Jan 23, 2024 City Council 01232024

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THANK Y'ALL FOR, UH, YOUR PATIENCE.

WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT LONGER EXEC SESSION TO COVER SOME THINGS TONIGHT, BUT

[RECONVENE MEETING]

UH, START THE MEETING UP, PASTOR AN ANTHONY AND VICKY CHEEK FROM, UH, CALVARY FAMILY WORSHIP CENTER, WHICH THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ARE YOU THE ONLY ONE HERE? COME ON UP.

COME ON UP.

YOU'LL JOIN HER.

OKAY.

UH, BEING, GIVING OUR INVOCATION AND THEN OUR PLEDGES WILL BE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JUNIOR ZANU.

PLEASE RISE.

LORD, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL EVENING AND OPPORTUNITY TO BLESS THIS CITY COUNCIL AND ALL OF THE LEADERS WHO HAVE BEEN APPOINTED AND ELECTED TO, TO RUN AND JUDGE AND, AND HELP OUR COMMUNITY TO RUN SAFELY AND HONORABLY.

LORD, GIVE THEM THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON, THAT THEY CAN MAKE CHOICES AND DECISIONS RIGHTLY.

WE THANK YOU FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS IN OUR CITY, THAT YOU KEEP THEM PROTECTED, AND WE JUST GIVE YOU ALL HONOR AND GLORY AND THANK YOU THAT YOU HAVE APPOINTED US AT THIS POINT IN THIS CITY TO BE HONORING YOU AT THIS COUNCIL TONIGHT.

IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.

THANK YOU.

AMEN.

PLEASE JOIN US TO ALLEGIANCE, HONOR OF THE TEXAS FLAG, ALLEGIANCE.

FLAG, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY, REGION OF JUSTICE.

STRONG HONOR, THE TEXAS FLAG OF PRAISE, ALLEGIANCE, DE PROCEEDING TEXAS.

ONE STATE UNDER GOD.

ONE INDIVIDUAL.

ALRIGHT.

WE

[4. Eagle Scout Certificates – Presented to Olvia Wolston and Claire Greenaway in Troop 533]

FIRST, WE HAVE SOME EAGLE SCOUTS CERTIFICATES TO PRESENT OLIVIA WOLFSTEN AND CLAIRE GREENAWAY.

COME ON DOWN IF Y'ALL ARE HERE.

I SEE YOU.

COME ON DOWN.

CONGRATULATIONS.

OLIVIA.

THAT'S ME.

THAT'S YOU.

THERE'S YOURS.

THANK YOU, CLAIRE.

IT MUST BE YOU.

YEAH.

.

HERE'S YOURS.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU.

SO HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU? UM, FOUR.

FOUR YEARS.

FOUR YEARS.

ABOUT FOR BOTH OF YOU? YEAH.

WELL, GOOD.

ABOUT THE TIME.

UH, THEY ALLOWED GIRLS IN THE BOY SCOUTS WAS WHAT, SIX, SEVEN YEARS AGO? NOT TOO LONG AGO.

WHAT? 2019.

2019.

SO FOUR YEARS AGO.

FIVE YEARS.

SO Y'ALL GOT IN AND GOT IT.

SO LET'S GET A PICTURE.

HEY HAMILTON, HOW YOU DOING TONIGHT? CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU.

THANK.

ALRIGHT.

THE

[5. Recognition of Nimo’s Training Gym and Faith Over Fear Boxing Team for 2023 USA Boxing National Championship Accomplishments]

DO WE HAVE THE BOXERS HERE? NEMO'S TRAINING.

JIM WILL HAVE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH 'EM ON LISA AND YES, SIR.

SEE IF THEY JUST MISSED IT OR, OKAY.

WELL, THEY DID MISS IT.

WE'LL GET IT TO THEM.

WE'LL GET IT TO THEM, BUT WE DID REACH OUT TO 'EM.

ALL RIGHT.

[6. Certificate of Recognition for ABLe Communications, recognized on the Dallas Business Journal list of “Top revenue-generating minority-owned business in DFW”]

A BOE.

I LIKE THIS.

HEY, MAYOR JENSEN, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD.

PLEASURE TO MEET YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU.

THANKS YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION TWO, UH, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT GUYS FROM OUR COMPANY, DAMON, JAMES, DARYL MAHA.

SO HUMBLED TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

I MEAN, YOU GOT, YOU GOT WELL, I LOVE Y'ALL BEING IN GRAND PRAIRIE.

LET'S READ WHAT YOU, LET'S, YEAH, LET'S READ, READ WHAT YOU DID.

YOU'RE 11TH OUT OF 40 IN THE DALLAS BUSINESS JOURNAL'S 2023 LIST OF TOP REVENUE GENERATING MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES FOR 2022.

YES, SIR.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU.

THAT THAT'S NOT EASY.

NO.

UH, IT IS NOT EASY TO MAINTAIN, BUT I WANT YOU TO BE IN BUSINESS 10 YEARS FROM NOW.

YEAH.

MAKE IT SUSTAINABLE.

BUT WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.

AND WHAT A, WHAT AN HONOR TO HIT THAT GOAL FOR 2022.

YES, SIR.

THANK YOU THAT APPRECIATE THAT.

WE WE'RE HUMBLE TO BE HERE.

THANK YOU.

OVER HERE.

LET'S GET A PICTURE HERE.

THANK, GOT IT.

THANK Y'ALL.

GOOD LUCK TO YOU.

APPRECIATE YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

I THINK THE OTHER RECOGNITION OF ACTION MAKING TONIGHT, YOU REVEAL, UH, SO LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE IS ON MY LIST.

YES.

ELEVATE.

THEY COULDN'T MAKE IT.

NO,

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THAT'S IT.

MAYOR

[CONSENT AGENDA]

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, AND, AND HAROLD'S HERE AND SOME OTHERS, SO, OKAY.

YOU WANT LET YEAH, LET COME ON DOWN.

HAROLD? UH, HAROLD WILLIS.

5 3 8 LINLEY NUMBER

[10. Purchase one (1) new Chevrolet Silverado 5500 Crew Cab with Dump Body ($104,020) for Transportation and Mobility Services from Caldwell Country Chevrolet through a Cooperative Agreement with BuyBoard]

FIRST HAROLD NUMBER 10.

UH, BY BOARD OUR GOOD BUDDIES AT BUYBOARD DOWN IN, UH, CALDWELL, TEXAS.

UH, I SPOKE TODAY WITH BRAD ROBER AT CLASSIC CHEVROLET IN GRAPEVINE, THE CITY OF DENTON AND THE CITY OF FRISCO BUY THEIR VEHICLES FROM CLASSIC CHEVROLET CLASSIC CHEVROLET PAYS TAXES TO TARRANT COUNTY WITH ALL THEIR DEALERSHIPS.

WE ARE IN TARRANT COUNTY.

WHY DO WE CONTINUE TO DO WITH THIS BUYBOARD STAFF? GOOD.

HEY, THANK YOU.

YEAH.

UM, MAINLY IT'S TO DO THE AVAILABILITY AND ON THE COOPERATIVE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, WE'RE ALSO HAVE CONSIDERABLE SAVINGS.

UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE IT STOCK.

I ALREADY ENTERED IT TO FIND OUT FROM THEM, BUT, UH, TYPICALLY THE ONLY THING WE'RE ABLE TO FIND IS THAT'S WHY WE ALWAYS USE THE BUYBOARD HAROLD.

YEAH.

AND I'M, I'M NOT SAYING WE SHOULDN'T SEARCH OTHERS, BUT THE TAXES, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T PAY ANY CAR DEALERSHIPS DON'T PAY ANY CITY TAXES.

I BET THEY DON'T PAY COUNTY EITHER, BUT THEY PAY STATE TAXES.

WELL, WAIT A MINUTE.

THEY DON'T PAY CITY TAXES.

YOU, YOU'RE TELLING ME A CAR DEALERSHIP DOES NOT PAY PROPERTY TAXES? THEY DO PAY PROPERTY TAXES.

YES.

THAT'S WHAT I'M REFERRING TO.

I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING, I'M TALKING ABOUT PROPERTY TAXES.

OKAY.

WE'LL CHECK IN WHAT STAFF HE, HE BRINGS THIS QUESTION UP EVERY TIME.

SO HERE'S WHAT I WANT NEXT TIME.

NO, HERE'S WHAT IT WOULD'VE COST.

I'M JUST CURIOUS MYSELF.

ABSOLUTELY.

MAYOR, THANK YOU.

I SPOKE TO MAYOR CHARLIE ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON.

HEY, I HOPE HE IS DOING WELL.

CHARLIE .

OH GOSH.

HE'S, HE'S BETTER THAN ALL OF US.

MY QUESTION IS, THE BUYBOARD TALKS ABOUT REBATES THAT THEY GIVE TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PARTNERS OF BY BOARD.

WHAT WAS OUR REBATE CHECK? HOW MUCH DO WE GET REBATED FROM BY BOARD BY DOING BUSINESS WITH THEM? UM, I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

UH, BECAUSE WE BUY SO MUCH FROM THAT.

WE PROBABLY DON'T HAVE THAT AMOUNT.

THAT IS SOMETHING HOW, UH, WE CAN GET FOR YOU.

YEAH, I'D LIKE TO KNOW MAYBE THIS, UH, CREW CAB DUMP BODY.

MAYBE WE'VE GOT ENOUGH REBATES TO GET WITH THEM FROM FREE.

WE'VE GOT ENOUGH POINTS.

, RIGHT.

WE, WE GET A CHECK EVERY YEAR ON THAT.

BUT I, I APOLOGIZE.

I DON'T KNOW THE AMOUNT, BUT I'LL DEFINITELY GET IT FOR YOU.

YEAH, I JUST HAPPY TO READING THE BUYBOARD WEBSITE.

ALL THIS INFORMATION IS ON THERE, SO WE, AND THAT, THAT IS ANOTHER BENEFIT.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.

THAT IS ANOTHER BENEFIT OF USING THE BUYBOARD.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

JUST WANNA KNOW MORE ABOUT

[11. Annual contract for administration of federally required reporting for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) from Claims-X-Change, LLC, dba CXC Solutions, estimated at $10,644 annually. This contract will be for one year, with the option to renew for four additional one-year periods, allowing an increase not to exceed 5% annually with an estimated total of $58,814.81 if all extensions are exercised(Reviewed by the Finance and Government Committee on 01/09/2024)]

NUMBER 11, HAROLD, THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT CLAIMS XCHANGE, LLC, DOING BUSINESS AS CX SOLUTIONS.

WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE AND THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT? THIS REQUIRED REPORTING.

WHAT MONEY ARE WE GETTING FROM THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT? HI, HAROLD.

THANK YOU.

I'M TASHA CAMACHO, NEW HR DIRECTOR.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MICROPHONE.

YES, SIR.

UM, THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT THAT WAS ENACTED IN 2010.

UM, AND SO IT HAS REGULATIONS WHERE THE EMPLOYERS HAVE TO REPORT ON DIFFERENT, UM, ON THE FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME FOLKS MAKING SURE THEY'RE GETTING THE BENEFITS OF HEALTH COVERAGES ARE BEING OFFERED.

AND SO THIS COMPANY, UM, DOES THAT FOR US, GIVES THE ANALYSIS AND AUDIT OF THE PROPER OF, UM, WHAT THE 10 95 SEES OF, OF WHAT THEY SHOULD GET FOR, UM, DOING THEIR TAXES, WHAT THEY'RE REQUIRED BY LAW TO PROVIDE, BUT WHAT WE'RE REQUIRED BY LAW TO PROVIDE, DO WE RECEIVE ANY REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES? NO, SIR.

IT'S ALL OLD LOSS.

YES, SIR.

OKAY.

SO WITH THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, LIKE YOU SAID, THIS IS IN 2010.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN THIS.

I DIDN'T KNOW, IS THIS IS AN ANNUAL REPORTING OR YES, SIR.

IT IS AN ANNUAL REPORTING.

ANNUAL REPORTING, YES, SIR.

OKAY.

I JUST, WHEN I SEE, YOU KNOW, CX SOLUTIONS, WHO ARE THEY? WAS THIS PUT OUT TO BID? ARE THEY THE YES, SIR.

LOWEST BIDDER OR IT WAS THE PUT OUT TO BID AND IT WAS A BEST VALUE BID.

ARE THEY LOCATED IN TEXAS? UM, I DON'T HAVE THAT

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OKAY, THANK YOU.

YES, SIR.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ITEM 17, HAROLD,

[17. Purchase of security cameras for the Epic Recreation Center from Siemens in the amount of $81,835 through a national cooperative agreement with Sourcewell (Reviewed by the Finance and Government 01/09/2024)]

WAS THIS PART OF OUR 2020 FORENSIC INVESTIGATION OF THE EPIC AND EPIC QUARTERS THAT WE SPENT TAX DOLLARS ON TO DO A FORENSIC INVESTIGATION? WAS THIS PART OF THIS? NO.

OKAY.

WHY, WHY ARE WE NOW BRINGING UP THESE SECURITY CAMERAS WHEN THIS BUILDING'S BEEN OPEN FOR WHAT, FIVE, SIX YEARS? WHY DID, WHY WEREN'T THESE INSTALLED INITIALLY WHEN THE BUILDING WAS BUILT? RAY HAROLD, RAY, RAY SERTA, HAROLD , UM, UM, YEAH, THE, THIS IS BASICALLY FOR ADDING ADDITIONAL CAMERAS FOR SECURITY.

SURE.

UH, THAT THERE WAS SOME GAPS IN, IN THE FACILITY THAT WERE NOT COVERED.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE ADDING THESE CAMERAS IN THERE.

YEAH, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE CAMERAS.

MY PROBLEM IS THE 2020 FORENSIC INVESTIGATION.

THAT IS WHY GREG GEISER AND JEFF WOODBRIDGE WERE VOTED OFF THIS COUNCIL BACK THEN THAT CREATED QUITE A BIT OF CONTROVERSY.

AND GREG GEISER ADMITTED TO ME THAT WAS A MISTAKE, NOT PART OF THIS AGENDA ITEM, SIR.

