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GONNA CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
WE STARTED AT FOUR 30 AND WE HAD A, A GREAT SESSION, UH, REALLY A FUN BRIEFING SESSION.
A EG CAME AND GAVE US AN OVERVIEW WHAT, WHERE THEY'RE AT AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
THEY'VE BEEN PARTNERS WITH US FOR A LITTLE OVER 20 YEARS RUNNING TEXAS TRUST, CU THEATER, AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THEIR PRESENTATION.
UH, IF YOU DON'T KNOW IT OR NOT, YOU'RE THE ONES THAT PUT OFF THE TAYLOR PUT ON THE TAYLOR SWIFT CONCERT THIS LAST WEEKEND, A EG DID.
SO WE'VE GOT A GREAT PARTNER TONIGHT.
OUR INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY REVEREND TINA WALLACE OF THE GREATER ALLEN TEMPLE, A ME CHURCH.
FOLLOWING THAT, JEFF COPELAND, COUNCIL MEMBER COPELAND WILL LEAVE US IN THE PLEDGES.
PLEASE RISE, REVEREND, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME UP HERE TO THE MIGHTY.
THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL, LET US PRAY.
SOVEREIGN GOD, WE COME TO YOU THIS EVENING, BREATHING, FIRST OF ALL, IN YOUR BREATH OF LIFE, WE COME THANKING YOU FOR THIS DAY, FOR THIS EVENING, AS THE SUN HAS RISEN, AND IT IS GOING DOWN.
WE PRAY, OH GOD, OVER THIS COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT, GOD, THAT YOU HEAR THE VOICES OF THE PEOPLE AND THAT OUR HEARTS ARE OPEN TO HEAR WHAT IS, TO BE DONE CORRECTLY.
AND RIGHT BEFORE ALL OF US, WE PRAY, OH GOD, THAT YOU OPEN OUR EARS, THAT WE HEAR YOU, THAT WE OPEN OUR EYES, THAT WE SEE NEW THINGS AND NEW ENDEAVORS THAT YOU HAVE PUT OUR HANDS TO WORK TO DO.
AND WE JUST ASK, OH GOD, THAT YOU CONTINUE TO BLESS THOSE WHO SERVE GRAND PRAIRIE.
GOD, WE ASK THAT YOU BLESS THE MAYOR.
WE ASK THAT YOU BLESS THE COUNCIL, MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE RUNNING FOR ANOTHER TERM, OH GOD.
AND WE JUST ASK GOD THAT YOU DO WHAT YOU DO WITHIN US THE BEST.
AND THAT IS TO HAVE US SERVE AS WE HAVE COME TO SERVE YOU.
WE GIVE YOU ALL PRAISE AND GLORY.
WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN ME IN A, IN YOUR FLAG, FOLLOWED BY THE TEXAS FLAG PLEDGE TO THE FLAG OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND I JUSTICE FOR ALL ON UNDER TEXAS.
FLAG OUR BLESSED ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
I'D RECOGNIZE, UH, MAYOR PROM HUMPHREYS.THE, UH, A FULL AGENDA WAS POSTED TO THE CITY WEBSITE, UH, BY LAW, THREE DAYS, UM, BEFORE TONIGHT'S MEETING, AS WELL AS ON THE FRONT PORCH.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO SPEAK FOR UP TO FI ANY CITIZENS.
WELCOME TO SPEAK FOR UP TO FIVE MINUTES ON THE AGENDA.
UM, COUNSEL WAS ABLE TO DO A QUICK REVIEW OF OUR VERY, VERY SHORT AGENDA, UH, CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT.
UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'D MOVE THE APPROVAL OF ITEMS THREE THROUGH SEVEN.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PROTE HUMPHREY.
SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PROTON LOPEZ.
[8. Approve Current and Future Opioid Settlements Which are to be Distributed in Accordance with the Texas Term Sheet Adopted by Resolution 5244-2021, Including Agreements with Walmart, Walgreens, CVS, and Allergan, and Authorize the Execution of Documents Relative to the Acceptance of Said Settlements (Reviewed by the Public Safety, Health and Environment Committee on 04/03/2023)]
ITEM EIGHT.GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
ITEM EIGHT IS A OPIOID SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.
THE CITY ENTERED INTO A LAWSUIT WITH MANY OF THE MAJOR PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES, UH, CONCERNING, UM, THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC THAT IS IMPACTING OUR, OUR, UH, COUNTRY.
UH, THAT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.
AND, UH, THE, IT OUTLINES CERTAIN PERMISSIBLE EXPENDITURES THAT, THAT WE CAN DO TO USE THAT MONEY, WHICH THE CITY WILL BE FOR THE CITY.
IT'LL BE AT ABOUT $1.1 MILLION ACROSS 18 YEARS.
UM, IT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO USE THOSE FUNDS TO, UH, FUND A MENTAL HEALTH SLASH OPIOID COUNSELOR THAT CAN, UH, HELP OUR COMMUNITY FIGHT THIS ISSUE THAT WE HAVE OF ADDICTION.
AND VERY OFTEN IT'S OUR TEAM THAT IS ENCOUNTERING INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE SUFFERING FROM ADDICTION.
SO THE GOAL HERE IS TO GET A PERSON THAT COULD HELP, UH, TACKLE THAT.
ALSO, SORT OF AN ANCILLARY PROBLEM THAT WE RUN INTO IN LAW ENFORCEMENT IS THAT OUR OFFICERS ARE EXPOSED TO FENTANYL, WHICH
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IS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS.AND SO, UH, WE ARE RECOMMENDED THE PURCHASE OF, UH, NARCAN SO THAT EVERY OFFICER CAN CARRY NARCAN ON THEIR PERSON.
WE'RE VERY BLESSED THAT OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR SOME TIME HAS HAD NARCAN ON THEIR, THEIR, UH, APPARATUS.
AND FORTUNATELY, WE HAVE NOT HAD AN OFFICER NEED THAT NARCAN.
BUT HAVING IT ON OUR PERSON, IT WILL DEFINITELY COULD BE A LIFE SAVING MEASURE FOR US AND OUR CITIZENS, FRANKLY.
AND THEN THIRD, UH, COMPONENT TO THIS IS TO OFFSET OUR EXPENSES AS IT RELATES TO DESTROYING THESE ILLICIT DRUGS.
EVERY YEAR, WE, AS A POLICE DEPARTMENT, COLLECT ALL THE DRUGS THAT WE SEIZE, UH, INCLUDING THESE OPIOIDS AND, UH, INCUR A COST TO HAVE THEM DESTROYED.
SO WE WANT TO USE THESE FUNDING TO OFFSET THAT AT.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'M BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I DON'T SEE ANY, DON'T GO FAR.
WE HAVE A SPEAK, WE HAVE A SPEAKER COMMENT.
THE $1.4 MILLION OVER 18 YEARS.
WHAT WILL THAT BE ON A YEARLY EXPENDITURE? WHAT WILL WE GET YEARLY ON THAT? IT, IT SORT, UH, MR. WILLIS, IT SORT OF DEPENDS ON THE SETTLEMENT.
SO, UM, CHIEF SES, HE'S GOT THE LIST, BUT FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE A COUPLE YEAH, SURE.
THERE'S, THERE'S, UH, A NUMBER OF THEM HERE FROM DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, BUT I'LL JUST GIVE YOU ONE IN A, FOR EXAMPLE, WALGREENS WILL PAY US 150,000 OVER 15 YEARS.
JA UH, JANSSEN ON THE OTHER HAND, WILL PAY US 117,000 IN THE FIRST YEAR.
TIVA, ENDO, WALMART, EACH HAS A DIFFERENT, UH, DOLLAR AMOUNT OVER A DIFFERENT SPECIFIED AMOUNT OF YEARS, AND THAT WAS LAID OUT IN THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.
HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION, HAROLD.
WHAT WILL THAT GIVE US YEARLY FOR A BUDGET? WHAT, UM, THE, IT VARIES.
YEAH, HAROLD? SO WE, FROM A BUDGETARY STANDPOINT, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE GETTING EVERY YEAR.
HAROLD, UM, IT CAME BEFORE OUR, UH, COMMITTEE YESTERDAY, THE COMMITTEE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMSON CHAIRS.
AND IT DEPENDS ON THE SPECIFIC, UM, ENTITY.
SO DIFFERENT LIKE, LIKE, UH, CHIEF JUST STATED, WALMART, AND THEN A DIFFERENT PROVIDERS OR DISTRIBUTORS WILL ISSUE OUT A DIFFERENT PAYMENT.
AND IT VARIES BY YEAR, BECAUSE FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THEM ARE GONNA DISTRIBUTE IT OVER 18 YEARS.
A ANOTHER WILL DISTRIBUTE OVER FIVE YEARS HOW MUCH THEY'RE BRINGING TO THE CITY.
SO WE DON'T HAVE A SET AMOUNT THAT WE'RE EXPECTING EVERY YEAR.
WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA GET EVERY YEAR, BUT IT VARIES BECAUSE OF THEIR SETTLEMENT.
WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA GET OVER 18 YEARS.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA GET EVERY SINGLE YEAR, BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
WHAT ABOUT THE SACKLER FAMILY? THE SACKLER FAMILY HAS PAID BILLIONS, ALLEGEDLY TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THEY WERE THE MAIN MANUFACTURERS OF THE OPIOID THAT WAS ABUSED THE MOST.
DO WE HAVE ANY FUNDING FROM THE SACKLER FAMILY OUT OF THIS? I DON'T HAVE ANY EARTHY IDEA ON THAT.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE NAMES OF THE, UH, COMPANIES, WHETHER OR NOT THE SACKLER FAMILY HAS SOME FINANCIAL INTEREST IN THESE, I, I JUST FRANKLY DON'T KNOW.
BUT, UH, JANSSEN, UH, TIVA, ENDO, WALMART, WALGREENS, CBS, ALLERGAN, AND A, A DISTRIBUTOR AGREEMENT WITH AMUS BERGEN CARDINAL HEALTH AND MCKESSON IS WHO'S ALL LISTED.
B, THERE ARE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT THE SACKLER FAMILY, NO ONE FROM THE SACKLER FAMILY WENT TO PRISON BECAUSE THEY ARE RICH, REPUBLICAN, AND WHITE.
SO THE RULES ARE DIFFERENT FOR THE SACKLER FAMILY.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT STARTED THIS, OR THE ONES THAT PUSHED EVERYTHING.
CNN DID A GOOD SPECIAL ON THIS SHOWING DOWN IN FLORIDA.
MY CONCERN IS WE SHOW ME THE MONEY.
I WANT MORE OF THAT MONEY IN GRAND PRIX.
MY ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE IS IN MENTAL HEALTH WITH ALCOHOL AND DRUG COUNSELING, THAT WE GO OUT AND WE HAVE SOMEONE RIGHT NOW AT SIX 40 ON A TUESDAY NIGHT, THEY HAVE A SERIOUS ADDICTION PROBLEM.
THE GRAND PRIX POLICE AND GRAND PRAIRIE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAN DO THEIR PART.
BUT WHERE DO WE SEND THESE FOLKS FOR INPATIENT TREATMENT? RIGHT NOW? TEXAS RANKS LAST.
WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT NEED INPATIENT DRUG TREATMENT.
WHERE ARE WE SENDING THEM? ARE WE USING ANY OF THAT FUNDING FOR INPATIENT TREATMENT? WHERE WILL WE SEND THESE FOLKS? I KNOW THE CHIEF, I DON'T EXPECT THE CHIEF TO ANSWER THAT.
THAT'S JUST SOMETHING FROM THE BOYS DOWN IN AUSTIN THAT, HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO THE TOBACCO SETTLEMENT THAT WE HAD WHEN DAN MORALES WAS OUR ATTORNEY GENERAL? UH, DAN MORALES WOUND UP GOING TO PRISON, UH, SHOWED HIM WHOSE BOSS, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WE HAVE NOW, WHO ONLY HAS ONE EYE LAWS ARE DIFFERENT FOR HIM.
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SO THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL WHO'S UNDER FELONY INDICTMENT OVER FIVE YEARS OF FELONY INDICTMENT.WHAT ROLE DOES KEN PAXTON HAVE IN THIS? I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN ANSWER TO.
YOU HAVE ABOUT ANOTHER MINUTE AND A HALF.
SO, WELL, THAT'S JUST THE, THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS, THAT DRUG AND ALCOHOL EDUCATION, THAT WITH THE OPIOIDS, I TAKE OPIOIDS, I GOT 10 SCREWS AND HARDWARE IN MY BACK.
I WOULD RATHER TAKE A CANNABOID PRODUCT THAN THE TRAMADOL.
THOSE OF US WHO'VE HAD BACK SURGERIES, IF YOU TAKE HYDROCODONE, THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, MR. REHNQUIST WAS ADDICTED TO HYDROCODONE BECAUSE IT WORKS.
SO WE HAVE ALTERNATIVE METHODS OUT THERE.
BUT THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES AND THE DRUG STORES, IT'S JUST SOMETHING HERE.
THAT LITTLE BIT OF FRUSTRATION WHEN WE CAN DO MORE IN THE SECOND LARGEST STATE IN AMERICA.
THAT CONCLUDES THE SPEAKERS FOR TONIGHT.
UM, CHAIR, UM, MAYOR PRO TEM HUMPHREYS, WOULD YOU LIKE, OR CHAIR CLEMSON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION SINCE IT WENT THROUGH YOUR COMMITTEE? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UH, AS CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, AND, UM, REPRESENTING BOTH THE MEMBERS AS WELL, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
WE HAVE MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER AND CHAIR CLEMSON SECONDED BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JUNIOR ZANU.
[9. PLT-23-01-0009 - Final Plat Variance Request - GSW Logistics Addition, Lots 1 and 2, Block 1 (City Council District 1). Request for a variance to the street front requirement for the purpose of creating two non-residential lots on 23.4271 acres. Tract 2B, 2B3, and 2B02, William Thompson Survey, Abstract No. 1558, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, zoned Light Industrial, and addressed as 2650 S Great Southwest Pkwy and 2400 Arkansas Ln (On March 13, 2023, the Planning and Zoning Commission conditionally approved the Final Plat by a vote of 8-0)]
ITEM NINE.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
THIS NEXT ITEM IS A VARIANCE RELATED TO A FINAL PLAT, AND YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY OUTLINED ON THE SCREEN.
UH, THE REQUEST IS FOR A VARIANCE TO THE REQUIREMENT IN THE UDC THAT ALL LOTS HAVE STREET FRONTAGE.
UH, THE FINAL PLAT WAS CONDITIONALLY APPROVED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
UH, YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN THE TWO LOTS.
THIS LOT TWO DOES NOT HAVE STREET FRONTAGE.
UH, THE APPLICANT HAS FILED AN MUTUAL ACCESS EASEMENT, UH, WHICH IS SHOWN ON THE, THE PLAT, WHICH GIVES THIS SECOND LAW ACCESS ON MARCH 13TH.
AGAIN, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CONDITIONALLY APPROVED THE FINAL PLAT BY A VOTE OF EIGHT TO ZERO.
THE CONDITION WAS THAT THE APPLICANT OBTAIN A VARIANCE FROM CITY COUNCIL.
UH, THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND WITH THE CONDITION THAT THEY OBTAIN THAT VARIANCE FROM COUNSEL, AND THAT THEY, UH, HAVE THAT RECORDING INFORMATION ON THE PLAT PRIOR TO FILING IT, UH, WITH THE COUNTY.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
AARON SURE DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT SUPPORTS THE SIDE.
COUNCILMAN CLEMSON, ARE YOU PREPARED TO MAKE A MOTION FOR US? MAYOR? I'M PREPARED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION, SAVANNAH.
AND, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER NINE.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMSON.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ZANU.
[10. STP-22-12-0062 – Site Plan – Lapiz Flats at 1410 Duncan Perry (City Council District 1). Site Plan for 69 age restricted multi-family units on 2.391 acres. Lots 1-3, Block A, Wash N Shop Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, zoned PD-427, within the IH 30 Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 1410 Duncan Perry Road (On February 27, 2023, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 7-0)]
ITEM 10.ITEM NUMBER 10 WAS CONTINUED FROM THE PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
THIS IS A SITE PLAN FOR AN AGE RESTRICTED MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT WITH 69 UNITS.
