[RECONVENE MEETING]
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I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER.WE STARTED AT FOUR 30 TODAY, HAD A VERY PRODUCTIVE COUPLE HOURS.
UH, SO WE'RE BACK IN ORDER RIGHT NOW.
BEFORE WE GET INTO THE PRAYER AND THE PLEDGES, I'D LIKE, UH, THOSE OF YOU WHO KNEW HIM, CHARLES CHARLES LUCKER, PASSED AWAY THIS AFTERNOON.
UM, VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, WAS AT EVENTS, UM, POSTED THINGS ON HIS SOCIAL MEDIA TO KEEP UP WITH THE NEWS.
HE HAD CANCER AND, UM, IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG, FOLKS.
SO, UM, LOVED YOUR LOVED ONES.
YOU NEVER KNOW HOW LONG IT'LL BE.
SO, UH, OUR INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR JOSH RISCO OF THE GATEWAY CHURCH.
THE PLEDGES WILL BE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JUNIOR ZANU.
WELL, UH, FIRST OF ALL, BEFORE I PRAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF OUR CITY OFFICIALS AND VOLUNTEERS IN THE ROOM.
OBVIOUSLY, WE PRAY, BUT WE WANT TO GIVE OUR GRATITUDE AND THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR CITY, MAKING THIS CITY GREAT.
AND WE KNOW WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE HELP OF OUR, OUR CREATOR.
AND I'M GONNA CONTINUE, I'M GONNA PRAY FOR CHARLES FAMILY AS WELL.
THANK YOU, DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE AND THIS MEETING THAT WE'RE, UH, THAT THAT'S ALREADY BEGUN AND IS GONNA CONTINUE.
AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR GRAND PRAIRIE.
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR EVERY ONE OF OUR CITY COUNCILS, OUR POLICE AND FIRE, OUR CITY MANAGER, ALL THE VOLUNTEERS AND OFFICIALS.
WE THANK YOU FOR THEIR, THE TIME THAT THEY GIVE, THE SERVICE THAT THEY GIVE TO THE CITY.
AND WE PRAY YOUR BLESSING UPON OUR CITY, UPON THIS MEETING, UPON EVERY CHURCH, EVERY ORGANIZATION THAT HELPS MEET THE NEEDS OF THOSE LORD THAT ARE IN NEED.
AND FOR CITIZENS LIKE CHARLES WHO, WHO, UH, WHO SERVE THROUGH, THROUGH, UH, COMMUNICATING AND HELPING.
AND LORD, WE PRAY FOR HIS FAMILY AND LOVED ONES AS THEY'RE GRIEVING HIS LOSS.
WE PRAY YOU COMFORT THEM AND YOU BE WITH THEM AND GIVE THEM EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEED DURING THIS TIME.
SO WE, WE GIVE YOU, WE GIVE YOU PRAISE.
AND WE THANK YOU, GOD, FOR THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
WE PRAY YOU'D BE HERE WITH US TODAY.
PLEASE JOIN US ALLEGIANCE AND HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, ALLEGIANCE FLAG, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE REPUBLIC.
RICHARD STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
OUR BE TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE.
WELL, WE GOT A LOT OF KIDS HERE TONIGHT.
[PRESENTATIONS]
WONDER WHY THEY'RE HERE.THEY ARE MY MAYOR'S TEAM COUNCIL.
WE HAD, WHAT DID WE HAVE? CHAR? UH, HOW MANY DO WE HAVE? 40? 30.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE 30 IN MY MAYOR'S TEAM COUNCIL THIS YEAR.
I THINK IT'S MY EIGHTH YEAR TO HAVE A MAYOR'S TEAM COUNCIL.
WHAT IS THE MAYOR'S TEAM COUNCIL? THEY'RE JUNIORS AND SENIORS IN G-P-I-S-D THAT FILL OUT AN APPLICATION.
THEY'RE CHOSEN BY THEIR COUNSELOR OR TEACHERS AT THEIR SCHOOLS, OR THE BEST OF THE BEST THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE THEM.
A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT CITY GOVERNMENT IS, BUT NOT JUST CITY GOVERNMENT.
WE GIVE THEM A TOUR, TWO DAYS OF THE CITY.
EVERYTHING FROM THE LANDFILL POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, WATER DEPARTMENT.
UM, IT, WE GIVE THEM A, A QUICK, BROAD BRUSH OF WHAT'S AVAILABLE IN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE FOR FUTURE JOBS.
UH, AND SO, UH, THEY, THEY HAVE BEEN ACTIVE.
Y'ALL ALL STAND UP AND COME DOWN HERE AND MEET ME DOWN FRONT FOR A GROUP PICTURE.
GOT A CERTIFICATE HERE WITH YOU AT THE PARTY THAT HE'LL PASS OUT TO YOU A LITTLE BIT.
BUT JUST GET UP HERE, RIGHT, RIGHT ALONG HERE, LEFT AND RIGHT OF ME.
TALLER PEOPLE IN THE BACK, SHORTER PEOPLE IN THE, WELL, I DON'T WANNA GO ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK.
I SEE ONE OF 'EM IS, IS YOUR COUNTERPART HERE? THESE TWO, THESE TWO REPRESENTED.
UH, I WOULDN'T LIKE TO, THEY DIDN'T REPRESENT MY MAYOR'S TEAM COUNCIL.
I COULD SAY THAT, BUT THEY REALLY DIDN'T.
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DISTRICT AND THEMSELVES AND WENT TO WASHINGTON DC WHEN OUR GROUP WAS THERE AND LEARNED A LOT ABOUT WASHINGTON.SO THESE ARE THE TWO YOUNG LADIES THAT WENT TO NLC THIS YEAR.
SO, OF COURSE THEY HAVE HECTIC LIVES AND, UH, THIS IS HOW MANY OF 'EM SHOWED UP.
BUT WE HAD GREAT ATTENDANCE ON THE DAYS THAT WE GAVE HIM THE TOUR TOUR.
GERALD WAS THE HEAD THAT COORDINATED IT.
AND, UH, LET'S GIVE HIM A HAND WHAT HE DID YOU TO SEE THESE KIDS LATER ON.
UH, REBECCA AND I RUN INTO 'EM, UH, CHICK-FIL-A, BASEBALL GAMES, FOOTBALL, AND THEY'LL, THEY'LL COME UP AND TELL YOU.
I SO ENJOYED BEING ON THE TEAM COUNCIL.
AND OUR GOAL, OUR GOAL IS JUST LIKE ANY PARENT'S GOAL.
AND, UH, THAT'S ALL, UH, AS PARENTS WE PRAY ABOUT AND WE WORRY ABOUT IT, ISN'T IT? YES.
SO WE'RE HELPING THEM SEE OPPORTUNITIES AND AVENUES TO FURTHER THEIR, NOT ONLY THEIR EDUCATION, BUT THEIR CAREERS IF THEY CHOOSE, UH, TO COME HERE TO WORK IN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
THEY SEE JOBS THAT ARE OPEN EVERYWHERE.
THE JOBS WE HAVE ARE THE SAME TYPE OF JOBS THAT ARE ANY BIG CORPORATE AMERICA.
SO LET'S GIVE 'EM AGAIN, ROUND APPLAUSE.
THEY WANT SOME OF YOU UP HERE FUTURE YEARS.
IF Y'ALL ALL WANNA STAY OVER THERE AND I, WE WILL DO THE INDIVIDUAL GROUPS REAL QUICK.
WHO'S THIS GRAND PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL? MY ALMA MATER.
I CAN'T SAY NO TO MY ALMA MATER.
GRADUATE AT GRAND PRAIRIE HIGH.
NEXT SOUTH OR WHO, WHERE, WHERE ARE YOU? SOUTH CAROLINA.
WHO ELSE IS SOUTH? BACK HERE? SOUTH.
WHO'S NEXT? WHO, WHERE FROM? UH, YEAH.
ALRIGHT, WHERE ARE YOU FROM? GYPSY.
WHAT DOES THAT STAND FOR? GRAND PRAIRIE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE.
HOW MANY OF YOU KNEW JOHN D? GREAT MAN, GREAT EDUCATOR.
AN APPROPRIATE NAME FOR THAT SCHOOL.
ALRIGHT, NEXT WE'RE GONNA HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING THAT IS NOT WELL KNOWN IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND, UH, I CHOSE COUNCIL WOMAN BESSIE EVANS.
'CAUSE SHE IS IN, SHE, SHE'S A CFO AT DESOTO SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO THAT SINCE THIS PERTAINS TO SCHOOL, I ASK HER TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS AUDIOLOGISTS AND SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS IN GRAND PRAIRIE OBSERVE AND CELEBRATE BETTER HEARING AND SPEECH MONTH EACH YEAR DURING THE MONTH OF MAY.
AND WHEREAS GRAND PRIX RECOGNIZES AND VALUE THE EFFORTS OF ALL WHO WORK AND ELIMINATING OR MINIMIZING THE ISOLATING EFFORTS EFFECTS, I'M SORRY, OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS IN ONE IN 10 FAMILIES AFFECTED BY THEM.
AND WHEREAS THOSE CITIZENS OF GRAND PRAIRIE WHO HAVE OVERCOME THEIR COMMUNICATION DISABILITIES THROUGH THE SERVICES OF
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DEDICATED AUDIOLOGISTS AND SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED.AND WHEREAS AUDI AUDIOLOGY AND SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY SERVICES THROUGHOUT OUR NATION HELP TO ENSURE AND EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS WITH COMMUNICATION DISORDERS TO LEAD INDEPENDENT, PRODUCTIVE, AND FULFILLING LIVES.
AND WHEREAS GRAND PRAIRIE IS PROUD AND HONORED TO HAVE AUDIOLOGISTS AND SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST OFFERING QUALITY EDUCATION AND HEALTH SERVICE SERVICES, HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO ITS CITIZENS.
AND NOW THEREFORE, OUR MAYOR, RON JENSEN, MAYOR OF CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL DUE, HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 24TH, 2024 AS BETTER HEARING AND SPEECH MONTH, AND HEREBY ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO RECOGNIZE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF AUDIOLOGISTS AND SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PEOPLE WITH COMMUNICATION DISORDERS.
COUNCIL ADAMS. PAM, YOU WANNA BRING UP WHOEVER YOU HAVE WITH YOU TONIGHT? FOLLOW.
PAM? WAS THIS, IF YOU FOLLOW HER ON FACEBOOK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT SHE DOES.
SO COULD WE HAVE THE COUNCIL? YOU CAN HAVE THE COUNSEL IN YOUR PICTURE.
COUNSEL, WOULD Y'ALL COME FORWARD, PLEASE? THESE ARE SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY.
FROM DIFFERENT SCHOOLS ALL OVER THE DISTRICT, I'M SURE.
SO DON'T TAKE THE PICTURE YET, DR.
