* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] YOU MISSED IT EARLIER. [RECONVENE MEETING] YEAH, YOU'RE, WE'LL LET YOU SEE IT. TONY CALL THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER. WE STARTED AT FOUR 30. HAD A GREAT BRIEFING. GOOD EXECUTIVE SESSION. NOW WE'RE BACK AT OPEN SESSION TONIGHT. OUR INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY REVEREND ANDERSON AT THE WOODS UNITED METHODIST CHURCHES, NEIGHBORS OF REBECCA'S AND MINE. AND THEN I WILL BE GIVEN, GIVING THE PLEDGE 'CAUSE COUNCIL MEMBER HEDON IS NOT HERE TONIGHT, NOR IS COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ. SO THERE'S SEVEN OF US HERE TONIGHT. PLEASE RISE, REVEREND. GOOD EVENING MA'AM. AND SIRS, ETERNAL GOD. AS THIS MEETING IS BEING CALLED TO ORDER, LORD, WE ASK THAT YOUR SPIRIT WILL REST, RULE AND ABIDE IN ALL THAT AGAIN HERE THIS EVENING. THE CITIZENS, THE COMMUNITY LEADERS, THE WHO BY PROFESSION SERVE THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE AND THOSE WHO HOLD THE DISTINCT HONOR OF BEING YOKED AS THE ELECTED OFFICIALS OF THIS GREAT CITY, REMIND US OF THE WORDS OF JESUS FOR THE GREATEST TO BE A SERVANT EVEN AND TO THE LEAST. EACH OF US GATHERED IN THIS ROOM REPRESENT THE GRASSROOTS FOUNDATION OF WHAT MAKES DEMOCRACY BE THE STANDARD BY WHICH MANY IN THE WORLD SEE AS THE PRINCIPLE THING NEEDED AS WE CLAIM ONE NATION UNDER GOD WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. SO ON THIS EVE OF THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF CITIZENS EXERCISING THEIR CIVIC DUTY AND OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE, THAT WE ARE HUMBLED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE ALMIGHTY GOD DOES NOT MAKE THE CHOICES FOR US, BUT WILL HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE SOONER OR LATER FOR THE CHOICES THAT WE MAKE. THEREFORE, WE PRAY FOR THE HEART OF EVERY CANDIDATE, ON EVERY BALLOT, AND EVERY CITIZEN THAT CAST THE BALLOT, THAT IT SHOULD ALL LEAD TO THE SAME RESOLVE ONE NATION UNDER GOD AND THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE SHOULD NOT PERISH FROM THE EARTH. GOD BLESS THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU REVEREND, YOU WERE THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR TONIGHT. PLEASE JOIN ME IN PLEDGING ALLEGIANCE TO OUR UNITED STATES FLAG. AND THEN THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE THROUGH THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN INDIVIDUAL JUSTICE. FOR HONOR, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, OUR PLEDGE TO BE TEXAS, TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD. ONE AN INDIVIDUAL BEFORE I CALL NOREEN UP. LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE SOME GIRL SCOUTS IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT. CAN Y'ALL STAND PLEASE? PLEASE STAND. WHAT GROUP? WHO ARE YOU WITH? UH, 2 21. 41. 21. 41. AND WHERE DO Y'ALL MEET? AT MY HOUSE. OH, RIGHT. YOU KNOW THAT WHEN I WAS IN CUB SCOUTS, WE MET AT A HOME AND PLAYED IN THEIR BACKYARD. I'LL NEVER FORGET IT. WE WOULD BACK THEN WE COULD WALK, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD WALK BLOCKS TO GET TO OUR MEETINGS AND ALL. WHEN Y'ALL REACHED THE LEVEL OF GETTING THAT FINAL, WHAT'S THE FINAL ONE FOR GIRL SCOUTS? GOLD GIRL SCOUTS GOLD. GOLD PLEASE. GOLDEN AWARD. YES, PLEASE COME AND LET US RECOGNIZE YOU RIGHT HERE UP FRONT WITH PICTURES AND ALL, ALL OF YOU MAKE THAT. OKAY. AND THEN YOU COME AND SAY, MARY, YOU TOLD ME I COULD COME TO THE MEETING. WE WANT YOU HERE. THANK Y'ALL FOR COMING TONIGHT. IF YOU NEED US TO FILL OUT ANY PAPERWORK SHOWING YOUR ATTENDANCE TONIGHT SO YOU CAN GET THAT BADGE OR WHATEVER, THEY'LL DO IT FOR YOU IN THE LOBBY. THANK YOU. THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, NOREEN. [PRESENTATIONS] GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNSEL, I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE TO THE UM, ROBINSON ELEVATED STORAGE TANK. UM, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, WE ENTERED THE TANK IN THE 2024 TANK OF THE YEAR COMPETITION. AND I'M HERE TO KIND OF GIVE YOU THE RESULTS OF HOW THAT WENT. THERE WE GO. [00:06:38] BARBECUE SAUCE. YAY. WE'RE GOING. NOREEN . I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO THANK MAYOR CITY COUNCIL, CMO FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE IN THIS PROJECT. WOULD LIKE TO ALSO THANK OUR DESIGN TEAM, FRIESA NICHOLS, REPRESENTATIVE HERE, ALSO OUR CONTRACTOR LANDMARK. AND THE ARTIST ERIC KEN. AND THAT'S A PHOTO OF HIM HAND PAINTED THIS WHOLE THING. THAT ENTIRE TANK WAS HAND PAINTED. WOW. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED AND PROUD OF THIS. IS EVERYONE EXCITED HERE? WE WON AM MAYOR AND COUNCIL. IN CELEBRATION OF THIS AWARD, THE LIBRARY AND MARKETING DEPARTMENT WORKED TOGETHER TO CREATE REPLICAS OF THE WATER TOWER FOR Y'ALL. OH, VAN AND LIBRARY. USE THE LIBRARY'S 3D PRINTER. AND JONATHAN AND MARKETING FELT THEY'RE HERE. THE THANK YOU TO PRESENT THIS YOU CAN MAKE WITH A 3D PRINTER. THEY CREATED THE STICKERS IN MARKETING TO MAKE IT LOOK IDENTICAL. SO WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT THAT TO YOU IN RECOGNITION OF THIS AMAZING AWARD. PLEASE BRING THEM UP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT'S GREAT. KURT, TAKE ONE OUT. YOU'RE THE FIRST ONE. SHOW. SHOW THE PUBLIC OUT THERE. LOOK AT THESE. ISN'T THAT CUTE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. THERE'S NO WATER IN IT. THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA. THAT WAS CUTE. OUR OLD CO OUR OLD YETI . THERE WE GO. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. YOU DONE? I AM DONE. THANK YOU. YOU THANK YOU. IT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. UM, I'D [CONSENT AGENDA] RECOGNIZE OUR MAYOR PRO TIM GEORGIA CLEMSON FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. BUT FIRST OF ALL, GEORGIA, WE HAVE A FEW SPEAKERS AND SO, UM, HAROLD, COME ON DOWN. YOU CAN START WITH NUMBER [11. Annual Contract for fire department clothing items from Kevin & Sammy Inc dba K9 Sports up to $105,000.00 annually. This contract will be for one year with the option to renew for four additional one-year periods totaling up to $525,000.00 if all renewals are exercised (Reviewed by the Public Safety, Health, and Environment Committee on 10/14/2024) ] 11. WE'LL LET YOU STAY THERE UNTIL YOU GET THROUGH ALL YOUR CONSENT AGENDA. IT WON'T TAKE A LONG LAWYER. THANK YOU. ON UH, ITEM NUMBER 11, IF WE COULD JUST GET THE CHIEF TO CLARIFY, COUNCILWOMAN HADN'T HAD ME AT THE MEETING IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. THE THIS COMPANY, ARE THEY, I JUST WANT TO REAFFIRM THAT THIS IS A GRAND PRAIRIE BASED COMPANY THAT PAYS PROPERTY TAX IN GRAND PRAIRIE . IS THAT 11? UH, YEAH, I'M SORRY. THE YEP. FOR THE CLOTHING. YEP. ROBERT FIVE FIRE CHIEF. YES. THIS IS [00:10:01] GRAND PRAIRIE LOCATED HOMEGROWN. SO THEY, UM, HOW LONG HAVE THEY BEEN IN GRAND PRAIRIE? YOU HAVE ANY IDEA? JUST THEY'RE HERE NOW, BUT THAT'S ALL THAT COUNT. LONG TIME. YEAH. LONG TIME. THAT'S ALL THAT COUNTS. THANK YOU. SO IT'S A LOCAL GRANDER COMPANY. YEP. AND, AND QUICKLY ON ITEM NUMBER 12, I KNOW WHEN YOU MADE THE PRESENTATION ON THE 14TH, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO UPDATE US LATER DOWN THE ROAD? I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT SOME PRETTY DIFFERENT EXCITING CHANGES ON FIELD MEDICINE HERE. THAT FROM THIS GROUP, PLEASE. YEAH. SO THIS IS OUR CONTRACT TO, FOR OUR PARAMEDICS TO OPERATE AS PARAMEDICS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. SO WE'RE, WE'VE BEEN WITH, UH, ENVISION FOR ROUGHLY 10 YEARS. WE'RE RENEWING OUR CONTRACT. I THINK IN THE FUTURE THERE MAY BE, UH, ALTERNATIVES OUT THERE DOWN THE ROAD, BUT FOR NOW, WE'RE GONNA STAY WITH ENVISION AND KEEP OUR ALL THE GOOD THINGS GOING. SOME GOOD THINGS. YEP. THANK, THANK YOU. MM-HMM . THANK YOU JOB CHIEF. YEAH. 16 [16. Authorize the City Manager to Accept a Routine Airport Maintenance Program (RAMP) Grant from Texas Department of Transportation Aviation Division (TxDOT-Aviation) which provides Reimbursement for 90% of City Expenditures for Airport Maintenance up to a Maximum Reimbursement of $100,000 (Reviewed by the Public Safety, Health, and Environment Committee on 10/14/2024)] HAROLD THE AIRPORT MAINTENANCE. THIS RAMP GRANT FROM, UH, TDOT FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. IS THIS A ONE YEAR BY TWO YEARS? THREE YEARS. HOW OFTEN CAN WE GET THIS? A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM TEXTILE, MR. DEVITA. ALRIGHT, MARK DEVITA AIRPORT WORKER. AND WHILE HE'S HERE, THIS IS OUR PILOT THAT DELIVERED OUR WATER TO CORPUS CHRISTIANS IN HIS OWN LITTLE FAST PLANE. THANK YOU, MARK. SURE. SO THIS IS A GRANT THAT WE GET EVERY YEAR FROM TEX AVIATION. UM, IT PREVIOUSLY USED TO BE 50 50 SHARE, BUT LAST YEAR THEY WENT TO 90 10. SO BASICALLY WE SPEND $111,000 AT A HUNDRED, UH, $111 AND 11 CENTS. THEY'LL COVER 90% OF THAT. SO IT'S A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS GRANT THAT THEY GIVE US FOR DOING ROUTINE AIRPORT MAINTENANCE. PRIMARILY WE SPEND IT ON PAVEMENT, REPAIRS, PAVEMENT. OKAY. UM, IS THAT WITH THIS, WITH OUR CONCRETE AND EVERYTHING IS SOMETHING YOU GOTTA DO EVERY YEAR OR? OH, YES. YEAH. POTHOLES LIKE YOU HAVE ON STREETS. YEAH. YOU CAN'T HAVE THAT ON AIRPORTS. OH YEAH. . LIKE, IT'LL, IT, IT COULD CAUSE BIG PROBLEMS WITH AIRPLANES ROLLING HIGH SPEED ON RUNWAYS. SO AS SOON AS WE SEE ANY TYPE OF FAILURE CRACKS, ANYTHING WE CAN REPLACE ABATEMENT. IT HELD UP IN 1969. THEY LANDED A C 1 41 OUT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND THEN REALIZED THEY MADE A MISTAKE IN IMMENSELY. SO THAT WAS, UH, IT SURVIVED THAT IN 69. