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          [RECONVENE MEETING]
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          I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING BACK DOOR. 
          WE STARTED ORIGINALLY AT FOUR 30 AND HAD SOME GOOD ACTION GOING ON. 
          MY TEAM COUNCIL THAT'S HERE, SOME OF 'EM HAVE STAYED. 
          THEY MADE A PRESENTATION TO US ALL AT BRIEFING AND NOW THEY'RE GONNA STAY FOR PART OF THE REGULAR SESSION. 
          OUR INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR RANDY CAPOTE, WHO'S PASTOR OF SOUTH PARK BAPTIST CHURCH. 
          FOLLOWING THAT, OUR PLEDGES WILL BE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TONY SHOTWELL. 
          PLEASE RISE. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          LET US PRAY. 
          HEAVENLY FATHER, I TRULY BELIEVE THAT YOU PLACED EACH PERSON ON THIS COUNCIL FOR THE PURPOSE OF LEADING OUR CITY AND MAKING DECISIONS ON OUR BEHALF. 
          AND SO WE SHOULD ALL BE FAITHFUL TO PRAY AND ASK THAT YOU WILL DIRECT THEM, GUIDE THEM. 
          FATHER, WATCH OVER THEM. 
          I PRAY, LORD, THAT YOU'LL GRANT THEM WISDOM BEYOND THEIR OWN. 
          AND FATHER, I PRAY YOUR PROTECTION OVER THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES. 
          I PRAY YOU'LL BLESS THEM WITH GOOD HEALTH. 
          AND JESUS' NAME I PRAY, AMEN. 
          AMEN. 
          WILL YOU JOIN ME IN PLEDGE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE TO THE TEXAS FLAG? I PLEDGE TO THE FLAG THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH A STATE, ONE NATION. 
          NATION ANOTHER GOD, INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY. 
          YEAH, WE DID. 
          SOMETIMES WE JUST RUN TOGETHER. 
          MIC, YOU KIND OF LOOK AT HER LIKE, ALRIGHT. 
          YEAH, THAT'S, YEAH. 
          IT WASN'T ME. 
          [CONSENT AGENDA]
OKAY. 
          I'D RECOGNIZE MAYOR PRO TIMM CLEMSON FOR OUR CONSENT AGENDA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE MET EARLIER TODAY AND, UH, REVIEWED THE CONSENT AGENDA AND, UH, QUESTIONS WERE ASKED THERE AND CLARIFIED. 
          SO MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS NUMBER THREE THROUGH 31, PULL ITEM NUMBER 32 FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATIONS AND APPROVE ITEMS NUMBER 33 THROUGH 43 WITH THE CORRECTION ON ITEM NUMBER 39. 
          SECOND BE, WE HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND BEFORE WE VOTE. 
          I'VE JUST GOT SOME CARDS HANDED TO ME. 
          SO, UH, FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA, HAROLD, COME ON. 
          FORWARD. 
          ITEM FIVE FIRST. 
          [5. Annual agreement with Twincrest Inc. dba Twincrest Technologies for advanced radar vehicle detection through a national cooperative agreement with BuyBoard at an estimated annual cost
of $175,000.00 for one year with the option to renew for an additional one-year period totaling
$350,000.00 if all extensions are exercised; and authorize the City Manager to execute the
renewal option with aggregate price fluctuations of the lesser of up to $50,000.00 or 25% of the
original maximum price so long as sufficient funding is appropriated by the City Council to
satisfy the City’s obligation during the renewal terms (Reviewed by City Council Development
Committee on 11/19/24)]
HAROLD WILLIS. 
          THANK YOU, HAROLD. 
          BYE. 
          , YOU DON'T GET RID OF ME THAT QUICK. 
          ADAM. 
          SEVEN. 
          NOT THAT EASY. 
          YOU CAN'T GET RID OF ME OF THAT EASY. 
          UH, ITEM NUMBER FIVE. 
          UH, LET'S SEE THE, THE RADAR VEHICLE DETECTION. 
          CAN WE DESCRIBE MORE OF THAT PLEASE? HI, CAROL DEVRAY, DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY. 
          THIS IS YET ANOTHER WAY. 
          UH, TEXT DOTS ACTUALLY BEEN USING THIS AS THEIR STANDARD FOR A WHILE. 
          'CAUSE WE HAD THE, THE LOOPS, INDUCTIVE LOOPS IN THE PAVEMENT. 
          THEN WE WENT TO VIDEO. 
          WE STILL HAVE BOTH OF THOSE IN THE FIELD AS WELL. 
          AND THIS IS JUST A WAY TO USE RADAR, WHICH ACTUALLY IS, IS VERY ACCURATE. 
          AND FOR RADAR. 
          FOR WHAT PURPOSES FOR IT WILL IT, IT'S REALLY NEAT BECAUSE IT'LL PICK UP THE VEHICLE AND IT'LL TRACK IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. 
          NO MATTER IF A TRUCK'S BLOCKING IT OR ANYTHING. 
          IT DOESN'T LOSE CALLS. 
          IT'S JUST TRACKING THEM FOR DETECTING THE VEHICLE FOR NEEDS FOR GREEN. 
          IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT CHECKING SPEED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THIS DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS THAT WE PREVIOUSLY HAD? WE DIDN'T. 
          NO, NO, NO, SIR. 
          MM-HMM. 
          SO IF, WHEN YOU SAY LIKE A, LIKE A VEHICLE LEFT TONIGHT OUT ON LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY AND WHERE THE TRAFFIC BACKS UP OR DURING THE, LIKE WITH THE TRAIN, IN OTHER WORDS, HOW DOES THIS, IS THIS GONNA, THIS DETECTS THAT THE VEHICLE IS THERE AND NEEDS SERVICE? SO IT'S TYPICALLY ON THE SIDE STREET. 
          LIKE YOU, YOU, YOU WOULD PULL UP AND IF IT'S, IF IT'S A COORDINATION, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT. 
          BUT WHEN WE RUN IT FREE, IT NEEDS TO HAVE DETECTION TO KNOW THERE'S SOMEONE THERE THAT NEEDS THAT PHASE TO SERVE THEM. 
          OKAY. 
          THIS 175,000, IS THIS A GRANT, STATE GRANT, FEDERAL GRANT? OR IS NO, THIS IS TYPICAL, UH, MAINTENANCE COSTS FOR DETECTION FOR INTERSECTIONS. 
          SO THIS IS COST. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THAT THE CITY'S PUT ON. 
          IT WILL BE UP TO THAT. 
          NOT QUITE THAT MUCH. 
          NOT QUITE THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IT'S ALL CITY FUNDING? MM-HMM . 
          OKAY. 
          I WAS THINKING LIKE TRAFFIC RADAR . 
          OH 
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NO, NO. 
          LIKE THOSE PEOPLE DOING 85 DOWN BELTLINE. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          ITEM SEVEN, 
          [7. Reject all bids from RFP #24186 for Management, Operations, and Maintenance of Grand
Prairie Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum Cemetery]
THE GRAND PRAIRIE MEMORIAL GARDENS, WHO PRESENTLY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF GRAND PRAIRIE MEMORIAL GARDENS TO ALVO MANAGEMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR. 
          IT'S CURRENTLY DONE IN-HOUSE UNDER THE GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          SO DOES THIS MEAN WE'RE GOING TO, UH, GO OUTSIDE FOR AN OUTSIDE VENDOR OR CONTRACTOR TO DO THIS? WE DID LOOK AT EVALUATING TO SEE IF A THIRD PARTY VENDOR COULD DO IT. 
