Nov 21, 2023 City Council 11212023

OUR PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR JUST ANSWERED MY QUESTION.

MY CONCERN WAS, SINCE THIS IS FUNDING FROM THE, UH, DALLAS AREA AGENCY ON AGING WITH THE AAA THAT, YOU KNOW, BEING IT GRANT MONEY, HOWEVER, WE'RE GETTING THIS MONEY FROM THE, FROM THE STATE, FROM THE FEDS ON THE APPROPRIATION WHERE THIS POOL OF MONEY COMES FROM.

GOOD.

I'M GLAD YOU WERE ABLE TO TALK TO HIM AND GET IT SORTED OUT.

'CAUSE THE AAA, THAT WAS A, THAT WAS A BIG ONE.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, I'D LIKE TO FIRST, UM, THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND ALSO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THE FULL AGENDA HAS BEEN POSTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

UH, FOR ANYONE THAT WISHING TO SPEAK ON ANY PARTICULAR ITEM LISTED BEFORE US TONIGHT, PLEASE FILL OUT SPEAKER CARD AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO SPEAK UP TO FIVE MINUTES ON ANY ITEM TONIGHT BEFORE US.

UM, GIVEN THAT WE DID HAVE A, UM, HEALTHY BRIEFING SESSION AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT ITEMS FOUR THROUGH 21.

WE HAVE MOTION.

BEFORE I THANK YOU MAYOR POTE.

WHO DID THE SAY I? I HEARD COUNCIL MEMBER HEDON AND I ALSO HEARD COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMSON.

ONE OF 'EM.

MONA, UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AY, OPPOSED, SAY NAY.

MOTION CARRIES.

UH, THANK YOU MAYOR ADAM, 22

[22. Action Items Resulting from Staff Presentations: City Council Meeting – November 21, 2023 Page 4 of 7 Direct Staff to Research City Council Questions Regarding a Charter Amendment Election and Provide a Report at the Next City Council Meeting City Funding Policy for Sponsorships]

BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON FOR A MOTION, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE CARDS.

CLEMSON, COUNCIL MEMBER COLE HUMPHREY COUNCILWOMAN, UM, BESSIE ADAMS, UM, OUR CITY MANAGER, WILLIAM HILLS, UM, CITY ATTORNEY MEGAN MAHAN.

ANGELA, LUCKY.

GOOD EVENING.

UM, MAYOR RON JENSEN, UM, CITY COUNCIL, UM, JUNIOR ZOU, UM, MS. COUNCIL, UM, WOMAN DEPUTY MAYOR, PRO TEM GEORGIA,

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UM, COUNCIL MEMBER MIKE DEBOSKY.

COUNCIL MEMBER KURT JOHNSON, MAYOR PRO, TIM JOHN LOPEZ AND COUNCILWOMAN JACQUELINE HEATON.

MY NAME IS ANGELA LUCKY AND I'M PRESIDENT FOR THE GRAND PRAIRIE, UM, NAACP AND I AM STANDING HERE ON AGENDA NUMBER, UM, 22.

THE GRAND PRAIRIE NAACP IS IN SUPPORT OF THE QUESTION GETTING PUT ON THE BALLOT FOR VOTERS TO DETERMINE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS AND TERM LIMITS.

TERM LIMITS FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS CAN ENCOURAGE NEW IDEAS AND FRESH PERSPECTIVES IN OUR CITY.

EVERYONE UP HERE, YOU DO, YOU DO A GREAT JOB AND DEVOTE A LOT OF TIME TO OUR CITY AND TO YOUR DISTRICTS.

BUT THE PROCESS OF NOT HAVING TERM LIMITS ALLOW THE SAME INDIVIDUALS TO CONTINUOUSLY GET ELECTED AND SERVE TO HOLD PUBLIC OFFICE IS TO HOLD PUBLIC TRUST.

I'M ASKING OUR WONDERFUL MAYOR RON JENSEN AND HIS LEADERSHIP TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE DISCUSSION OF PUTTING THE QUESTION TO THE VOTERS.

WOULD A VOTE IF THEY WANT SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT AND TERM LIMITS FOR THE COUNCIL IS JUST THE RIGHT THING TO DO? THESE DECISIONS SHOULDN'T BE MADE FOR SELF-INTEREST, BUT FOR THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND THE DECIDING FACTOR, I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT, A GREAT INTEREST IF THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD APPOINT A TERM LIMITS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE BOTH ORGANIZATIONS, THE NAACP AND LULAC, TO PROVIDE THE COUNCIL WITH FEEDBACK.

I'M WISHING EVERYBODY A HAPPY THANKSGIVING AND HOLIDAYS AND I JUST WANT TO THANK EACH ONE OF YOU FOR SERVING OUR CITY.

'CAUSE I THINK EVERYBODY'S DOING A GREAT JOB AND EVERYBODY THAT'S ON THIS COUNCIL THAT'S SITTING ON THIS CURRENT COUNCIL, AND EVEN THE MAYOR WHEN HE LAST RAN HIS LAST ELECTION, I STOOD OUT THERE AND ASKED THE VOTERS TO, TO VOTE FOR THE MAYOR.

EVERYBODY ON THIS COUNCIL.

I HAVE CAMPAIGN FOR EVERYBODY ON THIS COUNCIL.

AND SO I'M JUST ASKING EVERYBODY TO DO, DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THE CITIZENS OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

WE HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER.

JASPER WALKER.

HE'S COMING.

UH, JASPER WALKER, 1622 ERNIE LANE.

UH, FIRST THING I WANNA SAY IS MAYOR, HERE I AM.

I CAN TALK AND YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

YOU BET.

MY, MY POSITION ON THIS, UH, UH, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE ASKING OR WANTING TO HAVE TERM LIMITS ON CERTAIN GOVERNMENT, UH, POSITIONS.

I DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT CERTAIN PEOPLE WITH CERTAIN AGENDAS TRYING TO CHANGE THINGS THAT ARE WORKING REALLY GOOD FOR ABSOLUTELY NO GAIN THAT I CAN SEE EXCEPT TO DISRUPT A VERY STABLE AND WELL RUN ORGANIZATION LIKE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE TERM LIMITS, UM, OKAY.

FOR ONE OR TWO LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, BUT IT IS NO WAY TO FIX IT FOR A CITY.

AND I WORKED FOR CITIES FOR, I ACTUALLY WORKED FOR DFW AIRPORT FOUR AND A HALF.

THERE'S NINE DIFFERENT AGENCIES RUN THAT PLACE.

BUT I WORKED FOR CITIES, UH, OUT OF THOSE FOUR AND A HALF YEARS, 40 OTHER YEARS.

AND FROM ALL THE WAY FROM CORPUS CHRISTI, WHICH IS A BIG CITY IN A LITTLE TOWN CALLED HEARST.

AND IN EVERY CASE, UM, CITIES OPERATE MUCH DIFFERENTLY THAN STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS.

AND YOU, UH, UM, WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE IN OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT ARE, ARE LIFETIME POLITICIANS.

PEOPLE THAT WORK IN YOUR POSITIONS AS COUNCIL PEOPLE AND RUN A CITY ARE CITIZENS.

THEY LIVE HERE.

THEY CARE ABOUT EVERYBODY, NOT JUST THEIR LITTLE GROUP.

NOW, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR THING RAISING ITS HEAD BECAUSE I SEE IT AS A DIVISIVE ISSUE, NOT FOR ANY OTHER REASON, EXCEPT TO PIT SOME OF US AGAINST OTHERS OF US.

AND I AGREE WITH SOME OF THE THINGS I'VE HEARD IN THE PRE-COST MEETING THAT IT THINGS LIKE, UH, WELL, WE, THE MIX OF, OF OUR LEADERSHIP HERE, I HAD A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT A COUPLE OF THE AT LARGE POSITIONS THAT WE

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LOST.

I SAY THE CITY COUNCIL LOST OR CHANGED, NOT NEARLY LOST, BUT I THINK WE, I THOUGHT AT THE TIME WE LOST 'CAUSE WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WE'RE GONNA GET.

BUT WE KNEW THAT THE PEOPLE THAT GOT VOTED OUT WERE VERY GOOD, VERY DEDICATED, UH, PEOPLE TO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, VERY HONORABLE, VERY HONEST, AND VERY UPRIGHT.

AND THEY DID VERY GOOD WORK.

AND LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE IN THE LAST 20 YEARS WITH SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE IN PLACE.

I WAS VERY, VERY SKEPTICAL.

YOU ARE BRAND NEW.

WHERE AM I LOOKING FOR YOU? FAIRLY NEW.

AND I AM, I'M PLEASED WITH WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING.

NOT A PROBLEM.

BUT I DON'T WANT TO SEE OUR CITY TORN APART BY SOME OTHER PEOPLE.

THEY'RE PROBABLY INFLUENCED BY SOME OTHER PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE OF GRAND PRAIRIE THAT WANT TO JUST CHANGE FOR THE REASON, SAKE OF CHANGE.

SO I PERSONALLY DON'T THINK THAT THE COUNCIL SHOULD EVEN, EVEN CONSIDER BRINGING UP THIS BUSINESS ABOUT TERM LIMITS.

I THINK IT'S A WASTE OF, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE VERY HURTFUL TO OUR CITY IF THAT HAPPENS.

THAT'S ALL I'D, UH, RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, SINCE HE ASKED THIS TO BE ON THE AGENDA FOR A MOTION.

UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

UH, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT WE SPOKE EARLIER, UH, SPIRIT LEE AND HAD A, A GREAT DEBATE.

THERE IS NO RIGHT OR WRONG ANSWER.

YOU KNOW, SOME SUPPORT IT, SOME DON'T.

WE KNOW THE REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD AND WE KNOW THE REASONS WHY PEOPLE MIGHT NOT WANNA SUPPORT TERM LIMITS AND GETTING RID OF THE SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS.

I MADE COMMENTS EARLY TONIGHT, UH, IN REGARDS TO THE HISTORY OF THE AT LARGE SEATS.

AND THAT'S IT.

IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE HISTORY, YOU MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND WHERE, WHY ARE WE TRYING TO MOVE SOMEWHERE FORWARD? SO WE, I MADE COMMENTS IN REGARDS TO THE HISTORY OF AT LARGE SEATS, TERM LIMITS.

UH, I MADE MY COMMENTS AND THE COUNCIL MADE THEIRS AND THE MAYOR, YOU KNOW, WE ALL AGREE OR DISAGREE ON DIFFERENT POINTS.

UH, WITH THAT SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO ENSURE WE HAVE RECORDED VOTE TONIGHT, MAYOR, ON, ON, ON BOTH ISSUES.

AND WITH THAT, I, I MOVE TO REQUEST STAFF TO RESEARCH AND PRESENT OPTIONS FOR A TERM LIMIT CHARTER AMENDMENT ELECTION.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND, EXCUSE ME, SINCE WE, HE'S ASKED FOR VOICE VOTE.

WE'LL JUST START DOWN TO MY RIGHT.

I GOT IT MESSED UP LAST TIME WHEN I TRIED TO DO IT BY SENIORITY.

SO THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE JUST TERM LIMITS.

SO IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU GOT A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER DEL BASI.

SECOND IT.

MAY I ORDER? YOU WOULD VOTE YES.

AND IF NOT, YOU WOULD VOTE NO.

SO YOUR MOTION, JUST TO UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, WE'RE JUST MOTIONING THAT THERE BE A STUDY DONE TO DETERMINE WHAT NEXT STEPS COULD BE LOOK LIKE.

AND TO LOOK AT WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE FOR, TO TAKE TO THE VOTERS TO THE SIDE, RIGHT.

WHAT THE TERMS WOULD BE, WHAT THE TERMS WOULD BE, THINGS LIKE THAT.

THE LANGUAGE GONNA BE ON THE, UH, VOTER'S BALLOT.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, BUT IT WOULD MOVE FORWARD FOR TERM LIMITS.

SO I DISAGREE WITH THAT INTERPRETATION.

IF I READ YOUR MOTION, YOU JUST SAID TO DO A STUDY, YOU'RE, WE'RE NOT MOVING FORWARD FOR TERM LIMITS, CORRECT? NO, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT MOVING FOR TERM LIMITS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE ARE ASKING FROM MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE MOTION, WE'RE ASKING THE REQUESTING THE STAFF TO COME BACK AND GIVE US INFORMATION ON WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE ON THE WORDING.

AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK ON THE BALLOT.

OKAY? YEAH.

ALRIGHT.

WHAT THE WORDING WOULD BE.

YES, I SEE IT A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

I'M SAYING WE'RE GOING FORWARD TO TERM LIMITS AND WE'RE FIGURE, FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GONNA BE ON THEM LATER, WHICH WE DISCUSSED IN BRIEFING.

BUT THAT'S MY INTERPRETATION.

AND STAFF, I WOULD LIKE Y'ALL TO, UH, CONFIRM THIS IN BRIEFING WE DISCUSSED MOVING FORWARD WITH TERM LIMITS.

AND NOW AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE AGENDA FOR THE COUNCIL MEETING, IT'S SAYING, UH, WE'RE DOING RESEARCH INTO A STUDY.

WHICH ONE IS IT? WHICH ONE ARE WE VOTING ON RIGHT NOW? COUNCIL MAYOR ARIZONA IS GOING FORWARD WITH THE STAFF DOING THE RESEARCH IN ORDER TO BRING THE INFORMATION BACK TO THE COUNCIL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.

SO IF WE VOTE FOR IT TONIGHT, IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE'RE PUTTING IT ON THE, ON THE MAY ELECTION, UH, BALLOT, CORRECT? CORRECT.

THAT'S CORRECT.

WE CAN VOTE AGAINST THAT AT ANOTHER MEETING.

WE HAVE MOTION TO SECOND.

I'M STILL VOTING AGAINST IT TONIGHT 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT IT ON THE MAY ELECTION MEETING.

I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO VOTE ON IT TWICE.

SO I'LL START AT YOUR END.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

ZANU, ARE YOU VOTING FOR THIS OR AGAINST IT? I'M NAY, NAY, NAY, NAY, NAY.

MOTION FAILS BY COUNT OF SIX TO THREE.

NEXT, I'LL LET YOU DO THE NEXT ONE.

ALRIGHT.

UM, I MOVE TO REQUEST STAFF TO RESEARCH AND PRESENT OPTIONS FOR A SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT AT A CHARTER AMENDMENT ELECTION.

SECOND,

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YOU WANT A RECORDED VOTE FOR THIS TOO? YES SIR.

START ON THIS END.

MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH EIGHT SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS AND ONE AT LARGE.

NOW THAT WOULD TAKE WORK, BUT 'CAUSE WE'D HAVE TO DIVIDE IT UP, BUT WE WE'RE NOT GONNA SPEND THE TIME AND MONEY TO GET A CONSULTANT IN HERE AND DO THE DIVIDING UP OF EIGHT DISTRICTS UNLESS WE MOVE TO GO FORWARD.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? 'CAUSE WE HAVE TO GET THAT CONSULTANT IN HERE WHEN WE MOVE THE LINES AND EVERYTHING.

SO WE'LL DO A VOICE VOTE AGAIN.

I'LL START ON THE LEFT END.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

HEADEN, HOW DO YOU VOTE? NA NAY.

YAY.

NAY A NAY NA MOTION FAILS.

SIX TO THREE AGAIN.

I'M SORRY, I SHOULDA BEEN MAY SEVEN.

IS THAT OKAY TO CHANGE? SEVEN TO TWO.

JOHN, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THE MOTION ON THE OTHER TWO UNDER 22? ALRIGHT, SO I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TABLE ITEM THREE UNDER STAFF PRESENTATION, SPONSORSHIP POLICY UPDATE, UM, TO ALLOW FOR SOME LAST MINUTE REVISIONS.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION.

I ALSO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE SPONSORSHIP LEVEL, UH, FOR SISTERS OF, SORRY, SORRY, SORRY, A WHILEY.

UM, IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,000.

SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION.

[23. Resolution Approving City Council Goals for 2023-2024]

23.

COUNCIL MEMBER HUMPHREYS.

IT JUST TAKES, THERE YOU GO THERE MAYOR AND COUNSEL, THIS ITEM 23 IS FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE 10 PRIORITIES AND GOALS THAT WERE SET AT OUR VISIONING SESSION WITH YOU.

UH, THIS WILL GIVE US OUR MARCHING ORDERS IN SO FAR AS STARTING OUT WHERE WE'LL BE REPORTING TO YOU QUARTERLY ON THESE.

AND THESE ARE THINGS THAT CAN BE SHARED WITH THE CITIZENS AND ALL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS, SO THEY WILL, WILL KNOW WHERE WE'RE MOVING AND WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GO.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR BILL OR ANYBODY ELSE ON THE STAFF? MAYOR? YES.

JOHN, THIS IS YOUR MOVE YOUR MIC DOWN PLEASE, COLE.

THANK YOU, JOHN.

UH, THIS WOULD BE YOUR MOTION.

DO YOU MIND IF I, OR DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT? NO, GO AHEAD.

I APPRECIATE IT.

SORRY, COUNCIL, I MUTE FLOOR.

UM, MAYOR PROTE.

THAT'S THE CORRECT TERMINOLOGY.

MY NAME .

MY NAME IS COLE HUMPHREY.

AGAIN, MY NAME'S COLE HUMPHREYS AND, UH, I RAN FOR COUNCIL IN 2018.

AND, UM, EVERY PIECE OF LITERATURE AND EVERY DOOR I KNOCKED ON, I SAID I'M GOING TO WORK ON REVITALIZING DOWNTOWN.

UM, THIS WAS NOT MY GOAL, BUT, UH, COUNCIL, UH, JOINED ME AND, AND PRIORITIZING THAT.

AND, AND, UM, THIS AFTER A SESSION OF ALL OF US SITTING IN A ROOM TOGETHER AND WE PASSED THE MINUTES, UH, ON ITEM TWO OR ITEM SIX FOUR, UM, THAT, THAT BECAME OUR PRIORITY FOR THIS YEAR.

AND NEXT YEAR WE'LL RECONVENE AND, AND AND REASSURE OUR PRIORITIES, WHATEVER THESE MAY, THOSE MAY BE.

SO FOR ME, I CONSIDER THIS A SMALL VICTORY.

SO, UH, IT WAS A THANK YOU TO COUNCIL AND TO THOSE WHO, UH, SUPPORT THOSE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.

SO, UM, THAT BEING SAID, IF IT'S OKAY WITH COUNCILMAN LOPEZ, I'D MOVE TO MOTION.

I'D MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 22, SECOND 23, 23, 23.

RESOLUTION 23.

AND COUNCIL MAYOR PRO TIM, ALL OVER THE PLACE.

NOW WE ALL HAVE TO PROVE IT BEFORE YOU REALLY GET THE RIGHT, IT'S KIND OF A TOSS UP.

I DON'T KNOW.

OUR CIP PROGRAMS FOR THE 24 BUDGET.

A OPPOSED SAY NAY.

NOW YOU CAN.

[24. Discussion and consideration of all matters incident and related to approving and authorizing publication of notice of intention to issue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2024, in an amount not to exceed $60,800,000 including the adoption of a resolution pertaining thereto (Reviewed by the Finance and Government Committee on 11/07/2023)]

ADAM 24.

CHERYL, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UH, WE ARE PRESENTING TONIGHT TO YOUR ANNUAL FINANCE PLAN.

THIS IS, UH, DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS.

IF YOU RECALL, WE ACTUALLY CREATED A CIP LISTING FOR YOU WITH THAT CIP LISTING.

UH, THIS IS THE ACTUAL DEBT THAT WE'RE GOING TO ISSUE FOR

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SO THIS IS OUR NORMAL COURSE OF OPERATIONS.

THIS IS A $60 MILLION DEBT ISSUANCE.

WE'RE GONNA BE ISSUING CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.

I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE HAVE A CARD.

HAROLD, COME ON DOWN.

CHERYL, DON'T GO FAR.

I WON'T.

WHILE MR. WILLIS IS COMING UP, UM, LEE BAGS ON ITEM 22, JUST CAME DOWN AND DROPPED A CARD TO SAY THAT HE, UH, OPPOSES THAT ITEM.

JUST FOR THE RECORD.

HAROLD, WELL, IT'S 5 3 8 LINLEY.

MY QUESTION ON ITEM 24 OF THE $60 MILLION OF CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION WAS IN THE NEW YORK TIMES THAT ATTORNEY GENERAL KEN PAXTON, IS INTERFERING IN THE SALE OF TAX-FREE MUNICIPAL BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS OF DEBT ISSUED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS.

JAMIE DIAMOND OF JP MORGAN CHASE SAID, BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR, UH, ISSUING WHO'S GONNA UNDERWRITE THE DEBT IN TEXAS WITH THIS AMOUNT OF FUNDING.

WHAT INPUT DOES ATTORNEY GENERAL KEN PAXTON HAVE ON THIS TO INTERFERE WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO AT MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT? WE'RE WORK THIS GREAT QUESTION.

WE'RE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW ALL THE STATE LAW THAT WE HAVE.

AND WHEN WE, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO IS WE HAVE HILLTOP AND THEY ARE A FINANCIAL ADVISOR.

THEY ENSURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING ALL THE MANDATES BY THE STATE.

SO WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THAT.

WHAT MY POINT IS, IS THAT KEN PAXTON IS CHANGING THE RULES AS WE SPEAK.

KEN PAXTON IS ON THE PAYROLL, NOT ONLY THE STATE OF TEXAS, BUT HAVE DUN IN WILKES, DUN IN WILKES PAY KEN PAXTON, HIS MONEY FOR AN ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF TEXAS TO INTERFERE IN OUR OPERATIONS OF GOVERNMENT ISSUING DEBT.

WHAT DO WE HAVE IN A WRITTEN FORM FROM KEN PAXTON'S OFFICE? WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANYTHING FROM KEN PAXTON'S OFFICE IN REGARDS TO THIS.

AND WE CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT KEN PAXON WILL OR WILL NOT DO.

ALL WE'RE TELLING YOU IS WE HAVE FINANCIAL ADVISORS MUCH SMARTER THAN ME TELLING US THEY, OR THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING THE RULES OF THE STATE.

THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES THAT KEN PAXON WILL DO ANYTHING TO IT OR NOT DO ANYTHING TO IT TOMORROW.

HAROLD KEN PAXTON HAS ALREADY MADE IT VERY CLEAR WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO.

HE'S MADE IT VERY CLEAR.

JAMIE DIAMOND OF JP MORGAN CHASE, THE WALL STREET BOYS DOWN HERE.

THEY KNOW, THEY'RE LIKE THE THE BOYS OUT IN LAS VEGAS ON THE BETTING.

THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON.

THEY KNOW HOW HE THINKS AND FOR HIM TO INTERFERE.

WE HAVE NOTHING IN WRITING.

DO WE HAVE STATE SENATOR ROYCE WEST? WHAT ASSURANCES ARE WE GOING TO HAVE? WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN SELLING BONDS FOR YEARS WHILE KEN PAX HAS BEEN IN OFFICE.

HE'S NEVER RAISED AN ISSUE WITH ANY BONDS WE SOLD BEFORE.

THAT'S BECAUSE HE WAS ALMOST IMPEACHED.

HE WAS ALMOST TAKEN OUTTA OFFICE.

THANK ANY, WE WE DON'T HAVE ANY ASSURANCES FROM HERE.

WE'RE NOT GONNA WASTE SENATOR WEST'S TIME, BUT IF WE HAVE ISSUES, SENATOR WEST IS A GOOD FRIEND OF THIS BODY.

