Sep 05, 2023 City Council 09052023

TOMMY, MY GRANDDAUGHTER, DESTINY.

THEY'RE ASKING ME TO INTRODUCE MY FAMILY.

Y'ALL KNOW I'M NERVOUS, THOUGH.

I AIN'T GONNA MISS ANYBODY.

THIS IS MY WIFE VANESSA.

MY GRANDDAUGHTER ALANA, MY SON-IN-LAW.

MY GRANDDAUGHTER, BRITTANY.

AND THAT'S OUR GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER.

LONDON.

AND THEN MY DAUGHTER NASSA.

AND MY DAUGHTER, DAUGHTER ALICIA.

MY GRANDDAUGHTER NAOMI, AND MY GRANDDAUGHTER RACHEL.

IT'S, IT'S TRULY AN HONOR.

Y'ALL AND ALL OF MY FAMILY BACK THERE IN RED, OUR FAMILY, Y'ALL ARE SPECIAL.

SO WITH Y'ALL BEING SPECIAL, I'M GONNA TELL YOU WHAT I'M GOING TO DO.

Y'ALL SIT IN, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS EVER SINCE I CAME ON PICKING A TIME.

PICKING A TIME.

WHAT TIME YOU THINK WHEN? SEVEN 40.

I SAID 7 52.

DOING OVER PRICE.

RIGHT? IF Y'ALL, IF Y'ALL HAVE MONEY ON IT, I CAN REALLY SLOW THINGS DOWN.

, MIKE.

I PUT SOME MONEY ON IT.

I'LL SLOW IT DOWN.

YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S FASTER THAN I WOULD'VE THOUGHT.

[6. Resolution for Cricket Stadium – Presented to the City of Grand Prairie by Texas State Representative Salman Bhojani ]

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ARE YOU READY? WE HAVE A PRESENTATION RESOLUTION FROM OUR, ONE OF OUR STATE REPS, UH, SOLOMON BIJANI.

COME ON DOWN.

COME ON.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.

THAT WAS A REALLY, HAVE YOU SEEN ONE OF OUR CRICKET GAMES? I HAVE.

YES.

WELL, THAT'S A VERY TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW.

CONGRATULATIONS, MR. HILLS.

UM, I CANNOT BEAT THE FIRST, UH, BLACK CITY MANAGER, BUT I CAN BEAT THE FIRST MUSLIM IN THE FIRST SOUTH ASIAN EVER ELECTED IN THE HISTORY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS TO THE TEXAS STATE REPRESENTATIVE.

SO THAT'S, DID Y'ALL HEAR ONE THING THAT'S PRETTY BIG.

I'M, I'M REALLY HONORED TO T GRAND PRAIRIE.

I THINK WE HAVE 150 .

WELL, I MEAN, THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE ALMOST HAS A HUNDRED, WHAT ARE WE ON ABOUT EIGHT? YEAH.

YEAH.

IT SEEMS LIKE IT, YEAH.

A LOT.

BUT YOU'RE ONE OF ONE OF 'EM.

THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING US.

ABSOLUTELY.

FOR BEING HERE.

IT'S AN HONOR TO REPRESENT GRAND PRAIRIE, THE TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND I'VE REALLY HAD A GREAT FIRST SESSION AND HAPPY TO DISCUSS THAT WITH Y'ALL LATER ON.

UH, I'VE BEEN ON THE OTHER SIDE, USED TO BE ON ULI CITY COUNCIL, AND SO I'VE BEEN NOT TOO LONG AGO THERE.

AND I, I'M SORRY TO HEAR THE PASSING OF ONE OF YOUR LONG TERM MAYOR.

YEAH, SHE WAS A REALLY, REALLY GREAT MAYOR AND A REALLY LEGENDARY PERSON IN ELI.

UH, YOU KNOW, BUT LOCAL CONTROL IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME, AND THAT'S WHY I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M I'LL, I'LL TRY TO FIGHT FOR Y ALL AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

IT WAS NICE TO SEE THAT HB 2127, UH, WAS DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD FOR ALL OF US.

BUT TO TODAY, I'M HERE TO COMMEMORATE, UH, MAJOR LEAGUE CRICKET, UM, AND REALLY CONGRATULATE YOU FOR HAVING THIS AMAZING FACILITY CRICKET FACILITY IN, IN NORTH TEXAS, HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.

UH, I'M NOT SURE IF Y'ALL KNOW THIS, BUT CRICKET HAS BEEN ENSHRINED IN THE AMERICAN HISTORY QUITE A BIT.

AND NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THIS, BUT WHEN THE FOUNDING FATHERS CAME IN, LIKE JOHN ADAMS AND BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PLAYED CRICKET A LOT.

UH, 'CAUSE THEY BROUGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, BRITISH SPORT HERE.

BUT WITH THE PROLIFERATION OF BASEBALL AND HAVING ANTI BRITISH SENTIMENT HERE IN AMERICA, SORT OF THAT CRICKET FADED AND NOW IT'S BROUGHT BACK AND IT'S GONNA BE REALLY A MAJOR ECONOMIC DRIVER FOR THIS REGION.

AND AMONGST OTHER, OTHER REGIONS.

I I WAS THERE AT THE GA AT THE COUPLE OF GAMES OVER THERE, AND MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, LOPEZ INVITED ME TO THAT.

IT WAS JUST PHENOMENAL TO SEE SO MANY, UH, CARS AND SO MANY, I WAS LOOKING AT THE LICENSE PLATES, FLORIDA, OKLAHOMA, LIKE FROM ALL DIFFERENT PARTS OF UNITED STATES.

THAT WAS REALLY AWESOME TO SEE THAT NORTH TEXAS IS GETTING THAT KIND OF TRAFFIC.

SO REALLY CONGRATULATIONS WITH THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I'M HERE TO REPRESENT Y'ALL.

ANYTIME Y'ALL NEED ANYTHING.

MY OFFICE IS OPEN.

I'VE GOT MY, ONE OF MY STAFF MEMBERS HERE, EZRA, HE'S A DISTRICT LIAISON.

ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO FOR YOU, I'M HERE TO REPRESENT GRAND PRAIRIE AMONG ALL THE OTHER CITIES AS WELL.

AND IT'LL BE MY HONOR TO DO THAT.

LET ME PRESENT THE RESOLUTION.

IS IT OKAY IF I APPROACH? YEAH, THANK YOU.

YOU BET.

OF COURSE.

AND I WANT TO TELL YOU, YOUR, YOUR TEAM SHOWS UP ON A LOT OF THINGS ON YOU, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WOULD YOU MIND IF I TAKE A QUICK SELFIE WITH, UH, WITH YOU, US COME AROUND , I TAKE IT FOR YOU? NO, IT'S NOT A SELFIE.

SORRY, I DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM BILL, BUT SINCE WE'VE HAD OH, UH, SINCE WE'VE HAD HIS INTRODUCTION AND IT WAS ELOQUENT.

I, I I WASN'T GONNA DO IT, BUT I THINK NOW IT'S AN APPROPRIATE TIME.

THERE IT IS.

AMY, WHERE'S AMY? SHE'S, SHE WAS HERE, BUT SHE HERE.

THIS IS AMY'S REPLACEMENT RIGHT HERE.

I HERE.

VERY NICE TO MEET YOU, CLAUDIA.

HOW GAR? CLAUDIA GARBE, SHE STARTED HER LAST WEEK, WEEK AND A HALF, 10 DAYS AGO.

SO, UM, HEAD OF MARKETING, SHE USED TO WORK FOR US.

SHE WAS WITH CHIEF FIGHT, DID A GREAT JOB OVER THERE AND WENT AWAY AND GOT THINGS ON HER RESUME.

ADDED THINGS TO HER RESUME AND THEN CAME BACK TO US.

SO, UH, GOOD TO HAVE YOU.

IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR BET.

YOU BET.

NOT GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU JUST YET, MAYOR .

COUNSEL, I'M

[CONSENT AGENDA ]

'CAUSE WE HAVE SOME SPEAKERS, UH, ON SOME OF THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. HAROLD, GO AHEAD AND COME ON DOWN.

DO THE CONSENT AGENDA, STARTING WITH NUMBER NINE.

UH, HAROLD WILLIS, 5 38 LINLEY.

MY QUESTION ON NUMBER NINE IS, WHERE IS SILSBEE TOYOTA? WHERE IS THIS DEALERSHIP AT? IT'S NEAR HOUSTON.

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I KNOW CHARLIE ENGLAND HAD AN ISSUE.

WHY AREN'T WE BUYING THESE TOYOTAS FROM FREEMAN TOYOTA AND HURST OR VANDER? GRIFF AND ARLINGTON AND TARRANT COUNTY.

SO WE USE CO-OPS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS BECAUSE THE PURCHASING PROCESS IS FASTER AND THEY ALREADY DO ALL THE BIDS FOR US.

I GUESS I JUST, IF, ARE THESE VEHICLES, DO THEY PAY SALES TAX ON THE PURCHASE OF THESE VEHICLES, SIR, THROUGH A GOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT? NO, SIR.

NO SIR.

IS THE 43,445, IS THAT A STICKER PRICE? IS THAT A NEGOTIATED PRICE? THAT'S A NEGOTIATED PRICE THROUGH THE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.

IT IS NEGOTIATED.

YES, SIR.

I WANNA THANK YOU FOR BUYING TOYOTA.

YES, SIR.

TOYOTA HAS PUT THEIR HEADQUARTERS IN TEXAS, , GENERAL MOTORS DOESN'T HAVE THEIR HEADQUARTERS IN TEXAS.

AND THE TRANSITION, PLEASE, THANK YOU FOR TRANSITIONING TO TOYOTA VEHICLES BECAUSE TOYOTA'S IN TEXAS AND THE RELIABILITY AND QUALITY OF TOYOTA IS FAR SUPERIOR.

I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT THE AL GORE WHEN HE GAVE HIM $50 MILLION IN TOYOTA OUTBEAT, GENERAL MOTORS.

SO THANK YOU.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

ADAM 15, HAROLD, WHO IS LYNN CREEK, S-M-I-L-L-C.

LYNN CREEK, SMI SERVICES, LLC.

MEGAN WILL TELL YOU WE HAD THIS QUESTION DURING OUR BRIEFING.

THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE FORMAL NAME FOR, UH, SUN TEX MARINA.

SMI IS, UM, SUN TEX MARINA INVESTOR GROUP.

SO IT'S JUST, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT TOOK OVER THE LEASE.

WE NE FROM, UH, THE WALKERS.

