Jan 09, 2024 City Council 01092024

GREAT.

IT'S, UH, THE SIXTH YEAR.

SEVENTH.

SEVENTH, MY GOODNESS.

AND IT'S GROWING EVERY YEAR.

WE'VE GOT A COUPLE ITEMS I'LL HANG OFF.

SO SIGN UP.

UM, MY GOODNESS, THAT'S A LOT OF, A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS.

SO THANKS EVERYBODY IN THE PAST FOR VOLUNTEERING, AND WE'LL SEE YOU THE 23RD.

WE'LL KICK IT OFF THAT MORNING AT SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE, AND I'LL SEE YOU THERE.

WE HAVE BANDS PERFORMING, AND THEN, UH, IT'LL BE A FUN DAY.

[CONSENT AGENDA ]

UM, HAROLD, ITEM FOUR AND EIGHT, PLEASE, SIR.

HAPPY NEW YEAR, HAROLD.

OH, YOU TOO.

HAROLD WILLIS.

5 3 8 LINLEY ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR, SANTOS CONSTRUCTION.

WHAT ARE WE SPENDING $17 MILLION ON? HI.

HEY, THIS IS ALL SORT OF, UH, CONCRETE WORK ROADWAY.

IT COULD BE PANEL REPLACEMENTS, IT CAN BE SIDEWALK, IT CAN BE, WE'VE GOT A ROADWAY PROJECT THAT'S GOING ON AS WELL.

THIS IS ADDITIONAL WORK THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE ADDED TO THE CONTRACT BEFORE WE BID OUT A NEW ONE.

BUT, BUT WHERE ARE THE ROADS? WHERE, WHERE, WHAT? I HAVE A LONG LIST, IF YOU, WELL, YEAH.

JUST KIND OF A, THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE ITEM, PLEASE.

WHAT, WHEN YOU SAID ROADS, WHAT ROAD WOULD THIS INCLUDE? I MEAN, UM, THIS LONG LIST HERE IS, UH, THUS FAR.

AND THEN IN THE FUTURE, WE'VE GOT SOME OF THE SUBDIVISION IN DIFFERENT VARIOUS DISTRICTS.

NOW, WHEN WILL THE CONSTRUCTION ON THIS, WHAT TIMEFRAME ARE WE LOOKING AT THIS YEAR? NEXT YEAR? WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE THE RIGHT, THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS ON SOME OF THESE, SOME OF THEM ARE GOING FORWARD IN THE NEXT YEAR.

AND THEN THE CONTRACT'S BEING REBID OUT RIGHT NOW.

UM, THIS IS TO ADD TO THE EXISTING ONE FOR EXISTING WORK.

SO THE 25% INCREASE IS ADDITIONAL PROJECTS TO THE CURRENT YEAR, NOT SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, NO.

SO ADDITIONAL WORK FOR THE EXISTING CONTRACTORS.

IS WHERE IS THIS MONEY COMING FROM? IS THIS GENERAL REVENUE BOND MONEY? IT'S A STREET ASSESSMENT FUNDING AND THE CAPITAL PROJECT.

IT'S ALREADY STREET ASSESSMENT, SO NO.

CAN YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT, I'M SORRY.

IT'S A STREET ASSESSMENT FUNDING AND THE, UH, CAPITAL BUDGET.

SO NONE OF THIS WAS THE C CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATIONS FUNDS? I DON'T THE C MONEY THAT WAS DONE BACK IN DECEMBER? NO, NO.

OKAY, THAT'S FINE.

THIS EXISTING FUNDING, WE JUST NEEDED ADDITIONAL ROOM ON THE CONTRACT IN ORDER TO DO THE WORK.

WHEN YOU JUST LOOK AT 17 MILLION, YOU'RE WONDERING WHERE IS THIS MONEY BEING SPENT? YES.

THAT'S A LOT OF WORDS, RIGHT.

WHEN YOU SAY SIDEWALKS, ANY SPECIFIC RESIDENTIAL SECTIONS OF GRAND PRAIRIE? NO, I'M SAYING THOSE ARE ALL THE OPTIONS FOR THAT MONEY, BUT, BUT THIS IS THAT WE CAN USE THAT CONTRACT FOR, BUT THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR A ROADWAY.

SO THE ONES I SHOWED YOU ROADWAY.

JUST WHEN I SAW THAT 25% INCREASE IN 17 MILLION THIS MORNING, YEAH, IT'S WORKED.

WHAT'S IT GONNA BE SPENT ON? OKAY.

NUMBER EIGHT, HAROLD.

THE FIRE STATE SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS, THE TEXAS AMBULANCE SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENT PROGRAM.

WHAT ARE THESE, UH, PROGRAMS, PLEASE? HOW YOU DOING? MY GOOD BUDDY HAROLD .

UH, SO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SENDS MONEY TO THE STATE FOR HOSPITALS AND AMBULANCES FOR THEIR MEDICAID LOSSES.

IN 2016, THIS COUNCIL ADOPTED US TO APPLY FOR THAT MONEY.

THAT MONEY GOES INTO A FIRE TRUST ACCOUNT THAT WE ARE USING TO HELP FUND FIRE STATION SIX AND THE AMBULANCE SERVICE THERE.

SO THAT'S A FEDERAL PASS THROUGH TO US.

UH, WHAT'S THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE'RE GETTING OUT OF THIS? WHAT DO YOU, WHICH ONE? ON THE, WELL, THE, UH, BOTH OF THEM PLEASE.

THE, THE FIRE STATE SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS.

IS THAT, UM, STATE MONEY OR FEDERAL MONEY? IT'S FEDERAL MONEY THAT'S PASSED THROUGH THE STATE TO US.

SO IT'S FEDERAL MONEY.

FEDERAL MONEY.

THE TEXAS AMBULANCE SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENT PROGRAM.

THAT'S THE FEDERAL MONEY.

MM-HMM .

HOW MUCH FOR OUR AMBULANCE WILL WE BE GETTING A YEAR? WOULD YOU WE GET ROUGHLY SEVEN TO 800,000 A YEAR INTO THAT FUND.

WE HAVEN'T USED IT VERY MUCH.

WE LET THE BALANCE BUILD UP KNOWING WE WERE GONNA HELP NEED TO FUND FIRE STATION SIX.

DON'T DO VERY WELL IN THE STATE WHEN IT COMES TO MEDICAID.

NOW ON OUR MEDICAID FUNDING, SINCE TEXAS IS LAST IN THE NATION ON MEDICAID CORN , IS THIS INCREASING YEARLY FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR TO COVER THE LOSS THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING? WELL, HAROLD, YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD.

UH, WE

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SO THIS FUND IS SUBJECT TO GO OUT ANY YEAR, BUT THE FEDS HAVE RENEWED IT FOR THREE YEARS.

SO WHILE WE DON'T GET AS MUCH AS WE SHOULD, WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL GETTING WHAT WE HAVE.

AND WE HAVE ANOTHER TWO YEARS TO GET IT.

SO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE MEDICARE, MEDICAID, QMB DOES THE, IS WHAT IS THE ACTUAL REIMBURSEMENT? NO, THE REIMBURSEMENT IS FOR OUR LOSSES OR LOSSES INCLUDING THE HOSPITALS.

SO WE KNOW MEDICAID DOES NOT PAY ALL OF OUR COSTS.

CORRECT.

THIS HELPS FUND OUR LOSSES OR THE COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS' LOSSES.

SO AN AMBULANCE RIDE IS SEVEN $800 IN MEDICAID, TEXAS.

MEDICAID PAYS DIME ON THE DOLLAR, MAYBE JUST UH YEP.

AND THIS ANNUAL PAYMENT JUST HELPS RECOVER.

SO YEAH, I REALLY, OKAY, THANK YOU.

YOU BET.

WHAT ABOUT ON THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER, THE IN FIRE STATION SIX.

WHEN ARE, WHAT WORK IS BEING DONE AT THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER? PENDING APPROVAL TONIGHT, WE WILL BREAK GROUND IN ABOUT, UH, TWO AND A HALF WEEKS.

THE NEW EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER WILL BE NEXT DOOR TO FIRE STATION THREE OFF MARSHALL AND FIRE STATION SIX.

AS YOU KNOW HAROLD, 'CAUSE YOU'VE HELPED RAISE OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.

IT'S ABOUT 60 YEARS OLD AND THAT'S BEING TORE DOWN AND REBUILT.

WHEN WILL THAT NEW STATION OPEN? WE ARE LOOKING BOTH EOC AND STATION SIX.

REALISTICALLY PENDING WEATHER 15 MONTHS TO 18 MONTHS FROM TODAY.

THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER, DOES THIS REPLACE CHARLIE ENGLAND'S BUILDING? YES.

WELL THAT IS NOT USABLE ANYMORE.

HOLD, YEAH.

POWER LOAD COMMUNICATIONS IN A BASEMENT.

JUST WE'RE BIGGER AND WE NEED SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE REALISTIC.

JUST ONE MORE THING PLEASE.

SURE BUDDY.

THE BACKUP ELECTRICAL GENERATORS THAT INSTEAD OF USING THE DIESEL, I KNOW THE STAFF, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WHEN I WAS UP HERE, THOSE, UH, CASTLE ROCK THAT RUN ON NATURAL GAS MM-HMM .

TO RUN IN THE SUMMERTIME.

IT'S JUST IMPORTANT THAT WE CANNOT HAVE THESE TWO BUILDINGS NOT HAVE A RELIABLE SUPPLY OF BACKUP ELECTRICAL POWER AND BOTH WILL HAVE GENERATORS.

THANK YOU MAYOR PROTE.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, EARLIER TODAY WE, UM, AT FOUR 30, WE REVIEWED THE AGENDA.

AS YOU KNOW, THE FULL AGENDA HAS BEEN POSTED ON THE CITY WEBSITE.

UH, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK TONIGHT ON ANY ITEM CAN PICK UP A CARD IN AT THE FRONT OF THE DOOR AND SPEAK ON IT FOR FIVE MINUTES.

GIVEN THAT I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEMS IN THE CONSENT AGENDA TWO THROUGH EIGHT AS PRESENTED.

SECOND, WE HAVE MOTIONS SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM CLEMSON.

ALL IN FAVORS SAY AYE.

OPPOSED? SAY NAY.

MOTION CARRIES EIGHT TO NOTHING.

COUNCIL MEMBER HUMPHREYS HAD SOMETHING COME UP TONIGHT AND IS UNABLE TO ATTEND.

ITEM

[9. Resolution confirming the appointment of Grand Prairie City Attorney, in accordance with Grand Prairie City Charter Article IV, Section 35]

NINE.