HE'S A SENIOR SENATOR DOWN IN AUSTIN.

HE WILL HELP US IF NECESSARY.

I'M TELLING YOU, I'LL LET YOU SPEAK.

YOU HAVE TWO AND A HALF MORE MINUTES.

NO, THAT'S, THAT'S MY POINT, MAYOR.

WHEN WE HAVE AN ATTORNEY GENERAL WHO IS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE FBI, HOPEFULLY HE'LL BE INDICTED IN THE SPRING.

BUT FOR KEN PAXTON TO EVEN INTERFERE ON THIS, KEN PAXTON'S JUST ANOTHER CROOKED LYING LAWYER DOWN IN AUSTIN.

HAROLD, I GOT A GOOD KID IN PAXTON STORY.

LOOK, JUST LOOKING AT STATE LAW, IT WOULD TAKE THE STATE LEGISLATURE, THE SENATE, AND THE HOUSE TO PASS A LAW TO REGULATE WHAT WE DO WITH CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.

SO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S NOT GONNA COME AND INTERFERE WITH OUR ISSUANCE OF THESE BONDS.

THAT IS JUST SOMETHING I'M ASKED THAT WE COULD GET SOMETHING IN WRITING FROM THE, WE'RE NOT GONNA, WE'RE NOT GONNA GO GET SOMETHING ASKED IN WRITING FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.

SO WHEN DO WE SELL THESE BONDS? WHAT'S THE CELL DATE? HOW ARE WE GONNA STAGGER THESE OUT? WE'RE GONNA DO ACTUALLY IN A NEGOTIATED SALE, AND THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE IN JANUARY OF NEXT YEAR, 2024.

WILL WE SELL THE ENTIRE AMOUNT AT ONE TIME? THAT'S CORRECT.

WE DO THE ENTIRE AMOUNT.

THAT'S WHAT WE GENERALLY DO.

THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO MAKE.

WHEN YOU SEE THIS IN THE PAPER, WHEN YOU READ THIS IN THE NEW YORK TIMES ABOUT ONE PERSON PUTTING HIS OF OIL AND GAS, WHATEVER HIS REASONS ARE, THAT'S PRETTY ALARMING, MAYOR.

SO WE HAVE A GOVERNMENT TO RUN AND YOU'RE RUNNING THE GOVERNMENT VERY WELL, BUT WE HAVE NO REASON FOR ANY INTERFERENCE FROM SOMEONE IN AUSTIN WHO HOPEFULLY WILL BE GOING TO PRISON.

LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 24 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS.

I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM 24.

MAYOR PRO TEM.

UM, WILL THE F AND G CHAIR MAKE THE MOTION OR YOU WANT ME TO YEAH, YOU'LL TAKE TURNS YOUR TURN.

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OPPOSED, SAY

[Items 25 - 27]

NAY.

ITEM 25, MAYOR, UM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THESE ITEMS 25 THROUGH 27 CAN BE PRESENTED ON TOGETHER AND VOTED IN A SINGLE MOTION.

THESE ITEMS ARE PETITIONED TO REMOVE LAND FROM THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.

STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL OF THESE PETITIONS.

WE HAVE CARD.

WE HAVE ONE CARD.

AND YOU RECOMMEND STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL.

WE'LL GO TO THE CARD FIRST.

SHARE.

UH, SHERRY AND JOSEPH SUTHERLAND, WELCOME.

HI GUYS.

HOW YOU DOING? UM, I'M SHERRY SUTHERLAND, 13 6 0 1 COUNTY ROAD 5 0 6, VENUS, TEXAS.

AND THIS IS MY SON JOSEPH SUTHERLAND, AT THE SAME ADDRESS.

SO ANYWAY, I'M STANDING BEFORE YOU TODAY AS I FILED A PETITION UTILIZING THE TEXAS SENATE BILL 2038, SECTION 42 1 0 1.

AS THE LAW STATES AFTER IT WAS AMENDED AND WENT INTO EFFECT ON SEPTEMBER THE FIRST 2023, THE ONLY ACTION THE CITY LEGAL CAN TAKE IS TO VERIFY THE SIGNATURES AND SEE THAT THIS IS A PROPER PETITION AS WELL AS REMOVE SAID LAND FROM THEIR ETJ AFTER VERIFYING THAT THIS IS A PROPER PETITION, HOWEVER, THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE IS APPARENTLY SAYING THEY'RE ABOVE THE STATE LAW OF TEXAS BY USING SECTION 42 0 2 3 TO BRING TO A CITY COUNCIL VOTE AND THEN IMMEDIATELY DENY SAID PETITIONS.

WHEN BY LAW WITH THE NEW AMENDED SECTION OF 42 1 0 1 TO THE TEXAS SENATE BILL 2038, THE CITY HAS NO VOTE IN THIS MATTER.

AS FOR THE CONCERNED CITIZENS OF GRAND PRAIRIE, THE CITY IS PAYING A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY TO LAWYERS TO FIGHT THE STATE OF TEXAS.

ON THIS NEW AMENDED STATE IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

WHEN IT IS CLEAR WHAT THE CITY IS DOING IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL BY NOT FOLLOWING THE WRITTEN LAY LAW OUT BY THE STATE OF TEXAS.

THE TEXAS SENATE BILL 2038 WAS AMENDED TO BEGIN WITH BECAUSE IT WAS UN KNOW UNCONSTITUTIONAL FROM THE VERY START.

SO THAT'S ALL I GOTTA SAY.

JUST, UH, YOUR CARD SAYS YOU'RE IN OPPOSITION.

YOU'D RATHER WE NOT TAKE ANY ACTION.

NO, WE'D RATHER YOU APPROVE PETITION.

YOU, YOU SAID OPPOSITION.

SO READ OR WE APPROVE.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY.

I THOUGHT FROM YOUR LANGUAGE, YOU WANTED US TO PROVE IT.

STAFF IS ASKING US NOT TO APPROVE IT.

YOU'RE ASKING US TO APPROVE IT.

JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.

I'LL, WE'LL MARK IT AND MAKE SURE THE CARD'S RIGHT.

MAY WE'VE HEARD FROM STAFF, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM, ARE YOU READY TO MAKE A MOTION? WE CAN DO ALL THREE OF 'EM AT ONCE? YES, SIR.

MAYOR I AND COUNSEL, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DENY ITEMS, UM, 25, 26, 27 AS RECOMMENDED.

[Items 28 & 29]

RASHAD, WHERE YOU BEEN? BEEN WORKING.

YEAH, YOU'VE GOT A, YOU'VE GOT A LONG LIST TONIGHT.

YEAH, I WAS EXPECTING SOME OF THESE ON THE LAST COUNCIL .

LEMME GET THIS SET UP HERE.

ALRIGHT, MAYOR COUNCIL, I'M HAPPY TO PRESENT ITEM 28 N 29.

WE'RE GONNA READ THEM SIMULTANEOUSLY.

THAT'S A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AMENDMENT, AND ZONE CHANGE FOR 6 58 SOUTHWEST THIRD STREET.

THIS IS A PROJECT THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF NOW, UM, WITH DALLAS COUNTY.

UM, AS Y'ALL KNOW, THIS PROJECT, THIS POSS THIS PRIOR PIECE OF PROPERTY HAS SET VACANT FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

SO RE REHABILITATION CENTER THAT HAS BEEN DILAPIDATED AND UNDERUSED, UM, UNDERUTILIZED, UH, AND IT REALLY DOESN'T FIT IN THE AREA.

WITH THAT SAID, WE'VE WORKED WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER AND DALLAS COUNTY HAS PURCHASED THE PROPERTY, AND NOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH ACTUALLY BRINGING FORTH A, A, A PROJECT FOR ATTAINABLE HOUSING AT THIS LOCATION.

SO, OF COURSE THAT WILL REQUIRE THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AMENDMENT, AND ZONE CHANGE.

UM, THE LOCATION IS CURRENTLY, UH, DESIGNATED AS COMMERCIAL.

IT'S 2.4 ACRES AND WE'RE CHANGING IT FROM COMMERCIAL TO LOW RESIDENTIAL.

WE RECEIVED ONE LETTER IN SUPPORT, UM, EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT IN THE

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AREA.

UM, AND OF COURSE, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

UM, WE ARE THE APPLICANTS FOR THE PROJECT.

I WON'T GO INTO THE DETAIL ON THAT ONE, BUT AS WE MOVE TO THE ZONE CHANGE, I'LL GIVE MORE ON, ON DETAIL ON THE RECOMMENDATION.

SO THE ZONE CHANGE FOR GENERAL, THE ZONING CHANGE COMPONENT OF THIS IS A CHANGE FROM GENERAL RETAIL TO PLAN, DEVELOP DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR SF SIX.

UM, AGAIN, 2.4 ACRES SURROUNDING THE PROPERTY IS RESIDENTIAL AS A SCHOOL TO THE WEST, AND THE REST IS, UH, COMMERCIAL TO THE SOUTH AND RESIDENTIAL TO THE EAST AND NORTH.

THIS IS SHOWING THE EXISTING SITE LAYOUT.

THE BUILDING WILL BE DEMOLISHED, CLEARED AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO BUILD IN-HOUSE.

UM, WE HAVE WORKED WITH A SURVEYOR TO LAY THIS OUT.

THIS WASN'T DONE BY HAPPENSTANCE.

WE LAID THIS OUT LOOKING AT THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT TO THE NORTH, UH, WHERE THEY HAVE CUL-DE-SACS.

THERE'S TWO CULDESAC SUB SUBDIVISIONS.

SO WE FELT LIKE THIS WOULD FIT IN THE BEST AND PROVIDE THE MOST OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE HOMES ON THIS, UH, PROPERTY.

WITH THAT SAID, WITH THE CUL-DE-SAC TYPE DESIGN, THERE ARE SOME VARIATIONS THAT WOULD BE NEEDED OR VARIANCES FOR THESE LOTS HERE TO ALLOW FOR SOME SMALLER LOT WIDTHS AS WELL AS SOME ORIENTATION OF THE HOMES SETBACK WISE.

UM, JUST TO ALLOW FOR SOME FLEXIBILITY WITH THOSE POTENTIAL, UH, HOME LAYOUTS.

SO THESE ARE THE STANDARDS WE'RE PROPOSING, BLESS YOU.

AND YOU SEE THOSE THAT ARE REQUIRED WITH REGARDS TO A VARIANCE.

AND THOSE FOOTNOTES ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE LOTS AROUND THE CUL-DE-SAC.

SO WITH ALL THIS SAID, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING LAND USES, AND WE BELIEVE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THE LOCATION THAN THE CURRENT USE.

UM, THE 2018 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN RECOMMENDS OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET INFIELD DEMAND, UM, FOR HOUSING WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY REHABILITATING THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND WE BELIEVE THIS PROJECT FITS THAT GOAL.

THE COUNTY'S GOING TO TAX IT AND IT'S GONNA APPRAISE IT TOTALLY DIFFERENT A YEAR OR TWO AFTER THE, THEY MIGHT START TAXING IT A LOT HIGHER.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HUMPHREYS, WILL YOU HAVE OTHER, WANTING TO SAY SOME THINGS'LL? YOU'LL DO.

OKAY, THEN WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU FOR A MOTION.

UH, MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ.

RASHAD, AS FAR AS THE, THE PROJECT, THE HOMES BEING BUILT, WOULD YOU SAY IT'D BE, YOU'D SAY IT'D BE COMFORTABLE TO WHAT'S AROUND THERE? AM I CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

WE'LL BE USING, OH, GO AHEAD.

OUR HOUSING DEPARTMENT WILL BE WORKING WITH OUR CHODOS.

UM, I'LL LET MR. HILLS LAY OUT THAT DESIGNATION.

I, I HEAR THE WORD CHODOS, BUT I I NEVER UNDERSTAND THE , ALL THE WORDS.

YOU KNOW, I WAS ON THE CHOTO AT ONE TIME AND STILL HAD A HARD TIME WITH, AND BILL EXPLAINED IT TO ME THAT WAS ON THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION AND IT DOES HELP REVITALIZE THINGS.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT BILL EXPLAINED IT TO ME.

AND CHOTO IS A COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION AND IT, AND IT'S AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS CREATED SPECIFICALLY TO DO LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING.

UH, WE HAVE THREE THAT ARE CURRENTLY REGISTERED THROUGH OUR HOUSING DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY.

ALL THREE HAVE AGREED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROJECT.

AND WHAT THIS PROJECT WILL CONSIST OF IS THERE WILL BE A APPROXIMATELY 50 TO $60,000 IN CITY FUNDS OF HOME MONEY THAT WILL GO TOWARD THIS PROJECT WITH THIS, WITH THE BALANCE NECESSARY TO BUILD THE HOMES COMING FROM THOSE CHODOS.

ONCE THOSE HOMES ARE BUILT, THEY'LL BE MARKETED AND SOLD WITH THE COUNTY ALLOWING FOR THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THE LOT WOULD COST AS A BUY DOWN, WHICH MEANS THESE HOMES WILL PROBABLY BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 108 HUNDRED 50 TO $180,000 FOR THE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME HOME BUYER THAT MAY COME INTO EFFECT.

NOW THEY WILL HAVE TO BE AT 80% OF MEDIAN OR LESS TO PURCHASE THESE HOMES.

BUT ALL OF THESE HOMES WILL ALSO BE 100% BRICK.

THEY WILL BE THREE BEDROOM, TWO BATH, OR FOUR BEDROOM AND TWO BATH.

AND THEY WILL BE VERY REMINISCENT TO WHAT IS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD NOW.

AND IN THE PAST, BILL, WHEN I WAS ON THE HFC, WE DID INDIVIDUAL LOTS.

WE WERE ABLE TO PICK UP AND BUILD IT HELPED REVITALIZE THOSE STREETS.

SO IT, IT'S THE SAME CONCEPT AS WE USED UNDER OUR INFILL HOUSING PROGRAM, RIGHT? EXCEPT WE'RE ABLE TO DO IT AT 10 AT A TIME WITH THIS ONE.

IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE THIS MANY, I THINK.

YES, IT'S, NO, NO.

THANK YOU FOR THAT BILL.

I APPRECIATE IT.

BUT I GUESS MY FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO THAT IS THAT EVEN THOUGH WE APPRAISED IT AND WE SELL IT AT THIS PRICE,

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I THINK THEY WILL TAX IT AT THE APPRAISED VALUE.

NOT, AND SO IT MIGHT GO UP OVER 200, 300,000.

SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, I'M JUST TRYING FOR US TO CONSIDER THAT AS WE DO THESE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, RIGHT? HOW WE COULD INDIRECTLY BE IMPACTING ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE WE'RE CREATING A HOUSE THAT WE ARE SELLING FOR 180, PUT TWO YEARS DOWN LOW, THREE 50, 400,000.

AND THEN IS THERE EVERYBODY ELSE AROUND THEM, THEIR HOUSE PROBABLY MIGHT GO UP, WHICH IS OKAY IF THEY WANNA SELL, NOT OKAY IF THEY'RE JUST PAYING TAXES.

BUT HOW MANY OF YOU GOT YOUR NEW TAX BILL TODAY? WITH A HUGE DECREASE? YEAH.

I TELL YOU TRUE.

I DID.

THEY, THEY, THEY ALREADY RESENT OUT YOUR TAXES.

YEAH, NO.

SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING.

JUST SOMETHING THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

APPRECIATE IT.

MAYOR , ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO DO IS WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ASSIST THEM IN THAT PROCESS BECAUSE ONCE IT'S NOT THE PROCESS THAT HE, HE'S WORRIED ABOUT, HE'S WORRIED ABOUT THE OVERALL IMPACT THAT IT HAVE ON THAT WHOLE STREET TO RAISE THAT STREET'S TAX TAX, IT WILL RAISE THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY.

THAT THAT'S WHAT HIS COMMENT WAS.

AND THAT'S A DILEMMA.

DO YOU WANT, UM, THERE'S EVEN, THERE'S HOUSES BEING BUILT IN ALL AREAS RIGHT NOW THAT IS A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN WHAT WAS THERE, BUT DO YOU WANT TO SAY NO, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

THAT'S TOUGH.

BUT WE UNDERSTAND YOU, UH, THIS AND SO, BUT I DO THINK THE OFFERING OF A THREE BEDROOM HOUSE THAT MAY BE WORTH $250,000 FOR 180 IS STILL A VALUE.

'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE SAY WE WANT.

I I DON'T DISAGREE.

RIGHT? I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT.

I DON'T, WE'RE NOT GONNA PUT A TAX HOLD FREEZE ON THAT HOUSE BECAUSE THAT WOULDN'T, THAT WOULDN'T HELP THE NEIGHBORS ANYWAY.

IT'S THE, YOU'RE RIGHT.

OVER THE YEARS, THE APPRAISALS OF THE OTHER HOUSE IS, ESPECIALLY IF THAT ONE SELLS WOULD GO UP.

WE'VE GOT A PRESENTATION.

NO MORE, UM, NO MORE SPEAKER REQUEST.

SO I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

THANKS, MAYOR.

UM, ARE, ARE WE DOING 28 29 TOGETHER? ARE WE GONNA DO IT? YES.

UM, JUST MY QUICK COMMENT IS THAT ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF WORTH OF WORK ON THIS AND, AND THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF, UH, BEING A PARTNER AND TEAMWORK WITH THE COUNTY HELPING US OUT, THE CITY HELPING OUT AND THE HFC FACILITATING IT AND THEN OUR AMAZING HOUSING DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE OTHER, WELL, IT'S GETTING RID OF AN EYESORE TOO, UM, ALL TOGETHER.

AND THIS IS ALSO, UH, PAYING ATTENTION.

I MEAN, THIS, THIS PROPERTY HAD A FEW OTHER OPTIONS TO BE SOLD AND WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, CREATE A VISION FOR IT AND, AND I THINK WE'RE, UH, THE NEXT STEP TO FULFILLING THAT VISION.

SO, UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I HAVE MOVED THE APPROVAL OF ITEMS, SORRY, OF ITEMS 28 AND 29 PER STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

NOW YOU CAN SECOND IT AS COUNCILMAN ZA.

YOU SECONDED IT BEFORE AND AFTER THE MOTION.

ANY OPPOSED? A NAY? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM 30 ALMOST FOR THOSE OF YOU IT IS KIND OF ACROSS THE STREET FROM AUSTIN ELEMENTARY.

ALSO OUR DRC HAS ADDED THESE OTHER CONDITIONS.

I'M SORRY.

REBECCA'S SCHOOL BUOY WHERE SHE WENT TO SCHOOL.

[30. SUP-23-09-0038 - Specific Use Permit - Convenience Store at 809 & 811 W Jefferson (City Council District 5). Specific Use Permit for a Convenience Store without Gasoline Sales on 0.18 acres. Lots 5 & 6, Block A, Indian Hills Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Commercial (C), and addressed as 809 & 811 W Jefferson Rd (On October 23, 2023, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval with conditions by a vote of 8-0) City Council Meeting – November 21, 2023 Page 5 of 7]

ITEM 30.

IT'S A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A CONVENIENCE STORE AT 8 0 9 AND EIGHT 11 WEST JEFFERSON.

UH, THIS SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, AS I NOTED, IS CURRENTLY IS ON COMMERCIAL 0.18 ACRES.

YOU SEE THE LOCATION, UH, SOUTHEAST CORNER OF CARRIER IN IN JEFFERSON.

UH, CURRENTLY IT HAS FOUR PARKING SPACES.

THIS IS A BUSINESS OWNER WHO OWNS THE SMOKE SHOP NEXT DOOR AND IS EXPANDING TO ALLOW FOR SOME GROCERY STORE ITEMS WITHIN THE, THE, UM, HIS BUSINESS IS AN OPERATIONAL PLAN, AS I NOTED.

IT'S A SMOKE SHOP.

E-CIGARETTES, CIGARS OTHER, BUT THEY WON'T EXPAND TO ALLOW FOR SNACKS, GROCERY ITEMS, SODAS, WATER, A CAN OF CHEW, CHEW GUM, UH, JUST YOUR TYPICAL THINGS YOU WOULD FIND AT THE CONVENIENCE STORE.

SO HERE'S AERIAL VIEW AND STREET VIEW.

AND AS I NOTED, THE LOCATION FOR THE ENTIRE BUILDING HAS FOUR PARKING SPACES CURRENTLY.

THEY, THEY HAVE SHARED PARKING AMONGST THE BUSINESSES.

UM, WITH THAT SAID, WE HAVE ASKED THAT THE BUSINESS OWNER GET A, UM, WELL FIRST GET THE VARIANCE FROM CITY COUNCIL, BUT IF APPROVED, WE ASK THAT THEY, UH, GET A SHARED PARKING AGREEMENT AMONGST ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS.

SO IT'S ALL CLEAR AND SET.

UM,

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UM, APPLICANT SHALL COMPLY WITH STATE REGULATIONS, LOCAL ORDINANCES FOR FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT.

SMOKING IS PROHIBITED AND AN EIGHT LINER IS NOT ALLOWED.

THAT SAYS STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THESE CONDITIONS.

ANY OTHER QUE NO CARDS? NO CARDS, UH, MAY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HUMPHREYS, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER LIGHTS.

THANK YOU RASHAD.

QUICK QUESTION.

IT SOUNDS LIKE OUR CURRENT CODE, SPECIAL USE PERMIT, ET CETERA, ALLOWS FOR, UM, WELL I GUESS YOU COULD CALL IT SMOKING OR VAPE SHOP.

AND DOES NOT ALLOW FOR A GROCERY.

IT DOESN'T ALLOW, AND I, I GET YOU PROBABLY EXPLAINED IT AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW.

UM, BUT THAT IS A LITTLE UNIQUE THAT WE ALLOWED THE VAPE STORE, IF YOU WILL, AND NOT .

THE VAPE STORE IS CONSIDERED MISCELLANEOUS RETAIL.

SO THEY COULD BE SELLING ANY LITTLE MISCELLANEOUS RETAIL, MISCELLANEOUS RETAIL.

THAT'S WHAT CATEGORY FALLS IN.

AS FAR AS THE, UH, CONVENIENCE STORE, WE, I THINK AT ONE TIME DID ALLOW THAT BY WRIGHT, BUT WE WERE CREATED HAVING QUITE A BIT OF ISSUES WITH THOSE.

SO WE UH, DESIGNATED THEM WITH THE SUP, UM, JUST SO WE CAN ALLOW FOR SOME CONDITIONS TO BE APPLIED IF NE NEEDED FOR THE LOCATIONS.

AND WHEN WE, WHEN WE APPROVE THIS SUP, UH, THERE WON'T BE ANY RECALL.

THERE WILL BE, IT'LL JUST BE, UH, BY VIOLATION IF YOU WILL.

RASHAD, DO YOU KNOW WHAT AN EXAMPLE OF A VIOLATION MAY BE? UH, NOT ADHERING TO THE PARKING.

THESE CONDITIONS THAT YOU'RE PUTTING ON HERE.

THIS IS JUST THE CONDITIONS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO UPHOLD.

UM, MY CODE ENFORCEMENT TEAM CAN GO OUT THERE AND SEE IF THEY'RE ADHERING TO THESE CONDITIONS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANKS, RASHAD.

I, OH WE, I'M SORRY.

MAYOR PROTI LOPEZ, YOU'RE AHEAD OF JACQUELINE THEN I'LL GET TO COUNCIL MEMBER HEADING.

I DIDN'T LOOK DOWN QUICK ENOUGH.

