* 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. YOU MADE IT, [00:00:01] YOU MADE IT BACK UP HERE. [RECONVENE MEETING] IT'S CALLED THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER. UH, STARTED AT FOUR 30. THEY'VE HAD A GOOD DISCUSSION ON A LOT OF THINGS. UH, TONIGHT OUR GOOD FRIEND, PASTOR MONTY BRINKLEY FROM THE CROSSING CHURCH WILL LEAD US IN VOCATION. FOLLOWING THAT MAYOR PRO, TIM LOPEZ WILL LEAD US IN OUR PLEDGES. PLEASE RISE. GOT UP HERE. WOULD YOU JOIN ME IN PRAYER? FATHER GOD, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS AWESOME EVENING. LORD, WE THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE HERE IN THIS PLACE. FATHER GOD, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROTECTION AND THANK YOU FOR THOSE MEN AND WOMEN WHO PROTECT THIS CITY. LORD, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE DECISIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE MADE TONIGHT. PRAY THAT YOU GIVE EVERY ONE OF US HERE, GUIDANCE AND WISDOM. AND LORD, MOST OF ALL, YOUR PRESENCE WHEN WE PRAY ALL THESE THINGS. AND YOUR HOLY NAME. AMEN. THANK YOU. RELIGIOUS SUPER FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. FOR ON HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE EGS ME TO TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD ONE. THIS ONE. [4. GPPD Youth Boxing Program Recognition] OH MY GOODNESS. WE HAVE A GREAT PRESENTATION TONIGHT. LOOK AT THE BACK ROW BACK THERE. GPPD, YOUTH BOXING PROGRAM RECOGNITION. WHO'S GONNA COME DOWN HERE? CHIEF, YOU. COME ON. THAT'S ME, MR. MAYOR, THAT'S YOU. UH, SO, UH, TONIGHT WE'D LIKE TO REC. COME ON DOWN, FRANK. UH, TONIGHT WE AND FREDDY, LET'S BRING, LET'S BRING OUR, UH, GOLDEN GLOVES CHAMP DOWN HERE. NATIONAL GOLDEN CHAMP. COME DOWN. ANGEL. COME ON. COME ON DOWN, EVERYBODY. THIS IS THE ONLY TIME YOU'RE GONNA SEE HER SHY. THIS IS SOMEBODY YOU DON'T WANNA MESS WITH. I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT. SO, UH, I'LL LET FREDDY, UH, BRIEFLY TELL YOU WHAT'S GOING ON. BUT ANGEL, UH, TRAVELED TO FLORIDA, AS I UNDERSTAND, TO COMPETE IN THE NATIONAL GOLDEN GLOVES CHAMPIONSHIP. AND SHE WON. SHE'S GOT THE BELT, GRAND PRAIRIE PD YOUTH BOX. ANGELA PET IS WAS WITH US. I MEAN, SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL, SO WE TRAINED HER AND, UM, SHE BECAME GOOD. SHE'S A REAL GOOD BOXER AND SHE'S REAL, UM, RESPECTFUL AND ALL THAT. SHE EARNED A RIGHT TO GO TO THE NATIONAL AND I TRY TO SEND PEOPLE THAT I KNOW THAT HAS A GOOD CHANCE OF WINNING AND STUFF. SO I TOOK A CHANCE AND, AND SEND ANGELA PEREZ WITH HER, UH, HER FATHER, MY COACH, SHE FOUGHT THAT SUNDAY. SHE DOMINATED 'CAUSE IT SHOWS THE SCORE, LIKE THE OLYMPICS SHOWS ALL THE SCORES UP THERE. AND SHE DOMINATED ALL THREE ROUNDS. IT'S GREAT. SHE FOUGHT ON MONDAY AGAIN AND SHE'S FIGHTING TOP CONTENDER PEOPLE. 'CAUSE PEOPLE GO TO NATIONALS ARE THEY'RE, THEY'RE TOP, THEY'RE GOOD. AND, AND THEN SHE CAME, FOUGHT, UH, MONDAY AND SHE FOUGHT ANOTHER TOP RANKING PERSON AND SHE ENDED UP DOMINATING THAT ONE ALL THREE ROUNDS. AND SHE CAME BACK ON TUESDAY AND DOMINATED THAT ONE ALL THREE ROUNDS. SO I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR YOUNG LADY HERE, OR ANGELA, UM, FOR WINNING, REPRESENTING THE GRAND PRAIRIE POLICE AND GRAND PRAIRIE, UH, DEPARTMENT. SO, OUTSTANDING WORK HERE. AFTER WE GET A PICTURE, I WANT ALL OF YOU KIDS TO COME DOWN THERE IN THE PROGRAM. BUT FIRST, LET'S PRESENT HER THIS AND CONGRATULATIONS. PUT IT OVER THERE SO THAT IT DOESN'T COVER UP YOUR BELT. , BRING YOU RIGHT HERE. 1, 2, 1 2. FANTASTIC. BRING YOUR WHOLE GROUP DOWN HERE. AND WHILE YOU'RE DOING THAT, CHIEF, TELL THE AUDIENCE AND THOSE AT HOME WHAT THIS PROGRAM DOES. YEP. SO THE GRAND KIDS, THE GRAND PRAIRIE POLICE YOUTH BOXING PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO GIVE KIDS AN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM. WE DO MENTORING, WE TEACH DISCIPLINE. I SAY WE, IT'S REALLY, UH, FREDDY'S, UH, LEADERSHIP. BUT THESE KIDS DON'T JUST GET IN THERE AND LEARN HOW TO BOX. THEY LEARN ABOUT CHARACTER AND HOW TO BE, UH, RESPONSIBLE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN. A REALLY NICE BYPRODUCT OF THE PROGRAM IS A REALLY GOOD BOXERS. SO, UH, UH, AS DEMONSTRATED BY THE FACT THAT GRAND PRAIRIE IS ON THE MAP AS HAVING THE NATIONAL GOLDEN GLOVES CHAMPION. SO PRETTY AWESOME. THE COMPETITION HERE, BY THE WAY, ARE THESE NATIONAL GYMS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, FREDDY'S GETTING 'EM ON THE MAP. SO REALLY, REALLY PROUD SIR. AND WE HAVE A NICE FACILITY. WE EXTENDED AND MADE, UH, A GREAT BOXING FACILITY AT CHARLIE TAYLOR REC CENTER, WHICH IS WHERE I GREW UP. IT WAS CROCKETT BACK THEN. BUT I WANNA CONGRATULATE [00:05:01] THE POLICE. FREDDY, YOU AND YOUR COACHES, IT'S NOT JUST YOU, YOU HAVE A TEAM. KIDS, THANK Y'ALL. UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PARTICIPATING AND WE WANT YOU AROUND FOREVER. SO LET'S GET A GOOD PICTURE UP THERE. CLAUDIA'S BACK IN THE BACK. GET GET YOUR, GET YOUR DUDES UP. LET'S GO. 1, 2, 1 2. THANK YOU, CLAUDIA. THANK YOU KIDS MAYOR. NEED MORE BELTS? SIR, [CITIZEN COMMENTS (Part 1 of 2)] I CAN'T LET YOU GO JUST YET. MAYOR, WE'VE GOT SOME SPEECHES FOR AGENDA. TAKE ACTION AS NECESSARY. GO AHEAD, DO YOU HAROLD WILLIS? 28. HAROLD WILLIS. HAROLD. IS HAROLD OUT THERE? NEXT? NO, . COME ON DOWN. HAROLD, I THINK YOUR FIRST ONE YOU WANT TO TALK ON WAS ITEM 10. YES PLEASE. HAROLD WALLACE 5 38 LINLEY. UH, JUST WANNA KNOW ON THE SECURITY HALL UPGRADES, UH, WHAT ARE WE GONNA UPGRADE DOWN HERE, SIR? WE'RE UPGRADING THE REAR ENTRY DOOR FOR THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THAT'S FINE. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT SINCE THIS BUILDING WAS BUILT, THE WAY IT WAS BUILT TO THE BULLETPROOF GLASS, EVERYTHING ELSE IN THERE, I WANT THIS BUILDING TO BE SAFE AS CAN. IF WE WE'RE GONNA REQUIRE A LOT OF MONEY, I'D WANT THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION TO PAY FOR IT. SO ITEM 13, HAROLD. OKAY. UH, YOUR GOOD STAFF PEOPLE WERE JUST TALKING TO ME ABOUT THIS. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. WHO IS INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICES AND WHY ARE WE USING THEM? DID YOU GET YOUR QUESTION ANSWERED? YEAH, THAT TO GO AHEAD. WITH INTEREST RATES BEING AT ZERO TO GO AHEAD AND I GUESS, DO YOU NEED HER TO ADDRESS IT HERE OR ARE YOU OKAY, I GUESS IF WE'RE, GO AHEAD PLEASE. YES, PLEASE. SO I WAS EXPLAINING TO MR. HAROLD THAT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THE EXPERTISE ON STAFF RIGHT NOW. THESE PEOPLE ARE IN THE MARKET EVERY DAY AND WITH INTEREST RATES RISING, UM, BACK WHEN INTEREST RATES WERE ZERO, IT REALLY DIDN'T MAKE THAT MUCH DIFFERENCE. BUT NOW THE INTEREST RATES ARE RISING. THESE PEOPLE CAN HELP US INVEST OUR MONEY SAFELY, BUT AT A HIGHER RATE OF RETURN THAN WE'RE EARNING RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. THAT GOOD, HAROLD? YEAH. THE SCOTT BURNS POTATO. ADAM FOUR, ADAM 14. HAROLD ARBITRAGE REBATE COMPLIANCE SERVICES FROM WHO IS HILLTOP SECURITIES? SO HILLTOP SECURITIES IS, UH, A LARGE FIRM AND BASED IN DALLAS. AND SO ARBITRAGE REBATE IS A COMPLICATED IRS RULE. BASICALLY, IN A NUTSHELL, THIS IS KIND OF OVERSIMPLIFYING THIS, WE ISSUE TAX EXEMPT BONDS. UM, WE CANNOT EARN MORE ON THOSE BONDS THAN WE PAY IN INTEREST. IF WE DO, WE HAVE TO REBATE AN AMOUNT TO THE IRS BACK. AND SO THIS IS A COMPLEX CALCULATION BASED ON YOUR, IT'S A MATH EQUATION. WE OWE WHAT WE OWE, WE DO, AND WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THE EXPERTISE ON STAFF TO CALCULATE THAT I FEEL PROPERLY. SO WE CONTRACT WITH THEM TO DO IT FOR US. DOES THIS APPLY TO COS CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATIONS? EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING. EVERY FINANCING, EVERYTHING THAT'S TAX EXEMPT. IF IT'S TAXABLE, IT'S, AND NOT ALL OF OUR BONDS ARE TAX EXEMPT. CORRECT. BUT ANYTHING THAT IS JUST WHAT SHE SAID. CORRECT. OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. WHAT'S NEXT? 16. WHO IS HOOPLA STREAMING SERVICES AND MIDWEST? TAPE HOOP IS RUN BY MIDWEST TAPE AND IT'S A OFFERING TO OUR CITIZENS THROUGH THE LIBRARY. YOU CAN STREAM E AUDIOBOOKS, EBOOKS, VIDEO, AND BASICALLY CUSTOMERS CHECK THINGS OUT AND THE CITY ONLY PAYS FOR THE ITEMS THAT CUSTOMERS ACTUALLY CHECK OUT. SO IT PROVIDES THEM A WIDE RANGE, OVER 50,000 TITLES IN THEIR CATALOG THAT WE COULD NOT PROVIDE OTHERWISE TO THEM. OKAY, GREAT. AFTER THE ESPN SPECTRUM FIASCO SCREAMING ON THE OTHER, TRYING TO GET ESPN ON THE GAMES. THANK YOU HAROLD. NUMBER 19. HE DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB FOR THE LIBRARY. HE DOES. PETER'S A GREAT EMPLOYEE. VERY NUMBER, NUMBER 19, HAROLD. VERY [00:10:01] 19 FIBER RESTORATION SERVICES. $476,000. WHO OWNS THE FIBER LINES IN GRAND PRAIRIE? WHO OWNS THIS FIBER? WE DO. WE DO. WE DO. WE DO. WELL, WE OWN OURS. WE DON'T OWN 'EM ALL. YEAH. THERE ARE DIFFERENT FIBERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. G-G-P-I-S-D HAS FIBER, BUT AS FAR AS OUR FIBER AT T HAS FIBER, SPECTRUM HAS FIBER, BUT WE HAVE OUR OWN FIBER TOO. YEAH. BUT WITH OUR, WITH OUR FIBER, WITH AT AND T AND SPECTRUM, IT'S TO THE NODE. IT ISN'T TO MY HOUSE. THESE LINES ON, FOR EXAMPLE, AT THE POLICE STATION, AT THE, AT EPIC WERE OBVIOUSLY HERE. OTHER WORDS, MAINTAINING THIS FIBER, THE RELIABILITY OF THE FIBER. RIGHT. I MEAN, THAT'S A HALF MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. UH, ARE WE HAVING THAT MANY ISSUES WITH OUR FIBER SYSTEM? WE, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES, ESPECIALLY WHEN PEOPLE COME IN AND CUT 'EM. OKAY. AND I CUTS EVERYTHING DOWN AND THAT HAPPENS MORE OFTEN THAN WE WOULD LIKE TO, BUT IT'S PART OF CONSTRUCTION AND PART OF BEING A CITY. OKAY. