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SIX 30.WE'RE CALLING THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER.
THANKS FOR SHOWING UP TONIGHT.
TONIGHT OUR INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR AUTHOR JAMES, WHO'S OVER HERE ON MY LEFT AT THE TRANSPARENT CHURCH.
OUR PLEDGES WILL BE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MIKE BILSKI.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PRESENTATIONS TO MAKE AFTER THAT.
ETERNAL GOD, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THIS DAY, THANKFUL FOR THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE AND FOR THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED US.
IT IS OUR PRAYER TONIGHT THAT YOUR PRESENCE PERMEATE THIS PLACE AS YOU GRANT THEM WISDOM TO MAKE DECISIONS ON EACH AGENDA ITEM THAT WILL BE IN THE BEST INTEREST FOR THIS CITY AND THE RESIDENTS AND BEYOND.
WE ASK AND PRAY AS WELL THAT YOU WOULD COVER THEM AND THANK YOU FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP.
AND ASK AND PRAY THAT NOT JUST THEM, BUT THEIR FAMILIES BE BLESSED BECAUSE OF THEIR EFFORTS AND THEIR GENEROSITY OF TIME AND SERVICE.
WE THANK YOU TONIGHT AND PRAY THAT ALL THINGS WILL BE DONE ACCORDING TO YOUR WILL.
IT'S IN THE MIGHTY, MAJESTIC, MARVELOUS NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.
IF ANYONE CAN, PLEASE STAND, UH, REMAIN STANDING AS WE HONOR THE US AND TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY OF JUSTICE.
READ RELIGION CITY, TEXAS ONE STATE GOD ONE IN.
[PRESENTATIONS]
HAVE A COUPLE OF PRESENTATIONS.I'D CALL ON COUNCIL MEMBER JOHN LOPEZ TO READ THE FIRST ONE.
SO OUR FIRST APPRECIATION AND CERTIFICATE IS THE CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED TO UNIDOS AND THE GRAND PRIX YMCA IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR 2024 BACK TO SCHOOL BACKPACK GIVEAWAY EVENT.
YOU NEED THOSE IN THE GRAND PRAIRIE.
YMCA PARTNER PARTNERED WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ITS OWNERS, LOCAL CHURCHES, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE GRAND PRIX IC SCHOOL BOARD, SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PROVIDE 10,000 BACKPACKS WOW.
THE UNI, THOSE BACK TO SCHOOL BACKPACK GIVEAWAY FOCUSES ON PREPARING THE CHILDREN OF GRAND PRIX IC WITH THE BACKPACK AND SUPPLIES TO HELP LOW INCOME FAMILIES TO SUPPORT THEM AND ENCOURAGE THEIR JOURNEY BACK TO SCHOOL.
THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE'S RESIDENTS AND VOLUNTEERS MADE THIS EVENT SUCCESSFUL AS THEY WILL, AS THEY ALL COME TOGETHER FOR ONE PURPOSE.
THE KIDS BY AUTHORITY VESTED BY MAYOR JENSEN IN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.
HE'S HERE BY ISSUING THIS ON THE 3RD OF SEPTEMBER, 2024, SIGNED BY MAYOR RON JENSEN.
NOW THEY HAD TO PIVOT THAT MORNING.
IT WAS GOING BE A BIG EXTRAVAGANZA INSIDE OF, UH, FRONT IN HERE.
GET ON IN HERE INSIDE OF SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL.
AND WHAT HAPPENED THE NIGHT BEFORE THURSDAY NIGHT? THE STORMS CAME THROUGH AND KNOCKED OUT THE POWER.
WELL, WHICH MEANT THEY GOT ROOF SO FAST.
BY THE TIME WE IZED SHOWED UP TO HELP, THEY WERE DONE.
IT WAS LIKE WE WERE WATCHING THEM KILL.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO, MY GOODNESS.
BUT WHAT YEAR? YOUR CHECKLISTS, WHEREVER A GIVING COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF KIDS IN NEED.
THERE'S CITIES THAT DON'T NEED 20,000 BACKPACKS.
THEY WOULDN'T GIVE 'EM IF THEY NEEDED THEM, BUT WE GIVE THEM, WE HAVE A VERY CARING COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE A VERY GIVING COMMUNITY.
THEY ROSE TO THE OCCASION WILL RISE TO THE OCCASION AGAIN NEXT YEAR AND GIVE 20,000 OUT.
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1, 2, 3.NOBODY'S KEEPING CITY SAFE STAGES.
YOU CAN SHAKE THE BEAR'S HAND ANYTIME.
WHY DON'T YOU READ THE NEXT YES, SIR.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, THIS IS AN HONOR, UH, FOR MR. SALDOVAR AND HIS FAMILY.
WE GREW UP IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE GREW UP ON AVENUE B BACK THEN.
WE WOULD SEE EVERYBODY'S FAMILY THERE AT TREASURE VILLAGE SHOPPING.
EVEN THOUGH TIMES HAVE CHANGED, IT DOES BRING BACK A LOT OF MEMORIES.
I WAS JUST THERE THIS PAST SATURDAY.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, FROM THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, THIS IS A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION.
THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED TO JOSE APOL SALDOVAR.
MR. SALDOVAR, A RESIDENT OF GRAND PRAIRIE FOR OVER 60 YEARS, IS AMONG THE EARLY PIONEER FAMILIES DOING BUSINESS AT TREASURE VILLAGE.
HAVING BEEN A DEALER AT TREASURE VILLAGE FOR 49 OF THE 51 YEARS.
THAT THE MARKET HAS BEEN OPEN.
MR. SAL DEBARS FAVORITE THING ABOUT THE MARKET IS MEETING PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD AND PROUD TO HAVE SHARED THIS EXPERIENCE WITH HIS CHILDREN AND HIS GRANDCHILDREN.
WHO ALL WORKED AT CHURCH VILLAGE AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER AT THE AGE OF 86 AND A HALF YEARS OLD.
GOTTA COUNT THAT HALF 6-YEAR-OLD ONE.
MR. SALDOVAR HAS DECIDED TO RETIRE ON THIS ONE.
ON, AS ONE OF TREASURE VILLAGE FOUNDING VENDORS.
THE CITY HONORS MR. SALDOVAR FOR HIS SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS AND LENGTHY SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY BY THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR TO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.
I HAVE ISSUED THIS HONOR ON THIS THIRD DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024.
NOW, THIS BRINGS BACK GREAT MEMORIES.
MY, MY MENTOR AND MY BOSS, MR. HANKS LOVED TRADER VILLAGE AND TAG TAGGAR BACK AT THAT TIME, TAG TAGGAR WAS THE PRESIDENT OF TRADER'S VILLAGE, THE PACE'S OWN TRADER'S VILLAGE.
THEY STILL OWN TRADERS' VILLAGE, BUT TAG TAGGAR WAS THE PRESIDENT BACK THEN.
SUCH A BIG PROMOTER OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
HE WENT, HE WAS ON THE AUSTIN TOURISM TAG TAGGING HIS WIFE, EVEN THOUGH THEY LIVED IN FORT WORTH.
HE WAS SUCH A BIG SUPPORTER OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
WE HAD THE WESTERN DAYS RODEO OUT THERE FOR YOURS WHEN YOU WERE THERE.
OF COURSE WE'D HAD THAT, THAT ARENA.
LOTS OF FUN TIMES A AFTERWARDS.
WE HAD MORE FUN AFTER THE RODEO THAN WE DID DURING THE RODEO, BUT MY GOODNESS, EVERY WEEKEND FOR 105 YEARS.
ALL MY PEOPLE HERE IN THE CITY IS INVOLVED IN THE CITY.
WELL HONORED TO HAVE YOU HERE.
AND I MEAN THIS, WHEN I SAY YOU'VE, YOUR LEGACY WILL CONTINUE.
YOU HAVE, YOU'VE PASSED DOWN TO GENERATIONS, RIGHT? ABOUT 15 MORE YEARS.
WELL, FOLKS, TRADERS VILLAGE WAS CAUSING A BACKUP ON I 20 LONG BEFORE WE HAD TRAFFIC PROBLEMS ANYWHERE ELSE IN TOWN.
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ISN'T THAT TRUE? THAT'S TRUE.I MEAN, WE, WE HAD TO PUT SIGNS OUT THERE TO TRY TO GET YOU OFF AT CARRIER INSTEAD OF GOING DOWN TO GREAT SOUTHWEST.
CUT THROUGH HERE AND CUT OVER.
UM, MIKE, THERE'S SOME, THERE'S SOME HOT, THOSE HOT LINKS ARE STILL MY FAVORITE HOT LINKS ANYWHERE.
THE TRADERS VILLAGE, HOT LINKS.
WELL, I DIDN'T CARE SO MUCH FOR THE TURKEY LEAGUES, BUT THEY'RE HOT LINKS.
I I I TELL YOU A LOT OF THINGS OUT THERE.
UM, AND THAT'S AN AMUSEMENT PARK.
YOU GO OUT THERE AND RIDE RIDES AND ALL.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
PRO TEM CLEMSON, BEFORE I LET YOU MAKE A MOTION, WE'VE GOT SOME SPEAKERS FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.[17. Purchase one (1) new Chevrolet Tahoe PPV 4x4 ($55,300.00) for the Police Department from Ed Morse Automotive LLC dba Freedom Chevrolet Buick GMC by Ed Morse through a Cooperative Agreement with Houston-Galveston Area Council (HGAC) (Reviewed by the Finance and Government Committee on 09/03/2024)]
17, HAROLD MUL.IT SAYS TO HOUSTON, GALVESTON AREA.
IS THIS THE FREEDOM CHEVROLET OVER IN DUNCANVILLE? THERE HE IS.
COLBY FRANCE, FLEET SERVICES MANAGER.
THAT IS, UH, THE RIGHT OVER HERE AT DALLAS DUNCANVILLE.
THE RIGHT UP THERE ON FIVE 20.
THE AGREEMENT, THE PRICES AGREEMENT OR THE, THE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT THAT WE'RE USING TO PURCHASE.
THIS IS THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL.
WHY IS HOUSTON GALVESTON WORKING WITH THE DEALERSHIP IN DUNCANVILLE VALLEYS? THEY ACTUALLY WORK WITH PEOPLE ALL OVER THE STATE.
IT'S, IT'S KIND OF GROWN AND IT ALLOWS US TO GET THE BEST PRICE UNTIL I, I KNOW WE DISCUSSED IT PREVIOUS MEETINGS WE'RE GOING OUT FOR BID.
THAT'S ACTUALLY IN PROGRESS WITH PURCHASING RIGHT NOW.
SO IN THE FUTURE, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING.
BUT IT'S JUST TO GET THE, THIS UNIT THAT WE NEED RIGHT AWAY.
SO NO MORE CALLED WILL COUNTY FOR RIGHT AWAY.
IT DEPENDS ON, ON, ON THE BIDS.
WHY ARE WE ONLY PURCHASING ONE TOP? THIS IS A REPLACEMENT FOR A UNIT THAT WAS A DAMAGED TOTAL LOSS.
SO WE NEED TO GET THAT BACK IN SERVICE RIGHT AWAY.