          UH, THERE WAS ONLY ONE RESPONDENT TO THIS AND THEY WERE, UH, DIDN'T MEET THE NEEDS OF THE CITY. 
          IT'S, UH, IT'S BEEN 19 YEARS SINCE MY BROTHER DIED. 
          HE AND I HAD A WARP SENSE OF HUMOR, BUT THAT BIG BICO, THEY RAN OVER SOME HEADSTONES AND WHERE MY BROTHERS BURIED, THEY RUTTED IT OUT WITH THAT HUGE, HUGE BICO. 
          THEY DON'T DO THIS AT THE NATIONAL CEMETERY. 
          IF WE'VE GOT OTHER BIDS, SOMEONE THAT'S GONNA BE MORE, MORE CONSCIENTIOUS ABOUT THE GRAVE STATUS DOWN THERE. 
          JASON RAMIREZ, DIRECTOR OF GENERAL SERVICES. 
          SO ONE THING THAT WE DID DO, WE CHANGED THE TIRES FROM AG TIRES TO TURF TIRES TO PREVENT FURTHER DAMAGE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, SO MORE THAN LIKELY JUST MEANS WE'RE JUST GONNA GO AND CONTINUE WITH IN-HOUSE SINCE IT WAS YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO KNOW. 
          JUST TO KIND OF, WHEN THOSE, UH, THAT WERE CRACKED LIKE THAT THEY GO BACKHOE SO GOOD A JOB AT THE NATIONAL CEMETERY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ITEM 20 
          [Items 20 & 21]
AND 21. 
          HAROLD, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS FOR FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS MAINTENANCE 20 AND 21. 
          IS THIS THE, UM, THE BEST GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA BE DOING THIS LINE OF WORK? AND IS THIS IS WHAT THE STAFF IS SATISFIED WITH FROM THE CHIEF? YES AND YES. 
          UH, COLBY FRANCE, FLEET SERVICES MANAGER, UH, SO ACTUALLY ON ITEM 20, WE ACTUALLY WENT OUT FOR BID AND THEY WERE THE ONLY RESPONSE, THIS IS ACTUALLY FOR EQUIPMENT THAT'S OUT AT THE LANDFILL, FIRE SUPPRESSION ON HEAVY EQUIPMENT. 
          THAT WAY WE DON'T RISK FIRE OUT THERE IN THE LANDFILL. 
          OH, OKAY, GREAT. 
          AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN USING, USING THEM IN THE PAST. 
          THEY DO EXCELLENT SERVICE, EXCELLENT WORK. 
          BASICALLY IF THERE'S AN INCIDENT, THEY RECHARGE OUR EQUIPMENT AND ALSO TEST THAT. 
          THAT'S STUFF. 
          SO WE YOU HAVE YOUR OWN FIRE SUPPRESSION GROUP OUT OF THE LANDFILL, THEN THEY, THEY WILL COME OUT. 
          IF IT'S A FIRE SUPPRESSION ITEM THAT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED OR CERTIFIED, THEY WILL COME OUT AND, AND TAKE CARE OF THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          21. 
          COULD YOU REPEAT YOUR QUESTION, SIR? OH, ON, ON 21 FIRE APPARATUS MAINTENANCE, IS THAT FOR THE SAME THING AT THE LANDFILL ALSO? OR IS THIS NO, THIS IS FOR A FIRE DEPARTMENT APPARATUS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO NORMALLY WE UTILIZE SIMS MARTIN, UH, TO AUGMENT OUR IN-HOUSE FLEET SERVICES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IF THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, A AN ABUNDANCE OF UNITS DOWN ALL AT ONE TIME, WE'LL UH, UTILIZE THEIR SERVICES. 
          SO WILL THEY GIVE US LIKE 24 HOUR, SEVEN DAY A WEEK RESPONSE OR ANYTIME WE CALL 'EM? ANYTIME. 
          THAT'S WHAT I WANNA KNOW. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          ITEM 22, 1 
          [22. Purchase of one (1) new Caterpillar 500 kW generator for the City Hall East complex ($1,393,861.41) and one (1) new Caterpillar 175 kW generator for Fire Station 11 ($383,919.17) from and BD HOLT CO. dba HOLT TEXAS LTD. dba HOLT CAT through a Cooperative Agreement with Sourcewell. This is a one-time purchase in the amount of $1,777,780.58 with a contingency amount of $177,777 for a combined total of $1,955,557.58 (Reviewed by the Finance & Government Committee on 12/10/2024)]
OF MY FAVORITE SUBJECTS, THE NEW CATERPILLAR GENERATOR ON THE EAST SIDE. 
          HOW OLD IS THE PRESENT GENERATOR THAT WE'RE REPLACING? JASON RAMIREZ, DIRECTOR OF GENERAL SERVICES. 
          SO THAT GENERATOR IS APPROACHING 20 YEARS OLD. 
          IT ACTUALLY CAME FROM THE OLD CONOVER POLICE STATION. 
          OKAY. 
          AND IT WAS REPURPOSED FOR THE CITY HALL EAST. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, AND THIS ONE WILL, YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT THE NATURAL GAS WITH THE, THE ENCHANTED ROCK THAT HEB USES. 
          SO THESE WILL ALL STILL BE ALL DIESEL GENERATORS? YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          AND DO THEY GIVE US ANY KIND OF WARRANTY ON THESE? UH, SO WITH THE SOURCE WELL CONTRACT WE ACTUALLY GET FIVE YEAR, UH, 2,500 HOUR WARRANTY. 
          OKAY. 
          WHEN DO WE ANTICIPATE, WHAT KIND OF DOWNTIME WILL WE HAVE? WILL ONLY LEAVE US WITH ONE BACKUP GENERATOR HERE AT CITY HALL. 
          HOW WHAT, HOW LONG IS IT GONNA TAKE TO GET THE NEW ONE IN? UH, ONE SECOND. 
          I'M GONNA HAVE TO DEFER TO RAY. 
          OH, THAT'S FINE. 
          REDINGER, HE'S THE FACILITY SERVICES MANAGER. 
          WE JUST, IT'S ESSENTIAL. 
          BUT WE HAVE TWO THAT BACKUP UP TO THE BACKUP AND TWO FREE TIME GENERAT. 
          WE DO HAVE A GENERATOR FOR CITY HALL CENTRAL AS WELL AS CITY HALL. 
          UH, WEST. 
          YES SIR. 
          WE READY HERE FOR SERVICE MANAGER? YES, PLEASE. 
          YEAH, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 52 WEEKS FOR THAT GENERATOR TO COME IN. 
          THAT'S WHEN THE ORDER, THEY HAVE TO BUILD IT, BRING IT IN. 
          SOMETIMES THEY COME IN SOONER. 
          SURE. 
          SO BASICALLY WE HAVE, WE'LL BRING IT NEXT YEAR AT THIS TIME. 
          ? YES SIR. 
          IT MAY BE SOONER. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT CURRENTLY THE GENERAL AREA IS OPERATIONAL RIGHT THERE. 
          THAT'S JUST GETTING OLDER AND STARTING TO HAVE MORE ISSUES. 
          WHAT ABOUT FOR NEW FIRE STATION 11? HOW'S WHAT THE SCHEDULE OF THAT ONE PLEASE? THAT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT 24 WEEKS OUT SIR. 
          24 WEEKS OUT. 
          YES SIR. 
          AND THEN IT'LL BE INSTALLED. 
          READY? YES SIR. 