WE HAD A LEASE WITH THE WALKERS AND NOW WE HAVE A LEASE WITH TEX.

THAT'S JUST THEIR LEGAL NAME.

CORRECT.

I WISH IT WOULD BE THE, WHEN THEY WERE BLUE SUNSHINE OR THEY SOUNDED LIKE ONE OF TIM MC ARY LSD VARIETIES BACK THEN.

THEY'VE CHANGED THE NAME OUT THERE SEVERAL TIMES.

AND I GUESS I'M UPSET WITH SUN SUNCOAST BECAUSE THE FIRST THING THEY DID WHEN THEY TOOK OVER THAT MARINA WAS TEAR DOWN THE FISHING BARGES.

AND I ASKED SOMEONE, WHY DID YOU TEAR DOWN THE FISHING BARGES? WELL, THOSE PEOPLE WERE FISHING THOSE PEOPLE.

AND I SAID, DEFINE THOSE PEOPLE.

AND I FINALLY GOT IT OUT OF THE OLD BOY, YOU KNOW, BLACKS AND MEXICANS OUT HERE WITHOUT FISHING LICENSE.

I SAID, THAT'S YOUR EXCUSE.

I TOOK MY DAD OUT THERE ON THOSE FISHING BARGES QUITE OFTEN.

SO TO COME OUT AND TELL ME THAT WE DIDN'T WANT BLACKS AND MEXICANS OUT HERE FISHING ON THESE FISHING BARGES, SO WE'LL JUST TEAR IT DOWN.

AND THE MANAGEMENT GROUP AT THAT SUNCOAST, THE WALKERS, YEAH, MILDRED, YOU CAN GIVE HER CREDIT.

SHE FIRST BUILT IT.

BUT THAT WHOLE THING HAS DRASTICALLY DETERIORATED.

SO IS THIS NOT THE CORE OF ENGINEERS PROPERTY? HOW DOES THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE HAVE ACCESS THIS THROUGH THE PARK THAT WE OWN? IS THAT PART OF THE PARK OR? SO THE ARMY CORPS OF THE ENGINEERS OWNS THE LAND AND THEN LEASES IT TO THE CITY WHO THEN LEASES IT TO TEX.

AND THIS IS A CONSENT TO SUB SUBLEASE THIS TO BOAT.

A PORTION OF THIS LAND TO BOAT'S WORLD AND BOAT WORLD IS IS THAT THE FOLKS UP ON THE TOP OF THE HILL BY THE DRIVING RANGE? YES.

WHEN YOU PULL IN FIRST, ALL THOSE BOATS RIGHT THERE, THAT'S WHO THEY ARE.

SO ANY BOAT REPAIR WORK DONE OUT THERE, THEY'RE GONNA PAY SALES TAX DOLLARS TO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

THEY PAY SALES TAX TO THE STATE, NOT TO THE CITY THAT WE GET OUR STUFF FROM THE STATE'S, WHATEVER.

WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S MY REFERENCE.

THEY'RE PAYING SALES TAX AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SALES TAX IS ON THINGS LIKE THAT.

NO, CARS DON'T PAY SALES TAX, BUT I THINK BOATS MAY, I'LL HAVE, I'LL HAVE TO LOOK ON BOAT REPAIR, SIR.

I DON'T RECALL.

BUT IF LEGALLY REQUIRED, THEY WILL PAY IT AND THAT OUR PRO RATE OF SHARE WILL COME BACK TO US.

CORRECT.

JUST LIKE GOVERNOR BOB BULLOCK SAID, DON'T CHEAT THE STATE OF TEXAS.

SO THE BOB BULLOCK RULE, OKAY.

I GUESS I JUST, WITH THAT MARINA GROUP THAT'S TAKEN OVER OUT THERE, THAT IT'S, THERE'S BEEN SOME THINGS THAT THEY'VE BEEN VERY, YOU KNOW, THEY SHOW WHAT CORPORATE AMERICA REALLY REPRESENTS PROFITS AND NOT THE CONSUMERS.

AND THAT'S REALLY A SAD THING.

SO THANK YOU.

NUMBER 18 ATMOS, WHAT RATE INCREASE ARE WE GOING TO BE PAYING TO ATMOS FOR OUR NATURAL GAS IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS? TIFFANY CAN, SO FOR RESIDENTIAL CUS CUSTOMERS, IT'S GOING TO BE AN AVERAGE RATE INCREASE OF $6 AND 47 CENTS, WHICH IS A 7.131% INCREASE FOR COMMERCIAL USAGE.

IT'S GONNA BE AN AVERAGE INCREASE OF $24 AND 72 CENTS OR A 5.19% INCREASE.

AND THAT'S GOING TO BE FOR THE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS, ON AVERAGE, ABOUT A DOLLAR 77 LESS PER BILL THAN THE ENTITIES THAT DID NOT CHALLENGE IT LIKE WE DID.

SO THE, THE 6 47 IS A MONTHLY CHARGE OR IS THAT SPREAD OUT OVER 12 MONTHS? THAT'S GONNA BE THE AVERAGE MONTHLY INCREASE.

SO 6 47 A MONTH.

GAS PRESSURE IN THE LINES SOUTH OF 20 AND NOW BRINGING OUT THESE LNG TRAILERS.

I GUESS MY PROBLEM IS THAT ATMOS HAS BROUGHT OUT THEIR LNG TRAILERS OUT BY FIRE STATION NINE ATMOS HAS FAILED THE CITIZENS OF GRAND PRAIRIE TWO, THREE YEARS IN A ROW.

THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH NATURAL

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YEAH, THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

BUT LIKE I CONFRONTED AT MOST, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WHEN THE ROADS ARE ICY? HOW ARE YOU GONNA GET THOSE LNG TRAILERS OUT TO GRAND PRAIRIE IF YOU CAN'T KEEP ENOUGH PRESSURE IN THE LINES? AND NOW WE'RE GONNA BE PAYING A RATE INCREASE TO ATMOS.

FOR ATMOS, LIKE FOR ENCORE, FAILURE IS DEFINITELY AN OPTION.

SO IS RIGHT PAYERS, THIS IS WHAT I WISH.

WILL THIS BE PUBLISHED? HOW ARE WE GOING TO KNOW AS RIGHT PAYERS IN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE? IS THE CITY GONNA PUBLISH THIS? IS ATMOS GONNA PUT IT IN THEIR BILLS TO TELL US HOW MUCH MORE WE'LL BE, BE PAYING FOR UNRELIABLE SERVICE? I WOULD ASSUME ATMOS WOULD ATMOS WOOD.

AND THEN AS PART OF THIS, THERE'S, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLISH, IT'S BEEN PUBLISHED, THIS, THIS COUNTS AS NOTICE AS WELL.

SO THAT, BUT ATMOS WILL BE THE PRIMARY VEHICLE FOR NOTICE.

WE WON'T BE PUBLICIZING IT ANY FURTHER THAN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT OF THIS VOTE.

SURE.

I I GUESS THAT'S JUST AS A, AS A RATE PAYER THAT TO GET A RIGHT INCREASE THAT THEIR COST, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN DELIVERING THE SERVICE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE AWARE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE ADDED ADDITIONAL LINES OUT THERE THAT, AND IT WON'T BE A CLOSED LOOP ANYMORE, SO WE SHOULD BE GOOD TO GO THIS WINTER.

THAT'S WHAT THEY PROMISED TWO YEARS AGO, MAYOR.

AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE THOSE LINES.

WELL, I KNOW THEY HAVE FINISHED THEM NOW, ONE OF 'EM FOR SURE.

AND THEIR OTHER ONE'S ALMOST COMPLETED.

AND THE FACT THAT THEY PUT THAT DEVICE BY FIRE STATION NINE WHERE THEY CAN BRING OUT THE LNG TRAILER TRAILERS TO BOOST UP THE PRESSURE, THAT'S HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY WE'LL NEVER NEED IT.

BUT WE WANT IT THERE IF WE DO.

YEAH, I GUESS THAT'S JUST AS, AS RATE PAYERS PAY MORE, GET LESS ITEM 19.

UM, THANK GOODNESS.

SOMEBODY ELSE, ANOTHER GUARDIAN ANGEL OUT HERE CAME UP AND HIT ME UP ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS MY FAVORITE GROUP.

THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, I GUESS $2.9 MILLION OF MOVING THE MONEY AROUND.

I HAVE ASKED AND PLEADED FOR A PUBLIC HEARING OF THE FUNDS FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN.

THAT WAS WHAT, 36 MILLION AGAIN ON THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN.

HOW MUCH OF THIS IS BEING SPENT? HOW'S IT BEING SPENT? THE MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE FACT THAT NOT ONE REPUBLICAN IN THE STATE OF TEXAS VOTED FOR THIS FUNDING? NOT ONE.

DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC QUESTION I CAN ANSWER ON ITEM 19 PARTY, HAROLD? OKAY.

THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN IS THIS THE, UH, UN OBLIGATED FUND BALANCE, THE GOVERNMENT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE? I JUST WISH MORE OF THIS WOULD NOT BE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

BUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING $3 MILLION, LET'S TALK ABOUT IT IN HERE.

ASK, ASK ANY QUESTION YOU WANT TO ABOUT IT.

I I'VE GOT PEOPLE HERE WHO CAN ANSWER, WHAT DO YOU WANNA KNOW ABOUT IT? HOW MUCH OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLANT IS THIS MONEY? HERE WE GO.

THIS AMOUNT RELATES TO SOME, UM, AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDING.

BUT THIS FUNDING IS NOT ACTUALLY ANY, UH, AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN.

NONE OF THIS IS FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN.

HAROLD, NOT A PENNY OF IT.

SO THIS AMOUNT IS FROM, UH, PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED ARPA FUNDING, UM, WHICH AT THE TIME, UH, COUNSEL REAPPROPRIATED DUE TO THE POTENTIAL, WE REAPPROPRIATED IT TO SOMETHING ELSE.

AND NOW WE'RE GIVING THE FUND THAT THIS IS COMING OUT OF NOW.

BUT NONE OF THIS IS ARPA MONEY.

THAT'S, APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, HAROLD.

THANK YOU MAYOR PROTE.

I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION WITH THAT ONE AMENDMENT.

I'M SORRY.

NO, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION WITH THAT ONE AMENDMENT.

SURE.