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT IF THEY WERE TO CUT FIBER FOR CITY HALL OR POLICE AND FIRE, WE'LL GET IMMEDIATE RESTORATION? THEY'LL GET ON THAT? YES, ABSOLUTELY. AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE REDUNDANCY ALSO, SO SURE. IF SOMETHING DOES GET CUT, WE, WE WON'T GO COMPLETELY DOWN. OKAY. I JUST WISH GO AROUND ANOTHER, GO AHEAD. WILL WE GO AROUND IT AND COME BACK ANOTHER WAY? YES, SIR. OKAY. ANYTHING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY? I JUST WISH WE HAD, I COULD BUY FIBER SERVICES FROM THE CITY, NOT SPECTRUM. AND AT TI GAVE HELP Y'ALL WITH THAT ONE. OTHER CITIES ARE DOING IT AROUND THE COUNTRY GOVERNMENT. THANK YOU. SURE. LET'S SEE. I THINK SHE SAID 38, NO, 35, 6 AND SEVEN. YES, PLEASE. WHO IS HCGP? MLLC, HARMONY HILL, LLC, LAKE SONG PLAN DEVELOPMENT. WHO, WHO ARE THESE INDIVIDUALS? WELL LET MEGAN EXPLAIN ALL THAT. YEAH, IT'S KIND OF COMPLICATED, BUT MEGAN RIGHT HERE WILL EXPLAIN ALL THREE ITEMS. THIS IS THE, UH, HUFFINES GROUP IS KIND OF THE PARENT COMPANY. WE'VE GOT TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM THAT, UM, THAT DEVELOPMENT GROUP THAT CAN ALSO HELP YOU ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS TOO. BUT TELL HIM WHERE IT IS AND, OH, SO IT'S, UM, IT'S, IT'S SOUTH. IT'S OUR N-R-E-T-J. AND SO THIS WILL BE, UM, AN ANNEXATION AGREEMENT TO HAVE ABOUT A THOUSAND ACRES ENTER THE CITY AND DO, UM, HIGH QUALITY DEVELOPMENT. IS ALL OF THIS IN ELLIS COUNTY? YES. IS IT ALL IN ELLIS COUNTY? YES. YES IT IS. OKAY. WHEN ARE WE GOING TO OFFICIALLY ANNEX THAT LAND IN ELLIS COUNTY? OH, THAT, SOME OF IT WILL NOT TAKE PLACE FOR 40 YEARS. SOME OF IT MAY TAKE PLACE SOONER THAN LATER. WE'RE IN NEGOTIATIONS RIGHT NOW ON THAT. WE HAD AN EXECUTIVE DISCUSSION ABOUT IT TONIGHT, BUT, UH, THIS IS THE FIRST PART THAT WE ARE ANNEXING. HOW MANY ACRES IS THIS GENTLEMAN? IT'S ABOUT A THOUSAND ACRES. AND THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT WILL BE, UM, ANNEXED IN ABOUT A YEAR ONCE THE MMD IS CREATED THROUGH THE TCEQ. OKAY. THE, BUT WE STILL HAVE 5,000 HOW MANY ACRES AGO? 5,000 ACRES. 5,000 ACRES TO GO. BUT IT, IT TAKES TIME AND DEVELOPER'S AGREEMENT. MAKE SURE IT'S GONNA BE COST EFFECTIVE FOR THE CITY IN THE FUTURE. OKAY. WHAT ABOUT IN CITY MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT? COULD WE EXPLAIN THAT PLEASE? SO THAT'S A, A DISTRICT CREATED BY THE STATE, UM, THAT CAN ADD A SEPARATE ASSESSMENT ON TOP OF A NORMAL CITY TAX. SO MERIDIAN'S A GOOD EXAMPLE. THEY HAVE THEIR NORMAL CITY TAX AND THEN THEY HAVE A SEPARATE ASSESSMENT ON TOP OF THAT THROUGH AN MMD. WE CALL IT AN MMD, MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. SO THIS IS A, A MUD DISTRICT MORE OR LESS, OR IT'S, IT'S SIMILAR, BUT SIMILAR BUT NOT, THERE'S DIFFERENCES VERY SIMILAR. OH, OKAY. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IF WE'RE GONNA BE ANNEXING IN THIS LAND IN ELLIS COUNTY, THAT POLICE AND FIRE, THAT THE APPROPRIATE SERVICES ARE BROUGHT FORTH FOR ALL OF THIS LAND DOWN THERE IN THAT DEVELOPMENT THAT WE AGGRESSIVELY TAKE CARE OF. WE AGREE. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE DISCUSSIONS TONIGHT. OKAY. UH, YOU GOT TWO MORE? 38 AND 39? YEAH. ON THE URBAN AREA SECURITY INSTITUTE. GRANT, THIS GRANT MONEY, IT, WILL ANY OF THIS GRANT MONEY BE USED TO COVER THE POLICE OFFICERS IN THE GRAND PRAIRIE SCHOOL DISTRICT? THE MANSFIELD, THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WE SHARE WITH, UH, THAT WOULD BE A NEGATIVE. THIS IS FUNDING A PARTIALLY FUNDED EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT POSITION, BUT THE PRIME, MOST OF THE MONEY'S GOING TO THE POLICE THIS YEAR. WE HAVE A DIFFERENT PLAN NEXT YEAR, BY THE WAY, BUT THIS YEAR THE POLICE ARE GETTING ALL THE MONEY FOR SWAT CAMERAS. OKAY. OKAY. AND, AND FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR PARTICULAR, UM, UH, PERSON, INDIVIDUAL, WHAT WOULD THIS COVER? HALF HALF OF THAT POSITION. HALF OF THAT POSITION? YEP. OKAY. YEP. SO IT'S JUST KIND OF CONFUSING WHEN YOU SEE THE GRANT MONEY THAT WE'RE HOMELAND SECURITY, WHERE IS IT GOING? WE'VE, WE'VE RECEIVED THIS FOR OVER 20 YEARS. IT'S EVERY YEAR. [00:15:01] IT'S JUST GOTTA BE TIED TO A NEXUS OF TERRORISM. SO THAT'S WHY THE SWAT TEAM'S GETTING MOST OF IT. OKAY. AND YOU GET NEXT. OKAY. WELL, DANIEL DOESN'T KNOW THAT YET, BUT YEAH, IT STILL HAROLD, WE'LL SEE. COME BACK A YEAR FROM TODAY. WE'LL SEE. WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION ON THE NEXT ONE, HAROLD? JUST THE, ANOTHER SINCE OF, OF THE GRANT, UH, SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT, THESE TYPES OF, YOU KNOW, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY. DO WE KNOW WHAT THEY YEAH, THIS WAS A COMPETITIVE GRANT FOR THE REGION THAT WE WON. THIS WILL FUND A SHELTERING TRAILER FOR OUR CITY AND MAYBE EVEN HELP WITH SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES. SO WHEN WE HAVE A BIG ICE EVENT OR A BIG, UH, EVEN OUTDOOR EVENT, WE'LL HAVE A VERY LARGE TRAILER TO HELP US WITH SHELTERING AND ALL THOSE THINGS. GREAT. THANKS HAROLD. WE'LL SEE YOU LATER FOR SOME OTHER ITEMS. NUMBER 41. THANK YOU. NATE WETZEL AND CASEY STEVENSON ARE HERE IN SUPPORT ITEMS 35, 36 AND 37. THANK, WE'LL NOTE THAT THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. [CONSENT AGENDA] I RECOGNIZE MAYOR PRO TIM LOPEZ FOR A MOTION AND HE'S GOT A CORRECTION TO MAKE, I BELIEVE CORRECT. UM, SO RIGHT BEFORE WE, WE DO THAT MOTION AND, AND STAFF COMES FORWARD, UM, ON THAT, UM, JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THIS FULL AGENDA HAS BEEN POSTED ON CITY WEBSITE AND, AND PROBABLY TIME. AND ANYBODY HERE TONIGHT THAT WANTS TO SPEAK BEFORE ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE COMPLETE A CARD LOCATED IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING. AND ALSO, UM, YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK. SO GIVEN THAT I BELIEVE WE DO HAVE A, A CORRECTION FOR ITEM 28, UH, YES. UM, MAYOR, COUNSEL, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT A TYPO AND CONSENT AGENDA 28 IN SECTION ONE. RESIDENTIAL FEES PER A THOUSAND GALLONS. IN THE PACKET, IT SAYS OVER 31,000. IT SHOULD SAY OVER 30,000. AND YOU HAVE THE CORRECTED SHEET IN FRONT OF YOU. THANK YOU, NOREEN. YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL RIGHTY. AND GIVEN THAT, UM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEMS FIVE THROUGH 39 WITH THE AMENDMENT, UM, TO THE ITEM NUMBER 28 AS PRESENTED. SECOND. SECOND. WE HAVE MOTION. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO NOTHING. COUNCIL MEMBER HUMPHREYS IS OUT SICK TONIGHT AND COUNCIL MEMBER HEAD AND JUST SLEPT AWAY OUT, OUT THE DOOR FOR A MINUTE. SHE'LL [40. Action Items Resulting from Staff Presentations: Prairie Lights Fees Proposal for Epic Central from Unbroken] BE BACK. ITEM 40, I'D ENTERTAIN. UM, I'D RECOGNIZE MAYOR PROAM LOPEZ FOR ITEM 40. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, DURING OUR BRIEFING, UM, THIS AFTERNOON, WE WENT AHEAD AND TABLED, UM, ONE OF THE ITEMS LISTED ITEM 40. AND THEN WE WILL BE TAKING THE MOTION ON THE PER LIGHT FEES AS PRESENTED WITH STAFF. UM, SO HAVING THAT ADJUSTMENT, UH, MADE FOR OUR CITIZENS AND ALSO THE FIRST WEEK AFTER WE OPEN, HAD THAT 35% DISCOUNT ADDED TO THE RESIDENCE OF GRAND PRAIRIE. 1535. WAS IT 35? YEAH, 35. $35. YEAH, 15%. WAS IT 15 DISCOUNT? 35. $35 AMOUNT FOR THAT FIRST FULL WEEK. YEAH. I THINK THEY WORDED IT IN THE PIPELINE. 30% DISCOUNT? MM-HMM . RIGHT, RIGHT. YEAH. OKAY. YES SIR. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHTY. SO AS FOR A MOTION FOR THAT TO BE ADOPTED TONIGHT, SECOND. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION. THE SECOND CITIZENS, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS, UH, OFFERING Y'ALL, UH, AFTER THAT FIRST WEEK, WHICH IS 30% DISCOUNT. AFTER THAT, WE WANT YOU TO GET A $10 DISCOUNT AND WE'LL HAVE COUPONS AVAILABLE ON VARIOUS LOCATIONS AND WE'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT IT LATER. BUT THAT'S INSTEAD OF BEING ABLE TO DO IT JUST ON NON-PRIME DAYS, WE'RE GONNA DO IT ANY DAY. GET THERE EARLY AND STAY A LONG TIME. WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY. AGAIN. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO. [41. Public Hearing on SNC-23-07-0001– Street Name Change – Lower Tarrant Road to Lyndon F King Drive (City Council District 1). Street Name Change request to change a segment of Lower Tarrant Road to Lyndon F King Drive] ITEM 41. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY WALTER. THANK YOU MAYOR. THIS ITEM IS A, IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND THIS IS FOR A STREET NAME CHANGE OF LAURA TARRANT ROAD TO LYNDON L KING DRIVE. JUST TO KINDA GET EVERYBODY SITUATED, THIS IS GEORGE BUSH 1 61. THIS IS NORTH OF I 30 WHERE LAURA TARRANT ROAD IS. AND THIS AREA RIGHT HERE IS WE HAVE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS WILDLIFE DRIVE. LAURA TERRAN IN THIS SECTION IS RIGHT BY THE GUN CLUB OVER HERE. UM, THIS ITEM'S BEING BROUGHT FORTH IN HONOR OF A FALLEN OFFICER. UM, AND JUST IN A MINUTE ASK CHIEF SES TO COME UP AND SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN DETAIL. [00:20:01] JUST TO KINDA LET YOU ALL KNOW WHERE WE ARE. UH, SINCE THIS SL IS A STREET NAME CHANGE, WE HAD TO DO, UH, PUBLIC NOTICES. WE HAD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS. UH, EFFECTIVE PROPERTY OWNERS WERE NOTIFIED AND WE DID HAVE ONE, ONE LETTER OF OPPOSITION. TO KIND OF GO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT THAT. I WANT TO ASK CHIEF S TO COME UP AND GIVE YOU ALL SOME HISTORY ON THIS. ON MARCH 1ST, 1982, LYNDON KING WAS KILLED ON THE LINE OF DUTY IN GRAND PRAIRIE. LYNDON BECAME GRAND PRAIRIE'S, FIRST FALLEN POLICE OFFICER. LYNDON'S PARENTS WERE BOTH JUDGES IN OUR CITY. HIS WIDOW, CAROLYN, WHO'S HERE, WAS WIDOWED WITH AN 18 MONTH SON MICHAEL, WHO NEVER TRULY GOT TO REALIZE WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO HAVE A DAD. YOU PROBABLY HAVE NOTICED THERE'S A LOT OF COPS IN HERE TONIGHT. THAT'S BECAUSE WE NEVER FORGET. AND IN MY VIEW, THIS HONOR IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY SHOULD, SHOULD DO FOR NOT JUST CAROLYN AND MICHAEL, BUT TO SHOW HOW MUCH WE VALUE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE TO OUR POLICE OFFICERS. CAROLYN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING? THANK YOU. UM, AND I'M GONNA TURN MY BACK. . THANK ALL OF Y'ALL FOR CONSIDERATION ON THIS. UM, I'VE BEEN A PART OF THE CITY SINCE I GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL. I WENT TO WORK FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT'S OKAY. I ALWAYS CRY. , YOU'RE FINE. UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK MY BLUE FAMILY 'CAUSE IF IT WASN'T FOR ALL YOU GUYS, THIS WOULD'VE BEEN REALLY TOUGHER. THANK Y'ALL FOR TAKING THE TIME OUT TO BE HERE. IT MEANS A LOT. MICHAEL COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE IT'S HIS ANNIVERSARY AND HE'S HEADED FOR HIS ANNIVERSARY TRIP. TO WASHINGTON OR PORTLAND OR SOMEWHERE . BUT, UM, FOR THE ONES THAT I HAVEN'T MET BEFORE, IT'S NICE MEETING YOU. UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE, I