HOW QUICKLY WILL THEY TURN THIS AROUND? THIS IS IN STOCK, READY TO GO RIGHT NOW.
AS SOON AS WE GET THIS APPROVED AND PURCHASE ORDER, IT'LL BE ON THE WAY.
IT'S, IT'S WAITING FOR US TO, TO SAY GO
THE MODIFICATIONS THAT YOU'VE EXPLAINED ABOUT, WILL THAT HAVE TO BE SENT OUT? UM, PD.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GONNA WANNA USE THIS FOR PATROL OR IF THEY'RE GONNA USE IT FOR A DIFFERENT, UH, FOR A DIFFERENT PURPOSE.
BUT IF THEY, IF SO, WE WILL HAVE TO DO THAT.
VEHICLE'S READY TO DRIVE OFF OR IT'S, IT'S READY TO, READY FOR US TO GET IT LOCKED FROM COLLEGEVILLE COUNTIES.
[19. Resolution Authorizing the Filing of a Project Application with the North Central Texas Council of Governments for a Regional Solid Waste Program Local Implementation Project; authorizing the City Manager or his designee to act on behalf of the city in all other matters that are related to this project application, pledging that if funding for this project is received, the City of Grand Prairie will comply with all project requirements of the North Central Texas Council of Governments, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the State of Texas (Reviewed by the Public Safety, Health, and Environment Committee on 08/12/2024)]
19, HAROLD.THIS, UH, REGIONAL SOLID WASTE PROGRAM.
COULD WE TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT ALL DOES THIS INCLUDE PLEASE? ALRIGHT.
PATRICIA REDFERN, CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING DIRECTOR.
HOW MAY I HELP YOU? WHAT ALL THIS INCLUDE? THIS IS A TIRE GRANT.
THEY HAVE FUNDING FOR SCRAP TIRE PROGRAMS. SO HOW MUCH WILL THIS BE FOR $2,875.
ARE THERE ANY PARTICULAR PROGRAMS FOR MEDICAL WASTE? MY WIFE IS A DIABETIC.
THE MANJARO, THERE'S SO MANY PLASTIC MEDICAL PLASTIC WASTE THAT'S SOLID.
THAT IS THERE ANY IN THE WORKS FOR THAT? PERHAPS NOT THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS AT THIS TIME.
I WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH YOU ON THAT.
'CAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS THAT ARE DIABETIC WITH THE DEXCOM.
ALL OF THAT SOLID PLASTIC THAT'S NOT GONNA BREAK DOWN.
THAT'S JUST FILLING UP OUR LANDFILL UNNECESSARILY.
REDFORD AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY RECENTLY.
[21. Ratify the Fiscal Year 2024 Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) Grant Application and Authorize the City Manager to Accept the Grant and Execute the Office of the Governor – Homeland Security Grants Division Sub-Recipient Agreement and all other Documents Related to the Grant (Reviewed by the Public Safety, Health, and Environmental Committee on August 12, 2024)]
THANK YOU.HAROLD, THIS GRANT APPLICATION FOR HOMELAND SECURITY GRANTS.
WHAT ALL, WHAT IS THE AMOUNT OF THE GRANT AND WHAT ARE WE GONNA USE IT FOR, PLEASE? SOMEBODY SORRY, CHIEF.
WELL, HAROLD, UH, ROBERT FIGHT FIRE CHIEF SINCE YOU AND I TEXT AND TALK WEEKLY.
I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE OF THE CONTENTS.
MY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR IS NOT HERE.
HEARING THOUGH, WE HAVE SCENES BEHIND YOU HERE.
SO WE'RE BUILDING AN EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER.
TYPICALLY U OI WOULD BE FOR A PUBLIC SAFETY POLICE FIRE.
WE'LL PUT ALL THE MONEY INTO THE EOC EQUIPMENT.
DO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THE EQUIPMENT SURE.
ABOUT 1 43 IS FOR THE TOTAL FOR THE GRANT.
MOST OF IT'S FOR THE EQUIPMENT.
A LITTLE BIT OF IT FUNDS A POSITION IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AS WELL.
GOING TO THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS.
A HUNDRED PERCENT GOING TO IT.
STAFF PREFE OUT SOME CARDS FOR HAROLD.
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HE COULD JUST ADD THE ITEM AT THE TOP AND DOESN'T HAVE TO SIT OUT THERE AND FILL OUT 15 OF THEM.OH, IT WORKS ON MY HANDWRITING.
[27. An Ordinance of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas, amending American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding for project budgets to reconcile previously approved expenditures and reallocate unused funds]
THE AMERICAN, UH, RESCUE PLAN.HOW MUCH MONEY DO TO REALLOCATE UNUSED FUNDS? WHAT ARE THE UNUSED FUNDS, PLEASE? HERE SHE COMES, IS FUNDS THAT WE HAD SENT TO US THAT WE HADN'T SPENT YET.
SUSAN SANDERS, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.
UM, SO YOUR QUESTION WAS HOW MUCH DID WE RECEIVE? NO.
HOW MUCH OF THE UNUSED FUNDS? UNUSED FUNDS? WE HAVE FOUR, ABOUT 400,000 LEFT.
UNSPENT THAT WE'RE REALLOCATING.
AND WHAT WILL WE REALLOCATE THIS 400,000 FOR? UM, THE FUNDS HAVE TO BE ENCUMBERED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO WE ARE, WE ARE, WE'RE, WE ARE EXPENDING THEM ON PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ITEMS, WHAT IT SAYS AND RIGHT.
AND WE'RE ALLOCATING TO ONE PROJECT THAT WE THINK WE CAN FINISH, GET ENCUMBERED BY THE END OF THE YEAR TO GET THE MONEY SPENT BEFORE IT GOES AWAY.
WE HAVE UNTIL USE IT OR LOSE IT.
WHAT WOULD THAT PROJECT BE? UH, THAT PROJECT IS, IT'S CALLED GREAT SOUTHWEST PARK TRAIL EXPANSION AND PARKING COMPLETION.
HAROLD, THIS IS THERE ALONG WHEN THE GOLF COURSE WAS BOUGHT UP BY THE WAREHOUSES.
WE HAVE TO DO SOME ADJUSTMENTS THERE.
UH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FROM RAY.
SO WE'RE DOING THOSE WITH THESE FUNDS AND IT WAS SOMETHING WE NEEDED TO DO REAL QUICK.
AND IF WE DON'T USE IT, IT'S A USE IT OR LOSE IT.
SO THAT WAS A FUND THAT WE COULD, SOMETHING WE COULD PUT THE MONEY TO GOOD USE AT.
SO WE'LL THAT WHOLE 400,000 WILL BE ALLOCATED TO THIS PROJECT.
SO, WE'LL AND ANY COMPLETION ON THE PROJECT PLEASE? ANY ROUGH IDEA WHEN IT WOULD BE PARKING? ALL OF THAT.
WHEN WILL IT BE COMPLETED? CHRIS LAWSKY, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, PARKS A AND RECREATION.
UH, HAROLD, WE HAVEN'T DONE A TIMELINE ON IT YET.
WE'VE BEEN ALIGNING FUNDING AND ALSO WORKING WITH SULAND TO FINISH OUT THE PLANS.
AND THEN WE'LL PUT A TIMELINE TOGETHER.
[28. An Ordinance of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas, Amending Sections 12-42(b) and 12-42(c) of the Grand Prairie Code of Ordinances to Modify the Fees and Balance Billing Regulations Related to the Provision of Emergency Medical Billing Services; Containing a Savings Clause and a Severability Clause; and Providing an Effective Date (Public Safety Health and Environment Committee on 07/08/2024 and Finance and Government Committee on 07/10/2024)]
OKAY.HERE'S SOMETHING I'VE BEEN AFTER SINCE 1984.
I WISHED WE'D HAD THIS 40 YEARS AGO.
UH, COULD WE DEFINE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS EMERGENCY MEDICAL BILLING SERVICES AND HOW THIS RELATES TO THE CITY? AND I WOULD JUST WANNA SAY THAT FOR 40 YEARS AGO, WHERE WE WERE, WHERE WE ARE NOW FROM THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION WITH HEART ATTACK AND STROKE CARE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
ALSO, I WANT TO THROW IN THE GOLFER BOWL ALSO WARRIOR BOWL.
JIM SWAFFORD AT THE GOPHER BOWL ON FRIDAY NIGHTS AND FOOTBALL SEASON, YOU SEE GRAND PRAIRIE FIRE RESCUE AND YOU SEE THAT CART DOWN ON THE FIELD.
THE LEVEL OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED AT OUR FOOTBALL STADIUM, GOPHER WARRIOR BOWL, IS THE TOP IN TEXAS.
SO HAROLD, WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION ON THIS ITEM? THE, UM, THE EMERGENCY BAILING SERVICES.
JUST WHAT TYPE OF ADDITIONAL REVENUE ARE WE LOOKING AT HERE AND HOW CAN WE GET THE REVENUE PLEASE? YES.
SO IF YOU RECALL, UH, OUR MEETING LAST WEEK, WE MET ABOUT AN HOUR.
UH, WE ARE RAISING OUR RATES TO BE TO A SORT OF WHERE ALL THE OTHER CITIES ARE, SORT OF A MODERN STANDARD.
UH, WE'RE FOCUSING ON COMMERCIAL INSURANCE.
THAT'S GONNA BE THE BULK OF OUR ADDITIONAL, UH, COST RECOVERY TO THE TUNE OF ROUGHLY A MILLION DOLLARS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO KNOW HOW MANY CALLS WE'RE GONNA MAKE, BUT ALL THE ADDITIONAL COST RECOVERY, WE'RE FOCUSING ON COMMERCIAL INSURANCE, UNITEDHEALTHCARE, BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD.
AS YOU REMEMBER, WE HAD SOME OF THOSE CHATS.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS PUBLIC RECORD HERE.
THAT UNITEDHEALTHCARE THEIR STOCK EIGHT YEARS AGO WAS $138.
UNITED HEALTHCARE STOCK TODAY IS ALMOST A THOUSAND DOLLARS A SHARE.
SO SOMEONE HAS A MEDICAL EMERGENCY IN THE GOPHER BOW.
WE CAN BILL THEM AND AS WE SAY, THIS IS THE MIRACLES OF THE MARKETPLACE.
[29. Ordinance Approving a Negotiated Settlement between the Atmos Cities Steering Committee and Atmos Energy Corp., Mid-Tex Division Regarding the Company’s 2023 Rate Review Mechanism Filing]
HAROLD ATMOS, WHO IS THE ATMOS CITY STEERING COMMITTEE AND THIS 2023 RATE REVIEW MECHANISM FILING, UH, HOW MUCH IS ATMOS GONNA CONTINUE TO OVERCHARGE US? WHAT'S GONNA GO, WHAT'S THE, WHAT ARE CITIZENS GONNA BE PASSED? OKAY.TIFFANY BULL, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY, THE ATMOS
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STEERING COMMITTEE IS COMPRISED OF OVER 180 DIFFERENT CITIES WHO CHALLENGE THE RATE INCREASES IN ORDER TO GET LOWER RATES FOR OUR CITIZENS.AT THIS POINT, THE CITIES AS PART OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE HAVE NEGOTIATED TO LOWER THE RATES MORE THAN WHAT WAS PROPOSED.