UM, SO EARLIER TODAY WE HAD A BRIEFING AND WE WENT OVER THE CONSENT AGENDA AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHER ITEMS. UM, GIVEN THAT MEETING, UH, WE DO HAVE, UM, CONSENT AGENDA SEVEN THROUGH 19 WITH THE AMENDMENT ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, WHICH IS A 2024 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

UH, WE ARE MAKING AN AMENDMENT FOR JANUARY WHERE WE'RE GONNA MOVE OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO THE SECOND AND FOURTH TUESDAY IN JANUARY OF 2024.

ITEM 20 MAX, YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS, BUT WE'RE NOT TAKING ACTION ON THE GREAT SOUTHWEST

HEARING THAT, UM, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIMM CLEMSON.

ALL IN FAVORS SAY AYE.

AND NOW THE MOTION CARRIES EIGHT TO OH, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER KURT JOHNSON'S OUT OF TOWN, ONE OF HIS FRIENDS IN THE NAVY PASSED AWAY AND THE WAKE WAS TODAY DOWN IN HOUSTON.

SO LET'S BE PRAYER FOR HIM AND THAT FAMILY OF HIS LOST FRIENDS.

[20. Action Items Resulting from Staff Presentations: Extension of Great Southwest Parkway north of Avenue K to Fountain Parkway Downtown Ice Rink ]

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PARKWAY PORTION OF IT.

WE ARE TAKING ACTION ON THE DOWNTOWN ICE RINK.

SO I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE DOWNTOWN ICE RINK MAYOR PRO TIM.

OH, SORRY.

UH, CHRIS, WERE YOU WANTING TO SPEAK ON WHICH? RIGHT.

SOUTHWEST.

WE'RE NOT TAKING ACTION ON IT.

AND LET ME EXPLAIN WHY WE'RE NOT TAKING ACTION.

I DON'T WANNA JUST SAY WE'RE NOT TAKING ACTION.

WE DECIDED NO ACTION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN 'CAUSE IT'S PART OF OUR CIP, WHICH IS ALREADY APPROVED.

AND WE DIDN'T WANNA START THAT PRECEDENCE THAT EVERY TIME THERE'S A CIP AND SOMEBODY ASKS QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, WE COME BACK UP FOR A VOTE ON IT INDIVIDUALLY.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE, WE'RE NOT TAKING ANY ACTION ON IT TONIGHT.

MAYOR PROTE.

MOST EVERYBODY'S IS DIFFERENT.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 20 AS PRESENTED DURING BRIEFING THE DOWNTOWN ICE RINK.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS GOING FROM LAST YEAR, WE HAD ICE, WE DECIDED TO GO SYNTHETIC, WE DECIDED TO GO BACK TO ICE.

AND THAT'S WHAT THIS MOTION IS.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

AND SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

[Items 21 & 22]

WE CAN DO UNDER ONE VOTE DR.

REDFERN, WHO JUST HAD A BIRTHDAY RECENTLY, BUT WE DON'T EVER GIVE OUT AGES.

, THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.

AND FOLKS, IT'S COMPLICATED, BUT BE WATCHING FOR THE PIPELINE AND ON POSTINGS, WE WILL BE CHANGING YOUR PICKUP DATES.

A BRIEF DEAL OF IT IS, IF WE WERE UNDER THE NEW RULES THIS WEEK, EVERYBODY THAT HAD MONDAY PICKUP WOULDN'T HAVE TO WAIT TILL THURSDAY.

MONDAYS WOULD SLIDE A DAY TO TUESDAY.

TUESDAY'S PICKUP WOULD SLIDE TO WEDNESDAY.

WEDNESDAY'S RECYCLING WOULD SLIDE TO THURSDAY.

THURSDAY TO FRIDAY, FRIDAY TO SATURDAY.

IN THE PAST, IF IT WAS ON A HOLIDAY, YOU JUST GOT ONE PICKUP THAT WEEK.

STARTING OCTOBER 2ND, YOU'LL STILL GET YOUR TWO.

YOU JUST GOTTA DO THE MATH.

THANKSGIVING DAY MONDAY WON'T SLIDE, BUT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WILL WATCH FOR IT ON FACEBOOK AND IN YOUR PIPELINE.

BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT I BROUGHT YOU UP HERE FAR.

GO AHEAD WITH YOUR ITEMS. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 21 AND 22 THAT ARE BOTH RELATED TO THE RATE INCREASE REQUESTS THAT REPUBLIC SERVICES BROUGHT TO US THIS YEAR.

THEY'RE LOOKING FOR 7.5% ACROSS THE BOARD.

THAT'S RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL RATES.

AND, UH, THIS WAS EVALUATED BY THE, UH, FINANCE DIRECTOR AND DEEMED TO BE APPROPRIATE.

SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT, UH, THE, THIS WOULD AMEND THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT AND THE SECOND ONE WOULD AMEND THE ORDINANCE.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE CAN DO ONE VOTE FOR 21 AND 22.

I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 21, 22 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEADON.

AND YOUR OPPOSED SAY NAY.

MOTION CARRIES.

AND 24 CAN BE TAKEN TOGETHER AND IT WILL BE BY INDIVIDUAL RECORD VOTE.

ITEM 23

[Items 23 & 24 ]

LET'S JUST COME FORWARD AND I, I I THINK WE'RE OKAY.

I JUST OPEN UP.

IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS BUDGETS.

IT WAS PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED AT THE COUNCIL MEETING ON THE 17TH, AND WE HAVE, UH, BOTH OF THEM WILL BE TAKEN TOGETHER.

HAROLD, YOU WANNA SPEAK ON IT? GO AHEAD AND COME ON DOWN.

HAROLD WILLIS.

5 3 8 LINLEY ON THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING ON THE OPERATING BUDGET.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW FOR GRAND PRAIRIE FIRE RESCUE AND GRAND PRAIRIE POLICE, WHAT INCREASES ARE THEY GETTING FOR THEIR BUDGET, FOR PERSONNEL, STAFF OR THEIR EQUIPMENT? WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR, WE GAVE 'EM A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OF ABOUT WHAT, 12, 15%.

10%? I'M SORRY.

12.

MAYOR 12.

I THOUGHT IT WAS 12 TO GET 'EM UP TO WHERE WE WERE AT TOP.

AT OR NEAR THE TOP.

YES, SIR.

AND THIS YEAR, THIS YEAR, YOU'RE GETTING A STANDARD THREE.

CORRECT? BECAUSE WE DID THE 12 LAST YEAR.

SO THEY'RE

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GETTING A THREE THIS YEAR AFTER THE 12 LAST YEAR TO KIND OF MAINTAIN 'EM ON THAT LEVEL.

SO FOR THE CRIME TAX, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THAT IS CRIME TAX FUNDING VERSUS GENERAL? WELL, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

WHAT'S THE SPLIT STAFF? WHAT'S THE SPLIT? MAYBE A, A, A SIXTH OF IT COMES FROM CRIME TAX? NO, PROBABLY MORE LIKE A THIRD OF IT COMES FROM THIRD.

QUITE A BIT OF IT FROM THERE.

67 OFFICERS OUT OUR ROUGHLY 300 RIGHT NOW THAT ARE IN CRIME.

THE CRIME TAX FROM THE POLICE HAS HELPED THE WHOLE BUDGET.

UH, AS HE SAID IT, IT STAFFS, IT PAYS FOR 67 OF OUR OFFICERS.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THIS CITY DID WAS PASS THAT QUARTER CENT SALES TAX FOR THE CRIME CONTROLLER PREVENTION DISTRICT.

THAT'S WHY I VOTED ON IT IN 2020 AND 20 YEARS LATER, I'LL BE HERE AND WE'LL VOTE ON IT AGAIN.

I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY OWN THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR GRAND PRAIRIE FIRE RESCUE.

HOW MANY POSITIONS ARE WE CHIEF? HOW MANY POSITIONS? WE, WELL, THE NEW BUDGET INCLUDES FIRE STATION 11 STATION, WHICH WILL HAVE 16 NEW POSITIONS.

SO WE'RE VERY WELL TAKEN CARE OF.

EXCELLENT.

THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO HEAR.

I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU CHANNEL 11 NEWS THAT A PRESENTATION ON THE PROBLEMS THAT FORT WORTH IS HAVING WITH MEDSTAR, THEY'RE HAVING SERIOUS PROBLEMS JUST WITH A BASIC CITY SERVICE AMBULANCE SERVICE.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM IN GRAND PRIX, TEXAS.

WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE THAT TOM HART AND MAYOR ENGLAND SA HAD THE FORESIGHT TO BRING THIS UNDER OUR OWN CONTROL.

WE WOULDN'T BE A TIER ONE CITY IF WE HADN'T HAVE DONE THAT.

AND WE, IN MY OPINION, WE WOULD NOT HAVE MAINTAINED SIX YEARS OF GOLD STANDARDS.

CHIEF, I JUST DON'T SEE EIGHT, NINE YEARS OF GOLD STANDARD WITH THE HEART ASSOCIATION.

I DON'T SEE HOW WE COULD HAVE UNDER MEDSTAR.

SO THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS.

WELL, THAT'S WHY I STARTED, UM, IN 1984.

FROM 84 TO 99.

I'LL TELL YOU LATER, MY TOM HART STORY DURING CITIZENS COMMENTS.

I JUST CAN'T WAIT.

I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

OH, SORRY.

THESE ARE BOTH PUBLIC HEARINGS.

HE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, BUT IF SOMEBODY'S HERE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK AND DID NOT SIGN UP A CARD, YOU CAN COME FORWARD SEEING NONE.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I'D PREFER THE CHAIR OF OUR FINANCE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE TO MAKE THIS MOTION.

ABSOLUTELY.

CHAIRMAN HUMPHREYS.

UM, BEING A PUBLIC HEARING, WE WILL SEE THESE AGAIN.

SO I MOVE, UM, ON ITEMS 23 AND 24 TO POSTPONE UNTIL THE SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2023 MEETING.

SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM.

EVEN THOUGH IT'S MOVED POSTPONE BY LAW, BY STATE LAW, WE'D STILL HAVE TO HAVE A RECORD VOTE, WHICH MEANS EACH ONE OF US HAVE TO DO IT INDIVIDUALLY.

I'LL START OFF WITH AN AYE MAYOR PRO TEM AYE.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER DEL BOSKY.

COUNCIL MEMBER HUMPHREYS.

COUNCILMAN ZANU? AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER HADDON A COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS AYE.

FOLKS, WHAT THAT IS IS BY MAYOR, MAYOR, PRO TEM, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM.

AND THEN SENIORITY MOTION CARRIES EIGHT TO NOTHING.