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU 19. HAROLD, THANKS FOR THE HISTORY LESSON. OH YES. . THE, UH, [19. An Ordinance Amending Chapter 13, Article VIII “Smoking” by Amending Sections 13-131, 13-134, 13-137, and 13-138 of the Grand Prairie Code of Ordinances to Clarify Places Where Smoking is Permitted and Align Age Restrictions with State Law; Providing a Penalty Clause, Savings Clause, and Severability Clause; Providing an Effective Date After Publication (Reviewed by the Public Health, Safety, and Environment Committee 09/16/2024)] THE SMOKING ORDINANCE, UH, DOES THIS PERTAIN THAT ALL OF OUR RESTAURANTS NOW ARE COMPLETELY NON-SMOKING. AND IS THERE ANYTHING IN THERE, LIKE AT THE APPLEBEE'S? I CAN'T GO INTO APPLEBEE'S ANYMORE BECAUSE THE CIGARETTE SMOKE IS PERMEATED INTO THE CARPET AND INTO THE CEILING TILES. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WOULD REQUIRE A BUSINESS TO CLEAN UP AFTER THEY'VE HAD SMOKING IN THERE FOR SO MANY YEARS? 'CAUSE IT'S STILL RESIDUAL CINDY, AROUND CINDY. WELL, I WAS GONNA ALLOW, HOW LONG HAS MY GOODNESS. APPLEBEE'S HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO SMOKE IN, UH, 10 YEARS, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. NOT SINCE 2013. YEAH. CINDY MENDEZ, UM, PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR. UM, THIS WILL NOT AFFECT, THERE STILL WILL NOT BE ANY SMOKING ALLOWED IN RESTAURANTS. WHAT THIS DOES IS JUST CHANGE THE DEFINITION, UM, OF FOOD TO EXCLUDE ICE AND BEVERAGES SO THAT CERTAIN FACILITIES LIKE THAT ALLOW SMOKING, LIKE SMOKING LOUNGES. SURE. UH, CIGAR BARS IN THE FUTURE WILL BE ALLOWED TO SERVE, UM, WATER COCA-COLA. OKAY. UM, ALCOHOL IF THEY HAVE A-T-A-B-C LICENSE, BUT THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SERVE FOOD IN THOSE FACILITIES. OKAY. YEAH. DOES THIS HAVE ANY INPUT ON THE, UH, NEW RESTAURANT OUT AT THE LAKE? UH, THEY'RE REDO. DOESN'T HAVE ANY EFFECT ON? NO, NO. THERE'S STILL NO SMOKING ALLOWED IN ANY, THIS DOESN'T ALLOW ANY, YOU STILL CAN'T SMOKE IN RESTAURANT HERE WHERE THEY SERVE FOOD, PERIOD. RIGHT. SO THEY STILL WON'T BE ABLE TO USE US A HEAD UP OVER GRAPEVINE. . ITEM [20. Ordinance Amending the FY 2024/2025 Operating Budget (Reviewed by the Finance and Government Committee on 11/05/2024)] 20. THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. UH, WHAT HAVE WE AMENDED ON THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR TAL TVO MANAGEMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR? THIS IS A, UH, MAINTENANCE CLEANUP. UH, THERE ARE SEVERAL ITEMS THAT WE'RE AMENDING PRIMARILY. WE HAD AN ITEM, UH, TEXAS MONTHLY THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNSEL IN JUNE. UH, THIS ALLOCATES THE FUNDING FOR THAT. UH, THERE ARE OTHER, A COUPLE, UH, ITEMS SUCH AS, UH, ALLOCATING FOR A VEHICLE THAT WAS, UH, LEFT OFF AND PROPERTY AND LIABILITY THAT WE NEEDED TO UPDATE THE BUDGET FOR. THANK YOU. TAL. AND ON 21, I'M SORRY, ON 21, I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. DO 21 ON THE, UH, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM. THE 76 MILLION [00:15:01] VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT. THE MORE VEHICLES FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT. MORE FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT. YES. SO THAT INCLUDES, UM, FOR VEHICLES FOR THE, OUR NORMAL FLEET MAINTENANCE. IT DOESN'T HAVE YOUR NEW BENTLEY IN THERE? NO, SIR. OKAY. WE'LL TAKE JUST CHECKING. THANK YOU. 2022. [22. Resolution Establishing the City’s State Legislative Agenda and Priorities for the 89th Session of the Texas Legislature] 22. THE, UM, OUR STATE'S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, THE PRIORITIES, UH, WHAT ARE OUR PRIORITIES FOR THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION? WE'LL GIVE 'EM TO YOU. HI HAROLD. LISA NORRIS, MANAGING DIRECTOR. YES. SO WE'VE GOT, UH, SEVERAL PRIORITIES LISTED. UM, THEY VARY ON DIFFERENT ITEMS. WE HAVE WHAT WE, WE, UH, OPPOSE WHAT WE SUPPORT RANGING FROM, UM, SHORT TERM RENTALS. AND, UM, LEMME GET TO THE ITEM. I'M SORRY I DIDN'T HAVE IT OPEN, BUT IT, UH, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, INCREASED MUNICIPAL CONTROL OVER THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATIONS. THAT'S ONE OF THE ONES YOU'VE TALKED TO US ABOUT A NUMBER OF TIMES HAROLD TALKED ABOUT WHERE THEY CAN COME IN AND QUIT PAYING TAXES. WE TRYING TO GET, THAT'S THE PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES. WELL, THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE TO DO PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES. WE DO PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES OUR HFC, BUT ANOTHER HFC WOULDN'T HAVE TO, AND THAT'S WHAT BILL EXPLAINED TO YOU, A NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEETINGS AGO. IF AN HFC FROM ANOTHER TOWN COMES AND BY THEY DO NOT HAVE TO PAY TAXES. OUR PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES, WE'RE TRYING TO PREVENT THINGS LIKE THAT FROM HAPPENING. THEY CAN TAKE IT OFF OUR TAX ROLL. SO WE'RE THAT'S NOT WITHIN, WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO GET IT PASSED AT THE LEGISLATURE, UM, TO HELP CONTROL THAT BECAUSE IT'S DONE THROUGH THE STATE, NOT NECESSARILY HERE. OH, SURE. YES. SO LEGISLATIVELY ON THESE HF FCAS THAT THIS HAS BEEN, HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN IN EFFECT NOW THAT THEY CAN JUST SAY, WE'RE NOT GONNA PAY TAXES ON PURPOSE? NO, BILL. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE. HISTORY. IT'S BEEN ABOUT THREE YEARS WHEN THEY, SINCE THEY PASSED THAT, IT'S A NEW LAW THAT THEY PASSED. WE'RE TRYING TO GET 'EM TO TWEET IT. THAT'S RIGHT. SO THEY WILL. SO WE HAVE MORE CONTROL. OKAY. SO THEY, THAT'S WHAT OUR GOAL IS. SO THEY'LL PAY TAXES. LIKE WE AS HOMEOWNERS, PAY TAXES, , WE'RE TRYING TO GET MORE CONTROL. I BET THE LEGISLATURE'S NEVER GONNA MAKE IT THAT MUCH OF A CHANGE. BUT WE'RE TRYING TO NEGOTIATE WITH THEM FOR AS MUCH AS WE CAN GET. OKAY. THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD JUST ASK THAT DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION WE HAVE MORE UPDATES THAT WE CAN DO SOME LYNDON JOHNSON ARM TWISTING ON 'EM DOWN THERE. DO IT BY SPRAY. WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN YOU WITHIN OUR CONTROL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU HAROLD. THE OTHER ITEMS ARE THE ETJ, UM, THEY'RE SPECIFIC IN HERE WANTING TO INCREASE WELFARE CHECKS, UM, REGULATION OF GROUP HOMES. I BELIEVE YOU'VE ALSO MENTIONED YES. DIGITAL DISPLAYS. WE'RE TRYING TO PURSUE OPTIONS ON THAT. UM, SPECIAL DISTRICTS AND THEN, UH, OBVIOUSLY SUSTAINABILITY ON SHORT-TERM RENTALS. SO TRYING TO CONTROL WHAT WE CAN WITHIN SHORT-TERM RENTALS. OKAY. ALRIGHT. AND THEN THERE, THERE'S OTHER SPECIFIC IN HERE, BUT THOSE ARE THE MAIN THINGS WE WE'RE TRYING TO SUPPORT. THANKS LISA. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU BET. THANK YOU HAROLD. NUMBER 19. EDGAR KOWSKI. EDGAR, ARE YOU AN ENGINEER? NO. ARCHITECT. MY GOODNESS. NO. I COULD TELL FROM YOUR PRINTING. UNFORTUNATELY. LORDY MERCY. UH, THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT I'M NOT A DOCTOR. NOT A DOCTOR. WELL DOCTOR OF JURISPRUDENCE, IF THAT COMES. ALL RIGHT. GOOD. THANK YOU. WELL, UH, AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, A VERY BRIEF, UH, COMMENT, UH, IN SUPPORT OF, UH, NUMBER 19. UH, MY NAME IS EDGAR KOWSKI. I'M AN ATTORNEY WITH, UH, GRIFFITH AND HUGHES LAW FIRM AND WE DO LIQUOR LICENSING. UM, OUR CLIENT IS CIGARS INTERNATIONAL. UH, WE WANTED TO INDICATE OUR SUPPORT, UH, FOR THIS, UH, UH, ORDINANCE. WE THINK IT'LL BE, UH, GOOD FOR THE CITY. UH, ALSO, UH, AS A FORMER TVC LAWYER, I'LL ALSO SAY THAT THIS IS, UH, IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE TVC CODE. AND, UM, WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. THANK YOU. WE'VE GOT A POLICE OFFICER THAT HAS BEEN HOUNDING ME TO GET CIGARS INTERNATIONAL 'CAUSE HE'S OVER THERE EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT, RAY. SO TELL RAY THAT WE HAVE FINALLY AT LEAST CLEARED SOME OF THE HURDLES TO GETTING Y'ALL HERE IN GRAND PRIX. THANK YOU. PUT THE MAYORS. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. THANK YOU CHIEF. THANK YOU FOR COMING. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. . ALRIGHT, I'LL TURN IT BACK TO YOU MAYOR PRO TEM. WE'RE READY TO VOTE. THANK YOU MAYOR. AS THE MAYOR SAID, WE MET EARLIER AND, UH, REVIEWED THE CONSENT AGENDA. AND AS, UH, ALWAYS I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE APPROVAL OF ITEMS FOUR THROUGH 22. [00:20:01] SECOND WE MOTION BY MAYOR PROTE. SECOND, MY DEPUTY MAYOR PROTE JUNIOR ON. YOU ALL IN FAVOR SAY, AYE. I OPPOSED SAY NAY. LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT THE VOTE PASSED SEVEN TO ZERO A LITTLE. HIS LESSON IN RULES OF DECORUM AND ROBERT'S RULES, ESPECIALLY FOR YOU GIRL SCOUTS. EVEN THOUGH THERE'S ONLY SEVEN OF US HERE TONIGHT, AND A MAJORITY OF SEVEN WOULD BE FOUR, WE STILL REQUIRE A VOTE OF FIVE TO PASS ANYTHING THAT'S A MAJORITY OF THE FULL BODY OF NINE MEMBERS. SO WE CAN MEET, EVEN IF THERE'S ONLY FIVE OF US HERE, WE CANNOT MEET IF THERE'S FOUR, IF THERE WERE FIVE OF US HERE, IT WOULD TAKE ALL FIVE MEMBERS VOTING UNANIMOUSLY FOREIGN AN ITEM TO PASS IT. 'CAUSE IT TAKES FIVE VOTES. SO THAT'S JUST FEW YOUNG LADIES HERE TONIGHT ON SOME OF THE RULES OF DECORUM AND ROBERT'S. RULES OF ORDERS. OKAY. ITEM [23. Second 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)] 20, UM, THREE. HAROLD, UH, LET'S LET HIM COME AFTER YOU. NOR, I MEAN, UH, NOREEN, YOU GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE PRESENTATION MAKE PRESENT. YEAH. YOU MAY ANSWER HIS QUESTION, BUT HE'LL STILL WANT TO ASK IT. OKAY. OKAY. SO, UH, THIS IS THE SECOND READIN OF AN ORDINANCE GRANT IN AN ELECTRIC POWER FRANCHISE TO UNITED ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE SERVICES INC. THIS AGREEMENT WOULD AUTHORIZE UNITED ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE SERVICES INC. TO USE PUBLIC PROPERTY WITHIN 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. HAROLD, UH, THIS IS A ITEM WE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT LAST TIME, YOU KNOW, IS THAT NEW LITTLE GROUP OUT THERE? AND WHAT WILL, DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THE AMOUNT OF THE FRANCHISE FEE THAT WILL PAY TO THE CITY? YES, IT IS RIGHT HERE. IT IS 0.00327 PER KILOWATT PER HOUR. I MEAN, IT IT ISN'T JUST A, A FLAT FEE OR IT'S BASED ON NO, IT'S BASED ON USAGE. BASED ON USAGE. SO WITH THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT'S SUPPOSED TO GO IN DOWN THERE QUITE A BIT, THAT IS HOW THEY CALCULATE. IS THIS HOW ENCORE ALL OF THEM DO THIS? YEAH, THIS IS, UH, IT'S A NEGOTIATED RATE, BUT THIS IS EACH, UH, FRANCHISE HAS THEIR NEGOTIATED RATE. SO THIS IS, UH, COMPARABLE TO OTHER FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS TO OTHER F OKAY. 