* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:05] CALL THE MEETING [ RECONVENE MEETING] TO ORDER. WE'LL START TONIGHT BY, UH, OUR INVOCATION. WE, THE PASTOR DIDN'T SHOW UP TONIGHT, BUT WE HAVE A PASTOR ON STAFF. WALTER S SCHUMACK WILL BE GIVEN OUR INVOCATION TONIGHT. HE, HE, HE DOES IT LIKE MY DADDY DOES. HE KIND OF GIVES A LITTLE SERMON IN HIS PRAYER. AFTER THAT, OUR COUNCIL, OUR PLEDGES WILL BE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GEORGIA CLEMSON. PLEASE RISE. LET US PRAY. FATHER GOD, THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY. LORD, THANK YOU FOR GIVING US ONE MORE DAY TO BE IN YOUR CREATION. LORD GOD, THANK YOU FOR THE CHALLENGES THAT YOU GIVE TO US, BECAUSE WE REALIZE THAT WE CANNOT GO THROUGH THE CHALLENGES WITHOUT YOU, WITH US, LORD, LORD GOD, FOR THIS. THESE MEN AND WOMEN, AS THEY STRUGGLE THIS EVENING TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THE CITY, THIS GREAT CITY, BLESS THEM, LORD, BLESS THEIR STRUGGLES, LORD GOD, LOOK UPON OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. LOOK UPON OUR PUBLIC WORKS FOLKS. BLESS THEM LORD, AS THEY GO THROUGH WHAT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH. LORD GOD, AS WE COME TOGETHER, WE ARE SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU ARE HERE TO DRY OUR TEARS, TO SHOW US WHAT LOVE CAN BE. LORD GOD, PULL US TOWARD YOUR LOVE. LORD GOD, WALK BESIDE US AS OUR COMPANIONSHIP WITH LOVE, LORD GOD, PUSH US TOWARD THE LOVE THAT YOU ARE SO GIVEN TO US SO GRACIOUSLY. WE PRAY FOR ALL THESE AND MORE, AND YOUR MIGHTY SON'S NAME, JESUS CHRIST. AMEN. AMEN. NOW, THERE WILL BE SOME OFFERING, PLATE , END OF THE AISLE AS YOU LEAVE TONIGHT. BUT SEE, SEE WHAT I TOLD YOU. I DON'T HAVE TO GO TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY. WELL, MIKE AND I DON'T SAY WE DON'T HAVE TO GO TO CHURCH. NOW, HE, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH WALTER 'CAUSE I'M ON THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, RTC, AND HE GOES A LOT OF PLACES WITH ME. AND, AND I JUST, I LOVE THE MAN. YOU CAN SEE WHY HE, HE, HE HAS THE HEART OF GOD AND HIS, UH, HE'S A PASTOR AND I, AND FORTUNATELY I GOT THE, I GOT TO MEET THESE SWEET DEAR SISTER ON RTC. AND, AND SHE'S, SHE'S THE SAME. SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU. WALTER GEORGIA. YES, LET'S GO. WOULD YOU JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE TO THE US FLAG, FOLLOWED BY THE TEXAS FLAG? I PLEDGE. PLEDGE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES AMERICA AND TO REPUBLIC, OVER WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL HONOR TO BE TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE UNIVERSAL MAYOR [5. Resolution Canvassing and Declaring the Results of the June 10, 2023, Runoff Election for City Council Member At Large Place 7] PRO TIM HUMPHREYS. I'D LIKE YOU TO MAKE THE RESOLUTION FOR CANVASSING MAYOR. I MOVE THE APPROVAL OF ITEM FIVE I, ITEM FIVE, EXCUSE ME, RESOLUTION, CANVASSING AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE JUNE 10TH, 2023 ELECTION FOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AT LARGE PLACE. SEVEN. WE HAVE A MOTION. SECOND, WE HAVE MOTION. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A OPPOSED SAYING NAY. MOTION CARRIES A TO O COUNCIL MEMBER COPELAND IS OUT OF TOWN, LEFT TOWN SUNDAY, EVENINGS OUT OF TOWN ON A BUSINESS TRIP. WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT HERE TONIGHT. HE WANTS TO GIVE YOU HIS REGARDS AND YOUR RECENT WIN, AND WANTS TO TELL EVERYBODY HE LOVES SERVING AND HE, AND HE WANTS TO CONTINUE BEING INVOLVED. SO HE, BUT HE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION. SECOND. I DID ASK FOR THE MOTION AND WE ALL APPROVED. SO EIGHT TO NO, BUT I WAS WANTING TO TELL YOU WHY WE ARE SHORT ONE TONIGHT. SO NOW WE GET TO THE EXCITING TIME. I'LL [6. Council Member at Large Place Seven Certificate of Election and Oath of Office ] TURN IT OVER TO YOU. MEGAN. MS. ADAMS, IF YOU CAN STAND HERE. YES. OKAY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE COME UP? WOULD YOU LIKE, OH, YOU'VE GOT BE IT'S GOOD NOTICE. UM, MA'AM, IF YOU COULD RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, [00:05:01] JUST REPEAT AFTER ME. I, BESSIE ADAMS. I, BESSIE ADAMS. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. OR AFFIRM. OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL. THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY, FAITHFULLY EXECUTE. EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE. OF THE OFFICE OF GRAND PRAIRIE. GRAND PRAIRIE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AT LARGE PLACE. SEVEN AT AT LARGE. PLACE SEVEN OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND WILL AND WILL. TO THE BEST. TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. OF MY ABILITY. PRESERVE, PRESERVE, PROTECT. PROTECT AND DEFEND. AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION. THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. OF THE UNITED STATES. AND OF THIS STATE. AND OF THIS STATE. SO HELP ME GOD. SO HELP ME GOD. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. SORRY. PUT HER NAME UP. BLESS YOU. NO, YEAH. WELCOME. AS IS APPROPRIATE AND AS USUAL, I'LL GIVE YOU THE MIC FOR SOME WORDS. THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU MAYOR. WHO FIRST GIVE AN HONOR TO GOD, WHO IS DEFINITELY THE HEAD OF MY LIFE. I KNOW THAT'S THE OLD CLICHE THAT THE BAPTIST CHURCH ALWAYS SAY, BUT I MEAN IT FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. I ESPECIALLY WANNA THANK MY HUSBAND. HE'S THE BEST SIGNED MAN IN THE WORLD. COULDN'T NOBODY BEAT HIM. MY TWO DAUGHTERS, MY GRANDBABY, AND MY SON. IT HAS BEEN A LONG JOURNEY AND WE WERE GRASSROOTS AND WE PITCHED IN AND DID WHAT WE COULD DO TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. NEXT, I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY, EVERY FRIEND. I STARTED TO HAVE A LIST OF GROUPS AND PEOPLE AND NAMES. AND I THOUGHT, OH LORD, IF I FORGET SOMEBODY, I'M GONNA BE IN BIG TROUBLE. BUT I REALLY WANNA, ESPECIALLY THANK THE GRAND PRAIRIE TRUSTEES THAT SUPPORTED ME. UH, SO MANY OTHER COMMUNITY LEADERS THAT WERE THERE AND SHOWED ME THE WAY, GAVE ME ADVICE, UH, ENCOURAGED ME, DID PHONE BANKING, TEXT MESSAGING, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE NINE YARDS. AND SO I THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. IT IS HERE THAT I BEGAN TO SERVE YOU THE CITIZENS OF GRAND PRAIRIE. AND I MEAN, WHEN I SAY WE GONNA KEEP THE MAIN THING, THE MAIN THING, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. AND I ESPECIALLY WANNA THANK, UM, JEFF COPELAND FOR HIS YEARS OF SERVICE TO THIS CITY. AND I HOPE TO CONTINUE WHERE HE LEFT OFF. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE AND FOR SUPPORTING ME. SO LET'S GO GP. I DO HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION TO MAKE, BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I WANNA RECOGNIZE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE. UH, ONE OF MY CLASSMATES, FARMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER EDDIE HEMPHILL, YOU'RE ALL DRESSED UP TONIGHT. EDDIE, LOOK GOOD TO SEE YOU. BIRTHDAY MAYOR. THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. COMING UP PRETTY SOON. UH, BE SAYING TODAY. TODAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY COMING. ALSO, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER TONY SHOTWELL IS NOT YOUR BIRTHDAY, IS IT? TONY [00:10:01] ? COULD BE SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE. GLORIA CARILLO IS HERE. SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE DAVID ESPINO IS HERE. UM, JUDGE SANDRA JACKSON. JUDGE SANDRA JACKSON. I SAW HER RIGHT OVER HERE. CONSTABLE BROWN. YOU WERE OUT THERE WITH US ON THE PARADE THE OTHER DAY. 'CAUSE YOU WERE RIDING. HE HAD SO MUCH CANDY. HIS, HIM AND THESE LADIES IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK. THEY WERE GIVING IT OUT. THEY WEREN'T THROWING IT ON THE GROUND. THEY WERE HANDED IT TO PEOPLE IN BAGS. THEY CAME UP THERE. SO THAT WAS, IT WAS RIGHT. WE WERE RIGHT BEHIND YOU IN THE, UH, PARADE. BONITA REED. THERE YOU ARE, RIGHT THERE. THANK YOU. RECENT OVER AT MISD. UH, FOLKS, MANY OF WHAT WAS STRETCH, HE WAS, HE RAN AGAINST ME YEARS AGO. COME ON. WHAT WAS STRETCH? THEY STRETCHED BY GOOD FRED. AND WE GOT TO BE GOOD FRIENDS AFTER THAT. IT WAS IN 2002. UH, LET'S TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT MISD. A LOT OF PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND AND DO NOT KNOW THAT OUR KIDS IN GRAND PRAIRIE, A THIRD OF OUR CHILDREN GO TO SCHOOLS OTHER THAN GRAND PRIX SCHOOLS. 