, I'm not here for or against it in the May election. I'm here asking that we tell Dart if you want to cut cut other things. Cut their huge salaries. Cut other things. I mean there, if you look at their salaries, they're huge. Why? We're not getting service. If you if a bus doesn't go down grow or why if a bus if they're cancelling these routes, it's ridiculous. These people need them. Whether we get out of dart is another question. But we're asking you to stand up and say no. Thank you very much for your time and my first amendment right and disagree. Councilman Bach, we can clap according to the first amendment in cases. Michelle O'keefee.

Hi, good evening. My name is Michelle O'keefee. I live in the Heritage District here in Irving. I am here to express my concern concerns about the proposed discontinue of the bus routes of 225 and also 255. I rely on the bus route to 255 to get to work to many helping hands. Many of our friends who are currently experiencing homelessness also depend on the bus system as well. Without access to public transportation, they would not be able to travel around town and to reach the essential services such as employment resources, housing assistance, and other support needed to get them off the grounds [clears throat] and the streets. Without reliable transportation, securing a job becomes much more difficult with ultimately increasing the need for public assistance. I respectfully urge you to advocate strongly with the darts to keep the 225 as well as the 255 bus routes in place. Thank you for your time and continued support of the Irving people. Thank you.

That's our last speaker.

Thank you, Chen. So, now we'll have Dan uh give a staff presentation talking about the uh facts on the ground with these proposed route changes that are imminent. Good evening, Mayor Prom, council staff, esteemed citizens and residents. Dan Vel, traffic and transportation director speaking on the bus route cancellations. Oops, wrong button. Okay, I'm going to go over some of the performance targets that TA DART has. Response to deficient performances, that's their uh operation. ridership by mode, bus ridership by route within the city of Irving. Do a little discussion on the 20 225 and the 255 route. A little bit of description, member city population of the 13 member cities, how that's been over the last 20 years. Wrership and sales tax and also expenses and impacts on Irving. First and foremost, this came in their last quarter three last year performance [clears throat] target. Each route is compared to other other routes and then they rate them by the performance 75% of the average route service type and it has to be within a certain performance measure. If the applicable measures are deficient, the route is considered deficient. Out of the whole entire system in the 13 member cities, that's 13 member cities. Seven bus routes were considered deficient. Two of them happen to be in Irving. Response to deficient performance. Routes have two years to establish a rider base through adjustments and changes that may happen. I'm reading this, but it's very important. Routes that fail to meet the guidelines are subject to review. And this is their ways they DART. This is a Dart slide. are supposed to look at different marketing frequency changes, service period, time of day adjustments,

routing, rescheduling, eliminating non-productive segments, consolidating segments in Golink. If none of this happens, then they consider it to be not viable and they'll what they're doing here today looking to get rid of the two they're going to get rid of the two routes. Uh from a staffing perspective, we're curious what they did. They haven't told us what they've done to try to increase ridership to keep these two routes going, whether they've talked with the users of the facilities, how they get to and from. I don't know if they've even talked with people. So, they're not communicating with us on this. Here's the wrership by mode in the city of Irving. This dates back to 2020. This is pre precoid. And what I'll do here is explain the bus is in the blue. The bus is the heavy lift. We have about 311,000 people in quarter 325. 245,000 on the orange line. That's the light rail. It only looks at the light rail in the city of Irving. The green is the TR. That's a little bit less. 101,000 on the go link and 12,100 in paratransit. Fall of 24 staff utilized. I actually put people on the buses to val validate. These are the bus routes and this is also what Dart has. These are average daily uh trips. This is a snapshot. Some days are going to be a little bit higher. Some days it's a little bit below. But what it does do though is give you an idea who's who's got the highest and lowest. The 229 MacArthur, which was mentioned this evening, which goes into Carolton, is the highest route in the city of Irving. And then it goes a little bit farther down story. That's the 255 which has been spoken of this evening is around 530 trips per day and the 225 is about 320.

