[RECONVENE MEETING]
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OUR INVITATION TONIGHT WILL BE LED BY PASTOR JUAN ZAMORA OF THE FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH.
MY GOODNESS, THAT CHURCH HAS BEEN THERE FOREVER.
TONIGHT OUR PLEDGES WILL BE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.
LET US BY OUR HEADS TO PRAY ALMIGHTY AND TRY ON GOD.
WE GIVE YOU THANKS AND PRAISE FOR ALL OF YOUR MIGHTY WORKS.
YOU ARE LOVING AND GOOD AND GRACIOUS.
THANK YOU FOR CREATING US AND SUSTAINING US DAY BY DAY.
THANK YOU FOR OUR CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
THANK YOU FOR OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, THE BUSINESSES, THE CHURCHES, THE FAMILIES, AND THE INDIVIDUALS THAT MAKE OUR CITY THE GREAT PLACE THAT IT IS.
BUT LORD, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE DO NOT SERVE THESE GOOD GIFTS.
WE ARE NOT WORTHY OF YOUR FAVOR.
FORGIVE FOR WE HAVE SEEN AGAINST YOU AND THOUGHT WORTH AND TEETH.
WE DO THINGS THAT WE SHOULD NOT DO.
AND WE DON'T DO THE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD DO.
WE HAVE NO LOVE YOU WITH A WHOLE HEART.
AND WE HAVE NO LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS AS OURSELVES.
BUT IN YOUR GREAT LOVE AND MERCY TO US, YOU SEND YOUR SON JESUS CHRIST TO DIE FOR OUR SINS TO FORGIVE US AND RENEW US AS WE GATHER TODAY.
I PRAY THAT THROUGH THE SAME LOVE AND MERCY YOU GRANTED, THAT OUR CITY WILL BE KNOWN AS A RIGHTEOUS CITY.
A CITY THAT CONFESSES JESUS AS LORD, A CITY OF PEACE AND HOPE.
A CITY THAT WELCOMES A STRANGER, A CITY THAT CARES FOR THE NEEDING, A CITY THAT DEFENDS THE INNOCENT FROM EVIL DOORS.
LORD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CIVIL GOVERNMENT.
I PRAY THAT THIS, YOUR COUNCIL WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THIS CALLING AND PERFORM IT FAITHFULLY BE WITH OUR JUDGES, ATTORNEYS, LAW ENFORCEMENTS, AND WITH ALL OF OUR RESPONDERS GRANTED THAT THEY WILL NEVER NEGLECT OR ABUSE THEIR AUTHORITY, BUT THAT THEY WILL STAND FIRM FOR TRUTH AND JUSTICE, KEEPING THEM SAFE FROM HARM AND DANGER AS THEY SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
I PRAY THAT THIS COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT, I PRAY FOR THIS COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
GIVE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WISDOM AND GUIDANCE AS THEY DELIBERATE ON THEIR ITEMS FOR THEM.
MAKE EVERY DECISION BE RIGHTEOUS IN YOUR SIDE FOR OUR BENEFIT AND FOR YOUR GLORY.
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
FLAG, TEXAS FLAG FLAG AMERICA REPUBLIC, WHERE RICHARD STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG CITY, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD ONE.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
MAYOR PROTE.WE HAVE SOME SPEAKERS FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA, SO LET'S LET THIS INDIVIDUAL SPEAK ON ALL THOSE ITEMS FIRST AND WE'LL LET HAROLD COME FORWARD.
HAROLD KATE'S COMING UP FIRST.
I HAVE MY NOTES HERE SO I APOLOGIZE.
I'LL BE LIKE LOOKING DOWN, UP AND DOWN.
UH, SO KATE DERMO 43 65, ASHLEY LANE, GRAND PRAIRIE.
MY QUESTION ABOUT ITEM FIVE WAS SPECIFICALLY, SO LOOKING THROUGH THE PACKET, MOST OF WHAT WE'RE LIKE ASKING FOR ON THE GRANT IS FOR LIFT STATIONS.
UM, YOU GUYS DID MENTION LIKE THE METHANE PRODUCTION, BUT I WAS CURIOUS WHAT DRIVES LIFT STATIONS IN THE METHANE THEY PRODUCE AS LIKE THE MAJOR EMISSIONS PROBLEM, THE FIXING IN GRAND PRAIRIE, KINDA WHAT'S THE DRIVING FACTOR OF THAT? IT MAY NOT BE THE MAJOR IT IS JUST SOMETHING WE CAN GO AFTER.
CINDY, YOU WANT TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK TO? SURE.
SO WE ARE REQUESTING NINE PROJECTS.
EIGHT OF THOSE ARE LIFT STATIONS.
UM, WE LOOKED AT THE KIND OF THE PROJECTS THAT WOULD QUALIFY.
UM, INSIDE OF THAT GRANT WILL BE A LOT OF OTHER MONEY THAT THE CITY WILL BE ABLE TO, UM, GET THROUGH REGIONAL GRANTS.
BUT, UM, SO WE HAVE TO BE NON-COMPETITIVE WITH OTHER CITY 'CAUSE ONLY SO MANY PROJECTS WILL BE FUNDED IN A REGION.
SO FOR US, UM, YOU KNOW, EV WILL BE HANDLED BY THE REGIONAL GRANT, UH, COMPOSTING
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STATIONS, OTHER PROJECTS, UM, WILL BE HANDLED THROUGH THAT REGIONAL GRANT.SO WE FELT LIKE WE WOULD BE MOST COMPETITIVE BY THE LOOKING AT, UM, WASTEWATER, UH, AND LIFT STATIONS.
WE FELT LIKE WE HAD A BETTER CHANCE GETTING THIS THAN OTHER ONES.
DOESN'T MEAN IT'S THE TOP PRIORITY AT ALL.
I DO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION ABOUT IT.
UM, SO SPECIFICALLY, OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE THIS GRANT IS LIKE DEDICATED TO REDUCING EMISSIONS, ARE THERE ANY METRICS OR MEASURES THAT YOU GUYS ARE USING THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT THAT LIKE CITIZENS CAN LIKE CHECK OUT TO SEE HOW IT WENT? YOU KNOW, LIKE THE SUCCESS OF THE PROJECT? SURE.
SO AT THIS TIME WE DON'T HAVE METRICS FOR THESE PARTICULAR, UM, PROJECTS.
HOWEVER, ANY TIME YOU'RE USING, UH, NEWER TECHNOLOGY RIGHT, YOU'RE GETTING FEWER EMISSIONS.
AND ANYTIME YOU'RE PREVENTING OVERFLOWS FROM OUR SYSTEM DUE TO LIFT STATION FAILURES, YOU'RE REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF METHANE, UM, THAT'S CREATED.
SO GIVEN THE SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE WERE GIVEN TO PUT THIS GRANT TOGETHER, UH, WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF THOSE, BUT WE WILL INCLUDE THOSE IN OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION UPDATES, UH, THAT WILL BE COMING ON THE WEBSITE SOON.
'CAUSE HAROLD WILL BE TALKING.
SO JUST SIT ON THE FRONT ROW, CINDY, NOT YOU GO TO NUMBER SEVEN NOW.
UM, ALL RIGHT, SO NUMBER SEVEN.
LET ME REMEMBER WHICH ONE THAT IS.
OKAY, SO THIS ONE IS ABOUT THE MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS OF AMERICA CONTRACT.
UH, I WAS JUST CURIOUS, UM, IN GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET BOOK, I STRUGGLED TO FIND IT, BUT LET'S BE REAL.
I'M NEW TO BUDGET BOOKS, BUT I WAS CURIOUS WHETHER THIS MAINTENANCE CONTRACT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE RENEWING.
SOMETHING THAT'S JUST LIKE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE NEEDED TO MAINTAIN IT DUE TO LIFE CYCLE.
KITCHEN PAINTING, CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER.
SO THIS IS A CONTRACT WE HAVE, UM, WE'VE HAD THIS CONTRACT FOR MANY YEARS.
UM, THIS IS KIND OF A SIMILAR QUESTION.
SO THE TYPICAL LIFE OF A COMMERCIAL UNIT IS FIVE TO 20 YEARS.
UH, AND LIKE THE PROPOSAL YOU GUYS WERE MENTIONING THAT IT WAS JUST OVER 10 YEARS AND I WAS CURIOUS, UM, IS IT REALLY CLOSER TO THAT 15 YEARS OR LIKE WHAT'S DRIVING THIS REPLACEMENT? UH, A REDUCTION IN RELIABILITY BEFORE THE NORMAL LIFESPANS.
HELLO? UH, SO GENERALLY WE GET 10 TO 12 YEARS, UH, OUT OF THE LIFECYCLE FOR THESE UNITS.
AND THIS IS ACTUALLY LOCATED AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING.
SO IT'S USED MORE FREQUENTLY THAN SOME OF OUR OTHER BUILDINGS.
ALRIGHT, THIS WAS JUST LIKE A GENERAL QUESTION.
I DO NOTICE, OH, I LOST MY OWN TRAIN OF THOUGHT.
UM, MY QUESTION JUST SAYS, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? LET ME, LET ME THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A SECOND.
WHAT DOES THAT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO A LAY PERSON? STAFF? THANK YOU GUYS.
THIS IS A COOPERATIVE CONTRACT THAT WE UTILIZE WITH ONE OF OUR CO-OPS THAT THEY GO OUT TO BID ON OUR BEHALF.
THEY DO ALL THE LEGWORK AND THEN, UH, WE JUST UTILIZE THEM INSTEAD OF US HAVING TO DO, UH, INDIVIDUAL BIDS.
SO THIS IS JUST AN ALTERNATIVE PROCUREMENT PROCESS THAT WE DO AT THE CITY.
DO OTHER CITIES USE THE CO-OP? A LOT OF TIMES? UH, THIS IS A VERY COMMON PRACTICE.
UM, CO-OPS ARE UTILIZED FOR LARGE ITEMS, COST SAVINGS, UM, AND THEN ALSO TIME SAVINGS.
CO-OPS USED TO BE USED BACK IN MY DAY FOR GOING TO THE FARMER'S MARKET.
SO I SUPPOSE THE, THE QUESTION IS MORE OF LIKE, WHAT ARE THE GOODS AND SERVICES FROM THIS SPECIFIC CONTRACT? 'CAUSE IT SAYS THIS, IT'S, THIS ONE IS SPECIFICALLY FOR, UM, BUSINESS AND RETAIL FOR WALMART.
SO WE CAN UTILIZE UP TO 150,000.
WHAT TYPE OF PRODUCTS? ANY PRODUCTS THAT WE PAPER.
IF SHE DIDN'T ALREADY ANSWER IT, I JUST WANT TO KNOW ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE, THE, WILL THIS INCLUDE THE PURCHASE OF ANY VEHICLES? UM, WE'VE GOT THOSE TILES, PURCHASE OF ANY VEHICLES.
NO, NONE FOR GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS ON VEHICLES.
NO PURCHASE OF, NOT FOR, NOT ITEM FIVE, NO PURCHASE OF ANY VEHICLE.
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OKAY.WHEN ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHEN WILL WE EXPECT THE GRANT MONEY TO BE APPROVED AND WHEN WOULD IT BE UTILIZED? OH, I'D HOPE IT'S APPROVED FAST, BUT IT MAY NEVER GET APPROVED.
UH, NO, IT'S EXPECTED TO BE APPROVED OCTOBER, 2024 WITH FUNDING AVAILABLE EARLY 2025.
BUT WE'RE NOT GUARANTEED WE'RE GONNA GET IT.
IT'S AN APPLICATION FOR GRANT MONEY.
ADAM EIGHT, HAROLD RISK MANAGEMENT CONSULTING FROM ARIF FOR $35,000 ANNUALLY.
WHAT DOES THIS DEAL WITH FOR RISK MANAGEMENT STAFF? GOOD EVENING COUNSEL.
THIS ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR RISK MANAGEMENT CONSULTING.
IT'S, UM, IT'S REGULAR AND BUDGETED.
IT'S FOR HUMAN RESOURCES TO UTILIZE TO HELP US MITIGATE RISK.
WHETHER WORKERS' COMP OR, UM, LIABILITIES.
IF LIKE ACCIDENTS OR THINGS LIKE THAT MIGHT HAPPEN, WE MIGHT UTILIZE THEM FOR THEIR HELP.
DO THEY DEAL WITH INSURANCE COMPANIES ON GETTING CLAIMS PAID MORE OR WHAT? THEY ASSIST US WITH THAT, YES SIR.
SO IF SOMEONE'S INVOLVED BY SOMEONE ELSE'S CAR INSURANCE AND HIT FOR THEM TO PAY REIMBURSE TO CITIZENS? YES SIR.
WE HAVE STAFF THAT WORK ON THAT, BUT WE ALSO HAVE FOLKS, UM, FROM HERE THAT ARE MORE SPECIALIZED TO, TO DO SOME OF THE HEAVY LEG WORK.
I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY, IS THERE ANY TYPE OF WARRANTY WHEN YOU REPLACE THESE H VACCINES? I WOULD THINK WE GET A WARRANTY WITH EV EVERY NEW AIR CONDITIONER WE BUY PROBABLY ONE YEAR.
I SAW SOMETHING WHERE TRANE IS UTILIZING SOLAR PANELS ON THE ROOF AS A SUPPLEMENTAL ENERGY SOURCE.
IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY THAT THAT COULD BE UTILIZED IN GRAND PRAIRIE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING? 'CAUSE YOU DON'T TURN THE LIGHTS OFF OR THE AIR CONDITION OFF.
WELL, WE COULD USE SOLAR ENERGY ANYWHERE IN THE CITY IF WE CHOSE.
DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS ITEM THOUGH.
BUT WE COULD PUT SOLAR PANELS ON, ON BUILDINGS IN THE CITY IF THE COUNCIL CHOSE TO DO SO.
I WOULD JUST FROM AN WE CAN LOOK INTO IT FOR SURE.
THAT WAY WHEN WE ERCOT WHEN WE LOSE POWER INSTEAD OF THE BACKUP GENERATORS, THE SELF-CONTAINED OF THE RIGHT GENER, BACKUP BATTERIES, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
AND I WANNA MAKE SURE WE TAKE CARE OF CHARLIE ENGLAND.
YEAH, THAT, THAT ANSWERS ALL OF 'EM.
$893,000 FOR TEMPORARY STAFFING.
WHICH DEPARTMENTS ARE UTILIZING TEMPORARY STAFFING IN THE CITY? UH, YES SIR.
I'LL, I'LL ANSWER THIS QUESTION.
UH, SO THIS IS FOR, UM, ALL DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY TO USE THIS CONTRACT.
SO THIS IS ONE CONTRACT THAT ALL DEPARTMENTS CAN USE.