'CAUSE A THIRD OF OUR CITIES IN OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND MANSFIELD, ISD IS MUCH LARGER THAN US, EVEN THOUGH THE TOWN OF MANSFIELD IS LESS THAN HALF OUR SIZE. BUT MANSFIELD, ISD PROBABLY HAS SEVEN OR 8,000 OF OUR CHILDREN, AND THEY PROBABLY HAVE 15,000 OF ARLINGTON'S CHILDREN GOING TO YOUR SCHOOL. SO YOU'VE GOT BIG SHOES TO FILL OVER THERE. AND I, I, UH, THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. WE ALSO HAVE CONSTABLE LEE. THERE YOU ARE. I SEE YOU. YEAH. SO THANK Y'ALL FOR COMING TONIGHT. UM, [7. Eddlemon’s BBQ Proclamation] I'M GONNA TAKE PERSONAL PRIVILEGE TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION BECAUSE THIS COMPANY WAS DEAR TO MR. HANK'S HEART. MY, MY MENTOR, MY BOSS THAT I HAD SINCE 1972 UNTIL HE PASSED AWAY IN 2012. BUT, UH, MR. HANKS, UH, I TOOK HIM EVERYWHERE WORLDWIDE, BUT ALSO TOOK HIM TO EDWOODS QUITE OFTEN, . AND SO TONIGHT, WHEREAS WHILE OPERATING THE STORE SIX DAYS A WEEK FOR WALK-IN BUSINESS, THEY SOON BECAME WELL KNOWN FOR THEIR CATERING SERVICES FOR LARGE AND SMALL GROUPS OF ALL TYPES OF OCCASIONS, INCLUDING BEING THE CATERER OF CHOICE FOR RUTHIE JACKSON CENTER, LOCAL NONPROFITS AND OTHER CITY ORGANIZATIONS. WHEREAS IN 2006, THEY CLOSED THE DOORS TO THEIR SHOP ON CLA EAST STREET. OF COURSE, I ALWAYS THINK OF YOU NEXT TO BOB'S BURGER AND SHAKE . I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT. CLA EAST STREET ONCE AND MOVE TO PRAIRIE LAKES GOLF COURSE, WHERE THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO OFFER THEIR SIGNATURE BRISKET SIDES AND FAMOUS PI CHEESE, WHICH HAS JALAPENOS IN IT, IN ADDITION TO THEIR CATERING SERVICES. AND WHEREAS THE PROGRAM HAS ENCOURAGED, SUPPORTED AND SUSTAINED THROUGH SCHOLARSHIP ASSISTANCE, MORE THAN 600 YOUNG MEN OF VARIOUS RACES, AUTHENTICITIES AND RELIGIOUS BACK. IS THIS OFF OF SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROCLAMATION? ? AM I I THIS AIN'T Y'ALL . WE'LL, I'M THE, Y'ALL HELPED A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT THIS WAS CUT AND PASTED FROM SOME OTHERS PROCLAMATION. SO WE'LL GET IT FIXED BEFORE WE GIVE IT BACK TO YOU. YOU'RE MAKING SOUND REALLY GOOD. I'M MAKING YOU SOUND REALLY WELL. YOU ARE REALLY GOOD. BUT YOU DIDN'T GIVE SCHOLARSHIP ASSISTANCE TO 600 MEN. THAT'S ANOTHER ORGANIZATION. YOU HELPED A FEW, A GOOD FEW GOOD MEN. SOME OF THEM WORK FOR US NOW, . WHEREAS THE EDELMANS RETIRED IN 2023 AFTER FAITHFULLY SERVING THE GRAND PRAIRIE COMMUNITY AND BEYOND FOR A REMARKABLE 70 YEARS. NOW. THEREFORE, OUR RON JENSEN, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 20TH, 2023 IS EDELMAN'S BARBECUE DAY. COME ON DOWN. HEY, BRISKET. HOW YOU DOING, DADDY? [00:15:02] YOU JUST WANT THEM, YOU WANT, YOU WANT THE COOKERS? COME ON, GET A PICTURE HERE. OH, YES. WE ALL, WE ALL DID. THANK YOU'ALL. THANK YOU. HE AND HIS WIFE RAN ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE WE OUTTA HOSPITAL. OH, ME TOO. WE HAVE SOME SPEAKER CARDS FOR SOME OF THE AGENDA ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO BEFORE WE MAKE [CITIZEN COMMENTS (Part 1 of 2)] A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA, I'M GONNA ASK FOR THOSE CARDS. HAROLD WILLIS. HAROLD, YOU CAN, YOU CAN DO 'EM ALL DOWN HERE. LET'S START WITH 15. ASK YOUR QUESTION AND I'LL GET SOMEBODY ANSWERED FOR US. OKAY. FIFTEEN'S THE SYNTHETIC ICE RINK, THE 76,000 IN FUNDING, WHERE IS THAT MONEY SOURCE COMING FROM TO PAY FOR THIS STAFF? THAT WILL BE COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND. GENERAL FUND. NO AMERICAN RESCUE FUNDING FOR THIS. NO, SIR. NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WANT TO GET THAT ON THE RECORD. 22 AND 23. OKAY. ON THE SELECTIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM, I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR THE CHIEF TO, UH, ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THIS. I, WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THIS TIME IN 2019, WE LOST A POLICE OFFICER, AJ CASTANEDA, ON THAT TOW ROAD. I DON'T WANNA LOSE ANOTHER POLICE OFFICER ON CHIEF. MAKE YOUR WAY DOWN HERE ON A ROAD RISK AND LET HIM THROUGH. YEAH, . SORRY, MAYOR, I GOT STUCK IN A I KNOW. SO I, I THINK IF I UNDERSTOOD THE, THE QUESTION WAS RELATED TO SELECTIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AND ON HIGHWAY 1 61. IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. SO THE, THE, THE MECHANISM IN WHICH WE DO OUR SELECT ELECTIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AS BASED ON OUR CRIME HOTSPOTS AND TRA AND, UH, VEHICLE COLLISION DATA. SO, UH, WE HAVE VERY, VERY FEW, IF ANY, OFFICERS THAT GO UP ON 1 61 TO WORK, UH, ELECTIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT. OKAY. SO THAT FOR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT ON THAT TOW ROAD, SINCE YOU CAN DRIVE AS FAST AS YOU WANT ON THAT TOW ROAD, THAT WOULD BE THROUGH DPS THROUGH, WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T SAY NEXT TO THE POLICE CHIEF. YOU CAN DRIVE AS FAST AS YOU WANT ON, ON THE TOLL ROAD. SO I'M GONNA HAVE TO DISAGREE WITH THE PREMISE OF THE QUESTION, BUT IT, IT, WE HAVE THE, UH, JURISDICTION TO ENFORCE TRAFFIC ON THE TOW ROAD, BUT IT IS ALSO, UH, THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY THAT PRIMARILY HANDLES TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT ON THE TOW ROAD. OKAY. I JUST, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS MORE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT ON CARRIER ON BELT LINE FOR PAPER TAGS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING 75 DOWN THE ROAD WITH PAPER TAGS THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THOSE PAPER TAGS CAME FROM. BOTH, BOTH OF THOSE, UH, HIGHWAYS OR, OR EXCUSE ME, ROADWAYS ARE PART OF OUR STEP PROGRAM. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I APPRECIATE MORE OF THE SELECTIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM IN OUR RESIDENTIAL AREAS. I REALIZE I 20 33 60, THAT'S VERY DANGEROUS FOR EVERYONE TO BE OUT THERE. WE DON'T DO STUFF THERE VERY SELDOM. OKAY, GREAT. THAT'S JUST FOR THE RESIDENTIAL AREA AND ON THOSE PAPER TAGS. YOU BET. THANK YOU. THANK YOU HAROLD. UH, ITEM 44, HE WANTS TO DEFINITE DEFINE THIS MORE, PLEASE. WHO CAN HELP US ON 44. OKAY. I JUST, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW TO DEFINE GROUP LIVING RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS. SURE. MEGAN WILL DO IT RIGHT HERE, HAROLD. OKAY. THANK YOU. I MAY HAVE TO DEFER TO STEVE ON SOME OF IT. SURE. BUT IT'S, IT'S MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS GROUP HOMES. RIGHT? SO THAT IT'LL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE, IT'S REGULATED BY THE STATE AND SURE. UM, THIS, THIS WOULD PROVIDE US A REGULATION TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM REGISTERED SO THAT WE KNOW WHERE THEY ARE BECAUSE WE HAVE CERTAIN, UM, UM, DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS. AND WE DON'T, WE CAN'T RATE MEASURE THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS IF WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE. NO, THE CITY OF EL PASO HAS THE MOST PROGRESSIVE COMPREHENSIVE BOARD AND CARE TEXAS REFERS TO THEM AS BOARD AND CARES. EL PASO HAS THE MOST, THE BEST ORDINANCE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS REGARDING THEIRS. THE TEXAS ORGANIZATION OF RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES. I'VE WORKED WITH THEM. I'VE WORKED IN THESE FACILITIES. WHAT MY CONCERN IS, YOU TAKE A FOUR BEDROOM HOME, YOU PUT FOUR PEOPLE IN ONE BEDROOM IN BUNK BEDS. MOST OF THESE FOLKS ARE ON SSI GETTING WHAT? $800 A MONTH? YOU GOT 16 PEOPLE IN ONE HOUSE. THAT'S $13,000 A MONTH IN CASH. THE OWNERS OF THESE GROUP HOMES, THEY HAVE NO REQUIREMENT TO HAVE [00:20:01] 24 HOUR DAY STAFFING. SOME OF THE FOOD IN THERE IS STUFF, HERE'S A PEANUT BUTTER BREAD. MAKE YOU A SANDWICH. UH, THAT'S WHAT SOMEONE'S POCKETING THE MONEY. SO HAVING SOMEONE WHO'S LICENSED IN THERE TO OVERSEE THESE FOLKS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, SOME OF THESE PLACES LOOK LIKE NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. THEY'RE JUST IN THE YARD, IN THE BACKYARD, FRONT YARD WALKING AROUND. ANOTHER COMPONENT IS IN THESE RESIDENTIAL HOMES, PEOPLE WHO ARE CONVICTED FELONS WITH ANKLE MONITORS. WE AS CITIZENS HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO KNOW THE INDIVIDUALS IN THESE RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES. YOU'RE A CONVICTED FELON WITH AN ANKLE MONITOR AND YOU GO IN A METHODIST HOSPITAL AND YOU SHOOT AND KILL A REGISTERED NURSE AND A SOCIAL WORKER. THEY'RE GONNA BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE OVERSIGHT FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS. SADLY, THAT'S WHY TEXAS RINGS 50TH OUT OF THE 50 STATES IN FUNDING FOR THESE PROGRAMS. THEY'RE JUST A DUMPING GROUT. MOST OF THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT PRIVATE PAY. THEY'RE MEDICARE, MEDICAID, QBS. THEY'RE PEOPLE WHO HAVE REALLY NO PLACE TO GO. AND THE OWNERS ARE THE PROBLEM. HOW ARE WE GONNA PROVIDE OVERSIGHT ON THE ELDERS, PLEASE? THIS REGISTRATION COMPONENT IS THE FIRST STEP. WE ARE, WE MESSAGE RECEIVED ON THE EL PASO ORDINANCE. WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. UM, TO THE EXTENT THAT THE LAW, THERE'S CERTAIN STATE LAWS THAT PREEMPT US FROM BEING ABLE TO REGULATE, BUT TO THIS EXTENT THAT WE LEGALLY CAN, WE WILL LOOK AT IT. I KNOW WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY ACT, I WORKED WITH A FRIEND IN DALLAS WHO TOOK 5,000 SQUARE FOOT HOMES AND CONVERTED THEM WITH THE ORDINANCES. IN DALLAS, THEY HAVE TO HAVE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS. THEY HAVE TO HAVE GATED ACCESS. THEY HAVE TO PUT SOME MONEY INTO THESE FACILITIES. SO I WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH THE STAFF REGARDING THE ORDINANCE IN EL PASO BECAUSE IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, YEAH, IT'S LIKE THE, THE, THE RENTAL HOMES FOR THE HOTELS THAT ARE GOING ON AROUND IN DALLAS AND FORT WORTH. THIS CAN BE A PROBLEM BECAUSE A LOT OF 9 1 1 POLICE CALLS, YOU GO TO THESE PLACES AND THERE IS NO ONE SUPERVISING THEM. SO THAT'S JUST ANOTHER, WE DON'T NEED THIS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT WE NEED PLACES FOR THESE FOLKS TO GO. BUT YOU HAVE UNSCRUPULOUS OWNERS WHO THEY'RE JUST POCKETING THE MONEY ARE TAX DOLLARS. SO THAT'S MY CONCERN. SO I'D LIKE TO WORK WITH YOU ON THIS, ON THE EL PASO ORDINANCE, PLEASE. THANK YOU. HAROLD. NUMBER 45. YOU WANT SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THAT? THAT'S THE KIMBERLY HORN. WALTER WALTER? MM-HMM . THIS IS OUR FIBER MASTER PLAN. UH, FIBER, FIBER IS BASICALLY DATA HOW WE GET OUR DATA. OUR, FOR EXAMPLE. SO OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS ARE, CAN TALK TO, UM, UH, TO OUR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER. SO IT IS TO BRING US WHERE WE NEED TO BE SO THAT OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND ALL OF OUR, UH, UH, SOFTWARE OF THAT SORT WILL BE ABLE TO TALK TO MY, MY CONCERN IS THIS $780,000 AGAIN, WHERE IS THE SOURCE OF THAT FUNDING? WHERE'S THE SOURCE, WALTER? THIS IS ALSO, THIS IS, SOME OF IT IS ALREADY BUDGETED WITHIN THE CIP. SO IT IS ALSO A GENERAL FUND BUDGET. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. I'M JUST, I APPRECIATE THE OVERSIGHT. IT'S THOSE OF YOU ON THE GOVERNMENT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. THIS IS, YOU KNOW, AS TAXPAYERS, WE NEED TO KNOW WE'VE GOT 36 MILLION IN THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN. SITTING OUT THERE. IS THIS GENERAL REVENUE FUND LIKE THE LION IN THE MOVIE, SHOW ME THE MONEY. WHERE DOES IT COME FROM? GENERAL REVENUE FUND. OKAY. HAROLD, BEFORE YOU GO, YOU'RE DOWN TO SPEAK ON, UM, 48. UH, THAT'S BIG SHOTS. THEY'RE TRYING TO FIND THE TIME THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE HERE TO TAKE IT OFF THE TABLE. CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME VACATION DATES AHEAD? NOW? I'M JUST JOKING YOU HAROLD, WE ARE TABLING IT TONIGHT 'CAUSE WE HAVE SOME DRAINAGE ISSUES. SO I, WE WON'T BE TAKING COMMENTS TONIGHT. THANK YOU. UH, REID, THE OTHER ONE INTO THE RECORD. TRINA HALL DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM 43, BUT OPPOSES IT. I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION. [Consent Agenda] YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO PULL ONE, BUT ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON CONSENT AGENDA. MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THE, UH, FULL AGENDA HAS BEEN POSTED ON CITY WEBSITE AND OUT FRONT, UM, FOR THREE DAYS. AND OF COURSE YOU CAN SPEAK ON IT AS HAROLD, UH, HAS CHOSEN TO DO. UM, BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, I MOVE THE APPROVAL OF ITEMS EIGHT THROUGH 39, REMOVING ITEM 40 FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION AND APPROVING ITEMS. 41 THROUGH 45. WE HAVE A MOTION. I NEED A SECOND, SECOND. SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO, TIM LOPEZ. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY, ANY OPPOSED? SAME NAY. ITEM 40. [40. Resolution Authorizing City Manager to Execute a Development Agreement and the related Development Documents with Palace Parkway, LLC (or affiliated entity) for the development of an entertainment project within the Gateway Corridor (Reviewed by the Tax Increment Fund #1 Board on 6/6/2023)] I THINK WE HAVE SOME MEMBERS THAT WANT TO TABLE IT. I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO, UH, TABLE ITEM NUMBER 40 TO AUGUST 1ST JUST SO WE CAN GET, OR I CAN GET MORE EDUCATED ON THIS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. THANK YOU. [00:25:02] I'LL TAKE IT. WE HAVE A MOTION. SECOND, I WILL BE VOTING AGAINST TABLING AND I WANNA VOTE IT UP AND DOWN TONIGHT. WE'VE HAD THIS A LONG, LONG TIME, SO IF THE TABLING FAILS, UH, WE WILL IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW IT WITH A MOTION TO APPROVE IT. UH, IF IT PASSES, WE'LL TABLE IT TILL AUGUST 1ST, SO THERE'S A MOTION TO TABLE. I WILL BE VOTING AGAINST THAT MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO TABLE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO TABLE. THAT IS ENOUGH TO PASS. SO WE'RE TABLING IT TONIGHT TO THE AUGUST 7TH, WHETHER BY A, BY FOUR TO FIVE. FIVE TO FOUR. AUGUST 1ST, I GUESS. YES. ALL THAT SIDE. AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. NOW I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION ITEM 47. [47. Appointments of Mayor Pro Tem and Deputy Mayor Pro Tem] THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, THIS, UH, MOTION IS, UH, CHANGING UP MAYOR PRO TEM AND DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. SO I'M JUST GONNA SAY, UH, THAT AS THE LEAVING MAYOR PRO TEM, THAT, UH, DEFINITELY WAS AND HAS BEEN, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY AND AN UNLIKELY SITUATION. UM, FOR ME, I WAS KICKED OUTTA SCHOOL. I WAS PARTIED PROBABLY THROUGH COLLEGE. I LUCKILY I GREW UP IN MY THIRTIES AND TO BE, ALTHOUGH IT'S ROTATIONAL BASIS, BUT TO BE CALLED MAYOR PRO TEM FOR A YEAR WAS, UM, ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING, UM, THAT I TOOK SERIOUSLY AND, UH, THOROUGHLY ENJOYED. SO, UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, I MOVE THE APPROVAL FOR APPOINTMENTS OF MAYOR PRO TEM TO COUNCIL MEMBER AND FORMER DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM JOHN LOPEZ AND THE APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM TO COUNCIL MEMBER GEORGIA CLEMSON. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED, SAY NAY. CONGRATULATIONS, MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ AND DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM CLEMSON. ADAM, I NEED A THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION TO TABLE ITEM 48. [48. STP-23-02-0005 - Site Plan - BigShots Golf Entertainment (City Council District 2). Site Plan for an Amusement Services (Indoor) and Amusement Services (Outdoor) facility on 11.19 acres. A portion of Tract 2.2, William Reed Survey, Abstract No. 1193, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-436, within the SH 161 Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 1015 Ikea Place (On April 24, 2023, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval with a condition by a vote of 6-0)] I'LL LOOK TO THE MAYOR PRO TEM FOR THAT TABLE. OH NO. COUNCIL MEMBER HADN. 'CAUSE WE ALREADY DISCUSSED IT. THANK YOU. UH, MOTION TO TABLE ITEM 48 REGARDING BIG SHOTS. SECOND, WE HAVE MOTION. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? AYE. NAY. MOTION CARRIES. NEXT. GOOD [49. SUP-23-04-0013 - Specific Use Permit/Site Plan - Truck Repair at Roy Orr and Oakdale (City Council District 1). Specific Use Permit for Heavy Truck Repair and a Site Plan for a 13,000 sq. ft. facility on 1.155 acres. Tract 1.2, H. P. Crocker Survey, Abstract No. 1703, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned LI, within the SH 161 Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 2906 W Oakdale Rd (On May 22, 2023, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 8-0)] EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. ITEM NUMBER 49 IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AND SITE PLAN FOR TRUCK REPAIR AT ROY ORR IN OAKDALE. THE SITE PLAN INCLUDES ABOUT A 13,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY AND IT'S ON ABOUT 1.1 BY FIVE ACRES. IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, AND YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY IS OUTLAND IN RED ON THE SCREEN. YOU CAN SEE THE SITE PLAN. THEY ARE GETTING ACCESS OFF OF OAKDALE ROAD VIA A MUTUAL ACCESS EASEMENT THAT ALSO SERVES THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH. UH, THE PROPOSAL MEETS OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS. IT ALSO MEETS OUR LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS WITH ONE EXCEPTION. AND THEN THE PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS INCLUDE METAL, ARCHITECTURAL WALL PANELS, CONCRETE MASONRY UNITS, AND STUCCO. THEY DO HAVE SOME CLEAR STORY WINDOWS, WHICH ARE THE, THE TALLER WINDOWS UP HIGH, UH, AND METAL CANOPY, UH, TO CREATE VISUAL INTEREST. AND THE NEXT FEW SLIDES OR PHOTOS OF THE SITE, I WANTED TO POINT OUT, UH, THE, THE PHOTO AND THEN THE IMAGE, UH, THE RED DOT SHOWS WHERE THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN AND THE ARROW POINTS TO WHERE IT IS. REALLY THE, THE GOAL OF THESE PHOTOS IS TO SHOW THE SIGNIFICANT GRADE DIFFERENCE FROM OAKDALE AND THE SITE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO THE REQUIREMENT FOR A 30 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG OAKDALE ROAD TO ALLOW A BUFFER OF EIGHT FEET. AND STAFF, UH, IS OKAY WITH THIS REQUEST. AGAIN, NOTING THE GRADE DIFFERENCE. UH, THEY'RE HAVING TO PUT IN A RETAINING WALL AND SO THAT SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTS HOW THEY'RE ABLE TO DESIGN THEIR SITE. ON MAY 22ND, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF EIGHT TO ZERO. AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE CONDITION THAT THEY PLA THE PROPERTY AND ESTABLISH THAT MUTUAL ACCESS EASEMENT. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. COUNCIL MEMBER ZANU. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SAVANNAH, FOR THAT PRESENTATION. UH, MY QUESTION PRIMARILY IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THIS AREA IS ON LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, WHY IS IT COMING TO US AS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT? THE HEAVY TRUCK REPAIR IS A USE THAT REQUIRES A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. GOTCHA. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO, TIM LOPEZ, SAVANNAH. UM, SO IF WE WERE ON 1 61, WHAT WOULD BE VISIBLE? WOULD IT JUST BE THE TOP OF THE TRUCK? SO WOULD IT, I MEAN, WOULD IT BE PART OF THE BUILDING OR IT'S [00:30:01] FAR ENOUGH AWAY? I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS SITE IS VISIBLE FOR 1 61. OKAY. IT ISN'T WITHIN THAT CORRIDOR THOUGH. ALL RIGHTY. AND THEN, UM, TRUCK REPAIR. SO THE APPLICANT'S FULLY AWARE THAT WITH OUR ORDINANCES REGARDING TRUCK REPAIR AS FAR AS NO OUTDOOR TRUCK REPAIR HAPPENING AT ANY TIME. YES, THAT'S CORRECT. HOW ABOUT, UM, IS IT JUST TRUCK UP REPAIR OR WOULD THEY BE ALSO USING THE, THE SITE FOR OVERNIGHT? 'CAUSE THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF TRUCKERS OUT THERE THAT LIKE TO PARK OFF OF 1 61 OR WHEREVER THEY CAN WITHIN THE CITY. BUT WOULD THEY ALSO BE DOING THE, LIKE OVERNIGHT TRUCK SPOTS OR DO YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE MIGHT BE TRUCKS PARKED THERE OVERNIGHT, BUT THEY'RE THERE FOR THE PURPOSE OF BEING REPAIRED. IT'S NOT A TRUCK STOP WHERE PEOPLE CAN PARK AND REST. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SAVANNAH? ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ONE? NO. SPEAKER? YES, WE HAVE WHAT WALTER NEL, UH, NELSON SUPPORTS THIS ITEM. AND ANGELO KOS WILL SPEAK IF NEEDED. ANGELO, HOW'S YOUR DADDY? HE'S GOOD. HE'S ON VACATION. IS HE IN GREECE OR IS HE HERE? HE'S ON VACATION, THAT'S WHY I'M HAPPY. OKAY. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANGELO? I DO. GO AHEAD. COME ON DOWN. ANGELO. YES SIR. HELLO ANGELO. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. UM, YOU DID A GREAT JOB ON YOUR LAST PROJECT THERE OFF OF OAKDALE. YES MA'AM. THANK YOU. AND UH, THIS IS ACROSS THE STREET, IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S ADJACENT TO IT. IT'S THE ONE AND A HALF ACRE TRACK THAT WAS LEFT. THAT THAT'S WHAT WAS LEFT. YES MA'AM. AND I UNDERSTAND SINCE THAT'S ON A GRADE THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA LANDSCAPE THE 30 FEET. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. IF WE COULD GO BACK TO THE SLIDE OR AM I ALLOWED? OOPS. OKAY, SO I'M GONNA USE THE POINTER. SO ON OLD OAKDALE ROAD, THE WE HAD TO WE'RE DESIGN ACTION WITH A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER TO DO A, WHAT THEY CALL A BUTCHER SYSTEM, TO, UM, UTILIZE A PORTION OF THE, OF THE BUILDING BECAUSE WE HAVE, WE HAVE TO PUT UP A RETAINING WALL, WHICH IS WHAT WE DID ON THE OTHER ONE. GIVEN THE SIZE OF THE TRACK AND THE ODD SHAPE OF IT, WE HAD TO UTILIZE THAT ONE AREA AND THAT'S HOW WE ACHIEVED OUR LANDSCAPING. THAT WAS REQUIRED. BUT OBVIOUSLY IT WENT FROM 30 FOOT DOWN TO EIGHT FOOT. AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, I BELIEVE THAT, UH, OLD OAKDALE ROAD IS GONNA BE ABANDONED AT SOME POINT. UM, IT'S NOT A ROAD THAT'S BEING USED VERY OFTEN. AND DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PREVIOUS PROJECT, WE ACTUALLY DESIGNED A RIP WRAP, UH, WALL TO HELP WITH THE ROAD BECAUSE IT WAS, WE HAD TO ACHIEVE THE GRADES IN ORDER TO GET THE PROPERTY STABLE. AND WE WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY HAD PLANNED, BUT IT NEEDED TO BE DONE. SO, UM, THIS ONE, TO UTILIZE THE PROPERTY AND TO GET THE, THE BUILDING SIZE THAT WE NEEDED, THAT'S WHAT WE ASKED FOR. THE VARIANCE OF THE EIGHT FOOT. UH, IT DOES MEET EVERYTHING ELSE AS FAR AS LANDSCAPING IS REQUIRED. I'M GONNA GIVE YOU GUYS ANOTHER EIGHT CLASS PRODUCT. BACK TO THE QUESTION REGARDING THE OVERNIGHT TRUCK PARKING. I'M VERY AWARE OF THE CITY, YOU KNOW, THAT BEING AN ISSUE AND YOU DRIVE BY A LOCAL WALMART, YOU'LL SEE FOUR TRUCKS PARKED OUT THERE. UM, WE ARE NOT GONNA ALLOW PEOPLE TO PARK THERE OVERNIGHT. IT'S GONNA BE STRICTLY FOR CUSTOMERS ONLY. UM, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GONNA HAVE TOWING AND WE'LL ENFORCE IT AND ALL THAT, BUT, UM, WE WANT TO, UH, PROVIDE A A HIGH-END PRODUCT. WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN I SAY THIS? WE'RE NOT GONNA BE DOING, UM, WE'RE LOOKING MORE FOR FLEET RELATED. AND ALSO IT'S ON THE RECORD THAT WE'RE NOT, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY IN MY SITE, UM, IN MY PROPOSAL THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE DOING ANY OVERNIGHT PARKING UNLESS IT'S RELATED TO GETTING YOUR TRUCK WORKED ON. SO I HOPE THAT HELPS ANSWER THE QUESTION REGARDING THAT. NO, IT DOES. AND I, I KNOW IN SOME OF THESE SHOPS, UM, THERE ARE SOME TOW TRUCKS THAT COME IN ON THE WEEKEND O OFF HOURS. YES SIR. AND THEN THEY WOULD JUST LEAVE THE VEHICLE THERE AND THEN IT'S NOT THERE. SO YOU HAVE A, SOME TYPE OF AGREEMENT, OPERATIONAL AGREEMENT. YES SIR. WE WORK, YES, WE WORK WITH SAID, HEY, WE'RE OPEN HERE. OR MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR YOUR STAFF TO GET THEIR UNDERSTOOD. STUCK IN. OKAY. YES SIR. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. OKAY, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING FOR ANGELA? NO OTHER QUESTIONS, BUT ANGELO, I JUST KNOW THAT, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU TAKING REALLY GOOD CARE OF THIS AND MAKING IT LOOK REALLY GREAT AS FAR AS THE LANDSCAPING THAT YOU CAN DO. I, I APPRECIATE IT AND I'D LIKE TO SAY TWO THINGS. FIRST, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR, ON YOUR WIND AND SECOND OF ALL, I DON'T KNOW WHO SITS THE AC IN HERE, BUT IT'S FREEZING . IT IS CHILLY. I TELL YOU WHAT, REBECCA BRINGS HER DOWNFIELD COAT EVERY, I WAS TRYING TO BORROW HIS COAT, BUT HE SAID THAT'S RIGHT. WOULDN'T FIT ME. IT'S TOO BIG. YEAH. WELL EDDIE, UH, YOU AND I, I MET HIS DADDY THE SAME PLACE YOU AND I MET. FIRST CROCKETT [00:35:01] REC PLAYING BASKETBALL. SO THAT TELL HIM HI FOR EDDIE AND I. OKAY. ALRIGHT, I WILL, UH, WE'VE, UH, THAT, THAT'S EVERYBODY THAT'S READY FOR A MOTION. THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 49. SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DENAL IN FAVORS SAY AYE. AY OPPOSED. AY NAY. MOTION CARRIES ITEM [50. ZON-23-04-0014 - Zoning Change - 505 NE 27th St (City Council District 5). Zoning Change from Neighborhood Services (NS) to Single-Family Four (SF-4) on 0.143 acres Lot 1, Block G, Westover Place Revised Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, zoned Neighborhood Services (NS), and addressed as 505 NE 27th Street (On May 22, 2023, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 9-0) ] 50. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU BET. THIS NEXT ITEM IS A ZONING CHANGE LOCATED AT 5 0 5 NORTHEAST 27TH STREET. YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY IS OUTLINED IN RED ON THE SCREEN. UH, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS CURRENTLY ZONED NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES TO SINGLE FAMILY FOUR. UH, THEY ARE INTENDING TO CONSTRUCT A NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOME. THE FUTURE LANE EAST MAP DESIGNATES THIS AREA AS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. SO THEIR REQUEST IS IN LINE WITH THAT. THIS IS A IMAGE OF THE LOCATION. THIS IS THE EXISTING ZONING AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S SURROUNDED BY SINGLE FAMILY ZONING AND SINGLE FAMILY USES ON ALL SIDES. THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES. AND ON MAY 22ND, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF NINE TO ZERO. UH, DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS WELL, NO SPEAKERS. UM, DISTRICT FIVE, THAT'S YOURS. MAYOR. I MOVE THE APPROVAL OF ITEM 50 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF. WE HAVE MOTION. SECOND. SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE I. ANY OPPOSED? A NAY MOTION CARRIES NINE OH ITEM 51. [Items 51 & 52] THE NEXT TWO ITEMS ARE RELATED, SO I'M GOING TO PRESENT THEM AT ONCE. UH, THE FIRST COMPONENT IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION FROM COMMERCIAL OFFICE AND RETAIL. THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSING TO REDESIGN THE PROPERTY FROM COMMERCIAL TO SINGLE FAMILY SIX. AND WHEN THE PROPOSED ZONING DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THAT FUTURE LAND USE MAP, WE ALSO BRING FORWARD A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT. SO IT'S LOCATED AT 2129 HOUSTON STREET. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATES THIS AREA AS COMMERCIAL AND THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSING TO AMEND THAT FUTURE LAND USE MAP TO, UH, LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. SO IT'D BE GOING FROM THE RED AND THEY'RE PROPOSING THAT YELLOW. THIS IS THE EXISTING ZONING IN THE AREA. YOU CAN SEE THAT THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES ARE CURRENTLY ZONED COMMERCIAL ON MAY 22ND. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED DENIAL BY A VOTE OF NINE TO ZERO. I WILL NOTE THAT IN THE INSTANCES WHERE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND DENIAL BY A VOTE OF SIX OR MORE, IT'S CONSIDERED FINAL UNLESS THE APPLICANT APPEALS IN THIS CASE, THE APPLICANT DID APPEAL THAT DECISION AND THAT'S WHY IT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT STAFF'S ENABLED TO RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST SINCE SINGLE FAMILY USE IS INCONSISTENT WITH FUTURE LAND USE MAP. PLEASE NOTE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS NOT THE PROPERTY ZONING, BUT IT'S THE RECOMMENDED FUTURE LAND USE FOR POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO THE SECOND COMPONENT IS THAT ZONING CHANGE. THE CURRENT ZONING IS COMMERCIAL AND THEY'RE PROPOSING A SINGLE FAMILY, UH, SIX AND THEY ARE INTENDING TO CONSTRUCT A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. AGAIN, WE'VE SEEN THE EXISTING ZONING. THIS IS THE AERIAL MAP SHOWING THE PROPOSED LOCATION AND THE SURROUNDING ADJACENT USES. YOU'LL NOTE THAT THAT BLOCK IS ZONE COMMERCIAL AND DEVELOPED AS COMMERCIAL ACROSS THE STREET. THERE IS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, BUT IT IS CURRENTLY ZONED FOR THAT. THIS IS A PLAN PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT, AGAIN ILLUSTRATING THAT THEY INTEND TO CONSTRUCT A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. SO LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY, THE EXISTING LOT IS SURROUNDED COMMERCIAL BY COMMERCIALLY ZONED PROPERTIES ON THREE SIDES. UH, SO THIS REQUEST IS INCONSISTENT WITH THAT ADJACENT LAND USE AND IT COULD POTENTIALLY HINDER THE DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT OF THAT SURROUNDING PROPERTIES THAT FACE THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR ALONG MAIN STREET. AND SO THE APPLICANT'S NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES. AND ON MAY 22ND, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED DENIAL BY A VOTE OF NINE TO ZERO. AGAIN, THE APPLICANT APPEALED THIS DECISION AND OR BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, UH, STAFF'S UNABLE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST SINCE THE SINGLE FAMILY USE IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND THE SURROUNDING LAND USE. AND THEN AGAIN, A FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS NOT THE PROPERTY ZONING. UH, SHOULD CITY COUNCIL RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST STAFF RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING CONDITION. THE APPLICANT SHALL PR PLA THE PROPERTY AND FILE IT WITH THE COUNTY BEFORE THE ISSUANCE OF ANY BUILDING PERMITS. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION. I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. COUNCILMAN RENU? THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, SAVANNAH, THE, UM, HOMES THAT ARE TO THE WEST OF THAT PROPERTY UNDER THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS ZONED AS COM OR THEY'RE INDICATED AS COMMERCIAL BUT ARE, WHAT ARE THEY ZONED AS RIGHT NOW? THOSE HOMES THAT ARE TO THE WEST, THOSE ARE SINGLE FAMILY AS WELL. IT IT'S ZONED COMMERCIAL. THEY'RE THE HOMES THAT ARE TO THE WEST OF IT ARE ZONED COMMERCIAL. YES, SIR. OKAY. HMM. THAT'S VERY INTERESTING. WHEN, AND, AND THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE TRYING TO CHANGE THIS FROM COMMERCIAL TO SINGLE FAMILY, CORRECT? I WON'T. SO IS IT BECAUSE, [00:40:01] WAS THAT ALLOWED BECAUSE OF THE LIKE, UH, WHAT IS IT CALLED? THE NON-CONFORMING COMPLIANCE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO LOOKING AT THE, THE HOUSES TO THE WEST, THEY WERE CONSTRUCTED IN THE FIFTIES. SO IT'S LIKELY THAT EITHER THE ZONING WAS CHANGED AFTER THAT OR IT WAS CONSIDERED LEGAL NONCONFORMING. LEGAL NONCONFORMING. THANK YOU. OKAY. MAYOR PRO 10 LOPEZ. SAVANNAH, YOU MENTIONED THAT IT, THIS SITE BECAME SINGLE FAMILY. IT WOULD HINDER THE COMMERCIAL PART ALONG MAIN STREET. AND JUST LIKE COUNCILMAN ZANU JUST MENTIONED, THERE'S OTHER HOUSES RIGHT, RIGHT DOWN THE STREET AND THERE'S A COMMERCIAL COMPONENT IN FRONT OF THEM. SO HOW WOULD IT HINDER IT? UH, AND IF YOU LOOK, THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENCE IN THE DEPTH. AND SO, UH, THESE LOTS WERE SUBDIVIDED AND COMBINED ILLEGALLY. UH, SO THIS, THIS LOT CURRENTLY UP HERE DOES NOT MEET OUR MINIMUM DEPTH REQUIREMENTS. UH, SO, UH, DEVELOPING THIS AS A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE COULD, UH, HINDER THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS. OR IF, UH, THIS WERE TO BE REDEVELOPED AT A SINGLE TIME, UH, IT COULD CREATE SOME ISSUES AGAIN. UH, NEW COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PUT IN A MASONRY SCREENING WALL ADJACENT TO SINGLE FAMILY. UM, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE PROPERTY TO DIRECTLY TO THE EAST. YEAH. ANSWER THE QUESTION. I'M SORRY. YEAH, RASHAD, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY DIRECTLY TO THE EAST OF THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION, YOU'LL NOTE THAT IT HAS A THROUGH DRIVE THAT GOES FROM MAIN STREET ALL THE WAY TO, UH, HOUSTON STREET. SO I WOULD BELIEVE THAT WE BELIEVE THAT THE EXISTING PROPERTY, 2 20, 21, 29 HOUSTON AS WELL AS THE PROPERTY SOUTH OF THAT WOULD NEED TO BE DEVELOPED IN THE SAME FASHION FOR IT TO WORK AND MEET OUR STANDARDS. YEAH. BUT OTHERWISE YOU'RE GONNA END UP WITH REM REMNANT PARCELS. THAT'S, THAT'S THE DECISION. I UNDERSTAND IT, BUT IT ALREADY IS. YEAH. . YEAH, I, I AGREE WITH YOU. AND, AND IT'S A HODGEPODGE DOWN THERE. UH, IT, IT IS. UM, I CAN'T SAY THIS IS AN UPGRADE OR A DOWNGRADE. I, I MEAN, GOODNESS GRACIOUS. UM, I, LET'S HEAR FROM THE DI LET'S HEAR FROM THE OWNER. I AGREE THAT, THAT, UH, AND, AND, AND OWNER, I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT JUST BECAUSE P AND Z DISAPPROVE THE NINE TO OH, WE'RE GONNA MAKE OUR OWN DECISION, UM, BASED ON WHAT WE THINK IS RIGHT. AND SOMETIMES THAT'S HARD TO DO IN A CASE LIKE THIS. BUT YOU BEING THE LANDOWNER AND TELLING US WHAT YOU WANNA DO WITH IT WILL GO A LONG WAY. SO MEGAN, LET'S STOKE GOT DOWN. WHO'S HERE? NO ONE HERE? NO HERE. , DID YOU FILL OUT SOMETHING? YOU DIDN'T FILL OUT A CARD. SO IT, UM, THEY SAID THAT SINCE WE ARE THE APPLICANT, WE DON'T HAVE TO FILL IT OUT. IS THAT, IS THAT OKAY? NO, IT'S STILL OKAY. BUT THEY SHOULDN'T EVER TELL YOU THAT. OH, OKAY. ANYTIME YOU WANNA SPEAK, YOU NEED TO FILL OUT A CARD, COME ON FORWARD. I'LL LET YOU SPEAK. OKAY, THANK YOU. I WANNA MAKE SURE I DON'T THINK YOU GET WITH STAFF. GO AHEAD. TELL US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. YEAH, MY NAME IS JOSE ADRIANNA. I LIVE IN 36 85 ROCKET CLUB. SHE IS MY DAUGHTER. MY ENGLISH IS NOT GOOD. IT'S UM, SO I'M GONNA BE TRANSLATING . WHAT, UM, TELL US THE STORY. SO BASICALLY IT LOOKS LIKE THERE USED TO BE, UM, IT USED TO BE RESIDENTIAL, SO THAT'S WHAT INSPIRED US TO BUY THE LAND AND DEVELOP IT. UM, SINCE ALSO AS YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY COULD SEE THAT THERE'S SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AROUND IT. THE HOUSE IS ALL AROUND IT, RIGHT? SO WE THOUGHT, OH, JUST, YOU KNOW, A ZONE CHANGE. WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S AROUND COMMERCIAL. UM, BUT THEN AGAIN, WE SEE IT AS AN INVESTMENT FOR THE CITY. OF COURSE EVERYBODY HAS THEIR, WHAT Y'ALL GONNA DO WITH IT? WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH IT? WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WITH IT? WE'RE GOING TO BUILD A NEW RESIDENTIAL HOME. WHO'S GONNA LIVE IN IT? WELL, WE'RE GOING TO BE SELLING IT. OKAY, SO YOU'RE, I UNDERSTAND. I, I'M, WHAT A TRICK QUESTION. I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND. YOU'RE GONNA BUILD A BRAND NEW HOUSE? YES. BRAND NEW HOUSE BACK THERE? YEAH. MM-HMM . SO DID ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM? ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR HIM? THANK YOU. OH, MAYOR, WELL, SORRY MAYOR PRO TIM. THANK YOU SIR. UM, ONE THING JUST KEEP IN MIND AS, AS DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS CASE, UM, YOU KNOW, RIGHT? JUST SOUTH OF HERE, MORE THAN LIKELY TO BE SOME TYPE OF COMMERCIAL COMPONENT. IT COULD BE A AUTO BODY SHOP, IT COULD BE ANYTHING. MM-HMM . SO IF, IF YOU WERE TO GET THIS PASS OR THROUGH THIS COUNCIL, [00:45:01] REALLY FOCUS ON WHAT, WHAT TYPE OF BARRIER YOU MIGHT WANT TO PUT MASONRY WALL, YOU MIGHT WANT TO PUT SOMETHING WHERE IT'S A LOT MORE APPEALING. 'CAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE COMMERCIAL COMPONENT OUT THERE, IT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, IT, IT JUST HELPS YOU SELL THE PROPERTY A LITTLE BIT BETTER. SO JUST BE UNDERSTANDING WHO, WHAT'S OPERATING AROUND YOU AND, AND TRY TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT'S, AND WHAT'S COULD GO BEHIND YOU BY RIGHT BY, RIGHT. YEAH. SO AUTO MECHANIC SHOP A CAR, USE SHOP, WHATEVER. RIGHT? YOU KNOW, IT COULD GO THERE. SO, SO POTENTIALLY JUST BE AWARE OF THAT. MM-HMM . WE DID THINK ABOUT THAT. BUT SINCE THERE'S ALSO HOMES RIGHT IN FRONT OF IT, I'M LIKE WELL THOSE PEOPLE DON'T MIND. YEAH. OR WOULD SOMEBODY ELSE MIND A BRAND THERE? I'LL TELL YOU, SOMEBODY WILL BUY YOUR, BUY YOUR HOUSE IF IT'S A GOOD LOOKING HOUSE. DEFINITELY MAYOR PRO IN A GREAT CITY. MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM JUST WANTS YOU TO TAKE THAT IN CONSIDERATION 'CAUSE SOMETHING MAY GO BEHIND IT THAT YOU MAY NOT PREFER. DEFINITELY. SO, GOOD POINT. MAYOR PRO TEM. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS? ONU. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND MY QUESTION IS MORE FOR STAFF. IF HYPOTHETICALLY WE, WE WERE TO PASS THIS AND ALLOW THEM TO BUILD, WILL THEY NEED TO PUT A SPECIAL FENCE DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY'RE ABUTTING A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, HAVING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY ABUTTING THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY? NO. IN SITUATIONS WHERE, UH, RESIDENTIAL USE IS ABUTTING THE COMMERCIAL USE, THE BURDEN FALLS ON THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TO PUT IN THAT MASON. SO IF A COMMERCIAL DOES COME, THEN THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO. SO IF, IF, IF THEY WERE TO BUILD A, A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, WOULD THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY THEN HAVE TO, AS A RESULT OF THEM BUILDING OR ONLY IF IT'S A DIFFERENT COMMERCIAL? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. THAT'S A REAL GOOD QUESTION. IF IT'S EXISTING COMMERCIAL, THEN NO. BUT IF IT WAS NEW IN THE INSTANCE WHERE THE LOT TO THE SOUTH WHERE THERE'S NOTHING THERE TODAY, THEY COME IN AND BUILD A NEW CONSTRUCTION THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED THEN. SO THEY CAN PUT WHATEVER FENCE THEY WANT IF THEY WERE TO HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO BUILD, IF IT MET OUR RESIDENTIAL FENCE STANDARDS. GOTCHA. YES. THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TIM. YEAH. AND, AND ONE, ONE THING, I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS THAT COME FORWARD AND THEY DO SONY CHANGE, BUT BE AWARE THAT IF YOU DON'T START BUILDING ON YOUR HOUSE, SOMEONE COMMERCIAL COULD BUY THAT PROPERTY AND START BUILDING BEFORE YOU. SO JUST, I MEAN, IF YOU DO GET THIS APPROVED, THE HOME WOULD BE BUILT LIKE IN THREE, FOUR MONTHS. OKAY. WITH EVERYTHING GOING SMOOTHLY BASIS. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, FARMER, MAYOR PRO, TIM HUMPHREYS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, I, I, I LOVE AND, AND THANK YOU FOR, UH, CHOOSING TO INVEST AND, AND BUILD SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. IT'S USUALLY SOMETHING I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT. I DO HAVE CONCERN ABOUT THAT FUTURE HOME BUYER. AND, AND IN THIS CASE WE HAVE A HIGH DEMAND, SO SOMEONE'S GONNA JUMP ON THAT PROPERTY AND BE SO EXCITED TO GET IT. AND THEN ABOUT A YEAR INTO IT, THEY'RE GONNA START CALLING US ABOUT THE LOUD NOISE ON THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. SO FOR ME TO SUPPORT THIS, I WOULD ASK, THAT'S JUST ME. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'D BE SOME TYPE OF, UM, BEEF UP OF THE BARRIER BETWEEN THE PROPERTIES FOR ME TO VOTE YES FOR THE CHANGE. OKAY. SO JUST, YOU KNOW, LIKE ON THE FENCE THAT THEY HAD MENTIONED BEFORE, THE VERY YES. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE SOUTH SIDE FENCE? EAST TO A POINT. OKAY, SO FENCE. YEAH, WE PROBABLY WON'T MAKE THAT PART OF THE VOTE, BUT MAYBE NOT, MAYBE SO WE'LL SEE. BUT WE'LL JUST SEE WHAT THE VOTE IS, WHAT THE MOTION IS. OKAY. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, UH, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING WHAT TYPE OF FENCING WOULD, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE ON THE EAST SIDE AND THE SOUTH IF THEY HAD BEEN ON A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY THERE? I DO AGREE WITH STAFF THAT WE WILL PUT THE REQUIREMENT ON THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE PROPERTY IF A COMMERCIAL USE CAME THERE. BUT FOR AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL BUSINESS THERE, I THINK THEY COULD BE CONSIDERED GRANDFATHERED BECAUSE THEY MET THE REQUIREMENTS NOW TO COME BACK AND ADD ADDITIONAL THINGS. WELL, WHAT HE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT IS REQUIRING THEM TO PUT A BETTER FENCE. YEAH, THAT'S, I THAT'S I'M, WHICH THE ORDINANCE DOESN'T REQUIRE. RIGHT. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE HAS IN MIND. THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING. LET KNOW EIGHT. BUT MASONRY, HE MASONRY. I MEAN, I WOULD SAY EIGHT FOOT PLANK ON PLANK. NOT MAKING 'EM DO IT ONE PLANK. YEAH. YEAH. BUT IT'S NOT AS EXPENSIVE AS MASONRY AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD VOTE TO APPROVE THAT, BUT THAT WOULD, WE'LL SEE WHAT THE MOTION IS, WHAT THE DEFINITION OF THAT FENCE IS BEFORE WE DECIDE. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER [00:50:01] HEDEN, I WAS GONNA ASK THE SAME QUESTION REGARDING WHAT TYPE OF FENCE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. DEFINITELY. WE'LL SEE IF, WHEN IT COMES, WHEN A MOTION'S MADE, NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN SEE THROUGH AND UH, LIKE WAS STATED, SOMEONE'S GONNA BE VERY EXCITED AND HOPEFULLY NOT VERY REGRETFUL. THAT'S ALL WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID. I THINK WE KNOW NO MATTER WHERE HOUSES ARE BUILT, THEY SELL, EVEN IF THEY BACK UP TO AND ARE ON 1 61, THE HOMEOWNER THAT LIVES THERE, 1, 1 61 GOES THROUGH, DOESN'T LIKE IT AND THEY SELL, BUT SOMEBODY ELSE MOVES IN ONCE THE ROAD'S THERE AND IS FINE WITH IT. SO WE'LL SEE WHAT THE MOTION IS AND, UM, UH, WHICH I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA BE. COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS? YES. HI. YOU SAID YOU'RE GONNA BILL TO SELL. ARE YOU BILLING TO MM-HMM . YOU'RE DEVELOPING THE HOUSE TO, TO SELL IT. DO YOU KNOW THE PRICE RANGE IN WHICH YOU'RE GONNA SELL THE SQUARE FOOTAGE? HE HAS SQUARE FOOTAGE. UM, YES, HE ALREADY HAS THE ABOUT WHAT SIZE? ABOUT PRICE RANGE SQUARE? UM, I DON'T KNOW. REMEMBER IT'S 1800, 1800 SQUARE FEET. 1800 LIVING SQUARE. HOW MUCH? 1,800 SQUARE 18. THINK THAT'S A DECENT SIZE FOR THAT AREA AT THE, THE, THE PRICE POINT WOULD PROBABLY STILL BE UP IN THE HIGH 300,000, MAYBE THREE. 340. MAYBE THREE 40 PROBABLY. YEAH. THAT YOU CAN'T BUILD MUCH OF ANYTHING ANYMORE. UH, GOOD QUESTION. COUNCIL MEMBER Z. THANK YOU MAYOR. QUESTION FOR STAFF. WHAT, WHAT'S THE ACTUAL BUILDING? THE, THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY THAT'S TO THE EAST OF THIS LOCATION. WHAT, WHAT ACTUALLY IS THAT BUILDING? IT'S AN AUTO RELATED BUSINESS. OH, AR V OKAY. YES. YEAH. ALREADY IS. YEAH. THANK YOU. AND THEN A FEW DOORS DOWN IS REALLY A OLD, UH, TEXAS WORKFORCE BUILDING WHERE TEXAS WORKFORCE USED TO BE. COUNCIL MEMBER HUMPHREYS. THANKS MAYOR. I THINK WE'RE ASKING KIND OF SIMILAR QUESTIONS AND SKIRTING AROUND. I THINK WE REALLY WANNA SUPPORT THIS. SO, UM, I'M GONNA ASK, ARE IS THE APPLICANT, I'M SPEAKING TO A TRANSLATOR, UM, WILLING TO DO AN EIGHT FOOT PLANK ON PLANK FENCE TO THE PROPERTY. HE SAID THAT'S WHAT HE WAS THINKING ON DOING ANYWAY, SO I COULD HAVE MORE PRIVACY. OF COURSE. THAT THAT SATISFIES ME. YOU KNOW, THE, THE HOUSES THAT, UM, THE NEW LITTLE HOUSES THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT OUT IN DALWORTH, THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN PUTTING A NICE WOOD FENCE OUT. THE ONE RIGHT THERE, NEW ONE ON GALVESTON STREET LOOKS REAL NICE. TRACY ALDRIDGE DID AND IT WAS FULLY ENCLOSED. IT IT, WHETHER THERE'S SOMETHING BESIDE IT OR NOT, IT LOOKS GREAT. GIVES 'EM SOME PRIVACY. I THINK THAT POINT, I THINK THAT, THAT I WOULDN'T MIND THAT AS PART OF THE MOTION. UH, THAT'S FAIR. UH, AND THEY MAY HAVE BEEN PLANNING ON DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT. I JUST DIDN'T WANNA MAKE IT SO BIG TO WEAR EIGHT FOOT MASONRY OR SOMETHING. UH, I DON'T SEE ANY MORE LIKES. THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. OF COURSE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. YOU BET. AND WELL, YOU CAN DECIDE WHETHER YOU WANNA THANK US OR NOT HERE IN A MINUTE. YES. YES. THANK YOU. BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIMM CLEMSON NOT TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION. WE CAN DO BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND JUST AS A SIDEBAR, UM, I REALLY HAD ALMOST MADE UP MY MIND ON HOW I WAS GOING TO UH, MAKE THIS MOTION BEFORE I CAME TONIGHT. BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE HEARING THE DIFFERENT OPINIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES. THAT'S WHY WE DO IT HERE TOGETHER. AND I LOVE THE COLLECTIVE WISDOM AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU DO WANT TO BUILD SOMETHING NICE UP IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. SO, UH, RASHAD, DO YOU NEED TO TELL GEORGE SOMETHING BEFORE SHE MAKES A MOTION? WELL, JUST SOME CLARIFICATION WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT. YOU MENTIONED THE EIGHT FOOT BOARD ON BOARD FENCE RESIDENTIAL. YOU, WE DON'T ALLOW EIGHT FOOT PAST THE FRONT SETBACK LINE, THE, THE FRONT ELEVATION ALL THE WAY TO THE UH, TO WHERE WOULD, SO WE CAN ALLOW FOR A TRANSITION DOWN TO A FOUR FOOT FENCE. OKAY. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THAT'S CLARIFIED. SHE WOULD MAKE THE MOTION TO BUT STILL GET WITH STAFF ON MEETING CODE TO GO DOWN TO THE YES. OKAY. YEAH. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 51 AND 52 WITH THE UH, EIGHT FOOT PLANK ON PLANK FENCE AND GET WITH STAFF ON THE TRANSITION TO MAKE IT APPROPRIATE. IS THAT GOOD? SECOND? THAT'S GOOD. ALRIGHT, SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUMPHREYS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY. GOOD JOB COUNSEL. [00:55:02] ITEM 53 AND 54 [Items 53 & 54] CAN BE TREATED TOGETHER. YES SIR. THE FIRST ELEMENT IS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT. UH, TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LANE, USE MAP DESIGNATION FROM MIXED USE AND COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICE TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. AGAIN, THIS IS OCCURRING BECAUSE THE APPLICANT'S WISHING TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO A LAND USE THAT'S NOT CONSISTENT WITH THAT FUTURE LAND USE MAP. AND THE PROPERTY IS OUTLINED IN RED ON THE SCREEN. IT'S ALMOST 12 ACRES. THE PROPERTY'S CURRENTLY ZONED UH, COMMERCIAL OFFICE AND COMMERCIAL ON THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE THE FUTURE LANE USE MAP DESIGNATION. AGAIN IT'S MIXED USE AND COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICE. AND THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSING LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ON JUNE 12TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO STAFF'S UNABLE TO SUPPORT 'CAUSE IT'S INCONSISTENT WITH THAT FUTURE LANE USE MAP. THIS BRINGS US TO THE SECOND COMPONENT, WHICH IS THE ZONING CHANGE. THE EXISTING ZONING IS COMMERCIAL AND UH, COMMERCIAL OFFICE. THEIR APPLICANT'S PROPOSING LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND THIS IS THE ZONING MAP OF THE EXISTING ZONING, THE EXISTING CONDITIONS. SO THE ARROW IS POINTING TO THE AREA OCCUPIED BY STRIPE ZONE, WHICH IS AN EXISTING PAVEMENT STRIPING BUSINESS. IT CURRENTLY OPERATES ON THE PROPERTY THAT ZONED THE COMMERCIAL OFFICE. THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THE USE OR CHANGES TO THE, THE STRUCTURES OUT THERE THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED. UH, THE SECOND PIECE OF LAND, THERE ARE TWO BUILDINGS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON THE PROPERTY THAT'S ZONE COMMERCIAL. YOU CAN SEE AN IMAGE ON THE SCREEN, A PHOTO THAT'S ACROSS GREAT SOUTHWEST PARKWAY. REALLY THE REASON THIS REQUEST IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, THE APPLICANT'S WRAPPING UP CONSTRUCTION IS GONNA BEGIN LEASING THOSE TWO BUILDINGS AND WANTS THE FLEXIBILITY THAT THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT PROVIDES. SO THE BUILDINGS ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. YOU CAN SEE A TILT WALL CONSTRUCTION WITH STOREFRONT ALONG STOREFRONT WINDOWS ALONG GREAT SOUTHWEST PARKWAY. AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LAND USES THAT ARE ALLOWED TO OCCUPY THE THOSE BUILDINGS. OKAY. ON JUNE 12TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO. A STAFF'S UNABLE TO SUPPORT THE REQUEST 'CAUSE IT'S INCONSISTENT WITH THAT FEATURE LAND USE MAP. WE DO KNOW THAT A PORTION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPED WITH EXISTING STRUCTURES AND USES THAT ARE NOT IN LINE WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP WITH BUILDINGS, WHICH IT HAPPENS ALL OVER THE CITY. SIR, SIR, Y'ALL KNOW WHAT I THINK ABOUT THE FLUM? YES. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. UM, WE'VE GOT SOME SPEAKERS. THANK YOU WALTER NELSON WILL SPEAK IF QUESTIONS. ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS FOR WALTER? I BET DAVID YOU'RE HERE AND DAVID SERGEANT THE OWNER OF STRIPER. OWNER USED TO BE THE OWNER. I THINK YOU RECENTLY SOLD IT. MAYBE PERCENT SOLD A LOT OF IT USED. OKAY. YOU'RE THE LAND. OKAY. UM, THEY'RE BOTH HERE IN CASE WE NEED TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS. UH, YES. DAVID, SERGEANT AND ANGELO CHOKO BOTH SUPPORT THIS ITEM. UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION WE TAKE. YES, WE CAN BRING YOUR MIC DOWN. YEAH. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 53 AND 54. SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A I. OPPOSED? AY NAY. KEEP HELPING US IN GRAND PRAIRIE. DAVID. THANK YOU MAYOR. COULD I SAY SOMETHING TO MR. SERGEANT? OF COURSE YOU CAN. MR. SERGEANT JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU, I KNOW COVID RELATED, UH, WE DIDN'T SEE YOU FOR A WHILE AT SOME OF OUR EVENTS, THIS, THE CHAMBER AND WHATEVER, BUT UH, I HOPE YOU'LL TELL YOUR FAMILY AND ESPECIALLY YOUR WIFE THAT I MISS SEEING HER THERE. AND I HOPE Y'ALL WILL GET PLUGGED BACK IN. I KNOW YOU'RE IN ARLINGTON AND UH, I KNOW ARLINGTON LOVES YOU HAVING YOU THERE, BUT WE LOVE HAVING YOU VISIT GRAND PRAIRIE AS WELL. I WENT TO THE GRAND PRAIRIE CHAMBER MEETING LAST WEEK. OH, FABULOUS. GREAT TRAVEL. SO I TRIED TO TELL MICHELLE, BUT UH, NO, WE STILL HAVE GREAT INTEREST IN GRAND AND GREAT JOB MAYOR. Y'ALL DO. AND I LOVE GRAND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU DAVID. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. CITIZEN COMMENTS. [CITIZEN COMMENTS (Part 2 of 2)] ANGELA LUCKY AND COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS MAINLY FOR YOU AND ANY NEW ONES HERE TONIGHT DURING CITIZEN COMMENTS, SINCE IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, WE LISTEN. WE DON'T GIVE AND TAKE, WE DON'T ASK QUESTIONS. UH UH, ANGELA LUCKY'S BEEN HERE BEFORE. SHE KNOWS IT, BUT NOT EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE KNOWS THAT. SO WE, SINCE IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, WE, WE DON'T, WE JUST LISTEN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. ANGELA. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR JENSEN AND GRAND PRAIRIE CITY COUNCIL. I JUST WANTED, I'M IN MY ROLE TONIGHT AS THE PRESIDENT FOR GRAND PRAIRIE NAACP. I JUST WANTED [01:00:01] TO THANK THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE FOR THE $5,000, UM, UM, DONATION THAT YOU GAVE TO THE NAACP. UM, WITH THAT $5,000, WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE 20 STUDENTS $500 EACH. SO I WANTED TO JUST GET UP HERE AND THANK YOU. I SAW DAVID SERGEANT WITH STRIPERS ON HERE. UM, WANT TO THANK THEM BECAUSE EVER SINCE THEY OPENED THE DOORS UP IN GRAND PRAIRIE, THEY HAVE ALWAYS CONTRIBUTE, UM, TO OUR SCHOLARSHIP FUND. AND, UM, COUNCILWOMAN CLEMSON, YOU WAS THE FIRST ONE TO DONATE. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR DONATION AND OF COURSE, MAYOR JENSEN, I THINK YOU GAVE THE MOST. SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TRINA HALL. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TRINA'S SPEAKING OF, BUT CAN CHIEF, I WANT YOU TO SPECIFIC, I WANT YOU TO SPECIFICALLY TALK TO TRINA TONIGHT AFTERWARDS ABOUT WHAT OUR PLAN IS FOR JULY 3RD AND FOURTH AFTER, AFTER HE'S ALREADY BEAT YOU TO IT. . GOOD. GOOD. NOW YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, TRINA. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. HE'S ALREADY BEAT YOU TO IT. YES, I'M CALLING AND TALKING ABOUT IT'S TIME OF YEAR, 4TH OF JULY. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS YEAR I'M VERY EXOTIC EVERY WHAT HE TOLD ME AND HE SHOWED ME, I APPRECIATE OUR CHIEF, THE FIRE CHIEF AND OUR POLICE CHIEF AND OUR CITIZEN COULD SEE COUNCILS MEMBERS THAT REALLY WORKED TOGETHER ON THIS THIS TWO YEARS. YOU KNOW, THAT RON, TWO YEARS AS I HAD MY GRANDCHILDREN, AND NOT EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD HERE IS AWARE THAT MY TWO GRANDCHILDREN ARE AUTISTIC AND ONE OF 'EM CANNOT STAND LOUD NOISES OR, UH, AUDIO AND VISUAL SENSITIVITY. SO HE CRIES MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT EVERY 4TH OF JULY. EVERY JANUARY 1ST. IT'S A DISASTER. BUT I AM THRILLED WHAT I'VE JUST HEARD FROM CHIEF. I'M LOOKING FORWARD AND HOPING IT MAKE A DENT. I KNOW IT'S GONNA TAKE A LONG TIME TO GET PEOPLE ON THE SAME PATH HERE THAT THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SHOOT FIREWORKS IN THE CITY. GREENBURY, IT'S GONNA TAKE A WHILE. 'CAUSE EVERYBODY DID IT FOR ALL THESE YEARS. NOW IT'S COMING TO A POINT. IT, IT'S ENOUGH. IT'S GONNA TAKE A WHILE. SO I'M HOPING THAT THIS YEAR WILL JUST BE A DENT. I'D BE HAPPY WITH THAT. AND I KNOW MY GRANDSON WOULD BE THRILLED HE COULD THROW HIS EAR EARPHONES OUT THE WINDOW. BUT, UM, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. UH, BUT ALSO THAT'S MY FIRST THING. MY SECOND PART IS PEOPLE, WE GOT A DESERT. WE GOT A FOOD DESERT IN OUR CITY. WE HAVE A FOOD DESERT IN OUR CITY, AND THAT'S A NORTHEAST AREA. JERRY CLOSES, THEY'RE SHORT DOWN. SO THAT MEANS THERE'S NO STORES IN THE NORTHEAST AREA, NO GROCERY STORES IN THOSE LITTLE POP MOM AND POP LITTLE STORES, BUT A GROCERY STORE. WE HAVE ONE FOURTH OF OUR CITY IN A DESERT FOOD DESERT. HAD TO GO ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE TO CARRIER TO, UH, TO ALBERTSON'S OR WAY DOWN SOUTH TO GO, UH, PIONEER TO GET THEIR FOOD OR GO ALL THE WAY TO DALLAS. THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT COOL IN OUR CITY. COME ON GUYS, WE CAN DO WONDERFUL THINGS. ONE 60 ONE'S GREAT, BUT THAT PART OF THE CITY HAS BEEN IGNORED. AND IT'S ABOUT TIME THAT OUR CITY PICK UP THAT CITY OVER THERE, THE AREA TO START DOING SOMETHING, MAKE IT MORE PRESENTABLE FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN THERE FOR OUR CITY TO HAVE A STORE PLACE BACK IN THERE. THANK YOU. HAVE A BLESSED DAY. TONY SHOTWELL. TONY, WHILE TONY'S COMING DOWN, I'LL TAKE A MOMENT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. MARK DEMPSEY, PLEASE STAND. MARK. YES, SIR. THIS IS YOUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING. MARK'S, MARK'S RETIRING. SO CONGRATULATIONS. I'VE ENJOYED IT. YOU'VE DONE A GOOD JOB. I'M SORRY I PREEMPTED YOUR RETIREMENT UP ON THAT FIRST FLOOR. I, I, [01:05:01] I TOLD EVERYBODY. HE WAS RETIRING BEFORE HE WAS READY FOR THEM TO BE. NO, BUT THAT WAS ON ME. GO AHEAD TONY. THANK YOU MAYOR. MY NAME'S TONY SHOTWELL. I LIVE AT 3 0 9 NORTHEAST 31ST STREET. I WANT A SECOND, THIRD, A THOUSAND TIMES WHAT TRINA HALL JUST SAID. I LIVE