Let's talk about the 225. It provides service along Nursery Carl Road to connect to downtown Irving Heritage Crossing Station and UD. This is basically a route that goes directly to both rail stations. That's all it does is it loops. There's 24 stops along the route. This route has been in place for a number of years. We'll take a look at it right here. It does have the lowest wrership, but also no notice that it was given. It was on a two-year list to improve wrership. What did they do? Who did they talk to? What marketing strategies? Why are you notifying? I mean, it's it's uh it's been very uh very silent. It'd also be nice to know if they did do something, what op what options were implemented to increase ridership? What did they try that didn't work? Why don't they come to the city and ask us? Maybe we could help, too. The 255 that started June 10 of 24 as part of 2.0 of the Dart bus network redesign. The route has only been in service for a year and a half. This is to provide service along Story connecting to downtown Heritage Crossing Station to North Lake and North Lake rail station at the Orange Line. Again, there's 28 bus stops along this route. This is a a look at what that route is. You'll see this highlighted also. It's right in between the 231 and the 229. No notice was given on this that it was on the two-year list. They're supposed to have two years to develop ridership to mature to become the route that they can be and to try to max out maximize it and increase wrership. This route and as we brought it to Dart is only a year and a half old. It hasn't even met met their minimums. what you know why are we taking this measure today area plan which is what they use opportunity suggests that this type of route is to satisfy a mo multimodal connection that's from one type of service to another it could be golink to bus to paratransit to rail station those are

your different routes another thing that's key here is the option is from dart perspective you're they they consider if this bus route or any of the other bus routes in blue if you're within a half mile that's an adequate walking distance to a bus line in order to utilize it. So the distance between Story Road and MacArthur in this area here just north of 183 is almost a mile exactly. So the elimination of this route gets away from that half mile walk to now it's a two-mile walk because it's exactly a mile also over here on Story. So we're trying to understand that it's embedded in one of the top five highest goaling zones in the whole city in the in the whole system dart system not just the city. This is the north Irving system for Golink. What once again questions were asked what options were implemented to increase ridership. It connects two of the highest passenger nodes in the city of Irving which is the the all which is the north Dallas or the north pardon me Dallas College at North Lakes campus as well as the heritage the TR member city populations. This is important because this is who Dart serves. So, how's this wrership gone up over the last 20 years? We went back to ' 06. We had to extrapolate on the south side of the 2010 census as well as the north side of the 2020 because these are actual numbers. But Irving had 196,000 population in ' 06 went to 2016, 216,000 in 2010, 256 in 2020, and 272,000 in 2026. The key takeaway here is that out of all the member cities, this is including Dallas, we've added in 13 member cities, 427,000 people, which is interesting because about 1,00 to,200 people move to this region of Texas every day and have been

for more than 25 years. So the population is going farther and farther away from the member cities. This is to explain what Irving puts into the system. This orange line goes back and the orange is the amount of money the city of Irving contributes to the system. At this point, back in 2013, we're putting in approximately, let's say about $55 million, $56 million. Over the years, this is your 1 cent sales tax that goes to Dart. It's now about 110 million, which was one gentleman brought 108 here. Same thing 110 sales tax contribution from the residents and businesses in this community have increased 127%. The wrership from 2013 which wasn't the highest 09 was the highest has continually decreased. There's a little bump then it goes down. This was some of the co it's slowly coming back but look at the difference in dart ridership and funds expended. It's sign. This is just dark. This is in Plano, Richardson, Garland, Highland Park, Carolton, or Dallas. This is just us. So when you look at this, it's a little more complex, but still ridership. When you look back from 2013 to 2024, it's going down about 2 and a half million per year systemwide. Not in Irving. Irving has right around 2.8 million, but systemwide, it's going down two and a half million per year. Like I said, there was a little bump, but the operating costs, which are over here, goes up and it's continually. It's way over a billion dollars now. And wrership is down from 71 million. We're now down to right about 5560 million. So wrership has gone down significantly. The operating cost for Dallas area raper

