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[RECONVENE MEETING]
ORDER.UH, WE'VE BEEN IN A MEETING SINCE FOUR 30 AND, UM, HAD A GOOD MEETING SO FAR.
TONIGHT, WE WILL BE LED IN OUR INVOCATION BY PASTOR YE, WHO IS A CHURCH RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM ME NOW, AND WILL BE A NEIGHBOR OF MINE ONCE THEY GET THEIR NEW FACILITY BUILT.
AND YOU'VE STARTED CLEARING THE LAND.
YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE CLEARING THE LAND.
AND SO FOLLOWING THAT, MAYOR PRO, TIMM LOPEZ WILL BE GIVING OUR INVOCATION, REVEREND, THEREFORE, I EXALT.
FIRST OF ALL, THE CERTIFICATIONS, PRAYERS, INTERCESSIONS, AND GIVEN OF THANKS BE MADE FOR ALL MEN THINGS.
AND WHO AN AUTHORITY THAT WE MAY LEAD A WIDE AND PEACE OF LIFE IN ALL GO AND NESS FOR THIS IS GOOD AND ACCEPTABLE IN THE SIGHT OF GOD, OUR SAVIOR.
AND SO OUR FATHER, MY GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR BLESSINGS UPON OUR GREAT CITY OF GRAND.
PER WE THANK YOU FOR THE RESIDENT AND THE, AND THE GOVERNMENT OF OUR CITY.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE UNITY, THE PEACE, AND THE PROGRESS OF THIS CITY.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE SAFETY AND SECURITY WE HAVE ALL ENJOYED IN THIS CITY.
OH GOD, PLEASE ACCEPT OUR GRATITUDE IN JESUS' NAME TONIGHT WE STAND TOGETHER TO REQUEST FOR YOUR WISDOM UPON THIS LEADERSHIP, THE GOVERNOR, CANCEL OF OUR CITY.
AS A DELIBERATE, WE PRAY FOR YOUR WISDOM AND DIVINE GUARDIAN.
UPON OUR MAYOR, MS. A JENSEN, THE COUNCIL, LADIES AND COUNCILMEN, AND ALL OUR CITY OFFICIALS AS A DELIBERATE ON THE ISSUES AND FEARS OF OUR GREAT CITY.
WE ALSO PRAY FOR YOUR SAFETY UPON OUR POLICE CHIEF, CHIEF DANIEL SES AND ALL OUR OFFICERS IN UNIFORMS. WE ASK FOR YOUR PROTECTION UPON OUR FIRE CHIEF, CHIEF ROBERT FI AND ALL THE OFFICERS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WE PAY FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR STREETS, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR SCHOOLS, AND OUR ENTIRE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
ALSO, LORD, WE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRAY FOR YOUR BLESSINGS UPON THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR GREAT STATE OF TEXAS AND OUR GREAT NATION OF AMERICA.
WE PRAY FOR YOUR BLESSINGS, YOUR PEACE, YOUR LOVE, YOUR SAFETY, YOUR UNITY, YOUR HARMONY IN OUR CITIES, OUR SEAT, OUR NATION, OUR SCHOOLS THIS YEAR AND FOR MANY MORE YEARS TO COME.
ALL THIS BLESSING WE ASK FOR AND WE RECEIVE WITH GRATITUDE IN THE, IN THE NAME OF TH ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, JESUS CHRIST, OUR LORD.
AS WE, UM, THROUGH OUR YEARS IN AUGUST 5TH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, THE INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
STRONG HONOR, THE TEXAS FLAG OF AL ALLEGIANCE C TEXAS STATE ONE.
AND HAVE YOU NOTICED COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM WITH GEORGIA.
CLEMSON ISN'T WITH US TONIGHT.
DAN EXPERIENCED A LITTLE, UH, HEART HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE ISSUE THIS AFTERNOON.
NOT TO THE POINT WHERE HE CALLED 9 1 1.
HE, IN FACT, HE DROVE HIMSELF TO HIS CARDIOLOGIST AFTER THE, THEY SAW HIM THERE.
THEY WILLED HIM NEXT DOOR TO THE HOSPITAL, AND THEY ARE GOING TO ADMIT HIM TONIGHT, BUT HE'S STABLE RIGHT NOW AND THAT'S WHY GEORGIA IS NOT HERE.
[5. Presentation by Texas Film Commission certifying Grand Prairie as a Film Friendly Community]
SARAH, COME ON FORWARD.COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
WE ARE SO EXCITED THAT WE HAVE CROSSED THE FINISH LINE TO BECOME, UH, FILM FRIENDLY CERTIFIED FROM THE TEXAS FILM COMMISSION.
AND WITH ME TONIGHT IS JANIE HAVEL.
SHE IS WITH THE GOVERNOR ABBOTT'S OFFICE, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM.
SO I'M GONNA PASS IT TO HER TO DO THE PRESENTATION.
I AM JANIE HOWL, AND I AM HERE TO REPRESENT THE TEXAS FILM COMMISSION IN RECOGNITION OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE FOR ACHIEVING YOUR FILM FRIENDLY TEXAS CERTIFICATION.
WE WANNA THANK SARAH DELEK WITH GRAND PRAIRIE, WITH VISIT GRAND PRAIRIE FOR ALL OF HER HARD WORK AND COORDINATION IN THIS PROCESS.
AND THANK YOU MAYOR JENSEN AND ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL
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AND CITY STAKEHOLDERS FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN REALIZING THIS EXCITING INITIATIVE FOR THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.YOU JOIN OVER 175 COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE AND HAVE POSITIONED GRAND PRAIRIE TO PROVIDE MEDIA PRODUCTIONS WITH AN INCREASED ASSURANCE THAT GRAND PRAIRIE IS INDUSTRY SAVVY AND SERIOUS ABOUT WELCOMING THEIR BUSINESSES TO YOUR COMMUNITY.
YOU ARE, YOU ARE PREPARED TO ACCOMMODATE ON LOCATION, FILMING ACTIVITY, AND AS WELL AS MATCH LOCAL BUSINESSES WITH MEDIA PRODUCTION RELATED NEEDS AND SERVICES.
THE FILM FRIENDLY TEXAS CERTIFICATION HELPS CREATE JOBS FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND BRING PRODUCTION INVESTMENT INTO GRAND PRAIRIE THROUGH SPENDING ON LOCAL GOODS AND SERVICES, SUCH AS CATERING, CONSTRUCTION, SUPPLIES, TRANSPORTATION, LODGING, AND MORE.
THE TEXAS FILM COMMISSION IS A DIVISION OF THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR'S DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM CREATED IN 1971.
OUR MISSION IS TO PROMOTE TEXAS AS A PREMIER MEDIA DESTINATION.
TEXAS IS A STATEWIDE NETWORK OF COMMUNITIES AND EXEMPLIFIES OUR STATE AS A MEDIA PRODUCTION FRIENDLY DESTINATION BETWEEN 2007 AND 2023 THROUGH THE MOVING INDUSTRY INCENTIVE PROGRAM, THE TEXAS FILM COMMISSION ATTRACTED OVER $2 BILLION IN LOCAL SPENDING AND CREATED MORE THAN 183,000 PRODUCTION JOBS ACROSS THE STATE.
THIS STATEWIDE ECONOMIC IMPACT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE HELP OF FILM FRIENDLY TEXAS COMMUNITY PARTNERS SUCH AS YOURSELVES.
WITH THIS CERTIFICATION, GRAND PRAIRIE NOW HAS CREATED ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO SHOWCASE SOME OF YOUR SIGNATURE LOCATIONS, SUCH AS THE 172 ACRE EPIC CENTRAL PARK, THE UPTOWN THEATER FIREHOUSE, GASTRO PARK, OR NATURAL PRESERVES, SUCH AS THE GOOD LINK TRAIL.
ALL ARE GOOD EXAMPLES OF WHAT GRAND PRAIRIE HAS TO OFFER.
THE FILM FRIENDLY TEXAS CERTIFICATION DEMONSTRATES THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
LOCAL MERCHANTS AND RESIDENTS HAVE COLLABORATED TO ANNOUNCE THAT GRAND PRAIRIE IS READY FOR PRODUCTION.
ON BEHALF OF THE TEXAS FILM COMMISSION, CONGRATULATIONS ON BECOMING THE NEXT FILM FRIENDLY TEXAS CITY.
THANK YOU SHARON, STAFF AND EVERYBODY FOR WORKING ON THIS.
THANK YOU FOR THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
WE HAVE SOME SPEAKERS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA WE'LL TAKE CARE OF FIRST MEGAN HAROLD WILLIS.LET'S DO 16, 17, AND 18 FIRST HAROLD HAROLD WILLIS.
UH, THIS IS IN HONOR OF MAYOR CHARLIE ENGLAND.
