Jul 16, 2024 City Council 07162024

MAY I, HE ALSO GATHERED A NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS TO COME OUT AND HELP.

SO YOU, HE HE ROUNDED THEM ALL UP.

SO FOSSIL, IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR VOLUNTEER TIME WITH INTERNATIONAL CRICKET COUNCIL MEN'S T 20 WORLD CUP IN GRAND PRAIRIE BY COORDINATING KIDS AND TEENS AS FLAG BEARERS, YOU GOTTA HAVE A FLAG TO GO TO AGAIN.

AND BY WORKING WITH THE PLAYERS, BY THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, I HAVE ISSUED DISHONOR ON THIS.

THE 16TH DAY OF JULY, 2024.

THANK YOU MY FRIEND.

WOW.

NOW HE'S A CRICKET PLAYER.

HOW MANY POINTS HAVE YOU SCORED THROUGH YOUR LIFE? ABOUT 15,000.

15,000.

NOW SEE, YOU CAN'T QUANTIFY THE BASEBALL.

THEY SCORE 150 POINTS A GAME.

DO THE MATH.

HE CAN HIT THE BALL.

SO IF YOU'RE EVER GONNA GO TO A CRICKET MATCH, YOU NEED TO SIT BY SOMEBODY LIKE HIM, YOU'LL PICK THE GAME UP QUICK.

IT'S NOT THAT COMPLEX.

HIT THE BALL, CATCH IT, RUN , HIT IT.

ROLL WITH THE DEAL.

SIX POINTS, ROLL IT TO ITS FOUR POINTS.

I MEAN IT'S THAT SIMPLE TIP

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IT YOU RUN.

I WAS WITH SOME THAT'S A FOUL TIP.

YEAH, BUT THEY LOVE THEM 'CAUSE NOBODY CATCHES THE FOUL TIPS.

AND THAT GETS YOU TWO RUNS YOU RUNNING.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OKAY, I GOTTA HAVE A PICTURE.

ENTERTAINMENT DESTINATIONS AS EPIC WATERS.

ONE TWO.

VERY NICE.

HE IS AN AMBASSADOR FOR CRICKET IN OUR CITY.

THANK COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL, WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE PROCLAMATION? I WILL.

WHEREAS SINCE THEIR INTRODUCTION IN THE LATE 1940S AND EARLY 1950S, WATER PARKS HAVE GROWN IMMENSELY IN POPULARITY.

THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN RECORDED TO HAVE THE LARGEST AND MOST CONCENTRATED WATER PARK MARKET IN THE WORLD.

WITH MORE THAN 1000 WATER PARKS ALREADY IN EXISTENCE WITH MULTIPLE NEW PARKS OPENING EACH YEAR.

AND WHEREAS THRILL SEEKERS TAKE THE WAVE POOLS AND ROUGH WATER RIDES, WHILE LAZY RIVERS ARE POPULAR AMONG THOSE WHO JUST WANNA RELAX.

MAJOR ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN THE MANAGEMENT OF WATER PARKS ARE THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF AMUSEMENT PARKS AND ATTRACTIONS AND THE WORLD WATER PARK ASSOCIATION.

BOTH OF WHICH SERVE AS TRADE ASSOCIATIONS FOR THE INDUSTRY.

AND WHEREAS NATIONAL WATER PARK DAY WAS FOUNDED TO COMMEMORATE THE FUN AND LINGERING MEMORIES FAMILIES ARE SURE TO CREATE AT WATER PARKS EVERY SUMMER.

TODAY WATER PARKS ARE FOUND ALL OVER THE GLOBE AND PROVIDE FUN FOR THE FAMILY AS WELL AS SERVING AS PART OF A RESORT.

THE NUMBER TWO BEST INDOOR WATERPARK IN THE NATION IS FOUNDED OUR OWN EPIC CENTRAL.

NOW MAYOR RON JANSEN ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF GRAND PRAIRIE, PROCLAIMS EPIC WATERS INDOOR WATERPARK DAY IS JULY 28TH, 2024, UNDER HIS HAND IN SEAL.

JULY 28TH, 2024 COMING FORWARD.

EPIC WATERS THANK YOU'ALL.

GET THIS SPRAY.

I GOTTA TELL YOU A STORY ABOUT .

LOOK, EVEN BEFORE I GOT ON THE COUNCIL, I WAS DOING PANCAKE BREAKFASTS FOR ROTARY CLUB, FOR WESTERN DAYS, FOR EVERYTHING.

HE WAS AT LONE STAR PARK.

I WOULD GO PICK UP PANCAKE BREAKFAST FROM HIM AT FIVE 30 IN THE MORNING.

HE'S DOING THE SAME JOB NOW AT EPIC WATERS.

EXCEPT I DON'T GO GET PANCAKE MIXED.

I WILL NEVER DO THAT AGAIN.

BUT THANK Y'ALL FOR PUTTING GRAND PRIX ON THE MAP.

MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS.

ALRIGHT SARAH, ANYBODY ELSE LAST CALL MY FRIEND.

YOU BET.

OKAY, WE'VE GOT SOME IGNITE JOURNEY TO IGNITE YOUTH ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION OF GPIS STUDENTS.

Y'ALL COME DOWN.

THERE'S 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 OF YA.

COME ON DOWN.

MAYOR, CAN YOU HELP GIVE ME THESE OUT.

PARDON? YES SIR.

THERE YOU GO.

COME ON DOWN HERE.

LET'S, SO, SO WE CAN GET THE PICTURES.

SO ARE ALL OF THESE THE SIMILAR AWARD? LET ME SEE HERE.

THESE ARE FAR RECOGNITION OF THE PRESIDENT'S VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD.

NOT THE MAYORS THE PRESIDENT, NOT THE GOVERNORS, THE PRESIDENTS, MR. DAVIS AND ALL THE OTHER ONES.

I'LL READ YOUR NAMES OUT SO I DON'T MISS ANYBODY.

BRYCE OF D YOU THE FIRST.

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DEVONTE PERRY, JESSE POLLARD II OUT HERE.

AMMAR ROSE.

AVERY ROSE RELATED.

OKAY, I WANNA TELL YOU SOMETHING.

THAT'S SOMETHING FOR ALL OF 'EM TO SHOW UP, ISN'T IT? YES.

I THINK THE, LOOK WE HAVE TO HAVE KIDS.

WE CAN'T DO THIS ALONE.

CITY CAN'T DO IT ALONE.

WE CAN'T HIRE ENOUGH STAFF.

GOTTA HAVE VOLUNTEERS, YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WILLING TO VOLUNTEER AND GET INVOLVED.

WE'LL SEE THEM AGAIN.

WE'LL SEE 'EM IN HERE.

THEY MAY BE PRESENTING, THEY MAY BE HERE, THEY MAY BE UP THERE, BUT WE WILL SEE THEM AGAIN.

SO THANK YOU.

WE'RE PROUD OF YOU.

WE'LL GET THAT PASSED OUT AND THEN Y'ALL GET UP HERE FOR A PICTURE.

ALRIGHT, LET'S GET UP HERE.

MAYOR PROTE, GET IN HERE WITH ME.

ALL RIGHT, WONDERFUL.

Y'ALL THE BIG, BIG EVENT NEXT YEAR.

SEE BIG EVENT.

WE'LL TAKE THOSE CERTIFICATES BACK.

NO, YOU'VE DONE THIS PAST YEAR TO EARN ALL, WE'RE GOING TO START WORKING THROUGH THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA.

WE'VE GOT SOME ITEMS TO PULL AND WE'VE GOT SOME SPEAKER CARDS.

SO HAROLD, COME ON.

COME ON DOWN.

HAROLD.

ITEM SIX, WHICH WE ARE PULLING TO VOTE ON SEPARATELY.

BUT ITEM SIX, GO AHEAD.

OH, I JUST WANNA KNOW WHO, UM, WHO ARE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE BEING APPOINTED, PLEASE? WELL, WE ARE GOING TO, I'M GONNA PUT A MOTION ON THE TABLE TO APPOINT THESE FOLLOWING THREE.

THE REAPPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM JUNIORS ON YOU.

THE REAPPOINTMENT OF MIKE SKINNER AND THE REAPPOINTMENT OF RJ GARCIA.

AND WE WILL SEE IF WE GET ENOUGH VOTES TO REAPPOINT 'EM.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

WHILE YOU'RE HERE, EIGHT ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING, IS THIS THE, UM, IS THIS THE PUBLIC SAFETY FIRE FACILITY OR WHICH, WHICH FACILITY IS THIS, PLEASE? I DON'T CARE WHICH ONE.

JUST GET DOWN HERE AND ANSWER THE QUESTION.

UH, ANDY HENNING, DIRECTOR OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.

UH, MR. WILLIS, THIS IS OUR, UH, THE PUBLIC SAFETY STORAGE FACILITY, WHICH IS, UH, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS ON ONE OF THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEMBERS MEETINGS.

IT'S ACTUALLY WHERE WE'RE GONNA STORE THE EMERGENCY GENERATORS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DIS TO DISTRIBUTE TO OUR FACILITIES AND BE ABLE TO PLUG THOSE FACILITIES IN WHEN THERE'S A NEED FOR SUCH A, FOR SUCH A POWER GENERATION KIND OF A ASSET.

AND IS THAT AT THE ACTUAL PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING OR LOCATION? NO.

SO THIS IS, THIS IS, UH, YOU TOLD ME BEFORE, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IT STARTING TO TAKE SHAPE.

IT'S RIGHT THERE ALONG 1 61 WHERE OUR SERVICE CENTER IS.

IT'S RIGHT UP THERE ON THE HILLSIDE.

RIGHT ALONG.

SO IT'S ON THE, UH, NORTHBOUND, UH, UH, FRONTAGE ROAD OF, OF 1 61.

SO THEY'LL ALL BE ENCLOSED.

THEY WON'T BE EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS.

THAT'S EXACTLY CORRECT.

AND ALL OF THESE ARE DIESEL GENERATORS? UH, THEY ARE ALL DIESEL GENERATORS.

MAYBE THE CITY OF HOUSTON WILL COME ON TO BORROW SOME OF THEM.

SANTA PROBABLY COULD USE SOME, YES, SIR.

NUMBER NINE, HAROLD FIRE STATION NUMBER SIX.

ACTUAL GENERATOR THERE ON SITE? SO THIS IS, UH, AT OUR EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER.

YOU HAVE THE EMERGENCY GENERATOR DOCKING STATION.

ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE AN

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SO BECAUSE OF THE CRITICAL NATURE OF THAT FACILITY, WE WILL NOT ONLY HAVE AN EMERGENCY GENERATOR, A PERMANENT EMERGENCY GENERATOR THERE, BUT WE WILL ALSO HAVE A DOCKING STATION FOR ONE OF THOSE MOBILE GENERATORS THAT WE JUST SPOKE OF.

SO IN CASE A DISASTROUS EVENT TAKES PLACE WHERE THAT GENERATOR, THE PERMANENT GENERATOR IS WIPED AWAY, WE'LL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO BRING OVER A MOBILE GENERATOR AND STILL KEEP HER EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER UP AND RUNNING.

WONDERFUL.

HOUSTON CLOSED NINE FIRE STATIONS LAST WEEK.

'CAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY BACKUP GENERATORS.

CORRECT? YEP.

SO NINE FIRE STATIONS WERE OFFLINE THE CITY OF HOUSTON? CORRECT.

SO THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER IS, SO THAT IS AT THE CORNER OF MARSHALL AND ROBINSON.

SO JUST ADJACENT TO OUR BRAND NEW OR RELATIVELY BRAND NEW FIRE STATION THREE.

AND YOU'LL BE TEARING DOWN THE OLD WATER TOWER TOO, ? UH, YOU KNOW, I WILL DEFER TO NOREEN ON THAT, BUT YES, MY UNDERSTANDING, YES, WE ARE TEARING DOWN THE OLD WA WATER TOWER.

SO YOU CAN'T STORE DIESEL FUEL IN IT ANYMORE? NO, SIR.

AS LONG AS WE GOT THE BACKUP GENERATORS AFTER WHAT'S HAPPENED IN HOUSTON AND CENTER POINT, WE, WE DEPEND UPON YOU AND THE CITIZENS DO.

ITEM 12, I, I'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED WITH, UH, RAY AND STEVEN ON THIS ONE, SO I'VE I'M SATISFIED.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ITEM 14, THE ANIMAL HEALTH CARE CENTER IS THIS PRAIRIE? PAUL'S DON'T KNOW.

I THINK I, I DON'T KNOW.

NOT EXACTLY.

DANIEL SAYS THE CHIEF OF POLICE.

THIS IS FOR, UH, UH, A CONTRACTOR TO BE ABLE TO GIVE ANIMAL HEALTH, UH, CARE TO OUR, BOTH OUR POLICE WORKING DOGS AS WELL AS ANIMALS AT THE, AT THE, UH, PRAIRIE PAWS.

SO WITH THE CANINES, SOMETHING HAPPENED AT NIGHT, THEY GET HURT, WHATEVER, 24 HOUR AVAILABLE CARE FOR THE DOGS.

IN FACT, WE, UH, WE PUT THAT OUT PERSONALLY CONTACTED OUR GRAND PRAIRIE VENDOR.

THAT WAS A CON, UH, QUESTION THAT CAME UP.

I'M GONNA ADDRESS IT NOW.

UH, THEY DID CHOSE NOT TO BID.

WE'D LOVE TO GET IT BACK INTO GRAND PRAIRIE HERALD AND COUNCILMAN, BUT, UH, I THINK WE SENT IT OUT TO 11 VENDORS, INCLUDING PERSONALLY REACHED OUT TO THE GRAND PRAIRIE VENDOR AND SIX HUBS.

AND THIS WAS, AND, AND PUT IT OUT IN THE STAR FORT WORTH.

STAR TELEGRAM.

THIS IS THE, UH, OUR CONTRACTOR THAT THE ONLY ONE THAT THAT BID.

DO OTHER POLICE AGENCIES USE THIS PARTICULAR VENDOR? YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.

UH, DO YOU KNOW THAT RYAN, BY CHANCE? UM, ARLINGTON MIGHT PERHAPS ARLINGTON MIKE, BUT WE DON'T KNOW.

IT MEANS WE DON'T KNOW.

OH, OKAY.

I'LL JUST, IF THEY'RE WORKING WITH, THEY, THEY DID MEET ALL OF OUR CRITERIA, SO I SUSPECT THEY DO BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY, UH, STRICT REQUIREMENTS.

'CAUSE THOSE CANINES ARE, THEY'RE INVALUABLE.

THEY ARE.

AS LONG AS THEY'RE GOOD AND HEALTHY.

THAT'S IT.

I'M, I'M GONNA STICK AROUND HAR IN CASE YOU'VE GOT ANY MORE I 15.

YEP, THAT'S MINE AS WELL.

IS THAT FOR HAROLD, SIR? YEAH, THE, OKAY, SO THIS IS FOR OUR, UH, FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION.

SO, UH, THIS IS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, EXACTLY RIGHT.

WE IDENTIFY THE RIGHT INDIVIDUALS AND WE PUT 'EM INTO CUSTODY.

SO IF THEY SAY THERE'S SOMEBODY ELSE, WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT.

SO THIS IS PRETTY MUCH STATE OF THE ART.

THIS IS ALL INTEGRATED FOR ALL OF YOUR RESOURCES.

16 IS OUR, UH, SYSTEM THAT WE USE TO RECORD OUR 9 1 1 CALLS.

THAT'S, UH, WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT AT A VERY, UH, CERTIFIED HIGH STANDARD.

SO WHAT, UH, STAND UP TO THE RIGORS OF THE COURTROOM.

AND, UM, SO THIS IS THE VENDOR THAT MEETS ALL THOSE QUALIFICATIONS.

THE 17, UH, HOLD ON, MAYOR, HOLD ON HERE.

ON THE DETENTION CENTER.

IS THIS JUST FOR THE DETENTION CENTER OR FOR THE ENTIRE PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY? FACILITY? THAT IS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THAT'S GONNA BE IT.

BUT I'M GONNA STICK AROUND IN CASE YOU GOT A COUPLE OF THERE.

I GOT 2021 .

ANY CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER.

CASE OFF.

IS THIS JUST FOR THE, JUST FOR THE JAIL OR FOR THE OUTSIDE OF THE FACILITY OR JUST INSIDE THE JAIL? IT'S, IT'S FOR THE, THE DETENTION CENTER, SIR.

INSIDE THE DETENTION CENTER.

IS THIS AN UPGRADE FROM WHAT, WHEN THE BUILDING OPENED IN 2010? ARE THESE UPGRADED EQUIPMENT THAT, SO WE'RE UPGRADING CAMERAS THAT WE INSTALLED ABOUT SEVEN TO EIGHT YEARS AGO.

SO THESE DIGITAL, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YES, SIR.

LET, LET ME GRAB THIS ONE TOO.

SURE, SURE.

SO WE HAVE TO HAVE A, A HIGHER RESOLUTION SO THAT WE CAN, THEY CAN MEET OUR EVIDENTIARY STANDARDS.

THAT WE'VE HAD INCIDENCES IN THE JAIL WHERE THINGS WEREN'T QUITE AS CRISP AS WE'D LIKE THEM TO BE ABLE TO SUBMIT WITH OUR CASES.

SO THIS IS, UH, OUR, IT PARTNERS ARE GETTING THAT TO A, A LEVEL THAT WILL BE ENABLE US TO BETTER SERVE OUR, OUR, UH, CITIZENS.

OH, YEAH.

SO THAT WAY IF SOME, WHAT THE SITUATION THAT HAPPENED IN TARRANT COUNTY WITH THE MARINE, IN OTHER WORDS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO HAVE FINE RESOLUTION OF WHAT REALLY HAPPENED OR, YEAH.

OR, OR TRYING TO CONCEAL CONTRABAND OR BRING IN CONTRABAND AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.

18, UH, I GUESS THAT'S, I'M GONNA LOOK AT YOUR CHEAT SHEET, SEE IF I GOT, YEAH, I, THAT'S ME.

MY BROTHER USED TO WORK IN THE JAIL, SO THAT'S IMPORTANT.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

SO LET'S SEE.

HAROLD,

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YOU'RE OFF THE HOOK FOR A WHILE.

UH, THIS, WHO IS LONE STAR CONSULTING? LLC.

HI, HAROLD.

LISA NORRIS, MANAGING DIRECTOR WITH CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, LONE STAR CONSULTING.

THEY ARE A GRANT WRITING COMPANY THAT'S HELPING US WITH, UM, HOPEFULLY FIND SOME FUNDING FOR SOME OF OUR PROJECTS.

AND THEY HELP IDENTIFY AND FILE FOR GRANTS.

SO WOULD THESE BE FEDERAL GRANTS? FEDERAL GRANTS? CORRECT.

SO, UH, TRACKING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SERVICES.

SO, SO THAT IS, UH, THEY GET A FEE THAT WE DON'T PAY WITH THE GRANT.

IF IT'S AWARDED, WE PAID DIRECTLY TO THEM.

AND THAT'S FOR ENGAGEMENT SERVICES.

IF THEY NEED TO DO, FOR INSTANCE, ADDRESS QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT GRANT AT A TOWN HALL MEETING OR THAT PROJECT, THEY, THEY CAN COME OUT AND DO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS NEEDED.

ARE THESE THE FOLKS THAT ARE PUTTING THE SIGNS UP AROUND THE CITY FOR THE, PERHAPS THE FACILITY OFF LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY IN ENGLAND? IS THAT, NO.

UNRELATED.

IT HAS NOTHING.

BUT WOULD THEY DO THAT TYPE OF WORK IN THE FUTURE IF THIS IS A, THEY WOULD ONLY DO IT IF THEY WOULD ONLY HELP US WITH CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THAT GRANT ACTIVITY AND AWARDED PROJECT ON THAT SPECIFIC GRANT.

LET'S SEE, HAROLD 19.

AND THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT WE ARE PULLING FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.

GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION.

WHO IS MARS PARTNERS LIMITED? IT'S POLLER.

YOU HAVE ANN POLLER.

SO THESE ARE TWO OF THE SAME COMPANY STAFF? YES.

DOING BUSINESS AS MAIN.

THAT'S THE DBA? YES.

WHY ARE WE JUST NOW POLY AMERICA'S BEEN THERE HOW MANY YEARS? THEY'RE WANTING TO ADD ON ANOTHER $50 MILLION WORTH OF THIS INNOCENT TO INCENTIVIZE WHAT'S THERE ALREADY.

IT'S FOR THE NEW CONSTRUCTION.

WHAT WAS IT? A HUNDRED AND $105 MILLION INVESTMENT.

SO , IF THEY'RE GONNA GET A THREE 80 CORPORATE REPUBLICAN WELFARE PLAN, WHAT TYPE OF FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM WERE THEY GONNA PUT IN? BECAUSE OF ALL THE FIRES THAT HAD BEEN AT POLY AMERICA THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, WHAT WOULD YOU FIGHT? THEY'D HAVE TO PUT IN WHAT THE NEW ORDINANCES REQUIRE, WOULDN'T THEY? YES.

IF IT'S OVER 10,000 SQUARE FEET, IT'S GOTTA BE THE WHOLE BLOWN THING.

EVERYTHING.

YEP.

SO WITH THIS THREE 80, WHAT HIT ARE WE OR THE TAXPAYERS TAKING? HERE'S, HERE'S THE WAY IT BOILS DOWN.

$105 MILLION INVESTMENT, UH, IS AROUND, UM, SIX, $670,000 WORTH OF PROPERTY TAXES A YEAR STAFF THAT, THAT'S ROUND NUMBERS.

SO IF THIS IS APPROVED, THEY WOULD GET REBATED 75% OF THAT FOR SEVEN YEARS.

HOW MANY JOBS ARE THEY GONNA CREATE? 200 AND SOMETHING.

I GUESS I JUST, MYSELF AND OTHER TAXPAYERS HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES WITH THESE THREE 80 PLANS.

THAT'S JUST, THAT'S NOT THE MIRACLES OF THE MARKETPLACE THAT REPUBLICANS TALK ABOUT.

SO, AND WHEN WILL THIS, YOU ARE GONNA VOTE ON THIS IN INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION TONIGHT? YEAH.

WHEN WILL THIS PROJECT BEGIN DOWN THERE? WHEN WILL THEY START CONSTRUCTION? MAY.

I'LL LET HIM WHILE HE'S HERE.

NO, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

I CAN, I CAN COME BACK AND REVISIT THIS.

NO, NO, YOU'RE HERE.

YOU'RE OKAY.

I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

BASEBALL GAME.

WHEN DO YOU, YOU THINK THEY'LL START, THEY HAD NOTED THE INTENT TO START CONSTRUCTION, UH, LATER THIS YEAR.

LATER THIS YEAR.

IF, IF AND WHEN THEIR ARCHITECTURE, UH, FIRM FINISHES UP THE PLANS.

SO, UH, AND OF COURSE THE INCENTIVE WOULD BE A PART OF THAT IF, IF APPROVED.

IS ANYBODY FROM POLY AMERICA HERE TONIGHT TO, WE'RE GONNA PULL IT FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION AND ASK THEM TO COME FORWARD AT THAT TIME.

WELL, MAYBE I ASK THEM SOME QUESTIONS AND, AND, AND HOPEFULLY ALL OF US THAT ARE HERE WON'T ASK THESE QUESTIONS AGAIN, BUT YOU CAN ASK DIFFERENT ONES.

HAROLD? 20, 21, 22, 23, AND 24.

I TRIED TO SAVE PAPER, LOAD 'EM ALL TOGETHER.

I'M STILL DANIEL SES, POLICE CHIEF.

UM, OKAY.

NUMBER 20.

UH, THAT IS OUR, UH, UH, REQUESTING A GRANT OR THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT A GRANT FOR FIRST RESPONDER MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM.

WHAT THAT IS, IS TO PROVIDE COUNSELING AND TRAINING FOR OUR OFFICERS.

UH, WE, UH, UNFORTUNATELY JUST HAD AN OFFICER, A RETIRED OFFICER THAT, UH, TOOK HIS OWN LIFE.

OUR PROFESSION IS, UH, VERY DIFFICULT.

AND SO WE ARE TRYING TO GET IN IN FRONT OF THAT AS MUCH AS WE CAN WITH, UH, GETTING THE PROPER RESOURCES FOR OUR OFFICERS.

THAT'S NUMBER 2021.

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JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

BECAUSE THE 31,964, I DON'T THINK THAT'S NEAR ENOUGH MONEY.

WE, WE NEED MORE MONEY FROM THE GOVERNOR ON THAT.

HE'S GOT $12 BILLION FOR OPERATION.

LONE STAR WHAT POLICE OFFICERS AND DEAL, DEAL WITH AND THE WHOLE BIT.

WE, THAT, THAT'S WAY, THAT SHOULD BE 1.3 MILLION IN MY OPINION.

GOVERNOR ABBOTT HAS NOT BEEN TAKING MY CALLS HAROLD, BUT, UH, I WILL.

UH, HE WAS IN TAIWAN.

I'LL DO MY BEST TO PASS ALONG YOUR SENTIMENTS.

UM, ITEM 21, THIS IS, UH, TO, UH, GET A, UH, A GRANT FOR A CRISIS SUPPORT SPECIALIST POSITION.

THIS AND THE NEXT GRANT ARE THE SAME.

THIS PARTICULAR GRANT IS TO FOCUS ON GROUP HOMES.

THAT'S, UH, BEEN A QUITE A CHALLENGE IN, UH, OUR COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY IN, IN OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES, BUT STARTING TO BE A PROBLEM FOR US AS WELL.

SO THEY'RE GONNA ASSIST US IN MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE, UM, DOING THE THINGS THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING IN THOSE LOCATIONS.

SINCE THEY'RE GONNA BE IN OVERLOOKING GROUP HOMES, WOULD THIS PERSON BE A REGISTERED NURSE? BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY ISSUES INVOLVING GROUP HOMES THAT REQUIRE, THEY'D BE A LICENSED CLINICIAN.

UM, WHETHER OR NOT, PROBABLY NOT A NURSE.

THIS YEAH.

BUT LICENSED CLINICIAN FOR SURE.

THAT THIS ENTIRE UNIT HAS A LOT OF OVERLAP.

SO THEY ALSO GO OUT INTO OUR COMMUNITY, HELP PEOPLE WITH AND MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES HELP OUR HOMELESS.

AND, BUT PRIMARILY FOR THIS GRANT, IT'S FOR GROUP HOMES.

SO LIKE THE GROUP HOME IN NORTHWEST GRAND PRAIRIE WHERE THE LADY IN ARLINGTON WAS KILLING THE PATIENTS, THIS WOULD BE OUR QUARTERBACK.

SO THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO WALK IN TO THESE HOUSES AND TO, WITH A POLICE OFFICER.

WITH A POLICE OFFICER.

SO, AND WHAT ABOUT UTILIZING THIS, NOT THIS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, BUT ON SATURDAY NIGHT AT SEVEN O'CLOCK WHEN THAT GROUP HOME MAYBE HAS NO ONE IN THERE TAKING CARE OF THE RESIDENTS? YEAH.

SO THIS UNIT ALREADY HAS STAGGERED HOURS.

IT'S NOT 24 7 YET.

UM, BUT, UH, THAT, THAT WOULD BE A LONG-TERM GOAL.

WE'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO DO.

'CAUSE WITH THE GROUP HOMES, YOU'VE, YOU'VE GOTTA BE ABLE TO WALK IN THERE ON A SATURDAY NIGHT AT NINE O'CLOCK SUNDAY NIGHT AT NINE O'CLOCK WHEN THE PERSON IS, SHOULD BE WATCHING THEM, IS OUT THERE SMOKING THEIR MARLBOROS AND HOLDING THEIR BEER.

I'VE BEEN WITH 'EM.

I KNOW WHAT THEY DO.

OKAY, GO AHEAD HAROLD.

NUMBER 22.

WAS THAT ON THE LIST, SIR? YES, PLEASE.

HE'S GOT ALL THE REST OF THEM.

ALL RIGHT.

SO THIS IS, UH, THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF OUR CURRENT, UH, GRANT.

WE HAVE TWO POSITIONS, UM, IN, IN OUR CRISIS SUPPORT UNIT.

AS MENTIONED, THEIR MISSION AS IT STANDS IS, HAS A LOT OF OVERLAP.

ONE IS HELPING OUR CITIZENS THAT ARE IN MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.

SO, AS IT STANDS, WE HAVE A CLINICIAN THAT WILL RESPOND TO SCENES WITH A MENTAL HEALTH POLICE OFFICER.

TO TRY TO HELP GET PEOPLE THOSE NEEDS.

THEY ALSO FOLLOW UP WITH INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AFTER THEY RECEIVE CARE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOT A CONTINUING PROBLEM.

SOMETIMES IT'S A DAUGHTERS AND CENTS ISSUE.

THERE'S OTHER TYPES OF ROADBLOCKS.

SO THEY, THEY KEEP IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH THEM TO PREVENT US FROM HAVING TO CONTINUALLY GIVE THEM EMERGENCY PSYCHIATRIC CARE.

SO, UH, THAT AND AMONG WITH, UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, TO HELP WITH OUR HOMELESS POPULATION.

UH, SO THIS GRANT IS TO CONTINUE THAT, UH, MOVING FORWARD.

OUR, UH, GRANT NUMBER, DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ON NUMBER 22? YEAH.

I GUESS MY PROBLEM IS WE HAVE THIS MONEY, BUT THE PEOPLE GO OUT, WHERE THE HECK ARE YOU GONNA TAKE 'EM? WE DON'T HAVE THE PSYCHIATRIC BEDS, WE DON'T HAVE THE FACILITIES LIKE THAT.

SO ACTUALLY, UH, THE, THE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS CANNOT TURN AWAY POLICE OFFICERS.

SO WE'VE NEVER HAD THAT ISSUE.

UM, SOME OF OUR PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, NONPROFITS WILL CROWN THAT CHALLENGE.

BUT ANYTIME A POLICE OFFICER TAKES SOMEBODY FOR EMERGENCY PSYCHIATRIC CARE, THEY ACCEPT THEM.

SO, IN WHICH FACILITY DO WE USE? ALL OF THEM.

SO WE USE JPS, UH, UH, PARKLAND, UH, HICKORY TRAILS.

I THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT NAME.

IT'S, YEAH.

THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT THEY'RE, WE DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE GETTING THEM INTO A BED.

THAT'S JUST MY CONCERN, THAT THE REVOLVING DOOR, THEY MAY KEEP 'EM 24 HOURS OF MENT.

WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S A LEGITIMATE CONCERN.

THEY LET 'EM BACK OUT AGAIN.

YEAH, I, I HEAR YOU ON THAT FRUSTRATION AND I SHARE IT.

WELL, I KNOW THERE'S JUST SO MUCH YOU CAN DO.

I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

UH, NUMBER 23 IS OUR BOCA GRANT.

