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[RECONVENE MEETING]
TO WARNER.WE HAD A VERY GOOD SESSION SO FAR.
WE STARTED AT FOUR 30 AND UM, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE PASTOR JOEL RIVERA FROM THE PREMIER IIA BATISTA TO COME GIVE OUR INVOCATION, FOLLOWED BY OUR PLEDGES GIVEN BY COUNCIL MEMBER KURT JOHNSON.
PLEASE RISE MAYOR, CITY MANAGER COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE.
DEAR GRACIOUS FATHER, LORD, WE COME TO YOU THIS EVENING, LORD, JUST SEEKING YOUR FAITH, LORD, SEEKING YOUR COUNSEL, LORD.
AND IN THIS MEETING, LORD, AS IT CONTINUES ON, WE ASK THAT YOU BE WITH THIS CITY, LORD, THEY CONTINUE TO BLESS IT.
LORD, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING IT, LORD, TO ENLARGE TERRITORY, LORD, TO GROW IN NUMBER LORD.
TO GROW IN IN BUSINESS LORD, AND TO TO JUST BE ABLE TO, TO BE RECOGNIZED, LORD, NOT JUST HERE IN NORTH TEXAS, LORD, BUT IN IN OUR COUNTRY.
LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION THAT YOU'VE GIVEN OUR CITY, LORD, OF BEING A SAFE PLACE, LORD, OF BEING AN AFFORDABLE PLACE LORD, AND BEING A FUN PLACE TO LIVE IN, LORD.
AND I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW ME TO CALL IT HOME.
LORD, WE ASK YOU NOW FOR THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE REST OF THIS MEETING, LORD, AS, AS OUR MAYOR LORD AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS CONTINUE TO, TO SERVE OUR CITY, LORD, IN MAKING DECISIONS THAT THAT PROFIT THE CITY LORD AND THAT PROFIT THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY AS WELL.
LORD, I ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO, TO GIVE THEM WISDOM, LORD, IN EVERY SITUATION, EVERY DECISION THAT IS MADE, LORD, UH, EVERY DEPARTMENT, LORD OF THE CITY, LORD, THAT YOU BLESS THEM ALSO, LORD, IN THEIR EFFORTS AS THEY CONTINUE TO DO THEIR JOB, LORD, TO CONTINUE TO UPLIFT THE CITY LORD, TO TO HONOR YOU, LORD, MOST OF ALL, LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU JUST BLESS THIS TIME AND THAT WE BE, UH, A CITY LORD ON A HILL, LORD, A CITY THAT PROVIDES A LIGHT.
LORD, JUST, JUST OPENING WITH PRAYER, LORD, IS SOMETHING THAT IS, IS GREAT A BLESSING TO, TO ME LORD.
AND TO MANY THAT WE ARE STILL ALLOWED TO DO THAT, LORD.
WE ASK ALL THESE THINGS IN JESUS' PRECIOUS NAME.
THANK YOU EVERYONE REMAIN STANDING AS WE RECITE THE PLEDGE TO THE US FLAG AND THE TEXAS FLAG FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
THE EXHIBIT FOR WHICH STANDS, LAMINATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE, ALL HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG OF THE PLEDGE, TEXAS ON THE STATE UNDER GOD.
[PRESENTATIONS]
RECOGNIZE MAYOR PRO TEM GEORGIA CLEMSON TO READ A PROCLAMATION.IT'S AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO READ THIS, WHEREAS THE CITY OF GRAND PRIX DOES HEREBY SOLEMNLY PLEDGE IN THE SPIRIT OF UNITY AND PROGRESS TO LEAD OUR COMMUNITY IN A CONCERTED EFFORT TO ACHIEVE A CLEANER AND MORE BEAUTIFUL ENVIRONMENT THROUGH THE GREATEST AMERICAN CLEANUP IN PARTNERSHIP WITH KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES IN PREPARATION AND CELEBRATION OF THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
AND WHEREAS OUR COMMUNITY RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF PRESERVING OUR NATURAL BEAUTY, ENHANCING OUR QUALITY OF LIFE, AND FOSTERING A SENSE OF CIVIC PRIDE.
AND WHEREAS WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE INCREASING CONCERN OVER LITTER AND ITS IMPACT ON OUR ENVIRONMENT, ECONOMY, AND OVERALL WELLBEING, AND WHERE WE ARE COMMITTED TO TAKING SIGNIFICANT STEPS TOWARD REDUCING LITTER AND BEAUTIFYING COMMUNITIES, THEREBY ENSURING A CLEANER, MORE VIBRANT AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY.
AND WHERE AS WE STAND IN RECOGNITION OF AN PREPARATION FOR AMERICA'S 250TH ANNIVERSARY ON JUNE, LIFE FOURTH, 2026, AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A NATION THAT IS CLEAN, GREEN, AND BEAUTIFUL.
NOW THEREFORE, MAYOR RON JENSEN, ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS, THE CITY COUNCIL OF GRAND PRAIRIE, HEREBY PROCLAIM COMMITMENT TO THE GREATEST AMERICAN CLEANUP IN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND IT'S WITNESSED, OF COURSE, AND SIGNED, SEALED, AND NOW MAYOR DELIVERED.
WHO DO WE? ISN'T THAT EXCITING? AND WE DOWN AND WE HAVE SOME OTHER KEEP GRAND PRAIRIE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE.
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THANK YOU.ALL, NOT ALL OF 'EM, BUT OVER HALF OF 'EM ARE HERE.
AND Y'ALL ARE ALL ON THE KEEP GRAND PRAIRIES BEAUTIFUL COMMITTEE.
DID EACH ONE OF US GET AN APPOINTMENT TO YOU? HEADED UP.
WHILE ERIC'S TAKING A PICTURE, I'VE GOTTA TELL YOU, YOU GOTTA GO SEE MY LITTLE LEGO, ISN'T IT THE CUTEST? OH MY LORD.
IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, YOU GOTTA LOOK AT IT.
WE'LL BE SHOWING HIM AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.
THE FIRST ONE I'M GONNA DISCUSS IS OUR ISO RATING.
SO ISO STANDS FOR THE INSURANCE SERVICE OFFICE.
THEY'RE BASED OUT OF NEW JERSEY.
THEY HAVE MANY SATELLITE OFFICES.
NEW JERSEY, NEW JERSEY, AND THEY RATE FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND CITIES AND COUNTIES ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
THEY GO TO ALL THE LARGE BUILDINGS, THEY CHECK OUR FIRE HYDRANTS, THEY CHECK OUR TRAINING RECORDS.
THEY LITERALLY EXAMINE EVERYTHING YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT DOES.
THEY GIVE US A SCORE BETWEEN ZERO AND A HUNDRED.
JUST LIKE AT SCHOOL, 90 TO 99 WOULD BE AN A, WHICH IS A 180 TO 89 WOULD BE A B, WHICH IS A TWO, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
IN 2016, WE BECAME A ONE BACK WHEN IT WAS TRULY A COVETED AWARD AND VERY HARD TO GET.
UH, MANY CITIES HAVE FOUND WAY CREATIVE WAYS TO GET WHERE THEY NEED TO GET.
WE ARE SURROUNDED BY ONES NOW.
BACK IN 16, WE WERE THE ONLY ONE.
THE FACT THAT I REMEMBER WE WERE ED BY TWO CITY.
I PUT IT UP THERE WITH YOU DID ONE AND EVERYBODY AROUND US WAS A TWO.
AND FORGET THAT AS A REMINDER.
FIRE DEPARTMENTS ONLY 50% OF THE SCORE.
WATER IS 40 POINTS AND COMMUNICATIONS 9 1 1 IS 10 POINTS OF MARINE WITH WATER SCORED PERFECTLY AS WATER ALWAYS DOES.
AUBREY 9 1 1 SCORED PERFECTLY AS 9 1 1 USUALLY DOES.
THE PROBLEM IS RIGHT HERE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND STAFFING.
WE HAVE BEEN VERY BLESSED BECAUSE OF THIS COUNCIL.
YOU'VE GIVEN ME THE TOOLS AND THE RESOURCES AND WE, IT DIDN'T SHOW UP ON THE SCREEN.
UH, THIS WILL BE GOOD THROUGH 2032.
WE DID ASK FOR THIS EVALUATION A YEAR EARLY, WHICH WAS SMART.
I WAS WORRIED ABOUT DOWN SOUTH AND THE ANNEXATIONS AND THE GROWTH STATION 11 HELPED US.
2032 WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK DOWN SOUTH AND ALSO THE DEVELOPMENT UP NORTH.
UH, MAYBE OR MAYBE NOT OFF POST AND PADDOCK WITH ALL OF THAT.
IF THAT HAPPENS, WHO KNOWS? THAT COULD BE A CHALLENGE TOO.
WE ARE AN ISO ONE FOR THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS.
THE NEXT PERSON STANDING HERE IN 2032 PROBABLY WON'T BE ME.
MAYOR, UNLESS THERE'S QUESTIONS, I'LL MOVE.
COUNCILMAN? ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS ON UH, YES.
EVERYBODY IN THE CITY LIMITS GETS AN IS O ONE.
SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS DOWN SOUTH THAT WE AN THAT WE HAVE AN ANNEX THAT ARE OUTSIDE, GET A 10, BUT GREENWOOD, THAT'S PART OF THE CITY.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS LOWEST INSURANCE RATE THAT WE CAN GIVE 'EM.
THE CITY HAS CONTROL THE THINGS THAT WE DON'T CONTROL.
WEATHER STORMS, THAT'S ALL BEYOND OUR CONTROL.
BUT FOR WHAT CITY COUNCIL HAS DONE, YOU HAVE PROVIDED YOUR HOMEOWNERS AND YOUR BUSINESS OWNERS AS BEST AS INSURANCE AS THEY CAN.
SO MAYOR, IF OKAY, I'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE.
THE NEXT ONE IS THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION.
UH, WE HAVE RECEIVED THIS AWARD FOR NINE YEARS.
UH, WHAT CHANGED THIS YEAR IS THEY GOT AWAY FROM THE CARDIAC.
IF YOU REMEMBER, THE AMERICAN HEART WAS ABOUT THE SECOND THE PARAMEDIC WALKS IN THIS ROOM.
WE HAD 90 MINUTES TO GET THE PATIENT FROM THIS
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FACILITY INTO THE SURGICAL ROOM TO GET THE BALLOON IN THE HEART IN PLACE.WE HAD SO MANY THINGS WE HAD TO DO, BUT DOOR TO BALLOON HAD TO BE 90 MINUTES.
WE HAD TO DO THAT 75% OF THE TIME.
WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IT A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TIME.
NO LONGER DOES AMERICAN HEART FOCUS ON HEART.
THEY'RE NOW FOCUSING ON STROKE.
SO NOW THE GOLD AWARD IS ABOUT STROKES.
AND WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IS EARLY DETECTION.
EARLIER ARRIVAL OF EARLY DETECTION BY EMS. WE DOCUMENT THE LAST KNOWN WELL, WE DO A BLOOD GLUCOSE ASSESSMENT.
WE DO A PROPER STROKE ASSESSMENT.
WE ACTIVATE A STROKE CENTER, WHICH MEANS THEY HAVE TO HAVE A CT LAB, WHICH IS LIKE METHODIST MANSFIELD THAT YOU'VE HEARD TODAY.
AND THEN PAUSE THERE AND TELL EVERYBODY HERE WHAT METHODIST MANSFIELD JUST BECAME.
YES, METHODIST MANSFIELD, WHO'S A GREAT PARTNER, ESPECIALLY TO OUR SOUTHERN UH, NEIGHBORHOODS, NOT ONLY DID THEY BECOME A A STROKE CENTER FOR STROKE, BUT THEY'RE NOW A LEVEL TWO TRAUMA CENTER.
SO IT'S BASICALLY THE BEST OF ALL WORLDS HEART STROKE AND TRAUMA RIGHT AT OUR DOORSTEP, JUST OUTSIDE OUR CITY.
THE REASON THAT'S IMPORTANT, OUR PARAMEDICS FIRE DEPARTMENT USED THE CLOSEST, MOST APPROPRIATE FACILITY TO TAKE YOU TO THE CLOSEST TRAUMA TO BEFORE THIS WAS MCA.
SO NOW WE HAVE TWO NEIGHBORING CHOICES.
AND FIVE TWO LIVE DOWN, UH, SOUTH AND FIVE TWO 'CAUSE YEP.