WHERE IS CALDWELL COUNTY CHEVROLET? WHERE IS SILSBY FORD AND WHERE IS ROCKDALE COUNTRY FORD? WHERE ARE THESE LOCATED? ON THE MAP IN TEXAS? WE'VE GOT SOMEBODY COMING AND TELL YOU.
IT'S IN BETWEEN WACO AND HOUSTON.
AND HE PROBABLY WANTS TO KNOW WHY WE'RE BUYING IT FROM THEM.
SO LAST YEAR, WHAT THEY DID DUE TO COVID, THEY WENT TO ALLOCATION.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THEY'RE ONLY ALLOCATING A CERTAIN NUMBER OF CHASSIS VEHICLES PER DEALER, AND IT GOES BY VOLUME.
SO THEY'RE ONE OF THE LARGER DEALERS IN TEXAS IN REGARDS TO THE CHEVROLET TAHOES AND SUCH.
THEREFORE, THEY GOT MORE INVENTORY IN.
WHAT ABOUT KEN THOMPSON OVER IN TARRANT COUNTY? THEY ON THE RADIO.
I WAS TALKING ABOUT WHAT A LARGE VOLUME DEALER THEY ARE SINCE WE'RE IN TARRANT COUNTY ALSO.
SO WHAT WE DID IN THE PAST, WE USED TO GO OUT FOR BIDS.
WE PLAN ON DOING THAT AGAIN, HOWEVER, DUE TO COVID AND THE ALLOCATIONS, WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUR NAME ON VEHICLES BEFORE THEY'RE SOLD TO OTHER ENTITIES.
YEAH, I GUESS I JUST, WITH CHARLIE ENGLAND, THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE FORD DEALERSHIP.
WHAT? THAT'S FOUR NEW, UH, FORD F-150 SILSBY FORD, UH, ROCKDALE COUNTY, THAT THESE ARE CAR DEALERSHIPS THAT IF WE'RE THEY'RE IN DALLAS OR TARRANT COUNTY, THEY'RE GONNA BE PAYING TAXES HERE.
SO I REALIZE WHAT THE PANDEMIC, YOU KNOW, UM, HAROLD CITIES DON'T GET A BIT OF TAX OFF OF THE CARS OR TRUCK SALES.
I'M, I'M, WELL, THE, THE, THE DEALERSHIP,
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THE FACT THAT THEY ARE IN TARRANT COUNTY UNDERSTAND THAT THEY PAY TAXES TO TARRANT COUNTY.I WHAT HE'S DOING, HE'S FINDING TRUCKS THAT WE NEED WHEREVER HE CAN GET 'EM.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT HE'S TELLING US.
BUT GOING FORWARD, WILL THERE BE MORE OF A EMPHASIS OF TRYING TO PURCHASE THEM LOCALLY? CORRECT.
WE'RE GONNA TRY, OR WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO THE BIDDING PROCESS ONCE THEY RELEASE THE WHOLE ALLOCATION ISSUE.
SO WHEN THAT ISSUE IS RESOLVED, WHICH I'M BEING TOLD WILL BE NEXT YEAR, WE'RE GONNA START SENDING STUFF OUT FOR BIZ TO GET BETTER PRICING, BUT ALSO TRY TO GET LOCAL VENDORS AS WELL TO BID ON THE ITEMS. YEAH.
I MEAN, SINCE THE CHEVROLETS ARE MADE ABOUT A PUNT PASSING A KICK A COUPLE OF MILES JUST AWAY FROM HERE.
SO, AND NOW WITH THE GM STRIKE AND THE FORD STRIKE OVER.
SO OTHER SUPPLY ISSUES, OTHER WORDS, THINGS SHOULD BE KIND OF GOING BACK TO NORMAL IN YOUR LINE OF ACQUISITION BUSINESS,
WHILE YOU'RE UP THERE, GO AHEAD AND I'LL LET YOU STAY UP THERE AND DO NUMBER 32 AND THEN 36, AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO THE OTHER ONES.
32, THE GOVERNMENT, THE GSA, UH, WATCHING THIS, IS ANY OF THIS GOING TO BE, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FUTURE DEBT, WILL THAT DEBT BE WHAT TYPE OF BONDS? CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATIONS.
WHAT, HOW ARE WE GONNA FINANCE THIS DEBT FOR 300,000? KATHY? YES.
ALL THE DEBT THIS YEAR WILL BE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.
SINCE THIS IS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IS THERE ANY OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ARE WITH THE BUILD BACK BETTER FUNDING? NO, BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY ALLOCATED ALL OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN TO OTHER PROJECTS THAT'S GONE.
BUT ISN'T THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, DON'T THEY GIVE AWAY EXCESS VEHICLES OR DO THEY OTHER, I MEAN, I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVING THIS.
I, I THINK THE PRO PROGRAM YOU'RE REFERRING TO THAT THE DOD, THEY DO REPURPOSE SOME OF THEIR VEHICLES.
THE CLOSEST THING THAT YOU WOULD THINK OF COMPARABLE WOULD BE THE TYPE OF VEHICLES THAT STOP, UH, MINES AND IEDS.
THE PROBLEM WITH THOSE, THERE'S QUITE A BIT, UH, TALLER OFF THE GROUND.
THAT DOESN'T SUIT OUR PURPOSES VERY WELL.
'CAUSE OFFICERS CAN'T HIDE BEHIND IT.
IN OTHER WORDS, THE BOLTS GO RIGHT UNDER IT.
THAT'S JUST ONE QUICK EXAMPLE, HAROLD, BUT THIS IS, IS, UH, DESIGNED QUITE A BIT DIFFERENT AND ENABLES US TO GET MUCH CLOSER TO A DEADLY THREAT WITHOUT GETTING HURT.
WHEN WILL THIS VEHICLE BE DELIVERED? WHEW, IT'S, UH, ONCE IT'S, IF IT'S APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL, THEY'LL ISSUE THE PURCHASE ORDER.
AND IT TAKES ABOUT A YEAR TO BUILD IT.
WILL THIS HAVE THE BULLETPROOF TIRES, IN OTHER WORDS, FOR YOUR OFFICERS TO BE PROTECTED, IS THIS GONNA BE THE BEST THING THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY BUY? THERE'S A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS THERE.
I DON'T KNOW THE SPECS IF THE TIRES ARE BULLETPROOF, BUT IT IS THE BEST THING THAT WE COULD BUY.
SIR, AS LONG AS THE SAFETY OF YOUR OFFICERS, THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.
36 HAROLD, THE TENANT FINISH OUT FOR $1 MILLION.
UM, AGAIN, WHERE IS THIS $1 MILLION COMING FROM? WHICH POOL OF MONEY THIS IS, UM, EPIC, EPIC CENTRAL.
THIS IS THE, THE FINAL RESTAURANT TENANT FOR EPIC CENTRAL.
WHERE'S MONEY COMING FROM? IT'S FROM THE EPIC CENTRAL FUND.
AND WHAT IS THE EPIC CENTRAL FUND? WHAT WOULD THAT BE? IT'S NOT COMING OUT OF THE QUARTER CENT.
WHAT IS IT COMING OUT OF? IT'S ACTUALLY A FUND THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY CREATED FOR EPIC CENTRAL WE PUT IN, PUT IN AND THAT THAT WILL BE SELF-SERVING FROM THE RESTAURANTS AND ALSO THE HOTEL REVENUE.
IS THAT THE SAME FUND WE USED TO FINISH OUT V DORA THE FENCE? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND, UM, LOOKING TO GET ABOUT A 10 TO 12 YEAR PAYBACK ON OUR INVESTMENT.
WAS THIS FROM THE $75 MILLION BOND ISSUE? PART? PART OF IT WAS THE $75 MILLION BOND ISSUE, BUT THE FUNDS ARE SEPARATE.
THIS IS A SEPARATE FUND JUST TO FUND THIS AREA.
IS THIS ALSO CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATIONS OR IS THIS JUST THE MONEY'S ALREADY THERE? I THINK WE CASH, MONEY'S CASH FOR THIS AND IT'S GOT A CASH FLOW ITSELF.
AND THIS PARTICULAR RESTAURANT, CAN WE KNOW MORE ABOUT IT? WHAT TYPE OF SALES PROJECTIONS? WHAT CAN WE TELL 'EM? IT'S A, UH, FAMILY STYLE ITALIAN RESTAURANT.
UM, THERE WILL BE ONE OPENING UP IN FARMER'S BRANCH, UM, AND THE, THE RESTAURANT TOUR, UM, IS TIFFANY DAIRY, WHO IS A, UM, WELL-KNOWN.
SHE, SHE'S BEEN ON LIKE MASTER CHEF AND SURE.
SO, SO THIS, THIS SHOULD BE A VERY EXCITING PROJECT FOR THE CITY.
SO WE SHOULD GET A GOOD RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENT OFFICE.
YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND DO, UH, 36 WHILE YOU'RE HERE? UH, THAT WAS IT.