WE'VE HAD THIS GRANT SINCE 1996.

AND THIS IS, UM, HELP CRIME VICTIMS, UH, THAT HAVE PARTICULARLY EXPERIENCED, UH, VIOLENT CRIME.

SO THIS HELPS MAKE THEM WHOLE AGAIN, THIS, THESE ARE, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF AVAILABLE PROGRAMS, TWO VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIME.

THESE INDIVIDUALS HELP USHER THEM TO THOSE RESOURCES.

UH, IT'D BE A CIVILIAN A MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

UH, ITEM 24 WOULD BE A NEW GRANT FOR US.

THIS FOCUSES ON FEMALE VICTIMS OF VIOLENT, VIOLENT CRIME, PARTICULARLY IN THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SPACE.

UM, WE DON'T HAVE THIS GRANT CURRENTLY, SO, BUT WE SEE A NEED.

SO THE GRANT IS ONLY FOR $60,000.

IS THAT FOR ONE BUDGETED POSITION? OR HOW MANY FOLKS WOULD THAT NO, THIS, THIS IS, UM, YES IT IS.

I'M SORRY.

IT'S FOR SALARY AND, AND BENEFITS AND TRAINING.

UHHUH .

AND THAT WOULD BE,

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MONDAY? OR WOULD THEY BE AVAILABLE MONDAY ON WEEKENDS OR, UH, LIKELY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

IT'S MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

BUT THAT'S JUST, YEAH, BECAUSE TYPICALLY OUR, OUR POLICE OFFICERS FILL THAT GAP, BUT THEY, THE, UH, WHEN THE DETECTIVES GET THE CASE, THEY PARTNER WITH, UH, SOMEBODY IN OUR VICTIM'S CRIMES UNIT AND THEY, OR OUR VICTIM'S ADVOCATES, AND THEY HELP GET WITH THEM, YOU KNOW, THE FOLLOWING WORK DAY TO MAKE SURE THEY GET EVERYTHING THEY NEED.

SO WILL THIS BE A YEARLY GRANT THAT YOU HAVE TO APPLY FOR? YES, SIR.

SIR.

SO NEXT YEAR WE'LL HAVE TO COME BACK AND YEP.

SO MAYBE NEXT YEAR WE CAN DOUBLE THAT AMOUNT.

THEY DON'T TAKE MY ADVICE ON HOW MUCH TO OFFER IN THE GRANT, BUT, UM, I, I WOULD BE OPEN.

HAROLD, I, I WOULD VOTE YOU IN FOR BEING THE GRANT ADMINISTRATOR.

OH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I WOULD LOVE THAT POSITION TO GO DOWN TO AUSTIN .

I THINK THAT'S MY LIST.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU, THANK YOU, HAROLD.

LET ME ASK.

COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, UH, CHIEF, CHIEF.

ITEM 23.

UH, I, I WASN'T ABLE TO FOLLOW THE NUMBERS.

IT JUST, THE TOTAL OF 1 71 OR 217,000 AND WHAT THE MATCHING FUNDS ARE FOR 46,000.

SO WHAT IS THE TOTAL COST OF THE CITY? LET ME GET MY CHEAT SHEET, SIR.

BEAR WITH ME ONE SECOND.

THE SHOT CLOCK IS TICKING.

RYAN SIMPSON, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO THI THIS GRANT IS, OH, I'M SORRY.

I NEED TO, I NEED TO TAG IN MY OFFICIAL BEAN ENCOUNTER.

SIR, BEAR WITH ME A SECOND.

RYAN, CAN YOU ASSIST ME? IS THIS AN 80 20 GRANT, RYAN? NO.

SO THE 1 71 NUMBER IN THE AGENDA, ITEM TITLE IS THE TOTAL VALUE OF THE PROGRAM.

SO IF YOU SUBTRACT OUT THE, THE, THERE'S A CASH MATCH LISTED IN THE AGENDA ITEM TEXT, IT'S 46,000.

YEAH, WELL, I THINK IT'S, THERE'S CASH AND IN KIND, SO IN KIND IS THROUGH SOME VOLUNTEER HOURS.

AND SO THAT THEIR HOURLY RATE IS WORTH A CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO USE FOR THE MATCH.

AND THEN THERE'S A, UH, CASH PORTION OF $30,000.

THAT'S PART OF THAT TOO.

I'M GOOD.

SO THE, THE TOTAL IS THE 46, 30 CASH 16 IN KIND THROUGH VOLUNTEER HOURS.

N NAH, IT ADDS UP.

WHAT HE SAID, SIR? MAYOR PRO TIM, WHAT, JUST TO REMIND ALL OF US WE'RE PULLING SIX AND 19 FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION AND TABLING 11, YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT.

UM, MOVE THE APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER FIVE, PULL OF IN NUMBER SIX FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, THEN ITEM SEVEN THROUGH 10, APPROVE PULL TABLE, TABLE NUMBER 11 TO THE SECOND MEETING IN AUGUST.

I WOULD LIKE TO,

[5. Minutes of the June 18, 2024, City Council Meeting]

THEN MOVE ON TO APPROVE ITEMS 12 THROUGH 18 AND PULL ITEM NUMBER 19 FOR INDIVIDUAL CON, UH, CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF ITEMS 20 THROUGH 24.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PROTO IS ON.

YOU ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

[6. Grand Prairie Sports Facilities Development Corporation Board of Directors Appointments ]

SIX, I'D LIKE TO PUT ON THE TABLE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THE REAPPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM JR.

NU UH, CITIZEN MIKE SKINNER AND CITIZEN RJ GARCIA.

FOR THOSE OF YOU HERE, UM, IF THE SPORTS CORP CONSISTS OF SEVEN MEMBERS BY THE CORPORATE CHARTER, THEY'RE TWO YEAR APPOINTMENTS AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, THREE LINE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO THAT'S MY MOTION.

CAN I HAVE A SECOND, UH, POINT OF DISCUSSION MOTION? SECOND POINT OF DISCUSSION? YES.

JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, 'CAUSE THIS APPOINTMENTS WORK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THAN THE OTHER ONES.

AM I CORRECT ON THAT PART? THESE APPOINTMENTS ARE SIMILAR TO THE APPOINTMENTS OF BOARD AND COMMISSIONS.

THIS IS PER CON PER, UH, THESE ARE TWO YEAR TERMS BECAUSE THAT'S PER THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE AGREEMENT, THE CORPORATION.

IT'S KINDA LIKE THE H-F-C-H-F-C IS A CORPORATION.

THE LONE STAR SPORTS CORPORATION IS A CORPORATION THAT ACTUALLY IS THE OWNER OF LONE STAR PARK.

AND THE WAY THE TRADITION HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS TYPE OF APPOINTMENTS, IS THAT HERE, THERE'S NO, IT COMES AS CONSIDERATION BY THE MAYOR RIGHT? TO COME FORWARD FOR THE WHOLE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER? CORRECT.

IN THE PAST, THE MAYOR HAS BEEN ALWAYS THE ONE THAT HAS

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MADE THE RECOMMENDATION.

KNOWING FULL WELL IT HAS TO HAVE COUNCIL APPROVAL.

AND WE DON'T SEE EVERYBODY THAT APPLIES FOR THIS POSITION.

DO WHAT? WE DON'T SEE EVERYBODY THAT APPLIES FOR THIS POSITION.

LIKE WE DON'T GET THE APPLICATIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

THE MAYOR SEES THAT WE DO, UH, LEAD GETS THE APPLICATIONS, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT Y'ALL SEE THE APPLICATIONS.

I DON'T KNOW IF, UH, I KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF WHAT THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS FOR THE SPORTS CORP.

'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT.

UM, WE GOT TWO OF THEM TONIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW.

MIKE AND JUNIOR, DID EITHER ONE OF Y'ALL FILL OUT AN APPLICATION NO.

WHEN YOU APPLIED? NO, I DON'T THINK SO.

SO WE DON'T, YEAH.

UH, YES.

MOST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WERE ALREADY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WHEN I STARTED IN THIS POSITION, SO I HAVE NOT SEEN THEIR APPLICATIONS.

UM, I BELIEVE, UM, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF NEW PEOPLE, JOHN STEWART AND JUNIOR ZANU WHO'VE JOINED RELATIVELY RECENTLY.

UM, I DID NOT SEE THEIR APPLICATIONS, BUT I, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY WENT TO YOU OR THE CITY SECRETARY PROBABLY WENT TO THE CITY SECRETARY WHEN THEY FIRST APPLIED, BUT THEY, I DO RECALL JOHN STEWART'S APPLICATION.

I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT.

UH, DEPUTY MAY APPROACH HIM AS ON HIM, BUT I CAN CHECK ON THAT.

SO, SO PRETTY MUCH WE'RE JUST VOTING ON A DIRECTION FOR THE MAYOR BEFORE COUNCIL.

YOU'RE, YOU'RE VOTING ON A DIRECTION, WHETHER THERE'S A APPLICATION OR NOT.

WE'RE JUST VOTING ON THAT.

AND SECOND, UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

A OPPOSED SAY NAY.

MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM 19, UH, INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.

UH, WE'VE TABLED ITEM 11,

[19. Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Chapter 380 Agreement for economic development incentives with Mars Partners, Ltd. And Poly-America, LP (Reviewed by the Finance & Government Committee on 07/10/2024) ]

UM, WHO WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION? COUNCIL MEMBER DEPUTY MAYOR PROTE, GEORGIA.

CLEMSON IS IN YOUR DISTRICT.

LET I ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION WE HAVE SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM JR.

ZANU.

THIS IS TO DENY CORRECT.

THIS IS TO DENY.

SO VOTING YES, DENIES IT.

VOTING NO DOESN'T APPROVE IT, BUT IT DOESN'T DENY IT.

WE'D HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER MOTION.

EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND? SO, ALL IN FAVOR OF DEPUTY OF MAYOR PROTE CLEMSON'S.

MOTION TO DENY, SAY AYE.

MOTION CARRIES BY VOTE OF EIGHT TO ONE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS VOTING NAY.

FOR THOSE OF YOU HERE AND THOSE OF YOU AT HOME, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THEY WON'T BUILD.

IT JUST MEANS THAT WE WON'T INCENTIVIZE THEM TO BUILD.

[25. Boards and Commissions appointments for vacancies and terms expiring on July 31, 2024]

ITEM 25.

WE HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT IS BEING PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION AS A BOARD APPOINTMENT.

UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM.

JUNIOR ZANU.

AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO READ A SHORT SPEECH INTO THE RECORD.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MY ESTEEMED COLLEAGUES ON OUR CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER VOTING AGAINST THE NOMINATION OF ANGELA LUCKEY ONTO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS ONE OF OUR MOST DELIBERATIVE CITY RUN BODIES OF GOVERNMENT THAT WE HAVE WITHIN OUR CITY.

PNZ COMMISSIONERS ARE EXPECTED TO BE OF HIGH MORAL CHARACTER, RESPECTFUL AND PRIORITIZE REPRESENTING OUR CITY IN A POSITIVE LIGHT.

MS. LUCKY HAS MADE IT A PRIORITY OF HERSELF TO UNFAIRLY CHARACTERIZE DEMEAN AND DEFAME DOZENS, IF NOT HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS OF OUR GREAT CITY.

SHE HAS ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, LAUNCHED FALSE ATTACKS ON INDIVIDUALS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY FOR NO REASON OTHER THAN TO FURTHER HER PERSONAL OR POLITICAL GOALS.

RECENTLY SHE ATTACKED THE CURRENT CHAIRWOMAN OF THE PLANNING OF ZONING COMMISSION WITH FALSE CLAIMS OF VOTER FRAUD TO DESTROY NOT ONLY HER PROFESSIONAL LIFE, THE CHAIR WOMAN'S PROFESSIONAL LIFE, BUT HER NAME AND REPUTATION WITHIN OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

THESE BEHAVIORS AND ACTS ARE WELL BENEATH AND BELOW THE DIGNITY OF A PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONER.

AND AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS TO VOTE TO DENY THIS INDIVIDUAL THE PRIVILEGE.

IT'S NOT A RIGHT, IT'S A PRIVILEGE OF SERVING ON SUCH A PRESTIGIOUS BODY OF GOVERNMENT THAT PROVIDES THIS CITY COUNCIL WITH GUIDANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THEIR DELIBERATIONS.

OTHER THAN GENERALLY SPEAKING, COUNCIL MEMBER ISANO HAS MADE COMMENTS ABOUT SEAS DE FAME, UH, WHATEVER WORDS HE USED, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE DENY ANGELA LUCKY TO SIT ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

I'D LIKE FOR DISCUSSION.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND COUNCIL.

I WOULD RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.

UH, THANK YOU THERE.

UH, I WOULD LIKE FOR,

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UM, MS. LAKEY WAS APPOINTED BY ME THREE YEARS AGO ON THE PARKS BOARD.

AND WE HAD ONE PERSON COME DOWN HERE, A PERSON, THAT SAME PERSON CAME TO MY CAMPAIGN THREE YEARS AGO AND SAID DISPARAGING REMARKS TO ME, RACIAL REMARKS.

I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.

I DIDN'T COMPLAIN.

WE ALL KNOW HOW THAT CAMPAIGN WENT IN 2021, SINCE SHE'S BEEN ON THE PARKS BOARD, ANY COMPLAINTS, NONE.

HER ATTENDANCE, SHE'S ATTENDED ALL HER MEETINGS.

EVERY MEMBER CAN'T SAY THAT I ELECTED, I NOMINATED THREE YEARS AGO, ANNA COCA, THE PRESIDENT OF LOU LAC, TO BE THE PRE, UH, TO BE ON PNZ.

AND WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW IS DEFAMING THE PRESIDENT OF THE NAACP BY SAYING THIS IS HER CHARACTER.

AND THE SAME PERSON WHO'S DEFAMING HER CHARACTER IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE NAACP.

CORRECT? SHE, WE ALL TOOK A OATH.

AND I BELIEVE RIGHT NOW, IF WE DO NOT SUPPORT MS. LUCKEY ON HERE, WE'RE SENDING A PRECEDENCE FOR ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ATTACK OR SAY WHO I LIKE OR DON'T LIKE TO BE ON THE, IT IS A BAD PRESIDENT TO BE SET TO SPEAK ABOUT HER DEFAMING, THE PRESIDENT OF, UH, PNZ.

THE LITTLE I DO KNOW THAT PERSON DID ADMIT SOME ERRORS.

THAT'S ALL I KNOW.

I'M NOT GOING AROUND AND SPREADING THAT.

SHE, SHE HAS HER FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO SPEAK.

EVERYONE HAS A FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT? SO WE SHOULD NOT BE DENYING SOMEONE'S FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

A YEAR AGO, I WENT TO THE MAYOR AND ASKED HIM, WHY WOULD YOU PUT JUNIOR ANO ON F AND G? HE HAD NO WORK EXPERIENCE, NO LIFE EXPERIENCE.

AND HE SAID, WE'LL BE FINE, AND WE MOVE FORWARD.

SO I'M ASKING THIS COUNCIL NOW TO MAKE THAT VOTE FOR MS. LUCKY TO BE MY NOMINEE ON F AND G.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.

UH, P AND Z.

THAT'S OKAY.

WE, WE UNDERSTAND .

SO I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER LIGHTS.

WE HAVE A, A MOTION AND A SECOND.

COUNCILMAN ZANU, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM.

AND YOU KNOW, I RESPECT COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON'S PERSPECTIVE ON THIS.

UH, HE HAS THE RIGHT TO NOMINATE SOMEBODY.

UM, BUT SO DOES THE CITY COUNCIL HAVE THE RIGHT TO DENY THAT NOMINATION.

AND FOR ME, IT'S NEVER TO ATTACK ANYONE'S CHARACTER.

YOU GUYS KNOW ME.

I'M NOT GONNA ATTACK ANYONE'S CHARACTER.

I BELIEVE IN GIVING EVERYBODY A FAIR CHANCE.

AND EVEN IF YOU SCREW UP ONCE OR TWICE, GIVING YOU A SECOND OR THIRD CHANCE, MY BIGGEST ISSUE, YOU CAN COME FROM ME AS MANY TIMES AS YOU WANT.

YOU CAN SAY WHATEVER FROM ME.

I AIN'T GONNA RESPOND.

BUT WHEN YOU UNFAIRLY CHARACTERIZE AND ATTACK PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHETHER THEY'RE MARGINALIZED INDIVIDUALS OR PEOPLE THAT COME FROM A RACE OR CLASS THAT YOU CAN CONSIDER HAS MORE POWER THAN OTHERS, TREAT EVERYONE EQUALLY.

GIVE EVERYBODY A FAIR CHANCE AND JUST BE KIND.

AND ALTHOUGH YOU HAVE A FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT, WHEN YOU'RE COMING AND REPRESENTING THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE AS A PARKS BOARD NOMINEE, OR A PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONER, IT DON'T MATTER TO ME.

YOU'RE REPRESENTING THE CITY.

AND IF YOU REPRESENT THE CITY IN A BAD LIGHT, I CANNOT IN GOOD CONSCIOUS VOTE, IN FAVOR OF YOU.

AND THAT'S HOW I VIEW, THAT'S HOW I VIEW IT.

THAT'S HOW I LOOK AT IT.

AND I RESPECT THE DECISIONS OF MY COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHETHER THEY VOTE FOR HER OR VOTE AGAINST HER.

THIS IS MY PERSPECTIVE, AND I BELIEVE AND STAND UP FOR WHAT'S RIGHT.

DISCUSSION.

ANOTHER AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN, BECAUSE I DID NOT AGREE WITH SOME THINGS SHE SAID, AND DELIBERATELY SET UP ACCUSATIONS TO MY JOB, INDICATING THINGS THAT WERE TOTALLY LIES TOTAL FALSE.

UH, ANYBODY WHO'S GOT THEIR, UM, LET'S SEE.

COUNCILMAN ADAMS, YOU'VE GOT YOUR REQUEST IN.

SO I'M GONNA TELL YOU MY ENCOUNTER.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL KNOW THE STORY OR NOT, BUT ANGELA WAS VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF PUTTING ME ON THE BALLOT.

ANGELA WAS THE ONE THAT ASKED ME TO RUN.

ANGELA WAS THE ONE THAT BOUGHT, GOT ENDORSEMENTS FOR ME AND STOOD AT THE POLLS FOR ME.

AND I WON'T SAY THAT WAS THE REASON I WON, BUT THAT WAS THE START.

ANGELA LUCKETT WAS ALSO THE ONE THAT ENCOURAGED SOMEONE TO FALSELY ACCUSE ME OF SOME THINGS THAT WERE FLAT OUT LIES.

AND IT'S OKAY.

SHE CAN HAVE HER OPINION AND SHE CAN ACTUALLY ATTACK OFFICIALS.

BUT WHEN SHE COME AFTER A PERSONAL JOB, WHEN SHE IMPACT MY FAMILY OVER LIES, THAT IS DEFAMING.

IT'S ONE THING TO SAY SOMEBODY, UM, CALLED IN SOMEONE TO VOTE ON ELECTION DAY.

BUT WHEN YOU PRESIDENT OF THE NAACP ATTACK

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NOT ONLY DID SHE SEND IT TO MY, WELL, SHE DIDN'T SEND IT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.

I WORK AS A CONTROLLER FOR THE DISTRICT, UM, DESOTO, ISD SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THAT DISTRICT HAS BEEN FIGHTING AN UPHILL BATTLE BECAUSE OF LOSING STUDENTS, BECAUSE OF BALANCING JUST OUR, OUR BUDGET.

BECAUSE SCHOOL FINANCE IS JUST WHAT IT IS TODAY.

AND SO I HAVE 30 YEARS OF FINANCE, SCHOOL BUSINESS, FINANCE EXPERIENCE THAT WAS ATTACKED BECAUSE I DID NOT AGREE WITH SOMETHING THAT SHE WANTED ME TO DO.

NOW, AGAIN, IF IT WAS JUST ATTACKING ME AS AN OFFICIAL, AS A PUBLIC SERVANT, THAT'S ONE THING.

BUT TO GO AFTER MY LIVELIHOOD AND TO TRY TO DESTROY, DESTROY 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE THAT I HAVE EARNED TO TRY TO DEFAME ME AS A CONTROLLER, A FINANCIAL ADVISOR THAT HAVE 30 YEARS MANAGED TAXPAYERS DOLLARS ON THE LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL.

NOW IT'S ALL ABOUT AN OATH.

AND IT'S ALL ABOUT ETHICS.

I HAVE BEEN VERY DISAPPOINTED AND I HAVE BEEN VERY SADDENED BY THIS SITUATION.

BUT I DO AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ANO, IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING THIS COMMUNITY, BE HONEST, BE FAIR, AND DON'T DEFAME ANYBODY AND DON'T LIE ON ANYBODY.

I LITERALLY HAD TO GET AN ATTORNEY.

SO THAT'S MY STORY.

AND THAT'S NOT A LIE.

AND THAT'S NOT HEARSAY.

THAT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE.

COUNCILMAN DEL BOSKY.

IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS.

IN 2017 WHEN I CAME ON, UH, DURING MY CAMPAIGN IN 2017, I WAS RUNNING WITH OUR PRESENT, UH, OR JUST OUR PAST SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT GLORIA CARILLO.

AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN ON PARKS ANGLO THAT MADE VERY RACIST REMARKS DURING MY CAMPAIGN AND HER CAMPAIGN.

AND HE WAS ON THE PARKS BOARD.

AND WHEN I ADDRESSED THIS WITH OUR CITY MANAGER BACK THEN AND OUR PARTS DIRECTOR BACK THEN, AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER THAT APPOINTED HIM, ALL THEY HAD TO SAY WAS, THAT'S HIS FIRST RIGHT AMENDMENT.

WHAT HE DOES OFF CITY TIME IS WHAT HE DOES.

AND SO HE CONTINUED TO BE ON THE PARKS BOARD JUNIOR, WHEN YOU RAN KURT, WHEN YOU RAN, HE WAS OUT THERE.

BETTY WOMACK AGAIN, STILL ON PARKS, BUT HE WAS PROTECTED OF HIS RIGHT FIRST RIGHT OF AMENDMENT.

IT'S UNFAIR THAT WE GET TO PICK AND CHOOSE OF WHO CAN BE PROTECTED AND WHO CAN'T.

IT'S UNFAIR THAT THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPEN, BUT THESE ARE THE EXPERIENCES AS WE AS COLORED HAVE TO FIGHT AGAINST.

SO IT'S UNFORTUNATE THIS HAS HAPPENED, BUT IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT IT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN.

SO YEAH, SHE'S, EVERYONE'S ENTITLED TO THE RIGHT, BUT IT'S THOSE THAT ARE GONNA PROTECT THEM, THAT THIS CONTINUES TO HAPPEN.

COUNCIL MEMBER HEADON.

UM, MY, MY FIRST THOUGHT IS NOT WANTING TO MICROMANAGE FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS SELECTIONS.

UM, I HOPE WE DON'T SET A PRECEDENT OF STARTING TO DO THAT, ALTHOUGH THERE WERE SOME VERY SERIOUS THINGS SAID.

SO I CAN DEFINITELY ACKNOWLEDGE WHEN WE HAVE A SPECIAL SITUATION THAT THOSE WERE SERIOUS THINGS SAID.

I JUST WANT US TO TRY TO PUT AT THE FOREFRONT OF OUR MIND MOVING FORWARD THAT I, I JUST HOPE THIS DOESN'T SNOWBALL, UH, INTO THE MICROMANAGEMENT OF WHO WE LIKE AND WHO WE DON'T LIKE, UM, AS OTHER PEOPLE MAKE THEIR APPOINTMENTS.

UM, BUT I, THIS IS, THIS DOES SOUND SERIOUS WHAT WAS STATED SO I CAN RECOGNIZE IT MAY BE A DIFFERENT SITUATION.

COUNCIL MEMBER HEAD AND COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.

MY LAST COMMENT, MR. LUCKEY IS NOT HERE TO, TO DEFEND THESE ACQUISITIONS BY BOTH COUNCIL MEMBERS.

NOT SAYING THAT THEY'RE NOT SPEAKING THE TRUTH, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE IF SHE WOULD'VE BEEN HERE TONIGHT.

BUT SHE'S, UNFORTUNATELY SHE'S NOT HERE.

AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE UP AND DOWN VOTE ON THIS ISSUE TONIGHT FOR MS. LEGGE TO BE APPOINTED AS MY, LEMME MAKE SURE I GET IT RIGHT.

PNZ MEMBER, THAT'S IT.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TE ZANU.

YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON ABOUT

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A FEW THINGS.

UM, THE INDIVIDUAL THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DEBOSKY SPEAKING ABOUT, I, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER DEBOSKY HAS A POINT.

UM, THAT WAS SOME UNFORTUNATE THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN MY ELECTION, YOU REMEMBER? AND IT, IT WAS VERY DISAPPOINTING.

BUT THE UNFORTUNATE THING FOR, FOR ME, I NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE NAY OR YE ON THAT INDIVIDUAL, HAD THEY COME UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT.

BUT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT.

AND THE SECOND THING I WANNA STATE, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, THIS CITY COUNCIL, THIS BODY, SEVERAL MEMBERS ON THIS BODY HAVE VOTED AGAINST PEOPLE BEING NOMINATED TO COMMITTEES.

JUST LAST YEAR, I WAS HONORED TO BE NOMINATED TO THE, UH, SPORTS CORP.

AND THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THIS BODY VOTED AGAINST ME, WHICH WAS UNHEARD OF, WHICH IS LEGENDARY, HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE.

DID, DID I COMPLAIN? NO, I RESPECTED IT BECAUSE YOU HAVE YOUR OWN RIGHT TO VOTE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER.

YOU HAVE YOUR, THE MAYOR MAY NOMINATE SOMEBODY, BUT YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO DENY THAT NOMINATION.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO TONIGHT.

IT MAY PASS, IT MAY FAIL.

THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH VOICING YOUR OPINION ON AN INDIVIDUAL.

YOU HAVE THAT RIGHT TO, TO DECIDE IF YOU SUPPORT THEIR NOMINATION OR YOU DON'T.

IT'S NOT A PERSONAL THING.

RATHER, IT'S A, FOR ME, IT'S HOW I LOOK AT OUR CITY.

IF I WANT OUR CITY TO BE REPRESENTED, RIGHT, I'M GONNA VOTE A CERTAIN WAY.

IF I DON'T CARE, I'M GONNA LEAVE IT ALONE.

SO WE'VE, WE'VE VOTED AGAINST PEOPLE.

I WAS VOTED AGAINST LAST YEAR AND I'M, I WAS FINE HAD IT HAPPENED AGAIN TONIGHT, BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAS THEIR RIGHT TO VOICE THEIR OPINION ON DIFFERENT ITEMS. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO TODAY.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL.

THIS IS DISHEARTENING.

UM, I CAN TELL, I I CAN JUST SPEAK FROM THE PAST AND FROM TRADITION AND, UH, OTHER THINGS.

UH, WE REMOVED OR THERE, THERE HAVE BEEN PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM BOYS AND COMMISSIONS FOR CAUSE IN THE PAST.

UM, ONE GUY FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CITY, UH, THAT FIGURED TO BE A PRETTY GOOD REASON TO NOT LET HIM BE A CITY SPOKE SPOKESMAN ANYMORE.

UM, I HAVE NOT REAPPOINTED, UH, PEOPLE THAT RAN AGAINST ME IN THE PAST WAY BACK IN THE DARK AGES, BUT BEFORE MOST OF Y'ALL WERE BORN.

AND, BUT NOT, I DIDN'T EVER TAKE ANYBODY OFF.

I JUST DIDN'T REAPPOINT 'EM.

UM, I, I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE IT WEIGHED DOWN DEEP IN MY HEART, IN THE RIGHT, FOR ANY COUNCIL PERSON TO APPOINT WHOEVER THEY WANT.

I JUST, THAT'S, THAT'S INGRAINED IN ME.

UH, I DIDN'T KNOW THE, UH, DEPTH OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THE, WITH MY COLLEAGUE NEXT TO ME.

AND THAT'S VERY, THAT, THAT, THAT JUST DISHEARTENS ME TO NO END.

IT, IT MAKES ME, MAKES ME FEEL BAD FOR HER.

AND I STILL, I STILL HAVE TO GO BACK TO WAY BACK TO THE, I BELIEVE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON HAS THE RIGHT TO APPOINT WHOEVER HE WANTS.

HOWEVER, THAT BEING SAID, ONCE SOMEBODY GETS APPOINTED TO A GRAND PRAIRIE BORDER COMMISSION, THEY, IN MY OPINION, NEED TO BE HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD.

AND KURT, I'LL LOOK YOU SQUARE IN THE EYE AND I'LL TELL YOU THIS, THAT SOME KIND OF, THAT KIND OF CRAP HAPPENS AFTER SHE GETS APPOINTED THAT'S BELOW THAT STANDARD.

AND I'LL BE THE FIRST ONE TO VOTE TO REMOVE HER.

BUT NOW I AGREE WITH YOU.

YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO APPOINT HER.

AND I THINK, I THINK SHE'S DONE A GOOD JOB ON THE PARK BOARD, AND I PRAY SHE'LL DO A GOOD JOB ON P AND C.

BUT THE HIGHER STANDARD, ONCE YOU GET APPOINTED TO ME, IS WHAT IT IS.

JUST THE SAME WAY WE GET APPOINTED.

WE ARE HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD ONCE WE GET IN THESE CHAIRS.

TONY, I BETTER STOP BEFORE I GET NO, I'M, I'M, BEFORE I GET, I'M, I'M GONNA DO 'EM BY ORDER.

, I'M GONNA STOP.

WE'RE GETTING WORSE.

UH, DEPUTY, UH, BESSIE ADAMS IS THE NEXT ONE.

ATTORNEY RECEIPTS TO PROVE IT.

FEELING SORRY FOR ME, BUT I DON'T NEED YOU TO FEEL SORRY FOR ME.

I'M JUST TELLING Y'ALL FACTS.

UM, NOT ONLY JUST TO CLEAR UP AN ALLEGATION, IT WAS NOT AN ALLEGATION, IT WAS ABSOLUTE FACT.

I HAVE THE

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AND THE CITY ATTORNEY WAS INVOLVED AS WELL AND SHE WAS ON A BOARD AND COMMISSION AT THE TIME, AND SHE WAS ON THE BOARD AND COMMISSION ALREADY BEING HELD TO THAT HIGHER STANDARD COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL, COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.

AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE, TO THE POINT EARLIER, I STATED, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S CERTAIN PROCESSES WE FOLLOW AND, AND WE MIGHT NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT AGREE WITH, YOU KNOW, EVERY SINGLE APPLICANT.

BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE INDIVIDUALS PUTTING 'EM FORWARD, WE UNDERSTAND THEY VETTED THAT PROCESS OUT AND, AND, AND WE KIND OF HOLD THAT INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTABLE.

AND, AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST RUNNING A TRADITION OF CITY COUNCIL, THAT'S HAS WORKED.