transit according to their records that's where we receive these is 23.5 million increase per year. A key thing here this is operating this doesn't include the silver line which is going to start to hit the books this year. So we expect this operating to go much higher on a systemwide basis. Irving impacts the bus routes are reduced. We had seven routes in the city of Irving. It'll go down to five. 29% reduction according to the Ernston Young study that they call that the EY study. That's a $4.3 million reduction in operational costs. It's a snapshot in time the EY study but they talk about operational costs there and with bus routes. And if we're losing two, that comes out to about 4.3. The rail stations with bus accesses in the city of Irving, Texas will go from four down to three or a total of we have eight stations. Only three stations will have bus access. That's one on the TR and then the other two will be on the orange line. That's it. So we'll only have 38% with bus access. That represents a $10.7 million operational reduction without fully utilizing the stations for bus transfers. Also spoke of this evening. The North Central Golink service will have additional demand that must be increased to accommodate riders. That's been spoken of this evening as well. Whether or not it can handle it, we've asked. Don't know. It's the second busiest right now in the whole dart service area. So, what are their what's their plan? what's their go forward strategy? And the Irving tax contributions are around 110. He's the gentleman said 108 million and looks to go up to about 117 million. That's just a snapshot of what we've been looking at.

Any discussion from council Dennis? [clears throat]

Yeah, and I will make sure that I stay with factual information. Okay. Um uh number one, I want to invite all the citizens on February the 11th at the University of Dallas, uh Dart will be having one of his series of community meetings, uh with different cities. Our city is February 11th, University of Dallas. Uh I want you to know that we are hearing you. Uh we have been fighting uh to try to keep not only the 255 and the 225, but some other things. We have been fighting. I've been in meetings uh with Naen Lee who is the executive director. Um me, Dan, and Al was in a meeting with them. Um and at the end of the day um um we've been fighting. They're not listening. That's number one. Number two is um the reason you have lost the 225 and the 255 has nothing to do with wrership. It has to do with budget cuts. bottom line because if you didn't have to cut the budget, there's no reason to cut these routes, you know. Um, so the reality of it is that um, you know, if your budget is fine, why do you need to cut the routes? Do you just you just don't cut routes because of deficient ridership? There's another driving force that you cut routes. Um also um um microtransit which is what a lot of cities are going to which is what Golink is which is what will replace the 255 and the 225 um does not solve congestion. Okay, mass transit solves congestion. [snorts] Okay. When you start going to microtransit, all you're doing is putting more cars on the street. And uh I serve as Irving's representative to

the regional transportation council and I serve on what's called a uh a transit 2.0 vision uh committee and that goal is to have uh mass transit in the entire region to meet the demands by uh that's coming by 2050. The goal is to help solve congestion. you only solve congestion by more buses and more trains. But when you look at what's happening in the system, there's it's going the other direction. So, at the end of the day, um go make your concerns known at that meeting. Um and um you know, and help us out because again, DART need to hear from you all. you know, we've been trying to talk to them, but they need to hear from you all uh about this. And uh I'll stop at that. Well, [clears throat] thank you. Uh John, I think at this point, uh Dan, [clears throat] one of the things that I had the uh the ability to do yesterday evening was to take a good look at the state uh of Texas mandate under the transportation law as far as the enabling legislation. And in there are a couple of very important areas that DART has to comply with every year and they're supposed to do it every February one of the previous year an audit but two types of audits. One is fiscal and the other is to look at performance. And I think the critical part is why are we not getting a copy? They send it to the state legislature, but we should be looking at it because at the end of the day, that gives you and your operation and the rest of us on the council the ability to really look

at what is the return on the investment because if you look at where we started 20 some odd years ago, you know, it's almost tripled. And so there's the information there, but we can't really then use that if we're not getting it at the same information that they're getting at to the state legislature. So I I think that's something that I'd like to see us be able to get if we have to go to our state senator. Um I think he'd be more than happy to be sure we got it because that gives us the kind of data that we then can argue and put it right in front of especially the meetings that they're going to be having. and their if I'm not mistaken their next u public meeting will be the 10th of February. So thank you.