LET THE COUNCIL GET DOWN HERE.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.KATE, YOU WANNA COME DOWN AND GET ALL YOURS TAKEN CARE OF? START WITH NUMBER SIX.
SO FOR ITEM SIX, I JUST WANTED TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION.
UH, IN THE PURPOSE OF THE REQUEST, IT SAID THAT THE PI REQUESTED SPSD INC, BUT THE SUMMARY LISTED LINE ITEM WITH THE LANDSCAPE PARTNERS, I WAS JUST CURIOUS, LIKE, DID THE CITY COUNCIL IDENTIFY A DIFFERENT CONTRACTOR? IS THIS JUST LIKE THE SAME CONTRACTOR UNDER A DIFFERENT NAME? I'LL JUST TAKE IT OUT BIT.
THE PI, UM, CONSIDERED SOME VARIOUS PROPOSALS AND THEY SELECTED THIS ONE AT THEIR LAST MEETING.
SO, UM, WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE A START DATE OF JUNE 1ST.
UM, IS IT A DIFFERENT ONE OR THE SAME? THEY ARE CHANGING CONTRACTORS.
UH, SO I JUST WAS CURIOUS, I KNOW IT'S KIND OF A SEMANTIC QUESTION, BUT IS THIS A QUALITY REVIEW OR A QUALITY AUDIT? AND I WAS ALSO CURIOUS IF THE RESULTS OF THE ANALYSIS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
SO YES, IT IS REVIEW AND AUDIT.
UM, THE GOAL IS WE HAVE ABOUT 250,000 CALLS FOR POLICE SERVICE EVERY YEAR.
ABOUT 140,000 OF THOSE ARE 9 1 1 CALLS.
THE GOAL IS TO AUDIT A PERCENTAGE OF THOSE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CALL TAKERS ARE ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS AT THE RIGHT TIME AND IN THE RIGHT ORDER.
SO, AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, MAYBE IF, UH, ONE OF OUR, UH, RESIDENTS IS GIVING BIRTH, THOSE LINE OF QUESTIONS WOULD BE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT IF SOMEONE HAD JUST BEEN ROBBED.
SO, UH, WHAT THE CONTRACT DOES IS IT ENABLES, UM, OUR VENDOR TO GO THROUGH, LISTEN, MAKE SURE THE RIGHT QUESTIONS ARE ASKED IN THE RIGHT ORDER.
WE ALSO, UH, WANT OUR CALLS ANSWERED TIMELY.
SO I THINK ABOUT 92 OR 3% OF OUR CALLS ARE ANSWERED WITHIN ABOUT 10 SECONDS.
ALTHOUGH I HAVE MY EXPERT HERE THAT CAN, UH, CAN CORRECT ME IF I HAVE THAT WRONG.
UM, AS IT RELATES TO DO WE, UH, RELEASE THOSE CALLS TO THE PUBLIC, THE ANSWER IS NO.
THAT'S, IT'S PRIVATE INFORMATION.
AND SO, UH, BUT WE DO DO IT TO HONE OUR SKILLS AND MAKE SURE OUR CALL TAKERS ARE DOING A, A, THE JOB THAT YOU DESERVE.
SO, SORRY, WHEN I SAID RESULTS
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MADE PUBLIC, I DIDN'T MEAN LIKE THE ACTUAL ANALYSIS.I JUST MEANT LIKE THE RESULTS, LIKE THE PERCENTAGES, SUCCESS RATES, JUST LIKE, YEAH, SO WE PUT ON OUR ANNUAL REPORT, LIKE THE, THE, SOME OF THOSE METRICS, UH, WE DON'T REPORT.
LIKE, UH, IF YOU ASK SOMEBODY MAYBE GOT A DING FOR, UM, OUT OF ORDER QUESTION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S JUST DESIGNED TO, TO MAKE US BETTER CLEAR.
DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? OH YEAH.
SO FOR 12, UH, SO IT LOOKS LIKE THE EXPANSION OF THE CONTRACT COVERS WATER DELINEATION REPORTS, SECTION 4 0 4, PERMANENTS, GRAND PRAIRIE REVISION PLAN REVISIONS, GRAND PLAN REVISIONS.
UH, BUT I WAS NOTING THAT IN KIND OF LIKE THE EXPLANATION FOR THAT, SOME OF THE ITEMS WERE NOTED AS KIND OF LIKE CRITICAL TO COMPLYING WITH FEDERAL LAWS.
SO I WAS CURIOUS WHY THESE ARE ADDITIONS RATHER THAN LIKE CAPTURED IN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET.
HI, HOW ARE YOU? HI, REEN HOUSE RIGHT.
DIRECTOR OF ENGINEER AND UTILITIES.
SO ON 12, UH, WHAT WE'RE ADDING IS JUST MORE REQUIREMENTS FOR, UM, THAT WE ARE NEEDED.
'CAUSE IT'S ALL IN THE FLOODPLAIN DOWN WHERE THIS IS ALL BEING DONE.
UH, THIS, THESE ARE WATER, UH, SEWER LINES THAT GRAND PRAIRIE HAD POSSESSION OF, AND NOW WE'RE TRANSFERRING 'EM TO TRA.
SO WE HAVE TO BRING THEM UP TO CERTAIN STANDARDS THAT THEY REQUIRE.
I'VE BEEN LIKE LEANING UP INTO IT.
UM, I NOTED, SO, SO I GUESS MY, MY QUESTION IS ALSO RELATED TO SOMETHING LIKE A WHILE BACK, BUT TWO MEETINGS AGO THERE WAS A BUDGET ITEM FOR EMERGENCY REPAIR, CONTRACT FOR WASTEWATER LINES AND THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I WAS CURIOUS, LIKE THE WAY THAT THIS PLAYS INTO THAT, DO WE HAVE A SIMILAR CONTRACT THAT'S A STANDING CONTRACT FOR THESE EMERGENCY REPAIRS? AND THEN ALSO IS NORTH TEXAS CONTRACTING A VENDOR WE'VE USED BEFORE? HELLO? HI YOU GUYS.
SO, UH, YES, NORTH TEXAS, WE HAVE, UH, AN ON-CALL CONTRACT WITH THEM, BUT THIS IS FOR EMERGENCY REPAIR, SO WE NEVER KNOW WHEN THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
WE HAVE A SET LINE ITEM TO TAKE CARE OF THEM.
SO IF WE HAVE A, A BREAK THAT STAFF CANNOT TAKE CARE OF LIKE IN THIS INSTANT, IT'S 20 FEET DEEP AND WE DON'T HAVE THE TRENCH PROTECTION TO DO 20 FEET DEEP, WE CALL THEM TO DO IT.
THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
SO I WAS NOTING THAT SOURCE, WELL THE LIKE SPECIFIC CO-OP FOR THIS ONE SEEMS TO BE FOCUSED ON FINDING LOCAL VENDORS THROUGH THE COOPERATIVE.
BUT THE COMPANY WE ENDED UP WITH BD HOLT IS JUST CATERPILLAR, LIKE THE BIG GIANT COMPANY CATERPILLAR, UM, WHICH ISN'T LOCAL.
AND SO I WAS JUST WONDERING, ARE THERE WAYS LIKE RELATED TO THIS LINE ITEM THAT WE'RE HELPING LOCAL VENDORS LEVERAGE CO-OPS THE SAME WAY WE'RE LEVERAGING CO-OPS SO WE CAN GET LOCAL VENDORS RATHER THAN CATERPILLAR? I AM SO SORRY.
I'M JUST LIKE BUGGING YOU OVER AND OVER AGAIN
UM, SO ON THIS ONE, WE, WE DID USE HOL, WE'VE USED THEM BEFORE, BUT THEY ARE ON OUR SOURCE FILE, WHICH IS KIND OF LIKE A BUYBOARD TO DO ALL THIS INSTALLATION.
'CAUSE WE HAVE SIX, UM, THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE CURIOUS, THESE ARE THE LOCATIONS WE'RE DOING 'EM, THEY'RE PART OF THAT SB THREE INCENTIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE READY FOR ANY EVENT OF EMERGENCY.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? KIND OF, SORT OF.
UH, MAKE IT TO WHERE IT'S EASIER TO SELECT LOCAL VENDORS THAN WHAT'S HER BASE QUESTION.
AND IT MAKES SENSE IF THEY'RE ALREADY ON THE LIST FOR THIS, FOR THIS ITEM, GET, THIS WOULD BE TOUGH.
THERE'S NOT VERY MANY PEOPLE THAT BUILD THIS PRODUCT OR SUPPLY THIS PRODUCT.
AND THEN, OH YEAH, HAROLD, NUMBER SEVEN, PLEASE, SIR.
5 3 8 LINLEY ON FIRE STATION 11.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS CONTRACT WITH SIEMENS ARE THESE DOORS, DO THEY HAVE ANY KIND OF A BACKUP ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OR, I KNOW THE DALLAS FIRE STATION, SOME OF THOSE OLD WOODEN DOORS OR
SO, SO THESE DOORS WOULD BE, UM, UH, ON BATTERY BACKUP.
I JUST WANNA FIND OUT WHO IS THE DENISE AMBER LEE FOUNDATION, WHO IS THIS FOUNDATION? I FORGOT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF LAST TIME.
UH, THE DE THE, UH, THIS IS ONE OF OUR, THE VENDORS THAT PUT IN FOR THIS CONTRACT, BUT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM FOR MANY YEARS.
UM, THEY ARE HAVE A BUNCH OF EXPERTS ON STAFF THAT ARE TRAINED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE JOB THAT WE DO IS BEING DONE CORRECTLY.
I GUESS I JUST WONDER, WHO IS DENISE? AMBER LEE.
WHAT IS THIS A A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION? A FOUNDATION? OR ARE ARE YOU ASKING ME WHO THE, THE ACTUAL LADY? IS THAT, THAT I DON'T KNOW, BUT I CAN FIND OUT
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FOR YOU HERE.I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE, THE STAFFING ISSUES, WILL THEY ADDRESS STAFFING ISSUES WHEN WE'RE GOING THROUGH COVID? HOW BAD? NO, BUT WELL, IN AN IN, IN AROUND WAY.
SO FOR ME TO HANDLE CALL AUDIT THE WAY I NEED TO, I WOULD HAVE TO HIRE AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO THREE FULL-TIME PEOPLE.
SO IT IS SAVING THE TAXPAYER QUITE A BIT OF MONEY.
AND I CAN USE THOSE RESOURCES TOWARDS STAFFING OUR, UH, COMMUNICATION CENTER.
SO THIS, THEY WILL ADDRESS STAFFING IN SOME FORM.
THE NUMBER OF, NUMBER OF CALL TAKERS THAT YOU MAY NEED TO DO THE SUPPORT THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING OUR JOB PROPERLY, PROPERLY NOW.
BUT TO, TO TAKE THAT IN-HOUSE UHHUH, I WOULD HAVE TO HIRE TWO TO THREE MORE CALL TAKERS OR, OR EXCUSE ME, AUDITORS.