WE CAN TAKE THEM TO THE TRAUMA TWO CENTER FOR ANYTHING PRETTY MUCH NOW.
AND THIS, THIS AMERICAN HEART.
SO THE, THE FINAL PART OF IT IS DOOR TO TPA IS 60 MINUTES.
SO WHEN SOMEONE'S HAVING A STROKE, WE HAVE TO GET 'EM TO A CT LAB QUICKLY TO SEE IF THEY'VE GOT A BLEED.
IF THEY HAVE A BLEED, THEY IMMEDIATELY GO TO SURGERY.
IF THEY HAVE A CLOT, THEY GET A DRUG CALLED TPA TO DISSOLVE THE CLOT.
THEY NEED TO DO THAT WITHIN 60 MINUTES OF THE TIME WE WALK INTO THE STORE.
MAYOR, I WANT TO SHOW YOU FOR THE 10TH YEAR.
WE NOW HAVE THE AMERICAN HEART GOLD AWARD.
IF YOU NOTICE ON THE GOLD IT SAYS TARGET HEART ATTACK, HONOR ROLL.
SO NOT ONLY DID WE GET THE OLD AWARD FOR THE CARDIAC IN ALL THE CATH LAB.
SO THEY'RE MAKING IT CONGRATULATIONS.
BUT 10 YEARS IN A ROW, AGAIN, WITHOUT YOU GUYS FUNDING US AND SUPPORTING US, THIS NEVER HAPPENS, EVER.
SO WE HAVE THE TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT THAT YOU HAVE PLEDGED TO GIVE US AND WE DELIVER THE SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS BEHIND US.
UH, MAYOR PROTE, WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, SO JUST HOLD OFF ON A MOTION.
HAROLD, GO AHEAD AND COME FORWARD.
UH, YES, MAYOR, UH, NUMBER 10 AND NUMBER 11.
UM, THIS EMERGENCY, UM, DEBRIS REMOVAL.
THE CITY OF DALLAS WAS ON THE NEWS THAT THEIR DEBRIS REMOVAL, THEY WERE PUTTING OUT ON 6 35 AND THEY WERE GETTING LOTS OF COMPLAINTS OF AIR QUALITY ISSUES, STORING THE DEBRIS TILL THEY COULD MULCH IT UP.
WHERE WILL THESE CONTRACTORS STORE THE DEBRIS TILL THEY CAN GET IT MULCHED UP IN THE CITY.
ALRIGHT, HOW ARE YOU? WELL, WE HAVE SOME DEBRIS REDUCTION SITES THAT ARE ALREADY IDENTIFIED.
AND THOSE ARE NOT NEAR ANY MAJOR HIGHWAY.
SO WHAT THE CITY OF DALLAS, HOW THEY CHOSE THAT LOCATION BY 6 35.
IT WAS ON SEVERAL NEWS CHANNELS WHERE THEY WERE HOSING IT DOWN WITH BIG HOSES OUT THERE WITH THE DUST AND EVERYTHING.
SO WOULD IT BE TAKEN BACK TO THE LANDFILL OR EVENTUALLY LIKELY, YES.
BUT IT WILL BE GROUND UP INTO MULCH.
WILL YOU SELL THAT MULCH? WILL IT BE AVAILABLE TO THE TAXPAYERS OR, I WILL BE LOOKING FOR EVERY AVENUE TO GET RID OF IT AS OH, OF COURSE POSSIBLE.
I MEAN, JUST A FREE MULCH GIVEAWAY OR ABSOLUTELY MULCH FOR EVERYONE TO, UH,
WOULD YOU SELL IT TO THEM OR WOULD THEY OH, TO SILVER C CREEK OR SILVER CREEK? YES, PLEASE.
UH, I GUESS IF THEY WERE SHOPPING.
'CAUSE IT'S NOT IF, WHEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER BIG STORM OR WE'RE GONNA HAVE TONS OF DEBRIS.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'VE DONE VERY WELL WITH THE SIZE OF THE EVENTS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH REDUCING THE WASTE AT THE LANDFILL AND WITH, UM, USING THE, THE MULCH PRODUCT.
THAT'S A BIG, BIG BENEFIT WHEN YOU GOT ALL THE TREES LIKE WE DID BACK IN MAY.
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THINK 11 MAY BE YOURS TOO.YEAH, THAT IS FOR THE MONITORING.
SO BASICALLY BOTH THE COMPANION PIECES, THIS ONE IS FOR HAULING.
AND THIS IS FOR HELPING US WITH THE PAPERWORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET ALL OF THE REIMBURSABLE DOLLARS EPA OR THE STATE FEMA, FEMA.
WHO IS THE WHO AND WHAT SERVICES FOR THESE DIFFERENT PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES? WHAT WILL THEY BE FOR GOOD EVENING, HAROLD? DURING THE HOUSE RIGHT.
DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING AND UTILITIES.
THESE ARE OUR GEOTECH AND MATERIAL TESTING FOR OUR CIP PROJECTS.
WHENEVER WE DO A LARGE CAPITAL PROJECT, WE, UH, NEED TESTING, WHETHER IT'S FOR, UH, CONCRETE OR FOR, UH, SOIL TESTING OR SOMETHING.
SO WE JUST, WE HAVE THE CONTRACT, SO WE TEST WHAT THE CONTRACTOR'S DOING.
SO WE HAVE, THIS IS WHAT THE CONTRACT'S FOR IS ONE YEAR AND WE ROTATE BETWEEN THE THREE.
BETWEEN THE THREE AND THE 525,000.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH A SET FIGURE FOR YEAH, THAT'S THE MAXIMUM.
SO EACH, EACH PROJECT'S A DIFFERENT AMOUNT, UH, BASED ON THE PROJECT AND JUST, THAT'S THE MAXIMUM WE CAN DO IN THE YEAR.
UH, ON THESE SEWER AND EMERGENCY WATER REPLACEMENTS, THIS 69,000 AND 127,000 ARE THE, HAVE THE LEAKS BEEN PATCHED RIGHT NOW? ARE YOU WAITING TO ONE SEC? THOSE ARE OH, THAT'S FINE.
SO THOSE ARE EMERGENCY JUSTIFICATIONS.
WHEN WE HAVE, UH, AN EMERGENCY THAT HAPPENS THAT WE NEED IMMEDIATE SERVICE.
SO, UH, THE WASTEWATER ONE WAS A COLLAPSED PIPE THAT WAS BACKING UP AND NEEDED TO GET IMMEDIATELY FIXED.
SO WE DIDN'T HAVE AN OVERFLOW.
AND BECAUSE OF THE DEPTH, UH, THAT WE COULD NOT DO IT WITH CITY STAFF, WE DON'T HAVE THE EQUIPMENT TO DO THAT.
SO THIS IS, UH, WITH OUR EMERGENCY, UH, CREW THAT WE, UH, HIRED THROUGH NORTH TEXAS TO DO THE WORK.
SO WE HAD TO GET IT DONE IMMEDIATELY, UH, REPLACE THAT STRETCH OF PIPE SO WE DIDN'T HAVE AN OVERFLOW.
WHAT TYPE OF TURNAROUND DO YOU GET FROM THESE FOLKS WHEN IT'S A BIG SEWER LINE LIKE THIS? THIS IS BRISTER MERRIT.
SO YOU CAN TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THAT TURNAROUND THEY GIVE US.
I'M, WE CAN GET THEM STARTED AND AS SOON AS 24 HOURS, IF IT'S A SEVERE EMERGENCY, WE CAN GET THE WORK DONE WITHIN A MONTH IF EVERYTHING GOES LOW.
SO IN THE MEANTIME, CONTAINING THE SEWER LEAK THAT GOING INTO THE CREEKS OR WITH, YOU KNOW? YES.
SO WE MONITOR THAT AND, UM, BASICALLY ON THIS ONE, THEY CAN GO OUT THERE.
UH, THEY KIND OF DO PRELIMINARY WORK, DIG DOWN, AND THEY, I THINK THEY'RE OUT THERE WITHIN THE NEXT DAY TO DO THIS ONE BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL OVERFLOW.
'CAUSE AFTER WHAT HAPPENED IN PLANO, DOWN TO WHITE ROCK.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT DOING THAT.
WE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
JUST TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT TURN AROUND.
AND THEN WITH THE WATER LINES, WITH THIS HEAT GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
ARE SO MANY OF THESE THE OLD CAST IRON LINES OR IT'S VARIES.
THEY SHRINK AND CAUSE THE PIPES TO BREAK.
SO WHEN IT'S A BIG LINE LIKE THAT IN THIS HEAT, THEY'RE GONNA GIVE US THE SAME TYPE OF TURNAROUND TO GET THEIR VALVES FIXED.
SO A LOT OF THESE, WHEN WE DO THEM, IT'S WHEN CITY STAFF, UH, EITHER CANNOT DO IT BECAUSE OF THE EQUIPMENT OR HOW DEEP IT IS, OR IF WE'RE, THEY'RE ALREADY BUSY DOING OTHER REPAIRS, LIKE WHEN WE DO HAVE A LOT OF MAY BREAKS ALL AT ONE TIME.
THIS IS WHEN WE USE THIS CONTRACT.
OH, WE GOTTA HAVE THE WATER AND SEWER.
HE HAS 14 ALSO, MAU, WHICH MAY BE YOURS.
WHAT WAS THE 127,000 WITH THE LOGAN WASTEWATER? YEAH, I KIND OF TALKED TO TOGETHER.
UH, THE GRAND PRAIRIE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN.
WHAT PART OF GRAND PRAIRIE FOR $300,000.
WHAT PART OF GRAND PRAIRIE WILL THE BICYCLE CHARLES BE UP PLEASE? I'M SORRY.
CAROL
THIS IS GOING TO BE A CITYWIDE AND, AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH, UH, PARKS AS WELL TO TRY AND GET SOME OF THESE CONNECTIONS SO THAT WE, UM, HAVE A CITYWIDE PLAN WHERE THINGS ACTUALLY CONNECT THROUGH SEVERAL AREAS.
SOME PLACES YOU'LL HAVE, UM, A PIECE HERE AND A PIECE THERE, AND WE WANNA DO A CITYWIDE PLAN THAT MAPS THE WHOLE THING OUT.
WHEN WOULD THIS BE IMPLEMENTED? WHEN WOULD IT BE COMPLETED, DO YOU THINK? UH, WELL, THIS IS THE PLAN, UH, WOULD PROBABLY TAKE BETTER PART OF A YEAR.
AND WHAT THIS IS GOING TO PRODUCE IS SMALLER PROJECTS INTO BITE-SIZE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT IT WILL, IT WILL KIND OF BLUEPRINT OUT FOR US SO THAT WE CAN THEN TAKE THESE ON IN BITE-SIZE PIECES AND BUILD THEM THROUGHOUT THE CITY AS THE PROJECTS COME UP.
WHAT ABOUT EPIC? EPIC WATERS? ANY BICYCLE TRAILS PLANNED FOR THEIR, PERHAPS WE'LL BE IN CON IN COORDINATION WITH, WITH PARKS AS WELL, SO THAT IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN CONNECT THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE.
AND THEN LYNN CREEK PARK INSIDE THE PARKS.
SO THAT WE'RE DEFINITELY GONNA WORK WITH PARKS ON ALL THOSE.
ALL SO THAT HAVE GOODBYE SO THAT THINGS ACTUALLY COORDINATE AND CONNECT.
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SAFE STREETS AND ROADS.UH, COULD WE DEFINE SAFE STREETS AND ROADS? AND WHERE IS THIS MONEY COMING FROM? AND OUR 20% LOCAL MATCH, THIS IS A GRANT.
IT'S CALLED SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL.
UM, BASICALLY THIS IS THE FIRST PHASE, WHICH IS A, UH, CREATES A COMP COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY PLAN FOR THE CITY.
AND IF WE'RE CHOSEN TO RECEIVE THE THREE 50, THE CITY'S LOCAL MATCH WILL BE THE 70,000.
THE THE SECOND PHASE, THE PHASE YOU GET AFTER YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS FIRST PHASE IS THE ABILITY TO CREATE DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS TO WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY BUILD THINGS, UH, INTER INCREASES TO INTERSECTIONS AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT ARE PART OF THE OVERALL SAFETY PLAN THAT ARE IDENTIFIED.