UM, I'LL INTRODUCE YOU IN JUST A MINUTE, MILITIA, BUT LET'S GET THE MOTION ON, UM, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF MILITIA MCGINNIS AS A CITY ATTORNEY, EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 26.

2024.

SECOND, DO YOU WANT THE, UH, DO YOU WANT BILL TO DO A TALK ABOUT IT? YEAH, WE HAVE A MOTION.

AND SECOND, I'M IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

A OPPOSED SAY NAY.

MOTION CARRIES.

MELISSA, PLEASE STAND UP.

BILL, WHY DON'T YOU GIVE US A LITTLE HISTORY? HONOR HER.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THE ITEM YOU JUST RATIFIED IS TO APPOINT MS. MILITIA MCGINNIS AS OUR CITY ATTORNEY.

A PRINTED COPY OF THE RESOLUTION IS IN FRONT OF YOU.

AND AS YOU KNOW, WE CONDUCTED A NATIONWIDE SEARCH FOR THIS POSITION AND CO AND ARE CONFIDENT THAT MILITIA WILL LEAD OUR CITY ATTORNEY OFFICE TO NEW HEIGHTS.

SHE'S BEEN PRACTICING MUNICIPAL LAW FOR OVER 22 YEARS AND HAS SERVED AS CITY ATTORNEY FOR NORTH RICHLAND HILLS SINCE 2016.

PRIOR TO JOINING NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, MS. MCGINNESS HAS SERVED NEARLY 15 YEARS IN THE FORT WORTH CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WORKING HER WAY UP FROM PROSECUTOR TO SECTION CHIEF OF THE GENERAL SERVICES SECTION, AND LEGAL ADVISOR TO THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND THE FORT WORTH SPORTS AUTHORITY.

SHE CURRENTLY ALSO SERVES ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE TEXAS CITY ATTORNEY'S ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS A HIGH HONOR FOR MUNICIPAL LAWYERS.

MS. MCGINNIS LIVED IN GRAND PRAIRIE FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND RECENTLY MOVED TO THE LAKE RIDGE AREA, BUT ON THE CEDAR HILL SIDE, UNDER THE CITY CHARTER.

THIS POSITION IS A CITY MANAGER APPOINTMENT WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.

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RATIFYING THE DECISION.

THEREFORE, I APPRECIATE AND THANK THE COUNCIL VERY DEEPLY FOR THE RATIFICATION OF MS. MCGINNIS AND SHE WILL BE OUR NEXT CITY ATTORNEY.

SHE WILL, UH, HER OFFICIAL START DATE WILL BE FEBRUARY 26TH, 2024.

AND AS I TOLD MILIA BEFORE THE MEETING, MAYOR OSCAR TREVINO FROM NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, I COULDN'T SAY ANYTHING TO HIM.

I SAW HIM RTC MEETING AFTER I KNEW SHE WAS COMING AND I, BUT I KEPT IT A SECRET.

AND, UH, HE SENT ME A TEXT THIS AFTERNOON, CONGRATULATING ME, AND, UM, SPOKE VERY HIGHLY OF YOU.

SO CAN'T WAIT TO HAVE YOU SITTING UP HERE.

I'LL MISS MEGAN, BUT SHE'LL BE RIGHT THERE.

SO, CONGRATULATIONS.

ALL RIGHT, MAYOR PROTE,

[Items 10 & 11]

WE'RE GONNA TABLE 10 11.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TABLE ITEMS 10 11 AS PRESENTED.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER HEAD.

AND OPPOSED SAY NAY.

MOTION CARRIES ITEM 12,

[12. ZON-23-10-0035 - Zoning Change/Concept Plan - Lakeview Pointe (City Council District 6). Zoning Change from Agriculture to a Planned Development for a Single-Family Six District and a Concept Plan depicting 138 single-family detached residential homes on 37.58 acres. Being a tract out of C. L. Dodson, Abstract No. 292 and J. Lawrence Surveys, Abstract No. 616, City of Grand Prairie, Ellis County, zoned Agriculture (A), generally located east of FM 661 and approximately 1,400 feet south of Gifco Road (On December 11, 2023, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 7-0) ]

SAVANNAH.

THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

ITEM NUMBER 12 IS A ZONING CHANGE FOR LAKE VIEW POINT.

THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM AGRICULTURE TO A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES.

YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY IS OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN, AND IT'S ABOUT 37 ACRES, AND THEY'RE PROPOSING TO PUT IN 138 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS.

ON THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE THE CONCEPT PLAN ACCESS IS OFF OF FM 6 61 AND THE PROPOSAL INCLUDES INTERNAL STREETS.

THE PROPOSED LOT WIDTH IS 60 FEET, AND AGAIN, THERE'S 138 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS.

AS PART OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT REQUEST, THEY'RE PROPOSING SOME ALTERNATIVES TO THE APPENDIX W GARAGE REQUIREMENTS.

AND PART OF THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING 35% NON FRONT ENTRY GARAGES.

THEY ARE PROVIDING FEW COMPENSATORY MEASURES, UH, FOR THE FRONT ENTRY GARAGES, AND THEY ARE PROPOSING THINGS LIKE UPGRADED FRONT DOORS AND PROHIBITING CARPORTS.

SO THEY ARE REQUESTING SOME VARIANCES TO THE MINIMUM LOT AREA, A LOT WIDTH.

AND THEN THE FRONT SETBACK, THEIR INITIAL APPLICATION, UH, REQUESTED 50 FOOT WIDE LOTS STAFF WORKED WITH THEM TO UP THAT 60, WHICH IS MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA.

THESE ARE SOME PROPOSED CONCEPTUAL BUILDING ELEVATIONS.

AGAIN, THEY'RE REQUESTING VARIANCES TO THE MINIMUM LOT AREA, LOT WIDTH, FRONT SETBACK, AND THEN THE GARAGE TYPE.

WE SENT NOTICE TO THE FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM AND SENT LETTERS TO 23 SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS WE RECEIVED FOR IN OPPOSITION.

AND ON DECEMBER 11TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO, AND THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS REQUESTED.

I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, SAVANNAH, UH, THE LETTERS WERE OPPOSITION.

WHEN WERE THEY RECEIVED? I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THOSE EXACT DATES.

UH, IT WAS OVER A MONTH AND A HALF AGO.

WAS THIS BEFORE THE, DID THEY GO BEFORE PNZ BEFORE? YES.

AND SO WAS THE OPPOSITION, UH, BEFORE THAT PNZ MEETING OR IT WAS BEFORE THE PNZ MEETING? SO, SO THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.

THE FOREIGN OPPOSITION ARE NOT AWARE OF THE UPDATED CHANGES, AND SOME OF THE OPPOSITION WAS MORE OPPOSED TO RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, NOTING THAT THEY WANTED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA.

OH, , WE'VE GOT SOME SPEAKERS.

KURT, ARE YOU OKAY WITH GOING TO THE SPEAKERS NOW? MM-HMM .

THAT WILL SPEAK IF NEEDED.

KEVIN HARRELL? YES, YOU CAN.

WE PROBABLY DON'T NEED THAT.

UH, GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME'S KEVIN HARRELL WITH THE SCOREBOARD COMPANY, 82 14 WESTCHESTER DRIVE, SUITE 900, DALLAS, TEXAS.

UH, 7 5 2 2 5.

UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

UM, STAFF'S COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION WILL ALLOW ME TO BE BRIEF.

UM, THANK YOU TO SAVANNAH AND ABDUL, UH, FOR THEIR EFFORTS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE ZONING PROCESS.

UH, I ALSO WANNA CONVEY MY APPRECIATION FOR P AND Z, UH, FOR GRANTING OUR, OUR PAST REQUEST TO TABLE AND ALLOWING US TO WORK WITH STAFF IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS.

THE PLAN PRESENTED TONIGHT ADHERES TO ALL STAFF'S CONDITIONS FOR APPROVAL AND RECEIVED UNANIMOUS APPROVAL FROM P AND Z.

UM, SO I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT AND RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM? I JUST HAVE A, A COMMENT.

GO AHEAD.

UH, WERE YOU ON THE PHONE CALL EARLIER TODAY? YES, SIR.

WHAT DID I TELL YOU? DON'T COME OVER HERE WITH A LONG OF SPEECH.

APPRECIATE IT.

WE HAVE TWO OTHER CARDS

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I DON'T THINK WE NEED YOU, DO WE, KURT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR HIM? READ 'EM INTO THE RECORD.

NEIL STENBERG AND BRIAN HOLLAND SUPPORT THIS ITEM AND WE WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF NEEDED.

I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER CARDS.

I ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.

UH, I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM, UH, 12 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF.

WE HAVE A MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, UH, I THINK IT WAS TWO OF YOU.

AND, UH, MOTION SECOND.

ALL IN FAVORS A AYE.

A OPPOSED A NAY A.

THE ZERO PASSES ITEM

[13. SUP-23-10-0042 - Specific Use Permit – Car Salvaging at 3416 E Jefferson St (City Council District 5). Specific Use Permit request for a Used Car Dealership to authorize an Auto Salvage Yard use and the sale of Used Auto Parts associated with an existing Auto Salvage Yard. Tract 7 of the William C. May Survey, Abstract 891, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Light Industrial, and addressed as 3416 E Jefferson Street (On December 11, 2023 the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 7-0) ]

13.

THIS NEXT ITEM IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR AN EXISTING AUTO RELATED BUSINESS LOCATED AT 34 16 EAST JEFFERSON STREET.

THEY DO HAVE A, A EXISTING SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.

AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUEST BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS TO ADD USED CAR DEALERSHIP TO THE USES AT THIS LOCATION.

NOW, THE TEXAS DMV RECENTLY CHANGED THEIR REQUIREMENTS.

SAVANNAH? YES, SIR.

SORRY, COUNSEL.

I, I DON'T LIKE, UH, ACTING ON SUVS WHEN THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S NOT PRESENT.

UH, IS IT OKAY WITH YOU ALL IF WE TABLE THIS? MM-HMM .

I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE BY DEPUTY MAYOR PROTE CLEMSON.

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

ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY.

I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T NEED YOU TO, YOU KNOW WHAT I DIDN'T NEED YOU TO DO.

YES, SIR.

14 IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT SLASH SITE PLAN FOR A DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANT.

ITEM

[14. SUP-23-10-0041 – Specific Use Permit/Site Plan – Swig Drive-Through Restaurant (City Council District 2). Specific Use Permit and Site Plan for a Restaurant with a Drive-Through on 0.869 acres. Lot 3, Block A, Bush and Pioneer Centre Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-351, within the SH 161 Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 1120 Arkansas Ln (On December 11, 2023, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by the vote of 7-0) ]

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

THIS IS ONE OF THE REMAINING PAD SITES IN FRONT OF THE WALMART ALONG 1 61.