RASHAD, JUST CURIOUS ON THE EIGHT LINER GAMING MACHINES, DID THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY HAVE SOME TYPE OF HISTORY OR WITH THAT JUST, I JUST, SOMETIMES I SEE THAT, SOMETIMES I DON'T.

I'M JUST MAKING SURE IT'S A TYPICAL STANDARD, STANDARD COMMENT.

UM, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT USUALLY ASKS TO ADD THAT.

I THINK THAT IS A COMPONENT OF THE, UM, CITY CODE ORDINANCE THAT THEY'RE JUST PUTTING INTO THE SUP.

I CAN, THEY CAN CLARIFY IF NEEDED.

ALRIGHT.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE, I WASN'T SURE THERE WAS LIKE A PREVIOUS VIOLATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

JUST TRYING TO PREVENT IT BEFORE IT HAPPENS.

ALRIGHT, APPRECIATE IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER HEADON.

SO IT SAYS HERE, UH, THIS BUSINESS WILL SELL SMOKE RELATED ITEMS. THIS BUSINESS WILL ALSO SELL SNACKS, GROCERY ITEMS. SO THIS IS BASICALLY AN EXPANSION OF THEIR SMOKE SHOP BUSINESS PRETTY MUCH.

UM, SO THERE IS A WALL.

IT'S TE TECHNICALLY TWO SEPARATE SPACES.

THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTAND IT.

SO, UH, IF THIS WERE APPROVED, COULD THEY JUST TEAR THE WALL DOWN AND IT JUST BE ONE BIG MM-HMM .

SPACE.

IT WOULD'VE TO BE A BUILDING PERMIT.

THEY GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

AND, AND RASHAD? I DID.

I THOUGHT I SAW, I DON'T SEE IT ON HERE.

UH, NO SMOKING IN THE VAPING.

IS THAT INCLUDED IN SMOKING? UH, I SAW SOMETHING ABOUT VAPING IS PART OF OUR SMOKING ORDINANCE.

IT'S, YEAH, BUT DID I, I WAS ASKED THAT QUESTION BEFORE, BUT, BUT DID I SEE THIS ON ONE OF THE SCREENS OR DID I JUST MAKE NO, IT IS, IT'S NUMBER TWO.

NUMBER TWO.

SO THEY CAN SELL IT.

THEY CAN'T SMOKE IT THERE.

SMOKING IS PROHIBITED.

THEY CAN SELL IT BUT THEY CAN'T VAPE THERE.

THAT'S THE DIS THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE KINDA ALLOW THE VAPE SHOP.

SMOKING LOUNGE SMOKE SHOPS BY, RIGHT.

'CAUSE THEY'RE JUST SELLING IT.

BUT IF THEY ENDED UP SMOKING THERE, THEN THAT IT'S ANOTHER YES.

THAT'S THE SMOKE LATCH WHO THEY GOTTA GO THROUGH.

THAT'S THE SUP THAT CLARIFIES.

SO WE DON'T CARE IF THEY TEAR THE WALL DOWN 'CAUSE THEY CAN'T SMOKE WHILE THEY'RE GROCERY SHOPPING.

UM, OR VAPE.

ONE MORE QUESTION.

SO YOU SAID, UH, RASHAD THAT VAPE STORES ARE CONSIDERED MISCELLANEOUS RETAIL.

YES MA'AM.

THAT, THAT TO ME IS DISTURBING.

AND UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND I AGREE.

ANOTHER MEETING.

GOODNESS STAFF GIVE US SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW WE CAN HAVE TIGHTER CONTROLS ON VAPE SHOPS AND SMOKE SHOPS.

IS THAT KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? YES, I WOULD AGREE.

STAFF.

CAN YOU GET SOMETHING BACK TO US? SURE.

MAYBE A SIMPLE SUP.

Y'ALL, Y'ALL GET BACK WITH US.

WE DON'T NEED TO DISCUSS IT NOW.

I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER LIGHTS.

I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

COLE.

THANKS MAYOR.

UM, MAYOR, I MEAN COUNCIL USED TO BE FARMER OR MAYOR PRO TEM.

I, I AM UH, AT TIMES VERY HESITANT TO APPROVE, UH, CONVENIENCE STORES WITHOUT LIQUOR SALES.

BUT THIS IS SITTING ON, WAS ESSENTIALLY A SIX LANE HIGHWAY.

UM, IT LITERALLY IS CONVENIENCE IN EVERY UH, MANNER.

AND A GROCERY STORE IS NOT, UH, A LARGE GROCERY STORE IS NOT GONNA GO THERE.

UM, SO I'M GOING TO MOTION THAT WE, UH, APPROVE THIS SUP

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UM, ITEM 30 30.

BUT I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT WE LOOK AT IT AGAIN ONE YEAR FROM NOW.

OKAY, THAT'S THE MOTION.

WE HAVE A SECOND.

I HEARD COUNCIL MEMBER ZANU A LITTLE AHEAD.

A AYE.

ITEM 31 IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR KROGER FUEL EDITION AT THE EXISTING OH, KROGER ON PIONEER.

NAY.

MOTION CARRIES EIGHT TO ONE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HEAD AND VOTING NAY 31.

[31. SUP-23-05-0016 - Specific Use Permit - Kroger Fuel Addition (City Council District 3). Specific Use Permit/Site Plan for adding Gas Sales to an existing Kroger on 8.18 Acres. A portion of Lot 1, Plaza 303 Shopping Center Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned General Retail, with an approximate address of 303 E Pioneer Pkwy (On October 23, 2023, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval with conditions by a vote of 8-0)]

WANT TO ADD A FEW, UH, GAS PUMPS IN FRONT OF YOU AND ANYTHING THAT SERVES GAS OR DIESEL FUEL REQUIRES AN SUP.

BUT, UM, THIS IS SPECIFIC TO THIS LOCATION.

UH, SPECIFIC FOR THIS USE.

THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD CALL LARGE RETAIL WITH GAS SALES.

SO, UH, IT'S DIFFERENT THAN A GAS CONVENIENCE STORE WAS BUT WHAT TRIGGERS THE SUP THE, I GUESS YOU'RE CORRECT.

THE GAS COMPONENT OF IT.

THEY COULD BE SELLING TWEAK TWINKIES OUT THERE AND IT'D BE ANOTHER, BUT SINCE THEY'RE SELLING GAS, THEY HAVE TO GET AN SUP.

SO THEY'RE COMING BEFORE COUNCIL FOR THAT REASON.

UH, THE CURRENT ZONE IS GENERAL RETAIL 8.818 ACRES.

THIS IS A LAYOUT.

THEY'RE GONNA TAKE A COUPLE OF, QUITE A FEW PARKING SPACES, BUT THEY'RE STILL PRETTY MUCH ADHERING TO THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT.

SO I'LL, I'LL GET INTO DETAIL THAT, UH, THEY ARE PROVIDED SOME ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING AND TREE ISLANDS FOR THE VISUAL HERE.

UM, YOU SEE THE RETAIL ONE SPACE PER 275 SQUARE FEET REQUIRED 352 PROPOSED.

THEY'LL HAVE REMAINING 350.

THEY DO NEED A VARIANCE.

THEY'RE TOO SHORT.

BUT THEY'RE SAYING THAT OF COURSE THE PARKING SPACES AT THE PUMPS SHOULD BE COUNTED.

THAT'S THE VARIANCE THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR.

SHOULD BE COUNTED TOWARD THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES.

THAT'S EIGHT PARKING SPACES.

SO IF THEY, WELL, I THINK PEOPLE ARE GONNA PARK THE CAR AND GET GAS GOING SHOPPING WHERE THEY'RE GASSING UP.

I DON'T THINK SO.

I AGREE.

I AGREE WITH YOU.

WE'RE NOT EVEN GAS UP.

JUST PARK THERE.

YEAH, I I AGREE WITH YOU.

BUT, BUT THEY CAN ASK.

SO THEY'RE ASKING FOR VARIANCES ON, ON THOSE TWO ITEMS. UM, IT'S A VISUAL ELEVATION STANDARD KROGER.

AND SO THE VARIANCE THAT'S BEEN REQUESTED OF PARKING REDUCTION TO THE APPLICANT'S REQUESTED ALLOW THE PARKING SPACES OF THE FUEL STATIONS TO COUNT TOWARD THE REQUIRED PARKING.

UM, 'CAUSE OTHERWISE THEY'RE NOT IN COMPLIANCE.

I DON'T THINK THAT'D BE WHY WE KILL IT, BUT THAT IS WHAT THEY'RE ASKING.

WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A REASON , RIGHT? CORRECT.

I MEAN, FOLKS, Y'ALL NEED TO UNDERSTAND THIS SUVS.

WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A REASON.

SUVS, WE CAN SAY YES OR NO WITHOUT A REASON.

THAT'S WHY YOU PUT SUVS ON 'EM.

'CAUSE WE WANT THE DISCRETION.

SO WITH THAT SAID, UH, DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL THE APPLICANT.

WE DO RE RECOMMEND THE CONDITION THAT THE APPLICANT OBTAIN PERMITS FROM TEXSTAR PRIOR TO DEVELOPING THE SITE.

WE HAVE A SPEAKER.

THANK YOU RASHAD? YES SIR.

JASON WIG.

HEY JASON.

HELLO.

UM, THANK YOU, UH, ALL FOR JUST, UH, GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS PROJECT IN FRONT OF YOU.

WE ARE HERE FOR ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED AS THE APPLICANT.

WE ALSO WANTED TO THANK THE STAFF.

THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY, UM, JOYOUS PROCESS THROUGH THIS CITY.

I I, IT'S THE JOY OF SEASON I PERMIT ACROSS THE NATION AT A LOT OF JURISDICTIONS AND, UH, THIS CITY REALLY HAS, UH, WE CAN BE JOYOUS AND STILL SAY NO.

LET ME MAKE YOU ABSOLUTELY SURE.

YOU KNOW, THAT SO AND WE'LL SAY MERRY CHRISTMAS ON THE WAY OUT THE DOOR.

BUT MYSELF AND AND RICHARD FROM KROGER ARE HERE JUST IN CASE ANY AN QUESTIONS COME UNDERSTAND AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THAT DISTRICT HAS SOME QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER DEL BOSKY.

THANK YOU SIR.

MY FIRST QUESTION IS WHY? WHY? YEAH.

WELL, UH, KROGER HAS A PROGRAM WHERE, UH, OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE UH, GAS STATIONS AND FUEL STATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE GROCERIES ACROSS THE NATION.

UM, BUT THAT'S BASICALLY, UH, MEMBERSHIP BENEFIT WITH THEIR UH, WITH THEIR, THEIR MEMBERS OF THEIR, THEIR GROCERY COMPONENT.

IT'S ANOTHER SERVICE THAT THEY PROVIDE.

AND SO THE MEMBERS GET DISCOUNTS.

THERE IS DISCOUNTS, YES.

NOW WITH LESS THAN A TWO MILE RADIUS GOING EAST TO WEST, THERE'S FIVE GAS STATIONS.

OF OTHERS AND THEY'RE STILL SERVING.

THEY ALL HAVE DIESEL.

SO AGAIN, WHY DO WE NEED TO ADD A SIX? ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ROOM.

IT IS JUST A, A MODEL.

'CAUSE IT'S NOT ONLY KROGER'S BUT YOU SHARE THAT SPACE WITH OTHERS.

SO YOU MAY BE TAKING SPACE FROM, FROM THE RESTAURANTS, FROM THE OTHER RETAIL.

I MEAN, I DON'T SEE A REASON WHY I DON'T.

WE HAVE SIX, FIVE OTHER GAS STATIONS THAT ARE NOT GETTING IN THE WAY

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I DISAGREE WITH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER.

AND IF YOU PUT THE MOTION ON THE TABLE, I'LL BE WITH YOU.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

UM, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE PRESENTER? UM, WELL, NOT A QUESTION, BUT, UH, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN DOKY FOR THOSE UH, PERSPECTIVES.

I DIDN'T THINK OF THIS.

UM, ONLY THING I HAD THOUGHT ABOUT IS THAT WHEN I GET THESE KROGER POINTS THAT THERE'S NO GAS STATION, I ALWAYS SAY I WOULD USE THE POINTS.

WELL THAT'S ANOTHER POINT.

BUT I CAN'T USE A DISCOUNT.

THERE'S SO MANY.

I'M NOT COUNTER NOT NEAR GAS, GAS STATION.

BUT HE'S MAKING A GREAT POINT TOO.

AND I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING THAT.

'CAUSE THAT'S DEFINITELY FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

I DON'T SEE ANY OF THE LIKES TO ASK YOU ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

COUNCIL MEMBER DEBOSKY.

I MOVE TO DENY ITEM 31 SUP 32 3 0 5 0 0 1 6.

SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION.

A AYE.

WHOLESALE CAR DEALERSHIP.

MOTION CARRIES.

AS I SAID, WE'RE JOYOUS.

HAVE A GREAT CHRISTMAS, BUT YOU'RE DENIED.

ITEM 32.

[32. SUP-23-09-0035 - Specific Use Permit - Omega Auto Sales (City Council District 5). Specific Use Permit for Auto Sales (Wholesale) at 3114 E Main St. Lot 444 and 445, Burbank Gardens Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Commercial (C), and addressed as 3114 E. Main St (On October 23, 2023, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 8-0)]

ITEM 32.

IT'S ANOTHER SUP SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.

THIS IS FOR AUTO RESOURCE.

THIS IS A SUP FOR A WAREHOUSE ONLY, UM, CAR DEALERSHIP.

IT WON'T BE ANY PUBLIC, UH, INVOLVEMENT WALKUPS TO THIS LOCATION PER THE, UH, APPLICANT'S OPERATIONAL PLAN.

CURRENT ZONING IS COMMERCIAL AS NOTED.

NO CLIENT WALK-INS BUYING AND SELLING OF VEHICLES VIA AUCTION ONLINE.

THAT'S WHAT HE'S PLANNING TO DO.

AND ALSO HAVE A OFFICE AT THE LOCATION.

THE SPEED WILL BE LOCATED IN THE REAR OF THE, THE SITE SCREENED FROM VIEW AND HOURS OF OPERATION FROM EIGHT TO EIGHT AND SATURDAY EIGHT 40 TO 6:00 PM IT'S A VISUAL FROM MAIN STREET.

APPLICANT'S NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE MISS APPROVAL AS WELL AS THE PLANNINGS ZONING THE COMMISSION.

RASHAD.

ANYBODY? WE, WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS, BUT YOU CAN READ 'EM INTO THE RECORD.

UH, MURDOCH, FARD AND DAVE F BOTH SUPPORT THIS ITEM.

I DON'T, UH, I DON'T SEE ANY LIGHTS.

COLE.

I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION OR QUESTIONS.

WHATEVER YOU WANNA DO.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, IJ THE UH, QUICK COMMENT IS THAT, UH, I, RIGHT AROUND TIME I CAME ON, IT WAS ALREADY BEING DONE, BUT WE, WE REALLY BEEFED UP OUR AUTO RELATED BUSINESS RULES.

UM, AND SO ALL THESE FOLKS ARE GONNA BE WHAT I WOULD CALL SHORT LEASH AND, AND SHORT LEASH.

FOR WHAT? IT'S REALLY JUST RUNNING A CLEAN BUSINESS.

UM, THE IDEA IS OF THE MECHANIC THAT HAS FIVE CARS OUT FRONT, UH, THAT HE'S WORKING ON.

RIGHT? AND I'M SAYING, I'M NOT SAYING THIS IS A MECHANIC, BUT I, THIS GUY SAYS HE IS INTERNET, INTERNET CELLS INDOORS, UM, NO REPAIR.

UH, YEAH.

AND, AND, AND, AND HE'S STILL SUBJECT TO THOSE ARBS.

SO, UM, BEING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, UM, I'D MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 32 AS PRESENTED.

WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.

IT WAS KIND OF IN UNISON DOWN THERE.

AY OPPOSED.

AY NAY.

MOTION CARRIES

[33. SUP-23-09-0034 - Specific Use Permit - Fiesta Parties and Events (City Council District 6). Specific Use Permit for a Special Event Center at 1700 W Polo Rd. Lot 1, Block A, Trailwood Village, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned as Planned Development (PD-115) and addressed as 1700 W Polo Road (On October 23, 2023, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval with conditions by a vote of 8-0)]

ITEM 33.

GOOD EVENING.

ANOTHER SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.

ON OCTOBER 23RD, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF EIGHT TO ZERO.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

THIS ITEM IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR FIESTA PARTIES AND EVENTS.

THE USE IS A SPECIAL EVENT CENTER.

IT'S LOCATED AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN OFF OF POLO.

THE EXISTING ZONING IS FOR GENERAL RETAIL AND THEY'RE PROPOSING TO OCCUPY ALMOST 2000 SQUARE FEET.

THEY ARE PROPOSING TO HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF EVENTS INCLUDING BABY SHOWERS, BRIDAL SHOWERS, BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS, ET CETERA.

AND THIS IS PART OF A LARGER SHOPPING CENTER.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE SUITE IS OUTLINED IN GOLD ON THE SCREEN.

UH, THEY ARE PROVIDING THE NECESSARY PARKING SPACES AS FAR AS THEIR OPERATIONAL PLAN.

THEY ARE ANTICIPATING BEING ABLE TO, UM, ACCOMMODATE UP TO 99 ATTENDEES.

THAT NUMBER WILL BE REVIEWED AT THE BUILDING PERMITTING PHASE.

THEY'RE PROPOSING TO HAVE EVENTS FROM 10:00 AM TO 9:00 PM MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, AND THEN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY 10:00 AM TO 10:00 PM I WILL POINT OUT THAT THAT, UH, THE UDC DOES ALLOW THEM TO OPERATE.

IF THE SUP IS APPROVED TILL MIDNIGHT, UH, THEY ARE PROPOSING, UH, 10:00 PM AS THEIR CUTOFF TIME.

SO NOTICE OF THIS ITEM WAS PUBLISHED IN THE FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM AND LETTERS WERE PROVIDED TO 32 SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS.

WE DID RECEIVE SOME WRITTEN SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION.

SO AS OF NOON TODAY, THE FOLLOWING LETTERS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.

ONE IN SUPPORT, UH, THREE IN OPPOSITION.

THOSE THAT REPRESENT TWO UNIQUE ADDRESSES.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE MAP ON THE SCREEN SHOWING THOSE SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION.

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THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH A COUPLE OF CONDITIONS.

AGAIN, THE SPECIAL EVENT CENTER MUST CLOSE BY 10:00 PM SO WE'RE CODIFYING THAT IN THAT ORDINANCE.

AND THEN THE OPERATION SHALL COMPLY WITH THE UDC REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIAL EVENT CENTERS.

I DON'T SEE ANY LIGHTS RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE A SPEAKER, THEN I'LL GET TO YOU, KURT, OR WHOEVER.

SONYA RESENDEZ.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

I'M SONIA EZ 32 41 MAYBERRY COURT, UH, HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.

UM, I AM JUST PROPOSING THIS EVENT CENTER PRIMARILY FOR CHILDREN PARTIES BECAUSE WE HAVE A NEED IN THE AREA.

AND, UM, THAT'S MOSTLY WHAT WE WANNA DO.

WE'RE GONNA CATER AND, UM, DESIGN IT MORE FOR CHILDREN PARTIES.

BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HERE TO ANSWER.

MAYOR PRO TIMM LOPEZ.

UM, THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

UM, JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

UM, SO THIS PARTICULAR INTERSECTION HERE HAS HAD MULTIPLE PARTIES COME FORWARD WITH WANTING TO DO CENTER, UM, EVENT CENTERS.

AND IT JUST HASN'T REALLY BEEN AN APPETITE FOR SURROUNDING RESIDENTS.

SO, UM, I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU, I MEAN YOU COULD LOOK AT DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY, YOU KNOW, WE DO ALLOW THESE TYPE OF USES.

IT'S JUST IN THE PAST IT JUST, THE APPETITE AROUND THE RESIDENTIAL JUST WASN'T A REAL STRONG APPETITE FOR EVENT CENTERS IN THIS PARTICULAR INTERSECTION.

APPRECIATE THE FINISHED RESPONSE.

SO JUST WANT TO EXPRESS THAT TO YOU.

I'M NOT SURE THAT WAS BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION OR NOT BEFORE YOU WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS, AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE WILL DENY IT TONIGHT, BUT HE IS JUST GIVING YOU PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.

I HOPE NOT.

IT WE'LL FIND OUT HERE IN A MINUTE.

I THINK IN THE PAST IT'S BEEN MORE LIKE FOR LIKE WEDDINGS AND LIKE BIG PARTIES THAT ARE GONNA BE THERE.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY EVER EVER TOLD US SPECIFICALLY.

AND I DON'T THINK YOU WOULD DENY A WEDDING PROBABLY.

WELL, I WOULDN'T BE HOME BY 10 , SO I DON'T WANT MY WEEKENDS TO BE LIKE THAT.

WELL THAT'S TRUE.

BUT UM, WE, I THINK THE OTHER THING WAS, UM, THE NOISE LEVEL.

SO THAT'S WHY 10 O'CLOCK IS OUR CUTOFF.

UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THING WAS TRAFFIC AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PLENTY OF PARKING SPACE AND THEY DON'T WANT LIKE, THE CRIME LEVEL.

SO, UM, SINCE WE'RE GONNA BE CATERING PRIMARILY TO CHILDREN'S PARTIES, THEN IT'S GONNA BE LIKE NO ALCOHOL.

SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S MORE OF A FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT CENTER SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN GO AND NOBODY HAS TO CATER AT THEIR HOUSE AND HOST PEOPLE.

UM, WE'LL HOST ABOUT 30 KIDS.

SO WITH THEIR PARENTS BEING THERE, IT, I THINK MOSTLY WE'LL BE DEFINITELY UNDER 99 PEOPLE, BUT WE DON'T EVEN WANT TO GET TO 99 PEOPLE.

WE PROBABLY WILL HOST PROBABLY ABOUT 75.

SO I'VE GOTTA GO GET COUNSEL.

OH, SORRY.

NO, THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMSON.

UH, YOU SAID THERE WOULD BE NO ALCOHOL, EVEN NOT FOR THE CHILDREN'S PARTIES.

UM, SO NOT SAYING THAT.

YEAH, NOT SAYING LIKE IF, IF SOMEBODY COMES AND SAYS, HEY, I WANNA HAVE A BRIDAL SHOWER, I HAVE UNDERSTANDING, WE NEED TO BE CLEAR.

'CAUSE THAT COULD BE PART OF A MOTION.

YOU DON'T WANT US TO, IF IF IT'S APPROVED, YOU DON'T WANT US TO SAY YOU CAN'T HAVE ALCOHOL.

IT'S GONNA BE, SO JUST BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU SAY.

PRIMARILY CHILDREN'S PARTIES.

THAT'S WHAT, BUT YOU'LL WHAT'RE ALLOW ILL ALCOHOL IF IT'S IN CASE THAT THERE IS LIKE A BRIDAL.

I UNDERSTAND.

WANTED TO CLARIFY.

VERY GOOD CLARIFICATION.

COUNSEL MEMBER.

SURE.

GRADUATION OR SOMETHING.

BUT IN, IF THAT'S THE CASE, WE WILL HAVE, UM, HIRED SECURITY TO LIKE, MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S SURE.

YOU KNOW, NOTHING CHAOTIC.

AND THANKS FOR CLARIFYING THAT.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? COUNCIL MEMBER? I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER LIGHTS.