THAT'S A FEDERAL GRANT? MM-HMM
ON, ON THIS GRANT DOWN AT THE, UM, ON MAIN STREET, BY THE, BY THE UPTOWN THEATER OF SOMETHING THERE, I NOTICED WE GOT TO GO SEE THE PRODUCERS AND THE, THOSE LITTLE, YOU HAVE LIGHTS IN THE GROUND, BUT, UH, HAROLD, WE'RE FIXING TO RIP ALL THAT UP WITH THE MAIN STREET TURN BACK PROJECT.
SO WILL THERE BE SOME ADDITIONAL PROTECTED WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS REDUCING THAT ALL THE WAY DOWN FROM FOUR LANES TO TWO LANES AND GETTING ALL THE TRUCK TRAFFIC OFF OF IT.
IT'LL BE A WALKABLE PLAZA AND THERE WILL BE A LOT MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT.
SO WHEN YOU PARK ACROSS THE STREET TO GO TO THE UPTOWN MM-HMM.
IT'LL BE MUCH SAFER TO CROSS THAN IT IS, MA'AM.
IT'LL, IT'LL BE PED FRIENDLY, THAT'S FOR SURE.
THE FISH CREEK TRAIL RESTROOM.
I KNOW WITH THE FISH CREEK TRAIL ONES EAST AND WEST.
WHERE, WHERE EXACTLY WILL THE RESTROOM BE LOCATED AT? ON THE TRAIL? THANKS RAY.
RAY SERTA PARKS, ARTS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.
UH, THIS IS, UH, ACTUALLY LOCATED WHERE THE COVENTRY CHANGES INTO SU SUSSEX.
THIS IS EAST OF CARRIER AND WEST OF LAKE RIDGE, UH, IN NORTH OF WHERE THEY INTERSECT.
AND THIS IS WHERE THE RESTROOM IS GONNA BE PUT AT FISH CREEK TRAIL.
AND OF COURSE IT WILL BE A DA COMPLIANT CORRECTION.
WHEN DO YOU ANTICIPATE COMPLETION? WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT COMPLETED BY OCTOBER.
HAROLD, THE ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH, UH, TDOT FOR THESE YELLOW LIGHTS.
IT'S ACTUALLY FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
UH, SOME OF IT'S DETECTION, SOME OF IT'S FLASHING YELLOW ARROWS.
UM, WHAT THIS IS IS CALLED THE HAZARD, UH, THE HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
WE WERE CHOSEN FOR FIVE DIFFERENT INTER, UH, CORRIDORS THAT WE WERE, UH, APPLIED.
AND AS LONG AS WE DO THE LOCAL MATCH, WHICH IS THE ENGINEERING, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY COME TO COUNCIL ON, THAT'S THE 1 99 300.
AND THE, UH, THE 2 0 2 IS THE DIRECT STATE COSTS.
THE STATE PAYS THE REST AT TWO AND A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS AND THEY DO THE CONSTRUCTION FOR US AS WELL.
SO AS SOON AS WE'RE DONE WITH THE ENGINEERING, WE WILL TURN THIS OVER TO THEM AND THIS AGREEMENT SPELLS ALL THAT OUT.
THEY WILL TAKE CARE OF THE REST OF IT.
WOULD YOU ANTICIPATE CONSTRUCTION START AND WHEN WILL IT BE COMPLETED? IT, SOME OF THAT IS UP TO THE STATE.
I DON'T HAVE CON COMPLETE CONTROL OVER IT, BUT IT SHOULD BE IN ABOUT A YEAR AFTER WE'RE DONE WITH THE PLANS WITH THESE FLASHING YELLOW ARROWS.
IS THIS GONNA HELP SLOW PEOPLE DOWN A LITTLE OR JUST WHAT'S THE PRIMARY? IT'S THE FLASHING YELLOW ARROW IS WHAT HAPPENS ON THE PERMISSIVE FACE OR INSTEAD OF A GREEN BALL WHEN YOU HAVE THE PERMISSIVE ABILITY TO TURN LEFT.
IT GOES TO FLASHING YELLOW AND IT TOOK EVERYBODY FOUR YEARS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE FLASHING YELL IS.
PEOPLE TEND TO TEND TO GRASP IT USUALLY PRETTY WELL.
SO, BUT THIS ALSO HAS A RETRO REFLECTIVE BACK PLATES AND VARIOUS DIFFERENT SAFETY MEASURES.
I JUST WANT US TO KEEP THE SAME FOR A WHILE.
NOW THAT WE'RE AT THE FLASHING YELLOW, LET'S DON'T GO BACK TO THE SOLID GREEN OR, YOU KNOW.
SO ALL OF THIS IS TECH STOCK MONEY.
DO WE, DO WE HAVE A TOTAL AMOUNT YOU JUST SAID? I'M SORRY, TWO POINT.
IT'S 2.25 MILLION IS THE CONSTRUCTION.
AND, AND T STOP WILL BE IN CHARGE OF ALL CONSTRUCTION MM-HMM.
ING THAT'S UNIQUE TO THIS PROGRAM.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.UH, I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS EIGHT THROUGH 26 ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.
[27. Consideration of selection for master developer services for the Downtown Grand Prairie Redevelopment Property Project Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) #23166]
ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.UH, MEETING AGO WE HAD PRESENTATIONS FOR THE RFEI AND, UH, IT'S TIME TO CHOOSE A MASTER DEVELOPER.
I MOVE TO APPROVE CITY STAFF AS THE MASTER DEVELOPER FOR THE DOWNTOWN OF GRAND PRAIRIE RIDGE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT RFEI 23 1 66.
AND I SURE WANNA GIVE THOSE THAT APPLY TO US, WE'RE PART OF THE PROCESS.
DOESN'T MEAN YOU WON'T BE UTILIZED OR WON'T BE ASKED TO PARTICIPATE
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AND STAFF FOR THOSE THAT AREN'T HERE TONIGHT, PLEASE GET AHOLD OF THOSE THAT RESPOND IN UNTIL WE APPRECIATE THEIR RESPONSE.I'LL ENTERTAIN TO MAKE WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.
I'M SORRY I DIDN'T SEE AT THE TIME.
UM, WHEN WILL THIS DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT START AND WHEN WILL IT BE COMPLETED? IT'S GOING TO
WE'RE GONNA GET, WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR FIRST MEETING IN SEPTEMBER TO DEFINE WHAT WE WANT.
FIRST THING WE GOTTA DO IS DEMOLISH CALVARY AND, UH, GET SONIC MOVED.
OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE IT ALL UP IN OPERATIONAL BY THE END OF 2028, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE HOPE TO GET THE TURN BACK COMPLETED ON MAIN STREET.
THAT'S THE LATEST DATE WE HAVE.
SO WE'RE CONCERNED THAT IF WE OPEN UP BEFORE THEN AND TEAR UP MAIN STREET, IT WOULD INJU.
SO, UH, 2028 IS THE TIMEFRAME THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN TO GET THE ROUNDABOUTS IN AND, AND TEAR UP THE, AND MAKE.
SO WE NEED TO GET GOING PRETTY SOON, BUT, UM, WE'RE GONNA START HEADING DOWN THE ROAD.
ARE WE THE RECIPIENT OF ANY TDOT, ANY FEDERAL GRANTS? ALL THIS.
OH, FOR THE, FOR THE TURNBACK, BUT NOT FOR THIS.
YOU MEAN THE TURNAROUNDS OF THE THE, THE TURNBACK AND THE TURNAROUNDS.
WE'RE GETTING SOME FEDERAL MONEY.
I DIDN'T KNOW ON THE, ON THE REDEVELOPMENT.
NO, WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY FEDERAL MONEY FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT.
SO IT ALL WILL BE TAX LOCAL TAX DOLLARS.
ALTHOUGH WE
WE DON'T WANNA OWN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.
WE JUST WANT TO HAVE CONTROL OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND WHO THE DI WHO THE APARTMENT BUILDER IS.
WHERE DO YOU THINK APARTMENTS WILL GO? WELL, I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEY'RE GONNA GO, RIGHT WHERE THE CALVARY IS RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT, WELL, THAT WOULD BE LIKE THE OUT ON 1 61.
SOME OF THE FOUR STORY TYPE APARTMENTS OUT ON 1 61.
WE, I WOULD SAY WE'RE PROBABLY AT AT LEAST A FOUR STORY.
AND THE SAME TYPE OF FORMAT OUT THERE THAT, UM, WE HOPE IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE URBAN STYLE, BUT WE HAVEN'T CHOSEN A STYLE YET.
BUT THAT'LL, AND WE WANT SOME RETAIL BELOW IT, BUT WE'VE GOTTA DO SOME INVESTIGATION ON HOW MUCH RETAIL GOES UNDER IT.
IF YOU DRIVE DOWN ABRAMS TO GO TO ARLINGTON CITY HALL, YOU FIND THEY HAVE SOME URBAN STYLE APARTMENTS AND THEY HAVE RETAIL UNDER IT.
BUT I, THEY MAY TELL YOU THEY OVERDID THE RETAIL 'CAUSE HALF OF IT'S VACANT RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT'S A, YOU GOTTA TWEAK THAT, SO.
SO, AND THIS WILL ALSO COEXIST WITH MAIN STREET BEING DOWN TO TWO LANES FROM OF COURSE.
SO IT'D BE MUCH MORE, THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE ARE DOING OUR VISION.
IT'S GONNA TAKE YEARS TO DEVELOP.
OUR VISION IS TO HAVE OUR MAIN STREET KIND OF BE LIKE ROANOKE OAK STREET IN ROANOKE.
WHICH HAS APARTMENTS, CITY GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND RESTAURANTS ON IT, AND SOME SHOPPING.
SO IF I CHALLENGE ANY OF YOU THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT, DRIVE OVER TO ROANOKE.
I THINK IT'S OAK STREET, GOOGLE, UH, BABES.
GO EAT AT BABES AND SEE WHAT'S DOWN THE STREET.
BUT YOU CAN'T HAVE THAT VISION UNTIL YOU CHOKE IT DOWN FROM FOUR LANES AND GET THE TRUCKS OFF OF MAIN STREET.
IT WAS UNANIMOUS THEN I SAW 27.
I DIDN'T SEIZE HIS CARD TILL AFTER WE VOTED.
UM, 20 EIGHTS A PUBLIC HEARING.
[28. Public Hearing and Resolution Approving the FY 2024-2025 Budget Adopted by the Grand Prairie Crime Control and Prevention District (Reviewed by the Crime Control and Prevention District Board on 08/06/2024)]
YOU GONNA PRESENT THE BUDGET? YES SIR.RYAN SIMPSON, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WILL WE HAVE PROPOSED, UH, FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION TONIGHT IS THE FY 2025, UH, CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT BUDGET, WHICH IS OUR COMMUNITY POLICING FUND.
UH, WE HAVE 12.2 MILLION IN PROPOSED, ARE PROJECTED IN SALES TAX REVENUE.
UH, THAT'S JUST UP SLIGHTLY FROM WHERE WE PROJECT THIS YEAR TO END.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, SOME CHANGES IN OUR EXPENDITURES WITH SOME INCREASES IN PERSONNEL, UH, TO ACCOUNT FOR OUR STEP INCREASES AND COLA.
AND WE HAVE SOME OTHER, UH, CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE OTHER EXPENDITURES.
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UM, SOME CONTRACTUAL SERVICE, UH, INCREASES, UH, SOME TRUE UPS ON SOME EXPENSES.EXPENSES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
UH, ALL OF THAT NETS OUT TO ACTUALLY A $715,000 DECREASE IN EXPENDITURES COMPARED TO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
UH, THE BULK OF THAT ACCOUNTS FOR VEHICLES WHICH WERE FUNDING FROM A DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCE IN THE 2025 PROPOSED BUDGET.
THIS WAS PRESENTED TO THE F AND G COMMITTEE ON JULY 23RD.
IT WAS, UH, PRESENTED TO THE CCPD BOARD, UH, EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON AND APPROVED BY THEM.
AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT Y'ALL MAY HAVE ABOUT IT.
I THINK FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, I NEED TO EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT THIS IS.
IT'S A QUARTER CENT THAT WE HAVE THAT GOES SPECIFICALLY IN THIS CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT.
CITIES ACROSS THE DFW ACROSS TEXAS ARE EXPERIENCED A DOWNTURN IN SALES TAX RECEIPTS THIS YEAR.
STATE OF TEXAS DOWN 3%, NEARLY EVERY CITY, INCLUDING US, WAS DOWN 3%.
MANY CITIES HAVE FROZEN POSITIONS.