IT MEETS OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS, OUR LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS, AND THEN OUR BUILDING DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS.
THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.
AND ON FEBRUARY 27TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO.
DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS WELL.
CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? WELL, YOU'RE QUICK TONIGHT.
UM, DO WE HAVE A SPEAKER? HAROLD WILLIS.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE APPLICANT TONIGHT DEFINE AGE RESTRICTED, PLEASE.
WE'LL ASK THE APPLICANT, UH, DEFINE AGE, WHAT THE AGE IS.
I WOULD, I'LL ASK THE APPLICANT THAT RIGHT NOW.
YOU CAN ASK ME AND THEN I'LL ASK THEM.
WE HAVE THE RETREAT, SENIOR LIVING CENTER HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
THEY ADVERTISE BETWEEN 1220 AND 1225 ON CHANNEL FOUR.
THEY DON'T, THEY'RE NOT FULL DOWN THERE.
THAT IS ANOTHER FACILITY THAT YOU CAN'T, WE ARE IN A UNIQUE POSITION IN THIS MARKET RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE BUILDING UP ALL OF THESE INDEPENDENT, ACTIVE SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES.
YOU MOVE IN THERE, ASK THE APPLICANT, MAYOR, WHAT IS THEIR POLICY ON AGING IN PLACE FOR RESIDENTS WHO MOVE IN? CAN YOU ANSWER THAT PLEASE? AGING IN PLACE.
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SORRY.SO CAN YOU JUST DEFINE FOR ME WHAT YOU MEAN BY AGING IN PLACE? AGING IN PLACE, LET ME, SORRY, STEP UP HERE.
SOMEONE MOVES IN THERE WHO'S 70 YEARS OLD, THEY'RE ACTIVE.
THEIR HEALTH DETERIORATES ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES.
TO REMAIN IN THAT BUILDING, THAT ALSO TO EVACUATE THAT BUILDING WITHIN, I BELIEVE IT'S 11, 12 MINUTES, PERHAPS THE FIRE CHIEF COULD GIVE A DEFINITIVE ANSWER ON THAT TO WALK OUT OF THAT BUILDING.
IF THEY'RE IN A WHEELCHAIR OR A WALKER, HOW ARE THEY GONNA LEAVE THAT BUILDING AND AGING IN PLACE? THEIR HEALTH DETERIORATES TO HAVE A PRIVATE CAREGIVER COME IN, SOMEONE GOES ON MEDICARE HOME HEALTH.
SOMEONE GOES ON HOSPICE, THEY DON'T WANNA LEAVE.
AND THE PROBLEM WE'RE HAVING NOW, WE'RE BUILDING ALL OF THESE NICE INDEPENDENT APARTMENTS, BUT OUR RAPIDLY AGING POPULATION OUT HERE, PEOPLE MOVE IN, THEY DON'T WANNA LEAVE, OR THEY RUN OUTTA MONEY AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PUT THEM SOMEWHERE.
WHERE ARE YOU GONNA PUT 'EM WHEN THEY RUN OUTTA MONEY? HOW ARE YOU GONNA WORK IN THIS? IT'S A PRETTY COMPLEX BUSINESS RIGHT NOW.
UM, YEAH, SO I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE, THIS IS A, UM, AFFORDABLE AGE RESTRICTED COMMUNITY.
OUR RENTS RANGE FROM 500 TO, I BELIEVE I HAVE IT WRITTEN DOWN, I THINK 1100 FOR A ONE AND TWO BEDROOM.
UM, AND SO THIS IS AN AFFORDABLE AGE RESTRICTED COMMUNITY.
WE ARE NOT, UM, PROMOTING ASSISTED LIVING, BUT WE, SO WHEN THEY GET TO THE POINT THEY NEED ASSISTED LIVING, THEY NEED TO FIND SOMEPLACE ELSE.
AND WE HAVE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT THAT IS HAPPY TO ASSIST WITH THAT.
BUT WE'RE NOT, UM, PROVIDING ANY HEALTHCARE SERVICES.
YOU'RE NOT PROVIDING THAT SERVICE.
THIS IS JUST AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR AGE RESTRICTED.
C AND YOU'LL MEET ALL THE RULES ACCORDING TO YES.
THIS IS, UM, GONNA BE OUR THIRD OR FOURTH SENIOR PROPERTY, UM, IN THE DFW AREA.
AND THREE OF THOSE ARE IN OPERATION ALREADY IN TERMS OF INCOME RESTRICTED RIGHT NOW, THE, THE NATIONAL CHURCH RESIDENCE FACILITY RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
I KNOW THE RETREAT IS ALL PRIVATE PAY.
SO FOR SO MANY WOMEN WHO ARE IMPOVERISHED, ALL THEY HAVE IS A SOCIAL SECURITY CHECK.
HOW MANY UNITS WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR WOMEN WHO ONLY HAVE A SOCIAL SECURITY CHECK COMING IN? GO AHEAD AND ANSWER THAT.
YEAH, SO WE HAVE ABOUT 10% OF THESE UNITS WILL BE FOR THOSE MAKING 30% A MI, UM, WHICH THE, UM, THE RENT WOULD BE $508 FOR A ONE BEDROOM AND $610 FOR A TWO BEDROOM.
AND WITH THE A MI, UM, IN TARRANT COUNTY BEING $92,300 FOR 2022.
UM, AND SO I BELIEVE THEY WOULD FALL WITHIN THAT 30% RANGE.
AND THAT WOULD BE 10% OF THESE UNITS.
I KNOW THESE UNITS WILL FILL UP QUICKLY BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO THEY, ALL THEY HAVE IS A SOCIAL SECURITY CHECK.
SO THOSE FILLS UP VERY QUICKLY.
AGAIN, MY CONCERN IS I HAVE RAN A BUILDING, THE LARGEST ONE IN PARKER COUNTY.
I KNOW THAT THE INDEPENDENT LIVING, THAT THIS TRANSITION OCCURS.
AND THIS JUST ISN'T AN ISSUE IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.
IT'S AN ISSUE IN JAPAN, CHINA, ENGLAND, THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
HOW ARE WE GONNA DEAL WITH OUR AGING POPULATION? AND WE GET THIS BUILDING PUT IN HERE, AND THEN FOUR OR FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, WE'VE HOOKED THEM OUTTA GRAND PRAIRIE, THE MANAGEMENT PERSON WHO'S GONNA RUN IT.
THEN NOW WE HAVE A QUASI NURSING HOME GOING ON.
AND HOW MANY TIMES WILL GRAND PRAIRIE FIRE RESCUE BE CALLED OUT THERE TO PICK SOMEONE UP OFF THE FLOOR AT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING? YOU KNOW, WHAT COMPENSATION DO WE GET AS A MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT FOR THAT, FOR LIFT HELP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT? BECAUSE SOMEONE MAY NOT HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER.
YOU HAVE SOMEONE THAT'S BASICALLY ON THEIR OWN.
SO IT'S, IT'S A COMPLEX BUSINESS RIGHT NOW.
SO JUST PUTTING THESE BUILDINGS UP, IF THE RETREAT, THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY, BUT THEY CAN'T FILL IT UP.
SO, AND OUR MOUNTAIN CREEK FACILITY THAT WE HAVE IN GRAND PRAIRIE, WE'RE HAVING ISSUES AND YOU'VE APPROPRIATED MONEY TO UPGRADE THAT BUILDING, BUT THIS IS A VERY PROBLEM PLAGUED INDUSTRY.
GOT ABOUT 30 MORE SECONDS, HAROLD.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE BUILDING FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, FOUR YEARS FROM NOW, WE'LL HAVE A SERIOUS ISSUE WITH.
THANK HAROLD, UH, COUNCILMAN ZANU.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.
MY, MY QUESTIONS, UM, DEAL WITH TWO QUESTIONS.
FIRST, UM, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, OPPORTUNITY.
I'M CURIOUS, HOW DID Y'ALL MAKE THIS HAPPEN? IS IT THROUGH THE TAX CREDIT? UM, YES.
SO THIS WAS A 9% TAX CREDIT DEAL THAT HAS COME BEFORE Y'ALL, BEFORE Y'ALL PASSED A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS IN, UM, APRIL AND MAY OR 20, NO, THAT WAS IN FEBRUARY OF 2022.
THEN WE CAME BACK FOR ZONING IN APRIL OR MAY OF 2022.
SO Y'ALL HAVE SEEN IT THEN AS WELL.
AND NOW WE'RE BACK FOR THE SITE PLAN BECAUSE IT WAS A PD ZONING.
AND MY SECOND QUESTION DEALS WITH, LET'S SAY HYPOTHETICALLY WITH A TWO BEDROOM HOME AT A 1,000, LIKE $1,100 MM-HMM.
LIKE YOU STATED, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR A CHILD,
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I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS WORKS FOR LIKE A CHILD TO MOVE IN WITH THEIR GRANDPARENT HERE? OR IS IT RESTRICTED SOLELY TO ONLY OCCUPIED BY THOSE OVER AGE 16? SO YOU NEED TO HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS AGE RESTRICTED ON THE LEASE.AND, UM, I NEED TO CONFIRM THIS, BUT I BELIEVE THAT A CHILD CAN MOVE IN WITH, UM, AS LONG 'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE ON THE LEASE SINCE THEY WOULD NOT BE OF AGE TO BE ON THERE.
UM, BUT SO THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE ON THE LEASE THAT WE ARE LEASING TO WILL HAVE TO BE, UM, 62 OR OLDER.
SO IT'S AGE RESTRICT, BUT PEOPLE CAN MOVE IN WITH THEIR GRANDPARENTS.
I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ASKING FOR? NOT ME.
OH, MAY, MAYBE, MA'AM, IF YOU, ON YOUR WAY OUT, IF YOU COULD FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD FOR THE RECORD.
MAYOR, ANY QUESTION FOR HER OR THE STAFF? UH, FOR THE APPLICANT? YES, SURE.
UH, I WAS VERY INTERESTED TO LEARN WHAT YOU GUYS WILL BE INCLUDING BECAUSE 500 I SAID, OH, WOW.
THAT'S, THAT'S DEFINITELY VERY AFFORDABLE.
UM, WHAT KIND OF AMENITIES OR WHAT WILL IT LOOK LIKE FOR A PERSON LIVING THERE AT 500? YEAH.
AND SO, AND JUST TO SPECIFY, ALL THE UNITS WILL LOOK THE SAME.
THERE'S NO DIFFERENCE IN A 30% UNIT BETWEEN THAT OR A MARKET RATE UNIT.
UM, WE WILL HAVE A, UM, ONSITE AMENITY CENTER.
WE'LL HAVE COMPUTERS, WE'LL HAVE, UM, A WARMING KITCHEN, A COMMUNITY ROOM.
UM, WE SEE IN OUR, UM, AGE RESTRICTIVE COMMUNITIES, WE SEE A LOT OF GATHERING, A LOT OF PEOPLE WANTING TO SIT AROUND, PLAY GAMES, COMMUNICATE WITH ANOTHER 'CAUSE.
WE DO HAVE A LOT OF SINGLE OR WIDOWED RESIDENTS.
UM, AND SO JUST CREATING AREAS WHERE THEY CAN GATHER, WHERE THEY CAN, UM, HANG OUT.
UM, AND WE HAVE ALSO A GYM ON SITE.
AND, UM, JUST YOUR BASIC APARTMENT AND AMENITIES THAT YOU WOULD SEE ANYWHERE ELSE.
WE DON'T WANT THIS TO LOOK ANY DIFFERENT FOR THEM.
AND YOUR OTHER THREE PROPERTIES THAT ARE, UH, ALREADY UP AND RUNNING? YES.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN DOING THIS? WHAT'S THE OLDEST PROPERTY? SO I'VE BEEN WITH THE COMPANY FOUR YEARS, SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO BEAR WITH ME WITH MY, UM, MEMORY OF IT.
BUT WE DO HAVE, UM, SUNSET AT FA, WHICH IS IN FORT WORTH.
AND THAT WAS COMPLETED, I BELIEVE, TWO YEARS AGO.
WE HAVE EVERLY PLACE ALSO IN FORT WORTH THAT WAS ALSO COMPLETED TWO YEARS AGO.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, CANOVA PALMS IN IRVING ALSO COMPLETED TWO YEARS AGO.
SO THOSE ARE ALL THE ONES WITHIN MY CAREER LIFETIME.
UM, BUT THOSE ARE ALL FULLY LEASED AND IN OPERATION.
UM, BUT MY, UM, COMPANY'S BEEN DOING THIS FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS WITH THE 9% TAX CREDIT.
ONE OF REMIND EVERYBODY THE SHARED TONIGHT, THIS IS A SITE PLAN APPROVAL MEANS THEY ALREADY HAVE THE ZONING, THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY VARIANCES.
BUT TH AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
UH, BE SURE AND FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD.
I'D RECOGNIZE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMSON FOR A MOTION.
I JUST HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.
UM, I WAS JUST WONDERING, UM, IF THIS IS APPROVED, WHEN WOULD YOU START AND WHEN DO YOU EXPECT COMPLETION? YES.
SO WE ARE, UM, IN THE PERMITTING PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
WE EXPECT TO HAVE OUR BUILDING PERMIT PER PULLED BY THE END OF MAY AND TO BE SHOVEL READY BY JULY.
AND THEN 15 MONTHS AFTER THAT, WE WOULD BE COMPLETED.
WE HAVE, I HAVE A COUPLE OF, UH, PROJECTS IN MY DISTRICT THAT ARE SORT OF AT A STANDSTILL.
WE ARE READY TO GET GOING WITH THIS ONE.
ROSE IS SITTING IN YOUR DISTRICT.
AND MAYOR, IF YOU'RE READY FOR A MOTION, I'M READY.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 10 AS PRESENTED.
I'LL GIVE THIS A SECOND TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER.
A ANY OPPOSED A NAY? I'M GONNA RECUSE MYSELF FROM THIS ONE.
MAYOR PRO TIMM HUMPHREYS, MAYOR PRO TIMM HUMPHREYS, YOU'RE IN CHARGE.
HOW MANY CHANGES CAN WE MAKE? UH, ITEM 11,
[11. SUP-23-02-0004 - Specific Use Permit - AJ's Sports (City Council District 1). Specific Use Permit for Amusement Services (Indoor) to allow an indoor cornhole facility. Lots 4-7, Block 103, Dalworth Park Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Commercial, and addressed as 1825 Galveston St (On March 13, 2023, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval with conditions by a vote of 7-1)]
PLEASE.UH, ITEM NUMBER 11 IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR AMUSEMENT SERVICES INDOORS, UH, TO ALLOW AN INDOOR CORNHOLE FACILITY.
AND IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED COMMERCIAL.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN RED ON THE SCREEN AND ITS ADDRESS IS 1825 GALVESTON STREET.
THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSING AN INDOOR CORNHOLE FACILITY.
YOU CAN SEE THE INTERNAL LAYOUT ON THE SCREEN.
THEY'VE GOT 19 COURTS AND BYOB AS PART OF THEIR OPERATIONS.
THEY DO HAVE A PARKING AGREEMENT TO THE NORTH, UM, TO PROVIDE PARKING SPACES, UH, TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS.
AND THEN THEIR PROPOSED HOURS OF OPERATION, UH, SUNDAY, ONE TO 10:00 PM MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY IS 5:00 PM TO 11:00 PM FRIDAY IS 12 TO 12:00 AM AND THEN SATURDAY IS 12:00 PM TO 1:00 AM.
UH, THESE ARE A FEW APP, UH, PICTURES THAT THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED THAT SHOW WHAT THE INTERIOR LOOKS LIKE.
UH, WE DID RECEIVE ONE WRITTEN OPPOSITION.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN THAT PROPERTY IS OUTLINED IN BLUE ON MARCH 13TH.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED
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APPROVAL AND WITH CONDITIONS BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ONE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.NUMBER ONE, EIGHT LINER GAMING MACHINE SHALL BE PROHIBITED.
AND THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S PART OF THEIR OPERATIONS, BUT SOMETHING THAT PD SUGGESTED AS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL, AND THEN THE APPLICANT SHALL MAINTAIN THAT EXISTING PARKING AGREEMENT.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME THAT HOLD THE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HEADIN, UH, QUESTIONS.