I'M SORRY.

I DON'T SEE, I'M SORRY THAT, THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.

APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.

UH, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT AND THANKS STAFF FOR THE PRESENTATION.

UH, I'VE LISTENED TO THE COMMUNITY ONCE AGAIN.

UH, MAYOR PROAM LOPEZ HAS ALREADY MENTIONED THAT WE'VE HAD SEVERAL, UH, OTHER ENTITIES WHO WANNA DO AN EVENT CENTER AND THEY REQUESTED, I DENY IT.

SO MY MOTION IS GONNA BE TO DENY THIS ONE AS WELL BECAUSE I'M HERE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND NOT FOR ANY PARTICULAR VENDOR OR DEVELOPER.

SO A MOTION TO DENY ITEM 33 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF.

SECOND, WE HAVE MOTION.

ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY.

NAY.

I HAD ONE NAY.

TWO NAYS.

MOTION CARRIES TO DENY BY VOTE OF 72.

70 TO TWO, NOT 72.

UM, WITH COUNCILMAN ZANU AND COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR CLEMSON VOTING NAY.

ITEM 34.

[34. SUP-23-09-0039 - Specific Use Permit - Auto Dealer (Internet Only) at 925 W Jefferson (City Council District 1). Specific Use Permit for Auto Dealer (Internet Only), Minor Auto Repair, and Auto Tire/Wheels Sales (Indoor Displays) at an existing Kwik Kar on 0.69 acres. Tract 46, McKinney & Williams Survey, Abstract No. 1045, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Commercial (C), within the SH 161 Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 925 W Jefferson (On October 23, 2023, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval with conditions by a vote of 8-0)]

ANOTHER SUP?

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THIS NEXT ITEM IS AN SUP FOR AN AUTO DEALER.

ANOTHER INTERNET ONLY.

THIS IS AN EXISTING A RB AND THIS REQUEST IS TO ADD THIS NEW USE ON TOP OF THE EXISTING PERMITTED AUTO RELATED BUSINESS USES.

SO IT'S LOCATED AT 9 25 WEST JEFFERSON STREET.

THEY'RE PROPOSING TO USE A PORTION OF THEIR BUILDING, UH, NOT ALL OF THIS AREA TO HOUSE THE CARS THAT WOULD BE FOR SALE OVER THE INTERNET.

UM, THIS IS THE VIEW FROM JEFFERSON AND THE ELEVATION IS PURCHASED SOMEWHAT RECENTLY AND REMODELED.

THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.

ON OCTOBER 23RD, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF EIGHT TO ZERO.

UM, DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS.

ANY OUTDOOR DISPLAY OF CARS FOR SALE OR CAR INVENTORY IS PROHIBITED.

IT'S GOTTA BE ALL INSIDE ANY VEHICLE.

RENTALS ARE PROHIBITED IN ANY VEHICLE.

RENTAL OPERATION SHALL SEIZE IMMEDIATELY UPON APPROVAL OF THIS SUP.

UM, OTHER, ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS UNDER THAT EXISTING SUP SHALL APPLY EXCEPT FOR ITS PROHIBITION OF AUTO SALES.

UH, THE BUSINESS SHALL OBTAIN A CO AND AN A RB PERMIT AND THEN A DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE SHALL BE PROVIDED PER PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.

UH, NO CARDS.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER QUESTION HUMPHREYS FOR A QUESTION.

UM, I SHOULD HAVE ASKED THIS ON THE PREVIOUS ONE.

WHAT IS, UH, WHAT WOULD, WHAT'S THE VIOLATION OF AN INTERNET SALES? JUST AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THEY MIGHT VIOLATE YEAH.

HOW WOULD YOU VIOLATE AN INTERNET SALES ONLY MEANING? SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF THEY, THIS SUP WAS APPROVED AND THEN WE FOUND THAT I, THEY HAD PARKED CARS THAT, THAT FOR SALE.

SALE SAYS THESE ARE FOR SALE IN THE PARKING LOT.

THAT WOULD BE A VIOLATION.

SO ARE THEY IMPLYING EVERY CAR THAT THEY HAVE FOR SALE WILL BE INSIDE THAT BUILDING? CORRECT.

PERIOD.

SO THEY CAN'T EVEN HAVE 'EM OUTSIDE, EVEN IF THEY DON'T HAVE A PRICE TAG ON THEM.

IT'S ALL INSIDE.

SO IF WE DRIVE OUT THERE AT NIGHT AND THEY HAVE CARS, WE'LL HAVE TO GO MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT FOR SALE.

IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT.

OKAY, , THANK YOU.

UH, GO ON THE INTERNET AND SEE IF THAT CAR'S FOR SALE, HOW YOU DO IT.

, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, CLEMSON, THIS IS YOUR AREA.

AND ONE MORE QUESTION.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIMM.

COUNCIL MEMBER HUMPHREYS FARMER MAYOR PRO TIMM HUMPHREYS.

UH, SAVANNAH .

UH, JUST WANNA CLARIFY, THEY'RE ALREADY DOING, UH, AUTO REPAIRS INSIDE THE BUILDING CURRENTLY? THAT'S CORRECT.

AND SO THIS ADDED USE IS, IS MORE OF AN ACCESSORY USE.

IT'S NOT THE PRIMARY USE OF THE, THE PROPERTY, JUST FOR THE INTERNET USE.

MAYOR, ARE YOU READY FOR I'M READY.

YOU READY? I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 34 WITH CONDITIONS LISTED.

WE HAVE MOTION.

[Items 35 - 37]

ITEM 35 AND 36 ARE RELATED.

SO I WILL PRESENT THEM AS A SINGLE.

CAN WE MOTION THEM TOGETHER? ALL RIGHT.

CAN WE DO 40, 50 AND 51 TOO? , LET'S JUST THROW A WHOLE BUCKET IN THERE.

NO, WE CAN'T.

I WAS PLANNING ON PRESENTING THAT SEPARATELY.

UM, BUT I CAN, I CAN PRESENT IT WHILE WE'RE UP HERE.

PRESENT IT WHILE YOU'RE UP HERE.

CAN YOU DO 40 NO, GO AHEAD.

35, 6 AND SEVEN.

SO THIS FIRST COMPONENT IS TO AMEND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION.

A PORTION OF THE OVERALL ZONING REQUEST IS IN CONFLICT WITH THE EXISTING FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION.

SO ON THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE THE PROPOSED, WHICH IS HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.

THE EXISTING FLUME DESIGNATION IS COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICE.

SO THIS IS ABOUT 10 ACRES.

UH, AND THEN NOW ON THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION OF THE OVERALL ZONING CHANGE AND CONCEPT PLAN.

SO THE EXISTING ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY IS PD 2 94 FOR GENERAL RETAIL.

THEY'RE PROPOSING A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR GENERAL RETAIL AND MULTIFAMILY USE.

AND THEY HAVE SUBMITTED A CONCEPT PLAN ON ABOUT 30 ACRES.

AND THEY'RE PROPOSING A 120,000 SQUARE FOOT MEMBERSHIP ONLY RETAIL STORE WITH SIX FUEL PUMPS.

A 64,000 SQUARE FOOT SPORTING GOODS STORE, A THREE STORY HOTEL WITH 115 ROOMS, AND THEN 350 MULTIFAMILY UNITS ON THOSE 10 ACRES.

UH, SO THIS IS THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT THEY HAVE PROVIDED.

LEFT OF THE SCREEN IS NORTH.

YOU CAN SEE THE FOUR DIFFERENT TRACKS.

AGAIN, THEY'RE BASED ZONING DISTRICTS.

THEY'RE PROPOSING GENERAL RETAIL AND MULTIFAMILY THREE.

THEY ARE PROPOSING SOME VARIATIONS FROM THAT AND I'LL GO THROUGH THAT.

NOW.

THE FIRST IS THE USES THAT ARE ALLOWED IN A GENERAL RETAIL.

THEY ARE PROPOSING TO ALLOW SOME USES THAT ARE, SOME USES ALLOWED BY RIGHT, THAT EITHER ARE NOT ALLOWED IN GR OR REQUIRE

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A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THOSE USES IS A HOTEL.

CURRENTLY WE REQUIRE A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A HOTEL.

THEY ARE REQUESTING TO ALLOW IT BY WRIGHT ON THE PROPERTY.

SO TO ALLOW IT BY WRIGHT, WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE THAT IN THE MOTION.

OTHERWISE IT WOULD REQUIRE THE SUP.

YOU CAN, IN YOUR MOTION YOU CAN SAY APPROVE AS REQUESTED, OR IF WE DON'T, IT WOULD NEED A SUP.

THANKS.

NOT THAT WE'RE GONNA APPROVE, I'M JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE WE ALL KNOW WHAT WE NEED, WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO.

UM, THEY ARE ALSO PROPOSING SOME DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENT AMENDMENTS.

YOU CAN SEE THE TABLE ON THE SCREEN OUTLINING THOSE.

THEY'RE REQUESTING TO REDUCE THE SIDE SETBACKS, UH, THE PARKING SETBACK FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY.

WE REQUIRE 30 FOOT BUFFER.

UH, THEY ARE REQUESTING A 20 FOOT BUFFER FOR JUST A PORTION.

AND I CAN POINT THAT OUT ON THE CONCEPT PLAN TO THIS AREA JUST RIGHT HERE.

THE REST OF IT MEETS THAT 30 FOOT.

THEY ARE PROPOSING TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM FLOOR AREA RATIO AND THEN TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE HEIGHT.

SO FOR THE 10 ACRES THEY'RE PROPOSING, THE MULTIFAMILY THREE IS A BASE ZONING DISTRICT WITH SOME MODIFICATIONS.

THEY'RE PROPOSING TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM DENSITY THE DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE ONCE ALLOWED UNDER THE MULTIFAMILY THREE ZONING DISTRICT IS 26, THEY'RE PROPOSING 35.

THEY'RE ALSO REQUESTING SOME VARIANCES TO DECREASE THE REQUIRED SETBACK TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE HEIGHT AND TO INCREASE THE PERCENTAGE ALLOWED OF SINGLE FA OR SINGLE BED UNITS.

UH, THEY'RE ALSO PROPOSING TO ALLOW THIS TO BE CONSTRUCTED WITHOUT A PERMIT PERIMETER FENCE.

ON THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE SOME PROPOSED CONCEPTUAL ELEVATIONS.

THE APARTMENTS, THE BIG BOX RETAILER, AND THEN THE HOTEL.

WITH THIS REQUEST, THEY'RE PROPOSING SOME MODIFICATIONS TO APPENDIX F, WHICH APPLIES TO COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS WITH ANY OF OUR OVERLAY DISTRICTS.

THEY'RE PROPOSING TO ALLOW CONCRETE MASONRY UNITS AS AN ACCENT AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T EXCEED 10%.

THAT CURRENTLY IS NOT ALLOWED IN THE CORRIDOR.

AND THEY'RE ALSO PROPOSING TO ALLOW 30% WINDOWS FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT WITH SOME ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE TO BREAK UP THE WALLS.

AND THEY'RE PROPOSING 20% WINDOWS FOR THE MULTIFAMILY AND HOTEL STAFF DID, UH, SEND OUT LETTERS AND WE DID RECEIVE SOME WRITTEN SUPPORT.

ONE AND, UH, SOME WRITTEN OPPOSITION.

YOU CAN SEE THE MAP ON THE SCREEN SHOWING THOSE LOCATIONS.

THERE WERE A FEW THAT WERE IN OPPOSITION THAT WERE SOUTH OF 20 AND WERE NOT INCLUDED ON THIS MAP.

UM, THEY'RE REQUESTING SOME VARIANCES.

SO AGAIN, FIRST IS THE LAND USES ALLOWED BY RIGHT.

THEY'RE PROPOSING TO MODIFY THAT TO ALLOW SOME USES BY RIGHT, THAT ARE EITHER REQUIRE AN SUP TODAY OR NOT ALLOWED.

UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO ALLOW THE MULTIFAMILY PORTION TO BE CONSTRUCTED WITHOUT A PERIMETER FENCE.

THEY'RE PROPOSING TO AMEND THE DENSITY, OR EXCUSE ME, THE DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR GENERAL RETAIL.

THIS INCLUDES REDUCING THE BUILDING SETBACKS AND THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER AND INCREASING THE HEIGHT AND THE FLOOR AREA RATIO.

THEY'RE PROPOSING VARIATIONS TO THE DENSITY DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR MULTIFAMILY, UM, REDUCING THE BUILDING SETBACKS, INCREASING THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE HEIGHT, DENSITY, AND PERCENTAGE OF ONE BEDROOM UNITS, AND TO ALLOW FOR IT TO BE CONSTRUCTED WITHOUT THE PERIMETER FENCE.

AND THEN FINALLY, THEY'RE, UM, PROPOSING SOME ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE TO APPENDIX F.

UH, THERE THOSE STANDARDS INCLUDE MATERIALS, ARTICULATION AND WINDOWS.

AND I WILL NOTE THAT, UH, THE EPIC EAST AND WEST DID CONSIDER OR PROPOSED SIMILAR VARIATIONS.

SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S UNHEARD OF IN THE CORRIDOR.

SO ON NUMBER NOVEMBER 13TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF SIX TO TWO, UH, STAFF'S UNABLE TO SUPPORT THE PORTION OF THE REQUEST THAT'S INCONSISTENT WITH FUTURE LAND USE MAP.

HOWEVER, SHOULD COUNSEL CHOOSE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST, STAFF RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.

AND THE FIRST IS THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE CROSS ACCESS EASEMENTS THROUGH THE ADJACENT PROPERTY AS REQUIRED BY THE UUDC.

AND THEN THE CAR WASH AND HOTEL SHALL REQUIRE AN SUP AND THEN MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT THAT MEETS EACH OF THE RECOMMENDED DESIGN STANDARDS.

AND APPENDIX LW CAN QUALIFY FOR AN INCREASE TO THE DENSITY TO THE 35 THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING NOW.

AND AN INCREASE TO THE MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE OF ONE BEDROOM UNITS.

THIS WOULD BE REVIEWED AT THE SITE PLAN WHEN WE HAVE THE FULL BUILDING ELEVATIONS AND ARE ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT IT MEETS THOSE DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS.

UH, THE FIRST CONDITION OF APPROVAL, I WILL NOTE, UH, UDC REQUIRES CROSS ACCESS EASEMENTS ON DIVIDED ROADWAYS.

AND, UH, THIS PARCEL RIGHT HERE, UH, WE'RE REQUESTING THAT THEY AMEND THEIR CONCEPT PLAN TO PROVIDE THAT CROSS ACCESS.

EASEMENT STAFF'S CONCERNED THAT, UH, NOT DOING SO WILL CREATE FUTURE SAFETY ISSUES.

I ASKED THIS QUESTION BEFORE, UH, THERE ARE EASY REASONS TO DENY THIS WITHOUT BLOWBACK BECAUSE MULTIFAMILY IS NOT PART OF THAT PACKAGE.

COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.

SO THEY'RE REQUESTING ON ITEM 36 IS ZONING CHANGE? YES.

AND IF THE ZONING CHANGE DOESN'T HAPPEN, IF IT'S NOT APPROVED, THEN WHAT

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IF IT'S SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT, SUBSTANTIAL, SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT.

SO IF WE DENIED THIS TONIGHT AND COUNCIL MEMBER HEDEN, YOU TOLD THEM WHY THEY COULD COME BACK WITH AN AMENDED PLAN AND IF IT WAS CHANGED ENOUGH, IT WOULDN'T HAVE TO WAIT THE YEAR I TALKED TO RASHAD ABOUT THAT.

TYPICALLY TRIGGERED IS TRIGGERED BY A CHANGE OF USE.

SO LET'S GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.

LET'S SAY THAT COUNCIL MEMBER HEDEN, I HAVEN'T TALKED TO COUNCIL MEMBER HEDEN, BUT LET'S SAY FOR THE SAKE OF ARGUMENT, SHE LIKES SOME OF THIS BUT DOESN'T LIKE OTHERS, FOR EXAMPLE, SHE DOESN'T LIKE THE MULTI-FAMILY.

WE DENY THE WHOLE THING AND TELL 'EM, LOOK, BRING IT BACK WITHOUT THE MULTI-FAMILY.

I'M JUST SAYING THAT, AND THAT'S PERFECTLY LEGAL.

OR WE CAN APPROVE THE WHOLE THING, BUT WE CAN'T PIECEMEAL APPROVE IT TONIGHT.

CAN WE TABLE IT? WE CAN TABLE IT, BUT IF WE'RE GONNA TABLE IT, IF WE'RE GONNA WANT PART OF IT, BUT NOT ALL OF IT, I WOULD RECOMMEND DENYING THE SUCKER AND TELL 'EM, BRING US BACK AN AMENDED PLAN WITHOUT WHATEVER.

WE DON'T WANT IT.

SO EITHER WAY, EITHER WAY, EITHER WAY.

BUT FOR SURE, EITHER WAY, YES.

THE, THE, THE, THE DENYING IS A LITTLE MORE FIRST FORCEFUL.

I CAN SAY TAMMY'S A LITTLE BIT SOFT BLOW.

I'LL SAY, I'LL SAY THIS.

DENYING IT.

THEY WOULD HAVE TO, THE CHANGE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK THROUGH P AND Z AND COUNCIL.

WELL, AND, AND THAT, AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBER HADN'T, WE'RE JUST GIVING SOME THOUGHTS.

I I, UH, I I LIKE HAVING A, THE SPORTING GOODS STORE THERE.

I THINK I MAY KNOW WHAT IT IS.

I LIKE HAVING THE MEMBERSHIP ONLY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.

'CAUSE WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS, I'VE TOLD IT'S NOT, BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER.

I, I LIKE PARTS OF THIS.

AND THE PARTS I LIKE IS WHAT'S ALREADY APPROVED BY THE PD RIGHT.

NOW, I'M NOT SAYING I WOULDN'T IF YOU WANTED THE HOTEL, BUT I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T WAIVE THE SUP BECAUSE WE HAVE IN THE SUP WAYS TO LIMIT HOTELS BASED ON HOW CLOSE THEY ARE.

LET'S REMIND OURSELVES OF THAT.

REMIND US RASHAD, YES.

WE HAVE DISTANCE CRITERIA BASED ON THE TYPES OF HOTELS THEY ARE.

AS WELL AS WITH ANY SUP YOU CAN IMPOSE CONDITIONS, RIGHT? SO WE COULD, WE COULD MAKE IT NOT BE, WE COULD KIND OF TAILOR WHAT YOU, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? RIGHT.

SO I'M JUST GIVING YOU SOME THOUGHTS 'CAUSE I HAVEN'T TALKED TO ANY OF YOU ABOUT THIS, BUT I DID VISIT WITH RASHAD 'CAUSE I KNEW THIS WOULD COME UP BECAUSE OF WHAT WE GET BEAT UP ABOUT.

AND, AND, UH, SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HEAD, AND LET ME GO DOWN HERE FIRST.

I'LL, I'LL FINISH WITH YOU.

IS THAT OKAY? THAT SOUNDS GREAT.

UH, JUST TO MAYOR PROTE, HANG ON.

YOU PROBABLY TURNED YOUR LIGHT OFF WHEN I POINTED TO YOU.

SO GO AHEAD THEN I'LL GET TO YOU.

JUST A QUICK SHOULD BE EASY QUESTION.

COULD YOU GO TO THE MAP OVERALL, THE OVERHEAD, UM, RIGHT HERE.

SO IS, IS THIS SPACE HERE, WHAT WOULD BE THE BIG SHOT SLASH TOP? TOP SHOTS? BIG SHOTS? YES, SIR.

TOP SHOTS.

NO, WE'RE CALLING IT TOP SHOTS SINCE TOP, TOP GOLF BOUGHT BIG SHOTS.

SO WE'RE CALLING IT TOP SHOTS.

THAT'S UNTIL THEY DECIDE WHAT THEY'RE GONNA BUILD.

AND THAT MAY BE THEIR NEW NAME.

I'LL, I'LL, I'LL TRADEMARK IT TONIGHT.

FOR THOSE OF YOU DON'T KNOW, BIG SHOTS WAS APPROVED.

TOPGOLF HAS BOUGHT BIG SHOTS.

WOW.

THEY'VE DECIDED THEY WANT TO STILL BUILD THERE.

AND SINCE BIG SHOTS IS, THAT'S ALL I NEED TO SAY.

I'M READY TO GET OUTTA HERE.

SO I'LL SHUT UP.

AND MAYOR, I, I DID NOT PRESENT THE UNIFIED SIGNAGE PLAN.

I CAN NO, YOU DON'T NEED TO DO THAT.

YOU'VE GIVEN US ENOUGH INFORMATION.

I LIVE AT 33 17 CATHEDRAL.

MAYOR PRO, TIM LOPEZ.

NO, I'M JUST CURIOUS, IS THERE ANY SPEAKER CARDS OR NO SPEAKER CARDS? WE HAVE ONE.

MICHELLE FRANKLIN.

THANKS FOR YOUR EMAILS.

MICHELLE AND MICHELLE.

WE'RE ALL A LITTLE HESITANT TO SAY TOO MUCH IN REPLIES.

MOST OF US JUST SAY, I GOT IT.

'CAUSE WE, WE WANNA WAIT TILL THIS TO HEAR THE WHOLE THING.

BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR EMAIL.

UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, MICHELLE FRANKLIN,

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I'VE LIVED THERE SINCE 1986.

I'M ONE OF THE 14 HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE ON THE EAST SIDE OF ROBINSON ROAD.

UM, I PREPARED A, UNFORTUNATELY A THREE PAGE, UM, DOCUMENT WITH ALL OF MY CONCERNS WITH, UM, LISTING WHAT THE ISSUES ARE AND WHAT I SUGGEST AS SOLUTIONS.

YOU HAD SOME GOOD SUGGESTIONS, UH, BUT WANNA MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS, EVEN IF WE DENY THIS PD TONIGHT, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE GONNA GO THERE THAT WILL CREATE TRAFFIC.

AND SOME OF YOUR SUGGESTIONS WE WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT BASED ON WHETHER WE HAVE ENOUGH EGRESS AND INGRESS FOR FIRE PROTECTION, THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT THEY, WE'LL MAKE SURE STAFF GOT THOSE.

AND THEY, I, SOME OF 'EM WERE VERY GOOD.

YOUR MAIN GOAL WAS TO TRY TO LESSEN THE TRAFFIC ON ROBINSON.

AND, AND, AND WE WANT THEM TO GET ONTO IKEA WAY ALSO AND UP TO MAYFIELD.

WE ARE WITH YOU ON THAT.

EXCELLENT.

UM, IS IT NECESSARY FOR ME TO GO THROUGH THIS? CAN I SHARE THIS DOCUMENT OUTSIDE OF THIS MEETING? DID YOU COULD SHARE IT AND I THINK MERELY ALL OF US GOT YOUR EMAIL.

BUT YOUR BASIC, YOUR BASIC CONCERN IS TRAFFIC AND KEEPING THE TRAFFIC OFF OF ROBINSON.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T STOP A RETAIL STORE FROM GOING THERE.

I DO UNDERSTAND.

BUT YOU ALSO KNOW WE CAN PREVENT AN APARTMENT FROM GOING THERE.

SO WE, I THINK WE HEAR YOU.

I THINK IT'S OKAY FOR YOU TO PASS THOSE OUT, BUT I DO NOT WANT TO CUT YOUR TIME SHORT SO YOU CONTINUE YOUR PRESENTATION.

OH, THANK YOU.