'CAUSE I KNOW THEY JUST PASSED THE COST ON THE CONSUMER ANYWAY, SO, BUT ARE THEY LOCATED IN MIDLOTHIAN ANY OR, UM, THIS IS THEIR CERTIFICATION NOW. SO THIS IS WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO BE CERTIFIED RIGHT NOW. SO THERE IS, HERE'S 2 87. 3 87. SO THIS, THIS IS THE GRAND PRAIRIE KIND OF PART OF IT IN THE H TWO A PART OF IT IN MONTHS. GOOD. THANK YOU. I GUESS IT'S SO CONFUSING BECAUSE ENCORE HAS WAXAHATCHEE, ITALY ALL IN THROUGH HERE. YOU JUST GO A FEW MILES IN EITHER DIRECTION AND IT'S, IT'S BY ENCORE. SO NOT DEALING WITH THESE, WITH THIS ELECTRICAL GROUP IN THE HISTORY OF GRAND PRAIRIE. UH, I JUST THINK THIS IS A TREMENDOUS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL BECAUSE YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT OPTION DOWN THERE VERSUS ENCORE. AND WITH THE AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT GOING ON IN THAT LOCATION, THIS IS GONNA BE SIGNIFICANT THAT WE JUST, IT'S THE POWER TO CHOOSE. YOU JUST DON'T HAVE ENCORE. YOU HAVE ANOTHER PROVIDER DOWN THERE. YEAH, ACTUALLY TOO, ANOTHER ONE AS WELL. HILLCO IS A DIFFERENT ONE THAT'S THERE. SO HILLCO IS A DIFFERENT ONE? MM-HMM . OKAY. AND NONE OF THIS IS OUR CITY LIMITS IN HERE. UM, THAT IS AS, UH, PART OF, OF THAT I THINK IS, UH, MANSFIELD. THAT'S MANSFIELD. WOW. SO THEY'RE JUST DIFFERENT, UM, CERTIFICATIONS. AND SOME ARE DUAL, SOME ARE SINGLE. YEAH. I GUESS JUST GROWING UP WITH TEXAS ELECTRIC SERVICE COMPANY RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. SO THIS IS KIND OF A CHANGE, BUT I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A BETTER CHANGE FOR THE CITY AND THE TAXPAYERS AND THE RATE PAYERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THIS WAS THE, LET'S SEE. I, I WENT AHEAD AND WAS LOOKING AHEAD. 22ND. 23. I TURNED THE PAGE. THERE IT IS. DOWN AT THE BOTTOM. THIS IS THE SECOND READING. WE CAN TAKE ACTION ON IT TONIGHT. CAN I'M READY FOR A VOTE. NO. MOTION TO VOTE. MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE. ITEM NUMBER 23. SECOND WE HAVE MOTION. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A ANY, DON'T SEE ANY ALIKE. ALL FAVOR SAY AYE. OH, WE ALREADY SAID THAT. MOTION. CARRIE. SEVEN TO NOTHING. I WAS LOOKING TOO FAR AHEAD IN MY AGENDA. [24. Boards and Commissions – Removal/Appointment for Housing Finance Corporation and Appointment to Fill a Vacancy on the Dallas County Flood Control District Board] NUMBER 24, MONA? YES SIR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE HAVE A SPEAKER ON ADAM 24. SO YOU PRESENT BEFORE WE VOTE? WE'LL CALL THE SPEAKER UP. [00:25:01] SOUNDS GOOD. UM, SO TONIGHT WE WILL BE, UH, BRINGING BEFORE YOU THE REMOVAL AND APPOINTMENT FOR THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. UH, MAYOR PRO TEM GEORGIA. CLEMSON WILL BE REPLACING FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER COLE HUMPHREYS, UH, SERVING ON THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION BOARD. UM, THIS WOULD MEAN REMOVAL OF THE CURRENT MEMBER WOULD BE EFFECTIVE UPON COUNCIL ACTION THIS EVENING. UM, AND THE NEWLY DESIGNATED MEMBER WOULD FILL THAT POSITION FOR THE, UM, AN EXPIRED TERM. AND, UM, MR. HUMACK HAS INFORMATION ON THE DALLAS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT. THANK YOU. WALTER ACK, MANAGING DIRECTOR. WE HAVE, UM, AN OPENING FOR THE DALLAS, DALLAS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT. WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO OPENINGS FOR THAT, BUT WE HAVE ONE APPLICANT, UH, HERE APPLYING FOR THAT POSITION. WHO'S THE APPLICANT? UM, CHARLES NOLTON. OH, HE'S HE'S HERE TO SPEAK. HE'S GONNA TRY TO TALK YOU OUT OF IT. . NO, THANK YOU CHARLES, GO AHEAD AND COME ON. TELL US SO WE CAN YOU CAN INTRODUCE YOURSELF. YEAH. AND TELL US WHY YOU WANNA BE ON IT. IT'S ALL THOSE PERKS THAT, THAT FLOOD CONTROL GETS THAT. THAT'S RIGHT. UM, WELL THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TONIGHT. I ACTUALLY WASN'T HERE TO SPEAK, I WAS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. UH, BUT I CAN SPEAK. UM, GOOD. SO I'VE BEEN INTERESTED IN UTILITY DISTRICTS SINCE I STARTED IN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE, UM, ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO. UM, I THINK JUST BEING ABLE TO UTILIZE, UH, BONDS, PAY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE OR IN THIS CASE FLOOD CONTROL. THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, VALUE TO BE ADDED THERE AND A LOT OF, THERE'S A LOT OF BENEFITS AND JUST SOMETHING THAT I'M INTERESTED IN. UM, SO WE'D LOVE NOTHING MORE TO BE A PART OF THE BOARD AND, UH, LEARN MORE AND, AND KIND OF HELP, HELP GROW. AND, UM, WELL WE NEED VOLUNTEERS. YES, SIR. WE ALL MAKE APPOINTMENTS. WE ALL APPRECIATE VOLUNTEERS. SO THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. ON THE NIGHT THAT YOU'RE GOING, WE'RE POSSIBLY GONNA BE PUTTING YOU ON THE, THAT COMMITTEE. SO THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. YES, YES. GO AHEAD. AND COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL, YOU OWN PROPERTY IN THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT? UH, YES. MY, MY COMPANY DOES. AND THEY WOULD, YOU WOULD REPRESENT THE COMPANY, UH, BECAUSE IN ORDER TO BE ON THAT BOARD YOU HAVE TO OWN PROPERTY IN THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT. YES. YES. SO YOU WOULD REPRESENT THE, THAT COMPANY THAT OWNS THE PROPERTY? YES SIR. HOW MUCH DO THEY OWN? 15 OR 17 ACRES. IS IT ALREADY DEVELOPED? NO. OKAY. WE'RE, WE'RE ABOUT TO START DEVELOPMENT HERE IN A COUPLE MONTHS. IS IT IN THE IRVING PORTION OR THE GRAND PRAIRIE COUNTRY? GRAND PRAIRIE, HUH? CRAN PRAIRIE CEDAR GRAND PRAIRIE PORTION. YES, SIR. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANKS TONY. GOOD QUESTION. 'CAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD TO HAVE PROPERTY IN IT TO BE HONEST IT, SO THANK YOU. YEAH, I USED TO LIVE IN, YEAH. WELL GOOD. THANK YOU. WERE YOU ON THE BOARD AT THAT TIME? NO. IT, IT, IT WAS, IT WAS AN ELECTED BOARD. OKAY. WELL THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. THAT'S ALL THE APPOINTMENTS. I ENTERTAIN A MOTION MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 24. SECOND. HAVE A MOTION. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A OPPOSED SAY NAY. ITEM 25 I. OKAY. ITEM 25 IS THE FIRST READING OF THE ANNEXATION FOR THE LAKE SONG DEVELOPMENT IF, SORRY. TIFFANY BULL. DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY. THANK YOU TIFFANY. UM, IF YOU REMEMBER WE CONS COUNSEL CONSIDERED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023, THE LAKE SONG PLAN DEVELOPMENT, THAT PLAN DEVELOPMENT OR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT PROVIDED FOR THE FUTURE ANNEXATION. BUT THERE WERE SOME THINGS T'S THAT HAD TO BE CROSSED I'S THAT NEEDED TO BE DOTTED BEFORE THAT COULD HAPPEN. AND SO WE ARE NOW ABLE TO, UM, MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ANNEXATION. THIS IS THE FIRST READING THE YELLOW SHOWS THEIR ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT. THE RED DOTTED LINE IS THE CITY LIMITS. SO THE PORTION THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT ANNEXING IN RIGHT OFF OF 2 87 IS THE PORTION THAT'S CURRENTLY IN OUR ETJ. IF YOU LOOK ON THE MAP BESIDE IT, IT'S THE PINK PORTION. THE GREEN AND PURPLE PORTIONS ARE ALREADY WITHIN CITY LIMITS. OKAY. MAYOR PRO TEM. MAYOR, ARE YOU READY FOR A MOTION? I'M NOT, NO. UM, DO WE TAKE A VOTE ON IT OR, SINCE IT'S THE FIRST READING, TIFFANY, IF I MAY ASK. GO AHEAD MIKE. WELL, YES, YES. HOW MANY ACRES IS THIS IN THE PINK? 1045 IS THE PORTION THAT WILL BE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY. THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT IS CLOSE TO 1200. AND WHERE IS THIS PARALLEL TO THE OTHER PROJECT THAT [00:30:01] IS STILL ON THE WAY? THE 5,000 ACRES WITH UM, WITH PROVIDENCE. GOOD, GOOD, GOOD. GOODLAND GOODLAND. SO LAKE SONG IS ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF 2 87 AND GOODLAND IS ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE. OKAY. SO IT'S ESSENTIALLY RIGHT OVER HERE IS THE EXISTING PRAIRIE RIDGE DEVELOPMENT. MM-HMM . RIGHT? OKAY. RIGHT THERE. YES. SO I'M READY FOR A MOTION. IT'S JUST TO APPROVE THE FIRST READING SEC. SHE GAVE YOU THE YES SIR. THANK YOU MAYOR. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE FIRST READING AND SCHEDULE THIS ITEM FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AND SECOND READING ON DECEMBER 17TH, 2024. WE HAVE A MOTION. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AND THE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION [25. First Reading of an Ordinance Adopting the Annexation of Certain Territory Located in the Extraterritorial Jurisdiction of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas, to Wit: Being approximately 1045 Acre Tract of Land in Ellis County, Texas and Being More Particularly Described and Graphically Depicted in Exhibit “A”, Such Tract is Generally Located North of 287 Including Land Situated in the S.A. & M.G.R.R. Co. Survey, Abstract No. 1056, D. Morgan Survey, Abstract No. 1224, J. Thomspon Survey, Abstract No. 1086, J. Jones Survey, Abstract No. 583, Joseph Stewart Survey, Abstract No. 961, A. Reeves Survey, Abstract No. 939, and All Adjacent Rights-of-way into the City of Grand Prairie, Texas; Providing for Incorporation of Premises, Amending of the Official City Map, and Acknowledging a Service Plan; Requiring the Filing of this Ordinance with the County Clerk; Prescribing for Effect on Territory, Granting as Appropriate to All the Inhabitants of Said Property All the Rights and Privileges of Other Citizens and Binding Said Inhabitants by All of the Acts, Ordinances, Resolutions, and Regulations of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas; Providing Cumulative Repealer, Severability, and Savings Clauses; Providing for Engrossment and Enrollment; and Providing an Effective Date] CARRIES. AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER FIRST READING TIFFANY. OKAY. THIS IS A GOODLAND PARKWAY ANNEXATION. THIS IS PART OF THE GOODLAND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. HERE'S THE LAND TO BE ANNEXED. IT LOOKS KIND OF FUNNY, BUT WHAT I'LL SHOW YOU IS RIGHT HERE IS THE EXISTING ELLIS COUNTY FRESHWATER SUPPLY DISTRICT. THIS IS THE LAND THAT WE PREVIOUSLY ANNEXED INTO THE CITY. THIS WILL GIVE US THE CONNECTIVITY WE NEED FOR THE TOWN CENTER. SO IT WILL ANNEX OVER HERE AND THEN UP IN PREPARATION FOR GOODLAND PARKWAY, WHICH WILL PROVIDE MUCH RE MUCH, MUCH NEEDED TRANSPORTATION RELIEF FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT LIVE IN THIS AREA. IT WILL GIVE THEM AN EXIT OTHER THAN GOING OUT TO 2 87. AND THIS IS BACK TO THE PIECE OF PROPERTY YOU JUST WERE DESCRIBING TO MIKE. THIS THE BIG, BIG YES. 5,000 WHATEVER. YEAH. YES. RIGHT HERE IS 2 87. SO LAKE SONG IS OVER HERE AND THEN THIS IS GOODLAND. AND UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT USED TO SEE IT, WHAT WAS IT? PRAIRIE RIDGE. PRAIRIE RIDGE IS NOW GOODLAND. YES. PEOPLE MISTAKENLY SAY IT'S A CITY CALLED GOODLAND, BUT IT'S NOT. IT'S JUST THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. YOU PROBABLY GET THAT QUESTION DEVELOPMENT. UH, YEAH, I KNOW IT'S A ISSUE THAT PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. BUT PRAIRIE RIDGE WILL BE A VILLAGE WITHIN, INSIDE OF GOODLAND GOODLAND, WHICH IS INSIDE OF GRAND PRAIRIE. CORRECT. RIGHT. BUT THEY WANNA BE THEIR OWN. WELL, AS A STATE WE GET PEOPLE TELLING ME, OH YEAH. WHAT'S THAT NEW CITY OUT THERE? NO, IT'S NOT A NEW CITY, IT'S JUST THE NAME OF IT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. OKAY. IT'S JUST THEY HAVE A REAL NICE SIGNS WELCOME YOU TO GOODLAND, WHICH THEY WANT TO TURN. GOODLAND. YEAH. THANK YOU. WE NEED HARTLAND AND UH, YES. OR LAS COLINAS AND IRVING. YEAH. YES. UH, [26. First Reading of an Ordinance Adopting the Annexation of Certain Territory Located in the Extraterritorial Jurisdiction of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas, to Wit: Being approximately 41.68 Acre Tract of Land in Johnson County and Ellis County, Texas and Being More Particularly Described in Exhibit “A” and Graphically Depicted in Exhibit “B”, Such Tract is Generally Located South of the Ellis County Fresh Water Supply District No. 1 and West of the Ellis County and Johnson County Border Including Land Situated in the J. Stewart Survey, Abstract No. 961, Ellis County, Texas and I. Gardner Survey, Abstract 897, Johnson County, Texas, and All Adjacent Rights-of-way into the City of Grand Prairie, Texas; Providing for Incorporation of Premises, Amending of the Official City Map, and Acknowledging a Service Plan; Requiring the Filing of this Ordinance with the County Clerk; Prescribing for Effect on Territory, Granting as Appropriate to All the Inhabitants of Said Property All the Rights and Privileges of Other Citizens and Binding Said Inhabitants by All of the Acts, Ordinances, Resolutions, and Regulations of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas; Providing Cumulative Repealer, Severability, and Savings Clauses; Providing for Engrossment and Enrollment; and Providing an Effective Date] I'M READY FOR A MOTION ON 26TH. THANK YOU MAYOR. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE FIRST READING AND SCHEDULE IT, THIS ITEM FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AND SECOND READING ON DECEMBER 17TH, 2024. SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY POST A NAY. MOTION CARRIES [27. SUP-24-08-0033 - Specific Use Permit - Auto Parts Sales at 3201 E Jefferson St (City Council District 5). Specific Use Permit for Retail Auto Parts (Used) in an existing commercial lease space. Lot 1R, Block K, Idlewild Heights Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Heavy Industrial, and addressed as 3201 E Jefferson St (On October 14, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 6-0)] ITEM 27. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. ITEM 27 IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR AUTO PARTS SALES AT 32 0 1 EAST JEFFERSON. YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN. THIS IS AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL BUILDING. UM, THE PROPERTY IS ZONED HEAVY INDUSTRIAL. UM, THE, UH, TWO OF THE EXISTING SUITES ON SITE ARE BEING USED FOR THIS USE, UM, AND ARE LEGALLY OPERATING IN 2018. CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A TEXT AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE FOUR, A PERMISSIBLE USES THAT REQUIRED AN SUP FOR AUTO PARTS SALES USED WITHIN THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT. UH, SO EVEN THOUGH IT IS ON THE SAME PROPERTY, UH, THE TEXT AMENDMENT CHANGED THAT. SO THIS IS, UM, GOING INTO SUITE 106, WHICH IS THE SQUARE SHAPE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN. HOURS OF OPERATION ARE FROM 10:00 AM TO 5:00 PM UM, NO SALVAGING OR MECHANICAL WORK WOULD BE DONE ON SITE AND IT IS MEETING OUR PARKING REQUIREMENTS ON OCTOBER 14TH. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. THE BUSINESS SHALL BE OPERATED IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL STATE, FEDERAL, AND LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS, AND THE BUSINESS SHALL OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND AUTO RELATED BUSINESS PERMIT. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? TONY, YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR HER? JUST, UH, SAVANNAH, DOES THIS CASE MAKE THE OTHER TWO, DOES THIS AFFECT THE, THE OTHER LOCATION? NO, THIS IS JUST 'CAUSE THE OTHER LOCATION IS KIND OF GRANDFATHERED, CORRECT? YES, IT IS LEGALLY NON-CONFORMING. SO WHEN IT CAME IN, IT WAS ALLOWED BY WRIGHT IN THIS ZONING DISTRICT. NOW IT REQUIRES AN SUP APPROVAL OF THIS SUP FOR SUITE 1 0 6 DOES [00:35:01] NOT NEGATE THE LEGAL NON-CONFORMING STATUS OF THE OTHER TWO SUITES. OKAY. AND THE REASON, WOULD THERE BE A REASON WHY THEY COULDN'T HAVE BEEN TIED TOGETHER? THIS IS A SEPARATE SUITE AND IT'S NOT CONNECTED TO THE TWO EXISTING SUITES. 'CAUSE THERE'S NO PHYSICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THEM. CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU BILL. WE HAVE, UH, SPEAKERS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP WHO DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WISH TO RECORD THEIR SUPPORT. CHASE NARD, LILLIAN EDELMAN AND MARIO AND CHASE IS HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS WE MIGHT HAVE. UM, THAT'S ALL. COUNCIL MEMBER SHOT. WERE YOU PREPARED TO MAKE A MOTION? UM, I WOULD MOVE FOR APPROVAL WITH THE CONDITIONS THAT STAFF AND P AND Z PUT ON IT. WE HAVE A MOTION. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AND A OPPOSED AY NAY. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO. [Items 28 & 29] UH, MAYOR PRO TEM, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO TABLE 28 29. YES, MAYOR, IS THERE A DATE WE WANT TO SET? NO, NO SPECIFIC DATE IS REQUIRED. IT'S GOING BACK TO PNZ FOR RE NOTICING. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. THEN A WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TABLE 28 AND 29. SECOND WE HAVE MOTION. AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ZANU. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AY NAY. MOTION CARRIES [30. VCC-24-09-0004 - Unified Signage Plan - Goodland Entry Signs (City Council District 6). Unified Signage Plan for two residential subdivision entryway signs exceeding the maximum allowable sign area and height for entryway signs. Two parcels out of JOS S Stewart Survey, Abstract No. 961, located west of HWY 287, north and south of Prairie Ridge Blvd, zoned PD455, Parcel IDs 190602 and 245944, City of Grand Prairie, Ellis County, Texas with an approximate address of 5394 HWY 287 (On October 14, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 6-0)] ITEM 30. ITEM 30 IS A UNIFIED SIGNAGE PLAN FOR GOODLAND ENTRY SIGNS. UH, ANY TIME NEW DEVELOPMENT IS REQUESTING VARIANCES TO OUR SIGNAGE ORDINANCE, THEY COME THROUGH WITH A UNIFIED SIGNAGE PLAN. SO YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY I OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN. THIS IS WHERE THE TWO PROPOSED SIGNS WILL BE CONSTRUCTED. IT IS THEIR ENTRYWAY INTO THEIR DEVELOPMENT. UM, THEY ARE REQUIRING VARIANCES FOR THE MAXIMUM AREA AND THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT. ON THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE THEIR PROPOSED ELEVATIONS OF THOSE SIGNS. AND THERE ARE TWO PROPOSED LOCATIONS. SO AGAIN, THE TWO VARIANCES. THE MAXIMUM AREA FOR ENTRYWAY SIGNS. UH, THEY'RE REQUESTING 130 SQUARE FEET AND THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT FOR ENTRYWAY SIGNS AND THEY'RE REQUESTING 30 FEET. ON OCTOBER 14TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS WELL. NOTING THIS IS OFF OF A HIGHWAY. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SAVANNAH? UH, GO AHEAD AND READ 'EM INTO THE RECORD THEN I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU. KURT. I HAVE TWO CITIZENS WHO'VE, UH, SIGNED UP FOR SUPPORT BUT DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK. UM, AKIKO ZU AND NICOLE STOLLE. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TO THAT COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 30 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF. SECOND. WE HAVE MOTION SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIKE DOKI. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AY NAY. MOTION CARRIES BY VOTE SIX TO [31. TAM-24-09-0007 - Text Amendment – Article 11: Performance Standards. An Ordinance of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas, amending Article 11 Performance Standards of the Unified Development Code to Revise Existing On-Premise Alcohol Standards in Section 12 and Establish On-Premise Alcohol Standards for Smoking Lounges; Repealing all Ordinances or Parts of Ordinances in Conflict Herewith; Containing a Savings Clause and a Severability Clause; and Establishing the Effective Date as the Date of Passage and Approval (On October 14, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 6-0)] ONE ITEM 31. ITEM 31 IS A TEXT AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 11 AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS ON PREMISE ALCOHOL STANDARDS. UH, SO THIS REQUEST REVISES EXISTING ON-PREMISE ALCOHOL STANDARDS CONTAINED IN SECTION 12. IT ESTABLISHES ON-PREMISE ALCOHOL STANDARDS FOR SMOKING LOUNGES. AND AGAIN, THERE'S AN ACCOMPANYING AMENDMENT TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES THAT, UH, REVISE THE DEFINITION OF FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS THAT REQUEST IN THIS, UM, ARE THE REASON FOR A COUPLE OF OTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, WHICH I'LL EXPLAIN WHEN THEY ARE PRESENTED. SO THIS CHANGES THE MAXIMUM ALCOHOL SALES FOR RESTAURANTS FROM 60 TO 75% TO BE CONSISTENT WITH OTHER, OTHER ARTICLES IN THE UDC. AND AGAIN, IT ADDS SMOKING LOUNGES AS A PLACE WHERE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES MAY BE SOLD FOR ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF CONDITIONS. AT LEAST 51% OF ON-PREMISE SALES ARE FROM THE SALE OF TOBACCO OR SMOKING RELATED PRODUCTS. AND THEN THE OWNER OPERATOR OR PERSON AND CONTROL PROVIDE SALES TAX INFORMATION TO THE CITY, UH, TO VERIFY COMPLIANCE NO LATER THAN APRIL 1ST OF EACH YEAR. ON OCTOBER 14TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO. THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS WELL. YOU CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME, BUDDY. HE, UH, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR HER? YES, YES, GO AHEAD. UM, WHAT HAPPENS IF THE TOBACCO SALES ARE NOT 51%, THEN THEY WOULD BE OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE ZONING CODE AND STAFF WOULD GO THROUGH THE NORMAL CHANNELS OF BRINGING A PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE ARE ARE CLOSING THEM SO THAT, THAT WOULD BE, THOSE ARE THE OPTIONS TO GIVE THEM A PLAN TO BRING THEIR BUSINESS PLAN INTO COMPLIANCE TO 51%. WE WOULD WORK WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND CODE ENFORCEMENT TO DETERMINE WHAT THAT PLAN IS. OKAY, THANKS. GOOD QUESTION. I DON'T, YEAH, WE VERY RARELY HAVE HAD, IF EVER HAD THIS COME UP, BUT YEAH. YEAH. UM, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION. WAIT, MAYOR. NOPE. UH, I'M SORRY, TONY. GO AHEAD. SAVANNAH. UM, [00:40:01] THE 75% THAT WAS, WASN'T THERE SOMETHING ABOUT A STATE LAW CHANGE THAT MADE US HAVE TO DO THAT OR WANNA DO THAT? SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT REFERENCES TO THE UDC AND THIS, I BELIEVE WAS JUST MISSED WHEN THOSE WERE UPDATED. AND SO THIS IS JUST CLEANUP. OKAY. SO ANY, ANY RESTAURANT WHAT IS IN THE FUTURE CAN HAVE 75% OF THEIR GROSS SALES BE ALCOHOL. THEY ONLY HAVE TO HAVE 25% TO BE FOOD. IS THAT THE WAY THIS IS? I BELIEVE SO. YES. THAT'S A PRETTY BIG CHANGE FROM WHAT WE'VE HAD BEFORE. WHAT, WHAT WAS IT? IS IT NOW IT'S 60%. 60. THAT'S GETTING REALLY CLOSE TO BEING A BAR. BEING BARS. YEAH. AND JUST BETWEEN ME AND YOU AND THE FENCE POST, THAT'S NOT THAT BAD. IF YOU ASK ME. I DON'T THINK WE, WE TRY TO GET, WE HUSTLE UP FOR WINE BARS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT DOWNTOWN. THIS HAS BEEN A HINDRANCE. YEP. AND IT'S STILL GONNA BE A HINDRANCE AT 75%. I'M AFRAID. IT MAKES IT EASIER. IT MAKES IT A LITTLE EASIER. BUT THEN AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE SAYING, WE'RE BACK OPENING AT GRAND PRAIRIE UP WIDE FOR BARS AGAIN. SO, AND IF THAT BECOMES AN ISSUE THAT WE DON'T LIKE, WE CAN IT'S A CHANGE. IT'S A CHANGE. 22. YEP. THIS, THIS CHANGE IS ACTUALLY TO ALIGN WITH THE STATE LAW REQUIREMENTS. OH, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS. THANK YOU. THAT'S THAT MAKES IT EASY. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS, BUT IT'S, HEY, WE LIKE EASY NOT OUR FAULT. STATE'S MAKING US DO IT. THERE WE GO. THANK YOU. ARE YOU DONE TONY ? WELL, IT'S THE TRUTH. WE WOULD'VE DONE IT ANYWAY PROBABLY, BUT THIS WILL PROBABLY REMOVE ANY NO VOTES. SO MAYBE WE PUT SOME DISTRICTS TOO. SO TOGETHER. YEAH, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FROM SOMEBODY. I MOVE. COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON SECOND. YOU GOT THE FIRST ALL IN FAVOR? TONY GAVE THE FIRST SECOND. JOHNSON ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AND OPPOSED AY NAY. MOTION [32. SUP-24-09-0042 - Specific Use Permit Amendment - Zaza Hookah Lounge (City Council District 2). Amendment to SUP No. 1125C to Change from Amusement Services authorizing a Hookah Lounge to a Smoking Lounge and amend certain conditions to align with changes in law. Lot 2, Block 1, Gibsons Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD394, and addressed as 906 W Pioneer Pkwy Suite 250 (On October 14, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 6-0)] CARRIES. NOW WE'RE ON TO TONY. GIVE TONY A CHANCE TO GET OUT. THEN YOU CAN, WHOEVER'S PRESENT. ITEM 32 CAN START THE WAY. GIVE TONY TIME TO GET OUT. DON'T MAKE MOTIONS JUST YET, MIKE, BUT MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION QUICK. HE'S READY. NO, THANK YOU. TONY. LET'S REMEMBER TO GET HIM. GO AHEAD. ALL THIS ITEM IS A CITY INITIATED SUP AMENDMENT. AND THIS IS RELATED TO THE TEXT AMENDMENT, UH, THAT WAS JUST APPROVED. UH, IT'S TO MODIFY A CONDITION TO ALIGN WITH THAT PROPOSED CHANGE, WHICH, UM, AND IT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S TO CHANGE THE DESIGNATION FROM AMUSEMENT SERVICES TO SMOKING LOUNGE. UH, WHEN THIS BUSINESS CAME IN, UH, STAFF TREATED IT AS A, AN AMUSEMENT SERVICES THAT AUTHORIZED A SMOKING LOUNGE. UH, AFTER THAT, UH, WE ADDED THAT SMOKING LOUNGE AS A SEPARATE USE AND DEFINITION IN OUR UDC. THIS CLEANS IT UP. IT CLEANS IT UP, CORRECT. AND OCTOBER 14TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF SIX ZERO, UH, DEVELOPMENT. I REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL CONDITIONS. THESE ARE THE CONDITIONS THAT WERE, UH, RECENTLY APPROVED WITH THE RENEWAL OF THE SUP. THE ONLY CHANGE IS TO, UH, CONDITION NUMBER TWO, WHICH STRIKES OUT THAT ALCOHOL CAN'T BE ON ON PREMISE. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. NO ALCOHOL. I DON'T SEE ANY LIGHTS. SO, UH, AND UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, HE'S ABSENCE. COUNCIL MEMBER. JOHNSON, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? AND ONE OF YOU CAN MAKE THE YEAH. UM, HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND. THEY CAN'T SERVE ALCOHOL THERE. SO THAT WAS PART OF THE CONDITION OF THE ORIGINAL SUP. AND SO THE TEXT AMENDMENT CHANGES THAT. ADDING A SMOKING LOUNGE IS A, A LOCATION WHERE ALCOHOL CAN BE SOLD. THIS REMOVES THE PORTION OF THAT CONDITION THAT IS IN CONFLICT. SO IT REFERS BACK TO, UM, ARTICLE 11. SO THEY CAN SET ALCOHOL THEN BE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T SERVE ALCOHOL, THEY CAN YES, YES, YES. IF THEY SO CHOOSE AND THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. THIS IS JUST REMOVING ANY OBSTACLE AND REFERRING BACK TO THE UDC. THEY CAN IF THEY WANT TO. YEAH, THEY CAN'T DO, OKAY. DID THEY REQUEST THIS OR DID WE JUST, THIS WAS BROUGHT UP AS PART OF THE CCDC UH, DISCUSSION THAT MOVING, UH, THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AMENDMENT AND THE TEXT AMENDMENT, UH, CREATE SOME CONTRADICTIONS BETWEEN CONDITIONS AND OPERATIONAL PLANS AND EXISTING SUVS. THIS ITEM IS TO REMOVE THAT CONTRADICTION. CLEANS IT UP AGAIN. YES, SIR. THAT IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE JUST DISCUSSED. MM-HMM . YOU DONE? [00:45:01] YES SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER, DO BOTH. READY? YES. UM, I MOVED TO, UH, APPROVE ITEM 32 SUP 24 DASH NINE DASH 0 4 2. SECOND SUBJECT TO Y'ALL'S CONDITION. WAS THERE ANY CONDITIONS? IT KEEPS THE CON WITH CONDITIONS, YES. OKAY. WITH CONDITIONS? YES, SIR. OKAY. YOU OKAY WITH IT, KURT? YES. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AND PO SAY NAY. MOTION CARRIES SIX TO ZERO. SOMEBODY GET TONY, FAR. TONY, YOU KNOW WHAT TONY DID, ADAM, LET'S WAIT TILL THEY GET SEATED. [33. SUP-24-09-0041 - Specific Use Permit – Smoking Lounge at 2410 Brady Ln (City Council District 3). Specific Use Permit Amendment for a Smoking Lounge in an existing commercial lease space to amend the operational plan. Lot 11B, Sharpston Heights 2, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned General Retail (GR), and addressed as 2410 Brady Ln (On October 14, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval with conditions by a vote of 6-0)] ITEM 33. ITEM 33 IS ANOTHER CITY INITIATED SUP AMENDMENT TO CLEAN UP. IT'S TO MODIFY THE APPROVED OPERATIONAL PLAN TO ALIGN WITH THE CODE OF ORDINANCE CHANGES THAT, UM, SAID A FOOD ESTABLISHMENT DOES NOT INCLUDE, UH, BEVERAGES AND ICE. UM, SO THIS UPDATES THEIR OPERATIONAL PLAN TO REMOVE THAT PROHIBITION OF NO BEVERAGES, NO ICE. THANK YOU. BECAUSE CHANGING ONE THING LIKE THIS CHANGED ABOUT FOUR. YES SIR. YEAH, IT'S A RIPPLE EFFECT, BUT WE WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN THAT. YES SIR. Y'ALL DO THANK Y'ALL. AND WE WOULD'VE CAUGHT IT IN THE FUTURE PROBABLY WHEN IT BROUGHT UP. BUT NOW THANK YOU FOR DOING IT ALL AT ONCE. 