IT WOULD BE A $5 AND 52, UM, MONTHLY INCREASE, OR A 6.4% ON RESIDENTIAL RATES.
AND A 1330 $9 OR 3.44% INCREASE ON COMMERCIAL RATES BASED UPON AN AVERAGE BILLING.
THIS IS STILL LOWER THAN OTHER CITIES THAT DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE STEERING COMMITTEE.
UM, THEY WOULD PAY OVER A DOLLAR MORE AND SOME UP TO OVER $6 MORE.
OUR RATES WILL INCREASE EVEN MORE THAN IF THIS, UM, IS APPROVED BY COUNSEL.
NOW HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO SENATOR PHIL KING? HE PASSED THAT BILL BLESS
I CAN'T SPEAK TO ENCORE, BUT WITH REGARD TO ATMOS, YES, THEY HAVE TO, THEY ARE GOING THROUGH THIS RATE REVIEW MECHANISM PROCESS THAT WAS SET UP AND ESTABLISHED THAT IS SEPARATE AND APART.
THIS IS WHAT KEEPS US OUT OF THE AUTOMATIC INCREASE PROCESS.
IS ATMOS CHARGING US FOR THE NEW, UH, MEASURING STATION DOWN ON BARTON AND FOR WHEN THE WEATHER GETS COLD, THEY HAVE TO BRING OUT THE PORTABLE TANKS THAT FILL.
SO WE HAVE NATURAL GAS IN SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE.
IS ANY OF THIS ADDRESSED IN THE RATE? I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE SPECIFICS OF WHAT ALL WAS INCLUDED IN THE RATE INCREASE, BUT IT WAS SOMETHING WHERE EXPERTS DID ANALYZE IT AND REVIEW IT TO ENSURE THAT IT WAS FAIR AND REASONABLE AND THAT WE GOT AS LOW OF RATES FOR OUR CITIZENS AS POSSIBLE.
SO IF WE'RE GONNA PAY A 6.4% RATE INCREASE MONTHLY, ARE WE GONNA HAVE GAS IN THE PIPES IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY? WHAT IS THAT MOST, WHAT ATMOS HAS ASSURED US THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR RESIDENTS.
THAT'S WHEN WE RUN OUT OF NATURAL GAS THE LAST COUPLE YEARS SOUTH OF 20 AND FEBRUARY.
NOW I APPRECIATE YOUR HELP ON THIS.
IT'S JUST AS CITIZENS, WE, THIS IS WHAT I WISH WE HAD AN INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
SO WE HAD ATMOS DOWN HERE FOR LETTUCE BARTER WITH THEM.
YOU'RE DOWN TO SPEAK ON ITEM 30, BUT I'LL CALL YOU BACK UP 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA PULL THAT CONSIDERED INDIVIDUALLY.
NOW GO AHEAD AND READ SOMETHING ELSE INTO THE RECORD.
WAYNE REESE HAS ALSO SUBMITTED A CARD, UH, BUT HE ONLY WISHES TO SPEAK IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS.
ON ITEM 16 AND WE LEFT IT AS IS.
SO I RECOGNIZE MAYOR PRO TEM CLEMSON FOR A MOTION.
AS THE MAYOR SAID, WE'D MET EARLIER AT FOUR 30 BRIEFING TO REVIEW THE CONSENT AGENDA.
AND, UM, AT THAT TIME WE WERE ASKED TO REMOVE ITEM NUMBER 30 TO PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATIONS.
SO MAYOR, UM, I MOVED TO APPROVE ITEMS SIX THROUGH 29 ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[30. Discussion and consideration of all matters incident and related to the issuance and sale of “City of Grand Prairie, Texas, Tax Note, Series 2024”, including the adoption of an ordinance authorizing the issuance of tax notes with an estimated par amount of $ 8,441,000]
30, STAFF, WHO'S GONNA COME ON OUT? TAL ALVO, MANAGEMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR, MAYOR, AND COUNSEL, UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR THIS TAX NOTE ITEM, UH, THIS ITEM WAS PRESENTED TO F AND G ON AUGUST 6TH, AND THEN ON AUGUST 20TH, THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZED THE SALE OF THE TAX NOTE PRICING WAS COMPLETED FOR THIS TAX NOTE THIS MORNING.AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE BRINGING THIS ITEM TO YOU FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
UH, THIS AGREEMENT AUTHORIZES THE CITY TO ACCEPT THE PRICING AND ENTER INTO PURCHASE AGREEMENTS TO SELL THE TAX NOTE.
UM, THIS NOTE WAS COMPETITIVELY BID.
THERE WERE, UH, WITH 11 RESPONDENTS, UH, THE LOWEST BID ACTUALLY SUBMITTED, UH, 3.98%.
WE INITIALLY, UH, FOR THE AGENDA HAD PRICED AT ESTIMATED ABOUT 5%.
SO WITH THE FAVORABLE MARKET CONDITIONS, WE'RE ACTUALLY SAVING THE CITY ABOUT $64,000.
UH, MAJOR CHANGES FROM THE AGENDA ITEM.
THE ORIGINAL LISTED, UH, PAR AMOUNT WAS $8.473 MILLION.
UM, WELL IT'S NOW $8.473 MILLION UP FROM ORIGINAL 8.441 MILLION.
UM, DIFFERENCE OF 32,000, UM, CHANGES.
ALSO, WE HAD EX UH, HOLDING FOR, UH, EXHIBIT A AND EXHIBIT B.
WE DID NOT KNOW THE, THE PAYING AGENT NOR THE REGISTRAR AT THE TIME UNTIL AFTER THIS, UH, PRICING THIS MORNING.
SO NOW THAT WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION, WE'VE UPDATED, UH, THE EXHIBIT A AND EXHIBIT B, AND THEN WE'RE ADJUSTING THE INTEREST RATE FROM THE INITIAL ESTIMATED AT 5% TO THE 3.98%.
AND I AM OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
HAROLD HAS SIGNED UP, BUT HAVE YOU GIVEN SOMEBODY UP HERE THE
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LANGUAGE FOR THE MOTION? UH, THAT JUST SINCE IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT'S WRITTEN.WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? BETWEENT NOTE TAX NOTES AND COS AND ARE THESE AA OR AAA BOND RATED.
SO THE TAX NOTE, IT'S A, IT'S A DEBT INSTRUMENT.
IT JUST, WE'RE UTILIZING THIS TO GIVE US MORE FLEXIBILITY WITH DEBT MANAGEMENT.
UH, GENERALLY YOU CAN USE UP TO SEVEN YEARS.
WE ARE ANTICIPATING SPENDING, UH, PAYING THIS BACK IN A YEAR.
IT'S FOR TIMING, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE UTILIZING THIS TO PURCHASE EQUIPMENT.
WHAT YOU DON'T WANT TO DO FOR TAX NOTE IS PAY 20 YEARS FOR A VEHICLE THAT'S LIFE, SHORT LIFE ASSETS.
SO IT'S PART OF OUR DEBT MANAGEMENT.
SO TAX NOTES, ARE THEY, UM, TAX FREE MUNICIPAL BONDS OR IS THE SAME CATEGORY AS WHAT? IT'S IT'S A DEBT INSTRUMENT, DEAD INSTRUMENT COS, GOSS AND GENERAL OBLIGATION.
SO WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH WALL STREET FOR THE DOUBLE A RATING.
UH, SO IT, IT UTILIZED OUR CURRENT, UH, DEBT RATING, UH, WITH THE RATING AGENCIES.
UH, IT'S MORE FOR ALSO TIMING WITH OUR DEBT MANAGEMENT.
UH, GENERALLY WITH A CO THAT'S ABOUT A FIVE MONTH PROCESS.
WE, THIS IS A SHORTER TIMEFRAME.
JUST HELPS US WITH OUR DEBT MANAGEMENT AND WITH OUR BUDGETING AND WITH OUR DEBT MANAGEMENT.
ARE WE, IN TERMS OF THE METROPLEX IN TEXAS, HOW DO WE RATE OTHER CITIES ON THIS ISSUE? UH, SO OUR, OUR RATING IS AAA.
FOR OUR, FOR OUR, UM, OUR COS.
I DON'T SEE ANY OF THE CARDS OR LIKES IN THERE.
I'LL RECOGNIZE MAYOR PRO TIMM CLEMSON.
UH, WOULD IT BE ACCEPTABLE FOR WHEN I MAKE THIS MOTION TO MAKE IT ITEM NUMBER 30 AS UPDATED BY STAFF? YES MA'AM.
UH, MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 30 AS UPDATED BY STAFF.
[31. Public Hearing and resolution authorizing the City Manager to submit grant applications to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for funding assistance for Fiscal Year 2025 costs related to the Grand Connection program, and accepting funding in the amount of $170,584 from TXDOT and $20,000 from Dallas County for the same. The total budget to operate the Grand Connection for Fiscal Year 2025 is $1,201,017, of which the City will provide matching funding in the amount of $197,483 (Reviewed by the City Council Development Committee on 08/20/2024)]
31.THIS ITEM IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION.
I'M CAROL DERE, DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY AND A HISPANIC LAW.
OUR TRANSIT MANAGER AT THE GRAND CONNECTION.
THE GRAND CONNECTION WAS ESTABLISHED TO SERVE THE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS OF OUR OLDER AND DISABLED RESIDENTS.
IT BEGAN WITH ONE VEHICLE, ONE DISPATCHER, AND ONE DRIVER IN 1989.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO DISPATCHERS AND A FLEET OF 12 BUSES.
THE PRIMARY FUNDING FOR THE GRAND CONNECTION IS THROUGH THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION.
SECTIONS 53 0 7 AND 53, 10 GRANT PROGRAMS. QUALIFIED RIDERS ARE THOSE AGE 60 OR OLDER OR HAVE A PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY, AND THOSE ALWAYS RIDE FREE.
THE FY 25 BUDGET IS ABOUT $408,000 FROM THE 53 10 COMBINED.
370 2050 3 0 7 TDCS OF 32 950, 170,584.
THE CITY HAS 16% LOCAL MATCH AT 1 97, 483.
AND DALLAS COUNTY NUTRITION ROUNDS IT OUT WITH $20,000, WHICH IS FOR THE NUTRITION AND GROCERY TRIP PROGRAMS. SO THE GRAND TOTAL FOR F FI 25 IS 1,000,200, $1,017.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I GET TO THE SPEAKERS? THANK YOU.
STAY CLOSE IN CASE HAROLD WANTS TO ASK YOU SOMETHING.
I KNOW THIS WAS A BIGGIE FOR RUTHIE JACKSON AND FOR CHARLIE ENGLAND AND TOM HART.
SO BACK IN THE NINETIES, UH, BASICALLY, SO OUR TOTAL OUTLAY IS 1.2 MILLION, BUT UM, OUR FUNDING AMOUNT IS 197,000 FROM THE CITY.
SO ON THE UTILIZATION OF THOSE IN WHEELCHAIR IS, UH, I HAVE SOME FRIENDS THAT ARE WHEELCHAIR BOUND NEEDING TO GO TO DIFFERENT DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS.