YEAH, THAT WAS, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S YOU FOR NOW.
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THAT'S IT.GO AHEAD DEBBIE DOBBS FOR ITEM 35.
WE'RE GONNA TAG YOU THIS IF WE CAN SEE.
GREAT SHOWS YOU HAD THERE THE LAST FEW WEEKENDS.
I'M AT FIFTY THREE TWENTY THREE LAKE GARDEN DRIVE AND I AM HERE REPRESENTING THE GRAND PRAIRIE ARTS COUNCIL.
I HAVE BEEN THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE ARTS COUNCIL SINCE 2019.
AND JUST A MINUTE OF HISTORY, BEFORE WE HAD THE AMAZING, BEAUTIFUL UPTOWN THEATER, WE WERE HOMELESS AND WE HAD TO SCRIMP AND FIND PLACES WE PERFORMED IN CHAMBERS AUDITORIUM, KEHL THEATER, UM, THE THORN BUILDING WHEN IT WAS BUILT.
THE BEAUTIFUL RED BRICK BUILDING ON MAIN STREET AND EVEN THIS VERY HALL BEFORE YOU REDID IT.
I WAS STEEL MAGNOLIAS RIGHT HERE IN THIS THEATER.
SINCE THEN, WE HAVE THE UPTOWN THEATER AND I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU SOME BIG THANK YOUS.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE, WE USE THE VET CENTER FOR OUR AUDITIONS, OUR REHEARSALS, AND OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS.
WE ALSO HAVE THE UPTOWN THEATER, WHICH WE HAVE FOR THREE WEEKS PER PRODUCTION.
WE MOVE IN A WEEK BEFORE THE PRODUCTION, AND THEN WE RUN THE PRODUCTION FOR TWO WEEKENDS AND HOTEL MOTEL SUPPORT WITH A $300,000 BUDGET.
THE $75,000 WE GET FROM THE CITY WE PUT TO GOOD USE WITH PROGRAMMING.
AND MATT'S GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
UM, SPECIAL THANK YOU TO BESSIE ADAMS AND HER HUSBAND WHO CAME OUT TO SEE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME.
WE HAD PATRONS THAT LEFT AND SAID, THIS IS YOUR BEST ONE EVER.
AND WE SAID, YOU SAID THAT LAST TIME,
WELL, YOU KEEP GETTING BETTER.
SO WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THE GRAND PRAIRIE ARTS COUNCIL, AND I'LL LET MATT, THE CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER FINISH OFF.
SO FOR THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE, I'M SORRY, I'M MATT BETSON.
UM, SO FOR THE PRODUCTION OF THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, WE HAD 1400 PEOPLE COME THROUGH THE THEATER AND SEE OUR JURIED ART SHOW, WHICH HAD 90 PIECES IN THE LOBBY OF THE THEATER.
AND FOR EACH OF OUR PRODUCTIONS, WE USE THE LOBBY TO GALLERY SOME TYPE OF ART.
UM, OVER A YEAR'S TIME, WE HAVE ALMOST 7,000 PEOPLE THAT WE BRING TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA WITH ALL OF OUR PROGRAMMING AT THE UPTOWN THEATER.
UM, WE'VE, UH, STARTED PRAIRIE FEST THIS PAST SEPTEMBER WAS OUR FIRST YEAR, AND THAT THAT'S AN INDEPENDENT MOVIE FESTIVAL.
WE HAD OVER 40 MOVIES FROM ALL OVER DFW AREA AS WELL AS FAR REACHING AS HOUSTON AREA AND OUT TO LUBBOCK ALSO.
SO WE HAD, UH, A LOT OF ENTRIES, 40 PEOPLE.
UM, WE SUPPORT MAIN STREET FEST AND WE RUN THE COMMUNITY THEATER.
AND, UH, WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE PARKS AND REC, WE PUT IN MONEY ALSO.
AND WE HIRE AT LEAST FOUR PROFESSIONAL BANDS OR MUSIC TYPE THINGS FOR ENTERTAINMENT.
UM, OUR JURIED ART SHOW WAS AMAZING THIS YEAR.
WE'VE HAD OVER A HUNDRED PIECES THIS YEAR.
WE HAD 90 PIECES, BUT THEY WERE ALL TOP-NOTCH AND VERY, UH, THERE WERE THREE PIECES THAT WERE ACTUALLY SOLD FOR OVER $600, UH, $200 A PIECE.
UM, ALONG WITH THE JURIED ART SHOW IN THE EARLY SPRING, WE HAVE A PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT, WHICH WE SHOW AT THE UPTOWN THEATER ALSO.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO BRING THOSE ARTS INTO THE UPTOWN THEATER.
AND WE HAVE 17 YEARS OF THEATER PRODUCTIONS, AND WE DO FIVE TO SIX PRODUCTIONS PER YEAR.
ONE OF THOSE IS FOR OUR CHILDREN'S CAMP.
AND WE DO THREE PRODUCTIONS WITH APPROXIMATELY 50 TO 60 CHILDREN IN THAT THEATER PRODUCTION.
AND THEN WE HAVE ONE WEEK OF ART CAMP ALSO FOR THE KIDS IN THE SUMMERTIME, UM, THAT WE END WITH A DISPLAY TO ALL OF THE PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, ET CETERA, TO SEE WHAT THE CHILDREN HAVE PRODUCED THROUGHOUT THE, THE ENTIRE TIME.
SO OUR VISUAL ARTS IS GETTING JUST AS STRONG AS OUR THEATER ARTS, BUT OUR THEATER ARTS IS WHAT ACTUALLY SUPPORTS US IN DOING THE VISUAL ARTS AND THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE ACTUALLY DO AROUND THE AREA.
WE JUST WANNA EXTEND AN INVITATION TO ANY OF YOU THAT HAVE A FREE COUPLE OF HOURS.
THURSDAY EVENING AT THE UPTOWN.
WE ARE DOING OUR 2024 SEASON REVEAL GALA.
GREAT EVENT FREE OF CHARGE FOR YOU.
I'LL SEND AN EMAIL WITH THE DETAILS, BUT WE HOPE YOU'LL COME OUT AND CHECK US OUT.
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UM, SO EARLIER TODAY WE, UH, REVIEWED THE CONSENT ITEMS AND, UM, WE POSTED THE, THE AGENDA ONLINE.ANYBODY WISHING TO MAKE A STATEMENT TONIGHT ON ANY OF THE ITEMS? YOU WELCOME TO FILL OUT A CARD AT THE BE FRONT DOOR AND YOU CAN PRESENT YOUR ITEM THEN.
UM, SO GIVEN THAT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM SIX TO 37.
UM, ALL ITEMS WILL STAY ON CONSENT AGENDA AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THOSE ITEMS. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.
MOTION CARRIES EIGHT TO NOTHING.
[38. Action Items Resulting from Staff Presentations: City Sponsorship Requests: Sisters of Sarai - $5,000.00 for banquet sponsorship Marina Restaurant Closure for Winter]
WILL THERE BE STAFF PRESENTATION BEFORE ASK QUESTIONS ON THIS.WHICH ONE? THERE'S TWO ITEMS, UH, FOR BOTH OF THEM, PLEASE.
YOU WANT TO BILL, YOU WANT TO TALK TO US ABOUT THE, WELL, THE CITY SPONSORSHIP, WE GET REQUESTS NOW EVERY MONTH.
WE'VE BEEN VOTING ON THESE FOR A FEW MONTHS.
WE USED TO NOT DO IT THIS WAY AND WE'RE GOING TOWARDS NOT DOING IT THIS WAY ANYMORE.
UH, WE'RE ASKING BILL HILLS AND STAFF TO DO IT MORE GLOBALLY FOR A YEAR INSTEAD OF COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEETING BY COUNCIL MEETING.
AND WE MAY, WE MAY MOVE ON THIS ONE TO VOTE IT UP OR DOWN TONIGHT, OR WE MAY TABLE IT AND PUT IT WITH BILL.
THAT DECISION HASN'T BEEN MADE YET.
BUT WE'RE, YOU'VE SEEN THESE ON THE AGENDA IN THE PAST.
THEY USED TO NEVER BE ON THE AGENDA.
UH, IN THE PAST IT WAS ALWAYS A STAFF DECISION.
TOM HARD HAS MADE THE DECISION.
I STARTED MAKING THE DECISIONS.
COUNCIL WANTED TO BE MORE INVOLVED IN IT.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT NOW.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING BACK TO A KIND OF A SEMI, BUT BETWEEN THAT COME UP WITH SOME RULES, WHAT THEY HAVE TO FILL OUT, ALMOST LIKE WHEN THEY DO A-C-B-D-G REQUEST TO GIVE US SOME MORE BACKGROUND.
THE MARINA RESTAURANT CLOSURE FOR WINTER, THEY NEED TO UPGRADE IT.
