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[RECONVENE MEETING]
I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER.THANK Y'ALL FOR ATTENDING TONIGHT.
UM, TONIGHT OUR INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY PASTOR DEBORAH WHITAKER OF THE STRONG TEMPLE POWER, AND OUR PLEDGES WILL BE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JOHN LOPEZ.
CAN WE BOW? HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME THIS EVENING, WE BOW DOWN HEADS, BUT WHEN I'M OUR HEARTS, GOD, JUST SAYING THANK YOU, FATHER, THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU HAVE ALLOWED US TO COME TOGETHER, TO ASSEMBLE IN THIS PLACE, TO GET THINGS IN ORDER.
SO GOD, WE ASK THAT YOU PUT 'EM ON ONE ACCORD, THAT THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME MIND, FOR THE SAME AGENDA FOR YOUR PEOPLE.
AND GOD, WE JUST GIVE YOU ALL THE HONOR, THE GLORY, AND THE PRAISE IN YOUR SON JESUS.
LET THE PEOPLE OF GOD SAY AMEN.
PLEASE JOIN US AS WE THE UN FLAG IN HONOR.
TAKE THE FLAG TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ON NOT FLAG OF RE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVIDUAL.
[PRESENTATIONS]
I BET EVERYBODY IN HERE KNOWS WE HAD A WATER CRISIS.THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, IT WAS THAT COUNCIL MEETING NIGHT.
IN FACT, CHIEF FIKE GIVES ME A PICTURE OF WHERE THEY FOUGHT THE FIRE AT FOUR 30 AFTER THE MEETING, HE SAYS, HEY, WE GOT SOMETHING IN THE WATER.
WE DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS OURS UNTIL AN HOUR LATER, BUT THAT WAS THEIR LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
WE HAD SO MANY CORPORATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS STEP UP TO HELP US.
WE'RE GONNA RECOGNIZE 'EM TONIGHT.
SO AS I CALL YOUR COMPANY, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO COME FORWARD AFTER WE GET ALL OF YOU DOWN THERE.
I'M GONNA COME AROUND AND GIVE YOU A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION.
UH, I'M NOT GONNA WAIT AND SEE IF YOU'RE HERE.
I'M GONNA CALL THESE NAMES AND Y'ALL START COMING FORWARD.
IF YOU REPRESENT THIS COMPANY, BENNY KEITH CORPORATION, COLONY HARDWARE, EL RIO GRANDE LATIN MARKET, MIDWEST FOOD BANK, PREMIUM WATERS RACETRACK, TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, WALMART, SAM'S CLUB AND GATEWAY CHURCH.
LET'S GIVE 'EM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
LOOK, UH, I ALSO WANNA THANK ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES.
Y'ALL HELPED US WITH WATER, BUT OUR EMPLOYEES WERE OUT AT THE RA OUT OF THE RACETRACK FOR WHAT, 72 90 HOURS STRAIGHT, GIVING OUT WATER.
BUT IT WAS MORE THAN GIVING OUT WATER.
THEY WERE GIVING THE CITIZENS THAT WERE DRIVING THROUGH A HIGH FIVE.
THEY WERE TELLING THEM WE'RE GONNA GET THROUGH THIS.
AND, UM, UH, I JUST WANNA THANK OUR EMPLOYEES THAT WERE OUT THERE.
WE HAD A EMPLOYEE LUNCHEON FARM THE OTHER DAY TO HELP THEM.
AND WE, WE HAD TO DO SOMETHING FOR Y'ALL TONIGHT.
AND THOSE THAT AREN'T, WEREN'T ABLE TO COME TO TONIGHT, WE'LL GET THESE CERTIFICATES TO THEM.
SO AGAIN, GIVE THESE INDIVIDUALS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
HOW Y'ALL, Y'ALL ARE BENNY KEITH, ANYBODY DIDN'T LEAVE ANY BEER IN THE WHO ARE YOU WITH? MIDWEST.
THE THING IS, ALL OF Y'ALL DO MORE THAN THIS.
BUT MY GOODNESS, Y'ALL ARE OUT THERE EVERY DAY DOING THINGS FOR PEOPLE.
I MEAN, THIS IS A SMALL TO SMALL TOKEN OF APPRECIATION.
LET'S SEE WHICH STACK WAS, I ONLY HAD ONE.
TEXAS RACETRACK WAS AT THE LUNCHEON.
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MANAGEMENT.SORRY, I HAVE TO TELL THE STORY.
I SAID THIS TO THE EMPLOYEES THE OTHER DAY.
OUR COMPANY WAS DOING A JOB FOR THE, UH, MARINE ONE HELICOPTER WHO FLIES PRESIDENTIAL PRESIDENT FOR SIKORSKY.
IT WAS A BLACK HAWK, A DERIVATIVE WITH A BLACK HAWK.
TO BE VERY HONEST WITH YOU, IT WAS A OPEN RING BEZEL FOR THE HORIZONTAL SITUATION INDICATOR.
USUALLY TAKES ABOUT A MONTH TO MAKE IT.
WE HAD EIGHT DAYS TO MAKE IT, AND WE MADE IT IN EIGHT DAYS.
THEY SENT SOME DOWN FROM SIKORSKI, A HOLD OF OUR HAND THROUGH IT ALL.
MY SALES REP AT THE TIME, SID MILICK, CALLED ME AND SAID, THEY'LL FORGET YOU CAUSE THE PROBLEM IF IT BAIL 'EM OUT.
AFTER WE DELIVERED THAT PART IN EIGHT DAYS, THE HEAD OF PROCUREMENT CALLED ME AND THANKED ME.
I DIDN'T REMIND HIM IT WAS MY FAULT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
THE POINT BEING, YOU DON'T POINT FINGERS WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS, SOMETHING HAPPENED.
AND BY THE GRACE OF GOD, NO ONE WAS INJURED.
I THINK CHIEF FIGHT AND OUR STAFF FOR CHOOSING GOOD, SAFE CHEMICALS TO USE, THANK YOU, CHIEF.
UH, BUT OUR STAFF CAME TOGETHER AND WE SOLVED IT IN 48 HOURS.
AND PEOPLE REMEMBER HOW WE REACTED.
SO LET THAT BE A LESSON FOR YOU.
HE, TONY DIDN'T MESS THAT PART UP.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
SO WE'VE GOT, UH, CONSENT AGENDA.WE'VE GOT, UH, HAROLD, COME ON DOWN.
WE'LL LET YOU GO THROUGH YOUR RUN OF THEM FIRST.
[14. Award a Professional Services Contract to NewGen Strategies and Solutions in an amount not to exceed $108,000 for garbage and recycling franchise agreement rates and terms negotiation (Reviewed by the Public Health, Safety and Environment on 09/16/2024)]
ADAM 14, HAROLD WILLIS, 5 3 8 LINLEY.UM, THIS NEXTGEN STRATEGIES FOR THE RECYCLING, UH, AGREEMENT.
ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE ANY PROGRAMS TO REACH OUT TO THE GRAND PRIX SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OTHER VENUES WHEN THERE'S SO MANY PLASTIC BOTTLES AND CONTAINERS BEING WASTED? THIS PAST TUESDAY NIGHT DOWN AT REAGAN, THE POOR HOUSEKEEPING PEOPLE, AFTER THAT FOOTBALL GAME WAS OVER, THEY HAD A VERY LARGE CROWD.
THERE WERE JUST BAGS AND BAGS FULL OF PLASTIC BAGS OF BOTTLES AND ALUMINUM CANS GOING RIGHT INTO THE LANDFILL.
UM, THIS CONTRACT IS ACTUALLY WITH NEWGEN STRATEGIES AND SOLUTIONS TO WORK WITH US AS WE NEGOTIATE AN EXTENSION WITH REPUBLIC SERVICES.
SO IT'S REALLY NOT ABOUT OH, IT'S IT INDEED.
BUT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT OFFLINE.
I WAS, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT STRATEGIES OF THE STRATEGY OF IMPROVING RECYCLING.
[15. Professional Services Contract with Weaver Consultants Group for Landfill Gas Control and Collection System Operations, Monitoring, and Maintenance (up to $53,400 annually) for one year with the option to renew for four additional one-year periods totaling up to $267,000, if all extensions are exercised (Reviewed by the Public Health, Safety, and Environment Committee on 09/16/2024)]
THE LANDFILL GAS CONTROL OUT AT THE LANDFILL.DIDN'T, SHOULD HAVE GRABBED YOU.
UM, I WAS ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE BACK IN 15 YEARS AGO.
WHERE ARE, WHO ARE WE SELLING THE ELECTRICITY TO? ARE WE GENERATING ELECTRICITY STILL? WE'RE NOT GENERATING ELECTRICITY RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE NEGOTIATING WITH A COMPANY FOR DIRECT PIPELINE.
SO WOULD THE GAS METHANE BE PUT BACK INTO LIKE SOME OF OUR GAS WELLS BACK INTO THE REGULAR SYSTEM? OR IT WILL GO TO AN ATMOS LINE? IT WILL GO TO AN ATMOS LINE, YES.
ANY IDEA WHEN THEY, WHAT ARE WE PRESENTLY DOING WITH THE METHANE OUT THERE NOW? WE'RE FLARING IT RIGHT NOW.
ANY ANTICIPATION OF THE TIMEFRAME WE'RE ATMOS WOULD BUY THIS FROM US? NO, SIR.
ASSUME THAT WE'RE, WE'RE IN NEGOTIATIONS LIKE SIX MONTHS PERHAPS, OR BEFORE DURING THE WINTER TIME? NO, IT WON'T BE MORE LIKE A YEAR.
OH, A YEAR? WELL, BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE CONSTRUCTED.
YOU GOTTA RUN, YOU GOTTA RUN A, LIKE A SIX INCH LINE.
[20. Annual Contract for Concrete Paving to Santos Construction, Inc. up to $23,117,375.00 annually. This contract will be for one year with the option to renew for four additional oneyear periods totaling $115,586,875.00 if all extensions are exercised. Award secondary to McMahon Contracting & Construction, LLC. (up to $24,749,542.50 annually) and a tertiary to New Star Grading & Paving (up to $26,615,750.00 annually). Secondary and tertiary awardee will be used if primary is unable to fulfill the needs of the city (Reviewed by City Council Development Committee on 09/17/2024)]
THE, ON THIS CONSTRUCTION OF SANTOS CONSTRUCTION, YOU GOT 23 MILLION.[00:10:01]
ANOTHER CONSTRUCTION GROUP FOR 24 MILLION.ANOTHER CONSTRUCTION GROUP FOR 26 MILLION.
IS THIS ONE PARTICULAR PROGRAM OR DIFFERENT CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS THROUGHOUT THE CITY? CAROL
IT ACTUALLY IS, WHAT THIS IS, IS A, IT'S AN AS NEEDS CONTRACT.
WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF ITEMS ON IT.
AND THE BEST WAY TO COMPARE THE DIFFERENT BIDDERS IS TO SUM IT ALL UP.
WE WON'T BY ANY MEANS USE ALL OF THAT.
BUT IT IS A CITYWIDE PROGRAM WHERE WE WILL GO DO PANEL REPLACEMENTS, ROADWAY REHAB, THINGS OF THAT NATURE THROUGHOUT.
IS THIS FUNDING FROM OUR QUARTER CENT SALES TAX? WHERE IS THE NO, THIS IS CAPITAL BOND.
WELL, THIS IS ALL CAPITAL BONDS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IN FRONT OF THE WALMACK LIBRARY? THAT STRETCH OF BAR IN THERE? OH, YOU GOTTA, YOU GOTTA GO SLOW.
IT HURTS YOUR BACK IN A THREE QUARTER TON PICKUP.
THAT WHOLE, THAT WHOLE ROAD NEEDS TO BE REDONE.
IS THAT PART OF IT COULD, IN FRONT OF OUR, ONE OF OUR MOST BEAUTIFUL LIBRARIES TO REDO THAT.
I'LL CHECK THE STREET ASSESSMENT LIST ON THE ARTERIALS.
THOSE ARE ON A DIFFERENT LIST.
BUT, UM, KURT WON RIDE, RIDE HIS MOTORCYCLE DOWN ANYMORE.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST THE WAY THAT'S RAPIDLY IT'S BUMPY.
DETERIORATING, BUT THEY'RE OLD.
AND WHEN WE, WHEN WE, IT'S ON THE LIST, WE GET SOME RAINS.
JUST MORE THAT'S REALLY DETERIORATING SO RAPIDLY.
THIS IS THE PROGRAM THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD COVER IT.
BUT WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ON THE LIST RIGHT NOW.
THE PROGRAM, THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL BECAUSE IT'S THE MACK LIBRARY SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
[26. Award a contract to Dyna Ten Corporation to upgrade the lighting control system at the Public Safety Building (PSB), in an amount not to exceed $100,000, through a Cooperative Agreement with The Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS) (Reviewed by the Finance and Government Committee on 10/08/2024)]
LIGHTING AND CONTROL SYSTEM AT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING.WHAT ARE WE GONNA GET FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS? I KNOW A COUPLE YEARS AGO I WAS UP HERE AND, UH, ALL THE OUTSIDE LIGHTING WAS COMING ON AT FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON ON JUNE 19TH.
SO WITH THAT PRICE, IT'S AN UP TO AMOUNT.
AND THEY'RE GONNA BE REPLACING ALL THE CONTROL PANELS AT THE PSV.
AND THAT, WHAT THOSE ARE FOR ARE FOR ENERGY CONSERVATION AS WELL AS CONTROLLING THE LIGHTING.
WOULD THIS BE SIMILAR TO WHAT IKEA UTILIZES? IKEA, YOU NEVER SEE THE LIGHTS ON IN THE SUMMER.
I MEAN, THIS IS INTERIOR, ISN'T IT? CORRECT, YES, SIR.
THIS PHASE IS FOR INTERIOR ONLY RIGHT NOW.
WAS THIS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE BUILDING? ISN'T THAT OLD? CORRECT.
THE CURRENT SOFT OR THE CURRENT SYSTEM? IT'S ACTUALLY RUNNING ON A WINDOWS XP PLATFORM OBSOLETE.
SO THEREFORE WE'RE HAVING TO UPGRADE EVEN I KNOW WINDOWS XP, CORRECT? YES.
UH, WHAT TYPE OF COST SAVINGS OF ELECTRICAL USE WOULD WE BE DELIVERING? SO AFTER WE INSTALL IT, THEN WE COULD, UH, EVALUATE THAT.
'CAUSE I KNOW SINCE THAT BUILDING IS 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 365 DAYS A YEAR, WE DON'T TURN THE LIGHTS OFF.
NOTHING OTHER, SOME OF THE OFFICES THAT ARE NOT BEING UTILIZED.
BUT WITH THE JAIL AND DISPATCH AND ALL OF THAT, IT'S, UM, DIFFERENT.
SO THIS WILL MAKE A BIG IMPROVEMENT.
[33. Ordinance amending Schedule III of the Traffic Register by modifying the effective times for the school zones established for Kennedy Middle School, Grand Prairie High School and Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy; modifying the school zone limits established for Reagan Middle School to cover additional crossing patterns; and removing the school zones established for Crockett 5th Grade Center, Grand Prairie Collegiate Institute and Bonham Elementary due to school closures (Reviewed by the City Council Development Committee on 09/17/2024)]
YOU.UH, THESE SCHOOL ZONES AT REAGAN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
UM, THE SCHOOL ZONE LIMITS, I'D ALSO LIKE TO KNOW, UM, AT POWELL ELEMENTARY, UM, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO, WHAT ARE WE DOING EXACTLY AT REAGAN IN TERMS OF SCHOOL ZONES OR MODIFYING THE SPEED LIMITS? MODIFYING? IT DEPENDS, UH, PARTICULARLY FOR KENNEDY AND FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL UP HERE, WHICH HAS FINE ARTS ACADEMY, THE SCHOOL CONTACTED US WITH DIFFERENT BEGINNING AND END BELL TIMES.
SO WE HAD TO ADJUST THOSE TIMES.
THE ONE THAT WE'RE ADJUSTING THE BOUNDS OF THE ZONE ITSELF IS THE ONE AT REAGAN, BECAUSE THERE WERE, THERE WAS REPORTS OF KIDS.
WE HAD TO GO OUT AND DO HEAD COUNTS OR KIDS ACTUALLY CROSSING OUTSIDE OF THE ZONE.
SO WE WANTED TO EXTEND IT TO COVER WHERE THAT IS.
SO THAT'S TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE.
SO YOU'LL BE GOING SAY, THERE AT REAGAN DOWN BY THE BRIDGE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN TO MAYBE POLO, PERHAPS.
OR, UH, IT'S CROSSING BARDEN OUTSIDE OF THE BOUNDS OF THE CURRENT ESTABLISHED ZONES.
AND IF YOU GO OVER HERE TO THE ORDINANCE ON REAGAN FURTHER NORTH, 'CAUSE I'M DOWN THERE WHEN I'M WALKING MY DOG QUITE A BIT, AND MY GOSH, PEOPLE DOING 45 AND 50.
I JUST, UH, IT'S GONNA GO PRETTY MUCH FROM NEW CASTLE TO CASPIAN.
IT'S GONNA GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO CASPIAN.
OH, THAT'S A, THAT GOES PAST POLO.
SO HOPEFULLY PEOPLE, YOU'LL COVER THAT INTERSECTION, THEY'LL SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT, AT LEAST TO GIVE 'EM A LITTLE BIT MORE.
I INSTEAD, ARE YOU GOING TO MOVE THE FLASHING LIGHTS FURTHER DOWN? YOU HAVE TO, WHEN YOU EXTEND THE LIMITS, THE LIGHTS HAVE TO DENOTE WHERE THE BEGINNING AND ENDING IS.
SO EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO SLOW DOWN AND WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE TICKETED.
JUST QUICKLY, I KNOW DOWN ROBINSON, YOU HAVE THE OVERHEAD, UM, STOOL, FLASHING LIGHTS.
WOULD THIS BE AN AREA THAT IS, THAT WE COULD PUT THEM OVERHEAD ALSO, OR SOMETIMES AS WE'RE WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH ON THE
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LARGER ARTERIALS, SOMETIMES THE HIGHER SPEEDS OR THE LARGER ARTERIALS, WE'LL DO AN OVERHEAD AND WE'RE KIND OF WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH THE CITY TO SEE IF THOSE, UH, NEED TO BE CHANGED OUT FROM A DEVICE STANDPOINT.BUT THESE WON'T BE THE OVERHEAD, THESE WON'T BE INITIALLY, NO.
WELL, THAT'S A BIG IMPROVEMENT AT REAGAN.
ALSO, JUST QUICKLY, ARE WE GONNA DO ANYTHING AT POWELL? WHY WERE WE JUST SELECTED THESE, WE TALKED SPECIFICALLY WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON THIS.
IF YOU'LL NOTICE THEY'RE CLOSING A FEW CAMPUSES AS WELL.
SO WE WERE REMOVING THOSE ZONES.
SO THESE ARE CHANGES THAT CAME DIRECTLY FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN, WE CAN LOOK INTO POWELL DURING THE YEAR IF WE NEED TO.
BECAUSE I GO DOWN THERE AND MY WIFE NOW TO PICK MY GRANDKIDS AND PEOPLE COMING DOWN.
IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE WHAT SCHOOL ZONE? AT LEAST IF THAT WAS EXPANDED A LITTLE BIT MORE, SOME OF THE MORE, HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WOULD SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
[36. Resolution Authorizing the Application for and Acceptance of Funding from the HEB Our Texas, Our Future Grant through Keep Texas Beautiful in the Estimated Amount of $2,343.97 for an Automated Drip Irrigation Installation Project at the Haven Community Garden Fruit Tree Orchard; Authorizing the City Manager to Act on Behalf of the City and Execute Documents Relative to the Grant (Reviewed by the Public Safety, Health, and Environment Committee on 09/16/2024)]
WHERE IS THE HAVEN COMMUNITY FRUIT GARDEN LOCATED? TREE ORCHARD? HERE SHE COMES.YOU GOT A THREE FOR THREE TONIGHT.
THIS IS OVER ON BELTLINE THE HAVEN CHURCH.
YOU KNOW WHERE THAT IS? JUST PAST, JUST NORTH OF MARSHALL.
AND WE'RE GETTING THIS FROM HEB.
THIS IS KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL GRANT FOR $2,300.
MAYBE THIS'LL GIVE HEB THE INCENTIVE TO PUT THEIR OWN STORE IN, IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
THAT'LL BE, WE CAN GET MORE FROM THEM.
I'D RECOGNIZE MAYOR PRO TIMM CLEMSON TO COVER OUR CONSENT AGENDA FOR US.
UM, THE CONSENT AGENDA WAS REVIEWED IN THE COUNCIL BRIEFING EARLIER TODAY.
AND AT THAT TIME, WE, UM, UH, WERE ASKED TO, OR I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS NUMBER ONE THROUGH 31 TO PULL NUMBER 32 FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION AND APPROVE ITEMS 33 THROUGH 38.