ARE THESE FOR TEMPORARY STAFFING? ARE THESE INDIVIDUALS 10 99? ARE THEY, WHO, WHO IS THIS UH, COMPANY? DO WE DO A 10 99 ON THESE TEMPORARY STAFFERS OR ARE THEY ON THE PAYROLL? UH, 10 99.
UH, WE ACTUALLY, WE ACTUALLY PAID A STAFFING COMPANY AND THE STAFFING COMPANY PAYS, PAYS THE INDIVIDUALS.
FOR UM, HAROLD, FOR THOSE THAT THEY DON'T ACTUALLY GET 10 90 NINES, THE TEMPORARY COMPANY THAT THEY WORK FOR WILL ISSUE WHATEVER THEY NEED FOR TAX PURPOSES BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT OUR EMPLOYEES.
SO WHAT OTHER DEPARTMENTS IS THIS ANY OF PUBLIC SAFETY? UH, UH, STREETS, PUBLIC SAFETY, WATER SAFETY, PUBLIC SAFETY, NOT FIRE, NOT GOOD.
THIS WOULD BE PROBABLY NEARLY EVERY OTHER HR DEPARTMENT.
ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT THAT JUST NEED STAFFING PERSONNEL? WHAT ABOUT, UM, THE FOLKS IN THE WATER AND SEWER DEPARTMENT WORKING NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS ON WATER BREAKS AND THEY CAN UTILIZE THIS CONTRACT TOO? YES, SIR.
SO THE REASON I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THIS, THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENED IN HEALTHCARE.
WE CALL UP RENT A NURSE AT 6 45 WHEN WE'RE SEVERELY SHORT STAFFED.
CAN YOU GET IN HERE? WHO ARE YOU, WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRIX? WHAT IS OUR LIABILITY? BY HAVING CONTRACT PERSONNEL COMING IN AND WORKING IN ANY JOB IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
WHO COVERS THAT? UH, THIS IS MAINLY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, LIKE, UM, STAFF AT A COMPUTER.
MANY ADMINISTRATIVE, THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY TECHNICAL STAFF.
SO WE'RE HAVING THAT MUCH DIFFICULTY STAFFING.
WE CAN'T STAFF THESE POSITIONS WITH FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES.
SO I KNOW WE WOULDN'T BE, OR STAFF WOULDN'T BE ASKING FOR THIS BUDGET ITEM.
NO, I'M JUST THINKING $893,000 IN THESE STAFFING COMPANIES IN THE MEDICAL FIELD.
THEY'RE AN UNBELIEVABLE RIPOFF.
THEY'LL CHARGE THE HOSPITALS A HUNDRED, 150
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BUCKS AN HOUR AND PAY THE X-RAY TECH MAYBE 25 BUCKS AN HOUR.SO THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WASTE, FRAUD AND ABUSE WHEN IT COMES TO THESE STAFFING COMPANIES.
'CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE.
AND WHAT ARE THEIR OBLIGATION, WHERE IS THIS COMPANY LOCATED? INTERNAL DATA SYSTEMS, RESOURCES.
WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED? ARE THEY IN TEXAS? UM, YE YES SIR.
YOU WANT TO ADD AND MR. HAROLD? YES SIR.
I WANTED TO ADD THAT, THAT 893, IT'S A MULTI-YEAR, UH, TERM.
I DON'T HAVE THAT EXACT TERM WITH ME, BUT THE CHANGE ORDER IS FOR THAT 240,000 ADDITIONAL TO THAT.
SO TO MAKE IT TOTAL TO THE 8 93.
SO, AND WE CAN FIND, AND OUR ANIMAL CONTROL NEEDS STAFFING SOMETIMES TEMPORARY.
'CAUSE WE CAN'T FIND ENOUGH PEOPLE FOR THAT.
THERE'S JUST DIFFERENT OH, I KNOW.
BUT BIG COMPANY LIKE US NEEDS TEMPORARY STAFFING EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
I KNOW WITH THE, THE WORKER SHORTAGE AND PEOPLE
SO WE'RE OUR AGING POPULATION.
OKAY, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
ADAM 14, HAROLD MANAGE ENGINE ZOHO, ZOHO CORPORATION FOR A HUNDRED.
WHO, WHO IS ZOHO CORPORATION? WHAT IS THIS FOR? UH, YES SIR.
SO ZOHO CORPORATION IS A SOFTWARE COMPANY.
THEY MAKE A HOST OF SOFTWARE SUITES FOR IT DEPARTMENTS.
SO WHAT WE ARE DOING IS THAT WE HAVE MANY OF THEIR PRODUCTS.
SO WE ARE CONSOLIDATING ALL OF THEIR PRODUCTS INTO ONE PO PURCHASE ORDER SO WE CAN PAY THEM.
SO THAT'LL BE A TOTAL OF $935,000.
THAT WOULD BE, UH, FOR HOW MANY YEARS WOULD THAT BE? FOR $935,000? IT WOULD BE FOR, IT'S A FIVE YEAR.
AND IS THIS COMPANY, ARE THEY A LOCAL COMPANY OR ARE THEY OUTTA STATE OR, UM, IT, IT'S, THEY ARE NOT A LOCAL COMPANY.
SO IS THERE SOMEBODY WE COULD USE IN TEXAS OR ARE THEY NOT BASED IN TEXAS?
UM, THIS COMPANY DOES, UH, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, CYBERSECURITY, WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT, HELP DESK MANAGEMENT.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE OTHER COMPANIES THAT DO OTHER TASKS IN IT.
BUT THIS IS ONE THAT DOES SPECIFIC JOB DUTIES FOR AUSTIN.
THAT'S MY CONCERN WITH THE SOFTWARE AND ALL THE HACKING AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS. YES SIR.
OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE BEEN HACKED INTO AND HAVE SHUT DOWN.
AS LONG AS YOU THINK THESE FOLKS ARE GOOD, THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS, THIS COMPANY.
ADAM 16, HAROLD 8.42 ACRES OF LAND ON HIGHWAY 2 87 FOR $2.1 MILLION.
WHY IS THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE BUYING 8.4 ACRES OF LAND? AND WHAT IS THIS LAND GONNA BE USED FOR? HI, I CAN ANSWER THAT.
THAT IS FOR TWO SEPARATE PROJECTS.
UH, ONE IS A LARGE WASTEWATER LINE AND ANOTHER IS A WATER LINE.
AND WITH THE SEPARATION WE NEED ABOUT 80 FEET SWATH ALONG 2 87.
AND IT'S A LONG LINEAR PARCEL FOR THE TWO, UM, PROJECTS, FUTURE GROWTH.
WILL THOSE BE LIKE YOU TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, LIFT STATIONS FOR SERIAL UTILIZATION? NO, IT'S A 24 INCH WATER LINE AND AN 18 INCH WASTEWATER LINE THAT'S CONNECTED TO THE T-R-T-R-A LINE AT SOAP CREEK.
SO IT'S CONNECTING NORTH BY DAVIS ROAD, THAT AREA.
DOWN SOUTH, THE WASTEWATER LINE ENDS AT, UH, SOAP CREEK AND THE WATER LINE GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO PRAIRIE RIDGE.
SO WE NEED THAT MUCH ACREAGE JUST TO LIKE A YEAH.
THE, WITH THE SIZE OF THE LINE, THE DEPTH FOR, UH, DING, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE IT'S STEEP IN THE GROUND AND THEN THEY HAVE TO HAVE A SEPARATION TO THEM.
AND LIKE GROWING UP WITH WHAT WE HAVE OVER HERE ON EIGHTH STREET, ALL THE YEARS THAT, WILL IT BE A CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE BUILDING? WILL IT BE MARKED OFF? WILL IT BE NO BUILDING? YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL UNDERGROUND.
ONCE IT'S DONE, YOU WON'T EVEN KNOW IT'S THERE.
YOU WON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S THERE.
BUT THE CITY WILL OWN THAT LAND AND THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE 2.1 MILLION OF TOTAL CLOSING COSTS, THAT'S KIND OF A, UM, IT'S NOT TO EXCEED THAT.
SO THE CLOSING COSTS ARE THE ESTIMATE.
SO IT'S 1.8 WITH THE CLOSING COSTS.
SO NOT TO EXCEED A LOT OF MONEY THOUGH.
WE'RE SPENDING 2 MILLION BUCKS TO EXPAND SERVICES DOWN SOUTH.
WHEN DO YOU ANTICIPATE THIS LAND BEING COMPLETED? THE SOLD BEING SOLD.
ALL THAT PILED UP? UH, IF APPROVED I HOPE TO CLOSE IN APRIL.
AND THEN THESE PROJECTS WILL BE DESIGNED.
SO WE'RE YEARS OUT FROM ACTUALLY PUTTING IN THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.
HOW? IN ABOUT PROBABLY, HOPEFULLY CONSTRUCTION WITHIN A YEAR TO 18 MONTHS.
I JUST WANTED JUST TO QUICKLY ADD WITH THE WALMART, WITH THE OMNI PARTNERS.
I JUST, WHO IS OMNI OMNA PARTNERS? IS THAT THE CO-OP GROUP? UH, I GUESS WHEN YOU SEE WALMART
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BUSINESS, ARE WE GONNA BE RUNNING DOWN TO WALMART ANDSO THEY TIPS AND OTHER ONES, THEY ACTUALLY CAME TOGETHER.
SO IT'S, UH, A PARTNERSHIP OF CO-OPS.
THIS IS ONES THAT WE WILL USUALLY DO ONLINE PURCHASES THROUGH WALMART.
SO THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BUYBOARD? NO.
I SEE YOU HAVE $5,000 HERE WITH ALL THE RECENT CHANGES FROM THE LEGISLATURE.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR, DOES THIS APPLY TO ALL INDIVIDUALS IN GRAND PRAIRIE, NOT THE SENIOR OR DISABLED EXEMPTION? THIS IS FOR EVERYONE IN GRAND PRAIRIE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS.
THIS IS, SO THE RECENT LEGISLATION PRIMARILY DEALT WHEN IT INCREASED FROM 40,000 TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND WAS THE SCHOOL.
SO THIS IS FOR ANY HOMEOWNER THAT HAS APPLIED FOR THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IN DALLAS COUNTY, TARRAN COUNTY AND COUNTY.
WHETHER YOU'VE APPLIED FOR ANY OTHER OR NOT.
SO OUR FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS COULD GET A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK HERE.
AS LONG AS YOU, THAT'S YOUR PRIMARY RESIDENCE.
THIS ONLY APPLIES TO PRIMARY RESIDENCE.
SO NO RENTAL PROPERTIES, NO COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES HOMESTEAD.
YOU HAVE TO, IT HAS TO BE YOUR HOMESTEAD.
$424,000 FOR ADDITIONAL MARKETING SERVICES.
YEAH, WE JUST GOT BRIEFED ON THAT.
SO CLAUDIA IS READY 'CAUSE SHE JUST BRIEFED THE COUNCIL ON IT.
SO IT'S, WE'RE ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL DOLLARS MARKETING DOLLARS TO ENHANCE OUR MARKETING EFFORTS FOR EPIC CENTRAL.
NOW THAT WE HAVE DIFFERENT DESTINATIONS, NEWLY ADDED DESTINATIONS, WE'LL BE, UM, REDOING OUR COMMERCIAL, ADDING MORE FEATURES TO OUR COMMERCIAL.
AND SO WE WANT TO ATTRACT MORE PEOPLE.
AND SO WE'LL BE BROADCASTING ON TV AND STREAM, UH, STREAMING TV AS WELL.
THIS $424,000, IS THIS DONE IN HOUSE OR A PRIVATE COMPANY? WE SUBCONTRACT THIS OUT.
THROUGH OUR CURRENT AGENCY, MARKETING AGENCY.
UM, WHO ARE THEY? UH, ARI, THEY HAVE BEEN WITH US.
SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EPIC CENTRAL, I JUST, I KEEP THINKING OF, OF THE EPIC, UH OH NO, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE HUNDRED 74 ACRES, INCLUDING, OKAY.
SO THIS ALL THE DIFFERENT DESTINATIONS, ADVENTURES, DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS, UH, EPIC WATERS THE EPIC, AND THEY'LL COME SHOP AT IKEA.
'CAUSE IT'S JUST ALL ONE BIG THING.
ALL I ASK IS DURING MY FAVORITE TIME OF THE YEAR, ABOUT DECEMBER 15TH OR 16TH, THERE'S A LITTLE SOCIAL GROUP THAT HANGS OVER THERE AT JERRY WORLD.
THAT WE REACH OUT TO THOSE CLASS A, CLASS TWO, A HIGH SCHOOLS IN TEXAS.
WE WANT THEIR BUSINESS, WE WANT 'EM STAYING IN GRAND.
BUT I WANT THAT ALL YEAR ROUND.
I WANT IT, AND ESPECIALLY IN DECEMBER FROM A HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS THAT AFTER THE GAMES ARE OVER, THEY KNOW THEY'RE COMING BACK TO GRAND PRAIRIE, AN AGGRESSIVE MARKETING APPROACH TO THE UIL TO GET THOSE FOLKS IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY OUR PLAN WITH THIS APPROACH TO REACH A WIDER AUDIENCE.
AND I THINK IT CONCLUDES YOU FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION MAY APPROACH HIM.
UM, AS IT WAS STATED EARLIER, I MEAN THE FULL AGENDA HAS BEEN POSTED ONLINE, THE CITY WEBSITE AS REQUIRED.
ANYONE SPEAKING ON ANY ITEM, PLEASE COMPLETE A CARD EARLIER TODAY.
UH, DURING THE BRIEFING, THE COUNCIL REVIEWED ALL THE ITEMS. SO MY MOTION IS TO APPROVE ITEMS FOUR THROUGH 21 ON THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH ITEM NUMBER 16, SUBJECT TO A ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TIMM LOPEZ.
SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO, TIM CLEMSON.
[22. Action Items Resulting from Staff Presentations: 2024 Sponsorship Request for $20,000 – Dave’s Legacy]
HAVE SOME SPEAKERS FOR ITEM 22.MEL, WOULD YOU READ THE SPEAKERS? ALEXANDRIA DAVE.
YOU YOU, YOU FILLED OUT A CARD, SO YEAH.
UH, WE, WE ARE HERE THIS EVENING TO ASK FOR FUNDING FOR OUR NONPROFIT, WHICH IS DAVE'S LEGACY.
WE'VE BEEN IN, BEEN HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE SINCE 2016 AND WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS UNDER THAT UMBRELLA.
THE FIRST ONE IS SAVING SOULS, WHERE WE DO A FEEDING PROGRAM AT THE DALWORTH.
WELL, WE'VE BEEN DOING THE FEEDING PROGRAM AT THE DALWORTH REC.
WE'VE DONE THAT FOUR TIMES SO FAR.