          THERE YOU GO, SIR. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          THANK Y'ALL. 
          YEP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ADAM. 
          23 HAROLD. 
          [23. Annual Contract for Dodge/RAM Light and Medium Duty Vehicles with Grapevine DCJ, LLC
in an amount up to $3,000,000.00 annually. This contract will be for one year with the option to renew for four additional one-year periods totaling $15,000,000.00 if all extensions are exercised. Award secondary contract to Sames Bastrop CDJ, Inc (up to $3,000,000.00 annually). Secondary awardee will be utilized if primary is unable to fulfill the needs of the city (Reviewed by the Finance and Government Committee on 12/10/2024)]
OKAY. 
          UM, DODGE VEHICLES. 
          WE'RE GONNA SPEND $3 MILLION ANNUALLY ON THESE LIGHT AND MEDIUM DUTY VEHICLES. 
          ARE THESE PUBLIC SAFETY OR, OR JUST FOR ALL CITY USAGE? DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. 
          YES SIR. 
          UH, COLBY FRONT FLEET SERVICES MANAGER AGAIN. 
          UH, SO THIS IS TO BE CLEAR, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR 3 MILLION ON 
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ALL THESE ITEMS, BUT IT'S AUTHORIZATION TO SPEND UP TO THAT. 
          SO IF WE NEED TO, THESE ARE FOR ALL PURPOSES IN THE CITY FOR LIGHT AND MEDIUM DUTY VEHICLES. 
          SO THAT'S GONNA BE EVERYTHING UP TO ABOUT A 5,500 SERIES TRUCK. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, AND WITH, WITH GRAPEVINE OVER THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          I'D JUST LIKE TO SEE MORE  PRIUSES FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT TO BE DRIVING AROUND, BUT, WELL, I'LL TAKE THIS IF IT'S MY MONEY STATED TAR COUNTY. 
          OKAY, THANKS ADAM. 
          25. 
          UH, FREEDOM CHEVROLET AGAIN SINCE ED MORRIS OVER HERE IN FREEDOM CHEVROLET OF 3 MILLION ANNUALLY. 
          WHAT TYPE OF VEHICLES? SAME THING. 
          LIGHT AND MEDIUM DUTY. 
          EXACTLY. 
          UH, LIGHT AND MEDIUM DUTY. 
          UM, AND THEN ALSO YOU ARE PRETTY PREDOMINANTLY USES UH, TAHOES. 
          SO THEY WOULD MOST LIKELY BE THOSE PLUS ANY OTHER TRUCKS, WORK TRUCKS, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          SO ALL OUR POLICE VEHICLES WILL COME FROM ED MORRIS. 
          NOT ALL, NOT ALL, BUT, BUT MORE THAN WHAT WE'VE BEEN GETTING IN THE PAST. 
          CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          MY BIG PROBLEM'S, 26. 
          UM, ADAM 26, HAROLD CALDWELL COUNTY. 
          ROCKDALE COUNTY FORD. 
          LLC. 
          WE'VE GOT GOOD FORD DEALERSHIPS HERE IN DALLAS AND TARRANT COUNTY. 
          WHY ARE WE GOING BACK DOWN TO TRUCK COUNTRY SIR? WE, UH, WE WENT OUT FORBID ON THIS AND WE NOTIFIED LOCAL DEALERS, UH, IN FACT DEALERS ALL ACROSS THE STATE PUBLISHED IT IN THE STAR TELEGRAM. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AS WELL AS WENT OUT AND PLANTED BIDS. 
          THEY WERE THE ONLY RESPONSE. 
          NO OTHER, NO OTHER FORD DEALERSHIP IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. 
          NOBODY RESPONDED TO THIS BID. 
          WE ARE RESERVING THE RIGHT TO USE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS. 
          SO I KNOW YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TOO THRILLED WITH THOSE, BUT WE ARE RESERVING THAT. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO IF WE COULD FIND A BETTER DEAL SOMEWHERE ELSE, I FULLY INTEND TO USE THAT. 
          WELL I'M GONNA TALK TO CHARLIE ENGLAND AND TALK TO  CHARLIE, THIS IS A BIG ISSUE TO CHARLIE. 
          I JUST HAVE A BIG PROBLEM. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL MOVING THE MONEY UP TO DALLAS AND TARRANT COUNTY, BUT CALDWELL COUNTY, THAT'S BOSS HOG TRUMP COUNTRY DOWN THERE AND I DON'T WANT ONE. 
          WE ARE A MINORITY MAJORITY CITY. 
          CALDWELL COUNTY IS ALL WHITE. 
          ALL WHITE TRUMP COUNTRY. 
          AND I, WELL THAT'S OUR TAX DOLLARS GOING DOWN THERE. 
          JUST TO BE CLEAR, IT'S CALDWELL COUNTRY, NOT CALDWELL COUNTY, WHICH IS A DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT ROCKDALE WE'RE ASKED, IT IS NOT IN THAT COUNTY. 
          ROCKDALE IS, OKAY. 
          ROCKDALE, WHICH COUNTY IS IT GOING IN? MAYOR. 
          WHICH COUNTY? THEY ARE SOUTH EAST, NORTHEAST FROM AUSTIN. 
          I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHICH COUNTY IT'S IN, BUT I WILL GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU HERE IF YOU LIKE. 
          BUT IT AIN'T CALDWELL COUNTY. 
          IT IS NOT. 
          WELL, CALDWELL COUNTY. 
          OKAY. 
          JUST UNDERSTAND EVERY TIME COMING DOWN HERE, IT'S PART OF MY PTSD OF CALDWELL COUNTY. 
          AFTER THEIR LITTLE TO, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, WE HAVE NOT DONE ANY BUSINESS WITH ANYBODY IN CALDWELL COUNTY FOR, FOR FLEET. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          I JUST KNEW  OR FOR ANYTHING ELSE PROBABLY. 
          WELL, ROCKDALE COUNTRY. 
          WELL I BEGGED TO DIFFER. 
          I BELIEVE I'VE BEEN DOWN HERE PULLING STUFF OFF BEFORE FROM CALDWELL COUNTY CHEVROLET. 
          SO IS THIS NOT THE SAME? WELL THAT'S COLDWELL COUNTRY CHEVROLET, WHICH IS NOT LOCATED. 
          IT WAS THE SAME ISSUE THEN. 
          YEAH, WE JUST SAID, SO CALDWELL, TEXAS IS NOT IN CALDWELL COUNTY. 
          DIDN'T, WHICH WAS CONFUSING TO, TO ME. 
          CAN WE GIVE A DEFINITIVE BUT WHAT CITY DEFINITIVELY IN TEXAS IS THIS PLACE LOCATED THERE IN ROCKDALE, TEXAS, WHICH IS EAST NORTHEAST FROM AUSTIN? I DO NOT KNOW. 
          SO ROCKDALE, WHICH COUNTY? ROCKDALE. 
          OKAY. 
          MILAM COUNTY. 
          MILAM COUNTY. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M USED TO ROCK RIDGE AND THE IN BLAZING SADDLES, YOU MAY HAVE THE SAME ISSUE WITHIN THAT YOU DO CALDWELL COUNTY. 
          OH, ANY, BUT IT AIN'T CALDWELL ANY PLACE THAT'S LINED UP WITH TRUMP COUNTRY. 
          I HAVE A BIG ISSUE WITH ITEM 31. 
          HAROLD. 