WORKED AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT UNTIL I MARRIED LINDEN AND WE HAD MICHAEL AND HE WAS 18 MONTHS OLD THE DAY WE BURIED HIS DAD. BUT IF YOU EVER WANNA KNOW WHAT LYNDON LOOKS LIKE, YOU CAN SEE IT IN MICHAEL. THEY ARE SPITTING IMAGE. OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL, GOODNESS, . OKAY, UM, CHIEF, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. I WAS TELLING, UM, SOME OF THE POLICE OFFICERS TONIGHT THAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH EIGHT OR NINE, 10 MAYBE POLICE CHIEFS, UM, SINCE LYNDON'S DEATH. UM, CHIEF SES, CHIEF DYE, CHIEF HILL, CHIEF CRU CHIEF, EVEN ALL THE WAY BACK TO CHIEF BURR. UM, I WAS 25, HAD JUST TURNED 25 WHEN LYNDON WAS KILLED. AND LYNDON HAD JUST TURNED 33 AND WE WERE JUST STARTING OUR LIFE. SO IT WAS TOUGH. THE GUY THAT TOOK HIS LIFE ON 30 AT THE DRUNK DRIVING, UH, ACCIDENT ON 30 AND NORTHWEST SEVENTH. UM, HE WAS IN AND OUTTA PRISON FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS. UM, I FINALLY WAS NOTIFIED BY THE, UH, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS THAT HE HAD. HE WASN'T, HE DIDN'T SERVE ALL THAT TIME FOR LYNDON'S DEATH. HE SERVED VERY FEW MONTHS FOR LYNDON'S DEATH. HE SERVED MORE TIME BECAUSE HE KEPT COMMITTING MORE DWIS AND VIOLATING HIS PROBATION AND GETTING SENT BACK TO PRISON. SO I STAYED PRETTY HOT ON HIS TRAIL TRYING TO KEEP HIM THERE SO HE WOULDN'T DO TO ANOTHER FAMILY WHAT HE DID TO US. UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE ASKED ME HOW I GET THROUGH THIS. [00:25:01] I HAVE A BIG POLICE SUPPORT AND ANOTHER VERY WONDERFUL MAN THAT I WAS BLESSED WITH IN MY LIFE. A LOT OF WOMEN DON'T FIND ONE GOOD MAN. I FOUND TWO. SO THAT'S MY HUSBAND, ROGER OF OVER 30 YEARS. HE LOVES ALL YOU GUYS AND I KNOW Y'ALL LOVE HIM BECAUSE Y'ALL KNOW HOW MUCH HE SUPPORTED ME. THAT WAS THE DAD THAT BECAME MICHAEL'S DAD. AND IT TAKES A SPECIAL MAN TO DO THAT BECAUSE HE HAS TWO BOYS OF HIS OWN. UM, SO I LOVE YOU. I LOVE MY BLUE FAMILY, MY FRIENDS THAT I WORKED WITH, THE CITY. I WORKED AT THE MUNICIPAL COURT WITH JUDGE ROB FOR 20 YEARS. UM, AND A LOT OF OTHER JUDGES I KNEW YOUR MOM, UH, JUDGE KING AND I WERE AVID FIGHTERS FOR STAYING AFTER THE GUY THAT TOOK LYNDON'S LIFE. SO SHE WAS A PART OF MY FAMILY FOR 20 YEARS AFTER LYNDON WAS GONE. MICHAEL WAS HER ONLY GRANDCHILD. AND UM, HE JUST TURNED 43. SO, UM, I GUESS THAT PRETTY MUCH COVERS IT. CHIEF, I APPRECIATE YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. I APPRECIATE YOUR KINDNESS. OF COURSE. I APPRECIATE YOUR RESPECT, MY HONOR. HE WAS, UM, ALWAYS RUNNING IN AND OUTTA THE COURT WHEN I WORKED AT THE COURT. SO IT WAS NO SURPRISE TO ME WHEN HE BECAME THE CHIEF. HE WAS DETECTIVE OF THE YEAR, FIVE YEARS IN A ROW, I THINK. RIGHT? THAT IS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO ACCURATE, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE KIND ACCOLADES . WELL JUST, JUST TAKE IT . OKAY? SO THANK YOU'ALL VERY MUCH FOR CONSIDERING THIS. AND I LOVE THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE MAYOR. I KNOW YOU KNOW, AND YOUR BEAUTIFUL WIFE AND I LOVE Y'ALL. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO. AND MR. HILLS, I WORKED WITH YOU WHEN I WAS AT THE COURT NEXT DOOR AT THE HOUSING. CONGRATULATIONS. UM, AND ALL THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, CONGRATULATIONS THAT I HAVEN'T MET YOU. MAY NOT BE NEW. . THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK Y'ALL. THANK YOU, CHIEF. THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE SUPPORT THIS ITEM. JAMES WALLACE, CAROLYN KEEN, COLIN DWYER, JESSE ROSS, ERIC BURT, JACKSON WRIGHT, ANTHONY HOGAN, DAVID BLAIR, JUSTIN KOWALSKI, TIM SLIVA, MICHAEL ANGEL, WILLIAM WALDEN, SERGEANT CALVIN BROWN, MARK TIO, BARON FRAKER, UM, YOUNG WEST, UM, EVAN KEFFER, JOHN GRANBERRY, ZACH HOPKINS, OFFICER SPEAR, LIEUTENANT CLARK, KEN ZACHARIAS, OFFICER MEYERS HUNTER DELL, OFFICER BRUNER, MARK AKINS, FRANCIS ABDO. ELISE, ALICIA Y BRITTANY CREIGHTON, LORI ILEY, LILY YAP. GREG NEW ROBERT POLLARD. CHARNA KEARNEY. AMANDA PAGE, OFFICER RAMEN, JENNIFER THOMPSON. AND, UH, HAROLD WILLIS IS ALSO SPEAKING. HAROLD WILLIS, 5 38 LINLEY. I WAS A MEMBER OF THE 1984 PUBLIC SAFETY BOND COMMITTEE LED BY DAVID COCKLE, THE POLICE CHIEF, AND JAMES ROBERTSON, THE FIRE CHIEF. DURING THAT, OUR BOND MEETING, THE OFFICERS WHO WERE FRIENDS OF LYNDON KING, LET'S JUST SAY THEY HAD SOME FIRE IN THEIR BELLY. UM, OOPS. , THEY HAD SOME FIRE IN THEIR BELLY, THEIR LEVEL OF ANGER AND DISGUST THAT A GRAND PRIX POLICE OFFICER WAS KILLED BY A DRUNK. WE CALL IT THE TOW ROAD BACK THEN. AND THE WAY THAT THIS WHOLE THING PLAYED OUT, THEY DIDN'T QUIT. THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW DRUNKS WHEN A COP IS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH THE LIGHTS GOING, HOW A DRUNK IS ATTRACTED TO THOSE LIGHTS. WE'LL JUST PUT IT MILDLY. THEY DID NOT QUIT. THEY KEPT AFTER THAT. I WISH I KNEW THE NAMES OF THOSE OFFICERS THAT SERVED UNDER KULE, THAT WORKED WITH LYNDON KING, BUT JUDGE KING, BOTH JUDGES DID FOR GRAND PRAIRIE. THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAVE DENIED IS, IS THERE ANOTHER STREET THAT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE DRIVING BY THIS STREET OUT HERE? IT'S KIND OF IN A ISOLATED AREA. UH, THIS IS ONE THAT, UH, OUR CCDC AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PICKED SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE IT GOES IN FRONT OF THE GUN RANGE. THE GRAND PRAIRIE POLICE ASSOCIATION GUN, [00:30:01] I MEAN GRAND PRAIRIE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S GUN RANGE. OKAY. AND IT'S RIGHT ON 1 61. OKAY? IT'S ON THE FRONTAGE, BUT RIGHT ON 1 61. SO HAROLD TO SAY THAT WE COULD PICK ANOTHER STREET, WELL, YES WE COULD, BUT I, AT, AT THIS LAKE DATE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE PROBLEMATIC. WELL, IF THE CHIEF AND THE STAFF, IF THEY GO ALONG WITH THAT, I FORGOT ABOUT THE GUN. THEY, THEY, THEY LOVE IT. IF IF THEY'RE FINE WITH IT, THEY'LL LOVE IT. UH, I'M GLAD THAT WE HAVE, UM, GREG HUNTER AT THE WALMART WHEN THEY HAD THE DEDICATION FOR THE MEMORIAL FOR GREG HUNTER. SCOTT CORSON, WHO WAS A FRIEND OF MINE, TOLD ME A LOT OF THINGS. I JUST WANNA KNOW, WHEN ARE WE GONNA NAME FOR AJ CASTANEDA? WHEN ARE WE GONNA NAME FOR BRANDON S WHAT ARE WE GONNA NAME FOR? GARY BLAIR OF THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH ROGER HOMAN OF THE DUNCANVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHO I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH. HE AND HIS SISTER. WE HAVE MORE STREETS THAT WE DON'T EVEN NEED TO NAME AFTER THESE OFFICERS. WHEN ARE WE GONNA DO THIS? DO WE HAVE A COMMITTEE TO PICK OUT THE STREETS? CAN'T CAN'T TELL YOU WHEN WE'RE JUST TAKING THIS ACTION TONIGHT, HAROLD. AND YOU'RE FAR THIS ACTION TONIGHT. I BELIEVE YOU. IT'S WHAT YOU SIGNED UP FOR. SO I APPRECIATE YOU BEING FARTHEST OUT. YEAH, I GUESS WE'RE ABOUT 40 YEARS TOO LATE. I JUST WISH HAROLD, THANK YOU. I I LOVE IT. BUT I'M AT LEAST WE'RE DOING IT NOW. WELL, THAT'S WHY I WANT TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE WE HAVE FOUR OTHER POLICE OFFICERS THAT HAVE BEEN KILLED ON THE LINE OF DUTY IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS. AND I WOULD PERFORM BLOOD ALCOHOLS WHEN I WORKED AT IRVING COMMUNITY. WHEN PEOPLE WOULD COME IN DRUNK, I WOULD DO THEIR BLOOD ALCOHOLS. I TESTIFIED IN THE FIRST FATALITY BLOOD ALCOHOL CASE IN 1984 AFTER A PERSON HAD KILLED A GIRL OUT THERE. SO BEING IN THE COURT, TESTIFYING IN, I UNDERSTAND FATALITY, BLOOD ALCOHOL CASES, THIS IS SOMETHING. AND AGAIN, GOING BACK TO 1984, THIS IS LONG, LONG OVERDUE. SO LET'S TAKE CARE OF THANK YOU. TAKE CARE OF THE OTHER OFFICERS. MAYOR RANDY WALLHOOD. YOU'RE SWIMMING UPSTREAM. RANDY, MAYBE I'VE GOT A SOLUTION. MAYOR. COUNSEL, MY NAME'S RANDY WALLHOOD. I'M WITH THE GRAND PRAIRIE GUN CLUB AND WE OWN EVERYTHING TO THE RIGHT OR TO THE EAST OF LOWER TARRANT. THERE. WE'VE GOT ABOUT 65 ACRES. UM, CERTAINLY, LET ME JUST EMPHASIZE, WE ARE NOT AGAINST HONORING LYNDON KING. ABSOLUTELY NOT. UM, I'M A RETIRED CITY EMPLOYEE. I WAS A DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. UM, BEING THAT THIS PUBLIC HEARING SAYS IT'S JUST A PORTION OF LOWER TARRANT, BECAUSE WILDLIFE PARKWAY IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THERE IS STILL GONNA BE A PORTION OF LOWER TARRANT FROM THE GAS WELL DRIVEWAY TO THE NORTH END OF THAT RED LINE. SO MY, THE GUN CLOSED POSITION IN THAT WE'D LIKE TO RE RETAIN OUR ADDRESS OF LOWER TARRANT. SO MY SUGGESTION AT THIS POINT WOULD BE, CAN WE TAKE THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THAT ROAD AND NAME IT LYNDON KING DRIVE TO HONOR HIM? AND THAT WOULD BE MORE IN FRONT OF THE POLICE RANGE. AND THAT WAY IT WOULD ALLOW US TO KEEP OUR, OUR ADDRESS ON LOWER TARN. SO IN SHORT, THAT'S MY PLEA. UM, AND THAT'S A FAIR QUESTION. I THINK, WALTER, WHAT AND, UH, YOU WANNA ADDRESS IT. OBVIOUSLY WE BOW TO THE WILL OF COUNSEL AND WE CAN LOOK AT ANYTHING, BUT THAT WOULD SPLIT THE ROAD. UM, SO IT WOULDN'T BE THE, THE PREFERRED CHOICE, BUT IF THAT'S THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL. SO WHAT YOU'RE PRESENTING TO US TONIGHT IS THE PREFERRED CHOICE. AND I WOULD ASSUME, CHIEF THIS IS Y'ALL'S PREFERRED CHOICE. YES SIR. IT'S, I I I'M CERTAINLY SYMPATHETIC TO THE GUN CLUB AND THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT MAINTAINING THEIR ADDRESS. I GET IT. UH, I THINK THERE'S VALUE TO BEING ABLE TO SEE LINDEN'S NAME FURTHER UP. YES. AND I WOULD JUST HUMBLY SUBMIT WHILE THERE MAY BE CHALLENGES WITH, WITH THE CHANGE OF ADDRESS, CERTAINLY NOTHING THAT CAROLYN DIDN'T HAVE TO, UH, ENDURE. WELL THEN MAYOR, I I'D SAY IF YOU'RE GONNA CHANGE IT, CHANGE THE WHOLE THING. DON'T LEAVE A PORTION OF LOWER TARRAN UP THERE. WHY DID WE LEAVE A PORTION OF A LOWER TARRANT? THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL SUGGESTION AS, AS, AS BROUGHT TO US AND IT WAS A COMPLETE NORTH-SOUTH. BUT OBVIOUSLY WE CAN, UH, THE MODIFY IT TO INCLUDE THAT. THE WHERE WOULD IT GO THROUGH IF WE NAMED THE WHOLE THING? IT WOULD STOP JUST ABOUT AS, AS RANDY SAID A LITTLE BIT TO THE WEST OF THAT. IT WOULD BE THE EAST WEST STRUCTURE, THE [00:35:01] GAS DRIVEWAY. THERE'S GONNA BE A MEDIAN OPEN ON A WILDLIFE PARKWAY. CORRECT. AND DO YOU KNOW IF THERE'S SIGNAGE ON WILDLIFE PARKWAY THAT DIRECTS PEOPLE TO THAT'S PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION. YEAH, THERE WILL BE. THAT'S PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. YEAH. I, I THINK BUT THEY PROBABLY ALREADY GOT SIGNS MADE. THAT'S MY, MY MY POINT. 