WHAT IS THE, UM, TIME TURNING IN LIKE TWO DAYS TO MAKE THE USH BLUSH? OTHER WAS BLUSHING.
SO THE FURTHER THEY CAN GET OUT, THE BETTER THEN.
SO NOW THIS, THIS IS JUST A GREAT PROGRAM AND UM, THAT WAS A BIGGIE FOR A LOT OF FOLKS BACK IN THE NINETIES TO GET THIS GOING.
SO IT'S, IT STARTED SMALL, BUT
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IT'S HERE WITH OUR AGING POPULATION AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.IS THAT IT? THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
EVEN IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, YOU CAN COME FORWARD AND DO SO NOW.
ARE YOU COMING TO SPEAK? YEAH.
ARE YOU COMING DOWN TO SPEAK? COME ON.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, SINCE YOU'RE GOING A LONG WAY AROUND.
I WASN'T SIR, BUT YOU NEED TO GET SOME EXERCISE.
UM, JUST MAKING AN OBSERVATIONAL COMMENT ON, UH, TRANSPORTATION.
SPECIFICALLY THE, UH, VIA GRAND PRAIRIE.
THIS DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH VIA, THIS DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH VIA, SO I CAN'T ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION TO VIA, WE CAN MEET WITH YOU AFTERWARDS AND ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
AGAIN, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME FORWARD NOW.
STAFF, YOU'RE GONNA GET WITH HIM ON VIA NOW.
YES, COUN, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, SHOTWELL.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT WE'RE GETTING $1.2 MILLION WORTH OF SERVICE AT ONLY 197 GRAND TO TAXPAYER MONEY.
THAT'S A HECK OF A DEAL, FOLKS.
AND IT'S GREAT, GOOD ON OUR STAFF FOR GETTING ALL THESE GRANTS THE WAY THEY'RE WORKING IT.
COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL, SEEING NO OTHER LIKES OR ANY OTHERS COMING FORWARD.
I AGREE FOR APPROVE SINCE YOU LIKE IT SO MUCH.
SECOND, WE HAVE SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ZANU, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO, TIM ZANU.
[32. STP-24-06-0024 - Site Plan - Retail Center at 1601 W Carrier (City Council District 1). Site Plan for a multi-tenant retail store on 0.785 acres. Lot 2, Block A, 7-Eleven Carrier & Roy Orr Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-289C, with an approximate address of 1601 W Carrier Pkwy (On August 12, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 7-0)]
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.THIS NEXT ITEM IS A SITE PLAN LOCATED AT 1601 WEST CARRIER PARKWAY.
UH, THE PROPOSAL IS FOR A MULTI-TENANT RETAIL CENTER.
UH, THE CURRENT ZONING IS IN PLACE AND YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.
UH, THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE LOCATION AND THE ORANGE, UH, RECTANGLE IS THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED BUILDING.
SO THE PROPOSAL IS FOR A 7,414 SQUARE FOOT MULTI-TENANT RETAIL BUILDING.
YOU CAN SEE THE SITE PLAN ON THE SCREEN.
UH, THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF BEING ABLE TO DIVIDE THAT INTO 10 OR INTO SEVEN TENANT SPACES, PROPOSALS, MEETING OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS, OUR PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND OUR LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS.
UH, THIS IS A PROPOSED RENDERING OF THE BUILDING.
AND THEN THESE ARE THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS.
THE APPLICANT'S NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.
AND ON AUGUST 12TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? LITTLE BITTY, LITTLE BITTY SITE COUNT MAYOR PRO TEM RIGHT NEXT TO THE SEVEN 11 OUT THERE AT RO AND CARRIER? YES.
AND, UH, BACKING UP, WHAT, WHAT DOES IT BACK UP TO? REMIND US AND, UH, THE PARKING, UH, TOWN HOME RESIDENTIAL.
SO IS THERE ANY KIND OF BUFFER BETWEEN THAT? YES, THERE'S EXISTING, UH, SCREENING WALLS, MASONRY SCREENING WALLS.
AND I BELIEVE I HAVE A PHOTO OF THOSE.
THAT MUST HAVE HAD TO BE PUT IN WHEN THE SEVEN 11 WENT IN, I GUESS.
EITHER THAT OR THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
UM, I KNOW THAT THE DO WE DON'T HAVE ANY CITIZENS HERE TO TALK ABOUT IT.
I KNOW THAT THE, UH, RESIDENTS AROUND THERE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC FLOW.
SO THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH, UH, THE TRAFFIC GOING IN AND OUT.
WELL, IF YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING IN THERE, YOU WON'T EVER KNOW.
BUT SEE IF IT COMES BACK WITH A DRIVE THROUGH, WE'LL GET ANOTHER LOOK AT IT.
SO IT'S NOT GONNA BE SOMETHING WITH A DRIVE THROUGH RIGHT NOW.
IT'S ALL SPEC SPECULATIVE, ISN'T IT? THAT IS, THAT IS CORRECT.
IT'S ONLY GETTING YOU OFF TRACK.
[33. CPA-24-07-0009 - Comprehensive Plan Amendment - 905 MacArthur (City Council District 5). Amendment to the Future Land Use Map to change the designation from Mixed Use to City Council Meeting – September 03, 2024 Page 5 of 6 Commercial/Retail/Office on 10.70 acres. A portion of Tract 20, Joseph Graham Survey, Abstract No. 506, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, zoned Commercial (C) District, within the IH-30 Corridor Overlay, with an approximate address of 905 Macarthur Blvd (On July 22, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 7-0)]
IS ITEM 33.AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND PRESENT THIS AS WELL AS THE FOLLOWING ITEM TOGETHER.
CAN WE VOTE ON BOTH OF 'EM AT THE SAME TIME? PROBABLY NOT.
TONY, WE GOTTA DO 'EM 33 AND 34.
SO THIS RE AHEAD, THIS REQUEST IS TO AMEND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, UM, FROM MIXED USE TO COMMERCIAL
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RETAIL OFFICE TO ALIGN WITH THE, UH, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.UH, THE EXISTING FEATURE LAND USE MAP, UH, DESIGNATES IT AS MIXED USE AS YOU CAN SEE IN BLUE, UH, ONLY A PORTION OF IT.
UH, THIS REQUEST IS TO, UH, CHANGE THAT TO COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICE ON JULY 22ND.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO.
UH, THIS IS A COMPANION TO THIS ITEM, WHICH IS A ZONING CHANGE AND CONCEPT PLAN.
UH, THE EXISTING ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY IS COMMERCIAL AND THIS REQUEST IS TO ADOPT A CONCEPT PLAN FOR FUTURE RETAIL AND RESTAURANT DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN THERE'S SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THAT BASE ZONING DISTRICT ON WHAT'S ALLOWED.
UM, SO THIS IS ABOUT 10 ACRES.
YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.
UH, THIS IS THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSED CONCEPT PLAN.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE SEVEN, UH, SITES.
UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING TWO RESTAURANTS SHOWN IN RED.
UH, THREE RETAIL SPOTS SHOWN IN BLUE, A QUICK SERVICE RESTAURANT, A DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANT, AND THEN A CONVENIENCE STORE WITH GASOLINE SALES ON THE HARD CORNER.
UH, ADDITIONALLY, UH, THERE ARE SOME MODIFICATIONS TO WHAT IS ALLOWED.
UM, SO THERE ARE, UM, YOU CAN SEE ITEMS ONE THROUGH 26, THEY'RE PROPOSED TO NOT ALLOW IN THIS PD, AND THEN THEY'RE PROPOSING TO ALLOW CERTAIN USES BY SUP ONLY, UH, SUCH AS A BANK, A VARIETY STORE, AND A CELL TOWER.
AND THEN THE LAST COMPONENT OF THIS IS TO CAP THE ALLOWED USES FOR THE ENTIRE PROPERTY TO ONLY ONE CONVENIENCE STORE WITH GASOLINE SALES.
SO THERE COULD NOT BE ANOTHER ONE ON THE PROPERTY.
AND THEN LIMIT, UH, THE DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANT TO ONE LOCATION SO THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.
AND ON JULY 22ND, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AS I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
DO ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SAVANNAH? COUNCIL MEMBER? SWELL, WHY DON'T YOU EXPLAIN TO THE COUNCIL WHAT WE, WE HAVE ANY NO, NO CARDS.
UH, 33 IS JUST CHANGING THE FLOW, WHICH THE FLU DIDN'T MATCH WITH THE ZONING.
ANYWAY, SO THAT'S AN EASY ONE.
THAT'S AN EASY ONE FOR APPROVAL.
WE HAVE MOTIONS SECOND TO CHANGE THE PLUM, WHICH IS USELESS.
THANK YOU FOR PASSING A USELESS CHANGE.
I TELL YOU, IF IF YOU'VE NOT BEEN HERE, YOU WON'T UNDERSTAND, BUT I'LL TELL YOU AFTER THE MEETING.
[34. ZON-24-06-0018 - Zoning Change/Concept Plan – 905 MacArthur (City Council District 5). Zoning Change from a Commercial (C) District to a Planned Development District for Commercial Uses and a Concept Plan depicting retail and restaurant developments on 10.70 acres. Tract 20, Joseph Graham Survey, Abstract No. 506, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, zoned Commercial (C) District, within the IH-30 Corridor Overlay, with an approximate address of 905 Macarthur Blvd (On July 22, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 7-0)]
34.DO YOU HAVE TO TAKE TWO VOTES? YES.
I'LL, I'LL WAIT TILL AFTER THE CARD.
AND, AND LATER, YES, WE, AND WE HAVE A CARD ON 35 ALSO.
I WAS JUST HEARING IN CASE THERE WERE QUESTIONS.
GOT ANY QUESTIONS? TONY? I'M READY FOR A MOTION ON 34.
AND I GUESS I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT STAFF AND THE, THE APPLICANT ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
UH, IS THERE A CHANCE TO BRING THE, UH, THE PICTURE BACK UP? SAVANNAH MS. WARE THERE? UM, THE, THE TWO THAT ARE MARKED, ONE, TWO FOR RESTAURANT, IF THEY COME BACK WITH ONE BIGGER RESTAURANT, THAT'S FINE.
AND THE SAME THING WITH THE BLUE ONES, IF THAT MOVES AROUND YEAH.
DEPENDING ON WHO COMES IN AND WHAT KIND OF SIZE NEED YOU'RE FLEXIBLE.
THAT'S, THERE'S SOME, SOME FLEXIBILITY THERE.
SO THAT'S THE BLUE IS THE RETAIL.
AND THEN THE, THE OTHER ONE WILL DO A ZONING CASE TONIGHT.
AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS, THAT'S JUST A CONCEPT.
IT'S, IT CAN BE AMENDED AND IT'S FLEXIBLE.
IT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT SET IN STONE.
THE STREETS AREN'T EXACTLY WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE, BUT THAT'S JUST THE IDEA.
ANYTHING THAT HAS TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL THAT'S TOO FAR OFF OF THE CONCEPT PLAN WOULD COME BACK.
AND IF IT'S STAFF CAN FIX IT, THEY'LL, THEY'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.