AND AFTER WE GET THE MOTION, BEFORE WE VOTE, I WOULD LIKE TO READ SOME INFORMATION REGARDING ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
[8. Boards and Commissions - Member Appointments to fill vacancies for Zoning Board of Adjustments (ZBA), Public Health Advisory Committee (PHAC) and Library Board; Removal/Appointment for Zoning Board of Adjustments]
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.SOMETIMES WE READ THESE AND SOMETIMES THEY ARE IN THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA, BUT FOR OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, OUR APPOINTMENTS TO FILL VACANCIES FOR ZBA, WOULD JONATHAN HEAD AND ERIC HEDON HAVE BEEN NOMINATED ALSO TO, UM, VIVIAN MORRIS TO REPLACE ALTERNATE MEMBER TOMMY LAND.
AND ALSO, UM, PATIENT LEWIS IS NOMINATED TO FILL A VACANCY ON PUBLIC HEALTH.
CAROLYN RATLIFF TO FILL A VACANCY ON THE LIBRARY BOARD.
MAYOR, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
[32. Ordinance abandoning a 0.434 acre/18,917 square foot portion of street right-of-way located adjacent to 110, 114, 113, 205 and 103 Josephine Lane, and authorizing the City Manager or his designee, to execute a Quitclaim Deed transferring said abandoned right-of-way to Molto Properties Shady Grove, LLC (Reviewed by the City Council Development Committee on 09/17/2024)]
NOW WE'RE GONNA TAKE THAT ONE ITEM INDIVIDUALLY.YEAH, I'LL GIVE YOU SOME TIMES.
SO THIS IS AN ORDINANCE ABANDONED, UH, 0.434 ACRES, OR 18 9 1 7 SQUARE FOOT PORTION OF STREET RIGHTAWAY LOCATED ADJACENT TO 1 10, 1 14, 1 13, 2 0 5, AND 1 0 3 JOSEPHINE LANE.
THE MAP HERE SHOWS THE PROPERTIES IN QUESTION.
THESE ARE THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THE ABANDONMENT.
AND THESE PROPERTIES HERE ARE OWNED BY, UH, THE SAME OWNER.
THE REASON WE HAD THIS PULLED, 'CAUSE IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING AND WE DIDN'T CATCH THAT AT FIRST, SO THAT'S WHY WE HAD IT PULLED.
EVEN IF YOU HAVE NOT REGISTERED TO SPEAK ON THIS, YOU CAN COME FORWARD AND DO SO.
SEEING NONE, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MAYOR, I MOVE TO, UH, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 32.
[Items 39 & 40]
GOOD EVENING.ITEMS NUMBER 39 AND 40 ARE, UH, COMPANION ORDINANCES.
ONE IS AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR, UH, THE RATES, THE GARBAGE RATES FOR THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE FOR 2024 AT THE REQUEST OF REPUBLIC
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SERVICES.AND NUMBER 40 IS, UM, AMENDING THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT TO DO THE SAME, TO BRING THEM A 7.5% INCREASE ACROSS THE BOARD.
WE NEED TO VOTE ON THESE SEPARATELY.
THESE ARE BOTH PUBLIC HEARINGS.
I DO NOT HAVE A SPEAKER, BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T REGISTERED TO SPEAK AND YOU WANT TO DO SO, YOU CAN COME FORWARD NOW.
SEEING NONE, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ITEM 39.
AGAIN, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
YOU CAN COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON THIS ITEM EVEN IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP.
SEEING NONE, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 40.
[41. First reading of an ordinance granting an electric power franchise to United Electric Cooperative Services, Inc. (Reviewed by the City Council Development Committee on 09/17/2024)]
HI NOREEN.UM, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL.
UH, THIS IS THE FIRST READ-IN OF AN ORDINANCE GRANTON, AN ELECTRIC COMPANY FRANCHISE TO UNITED ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE SERVICES.
THIS AGREEMENT WOULD AUTHORIZE UNITED ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE SERVICES INC.
TO USE PUBLIC PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE CITY LIMITS.
THE AGREEMENT IS VIEWED AS MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL BETWEEN BOTH PARTIES.
THE AGREEMENT WOULD PROVIDE PROPER COMPENSATION TO THE CITY UNDER THE EXECUTED FRANCHISE AGREEMENT.
WE HAVE A SPEAKER, HAROLD, WHO IS UNITED ATIVE COOPERATIVE SERVICES.
UM, THEY'RE ALSO KNOWN AS UCS.
THEY'RE A FRANCHISE THAT SERVES DOWN SOUTH.
UH, THEY DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE IF, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANY QUESTION TOWARD THEM.
UNDER, ARE YOU THE POWER TO CHOOSE NRGD REGULATION? WELL, WE ARE NOT.
WE'RE, WE'RE A DISTRIBUTION ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, SO WE SERVE ALL OUR PARTS OF 14 COUNTIES.
UM, THIS AREA IN GRAND PERE, THERE'S A VERY SMALL SLIVER AT THE INTERSECTION OF 2 87 AND, AND 360 RIGHT HERE.
THAT IS THE, THE PUC CERTIFIED US BACK IN 1974 ISH.
SO IT'S, IT'S DUAL CERTIFIED BETWEEN UCS AND HILLCO ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE.
AND SO THE AREA IN RED IS GONNA BE ENCORE.
AND SO WE ARE, UH, AS A DISTRIBUTION ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, WE DID NOT OPT INTO THE DEREG DEREGULATED MARKET.
SO ANY BUSINESSES OR RESIDENTIAL AREAS THERE WILL NOT BE UNDER THE POWER TO CHOOSE.
SO, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, BILL RATLIFF WOULD BE VERY PROUD OF THIS.
THESE ARE YOUR AREA IS EXEMPT, WHEREAS THOSE OF US UNDER ENCORE, WE'RE PAYING, ARE YOUR FEES LOWER THAN ENCORE OR THE, THE AVERAGE REP RIGHT NOW WE ARE EVEN, EVEN WITH AT THIS TIME.
SO IF THERE'S ANY, I BELIEVE THAT'S WHERE OUR NEW FIRE STATION IS GONNA BE LOCATED.
SO WHAT ARE YOUR RESPONSE TIMES OF ELECTRICAL OUTAGES IF WE, SO WE HAVE A VERY GOOD REPUTATION.
UM, WE HAVE A 92 A CSI SCORE, THAT'S AMERICAN CUSTOMER SATISFACTION INDEX.
AND THAT IS ALSO RELATED TO RESPONSE TIME.
UH, WE JUST BUILT A MANSFIELD OFFICE, SO I'M GONNA GUESS IT'S AROUND 10 MINUTES DOWN THE ROAD.
IT'S RIGHT NEAR KLEIN BOULEVARD, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT.
SO IF THAT MANSFIELD OFFICE, WILL THAT BE WHERE YOU'LL HAVE YOUR EQUIPMENT, WHERE THE WE HAVE LINE, IT'S A FULL YARD.
WE HAVE AN OPERATION FOREMAN IN BUCKET TRUCKS, TRANSFORMERS.
SO THE RESPONSE TIME, UH, AND THAT WAS BECAUSE OF ALL THE GROWTH WE SERVE.
UM, SOUTH POINT, THE HENLEY, UM, THIS, THIS ENTIRE AREA THAT YOU SEE IN, IN WHITE UHHUH IS SERVED BY UNITED CURRENTLY, WE HAVE GROWN TREMENDOUSLY IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF OUR SERVICE TERRITORY.
AND SO WE HAVE GEARED UP TO, TO RESPOND TO THOSE OUTAGES.
SO ARE THESE AREAS AS A, A CO-OP WHERE THEY'RE JUST, THEY DON'T PARTICIPATE IN ENERGY REGULATION? YOUR HOST SERVICE AREA? THE, THE CO-OPS WERE GIVEN A CHOICE AND THERE WAS ONE CO-OP IN THE ENTIRE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS THAT OPTED IN AND THEIR RATES ACTUALLY WENT HIGHER.
BECAUSE OF THAT, THERE'S EXTRA EXPENSES.
AND SO WE'RE A NOT-FOR-PROFIT COOPERATIVE.
SO WE COVER OUR EXPENSES, UM, AND EVERYTHING ELSE GOES BACK TO OUR MEMBERS THROUGH, THROUGH CAPITAL CREDITS.
YOU HAVE A AND SO YOU HAVE A BETTER RECORD THAN CENTER POINT IN HOUSTON
YOU'RE NOT GONNA GIVE US A CENTER POINT TOP SERVICE, SO THAT IS CORRECT TO ME, THIS IS A TREMENDOUS MARKETING AREA DOWN THERE FOR
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A, I'M SORRY.
THE FOLKS AT ENCORE HAVE KIND OF GOT TOGETHER AFTER FEBRUARY OF 21, YOUR CONTINGENCY PLANTS FOR BAD WEATHER, FOR SEVERE WEATHER.
YOUR, WE WORK CLOSELY WITH ALL CITIES, UM, EMERGENCY DIRECTORS.
WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN.
WE JUST WENT OVER IT AGAIN LAST WEEK.
AND SO I WILL SAY DURING WINTER STORM URI, WE HAD A, HAD A GAME PLAN AND WE WERE COMMENDED, UM, BY OUR STATE LEGISLATORS, UM, IN AUSTIN THAT OUR CEO WAS CALLED TO TESTIFY.
AND WE WERE, WE WERE GIVEN KUDOS ON HOW WE HANDLED IT DIFFERENT THAN SOME.
SO THE FUTURE GROWTH DOWN THERE OF DIFFERENT, UH, AND YOU COULD PLEASE, MAYOR, GIVE US ELABORATION ON THIS, THE TYPE OF APARTMENT COMPLEXES, OTHER RETAIL DEVELOPMENT.
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? THERE ARE QUITE A BIT OF BUILDINGS TO GO IN.
YES, THERE ARE, THERE, THERE'S A HUGE AMOUNT DEVELOPMENTS GOING IN RIGHT NOW.
THIS CURRENTLY IS LIKE WHERE THE OLD DAVIS ROAD.
DAVIS ROAD WHERE THE FIRE STATION IS, LIKE YOU SAID.
UM, YOU HAVE A LITTLE PORTION OF WHAT THAT LAKE SONG WILL BE.
UH, THERE'S GREENWAY TRAILS, EVERYTHING UP THROUGH HERE.
AND THIS IS THE TOP PORTION? UM, YES.
THIS TOP PORTION WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF PROVIDENCE AND SOME OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE COMING IN HERE THAT ALL DEVELOP YEAH.
IT'LL BE A BIG DEVELOPMENT DOWN THERE.
IS ALL THIS IN ELLIS COUNTY? UM, IT'S ELLIS AND JOHNSON.
SO ELLIS AND JOHNSON COUNTY THING NORTH 2 87.
TRYING TO FIND THE COUNTY LINE.
MIGHT HAVE, I DON'T HAVE THE COUNTY LINE UP THERE.
IT'S JUST, IT'S ELLIS AND JOHNSON COUNTY.
YEAH, IT'S KIND OF STRAIGHT DOWN.
IT IS AN OPTION TO ENCORE AND ENTER DE REGULATION.
WE'RE, WE'RE PROUD TO BE HERE FOR BRINGING THANK YOU.
WHAT I NEED IS A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FIRST READING AND SET IT FOR FINAL VOTE AT OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
THIS IS COMPARABLE TO THE SAME FRANCHISE AGREEMENT THAT ENCORE WOULD'VE IN THE REST OF THE CITY.
AND IF THERE'S, GOOD QUESTION.
EVERYBODY ALL, ALL ARE ABOUT THE SAME, RIGHT? YES, THEY'RE ALL COMPARABLE, BUT THEY HAVE DIFFERENT NEGOTIATED RATES.
AND SECOND, YOU GOT WHAT THE MOTION WAS.
PUT IT ON THE APPROVE THE FIRST READING AND MOVE IT.
MAYOR PRO TIM CLEMSON SECONDED IT IN THE CLOSE OF PUBLIC HEARING.
[42. Contract with Skyline Art Services, Inc. for the Charley Taylor recognition display including design refinement, artist & vendor coordination, production and installation at the Charley Taylor Recreation Center in the amount of $78,584.74 plus a 20% contingency in the amount of $15,716.95 for a total project cost of $94,301.69 (Reviewed by the Finance & Government Committee on 10/08/2024)]
ITEM 42.IS THAT MIC? CAN YOU PULL THAT MIC DOWN A BIT? SORRY.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL, RAY SERTA PARKS ARTS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.
UH, THIS ITEM IS ABOUT THE, UH, CONTRACT WITH SKYLINE ART SERVICES AND THIS IS FOR THE CHARLIE TAYLOR RECREATION DISPLAY, INCLUDING, UH, REDEFINE AND, UH, ARTIST VENDORING COORDINATION, PRODUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF THE CHARLIE TAYLOR RECREATION CENTER IN THE AMOUNT OF $78,584.
BASICALLY, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, DOING A, UH, A BUST OF CHARLIE TAYLOR PUTTING UP, UPDATING SOME OF OUR MEMO BARRIER OF CHARLIE TAYLOR REC CENTER.
WE HAVE A TWO OR THREE, UH, PAGE, UH, POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.
WE JUST KIND OF WANTED TO SHOW YOU SURE.
WE HAVE STEVE PLUMER HERE WHO'S GONNA DO THE PRESENTATION.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNSEL AND MAYOR.
I'M PARK PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
AND A COUPLE PICTURES WE'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU IS, THIS IS THE EXISTING CONDITIONS INSIDE THE LOBBY OF CHARLIE TAYLOR.
WE DO HAVE SOME MEMORABILIA CURRENTLY ON DISPLAY, UM, IN A SPACE FOR, UH, A TV.
THIS IS ONE OF THE CONCEPTS THAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT THROUGH SKYLINE ART.
UM, IT SHOWS THE BUST ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE AS YOU COME IN, BUT IT WILL BE A COMBINATION OF MR. TAYLOR'S GROWING UP IN GRAND PRAIRIE, HIS FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE THROUGH, YOU KNOW, HIGH SCHOOL.
HIS, HIS, HIS, UM, TIME AT ARIZONA STATE AND THEN HIS TIME IN THE NFL.
SO WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH THE CONCEPT.
WHERE DID, WHERE DID HE PLAY? COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON WANTED ME TO ASK THE QUESTION, WHERE DID HE PLAY? I BELIEVE IT WAS ARIZONA STATE.
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NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.SO HERE'S ANOTHER ONE WITH THAT SHOWS A, THE TV ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, WHICH WE WILL HAVE A LOOP, UM, CONTINUING PLANE AND THEN CONTROLLED BY THE, THE STAFF AT CHARLIE TAYLOR.
AND THEN SOME OF THE PICTURES THAT WE'LL HAVE AND SOME OF THE MEMORABILIA THAT WE DO HAVE CURRENTLY.
WE'VE ALSO SPOKEN WITH THE FAMILY.
UM, THEY HAVE DONATED AND PROVIDED US WITH A LOT OF IMAGES OF HIM GROWING UP AND, AND THINGS THAT WE DID NOT HAVE.
WE'VE ALSO, UM, CONTRACTED WITH WARREN LANDRUM.
UM, HE'S AN AUTHOR IN TOWN AND HE IS WRITING THE SCRIPT FOR US THAT WILL APPEAR ON THE DISPLAY.
AND THAT'S ALL ON CHARLIE TAYLOR.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTION? MAYOR PRO TIM CLEMSON? YES.
UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW, THOSE WERE GREAT PHOTOS.
WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO LET THE GRAND PRIX HISTORICAL ORGANIZATION DIGITIZE THOSE AS WELL BEFORE THEY'RE IN THERE BEHIND GLASS FOREVER? ABSOLUTELY.
UH, THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A, A GRAND PRAIRIE MAN THAT EXCELLED AT HIS PROFESSION.
AND, UH, I KNOW WHEN THE, UH, WHEN THE EXPANSION OF CHARLIE TAYLOR WAS, WHAT, FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN THE EXPANSION OPENED, THE, SOME OF THE FAMILY WAS THERE MM-HMM
AND IT WAS PRETTY HEARTWARMING.
IT WAS REALLY NICE TO, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW CHARLIE TAYLOR'S FROM GRAND PRAIRIE, UH, THOUGHT WE JUST MIGHT HAVE PICKED HIM OUT OF THE BLUE AND NAMED THAT AFTER HIM, AND WE DIDN'T.
IT'S BECAUSE HE IS A GRAND PRAIRIE CITIZEN, THAT RESIDENT CITIZEN THAT, UH, DID GOOD.
AND, UH, I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS.
AND THE MORE WE CAN GET TO HONOR HIM IN HIS BUILDING, THE BETTER AND LEAVE MORE SPACE FOR MORE STUFF, BECAUSE I THINK THE FAMILY'S GONNA HAVE A LOT MORE TO GIVE US ONE DAY.
I'D MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF THIS.
WE'VE GOT A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND HANG ON, WE'VE GOT A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND A SECOND, BUT WE WILL WITHHOLD THE VOTE ON IT TILL, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS TO STAFF.
AND THEN I'LL HAVE HAROLD, HE FILLED OUT A CARD.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GIVE THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY ON THIS.
CHARLIE TAYLOR WAS NOT ALLOWED TO PLAY IN THE GOPHER BOWL BECAUSE HE WAS BLACKS.
BLACKS COULD NOT STEP FOOT IN THE GOPHER BOWL DURING CHARLIE TAYLOR'S DAYS, 62, 63.
AT THAT TIME, THE GOPHER BOWL WAS ONLY LIKE FIVE YEARS OLD.
ONE OF THE MOST UNIQUE FOOTBALL HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL STADIUMS IN THE UNITED STATES.
SO I WOULD ASK THAT WE BRING, RANDY GALLOWAY DID QUITE A BIT OF WORK ON DALWORTH AND MY COACHES THAT I WAS FORTUNATE TO HAVE.
RANDOLPH REED, REGGIE BROWN, ADOLPH JACKSON, THEY COACHED CHARLIE TAYLOR, UM, RANDOLPH REED AND ADOLPH JACKSON COACHED US AT LEE REGGIE BROWN AT GRAND PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL.
THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS, WE MUST PUT THIS IN HISTORY, THAT THE DALWORTH DRAGONS IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS COULD NOT STEP FOOT IN THAT GOPHER BOWL UNTIL LYNDON JOHNSON GAVE US THE INTEGRATION.
AND EVEN THEN WHEN DALWORTH WAS, UH, INTEGRATION IN 68.
BUT THAT'S PART OF THE UGLY SIDE OF THE STORY.
BUT IT, BUT IT MUST BE TOLD BECAUSE CHARLIE TAYLOR, RANDOLPH REED HELPED HIM GO TO SCHOOL AT ARIZONA STATE.
'CAUSE HE COULDN'T WHAT PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M IN TEXAS.
UNFORTUNATELY, BARRY SWITZER WASN'T COACH AT OKLAHOMA.
HAD BARRY SWITZER BEEN COACH AT OKLAHOMA, CHARLIE TAYLOR WOULD'VE BEEN A BOOMER SOONER.
SO PLEASE INCORPORATE THAT INTO THIS PART OF HISTORY AND, AND BRING IN RANDY GALLOWAY AND OTHERS TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF THESE FOLKS THAT, THAT WAS JUST A BAD SIDE OF HISTORY.
BUT CHARLIE TAYLOR EXCELLED AND SONNY JERGENSON THEME THE LONG TOUCHDOWN PASSES.
RANDY GALLOWAY WANTS TO BE PART OF THIS WHEN WE UNVEIL IT.
UH, HAROLD? HAROLD, DO YOU HEAR ME? RANDY WANTS TO BE PART OF THIS WHEN WE UNVEIL IT.
[43. Contract with Skyline Art Services, Inc. for the PlayGrand Adventures Sensory Art Wall (including design refinement, artist & vendor coordination, production and installation) at the PlayGrand Adventures All-Inclusive Playground in the amount of $210,413.60 plus a 20% contingency in the amount of $42,082.72 for a total project cost of $252,496.32 (Reviewed by the Finance & Government Committee on 10/08/2024)]
ITEM 43.THIS ITEM MS. UH, ALSO A CONTRACT WITH SKYLINE ART SERVICES.
THIS IS FOR THE PLAYGROUND ADVENTURE SENSORY ART WALL, UH, INCLUDING THE DESIGN REFINEMENT, UH, ARTISTS AND VENDOR COORDINATION, PRODUCTION
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AND INSTALLATION AT THE PLAYGROUND ADVENTURE.THIS IS THE ALL INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $210,000.
UM, ALSO WE'RE, UH, PARTNERING WITH THE LIONS CLUB.
UH, THEIR, THEIR NATIONAL ORGANIZATION HAS, UH, APPLIED FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS GRANT.
SO WE'RE WAITING TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT.
AND ALSO, THE LOCAL LIONS CLUB IS, UM, UH, DONATING $25,000 FOR THIS PROJECT.
SO, UH, STEVE PLUMER HAS A, UH, POWERPOINT THAT HE'S GONNA SHOW US HERE.
UM, ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO WE OPENED THE SECOND PHASE, WHICH WAS TRANQUIL ADVENTURES.
AND WITHIN THAT AREA WE DID ALLOCATE SPACE FOR A FUTURE SENSORY ART WALL.
AND THIS IS THE ACTUAL PHOTO OF THAT WALL.
IT MEASURES 20 FEET WIDE BY FIVE FEET TALL.
SO THAT'S SHOWS YOU THE SCALE OF THE WALL.