THE SUP IS FOR A RESTAURANT WITH A DRIVE THROUGH.

IT'S LOCATED AT 1120 ARKANSAS LANE.

AND THIS IS FOR A SWIG DRINK DRIVE-THROUGH RESTAURANT.

YOU CAN SEE THE SITE PLAN IS LOCATED ON THE SCREEN.

WHAT KIND OF, WHAT KIND OF SWIG DRINKS? SO I BELIEVE THEY'RE, THEY HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE, BUT IT'S FLAVORED SODAS AND ADD-INS.

OH, GOOD.

NOT DRIES.

NO, SIR.

ALRIGHT, I'M THINKING SWAG DRIVE THROUGH.

YES, CONTINUE.

SO IT'S ABOUT A 750 SQUARE FOOT STRUCTURE.

AGAIN, IT'S JUST FOR DRIVE THROUGH ONLY.

THERE'S NO INDOOR SEATING.

THEY'RE MEETING THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND THE STACKING REQUIREMENTS AS WELL.

IT'S LOCATED IN OUR OVERLAY, WHICH REQUIRES SOME ENHANCED LANDSCAPING.

THEY'RE MEETING THOSE REQUIREMENTS AND ARE BUILDING ELEVATION REQUIREMENTS AS WELL.

AND THEY ARE REQUESTING ONE VARIANCE AND, AND THAT IT GOES TO THE APPENDIX F REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE A ARTICULATED PRIMARY ENTRANCE.

WELL, THIS IS NOT A BUILDING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, SO THERE'S NO ENTRANCE.

SO ON DECEMBER 11TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO, AND THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS WELL.

YOU CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

CARDS KOFI ATO.

OH, WELCOME.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

GOOD, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UH, MY NAME IS COLE FIDO.

MY ADDRESS IS 28 0 5 DALLAS PARKWAY, SUITE THREE 10, PLANO, TEXAS 7 5 0 9 3.

UM, THE APPLICANT, UH, FOR SWIG.

I'M HERE TO REPRESENT THEM AND I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT TONIGHT.

I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THIS.

HOW MANY SWIGS ARE AROUND THE AREA? UH, I CAN'T GIVE YOU A NUMBER RIGHT NOW, BUT I KNOW WE HAVE ONE IN BURLESON PROSPER.

WE HAVE ONE IN FAIRVIEW.

UH, WE OKAY.

JUST A FEW AROUND THE AREA.

YEAH, WE, IT'S A, A FRANCHISE AND A RESTAURANT GROUP THAT'S COMING OUT OF ST.

GEORGE, UTAH.

THEY'RE GROWING FAST.

UH, WE, I THINK THEY'RE THEIR 60TH STORE THROUGHOUT THE NATION AND THEY WANT TO GROW.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM? COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.

UH, WOULD YOU GIMME A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON THE CONCEPT OF JUST A DRIVE THROUGH SODA, A DRIVE THROUGH STORE? IT IS JUST A DRIVE THROUGH.

JUST GET SODAS AND KEEP IT, YEAH.

WHAT KIND OF SODAS? THAT'S KIND OF TELL, TELL US WHAT WE CAN GET THERE.

UH, CREAM SODA, THE SODA WITH, UM, I DON'T, THEY HAVE, UH, SOME NAMES THAT ARE VERY, VERY CATCHY.

UH, DIRTY.

THEY CALL IT THE HOME OF DIRTY SODA.

SO IT'S, UH, BASICALLY NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINK WITH CREAM SODA.

UH, THEY HAVE ENERGIZER DRINKS, HOT CHOCOLATE, UH, BASICALLY SERVING WITH PASTRIES, PRETZEL BITES.

SO THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S COOKED ON SITE.

EVERYTHING IS BROUGHT ON SITE.

UM, AND IT'S GOOD FOR, YOU KNOW, IN THE HOT AFTERNOON WITH YOUR FAMILY, YOU CAN JUST DRIVE THROUGH AND THEN GRAB THAT.

UM, AND IT'S IN A WAY, I WOULD SAY IT'S PROBABLY SIMILAR TO LIKE A STARBUCKS, BUT IT'S NOT COFFEE RELATED.

SO YOU JUST GRAB YOUR DRINK AND THEN DRIVE, DRIVE THROUGH.

UH, THERE IS NO SITTING PLACE, LIKE I SAID, PUBLIC OUTDOOR.

YOU JUST GRAB YOUR DRINK AND GO.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S A CONCEPT.

COUNCILMAN JOHNSON? YEAH.

UH, COUNCILMAN DEBOSKY.

JUST SHOW ME THE MENU.

IT IS JUST A DR.

PEPPER

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WITH A DIFFERENT FLAVOR ADDED TO IT.

SOME OF IT DR.

PEPPER COKE? YES, EXACTLY.

SOUPED UP SODAS.

I MEAN, WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT SALAD TO GO WOULD WORK? AND THE OTHER DAY WE WERE THERE AND THERE ARE 12 PEOPLE IN LINE TO BUY A SALAD.

SO COUNSEL, YOU KNOW, WE SOMETIMES, OH GOODNESS, WE HAVE ENOUGH DRIVE THROUGHS AND WE CAN SAY NO TO DRIVE THROUGH, BUT IF WE SAY NO TO THIS, THERE MAY BE SOMETHING THERE WITHOUT A DRIVE THROUGH THAT WE WOULD'VE RATHER SAID NO TO.

I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF TOUGH.

UH, WE SAID NO TO A, UH, A CHICKEN PLACE, NOW WE'RE GETTING A BANK.

IF WE HAD HAD THE CHOICE TO THAT BANK OR CHICKEN PLACE, I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE CHOSEN THE CHICKEN PLACE.

SO IT'S SOMETIMES TOUGH TO DECIDE.

NO, JUST BECAUSE IT IS A DRIVE THROUGH.

SO, 'CAUSE SOMETHING COULD GO THERE THAT DOESN'T HAVE A DRIVE THROUGH THAT WE LIKE LEAST, AND WE DON'T GET TO MAKE THAT CHOICE TONIGHT.

COUNCIL MEMBER ZANU.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

AND THANK YOU MR. KOFI FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I'M CURRENTLY ON Y'ALL'S WEBSITE AND I SEE THAT Y'ALL DO OFFER SOME SNACKS AND I GUESS PASTRIES AS WELL.

WOULD THAT BE AT THIS LOCATION IF Y'ALL ARE APPROVED? YES.

UH, SO IT COMES, LIKE I WAS SAYING, PRETZEL BITES AND SOME COOKIES, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT GOES WITH A DRINK, BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TIM? YEAH, JUST A QUESTION FOR RASHAD AND SAVANNAH.

IF, UM, SO IN OUR MOTION, CAN WE SAY THAT WE APPROVE THE DRIVE THROUGH, BUT WE APPROVE IT TO SERVE ONLY, UH, NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND BEVERAGES.

SO IN OTHER WORDS, SAY A YEAR OR TWO YEARS FROM NOW, SAY THEY CHOOSE A DIFFERENT LOCATION, WHATEVER, AND BECOMES VACANT.

NOW WE HAVE A DRIVE-THROUGH AND DRIVE, LIKE A DRIVE-THROUGH DIAPER SHOP OR THAT'S SEPARATE USE SHOP OR SOMETHING.

I MEAN, SO I'M JUST CURIOUS TO GIVE US SOME GUIDANCE HERE.

CAN WE ADD THAT TO THAT MOTION OR NO, IT WOULDN'T BE NEEDED.

THAT WOULD BE A SEPARATE USE.

WE HAVE A DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATION FOR THAT TYPE OF, UM, SO IT WOULD COME BACK TO US.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE PICKED OH, I LIKE THAT QUESTION THOUGH.

THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.

MAYOR PRO TEM, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER HEDEN, I SEE THAT, I SEE THAT THIS IS 749 SQUARE FEET.

SO THIS IS A SMALLER SPACE, UM, STAFF.

IS THAT ABOUT ALL THAT CAN FIT ON THERE? ARE THEY KIND OF MAXING OUT THAT, THAT LITTLE LOT, THAT IS A VERY TIGHT SPACE BETWEEN THE CAR WASH AND EXISTING WENDY'S THERE AND IT'S ACTUALLY SERVED AS JUST A CUT THROUGH FOR PEOPLE TO GET OUT OF WALMART.

SO THAT DRIVE, THAT'S THE CUT THROUGH CAN'T BE REMOVED.

AND SO THE REMAINING LAND THAT COULD BE DEVELOPED IS ONLY GONNA BE SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

UH, I CAN'T SAY PEOPLE CAN'T DO SOMETHING WITH IT OTHER THAN THIS.

NO, IT'D BE TOUGH TO HAVE ENOUGH PARKING TO GO PEOPLE TO GO IN AND SIT IN.

THIS IS PROBABLY, TO YOUR POINT, THIS IS IF WE'RE GONNA UTILIZE THAT LAND, THIS IS GONNA HAVE TO BE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS.

UM, AND YEAH, THE WEBSITE SHOWS IT LOOKS LIKE OVER 50 DRINK OPTIONS, UM, SOME OF WHICH ARE CAFFEINATED.

SO I, I THINK THAT, UM, THE COMMUNITY WOULD USE THIS, UTILIZE THIS, HEY, AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

ALRIGHT, NO OTHER QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT, THEN, UH, I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 14 FOR WIG DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANT.

THEY MOTION SECOND.

REQUIRE 34, THEY'RE REQUESTING ZERO.

[15. SUP-23-07-0026 – Specific Use Permit/Site Plan – Hamilton Commercial Trailer Parking (City Council District 1). SUP/Site Plan for a commercial trailer parking facility on 14.079 acres. Tract 10.4, John R. Baugh Survey, Abstract No. 137, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Planned Development-39 (PD-39), within SH 161 Corridor Overlay, and addressed as 2651 Hardrock Road (On December 11, 2023, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 7-0) ]

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THIS NEXT ITEM IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT SLASH SITE PLAN FOR HEAVY TRUCK TRAILER PARKING LOCATED AT 26 51 HARD ROCK ROAD.

AND THE PROPERTY LOCATION IS OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN, AND IT'S ABOUT 14 ACRES.

UH, THIS IS A STREET VIEW IMAGE FROM 1 61 LOOKING AT THE, THE PROPERTY ORIENTED KIND OF NORTH.

AND THIS IS ALONG 1 61.

LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY SOUTH, YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN IS THEIR SITE PLAN.

THEY'RE PROPOSING ABOUT 330 HEAVY TRUCK TRAILER PARKING SPACES, AND THEY DO HAVE A PREFABRICATED OFFICE BUILDING LOCATED AROUND HERE.