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WE DID THREE POTLUCKS AT TYREE PARK, UH, HANDS UP, WHICH HELPS PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY LOOK FOR ODD JOBS.AND THEN OF COURSE, MY SISTER HAS A PLUS DANCE WHERE YOU CAN SPONSOR A CHILD IN NEED.
WHO WOULD LIKE TO DANCE? OKAY.
THE REASON WHY I SET THESE PROGRAMS IS I STARTED OUT WITH A PLUS, THEN I AT DALWORTH RECREATIONAL CENTER, THEN I SAW THAT THE PARENTS WERE STRUGGLING.
SO WE STARTED DOING I IDS AND ALSO HELPING THEM FIND A JOB.
SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT I DEAL WITH, THEY, THEY DO HAVE RECORDS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO HIRE PEOPLE WITH A FELONY ID.
SO WHAT I WAS DOING, I WAS GETTING MONEY FROM WALMART, PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO HELP WHATEVER NEEDED HELP.
SO THE FEEDING PROGRAM, ONE OF THE BABIES GOT IN TROUBLE FOR STEALING FOOD AT THE DOWER FRACK.
AND I FOUND OUT THAT NOBODY WANTS TO DONATE IF YOU'RE NOT A 5 0 1 3 C.
SO THAT'S WHY I WENT AHEAD AND DID THAT.
SO, AND I CAN ALSO UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE SAYING WHY ALL THE FEEDING COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, WHY EVERYBODY WANTS TO FEED, YOU KNOW, THE MONEY FOR THAT.
BECAUSE I FIND OUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT FEEDING IN D WORTH.
I SEE ME AND I SEE LUNCHBOX OF LOVE, MR. MELISSA THAT WE PARTNER WITH.
BUT A LOT OF, WE WALK THE STREETS IN D WORTH.
I DON'T SEE A LOT OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE REALLY ACTUALLY FEEDING THE PEOPLE.
WHILE WE WERE SITTING HERE AT FOUR 30, MY VOLUNTEERS WAS UP THERE AT THE D WORTH REC MAKING SURE THE KIDS ATE EVEN THOUGH I WANTED TO COME UP HERE AND SPEAK.
SO I'VE NEVER ASKED FOR FUNDING.
PARKS AND REC HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN, IN THE PAST TOO.
WE'VE DONE THAT ON OUR OWN OR WE JUST DID IT OURSELVES OUT OF OUR OWN POCKETS.
SO I JUST WANT Y'ALL TO KNOW SO I CAN HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HEDEN HAS A QUESTION FOR YOU OR COMMENT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
CAN YOU SHARE MORE WITH US ABOUT THE JOB PLACEMENT? UM, LIKE WALK US THROUGH, SOMEONE COMES IN NEEDING THE SERVICE.
WELL, USUALLY THEY COME IN MEETING
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? UH, USUALLY I KNOW SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE UNEMPLOYED.
EITHER THE ID, IT'S, UH, VERY TEDIOUS TO GET THEIR ID, THE SOCIAL SECURITY, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW TAMMY CHAN HAS ALSO DONE THAT IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
UH, SO PRETTY MUCH PEOPLE JUST KNOW ME AND I SAY, OH, OKAY, WHY DON'T YOU, YOU KNOW, MOW THEIR YARD OR WE ARE SUPPLY 'EM WITH THE LAWNMOWER.
WE'LL GIVE 'EM FUNDING AND THEN WE DO THAT.
IT ALSO KEEPS THE CRIME RATE DOWN, YOU KNOW, AND SO PEOPLE WON'T STEAL.
AND ALSO WE HELP THE OLDER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
BUT RIGHT NOW, SINCE WE ARE HAVE LACKING FUNDING, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT RIGHT NOW.
SO YOU WOULD LITERALLY, FROM YOUR FUNDS, PAY SOMEONE FOR THESE ODDS AND THEN JOB YES.
WHILE THEY'RE WAITING TO GET LIKE A FULLTIME SOMETHING TO KEEP THEM ON THEIR WE GET THEIR ID AND THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY YES.
AND THAT TAKES TRANSPORTATION AND GOING BACK AND FORTH AND SO, BUT WE'LL DO IT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING TONIGHT.
HOW Y'ALL DOING? UM, MY NAME MELISSA DENT.
I'M THE CEO AND FOUNDER OF LUNCHBOX AND LOVE.
I'M HERE SUPPORTING ALEXANDRIA DAVE'S LEGACY.
UM, TO VOUCH FOR HER THAT SHE DO FEED THE CHILDREN IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
UM, WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT FEEDING IN DALWORTH, I HAVEN'T, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYBODY SAY THAT.
THEY FEED AT CLAYTON MARKS APARTMENT COMPLEX.
I RUN THE COMMUNITY CENTER AT CLAYTON MARKS APARTMENT COMPLEX.
I FEED 65 KIDS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
UM, SO A LOT OF THE ORGANIZATIONS, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE DON'T SERVE THE SAME KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S DIFFERENT AREAS OF WHICH PEOPLE, NONPROFITS SERVE.
'CAUSE I, I'M THE ONE THAT'S SERVING CLAYTON MARKS, UM, DAVE LEGACY, SERVING A WHOLE DIFFERENT AREA OF KIDS.
SO THE OTHER NONPROFITS, THEY PROBABLY DO FEED IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT THEY DON'T FEED THE SAME KIDS THAT WE FEED.
'CAUSE HE WAS SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT, IT DID NOT HAPPEN.
SO THANK YOU FOR INPUTTING THAT.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SUPPORT HER AS FAR AS HER FEEDING THE KIDS.
COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR HER? YES.
UH, HAVE YOU GUYS REACHED, SORRY.
UH, HAVE YOU GUYS REACHED OUT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY'RE KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ATTEND THE GPSD SCHOOLS OR A ISD OR MANSFIELD THAT HAVE NOT BEING PROPERTY FED WITH PROPER NUTRITION
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AND THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING IT YOURSELF TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY PROGRAMS THAT THEY OFFER THROUGH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR THROUGH THE STATE? I WORK WITH SOME OF THE SCHOOL, UM, UH, DISTRICTS, UM, TO, WHAT I DO IS WHEN THE KIDS COME HOME, 'CAUSE LIKE I SAID, I RUN THE APARTMENT COMPLEX SO WHEN THE KIDS COME HOME FROM SCHOOL, I SEND THEM HOME WITH A SNACK BAG FOR LATER ON THAT DAY.SO THEY, THEY EAT AT SCHOOL, BUT THEY STILL MAY NOT HAVE A MEAL ONCE THEY GET HOME AFTER SCHOOL.
SO I DO A AFTER SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAM.
THEY PROBABLY BE ON, UM, PROVIDED BREAKFAST AND LUNCH.
BUT THERE'S NATIONWIDE I'VE HEARD OF PROGRAMS WHERE THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE INVOLVED WITH IDENTIFYING THOSE KIDS WHO MAY NOT HAVE A MEAL FOR DINNER OR WHATEVER AND THEY PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL MEAL FOR THOSE CHILDREN TO, BECAUSE HATE USING THE WORD KID, UH, FOR THOSE CHILDREN TO TAKE HOME WITH THEM.
SO YOU, YOU'VE REACHED OUT TO THE I SDS DIFFERENT, THE VARIOUS ISDS THAT BORDERS, UH, GRAND PRAIRIE AND THERE'S NOTHING AVAILABLE, UH, TO THOSE KIDS.
UM, I'M NOT SURE IF IT IS NOT NOTHING AVAILABLE TO THE KIDS.
I JUST KNOW THAT I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY HELP IN CLAYTON MARK'S APARTMENT COMPLEX.
BUT DID YOU REACH OUT TO HIM TOO? SO I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF THE GRAND PRAIRIE AREA.
'CAUSE I'M NOT FROM GRAND PRAIRIE.
I'M, I'M FROM MICHIGAN, BUT I'VE BEEN FEEDING OVER THERE FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS.
I DON'T, I DON'T REASON I'M ASKING THAT BECAUSE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THERE THAT'S ANOTHER SOURCE, UH, THAT YOU COULD, THAT CAN HELP YOU AND YOUR ORGANIZATION TO FEED THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WHAT YOU'RE PROVIDING.
THAT'S WHAT I'M, I'M ASKING HAVE YOU GUYS WENT OUT AND IDENTIFIED SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL SHOULD LOOK INTO? YEAH, I WILL LOOK INTO THAT.
UM, I HAVE, I HAVE TALKED WITH, UM, SOME OF THE SCHOOLS.
UM, THEY, THEY SUPPOSED TO BE COMING TO HELP WITH MY FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAM, BUT I HAVEN'T TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THE FEEDING.
BUT THEY DO KNOW THAT I MONDAY.
HOW YOU DOING? UM, YOU KNOW, I VISITED YOUR OPERATION AND IT'S VERY IMPACTFUL.
A LOT OF THIS IS NOT A, THIS IS NOT A FANCY APARTMENT BY ANY MEANS.
AND A LOT OF THESE PARENTS ARE WORKING VERY LATE.
UM, SO IT'S VERY HELPFUL AND I TRY TO GO SERVE THERE ON MONDAYS.
UM, SO YOU'RE DOING GOOD WORK AND SINCE I KNOW YOU WEREN'T HERE ON BEHALF OF YOUR ORGANIZATION.
BUT JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
YOU WROTE DOWN CITIZEN COMMENTS AND YOU WROTE DOWN 22.
SO DO YOU WANNA SPEAK NOW ON 22? NO.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR IN CITY COUNCIL.
I LIVE AT 2217 EL PASO STREET, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.
I'M SPEAKING IN BEHALF OF OKAY, MS. ALEXANDER FOR ONE REASON.
I KNOW THE BABIES AT DALWORTH AND I KNOW THEIR HUNGRY NEST BECAUSE WE GIVE THEM SNACKS.
I'M THE GRANDMOTHER FOR DEL WORTH AND I APPLAUD YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
I MET, UH, MELISSA, MELISSA AT ANOTHER EVENT.
SO I LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN DEL WORTH.
AND IF CITY COUNCIL CAN HELP THESE LADIES, IT WOULD BE A GOOD THING.
NOW I KNOW MR. JOHNSON, FROM GOING TO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, THERE ARE THINGS, OUTREACH PROGRAMS THAT THE ISD OF GRAND PRAIRIE HAVE THAT IF THE ENTREPRENEURS WILL REACH OUT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD, THEY WILL HELP BECAUSE THEY FEED.
THERE IS A PROGRAM THAT FEEDS AT DELAWARE ALSO AN AN OUTREACH PROGRAM.
UH, YOU KNOW WHAT PARTY I'M A MEMBER OF AND I'M, UH, A MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE DALLAS ELECTION DEPARTMENT.
AND I WANNA GIVE YOU A THAT BOY, YOU, YOU, YOU NEED TO DO THAT.
I'LL CALL YOU UP FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS LATER.
KEEP THAT CARD FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, UH, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I APPLAUD, APPLAUD, UM, YOU ALEXANDRIA FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
AND I KNOW DAVE LEGACY IS A NEAR AND DEAR HEART PROJECT FOR YOU, FOR YOUR GRANDFATHER'S NAME TO CONTINUE TO EXIST IN THIS CITY.
UM, HOWEVER, WE CANNOT GRANT YOU, I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND, AND I WOULD LIKE TO PUT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO GRANT YOU SEED MONEY OF $2,500
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AND IT WILL GET YOU STARTED.AND SO I DON'T WANNA TABLE IT.
I DON'T WANNA, UM, PROLONG IT.
BUT I DO WANT YOU TO START WITH SOMETHING SO THAT YOU CAN ESTABLISH A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY AND THEN MAYBE IN THE FUTURE, JUST LIKE WE TOLD OTHER, UM, ORGANIZATIONS, IT MAY BE A, A POSSIBILITY FOR ADDITIONAL MONEY, BUT WE ALSO GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROTECTING THE TAXPAYER'S DOLLARS AND STAYING WITHIN OUR BUDGET.
AND SO, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION SECOND.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND $2,500.
SO JUST, WE'RE IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE IN THIS PROCESS.
SO ONE THING, JUST AS A REMINDER TO YOUR NONPROFIT AND ANY CITY NONPROFIT, WE WE'RE ESTABLISHED A PROCESS.
SO THE PROCESS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WEIRDLY LOOKING AT GETTING THESE SUBMISSIONS TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR.
THAT WAY IN JANUARY WE COULD START FIGURING OUT WHAT'S A BUCKET OF MONEY, WHAT TO ASK.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING I WOULD ASK IS THAT, YOU KNOW, PLEASE BE ON THE LOOKOUT TOWARDS THE END OF THIS YEAR.
SO LET THAT YOU COULD REAPPLY AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ELSE SHE COULD DO.
BUT JUST TO LET OTHER NONPROFITS KNOW, WE KIND OF CREATED CRITERIA.
AND THE CRITERIA WAS THAT WE, WE DO IT IN THIS MANNER.
BUT THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TONIGHT.
BUT JUST IN CASE, I JUST DON'T WANT TO FORGET AT THE END OF THE YEAR TOO, INQUIRE MORE ABOUT IT.
AND MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, YOU WEREN'T HERE FOR THE BRIEFING 'CAUSE WE WERE ALL WONDERING WHY WE WERE GETTING THIS NOW.
'CAUSE WE'D ALREADY CLOSED IT AND EVERYTHING.
THEY APPLIED BACK IN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER.
BUT JUST Y'ALL, SO THAT'S WHY WE BROUGHT IT UP TONIGHT.
SO YOU TOLD US ALL THAT AND SO YES SIR.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE TABLE.
[Items 23 - 25]
MAYOR PRO TEM, I'D LOOK FOR YOU FOR THE ACTION ON ITEMS 23, 24 AND 25.UM, THE ITEMS 23 TO 25, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TABLE THE ITEMS. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON TO TABLE THOSE ITEMS. THAT ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[Additional Item]
GET ANY FURTHER IN THE AGENDA, OTHER PEOPLE MAY GO, I NEED TO RECOGNIZE KATHY PATRICK TONIGHT.THIS IS, THIS IS KATHY'S LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WITH US KATHY? UH, GARY GWEN HIRED ME IN 1996.
YOU ONE WANNA REMEMBER ABOUT HIM? HE HAD THE BIGGEST HANDS OF ANY MAN, MAN I'VE EVER SEEN.
OH, AM I NOT RIGHT? YEAH, HE WAS, HE USED TO BE A LINEBACKER FOR SOME FOOTBALL TEAM AND HE WAS ABOUT SEVEN FEET TALL.
UH, TELL US THE POSITIONS YOU'VE HELD FOR US.
UH, GARY GWEN HIRED ME AS THE CITY AUDITOR IN 1996.
UM, HAD ALWAYS PLANNED TO RETIRE IN THAT POSITION, BUT CHERYL ASKED ME TO TAKE THE CFO ROLE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN, UH, KAREN RIGGS LEFT.