THIS WAY IT'S MUCH CHEAPER FOR THE, FOR THE, UH, TAXPAYER.
AND I CAN USE THE RESOURCES I DO HAVE TO STAFF MY CALL CENTER.
WHEN DO YOU THINK THIS WILL, UH, BE COMPLETE? THEY'LL HAVE THEIR, THIS IS AN ONGOING PROJECT.
SO WE, WE ARE MAINTAINING OUR, UH, SKILLS AND IN PERPETUITY.
'CAUSE IT'S SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
SO WE HAVE ABOUT 205 DAYS A YEAR.
WE HAVE ABOUT 250,000 CALLS A YEAR.
140,000 OF THOSE ARE 9 1 1 CALLS.
SO THEY HAVE TO TAKE A PERCENTAGE OF THOSE CALLS AND AUDIT THEM.
SO I RIGHT NOW IT WOULD BE, WE'D LOVE TO GET TO ABOUT 2% THAT'S COST PROHIBITIVE.
IT'S PROBABLY CLOSER TO ABOUT A HALF A PERCENT THAT WE'RE MONITORING.
AND THEN WE ARE TAKING THAT DATA, PUSHING IT BACK TO OUR TEAM, MAKING SURE THAT IF THEY HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS THAT NEED TO BE DONE, THEY DO IT.
SO THEY'RE ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS AT THE RIGHT TIME, UH, AND GETTING THE RIGHT INFORMATION OUT TO OUR OFFICERS.
FEELING RECYCLING GROUP 259,000, YOU HAVE A SECONDARY PRICE AGREEMENT WITH LET GO TO BE USED.
IF THE PRIMARY IS UNABLE TO FULFILL THE NEEDS OF THE DEPARTMENT, WHY ARE YOU HAVING A BACKUP? WHY ARE YOU GOING WITH THIS THI GROUP IF YOU'RE THINKING THEY'RE NOT GONNA FULFILL THE CONTRACT? THERE SHE IS.
UM, IT'S NOT LIKE THAT AT ALL.
WE THINK THAT THERE, THAT'S GOING TO BE JUST FINE.
WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS NOW ON OUR BRUSH GRINDING, UH, HAVING A SECONDARY IN PLACE IS JUST GOOD PRACTICE IN CASE WHATEVER.
NOW THIS 259,000, WHEN YOU DO THE BRUSH PICKUP ONCE A MONTH IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS OR YES.
BRUSH IS COMING IN ALL THE TIME.
SO IT'S COMING IN FROM STREETS DEPARTMENT WHERE IT'S PICKING IT UP ONCE A WEEK OR I MEAN, UH, WELL IN ZONES AND THEN IT'S COMING IN FROM, UM, COMMERCIAL HAULERS AND IT'S COMING IN FROM RESIDENTS.
SO IT'S BUILDING UP ALL THE TIME.
WE GRIND ABOUT SIX TIMES PER YEAR.
AND WHEN THE, IT'S GROUND UP, WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE BEND? IS IT, UH, WE USE IT ALL OVER THE PLACE.
WE USE THAT FOR WET WEATHER ACCESS AND SIDE SLOPE DRESSING OUT OF THE LANDFILL.
SO IS THAT FOR, DOES THE PARKS DEPARTMENT OR, OR CITIZENS OUT ONE TIME YOU WERE ALLOWED CITIZENS TO GO OUT THERE AND PICK IT UP FOR FREE? TWO DIFFERENT KINDS OF PRODUCTS.
SO THE MATERIAL THAT THEY'RE GRINDING FOR THAT, THAT'S A COURSE GRIND.
AND IT'S VERY, VERY GOOD FOR PUTTING OVER THE MUD AND GETTING THE TRUCKS IN BECAUSE IT'S BUOYANT.
THE MATERIAL THAT RESIDENTS CAN COME OUT AND PICK UP IS BASICALLY LIKE CHIP DROP.
SO IF A LANDSCAPER COMES IN WITH MULCH MATERIAL, THEY CAN DROP IT THERE AND THEN RESIDENTS CAN COME AND PICK THAT UP.
IT'S A MUCH BETTER QUALITY PRODUCT.
YOU'D BE ABLE TO PUT THAT IN YOUR FLOWER BEDS.
I KEEP UP WITH HOWARD GARRETT, THE DIRT DOCTOR.
UH, WHAT FEE ARE WE CHARGING COMMERCIAL USERS? ARE WE OFFSETTING THIS WITH THE FEES FROM COMMERCIAL USERS? SO LANDSCAPERS CAN COME IN FOR $22 PER TON OKAY.
JUST THAT WAS JUST A LITTLE MISLEADING THERE WHEN YOU'RE SEEING KIND OF A BACKUP.
BUT IN THIS DAY AND AGE, YOU GOTTA HAVE A BACKUP FOR THE BACKUP.
UM, WHO IS MR. BACKFLOW? MR. BACKFLOW SOUNDS LIKE ONE OF TRUMP'S NEW LAWYERS.
HI, CINDY MIDEZ, PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.
SO THIS IS A PLUMBING CONTRACTOR THAT WE UTILIZE TO REPAIR AND TEST BACKFLOW DEVICES THAT OUR STAFF CAN'T EITHER BECAUSE THEY'RE FIRE LINES OR BECAUSE THEY'RE LARGE DEVICES.
SO MR. BACKFLOW WILL BE OUT ON YOUR, UH, THEY'LL GO TO CITY FACILITIES THAT HAVE FIRE LINES AND TEST THOSE DEVICES.
WELL THEY'RE THE ACTUAL DEVICES THAT ONLY ALLOW WATER TO FLOW ONE WAY.
THEY'RE CALLED A BACKFLOW DEVICE AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE CALLED MR. BACKFLOW.
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YOU'RE WELCOME.ITEM 15, THE SIX BYPASS PUMP INSTALLATIONS.
WERE, WHERE ARE THESE BYPASS PUMPS LOCATED IN THE CITY? WHERE WILL THEY BE? NOREEN HOUSE.
AND UTIL HOW YOU, SO ACTUALLY I HAVE A MAP RIGHT HERE IF YOU WANNA LOOK AT IT.
SO THESE ARE ALL THE MAJOR LIFT STATIONS THAT WE ARE DOING THE BACKUP PUMPS FOR.
IT'S, UH, KOSHER LINA PERFORMANCE, THE LANDFILL, LAKEWAY AND O OASIS.
AND THEY'RE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
NOW, ALL OF THESE ARE SANITARY SEWER LINES OR YES.
THEY, THEY'RE, IT'S OUR LIFT STATIONS.
THESE ARE BACKUP IN CASE POWER GOES OUT OR A PUMP GOES OUT, OR WE HAVE TO DO MAINTENANCE THAT WE DON'T STOP MOVING THE WASTEWATER.
WHEN WE HAVE FLOODING, LIKE WE'RE HAVING AT JOE POOL LAKE RIGHT NOW, DO YOU HAVE TO ACTIVATE THOSE THEN, OR ARE THEY JUST THIS IS, THIS IS FOR THE, JUST THE WASTEWATER LINES.
'CAUSE WHEN YOU LIFT IT UP, 'CAUSE THAT THEY RUN ON, UH, GRAVITY FLOW.
SO YOU SOMETIMES HAVE TO LIFT IT UP TO GET TO A NEW ELEVATION SO IT CAN CONTINUE GRAVITY.
DOES THE TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY COVER ANY OF THESE COSTS? OR IS THIS THIS IS OURS AND WE SEND IT TO T-R-A-T-R-A, BUT WE RECEIVE AND THEN THEY, THEY TREAT IT.
WE RECEIVE NO REIMBURSEMENT FROM TRA.
WE HAVE TO COVER ALL THESE COSTS OURSELF.
THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAVE WITH CATERPILLAR CORPORATION, CATERPILLAR CORPORATION GOT OUT OF PAYING $2.3 BILLION IN FEDERAL TAXES WITH THE HELP OF BILL BARR.
AND THAT'S JUST AS CITIZENS, YOU KNOW,
YOU WANNA DO 16 AND 17 TOGETHER? THAT'S WHAT YOU WROTE DOWN? UH, YES.
SO 16 IS OUR EMERGENCY WATER USE.
THAT IS TO UPDATE OUR CHAPTER 26, ARTICLE SEVEN.
AND YOUR QUESTION, EMERGENCY WATER USE IS THIS WHEN, LIKE LAST AUGUST FOR WHEN WE GET SO DRY, WHEN WE GO TO STAGE TWO OR STAGE THREE PART OF IT.
SO WE HAVE THE DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN, WHICH IS LATER ON.
SO THIS IS OUR ORDINANCE TO, UM, SHOW WHAT THE KIND OF FOLLOW WITH IT SO YOU CAN HAVE THE PENALTIES AND WHATEVER THEY NEED TO FORCE.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU RECEIVED PART OF THIS AND I CAN SEND THIS TO YOU, YOU WANT OH, THAT'S FINE.
THIS GOES THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAN.
I JUST, BASICALLY THE ONLY THING WE CHANGED ON THIS THIS YEAR IS WE CHANGED THE NAME 'CAUSE IT WAS DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
WE NO LONGER HAVE OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
IT'S NOW ENGINEERING AND UTILITIES.
SO THAT WAS REALLY THE ONLY MODIFICATION TO THE ARTICLE.
THIS PERTAINS TO OUR ODD, EVEN WATERING DAYS THAT YEAH.
BUT IT'S THE ONE THAT'S, UH, IN OUR ARTICLE IN OUR CHAPTER 26.
AND I CAN SEND THIS TO YOU AND IT'S ALSO ON THE WEBSITE.
I JUST, THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY'S BEING DEVASTATED RIGHT NOW.
THEY'VE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY BECAUSE, UH, AND FOR US TO BE FOR WATER CONSERVATION, THIS IS TEXAS.
THAT DOES, EVERY DROP DOES COUNT.
I'LL ASK FOUR QUESTIONS IN 22.
IN 17, YOU'RE GOOD? YES, PLEASE.
ON THE, UH, VEHICLES FOR THE TWO BOOKMOBILES, WELL, IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY, I NOTICED THAT AMAZON AND WALMART ARE DRIVING ELECTRICAL VEHICLES AND THEY KIND OF GOT A FUNNY SOUND TO THEM, BUT WITH THE SURPLUS OF ELECTRICAL VEHICLES, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE COULD USE ELECTRICAL VEHICLES? RIGHT NOW? PETER SIMON, UH, LIBRARY DIRECTOR, WE LOOKED INTO THAT HEREOF, BUT THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO CARRY THE CAPACITY THAT WE NEED TO AT THIS TIME.
IT'S VERY SMALL, VERY LIMITED DISTANCES.
AND WE INVESTIGATED BOTH THEIR ABILITY TO TRAVEL THE ROUTES WE NEEDED TO, TO COVER THE WHOLE CITY AND ALSO THE SIZE OF THE VEHICLES.