THEY ARE PROPOSING SOME LANDSCAPING AND THEY ARE MEETING OR EXCEEDING MOST OF THEM.

THEY ARE REQUESTING ONE VARIANCE.

WE DO REQUIRE PARKING LOT TREES AND THEY'RE ASKING TO, UH, CONSTRUCT ZERO PARKING LOT TREES.

THIS IS THEIR PROPOSED PREFABRICATED BUILDING.

THE VARIANCE IS FOR THE PARKING LOT TREES.

UH, WE

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WE DID POST NOTICE OF THIS AND THE FOUR WERE STAR TELEGRAM AND SENT OUT LETTERS.

WE RECEIVED ZERO IN SUPPORT, ZERO IN OPPOSITION.

AND ON DECEMBER 11TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS TWO THROUGH FOUR BY VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO.

AND THE DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.

UH, THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PLANNING AND ZONING RECOMMENDATION AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THEY PROVIDE THOSE PARKING LOT TREES.

THE OTHER CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL IS THAT THE PROPOSED OFFICE TRAILER MUST BE PLACED ON A PERMANENT FOUNDATION AND MEET THE SECONDARY FACADE REQUIREMENTS OF APPENDIX X.

ONLY VEHICLES WITH VALID REGISTRATION SHALL BE ALLOWED TO PARK IN THE DEVELOPMENT STORAGE OF INOPERABLE VEHICLES SHALL BE PROHIBITED.

AND NUMBER FOUR, THE APPLICANT MUST OBTAIN APPROVAL FROM THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TO ALLOW ALT PAVEMENT AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO CONCRETE PAVEMENT.

THE UDC ALLOWS THEM TO SEEK ALTERNATIVE, BUT IT MUST BE APPROVED BY THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.

THIS IS JUST TO, UH, CLARIFY THAT APPROVAL OF THIS SUP DOES NOT AUTHORIZE THAT ALTERNATIVE.

I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

COUNCIL MEMBER HADDEN.

THAT WAS MY PREVIOUS REQUEST.

MAYOR PROTE LOPEZ? YES.

I'M SAVANNAH.

GOES BACK TO THE LANDSCAPING.

UM, THE LANDSCAPING THAT'S FACING 1 61.

I KNOW.

I GUESS THERE'S, THERE'S A FENCE THERE, RIGHT? RIGHT.

IRON FENCE, CORRECT? YES.

IS IT MATURE LANDSCAPING LIKE BUSHES OR, OR TREES OR IS IT LIKE, SO OUR REQUIREMENT IS FOR THREE CALIBER INCH TREES, AND THOSE WILL OBVIOUSLY MATURE AS THEY GROW.

ALL RIGHTY.

I WAS JUST, SO THERE'S, HOW ABOUT BUSHES? WILL THERE BE BUSHES IN BETWEEN THE RIGHT IRONS FOR VISIBILITY OR, YES, THEY'RE PROVIDING TREES AND THEN, UH, BUT OR EXCUSE ME, SHRUBS AS REQUIRED BY THE UDC.

MAYOR PROTE.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DEL BOSKY.

THANK YOU, SIR.

SAVANNAH, UH, DO WE HAVE A MAP? DO WE HAVE LIKE AN AERIAL MAP? UH, WHAT IS THE PASTURE THAT WE'RE CONSTRUCTING RIGHT NOW FROM, UM, UM, WILDLIFE PARKWAY? WHERE IS THAT GONNA END UP? IS THIS NORTH OF THAT OR SOUTH OF IT? THIS IS NORTH OF THAT, NORTH OF THAT.

SO HARD ROCK.

IF YOU GO SOUTH, IT CURVES AND TURNS TO THE EAST AND THAT TURNS INTO WILDLIFE.

THAT PORTION OF WILDLIFE WILL PUNCH THROUGH TO 1 61.

I'M TRYING TO FIGURE, IT'S IRVING.

OH, IT'S THAT FAR NORTH, RIGHT? UH, WELL THERE'S MIKE LEWIS PARK.

NO, NO.

UH, IT'S IN THE CENTER OF OUR INDUSTRIAL AREA.

UH, YEAH, BUT YOU GO PAST OAKDALE.

NOT TOO MUCH FURTHER.

WE GOT SOME, UH, I'M SORRY.

DEPUTY MAYOR PROTE.

YOU WANNA WAIT FOR SPEAKERS? SURE.

GO AHEAD.

BRING THIS JONATHAN TOOLEY.

KIM, YOU COME INSTEAD OF JONATHAN.

NO, YOU'RE DOWN HERE.

SO YOU, IT'S OKAY.

WE'LL, WE'LL PUT YOU INTO THE RECORD.

AND, AND IF YOU'LL INDULGE ME BRIEFLY, I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS WHOLE AREA.

KIM THORN, 1 23 WEST MAIN IN GRAND PRAIRIE.

UH, IT IS, UH, UH, JONATHAN, MY MORE ABLE COLLEAGUE IS GONNA EXPLAIN THE DETAILS OF THIS PROJECT, BUT I'M HERE SIMPLY TO, UH, INTRODUCE IT AND, AND I THINK SAVANNAH HAS.

BUT IF YOU'LL BEAR WITH ME WITH A LITTLE REDUNDANCY, IT'S MY PRIVILEGE TO REPRESENT HAMILTON COM.

UH, COMMERCIAL, I THINK WELL KNOWN TO THE COUNCIL AS A LOCAL DEVELOPER.

UH, I'LL BE ASSISTED, UH, IN THAT EXPLANATION PRESENTATION BY JONATHAN TULEY, LAND, UH, DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR HAMILTON.

UH, AND AS STATED, THIS PROJECT SEEKS TO, UH, UH, UH, RECLAIM REALLY, UH, UH, FORGOTTEN TRACK THE LAND THAT HADN'T BEEN IN USE FOR 50 YEARS.

UH, IT'S A 14 ACRE SITE, UH, DESCRIBED TO YOU GENERALLY ALONG THE EAST BOUNDARY OF, UH, 1 61 AT HARD ROCK AND, UH, OAKLAND.

UH, AS, UH, OAKDALE, UH, SINCE 1972, THIS TRACK HAS BEEN, UH, ZONED AS, UH, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL CONSISTENT, UH, SINCE THEN WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF, UH, WAREHOUSES IN THE AREA.

UH,

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UH, THIS, THIS, UH, LAND, UH, UH, THE CORRIDOR IN, IN OUR CITY, GENERALLY ALONG THE NORTH, UH, SIDE OF WHAT'S NOW INTERSTATE 30, ALL THE WAY TO OUR E UH, OUR EASTERN BOUNDARY WITH DALLAS, AND ACROSS TO WHERE WE'RE LOCATED HERE IN 1 61, UH, WAS MINE FOR SAND AND GRAVEL.

UH, THAT WAS, WAS A HEAVY INDUSTRY BACK IN THE FIFTIES AND SIXTIES, UH, NECESSARY FOR OBTAINING CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS FOR THE THEN RAPID EXAM, UH, UH, EXPANSION IN, UH, IN DALLAS FORT WORTH.

IN THE 1970S, SIGNIFICANT TO THIS PROPERTY, THE CITY OPENED A, A LANDFILL AND, UH, THAT LANDFILL FILLED UP EVENTUALLY AND WAS CLOSED IN 1977.

UM, SINCE 1977.

UH, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COST OF REMOVING AND ENVIRONMENTALLY CLEANING THE AREA, REMOVING THE DEBRIS AND CLEANING THE AREA, JUST MADE IT NOT FEASIBLE FOR DEVELOPMENT.

BUT THIS PROSPECT OF THIS PARKING, UH, FOR TRUCKS AND TRAILERS IS A, A, AN ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE, UH, DEVELOPMENT.

SO, UH, THE REQUESTED SUP IF APPROVED, UH, WILL DO SEVERAL THINGS FOR US, BUT IT, IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECLAIM THIS FORGOTTEN 14 ACRE TRACT, UH, TO IMPROVE THE AESTHETIC APPEARANCE OF THE AREA, AND REALLY SIGNIFICANTLY TO, UH, SERVICE THE NEEDS OF, OF THE WAREHOUSE, UH, UH, DEVELOPMENTS THAT, THAT DOMINATE THE AREA, OUR SUPPLY CHAIN REQUIRE, UH, REQUIRES TRUCKS AND, AND, UH, MOVEMENT OF GOODS TO AND FROM THOSE, UH, WAREHOUSES.

AND THIS PROJECT, IF APPROVED, WILL PROVIDE SAFE AND SECURE PARKING, UH, FOR THOSE TRUCKS.

AND I, I, I THINK I'D LIKE TO CLOSE WITH, UH, SOMETHING THAT I'M SURE IS FAMILIAR TO ALL OF YOU.

BUT, UH, ON DECEMBER 11TH OF, UH, OF, UH, THIS PAST YEAR, THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS PUBLISHED AN ARTICLE, WHICH CURIOUSLY OR, UH, IRONICALLY WAS, UH, ABOUT ANOTHER WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENT IN GRAND PRAIRIE, LOCATED GENERALLY AT AVENUE K AND HIGHWAY 360.

AND IN THAT ARTICLE, UH, IT WAS STATED THAT THE NORTH TEXAS AREA IS THE MOST IMPORTANT, UH, INDUSTRIAL MARKETING AREA IN THE WHOLE NATION.

SO, UH, I WAS SIMPLY HERE TO SUGGEST LET'S CONTINUE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR OPPORTUNITY, OUR LOCATION AND THE NEED IS IMMINENT.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU KIM.

JONATHAN TULEY.

UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR.

HONORABLE, HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, THANKS FOR HAVING US THIS EVENING TO PRESENT OUR REQUEST.

UM, THIS IS ABOUT TWO YEARS WORTH OF WORK, TRYING TO FI FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH AN OLD LANDFILL.

AND SO I'VE GOT A BRIEF PRESENTATION.

I'LL GO THROUGH IT.

I'LL TRY TO BE CONCISE AND BRIEF AND, AND HIT THE, THE MAIN POINTS.

SO WE ARE PROPOSING, UH, JUST OVER 300 TRAILER PARKING SPACES.

UH, WE WILL HAVE SOME PEDESTRIAN PARKING FOR THE PREFAB OFFICE, AND THEN THE SCREENING ALONG 1 61 WILL BE EVERGREEN SCREENING EASTERN RED CEDAR TREE, EIGHT FEET AT PLANTING.

THEY'RE KNOWN FOR GROWING REALLY TALL AND, AND GETTING FULL, AND, AND THEY'LL STAY GREEN ALL YEAR LONG.

UH, THIS HERE'S KIND OF A GENERAL, UH, LO IDEA OF THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY AND THE ADJACENT USES.