'CAUSE WE UNDERSTAND IT BETTER DOING IT TONIGHT. YES, SIR. I DON'T SEE ANY LIGHTS. UH, FOR SPEAKERS, I'D ENTERTAIN A, OH, SORRY. JUST TO PUT, READ IT INTO THE RECORD. UH, MAYOR MAYALL BATH THAT DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT RE RECORD SUPPORT. I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I'D MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 33 SUP 24 0 9 0 0 4. ONE SECOND. WE HAVE MOTION TO SECOND JOHNSON. SECONDED IT. ALL, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. A OPPOSED SAY NAY. ITEM 34. AYE. YO, OVER THERE, UH, STAFF, THERE'S STILL MORE OF THOSE PLACES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT JUST NOW ON THESE TWO THERE THAT ARE IN TOWN, HAVE WE TALKED TO THEM YET? THERE ARE A TOTAL OF THREE THAT HAVE SUVS. UH, THE SUP ON THAT WAS MOST RECENTLY ADOPTED DID NOT HAVE ANY REFERENCE TO BEVERAGES OR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN EITHER THE CONDITIONS. SO YOU DIDN'T NEED THE ADDITION? CORRECT. OKAY. THERE'S ANOTHER ONE UP ON 360 THAT DOES NOT HAVE AN SUP. HOW DOES IT OPERATE? HOW DOES IT OPERATE? THERE'S SOME ISSUES WITH OPERATION. UM, I, I WILL SAY THAT. OKAY. SO THAT'S, Y'ALL ARE, Y'ALL ARE AWARE OF IT AND YOU'RE TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF IT? YES. OKAY. OKAY, GOOD. THANK YOU, TONY. GOOD? YEAH, THANK YOU. THAT'S A GOOD ENOUGH ANSWER FOR NOW. OKAY. THAT THAT'S, YES. [34. TAM-24-09-0008 - Text Amendment – Appendix N: Hazard Zoning Ordinance/Maps/Airports/Zoning Maps. An Ordinance of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas, amending Appendix N Hazard Zoning Ordinance/Maps/Airports Zoning Maps of the Unified Development Code to Update Section 7B and the Hazard Zoning Maps Related to the Grand Prairie Municipal Airport; Repealing all Ordinances or Parts of Ordinances in Conflict Herewith; Containing a Savings Clause and a Severability Clause; and Establishing the Effective Date as the Date of Passage and Approval (On October 14, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 6-0)] SO ITEM 34 IS A TEXT AMENDMENT TO APP. AND IF THE OWNER'S LISTED TO THAT, TAKE CARE OF NO, NEVERMIND. APPENDIX N HAZARD ZONING ORDINANCE SLASH MAPS SLASH AIRPORT ZONING MAPS. AND THIS REQUEST UPDATES OUR UDC TO ALIGN WITH THE CURRENT REGULATIONS ESTABLISHED BY THE MID-CITY JOINT AIRPORT ZONING BOARD. UM, THOSE STANDARDS ARE IN PLACE AND HAVE BEEN ADOPTED. ALL THIS DOES IS CODIFY THAT INTO OUR UD UDC. UH, SO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE PERMITS A CITY TO INCORPORATE JOINT AIRPORT ZONING ORDINANCE INTO THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE, WHICH THIS DOES ON OCTOBER 14TH. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO. AND DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS WELL. CLEANUP NIGHT. THANK Y'ALL. DON'T HAROLD, YOU'VE, YOU'VE GOT A QUESTION OR A COMMENT? YES, PLEASE. WHAT DEFINES THE, UH, HAZARDOUS ZONING ORDINANCE? WHAT, WHAT ARE THE HAZARDS WITH THE AIRPORT OUT THERE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH BESIDES AIRPLANES LANDING AND TAKING OFF? IT'S PROBABLY BEST FOR OUR AIRPORT DIRECTOR TO ADDRESS THAT, BUT FROM WHAT MY UNDERSTANDING IS, IS THERE ARE LIMITATIONS IN HEIGHTS WITH REGARD TO BUDDING LAND USES THAT THE AIRPORT, UM, ORDINANCE ADDRESSES. AND SO IT IMPOSES SOME LIMITATIONS ON WHAT CAN BE BUILT SURROUNDING THE AIRPORT. FOR EXAMPLE, THAT DEVELOPMENT GOING ON NORTH OF ARKANSAS ON THE NORTH SIDE IS MM-HMM . THAT'S, THEY HAD LIMITATIONS PLACED ON 'EM THROUGH THE ZONING PROCESS. YES. SO THERE'S A, AND THEY MET THOSE LIMITATIONS. THERE'S A PORTION OF THAT PROPERTY WHERE, UH, ON THE WEST, NORTH, WEST SIDE, THEY COULDN'T BUILD AS HIGH AS THEY WANTED PROPERTY. EXACTLY. BUT ON THE EAST SIDE IT WAS OKAY. YES. BUT YET THEIR [00:50:01] BUILDING RIGHT THERE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF ARKANSAS THERE. YES. YES. AND THAT'S WHAT HE JUST SAID. SOME OF IT WAS, THERE'S A COURSE BECAUSE OF THE FLIGHT PATH WAS THERE WAS MORE DIFFERENT LIMITATIONS THAN PART THAT WASN'T IN THE FLIGHT PATH. AND MARK COULD PROBABLY SIT DOWN AND EXPLAIN ALL THAT TO YOU ON A SEPARATE MEETING. BUT THERE'S NOT HERE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL REGULATIONS REQUIRED. DOES THIS HAVE ANYTHING PERTAINING TO THE TYPE OF AIRCRAFT LIKE YOUR HONDA HAS? THOSE NEW, SMALLER, UH, JETS, THOSE PERSONAL JETS, ANY, ANYTHING LIKE THAT REGARDING TO THE OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT IN THIS ORDINANCE? MARK? NO, GO AHEAD. TIFFANY BULL, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE AIRCRAFT AT ALL. THIS REALLY HAS TO DO WITH HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS WITHIN CERTAIN AREAS AND FLIGHT PATHS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS PASSED BY THE JOINT AIRPORT ZONING BOARD AND IS ALREADY IN EFFECT IN THE CITY. AND THIS JUST CODIFIES IT TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND. SO PRETTY MUCH ALL THE LAND HAS BEEN BUILT OUT THERE, SO THERE'S NOTHING ELSE TO REALLY BE BUILT IN TERMS BEHIND THE OLD SAMS AND ALL THAT. THIS IS, THIS EXTENDS FOR THOUSANDS OF MILES BECAUSE AS AIRPORTS OR AS AIRPLANES ASCEND AND DESCENT, THE HEIGHT OF STRUCTURES IS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THERE'S NOT MUCH LEFT THAT CAN BE BUILT. THERE IS SOME PROPERTY ON 3 0 3 ACROSS THE STREET FROM ASIA TIMES SQUARE THAT'S VACANT. BUT NO ONE WOULD WANNA BUILD SOMETHING TALL ENOUGH THERE THAT WOULD INTERFERE WITH THE REGULATIONS, I WOULD IMAGINE. BUT IF THEY WANTED TO, THEY WOULD HAVE TO PASS THE REGULATIONS. I GUESS JUST, JUST GROWING UP IN GRAND PRIX WITH HENSLEY FIELD, THE, ALL THE PLANES THAT HAVE CRASHED OUT THERE ON MYERS ROAD AND THROUGH THERE BY BUILDING THAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT JUST NORTH OF THE AIRPORT, WHATEVER, WHAT'S IT GONNA BE? A WAREHOUSE. WHAT'S THAT GONNA BE? THAT TYPE OF, THAT IS A WAREHOUSE. A WAREHOUSE. SO A SINGLE ENGINE PLANE GOES INTO, GOODNESS GRACIOUS LOVE FIELD IS BUILT RIGHT SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF DALLAS. I MEAN, THE AIRPORTS GO RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF METRO PLEXUS AND THEY ALL HAVE TO MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS. YEAH, I KNOW. SINCE WE'RE DIRECTLY UNDER DFW, THAT'S, WE RESTRICTED A LOT OF THE AIRPLANE OPERATIONS THERE. SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS WITH THAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT AND THE OTHER DEVELOPMENT GOING IN OUT THERE WITH THIS PARTICULAR THANK YOU. THANK YOU TIFFANY. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR AGENDA ITEMS FOR TONIGHT. NOW WE'LL GET TO CITIZEN COMMENTS AGAIN. DURING CITIZEN COMMENTS, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ADDRESS, COMMUNICATE, ASK QUESTIONS BACK AND FORTH. THERE'S A STRICT FIVE MINUTE LIMIT CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER, I'M SORRY. OH, WE DIDN'T VOTE. TIFFANY SAYS, LET'S MAKE A MOTION ON THAT ONE. WE GOT YEAH. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THANK YOU. [CITIZEN COMMENTS] OKAY. CAN WE TABLE THE CITIZEN COMMENTS? NO, WE'RE ALL, WE'RE ALL ANXIOUS TO GET HOME. WATCH. YEAH. OKAY. MS. MS. CHAN, WELCOME BACK GIRLS. EVIE CHAN. OKAY, GOOD EVENING. THERE ARE THREE OF US REPRESENTING THE, UM, RAM PRAIRIE PICKLEBALL COMMUNITY. SO I'M, UH, I'M BATTING LEAD OFF. ALRIGHT. AND I'M GONNA GIVE YOU SOME HEAD HEADLINES. FIRST OF ALL, THE PICKLEBALL COMMUNITY IS THE HEALTH IS ROBUST. THE APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE THAT WE HAVE FOR THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM IS WIDESPREAD. THE WORKING RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH THE PLAYERS AND THE REC LEADERSHIP IS AT AN ALL TIME HIGH AND OUR NUMBER OF PLAYERS IS GROWING. ALL RIGHT. I'D LIKE TO TAKE A QUICK SECOND FOR THAT SECOND POINT. UM, A LITTLE CONTEXT. PICKLEBALL IN GRAND PRAIRIE HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 13 YEARS. WE WERE THE SECOND CITY IN NORTH TEXAS TO DISCOVER THE GAME AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF IT. WE STARTED OFF WITH THREE COURTS. WE STARTED OFF WITH ABOUT 20 PEOPLE. WE'RE CURRENTLY HA WE CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT 400 PEOPLE AND PLAYING, PLAYING OUR SPORT. AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM. IT'S BECAUSE OF THE DECISION MAKERS. SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS TOLD BY A NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO PLEASE CONVEY THIS. YOU GUYS ARE MAKING THE CALLS AND WE'RE ENJOYING THE, THE FRUITS OF THE BENEFITS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I CAN GIVE YOU THOSE HEADLINES BECAUSE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW. THE COURTS THAT WE PUT IN THE, IN THE EPIC ARE FANTASTIC. THE LINES ARE EASY TO READ. THERE IS, UH, A GOOD AMOUNT OF GIVE IN THE COURT AND YOU, THE BALLS DON'T SKID. UM, [00:55:01] CHRIS JAPP AND DANIEL HON HAVE INCLUDED EXPERIENCED PLAYERS IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS FOR PUTTING THAT COURT DOWN THERE. THE FACT THAT THEY'VE GONE ONE STEP FURTHER AND HIRED SOME, OR, OR ACTUALLY TRAINED SOME OF THEIR PEOPLE TO BE PICKLEBALL LIAISONS. PEOPLE LIKE, UM, HANNAH, CHARLENE AND IO ARE, HAVE THE PERFECT PERSONALITY WITH SKILLS TO WELCOME NEWBIES AND MAKE THEM FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE. IT'S VERY EXCITING TO SEE THE NUMBER OF KIDS COMING TO THE EPIC AND PLAYING OUR GAME. WHEN I SAY KIDS AT THE EPIC, I MEAN 20-YEAR-OLD. WHEN I SAY