OKAY.

JUST GOING OUT

[18. Purchase of audio/visual components from Infinity Sound Ltd. in the amount of $85,000 including installation and contingency for the warehouse rental space at the EPIC Recreation Center through a national cooperative agreement with BuyBoard (Reviewed by the Finance and Government Committee on 01/09/2024)]

GOING IT OUT THERE.

UM, I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO RAY, BUT THE, AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING YOU HAVE WAREHOUSE RENTAL SPACE AT EPIC RECREATION TERRELL.

THAT'S PART OF OUR, WITH INSIDE THE FACILITY, IT'S CALLED THE WAREHOUSE.

WE USE THAT AS A RENTAL SPACE.

AND SO WE'RE ADDING ADDITIONAL, OR WE'RE GETTING, UM, AUDIO AND VISUAL.

SO WHEN WE RENT OUT THAT FACILITY, WE HAVE THOSE COMPONENTS IN THAT ROOM FOR RENTAL.

THAT'S JUST THE NAME THAT WE GAVE THAT ROOM.

YES.

THAT'S JUST THE NAME.

WE'VE HAD, UH, BUDGET MEETINGS IN THAT ROOM, HAD A LOT OF MEETINGS IN THAT ROOM.

IT WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE TO REFER TO THE, THE SECTION OF THE EPIC THAT HAS THE BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS AND EVERYTHING.

WELL, WE'LL CHANGE THAT.

WE'LL, INSTEAD OF CALLING IT WAREHOUSE, YOU'RE THINKING OF A RENTAL PLACE SOMEWHERE OF A WAREHOUSE THAT IS A VIEW OF YOU'VE GOT THE BEST VIEW OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS.

I'M GLAD I DIDN'T COME UP WITH THE NAME WAREHOUSE.

SOMEBODY ELSE DID.

THAT'S JUST PROBABLY CHARLIE CLARIFICATION.

I DON'T THINK CHARLIE ENGLAND WOULD'VE DONE THAT TO US.

? NO, NOT CHARLIE ENGLAND.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

BETTY, HOW

[20. Ordinance amending FY2023/2024 Epic & Epic Waters Fund and Epic CIP Fund budgets in the amount of $1,289,000 for glass enhancement/ replacement for windows at Epic Waters and approve contract with OpenAire for $1,289,000 (Reviewed by the Finance and Government Committee on 1/9/2024)]

NO, $1.289 MILLION FOR GLASS ENHANCEMENT REPLACEMENT WINDOWS FOR A BUILDING.

THAT'S WHAT, FIVE, SIX YEARS OLD.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE WINDOWS AFTER FIVE OR SIX YEARS? STAFF? Y'ALL GAVE US A BRIEF.

YOU, CHERYL, YOU TOLD US.

WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S CORRECT.

YES.

THANK YOU, UH, FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, THERE'S A COUPLE, BEN, THERE ARE A COUPLE BENEFITS WE GET.

NUMBER ONE, THE FACILITY RIGHT NOW WITH THE GLASS THAT WE HAVE IS, IT'S STILL VERY WARM IN THE SUMMER, IN THE SUMMERS.

SURE.

SO THIS WILL HELP REGULATE THE TEMPERATURE.

IT ALSO, BY REPLACING THIS GLASS, EXTENDS THE WARRANTY OF THAT FOR ANOTHER 10 YEARS.

SO, AND, AND THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'RE NOT REPLACING EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF GLASS, BUT THEY'RE REPLACING A LOT OF THEM.

SO, BUT THEY'RE GONNA WARRANTY THE WHOLE AMOUNT.

SO WHAT THIS DOES IS THIS ALSO ADDS SOME ADDITIONAL COLOR, BUT IT, IT DOES ADD THAT, UH, PARTICULAR FEATURE, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR GUESTS.

WE ALWAYS WANNA MAKE SURE OUR GUESTS HAVE THE BEST EXPERIENCE.

AND THIS IS FUNDED OUT OF THE EPIC WATERS FUND? THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY.

SINCE EPIC WATERS, THAT COMPANY FROM ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA LEASES THE BUILDING, ARE THEY CONTRIBUTING ANYTHING TO THIS? THE FUNDS? THEY, THEY, NO.

NO.

NO, THEY'RE NOT.

WE'RE WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FACILITY.

OKAY.

THEY MANAGE IT FOR US.

THE CASH IT SPINS OFF GOES INTO A FUND, AND THAT'S WHAT THE CASH THAT SPINS OFF.

THIS DOESN'T COME FROM ANY SALES TAX FUNDING, ANY BUDGET FUNDING.

IT COMES FROM THE CASH SPUN OFF FROM OPERATING EPIC WATERS.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AGAIN, IT IS AN UPGRADE IS AN UPGRADE TO THE FACILITY.

AND WE'LL BE DOING MORE OVER THE YEARS.

WE HOPE TO COVER THE WAVE POOL SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE.

YEAH.

AGAIN, SINCE WE HAVE A BUILDING THAT IS SO NEW, MAKING THESE TYPES, AND AGAIN, PART OF OUR FORENSIC INVESTIGATION THAT WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT, UH, ITEM 21,

[21. Ordinance amending the FY2023/2024 Epic & Epic Waters Fund and Epic CIP Fund budgets for IT Infrastructure/Computer Replacements for Epic Waters in the amount of $200,000 (Reviewed by the Finance & Government Committee on 01/09/2024)]

UM, UH, I'LL TAKE THAT ONE AGAIN.

COMPUTER EQUIPMENT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO REFRESH.

THERE WAS ALSO SOME COMPONENTS OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE DID NOT HAVE.

THIS WILL CREATE A SELF-SUSTAINING ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM.

AND SO THIS WAS, THIS WAS NEEDED.

AND THIS IS ALSO NEEDED UPGRADES, UH, WITHIN THE FACILITY.

AND THAT, THAT IS A VERY LARGE FACILITY TO MAN MANAGE THAT.

OKAY.

SO THAT WILL BE THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

THESE COMPUTERS WILL BE BE IN THE BUILDING.

THAT'S CORRECT.

IT IS EPIC WATERS EPIC.

THAT'S CORRECT.

AND AGAIN, THE SAME FUNDING SOURCE IS THROUGH EPIC WATERS.

OKAY.

DOES THIS INCLUDE A GOOD SECURITY SYSTEM SO WE DON'T GET

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OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ADAM.

22,

[22. Ordinance amending the FY 2024 Red Light Safety Fund budget in the amount of $117,755, to partially fund the first term of an annual contract with Flock Safety, Inc for law enforcement automated license plate recognition cameras, security cameras, and other related products and services, in the amount of $436,950 for the first year, with four annual renewal options in the amount of $308,400 for the second year, and $353,400 annually thereafter, for years three, four, and five, totaling $1,805,550 (Reviewed by the Public Safety, Health, and Environment Committee on 01/08/2024 and Finance and Government Committee on 01/09/2024)]

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME WE HAD RED LIGHT SAFETY FUNDS AND RED LIGHT SAFETY CAMERAS IN GRAND PRAIRIE? WE'VE, WE'VE STILL GOT LEFTOVER FUNDS.