SO WE DID GO THROUGH SOME PRELIMINARY DESIGNS WITH SKYLINE ART.
WE DID HAVE SOME COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND FOCUS MEETINGS WHERE WE BROUGHT IN PARENTS AND PROFESSIONALS, AND WE ALL COLLABORATED AND, AND CAME UP WITH IDEAS.
AND THEY CAME BACK WITH THIS DESIGN.
AND THE BOTTOM LAYER, LAYER ONE IS GONNA BE A, A MIX OF MOSAICS.
LAYER TWO WILL BE MOSAIC, BUT A LITTLE BIT STEPPED OUT OR STEPPED OFF OF THE, THE BACK WALL.
AND THEN THE, THE, THE FOREGROUND IS GONNA BE INTERACTIVE PIECES, YOU KNOW, UM, MAZES WHEELS, UM, AND THE BUTTER AND THE BUTTERFLY WINGS WILL MOVE.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE LION, WHICH IS THE, UM, THE MASCOT OF THE LIONS CLUB.
SO THIS IS THE IMAGE, THE CONCEPT IMAGE, VERY NICE THAT WE WILL BE WORKING OFF OF.
SO THE ARTIST WILL COME AND ACTUALLY WORK FOR A PERIOD PERIOD OF TIME TO PUT THE MOSAICS AND ALL THE INTERACTIVE PIECES ACTUALLY ON THE WALL, ON SITE.
AND THIS IS AN IMAGE OF IT ACTUALLY AS IT WOULD BE DISPLAYED.
ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING? THEN WE HAVE A SPEAKER, MAYOR, COUNSEL.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT WE HAVE HAD PUBLIC INPUT MEETING.
UH, WE ALSO MET WITH SPECIAL NEEDS POPULATION.
THE ONE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS, UH, ART WALL IS THAT THEY WANTED TO SEE SOMEWHERE THEY COULD TOUCH.
PHIL HAVE SENSORY AND WE'VE DONE ALL THIS IN, IN THIS ART.
SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.
AND I LOVE THE LIONS CLUB, WHAT THEY DO FOR THAT COMMUNITY.
HEY RAY, UH, PLEASE, LET'S USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE SALLY MOORE AND HER FAMILY AND BARBARA AND BJ NICHOLS FOR THEIR FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS PARK.
THAT WHEN LOCAL GRAND PRIX RESIDENTS, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THEY GAVE, BUT THEY GAVE MONEY TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE, TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
AND THIS IS SUCH AN UNBELIEVABLE ASSET THAT WOULD ASK THAT YOU PROMOTE THIS IN OUR TEXAS MONTHLY ADVERTISING THAT WE HAVE A PART THAT'S A DA COMPLIANT.
MY OLDEST SON DEVELOPED JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, THE DEFORMITIES IN HIS JOINTS.
I HAD TO PUSH HIM IN THE WHEELCHAIR.
HAD I HAD THIS FOR MY SON, MY SON WOULD'VE HAD A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE.
AS A GERONTOLOGIST, I'M SO EXCITED BECAUSE LIKE RAY SHARED WITH ME, THE, WE HAVE THOSE WHO'VE LOST LIMBS IN THE MILITARY TO SIT THERE WITH THEIR FAMILY TO, TO GET AS A GERONTOLOGIST TO SEE THE GRANDPARENTS WHO MAY BE IN, IN A WHEELCHAIR.
THEY CAN COME OUT IN WORK WITH THE GRANDCHILDREN HERE.
SO THIS IS JUST A TREMENDOUS BENEFIT, UH, THAT MARKETING COMPONENT THAT YOU HAVE.
THIS, THE KIDS WHO DON'T HAVE ANY DISABILITIES, THEY'RE OVER AT EPIC WATERS SWIMMING.
BUT THOSE KIDS WHO DO HAVE THOSE TYPES OF NEEDS, THEY AND THEIR FAMILY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO UTILIZE THIS.
SO LIKE BRAND INTERNATIONAL, WHEN YOU GOT IT FLAWED AND FLAW IT IN TEXAS MONTHLY MAILER.
I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION QUESTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER HEADON HAS A QUESTION.
WELL, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, I WAS A PART OF THE GROUP THAT, UH, REVIEWED THE DIFFERENT LAYOUTS.
THE ONE THING YOU CAN'T SEE HERE THAT WE GOT A REALLY THOROUGH EXPLANATION ON IS JUST HOW ALL OF THE PIECES MOVE.
UM, IT LOOKS, YOU CAN TELL IT'S LAYERED, BUT ALMOST EVERYTHING EITHER ROTATES OR MOVES UP AND DOWN OR MAKES A SOUND.
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REALLY WELL DONE.IT'S APPROPRIATE TO REMIND EVERYBODY.
UH, THIS IS A HIDDEN GEM SOMETIMES.
UH, THIS WAS PART OF THE FIRST QUARTER CENT SALES TAX TO DEVELOP EPIC CENTRAL WE VOTED ON.
AND IT INCLUDED THE EPIC, EPIC WATERS AND PLAYGROUND VENTURES ALL IN THAT SAME FUNDING.
THIS IS FREE, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND, UH, IT'S MADE A DIFFERENCE IN A LOT OF LIVES.
AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
JACQUELINE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HEDEN, UH, THAT CAN, LET'S GO AHEAD AND, UM, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER? SURE.
UM, I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 43 FOR THE PLAYGROUND ADVENTURES SENSORY ART WALL.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.
[44. SNC-24-09-0001 – Street Name Change – Southgate Bend Blvd (City Council District 6). An Ordinance of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas, renaming a portion of Davis Rd and future extension of Davis Rd to Southgate Bend Blvd.]
THAT TAKES US TO ITEM 44.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
ITEM 44 IS A STREET NAME CHANGE REQUEST.
UH, THE PROPOSAL IS TO RENAME DAVIS ROAD TO SOUTHGATE BEND BOULEVARD.
ON THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE A MAP OF THE, UH, LOCATION.
UH, ONLY A PORTION OF THE ROAD HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED.
UM, THE REALIGNMENT HAS CREATED A CRITICAL DUPLICATION, WHICH REQUIRES A STREET NAME CHANGE.
UM, FOR THIS PORTION, UH, WHICH HAS BEEN SINCE KNOWN AS THE NEW DAVIS ROAD.
UM, WE'RE PROPOSING THE NAME OF SOUTHGATE BEND BOULEVARD.
UM, SO THIS SEGMENT IN YELLOW RIGHT HERE HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED.
UM, THE ROAD WILL EVENTUALLY EXTEND TO LAKEVIEW, UH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
A PORTION OF THAT RIGHT OF WAY HAS BEEN DEDICATED AS PART OF THE HERITAGE TOWN SUBDIVISION, UH, IN 2021.
UH, SO AGAIN, THIS REQUEST IS JUST TO CHANGE THE NAME FROM DAVIS ROAD TO SOUTH CAPEMAN BOULEVARD.
AS PART OF THE PROCESS, WE DID HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING FOR THOSE WHOSE ADDRESS WOULD BE IMPACTED BY THIS CHANGE.
UH, THE MEETING WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO COME HEAR ABOUT THE PROCESS, UH, WHAT IT ENTAILS FOR THEM AND WHAT STAFF DOES ONCE THE NAME HAS BEEN, UH, CHANGED.
UH, SO AFTER THIS HAS BEEN APPROVED BY COUNCIL, STAFF WILL NOTIFY EXTERNAL AGENCIES SUCH AS THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, TARRANT COUNTY 9 1 1 ENCORE ATMOS.
AND THE POST OFFICE WILL ALSO NOTIFY THOSE WITH THE IMPACTED ADDRESSES THAT THEY WILL HAVE THEIR ADDRESS CHANGED.
THAT CHANGE DATE IS EFFECTIVE ON NOVEMBER 1ST.
AND ON NOVEMBER 1ST WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH A SECOND NOTIFICATION TO THOSE EXTERNAL AGENCIES.
I DID WANNA NOTE THAT WE RECEIVED SOME OPPOSITION, WHICH WAS INCLUDED IN THE PACKET.
UM, THAT OPPOSITION WAS FOR THE ROAD ITSELF, WHICH IS NOT, UH, BEING CONSIDERED TONIGHT.
IT'S JUST THE STREET NAME CHANGE.
UM, SO THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
THEY DO NOT WANT A ROAD CONSTRUCTED BEHIND THEIR HOUSE.
I'D RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.
UM, I DO BELIEVE THAT THE NAME CHANGE IS SIGNIFICANT.
THAT IT, YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER TO CHANGE IT FROM SOUTH BEND BOULEVARD TO KURT G JOHNSON BOULEVARD AT THIS TIME.
GO AHEAD AND PUT THAT IN THE MOTION.
SEE, LET'S SEE IF IT GETS A SECOND.
ITEM 44 IS PRESENTED BY STAFF SECOND, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
HEADING A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF COUNCIL MEMBER DEL BOSKY.
[45. STP-24-07-0029 – Site Plan – The Foundry Apartments Phase 2 (City Council District 2). Site Plan for a multi-family development with 334 units on 11.01 acres. Lot 6, Block 1, Slink Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-397, within the SH-161 & IH-20 Corridor Overlay Districts, with an approximate address of 3511 S Hwy 161 (On September 23, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 7-0)]
MOTION CARRIES ITEM 45.THIS NEXT ITEM IS A SITE PLAN FOR THE FOUNDRY APARTMENTS.
YOU CAN SEE THE OUTLINE OF LOCATION IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.
AND THE SITE PLAN IS FOR MULTIFAMILY APARTMENTS.
IT'S LOCATED IN THE 1 61 CORRIDOR OVERLAY DISTRICT.
ITS ZONE PD 3 97, WHICH DOES ALLOW, UH, MULTIFAMILY APARTMENTS TO BE INSPECTED.
SO THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO BUILD THE APARTMENTS THERE.
UH, THE, UH, AREA TO THE SOUTH IS EXISTING APARTMENTS IN THIS ENTIRE AREA.
UH, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO BUILD APARTMENTS.
UM, SO THIS REQUEST IS FOR THAT SITE PLAN.
IT'S PROPOSING A TOTAL OF 334 UNITS.
IT DOES MEET OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS, AS WELL AS OUR PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
UH, THE FORMAT OF THE BUILDINGS WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE PHASE TO THE SOUTH.
UH, THEY HAVE SUBMITTED A PROPOSED AMENITY PLAN, UH, WHICH IS INCLUDED WITH IN KIND OF EACH BUILDING CLUSTER.
THERE'S A POOL COURTYARD, A GAMING COURTYARD, RELAXATION COURTYARD, GAMING COURTYARD, AND A DOG PARK.
UH, THEY'RE ALSO PROPO PROPOSING
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SOME ENHANCED SCREENING, UH, THAT'LL BLOCK THE, UH, THE CARPORTS IN THE PARKING FROM THAT INTERNAL DRIVE.THE PROPOSAL DOES MEET MOST OF OUR LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF VARIANCES, WHICH I'LL COVER IN A MOMENT.
UH, THEY'VE SUBMITTED THE PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS, WHICH INCLUDE MASONRY CONTENT.
THEY'VE GOT STUCCO, FIBER, CEMENT, AND BRICK.
UH, THEY'RE USING DIFFERENT ARTICULATION AND, UH, MATERIALS TO BREAK UP THE DESIGN.
THESE ARE THEIR PROPOSED RENDERINGS, WHICH IS FROM THE CENTRAL DRIVE.
THEY'RE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE APPENDIX W AMENITIES, WHICH THEY ARE DOING.
SO, UH, THE, UH, COUPLE OF VARIANCES IS TO THE PERIMETER FENCE AND GATED ENTRY.
UH, APPENDIX W DOES REQUIRE THAT MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS PROVIDE A PERIMETER FENCE.
UH, THE PROPOSAL DOES NOT INCLUDE THE SECURITY GATES THE COMPLEX.
THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FIRST PHASE.
AGAIN, THIS AREA WAS ENVISIONED TO BE A WALKABLE AREA WHERE THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE TOWN HOMES OR THE APARTMENTS CAN WALK OVER TO THE FUTURE COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE 1 61 FRONTAGE ROAD.
UH, THE SECOND IS TO THE SCREENING FENCE.
ADJACENT TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
AGAIN, THERE'S, UH, TOWN HOMES UNDER CONSTRUCTION TO THE WEST OF THIS.
UH, IN BETWEEN THE MULTI-FAMILY PHASE AND THE TOWN HOMES, THERE'S A, UH, A TRAIL THAT'S AN AMENITY.
UH, STAFF DOESN'T OBJECT TO EITHER OF THESE VARIANCES.
AGAIN, THE VISION WAS FOR A WALKABLE AREA AND A TRAIL THAT IS AN AMENITY TO ALL THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THAT, UH, DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN THE SCREENING FENCE ADJACENT TO NON-RESIDENTIAL.
AGAIN, WALKABLE VISION FOR THIS AREA.
UM, SO ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO.
AND THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS WELL.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
DOES ANY, DO ANY OF THE COUNCIL HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STEPHANIE AT THIS TIME? YOU CAN ALWAYS COME BACK LATER.
I EVEN SAW YOU MET YOUR PARENTS THE OTHER DAY AT LUNCH AND
I'M CLINT NOLAN CALERA, CAPITAL PARTNERS 1845.
WOODALL ROGERS FREEWAY, SUITE 1160, DALLAS, TEXAS 7 5 2 0 1.
UH, WORKED WITH A LOT OF LOT OF FACES HERE.
UH, GOING BACK TO, I BELIEVE IT WAS JULY, 2018 WHEN WE STARTED WORKING ON THE PD, UH, UH, FINALLY APPROVED IT IN OCTOBER OF 2019.
YOU WERE WORKING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SWER AT THAT TIME? YES, SIR.
I BELIEVE IT TOOK, TOOK US 15 MONTHS TO GET THROUGH THE PD AND UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS ACTUALLY APPROVED, UH, 2019, UH, ON THIS DAY.
SO WE'VE BEEN, UH, SLUGGING IT OUT THROUGH COVID AND, UH, LAST COUPLE YEARS OF, UH, VERY, UH, TRYING COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
BUT, UH, VERY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE DID IN PHASE ONE.
AND, UH, EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE TOWN HOMES TO THE WEST OF US.
AND, UH, FINALLY GETTING, GETTING SOME, SOME OF THE RETAIL UNDERWAY.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, AND, UH, JUST WANTED TO SAY HELLO AND LET YOU KNOW WE'RE HERE.
WE'RE GONNA LET COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL EXCUSE HIMSELF.
HE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT IT WAS YOU UNTIL YOU SHOWED UP.
SO I'LL GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO LEAVE THE DI HE'LL FILL OUT THE PROPER PAPERWORK IN A LITTLE BIT.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, IT'S NOT SO MUCH OF A QUESTION, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT ON THE LAYOUT OF THE FOUR BUILDINGS.
IS YOU GOT THREE WITH BACK WITH SEAS, THE ONE WITH THE SEA.
IS THERE ANY PARTICULAR REASON WHY YOU LAID IT OUT THAT WAY INSTEAD OF HAVING THEM FACING EACH OTHER, BEING MORE LIKE A FAMILY TOGETHERNESS? THE REASON WE LAY THE BUILDING, THE, SORT OF THE HORSESHOES OUT THAT WAY IS WE'RE TRYING TO MAXIMIZE VIEWS THE, THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT HAVE VIEWS TO A COURTYARD.
SO OBVIOUSLY, UH, IN A HORSESHOE, THE INTERIOR UNITS THAT ARE IN THAT BUILDING SEE THE COURTYARD.
AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, A BACKWARDS HORSESHOE FACING THAT COURTYARD, WE DID THE SAME ON PHASE ONE.
THOSE UNITS GET TO SEE ACROSS TO THAT COURTYARD.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE INTERIOR UNITS WE'RE ABLE TO SEE THE INTERIOR COURTYARD.
SO IT'S REALLY ABOUT MAXIMIZING VIEWS TO COURT COURTYARDS, AMENITY SPACES, COUNCIL MEMBER HEAD.
YOU MENTIONED SOME RETAIL, UH, ON THE PLANT, ON THE DEVELOPMENT.
WHAT, WHAT IS THAT RETAIL AND IS IT, ARE YOU REFERRING TO SOMETHING THAT IS, HAS ALREADY THERE OR THERE'S SOMETHING NEW COMING? NO, WE, WE ACTUALLY, SO WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH SEVERAL
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ITERATIONS AND CONTRACTS AND CONVERSATIONS WITH, WITH RETAIL PROVIDERS.WE'VE TURNED DOWN A LOT OF RETAIL, UH, THAT WANTED TO GO ON THE LAND.
WE GO UNDER CONTRACT OR WE ACTUALLY GO, WE CLOSE TOMORROW WITH A RETAIL, RETAIL DEVELOPER THAT'S TAKING DOWN ALL OF THE REMAINING RETAIL PADS BETWEEN THE CEREMONIAL DRIVE AND, UH, FORUM.
AND THEY ARE TAKE, I, I KNOW WE'VE GOT BLACK BEAR RESTAURANT AS WELL AS SOME OTHER RESTAURANTS THAT ARE ALREADY IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THAT RETAIL DEVELOPER TO GO IN THOSE END CAP SPACES.
AND THEN HE'S GONNA FILL OUT THE REST.
IS THAT ALSO QDOBA GOING IN THERE SOMEWHERE? UM, JORDAN, IS THAT WHERE QDOBA WAS GOING? YES.
I DON'T, I I KNOW, I KNOW WE WERE TALKING THAT AT ONE POINT THEY MIGHT STILL BE IN THE MIX.
MAYBE NOT THOUGH, BUT BLACK BEAR'S COMING.
UM, WE HAVE SOME OTHER SPEAKERS.
AND THEN WE, IS THAT IT? NO, THAT'S IT BEFORE.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR JORDAN? THANK YOU.
SO, UH, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I CONTACTED RASHAD ABOUT ON THIS, UM, JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND HOW MANY UNITS WERE ALLOWED BY, RIGHT? UH, AND THAT NUMBER, AND IT WAS ON THE CHART THAT SAVANNAH SHOWED WAS 440 AND THEY ARE COMING IN, I BELIEVE AT 330.
UM, SO YOU KNOW, OUR CITIZENS GENERALLY WE'RE NOT EXCITED ABOUT APARTMENTS, BUT WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE WHEN DEVELOPERS DON'T ABSOLUTELY MAX OUT, UH, ALL THE UNITS POSSIBLE.
UM, WE ARE AWARE THAT YOU CAN BUILD BY.
SO WITH THAT, UH, I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 45 STP 24 0 7 0 0 2 9.
SECOND WE HAVE MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEDON.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DOKI.
MOTION CARRIES BY A VOTE OF EIGHT TO NOTHING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL RECUSING HIMSELF.
IF WE CAN GET HIM OUT OF THE ROOM THERE, THAT'S PRETTY QUICK.
[46. STP-24-08-0034 - Site Plan Amendment – Flex-N-Gate Accessory Structure (City Council District 4). Site Plan Amendment for an existing industrial development on 28.38 acres. Lot 1R, Block D, Bardin Road Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas & Tarrant Counties, Texas, zoned Planned Development-372 (PD-372), and addressed as 2150 W Bardin Rd (On September 23, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval with a condition by a vote of 7-0)]
ITEM 46.ITEM 46 IS A SITE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR FLEXING GATE.
UH, TO ADD AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.
UH, THIS PROPOSAL IS TO ADD ABOUT A 7,500 SQUARE FOOT ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
UM, I'LL HAVE A ZOOMED IN IMAGE IN THE MOMENT, UH, TO THE SOUTH OF THE EXISTING BUILDING, WHICH IS ABOUT 430,000 SQUARE FEET WAREHOUSE.
UH, THE PROPOSAL DOES MEET OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
HERE'S A CLOSER IMAGE SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THAT ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IN BLUE.
THEY'RE PROPOSING TO MOVE THE, UH, ITEMS THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING STORED OUTSIDE INTO THIS BUILDING.
UM, THESE ARE THE PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS.
AFTER THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION REVIEWED THIS ITEM, UH, THEY HAVE, UH, ADDED A FIVE FOOT WAINSCOT OF MASONRY, WHICH YOU CAN SEE, UH, ON THE THREE BUILDING ELEVATIONS.
THIS IS THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF WHERE THAT STRUCTURE WILL BE.
UM, THEY DO REQUIRE VARIANCES.
OUR APPENDIX X REQUIRES THAT ACCESSORY STRUCTURES THAT ARE VISIBLE FROM A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE STREET MEET THE STANDARDS OF A PRIMARY FACADE THAT INCLUDES MASON MASONRY MATERIALS AND OTHER ELEMENTS SUCH AS GLAZING AND ARTICULATION.
UH, THE PROPOSAL DOES NOT MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS AND SO THEY'RE REQUESTING THE VARIANCE TO ALLOW THAT METAL STRUCTURE.
UM, WHILE IT DOESN'T MEET APPENDIX X STANDARDS, IT WILL ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO ENCLOSE THE EXISTING OUTSIDE STORAGE AND BRING THAT PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE.