THE WINTER IS THE TIME OF THE YEAR WHERE THEY DON'T DO MUCH SALES.
'CAUSE PEOPLE DON'T GO OUT TO THE LAKE.
SO THAT'S THE PERFECT TIME FOR THEM TO CLOSE.
THEY'RE FIXING TO CLOSE RIGHT NOW.
REMODEL AND REOPEN FEBRUARY 28TH.
SO THAT'S THE ACTUAL, WE'LL BE TAKEN TONIGHT.
WE WILL VOTE ON IT FEBRUARY 28TH.
I KNOW THAT THE NAME CHANGE OUT THERE ON THE MARINA, THERE'S, THERE'S QUITE FRANKLY BEEN SOME SERIOUS ISSUES OUT THERE OF THE QUALITY OF THE FOOD, THE FOOD.
CORPORATE AMERICA, THEY CLOSED DOWN THE FISHING BARGES.
UH, I APPRECIATE, UH, CITY ATTORNEY ON WORKING WITH ME ON, ON THAT.
IT'S JUST THAT WHAT SALES TAX, IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT MONEY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? WHAT ARE WE GONNA BE LOSING RIGHT NOW WHEN THEY'RE CLOSED, WE GET FOUR OR 5% OF THE GROWTH.
THEY DON'T HAVE MUCH BUSINESS AT ALL DURING THE WINTER.
SO IF THEY'RE GOING, WE WANT IT REMODELED.
IT KIND OF WAS OUR JEST IN THE BRIEFING.
AND NOW'S THE BEST TIME WHEN THEY'RE DOING THE LEAST AMOUNT OF BUSINESS.
SO I'M NOT GONNA SAY WE WON'T LOSE MONEY.
'CAUSE WHATEVER THEY BRING IN, WE GET A PERCENTAGE OF, BUT THEY DON'T BRING IN MUCH RIGHT NOW.
SO NOW'S THE TIME TO ALLOW THEM TO CLOSE SO THEY OPEN UP FRESH AND DO BETTER.
AND WE MAKE MORE NEXT SUMMER THAN THEY MADE LAST SUMMER.
DO WE KNOW WHAT TYPE OF REMODELING WATER? WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT TYPE OF REMODELING.
DO WE KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW A BUDGET.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TYPE OTHER WERE THE BUILDING PERMIT.
HAVE THEY BEEN ISSUED A BUILDING PERMIT YET? THEY HAVE NOT.
I'M JUST LOOKING AT ARE THEY GOING TO EXPAND SEATING? ARE THEY GOING TO EXPAND OUTSIDE SEATING? WE DO NOT KNOW.
I, I I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT I HAVE REQUESTED THAT.
WE WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH THEM TO DO A DISCOVERY WITH THEM.
AND WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE ADDRESSED STAFF THAT SAID THEY WILL, BUT WE DO NOT KNOW THOSE RIGHT NOW.
MY CONCERN IS WHEN THE BUILDING WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT, THE GRAND PRAIRIE FIRE DEPARTMENT WANTED A SPRINKLER SYSTEM.
THEN THEY HAD THE FIRE BURN IT DOWN, THEN THEY PUT SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN.
WHAT UPGRADES ON LIFE SAFETY CODE WE'LL BE DEALING WITH IN TERMS OF, WELL LET STAFF HANDLE THAT WITH A WE CAN'T, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER RIGHT NOW HERE.
THAT'S ALL I WAS JUST WANTING TO KNOW.
THEY'RE GONNA UPGRADE THE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS. ARE THEY GOING? WE DO NOT KNOW.
ARE YOU GONNA GO BACK ON THE, UH, THIS $5,000 FOR A BANQUET SPONSORSHIP? YOU GONNA TALK MORE ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW? I THINK DEPENDING ON HOW THE MOTION GOES, I THINK THERE MIGHT BE SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS WHERE WE MIGHT JUST, UM, TABLE THE, THAT PARTICULAR PORTION
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JUST TO GET BETTER UNDERSTANDING.'CAUSE I OWE $5,000 FOR I HAROLD HAROLD, WE'VE GIVEN THIS MUCH AND MORE TO CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THIS AND WE MAY GIVE THEM THIS MONEY.
WE MAY GIVE IT TO 'EM TONIGHT.
OR WE MAY TABLE IT SO WE CAN GET A BETTER, I HAROLD, LET ME FINISH.
WE MAY HAVE A BETTER IDEA HOW IT FITS IN TO EVERYTHING ELSE.
WE ACT ON 'EM ALL AT ONCE, BILL AND JUST GAVE US THIS IDEA TO DO THIS JOINTLY.
JUST LAST MEETING OF THE MEETING BEFORE.
SO MY THOUGHT WAS EVERYTHING WE GOT FROM THAT TIME UNTIL THEY GAVE IT TO US, I WAS WANTING TO TABLE AND PUT IT ON HIS LAP TO GET BACK WITH US.
SO WE'VE ALL GOT EVERY, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DECIDE TONIGHT.
DO WE TAKE ACTION TONIGHT OR DO WE TABLE IT? WELL, WHAT I WAS, WHO IS SISTERS OF SORRY.
WHO, WHO IS THIS IN THIS GROUP? WHO, WHO ARE THEY?
UH, BILL, DO YOU HAVE THEIR SHEET? COUNCILMAN BESSIE ADAMS? WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS IT? FIRST OF ALL? FINE.
THE SISTERS OF SARAYA IS JUST ANOTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION THAT IS BASED IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
THE ASK WAS TO GIVE $5,000 TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE SCHOLARSHIPS.
UH, THEY ARE IN THE HABIT FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS OF GIVING GRAND PRAIRIE ISD STUDENTS SCHOLARSHIPS BASED ON COMMUNITY SERVICE.
SO THAT'S, THEY ARE A 5 0 1 C3 ORGANIZATION.
THE ORGANIZATION IS FOUNDED WITH PEOPLE WITH LENGTHY FINANCIAL BACKGROUNDS, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICE BACKGROUND.
THE, UH, APPLICATION WAS GIVEN TO THE CITY BACK IN AUGUST, END OF AUGUST.
SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE AGENDA LAST MONTH.
AND I WAS SURPRISED THAT, UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW.
'CAUSE AS THE MAYOR SAID, THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING, UM, THAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST WITHOUT OPEN DISCUSSION.
BUT YOU CAN VET THE ORGANIZATION.
THERE'S DOCUMENTATIONS ON THE ORGANIZATION.
EVERYTHING IS ABSOLUTELY ABOVE BOARD WITH THE ORGANIZATION.
THEY ARE JUST NOT THE ONES THAT TYPICALLY GET THE MONEY OR TYPICALLY RECEIVE THE DONATIONS FROM THE CITY.
THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? WELL, YOU KNOW, $5,000 FOR A BANQUET WITH THIS BANQUET.
AND, AND IT, IT, IT'S, THEY HAVE DONE EVERYTHING CORRECTLY.
WE WOULDN'T BE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION HAD IT BEEN ON PREVIOUS AGENDAS, IS JUST THAT I'M WANTING, I WAS WANTING TO TABLE EVERYTHING FROM THE TIME BILL BROUGHT US HIS IDEA UNTIL HE BROUGHT US 'EM ALL TOGETHER.
THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I'M WANTING TO TABLE IT.
SO THIS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS, JUST LIKE I COULD GIVE YOU A LIST OF PEOPLE WE GIVE MONEY TO AND THEY GIVE SCHOLARSHIPS JUST LIKE THIS ORGANIZATION DOES.
IF, IF IT'S STATED SCHOLARSHIPS INSTEAD OF A, OF A BANQUET, IF YOU TABLE THIS AND BRING IT BACK OF MORE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE, WE'LL TAKE THAT UNDER ADVISEMENT.
HAROLD, ANYTHING ELSE ON IT? WELL, YEAH, JUST $5,000 FOR A BANQUET.
JUST WANT TO, IT WAS GONNA BE HELD AT THE BRI JACKSON CENTER.
UM, FOR ITEM NUMBER 38, UM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, TABLE THE SPONSORSHIP, UM, UM, ITEM, UM, TO BRING BACK, UM, ONCE THE CITY MANAGER HAS COMPLETED HIS, UM, PROCESS, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THAT WE HONOR THE MARINA RESTAURANT CLOSURE FOR THE WINTER ENDING ON, LET'S TAKE, LET'S TAKE 'EM SEPARATE.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND ON THE TABLING.
SEVEN TO ONE WITH HUMPHREY'S VOTING NAY.
FOR ITEM NUMBER 38, THE MARINA RESTAURANT ENCLOSURE, UH, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
MOTION CARRIES EIGHT TO NOTHING.