THEY WERE NOT, WE COULD NOT FIND A VENDOR WHO COULD PROVIDE THAT FORCE AT THIS TIME.
20, WHAT'S GOING ON AT 5 0 3 WEST CHURCH STREET? AND WHAT ARE WE BUYING FOR? $486,000.
UM, IT IS THE PROPERTY THAT IS ADJACENT TO THE CALVARY CHURCH PROPERTY THAT WE ALREADY OWN.
SO IT'S THIS PROPERTY THAT'S CIRCLED HERE IN RED.
UM, AND WE ARE PURCHASING THAT PROPERTY SO THAT WE WILL HAVE IT TO INCLUDE IN OUR DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CHILD CALVARY CHURCH PROPERTY.
WHO IS THE OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY RIGHT NOW? UH, IT IS A, UH, A, A LADY AND HER DAUGHTER ARE CO-OWNERS OF IT.
SO NONE OF THIS PROPERTY HAS ANY, IS NOT OWNED BY THE FORMER CHURCH? NO, SIR.
THIS IS PROPERTY THAT'S ADJACENT TO THE FORMER CHURCH PROPERTY.
AND WHAT DO WE ANTICIPATE WILL BE PLACED IN THIS PROPERTY DOWN THE ROAD? WE DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER RIGHT NOW.
WE HOPE TO INCLUDE IT IN THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PROPERTY.
THIS, THE, UH, WAS THIS OUT OF THE BOND PROJECT THAT WE,
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THE $70 MILLION BOND OR WHERE IS THIS POOL OF MONEY COMING FROM? IT WASN'T OUT OF THE BOND.THAT, THAT'S ACTUALLY OUT OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND.
JUST, UH, YOU DON'T HAVE THE ACREAGE THE SIZE OF THAT.
THE APPRO APPROXIMATELY THREE QUARTERS OF AN ACRE.
THREE QUARTERS OF AN ACRE FOR $487,000.
THE TREE PRESERVATION FUND AT THE VETERANS MEMORIAL.
WHAT THE CANOPY, WHAT ARE, ARE WE PUTTING TREES? WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR $413,000 OR $434,000? STEVEN MOLES, PARKS AND RECREATION FISCAL MANAGER.
UM, SO THE, UH, THE ENTIRE PROJECT INCLUDES, UH, A NEW METAL CANOPY THAT'S GONNA BE GOING OVER THE EXISTING MONUMENT.
THEY'RE ALSO CHANGING SOME OF THE, UH, PAVING OVER THERE TO BE CODE COMPLIANT AS WELL AS INSTALLING SOME NEW LIGHTING.
THE PORTION OF IT THAT, UH, APPLIES TO THE TREE FUND, WE ARE PLANTING 31 TREES OUT THERE.
AND SO, UM, THAT, AND THAT IS NOT THE ENTIRE PROJECT AMOUNT, THAT'S JUST ABOUT $118,000 THAT WE'RE TAKING FROM THE TREE FUND TO PLANT THOSE NEW TREES OUT THERE.
DO WE HAVE ANY FUNDING OUT? WHEN I WENT OUT THERE LAST TIME, SO MANY MEN WERE KILLED IN 68.
THAT THOSE WERE MEN THAT WERE KILLED IN THE 68 TET OFFENSIVE.
COULD WE PUT ON THE, FOR THOSE MEN THAT THEY DIED IN THE 68 TET OFFENSIVE OR IN THE VIETNAM WAR GOING BACK TO KOREA.
BUT THE THING IS, YOU KNOW, IN THE 68 TED OFFENSIVE WAS A BIGGIE
IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK INTO.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE GUYS THAT SACRIFICED FOR US IN THE 68 TED OFFENSIVE.
YEAH, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
TIM LOPEZ, BEFORE YOU PUT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, I'M GONNA ACKNOWLEDGE ITEM 28.
UH, WE'RE APPOINTING BRIAN ARNOLD AS THE PRESIDING JUDGE.
AND BRIAN ARNOLD IS HERE TONIGHT.
BRIAN, THANK YOU FOR THE GOOD WORK YOU DO FOR US.
IS IT? I YOU SAID 28? THAT'S 18, BUT 18.
WE DON'T WANNA COMBINE YOU WITH THAT.
SO, AT THIS TIME, YOU KNOW, UM, WE HAVE POSTED OUR AGENDA ON THE CITY WEBSITE.
UM, YOU'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON A PARTICULAR ITEM EARLIER TODAY, WE DID REVIEW THE WHOLE AGENDA AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEMS FIVE THROUGH 21 AS PRESENTED ON THE AGENDA.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION IS SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIMM CLEMSON.
[22. Public Hearing and Ordinance Amending the Grand Prairie Drought Contingency Plan (Reviewed by the City Council Development Committee on 04/16/2024)]
WHO WILL BE PRESENTING THAT TO US? AND THEN I DO HAVE A SPEAKER, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL.YOU PRESENT THOSE? UH, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING IN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE GRAND PRAIRIE DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN.
AN AMENDMENT REQUEST TO UPDATE THE GRAND PRAIRIE DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN IS HEREBY SUBMITTED TO INCORPORATE MODIFICATIONS TO THE EXISTING PLAN.
THIS UPDATE IS REQUIRED EVERY FIVE YEARS WITH THE LAST UPDATE IN 2019.
WHAT ARE WE UPDATING? WE ARE UPDATING ON THIS ONE A BASICALLY WE ARE ADDING A YEAR-ROUND, VOLUNTARY WATERING OF TWO DAYS A WEEK INSTEAD OF JUST HA GOING TO STAGE ONE.
UM, AND THEN WE JUST UPDATED A FEW OF THE INFORMATION'S ON POPULATION AND OTHER DEMOGRAPHICS DON'T GO ANYWHERE.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, HAROLD? YEAH, YOU NEED TO GO AHEAD AND SIT DOWN IN FRONT BUDDY.
I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT, WHAT COULD THIS BE? NOT VOLUNTARY, BUT MANDATORY ON THE TWO DAY A WEEK.
COULD WE, SO MANDATORY IS WHEN WE GO TO STAGE ONE.
SO WE HAD STAGE ONE, STAGE TWO, AND STAGE THREE.
UM, SO WE ADDED A VOLUNTARY JUST, AND WE'RE GONNA DO EDUCATION AND OUTREACH.
SO PEOPLE START TO MANDATORY IS A STEP IN THE PROCESS.
IT'S JUST NOT THIS STEP THAT WE'VE ADDED.
WHICH IS KIND OF MORE BROAD EDUCATION.
WE'RE GONNA WATER TWICE A WEEK.
'CAUSE WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE IS WEDNESDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAYS WE HAVE NO WATER INTO MAKE SURE WE INCREASE OUR STORAGE RIGHT.
AND JUST GET PEOPLE IN THE HABIT OF THOSE DAYS.
THAT'S, I'M ALL ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS.
I GOT TO MEET SPEAKER JIM WRIGHT OUT IN WEATHERFORD AND JIM WRIGHT TOLD THE AUDIENCE WHEN HE WAS FIRST ELECTED TO CONGRESS SPEAKER SAM REVEREND PUT HIM ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE AND HOW IMPORTANT THAT WAS.
SO WE HAVE ALL OF THESE LAKES NOW.
AND THAT'S JUST MY, WITH JOE POOLE BEING WHAT, SIX FEET, FOUR FEET ABOVE NORMAL RIGHT NOW.
AND AS WE GO IN LATER THAT OUR WATER CONSERVATION IN TEXAS, AFTER WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE VALLEY, IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE TO.
AND ALL THE, SO MANY LAKES ARE HALF FULL RIGHT NOW IN TEXAS.
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JUST, THAT'S A BIGGIE THAT PEOPLE ACCEPT.EVEN IF YOU HAVE NOT FILLED OUT A CARD AND NEED MORE CLARIFICATION.
WANNA COME FORWARD? YOU CAN COME FORWARD NOW.
UM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND, UM, CAN WE APPROVE THIS TONIGHT? OR THIS THE FIRST, YEAH, THIS IS THE FIRST READING.
I THOUGHT, THOUGHT THE SAME THING, BUT WE CAN'T.
CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AS, AS AMENDED.
SECOND MOTIONS MADE BY MAYOR PROTI.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.
[23. Public Hearing and Resolution Creating the River Central Public Improvement District (Reviewed by the Finance and Government Committee on 04/02/2024)]
EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL.UM, LAST MONTH WE HAD A PETITION SUBMITTED IN ORDER TO CREATE, UH, THE, THIS, UH, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT THAT'S RELATED TO THE, UH, ZONING APPROVAL WE APPROVED IN LATE 2023, UH, FOR THE RIVER CENTRAL AREA.
UM, AS Y'ALL KNOW, THIS IS A MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GONNA BE AN URBAN NUCLEUS, UH, TRANSIT ORDER DEVELOPMENT.
UH, IT'S ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF, UH, CITY ON THE NORTHERN END, UM, 325 ACRES.
SO A PART OF THAT PROCESS TO CREATE THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH IS A PART OF TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 3 72.
UM, SO THAT IS WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY.
UM, THIS WILL BE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 20, UH, IF ESTABLISHED, UH, WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THE NECESSARY DETAILS ENTERED THIS YEAR.
UM, DURING THE FIVE YEAR SERVICE PLAN AND LIVING AN ASSESSMENT, UH, CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE WILL PROVIDE ADMINISTRATION, ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT.
AND AS WE KNOW OF RIGHT NOW, IT'S GONNA, WE HAVE AUTHORIZED IMPROVEMENTS OF ABOUT 400 MILLION TO, IN ORDER TO GET THIS OFF THE GROUND, UM, F AND G REVIEWED THIS APRIL 2ND.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKERS, UH, TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I'M MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 23.
I'M SORRY, JOHN, IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
EVEN IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP, YOU CAN COME FORWARD NOW.
WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THIS IS GOING TO, THIS WILL HELP YOU I'M SURE.
AND WE CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT, UH, TO COME TO FRUITION.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ALSO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION IS SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[Items 24 - 26]
WE'RE GONNA DO 24, 25 AND 26 ALL AT ONCE.AND WE DO HAVE, UH, ONE SPEAKER.
YES, BUT YOU PRESENT AND THEN WE'LL CALL HIM FORWARD.
TIFFANY BULL, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY.
WE ARE HERE ON A PUBLIC HEARING FOR AND FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE.
FOR THE ANNEXATION OF THE AREA, WHICH YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU, THERE ARE THREE SEPARATE ITEMS WHICH CAN BE VOTED ON TOGETHER.
UH, 24 WILL EXTEND ALL THE, ALL THE WAY FROM OUR CITY LIMITS GOING ALL THE WAY SOUTH TO THE ETJ ITEM NUMBER 25 IS JUST THAT SMALL LITTLE BITTY GREEN PORTION THAT YOU SEE.