UM, THE PROPOSED FIVE FOOT MASONRY WAINSCOT WILL MATCH THE MATERIALS OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURES ON SITE AND THAT A PROPOSED ACCESSORY STRUCTURE WILL BE ABOUT 180 FEET FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY AND WILL BE PARTIALLY SCREENED BY THE EXISTING LANDSCAPE ON SITE.
ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH THE CONDITION THAT THE PROPOSAL MEET APPENDIX X BUILDING MATERIALS AND DESIGN DESIGN REQUIREMENTS BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO, UH, STAFFS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL WITH THE CONDITION THAT THE THREE FACADES HAVE THAT FIVE FOOT MASONRY WAINS GOT.
SO TO BE CLEAR, P AND Z DIDN'T APPROVE WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO.
THEY HAVE TO GO BACK AND MEET APPENDIX X YES.
IF WE DID THE SAME MOTION YES.
AS YOU RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AS AS P AND Z OR WE, OR WE COULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH NO VARIATIONS, WHICH WOULD DO THE SAME THING.
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IN THE AUDIENCE AND US WHY THIS IS A SITE PLAN, NOT A ZONING CHANGE.IN OTHER WORDS, THEY THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THIS.
AS LONG AS THEY'RE MEETING OUR STANDARDS, WHICH THEY'RE NOT.
SO COUNSEL, UH, I DRIVE BY THIS FOUR TIMES A DAY.
THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO BUILD IT, BUT I DON'T WANT TO GIVE THEM ANY DEVIATIONS.
UH, I DON'T WANNA GIVE 'EM ANY DEVIATIONS.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, IS THAT YOUR DISTRICT? UH, WHO SAYS IT? COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.
I, I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY DO, BUT THAT'S, UH, WHAT ARE YOUR FEELINGS? SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE REMOVE THE VARIANCES.
WHAT DOES THAT DO? I MEAN, DO THEY GO BACK TO P AND Z OR NO, THAT MEANS THAT THE, THE STRUCTURE THAT THEY CONSTRUCT HAVE TO MEET ALL OF APPENDIX X REQUIREMENTS, WHICH IS KIND OF WHAT THEY, THE P AND Z'S MOTION WAS.
SO I AGREE WITH P AND Z, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT, YES.
AND THEN ONLY OTHER QUESTION I HAVE, AND I DO HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER.
ONLY QUESTION FOR STAFF IS LIKE OPERATING HOURS.
I MEAN, WHAT DOES THAT, WHAT WAS DISCUSSED IN THAT SPACE? I MEAN, SO THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT WOULD NOT CHANGE ANY OF THE OPERATION HOURS.
THIS JUST KIND OF GIVES THEM INSIDE STORAGE FURTHER OUTSIDE THE STORAGE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE, BUT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO BUILD THIS BUILDING.
AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN, THAT MAKES SENSE.
SO THERE'S BEEN OUTSIDE STORAGE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME NOW, RIGHT? CORRECT.
AND THAT THEY PREVIOUSLY APPLIED FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR OUTSIDE STORAGE, WHICH IS REQUIRED.
WE DENIED THAT LOCATION, WHICH WAS DENIED.
UH, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF TO BRING THEIR SITE INTO COMPLIANCE.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE OPTIONS WAS TO BUILD AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE TO HOUSE THAT OUTSIDE STORAGE TO BRING IT IN COMPLIANCE.
I KNOW SOMETIMES WE FIND PEOPLE FOR NOT BEING IN COMPLIANCE WITH ANY FINES ISSUED IN THAT PROCESS.
I, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT, BUT CODING ENFORCEMENT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF AS WELL AS THE APPLICANT AND THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER ISSUE WHETHER WE SHOULD HAVE OR SHOULDN'T HAVE.
I, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT.
BUT THEY RIGHT NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO COME IN COMPLIANCE.
THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO BUILD IT.
I JUST DON'T WANT TO GIVE THEM ANY VARIANCES.
AND I THINK CO COMPLIANCE IN THE BANK SAID THERE WAS A COUPLE THAT WAS ISSUED.
IT JUST, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
THANK YOU FOR GETTING THAT ON THE RECORD.
SAVANNAH, THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME OF SAVANNAH AND I, I WILL NOTE THAT THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THE OPERATIONS, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.
BUT THIS DOESN'T CHANGE THEIR HOURS.
UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH THE SPEAKERS.
AND, UH, I'LL TAKE YOU ON THEN YOU CAN STILL COME BACK AFTER THE SPEAKERS IF YOU WANT TO.
UM, YEAH, KEEP IT ON THE SCREEN THERE.
IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, PNZ APPROVE THE WI APPENDIX XDRC STATED IT IS FOR THE MASONARY WALL.
SO THE, TO ME, THEY'RE NOT INCOMP THEY AREN'T, THEY'RE NOT AGREEING WITH EACH OTHER ON WHAT YOU APPROVE.
SO WHAT IS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION? SO AFTER THE, THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING, THEY WENT BACK, IT WAS COMPLETELY 100% METAL BUILDING.
AFTER HEARING P AND D'S RECOMMENDATION, THEY WENT AND ADDED THAT MASONRY.
SO STAFFS UPDATED OUR RECOMMENDATION TO SAY THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO PROVIDE THAT MASONRY WAYNE SCOTT ON THREE OF THOSE SIDES.
NOW, TO, TO, TO, I'M STILL CONFUSED.
DOES APPENDIC X REQUIRE THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE 100% MASONRY? SO SEE THAT'S THE POINT.
I DON'T WANT TO DO WHAT DRC RECOMMENDS.
I WANNA DO WHAT P AND Z RECOMMEND.
SO THAT'S WHY I WANNA GET CLARIFICATION.
THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD CLARIFICATION.
I DON'T WANT DO WHAT DRC RECOMMENDS.
UH, THE LAST QUESTION IS, AND I DON'T THINK COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ DOES EITHER, BUT I CAN'T SPEAK FOR HIM.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HE SAYS IN HIS MOTION.
I MAY DO A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT IF HE DOES.
UM, THE SITE, THE BUILDING SITE FROM THE STREET, WAS IT, YOU SAID IT WAS 180 FEET FROM THE STREET APPROXIMATELY.
SO, AND IT IS GONNA BE, UM, COVERED BY EXISTING TREES AND PLANTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
THERE MAY BE ONE TREE SORRY TO RUN FOR SOME STREET.
THIS IS PROBABLY BARELY OUTSIDE OF MY 300 FOOT ZONE.
UM, 'CAUSE SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, DEPUTY MAYOR, PRO TEM IS ON YOU.
UM, MY QUESTION, I GUESS IT'S FOR CODE.
DO WE KNOW OF THIS, UM, OF FLEXING GATE? THEY'VE PAID THEIR FINES 'CAUSE THEY'VE BEEN FINED TWICE AT LEAST.
AND I KNOW WE, WE DENIED THEM BACK.
IT DOESN'T MEAN WE, IT, I DON'T THINK WE FINED THEM TWICE.
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I THOUGHT SOMEBODY SAID IT WAS A FINE.LET'S, LET'S GET A CLARIFICATION.
I BELIEVE WE'VE ISSUED TWO CITATIONS.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM SINCE THE SUP WAS DENIED FOR THE OUTSIDE STORAGE TO GET THE STORAGE GONE OR GET SOME SORT OF RESOLUTION TO ALL THIS.
AND THIS IS KIND OF WHAT, WHAT IT'S LED TO.
UH, BUT TECHNICALLY AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE IN VIOLATION.
BUT THE CITATION DID THE, I DON'T KNOW IF THE ACTUAL CITATIONS HAVE GONE THROUGH THE MUNICIPAL COURT PROCESS.
I'M NOT SURE IF THE CASES HAVE BEEN DISPOSITIONED OR NOT.
FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THEY HAVE NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT SINCE THE DENIAL.
SO Y'ALL KIND OF DELAYED IT TO TRY TO GET THIS RESOLVED.
AND THE CITATIONS WERE ISSUED AFTER THERE WERE SOME KIND OF AGREED UPON DEADLINES FOR THEM TO DO SOME CERTAIN THINGS AND THAT IF THOSE WERE NOT MET, WHICH IS NOT UNCOMMON 'CAUSE WE JUST WANT COMPLIANCE, RIGHT? YES.
SO THE CITATIONS WERE ISSUED AFTER WE, OUR INITIAL SCHEDULE WASN'T ADHERED TO BECAUSE OF ISSUES WITH THEIR MANAGEMENT AND THEM ASSIGNING ARCHITECT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO WE HAD A BUT Y'ALL CHOSE TO SLOW IT DOWN TO TRY TO GET THIS PROCESS THROUGH.
WE GOT A PLAN TOGETHER AND THEY FOLLOWED SUIT, WHICH IS YOUR PREROGATIVE.
YOU DON'T COME TO US AND ASK FOR DIRECTION ON THAT.
WHETHER WE AGREE WITH WHAT YOU DID OR NOT IS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THAT MAKES SENSE, JUNIOR.
BECAUSE IF THEY DIDN'T MEET THE DEADLINE RIGHT.
AND CITED THEM AND THEY DIDN'T AND THEN THEY DIDN'T PAY THE, THE FINE AND THEN WE SAY, WELL, WE'RE GONNA KEEP WORKING WITH YOU EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE, YOU'RE BREAKING THE RULES ESSENTIALLY.
BUT, WELL, THERE'S A BALANCE THERE BETWEEN, LET'S ALL BE CLEAR HERE.
IF THERE IS A BALANCE THERE, OUR, OUR STAFF TRIES TO REACH A AMICABLE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM, NOT NECESSARILY GET MONEY.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I UNDERSTAND THE GOAL IS COMPLIANCE AND NOT TO ENFORCE CONSEQUENCES, BUT I'M JUST, AND WE WERE, WE WERE THE FAIRNESS ASPECT.
WE WERE ALSO CONSIDERING THEY ALREADY CAME TO THE TABLE PRIOR TO BUT WERE DENIED.
AND HAD IT NOT BEEN DENIED, THERE WOULD NOT.
WE, WE HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH OTHER, OTHER, UH, THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME Y'ALL HAVE DONE THAT.
AND OTHER ENTITIES HAVE HAD ISSUES AND HAVE HAD NO CONTACT WITH US AT ALL AND DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, COME TO THE TABLE AT ALL.
THAT'S A DIFFERENT SITUATION, WHICH IS NOT WHAT WE EXPERIENCED HERE.
THAT THAT'S WHY YOU'RE GIVING A LITTLE BIT MORE LATITUDE.
IT'S A JUDGMENT CALL THAT THEY MAKE.
NO, WHAT, WHAT YOU I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD ONE OTHER THING AND NONE OF US STILL GOT A QUESTION.
THAT'S VERY NORMAL WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
THAT'S, Y'ALL DO THAT ALL THE TIME AND THEY DO IT, ESPECIALLY IN YOUR DISTRICT.
AND I'M GLAD YOU DO BECAUSE IT, IT, IT ACTUALLY DOES HELP PEOPLE GET INTO COMPLIANCE AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED.
IT'S NOT CALLED CODE ENFORCEMENT, IT'S CALLED CODE COMPLIANCE.
AND, AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU DO IT THAT WAY.
UH, MY OTHER QUESTION THOUGH, I GUESS WOULD BE OF PLANNING STAFF ABOUT THE BUILDING.
UM, IT'S, WHICH SIDE IS THE SIDE CLOSEST TO THEIR CURRENT BUILDING IS GONNA BE THE OPEN SIDE.
AND THEN WHAT IS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THAT? THE NOT STREET SIDE, BUT THE OTHER SIDE TO THE NORTH IS THE, THE BUILDING IS THE THEIR BUILDING.
I NORTH IS THE, SO, OKAY, SO IT LOOKS LIKE A ROW OF PARKING SPACES OR SOMETHING THERE.
SO TO THE NORTH IS, UH, AN ACCESS, INTERNAL ACCESS DRIVE AND THEN, UH, TRUCK DOCKS AND THEN THE BUILDING OKAY.
TO THE WEST OF IT IS PARKING SPACES.
PARKING, PARKING SPACES ON THE LEFT SIDE THERE.
I, I THINK I COULD PROBABLY AGREE WITH WHAT THE MAYOR SAYS, EXCEPT I DON'T SEE A REASON TO HAVE TO DO ANYTHING BRICKS, ANYTHING ON THAT SIDE.
SO JUST MY OPINION, I AND I, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT.
BUT THE SIDE THAT FACES MATTHEW ON THE SIDE THAT FACES BARRED AND I THINK NEEDS IT.
I, I, I, I COULD, I COULD AGREE WITH THAT AS FAR AS, BUT, BUT, BUT YOU SEE WHERE I'M GOING.
COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, IS THIS A FOR STAFF AS WELL? IS THERE A SINCERITY IN THE APPLICANT AND ENSURING THAT THEY'RE BRINGING THE BUILDING UP TO COMPLIANCE AND ENSURING THAT THEY ARE COMING TOGETHER WITH YOU ALL FOR A VIABLE SOLUTION? SO THE APPLICANT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH US SINCE THAT SUP WAS DENIED BACK IN NOVEMBER.
UM, THEY'RE HERE AND CAN SPEAK TO KIND OF THE DETAILS
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OF IT, BUT SOME OF WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS THEY'VE PUT A TEMPORARY NOISE COVER ON THE FENCE TO CONDUCT ANOTHER NOISE STUDY TO SEE IF THAT WOULD DECREASE IT.UH, I THINK THEY'VE SHIFTED AROUND WHERE SOME OF THE OUTSIDE STORAGE IS IN HOPES THAT IT WOULD, UM, MOVE IT AWAY FROM THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
AND I THINK THEY'VE ALSO, UH, DECREASED USING, UH, THE BEEPERS ON THEIR FORKLIFTS.
UM, BUT THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND KIND OF, UH, PROVIDE MORE DETAILS ON WHAT THEY HAVE DONE, UH, SINCE NOVEMBER UNTIL THIS DAY.
AND SECOND QUESTION, AND, AND I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT FIRST ONE, IF I MAY, TOO.
UH, THIS IS WHAT STAFF WORKED OUT WITH THEM TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM TO GET NO EXTERNAL STORAGE TO MOVE IT INTERNAL.
SO THIS IS AFTER WE DENIED THEY GOT WITH OUR STAFF TO WORK OUT THIS RESOLUTION TO GET 'EM INTO COMPLIANCE.
AND IS THIS, THIS IS THE BEST RESOLUTION THUS FAR? WE BELIEVE SO, YES.
BASED ON THEIR OPERATIONAL PLAN, WHICH THEY CAN EXPLAIN WHY THEY NEED THE STORAGE OUT THERE.
WE SPOKE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AND MAYBE ADDING AN ADDITION TO THE BUILDING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE TO PUT ALL THE STORAGE INSIDE THEIR OPERATIONAL PLAN CALLS FOR IT TO BE LOCATED ON THESE STORAGE RACKS.
'CAUSE THEY HAVE TO GET THE PART TWO GM WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME AND IT'S JUST, THEY CAN EXPLAIN IT IN MORE DETAIL THAN I CAN.
AND SPEAKING OF TIMING, WHAT IS THE ESTIMATED TIME OF COMPLETION? DID WE REQUIRE A SET TIME TO GET THIS IF APPROVED TO GET THE STRUCTURE COMPLETED? WE CAN.
WAS THAT A CAN OR A CANNOT? WE CAN.
UM, I I, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER LIGHTS.
COUNCIL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TONIGHT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A, A LOT OF CONVERSATION AROUND THIS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
AND I, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T EVEN REALLY KNOW WHO FLEXING GATE IS AND WHAT WE DO AND, AND KIND WHERE WE STAND IN THE COMMUNITY.
I, I GUESS WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK, QUICK OVERVIEW, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
SO, I MEAN, WE, UH, WE MOVED INTO GRAND PRAIRIE IN 2019.
UM, YOU KNOW, MARY, YOU WERE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION.
IT WAS A, IT WAS A GREAT MOVE FOR US AS A COMPANY.
I GOT A CALL VERY HAPPY MAYOR WILLIAMS, WHO WAS UPSET AT ME
UM, AND WE'VE BEEN VERY, VERY HAPPY TO BE THERE.
UM, THE ORIGINAL PROJECT WAS A $200 MILLION INVESTMENT THAT, THAT OUR COMPANY PUT INTO GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND WE HAVE SPENT ANOTHER $90 MILLION IN, IN THIS FACILITY SINCE WE RELOCATED TO GRAND PRAIRIE.
UM, AND WE ARE A, WE'RE AN AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLIER, SO WE'RE AN INDUSTRY LEADING AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLIER, UM, HERE LOCATED, UH, CLOSE TO GENERAL MOTORS, ARLINGTON, AND THEY'RE OUR LARGEST CUSTOMER.
WE DO ALSO SHIP DOWN TO TESLA IN AUSTIN.
SO JUST A, A SNAPSHOT ON OUR EMPLOYMENT.
WE HAVE, UH, CURRENTLY HAVE 1400 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES, UM, 300 OF WHICH ARE LOCATED, UH, UM, RIGHT IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
THEY LIVE IN GRAND PRAIRIE RESIDENCE.
UM, WE ACTUALLY EMPLOY, WE, WE UTILIZE A, A STAFFING AGENCY TO HELP US FILL OUR JOB OPENINGS THAT SOLELY FILLS FOR US.
AND THEY'RE LOCATED IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
SO WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE A, A DEDICATED PARTNER TO, TO HIRING EMPLOYEES IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
UM, YOU KNOW, OUR AVERAGE PRODUCTION WAGE IS, UM, $18 AND 73 CENTS.
WE, WE WORK TO BE COMPETITIVE.
UM, AND WE ALSO DO OFFER GREAT BENEFITS AS PART OF THAT.
BUT ONE THING WE WORK TO DO IS REALLY UPSKILL OUR WORKFORCE, RIGHT? WE ARE, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE AN INDUSTRY LEADER.
IT'S ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, UM, LOTS OF ROBOTICS, CAMERAS, LASERS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND, AND WE WORK TO TRAIN THAT WORKFORCE.
SO WE HAVE DONE, UM, SKILLS DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.
UM, WE ALSO OFFER ADULT EDUCATIONAL LITERACY.
ENGLISH IS SECOND LANGUAGE, UH, FOR FREE FOR EVERY ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES.
UM, ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS SIGN UP.
THE CLASSES ARE HOSTED AT OUR FACILITY.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO ANYWHERE, RIGHT? SO OUR, OUR GOAL IS TO BE A, AN INDUSTRY LEADING EMPLOYER HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
UM, AND THEN JUST A, A ON A, A COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS NOTE, RIGHT? WE, WE ARE, UM, WE REALLY WANT TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
WE ARE DRIVEN TO BE A GOOD PART OF THE COMMUNITY HERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A FEW THINGS LISTED ON HERE, BUT WITH ARLINGTON, ISD FOR EXAMPLE, WE ARE THE PTECH INDUSTRY PARTNER.
UM, WE'VE ALSO BEEN THE BUSINESS PARTNER OF THE YEAR WITH ARLINGTON, ISD BEFORE.
UM, WE'RE A, A BOARD MEMBER WITH, UH, BOTH INTERLINK AND NORTH TEXAS LEAD.
UM, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, INTERLINK IS, UM, EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIP PROVIDING GUIDANCE TO CTE AND NORTH TEXAS LEAD IS A PROGRAM IS DRIVEN AROUND DIVERSITY HIRING.
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AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE SUPPORT A NUMBER OF LOCAL CHARITIES.UM, TWO OF THE BIGGEST ONES ARE AMERICAN WARRIOR ASSOCIATION AND THE ADVOCACY CENTER FOR, UM, FOR CRIME VICTIMS AND CHILDREN.
WE'RE A NORTH TEXAS COMMISSION MEMBER.
UH, I MEAN, AGAIN, THE, THE LIST GOES ON.
BUT OUR, OUR GOAL IS TO BE A, A GOOD PARTNER AND A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
UM, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF US, RIGHT? OUR, OUR GOAL IS NOT TO BE UPSETTING THE INDIVIDUALS THAT, THAT WANNA SPEAK.
I HAVE, I I AM TRYING TO, TO WORK WITH THEM.
I, I WANT TO HEAR THEIR CONCERNS.
OUR GOAL IS TO, AGAIN, TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE.
UM, THAT IS, THAT IS OUR PRIMARY GOAL HERE, IS TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE.
WE HAVE LOOKED AT OUR OPERATION PATTERN.
WE'VE ALREADY REDUCED OUR OUTSIDE STORAGE BY, BY OVER 40%.
UM, SO WE USED TO HAVE A, AN AREA WHERE WE KEPT RACKS THAT WERE PART OF REPAIR THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETELY MOVED OFFSITE INTO A DIFFERENT LOCATION.
UM, WE'VE, OVER THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS WORKED TO REDUCE THE, THE OUTSIDE STORAGE OF A, A PLASTIC PART THAT WE KEPT OUTSIDE.
WE'VE CHANGED OUR OPERATING PATTERN IN ORDER TO DO THAT.
SO WE ARE, WE'RE WORKING TO REDUCE WHAT'S OUT THERE SO THAT WHAT WE DO HAVE CAN FIT INTO THIS STRUCTURE.
UM, WE'VE ALSO DONE A NUMBER OF THINGS.