OKAY.

AND HOW MUCH OF THAT FUND, WHAT, HOW, HOW MUCH DO WE HAVE LEFT IN THAT FUND? THERE'S ABOUT 750,000 LEFT IN THE, THE CAMERA PROGRAM WAS SHUT DOWN IN 2019.

RIGHT.

BUT WE STILL HAVE WITH THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION DOLLARS LEFT IN IT.

CORRECT.

AND WE STILL MEET EVERY SO OFTEN TO DECIDE HOW TO SPEND IT.

THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS WE CAN SPEND IT ON.

IT'S VERY TIGHT.

EXACTLY.

SO, YES, SIR.

WE STILL HAVE SOME MORE MONEY WE CAN SPEND ON IT, BUT IT CAN'T BE SPENT FOR THE GLASS AT EPIC WATERS .

THAT'S TRUE.

G.

MAYOR, YOU'RE A REAL LIVE COMEDIAN TONIGHT.

CAROL, YOU GO TO THE COMEDY CLUB.

HEY, HAR, YOU'RE HERE WITH ME, BUDDY.

HEY, WE CAN .

WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ELSE, HAROLD? WELL, THERE'S A, UM, UH, A LICENSE PLATE READER AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF, UH, BARDON AND MATTHEW, WHO PAYS FOR THAT LICENSE PLATE READER.

DOES IT COME OUT OF THESE FUNDS? YES.

SO WE HAVE, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT 53 LICENSE PLATE CAMERAS ALL OVER THE CITY IN VARIOUS PLACES.

UH, SOME HOAS AND PIS, UH, HAVE THEIR OWN THAT JOIN IN WITH OUR SYSTEM, BUT WE DON'T PAY FOR THEM.

THEY PAY FOR THE, THOSE ARE FLOCK CAMERAS? YES.

YES, SIR.

WE CALL 'EM FLOCK CAMERAS.

RIGHT.

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE CAMERAS THAT ARE GOING UP ALL OVER TOWN AT INTERSECTIONS.

I'VE HAD SOME QUESTIONS FROM CITIZENS.

WE'VE BEEN INSTALLING THEM.

WHEN YOU GO HOME TONIGHT, MAYBE TOMORROW IN THE DAYLIGHT, THERE'S CAMERAS UP ON THE TRAFFIC EXTENSION THAT HOLDS THE TRAFFIC LIGHT.

YES.

AND SOMEBODY ASKED, ARE THE FEDS PUTTING THOSE UP, FOLKS? WE DON'T GRIND.

WE DON'T CUT THE PAVEMENT ANYMORE.

AND TRIP SWITCH, IT'S ALL BY CAMERAS NOW.

YEAH.

THEY'RE ALL SENSORS.

THEY, THEY, THEY SEE YOU COMING DOWN WAY AWAY.

AND IF THERE'S NO OTHER TRAFFIC, IT CHANGE THE LIGHT BEFORE YOU GET THERE.

BUT DIFFERENT THAN THE FLOCK CAMERAS.

CORRECT.

WHAT ELSE, HAROLD? HOW DO I GET ONE OF THESE, UH, LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION CAMERAS AT, UH, CARRIER PARKWAY AND NEWBURY? BECAUSE OF OUR DRUG HOUSE AT 5 51, UM, KESSLER, WE'VE GOT QUITE A BIT OF TRAFFIC THAT'S BEEN COMING OUT THERE.

WE WORK WITH HOAS AND YOU CAN GET WHAT YOU TOLD HIM.

TELL HIM THE, WE TALKING ABOUT PROCEDURE.

MM-HMM .

WE LIKE THE WHOLE COMMUNITY TO BUY INTO IT.

OKAY.

BUT WHO, WHO HAS BOUGHT THAT CAMERA AT BARDEN AND MATTHEW ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER? MATTHEW DOESN'T DUMP OUT THE 1 61.

WHY IS THERE A CAMERA THERE? THAT PARTICULAR CAMERA IS PART OF THE CITY HOME CAM ROAD NETWORK.

AND HOW MANY PEOPLE DOES IT SERVE? THERE'S JUST A LIMITED NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE DOWN THERE.

YEAH.

AGAIN, WE HAVE FIF OVER 50 OF 'EM ALL OVER THE CITY.

SO THERE, THERE ARE SOME IN MORE HIGHER, HIGHER TRAFFIC AREAS THAN OTHERS.

BUT THAT, THAT PARTICULAR CAMERA IS PART OF OUR, OUR NETWORK OF CAMERAS.

OKAY.

SO WE, WE NEED A CAMERA IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

IF THE MAYOR HAS A CAMERA FOR HISTORY, WE NEED ONE FOR OUR STREET.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

WE GOT QUITE A BIT OF DRUG ACTIVITY OUT THERE.

IS IT ALL YOU HAVE FOR 22? WELL, JUST THE, THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS ARE NOT RETURNING, ARE THEY? SO THIS SOURCE OF REVENUE IS GONE FOREVER.

WE DON'T WANT TO EVER SAY FOREVER.

GOODNESS.

THE LEGISLATURE CHANGES THEIR MIND EVERY, EVERY TWO YEARS.

SO RIGHT NOW THEY'RE OUTLAWS.

WELL, IF DANNY SCOTT GOAD CAN STAY OUT OF THE CUCKOO'S NEST, WHO KNOWS.

WHAT IF WE COULD GIVE 6 MILLION? GREG ABBOT? YEAH.

OKAY.

THAT'S, UH, HOW ABOUT 24, 25

[Items 24, 25 & 26]

HAROLD, JUST QUICKLY, WHO THE AMOUNT OF THIS MONEY, WHO IS VILLAGE CASTLE INVESTMENTS AND FIVE THE FAMILY INVESTMENTS? WHO ARE THEY? IT'S THE HI, HAROLD MARTY WEEDER WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

YES.

WE'VE MET BEFORE.

YES, PLEASE.

UH, THAT'S THE OWNERS OF THE PARCEL THAT'S, UH, THAT'S REFERENCED IN THESE THREE ITEMS. OKAY.

AND WHAT ARE WE GONNA GET FOR 2.6 MILLION? UH, ABOUT 6.533 ACRES.

THAT'S JUST A LITTLE SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF CAMP WISDOM AND LAKERIDGE.

OKAY.

WHAT BUILDING WILL BE BUILT THERE, PLEASE? UNDETERMINED.

AT THIS POINT, THIS IS A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT COUNCIL HAD LOOKED AT PREVIOUSLY.

ONCE BEFORE WE KNEW THESE PROPERTY OWNERS HAD COME DOWN TO THE APPRAISAL PRICE.

YES.

AND THEY FELT LIKE IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO AHEAD AND BUY IT FOR FUTURE USES.

OKAY.

SO THE, THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WAS THAT WHAT THIS WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED FOR? IT WAS LOOKED AT AS A CO, BUT THIS WAS NOT THE ONE THAT WAS PURCHASED FOR THAT PART, FOR THAT PURPOSE.

SO RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO IRONCLAD PLANS.

THERE'S NOT THIS PARCEL LAND.

THERE'S SIR.

NO, SIR.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, HAROLD.