AND SO I WORKED IN, UH, FINANCE AND AUDIT IN THE CITY OF ARLINGTON FOR FIVE YEARS BEFORE I CAME HERE.
WELL, YOU'RE RETIRING AT THE BEST CITY, SO THANK YOU.
[26. STP-24-01-0002 - Site Plan – Harbor Freight Tools (City Council District 3). Site Plan for a 16,000 sq. ft. commercial retail building on 1.93 acres. Lot 1, Block A, Hakemy Addition, Dallas County, Texas, zoned General Retail (GR) and addressed as 900 E Pioneer Pkwy (On February 26, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 8-0)]
SAVANNAH.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THIS NEXT ITEM IS A SITE PLAN FOR ABOUT A 16,000 SQUARE FOOT COMMERCIAL RETAIL BUILDING.
IT'S LOCATED, UH, ON ATTRACTIVE LAND.
IT'S JUST UNDER TWO ACRES AT 900 EAST PIONEER PARKWAY.
UH, SO THE PROPERTY DOES ALLOW THIS USE BY RIGHT? AND THE SITE PLAN IS TO MAKE SURE IT'S COMPLYING WITH ALL OF OUR UDC REQUIREMENTS THAT INCLUDES, UH, THE DENSITY DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS WHICH THIS PROPOSAL MEETS.
IT IS MEETING OUR LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS.
AND THEN THESE ARE THEIR PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS.
THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.
AND ON FEBRUARY 26TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF EIGHT TO ZERO.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
COUNSEL, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER DEBOSKY I THINK IS A GREAT ADDITION TO YOUR DISTRICT AND I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I'M HAPPY COMING HERE 'CAUSE I HAD TO GO TO A OR DOCK BILL.
YEAH, NO, THIS A GOOD, I'M SO EXCITED.
I THINK, UH, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY I MOVED TO APPROVE, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING, UH, PROJECT STP DASH 24 DASH ZERO ONE DASH 0 0 2.
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I WANTED YOU TO DO THE SECOND.[27. STP-24-01-0003 - Site Plan – Scannell Shady Grove (City Council District 1). Site Plan for an industrial warehouse on 14.075 acres. Tracts 1, 13, & 13.1, John Spoon Survey, Abstract No. 1326, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-444, within the SH 161 Corridor Overlay District and addressed as 902 W Shady Grove Rd & 3325 Hardrock Rd (On February 26, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 8-0)]
27, THIS IS SAVANNAH.THIS IS ANOTHER SITE PLAN FOR SKIN SCANNELL SHADY GROVE.
UH, THIS IS FOR A NEW SPECULATIVE WAREHOUSE LOCATED OFF OF 1 61 IN WEST SHADY GROVE ROAD.
IT'S ABOUT A 14 ACRE PROPERTY AND THE ZONING IS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
SO IT'S ABOUT A 230,000 SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE.
IT DOES MEET OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS, OUR PARKING REQUIREMENTS, AND THEN OUR APPENDIX X REQUIREMENTS, WHICH APPLIES TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES.
THE PROPOSAL MEETS OUR LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS.
AND AS PART OF THIS, THEY DID A TREE SURVEY.
THEY'RE REQUIRED TO MITIGATE FOR ANY PROTECTED TREES THAT ARE BEING REMOVED.
UH, SO THEY ARE DOING THAT AND ARE BE, WILL BE PAYING INTO OUR MITIGATION FEE FUND.
THESE ARE THE PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS, UH, CONCRETE TILT WALL.
THEY'VE GOT THEIR HORIZON ONAL AND VERTICAL ARTICULATION, AND THEN ACCENT LIGHTING.
THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.
AND ON FEBRUARY 26TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF EIGHT TO ZERO CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS.
AT THIS TIME, I DON'T SEE ANY LIGHTS FOR US, BUT WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER.
I'M THE ENGINEER ON THE PROJECT.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY.
GLAD YOU DIDN'T COME IN WITH ANY VARIANCES.
UM, CONST, UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM CLEMSON.
I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION REGARDING THE LANDSCAPING AND UH, THIS MAY BE VERY EASY, BUT SINCE THAT DOES COME RIGHT UP TO 1 61 AND WE WANT THAT LANDSCAPING TO LOOK GOOD, WE KNOW THE BUILDING'S GONNA LOOK GOOD.
AND THANK YOU FOR NO VARIANCES.
UM, BUT DO YOU HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE TO KEEP THE LANDSCAPING ALIVE? UM, DO YOU MIND IF I SCROLL BACK? NO, WE JUST WANNA KNOW IF YOU HAVE A PLAN.
SO IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK UP THERE.
UM, SO WE'RE ORIENTED WHERE NORTH IS TO THE RIGHT.
UM, SO HIGHWAY 1 61 IS ON THE PLAN NORTH SIDE OF THE, THE SHEET.
SO THERE ARE A TON OF TREES THAT WE'RE KEEPING THERE AND ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM FOR THE ONES YOU'RE PLANTING NEW.
WE, WE, UH, IT'S ONE OF OUR PET PEEVES.
PEOPLE COME IN WITH NO VARIANCES, PLANT THE TREES.
FIVE YEARS LATER THEY'RE DEAD.
THE PLAN'S TO KEEP THEM ALIVE AND HEALTHY.
AND I THINK WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
AND WE NEED TO START DOING MORE ABOUT THAT.
UH, THERE, THERE'S, UM, THAT'S ON US, NOT ON YOU.
WE WON'T HAVE TO COME TELL YOU TO REPLANT NEW ONES.
UM, THAT'S ALL THE SPEAKERS AND NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
DEPUTY MAYOR PROTE, THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.
MAYOR, UH, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 27.
[28. STP-23-11-0027 - Site Plan – JPI Great Southwest Parkway (City Council District 4). Site Plan for a multi-family development with 439 units on 31.85 acres. Tract 1D, Memucan Hunt Survey, Abstract No. 758, Tract 1, Samuel T. Brown Survey, Abstract No. 84, and Tract 13, Samuel T. Brown Survey, Abstract No. 1689, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas and Tarrant Counties, zoned PD-448, within Lake Ridge Corridor Overlay, with an approximate address of 4610 S Great Southwest Pkwy (On February 26, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 8-0)]
ITEM 28, SAVANNAH.THIS IS ANOTHER SITE PLAN FOR THE JPI.
UH, PROJECT AT GREAT SOUTHWEST PARKWAY IN LAKE RIDGE.
SO THE SITE PLAN IS FOR MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WITH 439 UNITS.
YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION IS OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.
IT IS ZONED PD 4 48 FOR MULTIFAMILY USE.
UH, CONCEPT PLAN WAS ADOPTED FAIRLY RECENTLY, BUT THE ZONING OR MULTIFAMILY HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
UM, SO THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED INCLUDED THESE CONCEPTUAL BUILDING ELEVATIONS.
AND SO THE, UM, THIS IMAGE ON THE SCREEN WILL BE ALONG LAKERIDGE.
UH, NOW THIS IS THEIR SITE PLAN WHERE YOU GET A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILED AND THEY'RE PROPOSING FIVE BUILDINGS, UH, ACCESS OFF OF LAKERIDGE PARKWAY AND GREAT SOUTHWEST PARKWAY.
IT DOES MEET OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND THEY'RE PROVIDING, UH, SEVERAL AMENITIES.
THEIR PROPOSAL MEETS OUR LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS.
THEY ARE REQUIRING A SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR THE SCREENING ALONG THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY.
IT'S LOCATED WITHIN THE FLOODWAY AND THE FLOODPLAIN.
AND THE CITY PROHIBITS ANY SOLID FENCE.
SO THEY'RE PROPOSING ROD IRON, UM, THAT'D PROBABLY BE A GOOD VIEW FOR RESIDENTS THERE ANYWAY, THROUGH THE WROUGHT IRON BACK AND BACK.
YOU'RE NOT TRYING TO SCREEN ANYTHING.
AND THEN THEY AGAIN, UH, WITH THEIR LANDSCAPE PLAN DID A TREE SURVEY AND THEY ARE REQUIRING TO MITIGATE FOR ANY PROTECTED TREES THAT THEY'RE REMOVING.
THEY ARE DOING SO AND ARE PAYING UPWARDS OF 260,000 INTO OUR TREE PRESERVATION FUND.
THESE ARE THE PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS.
AND AFTER VIEWED THEM AGAINST THEIR RENDERING THAT THEY PROVIDED THE CONCEPT PLAN, AND THIS IS CONSISTENT, UH, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE.
THAT DOESN'T LOOK AS NICE AS THE OTHER PICTURE BECAUSE IT'S JUST, IT'S IT'S JUST THE PLAN VIEW.
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UH, SO THEY ARE PROVIDING THE REQUIRED AMENITIES AND THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.AND ON FEBRUARY 26TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF EIGHT TO ZERO.
MAYOR PROTE, WE HAVE SOMEONE ASSOCIATED WITH IT THAT IS AVAILABLE TO SPEAK IF NECESSARY.
DO YOU WANT, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR HIM? WELL, FOR HIM AND PROBABLY WALTER OR SAVANNAH TO HELP ME WITH THIS.
WALTER, ONE THING THAT I KNOW THAT MYSELF AND COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, JOHNSON, WE, WE GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK REGARDING THAT INTERSECTION, THE GREAT SOUTHWEST LAKEWOOD PARKWAY.
WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GONNA BE A TURN LANE AND THERE'S A MM-HMM
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF ACCIDENTS THAT HAPPEN THERE.
UM, SO ARE, ARE WE DOING ANYTHING DIFFERENT IS REGARDING THIS INTERSECTION OR NOT? OR WE DID REQUIRE THEM, WE DID REQUIRE THE, UH, DESAL LANE AND THE TURN LANE THERE, WHICH WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY YOUR MIC PHONE.
IT'S SUPPOSED, IS THAT BETTER? NO, SORRY.
WE DID REQUIRE THE DESELL AND THE, AND THE, UM, THE TRANSITION SO THAT THE, THE WEAVING THAT MIGHT HAPPEN WOULD HAVE A PLACE TO HAPPEN RATHER THAN IN THE TURN THE THROUGH LANE GET WAY GET OUTTA THE WHEEL.
AND THEN, UM, THE ONE ON THE NORTH END IS AN, IS AN EMERGENCY ONLY.
I, I'LL MAKE SURE TO KEEP EYE ON THAT.
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU START DOING LANDSCAPING AND, AND, AND BUSHES AND ALL THAT.
I JUST DON'T WANT THEM, 'CAUSE SOMETIMES THEY DON'T YIELD.
THEY JUST KEEP ON GOING RIGHT OFF OF LAKERIDGE AND THEY GO ONTO GREAT SOUTH WEST.
SO I REALLY JUST, YOU KNOW, AS YOU'RE PLANTING THAT LANDSCAPE IN THAT CORNER OR TREES, JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU KEEP THAT IN MIND.
AND THEN WILL THERE BE A SIDEWALK THAT WOULD LEAD DOWN CLOSE TO THE, UM, PARK AREA? SO THERE WILL BE A SIDEWALK RUNNING UP NEAR THE PARK AREA.
UM, WE WILL, WE WILL BE GRANTING AN EASEMENT TO THE CITY, UH, FOR ANY FUTURE CONNECTION THERE TO THE PARK.
BUT, UH, THAT IS IN THE PLANS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PLAYING AHEAD.
AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL LIGHTING ALONG THAT PATH.
'CAUSE IT DOES GET KINDA DARK ON THAT SIDE.
I MEAN, IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL LIGHTING IN THAT, YOU KNOW, AS PEOPLE WALK DOWN THERE AND, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOU COULD DO ON YOUR SIDE, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL AS WELL.
WE CAN LOOK ALONG, LOOK AT THE LANDSCAPING AS, AS WELL AS THE LIGHTING ALONG, UH, GREAT SOUTHWEST PARKWAY.
THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT, UH, WE APPROVE ITEM 28 AS PRESENTED, UM, BY STAFF.
WE HAVE A MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.
[29. SUP-23-10-0043 - Specific Use Permit/Site Plan - Quik Trip at 901 Macarthur (City Council District 5). Specific Use Permit/Site Plan for a convenience store with gas sales on 2.04 acres. A portion of Tract 20, Joseph Graham Survey, Abstract No. 506, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, zoned Commercial (C) District, within the IH-30 Corridor Overlay, and tentatively addressed as 901 Macarthur Blvd (On February 26, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval with conditions by a vote of 8-0)]
ITEM 29.THIS NEXT ITEM IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT SLASH SITE PLAN FOR A CONVENIENCE STORE WITH GAS SALES QUICKTRIP AT 9 0 1 MACARTHUR.
UH, THE ZONING IS COMMERCIAL AND IT'S ABOUT TWO ACRES AND THEY'RE PROPOSING A 5,312 SQUARE FOOT CONVENIENCE STORE WITH GAS SALES.
UH, THIS IS THE LOCATION AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN THE SITE PLAN.
UH, THEY'VE GOT THE BUILDING IN BLUE, THEY'RE PROPOSING 10 FUEL STATIONS, THE FUEL CANOPY.
IT DOES MEET OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
SINCE IT'S IN THE OVERLAY DISTRICT.
WE DO HAVE A PARKING MAXIMUM AND THEY'RE REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO THAT, BUT ARE PROVIDING THE NECESSARY COMPENSATORY MEASURE.
THERE ARE LANDSCAPING MEETS OR EXCEEDS OUR REQUIREMENTS.
THESE ARE THE PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS.
AGAIN, IT'S WITHIN AN OVERLAY DISTRICT, SO THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO CERTAIN SORT MATERIALS AND BUILDING ARTICULATION AND GLAZING.
THIS IS THE PROPOSED FUEL CANOPY.
UH, THEY ARE MEETING OUR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE APPENDIX F CHECKLIST ITEMS. UH, THIS IS A MAP JUST SHOWING THE OTHER CONVENIENCE STORES OR CONVENIENCE STORES, GAS SALES WITHIN THAT AREA.
UH, THERE ISN'T ANYTHING THAT, UM, IS RESTRICTED, SO THERE'S NOTHING CLOSE ENOUGH THAT RESTRICTS THE PLACEMENT OF THIS HERE.
BUT THIS JUST DOES, UH, ILLUSTRATE THE EXISTING GAS STATIONS IN THE AREA.
THEY ARE REQUESTING EQUAL VARIANCES.
THE FIRST IS THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES.
AGAIN, WE TREAT THAT AS A MAXIMUM.
UH, THEY ARE PROPOSING THE COMPENSATORY MEASURE AND THEN, THEN THE OVERALL WINDOWS.
UH, THEY'RE REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO THE REQUIREMENT THAT WINDOWS ACCOUNT FOR 50% OF THE LINKS OF ALL FACADES TO ALLOW IT TO BE CONSTRUCTED WITH 39% OF ALL FACADES.