COUNCILOR, I THINK, WELL I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THOSE HERE PRESENT AND THE FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT WHAT YOU WENT THROUGH TO WORK THIS OUT.
I WAS VERY WELL, YOU WERE VERY PROACTIVE.
UH, I HAVE TO GIVE A LOT OF THE CREDIT TO, OF IT, TO THE, UH, PREVIOUS GIRL IN TEXAS.
UH, MY WIFE AND I WENT OUT AND HANDED, UH, HANDED CARDS.
SHE WENT AND GOT 'EM PRINTED UP AND, AND WE WENT OUT AND HANDED CARDS OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, UH, BROTHER, BROTHER DAVID GRASS
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AT THE LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH WHO, UH, GRACIOUSLY LED US THE, THE SANCTUARY FOR THE MEETING.AND WE HAD A, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE HAD 48 PEOPLE COME TO THAT MEETING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT COULD OR COULD NOT GO ON, GO THERE BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME WORRY ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, YEAH, BAIT SHOPS,
AND WE ARE REALLY TRYING, WE ALL KNOW WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET THERE.
WE WANT TO GET GROCERY STORES AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.
AND THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AGREES.
THAT'S HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT.
WE GOT TOGETHER RIGHT AFTER THE LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD WHEN WE MOVED IT OUT A MONTH.
WE WERE, WE MET RIGHT AFTER THAT WITH OUR STAFF.
I WANT TO GIVE ALL THE CREDIT IN THE WORLD TO OUR STAFF.
THEY, THEY WORKED REALLY HARD ON THIS, UM, PUT UP WITH ME AND MY SHENANIGANS AND LET'S GET STAFF STANDING PLACE.
AND, UH, THE NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA, I WANT TO GIVE THEM CREDIT FOR COMING, COMING TO THE MEETING AND, AND SPEAKING THEIR MIND.
AND THIS BIG OLD LONG LIST OF THINGS THAT EVERYBODY'S AGREED TO NOT ALLOWING THERE CAME FROM THAT MEETING.
AND THEY DID, YOU KNOW THE FOLKS, THE FOLKS DID WELL, THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY.
WE MET AND WE MET IN PLANO ONE DAY AND WE, UH, WE CAME TO AN AGREEMENT FOR WHAT WE COULD DO THERE.
AND THE NEXT CASE, WE WILL HAVE SOMETHING ELSE TO TALK ABOUT.
BUT ON THIS ONE, I'M READY FOR A MOTION FOR A APPEAL.
AND I'M, UH, I'D MOVE FOR APPROVAL AND HOPE THAT, HOPE THAT MY COUNSEL, WE HAVE A MOTION.
[35. SUP-23-10-0043 - Specific Use Permit/Site Plan - Quik Trip at 901 MacArthur (City Council District 5). Specific Use Permit/Site Plan for a convenience store with gas sales on 2.04 acres. A portion of Tract 20, Joseph Graham Survey, Abstract No. 506, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, zoned Commercial (C) District, within the IH-30 Corridor Overlay, and tentatively addressed as 901 Macarthur Blvd (On February 26, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval with conditions by a vote of 8-0)]
HERE WE GO AGAIN, BETH.AND YOU'RE HERE IF YOU WANT, IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS AGAIN, RIGHT HONEYWELL, IF YOU HAVE, IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS ONLY.
ALRIGHT, THIS NEXT ITEM IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT SLASH SITE PLAN FOR A PORTION OF THIS SITE.
UH, IT'S FOR A 5,321 SQUARE FOOT CONVENIENCE STORE WITH GAS SALES.
UM, AND THIS WAS PREVIOUSLY TABLED AND RENO.
UH, THIS IS THE LOCATION ON THE SCREEN.
YOU CAN SEE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THE BUILDING AND THE GASOLINE CANOPY, UH, INCLUDES 10 FUEL STATIONS.
IT DOES MEET OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND MEETS OUR EXCEEDS OUR LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS.
UH, THESE ARE THE PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS.
IT IS WITHIN THE CORRIDOR OVERLAY DISTRICT ASKED TO MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA, UH, BRICK AND STONE VENEER CANOPIES OVER THE DOORS AND METAL CORNICES.
THEY'RE ALSO REQUIRED TO PROVIDE, UH, MENU ITEM CHECKLIST.
UH, THEY'RE REQUESTING A COUPLE OF VARIANCES.
THE FIRST IS THE, TO EXCEED THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES AND TO DO SO, UM, REQUIRE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL AND A COMPENSATORY MEASURE AND THEN A VARIANCE TO THEIR OVERALL WINDOWS.
UM, THEY ARE, UH, REQUIRED TO DO 50% OF THE OVERALL BUILDING AND THEY ARE AT 39%.
UH, WE DID RECEIVE ONE, UH, LETTER OF OPPOSITION FROM A PROPERTY, UH, TO THE SOUTH OUTSIDE OF THE, UH, NOTICE AREA.
AND THEN ON FEBRUARY 26TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED WITH CONDIT APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS BY A VOTE OF EIGHT TO ZERO.
AND THOSE CONDITIONS IS TRUCK IDLING WITHIN 300 FEET OF A RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE SHALL BE LIMITED TO A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.
AND THEN THE APPLICANT SHALL POST NO IDLING SIGNS ON SITE.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ, SAVANNAH.
UM, HOW ABOUT SIGNAGE? I MEAN, LIKE WHAT'S THE RULES ALONG THERE? SO ARE THEY STICKING TO THAT REQUIREMENT OR IS THAT A DIFFERENT LEVEL? SO SIGNAGE IS NOT EVALUATED AS PART OF THE SITE PLAN.
THAT'LL COME WHEN THEY'RE, UM, THAT'S WHY WE DIDN'T HAVE IT FOR BASS PROB.
YEAH, I WAS JUST, I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT LOWER COMPARED TO THE HIGHWAY, SO I'M JUST CURIOUS.
SO, UM, THAT WILL BE EVALUATED AT A LATER DATE AND IF THEY DO REQUIRE VARIANCES, IT WOULD BE PROCESSED THROUGH A UNIFIED SIGNAGE PLAN.
WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER THAT'S ONLY HERE IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS.
SO IF YOU'RE READY TO MAKE A MOTION, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
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THANK YOU, MAYOR.UM, I MAY, I MAY NEED TO GET HIM TO COME UP HERE.
UH, I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS.
THE SITE, THE, TO APPROVE THE SUP.
THE SITE PLAN ITSELF THAT WE HAVE IN OUR BOOKS IS NOT THE SITE PLAN THAT WE WILL BE APPROVING, I BELIEVE.
DO YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF WHAT TONY WANTS TO APPROVE? I DO.
SO YOU ALL HE WOULD HAVE TO SAY IS THAT STAFF, HE WOULD JUST HAVE TO MENTION THIS SITE PLAN.
UH, AND THAT ONE AND THAT ONE IS FLEXIBLE.
UM, BECAUSE JUST, JUST WHEN IT COMES INTO THE, UH, BUILDING PART OF IT, THE WIDTH OF THE DRIVEWAYS MAY BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AND THE WIDTH OF THE LITTLE MEDIAN MAY A LITTLE D WHAT DOES HE NEED TO DO TO GIVE Y'ALL DIRECTION? STAFF APPROVE THAT.
WELL WE DON'T HAVE TO BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL, DO WE? NO.
SO THIS, WE, WE WILL USE REVISE SITE PLAN AND THEN, THEN IT CAN VARY A LITTLE BIT WHEN THEY GET INTO THE BUILDING, THE ENGINEERING OF IT.
BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE LAND IS AND HOW THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY IS GOOD.
AND THEN I WANT TO, UH, REMOVE THE TWO, UH, REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE THERE'S NO HOUSING WITHIN 300 FEET OF THAT.
THAT'S JUST, THERE'S NO SENSE.
THE TWO RECOMMENDATIONS FROM P AND Z.
THERE, THERE'S NO SENSE THAT STAFF, YOU, YOU GOT THAT.
NO SENSE IN DOING THAT, THERE'S, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ANY HOUSES.
IT'S A LONG WAY FROM THE HOUSING.
GOT A U-HAUL ACROSS THE STREET.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE I MAY GET A LITTLE KICKBACK FROM.
S ON THE SITE PLAN SHOWS PERMEABLE PARKING ON 20, I BELIEVE, OR 18 OF THE SPACES.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE REST OF IT'S ALL CONCRETE.
THAT'S JUST A LITTLE SMALL PORTION OF IT.
THEY HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHERE THEIR DRAINAGE GOES AND THEIR STORM WATER DRAINAGE AND HOW IT GETS MOVED AROUND.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE TONY'S GOING? THEY HAVE TO HANDLE THAT THEMSELVES.
I KNOW THIS IS KIND OF A REQUIREMENT THAT WE HAVE ON EVERYTHING ON THE EXTRA PARKING.
WE DO THAT, RIGHT? IN THIS CASE, YOU KNOW, THE, WHAT THE USE IS THERE.
I WOULD BE REAL WORRIED IF THE SOMEBODY GAS PUMP THING BROKE AND THAT'S PERMITABLE CONCRETE, IT WOULD GET INTO THE ENVIRONMENT.
UNDERSTAND, LET'S ASK STAFF WHAT THEY THINK, TONY.
AND, AND THE OTHER THING IS THERE'S MORE THAN 300 FEET AND THE, UM, IT'S, IT IS JUST ODD TO DO THAT ON.
IF YOU SEE ON THAT SIDE PLAN UP ON THE TOP RIGHT CORNER WHERE IT'S HATCHED, THERE'S FOUR SPACES THAT WOULD BE PERMEABLE PARKING.
AND THE FOUR RIGHT NEXT TO IT WOULD BE IMPER, IMPERMEABLE, PERVIOUS PARKING WOULD BE REAL CONCRETE AND THE OTHERS FAKE.
YOU WANNA MAKE IT ALL CONCRETE.
I WANNA MAKE IT ALL JUST NORMAL, REGULAR CONCRETE.
IT WILL AFFECT, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, THE OVERALL SITE NEEDS TO BE DRAINED, UH, THE DRAINAGE PLANT FOR THIS.
THEY CAN WORK IT OUT BY ENGINEERS.
KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS, THIS, THESE IMPERIAL PAVERS, IT'S STILL CONCRETE.
I THINK JUST ON A COROLLARY NOTE, OUR PARKING REQUIREMENTS ARE TOO DEAD GUM HIGH.
YOU GO TO THESE BIG PLACES AND YOU'VE GOT THREE FORCE EMPTY PARKING LOTS ALL THE TIME.
SO I THINK WE NEED, WE, WE OVER OURS IS VERY LIMITED.
THEY WANT MORE THAN WHAT WE REQUIRE.
BUT THESE GUYS AND THE REASON THEY NEED THAT, I'VE BEEN TOLD, AND I'VE NOTICED THEY HAVE SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE WORKING THERE.
AND ESPECIALLY AT SHIFT CHANGE, THERE'S JUST NOT, HEY TONY, A LOT OF PARKING.
I LOVE GOING TO QT CALLS OF HOT DOGS.
SO I WOULD MOVE TO TAKE THE IMPERVIOUS PARKING OUT AND LET IT BE REGULAR CONCRETE AND TAKE THOSE TWO THINGS OFF.