[39. Public Hearing and Ordinance for street name change request to change Esplanade Drive, from Warrior Trail north to the current street end which is approximately 1000 feet, to Selena Gomez Boulevard, and to build a monument for photograph opportunities (Reviewed by the City Council Development Committee on 08/15/2023)]
UM, LEMME GET THIS SLIDE UP HERE QUICK.UH, THIS HAS BEEN TO A COMMITTEE.
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DOWN.THIS IS SEGMENT OF ESPLANADE THAT IS RECOMMENDED FOR RENAMING TO SELENA GOMEZ.
UM, THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING OFFICIALLY TONIGHT.
THIS WILL BE, UH, FROM WARRIOR TRAIL NORTH, ABOUT A THOUSAND FEET.
SO NO ADDRESS CHANGES? NO, SIR.
UM, AND THERE'S A PROPO PROPOSED PHOTO OP DOWN THERE.
THEY'RE WORKING ON, WE PUT OUT A REQUEST FOR BIDS ON THE ARTWORK FOR THAT.
SO UPON THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE ARTWORK, THIS WOULD BECOME EFFECTIVE AT THAT POINT.
SO ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER HUMPHREYS.
UH, BLO, UM, AS THE NAME NOW, RIGHT? YES.
WHAT ARE, WHAT IS ES WHAT IS THAT? I HAVE NO IDEA.
NO, NO ORIGIN THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF? NO.
DID YOU EVER KNOW WHAT'S IT'S A BOOK? ESPLANADE.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? OH, THAT OKAY.
UH, YOU OKAY? I I DON'T THINK IT HAD ANY, UH, MAYBE WE OUGHT TO MOVE THIS AND IT BECOMES EFFECTIVE IF SHE'LL BE HERE WHEN WE OPEN.
THAT'S THE PLAN, I WOULD HOPE.
UH, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
COUNCIL MEMBER DEBOSKEY'S, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION? YES, SIR.
AND EVEN THOUGH, EVEN IF YOU HAVEN'T FILLED OUT A CARD AND WANNA SPEAK, YOU CAN DO SO NOW.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK IN THE BACK AND FILL OUT A CARD.
JUST HAVE TO STAND UP AND START WALKING THIS WAY.
WANT TO CONGRATULATE STAFF, UH, ESPECIALLY THE GENTLEMAN, THE YOUNG GENTLEMAN THAT CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA.
THANK YOU STAFF FOR BRINGING IT.
UH, THE BROUGHT STAFF BROUGHT THIS TO CCDC, WHICH WE, UH, SPOKE ABOUT THIS WITH COUNCILWOMAN HEAD AND MAYOR PROTE LOPEZ.
AND FROM HERE, I'LL PASS IT ON TO MAYOR PROTE.
HE'S THE ONE THAT CARRIED THIS THROUGH.
HAVING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE FAMILY.
UM, NO, ONCE AGAIN, I MEAN, WE'RE DOING ONLY A STRAIGHT NAME CHANGE.
NOTHING ELSE HAPPENING AROUND THE SUMMIT.
OH, YOU'D HAVE TO BE IN THE BRIEFING FOR THAT.
UM, WELL, BUT DEFINITELY, I MEAN, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US CITY TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR OWN, SOMEONE THAT GREW UP IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND, UM, REALLY DOES A GREAT JOB OF PROMOTING OUR CITY.
SO THIS IS A SMALL TOKEN APPRECIATION THAT WE COULD DO TONIGHT.
UM, SO I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 39 AS PRESENTED.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL MAYOR HEDEN.
[40. ZON-23-08-0030 - Zoning Change - 901 and 905 Hill Street (City Council District 5). Zoning Change from Office (O) to Single-Family Six (SF-6) on 0.38 acres. Lots 1 & 2, Block 213, Dalworth Park Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, zoned Office (O) District, and addressed as 901 and 905 Hill Street (On October 9, 2023, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 7-0)]
IS THIS THE ONE? THIS, THIS ISN'T YOURS, KURT.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THIS NEXT ITEM IS A ZONING CHANGE LOCATED AT 9 0 1 AND 9 0 5 HILL STREET.
YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.
THIS REQUEST IS TO CHANGE THE ZONING FROM OFFICE TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN THE EXISTING ZONING TO THE NORTH, TO THE EAST AND TO THE SOUTH IS SINGLE FAMILY ZONING.
CURRENT ZONING IS OFFICE, AND AGAIN, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO MATCH THE SINGLE FAMILY ZONING.
THIS IS AN IMAGE OF THE LOCATION AND THE EXISTING LOTS SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL ZONE PROPERTIES OR RESIDENTIAL USES.
REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING LAND USES.
AND GIVEN THE SIZE OF THE ALREADY PLATTED LOTS, RESIDENTIAL USE MAY BE THE MOST APPROPRIATE USE.
SO ON OCTOBER 9TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO, AND THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS WELL.
I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.
UH, I'LL, I'LL TRY TO BE VERY QUICK.
UM, MY CONCERN IS THAT, UM, I LOVE SEEING THE HOUSES COMING BEING BUILT, ESPECIALLY IN THESE OLD NEIGHBORHOODS.
MANY OF THEM ARE ON THESE COLLECTOR STREETS.
AND WHAT I'M FINDING NOW IS TWO, THREE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, ESPECIALLY AFTER
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A A, A MAJOR HOUSING DEMAND WHERE PEOPLE WERE BUYING AS SOON AS THEY CAN, IT DIDN'T MATTER WHERE IT WAS.UM, NOW THEY'RE DEALING WITH TRAFFIC ON THE HOUSE THAT THEY BOUGHT.
THAT'S A FOUR LANE COLLECTOR STREET, IF YOU WILL.
SO FOR US, IT'S KIND OF LIKE BUYER BEWARE.
IS THAT, IS THAT KIND OF OUR STANCE? I MEAN, IS THAT GENERALLY THE ONLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, UM, I I, YES.
AND THE REASON IT TA IT DOES TAX OUR RESOURCES IN THE SENSE OF POLICE AND IT DOES.
BUT, UM, WHAT ELSE WOULD GO THERE THAT WOULDN'T? OH NO, I, AND UH, AND THERE'S, THERE NO, THERE'S 10 OTHER HOUSES ON THE NEXT BLOCK.
BUT MY POINT IS, IT'S STILL THE SAME.
THOSE ARE THE HOUSES I REF, UH, GET TRAFFIC CONCERNS FROM.
WELL, THEY'RE ON A COLLECTOR STREET.
THEY'RE, IT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS.
LOOK, UH, THERE'S A HOUSE RIGHT ON BARDON THAT WHEN THEY BUILT IT, WE'RE THINKING WHO WOULD WANT TO BUY THAT? AND IT'S BOUGHT AND SOLD.
I MEAN IT JUST, YOU GET USED TO IT.
AND SO JUST MAKING A POINT THAT IF, IF THERE'S ANYTHING WITHIN OUR PLANNING PROCESS THAT ALLOWS US TO OFFSET THAT, EVEN IF IT'S JUST PUTTING OUT A WARNING WHENEVER THAT WE ISSUE TO THE BUILDER OR WHOEVER OWNS THE LAND WHEN THIS ZONING HAS CHANGED, UM, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY NOT DOABLE.
BUT I I'M JUST MAKING A POINT HERE.
YOU'RE A REALTOR, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO AND WHAT YOU KEEP.
NO, I MEAN, YOU, YOU'RE GONNA SHOW 'EM THE HOUSE THERE ON A FOUR LANE COLLECTOR.
SO, UM, THEN SECONDARILY IN, IN THE BUILDING STANDARD, WHEN YOU HAVE THESE, UH, LOTS THAT ARE LIKE THIS, THAT HAVE, UM, ELEVATION ISSUES, YOU, YOU, YOU'LL TYPICALLY PUT UP A RETAINING WALL.
WELL, I'VE MORE, I'VE FOUND OUT ABOUT RETAINING WALLS.
AND THEY'RE JUST GONNA DETERIORATE.
AND DO, DO, IS THAT GONNA COME WITHIN OUR CODE THAT WE SAY YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN THIS RETAINING WALL OR, AND, AND SO YOU GET WHAT I'M YEAH, THE CIVIL ENGINEER REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY'LL HAVE TO MEET THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS.
HIS QUESTION IS THEY GET THE PERMITS 25 YEARS FROM NOW STARTS LEANING WHO MAKES 'EM FIX IT.
IF IT'S ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, IT'S THEIR ISSUE.
UM, SO IT BECOMES, AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE POINT.
'CAUSE YES, UH, WHEN YOU BUY A HOUSE IN CEDAR HERE HILL, YOU'RE TOLD YOU BETTER HAVE AN ENGINEER FINE BEDROCK.
BUT THAT DOESN'T GUARANTEE THAT THAT HOUSE ISN'T GONNA SHIFT.
THOSE RETAINING WALLS ARE BUILT TO CIVIL ENGINEERING STANDARDS NOW.
BUT YOU SAID THEY AGE AND THEY DO.