ON FEBRUARY 26TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS BY A VOTE OF EIGHT TO ZERO.
THOSE TWO CONDITIONS ARE, UH, TRUCK IDLING WITHIN 300.
A FEET OF A RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE SHALL BE LIMITED TO A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.
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AND THE APPLICANT SHALL POST NO IDLING SIGNS ON SITE.THOSE CONDITIONS WERE ADDED, NOT BECAUSE THIS IS INTENDED TO BE A TRUCK STOP, BUT JUST BECAUSE OF THE CONCERN OF OF TRUCK TRAFFIC IN THE AREA.
UH, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
MOUNTAIN LAUREL DRIVE, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.
UM, I JUST WITH QUICKTRIP ON THE REAL ESTATE PROJECT MANAGER ON THIS SITE, UM, WANTED TO JUST KIND OF ADDRESS THE VARIANCES WE'RE REQUESTING.
UH, FIRST OFF, WITH, WITH THE PARKING, WE HAVE DONE THE COMPENSATORY MEASURES, WHICH ARE ACT WHICH IS ACTUALLY A PERMEABLE PAVEMENT ON OUR SITE.
THAT'S VERY, VERY RARE FOR US.
I'M AWARE OF TWO SITES IN OUR ENTIRE A THOUSAND PLUS STORES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, UH, THAT HAVE IT.
LOUIS, THE OTHER IS IN ATLANTA.
UH, SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING TO GRAND PRAIRIE AND, YOU KNOW, HELP MITIGATE THE CONCERNS OF THE EXTRA PARKING.
THE DRIVE FOR THE EXTRA PARKING IS, AS YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR, WE WE'RE 24 7 STORE, VERY BUSY, VERY HEAVILY STAFFED.
IT'S MOSTLY JUST EXTRA PARKING TO ACCOMMODATE STAFF FOR STAFF CHANGES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AT TIMES WE CAN HAVE 10 TO 12 PEOPLE ON STAFF IN A STORE.
UH, THE SECOND VARIANCE WE'RE REQUESTING IS, IS ON THE GLAZING.
UH, JUST SOME BACKGROUND ON THAT.
THE REAR OF OUR BUILDING IS THE SIDE FACES FACED WEST, WHICH WOULD BE THE REST OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
UH, WE'VE KIND OF KEPT IT TUCKED AWAY FROM THE FRONTAGE ROADS TO REALLY MEET THE INTENT OF THE CODE.
UM, AND WE'VE TAKEN WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THE LAST SITE WE'VE BROUGHT TO GRAND PRAIRIE THERE, BELT LINE AND I 20, WHICH WAS RE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED AND SOON TO START CONSTRUCTION AND REALLY USE THOSE SAME, UH, THE SAME BUILDING WE HAVE THERE FOR THIS ONE WITH THE ADDITIONAL GLAZING ON THE OTHER THREE SIDES OF THE STORE, UH, TO REALLY GO TRY TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND ON THOSE THREE SIDES TO MAKE UP FOR THE REAR.
UH, BETWEEN THAT AND THEN ON THE PARKING, ALSO GETTING WELL ABOVE THE FRONTAGE, LANDSCAPING, THE OVERALL LANDSCAPING.
WE'VE, WE'VE DONE WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE WE MEET THE INTENT AND THE SPIRIT OF THE CODE ON THIS ONE.
OTHER THAN THAT, I'M JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I DON'T SEE ANY, WELL, I DO, I I DON'T NOW DO MAYOR, UH, MIKE BUKI.
UH, YEAH, HE DIDN'T PUNCH US DOWN THERE.
HE STARTED TO, HE DIDN'T OH, I'M SORRY.
SO Y'ALL HAVE ANOTHER LOCATION RIGHT DOWN ON I 30 IN BELTLINE? YES.
SO WHEN Y'ALL DID Y'ALL STUDY, IT STILL SHOWED THAT ONE EXIT EAST, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THAT INTERSECTION ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HIGHWAY.
THERE'S YOU AND THREE OTHER GAS STATIONS.
SO STILL IN THE STUDY, DID STILL Y'ALL STILL SEE VALUE OF ADDING ANOTHER, ARE ARE YOU SAYING THAT THERE'S THREE OTHER GAS STATIONS ON THE INTERSECTION OF BELT LINE? YES, AND I 30, YEAH, THERE'S YES.
TWO RACETRACKS AND THERE, THERE ARE, AND WHEN WE STUDY THIS, WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT IT AS MORE OF AN INTERSTATE PLAY.
UM, SO THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY TO GET MORE THE SAME CROSSOVER.
THIS IS, YOU KNOW, TO PROVIDE BENEFIT ALONG I I THE ALONG THE INTERSTATE AND TRY TO GET SOME TRANSIENT, UM, SOME, SOME CUSTOMERS THAT WOULD JUST BE PASSING BY.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE OVER A THOUSAND STORES TOTAL IN GRAND PRAIRIE ALONE.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE SIX CURRENTLY OPEN WITH ONE STARTING CONSTRUCTION IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.
IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH LAKERIDGE, THERE'S ONE RIGHT THERE AT LAKERIDGE AND 20.
AND THEN JUST AT CARRIER AND 20, WE, WE HAVE ANOTHER STORE THERE.
THOSE STORES, UH, DO REALLY WELL TOGETHER FOR, FOR GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND, AND WE DO BELIEVE LOOKING AT THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS AND DOING ALL OF OUR TRAFFIC COUNTS AND TURNING MOVEMENT ANALYSIS, THERE'S PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY FOR, FOR ALL OF THIS.
AND IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH OUR 20 AND BELTLINE STORE, I I BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE THE FOURTH ON THE SAME INTERSECTION.
AND IT, IT'S KIND OF THE SAME ANALYSIS AND EMBEDDED OUT FOR, FOR THAT.
UH, I'M GLAD YOU POINTED THAT OUT.
I MEAN, I GUESS THAT'S, THAT WAS SOME OF MY THOUGHT PROCESS, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT BELTLINE AND I 30, I MEAN THERE'S GAS STATIONS ALL OVER.
WE GOT CAR DEALERSHIP AND THEN ALONG I 30, THIS IS OUR LAST CORNER, YOU KNOW, THAT WE COULD DEVELOP IT AND, AND I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S ENOUGH TRAFFIC FOR A QUICK TRIP TO GO IN THAT HARD CORNER.
SO I'M JUST REALLY JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE NUMBER OF CARS AND, AND JUST, YOU HAVE PLENTY OF GAS STATIONS AROUND THERE, SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE THAT PART OUT IF IT REALLY MAKES THE BEST SENSE FOR THAT SITE.
SO, SO, SO, SO FOR US, WE'VE, UH, OVER THE LAST SAY ABOUT THREE YEARS, WE'VE BEEN REALLY BIG INTO GAP ANALYSIS, WHICH IS BASICALLY UNDERSTANDING THE DYNAMICS BETWEEN OUR STORE.
UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, MOBILE TRACKING DATA WHERE WE CAN SEE HOW CUSTOMERS AND AUTOMOBILES ARE TRAVELING THROUGH AND WHERE THEY'RE STOPPING AND AS IT RELATES TO OUR STORES.
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SITE HAS DONE, HAS, HAS GONE THROUGH ALL THE ANALYSIS TO SHOW THAT IT, THERE IS TRAFFIC THERE THAT WE'RE NOT CAPTURING.UM, I'M ACTUALLY, WITH BEING FROM GRAND PRAIRIE, IT'S CONVENIENT ON THIS SITE.
'CAUSE WHEN I FIRST LOOKED AT IT, I WAS LIKE, OKAY, IS THERE ENOUGH TRAFFIC? IS THERE ENOUGH? AND THEN THINKING THROUGH IT, UM, WITH MACARTHUR BEING KIND OF THE, ONE OF THE LAST NORTH SOUTH STREETS TO GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH, I MEAN, IT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO, TO MAIN STREET.
UM, DOESN'T MAKE IT TO JEFFERSON, BUT IT MAKES IT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO MAIN STREET.
AND THEN YOU CAN CUT NORTH, UM, YOU KNOW, PAST THE LANDFILLS AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT IT, IT DOES HOLD QUITE A BIT OF TRAFFIC.
AND THEN AS WELL AS JUST THE, YOU KNOW, THE TRAFFIC WE HAVE ON I 20, UH, IF YOU, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE THE STORE ON BELTLINE, I'M SORRY I 30.
WE DO HAVE THE STORE ON BELTLINE, JUST ONE EXIT OR JUST ONE STORE TO THE WEST.
WE ALSO DO HAVE THE STORE OVER ON LOOP 12 AND JEFFERSON, WHICH IS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, BUT JUST A LITTLE BIT TO THE WEST.
AND WHAT WE FOUND IS THERE'S A LARGE GAP THERE.
THAT'S A LOT OF CARS THAT WE'RE NOT CAPTURING, THAT WE ARE TRYING TO, TO CAPTURE AND, AND GET THOSE CUSTOMER THAT GET THAT CUSTOMER BASE IN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.
WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT, UH, IT APPEARS WHAT I'M, YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING AT IS THAT IF YOU CAN CAPTURE THE MOTORIST WHO'S ON E FIRST BEFORE YOU GO DOWN TO WHERE EVERYBODY ELSE, THEY HAVE CHOICES.
BUT IF, IF THEY CAN STOP AT MACARTHUR FIRST BEFORE THEY GO DOWN TO THE NEXT EXIT WHERE THEY HAVE CHOICES OR TO MAYBE TO THEIR FAVORITE GAS STATION.
I JUST DON'T SEE, IN MY OPINION, TO HAVE ANOTHER GAS STATION OFF 30 WITH THE SAME NAME, TWO, TWO EXITS APART.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE WE ARE INCREASING YOUR FOOTPRINT IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
IT IS, IT'S NOT ABOUT PROVIDING A GOOD SERVICE.
IT'S NOT ABOUT PROVIDING, UH, A NEED FOR, FOR THE CUSTOMERS BECAUSE THEY HAVE PLENTY CHOICES OFF 30 ALREADY.
AND IF I HAD TO WALK FROM MACARTHUR TO BELTLINE BECAUSE I RENT OUTTA GAS, I'M STILL GONNA GET SOME GAS MAKE ARTHUR'S NOT GONNA SAVE ME.
THAT'S, I JUST DON'T SEE THE NEED FOR HAVING THAT.
SO I'M CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT THE COUNCILMAN IS GONNA HAVE TO WHAT TYPE OF MOTION HE'S GONNA MAKE, BUT I JUST DON'T SEE THE NEED FOR IT.
UH, THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.
I THINK YOU ADDRESSED YOUR CONCERNS AND THAT YOU WANTED, AND WE'VE ADDRESSED SOME OF OUR CONCERNS.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ZANU HAS A QUESTION FOR YOU, YOUR COMMENT.
THIS IS MORE OF A QUESTION I GUESS FOR THE COUNCIL AND STAFF.
WHAT ELSE COULD WE SEE HERE AT THIS HARD CORNER IN THE FUTURE? UH, GENERAL RETAIL I'LL NOTE THAT THE, UH, PROPERTY OWNER AT PNZ MENTIONED THAT, UM, HE HAD OPPORTUNITY FOR PAD SITES AT THIS LOCATION.
THIS WAS JUST PART OF THAT PROJECT.
SO HE WANTED TO GET THIS RAMPED UP TO DO THE PAD SITES FOR SOME, SOME NAMED SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS THAT I THINK WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH.
SO I CAN'T LEVERAGE THAT FOR THIS, BUT THAT'S WHAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO STATE.
UM, RASHAD ARE THESE SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS OR DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANTS? HE MENTIONED SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS, IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE ME TO.
HE MENTIONED SPECIFICALLY STEAK AND, UM, BENNIGANS BENNIGANS.
AND, AND THIS WAS PART OF HIS, HIS PLAN IS FOR THE PROCESS, CORRECT? THIS IS FIRST AND THAT COMES AFTER THAT.
I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING, SO I CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT THAT'S A FACT.
I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY I'D RATHER SEE IT A REVERSE ORDER THAT WE SEE THE RESTAURANTS AND THEN CONSIDER THE GAS STATION.
WE HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER, HUMPHREYS, AND WE DO HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER.
UM, I, THIS IS TOUGH BECAUSE I DO LIKE THE QT PRODUCT AND, AND, UM, MY FAVORITE GAS STATION.
YEAH, IT, IT IS AWFUL CLOSE
UM, BECAUSE, UH, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS THE OLDEST NEIGHBORHOOD IN GRAND PRAIRIE, AND BECAUSE IT'S THE OLDEST, IT'S, UH, ONLY NATURALLY BEEN NEGLECTED.
AND SO, UM, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS ALSO A, A FOOD DESERT.
UM, AND SO RIGHT NOW IT IS MY OPINION THAT I THINK IT'D BE RE IT'D BE BETTER TO DO NOTHING THAN TO JUST SAY, OOH, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT MIGHT MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD AT FIRST.
THE LAST SPEAKER I WANTED TO, YEAH, I WANTED TO SHARE MY OPINION AS, AS WE GO ALONG HERE.
IS THAT OKAY, COLE? ABSOLUTELY.
OKAY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET THE OTHER SPEAKER UP.
CAN, CAN I MAKE ONE ADDRESS TO THE ORDER? OF COURSE.
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UM, SO KEEP, KEEP IN MIND IT, WE'RE HERE FOR AN SUP, SO WE AREN'T IN ALLOWED USE.UM, AS FAR AS WORKING WITH THE, THE OWNER, HE'S, HE'S BEEN GREAT, BUT PART OF THE REASON WE'RE ON THE FIRST SIDE IS QUIKTRIP IS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE THE FINANCIAL POWER TO KIND OF DO SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT.
SO PART OF THE PLAN IS, YOU KNOW, REGIONAL DETENTION, WHICH WE WOULD BE BUILDING, UH, FOR HIM TO USE FOR THE OTHER PAD SITES, FOR THE PEOPLE THAT COME LATER.
IT'S A LOT HARDER FOR A LOT OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO TAKE ON THAT AS NECESSARY DEVELOPMENT.
UM, SO WE ARE COMING, WE, OUR INTENT IS FOR US TO COME IN AS THE ANCHOR TO MAKE THAT DEVELOPMENT EASIER FOR THOSE OTHER, YOU KNOW, ENTITIES, WHETHER IT'S THE RESTAURANTS OR WHATEVER ELSE COMES.
I, IT IS MY OPINION THAT THAT COMMENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SOMETHING YOU LED WITH AS WHEREAS WHETHER AS A RESPONSE.