SO IT'S NOT REALLY LOOKING AT THE PARTICULAR APPLICANT, BUT IT'S LOOKING AT THE PROCESS AND FOLLOWING THE PROCESS.

BUT ALSO I KNOW THAT THE COUNCIL HAS BROUGHT INDIVIDUALS BACK FORWARD AND REMOVE THEM AS WELL.

SO JUST TRY AND FOLLOW THE TRADITION HERE.

COUNCILMAN ADAMS. DOES INTEGRITY TRUMP TRADITION? IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

THAT'S ONE WE ALL HAVE TO DECIDE TONIGHT.

UH, THESE ARE NOT EASY ISSUES.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO VOTE.

COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, GO AHEAD.

OH, YOU'RE GONNA DO AN UP AND DOWN VOTE.

WE'RE GONNA DO AN UP AND DOWN VOTE.

AND LET, WELL, I SEE COUNCIL, I'M SEE MAYOR PRO TEM CLEMSON'S LIGHT ON.

AND, UH, WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED THIS VERY DIFFICULT, THIS VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION.

AND I THINK COUNCILMAN LOPEZ SUMMED UP PRETTY MUCH WHAT I HAD IN MY MIND AS WELL.

THAT PERSONALLY, I DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT THIS UPCOMING VOTE IS MY VOTE FOR OR AGAINST A PERSON.

TO ME, IT IS A VOTE FOR AGAINST THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED AND ENJOYED FOR THE PAST OVER THE YEARS ON THIS COUNCIL.

AND THAT IS THAT WE ALLOW THE PERSON TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION.

THE COUNCIL PERSON HAS THAT RIGHT TO MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION.

AND, UH, I WOULD EXPECT WHENEVER I NOMINATE SOMEBODY THAT THEY WOULD ALLOW ME TO HAVE THAT RIGHT AS WELL.

SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY.

AS FAR AS MY VOTE GOES, I'M VOTING MY CONSCIENCE FOR THE PROCESS.

COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. AGAIN, WHAT IS THE PROCESS? WHAT THEY'RE ALLUDING TO? AND NORMALLY IT'S A UNANIMOUS DECISION BY WHOEVER ANYBODY PUTS UP, HOWEVER, IS NOT ALWAYS UNANIMOUS.

AS COUNCIL MEMBER ZANU POINTED OUT THAT LAST YEAR, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF A LONE STAR SPORTS CORPORATION, WE HAD PEOPLE VOTE AGAINST IT.

SO IT'S NOT ALWAYS 100% A TRADITION.

YOU I DIDN'T THINK SO.

UH, THIS IS, THIS IS OUR RIGHT TO DO.

UM, ARE WE FINISHED? CAN WE COMMENT ON THAT ONE? DO WHAT? GO AHEAD.

COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ, I DON'T WANT TO NO.

PREVENT ANYBODY FROM, WE'RE GOOD.

DOCUMENT, I THINK, UM, WELL, I'M GOING BY THE LIST.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO, TIM ZANU.

OF MRS. LUCKY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. FIRST I WANNA SAY, KURT, THIS IS NOT AGAINST YOU, YOU OR THIS, IT IS NOT AGAINST ANYONE ON THIS DAAS.

AND, UH, JUST TO EVERYONE THAT'S LISTENING OR WATCHING AT HOME, THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF LIVING IN A DEMOCRACY WHERE EVERYBODY HAS THE FREEDOM TO SPEAK THEIR MIND AND TO VOICE THEIR OPINION.

AND I LOVE THAT AND I'M HERE FOR THAT.

BUT I WANT EVERYBODY THAT'S AT HOME, REGARDLESS OF HOW THIS VOTE GOES.

LISTEN TO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS IS SAYING.

SHE'S NOT THE ONLY PERSON IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT'S DEALT WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO EVEN THAT DEGREE.

THERE'S HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE.

IT'S UNFORTUNATE.

AND LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, I DON'T, I DON'T EVEN WANT TO GET TO THIS LEVEL, BUT I AM GONNA SAY IT.

I JOINED THE NAACP FOR ONE MAJOR REASON, BECAUSE SHE'S THE PRESIDENT.

AND I BELIEVE THAT I NEED TO BE THERE AS A BLACK MAN AND AS A BLACK LEADER TO HOLD MY PRESIDENT ACCOUNTABLE IF SHE'S DOING WRONG, BY NOT JUST BLACK PEOPLE, BUT BUT BY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CITY.

THAT'S WHY I JOINED THE NAACP, BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE YOU CAN JUST HAVE THE TITLE AND HAVE THIS LEADERSHIP POSITION, BUT ACT IN AN UNETHICAL WAY, ESPECIALLY TOWARDS PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE CLAIMING TO DEFEND AND TO LOOK OUT FOR.

I'M AGAINST IT, MAN.

I'M AGAINST IT.

I'M ONLY 25 YEARS OLD.

I KNOW I, I DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING, BUT I DO KNOW RIGHT FROM WRONG.

WHENEVER I PRAY EVERY NIGHT, I PRAY FOR ONE MAJOR THING, FOR A DISCERNMENT TO BE ABLE TO DISCERN BETWEEN GOOD AND BAD, EVIL AND MORAL.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO RIGHT NOW.

AND I JUST WANT Y'ALL TO HEAR WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS IS SAYING, BECAUSE SHE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE.

AND A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE DEALT WITH TERRIBLE THINGS AT THE HANDS

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I RESPECT YOUR DECISION.

I RESPECT WHO YOU CHOOSE AND I RESPECT YOUR APPOINTMENTS.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, REGARDLESS OF TRADITION, REGARDLESS OF HOW YOU PERSONALLY FEEL ABOUT SOMEONE, REGARDLESS OF HOW THAT PERSON HAVE TREATED YOU, WHAT OR WHO IS BEST FOR GRAND PRAIRIE AND WHO WILL HAVE THE BEST INTEREST OF GRAND PRAIRIE? 'CAUSE KEEP IN MIND THAT ALL THAT, THAT ALLEGED ATTACK TOWARD ME WAS ALSO TOWARD THE CITY.

IT WASN'T JUST ME.

IT WAS TOWARD THE CITY THAT SHE WANTS TO REPRESENT AND HAS REPRESENTED.

SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR.

I RESPECT THE TRADITION, I RESPECT THE APPOINTMENTS THAT EVERYONE HAS.

AND I, I RESPECT WHO YOU APPOINT, BUT I DO HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT IT AND I WANT IT CLEAR AND I WANT THE FACTS STATED.

COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M HEARING YOU CORRECTLY.

YOU'RE STATING ON THE RECORD THAT SHE'S MADE THESE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THE CITY, UH, THINGS, THE, THE, THE THINGS, THE COMMENTS SHE'S MADE TOWARDS YOU.

AND YOU SAID THAT SHE ATTACKED YOUR JOB, SHE WENT AFTER YOUR JOB THROUGH THE DESOTO, ISD, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S WHAT I STATED.

MS. LUCKY DID.

I'M ASKING DID MS. LUCKY MS. LUCKY, UH, WAS THE KINGPIN, THE BEHIND THE SCENES? SHE'S BEHIND, BUT SHE DIDN'T DO THAT.

I TELL YOU WHAT, WHAT WE CAN DO.

OFFICE DAIS.

I AM ALLOWING YOU TO TALK TO MY ATTORNEY AND YOU CAN, AND YOU CAN TALK WITH HER ABOUT THE LEGALITIES OF WHAT I'VE SAID.

OKAY, GANG.

UM, WELCOME TO TONIGHT'S MEETING.

UM, WE JUST STARTED.

UM, I AM GONNA START, WE'RE GONNA VOTE A VOTE.

I MEANS TO PREVENT MS. LUCKY FROM BEING ON IT.

I WILL BE VOTING, AYE.

BECAUSE OF THINGS SHE HAS PERSONALLY DONE TO ME.

ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION? SAY AYE.

AUGUST 1ST, 2024 THROUGH JULY 31ST, 2025.

THE NAYS HAVE IT.

MS. LUCKY IS APPOINTED.

LET'S DO A SHOW OF HANDS.

I THINK THERE'S THREE OF US THAT VOTED AGAIN.

IF, AYE, LET'S MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE.

ITEM 26.

ACTUALLY DO THE FULL APPOINTMENTS.

OH, NOW LET'S DO THE FULL APPOINTMENTS.

NOW, MON I, LET'S DO THE FULL APPOINTMENTS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, TONIGHT BEFORE YOU, WE HAVE THE ANNUAL BOARD AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS.

THIS WOULD BE FOR, UM, TERM STARTING AUGUST.

FIRST THROUGH JULY.

FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD.

JANE, MARY BEVERLY, DISTRICT FIVE, DISTRICT SIX, DAWN SMART PLAY PLACE EIGHT AT LARGE.

MARLE VINCENT, BUILDING ADVISORY AND APPEALS BOARD.

DISTRICT SIX.

APRIL AVERY, PLACE SEVEN AT LARGE.

GENEVA, MOBLEY.

RUDO, RIGHT, SHE'LL BE ON IT.

PLACE EIGHT AT LARGE.

WENDELL DAVIDSON FOR CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION ON CONSENSUS.

GERALD W. BROWN.

FOR COMMISSION ON AGING, WE HAVE DISTRICT FIVE, MICHAEL WALKER, DISTRICT SIX, MELINDA VELA, MORA, DISTRICT EIGHT AT LARGE.

WENDELL.

BERT.

NEXT FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT.

COMMISSION FOR MAYOR'S.

UH, NOMINEE THAT WOULD BE DARWIN WADE, DISTRICT SIX.

KENNETH PRESLEY, DISTRICT EIGHT AT LARGE.

KEVIN TOTH FOR THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION ON CONSENSUS.

COLE HUMPHREYS.

GREG GESNER, MARSHALL SUTTON, BUDDY WHITE FOR KEEP.

GRAND PRAIRIE BEAUTIFUL.

DISTRICT FIVE.

JACOB WEIGAND, DISTRICT SIX.

STEPHANIE BROWN AND DISTRICT EIGHT AT LARGE.

I'M SORRY, THAT'S VACANT.

DISTRICT FIVE.

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PATRICIA SMITH FOR LIBRARY BOARD.

AGAIN.

LIBRARY BOARD DISTRICT EIGHT AT LARGE.

MS. PATSY RAY PARK BOARD.

WE HAVE DISTRICT FIVE.

JERRY PARTAIN, DISTRICT SIX, JEFF GIBSON, DISTRICT EIGHT AT LARGE.

WARREN LANDRUM.

FOR THE, FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, WE HAVE DISTRICT FIVE, MS. JANIE, ARI, DISTRICT SIX AS ALREADY MENTIONED.

ANGELA LAVONNE, DISTRICT EIGHT AT LARGE.

TY JONES CHAPMAN.

FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WE HAVE DISTRICT SIX, JANET NASH, DISTRICT EIGHT AT LARGE.

DEXTER COLEMAN FOR ZONING.

BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.

DISTRICT ONE, STACEY WHITE, DISTRICT THREE.

DAVID BAKER, DISTRICT FIVE.

CJ RAMIREZ, DISTRICT SIX, KOKA DISTRICT SEVEN AT LARGE.

KIMBERLY AKIN RODIA, DISTRICT EIGHT AT LARGE.

ANTHONY LANGSTON.

IS THAT IT? THAT'S IT.

MOVE APPROVAL.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

AND SECOND TO MOVE APPROVAL.

A AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? SAME.

SHE, WE LEFT HER IN THERE.

MOTION CARRIES ITEM 26.

[26. Boards and Commissions - Member Removal/Appointment from Planning and Zoning Commission and Animal Shelter Advisory Committee]

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DEBOSKY, I THINK YOU WANT THE FLOOR FOR ITEM 26.

UH, IS THERE ANY SPEAKERS? UM, YES THERE ARE.

THANK YOU JULIA PEREZ.

WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS, I THINK MIKE.

I'M GOING TO VOTE WITH MY CONSCIENCE AND THIS VOTE THAT MIKE WANTS TO DO.

JULIA PEREZ, 26 14 CHANNING DRIVE, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.

7 5 0 5 2.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

MAYOR PERAM, CITY COUNCIL OFFICERS, CHIEF STAFF.

I HAVE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY REGARDING MY FORCED REMOVAL FROM PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

I RECEIVED, UM, A TEXT FROM COUNCILMAN DEL BOSKY TO VOTE YES FOR THE POKER HOUSE.

I VOTED NO, NOT BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS A GOOD DEAL FOR GRAND PRAIRIE.

I VOTED NO BECAUSE I DID NOT FEEL THAT I HAD ENOUGH INFORMATION ON.

THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THE POKER HOUSE HAD COME BEFORE PLANNING A ZONING.

I AM NOT GOING TO BE TOLD BY THE COUNCIL MEMBER OR ANYONE ELSE HOW TO PLACE MY VOTE.

I WAS HONORED TO ACCEPT THE POSITION BY COUNCILMAN DEL BOSKY FOR PLANNING AND ZONING.

I HAVE SERVED AS SECRETARY, AND CURRENTLY I'M THE CO-CHAIR.

I SERVED WITH A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL GROUP OF PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF THE BLANKET STATEMENT THAT COUNCILMAN DEBOSKY STATED, THAT WE DO NOT DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE ON A TELEVISED COUNCIL MEETING.

WE DO DO PLENTY.

I PERSONALLY DRIVE BY WHEN WE HAVE SOMETHING, ESPECIALLY IN OUR DISTRICT THAT COMES UP THAT IS GOING TO BE UP FOR A, ANY TYPE OF A CHANGE.

IF WE'RE GONNA CHANGE, MAYBE THE SUP COMES UP OR IF MAYBE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE, UH, THE MULTIFAMILY, OR WE'RE GONNA CHANGE IT FROM COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL.

WHATEVER COMES UP, I DRIVE BY.

I'M IN THE DISTRICT EVERY SINGLE DAY.

I HAVE SERVED WITH THE BEST INTENT FOR THE CITIZENS, NOT JUST FOR OUR DISTRICT, BUT I THOUGHT I WAS DOING THE BEST THAT I COULD FOR THE CITY, AND THAT'S HOW I PLACED MY VOTES.

I WILL NOT VOTE THE WAY YOU ASK ME TO VOTE.

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NOW, MR. COUNCILMAN DEBOSKY IS RETALIATION TO TAKE ME OFF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION BECAUSE I VOTED AGAINST HIM AND IN MY HEART, MIKE, YOU'RE ASKING PEOPLE YOU JUST ADDRESS, SO PLEASE, I'M SORRY.

I THAT'S OKAY.

HONESTLY, FEEL THAT RIGHT NOW.

UM, WE, EARLIER IT WAS STATED THAT WE SHOULD ALL BE GETTING ALONG.

LET'S ALL TRY TAKE RACE OUT OF IT.

I EVEN RECEIVED A TEXT FROM MIKE SAYING, WHAT'S THE WHITE GUY'S NAME? I'M PLANNING A ZONING.

DO YOU HAVE HIS NUMBER? LET'S START WITH YOU.

TAKE RACE OUT OF IT.

HOW'S THAT? WE HAVE A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

I FEEL LIKE WE DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE.

I ASK YOU TO CONSIDER, AND PLEASE PUT, AND I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE OUTCOME WILL PROBABLY BE.

HOWEVER, I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I HAVE DONE THE BEST THAT I CAN FOR NOT JUST OUR DISTRICT, BUT FOR WHAT I THOUGHT WAS THE BEST FOR OUR CITY.

MICHELLE MADDEN.

GOOD EVENING.

MICHELLE MADDEN, 53 11 PENNY LANE, GRAND PRAIRIE.

UM, GOOD, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, I'D LIKE TO BEGIN POINTING OUT THAT I AM A, UM, COMMISSIONER ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD, AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SUPPORT MY FELLOW COMMISSIONER, JULIA PEREZ.

UH, JULIA HAS BEEN A RELIABLE CONTRIBUTOR, UM, WHO VALUES HER APPOINTMENT AND TAKES HER ROLE VERY SERIOUSLY.

AND JULIA, LIKE ALL OF OUR APPOINTED VOLUNTEERS ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, USES HER PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE TO MAKE HER OWN DECISIONS.

AT THE MAY 21ST COUNCIL MEETING WHEN COUNCILMAN DELBOSQUE CALLED THE ENTIRE PNZ COMMITTEE, INCOMPETENT.

AND BECAUSE OUR INTERVIEW OF THE APPLICANTS AND DECISIONS DIDN'T SEEM TO SUIT THE COUNCILMAN, HE ALSO SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED HIS APPOINTEE.

JULIA SHARED SCREENSHOTS OF TEXT CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN SHE AND THE CO AND COUNCILMAN DEL BOSKY WITH ME AND OUR ENTIRE PNC GROUP.

IN THAT TEXT, UH, COUNCILMAN DELBOSQUE TOLD JULIA THAT THE CHANGE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH HER ATTENDANCE.

THAT SHE HAD BEEN DOING A GREAT, AWESOME JOB AND THAT SHE DID NOTHING WRONG.

COUNCILMAN DELBOSQUE OFFICIALLY INVITED JULIA TO CONTINUE HER SERVICE IN 2023, UM, AT THE END OF HER LAST TERM, AND SHE HAPPILY ACCEPTED.

NOW HE WANTS TO PULL JULIA OUT OF TERM AND HAS EXPLAINED THERE ARE OTHERS WHO WANT TO SERVE THE CITY THAT SUPPORT HIM.

PLEASE CONSIDER DENYING THE REMOVAL OF JULIA PEREZ FROM PLANNING AND ZONING.

REMOVING A DEDICATED APPOINTED CITIZEN WITHOUT JUSTIFICATION IS DETRIMENTAL TO THE INTEGRITY OF THE PROCESS AND POSITION BOTH THE APPOINTMENT AND THE COUNCIL PERSON.

UH, THAT CONCLUDES THE SPEAKER CARDS COUNCIL MEMBER DEL BOSKY.

UH, SO I EMAILED OUR CITY MANAGER THE TEXT MESSAGES, SO I HAVE PROOF OF WHAT I DID SAY, AND THAT WAY IT PASSES THE PROCESS.

UM, THE FIRST TIME, JULIA, JUST FOR CLARITY, YOU DID VOTE FOR IT.

IT'S THE SECOND TIME YOU SAID YOU WEREN'T THERE, YOU HAD COVID.

SO WE CAN CHECK THE RECORD.

WE HAVE RECORDS OF EVERYTHING IF WE HAVE TO DO THAT.

AND YES, UM, IT IS AT THE END OF THE DAY THE DECISION OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER AND IT'S PUBLIC INFORMATION SINCE I EMAILED THE TEXT MESSAGES, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SEE 'EM, UH, THAT SHE DID DO A DA GREAT JOB THAT SHE HAD THE SECOND, IF NOT THIRD HIGHEST ATTENDANCE, THAT SHE DID A GREAT JOB.

AND YES, I WANNA GIVE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHER PEOPLE THAT WANNA SERVE, NOT SERVE ME.

AND AGAIN, IT'S IN THE TEXT.

SO PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING.

WE CAN ALL, YOU KNOW, ALLEGE AND, AND, AND DO ALL THIS STUFF, BUT I HAVE IT DOCUMENTED.

IT IS COVERED.

AND SO NOW WE CAN VOTE.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL.

AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DEBOSKEY'S DECISION, EVEN THOUGH I THINK IT'S WRONG HEADED AND WRONG.

AS IN THE PREVIOUS ONE.

I'M GOING TO HAVE TO

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UH, I, IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, I'VE STOOD ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THAT PODIUM RIGHT THERE, AS YOU ALL ARE VERY WELL AWARE OF AND TRIED TO HELP PEOPLE GET ZONING CASES DONE.

AND I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT THE BEST QUESTIONS AND THE BEST THOUGHT PROCESS ON THAT PLANNING COMMISSION CAME FROM JULIA.

SHE VERBALLY SPANKED ME A COUPLE OF TIMES AND I'M STILL NOT HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

BUT WE GET ALONG AND I KNOW THAT SHE, FROM MY EXPERIENCE BEING OVER THERE ON THAT SIDE OF THE PODIUM, I KNOW THAT SHE KNEW WHAT SHE WAS DOING.

I HATE TO SEE THIS HAPPENING.

I'VE TOLD COUNCIL MEMBER DEL BASQUE ALL OF THIS ALREADY, SO IT'S NOTHING NEW TO HIM.

UM, I THINK THAT IT'S, UH, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO KNOW THE WHYS AND THE WHERE FORS THAT'S NOT MY BUSINESS.

UH, I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S AGAIN, UNFORTUNATE AND I KNOW THAT, UH, SHE'S A VERY, VERY GOOD PERSON THAT THOUGHT WELL, THINKS THAT GRAND PRAIRIE IS A, IS A GOOD PLACE TO BE AND IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE HERE.

SHE'S NOT GONNA RUN AWAY.

AND I'LL TELL YOU THIS, IF I KNEW THIS WAS COMING DOWN THE PACK BEFORE, I'VE GOT A GREAT APPOINTEE TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION THAT WAS THERE BEFORE AND KNOWS WHAT SHE'S DOING.

HAD I KNEW THIS WAS GOING DOWN, COMING DOWN THE PACK BEFORE THIS, I MIGHT HAVE TALKED TO HER ABOUT THINKING ABOUT ANOTHER BOARD, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IT.

AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO BACK ON MY WORD THERE, BUT, UH, I, I HATE TO SEE THIS HAPPENING.

AND, AND I, I JUST WANNA GIVE HER ALL THE ACCOLADES OF CANCER.

SHE SERVED ON THE LIBRARY BOARD BEFORE THIS.

SHE, UH, SHE CARES ABOUT HER CITY.

AND, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS IT COMES OF EVEN MENTIONING HOW TO, TO A, ESPECIALLY PNC OR ZBA PERSON, EVEN MENTIONING TO THEM HOW YOU'D LIKE, YOU'D LIKE 'EM TO VOTE FROM THIS SIDE OF THE DESK.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT CLONE IF I WANT, YOU KNOW, I WANT SOMEBODY THAT'S GOING TO CHALLENGE ME AND TELL ME, YOU MIGHT BE WRONG, TONY, LOOK AT IT MY WAY.

I DON'T, I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT SOMEBODY THAT JUST GOING TO ANSWER TO WHAT I ASK THEM TO DO.

I WANT SOMEBODY THAT, SOMEBODY LIKE JULIA THAT THINKS SOMEBODY LIKE JANIE THAT I'M APPOINTING, THAT THINKS ON THEIR OWN AND THINKS ON THEIR FEET.

AND IT'S JUST UNFORTUNATE.

BUT I GOTTA GO BACK TO THE COUNCILMAN CAN DO WHAT THE COUNCILMAN CAN DO.

YOU GOOD? YOU DONE? I'M GOOD.

COUNCILMAN LOPEZ? NO, I'M NOT GOOD.

I'M COUNCILMAN LOPEZ.

AND, AND I THINK THIS IS THE PART THAT SOMETIMES WE HESITATE WITH EVEN, BECAUSE WE KNOW SOME OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, WE HAVE TURN LIMITS, RIGHT? WE DON'T HAVE TURN LIMITS HERE ON THIS COUNCIL.

BUT WITH BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, YOU KNOW, BACK THEN THEY VOTED FOR TURN LIMITS.

AND WE HAVE, SOMETIMES WE HAVE SOME STRONG BOARD AND COMMISSIONERS THAT WE DON'T WANT THEM TO TERM OUT, BUT SOMETIMES WE GET APPROACH AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE PEOPLE HAVE FAIR OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE.

I WANT TO CLARIFY.

BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS DO NOT HAVE TERM LIMITS.

THEY DO NOT HAVE TERM LIMITS.

SIX YEARS, SIR.

NO, THEY DO NOT HAVE TERM LIMITS.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.

THIRD, I I KNOW THE, I KNOW THE RULES TO EXTEND IT PAST SIX YEARS, IT TAKES A SUPER MAJORITY.

BJ NICHOLS WAS ON IT 12 YEARS.

BUT IT TAKES SUPER, OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS DO NOT HAVE TERM LIMITS.

WELL, I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE PAST.

YEAH, IT, IT, WE DON'T HAVE TERM LIMITS.

WELL, SOMETIMES PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY THAT THERE'S TURN LIMITS AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE SWITCHING THEIR BOARDS OF COMMISSIONS UP.

WE TRY TO KEEP IT TO SIX YEARS, BUT I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THE BOARDS AND APPOINTMENTS DO NOT HAVE TURN LIMITS.

ALRIGHT, MAYOR, WE TO TONY WAS ON THE COUNCIL WHEN WE PASSED IT.

SUPER MAJORITY CAN OVERRIDE THAT.

THAT'S WHY BJ WAS ON IT 12 YEARS.

FOR IT, RIGHT? WE TRY TO ATTEMPT YEAH.

BUT THERE ARE, THERE IS A RULE

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THERE'S A RULE FOR EXTENDING IT.

THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TIM CLEMSON.

MS. JULIA, UH, THIS IS FOR YOU.

JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO OUR CITY FOR, UH, LOVING OUR CITY AND, UM, FOR BEING A PROPONENT.

AND, UM, I'M VERY SORRY THAT IT HAS COME TO THIS UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

IT'S NOT PLEASANT FOR ANY OF US AND ESPECIALLY YOU.

BUT I KNOW THAT A PERSON OF YOUR CHARACTER AND THAT HAS A HEART FOR OUR CITY, YOU'LL FIND A PLACE TO SERVE NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS HERE.

AND I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO, UH, KEEP ON KEEPING ON.

THANK YOU DARLING.

COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS AND JULIA, I WANNA SAY, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR STANDING UP FOR YOURSELF.

LETS LISTEN.

LET, OKAY.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM ZANU.

JUST TO FOLLOW THAT, UH, MS. PEREZ OR MRS. PEREZ, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU SERVE SOMEWHERE ELSE IF YOU DON'T GET THE VOTE TO STAY ON TODAY.

SO THANK YOU.

I DON'T SEE ANY MORE LIKE MIKE, WAS THAT IN THE FORM OF A MOTION OR WERE YOU JUST, DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND PUT IT IN THE FORM OF A MOTION? YES, I, UM, WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION TO REMOVE, UH, JULIA PEREZ ON P AND Z AND ADD VICTOR MEDINA AS HER REPLACEMENT.

IS THAT OKAY? ANIMAL SHELTER.

WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER ONE? OH YEAH.

AND THEN FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER, MON LISA, WE GOT, UH, FROM DISTRICT TWO, CORRECT? WE HAVE MS I DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY APPLY FOR IN DISTRICT THREE.

SO WE TOOK ONE OF, YES.

SO, UM, CORRECT.

WE, UM, REVIEWED MS. MADELINE MONROE'S ATTENDANCE AND, UM, SHE'S HAD, UH, THREE CONSECUTIVE MISSED MEETINGS.

AND SO THEREFORE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER DELBOSQUE IS NOMINATING MS. ROBY GLENN TO FILL THAT POSITION.

AND I DID INFORM COUNCILWOMAN HEAD AND, AND THAT THAT'S BY OUR RULES OF THE COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS.

THEY GET REMOVED THEMSELVES BECAUSE OF THEIR ABSENCE THREE IN A ROW, CORRECT? CORRECT.

IS THAT A CORRECT STATEMENT? THAT'S CORRECT.

SO IT'S NOT A VOTE TO REMOVE HER, SHE'S REMOVED YOUR VOTING TO REPLACE.

SO YOU'RE DOING THREE THINGS IN ONE MOTION.

CAN WE SPLIT THEM UP? YEAH, LET, LET'S SPLIT 'EM UP.

LET'S DO THE REMOVAL.

SO THE REMOVAL, UH, THE FIRST MOTION IS TO REMOVE JULIA, UH, EZ FROM PNZ AND ADDING VICTOR EZ OR VICTOR MEDINA.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION.

AND SECOND, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE HERE, IF THE COUNCIL MEMBER VOTES TO REMOVE ONE OF THEIR OWN, IT JUST TAKES A SIMPLE MAJORITY.

IF I OR ANYONE ELSE VOTED TO REMOVE HER, IT WOULD TAKE A SUPER MAJORITY.

THAT'S JUST TO CLARIFY FOR ANY TIMES IN THE FUTURE.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ON THE FLOOR.

ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION.

AND SECOND, SAY AYE.

OPPOSED, SAY NAY.

AY, WE HAVE MOTION CARRIE SEVEN TO TWO WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ZANU AND COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS VOTING NAY.

NOW DO THE SECOND PART OF YOUR MOTION.

SECOND PART IS TO ADD MS. MARLISA, CAN YOU GIVE THAT NAME AGAIN? MS. ROBY GLEN.

ROBY GLEN, TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER TO FILL THAT POSITION TO FILL THAT VACANT POSITION.

SECOND, WE HAVE MOTION.

SECOND.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

AND OPPOSED SAY NAY.

ITEM

[27. Public Hearing on and Consideration of an Ordinance Adopting the Land Use Assumptions (LUA) and Capital Improvement Plans (CIP) for the City of Grand Prairie’s Water and Wastewater Service Area (Reviewed by the Capital Improvements Advisory Committee on 06/12/2024)]

27.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MS. NOREEN .

I'M THE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING AND UTILITIES.

UM, TONIGHT THERE'S A PUBLIC HEARING ON AND CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS FOR THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE'S WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICE AREA.

WE HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION BY ANDREW FRANCO WITH FRIES NICHOLS AND I WILL PASS OUT THE LAND USE ASSUMPTION AND CIP MAPS MAJOR.

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WE'LL DECIDE WHETHER IT'S SHORT OR NOT.

, I'LL DO MY BEST.

UM, SO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME IN FRONT OF THIS EVENING, UM, JUST UPFRONT.

WANNA ADDRESS THE, UH, THE ACTION THAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING FOR AT THE END OF THIS, UH, PRESENTATION.

PUBLIC HEARING IS TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE APPROVING LANEY'S ASSUMPTIONS AND ELIGIBLE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN REGARDING UPDATING YOUR IMPACT FEE PROGRAMS FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEMS. UH, WITHIN THAT ORDINANCE, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT A 1.67% ANNUAL GROWTH RATE OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS, AS WELL AS APPROVING THE WATER AND WASTEWATER ELIGIBLE CIP PROJECTS THAT MS. HOUSEWRIGHT IS PASSING OUT RIGHT NOW.

REALLY QUICK BASICS OF AN IMPACT FEE PROGRAM.

UH, WHAT AN IMPACT FEE IS, IT'S A ONE-TIME CHARGE THAT'S ASSESSED TO NEW DEVELOPMENT, NEW DEVELOPMENT ONLY FOR THE COST RELATED TO A SPECIFIC CAP SPECIFIC CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

THESE ARE A MECHANISM THAT THE CITY CAN UTILIZE TO HELP FUND INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY TO ACCOMMODATE FUTURE PROJECTED GROWTH.