MAYOR ROTTEN.

I'M READY NOW.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, ONCE AGAIN, UM, THE WHOLE AGENDA HAS BEEN POSTED ON OUR CITY'S WEBSITE.

ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEM MAY DO SO BY FILLING OUT THE CARD IN FRONT OF THE DOOR UP FRONT.

UM, GIVEN THAT JUST A COUPLE POINTS.

SO ITEM NUMBER 10 ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, UM, YOU RECEIVED COMMUNICATION ON EVERYBODY'S, UM,

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SO, UM, WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU HAD THE RIGHT VERSION IN FRONT OF Y'ALL, UM, FOR THAT VOTE.

AND THEN ON ITEM, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S IT.

SO ITEM EIGHT THROUGH 27.

I ASK FOR, UH, APPROVAL ON THOSE ITEMS. WE HAVE MOTION.

SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM CLEMSON.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

A ANY, ANY OPPOSED, SAY NAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER HUMPHREYS IS OUT OUT OF TOWN AGAIN TONIGHT.

UNABLE TO BE HERE.

ITEM 28.

WE'RE NOT TAKING ANY ACTION ON

[29. Public Hearing and Ordinance for a Municipal Setting Designation for 1201 Avenue H East, 1205 Avenue H East, and 1152 N. Great Southwest Parkway (Reviewed by the Public Safety, Health & Environment Committee on 01/08/2024)]

SO WE, AND I DO HAVE A SPEAKER.

HAROLD, PLEASE, SIR.

MAYBE IF I SAID IT QUIETER.

HAROLD .

Y'ALL GOT IT.

HEY, EVERYBODY'S TALKING TO ME OUT THERE.

WHAT NUMBER ARE WE ON? WE'RE TRYING TO GET YOU INFORMATION, HAROLD.

OH, OKAY.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

WHICH NUMBER ARE WE ON? 29.

WHAT IS A MUNICIPAL? SINCE COME WE'RE ALMOST DONE.

HAROLD, YOU, YOU MISSED THE REST OF IT.

OH, I KNOW.

MAYOR, YOU'D LOVE TO, YOU'D LOVE TO BLOW IT OUTTA HERE THAT QUICK.

I KNOW YOU WOULD.

WHAT IS A MUNICIPAL SETTING DESIGNATION.

WHAT IS THAT? OKAY.

HAROLD, CINDY MENDEZ, PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.

YES.

A MUNICIPAL SETTING DESIGNATION IS A, UM, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A DEED RESTRICTION GIVEN BY THE STATE AFTER AN ORDINANCE IS APPROVED BY A CITY COUNCIL THAT RESTRICTS THE USE OF GROUNDWATER FOR POTABLE WATER USAGE.

DOES THIS MEAN THERE'S CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GONNA BE GOING ON THERE, OR WHAT? NO, THIS ONLY DEALS WITH RESTRICTING GROUNDWATER, GROUNDWATER UNDERNEATH THESE THREE PROPERTIES FOR THE USE OF POTABLE WATER, WHICH MEANS NOBODY WILL BE ABLE TO DRILL WATER WELLS FOR DRINKING WATER UNDERNEATH THESE THREE PROPERTIES.

THAT'S ALL IT DOES.

IS THERE KNOWN CONTAMINATION AT THESE SITES? NOW? THERE IS.

WHAT ARE THOSE CONTAMINANTS THAT WE HAVE? VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AND TOTAL PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS.

OKAY.

SO THIS IS LIKE WHAT TONY SHOTWELL HELDS DOWN IN HIS PART OF THE CITY.

IS IT NOT EXACTLY A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THIS? YEAH.

DEL FACO, THE DEL FACO SUPERFUND SITE YES.

IS QUITE A LARGE GROUNDWATER PLUME, UH, THAT IS UNDER RESIDENTIAL AND ALSO DEALS WITH VAPOR INTRUSION.

SO DOES ANY OF THIS QUALIFY FOR THE SUPERFUND DESIGNATION? IT DOES NOT.

IT DOES NOT.

IT'S VERY LOW LEVELS.

OKAY.

UM, AND IT IS AN INDUSTRIAL AREA AND THE SITE HAS BEEN REVIEWED FOR VAPOR INTRUSION POTENTIAL, WHICH IT DOES NOT HAVE ANY.

SO NO ONE CAN PUT WELL THERE TO WATER THE YARDS WITH, RIGHT.

OKAY.

MM-HMM .

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

EXACTLY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU HAROLD.

THANK YOU CINDY.

SURE.

THIS IS A, THIS ITEM IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO IF ANY OF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS, EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE NOT FILLED OUT A CARD, YOU CAN COME FORWARD AND DO SO NOW.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

THANK YOU.

MAYOR.

I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE ITEM 1 29 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF.

OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

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

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY.

ITEM

[30. Consider and approve an ordinance authorizing the issuance of “City of Grand Prairie, Texas, Combination Tax and Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2024,” providing for the payment of such certificates of obligation by the levy of an ad valorem tax upon all taxable property within the City and a limited pledge of the net revenues derived from the operation of the City’s waterworks and sewer system; providing the terms and conditions of such certificates and resolving other matters incident and relating to the issuance, payment, security and delivery of such certificates of obligation; delegating matters relating to the sale and issuance of such certificates to an authorized City official; and providing an effective date (Plan of finance reviewed by Finance and Government on 11/7/2023)]

OKAY.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM HERE.

I HAVE SPEAKERS ON THIS TOO.

OKAY.

SORRY.

THANK YOU.

UM, RABBI LESLEY, GOOD EVENING.

UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

THIS SOUNDS LIKE A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE, IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S NOT.

NO.

NO, IT'S NOT.

INCREASE OUR PROPERTY TAXES.

OKAY.

UM, WHAT WILL IT BE, WHAT KIND OF PROPERTY WILL IT BE TAXING? THIS JUST COMES OUT OF YOUR, UH, GENERAL PROPERTY TAXES, OUR GENERAL FUND.

SO EVERY YEAR WE ISSUE, UM, TYPICALLY COS TO FUND OUR CIP PROJECTS.

GET CLOSER TO MIKE PLEASE.

SO, UM, THIS YEAR THIS IS GONNA PAY FOR, UM, ABOUT $21 MILLION IN STREETS, $7.5 MILLION FOR FIRE STATION AND EOC, UH, $7.4 MILLION FOR BUILDING REPAIR AND UPGRADES, 2 MILLION FOR IT AND RADIO EQUIPMENT.

1.3 MILLION FOR LIBRARY REMODEL AND MOBILE VEHICLES.

AND ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS FOR POLICE BUILDING AND VEHICLES.

AND THIS IS JUST IN OUR NORMAL TAX RATE.

THIS WILL NOT INCREASE OUR TAXES.

WE ISSUE THESE EVERY YEAR TO FUND OUR CIP PROJECTS.

ALRIGHT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

HAROLD, DON'T GO ANY VERY FAR, KATHY,

[00:25:01]

YEAH.

OKAY.

THANKS FOR THE EXPLANATION THAT THIS IS WHY WE NEED MORE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.