SO I KIND OF FEEL LIKE YOU JUST MADE THAT UP TO BE BASED ON WHAT WE SAID,
I MEAN, HONESTLY, IF YOU THINK YOU'RE GONNA BE AN ANCHOR TO BRING IN RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL, YOU, YOU'D PROBABLY WANNA SELL THAT FIRST AND NOT JUST RESPOND.
SO I'M JUST, JUST RESPONDING TO WHAT YOU SAID THERE.
UM, WE ARE ONLY UNDER CONTRACT FOR A SMALL PORTION.
UM, WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER WHAT HAPPENS ON THE REST OF THE LAND.
UH, BUT IF YOU DO LOOK ON THE SITE PLAN, THERE IS A LARGER DETENTION AREA WHERE WE'RE WORKING WITH HALF TO DO THE FLOOD MITIGATION, UM, WHICH IS DESIGNED TO ACCOUNT FOR THE ENTIRE 11 SOMETHING ACRES THAT HE OWNS.
UM, WHEREAS WE'RE JUST A COUPLE ACRES OF THAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING TONIGHT.
AND WE AGREE THE LANDOWNER, MR. CABLE'S A GREAT INDIVIDUAL WORKED WITH, WE WORKED WITH HIM ON A NUMBER OF OTHER PROJECTS.
AND MR. CABLE, IT'S YOUR TURN TO COME UP.
I LIVE AT 4 2 0 4 GLEN MEADOWS DRIVE IN PARKER, TEXAS.
MY COMPANY'S MIAMI PARTNERS, LLC, AND I'M THE OWNER OF, UH, THE 11 ACRES AT THIS SITE.
UH, ONE OF THE INTERESTING ASPECTS OF HAVING THE QUICKTRIP THERE, THEY ARE THE ANCHOR AND THEY'RE THE DRIVING FORCE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REST OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, AS HE DISCUSSED, THERE'S, UH, SOME FLOOD ISSUES ON THIS PROPERTY AND, UH, QUICKTRIP HAS AGREED, UH, TO DO THE DETENTION POND THAT WOULD SERVICE THE ENTIRE 11 ACRES.
AND WITHOUT THAT, I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DEVELOP THE OTHER ACREAGE ON THE PROPERTY.
SO, MR. CABLE, HOW SOON WILL THE OTHER MENTIONED RESTAURANTS? WHAT'S THE TIME PLAY? I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT.
OKAY, SO EVERYBODY, UH, JUST SO YOU KNOW, UM, I'M WORKING WITH LEGENDARY RESTAURANTS AND UH, THIS IS A LOCATION, UH, ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE WHERE THE QUICKTRIP IS.
AND WITH THE HELP OF THE DETENTION PUMPS, I CAN DEVELOP THE REST OF THE PROPERTY.
I WILL BE DOING, AND I WILL BE ONE OF THE OWNERS OF LEGENDARY RESTAURANTS.
I'M DOING A STEAK AND A IN BENNIGAN'S ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE.
AND THIS WILL BE THE FIRST STEAK AND A, UH, SINCE THEIR COMEBACK SINCE, UH, THEY WENT INTO BANKRUPTCY YEARS AGO.
AND, UH, NORM BRINKER'S WIFE, UH, ACTUALLY GAVE ME A CALL AND SHE'LL BE COMING TO THE GRAND OPENING IN GRAND PRAIRIE, UH, FOR THE STEAK AND NAIL GRAND OPENING, YOU KNOW, OPENING AT THAT LOCATION.
AND I DON'T PLAN ON DOING JUST A STEAK AND NAIL, LIKE I'M SAYING, I PLAN ON DOING A STEAK AND NAIL AND A BENNIGANS AND THIS WILL SPUR THE QUICK TRIP BECAUSE OF THE DETENTION POND AND ABLE TO DEVELOP THE REST OF THE PROPERTY WILL SPUR THE DEVELOPMENT FOR FUTURE THINGS ON THE PROPERTY, WHICH I HAVE OTHER PLANS FOR, WHICH I DON'T WANT DISCUSS TONIGHT.
HOW, HOW LONG WOULD WE HAVE TO TABLE THIS TO WHERE YOU COULD BRING IT BACK AND BRING US THE WHOLE THING AT ONCE? UH, IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
UH, THE, I MEAN, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, UH, FINANCIALLY FROM MY ASPECT, I, UH, I OWN MIAMI PARTNERS.
I'M 71 YEARS OLD, BUT I STILL WORK EVERY DAY.
SO THE STAKE IN ON BILLING IS, IS A LONG WAY OFF.
THEN, THEN WHY COULDN'T WE TABLE IT? AND YOU BRING US BACK ALL THREE AT ONCE BECAUSE IT TA BECAUSE IT TAKES A LONG, LONG TIME FOR ME TO DO THAT.
AND I'VE GOT SOME OTHER THINGS I WANNA BRING TO THE CITY.
ALSO, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF DPS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, I OWN THE PROPERTY ACROSS AREA.
I UNDERSTAND, I JUST WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.
WELL, I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW, UH, I OWN THE FOUR AND A HALF ACRES ACROSS AREA.
WE'VE ALREADY MET WITH PLANNING AND ZONING.
I'M GONNA DO A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL RETAIL MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
YOU ANYTHING IN ON THE STEAK AND MILL AND BIS? NO, I, NO.
'CAUSE I HAD TO WAIT FOR THE, UH, THE QUAKE TRIP FIRST.
CAN WE LOOK AT THEM MAP, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU? UM, YEAH, WE CAN LOOK AT A MAP.
UH, CAN, SO LEMME SHOW YOU JUST SO WE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THAT ANCHOR IS.
IS IT THE HARD CORNER? THE HARD CORNER, YES.
THE OTHER HARD CORNER QT IS ON.
SO, UH, THE, THE OTHER HARD CORNER, I OWN THAT WHOLE 11 ACRE TRACK.
SO I WANNA DO THE STEAK AND NAIL ON THE BENNIGANS ON THE OPPOSITE HARD CORNER WAY TO YOUR E WEST.
RIGHT? THE, THE OTHER CORNER TO THE WEST ON, ON THE SERVICE ROAD.
AND, AND THAT WILL SPUR THE OTHER FUTURE DEVELOPMENT THAT I HAVE ON THE PROPERTY, WHICH, UH, IS PRETTY
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INTERESTING.THAT, UH, DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH.
SO IT'S REALLY AWAY FROM, UH, WHERE THE QUICKTRIP IS.
SO HYPOTHETICALLY, IF WE APPROVE THIS TONIGHT, HOW LONG FROM NOW WILL WE, WILL WE EXPECT YOU TO BRING, UM, STEAK AND ELLEN AND BENNIGANS, UH, FOR COUNCIL REVIEW IF THIS GETS APPROVED TONIGHT? UH, PROBABLY IN THE NEXT 90 DAYS.
SO WHY COULDN'T YOU BRING THIS THREE MONTHS, 90 DAYS? NOW THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THE WHOLE POINT MY QUESTION WAS, BUT MY PROBLEM IS IF, UH, I CAN'T DO THAT PRIOR TO, TO THAT BECAUSE I'VE GOT SOME OTHER PLANS FOR THE PROPERTY.
IF I DON'T DO THE STEAK AND NAIL, YOU KNOW, AND I, I, I, I, I'M JUST, I GUESS I DON'T UNDERSTAND, BUT MR. CABLE A 90 DAY DELAY.
YEAH, BECAUSE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, UH, I CAN'T DO, I CAN DO THE 90 DAY OR QUICKER IF QUICKTRIP ACCEPTED.
IF NOT, IT'S GONNA TAKE A MUCH LONGER, LONGER TIME FOR ME TO, TO DO BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ANCHOR.
BUT WHAT WE WHAT, JUST GO AHEAD.
DO YOU HAVE OPERATORS FOR BENNIGAN'S THAT HAVE COMMITTED? I'VE GOT FOR STEAK ALLEN.
I'VE GOT ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT'S, UH, SO YES.
YOU DO HAVE YES, BECAUSE I'M NOT IN THE RESTAURANT.
BUT YOU DO HAVE SOMEBODY COMMITTED OR YES, SOMEBODY'S COMMITTED.
IF I WERE TO DO THE STEAK, HELL YES.
IS IT THE GENTLEMAN THAT THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS ARTICLE? OH, THAT'S LEGENDARY RESTAURANTS.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT WOULD BE, UH, THAT SPLASHED IT IN THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS BEFORE WE EVEN KNEW ABOUT IT.
BEFORE I, BEFORE I KNEW ABOUT IT TOO.
BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WAS, UH, WELL OUR DILEMMA, MR. CABLE IS TO BE BLUNT, WE MAY NOT WANT THE QUICK TRIP, BUT IF YOU BROUGHT US THE QUICK TRIP WITH THE RESTAURANTS, WE'D BE MORE INCLINED.
AND I'M NOT SAYING WE'RE GONNA DENY OH, NO, NO, NO.
BUT WE WOULD BE MORE INCLINED I THINK IF IT WAS A PACKAGE.
BUT I CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE FROM A FINANCIAL ASPECT, OH, WE'RE NOT TELLING YOU WHEN THE BUILDING, UM, WE JUST WANT TO GET THE PLANNING, THE PD OUT OF THE WAY ALL AT ONCE.
WE'RE NOT SAYING YOU RASHAD, CAN YOU JUMP IN HERE? YES, SIR.
I THINK WHAT THEY'RE ASKING IS THIS COULD BE DEVELOPED AS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD INCLUDE THOSE PET SITES FOR THE RETAIL DEVELOPMENT AND UNDERSTANDING YOU NEED QUICKTRIP TO DO THE INFRASTRUCTURE COMPONENT.
THAT COULD BE DONE WITH THE PD AS AN ALLOWED USE AS LONG AS THESE RE AND SHOW THESE RESTAURANTS AS WELL.
BUT IT'S MY PREFERENCE AS A LANDOWNER GOTCHA.
TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE THE QT IN PLACE BEFORE I MOVE FORWARD MISTAKEN.
BUT THAT'S THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT, THAT'S WHAT THAT, THAT WOULD NOT PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING.
I UNDERSTAND YOU WOULDN'T, UM, BASICALLY HELP YOU OUT.
BUT I'M JUST BEING, YOU KNOW, I'M, WE'RE TRYING TO HELP YOU OUT TO WHERE IT KIND OF GETS US NUDGED OFF DEAD CENTER TOO.
I'M JUST TRYING TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT, THAT COUNSEL, I MEAN, UH, THE DETENTION POND'S A REALLY BIG DEAL, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS OTHERWISE IT COULD STEAK AND NE AND BENNIGANS.
I THINK WE WOULD ALL GIVE UP THAT HARD CORNER FOR A QUICK TRIP IF WE KNEW STEAK AND NELL AND BENNIGAN'S WAS COMING.
UH, I WOULD BE INCLINED TO TABLING IT TONIGHT AND DO A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH RESEARCH AS TO IF STEAK AND ELDER IS FOR REAL OR NOT.
UH, AND THEN HAVE STAFF EXPLAINED TO MR. CABLE THE PD WOULD NOT PREVENT HIM FROM DOING QT FIRST.
YEAH, I'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I DID THE, I DID THE QT AT BELTLINE, SO, UH, RATHER THAN JUST, 'CAUSE IF WE DENY IT TONIGHT, IT IT'S GONE FOR A WHILE.
THE ONLY, THE ONLY CAVEAT IS HE WILL HAVE TO KIND OF LAY OUT THE OVERALL CONCEPT FOR THE ENTIRE SITE, WHICH WE'LL NEED TO.
THAT'S JUST KIND OF WHAT WE WANT IT IS.
BUT HE HIMSELF SAID HE COULD DO THAT IN 90 DAYS.
WHAT WOULD THE CITY LIKE ON THE REST OF THE PROPERTY? JUST CAN I ASK YOU THAT? OH YEAH.
WELL IN THE GROCERY STORE, WHAT, WHAT WOULD YOU WANT, KEN? WHAT DO YOU WANT THERE? COLE RESTAURANT AND GROCERY STORES.
COLE RESTAURANTS AND GO GROCERY STORES.
I HAVE A COMMITMENT TO QUICHE.
I GOTTA FIGURE OUT WHAT, YOU KNOW, I, I'D LIKE TO DO A GROCERY STORE THERE.
IT'D BE UNBELIEVABLE BECAUSE THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WELL, AND THAT'S TOUGH.
BUT WE WE'RE, I'M SUGGESTING THAT INSTEAD OF PUTTING THE QT AT RISK TONIGHT WITH A NO VOTE.
LET'S TABLE IT AND WORK A LITTLE BIT MORE ON IT.
ARE YOU OPEN TO THAT COUNCIL MEMBER HUMPHREYS? ABSOLUTELY.
I WANNA DO GREAT THINGS FOR THE CITY.
AND I THINK JUST MR. CABLE, YOU HAVE DONE GREAT THINGS.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, WE'VE ALREADY BOUGHT LAND FROM HIM AT THE CORNER OF I 30 AND BELTLINE.
I JUST, YOU WERE VERY GRACIOUS WORKING WITH US ON TIMING AND EVERYTHING.
AND I DID A 10 31 EXCHANGE TO BOND MORE PROPERTY, DID MORE PROPERTY IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
THAT'S HOW I BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY.
WE'RE NOT ENAMORED WITH ANOTHER QT BECAUSE I WANTED STEAK.
DIFFERENT GRAND PRAIRIE WE'RE, IF WE CAN GET A HOT DOG AT QT AND WALK, WALK DOWN AND GET ME A HOT FUDGE SUNDAY.
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'CAUSE I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE VOTE WOULD BE IF WE GO UP AND DOWN VOTE.I'M ALMOST CERTAIN WE CAN GET A TABLE TO LET YOU GET WITH STAFF AND LOOK AT THIS.
SO MR. CABLE HAS NOTHING AGAINST YOU.
I WASN'T GONNA TALK ABOUT, I HEARD ABOUT THE ISSUES AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND AS THE OWNER THAT, YOU KNOW, I REALLY WANTED DEVELOP THE PROPERTY FOR THE SEA OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
YOU WANTED AND YOU WANTED TO DO THE STEAK AND A AND BILLINGS, WHICH THEY SH SHOCKED US ALL A YEAR AGO.
THEY WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO SAY IT AND THAT, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE FOUND OUT IT WAS YOU JUST BY CALLING YOU FINALLY, MARTY DID THE INVESTIGATION WORK AND WE FOUND OUT IT WAS YOU.
SO I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU AND A QUESTION FOR STAFF.
SO THE QUICK TRIP AND THE TWO RESTAURANTS, WHAT'S THE REMAINING ACREAGE? UH, THE REMAINING ACREAGE WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY, UH, UH, SIX ACRES.
SO, UH, RASHAD, SO IF HE, IF HE WERE TO COME BACK, WELL WITH PLAN DEVELOPMENT, HE, 'CAUSE HE SAID IT WAS IS TOP SECRET RIGHT NOW, HE WOULD HAVE TO COME WITH THAT REMAINING SIX ACRES IS A PLAN FOR THAT AS WELL.