UH, WE ALWAYS LIKE TO USE THE TAGLINE AND WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS GROWTH PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE OF GROWTH INTO, UH, FOR THIS, FOR PURPOSE OF THIS, THE PURPOSES OF THIS STUDY, WATER AND SEWER SYSTEMS. SO THE PROCESS IS THE MAIN.

THERE'S THREE LARGE STEPS.

UH, TODAY WE'RE GONNA REALLY TALK ABOUT JUST THE TOP TWO, THE LAND ASSUMPTIONS AND THE ELIGIBLE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

BUT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE, THE SERVICE AREAS, THE PROJECTED LAND USE AND POPULATION GROWTH OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.

AND THEN, UH, GO THROUGH THE ELIGIBLE WATER AND WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.

WE'LL COME BACK AT A FUTURE MEETING TO TALK ABOUT THE ACTUAL IMPACT FEE CALCULATIONS.

OH, THE LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS THEMSELVES.

CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, UH, FOR THE PURPOSES OF YOUR IMPACT FEES, YOU COLLECT INTO TWO DIFFERENT AREAS FOR YOUR WATER AND SEWER.

THEY'RE CALLED THE NORTH SECTOR AND THE SOUTH SECTOR.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE ALL THE FIGURES ON THE SCREEN, UH, KIND OF THE DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH SECTOR IS GONNA BE THE, UH, THE DALLAS AND ELLIS COUNTY LINE.

UH, YOUR NORTH SECTOR IS MUCH MORE, UH, DEVELOPED AND MATURE.

HAS A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE TO HELP MEET FUTURE PROJECTED GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.

AND THE SOUTH SECTOR IS VASTLY UNDEVELOPED WITH A LOT OF POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE GROWTH, THOUGH, LOOKING AT THE LAND ASSUMPTION GROWTH PROJECTIONS, UH, DURING THIS STUDY, UH, WE, WE'VE WORKED WITH ENGINEERING, WATER UTILITIES, PLANNING, FINANCE, UH, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DIFFERENT EYES, A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPINIONS, A LOT OF DIFFERENT FEEDBACK AND INPUT ONTO WHAT WE BELIEVE THE THE NEXT 10 YEARS OF GRAND PRAIRIE GROWTH IS GONNA LOOK LIKE.

SO JUST KIND OF A SNAPSHOT HERE IS SHOWING THE, UH, KIND OF OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS, WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT ABOUT 1.67% ANNUAL GROWTH RATE.

UH, THAT'S GONNA BE MORE HEAVILY WEIGHTED ON THE SOUTH SECTOR THAN THE NORTH SECTOR.

SO HERE IN, UH, 2024, YOU KNOW, ESTIMATED POPULATION IN GRAND PRAIRIE, 208,081 INDIVIDUALS, UH, MOVING AHEAD IN 10 YEARS, UH, WE LOOK TO SEE ABOUT 245,000 FOLKS MOVING INTO THE CITY.

SO WANT TO START TOUCHING ON THE, UH, ELIGIBLE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

UM, SO WITH, WITH THE HANDOUTS THAT WERE PASSED OUT, UH, WE HAVE A, UH, A LIST OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS RELATED TO THE, UH, WATER AND SEWER SYSTEMS FOR BOTH THE NORTH AND SOUTH SECTORS.

UH, THE, THE CITY KEEPS A LARGE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

SO THIS IS A KIND OF A SUBSET OF THAT.

AND THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE REALLY DIRECTED AT SERVING FUTURE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.

WE CAN'T CHARGE IMPACT FEES OR WE CAN'T INCLUDE THEM ON THE CIP IF WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OR OTHER TYPES OF, UH, SYSTEM ACTIVITIES.

SO THIS IS JUST FOCUSED ON SERVING GROWTH.

UH, THERE'S A TOTAL OF, UM, 43 WATER PROJECTS ON THIS IMPACT FEE ELIGIBLE.

CIP.

UH, DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS INCLUDE ADDITIONAL WATER SUPPLIES, UH, NEW PUMP STATIONS, GROUND AND ELEVATED STORAGE TANKS, UH, WATER LINES, UH, ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, DOING, DOING THESE TYPES OF PLANNING AND GROWTH RELATED STUDY WORK IS ELIGIBLE TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AS WELL.

ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE OF THINGS, UH, AGAIN, SPLIT UP IN THE SAME BOUNDARIES NORTH AND SOUTH SECTOR.

WE HAVE 17 PROJECTS IDENTIFIED IN OUR NORTH SECTOR 12 PROJECT IN OUR SOUTH SECTOR.

AND SOME OF THOSE INCLUDE EXPANSION OF LIFT STATION, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, WASTEWATER INTERCEPTORS, UH, PARTICIPATION IN THE TRA SYSTEM DOWN SOUTH.

AND, AND FINALLY THOSE GROWTH RELATED STUDIES AGAIN.

SO, UH, 43 TOTAL PROJECTS INCLUDED ON THE WATER SIDE, 29 PROJECTS INCLUDED ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE TONIGHT.

THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS TO, TO MEET AND APPROVE THE LAND ASSUMPTIONS AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS.

UH, WE'RE GONNA BE MEETING WITH OUR CIAC, UH, THAT'S SCHEDULED TO BE NEXT WEEK.

UH, WE HAVE, UM, A PRESENTATION WITH THE F AND G COMMITTEE ON AUGUST 6TH COMING UP.

UH, WE'LL BE BACK HERE ON SEPTEMBER 17TH WITH A SECOND PUBLIC

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HEARING TO CONSIDER THE ACTUAL ADOPTION OR THE UPDATING OF THE IMPACT FEE PROGRAM ITSELF.

SO THAT, THAT'LL BE THE ACTION WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR IN IN SEPTEMBER OVER VOTE.

UH, STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE, UH, ADOPTING THE LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS AND ELIGIBLE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AS PRESENTED.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AND COUNSEL.

UH, YES, MEL HAS INFORMED ME THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING IS THE FIRST READING.

WE WILL NOT BE TAKING A VOTE TONIGHT.

NO VOTE.

UH, BUT WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS TONIGHT OR DELAY 'EM UNTIL NEXT TIME.

SINCE WE'VE ALREADY ASKED SO MANY QUESTIONS TONIGHT.

THERE'S ONLY ONE READING.

DO WHAT? THERE'S ONLY ONE.

THERE'S ONLY ONE READING BACK.

SO YOU'RE NOT BRINGING IT BACK? NO.

OH, I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU'D BE BRINGING IT BACK SECOND.

THE SECOND READING.

WE'LL HAVE A SECOND.

A, A SEPARATE PUBLIC HEARING.

I APOLOGIZE.

SECOND PUBLIC HEARING IS FOR THE IMPACT FEE CALCULATIONS.

SO THIS IS FOR YES.

USE ASSUMPTION.

WE DO NEED A VOTE, I THINK.

SORRY.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

AND ME REAL QUICK PROMISE, YOU CAN, UH, COME UP AND SPEAK EVEN IF YOU HAVE NOT FILLED OUT A SPEAKER CARD.

WHAT THREW ME WAS WHEN YOU SAID YOU'RE COMING BACK FOR SOMETHING ELSE.

SO MEL AND I WERE TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

THANKS FOR CLARIFYING IT.

I DON'T SEE ANYBODY COMING.

WHAT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL? UH, MAYOR.

OH, WE HAVE A CARD TOO.

I'VE GOT, I'LL GET YOU HAROLD.

HAROLD, ASK YOU IF MIKE WAS THERE.

YEAH, WE, WE DISCUSSED IT IN CCC, HAROLD WILLIS, FIVE THREE.

AUNT LINLEY.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK THE ENGINEERS WITH THE DISASTER DOWN IN HOUSTON WHERE THE PUMP STATIONS FAILED AND THERE'S RAW SEWAGE EVERYWHERE, WHAT TYPE OF BACKUP GENERATORS WILL YOU HAVE IN THE LIFT STATIONS FOR, TO DESIGN AS WE GROW TO HELP PREVENT THE SCREW UP, DOWN IN HOUSTON? WELL, THOSE, WELL, SORRY, I'LL JUST SAY THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY COVERED AS PART OF THIS STUDY, I WILL SAY THERE'S A SEPARATE INITIATIVE WITHIN THE CITY TO ACQUIRE SOME ADDITIONAL PORTABLE GENERATORS THAT WILL BE USED IN AN EMERGENCY LIKE THAT.

WE ARE WORKING ON GENERATORS.

WE HAVE THEM ORDERED, WE HAVE, UM, CONTRACTS TO GET CONCRETE PADS AND GET 'EM READY FOR THESE BACKUP GENERATORS.

BUT THAT IS SEPARATE FROM WHAT THIS IS.

SO, BUT FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS DOWN THE ROAD, PERHAPS OF HAVING GENERATORS ON SITE NOT TO HAVE TO DRAG THEM OUT THERE FOR FUTURE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.

AND WE HAVE THAT PART OF OUR OPERATIONS.

UM, WE ARE GEN, WE HAVE GENERATORS AND, UM, GETTING THEM INSTALLED IN VARIOUS SITES.

WE'RE WORKING ON THAT ALREADY.

IT'S JUST AFTER, I MEAN, HOUSTON JUST, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, I MEAN MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF RAW SEWAGE IN PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS MM-HMM .

AND SO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO ENSURE THAT THAT AREA IS AFFECTED BY CORRECT.

THAT, TO HAVE THE, JUST A GOOD BACKUP.

AND THAT'S LIKE MORE FOR THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE SIDE.

UH, THIS TYPE OF IMPACT FEES IS ALL FOR FUTURE GROWTH.

IT'S NOT PART OF THE MOTION MAKE.

JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE CAN GET THAT IN THERE.

THAT'S THE ONLY SPEAKER CARD COUNCIL MEMBER KY.

WE DISCUSSED THIS EARLIER IN CCDC, WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HEDON AND, AND, UM, SHOTWELL.

UH, THAT BEING SAID, I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 27, UH, PER STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS.

SECOND ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS ALL IN FAVORS.

HEY RAY, HOW ARE YOU, RAY? GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL, RAY SERTA PARKS ARTS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR TODAY HERE.

OPPOSED? NA.

MOTION CARRIES ITEM 28.

[28. Consent to sublease agreement between Lynn Creek SMI, Inc, LLC/Lynn Creek SMI Series LLC and Rockin’S Bar and Grill for the restaurant at Lynn Creek Park Marina, subject to approval by the United States Army Corp of Engineers (Reviewed by the Finance and Government on 07/10/2024)]

WE'RE HERE TO, IT IS A CONSENT TO SUBLEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN LYNN CREEK, SMI, UH, INCORPORATION AND ROCKING BAR, ROCKINESS BAR AND GRILL FOR RESTAURANT AT LYNN CREEK PARK MARINA.

THIS IS SUBJECT APPROVAL BY THE UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, AND TODAY WE HAVE BRIAN KEELAND, WHO IS THE MANAGER OF THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE MARINA.

HE WILL BE MAKING A SHORE PRESENTATION.

GO AHEAD.

I'LL GIVE YOU A QUESTION, BRIAN.

THANK YOU, RAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

BRIAN KEELEN A PROUD, UH, CORPORATE CITIZEN OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE THAT WE, UH, WHEN I'M HERE, IT'S, UH, FOR A NEW PARTNERSHIP AND AN EXCITING PARTNERSHIP.

UH, ONE THAT, UH, BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN HERE SO LONG, AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT FOOD AND SOME EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES AT LYNN CREEK MARINA.

SO WE'LL TRY TO MAKE THIS AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE.

BUT, UH, I AM INTRODUCING, UH, A FUN, UH, DINING OPTION, UH, FOR LIN CREEK MARINA TONIGHT.

UH, IN THE ROCKING SBAR AND GRILL, UH, ROCKING SBAR AND GRILL IS, UH, IS A, A CHAIN, UH, THAT WE HAVE SOUGHT OUT.

UH, THEY HAVE FIVE, UH, DIFFERENT OPERATIONS.

FOUR OF THEM ARE MARINA BASED.

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UH, SO THEY'RE WATER BASED OPERATIONS HERE IN THE NORTH TEXAS AREA.

UH, THEY'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS JUST OVER 22 YEARS.

UH, THEY HAVE THEIR FIRST OPERATION OUT IN GRAHAM, TEXAS, WHICH IS OUT BY POSSUM KINGDOM LAKE.

UH, THEY'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS AGAIN OVER 22 YEARS.

THEY REALLY STARTED JUST TO OFFER GOOD FOOD AND A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE COULD COME AND JUST ENJOY THEIR, THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND, AND HANG OUT FOR A WHILE.

THEY REALLY, UH, LOVED MUSIC.

SO, UH, LIVE ENTERTAINMENT, BOTH LOCAL AND, UH, NATIONAL WAS A, A BIG THING FOR THEM.

SO THEY WORKED ON THAT.

UM, AND THEN IT CONTINUED TO GROW.

UH, THEY, THEY LOVED BEING ON THE WATER, SO THEY OPENED UP SOME MORE CONCEPTS OUT ON THE WATER AND, UH, REALLY HAD A LOT OF, UH, LAKESIDE, UH, ITEMS OUT ON THE PATIOS AND FUN.

UH, SO THEY'VE ADDED TELEVISIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR, UH, LOTS OF SPORTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO, UH, I'M JUST GONNA RUN YOU THROUGH SOME OF THEIR LOCATIONS AND KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE INSIDE.

SOME OF 'EM ARE A LITTLE WHIMSICAL, BUT, UH, LOTS OF COLORS, BRIGHT COLORS.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN DOWN TO THE MARINAS AND THE MARINA OPERATIONS, YOU KNOW, NO, UH, TWO MARINAS ARE THE SAME.

SO YOU'LL SEE A LOTS OF DIFFERENT INTERIOR FINISH OUTS.

UH, THIS PARTICULAR ONE, UH, HAS A LARGE TABLE WITH, UH, AN OLD CHRIS CRAFT BOAT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, SO A LOT OF FUN.

UH, BUT THE, THIS ONE IS THEIR SILVER LAKE MARINA, UH, ON GRAPEVINE LAKE.

THIS IS ONE OF THEIR ACTUAL EXPRESS LOCATIONS, UH, WHICH IS JUST A REAL QUICK PLACE TO COME IN.

UM, BUT THEY, UH, THEY'RE JUST REALLY CLEAN, REALLY EXCITING, JUST DIFFERENT COLORS, WATER SKIS ON THE, ON THE, THE WALL.

YOU'LL SEE, UH, OLD BOAT MOTORS UP ON THE WALL.

JUST SOME FUN, INTERESTING STUFF.

THIS IS HIDDEN COVE MARINA OUT AT LAKE LOUISVILLE.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE OPERATIONS, THEY'RE VERY, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SEE DOWN HERE AT, AT OUR JOE POOL LAKE.

UM, YOU KNOW, UH, ON THE WATER, LOTS OF, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST FUN ACTIVITY OUTSIDE.

YOU SEE PEOPLE, YOUNG AND OLD, JUST HAVING A GOOD TIME.

UH, WE THINK THIS IS A GREAT PARTNERSHIP FOR US.

UH, THIS IS THEIR LAND-BASED RESTAURANT.

UM, UH, OUT, OUT IN GRAHAM, AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE LOTS OF, UH, SPORTS ACTIVITY, UH, TELEVISIONS, UM, YOUNG AND OLD, UH, USING THE RESTAURANT.

UH, WE HOPE AT THE END OF THIS EVENING, WE'LL HAVE ONE HERE, UH, ON JOE POOL LAKE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.

UH, BUT WE ARE PROPOSING THAT, UH, FOR OUR RESTAURANT OPERATIONS, UH, AT LYNN CREEK.

SO, ROCKING THIS MENU IS VERY CASUAL.

IT'S A VERY AMERICAN STYLE CUISINE.

UH, YOU'LL SEE, YOU KNOW, PRETTY, PRETTY COMMON ITEMS, UH, IN THEIR APPETIZER SELECTIONS FROM, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE QUESADILLAS, UM, YOU KNOW, BUFFALO WINGS, UH, FRIED PICKLES, NACHOS.

UM, THEY DO A LOT OF BASKETS, UM, WHETHER IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, FRIED SHRIMP, FRIED CATFISH.

THEY'VE GOT SOME REALLY COOL SALADS TO OFFER, UH, DESSERTS.

THEY'VE GOT WRAP SANDWICHES, PIZZAS, UM, BURGERS, UM, YOU KNOW, CHICKEN CLUB SANDWICHES.

PRETTY MUCH JUST REAL CASUAL FLARE.

UH, THEY'VE GOT A GREAT BAR SELECTION, LOTS OF FUN.

UH, YOU KNOW, I CALL 'EM FUFU DRINKS, BUT THE LA COLORFUL DRINKS THAT PEOPLE LOVE TO HAVE OUT, OUT BY THE, OUT BY THE PATIOS AND, AND WHATNOT.

UH, 30 BEERS ON TAP, BUT YOU, YOU KIND OF GET AN IDEA OF THE, THE FOOD IS SERVED SOMETIMES ON TRAYS, SOMETIMES ON PLATES AND IN, IN BASKETS, BUT JUST A VERY, VERY FUN CASUAL ENVIRONMENT.

UH, REMEMBER WE'RE DOWN AT A MARINA, SO WE'VE GOT PEOPLE THAT ARE IN CASUAL ATTIRE, YOU KNOW, GOLF TYPE ATTIRE.

AND WE'VE ALSO GOT PEOPLE IN FLIP FLOPS AND T-SHIRTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE THERE TO EAT.

SO WE, UH, WE SERVE A VERY DIVERSE CROWD.

UM, AND WE ALWAYS WANT THINGS TO BENEFIT NOT ONLY OUR CUSTOMERS, BUT US AS A COMPANY AND, AND OUR PARTNERS LIKE THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

SO OUR BENEFITS, UH, AT THE MARINA, THIS WILL PROVIDE A, A MUCH MORE CONSISTENT AND A BETTER PRODUCT TO OUR TENANTS AT THE MARINA.

THIS ALLOWS RESTAURANT PROFESSIONALS TO COME IN.

UH, THESE ARE SEASONED PROFESSIONALS IN THE INDUSTRY, ESPECIALLY IN A WATER-BASED ENVIRONMENT TO MANAGE OUR DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS FOR AN IMPROVED PRODUCT.

UM, YOU KNOW, BRING IN EVENTS, BRING IN LIVE MUSIC, IMPROVE OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE.

UH, THIS PROVIDES ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM TO FOCUS ON WHAT WE DO BEST.

AND THAT'S MARINAS AND SLIPS AND PROVIDING BETTER SERVICE DOWN THERE ON THE WATER.

UH, AND IT TRULY PROVIDES A BETTER AMENITY FOR OUR SLIP TENANTS.

UH, THAT'S BEEN NOTED ON A LOT OF OUR CUSTOMER SURVEYS.

AND IT IMPROVES OUR OVERALL CUSTOMER SERVICE SATISFACTION, NOT ONLY FOR OUR SLIP TENANTS, BUT ANYBODY THAT COMES TO VISIT THE MARINA.

AND IT ALSO BENEFITS THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

UH, THIS IS FROM OUR CURRENT OPERATION TO WHAT THIS OPERATION WILL BE ABLE TO GENERATE.

UH, THIS IS AN INCREASED REVENUE, UH, PROJECTION, UH, WHICH WILL BE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.

UH, AND THIS WILL GENERATE ADDITIONAL RENT, UH, FOR THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

THIS WILL ALSO GENERATE, UH, OR PRODUCE A BETTER CONSISTENT PRODUCT FOR THE, TO THE CITIZENS OF THE SOUTHERN GRAND

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PRAIRIE AND NORTHERN IF THEY WANT TO COME DOWN TO THE LAKE AND ENJOY IT.

UH, IT CONTINUES TO OFFER THAT UNIQUE ON WATER DINING EXPERIENCE IN A FULL SERVICE ATMOSPHERE WITH TABLESIDE SERVICE.

UH, AND IT'S GONNA BE A SUITABLE LOCATION TO ENTERTAIN THOSE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES DOWN BY THE LAKE.

AND I KNOW MR. JOHNSON, YOU WANT TO, THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'VE ASKED ME FOR, AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT IT FOR TWO YEARS, AND I THINK I CAN FINALLY DELIVER ON THAT PROMISE.

SO, UH, BUT SOME CLOSING THOUGHTS AND JUST SOME THINGS THAT ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT ABOUT IT.

UM, THIS RESTAURANT POSES SOME REALLY UNIQUE CHALLENGES DOWN AT THE MARINA.

UM, WE HAVE A, A NEED OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS TO, UM, ERADICATE UNENCAPSULATED FOAM FROM ALL MARINAS, ALL INLAND MARINAS WITH THE, UH, ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

AND, UM, THESE STRUCTURES THAT ARE AT LIN CREEK MARINA, BOTH THE RESTAURANT AND THE MARINA STORE SIT ON, UH, FLOATING, UH, DOCKS.

AND THOSE FLOATING DOCKS HAVE UNENCAPSULATED FOAM, AND THAT FOAM IS INJECTED INTO THE FRAME.

AND SO THE ONLY WAY TO REPLACE THAT IS TO ACTUALLY TEAR ALL THAT OUT.

AND WHEN YOU TEAR IT OUT, YOU TEAR OUT THE STRUCTURE.

SO YOU COULD IMAGINE FROM A CAPITAL PERSPECTIVE, FINDING SOMEBODY TO INVEST A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CAPITAL INTO A PROJECT THAT'S ONLY GONNA LAST THREE TO FOUR YEARS IS PRETTY DIFFICULT.

SO WE'VE FOUND THIS RIGHT PARTNER BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THIS, THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS LINE OF WORK AND THIS IS A GREAT FIT FOR THIS PERSON WITH ROCKING S BECAUSE THEY'RE ABLE TO COME IN AND JUST TAKE WHAT WE HAVE.

WE HAVE A FULLY OPERATIONAL RESTAURANT.

SO THIS IS A GREAT MARRIAGE AND A GREAT WAY FOR US TO GET INTO THIS, UH, AND, AND COMPLETE WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, UH, HERE IN 27 AND 28.

AND WE'RE GONNA RESTORE FULL SERVICE TO THE RESTAURANT.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S GOING TO INCREASE OUR REVENUE, THAT'S GONNA INCREASE OUR RENT THAT WE'RE GONNA BE PAYING TO YOU.

UH, AND WE'LL ALSO INCREASE OUR SALES TAX REVENUE BASE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE PAYING TO THE CITY.

UM, WE ARE IN ABSOLUTELY NO WAY ASKING FOR ANY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE CITY.

SO, UH, WE'RE NOT GONNA ASK ANYTHING THERE, UM, NO CHANGES TO THE FOOTPRINT OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE BUILDING.

SO WE DO HOPE THAT THAT WILL, UH, INCREASE THE SPEED AT WHICH THE US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS WILL HELP US GET THIS THING APPROVED.

AND WITH YOUR APPROVAL TONIGHT, WE HOPE THAT THAT GOES PRETTY QUICKLY.

SO, UM, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

WE'LL FIELD ANY COMMENTS, WE'LL GET TO 'EM THEN.

COUNCIL MEMBER DALE BOSKY.

THANK YOU, SIR.

SO YOU'RE SAYING BY 28 WITH TONIGHT'S, HOPEFULLY TONIGHT'S APPROVAL BY 28 IT'LL BE REMODELED, FULLY REMODELED UP AND GOING, NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT HE'S SAYING.

NO, THIS RESTAURANT'S GONNA MOVE IN THERE NOW.

BUT BY 2028, HE'S GOT, UH, BY THE YEAR.

NO, NO.

I JUST WANNA HEAR FROM, YEAH, BY THE YEAR 2028, WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE ALL OF THOSE STRUCTURES DOWN AND REPLACE THEM.

SO HOW LONG IS IT GONNA TAKE FOR THE NEW RESTAURANT TO COME IN AND REMODEL? UH, THAT WILL TAKE APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS TO FINISH THEIR RENOVATIONS.

AND THEY'RE DOING IT NOW.

THEY'RE RENOVATING IT.

WE'RE DOING SOME INTERIOR LIGHT THINGS, SOME PAINTING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN ANYWAY, MOVING FORWARD.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET A JUMP HEAD START ON IT, BUT THERE'S SOME, SOME MAJOR THINGS THAT NEED TO TAKE PLACE WITH SOME WALK-INS AND THINGS TO ACCOMMODATE SOME OF THESE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE.

SO THREE THINGS THAT I HAVE CONSISTENTLY GET FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY, AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS THAT WHEN IT WAS, UM, THE FIRST TWO RESTAURANTS YES, SIR.

STILL LOOKS THE SAME.

THE FOOD IS STILL TERRIBLE AND IT'S STILL PRICEY.

SO HAVE WE REALLY ADDRESSED THOSE THREE THINGS? YES.

GOING, I BELIEVE WE HAVE IS WE HAVE STRUCK OUT THREE TIMES.

YEAH, YEAH.

AND IT'S, AND I THINK WE SPOKE ABOUT IT IN THE VERY BEGINNING.

AND THEN IT CHANGED AND THEN IT CHANGED AGAIN.

SO ARE Y'ALL GOING, ARE Y'ALL PLANNING ON HAVING LIKE A GRAND OPENING SO WE CAN GO IN THERE AND LOOK AT IT AND WE CAN, WE CAN DISCUSS THAT WITH THE THIRD PARTY? UH, YEAH.

WE, WE ARE SEEKING PROFESSIONALS IN THE INDUSTRY.

UM, WE TRIED IT INTERNALLY FOR THESE, THESE LAST TWO YEARS.

I THINK IF YOU CAN, AND JUST ASK THEM IF WE CAN COME IN AS A COUNCIL, THOSE THAT WANT TO COME IN AND JUST TO MEET WITH THEM BECAUSE WE'RE THE ONES THAT GET THE CALLS AND, AND THE TEXT MESSAGES OF WHY AND WHY AND THIS AND THAT, AND ESPECIALLY THOSE FOR IT'S IN THEIR DISTRICT.

UM, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT JUST TO GET THE FEEDBACK FROM US, THAT WAY THEY REALLY HEAR IT.

ABSOLUTELY.

COUNCIL MEMBER HEDON.

UM, I WAS GONNA ASK THE SAME QUESTION ABOUT THE TIME, UH, IT WAS GONNA TAKE TO GET THEM UP AND RUNNING TWO WEEKS.

SO, UH, WE CAN, WE CAN DO IT AS FAST AS TWO WEEKS.

AND IT'S NOT FROM A CONSTRUCTION STANDPOINT.

UM, WE CAN DO IT FAST.

IT'S THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERING.

GUESSING THE ANSWER, MY, MY NEXT QUESTION IS YES, BUT DID YOU GO TO ONE OF THE OTHER LOCATIONS AND TRY THE FOOD? THE, THE ONE AT HIDDEN COVE? OKAY.

AND, UH, I'M

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YOU THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT? YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.

YEAH, SO, I MEAN, I'M GLAD YOU EXPLAINED THE PREVIOUS RESTAURANTS.

I MEAN, I KNOW CURRENTLY, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND CURRENTLY THE, THE RESTAURANT OUT THERE NOW HAS LIKE A PICKUP WINDOW AND THEN PEOPLE ARE GETTING SERVED IN TO GO CONTAINERS.

UM, SO WITH THIS NEW RESTAURANT, IS IT GOING TO RETURN BACK TO WHERE THEY'RE BEING SERVED? NOT AT A PICKUP WINDOW AND, AND BEING SERVED AT THEIR TABLE? IT, IT'LL BE FULL SERVICE.

YES, IT'LL BE WAIT STAFF, SOMEBODY WILL COME UP, TAKE YOUR DRINK ORDER.

IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

AND NOW THAT WE'RE GETTING RESTAURANT OPERATORS TO OPERATE, WOULD IT BE FAIR TO SAY THAT Y'ALL COULD FOCUS MORE ON WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE OUTSIDE THE RESTAURANT REGARDING SLIPS OR ANYTHING ELSE? YOU KNOW, WOULD THAT HELP Y'ALL FREE UP ELSE PLAN AROUND THAT? THAT WOULD, UH, COULD YOU, COULD YOU, SO IN OTHER WORDS, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE INVESTING MONEY INTO THE RESTAURANT PART.

WOULD YOU START INVESTING MORE INTO WHAT YOU HAVE PROGRAMMED OUT THERE AND SLIPS AND BOARDWALK AND ALL THAT? WE WILL CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THE, THE REST OF THE MARINA.

COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.

UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

UH, QUICK QUESTION.

UH, IN THE PRESENTATION I MENTIONED ABOUT, UH, MUSIC EVENTS YES.

DOWN THERE.

ARE YOU CURRENTLY HAVING THEM THERE NOW? WE ARE NOT HAVING THEM RIGHT NOW.

UH, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING IN PLACE FOR HOURS FOR THE MUSIC TO BE PERFORMED, UH, OFF THE LAKE? BECAUSE WE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST WHERE THE SOUND BARRIERS, THE SOUND EFFECT, HOW ARE THEY GONNA DO THE MUSIC? WHEN THEY WERE OPERATING OUT THERE BEFORE WHEN MILDRED HAD IT, THEY HAD MUSIC QUITE OFTEN AND THEY WOULDN'T RUN LATE.

WE HAD VERY LIMITED COMPLAINTS.

THE COMPLAINTS WERE WHEN WE HAD THOSE BIG FESTIVALS OUT THERE WITH THE BIG BOOM BOXES AND EVERYTHING.

SO, UH, WE'VE BEEN OUT THERE MANY TIMES IN THE EVENINGS PRIOR MM-HMM .

AND LISTENED TO SOME GOOD GROUPS AND ENJOYED IT.

AND, UH, I THINK THEY CAN HANDLE IT IF THEY FACE IT THE SAME WAY YOU'VE ALWAYS FACED IT, WHICH IS OUT TO THE LAKE SOUTH, THAT'S WHERE THE STAGE IS FACING.

SO I THINK WE'LL BE FINE.

I HOPE THEY GET MUSIC GOING AGAIN.

YEAH, I'VE MISSED IT.

IT USED TO END BY WHAT, BY 10? 10 30? IT WASN'T, I THINK 10 30 POSSIBLY.

MIKE ON WEEKENDS WAS GOOD, BUT WE ALL ENJOYED IT.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL, I LOOKED AT, I LOOKED AT THEIR ONLINE MENU JUST NOW AND IT LOOKS GOOD AND THE PRICES LOOK GOOD.

SOMEBODY WAS SAYING THE PRICES WERE BAD, THE PRICES LOOK REASONABLE, SO I'M WILLING TO GIVE THESE PEOPLE A SHOT.

LET'S DO IT.

THAT'S ALL THE BUTTONS.

LET'S VOTE.

OH NO.

HAROLD'S GOT, HE WANTS HAROLD.

THERE YOU ARE.

HAROLD.

I JUST WANT TO THANK, UH, RAY AND STEVEN AND BRIAN FOR DOING, ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS OUT THERE.