AND THEN WE'LL STILL DANCE AROUND ON THAT'S YOUR MOTION.
THIS IS, YEAH, TONY'S GOT ONE MORE.
I'M SORRY, MAYOR, CAN YOU, CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT THE TWO THINGS ARE? NO, TONY WILL CLARIFY.
THERE WERE THE TWO, THERE WERE THE TWO REQUIREMENTS PUT ON THAT STAFF ASKED FOR THAT WERE PUT ON BY P AND Z.
[36. SUP-24-06-0026 - Specific Use Permit – 2600 E. Main St (City Council District 5). Specific Use Permit for Auto Repair (Major). Lots 10 & 11, Block A, Westover Place Revised Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-237, and addressed as 2600 E Main St (On August 12, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval with conditions by a vote of 7-0)]
ITEM 36.IT'S A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT LOCATED AT 2,600 EAST MAIN STREET.
YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO ADD AUTO REPAIR, UM,
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BY AN SUP.THEY'RE REQUESTING IT FOR AN EXISTING 1,820 SQUARE FOOT SERVICE BAY.
UH, LOCATED THE NORTH AREA OF THE BUILDING.
THERE ARE FOR EXISTING SUITES FOR AUTO DEALERS, NON FRANCHISE USED.
AND SO THIS WOULD BE TO ADD AUTO REPAIR.
MY UNDERSTANDING IT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR VEHICLES THAT, UM, ARE BEING SOLD.
UM, WE SENT OUT NOTICE, UH, DID NOT RECEIVE ANY IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION.
AND ON AUGUST 12TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO.
THOSE CONDITIONS INCLUDE, NUMBER ONE, THE BUSINESS SHALL BE OPERATED IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS.
UH, THE BUSINESS SHALL OBTAIN A COO AND AN AUTO RELATED BUSINESS PERMIT.
AND THEN IF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REQUIRES A DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE, THEN UH, ONE SHALL BE PROVIDED.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER LIGHTS EXCEPT YOURS.
TONY, SO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, UH, MS. AWARE? YES.
UH, THE CENTER PART OF THAT BUILDING WHERE IT SAYS SHOWROOM AND IT SAYS NO CELL IN INVENTORY INDOORS.
UM, SORRY, IT SAYS SHOWROOM AND THEN IT SAYS UNDER IT IN THE PARENTHESES, NO SALE INVENTORY.
A SHOWROOM IS WHERE YOU HAVE CAR.
I'M, I'M KIND OF LOST WITH THAT.
I THERE'S INVENTORY PARKING OUTSIDE.
I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS HERE.
UM, AND, AND COULD ELABORATE ON THAT.
SO, OH, ABLE BY THE, TO EXPLAIN THAT? YES.
WELL THEY'RE NOT, WHEN HE COMES UP, I'LL ASK HIM.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE HERE.
ANYBODY HERE REPRESENTING COME ON DOWN.
UM, AND THEN THIS IS, HI, MY NAME IS NDA AND THE MANAGER.
EXPLAIN WHAT YOU MEAN BY THAT.
WELL, WE DON'T ACTUALLY STORE ANY VEHICLES INSIDE OF THE SHOWROOM.
IT'S JUST, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS WHEN THE VEHICLE, WHEN THE BUILDING WAS PURCHASED SINCE IT WAS ALREADY ORIGINALLY.
SO WHAT WILL YOU HAVE IN THAT ROOM? WHAT WE USE THAT ROOM FOR IS TO, UH, DETAIL VEHICLES.
YOU WON'T BE, BUT YOU'LL HAVE SOMETHING IN THERE THAT YOU'LL DETAIL THAT YOU'LL, YOU WILL PLACE FOR SALE.
YEAH, IT WON'T BE STORED INSIDE THERE, LIKE T VIEW EXCEPT, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, JUST IN DETAIL.
AND THEN POUR BACK OUT RIGHT THERE.
THAT SENSE TO YOU, TONY? INVENTORY PARKING.
BUT I'M, I'M WILLING TO LET YOU USE IT.
BUT I, I UNDERSTAND YOU'VE GOT FOUR DIFFERENT DEALERS THERE AND THAT WOULD BE KIND OF HARD TO DO.
WELL, IT'S, UM, OKAY, SO IN THERE WE DO HAVE FOUR SUITES, BUT WE ONLY USE, ONLY THREE OF 'EM ARE IN USE.
WELL, I'M, I'M FINE WITH THAT.
IT SAYS SHOWROOM AND THAT'S WHAT A SHOWROOM IS, IS WHERE YOU PUT CARS TO SHOW EM TO PEOPLE TO BUY 'EM.
IT'S JUST KIND OF THE NAME THAT WE HAD FOR IT SINCE WE BOUGHT THE BUILDING.
LET'S THAT TO DETAIL ROOM DETAIL.
WE COULD INSTANTLY, YEAH, WE COULD CHANGE THAT DETAIL.
I, WE UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH IT.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
WELL, THAT BEING STRAIGHTENED OUT, I'D MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
WE HAVE A MOTION SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM.
[37. SUP-24-07-0029 - Specific Use Permit - Public Safety Communications Tower (City Council District 6). Specific Use Permit for a Communications Tower on 1.656 acres. Multiple tracts out of J Lawrence Survey, Abstract, No. 616, (Parcel IDs 194197 and 284686) City of Grand Prairie, Ellis County, Texas, zoned Agriculture (A) District and PD-339A, and tentatively addressed as 11005 Davis Dr (On August 12, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 7-0)]
DOWN SOUTH.THIS NEXT ITEM IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS TOWER AT 11 0 0 5 DAVIS DRIVE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION OUTLINED IN YELLOW.
THIS IS THE SITE OF THE NEW FIRE STATION.
UH, AND THE REQUEST IS FOR A NEW COMMUNICATION TOWER.
UM, THIS IS JUST AN EXHIBIT SHOWING THE RADIO COVERAGE, UH, EXISTING.
AND, UM, WHAT WILL BE THE COVERAGE WITH THIS ADDITION? ADDITIONAL TOWER.
SO, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS AN SUP, IT'S A 200 FEET TALL TOWER.
UH, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF VARIANCES THAT ARE REQUIRED.
OUR UDC DOES REQUIRE CERTAIN RATIOS, UH, FROM RESIDENTIAL ZONE PROPERTY, THE THREE TO ONE RATIO FOR A SINGLE FAMILY AND A ONE-TO-ONE RATIO FOR A MULTI-FAMILY.
THIS ISN'T CELL SERVICE FOLKS, IT'S NOT GONNA HELP.
YOUR CELL SERVICE MAIL WILL SAY, OH GOOD, I'M GONNA HAVE BETTER CELL SERVICE.
NOW YES, WE CAN ALLOW, YOU CAN ATTACH.
THEY, AND WE'LL GET REVENUE OFF OF IT.
BUT SHE'S ON CRICKET AND THEY DON'T DO ATTACHMENTS.
SO AS PART OF, ARE YOU DONE, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF VARIANCES FOR WE'RE NOT GONNA DENY OUR OWN CELL TOWER.
SO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
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MEAN, GOODNESS.WHAT ABOUT PARKING? WHAT PARKING? HE'S READY.
I WAS GONNA SAY ABOUT TABLING THIS, UH, ITEM BECAUSE OF THE VARIANCES THAT CHIEF WAS REQUESTING.
ITEM 37 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND BY COUNCIL.
MAYOR ADAMS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[38. SUP-24-01-0004 - Specific Use Permit/Site Plan - Portillo's at 3102 S Hwy 161 (City Council District 2). SUP/Site Plan for a restaurant with a drive-through on 4.75 acres. Lots 9R-1 & 9R2, Block B, Epic West Towne Crossing Phase I, and Lot 1, Block 5, Central Park Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-364, within the SH 161 & IH-20 Corridor Overlay Districts, and with an approximate address of 3102 S Hwy 161 (On August 12, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval with a condition by a vote of 7-0)]
A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT SLASH SITE PLAN FOR TALLS.WE DON'T WANT YOU DOWN HERE, BUT WE WANT YOUR HOT DOGS
SO THIS IS PART OF THE EPIC WEST DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S WITHIN OUR 1 61 CORRIDOR OVERLAY.
UH, THE IMAGE ON THE SCREEN SHOWS THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THE BUILDING.
UH, IT'S A 6,155 SQUARE FOOT RESTAURANT WITH A DRIVE-THRU, UH, WITH OUTDOOR PATIO.
AGAIN, UM, THEY ARE EXCEEDING THE PARKING MAXIMUMS, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE A VARIANCE.
UH, THE PROPOSED DRIVE-THRU LANE DOES CURVE AROUND, UH, FROM 1 61, UH, ALL ALONG TO ESPLANADE.
UH, THEY HAVE ADDRESSED THAT BY ADDING SOME SCREENING, UH, TO REDUCE THE IMPACT, VISUAL IMPACT OF THOSE QUEUING VEHICLES.
UH, THE PROPOSAL DOES MEET OUR LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS.
THESE ARE THEIR PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS.
YOU CAN SEE THE CHANGE IN MATERIAL ARTICULATION AND OTHER ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS.
THEY ARE PROVIDING THE REQUIRED MENU ITEMS. THEY DO REQUIRE VARIANCES.
THE FIRST IS THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES TO EXCEED WHAT'S ALLOWED BY THE UDC.
THE SECOND TWO ARE VARIANCES TO THE OVERALL WINDOWS REQUIREMENT AND THE WINDOWS ALONG PRIMARY FACADE.
UH, SO THEY ARE, UH, PROPOSING 46, WHICH IS ALMOST, UH, THE REQUIRED 50%.
AND THEN THE, UH, WINDOWS ON THE PRIMARY FACADES, THEY'RE PROPOSING 21%.
UM, AND THEN THEY'RE REQUESTING TO ALLOW THE DRIVE THROUGH LANE IN BETWEEN THE BUILDING AND THE STREET WHEN IT'S POSSIBLE.
TRIES TO INCUR THAT BE PLACED BEHIND THE BUILDING.
ON AUGUST 12TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH A CONDITION BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO.
AND THAT CONDITION IS THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE A DECELERATION LANE ALONG 1 61 AS REQUIRED BY OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
THOSE OF YOU AT HOME AND THOSE UP HERE BY IT.
UH, THEY FIRST CAME IN UP NORTH AND IT JUST WAS PACKED.
AND THEN THEY OPENED ONE UP IN.
ARLINGTON BEEN DOING REALLY WELL, MANSFIELD AND US, SO I'VE BEEN WANTING ONE.
THEY'RE VERY POPULAR AND, UM, IT, IT'S A GREAT LOCATION FOR IT.
SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HEAD AND I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
SAVANNAH, I WANTED, UH, TO ASK YOU TO PUT THE MAP BACK UP AGAIN.
JUST WANTED TO VISUALIZE WHAT YOU WERE DESCRIBING WITH THE CHANGE OF THE DRIVE THROUGH.
SO THIS IS THE, WHERE THE DRIVE THROUGH LANE STARTS AND IT'S, UM, A ALONG KIND OF THREE SIDES ALONG THE, UH, STREETS.
THAT IS VERY LONG DRIVE THROUGH LANE.