          [31. Approve Current and Future Opioid Settlements Which are to be Distributed in Accordance with the Texas Term Sheet Adopted by Resolution 5244-2021, Including an Agreement with
Kroger, and Authorize the Execution of Documents Relative to the Acceptance of Said Settlements (Reviewed by the Public Safety, Health and Environment Committee on 12/09/2024)]
OKAY, THANKS MA'AM. 
          THE CURRENT AND FUTURE OPIOID SETTLEMENTS WITH THE TEXAS TERM SHEET ADOPTED BY RESOLUTION 5 2 4 4 WITH KROGER OF OR WHO AND WHAT IS THIS AND HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? STAFF? MEL, TAG YOU'RE IT. 
          THE OPIOID SETTLEMENTS ARE PART OF A LAWSUIT THAT'S BEING HAMMERED BY THE TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE. 
          AND, UM, THE CITY CITIES HAVE TO SIGN ON TO THE TEXAS TERM SHEET IN ORDER TO RECEIVE FUNDS FROM THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS. 
          AND THIS IS JUST THE LATEST SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH KROGER. 
          AND UM, THE SHEET SHOWS THAT, UH, THE CITY IS, UM, SLATED TO RECEIVE ABOUT $33,000 FROM THE KROGER SETTLEMENT. 
          WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED ADDITIONAL FUNDS FROM THE OTHER SETTLEMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE. 
          SO THIS IS JUST THE LATEST SETTLEMENT, UM, IN THAT GROUP. 
          SO WHEN WILL THIS $33,000 FROM KROGER, WHEN WILL IT BE IN OUR CITY'S HANDS? IN YEAR TWO, YEAR TWO OF THEIR CON OF THEIR AGREEMENT IN WHICH IS, UH, 20 25, 26, 26 FISCAL YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          DOES THIS NOT INCLUDE THE, THE WALMART, THE OTHER STORES? EACH, EACH UM, EACH PHARMACY HAS THE SIGN ON TO A SEPARATE AGREEMENT. 
          SO THIS IS THE KROGER AGREEMENT. 
          WE'VE ALREADY ENTERED INTO SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS WITH THE OTHER ONES, THE OTHER PHARMACIES. 
          SO THOSE HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED PREVIOUSLY. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE WAS A GOOD ARTICLE IN THE NEW YORK TIMES TODAY ABOUT PURDUE PHARMA AND THE PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS, THE TAX FREE BILLIONS THAT THEY'RE MAKING. 
          WE'RE ONLY GONNA GET 33,000 OUT OF WALL STREET. 
          THAT'S JUST THE ONE FROM KROGER. 
          WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED ADDITIONAL FUNDS 
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FROM THE OTHER ONES FOR WALMART, WALGREENS, CVS AND ALLERGEN. 
          DO WE JUST KNOW RIGHT OFF HAND HOW MUCH WE RECEIVED FROM THE OTHER PHARMACIES FOR THIS OPIOID SETTLEMENT? JUST, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE'VE RECEIVED TO DATE, BUT THE TOTAL AMOUNTS THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO RECEIVE ARE LISTED IN THE, UH, COMMUNICATION. 
          AND THIS ALL COMES THROUGH KEN PAXTON'S HANDS DOWN IN AUSTIN. 
          IT DOES. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL , I'LL, I'LL SEE IT WHEN I BELIEVE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WELL, HAROLD, YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON 32, BUT YOU NEED TO WAIT, I HAVE TO RECUSE MYSELF ON 32. 
          SO ONCE I RECUSE MYSELF AND MAYOR PRO TEM BRINGS IT UP, SHE'LL ASK YOU TO SPEAK ON IT. 
          YES, PLEASE. 
          ON 38, 
          [38. Resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into an Agreement with the Texas
Department of Transportation (TxDOT) for construction, maintenance and operation of safety
highway lighting systems on IH 20 and IH 30 in Tarrant County (Reviewed by City Council
Development Committee on 12/17/2024)]
WHAT TYPE ARE WE LOOKING WITH TEXT OFF HERE? MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF SAFETY HIGHWAY LIGHTING SYSTEMS ON 20 AND 30. 
          WHAT TYPE OF HIGHWAY LIGHTING SYSTEMS. NOT ALL OF YOU AT ONCE, . 
          THIS ONE IS TO BE BEFORE I, I I I COULDN'T HEAR YOU. 
          THIS ONE'S GOING TO COMMITTEE NEXT TIME. 
          . 
          I'M SORRY. 
          THIS ONE WENT TO COMMITTEE TONIGHT. 
          WELL I GUESS WE CAN GO AHEAD AND DO IT. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          WHAT IS IT? IT IS FOR TWO TINY LITTLE SEGMENTS OF ROADWAY. 
          SO THIS SOUNDS A LOT BIGGER THAN IT IS. 
          THIS IS THE LITTLE PART FROM THE CITY LIMITS TO THE COUNTY LINE UP ON 30 AND ON 20, UM, THERE'S JUST LIKE 1.14 MILES AND 1.12 MILES IN ONE SECTION AND 0.14 MILES IN THE OTHER SECTION. 
          AND IT WAS KIND OF AN AREA THAT WAS DISPUTED BEFORE BECAUSE, UH, IT WAS PIECE OF TARRANT COUNTY BUT IT WAS OUTSIDE OF ARLINGTON. 
          AND SO WE KIND OF GET THEM TO CLEAR THIS, THE LANGUAGE UP AND SO IT'S AN AGREEMENT THAT SAYS TEX STOCK WILL BE THE INSTALLER OF THIS AND THEN WE WILL, UM, WE'LL BE MAINTAINING THOSE, THOSE LITTLE SEGMENTS GOING FORWARD. 
          IS THIS THOSE BIG POLE LIGHTS THAT THEY HAVE OUT THERE AT 360? THOSE ARE CALLED HIGH MASS AND THEY'RE THE SAFETY LIGHTING FOR THE INTERCHANGES. 
          NOW THIS ONE'S AT GREAT SOUTHWEST AND UP NORTH ON 30 IT'S AT DUNCAN PERRY. 
          SO IT'S NOT A BIG INTERCHANGE, BUT IT WILL HAVE TALLER LIGHTS BUT MAYBE NOT HIGH MASKS. 
          BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO OUTSOURCE THE MAINTENANCE ON THAT. 
          SO WE TAKE ON THE MAINTENANCE, WE HAVE SEVERAL SEGMENTS LIKE THIS. 
          THIS IS JUST CLEANING UP THIS LITTLE PIECE THAT DID NOT HAVE A SPECIFIC DESIGNATED SECTION BEFORE. 
          'CAUSE THAT SECTION AT 360 AND 20, THERE'S DIFFERENT COUNCILS THAT'S IN ARLINGTON. 
          THOSE LIGHTS ARE OUT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND I'VE CALLED ARLINGTON BEFORE AND THAT'S WHY WE HAD TO GET THIS CLEANED UP BECAUSE FROM THE TARRANT COUNTY LINE TO THE GRAND PRAIRIE CITY LIMIT THAT LITTLE SEGMENT ON 20. 
          BUT THAT'S EAST OF WHERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          DOES THAT INCLUDE THE LIGHTS ON THE SURFACE ROAD THAT YOU HAVE? THE OVERHEAD LIGHTING ON THE SERVICE ROADS NORTH AND SOUTH, EAST AND WESTBOUND. 
          SERVICE ROADS JUST IN THIS LITTLE SEGMENTED WILL MM-HMM . 
          SO WE, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE JUST WELL OVER 1.1 MILES. 