ITEM

[25. Public Hearing and Approval of a Proposed Strategic Partnership Agreement between the City and the Ellis County Fresh Water Supply District No. 1 ]

25.

ITEM 25 IS THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH ELLIS COUNTY FRESHWATER SUPPLY DISTRICT NUMBER ONE.

WHAT THIS AGREEMENT WOULD ALLOW US TO DO IS IN 30 TO 40 YEARS IN THE FUTURE, ONCE THE PRAIRIE RIDGE AREA, THAT THAT DISTRICT OF ABOUT 972 ACRES IS ABOUT 90% BUILT OUT AND THE DEBT FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE HAS BEEN PAID.

CITY COUNCIL AT THAT TIME WILL HAVE THE OPTION TO ANNEX THE PROPERTY INTO THE CITY.

NOT CITIZENS, THE LANDOWNERS FOR THAT.

HAROLD.

WHO IS THE ELLIS COUNTY FRESHWATER SUPPLY DISTRICT ONE.

IS THIS AN ELECTED GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS LIKE DISTRICT? IT'S A QUESTION.

DO YOU KNOW THEY HAVE THE WATER RIGHTS? YES.

IT, WHEN PRAIRIE WI RIDGE WAS FIRST CREATED, THIS WATER DISTRICT WAS CREATED TO PROVIDE FOR ALL THE ROAD WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE IN THAT AREA.

AND ARE THE ELECTED OFFICIALS WAS HIS QUESTION? THEY ARE ELECTED BY THE LANDOWNERS, WHICH IS CURRENTLY THE, THE DEVELOPER OF THAT AREA.

RIGHT?

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AND THAT WAS TO GET THE BONDS TO GET ALL THAT INFRASTRUCTURE? YES.

AND THE WHAT? YEAH.

BUT CITIZENS WILL ULTIMATELY BE TAKING OVER CONTROL SURE.

OF THAT BOARD AS TIME PASSES.

SO CITIZENS AND HARALD, A LOT OF, UM, A LOT OF CITIES DO A LOT OF UNINCORPORATED CITY, UH, LAND DEVELOPERS DO THIS.

AND THEN ONCE THE DEBT'S PAID OFF, THEY ARE CAN BE ANNEXED.

UH, SOMETIMES CITIES ANNEXED THEM BEFORE AND THEY HAVE THAT MUD TAX.

SOME, A MUD TAX IS PART OF IT.

UH, TROPHY CLUB STILL HAS A MUD TAX, UH, TO PAY OFF STUFF.

SO, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR YOU, HAROLD? SINCE IN ELLIS COUNTY, THE CITY OF MIDIAN AND THE CITY OF VENUS, ARE THEY PART OF THIS DISTRICT? THIS NO, THIS DISTRICT IS SOLELY WITHIN THE ETJ OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

SO WILL THIS ALLOW US TO ANNEX THIS LAND WHEN WE ANNEX THIS LAND? WILL THE BONDS BE PAID OFF? HOW WILL THAT BE DEALT WITH? THAT WILL BE THE OPTION OF CITY COUNCIL AT THAT TIME.

AFTER IT'S BEEN ABOUT 90% BUILT OUT, CITY COUNCIL WILL HAVE THE OPTION SHOULD THEY CHOOSE TO ANNEX IT INTO THE CITY.

DOESN'T MEAN WE WILL, DOESN'T MEAN WE WON'T.

WE'LL HAVE THE OPTION AT THE PRESENT TIME.

ARE THERE ANY TAX OBLIGATIONS FROM THE CITIZENS OF GRAND PRAIRIE FOR THIS DISTRICT? NO, THERE ARE NOT.

THANK YOU HAROLD.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

I DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS.

IF ANYBODY WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS, YOU CAN COME FORWARD NOW.

SEEING NONE.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UM, APPROVE.

UM, ITEM NUMBER 25 AS PRESENTED.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION? SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

AND OPPOSED SAY NAY.

MOTION CARRIES ITEM 26.

[26. STP-23-07-0019 - Site Plan - Warehouses at 2337 Doreen Street (City Council District 1). Site Plan for two warehouse buildings on 2.02 acres. Lot 19R, Block 4 Dalworth Hills Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, zoned Light Industrial (LI) and addressed as 2337 Doreen Street (On August 14, 2023, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 9-0) ]

THIS NEXT ITEM IS A SITE PLAN FOR TWO WAREHOUSES AT 2337 DOREEN STREET.

YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.

AGAIN, THIS REQUEST IS THE SITE PLAN.

THEY'RE PROPOSING TWO NEW WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS AND THE CURRENT ZONING IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

UH, THE PROPOSAL IS MEETING OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS.

ACCESS TO THE SITE WILL BE PROVIDED OFF OF DOREEN STREET.

THE PROPOSAL IS ALSO MEETING OUR LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS.

AND THEN THE PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS INCLUDE BRICK, STOREFRONT WINDOWS AND ARCHITECTURAL METAL PANELS.

ON AUGUST 14TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF NINE TO ZERO.

THE DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS WELL.

THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SAVANNAH? SEEING NONE, UH, WE HAVE A SPEAKER.

UH, NOE AVILA WILL ANSWER QUESTIONS IF NEEDED.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? REVERENDS, THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN OUR CITY.

THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.

GOT A FLIGHT TO CATCH.

THANK, THANK YOU.

I GOTTA TAKE, YOU GOTTA TAKE HIM TO THE PLANE.

UM, HIS MEN'S CHOIR COULD BE ON AMERICA'S GOT TALENT AND WIN.

IF YOU'VE EVER HEARD HIS MEN'S CHOIR AT THEIR CHURCH, IT'S PHENOMENAL.

UM, BUT I DIGRESS.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, CLEMSON, DEPUTY MAYOR, PRO TEM.

THANK YOU MAYOR SAVANNAH.

JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

UM, ALL IS WELL WITH STAFF ON THIS.

THEY CHECKED ALL THE BOXES, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM.

THAT'S CORRECT.

AND JUST FOR OUR, UH, VIEWING AUDIENCE AND FOR THOSE WHO WONDER WHY WE HAVE SO MANY, UH, WAREHOUSES AND HOW THAT, I GET TO, UH, HAVE A LOT OF THOSE IN MY DISTRICT.

UH, THEY ARE ZONED AND THEY'VE CHECKED ALL THE BOXES AS FAR AS THE ZONING.

AND SO, UM, WITH THAT IN MIND, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 26 AS PRESENTED.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR PROTON CLEMSON.

SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NU.

I'M GONNA ABSTAIN NO VOTE.

IS IF THEY DON'T VOTE, IT'S A YES AND THEY CAN'T ABSTAIN UNLESS THERE'S A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

THANK YOU FOR THE RECORD.

FOR THE RECORD.

WE, THE MOTION CARRIES.

QUESTION FOR, UH, I DON'T BELIEVE WE'RE ALLOWED TO ABSTAIN UNLESS WE I DIDN'T THINK WE WERE EITHER OF INTEREST.

I I DIDN'T THINK WE WERE.

I YOU DON'T, I DON'T VOTE FOR ANYTHING IF I DON'T WANT TO.

I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S, NO, I, I'M, I'M, I'M SERIOUS.

I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU CAN.

YEAH, IF YOU DON'T VOTE ME UP.

WELL, NO, NO, MY UNDERSTANDING, I'LL LET YOU.

BUT MY UNDERSTANDING

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THAT IS CORRECT.

BUT THE CONFLICT, UH, CAN BE FOR THE, UH, TO AVOID THE APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY OR THAT, THAT TYPE OF THING.

YOU CAN'T SAY I DON'T WANNA VOTE ON IT.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YOU HAVE TO HAVE A KNOWN OR UNKNOWN CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

I LEARNED THAT WHEN WE DID A VOICE VOTE ONE TIME AND I COULDN'T MAKE, I DIDN'T ACTUALLY HEAR EVERYBODY'S.

YES, BUT I WAS TOLD IF I HEAR THE NO, EVERYBODY ELSE SAID YES.

THAT'S CORRECT.

RIGHT? YOUR MM-HMM .

SO NAY TO HIT.

THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ONE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HUMPHREY'S VOTING NAY, I AND I.

AND YES, LET'S MOVE ON.

THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

AND THAT'S A GOOD POINT FOR ALL OF US IN THE FUTURE, IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A CONFLICT, FILL OUT THE PAPERWORK AHEAD OF TIME.

OTHERWISE, IF YOU DON'T VOTE, IT'S A YES.

OR YOU VOTE CAN VOTE.

NO.

THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING.

[27. STP-23-06-0014 - Site Plan – Camp Wisdom Plaza, Phase II (City Council District 4). Site Plan for a 6,960 sq. ft. building for retail and 1,800 sq. ft. drive through restaurant use on 2.60 acres. Lots 2 & 3, Block 1, Jai Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, zoned Planned Development (PD-130), and addressed as 2800 W. Camp Wisdom Rd and 5131 Lynn Road (On August 14, 2023, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 9-0) ]

ITEM 27.

ALRIGHT, THIS NEXT ITEM IS ANOTHER SITE LINE FOR WISDOM PLAZA.

PHASE TWO.

YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.

AND THE PROPOSAL IS FOR A RETAIL BUILDING AND THEN A RESTAURANT WITH A DRIVE THROUGH.

IT'S LOCATED AT 2,800 WEST CAMP WISDOM ROAD AND 51 31 LYNN ROAD.

YOU CAN SEE THE SITE PLAN ON THE SCREEN.

THERE IS AN EXISTING 9,900 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING AND THAT PORTION OF THE SITE THAT'S BEEN DEVELOPED IS OUTLINED IN GREEN.

THIS PROPOSAL TONIGHT IS ADDING TWO BUILDINGS.

UH, THOSE NEW AREAS ARE OUTLINED IN RED.

SO ADJACENT TO CAMP WISDOM ROAD, THEY'RE PROPOSING A RESTAURANT WITH A DRIVE THROUGH.

AND THEN BEHIND THE EXISTING BUILDING, THEY'RE PROPOSING A 1,800 SQUARE FOOT, OR EXCUSE ME, A 6,960 SQUARE FOOT RETAIL BUILDING.

SO IT MEETS OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND IT MEETS OUR PARKING REQUIREMENTS TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE THESE NEW ADDITIONS WILL BE LOCATED.

ON THE SITE, ON THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE AN IMAGE TAKEN FROM THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY.

UH, THE PROPOSED RESTAURANT WITH THE DRIVE-THROUGH IS IN FRONT AND THEN TO THE REAR IS THAT ADDITIONAL RETAIL BUILDING.