Yes sir, David. Thank you John. [clears throat] Just a few questions and thank you for the presentation again tonight. The bus cancellation of the routes 225 and 255 had nothing to do with our pullout vote or uh putting it on the ballot. Is that correct? That is correct. So that's correct. Uh as far as do you know the major the makeup of the board of dart the 15 member makeup? I don't have it in front of me but the majority lies within the city of Dallas. So the city of Dallas has eight seats out of the 15 is for the controlling interest and controlling interest and we have uh what 1.5 seats. Yes sir. So Dallas with the controlling interest and just for sales tax our sales tax has pretty much continued to gone up in this city.

Yes sir. Our population growth do we see any signs of slowing down in the metroplex? No sir. and the wrership has gone down. Yes sir. Uh on dart every year. So those are some of the things that we need to look at of what do we do to increase wrership and make sure that this is a robust system in our city. That's all I have. Thank you, David. Uh just one thing I wanted to uh get on the record for clarification. Uh Dan, do you know what date these two routes are scheduled to end? I believe next week in February. Is it Tuesday or Monday? I don't have the exact day. Monday. Monday. All right. Yeah.

Um the other thing that I wanted to uh state for the record uh just in uh in response to uh there were a couple of residents that spoke about this. Um this council did pass a resolution demanding uh that DART not cut our routes. We passed it on October 23rd. Uh it was drafted by Councilman Webb. Uh it was passed unanimously. So, this is something that we have been aware of and fighting for for a long time. Um, and I I wholeheartedly agree with the sentiment uh that was expressed tonight multiple times. May is its own thing, but while we're in, we should fight for the service we that we pay for.

David, I'm I'm I'm done. I'm still on. Yeah. Yeah. And I believe we've sent a uh 13 res 13point resolution to DART trying to negotiate with uh the governance model. Yes, sir. Among other things to make sure our writership increase that the system is robust and that we have a little bit more say in the system because right now there is there anything we can do to keep the 225 and the 255? We have everything in front of them. It's a function of the board. It's a function of that the Dallas area rapid transit board to make that decision. COGS also received that letter too. They're aware of the Irving's ask.

And is there anything that you know that our our residents here tonight and other residents who are going to who count on this line can is Golink functional for them? Is it is it something they can look at doing? Golink will still be operational. It's just the two routes. And that's why we had a bullet point in or I had a bullet point in there is, you know, I would uh start making a reservation as soon as you can for it to take you how how go link works, but it keeps you in a zone. So there's limitations to that. If you need to get the link in the zone that you're in takes you to the rail station, you start booking that ride, so to speak. Okay. Thank you.

Thank you. All right. I think we now have a microransit and paratransit update. Is that going to be used as well, Dan? No, sir. That would be Melissa. That would be Melissa Baker. All right. Thank you, Mayor Prom. Thank you.

Good evening, council, colleagues, estee esteemed guests, and residents. Melissa Baker, project manager for public works. I'm pleased to be here to give you an update on our RFI process. We'll cover an overview here. We'll do the background, the request for information, some of our community outreach and input, a timeline on this process, and then if you have any questions. Some background on this process. November 21st, the city released an RFI, request for information for both microtransit and paratransit services. The RFI incorporated several components including a turnkey project that's flexible, efficient, accessible, and coste effective. We also focused on interconnectivity to regional modes. We wanted to look at a firm uh approach and their service model including a timeline for implementation that was very significant for us as well as their software platform integration their overall estimated costs the firm's background references their marketing approach and then of course rep reporting components. On December 19th the city closed the RFI for both the microransit and paratransit services. We had eight respondents total. We uh prioritized the components overall system and regional connection, the cost estimate, the implementation timeline, and then of course any experience they have in both microtransit as well as paratransit. Community outreach and input staff will present to the following the health and disabilities advisory board as well as Irving Cares. Just to go over our full timeline, November we released, brought back in December, we reviewed and then January, February, we're going to be going out for our community outreach and input.