I WAS, WE COULD GIVE HIM SOME FLEXIBILITY ON THAT.
THE BASE UNDERLINE ZONING DISTRICT SHOULD, AND I WOULD RECOMMEND COVER THAT USE MM-HMM
AND IF HE WANTS TO SPECIFY IT'S COMMERCIAL, SO, WELL HE WOULD JUST CON CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT AS THE BASE USE MM-HMM
AND THAT WOULD, HE WOULD GET TO RETAIN THAT.
SO NOT MULTIFAMILY, RIGHT? NOT MULTIFAMILY.
NO, I DON'T WANT YOU MULTIFAMILY.
I WANNA DO SOMETHING SPECTACULAR.
COUNCIL MEMBER, WE WANT YOU TO, IF HE, IF HE WANTED ANOTHER WHATABURGER THERE, IT REQUIRES THE SUP DRIVE THROUGH THE DRIVE-THROUGH.
WELL, THERE A, THERE'S ANOTHER CORNER OF WHERE PENOLA CONSTRUCTION IS.
IT'S THE, UH, I, I MADE SURE IT WAS LARGE ENOUGH SO I COULD DEVELOP THAT WITH A POSSIBLE CHICK-FIL-A, ET CETERA, WHO I'M TALKING TO RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT'D BE THE ONLY QUICK SERVE RESTAURANT TYPE SITUATION.
I THINK WE'RE GONNA PUT A MOTION ON THE TABLE.
SO IF IT PASSES THE TABLE MM-HMM
COUNCIL, MAYOR HUMPHREYS, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I MOVE THAT WE TABLE, THIS IS ITEM 29 TO A FUTURE MEETING.
GIVE RASHAD TIME TO, SO IF WE'RE, WE'LL FIGURE OUT THE PROCESS, BUT IF WE'RE TABLING IT, THIS MAY HAVE TO START ALL OVER.
AND WHAT'S THE TIMELINE ON THAT? YES, YOU 60 DAYS DEPENDING ON THE TIMELINE.
IT WOULDN'T, IT WOULDN'T RE IT WOULD NOT REQUIRE STARTING OVER IF HE JUST WANTED TO, IF WE JUST WANTED TO BRING THE QT BACK.
IT WOULD REQUIRE A LITTLE LONGER IF HE CHOOSES TO MAKE IT A PD.
NOW IF WE WANT, IF Y'ALL OKAY WITH THIS COMING BACK WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE OTHER USES, THAT'S THAT'S FINE.
LET'S, LET'S SEE WHAT Y'ALL CAN WORK OUT.
HIS MOTION IS TO TABLE IT UNTIL A FUTURE TIME AND HE CAN PULL IT OFF THE TABLE AT ANY TIME.
WE HAVE A SECOND BY MAYOR PROM.
MR. CABLE, WE WANNA WORK WITH YOU.
WE WANT, WE REALLY WANT STEAK AND LEV, WE HAVE TO GIVE YOU QT TO GET IT.
I THINK WE'RE WILLING TO DO THAT.
LET'S GET WITH STAFF IMMEDIATELY.
BUT I'LL BRING THE OTHER STUFF TO YOU.
FOR UNDERSTAND AND I UNDERSTAND YOU PROBABLY NEED SOME MONEY OFF OF QT CORRECT.
AND I CAN'T LOAN YOU THE GAP MONEY, SO LET USE TO YOUR THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING FOR, FOR THE CITY QT.
WE'RE NOT SAYING NO, BUT QT WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS, BOY YOU GOTTA HELP GRIT.
AGAIN, APPRECIATE YOU WORKING WITH US IN THE, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR COMING.
[30. ZON-24-01-0001 - Zoning Change/Concept Plan - Polo SFA Amendment (City Council District 6). PD Amendment (PD-410) to allow 2,100 sq. ft. Single Family Attached units on 2.909 acres. Tract 11.3, Thomas J. Tone Survey, Abstract No. 1460, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-410 and approximated addresses of 4529-4554 Harmony Ct (On February 26, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 8-0)]
GOOD JOB STA UH, STAFF AND COUNSEL.ALRIGHT, THIS NEXT ITEM IS A ZONING CHANGE SLASH CONCEPT PLAN.
THE PURPOSE IS TO AMEND THE EXISTING PD.
UM, SO THE PD WAS APPROVED IN 2021, UH, TO ALLOW A SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED DEVELOPMENT.
THIS REQUEST, THE ONLY THING THAT THEY'RE AMENDING IS TO CHANGE THE MINIMUM LIVING AREA FROM 2,600 TO 2,100.
UH, SO THE PROPOSAL THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO BUILD 11 BUILDINGS WITH 23 HOUSING UNITS ON 2.9 ACRES.
UH, THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THE CONCEPT PLAN, NO CHANGES TO THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS.
AGAIN, IT'S JUST DECREASING THAT, UM, MINIMUM ALLOWABLE LIVING AREA.
UM, SO ON FEBRUARY 26TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF A VOTE, UM, BY EIGHT TO ZERO.
AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS WELL.
WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS.
COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, THE REST OF THE COUNCIL, IT'S OKAY TO GO TO THE SPEAKERS.
I DIDN'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SAVANNAH.
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GO AHEAD MEL.SHOLA, MARA ALALA, UH, I'M JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM RIGHT NOW? OKAY, LET'S GET THE OTHER SPEAKERS, THE OTHER SPEAKER HERE JUST FOR QUESTIONS.
KURT HAS A QUESTION FOR STAFF AFTER THE SPEAKER.
WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL GET HIM ON THE SPEAKER.
HAVE AN ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD PLEASE, SIR.
UM, I JUST WANT TO REGISTER THAT WE ARE NOT HERE TO REQUEST FOR VARIANCE.
WE'RE WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
AND BECAUSE THE MINIMUM REQUIRED BY SFA IS 1200.
SO THE ORIGINAL 2,600 THAT IS IN THE LETTER THAT WAS WRITTEN TO US CAME FROM US.
EVEN THOUGH THE ORIGINAL LIMITS, ACCORDING TO THE LAW IS 1200.
I WANTED TO IMPRESS MY CLIENT BY PROPOSING A 2,600 U SQUARE FEET UNIT.
BUT GOING THROUGH THE ENGINEERING, WE LOST A LOT OF GROUND TO, UH, DETENTION PONDS AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS.
AND SO WE COULDN'T GO AS BIG AS WE IN INITIALLY INTENDED.
AT THE END OF ALL OF THE DESIGNS AND, UM, MEPS PLUS STUDYING THE MARKET SITUATION AND INFLATION AND ALL THAT, WE DECIDED TO CUT DOWN THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING FROM 26 TO 20 TO 21.
SO EVEN AT 21, WE'RE STILL WITHIN THE MINIMUM REQUIRED BY LAW.
WE'RE ACTUALLY ALMOST DOUBLE THE MINIMUM REQUIRED BY LAW.
THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
COUNCIL MEMBER HEDEN, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR HIM? YES.
JUST HOW MANY HOMES WILL THERE BE? HOW MANY HOMES? 23.
COUNCIL MEMBER HEDON? YES, SIR.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON HAD A QUESTION FOR STAFF.
WHEN WE DISCUSSED THE, UH, GOING FROM 2,600 SQUARE FEET TO 2100 SQUARE FEET, I ASKED THAT, THAT THAT MAXIMIZE, DID THEY GAIN AN ADDITIONAL HOME OR DO THEY REMAIN THE SAME? IT REMAINS THE SAME.
UH, WILL THEY BE PART OF THE HOA OUT THERE? THEY DO HAVE A HOA, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO ESTABLISH THEIR OWN HOA TO MAINTAIN THE COMMON AREAS.
SO THEY WOULDN'T BE PART OF ANOTHER ONE.
AND WHAT ABOUT THE P? THEY CAN PICK EITHER OR IS THERE AD ACROSS BY? THEY CAN PICK EITHER OR.
HOW DO THEY BECOME A PART? DOESN'T WESTCHESTER HAVE TO INVITE 'EM? I DON'T KNOW.
THE PROCESS AS A NEW DEVELOPMENT, OUR UUDC REQUIRES A DEVELOPER TO SELECT EITHER A PID OR, OR AN HOA.
SO WHICH ONE DO THEY SELECT? HOA.
SO AS FAR AS THE COMMON AREA, RIGHT, IS IT RIGHT OFF OF PU AM I CORRECT OR WHERE'S IT AT? IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S, YES.
THIS IS, THIS IS GONNA BE A FAIRLY SMALL DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S THIS ONE SINGLE CUL-DE-SAC.
I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT THE POLO.
SO THERE, BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE, SO THEY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PART OFF OF POLO, BUT THE CORRECT THERE ARE, I I BELIEVE THREE OPEN SPACES, HOA LOTS, UH, TWO RIGHT HERE.
AND THEN THE THIRD ONE IS AT THE END OF THE CUL-DE-SAC.
SO, SO THEY, I KNOW THE PIT USUALLY CUTS THE GRASS ALONG POLO.
WOULD THEY BE RESPONSIBLE OR IS, IS THE PIT GOING TO INCUR THAT COST OR WOULD THEY DO THEIR OWN? I APOLOGIZE.
I HAVEN'T LOOKED TO SEE WHAT THE PIT MAINTAINS IN THAT AREA.
NOW CERTAIN DEVELOPMENTS MAY NOT BE A PART OF THE PIT AND IT MAY JUST BE PUBLIC RIGHT WAY.
AND, AND COUNSEL THE DEVELOPMENT AT THE SOUTH WEST CORNER OF ROBINSON AND BARDEN, I KNOW IT'S NOT POLO AND BARDEN, THAT ONE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT PART OF THE PI.
AND IF YOU RECALL YEARS AGO, THEY CAME AND SAID, LET US KEEP IT AS AN HOA AND WE WILL GUARANTEE WE KEEP IT UP.
SO WE, WE LET THEM STAY IN HOA.
SO WE HAVE ALLOWED SOME THAT WE WOULD HAVE MAYBE PREFERRED
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TO GO INTO A PIT, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN FORCE 'EM TO GO INTO THE PIT.WE CAN'T, SINCE OUR ORDINANCE SAYS THEY CAN DO EITHER OR.
THANK YOU MEL FOR STEPPING IN.
SINCE THE PROPERTY IS SO SMALL, IT SEEMS TO ME IT'D BE EASIER FOR THEM IF THEY HAD A CHOICE TO GO UP IN THE KEY.
SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MAINTAINING JUST THAT LITTLE SMALL PIECE OF LAND IN FRONT IN THE BACK AND COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, MAYBE THEY COULD DO THAT AFTERWARDS IF WE APPROVE IT TONIGHT.
I'M SAYING AND WE COULD EDUCATE THEM ON, 'CAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER HOW YOU GAIN ENTRY INTO A PIT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE PIT HAS TO INVITE OR THEY HAVE TO ASK AND GET AUTHORIZED.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD UNDERSTAND.
I RECALL WHEN WE WERE DOING THE DECKMAN APARTMENTS.
WE ASKED THEM TO BE A PART OF THAT.
I DON'T THINK THE P WOULD EVER DENY.
SOMETHING WE COULD EDUCATE 'EM WITH.
UM, YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, DO YOU, ARE YOU READY TO MAKE A MOTION? YES.
UH, A MOTION TO PROVE ITEM 30 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF AND FOR STAFF TO LOOK INTO THE, TO EDUCATE A BIT MORE ON THE PI AND HOAA ADVANTAGES AND DISCIPLINES.
NO, WE, NO, WE CAN'T FORCE IT, BUT MAYBE THEY WOULD WANT TO AFTER EDUCATED.
COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON? YES, SIR.
SECOND ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER HEDON.
WE ALL KNOW WHAT WE'RE VOTING.
[Items 31 & 32]
AND 32 CAN BE TAKEN TOGETHER.THESE NEXT TWO ITEMS ARE RELATED TO THE SAME PROJECT.
THE FIRST IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
THE SECOND IS THE ZONING CHANGE.
THE APPLICANT DOES INTEND TO BUILD THREE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTIES OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.
THE EXISTING FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION FOR THIS AREA IS MIXED USE.
UH, THE FIRST PART OF THIS REQUEST WILL AMEND THAT TO LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
THE CURRENT ZONING IS GENERAL RETAIL.
THEY'RE PROPOSING SINGLE FAMILY SIX.
AGAIN, THEY INTEND TO BUILD THREE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.
AND ON FEBRUARY 12TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF VOTE OF EIGHT TO ZERO.
UH, STAFF'S UNABLE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL BECAUSE IT'S INCONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE.
HOWEVER, WE DO NOTE THAT IT MATCHES THE PREDOMINANT LAND OF LAND USE OF THE AREA.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO EXPLAIN IT TO YOU IF, IF YOU LET ME FINISH.
I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME FOR YOU TO EXPLAIN WHY WE NEED THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
I'M SORRY, I HAD TO SAY SOMETHING.
YOU GET TWO POINTS FOR THAT? NO, THAT'S A THREE POINTER.
COUNCIL MEMBER HUMPHREYS, I THINK YOU'RE READY.
BUT I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
YOU KNOW, ON MY, MY ONE PROBLEM WITH, UH, CHANGING ZONING ON PROPERTIES LIKE THIS IS, THAT IS, UH, MORE OR LESS A COLLECTOR STREET.
I THINK IS THAT THE BEST DESCRIPTION AND TRAFFIC IS HIGH.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA APPROVE, OF COURSE THERE'S ALREADY HOMES THERE.
BUT ON THE BUILD AND CONSTRUCTION OF THESE HOMES, IS THERE AMPLE PARKING SPACE AND YOUR, AND YOUR SAME STREETS OR ONE STREET OVER? UH, THERE MAY BE A DRIVEWAY THAT WAS BUILT FOR SOMEBODY IN SEVENTIES, SIXTIES OR FIFTIES.
AND SO THE PARKING, THE THE STREET IS FULL OF CARS AND THAT'S FINE.
BUT IF WE'RE DOING IT NEW, ARE WE REQUIRING THEM TO HAVE PLENTY OF, UH, SPACE ON THE PROPERTY AS OPPOSED TO ON A PUBLIC STREET? THEY, THEY WOULD HAVE TO MEET THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY.
BUT WHAT ARE THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY? SIX.
SO A TWO CAR GARAGE, A TWO CAR GARAGE.
AND, BUT THEY CAN PARK ANYWHERE THEY WANT TO.
AND, AND DOES THAT TWO CAR GARAGE HAVE THE SAME WIDTH CONCRETE DRIVEWAY GOING TO THE STREET? IT WOULD BE A MINIMUM DISTANCE OF 18 FEET.