          I CAN GET WITH YOU ON OTHER LOCATIONS, BUT SOME OF THEM, THEM, WE HAVE SOME OF THEM ARLINGTON HAS AND SOME OF THEM TEXTILE HAS. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT'S WHY IT'S SO CONFUSING. 
          THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT ENTITIES AND THEN LIGHTS GO OUT WHO'S GONNA REPAIR THE LIGHTS AND SOMETIMES YOU DO HAVE TO WAIT AND GET LARGER EQUIPMENT TO TAKE CARE OF THEM WITH A HIGH MASS LIKE YOU TALKED ABOUT. 
          SO YOU NEED TO DO SEVERAL AT A TIME. 
          SO, 'CAUSE IT'S IT'S JUST SO DANGEROUS. 
          THE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DOING 90 AND A HUNDRED OUT THERE. 
          WE NEED ALL THE LIGHTING THAT WE CAN GET, SO. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THANK YOU. 
          ITEM 41 HAROLD. 
          [41. Resolution Approving the City’s Investment Policy (Reviewed by the Finance and Government Committee on 12/10/2024)]
OUR CITY'S INVESTMENT POLICY. 
          WHAT IS OUR INVESTMENT POLICY PLEASE? WE ARE, THIS VOTE PUTS IT ALL IN THE BITCOIN . 
          YOU KNOW WHAT CHARLIE MUNGER TOLD WARREN BUFFET? CHARLIE MUNGER SAID BITCOIN IS RAT POISON , GO AHEAD AND EXPLAIN THE RULES. 
          BOROUGH ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. 
          IT JUST HELPS US, UH, PLAN TO INVEST THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE. 
          SO WE'RE NOT GONNA PUT ANYTHING IN BITCOIN FROM THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OR WE NO, NO. 
          NOTHING'S GOING TO BITCOIN. 
          DOES THIS GO IN T-BILLS? DOES THIS GO ,  T-BILLS, CDS YEAH. 
          AND OUR POOLS. 
          OKAY, SO WHERE DO WE BUY THE CDS FROM? WHICH INSTITUTION? UH, THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT CDS THAT WE GET MOSTLY EAST. 
          UH, I THINK EAST WEST BANK IS WHERE WE MOSTLY GET OUR CDS. 
          OKAY. 
          I GET BUT WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT HELPS US OUT CALLED VALLEYVIEW AND THEY HELP US, THEY WALK US THROUGH, UM, WHICH ONES ARE THE BEST RATES USED TO GETTING THE CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT FROM CITIZEN SAVINGS AND LOANS. 
          SO IT'S FIXED. 
          OKAY. 
          AS LONG AS WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING WITH BITCOIN. 
          'CAUSE AFTER JANUARY 20TH THE RULES CHANGE, SO IT'S GONNA BE A MUCH MORE DANGEROUS WORLD IN TERMS OF INVESTMENT POLICIES. 
          SO NOTHING IN BITCOIN. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NOTHING. 
          THANK YOU HAROLD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE'LL CALL YOU BACK UP FOR ITEM 32. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA EXCEPT FOR ITEM 32. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          A AND YOUR OPPOSED SAY NAY. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          LET ME EXCUSE MYSELF. 
          COUNCIL MAYOR PRO TEM HAROLD, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND START UP AND ONCE I GET OUT OF HERE, YOU CAN SPEAK ON ITEM 32. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO, DO YOU MIND IF I PULL UP? 
          [00:20:01]
NO, PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU JULIE 
          [32. Authorize the City Manager to enter into an Oil and Gas Lease Agreement with TotalEnergies E&P USA Barnett 1, LLC to allow underground drilling on approximately 81.5116 acres of City-owned properties. The Lease will be for a three-year primary term, with a $500 per mineral acre bonus payment and 25% royalties to the City (Reviewed by the City Council Development Committee on 12/17/2024)]
FOR PRESENTING FOR NUMBER 32. 
          OH, NO, DO, SHOULD YOU MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION FIRST BEFORE I DO? WOULD YOU LIKE, YES. 
          I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO PRESENT FIRST. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNSEL JULIE DOSER, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY FOR THE CITY. 
          THIS ITEM IS FOR CONSIDERATION OF A OIL AND GAS LEASE WITH T-E-P-U-S-A BARNETT ONE LLC FOR LEASE OF MINERAL RIGHTS OF VARIOUS CITY OWNED PROPERTIES. 
          UM, TEP BARNETT FOR IN SHORT, HAS PROPOSED LEASING, UH, MINERAL RIGHTS ON APPROXIMATELY 81 ACRES OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          UM, IF YOU SEE ON THE MAP, UM, ALL OF YOU SHOULD HAVE A MAP AT THE DAIS. 
          UM, THE PROPERTIES, AND IT'S HARD TO SEE ON HERE, BUT THE PROPERTIES IN YELLOW ARE THE AREAS THAT TEP BARNETT IS PROPOSING THEY LEASE THE MINERAL RIGHTS FROM MOST OF THESE AREAS ARE IN DISTRICTS TWO AND FOUR. 
          UM, UH, LARGE MAJORITY IS RIGHT HERE EAST OF EPIC. 
          WE'VE GOT SOME AREAS NORTH OF THE AIRPORT, SOME AREAS HERE ON MAYFIELD, FURTHER SOUTH AND FURTHER SOUTH DOWN NEAR THE BARNES CARPO, UM, EXISTING PAD SITES. 
          UM, SO BETWEEN ALL THOSE SITES, IT'S APPROXIMATELY 81 ACRES IN EXCHANGE FOR THE LEASE RIGHTS TO THESE PROPERTIES. 
          TEP BARNETT IS OFFERING THE CITY, IT'S UH, TWO MAIN, TWO MAIN THINGS. 
          ONE IS A ONE-TIME BONUS, UM, IN THE AMOUNT OF $500 PER MINERAL ACRE. 
          SO THAT'S APPROXIMATELY $40,755 THAT THE CITY WILL RECEIVE AT ONE TIME. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE CITY WOULD RECEIVE 25% ROYALTY FROM THE OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION AND PROCEEDS FROM THOSE OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION, UM, WITHIN THAT LEASE POOL. 
          UM, THIS OFFER IS BEING, UM, OFFERED TO THE CITY AS PART OF A MPA POOLING REQUEST THAT TEP BARNETT HAS SUBMITTED TO THE, UM, TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION. 
          THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY SURFACE RIGHTS. 
          IT'S ONLY SUBSURFACE MINERAL RIGHTS STAFF IS REVIEWED THE OFFER AND WE FIND THAT IT'S REASONABLE BASED ON THE CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS AND WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE RECEIVING FROM TEP BARDA AND OTHER OPERATORS. 
          SO, I'LL HAPPY TO, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. 
          ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSEL FROM YOU BEFORE WE HEAR FROM HAROLD, I DO HAVE ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE MAP IF ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE NEEDS TO SEE A BETTER COPY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          JULIE. 
          HAROLD, THANK YOU. 
          WHO ARE THESE INDIVIDUALS? UH, TP BARNETT. 
          WHO, WHO ARE THEY? WHERE ARE THEY BASED OUT OF? IT'S TOTAL. 
          UM, I BELIEVE THEY'RE BASED OUT MEL. 
          DO YOU KNOW WHERE ARE THEY BASED? BASED IN TEXAS? MM-HMM. 
          I'M NOT CERTAIN SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          I CAN FIND THAT OUT FOR YOU THOUGH. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE. 
          BECAUSE IF THEY'RE ONLY GONNA GIVE US $500 PER MINERAL ACRE ONLY, WE SHOULD BE GETTING LIKE 4 MILLION, NOT 40,000. 