WELL, HAVING BEEN TO THE ONE IN ARLINGTON, UM, I'VE BEEN TWICE AND THE FIRST TIME WAS AT A REALLY PEAK TIME AND IT WAS REALLY BACKED UP.
IT WAS KIND OF TO THE POINT WHERE YOU ALMOST WANTED TO JUST COME ANOTHER DAY 'CAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS A ZOO.
WELL, BECAUSE IT SEEMED WORSE THAN THAT.
UM, BUT IT DOES, I THINK 85 SPOTS IS PROBABLY MORE THAN WHAT I SAW OVER THERE, SO THIS SHOULD BE GOOD.
I'M GLAD THAT THEY'RE EXCEEDING PARKING.
I DID MEET WITH JOHN WEBER ON THIS, THIS WAS A LONG TIME AGO THAT THIS WAS MENTIONED THAT WE'RE FINALLY, THEY, THEY WENT AWAY FOR A WHILE.
THE SITE OVER IN ARLINGTON IS VERY COMPACT TO ME.
UH, BUT I JUST WANNA SEE THAT MAP AGAIN.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ? YEAH, SAVANNAH.
UM, AS FAR AS WRAPPING AROUND THE BUILDING, IS THAT A FENCE THAT'S AROUND THAT PARKING LOT OR WHAT'S THAT? THESE ARE SHRUBS, SHRUBS, HEDGES.
AND SO THEY, IT IS WITHIN A U UTILITY EASEMENT.
THEY'RE OVERHEAD LINES, SO THEY'RE LIMITED.
THEY CAN'T PLANT TREES, BUT THEY DID, UH, DO THEIR BEST TO, TO ADDRESS THAT.
AND THEN ARE, ARE THEY PUTTING LIKE A TRASH DISPENSER? IS THAT THE, AT THE END OF THE DRIVEWAY.
ISN'T THAT A REQUIREMENT NOW THAT YEAH, THAT'S A STANDARD CONDITION WE HAVE IN THE ORDINANCE.
I THINK I, I WAS JUST CURIOUS 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA BE CLOSER TO THE ROAD AND STUFF.
I JUST DIDN'T WANT PEOPLE HEARD.
ARE YOU READY TO MAKE A MOTION? COUNCIL MEMBER HEDON? UH, I AM.
I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 38 FOR PORTILLO'S.
AS PRESENTED BY STAFF, WE HAVE MOTION.
[39. 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 (On August 12, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 7-0)]
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THIS IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A CIGAR LOUNGE LOCATED AT 2100 NORTH HIGHWAY 360.YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.
UH, THERE ARE 20 BUILDINGS ON SITE, SO THE STAR IS APPROXIMATELY WHERE THAT SUITE IS LOCATED, IT'S OWN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
UM, THE PROPOSED OPERATIONAL PLAN, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO BE OPEN FROM 3:00 PM TO 11:30 PM AND WOULD HAVE CIGARS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE.
THE APPLICANT DID STATE THAT THEY WOULD BE PROVIDING ADDITIONAL VENTILATION AND THEY'RE MEETING THE PARKING REQUIREMENT.
UH, THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.
WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY, UH, WRITTEN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION.
WE DO HAVE THE STANDARD RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SMOKING LOUNGES AND ON AUGUST 12TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH THOSE CONDITIONS.
UH, THE FIRST IS THAT EIGHT LINERS SHALL BE PROHIBITED.
UM, AND THEN NEXT, UH, UM, CONDITIONS ARE TO ENSURE THAT ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 21 DOES NOT INTERN SMOKE.
UM, THIS DOES REQUIRE CITY COUNCIL PRO OR CITY COUNCIL REVIEW IN A PUBLIC HEARING ONE YEAR FROM THEIR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
UH, AND IN THIS LAST CONDITION, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY DID REQUEST US TO ADD, UH, THIS MORNING AND SO IT IS IF APPROVED, THE APPLICANT SHALL INSTALL A VENTILATION EXHAUST SYSTEM PRIOR TO OPERATION PUBLIC HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.
WE'LL THEN NEED TO REVIEW THAT SPECIFICATION PRIOR TO THE INSTALLATION.
UM, SO THAT IS THE ADDITIONAL CONDITION THAT WAS NOT IN THE PACKET, BUT THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SAVANNAH? COUNCILMAN DEBOSKY? I DON'T HAVE ANY.
I WANTED TO ASK, WHAT ARE SOME, UH, UM, OTHER BUSINESSES THAT SURROUND THIS FACILITY THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT? SO THERE ARE 20 BUILDINGS ON THAT SITE.
THERE'S A WIDE VARIETY OF OFFICES AND DIFFERENT, UH, THERE ARE A FEW SHOPS, A COUPLE OF RESTAURANTS, BUT IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO IT IS A RESTAURANT AND IT IS ON THE END OF THE BUILDING.
ANY OTHER? I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER LIGHTS.
YOU'VE BEEN WANTING A CIGAR LOUNGE.
SOUNDS LIKE, HEY, THIS IS A SURPRISE TO ME.
GEORGIA'S BEEN ACTIVELY PURSUING A CARD, POKER ROOM AND A CIGAR ROOM.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, MOVE TO APPROVE THIS, THE CIGAR LOUNGE IN DISTRICT ONE STAFF.
THIS HAS THE NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR FOOD AND STUFF, RIGHT.
THAT WE JUST PREVIOUSLY PASSED.
SO THAT'S KIND OF A FORERUNNER OF THIS.
SO YOU CAN GO IN THERE AND HAVE A DRINK RIGHT NOW? I DON'T THINK SO.
CAN'T WE HADN'T DONE THAT YET? NOT YET.
IT'S NOT AN INTERNATIONAL, OKAY.
I THOUGHT WE WERE DISCUSSING IS COMING.
BUT WE HAVE A MOTION IN SECOND ON THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW.
Y'ALL JUST BRIEFED US ON IT, RIGHT? YES.
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TO CITIZEN COMMENTS.MS. PATSY RAY, PATSY RAY 2217.
EL PASO GRAND PRAIRIE, I MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL.
I HEARD IN THE BRIEFING THIS AFTERNOON THAT SOME PEOPLE WERE LIKE DISAPPOINTED IN THE PEOPLE THAT WERE OR MAYBE DID NOT REALIZE HOW MUCH THE CITIZENS APPRECIATE THOSE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE ON OUR FEDERAL COMMITTEE AND OUR STATE COMMITTEE.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU YOUR FLOWERS WHILE YOU CAN SMELL THEM.
I THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE BECAUSE THOSE THAT ARE ON THE BOARD, I THINK THAT I CAN CALL YOU UP AND ASK.
I KNOW I CAN CALL YOU UP AND ASK YOU WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE LAST MONTH'S MEETING WHEN I SAT IN WITH YOUR GRANT REVIEWER, THE PERSON THAT TELLS YOU ABOUT THE FEDERAL GRANTS AND THE STATE GRANTS.
I APPRECIATE YOU ALL TAKING A LOOK AT EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN GET AS GRAND PRAIRIE CITIZENS, BECAUSE I'M ON MANY COMMITTEES AND I SHARE YOUR INFORMATION THAT YOU PULL OUT PUBLICLY TO THE MEMBERS THAT I ASSOCIATE WITH.
SO THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU, ROBERT JOHNSON.
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GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.UM, I'M ROBERT JOHNSON AND I'M BASICALLY, UH, APPRECIATIVE THAT Y'ALL HAVE THE CHANCE TO LISTEN TO THE EXPERIENCE THAT I WANT TO BRING TO ATTENTION, WHICH A YOUNG MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR, UH, DIFFERENT CHARGES.
AND, UM, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CHARGES STARTED GETTING DROPPED.
BUT I WANNA BRING TO THE ATTENTION OF IF YOUR MOTHER OR YOUR FATHER OR A FAMILY MEMBER WAS IN DISTRESS, WHAT WOULD YOUR RESPONSE BE? SO FROM THIS RESPONSE THAT HAS HAPPENED, A YOUNG MAN WAS ARRESTED BECAUSE HE ASKED, WHY DO YOU HAVE YOUR HANDS ON MY MOTHER? SHE WASN'T BEING ARRESTED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT I JUST FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT YOU WOULD ARREST A YOUNG MAN BECAUSE HE'S INQUISITIVE AS TO HIS LOVED ONE.
IF IT'S MOTHER OR DADDY, WE, WE GO TO WAR FOR THAT.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO JUST BRING ABOUT THE ATTENTION AND NO DISRESPECT TO THE OFFICERS THAT WE HAVE HERE, OR EVEN CHIEF SESAME, WHICH IS A GREAT PERSON.
I THINK HE'S A GREAT CHIEF, BUT SOME OF THESE OFFICERS AT, UH, CERTAIN TIMES ARE CREATING MORE THAN WHAT IT'S WORTH.
AND IT'S CREATING A PROBLEM FOR DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS, ESPECIALLY CLAYTON HARRISON, LAFAYETTE SON.
AND I KNOW THE YOUNG MAN HE SERVED, UH, IN THE MILITARY.
HE SUFFERS FROM, UH, QUITE A-P-T-S-D.
A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, MOST OF US WE'RE, WE'RE NOT AWARE OF.
MENTAL HEALTH IS REAL AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY CAROL FIGHTS FOR IT STANDS FOR IT.
AND EVEN MYSELF, I'M WILLING TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES.
I'VE BEEN ABLE TO CALL AND MAKE SURE THAT SOME PEOPLE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT PORTION OF IT INSTEAD OF PUTTING SOMEONE IN JAIL FOR THEIR SHORTCOMING.
SO, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOMEBODY, OR SOMEONE TO BRING ABOUT THE AWARENESS OF THIS SITUATION.
AND HE SHOULDN'T BE IN JAIL IN MY EYESIGHT, ESPECIALLY SUFFERING FROM MENTAL HEALTH AND DOING WHAT HE DOES FOR THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE HE BACKS HIS MOTHER AS WELL WHEN WE DO THE MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS.
AND HE'S A PILLAR OF OUR SOCIETY AS A YOUNG MAN.
SO HE DOESN'T HAVE A CRIMINAL RECORD.
AND WE NEED TO STOP AND ACKNOWLEDGE SOMETHING AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS SITUATION BECAUSE I THINK THAT IT'S GOTTEN OUT OF HAND.
AND I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF Y'ALL WOULD TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT SITUATION AND, UH, BRING ABOUT FREEING HIM FROM WHERE HE SHOULDN'T BE.
SAMUEL FOSTER, HAROLD WILLIS, UH, HAROLD WILLIS.
I WANNA START OFF, BACK IN MAY OF 2009 ON A SUNDAY MORNING, I COULD HEAR SIRENS COMING OUT.
I THOUGHT, WHAT IS IT COMING OUT? FIRE STATION NINE.
AND THEN THEY WENT A GRAND PRIX COP CAR SOUTH ON CARRIER, AND THEN THERE WERE ABOUT FIVE OR SIX GRAND PRIX COP CARS.
I THOUGHT NOTHING COULD HAPPEN TO A COP ON SUNDAY MORNING.