18 FEET IN, UH, DISTANCE AND DISTANCE.
IT'S DISTANCE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO HAVE ENOUGH ROOM TO PARK WITHOUT GE INTERFERING WITH THE SIDEWALK.
IS THERE A WIDTH REQUIREMENT? YOU SAID 16 TO 18 FROM THE STREET.
IS THERE A WIDTH, WIDTH REQUIREMENT? I, I BELIEVE IT'S THE TWO CAR GARAGE IS TYPICALLY 20 FEET.
I WOULD HAVE TO, TO DOUBLE CHECK.
I WOULD ASSUME THE GARAGE GARAGE, THE DRIVEWAY WIDTH HAS TO BE WIDE ENOUGH TO WHERE YOU CAN PULL INTO BOTH GARAGES.
THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTION.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, CAN I APPROVE BOTH THESE ITEMS WITH ONE MOTION? YOU CAN I MOVE THE APPROVAL OF ITEM 31 AND 32? YOU CAN MAKE THE MOTION FOR APPROVAL PRESENT BY STAFF.
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WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUMPHREYS.SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
MOTION CARRIES CITIZEN COMMENTS.
[CITIZEN COMMENTS]
OKAY.WE JUST DON'T GET TO COMMUNICATE DURING THE CITIZEN COMMENTS.
I DON'T EVEN HAVE ANY RHETORICAL QUESTIONS, SO IT'S ALL GOOD.
I'M KATE DERMO FROM 43 65 ASHLEY LANE, GRAND PRAIRIE.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO CALL ON YOU AS THE CITY COUNCIL TO PASS A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION.
OVER 30,000 PALESTINIANS HAVE DIED AND OVER 70,000 ARE INJURED.
THAT'S OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND COMBINED.
SO FOR REFERENCE, JUST TO KIND OF BRING IT HOME, THE CENSUS ESTIMATED THE POPULATION OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND THIS WAS ABOUT A YEAR AGO TO BE ABOUT 200,000.
SO WHAT THAT IS, IS THAT'S HALF OF GRAND PRAIRIE DEAD OR INJURED.
HALF OF THIS ROOM DEAD OR INJURED.
BUT REALISTICALLY, THE WORD DEAD, YOU'VE HEARD IT A LOT IN THE NEWS THAT BURIES THE LEAD.
THEY WERE ACTIVELY AND ARE ACTIVELY BEING BOMBED, SHOT AT AND STARVED DEATH.
ISRAEL HAS DROPPED AT LEAST 3000 WEAPONS IN GAZA, BUT EVEN THAT'S ACCOUNT FROM JANUARY.
OVER 70% OF HOMES IN GAZA HAVE BEEN DESTROYED.
IF LOSING YOUR HOME WASN'T DEVASTATED ENOUGH, THE PEOPLE OF GAZA ARE ONLY RECEIVING 15% OF THE FOOD.
THEY NEED TO AVOID A FAMINE, NOT JUST GENERALIZED STARVATION OF FAMINE.
ISRAEL IS BLOCKING AID AGAINST THE EMERGENCY ORDERS FROM THE ICGA, THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE.
SO NOT ONLY IS GAZA BEING STARVED, THEY'RE BEING STARVED AGAINST LIKE THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE'S RULING.
AND NOT ONLY ARE PEOPLE STARVING, AT LEAST 25 PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY DIED.
THEY DIED OF MAN OF MALNUTRITION OF AID THAT WAS BLOCKED AND UNABLE TO BE RECEIVED.
LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT AID BECAUSE ON FEBRUARY 29TH, AN AID TRUCK DID MAKE IT INTO GAZA AND THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF GAZA CARRYING FLOUR.
AND THE IDF FORCES OPENED FIRE ON THE EIGHT TRUCK AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO CAME TO GET BOOED, AT LEAST 112 PEOPLE WERE KILLED.
AND AT LEAST 760 PEOPLE WERE INJURED.
THEY WERE TRYING TO PICK UP FLOUR TO FEED THEIR FAMILY AND THEY WERE SHOT AND MURDERED FOR IT.
BUT EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A MASSACRE, THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT.
BETWEEN MID-JANUARY AND THE END OF FEBRUARY, THERE WERE 14 REPORTED SHOOTINGS AROUND AID AND AID TRUCKS FOR REFERENCE, THAT MEANS AT LEAST ONE SHOOTING SENT AROUND.
AID DELIVERIES HAPPENED EVERY THREE DAYS.
EVERY THREE DAYS YOU RISK BEING SHOT AT BY TRYING TO GET FOOD AND YOU ARE STARVING AND FAMINE IS IMMINENT.
PREVIOUSLY THIS COUNCIL HAS STATED THAT THIS GENOCIDE ISN'T CONSIDERED A LOCALLY RELEVANT ISSUE.
I WANNA CHALLENGE THAT TONIGHT.
THE UNITED STATES GIVES ISRAEL AT LEAST $3.8 BILLION A YEAR.
THEY'VE BEEN DOING MORE VIA LIKE PRESIDENTIAL TRADES.
GRAND PRAIRIE CONTRIBUTES $2.3 MILLION OF THAT FROM THE CITIZENS.
EACH ONE OF US PAYS $25 TO THE GENOCIDE OF THE PALESTINIANS.
EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM IS COMPLICIT WHETHER WE WANT TO BE OR NOT.
PASS A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION UNTIL YOU DO.
THE CITIZENS OF GRAND PRAIRIE HEAR YOUR SILENCE.
HISTORY WILL REMEMBER YOUR SILENCE.
ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 8TH, 1941, PRESIDENT FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT DECLARED THAT DECEMBER 7TH WAS A DAY OF INFAMY.
TODAY IS ANOTHER DAY OF INFAMY FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE SIX CROOKED LYING REPUBLICAN LAWYERS ON THE SUPREME COURT BY ALLOWING SENATE BILL FOUR TO PASS.
IF YOUR SKIN'S NOT WHITE, WE CAN REST YOU, LOCK YOU UP DOWN HERE.
LET'S GET RID OF ALL THESE MEXICANS IN TEXAS AND PROVE WHAT A GOOD CHRISTIAN WE ARE WITH GREG ABBOTT.
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FRIGHTENING.CITY TEXAS IS NOW A MINORITY MAJORITY STATE FOR THIS ACTION TO BE EVEN PUT FORTH BY THE SUPREME COURT TO ALLOW A ROGUE GROUP OF LYING REPUBLICANS DOWN IN AUSTIN WHO ARE ENRICHING THEMSELVES TO PASS.
THIS IS A SERIOUS, WHAT IS IT GOING TO IMPACT FOR THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE? OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
ARE WE GONNA START ROUNDING UP MEXICANS WHEN DAVID KUNKLE WAS POLICE CHIEF DAVID KUNK, UNCLE'S ACTION.
SO THIS HAS AN IMPACT ON THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE AND THE STATE OF TEXAS.
I WOULD ASK THAT YOU WATCH THE SOUTH PARK EPISODE BACK IN 2010 WHEN CARTMAN WAS GONNA RUN ALL THE MEXICANS OUTTA TEXAS.
IT'S PRETTY HILARIOUS WHEN YOU SEE CARMAN AND THEN CARMAN, YOU KNOW, MEXICANS COME BACK.
WHO'S DOING THE WORK A DAY WITHOUT A MEXICAN WHO'S DOING THE WORK IN TEXAS RIGHT NOW? OKAY.
AND SPEAKING OF REPUBLICANS, WHY IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUNNING FOR A CITY COUNCIL POSITION? THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS IS A SUBDIVISION OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
THEY PARTAKE IN, PARTAKE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND I KNOW PEOPLE ARE GONNA SAY NO, THERE'S NO FUNDING BETWEEN THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND LET'S LOOK AT THE GRAND PRAIRIE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
NO TO NORTH AMERICAN AVIATION.
ASSEMBLY PLANT, NO TO SIX FLAGS OVER TEXAS.
NO TO, UH, TURNPIKE STADIUM, THE DALLAS FORT WORTH SPURS, WHICH IS NOW THE TEXAS RANGERS.
MOST IMPORTANTLY NO SAID THE GRAND PRIX OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO SIX FLAGS MALL, WHICH WAS GOING TO BE BUILT AT CARRIER IN JEFFERSON IN THE SIXTIES.
TOM VANDERGRIFF SAID, THANK YOU TOM VANDERGRIFF REPRESENTED INTEGRITY AND CHARACTER.
THEY WENT WITH ARLINGTON, NOT GRAND PRAIRIE.
SO BRINGING IN THIS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, SOMEONE RUNNING, IF YOU HAD A GRAND PRAIRIE COP, A GRAND PRAIRIE FIREFIGHTER THAT WAS GONNA SERVE ON THIS BOARD AND GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
IF YOU HAD A CITY EMPLOYEE IN PARKS DEPARTMENT, STREETS, WATER, THEY WANTED TO SERVE ON THIS, UH OH, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GO BACK IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE ACCESS TO THAT.
MAYOR, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO.
THIS IS YOUR BOSS HOG POLITICS MAYOR AT ITS BEST.
UH, NO, NO, IT'S, NO, IT'S DIALOGUE.
JUST I DON'T, HAVING THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INVOLVED DOWN HERE IS WRONG.
THAT THERE'S TOO MUCH MONEY EXCHANGED.
I'VE GROWN UP ALL MY LIFE HERE.
AND AS I STATED ABOUT THE OTHER SCREW UPS FROM THE CITY CAME FROM THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
ERIC JOHNSON IN DALLAS, HE SET THE NEW STANDARDS.
ERIC JOHNSON IS THE MAYOR OF DALLAS.
WE GOTTA HAVE REPUBLICANS AND MAYORS AND CITY COUNCILS TO SAVE TEXAS DOWN HERE.
LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED TODAY, ERIC.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THIS CANDIDATE, HER CANDIDACY IS NULL AND VOID.
YOU DON'T RUN FOR OFFICE WHEN YOU'RE A AN EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE OR THERE'S TOO MUCH MONEY EXCHANGED IN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE FROM THIS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
THIS IS PART OF THIS LITTLE CLICK THAT IS RUN GRAND PRAIRIE JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF ELITE FEW.
SO WE HAVE ELECTIONS COMING UP.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET OUT AND WORK, BUT I WANT TO GET THIS ON THE RECORD, NO TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRESIDENT RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL OF GRAND PRAIRIE OR TO BE ELECTED.
COUNCIL PATSY RAY 2217 EL PASO STREET.
THIS IS CONVENTION YEAR FOR MY PARTY AND FOR THOSE THAT WENT TO DC AND MET WITH MY FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DID, THE INFORMATION THAT YOU ALL BROUGHT BACK TO US.
I RECEIVED THAT AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU ALL WENT AND THAT YOU SHARED IT.
I'M JUST ONE OF THE CITIZENS WHO FOUND OUT FIRST.
MAYBE THERE WILL BE MORE TO CONGRATULATE YOU, BUT I GOT SOMETHING
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I FOUGHT FOR YOU ALL LAST NIGHT SINCE I WENT TO MY EXECUTIVE MEETING FOR MY PARTY.THE RESOLUTION FOR MY PARTY DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE CITY COUNCILS ACROSS THE AREA AND YOU ALL WERE NOT NOTED.
SO I HAD TO INFORM THEM AND MY CHAIR SAID, MS. RAY, WE WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT.
SO YOU SHOULD BE GETTING A LETTER MAYOR FROM THE PARTY D TELLING YOU HOW MUCH THEY EX THEY APPRECIATE YOU ALL DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING ON THE CITY COUNCIL AND AS MAYOR OF THE CITY AND TO MISS GEORGIA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THINKING ABOUT US WITH THE CBG MONEY FOR OUR GARDEN.
WE WANT TO, LUCKETT GARDEN WANTS TO CLOSE THE GAP BETWEEN ANY FOOD DESERTS AND ESPECIALLY THE ONE AT DEL WORTH.
SO I DON'T KNOW ABOUT WHAT MEALS THEY SERVE THERE, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE PLENTY OF LETTUCE AND CUCUMBERS AT DELAWARE AND TOMATOES.
BUT I JUST WANNA SAY, AS A CITIZEN, SINCE 1956 AND I START BEING ACTIVE SINCE 1976, SINCE WE KNOW THAT MY FATHER WAS THE FIRST AFRO-AMERICAN TO APPLY FOR CITY COUNCIL, I'VE BEEN ACTIVE AND I CAN, I WILL CONTINUE TO BE ACTIVE AS LONG AS I STAY HEALTHY.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATE YOU ALL AND TO AMY FOR CHECKING, FOR GETTING THE HISTORY REWROTE OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS STAFF, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.
UM, MAY BE HARD TO SEE, BUT THERE'S A PICTURE FROM SUNDAY MORNING AT 6:36 AM UM, WHAT I'M HERE TO SPEAK TO, TO YOU, TO Y'ALL ABOUT TONIGHT IS A VERY LOCAL ISSUE.
THERE'S A CURVE ON BARDEN ROAD BETWEEN PAYNE AND NEWCASTLE THAT IS DANGEROUS.
UM, I KNOW YOU CAN'T RESPOND, MAYOR, I KNOW THAT Y'ALL ARE FORBIDDEN FROM DOING THAT.
I'VE BEEN HERE WITH, YOU KNOW, FROM MY TIME ON THE SCHOOL BOARD.
I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.
WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO DO IS ASK STAFF TO LOOK INTO, UH, SOME KIND OF TRAFFIC CONTROL MEASURE.
I KNOW SPEED BUMPS ARE PROBABLY OUT, BUT A FLASHING SIGN, A CURVE WARNING SIGN.
THIS CAR, I HAVE NO IDEA HOW FAST IT WAS GOING, BUT IT TOOK OUT A TREE THAT Y'ALL PLANTED FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO, A TREE THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR 20 YEARS, A ENCORE LIGHT POLE AND A SCHOOL ZONE SIGN AND KNOCKED DOWN FOUR PANELS OF CONCRETE PIT FENCING IN MY NEIGHBOR'S YARD.
IF HE'S GOING THAT FAST, IT'S, THERE'S A DANGER.
THIS IS AT LEAST THE THIRD OR FOURTH TIME THAT WE'VE HAD EITHER TREES GET KNOCKED DOWN OR SIGNS, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'VE HAD CARS GOING FAST ENOUGH FOR IT TO CREATE A DANGER.
AND IT'S A COUPLE HUNDRED FEET, FOUR OR FIVE HOUSES FROM REAGAN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, ALL I'M ASKING YOU TO DO IS LOOK INTO SOME KIND OF TRAFFIC CONTROL MEASURE THERE.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN SLOW SOME SPEEDS.
TALKED TO CHIEF SENSEI, HE WAS VERY HELPFUL, BUT HOPEFULLY THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO TO SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA, ESPECIALLY LATE IN THE EVENING AND NIGHT.