          THIS IS WAY WE'RE TAKING THE SHORT END OF A STICK ON THIS. 
          AND SOME OF THE PROPERTIES THAT THEY'RE DRILLING ON NOW, LIKE THEY'RE BY EPIC CENTRAL. 
          UM, WE WOULD BE GETTING MORE RETURN IN OUR INVESTMENT IF IT WERE RETAIL DEVELOPMENT HOTELS, OTHER EVEN MORE UPSCALE APARTMENTS VERSUS $500 AN ACRE PLUS 25% OF ROYALTIES. 
          OF WHAT? IN OTHER WORDS, WHO SETS THESE FIGURES? WHAT QUALITY CONTROL DO YOU AS AN ATTORNEY ON THESE TYPES OF NEGOTIATIONS? THAT 25% OF THE LOWEST WA OTHER WORDS? I DON'T TRUST JR EWING WHEN IT COMES TO OIL AND GAS . 
          UM, UM, SO WE HAVE ENGAGED OUTSIDE COUNSEL TO HELP NEGOTIATE THIS CONTRACT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. 
          YES. 
          UH, THEY'VE NEGOTIATED THESE TYPE OF CONTRACTS WITH OTHER, WITH OTHER CITIES IN TEP BARNETT. 
          THEY'VE INDICATED TO US THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY A BETTER DEAL THAN MOST CITIES GET. 
          UM, 500 IS KIND OF THE GOING, UM, MARKET RATE RIGHT NOW. 
          AND I I BELIEVE THAT RATE FOR THE BONUSES WAS HIGHER PREVIOUSLY WHEN THERE WAS MORE ACTIVITY IN THE, IN THE BARNETT SHELL. 
          YEAH, I KNOW WHEN THEY DID THE NORTH OF 20, WHEN MY PARENTS THERE ON VINEYARD WHEN THEY DID THE LATERAL DRILLING, THEY'RE LIKE $25 A YEAR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON ROYALTIES, WHATEVER. 
          I GUESS MY CONCERN IS RIGHT NOW IN A MUNICIPAL AREA, NOW THEY'VE HAD COURT CASES IN ARLINGTON, BUT IN THE PERMIAN BASIN THEY'RE FLARING OFF THE GAS. 
          AND WHAT THEY'RE NOT FLARING OFF, THEY'RE JUST VENTING INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. 
          'CAUSE THERE'S SUCH A GLUT OF NATURAL GAS EVEN IN THE PERMIAN BASIN. 
          SO THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO GET THAT DOWN FOR LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS IN WORDS, THERE'S A GREATER USAGE OF THE LAND IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IN THIS, THE NINTH LARGEST AREA IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 
          OTHER WORDS, WHAT ARE WE AS CITIZENS GOING TO JUST ONLY $40,000? 
          [00:25:02]
WE AS CITIZENS ARE KIND OF TAKING THE SHORT OF THE STIGMA ON THIS. 
          THIS ISN'T, THIS IS, THIS IS LIKE THE T-MOBILE DEAL. 
          AND WHY DID THE MAYOR PLAY ELVIS AND LEAVE THE BUILDING AGAIN? WHAT FINANCIAL UH, CONCERNS DOES THE MAYOR HAVE ON THIS? WHAT IS HE GONNA BENEFIT FINANCIALLY FROM THIS? UH, THE QUESTION. 
          MEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS TO THAT? I DO. 
          NO, NO COMMENTS TO THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OTHER WORDS, IF WE HAVE A CITY STAFF PERSON, AN ELECTED OFFICIAL WHO LEAVES THE ROOM? IN OTHER WORDS, DOES THE MAYOR OWN THIS IS SITTING ON LAND. 
          WHY DID THE MAYOR LEAVE THE ROOM FOR CITY ON LAND? I KNOW HIS PROPERTY WILL RATHER REDOING ALL OF THAT AGAIN WHERE HE LIVES. 
          THE MAYOR HAS A LEGAL CONFLICT, UM, IN VOTING ON THIS ITEM. 
          SO HE HAS RECUSED BECAUSE HE HAS A LEGAL CONFLICT UNDER THE STATUTE. 
          CAN WE DEFINE THAT LEGAL CONFLICT? DOES HE  HE HAS AN INTEREST IN THIS, IN THIS. 
          HE HAS AN INTEREST IN ONE OF THE, UM, LEASE PETS, BUT IT SAYS CITY OWNED LAND A LOT. 
          A LOT OF THESE ARE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THESE ARE POOLED, UH, MINERAL RIGHTS AREAS. 
          SO THERE ARE OTHER OWNERS INVOLVED IN THESE POOLS, BUT IT SAYS 81 ACRES OF CITY OWNED PROPERTIES. 
          CORRECT. 
          NOT OWNED BY MAYOR JUAN JENSEN OR ANY OTHER CITIZEN. 
          WE NEED TO CLARIFY THIS FOLKS. 
          IT IT, YEAH. 
          I THINK IT'S NOT JUST CITY OWNED PROPERTY. 
          IT'S, IT'S A POOLING. 
          SO IS CITY OWNED PROPERTY IN ADDITION TO PRIVATE PROPERTY PROPERTY THAT'S INVOLVED WITH IT? OKAY. 
          THAT NEEDS TO BE STATED EXPLICITLY OWNED THIS, WHICH OTHER CITIZENS OF GRAND WILL FINANCIALLY BENEFIT FROM THIS AGREEMENT. 
          AND ALSO COUNCILMAN LOPEZ HAS A COMMENT AS WELL. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I BELIEVE IT IS JUST APPROXIMATELY CLOSE TO THE SITE THAT WE'RE VOTING ON. 
          IF YOU LIVE CLOSE TO IT, THAT'S WHY YOU, YOU HAVE AN OPTION TO RECUSE YOURSELF JUST BECAUSE YOU LIVE CLOSE TO IT AND THERE'S ALL THE PROPERTY AROUND HERE ARE, ARE BEING IMPACTED PRIVATELY. 
          AND WE'RE JUST HIGHLIGHTING THE ACTUAL SITES THAT THE CITY OWNS. 
          THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE ON THE MAP IS WHAT THE CITY OWNS. 
          AND NOT HIGHLIGHTING THE PRIVATE PROPERTY IS IMPACTED BY THIS. 
          SO NONE OF THIS WILL PERTAIN TO ANY PRIVATELY OWNED PROPERTY, JUST TO SPEAK EXCLUSIVELY THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE. 
          NO, HAROLD. 
          THERE THERE IS PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT WILL, THIS WILL PERTAIN TO, THERE ARE MANY RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ'S DISTRICT THAT ARE GONNA EITHER, THAT ARE GONNA BENEFIT FROM THIS, NOT JUST THE CITY. 
          THE CITY'S PART OF THE POOL, BUT THE CITY'S NOT THE, THE SOLE GROUP WITHIN THE POOL. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WHEN MY PARENTS SOLD THE LAND AT 1502 VINEYARD, THEY RETAINED THE MINERAL RIGHTS. 
          SO THEY WOULD STILL HAVE ACCESS TO THIS AGREEMENT UNDER THIS NEW UPDATED IT'S POSSIBLE. 
          IT'S POSSIBLE. 
          IT'S POSSIBLE. 
          IT COULD BE POSSIBLE. 
          THEY WOULD ENTER A SEPARATE AGREEMENT. 