MY CONCERN IS THE HOURS OF OPERATION WHEN THEY'VE BEEN CLOSING AT NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK, IN THE SUMMERTIME, WHAT EXTENDED HOURS WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE NOW? I HAVE NO IDEA.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT HOURS THEY'RE GONNA WORK? I DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFIC ONES, MAYOR, BUT, UH, THEY, THEY WILL LIKELY BE TILL 10 OR 11:00 PM ESPECIALLY ON WEEKEND.

ON WEEKENDS, PROBABLY TILL 11 AND ON WEEKDAYS, PROBABLY TILL 10 IN SEASON.

AND JUST, JUST EXTENDING THE HOURS OUT, THAT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL.

AND RIGHT NOW, RUNNING ANYTHING IN FOOD SERVICE IS A TREMENDOUS CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW.

IT AIN'T EASY WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON.

SO WHEN YOU DO THE REMODEL, SINCE THE FIRE OCCURRED OUT THERE IN WHAT, 94? THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM FOR THE LIVE SAFETY CODE, WILL EVERYTHING REMAIN IN PLACE FOR FIRE PROTECTION ON THIS STRUCTURE? YES.

'CAUSE THEN WHEN THE BUILDING WAS FIRST BUILT, THEY DIDN'T PUT A SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN IT AND THEY, THEY'VE HAD THE FIRES OUT THERE, SO YEAH.

FROM PUMP IT OUT OF THE LAKE.

SO, GREAT.

THIS, THIS IS GOOD.

DR.

BRIGADE FROM THE LAKE.

THANK YOU, HAROLD.

I, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I MAKE IT, UH, A MOTION TO REMOVE, UH, THE REAPPROVED ITEM 28 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF.

SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ, DID YOU DO THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

I'VE ENTERTAINED A MOTION TO THE TABLE.

ITEM 29, .

WE HAVE A MOTION AT THE TABLE BY MAYOR PROTE.

SECOND ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER HEAD.

ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY OPPOSED.

ANY OPPOSED, SAY NAY.

IT IS TABLED.

LET'S TABLE ITEM 30.

I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO TABLE.

ITEM 30, I MOVE TO THE TABLE.

ITEM 30, WE HAVE MOTION TO SAY ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

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CARRIES ITEM 31.

ARE WE READY? YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS ON THE HAIR FROM GEORGIA? ? DOES THIS ONE HAVE ANY HAIR ON IT OR COULD WE MOVE ON , BY THE WAY, THE ALL STAR GAME IS THREE TO THREE.

THE HOME RUN DERBY LAST NIGHT WAS ONE OF THE MOST BORING EVENTS I'VE EVER BEEN TO.

OH, IT'S FIVE TO THREE NOW.

AL'S UP AHEAD.

GO AHEAD, SAVANNAH.

ALL

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RIGHTY.

ITEM NUMBER 31 IS A SITE PLAN FOR M TWO GODL INDUSTRIAL.

UH, THE ZONING IS IN PLACE AND REALLY IT'S HERE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE MEETING ALL OF OUR STANDARDS.

IT'S LOCATED AT 29 0 1 WEST OAKDALE OAKDALE ROAD.

THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW.

THEY'RE PROPOSING TWO INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, UH, TOTALING ABOUT 139,000 SQUARE FEET.

IT DOES MEET OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS.

UH, THEY ARE MEETING OUR LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS.

THESE ARE THEIR PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS.

THEY'RE REQUIRED TO MEET APPENDIX X STANDARDS, AND THEY ARE, THIS IS THE RENDERING OF ONE OF THE BUILDINGS.

THERE ARE SOME EXISTING FENCES.

UH, TO THE NORTH IS A CHAIN LINK FENCE.

AND THEN TO THE EAST IS A WOODEN FENCE.

A CODE REQUIRES THAT THEY, UH, PROVIDE A MASONRY SCREENING WALL ALONG THE EAST BOUNDARY.

UH, THEY HAD REQUESTED A VARIANCE TO NOT DO THAT AND TO UTILIZE THAT EXISTING WOOD FENCE.

ON JUNE 24TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL, UH, WITH CONDITIONS BY A VOTE OF EIGHT TO ZERO.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE CONDITIONS THAT THEY PROVIDE THE TYPE ONE MASONRY SCREENING WALL ALONG THE EASTERN PROPERTY LINE ADJACENT.

IN OTHER WORDS, DON'T GO ALONG WITH THEIR REQUEST.

BUT Y'ALL LIKE IT OTHERWISE, OTHERWISE IT MEETS OUR STANDARDS.

WE JUST WANT THEM TO BUILD THAT MASONRY WALL.

THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HER? WE HAVE A, A SPEAKER ONLY HERE IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS IF WE'RE READY TO GO.

ARE YOU READY TO GO COUNT? UH, MAYOR PRO TE YES, MAYOR.

UM, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 31 WITH STAFFED RECOMMENDATIONS.

THANK WE HAVE MOTIONS SECONDLY BY FOUR PEOPLE.

NO, I THINK I HEARD, UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM FIRST.

I'M SORRY.

I JUST, IT WAS A BLEND.

THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

A OPPOSED A NAY.

MOTION CARRIES ITEM 32,

[32. STP-24-05-0022 - Site Plan - Constellation Rock Island (City Council District 1). Site Plan for a 286,357 sq. ft. industrial warehouse building on 16.83 acres. Multiple tracts out of John C. Read, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Planned Development (PD-450), within SH 161 Corridor Overlay, and approximate addresses of 3514-3560 Hardrock Rd and 4701 Hardrock Rd (On July 8, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 7-0]

THE SEC.

NEXT ITEM IS ANOTHER SITE PLAN FOR AN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.

AGAIN, THIS ZONING IS IN REPL IN PLACE.

WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO MAKE SURE IT'S MEETING ALL OF OUR STANDARDS.

IT'S LOCATED AT HARD ROCK AND ROCK ISLAND ROAD AND IT'S ABOUT 17 ACRES.

UM, THEY ARE PROPOSING A 286,000 SQUARE FOOT, UH, OFFICE WAREHOUSE.

IT DOES MEET OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS, AS WELL AS OUR LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS, OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS, AND OUR APPENDIX X REQUIREMENTS.

THIS IS A RENDERING OF THE BUILDING AND THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS.

THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.

ON JULY 8TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS WELL.

I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

NO, NO DEVIATIONS LOOKS GOOD.

UM, LET'S GO.

MAYOR PROTE.

UH, THE NEXT THREE ITEMS ARE RELATED TO THE SAME PROJECT, SO I'LL PRESENT THEM ALL TOGETHER.

I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 32.

AND THANK YOU FOR NO VARIANCES.

I'LL GIVE IT TO ADAMS THIS TIME.

MOTION SECONDED BY ADAMS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED SAY NAY.

MOTION CARRIES ITEM 33.

[Items 33 - 35]

UH, THE FIRST COMPONENT IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT AT MAYFIELD AND ROBINSON.

THIS REQUEST IS TO AMEND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION FROM COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICE TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.

UH, THIS PORTION IS 10 ACRES AND IT'S OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.

THIS IS AN ACCOMPANYING A CONCEPT PLAN, A ZONING CHANGE SLASH CONCEPT PLAN.

UH, SO THE IMAGE ON THE SCREEN SHOWS THE TOTAL AREA, THE AREA OUTLINED IN RED IS JUST THE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT.

ON JUNE 10TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO.

THIS BRINGS US TO THE SECOND ELEMENT OF THEIR REQUEST, WHICH IS THE ZONING CHANGE AND CONCEPT PLAN.

NOW THE BOUNDARIES OF THIS IS LARGER.

IT'S OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.

UH, THE EXISTING ZONING IS PLAN DEVELOPMENT 2 94 FOR GENERAL RETAIL.

THEY'RE COMING IN WITH A REQUEST FOR A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR GENERAL RETAIL MULTIFAMILY AND SINGLE FAMILY TOWNHOUSE.

SO THEIR CONCEPT PLAN INCLUDES ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT MEMBERSHIP ONLY, UH, RETAIL STORE WITH GAS SALES, UH, 63,000 SQUARE FOOT SPORTING GOODS SALES, THEN ABOUT A 12,000 SQUARE FOOT ENTERTAINMENT SLASH ANCHOR USE.

THE FINAL COMPONENT IS A MULTIFAMILY AND HYBRID HOUSING DEVELOPMENT WITH ABOUT 250 UNITS ON THOSE 10 ACRES.

SO THIS IS A ZOOMED IN IMAGE OF THEIR CONCEPT PLAN.

I DO WANNA NOTE THAT THIS REQUEST CAME BEFORE COUNCIL AT THE END OF 2023.

UH, BASED ON FEEDBACK, THEY MADE SOME MODIFICATIONS.

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ONE MODIFICATION WAS TO REMOVE THE HOTEL USE, WHICH THEY HAVE DONE AND ADDED AN ENTERTAINMENT ANCHOR.

UH, THEY ALSO MADE SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THE RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT.

THEY REDUCED THE NUMBER OF UNITS BY ABOUT A HUNDRED AND ADDED IN HYBRID HOUSING, UH, UNITS THAT RESEMBLE TOWNHOME UNITS ALONG ROBINSON ROAD.

THEY ARE REQUESTING SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THE LAND USE AND THE DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS.

SO THEY'RE PROPOSING TO ALLOW SOME USES BY RIGHT, WHICH ARE EITHER PROHIBITED GENERAL RETAIL OR REQUIRE AN SUP.

UH, THAT INCLUDES A GARDEN CENTER, A LARGE RETAIL WITH GAS SALES, A RESTAURANT WITH ALCOHOL SALES, INCLUDING ENTERTAINMENT AMUSEMENT SERVICES, INDOOR BOWLING CENTER TOOL RENTAL, AND A COUPLE OF OTHER USES.

UH, THE MODIFICATIONS THEY'RE PROPOSING TO THE DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS.

THESE ARE THE GENERAL RETAIL AND THEY'RE REQUESTING MODIFICATIONS TO THE SIDE SETBACK, UH, SETBACK ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL, UH, PARKING SETBACK.

AND THEY'RE PROPOSING TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM FLOOR AREA RATIO AND THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT FOR THE MULTIFAMILY STANDARDS.

AGAIN, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO DECREASE SOME OF THOSE SETBACKS, INCREASE THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT, UM, INCREASE THE MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE OF SINGLE BED UNITS.

SO, UH, WE CURRENTLY CAP THAT AT 60% AND THEY ARE PROPOSING 65%.

FINALLY, FOR THE HYBRID HOUSING STANDARDS, WHICH ARE THE ROW OF TOWNHOME, UH, LIKE DEVELOPMENT ALONG ROBINSON, THEY'RE REQUESTING SOME MODIFICATIONS AGAIN TO THAT SETBACK AND TO THE HEIGHT.

AND FINALLY, THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN OUR OVERLAY STANDARDS.

UH, SO THEY ARE PROPOSING SOME MODIFICATIONS THAT APPENDIX F THEY'RE PROPOSING MODIFICATIONS TO ALTERNATIVE BUILDING ARTICULATION TO ALLOW SOME RELIEF FROM THE GLAZING OR THE WINDOWS, AND THEN ALLOWING, UM, CONCRETE MASONRY UNITS UP TO A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE.

NOW THESE ARE THE CONCEPTUAL BUILDING ELEVATIONS FOR TRACT ONE, WHICH IS THE MEMBERS ONLY RETAIL STORE WITH GAS SALES.

THERE IT IS.

WE KNOW WHAT IT IS.

NOW, , I THOUGHT YOU .

THIS IS, THIS IS THE CONCEPTUAL ELEVATIONS FOR THE SECOND TRACK.

THE MULTIFAMILY, WE CAN GUESS WHAT THE OTHER ONE IS.

THE SPORTING GOODS AND YOU'D PROBABLY GUESS RIGHT, BUT I JUST CAN'T TELL YOU.

AND THEN FINALLY, THE HYBRID HOUSING.

UH, THEY ARE REQUESTING SOME VARIANCES.

UH, FIRST THEY'RE REQUESTING SOME LAND USES TO BE ALLOWED BY WRIGHT.

UH, THEY'RE REQUESTING TO ALLOW THE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT TO BE CONSTRUCTED WITHOUT A GATED PERIMETER.

UH, THEY ARE PROPOSING TO CONSTRUCT GATED ENTRY, UH, ALONG FOR VEHICULAR ACCESS.

AT THOSE ACCESS POINTS, UH, THEY'RE REQUESTING VARIANCES TO THE DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL THREE BASED ZONING DISTRICTS.

UH, REALLY DECREASING THE SETBACKS, INCREASING THE HEIGHT AND THE FLOOR AREA RATIO.

UM, AND THEN THE ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE TO APPENDIX F.

UM, WE SENT OUT PUBLIC NOTICE.

UM, WE DID RECEIVE TWO LETTERS IN SUPPORT ON JUNE 10TH.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL, UM, BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO.

AND SHOULD CITY COUNCIL CHOOSE TO APPROVE THIS REQUEST, WE DO RECOMMEND SOME CONDITIONS.

THE FIRST IS THAT THEY SHALL PROVIDE CROSS ACCESS EASEMENT TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY AS REQUIRED BY THE UDC.

THEY HAVE REVISED THEIR CONCEPT PLAN TO ACCOMMODATE AND MEET THAT NUMBER ONE RECOMMENDATION.

UH, SO THEY'RE MEETING THAT.

THE SECOND IS THAT THE RESTAURANT WITH ALCOHOL SALES, INCLUDING ENTERTAINMENT, SHALL REQUIRE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF AN SUP.

THERE'S ADJACENT, UH, RESIDENTIAL STAFF, PLEASE.

SO THAT WOULD COME BACK TO US THEN.

AND THEN A MASONRY SCREENING WALL, UH, SHALL BE PROVIDED ALONG ROBINSON ROAD, ALONG THE TRACKS ONE, TWO, AND THREE.

THEY ARE SHOWING IT ON THEIR CONCEPT PLAN.

THEY SAY IN THEIR PD STANDARDS THAT IT MAY BE PROVIDED.

STAFF WOULD LIKE IT TO SAY THAT IT SHALL BE PROVIDED.

THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

I WOULD LIKE, BEFORE I RECOGNIZE YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER HEDEN.

SHE'S DONE A GREAT JOB WORKING WITH STAFF AND WITH THE DEVELOPERS TO, UH, REALLY FINE TUNE THIS.

UM, IT, IT'S, UM, IT'S IN MY OPINION, A GREAT FINISH OUT TO THAT AREA.

UH, AND YOU'VE WORKED REALLY HARD.

I APPRECIATE IT.

IT'S BEEN A NUMBER OF MONTHS AND UH, UH, SCOTT WITH IKEA HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING DONE.

UM, SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, THANK YOU SAVANNAH.

UM, WHEN YOU GUYS LOOKED AT, LOOKED AT THIS PROJECT COMING, UH, TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY, UH, BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT'S COMING OFF ROBINSON NOW, ROBINSON IN 20, THERE'S A DEVELOPMENT THERE.

THEN WE APPROVED SOME MORE APARTMENTS.

NOW WE'RE GONNA APPROVE ADDITIONAL APARTMENTS, UH, ON ROBINSON GOING, YOU KNOW, HEADING NORTH AND THE RETAIL, UH, WHAT WAS THE TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY? IS THERE ANY CONCERNS? BECAUSE I BELIEVE THERE'S, I HAD CONCERNS WHEN WE APPROVE THE APARTMENTS NOW WE ARE AT MORE APARTMENTS THERE AS WELL.

I WILL DEFER TO CAROL WITH TRANSPORTATION ON THAT.

CAROL

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CLOCK SHOT.

THREE, TWO.

WELL, I, I BELIEVE TRANSPORTATION AND, UM, OTHERS HAVE LOOKED AT THIS FROM A LAND USE STANDPOINT.

SO THE ZONING HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE ZONING.

SO WHEN IT WAS APPROVED YEARS AGO, THE, THE STUDY WAS DONE THEN AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, UH, I WORKED WITH, UH, MARTY WHEN HE WAS HERE, UM, WHERE YOU SEE THE IKEA WAY EXTENSION, UH, THAT WAS ORIGINALLY NOT PROPOSED.

UM, IT IS NOW PROPOSED 'CAUSE IKEA AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS UNDERSTAND, UH, WE'VE GOTTA GET THAT TRAFFIC ON IKEA WADE.

UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS GONNA NEED TO BE THERE WITH REGARD TO THE SLIP ROAD AS OPPOSED TO PUTTING EVERYBODY ON ROBERTSON AND THE FRONTAGE ROAD.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE MORE TRAFFIC NORTH AND SOUTH ON IKEA, DOWN TO ROBINSON AND DOWN TO FORUM.

AND THAT WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO, RASHAD? YES.

WHERE IKEA WAY CURRENTLY STOPS AND, AND COMES ACROSS WE'RE I EXTEND IT TO THE SOUTH.

I STILL HAVE CONCERNS THAT STICK.

WE CAN MOVE TRAFFIC TO THE LEFT OR THE RIGHT UP AND DOWN.

IT'S STILL GONNA BE A LOT MORE TRAFFIC OFF ROBINSON.

ALL THOSE APARTMENTS COME IN THERE AND PEOPLE TRYING TO GET TO THE WAREHOUSE.

IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF TRAFFIC.

UH, IT'S A GREAT IDEA, A GREAT PROJECT, BUT STILL IT IS THE TRAFFIC.

THAT'S MY BIGGEST CONCERN.

ONE OF MY CONCERNS.

MY OTHER ONES.

WHAT IS THE, THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE MASONRY WALL THAT THEY HAVE TO PUT THERE AS OPPOSED TO GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN ROBINSON? WHY, WHY DON'T WE REQUIRE EVERYONE TO HAVE THE SAME MASONRY WALL TO ME AESTHETICALLY PLEASING, IT DOESN'T.

I'M GONNA HAVE A WALL HERE TO THERE, THEN I'M GONNA HAVE THE GAP HERE AND THE WALL DOWN FENCE AND ALL THAT.

SO WE'RE DOING A HODGEPODGE MIXING THINGS UP.

SO THE, THE RATIONALE BEHIND THAT, UH, PROPOSING THAT MASONRY WALL ALONG THE ANCHOR ONE, TWO AND THREE IS THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING SOME RELIEF FROM THE ARTICULATION AND GLAZING STANDARDS OF APPENDIX F.

AND STAFF BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS A, A REASONABLE, UH, COMPROMISE BETWEEN THAT THEY'VE ASKED FOR RELIEF ON THAT BUILDING AND THEN ADDING THAT WALL, UM, WILL PROVIDE SOME VISUAL RELIEF AS WELL AS HAVING THE BACK OF HOUSE, UM, OPERATIONS FACING THE SINGLE FAMILY ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD.

KURT, I I, THAT NEEDS A MASONRY WALL FOR SURE.

UM, I THINK THE ROD IRON IF APPROVED MATCHES THE OTHER APARTMENTS DOWN THE WAY BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL ROD IRON.

BUT BOY, BEHIND THE ANCHOR ONE AND TWO, WE'VE GOTTA STICK WITH THE MASONRY WALL THERE, IN MY OPINION.

I WAS JUST ASKING QUESTION, BUT I DON'T .

I DON'T SEE NORTH OF THIS IS A PRECEDENT AS WELL.

WALMART HAS A, A MASONRY WALL BEHIND IT.

IT DOES MASON.

OH, THAT, OH YEAH.

ONE 60.

I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE, IT DOESN'T, BUT THAT ONE DOES.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ, JUST CURIOUS ON ROBINSON ROAD, I MEAN, ARE WE ADDING A, A LIGHT WHENEVER THEY EXIT THE APARTMENTS ON THAT PARTICULAR ROAD THAT HITS ROBINSON? OR IS IT JUST, THERE'S NO LIGHT THERE, THERE'S NO E EXIT ONTO ROBINSON OFF OF, OUT OF THE APARTMENTS.

UM, THE, THE ACCESS ROAD, THEY, THEY EXIT ONTO THIS INTERNAL ACCESS ROAD.

BUT INTERNAL ACCESS ROAD, THEY HAVE TO GET OUT THERE AND THAT'S OPEN TO ANYBODY GO INTO THAT RESTAURANT OR ANYTHING.

SO DO YOU THINK WE'LL HAVE TO PUT A, WE'LL HAVE TO DO A STUDY, WE WOULD HAVE TO DO A WARRANT STUDY AND IF AT SOME POINT IT'S WARRANTED, WE WOULD PROGRAM IT.

AND THEN AIN'T THERE FUTURE PLANS FOR US TO ENHANCE ROBINSON ROAD OR ARE WE LOOKING AT THAT? IT'S A FOUR LANE NOW.

IT'S A FOUR LANE DIVIDED.

IT'S FOUR LANE DIVIDED COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER.

IT IS FOUR LANE RIGHT NOW.

AND QUITE FRANKLY, UH, FROM A, FROM A TRAFFIC POINT OF VIEW, ROBINSON IS UNDERUTILIZED.

EVEN WITH THE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC, IT'LL STILL HAVE AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF SERVICE.

GOVERNMENT STANDARDS, GLAD I'VE GOTTA HAVE A STANDARD FROM SOMETHING.

AND THEN WITH THE APARTMENTS ITSELF OR IN THE TOWN HOMES, WOULD THAT BE GATED AND ACCESS POINTS THROUGH A GATE? VEHICULAR GATES IS WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.

RESTAURANT, WHICH IS GONNA BE PRIMARILY OUTDOOR SEATING.

I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE DO AROUND, BUT WE DO WANT COUNCIL MEMBER AHEAD AND WANTED THEM TO HAVE, BE ABLE TO WALK, BUT THERE'S GATE.

YEP.

WHICH THERE ARE, THERE ARE A FEW CHANGES.

THEY HAD ALREADY SUBMITTED THIS TO YOU ALL, UM, BEFORE THE LAST MEETING, BUT BEFORE, UM, SO WHERE THE, WHERE IT SAYS ACCESS ROAD, UH, RIGHT OUTSIDE THE APARTMENTS ON THE LEFT, WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO NOW IS BREAKTHROUGH.

UM, WHERE YOU SEE THAT THE ADJACENT RESTAURANT, THEY'RE GONNA MAKE A LITTLE MORE ROOM AND IT'S GONNA BE A WALK, A SIDEWALK THAT GOES ALL THE WAY THROUGH THERE.

IT DOESN'T EXIST ON THIS PICTURE, BUT BASICALLY PEOPLE COULD GET OUT, WALK TO THAT

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IT'S LIKE A UNIQUE RESTAURANT WHERE YOU EAT OUTSIDE INSTEAD OF INSIDE AND THERE'S A LIVE MUSIC LITTLE STAGE.

SO THOSE RESIDENTS COULD WALK THERE AND THEN WALK TO THE SPORTS STORE AND CAN WALK TO IKEA.

SO THAT'S NOT SHOWN HERE.

AND ALSO I, I DIDN'T WANT THEM TO DO THE APARTMENTS, SO I DID TRY TO FIGHT FOR THAT.

UM, BUT THEY WERE ASKING FOR ABOUT 320.

NOW WE'RE AT 220 ON, ON THIS.

UH, AND I'VE ALSO REQUESTED, UM, RIGHT ABOVE WHERE IT SAYS ACCESS ROAD, THOSE ORANGE SQUARES ARE APARTMENTS RIGHT NOW.

AND I, WE WERE JUST TOLD THAT THEY CAN LIKELY AT MY REQUEST CHANGE THOSE TO MORE TOWN HOMES.

SO THAT WOULD REDUCE THE DENSITY EVEN MORE.

SO I, I'M, I'M PLEASED WITH THIS.

YOU KNOW, IT'S RIGHT BEHIND TOPGOLF, WHICH IS GONNA BE GIGANTIC.

SO IT'S GONNA BE HARD FOR A LOT OF BUSINESSES TO BE BEHIND THIS.

UM, I THINK PEOPLE WILL LIKE THE RESTAURANT AND THE, THE NEW MEMBERSHIP STORE.

THIS AREA IS GONNA BE ROUNDED OUT QUITE NICELY.

UM, I DON'T THINK WE CAN SAY THE RESTAURANT YET, MAYOR IS THAT, AND IT HAS TO COME BACK FOR SUP ANYWAY.

SO YOU GUYS WILL RIGHT? IF YOU APPROVE WITH STAFF CONDITIONS.

I AGREE YOU THIS IS RIGHT BY IKEA.

YEP.

UM, BUT IKEA'S BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH.

ALMOST ALL OF THE REQUESTS I'VE ASKED, THEY'VE DONE, THE ONLY THING THEY COULDN'T DO WERE FOR SALE CONDOS JUST BECAUSE EVERY DEVELOPER THEY BROUGHT IN BASICALLY COULDN'T DO IT FOR A NUMBER THAT WAS GONNA BE COST EFFECTIVE.

SO THEY'VE BEEN GOOD PARTNERS FOR THE CITY.

THEY HAVE, YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THEM.

UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO, TIM ZANU.

UM, DO WE HAVE ANY GRAPHICS OF THE ELEVATIONS OF THESE TOWN HOMES OR HYBRID HOUSING, WHATEVER THEY'RE CALLED? YES, THESE ARE THE HYBRID HOUSING UNITS.

AND HOW MANY OF THESE ARE THERE? THEY'RE GONNA BE, I BELIEVE THERE'S 24 UNLESS THEY MAKE THAT MODIFICATION TO INCREASE.

RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST BETTER STICK WITH IT.

AND THIS IS NOT WHAT THEY WILL LOOK, SORRY, I'M GONNA MARK, THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY HOW THEY WILL LOOK EITHER.

UM, BECAUSE ALL OF OUR MEETINGS HAVE BEEN WITH IKEA, BUT THEY'VE GOT SOMEONE ELSE BUILDING THIS AND THEY'RE OPEN TO OUR FEEDBACK AS FAR AS MATERIALS AND ALL OF THAT.

SO LIKE THE SHAPE OF IT, THAT'S WHAT THIS WILL BE.

BUT THESE MATERIALS, THIS COLOR, UM, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR US TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER IN YOUR MEETINGS AND CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, THE DEVELOPERS, WERE YOU ABLE TO LIKE ASK IF THEY COULD JUST BRING US MORE OF THIS INSTEAD OF THE APARTMENTS? YES, AND THEY ARE, UM, SO RIGHT WHERE IT SAYS ACCESS ROAD AND THERE'S THAT LITTLE BREAKTHROUGH THAT BLOCK JUST TO THE NORTH OR JUST ABOVE IT, I ASKED IF THAT COULD BE MORE TOWN HOMES.

RIGHT NOW IT'S ON THIS PIECE OF PAPER APARTMENTS.

AND THEY SAID THEY'RE PRETTY SURE THEY CAN DO THAT.

SO, BUT THEY HAD ALREADY SUBMITTED THIS AND WE HAD THE MEETING AFTER THAT WAS PROVIDED TO SAVANNAH THAT WILL REDUCE THE DENSITY A LITTLE, BUT THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO DO IT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MULTIFAMILY.

AND NO DEVELOPER AT THIS POINT HAS AGREED TO THAT DUE TO COST.

AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THE USUAL, UM, REASONS WHY, EVEN WHY THEY WOULDN'T DO THE CONDOS.

SO THEY'VE GOT THE CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DOLLARS THEY HAVE TO MAKE PER SQUARE FOOT OR WHATEVER, AND THE FORMULA JUST DOESN'T WORK WITHOUT APARTMENTS TO SOME EXTENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.

UM, THE RESTAURANT, UH, YOU SAID THERE'S GONNA BE A STAGE THERE.

WHICH WAY IS IT GONNA BE PLACED? EAST OR WEST? SO THEY HAVE NOT GONE INTO THAT DETAIL YET.

AND I, IF WE APPROVE THIS, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER HEDEN WILL PUT AS PART OF THE APPROVAL AS THE RESTAURANT COMES BACK TO US FOR SUP AND THAT'S WHEN THEY WILL HAVE TO SHOW US THE ORIENTATION.

SO THEY, THEY CAN HEAR NOW THAT AT LEAST THEY'LL BE FACING WEST.

I WOULD THINK SO TOO WITH THE, WITH THAT MASONRY WALL BEHIND IT THAT'S 20 FEET TALL.

NO, I DON'T , BUT THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.

COUNCIL MEMBER HADDEN, TO MAKE THAT THE SUP FOR US COMING BACK.

AND THAT WOULD BE, AT THAT TIME, NOT IKEA COMING BACK.

THAT WOULD BE THIS RESTAURANT OPERATOR.

IT WOULD BE THE LANDOWNER BRINGING THAT RESTAURATEUR BACK, RIGHT? SAVANNAH? YES, SIR.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL.

QUICK AND EASY.

UH, I'M GOING TO MAKE AN ASSUMPTION.

SAVANNAH, YOU TELL

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ME IF I'M WRONG.

UH, THE, ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT, THAT ARE, UM, NOT, NOT ACQUIRED, NOT NOT ALLOWED IN GENERAL RETAIL OR WOULD REQUIRE AN SUP THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR BY RIGHT.

UH, MOST OF THEM WERE WILL PROBABLY BE, IF DONE, WOULD BE IN A, IN AFFILIATION WITH SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY GOING TO BE DONE.

THIS WON'T BE SEPARATE.

THE BJS RELATED TO THAT.

ANCHOR NUMBER ONE.

SAY THAT OUT LOUD.

WELL, IT WAS ON THE SCREEN .

UM, YEAH, THE ONE THAT SCARED ME WAS FINANCIAL SERVICES.

YOU'D BE LIKE AN INDOOR BANK, NOT A CHECK CASHING FACILITY.

NOT A CHECK CASHING FACILITY POINT.

I TURNED AROUND AND LOOKED AT, LOOKED AT THE GUY BEHIND RASHAD WHEN I SAID THAT, SO HE KNOWS WHAT I'M, OKAY.

THANK YOU TONY.

THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

AND THERE IS ONE FINAL ITEM RELATED TO THIS PROJECT.

I CAN GO AHEAD AND PRESENT RIGHT NOW.

GO AHEAD.

THIS IS THE UNIFIED SIGNAGE PLAN.

UH, SO THIS AREA ENCOMPASSES A LITTLE BIT MORE.

IT INCLUDES THE IKEA, UM, TRACKED.

UH, THE UNIFIED SIGNAGE PLAN IS A VEHICLE TO REQUEST VARIANCES TO OUR SIGN ORDINANCE.

SO THEY'RE PROPOSING A COMBINATION OF MULTI-TENANT, UH, SIGNS.

THERE ARE TWO SIZES, A 50 FOOT ONE AND A 25 FOOT ONE, AND THEN SOME, UH, SINGLE TENANT AND MULTI-TENANT MONUMENT SIGNS.

UH, SO THE IMAGE ON THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE PROPOSING A 50 FOOT, UH, MULTI-TENANT MONUMENT SIGN, UH, WHICH EXCEEDS WHAT'S ALLOWED.