AND THEN AGAIN, THIS IS A PHOTO LOOKING AT THE UNDEVELOPED PORTION THAT IS INTENDED FOR THE RESTAURANT WITH A DRIVE THROUGH.

THE PROPOSAL MEETS OUR LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS.

SINCE THEY ARE ADJACENT TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO CONSTRUCT A MASONRY SCREENING WALL.

AND SO THAT PORTION WOULD BE ALONG THE, UH, JOINING PROPERTY LINE.

THESE ARE THE PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS FOR THE RETAIL BUILDING.

AND THEN THE RESTAURANT WITH THE DRIVE THROUGH ON AUGUST 14TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF NINE TO ZERO.

THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS WELL.

MAYOR PROTE LOPEZ, SAVANNAH? YES.

UM, SO I KNOW THIS BE THE SECOND DRIVE THROUGH ON THIS SITE, BUT THE WAY THE SITE IS ZONED THAT GIVES THEM THE RIGHT TO, TO DO A DRIVE THROUGH DOESN'T REQUIRE SUP, CORRECT? CORRECT.

IT, IT'S JUST BEFORE YOU FOR A SITE PLAN.

UM, SO YOU KNOW THAT'S BY RIGHT? JUST BECAUSE OF ZONING.

UM, THE WALL, THE DAYCARE THAT'S GOING TO BEING BUILT TODAY, UM, WOULD THAT WALL BE THE SAME HEIGHT AND SAME TYPE OF MATERIAL? SO THE, THE PORTION CONSTRUCTED BY THE DAYCARE, UH, IS A MASONRY WALL.

UH, THEY HAVE NOT SUBMITTED FOR A PERMIT YET, SO I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

UM, BUT IT IS A MINIMUM OF SIX FEET.

THIS SITE PLAN IS PROPOSING AN EIGHT FOOT MASONRY SCREENING WALL.

SO I WOULD, SO WE MAY ADOPT THIS TONIGHT.

I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE THE FENCE TO KIND OF LOOK UNIFORM JUST BECAUSE IT'S JUST GONNA BE A PARKING.

SO THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO BUILDING BLOCKING THE MASONRY WALL.

IT'S JUST A PARKING LOT.

SO THEY'D BE ABLE TO SEE THE TRANSITION.

SO I'M TRYING TO MAKE IT COMFORTABLE WITH UNIFORM.

UM, I'M NOT SURE THE APPLICANT'S HERE OR NOT, BUT I, I DO NOT SEE, OKAY.

MOTION.

SO DO MOTION.

DO I HAVE TO MAKE THAT PART MOTION PART OF OUR MOTION? YES.

THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS.

DO WE HAVE SEVEN? I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION MAY APPROACH HIM.

SECOND, WE HAVE MOTIONS SECOND BY COUNCILMAN DEBOSKY.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM, UH, 27 AS PRESENTED WITH STAFF WITH THE FOLLOWING, UM, AMENDMENT THAT THE WALL MASONRY WALL BEING CONSTRUCTED MATCHES, UM, THE HEIGHT OF THE DAYCARE TO MAKE IT LOOK UNIFORM.

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ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY.

MOTION CARRIES EIGHT OH

[28. STP-23-07-0020 - Site Plan Amendment - Ashton Warehouse Phase 2 (City Council District 1). Site Plan Amendment for a contractor shop to construct an additional 7,350 sq. ft. warehouse on 3.33 acres. Lot 1, Block 1, MBSA Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, zoned PD-371, and addressed as 415 S Great Southwest Pkwy (On August 28, 2023, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 8-0) ]

ITEM 28.

NOW THE SITE PLAN? YES, SIR.

THIS NEXT ITEM IS A SITE PLAN AMENDMENT.

YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.

THEY'RE PROPOSING A NEW 7,350 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.

IT'S IN ADDITION TO THAT BUSINESS.

IT'S LOCATED AT FOUR 15 SOUTH GREAT SOUTHWEST PARKWAY.

SO ON THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE THEIR SITE PLAN.

THE FIRST BUILDING IS EXISTING.

THE AREA SHADED IN BLUE IS THEIR EXISTING DETENTION.

AND THIS PROPOSED BUILDING BEFORE YOU DENY IT, IS SET BACK FROM, UH, THE STREET BEHIND THAT DETENTION POND.

SO IT DOES MEET OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS AS WELL.

THEY ARE NOT PROPOSING ANY CHANGES TO THE LANDSCAPE PLAN.

UH, THEY'RE MEETING ALL THE LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS.

AND THAT WAS DONE WITH THE INITIAL BUILDING.

SO THIS IS A STREET VIEW OF THE PROPERTY.

YOU CAN SEE THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THIS NEW BUILDING.

AND THE PROPOSED BUILDING MATCHES THE EXISTING BUILDING MATERIALS AND COLOR.

THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.

AND AUGUST 28TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF EIGHT TO ZERO.

DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS WELL.

WELL, I JUST WANNA MAKE A COMMENT.

I, I LOVE SEEING NINE PEOPLE ATTEND P AND ZS AND EIGHT PEOPLE ATTEND P AND ZS INSTEAD OF FIVE AND SIX.

UM, WE DO HAVE SOMEONE THAT IS HERE THAT DIDN'T, WHAT DID THEY SAY? AT THE TOP? IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, HEAD, THIS IS YOUR AREA.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE DEVELOPER? MR. DISTRICT ONE? IT SAYS, OH, IT SAYS PHASE TWO, NOT I SAW THE TWO.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

CLEMSON.

DEPUTY MAYOR PROTE, PHASE TWO.

DISTRICT ONE.

UH, HERE WE ARE AGAIN.

BACK IN DISTRICT ONE AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WAREHOUSES AND UH, THE GOOD NEWS FOR US IS THAT SAVANNAH SAID THEY CHECKED ALL THE BOXES AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THIS, CORRECT? RASHAD? YES MA'AM.

SO, UH, WITH ALL THAT CONSIDERED, I WOULD MOVE THE APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 28 AS PRESENTED.

SECOND.

WELL THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER HEDEN SAYS, I WE HAVE MOTION SECOND BY COUNCIL.

UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

A OPPOSED SAY NAY.

ITEM

[29. ZON-23-07-0020 - Light Industrial Zoning at 3502 Hardrock Rd (City Council District 1). Zoning Change from Single Family-One (SF-1) to Light Industrial to allow for construction of a Contractor's Shop (Indoors) on 0.86 acres. Tract 236, John C Read Survey, Abstract 1183, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, zoned Single Family-One (SF-1), addressed as 3502 Hardrock Road (On August 14, 2023, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 9-0) ]

29.

THIS NEXT ITEM IS A ZONING CHANGE.

UH, YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN RED, OR EXCUSE ME, YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.

THE CURRENT ZONING IS SINGLE FAMILY ONE AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE THAT PROPERTY TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

IT'S LOCATED AT 35 0 2 HARD ROCK ROAD AND THE OWNER HAS THE INTENT TO CONSTRUCT A CONTRACTOR'S SHOP.

SO I WILL NOTE THAT THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

SO THIS PROPOSED CHANGE IS IN ALIGNMENT.

ALIGNMENT WITH THAT.

THIS IS A VIEW OF THE PROPERTY.

AND ON AUGUST 14TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF NINE TO ZERO.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS WELL.

AND I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH A SE ZONE SINGLE FAMILY, WE DON'T LIKE FLIPPING SINGLE FAMILY.

IT'S BECAUSE OF THE SURROUNDING AREAS.

EVERYTHING AROUND IT'S ALREADY LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

THAT'S CORRECT.

AND THERE'S NO OBLIGATION TO IT FROM ANYBODY THAT SHOWED UP AT P AND Z ARE HERE TONIGHT.

SO, UM, I'M NOT SAYING WE'RE GONNA APPROVE IT, BUT SOMETIMES WE DO FLIP THINGS 'CAUSE THERE'S RIGHT SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

WHEREAS THE OTHER NIGHT SOMEBODY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING, BUT IT WAS RIGHT SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF OTHER HOMES.

WE DIDN'T ALLOW IT.

SO WE DON'T EVER DO ANYTHING THAT'S ALWAYS THE SAME WAY.

WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE SURROUNDING AREA AND THE BEST USE.

SO I CAN SEE WHY YOU ARE RECOMMENDING 'CAUSE THERE'S RIGHT NEXT EVERY SURROUNDED BY A LOUD INDUSTRIAL ALREADY.

SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AS FAR AS SAVANNAH? DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIMM, CLEMSON, WE HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS.

AND I NOTICED THERE WERE, THERE WERE NO ANYBODY, NOBODY SENT IN SUPPORT.

NOBODY SENT ANY OPPOSITION.

HANG ON.

IT'S MY PROPERTY.

I I OKAY, YOU'RE HERE IN CASE WE NEED YOU.

ALL RIGHT? YES SIR.

HE'S WELL, THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP.

UM, IT'S ALWAYS EASIER TO FELL OUT OF CARDS.

I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE.

I, I, I GOT HERE A LITTLE LATE.

THAT'S OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

WHAT'S YOUR NAME? MY NAME'S ABRAHAM JACKSON.

OKAY, WE'LL PUT IT ON THE RECORD THAT YOU'RE HERE.

THAT'S IMPORTANT.

THAT, AND A I'D LIKE TO ASK ABRAHAM JACKSON COME ON DOWN, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

MM-HMM .

THANK YOU SIR FOR BEING HERE.

AND, UH, IT SAYS, UH, OFFICE WAREHOUSE.

THAT'S CORRECT? YES, MA'AM.

THAT'S MY, UH, IDEA TO PUT A, IT'S JUST GONNA BE A BUILDING.

UH, IT'S GOING TO HAVE BE AN O OFFICE ADMIN BUILDING AND, UM, A WAREHOUSE SPACE WITH IT SO I CAN WAREHOUSE MATERIALS AND TOOLS AND WHATNOT.

WE'RE NOT GONNA DO ANY

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CONSTRUCTION THERE.

IT'S NOTHING LIKE THAT.

NO BIG HEAVY EQUIPMENT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

JUST PARKING VEHICLES, UM, INSIDE THE BUILDING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT'S, GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

MY NAME'S ABRAHAM JACKSON AT 35 0 2 HARD ROCK ROAD.

GRAND PRAIRIE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ZA, YOU MAY HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER ZANU? NO, MY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.

UM, OKAY.

THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE JUST, THANK YOU.

EXCUSE ME.

THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE JUST NORTH OF THIS, UH, PROPERTY, ARE THOSE TRAILER TRAILERS OR, YEAH.

IS IS THE MOBILE HOME PARK? IT WAS A MOBILE HOME.

AND WE'RE COMFORTABLE REZONING THE, I MEAN, JUST SAYING IF WE DO OR NOT.

THIS AREA, THIS GENERAL AREA IS ALL SINGLE FAMILY WHERE THE, THE TRAILER PARKS ARE AS WELL.

IS THAT CONSIDERED SINGLE FAMILY? WHAT IS THAT CONSIDERED? NO SIR.

IT'S A SEPARATE, SEPARATE LAND USE CATEGORY.

WHAT, WHAT IS THAT CALLED THEN? IT'S A MOBILE HOME PARK.

YEAH, I MEAN, LOOKING AT THAT PART, IT'S, I COULD SEE THE NEED TO JUST KEEP IT, HOW IT IS TO ACCOMMODATE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING RIGHT DOWN THE STREET ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT.

MR. JACKSON, WILL YOU BE HAVING TRUCKS COMING IN AND OUT OF THERE AS WELL? NO, MA'AM.

I, THERE'LL BE A LOT LESS TRAFFIC FROM MY FACILITY THAN THERE IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET AT SUN, SUN, UH, TRUCKING COMPANY THAT JUST MOVED IN WITH A HUNDRED BAG TERMINAL AND THAT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.

RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.

I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER CARDS.

NO OTHER QUESTIONS.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE APPROVAL OF, WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THE APPROVAL.

SECOND.

WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DEBOSKY.

AGAIN, PER ENGINEERING REQUIREMENTS.

OPPOSED? SAY NAY.

NAY.

MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ONE WITH COUNCILMAN ZANU VOTING NAY.

ITEM

[Items 30 & 31]

30.

YES.

ITEMS 30 AND 31 ARE RELATED.

AND SO I WILL PRESENT THEM TOGETHER.

CAN WE VOTE ON 'EM TOGETHER? THANK YOU.

SO THE FIRST COMPONENT OF THIS IS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION FROM COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICE TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

UH, THIS IS AN ACCOMPANYING THE REQUEST TO REZONE A PROPERTY FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES.

YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING ZONING IS ON THE SCREEN, THE AREA AND TO THE NORTH AND TO THE SOUTH IS ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL OR PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

THERE IS SOME SINGLE FAMILY ONE ZONING ACROSS HIGHWAY 1 61.

THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPOSED LOCATION.

ON AUGUST 28TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF EIGHT TO ZERO STAFF'S UNABLE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST BECAUSE OF THE FAIR FUTURE LAND USE, MA'AM.

I KNOW.

YES SIR.

HOWEVER, THE REQUESTED ZONING MATCHES THE PREDOMINANT ZONING OF THE AREA.

SO THIS IS THE SECOND COMPONENT OF THIS REQUEST, WHICH IS THE ZONING CHANGE.

THE CURRENT ZONING IS A PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR TOWNHOUSE USE AND THEY'RE PROPOSING A PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USE IN 2021.

CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A ZONING CHANGE FROM COMMERCIAL AND SINGLE FAMILY TWO TO A PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR TOWN HOME DEVELOPMENT.

SO THAT'S THE ZONING THAT'S IN PLACE TODAY.

AND THEN PREVIOUS TO THAT, IN 2018, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A ZONING CHANGE FROM SINGLE FAMILY ONE AND A PLAN DEVELOPMENT TO COMMERCIAL FOR ABOUT 10 ACRES OF THIS PROPOSED SITE.

SO THE TOTAL ACREAGE IS 14.

ON THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE THEIR CONCEPT PLAN.

THEY ARE ORIENTING THE TRUCK DOCKS TO THE EAST AWAY FROM THE STREETS.

THESE ARE THEIR CONCEPTUAL ELEVATIONS.

ON AUGUST 28TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF A VOTE TO EIGHT TO ZERO.

MM-HMM .

AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING A COUPLE OF CONDITIONS.

UH, THE FIRST IS THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL OBTAIN A LETTER FROM THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER ALLOWING AN INCREASED RUNOFF TO THE DOWNSTREAM OWNER PER ENGINEERING REQUIREMENTS.

AND THEN THE APPLICANT SHALL OBTAIN APPROVAL FROM FEMA PRIOR TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF ANY VERTICAL STRUCTURES.

THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

WE HAVE SOME SPEAKERS OR AT LEAST SOME THAT WANNA REGISTER THEIR SUPPORT.

UH, BUT BEFORE, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SURVEILLANCE? JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION.

WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY'RE NOT IN SUPPORT? DOES IT COME BEFORE BACK TO US OR, I'M SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION ON THE LETTER? SAY THAT JASON NEIGHBORS AIN'T IN SUPPORT OF THE RUNOFF.

DOES IT COME BACK TO US OR IF THEY DON'T AGREE, IT'S, IT'S TO GET THEIR BUILDING PERMITS, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO THOSE THINGS.

UH, THEY WERE JUST, UM, CONCERNS BROUGHT UP DURING THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS AND ENGINEERING WANTED OR FELT MORE COMFORTABLE HAVING THOSE EXPLICITLY STATED IN THE ORDINANCE.

BUT THEY DO HAVE TO TO DO THOSE THINGS TO GET THEIR

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PERMIT.

BUT HIS QUESTION IS IF THE ADJACENT LANDOWNER DOESN'T AGREE, I THOUGHT YOU SAID IT.

THEY HAVE TO AGREE.

YES SIR.

WHAT IF THEY DON'T, THEY WOULD HAVE TO PROPOSE AN ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION THAT MEETS SO WOULD COME, COME BACK TO US OR IT WOULD GO TO Y'ALL FOR AN ALTERNATIVE.

THE ENGINEERING REVIEW OR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT WOULD REVIEW THAT ALTERNATIVE.

IF THERE ARE ANY MAJOR CHANGES TO THE SITE, CAN YOU BRING IT BACK TO US? YES, SIR.

THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? MAYOR PRO TIM.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HEDEN.

SO THAT GOT ME TO THINKING, SO IF THAT ISN'T APPROVED AND THEY COME UP WITH THE, UH, ALTERNATIVE, WELL THEY TRY TO COME UP WITH AN ALTERNATIVE.

IF AN ALTERNATIVE ISN'T MET AND WE WERE TO APPROVE TONIGHT, THAT ZONING WOULD STAND EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE UNABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR PROJECT.

THIS ZONING CHANGE, IF WE WERE TO CHANGE IT TONIGHT, RASHAD, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

THE ZONING THAT'S APPROVED TONIGHT WOULD BE APPROVED AS VESTED.

BUT IT, THE ONUS IS ON THEM TO MEET THESE THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BUILD.

EXACTLY.

SO THEY'D HAVE TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING OR NEVER BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO ANOTHER ZONING CHANGE OR SOMETHING THEY COULD BUILD.

EXACTLY.

SO I CAN, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I CAN ADD TO THAT.

THAT'S, THAT'S IT.

YEAH.

I CAN ADD TO THAT.

SO THE DOWNSTREAM PROPERTY OWNER DOESN'T AGREE FOR INCREASED RUNOFF.

THEY HAVE THE OPTION OF PUTTING DETENTION ON THEIR LAND RIGHT.

TO KEEP IT AT EXISTING RUNOFF.

SO, BUT THAT COULD BE THE OPTION.

BUT BOTTOM LINE IS IF IF THEY CAN'T GET IT, THEY HAVE THE ZONING.

YEAH, GOOD QUESTION.

BUT THEY'D HAVE OPTIONS.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY COULD, THEY HAVE THE ZONING IS OUR MOTION.

NO, NO.

OUR MOTION IS THAT THEY HAVE TO GET IT FIXED.

WHAT THE CONDITIONS CORRECT.

THEY YES, THEY HAVE TO FIX IT.

AND IF THEY CAN'T FIX IT, THEY HAVE THE ZONING BUT THEY CAN'T BUILD.

WHERE DOES THAT OPTION COME? THE OPTION COMES IN IF THEY CAN'T FIX IT.

OUR ENGINEERING, UH, HAS TO BE SOME KIND OF RESOLUTION TO MEET THESE CONDITIONS, WHETHER IT'S ON ONSITE OR OFFSITE.

BUT IF THEY CAN'T, IF THEY CAN'T FIX IT, THEY CAN'T BUILD, THEY CAN'T BUILD, THEY'LL HAVE TO COME BACK.

AS SAVANNAH STATED TO DO AN AMENDED CONCEPT PLAN IF NEEDED.

AND THAT OPTION THAT SPOKE ABOUT DOESN'T COME INTO PLACE.

THAT'S CIVIL PLANS.

THAT'S AFTER APPROVAL.

IT DOESN'T COME BACK TO US, BUT IT IS AN OPTION FOR THEM.

IF THEY CAN'T GET THE DOWNSTREAM, THEY'D PUT IT ON THEIR OWN SITE.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

THEY HAVE LOTS OF OPTIONS.

OUR DEAL IS THEY JUST GOTTA MEET THE DOWNFLOW.

NO, NO MORE DOWNFLOW STUFF, WHATEVER IT'S CALLED.

GOT IT.

I THINK I GOT IT.

SOUNDED GOOD.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. SO RIGHT NOW, WHAT IS THE ZONING USE? WHAT'S THE CURRENT ZONING? SINGLE FAMILY TOWN HOMES.

AND THE OPTION IS FOR US TO CHANGE THAT? YES, MA'AM.

READY FOR SPEAKERS? READY FOR SPEAKERS? SYDNEY STRATTON.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

UH, SYDNEY STRATTON, 2021 MCKINNEY AVENUE.

DALLAS.

HI, I AM WITH PROLOGIS.

WE WILL BE THE DEVELOPER ON THIS PROJECT AND APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S TIME TONIGHT.

I WILL KEEP THIS BRIEF.

UH, SAVANNAH DID A WONDERFUL JOB PRESENTING OUR TWO CASES HERE.

UH, JUST WANTED TO RUN THROUGH A FEW ITEMS. UH, WE'VE MET WITH SOME MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF ON THIS PROJECT, AND WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP THE SITE.

SO, AS SHOWN HERE, THIS IS OUR CONCEPT PLAN.

WE REALLY, UH, SPEND SOME TIME ON IT.

THOUGHT ABOUT THE CORNER HERE OF SHADY GROVE AND HIGHWAY 1 61.