          IT WOULD BE A SEPARATE AGREEMENT. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M NOT BEATING UP ON THE MAYOR, IT'S JUST THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IN TERMS OF TRANSPARENCY OF GOVERNMENT AND DEALING WITH STUFF. 
          HAROLD, LET'S WRAP IT UP. 
          DEAR. 
          NATURAL GAS IS $3 AND 30 SOMETHING IN CUBIC FOOT RIGHT NOW. 
          AND THIS WHOLE THING IS NEXT YEAR WHEN IT BOTTOMS OUT AGAIN. 
          SO THAT, I JUST WANT TO KNOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU JULIE FOR THAT. 
          UH, COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JULIE AT THIS TIME? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? AND WE'RE READY. 
          THANK YOU, UH, FOR A MOTION. 
          AND I HAVE A MOTION FOR YOU, UH, TO MOVE, MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 32, SUBJECT TO STAFF NEGOTIATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL RIGHTS AT CITY COUNCIL'S DIRECTION. 
          SECOND. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          A ALL OPPOSED NAY. 
          NAY? NO. 
          DID WE HAVE A NAY? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          THE AYES HAVE IT AND THE MOTION CARRIES. 
          AND WE CAN INVITE THE MAYOR BACK IN. 
          YES. 
          OH, THERE HE IS. 
          HE SLIPPED IN. 
          OKAY. 
          HAROLD, YOU WANNA KNOW MEL SAID, I CAN TELL YOU ON THIS SITE, UH, THIS SITE, PART OF THE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, THE WEST CARPO SITE, THAT SITE, THAT DRILLING SITE IS ON MY PROPERTY. 
          SO THE DRILL HORIZONTAL DRILLING THAT WILL GO TO THIS 80 SOMETHING ACRES ORIGINATES, MAY ORIGINATE ON MY PROPERTY. 
          I HAVE, WE HAVE WELLS ON OUR PROPERTY. 
          SO COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ CAUGHT THAT AND SAID, MAYOR, I THINK THAT CAR WEST CARPO LOOKS LIKE IT'S CLOSE TO YOUR HOUSE. 
          WELL, IT IS, IT'S ON MY PROPERTY. 
          SO THAT'S WHY AFTER CONSULTING WITH STAFF, I CHOSE TO RECUSE MYSELF EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT PART OF THE 80 ACRES. 
          THE DRILLING RIG THAT'S GONNA GO GET 
          [00:30:02]
MAY GET THAT 80 ACRES IS ON MY LAND, HAROLD. 
          ALRIGHT, 
          [Items 53 & 54]
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER DEL BOSKY FOR ITEM 53 AND 54 FOR TABLING JOHNSON. 
          OH, COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON? YES. 
          OH YEAH, YOU WANTED IT. 
          HE HE DOESN'T WANT TO TABLE HIS, SO THAT'S RIGHT. 
          UH, MAYOR, I MOVE THAT. 
          WETTABLE ITEMS 53 AND 54. 
          AND TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. 
          SECOND. 
          WE MOTION SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          A OPPOSED NAY. 
          ALRIGHT, NOW WE'LL GO BACK TO THE ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          [44. Public Hearing and Final 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 ]
ITEM 44, TIFFANY BULL, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY COUNSEL, IF YOU REMEMBER, WE CAME TO NOVEMBER 5TH AND PRESENTED TO YOU THE LAKE SONG ANNEXATION. 
          THIS IS AN ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 101,045 ACRES THAT IS NORTHEAST OF 2 87. 
          IT IS PART OF THE LAKE SONG DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN THE ETJ. 
          THE KIND OF REDDISH, PINKISH SHADED AREA IS THE AREA THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE ANNEXATION. 
          THE AREAS THAT ARE SHOWN IN GREEN AND PURPLE ARE ALREADY WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. 
          THIS IS THE SECOND AND FINAL READING. 
          THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND WE DO HAVE SOME SPEAKERS BEFORE I OPEN IT UP FOR THE FLOOR. 
          CAN WE DO BOTH THE 44 45 TOGETHER? NO. 
          ITEM 44. 
          IT, IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING. 
          IF ANYBODY THAT HASN'T FILLED OUT A CARD WANTS TO SPEAK ON 44, YOU CAN DO SO NOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          LET'S READ THE SPEAKERS FOR ITEM 44. 
          MOST OF YOU SIGNED UP FOR 44 AND 45. 
          JUST SPEAK ON 44 AT THIS TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          HAROLD WILLIS. 
          I WILL JUST CONSOLIDATE IT REAL QUICK. 
          I JUST WANTED TO MAKE ON 44 AND 45 ON NUMBER 44. 
          WHAT TIMEFRAME ARE WE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF ALL OF THIS TYPE DEVELOPMENT REALLY BEING EXPANDED OUT? HERE WE GO. 
          WE'LL GIVE YOU AN ANSWER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THEY ARE READY TO BREAK GROUND. 
          THE ZONING IS ON YOUR AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING. 
          THEY EXPECT TO HAVE THEIR FIRST ACTIVE HOUSE IN THE FALL OF NEXT YEAR. 
          SEPTEMBER-ISH OF NEXT YEAR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THESE ARE JUST, I HAVE QUESTIONS. 
          WE'RE GONNA READ Y'ALL INTO THE RECORD. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          AND THIS IS 44 AND 45. 
          I'M NOT GONNA REREAD IT INTO THE RECORD FOR 45. 
          UM, THESE ARE FOR 44. 
          50 WHAT? 44 AND 51. 
          YEAH. 
          SO FOR 44. 
          UM, HAL LAUREN, UM, DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK BUT WISHES TO RECORD HER SUPPORT. 
          CASEY STEVENSON ONLY WISHES TO SPEAK IF NEEDED. 
          NATE WETZEL ONLY WISHES TO SPEAK IF REQUESTED, BUT WISHES TO RECORD THEIR SUPPORT. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR FILLING OUT A CARD. 
          I'VE ALREADY INVITED ANYBODY UP THAT DIDN'T FILL OUT A CARD. 
          SO WE'RE READY TO VOTE ALAN AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION. 
          WELL, OKAY, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEMS FOUR TO FOUR PRESENTED HEARING, OH ENCLOS THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          ENCLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, SECOND. 
          SECOND BY COUNCIL MAYOR HEDON. 
          ALL IN FAVOR FOR JUST ITEM 44. 
          SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED, SAY NAY. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          NOW I KNOW 
          [45. Public Hearing and Final 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 ]
45. 
          KIND OF SIMILAR. 
          YES. 
          ITEM 45 ALSO CAME BEFORE YOU ON NOVEMBER 5TH. 
          THIS IS THE SECOND AND FINAL READING. 
          THIS IS PART OF THE GOODLAND DEVELOPMENT. 
          THIS IS GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BITTY AREA THAT IS BELOW THE EXISTING ELLIS COUNTY FRESHWATER SUPPLY DISTRICT AND ANNEX IT ALONG WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT WILL BE USED FOR GOODLAND PARKWAY. 
          THIS WILL PROVIDE, ALLOW US TO CONSTRUCT GOODLAND PARKWAY. 
          PROVIDE MUCH RE NEEDED RELIEF FOR THE CURRENT RESIDENTS OF THE PRAIRIE RIDGE DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND THIS WILL ALSO SERVE AS AN AREA THAT WILL ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PHASE TWO OF THE ANNEXATION FOR THE TOWN CENTER. 
          THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SAME AS THE ONE BEFORE. 