UH, THAT LOCATION IS SHOWN BY THE RED DOT.

TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, THE, UH, TALL MULTI-TENANT SIGNS AT EPIC EAST AND WEST ARE 50 FEET.

OH.

SO IT WOULD BE THAT SAME HEIGHT.

UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING TWO, UH, MULTI-TENANT SIGNS THAT ARE 25 FEET SHOWN WITH THE TWO RED DOTS.

AND THEN THE REMAINDER ARE THE MULTI-TENANT, UH, MONUMENT SIGNS THAT ARE 10 FEET.

UH, SO THE VARIANCES ARE THE MAXIMUM AREA FOR THOSE MULTI-TENANT MONUMENT SIGNS.

UH, THEY'RE REQUESTING 250 INSTEAD OF 200 MAX HEIGHT, UH, TO ALLOW 25.

AND, UM, WELL, THE MAX HEIGHT IS 25.

THEY'RE REQUESTING 50 FEET FOR THAT ONE IN FRONT OF IKEA.

UH, THEY'RE REQUESTING, UH, VARIANCES TO THE SETBACK FOR THOSE MONUMENT SIGNS.

UH, THE MAXIMUM AREA FOR SINGLE TENANT MONUMENT SIGNS, UH, THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT FOR THE SINGLE TENANT MONUMENT SIGNS.

THEY'RE PROPOSING 10 FEET INSTEAD OF EIGHT.

THEY'RE, UH, REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO THE MAX AREA FOR EMCS TO INCREASE THAT.

UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING A MATERIAL THAT'S NOT MASONRY.

AND THEN THERE ARE A COUPLE LOTS THAT HAVE MULTIPLE SIGNS ON A SINGLE FRONTAGE.

UM, SO THEY'RE REQUESTING THOSE VARIANCES.

UH, WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION.

AND THEN ON JUNE 10TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO STAFF'S.

UNABLE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MEET THE UDC REQUIREMENTS.

HOWEVER, WE DO NOTE THAT THE PLAN PROVIDES FOR A COORDINATED AND UNIFORM SIGNAGE FOR THE U 55 ACRE MULTI-PHASE DEVELOPMENT.

THAT'S A LOT.

AND THE SIGN IS THE SAME HEIGHT AS WEST DOWN THE ROAD.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, FOR SAVANNAH? GO AHEAD.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR FOR THE MOTION, WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE SAYING REGARDING THE WALL? 'CAUSE I KNOW THERE WERE SOME IDEAS GIVEN.

WHAT DO WE WANT FOR THE WALL? WE, WE WANT THE MASONRY WALL BEHIND THE YES.

SHALL BE PROVIDED.

WELL, OKAY.

IT WASN'T A, WE WEREN'T SUGGESTING SOMETHING MORE EXTENSIVE THAN WHAT YOU STATED.

SO DOES STILL AS THE, THE SAME AS WHAT YOU ORIGINALLY YES.

THE, THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE IS THEY'RE SHOWING IT ON THE PLAN.

THEY'RE SAYING IT MAY BE PROVIDED WE WANT, THAT SHALL BE LANGUAGE LOCKED IN.

UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ, I KNOW THAT I THINK COUNCILWOMAN HAD MENTIONED TOWN HOMES THAT THERE MIGHT BE AN ADJUSTMENT TO ADD MORE TOWN HOMES.

SO DOES THAT HAVE TO BE PART OF OUR MOTION? DO WE HAVE TO GET CLARIFICATION TONIGHT OR I, BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY WE COULD HOLD THEM, THAT WHAT WE COULD DO IS THIS IS THE MINIMUM OF THE TOWN HOMES AND IF THEY ADD MORE AND TAKE AWAY APARTMENTS, WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT.

COULD WE WORD IT THAT WAY? YES.

AND, AND THE APPLICANT MAY HAVE, BUT IF WE WANT TO SAY WE WANT MORE TOWN HOMES, THEN WE ADD THAT TO THE MOTION, THEY'RE OPEN TO IT, RIGHT? YES.

WE JUST PROBABLY CAN'T PUT AN EXACT NUMBER ON THERE.

CAN WE CLARIFY? SO, UH, THE MOTION WOULD BE THAT WE ARE OKAY, ARE MANDATING TOWN, HERE'S WHAT NE'S TELLING US.

DO THEY COME BACK FOR SITE PLAN? YES.

HOMES, THE STANDARDS WILL NEED TO STIPULATE THAT IN THIS PD.

THEY COULD BRING AT THE SITE PLAN THE INCREASE.

COULD THEY NOT MAIL ? WHAT CAN WE, CAN THEY, IF YOU WANT MORE TOWN

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THAT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

IF YOU WANT TO SUGGEST THEY DO MORE TOWN HOMES, THAT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

WE'LL, JUST WHAT, WHAT YOU RECOMMEND IS SUGGEST AND WE WILL, IF THEY BRING IT BACK, WE CAN DO IT AT SITE PLAN.

BUT KEEP IN MIND, SITE PLAN IS ADMINISTRATIVE.

IF IT IS IN LINE WITH THIS CONCEPT.

I UNDERSTAND WE CAN'T, UM, CAN'T REQUIRE THIS BRING TOWN HOMES.

THEY HAVEN'T COMMITTED TO MORE TOWN HOMES.

THEY SIT THERE AND GET BACK WITH US AT THIS POINT.

THEY SAID THE NUMBER, UH, THAT COULD FIT THERE WOULD BE SIX.

HERES TOWN HOMES.

HERE'S WHAT I FELT ABOUT THOSE TOWN HOMES.

THEY DID WHAT WE WANTED.

WE WANTED TOWN HOMES FACING THE RESIDENTS.

IF, IF I, I WOULD NOT VOTE AGAINST THIS JUST BECAUSE THEY, WE CAN'T GUARANTEE MORE TOWN HOMES.

I'M OKAY WITH THE NUMBER NOW.

AND IF, IF THEY, LET'S JUST HYPOTHETICALLY SAY THEY WERE GUARANTEED IT WOULD ONLY BE, YOU COULD ONLY FIT SIX.

IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO, SO IT'S NOT YEAH, IT IS NOT A BIG, WHAT SHE WAS ABLE TO NEGOTIATE WITH 'EM IS MAYBE SIX MORE.

BUT I THINK THE DECREASE FROM 320 UNITS IS PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL.

WHETHER WE GET THE SIX OR NOT, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THAT IN THE MOTION.

IS WHAT JOHN'S SO WHEN WE GET TO THE MOTION, WE MAY NEED TO HELP HER WORDSMITH IT.

JOHN.

UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PROTI.

MAYOR, I'M WONDERING, IS THE APPLICANT HERE SO WE CAN ASK THEM.

THEY ARE A BUNCH OF THEM.

SO WE CAN ASK 'EM SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF CARDS SUNDAY.

AND WE WE WERE ON THE PHONE WITH HIM FRIDAY FOR A WHILE.

MY, MY MAJOR QUESTION IS JUST CAN Y'ALL MAKE THIS PROJECT WORK WITHOUT THE APARTMENTS? NO, SIR.

WE NEED, WE DO, FOR REASONS STATED, WE ACTUALLY WRECKED THE 350.

WE CAME DOWN TO 250 AND INCORPORATED THOSE, THOSE TOWN HOMES AND, UH, AS A BUFFER, AS A FRONT DOOR, UH, ON THE ALONG ROBINSON.

SO WE NEED THE APARTMENTS.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

IT'S JUST, IT IS DIFFICULT WHEN WE HAVE RESIDENTS THAT ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE 1 61 CORRIDOR BEING FLOODED WITH APARTMENTS.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE HEAR EVERY DAY.

BUT 1 61 ONLY APARTMENTS IN THERE AND, YOU KNOW, WE NEED APARTMENTS.

WE NEED, WE NEED DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING STOCK.

BUT I'M NOT SURE RIGHT NOW IF I CAN SUPPORT AN ADDITIONAL 220 APARTMENT, UM, UNITS ALONG 1 61.

I UNDERSTAND.

UH, ROAD.

AND, UH, IT BLOCKS OFF TOP GOLF AND, AND IT ISN'T A RETAIL SITE BECAUSE OF WHAT'S THE GOLF FACILITY THAT'S GONNA BE BETWEEN 1 21 AND THIS SITE.

IT, IT MAKES SENSE FOR MULTIFAMILY.

UM, QUESTION.

I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU WERE HERE.

STATE YOUR NAME, YOU'VE BEEN REPORT YES, SIR.

DONALD BILL STROM.

23.

23 ROSS AVENUE, STRO.

THANK GOD.

UM, REGARDING THE ADDITIONAL TOWN HOMES THAT WERE DISCUSSED IN THE MEETING ON FRIDAY, WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT THAT? WE ARE AGREEABLE TO DO THE ADDITIONAL TOWN HOMES ALONG THE ACCESS ROAD.

SO THAT WOULD NO LONGER BE THE MULTI-FAMILY YES.

TOWN HOMES.

AND WE WERE ALSO AGREEABLE TO THE, UH, THE, UH, THE WALKTHROUGH PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT.

I DO HAVE AN EXHIBIT OKAY.

THAT I GOT TONIGHT.

IF I CAN PASS IT OUT.

IT SHOWS WHAT EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARTICULATED EXTREMELY WELL, IF I MAY.

SO COUNCIL MEMBER HEDEN, HE SAID THEY, THAT COULD BE PART OF YOUR MOTION IN THOSE TOWN HOMES.

THAT IT'S A GUARANTEE.

THAT ONE MOVES AROUND.

AND GIMME ANOTHER CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE.

I GO GET SOME COOKIES.

SAYS COUNCILMAN HEAD SAID, YOU COULD SEE FROM THE RESIDENTIAL THERE'S A, A, A PEDESTRIAN PATH ACROSS THE, UH, ACCESS ROAD INTO THE RETAIL TO PROVIDE THAT ACCESS.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE'VE GOT SOME OTHER SPEAKERS.

WE'LL, WE'LL BRING HIM BACK IF WE HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS.

MICHELLE FRANKLIN, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SPEAK ON BOTH ITEMS WHILE YOU'RE UP HERE.

MICHELLE FRANKLIN, 33 17 CATHEDRAL.

I LIVE IN THE, UM, SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE EAST OF ROBINSON ROAD.

I WONDER IF WE COULD GET THAT DIAGRAM.

UM, I HAVE SEVERAL CONCERNS.

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DO YOU WANT THAT? YEAH, THAT PERFECT.

UH, THANK YOU.

UM, A LOT OF THESE HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED BY YOU GUYS ALREADY, BUT I'M JUST GONNA GO THROUGH MY LIST.

UH, THE MASONRY WALL, UM, I BELIEVE IT STATED IT HAS TO BE AT LEAST SIX FEET.

UM, WHO MAKES THE DETERMINATION, WHETHER IT'S SIX FEET, EIGHT FEET, 10 FEET? GOOD QUESTION.

STAFF SIX FEET IS THE STANDARD, BUT Y'ALL ARE WELCOME TO REQUEST A HIGHER HEIGHT IF Y'ALL WANT.

WHAT IS IT BEHIND WALMART? I WOULD HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK.

UM, THEY, THEIR BUILDING IS A LITTLE RECESSED, SO I WOULD EX PROBABLY THINK THAT THAT IS SIX FEET.

UM, WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING REALLY TYPICALLY OVER EIGHT FEET.

BUT YOU HAVE SEEN SOME EIGHT? YES.

IT, IT COULD BE PART OF OUR MOTION TO MAKE IT EIGHT.

I WOULDN'T WANT TO GO ANY TALLER THAN THAT, BUT EIGHT'S A GOOD, AND THEN WHAT IS IT MADE OUT OF? IS IT PREFAB? LIKE YOU SEE MOST OF ALL PREFAB NOW, UH, DEVELOPER, WHAT WILL THE MASONRY WALL BE? I THINK THE ONE BEHIND WALMART'S.

PREFAB.

PREFAB? YEAH.

THEY, THEY'RE NEARLY ALL PREFAB NOW.

UM, AND THEN THE PROPOSED MEDIAN OPENING IS LIKE RIGHT BEHIND MY HOUSE ON ROBINSON ROAD.

IS THAT REALLY NECESSARY? AND WHO WILL THAT SERVE? THE TRUCKERS THAT ARE COMING INTO THE ANCHOR ONE AND ANCHOR TWO STORES.

IT'S THE ONE AT THE ACCESS ROAD, UM, WHERE IT SAYS ACCESS ROAD? NO, UP HERE.

OH, SHE'S TALKING ABOUT THAT'S A LEFT TURN BAY.

WHERE IT'S GOING BETWEEN ANCHOR ONE AND ANCHOR TWO.

THAT IS A PROPOSED ONE FOR TRUCK ACCESS.

SO FOR IT'S ACCESS.

IT'S NOT GONNA BE THE PRIMARY, BUT I MEAN, WILL HAVE SOME ACCESS.

BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, JUST NORTH, I MEAN JUST EAST OF THAT.

NO, EAST IS TO THE UP.

RIGHT? MY HOUSE IS RIGHT THERE.

I THINK WHERE THE TU IS IN TURN.

THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO POINT THAT OUT.

SO, BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT STAFF.

DO WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT CUT? PROBABLY SO, YEAH, WE COULD, WE COULD LOOK AT THE, THE WAY THAT'S MODIFIED AND THE WAY IT'S 'CAUSE IT IS SPECIFICALLY TO ACCESS THE BACKSIDE HERE.

'CAUSE NOW YOU'RE ASKING FOR ALL THESE 18 WHEELERS TO NOW COME DOWN ROBINSON ROAD.

WELL, NO, THEY'RE, YOU WANNA PREVENT THEM GOING NORTH.

YEAH, WE DON'T HAVE THEM GO, WE DON'T WANT THEM GOING NORTH ANYWAY.

WE CAN'T HARDLY HEAR YOU.

YOU DON'T WANT THEM TO, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT COMING BACK OUT OF THERE.

NOT SO MUCH GOING IN THERE.

EITHER WAY.

I PREFER NOT TO HAVE THE TURN LANE RIGHT BEHIND MY HOUSE.

SO I HAVE TO GET IN.

UM, I WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

YES, THEY, WE HAVE, THIS IS A NORMAL, THIS IS A NORMAL MEDIAN OPENING.

PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE SENDING TRUCKS PRETTY MUCH ROBINSON ROAD.

BUT LIKE HE HAD TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, TRAFFIC WISE ROBINSON IS UNDERUTILIZED.

THE TRUCKS ARE MORE PROBABLY THEY DO NEED TO ACCESS THE BACK.

IT'S GONNA BE TOUGH FOR A TRUCK TO WANT TO GET ON ROBINSON.

THEY'RE GONNA COME ON I 20 AND YOU THEY ONE DOWN 1 61.

AND GET ON MAYFIELD.

I MEAN, THEY'RE THERE NOW.

PROBABLY HEADED TO WALMART, BUT I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT MORE ACTIVITY.

'CAUSE THE TRUCK BAYS ON THE BACK.

I'M SURE THERE WILL BE SOME THAT'S NOT THEIR PRIMARY DIRECTION.

I MEAN, WE'RE NOT SENDING THEM TO ROBINSON SPECIFICALLY, BUT THERE, THERE MAY BE SOME.

UM, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE WALL.

WHAT IS THE POSSIBILITY OF GETTING ANOTHER WALL ON THE EAST SIDE OF ROBINSON ROAD? SO THERE'S A ON YOUR SIDE? ON MY SIDE, CORRECT.

THE, UH, AND I ASKED THAT BECAUSE I NOTICED THE NEW WALL GOING DOWN CARRIER NORTH OF DICKEY.

THAT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT CAME.

ONE.

SEE THOSE, UH, THEIR BACKYARDS.

THAT'S TRICKY.

UH, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

THE UH, THAT'S A TOUGH ONE.

GOOD QUESTION, BUT THAT'S A TOUGH ONE.

THE, UH, WALLS, THOSE HOMES, NONE OF THEM FACE ROBINSON.

IT'S THE SIDE YARDS.

UH, 'CAUSE A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE, HARRY, LIVES ON ONE OF THOSE STREETS.

UH, AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING FOR US TO CONSIDER IN THE FUTURE.

IT MAY BE WE WOULD HAVE TO PUT IN FOR OUR BANK OF HOMES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT'S OUR BACKYARDS, RIGHT? IT IS YOUR WELL, IT'S YOUR, YES.

IT'S OUR, IT'S NOT THE SIDE, IT'S THE BACKYARD.

SO IF YOU'RE OUT THERE ENJOYING, YOU'RE RIGHT.

THE TRAFFIC, UM, WHEN I PRESENTED BACK IN NOVEMBER, I MENTIONED THE TRAFFIC SITUATION.

YOU'RE SEEING ALL THAT AND HEARING IT TOO.

WE'RE WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING BACK AND FORTH.

YOU'RE NOT DONE.

YOU'RE FINE.

PLUS YOU SIGNED UP FOR TWO, SO YOU GET 105 MINUTES THE BONUS TONIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, MY OTHER CONCERN WAS, UH, AGAIN WITH

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SO, UM, OFFICER BRENNAN, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HIM FOR QUITE A WHILE AND THE SPEED OF THE, UM, CARS GOING AND THERE'S BEEN A, A SPEED TRAILER INSTALLED.

WHICH HAS BEEN A GREAT HELP.

IT'S BEEN THERE SINCE APRIL.

UM, I'VE SEEN PEOPLE SLOW DOWN.

I'VE SEEN PEOPLE SPEED UP TO SEE IF THEY COULD REGISTER THEIR SPEED.

, UM, , I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT, BUT, UH, I, I THINK IT'S HELPED.

AND I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GONNA BE DONE LATER ON TO HELP CONTROL THAT SPEED.

UM, THE SIX FOOT TRAIL AND PEDESTRIAN EASEMENT, IS THAT JUST A FANCY WAY OF SAYING SIDEWALK? YEAH.

PRETTY SIDEWALK.

JUST A PRETTY SIDEWALK.

AND THEN, UM, SOMEBODY MENTIONED THE MAYBE INSTALLING A LIGHT ON THE ACCESS ROAD IN ROBINSON.

UH, THAT'D BE GREAT TO HELP SLOW DOWN THE TRAFFIC, BUT IT WOULD BE SO CLOSE TO THE RED LIGHT THAT EXISTS AT CROSSLAND.

IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T PASS THE WARRANTS, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO A WARRANT.

THAT MEANS DOES IT WARRANT IT? RIGHT.

UM, SO JUST A CALL OUT.

THESE ARE TOUGH DECISIONS.

I KNOW I WAS AT BASS PRO THIS MORNING, ANDRETTI'S THE OTHER NIGHT.

MY PERSONAL FEELING IS THERE'S LESS TRAFFIC THAT WILL GO IN AND OUT OF THOSE TOWN HOMES AND APARTMENTS THAN THERE WILL BE THE RETAIL AND STUFF.

AND THEY WILL BE MAINLY GETTING TO YOUR, TO THOSE RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS OFF OF THE 1 61 FRONTAGE ROAD.

HOPEFULLY.

I'VE BEEN THERE TWICE.

UH, I WAS THERE EARLY THIS MORNING TWICE AT ANDRETTI'S AND AT BASS PRO.

EVERYBODY'S COMING IN OFF OF 1 61.

UH, AND ME PERSONALLY, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD BUFFER BETWEEN THE TOP GOLF AND YOUR RESIDENTS.

UM, BOY, THAT'S A, UM, THAT'S A LOT OF LAND AND I THINK THESE ARE VALUABLE AC ACRES THAT, THAT, AND WE HEAR YOU AND THANK YOU.

COMING TONIGHT, I DO THINK WE NEED TO MAKE IT EIGHT FOOT MASONRY.

WE'LL RUN THE WARRANTS FOR THE TRAFFIC AFTER IT'S OPEN FOR A WHILE AND JUST SEE WHAT IT SAYS.

AND MY LAST, UM, CALL OUT IS THE, UM, THE SIGNAGE THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE RIGHT THERE AT THAT ENTRANCE WHERE THE, UH, LEFT TURN LANE IS, UM, PROPOSED FOR A 10 INCH MONUMENT SIGN.

WHAT IS THAT? IS IT A LIGHTED SIGN? GOOD QUESTION.

AND, AND I, UH, AND WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE 10 FEET? AND WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE THERE? WHAT IS IT, SAVANNAH? 10 FOOT.

AND WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE THERE? IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE, BUT THEY WANT IT THERE.

IS IT LIGHTED? THAT'S ANOTHER CONCERN.

IS IT LIGHTED THE ONE ON ROBINSON? IT'S PROBABLY INTERNALLY LIT.

I'M SORRY, WHAT? IT'S PROBABLY INTERNALLY LIT.

WE DON'T HAVE THOSE DETAILS YET.

DON'T HAVE THE DETAILS YET.

LIKE, CLIP FROM THE INSIDE.

WELL, WELL, I UNDERSTAND.

NOT BRIGHT, RIGHT? PROBABLY AS MUCH AS THE ONES ARE ON 1 61.

I KNOW BACK IN NOVEMBER WHEN I WENT TO THE PLANNING, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THE HEIGHT OF THE SIGN AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT IT BE EIGHT FEET, WHICH WOULD JUST BE TWO FEET OVER OUR TYPICAL FENCE LINE.

AGAIN, 10 FEET SEEMS KIND OF HIGH, SO THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.

THANKS, CARRIE.

OVERALL, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ANY ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBER HEADON A QUESTION FOR STAFF.

UM, CAN YOU CLARIFY FOR ME, SO HOW MANY OF THESE SIGNS WILL THERE BE? IS IT, IS IT TWO OR SO THERE'S A, A LONG ROBINSON OR IN TOTAL? IN TOTAL.

TELL US WHERE THEY ARE IN TOTAL AT THIS, AT THIS ELEVATED SIZE.

WELL, THERE'S ONLY ONE 50.

THERE WON'T BE A 55 ON ROBERTSON.

NO, THE ONLY 50 FOOT IS ALONG 1 61 THERE.

AND IT'S THE SAME SIZE AS THE ONES ON 1 61.

SO THE SIGN SHE'S TALKING ABOUT ON ROBINSON IS 10 FOOT, IT'S 10 FOOT'S AND A 25 FOOT.

AND WHERE'S THE 25 FOOTER? IT'S RIGHT HERE.

BRINGS IT HERE TODAY? IN OTHER WORDS, ARE THEY, WHAT DO THEY GET WITHOUT, WHAT DO THEY GET WITHOUT US APPROVING IT? I MEAN, SO ALONG ROBINSON, THEY COULD DO, UM, A 25 FOOT SIGN.

SO THE 10 FOOT, UH, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON TODAY.

THAT'S WITHIN THE REALM OF WHAT'S ALLOWED OR, AND WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON IS THE ONE OFF OF, UH, 1 61.

SO YOU'RE VOTING ON ALL OF THEM.

SOME OF THE SIGNS REQUIRE, UM, VARIANCES TO MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SQUARE FOOTAGE.

SOME OF IT'S THE HEIGHT, SOME OF IT'S OVER HERE, THE PROXIMITY TO ANOTHER SIGN.

SO IT'S THIS OVERALL PACKAGE, THIS 10 FOOT ONE.

WHAT, UH, WHAT IS IT ABOUT THAT SIGN THAT WE'RE VALUE THAT

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THEY COULD BECAUSE IT'S AN ARTERIAL.

SO, SO WE CAN'T DENY A 10 FOOTER? NO.

WELL, WE CAN ASK IF WELL, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALREADY BRINGING IT DOWN FROM 25 TO 10.

THEY, THEY GET A 25.

UM, WELL, I WILL SAY, UM, MICHELLE, GREAT POINTS.

UM, AND I, I REMEMBER YOU SAID THAT WHEN YOU THOUGHT THE SIGN WAS GOING TO BE EIGHT FEET, IT WAS ONLY GONNA BE TWO FEET ABOVE, UH, THE FENCE.

SO NOW IF WE INCREASE THE MASONRY WALL, WE'RE STILL AT THE TWO FEET, EVEN THOUGH THE, THE SIGN IS TALL.

SO YOU'RE STILL AT THE SAME RATIO.

MASONRY WOULD BE GREAT.

BUT AGAIN, WHY, JUST, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT HIGH WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, SATISFACTORY, ESPECIALLY IN THAT RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO I'M SURPRISED TO SEE IT BACK IN FEET.

CAN UM, CAN WE ASK YOU, COULD YOU DO AN EIGHT FOOT INSTEAD 10 FOOTER OVER THERE, A SIGN ON AGAINST THE RESIDENTIAL HOMES? WELL, I THINK THE, THE, WE DO HAVE THAT EIGHT FOOT WALL NOW THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, SO YOU HAVE THE, THE SIGN THE SAME SIZE AS THE WALL WOULD BE KIND OF DIFFICULT.

I MEAN, I, I THINK SINCE WE CAN DO IT THERE TODAY, WE'D, WE'D LIKE TO KEEP THE 10 FOOT WALL, UH, SIGN AT THE BACK.

BUT YOU'RE OKAY WITH THE 10 FOOT EIGHT FOOT WALL.

OH, THE EIGHT FOOT WALL.

AND YOU'D PREFER TO KEEP THE 10 FOOT SIGN BECAUSE BY RIGHT.

YOU COULD GO TALLER.

AND I THINK THE, THE WALL WOULD, BUT I MEAN, WE, WE COULD DIVIDE EVERYTHING.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I TWO, I DON'T JACQUELINE SIX, I'M TRYING TO GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT.

WELL, THEY DON'T WANT ANYTHING THERE.

WELL, SHE WITHIN THE REAL REALMS VERY KIND.

SHE'S VERY KIND.

THANK YOU, MICHELLE.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S, SOMETHING'S GONNA GO THERE.

YOU, YOU WERE VERY ARTICULATE IN THE WHOLE SCHEME OF THINGS, WHAT COULD GO THERE.

AND WHAT I, I THINK YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB TRYING TO GET SOMETHING TO FIT AND FULFILL SOMETHING.

THIS AREA, JUST LOOK AT THAT.

AND ANDRETTI'S, A BASS PRO AND A TOP GOLFER GONNA BE THERE LINED UP IN JUST FOR THE NORTH OF, THAT'S IKEA.

I THINK IT'S PHENOMENAL.

UM, AND WE'RE DOING A LITTLE BIT OF GIVE AND TAKE.

SO, UM, THAT'S MY ONLY QUESTION.

COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ HAS A QUESTION.

OH, I HAVE UH, ONE MORE QUESTION.

I'M SORRY.

SO STAFF, UH, WHEN I MAKE THE MOTION, UH, HOW DO I SAY? SO HE'S AGREED TO MAKE THIS TOWNHOME, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO CALL THIS.

I MEAN, I CAN POINT TO THIS, BUT FOR THE POINT OR PURPOSE OF DOCUMENT KEEPING, UM, DOCUMENTATION RATHER, HOW DO I PHRASE THAT? I WOULD SAY THE NORTHERN APARTMENT BLOCK, THE, UH, APARTMENT BLOCK ALONG THE ACCESS ROAD.

THE EASTERN MOST APARTMENT BLOCK.

EASTERN MOST APARTMENT BLOCK ALONG THE ACCESS ROAD.

THAT'S A GOOD, AND SUP REQUIRED FOR THE, IF WE CAN GET A COPY EIGHT FOOT, IF WE GET A COPY.

HMM.

IT DOESN'T DO THE YEAH.

UM, WE WILL GET TO YOU AFTER.

JACQUELINE, CAN I GO AHEAD AND LET LOPEZ ASK SOME QUESTIONS? OH, GO AHEAD.

COUNCIL MAYOR LOPEZ STAFF, UM, ON THIS MAP HERE, BACK OF ANCHOR ONE IN ANGER TWO, IS THAT PARKING SPACES BEHIND AN ACTIVE ANCHOR ONE, OR IS THAT A FIRE LANE? OKAY.

I I'M SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR QUESTION? IS PARKING SPACES BEHIND ANCHOR ONE OR THERE? RIGHT HERE? YEAH.

OR IS THAT ALL FIRE? THAT'S THE ACCESS.

THAT'S ALL.

NO PARKING.

NO PARKING BACK THERE.

NO PARKING.

YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS SEEING IT.

SO THERE'S NO PARKING THERE.

AND WHAT ABOUT IDLING? SAY THERE'S, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S OTHER BIG BOX STORES AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF 18 WHEELERS COME AND THEN THEY, I IDLE THERE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

SO, SO THEY DO HAVE THEIR LOADING AREA RIGHT HERE.

SO I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT, THAT THEY WOULD USE THAT AREA AND NOT IDLE ALONG BACK HERE.

JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

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GOOD POINT.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HEADON, UH, MAYOR, YOU'RE ON THE ZOOM WITH ME ON FRIDAY.

I THOUGHT THAT THEY SAID SCOTT 220 UNITS.

IS THAT WHAT HE SAID TO US? I I THINK YOU SAID 250.

I THOUGHT HE TOLD US 220.

I DO NOT RECALL.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING WITH THE, AND I WASN'T ON THE CALL EITHER, BUT, BUT, UH, WITH THE REDUCTION OR THE CHANGING TO THE, UH, ADDITIONAL TOWNHOUSES, IT REDUCES THE NUMBER OF APARTMENTS DOWN TO LIKE 2 20, 2 25.

THAT MAY HAVE BEEN WHAT HE ALLUDED TO.

IF HE WAS ABLE TO DO THAT, IT'D GET IT DOWN TO TWO 20.

SOMETHING THAT, THAT, THAT DOES SOUND RIGHT.

WHAT'S THE NUMBER? IT'S TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY TWENTY TWO I THOUGHT.

SO FOR THE PURPOSE OF MY MOTION, UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T END UP SOMEHOW WITH MORE APARTMENTS.

PUT THE NUMBER IN THERE.

222 25.

25.

AND THEY STAFF'S ALREADY GIVING YOU WHAT TO SAY ABOUT THE TOWN HOMES? YES.

MOTION, ARE YOU READY FOR AN MOTION? I AM.

CAN I, UH, STAFF DO 33 THROUGH 35 TOGETHER? OKAY, MEL? YES.

SO, UM, I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS 33 THROUGH 35, UH, WITH THE ADDITION AND REQUIREMENT OF A EIGHT FOOT MASONRY WALL, AS WELL AS A REQUIREMENT, UH, THAT ANCHOR TWO RESTAURANT RETURNS FOR AN SUP, UH, A REQUIREMENT THAT THERE ARE NO MORE THAN 225 APARTMENT UNITS AND REQUIREMENT THAT THE EASTERN MOST APARTMENT BUILDING, UH, ALONG THE ACCESS ROAD BECOMES TOWN HOMES SECOND STAFF.

IS THAT IT? DID I HEAR A SECOND? SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.

OPPOSED? SAY NAY.

AT EIGHT 30 DALWORTH STREET.

WE HAVE MOTION CARRIES EIGHT TO ONE.

UM, THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.

MY GOODNESS.