OUR TOMMY ELLISON BACK IN THE EIGHTIES, AND OF COURSE JIM SWAFFORD WHO SAT THERE, THIS WAS THEIR EXPERTISE, UH, THE CITY WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM.

BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS IS GONNA PAY FOR THE NEW FIRE STATION PART OF IT.

PART OF IT, YES.

OKAY.

AND HOW MUCH OF THIS IS CONTINGENT UPON AS WE CONTINUE WITH OUR GROWTH IN THE APARTMENTS OF OUR WATER USAGE GOING UP, WHICH MEANS WE CAN PAY THE MONEY BACK QUICKER OR WE ARE NOT ISSUING WATER AND WASTEWATER.

THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH A LOT OF WASTEWATER.

THAT IS JUST STA WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS JUST STANDARD LANGUAGE THAT OUR, UH, BOND COUNCIL PUTS IN ALL OF OUR, UM, I KNOW IT SAYS THAT, BUT WE'RE NOT ISSUING ANY WATER WASTEWATER.

SOMETHING MIGHT HAPPEN THE TINY BIT MIGHT GET PAID FOR THAT, BUT WE'RE NOT ISSUING WATER WASTEWATER BONDS THIS YEAR.

WE TRY TO ISSUE THOSE OUT OF A STAND.

IT WE KEEP THOSE SEPARATE.

SEPARATE, RIGHT? SURE, YEAH.

THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM, HAVING THIS ON THERE, JUST AS A LAY PERSON, YOU JUST SEE THIS AND THEN I, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND IF WE COULD HAVE MUCH MORE, AS YOU JUST EXPLAINED TO THE OTHER GENTLEMAN, MORE DETAILED EXPLANATION AS TO WHERE OUR MONEY, OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING.

LIKE THE LIST LIST SHE JUST GAVE ME.

YEAH.

SO THAT, THAT'S ACTUALLY IN OUR BUDGET BOOK.

SO YOU CAN GO OUT ON THE RAVING FAN SIDE AND OUR BUDGET BOOK IS IN THERE.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE FIVE YEAR CIP TOWARDS THE BACK OF IT.

IT'D FOR EVERY SINGLE TO FIGURE OUT.

BUT IF YOU WANT, I CAN GET YOU MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.

YEAH, IF YOU WANNA SEE THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS, I'LL SEND YOU A LIST.

UH, YES PLEASE.

OKAY.

'CAUSE I WAS A MEMBER OF THE 84 BONDING COMMITTEE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.

SO ANYTHING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND FOR SEWER AND WATER NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU KATHY.

NO OTHER SPEAKER CARDS.

I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

AND AS, UM, STATED EARLIER, SO ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, WE ARE DOING A STRIKING AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE ORDINANCE.

UH, WE'RE STRIKING OUT JANUARY 16TH 'CAUSE WE DID NOT MEET ON THAT DATE.

SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THE POSTINGS CORRECTED.

SO GIVEN THAT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED.

WAS THAT YOU? COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON? WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

I OPPOSED SAY NAY.

MOTION CARRIES.

UH, MAYOR PRO TEM.

I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THESE NEXT THREE ITEMS. PLEASE, SIR.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

I'D LIKE

[Items 31 - 33]

SECOND MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ MADE THE MOTION SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEADON.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

A OPPOSED SAYING NAY.

ALSO, ITEM 34 AND 35 HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN.

WE DON'T NEED THE TABLE.

THEY'VE BEEN WITHDRAWN.

I MOVE ON TO

[Items 36 & 37]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

36 AND 37 ARE RELATED TO THE SAME PROJECT.

SO I WILL PRESENT THEM AS A SINGLE ITEM.

SO THE REQUEST OVERVIEW, THE FIRST COMPONENT IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.

AND THEN THE SECOND IS ZONING CHANGE AND A CONCEPT PLAN.

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

THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSING TO CREATE A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

AND THE CURRENT ZONING IS PD 3 89 FOR MULTIFAMILY USE IN SINGLE FAMILY.

SO THE FIRST COMPONENT REQUIRES AN AMENDMENT TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.

YOU CAN SEE MOST OF THE AREA OF THE PROJECT IS, HAS A DESIGNATION OF HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.

THIS PORTION OF THE REQUEST WILL AMEND THAT FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

THE SECOND COMPONENT IS THE ZONING CHANGE AND CONCEPT PLAN.

IT'S FOR AN OFFICE WAREHOUSE BUILDING.

YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN IS THEIR PRIMARY CONCEPT PLAN.

AND IT'S ABOUT A 286,000 SQUARE FEET OFFICE WAREHOUSE WITH TRUCK TRAILER PARKING SPACES.

THIS IS THEIR ALTERNATIVE.

THE BUILDING IS A LITTLE BIT BIGGER AND THEY'RE NOT PROPOSING THE, UH, THE PARKING ROW ON THE WEST SIDE.

THEY PROVIDED SOME PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS, WHICH YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN.

AND THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.

WE DID POST NOTICE OF THIS ITEM AND SENT OUT PROPERTY LETTERS TO SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS.

WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY LETTERS OF SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION.

ON JANUARY 22ND, THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT.

AND ON DECEMBER 11TH, THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF SAME, UM, BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO.

SO STAFF NOTES THE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE PROPOSAL AND THE EXISTING FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION.

BUT WE DO NOTE THAT THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PREDOMINANT USE OF THE AREA.

THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU SAVANNAH.

ID GO AHEAD.

JONATHAN TOOLEY.

JONATHAN GUN, ARE YOU SHOW AND TELL FOR US TONIGHT, JONATHAN? UH, SURE.

NO, NOT TONIGHT.

THANK YOU.

NO TRASH BAGS, NO, UH, STAFF'S

[00:30:01]

I JUST, IT DOES, UH, TWO NOTES.

IT REDUCES MULTIFAMILY BY ALMOST 600 UNITS FROM THE CITY PIPELINE.

UM, SO I, I THAT'S A PLUS.

UM, THE REASON FOR TWO CONCEPT PLANS IS IT'S SPECULATIVE.

AND SO WHEN WE GET THE SITE PLAN, WE'LL HOPEFULLY HAVE A, UH, AN IDEA OF, OF THE END USER.

AND HONESTLY, THE OTHER REASON DRIVING THIS IS IT'S CENTRALLY LOCATED AND IS, UH, YOU KNOW, SOUGHT AFTER IN THE INDUSTRIAL MARKET.

YOU KNOW, IT BRINGS UP AN INTERESTING QUESTION.

RIGHT NOW, MOST PEOPLE, IF GIVEN THE CHOICE, WOULD CHOOSE A WAREHOUSE OVER APARTMENTS.

UM, LET'S JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.

THERE WERE TIMES WHERE THEY MAY NOT HAVE, BUT RIGHT NOW, SWAP WILL STILL GET BEAT UP A LITTLE BIT.

OR WHY DID YOU ALLOW WAREHOUSES? THE REASON IS THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO BUILD APARTMENTS.

WE HAVE A DECISION TO MAKE.

IF WE DENY THIS, THEY'LL BUILD APARTMENTS.

DUH.

SO IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO WHAT WE THINK IS BEST FOR OUR CITY AT THIS POINT IN TIME, LISTENING TO OUR CITIZENS.