And then it is our goal to come back in February for council discussion and approval. We'll take any questions or discussions. Questions for Melissa? Dennis,

it's kind of a question and a statement. Um, so for the residents, uh, you know, people keep asking what happens if, um, we vote to get out of Dart, you know, what are we going to be able to do? Well, what you just heard is what the city is in the plans so that should we exit DART, then the city is preparing to provide paratransit and microtransit services to the city. Um that's what you know Melissa and staff and everybody's working on so that uh we will not leave our citizens without transportation options. Um again the reality is and you hear microtransit microtransit is like Uber and all those which is what DART actually uses right now in our city. That's kind of part of the makeup of Golink. That's what cities are all around us are using. Um so I I want to assure our citizens and this is not you know proposed one way or the other but I just want people to know that we are working you know just in case the vote or if you if we get the vote you will have some type of paratransit you'll have some type of microransit services available uh to you. Um, so, um, bottom line, we're hoping that we don't and we can stay in this, uh, transportation system and continue to, uh, help it grow, but you always have to prepare for the just in case.

Al, thank you, John. I think it M Melissa, if I'm not mistaken, [snorts] we're [clears throat] looking at the cost of doing exactly what Councilman Webb brought up as far as the paratransit. Yes, sir.

Uh, one of the items that uh, Councilman David F mentioned was the the list that the mayor with the city manager drew up and handed to Dart. And one of the discussions we had about that was the ability uh instead of asking only for the $25 million that we felt that would help us then recover uh at least about 25 26% of what we think is we're not getting the kind of coverage or the service. uh what was put as a different way to go after was to say okay if in fact we're going to be in a position where we don't have the services of those two lines as well as we may or may not if our um electorate in the city of Dallas decide to get out if we decide to take it to that far uh because we have time if there's going to be a an accommodation or rebalancing between this the 13 cities that are that make Updart uh which we are there's Garland um Plano and us are the three major donors as far as when you look at the about money that's about 45% of the total amount of inflows. So there's enough there for them to really get a sense. So let me just finish on one item. What we requested was $5 million a year for five years instead of having the 25 million all at one whack. Because what we wanted to do, if I'm not mistaken, I think you can probably verify it or or make sure you can make sure that I'm saying it correctly, is that that 5 million is to get a an ability to then focus on that paratra. That's why we did the request for

information so we might be able to see what those numbers are. So, I think it's important for all of the our constituents of the city that came and I really do want to tell you thank you for taking the time to come and tell us how you feel. We're very conscious of that. Uh I'm one of the ones that feels that I think all of us do. We don't want to get out of dart, but at the same time, we can't continue down the road that we're not getting the service or at least the ability for us to either save are the two routes, the 225 and the 255, uh, which is being under consideration. They haven't really closed it yet. Let's hope they don't, but I think Councilman Webb said it bluntly that it'll probably happen on Monday. Let's hope not. But what's more important is they're considering the $5 million back to us as a maybe a way that we might be able to look at that paratransit. So am I am I correct on that statement?

Our city manager has been actively in discussions and negotiations with DART and our team has been actively working on that. Um the purpose of the RFI, as you were correct, is to go out and get information from the market to see what those potential or estimated costs would be. So, it is definitely a parallel effort, sir, to make sure we have the appropriate information and that we know what we could appropriately budget for and we know what the market can do to provide those services. And then, of course, our city manager is actively negotiating those deals. U Mayor Pam, if I may. Yes.

Uh Councilman, you're absolutely right. The letter that the mayor sent to Dart, uh Mr. Randall uh he requested the first thing was to restore route 225 and 255 immediately. He also requested that we get 5% you know like uh 5% the first year and then 1% every year after that up to 10%.

And part of that process was saying also if they if DART performs their increase in service levels to residents of Irving by 10% we will forgore that 1%. what he really wants to do in the mirror and council. They really want to improve the wrership for our residents. That was our number one theme. We've been working with DART for about six years now and we've gotten nowhere. So, I think right now we're at a point where hopefully we've been good partners with them. We want to continue to be good partners with them, but they have to listen to the people that use their services and they are not doing that. Uh we feel that this is the appropriate way to go and we're just like Mayor Pro like uh Councilman Webb said we're backup contingency uh in case the electrics you guys vote that you want to withdraw from DART we will have something in place on May 4th. So, we're trying to cover all the bases we can. Best case scenario, DART comes to the table, wises up, and listens to the residents that actually use their services and actually moves forward.