AGAIN, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF NOISE STUDIES AND WHETHER THEY, WHETHER WE MEET WHAT THEIR ORDINANCE IS OR NOT, IT DOESN'T, THAT, THAT'S NOT THE CONCERN.
WE DON'T WANT NEIGHBORS HEARING THE NOISE AND GENERATING THE COMPLAINTS.
UM, AND SO WE HAVE DONE A LOT WITH OUR OPERATING PATTERN THERE AS WELL.
THERE'S A CERTAIN LINE ON OUR PARKING LOT THAT ARE IN OUR PROPERTY THAT WE DO NOT DRIVE OVER BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8:00 PM AND 8:00 AM WITH FORKLIFTS ANY LONGER.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF THINGS LIKE THAT.
LIKE WE SAID, WE, WE TRIALED THE, THE SOUND BARRIERS.
UM, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THINGS TO TRY AND HELP THAT.
AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE'RE IN ANY KIND OF VIOLATION, IT'S BECAUSE WE WANNA BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
UM, AND ON THE COMMENT ON THE, THE TIMING, UM, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE DRIVING FACTORS OF LOOKING AT A, A METAL STRUCTURE WITH A WAINSCOTTING IS, UM, OUR TARGET FOR THAT IS WE SHOULD BE FROM, FROM KICKOFF TO COMPLETION ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS.
UM, WE ARE, IT IS A MUCH, MUCH LONGER TIMEFRAME.
UM, I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET FIRM TIMELINES ON AN APPENDIX X BUILDING.
WE HAVE BEEN PUTTING IT OUT, BUT WE'RE HEARING, UM, EXCUSE ME, SIX, SIX MI OR SIX MONTHS IS, UH, AT A, AT A VERY MINIMUM IF EVERYTHING GOES RIGHT FOR THAT KIND OF STRUCTURE.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS A SITE PLAN.
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO BUILD IT.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE TO GIVE YOU ANY DEVIATIONS.
YOU HAVE TO, AND, AND, UH, WILL YOU BE ABLE TO COME IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH OUR CODES NOW THAT IF THIS IS BUILT, IF THIS STRUCTURE IS BUILT AND IN THE WAY THAT WE'RE PROPOSING? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
THERE WON'T BE ANY OUTSIDE STORAGE THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH.
CORRECT? UM, SO I'M JUST SAYING IN THE, IN THE, IN THE, IN THE TIMELINE, I SHOULD SAY IN THE WAY THAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
RIGHT? I MEAN, I, YOU KNOW, UM, IF YOU BUILD THIS BUILDING MM-HMM
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GET IN COMPLIANCE.
UM, WE AND ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ? YEAH.
SO, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT APPENDIX SIX, BUILDING THE BUILDING AS REQUIRED IN THE APPENDIX SIX.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT'S WHAT THE COUNCIL WANTS.
THE COUNCIL DOES NOT HAVE NO, THANK YOU MAYOR FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
YEAH, I WAS JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE ASKING FOR VARIANCES, BUT THERE COULD BE A POSSIBILITY THERE'S NO VARIANCES.
WHICH COULD DELAY THE PROCESS.
AND HE SAID SIX MONTHS IF HE HAS TO MEET.
IT'S, THAT'S, I HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANY FIRM TIMING BACK ON THAT.
I'VE GOTTEN ON A STEEL STRUCTURE WITH A, WITH METAL WAINSCOTING.
WE'VE, I'D RATHER TAKE LONGER THAN HAVE IT LOOK GOOD.
I MEAN THERE ARE, THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS AS WELL WITH HIGHER WAINSCOTTING, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND MY OTHER QUESTION IS, IS THERE LIKE ANOTHER BUILDING ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY THAT YOU'RE WE DO, YES.
WE HAVE A USING, SO YOU'RE RUNNING FORKLIFTS BACK AND FORTH? WE HAVE A FACILITY ON I 20 RIGHT NOW.
PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IS, UM, WITH, WITH CHANGING THAT PRODUCT, YEAH, WE HAVE INCREASED FORKLIFT TRAFFIC BECAUSE WE ARE SHIFTING PRODUCT OVER THERE.
WE'RE CLEARING OUT SOME OBSOLETE MATERIAL AND THEN GONNA BE UTILIZING THAT FOR SOME ADDITIONAL STORAGE.
SO WHENEVER YOU'RE USING THAT FORKLIFT TRAFFIC WITH THAT BUILDING, IS THAT LIKE ALL HOURS OF THE DAY? CERTAIN HOURS? OUR STANDARD OPERATING PLAN IS NOT DRIVING FORKLIFTS BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF PRODUCT MOVING, BECAUSE OF US TRYING TO CLEAR OUT THIS OUTSIDE STORAGE AREA AND MOVING THE OBSOLETE PRODUCT OUT OF OUR EXISTING BUILDING TO, TO CHANGE THIS OPERATIONAL PATTERN.
THERE IS QUITE A FEW FORKLIFTS MOVING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS.
WE HAVE A, UM, PLEXING GATE THAT HAS A FLEET COMPANY.
WE HAVE OUR OWN, UM, SHUTTLE TRAILERS THAT MOVE PRODUCTS BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO BUILDINGS.
UM, AND THEY, THEIR STANDARD ROUTE IS TO GO DOWN TO LAKERIDGE AND COME IN THAT WAY.
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OFF OF MATTHEW ROAD.UNIVERSAL, UNIVERSAL IS NOT OURS.
AND I DO WORK WITH THEM CONSISTENTLY ON, ON TRYING TO STAY OFF OF THAT.
BUT THEY, THEY DO COME DOWN LAKE RIDGE.
'CAUSE I, I'VE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WHEN IT DOES COME UP, THE TRUCKS ARE USING MATTHEW.
UM, WE, WE WORK TO, TO COME BACK AND THEY MAY BE, I JUST DON'T SEE 'EM.
RIGHT ON BARDEN FROM LAKE RIDGE.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS HAS ANOTHER QUESTION FOR YOU.
I NOTICED THAT YOU ARE AN ARLINGTON ISD COMMUNITY PARTNER.
CORRECT? UM, GRAND PRAIRIE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE IS IN THEIR PLANNING STAGE OF CREATING A PTECH ACADEMY.
WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO, WE'D LOVE TO BE A PART OF THAT PARTNER AS AN INDUSTRY PARTNER.
WE WOULD LOVE TO BE A PARTNER OF THAT.
WE, UH, WE WERE IN ARLINGTON BEFORE, LIKE I MENTIONED, AND A LOT OF THOSE PARTNERSHIPS ACTUALLY STARTED BEFORE WE, WE RELOCATED TO GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND, AND ARLINGTON WAS ALWAYS ONE THAT THAT WAS, UH, THAT STAYED STRONG.
BUT WE WOULD, WE WOULD LOVE TO BE A PARTNER WITH, WITH GRAND PRAIRIE AP DECK.
UH, MY GOOD FRIEND DEBBIE JOHNSTON.
HELLO, UH, DEBBIE JOHNSTON, 1651 ERNIE LANE.
I'M GONNA NEED YOU TO, UH, PUT THAT LITTLE THING ON SO I CAN SHOW PICTURES PLEASE.
I DO BELIEVE THAT THEY DID DO SOME SOUND, UM, MITIGATION ATTEMPTS.
I SAW THEM WITH MY OWN EYES AND, UM, THEY DID TURN THEIR BEEPERS OFF OF THEIR, UM, UH, FORKLIFTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I JUST GOTTA TELL Y'ALL, HOW DOES, HOW, HOW DO I MAKE IT RIGHT? RIGHT HERE? WE ARE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE IT.
UH, THEY DID THE OTHER DAY AT P AND Z.
YOU WANNA SEE THIS? THERE YOU GO.
THIS IS THE, THIS IS WHAT Y'ALL GOT IN YOUR PACKET.
OKAY? WHAT ALSO IS IN YOUR PACKET DOESN'T SAY THAT RESIDENTIAL IS TO THE EAST OF THIS.
OKAY? IT SHOWS NORTH WEST YOU, IF YOU'VE NOTICED IN YOUR PACKET, WE'RE RESIDENTIAL TO, TO THE EAST OF ALL OF THIS.
OKAY? NOW, UM, I WANT Y'ALL TO TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT THAT.
YOU DON'T SEE ANYTHING ALONG THIS.
NOW, THIS IS RIGHT HERE IS THE OLD COOPER BUILDING.
OKAY? THIS IS THE BUILDING THAT RIGHT HERE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
SINCE THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN, THEY PURCHASED, OR I DON'T KNOW IF THEY PURCHASED OR RENTED.
GOD GOSH, I'VE GOT A G THAT, THAT BUILDING YEAH, JOHN WAS TALKING ABOUT RIGHT HERE.
I'M GONNA START AT THE VERY BEGINNING REAL QUICK.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
CAN Y'ALL SEE THESE PICTURES? LET TURN IT SIDEWAYS FOR YOU.
I OF COURSE YOU DON'T WANNA DO THAT NOW.
CAN Y'ALL SEE THIS? OKAY, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT FIVE GALLON DRUMS HERE.
OKAY? NOW, THIS IS NOT THE BUILDING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS THE ACTUAL OLD COOPER BUILDING.
THIS IS 85 DOCKS OF STUFF THAT THEY'VE GOT OUTSIDE BESIDE, BEHIND WALMART.
Y'ALL, I SEE THAT WHEN WE PULL, YOU PULL IN THE BACKSIDE OF WALMART.
THIS IS WHAT WE SEE THAT NOW THAT'S YOUR, THE FENCE THERE.
THIS IS, THIS IS ON THE WALMART SIDE.
OKAY? I'M ON THE MATTHEWS SIDE.
THESE ARE THE PORT OF THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
THIS IS THE WEST, THIS IS THE CORRECT, THIS SIDE OF THE WEST SIDE COOPER.
IF, IF YOU GO PICK UP, IF YOU GO PICK UP WALMART YEAH.
I WAS GONNA SAY SOMETHING ABOUT WALMART TOO.
BUT WALMART MOVES THEIR STUFF EVERY TWO DAYS OR THREE DAYS.
WALMART'S GOT OUTSIDE STORAGE.
AND, BUT THAT I, I WAS GONNA TAKE PICTURES IN THE, BECAUSE IN ALL FAIRITY, OUTSIDE STORAGE IS OUTSIDE STORAGE.
AND THE PROBLEM YOU HAVE HERE, LOOK AT THIS, Y'ALL.
THIS IS THE OPERATION THAT REALLY AFFECTS ME.
THOSE, ALL OF THESE TRUCKS AND STUFF THAT ARE RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS WHERE THEY'RE PROPOSING TO PUT THE, THE, UH, CURRENT METAL BUILDING THAT THEY WANNA DO.
THERE'S, THERE'S NO WAY THEY CAN GET THIS.
THIS IS THEIR, UM, THERE'S NO WAY THEY CAN PUT ALL THAT.
SO DEBBIE, WHAT WE HAVE TO DO, YOU HAVE TO DO.
I, I, I, NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT I WAS SAYING.
ANYTHING ABOUT THE SITE PLAN, WHAT I'M SAYING THAT OUTSIDE THE STORAGE AT WALMART AND COOPER NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
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YES, SIR.THAT'S THE ONLY WAY REBECCA AND I GET INTO THAT.
WALMART IS COMING OFF BARTON GOING AROUND THE BACKSIDE.
AND I THAT OUTSIDE THE STORAGE FACING WALMART, I HAD NO IDEA IT WAS FLEXING GATE.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ALLOWED OR NOT STAFF, BUT IF YOU'RE GONNA GO OVER THERE AND LOOK AT THAT, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT WALMART TOO.
THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN AFTER BEN.
AND STACK AFTER STACK AFTER STACK OF PALLETS OUTSIDE OF WALMART.
SO WE NEED TO ADDRESS BOTH OF THOSE AREAS.
BUT I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT UP.
'CAUSE I REALLY DIDN'T REALIZE, I THOUGHT IT LOOKED LIKE LOCKHEED MARTIN STUFF.
ACTUALLY, DOESN'T IT LOOK LIKE IT? IT DOES.
I I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHEN, WHEN I SAW ALL OF THE EXTRA STUFF.
AND THAT WAS, THIS IS LOOKING DOWN, THIS IS OFF OF INTERSTATE 20.
YOU CAN SEE THIS FROM INTERSTATE 20 RIGHT HERE.
AND AGAIN, COUNSEL, THIS IS THE OLD
THIS, THIS IS, THIS IS NOT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
BUT THIS IS FLEXING GATE RIGHT HERE.
AND LIKE I SAID, I WANT THEM TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
THEY'VE INVESTED A LOT OF MONEY.
BUT YOU GUYS IN NOVEMBER TOLD THEM WHEN THEY CAME FOR AN SUP NO OUTSIDE STORAGE NOVEMBER, Y'ALL.
AND IT'S OKAY, YOU CAN FINISH UP.
I ASKED YOU QUESTIONS AND YOU ALSO TOLD THEM THAT Y'ALL WERE GONNA PUT UP SIGNS AND STUFF FOR THE TRUCKS.
AND NONE OF THAT HAS HAPPENED EXCEPT FOR WE NEED TO PUT THE SIGNS UP.
FAKE STAFF, EXCEPT FOR A SITE ONE CITATION.
AND THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT.
AND A 7,500 SQUARE FOOT METAL BUILDING WAS THE ANSWER.
NOW, NOW, UH, STAFF THAT OTHER, YOU CAN STAY THERE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO SIT DOWN THE COOPER TIRE AND THE WALMART CODE.
YOU CAN'T LOOK AT ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER.
WE'VE GOT A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM AND WALMART.
DO YOU THINK, DO YOU THINK, NOT TO I CONTRADICT YOU, BUT DO YOU THINK WALMART'S MORE SEASONAL? 'CAUSE NOW
OUT BACK, DRIVE BACK THERE SOMETIMES.
UM, IT, IT, IT'S SURPRISING HOW MUCH STUFF IS IN THE BACKSIDE OF WALMART, REALLY.
THEY COULD BUILD A BUILDING THIS SIZE.
JOHN? UH, ANY MORE CARDS JUST SPEAK, BUT I'LL PUT ON THE RECORD.
UM, CARLA CHANDLER, UM, DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT IS CAR HIT TONIGHT? REPORTER, OPPOSITION.
OH, I SAY, HOW DID CARLA, YOU FEEL HER CARD OUT DEBBIE? NO, SIR.
SHE HAS ALSO SUBMITTED AN EMAIL TO THE CITY SECRETARY, GARY CHANDLER, SAME.
DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT HAS ALSO SUBMITTED AN EMAIL TO THE CITY SECRETARY IN OPPOSITION.
DEBBIE'S NEIGHBOR, GENE WALKER.
DEBBIE'S NEIGHBOR WISH TO SPEAK DEBBIE, BUT DOES WISH TO RECORD OUR OPPOSITION.
MR. GOFORTH, YOU'VE LISTED BOTH SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION.
HAROLD, YOU HERE? I DIDN'T SEE YOU.
HOW YOU DOING? CAN YOU CLARIFY? DO YOU WANT, DO YOU WANNA SPEAK OR YOU JUST WANT TO PUT OPPOSITION? LOOK, THEY WERE MY FUTURE NEIGHBORS.
UH, USED TO BE MY NEIGHBOR, PAST NEIGHBOR, PAST NEIGHBOR FOR A LONG TIME.
AGAIN, AS DEBBIE MENTIONED, THIS IS A SITE PLAN WE CAN'T DENY, BUT WE CAN MAKE 'EM BE IN COMPLIANCE AND WE CAN WORK REAL HARD IN THE FUTURE TO MAKE SURE THEY STAY IN COMPLIANCE.
AND WE WILL HANDLE THAT I THE COOPER TIRE DEAL.
SO THANK Y'ALL FOR COMING TONIGHT.
Y'ALL ARE GOOD, GOOD CITIZENS.
AND APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR CITY AND TRYING TO MAKE IT BETTER.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, I'M GONNA HOP SHOT WELL IN FRONT OF YOU, JOHN.
UH, I GUESS I GOT LOST JUST A LITTLE BIT.
UH, I'M LOOKING, I'M LOOKING AT, UH, GOOGLE SATELLITE RIGHT NOW.
AND I SEE A LITTLE ROAD THAT GOES FROM FLEXING GATE ROUND OVER TO THIS BIG LONG PILE OF STUFF THAT'S IN THE BUILDING TO THE NORTH OF THEM.
UH, IS THAT PART OF THEIR BUSINESS THERE? THEY OWN THAT BUILDING.
I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS OF THE OPERATIONAL PLAN, BUT IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THEY'RE USING THE BUILDING FOR STORAGE AS WELL.
THEY, THEY OWN THAT BIG BUILDING TO THE NORTH OF THEM.
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COOPER TOWER BUILDING? YES.THERE'S A, THERE'S A LITTLE ROAD THAT GOES.
IS IT A NAMED ROAD OR JUST A NO, IT LOOKS LIKE JUST A LITTLE ACCESS EXIT ROAD.
I THINK IT'S TO GET IN THERE, ISN'T IT? PROBABLY ACCESS ROAD.
SO IT'S, SO THEY INTERNAL DRIVE? IT CONNECTS TO TWO PLACES? I HAVEN'T, I I DON'T WANNA SPEAK TO, I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT ROAD MYSELF, SO, OKAY, WELL IT'S THERE.
NO, IT'S NOT MATTHEW AND IT KEYS OFF OF IT.
NO, IT, IT'S A, IT'S, IT'S LOOKED LIKE A LITTLE ONE OR TWO LANE ROAD.
IT JUST CONNECTS TO TWO, TWO PIECES OF PROPERTY.
UH, SO THEN ALL THAT STUFF THAT'S ALONG THIS WEST SIDE OF THAT BUILDING, THE LADIES RAT ARE NOT GONNA GET ALL THAT IN A 7,500 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING, I DON'T THINK.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET IT INTO SOMETHING.
BUT IF, WELL, LET'S DON'T SAY THEY HAVE TO GET INTO SOMETHING FIRST.
OUR STAFF'S GOTTA LOOK AT WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR THAT COOPER BUILDING.
YEAH, THAT'S WHERE I'M WONDERING ABOUT, SAY, SO THESE ARE TWO SEPARATE SITUATIONS.
THESE, THAT'S TWO SEPARATE ISSUES.
THAT'S ABOUT OUTSIDE STORAGE THERE.
IF IT ALL COULD JUST BE MOVED OVER THERE AND THEN WE'VE GOT ANOTHER PROBLEM.
BUT THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO WORK ON IT AFTER THIS.
UH, I GUESS IT WOULD BE IN MY, IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, IF, YOU KNOW YOU GOT A PROBLEM, UH, THAT YOU DO YOUR BEST TO TRY TO FIX IT AND JESUS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY'RE JUST TOO BUSY.
UH,
TO TRY TO FIX A SMALL PART OF IT.
UM, I GUESS I I JUST KINDA LOST IT WHERE ALL THAT, ALL THAT OUTSIDE STORAGE ACTUALLY WAS.
BUT THERE'S A WHOLE LOT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THIS BUILDING TOO.
I, YEAH, THERE'S, I'D LET THE APPLICANT COME BACK UP AND EXPLAIN THAT THIS 7,500 SQUARE FEET, THAT THEY, THEY'RE CLAIMING THAT THIS WILL ADDRESS THE OUTSIDE STORAGE FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROPERTY WILL HAVE TO DEAL, THAT OTHER PROPERTY WILL HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED LATER.
BUT HERE'S THE, HERE'S THE MAIN THING.
COUNCIL MEMBER, HOE COUNCIL, UH, WE CANNOT DICTATE WHAT THEY PUT IN THIS BUILDING.
THEY CAN BUILD THIS BUILDING AND LEAVE IT EMPTY.
TO BE BLUNT, WE CAN MAKE THEM NOT HAVE OUTSIDE STORAGE.
IF THEY CAN'T FIT IT ALL IN THIS BUILDING, THAT'S THEIR PROBLEM.
AND THEY'LL HAVE TO FIND SOMEPLACE.
SO LET'S DON'T GET CARRIED AWAY WITH ALL THE OTHER STUFF.
THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO BUILD THIS BUILDING.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T HAVE OUTSIDE STORAGE.
MAYOR IN NOVEMBER, WE THOUGHT WE DID THAT, BUT WITH GOOD FAITH, WE PAUSE.
AND I, I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR NOW THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA PAUSE IT EITHER.
WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA PUT A TIMELINE FOR THIS TO GET ADDRESSED.
I MEAN, I MEAN, 'CAUSE WE CAN'T KEEP ON KICKING DOWN WAITING A WHOLE NOTHER YEAR FOR ANOTHER IDEA.
SO GIVEN THAT THIS IS A SITE PLAN AND WE CANNOT DENY THE SITE PLAN, AM I CORRECT? WE CANNOT WITHOUT, THEY'LL GET IT DONE IN THE INJUNCTION THE NEXT DAY.
'CAUSE WE KNOW WHAT SITE PLANS ARE.
SO, SO, SO GIVEN THAT, GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THE SITE PLAN 24 0 8 0 34 WITHOUT ANY VARIANCES PERIOD IN THAT THIS OUTSIDE STORAGE SHOULD BE ADDRESSED WITHIN THE NEXT, WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION? I'VE GOT SOME LIGHTS ON HERE, BUT I THINK Y'ALL HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED.