GET OUTTA HERE, .

WELL, I DON'T WANT, I WANNA BE CONSIDERATE TOO.

I'M KIDDING.

GOOD.

I WANT US TO TAKE QUICK ACTION, BUT I'LL BE YOUR WIFI.

UM, AND I DON'T MIND, I TRIED TO EMAIL THIS TO SEVERAL PEOPLE AND I STAFF GOT A SIT IT ALL THEY DID.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, AS I MENTIONED, I'M ONE OF 14 HOUSES ON THE, UM, EAST SIDE OF ROBINSON ROAD.

I'M CONCERNED WITH, UM, SEVERAL ASPECTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH I KNOW I CAN'T CONTROL.

UM, I AM EXCITED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, KEEPING THINGS WITHIN GRAND PRAIRIE SO I DON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL TO ARLINGTON AND, AND AND WHATNOT.

BUT, UM, AS A HOMEOWNER, THAT IS PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THE BACKS OF OUR HOUSES, OUR ENTIRE BACKYARD, OUR LIVING ROOMS, OUR BEDROOMS ARE KITCHENS WHERE WE ARE EXPOSED TO, UM, THE BACKS OF BUILDINGS, THE TRAFFIC, THAT IS MY CONCERN.

THE TWO ENTRANCES FROM ROBINSON ROAD INTO THIS DEVELOPMENT MAKE NO SENSE TO ME.

UH, THE HOTEL IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD THAT YOU CAN'T SEE FROM I 20 THAT YOU BARELY CAN SEE FROM 1 61 MAKES NO SENSE TO ME.

UM, WHY NOT USE THAT LITTLE BIT OF SPACE AND JUST KEEP IT VEGETATION, YOU KNOW, THROW SOME BENCHES IN THERE, A FOUNTAIN, JUST SOMETHING THAT'S, UM, CONSISTENT WITH THE WORD PRAIRIE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.

AND I HAVE TO, WE CAN'T REQUIRE THEM TO DO THAT, BUT THAT WE WILL HELP THROWING THEM.

I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE.

I UNDERSTAND.

WE'LL TRY TO GET AS MUCH GREEN SPACE AS WE CAN.

I, I APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, THERE WERE SEVERAL THINGS HIGHLIGHTED IN MY DOCUMENT THAT YOU ALL HAVE, UM, HOPEFULLY RECEIVED THE NOISE, THE HOTEL, THE SIGNAGE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IS THAT NECESSARY ON ROBINSON ROAD? DO I HAVE TO HAVE THAT SHINING INTO MY BACKYARD? UM, LIGHTING, YOU KNOW, IS THE DEVELOPER GONNA BE, UM, HAVING AWARENESS WITH THE LIGHTING THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT OUR MASS PROPERTY BACK THERE? AND THEN OF COURSE, LANDSCAPING.

LET'S KEEP THE AREA BEAUTIFUL.

CAN YOU PUT UP WALLS? CAN YOU ADD TREES? CAN, WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH THE SOUND? UM, THAT'S VERY DISHEARTENING TO ME.

YOU KNOW, THIS PAST SUMMER, JUST TRYING TO ENJOY MY BACKYARD WITH ALL THE TRAFFIC AND WHATNOT, IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT.

UM, SO I, I'M INTERESTED IN, IN WHAT THE DEVELOPER PLANS FOR THAT.

AND THEN, UH, UTILITIES.

WHAT'S THIS GONNA DO TO OUR ELECTRIC GRID? I'LL ASK WHAT'S IT DOING TO OUR WATER SUPPLY.

UM, YOU KNOW, IF POLICE AND FIRE, ARE WE PLANNING TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THAT? AND I HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT, THAT COMES UP AN AWFUL LOT.

IF THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO BUILD SOMETHING, LET'S SAY IF THEY HAD THE RIGHT TO BUILD MULTIFAMILY THERE, WE CAN'T DENY IT.

BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH POLICE.

IT'S OUR JOB TO GET ENOUGH POLICE PER THE POPULATION.

AND I'M SURE YOU GUYS CONSIDER THAT.

I JUST HAVE TO MAKE, WE DO.

AND WE STAFF POLICE, THEY'RE STAFFED AND POLICE LOVE US GROWING BECAUSE IT ADDS MORE POLICE AND ADDS MORE LIEUTENANTS AND SERGEANTS AND CHIEFS .

BUT THAT'S WHAT CITIES DO.

WE HAVE TO MANAGE THE WATER AND SEWER AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

UNDERSTAND.

SINCE I FINISHED, NO, SINCE I'VE BEEN WORKING FROM HOME, WE'VE INTERRUPTED A LOT.

UM, AND IN MY LAST REALLY, REALLY BIG DEAL, AND IT'S BEEN A PROBLEM FOR ME

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UM, IS THE TRAFFIC GOING UP AND DOWN ROBINSON ROAD? WHAT CAN I DO AS A CITIZEN TO GET AWARENESS OF THE SEMIS, THE BOX TRUCKS? ANY VEHICLE THAT'S GOING DOWN ROBINSON MORE THAN 40.

I STARE OUT MY WINDOW.

I LOOK THROUGH MY FENCE THERE.

SHOULDN'T WE? WE, WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO MAIN, WE NEED TO MAINTAIN THE TRAFFIC THERE.

IT'S HORRIBLE.

WHETHER IT'S BOX CARS OR CORVETTES OR MOTORCYCLES.

IT'S HORRIBLE.

AND I WISH, AND I'VE TRIED SO HARD TO REACH OUT TO THE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT.

THE, UH, RED LIGHT THERE HELPS THERE BY THE CHURCH.

YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO STOP.

BUT THAT LONG STRETCH OF ROAD AFTER THAT.

IT'S HORRIBLE.

LOOK, MY HOUSE IS AT THE CORNER OF BARDEN AND LAKE RIDGE.

I GET, I GET IT.

SOMETIMES THEY WANT THE RED LIGHT TO START STOP SO THEY CAN AFTER.

BUT I, SO I UNDERSTAND, BUT THERE'S NOT MUCH I CAN DO ABOUT IT.

BUT I WELCOME, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO COME SIT IN MY BACKYARD, SIT IN MY KITCHEN, WITNESS IT.

WELL COME OVER AND VISIT.

WILL YOU? HE'S SHAKING HIS HEAD.

GIVE HIM YOUR ADDRESS.

HE'LL DO SOME RADAR OUT IN YOUR BACKYARD WITH YOU AT YOUR MORE, I JUST WANNA COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR DETAILED EMAILS.

UH, YOU VOICED THE SAME CONCERNS THAT ALL OF US HAVE AND WE WANT TO DO WITHIN REASON WHAT WE CAN WITHIN THE ORDINANCES.

ABSOLUTELY.

APPRECIATE IT.

THAT'S THE LAST SPEAKER CARD.

UH, RASHAD, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TABLING IT AND DENYING IT? EITHER WAY, THEY HAVE TO COME BACK WITH WHAT WE WANT 'EM TO DO.

DENYING IT WITH THE CHANGE.

THAT CHANGE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK BEFORE P AND Z FOR CONSIDERATION AND COUNCIL.

BUT THAT'S THE ONLY THING IT, IT WOULD ADD GOING BACK TO P AND Z.

IF WE TABLE IT, IT JUST COMES TO US.

AS LONG AS IT'S LESS INTENSE, WE CAN COME RIGHT BACK.

THE CHANGE MAKES THE USE LESS INTENSE.

YOU CAN COME RIGHT BACK TO CITY COUNCIL UNDER TABLE IT.

AND I DON'T MIND THAT.

I, I JUST WANT WHAT WE WANT COUNCIL MEMBER BEHEADING.

SO I'LL, I'LL LET YOU DECIDE WHEN, WHEN IS THE NEXT P AND Z MEETING? DECEMBER 11TH.

THAT'S NOT A TERRIBLE LENGTH OF WAY, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THE DEVELOPER'S HERE, DEVELOPER, THEY'RE NOT HERE.

MAYBE THEY'RE WATCHING FROM HOME.

YOU KNOW, I RASHAD'S TELLING ME EITHER WAY WORKS.

WELL, WE CAN GET WHAT WE, WHAT WE CAN GET WHAT WE COLLECTIVELY WANT.

AND BUT I, I WOULD THINK EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN'T SPEAK FOR ALL OF US, I WOULD THINK IN YOUR TABLING, YOU'D TELL 'EM WHY I YES.

THAT'S, I'M TABLING.

THAT'S, I'M, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THIS READY TO SAY NOW BECAUSE I, I WAS ASKING, I DIDN'T YOUR MOTION.

I WANTED TO JUST PUT THEM ON NOTICE THAT THE TABLING IS, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THE MULTIFAMILY.

THAT'S A HUGE PROBLEM.

SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO TABLE, UH, ITEM, UH, TWO THREE DASH NINE DASH 0 0 3 OH AND EXCUSE ME.

SO 35, 37.

I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO TABLE ITEM 35, 36 AND 37 AND GET WITH THEM TO DISCUSS FURTHER.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE.

WE HAVE SECONDED.

UH, I WOULD REMIND THIS COUNSELING STAFF, IF I'M CORRECT, WE HAVE ALREADY APPROVED A HOTEL THAT HAS TO COME TO US FOR BASS PRO.

MAYBE Y'ALL FORGOT THAT.

THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S UNDERSTANDING.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA TALK ABOUT.

SO WE ALREADY HAVE A HOTEL APPROVED, EVEN THOUGH WE CAN TWEAK IT WITH AN SUP THAT WENT TO ORIGINALLY WITH A BASS PRO.

IT'S RIGHT TO THE NORTH OF IT.

IT'S THERE.

SO I, I'M A LITTLE HESITANT.

WE CAN DECIDE WHAT THEY SHOW US.

I'M A LITTLE HESITANT TO APPROVE ANOTHER HOTEL OUT THERE.

CLOSE COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.

AND THAT'S ALL I WAS GONNA ASK.

UH, YOUR MOTION IS TO TABLE IS BE TO TABLE BECAUSE OF THE MULTIFAMILY.

WHAT'S YOUR, UH, OPINION ON THE CAR WASH? AND I WAS, THE MAYOR'S ALREADY BROUGHT UP THE HOTEL.

WE HAVE TWO THERE.

AND WE HAVE A CAR WASH RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM THERE.

I DON'T WANT ANOTHER CAR WASH, BUT IT REQUIRES AN SUP AND WE CAN DENY IT AT THAT LEVEL.

BUT I'M TELLING YOU, IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH IT, COUNCIL MEMBER HEDEN, I WOULD PUT THEM ON NOTICE THAT WE DO NOT WANT A CAR WASH OR A HOTEL.

OUR APARTMENTS.

IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU? YES.

UM, SO MAKE THAT PARTY YOUR FRIENDLY AMENDMENT FOR THE TABLE, JUST AS A COMMENT.

THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE MOTION.

IS THAT THE WAY TO DO IT? SO I, I AMEND THAT SECOND TO A SPECIFIC DATE.

AND I STATE, SAY IT AGAIN SECOND.

THAT ONE SECOND.

OH, I'D LIKE TO TABLE THIS UNTIL, UH, WHEN'S 12TH? DECEMBER ONE.

DECEMBER 12TH.

12TH UNTIL DECEMBER 12TH OR SOON AFTER P AND Z DOES IT.

THEN YOU CAN GET TO IT.

WELL, WE DON'T NEED P AND Z NOW, RIGHT?

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NEED OH, THANK YOU.

SORRY.

BUT WITH THE AMENDMENT, UH, THAT WE, WE DO NOT WANT CAR WASH OR DO NOT WANT MULTIFAMILY.

THE SECOND UNDERSTANDS IT.

I AIN'T OPPOSED SAY NAY.

GREAT WORK COUNSEL.

GREAT WORK.

WE WANT WHAT WE WANT THERE.

ITEM 39 AND 40 ARE RELATED AND I'LL PRESENT THEM TOGETHER.

38.

EXCUSE ME.

I'VE GOT THAT NUMBER WRONG.

[Items 38 & 39]

AND 39.

WE CAN KEEP .

SO THE FIRST COMPONENT IS THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT.

YOU CAN SEE THEY ARE PROPOSING HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND MEDIUM DENSITY.

NOW FOLKS, THIS IS THE 360 DEVELOPMENT.

THIS IS THE RIVER CENTRAL WAY OVER IN FORT WORTH.

I MEAN, THERE'S ALMOST, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? OKAY.

GOLF COURSE ACROSS THE STREET.

SOME OF THOSE STANDARDS, REALLY INCREASING THE MAXIMUM DENSITY AND THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE HEIGHT.

SO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO CHANGE IT FROM MIXED USE AND OPEN SPACE DRAINAGE TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.

AND THIS IS FOR A PORTION OF THE OVERALL 325 ACRES.

UH, THE SECOND COMPONENT IS FOR THE ZONING CHANGE AND CONCEPT PLAN.

AND THEY'RE PROPOSING TO, UM, TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR MULTI-FAMILY, SINGLE FAMILY TOWNHOUSE, SINGLE FAMILY DE ATTACHED COMMERCIAL, GENERAL RETAIL AND OFFICE USES.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY IS OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.

IT'S ABOUT 325 ACRES.

SO WITH THEIR PROPOSAL, THEY, UM, ARE PROPOSING FOUR SUBDISTRICTS.

AND TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT, THIS IS KIND OF THE TOTAL UNITS AND SQUARE FOOTAGE OF OFFICE AND COMMERCIAL THAT THEY ARE ANTICIPATING BEING ABLE TO DELIVER.

SO THAT'S 8,342 MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNITS, 552 SINGLE FAMILY TOWN HOME UNITS, 52 SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED UNITS, 475,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE.

AND THEN ABOUT 550,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL RETAIL USE.

SO ON THE SCREEN IS A TABLE SUMMARIZING THE FOUR DIFFERENT SUBDISTRICTS.

AND WITH THEIR PROPOSAL FOR EACH OF THOSE SUBDISTRICTS, THEY IDENTIFY ALLOWED DEVELOPMENT TYPES.

THEY IDENTIFY A BASE ZONING DISTRICT FOR THE DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS, AND A BASE ZONING DISTRICT FOR THE ALLOWABLE USES.

SO THEIR FIRST SUBDISTRICT IS THE URBAN COMMERCIAL GATEWAY, AND IT'S INTENDED TO BE A HIGH DENSITY MIXED USE DISTRICT THAT'S WALKABLE.

THEY'VE, UM, MADE GUIDELINES FOR PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED STREETS.

AND WITHIN THIS URBAN COMMERCIAL GATEWAY, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO ALLOW MULTIFAMILY COMMERCIAL, RETAIL AND OFFICE.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE UNITS AND SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING FOR THIS SUBDISTRICT.

AND FOR EACH OF THE SUBDISTRICTS, THEY'VE PROVIDED A BUILDING TYPOLOGY AND REPRESENTATIVE IMAGES.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT IS ON THE SCREEN FOR THIS SUBDISTRICT.

AND THE NEXT SUBDISTRICT IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY CENTER DISTRICT.

AND AGAIN, IT IS INTENDED TO BE HIGH DENSITY MIXED USE, WALKABLE WITH PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED STREETS, AND THEN NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE LAND USES AND AMENITIES.

AND SO THEY ARE ADDING, IN ADDITION TO THE MEDIUM MID-RISE, MULTIFAMILY AND LOW-RISE MULTIFAMILY TOWN HOME UNITS.

AGAIN, THIS IS THEIR BUILDING TYPOLOGY AND REPRESENTATIVE IMAGES FOR THIS SUBDISTRICT.

THE NEXT IS THE WATERS EDGE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.

AND THIS IS PURELY RESIDENTIAL DESIGNED TO OFFER A DIVERSE MIX OF RESIDENTIAL UNIT TYPES.

SO THIS DISTRICT AND THE NEXT DISTRICT ARE INTENDED TO SUPPORT THAT HIGHER DENSITY MIXED USE PORTION THAT INCLUDES THE NON-RESIDENTIAL USES.

AND SO THEY'RE PROPOSING ABOUT 365 TOWNHOME UNITS AND ABOUT, UH, 3,889 MULTIFAMILY UNITS.

AND THESE ARE THE BUILDING TYPOLOGIES AND REPRESENTATIVE IMAGES FOR THIS SUBDISTRICT.

AND FINALLY, THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.

THEY'RE PROPOSING TO HAVE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES BUILT ADJACENT TO THE WATER'S EDGE.

AND AGAIN, THIS SUBDISTRICT IS INTENDED TO SUPPORT THE MIXED USE AND NON-RESIDENTIAL USES FURTHER TO THE WEST.

SO THEY'RE PROPOSING 52 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT WOULD BE ACCESSED BY A PRIVATE STREET ADJACENT TO THE DISTRICT BOUNDARY.

ONE OF THE REALLY UNIQUE THINGS ABOUT THIS PROJECT IS THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING A NETWORK OF USABLE OPEN SPACE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT THAT KIND OF TIES ALL THE SUBDISTRICTS TOGETHER.

AND THEY'VE PUT TOGETHER A PLAN THAT INCLUDES NATURE, TRAILS, BOARDWALKS, OTHER TYPES OF OPEN SPACE.

NOW THESE, UH, NEXT FEW SLIDES ARE GONNA WALK THROUGH THE DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS THAT ARE INCLUDED.

BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TO MODIFY

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SO FOR EXAMPLE, FOR HIGH-RISE MULTIFAMILY, OUR COMPARABLE BAY ZONING DISTRICT IS THE CENTRAL AREA WHICH ALLOWS UP TO 70 FEET.

FOR THE URBAN COMMERCIAL GATEWAY, THEY'RE PROPOSING UP TO 240 FEET FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY CENTER, 150 FEET AND THEN WATERS EDGE 150 FEET.

SO FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY TOWN HOME AND DETACHED STANDARDS, AND THEY'RE PROPOSING SOME MODIFICATIONS, UM, REDUCING THE LOT AREA LOT WIDTH IN DEPTH, INCREASING THE ALLOWABLE HEIGHT AND COVERAGE.

AND THESE MODIFICATIONS ARE REALLY INTENDED TO PRODUCE THAT HIGHER DENSITY URBAN STYLE DEVELOPMENT.

SO TO SUMMARIZE, THEY'RE REQUESTING SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THOSE STANDARDS.

THE DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR HIGH-RISE MULTIFAMILY, FOR MID-RISE MULTIFAMILY, AND FOR LOW RISE MULTIFAMILY.

THIS REALLY FALLS INTO INCREASING THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT DENSITY AND, UH, ALLOWING SMALLER SETBACKS TO BRING THOSE BUILDINGS CLOSER TO THE STREET AND CREATE THAT URBAN WALKABLE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT.

UM, DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SINGLE FAMILY TOWNHOUSE.

SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED.

AGAIN, SMALLER LOTS FOR A DENSER URBAN PRODUCT.

AND THEN THE DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMERCIAL RETAIL AND OFFICE.

UH, STAFF DID RECEIVE AN EMAIL FROM THE DFW AIRPORT.

UH, THEY NOTE THAT THEY ARE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THIS AND HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE OPERATIONS, UH, THE FLIGHT PATH AND THE NUMBER OF, UH, DEPARTURES PER DAY.

UH, THEY DID HAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS.

UH, STAFF BELIEVES THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WORK, UH, WITH THE APPLICANT THROUGH DURING FUTURE PHASES OF THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW.

SO WITH THE SITE PLAN AND PLANNING AND, AND NOT NECESSARILY WITH THE ZONING CHANGE.

BUT I DID WANNA, UH, MENTION THIS IN THE PRESENTATION.

SO SOME OF THEIR SUGGESTIONS INCLUDED NOISE ATTENUATION, CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES, UM, DEDICATION OF NAVIGATION EASEMENTS, AND NOTIFYING, UH, FUTURE PURCHASERS OF THE PROPERTY.

THAT THERE IS AN AIRPORT IN CLOSE PROXIMITY.

ON NOVEMBER 13TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF EIGHT TO ZERO STAFF'S UNABLE TO FULLY SUPPORT THE PORTION OF THE REQUEST.

THAT DOESN'T ALIGN WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.

HOWEVER, WE DO, UH, NOTE THAT THE TWO RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS REALLY SUPPORT THAT MIXED USE DISTRICT, UH, AND, AND MAKES SENSE FOR THIS REQUEST.

SO, UH, WE DO HAVE SOME RECOMMENDED, UH, CONDITIONS.

AND THIS IS REALLY RELATED TO THE FACT THAT THIS IS WITHIN THE FLOODWAY AND FLOODPLAIN.

UH, THESE WOULD HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED THROUGH THE SITE PLAN AND ENGINEERING REVIEW.

BUT DID WANNA ARTICULATE THESE IN THE ORDINANCE JUST GIVEN THE COMPLEXITY OF THE ISSUE.

SO THE DEVELOPER SHALL COOPERATE WITH THE CITY TO ENHANCE THE FLOOD WARNING SYSTEM FOR THE AREA.

COOPERATION SHALL INCLUDE PROVIDING EASEMENTS FOR FLOOD SIREN POLES AND WORKING WITH THE CITY TO PREPARE AN EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN.

DEVELOPERS SHALL DESIGN FLOOD MITIGATION PONDS TO DRAIN VIA GRAVITY, AS OPPOSED TO RELYING SOLELY ON MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT TO DRAIN THEM.

THE DEVELOPMENT SHALL PROVIDE AT LEAST TWO POINTS OF INGRESS EGRESS THAT MEET THE CITY'S FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT CRITERIA OF BEING ELEVATED AT LEAST TWO FEET ABOVE 100 YEAR BASE FLOOD ELEVATION.

THE DEVELOPER SHALL PERFORM REGULAR INSPECTIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF IMPROVEMENTS ADJACENT TO RIVER CORRIDORS.

EXAMPLES WOULD BE PROGRAMS SILT REMOVAL FROM FLOOD MITIGATION PONDS AND REGULAR INSPECTIONS.

THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS PROJECT FOR A LONG TIME.

IT'S UM, IT'S AN AMAZING PROJECT.

UH, DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? WE DO HAVE SOME SPEAKER CARDS.

UH, THANK YOU.

I'M GLAD KEN, I'M GLAD YOU SAID YOU'RE IN SUPPORT, BUT NOT SPEAKING 'CAUSE YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING IN FIVE MINUTES.

PAUL PAYNE.

PAUL, MAYBE YOU CAN DO SOMETHING IN FIVE MINUTES, BUT KEN IS A GREAT VISION, GREAT PROJECT.

UH, GOODNESS.

IT'S AN EXPENSIVE PROJECT.

LET'S GET IT DONE.

THANK YOU, SIR.

SO, UH, GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME'S PAUL PAYNE, 1 1 2 CREST CANYON DRIVE FORT WORTH.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

THANK YOU ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD TO GET HERE.

UH, WE'VE BEEN AT THIS FOR OVER THREE YEARS AND I WANT TO THANK, UH, YOU ALL AND YOUR STAFF.

IT, WE WOULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT WITHOUT ALL THE HELP AND THE SUPPORT FROM THE CITY TO GET THROUGH THE COMPLEXITIES OF THIS PROJECT.

A LOT OF THIS COMPLEXITY HAS TO DO WITH THE FLOOD ZONE.

THE FLOOD ZONE AREA, UH, WAS A CHALLENGE.

AND WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE TO WORK WITH GRAHAM ENGINEERING, WHO WAS THE ENGINEERS THAT DID, UH, THE FLOODPLAIN ENGINEERING FOR THE ADJACENT PROPERTY.