Deputy Mayor Well, let me cap off what I wanted to really say and thank you, uh, assistant city manager,

uh, Orlando, because you know, you're dealing with with Dan, the whole area of transportation as well as the impact. I think what's really important for all of you that have taken the time to come out here, we are listening, we are acting, and we are pushing to try to see if there's a resolution. But in spite of that, we're still moving forward to try to give the services whether it's paratransit or whatever it might be that will be able to service those of you that need it. It's not just for employment. I don't a figure that I just learned this last week was that we have a majority by percentage in the metroplex of individuals that need to go to dialysis and Irving is the largest of all of those locations is here. So that's one that we don't ever want to be in a position where we're not being able to provide that. And if we have to go pay off an Uber or whatever it might be, we're going to do it. And I think that's what we're trying to demonstrate to you. We're trying to go down that road, but we still don't want to give DART an easy road. They need to work with us so we can get there together. Thank you, Melissa.

Thank you, sir. Dennis and then Mark.

Yeah, [clears throat] just one more quick statement. One thing I want the citizens of Irving and everybody to understand is that the city of Irving is not responsible for ridership. Dart is. That's Dart's system. It's not Irving systems. It's not Plano's system. It's not. It's Dart's system. And it's uncommon upon them to do whatever they supposed to do to get their ridership up. A lot of times, you know, we hear about deficient routes and they talk like they want to blame it on the cities. Well, that is their system. And so I I need you to understand that they are responsible for what you know whatever it takes for them to do marketing or whatever they are responsible for getting their ridership up not us. We can help and we'll do everything we can but ultimately you know uh it's their responsibility to get the ridership up. Mark,

we as a council voted to put it out for the voters to decide whether their tax dollars are being properly spent and in supporting a mass transit system that actually is going to be useful and effective for our citizenry. And so, uh, what you're hearing here, uh, today talking, you're hearing DAR talk about reducing these bus routes, that adds to the question about is Irving getting a good return on the $118 million that it is paying into into DART, what half of the half of the sales tax revenue that the city can charge. So, that's your uh, mandate. That's what you're supposed to do is to look at these issues. So, glad you're here to looking at these questions and trying to figure out the what the right answer is. And so it's an important responsibility, but um mass transit is important for the city and for the whole metroplex. And the question is um is that being provided by DART? John, one last comment for all of [clears throat] you that are here. Please call and write your state legislator cuz remember one thing, it's the state of Texas that has the control and the enabling legislation that gives DART its life. And so if they hear from you, we're hearing from you because we're with you and we we appreciate it. We've got to deal with it as best we can. but they're the ones that need to help this happen because they're the ones that have the control to be able to shape the relationship coming from the state. So, please do that. I'm asking you to reach out, write a note or get your state senator or that state rep. So, thank you.

Thank you, Al. Uh so, Melissa, I I did have a couple of questions. Um, so particularly about, you know, we're currently in January, February is fast approaching. So in terms of the community outreach and community input, um, can you speak a little bit to some of the specifics about when and where and what format those are going to be?

Yes, thank you for that question. Um, we do have, and let me just go back to my slide if you'll indulge me. We do have a scheduled and posted health and disabilities advisory board meeting coming up on February 10th, 6 pm over there in the city hall in the first uh floor council conference room. I would love to have everyone attend that. Um we will be giving a presentation and then having an input opportunity uh for that as well. And then we have also reached out to Irving Cares um for their input as well. So, we appreciate any feedback or input on this process and then of course the next steps moving forward.

Okay. So, for the for the Irving Cares um for the Irving Cares community outreach and input that is still a date to be date and location to be determined. Yes. and we're going to be inviting them to the advisory board meeting um to see if they would be able to um and then just to state again uh for the record that is February 10th 6 p.m. right over there. First floor. Yeah, I can't see me point first floor council conference room.

Uh yeah, first floor council conference room. So if you're in the audience tonight, if you just look behind you, there's a hallway back there. If you go through that arch, it's directly to your left. Um, so it'll be here February 10th, 6 p.m. public input, public outreach, uh, for the, uh, information on the request for information that we put out for microtransit and paratransit. Yes. Thank you, sir. Thank you. All right. No other questions from council. That will conclude our uh, city operations update. Um, Dennis, I believe you have a motion.