WHAT IS WATER? IT'S LIKE THOSE GAMBLING DEVICES, SLOT MACHINES.
UM, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE, THIS? YEAH.
YEAH, HE DOES LOOK CLOSE THAT AGAIN.
MY QUESTION IS, UM, THIS LOT IS CURRENTLY ZONED COMMERCIAL, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO HOW DID THAT END UP HAPPENING? I'M JUST INTRIGUED WITH ALL THE RESIDENTIAL IS ADJACENT TO IT.
THERE ARE, ARE SEVERAL AREAS, UM, IN THIS AREA WHERE THERE'S A SINGLE FAMILY ZONING THAT ABUTS THE COMMERCIAL ZONING.
UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ.
UM, DID THE APPLICANT SHARE HOW THEY'RE GONNA HANDLE AFTER HOURS ACTIVITIES? LIKE, ARE THEY GONNA MONITOR THE PARKING LOT? ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE SECURITY ON SITE? 'CAUSE BYOB? CORRECT.
SO DID THEY SHARE, IS THE APPLICANT HERE TONIGHT OR DID THEY THE APPLICANT IS.
YEAH, I GOT SEVERAL QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT SPACE.
UM, SO I, I CAN JUST WAIT ON THEM.
COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, UH, ON THE PARKING AGREEMENT, UH, WHAT IT IS, STATE, THEY ARE, UM, THIS PROPERTY TO THE NORTH IS PROVIDING THE REQUIRED PROP, UH, PARKING, UH, AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING AS A CONDITION THAT THEY MAINTAIN THAT, UM, IF THAT PARKING AGREEMENT GOES AWAY FOR WHATEVER REASON, WE WOULD COME BACK AND EXAMINE THAT SUP AND HOW WILL WE KNOW IT WOULD LIKELY BECOME AN ISSUE WITH CODE.
UM, AND STAFF DOES MONITOR SUVS.
WHAT TYPE OF BUILDING IS THAT? THAT THIS, UH, THAT THEY'RE GETTING THE PARKING, UH, FROM WHAT, WHAT IS THIS BUSINESS? IT HAS TO DO WITH, UH, MANUFACTURING, UM, AEROSPACE TYPE.
UM, AND THEY WERE GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA STILL USE THAT PARKING LOT OR THEY'RE RELINQUISHING THAT FULLY OR THEY'RE SHARING IT.
THEY'RE SHARING IT, AND I BELIEVE THE HOURS OF OPERATION, UM, THESE ARE EVENING LATER, AND SO THEY WILL LIKELY NOT COINCIDE WITH THE TYPICAL NINE TO FIVE, UH, OPERATION OF THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH.
UNDER THE, UH, SUV PROVISIONS, UM, WHAT TRIGGERS A REVIEW? SO IF IT'S, WE HAVE A BLANKET STATEMENT THAT SAYS THEY HAVE TO APPLY, UH, COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS FROM, UH, FIRE, UH, CODE PUBLIC HEALTH.
IF THEY VIOLATE THOSE, IT CAN TRIGGER A REVIEW.
WE ALSO HAVE LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY STAFF BRINGS IT FORWARD IF THERE ARE ANY ISSUES FOR REVIEW AS WELL.
ANY, ANYTHING ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR SAVANNAH? OKAY, MEGAN.
UH, TONY SHOTWELL, FIVE MINUTES STARTS NOW.
MY HOME IS AT 3 0 9 NORTHEAST 31ST STREET HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
THE GUY BEHIND ME, THERE'S A CARD FOR HIM TOO, IS RAYMOND VAZQUEZ.
HE WILL BE THE OWNER OPERATOR, SO THAT'S WHY HE'S HERE.
UM, THE FACILITY USED TO BE A EMBROIDERY SHOP.
BEFORE THAT, IT WAS A MACHINE SHOP FOR FRED CON OVER'S BUSINESS.
UM, IT'S BEEN, THE BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME.
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AS YOU CAN SEE, GOT A PRETTY NICE DEAL GOING HERE.UH, I, WHEN HE FIRST ASKED ME ABOUT IT, I THOUGHT, WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHY, WHAT'S THE DEAL? AND I UNDERSTAND NOW THAT THIS IS, UH, BECOME A PRETTY, UH, PRETTY POPULAR SPORT.
UM, YOU SEE IT ON ESPN EVEN, UH, THE, IT'S, THERE'S PROFESSIONALS THAT GO AROUND THE COUNTRY PLAYING IT.
HE'S SAYING THAT THIS WILL BE THE SECOND BEST FACILITY IN THE COUNTRY.
UM, HE'S REAL PROUD OF WHAT HE'S DOING, WHAT HE WANTS TO DO.
AND THE, UH, AS FAR AS THE PARKING AGREEMENT, THE BUILDING NORTH OF IT IS A, UM, MANUFACTURING FACILITY THAT I'VE HAPPENED TO WORK AT FOR 16 YEARS.
AND I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT THAT PARKING LOT MAY, OUT OF THE 81 SPACES ON IT MAY HAVE THREE CARS ON IT AFTER FOUR O'CLOCK.
UM, WE GET, WE GET OUTTA THERE AS QUICK AS WE CAN.
AND, UM, ON SATURDAY WE LEAVE BEFORE NOON.
AND, UH, IT'S BEEN THAT WAY FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
UM, THE, UH, OWNER OF THAT BUSINESS IS HERE.
HE CAN VOUCH FOR IF YOU HAVE TO ASK IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
THE, UM, THE GUY WANTS TO RUN A FIRST CLASS FACILITY.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ IS FAR AS YOUR, UH, COMMENTS ABOUT SECURITY AND STUFF.
UM, HE'S GONNA MONITOR THE PARKING LOT, THE PARKING LOT'S LIT.
UM, HIS, UH, HIS FAMILY'S HELPING HIM OUT WITH THIS.
THEY'RE GOING TO, THEY'RE ALL GOING TO, IF THEY'RE NOT TAB CERTIFIED, TABC CERTIFIED RIGHT NOW, THEY WILL BE, UH, ONE OR TWO OF THEM ALREADY ARE.
HE'S GOT A, A METHOD THAT HE'S GOING TO USE TO MONITOR BYOB.
AND I'LL LET HIM EXPLAIN THAT.
AND HE'S, UH, GOING TO KEEP A REALLY CLOSE EYE ON THAT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HE'S NOT EXPECTING THIS TO BE SOMEWHERE.
PEOPLE GO HANG OUT AND GET SLOSHED.
IT'S GOING TO BE, UH, THAT'S GONNA BE VERY ANCILLARY TO WHAT HE'S DOING.
HE'S A, THIS IS A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO GO ENJOY, ENJOY THEMSELVES, HAD SOME FUN, HAVE A LITTLE FRIENDLY COMPETITION, AND, UH, TRY TO WIN TROPHIES AND WHATEVER THE HECK ELSE HE'S GOING TO, TO GIVE HIM FOR DOING IT.
BUT IT'S A, UH, IT'S NOT MUCH.
I WOULD, I WOULD CONSIDER IT TO BE MORE LIKE A BOWLING ALLEY THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
AND IT'S, IT IS A PRETTY GOOD DEAL.
HE'S GONNA BRING BUSINESS IN FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
HE'S, HE'S ALREADY HAD A COUPLE OF EVENTS AND HE'S HAD PEOPLE FROM MARYLAND AND UP IN NEW ENGLAND COME DOWN HERE TO COMPETE.
AND PLUS ALL AROUND THE STATE.
UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'D BE BRINGING SOME TAX DOLLARS TO THIS CITY.
BRING IN SOME PEOPLE THAT MIGHT STAY IN HOTELS, BRING IN SOME, BRING IN SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA BUY, BUY THINGS HERE, GO TO GO TO DINNER, GO TO RESTAURANTS.
THIS IS WHAT GRAND PERRY'S SUPPOSED TO DO, I BELIEVE.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO TRY TO BRING IN PEOPLE FROM OTHER PLACES, LET 'EM LEAVE THEIR MONEY HERE AND THEN GO HOME WITHOUT IT.
AND RAYMOND'S TRYING TO DO THAT.
AND I THINK HE'S TRYING TO DO A FIRST CLASS FACILITY.
I'M, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTION.
RAYMOND WILL ANSWER ANY THAT I CAN'T.
THANK YOU TONY FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
SO WHAT WILL BE THE HOURS OF OPERATION, UM, FOR THIS FACILITY? UH, SAVANNAH HAS THOSE, I DON'T HAVE 'EM OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT IT WAS IN HER PRESENTATION.
AND, UM, Y'ALL STATED THAT IT'S GONNA BE BYOB, BUT WILL THERE BE ALCOHOL SELLED ON THE, UH, NO.
HE MAY TRY TO DO THAT ONE DAY WAY OFF INTO THE FUTURE.
THERE IS SO MANY, SO MANY HOOPS YOU GOTTA JUMP THROUGH TO DO THAT.
THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S WAY, WAY OFF IN THE FUTURE, BUT IT'S, I WON'T LIE TO YOU AND SAY IT'S NOT A POSSIBILITY, BUT I WON'T BE HERE IF HE DOES IT.
IT'S GONNA BE LONG, LONG OFF IN THE FUTURE.
AND THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH, YOU SAID THERE'S A PARKING AGREEMENT? WHO OWNS THAT PROPERTY? THAT'S NORTH OF THIS, THIS, UH, FACILITY? WELL, I'M NOT REALLY SURE.
UH, IT'S CALLED, I BELIEVE IT'S CALLED CPC INCORPORATED.
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PRODUCTS INCORPORATED.BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE TWO SEPARATE CORPORATIONS.
MR. VASQUEZ, I NOTICED THAT THIS BACKS UP TO A RESIDENTIAL AREA WITH SOME HOMES THERE.
UH, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN OPERATING AND HAVE YOU GOTTEN ANY COMPLAINTS REGARDING NOISE OR ANY COMPLAINTS FROM ANY OF THE RESIDENTS THERE IN ABOUT, WE'VE BEEN OPEN FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND WE HAVEN'T HAD ANYTHING AT ALL.
ANY COMPLAINTS? UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMSON.
I CAN, I CAN KIND OF REITERATE SOMETHING ABOUT THAT TOO.
UH, THAT WAS WHERE IT WAS THEIR EMBROIDERY SHOP AND THEN PART OF THAT BUILDING ALSO HOUSED A MACHINE SHOP.
AND, UM, THIS IS GOING TO BE A WHOLE LOT LESS NOISY THAN A MACHINE SHOP.
AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY COMPLAINTS EITHER.
OH, ALSO, UH, ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT THE BYOB.
WOULD THIS BUSINESS SURVIVE IF IT DIDN'T HAVE BYOB? I BELIEVE IT WOULD, YES MA'AM.
I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT BEING, IF IT'S OPEN TILL 1:00 AM ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND IT'S BYOB AND YOU'RE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, IT JUST DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A, UH, LIKE IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT MIGHT HAVE A PROBLEM THERE.
AND IS THAT A TYPO? IT IT SHOULD BE 12:00 PM YEAH, HE'S, HE'S NOT GONNA BE OPEN TO ONE THAT'S, THAT'S NOT CORRECT.
HE, UH, BE OPEN TO 1:00 AM NO, IT'S MIDNIGHT.
RIGHT? ISN'T THAT SUPPOSED TO BE MIDNIGHT? YES.
MOST NIGHTS IT USUALLY ENDS LIKE 11, 11 30.
THAT'S JUST WHAT WE PUT JUST IN CASE.
I MEAN, WE'D NEED TO BE SPECIFIC ON THE HOURS OF OPERATION.
COUNSEL 12:00 PM AND 12:00 AM ON SATURDAY.
AND THERE, THERE ARE, UH, THERE ARE BYOB PLACES ALL OVER THE CITY.
AND UH, THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S JUST DEPENDS ON HOW WELL YOU MANAGE IT.
AND OF COURSE, IF THERE'S PROBLEMS, IF THERE'S COMPLAINTS, THE WAY HE'S MANAGING IT, IT IS AN SUP.
YOU CAN PULL HIM IN HERE AND THREATEN TO PULL HIS SUP OR PULL HIS SUP IF HE DOESN'T HANDLE IT CORRECTLY.
THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF SUVS, IN MY OPINION.
WHEN I WAS SITTING OVER THERE, I LOVED THAT.
IF HE DOES SOMETHING WRONG, YOU CAN SPANK HIM.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S BYOB RESTAURANT IN DOWNTOWN GRAND PRAIRIE THAT'S NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS. JUST BECAUSE IT'S THERE DOESN'T MEAN IT'S GONNA BE A PROBLEM.
IT'LL BE A PROBLEM IF IT'S A PROBLEM.
UM, I'M NOT AS CONCERNED ABOUT THE BYOB AS I AM ABOUT THE HOURS OF OPERATION AND THE NOISE AND THE EFFECT ON THE SURROUNDING CITIZENS.
AND, AND THERE, THERE ARE PEOPLE BEHIND IT, BUT EVERYBODY BE COMING IN AND OUT THE FRONT DOOR, NOT THE BACK DOOR.
I MAY HAVE MISSED IT, BUT WILL THERE BE LIKE MUSIC PLAYING OR IS IT JUST GONNA BE PEOPLE CHATTING AND PLAYING AND THERE'S NO, UH, SPEAKER SYSTEM WITH MUSIC? I'M NOT SURE OF THAT ONE.
ALL IT'S GONNA BE IS JUST THE PEOPLE CHATTING AND THE BAGS HITTING THE BOARDS, BUT DOESN'T MAKE THAT MUCH NOISE.
DO YOU FORESEE THAT MAYBE CHANGING AND ADDING A MUSIC COMPONENT? NO.
I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A, UH, LIKE A GOLF, LIKE THEY WANT TO BE FOCUSED PEOPLE, LIKE THEY REALLY ENJOY IT AND THEY TAKE IT SERIOUSLY, LIKE PLAYING AND WINNING.
ARE YOU GONNA OFFER, UM, SOME KIND OF INTRO FOR NEW PEOPLE? YES.
I DON'T KNOW THE RULES OF MYSELF.
YES, WE PLAN ON HAVING BEGINNER'S NIGHTS AND ALSO TO WHERE WE CAN INVOLVE SOME OF THE PROS TO GIVE LESSONS.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER AHEAD, THEY'VE ALSO GOT IT SET UP THAT, UH, THEY'VE GOT SMALL BOARDS THAT ARE JUST MAYBE FROM HERE TO YOU THAT THE KIDS CAN DO.
SO THAT'S A FAMILY, FAMILY, FAMILY OP FAMILY SITUATION HERE.
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COUNT.MEGAN, DEPUTY MAYOR, PROAM LOPEZ.
SO I, I GUESS JUST LOOKING AT IT, I MEAN, THE FIRST QUESTION THAT POPS UP IS JUST IS HA SPORTS.
SO SPORTS COULD MEAN A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO, AND I KNOW WE ONLY CALL OUT EIGHT LINERS IN THE VARIANCE, BUT ON THE SGP, CAN WE BE MORE SPECIFIC AND SAY ONLY CORN HOLE OR, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I MEAN, CAN WE BE MORE SPECIFIC AND MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T TURN INTO A CHESS GAME OR WHATEVER IT IS? I MEAN, WHATEVER YOU PLAY, BUT I'M JUST SAYING WE'RE A LOT MORE SPECIFIC.
I MEAN MANY, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE INTENT IS.
IF CORN HOME DOESN'T WORK OUT, CAN IT BE ANY SPORTS OR ANY, SO I'M JUST CURIOUS.
WELL, THE, THE SUP IS REASONABLY SPECIFIC.
UM, HE, HE DOES THINK THAT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY IN THE FUTURE THAT HE MAY DO SOME PICKLEBALL IN THERE ALSO, BUT, UH, NOTHING ELSE IN THAT, YOU KNOW, A CHESS GAME WOULDN'T BE TOO BAD, BUT
WELL, THAT'S JUST THE NAME OF IT.
YOU KNOW, IT, IT IS THE OPERATION IS THE CORNELL FACILITY.
AND THEN HE'S THINKING ABOUT POSSIBLY IN THE FUTURE, MAYBE A, UH, SOME PICKLEBALL.
AND WE MENTIONED THAT TO SAVANNAH, BUT THE, THE, THE THRUST OF IT IS THE CORN FACILITY.