YOU'VE GOT TKO TO THE EAST, UM, YOU GOT 1 61 ELEVATED.

AND THEN ENCORE, UH, IS ALONG THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE.

THIS IS A SITE PLAN LANDSCAPING.

WE DID ACTUALLY HAVE TWO VARIANCES.

WE WORKED WITH STAFF, GOT GOT IT DOWN TO ONE.

UM, WE ARE PROVIDING ALMOST A HUNDRED MORE TREES THAN WE WERE PROPOSING AT P AND Z.

UH, OPERATIONALLY, WE ARE NOT THE END USER.

WE WILL LEASE THIS OUT TO AN END USER.

WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT DAILY OR

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MONTHLY LEASES.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MULTI-YEAR LEASES TO EITHER A WAREHOUSE OR A NATIONAL TRUCKING FIRM THAT NEEDS A CENTRAL LOCATION TO STORE THEIR TRAILERS.

UM, THE SITE WILL BE SECURED, IT'LL HAVE CAMERAS, IT'LL HAVE LIGHTING, IT'LL BE FENCED.

UM, SO WE, WE PLAN TO TAKE, UH, A LOT OF TIME AND MAKE SURE TO GET THE RIGHT TENANT, POSSIBLY TWO TENANTS, UH, FOR THIS SITE.

HISTORICALLY, AGAIN, AS KIM MENTIONED, THIS WAS, UH, THE LANDFILL FOR GRAND PRAIRIE IN THE SEVENTIES, UH, WAS CLOSED IN 77 SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY RAN OUT OF AREA FOR, FOR TRASH.

SO THEY MOVED IT, I BELIEVE, TO MACARTHUR.

UM, SO LAST YEAR WE TOOK THE TIME AND WE GOT TCEQ APPROVAL TO DO, TO DISTURB THE FINAL COVER AND DO SOME TEST PITS OUT THERE.

UM, GENERAL DEPTH OF THE TRASH CAN RANGE FROM STARTING AT ONE FOOT DOWN TO AS DEEP AS THE EXCAVATOR COULD GO, WHICH IS 22 FEET.

UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PRIMARILY MUNICIPAL TRASH.

UM, HAMILTON'S.

GOT IT.

I'LL BRING THIS UP HERE.

WE'VE GOT A LITTLE EXHIBIT A, JUST TO SHOW YOU.

AN OLD GRAND PRAIRIE, UM, TRASH BAG THAT THE CITY USED TO GIVE THE RESIDENTS.

WELL, THAT MAKES IT, UH, WE CAN'T BUILD THERE.

THAT'S HISTORICAL SIGHT.

HAROLD, I MEAN, SORRY, HAMILTON, BUT, UH, .

THAT'S CUTE.

WHAT DO YOU, ANYONE LIKE TO SHAKE MY HAND? NO, NO, THAT'S ALRIGHT.

SO WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE KIND OF COOL TO SEE FROM THE 1970S.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE SAW A LOT OF, IT WAS MUNICIPAL TRASH.

IT WAS DR.

PEPPER CANS, TRASH BAGS, TIRES, NOTHING HAZARDOUS.

UM, SO TO CONCLUDE, YOU KNOW, WE BELIEVE THIS IS THE HIGHEST USE FOR THE PROPERTY, SIMPLY BECAUSE WE WANNA HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S, UH, MINDFUL OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

PUBLIC HEALTH, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANNA DISTURB THAT FINAL COVER.

WE ACTUALLY WANT TO TRY TO PACK THAT COVER DOWN AND BRING NEW FILL AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, LEAVE THE TRASH IN THE GROUND.

UM, AGAIN, TO HAVE PERMANENT BUILDINGS ON THE SITE, THAT THERE'S A LOT OF MITIGATION FEES THAT ARE REQUIRED.

A LOT OF METHANE MONITORING.

UM, YOU KNOW, AND THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE TOP PARKING LOTS IN DFW.

WE'RE NOT PROPOSING SOMETHING THAT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, SUBSTANDARD.

WE, WE WANT IT TO BE ONE OF THE BEST, ONE OF THE, UH, YOU KNOW, MOST SOUGHT AFTER, UH, PARKING LOTS.

UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, OUR PROPOSED END USERS MAY BE ADJACENT WAREHOUSES THAT NEED ADDITIONAL TRAILER SPACE OR MAYBE A NATIONAL TRUCKING FIRM THAT NEEDS A CENTRAL LOCATION.

AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, UH, USING THE PROPERTY WILL ADDITIONAL, YOU KNOW, BRING THE PROPERTIES WORTH, UH, INCREASE THE PROPERTY'S WORTH AND GENERATE ADDITIONAL TAX REVENUE.

WE DID GET ADJACENT LANDOWNER SUPPORT FROM TKO AND DO THE PROPERTY OWNER TO THE NORTH.

THEY DO SUPPORT OUR REQUEST.

UM, JUST TO, I'M GONNA RUN OUTTA TIME.

I'LL JUST BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT THE VARIANCE REQUESTS.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE REQUESTING A, A VARIANCE FOR THE PARKING LOT TREES SIMPLY BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO REDUCE UTILITIES COMING INTO THE SITE.

GO AHEAD AND FINISH UP.

UH, TCQ HAS A VERY STRINGENT ON WHAT THEY REQUIRE AS FAR AS, UM, YOU GOTTA DOUBLE CASE YOUR WATER LINES AND YOU GOTTA DO ALL SORTS OF, UH, ADDITIONAL MITIGATION.

SO WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO IS KEEP THE LANDSCAPING TO THE PERIMETER, ALL OUR UTILITIES TO THE PERIMETER.

I THINK THE ONLY UTILITY WE HAVE GOING IN IS JUST A FIRE HYDRANT JUST FAR ENOUGH TO PROTECT THE, TO THE, UM, PREFAB BUILDING AGAIN.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO NOT PROPOSING TO CURB THIS.

SO, YOU KNOW, PUTTING TREES IN THERE, THEY MIGHT GET RUN OVER BY TRAILERS AND, YOU KNOW, WON'T, THEY'LL BE DEAD.

YOU KNOW, MAY, THEY MAY HAVE A SECURITY GUARD IN THERE OR SOMEBODY WORKING FOR THE COMPANY THAT WILL CHECK, CHECK THEM IN, UH, OPEN THE GATE, WHATNOT.

AND THEN, UH, I WILL NOTE IF THE OTHER CONDITIONS THAT STAFF PROPOSED, WE DON'T OBJECT TO THOSE.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

YEP.

UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM CLEMSON, AND THEN ALSO HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON HAS A QUESTION.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.

UH, WILL YOU JUST EXPLAIN THE FLOW OR TRAFFIC IN AND OUT OF THE PROPERTY, UH, WITH THE 18 WHEELERS? SURE.

UH, YOU THE, LET ME PULL UP THE SITE PLAN HERE.

UM, THE, YOU SEE THERE'S, THERE'S THREE ENTRANCES.

THE CENTRAL ENTRANCE WILL BE INGRESS AND EGRESS, BUT THE ENTRANCES TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE NORTH WILL BE EXIT ONLY.

UM, THEY WILL ESSENTIALLY COME INTO THE, INTO THE SITE.

THERE WILL BE THE TRAILER,

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AND THEN IF THEY WANT TO GET OUT, THEY EITHER CAN GO TO THE SOUTH OR TO THE NORTH, UH, THROUGH THOSE EXITS.

AND ARE THEY GONNA MAKE A LEFT OR A RIGHT TURN OR DOES IT MATTER? IT DOESN'T MATTER.

IT, THEY COULD GO EITHER DIRECTION.

SO WHEN THEY GET, GET OFF THE HIGHWAY, THEY HAVE TO GET OFF ON OAKDALE ROAD TO GET THERE.

UH, POTENTIALLY IF THEY'RE COMING FROM 1 61 OR IF THEY'RE COMING FROM WILDLIFE, THEY'LL COME FROM COME NORTH.

GO NORTH.

EXCUSE ME.

SO POTENTIALLY, WHAT OTHER DIRECTIONS WOULD THEY COME FROM? WOULD THEY COME DOWN OAKDALE? THEY COULD COME FROM OAKDALE OR IT COULD COME FROM, UH, WILDLIFE, FROM THE WAREHOUSING OVER IN THAT AREA.

FROM BELT LINE? YEP.

BELT LINE, YES.

OH, I DON'T SEE BELT LINE ON HERE.

SO, OKAY.

THAT'S IT.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM CLEMSON.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU MR. TOOLEY.

THANK YOU KIM THORN FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

ALSO HAMILTON, FOR YOUR HISTORIC OBJECT THERE THAT YOU BROUGHT.

UM, AND I, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU DID, UM, NOTE THAT IT WAS AN OLD LANDFILL.

AND, UM, UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS MIGHT BE THE BEST USE FOR THE PROPERTY.

UM, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT SINCE IT IS VISIBLE FROM 1 61 MM-HMM THAT THE SHRUBS AND THE TREES ARE AS MATURE AS POSSIBLE.

THREE INCHES DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT'S GONNA, UH, IT BE VERY GOOD AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, BECAUSE THAT'LL TAKE AT LEAST FIVE YEARS TO LOOK DECENT.

WE'RE PROPOSING ACTUALLY EIGHT FEET AT HEIGHT.

AT PLANTING EIGHT FEET.

SO UHHUH , YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY GOING BY THE CALIPER? NO, WE'RE GOING BY THE HEIGHT OF THE TREE SO THAT ESSENTIALLY IT'LL HAVE A HEAD START.

AND WHAT'S THE HEIGHT OF THE WROUGHT IRON FENCE? I BELIEVE IT'S SIX FEET AND IT HAS MASONRY COLUMNS AS WELL.

YOU KNOW, THE PERIMETER OF THIS PROPERTY IS ALL FLOODPLAIN.

AND SO THAT WAS THE MAIN REASON, DRIVING THE WROUGHT IRON.

UM, LET ME SEE.

UM, AND THE CONDITIONS YOU HAVE AGREED TO, THE CONDITIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED EXCEPT FOR THE TREES.

EXCEPT FOR THE TREES, CORRECT? IN THE, IN THE PARKING LOT.

CORRECT.

MAY, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH NOT HAVING TREES IN A TRUCK PARKING LOT.

RIGHT? I, I AGREE WITH THAT.

I'D RATHER HAVE THEM AROUND, UH, MORE AROUND THE PERIMETER AS FAR AS BLOCKING THE VIEW FROM 1 61.

WELL, THERE'S 246 TREES AROUND THE, THE PERIMETER OF THE SITE, AND THEN THERE'S SOLID SHRUBS AND WHATNOT ALONG HARD ROCK AS WELL.