UH, WE HAVE DONE WORK IN GRAND PRAIRIE AS I'LL GET INTO AND HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME STUDYING THE ORDINANCES.

WE KNOW GLASS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

WE WANT THIS TO HAVE AN OFFICE FEEL, UH, A LITTLE ATYPICAL FROM SOME OF THE WAREHOUSES YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN LATELY.

UM, JUST A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW.

PROLOGIS IS THE LARGEST OWNER AND DEVELOPER OF INDUSTRIAL REAL ESTATE IN THE GLOBE.

UH, DFW IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST MARKETS.

WE OWN AND MANAGE 60 MILLION SQUARE FEET IN DFW.

SPECIFICALLY 11 MILLION OF THAT IS IN GRAND PRAIRIE.

SO WE DEVELOP THESE PROPERTIES THAN WE OWN.

LEASE MANAGE, MAINTAIN ALL IN-HOUSE.

WE ARE NOT A MERCHANT DEVELOPER, UH, WHICH ALLOWS US TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY ON THE FRONT END AS WE AIM TO BE A PARTNER WITH THE CITY ON ALL OF OUR DEVELOPMENTS.

CURRENTLY HAVE 47 BUILDINGS IN GRAND PRAIRIE, WHICH WAS A FUN STAT FOR ME TO LOOK UP BEFORE THIS PRESENTATION.

UM, UH, INCREDIBLE TENANTS, BIG AND SMALL.

UM, JUST A HIGH LEVEL NUMBER.

WE, UH, SEND BACK ABOUT $4.5 MILLION IN TAX REVENUE EACH YEAR TO GRAND PRAIRIE.

WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY ABATEMENTS ON THIS PROJECT.

UH, AGAIN, JUST LOOKING TO BE A PARTNER WITH THE CITY.

UM, HIGH LEVEL SAVANNAH ALREADY PRESENTED THIS, BUT THIS IS SORT OF WHAT WE'RE

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LOOKING AT IN THE AREA.

UM, THE BLUE DOTS ARE PROLOGIS BUILDINGS, SO WE REALLY JUST HAVE AN INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY.

UH, AND WE LIKE THIS SITE SPECIFICALLY FOR ITS ACCESS IN THE CORNER LOCATION.

UM, AGAIN, SOME OF OUR PROLOGIS CUSTOMERS IN GRAND PRAIRIE, SOME OF THESE NAMES HOPEFULLY YOU RECOGNIZE.

AGAIN, WE EXPECT THIS TO BE, UH, SMALLER TENANTS DISTRIBUTION, UH, NOT YOUR MAJOR TRUCK TERMINAL, UH, DUE TO THE SIZE OF THIS BUILDING IN ITS SHALLOW BAY DEPTH.

UH, AND AGAIN, UH, A LOOK AT OUR SITE PLANS, ONES AND COLORS, SO MAY BE A LITTLE EASIER TO SEE.

UH, JUST A FEW ITEMS I WANTED TO NOTE.

UH, IN OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH STAFF, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW.

UH, WE'VE BEEN TOLD THERE ARE SOME DESIRED IMPROVEMENTS TO SHADY GROVE.

I BELIEVE IT'S IN A BOND, BUT HAS YET TO BE FULLY DESIGNED.

UH, PROLOGIS WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE FUNDING OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG OUR FRONTAGE.

UH, WE'VE ALREADY DEDICATED OR SHOWN IN THIS, THIS PLAN TO DEDICATE THE RIGHT OF WAY, UH, AND TO HELP WITH THAT FUNDING.

UH, WE'VE ALSO, UH, NOTED ON HERE A SECOND POINT OF ACCESS OFF HIGHWAY 1 61 THAT WOULD BE APPROVED BY TXDOT.

UM, BUT IT'S SOMETHING STAFF REALLY WANTED TO SEE.

AND WE AGREE.

WE THINK IT ALLOWS FOR BETTER TRUCK ACCESS, WILL NOT CROWD UP SHADY GROVE.

UH, AND AGAIN, JUST JUST MAKES THIS SITE MORE USEFUL FOR THE TENANTS.

WE EXPECT TO BE HERE.

UH, WE ARE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.

WE ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE CITY ORDINANCES AND APPENDIX X.

SO AS NOTED, WE'LL BE MEETING ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY ORDINANCES.

UM, AND AGAIN, WE JUST FEEL THAT INDUSTRIAL IS THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE OF THIS PROPERTY.

AS IT WAS NOTED IN THE HISTORY, THERE WAS SOME TOWN HOMES THAT WERE PROPOSED A FEW YEARS AGO.

UH, UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T THINK ANY MOVEMENT HAS BEEN MADE ON THAT.

PROLOGIS IS COMMITTED TO BUILDING THIS BUILDING.

WE WANNA BE A PARTNER WITH THE CITY.

I THINK WE'VE PROVED THAT TIME AGAIN WITH THE BUILDINGS WE HAVE IN YOUR CITY ALREADY.

UH, AND AGAIN, WE REALLY LIKE THIS SITE.

WE THINK IT MAKES SENSE WITH THE, THE NEARBY ZONING.

AGAIN, UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM CLEMSON HAS MENTIONED WAREHOUSES IS ONE OF THOSE WORDS WE'RE HEARING A LOT THESE DAYS.

BUT WE'RE VERY STRATEGIC WITH THE MONEY WE'RE SPENDING.

UH, THE MARKET IS VERY CRAZY RIGHT NOW AND WE, UH, WE BELIEVE THIS PROPERTY, UH, IS A GREAT USE FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND THAT WE COULD BE A GREAT PARTNER WITH THE CITY.

SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HEDEN, DO YOU HAVE A TENANT IN MIND FOR THIS PROPERTY? WE DON'T.

UH, TYPICALLY WE DON'T INSPECT PROPERTY LIKE THIS SINCE THIS WOULD BE, WE HAVE TO DO A FEMA PROCESS.

IT'LL LIKELY BE A YEAR AND A HALF BEFORE WE'RE ABLE TO GET THIS OUTTA THE GROUND.

UM, WE DO EXPECT THE POTENTIAL, WE'D ACTUALLY LOVE TO DIVIDE THIS PROPERTY UP FOUR TIMES.

THERE ARE THREE OR FOUR TIMES AND GET SOME OF THOSE SMALLER DISTRIBUTION TENANTS IN HERE.

WHAT'S THE SQUARE FOOTAGE? SO IT'S 219 ON HERE AND SOME CHANGE.

UH, WE EXPECT THAT WE'LL PROBABLY STAY PRETTY CLOSE AS WE WORK THROUGH ENGINEERING DESIGN WITH STAFF.

LIKE THE REST OF 1 61 AS WE GO NORTH INTO IRVING.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

TONY SHOTWELL.

THANKS FOR DRESSING UP TONIGHT.

TONY, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME, MAYOR.

MY WIFE DRESSES ME REALLY NICE.

UH, MY NAME'S TONY SHOTWELL.

MY HOME IS AT 3 0 9 NORTHEAST 31ST STREET.

FIRST.

DON'T TAKE THIS OFF MY TIME IF YOU CAN.

I WANT TO CONGRATULATE MY DEAR FRIEND AND GOOD BUDDY BILL HILLS ON HIS PROMOTION.

UH, WE GO BACK A LONG WAYS.

UH, WE'VE HAD MANY CLOSED DOOR DISCUSSIONS.

SOME OF THEM TURNED OUT TO BE CROP SESSIONS AND EVERY ONE OF 'EM WAS PRODUCTIVE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

UH, BILL AND I GO BACK TO THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION DAYS.

UM, A LONG TIME WE GO BACK.

WE'VE DONE MANY THINGS JUST ON A HANDSHAKE DEAL BETWEEN TWO GENTLEMEN AND, UH, I HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE TO BE FRIENDS.

I'M SURE WE CAN.

AND, UH, BILL WILL BE THE ONE THAT WON'T GET THE BIG AHEAD.

I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT.

UH, NOW TO THIS, UH, BILL WOULD REMEMBER, UM, THE MAYOR WOULD REMEMBER.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMSON WILL REMEMBER AND I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY ALL.

BUT, UH, I AM NOT THE BIGGEST FAN OF WAREHOUSES.

I THINK THAT SOMETIMES GRAND PRAIRIE GETS TO WHERE THERE'S A PROLIFERATION OF, MARTY WILL REMEMBER ME TALKING TO HIM ABOUT THIS.

UM, BUT DOGGONE IT, IN THIS CASE IT MAKES SENSE.

AS THE MAYOR SAID EARLIER, COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

THIS PROPERTY IS COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ALREADY.

THIS WAS THE OLD, UH, JOHNSON MOBILE HOME PARK FROM BILL'S DAYS FROM MR. MR. HILL'S DAYS OF CODE ENFORCEMENT.

UH, WE CAN REMEMBER THIS WAS NOT ONE OF THE BRIGHTEST BULBS IN GRAND PRAIRIE'S BOX.

UH, THESE FOLKS ARE GONNA COME IN, CLEAN THIS, THE REST OF THIS MESS UP, MAKE IT, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BE PROUD OF.

IT WILL LOOK JUST

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THERE'S ABOUT 400,000 SQUARE FEET BEING BUILT JUST NORTH OF THIS.

UM, COMPLETELY SURROUNDED AGAIN BY LINE INDUSTRIAL, UH, THE TOWN ON PROJECT.

UH, QUITE FRANKLY, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY EVER GOT THAT ZONE.

UH, NOBODY IN THE RIGHT MIND WOULD WANT TO LIVE IN THE MIDDLE OF WAREHOUSES.

AND THE ONLY ENTRANCE AND EXIT YOU GOT IS A HIGHWAY SERVICE ROAD OR ANOTHER ROAD FULL OF TRUCKS.

ALL THAT RACKET ALL THE WAY AROUND YOU 24 7.

I THINK THAT THE GUYS THAT ARE TRYING, THAT BOUGHT THAT ZONED IT FOR TOWNHOUSES, I THINK THEIR BANKERS LET 'EM KNOW THAT, THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT FOR, TO GET ANYBODY TO LIVE IN THOSE KIND OF TOWN HOMES AT THIS LOCATION.

PROLOGIS IS A GOOD COMPANY.

IF THERE HAS TO BE WAREHOUSES, I'D LIKE PROLOGIS TO BE THE ONE TO BUILD THEM.

UM, Y'ALL JUST DID SOME SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT LIKE THIS JUST A FEW SECONDS AGO.

COMPLETELY SURROUNDED.