UM, MY OTHER QUESTION, BYOB OPERATORS, I MEAN, WE, WE HAVE 'EM ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BUT WE ALSO HAVE SOME BAD OPERATORS ABSOLUTELY.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO BE VERY PROACTIVE NOW AS A COUNSEL AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING SURE IT DOESN'T BECOME A PROBLEM.
SO MY QUESTION TO THEM IS, ONE, YOU MENTIONED YOU WOULD HAVE SECURITY AT THE FACILITY.
WHAT TYPE OF TRAINING ARE YOU GOING TO? HOW MANY HOURS? NO, I, I DON'T REMEMBER MENTIONING SECURITY.
WELL, I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO MANAGE THE PROPERTY.
HE, HE'S GOING TO MANAGE, HE'S GOING TO, GOING TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE PARKING LOT.
HE'S GOT, HE'S GOING TO GET HIS, UH, EMPLOYEES, EVERY EMPLOYEE'S GONNA BE TB CER CERTIFIED TO THE TB CER C CERTIFICATION WILL HELP YOU BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE SOMEONE THAT'S, UH, DRANK TOO MUCH.
SOMEONE THAT IS DRINKING TOO MUCH BY WATCHING AND SEE HOW MUCH, AND HE'S GOTTA TELL HIM YOUR PLAN ON HOW YOU'RE GONNA HANDLE THAT.
WE'RE ALL, WE'RE ALL GONNA BE TABC CERTIFIED.
I MYSELF WAS A BARTENDER FOR SIX YEARS.
SO I HAVE, I MEAN, MY HISTORY OF WORK, I'VE DONE IT BEFORE.
I MEAN, IT'S REALLY NOT A HIGH VOLUME OF UNDERSTAND OF PEOPLE BEING DRUNK DRINKING.
I USED BTC CERTIFIED MYSELF AS WELL.
THE BIG DIFFERENCE IS WHENEVER YOU, THE OPERATORS, WHEN YOU DO BYLB AND SOMEONE GETS A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH TIPSY AND THERE'S AN ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENS, THE OPERATOR DOESN'T GET BLAMED.
IT'S MORE, YOU KNOW, HE'S, HE'S AWARE OF THAT, BUT, BUT YOU CAN'T BLAME IT BECAUSE HE DIDN'T SERVE IT.
THEY BROUGHT THE ALCOHOL AND, AND THEY, AND THAT'S WHAT I MEAN, I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND.
I MEAN, IT'S A PLAN TO HAVE A BAR SET UP WHERE WHOEVER BRINGS THEIR ALCOHOL WOULD BE BEHIND A BAR AND THEY CAN GO AND ACCESS THE, THEIR ALCOHOL BEHIND A BAR.
OR WOULD EVERYBODY HAVE THEIR OWN ICE CHESTS NEXT TO EACH CORN HOLE TO TO DRINK BEER AT FREELY.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO, WE HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON EVERYONE AND PRETTY MUCH NO ONE GOES IN THERE TO DRINK EXCESSIVELY.
I MEAN, THAT'S JUST NOT THE GOAL.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE I KNOW AS PEOPLE DRINKING, YOU'RE INVESTING MONEY IN THE, ON THE COURTS AND, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD SPILL A BEER, THEY COULD DO ALL THAT, BUT RIGHT.
IF YOU MONITOR THE TRANSACTIONS A LOT CLOSER BEHIND A BAR, BEHIND A CAGE AND IT'S THEIR OWN SETUP, THEIR OWN BEER AND THEY COULD ACCESS IT.
BUT MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A PLAN AROUND THAT.
THE SECOND THING THAT WE FIND WITH THESE TYPE OF OPERATORS IS THAT THEY CONTINUE THE PARTY AFTER HOURS.
SO YOU SHUT DOWN AT 12, BUT THE PARTY GOES ON TO TWO IN THE MORNING IN THE PARKING LOT.
SO ONE THING I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND, IF YOU SAY YOU SHUT DOWN AT 12, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE THAT WITHIN 30 MINUTES THAT PARKING LOT IS CLEARED.
SOMEHOW IT'S CONTROLLED, AND SOMEHOW YOU MAKE SURE THAT IT'S WELL KEPT.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT DRINK A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH OR THEY NEED BEER BOTTLES ALL OVER THE PLACE.
WHERE, WHERE WE DON'T WANT TO BE IS FOR IT TO BE GOING ALL OVER THE PLACE.
WELL, I WANT TO KEEP MY PARKING AGREEMENT.
SO EVERY NIGHT AFTER WE CLOSE, WE GO, WE SWEEP IT AND WE CLEAN UP AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOTHING THERE.
THAT'S, THAT'S PART, IF THAT'S IN THE PARKING AGREEMENT, THAT HE HAS TO KEEP IT CLEAN AND HE WILL, HE, HE HE'LL PROMISE YOU THAT THEY'LL, THEY'LL BE LONG GONE WITH BEFORE 30 MINUTES.
SO IS THAT PART OF THE SUP CURRENTLY? DO WE NEED TO ADD THAT
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30 MINUTES REQUIREMENT ON THERE? YOU WOULD NEED TO MAKE THAT, UH, CONDITION OF APPROVAL.WILL, WE'LL GLADLY ACCEPT THAT.
UM, RAYMOND'S NEXT, BUT, UH, WE'VE ASKED BOTH OF THEM THE QUESTIONS FOR NOW.
SO YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU'RE GONNA KEEP AN EYE ON THE PARKING LOT AND KEEP AN EYE ON THE DRINKING.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ, I THINK WAS REFERRING TO THIS SETUP WHERE SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES WILL HAVE LOCKERS OR, OR SOMETHING AND YOU COME AND YOU BRING IN AND YOU GIVE IT TO THEM AND THEY HAVE TO SERVE IT TO YOU.
SO YOU GUYS WILL HAVE TO REALLY BE MONITORING.
AND I'M CURIOUS HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU PLAN TO HAVE WORKING YOUR PREMISE TO LOOK AT THE PARKING LOT AND HANDLE ALL OF THIS AT ONE TIME? IT'LL, IT'LL EITHER BE, IT'LL BE NO LESS THAN FOUR, BUT UP TO EIGHT.
DEPENDING ON HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE THERE.
UM, HIS, HIS OCCUPANT, MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY LOANS 120.
AND IF HE GETS 120 PEOPLE IN THERE PLAYING, I'LL HAVE A HEART ATTACK BECAUSE YOU SEE HOW MANY COURTS HE'S GOT AND THAT SPACE IN BETWEEN ALL OF THOSE IS EMPTY OR YOU'LL GET HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A BEANBAG.
SO I DON'T SEE HOW HE'S GOING TO GET 120 PEOPLE IN THERE PLAYING AT ONE TIME.
IT'S GONNA BE A WHOLE LOT LESS THAN THAT.
WELL, FOUR PEOPLE DOES SOUND LIKE PROBABLY THE MINIMUM YOU, THE REAL MINIMUM YOU'LL NEED, I DON'T KNOW HOW COUNCILWOMAN, UH, CLEMSON'S GOING IN MOTION.
UM, BUT COULD WE ADD, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT MUSIC, BUT BECAUSE IT'S SO CLOSE TO RESIDENTIAL, I I WOULD WONDER IF WE COULD INCLUDE THAT'S NOT THAT SPEAKER SYSTEM IN THE, IN THE, UM, MOTION.
I THINK THAT WOULD JUST MAKE CITIZENS FEEL, IF YOU'RE MOTIONING THAT WAY MORE COMFORTABLE THAT THAT WON'T CHANGE.
THAT WE'LL GLADLY ACCEPT THAT TOO.
COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ, DEPUTY MAYOR.
JUST A QUESTION WHERE STAFF, I KNOW WHEN WE HAVE EVENT CENTERS AND WE HAVE A C CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PEOPLE UP TO A HUNDRED, IT REQUIRES SOME TYPE OF SECURITY PROCESS AND WE, SO WE HAVE AN OPERATOR HERE THAT'S GONNA DO 120.
IS IT BECAUSE IT'S MORE OF AN ENTERTAINING VENUE? I MEAN, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT AND EVENT CENTER? SO THE E EVENT CENTER WOULD TYPICALLY HAVE MORE PEOPLE AND THEN THE PROVISION IN THE UDC IS BASED ON NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND IF THERE'S ALCOHOL SERVED OR ALCOHOL THERE PRESENT, UH, REQUIRES ADDITIONAL SECURITY.
AND DO WE KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER IS BY CHANCE? LIKE THE, FOR EVENTS CENTER? I BELIEVE IT'S, UH, 100.
YEAH, IT IS JUST SOMETHING WE JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT.
I I WOULD THINK ONCE YOU GET OPERATING AND YOU BECOME MORE ESTABLISHED, IT IS PROBABLY BE SOMETHING DURING THE REVIEW PROCESS TO SEE WHETHER NOW WE HAVE TO ADD THAT IN THERE.
AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, HE'S NOT GONNA HAVE THAT MANY PEOPLE IN THERE.
THAT'S THE MAX, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT THAT MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY LOAD BASED ON HOW BIG THE BUILDING WAS.
BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE SETUP IS.
YOU HAVE A HUGE BOWLING ALLEY, BUT 80% OF ITS LANES, IT'S KIND OF THE SAME THING HERE.
SO WE DON'T, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY FOR NOW, RAYMOND? NO, NO SIR.
I JUST WANTED TO FILL OUT THE COURAGE JUST IN CASE YOU NEED ME A SPEAKER.
ERIC JENSEN, IF COUNSEL, ERIC JENSEN, 2218 MCLEAN AVENUE TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS COME TO BEFORE YOU AS THE LANDLORD OF THIS PROPERTY AND AS THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY ACROSS THE STREET THAT HAS PROVIDED THE PARKING AGREEMENT WITH THE, UH, TENANT.
UH, I'VE GOT, UH, I'VE GOT THE, UH, YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT IF THERE'S AN ISSUE AND ONE OF THE STIPULATIONS IN THE SUP IS THE PARKING AGREEMENT.
SO IF I DON'T LIKE IT, I CAN PULL IT IN 60 DAYS, I BELIEVE IS WHAT THE PARKING AGREEMENT THAT I MADE WITH RAYMOND IS.
RAYMOND HAS BEEN A TENANT OF MINE FOR OVER TWO YEARS NOW.
HE TAKES VERY GOOD CARE OF THE PROPERTY.
HE'S ACTUALLY PAINTED STRIPES IN THE PARKING LOT.
HE'S ACTUALLY PAINTED STRIPES IN MY PARKING LOT.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR ERIC? COUNSEL? THANKS ERIC.
I WANNA FIRST START OUT WHY DID THE MAYOR PLAY ELVIS AND LEAVE THE BUILDING? WHAT CONFLICT OF INTEREST DOES THE MAYOR HAVE ON THIS BUILDING?
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UM, THERE ARE CERTAIN, THERE ARE CERTAIN SITUATIONS WHERE THEY'RE REQUIRED AND, UM, WE, HE, HE FILED THAT DISCLOSURE AND, AND LEFT.I JUST KIND OF, THE MAYOR LEAVING THIS, THE MAYOR HAS THE CONNECTION WITH THIS FACILITY, OR YOU DENY YES OR NO? I WANNA START OFF WITH TONY SHOTWELL.
TONY, WE GOTTA INVOKE THE SPEAKER.
SAM RAVEN RULE TO AGREE TO DISAGREE.
THIS IS SOMETHING AN INDOOR CORNHOLE FACILITY.
IF YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES, YOU THINK OF BEAVIS AND BUTTHEAD.
BACK IN THE NINETIES WHEN BEAVIS WOULD DO HIS CORNHOLIO IMPERSONATION, I'M SORRY, BUT CORNHOLE IS A SPORT THAT YOU PLAY UP IN NEBRASKA.
IF RANDY GALLOWAY WERE HERE, RANDY GALLOWAY MADE FUN OF THE CHILDREN OF THE CORN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, IF THIS IS GONNA BE BYOB, HOW CAN ONE PERSON, EVEN IF THIS STAFF IS TAB CERTIFIED WATCH TEXAS LEADS THE NATION IN DRUNK DRIVING FATALITIES.
HOW CAN A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE WATCH THE PARKING LOT? WHO'S BRINGING THE BEER IN? WHO'S LEAVING IT? IF YOU'RE TAB CERTIFIED, GO AHEAD AND DO LIKE OTHER BUSINESSES IN GRAND PRAIRIE RENDER UNTO CAESAR, WE WANT OUR MONEY.
IF YOU'RE GONNA SELL ALCOHOL, IT'S REGULATED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THROUGH THE TABC.
HOW MANY RESTAURANTS, HOW MANY BUSINESS DO I HAVE WITHIN A MILE OF HERE? THEY COMPLY WITH THE TABC.
THEY SELL ALCOHOL AND WE GET THE SALES TAX OFF OF IT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THERE THAT THE K***Y FRIEDMAN, TEXAS HOLD 'EM CARD ROOM.
YOU GRILLED THAT APPLICANT EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE THAT, THAT APPLICANT HAD TO HAVE SECURITY ON SITE.
THE LIGHTING, THE APPLICANT HAD TO PROVIDE, UH, FUNDRAISERS TO GIVE MONEY BACK TO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
THAT APPLICANT ADMITTED A MINIMUM OF $100,000 IN SALES TAX TO THE CITY.
WHAT IS A CORN HOLE FACILITY GOING TO PAY IN SALES TAX? WHAT ARE WE GONNA GET IN SALES TAX OUT OF THIS BUILDING? I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA GET A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AND THE FACT THAT, DON'T THINK FOR ONE SECOND AT 10 O'CLOCK ON A SATURDAY NIGHT, SOMEBODY IS PITCHING IT IN THERE AND THEY'VE HAD ABOUT 12 LONE STARS AND HEY, I BET BEN FRANKLIN HERE.
I'LL BET BEN FRANKLIN YOU CAN HIT ON THIS TOO.
THEY'LL BE GAMBLING DOWN THERE.
BUT YOU SAID NO AND THE MAYOR VOTED NO TO THE CARD ROOM.
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON OUT THERE? EH, TYPICAL GRAND PRAIRIE.
WE COULD HAVE HAD AT LEAST 200,000 IN SALES TAX REVENUE OR MORE.
AND YOU VOTED AGAINST THAT AND YOU MADE THE APPLICANT JUMP THROUGH HOOPS, JUMP THROUGH HOOPS.
AND THE MAYOR SAID AT THE LAST MINUTE, I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GONNA VOTE.
SO THAT WAS VERY PRESTIGIOUS FOR THE CITY OF GRAND PRIX TO HAVE HAD THAT FACILITY IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO TRAVEL TO GRAND PRIX TO PLAY CORNHOLE.
YEAH, MAYBE SOME OF THE LOCAL FOLKS, THESE TYPES OF THINGS WILL HAPPEN.
BUT ARE WE A DESTINATION RESORT FOR A CORNHOLE PLACE THAT'S UP IN NEBRASKA? SO THAT MONITORING THE PARKING LOT, TABC, AGAIN, IF YOU'RE TAB CERTIFIED, LET'S PLAY THE TABC RULE OR YOU DO NOT ALLOW THEM TO BYOB ALCOHOL IF YOU GOT A, A BINGO HALL, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT THIS IS SOMETHING, AND AGAIN, I RESPECT THE APPLICANT WANTING TO BRING SOME JOBS HERE, BUT MONITORING THIS, I DID THE FIRST FATALITY BLOOD ALCOHOL TEST IN 1984 IN DALLAS COUNTY.
I'VE TESTIFIED IN COURT WHEN SOMEONE KILLED SOMEONE DRIVING DRUNK.
AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY HERE THAT AT LEAST IN THE RESTAURANTS, THE CHILI'S, OTHER PLACES LIKE THAT.
YEAH, YOU HAVE SOME CONTROL OVER IT WITH THIS, OH, I'M GONNA WALK THE PARKING LOT.
I'M GONNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT REALLY DRUNK.
AND I'M TAB CERTIFIED, SO WE'RE DENYING THE CITY ADDITIONAL REVENUE.
SO I WOULD ASK THAT YOU PUT SOME STIPULATIONS ON THIS.