I'M GLAD WE DIDN'T HAVE TO ACQUIRE THAT CORNER.

DID YOU HAVE TO ACQUIRE THE CORNER? NO.

GOOD, THANK YOU.

OH MY LORD.

HE, UH, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LITTLE RECESS, UH, TOGETHER.

MISSING CUSTOMS OR, SO THE FIRST COMPONENT IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT

[Items 36 - 37]

UH, THE EXISTING FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION IS MIXED.

EXCUSE, UH, THE APPLICANT'S REQUESTING TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO SINGLE FAMILY, WHICH REQUIRES AN AMENDMENT TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP TO LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.

SO ON JUNE 10TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO.

UH, THE NEXT COMPONENT IS THE ZONING CHANGE.

UH, IT'S AGAIN LOCATED AT EIGHT 30 DALVER STREET.

THE EXISTING ZONING IS GENERAL RETAIL.

IT'S CURRENTLY A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING BEING USED AS A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING.

UM, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO REZONE IT TO SINGLE FAMILY FOUR.

THE REASON THIS IS, UH, REQUEST WAS SUBMITTED IS, UH, THEY'RE TRYING TO SELL THE PROPERTY.

UH, THE LENDER WOULDN'T APPROVE THE LOAN BECAUSE OF THE COMMERCIAL, UH, ZONING DESIGNATION.

I ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I CAN, WE CAN WE DO 'EM BOTH AT ONE TIME? YES.

I MOVE, MOVE FOR APPROVAL ON BOTH ITEMS. SECOND? YEAH.

DOES SHE SAY YES? SHE SAID YEAH.

I SECOND WE HAVE RULE APPROVAL.

SECOND.

ALL 38.

THIS

[38. ZON-24-04-0011 - Zoning Change – 1610 W Polo Rd (City Council District 6). Zoning Change from General Retail (GR) to Commercial (C) on 0.5 acres. Lot 1, Block 1, Polo Business Park Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned General Retail (GR) District, and addressed as 1610 W Polo Rd (On June 10, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 7-0)]

NEXT ITEM IS A ZONING CHANGE LOCATED AT 1610 WEST POLO ROAD.

YOU CAN SEE LOCATION OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.

IT'S AN EXISTING, UH, COMMERCIAL BUILDING.

THE ZONING IS GENERAL RETAIL.

THE APPLICANT'S REQUESTING IT TO REZONE IT TO COMMERCIAL.

UM, THEY ARE WANTING TO OPEN A CONTRACTOR SHOP, UH, AT THAT LOCATION, UH, INSIDE ONLY, UH, THAT CURRENTLY IS NOT ALLOWED IN A GENERAL RETAIL ZONING DISTRICT.

AND THEY ARE REQUESTING TO REZONE IT TO THE COMMERCIAL SO THEY CAN OPEN THAT TYPE OF BUSINESS.

UM, THIS IS THE LOCATION.

THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.

WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY OPPOSITION OR SUPPORT.

AND ON JUNE 10TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO.

WELL, YEAH, I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THAT IS.

CHASE, ARE YOU, ARE YOU THE A APPLICANT? YEAH.

GOOD.

YOU GOOD? I'M GOOD.

ANSWER QUESTIONS.

I'M JUST HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

TALKED

[02:40:01]

ALREADY.

ARE YOU READY? MM-HMM .

, UH, MACKIN ALLEY'S.

I MOVE THAT REAPPROVED ITEM 38 AS PRESENTED.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.

ALL FAVOR SAY AYE.

THANK YOU FOR FOLLOWING THE PROCESS.

APPRECIATE IT.

I, I REMEMBER TALKING TO YOU, TALKED TO SOME OTHERS, TALKED TO MS. MCALLY AND I SAID, LOOK, WE, HE, WE GOTTA FOLLOW THE RULES.

YEAH, IT WAS, UH, IT WAS AN INTERESTING SPOT.

WELL, IT, IT WAS, IT WAS.

AND, UH, WE COULD TELL THE STORY LATER, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE.

, I JUST WANNA, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR FOLLOWING THE PROCESS.

I APPRECIATE IT.

I APPRECIATE Y'ALL ALLOWING ME TO BE A PART OF THE PROCESS.

MAYOR COUNSEL, HAVE A HI RASHAD.

THERE'S A BACKSTORY TO THAT FOR LATER.

39.

[39. ZON-24-04-0013 - Zoning Change – 2404 & 2408 W.E. Roberts St. (City Council District 1). Zone Change from General Retail (GR) District to Single Family-Attached (SF-A) Residential District on 0.3604 acres. Lots 3 & 4, Block A, Jefferson Heights Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, zoned General Retail (GR) District, and addressed as 2404 & 2408 W.E. Roberts St (On June 24, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 8-0)]

HELLO .

HAVE A ZONING CASE FOR 24 0 6 AND 24 10 W ROBERT STREET.

SO ZONE CHANGE FOR TWO LOTS.

UM, THAT'S CURRENTLY ZONED GENERAL RETAIL.

THEY WANT TO CHANGE IT TO SINGLE FAMILY.

ATTACHED.

LOTS ARE VACANT AND THEY'RE BUDDING A GENERAL RETAIL STORE, A SMALL CORNER STORE THERE.

UM, 41 NOTICE WAS SENT.

WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY OPPOSITION.

PNZ RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.

AND THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.

OKAY, I'VE THE ANSWER.

ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS? I GOT ONE QUESTION.

RASHAD, HOW COME YOU GET THE EASY ONES AND YOU LEAVE THE HARD ONES FOR SAVANNAH ? BECAUSE HE'S A SENIOR.

, I'M HERE TO HELP HER.

MAYBE NOT FINISH OUT.

SHE CAN, SHE CAN KINDA LIKE THAT.

UH, PROGRESSIVE COMMERCIAL.

I DON'T KNOW WHO WORKS FOR WHO ANYMORE.

WE JUST, IT JUST SO HAPPENED TO SPLIT THAT WAY.

MAYOR, I MOVED THE APPROVAL OF NUMBER 39.

WHAT DID HE SAY? WE GOT A SECOND, BUT HE SAID SECOND IT BEFORE YOU MADE THE MOTION.

I'LL TAKE IT SECOND NOW.

LOPEZ SECOND.

SO I ITEM FORD IS SUP FOR LAUNDRY BAR TEXAS.

AYET OPPOSED, SAY NAY.

MOTION CARRIES ITEM 40.

[40. SUP-24-05-0020 - Specific Use Permit - Laundry Bar Texas (City Council District 5). Specific Use Permit for a Laundry (Self Serve) in an existing commercial lease space in The Promenade on Carrier on 0.57 acres. A portion of Tract 11, Henry Bilsmirer Survey, Abstract No. 111, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned General Retail (GR), within SH 161 Corridor Overlay District and addressed as 1101 N Carrier Parkway Suite 121 (On June 24, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 8-0)]

UH, IT'S A SELF LAUNDROMAT, UH, SUP.

IT'S LOCATED AT 1101 NORTH CARRIER ZONE.

GENERAL RETAIL'S 0.57 ACRES.

PROPERTY IS SURROUNDED BY MULTIFAMILY, UM, AND IT'S ALONG NORTH CARRIER OF, OF COURSE, WITHIN AN EXISTING TRIP CENTER.

THEY WANTED TO DO A 3000 SQUARE FOOT SINGLE FAM, UH, SELF-SERVICE LAUNDROMAT WITH DROP OFF AND PICKUP SERVICES PROVIDED AND NO CURBSIDE SERVICE.

UH, BUSINESS HOURS WOULD BE 7:00 AM TO 10:00 PM EMPLOYEE ON SITE AND MULTIPLE CAMERAS ALREADY EXIST IN SITE.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE REMODELING THE EXISTING SUITE.

PNZ RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.

AND DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL, NO SPEAKERS.

IS THAT YOURS, TONY? YES.

YOU READY? YEAH.

I MOTION APPROVAL.

I SECOND WE'LL HAVE MOTION SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

A OPPOSED AY NAY.

MOTION CARRIES ITEM 41.

[41. SUP-24-05-0019 - Specific Use Permit/Site Plan - Kalterra Retail/Restaurant (City Council District 2). SUP/Site Plan for a full-service restaurant and a multi-tenant building with a drivethrough restaurant within Kalterra Development on 3.25 acres. A portion of Lot 4, Block 1, Slink Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-397, within the 161 Corridor Overlay District and tentatively addressed as 3705 S Hwy 161 (On June 24, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 8-0)]

ITEM 4 41 IS ANOTHER SUP.

IT'S A SITE PLAN AS WELL.

RA RETAIL RESTAURANT.

THIS IS LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF WHERE WE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE IKEA SITE.

UM, CAN YOU TELL US THE NAME? YES.

GOOD.

TELL US THE NAME.

UH, THIS IS A RESTAURANT.

THE RESTAURANT IS BLACK BEAR DINER.

IT'S A, IT'S A CRACKER BARREL LOOKALIKE, ALMOST IDENTICAL MENU, BUT DOESN'T HAVE ALL THE HATS AND BELLS AND BELTS TO SELL.

YOU GO IN THERE FOR FOOD? YES.

SIT DOWN RESTAURANT.

UM, RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE EXISTING TER MULTIFAMILY, UM, PD ALLOWS FOR THIS USE WITH THE SUP AS YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING LOCATION.

UH, IT'S ALSO GONNA INCLUDE A STRIP CENTER, MULTI-TENANT STRIP CENTER WITH A DRIVE THROUGH THAT IS TRIGGERING THE SUP FOR ISSUES.

THAT'S, THAT'S WHY IT'S TRIGGERING THE SUP? YES.

NOT THE RESTAURANT ITSELF.

NO, NO SIR.

UH, SO THEY'RE MEETING ALL THE STANDARDS REQUIREMENTS FOR LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING BUILDING ELEVATIONS.

HERE IS THE MULTI-TENANT BUILDING AND THIS IS THE BLACK BEAR DINER.

UM, THEY ARE ASKING FOR SOME VARIATIONS BASED ON THESE ELEVATIONS.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THE SERVICE AREAS ARE, DO NOT HAVE ANY WINDOWS.

SO THIS IS THEIR STANDARD LOOK AND THEY'RE ASKING FOR VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR THAT.

BUT THEY ARE MEETING THE APPENDIX F CHECKLIST.

UH, WE HAVE THE APPENDIX F UH, THIS IS BECAUSE THEY'RE ON 1 21 CORRIDOR.

UH, SO THEY'RE ASKING US TO EXCEED THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES, WHICH

[02:45:01]

WE BELIEVE IS JUSTIFIED.

THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY DOES NOW.

UM, THE WINDOWS ON THE WEST AND SOUTH SIDE, THEY'RE ASKING FOR SOME VARIANCE THERE.

AND THE OVERALL WINDOW REQUIREMENT, UH, THEY'RE ASKING FOR SOME VARIANCES THERE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE VARIANCES? I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THEM UNDERSTANDING THAT AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, IT'S THEIR DESIGN.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE BUILDING THEMSELVES, THEY ARE PROVIDING WINDOWS.

THE GOAL FOR THOSE REQUIREMENTS IS JUST TO ALLOW FOR THEM TO HAVE SOME KIND OF STANDARD THAT'S GONNA SAY, UNDERSTAND THAT THEY GOTTA HAVE SOME KIND OF WINDOW.

SO, BUT YOU'RE OKAY WITH 'EM? YES.

I'M ASSUMING THE BLACK BEAR DINER'S NOT THE ONE BUILDING THE STRIP CENTER'S.

CAL TERRA.

AND THEY'RE JUST BRINGING BOTH THESE TOGE TONIGHT.

THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

UM, THEY, WE HAVE A SPEAKER.

WE'LL SEE.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR RASHAD? THE SPEAKER? THE APPLICANT? YEAH.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW.

WE HAVE A SPEAKER.

WE'LL SEE IF HE'S THE APPLICANT.

ARE YOU COLLEEN? YES.

IT IS THE APPLICANT? YES.

COME ON FORWARD, COLLEEN.

I KIND OF ASSUMED IT WAS TONY BUT I DIDN'T KNOW FOR SURE.

EVENING.

GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

MY NAME'S COLLEEN THALEN.

5 1 1 7 BEERS AVENUE IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS.

ANY QUESTIONS THAT Y'ALL MAY KNOW? WELL USE THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR CALERA OR FOR BLACK BEAR.

SO CALERA IS THE CURRENT OWNER OF THE LAND AND IT'LL ACTUALLY BE DEVELOPED BY MART TECH'S PARTNERS.

AND THEN ELISE AND RUSSELL MARTIN'S THE OWNER OF MART TECH'S PARTNERS.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL.

WELL, UH, THIS, YOU MAY KNOW THIS OR MAY HAVE TO GO BACK TO YOUR SHOT OR SOMETHING WHEN, I KNOW WHEN CALERA GOT THEIR, GOT THIS ZONING PUT IN PLACE, THIS PD 'CAUSE IT HAD APARTMENTS IN A TOWNHOUSE, JUST, UH, IN BETWEEN THE RETAIL AND THE APARTMENTS WAS GOING TO BE A BIG OPEN AREA.

THE MAYOR EVEN MENTIONED HOW MANY LIKES THEY HAVE TO HAVE.

REMEMBER THAT? YEAH.

AND THAT WAS, SO IS THIS, IS THIS AREA OPEN AREA INCLUDED IN THIS PLAN? THIS TO ME IS MUCH FURTHER NOR, UH, EAST I BELIEVE, AND THIS IS PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CONCEPT PLAN INITIALLY PROPOSED, UM, SOME LANDSCAPING ON THE BACKSIDE, WHICH WOULD BE IN THIS AREA HERE, UH, BETWEEN THE BACK OF THE BUILDINGS AND THE MULTIFAMILY.

AND THE MULTIFAMILY.

UM, AS IT'S DESIGNED, YOU WILL HAVE THE INTERNAL DRIVE AND THEN THEY NEED THEIR INTERNAL DRIVE.

SO FROM A FUNCTION STANDPOINT, IT MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE DESIGN-WISE.

GO BACK TO THAT OVERALL PICTURE.

WHERE IS THIS GONNA BE? THE, THE PART, THE PART THAT THEY SHOWED ME THAT HAD THE LIGHTS.

TONY, I THOUGHT WAS THIS MAIN ENTRANCE OVER BY THE ESPLANADE? YES.

NO FURTHER SOUTH.

THE, THE, THE THERE THERE THE ROAD GOING IN.

BUT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE, IF I REMEMBERED CORRECTLY, AND I MAY BE WRONG DOWN THE ENTIRE IN BETWEEN THE APARTMENTS AND THE, I REMEMBER THAT VIEW BECAUSE I, YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE HERE AND I SAID I'M GONNA COUNT THE LIGHTS.

UH, BUT I WAS THINKING IT WASN'T THE WHOLE, I THOUGHT IT WAS THAT KIND OF ENTRYWAY IN BETWEEN THE APARTMENT.

SO JUST ON THE NORTH AND, BUT WE NEED TO PULL THAT BACK UP ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

NOT FURTHER NORTH.

BUT WE NEED TO REVISIT THAT.

I DIDN'T EXPECT THAT WHOLE SWATH TO BE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS.

'CAUSE THAT WOULD BE A WASTE OF YEAH, WELL I, THE OPEN SPACE WAS REALLY NICE TO THE BUFFER IN BETWEEN THERE.

UH, THIS MAY BE A LOT FURTHER NORTH, BUT WHEN THEY COME BACK WITH SOME DOWN BY THE ROAD.

LET'S DOUBLE CHECK THAT PLEASE.

WE'LL, OKAY.

YOU PULL THAT ORIGINAL, I VAGUELY RECALL SOMEBODY MENTIONING THAT.

UM, AND I CAN'T REALLY SPECIFICALLY NOTE LIKE Y'ALL NOTED.

IF IT WAS THIS PARCEL.

THANK YOU FOR THAT MEMORY, TONY.

OR THIS THE PARCEL THAT Y'ALL WERE TALKING ABOUT DOWN HERE.

LET'S, LET'S PULL THAT BACK UP NEXT TIME THEY COME.

AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT THAT BEFORE IT COMES TO US.

'CAUSE WE DON'T WANNA COUNCIL MEMBER HEDON.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR UM, THE PROPERTY OWNER.

SO DO YOU KNOW YET WHAT THE OTHER TENANTS WILL BE IN THE UH, THIS DRIVE THROUGH? THE DRIVE THROUGH WILL BE A QDOBA.

OH, OKAY.

I LOVE QDOBA.

WELL YOU GOT MY BOOK.

GREAT.

ANY OTHER TENANTS YOU CAN SHARE AT THIS TIME? YEAH, VAPE, STOP, SMOKE SHOP.

GETTING IN UNDER THE WIRE BEFORE YOU CHANGE THE ORDINANCE.

THEY'RE NOT IN OUR PLANS RIGHT NOW.

UM, YVETTE CLINIC,

[02:50:01]

A FITNESS STUDIO.

WE HAVEN'T SIGNED THOSE LEASES YET, SO I CAN'T SAY FOR CERTAIN, BUT WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT A SMOKE SHOP.

AND I THINK A VET CLINIC JUST OPENED, ACTUALLY THERE'S TWO JUST SOUTH NORTH OF YOU.

BUT BY, UH, WE'LL LET THE MARKET HOBBY LOBBY MAYBE THAT'S GET THE DOGS.

YOU GOOD? YEAH.

UM, WHAT I, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 41 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND FOR THOSE OF YOU YOU HAVE IN YOUR OWN PARTY DOWN THERE.

UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

A UNIFIED SIGNAGE PLAN FOR THE BASS PRO MONUMENT SIGN.

ALL RIGHT, KYLE, YOU'RE UP BUT WE GOTTA DO OUR THING FIRST.

KYLE.

UM, OH THIS IS

[42. VCC-24-05-0002 - Unified Signage Plan – Bass Pro Monument Sign (City Council District 2). Unified Signage Plan for commercial development within the SH 161 Corridor. Lot 3R-2, Block 1, The Sutherland, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-424, within the SH 161 Corridor Overlay District, and addressed 3720 S Highway 161 (On June 24, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 8-0)]

Y'ALL MAY KNOW THAT THIS IS ALREADY EXISTING.

UM, .

SO JUST SO WE GONNA TAPE KYLE, COME ON UP.

KYLE.

THERE'S BACKGROUND TO THAT.

THERE WAS A LITTLE CONFUSION.

IT WAS REAL CONFUSING.

AND SO THEY STARTED WHEN THEY STARTED THE BUILDING, BUT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE SEPARATE WITH A SEPARATE PERMIT.

BUT UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS THEIR TYPICAL PROTOTYPE SIGN, I DIDN'T THINK THAT THEY WOULD BE DENIED FOR THE SIGN.

SO IT WAS LEFT UP.

YOU LET HIM FINISH IT.

YEAH, IT'S LEFT UP TO THEM.

UNDERSTAND THAT Y'ALL MAY CHANGE THE SIGN AND THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT.

WELL I HOPE WE DON'T.

I MEAN YOU BETTER STOP MAN.

Y'ALL NEED TO MEET THE GENERAL MANAGER KYLE TON.

UH, GREAT GUY.

I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW HIM.

UH, WE HAD A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER THIS MORNING, BUT INTERESTING STORY.

WHAT GOT YOU INTO THIS? WELL I DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH IT TONIGHT, BUT WE KNOW THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION.

AND UH, JACQUELINE, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM BEFORE YOU MAKE A MOTION? I DO NOT.

I'M SORRY TO KEEP YOU HERE THIS LATE.

JACQUELINE, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 42 AS PRESENTED.

SECOND, WE HAVE MOTION TO SAY ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

A OPPOSED SAY NAY IF YOU'RE EVER OUT THERE AND HAVE A CHANCE TO MEET HIM.

IT'S A REAL INTERESTING HOW HE GOT STARTED, WHERE HE STARTED, HOW HE GOT TO WHERE HE IS AT NOW.

REAL NEAT STORY.

I ENJOYED VISITING WITH YOU.

THANKS FOR COMING TONIGHT.

GO HOME.

THE ONLY GOOD THING ABOUT STAYING THIS LATE, IT WON'T TAKE YOU AN HOUR TO GET HOME AT THIS TIME.

38 MINUTES.

WHEN THERE'S NO TRAFFIC, HE CAN GET BACK AND FORTH IN 38 MINUTES.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

GOOD NIGHT.

ITEM 43.

[43. SUP-24-05-0021 - Specific Use Permit – 2100 E. Main St (City Council District 5). Specific Use Permit for Auto Dealer (Non-Franchise Used), Auto Repair (Major), Auto Body and Auto Paint Shop at 2100 E Main St. Lot 2, Block 2, Business Center Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-60, and addressed as 2100 E Main St (On July 8, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval with conditions by a vote of 7-0)]

ITEM 43.

THAT'S THE SUPER SUPERMAJORITY.

SO THIS IS A SUP FOR A ZOOM PERFORMANCE CENTER.

UH, IT IS TO ALLOW UH, NON FRANCHISE USE, MAJOR AUTO REPAIR, AUTO BODY AND PAINT SHOP LOCATED AT 2100 EAST MAIN STREET.

IT'S CURRENTLY ZONE PD 60, WHICH IS AN INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT.

UH, IT'S EXISTING BUILDING OF 6,000 SQUARE FEET APPROXIMATELY.

THEY'RE MEETING ALL THE STANDARDS WITH REGARD TO PARKING.

PROPOSED BUSINESS HOURS ARE 9:00 AM TO 5:00 PM AND THE, THE VE VEHICLES WILL BE STORED INTERNALLY AND ONLY SHOWN BY APPOINTMENT.

UH, I ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE SOME DETAILS ON THEIR OPERATIONAL PLAN.

UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE RESTORING SOME OLDER VEHICLES, EVEN POSSIBLY SOME MAZDA MIATAS THAT THEY MENTIONED AT THE PNZ.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL WANT TO.

SO, WITH THAT SAID, UH, WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME OPPOSITION FROM ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS, WHICH HAS TRIGGERED UM, THE 75%, UH, SUPER MAJORITY VOTE FROM COUNCIL EXCEEDS TO 20%, UH, IN OPPOSITION, UH, REQUIREMENT SUPERMAJORITY.

IF P NZ, IF COUNCIL RECOMMENDS APPROVAL, WE DO HAVE SOME STIPULATIONS THAT, UH, DRC WOULD WANT AS PART OF THAT APPROVAL.

THE BUSINESS SHALL BE OPERATING IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW, FEDERAL AND LOCAL LAWS.

AND THE BUSINESS SHALL OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE, OCCUPANCY AND AUTO RELATED BUSINESS PERMIT.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR RASHAD? JUST TO QUANTIFY IT, IT WOULD TAKE SEVEN TO APPROVE IT.

YOU YES, JOHN, GO AHEAD.

IF REQUIRED.

UM, MAURICIO RODRIGUEZ, GO AHEAD AND COME ON DOWN.

HELLO.

UM, MY NAME IS MAURICIO RODRIGUEZ.

I LIVE ON 44 53 PERSON CIRCLE.

UM, I'M THE OWNER OF ZOOM PERFORMANCE.

[02:55:01]

UM, I KNOW THERE WAS SOME OPPOSITIONS, ONE OF THEM WAS ACTUALLY THE GUY OR THE PREVIOUS OWNER OF THE PROPERTY WHERE WE ARE CURRENT OR WHERE WE WANTED TO OPEN THE SHOP.

UM, AND I KNOW AT THE PNZ MEETING THERE WAS UM, LIKE IT WAS LIKE CONFLICT OF INTEREST 'CAUSE THERE IS UH, HIS TENANTS, THEY DO VEHICLE REPAIR.

THEY DO, UH, THEY SELL BODY SHOP SUPPLIES.

SO IT WAS KIND OF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST THERE FROM WHAT I WE TALKED ABOUT IN AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ? JUST CURIOUS TO SAY IF THIS MOTION, DID THIS GET PASSED TONIGHT? YES SIR.

ARE YOU EXISTING OPERATOR NOW OR YES, IN DALLAS.

IN DALLAS, OKAY.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF THIS DOES GET APPROVED, THAT YOU VISIT OUR STAFF AND UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR REQUIREMENTS ARE IN OUR CITY.

BECAUSE WE DO A LOT, A LOT OF EFFORTS IN MAKING SURE OUR OPERATORS CAN OPERATE, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE RULES ARE, ESPECIALLY ALL THE TENANTS.

AND EVERYTHING WILL BE, WE'LL HAVE A, A CERTIFIED, AN APPROVED PAIN BOOTH WITH A, A FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM FILTERS TO FILTER OUT ANY DUST.

'CAUSE I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT ONE OF THE GUY, UH, THE PERSON WHO WAS OPPOSED TO IT HAD UM, EVERYTHING WILL BE DONE THE PROPER WAY.

NO CORRECTLY.

'CAUSE I MEAN THERE'S SUP SO YOU START GETTING A LOT OF VIOLATIONS FROM OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT.

WE PROBABLY BRING THIS BACK BEFORE YOUR YES SIR.

SUP IS OVER.

SO I JUST WANT YOU TO BE VERY CAREFUL IN THAT PART.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM? UM, THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

UH, SURE MAYOR, I'LL BE GLAD TO.

UM, I I WENT OVER AND TALKED TO THE PROPERTY OWNER ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

AND UM, AND I TALKED TO THE TENANT ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND I TALKED TO THE PROPERTY OWNER ON THE WEST SIDE WHO ALSO IS THE PROPERTY OWNER ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

ALL THEM IN THE RED CIRCLE THERE.

PLUS I TALKED TO A COUPLE OVER ON THE NEXT STREET, UH, THIRD 22ND STREET.

UH, THERE THERE'S BEEN PROBLEMS THERE.

THERE'S CURRENTLY PROBLEMS AT THIS LOCATION.

IT'S 5,368 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.

UH, AND THEY WANT FOUR SEPARATE USES.

UH, AUTOBODY, WE ALL KNOW WE SEE CARS OUT AT AUTOBODY PLACES ALL THE TIME.

UH, HEAVY MECHANICS.

WE SEE CARS PARKED OUT.

HEAVY MECHANIC SPOTS.

UH, I THINK WE'RE, THIS APPLICANT IS JUST TRYING TO PUT TOO MUCH IN TOO SMALL AN AREA.

UM, THERE'S CURRENTLY, I'VE BEEN TOLD BY THE NEIGHBORS THAT SOMETIMES THERE'S AS MANY AS FIVE TRANSPORTS IN IT OUT OF THERE A DAY.

A DAY.

UH, SO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO, I'M GONNA DO THIS RASH.

SAVANNAH RASHAD, ONE OF Y'ALL TELL ME WHEN I'M SCREWING THIS UP PLEASE.

I WANT TO MOVE FOR DENIAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE.

SO THIS APPLICANT WOULD BE ABLE TO COME BACK WITH ANOTHER PLAN IN THE, WITHOUT HAVING TO WAIT A YEAR AND STRONGLY, STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT YOU FIGURE OUT WHAT KIND OF BUSINESS YOU WANNA BE AND COME BACK AND ASK FOR THAT SINGLE ONE AND IT NOT BE A PAINTING BODY SHOP.

VERY WELL THOUGHT.

THAT'S TONY MY MOTION.

WOULD THAT WORK? RASHAD, Y'ALL HAVE HEARD THE MOTION OF THINGS VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT.

MOTION.

CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM.

MOTION CARRIES.

TONY, THAT'S VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT.

ITEM 44 IS A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE UDC TO INCLUDE A NEW USE FOR SMOKE SHOP IN OUR LAND USE CHART.

UH, ITEM 44.

[44. TAM-24-04-0004 - Text Amendment - Article 4: Permissible Uses. An Ordinance of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas, Amending Article 4: Permissible Uses of the Unified Development City Council Meeting – July 16, 2024 Page 7 of 7 Code to add use Smoke Shop and allow it by SUP in GR, GR-1, C, C-1, CA, HC, LI and HI zoning districts and establish spacing requirements and amending Article 30: Definitions to define Smoke Shop; Repealing all Ordinances or Parts of Ordinances in Conflict Herewith; Containing a Savings Clause and a Severability Clause; and to become effective upon its passage and approval (On June 24, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 8-0)]

UM, WE REQUESTED TO MAKE THIS ADDITION, UH, OUR C-D-C-C-C-D-C, UM, IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE PROLIFERATION OF SMOKE SHOPS THAT WE'RE SEEING THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE IT CLASSIFIED AS A MISCELLANEOUS USE.

THIS WILL ACTUALLY

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CLASSIFY AS UM, ITS OWN CLASSIFICATION AND REQUIRE A SUP FOR ITS APPROVAL.

IF IT'S WITHIN, NOT WITHIN ONE MILE FROM ANOTHER SMOKE SHOP.

THIS WILL NOT, UH, APPLY TO ANY OTHER SMOKE SHOPS CURRENTLY.

THEY WOULD BE GRANDFATHERED.

YES, THEY WOULD BE GRANDFATHERED.

BUT THEY WOULD COUNT FOR THE WITHIN THE DISTANCE.

UM, SO SMOKE SHOPS ARE PROHIBITED UNLESS THEY'RE PROPOSED.

THE PROPOSED USE IS LOCATED MORE THAN ONE MILE FROM ANOTHER SMOKE SHOP.

IF LOCATED AT LEAST ONE MILE FROM ANOTHER SMOKE SHOP, A PERMITTED SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IS, IS ALLOWED TO BE REQUESTED.

NOW THIS DOESN'T PROHIBIT THEM FROM REQUESTING IT, EVEN IF THEY'RE WITHIN ONE MILE THAT WOULD BUT IT COME TO US TO GO UP AND DOWN.

IT WOULD BE STILL A VARIANCE.

SO, UM, IT JUST ADDRESSES IT FROM BEING ALLOWED BY.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR RASHAD? WE GOT A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS THEN.

MIKE.

I KNOW YOU'RE THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, BUT WHEN IT GETS TIME FOR THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER HEAD IS ASKED.

YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY I'LL PASS.

SO COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.

WELL NO, LET ME JUST GO TH THROUGH THE LIST.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM.

HEY RASHAD, JUST TO CONFIRM, I WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THIS PROPERLY.

THEY, IF WE PASS THIS, THEY HAVE TO COME TO US WITH AN SUP.

NO MATTER WHAT.

BUT IF BUT IF THEY'RE WITHIN A MILE OF ANOTHER IT'S BY RIGHT.

WE'RE NOT BY RIGHT.

WE WOULD DENY IT AUTOMATICALLY.

EITHER WAY.

SUP IS REQUIRED.

THE CONDITION FOR THE SUP IS THAT THEY NOT BE WITHIN ANOTHER MILE OF ANOTHER LOCATION IF THEY'RE WITHIN ANOTHER MILE.

THAT'S JUST KIND OF LEVERAGE FOR Y'ALL TO SAY NO.

BUT WE CAN SAY NO EITHER WAY.

YES YOU CAN.

