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Former Garland City Council Member, District 8

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Category: Planning and Zoning

Property Acquisition

November 19, 2021November 19, 2021 rjsmith

On Tuesday, November 16 2021, the council voted to purchase the Las Brisas Resident’s Club at 1002 Marion Dr, Garland, TX 75042. The Las Brisas Club is a 1950’s build with a long history of code issues and neighboring resident Read More …

Neighborhoods, Planning and Zoning

86th Legislative Session Update

July 8, 2019July 9, 2019 rjsmith

The 86th legislature concluded in May, and it has taken awhile for me to put together a list of the bills and their impact on Garland. This is not strictly a city council obligation on my part, but I usually Read More …

Planning and Zoning, Policy, Texas Legislature, Transportation

Healthcare – A New Beginning

March 7, 2019March 21, 2019 rjsmith

(Due to demand, here’s a downloadable PDF version of this article) 24 months ago, during the spring of 2017 we heard the news that Baylor Garland was looking to sell but would stick around until they had a new owner. Read More …

Council, Healthcare, Local Business, Planning and Zoning

Baylor Hospital

December 16, 2017March 8, 2019 rjsmith

In 1981, your future councilman was born at Garland Memorial Hospital, later to be renamed Baylor Garland. The hospital has served my family through births, strokes, joint replacements, stints and bypasses, and has been there for us at the end Read More …

Healthcare, Local Business, Planning and Zoning

Dog Park, Skate Park, Makerspace, Ball Fields, etc

October 3, 2017October 4, 2017 rjsmith

For those that joined us for the council meeting(s) last night, it was a long one. We had a series of issues to resolve all at the same time. This post is my attempt to assemble all of the important Read More …

Council, Planning and Zoning

Z 17-05 Nexmetro Development

June 23, 2017June 24, 2017 rjsmith

The opinions in this blog are my own and may not reflect a stated position of the Garland City Council Video: First Hearing: http://garlandtx.swagit.com/play/05162017-1607 Item 18b Second Hearing: http://garlandtx.swagit.com/play/06062017-1510 Item 8a Third Hearing/Vote: http://garlandtx.swagit.com/play/06202017-1686 Item 10 On May 16, 2017 Read More …

Planning and Zoning

Taco Bodega

May 16, 2017May 18, 2017 rjsmith

Taco Bodega, a local taqueria, applied for a beer/wine variance. Due to its proximity to North Garland High School, permission of the city council was needed in order to sell beer. My comments on the case were: I visited there Read More …

Local Business, Planning and Zoning

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