YOU WANT ALCOHOL, YOU GET THE LICENSE AND SELL IT LIKE OTHER BUSINESSES IN GRAND PRAIRIE DO.
ANYONE READY FOR A MOTION? GEORGE, IT'S YOUR DISTRICT.
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN MAKING A MOTION? WELL, I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HEARING A FEW MORE COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES, UM, SINCE THE APPLICANT I AS AFTER HEARING EVERYTHING AND SINCE THE APPLICANT SAID THAT THEY COULD SURVIVE WITHOUT BYOB UNTIL THEY DECIDE MAYBE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO HANDLE IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY, COULD YOU, UM, GIVE ME SOME FEEDBACK FROM OTHER COUNCIL? YES, I GOT A LIGHT FROM, UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PROM, JOHN LOPEZ.
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NO, I I THINK HAVING GOOD OPERATORS IN THE CITY MAKES SENSE.I MEAN, I KNOW WE HAVE A TRO IN PLACE, UM, OVER THERE OFF OF GREAT SOUTHWEST AND, AND, UM, PIONEER AND, AND THAT SEEMS TO BE THROWN OUT THERE.
IT'S JUST TO ME, UM, THE WHOLE BYOB, THAT'S WHAT I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT.
UM, YOU KNOW, JUST, I JUST DON'T KNOW.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING ON THERE.
I I THINK IT COULD BE INTRODUCED LATER, BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, THAT PART.
I THINK WE PROBABLY NEED SOME MORE CLARIFICATION AROUND THE BLB PROCESS FOR ME TO FEEL A LITTLE BIT MORE COMFORTABLE TONIGHT.
AND, AND THAT MIGHT TAKE ANOTHER, IT BEING TABLED OR US VOTED UP AND DOWN.
THANKS DEPUTY MAYOR PROTE, THERE'S A FEW MORE REQUESTS TO SPEAK.
UH, COUNCILMAN DELBOSQUE? THANK YOU MAYOR PROTE.
HEY, I KNOW YOU, UM, YOU HAVE A GOOD BUSINESS.
YOU'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.
I THINK JUST LIKE, UH, OUR DEPUTY MAY PRO TEMP, IF WE CAN JUST TIGHTEN UP THE BYOB, THE SECURITY, I THINK, UH, WE'D BE IN FAVOR FOR THAT.
AT LEAST I COULD SPEAK FOR MYSELF.
SORRY, MY MICROPHONES ARE BROKE.
ERIC, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
THAT CARRIES A BUNCH OF WEIGHT WITH ME.
UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT CORNHOLE IS SOMETHING THAT'S FUN.
I LIKE THAT THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY SPEAKERS.
UH, BUT HOWEVER, UH, I HAVE BIG CONCERNS WITH BYOB WITH THEM HAVING COOLERS RIGHT THERE BESIDE THEIR COURT.
I THINK IF THERE'S A WAY TO CHECK YOUR BEER IN BEFORE, AND THEN THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF HAVING SOMEONE TABC CERTIFIED IS THAT WHEN SOMEBODY WANTS A BEER, THEY ASK THE PERSON TO GO GET THEM THEIR BEER OUT OF THEIR LOCKER.
AND THAT'S WHEN YOU DETERMINE THAT THEY'VE HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK.
NOT JUST ONE OF FOUR PEOPLE BEING AMONGST 120 CORNHOLE PLAYERS AND NOTICING THE GUYS GETTING A LITTLE SLURRED WITH HIS WORD.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE BYOB, BUT I HAVE, I I DON'T THINK I COULD SUPPORT IT AS THE BYOB EXISTS RIGHT NOW.
I COULD TIGHTEN UP THE BYOB RIGHT NOW TO SAY THAT IT WAS ALL, IT HAD TO BE SERVED.
THERE'S NOT ANY COOLERS AT THE COURTS.
UH, AND, AND THEY CHECK THEIR BEER IN AND YOU FIGURE OUT A WAY TO PUT THEIR NAME ON IT AND WHEN THEY WANT TO BEER, YOU HAVE ONE OF YOUR EMPLOYEES GO AND GET IT.
AND WE MAY BE ABLE TO GET THE APPLICANT TO AGREE TO THAT ON RECORD.
BUT, UH, FIRST, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KURT JOHNSON HAS SOMETHING TO SAY.
UM, YOU'VE BEEN OPEN FOR ABOUT A MONTH NOW.
AND YOU, IT'S BEEN B-B-Y-O-B? YES, SIR.
AND, UH, ANY ISSUES WITH, UH, ANY OF THE PATRONS THERE OR TRASH IN THE PARKING LOTS OR COMPLAINTS? WE'VE HAD ZERO ISSUES, NO COMPLAINTS.
SO HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT, UM, GOING WITH BYOB AND YOU MONITORING THE, UH, THE HANDING OUT OF THE BEVERAGES TO, UH, THE INDIVIDUALS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON? UH, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT HE WAS PLANNING ON DOING ANYWAY.
IT WASN'T GOING TO BE A, A COOLER NEXT TO YOU.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IN THE FIRST PLACE.
WE'RE ABOUT THIS FAR APART PLAYING THE GAME, SO THERE'S NO ROOM FOR THAT TO BEGIN WITH.
THEY WERE GOING TO DO THAT ANYWAY.
HE'S GOT, HE'LL HAVE A SET UP THERE WHERE YOU BRING IT IN, YOU GOT YOUR NAME ON IT, IT'S YOURS.
IT'S NOT GONNA DO ANY KIND OF HARD LIQUOR.
IT'S GONNA BE ONLY BEER, WINE, UH, JUST BEER.
AND, AND IT'LL HAVE YOUR NAME ON IT.
YOU GO UP, YOU GET ONE FROM YOU.
NOW, BEN, HE CAN KIND OF MONITOR.
THERE'S A, THERE'S A, UH, THERE'S A HOOKAH LOUNGE UP ON GREAT SOUTH ON THE 360 THAT DOES THAT RIGHT NOW TODAY.
AND THEY'VE GOT, THEY BRING IN FOOD FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE AND IT WORKS.
I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY COMPLAINTS FROM THAT.
THAT'S HOW HE'S PLANNING ON DOING.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE SAID TABC CERTIFIED, THAT THEY'D BE ABLE TO WATCH YOU AND SEE IF YOU'RE DRINKING AND IF YOU'RE DRINKING TOO MUCH BECAUSE THEY'LL LICK YOU IN THE EYE WHEN YOU WANT ONE.
SO, AND, AND ALSO THIS KEEPS THEM FROM PEOPLE FROM DOING THIS, WHICH YOU AND I ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
THEY BRING A COOLER AND LEAVE IT IN THE BACK
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OF THEIR TRUCK AND IN BETWEEN GAMES THEY'LL GO OUT THERE AND DRINK TWO OR THREE BEERS.THIS WAY HE'S GOT IT IN THERE AND SOMEBODY CAN WATCH HIM.
AND WITH THE SUP, THEY CAN COME BACK WITHIN A YEAR TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES WITH THE CURRENT PROCESS THAT HE HAS NOW.
UH, IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO TIGHTEN UP THE PROCEDURES, MAYBE THE APPLICANT SHOULD HAVE EXPRESSED IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN WHAT HE DID, BECAUSE IT SEEMS VERY LOOSE WHERE, UH, I COULD SEE THE COOLER NEXT TO ME.
I'M REACHING FOR THE, FOR THE BAG AND ACTUALLY PUT MY HAND IN THE ICE CHEST.
BUT, UH, YOU'RE JUST ONLY DOING BEER.
YOU'RE NOT BEING VERY CLEAR ON A LOT OF THINGS YOU'RE SAYING.
SO YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE STATEMENTS AND PROVE THIS, THAT WHY WE SHOULD OPEN THIS WITH THE B-Y-O-B-I WAS, I THOUGHT IT WAS FOR BEER, WINE, AND LIQUOR NOW IS JUST BEER AND WINE.
AM I CORRECT? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
YEAH, BECAUSE WINE, THEY HAVE TO HAVE GLASSES IN AND THAT'S, THAT WOULD BE A MESS ON THE FLOOR.
I'M USED TO DRINKING PEOPLE I KNOW AND, AND, AND, AND FOLKS, THE PROBLEMS WITH ALCOHOL.
THERE'S NOT A PERSON IN THIS BUILDING THAT KNOWS MORE ABOUT PROBLEMS WITH ALCOHOL THAN ME.
AND IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT AFTER THE MEETING, I'D BE GLAD TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT IT.
BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE, CAN BE DONE RESPONSIBLY.
AND IT'S DONE RESPONSIBLY EVERY DAY BY A LOT OF PEOPLE.
AND IT'S DONE IRRESPONSIBLY EVERY DAY BY A LOT OF PEOPLE.
YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO CUT HIM OFF WHENEVER, IF HE, IF HE DOES IT WRONG.
AND I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU TO GIVE HIM A CHANCE AND HE WILL DO WHAT I THINK WHAT I THINK WE EXPLAINED WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WE'LL, GLAD TO PUT THAT IN THE SUV.
WELL, LET, LET, LET ME THROW OUT A SUGGESTION BECAUSE I, I AGREE THAT IT CAN BE DONE RESPONSIBLY.
THAT INSIDE THIS FLOOR PLAN THAT'S UPRIGHT HERE, THAT YOU HAVE A DESIGNATED AREA.
MAYBE IT'S MARKED BY VELVET ROPES, BUT IT'S LITERALLY ROPED OFF.
AND AS SOON AS SOMEBODY BRINGS A COOLER IN THEIR COOLER WITH THEIR NAME GOES INSIDE THAT ROPED IN AREA, ABSOLUTELY IT'S GONNA BE WORTH, LEMME FINISH, LEMME FINISH.
AND THEN YOU HAVE A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE THAT AS LONG AS YOU HAVE BEER BEHIND THOSE VELVET ROPES, YOU HAVE AN EMPLOYEE SITTING THERE AND A PERSON HAS TO COME AND GET AND ASK THAT EMPLOYEE FOR A BEER.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A RESPONSIBLE MANNER.
AND WOULD YOU BE, WOULD Y'ALL BE ALL RIGHT WITH THAT? THAT'S THE WAY WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING IT.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER COPELAND RIGHT THERE WHERE IT SAYS BREAK ROOM.
DEPUTY MAYOR PRO, TIM JOHN LOPEZ.
DO YOU HAVE A YEAH, JUST TONY, I APPRECIATE YOU CLARIFYING THAT.
I MEAN, JUST LIKE COUNCILMAN UM, JOHNSON SAID, I MEAN, WHENEVER WE ASKED THE INITIAL QUESTION, IT JUST WASN'T ANSWERED AS CLEARLY AS YOU'RE PRESENTING NOW, UM, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IF YOU'VE BEEN OPERATING FOR A MONTH, WHAT TRIGGERED THIS? DID SOMEONE STOPPED BY THE BY THERE AND GAVE YOU A WARNING OR NO? DID YOU JUST COME TO CITY HALL? WE, WE PUT IN A, AN APPLICATION FOR A CO UNDER A DIFFERENT CATEGORY THAT WE STILL THINK WE, IT WOULD WORK, UH, ACCORDING TO THE DEFINITIONS.
BUT SAVANNAH ASKED US TO DO IT AS BY AN SUP INSTEAD.
AND WE GOT A TEMPORARY CO, WE AGREED TO DO A TEMPORARY CO UNTIL THIS CASE CAME UP.
AND, UH, THAT'S HOW IT HAPPENS.
HE'S WORKING UNDER, UNDER A TEMPORARY CO.
WE, UM, IT WAS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN US AND, UH, RASHAD, BILL AND SAVANNAH TO JUST GO AHEAD AND DO AN SUP INSTEAD.
AND WE, UH, WE ALL AGREED THAT, THAT THAT WOULD BE THE, A WAY TO GO.
WE STILL THINK WE COULD DONE IT UNDER THE, UNDER THE OTHER ONE, BUT WE AGREED TO DO IT THIS WAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER DELBOSQUE? UH, YES.
NOW, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TIGHTENING THIS UP, BYOB, IS THERE GONNA BE A LIMIT? A QUANTITY LIMIT? CAN A PERSON BRING IN AN 18 PACK? 18 PACK? CAN THEY ROLL IN A KEG?
I MEAN, OF COURSE WE'LL HAVE LIMITS.
I MEAN, WELL, WHAT ARE THOSE LIMITS? BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TIGHTEN UP 'CAUSE WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THIS.
SO WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO PUT IN LIMIT SO WE CAN VOTE ON THIS AND GET DOWN THE ROAD? NO MORE THAN 12.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING? SORRY.
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WRONG.WELL, BUT I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE PER PERSON.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S A, UH, BECAUSE THAT WAY IF, IF, IF A TEAM COMES IN AND THERE'S TWO GUYS AND THEY SAY WE'RE SHARING THIS COOLER, THAT'S, THAT'S IT.
THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY WHAT I MEANT.
I JUST DIDN'T ENUNCIATE IT VERY WELL.
BUT THEN, I MEAN, THE AVERAGE HUMAN BEING, HOW MANY NUMBER OF BEERS PUTS THEM OVER THE, THE 0.08.
BUT NOT ONLY THAT, IF, BUT IF THEY'RE THAT SERIOUS OF A PLAYER IN THAT SERIES OF A GAME, THEY'RE NOT GONNA, THEY'RE NOT GONNA DRINK A WHOLE LOT, RIGHT? NO, NO.
SO WE CAN NIP THIS REALLY QUICK.
HOW, HOW LONG DO YOUR CUSTOMERS STAY THERE, SIR? ON AVERAGE, Y'ALL DOING TOURNAMENTS GAMES, HOW, HOW LONG IS A PERSON CHECKING INTO YOUR BUILDING? UH, IT DEPENDS.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW MANY GAMES.
LIKE ON A SATURDAY IT COULD BE MULTIPLE GAMES.
LIKE ON A WEEKNIGHT IT'D BE JUST ONE GAME.
AND HOW LONG IS A GAME? LESS ABOUT THREE OR FOUR HOURS.
HUH? ABOUT THREE OR FOUR HOURS.
SO YOU THINK EACH ONE OF YOUR CUSTOMERS COULD BE THERE ON AVERAGE THREE TO FOUR HOURS? YES, SIR.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT A LIMIT OF THREE BEERS PER PERSON, BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T WANT 'EM SLAMMING MORE THAN ONE BEER AN HOUR.
I THINK THAT STARTS GETTING YOU CLOSE TO 0.08.
I JUST, OR MAYBE WE COULD HAVE THE POLICE CHIEF GIVE SOME ROUGH YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S GONNA BE BODY TYPE AND WEIGHT SPECIFIC.
HE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TAKE, ALRIGHT, SO WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE? I, SO I'M NOT DRINKER.
I GOT A, A REQUEST FROM COUNCILMAN NU TO COUNCILMAN COUNCILMAN COPELAND.
UM, AGAIN, THAT IN BETWEEN GAMES, IF YOU, SOMEBODY COULD JUST WALK OUT TO THEIR TRUCK AND SLAM TWO OR THREE AND SMOKE, WE WOULD RATHER, WE WOULD RATHER HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTROL OVER THAT THEN.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GUYS DECIDE TO MAKE IT NO BYOB AT ALL, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO DO THAT GOING OUT TO THEIR TRUCK OR THEIR CAR.
SO WHAT NUMBER ARE YOU ASKING FOR PER PERSON? BETWEEN, WELL, I, I WOULD, I WOULD SAY IF A, IF A COUPLE OF GUYS COME IN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SIX PER PERSON, UH, HE CAN KEEP A REASONABLY GOOD COUNT ON THAT.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S STILL BETTER THAN NO COUNT AT ALL.
WE GOT B WILD B PLACES ALL OVER THE PLACE.
I THINK WE'RE IN, WE'RE INVENTING A PROBLEM THAT MAY OR MAY NOT EXIST.
AND IF IT DOES EXIST AND BY GOD PULL HIS SUP FROM HIM, WE'RE MAKING A PROBLEM.
THAT DOESN'T, DOESN'T, THAT MAY VERY WELL NOT EXIST.
COUNCIL MEMBER ZO, DO YOU HAVE YEAH.