WE ARE FUNDING SEVEN NEW OFFICERS OUT OF THIS FUND.
THERE'S, THERE'S SEVEN VACANCIES CURRENTLY, BUT THE FUND AND TOTAL FUNDS 69 POLICE OFFICERS.
THERE'S SEVEN VACANCIES CURRENTLY.
SO WE CAN FUND SEVEN NEW ONES, CORRECT? NOT NOT NEW POSITIONS.
THOSE WOULD BE BACKFILLING, VACANCIES, NEW HIRE CAN HIRE.
LEMME WE CAN I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
BECAUSE YOU AND I HAVE BEEN TO THE BRIEF EIGHT BRIEFINGS.
AND THAT QUESTION CAME UP AT EVERY BRIEFING.
ARE WE HIRING NEW OFFICERS? YES, WE HAVE.
THAT'S THE MAIN THING I WANT TO GET OVER.
AND IF WE WERE IN DART, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THAT QUARTER PENNY.
HAROLD, YOU'RE DOWN TO SPEAK ON IT.
UM, SO THIS YEAR WE'RE NOT PURCHASING THE VEHICLES OUT OF THIS FUND.
WE'RE USING OTHER FUNDING SOURCES FOR THAT.
WE'RE STILL BUYING EVERY VEHICLE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT NEEDS.
THERE'S A TOTAL OF 34, WHICH IS COMPARABLE TO WHAT WE USUALLY BUY EVERY YEAR.
AND WE'RE BUYING THE SAME NUMBER.
IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCE.
WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE THIS AS A FUNDING SOURCE FOR THINGS.
UM, ON THIS FUNDING, SINCE WE'RE SEVEN, NINE OFFICERS SHORT, WHAT ABOUT FUNDING FOR THE NINE ONE ONE CALL CENTER? DOES THIS? SO THIS FUND IS USED TO HIRE, EQUIP AND TRAIN POLICE OFFICERS.
SO WE'RE NOT ABLE TO USE THE FUND TO HIRE CIVILIAN POSITIONS, BUT THIS FUND HAS 69 SWORN POSITIONS IN IT.
IF THIS FUND DIDN'T EXIST, THOSE POSITIONS WOULD HAVE TO BE FUNDED SOMEWHERE ELSE, WHICH WOULD TAKE UP THE MONEY THAT WE USE FOR OTHER POSITIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND YOU'RE STATING MAYOR, A 3% DECREASE IN OUR SALES TAX, THAT STATEWIDE GENERAL STATE TAX AND OURS WAS THE SAME.
OUR SALES TAX INFORMATION COMES 60 DAYS IN ARREARS, AND SO WE HAD AN UPTICK OF 1.7% THE LAST REPORT WE GOT.
SO WE ARE HOPING, AS ALL CITIES ARE HOPING THAT THEY'RE SEEING A SLIGHT UPTICK IN OUR SALES TAX.
SO BASICALLY WE'RE STILL GETTING OUR SAME BANG FOR THE BUCK OUT OF THIS TO EVERYTHING.
IT'D BE TOUGH FOR US AS A CITY.
TO DO WHAT WE'RE DOING IF WE WERE IN DART.
I BELIEVE WE PASSED THIS IN WHAT, 2007? YEAH, 2007.
[29. SUP-24-03-0014 - Specific Use Permit – Cigar Lounge at 2100 N Highway 360 (City Council District 1). Specific Use Permit for a smoking lounge in an existing commercial lease space. Tract 1, G.S.C. Development Corporation Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, zoned Light Industrial (LI) and addressed as 2100 N Hwy 360, Suite 2006]
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.EVEN IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, YOU CAN DO SO NOW.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY MAYOR PRO TEM CLEMSON.
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN ADAMS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO TABLE ADAM 29 TO TABLE TO TABLE.
YEAH, I I WAS WHO SECONDED IT DOWN HERE? COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.
[30. SUP-24-05-0023 - Specific Use Permit – Smoking Lounge at 2410 Brady Ln (City Council District 3). Specific Use Permit for a smoking lounge in an existing commercial lease space. Lot 11B, Sharpston Heights 2, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned General Retail (GR), and addressed as 2410 Brady Ln (On July 8, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval with conditions by a vote of 7-0)]
HI SAVANNAH.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
ITEM 30 IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A SMOKING LOUNGE.
IT'S LOCATED AT 24 10 BRADY LANE.
YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.
IT'S OWN GENERAL RETAIL AND AN SUP IS REQUIRED FOR ALL SMOKING LOUNGES.
UH, ON THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE THE
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MAP OF THE LOCATION AND A STREET VIEW.UH, THEY'RE MEETING THE REQUIRED PARKING.
UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO OPERATE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, 5:00 PM TO 2:00 AM AND FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, 11:00 AM TO 2:00 AM.
UM, THERE HAVE FLAVORED HOOKAH AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE.
UH, THEIR OPERATIONAL PLAN DOES INCLUDE, UH, CERTIFIED SECURITY PERSONNEL DURING OPERATING HOURS AND SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS.
UH, FOR THE PUBLIC NOTICE, WE DID SEND OUT NOTIFICATIONS TO THE 19 SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS.
WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION.
THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.
AND ON JULY 8TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO.
UM, I CAN RUN THROUGH THESE, UH, CONDITIONS.
THE OPERATION SHALL ADHERE TO THE SITE PLAN AND OPERATION PLAN.
EIGHT LINERS ARE NOT ALLOWED ON THE PREMISES.
UM, THEIR OPERATING HOURS SHALL BE LIMITED, UH, TO WHAT IS PROPOSED IN THE OPERATIONAL PLAN.
UH, INDIVIDUALS UNDER 21 ARE NOT ALLOWED.
UH, THERE'S MECHANISMS WRITTEN INTO THE OP, UH, CONDITIONS THAT REQUIRE STAFF TO, UH, CHECK IDS AT THE DOOR AND ISSUE A WRISTBAND, INDICATE THAT THEY'RE OF AGE, UM, AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE.
AGAIN, THEY CHECK THE IDENTIFICATION AND THEN, UH, THE BUSINESS WILL OPERATE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL STATE, FEDERAL AND LOCAL LAWS.
AND THEN A FOOD ESTABLISHMENT IS DEFINED BY SECTION 13 1 3.
ONE OF THE GRAND PRAIRIE COURT OF ORDINANCES SHALL NOT BE OPERATED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SMOKING LOUNGE.
UH, ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES IS REQUIRING A NO NOISE STUDY PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF THEIR, UH, BUILDING PERMIT.
AND THEN THE FINAL CONDITION IS THAT CITY COUNCIL SHALL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ONE YEAR AFTER ADOPTING, UH, THE SUP.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
UM, MY QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE ANY FACILITIES, ANY BUSINESSES IN THE CITY CURRENTLY THAT OPERATE FROM 5:00 PM OR THAT OPERATE UP UNTIL 2:00 AM DAILY THROUGHOUT THE WEEK? I WOULD HAVE TO REVIEW THEIR OPERATIONS FOR EACH SPECIFIC LOCATION, BUT I DO BELIEVE THERE ARE OUR BUSINESSES THAT OPEN THAT LATE OR OPERATE THAT LATE.
NOT JUST ON THE WEEKEND, BUT THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.
I, AGAIN, I, I HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
UH, WE HAVE GO AHEAD AND READ 'EM IN.
WE HAVE TWO CARDS, UM, THAT, UH, DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WOULD LIKE TO RECORD THEIR SUPPORT.
UH, DON'T SEE ANY OTHER LIGHTS.
YEAH, JUST CURIOUS, AS FAR AS PARKING, SO THEY HAPPENED IN A PARKING AND ALL THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.
DID, DID KURT ASK YOU TO ASK THAT? YES.
KURT ASKED NO ONE, I KNOW THAT THERE'S HOMES DOWN THE STREET, SO I'M JUST CURIOUS REGARDING MUSIC OR OR SPEAKERS, ANY INDICATION WHETHER OR NOT THE OPERATOR'S GONNA PUT LIKE MUSIC OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT WHERE IT'S GOING ALL THE WAY TO TWO, TWO IN THE MORNING ALL THE WAY? YEAH.
THAT IS NOT A PART OF THEIR OPERATIONAL PLAN.
THEY ARE, THE APPLICANTS ARE HERE AND CAN, UH, SPEAK TO THAT AS WELL.
PART OF THAT IS WHY ENVIRONMENTAL IS REQUIRING A OYSTER MUSIC BANDS.
GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
UM, GERRI CAR 36 20 COLD STREAM DRIVE.
UM, SO TO YOUR CONCERN ABOUT THE NEIGHBORING HOMES, UM, DOWN THE STREET, I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT THERE IS A VACANT LOT IN BETWEEN OUR BUILDING AND THAT SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL AREA.
UM, OUR BUILDING ACTUALLY BACKS TO A RETAIL AND, UM, ON OUR PARKING THAT IS ALSO BACKING TO THE RETAIL SIDE OF THAT.
SO WE, WE HAVE A, UM, A GOOD AMOUNT OF BUFFER ZONE WITH THAT VACANT LOT IN BETWEEN THE RESIDENTIAL AND OUR BUILDING.
UM, AS FAR AS THE SOUND GOES, EVERYTHING IS PLANNED TO BE CONTAINED INSIDE.
UM, THE MECHANISM OF THIS BUSINESS IS THAT EVERYTHING HAS TO BE CONSUMED INSIDE THE PREMISES.
SO THERE'S NO, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE NOT OUTSIDE IN THEIR CARS.
THEY'RE NOT MAKING NOISE OUTSIDE OR DISTURBING ANYONE.
UM, TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT BUSINESSES BEING OPEN THAT LATE, SO THERE IS ANOTHER SMOKING LOUNGE, ZAZA, THEY'RE ACTUALLY OPEN TILL THREE EVERY DAY.
UM, SO WE, WE DIDN'T WANNA STAY UP THAT LATE.
UM, AND WE WANNA TRY OUT THESE HOURS FIRST TO SEE HOW THEY GOES.
AND, UM, WHEN WE COME BACK FOR A ONE YEAR REVIEW, WE WILL PLAN TO SEE IF WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT ACCORDINGLY.
YEAH, I GO AHEAD COUNCILMAN ZA, THEN YOU'D LIKE YEAH.
Y'ALL MAY HAVE ALREADY STATED THIS.
WHAT IS Y'ALL'S PLANS FOR SECURITY AT THIS FACILITY? UM, SO WE DO PLAN ON HAVING A CERTIFIED SECURITY PERSONNEL.
UM, WE HAVE TO START EXPLORING WHAT OPTIONS THERE ARE AND WE WANNA WORK WITH THE CITY DEPARTMENTS OBVIOUSLY TO SEE WHICH IS APPROPRIATE.
UM, OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE, UM, WHAT IS REQUIRED BY CITY AS FAR AS RECOMMENDATIONS GO.
UM, BUT WE HOPE WE DON'T HAVE TO USE THAT.
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DON'T, UM, UM, ANTICIPATE ON HAVING THAT KIND OF BUSINESS TO WHERE WE ARE HAVING TO USE A SECURITY OR HAVING TO CALL 9 1 1 OR, YOU KNOW, CREATE ANY KIND OF CHAOS OR RUCKUS IN THAT AREA.UM, OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE A VERY ZEN AND RELAXING ENVIRONMENT WITHIN THAT LOUNGE.
UM, SO WE WANNA STAY AWAY FROM LIKE THE PARTY OR THE, THE BAND OR THE DJ TYPE OF BEHAVIOR.
THAT'S NOT WHAT WE ARE INTENDING TO DO DOWN THERE.
SO, UM, LIKE I SAID, AGAIN, WHEN WE COME FOR A ONE YEAR REVIEW, WE WANNA HELP TO SHOWCASE.
WE HAD ZERO INCIDENTS, UM, BUT WE WILL HAVE THAT CERTIFIED, UM, SECURITY PERSONNEL.
SO THERE WOULD BE SOME SORT OF CERTIFICATION THAT THEY HAVE, UM, BEFORE WE HIRE THEM.
AND THEY'RE GONNA BE THERE THROUGHOUT THAT ENTIRE 5:00 PM TO 2:00 AM YES.
AND WOULD Y'ALL BE COMFORTABLE, UH, IF A COUNCIL DOES RECOMMEND TO LIMIT YOUR HOURS DURING THE WEEK TO MIDNIGHT AND HAVE IT TO BE 2:00 AM FOR FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT? WOULD Y'ALL BE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT? UM, SO WE HAD THIS CONCERN COME UP IN PLANNING AND ZONING AS WELL.