AND I WOULD THINK THAT RIGHT NOW I WILL BE VOTING FOR THIS RATHER THAN TO STAY APARTMENTS.

THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

MAYOR PRO, TIMM LOPEZ, MAY I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU OR DECIDE LEFT ON FROM LAST TIME? NO.

GOT QUESTIONS.

AGAIN, GOING BACK TO YOUR SITE, JUST AS FAR AS, UM, THAT THOSE DOCK DOORS, IS IT FACING TOWARDS THE FUTURE APARTMENTS OR IS IT NOT GONNA BE FACING TOWARDS FUTURE APARTMENTS? IT FACES THE ENCORE SUBSTATION.

OKAY.

SO TO THE WEST.

UH, TO THE WEST.

ALRIGHTY.

OKAY.

JUST WANTED, THANK YOU MAYOR PRO.

FIGURE OUT HOW TO QUESTION.

GOOD QUESTION.

IT WON'T FACE THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.

ALRIGHT.

APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

DEPUTY MAYOR PROTE.

I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, I THINK YOU EXPLAINED IT VERY WELL.

AND IT IS A TOSS UP SOMETIMES, UH, WHICH OUR CITIZENS DISLIKE THE MOST.

UM, IT, IT REALLY IS FOLKS, DEPARTMENTS ARE WAREHOUSES, BUT UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES SINCE THE REQUEST MATCHES THE PREDOMINANT USE OF THE AREA.

THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

I WOULD, UM, MOVE THE APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 36 AND AND 37.

36.

YEAH.

YEAH.

SECOND.

WE HAVE A SECOND ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

A OPPOSED NAY.

38.

[38. 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)]

UH, THE PROPERTY IS USED AS A CAR, CAR SALVAGING, AND IT'S LOCATED AT 34 16 EAST JEFFERSON STREET.

THIS REQUEST IS A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE IN THAT THE SUP REQUEST IS DRIVEN BY SOME CHANGES BY THE TEXAS DMV REQUIREMENTS.

THEY'RE NOT PROPOSING TO CHANGE THEIR USES.

THEY'RE CURRENTLY ALLOWED TO DO AN AUTO SALVAGE YARD.

UH, TEXAS DMV IS NOW REQUIRING THAT THEY HAVE, UH, AUTO SALES, USED AUTO SALES ON THEIR CO.

OKAY.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT'S DRIVING THIS.

YES.

NO OPERATIONS WILL CHANGE.

WE'VE GOT A CONDITION AND THE ORDINANCE THAT SAYS NO OPERATIONS ARE, ARE GONNA CHANGE ESSENTIALLY.

SO, THAT'S IT.

THAT'S IT.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE HAVE A, NOT WISHING TO SPEAK, BUT IS HERE IN CASE BRUCE SHAZI SUPPORTS THIS ITEM.

THANKS FOR COMING.

BRUCE.

IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL CALL YOU UP.

COUNCIL MEMBER HEDON SAVANNAH.

UH, IF THIS WERE A USED CAR DEALERSHIP, WHICH IS THE TYPE OF, UH, PERMIT, WHAT WOULD BE THE, FOR THIS AMOUNT OF LAND, HOW MANY CARS THEY COULD PUT ON THERE? I, I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT AND LOOK AT WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.

PART OF THAT, THE SQUARE FOOTAGE, UM, AS YOU INCREASE THE SALES FLOOR OR THE SALES AREA, THAT ALSO INCREASES THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS.

SO WITHOUT A PROPOSAL, I, I COULDN'T DO.

BUT THE SUP ISN'T TO THIS SPECIFIC.

SUP ALLOWS 'EM TO DO WHAT? AUTO SALVAGE.

AUTO SALVAGE.

OKAY.

IF THEY STARTED, IF THEY CHANGED THAT AND WANTED TO COME BACK, THEY WOULD HAVE TO AMEND THEIR SUP.

THEY'D HAVE, THEY'D HAVE TO COME BACK.

OKAY.

AND THERE'S NO LIMIT.

UM, TO, I MEAN I GUESS THEY'RE TAKING PARTS AND THEY'RE BREAKING IT DOWN, SO IT'S HARD TO SAY.

BUT THEY CAN, THEY KIND OF JUST UNLIMITEDLY KEEP STACKING STUFF OR THEY'D HAVE TO COMPLY WITH EXISTING SUP REQUIREMENTS AND AUTO RELATED.

THAT PART OF SUP DIDN'T CHANGE.

OKAY.

BUSINESS, WHICH HAS SOME LIMITS.

OKAY.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE, BUT THAT PART DIDN'T CHANGE.

OKAY.

DO YOU KNOW THOSE BY CHANCE? I WOULD HAVE TO PULL UP THAT EXACT ORDINANCE.

THAT'S OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THIS IS IN COUNCIL MEMBER.

GO AHEAD.

OH NO, THIS IS IN COUNCIL MEMBER HUMPHREYS AND WE TABLED IT LAST COUNCIL MEMBER.

'CAUSE HE WAS ABSENT.

HE LET ME AND BILL KNOW HE WASN'T

[00:35:01]

AND I SAID, COUNCIL MEMBER HUMPHREYS, WOULD YOU GET WITH STAFF AND GIVE SOMEBODY ON COUNCIL SOME DIRECTION ON THIS SINCE IT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT? HE GOT WITH RASHAD, REVIEWED IT, FOUND OUT FROM SAVANNAH WHAT THE EXACT CASE WAS AND HE SAID, MAYOR, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM AT ALL APPROVING THIS.

HE CAN'T DO THAT HERE SINCE HE'S NOT HERE.

BUT WE CAN.

SO I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO, UM, MOVE TO APPROVE, UH, SUP 2 3 1 0 0 0 4 2.

THANK YOU.

SECOND.

AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

A OPPOSED SAY NAY.

THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.

CITIZEN

[CITIZEN COMMENTS]

AS YOU CAN TELL, WE GO BACK AND FORTH.

WE CAN VISIT, ASK QUESTIONS, CITIZEN COMMENTS.

WE DON'T, WE LISTEN.

TAKE NOTES.

SOMETIMES STAFF GETS WITH YOU AFTERWARDS, BUT WE DON'T GIVE ANY GIVE AND TAKE.

SO, UH, FIVE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL.

THANK YOU RABBI DE LESLIE.

GOOD EVENING.

UH, I PROBABLY WON'T MAKE MUCH EYE CONTACT 'CAUSE I NEED TO READ WHAT I TYPED.

PLEASE EXCUSE ME.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT INTEGRITY.

MOST, IF NOT ALL OF YOU CLAIM TO BE A CHRISTIAN.

AND AT THE VERY LEAST, I'M CERTAIN EACH OF YOU HAVE SOME SORT OF PERSONAL SPIRITUAL BELIEF.

SO LET'S SAY FOR SIMPLICITY THAT WE ALL BELIEVE IN THE SAME GOD, THE MOST HIGH.

I KNOW THAT FOR A FACT.

MAYOR, YOU CLAIM TO BE A CHRISTIAN.

IT IS PROUDLY STATED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, BUT YOU PROVE YOURSELF A HYPOCRITE.