UH, MY QUESTION IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT Y'ALL ARE GONNA HAVE A-T-A-B-C SERVER, ARE YOU GONNA ID PEOPLE EVERY TIME THEY GO AND REQUEST A, A DRINK? WELL, THEY'LL HAVE TO ID 'EM BEFORE THEY CAN BRING 'EM IN.
YOU'RE GOING TO ID 'EM WHEN THEY COME UP? YES, SIR.
SO ARE THOSE THAT ARE UNDER 18 UNDER 21 ARE GONNA GET A WRISTBAND, I PRESUME, OR AN X ON THEIR HAND? HOW WILL YOU, UH, DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF AGE? PEOPLE HAVE TO SHOW ME AN ID I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL.
I'M, I'M SAYING WHEN THEY ARE, SO LET'S SAY IT'S A GROUP OF PEOPLE, SOME OF THEM ARE OVER 21, SOME ARE UNDER 21, BUT THEY COME IN AS A GROUP.
HOW DO YOU DECIDE, HOW ARE YOU GONNA DEMARCATE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OVER 21? ARE YOU GONNA GIVE THOSE THAT ARE OVER 21 A UH, WRIST BAND? SO WHEN THEY COME UP TO GET THEIR DRINKS, THEY'RE ABLE TO GET THEIR DRINKS WASH, SHOWING THEIR ID EVERY TIME THEY COME BACK? THAT'S MY, THAT'S THE QUESTION I'M ASKING.
COUNCIL MEMBER ZU, UH, IS ZONING.
WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND FOR HIM TO DO, AND I'LL, HE CAN SAY YES OR NO RIGHT NOW IS I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THEY ID EVERY TIME THEY COME UP.
BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, SOMEBODY BE SAYING, THAT'S MY COOLER OVER THERE, HE'S GOTTA HAVE A NAME FOR WHOSE IT IS.
OR THEY'LL BE STEALING FROM EACH OTHER.
SO I WOULD SAY HE'S GOTTA SHOW THE ID EVERY TIME THEY COME UP THERE.
I THINK, I THINK COUNTS YOU'S IDEA OF ONE OF THOSE LITTLE SIMPLE STICK ON BRACELETS, THOSE LITTLE PIECES OF PAPER.
AND THEN I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE FIRST COOLER THAT COMES IN, YOU PUT A PIECE OF TAPE ON IT AND THAT'S NUMBER ONE.
AND THEN YOU GIVE THAT PERSON, YOU ID 'EM, YOU PUT THE WRISTBAND ON 'EM AND YOU RIDE A NUMBER ONE ON THAT, NUMBER ONE CAN ONLY GET BEER OUT OF NUMBER ONE COOLER.
THAT'S, AND SO IT'S ALMOST, IT'S ALMOST TO THE POINT HE, HE DOESN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
YEAH, I, I, IT, IT'S, IT'S REASONABLE.
I THINK SIX IS LOGICAL JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE BUY BEER AND SIX PACKS THAT WAY YOU'RE NOT BUYING A SIX PACK AND LEAVING TWO IN YOUR CAR.
I'M ALMOST TO THE POINT OF SAYING TO WHERE THIS COUNCIL IS NOW WRITING HIS OPERATING PLAN.
AND I DON'T WANT TO DELAY THIS, BUT QUITE HONESTLY, SIR, YOU SHOULD HAVE HAD ALL OF THIS WRITTEN OUT WELL BEFORE YOU GOT HERE AND PRESENTED TO US.
WE SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO WRITE YOUR OPERATION PLAN.
BUT IF COUNCILMAN CLEMSON IS ABLE TO PUT
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ALL OF THIS INTO AN AMENDMENT, OR IF YOU WANT TO TABLE IT SO WE CAN GET IT ALL DOWN AND COME BACK AND THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, COUNCIL KOLAND, WE WOULD'VE DONE THAT HAD WE KNEW THAT THAT WAS GOING TO BE ANY SORT OF A PROBLEM.IT WASN'T A PROBLEM AT PNC THAT PASSED AT SEVEN TO ONE WITH THE ONE GUY THAT VOTED AGAINST IT, UH, SEEMED TO JUST HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ANY ALCOHOL AT ALL, PERIOD.
AND THE CONVERSATION, AND IT PASSED.
AND WE STAFF HAD DIDN'T COME UP WITH ANY OF THIS.
THIS IS ALL COMING FROM THE COUNCIL AS SO WE, WE WE COULDN'T PLAN ON WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
AS, AS, AS MY ONE VOTE, I DON'T CARE IF WE DO AN AMENDMENT WITH ALL THIS AND MIGHT BE CLEANER IF WE TABLED IT AND SAYING THAT THE CITY'S GOING TO ALLOW YOU TO KEEP OPERATING.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE ONES PUTTING IT OFF FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO COME OUT TOMORROW AND TRY TO SHUT IT DOWN.
UH, IF, IF WE DO THAT, OR WE CAN JUST DO IT ALL IN AN AMENDMENT.
SO I DON'T WANT THE TABLE TO HAMPER HIS BUSINESS.
YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? WE, WE WOULD BE GLAD TO.
WE CAN, WE CAN GIVE YOU WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
WE'VE, WE'VE TOLD YOU ALREADY.
UH, I'M GONNA BE ON VACATION NEXT FOR A WHILE, CAPTAIN.
COUNSEL, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
SO THERE IS NOT A TA THEY'RE NOT IS THERE IS NOT A-T-A-B-C CERTIFIED ON THE ON LOCATION.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE SOMEONE THAT IS TABC CERTIFIED ON LOCATION.
EVERYONE'S GOING TO BE TA CERTIFI.
ALL OF ALL OF HIS EMPLOYEES ARE GOING TO BE OKAY.
ARE THEY ALREADY
IT'S, IT IS HIS RIGHT NOW AS THE, THE FOUR OPERATORS ARE HIS FAMILY AND TWO OF THEM ARE, THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY PROBLEMS. WHAT DO YOU WANT DO? WELL, I WANNA, I, I THINK, FORGIVE ME, BUT TABC CERTIFIED, THEY'RE TAKING RESPONSIBILITY.
RIGHT? SO THEY'RE GONNA BE MONITORING BOOZE.
AND SO, SO THE QUESTION, IT'S NOT, NOT EVEN HIM, IT'S GONNA BE EVERYBODY IN THAT INDIVIDUAL CERTIFICATION THAT HAS TO TAKE ON THAT RESPONSIBILITY.
AND SO THAT ALONE SHOULD CLEAR THIS UP ONES THAT ARE, THAT ARE SERVING.
SO THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING IT THIS WAY.
SO WHAT I'VE TAKEN NOTES IS A SEPARATE ROOM AND A SIX PACK OF PERSON.
AND THAT'S WHY WITH A NUMBERED COOLER, WITH A CORRESPONDING WRISTBAND, BE GLAD TO DO THAT.
WE PUT THAT YOU, YOU CAN PUT THAT IN THE SUP.
HE'S GOOD THAT, THAT, THAT GETS THERE FROM ME ACCOUNT HIS, HIS PARKING DEAL TAKES CARE OF THE PARKING.
OR ERIC WILL, I THINK OUR ONLY CUT LOOSE CONCERN IS JUST TIGHTENING UP THE BYOB AND THAT GETS THERE FOR ME.
AND I APPRECIATE YOUR COOPERATION.
WE'LL DO THAT EXACTLY THAT YOU REPRESENTED YOUR CLIENT WELL, TONY
I'M A LITTLE FRUSTRATED, BUT THANK YOU
I DON'T, I'M TELLING YOU WHAT SIZE COOLER, RIGHT?
I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER, UH, LIGHTS.
COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMSON FOR SAVANNAH.
SAVANNAH, UH, IN CASE SOMETHING COMES UP AND WE, UH, IF THIS PASSES, UH, WITH A LOT OF EXTRA THINGS IN IT AND SHOULD THEY, UH, MESS UP ON THEIR SUP, HOW, HOW, WHAT DO WE DO AND HOW LONG DO WE HAVE TO REMOVE IT? SO THAT WOULD DEPEND ON KIND OF THE NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS.
UH, TYPICALLY STAFF WILL GIVE THEM A 30 DAY NOTICE THAT THEY'D BE PLACED ON THE UPCOMING DRC CYCLE.
GIVE THEM THE, THE P AND Z DATES AND THE CITY COUNCIL DATES.
UM, AND IN SOME INSTANCES WITH SUVS, ONCE THEY GET THAT LETTER, THEY MAKE THOSE CORRECTIONS AND ARE OPERATING, UH, CORRECTLY WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THEIR SUP BY THE TIME THEY GET TO COUNCIL.
COUNCIL MEMBER MARZANO HAS A REQUEST.
YEAH, I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT A, UM, AN AMENDMENT.
IF WE DECIDE TO MOTION TO APPROVE THIS.
UM, I DON'T MEAN TO BE A BIT OF A POLICY WONK OR POLICY NERD, BUT I WENT ON THE MAYO CLINIC AND THEY PUT UP THAT FOR WOMEN, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY RECOMMEND NO MORE THAN THREE DRINKS A DAY FOR MEN.
NO MORE THAN FOUR DRINKS A DAY.
SO FOR ME TO BE COMFORTABLE TO, TO SUPPORT THIS, I'D LIKE TO PUT IT AT FOUR BEERS OR FOUR DRINKS MINIMUM.
FOUR DRINKS MAXIMUM AT THIS FACILITY.
MINIMUM COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER RIZ.
I, I, THAT'S AS COUNCIL MEMBER COPELAND MENTIONED, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT'S SOLD TO 'EM.
AND, AND I, I AGREE WITH YOU ON THE NUMBER AS I TOLD YOU.
IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT ANY OF THAT MM-HMM
LATER, I'D BE GLAD TO TALK WITH YOU.
UM, YOU GOT, YOU GOT PLACES ALL OVER GRAND PRAIRIE.
YOU CAN, YOU CAN GO TO FORUM BOWLING, SIT IN THE BAR AND GET DRUNKER THAN COER
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BROWN AND WALK OUTTA THAT PLACE.YOU CAN, YOU CAN GO TO ANY RESTAURANT AND GET DRUNKER AND CODA BROWN AND WALK OUT PLACE.
I I THINK HERE'S THE GUY THAT WANTS TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.
I THINK THE DIFFERENCE IS THEY'RE SERVING IT THERE.
THEY'RE SERVING YOU DRINKS THERE.
THIS, THIS, YOU'RE BRINGING YOUR OWN.
WE'RE AGREEING THAT HE'S MORE OR LESS GOING TO BE SERVING.
THAT'S WHAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.
AND YOU'RE THE ONE THAT BROUGHT UP THE IDEA.
AND HE WILL BE SERVING IF WE'RE GONNA DECIDE A MAXIMUM, LET I BELIEVE IN ABIDING BY WHAT THE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ARE PUTTING OUT THERE.
I THINK FOUR BEERS AND WELL, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SUPPORT.
I, I'M SORRY, I JUST CAN'T AGREE WITH YOU COUNCILOR MEMBER JOHNSON.
UH, WE'VE HAD SO MUCH DISCUSSION ON THIS HERE.
I'M LOSING MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT.
IT'S GETTING LATE IN THE NIGHT.
BUT, UM, AT ALL THE OTHER BRBS WITHIN THE CITY, DO WE HAVE A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT FOR THEM TO LET THEM COME IN? AND IF WE DON'T, WHY ARE WE PUTTING THIS REQUIREMENT HERE? UH, IF WE WANNA DO THE MINIMUM BECAUSE FOR WHATEVER IT, IT IS GOTTA BE AT LEAST SIX OR THE MAXIMUM SIX PER PERSON.
BUT I, I'M OPEN TO GIVING HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE, HAVE A TRUE BYOB.
AND IF THINGS TURN SOUTH, WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO REMOVE THE SUP.
AND WE IN THE ABSOLUTELY IN THE, IF YOU WE CHOOSE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PASS, WE COULD JUST DO SIX MONTHS.
WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT ON A, YEAH.
LET'S, LET'S DO MORE THAN SIX MONTHS.
I WOULD BE MORE IN FAVOR OF AT LEAST ONE YEAR TO SEE HOW THE BUSINESS IS GOING BECAUSE THEY'VE, THEY OPENED UP ONE MONTH RIGHT NOW.
BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE REQUIREMENT FOR BYOBS FOR ALL THE OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS FOR THE MAX, THEY CAN BRING IN.
ARE WE STARTING TO SET UP A NEW PRECEDENCE FOR ALL OTHER BYOBS IN THE FUTURE? THANK YOU.
UM, I WANNA MAKE SURE I HAVE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE STATED THAT THERE WOULD, UH, THAT THIS WOULD BE MONITORED, INCLUDING THE PARKING LOT WOULD BE MONITORED.
THERE WOULD BE NO MUSIC AS FAR AS A BIG PA SYSTEM.
IS THAT CORRECT? SO FAR? YES MA'AM.
AND OF COURSE YOU'RE GONNA CLEAR THE PARKING LOT, HALF AN HOUR MAX AND, UM, YOU'LL MONITOR THE BYOB AND LIMIT IT TO A SIX PACK.
I, I I, THE REASON I GO TO SAY THAT IS BECAUSE IF YOU SAY FOUR, I THINK THEY'RE GONNA HAVE THE OTHER TWO OUT IN THE CAR.
AND I DON'T WANT 'EM GOING BACK AND FORTH THE CAR.
AND YOU WILL BE MONITORING IF THEY HAVE THREE BEERS AND THAT'S THEIR LIMIT, THAT'S ALL THEY GET.
AND THEN ON SATURDAY NIGHT, SATURDAY IT GOES FROM 12 TO 12:00 PM IS THAT CORRECT? YES MA'AM.
BECAUSE WE GOT IT A DIFFERENT TYPO IN THAT.
AND YOU ALSO GONNA PROVIDE WRISTBANDS FOR UNDERAGE DRINKERS.
IS THAT UNDERAGE DRINKERS,
AND DID THAT COVER THE, A DESIGNATED AREA FOR COOLERS? YES.
I'LL BE GLAD TO SCRATCH OUT BREAK ROOM AND PUT THAT AS THE DESIGNATED AREA ON THE PLAN DESIGNATED AREA.
COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ, YOU HAVE A COMMENT OR YOU WANTED TO AMEND? YEAH, JUST THERE'S NO MOTION YET.
YEAH, JUST CLARIFICATION ON THE AMENDMENT.
UH, FOR WRISTBANDS, THE WRISTBAND ONLY REPRESENTS WHO OWNS A COOLER, RIGHT? NOT REALLY.
BECAUSE YOU COULD BREED WITH 10 OF PEOPLE AND IT'S MY COOLER AND I COULD SAY, HEY, I CAN GET A BEER FOR SO AND SO.
SO IT'S ONLY THE PERSON THAT'S GETTING THE ALCOHOL, RIGHT? THE RISK.
AM I CORRECT? I SAY IF YOU, IF YOU'RE DRINKING A BEER, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A WRIST BAND ON.
OR VICE VERSA, DEPENDING ON HOWEVER Y'ALL WANT TO OPERATE.
AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE A WRIST BAND ON, YOU CAN'T.
AND THAT WAY HE'S GOT ID EVERYBODY WHEN THEY COME IN TOO.
SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE A WRISTBAND TO DRINK, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE SAYING? RIGHT.
WRISTBAND 21 AND UP AND ID OKAY.
21 PLUS AND AN ID AND COUNCIL MEMBER.
HAYDEN, DID YOU HAVE A ADDITION? UM, WE'RE GETTING THE WEEK HERE, BUT, UM, SO
I JUST WANNA THROW OUT THAT CAVEAT
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THAT YOU GUYS ARE PREPARED FOR THAT SCENARIO.SOMEONE STOPS BY THE GAS STATION OR SOMETHING AS FAR AS KEEPING ORGANIZED.
AND THAT'S WHY SOME PLACES ARE USING THE LOCKER OR CUBBY SYSTEM OR, I DON'T KNOW, JUST THINKING AHEAD.
UM, BUT I GUESS AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE AN HONOR CODE SYSTEM.
YOU KNOW THE NAME OF THE PERSON IN YOUR GROUP WHO BROUGHT THE BEER AND PRESUMABLY WE'RE NOT STEALING SOMEONE ELSE'S.
BUT, UH, JUST SOMETHING TO THINK THROUGH.
'CAUSE NOT EVERYONE'S GONNA HAVE A COOLER.