UM, WHAT WE REQUESTED THEM, WE'RE OPEN TO THE RECOMMENDATION, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP OUR HOURS AS WE HAVE IN OUR OPERATIONAL PLAN.
UM, AND WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION REVISITED WHEN WE COME FOR A ONE YEAR REVIEW IF IT SEEMS LIKE A CONCERN OR EVEN IF WE SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE COMING THAT LATE THAT WE NEED TO CLOSE EARLIER.
UM, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPERIMENT WITH THAT.
UM, CONSIDERING THAT THERE IS ANOTHER LOUNGE OPEN TILL THREE, UM, THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AS WELL.
STAFF, IF WE CAN CHECK TO SEE IF ZAS IS OPEN TILL THREE.
YEAH, I THINK WE PASSED TILL TWO.
UH, BUT THAT BEING SAID, IF THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR I THINK A YEAR NOW AND THEY'RE OPEN TILL TWO GIVES, SO I CHECK THEIR GOOGLE LISTING.
I JUST WANNA, OKAY, SO IT SAYS ON GOOGLE, I DIDN'T GO THERE AT THREE O'CLOCK.
3:00 AM ALRIGHT, WELL WE'LL CHECK THAT.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW.
NOW, WHEN YOU SAY SMOKING LOUNGE, ARE YOU TALKING JUST HOOKAH OR ARE YOU TALKING HOOKAH CIGARS.
SO WE WOULD PREPARE IT, WE WOULD GIVE IT TO THE CUSTOMER.
UM, WHOEVER'S COMING INSIDE OBVIOUSLY HAS TO MEET THE AGE REQUIREMENT OF 21.
UM, ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES THAT WE HIRE WILL ALSO BE AT THE AGE OF 21, SO NO ONE UNDER 21 WILL BE ALLOWED PERIOD.
UM, AND, AND JUST THE HOOK US THAT WE PREPARE INSIDE IS WHAT WAS GONNA SELL.
UH, JUST A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS.
ONE, SO WOULD PEOPLE BE ABLE TO BRING THEIR OWN BEVERAGES OR FOOD INSIDE THE KNOWLEDGE? UM, SO WE, SO AS, AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT GONNA ALLOW ANY, ANY, ANY.
BUT WE ARE PLANNING TO, UH, FILE, UH, WHAT AN AMENDMENT FOR NON-ALCOHOLIC MODEL BASIC BASICALLY SO THAT WE CAN WATER COKE, SODA.
BUT THAT WOULD COME BACK TO US.
WE'RE GONNA FILE FOR AN AMENDMENT.
I KNOW IT'S A ONE YEAR SUP PROCESS, BUT SAVE YOU START HAVING MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS OR MULTIPLE SITUATIONS.
YOU COULD ALWAYS PULL BACK THIS SVPA LOT SOONER.
SO WE DON'T, THAT COULD HAPPEN.
ONE THING FOR SURE TO KEEP IN MIND, WHATEVER TIME THE PARTY OR THE GATHERING IS TO MAKE SURE SECURITY GOES OUTSIDE AND IS, IS SWEEP OKAY.
AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE HANGING OUT IN THE PARKING LOT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
DEFINITELY THERE IS A PROPERTY JUST ACROSS THE STREET FROM Y'ALL WHERE IF YOU GO THE FOLLOWING MORNING ON THE WEEKEND YOU SEE NOTHING BUT LAST FOLLOWS, YOU SEE A LOT OF TRASH.
YOU SEE A LOT OF THINGS JUST LIKE ALL OVER THE PARKING LOT.
IT DIDN'T HAPPEN INSIDE THERE ESTABLISHMENT, BUT WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE LIKE TO LINGER AND JUST HANG OUT IN THE PARKING LOT AND JUST, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE THAT.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE SECURITY TO GO OUT THERE AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GOES THROUGH.
UH, THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR STAFF.
IS THE, IS THE, UH, SECURITY PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HIRE, IS THAT A, A STAFF REQUIREMENT OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE OFFERING TO DO ON THEIR OWN? THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'VE PROPOSED.
SO WE DIDN'T, WE'RE NOT REQUIRING IT.
UNLESS WE MAKE IT A PART OF OUR MOTION, THEN IT'S REQUIRED.
WELL YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I WAS WONDERING MAYOR, I KNOW THAT, YEAH, I KNOW THE OTHER PLACE THAT WE DID JUST HERE A WHILE BACK, IT WAS REQUIRED.
AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ONE OF THESE, THESE TYPE PLACES UP ON 360, UH, LUX.
AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE ALCOHOL.
SO I'M JUST WONDERING ABOUT THE, THE REASONING BEHIND THAT.
UH, I GUESS ONE OF THE THINGS WE TABLED IS A CIGAR LOUNGE.
WOULD IT BE REQUIRED THERE? YOU KNOW, IS THAT'S, I I'M, I'M, I'M HAVING TROUBLE FIGURING OUT THE REASONING FOR HAVING TO HAVE SECURITY GUARDS
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AT SOMEPLACE WHERE PEOPLE GO PUT STUFF IN THEIR LUNGS BAD FOR 'EM, BUT, WELL, THEY'RE NOT DRINKING.THEY'RE MAKING, THEY'RE NOT DRINKING.
I THINK MAYBE THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE.
WELL, THEY'RE NOT DRINKING SO I CAN RESPOND TO THIS WAY.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT DRINKING, SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO HAVE SECURITY THERE.
THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M HAVING TROUBLE WRAPPING MY HEAD AROUND.
AND THAT'S WHAT, BUT IF IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT AND YOU'RE DOING IT ON YOUR OWN, MORE POWER TO YOU AND I'LL LET IT GO.
I WOULD LIKE TO APPROVE THE PUBLIC HEARING ZONING APPLICATION ITEM 30 SUP 2 4 0 5 0 0 2 3.
SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.
MAYOR CAN OFFER AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION.
YOU CAN UM, I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER NO, GO AHEAD.
OFFER A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT THAT, UM, THE HOURS WOULD CLOSE BY MIDNIGHT DURING THE WEEK AND BY 2:00 AM ON FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE.
[31. SUP-24-05-0022 - Specific Use Permit - Registered Group Home at 430 Beatty Dr (City Council District 3). Specific Use Permit for a registered group home on 0.16 acres. Lot 25, Block B, Royal Valley Estates No. 1 Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, zoned Single Family-Three Residential District, and addressed as 430 Beatty Dr (On July 8, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 7-0)]
ITEM 31 IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A REGISTERED GROUP HOME.IT'S LOCATED AT FOUR 30 BD DRIVE.
CITY COUNCIL APPROVED AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING ALL GROUP LIVING RESIDENTIAL UNITS TO REGISTER WITH THE CITY.
UH, THE GROUP LIVING UNITS IS AN UMBRELLA THAT INCLUDES MANY CATEGORIES OF GROUP LIVING, RESIDENTIAL.
UH, THIS PROPOSAL IS FOR A REGISTERED GROUP.
HOME UPON REGISTRATION STAFF DETERMINES, UH, THE USE AND IF AN SUP IS REQUIRED.
UM, THIS LOCATION IS WITHIN 2,500 FEET OF ANOTHER EXISTING REGISTERED GROUP HOME.
UH, AND UH, THAT LOCATION IS ON GLENDA DRIVE AND IT'S ABOUT, UH, 1,800 FEET AWAY.
UM, SO THE APPLICANT'S OVERVIEW, THE REGISTERED HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES, ADULT MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDER WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS, UH, OPERATIONS AND CLIENTELE ARE REGULATED BY THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION.
UH, SO THEIR SERVICES INCLUDE MEALS, MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION, MEDICAL CARE, TRANSPORTATION, AND INDIVIDUALIZED REHABILITATION.
UH, THEIR OPERATIONS INCLUDE 24 HOUR OPERATIONS.
THERE'S A MAX MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY OF FOUR CLIENTS.
AGAIN, MEALS, TRANSPORTATION, AND MEDICAL CARE.
UM, THE SECURITY STAFF UNDERGOES A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK.
AGAIN, ALL THAT'S RUN THROUGH THE STATE OF TEXAS.
UH, AND THEIR STAFF ON SITE FOR 24 HOURS.
THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.
AND 33 NOTICES WERE SENT TO THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS.
WE DID RECEIVE THREE IN OPPOSITION ON JULY 9TH.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO AND THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITION THAT THEY MAINTAIN THEIR REQUIRED STATE LICENSES.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
WE HAD AN EXTENSIVE BRIEFING ON THIS MORE THAN ONCE.
TIFFANY BULL, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY.
THIS IS A COMMUNITY HOME AND UNDER TEXAS HUMAN RESOURCES CODE 1 23 0.003.
THIS IS ALLOWED WITHIN ANY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT AND YOU DO NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DENY THIS.
HAVING SAID THAT, I'D UH,
I WANNA START OUT WITH WHO IS OWNING THIS PROPERTY? ARE THEY GONNA BE PAYING PROPERTY TAXES OR IS IT GONNA BE OWNED BY NOT-FOR-PROFIT OR A MINISTRY? WILL THEY BE PAYING TAXES? IT'S OWNED BY, I WOULD IMAGINE THEY'LL BE PAYING SOME TYPE OF PROPERTY TAXES.
INDIVIDUAL PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL TAXES? YES.
WHAT ASSURANCES DO WE HAVE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE PAYING THEIR AS HOMEOWNERS PAY THEIR TAXES? SINCE THEY'RE RUNNING A BUSINESS ON RESIDENCE ON
THEY'LL BE PAYING THEIR APPRAISED PROPERTY TAX.
THAT'S ON THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU HAVE SO MANY NOT FOR PROFIT GROUPS THAT YOU'RE JUST SCAMMING OUT THE, THE TAXES.
YOU'RE NOT PAYING YOUR TAXES 'CAUSE IT'S OWNED BY A CHURCH.
ARE THEY GONNA BE RENDERING UNTO CAESAR? YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S COMPARING IT.
THIS, THIS IS A PRIVATE INVESTOR AND THEY WILL BE SUBJECT TO PAY THE APPRAISED VALUE TAXES.
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WHAT ABOUT, WILL THIS STRUCTURE BE COMPLIANT WITH THE LIFE SAFETY CODE FOR SPRINKLERS AND STROBE SYSTEMS? THIS FACILITY WILL BE COMPLIANT WITH THE STATE REGULATED REGULATIONS.THAT, AND THEY PROBABLY, I YOU WANNA SPEAK TO THAT? WHERE'S, WHERE'S MY ATTORNEY? DON'T RUN OFF.
AND WHILE TIFFANY'S COMING DOWN HERE, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, DO THEY HAVE A BACKUP GENERAC GENERATOR? OH, I'M SURE THEY DON'T, BUT I, I, I'VE JUST, THAT'S A GUESS.
IS THE OWNER HERE, THE, I BELIEVE THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE OPERATING THIS ARE HERE.
THEY WILL BE COM REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH ALL LAWS THAT ARE IN PLACE.
TO THE EXTENT, UM, ANY REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION IS NEEDED, WE WILL CONSIDER THAT.
MY ISSUE IS WITH STATE REGULATIONS, HOW WELL DID THESE STATE REGULATIONS SAVE THESE PEOPLE FOR BEING KILLED IN GROUP HOMES IN ARLINGTON? AND THAT OWNER OWNS A GROUP HOME IN NORTHWEST GRAND PRAIRIE.
SO THE STATE REGULATIONS FROM AUSTIN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE INEFFECTIVE.
ANYBODY OPENS UP THESE HOUSES AND ARE YOU GONNA HAVE CERTIFIED NURSE AIDES? YOU'RE GONNA HAVE, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE REGISTRY, WILL THAT BE CERTIFIED NURSE AIDS THAT YOU HAVE? ARE YOU GONNA HAVE ANY RNS, LVNS, WE'LL LET HER RESPOND.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS A MENTAL HEALTH UNIT THAT DOES CONDUCT RANDOM INSPECTIONS AND VISITATIONS TO ALL OF THESE SUCH RESIDENCES.
AND THEY REPORT ANY VIOLATIONS THEY SEE TO THE STATE REPEATEDLY TO GET ACTION.
AND MY ISSUE IS YOU HAD PEOPLE THAT HAD THEIR MONEY SCAMMED FROM THEM IN ARLINGTON AND THIS HOUSE IN GRAND PER WE ARE AWARE.