AND THEN ITEM SIX IS THE REMAINDER OF THE PURPLE THAT IS TO THE EAST.
THIS IS AS THREE SEPARATE ITEMS BECAUSE THERE IS, THAT LITTLE GREEN PORTION IS ACTUALLY OWNED BY, UM, TARRANT REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING THIS IN THREE SEPARATE ORDINANCES AS OPPOSED TO A SINGLE ORDINANCE.
THEY VOTED TO ANNEX INTO THE CITY BACK IN APRIL WHEN WE APPROVED THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR PROVIDENCE.
THIS IS ALL IN LINE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR PROVIDENCE.
AND THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST READING.
THE FINAL APPROVAL WOULD BE AT THE JUNE 4TH MEETING.
AND WE DID GIVE ALL THE NOTICES REQUIRED BY STATE LAW, INCLUDING PUBLICATION AND NOTICES TO ALL GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS BACK IN APRIL ON THE 24TH TO ENSURE THEY HAD NOTICE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
YOU CAN SPEAK ON ALL THREE OF 'EM AT ONCE.
BASICALLY, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THERE WAS A CASE DOWN IN AUSTIN.
UH, IS THIS GOING TO ALLOW US TONIGHT? WILL, WHEN WILL THIS BE AN OFFICIAL PART OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE TIFFANY, IF APPROVED BY COUNSEL ON JUNE 4TH, 2024.
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WILL BE THE ACTUAL CITY LIMITS OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.ALL OF THE AREA THAT YOU SEE IN HIGHLIGHTED THERE TO THE LEFT IN THAT PURPLE AND ORANGE.
'CAUSE THEY HAD SOME DOWN IN AUSTIN WITH, UH, THE OTHER BOY DOWN THERE DIDN'T, THEY DIDN'T WANNA BE A PART OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
SO THERE'S NO WAY VENUS OR OTHER CITIES CAN INTERFERE ON THIS.
ALL OF THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE REQUESTED TO BECOME PART OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
THIS IS A VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION, WHICH IS REALLY, FOR THE MOST PART, THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN IN TEXAS RIGHT NOW.
ALL FOUR ITEMS. ALL THREE ITEMS. I'M SORRY.
EVEN IF YOU HAVE NOT SIGNED UP FOR A CARD, YOU CAN COME ASK JUSTIN OR SPEAK ON THIS ITEM RIGHT NOW.
SEEING NONE, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
UH, KIND OF THIS IS THE FIRST HEARING.
SO IT'S A LITTLE MAYOR PRO TEM.
UH, I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR ITEMS 24TH THROUGH 26TH AND APPROVE THE ORDINANCES FOR THE SECOND READING ON JUNE 24TH.
SO THAT MEANS WE'LL BE TAKING FINAL APPROVAL OF THE 2024 COUNCIL MEMBER.
UH, SO WE HAVE A MOTION THAT YOU DIDN'T COUNCIL MEMBER.
I WAS KIND OF SPEAKING OVER YOU, BUT I DID HEAR YOU.
[27. Consider action authorizing negotiations for master developer services for the Downtown Grand Prairie Redevelopment Property Project Requests for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) #23166, and provide City Manager with direction for next steps on this Project]
DO YOU HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? HAROLD? HAROLD.HAROLD? 27 HAD TO GET ON THE GOOD SIDE OF THE JUDGE.
I'M FIXING TO CALL HIM AND VOID IT.
NOW WE GOT AN EXPRESSION OF INTEREST.
I GUESS THAT'S WHAT TRUMP TOLD STORMY DANIELS TODAY.
HUH? AN EXPRESSION OF INTEREST.
COULD WE DEFINE CITY COUNCIL MEETING? YES.
THE UNKNOWN COMIC FROM THE GONG SHOW.
WHAT IS AN EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT? WHAT IS THIS DETAIL PLEASE.
MEGAN MAYHAN, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.
UM, IT A RES, UH, REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST IS JUST LIKE AN RFP OR AN RFQ.
WE SEND IT, WE PUT IT OUT TO SAY, IS ANYONE INTERESTED IN DOING THESE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES RELATED TO, UM, THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY? DO THEY PROVIDE A BID AT THAT TIME? THEY DO.
WE FOLLOWED ALL THE SAME RULES AS AN RFP OR AN RFQ.
I JUST NEVER HAD HEARD THAT BEFORE.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT I'D MOVE TO AUTHORIZE THE RFEI 23 1 66 RESPONDENTS BE CONTACTED FOR REVISIONS OR CONFIRMATION FOR DEVELOPER SERVICE FOR THE DOWNTOWN GRAND PRAIRIE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT TO INCLUDE CITY STAFF AS A POTENTIAL RESPONDENT AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO BRING BACK THE UPDATED PROPOSALS TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR A PUBLIC WORKSHOP AT THE REGULAR JULY CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM CLEMSON.
[28. First reading of an Ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances, Chapter 26, “Utilities and Services” relating to fees for water and wastewater ]
MAYOR AND COUNSEL.ITEM NUMBER 28 IS REGARDING THE, AN ORDINANCE THAT IS GONNA HAVE TO BE THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE REGARDING WATER RATES.
THE WATER RATE FOR MULTIFAMILY WE ARE RECOMMENDING AND THAT THE ADOPTED WATER RATE OF 20 FOR 2324, WHICH WAS 5 55 66 PER THOUSAND GALLONS, AND A PER UNIT RATE OF 1772 BE CHANGED TO ZERO TO 250,000 GALLONS AT $7 OVER 250,000 GALLONS AT 9 25 WITH A PER UNIT RATE OF $5 WITH A VOLUME RATE OF 1000 PER GALLON FOR SIX 50 AND ADOPTED IN 23 24, 6 78, AND 1611
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FOR THE UNIT RATE.AND THAT BEING REDUCED TO FIVE AS WELL.
THIS WOULD RESULT IN THE FOLLOWING IN 2223, THE COST WAS APPROXIMATELY $18 FOR A STANDARD BILL.
FOR THE EXAMPLE THAT IS ON THE UPPER LEFT, THAT WOULD BE A, BASICALLY A $3 INCREASE IN THAT AREA AND APPROXIMATELY THE SAME THROUGHOUT, WHICH WOULD RESULT IN ABOUT A, BETWEEN A 13 AND 20% INCREASE ON AVERAGE ACROSS THE BOARD.
BUT THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION ON WHAT'S ON THE BOOKS NOW.
IT WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
UH, THIS IS ACCUMULATION OF A COUPLE MONTHS WORK AND BASICALLY, UH, YOU'VE ALL BEEN, UH, APPRISED OF THE NUMBERS MANY TIMES AND THIS IS A MORE ADEQUATE, UH, FAIR WAY TO APPROACH IT.
AND, UH, WE'RE IN FAVOR OF THIS.
AND IN THE FUTURE, WHEN THE NEXT BUDGET COMES UP, THEN AS LONG AS THE APARTMENTS, THE PERCENTAGE OF THE WATER THAT THEY USE IS TREATED ACCORDINGLY WITH THE PERCENTAGE OF WATER THAT EVERYBODY ELSE USES AND EVERYBODY SHARES IN THE FUTURE IMPROVEMENT COSTS.
AT THE SAME THEN THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
AND I APPRECIATE THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICES IS VERY, VERY HARD WORK ON THIS.
UH, BILL AND MEGAN PUT MANY HOURS INTO IT AND THEY COME UP WITH A, WITH A, A MORE EQUITABLE SOLUTION AND, UH, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
RODNEY, UH, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON HAS A QUESTION? SURE.
UM, ARE YOU AWARE HOW THE CITY COUNCIL VOTES ON ITEMS? HOW MANY VOTES DOES IT TAKE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE A DECISION? I'VE BEEN UP HERE A FEW TIMES.
SO DO YOU HAVE A NUMBER AS, AS FAR AS HOW MANY VOTES DOES IT TAKE FOR SOMETHING TO PASS BY THE COUNCIL? IS IT ONE VOTE OR FIVE VOTES? WELL, I BELIEVE FIVE PROBABLY.
SO ONE SINGLE COUNCIL MEMBER CANNOT MAKE A DECISION.
SO WHAT NOW, ONE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER CANNOT MAKE THE DECISION ON A RATE INCREASE, A DECREASE.
UH, ARE YOU CURRENT ON YOUR CURRENT WATER BILL TO THE CITY? HAVE YOU PAID YOUR WATER BILL? UH, YES.
WE'VE BEEN PAYING THE WATER BILLS.
NO, I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN HOLDING OUT SOME.
SO YOU, YOU HAVE NOT PAID YOUR WATER BILL.
THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED.
SO KURT, GET GET, GET TO THE POINT.
I JUST ASKED YOU, YOU'VE MADE THIS VERY POLITICAL, GET YOUR POINT.
WHAT'S THE QUESTION? I'M NOT MAKING IT POLITICAL.
I'M JUST SAYING YOU HAVE MADE IT POLITICAL, KURT.
SO WHAT'S YOUR POINT? YES OR NO? HAVE YOU PAID YOUR WATER BILL? I'VE, I'VE HELD OUT $17 FROM EVERY, EVERY UNIT.
AND THE CITY IS AWARE OF THAT.
AND I PASSED THAT SAVINGS ON DOWN TO THE TENANTS.
YOU PASSED IT ON TO THE TENANTS, OKAY.
SO THE CITY'S LOOKING TO LOSE $3.9 MILLION BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA SHARE THIS TOGETHER.
AM I CORRECT THAT, KURT? HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD ON.
KURT, YOU'RE GETTING INTO ONE SPECIFIC APARTMENT COMPLEX.
AND THIS IS, BUT HE HADN'T PAID HIS WATER BILL.
THAT'S THAT JUST THE BOTTOM LINE HAS NOTHING TO DO.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS VOTE BEFORE US TONIGHT.
LET HAVE THE, THE LEMME HAVE THE VOTE.
SO, SO KURT, I I, SO KURT, I'LL ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
WELL, NOW YOU WANT ANSWER, SO I'LL ANSWER YOUR QUESTION 'CAUSE YOU GOT SOME BACKUP.
SO GET, LET'S GET TO THE REAL STATUS OF IT.
IS THE STATUS OF IT IS THE MISTAKE WAS MADE IN TRYING TO DUMP A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS OF THE WATER SYSTEM JUST ON A SELECT FEW OF THE APARTMENTS.
WHO, WHICH WAS NOT FAIR MISTAKE.
WHO MADE THE MISTAKE? THE CONSULTANT, THE STAFF AND THE COUNCIL.
EVERYBODY SHARES ONE, BUT NOT ONE INDIVIDUAL.
RIGHT? NOT A ONE OF YOU ASKED THE QUESTION OF, OF IF I DOUBLE OR TRIPLE THE WATER BILLS FOR THE TENANTS IN THE APARTMENTS, HOW'S THAT GONNA AFFECT THEM? NOT A ONE OF YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION.
