* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] GO AHEAD AND CALL THE MEETING [RECONVENE MEETING] BACK TO ORDER. UH, TONIGHT OUR INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR ELIAS LOPEZ OF IIA DE DES PHILADELPHIA, AND THE PLEASURES WILL BE LED BY COUNCILOR MIKE, BILL BOSKY, WHICH IS TODAY IS HIS BIRTHDAY. REVEREND, THINKING I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT THE COLLECTION PLATE THIS EVENING. . WELL, HE IS NOT EVEN IN HERE , SO I DIDN'T EVEN LOOK. I'M SORRY. I SAW SIX 30. BUT, UH, YOU GO AHEAD AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE DO THE PLEDGES. I MAY LET YOU DO THE PLEDGES. , PLEASE JOIN ME FOR A WORD OF PRAYER. LOVING GOD. WE COME BEFORE YOU WITH GRATITUDE. WE THANK YOU FOR BEING THE CONSTANT GOOD IN OUR LIVES. YOU NEVER LEAVE US NOR FORSAKE US. YOUR GRACE HAS BROUGHT US THUS FAR AND WILL LEAD US ALL THE WAY HOME. WE THANK YOU FOR ME MAKING EACH OF US IN THIS ROOM, EVERY PERSON WE MEET, EVERYONE WHO CALLS THIS CITY HOME. YOU'VE MADE US IN YOUR OWN IMAGE WITH DIGNITY AND INFINITE WORTH. WE THANK YOU FOR THE CALLING. YOU HAVE GIVEN EVERY ONE OF US TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF YOUR CREATION AND TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS AS OURSELVES. WE THANK YOU FOR OUR CITY AND FOR ALL WHO WORK TIRELESSLY AND SERVICE OF ALL OF US THAT FORM THE COMMUNITIES WITHIN ITS LIMITS. WE ALL COME TO THIS ROOM TONIGHT AS COMPLEX HUMAN BEINGS, CARING BURDENS, CARING JOYS, AND HOPE, TRUSTING THAT YOU ALONE CAN HOLD US TOGETHER, OH GOD, IN YOUR LOVE AND PEACE, HELP US, LORD, TO TRUST YOU MORE, MORE THAN OUR FEARS, OUR WOUNDS, AND EVEN OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. MAY WE LEAN ON YOUR EVERLASTING ARMS TONIGHT, AND SO WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BE GLORIFIED TONIGHT THROUGH THE DECISIONS OF THIS CITY COUNCIL. WE PRAY THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE EYES TO SEE HOW OUR LIVES ARE ALL CONNECTED, AND HOW OUR COMMON GOOD IS UPHELD WHEN WE LISTEN AND RESPOND TO THOSE MOST VULNERABLE AMONG US. WE PRAY THAT YOUR KINGDOM WOULD COME IN THIS CITY AS IT IS IN HEAVEN THROUGH YOUR POWER WORKING IN EACH OF THESE, YOUR SERVANTS. WE PRAY FOR WISDOM, FOR STRENGTH, FOR COURAGE TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND GOOD FOR EVERYONE. MAY WE PUT THE INTEREST OF OTHERS ABOVE OUR OWN, AND MAY WE ACT WITH LOVE FOR THE COMMON GOOD. MAY WE BE GOOD NEIGHBORS, RECOGNIZING YOUR IMAGE IN EVERY PERSON HERE, WE PRAY ALL THESE THINGS IN THE NAME OF THOSE WHO WE'VE BEEN CALLED TO SERVE. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU. Y'ALL FOLLOW ME. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE LIFE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AMERICA IN TERMS REPUBLIC, WHICH WHICH STANDS? ONE NATION UNDER GOD, THE INDIVIDUAL, THE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL ON THE SIDE OF P ONE STATE UNDER GOD. ONE AN INDIVIDUAL. OKAY. WE DO MAYOR PROTE. WE DO HAVE [CONSENT AGENDA] SOME FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. GIVE HER A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO GET 'EM IN ORDER, AND THEN WE WILL START CALLING YOU UP. HE STARTS ON 6, 7, 8, 6 7. HAROLD, GO AHEAD AND COME DOWN. YOU, YOU'VE GOT THE FIRST 1, 6, 7, 8. WE WILL JUST WHILE YOU'RE HERE, WE'LL GET ALL OF THEM WHILE YOU'RE DOWN HERE THAT ARE ON CONSENT AGENDA. HAROLD WILLIS, 5 3 8 LINLEY. UH, STARTING WITH NUMBER SIX, PLEASE, ON OUR OUTDOOR SIRENS, HOW MANY OUTDOOR SIRENS DO WE HAVE IN GRAND PRAIRIE? AND WILL THIS CONTRACT FOR MAINTENANCE COVER ALL OF THESE SIRENS? GOOD AFTERNOON, HAROLD . HEY, UH, ROBERT FIKE, FIRE CHIEF. UH, HAROLD, I'LL HAVE TO GET BACK WITH YOU ON THE TOTAL NUMBER. SURE. BUT OF COURSE THIS IS FOR EVERY ONE OF 'EM IN THE CITY. UH, THEY'RE VERY SPECIFIC BRAND WITH SPECIFIC MAINTENANCE, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S A SOLE SOURCE. ARE THEY ALL THE SAME SIRENS? ARE THEY DIFFERENT MODELS? THEY'RE ALL THE SAME. THEY'RE ALL THE SAME. AND THEY'RE ALL ON AN EMERGENCY GENERATOR, BACKUP AND SOLAR. AND THIS IS JUST ALL PART OF THE MAINTENANCE [00:05:01] PACKAGE. EXCELLENT. SO THAT INCLUDES THE GENERATORS AND YES, SIR. EVERYTHING. OKAY. GREAT. ON NUMBER SEVEN, THE FIREFIGHTER BUNKER GEAR IS THROUGH THE CITY OF ALLEN. IS THIS THE BEST COMPANY TO CLEAN THE EQUIPMENT WITH THE INCREASING CANCER RATES OF FIREFIGHTERS? Y YES. THERE'S ONE COMPANY IN DALLAS. UH, GEAR CLEANING SOLUTIONS. JUST ABOUT EVERY CITY USES GCS. OKAY. SO WE SHARE CONTRACTS TO GET THE BEST LOWEST PRICE. UH, WE HAVE OUR GEAR CLEANED TWICE A YEAR TO PREVENT ALL THE CANCER. SO THIS IS JUST AN ANNUAL CONTRACT. OKAY. SO IT'S ONE THAT'S ONE OF THE BEST COMPANIES OUT THERE. HUNDRED. THANK YOU. THAT'S WHAT I WANT. UH, ON ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, COULD YOU, COULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN THESE DEVICES, PLEASE? YES. I THINK YOU'RE GONNA LIKE THIS ONE. YES. UH, AS YOU KNOW, OUR JAWS OF LIFE ARE TYPICALLY OPERATED WITH HYDRAULIC HOSES FROM A GASOLINE POWERED POWER PLANT. MM-HMM . THAT COMPRESSES, UH, HYDRAULIC FLUID WITH THE TECHNOLOGY AND THE LITHIUM BATTERIES. NOW ARE OUR JAWS OF LIFE AND ALL OF OUR CUTTERS WILL BE BATTERY OPERATED. NO MORE GASOLINE, NO MORE POWER PLANT, ALL VERY SELF-CONTAINED. SO WE'RE PURCHASING TWO SETS OF COMPLETE RESCUE TOOLS TO JUST TRY THEM OUT ON OUR FIRE TRUCKS. ONE AND FIVE ARE TWO SUFFICIENT FOR THE CITY. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE FOUR TOTAL, FOUR TOTAL. WE'RE GONNA TRY TWO AT FIRST, MAKE SURE THIS IS WHAT FITS THE NEEDS OF OUR CITY. AND THEN WE'LL DO TWO MORE. WE'LL COME BACK AND GET MORE. YES, SIR. GREAT. THANK YOU. GOOD LUCK WITH THE TOMMY JOHN SURGERY. . THANK YOU. 10. THE CRICKET STADIUM, $214,000. UH, WHAT ALL DOES THIS INCLUDE AND WHO IS THE CONTRACT WITH LJA? WHO'S LJA? RAY'S GONNA COME DOWN AND ANSWER IT FOR YOU. OH, THANK YOU, RAY. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MAYOR RAY SERTA, PARKS AND ARTS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR. LGAS IS JUST THE NAME OF THE COMPANY. IT'S FOR $214,000. IT'S FOR DESIGN OF THE CRICKET FIELDS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE ON MAIN AND BAGHDAD. HAROLD, THIS ISN'T THE CRICKET STADIUM OUT, THIS IS NOT THE CRICKET STADIUM. YEAH, THIS IS ON ONE 10 BAGHDAD STREET. IT'S ON, UM, UH, MAIN STREET AND BAGHDAD. AND, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, DESIGN. WE'RE LOOKING TO GET AN ADDITIONAL CRICKET FIELD AND ALSO WHERE RUGBY FOOTBALL HAS ALSO PLAYED THERE. WE'RE MOVING THEM OVER TO THE SOCCER COMPLEX AND WE'RE, UH, GONNA BE PUTTING A, UH, RESTROOM, PICNIC TABLES AND SHADE STRUCTURES AND A, IN A CONCRETE PARKING LOT. IS THIS ACROSS THE STREET FROM OLD FIRE STATION NUMBER TWO? THERE WHERE THE, WHERE THE LANDING LIGHTS WERE COMING? UH, WELL, IT'S DOWN BY WAL APPLIANCE. YEAH, THERE ARE SOME OLD LANDING LIGHTS THERE. YEAH, IT, IT'LL BE THAT FIELD RIGHT THERE. YES, SIR. UHHUH . OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. ANY MORE ITEMS ON PARK? UH, YES, PLEASE. IT'S, UH, YEAH, DON'T GO VERY FAR. YEAH, . YES, PLEASE. UH, NUMBER 11 FOR THE FENCING, WHERE ARE THEY GONNA PUT FENCING AT? AT THE EPIC? YEAH, THAT'S OVER AT THE EPIC CENTER. THERE'S A TURF AREA, UH, ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER THERE, UH, OF THE, UH, FACILITY. WE'RE JUST, UH, ENHANCING OUR SECURITY MEASURES SO WE CAN DO MORE PROGRAMMING SPACE THERE FOR JAZZER SIZE OR ZUMBA OR AEROBIC TYPE THINGS IN THERE. OKAY. IS THAT REGULAR GRASS OR ARTIFICIAL? IT'S ARTIFICIAL GRASS. ARTIFICIAL GRASS? YES, SIR. OKAY. SO, AND THIS GATE WOULD BE LOCKED DURING THE NIGHTTIME FOR PROGRAMMING SPACES? YES, BUT IT'LL BE OPEN DURING, WHEN IT'S NOT BEING USED. OKAY, SURE. OKAY. THANK YOU, RYAN. YEAH, THANK YOU. UH, 13 ZERO. WHY ARE WE SPENDING UP TO $500,000 FOR WITH FORT WORTH ELECTRIC? DO WE WHAT? THIS, WHAT DOES $500,000 COVER FOR ELECTRICAL SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE? HELLO? HEY, UH, JASON RAMIREZ, DIRECTOR OF GENERAL SERVICES. THANK YOU. SO THIS IS ESTABLISHING A SECONDARY CONTRACT FOR OUR ELECTRICAL SERVICES, UHHUH , TO INCLUDE A SCHEDULED REPAIR, MAINTENANCE, AND NEW SERVICE. WELL, OKAY. UM, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A VENDOR, BUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY UTILIZING THIS VENDOR, SO WE'RE TRYING TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE SOURCE TO SAVE SOME MONEY. OKAY. SO WHICH BUILDINGS, WHICH ONES ARE IN DEFINITIVE NEED RIGHT NOW FOR THIS 500,000? DO WE HAVE ANY PARTICULAR REC CENTER OR, WELL, THIS, THIS WOULD BE A CITYWIDE CONTRACT, SO IF WATER NEEDED TO USE THIS CONTRACT AS WELL, THEY CAN, IT'S NOT ONLY, UH, GENERAL SERVICES TRAFFIC LIGHT REPAIR, ANY, IT, IT COULD IF THEY NEEDED THAT. YES. AND STREET LIGHTS, IF THEY'RE NOT OWNED BY ENCORE. YES, SIR. SO THAT IF TRANSPORTATION NEEDED THAT CONTRACT, THEY COULD USE THAT. SO THAT WOULD COVER THAT. OKAY. SO WAS THIS A LOW BID OR DID WE, UH, THIS IS USING, UH, TIPS, [00:10:01] SO THEY GO OUT FOR BIDS ON OUR BEHALF. OKAY. AND WE'RE ABLE TO USE THAT CO-OP. OKAY. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . 14. I HATE TO BUG THE CHIEF AGAIN. UH, FIRE STATION SEVEN CHIEF FOR THE, FOR THE 99,000. IT'S OUR ITEM. OKAY. THANK YOU. JASON RAMIREZ, DIRECTOR OF GENERAL SERVICES. . THANK YOU. YES. OKAY, SO THIS ITEM IS, UH, IT'S ON OUR REPLACEMENT PLAN. IT'S OVER 15 YEARS, SO, RIGHT. WE'RE TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE AND REPLACING, BECAUSE WE'RE PUTTING A LOT OF MONEY TOWARDS, UH, FIRE STATION SEVEN HVAC. YEAH. IS THE SYSTEM WORKING APPROPRIATELY NOW WITH THE HEAT COMING ON? IS IT CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW? YES. BUT, UH, AS I MENTIONED, WE PUT THESE ON REPLACEMENT SCHEDULES TO BE PROACTIVE OR REPLACED BEFORE THEY, UH, HAVE CATASTROPHIC, UH, FAILURE. WHEN WOULD WE IMPLEMENT, WHEN WOULD THIS BE DONE FOR STATION SEVEN? AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AFTER, IF COUNSEL APPROVES THIS EVENING, THEN WE WOULD START ON THE CONTRACT IN THE PO. SO DURING THE SUMMERTIME, HOW, UH, PREFERABLY BEFORE THEN? BEFORE THAT? YES, SIR. OH, OKAY. YES. SO LIKE WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH, NEXT SIX WEEKS, DEPENDING ON, UH, PARTS AVAILABILITY AS WELL. YEAH, THAT'S MY THING WITH THIS BEING FROM TRAIN. IN OTHER WORDS, THEIR SUPPLY CHAIN, THE WHOLE BIT. UH, OKAY. YEAH. JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE KEEP OUR FIRE STATIONS UPDATED. YES, SIR. WORKING PROPERLY? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. I THINK 15 ONE RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. WHERE IS THIS RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT LOCATED? YOU'RE LOOKING GOOD, GIRL. OH, THANK YOU. COMING BACK. HI, ESTHER COLEMAN, HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DIRECTOR. YES, PLEASE. UM HMM. I DON'T HAVE THE ADDRESS ON THIS, BUT THIS IS ONE OF OUR RECONSTRUCTION FOR OUR, UH, HOME PROGRAM. UM, HOW THAT WORKS, HAROLD, IS THAT IF WE HAVE A FAMILY WHO HAS SIGNED UP FOR REHAB, IF THE VALUE OF THEIR RE OF THEIR REHAB IS GREATER THAN 70, 75%, UH, THE VALUE OF THE HOME, WE DO A RECONSTRUCTION. TAKE IT OUTTA THE FOUNDATION. YES. AND REBUILDING THE HOME. OKAY. AND WHO IS THE OWNER OF THE HOME? THE, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION. I DIDN'T, UH, HAROLD, TYPICALLY WE DON'T GIVE THE OWNER OF THE HOME ON THIS ITEM, NOR WE GIVE THE ADDRESS. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE WE WOULD NOT WANT SOMEONE TO GO OUT THERE AND BECOME HARASSING THEM OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE, BECAUSE THEY'RE RECEIVING GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE TO GET THEIR HOME REPAIRED. OKAY. IS THIS FUNDING FROM THE CITY OR IS THIS FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? IT'S FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. IT'S FROM HUD. IT IS HUD FUNDING. YES. SO IT'S FROM OUR HOME PROGRAM. SO WILL THIS PERSON HAVE A MORTGAGE ON THIS PROPERTY THAT IT WOULD DEPEND ON THEIR INCOME, ON THEIR RENT INCOME. THIS PERSON, WHEN THEY CAME UP ON OUR WAITING LIST, THEY, UH, WE LOOKED AT THEIR INCOME ELIGIBILITY BECAUSE ALL OF THOSE FAMILIES HAVE TO BE, UH, LOW TO MOD FAMILIES. SURE. AND BASED ON THEIR INCOME, UH, IT COULD BE A DEFERRED PAYMENT OR IT COULD BE A 3% LOAN ON THIS PARTICULAR, UH, FAMILY. WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN THE OFFICE, BUT THAT'S NOT INFORMATION WE BROUGHT TO COUNCIL TO PRESENT. WHAT I'M LOOKING AT, LIKE IN TONY SHOT WELL'S AREA, IN MY AREA, IN SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE, THAT'S SOUTHEAST GRAND PRAIRIE. THE OLDER FRAME HOUSES THAT ARE ONE BEDROOM OR JUST ONE CAR GARAGE, THESE OLDER TYPE HOUSES WITH THE FOUNDATIONS ARE MAYBE 50, 60 YEARS OLD. BUT IN, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WE REALLY TRY AND REBUILD WHAT THE FAMILY HAS JUST, UH, RATHER THAN SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY AND REHABBING IT, WHICH IS GREATER THAN THE VALUE, IT'S JUST EASIER TO JUST DEMOLISH IT. AND RECONSTRUCTIVE, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS A LONG TIME, SIR. SURE, SURE. I DON'T MIND THAT. I JUST WAS A SLAB FOUNDATION WITH THE OLD CAST IRON PIPES AND WATER LEAKS. IN OTHER WORDS, DO IT, DO IT RIGHT. RIGHT. JUST COMPLETELY DO THE FOUNDATION WITH NEW PLUMBING AND NEW THAT PART OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT MAY BE REHAB, THAT FAMILY, THE FAMILIES HAVE TO APPLY INDIVIDUALLY. OKAY. UH, TO QUALIFY FOR OUR REHAB PROGRAM, THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE OVER 60 YEARS OLD. AND BASED ON THE HOUSEHOLD, UH, INCOME, WE WOULD DETERMINE WHETHER THEY BE, WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS. BUT THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT THEY COULD ACTUALLY APPLY TO HAVE, OR TO BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE REPAIRED. OKAY. YEAH. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WHERE THERE ARE SERIOUS SHORTAGE OF HOUSING, THAT INDIVIDUALS ARE ABLE TO TRANSITION INTO OUR NEWER HOUSE WITH A, A NEW FOUNDATION, A NEW PLUMBING THAT WOULD JUST OH, YEAH. IF WE DO THE RECONSTRUCTION, ALL OF THAT. OKAY. YEAH. I JUST WANT, WANT 'CAUSE WE DESPERATELY NEED MORE HOUSING, SO, UM, OKAY. THANK [00:15:01] YOU. OH, YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. OKAY. 16 AND 17. LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME MONEY BUSINESS HERE WITH, ARE THESE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATIONS OR ARE THESE, UM, SINCE WE DIDN'T HAVE A BOND ELECTION OR THE 75 MILLION, WHAT IS THE, THE FUNDING ARE THESE COS WHAT EXACTLY IS THIS FUNDING PLEASE? EVENING, MR. WILLIS. THANK YOU. TVO, DIRECTOR OF MANAGEMENT SERVICES. UH, THIS IS JUST A NORMAL, UM, WE LOOK AT DEBT MANAGEMENT AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT CAME UP. UH, THIS IS EXISTING, UH, CO DEBT THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY DUE TO HIGHER INTEREST RATES, UH, TO, TO FEE SOME OF THEM. UM, ITEM 16 POTENTIALLY CAN SAVE THE CITY ABOUT 400,000 BY DEFEATING THE PRINCIPAL EARLY. UH, ITEM 17 IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY DUE TO, UH, HIGHER INTEREST RATES THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY SAVE THE CITY ABOUT ANOTHER A HUNDRED THOUSAND. THESE ARE OLDER CO DEBT, UM, THAT WE'VE BEEN PAYING ON. ARE THESE BASED ON THE FIVE YEAR T BELLS OR 10 YEAR T BELL? WHAT'S THE, YOU'RE ON THE TWO BAILS. IT'S, IT'S JUST WHATEVER. SO WHATEVER INTEREST RATE THAT WE PAID DURING THAT TIME, IT'S JUST THAT WHEN WE PAID AT, UM, INTEREST RATES WERE ESSENTIALLY AT ZERO. UM, SO NOW THAT WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES, WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS IS ESSENTIALLY WE ARE PAYING OFF THE DEBT EARLY, PUTTING THE MONEY INTO AN ESCROW, UH, WITH HIGHER INTEREST RATES. SO WITH THE DEFE, THIS IS THE, IT'S WHAT, UH, IT'S ESSENTIALLY LIKE REFINANCING YOUR HOME FOR A BETTER RATE. OKAY. SO WE ARE SAVING A LOT OF MONEY WITH THIS, WITH THOSE TWO ITEMS. APPROXIMATELY, UH, HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NUMBER 19, THESE TWO MOBILE SOLAR STATIONS AND ONE ELECTED VEHICLE, SINCE THIS IS ANOTHER FEDERAL GRANT, UM, WHEN WOULD THIS, WHEN WOULD WE KNOW THE GRANT WOULD BE APPROVED AND THESE STATIONS? I'M SORRY. SURE. THANK YOU. CINDY MENDEZ, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. THIS IS A, A GRANT THAT WE HAVE APPLIED FOR, IT'S DUE APRIL 30TH, AND WE HAD TO SELECT CERTAIN PROJECT AND WE SELECTED THIS PROJECT TO DO BECAUSE IT HAD TO DO WITH, UH, EMISSION REDUCTION. SURE. MM-HMM . THE, WHEN YOU SEE THE SOLAR STATIONS LIKE AT TOM THUMB AND OTHER BUSINESSES, HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO THAT BEING MOBILE? IN OTHER WORDS, HOW WOULD PEOPLE USE THIS? IT'S GONNA BE AT CERTAIN LARGE EVENTS, RIGHT? WELL, AS YOU CAN UNDERSTAND, WHEN WE BUY NEW ELECTRIC VEHICLES, WE HAVE TO PUT IN CHARGING STATIONS. SURE. SOMETIMES THOSE CHARGING STATIONS GO DOWN. SO THIS GIVES US THE ABILITY TO MOVE SOLAR CHARGING STATIONS AROUND AND ALSO TAKE 'EM TO LIKE BIG EVENTS, UH, TO TEACH PEOPLE ABOUT ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND SOLAR CHARGING STATIONS. UM, IT'S JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND OUR ELECTRIC, OUR ELECTRIFICATION. HOW MANY VEHICLES WOULD BE CHARGED ON EACH SOLAR STATION? HOW MANY EACH SOLAR STATION CAN CHARGE? TWO. TWO. AND IT'S ABOUT AN EIGHT HOUR CHARGE. AN EIGHT HOUR CHARGE. SO WE WOULD GET FOUR, CHARGING, FOUR CHARGES AT A TIME. FOUR CHARGE. OKAY. MM-HMM . WHAT TYPE OF ELECTRICAL VEHICLE WOULD WE PURCHASE? WE WOULD, UM, JUST, UH, GET AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE THAT'S NEEDED, THAT'S DETERMINED BY OUR FLEET DEPARTMENT. OKAY. 