OKAY, SO THE THOUSAND FOOT IS REALLY KIND OF IRRELEVANT.

WELL IT IS THE CONDITION.

YOU PUT IT IN THERE FOR LEGAL REASONS.

TO US IT'S IRRELEVANT.

'CAUSE WE CAN SAY NO EITHER WAY.

IF Y'ALL SO CHOOSE COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL.

NO, THAT, THAT KIND ANSWERED IT.

I JUST WANTED RASH SHOT.

IS ANYBODY KNOW WHERE THE CURRENT LOCATIONS ARE AND DRAWING ONE MILE CIRCLES AROUND THEM AND DOES THAT TAKE UP THE ENTIRE CITY? ARE THERE ANY LITTLE POCKETS LEFT? WE CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT 35 THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

UM, I DON'T HAVE THE MAP WITH ME.

UH, BUT I WILL SAY THERE ARE SOME CONCENTRATIONS IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS.

UM, MORE, MORE, MORE SO CENTRALLY LOCATED LAW 1 61 AND IN DISTRICT, UH, THREE AND FIVE.

THANKS.

GOOD QUESTION.

AND THIS, UH, BUT, BUT YEAH, YOU KIND OF ASKED BUT THE BUT QUESTION THERE.

YEAH, IT'S IRRELEVANT.

IT JUST, WHAT MAY BE THE RELEVANCE IS NEVERMIND UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HEDON.

I SEE THERE ARE SOME OTHER LIGHTS I CAN GO LAST.

THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.

UH, I WAS JUST TRYING TO UM, I'M SURE YOUR COMMITTEE CAME OVER WITH THE DISTANCE.

HOW, WHY DID, HOW DID YOU COME UP ONE MILE INSTEAD OF TWO MILES? 'CAUSE I GOT A LOT OF COMPLAINTS IN REGARDS TO THE DISTANCE.

IF IF DISTANCE.

BUT REMEMBER IT'S IRRELEVANT.

WE CAN SAY NO TO IT NO MATTER WHERE IT'S AT.

I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU PUT AND THE REASON THE ONE MILE AND ACTUALLY I REQUESTED UH, MORE THAN ONE MILE, BUT IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THAT'S HOW WE HAVE DONE THESE.

I UNDERSTAND.

BUT WE CAN SAY NO EVEN IF IT'S OUT, UH, PROXIMITY JACQUELINE, WE CAN SAY NO EVEN IF IT'S OUTSIDE OF THAT.

SO WHY DID Y'ALL, IT DOESN'T MATTER.

YOU PUT IT IN THERE.

IT HAS, IT GIVES US MORE COVERAGE, RIGHT.

TO SAY NO IF IT'S WOMEN, THAT'S HOW LEGAL EXPLAINED IT TO US.

SO THAT'S OKAY.

BUT WE CAN, BOTTOM LINE IS WE CAN SAY NO, I WANTED TO DO TWO IF IT'S FIVE MILES AWAY THINGS THEY COULDN'T DO.

TWO.

BECAUSE EVERY TIME WE'VE DONE A MILEAGE RETRAIN I APPLAUD THIS.

CAN WE DO IT FOR A LOT OF OTHER THINGS? OKAY.

WE CAN'T.

I KNEW THE ANSWER TO THAT.

JACK WILL, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I JUST WANTED TO UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS.

NO PROBLEM.

I, I REQUESTED THIS SO THANK YOU MIKE FOR UH, PASSING IT TO ME BECAUSE I WAS GETTING A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED JUST TO SEE SO MANY OF 'EM.

AND WE HAVE HIGH HOPES FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH FAMILY ORIENTED, UM, RETAIL AND ACTIVITIES.

SO ALL THE SMOKE SHOPS DON'T, DON'T GO WITH THAT.

BUT I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT A STORE THAT SELLS SOMETHING ELSE CAN STILL HAVE A PORTION OF THEIR STORE WITH SOME OF THESE TYPE OF PRODUCTS.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE COULD NOT LIMIT.

RIGHT? SO I JUST WANNA SAY THAT ON THE RECORD.

SO IF SOMEONE SEES AFTER THIS SOMEONE SOMETHING NEW POP UP AND IF, IF THEY'RE NOT CALLING THEMSELVES ON THE OUTSIDE SMOKE SHOP, RASHAD, CAN YOU EXPLAIN? EXPLAIN THAT MAY BE WHAT THEY START DOING.

THEY'LL SEE A LOLLIPOPS ALONG THE SMOKE SHOP RIGHT

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NOW.

THEY EXPLAINED THAT YOU COULDN'T JUST ADD LIKE A VENDING MACHINE AND SAY CI I SELL OTHER STUFF.

TWO, WE MAY HAVE TO TWEAK IT LATER ON.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A PERCENTAGE.

I FORGET.

BUT IF YOU GUYS WERE TO GO IN THERE STAFF AND CHECK TO SEE IF THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE, AT WHAT POINT DO WE CONSIDER IT SMOKE SHOP? IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A THRESHOLD.

FIRST WE LOOK AT WHAT THEY CLASSIFY THEMSELVES AS WITH THE CO.

UM, AND IF THEY WERE IN VIOLATION OF THAT AND IF THEY WENT IN AND SAID THEY WERE A CONVENIENCE STORE, WE WOULD EXPECT TO SEE MULTIPLE PRODUCTS IN THERE TO YOUR POINT.

BUT IF WE GO IN THERE AND YOU JUST SEE NOTHING BUT SMOKE SHOP PARAPHERNALIA, THAT WOULD BE EASY.

IT'S THE OTHER ONES THAT HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING IN THERE.

THAT WOULD BE TOUGH.

WELL I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION.

I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE DOING THIS.

UM, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY, WE DO HAVE TO SEND NOTIFICATION TO THE CURRENT OPERATORS AND UM, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT UNDERLINES THE PORTION THAT EXPLAINS THEIR GRANDFATHER.

'CAUSE I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO GET UPSET 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE CERTAIN FONT STANDARDS AND YOU GOTTA MAKE IT REALLY BIG FONT.

AND IF THEY ONLY READ THE REALLY BIG FONT THEY MIGHT GET UPSET.

SO IF WE CAN UNDERLINE, OKAY, I DON'T MIND UPSETTING THE SMOKE SHOTS.

SO GO AHEAD.

UNDERLINE THE SMALLER PORTION THAT EXPLAINS THAT THEY'RE GRANDFATHERED.

I UNDERSTAND.

THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE SO IT'S ALREADY, IT'S OKAY.

GREAT.

OKAY, SO WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE THE TEXT AMENDMENT, UM, FOR THE ORDINANCES REGARDING SMOKE SHOPS.

WE HAVE MOTION SECONDED.

COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.

RIGHT CITIZEN COMMENTS? NO, THEY'RE SEPARATE.

I'LL SMOKE TO THAT.

I'LL PASS MOTION.

ALL

[CITIZEN COMMENTS]

SHAKA CORBET.

NOW THOSE OF YOU WHO COME OFF TO KNOW DURING CITIZEN COMMENTS, WE DON'T, WE CAN'T GO A GIVE AND TAKE 'CAUSE IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.

WE JUST LISTEN, TAKE NOTES AND MAYBE HAVE ACTION AFTERWARDS.

BUT WE DON'T, WE DON'T DO ANY COMMUNICATION.

HELLO, I'M SHAKA CORBETT 29 12 ALTA 7 5 0 5 4.

I'VE BEEN A POLICE OFFICER FOR 12 YEARS.

PRIOR TO THAT I SERVED TWO TERMS IN THE ARMY.

SPENT SOME TIME IN CORRECTIONS.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, I HAVE NEVER HAD A R WRITE UP MY ENTIRE CAREER FOR MILITARY TO NOW.

SO I HAVE SOME CONCERNS OR SOME THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO ME WITH GRAND PRAIRIE PD.

I SPENT THE LAST FIVE OF MY YEARS AS A POLICE OFFICER THERE.

DURING THAT TIME SOME THINGS CAME UP THAT SOME SUPERVISORS DID NOT LIKE.

ONE WAS A POLICY.

A POLICY THAT WHEN THE CHIEF LEARNED WE HAD TO TRANSGENDER AND THE DEPARTMENT, HE IMMEDIATELY CHANGED THE GROOMING POLICY.

IT REALLY ONLY AFFECTED FEMALES, MAINLY MINORITY FEMALES, STATING THAT WE COULD NOT WEAR BRAIDS, WEAVES WIGS OR EYELASH EXTENSIONS.

SO AFTER I WAS ABOUT TO BE WRITTEN UP FOR WEARING BRAIDS AND CIVILIAN CLOTHES OR A SUPERVISOR WANTED ME WRITTEN UP, I HAD A GREAT LIEUTENANT WHO ARRANGED FOR SOME MEETINGS WITH THE CHIEF.

WE HAD BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT IT FOR A YEAR AFTER WE TOLD THE CHIEF ME AND ANOTHER MINORITY FEMALE, WE ONLY HAVE THREE IN THE DEPARTMENT, NOW THEY HAVE TWO.

AFTER WE TOLD HIM OUR CONCERNS, THAT WEARING BRACE ITSELF AS OUR CULTURE, HE EXPLAINED THAT, HEY, AFTER SEVERAL MORE MEETINGS AND COUNCIL MEETINGS, HE EXPLAINED, OKAY, WELL IF Y'ALL COULD COME UP WITH THE VERBIAGE TO CHANGE THE POLICY, I MIGHT CONSIDER IT.

SO ONE OF THE OTHER FEMALES, SHE GOT TIRED OF ALL THE BOUNCING BACK AND FORTH, THE OTHER MINORITY.

SO SHE STOPPED.

I DIDN'T STOP.

I CONTINUED.

SO IN MY PERSONAL TIME I CAME UP WITH THE VERBIAGE, WE PRESENTED IT TO HIM AND HE WAS OKAY WITH IT.

AND SEVERAL MONTHS LATER IT, HE CHANGED.

IT WENT INTO POLICY.

WELL A CERTAIN TWO FOR RESIDENT WANTED TO WRITE ME UP FOR WEARING THE BRACE.

OF COURSE DID NOT LIKE THAT.

COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER I GOT IN ANOTHER INCIDENT WITH HIM ON THE RANGE.

AND THEN ANOTHER COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER, MY DAUGHTER CALLED POLICE OUT TO MY HOUSE OVER AN INCIDENT.

THEY HAD BEEN THERE FOR HER BEFORE SHE SUFFERED FROM MENTAL ILLNESS WHERE THEY HAVE AC PILED HER BEFORE.

SO THEY KNEW HER HISTORY OR THEY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN HER HISTORY.

WELL WHILE SHE WAS THERE, SHE MADE SEVERAL STATEMENTS AND RECANTED THEM AND SAY SHE WAS LYING.

NO INVESTIGATIONS WAS DONE AT MY HOME.

WHEN I TRIED TO TAKE THEM TO LOOK THROUGH MY HOUSE, THEY WOULD NOT DO IT.

THEY JUST FORMED A HORSESHOE AROUND ME.

NOBODY KNEW WHAT TO DO UNTIL THEY CALLED OTHER SUPERVISORS OUT THERE.

ONE OF THE SUPERVISORS THAT CAME WAS THE SAME ONE WHO WANTED TO WRITE ME UP FOR MY BRAIDS AND THAT I GOT INTO IT AT THE RANGE.

AND WHO WAS OVER TICS? THE OTHER SUPERVISOR THAT CAME, THE LIEUTENANT, HE HAD ALREADY HAD TO GIVE OUR WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP, UH, MEMBERS, ALL THE FEMALES A SPEECH ABOUT HOW TO TREAT FEMALE OFFICERS.

'CAUSE HE HAD GOTTEN IN TROUBLE

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FOR THAT.

WELL, IN THE NICK OF IT, IN AWE, WHEN IT ALL ENDED, THEY DECIDED TO ARREST ME.

SO THEY TAKE ME TO JAIL.

I TOLD 'EM I DID NOT DO ANYTHING.

AND THEN AFTER THEY TAKE ME TO JAIL, THEY DID THINGS THAT WE DON'T DO FOR DOMESTICS.

I'VE BEEN AN INVESTIGATOR, I'VE BEEN ON A FUGITIVE TASK FORCE.

I WORK VICE, I'VE BEEN ON INTELLIGENCE UNIT, SO I KNOW HOW INVESTIGATIONS GO.

THEY GOT A SEARCH WARRANT FROM MY HOME GIVING THEM PERMISSION TO TAKE ANY CELL PHONE FROM MY HOME, WHICH I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THEY GOT A SEARCH WARRANT SAYING THAT THEY COULD TAKE ANYTHING FROM MY HOME.

AND WHICH THEY DID TAKE SOME PERSONAL THINGS THAT COST MONEY THAT WAS IN MY UNIT THAT WAS NEVER PLACED IN SAFE KEEPING.

I HAD TO BE INFORMED BY ANOTHER OFFICER THAT SHE WAS IN POSSESSION OF THEM AND IF SHE WANTED ME TO KEEP THEM.

AND I SAID YES.

SO WHILE I WAS IN JAIL.

I HAD THE DETECTIVE COME AND TELL ME, YOU WERE RIGHT AFTER GOING THROUGH THE EVIDENCE.

I SPENT 10 HOURS ON YOUR CASE.

YOU SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN ARRESTED.

I'M GONNA GET YOU OUTTA HERE.

NEVER SEEN HIM AGAIN.

OKAY? AND DURING THE INVESTIGATIONS, WHILE THEY WAS AT MY HOUSE, BODY CAMERAS WAS TURNED OFF.

THAT IS REALLY OUTTA POLICY.

AND WHEN I ASKED ABOUT IT DURING MY IA INVESTIGATION, I WAS TOLD THAT, THAT THAT WASN'T MY PLACE TO KNOW, AND THAT I GOT MY CELL PHONE BACK.

WHEN MY CRIMINAL ATTORNEY, THEY REFUSED TO COOPERATE WITH HIM, ASK THEM WHY THEY HAVE MY CELL PHONE, AND THEY TOLD ME I COULD GET IT BACK, KNOWING THAT I DID NOT COMMIT THAT CRIME, AND THEY HAD NO CASE.

WHEN I REFUSED TO RESIGN, THE SERGEANT STILL FILED THAT CASE WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY OFFICE ONLY FOR IT TO BE REJECTED.

BUT BEING THAT IT WAS FILED, IT WOULD SHOW THAT I WAS CHARGED WITH THAT, WHICH WILL FALL IN MY ENTIRE CAREER.

THAT WAS MALICIOUSLY DONE, AND NOTHING WAS DONE, EVER DONE ABOUT IT.

AND THAT IS NOT RIGHT.

THAT IS NOT HOW THIS DEPARTMENT SUPPOSED TO OPERATE, WHO POLICED THE POLICE.

AND I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT WHEN I WAS IN THAT JAIL, I'M SUPPOSED TO CHOOSE MY OWN TMP ATTORNEY.

OKAY? YOU HAVE, I'LL GIVE YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME, JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.

I'M SUPPOSED TO CHOOSE MY OWN T-T-M-P-A ATTORNEY.

I GET WOKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT SAYING, YOU HAVE AN ATTORNEY VISIT.

I'M LIKE, WHO? I GO IN THERE.

IT'S LANCE WYATT.

I'M TELLING HIM I DON'T WANT HIM.

WHY ARE YOU HERE? I DON'T NEED YOU.

CHIEF SAYS ME, SENT ME HERE.

I WAS LIKE, WHY IS HE SENDING YOU HERE? WELL, HE SPOKE HIGHLY OF YOU, SO I DON'T NEED ANYTHING FROM YOU.

MY HUSBAND WILL GET ME OUT.

WELL, I NEED TO BOND YOU OUT BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT BONDED OUT, YOU MIGHT GO TO COUNTY.

I DON'T NEED YOU.

EVEN AFTER I REFUSED HIM AND TOLD HIM I DIDN'T NEED HIM, HE WENT TO IA A FEW DAYS LATER AND TOLD THEM HE WAS MY ATTORNEY.

REP, THE, UH, TEXAS, UH, MUNICIPAL POLICE ASSOCIATION REP, MR. LANCE WHITE.

YOU OKAY? DEREK CORBET.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE AND WHAT YOU DO, UH, FOR THIS CITY.

UM, I HEARD EARLIER, SIR, UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, IUM.

YOU SAID THAT EACH NIGHT YOU PRAY FOR DISCERNMENT, UNDERSTANDING AND BEING ABLE TO REALIZE AND RECOGNIZE RIGHT FROM WRONG.

I'M ALSO REMINDED OF, UH, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT, UH, CHIEF SES MENTIONED TONIGHT.

UH, ITEM NUMBER 22, FIRST RESPONDER MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM.

UM, MY WIFE IS A VETERAN.

SHE SERVED A COUNTRY.

SHE SERVED THE CITY.

UM, ON EIGHT, ON 16TH SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR.

OUR LIVES CHANGED.

UM, SHE WAS BASICALLY REDUCED TO NOTHING BY OUR PEERS AND SUPERIORS THAT CAME OUT TO OUR HOME.

UM, I RECOGNIZED ON THAT DAY WHEN MY WIFE TURNED TO ME AND SAID, HEY, UM, I DON'T TRUST THEM.

THEM BEING THE OFFICERS THAT WERE THERE, UH, GIVEN THAT SHE'D HAD SOME HISTORY WITH THEM, UM, SHE SAID, THEY'RE TRYING TO TURN THIS ON ME.

AND I RECOGNIZED, AND I REALIZED AT THAT TIME THAT, HEY, UM, WE WERE GONNA HAVE TO DO SOME FIGHTING THE NEXT WEEK AFTER MY WIFE WAS, UH, UH, ARRESTED.

SHE WAS ARRESTED ON THE 16TH OF SEPTEMBER THE NEXT WEEK, UM, SHE WAS ARRESTED FOR DWI IN WAXAHATCHEE COUNTY.

OKAY? UM, NEVER BEFORE, YOU KNOW, NOTHING LIKE THIS HAPPENED.

SHE LOST EVERYTHING.

UH, SHE WAS PARADED OUT.

I THINK ON THAT DAY OF 16TH OF SEPTEMBER, THERE WERE EIGHT OR NINE POLICE UNITS THAT CAME OUT TO OUR HOME.

29 12 ALTON.

UH, SHE WAS PARADED OUT IN FRONT OF OUR, UM, NEIGHBORS.

AND I JUST WATCHED, UM, AND WAS JUST IN AWE OF JUST HOW SHE WAS HANDLED.

UM, I WAS CONTACTED BY HER TMPA

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I DON'T KNOW HOW HE GOT MY NUMBER.

I WAS WORKING AT A TCU GAME WITH SOME OF MY KIDS.

UM, AND HE SAID, HEY, SHE DIDN'T DO THIS REFERENCE TO DWI.

I, THEY DID THIS TO HER.

HE BEFRIENDED ME.

AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, I FELT LIKE, OKAY, WE COULD, WE, SHE HAD AN ADVOCATE AND I, WE COULD GET THROUGH THIS.

UM, THIS IS THE SAME GUY THAT SHE MENTIONED THAT CHIEF SEDNEY SAID, HEY, HE TOLD, HE COMMUNICATED TO HER, HEY, CHIEF SS SENT ME TO YOU WHEN MY WIFE WAS ACTUALLY RESIGNED.

UM, THE CASE WENT OVER TO THE DA'S OFFICE.

SHE MENTIONED THAT, I THINK IT WAS SIX OCTOBER.

WE WAS SITTING, UH, OVER HERE IN THIS COMPLEX, UH, WENT TO COURT AND WHERE THE JUDGE SAID, HEY, THIS HAS BEEN, THIS WAS REJECTED BY THE DA'S OFFICE WHILE WE HERE, UM, O OBVIOUSLY WE WERE SURPRISED.

UM, AND WHEN THAT HAPPENED, UM, SHE WAS THEN BROUGHT UP ON, BASED ON WHAT I SUPPOSE, UM, THE COMMENTS OR HER STATEMENT, UH, THEY BROUGHT HER UP ON HONESTY CHARGES.

AND, AND I REALLY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.

IT WAS LIKE, IF I CAN'T GET THIS HERE, I'M GONNA GO FOR THIS.

UM, THIS IS WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT JUST SEEMINGLY BECAME THE BEST WORD I CAN USE IS NEFARIOUS.

UH, IT JUST DIDN'T ADD UP.

UM, WHEN THE CASE WAS REJECTED, UM, LIKE I SAID, THEY WANTED TO HANG THIS THING OF HONESTY AROUND HER NECK.

UM, WE SOUGHT LEGAL CONSULTATION.

WE ASKED FOR EX SPOLIATION LETTER.

EX SPOLIATION LETTER HOLDS THE EVIDENCE IN PLACE.

DON'T GO ANYWHERE.

UM, AND WHEN WE DEALT WITH THE TMP TA REP, AND WE ASKED HER THIS ON NUMEROUS TIME, I HAVE A TEXT, UM, SHE EMAILED.

WE CALLED, UM, AND IT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT, UH, SHE WAS TERMINATED IN JANUARY AND JUST HERE RECENTLY.

UM, HE ASKED, SHE ASKED ABOUT THE DE SPOLIATION LETTER.

HE SAID, I'VE NEVER HEARD THAT.

YOU'VE NEVER ASKED ME FOR THAT.

UM, DISCERNMENT NORM RIGHT FROM WRONG TODAY, I, I'VE REQUESTED FOUR TIMES A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL POLICE REPORT FOUR TIMES.

THE FIRST TIME WAS OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR.

UH, THE FOURTH TIME WAS IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR.

UM, I'VE BEEN DENIED FOUR TIMES.

THEY SAID TO STILL UNDER LEGAL REVIEW BECAUSE THE CASE IS, UH, AN AN APPEAL.

SHE DOESN'T HAVE A-T-M-P-A REP RIGHT NOW.

SHE DOES CAN'T TRUST HIM.

IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT THERE WAS SOME WORKINGS BETWEEN HIM AND WHO RECOMMENDED HER HIM TO COME AND GIVE HER COUNSEL.

UM, I WAS IN CON CONVERSATION WITH MR. UH, YDAY, ONE OF THE, UH, ATTORNEYS, UH, ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.

AND HE STATED THE CASE WAS UNDER APPEAL.

WELL, TODAY AT 3:40 PM I GOT AN EMAIL FROM THE RECORDS OFFICE AT THE, UH, FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THEY SENT ME THE ARREST REPORT.

THAT'S NOT WHAT I ASKED FOR.

I WAS ASKING FOR THE INCIDENT REPORT.

UM, INCIDENT REPORT, 2 3 1 6 7 3 6.

HEY, I SERVED MY COUNTRY FOR 25 YEARS.

I'VE BEEN IN SOME DARK PLACES.

MICHELLE FRANKLIN, MM-HMM .

ALRIGHT, I'M JUST ASKING YOU TO LOOK AT IT.

MICHELLE FRANKLIN, 33 17 CATHEDRAL.

UM, JUST REAL QUICK, UM, WE HAD CODE ENFORCEMENT IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE, UH, ABOUT A MONTH OR SO AGO.

AND MY HUSBAND WAS TALKING TO THE EMPLOYEE ABOUT OUR WATER METER THINGIES IN THE GROUND BEING ALL LOPSIDED.

AND THE GUY SAID, HEY, I CAN GO AHEAD AND SUBMIT A SERVICE REQUEST FOR YOU, BUT JUST KNOW THAT WE ARE UNDER A HIRING FREEZE AND WE'RE UNDERSTAFFED.

SO I'M JUST A LITTLE CONCERNED WITH THAT COMMENT, KNOWING HOW BIG OUR CITY IS GETTING AND HOW MUCH WE'RE GROWING THAT WE CAN'T STAFF, UM, FOR THOSE SITUATIONS.

AND THEN ALSO, I SAW ON FACEBOOK SOMEWHERE, SOMEBODY THAT COMMENTED ON HOW THEY WERE AWARDED, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CORRECT TERMINOLOGY IS, UM, LITTER CLEANUP FOR A STREET, AND THEY WANTED TO BE RECOGNIZED WITH A SIGN, BUT THE CITY NO LONGER DOES SIGNS.

SO I THINK THAT'S KIND OF UNFAIR BECAUSE I, I TAKE PRIDE AND I ENJOY SEEING THE SIGNS SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, JOHN DOE AND HIS FAMILY IS OUT HERE CLEANING UP THE CITY.

SO, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, ED.

GOTTA BE A LITTLE QUICKER NOW.

NORTH COLVILLE, TEXAS 7 6 0 3 4.

I WAS TRYING TO ED 67 0 5 PHI CIRCLE,

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THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO GIVE ME OPPORTUNITY AND GIVING FIVE MINUTES TO TALK.

SOME CITIES ARE GIVING THREE MINUTES, AND IF YOU ARE NOT THE RESIDENT OF THE CITY, THEY GAVE ONE MINUTE.

SO, UH, LAST MUNICIPAL ELECTION IN 2024, MAY, I RAN FOR TARRANT APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS PLACE ONE, UH, I LOST WITH THE THREE PERCENTAGE POINT RUNOFF.

UH, I MET WITH FEW OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS DURING THE ELECTION TIME, AND THIS TIME, I'M, UH, I JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TO THIS COUNCIL, UH, BY A PROFESSION.

I'M A MECHANICAL ENGINEER.

I HAVE MASTER'S DEGREE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.

USED TO WORK FOR CITY OF DALLAS HERE, UH, COLVILLE RESIDENT FOR OVER 11 YEARS.

UH, LIVING IN TURN COUNTY FOR OVER 16 YEARS.

UH, UH, GRAND PRAIRIE AREA.

I REALLY LIKED THE JUUL LEAGUE AND ALL THOSE AREA.

AND DURING THAT ELECTION, I WENT SEVERAL PRECINCT HERE IN, UH, GRAND PRAIRIE.

UH, I HAVE TWO KIDS, UH, BOTH ARE IN GREAT POINT.

COLLEGEVILLE, ISD, 11-YEAR-OLD BOY, AND A 9-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER.

UH, THIS TIME, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION SOMETHING ABOUT GRANT FERRI.

THE TAD, UH, BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS FIVE APPOINTED BOARD POSITIONS, AND IT'S, UH, CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE HAS 59 OR 60 VOTES FOR TR APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

BUT THIS COUNCIL HAS A HISTORY.

I, I DON'T KNOW IF IT MISSED BY THE DATE OR SOMETHING THEY NEVER VOTED FOR, FOR THE CANDIDATE FOR, FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

SO THIS TIME I'M INTRODUCING MYSELF, UH, AND I WOULD BE GLADLY TO BE THE NOMINEE OF YOU AND REPRESENT THIS, UH, CITIZENS OF BRENT PRAIRIE ON THE TAD BOARD, UH, FOR THEIR UPCOMING ELECTION THIS SEPTEMBER.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION SOME DATES HERE.

AND THE DATES ARE THE, THE NOMINATION PROCESS IS STARTED IN SEPTEMBER, AND, UH, THE DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 15.

AND THE NOMINATION NOMINATIONS ARE GIVEN BY ALL THE TAXING ENTITIES, CITIES, UH, SCHOOL BOARDS, UH, TR COUNTY COLLEGE, AND, UH, THE TR COUNTY ITSELF.

THE COMMISSIONER'S CODE, UH, TOTAL FIVE BOARD POSITIONS, UH, 5,000 VOTES.

AND THE VOTES ARE DEPENDING UPON THE VALUATION.

I DON'T KNOW.

UH, THE BALLOT IS ASSEMBLED BY THE CHIEF APPRAISER AND IT'S DELIVERED TO THE ENTITIES BY OCTOBER 30TH.

UH, ALL VOTES MUST BE ON THE, UH, AGENDA AND THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THROUGH A RESOLUTION AND, UH, RESOLUTION SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO TAD BY DECEMBER 14TH, MIDNIGHT OF DECEMBER 14TH.

SO, UH, WHAT HAPPENED? IF IT COMES THE MORNING OF DECEMBER 15TH, IT'S INELIGIBLE TO COUNT.

THAT HAPPENS WITH SEVERAL, UH, CITIES, UH, WHO ARE NOT PARTICIPATED, UH, BEFORE.

SO, UH, THAT'S THEIR PROCESS.

AND I BELIEVE DECEMBER 15TH IS, IS, UH, THEY COUNT THE VOTE AND IT'S ALL PUBLIC RECORD.

SO I WOULD LIKE MYSELF TO BE THE NOMINEE FROM, UH, GRANT RE.

AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW.

I'M NOT A POLITICIAN.

I'M JUST A PUBLIC SERVANT.

I, UH, I WAS THE, A PRISON REVIEW BOARD MEMBER FOR, UH, TWO AND QUARTER YEAR BECAUSE, UH, DURING THE COVID TIME, I WAS THERE WHEN THE BUILDING DOORS WERE CLOSED AND WE WERE HAVING APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD MEETINGS, ALL THOSE MEETINGS IN THE PARKING LOT OF TAD BUILDING.

UH, I WAS VOLUNTEER FOR MY CITY FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

SINCE 2017.

I WAS ON, UH, I'M, I'M STILL ON METRO 14 CODE.

I STARTED WITH THAT IN 2019.

I'M ON PLANNING ZONING AND, UH, CIP I'M STILL ON THAT ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW.

I WAS THERE, ZONING, BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.

I WAS THERE.

AND SOME PEOPLE MAKE FUN THAT IF COLWELL HAS ONE BOARD.

AND DEFINITELY I WAS VOLUNTEER FOR THAT BOARD.

AND I, I JUST MET ONE OF THE ATTORNEY HERE, JULIE, THANK YOU.

SHE WAS THE

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ATTORNEY FOR CITY.

DANIEL BENNETT, MAYOR COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.

MY NAME'S DANIEL BENNETT AT TIMES I WILL COME HERE TO GRAND PRAIRIE TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

HOW FOR, HOW FORTUITOUS IS THAT? TWO IN ONE NIGHT.

BUT I'M REALLY NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE TARRANT APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD.

BUT I DO WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT.

UH, THE LEADERSHIP AT TAD IS ONE OF THE REASONS TAD HAS BEEN SO BAD, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT THE LEADERSHIP.

YOU KNOW, THE CHIEF APPRAISER QUIT.

THERE WERE DATA BREACHES, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT THE APPOINTED PEOPLE LIKE MIKE O'DONNELL, ARLINGTON, ISD, CATHERINE, WYOMING, CITY OF ARLINGTON.

MATTER OF FACT, SHE WAS RECALLED 'CAUSE SHE, IT GOT SO BAD OVER THERE AND SHE WAS RECALLED BY ARM MASANI AND SHE WAS DRESSED DOWN BY ROSS MCMILLAN AN ATTORNEY FOR NOT, UM, REJECTING ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE WHEN ONE OF, UH, TAX AGENTS WAS ATTACKED.

SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PROBLEMS. THOSE THINGS ARE SLOWLY BEING REMEDIED BY THE NEW CHIEF APPRAISER.

HAS HE BEEN HERE YET? JOE DON BOBBIT.