SO IT'S, IT'S GOT A LOT OF LANDSCAPING.

IT'S PRETTY INTENSE FOR THE SIZE OF SITE.

SO THANK YOU.

I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

I'M READY MAYOR.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 15 WITH CONDITIONS AND, UM, THE OKAY THAT WE HAVE NO PARKING LOT TREES.

WE HAVE A MOTION SECONDED BY MAYOR PROTE LOPEZ.

JOHNSON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THE HONOR TO TABLE 1617 FOR ME? OF COURSE.

ANY OPPOSED? A NAY? MOTION CARRIES.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER

[Items 16 & 17]

UH, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE TABLE ITEM 16 AND 17 INTO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IN JANUARY 2ND.

SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEAD.

OPPOSED? NAY.

WHEN ARE YOU GONNA GET TO MOVE INTO YOUR HOUSE, KIM? I MOVED IN THREE BOXES TODAY, .

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WERE TABLED FROM LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

I'LL GIVE YOU A QUICK PROJECT UPDATE.

SO AGAIN, THIS IS A PD AMENDMENT TO ADOPT A CONCEPT PLAN AND A FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT.

UH, SINCE THE TABLING AT THE LAST MEETING, THE APPLICANT HAS REVISED THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS ON THE SCREEN.

YOU CAN SEE A COMPARISON OF THE ORIGINAL RENDERING AND THE REVISED RENDERING.

IT DOES LOOK BETTER.

AND THEN HERE'S A LARGER IMAGE.

YEAH, YEAH.

SO I CAN, OKAY, THERE'S YOURS.

MAYOR PROTE.

YOU READY? I'M READY.

LET'S GO.

WHAT, WHAT WE HAVE IN OPPOSITION.

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I'M WITH APARTMENTS AND KNOW LEGALLY WHAT YOU'RE LOCKED INTO.

BUT RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE HOW MANY APARTMENT COMPLEXES IN GRAND PRAIRIE THAT ARE NOT COMPLETED? 50,000.

WE, WE CAN'T PUT STIPULATIONS ON COMPLETION, HAROLD.

WE CAN ONLY APPROVE, WE CAN'T PUT STIPULATIONS ON APPROVAL.

BUT THAT IN TERMS OF CASE LAW, WHATEVER, THAT AS MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, YOU HAVE AN EYESORE AT BARDEN AND SERGEANT GREG, WE DO FOR FORTUNATELY, THEY FINALLY GOT REFINANCING AND THEY'RE STARTING BACK UP CONSTRUCTION ON IT.

BUT WHAT LENGTH OF TIME WHEN WILL THAT APPEAL BE COMPLETED? HAROLD? WE CANNOT PUT THEM ON A TIME LIMIT.

SORRY.

PERIOD.

BUT THAT, MY CONCERN IS, YOU KNOW, AND I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND DO 20 AND 21 AT THE SAME TIME, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU, BECAUSE I'M JUST SPEAKING ON THE WHOLE CONCEPT.

WE COME OUT, THESE PEOPLE COME OUT, THEY FOLD THESE THINGS TOGETHER.

ALTHOUGH THIS DEVELOPMENT LAST MONTH, YOU BROUGHT UP SOME ISSUES AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'VE CORRECTED THEM.

MM-HMM .

WHICH LOOK BETTER.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT THE ONES ON BARDEN AND GREG HUNTER, THE ONES ON DECKMAN, CHEAP, SHODDY CONSTRUCTION, JUST THROWING THOSE THINGS TOGETHER, BROKEN WINDOWS AT DECKMAN, YOU SIT THERE, YOU SEE ALL OF THAT BUILDING MATERIAL AND WHAT'S BEING DONE.

WE CANNOT REQUIRE THEM TO FINISH IT.

I WISH WE COULD.

WE CANNOT, I CAN'T GET ROSES TO BUILD.

I WISH WE COULD.

I CAN'T.

BUT FROM A LAW, FROM THE STATUTE OF LAW, WHO SETS THIS UP? HAS THIS COME OUT OF AUSTIN? THE CASE LAW? HOW, WHY ARE HANDS TIED, TIED ON THAT ATTORNEY? YES, PLEASE.

WE HAVE CERTAIN AUTHORITY AND THAT'S THROUGH WHAT USES ARE EXIST.

BUT WE CAN'T, WE ARE NOT THE DEVELOPER.

WE'RE NOT TIED TO THE LAND.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER HOW IT GETS DEVELOPED BESIDES THE ZONING OR HOW LONG, UNFORTUNATELY.

BUT YET, AS A HOMEOWNER, AS A RESIDENT, IF MY GRASS IS HIGH, CODE ENFORCEMENT WILL CITE ME.

NOW.

WE CAN'T CITE 'EM FOR HIGH GRASS.

HAROLD, WHAT ABOUT BUILDING MATERIALS SITTING OUT THEIR TYVEK HOUSE WRAP, HANGING OFF THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION SITE? IT IT'S CONSTRUCTION SITE.

WE CAN'T, IT'S A CURRENT CONSTRUCTION SITE AND THEY HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.

THE BUILDING PERMIT ALLOWS THEM AT CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME TO CONSTRUCT.

AS LONG AS IT'S CONTINUING, THAT BUILDING PERMIT IS STILL VALID.

EVEN IF THEY'RE IN IF'S BANKRUPTCY OR IF THEY'RE IN ANY KIND OF FINANCE.

YES SIR.

IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH US.

THAT'S, WE, WE GO BY THE BUILDING PERMIT.

THE BUILDING PERMIT.

SO WITH THE PERMIT, IN OTHER WORDS, IT CAN SET THERE FOR ANOTHER 18 MONTHS OR TWO YEARS.

AND IF THEY CAN, IF I UNDERSTAND YOU CORRECTLY, IF THEY DO A LITTLE BIT OF WORK OVER THE YEARS, THEY COULD SIT THERE 15 YEARS.

IN MY EXPERIENCE, THAT HAS HAPPENED IN DOWNTOWN AREAS.

WHERE APARTMENT COMPLEXES HAS JUST SAT AND FOR 10 YEARS.

BUT WE, WE'VE, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT SCENARIO YET.

I DON'T THINK WE WELL ON THIS AND I DON'T, AND I DO THINK THE ONES ON BARDEN WILL FINALLY GET COMPLETED.

THAT'S JUST MY CONCERN THAT, YEAH.

HEY, IT'S ALL OF OUR CONCERNS, HAROLD.

THIS LOOKS GOOD.

BUT WE CAN'T, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH WE COULD DO LIKE WE DID TONIGHT.

THERE WAS ONLY SO MUCH WE COULD DO.

BUT THEY'RE WORKING WITH US AND WE LOVE DEVELOPERS WORKING WITH US EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T HAVE TO.

AND SO WE, BUT WE CAN'T SPEED UP THE PROCESS.

WE CAN'T EVEN MAKE 'EM START, I CAN'T EVEN, I CAN'T MAKE 'EM START TOMORROW.

I CAN'T EVEN MAKE 'EM FINISH BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

BUT YET THEY OWE AN OBLIGATION TO THE TAXPAYERS, TO THE CITIZENS TO COME FORTH AND SAY, WHAT IS THE DELAY? WHAT'S THE HANGUP? COME DOWN HERE AND TELL US WHAT'S GOING ON.

BECAUSE THEY'VE MADE IT VERY CLEAR WITHIN A MATTER OF YEARS THEY'RE GONNA FLIP THESE APARTMENTS TO SOME PRIVATE EQUITY GROUP AND WE EVEN HAVE HOUSE CONTROL.

WE'RE WITH YOU BUDDY.

THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO GET ACROSS.

WHEN YOU SAY THAT, I THINK SO.

WE WON'T CALL YOU BACK UP FOR 2021.

YEAH, IT'S, I JUST WANTED TO GET THIS ON THE RECORD.

YOU CAN GO HOME.

YOU'RE DONE FOR THE NI ARE YOU ALL CITIZEN COMMENTS? OH, I GOT, I GOT ONE MORE.

NO, I APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS AND, AND, AND I'M READY.

ALRIGHT.

I DO APPRECIATE THE DEVELOPER WORKING WITH US AND LOOKING FOR TRACKS THAT THANK Y'ALL HAVE THE ZONING.

IT MAKES THINGS A LITTLE BIT EASIER.

BUT APPRECIATE Y'ALL WORKING THIS CASE OUT.

LET ME ASK A QUESTION.

DID THEY PUT IN THERE ABOUT THE NO U-TURN ON GREAT SOUTHWEST PARKWAY? THAT WOULD BE US, WOULDN'T IT? WALTER, DID Y'ALL RECOMMEND THAT? I BELIEVE THAT IS A COMMENT FROM OUR STAFF WHEN THEY COME THROUGH THE SITE PLAN STAGE.

Y'ALL HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT.

WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

RIGHT.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT COMING SOUTH ON LAKE RIDGE AND THEN TURNING UP TOWARDS NO GOING ON GREAT SOUTHWEST PARKWAY TO LAKE TO LAKE RIDGE HIGH HAWK IS STRAIGHT AHEAD.

MM-HMM .

UH, ASKED YOU GUYS ABOUT OH, CORRECT.

NO, THE U-TURN, NO U-TURN THERE BECAUSE YES SIR.

I I THINK AS, AS RASHAD SAID, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL WORK THROUGH DETAIL.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S NOT LOST ON NO, WE DON'T LET HIM DECIDE WHETHER TO PUT A U-TURN OR NOT.

BUT WE WORK.

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RIGHT.

I JUST TOLD HIM MAKE SURE THEY, BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE WORK HE DID.

YES SIR.

NO, DEFINITELY.

AND YOU KNOW, THEY YEAH, THAT, THAT WOULD BE A TOUGH, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE A U-TURN.

YEAH, YEAH.

THAT'S WHAT THEY MAY U-TURN THERE.

EXACTLY.

BUT THE STOP.

BUT WE STILL SHOULD POST NO U-TURN.

SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

CORRECT.

AND I BELIEVE THAT POSTING AND WHETHER TO DO IT OR NOT ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

MAYOR PRO TEM.

AND I BELIEVE THERE WAS PLENTY OF COMMENTS REGARDING GRADES THAT WAS LAKERIDGE THAT WE BOTH RECEIVED.

SO YEAH.

SO DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE GOING TO KEEP EYE ON.

BUT WITH THAT I'M GO AHEAD AND MAKE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 18 WITH THE CONDITIONS IT SECOND, CAN WE DO 1819 TOGETHER? CAN YOU AMEND THAT? SURE.

UM, I'M MAKE AMEND MY MOTION TO 18 AND 19 SECOND.

ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY AGAIN, THANK YOU'ALL.