IT TURNED OUT THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE RIDING A BICYCLE BUILT FOR TWO ON SUNDAY MORNING ON CAMP WISDOM EASTBOUND.
A GUY FROM DUNCANVILLE WHOSE BLOOD ALCOHOL WAS FOUR TIMES THE LEGAL LIMIT, RAN OVER AND KILLED BOTH OF THEM.
HE WENT TO TRIAL LATER THAT, I THINK IT WAS IN DECEMBER.
HE GOT FIVE YEARS, FIVE YEARS PROBATED FOR KILLING TWO PEOPLE RIDING THEIR BICYCLE ON SUNDAY MORNING IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.
WELL, HE HAD TO REPORT ON CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS TO DALLAS COUNTY JAIL WAS, UH, PRETTY TOUGH ON HIM.
I WAS TOLD BY SOME SOURCES IN DALLAS COUNTY, HE DID A GEORGE W. BUSH.
GEORGE W. BUSH STOPPED GOING TO HIS TEXAS AIR INTERNATIONAL GUARD MEETINGS.
THAT'S, THAT STICKS TO YOU IN 2009.
WHAT HAPPENED DOWN ON BELTLINE ROAD, UH, A COUPLE OF SATURDAYS AGO, THE ROLE OF GRAND PRIX FIRE RESCUE GETTING OUT THERE, THE GRAND PRIX POLICE DEPARTMENT
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GETTING OUT THERE.YOU SEE FOUR PEOPLE ON A CAR COMPLETELY ENGULFED IN FLAMES, BUT YOU'RE SEEING WHAT'S, WHAT'S IN THERE WHEN YOU, I SAW A BODY BURNED BEYOND RECOGNITION.
SO FOR OUR EMS, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS TO BE OUT ON THAT SCENE, UH, WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THE GUYS THAT CAUSED THAT? OR THEY OUT ON BOND RIGHT NOW? WHERE ARE THEY? WHAT'S GOING ON? THE SITUATION IN FORT WORTH, THE 19-YEAR-OLD KILLED FIVE PEOPLE.
HE'S OUT ON BOND RIGHT NOW, ACCORDING TO EVERYTHING WE'VE SAID, IT'S GOING TO TAKE MONTHS OF EXTENSIVE DNA ANALYSIS TO IDENTIFY THOSE HUMANS.
THERE WAS A CHILDREN HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
THOSE FIVE HUMANS ARE IN THE FREEZER AT THE TARRANT COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE RIGHT NOW.
WHAT ABOUT THE 20 AND 20-YEAR-OLD, 22-YEAR-OLD THAT KILLED THE PEOPLE IN GRAND PRAIRIE? I WOULD JUST GUESS THEY'RE OUT ON BOND.
WHAT THE HECK? THE FORT WORTH COP THAT WAS KILLED.
IS SHE IN JAIL RIGHT NOW? HER BLOOD ALCOHOL WAY? IT WAS.
THIS JUST GOES ON AND ON AND ON.
AND I REALIZE YOU'RE LIMITED HERE, BUT YOU MUST TAKE THIS TO AUSTIN BECAUSE THOSE OF YOU WHO REPRESENT TARRANT COUNTY, WHY IS TARRANT COUNTY WE'RE PRO-LIFE IN TARRANT COUNTY, BUT, AND THAT HE KILLED FIVE PEOPLE.
THAT'S GONNA KEEP HIM FROM DRINKING.
UH, THIS IS JUST SOMETHING I KNOW WE CALL IT, UH, UH, VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER.
WELL, IN TEXAS, THAT'S WHAT WE CALL A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR.
DOWN HERE, YOU GET A YEAR OR TWO AND YOU'RE OUT WITH THE RIGHT LAWYER AT THE COURTHOUSE.
AND THIS GOES THROUGH ON NOT JUST TARRANT COUNTY, DALLAS COUNTY, ALL THROUGH THE STATE OF TEXAS.
THIS IS JUST, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE BEING KILLED LIKE THIS.
SO WHEN AUSTIN MEETS, ESPECIALLY WITH PRO-LIFE REPUBLICANS, HOW VALUABLE IS THAT LIFE THAT YOU KNOW THE FOUR PEOPLE HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE? OR HAVE THEY BEEN IDENTIFIED? HAVE THEY HAD FUNERALS SINCE? YOU KNOW, I DON'T GET A NEWS.
WE DON'T HAVE A NEWSPAPER ANYMORE.
WHAT THE HECK'S HAPPENED TO THESE FOLKS? THEY WERE JUST SIMPLY TURNING ON A ROAD AND BOOM, THEIR LIFE IS GONE.
WE GOT ANOTHER DALLAS COP THAT WAS EXECUTED.
SO I HOPE THAT DALLAS OFFICER AT BAYLOR, I HOPE SHE RECOVERS.
BUT THIS IS JUST SOMETHING WHAT HAPPENED TO LYNDON KING OUT ON 30, WHAT'S HAPPENED TO SO MANY OTHER, YOU KNOW, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
IT'S, IT'S VERY DANGEROUS OUT THERE.
AND I'D LIKE TO TALK WITH YOU MORE ABOUT THE SITUATION AT BELTLINE AND FISH CREEK GOING UP.
BELTLINE, YOU KIND OF THOUGHT MAYBE THIS MIGHT SLOW 'EM DOWN.
NAH, BELTLINE AND FISH CREEK, THEY GO THROUGH THESE RED LIGHTS.
IT'S LIKE, WHY DO WE HAVE A RED LIGHT THERE? WHY DO WE HAVE TRAFFIC SIGNS? WHY DO WE HAVE ANYTHING OUT THERE? 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA DO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
'CAUSE IF I GET A TICKET, MY LAWYER WILL FIX THE TICKET.
BUT JUST FOR THE GRAND PRIX FIRE RESCUE GRAND PRIX POLICE, THEIR INVOLVEMENT ON THAT SITUATION, ON BELTLINE, MR. HORRIBLE SITUATION.
THE HORRIBLE SITUATION IN FORT WORTH.
SO HOWEVER WE CAN WORK WITH THE LEGISLATURE IN THIS UPCOMING SESSION, SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE DYING ON THE STREETS IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS THAT ARE DOING WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING AND OTHER PEOPLE GET OFF FREE.
I HAD TO BREATHE IN AND BREATHE OUT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT DARREN BURKES, OFFICER DARREN BURKES WOULD'VE TOLD ME.
HE CAME AND GOT CERTIFIED AS A FIRST RESPONDER FOR MENTAL HEALTH BEFORE HE EVEN BECAME A POLICE OFFICER.
HE ALWAYS HAD ENCOURAGING WORDS.
WHEN MY SON CLAYTON WAS IN A COMA, HE REACHED OUT TO ME.
HE WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT PRAYED AND SAID THAT YOUR SON IS GONNA MAKE IT.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO BREATHE OUT.
I COULD SIT UP HERE AND BLAME EVERY ONE, ONE OF YOU ALL.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW I'M VERY UPSET AND DISAPPOINTED JUST LIKE IT FEELS LIKE THAT I CONSTANTLY COME HERE AND ASK FOR SUPPORT, FOR AS MUCH WORK AS I HAVE FOR MENTAL HEALTH, BECAUSE MY MENTAL HEALTH DO MATTER.
THERE WAS A TIME AND I STARTED THINKING ABOUT AN OFFICER TELLING ME TO SIT DOWN.
THAT HAPPENED TO ME, TO ALL OF YOU ALL IN THE EARLY SEVENTIES WHEN THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND OTHER OFFICERS
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PULLED MY CLOTHES OFF AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTED ME AFTER THEY BROUGHT ME IN FROM A TRAFFIC STOP AFTER BEATING MY DAD UP.YOU WONDER WHY I PUSHED SO MUCH.
WE WERE LEAVING OUR FAMILY REUNION.
I HAD MY DADDY IN THE FRONT CAR.
THE WAY THE MANUFACTURING MAKES IT, IT DOESN'T HAVE A FRONT LICENSE PLATE.
I HAVE SO MUCH BOOTS DOWN HERE WITH FIREFIGHTERS, JUST BRIDGING THE GAP, BRINGING CELEBRITIES, PEOPLE HERE TO FIGHT AND BRING AWARENESS.
OKAY? AND SO I'M ASKING AN OFFICER, WHAT DID YOU STOP ME FOR? 'CAUSE I COULD NEVER IMAGINE ME BEING STOPPED BECAUSE OF MY LICENSE PLATE.
REALLY? I DON'T EVEN HAVE A TICKET.
FIRST RESPONDERS WITH CHIEF RAY OF SINGLE BILL.
HE'S NEVER, EVER, EVEN CHIEF GARCIA EVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT MY CAR IN THE CITY THAT I HAD SO MUCH TRAUMA.
I'M NOT GONNA ALLOW THE CITY MANAGER TO MAKE HIM OUT OF A CRIMINAL.
HE CANNOT HEAR THE CHIEF OF POLICE.
AND NEITHER OF THOSE POLICE OFFICERS GONNA LABEL MY SON AS BEING A CRIMINAL.
WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GO TO OKLAHOMA TO MY OTHER FAMILY REUNION.
AND SO HE SAW THE OFFICER GRAB ME AND HE SAYS, WHY ARE YOU HITTING MY MOM? BECAUSE OF THAT, HE, HE WAS AFRAID.
HE CAN'T OBEY COMMANDS 'CAUSE HE CANNOT HEAR.
THE VA HAS LABORED HIM NOW AS BEING 1%.
NOW HE'S IN THE GRAND PRAIRIE JAIL GETTING READY TO GET SHIPPED.
WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO WORK FOR HIM TO GET HIS HUNDRED PERCENT BENEFITS.
AND IT'S NOT GONNA BE FIXED TONIGHT.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE FIXED TOMORROW.
WE'RE SEEING BLACK MEN BEING KILLED.
HE JUST GOT TICKETS AND THROWN ON HIM.
I DON'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN AGAIN.
I HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IN WASHINGTON, DC BECAUSE I HAVE GREAT CREDIBILITY.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU, NONE OF YOU ALL THINK ABOUT ME.
I HAVE GREAT CAP CREDIBILITY ON NATIONAL LEVEL.
YOU ALL DON'T EVEN KNOW THE VALUE, THE VALUE THAT I BRING FOR ALL THE TRAUMA THAT I EXPERIENCED WITH THE PERVERSION OF A CHIEF OF POLICE.
AND THEN THIS WAS MY FIRST JOB.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT TRAUMA IS? I LITERALLY WAS TRAUMATIZED.
I AM SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE LIKE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A STROKE OR A HEART ATTACK.
THEY FINALLY, THE SERGEANT MARCELA, THANK GOD FOR HIM.
HE MADE SURE THAT CLAYTON GOT HIS MEDICINE.
Y'ALL, WE GOTTA DO BETTER THAN THIS.
WHATEVER POWER DO YOU ALL HAVE, GET HIM OUT OF THOSE FALSE CHARGES.
HE IS NOT A CROOK OR CRIMINAL.
THEY RETURNED MY PHONE CALL TURNED HE, HE UNDERSTOOD MY TRAUMA.
HE UNDERSTOOD CLAYTON HAVING THE HEALTH ISSUES, BRAIN ISSUES.
THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT, CAROL.