IN THAT FOOD DESERT. IT'S BEEN THERE. YOU, IT'S CARRIER PARKWAY, RIO GRANDE, AND THAT'S IT, RIGHT? UM, I GO TO IRVING TO BUY MY GROCERIES. I HATE THAT. I HATE PAYING MY TAXES ING. I JUST HATE IT. UM, IN 1888, JAMES BRYCE WROTE THAT SUNLIGHT KILLS THE GERMS OF CORRUPTION THAT CAN AFFECT THE BEST OF GOVERNMENTS. JAMES MADISON SAID, DEMOCRACY WITHOUT PUBLIC INFORMATION IS ABOUT A PROLOGUE TO FARCE OR A TRAGEDY. I BRING THIS UP IN ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS, SPECIFICALLY CAMPAIGN FORMS, SPECIFICALLY CAMPAIGN FINANCE FORMS, CITIES ALL AROUND US. PUT THESE ONLINE FROM DALLAS TO RO HILL, FROM FORT WORTH TO WATAUGA, IRVING, ARLINGTON. BUT WE DON'T, ONE CITY THAT STANDS OUT THAT DOESN'T DO IT IS RICHARDSON, WHERE A FORMER MAYOR WAS ACTUALLY IN BED WITH A DEVELOPER. THEY'RE BOTH SLEEPING IN SEPARATE BEDS IN PRISON. NOW I UNDERSTAND THE CITY MANAGER'S, UH, CONCERNS WITH PRIVACY. I UNDERSTAND THEM COMPLETELY. I WOULD HAVE THOSE SAME CONCERNS, BUT THEY CAN BE REDACTED. IN FACT, WHEN YOU FILE A GO THROUGH THE BS OF FILING THE, UH, FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT FORUM HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE, YOU GET REDACTED ONES. YOU CAN PUT THOSE REDACTED ONES ON THE LINE JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE DOES. I WISH Y'ALL WOULD CONSIDER THAT SUNLIGHT DOES KILL GERMS LIKE THAT. UH, ON A COMPLETELY ANOTHER NOTE, CONGRATS TO THE NEWLY ELECTED, REELECTED AND UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES COUNCIL MEMBERS. GOOD LUCK. I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU. I SPENT HALF OF MY ADULT LIFE SITTING IN ONE OF THOSE CHAIRS. I KNOW IT'S A THANKLESS AND HARD, EVEN THOUGH IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT, LOOK LIKE IT'S A EASY JOB. I KNOW IT'S HARD WORK. I KNOW IT IS. AND I ALWAYS THANKLESS. YOU GET ABOUT 500 DROP DEADS FOR EVERY ATTABOY OR ATTAGIRL YOU GET. SO I WANNA LET ALL OF YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE YOU. I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO AND I APPRECIATE HOW WELL YOU DO IT EVERY ONE OF YOU. AND GOOD LUCK TO THE NEW ONES. AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN HERE. I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH ONE THING THAT I GOT FROM FORMER MAYOR WELDON PARKHILL. GOOD GOD OF THREE DECADES AGO. HE TOLD ME THIS. I THINK HE STOLE PART OF IT FROM JOHN WESLEY. BUT HE SAID, TOLD ME WHEN I FIRST STARTED IN THIS TO DO ALL I CAN FOR AS LONG AS I CAN FOR AS MANY PEOPLE AS I CAN. AND IF I LET THAT BE MY SOLE MOTIVATION, I WOULD SUCCEED BEYOND MY WILDEST IMAGINATION. BUT IF I HAD OTHER MOTIVATION, I WOULD SUCCEED TEMPORARILY. THE FAILURE WOULD ALWAYS BE AROUND THE CORNER. SO I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THAT, IS I LOVE OUR CITY, OUR CITY, AND, UH, KEEP MAKING IT BETTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HAROLD WILLIS. HAROLD, TONY AND I BOTH HAVE THE SCREW CLUBS IN THE BACK HERE. WE'VE WALKED TOGETHER HAROLD WILLIS. 5 3 8 LINLEY. I WANNA START OUT BY THE WEEK, THE SATURDAY JUNE 10TH OF THE ELECTION. THAT WEEK IN JUNE WAS VERY HISTORIC. THE SUPREME COURT HAD A 5 4, 5 TO FOUR VOTE ON THE ALABAMA REDISTRICTING CASE. UH, 10 YEARS AGO, SUPREME COURT JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS DIDN'T THOUGHT HE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO BY LYNDON JOHNSON'S VOTING RIGHTS ACT. [01:10:01] HE NOW, THERE WAS ONLY ONE BLACK DISTRICT IN ALABAMA. JOHN ROBERTS. YEAH, I THINK I BETTER GO BY LYNDON JOHNSON'S VOTING RIGHTS ACT. OF COURSE, THE OTHER SUPREME COURT JUDGE HARLAN CROW VOTED AGAINST BLACKS IN ALABAMA. UH, HE HAS HIS, UH, NAZI COLLECTION. UM, WHAT I WANT TO GET AT IN 1984, I WAS A MEMBER OF THE LAKE SECTOR PLANNING COMMITTEE. THE GEOGRAPHICAL CENTER OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS IS INTERSTATE 20, NOT MAIN STREET, NOT 3 0 3. THE POLITICAL POWER OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS IS INTERSTATE 20 SOUTH, THE GRAND PENINSULA AND HOW APPROPRIATE CHARLIE ENGLAND PARKWAY. THERE'S WHERE THE VOTES CAME OUT. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A NEW MEMBER ON THIS COUNCIL. THE TWO TO ONE VOTE MARGIN IN GRAND PENINSULA AND LAKE RIDGE. THAT'S THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE IN 1984. IT WAS HARD TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE CENTER OF GRAND PRAIRIE, LIKE OLD MIKE LEWIS WILL TALK ABOUT HOW LONG WE ARE. WELL, THERE WE ARE. THERE IS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SOUTH OF 20. THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENED. UH, I WALKED MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE OTHER AREA FOR EARLY VOTE AND THE DAY OF VOTING, I SOUGHT OUT WOMEN VOTERS. I SOUGHT OUT WOMEN OF COLOR. THE RESPONSE FROM WOMEN WERE, I WILL VOTE AGAINST EVERY REPUBLICAN. NO REPUBLICAN WILL TELL ME WHAT I CAN AND CAN'T DO TO MY BODY. THAT IS A CITY COUNCIL ELECTION ISSUE. MANY OF THE WOMEN, I HAVE NEVER VOTED IN THE CITY COUNCIL ELECTION. I'VE NEVER BEEN TO CITY HALL, BUT I'M EARLY VOTING AND I'M VOTING ON JUNE 10TH. I CANNOT AS A WOMAN FOR MY DAUGHTERS ALLOW THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TO TAKE AWAY MY RIGHTS. A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE IS A CITY COUNCIL ISSUE IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS. IT IS AN ISSUE NOT ONLY IN TEXAS, THE UNITED STATES, BUT TO OUR CRICKET FAMILY IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL ISSUE. GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS IS MAKING THE STAND FOR THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN. THIS WEEK MARKED LAST YEAR WHEN THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED ROE VA'S WADE UNEXCUSABLE. BUT THIS IS THE PAYBACK THAT IS GOING FORWARD. I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT WE HAVE FOUR AFRICAN AMERICANS TO MEXICAN AMERICANS ON THIS COUNCIL. THREE OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENT TARRANT COUNTY. OUR OTHER PART, TARRANT COUNTY OF COUNCILMAN LOPEZ. TARRANT COUNTY HAS A RACIST REPUBLICAN BY THE NAME OF TIM O'HARE, A WHITE CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST BY THE NAME OF TIM O'HARE. TIM O'HARE WITH HIS ELECTION INTEGRITY TASK FORCE TO DENY BLACKS AND MEXICANS THE RIGHT TO VOTE. AND HE'S PROUDLY PUSHING THAT AGENDA. IT WILL BE GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS THAT RECEIVES THE STATE AND NATIONAL RECOGNITION TO STAND UP TO THAT RACIST REPUBLICAN THAT BLACKS AND MEXICANS WILL HAVE THAT RIGHT TO VOTE AND NO ONE WILL. HE WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH TO LIVE IN FARMER'S BRANCH. HE HAD TO MOVE FROM FARMER'S BRANCH TO SOUTH LAKE, KINDA LIKE THE JEFFERSONS MOVE ON, ON UP TO THE EAST SIDE. WELL, HE HAD TO MOVE ON OUT OF DALLAS COUNTY 'CAUSE THERE WAS JUST TOO MANY BLACKS IN MEXICANS AND FARMER'S BRANCH. HE HAD TO MOVE TO SOUTH LAKE WHERE IT'S WHITE SO HE KNOW IT'S RIGHT. SO THERE'S A LOT OF ANGER AND FRUSTRATION HERE. BUT DON'T GET MAD, LIKE JUDGE WACHNER WOULD SAY, TAKE HIM TO COURT. AND FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW, I WILL MARK THE WORDS OF DONALD TRUMP. ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES AND HOPEFULLY 37 FEDERAL FELONY INDICTMENTS WILL HAVE CONSEQUENCES. WELCOME ABOARD. THANK YOU ED HEMPHILL. HELLO FRIENDS. HOW Y'ALL DOING? I KNOW MARY, YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN SPEAK, BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO UH SAY IS ALL THAT RACISM AND STUFF, IT'S OUT THE WINDOW. IF WE DID A DNA ON ME, I'D BE BLACK, I'D BE WHITE, I'D BE NATIVE AMERICAN. THAT'S JUST ON ME. SO AMERICA'S BEEN AROUND LONG ENOUGH FOR US TO GET THESE THINGS STRAIGHTENED OUT AND I HOPE WE DON'T HAVE TO GET PHYSICAL TO DO THAT. BUT WHAT I JUST HEARD WHILE AGO JUST UPSET ME A LITTLE BIT. AND WHAT ELSE? THE OTHER THING I HEARD THAT I, THAT JUST FORCED ME TO COME UP HERE AND SAY SOMETHING WAS, SEE, GRAND PRAIRIE IS ELONGATED AS A CITY. THOSE OF US WHO KNOW KNOW IT'S 30 MILES, 30 PLUS MILES LONG. WE CANNOT DICTATE WHERE OUR DOWNTOWN WILL BE. [01:15:02] WE ARE OPERATING UNDER THE CONCEPT OF THE PLEX DOWNTOWN DALLAS AND DOWNTOWN FORT WORTH IS GONNA DICTATE WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE IN THE FUTURE. WE KNOW THAT THOSE OF US THAT'S BEEN HERE A WHILE, WE NEED TO DEVELOP THAT ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT SO WE CAN GET SOME OF THAT, THOSE TAX DOLLARS. AND WE NEED TO STAY NORTH. WE'VE DONE WELL ON 1 61, ALTHOUGH I WASN'T IN FAVOR OF IT. I'M GLAD THAT YOU DID IT. IT LOOKS GOOD. BUT OUR STRENGTH IS GONNA BE ON I 30 AND WE'RE STILL UNDEVELOPED. WHEN I FIRST WENT TO BAT FOR THOSE SERVICE ROADS ON I 30, BUT IT WAS A BIG FIGHT AND I WON. TO SEE IT COME IN LONG AFTER I'M GONE, UM, HAS DONE MY HEART A LOT OF GOOD BECAUSE NOW WE'RE GETTING HELP WITH OUR TAX BASE. PEOPLE WANT TO DEVELOP THAT. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT IS BEING A PART OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN DALLAS AND FORT WORTH. WE HAVE THE BEST SLICE OF THE PIE, BUT DALLAS AND FORT WORTH DICTATES WHAT WE WILL BECOME. AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S JUST, UM, COMMON SENSE. THANK YOU. HELLO COMMANDER. HOW ARE YOU SIR? GOOD, GOOD TO SEE EDDIE. THANK YOU MAYOR. WE'RE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.