KIDS AT THE SUMMIT, I MEAN 60 YEAR OLDS , ALL RIGHT. IN THE SUMMIT, WE JUST HAD A, A BEAUTIFUL FACELIFT. WE, WE POLISHED THE, WE POLISHED THE, THE FLOOR. BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WAS WE HAD THOSE LED LIGHTS. WE CAN NOW SEE AND RAISE THE SAFETY LEVEL OFF IMMENSELY BECAUSE NOW YOU SEE THE BALL COMING AT US AND IT WAS AN ISSUE BEFORE US. SO WE REALLY WANT TO THANK, AND THE TWO PEOPLE THERE, THE, UM, LLAMA, BEN Q DANO AND, UM, CARMEN JOHNSON HAVE FORMED A PICKLEBALL COMMITTEE. SO WHEN ISSUES COME UP, AND IF YOU CAN IMAGINE WHEN YOU HAVE 150, UM, WANNABE SENIOR ATHLETES WHO THINK THEY'RE 19, THEY'RE GOING TO, UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE SOME ISSUES. SO THEY'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL DEALING WITH THOSE ISSUES AND THEY'VE ALSO INSTITUTED A INSTRUCTION PROGRAM. SO THERE'S A CONSTANT FLOW OF NEWBIES THAT ARE COMING INTO THE, INTO THE PIPELINE, SO TO SPEAK. SO THEY'RE DOING A, A GOOD JOB. ANOTHER GOOD JOB IS GOING ON AT, UH, AT CHARLIE TAYLOR. UM, UH, HIS NAME WETSTONE MONTY. MONTY MONTY. WE LOVE MONTY AND HE LOVES US AND WE ESPECIALLY LOVE HIM WHEN HE PUTS ON HIS, UH, SANTA CLAUS SUIT AND PLAYS, PLAYS THE GAME WITH US. SO I'M HERE TO SAY THAT WE'RE DOING WELL, WE'RE DOING WELL, WE'RE GROWING, AND WITH THAT GROWTH COMES A NEED TO, UH, TAKE A, TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE. TO BE HONEST, IT'S VERY, FRIENDSHIP PARK IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A SECOND. BUT FRIENDSHIP PARK IS VERY FAR SOUTH FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE AND HARD TO GET THERE. AND IT'S BECOME SO POPULAR THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TO, WHEN THEY GET THERE, THEY HAVE TO WAIT. SO WE HAVE A HARD TIME HAVING PEOPLE THAT ARE, THAT ARE ABLE TO PLAY OUTSIDE. ALSO HAVE A SITUATION WHERE THE REC CENTERS CLOSE DOWN FOR HOLIDAYS NORMALLY, AND THEY ALSO CLOSE DOWN FOR THE SUMMER, FOR THE SUMMER KID CAMPS. SO THOSE COURTS ARE USUALLY AVAILABLE DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, BUT THEN, THEN THEY'RE NOT. SO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OTHER PLACES? EVERY PLACE OTHER THAN THE SUMMIT HAS THE SUMMER KID PROGRAM AND ALSO SOMETHING THAT IS UNAVOIDABLE BUT HAS AN IMPACT IS THE, THE GYM COURT, THE GYM FLOORS WHERE THE COURTS ARE, THE COURTS SHARE WITH A LOT OF OTHER ACTIVITIES. THERE'S BASKETBALL, THERE'S, THERE'S VOLLEYBALL, THERE'S, UM, ARE IN YOUR TIME'S. ALMOST UP. ALRIGHT, HERE WE GO. SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT WE HAVE A, UH, A GROWING NEED AND WE NEED TO, WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF COURTS THAT WE HAVE IN, UM, IN GRAND PRAIRIE. SO THAT'S THE MAIN MESSAGE. AND UI IS GOING TO, UH, FOLLOW ME UP. THANK YOU. GOT IT. HE'S TURNED IN ONE, SO WE'VE GOT A CARD ON YOU. YOU YEAH, YOU DO. ALRIGHT, GOOD EVENING, UH, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL MAYOR, UH, CITY MANAGER. BYE GIRLS. UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. MY NAME'S EY CHAN AND I'M HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF A GROWING, UH, PICKLEBALL ENTHUSIAST IN GRAND PRAIRIE. I'M HERE TODAY TO SHARE A PETITION SIGN OVER 300 RESIDENTS. WE GOT THIS IN A WEEK. UM, AND BEAR IN MIND, WITH HALLOWEEN AND THE WEATHER, UH, WE ONLY MANAGED TO MUSTER UP 300 SIGNATURES, BUT GIVEN MORE TIME, WE PROBABLY HAVE MORE. UH, BUT BASICALLY THE PETITION'S BASICALLY ASKING, UH, FOR ADDITIONAL PICKLEBALL COURTS, UH, MAINLY AT MIKE LEWIS PARK, DUE TO THE HIGH DEMAND AND FREQUENT OVERCROWDING AT, UH, FRIENDSHIP PARK, AS YOU KNOW, PICKLEBALL IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING SPORTS IN THE COUNTRY WITH PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND SKILL LEVELS, DISCOVERING THE JOY AND HEALTH THE BENEFIT IT BRINGS. IT'S A WONDERFUL WAY TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY HEALTH, FASTER CONNECTIONS AND PRI PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS. MANY RESIDENTS FIND THEMSELVES WAITING LONG PERIODS OF TIME JUST TO GET A CHANCE TO PLAY THIS CONGE. THIS CONGESTION HAS LED TO FRUSTRATION AND HAS PREVENTED SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM ENJOYING THE SPORT ALTOGETHER. BY ADDING ADDITIONAL PICKLEBALL COURTS, WE CAN ENSURE THAT MORE PEOPLE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE WITHOUT THESE DELAYS, THAT WE CAN SUPPORT A GROWTH OF ACTIVITY OF THE, OF THE SPORT. UM, WITH THIS PETITION IN HAND, [01:00:01] SIGNED OVER BY 300 RESIDENTS WHO SHARE A COMMITMENT ENHANCING OUR RECREATION SPAC, WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER ADDING, UM, EIGHT TO 10 PICKLEBALL COURTS AT MIKE LEWIS PARK. WE BELIEVE THAT THIS ADDITION WILL ALLOW US TO BETTER SERVE OUR GROWING COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT ACTIVE LIFESTYLES AND CONTINUE TO MAKE GRAND PRAIRIE A PLACE WHERE RESIDENTS CAN CONNECT AND THRIVE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I'LL HAND THIS OVER TO MY PICKLEBALL ENTHUSIA, UH, MANUEL SOTO, AND WE'VE GOT A CARD FOR YOU, MANUEL. HELLO. GOOD EVENING. AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO US. AND, UM, I JUST, MY NAME IS MANUEL SOTO. I'M AN AVID AND, UH, SUPER ENTHUSIASTIC PICKLEBALL PLAYER, AND I'M A RESIDENT OF OUR, OF OUR AWESOME CITY. AND, UM, IT'S HARD TO FOLLOW THEIR PRESENTATION BECAUSE THEY, SO, THEY'RE SO ELOQUENT AND THEY PROVIDE SOME SUCH GOOD POINTS, SUCH GOOD EVIDENCE. BUT, UM, BUT I, I HAVE THIS, UM, INTEREST IN THE, IN SUPPORTING AN IDEA SUCH AS THE, AS THE PICKLEBALL COURTS AT FRIENDSHIP BECAUSE, UH, IT HAS BECOME PART OF MY LIFE. UM, FOUR YEARS AGO I WAS, ALONG WITH MY NEPHEW, I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ONES TO PLAY IN THE, IN THE NEW COURTS. SO I WAS, I TAKE PRIDE ON THAT AND I TELL PEOPLE THAT, THAT, UH, PLAY NOW THAT I, I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ONES I LEARNED PICKLEBALL FROM PEOPLE LIKE, UH, DARWIN, UH, RICK BARTEK. SO IT HAS BECOME MORE THAN JUST A SPORT. AND, UM, I'M JUST GONNA, I COULD HAVE A NICE, UH, POWERPOINT AND, UH, VERY, UM, FLASHY, BUT I'M NOT GONNA DO THAT. I'M GONNA KEEP IT VERY SHORT, GUYS, BECAUSE IT'S THAT TIME OF THE DAY TOO. AND, UM, FIRST I LIKE TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT THAT THE CITY HAS ALREADY MADE AT FRIENDSHIP, UM, SINCE, UH, 2020. SINCE 2020 WHEN IT STARTED. UM, SINCE THEN, WE HAVE SEEN A STEADY INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE USING THIS COURT DAILY. IT'S INSPIRING TO START TO WATCH SUCH DIVERSE GROUP OF PLAYERS TOGETHER. HOWEVER, FRIENDSHIPS, FA, UH, FRIENDSHIP PARKS, FACILITIES STILL FALL SHORT OF MEETING THE GROWING DEMAND AND ENABLING EVERYONE TO FULLY ENJOY THE GAME. AS MY FRIENDS HAVE MENTIONED, THERE ARE SEVERAL ISSUES THAT NEED ATTENTION. WE DO DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH COURTS OF FRIENDSHIP. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE, UM, MAINTAIN THE MAINTENANCE IS ALSO NEEDED. UM, ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES IS THAT WE HAVE, WE WAIT TOO LONG TO PLAY. WE, I'VE BEEN THERE TO PLAY ON A ANY GIVEN EVENING AND I HAVE TO WAIT 40 MINUTES, ONE HOUR TO PLAY ONE GAME. SO THAT'S AN ISSUE. UH, AND ALSO IT'LL BE GREAT TO SEE RULES, UH, CREATED AND IMPLEMENTED AT OUR PARK. UM, ALSO ANOTHER COMMENT, UM, I HAVE SEEN ONLY A HANDFUL OF TENNIS PLAYERS IN THE LAST MONTHS, PERHAPS EVEN YEARS. AND, UM, AND THERE ARE COURTS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO, ONE COURT IS ASSIGNED TO TENNIS, AND I DON'T SEE A LOT OF USAGE AND SOMETIMES THAT PREVENTS LARGE GROUPS OF PEOPLE WAITING, UH, TO PLAY PICKLEBALL. UM, THOSE ARE SOME DETAILS THAT I KNOW ARE PERHAPS, UH, TOO MUCH FOR, FOR YOU TO BEAR IN MIND. BUT, UH, WHAT I WANT TO DEFINITELY, UM, EMPHASIZE IS THAT, UH, FRIENDSHIP NEEDS IMPROVEMENT. UM, UH, MY FRIENDS HAVE MADE THE POINT AND I JUST, I'M JUST HERE AS, UH, AS I SAID AS A CITIZEN, BUT ALSO AS AN AS PICKLEBALL PLAYER. AND, UH, I GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION TONIGHT. THANK YOU. SIDE. I WOULD LIKE TO DISTRIBUTE THIS MATERIAL. CAN I COME FORWARD AND GIVE OR, OKAY. THANK YOU. HI, GOOD EVENING. UH, MY NAME IS ADA SAYED AND MY ADDRESS IS 67 0 5 SAPPHIRE CIRCLE, NORTH COLLEYVILLE, TEXAS 7 6 3 4. UM, TONIGHT I'M HERE BECAUSE I'M ONE OF THE 14 NOMINEES FOR DAD BOARD. I'M ON THE BALLOT, 18 ENTITIES [01:05:01] IN TARRAN COUNTY. NOMINATED, UH, ALTOGETHER 14 PEOPLE. I GOT 13 NOMINATIONS. BUT NOMINATIONS MEANS NOTHING IF THEY DON'T VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE BECAUSE UNDER THE PROPERTY TAX CODE THEY CAN NOMINATE SOMEONE BUT NOT TO VOTE. I'M ON THE BALLOT AND, UH, I'M ASKING YOUR VOTE. PLEASE SUPPORT ME. UH, GRAND PRAIRIE IS ONE OF THE, THOSE FORTUNATE CITIES WHO GAINED VOTES THIS YEAR. LAST YEAR YOU HAD 59 VOTES ON TAD BOAT. THIS YEAR YOU HAVE 64 VOTES, WHICH IS 1.28 PERSON STAKE ON TAD BOAT OUT OF 5,000 VOTES. UH, THE JOB OF THAT BOARD OF DIRECTOR IS NOT ONLY HIRE AND FIRE CHIEF APPRAISER, UH, CERTIFY THE TAX ROLE AS OF JULY 25TH. AND THERE IS ONE JOB RESPONSIBILITY ON THEIR SHOULDERS. AND IT'S A NEW ONE TO APPOINT APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD MEMBERS, UH, WITH AT LEAST TWO VOTES FROM ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS. BEFORE JULY 1ST, APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD MEMBERS WERE APPOINTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE. NOW IT'S THE JOB OF TAD BOAT OR ANY APPRAISAL DISTRICT. AND LAST BUT NOT THE LEAST, IS TO FOLLOW PROPERTY TAX CODE. THAT'S THEIR MAIN JOB. THIS BOOK RIGHT HERE IS NOT JUST THE BOOK, IT'S THE LAW OF THE LAND CALLED TAXES, PROPERTY TAX CODE, AND ALL THOSE TAXING ENTITIES, TAXPAYERS AND APPRAISAL DISTRICT, THEY ALL WANT TO FOLLOW THIS BOOK. IF THEY DEVIATE, THEN IT'LL CREATE AN IMBALANCE IN THE EQUATION. YOU CAN'T DEVIATE IT. IT'S THE LAW AND YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW. SO IF YOU DO NOT VOTE FOR A CANDIDATE, YOU DO NOT HAVE A RIGHT TO RECALL THAT BOARD MEMBER WHEN THEY DON'T FOLLOW PROPERTY TAX CODE. AND THIS YEAR I'M ENCOURAGING ALL ENTITIES TO PLEASE LOOK INTO IT AND VOTE FOR EACH CANDIDATE ON THE BALLOT. YES, YOU'LL LOSE SOME VOTES. AND I'M ASKING, NOT ONLY VOTE FOR ME, BUT VOTE FOR SOME OPPONENT AS WELL. BUT IT'S ALL UP TO YOU HOW YOU WANT TO VOTE. VOTE FOR EVERYONE. GIVE AT LEAST ONE VOTE TO MAKE EVERY MEMBER ON THE BALLOT. MAKE THEM ACCOUNTABLE. JUST GIVE ONE VOTE. YOUR ONE VOTE IS EQUAL TO SOMEONE'S 600 VOTES BECAUSE THE BIGGEST ENTITY HAD 660 VOTES. YOUR ONE VOTE IS EQUAL. AND THAT'S THE WAY YOU CAN BRING THE ACCOUNTABILITY. SO THIS IS THE FIRST CITY I'M ASKING. PLEASE VOTE FOR EVERYONE. 