ONE CANNOT CLAIM JESUS AS THEIR LORD AND SAVIOR WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY ACTING AS CHRIST'S ANTITHESIS.

I AM REMINDED OF YOUR TREATMENT OF THE HOMELESS.

I BELIEVE THAT THE MOST HIGH CREATED ALL THINGS AND ALL PEOPLE.

I BELIEVE YOU CREATED NATURE TO NURTURE HUMANKIND.

I BELIEVE EVERY LIVING THING IS AN EMBODIMENT OF THE MOST HIGH.

THE SCRIPTURES SAY THERE ARE ANGELS.

ENC CIRCLING THE MOST HIGH.

IT SAYS THEY HAVE DONE SO FOR ETERNITY, YET THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN THE SAME THING TWICE.

I HOPE YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW UNFATHOMABLE SUCH CREATIVITY MIGHT BE.

GOD EXISTS THROUGH NATURE AND HUMANS, TOO MANY HUMANS CLAIM TO FOLLOW A GOD OF LOVE, BUT PROVE THEY FOLLOW A GOD OF DEATH AND DESTRUCTION.

SO I CHALLENGE ALL OF YOU WITH THIS.

PROVE YOUR LOVE FOR YOUR GOD.

DO IT THROUGH PROTECTING GOD'S CREATION.

PROVE YOUR LOVE FOR YOUR CREATOR BY DEMANDING A PERMANENT CEASE FIRE IN PALESTINE AND THUS ADDING GRAND PRAIRIE TO THE GROWING LIST OF CITIES, ALSO DEMANDING THE SAME DEMAND THAT WE NO LONGER SEND ARMS OR FINANCIAL AID TO GENOCIDAL COUNTRIES.

IF YOU SERVE JESUS, YOU CANNOT BOW TO THE LIKES OF LOCKHEED MARTIN.

DEMAND DIPLOMACY INSTEAD OF WAR AND VIOLENCE.

DEMAND OUR HARD EARNED TAX DOLLARS BE USED FOR OUR BENEFIT, OUR HEALTH, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT WE CAN BE AN EXAMPLE OF GOD INSTEAD OF A DESTROYER OF GOD'S CREATION.

PALESTINE IS ENDURING A GENOCIDE WHICH IS ARMED AND FUNDED BY OUR TAX DOLLARS AND LITERALLY MISSILES PRODUCED ON GRAND PRAIRIE SOIL.

I SAY ALL OF THIS SO THAT YOU CAN AVOID THE SERIOUS SUFFERING YOU WILL SUCCUMB TO IF YOU SIDE WITH GENOCIDE.

I AM NOT MAKING ANY THREAT AND I DON'T HAVE TO.

AS WE PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED, IF WE ALL BELIEVE IN GOD AND I BELIEVE THAT WE DO, THE SCRIPTURES SAY YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW.

AND WHETHER YOU BELIEVE IT OR NOT IT'S TRUTH.

BUT KNOW THIS JUDGMENT DAY IS COMING AND FAR BETTER FOR YOU.

DECIDE WITH DEFENDING THE MOST HIGHEST CREATION THAN DECIDE WITH THOSE WHO KEEP DESTROYING IT FOR GREED.

DO YOU WORSHIP, LOVE AND LIFE MORE ABUNDANTLY AS JESUS SAID HE CAME TO DO AND BE OR DO YOU WORSHIP, GREED, WAR AND DESTRUCTION.

CEASE FIRE NOW FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA.

PALESTINIAN AND THE REST OF US WILL ALL BE FREE.

GOOD EVENING, DEX DAVIS.

GOOD EVENING Y'ALL.

I'M A FATHER OF A 7-YEAR-OLD AND A 9-YEAR-OLD.

AND UH, I'M HERE 'CAUSE I LIVE IN YOUR DISTRICT AND I WANT YOU TO IMAGINE WHAT MY KIDS WOULD GO THROUGH IF THEY LIVE IN PALESTINE.

SO, UM, I HAVE FRIENDS OVER THERE, UM, AND THEIR KIDS LIVE IN THE WEST BANK, NOT IN GAZA, RIGHT? A PLACE THAT IS NOT RULED BY HAMAS.

AND EVERY DAY WHEN THEIR KIDS WALK TO SCHOOL, THEY HAVE TO WALK THROUGH BARBED WIRE, A BARBED WIRE ROAD, SINGLE FILE, SEVEN, NINE YEARS OLD, EVEN KINDERGARTNERS.

[00:40:02]

NOW THAT IS JUST UNACCEPTABLE.

AND THESE CHILDREN, NOW, ABOUT 5,000 OF THEM HAVE BEEN UN IMPRISONED UNLAWFULLY DURING WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW IN NALU AND IN HEBRON AND IN BETHLEHEM, THE PLACE OF JESUS' BIRTH.

OKAY? AND YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT JESUS WAS A PALESTINIAN CHILD AND A REFUGEE FROM KING HEROD.

SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THESE PALESTINIAN CHILDREN, YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR OWN LORD AND SAVIOR.

AND WHEN THEY'RE PUTTING THESE CHILDREN INTO LITERAL MILITARY JAILS AND THEY'RE TAKING THEM AWAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT FROM THEIR PARENTS AND THEY'RE WALKING THROUGH THESE BARBED WIRES TO GET TO THEIR SCHOOL, THEY'RE DOING THE SAME THING THAT THEY WOULD BE DOING TO YOUR GOD IF HE WAS ALIVE TODAY.

AND MY GOD, RIGHT? AND SO I JUST ASK THAT YOU THINK ABOUT THAT AND YOU RECOGNIZE THAT AND YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, AND THAT WE'RE NOT CALLING FOR A PALESTINIAN OR AN ISRAELI ISSUE, RIGHT? THIS IS A HUMANITARIAN ISSUE.

IF WE HAD THAT HAPPENING HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE, IF CHILDREN HAD TO WALK THROUGH BARBED WIRE TO GET TO SCHOOL, THERE WOULD BE PICKET LINES OUTSIDE THIS DOOR EVERYWHERE AND RIGHTFULLY SO.

AND SO, WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT FACT, CONSIDER THAT YOU'RE NOT STANDING ON ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER.

YOU'RE STANDING WITH HUMANITY.

YOU'RE STANDING WITH YOUR FAITH AND YOU'RE STANDING WITH DOING WHAT'S RIGHT.

AND I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU ON THIS COUNCIL HAVE ALREADY DONE THOSE THINGS AND SIGNED A LETTER FOR A CEASEFIRE.

AND TO THOSE PEOPLE, WE APPRECIATE YOU.

BUT I WOULD ASK THAT OTHER OF YOU DO THE SAME.

I KNOW THAT YOU SUPPORTED WOMEN IN NAMIBIA.

NAMIBIA JUST STOOD UP AND CALLED OUT GERMANY FOR STANDING WITH ISRAEL BECAUSE OF THE GENOCIDE THAT HAPPENED IN NAMIBIA IN 1904.

SO MAYBE STAND WITH NAMIBIA AGAIN, BECAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THESE PEOPLE IS INDEED AN ATROCITY.