I WANNA, I POINT OUT TO THE COUNCIL, THAT'S MAYOR WILLIAMS' COMPANY, AND HE CALLED ME AND WAS SO EXCITED WHEN Y'ALL HIRED HIM.

HE'S, THEY'LL DO YOU A GREAT JOB.

OTHER PEOPLE THAT TRIED TO DO THIS FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

HE SAID HE'D WORKED WITH

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HE HAD.

AND WE FINALLY GOT IT THERE.

AND I THINK GRAHAM'S THE, UH, THE REASON WHY, BECAUSE OF THE EXPERTISE THEY KNEW FROM THEY GAINED FROM VERIDIAN TO BE ABLE TO DO IT.

WE GOT THROUGH THAT.

THEN WE STARTED TO WORK WITH THE USES.

WE FEEL THAT WE'VE BEEN VERY, UH, COMPLIMENTARY TO THE, UH, CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THESE LAND USES OF WHAT WE WANT.

WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS BRING TO YOU AN OPPORTUNITY THAT, UH, IS A CATALYST FOR OTHER DEVELOPMENTS AS WELL AS CREATING A GREAT, UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR THE, UH, CITY AND THE AREA, RECREATIONAL RESIDENTIAL OFFICE, UH, RESTAURANTS.

WE THINK IT'S A GREAT MIX.

IT'S A GREAT PROJECT.

WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UM, VERY HAND WITH GISSLER TO GO THROUGH THE DETAILS OF THE PROJECT.

SIR, NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

SURE.

YOU CAN FILL OUT A CARD.

OBVIOUSLY ADDITIONAL HOUSING OPTIONS.

MY NAME IS BARRY HAND.

UH, I'M AN ARCHITECT AND A PRINCIPAL WITH THE DALLAS OFFICE OF GINSLER AT 5,005 GREENVILLE AVENUE IN DALLAS.

UH, SEVEN BY 2 0 6, I BELIEVE.

THAT IS, UM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THANKS FOR HAVING US.

UM, OUR STUDIO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROJECTS LIKE LEGACY WEST AND PLANO, UH, WHICH IS A TREMENDOUS URBAN NODE AND EMPLOYMENT CENTER, AS WELL AS LIFESTYLE.

ALSO MUSIC FACTORY IN IRVING.

MAYBE YOU'VE BEEN TO A CONCERT THERE.

QUIRKY LITTLE PROJECT.

UH, PRESTON HOLLOW VILLAGE THERE ON 75 IN WALNUT.

UH, THE DOMAIN IN AUSTIN.

MAYBE YOU'VE BEEN DOWN THERE.

SO, UH, KEN'S TEAM HIRED US TO COME IN AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

AND I JUST WANNA SAY TO YOU, I KNOW IT'S GETTING CLOSE TO THANKSGIVING, BUT THIS IS A BIG DEAL.

MR. MAY, AS YOU SAID, THIS PROJECT IS A BIG DEAL IN ANY CITY OF ALL THE PLANNING WE DO.

UH, WE, WHEN WE FIRST SAW THIS, IT, IT LOOKED LIKE A REALLY COOL OPPORTUNITY.

WE JUST DON'T GET A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES AS DESIGNERS IN CITIES, UM, TO LIFT 350 ACRES TO UP ZONE 350 ACRES AND LIFT OUT OF A RIVER, UH, FLOOD ZONE.

SO THIS IS A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY LOOKING AT YOUR COMP PLAN AND SOME OF YOUR GOALS AS A CITY TO REALLY CHECK A LOT OF BOXES.

AND I HOPE YOU'LL REMEMBER THIS NIGHT, A COUPLE NIGHTS BEFORE THANKSGIVING IN 10 YEARS WHERE YOU WERE WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS.

'CAUSE IT'S THAT KIND OF PROJECT.

I WAS ON PLANNING COMMISSION FOR EIGHT YEARS IN RICHARDSON AND WE DID A LOT OF BIG PROJECTS BACK THEN, LIKE CITY LINE.

AND I REMEMBER THE TWO NIGHTS WE DELIBERATED THAT.

BUT IT ALWAYS HELPED ME AS A PLANNING COMMISSIONER TO UNDERSTAND WHY PROJECTS WERE THE WAY THEY WERE.

SOMETIMES YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU GET APPLICATIONS AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHY THE PROJECTS FORM THE WAY IT IS.

SO IF YOU'LL INDULGE US, I'D LIKE TO SPEND JUST A FEW MINUTES KIND OF WALKING YOU THROUGH.

UM, WE NEED THE PRESENTATION.

SO GO AHEAD.

YOU HAVE, LET'S GO.

SO IT WILL HELP YOU TO UNDERSTAND BASED UPON EVERYTHING FROM CONTEXT UP THROUGH MARKET DYNAMICS, WHY THIS PROJECT IS ARRANGED THE WAY IT IS.

VERY COMPLICATED PLANNING GIVEN THE FLOODS, FLOOD ZONES AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

I'M NOT GONNA READ THIS VISION FOR YOU, BUT THIS IS BASICALLY A MIXED USE RECREATIONAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROJECT THAT ALLOWS FOR LIVING, EMPLOYMENT, RECREATION, UH, ALL FORMS OF LIFESTYLE USES.

AND, AND WE BELIEVE THIS CHECKS A LOT OF BOXES FOR THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

UH, SO THE REGIONAL CONTEXT, LET'S GO THROUGH THIS REAL QUICK.

LOOK, YOU KNOW WHERE GRAND PRAIRIE IS, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE AIRPORT.

UH, BUT THIS IS IMPORTANT TO WHY THE PROJECT IS SHAPED THE WAY IT IS AND ULTIMATELY WHAT THE MIX WILL BE THREE AND A HALF MILES TO THE FRONT DOOR OF THE AIRPORT.

NOT MANY 350 ACRE PARCELS CAN SAY THAT.

15 AND A HALF MILES TO DOWNTOWN DALLAS, 16 AND A HALF MILES TO FORT WORTH.

WE TOLD THE PLANNING COMMISSION, YOU'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.

YOU ARE THE GEOCENTER OF THOSE TWO URBAN ZONES.

AND THEN ULTIMATELY ALONG THE TRINITY RIVER, THIS IS THE MOST EXCITING PART TO A LOT OF OUR TEAM THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY NOT LITERALLY GOING DOWN TO THE BEACHES OF THE TRINITY BECAUSE IT'S MOSTLY CLIFFS HERE, BUT TO HAVE THIS PROXIMITY TO THAT NATURAL AMENITY IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN YOUR COMP PLAN.

AND AGAIN, I WON'T READ THESE BULLET POINTS TO YOU, BUT YOUR COMP PLAN CALLS OUT FOR SOME BIG IDEAS.

THIS IS A MIXED INCOME RESIDENTIAL PROJECT.

A LOT OF OUR PROJECTS ARE LUXURY, BUT THIS IS A RARE, UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY WITH ENOUGH LAND THAT WE CAN HAVE A MIX OF INCOMES IN HERE.

AND THAT'S IMPORTANT TO THE VIBRANCY OF ANY COMMUNITY.

UH, ALL OF OUR PROJECTS ARE BUILT AROUND A CATCHMENT TO BE A NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THAT'S IMPORTANT.

NOT EVERY HOUSE CAN BE A LUXURY HOUSE AND IT SHOULDN'T BE IN A VIBRANT CITY.

JUST LIKE GRAND PRAIRIE KNOWS, UH, DESTINATIONAL, RETAIL, COMMERCIAL AND ENTERTAINMENT USES.

UH, THERE IS OPPORTUNITY FOR MAJOR DEVELOPMENT HERE TO TRANSFORM THE CITY.

UH, EMPLOYERS, WE KNOW INTUITIVELY

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THAT THIS IS WHAT EMPLOYERS ARE LOOKING FOR.

IT IS THAT EMPLOYERS MARKET RIGHT NOW WHEN IT COMES TO OFFICE SPACE, THEY ARE ALL LOOKING TO EMBED THEIR PEOPLE IN COOL PLACES.

AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.

THIS IS YOUR LAND USE PLAN.

UH, SAVANNAH KIND OF TALKED ABOUT HOW MAYBE WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLIANT WITH THAT, BUT WE'LL SHOW YOU WHY.

IT'S A GREAT USE OF LAND, VERY UP THERE IN THE VERY TOP LEFT CORNER OF YOUR CITY WHERE MOST OF IT IS ALREADY IDENTIFIED AS MIXED USE.

THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.

AND THEN IT TAPERS DOWN INTO THAT OPEN SPACE, UH, PARKS AND REC AREA DOWN TO THE RIGHT.

SO AGAIN, IN YOUR OVERLAY DISTRICT FOR 360, UH, YOU TALK ABOUT QUALITY OF DEVELOPMENT, USABLE OPEN SPACES, UH, WALKABILITY, VIBRANCY OF STREETS, COHESIVE PLACES.

IF WE BRING YOU ANYTHING, IT WILL BE A HIGH QUALITY OF HUMAN PLACES THAT YOUR CITY AND FRANKLY THE SURROUNDING CATCHMENT THAT YOU WANT SPENDING MONEY IN GRAND PRAIRIE WILL BRING, UH, IDENTIFIABLE CHARACTER AND ULTIMATELY, AS I SAID, PRESERVING THE NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE RIVER.

LET'S GO TECHNICAL REAL QUICK.

UH, LOOKING AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS, WE ALWAYS LIKE TO LOOK AT THE TOP FIVE TO SEVEN PSYCHOGRAPHICS THAT WILL BRING, UH, THEIR LIVING AND DISPOSABLE INCOME TO THESE PROJECTS.

BUT AS FAR AS THE DEMOGRAPHICS, YOUR CITY HAS ABOUT 200,000 PEOPLE AS OF 2021.

MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME OF ABOUT 69,000.

AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE MARKET DEMAND AND THE GROWTH IN ENTERTAINMENT, APPAREL, FURNITURE AND HOME FURNISHINGS, FOOD AND BEVERAGE.

THERE IS PROJECTED GROWTH FOR SPENDING IN JUST ABOUT EVERY MARKET SEGMENT THAT WE HAVE.

UH, SO WE RAN THESE TOP FIVE PSYCHOGRAPHICS FOR REALLY WHAT'S AROUND THIS CATCHMENT TENDS TO BE ABOUT A THREE MILE DIAMETER AROUND THIS PROJECT.

YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING FROM YOUNG AND RESTLESS, BRIGHT YOUNG PROFESSIONALS, METRO RENTERS, THOSE ARE EDUCATED PROFESSIONALS, SOME SINGLE, SOME MARRIED.

AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE NEW WEST RESIDENTS AND DOWN THE ROAD YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A WIDE RANGE OF INCOMES HERE AND WE WANT THEM TO LIVE HERE AND RECREATE HERE ALONG WITH THE REST OF YOU THAT MIGHT NOT LIVE HERE.

AND THIS BECOMES IMPORTANT IN THE SOLUTION.

UH, THESE ARE SOME OF THE EMPLOYERS THAT ARE LITERALLY ADJACENT THE PROPERTY.

UH, THESE ARE A LOT OF LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, RIGHT? PRAIRIE HAS A FANTASTIC TAX BASE OF LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND CLERICAL WORKFORCE.

AND THOSE PEOPLE NEED PLACES TO LIVE, AS YOU KNOW.

SO WE'VE GOT A DENSITY PROPOSED HERE THAT WE, WE BELIEVE WOULD ALLOW A TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND MIX HOUSING.

WHEN WE SAY AFFORDABLE, THAT REFERS TO WORKFORCE HOUSING.

UH, SOMETIMES PEOPLE GET, UH, WRAPPED, YOU KNOW, AROUND THOSE TERMS. BUT OUR COMMUNITIES NEED A MIX OF HOUSING AND THAT BECOMES VIBRANT IN SUSTAINING THE PROJECT.

ALRIGHT, THIS IS NOT AN URBAN PLANNING CLASS, BUT I'M GONNA SPEND JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES WALKING YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE PRINCIPLES THAT YOU'LL SEE ARE IMPORTANT.

WE WANNA START EVERY PROJECT WITH A STORY.

WHAT IS THE STORY? OH MY GOSH, THERE'S SO MUCH STORY TO START WITH HERE.

INTRINSICALLY DIVERSE.

THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY ETHNIC DIVERSITY.

IT IS EVERYTHING.

IT IS NOT ONLY ETHNIC DIVERSITY.

IT IS PROVIDING A, A, A, A DIVERSITY OF EXPERIENCE, INCOME, EMPLOYMENT, DINING, SHOPPING, EVERYTHING THAT MAKES A VIBRANT COMMUNITY, INTUITIVELY INTERACTIVE.

WHEN YOU SHOW UP, YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO AND THEN YOU HAVE DISCOVERY.

THAT'S WHAT MAKES A REALLY GREAT PLACE.

IF YOU GO TO SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS I MENTIONED A MINUTE AGO, YOU'LL SEE THAT IN INTUITIVE IVENESS, UH, PURPOSEFUL PUBLIC REALM, IF EVER THERE WAS A LAND USE PLAN THAT HAD A RICH PUBLIC REALM, IT'S THIS ONE WITH THE NATURAL RESOURCE HYPERCONNECTED.

THAT'S NOT TECHNOLOGY CONNECTED PER SE.

IT'S EVERYTHING.

IT'S HUMAN CONNECTION THAT WE FOUND IS SO IMPORTANT AFTER THE PANDEMIC, THE METRICS, WE WANNA RESPOND TO THOSE PSYCHOGRAPHICS, THE THINGS THAT YOU AS A CITY NEED, UH, THE DIGITAL EXPERIENCE IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE IMPORTANT TO ALL BRANDS.

AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, SOFTWARE MOBILITY AND CURATING THE TENANT MIX.

OKAY, NOW AGAIN, I PROMISE YOU THAT'S, IT'S NOT AN URBAN PLANNING COURSE, BUT THAT'S THE PRINCIPLES OF A SOLID PLAN.

UH, THIS, THIS IMAGE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IS TAKEN ON THE TRINITY RIVER.

I DIDN'T THINK PEOPLE TUBED ON THE TRINITY RIVER TILL I, I SAW THAT THIS IS OVER IN FORT WORTH.

BUT THIS IS THE TYPE OF AMENITY WE'D LIKE TO SEE AROUND THIS PROJECT.

JUST SOME QUICK ASPIRATIONAL IMAGERY THAT YOU SEE IN LIFESTYLE PLACES.

THESE ARE IMAGES THAT JUST INSPIRE OUR TEAM FOR WHERE THIS WANTS TO GO.

UH, THESE ARE OBVIOUSLY NOT ALL GRAND PRAIRIE, BUT THERE'S NO REASON THAT WE COULDN'T HAVE THIS QUALITY OF DESIGN IN HERE AS WE EXPLOIT THE NATURAL RESOURCES.

I LOVE THIS TOP LEFT IMAGE 'CAUSE IT'S

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PROBABLY DOWN ON THE RIVER IN AUSTIN.

THESE ARE JUST SOME TYPICAL OFFICE TYPE BUILDINGS THAT YOU MIGHT ENCOUNTER IN A PROJECT LIKE THIS.

WE ALLOW SOME PRETTY HIGH, UH, FLOOR PLATES FOR OFFICE IN THIS PD, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF TOWERS BEING BUILT THESE DAYS.

SO IT'LL BE LOW TO MID-RISE OFFICE LIKE THIS.

RETAIL, UH, SMALL SCALE RETAIL, SMALL IS BIG.

NOW WHEN IT COMES TO RETAIL, THERE'S NOT THAT MANY LARGE FORMAT MIXED USE PROJECTS AROUND.

AND THEN THE WATER FEATURES WE THINK ARE RICH OPPORTUNITIES HERE AS WELL AS RESIDENTIAL.

I, I MENTIONED A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL.

ALL RIGHT, SO HOW DID WE END UP WHERE WE ARE TODAY? KIND OF BIT A BIT OF AN ODD SHAPED LAND BOUNDED BY, UH, THE INDUSTRIAL TO THE SOUTH, THE RIVER TO THE NORTH AND THE EAST.

AND THEN OF COURSE, COUNSEL, I'M GIVING HIM SOME LATITUDE HERE 'CAUSE THIS IS SUCH AN EXTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT THAT I WANT HIM TO, SO THAT'S WHY I TURNED OFF THE CLOCK.

AHEAD.

AND, AND WE'RE ABOUT TO WRAP, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.

SO THIS IS THE PLAN.

UH, SAVANNAH DID A GREAT JOB OF GOING THROUGH THE SUB-DISTRICTS.

UH, I MENTIONED, UH, SHE MENTIONED THE SINGLE FAMILY ALONG.

IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE IN THIS IMAGE, BUT THE SINGLE FAMILY ALONG THE CANAL, YOU'VE GOT THE WATER EDGE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CANAL.

THIS IS PRIMARILY MULTI IN TOWNHOUSE TYPE VOCABULARY.

AND THEN YOU'VE GOT COMMUNITY CENTER, CHARACTER DISTRICT RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE AROUND KIND OF THE KNUCKLE WHERE THE CANAL RUNS THROUGH.

THIS WOULD BE LIFESTYLE AND RETAIL DINING AT THE INTERSECTION THERE.

AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE LIFESTYLE DISTRICT ALONG 360.

YOU CAN SEE THE METRICS HERE ALONG THE, EACH SIDE OF THE DISTRICT.

UH, THIS IS, AS SAVANNAH MENTIONED, TONS OF TRAILS.

UH, THIS PURPLE CIRCLE REPRESENTS A FIVE MINUTE WALK IN THE PROJECT.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE GENERAL SCALE OF QUARTER MILE THERE.

AND THEN POSSIBLE PUBLIC ROADWAY NETWORKS.

THESE ARE SOME CROSS SECTIONS THAT JUST REPRESENT THE RIGHT OF WAYS AND ROADWAY WIDTHS IN THE PROJECT.

AND THEN THIS IS THE ULTIMATE PLAN ALONG WITH WHAT WE THINK WOULD BE A BUILD OUT.

UH, LET ME SAY ALSO PROJECTS LIKE THIS BUILD OUT OVER ABOUT 20 YEARS.

IT WILL TAKE A GENERATION FOR THIS PROJECT TO BUILD, BUT WE BELIEVE ULTIMATELY A TREMENDOUS AMENITY FOR GRAND PRAIRIE.

THIS IS A LOW AERIAL LOOKING ACROSS THE RIVER INTO THAT LIFESTYLE DISTRICT ALONG 360, LOOKING TO THE SOUTH.

THIS IS ALONG THE BOARDWALK THERE AT THAT KNUCKLE IN THE CENTRAL AREA.

YOU CAN SEE THE CANAL ON YOUR LEFT SINGLE FAMILY ACROSS THE CANAL.

AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, LOOKING TO THE SOUTHEAST AND AERIAL OVER 360.

UH, THAT SHOWS THE ENTIRETY OF THE DEVELOPMENT.

YOU CAN SEE THE PARKWAY COMING UP, UH, WHERE IT CURRENTLY DEAD ENDS INTO THE PROJECT.

WE'VE TALKED WITH STAFF QUITE A BIT ABOUT WHAT COULD HAPPEN TO THE, UH, SOUTHWEST PARKWAY.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE.

UH, WE'RE HERE FOR QUESTIONS.

WE KNOW WE'RE BETWEEN YOU AND THANKSGIVING.

UH, APPRECIATE YOUR WORK STAFF.

DID THEY, THIS THIS REPRESENTS MONTHS AND MONTHS AND FRANKLY YEARS OF WORK.

UH, WE'RE HERE TO RESPECTFULLY ASK YOUR APPROVAL.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY, UH, I RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER HEDON.

THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

THIS IS INCREDIBLY EXCITING.

UH, KIND OF FEELS LIKE A CITY WITHIN A CITY.

YEAH, I THINK THAT WILL BE.

SO LIKELY RESIDENTIAL FIRST, MULTIFAMILY SPECIFIC.

AND UH, I'M ALWAYS ADVOCATING FOR RETAIL AND THAT PEOPLE WILL COME AND SHOP AND SPEND THEIR TAX DOLLARS HERE.

UM, QUESTION.

SO THIS IS A 20 YEAR HUGE VISION.

WHAT CAN WE SEE COMPLETED FIRST? WHICH PHASE OF THIS AND HOW LONG WILL THAT TAKE? IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

AGAIN, THIS IS A LAND USE PLAN.

SO THERE ARE NO, UH, DEVELOPERS FORMALLY ASSEMBLED AT THE MOMENT.

BUT JUST FROM OUR EXPERIENCE, YOU TYPICALLY SEE ONE PHASE AROUND THE EDGE TO KICK OFF.

YOU KNOW, IT WOULDN'T BE FINANCIALLY VIABLE TO BUILD THE ROAD NETWORK THROUGH ALL OF THE PROJECT WITHOUT ANY DEVELOPMENT.

BUT IF I WERE TO GUESS, THERE WOULD BE THE LIFESTYLE DEVELOPMENT ALONG 360 OVER ON THE WEST SIDE, OR THERE COULD BE SOME RESIDENTIAL COME IN FROM THE EXISTING EAST SIDE.

AND THEN THE PROJECT, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT USES AND THE MARKET DICTATES, THAT'S PROBABLY HOW THE PROJECT WOULD COME TOGETHER FROM EITHER END.

THERE'S A TREMENDOUS MARKET FOR MULTIFAMILY AND SINGLE FAMILY IN THIS PROJECT.

AND THERE'S VERY, AS YOU SAW, THERE'S VARIOUS FORMS OF SINGLE FAMILY IN THIS PROJECT AND I REALIZE YOU NEED THAT SO THAT THE RETAIL WILL BE SUCCESSFUL.

SO THAT MAKES SENSE.

UM, MY SECOND QUESTION IS, IS, I MEAN, YOU MAY HAVE SPOKEN TO OUR STAFF ABOUT THIS ALREADY, BUT REGARDING THE, UM, USAGE OF WATER, ELECTRICITY, AND KIND OF MAKING SURE THAT THIS AREA HAS EVERYTHING IT NEEDS, HAS THAT DISCUSSION TAKEN PLACE HOW WE WOULD TACKLE THAT TO MAKE SURE IT'S SUCCESSFUL? YEAH, I'M

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GONNA LET SAVANNAH ADDRESS, UH, THE SPECIFICS OF THAT.

BUT YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING WOULD BE BUILT INCREMENTALLY AND PER BUILDING CODES AND EVERYTHING GOES THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN PROCESS IN YOUR CITY.

VERY EXCITED THOUGH.

OH, THANK YOU.

KIND OF MAYOR PRO TIMM LOPEZ.

UM, DURING YOUR PRESENTATION YOU MENTIONED, UM, WORKFORCE HOUSING.

SO HOW DO WE GET THERE? I MEAN, ARE, ARE YOU GONNA ALLOCATE CERTAIN PERCENTAGES OF SAY LIKE 25% OF THE UNITS, OF THE MULTIFAMILY UNITS? OR HOW DO YOU ENVISION INCORPORAT? 'CAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE PEOPLE WORKING HERE, RIGHT? AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WORKING THAT'S THESE RESTAURANTS, A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT'S CLEANING UP THE GROUNDS, THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT GONNA BE MAKING THAT TYPE OF MONEY TO AFFORD MARKET PRICE HOUSING.

SO WHAT'S YOUR PLAN ENVISIONING? HOW DO YOU GET THAT WORKFORCE? HOW DO YOU DO THE MATH ON THAT USUALLY? YEAH.