I JUST WANNA STATE THAT IT APPEARS THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO SET A PRECEDENCE MOVING FORWARD WITH BYOB.
AND IF WE, IF WE MAKE THAT MOTION AND IT'S APPROVED TONIGHT, THAT THERE'S A MINIMUM OF A SIX PACK PER PERSON MAXIMUM, WE NEED TO DO THAT IN THE FUTURE FOR ALL BY OBS, BECAUSE WE'RE ABOUT TO PUT THIS REQUIREMENT ON THIS ESTABLISHMENT, AND I'M NOT SURE WHY, BUT I'M JUST SAYING IF WE, IF WE REMOVE THIS MOTION, BECAUSE I DON'T SEE THE JUSTIFICATION FOR IT FOR A SIX PACK AND NO WINE AND NO LIQUOR.
SO IN THE FUTURE WE'RE GONNA SAY A SIX PACK, ONE BOTTLE OF WINE AND A HALF A FIFTH FOR LIQUOR.
SO WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS? HOW DO WE FIGURE THAT OUT? WE ARE JUST SETTING A PRECEDENCE.
I WANNA ADD A DISTINGUISHING FACTOR, I THINK IS THAT THERE ARE THESE HOUSES ALL ALONG THE BACK OF IT.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHY WE'RE FEELING LIKE THIS VERSUS A COMMERCIAL AREA.
UM, BUT RECORDS A RECORDS, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
IF YOU'RE GONNA RUN, IF YOU'RE GONNA DRINK AND DRIVE, HAVE AN ACCIDENT, THERE ARE MORE ACCIDENTS WITHIN ONE MILE OR THE PERSON'S HOME THAN ANYWHERE ELSE.
IF THEY GO ON THE HIGHWAY AND DRIVE, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE AN ACCIDENT.
SO JUST BECAUSE THE LEAVE, SO IT, IT'S NOT, I I, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD PUT A REQUIREMENT BECAUSE THE CITY IS SAYING THAT WE COULD HAVE SIX A SIX PACK PER PERSON.
LET THE ESTABLISHMENT MONITOR THEIR BUSINESS AND THE ALCOHOL USAGE THERE.
PUT IT BACK ON THEM AND NOT THE CITY HONOR.
I, I, I AGREE WITH WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON STATED FOR ME.
I DON'T WANNA SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE OF THAT SIX PACK, UH, MAXIMUM.
UM, I FEEL LIKE THAT'S TOO MUCH.
I'D RATHER LEAVE IT LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON SAID AND ALLOW IT TO BE A-B-Y-O-B UH, ENVIRONMENT.
AND Y'ALL DECIDE WHEN SOMEONE IS TOO DRUNK, YOU, YOU DECIDE I'M NOT GONNA SERVE THIS PERSON ANYMORE.
I'M OKAY WITH, I LIKE, I LIKE THAT IDEA BETTER THAN, BECAUSE I JUST CAN'T SUPPORT SAYING SIX AND IT BEING MY VOTE.
I'D RATHER LET Y'ALL DECIDE AND YOU GUYS ARE OPERATOR.
IF YOU MESS UP, YOU COME BACK HERE AND WE REVOKE YOUR SUP.
I THINK THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO GO FORWARD.
YOU, YOU'RE GONNA REMOVE MONITOR BYOB.
MY ONLY QUESTION IS, IS THERE GONNA, UH, ARE YOU GONNA DO VIOLATION BASED OR ARE YOU GONNA DO A SIX MONTH REVIEW? UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMSON, I, IT, I THINK A REVIEW.
I THINK A REVIEW IS A GREAT IDEA.
UM, THE SIX MONTHS I WOULD HAVE JUST A, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT YOU REALLY HAVE PROBLEMS TELLING, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LAST HOOKAH LOUNGE THING THAT I WAS UP HERE WITH, Y'ALL PUT A SIX MONTHS ON, THEY CAME BACK IN SIX MONTHS.
THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE STILL OPERATING.
THEY WERE, YOU, YOU'RE GONNA KNOW MORE ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GONNA OPERATE IN A YEAR THAN YOU WILL IN SIX MONTHS.
YOU JUST STAND THERE AND BE ON YOUR VERY BEST BEHAVIOR.
IN A YEAR, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE WHAT, YOU'RE GONNA KNOW HOW THEY OPERATE IN A YEAR.
SO I WOULD SUGGEST DOING IT FOR YEAR AND A YEAR IS PRETTY NORMAL ANYWAY.
I THINK WE GOT SOMETHING READY.
UH, ON ITEM NUMBER 11, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE IT WITH, UH, NO MUSIC OR LOUDSPEAKERS.
THEY CLEAR THE PARKING LOT AFTER CLOSING AT LEAST 30 MINUTES AFTER IT HAS TO BE CLOSED, UH, CLEARED.
UM, THE, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT.
AND, UH, SATURDAY EVENING IT'LL BE 12 TO 12:00 PM THERE WILL BE WRISTBANDS WHICH WILL IDENTIFY UNDERAGE ARE LEGAL DRINKERS.
UM, THERE WILL BE A DESIGNATED COOLER AREA.
AND A ONE YEAR, AND WILL HAVE A ONE YEAR REVIEW.
AND THAT MONITORED COOLER AREA HAS TO BE BY TABC CERTIFIED.
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AND MONITORED THE COOLER AREA.THERE'S THE, THERE'S THE MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE.
[12. SUP-23-02-0003 - Specific Use Permit/Site Plan - Restaurant/Retail at Belt Line and Marshall (City Council District 3). Specific Use Permit for a Restaurant with a Drive Through and a Site Plan for a 10,003 sq. ft. building on 2.867 acres. Lot 14 and a portion of Lot 12, Block A, Lakeland Heights, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-358, generally located on the southeast corner of S Belt Line Rd and E Marshall Dr, and addressed as 1850 S Belt Line Rd (On March 13, 2023, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 7-1)]
ITEM 12.THIS NEXT ITEM IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AND A SITE PLAN FOR LOCATION AT MARSHALL AND BELTLINE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF SPEAKERS ITEM, BUT WE'RE GONNA LET COUNCIL MEMBER DEBOSKY TELL US HIS PLAN BEFORE WE ASK THE SPEAKERS TO COME FORWARD.
COUNCIL MEMBER, THANK MAYOR BOSKY.
WE WILL NOT TAKE AN HOUR ON THIS
WE, I'M GONNA, UH, TABLE THIS ITEM 12 SUP, UH, 23 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 2 UNTIL I MEET WITH THE APPLICANT, THE OWNER, UH, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS PROJECT, SO I'LL TABLE THIS UNTIL WE MEET AND THEN WE WILL DISCUSS THAT FROM THERE.
IS, IS THAT A MOTION TO TABLE? EXCUSE ME.
YEAH, THEN, UH, I WOULD, YEAH.
AND I'VE GOT THE, I'M YET NOW.
YOU DID A GREAT JOB, BUT YOU COULD JUST BE QUIET NOW.
IF I, IF I HAD WANTED TO TAKE A NAP LONGER, I WOULD'VE STAYED BACK THERE.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
[13. TAM-23-02-0002 - Text Amendment - Battery Energy Storage System. An Ordinance of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas, amending Article 4: Permissible Uses and Article 30: Definitions of the Unified Development Code to add and define Battery Energy Storage Systems as an allowed accessory use and establish development standards; Repealing all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith; Containing a savings clause and a severability clause; and to become effective upon its passage and approval (On March 13, 2023, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval with a condition by a vote of 8-0)]
CARRIES ITEM 1310 SECONDS.YOU MIGHT WANT, YOU'LL GET THE, ANYTIME WE TABLE IT LIKE THIS, WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR YOU TWICE, SO YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING WHEN WE'RE GONNA REVIEW IT.
UH, THAT WAY WE NEXT MADE AGAIN, IT'S TWO WEEKS FROM TONIGHT.
TWO NIGHTS FROM TWO WEEKS FROM TONIGHT.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS CALLING FOR.
BUT THEN COLE WAS TAKING CHARGE, YOU KNOW, SO IT KIND OF GOT ME, GOT ME ALL RATTLE RATTLED AND THE RANGERS ARE BEHIND ALREADY, SO, YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST KIND.
THE, THAT'S ALL IN THE NUTSHELL.
THIS NEXT ITEM IS A TEXT AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE FOUR AND ARTICLE 30 OF THE UDC.
IT DEFINES BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS AS DEVICES THAT ENABLE ENERGY FROM RENEWABLES LIKE SOLAR OR WIND, OR UNUSED ENERGY SUPPLI TO THE GRID IN TIMES OF LOW DEMAND TO BE STORED AND THEN RELEASED AT A LATER TIME.
UH, THE IMAGE ON THE SCREEN IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE BEST BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM LOOKS LIKE.
UM, SO THIS REQUEST WILL ADD IT AS AN ALLOWED ACCESSORY USE IN THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS.
IT REQUIRES IT TO BE SCREENED FROM VIEW FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY BY A MASONRY SCREENING WALL OR A LIVING SCREEN THAT'S AT LEAST EIGHT FEET IN HEIGHT AT THE TIME OF PLANTING.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE DIAGRAM ON THE SCREEN IS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THESE REQUESTS THAT WE RECEIVED.
UH, IT'S AN ACCESSORY USE, AND SO IT'S, THE AREA IN GREEN WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY, UH, WHAT THE BEST, UH, WOULD BE LOCATED.
UM, ON MARCH 13TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AND, UH, WITH A CONDITION THAT ENERGY THAT IS STORED SHALL BE USED ON SITE AND NOT SOLD BACK TO THE GRID.
UH, THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS WELL.
AND THEN ON MARCH 21ST, UH, CCDC OR CITY COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, UH, REVIEWED THIS ITEM.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER.
UH, ESTEBAN ICE, I'M WITH RAVEN VOLT.
UH, WE HAVE BEEN THE ONE THAT HAS RECOMMENDED THIS, UH, TO PLANNING AND ZONING.
THE, THE CONDITION, UH, UH, AM I ALLOWED TO ASK MS. WARE A QUESTION OR CAN I GO ASK YOU? YOU CAN ASK A QUESTION.
UM, MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THE CONDITION WAS NOT, UH, GONNA BE APPLICABLE BECAUSE IT WASN'T ABLE TO BE MONITORED.
THAT WAS, I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT WE DISCUSSED.
AND MAY, AM I MISREMEMBERING THAT,
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THAT THAT'S WHAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED.SO I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR, CLEAR THAT THAT CONDITION, UM, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING AND IS NOT A PART OF IT, THAT IT CANNOT BE SOLD BACK TO THE GRID, UM, AND BE USED ON SITE.
THAT'S, I FEEL LIKE THAT'S CON I FEEL LIKE THAT'S CONFUSING.
SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT CONDITION IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WERE PROPOSING.
WE WERE PROPOSING THAT IT BE USED ON THE GRID, NOT FOR THE BUILDING.
UH, THERE, I COULD GO INTO REASONS WHY IF WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IT, BUT THAT JUST SEEMED CONFUSING BECAUSE IT WAS RECOMMENDED WITHOUT THAT CONDITION.
WHAT DID IT, WHAT DID P AND Z PASS? THEY ADDED THAT SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS NOT, WHICH YOU'RE NOT IN FAVOR OF, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
WHY DID THEY ADD IT? WE HAD A COMMISSIONER WHO IS IN THAT INDUSTRY AND, AND THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION TO MAKE.
UH, FROM STAFF'S STANDPOINT, THE LAND USE IS THE SAME.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW HOW TO MONITOR.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE, THE USE AND HOW IT'S, HOW IT'S HOW IT'S USED.
WE, WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO MONITOR HOW IT'S, HOW THAT ENERGY, YOU DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH NOT GOING TO WHAT P AND Z DID.
YOU DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH WHAT Y'ALL PRESENTED TO P AND Z WITHOUT THEIR AMENDMENT TO IT.
HONESTLY, THE NC YOU DON'T WANT, YOU DON'T WANT US TO LIMIT.
YOU WANNA BE ABLE TO SELL IT BACK TO THE GRID.
IT'S ALMOST INTEGRAL TO THE SYSTEM TO BE CONNECTED IN.
THAT'S NOT WHAT P AND Z APPROVED.
THAT'S PZ THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO CLARIFY.
THEY DID NOT APPROVE IT THAT WAY.
P AND Z DID NOT APPROVE IT THAT WAY, BUT WE MAY.
I I JUST, DO YOU UNDERSTAND P AND Z DIDN'T DO WHAT YOU WANTED THEM TO, TO BE BLUNT? YEAH.
NO, THAT'S, AND I'M, I'M TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT AND I'M, I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
I JUST WASN'T, I WANNA MAKE SURE I'M CLARIFYING IT FOR YOU.
AND IF, BUT IF Y'ALL VOTE ON IT, WILL Y'ALL, HOW WILL THAT VOTE GO? I WAS, WE DON'T KNOW.
I WOULD'VE LOST A LOT OF MONEY IF I HAD BEEN BETTING ON SOME OF THE VOTES.
I WOULD, I WOULD SUGGEST WE HE WANTS IT THE WAY STAFF PRESENTED IT, NOT THE WAY P AND Z APPROVED IT.
I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, BUT WITHOUT THE PNZ RECOMMENDATION.
THIS APPROVE WHAT'S BY STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.
BY STAFF REC STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.
BECAUSE THE CITY'S NOT IN THE POSITION TO MONITOR ANYTHING.
[14. VCC-23-01-0001 - Unified Signage Plan - Victron at Lynn Creek Pkwy and SH 360 (City Council District 4). Unified Signage Plan for Victron. Tracts 5B2 and 6C2, Jerome C Lynn Survey, Abstract No. 972, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, zoned PD-255A, within the SH 360 Corridor Overlay District, and generally located on the northeast corner of Lynn Creek/Mildred Walker Pkwy and SH 360 (On March 13, 2023, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 7-1)]
ADAM.THIS NEXT ITEM IS A UNIFIED SIGNAGE PLAN FOR TWO MULTI-TENANT MONUMENT SIGNS.
UM, THE PROPOSED LOCATION CAME THROUGH AND CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A SITE PLAN AND SUP FOR A CONVENIENCE STORE WITH GAS, SALES, CAR WASH, AND RESTAURANT WITH A DRIVE THROUGH.
UH, THEY'RE FOLLOWING UP WITH A REQUEST FOR VARIANCES FROM OUR SIGN CODE, AND WE TREAT IT WITH A UNIFIED SIGNAGE PLAN WHEN THERE ARE MORE THAN ONE SIGN AND IT'S A NEW DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S WITHIN THE 360 CORRIDOR OVERLAY DISTRICT.
THE FIRST SIGN, SIGN, A, THEY'RE REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT TO ALLOW 55 FEET, UH, TALL SIGN.
THEY'RE REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO THE SETBACK REQUIREMENT, UH, TO ALLOW LESS THAN 30 FEET.
AND THEN THE FINAL VARIANCE IS TO EXCEED THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SQUARE FEET.
UH, SO THEY'RE ALLOWED UP TO 200 SQUARE FEET.
THEY'RE PROPOSING 670 SQUARE FEET.
SIGN B, UH, THEY'RE REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO THE SETBACK TO ALLOW LESS THAN ONE FOOT.
UM, WE DID RECEIVE SOME WRITTEN OPPOSITION TO THIS THIS AFTERNOON, AND, UH, THE PROPOSED LOCATION OF THE SIGNS IS OUTLINED IN RED, AND THE LOCATION OF THE OPPOSITION IS OUTLINED IN BLUE.
SO AGAIN, MAXIMUM HEIGHT FOR SIGN A TO ALLOW A 55 FOOT TALL SIGN, THE SETBACKS FOR SIGN A AND SIGN B, AND THEN THE MAXIMUM AREA FOR SIGN A ON MARCH 13TH.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ONE.
AND THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS WELL.
SO THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THIS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S DOUBLE WHAT? TELL US WHY.
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THE LOCATION MAP DOESN'T SHOW IT, BUT FURTHER NORTH IS THE TARGET, UH, UH, SHOPPING CENTER.AND THEY DO HAVE TWO SIGNS, WHICH ARE ABOUT THE SAME HEIGHT.
BUT IT'S A TARGET SHOPPING CENTER THERE.