NOW DON, WHAT THIS MEANS IS IF YOU CAN'T GET THAT BUILDING BUILT IN SIX MONTHS, THAT WE DON'T NOT CARE.
YOU GOTTA GET RID OF THE OUTSIDE STORAGE AT THIS SITE CODE WILL GET WITH YOU ON THE COOPER SITE.
YOU MAY BE IN COMPLIANCE THERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE OR NOT 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW THE RULES AT THE I 20 AT THE COOPER DEAL, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT.
BUT YOU HAVE GIVEN, BEEN GIVEN DIRECTION.
UH, YOU'RE A I WANNA BE, I WANT YOU TO BE A BETTER PARTNER.
STAFF, COULD YOU LOOK INTO THAT LITTLE ROAD? YEAH.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S NEW CONCRETE.
AND MAKE SURE IT GOT PERMITTED.
'CAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT BE IN A LITTLE BIT OF A RIGHT OF WAY.
[47. SUP-24-07-0030 - Specific Use Permit - Lion of Judah Day Care (City Council District 6). Specific Use Permit for a Child Day Care Center. Lot 1R, Block A, Woods United Methodist Church Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Agricultural (A), within the Lake Ridge Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 1350 W Bardin Rd (On September 9, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval with conditions by a vote of 7-0)]
NEIGHBORS FROM ERNIE.THANK Y'ALL FOR COMING TONIGHT.
ALRIGHT, THIS NEXT ITEM IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR LION OF JUDAH DAYCARE.
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BARDON ROAD.UH, YOU CAN SEE LOCATION OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.
IT'S AN EXISTING CHURCH AND THEY'RE REQUESTING TO ADD A CHILD DAYCARE CENTER.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THEIR FLOOR PLAN, UM, ON THE SCREEN.
THEY DO HAVE THE REQUIRED OUTDOOR PLAY AREA.
WE HAVE FOUR CLASSROOMS FOR CHILDREN, AGES FIVE TO 12 AND FOUR CLASSROOMS FOR INFANTS, TODDLERS, AND PRESCHOOLERS.
UH, THEY ARE MEETING PARKING REQUIREMENTS, UH, FOR BOTH USES.
UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO OPERATE FROM 6:00 AM TO 6:30 PM UM, THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS ALLOWED WOULD BE 88.
UH, THEY'RE NOT ALLOWING CURB CURBSIDE DROP OFF AND THE BUILDING WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH A VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM.
UH, THESE ARE PHOTOS OF THEIR OUTDOOR PLAY AREA.
AND ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL, UH, WITH CONDITIONS BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO.
UH, THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.
AND THAT'S ANY ROOM IN WHICH CHILDREN'S AGE TWO AND A HALF YEARS OR YOUNGER ARE CARED FOR.
MUST HAVE AN EXIT LEADING DIRECTLY OUTSIDE, OR IT HAS TO BE PROTECTED BY AN AUTOMATIC FIRE SPRINKLER.
AND THEN THE CHILD DAYCARE SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL STATE AND CITY REGULATIONS.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
UM, OH, IT'S, IT'S THE CHURCH.
SO, UM, LIKE WHAT YOU'RE DOING THERE, YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.
OUR KIDS WENT TO DAYCARE AT YOUR CHURCH YEARS AND YEARS AGO.
MAYOR COUNCIL, CITIZENS AND FRIENDS, YOU CAN TELL HE IS A PREACHER, DON'T YOU?
WHAT YOU GOT? MILIA? WE'RE JUST, UM, YOU JUST SIGNED UP TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE ITEM.
SO WHEN I GOT APPOINTED AS A METHODIST TO THE WOODS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, ONE OF THE DIRECTIVES THAT THE NORTH TEXAS COUNCIL GAVE US MANY CHURCHES WAS TO FIND CREATIVE AND MEANINGFUL WAYS TO USE UNDERUTILIZED SPACE ON OUR PROPERTIES AND IN OUR BUILDINGS.
LO AND BEHOLD, THE LORD OPENED UP THE CLOUDS OF HEAVEN AND ALLOWED US TO MEET NIKIA WEBSTER, WHO IS ALREADY THE OWNER OF ANOTHER MONTESSORI SCHOOL IN THE DALLAS AREA.
IT WAS, IT WAS A GREAT CONCEPT, A GREAT PARTNERSHIP.
AS YOU KNOW, MAYOR, THIS PROPERTY HAS ALREADY HOUSED, UH, DAYCARES, MOTHER'S DAY OUT PROGRAMS FOR MANY YEARS.
COVID AND BOY SCOUTS AND BOY SCOUTS, THE BOY SCOUT TROOP IS ACTIVE AND THEY DO A WONDERFUL JOB DOING ALL KIND OF THINGS, UH, AT THE CHURCH.
IT IS A RECIPROCAL RELATIONSHIP AMONGST OTHERS.
AND MAYOR, WE ARE A GOOD NEIGHBOR STUDENT.
SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS FOR THE CHURCH TO HAVE A BETTER WAY TO ENGAGE YOUNG FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN AND HOPEFULLY PRODUCE MORE PEOPLE OF CHRISTIAN FAITH, BUT WHATEVER FAITH THEY ARE A PART OF, TO BE ENGAGED IN A WAY THAT HELPS THEM LEAD A MEANINGFUL LIFE AND BE GOOD CITIZENS AS THEY GROW UP AND GROW OLDER AND BECOME THE LEADERS IN THIS COMMUNITY AND BEYOND.
WE HAVE JUMPED THROUGH EVERY HOOP THAT THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE HAS ISSUED US.
AND I TELL YOU WHAT, I JUST RETIRED AS A SENIOR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO FROM DALLAS.
AND Y'ALL HAVE SOME ORDINANCES THAT WILL TRUMP
THAT'S A GOOD THING BECAUSE I SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
YOU'RE CREATING A NEW PLANNED DEVELOPMENT CITY THAT IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
I WAS BRAGGING ABOUT IT TODAY TO A FRIEND THAT LIVES DOWN IN HOUSTON.
GRAND PRAIRIE IS NOT VERY WIDE, BUT MY GOODNESS, FROM NORTH TO SOUTH, IT COVERS A LOT OF GROUND.
I'VE BEEN OUT BEATING THE PAVEMENT.
SO WE, WE, WE, WE HOPE TO BE APPROVED FOR THIS.
IT'S BEEN THERE BEFORE THE BUILDING ITSELF WAS BUILT TO HOUSE DAYCARE AND INFANT CARE.
UH, WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN CAN, CAN I ASK NIKIA WEBSTER TO COME UP? WHO JUST GOT OFF OF WORK? WHO? SHE'S GOT A CARD.
COME UP ON HER OWN ON THE ROAD.
WELL, I'M JUST SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THIS BECAUSE WE TOO WANT TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND PRODUCE EVEN BETTER, UH,
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CITIZENS FOR THE FUTURE.ALL THE THINGS THAT WE SLIPPED UP ON THAT WE DIDN'T GET RIGHT.
HOPEFULLY THESE KIDS WILL BE BETTER PREPARED TO BE THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS IN GRAND PRAIRIE AND BEYOND.
DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR HIM? YES.
UH, YOU SEE THE RECOMMENDATIONS UP THERE FROM DRC, UM, WHICH ONE ARE YOU WILLING TO DO? THE EXIT DOOR OR THE AUTOMATIC FIRE SPRINKLER? WELL, I THINK, LET ME SAY THIS.
AS A, AS A FORMER BUILDING OFFICIAL, I THINK THERE'S A MISINTERPRETATION OF EXIT BUILDING DOORS REQUIRED FOR THIS BUILDING BECAUSE THIS BUILDING WAS BUILT WITH CHILD DAYCARE IN MIND AS A PRIMARY PART OF THE STRUCTURE.
BUT NEVERTHELESS, WE HAVE A FULLY APPROVED SPRINKLER SYSTEM THAT IS PART OF THE ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION THAT IS INSPECTED EVERY YEAR AND APPROVED.
SO WE HAVE FULL SPRINKLER SYSTEM THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING, NOT JUST FOR THIS, BUT BECAUSE IT'S THE WAY THE BUILDING WAS DESIGNED AND BUILT.
SO WHEN THEY WENT TO P AND Z, THEY MAY, THEY HAD THE SAME REC, THEY TOOK THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM DRC.
SO STAFF, IF THEY TOOK THE RECOMMENDATION FROM DRC AND THEY ALREADY HAVE FULL SPRINKLER SYSTEM, WHY WOULD WE RECOMMEND 'EM TO DO A FULL SPRINKLER SYSTEM? THIS IS A COUNCIL JOHNSON.
WHEN I SAW THAT, I WAS LIKE, IT'S A STANDARD COMMENT THAT'S PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENTS AND WE, THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE PROVIDES THIS COMMENT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT EVERYBODY'S AWARE.
SO WHEN THEY GET TO THE BUILDING PERMIT STAGE, NOBODY'S CAUGHT OFF GUARD.
SO IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE OUT OF COMPLIANCE.
BUT THEY WON'T GET THEIR CEO UNLESS THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE.
SO THE MOTION SHOULD BE WITH THE, UH, THE RRC RECOMMENDATIONS.
THAT SHOULD BE A CODE RECOMMENDATION PERIOD TO GET A CO IT'S, IT'S WITH THE CONDITIONS APPROVED BY COUNCIL OR WITH THE CONDITIONS RECOMMENDED BY THAT.
THAT'S THE ONE WAY TO MAKE THE MOTION.
YOU, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE OUR COMMISSIONER AND I WANT TO MEET YOU.
I WANNA SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH YOU.
WILL THAT WORK OUT? SOUNDS LIKE I'LL GIVE YOU A CALL TOMORROW.
YOU GOT MY NUMBER? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
YOU GOT MY NUMBER? I 7 7 7 9 3 1 1 7 7 7 9 3 11.
YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU USED TO BE A GIRL BECAUSE I HAD THAT NUMBER.
HEY MAN, I'M, I'M JUST SAYING.
DON'T GET YOURSELF IN MORE TROUBLE NOW.
DO DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HER? NO, I THINK WE'RE GOOD.
IT FEELS LIKE WE'VE BEEN HERE THAT LONG, DOESN'T IT? WELL SEE, THAT'S THE WAY I'VE MISPRONOUNCING THING, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY.
UH, AS WAS PREVIOUSLY STATED, THE CHURCH WAS BUILT WITH DAYCARE, CHILDCARE IN MIND.
IT HAS THE AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEMS. WE HAVE THE APPROVED EXITS OUT OF THE BUILDING BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE AND THEY'LL, THEY'LL GET, MAKE SURE YOU ARE WHEN THEY GIVE YOU THE CO FOR THIS.
SO WE'RE NOT, I JUST GOT THROUGH DEALING WITH THE FIRE INSPECTIONS.
WE HAD EVERYTHING INCLUDING THE NEW, A NEW BACKFLOW VALVE
BUT I AM REPRESENTING THE CHURCH AS A CHURCH COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND THE CHURCH IS COMPLETE SUPPORT OF WHAT'S GOING, WHAT'S GOING IN THERE.
UH, WE WERE LICENSED FOR MOTHERS FOR OUR DAYCARE CENTER BY THE STATE OF TEXAS, LICENSED BY THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE FIRST DAYCARE CENTER.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'VE HAD TO JUMP THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT REGULATIONS THAT WE HAD ALREADY MET IN PREVIOUS, JUST FIVE YEARS AGO.
I DIDN'T EITHER, BUT YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD WHERE WE ARE NOW AND WE WANTED TO BE THERE.
MR. PAUL LUKOWSKI DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WISHES TO RECORD A SUPPORT.
UH, MS. CHERYL WINKOWSKI DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WISHES TO RECORD SUPPORT.
THAT'S ALL THE SPEAKERS WE HAVE.
IT'S GONNA BE A TOUGH ONE RIGHT HERE.
UM, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 47
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WITH D RRC.WE HAVE A MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ALL ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TONIGHT.
[Items 48 & 49]
YES.ITEM 48 AND 49 ARE COMPANION CASES.
SO I'LL PRESENT THEM AT ONE TIME.
AND THE FIRST ELEMENT OF THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT, UH, FOR THE LOCATION OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.
THE EXISTING FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATED NATION IS MIXED USE AND THEY'RE PROPOSING, UH, FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION OF LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
AND THE PROPERTY IS ABOUT 10.3 ACRES.
THIS SHOWS THE EXISTING AND THE PROPOSED FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION.
UH, THIS REQUEST IS DRIVEN BY, UH, THEIR REQUEST TO REZONE THE PROPERTY.
UH, IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED AS COMMERCIAL ONE.
UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USE, UH, ALL ALONG WITH A CONCEPT PLAN FOR A FABRICATION, ASSEMBLY PLASTIC PRODUCT LAND USE.
UM, THIS IS THEIR PROPOSED CONCEPT PLAN.
IT'S A SINGLE BUILDING ABOUT 99,000 SQUARE FEET.
UH, THEY DO HAVE D SIX PARKING SPACES, INCLUDING TRUCK DOCKS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
UH, THESE ARE THEIR PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS AND THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.
WE DID SEND OUT PUBLIC NOTICE FOR THIS AND RECEIVED TWO OPPOSITION LETTERS ON SEPTEMBER 9TH.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO.
UH, THE CONDITIONS WERE TO REMOVE SOME OF THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES FROM THAT PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
AND THE GOAL BEHIND THAT WAS TO, UH, ELIMINATE SOME OF THE IMPACT ON THAT ADJACENT SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, ONE CONDITION WAS THAT THE WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION LAND USE SHALL NOT EXCEED 50% OF THE BUILDING.
THIS DOES DIFFER FROM STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, UH, IN THOSE DIFFERENCES ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ADDED BACK IN THAT WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION CENTER AND THE LIGHT MANUFACTURING AND MACHINE SHOP.
THOSE ARE ACCESSORY USES TO WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING AT THAT LOCATION.
UH, STAFF'S COMFORT COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY'RE LIMITING THAT TO 50% OF THE BUILDING.
UM, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
OH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM MAY HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
UH, COULD YOU REMIND ME THE HOURS OF OPERATION? I WILL HAVE TO DEFER TO THE APPLICANT ON THAT.
THANK YOU SAVANNAH FOR THAT KIND PRESENTATION.
UH, I DID NOT INTEND TO MAKE A PRESENTATION TODAY AS I DID AT P AND Z AND WE WENT IN A GREAT, UH, DETAIL.
I MORE WANTED TO BE UP HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF NEEDED.
COUNCILWOMAN, UH, CLEMSON, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION ON HOUR? YES.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, HOURS OF SHIPPING THAT ARE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY FROM 7:30 AM TO 2:30 PM THAT'S IT.
WE DO OPERATE 24 HOURS A DAY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY DURING THAT TIME WITH 12 PEOPLE IN OUR ENTIRE BUILDING.
VERSUS A MINUTE AGO I SAW A BUILDING THAT WAS ABOUT FOUR TIMES THE SIZE OF OUR BUILDING THAT HAS A 1,400 PEOPLE.
SO WE HAVE 12 PEOPLE THAT OPERATE IN THE EVENING WITH, UH, MACHINES THAT CANNOT BE HEARD OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING.
FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN YOU TOUR A FACILITY, IF YOU MIGHT HAVE TO WEAR STEEL TOE BOOTS, EYEWEAR, EAR PROTECTION, WE ARE NOT EVEN REQUIRED TO WEAR EAR PROTECTION FOR OSHA FOR ANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES, IS HOW QUIET THE OPERATION IS.
I'VE DRIVEN, THIS SITE IS ON GREAT SOUTHWEST ACROSS FROM, IT IS NOTHING BUT INDUSTRIAL.
IT'S, IT, UH, IT, IN MY OPINION, IT'LL NEVER BE COMMERCIAL.
IT'S, UH, IT, IT, THIS IN MY OPINION, IS A GOOD USE OF THIS LAND AND NO TRUCK TRAFFIC.
CORRECT? NOT OUTSIDE OF SORRY, GO AHEAD.
UH, ONLY DURING THAT HOURS OF THE SEVEN 30 TO TWO 30, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
AND, UH, I'LL ADD SOMETHING ELSE TO IT REAL QUICK.
UM, I WAS GONNA SHOW THE SITE PLAN, BUT IF YOU LOOK A MINUTE AGO AND SHOWED ON THE SITE PLAN, IF YOU WERE TO HAVE A LARGE RECTANGULAR WAREHOUSE, THAT WOULD BE THE LENGTH OF WHAT THIS IS.
YOU WOULD TYPICALLY HAVE ABOUT 50 DOCK DOORS DOWN THE SIDE.
WE HAVE SIX ON ONE SIDE AND SIX ON THE OTHER.
AND IN OUR CURRENT FACILITY WE USE THREE DOORS.
SO WE ARE A VERY LIGHT USER WHEN IT COMES TO THAT.
AND NONE OF THOSE ARE ON THE SIDE OF, UH, ONE SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
THEY'RE ALL ON BOTH ENDS THAT ARE SCREENED AND ARE, UH, RECESSED 12 FEET BELOW THE GRADE.
AND, UM, LANDSCAPING, OH, I'M SORRY.
AND WILL JUST BE WHATEVER'S REQUIRED.
THERE IS A, UH, ACTUALLY IT, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A 30 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A 60 TO 90 FOOT AREA BETWEEN US AND THE RESIDENCES.
WE COMPLETELY CHANGED THE DESIGN TO ACCOMMODATE AND BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR IN ANY WAY THAT WE POSSIBLY COULD.
WE ALSO SUNK THE BUILDING 12 FEET BELOW GRADE.
SO WE DID A LOT TO ACCOMMODATE AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO THE NEIGHBORS ON ONE SIDE.
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YES MA'AM.DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM IS ON YOU.
AND THANK YOU, SIR FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, I KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE A GOOD BIT OF, UH, RESIDENTS THAT ARE GONNA BE AGAINST THIS PROJECT.
SO I WANTED TO ASK YOU, I KNOW YOU SAID I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE LIKE A 60 FOOT GAP BETWEEN Y'ALL AND THE NEIGHBORING SINGLE FAMILY COMMUNITY.
WILL THERE BE ANY OTHER FORMS OF BARRIERS, WHETHER THAT'S A WALL, A FENCE, A MASONRY WALL? WHAT DO Y'ALL HAVE PLANNED? MAYBE YOU'VE ALREADY STATED THIS AND I MISSED IT.
UM, YES, ACTUALLY THIS MIGHT HELP ARTICULATE.
CAN Y'ALL SEE THE MOUSE WHEN I MOVE THAT ON THE DRAWING? YEP.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS AREA THAT SHOWS THIS ALMOST LIKE ROAD BEHIND THE BUILDING THAT IS FOR EMERGENCY ACCESS, UH, FOR THE, BASICALLY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ONLY, THERE'LL BE A FENCE ON THIS SIDE AND A FENCE ON THIS SIDE WITH A NOX BOX.
SO THERE IS ZERO ACTIVITY BETWEEN THIS SIDE OF THE BUILDING AND THE RESIDENCES AT, IF YOU NOTICE, THE PROPERTY MAKES KIND OF A CURVE HERE.
SO AT THE NARROWER POINTS ON THIS LINE HERE, IT'S ACTUALLY 63 FEET RIGHT HERE.
WE'RE ONLY REQUIRED TO BE 30 FEET, AND IT'S 90 FEET IN THE MIDDLE AND 60 FEET ON THIS END.
SO OUT OF THIS 90 FEET IN THIS, SORRY, 90 FEET IN THIS AREA, THE FIRST 30 FEET IS BASICALLY A LANDSCAPE BUFFER.
THEN YOU HAVE AN ADDITIONAL AREA DOWN THERE THAT THERE'S NO VEHICLES THAT GO DOWN UNLESS THERE WAS A FIRE.
SO ON THAT SIDE OF THE BUILDING, THERE'S ZERO ACTIVITY.
WE WENT, UH, IN THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS, THIS PROJECT, WE WENT AND WANTED TO PROACTIVELY MEET, UH, WITH THE CITY AND REALLY ASKED FOR RECOMMENDATIONS OR THINGS TO BE OF CONCERN.
AND WHAT WE WENT AND DID WAS WE MADE, UH, 60 FLYERS.
AND THESE FLYERS BASICALLY DESCRIBED THE PROJECT.
THEY LOOKED EXACTLY LIKE THIS.
AND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FLYER THAT DESCRIBES THE PROJECT IS MY PERSONAL CONTACT INFORMATION.
AND WE HANDED 'EM OUT DOOR TO DOOR TO EACH OF THE RESIDENCES RIGHT NEAR THE PROPERTY.
AND BEFORE ASKED, MY THOUGHT WOULD BE, IF I HEARD THAT, I WOULD GO, WELL, DID ANYONE RESPOND? ONE FAMILY DID.
AND WE HAD UP THERE, THERE WAS THE TWO OPPOSITIONS.
IT WAS, UH, TWO PEOPLE FROM THE SAME RESIDENCE.
AND THEY CAME AND INSTEAD OF CONTACTING US AT P AND Z, THEY ASKED THE QUESTIONS, HOW DOES THE LIGHTING AFFECT US? AND WE ADDRESSED IT, UM, IN P AND Z AND WE GOT A UNANIMOUS VOTE.
SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I COULD HELP WITH ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU.
YOUR, UH, 60 AND 90 FEET YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, IS THAT TO THE PROPERTY LINE OR TO THE BUILDINGS? UH, OH, THAT IS ACTUALLY JUST TO THE PROPERTY LINE.
SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST TO THE PROPERTY LINE.
SO THEN YOU, THEY STILL GOT SET BACK THERE.
SO THE BUILDINGS THEMSELVES WOULD BE 80, 90 FEET AWAY AT THE SMALLEST AREA.
AND HOW MUCH OF THIS BUILDING IS YOUR OPERATION GOING TO USE? THE ENTIRE THING.
YOU'RE GONNA USE THE ENTIRE THING? YES, SIR.
I, I'VE LOST ABOUT WHAT THE OTHER, THE 50% AND WHAT ALL THESE THINGS THAT CAN'T BE THERE ARE.
SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, SO INSIDE OF OUR FACILITY, UM, PLASTIC INJECTION MOLDING, THERE'S A PRODUCTION PART OF THE FACILITY.
THERE IS A RAW MATERIAL MM-HMM
AND A WAREHOUSE COMPONENT OF THE FINISHED GATES.
SO YOU'RE GONNA USE THE ENTIRE BUILDING? YES, SIR.
AND WE HAVE, CAN WE DO BOTH AT THE SAME TIME? 47 AND 48? YOU CAN DO BOTH.
AND, UH, THIS DOES LOOK LIKE A GOOD FIT FOR THIS AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND TO MAKE TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.
SO, UM, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 48 AND 49 AND WITH THE, IT CAME WITH SOME RESTRICTIONS FOR FUTURE WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION, PLANNING AND ZONING RECOMMENDATIONS.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.
MOTION CARRIES EIGHT TO ONE WITH ONE NAY, ITEM 50.
[Items 50 & 51]
AND UH, CAN WE DO 50 AND 51 COMBINED, RIGHT? YES, WE CAN.ITEM 50 AND 51 ARE COMPANION ITEMS. ITEM 50 IS THE FIRST PART OF THAT, WHICH IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT LOCATED AT 28 0 1 ARKANSAS LANE.
YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.
THE EXISTING FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS MIXED USE AND THEY'RE PROPOSING A FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION OF LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
THE PROPERTY IS ABOUT 10 ACRES AND THAT REQUEST IS BEING DRIVEN BY THIS REQUEST, WHICH IS A ZONING CHANGE REQUEST AND A CONCEPT PLAN.
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UH, THE EXISTING ZONING IS A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR TOWN HOME USE, AND THEY'RE PROPOSING A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USE.ADDITIONALLY, THEIR CONCEPT PLAN DEPICTS TWO INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS, AND THIS IS THEIR PROPOSED CONCEPT PLAN.
UH, THE BUILDINGS TOTAL 141,000 SQUARE FEET INCLUDES 171 PARKING SPACES WITH TRUCK DOCKS.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE TRUCK DOCKS ARE ORIENTED TO THE INSIDE OF THE SITE.
THIS IS THEIR CONCEPT ELEVATION.
THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.
WE DID SEND OUT PUBLIC NOTICE, UM, 58 OF THEM.
WE RECEIVED ONE IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED ON SEPTEMBER 9TH.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED DENIAL OF THIS REQUEST BY A VOTE OF SIX TO ONE.
THEY DID APPEAL THAT, SO IT WOULD BE PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT.
UH, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
IS THAT ALRIGHT? SENSITIVE? SO, OH, I GOT IT JUST A LITTLE BIT.
COUNCIL MAYOR, UM, HAMILTON PECK, 4 0 1 EAST PATH PARKWAY, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, UH, BACK IN 2021.
UM, THIS PROJECT WAS APPROVED FOR A HUNDRED TOWN HOMES, WHICH IS, UH, 10 UNITS TO THE ACRE.
UM, BACK THEN IT, UH, I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT IDEA, BUT A COUPLE THINGS HAVE CHANGED IN THE LAST THREE YEARS THAT MAKE IT, UH, NOT SO GOOD OF AN IDEA.
THE FIRST THING THAT, UM, THE FIRST THING THAT'S HAPPENED IS COST OF CONSTRUCTION HAS GONE THROUGH THE ROOF.
AND SO, UM, YOU MAY REMEMBER, UH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN CLEMSON ASKED ME, YOU KNOW, WILL THESE BE FOR SALE OR FOR RENT TOWN HOMES? AND MY ANSWER WAS, THEY'D BE FOR SALE TOWN HOMES.
AND THEN JUNIOR, YOU ASKED ME, YOU KNOW, APPROXIMATELY WHAT WOULD BE THE COST.
AND THE COST WAS BETWEEN 475,000 AND $500,000.
COST OF CONSTRUCTION HAS GONE UP 20%.
SO TO BUILD THESE, IT'D BE ABOUT 600,000 PER UNIT.
AND THEN INTEREST RATES JUST TO GO BORROW THE MONEY ARE AT EIGHT AND A HALF, 8%.
AND SAME THING WITH MORTGAGE RATES.
BUT THE OTHER BIG, UH, ITEM THAT HAS KIND OF HAPPENED IS, UM, ANYTIME YOU'RE NEXT TO AN AIRPORT, THE FAA ONLY ALLOWS A A DECIBEL LEVEL OF 65 MAXIMUM.
AND SO, UM, I WAS REQUIRED TO GET A NOISE STUDY.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE CONCLUSION THERE THAT WE WERE UNDER THE ALLOWED 65 DECIBELS, UH, AVERAGE, WELL, IT'S IN THE DETAILS
AND THEN IN THE OTHER LOCATION, WHICH WAS THE OTHER SET OF TOWN HOMES, WAS AT 58 60 AND 59.8.
THIS IS A, A GRAPH FROM FLIGHT WEAR.
SO YOU CAN SEE IN 2022, UM, THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF AIRCRAFT THAT LANDED AND DEPARTED FROM GRAND PRAIRIE AIRPORT WAS 152.
THIS IS FAR AS IT GOES BACK NOW IN 2024.
THERE'S 230 ON OCTOBER 6TH THAT LANDED AND LEFT FROM GRAND PRAIRIE AIRPORT.
IT'S NOISY, AND I'M TERRIFIED THAT I GO BUILD THIS.
I DON'T THINK THESE TOWN HOMES ARE GONNA SELL.
ANYWAYS, UM, THIS IS AN EMAIL FROM, UH, MARK DEVITA.
UH, HE GETS NOISE COMPLAINTS ALL THE TIME FROM RESIDENTS THAT LIVE BACK THERE.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO PRESENT THIS SO YOU GUYS COULD SEE IT.
UM, CAN I GET BACK TO THE SITE PLAN OR THE CONCEPT PORTION? YEAH.
SO WHAT WE DID, UM, WELL TWO, TWO THINGS.
UM, ME AND JONATHAN WENT AND MET WITH ALL THE NEIGHBORS THAT TOUCH, UM,
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TOUCH THIS DEVELOPMENT.AND WE, WE WENT ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WE WERE ABLE TO TALK TO SIX OUT OF 11 AND ALL SIX OF THEM WERE IN FAVOR OF WAREHOUSES INSTEAD OF TOWN HOMES.
THE, THE TOWN HOMES WOULD BE BUTTED RIGHT UP AGAINST THEIR PROPERTY.
SO THEY WERE, THEY WERE PRETTY HAPPY WITH, UM, THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT WE DID IS TO MITIGATE SOME OF THE NOISE.
NORMALLY ON A WAREHOUSE, THIS IS A STRAIGHT LINE ON THE DOCK, BUT WHAT WE DID IS WE CREATED THESE WINGS THAT STICK OUT, SO IT'S LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF A HORSESHOE AND THAT'LL MITIGATE THE NOISE AND WE TURN 'EM SIDEWAYS.
UM, I WENT, UH, NOT THIS PAST SUNDAY, BUT SUNDAY BEFORE AND TRIED TO KNOCK ON THOSE FIVE HOUSES AND I, I WAS ONLY ABLE TO GET AHOLD OF ONE OTHER PERSON AND THEY WERE IN FAVOR OF IT AS WELL.
SO I TRIED TO GET TWO OR THREE OF 'EM TO COME OUT AND SPEAK, BUT THEY SAID NO.
SO ANYWAYS, BUT UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T SEE ANYBODY PUNCHING THEIR LIGHT.
JONATHAN THULE, HE DOESN'T WANT, I, I DON'T THINK HE WANTS HIS FEET.
UM, JUST WISH TO RECORD HIS SUPPORT.
UM, WHAT'S THE PLEASURE? COUNCIL MEMBER? HEDON, YOU READY? UH, YES SIR.
SO I DID MEET WITH HAMILTON AND HIS TEAM.
I'M SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER HEDON, COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ WANTS TO INTERJECT SOMETHING BEFORE YOU MAKE THE MOTION.
ONE, ONE THING WE HAVE TO KEEP BUYING UP, I MEAN, WE GOT ADDITIONAL WAREHOUSE RIGHT NEXT TO THIS.
IF YOU DRIVE DOWN AN ARKANSAS LANE THAT GOES INTO OUR EPIC CENTRAL AREA, THAT THAT ROAD IS REALLY TORN UP.
I MEAN THERE'S A LOT OF POTHOLES TODAY ON OUR, AND I KNOW A COUPLE YEARS AGO WE JUST PATCHED THAT UP.
NOW I'M NOT SURE THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY TRAFFIC THAT'S GOING ON THERE, BUT SOMETHING TELLS YOU THAT WE, THIS TRUCK TRAFFIC THAT WILL BE GOING ON HERE IS PROBABLY GONNA GO DOWN ARKANSAS LANE TO GET TO 1 61 ON OCCASION.
SO I, I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE STAFF TO LOOK AT THAT AND, AND, AND MONITOR THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S SEVERAL POTHOLES ON ARKANSAS LANE CURRENTLY.
AND I JUST, I MEAN, JUST SOMETHING TO BE VERY MINDFUL OF THAT ASPECT OF IT.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE, SO THIS IS AT THE CORNER OF ARKANSAS AND DRAKE SOUTHWEST.
AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE RIGHT, THEY'LL PROBABLY, THEY, THEY, IF THEY'RE GOING TO I 20, THEY'LL BE GOING DOWN GREAT SOUTHWEST.
BUT IF THEY'RE GOING TO HEAD NORTH, THEY'LL PROBABLY GO OVER TO 1 61.
AND UM, YEAH, I DON'T THINK THEY WOULD GO ALL THE WAY.
THEY'LL PROBABLY HIT ARKANSAS.
THINK THEY MAKE IT, I THINK FRESH EXPRESSION GOT STARTED ON THEIR SECOND LAYER THERE.
UM, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ AND UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL HAS SOMETHING.
COUNCIL MEMBER HEDEN AND I'LL COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL.
AND I'M SORRY, COUNCIL
YOU NEED, HE'S GOT ALL THE TIME YOU WANT.
HI, JONATHAN, HOW ARE YOU? YES SIR.
THEY PROBABLY WANT YOU TO DO YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
JONATHAN TOOLEY WITH HAMILTON COMMERCIAL 4 0 1 EAST POWELL PARKWAY, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.
UH, JONATHAN, YOU GOT THE, UH, THE MAIN ENTRANCE, UH, THE 60 FOOT WIDE ENTRANCE ON GREAT SOUTHWEST.
IS THERE, IS THERE A MEDIAN BREAK CURRENTLY THERE? YES.
UM, OVER ON ARKANSAS AS COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ JUST BROUGHT UP, IS GOING TO BE AN EXIT AND ENTRANCE FOR CAR TRAFFIC.
IT'S, IT'S NOT, IT'S GONNA HAVE A NO TRUCKING SIGN ENTRANCE THERE.
ACTUALLY, I TRIED TO GET RID OF THAT, BUT TRANSPORTATION AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT MADE ME PUT THAT, LEAVE THAT JUST FOR, JUST SO THEY HAVE ACCESS FROM ARKANSAS JUST IN CASE.
BUT, UH, THAT'S GONNA HAVE LIKE A NODE TRUCK SIGN RIGHT THERE.
WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GET AS MUCH TRUCK TRAFFIC AS WE CAN TO THE MEDIAN.
UH, THAT, THAT WOULD BE A REALLY BAD SPOT TO TRY TO TURN A TRUCK.
AND, AND ANY WAY YOU COULD, WHEN COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ BROUGHT THAT UP, IT, THAT THERE'S NOT A CURB CUT THERE TO TURN IN FROM ARKANSAS MM-HMM
IT'S TO, SO THAT'S ONLY CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION.
UH, WHICH WOULD BE THE SHORTCUT TO GET OUT.
SO WHAT WE, THAT, THAT'S AS WIDE AS TRANSPORTATION.
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LET ME GO AT 60 RIGHT THERE.AND THEN WE ACTUALLY HAVE ACCESS TO THE WAREHOUSE TO THE SOUTH, THERE'S AN EXISTING ACCESS EASEMENT, SO WE'LL TIE INTO THAT AS WELL.
SO WE'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, THREE ACCESS POINTS ON GREAT SOUTHWEST.
YOUR OTHER, YOUR OTHER ACCESS POINT IS DOWN SOUTH IS A 30 FOOT WIDE, BUT THEN, THEN I'LL TIE INTO THE ADJACENT WAREHOUSE AS WELL.
UM, THAT ONE UP THERE ON THE NORTH SIDE, YOU COULD KEEP TRUCK TRAFFIC FROM GETTING THERE.
BY BRINGING YOUR CURBS OUT FROM PARKING, TRANSPORTATION.
IT'S, IT'S GOT THE SMALLER RADIUS THERE AND IT'S ONLY TWO LANES WIDE.
AND WE DISCUSSED ABOUT SIGNING THIS FOR, THIS IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL TRUCK ENTRANCE, BUT THIS, I WORKED WITH MR. HUNTSMAN ON THIS MM-HMM
I AGAIN, HE, IT IS NARROWER AND IT HAS THE RADIUS, BUT THE RADIUS IS LARGER WHEN YOU GET OVER TO THE 60 FOOT DRIVEWAY, UHHUH
AND NOW IF A TRUCK DOES COME OUT THERE, THERE'S ONLY TWO LANES WIDE BEFORE THE MEDIAN, SO THERE'S VERY LITTLE ROOM.
SO THAT RADIUS SAYS, MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS, BUT WE DON'T WANT YOU TO ADVOCATE THE TRUCKS GOING UP THERE.
WE'RE NOT, IN FACT, HE, WE JUST PUT IT JUST IN CASE.
SO THAT OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE NOT RUNNING OVER ANYTHING IN THE MM-HMM
THAT'S THE ONLY REASON THAT'S LIKE THAT.
TRY TO, WE, WE HAVE NO DESIRE FOR TRUCKS TO GO IN AND OUT OF THERE BECAUSE IF IT'S, IF IT'S ANY TIGHTER, THEY'RE JUST GOING TO TEAR IT UP.
THAT'S WHY THAT'S DESIGNED LIKE THAT.
AND WE FOUND THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL TELL YOU THAT WE FOUND IT ANYWHERE THAT YOU CAN, UM, SOME NOT ALL TRUCK DRIVERS ARE GOING TO TAKE THE SHORTEST ROUTE OR, OR THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THE ROUTE THAT THEIR GPS TELLS 'EM TO TAKE.
NO MATTER WHERE IT GOES, YOU KNOW, THROUGH SOMEBODY'S FRONT YARD.
UM, IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT YOU COULD GET WITH CAROL'S GROUP AND TRY TO, TRY TO, UH, DO MORE TO MINIMIZE THAT, BECAUSE I CAN JUST SEE YOUR DOCKS.
I, I LOVE THE WAY YOU DID YOUR DOCKS MM-HMM.
WHERE THEY'RE HORSE STREET LIKE THAT.
UH, TO JUST KEEP SOMEBODY FROM JUST CUTTING AROUND THE BACK AND, AND COMING OUT AND, SURE.
AND EVEN IF, IF FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS YOU HAVE TO ADD THAT ACCESS THERE MM-HMM
UM, MAYBE, MAYBE CHIEF FAT WOULD LET YOU, UH, KNOX LOCK IT AND PUT A GATE THERE.
I'M HAPPY TO WORK WITH TRANSPORTATION ON THIS AS WE GO FURTHER ALONG.
JUST TO, JUST TO DO WHATEVER YOU CAN TO KEEP, KEEP THAT FROM COMING OUT THERE.
I DON'T THINK WE'LL MAKE THAT PART OF A MOTION THOUGH.
NO, I'M JUST ASKING HIM IF HE COULD DO THAT, WORKING WITH CAROL AND TRY TO, TRY TO DO EVEN MORE THAN MITIGATE AND HAVE YOU TO, TO CONTINUE THAT.
UM, WELL IN LIGHT OF THAT CONVERSATION, DOES THIS TYPE OF THING WE PROBABLY NEED TO TABLE THEN? I DO NOT THINK SO.
I THINK IT WORK THAT TOGETHER TO TRY TO MINIMIZE, OKAY.
DO I NEED TO PUT THIS IN THE MOTION? YEAH, WE'RE READY FOR A MOTION AND WE DON'T NEED TO TABLE IT.
UM, SO I'M JUST GONNA SAY WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, IS THAT SUFFICIENT MILL STAFF? YES.
PER, TO ADDRESS THE TRANSPORTATION COMMENT? YES.
WITH STAFF, UH, PER STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
AND I CAN TAKE, UM, BOTH 50 AND 51 AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, THANK YOU HAMILTON, JONATHAN, FOR TAKING TIME TO KNOCK ON THOSE DOORS.
SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T WANNA SPEAK TO YOU, BUT YOU, YOU MADE THE EFFORT.
A MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 50 AND 51, UH, WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DOKI.
[52. SUP-24-08-0032 – Specific Use Permit – LaundroLab at 401 E Pioneer Pkwy (City Council District 3). Specific Use Permit for a Laundry (Self-Serve) facility in an existing commercial lease space at Plaza 303 on 8.27 acres. A portion of Lot 1, Plaza 303 Shopping Center Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned General Retail, and addressed as 401 E Pioneer Pkwy (On September 23, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 7-0)]
WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DEPUTY MAYOR PRO IS NU VOTING NAY.ITEM 52 IS A SPECIFIC USE 52 SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR LONGER LAB AT 4 0 1 EAST PIONEER PARKWAY.
THE REQUEST IS FOR A SELF-SERVICE LAUNDROMAT, AND YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.
UM, THIS IS PART OF A STRIP CENTER AND SO THE HIGHLIGHTED RED SQUARE IS THE LOCATION OF THAT SUITE WITHIN THAT SHOPPING CENTER.
THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE LOCATION.
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SQUARE FOOT SELF-SERVICE LAUNDROMAT.THEY'RE PROPOSING 30 TO 40 WASHER AND DRYERS.
UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING SOME VENDING MACHINES WITHIN THE FACILITY, UH, LOBBY WITH A SEATING AREA, A TV, CHILDREN'S BOOKS, ET CETERA.
UH, THEIR PROPOSED BUSINESS HOURS ARE FROM 7:00 AM TO 10:00 PM AND THEY DO PLAN TO HAVE ONE EMPLOYEE ON SITE DURING THOSE BUSINESS HOURS, AND WE'LL HAVE MULTIPLE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS.
UM, ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED AN APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO.
THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS WELL.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
I DON'T SEE ANYBODY HAVING ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER, UH, MERCEDES TRENT.
THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, WE DID A PRESENTATION AT P AND Z.
I'LL SHOW A QUICK THIS QUICK VIDEO AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT Y'ALL MAY HAVE.
THIS KIND OF JUST SHOWS WHAT ALANDRA LAB LOOKS LIKE.
THIS IS A FRANCHISE AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S CLEAN, MODERN, VERY, ALL NEW EQUIPMENT.
AND HERE IN A LITTLE BIT YOU'LL SEE OUR KIDS' AREA.
AND IN THAT KIDS' AREA, WE WILL HAVE BOOKS THAT WE WILL, UM, HAVE FOR THE KIDS AND WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO TAKE HOME WITH THEM.
WE'LL ENCOURAGE THEM TO TAKE THEM WITH THEM IF THEY'RE ENJOYING THEM.
BUT YES, IT KIND OF GIVES YOU A NICE LITTLE VIEW OF WHAT WE'LL BE BRINGING.
BUT I WANNA JUST KEEP IT SHORT AND SWEET.
ME AND MY HUSBAND AND FATHER-IN-LAW ARE REALLY EXCITED TO BRING LAUNDRY LAB TO DFW.
THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST LOCATION IN DFW.
MY HUSBAND AND I BOTH WENT TO DALLAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY, WHICH IS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM THIS LOCATION.
SO WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON PIONEER PARKWAY IN THIS AREA.
AND SO WHEN WE WERE DECIDING WHERE WE WANTED TO PUT OUR FIRST LOCATION, THIS IS WHERE WE WANTED TO BE.
WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING IT TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE'RE GOING TO BE HIRING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REALLY GONNA BE PUSHING FOR ONCE IF THIS GETS APPROVED.