SO, SO I GUESS, AGAIN, I SUPPORT THIS, MY CHALLENGE IS TO STAFF TO, UH, FIND RESOURCES OR WAYS TO, WHETHER THAT BE TALKING WITH CODE TO WHERE WE PUT SOMETHING IN CODE THAT SAYS YOUR RETAINING WALL NEEDS TO HOLD A CERTAIN STANDARD.
OR THE ENGINEERING SAYS YOU FIND BEDROCK.
OR THEY'LL HAVE TO WHOEVER APPROVES THIS, THAT ENGINEER WHO DESIGNS THE WALL, THAT IF IT'S REQUIRED, THAT'S, THAT'S STAMP IS THEIR OFFICIAL STATEMENT SAYING THIS IS GONNA LAST.
AND IF IT DOESN'T, THEY'RE LIABLE.
BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA GO OUT THERE AND ENFORCE IT.
UH, ANY, UH, I'LL YIELD TO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE I MAKE A MOTION? YOU'RE GOOD.
I'LL MOVE TO THE APPROVAL OF ITEM 40 40 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF.
SECOND, WE HAVE MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL MAYOR JOHNSON.
BUT ALL THEY COULD DO IS MAKE 'EM, BUILD IT TO THE ORDINANCES AND STRUCTURE AND STUFF NOW AND 40 YEARS FROM NOW, OR 30 OR 15.
'CAUSE YOU GET THE PHONE CALLS.
[41. CPA-23-09-0018 - Comprehensive Plan Amendment - Lakesong (City Council District 6 and Grand Prairie ETJ). Comprehensive Plan Amendment to change the Future Land Use Map from Low Density Residential, Open Space, and Commercial Retail Office on 1,201 acres to Open Space, Mixed Use, High Density Residential, Medium Density Residential, and Low Density Residential. Four parcels located within the City of Grand Prairie Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction, generally located south of Seeton Road, East of FM 661, North of 287, and North of Kimble Road, Ellis County, Texas identified by Ellis County Property IDs of 294666, 294715, 190594, and 297164, with approximate addresses of 5191 Hwy 287, Midlothian, Texas and 5101 HWY 287, Midlothian, Texas (On October 09, 2023, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 7-0)]
IT'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT, UH, FOR A LATE SONG.THIS IS TIED TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WE RECENTLY APPROVED.
UH, DOES THIS MAKE IT MATCH WITH WHAT WE APPROVED? YES.
IT'S JUST A CLEANUP TO, UH, ALIGN OUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP WITH THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
SO, AS NOTED ON THE SCREEN HERE, YOU'LL SEE THIS NOTES.
STEVE, CAN WE DO ONE, TWO, AND THREE TOGETHER? N NO, WE TWO AND THREE.
THEY'RE GONNA BE, THIS IS, OH, THEY'RE DIFFERENT.
UH, I MOVE THE, UH, APPROVE ITEM 41 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF THAT AGAIN READ IT.
AND NATE WETZEL IS HERE AND SUPPORTS THIS ITEM.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
MOTION CARRIES EIGHT TO NOTHING.
NOW WE CAN DO THE OTHER TWO TOGETHER.
[Items 42 & 43]
42 AND 43.I'LL PRESENT IF, IF YOU DON'T MIND, WE CAN SAVE SOME TIME.
'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA TABLE THOSE TWO.
I MOVE THAT WE TABLE ITEMS 42 AND 43,
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UH, UNTIL A LATER DATE.SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEDON SPECIFIC.
IF, IF IT'S NOT READY BY THE END, IF YOU WANT TO, IF YOU WANT TO TABLE IT TILL THE FIRST MEETING IN DECEMBER, SAY THAT FIRST MEETING.
DECEMBER 1ST MEETING OF DECEMBER.
UH, TABLE IT TILL THE UH, FIRST MEETING.
UH, THE ONLY MEETING IN DECEMBER.
DID THE SECOND OKAY WITH THAT ONE SECOND.
COUNCIL MEMBER HEADEN, WE HAVE A MOTION.
I I WANNA GIVE EVERYBODY AT HOME AND IN THE AUDIENCE, UH, A LITTLE ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER.
WHETHER I HEAR EVERYBODY'S EYE OR NOT IS IRRELEVANT.
IF THEY DON'T SAY NO, THEY SAID AYE.
SO JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, IF YOU GO BACK AND REVIEW SOMETHING, WELL, HOW COULD HE HEAR WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER IS ON YOU? I DON'T HAVE TO REALLY LISTEN UNTIL SOMEBODY SAYS NO.
EVERYBODY ELSE IS PRESUMED TO HAVE SAID AYE.
[44. ZON-23-09-0032 - Zoning Change/Concept Plan - Mira Lagos PD Amendment (City Council District 6). PD Amendment to allow front entry garages at Mira Lagos Subdivision consisting of 98 residential lots on 42.7 acres. Lots 1X-40, Block A, Lots 1X-25X Block 2, Lots 1X-22X, Block 3, and Lots 1X-22X, Block 4, Mira Lagos Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas & Tarrant County, Texas, zoned PD-384, within the Lake Ridge Overlay District, and generally located to the south of Hanger Lowe Rd and to the east of Costal Blvd (On October 23, 2023, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 8-0)]
IS A PLAN DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT TO THE MAYOR LAGOS PD.YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.
IT'S AN EXISTING SUBDIVISION FOR ABOUT 98, SINGLE FAMILY LOTS.
IT WAS PLOTTED IN 2020 AND THE PD DEFERS BACK TO APPENDIX W FOR THE GARAGE STANDARDS.
SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUEST TONIGHT IS TO AMEND THAT LANGUAGE TO ALLOW, UM, NON FRONT ENTRY GARAGES, OR EXCUSE ME, FOR FRONT ENTRY GARAGES.
THEY'RE REQUESTING THAT 35% OF THE PLOTTED LOTS HAVE SIDE ENTRY, JW OR REAR ACCESSIBLE ATTACHED OR DETACHED GARAGES.
SO A CURRENT APPENDIX W REQUIRES A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THAT.
THEY'RE SAYING WE WANNA DO 35%.
AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO PROPOSING THAT RESIDENTIAL GARAGES WITH A TWO CAR JW GARAGE AND AN ADDITIONAL SINGLE CAR FRONT ENTRY GARAGE WILL BE CONSIDERED A JW SWING GARAGE.
SO THESE ARE SOME PHOTOS OF THE REPRESENTATIVE PRODUCT.
THIS IMAGE RIGHT HERE SHOWS THE TWO CAR JW, SINGLE CAR FRONT ENTRY GARAGE.
AND SO THIS PD IS STATING THAT ESSENTIALLY THIS DOES NOT COUNT AS A FRONT ENTRY GARAGE.
UH, STAFF BELIEVES THAT THE IMPACT ON THE STREET IS MINIMAL.
SO WE LOOKED AT OTHER PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS IN THIS AREA AND WE FOUND THAT THIS IS VERY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT CITY COUNCIL'S APPROVED IN THE PAST.
SO THERE VARIANCE IS TO REQUEST TO ALLOW FRONT ENTRY GARAGES.
AND ON OCTOBER 23RD, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF EIGHT TO ZERO.
AND THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS WELL.
ANYBODY WISH TO COMMENT ON THE COUNCIL OR COUNCIL MEMBER? JOHNSON, WHAT'S YOUR OKAY.
A MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 44 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON ALL BY GOSH.
GOOD THING I DIDN'T HAVE A QUICK GAVEL.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DEBOSKY.
MOTION CARRIES EIGHT TO NOTHING.
[CITIZEN COMMENTS]
COMMENTS.ROBERT JOHNSON, HERE, COME ON.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, CONGRATULATIONS.
UH, I THANK GOD FOR THAT BECAUSE, UH, BASICALLY, UH, THEY SAID I WAS GONNA BE DEAD BY JUNE 18TH, SO IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT THEY SAID.
GOD SAYS I'M OTHERWISE, BUT I'M THANKFUL THAT I'M HERE.
AND OUTSIDE OF THAT, UM, I WANTED TO SPEAK ON MENTAL HEALTH IN REGARDS TO COMMUNITY STEP UP, WHICH THEY ACTUALLY GIVE OUT SCHOLARSHIPS THAT HAS HELPED ME IN THE PROCESS OF WHAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH AND EVEN STILL GOING THROUGH BECAUSE IT'S MENTALLY DRAINING.
WHEN YOU GO THROUGH SOMETHING, EVEN THOUGH I'M CANCER FREE, I STILL HAVE THE AFTERMATH OF THE CHEMO AND THE RADIATION.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT STILL HAUNT ME STILL TODAY.
BUT I THANK GOD I'M STILL HERE.