Yeah. [clears throat] Uh, Mr. Chairman, at the last time we uh met, I made a motion. Uh, I need to clarify that motion that I made. I because of some circumstances, I made a motion uh to move the public comments to the end of the regular uh meeting agenda. Uh, and that's also my motion tonight is that we move the public comments to the end of the regular meeting agenda and that they not be televised uh from this meeting forward. [clears throat]

All right, Louise seconds. Are we going to vote? All right. Uh, all those in favor, raise your right hand. All right, it's unanimous. Okay, that takes us to the consent agenda, which is items 2 to 25. Uh, is there any council member wishing to pull an item from the consent agenda? Okay, Chené, do we have anybody signed up to speak on any consent agenda items? Yes, sir. Okay. Motion to approve. Second.

All right. We have a motion in a second. Would you please vote? And it passes unanimously. Item number Oh. Uh, that brings us to our zoning cases and companion items. And at this time, we will ask anyone wishing to speak for or against any of our zoning cases to stand and be sworn in by the city secretary. Please stand and raise your right hand if you plan to speak on a zoning case. Do you solemnly swear or affirm that all statements which you will make tonight to the city council of the city of Irving will be the truth and nothing but the truth? Thank you. You may be seated.

Okay. Item number 26 is a resolution sign variance 2025129 9970 considering a sign variance to allow one new pole sign to exceed the maximum area and three new monument signs to forego required materials property located at 2351 West Interstate Highway 635. Owner HB applicant Wendy Allgood Chenet do we have anybody signed up to speak on this item? Just the applicant Wendy All Good. [clears throat]

Good evening. I'm Wendy Allgood. I'm with FSG, the sign company with HB. I just want to say thank you all for allowing us here tonight. And we are just here. This is John Rose with HB. John, would you would you step up here to answer any questions that you may have? Okay, Dennis. Uh, I don't have any questions. I just like to make a motion for approval. Okay, we have a motion and a second. Would you please vote? And it passes unanimously. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you so much. Stay warm. Item 27, 2025 266Z, considering a zoning change from SP1 COO2 detailed site plan commercial outdoor 2 and outside display of automobiles for sale to SP1 COOU2 detailed site plan commercial outdoor 2 to amend the existing site plan to revise the site layout, increase the building footprint, and reduce parking and display spaces at 712 South Beltline Road. Chen, do we have anybody signed up to speak on this item? Yes, sir. Okay. Is the applicant here and wishing to speak? All right. I will return uh discussion to councelot.

We have a motion in a second. Would you please vote? And it passes unanimously. Item 28 is an ordinance 2025437ZC considering a zoning change from ML2A lightn industrial 2A to CC community commercial 20 or 3723 Conflé. Do we have anybody signed up to speak on this item? Yes, the applicant Dean Harman. Good evening Mayor Prom and Council. I'm Dean Harman, the chief compliance officer for City Ambulance, here to answer any questions you may have.

Dennis, yeah, I got a question for Do Do y'all have a permit to operate in Irving? I I'm not sure. I believe so, though. Yes. Is there a way we can verify this? You believe you have a Chief? Can you answer the question? Yes, sir. Councilman Webb, currently they do not have a permit. Uh we've got four services in the city that do. I believe the information has been given to them. We've not yet received it back.

Okay. So, Okay. So, they're required to have a permit before they can operate in the city of Irving. [clears throat] That's correct, sir. It's by ordinance. uh they have to have certain equipment and resources on those ambulances. It's regulated by DSHS, Department of State Health Services, and our medical control to where we can go out on a regular basis and make sure they're carrying that equipment. They cannot respond to any BLS or ALS calls in our city. That's for the fire department resources to do. They can do transports between care homes, hospitals, and such as that.

Okay. All right. So to the applicant uh hearing that would you be amanable to a postponement until you can take care of of getting that um permit? Sure. Okay. Well, I'll offer that motion to postpone um is it is it second? Well, I need Well, that's what I'm saying. I'm trying to figure out how to word it. February 12th is the next council meeting. Well, can they get it by then or text? Can they get it by then? It's a question. So I I don't want to postpone it to the like the next meeting and then they still don't have time to get it and then we have to do this again. So they should be able to get it done in that amount of time if they'll get on to it.