AND THE FACT THAT THERE ISN'T ANY, THERE'S NO LEGISLATIVE OVER NO REGULATORY OVERSIGHT FROM BOSTON.
THIS IS ALL JUST, IT'S WRITTEN ON CHAR AND TOILET PAPER.
AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THAT RIGHT FROM A MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT STANDPOINT, THESE OWNERS OF THESE HOUSES, I'VE SEEN 'EM IN BRAND NEW AUDIS, MERCEDES, LEXUS.
BUT THEY CAN'T BUY $15,000 GENERIC.
WE CAN, WE CANNOT TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION IN OUR VOTE.
BUT THIS IS SOMETHING LEGISLATIVELY, WHO ARE THEY GONNA CALL? THEY'RE GONNA BE CALLING 9 1 1.
THEY'RE GONNA BE CALLING THE GRAND PRAIRIE FIRE RESCUE.
AND THEN IN TERMS OF OVERSIGHT THAT THESE HOUSES, THEY MAY HAVE A CARE ATTENDANT.
AND THIS ISN'T JUST THE RESIDENTIAL HOUSES, THIS IS MAYBERRY GARDENS.
MAYBERRY GARDENS IS SKIMMING ALL THROUGH THE WHOLE THING.
YOU HAVE PEOPLE IN THERE WHO HAVE NO MEDICAL TRAINING WHATSOEVER.
YOU JUST BRING THEM IN AND LET THEM WORK.
MR. SMITH, UH, YOU GOT YOUR TYLENOL NUMBER THREE REGULAR TYLENOL.
YOU GOT YOUR HYDROCODONE UHHUH, YOU'RE STILL HURTING.
I SCAM THAT OFF ON THE WEEKENDS AND THE NIGHTS BECAUSE WHO'S IN THERE AND THE REGISTERED NURSE, IF YOU HAVE A REGISTERED NURSE, THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL ACTIONS GOING ON OF ADMINISTERING MEDICATION.
SO IF THE STATE OF TEXAS SAYS WE'RE NOT GOING, WE CAN'T DENY THEM, THEN THE STATE OF TEXAS NEEDS TO STEP UP AND PROVIDE THE OVERSIGHT IN, IN THE GRAND PRAIRIE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THEY'VE GOT ENOUGH TO DEAL WITH.
THIS SHOULD BE A REGISTERED NURSE.
NOT AT 10 O'CLOCK ON MONDAY MORNING, 10 O'CLOCK ON SATURDAY NIGHT, ON LABOR DAY WEEKEND.
OUR NURSING HOMES ASSISTED LIVING THESE RESIDENTIAL HOMES THAT ARE JUST POPPING UP.
SORRY, I HAVE A FRIEND OF MINE IN DALLAS.
HE HAS THE STROBES, HE HAS THE LIVE SAFETY CODE AND PUTTING IN THE BACKUP GENERATORS.
THIS IS WHY AUSTIN IS GONNA HAVE TO, DON'T PUT THIS BURDEN ON US BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET 9 1 1 CALLS AND SOMEONE IS DYING DOWN THERE 'CAUSE WHO'S WORKING? WE UNDERSTAND.
HAROLD, THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.
WELL, I JUST WANTED TO GET THIS ACROSS THAT YOU'VE GOT IT ON RECORD.
IF WE GOT $12 BILLION FOR OPERATION LONE STAR, WE CAN DO BETTER ON THIS.
I WOULD LIKE TO APPROVE THE PUBLIC HEARING ZONING APPLICATION ITEM 31 SUP 2 4 0 5 0 0 2 2.
WE KNOW THERE NEEDS TO BE WORK ON THESE, BUT, UM, IT'S STATE LAW.
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32.TONY, YOURS? YEAH, I PLAN TO, UH, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO, UH, TABLE NUMBER, UH, ITEMS NUMBER 32, 33 AND 34 UNTIL THE FIRST
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MEETING IN SEPTEMBER 2ND.WE HAVE A MOTION SECONDED BY MAYOR PROTE.
WE HAVE SOME SPEAKER CARDS, BUT SINCE IF THIS TABLING PASSES, UH, I WON'T BE ALLOWING YOU TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
WE'LL, YOU'LL SPEAK WHEN WE HEAR IT.
SO IF THIS TABLE PASSES, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND THE TABLE.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION? SAY AYE.
THE MOTION TO TABLE PASSES TO THE FIRST MEETING IN SEPTEMBER.
UH, SINCE THAT GOT TABLED, IS THERE ANY CHANCE THAT FOR A MONTH, IS THERE ANY CHANCE WE COULD RE NOTIFY THE NEIGHBORHOOD? RE NOTIFY THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
[35. SUP-24-04-0017 - Specific Use Permit - 821 MacArthur Blvd (City Council District 5). Specific Use Permit for Auto Repair (Minor) at 821 MacArthur Blvd. Lot 261, a portion of the adjoining Southern tract, Burbank Garden Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Single Commercial (C) District, and with an approximate address of 821 MacArthur Blvd (On June 10, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 7-0)]
ITEM 35 IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT LOCATED 8 21 MACARTHUR BOULEVARD.THE SUP IS FOR AN AUTO REPAIR MINOR FACILITY.
YOU CAN SEE THE OUTLINE, UH, THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.
UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO PROVIDE SERVICES INCLUDING QUICK LUBE, OIL CHANGES, FILTER REPLACEMENT.
UH, THIS IS THEIR SITE EXHIBIT.
UH, THEY ARE PAVING, UH, THE PROPOSED PARKING SPACES DID CLARIFY WITH THE APPLICANT.
UH, THERE ARE TWO OPERATIONAL FULL OPERATIONAL SERVICE BAYS, AND SO THEY'RE MEETING THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
UM, NUMBER ONE OPERATION SHALL BE LIMITED TO TWO SERVICE BAYS UNLESS ADDITIONAL PARKING IS PROVIDED.
UM, SO ON JUNE 10TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO.
AND THE DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.
OPERATIONS SHALL BE LIMITED TO TWO SERVICE BAYS UNLESS ADDITIONAL PARKING IS PROVIDED.
UH, ALL PARKING SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE PAVED SERVICES.
UH, THE BUSINESS SHALL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL STATE, FEDERAL AND LOCAL LAWS.
AND THEN THE BUSINESS SHALL OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND AN AUTO RELATED BUSINESS PERMIT.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS? WE DO ITEM 35.
NOT WISHING TO SPEAK, JUST WE WILL READ 'EM INTO THE RECORD AND CALL YOU UP.
IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, READ THE OTHER ONE IN MIGUEL VELASQUEZ.
NOT WISHING TO SPEAK, BUT RECORDING SUPPORT.
SO, COUNCIL MEMBER, MEMBER SHOTWELL, THEY'RE HERE IF YOU NEED ANY QUESTIONS OR IF YOU EVER HAD ANY OTHER COMMENTS.
OTHERWISE I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
UH, MAYOR, THIS, THIS PLACE HAS BEEN OPERATING FOR A WHILE.
THERE WAS SOME MIXED UP ABOUT, UH, A FEW OTHER THINGS THAT I HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT, BUT I BELIEVE SAVANNAH HAS TAKEN CARE OF THEM WITH GOOD.
SO YOU'LL NOTICE IT'S A, JUST A SMIDGEN DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WAS IN THE PACKET, BUT IT TOOK CARE OF EVERYTHING.
SO, UH, I DO HAVE ONE LITTLE PROBLEM THAT I WOULD LIKE, UH, SOMEBODY FROM TRANSPORTATION TO HELP ME WITH.
UM, THIS, THIS OPERATION ONLY HAS A LITTLE SMALL DRIVEWAY GOING OUT TO MACARTHUR.
UM, IS IT, IS IT BIG ENOUGH? IT'S AN EXISTING DRIVEWAY.
YEAH, IT'S, IT IS AN EXISTING DRIVEWAY.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
IT'S GONNA BE HARD TO MAKE IT ANY DIFFERENT, BUT IT IS.
AND HE'S NOT WORKING ON LARGE VEHICLES.
WE, I, I HAVEN'T HAD A HARD TIME.
UH, IT'S NOT 18 WHEELERS OR ANYTHING.
NO, IT'S NORMAL VEHICLES AND THAT'S AN EXISTING DRIVEWAY.
UM, WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT THE, THE RADIUS IN THERE.
BUT THAT'S, I THINK THE EXTENT OF IT.
IT, IT, IT HAD BEEN A PROBLEM BEFORE, BUT NOW IT'S GETTING AN SUP AND STUFF.
THE SEP GOES WITH THE PROPERTY AND IF IT GOT SOLD TO SOMEBODY ELSE, YOU KNOW, WE'D HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH THAT.
THAT'S, WE CAN LOOK AT THE RADIUS WHEN WE GET THE PLANS ON THE, OKAY.
UH, THEN I'D MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
SECOND, WE HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER SHY.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DALE BOSKY.
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FOR OUR CITIZEN COMMENTS.AS ALWAYS, WE DON'T GET TO ASK QUESTIONS, NOR DO WE GIVE COMMENTS.
SO, UM, THERE'S A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS TONIGHT, A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS, SO I WILL BE STICKING TO THE FIVE MINUTE RULE RELIGIOUSLY WHEN YOUR FIVE MINUTE BELL GOES OFF.
JACKIE ADAMS, JACKIE ADAMS 5 23 BREEDEN DRIVE, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, OF COURSE.
UM, I'M HERE TO, UH, SPEAK ON A FINE JOB THAT THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL'S DOING.
MY WIFE'S BEEN HERE ABOUT ONE YEAR, AND,
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UH, SHE'S DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB.WE COME FROM A DISCIPLINE OF INTEGRITY AROUND THE HOUSE.
THEY CALLED ME THE SARGE BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN INTEGRITY.
OUR KIDS ARE, UH, BEEN RIGHT HERE BEFORE THIS PODIUM AS A TWO GIRL SCOUT GOALS AND AN EAGLE SCOUT.
UM, MY WIFE HAS HANDLED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF MONEY IN THE SCHOOL GOVERNMENT, AND I'D LIKE TO MR. UH, HILL, UH, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW POSITION AFTER BEING HERE ABOUT A YEAR, ALMOST THE MAYOR.
I'M ALWAYS HANGING OUT WITH YOU GUYS AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
UH, OTHER CITY COUNCILMAN I HANG OUT WITH YOU AND APPRECIATE THAT.
AND LIKE I SAID, UH, MY WIFE IS, UH, WHEN SHE GOT INTO THIS, SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHICH DIRECTION TO TAKE, BUT SHE'S FELL IN GOOD.
SHE HANDLES A LOT OF YOUTH THINGS.
SHE DOES A LOT OF THINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND, AND IT'S ALL WITH INTEGRITY.
WE DON'T OPERATE IN NO OTHER CIRCUMSTANCE THAN INTEGRITY, AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
AND I, I MISS GEORGIA, HER HUSBAND, DAN, YOU KNOW, I HANG OUT WITH EVERYBODY, JUNIOR, EVERYBODY.
AND WE JUST, I JUST WANT TO THANK Y'ALL FOR DOING SUCH A FINE JOB.
I DON'T THINK THEY THANK YOU ENOUGH BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S SO CONTROVERSIAL ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY THANK YOU ENOUGH AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU AND ESPECIALLY MY WIFE AND, UH, I'LL GET A HUG FOR THAT WHEN I GET HOME.
BUT, UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK Y'ALL FOR DOING A FINE JOB.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALL BY DESIGN OF GOD AND NO MATTER WHAT THE NAYSAYERS SAY, GOD IS ALWAYS NUMBER ONE.
I PRAY THAT EVERYONE HAS HAD A BLESSED WEEK SO FAR.
UM, THANKS FOR LISTENING TO ME FOR A MOMENT.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE, UH, THANKS TO THE COUNCIL AS FAR AS GRAND PRAIRIE.
UM, I WANT TO BRING UP THE SITUATION OF WHERE, UH, A INDIVIDUAL THAT'S FROM GRAND PRAIRIE, CAROL HARRISON LAFAYETTE IS FROM GRAND PRAIRIE, AND SHE'S NEEDING YOUR HELP.
SHE'S NEEDING THE SUPPORT FROM YOU GUYS THAT, UH, SHE'S BEEN NEEDING FOR QUITE SOME WHILE.