14 ON THE BALLOT. YOU HAVE 64 VOTES AND GIVE 51 VOTES TO ME. I NEVER ASKED THAT. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M ASKING. VOTE FOR EVERYONE. GIVE ONE VOTES TO EACH CANDIDATE ON THE BALLOT AND GIVE ME 51 VOTES. UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. YOU HAVE JUST ONE MEETING ON NOVEMBER 19TH TO VOTE BECAUSE IN DECEMBER YOU HAVE MEETING AFTER DECEMBER 13TH. SO YOU DO NOT HAVE TIME. UH, PLEASE, UH, CONSIDER, UH, ME AS YOUR CANDIDATE AND I WILL BRING PERIODIC UPDATE TO ALL THE TAX ENTITY WHO VOTES FOR ME. THANK YOU. AND BRING ACCOUNTABILITY TO THAT BOARD. AND THAT'S THE ONLY WAY. THANK YOU FOR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. PERFECT. HAROLD WILLIS. HAROLD WILLIS, 5 3 8 LINLEY. I WANNA START THIS OFF RIGHT NOW. ACCORDING TO THIS, IT SAYS COLIN ALLRED, UH, 48.8 AND, UH, CRUZ 49.3 WITH 53% OF THE VOTE IN. WE KNOW THEY'RE STILL LINED UP VOTING DOWN AT MACK RIGHT NOW, SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET SOME BETTER RESULTS BY THE END OF THE NIGHT. I WANT TO TALK, MAYOR, ABOUT A 1971 GRAND PRAIRIE GOPHER GLEN WHITLEY. YOU WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH GLEN WHITLEY. YOU KNOW WHO HE IS? GLEN WHITLEY'S DAD WAS OUR DAL A INSTRUCTOR IN 1969. GLEN WHITLEY SHOWED PROFILES AND COURAGE. HE SAID NO TO 34 FELONIES OF TRUMP. HE SAID NO TO TED CRUZ. GLENN WHITLEY IS MAKING A STATEMENT OF PROFILES [01:10:01] IN COURAGE. GLENN WHITLEY HAS DONE WHAT GEORGE W. BUSH DID NOT DO. HE'S STANDING TO DO THE RIGHT THING. GLEN WHITLEY IS VERY MUCH AWARE THAT IN TARRANT COUNTY, HIS REPLACEMENT IS A WHITE CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST THAT HE DID NOT SUPPORT. AND GLEN WHITLEY'S VERY MUCH AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY RIGHT NOW, LIKE WE CAN SAY THEY'VE BEEN RIDING HIGH ON A HOG AROUND HERE. BUT THAT RACE IS FIXING TO CHANGE HERE. IT MAY NOT CHANGE RIGHT NOW, BUT ON DOWN THE ROAD TONIGHT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, LET'S JUST PUT THIS IN CONTEXT. LYNDON JOHNSON'S 1964 CIVIL RIGHTS BILL. A WOMAN COULD NOT HAVE A CHECKING ACCOUNT. A WOMAN COULDN'T HAVE A CREDIT CARD. THOSE FEW, THEY DIDN'T HAVE CREDIT CARDS. A WOMAN OF COLOR, A BLACK WOMAN, DEFINITELY COULD NOT RUN FOR POLITICAL OFFICE. A BLACK WOMAN KNEW HER PLACE. SHE WAS THE HELP. WELL, HOLLYWOOD EVEN MADE A MOVIE ABOUT IT. AND OF COURSE, THE MEXICAN LADIES, WE KNEW THEIR PLACE. THEY'RE OUT THERE TO BE IN THE KITCHEN ALSO. THIS IS A HISTORIC EVENT. AND QUITE FRANKLY, AS CONGRESSMAN JAMIE RASKIN, OUR CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC IS ON THE LINE. WE'VE HAD IT VERY CLEAR THAT TRUMP SAID, I WILL BE A DICTATOR ON DAY ONE. AND YOUR 1971 GRAND PRIX GOPHER IS STANDING UP AGAINST THE WANT TOBE DICTATOR. THERE IS JUST, THIS IS, THIS IS VERY FRIGHTENING. I CAN HOPE TONIGHT THAT COLIN ALLRED WILL WIN. I GOT FRUSTRATED WITH COLIN ALLRED BECAUSE YOU DON'T RUN A NICE CAMPAIGN IN TEXAS. POLITICS IS A COLLISION SPORT. YOU PUT YOUR AND AS A LINEBACKER, HE KNOWS YOU PUT YOUR HELMET THROUGH THE QUARTERBACK'S RIB CAGE. IT'S TARGETING IN TEXAS. SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT GOING BACK IN JUST THE TIMEFRAME OF 60 YEARS, THAT THIS NATION CAN ELECT A WOMAN, A BLACK WOMAN AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THIS IS UNBELIEVABLY HISTORIC. WE JUST HOPE THAT THE OTHER VOTES WILL COME IN. BUT IN A MINORITY MAJORITY CITY, THERE IS NO OPTION. THERE IS NO OPTION FROM THE REPUBLICAN PARTY SAYING YOU WILL PROVIDE, YOU WILL PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP WHEN YOU WALK INTO THAT HOSPITAL. ARE YOU A CITIZEN? I'VE GOT GREG ABBOTT'S ANSWER. I'LL TELL IT TO YOU OVER A SIX PACK OF LONE STAR FOR LET TEXAS BE TEXAS. , UH, I'VE ALSO GOT SOMETHING FOR GREG ABBOTT. LET TEXAS BE TEXAS FOR 77 MINUTES IN UVALDE TEXAS. TEXAS WAS TEXAS. THOSE CHILDREN WERE SLAUGHTERED IN THAT CLASSROOM. THEIR TEACHERS BRAINS ON THE WALL SPLATTERED THOSE CHILDREN ON THAT PHONE FOR 77 MINUTES. THAT'S TEXAS. BEING TEXAS. GREG ABBOTT, THERE'S A LOT OF ANGER IN HERE. SO HOPEFULLY TONIGHT THIS ANGER WILL BE TRANSFERRED INTO VOTES FOR VICTORY AND WE WILL HAVE THE FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT AND THE FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR AS OUR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. OKAY. DOLORES PHILLIPS. DOLORES PHILLIPS PO BOX 5 3 0 2 3 6 GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS. YOU DO HAVE HANDOUTS. I'M READING FROM A ARTICLE FROM CHANNEL EIGHT, A, B, C STARTING. UM, THIS ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED OCTOBER 15TH, 2024. THE SECOND PAR PARAGRAPH READS, GRAND PRAIRIE, ISD SUPERINTENDENT ARRADONDO WAS PLACED ON LEAVE ON IN SEPTEMBER AFTER JUST THREE MONTHS ON THE JOB. AND THE BOARD ANNOUNCED AN INVESTIGATION INTO HIS CONDUCT. THE MOVE LEFT MANY RESIDENTS WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY HE WAS PLACED ON LEAVE. A MONTH LATER, THE BOARD VOTED TO SEPARATE FROM ARDO CITING VIOLATIONS OF A DISTRICT POLICY THAT PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION AND HARASSMENT. MAYOR JENSEN, I HAVE THE UTMOST RESPECT FOR YOU. I'VE BEEN THE SUBJECT OF HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATION FOR OVER A DECADE. LITERALLY PHYSICALLY IN THE REAL, IN THE LIVE RIGHT HERE IN THIS BEAUTIFUL TOWN. I WORKED IN THIS TOWN STAYING OUTTA SCHOOL. JUNIOR HIGH HIGH SCHOOL. I WAS DRIVING AT 12 HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS. I HEAR WHEN CARRIER WASN'T EVEN A PAVED ROAD. I THINK IT WAS GRAVEL. THAT'S THE TRUTH. I'M ON THE RECORD. YOU ALSO HAVE HANDOUTS THAT SAY A, B, CI WANT YOU TO GO TO THE HANDOUT THAT SAY A THIS IS A LIST OF EXHIBITS THAT WERE FILED IN A HUNDRED AND FIRST COURT 2021. THESE EXHIBITS [01:15:01] READ. I'M JUST GONNA READ A FEW. EXHIBIT ONE, FBI FOUR FILES. I CONTACTED THE FBI FIRST IN 2008. I WAS THE FIRST TO SPEAK OF INJUSTICES, UH, FROM THIS PLACE IN A LONG TIME. 2008 BEFORE ME TOO WAS HEARD OF. I'M STILL BEING THROWN UNDER THE BUS REGARDLESS OF WHAT TALKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BEHIND CLOSED DOORS IN EXECUTIVE SESSIONS. DOESN'T MATTER ABOUT INVESTIGATIONS THAT'S UNKNOWN TO THE PUBLIC. TWO SEALED ENVELOPES JUST LIKE THIS FULL OF CDS WALKED OUT THE COURT. FBI FILES. DPD VIDEO 9 1 1 CALLS. THIS IS ABOUT UNLAWFUL IMPRISONMENT BECAUSE I SPOKE ABOUT AN INJUSTICE AT AN INCORPORATION WHO HAS LINKS AND RESOURCES AND CONNECTIONS WITH MUNICIPALITIES. IT'S HELL OF A PRICES TO PAY, BUT I HAVE NO REGRETS. I WOULDN'T CHANGE IT AT ALL. WHEN YOU LOOK AT EXHIBIT B, IT'S ABOUT THE HABITAT HOME. 2001 SAN ANTONIO THAT ME AND MY GRANDKIDS WERE IN, MOVED IN DECEMBER, 2006. I ALLEGE MR. HILLS SET IT UP, PREMEDITATED, SETTING IT UP, A RETALIATORY SET UP, AND ALSO A WAY TO BE PROMOTED. I STAND BY THAT STANDING BEFORE MR. HILLS. HE KNOW THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD BACK IN 2006. IT'S NOT MADE UP. I DON'T SAY THIS FOR NO PITY PARTY BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT IS HOMELESS VINDICATION FOR ME BECAUSE ALL THAT KNOW THAT I'M HOMELESS KNOW THAT I DID NOT BITE THE BAIT TO WHATEVER IT MAY BE. AND I WILL NOT BE BITING THE BAIT TO THAT. THAT MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT IF YOU ARE NOT TRUE TO YOURSELF, YOU CAN'T BE TRUE TO ANYONE ELSE. WITH THAT BEING SAID, HONORABLE JENSEN, I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT EXHIBIT C. IT STATES IT'S A SPECIAL WARRANTY WITH VENDORS LIEN. WE MOVED IN THAT HOUSE DECEMBER, 2006. IT WAS OTHER, IT WAS TWO OTHER HABITAT HOMES BILLED AT THE SAME TIME. WE CLOSED ON THE HOUSE APRIL, 2008. THE OTHER TWO HOMES, UM, THEY CLOSED WITHIN 90 DAYS. I ALLEGE THAT THE HABITAT HOME WAS BUILT FOR BRIBERY. WAS BUILT FOR DECEPTION. NOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CALCULATIONS OF EXHIBIT B, MAYBE FOUR OF YOU DON'T HAVE THESE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CALCULATIONS OF THE ACCOUNT SUMMARY, GRAND PRAIRIE HOUSING, WHICH IS THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, PAID OVER 20 SOME THOUSAND DOLLARS ON THE HOME. I DIDN'T KNOW TO 2010, THAT UNITED WAY, UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, OTHER DONORS GIFTED TO UNITED WAY. YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, I WANNA GO BACK TO THESE EXHIBITS. THESE EXHIBITS WERE ABOUT MY BACK, WHERE I WAS CRUSHED IN 1998. IT COULDN'T BE REENACTED. SO WHEN YOU SEE ME, I DON'T KNOW WHAT PAIN LOOKED LIKE, BUT HONORABLE, HONORABLE JENSEN, I WAS ELIGIBLE. MY GRANDKIDS AND I WERE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT HOME. AND I'M KNOCKING ON THE DOOR AND MR. HILLS KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. SO BEING NICE, I HAVE BEEN NICE, BUT IT'S HOMELESS VINDICATION. AND I'M COMING BACK TO SAY IT WAS A RETALIATORY SET UP FOR FORECLOSURE. AND YOU ALSO HAVE CONNECTIONS IN FEDERAL COURT THAT WILL GO TO BANKRUPTCY COURT AND LIE BEFORE A FEDERAL JUDGE AND CONTINUE THE SETUP OF THE THE NONPROFIT HOME. THANK YOU MAYOR JENSEN. WE'RE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.