TO YOUR OPINION, IF YOU'RE ON THE COUNCIL, YOU REPRESENT EVERY SINGLE CITIZEN ABSOLUTELY.
IN, IN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND, AND YOU AND, AND NOBODY ASKED THAT QUESTION.
RODNEY, YOU'VE ANSWERED THE QUESTION.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCILOR JOHNSON? NO, I HAVE 'EM AT THE NEXT, AT THE NEXT READING.
ARE YOU, ARE YOU, ARE YOU, ARE YOU MS. HARRISON? BRENDA, ARE YOU ANDERSON? AND I'LL LIKE TO SPEAK AND SUPPORT.
UH, SORRY, YOU SAID IT'S OPEN MEETING.
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WE'RE CALL, THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING.SHE'LL NAME, CALL OUT YOUR NAMES.
ARE YOU MS. HARRISON? YES MA'AM, I HAVE.
I JUST WANNA KNOW WHEN Y'ALL GONNA GO DOWN ON THE WATER BECAUSE I'M JUST GETTING ENOUGH INCOME TO JUST ENOUGH.
WE, WE ARE THIS, IF WE PASS THIS, IT DOES CUT YOUR WATER RATE SIGNIFICANTLY.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME.
UH, SO MY ONLY QUESTION WAS JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS UH, PEOPLE ON FIXED INCOMES AND THEY BROUGHT THIS UP WHERE IT WAS A 200% INCREASE.
SO WE WERE, UH, WE REALIZED THAT, AND WE'RE TRYING TO RECTIFY IT.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS WHOLE THING HAS BEEN.
UH, WE REALIZE THAT WE PUT A BIG BURDEN ON THE SINGLE PAY IN GROUP BEING APARTMENTS AND RAISE THE RATES 106%.
AND THIS ORDINANCE WILL REDUCE THAT TO JUST 20% INSTEAD OF A HUNDRED PERCENT INCREASE.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, IS TO GO BACK TO SOME NORMALCY.
I WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT'S WHAT WE ARE GOING TO VOTE ON NEXT MEETING.
MR. BAGBY, YOU GOOD? CONFUSED.
COME ON FORWARD, ASK YOUR QUESTION.
WE WILL TRY TO EXPLAIN IT TO YOU.
INSTEAD OF ALL THIS, WE CAN JUST TELL YOU WE RAISED IT, NOW WE'RE LOWERING IT TO JUST A LITTLE BIT OVER WHAT YOU PAID IN 2022.
I THINK THAT RODNEY JUST EXPLAINED THAT TO ME AND I APOLOGIZE FOR TAKING YOUR TIME.
THAT'S THE BASIC IN, IN A NUTSHELL.
IS THAT OKAY? YOUR HONOR, WE DOUBLED.
NOW WE'RE GOING BACK TO NOT DOUBLED.
WE'RE GOING BACK TO WE'RE REDUCING IT TO JUST A 20%.
WHICH IS STILL A LOT, BUT IT'S BETTER THAN A HUNDRED PERCENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER DELBOSQUE, YOU HAVE, I WAS GONNA LET THEM DO THEIR SPEAKERS.
NO, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WE'RE, SO WE'RE DOING THIS RIGHT FROM JUNE TO OCTOBER AND THEN THAT'S WHENEVER OUR, DURING THE SUMMER PROCESS, OUR BUDGETING PROCESS STARTS AND WE GOING TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING.
SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL UNDERSTAND THE WATER RATES WILL BE LOOKED AT AND SEE HOW MUCH THE COST OF WATER WENT UP AND WHAT'S THE COST.
AND LIKE RODNEY SAID, THE, DURING THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE.
SO IT MIGHT BE ADJUSTED SOMETIME AFTER OCTOBER, BUT JUST UNDERSTAND WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT IT AND WE UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR WAS JUST AN OVERSIGHT IN OUR PART, BUT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT RIGHT THIS TIME AROUND.
BUT IT, IT'D BE SOMETHING THAT'S CONTINUALLY LOOKED AT A LITTLE BIT CLOSER NEXT TIME AROUND.
AND THERE'S NO BEATING AROUND THE BUSH.
WE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW THAT WAS IN THE BUDGET.
'CAUSE THERE'S A THOUSAND ITEMS IN THE BUDGET.
BUT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT IT AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE A CHANGE, HOPEFULLY, DEPENDS ON IF WE GET THE FIVE VOTES THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.
HAROLD WILLIS ON ALL OF THESE NEW APARTMENTS, YOU HEAR PEOPLE TALK ABOUT TANKLESS WATER HEATERS ARE MORE EFFICIENT AND THEY USE LESS WATER.
DO WE HAVE ANY ORDINANCE THAT REQUIRES THE DEVELOPERS TO PUT IN THE HIGHER FORM OF WATER HEATERS, OF TANKLESS WATER HEATERS OF LOW FLOW SHOWER HEADS? I DOUBT VERY SERIOUSLY IF WE DO, BUT THIS WOULDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH WHAT WE'RE PASSING TONIGHT.
UM, WHAT CAN, WELL JUST, IF YOU'RE USING ON A, IF YOU'RE IN AN APARTMENT, YOU'RE USING LESS WATER.
IF YOU HAVE A MORE EFFICIENT WATER HEATER AND LOW FLOW, THIS ORDINANCE DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT.
WELL, I KNOW NOT A THING TO DO WITH IT, BUT JUST, UH, WHAT YOU'RE PAYING FOR WATER.
IF YOU'RE USING LESS WATER, THAT'D BE A GOOD PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT.
IF YOU'RE PUTTING IN THESE LITTLE OLD CHEAP WATER HEATERS THAT ARE NOT EFFICIENT.
SO THE RENTER HAS THE OPTION OF IT'S MORE EFFICIENT THAN WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
HAR YOU USE LESS WATER, CAROL? WE'LL, WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN PUT THAT IN A PIPELINE OR SOMETHING AS A,
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THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO KNOW.I WAS ASKED TO COME BY MR. HALL, THE APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT I LIVE IN AT A NAME AND ADDRESS.
MY ADDRESS IS 39 51 DEMAN DRIVE, APARTMENT 31 3.
UH, I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS JUST AS WELL AS PROBABLY EVERYONE THAT LIVES THERE AND I THANK YOU FOR TRYING TO PASS, YOU KNOW, UH, SAVE US MONEY.
BUT I SAW MY WATER BILL BASICALLY GO FROM $54 TO ALMOST TRIPLE THAT AMOUNT.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT WE ACTUALLY ARE ASKING RENTERS TO PAY BECAUSE OUR RENT IS ALREADY 21 TO $2,200 PER MONTH.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TONIGHT.
I'VE, UH, CITY MANAGER BILL HILLS EXPLAINED.
WE'VE GOT NUMEROUS CARDS FOR THE RECORD.
UM, WE'LL PUT 'EM IN THE RECORD.
WISHING TO SUPPORT THIS, UH, WE WILL NOT BE TAKING FINAL ACTION ON THIS UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING, BUT WE DO NEED TO PUT A MOTION ON THE TABLE TONIGHT.
SO YEAH, MAYOR, THERE'S, I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE, I'M SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER HEADMAN.
UM, I WAS GONNA ASK STAFF TO GO BACK TO THE OTHER SLIDE.
I THINK, UM, FOR THE RESIDENTS OUT THERE, IT'LL BE HELPFUL TO SEE, UM, AN APPLICATION BASED ON THE DIFFERENT AMOUNT OF WATER.
YEAH, AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE REDUCTION EXAMPLE, WHAT IT COULD BE.
SO FOR THE TOP CHART WE HAVE THE $44 PER UNIT, IF YOU USE THAT CERTAIN EXAMPLE VOLUME GOING DOWN TO $21 AND 67 CENTS.
SO, UM, I SEE YOU GUYS TAKING PICTURES.
THAT'S A GOOD REFERENCE FOR YOU GUYS TO, TO KIND OF SHOW THAT THIS IS A DRASTIC REDUCTION THAT I THINK WILL REALLY BE VERY HELPFUL.
AND AS, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ MENTIONED, THIS IS FOR A JUNE TO OCTOBER, UM, CHANGE, UH, IF APPROVED.
AND THEN AT OUR ANNUAL BUDGET MEETING, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT IT AGAIN, UH, BECAUSE THE CITY COST OF WATER COULD INCREASE.
UM, BUT I THINK WE ALL AGREE AND WE MENTIONED AT OUR FOUR 30 MEETING THAT EVEN AFTER OCTOBER, THE INTENT IS CERTAINLY NOT TO GO BACK TO WHAT IT IS NOW.
UM, BUT IT IS FOR JUNE, OCTOBER.
THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE OF REDUCTION YOU CAN EXPECT IF APPROVED.
UM, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING, WELL, MANY OF US HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD TO, UM, ADVOCATE FOR YOU GUYS.
SO I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS WILL SEE THIS REDUCTION VERY SOON.
UM, I'D ENTERTAIN, UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ZANU.
YEAH, MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER HEDON JUST STATED.
UM, THIS IS GONNA BE A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE GETTING IT CLOSER TO THE NUMBER THAT IT WAS BACK DURING THE 2022 TO 2023, UH, FISCAL YEAR.
I JUST WANT TO COMMEND ALL THE RESIDENTS THAT CAME TODAY THAT SENT EMAILS.
WE HEARD YOU WE'RE WORKING HARD TO MAKE IT BETTER.
AND, UM, WE APOLOGIZE FOR THIS MISTAKE, BUT, YOU KNOW, CITIES AREN'T PERFECT AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AREN'T PERFECT.
I SERVE ON F AND G AND THIS IS OVERSIGHT ON OUR, ON OUR PART.
WE, WE'VE WORKED HARD AND WORKED WITH STAFF, UH, BILL AND THE MAYOR TO MAKE THIS BETTER.
THANK YOU FOR ADVOCATING AND THANK YOU FOR SENDING THOSE EMAILS.
I'M READY FOR A MOTION UNLESS BE OTHERS.
SO I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE FOR THE SECOND READING FOR THE NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING.
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THANK YOU MAYOR.UM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UM, TABLE, UM, THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. 29, 30, 31 AND 32, CORRECT.
SECONDED BY SHE BEAT YOU A LITTLE BIT.
UH, LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT MOTION PASSED.
EIGHT TO NOTHING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HUMPHREYS LEFT THE DAIS.
THANK Y'ALL FOR COMING TONIGHT.
[33. STP-24-02-0012 – Site Plan – Sonic (City Council District 5). Site Plan for a Restaurant with a Drive-Through, a Covered Outdoor Dining area, and a Playground on 1.283 acres. Portions of Block 59, Dalworth Park Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned General Retail (GR), and addressed as 814 & 818 W Main St (On April 8, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 8-0)]
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.THIS NEXT ITEM IS A SITE PLAN FOR SONIC, LOCATED AT EIGHT 14 AND EIGHT 18 WEST MAIN STREET.
YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.
AGAIN, THIS IS A SITE PLAN FOR A DRIVE-THROUGH RESTAURANT.
IT'S ABOUT A 1.28 ACRE PROPERTY.
IT'S CURRENTLY ZONE GENERAL RETAIL.
UH, SO THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A 1,891 SQUARE FOOT DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANT.
UM, AS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN, THEY'RE ALSO PROPOSING
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A OUTDOOR DINING AREA AND THEN A PLAYGROUND.UH, SO ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY WILL BE OFF OF MAIN STREET AND FORT WORTH STREET.
THEY'RE MEETING OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS, AS WELL AS OUR LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS.
I DO WANNA NOTE THEY ARE PROPOSING A PLAYGROUND AND THEY ARE PROPOSING ABOUT A FOUR FOOT FENCE AROUND THAT.
UH, THESE ARE THEIR BUILDING ELEVATIONS.
THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.
AND ON APRIL 8TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF EIGHT TO ZERO.
NOW THIS IS GREAT NEWS FOR YOU, SONIC LOVERS.
'CAUSE NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE TWO SONICS DOWNTOWN
I THOUGHT THAT WAS KIND OF CUTE DISCUSSION.
LIKE WHEN'S THE LAST TIME I'VE BEEN TO A SONIC.
SINCE A COUNCIL MEMBER HAS LEFT THE, UM, DIOCESE, UH, GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 33 OR PRESENT SECOND.
LET THE RECORD SHOW IT PAST EIGHT TO NOTHING.
[34. SUP-24-02-0010 - Specific Use Permit – Convenience Store at 3725 S Carrier Parkway (City Council District 2). Specific Use Permit for a convenience store in an existing commercial lease space. Tract 2.1, Stephen B McCommas Survey, Abstract No. 887, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, zoned General Retail, and addressed as 3725 S Carrier Parkway (On April 08, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 8-0)]
ALRIGHT, THIS NEXT ITEM IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A CONVENIENCE STORE AT 37 25 SOUTH CARRIER PARKWAY.YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION OUTLINED IN THE YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.
THIS IS A PROPOSED CONVENIENCE STORE WITHOUT GASOLINE SALES IN AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL LEASE SPACE AND THE PROPERTY ZONE, GENERAL RETAIL.
AND THIS PROPOSED USE DOES REQUIRE AN SUP.
UH, ON THE SCREEN IS, UH, GOOGLE EARTH IMAGE OF THE STRIP CENTER.
THE METRO T-MOBILE SPACE IS THEIR PROPOSED LOCATION.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE, UM, FLOOR PLAN SHOWING THE THE PROPOSED SITE.
UH, THEY ARE MEETING THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
UH, THEIR OPERATIONS WOULD BE OPEN FROM 9:00 AM TO 10:00 PM AND WOULD SELL TYPICAL ITEMS YOU'D FIND IN A CONVENIENCE STORE.
THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.
AND ON APRIL 8TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY VOTE OF EIGHT TO ZERO.
WE HAVE, UM, A COUPLE OF CARDS.
UM, AND I'M THE APPLICANT AND I'M REPRESENTING MR. ABBY.
I FIGURE I'D COME AND SPEAK TO YOU GUYS FIRST BEFORE HE, 'CAUSE HE'S HERE PRIMARILY FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WERE ASKED OF HIM WHEN WE WERE IN THE COMMISSION AND HE WAS NOT AVAILABLE AT THE TIME, SO THAT'S WHY HE'S HERE TODAY.
UM, SO MY NAME IS ROBERT NUNEZ.
I LIVE AT FIVE 13 MULBERRY LANE IN DESOTO, AND I REPRESENT MR. HABIB.
I'M WITH ALCHEMY DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS.
UM, WE HAVE A NEW MR, WE WE'RE CALLING HIM MR. A FOOD STORE, UH, AT 37 25 SOUTH CARRIER PARKWAY.
AND WE ARE ASKING FOR A NEW SUP BECAUSE OF DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIRES.
SO WE ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE A NEW CONVENIENCE STORE WITHOUT A, WITHOUT ANY FUEL CELLS.
BUT IN ORDER TO SELL BEER AND WINE, WE ARE REQUIRED TO APPLY FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
UM, THE TYPE OF SALES THAT WE'LL HAVE IS PERISHABLE AND NON-PERISHABLE ITEMS. UM, ANY, YOU KNOW, FOUNTAIN DRINKS, COKES, WHATEVER, PEPSI, IF YOU WANT, PEPSI, UH, OR ANY TYPE OF FOOD ITEMS, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
BUT WE WON'T MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE INTERIOR SPACE.
UH, WE'RE JUST GONNA ADD SOME GONDOLA, SHELVINGS AND THEN SOME, A NEW CASHIER COUNTER, WHICH IS WOOD, WOOD FRAME.
AND THEN, UH, SOME, SOME WALL MOUNTED, SOME WALL WALL MOUNTED SHELVINGS.
ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE FOR ME OR MR. ABE? UH, MAYOR PROTE, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? YEAH, SO PROBABLY FOR STAFF.
SO THE SUP IS JUST FOR THE ALCOHOL AND BEER OR IS IT FOR THE GAS STATION? THE, THE SUP IS THE, FOR THE CONVENIENCE STORE.
SO CONVENIENCE STORE WITHOUT GAS REQUIRES AN SUP.
WHETHER OR NOT THEY SELL ALCOHOL FOR ALL CORRECTION, THAT'S MY CONSUMPTION.
I DIDN'T THINK IT REQUIRED IT FOR THE, YEAH.
THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
COUNCIL MAYOR HEAD, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ARE YOU READY FOR A MOTION? I'M READY FOR A MOTION.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? UH, NO MA'AM.
HE'S HERE, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'RE READY.
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STATION CONVENIENCE STORE STORES OVER HERE ALREADY AND WE ARE NOT ALLOWING, WE'RE NOT APPROVING GAS STATION, RIGHT? NO.BUT THAT'S SELL, YOU KNOW, THE LITTLE, WE'RE NOT ADDING PUMPS, VIC KNACKS.
UM, AND THIS IS ALSO ONE OF THE PROPERTIES, UM, MAYBE RASHAD WILL RECALL, UM, THAT WE CONTACTED LAST YEAR IN OUR PROGRAM TO DO THE STRIP MALL UPDATES.
UM, SO THE INTENT, I THINK, FOR THIS STRIP MALL IS, WELL, SOME OF THE OTHERS WE CONTACTED WAS KIND OF TO ELEVATE IT.
AND I DON'T THINK THIS DOES THAT.
UM, SO WITH THAT, I MOVE TO DENY ITEM 34.
WE HAVE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEAD.
WE, WE HAVE THE MOTION BY COUNCILOR HEADON.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS DENIAL, SAY AYE.
MOTION CARRIES TO DENY ITEM 34 AND 30 35
[Items 35 & 36]
AND 36.HAROLD ARE BEING TABLED TONIGHT AT THE REQUEST OF THE APPLICANT.
WE'RE READY FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS SINCE THE, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO VOTE ON SINCE THEY REQUESTED TO BE TABLED.
IF WE WERE TABLING IT, WE WOULD CORRECT.
OR WHAT CAN WE TABLE IT TO A SPECIFIC DATE? WHEN DO YOU WANT 21ST? 21ST? WHAT DO THEY WANT THE NEXT MEETING? I NEED A MOTION.
GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE IT TO THE NEXT MEETING.
WE MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TABLE ITEMS 35 AND 36 TO THE NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING.
[CITIZEN COMMENTS]
LYNN MCGINLEY.LYNN MCGINLEY 1302 GREEN HILLS ROAD IN DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS.
I TRIED TO MOVE TO GRAND PRAIRIE, BUT AT THE TIME COULDN'T FIND A HOUSE.
EVERYTHING I DO IS IN GRAND PRAIRIE
I WANT TO THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCILWOMAN CLEMSON AND COUNCILWOMAN ADAMS FOR COMING AND, UH, TOURING CHILDREN FIRST.
CHILDREN FIRST WAS DOWN ON SIXTH STREET.
IT USED TO BE THE OLD RADIO STATION.
IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT LATELY, AT LEAST DRIVE BY IT.
WE HAVE COMPLETED 90% OF OUR RENOVATION.
UM, WE STILL HAVE THE SOUTH SIDE.
WE'RE NOT USING IT RIGHT NOW, SO WE DIDN'T SPEND THE MONEY TO RENOVATE IT YET.
WE HOPE TO EITHER EXPAND COUNSELING OVER THERE OR POSSIBLY RIP THAT OUT IF WE DON'T NEED IT FOR COUNSELING SERVICES.
BUT WE ARE GROWING AT SUCH A RAPID RATE.
I WOULD FIND THAT, UH, PROBABLY NOT THE CASE.
I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE ONES OF YOU THAT WERE NOT ABLE TO COME TO THE OPEN HOUSE TO PLEASE COME DOWN AND SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING DOWN THERE.
I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WORK WE'RE DOING AND, UH, OUR BUILDING IS BEAUTIFUL.
WE HAVE, WE HAD A LOT OF CAPITAL MONEY TO, TO MAKE THAT BUILDING WHAT IT IS AND TO MAKE IT SERVICEABLE FOR OUR CLIENTS.
WE DO NOT HAVE AS MUCH MONEY IN OUR, UH, OPERATION FUNDS, BUT WE DO HAVE BACKUP.
SO WE ARE INTO OUR BACKUP RIGHT NOW.
LAST YEAR IN DALLAS COUNTY, 2003, CHILD ABUSE, SEX TRAFFICKING AND SEXUAL ABUSE COUNTED UP OVER 55,000 CHILDREN.
UH, IN FEBRUARY, WE, FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR, 2003, WE HAD A WAIT LIST OF 175 PEOPLE AND ABOUT A SIX TO EIGHT MONTH WAIT.
WE WERE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE INTO CLASSES SO THAT WE COULD HAVE GROUPS.
WE WERE TRYING EVERYTHING WE COULD, BUT WE COULDN'T GET THE NUMBER DOWN.
WE DID FINALLY CHANGE OUT OUR CLINICAL DIRECTOR AND MADE SOME CHANGES THERE.
AND WHEN THAT HAPPENED, WE HAVE NOW BROUGHT THAT NUMBER DOWN TO 26 ON OUR WAITING LIST AND ABOUT A SIX WEEK WAIT.
NOW, IF YOU'RE A 6-YEAR-OLD, THAT SIX WEEKS IS STILL A LONG TIME.
BUT, UM, WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO GET TO THESE CHILDREN AS FAST AS WE CAN.
UM, WE START WITH CHILDREN AS, AS YOUNG AS THREE.
WE CAN DO PLAY THERAPY WITH CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS THREE.
AND USUALLY AT 11 IS WHEN WE MIGHT START DOING TALK THERAPY INSTEAD.