AND ONCE WE START BUILDING, WE'LL BE REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
WHEN WE OPEN OUR DOORS, WE'LL HAVE FREE WASH DAYS.
WE'LL BE HAVING EVENTS THERE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS A PLACE TO DO THEIR LAUNDRY.
IT'S A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT WITH SECURITY.
AND WE'RE JUST REALLY EXCITED.
I DON'T SEE ANY LIGHTS FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 52 SUP 24 0 8 0 0 3 2.
UH, WE, UH, LOVE CITIZENS INVESTING IN OUR BACK, IN OUR COMMUNITY, SO GOOD LUCK TO YOU.
[CITIZEN COMMENTS]
HAROLD WILLIS.I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU VOTER SUPPRESSION.
VOTER INTIMIDATION BY MAYOR OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.
RUTHIE JACKSON, NOT JERRY DEBO.
SOME OF YOU ARE GOING TO KNOW WHO DWAYNE MCGUFFY WAS AND WHAT HE REPRESENTED.
OUR ELECTIONS IN 97 WERE HELD IN APRIL.
THIS WAS A RUNOFF IN MAY OF 2017.
I WAS THE DEMOCRATIC PRECINCT CHAIRMAN OF 45, 38.
DWAYNE MCGUFFEY WAS THE REPUBLICAN.
I WAS HELPING OUT ON THE ELECTIONS.
IT WAS ABOUT ONE 30 IN THE AFTERNOON, REALLY SLOW ELECTIONS RUN OFF.
THIS BLACK GUY COMES IN TO VOTE AND I HEAR DWAYNE MCGUFFEY.
NEXT THING I LOOK UP, YOU CAN'T VOTE BOY.
I'M THE MAYOR OF GRAND PRAIRIE BOY.
I HAVE THESE POWERS AS THE MAYOR OF GRAND PRAIRIE BOY, YOU'RE NOT GONNA VOTE BOY.
I DROPPED MY LYNDON JOHNSON BOOK ON THE FLOOR.
THE MAN TURNED AROUND AND LEFT.
I FOLLOWED HIM INTO THE PARKING LOT.
I TOLD HIM DWAYNE MCGUFFEY WAS THE MAYOR.
I TOLD THE MAN, I WILL HELP YOU FILE A COMPLAINT TO THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.
THE GUY'S RESPONSE WAS, IF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT COMES TO MY WORK, MY WHITE REPUBLICAN BOSSES HATE BILL CLINTON'S GUTS.
ALTHOUGH MY WHITE REPUBLICAN BOSSES
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GOT OUT, THEY PLAYED THE WHITE MAN'S PRIVILEGE GAME TO STAY OUT OF VIETNAM.I THEN WENT BACK IN AND I CONFRONTED DWAYNE MCGUFFEY.
DWAYNE MCGUFFEY WAS TELLING HIS BUDDIES, CONGRESSMAN, OUR BUDDY OUT THERE IN WEST TEXAS, ROGER WILLIAMS IS GONNA GIVE ME THE MONEY.
GRAND PRAIRIE NEEDS A REPUBLICAN FROM IN CONGRESS, AND I'M GONNA BE THAT REPUBLICAN TO REPRESENT GRAND PRAIRIE.
I TELL PEOPLE, I'M STILL THE MAYOR, JUST TO GET FUNDRAISING.
I THEN ASKED DWAYNE MCGUFFEY, TELL YOUR BUDDIES HERE, DWAYNE, YOU WERE IN THE AIR FORCE ALL THOSE YEARS.
TELL YOUR BUDDIES WHAT YOU DID IN VIETNAM.
TELL YOUR BUDDIES WHAT YOU DID IN THE 68 TET OFFENSIVE.
YOU WERE A FORWARD AIR CONTROLLER.
YOU WERE CALLING IN AIRSTRIKES FOR THE MARINES AT WAY IN QUESADE.
OH, YOU WERE A BAPTIST PREACHER, YOU DIDN'T SEEK COMBAT.
DECEMBER, 1972, NIXON LAUNCHED OPERATION LINEBACKER TWO, ALL THE B 50 TWOS OVER HANOI.
DWAYNE, WERE YOU IN THOSE B 50 TWOS OVER HANOI? OH NO.
I'M JUST, THIS IS WHY THIS HAS BEEN BUILDING UP IN ME ALL THESE YEARS BECAUSE HOW MANY GUYS, HOW MANY BLACK MEN TODAY IN GEORGIA AND OTHER PLACES WILL BE TOLD YOU CAN'T VOTE? BOY, THE MAN TOLD ME, YOU SEE WHAT A BLACK MAN GOES THROUGH TRYING TO VOTE IN THIS COUNTRY.
THIS IS 30 YEARS AFTER LYNDON JOHNSON SIGNED THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY, VERY AGGRAVATING TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON.
UM, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO STEP IN ON THIS, UH, JUST NO EXCUSE FOR THIS.
DWAYNE MCGUFFEY WAS OUR DONALD TRUMP.
IT TOOK RUTHIE JACKSON, CHARLIE ENGLAND FRIGO, UH, JIM SWAFFORD TO DWAYNE MCGUFFEY WAS THE ABSOLUTE LOWEST POINT FOR THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
FORTUNATELY, HE IS GONE, HIS REPUTATION, BUT TO PORTRAY HIMSELF AS THE MAYOR OF GRAND PRAIRIE, WE WERE BOTH ELECTION JUDGES.
NOTHING HAD HAPPENED THAT BEFORE.
I MADE SURE THAT I TOLD THE FOLKS IN TARRANT COUNTY DO NOT ALLOW HIM TO RUN AN ELECTION BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT HE GOT IN A BLACK MAN'S FACE AND SAID, BOY, YOU CAN'T VOTE.
I TOLD DWAYNE, YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE OAK LEAF CLUSTERS ON YOUR SHOULDERS NOW.
AND HOW DARE YOU TELL A BLACK MAN HE CAN'T VOTE JUST TO BOLSTER YOUR EGO.
I HOPE THERE ISN'T ANY REPUBLICAN, DWAYNE MCGUFFEY TO TELL PEOPLE THAT THEY CAN'T VOTE.
WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY RIGHT NOW, MAKING THREATS AGAINST POLL WORKERS, THE WHOLE THING GOING ON, WHAT HAPPENED IN GEORGIA BACK IN 20 WITH THOSE TWO LADIES, CAN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
SO I APPRECIATE HAVING THE GRAND PRIX POLICE DEPARTMENT KNOWING THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE STANDING BY TO PROTECT THE WORKERS IN THE POLLS.
UM, I'M YOLANDA TRIGG AND I'M THE REENTRY CHAIRPERSON FOR THE NAACP.
AND WHAT I'VE DONE IS, UM, I'VE WENT TO THE GRAND PRAIRIE LIBRARY IN LATE EVENING, AND THERE'S A LOT OF HOMELESS PEOPLE THERE.
UH, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE VETERAN AND HE'S HOMELESS.
AND I DON'T KNOW, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT MILITARY AND, UH, THE SERVING OF THE, IN THE MILITARY AND HOW IMPORTANT IT'S, UM, WHEN PEOPLE GO AND SERVE IN THE MILITARY, THEY MAKE A GREAT COMMITMENT TO OUR COUNTRY TO SERVE OUR COUNTRY.
AND I FIND IT OFFENSIVE FOR THEM TO COME BACK TO OUR COUNTRY AND DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE.
LIFE HAPPENS TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.
UM, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A GENTLEMAN, UM, HE'S A MARINE.
UM, I GO BY, UM, TAKE MEALS, UH, WATER, UH, SACK LUNCHES, UH, I'VE EVEN MIGRATED UP TO THE WALMART.
UM, I REALLY JUST WANNA BRING AWARENESS TO WHAT WE HAVE.
AND IT'S A GROWING, UH, POPULATION OF HOMELESS PEOPLE, UH, IN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
HOWEVER, UM, AS I SAID, I WANT TO GET THEM BACK GAINFULLY EMPLOYED, TRY TO GET THEM BACK INTO A REENTRY TYPE STATUS.
SO I DON'T HAVE A SOLUTION TODAY, PEOPLE, I DON'T, UM, I DON'T, I'M ACTUALLY WORKING ON THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK TONIGHT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I AM WORKING ON IT.
I KNOW THERE'S BEEN PEOPLE PRIOR TO ME.
I WORK WITH TAMMY, UM, A LITTLE BIT.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SHE'S LET ME KNOW WHAT, YOU KNOW, SHE'S GOT GOING ON AND, YOU KNOW, AND I'M, I I, I COMMEND HER AND, AND WHAT SHE'S DOING.
BUT THERE HAS GOT TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO AS PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HOMELESS IN OUR CITY.
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SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, I'M YOLANDA TRIGG.IF ANYBODY HAS ANY SUGGESTIONS, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE THEM.
HOWEVER, UNTIL THEN, I WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE MY TIES AND, UH, BUY LUNCHES, UH, CONTINUE TO FEED WHERE I CAN.
AND AGAIN, I WILL REACH BACK OUT AT A DIFFERENT TIME.
HOW? BUT I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW THERE IS A GROWING CONCERN BEHIND OUR CITY, GRAND PRAIRIE LIBRARY.
AND AT THE WALMART ON 1 61, I HAVE, UH, COME IN CONTACT WITH ABOUT BEHIND THE LIBRARY.
UM, IT GETS COLD, IT GETS HOT.
THEY GO INTO THE LIBRARY TO WASH, TO, UH, CHARGE THEIR PHONES.
UM, AND IT'S JUST, UH, I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, I I IT'S HARD TO FACE AND IT'S HARD TO SEE.
SO I'M, AGAIN, I'M WORKING ON IT.
UM, AND I HOPE THAT I CAN DEPEND ON EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU GUYS AT SOME POINT IN TIME TO HELP OUT.
I DID HEAR YOU SAY, IF, IF SOMETHING BROKE, LET'S FIX IT.
THERE'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING BROKE.
SO THAT BEING SAID, THAT'S ALL I HAVE RIGHT NOW.
SINCE THE LAST TIME I SPOKE, UM, THANKS TO HARVEST CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY, THEY'VE ADD TWO MORE LETTERS TO MY NAME, SO I'M GONNA REINTRODUCE MYSELF.
UM, TO TONIGHT, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO INVITE, UM, THE MAYOR, THE CITY COUNCIL, AND ALL OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE TO COME OUT ON THIS THURSDAY AT 10 O'CLOCK TO THE HEAD START.
THE HEAD START WILL BE RENAMED.
I KNOW OUR MAYOR PRO TIM GEORGIA, CLEMSON WAS THERE, UM, OF THE PASSING AND WHAT WE DID OVER AT DOWARD RECREATION CENTER.
BUT HEAD START HAVE, UM, AGREED AND IT WOULD BE INTO MOTION AND THE SIGNAGE WOULD GO UP.
UM, ON THIS THURSDAY AT 10 O'CLOCK, IT WOULD BE THE JOHN HENRY HARRIS JUNIOR HEAD START.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MAYOR, UM, JENSEN FOR, UM, PROVIDING A PROCLAMATION FOR THIS COMING UP THURSDAY.
AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO GO ON RECORD AND I WOULD LIKE TO READ IT.
IT SAYS, WHEREAS ON AUGUST THE 31ST, 1988, HEAD START OF GREATER DALLAS BECAME INCORPORATED AS AN INDEPENDENT NONPROFIT IN PROVIDING SERVICES THAT EXPANDED TO ALSO INCLUDE EARLY HEAD STARTS SERVICES IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, AND HAS ESTABLISHED ITSELF AS THE FOREMOST EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IN THE UNITED STATES.
AND WHEREAS THE MISSION OF HSGD IS TO PROVIDE CHILDREN WITH THE FOUNDATION OF SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN SCHOOL AND IN IN LIFE, AND TO FOSTER SELF-RELIANT FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, AND TO MEET THE TOTAL NEEDS OF EACH CHILD THROUGH EDUCATION, HEALTH, NUTRITION, SPECIAL SERVICES, AND FA FAMILY ADVOCACY.
AND WHEREAS TO ACHIEVE ITS GOALS, HEAD START, A GREATER DALLAS AND EARLY HEAD START PROVIDE THESE SERVICES TO MORE THAN 2,100 INFANTS, TODDLERS, AND CHILDREN ANNUALLY AT 46 LOCATIONS WITH 17 EDUCATION PARTNERS AND A DELEGATE AGENTS MAKING IT ONE OF THE LARGEST HISTORIC PROGRAMS IN THE NATION.
AND WHEREAS GRAND PRAIRIE HEAD START HAS BEEN AN OUTSTANDING CENTER IN FULFILLING THE HSGD MISSION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND WELL AND WELL AS THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
AND WHEREAS WE WISH TO HONOR JOHN HENRY HARRIS JR.
FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO HEAD START, EARLY HEAD START PROGRAM, AND GRAND PRAIRIE COMMUNITY COMMITTING WITH HIS BEING THE FIRST SITE DIRECTOR FOR HEAD START PROGRAM AT GRAND PRAIRIE HEAD START FOR 43 YEARS FROM 1970 TO 2013.
AND WHEREAS MR. HARRIS WAS A VIETNAM VETERAN WHO GREW UP IN THE GRAND PRAIRIE AREA, GRADUATED FROM DALWORTH HIGH SCHOOL, AND WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING A HEAD START PROGRAM IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WHEREAS MR. HARRIS AND H-S-G-D-C-E-O, WANDA J SMITH COLLABORATED WITH CONGRESSWOMAN EDDIE, BERNIE JOHNSON, AND HER SISTER SALLY MOORE, TO ENSURE THE CHILDREN HAD A PROGRAM THAT WOULD HELP THEM PREPARE FOR KINDERGARTEN.
NOW, THEREFORE, I RUN JENSEN ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITIZENS OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, DO HERBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER AS HEAD START MONTH AND CONGRATULATE MR. HARRIS FOR HIS LIFETIME OF COUNTLESS DEEDS AND PROVIDING EXEMPLARY SERVICES FOR THE BENEFIT OF HEAD START FAMILIES AND CHILDREN IN AND GRAND PRAIRIE COMMUNITY.
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IN THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS ON THE 17TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2020 FOURTH.AND IT'S SIGNED BY OUR MAYOR, MAYOR RON JENSEN.
SO AGAIN, BEING A GOOD PARTNER AND A NEIGHBOR, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SAN, UM, CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATION AND THE MAYOR TO COME OUT TO HEAD START FOR THE RENAMING AGAIN OF ONE OF OUR DW WORTH HEROES.
THAT WAS A CLASSMATE WITH CHARLIE TAYLOR, A HALL OF FAMER.
UH, MR. MAYOR, MY NAME IS JESSE MICHAEL COOPER.
I HAVE TWO SONS THAT ARE 26, THEY'LL BE 27 IN DECEMBER.
I HAVE NEVER IN MY WHOLE LIFE EXPERIENCED SOME OF THE STUFF THAT'S GOING ON WITH THE GRAND PRAIRIE POLICE DEPARTMENT, CODE ENFORCEMENT AND PERMITS DEPARTMENT.
AUGUST THE FIRST OF LAST YEAR, THE GRAND PRAIRIE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
FOUR OFFICERS BROKE INTO MY HOUSE LIKE SOME THUGS.
I SPENT 27 YEARS IN THE MILITARY.
I DON'T STEAL, I DON'T SELL DOPE.
I SERVED IN THE MILITARY TO RETIRE, TO LIVE A PEACEFUL LIFE AND TO MENTOR MY CHILDREN.
SO ON AUGUST THE FIRST, I'VE BEEN HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THESE RESIDENTS.
RESIDENT AT 34 0 2 JASPER DRIVE.
AND THE RESIDENT AT 34 3 JASPER DRIVE, FREDDY FONDUE AND HIS WIFE NINA, THEY CONSTANTLY HARASS ME CONSTANTLY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY GOT GOING ON, BUT I'VE TRIED TO GET WITH THE POLICE.
I'VE ASKED TO SPEAK TO YOU, MAYOR JENSEN.
I I'VE GONE DOWN TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO SPEAK TO THE CHIEF.
NOBODY WILL LET ME SPEAK TO YOU OR THE CHIEF TELLING ME ALL THIS PROTOCOL.
SO I HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH MY NEIGHBOR, LIKE IN THE LATTER PART OF JULY, IN, IN 20 LAST YEAR WITH, WITH HIS DOGS.
HE HAD LIKE THREE DOGS RUNNING LOOSE IN MY YARD.
UM, I RAN 'EM OFF WITH MY WEED EATER, I GUESS THEY GOT WITH THEY BUDDIES ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND ON AUGUST THE FIRST, THIS HAPPENED JULY 24TH, SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF JULY.
NOW YOU SEE, I BE HOME ALL DAY.
SO I HAVE A, I HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT BE GOING ON WITH SOME OF THESE PEOPLE.
SO I RUN THESE DOGS OFF MIDDLE PART OF JULY, AUGUST THE FIRST, THE GRAND PRAIRIE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
NOW I WANT YOU TO VISION THIS AS I TELL YOU THIS.
SO THEY'RE IN MY DRIVEWAY, NOBODY'S HOME, GARAGE DOWN EVERYTHING.
SO MY SON PULLS UP IN THE DRIVEWAY IN HIS CAR, AND NOW THEY WAS STANDING AT THE HOUSE.
NO OFFICERS BROKE IN NOTHING OR ANYTHING.
THE REASON FOR, SO MY SON PULLS UP, THEY IMMEDIATELY PUT HANDCUFFS ON MY MY ON MY SON.
YOU SEE, IT TAKES TIME TO SEE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WANTS YOU TO, AND DON'T GET ME WRONG, I TELL, I TEACH MY SONS.
ALL POLICE OFFICERS ARE NOT BAD.
THE BAD POLICE OFFICERS TRY TO MAKE CITIZENS HATE ALL POLICE OFFICERS.
BUT WHAT I REALIZE GOING ON IN Y'ALL DEPARTMENT IS Y'ALL HAVE THE INTERNAL CONFLICT BETWEEN THE GOOD AND THE BAD.
BECAUSE THE, THE GOOD ONES KNOW THE BAD ONES, JUST LIKE THE BAD ONES, KNOW THE GOOD ONES.
BUT ANYWAY, SO THEY HANDCUFFED MY SON IMMEDIATELY.
LUCKILY MY SON, SEE IF YOU, IF YOU FILE A COMPLAINT IN 90 DAYS, THAT DON'T GIVE YOU ENOUGH TIME TO REALLY FIGURE OUT WHAT EVIL'S PLAN WAS, YOU NEED MORE THAN 90 DAYS, THREE MONTHS GO BY, JUST LIKE THAT.
YOU HAVE A BABY AND NINE AND IT JUST GO FAST.
RIGHT? SO LUCKILY MY SON DIDN'T RESIST ARREST BECAUSE THEY WOULD'VE BEAT HIM DOWN.
SO THEY HANDCUFFED MY SON AND PUT MY SON IN THE YARD OF THE RESIDENT THAT I HAD THE DOG PROBLEM WITH.
YOU SEE, SEE WHAT I REALIZED ABOUT EVIL PEOPLE, THEY LIKE TO DO, THEY LIKE TO DO STUFF.
THEY DON'T LIKE TO, THEY JUST SYMBOLIC.
SO THEY SET MY SON IN THE DOG PROBLEM YARD.
NOW MY SON RAISED UP THE GARAGE.
MY SON CALLS ME, I'M IN DALLAS.
THEY DIDN'T ASK MY SON FOR THE KEY TO UNLOCK THE DOOR.
THEY BUSTED HIM THE DOOR IN MY GARAGE, GO ALL THROUGH MY HOUSE AND DEFI MY HOUSE.
WHATEVER THEY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, I DON'T KNOW WHO FOOLED THEM, BUT THEY SAY THEY REASON FOR BREAKING IN MY HOUSE IS BECAUSE A LADY, SOMEONE CALLED AND SAID THEY HEARD A LADY SCREAM AND A GUNSHOT.
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BREAKING IN MY HOUSE.SO THEY, THEY GO THROUGH ALL THROUGH MY HOUSE, DON'T FIND NOTHING ILLEGAL, RELEASE MY SON.
AND THEY THINK EVERYTHING IS FINE AND DANDY.
SO THEY COME UP WITH THIS, THIS DEAL TO DEFY MY HOUSE TO, I GUESS THEY, I'VE BEEN HAVING THIS PROBLEM WITH THESE NEIGHBORS ALMOST THAT, AND I WANNA HAVE A MEETING WITH YOU, UH, MR. JUSTIN, IF YOU COULD SET THAT UP ONCE THIS IS OVER WITH.
SO YOU THE CHIEF, I JUST RECENT AS LAST WEEK, I'M OFFICER NEW.
I'VE ASKED OFFICER NEW AND OFFICER WRIGHT TO DO NOT COME TO MY RESIDENCE.
THEY LIKE TO COME OUT AND THEY LIKE TO COAST.
THEY WANT, THEY WANT A START MESS.
SO LAST WEEK I HAD A NEIGHBOR THAT ACTUALLY SPIT ON MY CAR.
SO I, I DON'T GET ADDITIONAL TIME LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.
OKAY, WELL WE ALL WANT 29 MILLION FOR DAMAGES.