'CAUSE I DID THIS IN, IN CARROLLTON WHEN I WAS THERE AND WE NAMED IT AFTER A COUNCIL OR AFTER A STATE REPRESENTATIVE. RIGHT. AND CHANGED THE NAME ON 1 21 TO A ROAD UP THERE. AND AFTER THEY BID A PROJECT LIKE THIS, THEY'RE GONNA GO, YEAH, WE CAN CHANGE IT. WELL, YOU KNOW, WE WANT SOME MONEY. I APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT AND YOUR COMMENTS AND THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. THANK YOU. I THINK AT THIS POINT IN TIME, RIGHT, IT'S GONE THROUGH PUBLIC HEARINGS. UH, I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. YOU CAN, IF YOU WISH TO COME SPEAK NOW, YOU CAN. EVEN IF YOU HADN'T FILLED OUT A CARD ORDINANCE REQUIRED SEEING NONE, I, UH, I'D RECOGNIZE MAYOR PRO TIMM LOPEZ FOR A MOTION. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I MAKE THE FOLLOWING MOTION THAT WE MOVE TO APPROVE. UM, WE, WE MOVE TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE STRAIGHT NAME CHANGE AS PRESENTED BY STAFF. WE HAVE A MOTION. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A OPPOSED AIN'T NAY. MOTION CARRIES BY A VOTE OF EIGHT TO NOTHING. AS COUNCIL MEMBER HEADINGS BACK IN THE DI, ITEM 42 [Items 42 & 43] AND 43 CAN BE TAKEN TOGETHER. WHO WILL BE PRESENTED. DR. REDFERN, YOU'RE FIXING TO START GETTING A LOT OF QUESTIONS, BUT NOT ABOUT THIS . THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT, SIR. HANG ON JUST A MINUTE. CAROLYN, THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. WE ALL LOVE YOU. YES SIR. THANK YOU MAYOR. I LOVE YOU TOO. GIVE THEM JUST A SECOND. GO AHEAD DR. REDFORD. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. TONIGHT IS THE SECOND OF TWO READINGS. PUT THE MIC OVER IN FRONT OF YOU. I'M SORRY, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH. OKAY. SORRY. TONIGHT IS THE SECOND OF TWO. WE COULD UNTIL YOU MOVED THE BACK. REALLY? CAN NOW . OKAY. OH, ALRIGHT. UH, THE FIRST ONE IS THE ORDINANCE MODIFYING THE SOLID WASTE COLLECTION FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH REPUBLIC WASTE SERVICES TO PROVIDE FOR A 7.5% RATE INCREASE ACROSS THE BOARD. UH, THAT HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY STAFF AND DEEMED, UM, DEEMED APPROPRIATE. AND THAT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE OCTOBER ONE. AND THE SECOND ONE IS THE SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE, UH, FOR THE CITY'S ORDINANCE TO MODIFY THOSE RATES. UH, ALSO EFFECTIVE OCTOBER ONE. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTION? WE'VE ALREADY GONE OVER. THIS IS SECOND READING. THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TIMM LOPEZ. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND I BELIEVE WE CAN TAKE THESE TOGETHER. YOU CAN. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MO MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 42 AND 43 AS PRESENTED. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PROTO LOPEZ. SECONDED BY COUNCIL. MAYOR ZA. YOU ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY. MOTION CARRIES EIGHT TO ZERO. THANK [44. Ordinance amending the FY 2022/2023 Operating Budgets] YOU. ITEM 44. YOU MIGHT JUST SIT DOWN HERE FOR A WHILE. YEAH. MAYOR AND COUNSEL. UH, ITEM 44 IS A ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL 2223 OPERATING BUDGET. UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE, THE BUDGET OFFICE WILL GENERALLY TAKE AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. AND THEN GENERALLY ABOUT TWO MONTHS LATER, IT'S A ADMINISTRATIVE CLEANUP. UH, SOME ITEMS THAT WILL GO OVER THE APPROPRIATIONS, WE'LL COME AND ASK FOR, UH, ADDITIONAL APPROVAL TO, UH, GO ABOVE THE PREVIOUS APPROPRIATIONS. THANK YOU. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER KURT JOHNSON, WHO'S THE SENIOR MEMBER OF OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE AND OUR CHAIR. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE IS MR. HUMPHREYS. HE IS OUT TONIGHT. SO I, UH, RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER KURT JOHNSON. MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 44. SECOND WE MOTION SECOND BY ANOTHER MEMBER, THE ADDITIONAL MEMBER, THE OTHER MEMBER OF OUR COU UH, FINANCE COMMITTEE THAT'S HERE TONIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER Z. YOU WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANDY. OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION CARRIES EIGHT TO ZERO. [45. Second Public Hearing on the FY 2023/2024 Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) Budgets (Reviewed by the City Council on 09/05/2023)] ITEM 45. YOU'RE RIGHT THERE. YOU'RE ON. YES, SIR. THIS IS THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE, UH, FISCAL 2324 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS BUDGET. AND, UH, WE ARE ASKING FOR, UH, THESE ITEMS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED DURING F AND G AND AT THE BUDGET WORKSHOP, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION. WE HAVE TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE, BUT I NEED A MOTION A [00:40:01] SECOND, THEN I'LL ASK FOR THE ROLL CALL VOTE. I MOVE. MAYOR, I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE. ITEM 45. WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND. I'M JUST GONNA DO IT EASY. I'M GONNA START THIS IN . UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ZANU, HOW DO YOU VOTE? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM CLEMSON AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS AYE. MAYOR VOTES. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER DEBOSKY AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER HEDON AYE. MOTION CARRIES EIGHT TO NOTHING. [46. Second Public Hearing and Ordinance Adopting the FY 2023/2024 Operating Budgets (Reviewed by the City Council on 09/05/2023)] ITEM 46, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS IS THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING, UH, TO ADOPT THE FISCAL 2324 OPERATING BUDGET. UH, THIS ITEM WAS, UH, OPERATING BUDGET WAS PRESENTED DURING TO F AND G AND TO COUNCIL DURING THE BUDGET WORKSHOP. HAROLD, YOU WANNA SPEAK ON THIS ONE? WHAT CONTINGENCY FUNDING DO WE HAVE BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN COST OF GASOLINE AND DIESEL? WELL, THAT SAUDI ARABIA HAS JOINED WITH RUSSIA TO JACK UP THE PRICE OF OIL UNNECESSARILY THE WAY THAT THEY'VE DONE. IF THIS CONTINUES, GOLDMAN SACHS HAS PREDICTED 120, $140 A BARREL FOR OIL, IF NOT HIGHER. WHAT RESERVES DO WE HAVE TO COVER FOR OUR FUEL COSTS? SO FOR THIS UPCOMING BUDGET, UM, CALENDAR YEAR, WE ARE PROJECTING THAT GAS WILL BE AROUND $4 A GALLON. SO CURRENTLY IT'S UNDER THAT. UM, SO IF IT GOES OVER, WE GENERALLY HAVE SOME SAVINGS DEPENDING ON IF IT FLUCTUATES UP AND DOWN. I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT ON RECORD THAT SAUDI ARABIA , UH, RUSSIA DONE IN WILKES IS BENEFITING FROM THIS OUT IN WEST TEXAS. SO, BUT WE'RE PAYING THE PRICE AS CONSUMERS AND TAXPAYERS, THAT PRICE OF OIL SHOULD BE WHERE IT WAS BACK IN APRIL OF 2020. ABOUT ZERO NEGATIVE ZERO. WE'RE JUST ENHANCING SAUDI ARABIA AND THE MURDERERS FROM MOSCOW. SO HOPEFULLY IT DROPS SLOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU HAROLD. UM, I'D ENTERTAINED A MOTION I RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON FOR A MOTION. UH, MAYOR APU TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE ITEM 46. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ZANU. AGAIN. ROLL CALL WILL START AT THE OTHER END. COUNCIL MEMBER HEDON AYE. MAYOR PRO TIMM LOPEZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER DEL BOSKY. AYE. MAYOR VOTES. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS AYE. CA, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM CLEMSON. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER ZANU A GOOD, I GOT ALL THE NAMES RIGHT. . I'VE BEEN IN A MEETING BEFORE WHERE CHARLIE HAD TO LOOK AT ME ABOUT THREE TIMES TO FIGURE OUT, REMEMBER MY NAME AFTER I'D BEEN ON THE COUNCIL EIGHT YEARS. HE LOOKED AT ME AND TOM SAID, JENSEN . SO IT SOMETIMES IT JUST ESCAPES US THAT THIS I'VE, I'VE DRAWN A BLANK ON Y'ALL BEFORE. SO ITEM [47. Public Hearing and Ordinance adopting and levying the ad valorem tax for the FY 2023/2024 at a rate of $0.66 per $100 of assessed value on all taxable property within the corporate limits of the city on January 1, 2023, not exempt by law; providing revenues for payment of current municipal expenses for interest and sinking fund on outstanding City of Grand Prairie debt; providing for enforcement of collections; providing for a severability clause; and providing an effective date] 47, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. THIS ITEM IS A PUBLIC HEARING, AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND LEVYING THE AVALOR TAX FOR THE FISCAL 2324 CALENDAR YEAR, UM, FISCAL YEAR AT THE RATE OF 66 CENTS PER $100 OF ASSESSED VALUE ON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY. THAT 66 CENTS IS THE SAME AS IT WAS LAST YEAR AFTER WE REDUCED IT BY HALF A PENNY. WE WOULD DID NOT REDUCE IT BY THIS YEAR, BUT WE DID INCREASE THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION EXEMPTION THIS YEAR BY TWO AND A HALF PERCENT. WHICH IF YOU ARE A HOMEOWNER CLAIMING YOUR HOME AS A HOMESTEAD, IT'S LIKE IF WE GAVE YOU A TWO PENNY REDUCTION IN YOUR TAX RATE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT HAVING TO SPREAD THAT OVER TO ANYBODY EXCEPT HOMEOWNERS THAT HAVE CLAIMED THEIR HOME AS A HOMESTEAD. SO I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF 0.66, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 12.66% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE. WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE AGAIN. WE'LL, OH, SORRY. SECOND ABOUT COUNCILMAN ZANU. I HEARD THAT. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ZANU, HOW DO YOU VOTE? DEPUTY MAYOR PROTE. AYE. MAYOR ADAMS, I MEAN, COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS AYE. MAYOR VOTES. AYE. DE UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DEL BOSKY. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON. AYE. MAYOR PROM LOPEZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER HEADON AYE. MOTION CARRIES EIGHT TO NOTHING. ADAM [48. Ordinance approving the 2023 tax roll resulting in a tax levy in the amount of $158,257,123] 48, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. ITEM 48 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE 2023 TAX ROLL RESULTING IN A TAX LEVY IN THE AMOUNT OF 158,257,000 $123. [00:45:03] WE DON'T HAVE TO DO A ROLL CALL ON THIS ONE, BUT I STILL NEED A MOTION. UH, MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, JOHNSON, UH, MAYOR I, I, I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 48. ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON MOTIONED. COUNCIL MEMBER ZA. YOU SECOND IT. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANYY. OPPOSED? SAY AY. MOTION CARRIES EIGHT TO ZERO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. NOW WE THANK YOU. GREAT BUDGET. NOW [Items 49 - 67] WE GET TO ALL THE PS. THAT'S ALL LEE, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. WE HAVE A SERIES OF 19 PITS TO BE PRESENTED TONIGHT AND THEY HAVE ALL MET THEIR LEGAL REQUIREMENTS. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE ALL GOT THE EMAIL WITH THE DATE OF BEHIND IT EARLIER THIS WEEK, UM, TO GIVE THOSE AT HOME AND THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE, WHAT OUR ROLE IS, THE PIS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE PI NOMINATE AND VOTE ON THEIR OWN BOARD FOR THAT PI. WE APPROVE THE BUDGET. WE DON'T TWEAK THE BUDGET. WE CAN SEND IT BACK. AND MANY TIMES AFTER SPEAKERS HAVE SPOKEN IN THE PAST AND THEY'VE RAISED ISSUES, WHAT WE DO IS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER GETS WITH THAT DISTRICT AND WE MAKE, UH, SOME ADJUSTMENTS, EVEN SUGGESTIONS. AND SOMETIMES THE CITY EVEN HELPS IN SOME AREAS. AND SOMETIMES THEY REDUCE, SOMETIMES THEY INCREASE THE, THE, THE RATES. SO, UH, MEGAN, GO AHEAD. HAROLD WILLIS ON ITEM 49, WHICH IS WESTCHESTER PI. HAROLD WALLACE, 5 3 8 LINLEY. I WOULD LIKE TO BRING SOMETHING UP ON, ON THE, UH, THE PIT. OTHER WORDS, I APPRECIATE THE WORK THE STAFF HAS DONE FOR 20 YEARS. UH, MY ISSUE IS THE CONTINUAL WASTE OF WATER FOR 20 YEARS. NOW, THESE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS WE'RE PUTTING WATER ON THE SIDEWALKS, ON THE CURB ON THE STREET. THIS HAS BEEN YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR, LAST AUGUST WHEN WE GOT 12 INCHES OF RAIN. THEY'RE ON CARRIER PARKWAY. THE STREET ABOVE ME. NEWBERRY, THE SPRINKLERS ARE RUNNING. I'VE GOT PICTURES ON MY OTHER OLD PHONE. 12 INCHES OF RAIN AND THE SPRINKLERS ARE RUNNING. THESE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS ALMOST REQUIRE DAILY MAINTENANCE, DAILY UPKEEP. AND DURING THE STAGE TWO WATER RESTRICTIONS, WHO WAS RESTRICTING WATERING ON THE PI DISTRICTS? THE PIDS WERE, WERE WATERING NOT ONCE A DAY, BUT THEY WERE WATERING SATURDAY NIGHT. MONDAY NIGHT THEY WERE CONTINUING THEIR WATERING SCHEDULE. THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN. OKAY. WHY WERE THEY DOING IT? THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN, BUT THEY WERE CITIZENS THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN TUNED. WE'VE TRIED TO GET AROUND TO ALL OF THEM AS QUICK AS WE CAN, BUT YEAH, THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN. WHAT I'M ASKING IS, WE WOULD BE THE FIRST CITY IN TEXAS TO IMPLEMENT. YOU HAVE AN APP FOR MCDONALD'S, YOU HAVE AN APP FOR WHATEVER. WE COULD UTILIZE AN APP TO TURN THE SPRINKLERS OFF WHEN WE'RE IN STAGE TWO WATER RESTRICTIONS OR WHEN WE'VE HAD 12 INCHES OF RAIN TO WORK. COULD WE GET A GRANT FROM THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD TO IMPLEMENT A TECHNOLOGY TO CONTROL THE EXCESSIVE WASTE OF WATER FROM OUR PI DISTRICTS? THE PIS ARE UNBELIEVABLY BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY, BUT WE MUST UTILIZE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY. THIS IS TEXAS. WE GOTTA SAVE EVERY DROP IN TEXAS BECAUSE OF SAM RAYBURN AND LYNDON JOHNSON AND JIM WRIGHT. WE HAVE THE WATER SUPPLY TO ALLOW FOR OUR GROWTH IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT WE HAVE. BUT BY SAY THE, THE KIDS AT DUBISKI, THEIR CAREER SCHOOL AT DUBISKI, THE CAREER SCHOOL IN MANSFIELD, THE OTHER CAREER SCHOOLS IMPLEMENTING THIS AS KIND OF A JOINT CITY COUNCIL PROJECT TO IMPLEMENT TECHNOLOGY TO HOW MANY THOUSANDS OF MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF WATER COULD WE SAVE EVERY YEAR? AND THE COST, I DON'T MIND THE COST. THE PIT DISTRICT GOES UP EVERY YEAR. I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT OUR WATER COST, HOW ABOUT IMPLEMENTING SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE FOR ALL PIT DISTRICTS IF IT WAS JUST INCREMENTALLY PUT FORTH TO SAVE WATER, PLEASE AT THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK INTO. BUT EACH INDIVIDUAL P WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE TO DOWNLOAD THE APP AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND WE NEED TO DO, WE NEED TO BE MORE PROACTIVE AND MAKING SURE THE PIS ARE AWARE THAT THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW THE RULES. JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. THE BANK, STARBUCKS, WHEN I WENT THROUGH STARBUCKS, THEY WERE WATERING [00:50:01] AND THEY WEREN'T. THEY WERE ON A DAY IT WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO AND I HAD TO TELL THEM. SO IT'S UP TO US TO DO BETTER JOB OF GETTING OUT THE WORD THAT WHEN WE'RE UNDER RESTRICTIONS. BUT THANK YOU. WE'LL LOOK INTO THE APP. YES. AND THE PS ARE INFORMED ABOUT THAT. AND THEIR LANDSCAPERS ARE ASKED TO MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS AND THEY TELL US THAT THEY DO, BUT APPARENTLY THEY MISS A FEW. BUT WHENEVER YOU SEE THAT, IF YOU COULD JUST CALL ME OR EMAIL ME, I CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY TAKE CARE OF THAT. AND ALSO, I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO COME TO OUR WESTCHESTER PI BOARD MEETINGS. YES. I'VE BEEN TO ONE OR TWO OF THEM. I'LL MM-HMM . I'LL BE AT THE NEXT ONE. I'LL BRING THIS UP TO THE PI. MM-HMM . BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I REALIZE THIS IS YOU. THERE'S A LOT WHEN YOU JUST LOOK AT ARLINGTON AND OTHER CITIES WITH THE FENCES, WITH EVERYTHING DETERIORATING, EVEN PARTS OF FRISCO AND PLANO. SO THIS SETS US ASIDE FROM OTHER CITIES, JUST, WE JUST GOTTA DO IT IN A BETTER WAY TO SAY. GOOD POINT. YEAH. THANK YOU HAROLD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU LEE. THANK YOU. PHILLIP VARGHESE IS HERE ON ITEM 49, WHICH IS ALSO THE WESTCHESTER PIT. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. PHILLIP ESE 5 49 PARK CREST DRIVE, WESTCHESTER. UH, I'M FOLLOWING UP ON MY QUESTION. I RAISED LAST YEAR ON THE PUBLIC HEARING ON APPROVING THE BUDGET FOR PAID NUMBER ONE WESTCHESTER. I WAS TOLD THEN THAT THE PROPERTY WHERE THE APARTMENTS ON DECKMAN, WHICH IS NOW , UH, HAVE NOW HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED, WOULD BE ANNEXED BY THE WESTCHESTER PAID LATER AND WOULD BE PART OF THIS, OF ITS ASSESSMENT AND BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR. I WOULD LIKE CONFIRMATION THAT THIS HAS NOW HAPPENED. NO, NO. LEE, DO YOU KNOW IF THIS HAPPENED? YES, IT WAS APPROVED IN EARLY AUGUST. OKAY, THANK YOU. UH, SECOND, UH, I RAISED THIS ISSUE DURING CITIZEN COMMENTS AT ONE OF THE WESTCHESTER PIT BOARD MEETINGS. HOWEVER, THE CITY'S CITY ATTORNEY'S REPRESENTATIVE WHO WAS UH, PRESENTING GUIDANCE ON OPEN MEETINGS, UH, WOULDN'T ANSWER MY QUESTION. SO I BRING THIS UP, BRING UP THIS ISSUE AS FOOD FOR THOUGHT FOR CITY MANAGEMENT AND COUNCIL. I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT HOW THE BOARD MEMBERS OF THE PAID ARE ELECTED DURING MEETINGS. WHEN NEW BOARD MEMBERS ARE ELECTED. I NOTICE AN UNUSUAL SURGE IN ATTENDANCE. WHILE I'M NOT IMPLYING THAT THERE IS ANY FUNNY BUSINESS, BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT HAS NEVER BEEN PROVEN OR SUBSTANTIATED. MY QUESTION IS, HOW DO WE VET THOSE IN ATTENDANCE WHO ARE ALLOWED TO VOTE THAT THEY ARE ALL RESIDENTS OF THE WESTCHESTER PIT LEE? WELL, WE JUST TELL THEM THAT THEY HAVE TO BE A RESIDENT OF WEST. WE DON'T T IT, WE DON'T CHECK THEIR IDS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WE DON'T CHECK THEIR IDS. WE HAVEN'T BEEN, UM, BUT THEY ARE TOLD THAT THEY I UNDERSTAND, BUT WE DON'T VERIFY. VERIFY IT. RIGHT. OKAY. SO THAT WAS MY CONCERN AND THAT'S, UH, THAT VALID CONCERN. BUT WE DON'T DO IT ON ANY OF 'EM. I, WE HAVEN'T EVER HAD A CONCERN, BUT MAYBE THERE IS A CONCERN, BUT WE'VE NEVER VETTED IT. WE NEVER MAKE THEM SHOW PROOF. SO, UH, WE'LL TAKE YOUR COMMENTS AND DISCUSS IT IN THE FUTURE. OKAY. THANK THAT WAS ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT, JUDGE. GOOD. THANK YOU. MADOFF. SO IS HERE ON ITEM 67, WHICH IS GREENWAY TRAILS PIT MAYOR. CITIZEN COMMENTS INSTEAD. HE FIRED, HE'S CITIZEN COMMENTS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL THE SPEAKERS. MAYOR, DEPUTY. YES. JUST A COMMENT ON THAT LAST, UH, SUGGESTION. WHEN THEY COME IN TO THE MEETING, SHOULDN'T THEY SIGN IN AND PUT THEIR ADDRESS AND WOULDN'T THAT VERIFY? WELL PUT PUTTING THEIR ADDRESS WOULDN'T VERIFY IT. I COULD PUT YOUR ADDRESS DOWN. AT LEAST. AT LEAST YOU COULD CHECK IT OUT. THAT'S RIGHT. UH, BUT THE POINT IS WE DON'T YET. WE MAY NEED TO IN THE FUTURE. WE DON'T. NOW THAT COMPLETES ALL THE SPEAKERS. MAYOR PRO TEM. I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD JUST DO THIS ONE BY ONE ON RECORD. VOTE ALL AT ONCE. . OKAY. I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD LEAVE AND LEAVE THE MAYOR PROTE. I WOULD STEP OUT. HERE'S WHAT I'D BE DOING. MAYOR. YOU'RE ALL, YOU'RE IN CHARGE. SO ON THAT NOTE, I GO AHEAD. THAT'S GOOD. I LIKE THAT. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE ITEMS. 