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REGARDS TO COMMUNITY, STEP UP, STEP IN, EXCUSE ME.I WANTING TO PRETTY MUCH SO SAY THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR A, UH, RELIEF FOR ALL THAT, UH, COMMUNITY STEP IN IS DOING IN THE COMMUNITY FOR MENTAL HEALTH.
IT HAS HELPED ME SINCE I RECEIVED THE SCHOLARSHIP, WHICH IT DIDN'T COST ME, IT COST THEM, IT GAVE ME CERTIFICATION FOR ADULTS, CERTIFICATION FOR CHILDREN.
IT ALSO GAVE ME INFORMATION THAT HELPED ME OUT IN THE PROCESS OF EVEN WHAT I'M GOING THROUGH.
SO IT HAS HELPED ME TREMENDOUSLY.
AND COMMUNITY STEP IN IS NEEDING THE ASSISTANCE IN REGARDS TO THE FINANCIAL THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON WITH IT.
BECAUSE THE SCHOLARSHIPS THAT THEY GIVE OUT, THEY DON'T CHARGE A DIME.
SO TO BE ABLE TO HELP OTHERS IN THE PROCESS OF WHAT SHE'S DOING, SHE NEEDS THE ASSISTANCE.
THE WHOLE THING IN ITSELF IS A BLESSING TO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND I, FOR ONE, I, I'M A PART OF THAT BLESSING BECAUSE I JUST THANK GOD THAT I WAS ABLE TO FIND OUT ABOUT THINGS THAT EVEN HAUNTED ME IN THE PROCESS OF WHAT I WAS GOING THROUGH.
HAD I NOT FOUND OUT HOW TO REALLY WORK THROUGH IT, IT GAVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT TAKES TO GET THROUGH THE HARD PORTIONS OF THE MENTAL HEALTH THAT I WAS DEALING WITH AND STILL DEALING WITH.
SO IT GIVES OTHERS THE OPPORTUNITY, THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP IN THE PROCESS OF WHATEVER THEY'RE GOING THROUGH.
LET'S FACE IT, WE ALL HAVE SOMEBODY IN OUR FAMILY THAT STRUGGLES WITH MEN MENTAL HEALTH.
LET'S FACE IT, IT IT'S A SITUATION WHERE IF YOU HAVE A HEADACHE, YOU GOING THROUGH SOMETHING, YOU HAVE A BAD DAY, YOU'RE GOING THROUGH SOMETHING.
BUT LOOK AT THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE TRULY HAVING PROBLEMS LIKE DIFFERENT MENTAL ISSUES.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE FAMILIES THAT ARE GOING THROUGH SOMETHING BECAUSE EVERYBODY IN, IN THE FAMILY ISN'T ALWAYS MENTALLY HEALTHY.
YOU KNOW? SO THESE STRUGGLES THAT WE HAVE, UH, THAT COMMUNITY STEP IN ACTUALLY BRING ATTENTION TO HELPING THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH SOMETHING.
AND IT IS EVERY BIT OF WORK, THE SCHOLARSHIPS THAT SHE GIVES FOR FREE IN REGARDS TO WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN THE COMMUNITY, IT HELPS THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE NOT ONLY IN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, BUT EVEN WHERE OTHERS HAVE COME FROM OTHER CITIES.
SO I DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING APPROVED WHERE THEY GET FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN REGARDS TO WHAT THEY'RE HAVING TO DO WITH GIVING THE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR COMMUNITY STEP IN.
MY NAME IS BARBARA DAVIS AND, UM, I AM ALSO WITH COMMUNITY STEP IN AS WELL.
UM, I'M ALSO, I'M GONNA SAY I'M A CANCER WARRIOR, BUT I AM GONNA CLAIM A SURVIVOR.
UM, RIGHT NOW, UM, WE ARE HERE COMING TO IN FRONT OF THE BOARD BECAUSE WE DO DO A LOT IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND FAR AS BRINGING THE AWARENESS FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL WELLNESS, IT DOES AFFECT EVERYONE.
WHETHER IT IS SOMEBODY HAVING ROAD RAGE ON THE HIGHWAY, BECAUSE IN A MINUTE THAT'S SOMEBODY, THEIR BRAIN, THEIR CHEMICALS ARE CHANGING AT THAT MOMENT.
EVERYBODY'S AFFECTED BY MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL WELLNESS.
SO THIS IS WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY.
WE WANNA BRING AWARENESS TO GRAND PRAIRIE AND TO THE POLICE OFFICERS.
THEY ARE TRAINED TO HANDLE CRIMINALS, BUT THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE HAVING PSYCHOTIC BREAKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THEY'RE NOT CRIMINALS.
THEY DON'T NEED TO BE IN HANDCUFFS OR ANYTHING.
THEY NEED TO BE TAKEN SOMEWHERE WHERE THEY CAN GET ASSISTANCE AND THEY NEED TO BE DONE.
AND THAT THAT'S WHAT WE ARE HERE.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO TRAIN AND MAKE THIS AWARENESS NOT ONLY TO WEAR, AND IT'S NOT ONLY THROUGH JUST THE PUBLIC, UM, SERVANTS, BUT ALSO
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TO TEACHERS WHO MAY HAVE A CHILD THAT'S GOING THROUGH SOME THINGS THAT MAY BE AT HOME.IT MAY BE, UM, A, THERE MAY BE IN SPORTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO THESE KIDS ARE GOING THROUGH THINGS AS WELL.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO BRING THE MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL WELLNESS TO THE PARENTS SO THAT THE PARENTS AND THE COACHES, THE TEACHERS, ALL THE ADMINISTRATORS, SO THEY'RE NOT PUTTING A CHILD OUT OF SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY HAD A BAD DAY OR THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON HOME.
INSTEAD OF GETTING TO THE ROOT OF THINGS, WE'RE PUNISHING THE CHILD FOR THAT BEHAVIOR AND NOT GETTING TO THE ROOT OF THAT BEHAVIOR.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT OUR MENTAL WELLNESS AND MENTAL, UM, HEALTH EXPERIENCE IS GOING TO DO AND BRING TO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TODAY FOR.
RIGHT? THANK YOU CAROL HARRISON.
IT IS SO EXCITING EVERY TIME THAT I COME TO THE CITY OF GREEN PRAIRIE CITY COUNCIL.
IT WAS A SITA, IT'S CALLED SITA.
JEAN SNEAD STARTED IT AND I WORKED FOR THE CITY MANAGERS 13 YEARS, 14, 15, 16.
SO IT'S NOT, IT JUST BRINGS BACK REALLY GOOD MEMORIES.
I WORKED THE SWITCHBOARD, WAS TRAINED ON THAT, BUT WE JUST HAD THIS BOARD AND SO WE WOULD TRANSFER THE CALLS, CITY OF GREENBURY, UM, UM, AND I WOULD JUST TRANSFORM.
SO, YOU KNOW, MENTAL HEALTH DOES MATTER.
UH, 2015, PASTOR JULIUS ALLOWED US TO BE ABLE TO HOST CERTIFICATION TRAINING, UH, AT HIS CHURCH HERE IN GREEN PRAIRIE.
I PARTNERED UP WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH US FIRST AID, WHERE WE GIVE CERTIFICATIONS OUT FOR FREE.
WE HAVE ONE OF THE GREAT INSTRUCTORS, JOSH BU HE TEACHES THE MENTAL HEALTH.
HE NOW ALSO TEACHES DALLAS POLICE.
WE PARTNERED UP, WE'VE BEEN ON OUR JOURNEY FOR FIVE YEARS FOR THE SUPER BOWL.
UM, WE HAVE A PANEL WITH NFL PLAYERS TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH.
WE HAVE CERTIFIED OVER 1200 CITIZENS, UM, IN HERE IN THE GRAND PRAIRIE.
UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK AND REMEMBER, UH, TOM HART, CITY MANAGER, STEVE DYE.
THEY TOOK THE TIME OUT DURING COVID AND JUST HAD A MEETING WAS BEFORE COVID WITH ME.
AND WHAT THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE VERY MUCH INTERESTED AND THEY DID BELIEVE THAT MENTAL HEALTH DID MATTER.
I SAT A MEETING UP WITH CHIEF SES.
I'M JUST VERY THANKFUL FOR THE OUT OUTCOME BECAUSE HE SUGGESTED THE DALWORTH RECREATION CENTER.
SO SINCE 2015, UH, NOW WE'RE AT THE DALWORTH RECREATION CENTER.
WE'RE GOING ON OUR SECOND YEAR THERE.
UH, BEFORE YOU EVEN BECAME CITY COUNCIL, I'VE ALWAYS MOTIVATED YOU.
'CAUSE I SAW SOMETHING IN YOU.
YOU KNOW THAT IF I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT SOMETHING, YOU KNOW THIS.
AND SO WE HAVE ONE OF THE BEST MAYORS THAT ANY CITY CAN EVER HAVE.
WE REALLY, I REALLY APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU ALL.