'CAUSE I KNOW RIGHT NOW THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SURPLUS OF ELECTRICAL VEHICLES JUST SITTING ON THE LOTS. THEY CAN'T SELL THEM. SO WOULD WE BE ABLE TO BUY MORE THAN ONE ELECTRIC VEHICLE OFF THIS GRANT? POSSIBLY. DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH IS LEFT OVER AFTER, UH, WE PURCHASE THE SOLAR STATIONS. SURE. MM-HMM . I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WITH THE SURPLUS OF ELECTRICAL VEHICLES AND NOW WITH GAS, GOING BACK UP AGAIN ON THE PRICE OF OIL. THAT RIGHT. TO KEEP OUR FLEET DIVERSIFIED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLES. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. ITEM 21, WHAT IS A LEGISLATIVELY CREATED MUNICIPAL DISTRICT AND FOR 768 ACRES. WHERE IS THIS LOCATED? SOMEBODY HAR HAROLD. THIS IS RASHAD JACKSON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. UM, THIS IS, UH, ESTABLISHING A MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT FOR, UH, I THINK YOU WERE MUCH OF THE, UH, PRAIRIE RIDGE DOWN SOUTH OFF OF 2 87. UM, THE PROPERTY OWNERS DOWN THERE HAVE, UH, PURCHASED ADDITIONAL 4,000 ACRES AND THEY'RE REDEVELOPING THE ENTIRE AREA THERE OF THOSE 4,000 ACRES. AND THEY'RE CREATING A DISTRICT FOR THIS AREA AS PART OF OUR ETJ THAT [00:20:01] WE MAY ANNEX IN SOMEDAY IN THE FUTURE, YES. BUT RIGHT NOW IT ISN'T TECHNICALLY PART OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE. IT IS NOT TECHNICALLY PART OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE. OKAY. SO IS THIS THE SAME THING AS A MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT? OR WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS DISTRICT? IT IS NOT THE SAME. MEGAN HELP HIM. RASHAD, YOU PROBABLY KNOW TOO, BUT MEGAN STOOD UP. SHE'S BEEN NEGOTIATING THE TERMS ON THIS. THANK YOU. YES. HI, I'M MEGAN MAYHAN, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, PLEASE. THANK YOU, RASHAD. SO THIS IS, THERE'S A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF DISTRICTS OUT THERE. YOU'VE GOT THE MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, YOU'VE GOT THE MUNICIPAL, YOU UTILITY DISTRICT, YOU'VE GOT A FRESHWATER SUPPLY DISTRICT. THEY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT RULES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, BUT ARE VERY SIMILAR. THEY HELP FUND UTILITIES, UM, THROUGH ASSESSMENTS LIKE TAXES, SO, AND THROUGH PROPERTY AND INCREMENT CREATED, WHAT IS THE DEVELOPER CONTRIBUTING TO THIS? SO THERE WILL ACTUALLY BE A MUCH MORE DETAILED PRESENTATION FOR ITEM NUMBER 33 THAT THIS IS INVOLVED IN. SO YOU, SO WE WILL, SO STAY TUNED. WE'LL BE GIVING YOU ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS, BUT IT IS, IT IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DEVELOPER INVESTMENT RELATED TO THIS. IN ADDITION, THIS IS A FINANCING VEHICLE. OKAY. SO SINCE IT WAS CREATED BY THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE, WHAT AMOUNT OF MONEY DID AUSTIN KICK IN FOR THIS? OR IS IT ALL JUST US OR THIS, OR IS THERE ANY STATE FUND? TEXAS DOESN'T GET ANYTHING. THERE'S NOT, THAT'S RIGHT. EXPLAIN. EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENS. THE PROPERTY, EXPLAIN HOW IT WORKS. IT'S KIND OF LIKE A PI. YES. IS IT NOT? IT IS, IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE TAXES THAT WERE GO INTO THAT SINCE THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE CITY YET, HELPS FUND INFRASTRUCTURE. EXACTLY. SO IT'S A, IT'S A, A SEPARATE ASSESSMENT ON TOP OF THE NORMAL TAX RATE. AND THE, THE STATE DOESN'T, DOESN'T HAVE ANY INVOLVEMENT IN IT BESIDES THE FACT THAT THEY JUST CREATED THE ABILITY TO EXIST. OKAY. SO THE DEVELOPER WILL GO IN, HE'LL ISSUE DEBT WITH THE ASSESSMENT BACKING THE, UM, THE, THE PAYMENT OF THAT DEBT. SO WHY ARE WE NOT ANNEXING THIS INTO THE CITY OF GRAND PRIX NOW, IF WE'RE MAKING THIS COMMITMENT, SAY THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER THINGS YOU HAVE TO DO UPON ANNEXATION THAT WE CAN'T AFFORD RIGHT NOW. WELL, WHAT HAPPENS? IS THAT A, IS THAT A GOOD STATEMENT, MEGAN? THAT'S SO THERE, THERE'S A, THERE'S A LOT OF PROCESS THAT GOES INTO PRIOR TO, UM, ANNEXATION. ANNEXATION. THIS IS, THIS IS THE FIRST STEP WITH THE PLAN THAT IN THE FUTURE WE, WE, WE WILL BE PRESENTING THE CONSIDERATION FOR COUNSEL TO ANNEX THIS OVER TIME. AND ALL OF THIS IS IN ELLIS COUNTY, IS THAT RIGHT? NO. AND JOHNSON. ELLIS AND JOHNSON. ELLIS AND JOHNSON. OKAY. WHAT HAPPENS IF THE VENUS, THE CITY OF VENUS, COMES UP AND SAYS, WE WANT IT BEFORE GRAND PRAIRIE? WELL, THE ITEM THAT SHE HAS ON THE, THE ITEM THAT WE HAVE LATER ON THE AGENDA, IF WE AGREED TO, THEY HAVE ALREADY AGREED TO, WOULD PREVENT IT WOULD BE A THEY WOULD, IT PREVENTS THAT. CORRECT. OKAY. AND IN THIS MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, WHAT IS GOING TO BE BUILT OUT THERE? WHAT THINGS THEY'VE ALREADY BUILT? HOW THEY'VE ALREADY BUILT LOTS OF HOMES. YEAH. EXPLAIN THEIR, UH, WAREHOUSING. THEY WANT TO GET DATA COLLECTION AGENCIES. WE FORESEE MAYBE A SOMEDAY, UH, WHAT DID WE THINK? 30,000 PEOPLE WILL LIVE OUT THERE. 40,000 UP TO 50,000. UH, THAT WILL HAVE OUR OWN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING OUT THERE. UH, YEAH, JUST, JUST PLEASE UNDERSTAND, I'VE LIVED IN GRAND PRAIRIE. WE WILL LET THINGS GO TO ARLINGTON. WE LET OTHER CITIES TAKE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. WE'RE BEING PROACTIVE AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE ENTERING THIS INTO THIS AGREEMENT. OKAY. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE DEVELOPER IS GONNA PUT UP THEIR SHARE OF THE COST, NOT JUST THE TAXPAYERS. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. THAT THE DEVELOPER'S KICKING IN. OKAY. ABSOLUTELY. THEY ARE 768 ACRES PLUS THOUSANDS OF OTHERS. OKAY. THANK YOU. ITEM 22, I GUESS THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT KNOWN AS GRAND PRAIRIE BUSINESS PARK. NUMBER ONE. WHERE IS THIS? THE STREET LOCATION GEOGRAPHICALLY. WHERE IS THIS LOCATED, HAROLD? THAT'S IN THE SAME AREA AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO. THE ITEM BEFORE THIS, IT'S PART OF THAT AREA AND IT, AND TO GIVE YOU, I CAN GIVE YOU AN AREA AND I THINK AT THE TIME OF THE PRESENTATION, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE ON A MAP WHERE IT IS AT THE TIME OF THE PRESENTATION THAT'S COMING ON LATER IN THE, LATER IN THE COUNCIL MEETING. AGAIN, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY OF VENUS AND OTHER CITIES, YOU KNOW, OTHER WORDS, IF WE'RE GONNA BE THERE FIRST AND WE'RE GONNA PUT UP THE BILL AND EVERYTHING ELSE, WE GET IT. WE WILL BE THERE FIRST. OKAY. AND THE AGREEMENT, OKAY. LIKE I PREVIOUSLY [00:25:01] SAID, MAKES IT, WE ARE, BOTH PARTIES ARE AGREEING THAT IT, IT IS OURS. IT'S NOT NEGOTIABLE TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE OKAY. TO ANOTHER CITY. JUST REMEMBER MY PTSD WHEN TOM VANDERGRIFF TOOK A LOT OF PART OF TARRANT COUNTY. OKAY. THANK YOU. ITEM 23 WITH THE MEDIA JUICE STUDIOS. I REMEMBER LAST WEEK, OR LAST COUNCILMAN, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, HOW MUCH FUNDING ARE WE GIVING TO THE MEDIA JUICE STUDIOS? THIS IS PART OF A RETAIL REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. IT'S A, UH, CHAPTER THREE 80 AGREEMENT AND IT'S A REIMBURSEMENT A HUNDRED, A HUNDRED THOUSAND WILL BE THE CAP ON THAT. SO SINCE IT'S A THREE 80, THEY ONLY GET BACK PART OF WHAT THEY BRING IN, CORRECT? WELL, I, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TELL YOU ALL THE DETAILS, BUT THEY, THEY'RE GONNA POSSIBLY SPEND UP TO 120, 21,000 TO DO AS ASBESTOS, UH, REMOVAL. AND SO WE ARE GONNA PART OF THE PROGRAM, UH, REIMBURSE THEM THOSE FUNDS. OKAY. SO, OKAY. IT'S ALL FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, NOT FOR EMPLOYEE SALARIES OR BENEFITS. CORRECT. OKAY. INFRASTRUCTURE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ITEM 24, THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT, THE CLEAN VEHICLE TAX REBATE UP TO 7,500. HOW MANY VEHICLES WILL WE PURCHASE? COLBY FRANCE FLEET SERVICES? UH, THESE REBATES WILL ACTUALLY BE USED FOR THREE VEHICLES WE CURRENTLY ALREADY HAVE. AND THEN ANY FUTURE PURCHASES, UM, I CAN'T GIVE YOU A FIRM NUMBER ON THAT UNTIL THE APPROVED BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR, HOW MANY VEHICLES WE'LL PURCHASE, BUT AS IT'S RIGHT NOW, I THINK WE'RE PLANNING ON SIX OR SEVEN. SO WHY ARE WE UTIL WHY, WHY DOES THE IRS THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, WHAT, WHAT'S THE ROLE OF THE IRS IN THIS? I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DID THAT, BUT THAT'S THE SAME AMOUNT THAT THEY'RE GIVING TO, UH, PRIVATE CITIZENS. IF YOU GO TO BUY AN EV RIGHT NOW, YOU'LL GET A $7,500 REBATE UHHUH, AND THEY'RE TRYING TO INCENTIVIZE BUSINESSES, MUNICIPALITIES, AND EVERYBODY ELSE TO START MOVING TO EVS. AND SO SINCE THAT'S ONE OF COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES, WE'RE TRYING TO GET EVERY, UH, EVERY LITTLE BIT WE CAN TO HELP. SO DO WE PREFER TOYOTA WHO'S GIVING US THE BETTER DEAL HYUNDAI WITH THEIR ELECTRIC VEHICLES, WHO WE WE HAVE TOYOTAS. UH, WE'LL HAVE TO GET QUOTES AND SEEK AND GO OUT FOR BID WHEN THAT TIME COMES FOR NEXT YEAR. WE HAVEN'T DECIDED YET. SURE. I GUESS JUST, WE HEAR ALL THE CAR DEALERS TALKING ABOUT THE EXCESS INVENTORY OF ELECTRICAL VEHICLES, HOW THEY'RE JUST SETTING ON THEIR LOT, COSTING THEM MONEY. SO WHAT KIND OF A GOOD DEAL COULD WE GET, SAY, AND, AND WE'LL, WE'LL DO SOME DEALING AND, UH, SEE WHAT WE CAN GET, BUT, UH, WE CAN'T NECESSARILY GO WITH ONE OVER THE OTHER ONE IF IT'S GONNA COST MORE. SO WE GOTTA FIND THE BEST DEAL FOR THE TAXPAYERS. PROBABLY PUT THOSE ITEMS OUT FOR BID. SURE. SO AS LONG AS THEY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS AND THE NEEDS, THEN THOSE WOULD BE WHAT WE GO WITH. I JUST ASK THAT WE BUY THEM FROM A DALLAS OR TARRANT COUNTY FACILITY. NOT FROM DOWN THERE. . THANK YOU. ITEM 25, 12 1 7 SOUTH CARRIER, AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. WHO OWNS THIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT TYPE OF, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING WILL BE BUILT THERE AND WHO WILL OWN IT? WE DI DISCUSSED THIS IN THE AGENDA REVIEW. THIS IS SOMETHING WE APPROVED TWO YEARS AGO. IT'S THERE IN THE, UH, JENNIFER MCFALL PARK AND IT'S THAT CHURCH THAT'S BEEN VACANT. WE APPROVED THIS ADDITION, I THINK COLE, DID YOU SAY TWO YEARS AGO? THIS DEVELOPMENT? TWO YEARS AGO. WE, WE APPROVED THE ZONING WITH GETTING, UH, TAX CREDIT, STATE TAX CREDITS. AND THIS IS, UM, A DIFFERENT SOURCE OF FUNDING. THEY'VE HAD A HARD TIME FINDING FUNDING, SO WE, THEY'VE FOUND SOME FUNDING. THIS IS THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FUNDING. I THINK I HEARD. SO THAT CHURCH WILL BE TORN DOWN AND THESE WOULD BE BUILT WITH THOSE FUNDS ASSISTING. AND IT'S JUST FOR SENIORS, CORRECT? I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER DEL BOSKY TOLD US, YEAH. WILL THESE BE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES? DUPLEXES? NO, THEY'RE NOT HOMES. THEY'RE APARTMENTS. APARTMENTS. APARTMENTS. IT'D BE APARTMENTS, YES. AND FROM A HU STANDPOINT, HOW MANY INCOME BASED FOR A PERCENTAGE OF THEM? YES. A MI 80% A MI 80. NO PROBLEM. 80% A MI. OKAY, SO AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOME AT 80 80% WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR HOW MANY UNITS WILL BE BUILT IN THIS LOCATION? I WANNA SAY RIGHT AROUND 50 50, 58. 38. 38, OKAY. AND THEN CLOSE TO THE PARK. OKAY, GREAT. SO FOR BENEFITING IT'S THE SAME ONE. YEAH, WE DO, LIKE I SAID, WE APPROVED IT, BUT THE, IT'S ANOTHER POCKET OF MONEY. BUT THE SAME A MI RATIO THAT WE APPROVED TWO YEARS AGO, CORRECT. COUNTY. AND IS THIS FEDERAL FUNDING ALSO? YES, IT IS FEDERAL FUNDING. [00:30:02] THANK GOODNESS FOR THAT. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, . THANK YOU. OKAY. ITEMS 28 AND 29, THE CAPITAL RESERVE FUND. THESE, WHAT ARE WE GONNA BE SPENDING ON THOSE TWO AREAS? WHAT PART OF GRAND PRAIRIE, WHAT TYPE OF PROJECTS? TVO MANAGEMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR. THIS, UM, ITEM 28 IS JUST AN ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION AS PART OF OUR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICY. SURE. WE CURRENTLY HAVE A POLICY WHERE ANYTHING, UM, REVENUE OVER 26% OF THE GENERAL FUND IS MOVED, UH, INTO SPECIFIC, UH, BUCKETS. UH, THERE'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. UM, SO THIS IS JUST AN ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION TO MOVE THE MONEY INTO THE APPROPRIATE CATEGORY. UH, COUNCIL WILL, AT A VISIONING SESSION, WILL THEN DECIDE HOW THEY WANT TO ALLOCATE THE VARIOUS FUNDING. OKAY. SO IT COULD BE FOR STREETS, IT COULD BE FOR, UM, ANY TYPE OF ADDITIONAL HOUSING PROJECTS OR, UH, THE FOUR, UH, DIFFERENT BUCKETS ARE, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, REDEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC ART, AND SPECIAL PROJECTS. OKAY. UH, THE SECOND ITEM IS JUST AN ADMINISTRATIVE CLEANUP. UM, SOME OF IT IS AN ACTION JUST FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY, WHERE THERE WERE CERTAIN FUNDS THAT WERE NOT, UM, PREVIOUSLY CREATED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND. UH, SO SOME OF THE FUNDING NOW WE, THAT THEY DROPPED, UH, TO FUND BALANCE, WE ARE MOVING IT TO THE APPROPRIATE BALANCE JUST FOR, FOR HAVING IT IN THE APPROPRIATE BUCKET FOR ITEM 29. OKAY. THANK YOU. ITEM 30, FIRE STATION 11. UH, WHAT IS A LOW VOLTAGE DIRECT CONTRACT ALLOWANCE AND THIS OWNER CONTROLLED CONSTRUCTION . HELLO HAROLD? UH, ANDY HENNING, DIRECTOR OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. SO, UH, WHAT THIS IS DOING, HAROLD, IS IT'S, IT'S ESTABLISHING AN ALLOWANCE OF THAT $140,000. OUR LOW VOLTAGE CONTRACTS. OUR, OUR IT DEPARTMENT WORKS WITH, UH, SPECIFIC CO-OP VENDORS FOR ALL OF OUR SECURITY THROUGHOUT THE CITY, OUR DATA WIRING, UH, ANY KIND OF IT EQUIPMENT. AND SO YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE ON OUR NEXT COUNCIL AGENDA, THE IT DEPARTMENT WILL ACTUALLY BE BRINGING THOSE ITEMS TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. THIS JUST ESTABLISHES THAT ALLOWANCE. THE IT DEPARTMENT WILL THEN BRING THE ACTUAL CONTRACTS FOR THAT VALUE. OKAY. SO FOR A FUNDING REQUEST OF 400,000, WILL THE 400,000 BE SPENT ON STATION 11 OR? THAT IS CORRECT. AND WHERE THAT COMES FROM, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, IS YES. UH, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY FIRE STATION ELEVEN'S GONNA BE IN OUR VERY SOUTH SECTOR. YES. UH, JUST THE NATURE OF OUR CITY BEING SO NARROW AND SO LONG, UH, ONE OF THE IMPORTANT FACTORS THAT WE WANTED TO DESIGN INTO THAT STATION IS A COMMUNITY ROOM FOR, UH, USE BY, UH, COUNCIL POTENTIALLY FOR TOWN HALLS, FOR CITY MEETINGS OF ANY KIND. AND SO WE HAD A VALUE OF ABOUT $412,000 THAT THAT COMMUNITY ROOM CAME IN AT. AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE CONTRACT FOR THE FIRE STATION ROLLING UNDER THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT AMOUNT. THIS IS ADDING THAT $400,000 TO COVER THAT COMMUNITY ROOM. WE ARE THEN IN ESSENCE USING THAT TO PAY BACK THESE OTHER CONTRACTS THAT WE STILL HADN'T SIGNED YET. OKAY. WITH THE, WOULD IT BE SPECTRUM AT AND T FIBER, WHO WOULD WE UTILIZE FOR THAT SERVICE? SO, GREAT QUESTION. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR IT DEPARTMENT'S VERY, VERY FOCUSED ON RIGHT NOW. UH, GETTING OUR CITY FIBER AS WELL AS, UM, EITHER A SPECTRUM OR AN AT AND T INFRASTRUCTURE ESTABLISHED DOWN THERE. THAT'S ALL IN THE WORKS AS THIS, AS OUR CITY KIND OF DEVELOPS FURTHER SOUTH. STILL NOT SET IN STONE, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE VERY FOCUSED ON. SO AT THE PRESENT TIME AT T AND SPECTRUM, THEY DO NOT HAVE FIBER OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, OR THAT IS CORRECT. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. SURE. DON'T QUOTE ME TOO MUCH ON THAT. I SEE. DEPARTMENT COULD TELL YOU FOR SURE, BUT I, YEAH, I, I I BELIEVE DISCUSSIONS HAVE STARTED WITH BOTH GROUPS. I BET THEY DON'T. YEAH. I, THAT'S, THAT'S MY RECOLLECTION ALSO, MAYOR. SO FOR A MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT TO GET INTO THE FIBER BUSINESS TO MAKE SURE THAT FIRE STATION HAS EVERYTHING STATE OF THE ART AND KEELS HERE. GREAT, THANK YOU. YES, SIR. CASE PENDING. DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. SURE. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE, THE LOGISTICS OF GETTING THIS GOING, I WANT THAT FIRE STATION BUILT, BUT I WANT IT TO HAVE THE, THE BEST RESOURCES AVAILABLE AND I DON'T TRUST SPECTRUM ANYMORE. I HAVE BIG PROBLEMS WITH SPECTRUM. I DON'T TRUST SPECTRUM TO GO OUT THERE AND DO ANYTHING. AND EVEN AT AND T. SO FROM A MONEY OUTLAY FROM THE CITIZENS TO PUT THIS IN, ARE WE CAPABLE OF PUTTING IN A FIBER NETWORK OUT THERE FOR THE CITY, FROM THE CITY? UH, SO THE BUILDING WOULD HAVE THE BEST CONNECTION AVAILABLE IN THE AREA. SO WHETHER IT'S SPECTRUM AT AND T OR CITY FIBER. SO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW FROM SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE, HAROLD, UH, OUR FIRE STATION FOUR, FOR INSTANCE, UH, BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF 1 61, [00:35:01] OUR CITY FIBER ACTUALLY DOESN'T CROSS 1 61. OKAY. SO WHAT WE DID THERE IS WE DID A, UH, IN NEL CAN HELP ME WITH THIS, BUT A CELLULAR DIAL UP. AND SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONNECT FIRE STATION FOUR VIA THAT MEANS WE'LL START OUT THE SAME WAY DOWN AT FIRE STATION 11 UNTIL THIS FIBER NETWORK SPREAD SOUTH. ARE THERE ANY POTENTIAL OTHER FIBER PROVIDERS BESIDES AT AND T AND SPECTRUM? YOUR, UH, SO, UM, IT WOULD BE, UH, EITHER AT AND T OR SPECTRUM. THEY ARE THE BIGGEST PROVIDERS IN THAT AREA. SO IF WE, UH, ONCE WE, THE FIRE STATION IS BUILT AND THE AREA IS BUILT OUT, THEN WE WILL CHOOSE WHICH, UM, CONTRACTOR TO, UM, PROVIDE INTERNET SERVICE. OKAY. WHEN ARE WE LOOKING AT THIS FACILITY BEING OPEN? SO WE ARE ACTUALLY, UH, TIMING'S PERFECT. WE JUST MOBILIZED YESTERDAY, UHHUH. AND SO CONSTRUCTION'S BEGINNING NEXT WEEK, UH, IT'S PROBABLY A 14 MONTH BUILD. AND SO BY TIME, YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST SAY SUMMER OF NEXT YEAR. SURE. YEP. IT'LL BE UP AND RUNNING. YEP. THANK YOU. YOU BETCHA. THANK YOU. THANKS HAROLD. THANK YOU MS. RAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. PATSY RAY, 2217 EL PASO GRAND PRAIRIE. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UH, ITEM NUMBER 25. GLAD TO SEE SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOING IN, FINDING OUT THAT IT'S GONNA BE 38 UNITS OFF ACROSS FROM MAC FALLS PARK. AM I RIGHT? IT'S RIGHT KIND OF IN THE PARK. OH, IT'S IN THE PARK. IT'S NOT PART OF THE PARK. IT'S ON THEIR OWN PRIVATE PROPERTY, BUT JUST IN FRONT OF IT TO THE SOUTH OF IT IS THE PARK, RIGHT? YES. AND I'M TRYING TO VISUALIZE THE CHURCH WHERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, IT'S THAT CHURCH RIGHT BEHIND THE OPTIC CO OR CENTER? YES. OKAY, GOOD. I WAS THINKING IT WAS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER UP FOR NO, THAT'S, YOU GOT IT. THAT ONE STORY BUILDING RIGHT BEHIND THE OPTICUM. BEHIND THE, OKAY. I HAD ASKED WHETHER OR NOT THIS WAS GONNA BE A SUBSIDIZED HOUSING ADVENTURE. IT IT IS OR IS IT GONNA BE FEDERAL? AND HOW WILL THE CITIZENS OF GRAND PRAIRIE KNOW THAT THIS NEW FACILITY IS THERE FOR RENT? IT WORD GETS OUT PRETTY DARN QUICK. IT'S A SENIOR, IT'S SENIOR EIGHT, AND COLE SAID IT WAS 80 A MI, 80% I BELIEVE. AND THAT THE GENTLEMAN'S HERE, MR. ASH, I TALKED TO HIM. YEAH. SO IT, IT, IT WON'T HAVE A PROBLEM FILLING UP? NO. PROBABLY WON'T HAVE A PROBLEM FILLING UP. IT'S JUST GETTING THE WORD, THE WORD GETTING TO THE PEOPLE WHO NEEDS AND KNOW THAT IT'S THERE. I JUST NEED TO KNOW HOW TO PRESENT IT TO THE PEOPLE IN DELAWARE THAT I KNOW THAT NEEDS HOUSING THAT ARE AFFORDABLE FOR THEM. UH, MR. ASH, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE MONTHLY RENT WILL BE ON THIS, ON THE UNIT? SURE. COME ON FORWARD MR. ASH. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. DEPENDING ON THE INCOME LEVELS AND THE HOUSEHOLD SIZE, THE RENTS WILL BE SOMEWHERE FROM ROUGHLY FOUR 60 TO $1,400 SOMEWHERE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. OKAY. AND THE UTILITIES ARE NOT PAID, RIGHT? UTILITIES ARE NOT PAID? THAT IS CORRECT. TOTALLY ELECTRIC OR TOTALLY ELECTRIC? UH, ALL THREE ELECTRIC, YES. OKAY. UH, WE'LL PAY, THE LANDLORD WILL PAY WATER AND SEWER, BUT UH, EVERYTHING ELSE WILL BE TENANT PAID. SO, AND THE, FOR INSTANCE, IF THE RENT'S $500 PER MONTH AND THERE'S UTILITY ALLOWANCE OF 75, THE NET RENT'S GONNA BE FOR, SO THE, THE, THE RENT WILL INCLUDE THE WATER AND SOIL USES? YES. IN, OKAY. YES. THERE. ALRIGHT. SO THE, THE ATTENDING CAN ACTUALLY, IT'LL BE NET OF THE, THE NET OF, YES. OKAY. UH, WILL YOU BE LISTED AS A, UH, SUBSIDIZED, UH, HOUSING? UH, IT'S, IT'S TECHNICALLY NOT SUBSIDIZED. UH, THE, THE RENTS ARE SET BASED ON COUNTY AREA MEETING AND INCOME. UH, AND THE RESIDENTS WILL HAVE TO QUALIFY AND DEMONSTRATE THEIR ABILITY TO PAY FOR THE ENTIRE RENTS. SO IT'S NOT LIKE A SECTION EIGHT PROPERTY WHERE RESIDENTS ARE ONLY PAYING ONE THIRD OF THEIR INCOME, WHATEVER THEIR INCOME IS. RIGHT. THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE INCOMES BETWEEN PROBABLY 25,040 5,000 TO BE ELIGIBLE TO BE ELIGIBLE. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. ALRIGHT. GOOD TO KNOW. THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PATSY. MM-HMM . MR. ASH, DID YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? GOT ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? YOU YOU TURNED IN A CARD? YES, I DID. I'D BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS WHATEVER YOU'D LIKE. UH, YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR YOUR ATTENTION. UH, WE ARE HERE ASKING FOR A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT. IT'S A PROJECT THAT CAME BEFORE YOU IN 2021. UH, THE CITY SUPPORTED THE, UH, THE DEAL AT THAT POINT. IT IS A 38 UNIT SENIOR HOUSING DEAL. IT'S A COMBINATION, I THINK OF 12 ONE BEDROOM AND 26 2 BEDROOM UNITS. UH, IT'S, WE WILL HAVE A NICE SET OF AMENITIES, UH, DOG PARKS, UH, RAISED PLANTING GARDENS, [00:40:01] BARBECUE FACILITY, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. IN TERMS OF INDOOR AMENITIES, IT'S GONNA HAVE FITNESS CENTER, COMPUTER ROOM, UH, A LOUNGE OR SORT OF A COMMUNITY, UH, REC AREA. WHAT WE'RE REALLY HOPING TO GET FROM YOU IS A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT, UH, APPLY FOR FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK FUNDS. UH, THAT IS DUE THE END OF THIS MONTH. THE FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK FUNDS WILL LET US DO A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE, THEY'LL LET US, UH, FILL UP SOME, SOME FUNDING GAPS, UH, THAT WE'RE FACING BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN CONSTRUCTION COSTS, INTEREST RATES, AND THE DECREASE IN INVESTMENT RATES. IT'LL ALSO ALLOW US TO UPGRADE OUR, OUR SERVICE PACKAGE. THIS IS INDEPENDENT LIVING. IT IS NOT ASSISTED LIVING, BUT WE'RE PROVIDING A NUMBER OF SERVICES, MOSTLY SOCIAL COMMUNITY GATHERINGS, FITNESS CLASSES, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS TO THE RESIDENTS. THIS WILL ALLOW US TO UPGRADE THAT AND UPGRADE, UH, OUR GREEN BUILDING PACKAGE A LITTLE BIT. UH, THERE IS NO OBLIGATION ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, NO RISK AND NO COST OTHER THAN JUST PASSING THE RESOLUTION. THE RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT WOULD ALLOW US TO ACCESS THE FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK FUNDS, WHICH ARE AT A LOWER INTEREST RATE, WHICH WILL REALLY HELP THE PROJECT MAYOR PRO TIM LOPEZ, AS HAS A QUESTION FOR YOU. YES, SIR. NO, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. JUST TWO THINGS. ONE, WOULD THERE BE ENOUGH SIGNAGE, SAY ONCE YOU GET START GETTING READY FOR PEOPLE TO APPLY, WOULD THERE BE SIGNAGE AROUND THE PROPERTY? AND TWO, PART TWO IS WE MAKE SURE THAT YOU COMMUNICATE THAT TO OUR HOUSING DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY MIGHT KNOW INDIVIDUALS THAT MIGHT MEET THIS CRITERIA. YES, SIR. ABSOLUTELY. SO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AN INFORMATIONAL PIECE TO THEM, BOTH OF THEM AND IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH AS POSSIBLE. YES. WE'LL, WE'LL PUT AS MUCH SIGNAGE UP AS THE CITY WILL ALLOW US TO. UH, AND WE WILL PROBABLY START LEASING. AND RIGHT NOW THE TIMING IS WE HOPE TO START CONSTRUCTION IN JULY OF THIS YEAR. WE NEED TO FINISH BY DECEMBER OF 2025 AT THIS POINT. UH, SO MY GUESS IS THAT WE'LL START PRE-LEASING IN AUGUST, SEPTEMBER OF 2025. BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH, UH, MS. COLEMAN AND, UH, HOUSING ABOUT THAT. WE ALSO WILL HAVE A TEAM THAT WILL COME IN, UH, AS WE START PRE-LEASING THAT ARE DEDICATED TO GETTING THE WORD OUT AND TO PRE-LEASING AND REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. SO YEAH, WE HAVE A BIG INTEREST IN MAKING SURE IT GETS FILLED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND WE'LL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN. COUNCILMAN ROSANO? YEAH. THANK YOU MR. ASH FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND YOU AND I, WE SPOKE EARLIER. YES, SIR. WHERE YOU IN, YOU EDUCATED ME ON WHAT THE FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK PROGRAMS WERE AND THEY'RE NOT PART OF HUD, SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO EXPLAIN THAT TO COUNCIL WHO MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT THE FEDERAL HOME LOAN LOAN BANK, UH, ENTITY. SURE. THE, AND MY EDUCATION IS ONLY SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF YOURS. UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK HAS DUES OR ASSESSMENTS THAT ARE PAID BY MEMBERS EVERY YEAR. THOSE ASSESSMENTS, SOME OF THOSE GET PUT INTO AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM FUND THAT THEN GETS LOANED BACK OUT TO OTHER PROJECTS IN THE COMMUNITY, BOTH SINGLE FAMILY, UH, RENTAL, SINGLE FAMILY OWNED AND MULTIFAMILY. UH, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE APPLYING FOR. IT IS NOT HUD BASED AT ALL. IT IS SORT OF A QUASI-GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY, UH, FHLB, BUT IT IS NOT HUD PROGRAMMING IN ANY WAY AT ALL. THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION. I DON'T SEE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE. THANK YOU. OKAY, SURE. THANK YOU. YEAH. KATE DERMA. YEAH. ITEM NUMBER SIX. ALRIGHT. UH, KATE DERMO 43 65. ASHLEY LANE IS MASS NOTIFICATION SERVICES. THE ONLY COMPANY IN TEXAS THAT PERFORMS THIS TYPE OF WORK IS, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS, BUT THAT'S MY FIRST ONE. CHIEF. WE SH PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE GOT HER WHEN WE DID THE OTHER SIX, BUT WE JUST KINDA LET HAROLD TAKE CARE OF ALL OF HIS AT ONCE. SO'S GOOD. SO ROBERT FI, FIRE CHIEF, JUST WITH OUR TYPES OF SIRENS THAT WE HAVE, THERE'S ONE VENDOR THAT DOES THE MAINTENANCE ON THE ELECTRICAL, THE, THE MOTOR AND EVERYTHING. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS. OKAY. SO I DO HAVE A, A FOLLOW UP ON THAT. SURE. UM, SORRY, LIKE STILL THEY'RE NOT THAT LOUD USUALLY. WELL, THAT'S DEPENDS. UH, SO THIS PARTICULAR COMPANY IS IN IRVING AND ONE OF THE THINGS, THE A CS WHO, LIKE, I BELIEVE THEY'RE LIKE THE PROPRIETARY PEOPLES FOR IT, THEY NOTED THAT THEY DO PERFORM TRAININGS AND CERTIFICATIONS FOR LOCAL TECHNICIANS AND SO THEY CAN DO MAINTENANCE. SO I'M CURIOUS, WHAT IS KIND OF THE DRIVER FOR USING MASS NOTIFICATION SERVICES, A COMPANY IN IRVING AS OPPOSED TO KIND OF BUILDING UP OUR OWN CAPABILITY CLOSER TO GRAND PRAIRIE? UH, THAT'S, THAT'S A HARD ONE TO ANSWER. I MEAN, THAT'S FAIR. YEAH. I MEAN, WE, WE USE A COMPANY THAT'S AS LOCAL AS IT CAN TO GET THE JOB DONE. UH, THAT FOR THE CHEAPEST PRICE WE CAN, WE'RE NOT GONNA PROBABLY SPEND A LOT OF TIME SHOPPING AND DOING A LOT MORE EFFORT TO TRY TO GET THIS PROJECT DONE. JUST THAT SIMPLE. NUMBER EIGHT. ALL RIGHTY. UH, I DID NOTICE THAT THE ESTIMATE INCLUDED SUPPORT EQUIPMENT LIKE CHARGERS AND CABLES AS WELL AS LIKE THE, THE EQUIPMENT THAT YOU'VE ALREADY MENTIONED. THAT'S YOU. YEAH. SORRY, IT IS STILL YOU . IT'S THE, IT'S THE BATTERY CUT. YEAH IT IS. YEAH. UM, AND OH, I LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT. SO ANYWAY, SORRY. SO OBVIOUSLY IT INCLUDES THE STUFF YOU'VE ALREADY MENTIONED, BUT IT INCLUDES THE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT LIKE CHARGERS AND CABLES. [00:45:01] UH, I WAS CURIOUS WHETHER THIS PURCHASE IS KIND OF A ONE AND DONE FOR THIS EQUIPMENT OR IF THIS IS THE TYPE OF CONTRACTS THAT'S GOING TO NECESSITATE ACCESSORIES OR MAINTENANCE LATER DOWN THE LINE IN LIKE THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. OKAY, SO THIS IS BRAND NEW TECHNOLOGY TO OUR INDUSTRY. IT'S BEEN OUT ABOUT TWO YEARS. WE'VE TAKEN A WAIT AND SEE APPROACH. UH, THESE ARE THE BIG JAWS OF LIFE AND THINGS. WE CUT OPEN CARS AND WE GET INTO TRAINS AND TRUCKS. UH, RIGHT NOW THIS IS JUST FOR THE SPREADER AND THE CUTTER AND THOSE VERY, VERY SPECIFIC TOOLS. THIS IS PHASE ONE OF MAYBE A PHASE TWO PROJECT. IF THEY WORK LIKE WE THINK THEY'RE GOING TO WORK, THEN WE WILL EXPAND AND REPLACE THE REST OF OUR TOOLS WITH THIS SET. BUT THERE ARE NO OTHER, THIS ISN'T GONNA TRIGGER ANY OTHER ACCESSORIES. THEY'RE CHARGED FROM THE FIRE ENGINE WHEN WE PLUG THEM IN AT THE FIRE STATION AND IT'S A MUCH CLEANER, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY CHOICE FOR TOOLS. YES SIR. THANK. YES, THANK YOU. NUMBER 12. ALRIGHT, UH, FOR NUMBER 12, SIMILAR QUESTION. SO, UH, RICK'S TIRE SERVICE IS IN ARLINGTON KIND OF CLOSE, BUT I WAS CURIOUS WHAT ARE KIND OF LIKE THE DRIVING FACTORS OF CONTRACTING WITH RICK RICK'S TIRE SERVICES RATHER THAN A LOCAL GRAND PRAIRIE BUSINESS OF A SIMILAR SIZE? COLBY FRANCE FLEET SERVICE. UM, SO WE USE THEM FOR AFTER HOURS, EMERGENCY REPAIRS, THINGS LIKE THAT. UH, ALSO SOME OF THE HEAVIER TRUCK TIRES AND, AND SUCH. UH, WE ACTUALLY WENT OUT TO BID FOR THIS, SO THEY WERE THE LOW BIDDER. UM, SO KIND OF STUCK WITH THEM, BUT THEY'VE BEEN DOING WORK FOR US FOR A LONG TIME AND BID, GIVING US SERVICE AND A GOOD PRICE. THANK YOU. 19. ALRIGHT, SO FOR 19, THE WHOLE GRANT IS FOCUSED ON EMISSIONS REDUCTION AND KIND OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY. SO I WAS CURIOUS IF WE DO HAVE ANY ESTIMATES ON HOW MUCH ENERGY WE'LL BE SAVING OR HOW WE'LL BE REDUCING OUR EMISSIONS? GET ALL THE WAY? UH, YES. EXCUSE ME. WE DID ACTUALLY LOOK AT WHAT OUR SAVINGS WOULD BE. UM, FOR THIS SOLAR PROJECT IT WOULD BE 11,500 KILOWATT HOURS PER YEAR. OKAY. AWESOME. THANK YOU. ITEM 22. ALRIGHT. UH, SO FOR ITEM 22, UM, I DID NOTICE THAT THE ZONES AROUND THE AREA INCLUDED, THEY INCLUDE A LOT OF LOW DENSITY AND MIXED RESIDENTIAL ZONES. WHAT'S THE DRIVING FACTOR IN USING THIS SPACE AS A BUSINESS PARK RATHER THAN A RESIDENTIAL OR JUST STILL A MIXED USE ZONE? A LOT OF THIS IS MARKET DRIVEN. THIS IS AN AREA THAT, UM, DEVELOPERS HAVE PRESENTED TO US AS BEING A RIPE FOR INDUSTRIAL. AND SO CREATING A SPECIFIC DESIGNATED ZONE CREATES CERTAIN, UM, RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS UNDER THAT. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE DID IT. OKAY, COOL. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. I THINK, YEAH, THAT'S IT FOR NOW. THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TIM LOPEZ, THAT'S ALL THE CARDS WE HAVE. I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, AS NOTED, I MEAN ALL THESE ITEMS HAVE BEEN POSTED ON THE CITY WEBSITE. UM, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK BEFORE AN ITEM? YOU MAY DO SO. YES, I SIGNED A CARD. WHAT'S YOUR NAME? DEBORAH JOHNSTON. WHAT NUMBER? WHAT WHAT NUMBER? NO NUMBER. IT'S FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS. WE KNEW THAT AT THE END. OH, THAT'S, THAT'S AT THE END OF THE MEETING. OH MY GOSH. I WANTED IT TO BE THE FIRST. SORRY. WELL SORRY. I'M SO SORRY. YOU CAN SPEAK AT THE FIRST. IF YOU PUT ITEM SIX DOWN, YOU'D HAVE TO SPEAK ON SPEAK ON ITEM SIX THOUGH. DEBBIE . WHAT'S ITEM SIX? . THERE'S A LOT. YOU'LL BE WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT CITIZEN COMMENTS? I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION. ALRIGHT, IN THAT CASE I DO WANT TO STATE THAT ON ITEM NUMBER 17 THERE IS A, UH, CHANGE CORRECTION, THE RESOLUTION FROM TAXABLE SERIES 2021 TO TAXABLE SERIES 2022 AS PRESENTED. SECOND, WE HAVE MOTION SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR PROTE, CLEMSON ALL IN FAVORS SAY AYE. I OPPOSED SAY NO. MOTION CARRIES EIGHT TO NOTHING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DEBOSKY, UH, ABSENT WHO'S PRESENTING 31 AND 30, WHO'S PRESENTING 31? LET'S EXPLAIN 31, 32 AND 33 TO US ALL AT ONCE. WE'LL TAKE INDIVIDUAL MOTIONS. OKAY? YES. UH, NATALIE MOORE WITH DAVID PETIT IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS GONNA PRESENT ON THE FIRST, UH, TWO OF THE ITEMS. AND KEEP IN MIND THAT FIRST ITEM IS A PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU. [00:50:08] THANK YOU TIFFANY. THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY. [31. Public Hearing and Ordinance Amending TIRZ #3 to Extend the Term and Expand the Boundaries to Create and Include Area Development Zone #9A] I'M NATALIE MOORE TO UM, PRESENT ON ITEMS 31 AND 32. I'M GONNA, THIS PRESENTATION COVERS BOTH, BUT UM, 31 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS. UM, I'M JUST GONNA MOVE THROUGH THIS REALLY QUICKLY, BUT THIS IS THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR JUROR NUMBER THREE. IT WAS CREATED IN 1999 AND IN 2019 WE HAD A PRETTY EXTENSIVE AMENDMENT THAT EXPANDED THE BOUNDARIES BEYOND ZONE ONE AND WENT THROUGH, UM, AREA DEVELOPMENT ZONES ONE THROUGH EIGHT. THE TERM FOR THOSE AREAS WAS DECEMBER 31ST, 2041. IN 2023 LAST YEAR YOU MAY RECALL WE CAME BACK AND AMENDED FURTHER, AMENDED TOUR NUMBER THREE TO EXPAND THE BOUNDARIES TO INCLUDE THREE NEW ZONES, A DZ NINE, 10, AND 11. IT WAS VERY DEVELOPER DRIVEN AND WE EXTENDED THE TERM FOR THE THREE NEW AD ZS ONLY. SO NINE, 10, AND 11 TO TERMINATE DECEMBER 31ST, 2063. WE'RE HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS AN UH, FURTHER AMENDMENT TO BE KNOWN AS A DZ NINE A. IT WILL BE LOCATED IN ELLIS COUNTY. WE ARE ALSO DISCUSSING, EXTENDING THE TERM. SO THERE'S TWO THINGS. TWO AMENDMENTS TO THE CREATION ORDINANCE THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED WITH ITEM 31. THE EX EXPANSION OF THE BOUNDARIES TO INCLUDE A DZ NINE A, BUT ALSO TO EXTEND THE TERM FOR ADZ NINE, NINE A AND 10. SO IF APPROVED, THE WAY THAT THE BOUNDARY, UM, TERMINATIONS WOULD FALL WOULD BE THAT DECEMBER 31ST, 2041 A DZ ONE THROUGH EIGHT. DECEMBER 31ST, 2063 WOULD JUST BE A DZ 11. AND THEN WE'RE PROPOSING THAT THE TERMINATION FOR NINE NINE A AND 10 WOULD BE DECEMBER 31ST, 2084. I WANTED TO JUST SHOW YOU IN RELATION TO NINE AND 10 WHERE NINE A FALLS, YOU CAN SEE IT'S RIGHT THERE ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE EXISTING NINE. UM, IT IS APPROXIMATELY 35.6 ACRES. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO JUST NOTE THAT NINE, NINE A AND 10 ARE ALL PART OF THIS MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT. IT, THEY'RE ALL SUPPORTING EACH OTHER. IT'S TO BE KNOWN AS PRAIRIE RIDGE. IT DOES ENCOMPASS TWO COUNTIES, ELLIS AND JOHNSON COUNTY. AND IT WILL INCLUDE A MIX OF USES, SINGLE FAMILY, INDUSTRIAL, MULTIFAMILY AND COMMERCIAL BECAUSE OF THE EXPANDED BOUNDARY BUT ALSO THE EXTENSION OF THE TERM. WE UPDATED THE PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN AND THE PRELIMINARY AMENDED PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN IS INCLUDED AS EXHIBIT C TO THE AMENDMENT TO THE CREATION ORDINANCE. UM, THESE NUMBERS REALLY JUST KIND OF SHOW THE IMPACT OF THESE DIFFERENT ZONES AND THE HEAVY USES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED FOR ALL OF THEM. UM, REALLY ACTING AS THE CATALYST FOR YOUR CITY. SO THE TOTAL TAXES GENERATED OVER THAT, UM, EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME WOULD BE OVER 11 BILLION. AND POTENTIALLY THE PROPOSED PROJECT COST REVENUE THAT WOULD GO INTO THE TIF OVER THE TERM WOULD BE 4.2 BILLION. THOSE PROJECT COSTS WE ARE PROPOSING A MENU OF ELIGIBLE PROJECT COSTS CATEGORIES. UM, SAVINGS FROM ONE LINE ITEM MAY BE APPLIED TO ANOTHER LINE ITEM. UM, WE DO WANT TO NOTE THAT JUST BECAUSE YOUR PROPERTY IS WITHIN THE TS DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU GETTS REVENUE BY RIGHT. IT IS PRESENTED FIRST TO THE TS BOARD AND THEN CITY COUNCIL, UM, FOR APPROVAL. SO EARLIER TODAY THE UM, AMENDED PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN WAS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY THE TIF BOARD. UM, CITY COUNCIL HAS TWO SEPARATE ORDINANCES TO CONSIDER TODAY THE APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT TO THE CREATION ORDINANCE, WHICH AGAIN IS EXPANDING THE BOUNDARIES TO INCLUDE THAT ADDITIONAL 35 ACRE TRACT. UH, THAT WOULD BE KNOWN AS NINE A, BUT ALSO EXTENDING THE TERM FOR NINE, NINE A AND 10. AND THEN A SEPARATE ORDINANCE WOULD BE THE APPROVAL OF THE FINAL AMENDED PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN, WHICH WOULD BE JUST TAKING THE PRELIMINARY AMENDED PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN THAT'S INCLUDED AS EXHIBIT C FOR THE AMENDMENT TO THE CREATION ORDINANCE AND MAKING IT THE FINAL PLAN. WITH THAT, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. WE HAVE ONE OTHER SPEAKER FOR 31. STEVE ROBINSON. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? STEVE? TIFFANY BULL, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY, HE IS HERE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU WANT. HE'S AN ATTORNEY FOR THE DEVELOPER. HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE'RE GOOD NOW. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND EVEN IF YOU HAVE NOT SIGNED UP, YOU CAN SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. THIS ITEM ALONE. RIGHT NOW. SEEING NONE, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM 31. THANK YOU MAYOR. AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT ON ITEM 31 THAT WE APPROVE [00:55:01] THE AMENDING THE TEARS AS PRESENTED BY STAFF. SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. WE HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY. MOTION CARRIES. [32. Ordinance Approving an Amended Project Financing Plan for Tax Increment Reinvestment Number Three (Reviewed by the Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone #3 Board on 04/16/2024)] ITEM 32. TIFFANY BULL, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY FOR ITEM 32. UM, WHAT WAS JUST PRESENTED TO YOU WAS THE PRELIMINARY PROJECT FINANCING PLAN FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE ZONE. SO ITEM 32 IS ASKING YOU TO ADOPT THAT AS THE FINAL PLAN. AND AS WE NOTED IN THE PREVIOUS MEETING, YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK ON THIS PROJECT. SO THANK YOU TIFFANY, AS THE PROVIDENT PEOPLE. UH, ANY QUESTIONS FOR TIFFANY ON ITEM 32? I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION. THANK YOU MAYOR. AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO ADOPT, UM, ITEM 32, AMENDING THE PROJECT FINANCING PLAN AS PRESENTED. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM. SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED, SAY NAY. ITEM 33. [33. Development Agreement with Provident Realty Advisors, Inc. on Behalf of Affiliated Entities and Prairie Ridge Municipal Management District No. 1 to Establish Development Standards City Council Meeting – April 16, 2024 Page 5 of 6 and Authorize Reimbursement for Public Improvements from Area Development Zones 9, 9A, and 10 of Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone #3 for 30 Years Per Area in an Amount Not to Exceed 70% of the Captured Appraised Value (Reviewed by the Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone #3 Board and City Council Development Committee on 04/16/2024)] WHILE YOU'RE HERE, TIFFANY BULL, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY. SO FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ONE SMALL CORRECTION TO WHAT NATALIE SAID. SHE REFERRED TO THIS AS PRAIRIE RIDGE. PRAIRIE RIDGE IS NOW GOING TO BE A VILLAGE, A VILLAGE IN THE NEW CITY WITHIN A CITY CALLED GOODLAND. SO GOODLAND IS APPROXIMATELY 5,000 ACRES LOCATED IN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION. SO WITHIN OUR ETJ PROVIDENCE REALTY ADVISORS, UH, THEY OWN ABOUT 5,000 ACRES. CURRENTLY A THOUSAND OF IT IS IN THE ELLIS COUNTY FRESHWATER SUPPLY DISTRICT AND IS UNDER A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WHICH IS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRAIRIE RIDGE VILLAGE. SO FOR THE REMAINDER OF THAT, YOU WILL SEE THAT UM, THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 4,000 ACRES IN OUR SOUTHERN ETJ THAT WOULD BE DEVELOPED. AND HAROLD RIGHT AROUND HERE IS WHERE YOUR MMD IS GOING TO BE AND IT'S GOING TO HELP US FURTHER DEVELOP THIS. WE ARE LOOKING AT A PHASED APPROACH THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND IN THAT PHASED APPROACH THERE WOULD BE, UM, FIRST PHASE ONE WOULD BE AN INDUSTRIAL AREA DOWN HERE WITH THE OPPORTUNITY FOR DATA. THIS WOULD BE A MIXED USE AND MEDIUM DENSITY CITY RESIDENTIAL AREA. PHASE TWO, WHICH WOULD LIKELY BE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY IN DECEMBER OF 20, IN DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR OR BY THEN, UM, WOULD BE A TOWN CENTER WITH THE PUBLIC FACILITY AND SOME RESIDENTIAL HERE AS WELL. UH, WE WILL ACTUALLY BE COMING TO YOU AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING PROPOSING THE ANNEXATION OF THIS PHASE ONE. WITHIN THIS PHASE ONE, AS WE TALKED ABOUT, THIS IS KIND OF AN IDEA AS TO WHAT THE DATA MAY LOOK LIKE. UH, KIND OF WHAT WOULD BE ALLOWED UNDER THE STANDARDS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED. THE STANDARDS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AS A WHOLE, THE WHOLE 3000 OR 4,000 ACRES IS NOT GONNA BE INCLUDED INTO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. INSTEAD WE ARE BRINGING THAT TO YOU IN PHASES SO YOU CAN LOOK AT EACH ONE CLOSER IN TIME TO WHEN THAT DEVELOPMENT WOULD COME FORWARD. AND THAT LAND WOULD BE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY AS PREVIOUSLY STATED. AS PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE ENTIRE ACREAGE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE DEVELOPER IS WAIVING ANY RIGHT TO REMOVE THEMSELVES FROM THE ETJ UNDER CURRENT OR FUTURE STATE LAW. AND SO IT ALSO PROVIDES FOR THE FUTURE ANNEXATION OF EACH OF THESE PHASES INTO THE CITY. AFTER WE WORK ON THE ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, THERE WILL BE, I KNOW A QUESTION CAME UP AS WE TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFERENT RESIDENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES. WHAT YOU SEE HERE ARE A FEW OF THE HOUSING TYPES AND EXAMPLES THAT WOULD BE IN THAT MIXED USE, MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AREA, THE MIXED USE. UM, THERE WOULD BE SOME MF THREE URBAN STYLE GARDEN APARTMENTS THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED DURING CCDC. WE WERE ASKED ABOUT THE COST PER SQUARE FOOT FOR THOSE. UM, THAT WOULD LIKELY BE ABOUT $2 PER SQUARE FOOT, BUT THERE IS OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE DEVELOPER WAS VERY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT COUNCIL WANTED TO SEE SOME OF. AND SO YOU WOULD ALSO SEE THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPEN SPACES IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA ALONE. THERE ARE OVER 300 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE THAT IS BEING PROPOSED. UM, ONE IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE, THE MMD WOULD ACTUALLY BE MAINTAINING THE PARKS AND THE OPEN SPACES, NOT THE CITY. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE EXAMPLES OF THE TYPES OF SIGNAGE AND EVERYTHING YOU MAY SEE. AND JUST TO KIND OF PUT IT IN, PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, ONCE [01:00:01] ALL PHASES ARE CONSTRUCTED, THIS WOULD COMPRISE ABOUT 5,000 ACRES, WHICH IS DOUBLE THE SIZE OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS. AS YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THIS OVERLAY, IT WOULD ADD ABOUT 50,000 RESIDENTS, WHICH IS MORE THAN THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF CEDAR HILL. AND THIS WOULD LIKELY MOVE US FROM THE 16TH LARGEST POPULIST EXIT CITY TO THE 10TH. AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. UH, MAYOR PROTE, UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY LIGHTS. HE'S READY TO MAKE A MOTION. SORRY, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CARDS. THEY'RE HERE IN CASE THE WE HAVE QUESTIONS. CORRECT? SIR, READ 'EM INTO THE RECORD. RYAN ELL, WE'VE GOT YOU ON RECORD. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. DANIEL TULEY, I'M SORRY IF I MISPRONOUNCED, THANK Y'ALL FOR COMING TONIGHT. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH Y'ALL FOR YEARS. UH, IT'S A GREAT DEVELOPMENT. IT'S GONNA BE A SEPARATE CITY WITHIN, WITHIN A CITY. AND SO GO AHEAD AND COME FORWARD, 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WITH IT FROM THE START OR PRETTY CLOSE. I HAVE MR. MAYOR, UH, RYLAN, Y TEN TWO TEN NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY IN DALLAS. AND I WOULD BE REMISS, AND I'LL BE BRIEF, BUT I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND ALL OF YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR GIVING US YOUR TIME. LENDING AN EAR. IT'S TRULY A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WHERE ONE PLUS ONE EQUALS MORE THAN TWO. IN OUR OPINION, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING SPECIAL IN YOUR SOUTH SECTOR. AND A YEAR AGO, AROUND THIS TIME Y'ALL CAME OUT, WE DID A CHARETTE AND I THINK THE COLLABORATION HAS BEEN GREAT. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND, UH, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO GET GOING AND I'LL, I'LL RESERVE SOME SPECIAL COMMENTS FOR FUTURE, UH, HEARINGS FOR YOUR, YOUR WONDERFUL STAFF. BUT, UM, MR. HILLS, I REMEMBER YOU SAYING TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO, WE'RE GONNA GET THIS DONE. AND, UH, HERE WE ARE. SO IT'S BEEN A LABOR, BUT GOODNESS, IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT PROJECT. UM, AND I REMEMBER HEARING ABOUT IT YEARS AND YEARS AGO, BUT Y'ALL HAVE KEPT YOUR WORD, YOU'VE KEPT MOVING FORWARD. SO THANK Y'ALL. AND IT'S, IT STAYED IN THE SAME HANDS. MANY DEVELOPMENTS LIKE THIS, DON'T THEY GET IT STARTED AND FLIP IT OR RUN OUTTA MONEY AND IT GOES BANKRUPT AND SOMEBODY HAS TO PICK IT UP. Y'ALL ARE BUILDING HOMES OUT THERE NOW. YOU HAVE A GREAT VISION. CAN'T WAIT. THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. THANK YOU MAYOR PROTI. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GIVEN THAT, I THINK IT, IT PUTS US IN A GREAT POSITION FOR US GOING FORWARD. UM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 33 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF SECOND. OH, I WAS LOOKING HER WAY. I HEARD YOU. IT WAS A TIE. , UH, MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ MADE THE MOTION ALL, UH, BUT I HEARD YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, COUNCIL MEMBER HEAD THE SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AY OPPOSED NAY. MOTION CARRIES. STEPHANIE, BEFORE YOU START, I NEED TO EXCUSE MYSELF FOR THIS ITEM. MAYOR POTM, YOU'VE GOT THE GAVEL. THANK YOU. THE MAYOR HAS COMPLETED HIS, UM, PAPERWORK TO EXCUSE YOURSELF ON THIS ITEM. SO AS SOON AS HE STEPS AWAY, UM, WE GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. ALRIGHT, [34. STP-24-02-0006 - Site Plan Amendment - RCCG Church at 1775 W Bardin (City Council District 6). Site Plan Amendment to revise building elevations for the proposed church on 9.12 acres. Lot 1, Block 1, RCCG House on the Rock Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Single Family-One (SF-1) and addressed as 1775 W Bardin Rd (On March 25, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 8- 0)] THIS NEXT ITEM IS A SITE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR THE RCCG CHURCH AT 1775 WEST BARDON. THIS PROJECT LOOK, SHOULD LOOK FAMILIAR. THE SITE PLAN WAS APPROVED. THE REASON IT'S COMING BACK BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS DURING THE, UH, BUILDING PERMITTING PROCESS, THEY REVISE THEIR BUILDING ELEVATIONS. UH, THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE LOCATION. THE DASHED RED LINE SHOWS THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THE CHURCH BUILDING. THE APPROVED SITE PLAN AND LANDSCAPE PLAN ARE NOT CHANGING. AGAIN, IT'S REALLY JUST THE BUILDING ELEVATION. SO THE IMAGE ON THE TOP OF THE SCREEN IS WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED. THE IMAGE BELOW IT IS WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING. UH, SO SOME OF THE MAIN CHANGES ARE THE MATERIALS. THE ORIGINAL WAS APPROVED WITH SMOOTH FACE, CMU AND SPLIT FACE CMU. YOU CAN ALSO SEE CHANGES IN THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE. UH, SO THESE, UH, NEW ELEVATIONS DEVIATED ENOUGH FROM WHAT WAS APPROVED THAT STAFF MADE A DETERMINATION TO BRING IT BEFORE YOU. TONIGHT THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES AND THEIR PROPOSAL MEETS THE UDC REQUIREMENTS. ON MARCH 25TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF EIGHT TO ZERO STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS WELL. OKAY, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCILORS? OKAY. UH, WE GOT TWO SPEAKER FORWARD, OLA BON. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS OLA . I'M THE ARCHITECT OF THE PROJECT. [01:05:01] UM, WE'RE HERE BECAUSE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE WITH THE BUDGET. UH, WE'VE BEEN ON THIS PROJECT FOR ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS, AND BY THE TIME WE GOT TO BIDING, UH, OUR FIGURES WERE NOT WORKING ANYMORE. UM, OUR ORIGINAL CONCEPT WAS TO HAVE A CIVIC, A VERY EXPENSIVE CIVIC LOOKING BUILDING. UM, SO WE INTENDED TO FINISH THE BUILDING WITH SOMETHING LIKE A GRANITE. IT'S IT'SS REALLY, REALLY EXPENSIVE. AND THAT WAS WHAT WE HAD IN MIND. BUT WHEN WE REALIZED THAT THE BUDGET WAS NOT WORKING ANYMORE, SO WE TOOK OUT THOSE EXPENSIVE ELEMENTS AND INSTEAD OF JUST THROWING A FACE AT THE BASIC BOX-LIKE CIVIC BUILDING, WE DECIDED TO PLAY WITH THE ELEVATION TO GIVE SOMETHING BACK. WE JUST, OF JUST TAKING THE EXPENSIVE ELEMENTS AWAY, THAT'S HOW WE ARRIVE AT THE NEW LOOK OF THE BUILDING. UM, THE NEW LOOK IS NOT CIVIC, BUT MORE, UH, INTERESTING AND, UM, THE OPINION, BETTER OPINION THAT THE NEW LOOK IS BETTER. UM, AND WE KIND OF EXAGGERATED THE, UH, ENTRANCE CANOPY. YOU KNOW, THE ORIGINAL CANOPY WAS SO BOX LIKE, AND IT'S MORE LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO A CUT OR AN AIRPORT MM-HMM . BUT WE DECIDED TO RELAX EVERYTHING, UH, BECAUSE IT'S NOW A CHEAPER BUILDING, BUT A MORE DRAMATIC BUILDING. WE HOPE YOU LIKE IT. NOW, SOME OF THE IMAGES SHOWS A DIFFERENT ARTICULATIONS THAT YOU CONSIDERED, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS SOME MODIFICATIONS JUST BECAUSE OF FUNDING, CORRECT. YES. YES. UM, BUT WE DO UNDERSTAND, WE DO APPRECIATE YOU NOT JUST STICKING WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAN AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, OKAY, HOW, HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS PROJECT LOOK A LITTLE BIT BETTER FOR THE AREA? SO APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT FOR US. YES. UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL? UM, COUNCILMAN ZANU. THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM AND MR. BENWELL, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM, I'M GLAD THAT Y'ALL WENT BACK TO THE, THE DRAWING BOARD AND CREATED SOMETHING THAT LOOKS VERY MODERN. I PERSONALLY LIKE THIS NEW LOOK MORE THAN THE OLD LOOK. GREAT. SO I LIKE IT AND I JUST, I'M GLAD THAT Y'ALL STAYED STUCK WITH IT AND CREATED SOMETHING THAT LOOKS MODERN AND ARE KEEPING THIS IN OUR CITY. SO WE'RE JUST HAPPY TO HAVE IT. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? THINK, SIR. THANK YOU. OKAY, ONE MORE COURT. OKAY. HAROLD WILLIS. HAROLD WILLIS, 5 3 8 LINLEY. WHY DID THE MAYOR PLAY ELVIS AND LEAVE THE BUILDING? WHAT FINANCIAL INTEREST DOES THE MAYOR HAVE IN THIS PROJECT? YEAH, HAROLD. UM, SO THE MAYOR LIVES WITH THE CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THIS. HE OWNS PROPERTY CLOSE TO PROXIMITY, SO HE FILLED OUT THE PROPER PAPERWORK WITH OUR CITY TO MAKE SURE HE EXCUSED HIS HIMSELF. FROM WHERE ELSE DOES HE OWN PROPERTY CLOSE TO THIS LOCATION BESIDES HIS HOUSE? IT'S HIS HOME. SO IT'S HIS HOME. HIS HOME FITS WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION ZONE. HOW FAR IS HIS HOUSE FROM THIS CHURCH? IT'S ACROSS THE STREET. THERE'S A ROLL. THERE'S A ROLL. SO WITHIN A HUNDRED FEET, THREE 50 FEET, 300 FEET, THREE, 200 BY 300 FEET. 300 FEET. SO HIS HOUSE IS THAT CLOSE TO THIS FACILITY? HIS PROPERTY, HIS PROPERTY, HIS PROPERTY LINES. HOW MANY ACRES DOES THE MAYOR OWN BY THIS PROPERTY? I DON'T THINK THAT'S RELEVANT. THAT'S NOT RELEVANT. OKAY. WELL, SINCE THE MAYOR LIVES BY THIS AND ISN'T THIS, IT SAYS ZONED SINGLE FAMILY ONE, WHY ARE WE BUILDING A CHURCH ON AREA THAT'S ZONED FOR SINGLE FAMILY? SO HAROLD, I BELIEVE WE, WE WENT THROUGH THAT WHOLE PROCESS. THE ONLY THING WE'RE VOTING ON TONIGHT IS THE SITE PLAN. SO IT'S NOT, THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR ZONING CHANGE. AM I CORRECT? BUT JUST TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, BASED ON STATE LAW, CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS CAN GO ANYWHERE REGARDLESS OF ZONING. THAT'S JUST WHAT STATE LAW IS. I KNOW. THIS IS WHY BEN FRANKLIN SAID LIGHTHOUSE IS A BETTER VALUE TO THIS NATION THAN CHURCH HOUSES. ACCORDING TO THE PEW RESEARCH CENTER, WE HAVE A DRASTIC DECLINE IN CHURCH ATTENDANCE IN THIS COUNTRY, WITHIN THIS AREA WITHIN A HALF MILE. THIS MAKES FOUR CHURCHES NOW. SO WE WOULD BE BETTER OFF AS A CITY HAVING, WE DESPERATELY NEED MORE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING. AND YEAH, AND, AND WE DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE DISAGREE WITH YOU, BUT THIS SPECIFIC CHURCH, AT LEAST IT'S CURRENTLY BASED IN GRAND PRAIRIE AND THEY'RE MOVING TO A LARGER FACILITY TO BRING IN MORE FOLKS TO THEIR CHURCH. UM, SO I I DON'T, I DON'T I DON'T THINK IT WOULD STILL HAVE THAT FOUR THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW. OH, SORRY. I WAS SAYING THAT THIS SPECIFIC CHURCH IS CURRENTLY IN GRAND PRAIRIE [01:10:01] RIGHT NOW, AND THEY'RE JUST MOVING TO A NEW FACILITY, A NEW LOCATION. I KNOW THAT THIS IS 9.1 ACRES. MY ISSUE IS IT WAS ZONED FOR SINGLE FAMILY AND NOW HERE COMES THE CHURCH THAT AGAIN, WE NEED MORE PROPERTY PAYING TAXES. CHURCHES DO NOT PAY TAXES. AND THE FACT THAT WHY WASN'T APARTMENTS BEING BUILT HERE ON THIS NINE ACRES, APARTMENTS ARE BEING BUILT JUST TO THE WEST OF THERE, THEY'RE STILL NOT BEING COMPLETED. WELL, ONCE AGAIN, IT DEPENDS ON THE PROPERTY OWNER. I MEAN, THE PROPERTY OWNER HAD ITS OPTIONS AND WHENEVER, WHENEVER THEY CHOSE TO SELL THE SITE, THEY SOLD IT TO A CHURCH AND THE CHURCH FELT THAT THIS WAS A GOOD OPTION FOR THEM TO BUILD IT HERE. WE CAN'T TELL THE CHURCH NOT TO BUILD IT THERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY CHOSE IT. IT WAS A GOOD OPTION FOR THEM TO BUILD IT. WHO IS PAYING FOR THE ROAD WORK ON BARDON FOR THOSE CUTOUTS FOR THE TURN LANES? WHO'S PAYING FOR THAT? THE CHURCH. OKAY. YES. IS THE CHURCH COVERING ALL THE COSTS OR THE TAXPAYERS COVERING MUCH OF THAT COST? THE CHURCH COVERS THE COST, COVERING ALL THE COSTS. OKAY. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT TAXPAYERS WE'RE NOT COVERING ANY OF THAT. ANY INFRASTRUCTURE REGARDING TO CITY STREETS THAT THAT'S BEING COVERED. HAS THE FUNDS ALREADY BEEN PAID TO THE CITY FOR THE ONGOING CONSTRUCTION WORK ON BARDEN? THEY HAVE TO, TO SUBMIT A PERMIT? WHAT YOU MEAN? WE, THE, THE, THE CONTRACT, THE CONTRACTOR IS HIRED THROUGH THEM. IT'S NOT THROUGH THE CITY. RIGHT. HAS THE CONTRACTOR REIMBURSED THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE FOR CAR? THERE'S THAT, THAT'S IRRELEVANT. NONE OF THAT. MA THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. YOUR QUESTION IS NOT MAKING ANY SENSE. YOU NEED TO CLARIFY THAT FOR US BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO BE REIMBURSED. WELL, WHO'S PAYING ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION WORK RIGHT NOW? BARDEN, BOTH OF THOSE LANES, THE LEFT LANES ARE CLOSED BECAUSE THEY'RE MAKING, OBVIOUSLY MR WILL A TURN IN MR THE CHURCH IS PAYING THE CONTRACTOR DIRECTLY. THE CITY IS NOT INVOLVED IN THAT TRANSACTION IN ANY SHAPE, FORM, OR FASHION. OKAY. THAT'S JUST WHAT I WANT TO KNOW. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE IN THIS COUNTRY RIGHT NOW. SO YOU DON'T MEAN TO BE STEPPING ON ANYBODY'S TOES, BUT WHEN WE'RE CLOSING A CHURCH DOWN ON CARRIER PARKWAY TO BUILD NEW PLACES, NEW SENIOR, MUCH NEEDED SENIOR HOUSING THAT JUST BUILDING MORE AND MORE CHURCHES AND WE HAVE CHURCHES THAT ARE EMPTY RIGHT NOW. SO I JUST THINK THERE WOULD BE A GREATER UTILIZATION OF THIS LAND FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING VERSUS A CHURCH AND THE FACT THAT IT'S RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE MAYOR AND IT'S NOT APARTMENTS. SO JUST SOME LITTLE ISSUES RIGHT THERE. JUST KIND OF WANTED TO GET ON THE RECORD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU HAROLD? NO. AND THEN I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF COMMENTS AND, AND ESPECIALLY WITH THEIR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS. I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR CITY'S TRYING TO LOOK FORWARD WHEN THERE'S MATURE TREES AND WE'RE BEING KNOCKED DOWN. MAKE SURE THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS IN OUR REVIEW ALSO, TO MAKE SURE WE WE'RE COVERING THAT, THOSE COMMENTS. SO ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS POINT. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 34 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF. ALL THOSE OF FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE AGAINST. OKAY. MOTION CA PASSES. EIGHT ZERO, I MEAN SEVEN ZERO WITH THE MAYOR OF ABSTAINING OR RULE , NOT VOTING. . HEY, SAVANNAH. LOU 35. OKAY. THE NEXT [Items 35 & 36] TWO ITEMS 35 AND 36 ARE RELATED. SO I'LL PRESENT THEM, UH, TOGETHER. YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN. THE FIRST COMPONENT IS THE AMENDMENT TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. AND THE SECOND IS THE ZONING CHANGE. UH, IT'S ABOUT 14.4 ACRES. OUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATES THIS AREA IS MIXED. USE THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSING TO REZONE THE PROPERTY AND THUS CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO PROPO OR TO ALIGN WITH THEIR PROPOSED ZONING. UH, THE IMAGE ON THE SCREEN SHOWS THE EXISTING ZONING. IT'S ZONED HOSPITAL DISTRICT. THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW. SO THIS BRINGS US TO THE SECOND COMPONENT, WHICH IS THE ZONING CHANGE. THE CURRENT ZONING IS THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT, AND I'LL GET INTO THE PARTICULAR LAND USES THAT ARE ALLOWED IN THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT. UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO DO A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR LIMITED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES. THEY'RE PROPOSING TO LEAVE THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT USES, UH, AS ALLOWED IN THE PD, BUT ALSO ADD SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES ON TOP OF THAT. THIS IS THEIR PROPOSED CONCEPT PLAN. THEY ARE TWO SPECULATIVE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS. UH, THEY HAVE THE TRUCK DOCKS ORIENTED TOWARDS THE CENTER OF THE SITE. THESE ARE THEIR CONCEPTUAL BUILDING ELEVATIONS. [01:15:02] AND THESE ARE IMAGES, UH, FROM THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. UH, THE, TO THE NORTH IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND IT'S THE STRIPER ZONE. TWO, TWO BUILDINGS. UH, THERE'S SOME OFFICE COMPLEXES. SO THIS TABLE RIGHT HERE SUMMARIZES THE PROPOSED USES FOR THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND THE RIGHT COLUMN. UH, THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT, THEY ARE LEAVING THOSE USES AS ALLOWED. AGAIN, THEY ARE JUST ADDING ADDITIONAL INDUSTRIAL USES ON TOP OF THAT INSTEAD OF COMPLETELY REZONING IT TO ALL THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES. THEY ARE, UH, HAVE NARROWED THAT DOWN. SO THE, SOME OF THE USES THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING INCLUDES FLEX INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE SLASH DISTRIBUTION CENTER WAREHOUSE, E-COMMERCE FULFILLMENT CENTER, GARDEN CENTER PLANT, NURSERY CONTRACTOR SHOP WITH INDOOR STORAGE AND AN OFFICE SHOWROOM WITH INDOOR DISPLAY. ON MARCH 25TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF EIGHT TO ZERO. UH, STAFF'S UNABLE TO SUPPORT THE ZONING BECAUSE IT DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THAT FEATURE LAND USE MAP. HOWEVER, WE NOTE THAT SOME OF THE PROPOSED USES ARE GENERALLY CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING LAND USES OUTSIDE OF THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT. YOU WANT TO COME BACK TO THIS? WELL, YEAH, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU MAYOR PROTON. I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND DOES HAVE A PRESENTATION. COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, YOU YOU MENTIONED, UH, INDOOR STORAGE. WHAT, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? STORAGE OF, OF CONTRACTOR RELATED ITEMS. SO, OH, IT IS NOT LIKE A A, A STORAGE PLACE WHERE SOMEONE WHO'S GO AND GET STORAGE. IT WOULD NOT BE LIKE A MINI STORAGE FACILITY. NO. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER ZANU. THANK YOU MAYOR AND THANK YOU SAVANNAH. UM, AS WE'RE TRYING TO WORK ON BRINGING A HOSPITAL GRANT TO GRAND PRAIRIE ONE DAY, AGAIN, UM, WITH THIS, WITH APPROVING THIS, DO Y'ALL THINK THIS WOULD LEAD TO MAKING IT HARDER FOR US TO SECURE A HOSPITAL AT THE SITE OR, I KNOW IT SAID THAT IT COULD COMPLIMENT IT, SOME USES COULD COMPLIMENT IT, BUT OVERALL WOULD THIS BE A NET NEGATIVE OR NET POSITIVE FOR OUR ATTEMPTS TO SECURE HOSPITAL HERE? WE BROUGHT THAT ISSUE UP TO THE APPLICANT. UM, IT'S HARD TO SAY. HE NOTED THAT HE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN FOCUSING ON MEDICAL TYPE USES INITIALLY AND WORK WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM TO DO SO. UM, BUT WOULD STILL WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE FLEX INDUSTRIAL AS ALLOWED USES. UM, THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE'RE HERE. UH, THE BUILDING IS DESIGNED IN A WAY THAT IT CAN COMPLIMENT AND LOOK LIKE OFFICE FROM THE FRONT AND THEN HAVE DOCKS IN THE REAR. I THINK GENERALLY, UM, WE WOULD NEED TO SEE SOME ACTIVITY FROM THE HOSPITAL ITSELF TO DETERMINE AND POSSIBLY SPEAK WITH THEM AND SEE WHAT THEIR GAME PLAN IS AND IF THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IT. UH, I KNOW THAT THAT HAS LOCKED DORMANT FOR QUITE SOME TIME, BUT WE'VE RECEIVED SOME EMAILS HERE RECENTLY THAT WE HAVE SOME NEW LEADS IN REGARDS TO WHO'S TAKING OVER THE HOSPITAL AND THEY'RE GONNA GO REASSESS THE PROJECT. SO THAT'S RAMPING BACK UP. BUT I I, I CAN'T GIVE YOU DEFINITIVE INFORMATION ON THAT THOUGH. BUT WOULD Y'ALL SAY THAT IT COULD HINDER IT? IT COULD WITH SOME OF THESE INDUSTRIAL USES MM-HMM . IF IT WAS ALL INDUSTRIAL, YES, I WOULD SAY SO. BUT IF IT STAYED JUST MEDICAL USES SOLELY, WE'RE NOT WORRIED. BUT THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING INDUSTRIAL PLAY A PART WOULD PROBABLY HINDER A, A HOSPITAL COMING BACK HERE. SPECIFIC TYPE OF INDUSTRIAL. IF YOU HAD RETAIL LIKE A SHOWROOM AND THEN DISTRIBUTION SOMEWHAT OUT OF THAT POSSIBLY STOREFRONT TYPE LOOK, THAT MIGHT BE OKAY. BUT DISTRIBUTION JUST CONTRACTOR SHOP SOME OF THE USES. SAVANNAH NOTED THAT COULD BE CONCERNING. YEAH. THANK YOU. WONDER IF THE APPLICANT HAS REACHED YOU HAD, HAVE THEY REACHED OUT TO THE HOSPITAL? NOT TOTALLY SURE. AND I'LL TELL YOU, PRIOR TO THIS APPLICATION, WE'VE HAD TROUBLE CONTACTING THE HOSPITAL OWNERSHIP THEMSELVES. WE JUST GOT A NEW CONTACT, BUT THEY ARE HERE TO SPEAK. UM, OKAY. IF THEY'RE HERE TO SPEAK WE CAN ADDRESS THAT. UH, YEAH, LET'S GO AHEAD. ARE YOU TAYLOR? YES, GO AHEAD. YEAH. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU COUNSEL. UM, YES, WE'VE, UH, I'M TAYLOR MITCHUM, 1280 EAST LEVY STREET. I'M WITH, UH, CREATION EQUITY OVER THE DEVELOPMENT FIRM THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CONTRACT ON THE PROPERTY. UM, WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE, TO THE HOSPITAL OWNER. WE'VE MADE CONTACT WITH THEM. WE'VE SPOKEN WITH 'EM, WE'VE PRESENTED THE PROJECT TO 'EM. UM, IT'S A GROUP OUT OF, UH, WICHITA, KANSAS. THEY DIDN'T REALLY GIVE ANY SORT OF DEFINITIVE YES OR NO SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT. I THINK THAT THEY WERE EXCITED ABOUT THE WAY IT LOOKED, UM, UNDERSTOOD THAT SOME OF WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO, UM, [01:20:01] UH, ATTRACT HERE AT THIS PROPERTY WOULD POTENTIALLY COMPLIMENT. UM, YOU KNOW, THE HOSPITAL, IF THE HOSPITAL CAME ALONG. THE LAST TIME I UNDERSTOOD IT WAS THAT THEY WERE STILL TRYING TO FIND AN OPERATOR FOR THE HOSPITAL. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT STATUS IS. I'VE, I'VE MADE A NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS TO TRY AND SPEAK WITH THE HOSPITAL OPERATOR AND HAVEN'T, HAVEN'T HAD ANY LUCK. MY LAST CONTACT WAS WITH I BELIEVE A, A CONSULTANT THAT WAS WORKING WITH THE OPERATOR TO, UM, WORK ON SOME SORT OF IMPROVEMENTS OF THE HOSPITAL ITSELF. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS GOING ANYWHERE. UH, WAS THE LAST, LAST, UH, BIT OF FEEDBACK THAT I'D HEARD. IT'S LAND OUT. THERE'S BEEN VACANT F FOREVER. IT'S UM, I I HAVE TOLD EVERY HOSPITAL OPERATOR THAT COMES OUT THERE TO TRY TO MAKE IT GO THAT I WOULD RATHER NOT HAVE A HOSPITAL THAN HAVE A HOSPITAL THERE THAT DID WHAT THEY DID. WHAT THE PREVIOUS OWNERS DID, IF YOU RECALL, THEY WERE THE SECOND HIGHEST, SECOND MOST EXPENSIVE HOSPITAL IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. WE HAD TO WARN OUR EMPLOYEES TO NEVER GO THERE TO THEIR EMERGENCY ROOM 'CAUSE OUR INSURANCE WOULDN'T COVER THEM AND YOU WOULD SPEND, SO, UM, ALTHOUGH I WANT A FULL FLEDGED HOSPITAL THERE, I AM VERY PESSIMISTIC ABOUT IT EVER HAPPENING BECAUSE OF THE COMPETITION RIGHT NEXT DOOR. AND IF YOU LOOK AT OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND I KNOW CHIEF FIGHT WOULD LOVE TO HAVE AN EMERGENCY ROOM THERE SO HE COULD SPIN AROUND BROKEN ARMS AND THINGS. BUT WE HAD, IT'S TOUGH BECAUSE EVEN HE WAS GETTING A LOT OF NEGATIVE PUBLICITY BY TAKING PEOPLE THERE WHEN IT WAS OPEN. SO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS, UM, TRY TO MAKE A DECISION WHAT'S BEST FOR US AT THIS POINT IN TIME. THE UM, UM, AND, AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN ABLE TO HOLD THE GOLD RATING STANDARD RATING FOR NINE YEARS IN A ROW WITHOUT A HOSPITAL IN OUR CITY. AND EVEN IF THAT WAS A FULL UP AND RUNNING HOSPITAL, IT WOULD ONLY TRANSPORT MAYBE A FOURTH OF OUR PATIENTS BECAUSE OUR, THEY GO TO THE FIRST CLOSEST, MOST APPROPRIATE HOSPITAL. SO, UM, IF WE ARE THINKING ABOUT DENYING THIS BECAUSE OF THE CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE HOSPITAL, I WOULD CAUTION US UNTIL WE KNOW MORE. SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, WE'VE SEEN OPERATORS COME AND GO EVEN, UH, SINCE YOU'VE BEEN ON IT, MAYOR PRO TEM. SO, UM, UM, HOW MUCH BRING THE MAP BACK UP. SO THAT STILL LEAVES QUITE A BIT OF LAND. THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE'S GREAT SOUTH? OH THERE IT IS. AND IT STILL LEAVES THE LAND IN FRONT OF THE HOSPITAL BETWEEN THE HOSPITAL AND GREAT SOUTHWEST AND ACROSS THE STREET. UM, AND UH, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF LAND AVAILABLE. OKAY. THAT'S ENOUGH. UM, GO AHEAD AND FINISH AND THEN WE HAVE SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAVE QUESTIONS OF YOU ARE JUST COMMENTS. SO GO AHEAD AND FINISH YOUR SURE. I CAN, YOU KNOW, I CAN GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT MORE HERE. I'M HAPPY TO JUST ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT, THAT WE'LL SEE IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS. YES, MAYOR PRO TIMM LOPEZ. SO LOOKING AT THE SITE PLAN, JUST MY FIRST QUESTION TO STAFF IS, IS THERE A WAY WE COULD LIMIT TRUCK TRAFFIC TO NOT GO ON THE HOSPITAL BOULEVARD WHERE IT JUST STAYS RIGHT OFF OF SHERMAN OR STAYS OFF OF GREAT SOUTHWEST? UM, SO I'M JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE I MEAN, I KNOW RECENTLY WE JUST APPROVE SOME FUNDING TO IMPROVE THOSE ROADS AROUND THE HOSPITAL. WE DID. NOW WE'RE ABOUT TO POSSIBLY ADD MORE TRUCK TRAFFIC ON THERE. I JUST DON'T, I GUESS THAT'S MY QUESTION TO STAFF. IS THAT POSSIBLE OR NOT POSSIBLE? I WOULD SAY IT'S POSSIBLE, BUT LOOKING AT THE DESIGN, UM, [01:25:02] I'M JUST CONSIDERING TRUCKS COMING IN, THERE'S A MEDIAN THERE, SO THEY CAN'T GO EAST ON HOSPITAL BOULEVARD. UM, THEY'RE GONNA COME IN OFF OF GREAT SOUTHWEST AND EITHER COME IN ON HOSPITAL B BOULEVARD AND CAN GO NORTH AND EXIT ON SHERMAN OR HAVE THE OPTION TO COME FROM SHERMAN AND, AND GO WEST ON HOSPITAL. UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THE APPLICANT WOULD BE WILLING TO, FROM THE WAY THEIR BUSINESS MIGHT FUNCTION IF THEY'RE ABLE TO TURN AROUND OFF OF SHERMAN AND GO BACK TO SHERMAN, WHAT SIZE TRUCKS WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND IF THE, THERE'S ENOUGH ROOM IN THERE. YEAH. CAN I GO BACK TO THE SITE PLAN ACTUALLY REAL QUICK? SURE. AND I CAN ELABORATE ON A FEW THINGS. , UM, SO FEW THINGS. THERE'S A LIGHT AT SHERMAN AND GREAT SOUTHWEST PARKWAY, SO ANY TRAFFIC GOING NORTH OR SOUTH ON GREAT SOUTHWEST IS LIKELY GONNA GO TO THAT LIGHT AND COME IN SHERMAN STREET. UM, LIKE RASHAD WAS JUST SAYING, ANY SORT OF TRUCK, CAR OR OR VEHICLE THAT'S EXITING THE PROPERTY EITHER FROM THE LOADING AREA OR THE UM, THE CAR PARKING AREA WILL LIKELY GO TO SHERMAN STREET AND THE LIGHT THERE BECAUSE OF THE LIGHT. UM, AND BECAUSE OF THE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A MEDIAN DOWN ON THAT SOUTH END OF HOSPITAL BOULEVARD, I CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT ALL OF YOUR TRAFFIC WILL GO TO SHERMAN STREET. HOWEVER, I WOULD SAY THAT JUST GIVEN WHAT WE HAVE SEEN ON THE DEVELOPMENT SIDE AND WHICH IS PART OF WHY WE WANT TO DEVELOP THIS PROPERTY, UM, FOR THESE TYPE OF FACILITIES, FOR THEM BEING SMALLER BUILDINGS, 60,000 SQUARE FEET, UM, LITTLE BIT LOWER CLEAR HEIGHT, UM, YOU KNOW, I REALLY EVEN HATE TO KIND OF CALL THEM INDUSTRIAL. I WANT TO CALL THEM MORE OF A, OF A RETAIL OFFICE SHOWROOM TYPE OF FACILITY THAT ALSO HAS A DISTRIBUTION COMPONENT BECAUSE THAT'S ULTIMATELY THE, THE TENANT. WE'RE TRYING TO ATTRACT THOSE TENANTS OR THAT OWNER FOR THAT MATTER, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE LESS TRUCK TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF, BECAUSE OF THEIR USE. AND UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE COULD BE PASSENGER VEHICLES FOR LIKE A WILL CALL PICKUP, YOU KNOW, A A A FLOORING PICKUP OR A, OR A PLUMBING FIXTURES. UM, OR SOME OF THEM DO HAVE BOX TRUCKS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, 40 TO 50 FOOT, UM, LONG TRUCKS, MORE LIKE A U-HAUL TYPE OF TRUCK. SO SMALLER ONLY SINGLE AXLE. UM, BUT THEN THERE ALSO COULD BE, YOU KNOW, SEMI, SEMI TRUCKS HERE AND THERE THAT ARE, THAT ARE THE, THAT ARE, THAT ARE THE BIGGER TRUCKS. SO CAN'T DUNNO, DUNNO DUNNO. BUT THESE ARE, THESE ARE DESIGNED IN A MANNER THAT ARE MEANT TO ATTRACT A DIFFERENT TYPE OF TENANT. WE'RE TRYING TO ATTRACT A SMALLER TENANT WHO HAS LESS, UM, YOU KNOW, LESS DISTRIBUTION. BUT AS WE MENTIONED DURING THE BRIEFING, ANYTHING COULD GO IN THERE. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, UH, COULD YOU PUT UP THE SLIDE WHERE THE HOSPITAL AND SOMEONE SHOW ME A RELATIONSHIP WHERE IT'S THE VA CLINIC IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE HOSPITAL THAT'S NOT A, THE VA CLINIC. I'M SORRY. YEAH. UM, I BELIEVE THAT MAY BE HOSPITAL. MM-HMM . ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE VA CLINIC ON CARRIER? MM-HMM. HOSPITAL. IT'S ABOUT HOSPITAL. ABOUT HOSPITAL. OH, RIGHT THERE. YES. RIGHT NEXT TO IT. YES. SO WHERE IS THAT IN RELATIONSHIP? SAVANNAH, CAN YOU POINT IT OUT OR RIGHT, I'M NOT SURE. IT'S BACK BEHIND THERE, RIGHT? IT'S RIGHT OFF THE HOSPITAL ACROSS THE VA CLINIC HOSPITAL. WHERE IS IT ON THAT MAP? ACTUALLY, IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE, THAT SPACE. IT'S JUST SOUTH OF THAT SPACE. YOU SEE THE PARKING SPOT? OH, WEST WEST, YEAH, TOWARDS WEST. WHAT, WHAT IS THAT LABEL? WHAT DOES THAT SAY? IT SAYS JVS HEALTH, IT SAYS, YEAH, SO THAT'S WHAT WAS THROWING ME OFF. WHAT DOES IT SAY ON THE, AS FAR AS THAT SAYS THERE IT IS. JPS HEALTH NETWORK. IS THAT, IS THAT THE VA CLINIC VERIFY? YES, THE VA CLINIC IS ADDING ON TO THE BUILDING BECAUSE SOME CLINICS ARE CLOSING DOWN. THEY NEED TO EXPAND BECAUSE THE MM-HMM . LARGE VETERANS POPULATION HERE, UM, NEEDING TO GO TO THE CLINIC. A LOT OF FOLKS ATTEND THE, THE GRAND PRAIRIE CLINIC. UH, I'M NOT SAYING THAT, UM, THEY WOULD BUY THE HOSPITAL SOMEDAY, BUT WE WOULD LOVE FOR 'EM TOO. ? YEAH. ME BEING A DISABLED VET, I UNDERSTAND WHERE THE NEEDS ARE AND THEY'RE TRYING TO ALWAYS MEET THE NEEDS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AND GET ALL THE VA PATIENTS, UH, PATIENTS IN THERE. WE HAVE TO GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY TO GET SERVICE. SO I'M NOT, [01:30:01] I DON'T, THEY'RE ALREADY ADDING ONTO IT BECAUSE IT'S THE NEED IS GROWING. UH, I'M SURE THEY'LL PROBABLY LOOK AT, UH, IF NEED TO GO EVEN LARGER BECAUSE THE FORT WORTH WOMEN'S CLINIC, THEY'RE TRYING TO CLOSE, TAKE AWAY THE WOMEN'S CLINIC AND MAKE IT JUST A REGULAR CLINIC BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH A GREAT NEED. MY POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS THAT I CAN SEE THE, THERE'S A POTENTIAL AS LEAVING IT AS IS AND SEE IF THE VA WILL BUY THIS IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE AS VETERANS COME OUT OF THE MILITARY WITH ALL SORTS OF ISSUES AND THE DFW AREA HAS A GREAT NEED FOR CLINICS AND FACILITIES. THAT'S A GOOD POINT. COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, IT KIND OF ALIGNED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ZANU THAT IT MAY BE BEST TO LEAVE IT AT THAT MM-HMM . IN CASE THE HOSPITAL DOES TRANSITION TO A FULL HOSPITAL SO WE CAN GET A SEND SUNDRY THINGS AROUND IT TO SUPPORT A HOSPITAL AND GIVE EXPANSION FOR THE VET VETERANS IF NEED BE. YEAH. THE THE, THE CLINIC DOES SO MUCH, BUT THEY, THEY, THEY'VE ALREADY GOT GROWN THIS SPACE AND WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY EVER WOULD, BUT THEY COULDN'T IF THIS IS DONE RIGHT. RIGHT. SO WHO, WHO MADE THIS SLIDE? DID STAFF MAKE THE SLIDE? YES. OKAY. I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE MAKE, HOW DO WE DETERMINE THAT TO BE JPS HEALTH NETWORK? BECAUSE I WAS PRETTY MUCH ON THE SPOT THAT THAT LOOKS LIKE THE VA CLINIC. THIS IS JUST US USING GOOGLE AERIAL. OH, GOOGLE. THOSE LABELS ARE NOT STAFF LABELS, SO WE NEED TO TALK TO GOOGLE, BUT THAT'S JUST MY POINT. I JUST WANNA MAKE, HEY GOOGLE, SHOW ME THE VA CLINIC AND GO AHEAD. , UH, ABOUT THE DISABLED VETERANS NEEDING SERVICES AND THEY'RE ALREADY EXPANDING IF YOU GO OUT THERE, THEY'RE ADDING ONTO THE BUILDING NOW. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU? THANK YOU. UH, YES, MS. PATSY? RAY PATSY, YOU CAN SPEAK ON BOTH ITEMS AT THE SAME TIME. 35 AND 36. YES MA'AM, I WILL DO THAT. I, I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE THE BUILDING HAS BEEN EMPTY FOR A LONG TIME AND I THINK IF WE AS CITIZENS WOULD PUSH A LITTLE BIT HARDER WITH DALLAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN THAT MR. JOHNSON, BECAUSE I'M A VET ALSO AND I HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY TO EAU CLIFF, TARRANT COUNTY TO MAKE MY VA APPOINTMENTS. IT'S IN TARRANT COUNTY. SO WE'LL NEED TO PUSH TARRANT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. YES, WE CAN DO THAT TOO. UH, CITY COUNCILMAN JUNIOR, I THINK THAT THE PARK BOARD COMMISSION, I MEAN THE HOSPITAL COMMISSIONER FROM DOWN FROM TARRANT COUNTY HAS WIDENED TARRAN, TARRANT COUNTY, AND IT'S ABOUT TIME THAT DALLAS AND GRAND PRAIRIE COMMUNICATE AND DO THE SAME THING BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE NOTHING CLOSE. MY CONCERN WAS WITH THE INDUSTRIAL AREA GOING IN, I SEE TAPLEY ON THE AGENDA AND I SEE HARLAN ON THEIR AGENDA. NOW NOTE, REMEMBER HARLAN GOES EAST AND WEST AND IT GOES OVER TAPLEY TO THE NEXT STREET. AND I DON'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE STREET, BEEN THERE FOR YEARS, BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT THAT STREET IS COMING OFF OF DILLON THAT'S CROSSING OVER HARLAN STREET BEFORE YOU GET TO TUSKEGEE THERE FOR A SHOT. I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THAT STREET IS, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING, TWO, THAT INDUSTRIAL AREA THAT YOU WANT TO PUT IN THERE IS A RESIDENTIAL AREA THERE IN FRONT OF UPS AND THAT STREET IS VERY TIGHT. THERE IS A EMERGENCY, THERE IS A CLINIC THERE OFF OF SHERMAN. AND I'VE WORKED THAT AREA FOR SEVEN YEARS WITH, UH, PATRICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND I'VE SEEN THE 18 WHEELERS TRYING TO GET TURNED AROUND AND SOME OF THE RESIDENTS EVEN PARK THEIR 18 WHEELER TRACTORS ON THAT SIDE STREET. SO THAT THERE IS A, AND TO, FOR AN 18 WHEELER TO GO DOWN, UH, HOSPITAL BOULEVARD OR EVEN DOWN ALAND ALAND, THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA BE ROUGH. WE JUST, WE, THE CITY JUST REDID THOSE STREETS AROUND THE HOSPITAL. SO THAT'S GOING TO BRING IN A LOT OF TRUCK TRAFFIC AND DAMAGE WHAT WE JUST REPAIRED. I WOULD SAY THAT THAT WOULD BE VERY TIGHT. AND LIKE COUNCILMAN JOHNSON SAID, [01:35:01] THE VA OUTPATIENT CLINIC IS WHAT IS WHAT IT IS. THEY'RE DOING NEW WORK THERE. THEY'RE ADDING TO THAT BUILDING AND THE, TO THE PARKING LOT. THERE'S A HUGE PARKING LOT THAT THE HOSPITAL HAD ON THE WEST SIDE THAT THEY DIDN'T UTILIZE. AND YES, MAYOR, $2,000 FOR A TYLENOL, I WENT THROUGH THAT WITH MY SON. IT WAS TERRIBLE. IT WAS TERRIBLE. SO WE NEED TO, DEVELOPMENT WISE, WE NEED TO HAVE SOMEBODY DALLAS COUNTY WISE, OR TARRANT COUNTY THAT'S GOING TO COLLABORATE WITH US IN ORDER TO KEEP THAT FACILITY OPEN. AND I WOULD SAY LET'S TRY AND MAINTAIN THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. THANK YOU. TUSKEGEE TACKLING IN HARLEM STREET IS NOWHERE CLOSE TO THAT. IF YOU'LL CHECK THAT OUT AGAIN, THAT'S ACTUALLY REFERRING TO THE SURVEY UHHUH. SO PROPERTY BEFORE IT'S DEVELOPED AND PLOTTED AS PART OF A LARGE TRACKS. SO SURVEYS THAT THE COUNTY IS ALLOCATED WITHIN DALLAS COUNTY OR TARRANT COUNTY. SO THAT WAS USED TO DESCRIBE THE PROPERTY AT ONE TIME. AND SO NOW IT IS PLATTED AND THAT IS JUST PART OF THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION. OH, OKAY. WHICH IS FOR SOMEONE WHO BIG, BIGGER THAN IT IS. RIGHT? YEAH, IT'S NOT SO RIGHT. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. HAROLD WILLIS. HAROLD WILLIS, 5 3 8 LEY. UH, IS THIS HOSPITAL OCCUPIED AS WE SPEAK RIGHT NOW? NO. IS THIS HOSPITAL PAYING TAXES TO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE? THEY PAY PROPERTY TAXES WHETHER THEY'RE OCCUPIED OR NOT. BUT IS THIS OWNER CURRENTLY PAYING TAXES TO GRAND PRAIRIE AND TO TARRANT COUNTY? I WOULD, I WOULD HOPE SO. OR THEY'D BE FOUND IN DELINQUENT. OKAY. OKAY. GOING BACK ON THIS PROPERTY, WHEN MAYOR CHARLES ENGLAND, THE GUY THAT WAS GONNA BUY THAT HAD BEEN CONVICTED OF COCAINE TRAFFICKING, BEEN A LONG PROCESS AT YEAH. AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT A PHYSICAL PLANT THAT IS ANYWHERE FROM 40, 45 YEARS OLD. YOU HAVE AN INFRASTRUCTURE THERE, ASBESTOS, THERE'S NO WAY YOU COULD TURN THAT INTO A HOSPITAL. THE ONLY POTENTIAL WOULD BE CONGRESSMAN COLLIN ALLRED TOOK THE GARLAND MEMORIAL GARLAND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, AND NOW THAT IS A VA FACILITY. IT'S WONDERFUL, IT'S EXCELLENT. THAT'S A PROPER USE OF THAT FACILITY. IF CONGRESSWOMAN JASMINE CROCKETT COULD STEP IN AND WE COULD DO THE SAME THING WITH COLIN ALRED TO TURN THAT INTO A VA FACILITY OF SOME KIND OF HEALTHCARE, UM, WITH THE OUTPATIENT VA CLINIC, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT LOCATION TO UTILIZE THAT. BUT FOLKS, THIS IS GOING BACK FROM GREAT SOUTHWEST HOSPITAL TO WHEN THAT 1974 AND IT WAS NAMED GRAND PRAIRIE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL AFTER THAT. IT ALL WENT DOWN, IT WENT DOWN WITH 60 MINUTES, SO YOU CAN FORGET IT. THAT'S, THAT'S NEVER GONNA BE A HEALTHCARE FACILITY. THE IMAGE OF THAT LOCATION SADLY, IS LOCKED IN WITH THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY AND THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA. IT'S NOT THERE. PATRICK MAHOMES COULD THROW THE FOOTBALL OVER INTO ARLINGTON. SO IT'S MORE ALIGNED WITH ARLINGTON STAFFING, ARLINGTON MEMORIAL STAFFING, SOUTH ARLINGTON HOSPITALS ARE STRUGGLING NOW JUST TO KEEP IT GOING, WHAT THEY HAVE. SO IF THIS DEVELOPER IS GONNA BE PUTTING SOMETHING THERE THAT'S GONNA BE PAYING TAXES, THAT'S GOING TO GO FORWARD, THAT WE NEED TO GO WITH THAT, THAT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THE TRAGEDIES OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE. WE HAD SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN WITH GRAND PRAIRIE COMMUNITY, IRVING COMMUNITY, ARLINGTON MEMORIAL, BUT HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE IN GRAND PRAIRIE THAT WANTED TO LINE THEIR POCKETS WITH MONEY. AND NOW WE'VE GOT AN EMPTY BUILDING OUT THERE. AND EYESORE WHO PAID TO PAINT THAT BUILDING? THE OWNER AT THAT TIME, OWNER AT THAT TIME, BUT WHO WAS THE OWNER RIGHT NOW, WE'RE WORKING TO DETERMINE THAT. BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT A NEW INVESTOR HAS STEPPED UP, UH, PRE VARYING COMPANIES. UH, THEY'VE ACTUALLY DONE SOME ACQUISITION REDEVELOPMENT FOR HO UH, HOSPITALS IN OTHER AREAS IN DALLAS. UM, SO WE'RE OPTIMISTIC THAT THEY WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. THEY'RE DOING THEIR RESEARCH. YES, THEY'VE ASKED THE LATE DR. RON ANDERSON WANTED TO TURN THAT FACILITY INTO A JOINT FACILITY WITH TARRANT COUNTY, THE TARRANT COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT AND DALLAS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT AS A JOINT FACILITY. BUT AS DR. [01:40:01] RON ANDERSON EXPLAINED TO ME, THE TARRANT COUNTY REPUBLICANS SAID NO, LIKE DR. ANDERSON TOLD ME, WELL, THAT WOULD JUST MAKE IT EASIER FOR BLACKS AND MEXICANS TO GET FREE HEALTHCARE AND NOT WORK. IT WASN'T THAT CHRISTIAN AND THE LEADERSHIP OF DR. ANDERSON. WE COULD HAVE DONE THIS 25 YEARS AGO, BUT NOW WE'RE STUCK WITH AN EYESORE. SO JUST FACE REALITY THERAPY FOLKS, IT AIN'T GOING TO BE A HOSPITAL, IT'S NOT GONNA BE ANYTHING HEALTHCARE UNLESS THE VA CONGRESS, HOPEFULLY SENATOR COLIN ALLRED IN NOVEMBER WOULD BE ABLE TO GET US SOME FUNDING FOR THIS. BUT UNTIL THAT, FORGET IT. THANK YOU KATE DERMO. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD. THANK YOU COUNSEL. MY GOODNESS. Y'ALL MAY BOTH MADE GOOD POINTS ABOUT LEAVING IT AS IS. UM, I ALMOST HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT I KIND OF AGREE WITH HAROLD ON WHETHER THAT'D EVER BE A HOSPITAL. UM, THIS IS A TOUGH DECISION. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, CLEMSON, WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS? WHAT YOU READY TO MAKE A MOTION? DEPUTY MAYOR? I'M NOT READY TO MAKE A MOTION, BUT I'M READY TO, UM, DISCUSS JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM EVERYONE. UM, AS YOU'VE SAID, IT HAS MANY MOVING PARTS AND A LOT OF THINGS TO CONSIDER. AND IN FACT, I THINK I'VE, UM, CHANGED MY MIND THREE TIMES JUST THIS EVENING, JUST, UH, THINKING OF THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS THERE. UM, AND IT HAS BEEN SITTING THERE A LONG TIME VACANT. UM, IT DON'T MAKE A MOTION YET. I HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER LIGHTS ON. OH, GOOD. UM, I'M, I'M NOT GOING TO THANK YOU. UM, JUST THINKING ABOUT CHANGING THE, UH, ZONING, WE CAN'T GUARANTEE WHAT'S GONNA GO IN THERE AS FAR AS THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. THERE COULD BE ALL SEMIS AND I, IF, IF THE HOSPITAL, WHETHER IT HAS POTENTIAL OR NOT. IF IT DID, IF SOME MEDICAL FACILITY WENT IN THERE, I'M NOT SURE THAT, UH, THAT WOULD BE VERY, UH, A VERY GOOD IDEA TO HAVE A LOT OF TRUCK TRAFFIC RIGHT AROUND THERE. UM, I'M, I HEAR THAT, UM, TAYLOR, I BELIEVE, UH, HAD REACHED OUT TO THE OWNER, BUT THE OWNER, UH, IS NOT WHO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AS FAR AS THE DEVELOPER THAT'S INTERESTED RIGHT NOW. IS THAT CORRECT, RASHAD? THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, UNLESS HE HAS A SPECIFIC PERSON HE'S SPOKEN TO. BUT MY UNDERSTANDING, THE PREVIOUS OPERATOR OWNER WAS HJH. THIS IS NOW PRE IAN WHO HAS, I'VE JUST BEEN INFORMED, JUST INTERESTED IN WORKING ON THEIR DUE DILIGENCE ON THE PROPERTY THIS WEEK. AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE VA AND WITH, UH, ELECTED OFFICIALS. AND, UM, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT COLLABORATION PERHAPS BETWEEN, UM, TAYLOR AND THEN WHOEVER THE PEOPLE ARE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THE HOSPITAL. MM-HMM . SO THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. I'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE COMMENTS. I'D LIKE TO, UM, FOR YOU TO THINK, UM, IF IT WOULD BE WORTHWHILE TO TABLE IT AND ASK FOR COLLA COLLABORATION TO TAKE PART, UH, THE STAFF TO ORDER SOME COLLABORATION TO GET MORE INFORMATION. I'D LIKE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT. UH, MAYOR PRO TIMM LOPEZ? NO, DEFINITELY. I MEAN, I, I'D BE OPEN TO TABLING AS WELL. UM, I, I DEFINITELY WOULD, YOU KNOW, TRUCK TRAFFIC ON HOSPITAL BOULEVARD, I MEAN 18 WHEELERS, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO MAKE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS FOR A HOSPITAL. AND THEN WE START PUTTING MORE HEAVIER TRUCK TRAFFIC ON THERE. SO IN THIS PROCESS, I WOULD DEFINITELY SEE IF IT, IT WORKS FOR YOU. WE DON'T ALLOW BIG TRUCK TRAFFIC 18 WHEELERS ONTO THE HOSPITAL BOULEVARD. WHETHER OR NOT THAT WORKS FOR YOUR PLAN OR NOT. SOMETHING FOR YOU TO CONSIDER AT LEAST. UM, THE OTHER PART AS WELL IS THAT EVEN IF, UM, IF IT DOES PASS THAT WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO HAVE, UM, ANY TRUCK IDLING OR PARKING ON THESE ROADS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH I THINK HE HAS ENOUGH SPACE, I JUST WOULDN'T WANT OPEN JUST TRUCKS PARKING THERE OVERNIGHT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO DEFINITELY LOOK AT THAT AS WELL. [01:45:01] THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN ROSANO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, IT'S A QUESTION FOR THE DEVELOPER. IF WE DID REMOVE YOUR ABILITY TO HAVE THIS, I GUESS THE INDUSTRIAL COMPONENT, ARE YOU WILLING TO COMPROMISE OR YOU NEED THIS TO MAKE YOUR, TO BRING YOUR VISION TO LIGHT? UM, YES, WE DEFINITELY NEED AN, AN INDUSTRIAL COMPONENT TO MAKE IT WORK. TO MAKE IT WORK. I THINK I APPRECIATE YOUR BLUNTNESS. YES, THANKS. AND, AND I'D LIKE TO ELABORATE ON THAT MAYBE A LITTLE BIT, IF THAT'S OKAY. OR IF YOU HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. I THINK YOU DID GREAT, . NO, THAT'S, THAT'S THE ASK AND ANSWERED. WELL, AND AND WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE IS VERY, VERY CLEAR IS THAT WE'RE NOT, WE ARE NOT TRYING TO REMOVE THE MEDICAL USES. UM, WE, WE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT, OKAY, BUT IF WE GIVE YOU THE ZONE YEAR AFTER, YOU MAY NEVER GET MEDICAL USES AND YOU COULD GET 18 WHEELER TRAFFIC. THAT'S A FACT. TRUE. YES. THAT, THAT'S WE, YEAH. SO THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON. I JUST WANT TO COMMENT ON MAYOR PORTEN LOPEZ, THAT FOR THE 18 WHEELER TRAFFIC COMING OFF 20 ON DECKMAN, IT'S STILL GOING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND WE CAN'T CONTROL IT. SO WE CAN THAT'S TRUE. PUT WHATEVER LANGUAGE IN IT THAT NO 18 WHEELERS OFF WOOD SHERMAN OR HOSPITAL BOULEVARD IS STILL GONNA HAPPEN. YOU CAN'T CONTROL IT. 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN THE TRUCKERS ARE PULLING IN, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE THERE. AND I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE, THE TRAFFIC, THE 18 WHEELERS THERE. IT APPEARS TO BE SOME APARTMENT COMPLEX. IT'S NEARBY AS WELL. SO, UH, I'M, I AM A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC. UH, I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF THE PROJECT PERSONALLY, THAT'S JUST ME. BUT THE EIGHT, THE TRAFFIC, WE CAN'T CONTROL IT. WE CAN'T CONTROL 20 TO DECKMAN. THEY'RE STILL GOING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS. THERE'S SIGNS UP THERE. THEY STILL GO THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS. I'M SURE COUNCILMAN HENS PROBABLY GOT CALLS ON THAT BECAUSE I'VE, I'VE GOTTEN CALLS ABOUT THE 18 WHEELERS IS STILL DRIVING THROUGH THERE. I JUST WANNA MAKE THAT COMMENT. THANK YOU. UH, DEPUTY MAYOR, PRO TEM. UM, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO TABLE IT. WHAT I'M HEARING IS WE DON'T WANT TRUCK TRAFFIC. UM, WHETHER OR NOT IT INJURES THE POSSIBILITY OF EVER GETTING A HOSPITAL, THERE IS MAYBE A SECONDARY TO WHAT I'M HEARING. SO IF YOU CHOOSE TO TABLE IT, I WOULD PROBABLY VOTE FOR IT. BUT I, I'M LEANING TOWARDS TONIGHT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I CAN'T SUPPORT IT BECAUSE OF WHAT I'M HEARING FROM EVERYBODY. UM, THAT'S JUST MY 2 CENTS AND THIS IS NOT EASY. UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY COMMENT. YOU'VE HEARD SOME OF THE OTHER COMMENTS, SO, UH, I THINK WE NEED TO HEAR WHAT YOU WANT, WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO. AND WE'LL SEE IF YOU CAN GET FIVE VOTES. I'D LIKE TO ASK THE STAFF, RASHAD, DO YOU THINK THERE COULD BE ANY GOOD BY TABLING THIS AND DISCUSSING IT FURTHER WITH THE ENTITIES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT? THE VA, THE, UH, HOSPITAL, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THE HOSPITAL AND TAYLOR, LET, LET ME, I WANT HIM TO ADDRESS THAT. BUT WE NEED TO DO THAT WHETHER WE TABLE THIS OR NOT, RIGHT? IRRELEVANT. RIGHT. SO I WOULD HAVE TO ASK YOU WHAT THEY WOULD BRING BACK TO US THAT WOULD PREVENT, THAT WOULD MAKE YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING OR NOT DO SOMETHING THERE. WELL, LET'S SAY THAT THE, SEE, I TALKED TO JUDGE WHITLEY ABOUT THIS AT LENGTH WHEN HE WAS JUDGE AND HE RAN IT UP THE FLAGPOLE AND THEY COULDN'T GET ANY SUPPORT FROM THE VA. NOW THINGS HAVE MAYBE CHANGED NOW, BUT UH, LET'S JUST SAY IT IS NEVER GONNA BE A HOSPITAL. DO WE WANT TRUCK TRAFFIC THERE? CORRECT. AND IF THAT MAKES IT, THAT MAKES IT MUCH MORE CLEAR. AND IF IT IS NEVER A HOSPITAL AND THE VA EXPANDS LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO, THEY ARE, YOU SAID THEY ALREADY EXPANDED. DO WE WANT TRUCK TRAFFIC THERE? THAT KIND OF MAKES IT MORE SIMPLE AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT, UH, THE CURRENT, UH, IS MIXED USE. THE CURRENT ZONING IS MIXED USE. SIR, WHAT'S THE CURRENT ZONING? HOSPITAL DISTRICT. HOSPITAL FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS MIXED USE. SO IT'S MIXED USE HOSPITAL DISTRICT. IT'S NOT FIXED [01:50:01] USE. TELL ME AGAIN. MIXED USE. DON'T EVEN GET INTO FUTURE LAND USE MAP. EXISTING ZONING IS HOSPITAL DISTRICT, WHICH WHAT CAN GO IN HOSPITAL DISTRICT, HOSPITAL RELATED USES OFFICES. UM, NOT, NOT A, UH, NOT A WAREHOUSE. CORRECT. VOILA. I'M READY. GO AHEAD TAYLOR. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US THIS. AND IT LOOKED LIKE A VERY NICE PROJECT, BUT I DON'T THINK IT IS RIGHT FOR US AT THIS TIME. SO, UH, MAYOR, WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO DENY. UH, CAN WE DO EM BOTH AT ONCE? YES. 35 AND 36. WE HAVE MOTION TO DENY. SECOND. SECOND WE HAVE MOTION SECONDED AND THIRDED. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY. SORRY, YOU'RE DENIED. UH, AGAIN, IT TOOK A WHILE, BUT THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THESE, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE OPEN DISCUSSION FOLKS OUT THERE. I GUARANTEE YOU WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE GONNA DO WITH THIS TONIGHT. I'M KINDA LIKE GEORGIA. I CHANGED MY POSITION JUST BY HEARING AND US ALL TALKING IT OUT. PEOPLE THAT THINK WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, JUST DON'T KNOW. WE TAKE THESE MATTERS VERY SERIOUSLY. WE DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS THE CORRECT DECISION OR NOT, BUT I THINK IT WAS THE RIGHT DECISION FOR US TONIGHT AT THIS POINT IN TIME. STAFF. LET'S FOLLOW THOSE LEADS. YES SIR. 37. [37. SUP-24-01-0003 - Specific Use Permit - Adonis Auto Group (City Council District 1). Specific Use Permit Amendment to allow auto sales (non-franchise used) at an existing auto repair (major) and auto body shop located at 1908 110TH Street. Site 3, Block 6, Parcel II, Third Installment, Industrial Community No. 5, GSID COMM Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, zoned Light Industrial (LI), and addressed as 1908 110TH St (On March 25, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 8-0)] THIS NEXT ITEM IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, UH, AMENDMENT. IT'S TO ALLOW AUTO SALES NON FRANCHISE USE. IT'S AN EXISTING AUTO RELATED BUSINESS AT 1908, 110TH STREET. THE ZONING IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND ITS PROPERTY IS ABOUT 5.5 ACRES. THE EXISTING SUP ALLOWS AUTO REPAIR, MAJOR AUTO BODY AND PAINT SHOP. UM, SO THE EXISTING, UH, BUSINESS IS HOPING TO BRING THAT AUTO SALES COMPONENT TO THAT SITE. I BELIEVE THEY'RE CONSOLIDATING A COUPLE OF OTHER LOCATIONS IN OTHER CITIES. I WANNA BRING THAT TO THIS LOCATION. UH, SO ON THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE THEIR SITE PLAN. THEY ARE PROPOSING SOME, UH, THE HATCHED PARKING SPACES FOR THE USED INVENTORY FOR SALE THAT'S LOCATED BEHIND A GATED FENCE. THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES AND STAFF DID NOT NOTE ANY, UH, EXISTING ISSUES WITH THE CURRENT SUP. SO ON MARCH 25TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF EIGHT TO ZERO AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS WELL. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SAVANNAH? WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER. SHE HAS SPEAKER WELL TO READ INTO THE RECORD, YES. THERESA WATERS, UM, DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK BUT REQUEST WE SERVE RECORD HER SUPPORT. THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PROTE, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HER OR ARE YOU READY TO MAKE A MOTION? I SEE NO LIGHTS. THANK YOU MAYOR. I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. UM, THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT AMENDMENT, WILL THAT, WILL WE EVER REVIEW THAT AGAIN? DOES IT COME UP AGAIN OR IS THIS JUST ONE OF THOSE? IT'S ACROSS THE BOARD. IT WOULD NOT COME UP AGAIN UNLESS THERE ARE ISSUES AND STAFF BROUGHT IT FORWARD. AND LET'S REMIND EVERYBODY HERE IN AT THE PODIUM, ANY SUP CAN BE BROUGHT FORWARD TO US IF WE HAVE ISSUES THAT THEY'RE OPERATING OUTSIDE THE SUP? YES. JUST THANK YOU. 'CAUSE I DIDN'T SEE, YEAH. OKAY. JUST A QUICK QUESTION FOR SAVANNAH. UM, SO THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO MARKET VEHICLES OFF THE STREET OR FOR SALE OR ADVERTISE IN THAT MANNER, IS THAT CORRECT? OR THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO. THIS IS AUTO SALES NON FRANCHISE USED. IT'S NOT INTERNET AUTO SALES. SO THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO TO DO THAT. SO IT WOULD BE LIKE A CAR LOT IN FRONT OF THEM? THEY, YES, AND I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT COULD SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE. THEY DO HAVE DESIGNATED SPACES THAT THEY'LL MOVE THE INVENTORY OVERNIGHT BEHIND THE GATE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. I'LL JUST, SO IS THAT TRUE? YOU'LL BE MOVING THEM BACK BEHIND THE GATE AT NIGHT, PULLING 'EM OUT IN THE MORNING, KIND OF LIKE HARLEY DAVIDSON DOES? YES. THEY BRING 150 MOTORCYCLES OUT AND THEN PUT 'EM BACK UP EVERY NIGHT. PUT 'EM INTO BED. YES. UH, MY NAME'S THERESA WATERS 1301 COCHISE DRIVE. ARLINGTON. I WOULD LOVE TO WORK FOR HARLEY DAVIDSON. THAT WOULD BE FUN. UM, OUR PROPOSAL IS TO PARK THE VEHICLES BEHIND THE FENCE. MOST CUSTOMERS DO THE APPLICATIONS ONLINE. UM, IT'S NOT INTERNET SALES, IT'S JUST AFTER COVID-19. EVERYTHING IS DONE ONLINE ON YOUR PHONE. SO THE VEHICLES WOULD BE BROUGHT OUT WHEN A CUSTOMER ARRIVES, THEY'D BE MATCHED TO A VEHICLE. THEY WOULD TAKE A TEST DRIVE AND ALL THE CARS WOULD BE MOVED BACK BEHIND THE FENCE AT NIGHTTIME. THAT'S TO PROTECT THE VEHICLES TO PREVENT ANY KIND OF CAT [01:55:01] CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFTS. THANK YOU. CERTAINLY THAT GOT YOU. YES. NO OTHER LIKES. MAYOR DEPUTY MAYOR PROTI. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, MOVE THE APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 37. SECOND, WE HAVE MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR PROTO SECOND BY COUNCILMAN ZANU. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED, SAY NAY. THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. 38. [38. ZON-24-02-0005 - Zoning Change/Concept Plan - Southgate Mixed Use (City Council District 6). An amendment to PD-414A and PD-322A; Zoning Change from Planned Development 322A for mixed-use to Planned Development 414A for Multi-Family, Townhome, Commercial and Office Uses on 3.31 acres, and amendment to certain development standards for PD-414A on 52.793 acres. Being a portion of Property ID 291248, J. Lawrence Survey, Abstract No. 616, and Property ID 242969, J. Lawrence Survey, Abstract No. 616 and Lots 1-3, 4R, 5 and 6, Block A, and Lot 1, Block B, Hanover Southgate Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Ellis County, Texas, zoned PD-414A and PD-322A, and generally located east of State Highway 360 and north of US Highway 287 (On April 08, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 8-0)] LAST ITEM BESIDES CITIZEN COMMENTS. YES SIR. THIS NEXT ITEM IS A PD AMENDMENT AND ZONING CHANGE FOR SOUTHGATE MIXED USE. THE AREA IS OUTLINED IN YELLOW. THIS SHOULD LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU. UH, THE PD REQUEST HAS BEEN BEFORE COUNCIL TWICE ALREADY. THE REASON IT'S HERE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS THEY HAVE PURCHASED ADDITIONAL PROPERTY TO INCORPORATE INTO THE OVERALL PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. OKAY. SO IT'S NOW ABOUT 56 ACRES TO REMIND YOU THE LAND USES OR COMMERCIAL OFFICE MULTIFAMILY AND TOWN HOMES. ON THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE A COMPARISON OF THE APPROVED CONCEPT PLAN WITH THE EXISTING PD AND THE PROPOSED THAT THEY HAVE INCORPORATED THE NEW APPROXIMATELY THREE ACRES. UH, SO THIS AREA RIGHT HERE JUST A LITTLE BIT. YES. AND SO, UH, THIS ADDITIONAL AREA HAS ALLOWED THEM TO RECONFIGURE SOME OF THE, THE MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS AND THE TOWN HOME BUILDINGS AND THE INTERNAL STREETS TO MAKE THE STREET NETWORK WORK FLOW A LITTLE BIT BETTER. THIS IS A ZOOMED IN IMAGE OF THAT ADDITIONAL AREA THAT THEY'VE PURCHASED. SO THIS AREA RIGHT HERE IS NOW BEING INCORPORATED INTO THAT. UH, SO IN GENERAL, UH, STAFF BELIEVES THAT THIS IS GONNA IMPROVE THE OVERALL VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT. UM, THERE'S, UH, INCREASED AMOUNT OF OPEN SPACE. YOU CAN SEE THERE'S OVERHEAD, OVERHEAD LINES, AND THEN SOME DETENTION AREAS. SO THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OPEN SPACE ON THIS SIDE OF DAVIS. UH, THEY ARE PROPOSING ONE CHANGE TO THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT STANDARDS AND THAT IS FOR THE TOWN HOMES. ORIGINALLY WITH THE PD FOUR 14 A UH, THE MAC, UH, THE MINIMUM HEIGHT WAS THREE STORIES. THEY WERE ASKING TO AMEND THAT FOR THE TOWN HOMES THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED FOR A SCHOOL TO ALLOW THOSE TO BE BUILT AT, UH, TWO STORIES THEY FELT THAT'S MORE APPROPRIATE ADJACENT TO A SCHOOL. UM, SO THE PROPOSAL'S CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND THE SOUTH GATE 360 CORRIDOR PLAN. IT LARGELY ADHERES TO THE, UH, TWO PREVIOUS APPROVALS BY CITY COUNCIL. UH, STAFF BELIEVES IT'S A BETTER LAYOUT, UH, FOR THE, THE PROPOSAL AND THEN THE SITE, UH, IF NOT INCORPORATED, IT'S UNLIKELY TO DEVELOP, UM, AS WELL AS IF INCORPORATED. UM, SO ON APRIL 8TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF EIGHT TO ZERO AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS WELL. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A SPEAKER. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SAVANNAH? YES, SAVANNAH, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE OVERALL OKAY. WHERE'S THE SCHOOL GOING TO BE BILLED AT EXACTLY ON THERE? THIS IS, LET'S SEE, THIS IS THE SCHOOL SITE RIGHT HERE. ALRIGHT. OKAY. AT MIDDLE LITHIUM, I DUNNO THE TOP OF MY HEAD. IT'S IN AISLE, TEXAS. YEAH. OH, CHARTER SCHOOL. CHARTER. CHARTER, OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM. WE HAVE A SPEAKER. JOHN CARTER. HEY JOHN. SEEN YOU BEFORE. MAYOR BILLS COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, JOHN CARTER WITH HANOVER PROPERTY. UH, JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS I HAVE ARE, UM, UH, THE DEVELOPER OF THE TOWN HOMES AND APARTMENTS WITH US AS WELL. Y'ALL HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB IN OUR CITY. UH, MARY LAW GOES THAT AREA. WELL, WE LOVE WORKING IN GRAND PRAIRIE. YEAH. AND UM, I KNOW IT GOES BACK FURTHER THAN I'VE BEEN HERE, BUT, UH, IT HAS, AND THIS DOESN'T CHANGE MUCH OF ANYTHING REALLY. UM, BUT, UM, YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM? COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. YES, SIR. YEAH, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION. COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON. UH, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 38 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND BY COUNCIL MAYOR HEDON. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED SAY NAY. THANK YOU. AND Y'ALL HAVE DONE SOME GREAT DEVELOPMENTS. LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW THIS TURNS OUT. SHE'S GONE. OKAY. HAROLD WILLIS. [CITIZEN COMMENTS] HAROLD WILLIS. 5 3 8 LIN LEE. SINCE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT OF HOSPITALS TONIGHT, I WANNA GET THIS ON THE RECORD. ON FRIDAY, MARCH 22ND, I HAD SOME TYPE OF ALLERGIC REACTION, POSSIBLY AN ANAPHYLACTIC REACTION. MY WIFE CALLED 9 1 1, THE PERSONNEL FROM STATION NINE OUT THERE. IN JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES, THEY TRANSPORTED ME TO METHODIST MANSFIELD BECAUSE [02:00:01] SOUTH ARLINGTON WAS ON DIVERT THAT DAY. THAT'S THE DAY THAT THE ARLINGTON FIREFIGHTER WAS SHOT IN THE CHEST. UM, SOUTH ARLINGTON IS ALWAYS BACKED UP. I WAS VERY FORTUNATE TO BE TRANSPORTED OUT TO METHODIST MANSFIELD. EVERYTHING WORKED GREAT. I WOULD ASK THAT, UH, CHIEF, UH, FIGHT THE FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC THAT HAD TO PUT UP WITH ME IN THE BACK OF THE AMBULANCE. HE WAS ONE OF THAT GROUP OF FIREFIGHTERS THAT OF THE 42 THAT WE APPROPRIATED IN 1999. AN EXCELLENT PERSONNEL. THERE'S A REASON WHY THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION IS ACKNOWLEDGING THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE AND GRAND PRAIRIE FIRE RESCUE FOR NOW EIGHT, NINE YEARS. IT'S A TESTIMONY TO GRAND PRAIRIE FIRE RESCUE AND THE GRAND PRAIRIE POLICE DEPARTMENT OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES THAT ARE SO CRUCIAL IN WHAT THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED TO THE CITY. SO I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE HELP I GOT. WHAT I WANNA BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION RIGHT NOW, ERCOT IS TELLING US TO BE PREPARED AS WE SPEAK. RIGHT NOW, 80% OF THE ELECTRICAL GENERATION IS BY NATURAL GAS AND COAL ONLY 10% BY WIND. THE SUN'S DOWN NOTHING FROM SOLAR. I'M A BIG PROPONENT OF WIND AND SOLAR. BUT THIS IS HOW THE WIND BLOWS AS WE SPEAK RIGHT NOW. THE ENERGY, YOU CAN SEE FROM THE LITTLE MAP HERE THAT IT'S ALL IN THE RED RIGHT NOW. ACCORDING TO THIS REAL TIME PRICE LOCATOR, WE'RE BEING CHARGED $99 AND 11 CENTS FOR ONLINE RESERVES. WE ARE BEING CHARGED $54 AND 59 CENTS FOR OFFLINE RESERVES. WE ARE BEING CHARGED $50 AND 28 CENTS FOR RELIABILITY DEPLOYMENT. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE PRICE OF KILOWATT FOR THE TAXPAYERS OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS OF UTILIZING ELECTRICITY? THIS IS WHEN ERCOT, THIS IS APRIL. THIS HAPPENED BACK IN 2004. WE HAD ROLLING BLACKOUTS IN APRIL BECAUSE THEY WERE DOING MAINTENANCE. I WAS TAPING A PROGRAM WITH DENNIS MCQUIAN AT CHANNEL 13. HAD TO STOP TAPING BECAUSE WE LOST ELECTRICITY WITH ROLLING BLACKOUTS. HOPEFULLY THE NEXT COUPLE OF NIGHTS WE MAY NOT, WE MAY HAVE ROLLING BLACKOUTS IN ITS APRIL. THIS IS WHY I'M STRONGLY ADVOCATING THAT THIS FACILITY, I KNOW WE HAVE THE TWO BIG DIESEL GENERATORS, BUT AT THE GRAND PRAIRIE FIRE RESCUE, WHICH IS SERVING ON THE 2007, THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS, THAT WALMART IS UTILIZING THOSE CASTLE ROCK NATURAL GAS GENERATORS IN THE MEDICAL FIELD AND IN PUBLIC SAFETY. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A BACKUP TO THE BACKUP SYSTEM. IF SOMETHING WERE TO FAIL WITH ONE OF THESE DIESEL POWER GENERATORS, CONTAMINATION FROM THE DIESEL FUEL. I'VE HAD THAT HAPPEN IN FACILITIES I'VE WORKED WITH. SOMETHING COULD HAPPEN IF HEB GROCERY STORES, ALL OF THESE OTHER LEADING INDUSTRIES IN TEXAS ARE UTILIZING THESE TYPES OF NATURAL GAS GENERATING CAPACITY. WE KNOW IN THE SUMMER HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE ENOUGH NATURAL GAS. BUT I WOULD ASK THAT THE COUNCIL WITH SOME OF OUR FUNDING THAT YOU'LL FIND NO ONE FROM THE CITY COMP, THE CITIZENS COMPLAINING IF YOU WERE TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF BACKUP SYSTEM HERE, THAT TYPE OF BACKUP SYSTEM FOR THE FIRE AND POLICE HEADQUARTERS AND AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S SO CRUCIAL TO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE BECAUSE IT'S UNFORTUNATELY THE SECOND LARGEST STATE IN THE NATION. AND WHAT DOES THIS TURN TO FOR THE PRICE OF KILOWATT THAT WE'RE BEING INCREASED RIGHT NOW BEING STUCK WITH. SO OUR GRID IS NOT THAT RELIABLE AND WE HAVE THE HOTTEST MONTHS COMING UP. SO, UM, THIS IS KIND OF WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH AND I WOULD APPRECIATE LOOKING AT THESE OTHER ALTERNATIVES OF BACKUP POWER. THANK YOU KATE. DERMA ADJUSTING A LITTLE BIT. OKAY. KATE DERMO, 43 65 ASHLEY LANE, GRAND PRAIRIE. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO CALL ON YOU A CITY COUNCIL TO PASS A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION. IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS, MYSELF AND MY FELLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME PROVIDING REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD PASS A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION AND YOU SHOULD. BUT TODAY WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT WHY IT'S REALLY A PRETTY FEASIBLE TASK FOR THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE. FIRST OF ALL, YOU CAN CALL THE SYSTEMATIC KILLING AND STARVATION OF THE PALESTINIAN AND GAZA A GENOCIDE. ISRAEL HAS BLOCKED AID THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO PREVENT A FAMINE. OVER 19,000 CHILDREN HAVE BEEN ORPHANED. OVER 33,000 PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN GAZA. AND FOR COMPARISON, AROUND 1200 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN ISRAEL. FOR REFERENCE, THAT'S A RELATIONSHIP ABOUT 28 TO ONE. IF ONE PERSON KILLED 28 PEOPLE, WE WOULD CALL THEM A MASS MURDERER. WE WOULDN'T SAY THEY'RE IN A CONFLICT. [02:05:01] AND EVEN THE UN HAS CALLED IT A GENOCIDE. WE CAN TOO. IT'S NOT A RADICAL STATEMENT. ALSO WORTH NOTING IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A MOLD BREAKER. OVER A HUNDRED CITIES IN THE US HAVE PASSED CEASEFIRE RESOLUTIONS. AND IT'S A POPULAR POSITION. AROUND 74% OF VOTERS SUPPORT A US CALL FOR A PERMANENT CEASEFIRE. THE DEESCALATION OF VIOLENCE IN GAZA AND THE RELEASE OF HOSTAGES. THIS IS BIPARTISAN BREAKING DOWN BY ABOUT 83% IN FAVOR FOR DEMOCRATS, 78% FOR INDEPENDENTS AND 63% FOR REPUBLICANS. SUPPORTING A CEASEFIRE IS A POPULAR POSITION AND PASSING A RESOLUTION MAKES IT CLEAR THAT YOU STAND WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS. AND FINALLY, PAST PRECEDENTS DOESN'T HAVE TO HOLD YOU BACK EITHER THROUGH YOUR REGULAR AND ACTIVE DISCUSSIONS AROUND ZONINGS AND SUVS. IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS AN ACCURATE AND GROUNDING UNDERSTANDING OF THE WAY PRECEDENTS WORKS IN SYSTEMS. WHEN THE WORLD CHANGES AROUND US, IT'S TIME TO ASK IF OUR PRECEDENTS STILL SERVE US. THE WORLD IS DIFFERENT. WE CAN SEE THE HORRORS AND ATROCITIES BESIEGING THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE IN REAL TIME. WE HAVE CONSTITUENTS IN COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN GRAND PRAIRIE, MOURNING AND FEARFUL FOR THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY. THIS ISN'T A FAR AWAY ISSUE IN A FAR AWAY PLACE. THIS IS A GENOCIDE THAT DIRECTLY IMPACTS OUR COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD. PASS THE CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION GOOD JOB. TO THAT COUNSEL, WE'RE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.