THE, UH, PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINEERING THAT HAVE COME UP.

THOSE WILL HAVE TO BE HANDLED AT THE SITE PLAN PORTION BEFORE THEY CAN GET A BUILDING PERMIT.

THIS WILL COME BACK TO YOU FOR A SITE PLAN, JUST LIKE THE THREE CASES YOU HAD EARLIER FOR SITE PLANS.

IF THERE'S STILL AN ENGINEERING PROBLEM, YOUR STAFF WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S STILL AN ENGINEERING PROBLEM.

THESE GUYS ARE PRETTY BIG.

I'M SURE THEY'VE GOT SOME ENGINEERS THAT CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK THIS OUT.

UH, OTHERWISE THEY CAN'T GO VERTICAL.

THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS.

UH, THEN THEY'D HAVE, THEY, THEY WOULD'VE TO DO SOMETHING ELSE WITH IT.

BUT, UH, I BET YOU MY LAST DOLLAR, THEY'LL FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE IT WORK.

UM, THE FLUME IS JUST A TOOL.

I THINK Y'ALL HAVE LEARNED THAT .

IT'S JUST ANOTHER TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX.

UH, YOU GOTTA USE WHAT THERE IS AND WHAT'S ON THE GROUND.

WHEN WE FIRST BUILT 1 61, WE EXPECTED THE NORTH END TO BE JUST LIKE IT'S DEVELOPING OUT.

THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE EXPECTED.

WE EXPECTED FROM 30 SOUTH TO BE JUST EXACTLY LIKE IT'S DEVELOPING OUT.

UM, THIS IS JUST PART OF THAT.

IT'S COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY WHAT IT'S, WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR.

AND UH, AS FAR AS WAREHOUSES GO, I'M SURE THEY'LL BUILD A GOOD ONE.

WE HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU FROM MAYOR PRO TIMM LOPEZ.

UH OH.

IT'S MORE FOR STAFF, I THINK.

THANK YOU TONY.

SO, UH, BUT YOU COULD BE THERE TO CLARIFY MAYBE, BUT SINCE BEFORE IT WAS UM, SINGLE FAMILY OR TOWN HOMES, NOW IT'S BEING NO, NO, WAIT.

IT WAS ZONED IT.

THEY NEVER WERE WELL ZONED.

I'M JUST CURIOUS ON THE TREE ORDINANCE ARE, ARE THEY MEETING THE CRITERIA AROUND THAT? SO THIS WOULD BE A NEW PROJECT AND IT'S NOT VESTED.

SO THEY WOULD, SO THEY'D HAVE TO MEET THE TREE ORDINANCE AND WE WOULD EVALUATE THAT AT THE SITE PLAN.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.

THAT'S GOOD.

'CAUSE IT'S NOT VESTED.

WE'VE HAD SOME THAT DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THOSE RULES 'CAUSE THEY WERE VESTED.

GO AHEAD MAX COLEMAN, YOU DIDN'T TELL US WHICH WAY YOU WANTED TO TALK, MAX.

WELL, BUT YOU CAN TELL US NOW.

MAX COLEMAN NINE HERITAGE COURT, GRAND PRIX, TEXAS.

UH, I'M IN FAVOR OF IT.

I CAN MAX, MAX AND I ARE GOOD FRIENDS.

I CAN ANSWER TONY, GO AHEAD MAX.

I CAN ANSWER TONY'S QUESTIONS.

HOW IT CAME ABOUT.

IT'S THE SAME TIME WE DID THAT MODULAR PROGRAM ON BELTLINE AND SHADY GUARD.

IT NEVER WORKED OUT AND IT NEVER WORKED OUT.

BUT THE TWO WERE TIED TOGETHER AND I LOVE THAT MODULAR PROGRAM.

IT WAS A NE I I WISH THAT HAD WORKED WELL.

IT, IT WOULD'VE BEEN THE, UH, LOWER INCOME HOUSING PROJECT.

THAT, THAT'S WHY ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE SUPPORTED IT BACK THEN.

AND I WISH THAT GUY HAD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FUND IT.

YEAH, BUT THAT, THAT, THAT'S WHY THIS THE SAME REASONS MO MOBILE HOME PARK.

THAT WAS A, A HEALTH ISSUE.

IT REALLY WAS.

SO I THINK THAT'S WHY WE GAVE IT TO THEM.

BUT THIS AREA, ALMOST SEVERAL COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES OUT HERE, IT FITS.

IT JUST, IT JUST FITS.

IT'S OUR COMMERCIAL AREA.

THERE'S NO, NO HOUSING AROUND IT.

SO I, I'M IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT.

THANK YOU, MAX.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS.

UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM CLEMSON.

YOU CAN DO BOTH OF THESE AT THE SAME TIME.

THERE'S NO REASON IN TO SEPARATE THEM.

UH, WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID, IT DOES FIT.

SO 30 AND 31.

I JUST WANNA SAY THAT,

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IT DOES FIT AND I, AND IT DOES GIVE ME HEARTBURN TO CHANGE ANY KIND OF ZONING FROM, UH, TOWN HOMES OR SINGLE FAMILY TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

BUT UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE IT IS AND UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT I TRUST PROLOG, UH, BECAUSE THEY HAVE SAID WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO AND UH, THEY HAVE BEEN TRUTHFUL WITH THE CITY AND THEY HAVE MAINTAINED THEIR PROPERTIES AND I WOULD, UH, UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, I WOULD, UH, MOVE THE APPROVAL OF ITEMS NUMBER 30 AND 31.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

HAROLD WILLIS, YOU WERE CLOSE.

AND OPPOSED SAY NAY.

MOTION CARRIES CITIZEN

[CITIZEN COMMENTS ]

COMMENTS.

HAROLD WILLIS.

5 3 8 LINLEY.

I WANT TO START OFF TONIGHT.

WE HAVE A NEW CITY MANAGER.

CONGRATULATIONS.

UH, I KNOW YOU KIND OF DEAL WITH PTSD FROM PUTTING UP WITH ME ALL THESE YEARS.

ALL THE STAFF AROUND HERE, , UH, IN THE SIXTIES, THE CITY MANAGER WAS CLIFF JOHNSON.

MY GRANDFATHER WORKED FOR LONE STAR GAS.

HE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT HIM.

UH, CITY MANAGER BOB BLOT.

WHEN WENDELL HALSEY WAS OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR WHO MADE THE TRANSITION TO CITY MANAGER.

YOUR BACKGROUND MAKING THIS TRANSITION INTO CITY MANAGER, BRINGING YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF HOUSING ISSUES.

WE DESPERATELY NEED MORE HOUSING IN GRAND PRAIRIE FOR FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS TO ESTABLISH EQUITY THAT THEY COULD PURCHASE ANOTHER HOUSE.

THE COST OF HOUSING, THE WAY IT'S GONE UP, WE NEED ADDITIONAL SENIOR HOUSING.

YOUR WORK ON THE NATIONAL CHURCH RESIDENCES PROGRAM.

THAT WHEN WE DID THAT ON THE COMMISSION ON AGING.

SO YOU'VE KIND OF BEEN DOWN THE ROAD BEFORE.

UH, CHARLIE ENGLAND INTRODUCED ME TO TOM HART AND SAID, TOM, UH, WHEN HARWAY COMES DOWN, JUST THINK OF LURCH ON THE ADAMS FAMILY.

YOU CAN BE LURCH AND JUST GROAN WHEN YOU SEE HIM COMING DOWN.

'CAUSE HE'S GONNA BE DOWN THERE QUITE A BIT.

TOM HART BROUGHT US OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT PARAMEDIC PROGRAM.

'CAUSE HE WORKED IN ELI AS THE ELI CITY MANAGER.

HOW ELI BEDFORD HEARST, NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, RICHLAND HILLS, THEY ALL HAVE FIRE DEPARTMENT PARAMEDIC PROGRAMS. SO DOES GRAND PRAIRIE NOW.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY BIGGIE.

UM, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON IS THE HOUSE BILL 2127, THE DEATH STAR BILL DOWN IN AUSTIN.

I KNOW THERE WAS A DISTRICT JUDGE IN TRAVIS COUNTY WHO RULED AGAINST THAT.

IT WILL BE SENT TO THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT.

WE KNOW HOW THAT'S GONNA TURN OUT.

THEY'RE GONNA VOTE IN FAVOR OF IT.

ALL OF THE REPUBLICANS ON THE SUPREME COURT ARE JUST GONNA PUSH THAT THROUGH DOWN ON A HOME RULE CITY.

I ASK THAT YOU LOOK AT 60 MINUTES, TICK, TICK, TICK, TICK.

NEXT STONE, 60 MINUTES.

THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT, THE BEST COURT MONEY CAN BUY.

SO THOSE INDIVIDUALS ON THAT SUPREME COURT, THEY COULDN'T DO THIS JOB.

IF THEY DON'T HAVE THAT BACKGROUND, THEY'RE NOT GONNA DO IT.

SO THAT ISN'T, WHEN WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS FROM AUSTIN IMPOSING THEIR WILL ON A MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, WE CAN'T DO IT.

AND YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AT THE LAST MEETING, MAYOR, HOW THEY'VE PUT FORTH RESTRICTIONS ON HOME RULE.

CITIES SUCH AS THIS, THEY CAN'T EVEN LEGISLATE DOWN THERE TODAY.

WE HAD OPEN THAT EYE, KEN .

ANGELA SAYS, GEE, I WATCH HGTV, I WANT MY GRANITE COUNTERTOPS FOR THE HOUSE IN MCKINNEY AND THE HOUSE IN AUSTIN.

IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SEX WITH THOSE OTHER WOMEN, THERE'S THE PRICE TO PAY.

WHAT'S GOING ON DOWN THERE TODAY IN AUSTIN IS A REFLECTION UPON THE INABILITY OF AUSTIN TO RUN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE IS, IN MY OPINION, HAS BEEN RUNNING PRETTY GOOD FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW.

SO WE DON'T NEED INTERFERENCE FROM AUSTIN ON HOW TO DO OUR JOB, ESPECIALLY WHEN THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN AUSTIN CAN'T EVEN DO THEIR JOB.

SO WORKING FORWARD ON THIS DISTRICT AS A CITY MANAGER OF ONE OF THE LARGEST CITIES IN TEXAS, IN THE UNITED WHAT, OR 13TH, 14TH, IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NOW.

SO THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT, WHAT ARE WE ? GO AHEAD.

WE'RE 17TH IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND 120 SEVENTH OR SO ON US.