Okay. All right then. Will the motion be till the next council meeting February 12th? We have a discussion or uh Well, we have a motion and a second, but we can have discussion before we vote on it. you. Yeah. So, so my question my my question is do you need the permit to operate the business for a zoning case or is that something they could get after they can't operate the ambulance service but they can get the zoning case passed tonight is am I correct in that that is correct. So this is a zoning case. So, they can't run their business the way they they can't run the ambulances, but they can get the zoning case passed tonight and apply for a permit before they're able to take the ambulance. Is that correct, Chief?

I believe that's correct, but I would encourage us to wait until they have gotten the permit because we have given them the paperwork and it has not been done. Okay. So, I would recommend let's have it completed prior to allowing them to open the doors. Okay. And question of the applicant real quick. Two weeks is sufficient time for you to do that. Sure. Okay. So, good to go. Al, we are we have a motion in a second. Do we have a motion in a second? Would you please vote? This is a motion to postpone to February 12th. So, voting yes is to prop postpone it. Yes to postpone to February 12th. Thank you.

And it passes unanimously. Thank you, council. Uh, item 29 is an ordinance 202546Z [clears throat] considering a zoning change from R six single family residential 6 to SP2R6 generalized site plan single family residential 6 allowing an accessory dwelling unit with a var with a variance to the required sideyard setback 505 Thompson Street. Chen, do we have have anybody signed up to speak? Uh I believe the applicant Alvina Gonzalez

if you would like to speak you can come to the uh to the dis or if anybody has questions for you you'll have to approach the dis too or the um podium

[snorts] Hello. I'm just here if you have any questions. Please state your name and address for the record. Uh Fritz Ramirez and then address is not 505 Thompson Street is 2308 Balden Road, Irv, Texas. Are there any applicants of the or questions of the applicant? I'm the Am I the only one talking tonight? Sounds like it.

Uh yeah. Okay. So, all right. Um so, auxiliary dwelling units, uh they're not allowed in the city of Irving. Um and so um we have have not approved an auxiliary dwelling unit and and um the recommendation from the planning and zoning commission is denial. Um it's probably going to be the same thing with the council tonight. um uh will be for denial which then takes me to my next question and I don't know whether it's for Wayne or who but uh uh so yeah Shane okay so the vote and if the vote is denial what happens from this point so that they will they will know or so that they will know what to Hi.

Good evening, council. Shane Giller, code enforcement director. Our practice in these situations is to provide them 60 days to uh uh determine what their path forward is to connect with the inspections department and determine what either uh can be built legally through a permit and apply through the inspections department to accomplish that or to uh remove and demolish the structure. So 60 days is uh is when we would need them to have that process underway with inspections. Okay. Do you understand that?

Okay. So um yeah. Um All right. Okay. Uh so seeing no other questions, I'll return it to council for discussion or a motion. Yeah. Um I'll make a motion to deny the case. Second. Okay. We have a motion for denial and a second. Would you please vote? And it passes unanimously. That brings us to item number 30. Do we have a nomination from Al or from David?

Thank you, Deputy Mayor. Uh, Buck, I think at this point, uh, we've got a, if I can find my notes here on this, uh, we have two items that I'd like to put forward for passage, and that is the appointments of two of our committees. The first one is the Irving Animal Service Advisory Committee to appoint and I now will ask David. Yeah. Brittney Poke to place two to an expiring term November 2026. An appointment to the Irving Capital Improvement Advisory Committee to appoint William Koreah, place six to a term expiring November 2026 and Harry Lake, place seven to a term expiring November 2027.

So moved. Okay, so there was a second. Did I move it? Who moved it and who second? He moved it. I'll second. Okay. So, we have a motion and a second for the appointments. Would you please vote? And it passes unanimously. So, that concludes our regular agenda for tonight. We'll pause briefly before beginning public comments.

Thank you. Heat. Heat. agenda. The council will listen, but they will not respond as they are restricted from deliberation by