IT'S JUST LIKE A DREAM COME TRUE.
BECAUSE AS A YOUNG TEENAGER, I DIDN'T SEE THIS COMING UP WHEN I WORKED.
UH, WE, WE'VE BEEN DOING GREAT THINGS WITH THE SUPER BOWL.
WE'VE HAD JUDGES GET CERTIFIED.
WE HAD CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE COME AND GET CERTIFIED.
WE'VE HAD POLICE OFFICERS COME ALL THE WAY FROM LONGVIEW TO GET CERTIFIED.
IT IS TIME YOU ALL, YOU KNOW, IT'S TIME FOR US TO BE ABLE TO BE RECOGNIZED HERE, UH, DOING GREAT WORK BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT, LIKE JOHNSON SAID, THAT IT'S SOMEBODY WHO KNOWS SOMEBODY THAT'S GOING THROUGH MENTAL HEALTH.
AND MENTAL HEALTH IS NOT PREJUDICE, JUST JOBS IN IN GENERAL.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE CANNOT GET AROUND.
I JUST WANT TO GET ON THIS AGENDA.
WHEN YOU ALL WERE CAMPAIGNING, YOU JUST NEEDED, YOU NEEDED SOMEONE TO BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN DO THE JOB.
WILL YOU HELP ME? WILL YOU THINK ABOUT IT? YOU KNOW, I COME SO MANY TIMES AND I'VE STOOD HERE ASKING FOR HELP, AND I GO HOME AND I PRAY AND I SAY, GOD, WHEN IS IT GONNA BE MY TIME? I HAVE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, NEVER GOT ANY GRANT
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MONEY, TIRED OF GOING IN MY POCKETS USING MY OWN MONEY AND RESOURCES.WHEN ARE WE GONNA BE NOTICED? WHEN DO WE WANT? IT'S SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY GIVEN THE EDUCATION.
WE'RE ACTUALLY CERTIFYING INDIVIDUALS WHERE THEY'RE COVERED UNDER LAWS.
I'VE HAD SO MANY COUNSELORS AND THERAPISTS TEACHERS COME AND GET THIS CERTIFICATION AND IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE GETTING WHAT THEY'RE WANTING AND THEIR GRANT MONEY.
WHEN WE COME ON THAT AGENDA, WHEN WE COME UP ON THE AGENDA, THINK ABOUT IT.
LET'S HELP MAKE MENTAL HEALTH MATTER BY GIVING US FUNDING.
UH, WITH COMMUNITY STEP IN, AS YOU HEARD THE OTHER TWO MENTION ABOUT, UM, THE MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS.
I ACTUALLY WENT TO THE CLASS AND I GOT MY YOUTH AND MY ADULT MENTAL HEALTH, UH, CERTIFICATE.
THE MENTAL HEALTH CERTIFICATE FOR THE ADULTS REALLY HELPED ME.
AND THEN THE YOUTH REALLY HELPED ME, UM, WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, IT'S A LOT OF YOUNG CHILDREN THAT NEED HELP WITH THEIR MENTAL STATE.
SO I'M ASKING IS THERE THAT AS THEY ASK THAT, UM, YOU WOULD ASSIST US LOOK AT, UM, WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE COMMUNITY AND, UM, HELP US TO MAKE MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE SPEAKERS TONIGHT FOR THEIR PRESENTATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH.
I WOULD URGE THESE FOLKS TO DON'T STOP HERE.
THE STATE OF TEXAS RANKS 50TH OUT OF 50TH.
THIS IS PATHETIC CITY, DALLAS COUNTY COMMISSIONER JOHN WALEY.
THERE WERE 500 INMATES JUST IN THE DALLAS COUNTY JAIL.
THAT SHOULD BE IN A PSYCHIATRIC FACILITY TONIGHT.
TARRANT COUNTY ALL THROUGHOUT TEXAS.
TRY TO GET A MENTAL HEALTH WARRANT TONIGHT AND GET SOMEONE ADMITTED.
TRY TO GET AN ADOLESCENT ADMITTED TO A PSYCHIATRIC FACILITY IN THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS.
TONIGHT WE GOT $10 BILLION FOR RAZOR WIRE AND CIRCULAR SAWS DOWN THERE ON RIO GRANDE VALLEY.
WE'LL KEEP THESE MEXICANS OUTTA TEXAS.
UH, THIS HIT HOME BACK IN JUNE AT 5 51 KESSLER, THE SWAT STANDOFF, THE INDIVIDUAL INVOLVED IN THAT, WHO'S A KNOWN SCHIZOPHRENIC, COULDN'T GET HIM COMMITTED, BUT THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THAT HE WAS DOING ON, WHERE ARE YOU GONNA PUT THESE FOLKS? THIS CONTINUES ON AND ON TONIGHT, WE VOTED FOR BONDS FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO BUILD NEW GAS FIRED POWER PLANTS DOWN HERE IN TEXAS AND LET JUDGES WORK TILL THEY'RE 79, BUT NO FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH IN THE SECOND LARGEST STATE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MY ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE IS IN MENTAL HEALTH.
I'VE WORKED ON VOX PSYCHIATRIC UNITS, ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRIC UNITS.
WE HAVE SOME REAL SERIOUS, WE'RE GONNA BRING ALL THIS LIFE INTO THIS WORLD.
WE'RE GONNA BRING LIFE INTO THIS WORLD.
BUT WHEN THAT LIFE DEVELOPS, SCHIZOPHRENIA, OTHER MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, WHO YOU GONNA CALL GHOSTBUSTERS ON TUESDAY NIGHT? THIS PROBLEM IS JUST ACCELERATING.
AND THE HYPOCRISY OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF NOT ONLY TEXAS, BUT OF THE UNITED STATES AMERICA, BRING LIFE INTO THE WORLD, BUT ABANDON THE LIFE.
SO THANKS TO THE FOLKS FOR BEING HERE.
I WANNA QUICKLY FIND OUT ON BARDEN ROAD, JUST SOUTH OF PAYNE, IN THAT SOUTHEAST CORNER, I HAVE LOOKS LIKE LONE STAR GAS SLASH ATMOS.
THAT BIG PIPELINE DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY'RE DOING.
ONE OLD BOY TOLD ME THAT THAT 16 INCH LINE OF ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS, THEY'RE PUTTING ALL OF THAT IN.
SO WE WON'T HAVE TO USE THE C AND G, THE LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS TO HELP BOOST UP THE PRESSURE IN SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE.
I DON'T KNOW, IS THIS TRUE OR NOT? THERE ISN'T ANY SIGNS OUT THERE.
ALL OF THAT HIGH PRESSURE PIPE OUT THERE WITH
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THE BIG CONTROLS, THAT'S WHAT I WORKED AROUND AS A KID.I'D HOLD THE FLASHLIGHT FROM MY GRANDFATHER AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING TO MANUALLY BOOST UP THE PRESSURE.
BUT THERE ISN'T ANY SIGNAGE WHO IS DOING THIS WORK? YOU SEE THE BLUE AND WHITE PAINT ON THE PIPE.
IS IT ATMOS LONE STAR GAS, UH, ON THAT 16 INCH LINE, WHAT'S GONNA BE THE BENEFIT TO SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE AND ALL OF GRAND PRAIRIE? WILL THIS PROVIDE THE INCREASE IN PRESSURE, GAS PRESSURE? SO THOSE LINES AREN'T BEING SUCKED DRY.
SO FIRE STATION NUMBER NINE WILL HAVE NATURAL GAS.
THE YMCA, UH, REAGAN POWELL, ARE THEY GONNA HAVE NATURAL GAS? I WOULD ASK THAT SOMEONE FROM LONE STAR GAS SLASH ATMOS, HOW APPROPRIATE IN THE PIPELINE PUBLISH SOMETHING IN THIS NEWSLETTER IN THE PIPELINE? WHAT IS THIS PIPELINE THAT'S BEING BUILT? IS IT GOING TO BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE? THOSE OF YOU IN YOUR DISTRICT, IF AT YOUR NEXT COMMUNITY MEETING ON DECEMBER 11TH, COUNCILMAN HADDON, COULD WE HAVE SOMEONE THERE? SOME KIND OF PRESENTATION TO INFORM US? WE'D LIKE TO HAVE GAS PRESSURE THIS WINTER.
BUT THAT AMOUNT OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S BEING PUT IN, AND THE FACT IS, WHY HAS ATMOS WAITED OVER 20 SOMETHING, 30 SOMETHING YEARS TO MAKE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS? WE JUST GOT A RATE INCREASE FOR ATMOS.
ATMOS ENERGY DOES NOT PAY FEDERAL INCOME TAX.
SO IF THEY'RE NOT GONNA PAY FEDERAL INCOME TAX, THEY'RE GONNA DO STOCK BUYBACKS.
TELL US WHAT IMPROVEMENTS YOU'RE MAKING FOR THE CITIZENS OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.