YES SIR.

WE DO 20 AND 21 TOGETHER? YES, SIR.

[Items 20 & 21]

THIS WAS ANOTHER ITEM THAT WAS TABLED AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

TO GIVE YOU A QUICK REVIEW.

THE REQUEST IS TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND TO AMEND THE PD TO ADOPT A CONCEPT PLAN.

UH, SINCE THEN, THE APPLICANT HAS EXPLORED BUILDING ELEVATION ALTERNATIVES, LOOKING AT MATERIALS AND COLORS.

UM, THE TOP OF THE SCREEN IS THE PREVIOUS ELEVATIONS AND THEN THE BOTTOM IS WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING TONIGHT.

HERE'S A, THEY ADD A LITTLE COLOR TO IT, BRIGHTEN IT UP, A LARGER IMAGE, AND IT DOES SHOW THE ARTICULATION BETTER AS YOU TOLD US IN BRIEFING.

RASHAD.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

AND THEN THEY ALSO HAVE ADDED KIND OF AN ENHANCED LANDSCAPE BUFFER SHOWN IN THE, THE GREEN CLOUDED.

UH, THAT WILL BE A NICE ENTRY FEATURE.

AND THOSE ARE THE UPDATES THAT THEY HAVE MADE.

WELL, COUNCIL MEMBER EDDEN, YOU AND I SPOKE ABOUT THIS THE OTHER DAY, AND, UM, UH, THE DEVELOPERS, WE DO APPRECIATE Y'ALL WORKING WITH US.

I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER HEDEN DOES.

UH, THESE ARE TOUGH SOMETIMES 'CAUSE WE, WE SOMETIMES WE'RE PRESENTED WITH THE THING WE HAVE TO SAY YES OR NO TO.

AND QUITE FRANKLY, SOME OF THESE WE WERE READY TO SAY NO TO, JUST TO SAY NO, TO TRY TO GET SOME MOVEMENT .

BUT WE DIDN'T WANNA SAY NO, WE WANTED MOVEMENT.

BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T KNOW IT, UH, STATE LAW DOESN'T ALLOW US TO SAY MUCH ABOUT THESE THINGS.

WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T DO THINGS LIKE WE USED TO.

AND SO I'M, I'M, I'M PLEASED THAT THE, YOU MOVED AS MUCH AS YOU DID.

HE'S HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I THINK YOU'RE READY.

COUNCIL MEMBER HADDEN.

WELL, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO, UH, NOTHING ADDITIONAL? OKAY.

MAY GET THE SECOND.

WE'LL GET TOGETHER AGAIN.

UH, WE'LL, YES, I HAVE WORKING ON THAT.

OKAY, GREAT.

I JUST WANNA SHARE WITH THEM WHAT, WHAT IT IS THAT HE IS WORKING ON.

UM, SO THIS WILL BE OFF OF, UH, FRONTAGE ROAD, THEIR ENTRANCE, UM, OFF THE DECKMAN EXIT.

AND OR IF YOU'RE GOING OFF OF BELTLINE, IF YOU'RE TAKING THE FRONTAGE ROAD, IF YOU'RE NOT ON THE HIGHWAY, YOU'LL PASS THIS WHOLE APARTMENT COMPLEX.

SO THIS PART IN THE GREEN, THEY ARE GOING TO EXCEED THE STANDARDS TO DO SOMETHING REALLY NICE ALONG THE DRIVE.

UM, AND YOU COULDN'T REALLY TELL FROM THE BEFORE AND AFTER.

I FORGET WHAT IT WAS BEFORE BECAUSE THE WAY THE PICTURE WAS WAS KIND OF SET BACK THE BEFORE.

UM, BUT THE BEFORE WAS LESS ATTRACTIVE.

SO LET'S, BUT IN ANY, LET'S JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.

LET'S LEAVE IT, LET'S LEAVE IT AT THAT.

UH, SO I APPRECIATE, UH, WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE, THE WHITE STONE, UH, WHICH THERE WAS NOT STONE BEFORE.

UH, THAT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE.

AND THE THIRD PIECE WE'RE DISCUSSING, UM, WHICH I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE YET, BUT IN ADDITION TO THE ENHANCED, UM, GREENERY AND ALL OF THAT, UH, LANDSCAPING, THAT THERE WILL BE MAYBE SOME KIND OF MONUMENT, SOME KIND OF WATER FEATURE, SOMETHING THAT THE PEOPLE PASSING ALONG FRONTAGE ROAD OFF OF DECKMAN AND I 20 PERHAPS.

WE'LL SEE DEPENDING ON PLACEMENT, DEPENDING ON WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

SO, UH, THEY'RE WORKING WITH ME.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, NOT EXCITED ABOUT APARTMENTS.

THEY DO HAVE THE ZONING.

SO THAT'S THAT.

UH, SO I MOVED TO APPROVE ITEM 20 AND 21 SECOND.

WAS THAT YOU? COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON? WE HAVE A MOTIONS AND A SECOND.

A OPPOSED SAY NAY.

AGAIN, THANK YOU AND I CITIZENS, I HATE Y'ALL JUST HEARING US, THINKING THEM FOR APARTMENTS.

THE DEAL IS THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO DO ANY IMPROVEMENTS AND WE TRIED TO WORK WITH THEM AND, AND THAT'S WHY THE THANK YOU.

IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE APARTMENTS, WE AT LEAST WANT AN APARTMENT BUILDER TO WORK WITH US TO GET IT.

MAYBE NOT WHAT

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WE WANT.

I MEAN, I WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE THE STUCCO ONES OUT ON LAKE RIDGE, BUT SOMEWHERE IN, BUT, SO THANK YOU.

NEXT CITIZEN

[CITIZEN COMMENTS ]

COMMENTS.

HAROLD WILLIS.

5 3 8 LINLEY.

THOSE OF US GROWING UP AROUND HERE WOULD WATCH HAROLD TAF.

HAROLD TAF WOULD TELL US IT'S A FIX TO CHANGE.

ERCOT HAS ISSUED AN AWARD OF A, THEIR, UM, ALERT SYSTEM FOR MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

YOU LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT FORECAST, THEY'RE LOOKING ANYWHERE FROM 10 DEGREES, 12, 13 DEGREES.

MONDAY WILL BE THE MLK HOLIDAY.

A LOT OF EVENTS GOING ON.

I HATE THE WEATHER'S GONNA BE BAD FOR THE HOLIDAY, BUT WHAT MY CONCERN IS, WHAT WE WENT THROUGH IN FEBRUARY OF 21, WHEN I STOOD ON MY HOUSE, MY PHONE DIDN'T WORK.

I DIDN'T HAVE ELECTRICITY, NOTHING.

A COMPLETE TOTAL FAILURE BY AUSTIN.

WHAT THAT HAPPENED WAS KELSEY WARREN MADE $2.5 BILLION TAX FREE MONEY.

THE BIG FAT WHITE BOY ON THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION THROUGH BANK OF AMERICA.

HE MADE LIKE 20 MILLION OFF THAT.

NOT AS MUCH AS KELSEY.

WE FROZE.

PEOPLE DIED IN TEXAS.

THE ABILITY OF ENCORE DURING THAT TIME TO COORDINATE THE ELECTRICAL SUPPLY WAS DISGRACEFUL.

ERCOT A COMPLETE FAILURE.

KINDA LIKE OUR FAILURE IN MAY OF 22, DOWN AT U 77 MINUTES TO GO IN THERE AND WORK FOR THOSE KIDS.

WHAT ARE OUR CONTINGENCY PLANS? I KNOW YOU CAN'T TALK BACK AND FORTH TO ME.

YOU GAVE ONE ADDRESS MAYOR IN FEBRUARY OF 21 ON THAT MONDAY WITH THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM.

THIS TIME MAYOR, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GIVE MORE EMERGENCY ALERTS.

I HOPE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN.

BUT YET THE MOUNTAIN CREEK PLANT, I'M 68 YEARS OLD, THAT PLANT'S OLDER THAN ME.

THEY'VE MADE UPGRADES TO THE PLANT, THE HANLEY PLANT, THOSE THREE GENERATING UNITS OVER THERE ARE OVER 70 YEARS OLD.

WHAT UPGRADES? SOMEBODY TOLD ME THEY JUST PATCHWORKED THAT THING TOGETHER IN THE SIXTIES.

YOU HAD READY KILOWATT HANGING UP OFF THE THING BECAUSE WE HAD TEXAS ELECTRIC, WE HAD A REGULATED MARKET ENERGY DEREGULATION.

THIS IS WHAT IT'S COME DOWN TO.

SO THIS IS A LIFE AND DEATH SITUATION.

THE CITY THAT PERFORMED POLICE, FIRE, PUBLIC WORKS, EVERYBODY IN FEBRUARY OF 21 WENT WAY ABOVE THE CALL OF DUTY.

AND YET SOMETHING TELLS ME HOW MANY PEOPLE FROZE TO DEATH IN GRAND PRAIRIE THAT THE FAMILY PRACTICE DOC JUST WENT AHEAD AND GOT THE ME TO SIGN OFF ON THE DEATH CERTIFICATE.

WE COVERED THAT UP.

THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANOTHER COVERUP THIS TIME.

I HOPE I'M WRONG.

BUT YET ERCOT KEEPS TELLING US, EVEN BACK IN DECEMBER, BACK IN SEPTEMBER WHEN IT ALMOST WENT OUT AGAIN.

SO ALL OF THIS PREPARATION OF THE GAS LINE'S NOT FREEZING UP, THAT'S OUT OF OUR CONTROL.

WE HAVE NO CONTROL ON THIS.

BUT YET WHAT WE DO HAVE CONTROL IS THE EPIC, THE SUMMIT OF WARMING CENTERS.

OUR ABILITY TO KEEP THAT ERCOT.

YOU AND BUDDY BRIDGES BUDDY KEPT THE ELECTRICITY ON FOR THE POLICE STATION, WHICH YES, I'M GLAD EPIC, THEY DIDN'T LOSE ELECTRICITY.

BUT WHAT ARE WE GONNA GET OUT TO THE CITIZENS BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT WEEK AND THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND? YOU LOSE ELECTRICITY IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE SUMMIT CAN BE A WARMING CENTER.

YOUR PORTABLE OXYGEN EQUIPMENT, YOU CAN COME TO THE SUMMIT.

YOU NEED TO CHARGE UP A CELL PHONE, WHATEVER.

WE CANNOT IGNORE THIS ANYMORE BECAUSE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TELLS US OUR GRID IS RESILIENT AS EVER.

SURE, YOU BET.

IT IS RESILIENT TO FAIL AGAIN AND FOR PEOPLE TO DIE AGAIN.