LET ME MAKE SURE I'M CLARIFYING WORKFORCE.

WHEN WE SAY WORKFORCE, IT IS FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING, WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, SEE WHEN WE HEAR WORKFORCE, THERE'S TERMS FOR WORKFORCE THAT SETS ASIDE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF APARTMENT SPACE FOR WORKFORCE AT A REDUCED RENT.

I DON'T THINK YOU MEANT THAT.

NO, NOT AT ALL.

THAT'S TYPICAL.

YOU MEAN HOUSING AND APARTMENTS THAT THE WORKFORCE CAN STAY AT IF THEY CAN AFFORD IT? I, THAT'S RIGHT.

IT SHOULD BE MARKETED PRICE HOUSING.

AND FRANKLY, MOST OF US ARE THE WORKFORCE.

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE IS WE, WE HEAR WORKFORCE BECAUSE WE JUST HAD AN APARTMENT COMPLEX SELL TO A WORKFORCE OWNER AND WE LEARNED THAT.

SO THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

NO, AND THAT LINGO MAYOR PRO TEM IS IMPORTANT.

SO WHEN WE SAY, YOU KNOW, AFFORDABLE FOR WORKFORCE, THAT'S MOST OF US.

WE ARE THE WORKFORCE AND UH, IT'S JUST A BROAD RANGE.

THERE ARE NO SET ASIDES AT THIS POINT FOR LOW INCOME.

UH, THAT'S A DIFFERENT DISCUSSION.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DEBOSKY.

THANK YOU, SIR.

I JUST WANT TO THANK KEN FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE, EDUCATE ME ON HOW YOU MAKE, UH, SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING.

YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DID THAT TOUR AND WE SPENT MANY HOURS AND I ASKED YOU HOW AND WHY AND ALL THAT.

SO, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING HOW THE WATER FLOW AND THE SWAMP AND THE FLOODPLAIN.

AND SO I'M, I'M, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT, BUT EVEN MORE OF HOPEFULLY THE POSSIBILITY THAT WHAT WE CAN DO HERE IN OUR FLOODPLAIN IN OUR ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT.

SO JUST LOOKING OFF OF THIS, I'LL BE LOOKING AT THIS.

WE'LL LEARN FROM IT.

DEFINITELY.

WE SHOULD BE GETTING OUR HYDROLOGY STUDY BACK PRETTY SOON.

SO THAT'S GONNA BE ANOTHER, UH, ASSET HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.

SO THANK YOU.

AND UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DEBOSKEY'S POINT.

I WANT THE CITIZENS TO BE AWARE, UH, MOST ALL OF THIS PROPERTY CAN ARE, WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE THAT'S IN THE FLOODPLAIN RIGHT NOW? WE HAVE ABOUT 350 ACRES THAT WE'RE UTILIZING.

WE, UH, AND THAT'S, THAT'S GENERATING ABOUT 125 ACRES.

SO IT'S OF USABLE LAND.

SO FOLKS, HE HAD TO PURCHASE 300 AND SOME ODD ACRES OF FLOODPLAIN TO GET 125 USABLE ACRES OUT OF IT.

AT A BIG COST.

WE'RE STILL SPENDING MONEY.

YOU'RE STILL SPENDING MONEY.

BUT, UH, YEAH.

THANK YOU KEN.

THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS.

UM, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER LIGHTS.

I WANT US ALL TO REMEMBER THIS LIKE YOU SAID DAY.

I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I MET KEN AND HE TOLD ME THE VISION.

IT WAS LIKE, OH MY GOODNESS.

BUT THEN WHERE I TALKED TO HIM, HE'S A DREAMER.

BUT HE'S DONE THINGS LIKE THIS.

AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE A DREAMER TO COME UP WITH IDEAS LIKE THIS.

YEAH, HE DID.

AND IT'S IN GRAND PRAIRIE.

AND WHERE DOES WELL BE STAFF? HOW CLOSE IS IT TO THE TRE RIGHT THERE.

B ACROSS, WE WILL BE, PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO RIDE THEIR BIKES FROM THIS ADDITION TO THE TRE.

FOLKS OR WALK MM-HMM .

BUILDING.

TO THE TRE AND GO ANYWHERE AND SOMEDAY MAYBE PICK UP A TRAIN, GO TO DALLAS AND GO TO HOUSTON ON A FAST TRAIN.

MAYBE, MAYBE.

BUT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GET ON THE TRE TODAY AND GET OVER ON DART OR GET IN FORT WORTH RIGHT FROM THAT LOCATION.

VERIDIAN IS ACROSS THE STREET.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, THE GOLF COURSE ACROSS THE STREET IS IN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

WE'RE WORKING WITH A DEVELOPMENT ON THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY, WHICH WILL NOT BE AS GRANDIOSE AS THIS, BUT IT WILL COMPLIMENT IT NOT COMPETE.

COMPLIMENTED.

VERY WELL.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT TONIGHT,

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KEN.

SO HAPPY FOR YOU.

WE HAVEN'T VOTED YET, BUT I THINK I KNOW WHAT THE VOTE'S GONNA BE.

GOOD.

COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PROM, CLEMSON, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER LIKES OR SPEAKER CARDS.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

AND YES, THANK YOU FOR THAT EXCELLENT PRESENTATION.

UH, I DON'T THINK WE ALL HAD A CONCEPT OF THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS PROJECT UNTIL WE SAW THAT.

AND I DON'T THINK WE EVEN HAVE, UM, THE CONCEPT OF THE MAGNITUDE EVEN AS OF YET OF THE FUTURE THAT THIS WILL BRING TO OUR CITY.

AND I WILL REMEMBER THIS NIGHT IN HISTORY AND, UM, IT IS A BEAUTIFUL SETTING.

THANK YOU, KEN, FOR LETTING ME SEE THE SETTING FOR MYSELF AND TO SEE YOUR VISION AS WELL.

AND, UM, WITH THAT SAID, OH, AND HE'S ALSO OPEN TO THE CONCEPT OF A GROCERY STORE IN DISTRICT ONE .

OH, THEY WON'T.

OH NO, THEY WON'T CONSIDER THAT DISTRICT ONE.

THEY MAY, THEY'LL STILL DRIVE TO TOM THUMB OVER IN ARLINGTON.

THEY MAY ST THEY MAY EVEN HAVE TWO COME ON.

TWO GROCERY.

THEY DON'T WANT A GROCERY STORE.

WE MAY, THEY WANT A SPECIFIC GROCERY STORE.

THAT'S ENOUGH OF THAT.

ANYWAY, WITH THAT, HAVE HAVING SAID THAT, AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE APPROVAL OF ITEMS NUMBER 38 AND 39 AND SAVANNAH.

WOULD THAT BE WITH CONDITIONS AS PRESENTED IS ALL AS PRESENTED.

SECOND, WE HAVE SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEDON BCHA.

THIRD BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS .

ANY YOU OPPOSED, SAY NAY.

KEN, SO HAPPY FOR YOU.

I, I AM.

THIS NEXT ITEM IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR AN AREA IN OUR ETJ SOUTHGATE.

LET'S GO.

ITEM 40.

[40. CPA-23-10-0023 – Comprehensive Plan Amendment - Amendment to the 2018 Comprehensive Plan by Updating the Southgate SH 360 Corridor Plan to Update the Category Definition and Examples for “Business Park” and Amend the Southgate Future Land Use Map to Change the Future Land Use Category for Ellis County Parcel ID’s 181262, 242136, 261509, 261512, 190600, 261510, and 261508 from the categories of Mixed Use, Mixed Residential, Low Density Residential, Open Space/Drainage to Business Park and Open Space/Drainage to Mixed Residential, Open Space/Drainage, and Business Park and Ellis County Parcel ID’s 190585, 190602, and 245944 from Mixed Residential and Commercial, Retail, and Office to Mixed Use (On November 13, 2023, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 8-0)]

SO THE PROPOSAL IS TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION FROM MIXED USE, MIXED RESIDENTIAL LOAD DENSITY, RESIDENTIAL OPEN SPACE AND DRAINAGE TO, UH, BUSINESS PARK AND OPEN SPACE DRAINAGE.

AND THEN FROM MIXED RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICE TO MIXED USE.

UM, SO ON THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION AND THE PROPOSED.

AND THE PROPOSED IS TO ALIGN THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP WITH, UH, A PLAN FOR THAT AREA SO THAT IT'S CONSISTENT.

UH, THIS REQUEST ALSO AMENDS THE DEFINITION FOR BUSINESS PARK AND YOU CAN SEE THE CHANGES SHOWN IN RED ON THE SCREEN.

UM, BUSINESS PARK DESIGNATION WAS SAID, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL INCLUDING OFFICE SPACE AND DATA CENTERS.

IT ALSO UPDATES A FIGURE ON PAGE 59 OF THE SOUTHGATE PLAN TO INCLUDE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, INCLUDING DATA CENTER IS PROPOSED.

UH, BUSINESS PARK ON NOVEMBER 13TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF EIGHT TO ZERO STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS WELL.

I HAD TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION, UH, A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 40 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF SECOND.

MOTION IS SECOND.

AND ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

THIS NEXT ITEM IS A TEXT AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 11 OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.

MOTION CARRIES ITEM 41.

[41. TAM-23-10-0011 - Text Amendment - Article 11: Performance Standards. An Ordinance of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas, amending Article 11: Performance Standards of the Unified City Council Meeting – November 21, 2023 Page 7 of 7 Development Code to allow alcoholic beverages to be sold for on-premise consumption as an incidental use in a museum and aquarium located within the I-30 Corridor Overlay District provided certain conditions are met; Repealing all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith; Containing a savings clause and a severability clause; and to become effective upon its passage and approval (On November 13, 2023, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 8-0)]

IT'S PROPOSING TO ALLOW ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO BE SOLD FOR ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION AS INCIDENTAL USE TO A MUSEUM AND AQUARIUM WITH THE I 30 CORRIDOR OVERLAY DISTRICT.

IT ALSO ADDS SOME LANGUAGE THAT, UH, NAILS DOWN EXACTLY HOW THAT WOULD WORK.

AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, AN AMENDMENT TO THE UDC LOOKING AT THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT TO THE NORTH AND THE CORRIDOR AND BEING PROACTIVE.

UM, SO ON NOVEMBER 13TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF EIGHT TO ZERO.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS WELL.

I'D ENTERTAIN THE MOTION.

MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 41 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF.

SECOND, WE HAVE MOTION.

AFTER THE P AND Z MEETING.

MOTION CARRIES ITEM 42.

ITEM 42 IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR OUTSIDE STORAGE FOR FLEXING GATE.

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

IT'S OWN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

IT'S WITHIN A CORRIDOR OVERLAY DISTRICT.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT AND IT'S CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SINGLE FAMILY ZONING, THE OUTSIDE STORAGE DOES REQUIRE AN SUP.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE AREAS IN RED ON THE SCREEN IS WHERE THEY'RE PROPOSING TO ALLOW THE OUTSIDE STORAGE.

IT WILL NOTE THAT THERE'S OUTSIDE STORAGE TODAY.

THIS SUP WILL BRING THAT INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE.

UM, WE DID SEND OUT NOTIFICATIONS AND WAS RECEIVED WRITTEN OPPOSITION.

YOU CAN SEE THOSE LOCATIONS IDENTIFIED ON THE MAP ON THE SCREEN IN RED.

PART OF STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE EITHER ING ADDITIONAL LIVING SCREEN OR FIXED LATCH, THE ROT IRON TO, UM, SCREEN THE OUTSIDE STORAGE.

SO IT'S NOT VISIBLE.

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THE APPLICANT TOOK A LOOK AT SOME OPTIONS, UH, TO SCREEN IT, BUT ALSO PROVIDE SOME SOUND, UM, PROOFING OR NOISE REDUCTION TO THAT.

AND SO THE THREE IMAGES ON, ON THE SCREEN ARE REALLY KIND OF THE, UM, TYPES OF FENCING THAT THEY'RE RESEARCHING RIGHT NOW.

UM, SO ON NOVEMBER 13TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ONE.

AND THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.

UH, THE OUTSIDE STORAGE OF MATERIAL SHALL BE SET BACK FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY, A MINIMUM OF 40 FEET.

I'LL NOTE THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION INCREASE THAT TO 50 FEET.

THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE EITHER ADDITIONAL LIVING SCREENING OR A FIXED LATS, THE WR IRON FENCE WHEREVER THE OUTSIDE STORAGE IS VISIBLE FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY.

AND THEN THE SITE OPERATION SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECTIONS OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AND CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES.

MAYOR PROAM, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HER? SURE.

UM, JUST QUICK QUESTION ON ITEM NUMBER THREE.

UH, THE SITE OPERATIONS, IS THERE ANY RESTRICTIONS OF WHAT TIME OF DAY THEY COULD ACTUALLY HAVE OPERATIONS RUNNING AROUND THE STORAGE AREA? IS THAT COVERED WITH THE UDC CODE.

SO THERE IS REQUIREMENTS FOR WHAT IS ALLOWED FOR DECIBELS FOR A PARTICULAR PERIOD OF TIME.

THERE'S SOUND REQUIREMENTS, BUT NOT, IT DOESN'T FORBID THEM TO MOVE, BUT IF THEY EXCEED A CERTAIN SOUND AND THE REQUIREMENTS ARE TIGHTER AT NIGHT.

THAT'S CORRECT.

WHICH, SO WHETHER OR NOT WE APPROVE THIS STILL, THERE'S THOSE REQUIREMENTS.

AND THEN IF WE PUT THAT PART OF THE MOTION AS FAR AS THEY'RE LIMITED TO ONLY DAYTIME HOURS, IS THAT ALLOWED OR IS THAT NOT ALLOWED? SO THIS REQUEST IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE OUTSIDE STORAGE.

NO.

BUT OPERATING THAT, COULD WE STIPULATE HOURS OF OPERATION? WAS THE QUESTION, MEGAN, PROBABLY TOO DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE IN REGARDS TO KNOWING WHEN THEY'RE OUT THERE OPERATING WELL, THAT'S TRUE.

THE BEST THING IS THE NOISE.

RIGHT? RIGHT.

AND IF WE HEAR COME, UH, UH, LOOK, WE ALL KNOW THE ISSUE WITH THAT ESTABLISHMENT HAS BEEN NOISE STAFF HAS GOTTEN WITH THEM AND IT HAS HELPED.

BUT OUR CONCERN IS, WILL THIS INCREASE THE NOISE? I WOULD SAY WE NEED TO MAKE THEM LIVE WITHIN THE RULES OF THE NOISE LEVEL, PERIOD, WHETHER WE ALLOW THIS OR NOT.

IF WE NEED STAFF TO REALLY RANDOMLY GO OUT THERE AND DO SOME DECIMAL THINGS, NOT JUST WAIT ON NEIGHBORS TO COMPLAIN, BECAUSE THAT HAS BEEN A PROBLEM IN THE PAST.

EVEN ON THE FRONT SIDE WHERE THEY DON'T STORE THINGS OUTSIDE, THEY'LL HAVE THE FRONT DOORS OPEN AND OUR GOOD FRIENDS THAT LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM US CAN HEAR IT EVEN WITHOUT OUTSIDE STORAGE.

SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY STAY IN COMPLIANCE.

THEY BUILD A LOT OF BUMPERS THERE, UH, 24 7.

AND SO, UM, WE, WE, WHETHER WE APPROVE THIS OR NOT, STAFF, WE GOTTA GET A HANDLE ON THE NOISE.

CHIEF, WE GOTTA GET A HANDLE ON THE NOISE.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HUMPHREYS.

WHAT, DO YOU KNOW THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THAT BUILDING? I DO NOT.

I WOULD HAVE TO, TO LOOK UP THE, I HAVE TO.

DOES ANYONE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE BUILDING IS? IT'S 430,000 SQUARE FEET, APPROXIMATELY.

APPROXIMATELY 88.

I REMEMBER YOU LAST, LAST TIME.

SO MY COMMENT IS THAT IN FLEXING GATE IS A GREAT BUSINESS AND, AND IN, IN MANY REGARDS THAT WE'RE LUCKY THEY'RE HERE, UH, SELLING STUFF, HOWEVER, TO, TO, TO NEED 480,000 SQUARE FEET AND THEN 2000 SQUARE FEET OUTSIDE SEEMS A LITTLE STRANGE.

AND WITH THE, THE IDEA OF A WAREHOUSE IS THAT IT'S A HUGE BUILDING THAT YOU CAN PUT THINGS IN THE CORNER AND UP TOP AND STACK 'EM AND PUT 'EM AWAY, UM, TO PUT THINGS OUTSIDE.

AND YOU MAY BE TOO BIG FOR YOUR BUILDING AND, AND MAYBE CONSIDER ELSEWHERE.

UM, UH, PARTICULARLY WHEN, UM, YOU'RE ALREADY, UH, CREATING A PROBLEM FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO, UM, THIS IS AN ITEM THAT I ABSOLUTELY CANNOT SUPPORT.

THAT'S MY 2 CENTS.

THANK YOU, COLE.

UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

WE HAVE A SPEAKER OR DO WE NOT? YES.

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JASPER WALKER.

BOTH OF THEM COME DOWN.

ONE OF YOU TALK, THEN THE OTHER ONE TALK.

AND MAYBE YOU'LL AGREE AS LONG AS HE DOESN'T GET ANY OF MY FIVE MINUTES .

THAT'S RIGHT.

WE'LL DO I BET YOU'RE FASTER THAN HIM THOUGH.

, MAYBE.

MAYOR.

COUNCIL, THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

I KNOW IT'S LATE AND I'LL TRY TO MAKE THIS AS QUICKLY AS YOU GOT FIVE MINUTES POSSIBLE.

, UM, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SPOKESPERSON IS ILL TONIGHT.

SO, DEBORAH, DEBBIE, DEBBIE JOHNSTON.

DEBBIE, DEBBIE JOHNSTON.

SO, UM, I'M FILLING IN FOR HER AT THIS, AT THIS TIME.

INITIALLY THIS PROPERTY WAS, UH, A, WAS TO BE A WAREHOUSE WITH FOUR INDIVIDUAL TENANTS THAT HAD VERY LITTLE IMPACT ON MATTHEW ROAD, AND THEY RECEIVED A BARDEN ADDRESS SO THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD NOT HAVE ISSUES WITH TRAFFIC AND, AND NOISE.

UM, THERE ALSO WERE SEVERAL, UH, NO THROUGH TRUCK SIGNS THAT HAD BEEN POSTED ALONG MATTHEW ROAD SINCE, UH, SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN THEN.

AND, AND NOW THOSE SIGNS HAVE BEEN, I THINK ALL BUT MAYBE ONE HAD BEEN REMOVED.

WELL, WE NEED TO CHECK INTO THAT, PLEASE.

BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SEMIS REGARDLESS.

COME DOWN, MATTHEW.

REGARDLESS OF THIS, REGARDLESS OF THIS, THERE SHOULDN'T BE TRUCKS ON MATTHEW.

THAT'S CORRECT.

AND WE HAVE 'EM GOT SEPARATE ISSUE PICTURES.

WE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, NO, WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THAT.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

STAFF IS NOT TAKING NOTE.

UM, MATT'S GOING OUT TO PUT BACK UP RIGHT NOW.

SO WE KNOW THAT WITH OPERATIONS A LOT OF TIMES COMES THE NOISE.

AND THAT'S OUR BIGGEST CONCERN TONIGHT.

AND BY THE WAY, MR. BAGS HAD TO LEAVE, BUT HE HAS ITEM WAS 42 AND I MEAN, YEAH, 42 INSTEAD OF 22.

WE'LL MAKE THAT CORRECTION.

CORRECTION, IF YOU'LL, YOU'LL MAKE THAT NOTE.

UM, SO THE NOISE, UH, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A ORDINANCE IN THE CITY THAT ADDRESSES THE NOISE AND IS ARTICLE 13, SECTION 13 DASH 2 75.

UM, THE NIGHTTIME NOISE, UH, IS SUPPOSED TO BE, UM, OR THE QUIET TIME IS SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE BETWEEN 10:00 PM AND 6:00 AM AND IT ALSO ADDRESSES THE NUISANCE, WHICH IS, UH, UNREASONABLY LOUD, IRRITATING, VEXING AND DISTURBING NOISE.

WELL, WE HEAR THAT 24 7.

AND THAT'S WHAT, IT'S A BEEPING, Y'ALL TOLD ME.

AND WE'VE GOTTA TAKE CARE OF THAT REGARDLESS TO THE MOTION TONIGHT.

THAT THAT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED.

THAT OUR STAFF IS AWARE OF THAT WE ARE ALL ON, WE ALL HERE AT 24 7 AND MR. BAGS HAS TO EVEN TURN THEIR AIR CONDITIONING ON TO RUN FAN RUN CONSTANTLY TO MUFFLE THAT NOISE.

STAFF.

WHAT IT IS, IS THE BACKING UP OF THE FORKLIFTS AND THE TRUCKS AT NIGHT.

UH, AGAIN, JANINE, WHETHER THIS MOTION HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.

WE'VE GOTTA FIX THAT.

WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I'LL TELL DEBBIE, YOU DID GREAT.

I'LL RESERVE THE RIGHT TO TELL HER SOMETHING DIFFERENT ON JASPER.

YOU OKAY? JASPER? I'VE GOT SOME MORE TO SAY.

COME ON.

SHE HADN'T ANNOUNCED YET.

STUFF THAN WHAT THEY'VE ALREADY GOT OUT THERE.

OH, SORRY.

JASPER WALKER.

CLEAR UP SOMETHING HERE.

UH, YOU HAVE THE OPINION.

NEVERMIND.

YOU, YOU, IF IF IF I, MY WIFE IS NOT COMPLETELY IN CONTROL OF ME.

JUST WANT YOU TO GET THAT STRAIGHT.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

HOWEVER, MOST OF THE TIME IT'S A GOOD THING YOU DON'T SEE YOUR SIGN.

SHE JUST PUT UP MOST OF THE TIME.

IT'S A GOOD THING WHEN SHE'S IN CONTROL.

UH, MY ONLY ADDITION TO WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY IS THAT I DON'T THINK, UH, I'M FAMILIAR WITH FORKLIFTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT AND BUILDING THINGS IN MANUFACTURING AND, UH, STORAGE IS NOT REALLY, UH, UH, I THINK WE SHOULD FIGURE OUT THAT, THAT THEY SHOULD FIGURE OUT HOW TO, UH, DO THEIR STORAGE IN A WAY THAT IS DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS, UH, IF, IF ANY AT ALL.

AND, AND APPARENTLY THE FORKLIFTS GO IN AND OUT.

THAT'S NOT IT.

THEY BANG BIG CON, UH, STEEL CONTAINERS OR COMPARTMENTS OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY HAUL THEIR MATERIALS IN ALL THE TIME, ALL NIGHT LONG, ALL THE TIME.

JUST BRINGING IN, YOU KNOW, BRINGING IN MATERIALS TO WORK ON INSIDE.

AND LIKE, I, I DON'T GET TO HEAR WHAT GOES ON ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THEIR DOORS OPEN, BUT THERE'S PLENTY OF OUT OUTSIDE STUFF GOING ON, ON RIGHT NOW, NORTH SIDE.

AND THAT'S MY QUESTION.

WHY DO THEY WANT OUTSIDE STORAGE? 'CAUSE I DON'T SEE WHERE THEY GOT ROOM TO STORE ANYMORE

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THEY'RE TOO BIG FOR THEIR BUILDING IN THEIR, IN THEIR PROPERTY.

