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Category: Safe Streets

The Garland Day Labor Center

August 22, 2019August 28, 2019 rjsmith

The future funding of the Garland Day Labor Center is being debated by the Garland City Council as a part of our annual budget process. This blog post covers the history, operations, financing, and future of the facility from my Read More …

Council, Policy, Safe Streets, Smart Spending

Safelight, Revisited

March 21, 2019March 22, 2019 rjsmith

As a wise man once said, “You never know what the Texas legislature is going to do”. While the debate continues in Austin over the future of red light cameras in Texas, the city council has not been idle on Read More …

Council, Safe Streets, Transportation

State Highway 78 Realignment

February 22, 2019March 8, 2019 rjsmith

—– As I was writing this post, another blogger hit the net with a different point of view on the SH78 issue that council recently worked on. My post is a higher level view of that issue, and only partially Read More …

Council, Safe Streets, Transportation

Re-Election Announcement!

December 14, 2018 rjsmith

Today I am formally announcing my re-election bid for Garland City Council District 8. The past two years have been a whirlwind of activity in Garland. We have made a strong commitment to our infrastructure and local economy. We are Read More …

Election 2019, Safe Streets, Smart Spending

Naaman School Rd / Brand Rd Update

May 5, 2018May 5, 2018 rjsmith

One of the issues that I ran on in 2017 was traffic congestion relief on Naaman School Road. While we know that this will be a difficult, expensive project, we also know that it shouldn’t take fifteen minutes during rush Read More …

Safe Streets, Transportation

Town Hall Meeting, April 26th, 2018

April 6, 2018April 27, 2018 rjsmith

Edit: Town Hall Presentation 2018-04-26 (Powerpoint Presentation) Town Hall Presentation 2018-04-26 (PDF) There will be a Town Hall Meeting for District 8: April 26th, 2018 6pm – 8pm City Hall Council Chambers 200 N 5th St The format will be Read More …

Council, Safe Streets, Smart Spending

Red Light Camera Study

November 30, 2017December 8, 2017 rjsmith

At my town hall event this evening, I presented a study of Garland’s red light camera system. The study is located here: http://www.robertjsmithtx.com/redlightcams/Red_Light_Camera_Study.pdf I’ve been asked what prompted this study. The answer is simple. Whenever a program is created that Read More …

Council, Safe Streets, Transportation

Town Hall Meeting Nov 30th

November 14, 2017May 31, 2018 rjsmith

Update: http://www.robertjsmithtx.com/presentations/townhall_agenda.pdf http://www.robertjsmithtx.com/presentations/townhall20171130.ppsx There will be a Town Hall Meeting for District 8: November 30th, 2017 6pm – 8pm City Hall Council Chambers 200 N 5th St The format will be a series of short presentations with plenty of time Read More …

Council, Policy, Safe Streets, Smart Spending, Transportation

Operations and Maintenance Budget 2017-2018

September 22, 2017September 22, 2017 rjsmith

Overview The city has a fiscal year that starts on October 1st and ends on September 30th. Garland splits its budget into two parts- ops and maintenance (think salaries, office supplies, furniture, small equipment purchases, etc.) and CIP (buildings, large Read More …

Council, Safe Streets, Smart Spending

Street Maintenance, 2017-2019

July 27, 2017August 5, 2017 rjsmith

In 2017 the streets department created a three year plan for full street/alley replacement. The council authorized additional spending on top of the original funding to help in speeding up our recovery from the 2011-2014 drought and the hundred year Read More …

Safe Streets

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