AND THE THINGS THAT SHE'S BEEN DOING FOR THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE HAS BEEN DETRIMENTAL TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.
UH, THE MENTAL HEALTH, UH, THAT SHE GETS PEOPLE CERTIFIED WITH SOME OF YOUR POLICE OFFICERS, SOME OF THE MEMBERS HERE, UH, KNOW OF THE CLASS AND THE CREDIBILITY.
UM, OKAY, I'M SURE SHE DOESN'T REALLY ASK FOR THAT, BUT BASICALLY THE FUNDING THAT SHE NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO DO SO IS NEEDED.
UH, SHE HAS PRETTY MUCH SO BEEN DOING THINGS OUT OF HER POCKET AND THOSE THAT HAVE HELPED HER, WHICH ISN'T HARDLY ANYTHING, BUT THE THING THAT SHE'S DOING IS MAJOR.
SHE'S HAD A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE COME OUT.
SHE HAD AN EVENT JUST RECENTLY.
SHE HAD, UH, SEAN ALEXANDER, MARK CLAYTON, MARCEL SMITH, UH, VELDA FROM BET, A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT SHE HAS BROUGHT TO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE THAT BRINGS ABOUT RECOGNITION, NOT JUST HERE, BUT OTHER PLACES THAT HELPS THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
BUT SHE BROUGHT IT IN REGARDS TO THE MENTAL HEALTH, AND SHE'S DOING BIG THINGS AND SHE NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT.
SO I'M ASKING IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CONSIDER THE SUPPORT THAT SHE NEEDS AT ALL COSTS.
MAKE SURE THAT SHE GETS THE HELP THAT SHE NEEDS, AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT, MS. PATSY RAY.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
PATSY RAY, 2217 EL PASO STREET HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
WELL, GRANNY IS ASKING FOR YOU ALL'S HELP.
I APPRECIATE YOU, LOVE YOU ALL GOT A GOOD JOB WITH THE CITY.
I DON'T REMEMBER HOW OFTEN YOU ALL, UH, PLEDGED TO HELP THE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
I GOT THAT INFORMATION AT HOME AND NOT ON THE TOP OF MY BRAINS, BUT PLEASE, IF YOU CAN FIND IT WITHIN YOUR HEART, TO HELP THIS ORGANIZATION THAT SHE'S RUNNING, THAT IS FUNDING OUR CITY, IS ADDING TO OUR CITY.
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LOOKING AT LAST, UH, JULY, I MEAN THIS PAST JULY 16TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THERE WAS FOUR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR MENTAL HEALTH ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE PD DEPARTMENT.AND THAT'S GOING TO BE NICE TO HAVE A PERSON OF MENTAL HEALTH FIRST RESPONDERS TO GO OUT WITH THE OFFICERS THAT ARE MAKING THOSE MENTAL HEALTH CALL.
BUT PLEASE, PLEASE HELP CAROL FUND HER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.
SORRY IF I MISPRONOUNCE THE LAST NAME.
JASPER WALKER, 1622 ERNIE LANE HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
I HAVE, UH, A COUPLE OF PRAISES.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE WHAT A REALLY BIG DEAL THIS ISO RATING ONE MEANS TO THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S A HUGE INSURANCE SAVINGS FOR EVERY CITIZEN THAT OWNS PROPERTY.
NUMBER TWO, ALSO AM VERY PROUD OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, FOR ACHIEVING THESE GOALS IN EMS. THAT'S ALSO A HUGE, HUGE BIG DEAL BECAUSE EVERY COMMUNITY ACROSS THE COUNTRY, UH, DOESN'T HAVE, INDIVIDUAL PERSONS DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO SUCH HEALTHCARE.
'CAUSE THE BIGGEST PART OF YOUR HEALTHCARE WHEN YOU'RE IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION IS BETWEEN YOUR HOUSE AND A HOSPITAL.
AND THESE GUYS HAVE ACHIEVED A TREMENDOUS, TREMENDOUS GOAL FOR A LONG TIME.
AND NUMBER THREE, I WANT TO, UH, I I, THIS THING ABOUT THE BICYCLE TRAILS AND SO FORTH, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE PEOPLE THAT DO THE MAINTENANCE, THEY DO A REAL GOOD JOB DOING MAINTENANCE ON THE, THE, THE RIGHT OF WAYS AROUND ON THE ROADS, AROUND THE STREETS.
BUT I CAN'T GET THROUGH FROM THE QT.
I CAN'T GET THROUGH FROM THE QT ON A BICYCLE OR A BY FOOT OR WHATEVER ON THE SIDEWALKS BECAUSE OF OVERHANGING BRUSH.
SO I'D LIKE TO SEE US PUT A LITTLE ATTENTION ON THAT.
I JUST WANNA START OFF BY SAYING, 10 YEARS OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BY THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION FOR GRAND PRAIRIE FIRE RESCUE.
40 YEARS AGO, HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE DYING WAITING FOR AMBULANCES IN GRAND PRAIRIE? I SAW THEM.
WE WERE LAST IN DALLAS COUNTY IN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IN 1984 THROUGH THE NINETIES.
SO YOU'VE MADE THAT FUNDING POSSIBLE TO HAVE THE ADDITIONAL CARE TO BE DEVELOPED OUT AT, UH, METHODIST.
LAST AUGUST, I HAD SOME FRIENDS THAT WERE OVER AT SOUTH ARLINGTON.
YOU HAD TO GO THROUGH THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.
THEY HAD SIX PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS OUT IN THE LOBBY.
THEIR IV BAGS WERE DRY, BLOOD WAS BACKED UP IN THEIR VY LINES JUST SITTING OUT THERE.
BUT YET, SOUTH ARLINGTON HAS MONEY FOR TEXAS RANGERS BASEBALL.
SO TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL FACILITY TO GO TO, UNFORTUNATELY, I'VE HAD TO GO TO METHODIST TWO TIMES THIS YEAR.
ONE WAS BY THE GRAND PRIX FIRE DEPARTMENT FIRE RESCUE ON MARCH 22ND.
THAT, THAT IS WHY I STARTED DOWN HERE IN 1984.
I I WANTED THIS IN 1984, THE IRVING DALLAS FIRE DEPARTMENTS, THEY DIDN'T HAVE THIS, BUT WE ARE LIGHT YEARS AHEAD OF FORT WORTH AND ARLINGTON, NO PARAMEDIC ENGINE COMPANIES IN ARLINGTON FORT WORTH.
WHAT RATINGS DO THEY HAVE OVER THERE? SO THIS IS JUST AN UNBELIEVABLE, UH, I REALIZE WE COULD PUT THIS IN TEXAS MONTHLY.
UH, THIS NEEDS TO BE, WHEN YOU COME TO EPIC WATERS, WHEN YOU'RE COMING OUT TO THE EPIC, YOU ARE RECEIVING, IF YOU HAVE TO, UNFORTUNATELY HOPE YOU DON'T.
BUT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IN TEXAS AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SO PEOPLE WHO ARE TRAVELING WITH OLDER RELATIVES, PEOPLE THAT HAVE CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS, YOU HAVE THIS AVAILABLE FOR HERE.
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AND I APPRECIATE THE FUNDING, EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE.I WISH RICHARD FRIGO WAS HERE WITH CHARLIE ENGLAND, JIM SWAFFORD OVER THERE, EVERYBODY THAT, UH, RUTHIE JACKSON
WE'RE QUITE FRANKLY, THE ENVY OF THE METROPLEX.
SO I REALIZE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T GET EXCITED ABOUT THIS, BUT WHEN THE GRAND PRAIRIE FIRE CHIEF JAMES ROBERTSON AND HIS WIFE JULIA, WHEN IT TOOK 30 MINUTES TO GET AN AMBULANCE TO THE FIRE CHIEF IN 1989, WE BOTTOMED OUT.
WE BOTTOMED OUT WITH 60 MINUTES IN MARCH OF 65.
I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY SAY, THIS IS A HISTORIC DAY FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS ANNOUNCING HER RUNNING MATE, GOVERNOR TIM WALSH OF MINNESOTA.
NOW WE'VE GOT A MINNESOTA GOPHER.
SO LET'S BRING HIM DOWN AND MEET THE GRAND PRAIRIE GOPHERS.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY APPROPRIATE.
UH, I'VE ALSO, I JUST, I CAN'T PASS THIS UP.
AFTER LAST WEEK WITH THE NATIONAL JOURNAL, THE BLACK JOURNALIST THAT, UH, TRUMP BOY WAS THERE, PUT THAT IN CONTEXT A MINUTE.
UM, HE'S TELLING SOMEONE THAT, OOH, KAMALA, UH, SHE WAS THE ORIGINAL POCA HOTTA AT THE FIRST THANKSGIVING, AND NOW SHE'S THE ORIGINAL AUNT JEMIMA WITH HER MAMY RAG.
SO MAYBE SHE'LL MAKE PANCAKES FOR EVERYBODY.
YOU KNOW, LIKE MY, I WISH MOLLY IVINS WAS ALIVE RIGHT NOW.
MOLLY IVINS SAID THE MOST DANGEROUS THING IN TEXAS.
THERE'S WHITE TRASH WITH MONEY THAT INCLUDES TRUMP AND JD VANCE.
TO MAKE THAT LAST WEEK WAS JUST LIKE, YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME.
YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU HAVE WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE VOTERS BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER 5TH, WE ARE A MINORITY MAJORITY CITY.
SO WE HAVE A BIG STAKE AT THIS BECAUSE HERITAGE 2025, THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY TO TURN EVERYTHING OVER.
LYNDON JOHNSON'S VOTING RIGHTS ACT, LYNDON JOHNSON'S HEALTHCARE ACT, THEY WANT TO TURN ALL THAT AWAY.
SO WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT THE VOTES.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS IN THIS COUNCIL CHAMBERS TO ADDRESS, BECAUSE WE HAVE WOMEN IN KEY LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, WOMEN OF COLOR IN KEY LEADERSHIP POSITION, AND NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT.
AND YES, FOLKS, HER SKIN AIN'T WHITE, SO DEAL WITH IT FOLKS.
I REALLY AM TO JUST LET YOU ALL KNOW WHAT Y'ALL MISSED.
I REALLY WISH I COULD HAVE SEEN JUST LEAST ONE OF YOU ALL.
UM, I HAD MY FIRST ANNUAL MENTAL HEALTH LUNCHEON.
I DID GET A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER FROM A VILLA.
I GOT A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER THAT SHOWED UP FROM CEDAR HILL, ONE FROM IRVING, BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANYBODY.
WE'VE, UM, BEEN HOSTING THE MENTAL HEALTH CERTIFICATION TRAINING.
I BROUGHT IT TO GREEN PRAIRIE FOR EIGHT YEARS NOW, AND WE'VE CERTIFIED OVER 7,000 INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING SCHOOL TEACHERS HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE, UH, POLICE OFFICERS, THEIR FAMILIES, FIREFIGHTERS, PEOPLE COMING FROM EVERYWHERE.
UM, I HAD A FEW NFL PLAYERS SHOW UP.
I HAD BET MEDIA GROUP DIRECTORS SHOWING UP.
I HAD VH ONE DIRECTOR ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY THEY FLEW ME OUT TO NEW YORK.
THEY WANT TO DO A REALITY SHOW ON ME.
AND I ALSO PUSH FOR MENTAL HEALTH.
WHAT DO I NEED TO DO TO WORK WITH YOU ALL SO YOU ALL CAN ACKNOWLEDGE AND ACCEPT THE FACT HOW VALUE I AM TO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE? I REALLY THANK YOU ALL FOR, UH, SUPPORTING US, UH, BEFORE THE SUPER BOWL AND GIVING US THE $2,500.
EVERY YEAR WE GO TO THE SUPER BOWL.
WE HAVE ALL TYPES OF CELEBRITIES, FOOTBALL PLAYERS, THERAPISTS, UM, JOINING THE PANEL EACH YEAR.
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I NEED TO DO TO GET YOU ALL OUT.YOU'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING BACK AND FORTH WITH ME.
WE HOLD IT AT THE DOG WORTH RECREATION CENTER.
WE HAVE SERVICE, ALL TYPES OF PROFESSIONAL, UH, FROM PSYCHIATRISTS TO DOCTORS.
THEY ALL SHOW UP AT DIFFERENT RACES.
WHERE AND WHEN ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO GET YOU ALL IN THERE, LISA? JUST TO SPEAK AND SHOW SUPPORT FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH WELLNESS EXPERIENCE.