SO THIS IS WHY I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THE BACKUP GENERATORS BECAUSE YOU KNOW, EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS THE BAD COLD WEATHER HITS MY CONCERN MORE IS IN THE SUMMERTIME, AGAIN, WHEN WE LOSE ELECTRICITY IN THE SUMMER, AND THIS IS GOING TO OCCUR.

SO I DON'T MEAN TO BE DOOM AND GLOOM, BUT WORKING IN THE MEDICAL FIELD, YOU HAVE A BACKUP TO THE BACKUP SYSTEM.

AND WHAT IS OUR BACKUP TO THE BACKUP SYSTEM FOR THE CITIZENS OF GRAND PRAIRIE TO PREPARE US FOR THIS INCLEMENT WEATHER EVENT THAT'S COMING NEXT WEEK AND UNFORTUNATELY COMING ON A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT HOLIDAY.

ABOUT THE VEHICLE PROJECT I HAVE, UH, MY WIFE HAS HAD TWO STROKES AND THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY, WE WERE AT THE HOBBY LOBBY ON 1 61.

STEVE RANKIN.

HI THERE.

MY NAME'S STEVE RANKIN.

I LIVE AT 24 50 HARRISON HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.

I COME TO ADDRESS

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WE CALLED FOR A VIA.

UH, IT SAID IT WAS THERE, BUT IT WAS NOWHERE NEAR.

WE COULDN'T SEE IT.

THEY CANCELED THE RIDE.

SO WE CALLED VIA AND ASKED THEM ABOUT IT AND UH, THEY SENT ANOTHER DRIVER OUT, WHICH WAS THE SAME DRIVER.

AND UH, THEY CANCELED THE RIDE AGAIN.

AND, UH, THE DRIVER THAT DROPPED US OFF WAS, UH, PRISCILLA.

AND UH, SHE SAID, WE ASKED HER AND SHE SAID SHE WORKED TILL SEVEN O'CLOCK.

SO I ASKED AVIA WHEN I CALLED HIM THE SECOND TIME, IF, UH, PRISCILLA WAS AVAILABLE.

AND, UH, SHE SAID SHE'S OFF RIGHT NOW.

AND I'M, I SAID, THAT'S KIND OF FUNNY TO ME BECAUSE SHE TOLD ME SHE WAS WORKING UNTIL SEVEN O'CLOCK.

AND UH, SO THEY GOT US ANOTHER RIDE, WHICH WAS PRISCILLA.

AND UH, SO SHE PICKED US UP AND UH, I HAVE A LIST OF THE PEOPLE THAT I WILL NOT RIDE WITH BECAUSE THEY ARE EITHER RUDE OR THEY DRIVE.

THEY GO THROUGH STOP SIGNS, THEY BREAK REAL FAST.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS PERSON, WHICH I HAVE HEARD, HER NAME IS JUST A MINUTE.

IT'S ABILLA.

AND HER LAST INITIAL IS A, AND EVEN PRISCILLA TOLD ME THAT, THAT SHE'S NOT A VERY GOOD DRIVER AND SHE'S RUDE TO PEOPLE.

AND MY SISTER'S HERE, SHE'S GONNA TALK ALSO BECAUSE SHE'S THE ONE WITH, I'M DOOR TO DOOR AND MY WIFE IS DOOR TO DOOR.

MY SISTER WORKS AT THE HERITAGE PARK AT GRAND PRAIRIE AND SHE COULDN'T GET A RIDE.

AND UH, SHE'S SUPPOSED TO BE DOOR TO DOOR AND UH, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, DOOR TO DOOR IS THE CLOSEST CORNER TO YOUR HOUSE.

RIGHT.

AND THEY HAVE HER TO WALK TWO BLOCKS UP FROM WHERE WE LIVE.

I CALLED TO GET HER A RIDE FROM WORK THE OTHER DAY AND THEY HAD HER, SHE WORKS AT HERITAGE, UH, TURNER PARK AND THEY HAD HER WALK TO 10TH STREET AND I'M SUPPOSED TO BE DOOR TO DOOR AND SHE COULDN'T GET A RIDE.

SO THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME HOW, HOW VILLA'S TREATING ALL THESE PEOPLE.

AND WE GO TO THE SUMMIT TOO, AND WE HAVE FRIENDS OF OURS AT THE SUMMIT THAT CAN'T GET A RIDE AND HAVE PROBLEMS THERE TOO.

AND THAT'S JUST MY POINT.

WE HAD TROUBLE AND SOME OF OUR VEHICLE DRIVERS SAY THAT WE NEED TO COME TALK TO YOU.

I'M SUE .

I LIVE AT 24 50 HARRISON STREET.

STEVE'S MY BROTHER.

UM, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH V BECAUSE I HAVE A BAD HIP BACK PAIN.

TRY TO WALK, TRY TO DO THAT REAL FAST.

THE OTHER NIGHT I COME HOME FROM WORK.

I HAD TO WALK TWO AND A HALF BLOCKS IN THE RAIN THAT WAS COMING DOWN JUST TO GET A RIDE HOME FROM VIA, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR PROBLEM IS.

THEY NEED TO HIRE SOMEBODY ON A STANDBY SO THAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO THE VEHICLE, LIKE TWICE IN ONE WEEK I WAS STRANDED BECAUSE TWO VEHICLES BROKE DOWN.

I WAS AN HOUR LATE TO WORK.

I DON'T GET PAID FOR THAT.

SO I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT IS B'S TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM? THEY CAN'T GET IT TOGETHER OR THEY DON'T CARE.

THEY JUST LET WHOEVER THEY WANT DRIVE THEIR VEHICLES.

I'VE HAD 'EM GO THROUGH POTHOLES BIG ENOUGH TO BURY THE CAR, , YOU KNOW, BUT JUST, THEY DON'T SEEM LIKE, I MEAN, SOME OF THE DRIVERS ARE REALLY GOOD DRIVERS, DON'T GET ME WRONG, BUT THERE'S A COUPLE OF 'EM THAT ARE JUST, THEY DON'T CARE.

I WENT THROUGH A TRIP ON THE WAY HOME AND THIS GUY WENT THROUGH FIVE STOP SIGNS AND DIDN'T EVEN LIKE PAUSE FOR 'EM.

SO I WAS LIKE, I GOT HOME AND I WAS LIKE, I'M ON THE PHONE.

THIS AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN NO MORE .

YOU KNOW? SO THEY NEED TO FIND SOME KIND OF GUIDELINES FOR THEIR DRIVERS AND BACKGROUND CHECKS OR WHATEVER, BUT IT'S LIKE THEY'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING TO HELP 'EM.

AND I THINK THEY NEED TO FIND SOME WAY TO GET IT TOGETHER.

'CAUSE I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON, LIKE HE SAID THAT I'VE HEARD OTHER PEOPLE SAY IT TOO, THAT THEY WON'T TAKE VIA ANYMORE.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S Y'ALL'S MONEY AND THAT AIN'T COOL.

EVERYBODY NEEDS MONEY.

THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.

I CAN BET EVERYBODY UP HERE KNOWS WHY I'M HERE TODAY.

FIREWORKS, THAT'S ONE OF THEM.

BUT THIS IS THREE YEARS.

THREE YEARS.

I'VE BEEN COMING UP HERE THREE YEARS AND WE STILL HAVEN'T FOUND A SOLUTION TO THE ISSUE.

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I ASK THE JOB, PLEASE AS LET'S GO IN, GET THIS ORDINANCE CHANGED, IMPROVED, INCREASED ON FINES, AND FIND A WAY REALLY TO HELP OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH CATCHING THESE PEOPLE THAT'S DOING THAT.

I MEAN, Y'ALL HAVE PUT OUT THERE ON THE NEWS BOARDS, PAPERS ON THE, UH, THE WATER PAPER, EVERYTHING.

Y'ALL HAVE DONE THAT PART, BUT WE STILL ARE NOT GETTING NOTHING DONE BECAUSE IT'S NOT RESOLVED.

I'M ASKING THAT WE CHANGE THIS ORDINANCE.

FINALLY, PLEASE NOTHING PROVE THIS IN ORDINANCE.

AND I KNOW WE CAN AS A CITY TO DO THIS, BUT CAN I ASK OUR GRAND PRAIRIE POLICE DEPARTMENT, MR. S SINCE I'M CITY COUNCIL, BUT MR. NEY, DO YOU HAVE RECORDS FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS? HOW MANY? HE'S NOT, HE'S NOT ABLE TO RESPOND TONIGHT.

TRINA.

HE'LL GET WITTY AFTER THE MEETING, BUT HE KNOWS WHAT I'M ASKING.

WE'LL GET WITTY AFTER THE MEETING.

I'M NOT ASKING TOO MUCH.

I'M NOT REALLY ASKING TOO MUCH.

SOMETHING'S GOTTA BE DONE BECAUSE IT'S AFFECTING CHILDREN, IT'S AFFECTING SENIOR CITIZENS, IT'S AFFECTING PEOPLE.

PS PTSD, IT'S AFFECTING PEOPLE'S HOUSES, PROPERTIES, DOGS.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? OKAY.

THE SECOND PART, YES, WE GOT A FREEZER COMING.

WHAT'S THE OTHER THING THAT I HARP ON? OUR HOMELESS, OUR SENIOR CITIZENS MUST BE OUT THERE IN THE WINTER.

NO STRUCTURE.

WE GOT HOUSES.

WE GOT BEDS, WE GOT ONE PLACE TO STAY.

THEY DON'T, WE NEED TO START PICKING UP AND HELPING OUR THEY CITIZENS.

IF THEY'RE SLEEPING IN CITY GRAND PRIX, THEIR CITIZENS, THEY DON'T PAY TAXES.

BUT THEY'RE STILL CITIZENS.

THEY'RE HUMAN BEINGS.

THEY'RE NOT ANIMALS.

THEY SHOULDN'T BE OUT THERE IN THE STREET.

THERE'S OLDER PEOPLE AND SENIOR SYSTEMS LIKE ME AND YOU, AND AS OLDER LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THAT CANNOT AFFORD $18,000 TO 2, 200, 2 $2,000 FOR APARTMENTS.

IT'S RIDICULOUS THESE DAYS SINCE COVID HIT.

AND YOU CAN GUARANTEE ON THAT, IT'S, IT'S GOTTEN PRETTY BAD FOR A SENIOR CITIZEN ON FIXED INCOME.

BUT WE HAVE A PROBLEM INSTEAD OF DENYING IT, BLINDSIDING IT.

WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

WE NEED TO HELP OUR CITIZENS IN OUR CITY.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.

UH, BEFORE WE CLOSE, UH, ALL OF US KNOW THAT WE LOST A DEAR FRIEND TO OUR CITY.