BUT ORIGINALLY WITH YOUNGER KIDS, WE TAKE THEM INTO THE PLAYROOM AND SEE WHAT
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THEY PLAY WITH.UH, OR WE TAKE THEM INTO THE SAND ROOM.
NOW THE SAND ROOM IS VERY WEIRD BECAUSE WE HAVE, UH, ITEMS ON THE SHELVES LIKE PEOPLE AND THEN CRITTERS AND THEN BIG DINOSAURS.
AND IF ONE OF THE KIDS PICKS UP A BIG DINOSAUR, YOU CAN THINK, WELL, HMM, THAT KID IS AGGRESSIVE.
BUT YOU MIGHT WANT TO THINK, HEY, THAT KID FEELS LIKE HE NEEDS PROTECTION.
THAT'S ALL LEFT TO OUR COUNSELORS.
I'M NOT A COUNSELOR, BUT WE DO PAY SOME BEAUTIFUL, WONDERFUL PEOPLE TO COME AND COUNSEL FOR US AND, UH, MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THESE CHILDREN'S LIVES.
UM, OUR DEMOGRAPHICS WERE 73.4% HISPANIC.
21.4% OF OUR CLIENTS ARE BLACK.
AND THE OTHER 5.2 ARE ASIAN OR MIXED RACE OR OTHER.
UH, SO AS YOU CAN TELL A LOT, ESPECIALLY IN THE HISPANIC RANGE, WE HAVE TO PAY A PREMIUM FOR COUNSELORS BECAUSE WE NEED BILINGUAL COUNSELORS AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE THE BEST THAT WE CAN FIND.
WE ALSO USE INTERNS BECAUSE LYNN, YOU ONLY HAVE A HALF A MINUTE TO GO, SO YOU NEED TO GO AHEAD.
WELL THEN LEMME TELL YOU THIS, WE ASKED FOR A LOT OF MONEY FROM CDBG THIS YEAR.
WE ASKED FOR DOUBLE WHAT WE ASKED FOR LAST YEAR.
THE REASON IS BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN ASKED IN THE COMMUNITY TO DO POSITIVE PARENTING CLASSES.
DANIEL SNE SAYS THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR OUR FUTURE.
SO I'M ASKING YOU FOR A LOT OF MONEY.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
CAN I SAY ONE MORE THING? YOU CAN SAY ANYTHING.
UM, I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY.
THE OTHER TWO NONPROFITS IN GRAND PRIX, THE LARGER NONPROFITS IN GRAND PRAIRIE LIFELINE AND GRAND PRIX UNITED CHARITIES USE A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS IN THEIR WORK.
KATE DERMO, 43 65 ASHLEY LANE, GRAND PRAIRIE.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO CALL A NEW CITY COUNCIL TO PASS THE CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION.
A FEW MONTHS AGO, THIS COUNCIL HAD STATED, ALBEIT UNOFFICIALLY, THAT THIS GENOCIDE ISN'T CONSIDERED A LOCALLY RELEVANT ISSUE.
AND IT JUST DOESN'T JUSTIFY CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION AS A RESULT, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT POSITION HAS CHANGED, BUT SO MUCH HAS.
THE WORLD MOVES FAST IN MONTHS.
AS OF FOUR DAYS AGO, 34,735 PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED.
AND 78,000 108 HAVE BEEN INJURED IN GAZA.
JUST YESTERDAY, HAMAS AGREED TO A CEASEFIRE AND ISRAEL RESPONDED BY INVADING RAFA WITH MISSILE STRIKES AND TANKS.
RAFA, THE CITY IDF FORCES CORRAL CIVILIANS INTO FROM THE ENTIRE GAZA STRIP.
IT MATTERS IF US CITIZENS AND INSTITUTIONS CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE.
OVER 80 COLLEGES HAVE BEEN HOME TO PROTESTS AND ENCAMPMENTS ON AT LEAST 20 OF THOSE STUDENTS WERE MET WITH POLICE VIOLENCE.
THIS ISN'T A FAR AWAY PREDICAMENT IN A FAR AWAY LAND.
THIS HAPPENED IN OUR BACKYARD.
AT UTD POLICE PREPARED THEMSELVES WITH RUBBER BULLETS TO TEAR DOWN TENTS, THROW AWAY BOOKS, TAKE STUDENT LAPTOPS AND RUIN HOMEMADE FOOD.
AND FOR WHAT IN YOUR SILENCE, YOU HAVE GIVEN ROOM TO MORE QUESTIONS.
WHAT DO YOU STAND FOR AT GRAND PRAIRIE CITY COUNCIL? DO YOU BELIEVE IN THE FREE SPEECH OF STUDENTS AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS? OR SHOULD THEY BE SEEN AND NOT HEARD? DO YOU BELIEVE INJUSTICE SHOULD BE SORRY? DO YOU BELIEVE JUSTICE SHOULD BE AN EXPECTATION? OR IS IT JUST AN ASPIRATION FOR THE YOUTHS? DO YOU BELIEVE IT IS OUR DUTY TO SPEAK UP AND TAKE ACTION IN THE FACE OF GENOCIDE? OR IS THAT SOMEONE ELSE'S PROBLEM? DO YOU BELIEVE YOUR VOICE EVEN MATTERS? BECAUSE IT DOES.
YOU CAN PROVE IT BY PASSING A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE REELECTION OF COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, THE REELECTION OF COUNCIL ZANU REELECTION OF TONY SHOTWELL BACK ON THE COUNCIL.
UM, CRYSTAL MASON, THOSE OF YOU WHO REPRESENT TARRANT COUNTY, THEY'RE GONNA RE INDICT.
CRYSTAL MASON WOULD'VE PUT HER BACK TO TRIAL.
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IT'S OVER WITH.WHY ARE THE TAXPAYERS OF THE TARRANT COUNTY PART OF GRAND PRAIRIE PAYING FOR HER TO GO BACK TO TRIAL? TIM O'HARE IS THE JUDGE.
I CALL HIM TIM AFFLUENZA O'HARE.
HE IS THE REASON WHY TIM CRYSTAL MASON IS GOING BACK TO TRIAL.
HE WANTS TO SHOW HIS WHITE MAN'S PRIVILEGE, HIS REPUBLICAN WHITE MAN'S PRIVILEGE.
WE'RE GONNA SHOW THAT LITTLE COLORED GAL.
HEY, THE REPUBLICAN WHITE MAN RUNS TARRANT COUNTY.
WE'RE GOING TO PUT YOU BACK IN JAIL HERE AFTER YOU'VE BEEN.
TIM O'HARE IS A WHITE CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST.
TIM O'HARE SAID TRUMP WON THAT ELECTION IN 2020.
TIM O'HARE WITH HIS ELECTION INTEGRITY TASK FORCE.
NO, YOU'RE GOING TO STAND UP TO THAT WHITE CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST.
THOSE OF YOU WHO YOUR DISTRICT GOES INTO TARRANT COUNTY, YOU GET TIM AFFLUENZA O'HARE DOWN HERE.
THERE IS NO REASON FOR HER TO GO BACK TO TRIAL.
AND FOR THE TAXPAYERS OF THE TARRANT COUNTY PART OF GRAND PRAIRIE TO PAY FOR THIS.
IT'S A WPA PROGRAM FOR LAWYERS, A WORKS PROGRESSIVE ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE TIM O'HARE AND HIS BUDDIES, AND WHILE WE'RE ON TIM O'HARE, HE'S A TRIAL LAWYER, HE'S PAID $250,000 A YEAR OF TAXPAYER'S FUNDS.
AND HE WORKS ABOUT TWO DAYS OUT OF THE MONTH AND HE'S GOT HIS PRIVATE LAW PRACTICE GOING ON.
THIS IS THE COUNTY WHERE CRYSTAL MASON VOTING AS SHE HAD THE RIGHT TO DO, GIVE HER FIVE YEARS IN PRISON.
THE WHITE BOY WITH AFFLUENZA WHO KILLED FOUR PEOPLE OF INTOXICATION, MANSLAUGHTER, PROBATION.
THE AMERICAN FEMALE GETS A FIVE YEAR PRISON SENTENCE.
IN 2013 THERE WAS AN ARLINGTON COP SHOT.
AND WHAT I REMEMBER READING, THE PERSON WHO SHOT THAT ARLINGTON COP, TARRANT COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY, GOT A FOUR YEAR PRISON SENTENCE.
WHEN WE NEED TO COME BACK, YOU SHOOT A PEACE OFFICER IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, BYE BYE.
BUT IN TARRANT COUNTY, LITTLE DIFFERENT THERE.
HE WAS A WHITE GUN ENTHUSIAST.
AND TO USE THE TAG, AND AGAIN, THOSE OF YOU WHO REPRESENT TARRANT COUNTY, YOUR SKIN'S NOT WHITE.
BECAUSE TIM AFFLUENZA O'HARE, HE'S HAD A VERY PRIVILEGED LIFE AS A WHITE MAN.
HE RAN UP ABOUT FIVE, $6 MILLION IN DEBT IN FARMER'S BRANCH ON HIS HOUSING ORDINANCE WHEN WE RENT TO THOSE WHO WERE CITIZENS.
AND HE LEFT FARMER'S BRANCH BECAUSE HE COULDN'T LIVE AROUND PEOPLE OF COLOR.
HE HAD TO MOVE OUT TO SOUTH LAKEWOODS.
SO GOING FORWARD, THERE'S A DIFFERENT STANDARD OF JUSTICE IN THIS COUNTRY.
FEDERAL JUDGE EILEEN CANNON, SAID THE DONALD WILL NOT HAVE TO GO TO TRIAL THIS YEAR.
NO, THERE'S SEVEN LYING REPUBLICAN LAWYERS ON THAT SUPREME COURT.
JENNY THOMAS IS THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE.
SHE'S THE ONE PULLING THEM BY THEIR SHORT HAIRS UP THERE.
ALL WE'LL, WE'LL GIVE A READING FOR TRUMP IN JULY.
FUNNY THING, PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY, WITHIN TWO DAYS LATER THAT SUPREME COURT RULED FOR DICK CHENEY.
TIM O'HARE CAN INVESTIGATE PANTHER ISLAND.
THAT'S ABOUT $1 BILLION OF FEDERAL FUNDS.
CONGRESSWOMAN KAY GRANGER'S SON, MAKING 300, $400,000 A YEAR.
ENCOURAGE TIM O'HARE PUT FORTH A RESOLUTION.
HE'S GOT A LOT OF PROBLEMS IN TARRANT COUNTY.
BUT TO TAKE CRYSTAL MASON BACK, THOSE OF YOU IN TARRANT COUNTY, YOU'RE GOING TO FIGHT.
YOU'RE GOING TO FIGHT THAT WHITE CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER.
WE PAY A TON OF TAXES INTO TARRANT COUNTY.
YOU GOTTA HOLD 'EM ACCOUNTABLE.