AND, AND JASPER SAVANNAH SAID IT RIGHT, BUT SHE DIDN'T SAY IS THEY HAVE, THEY'RE USING OUTSIDE STORAGE.

AND IF WE APPROVE IT TONIGHT, IT WOULD BE BRING THAT IN COMPLIANCE.

IF IT'S NOT APPROVED TONIGHT, WE NEED TO GET THAT INCOMPLIANCE IN COMPLIANCE BY NOT ALLOWING THEM TO HAVE OUTSIDE STORAGE.

THAT'S THE SECOND.

THAT WAS MY QUE THAT WAS MY QUESTION IN THE FIRST PLACE.

IF WE DIVIDE THIS, THEY NEED TO NOT THAT STORY.

THEY'RE, THEYRE JUST DOING IT ANYWAY.

WELL, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT.

THAT'S ALL I GOTTA SAY.

AND I THINK NO'S ABATEMENT MEANS PROBABLY SHUT EVERYTHING DOWN OR ELSE FIND 'EM ANOTHER PLACE.

KEEP THE DOORS CLOSED, MOVE SOME OF THAT, MOVE SOME OF THAT STORAGE AND DO LIKE THE CAR BILL.

UH, LIKE, UH, GENERAL MOTORS DOES.

PUT IT ON A TRUCK AND BRING IT IN AS YOU NEED IT.

INSTEAD OF HAULING AROUND OUT THERE IN THE BACK DOOR ALL DAY.

IT'S NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO TELL 'EM HOW TO DO IT.

IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE 'EM FOLLOW THE RULES.

ABSOLUTELY.

MY PART SET.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR COMING TONIGHT.

THAT CONCLUDES THE SPEAKERS MAYOR PRO TEM IS IN YOUR DISTRICT.

WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I, I DO WANT TO THANK THE RESIDENTS THAT CAME OUT TONIGHT.

I APPRECIATE Y'ALLS EMAILS AND Y'ALL COMMENTS.

UM, GIVEN THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS OUT HERE THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE WORKED OUT AND WE REALLY HAVE TO GET THE HANDLE OF THAT.

I MOVE THAT WE DENY ITEM 42, UM, ON THE, ON THE ITEM TODAY.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO DENY IT ALL IN FAVORS.

A OPPOSED SAY NAY.

NOW STAFF, WE GOTTA TAKE CARE OF GET 'EM IN COMPLIANCE.

MEGAN, SAMUEL FOSTER, PATSY RAY.

THAT CONCLUDES THE EVERYTHING EXCEPT OUR CITIZEN

[CITIZEN COMMENTS]

COMMENTS.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS PATSY RAY AND I LIVE AT 2217 EL PASO STREET.

BEEN THERE FOR OVER 50 YEARS.

I JUST WANT TO PLANT A FEW SEEDS TODAY WITH COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER.

I LISTENED TO THE FOUR 30 MEETING AND YOU'RE CREATING WORK FOR ME, WHICH IS GOOD.

AS A PRECINCT CHAIR, IF YOU DECIDE ON LIMITED TERMS FOR MY COUNCIL MEMBERS, I HELP EVERYBODY THAT I KNOW THAT COMES TO MY DISTRICT.

MY VOTERS AND NEIGHBORS LOVE HAVING MISS GEORGIA AS OUR CITY COUNCIL PERSON.

WE DON'T CARE IF SHE SERVED 20 YEARS BECAUSE WE ARE LOYAL TO HER AND WE WILL LOYAL TO HER MOTHER.

MY AT LARGE, UH, COUNCIL PEOPLE, I CAN COUNT ON YOU WHEN I NEED SOMETHING AND I DO NEED SOMETHING FROM YOU.

I'M PLANTING SEEDS.

REMEMBER, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT GONNA GIVE ME AN ANSWER TONIGHT, BUT YOU CAN THINK ABOUT IT.

UH, I RIDE THE VAN AND I'VE BEEN SICK FOR THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS.

AND TO CATCH THE VAN OUTSIDE OF MY ADDRESS WAS AN INCONVENIENT FOR ME.

AND THERE ARE OTHER MEMBERS THAT I'VE TALKED TO, MY LIBRARY BOARD MEMBERS, MY GENEALOGY MEMBERS WHO CATCH THE BAND AT SOME TIME.

WE ARE OLD AND WE DON'T MOVE VERY FAST.

SO I WOULD LIKE FOR THE DIRECTOR TO CONSIDER MS. GEORGIA PICKING ME UP AT MY ADDRESS AND DROPPING ME OFF WHERE I NEED TO BE INSTEAD OF ME TRYING TO WALK A BLOCK OR TWO BLOCKS.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

KEEP DOING THE JOB THAT YOU'RE DOING BECAUSE WHEN YOU DO WHAT YOU DO, YOU CREATE FOR THE PRECINCT CHAIR OF DISTRICT ONE TO REACH OUT TO THE VOTERS.

EDUCATION IS THE IMPORTANT THING.

I SUGGEST THAT IF YOU ALL DO WHAT YOU TALKED ABOUT IN THE EXECUTIVE IN THE EARLY MEETING, THE FOUR 30 MEETING, LET'S DO A SURVEY.

GIVE ME A SURVEY OF WHAT YOU ALL WANT THE VOTERS TO DO BEFORE YOU PUT IT ON THE BALLOT.

[02:15:02]

UM, A WEEK AGO FRIDAY, I WAS WALKING DOWN NEWBERRY STREET AND I NOTICED SOME, UH, EXPOSED ELECTRICAL LINES.

WENT AHEAD AND DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

UH, THAT SATURDAY I WALKED BY AND THIS CONTROL BOX BY SPECTRUM, YOU CAN SEE KIND OF HARD TO SEE THESE THREE EXPOSED WIRES THAT ARE ALL CUT.

I THOUGHT, HMM, WHAT THE HECK.

AND THEN I HAD A LITTLE FLASHBACK TO APRIL, 1975.

THE FIRST TIME I SAW SOMEBODY ELECTROCUTED, A MAN DIED.

I SAW TWO OTHER MEN.

THE ELECTRICITY CAME IN THEIR RIGHT HAND.

IT CAME OUT THEIR LEFT FOOT 'CAUSE OF THE IRVING FIRE DEPARTMENT.

THEY BROUGHT 'EM ACROSS THE STREET TO US AT IRVING COMMUNITY, THE IRVING FIREFIGHTERS.

WE HAD TO REMOVE THE CLOTHING FROM THE, FROM THESE TWO MEN.

THE OTHER MAN WAS DEAD PULLING THEIR CLOTHING OFF.

WE PULLED THE SKIN OFF.

I COULD SMELL THAT BURNT SKIN.

I THOUGHT, NOPE, I'M GONNA DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.

I CALLED 9 1 1 GRAND PRAIRIE CAME OUT.

FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME OUT AND LOOKED AT IT.

WE, THEY SENT THE REFERRAL TO SPECTRUM.

TOOK SPECTRUM A COUPLE HOURS TO COME OUT.

NOTHING.

I WENT AHEAD SUNDAY AND SENT MY COMPLAINT TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.

THAT FOLLOWING MONDAY, I WAS CONTACTED BY ENCORE.

ENCORE TOLD ME THAT THAT LINE WAS LIVE.

THAT DISPATCHER CALLED ENCORE.

UH, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN ABOUT IT? UH, THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE ENCORE WAS CONNECTED BY THE, CONTACTED BY THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

I WAS CONTACTED BY CARLOS AL ALVAREZ OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

I HOPE YOU HAVE THIS, YOU NEED TO READ THIS.

UM, HE SENT ME A TEXT MESSAGE SAYING WE SUBMITTED A TICKET.

WE PROVIDE THEM DETAILS AND PICTURES.

WHEN DEALING WITH SITUATIONS SUCH AS THESE, WE URGE THEM TO MAKE THE REPAIRS AS PROMPTLY AS POSSIBLE.

THEY ARE AWARE THE WIRE IS LIVE AND THE IMMEDIATE DANGER THIS IS CREATING.

IF SOMEONE SHOULD MAKE CONTACT, CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE ADMITTED.

THIS IS A LIVE WIRE, UH, GOING ON DOWN HERE.

CARLOS AVALARA SAYS, WE PUSH SPECTRUM BUT WE DON'T SHOVE.

WE MUST MAINTAIN A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.

THIS KEEPS US IN DIRECT COMMUNICATION.

WE TRY AVOID BEING SENT TO THEIR AUTOMATED SYSTEM AS THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO DO.

SO.

THIS IS SOME NAVE CHAMBERLAIN APPEASEMENT OF SPECTRUM.

NAVE CHAMBERLAIN WANTED TO APPEASE THE NAZIS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NO, WE DON'T APPEASE SPECTRUM.

THERE IS NO OVERSIGHT OF AT T OF, OF CABLE AND INTERNET BY THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.

THANK YOU RICK PERRY.

THAT'S WHAT THE REPUBLICANS DID BACK IN 2000 OR ABOUT 2006.

THERE'S NO OVERSIGHT.

THE RARES FOR THE OTHER UTILITIES.

WHAT WAS BEING DONE? UM, CARLOS AND I GOT ON A BAD LITTLE, UM, UM, REFERRAL HERE.

UM, HE SAYS, I, I WILL EMAIL THEM THE PICTURES, REMIND THEM THEY ARE EMAIL.

LIKE I'VE STATED BEFORE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO MODEL REQUEST UPDATES ON THE REPAIRS.

WHEN I TALK TO CARLOS, I WANTED TO KNOW WHO'S THE CONTACT PERSON.

WELL, WE SEND AN EMAIL.

YOU SEND AN EMAIL.

WHAT, WHAT THE HECK'S GOING ON HERE? YOU HAVE A LIVE LINE.

YOU HAVE A LIVE ELECTRICAL LINE ON THE GROUND.

WHEN IS SPECTRUM GOING TO COME OUT ON THOSE THREE BOXES? THERE'S NOTHING OF SPECTRUM.

IN CASE OF EMERGENCY CALLED ONE 800.

THERE'S NOTHING.

THEY'VE BEEN THERE.

BACK IN 2009, THAT ELECTRIC METER WAS HANGING OFF ON THE GROUND ONTO NEWBURY.

I CALLED SPECTRUM.

I CALLED ENCORE IN 2009.

I THINK FINALLY I GOT SOMETHING DONE BY CALLING NINE ONE ONE A DEDICATED EXPERIENCE CALL TAKER UNDER THE CONTROL OF PAM MONY ON DISPATCH.

WITHIN ONE HOUR I WAS OUT THERE, ENCORE WAS ON SCENE, TOOK THAT METER, SECURED, IT DID EVERYTHING PROPERLY SO NO ONE WOULD GET ELECTROCUTED.

THE KIDS OUT THERE FARTING AROUND, MESSING WITH THE STUFF.

THEY'RE KIDS.

FOLKS, THIS IS ALL I'M ASKING.

YOU KNOW, WE DON'T DO HALF ASS IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS ANYMORE.

SPECTRUM IS HALF ASS, BUT NOT IN GRAND PRAIRIE.

WE HAVE TO HAVE A DEDICATED PERSON THAT WE REACH OUT TO SPECTRUM.

WHO'S GONNA GET KILLED IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS? GO TO DEPOSITION, GO TO DISCOVERY, GO TO COURT IN THIS AND SEE WHAT THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE WILL LOOK BACK.

UNDERSTAND.

I SAW SOMEONE DIE DECEMBER 17TH, 1984,

[02:20:01]

WAITING FOR AN AMBULANCE.

I SAW PEOPLE DIE IN THE EIGHTIES AND THE NINETIES BECAUSE OF THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

LET'S FIX THIS MILLION.

CAROL, UH, HARRISON LAFAYETTE.

DON'T BE DELAYING THIS.

HELLO? HELLO.

HELLO, HELLO.

I'M CAROL HARRISON LAFAYETTE.

I AM THE FOUNDER OF COMMUNITY STEPPING.

I'M ALSO THE CO-FOUNDER OF FEEL GOOD FRIDAY.

THE MENTAL HEALTH WELLNESS EXPERIENCE THAT LEADS TO THE SUPER BOWL.

YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN LIED ON, MISUNDERSTOOD, AND TALKED ABOUT.

YOU PROBABLY HAVE BEEN LIED ON, MISUNDERSTOOD AND TALKED ABOUT.

YOU KNOW, UM, I'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME PEOPLE AND YOU ALL HAVE PROBABLY TALKED ABOUT PEOPLE, BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO TALK ABOUT PEOPLE TO SABOTAGE THEM, TO SABOTAGE Y'ALL'S NAMES.

YOU ALL CAN PROBABLY IMAGINE THAT THOSE WHO WERE ELECTED IN YOU PROBABLY HEARD ALL KINDS OF BAD THINGS ABOUT YOU ALL JUST SO THAT THEY COULD PROBABLY WIN WITH YOUR COMPONENTS.

THAT'S WHAT IT SEEMS LIKE HAPPENS.

IT GOES ON, IT'S LIKE A BROKEN RECORD WITH ME.

I'M ALWAYS SAYING, WHEN AM I GONNA GET THE CHANCE TO GET ON THE AGENDA TO GET FUNDING? UH, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS MENTAL HEALTH WELLNESS, UM, CERTIFYING SO MANY LEADERS, ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE DALWORTH COMMUNITY, DALWORTH RECREATION CENTER WHERE I WENT TO THE RECREATION CENTER.

I WAS RAISED UP IN DALWORTH.

MY CHILDHOOD TRAUMA STARTED IN DALWORTH.

LIKE I SAY, MY FIRST JOB WAS HERE IN THE CITY HALL FOR THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AT AGE 13 YEARS OLD, 14 AND 15.

I HAVE TO TAKE A DEEP BREATH.

FREDERICK DOUGLAS SAID IT'S EASY TO RAISE A CHILD AND TO REPAIR A BROKEN MAN.

THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY MENTAL HEALTH MATTERED TO ME.

BEING TRAUMATIZED.

I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER UP WITH THE NATIONAL COUNSELOR FOR MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID.

THEY CERTIFY INDIVIDUALS TO BECOME CERTIFIED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS TO HELP INDIVIDUALS IN CRISIS SITUATIONS.

I STOOD HERE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, UH, WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO CAME AND GOT CERTIFICATIONS.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKED ABOUT 'EM IS BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAD THEIR OWN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

I'VE BEEN KIND OF GUILTY, UH, BECAUSE I'VE HEARD THAT FROM SOME FAMILY MEMBERS THAT I'M CALLED CRAZY.

CAROL, YOU'RE CRAZY.

WATCH OUT FOR CAROL.

SHE'S CRAZY.

SHE HAS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.

HEY, I'M PROBABLY CRAZY.

PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT CRAZY ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND GETTING THE EDUCATION OUT.

I SOMETIMES WONDER EVEN, UH, FA MY FAMILY MEMBERS, MY OWN SISTER, IF SHE ADVOCATED FOR ME JUST LIKE SHE ADVOCATED FOR SOME OF YOU ALL, MAYBE I WOULD'VE GOTTEN FUNDING.

I DON'T WANNA BE OVERLOOKED.

UM, I I GET INDIVIDUALS AND I'M NOT UPSET ABOUT IT, THAT THEY COME IN, THEY GET CERTIFIED, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, THEY COME TO THE DALWORTH COMMUNITY AND UH, THEY'RE STEADY GETTING FUNDING.

ALL THE INFORMATION AND CONTACT THAT I GOT TWO WEEKS AGO, THEY DIDN'T GIVE IT TO ME.

THEY REACHED OUT MY UNDERSTANDING TO OTHERS, AND THEY WERE TOLD THAT THEY COULD APPLY FOR FUNDING.

WHEN MY NAME COMES.

REMEMBER THAT I'M REPEATEDLY FOR EIGHT YEARS WE'VE BEEN SERVING IN GRAND PRAIRIE.

YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY LAUGHED.

THEY LAUGHED.

THEY LITERALLY LAUGHED AND SAY, SAY, WELL, YOU DON'T HAVE A LOCATION ANYMORE.

I'M I, THIS IS NO SECRET YOU ALL, I GOT LOCKED OUT.

I HAD TO CHOOSE WHETHER OR NOT I WANNA PAY THE $1,200 A YEAR.

UH, ALSO PROVIDE THE LUNCHES THAT I DO FOR THOSE WHO GET CERTIFIED, UH, FOR MENTAL HEALTH.

SO I COULDN'T AFFORD IT.

THE ONLY, THE ONLY TYPE OF RESOURCE WE GET.

I PARTNERED UP WITH THE AT T SATAN, JERRY JONES LEGENDS.

WE GET A LITTLE SOMETHING IN THERE RIGHT ALONG WITH THE NATIONAL ACCOUNTS THAT PROVIDES THE BOOKS.

I WANT YOU ALL TO SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING, OKAY? BECAUSE IT DOES MATTER.

WHEN YOU'RE BROKEN, YOU TEND TO HURT PEOPLE.

SOME PEOPLE THAT'S BROKEN, THEY HAVE NOTHING TO GIVE AND NOTHING GOOD TO SAY ABOUT PEOPLE.

SO SOME OF YOU ALL GET RECRUITED, YOU GET YOUR OWN MIND AND YOU START JUDGING AND SAYING, WELL, MAYBE SHE IS A LITTLE BIT CRAZY.

MAYBE, MAYBE SHE IS A LITTLE BIT CRAZY, SO THEREFORE I DON'T WANNA WORK

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OR WE DON'T WANNA FUND SOMEONE CRAZY.

PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN WE, ONE OF THE THINGS I ASK PEOPLE WHEN I START THE TRAINING IS SPIRIT CHECK.

WE WANNA RESPECT EVERYBODY'S SPIRIT.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY SAY IS MENTAL HEALTH MATTER.

AND IT DOES MATTER.

WE ALL CAN FIND OURSELVES BROKEN.

WE ALL NEED HELP.

HELP ME, HELP ME TO PROVIDE THE TRAINING CONSTANTLY LIKE WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS.

I JUST WANT TO GET FUNDING.

THANK YOU VERY, I NEED HELP.

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.

ROBERT JOHNSON.

I HOPE AND PRAY EVERYBODY'S READY TO EAT THAT THANKSGIVING DINNER.

I KNOW I AM.

WELL, UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK Y'ALL FOR HEARING ME FOR A MOMENT.

I APPRECIATE, UH, THE YEARS AND, UH, HOPEFULLY THE ATTENTION THAT, UH, I'M BRINGING UP THIS SUBJECT WITH CAROL HARRISON LAFAYETTE AND MENTAL HEALTH.

UH, I'VE SPOKEN SEVERAL TIMES IN REGARDS TO THE SUPPORT OF THIS PARTICULAR THING.

I DON'T KNOW TOO MANY PLACES WHERE YOU CAN GO AND GET HELP FOR MENTAL HEALTH, UM, FOR FREE OR GET EDUCATED ON IT.

UH, MOST PEOPLE THAT EXPERIENCE IT LIKE MYSELF, I'VE DEALT WITH IT JUST BY EXPERIENCE, LEARN THE HARD WAY, HAD TO GO THROUGH SOMETHING TO FIND OUT THE DETAILS OF WHAT, WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO.

AND BY THEN IT WAS A LITTLE BIT LATE BECAUSE I WAS IN SHOCK AND AT AWE BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION.

UM, I LOOK AT THAT WITH THE CLASSES THAT SHE'S BEEN GIVING FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS.

I, I KNOW THAT WITH ME, HAVING ATTEND, UH, BOTH THE ADULT AND THE CHILDREN MENTAL HEALTH CLASSES AND GETTING CERTIFIED, IT WAS VERY MUCH SO WORTH IT.

I'VE HELPED SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE'S AND IT HELPED ME.

IT HELPED ME TO LEARN AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE.

I HAVE A SON THAT'S SCHIZOPHRENIC, A DAD WITH DEMENTIA, AND TRUST ME, IF I DIDN'T KNOW SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW NOW, IT, IT WOULD'VE DEVASTATED ME EVEN MORE.

SO JUST TO DEAL WITH IT.

I APPLAUD EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU IN REGARDS TO WHAT YOU DO BECAUSE EACH AND ONE OF YOU ARE PART OF THE BODY FOR HERE AT GRAND PRAIRIE, UM, EACH ONE OF YOU PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN REGARDS TO WHAT YOU DO FOR THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

IT ALLOWS YOU TO BE ABLE TO BE SEEN AND HEARD BY SO MANY OTHER PLACES THAT OTHERS WANT TO COME HERE TO BE A PART OF THAT.

I RESPECT CAROL IN REGARDS TO WHAT SHE'S DOING IN THE COMMUNITY.

IT MEANS SO MUCH.

IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT WHAT SHE HAS BEEN DOING WITH NO FUNDING OUTSIDE OF THE PEOPLE THAT DONATE TO HER AND COMING OUT OF HER OWN POCKET AS WELL AS MINE AND OTHERS THAT HAVE DONATED.

I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH DOING SO, BUT SHE NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT AT THIS POINT.

SHE'S IN A SITUATION WHERE SHE'S JUST CRYING OUT FOR SOMETHING THAT SHE LOVES DOING AND IT'S HELPING PEOPLE.

IT'S MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

GRAND PRAIRIE IS GROWING RAPIDLY RIGHT NOW, AND SHE IS DOING EVERYTHING IN HER POWER TO MAKE SURE THAT IN THE PROCESS, PEOPLE THAT HAVE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES OR THAT WANT TO LEARN ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, SHE'S DOING HER BEST TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

AND THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT HER AND WHAT SHE BELIEVES IN.

IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT EVEN US THAT GET EDUCATED IN REGARDS TO IT.

IT HAS ALLOWED ME TO HELP SO MANY OTHERS IN REGARDS TO HELPING THEM IN THE PROCESS OF WHAT I LEARNED IN CLASS.

SO I SAY THAT IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION, SHE'S JUST LOOKING FOR THE OTHER PART OF THIS BODY THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH.

SHE'S JUST BEING A PART OF WHAT SHE DOES.

SHE'S BROUGHT HER HEART TO IT.

SHE'S MAKING SURE THAT SHE EDUCATES OTHERS AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND IT WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED IF YOU DEFINITELY STAND BEHIND HER IN THE PROCESS OF EXACTLY WHAT SHE'S NEEDING IN REGARDS TO GETTING THE HELP AND GETTING THE WORD OUT AND THE EDUCATION OUT FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT TRULY NEED IT.

IT MAKES A WORLD OF A DIFFERENCE.

THANK

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YOU FOR YOUR TIME, ISRAEL HENRY.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR JENSEN AND GRAND PRAIRIE CITY COUNCIL .

UM, MY NAME IS ISRAEL J HENRY AND I'M THE POLITICAL ACTION CHAIR OF THE NAACP, UH, CHAPTER FOR GRAND PERRY.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO COME UP HERE TO GIVE A, A SPECIAL THANKS TO YOU ALL FOR, UM, APPROVING THIS YEAR IN MAY, UM, $10,000 FOR THE GRAND PERRY AND AACP.

SO THE BRANCH WILL RECEIVE THAT IN 2024.

BUT I JUST WANT TO GIVE A THANKS, UM, TO YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

UM, COUNCILMAN MIKE DEBOSKY.

AND COUNCILMAN JUNIOR ZUNO.

COUNCILMAN KURT JOHNSON.

AND, UM, COUNCILMAN JOHN LOPEZ.

THANK YOU AS WELL AS COUNCILWOMAN JACQUELINE HEATON.