WE'VE GOT TO CONTINUE ALL TO BUILD IN A WAY TO WHERE WE CAN ACCEPT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE LEADERS THAT ARE DOING GREAT WORK.
HOW CAN YOU HAVE IT? WHICH IS A GREAT IDEAL FIRST RESPONDERS RIDING, UM, IN THE POLICE CARS.
WHEN YOU ARE JUST IGNORING ME, YOU'RE IGNORING THE FACT THAT I AM A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.
MY TRAUMA STARTED IN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
I WAS TRAUMATIZED AND VICTIMIZED BEING THAT MY DAD WAS A CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER, JUST BEING RAISED UP IN THE SIXTIES.
AND WHAT I SAW, YOU KNOW, THE TRAUMA OF HIM JUST BEING SHOT, IT STILL GOES IN MY MIND.
AND SO I PUSHED THE MENTAL HEALTH, UH, AT THE RECREATION CENTER IS THE PLACE AS A LITTLE GIRL WHERE I'VE FOUND COMFORT THERE.
AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME TO CONTINUE TO HOST THESE EVENTS BECAUSE WE WANNA BREAK THE STIGMA ON MENTAL HEALTH.
AND SO WE WANNA BE ABLE TO EDUCATE INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE THEY MAY HAVE SOMEBODY IN THEIR FAMILY THAT THEY CAN HELP.
AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS INVOLVING THE POLICE.
IF YOU CAN JUST KNOW THE TOOLS TO IDENTIFY, IT ALLOWS YOU TO BE ABLE TO BE ON A DATABASE AND YOU CAN USE THIS CERTIFICATION ANYWHERE AROUND THE WORLD.
UM, IT'S A THREE YEAR CERTIFICATION AND IT BRINGS VALUE.
YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF THE MENTAL HEALTH WELLNESS EXPERIENCE.
AND AS I CLOSE, WHAT WE NORMALLY DO IS I SAY SPIRIT CHECK AND EVERYBODY SAYS MENTAL HEALTH MATTER.
SO I'M GONNA SAY SPIRIT CHECK, AND I'M GONNA SAY MENTAL HEALTH MATTER.
MY NAME IS, UH, RAVEN KELLY, AND I'M HERE ON THE BEHALF OF MS. CAROL.
MR. HEALTH DO MEDAL AND, UH, SHE REALLY DO NEED THE FUNDS.
AND, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MARCEL SMITH.
UH, APPRECIATE, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE YOU AND, UH, SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MS. CARROLL.
JUST TO LEND MY VOICE TO SOME OF THE THINGS YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD, SOME OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT SHE'S DOING.
AND BY THE WAY, UM, UH, 28 64, UH, GRANDVIEW DRIVE RIGHT HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
UM, I AM A, UH, OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH PROFESSIONAL.
HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO SERVE AND, UH, MANAGE THE PROGRAM FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND I WAS RECRUITED DOWN TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO HELP THEIR, THEIR PROGRAM AS WELL.
I MOVED SINCE THEN, MOVED BACK TO PRIVATE INDUSTRY AND, UH, DOING THE SAME THING THERE.
I ACTUALLY MET MS. CARROLL HERE AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING WHERE I HEARD HER PRESENT HERSELF AS WELL AS HER PROGRAM BEFORE THIS FINE BODY HERE.
AND IT WAS AT THIS MEETING WHERE, UH, I GOT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HER PROGRAM, HER, UH, MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM, STEP, UH, COMMUNITY, STEP IN.
AND I WENT ACTUALLY TO A CLASS AND GOT CERTIFIED.
AND I THINK IT WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS THAT I'VE DONE BECAUSE IT HELPS ME, UH, ADD TO THE, UH, TOOLBOX THAT I ALREADY HAVE.
UM, BEING WITH A MASTER'S DEGREE IN OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH, VARIOUS CERTIFICATIONS IN SAFETY.
UM, WE HAVE A RESOURCE RIGHT HERE IN OUR FRONT YARD.
I'M NOT GONNA SAY OUR BACKYARD.
WE HAVE A RESOURCE RIGHT HERE IN OUR FRONT YARD WHERE WE HAVE SURROUNDING CITIES COMING IN AND, AND GET TO ENJOY AND BENEFIT FROM THE RESOURCES THAT SHE'S CERTIFYING.
AND TO HEAR THAT, UH, THIS IS GOING TO BE A RESOURCE THAT THE CITY MAY USE AS WELL TO WHERE OUR, UH, CERTIFIED AND UH, MENTAL HEALTH, UH, FOLKS CAN RIDE WITH THIS, UH, POLICE.
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HOW CAN WE NOT LEND RESOURCES TO MS. CARROLL TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS A BENEFIT THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO, UH, PROVIDE TO OUR POLICE.AND SO I JUST THINK IT'S RIGHT THAT IF THIS BODY WOULD PLEASE CONSIDER TO GIVE HER THE RESOURCES THAT WOULD HELP HER, UH, CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK THAT SHE'S DOING.
UH, I NOTICED ONE THING SHE SAID THAT SHE DOES A LOT OF THIS FOR FREE, BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT FREE BECAUSE IT'S COMING OUTTA HER OWN POCKET.
AND SO, UM, I WOULD JUST LEAN ON THIS BODY TO SAY, PLEASE RECONSIDER THAT, UH, HER PROGRAM COMMUNITY STEP IN.
I WOULD ASK THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD STEP IN AND HELP HER AS WELL.
I RESIDE IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
TODAY I WANNA SHARE A PERSONAL JOURNEY THAT SPEAKS TO RESILIENCE, INTERROGATE AND POWER RISE AND ABOVE NEGATIVITY.
I CAME TONIGHT WITH RECEIPTS FROM THE SODA ISD EXHIBIT A THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TONIGHT.
DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM NU, MY FIRST CHOICE OVER YOU WAS COUNCILMAN GREG GEISER.
BEFORE I FIRST MET YOU, I HAD HEARD MANY NEGATIVE THINGS ABOUT HELPING TO GET AN UNQUALIFIED COLLEGE STUDENT ELECTED WAS CHALLENGING, BUT I BELIEVE IN MY ABILITIES AND MY MISSION.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GOT MY HOME ADDRESS, BUT YOU CAME TO MY HOME ASKING FOR MY HELP.
I LONGED YOU MY NAME, REPUTATION, CREDIBILITY TO ENSURE YOUR SUCCESS.
THERE'S AN OLD SAYING, DON'T BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS YOU AFTER HELPING YOU ACHIEVE YOUR GOAL, YOU TURNED ON ME.
DESPITE THIS PORTRAYAL, I CHOOSE TO IGNORE THE ADVICE FOR MY LOVED ONES TO CUT TIES.
INSTEAD, I CONTINUE TO TREAT YOU WITH THE SAME RESPECT AND SUPPORT EVEN WHEN YOU ASK FOR MY ASSISTANT.
UNFORTUNATELY, HISTORY HAS REPEATED ITSELF, BUT THIS TIME I'VE LEARNED IMPORTANT LESSON.
WHEN YOU GO LOW, I WILL GO HIGH.
THE LIES AND MISREPRESENTATION, YOU AND OTHERS HAVE SPREAD ABOUT ME AND MY CHARACTER HAVE FAILED TO BRING ME DOWN.
WHAT IS MEANT FOR ME CANNOT BE TAKEN AWAY.
AS A MEMBER OF THE GRAND PRIX CITY COUNCIL, YOU'RE EXPECTED TO UPHOLD THE CITY'S CORE OF VALUE AND ADHERE TO HIGH MORAL ETHICAL STANDARDS.
OUR CITY VALUES INCLUDE INTEGRITY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND RESPECTS FOR ALL CITIZENS.
THE OATH YOU TOOK AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, SILENT PROMISE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY WITH HONESTY, TRANSPARENCY, AND DEDICATION.
YOU'RE EXPECTED TO EMBODY THESE CHARACTER STANDARDS IN ALL ACTIONS.
DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM NUM, YOU HAVE STATED THAT FOR SOMEONE TO BE APPOINTED TO THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION, THEY MUST BE OF HIGH MORE CHARACTER.
YOU FURTHER COMMENTED THAT I HAVE MADE IT A PRIOR TO DE FAME DOZENS TO HUNDRED OF CITIZENS IN GRAND PRAIRIE, AND THAT I HAVE MADE FALSE ATTACKS ON INDIVIDUALS FOR NO REASON OTHER THAN TO FURTHER MY PERSONAL AND POLITICAL GOALS.
DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIMBA, I HAVE NOT CALLED OUT HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN OUR CITY.
HOWEVER, THESE ACQUISITIONS ARE UNFOUNDED AND CONTRARY TO THE VALUES WE'RE SUPPOSED TO UPHOLD.
I'VE ALWAYS STRIVED TO ACT WITH INTEGRITY AND RESPECT EVEN IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY AND FALSE ALLEGATION.
WHEN YOU JOIN AN ORGANIZATION, MAKE SURE YOU YOU'RE JOINING FOR THE RIGHT REASONS, FOR EXAMPLE, TO SERVE AND MAKE THE ORGANIZATION BETTER.
YOUR SOLE PURPOSE FOR JOINING AN ORGANIZATION SHOULD NOT BE TO HOLD A LEADER ACCOUNTABLE.
HOW OFTEN HAVE YOU HELD THE MAYOR ACCOUNTABLE? COUNCILWOMAN BESSY ADAMS. YOU STATED, I WENT TO YOUR EMPLOYER TO SO ISD AND TRIED TO GET YOU FIRED.
YOU FALSE ACCUSED ME OF DOING SOMETHING I DIDN'T DO.
I HAVE THE RECEIPTS TONIGHT FROM YOUR EMPLOYEE WHO CONDUCT A TENURE SEARCH AND THERE FIND IS NONE YOU FURTHER STATED, WHEN SHE COMES AFTER SOMEONE JOBS OVER LIES AS DEFAMING.
YOU STATED PEOPLE SHOULD BE HONEST AND FAIR AND NOT LIE ABOUT ANYONE.
SHOULD INTEGRITY TRUMP TRADITION AND REFER TO ME AS A KINGPIN BEHIND THE SCENE? THE FACTS ARE I DID ENCOURAGE COUNCILWOMAN ADAMS TO RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL.
I DID HELP HER WITH HER CAMPAIGN.
I GOT HER ENDORSEMENT, STOOD OUT IN THE HOT SUN, CALLED HER NAME, HELP HER WIN BY 66 VOTES.
NOW, WHY WOULD I ATTEMPT TO GET HER FIRED FROM HER JOB? THAT'S COMING FROM A LOGICAL STATE OF MIND.
MAYOR JENSEN, YOU DID NOT QUALIFY YOUR STATEMENTS ANU SUPPORT WHEN YOU SAID PERSONAL THINGS SHE DONE TO ME.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? FURTHERMORE, MAYOR JENSEN, YOU DID NOT PUT MY NAME ON THE AGENDA.
HAVE STAFF TO CONTACT ME TO THIS MEETING, TO VENT, TO DEFEND MYSELF FOR THESE MISLEADING AND FALSE ACQUISITIONS MADE BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM STEVE JUNIOR ZNO AND COUNCIL MEMBER BETSY ADAMS, THAT YOU ALLOW TO GO ON FOR 37 MINUTES.
IN CONCLUSION, I'M REQUESTING THAT THE COUNCIL HAVE A THIRD PARTY INVESTIGATION, PARTIAL TO THE CITY, AND TWO FALSE ALLEGATIONS MADE BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM UNA AND COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS STATE.
AND I WENT TO HER EMPLOYEE AND TRIED TO GET HER FIRED AND REFERRED TO ME AS A KING PLAN.
I AM REQUESTING A RETRACTION TO THE FALSE STATEMENTS MADE BY BOTH MAYOR MAYOR NU AND COUNCILMAN BEY ADAMS. FINALLY, I WANNA LEAVE YOU WITH THIS MESSAGE.
RESILIENCE AND INTEGRITY ARE CRUCIAL WHEN FACED WITH ADVERSITY.
ROBBING ABOVE NATIVITY AND REMAINING TRUE TO ONESELF WILL ALWAYS LEAD TO TRIUMPH.
THE LIES AND MISREPRESENTATION MAY TRY TO TARNISH MY REPUTATION, BUT THEY WILL NOT SECEDE WHAT IS MEANT FOR ME CANNOT BE TAKEN AWAY.