49 THROUGH SIX, SEVEN. SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION. I HEAR THE SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS FIRST. ALL IN FAVOR SAY [00:55:01] AYE. AYE. AND OPPOSED SAY NAY. BOTH CARRIES EIGHT TO NOTHING. THAT'S GOOD. MAYOR PRO TEM ADAM 68. [68. STP-23-07-0017 - Site Plan - Constellation Avenue K Industrial Development (City Council District 1). Site Plan for two distribution warehouse buildings on 10.01 acres. Site 1A and a portion of Site 1, Block 5, GSID Community No. 5 Addition, Second Installment, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, and addressed as 901 Avenue K East (On August 28, 2023, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 8-0)] FINALLY ON SOME PLANNING AND ZONING. ARE WE DONE YET? I SAID Y'ALL ARE EXCITED FOR OUR ITEMS NOW. YEAH, FOR ONCE. WHEN HAVE WE EVER BEEN EXCITED FOR ITEMS? ALL RIGHT. ITEM 68 IS A SITE PLAN FOR CONSTELLATION WAREHOUSE AT 9 0 1 AVENUE K EAST. YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SCREEN OUTLINED IN YELLOW. THERE IS AN EXISTING BUILDING THERE. THE PLANS IS TO DEMO THAT BUILDING AND THEN CONSTRUCT TWO NEW OFFICE WAREHOUSES. THE CURRENT ZONING IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND IT'S ABOUT 10 ACRES. YOU CAN SEE THE SITE PLAN SHOWN ON THE SCREEN. THE PROPOSAL MEETS OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS OUR PARKING REQUIREMENTS. THE LANDSCAPE PLAN MEETS OR EXCEEDS OUR LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS. THESE ARE THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS. IT INCLUDES TILT WALL, BRICK ACCENTS, DECORATIVE CORNICES, AND ACCENT LIGHTINGS. THE APPLICANT'S NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES. AND ON AUGUST 28TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF EIGHT TO ZERO. THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITION. THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE DIRECTIONAL SIGNS AS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY DEPARTMENT THAT PROHIBITS TRUCKS FROM EXITING ONTO AVENUE K EAST AND MAKING A LEFT TURN TOWARDS A SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION TO THE EAST. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE HAVE A SPEAKER, BUT WE, ANY, ANYBODY? DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR DEPUTY MAYOR OR WANNA GET THE SPEAKER OUTTA THE WAY? FIRST LET'S DO SPEAKER AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION. THANK YOU. SCOTT LERMAN, UH, SUPPORTS THIS ITEM BUT DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK. OKAY. YOU NOW YOU CAN ASK. THANK YOU. UH, SAVANNAH, UM, OF COURSE THAT'S NEXT TO THE FAIRWAY PARKWAY. THAT'S, SO THOSE APARTMENTS ARE RIGHT NEXT TO THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS. SO THEY'RE TO THE, TO THE SOUTHEAST? YES. ALL RIGHT. I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THEIR HOURS OF OPERATION SINCE WE HAVE RESIDENTS LIVING RIGHT NEXT TO THEM. SO THIS IS A SPECULATIVE WAREHOUSE IN THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THE TENANTS AND DON'T HAVE THE, THE HOURS OF OPERATIONS FOR THEM. BUT THEY WILL COMPLY WITH ALL CITY CODE. AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S A TOUGH ONE. 'CAUSE EVEN IF THEY DID HAVE A TENANT AND THAT TENANT SAID WE'RE SIX TO SIX, THE TENANT NEXT YEAR MAY BE A DIFFERENT TENANT. TRUE, TRUE. AND ALSO, UM, IS THERE, WERE THERE TREE MITIGATIONS IN THERE? SO THEY WERE PLANTING ENOUGH TREES TO NOT HAVE TO MITIGATE ANY FEES. OKAY. SO THEY WERE MEETING THOSE REQUIREMENTS MITIGATION AND UH, SHOULD WE PUT ANY KIND OF RESTRICTIONS ON THE HOURS OR CAN WE DO THAT LEGALLY? UM, THAT'S SOMEBODY ELSE'S RASHAD. THIS IS, THIS IS A SITE PLAN. SO IT WOULD, WE COULD HAVE CONDITIONS IF IT WAS A SUP, BUT THIS USE IS ALLOWED BY, RIGHT. SO IT'S A SITE PLAN. I THINK THE BEST THING WE'VE DONE SO FAR IS THE DESIGN IS FUNCTIONING TO WHERE IT WON'T NECESSARILY AFFECT THOSE CITIZENS TO THE SOUTHEAST AS WELL AS THEY PUT THE DOCKS FACING EACH OTHER INTERNAL TO THE SITE. AND, AND YEAH. SINCE, YEAH, I MEAN WE CAN'T, SO RIGHT. WE CAN'T. SO THEY HAVE THE RIGHTS TO DO ALL OF THIS, ESPECIALLY WITH NO VARIANCES. UM, UH, SEE AND THE LANDSCAPE, THEY EXCEED. DID YOU SAY THEY EXCEED THE LANDSCAPE THEY NEED OR EXCEED? YES. MM-HMM . I'M READY. I'M READY IF YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS, DON YOU ASK A QUESTION. THANK YOU. MAYOR RASHAD AND SAVANNAH ARE, IS THIS GROUP ALLOWED TO OPERATE 24 7 OR DO WE HAVE, DO WE HAVE ANY RESTRICTION ON TIME FOR OPERATIONS? IT'S NOT, NONE THAT I KNOW OF. UH, WE DO HAVE NOISE, UH, REGULATIONS AND A CITY CODE AS WELL AS, UM, CHOKE OUT. BUT THEY CAN OPERATE 24 7 IF THEY YES. IF THEY HAD TO. THEY CAN. YES, THEY CAN. WE, AND WE HAVE NOISE ORDINANCES THAT WE CAN ENFORCE LIKE WE HAVE, HAVE OTHER PLACES. BUT THEY CAN CORRECT. GOTCHA. AND THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS. EVEN IF THEY'RE NEXT TO RESIDENTIAL, I THINK IN, WHEN THEY'RE NEXT TO RESIDENTIAL, THERE IS A BUFFER REQUIREMENT. UM, BUT AS FAR AS NOISE IS CONCERNED, THERE'S STILL OR HOURS OF OPERATION. THERE'S NO, NO, NO. BUT BUT THERE WOULDN'T BE A BUFFER REQUIREMENT BECAUSE RESIDENTIAL'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET. YEAH. ON THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER. AND THEY MAY AND THEY MEET ALL, OR IT IS NOW HERE'S SOMETHING TO REMEMBER. IF THEY BRING US SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES AN SUP, LIKE THEY [01:00:01] ALL SAY THEY WANNA TURN THAT INTO AN EVENT CENTER OR OUTSIDE STORAGE OR SOME BUSINESS THAT REQUIRES THE SUP, THEN WE COULD PUT STIPULATIONS ON IT. I I WAS SURPRISED THAT THEY WERE ALLOWED TO SPLIT IT INTO TWO DIFFERENT ENTITIES WITHOUT ASKING FOR AN SUP. BECAUSE WHEN THIS WAS PROBABLY FIRST APPROVED, WE ONLY APPROVED IT AS ONE BUILDING. 'CAUSE THIS IS TWO SEPARATE, I THINK THEY COULD SPLIT IT UP INTO 10. THEY CAN DO AS MANY AS THEY WANT ON THE PROPERTY. AS LONG AS IT MEETS A UDC CONDITIONS. YES. OKAY. I MEAN THAT'S, YOU OWN A PIECE OF PROPERTY IS ZONED FOR THAT. YEAH. YOU COULD DO ONE BIG ONE. THREE SMALL ONES, ONE TINY AND ONE BIG ONE. AS LONG AS IT MEETS OUR REQUIREMENTS. YES SIR. GOOD QUESTIONS. BUT I MEAN, IT'S NOT MUCH WE CAN DO. I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 68. WE HAVE A MOTION SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AY, OPPOSED SAY NAY. CITIZENS. SOMETIMES YOU FEEL LIKE, WELL GOODNESS, MY GOODNESS. Y'ALL LOVE, UH, WAREHOUSES. MY GOODNESS. Y'ALL LOVE APARTMENTS. IT'S NOT THAT WE LOVE OR HATE 'EM. IF THEY HAVE THE ZONING, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT. AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS FOLLOW THE LAW [69. STP-23-07-0015 - Site Plan Amendment - GSW Phase II (City Council District 1). Site Plan for five industrial/warehouse buildings on 109.87 acres. Multiple tracts from the John C. Read Survey, Abstract No. 1183, Elizabeth Gray Survey, Abstract No. 1680, and John Hardin Survey, Abstract No. 540, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, Zoned Light Industrial, within SH-161 Corridor Overlay, and generally located east of Bear Creek, north of W Shady Grove Rd, and south of W Rock Island Rd, with an approximate location between 400 W Shady Grove Rd and 200 W Rock Island Rd (On August 28, 2023, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 8-0)] ITEM 69. THIS NEXT ITEM IS A SITE PLAN AMENDMENT. AND THE LOCATION SHOULD LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU. THEY HAD A SITE PLAN APPROVED PREVIOUSLY, THEY HAD SINCE BEEN WORKING ON ACQUIRING ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES. AND SO THIS SITE PLAN AMENDMENT IS TO BRING BACK THAT SITE PLAN WITH THOSE ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES INCORPORATED INTO IT. SO THEY'RE PROPOSING FIVE INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS AND IT'S JUST UNDER 110 ACRES. SO CITY COUNCIL, AGAIN APPROVED A SITE PLAN IN NOVEMBER OF 2022. ON THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE TWO IMAGES. THE FIRST IMAGE IS THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED, AND THEN THE SECOND IMAGE IS THE NEW PROPOSAL, WHICH IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. SO THE AREA CLOUDED IN RED WAS LAND THAT THEY HAD ACQUIRED AND SINCE OUR INCORPORATING IT INTO THIS DEVELOPMENT. SO THEY'RE MEETING OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS ARE LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS. AND THESE ARE THEIR BUILDING RENDERINGS AND BUILDING ELEVATIONS. THEY'RE MEETING THOSE APPENDIX X REQUIREMENTS AS WELL. SO THEY ARE REQUESTING ONE VARIANCE. AND I WILL NOTE THAT THIS IS THE SAME VARIANCE THEY REQUESTED IN NOVEMBER AS PART OF THE ORIGINAL SITE PLAN REQUEST. SO THEY'RE ASKING TO EXCEED 115% OF THE REQUIRED PARKING SPACES ON AUGUST 28TH. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A, A VOTE OF EIGHT TO ZERO. AND THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS WELL. AND WE'RE SEEING THESE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE SINCE WE CHANGED THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS. AND I, I'VE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE WANTING MORE PARKING THAN WHAT I MEAN, IT'S JUST, WE GET MORE COMPLAINTS ABOUT NOT ENOUGH PARKING THAN WE DO. WELL, THERE'S TOO MUCH PARKING, RIGHT, KURT? SO, RIGHT. SO, UH, AND THIS REALLY IS JUST ADDING THAT ONE PIECE THAT THEY BOUGHT TO MAKE IT THEY HAVE TO COME BACK. YES, SIR. YEAH. SO, UH, WE DO HAVE NO SPEAKERS. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, DEPUTY MAYOR APPROACHED HIM. CLEMSON, THE SAME SPILL I GAVE WHILE AGO. IT'S, I MEAN, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT TO OUR CITIZENS, OUR VIEWERS, THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE WOULD RATHER HAVE THAN WAREHOUSES, BUT THEY DO HAVE THE LEGAL RIGHT TO DO THIS. SO I APP WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 69. SECOND, WE HAVE, UH, I THINK I HEARD COUNCILMAN ZA. YOU DO THE SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION ABOUT DEPUTY MAYOR PROTE CLEMSON. SECOND ABOUT COUNCILMAN ZA. YOU ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AY OPPOSED, SAY NAY. MOTION CARRIES. [70. ZON-23-07-0023 – PD Amendment/Concept Plan – The Square at Mountain View (City Council District 2). Application for Amendment to PD-16 to adopt a Concept Plan for a retail development on 14.33 acres. Being 14.33 acres out of the Stephen C. O'Gwinn Survey, Abstract No. 1103, J.W.E. Wallace Survey, Abstract No. 1517, and Benjamin F. Smith Survey, Abstract No. 1377, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, zoned PD-16, and addressed as 3940, 3948, 3950 and 3956 S. Beltline Rd (On September 11, 2023, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 9-0)] WHAT ARE WE ON 70? YES SIR. ITEM NUMBER 70 IS A PD AMENDMENT TO ADOPT A CONCEPT PLAN FOR THE SQUARE AT MOUNTAIN VIEW. YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN. THIS CURRENT ZONING IS PLAN DEVELOPMENT 16. AND WHEN IT WAS APPROVED, IT DID NOT HAVE AN ACCOMPANYING CONCEPT PLAN. SO THE ITEM TONIGHT IS TO ADD THAT CONCEPT PLAN TO PD 16. THE ALLOWED USES ARE FOR GENERAL RETAIL, AND THEY ARE PROPOSING TO DEVELOP IN LINE WITH THAT. SO THERE'S NO CHANGE OF ZONING. THIS IS AGAIN, JUST TO ADOPT THAT CONCEPT PLAN. SO COULD THEY HAVE DONE IT AT THE SAME TIME? THEY JUST DIDN'T AND NOW THEY'RE BRINGING IT BACK. THE CON OKAY. THE, THE ZONING ONE'S DONE DECADES AGO, SO, OH, OKAY. THAT'S WHY. YES. AND THEN DO THEY STILL HAVE TO COME BACK WITH A SITE PLAN? YES, SIR. OKAY. AND SO THE CON CONCEPT PLAN ALLOWS US TO SEE HOW THE, THE SITE WILL DEVELOP AND THE INDIVIDUAL, UH, LOTS AND COMPONENTS. SO YOU CAN SEE THE CONCEPT PLAN ON THE SCREEN. THEY'RE PROPOSING TWO ANCHORS. UH, ONE GROCERY STORE. ONE OF THOSE IS A GROCERY STORE, [01:05:01] ONE IS A FITNESS CENTER. UH, THE BUILDINGS IN YELLOW ARE PROPOSED RETAIL BUILDINGS. AND THEN THEY DO INCLUDE A COUPLE OF RESTAURANTS WITH A DRIVE THROUGH. PUT PUT WHERE IT'S AT AGAIN FOR US. SO THIS IS, THAT'S OVER ON 1382. YES, SIR. THAT'S THE ONE I SENT YOU THE EMAIL ON, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS DALLAS. IF YOU, BECAUSE THE SOCCER FIELDS, MOST OF THE SOCCER FIELDS ARE IN DALLAS. SO THIS PART'S IN GRAND PRAIRIE OR WE WOULDN'T DO IT. BUT IS DALLAS RIGHT BEHIND THEM? YES SIR. YES SIR. TO THE EAST. TO THE EAST, YEAH. THE RED DASH LINE IS, IS OUR CITY LIMITS LINE. OH, I SEE. THE VERY FAINT. THEY BARELY GOT IT UP IN THERE. YEP. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HEADON, UM, WITH THE, UH, GRAPHICS PROVIDED THE RENDERINGS. I SEE A TRADER JOE'S IS THAT, OH, DON'T COUNT ON THAT BEING . THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE DREAMERS THAT MAY COME, BUT I WON'T SAY IT WAS NOT. WOULD I BE SHOCKED IF A TRAILER JOE'S WENT AT THAT LOCATION? TELL ME. I WOULD BE. SO DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT ANY OF THESE. BEEN THERE. BUT WE CAN'T PAY PRETEND PICTURES. WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T MAKE THE DECISION BASED ON WHAT'S GOING IN THERE. NO, I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE KNOW WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING. I DON'T THINK THEY KNOW. OKAY. NO. WELL, A GROCERY WOULD CERTAINLY BE VERY WELCOME IN MY DISTRICT. IT WOULD, BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE ANY GROCERY STORE. EVEN IF YOU AND I WERE IN THE GROCERY BUSINESS PUTTING A GROCERY STORE THERE, THEY'RE IN A HOUSE AROUND IT. THE APPLICANT HAS NOTED THEY ARE PURSUING A GROCERY STORE. I KNOW, BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE? I'LL LET YOU BE THE INVESTOR, NOT ME, . WELL, BUT THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE NOTED THAT THEY'RE MORE LOCKED IN WITH THE CRUNCH FITNESS AS PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT. OH, I, WE NEED ANOTHER FITNESS PLACE, BUT AND THAT'S WHAT I WANNA SPEAK ON. I'M JUST SAYING WE CAN'T SOMETIMES I WISH THEY WOULDN'T PUT ANYTHING ON THERE. 'CAUSE IT, IT, IT'S IRRELEVANT. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S ENOUGH ROOF TALK SUPPORT THAT NO, THIS I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S FOR, BUT I WOULDN'T BE AN INVESTOR IN THAT EITHER. I THINK ALL THE WEST WESTCHESTER HOMES ARE RIGHT. THERE'S TWO MINUTES FROM MY HOUSE. I THINK THE APPLICANT CAN ADDRESS SOME. I'LL LET THEM BE THE JUDGE. I'M JUST SAYING WE CAN'T MAKE OUR MOTION BASED ON WHAT'S GONNA GO IN THERE. RIGHT, RIGHT. BUT I'M GLAD THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A GI WOULD PUT MONEY RIGHT NOW ON THE TABLE THAT IT AIN'T GONNA BE A GROCERY STORE. $1. NO MAY I JUST WANNA ASK, UH, IS THERE ANYWHERE WE COULD PREVENT THEM OR LIMIT THEM FROM HAVING THE FITNESS CENTER IN THERE? BECAUSE THERE'S, WE CANNOT, THAT'S EASY. WE CANNOT, THIS IS, I HAVE TO AGREE WITH YOUR COMMENT ABOUT THE FITNESS CENTERS, LIKE DENTAL OFFICES. I WISH WE COULD LIMIT VAPING. I DENTAL GIVE ME A LIST. . BUT WE CAN'T CORRECT. I WISH WE COULD, IF WE DID, THE STATE WOULD STRIKE IT DOWN. ANYBODY ELSE? MAYOR PRO TEM. SO, YEAH, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING. THEY'RE LOOKING AT THIS LOCATION. I KNOW WHENEVER WE WERE AT THE CAMP WISDOM, UM, RIBBON CUTTING, I KNOW THE CITY OF DALLAS DID MENTION THAT THEY'RE SPENDING QUITE A BIT OF MONEY ON 1382 AND CAMP WISDOM, THEY'RE GOING TO START BRINGING THEM SOME MORE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD LEAD INTO CEDAR HILL. SO IT'D BE JUST INTERESTING IF, IF THEY'RE TRYING TO TIE IN THE OVER CONCEPT, IT'D BE GREAT. I MEAN, IF THEY DO COME, BUT, UM, MY ONLY OTHER QUESTION IS FOR STAFFS TO KEEP AN EYE ON IS THAT IF THIS BECOMES A RETAIL SPOT, YOU MIGHT SEE RESIDENTS TRYING TO CROSS OVER BELT LINE. SO WE MIGHT JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR, OUR CROSSWALKS AND OUR TIMING AND, AND AND LIGHTS AND ALL THAT. ONCE THAT COMES INTO SAME ISSUE WE HAVE WITH QT ON THE OTHER SIDE. CORRECT. SO WE MIGHT JUST WANT TO, 'CAUSE I KNOW HARMONY SCHOOL'S THERE AND THERE'S KIDS THAT GO TO THE HARMONY SCHOOL AND I WELL, WE DON'T WANNA WALK SCHOOL. YEAH. WALK. THEY MIGHT JUST TRY TO GO ACROSS AND WORK OUT. I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN GROCERY STORE. BUT UM, YOU KNOW, JUST LET'S KEEP EYE ON THAT AND AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ON THAT PART. ANOTHER POINT THAT IS NEW TO US, EVEN THOUGH IT SAYS ZON, IT'S NOT A ZONING CHANGE. CORRECT. SEE, WE'VE BEEN TRAINED THAT IF IT'S A Z WE CAN DENY IT. EH, THIS AIN'T A Z. IT IS, BUT IT'S NOT. IT'S A ZON, WHICH BY RIGHT, RIGHT. YOU EXPLAINED IT TO ME. I DON'T LIKE IT. WELL THIS IS SOMETHING GRAND PRAIRIE DOES IN THE SENSE THAT WE HAVE THESE OLDER PDS AND SO THIS IS ZONING CASE. IT'S JUST AN AMENDMENT TO ADD THIS CONCEPT PLAN AS SAVANNAH NOTED. SO WE DO HAVE SOME LEGISLATIVE RIGHT TO SAY WE DON'T LIKE THIS AND MAYBE ALLOW THEM TO BRING IT BACK. BUT WHAT ELSE WOULD WE BRING THERE? THEY'RE MEETING THE [01:10:01] STANDARDS. WHAT'S THAT? EVENTUALLY YOU'LL HAVE TO, IT'S, IT, IT WOULD BECOME THEN A NEGOTIATION. THE LAND HAS THE ZONING RIGHTS. CORRECT. BUT IT'S, IF THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT YOU DON'T LIKE, IT WOULD, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU TABLE IT SO THAT YOU CAN WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER. BECAUSE EVENTUALLY YOU'RE GONNA, THERE'S GONNA HAVE TO BE AN APPROVAL. THEY WOULD TAKE US TO COURT. WHAT ELSE WOULD WE PUT THERE? THAT POOL HALL? WELL, THEY CAN STILL PUT A POOL HALL, BUT WE COULDN'T DICTATE IT. BE A POOL. I THINK IT IS WHAT IT IS. YEAH. UM, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? COUNCIL MEMBER HEDEN IS WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? WELL, UM, I HAVE A QUESTION, BUT WITH THE ALBERTSONS THAT CLOSED, PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT ARE VERY UNHAPPY WITH THE GROCERY SITUATION RIGHT NOW. UM, EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE NO ROOFTOPS RIGHT THERE, IT'S SO CLOSE TO THAT WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY. UM, BUT I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU ALL SAID ABOUT THE GYM. SO I GUESS MY THOUGHT IS THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING YET. SO YOU WERE SAYING WE COULD TABLE IT TO DISCUSS THAT WITH THEM, BUT AT THIS POINT THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW ANYTHING. I DON'T, I THINK MEGAN WILL SAY WE CAN'T TABLE IT UNTIL THEY GET A CLIENT. OKAY. WELL OVERALL THIS BE A WIN. I THINK THE DISTRICT DON'T THINK GET A CLIENT FOR MONTHS. RIGHT. I WAS JUST SAYING I WOULD RATHER YOU TABLE IT THAN JUST DENY IT. BUT COULD WE TABLE IT UNTIL THEY GET A GROCERY STORE? NO. I MEAN THAT SAYS NO. WE WOULD BE THERE FOREVER. KEEP IN MIND THIS SAME PROPERTY WAS PRESENTED PREVIOUSLY FOR A MULTIFAMILY, UH, THAT OKAY. APPLICANT LISTENED TO COUNSEL AND HAVE BROUGHT IT BACK TO MEET THE STANDARDS. RIGHT. THIS IS THE SAME APPLICANT. THIS IS THE SAME APPLICANT. THEY LISTENED TO US. SO I'D HATE THE KICKING DOWN THE STREET. NOW IT DOESN'T, UH, WITH DALLAS RIGHT BEHIND IT, IT'D BE TOUGH TO PUT A, I'M NOT GONNA SAY THAT A GROCERY STORE WOULDN'T GO IN THERE, BUT I'VE SPOKEN TO A LOT OF GROCERS. THIS AIN'T GOT ENOUGH ROOT TOPS. MIGHT GET HEB THAT'S, THAT'S TOO SMALL A LOCATION. YEAH. AND WE WOULD INCENTIVIZE AN HEB BUT THAT'S TOO SMALL IN A LOCATION. I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION. OKAY. UM, WELL I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM. WHAT IS THIS? THIS IS ITEM 70 72. 70 0 70. I'D LIKE TO, UH, APPROVE. MOVE TO APPROVE. ITEM 70. SECOND WE HAVE MOTION. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION CARRIES ITEM 71. [Items 71 & 72] ALRIGHT, ITEMS NUMBER 71 AND 72 ARE RELATED. SO I'LL PRESENT THEM TOGETHER. THE FIRST IS THE COMP PLAN AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION. AND THE SECOND IS FOR A ZONING CHANGE. IT'S LOCATED AT 2 25 NORTHWEST 16TH STREET. YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN. THE FIRST COMPONENT IS TO AMEND THAT FUTURE LAND USE MAP FROM MIXED USE TO LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. THE APPLICANT DESIRES TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO ALLOW FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. SO THE MAP ON THE SCREEN SHOWS THE EXISTING ZONING. YOU CAN SEE THAT FOR THE MOST PART IT'S SURROUNDED BY YELLOW, WHICH IS SINGLE FAMILY. THEY'RE REQUESTING TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO ALLOW SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT IMAGE ON THE SCREEN SHOWS THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATIONS FOR THE AREA. THIS AREA IS DESIGNATED AS MIXED USE. ON AUGUST 28TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY OUT OF EIGHT TO ZERO AND STAFF UNABLE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL. HOWEVER, WE DO WANNA NOTE THAT THE, UH, PROPOSED FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION MATCHES THE PREDOMINANT ZONING OF THE AREA. SO, AND THEY'RE FLIPPING SOMETHING FROM COMMERCIAL TO SINGLE FAMILY. EVEN THOUGH A SMALL SINGLE FAMILY. YES, THERE'S SOMETIMES WE WANT SOME SMALL, WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR SOME AFFORDABLE, I'M NOT SAYING THIS WOULD BE AFFORDABLE, BUT PROBABLY WE TAKE ANY KIND OF HOUSING OVER COMMERCIAL AT THAT LOCATION. UH, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR 'EM? ANYBODY? IS IT COMMERCIAL EVER BUILT NEXT TO THEM? THEY WOULD'VE TO BUILD THE WALL AND GOOD QUESTION. I UNDERSTAND. YES. SO IMMEDIATELY TO THE SOUTH WOULD BE THE ADJACENT COMMERCIAL ZONING AND THAT IS CURRENTLY A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE. OH. BUT TO HIS QUESTION, IF IT EVER FLIPPED, THEY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE. WE'D MAKE IT PART OF THAT MOTION TO DO THE WALL. YES SIR. OKAY. OKAY. UH, WE HAVE SOME SPEAKERS. [01:15:02] LUKE KEATON. HELLO, LUKE. LUKE KEATON, UH, 2037 DELAWARE STREET. I'M JUST HERE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. BAR BOB BERGMEYER DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK. SUPPORTS THIS ITEM. UH, THIS IS COLE'S DISTRICT. HE HASN'T MENTIONED ANYTHING TO ME. OUR STAFF, SINCE IT'S FLIPPING FROM COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL AND THE P AND Z APPROVED IT UNANIMOUSLY, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND PUT A MOTION ON THE TABLE TO APPROVE BOTH OF THESE ITEMS. I MOVE TO APPROVE BOTH OF THESE ITEMS. SECOND, WE HAVE MOTION. AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A OPPOSED SAY NAY. MR. MEYER, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. TELL YOUR SWEET WIFE A [CITIZEN COMMENTS (Part 2 of 2)] PATSY RAY. IF SHE WAS HERE, I WOULDN'T TELL HER TO SAY HI TO HER SWEET HUSBAND 'CAUSE I WOULD USE A DIFFERENT TERM. PATSY? YES, MAYOR. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNSEL. I'M PATSY RAY. 2217 EL PASO HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE SINCE 1956. I WANT TO THANK CITY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL. THE TOWN HALL MEETING AT DELAWARE UNDER SEVENTH WAS NICE. I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE. COUNCILMAN JR. WE HAD A GOOD TURNOUT. WASN'T AS MANY DOWN WORTH PEOPLE THERE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HAD, BUT THE WORD DID GET OUT. THANK YOU. UH, WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO WALTER? MY LOVE. I GOT SOME ASPHALT. PUT IN SOME POTHOLES EAST OF ME ON EL PASO. IT WAS AN SPLENDID JOB. NEWLY ORDAINED. WALTER . STAY OUT OF THIS MAYOR . I APPRECIATE YOUR GROUP. THEY GOT TO, THEY GOT BACK TO ME. THE REQUEST WAS MADE IN THE TOWN HALL MEETING AND I NOTICED ON TUESDAY I HAD GOING EAST ON EL PASO GETTING TO 1 61 SO I COULD GET TO THE EPIC. I HAD SOME FRESH ASPHALT AND IT DIDN'T COME UP WITH THE RAIN. PRAISE GOD. . ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU. PATSY. NEXT, UH, DIETRA GARDNER DIETRICH. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. ALL THE HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS DIETRA GARDNER AND I WAS BLESSED TO BUILD A HOME IN THE PENINSULA PIT IN NINE, IN 2005. AND I HAVE A CONCERN THIS EVENING, AND I UNDERSTAND YOU CANNOT ADDRESS IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT ON THE CALENDAR. MY CONCERN IS THAT SINCE I'VE LIVED IN 2005, THE TRAFFIC ON THE BRIDGE THAT CROSSES OVER JOE POOL LAKE HAS PROBABLY ENDURED MORE TRA TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION THAN WE'VE KNOWN SINCE 2005. I'M WONDERING HOW OFTEN ARE THOSE BRIDGES INSPECTED OR IS IT DUE FOR SOME TYPE OF INSPECTION AND ALSO, ESPECIALLY YOU HAVE APARTMENTS BEING BUILT, YOU HAD SOMETHING TO SAY. NO, HE'LL, HE'LL VISIT WITH YOU AFTERWARDS AND GIVE YOU AN ANSWER. OH, WONDERFUL. I CAN'T GIVE YOU THE ANSWER, NOR CAN HE RIGHT NOW, BUT EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT. I THANK YOU AND I THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. YOU BET. YOU'RE DOING A FINE JOB. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK, MR. NEWLY ORDAINED WALTER . EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. HAROLD WILLIS. HAROLD WILLIS, SORRY. A LONG WALK. HAROLD WILLIS. 5 3 8 LINLEY. UM, A HISTORIC NIGHT TO TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR NAMING THE STREET AFTER LYNDON KING. UH, 40 YEARS OVERDUE. I WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH THOSE OF YOU FOR THE OTHER OFFICERS. AJ CASTANEDA. UM, BRANDON S HADN'T EVEN BEEN A YEAR YET, SO, AND MY FRIEND GARY BLAIR AND ROGER HOBMAN. SO LET'S, LET'S DON'T WAIT 40 YEARS TO NAME AFTER THESE POLICE OFFICERS. UH, A WEEK AGO WEDNESDAY, WE CAME JUST ABOUT THIS CLOSE FROM ROLLING BLACKOUTS. PART OF MY HOBBY IS I WATCHED THE ERCOT GRID AND WHEN IT WENT INTO THE, WHEN IT WENT INTO YELLOW, LIKE, OOPS, [01:20:01] HERE'S FEBRUARY OF 21, IT WENT INTO THE RED. ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS USED TO WORK FOR TEXAS ELECTRIC AND SAID, YOU KNOW, HOLD ON. IF WE GO INTO ROLLING BLACKOUTS, HOW QUICKLY WILL WE RESTORE THE POWER? WE DIDN'T RESTORE THE POWER IN FEBRUARY OF 21. GRANTED THAT WAS A SEVERE FREEZE, BUT THIS IS THE HOTTEST SECOND HOTTEST AUGUST EVER RECORDED IN TEXAS. SO WITH THE FAILURE OF THE GRID, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, THE TRANSFORMERS OF THE WHOLE BIT, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE COUNCIL TO DO, IF I COULD WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY, IF YOU GO TO THE WALMART, WE NEED TO TAKE SOME ROAD TRIPS. IF YOU GO TO THE WALMART OUT ON 20 IN GREAT SOUTHWEST, THEY HAVE A HUGE BACKUP GENERATOR BY A COMPANY BY THE NAME OF ENCHANTED ROCK. THEY'RE BASED IN TEXAS, THEY'RE DOWN IN HOUSTON. THERE WAS AN OLD BOY OUT THERE WORKING ON ONE. I GOT TO TALKING TO HIM. HE SAID THEY PUT A FOUR INCH LINE DIRECTLY TO THE MAIN, IT RUNS DIRECTLY ON NATURAL GAS. I ASKED HIM, DOES THIS JUST RUN THE REFRIGERATION, THE OTHER PARTS OF WALMART? IT WILL RUN THE ENTIRE STORE AT WALMART. WOW. WALMART HAS BEEN BURNED BY ENCORE, LOSING POWER AT THEIR STORES, LOSING THEIR SALE REVENUE. WALMART IS A BUSINESS TO CONTINUE TO MAKE MONEY. WHAT I WOULD ASK FOR THE COUNCIL THAT THESE GENERATORS, I'VE DONE MY RESEARCH ON HEB , THEY UTILIZE THIS BACKUP TECHNOLOGY, BENNY KEITH BUCKY'S. THERE'S A WHOLE LIST OF PROVIDERS THAT USE THESE TYPE OF BACKUP GENERATORS THAT I KNOW WE HAVE THE TWO BACKUP GENERATORS OUT HERE. AND LIKE AL JANKOVIC SAYS, I'M TOO WHITE AND NERDY. I'M LOOKING AT BACKUP GENERATORS. BUT THIS IS SOMETHING WE, WE MUST HAVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOSE THE GRID. WHETHER WE LOSE IT THROUGH NATURAL EVENTS OR WHETHER WE LOSE IT FROM HOW MANY, WHAT HAPPENED IN NORTH CAROLINA, WHAT HAPPENED IN OREGON? WE WENT TRANSFORMER HUNTING, DIDN'T WE? JIM? BOB TOOK OUR AR 15, AK 40 SEVENS AND START SHOOTING THEM. TRANSFORMERS, HOW LONG DID IT TAKE TO RESTORE POWER IN NORTH CAROLINA? KNOW THEY'VE PLEDGED DEATH AND DESTRUCTION TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS PLEDGED A CIVIL WAR. NOW WE'VE GOT A FAT ARKANSAS BAPTIST PREACHER THAT SAYS BULLETS OVER BALLOTS. SO THE DIRECT THREAT TO US IS THERE IN IT'S REAL. SO UTILIZING THIS TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR OBVIOUSLY EVERYTHING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. BUT THEN AT THE, AT THE SUMMIT, AT THE EPIC, AT EPIC WATERS, IF WE HAD TO TRIAGE SENIOR CITIZENS WITH THEIR OXYGEN CONCENTRATORS, PERHAPS THEIR BEDS, THEY DON'T HAVE ELECTRICITY, OH WE'LL GO TO A HOTEL. HOTELS ARE FULL WHO CAN AFFORD THE HOTEL. WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE IN THIS COUNTRY THAT WE'VE BEEN VERY LUCKY. BUT THAT ISN'T THE CASE NOW. SO HAVING THESE GENERATORS AT THE SUMMIT, THESE CITY FACILITIES, IF WE HAD TO TRIAGE INDIVIDUALS OF A NATURAL DISASTER, WHATEVER, MY FEAR IS THE F FOUR, THE F FIVE MOVING THROUGH AND KNOCKING OUR GRID DOWN FOR HOW LONG. BUT I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY. THE CITY ATTORNEY AND HER STAFF ARE EXCELLENT. YOU'RE PUTTING UP WITH ME ON THE GROUP HOME ORDINANCES AND NOW I'VE FOUND ANOTHER ONE. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT TAKING MY ADDERALL AND RITALIN EVERY DAY. SO , MY HYPERACTIVITY KEEPING BUSY. BUT THIS IS JUST SOMETHING. WE HAVE THE MONEY, WE HAVE THE RESOURCES OF OTHER MAJOR CORPORATIONS IN TEXAS THAT WE WANT IN GRAND PRAIRIE SUCH AS HEB BUCKY'S. THEY'RE UTILIZING THIS TECHNOLOGY. WE SHOULD UTILIZE THIS TECHNOLOGY FOR THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF THE CITIZENS OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU CITY ATTORNEY. THANK YOU. SO, UH, UH, GOOD A EVENING MR. MAYO AND UH, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. UH, I LIVE 35 21 NORTH WEEK DRIVE. UH, YEAH, GREENWAY TRAILS. SO I'M SPEAKING ON MY BEHALF AND A LOT OF MY NEIGHBORS 'CAUSE GREENWAY TRAIL IS OVER 600 HOMES. WE HAVE THE STANLEY APARTMENTS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. IT'S ABOUT 285 UNITS I BELIEVE. UH, THERE IS A SCHOOL NEXT DOOR TO THE BUILDING. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT. AND UH, THERE IS ANOTHER APARTMENT COMPLEX NEXT TO THAT. SO MY POINT IS, THE CLOSEST FIRE STATION TO US IS 10 MINUTES AWAY. SO I HAD ON VERIFIED RUMORS LAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, THE CITY IS PLANNING ON A BUILDING ONE NEAR BY, BUT I'M NOT SURE. BUT IF THAT IS SOMETHING THE CITY IS WORKING [01:25:01] ON, WE WILL REALLY APPRECIATE IT. UH, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S MADE A PRIORITY, IF NOT, YOU KNOW, CONSUMER COURT HERE, WE WILL REALLY WANNA WORK WITH YOU TO HELP US GET THAT BECAUSE, UH, AFTER THE MEETING WE'LL TELL YOU WHERE WE'RE BUILDING NUMBER 11. OKAY? BECAUSE, UH, IN OUR PROPERTY INSURANCE IS VERY HIGH BECAUSE WE ARE TOLD THAT THE INSURANCE COMPANY THAT I SPOKE TO THAT WE ARE RATED A HIGH RISK FOR TOTAL DESTRUCTION BECAUSE WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS, IT'S GONNA TAKE A WHILE FOR THE AMBULANCE OR FIRE, FIRE SERVICE TO GET THERE. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. WE'LL, WE'LL SHOW YOU WHERE ONE IS. OKAY? AND I ALSO DON'T, DON'T RUN OFF AFTER THAT . OKAY. AND I ALSO HEARD THAT UH, THERE IS A REQUEST FOR REZONING. I JUST SAW IT ON THE WEB, UH, ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE TO BUILD ANOTHER APARTMENT COMPLEX RIGHT ACROSS, UH, HANLEY. AND WE TOLD WE, WE TOTALLY AGAINST THAT. WE FEEL LIKE YOU KNOW THE FRONT OF OUR COMMUNITY. WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS COME THAT NIGHT WHEN IT COMES BEFORE US AND YOU CAN SPEAK ON IT. OKAY? WHEN IS THAT ONE? WE HAVEN'T POSTED IT YET. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR THE CITY. IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND MY FAMILY LOVES IT AND MOST OF MY NEIGHBORS THANK YOU RASHAD. DO YOU KNOW WHERE LEVIN'S GOING IN? YES SIR. THANK YOU. WOULD YOU GET WITH HIM? PHILLIP VARGHESE? DID YOU WANNA SPEAK ON CITIZEN COMMENTS? I THINK HE LEFT. OKAY. WE DONE. 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.