THERE'S HOME DEPOT 5,000 STORES IN THERE.
UH, WE HAVE A SPEAKER, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIMM MAY HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
SAVANNAH, ARE THERE BUILDINGS THAT THEIR BUILDING, WHAT'S THE HEIGHT OF THOSE BUILDINGS? I BELIEVE THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE HEIGHT IS 25 FEET.
I WOULD HAVE TO REVIEW TO SEE IF THEY HAD EXCEEDED THAT.
MOHAMMED ALI SHARAF, COME ON DOWN.
I REMEMBER THE NICE PRESENTATION MADE FAR AND THAT NOW YOU'RE BACK WANTING A BIG OLD, OLD SIGN.
NOW I'M FOLLOWING UP AFTER CORNHOLE, SO WE'LL SEE HOW MY LUCK, HOW MY LUCK IS.
I DON'T WANNA BE THE LAST THING BETWEEN YOU AND DINNER, SO I'LL TRY AND BE SHORT AND SWEET.
UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PARTNERSHIP FOR PREVIOUSLY APPROVING US.
UH, PREVIOUSLY YOU ALL MAY, UH, RECALL MM-HMM
THE REASON WHY WE'RE COMING AFTERWARDS WITH THE SIGNED VARIANCE IS WE WEREN'T EXACTLY SURE WHICH, UH, TENANTS OR RESTAURANTS WE WOULD HAVE, UH, IN OUR LOCATION, AND THUS WE WEREN'T EXACTLY SURE WHICH SIGNAGE WE COULD COMMIT TO.
THUS, UH, NOW WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A DUNKING DONUTS AND HME JOHN'S.
THE REASON THAT WE ARE PROPOSING A HIGH-RISE SIGN IS, UM, THE CURRENT SIGNAGE ORDINANCE MAKES IT CHALLENGING FOR US WHENEVER WE'RE PUTTING THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT TENANTS WITH THE TWO, WITH THE CONVENIENCE STORE, THE TWO RESTAURANTS AND THE CAR WASH ON A LOT.
UH, IT'S ALL BUT IMPOSSIBLE TO FIT ALL OF THOSE USERS AND ADVERTISE THAT ON THE PROPERTY.
UH, THE TREES BEHIND US ARE 65, 70 FEET TALL.
THE MULTI-FAMILY COMPLEX IN FRONT OF US IS 45 FEET TALL.
AND THEN ALL THE SIGNAGE JUST UP THE STREET FROM US IS 55 FEET TALL.
UH, AND SO MY, UH, PRIOR DISCUSSIONS MONTHS AND MONTHS AGO, UH, WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN LOPEZ, HE HAD MENTIONED THAT IF THE, HE WAS TO AT LEAST CONSIDER A VARIANCE, THE COMMENT WAS, WELL, I WOULD WANT A ABOVE AVERAGE OR A NICER THAN AVERAGE LOOKING SIGN.
SOMETHING ABOVE AND BEYOND JUST A BIG OLD POLE IN THE SKY.
AND THAT IS WHAT WE TRIED TO DELIVER.
EVEN IF YOU MEET THE ORDINANCE WITHOUT THE VARIANCE, WELL, YOU'VE GOT IT EITHER WAY.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM? YEAH.
I MEAN, I THINK AS, AS A CITY COUNCIL, WE KIND OF, A COUPLE YEARS BACK, WE KIND OF RELEASED, STUDIED ALL THE SIGNS THAT WERE POPPING UP AND WE UNDERSTOOD IT.
I MEAN, BACK IN 10, 15 YEARS AGO, I MEAN, THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW HOW TO EXIT, RIGHT? YOU SEE THOSE SIGNS COMING UP AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A GAS STATION.
BUT NOW WITH TECHNOLOGY, I MEAN, EVERYBODY LOOKS AT THEIR APP.
IF YOU HAVE A, UH, CHARGING CAR, YOU KNOW, A TESLA, THE SCREEN WILL TELL YOU WHERE, WHERE THE NEXT STATION'S AT.
I REALLY DON'T SEE THE 55 FEET.
I MEAN, I HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN SOLD THAT HIGH, SO I'M REALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, SO I'M OKAY WITH 25 FEET OR 30 FEET, BUT 55 FEET JUST SEEMS A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH FOR ME.
I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR.
THAT'S JUST A BIG, BIG, BIG, BIG LEAP.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, UH, WE HAVE A POLICY.
UH, THE CITY HAS A POLICY, I GUESS, ON THE, THE HEIGHT OF THE SIGNS.
AND IT APPEARS TO ME THAT WE CONTINUE TO BRING FOLKS BEFORE, BEFORE P AND Z AND THE COUNCIL FOR VARIANCES ON EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
SOMEDAY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PUT OUR FOOT DOWN AND SAY, THIS IS IT.
AND I DON'T SEE THE PURPOSE OR THE NEED FOR A 55 FOOT SIGN IN THAT AREA.
I'M NOT SAYING I'M GONNA VOTE, BUT I'M JUST SAYING I DON'T SEE THE NEED FOR THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S A VARIANCE I THINK THAT SHOULDN'T EVEN HAVE BEEN, IN MY OPINION, BROUGHT UP TO PNZ OR TO THE COUNCIL.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LO, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO.
I, I, FOR ME, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT ON.
I, I DON'T THINK, I DON'T THINK THIS HAS MERIT.
AND I, AND I THINK JUST WITH NUMBER OF CARS AND, AND CONCERNS WE GET, I THINK THEY'RE GONNA KNOW THERE'S A GAS STATION THERE, SO THEY, THEY'RE GONNA KNOW.
UM, SO WITH THAT, I GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TAKE ITEM NUMBER 14 AND DENY THE 55 FOOT, UH, REQUEST FOR THAT SIGN.
A, WE'RE VOTING TO DENY THIS ITEM.
WE STILL WANT YOU TO SUCCEED JUST NOT WITH A 55 FOOT SIGN.
[15. ZON-23-01-0005 - Zoning Change – Bravo Residential (City Council District 6). Zoning Change from Agricultural District to Single Family-Five Residential District on 0.42 acres. Tract 76, Matthew Rd MH EST, Thomas J Tone Survey, Abstract 1460, Page 225, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Agriculture District and addressed as 1306 Ranch Road (On March 13, 2023, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 8-0)]
ITEM 15.THIS NEXT ITEM IS A ZONING CHANGE AT 1306 RANCH ROAD.
YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY LOCATED, UH, OUTLINED IN RED ON THE SCREEN.
UH, THIS REQUEST IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM AGRICULTURE TO A SINGLE FAMILY FIVE DISTRICT.
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CONSTRUCT A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.THE MATTHEW ROAD MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1968 BY MEETS AND BOUNDS.
IT'S HAD THE ZONING OF AGRICULTURE SINCE IT WAS ANNEXED IN 1969.
UH, CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED SEVEN ZONING CHANGES FROM AGRICULTURE TO SINGLE FAMILY.
FIVE, TO ALLOW CITIZENS TO BUILD SITE-BUILT HOMES.
THE IMAGE ON THE SCREEN SHOWS THE MATTHEW MOBILE HOME PARK COMMUNITY, AND THE GREEN DESIGNATES THE AGRICULTURE ZONING.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE YELLOW SQUARES.
THOSE ARE THE LOTS THAT HAVE BEEN REZONED TO SINGLE FAMILY.
UH, THE APPLICANT WILL NEED TO PROVIDE A SEPTIC SYSTEM THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY DEPARTMENT.
THE COMMUNITY PROVIDES WATER THROUGH A PRIVATE WATER DISTRICT, WHICH IS MONITORED BY TCEQ, AND THEN ACCESS, UH, IS OFTEN INTERNAL ROAD.
THE ROADS ARE MAINTAINED AT A MINIMAL LEVEL.
THEY WERE NEVER DESIGNATED OR DEDICATED AS RIGHT OF WAY.
NO, YOU'RE, YOU'RE OUTTA HERE,
SO STAFF HAS SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THAT'S WHY, UH, STAFF CANNOT FULLY SUPPORT IT.
UH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL ON MARCH 13TH.
I VOTE OF EIGHT TO ZERO, AND THEN STAFF DID HAD ONE ADDITIONAL CONDITION.
IF APPROVED, THE APPLICANT SHALL OBTAIN APPROVAL OF THE FINAL PLAT AND FILE IT WITH THE COUNTY BEFORE THE CITY ISSUES ANY BUILDING PERMITS.
AND THE, YOU Y'ALL KNOW WHERE THIS IS.
ARE YOU READY? COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.
JEFF, UH, BECAUSE OF WHERE THIS IS, DIDN'T, DIDN'T, AT ONE POINT AS A CITY, WE'RE MAKING PEOPLE SIGN A DISCLAIMER THAT THEY KNOW WHERE THIS PROPERTY IS AND THAT THESE AREN'T CITY SERVICES.
SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY FORMAL DISCLAIMER, BUT STAFF HAS, HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR ABOUT THESE LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE, WHAT THEY COME IN CONCERNS.
PERMIT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING PERMIT.
SO THE APPLICANT IS AWARE OF THAT.
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 15 WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
[16. TAM-23-02-0003 - Text Amendment – EV Charging Stations: An Ordinance of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas, amending Article 4: Permissible Uses and Article 30: Definitions of the Unified Development Code to add and define EV Charging Station as an allowed use and establish development standards; Repealing all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith; Containing a savings clause and a severability clause; and to become effective upon its passage and approval (On March 13, 2023, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 8-0)]
NAY.ITEM 16 IS ANOTHER TEXT AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE FOUR AND 30.
AND WE'RE PROPOSING TO ADD A DEFINITION OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION.
UH, AND THE DEFINITION IS ON THE SCREEN.
WE'RE PROPOSING TO ALLOW IT AS AN ACCESSORY USE IN NON-RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS.
TYPICALLY, IF A USE ISN'T LISTED IN OUR USE STARTS, IT'S NOT ALLOWED.
THIS IS TO CLEAR THAT UP AND ADD IT AS AN ALLOWABLE ACCESSORY USE.
UH, WE DO REQUIRE THE EV CHARGING STATIONS TO MEET SETBACK REQUIREMENTS AND STRESS THAT IT SHOULD BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING LANDSCAPE AND ARCHITECTURE.
AND THEY'VE GOTTA OBTAIN A BUILDING PERMIT.
ON MARCH 13TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF EIGHT TO ZERO.
ON FEBRUARY 21ST, THE CCDC CITY COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REVIEWED THIS ITEM AND THEN THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 16 AS PRESENTED.
SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ.
I WANNA START OFF BY THIS PAST WEEK, CHIEF SES WAS ON TV, OTHER OFFICERS DOWN IN AUSTIN TESTIFYING AT THAT HEARING FOR, UM, TO REMEMBER.
OFFICER BRANDON SI WANT TO KIND OF GET THIS ON RECORD.
HOW MANY BILLIONS DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE A METAL LICENSE PLATE IN TEXAS? WE'RE SPENDING $5 BILLION ON OPERATION.
IN 1954, THE EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION CONDUCTED OPERATION WET BACK.
LET'S KEEP THESE MEXICANS OUTTA TEXAS AND SPEND $5 BILLION.
BUT HOW MANY MEXICANS BUILT CHICKEN AND PICKLES? I SAW 'EM LEAVE THE BUILDING AT EIGHT O'CLOCK AT NIGHT AFTER THEY'D WORKED A 12, 14 HOUR SHIFT.
SO
AND YOU CAN'T MAKE A METAL LICENSE PLATE.
WE NEED THE METAL TO MAKE MORE AR FIFTEENS IN TEXAS NOW.
FLORIDA HAS PASSED CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY.
ANYBODY CAN TAKE ANY KIND OF GUN ANYTIME, ANYWHERE, ANY PLACE.
I GUESS WE ALSO NEED THE MEDAL.
SO DANNY GAB SLASH DAN PATRICK CAN FROM MARYLAND, CAN WEAR HIS CROSS WITH THE AMERICAN FLAG IN TEXAS.
ISN'T THAT CHRISTIAN? THE REPUBLICAN PARTY NEEDS THE MEDAL BECAUSE THEY'RE HAVING LAPEL PENS OF THE AR 15.
THE NATIONAL GUN OF AMERICA SAYS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
I WANT, AGAIN, WHAT WENT DOWN IN AUSTIN.
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THIS IS PATHETIC, THE SECOND LARGEST STATE IN THE NATION.AND ALL WE'RE GETTING IS NOTHING BUT EXCUSES FROM THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
EVEN THE BUSINESS BOYS THAT WERE DOWN THERE FROM THE AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION.
OH GOSH, IF SOMEBODY'S GOT 500 LICENSE PLATES AND THEY SHUT DOWN THE NEXT DAY, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? DUH.
THIS PAPER TAG PHENOMENA, I'VE GOT PICTURES OF PEOPLE DRIVING DOWN CARRIER PAPER TAGS.
YOU CAN'T EVEN READ AT TOM THUMB.
TWO PEOPLE PULLED UP IN PAPER TAGS.
YOU COULDN'T READ INTO THE HANDICAP SPOT.
THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THE DECENCY TO HANG UP THEIR FAKE PLASTIC STICKER.
NOW, I TOOK THESE TAGS OFF MY CAR TO GET HANDICAP TAGS.
AFTER MY THIRD BACK SURGERY, MY WIFE TORE A HAMSTRING.
I WAITED IN LINE OVER THERE AT THE COUNTY BUILDING TO GET HANDICAP TAGS.
WHY NOT JUST MAKE YOUR OWN ON LIVE PD? A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, HEY, LET'S GO TO LIVE PD SHERIFF CHIDE IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY WITH HIS ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE IN THEOLOGY FROM JERRY FALWELL UNIVERSITY.
THEY HAD A LADY IN IN HER HOUSE.
MA'AM, WHERE DID YOU GET THAT TAG? I MADE IT ON MY COMPUTER AND PRINTED IT UP AND PUT IT ON THERE.
YOU COULD TELL THE LOOK OF THE SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES.
THEY LOOKED AT EACH OTHER LIKE, HMM, WHY DON'T WE WRITE THIS LADY A TICKET FOR FORGING A GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT? BUT SHERIFF CHOTE WAS THERE.
AND THAT WAS ON NATIONAL TELEVISION.
SHE MADE HER OWN LICENSE PLATE.
OF COURSE SHE WAS WHITE IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY.
SO THAT MAKES A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT FACTOR THERE.
SO MY POINT IS I, BRANDON S CHOSE TO WORK IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS AS A COP.
HE HAD A DEGREE IN FINANCE FROM CAL NORTHRIDGE.
HE COULD HAVE OBTAINED HIS SERIES SEVEN LICENSE AND BE WORKING FOR FIDELITY AND MAKING A HIGH SIX FIGURE SALARY.
HE LEFT THE LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT TO COME HERE TO WORK IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.
SO I EXPECT, AND I KNOW, MAYOR, YOU MADE THE COMMENT EARLIER, WE TALKED ABOUT NOTHING'S GONNA HAPPEN IN AUSTIN, THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.
AT LEAST COLONEL STEVE MCGRAW WHEN HE WAS IN HIS BUSINESS SUIT.
AND WE'RE KIND OF GONNA DO SOMETHING HERE WITH THE CLEAN SCANS THE WHOLE BIT.
COLONEL STEVE MCGRAW LOST HIS CREDIBILITY WHEN CHILDREN WERE SLAUGHTERED IN U VALLEY, TEXAS AND THE NEXT DAY HE APPEARED IN UNIFORM AND LIED.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT YOU BRING STEVE MCCRAW.
YOU BRING DANNY GO FOR MARYLAND.
LET'S HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO FORGET THE POLICE OFFICERS THAT HAVE MADE THIS SACRIFICE.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE REPUBLICANS IN AUSTIN WILL.
SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A FRUSTRATION HERE.
I'LL LAY A BET WITH YOU, MAYOR.
NOTHING WILL COME OUT OF AUSTIN BECAUSE GREG ABBOTT GOT A MILLION DOLLARS FROM KELSEY WARREN.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH MONEY TO PAY OFF GREG ABBOTT.
SO WE'RE ALL AT RISK FROM COPS ON THE STREET, EVERYBODY DRIVING WITH THOSE PAPER TAGS.