          IF YOU HAVE NOT FILLED OUT A CARD AND WISH TO SPEAK, STAND UP AND WALK THIS WAY. 
          I SEE SOMEBODY STANDING, BUT HE'S WALKING OUTTA THE BUILDING BY ANDY . 
          I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. 
          SURE. 
          UH, I MOVE THAT WE CLOSE, UH, FOR PUBLIC HEARING. 
          ITEM NUMBER FOUR TO FIVE AND APPROVE IT. 
          SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          BY COUNCILOR MAYOR, DEPUTY MAYOR PROTE ZA. 
          YOU ALL IN FAVOR 
          [00:35:01]
SAY AYE. 
          I. 
          OPPOSED? AY NAY. 
          MOTION CARRIES ITEM 40 
          [46. Second Public Hearing and approval of a Proposed Strategic Partnership Agreement between the City and the Ellis County Fresh Water Supply District No. 1]
A SIX SIX. 
          ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING. 
          YES. 
          THIS ITEM ALSO PREVIOUSLY CAME BEFORE YOU ON NOVEMBER THE FIFTH. 
          THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND IT IS THE FINAL READING OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH THE ELLIS COUNTY FRESHWATER SUPPLY DISTRICT. 
          THE ELLIS COUNTY FRESHWATER SUPPLY DISTRICT IS, UM, AN AREA THAT IS KIND OF AROUND AND WITHIN GOODLAND. 
          THIS WILL GIVE THE CITY COUNCIL THE OPTION TO ANNEX THE AREA INTO THE CITY ONCE THE AREA IS BUILT OUT AND THE DEBT IS PAID OFF, WHICH IS ANTICIPATED TO BE ANYWHERE FROM 20 TO 40 YEARS FROM NOW. 
          THIS IS A SECOND READING, IT'S PUBLIC HEARING. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS, BUT IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS WITHOUT FILLING OUT A CARD, YOU CAN DO SO NOW. 
          HELLO. 
          THAT'S A GOOD SONG. 
          I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION. 
          I MOVE TO PUBLIC HEARING. 
          APPROVE. 
          ADAM. 
          46. 
          46. 
          SIX. 
          SECOND FOR 46. 
          AFTER YOU CHANGE. 
          WHO SAID THE SECOND DOWN HERE? COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. WE HAVE A MOTION. 
          SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          I OPPOSED A NAY? UM, I DON'T WANT COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ REMINDING ME. 
          I STILL HAVE SOME TEAM COUNCIL HERE. 
          TEAM COUNCIL. 
          STAND UP. 
          'CAUSE IN CASE Y'ALL DRIFT OUTTA HERE AS THE MEETING GOES FORWARD, THANK Y'ALL FOR ATTENDING. 
          YOU GET SPECIAL CREDIT FOR STAYING MOST OF THE MEETING. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT CAN GO TOWARDS, BUT , THANK Y'ALL FOR STAYING, UH, THE PUBLIC. 
          THOSE AT HOME, THE TEEN COUNCIL, WE HAVE ABOUT 32 TEENS. 
          WE TRY TO TEACH 'EM ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY EACH, EACH GROUP HAD TO HAVE A, UH, A PROJECT TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND HELP SUPPORT THEIR SCHOOL. 
          AND THEY PRESENTED THOSE PROJECTS TO US TONIGHT DURING OUR BRIEFING. 
          SURE. 
          I WANT THOSE KIDS TO COME BACK AND TAKE JOBS HERE IN THE CITY, BE UP HERE AT THE DIOCESE. 
          BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE WANT THEM TO KNOW THERE'S MORE TO IT THAN A JOB. 
          THERE'S COMMUNITY SERVICE AND WE NEED TO GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE, PLEASE. 
          THANK Y'ALL AGAIN. 
          ITEM 47, 
          [47. STP-24-09-0038 - Site Plan - Oakdale 2 Industrial (City Council District 1). Site Plan for an industrial warehouse on 29.17 acres. Tracts 1-5, 1.2, 12-13, 17-19, & 23, John Farrans Survey, Abstract No. 468, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Light Industrial and Planned Development No. 221 (PD-221), and approximately addressed as 468 Oakdale Road (On November 11, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 7-0)]
SITE PLAN. 
          YES. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. 
          THIS NEXT ITEM IS A SITE PLAN FOR OAKDALE INDUSTRIAL. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN. 
          THIS IS A SITE PLAN FOR SPECULATIVE INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS. 
          IT'S ZONED, UH, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, UH, PD 2 21, AND IT'S JUST ABOUT 30 ACRES. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN ON THE SCREEN. 
          THEY'RE PROPOSING TWO INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS. 
          UM, PART OF THE SITE PLAN REVIEW IS TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE MEETING OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND OUR PARKING REQUIREMENTS. 
          THEY ARE MEETING THOSE, UH, THEY ARE MEETING OUR LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS THE OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS. 
          AS PART OF THIS PACKAGE, THEY SUBMITTED A TREE SURVEY AND THEY ARE, UH, MITIGATING TREES BEING REMOVED AND PAYING INTO THAT TREE. 
          UH, FORCED FUND. 
          THESE ARE THEIR PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE GLAZING AND THE ARTICULATION, WHICH ARE REQUIRED FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS. 
          THEY ARE REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW THE RETAINING WALL TO EXCEED THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT. 
          UH, OUR APPENDIX EIGHT CAPS, UH, SCREENING WALLS OR FENCES AT EIGHT FEET. 
          AND SO THE PROPOSED RETAINING WALL HAS A HEIGHT OF 11 FEET AT SOME, UH, LOCATIONS. 
          ON NOVEMBER 11TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO. 
          DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS WELL. 
          THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY CARDS? ANYBODY HAVE ANY? I DIDN'T SEE ANY LIGHTS. 
          UH, MAYOR PRO TIMM, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? JUST A QUESTION FOR SAVANNAH. 
          WOULD YOU EXPLAIN WHY THEY WANT THE 11 FOOT RATHER THAN THE EIGHT? IT WAS IN OUR NOTES, BUT I THINK THAT'S IT. 
          IT'S A RETAINING WALL. 
          SO THAT HAS TO DO THE, WITH THE ENGINEERING RIGHT? AND THE, THE, THE HEIGHT OF THE, THE SITE. 
          SO IT'S AN ENGINEERING RATHER THAN AN AESTHETIC RIGHT. 
          REQUEST. 
          SO NO OTHER VARIANCES? THAT IS CORRECT. 
          WE DO HAVE A, YOU READ IT. 
          BRAD COOPER, UM, WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT ONLY IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS. 
          I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          I THINK WE'RE GOOD TO GO. 
          I RECOGNIZE MAYOR PRO TEM 
          [00:40:01]
FOR A MOTION. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 47 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF. 
          SECOND. 
          WE HAVE MOTION. 
          SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY PO SAY NAY. 
          MOTION CARRIES ITEM 48. 
          [48. STP-24-07-0031 - Site Plan – Polo Rd Retail Center (City Council District 6). Site Plan for a multi-tenant retail store on 1.525 acres. Lot 12, Block 5, Amesbury Estates Phase 2, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-247, and addressed as 912 W Polo Rd (On November 11, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 7-0)]
THIS IS ANOTHER SITE PLAN REQUEST LOCATED ON POLO ROAD. 
          THIS IS FOR A MULTI-TENANT RETAIL BUILDING. 
          IT'S ABOUT 1.5 ACRE, AND YOU CAN SEE THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN ON THE SCREEN. 
          THEY'RE PROPOSING ABOUT A 12,000 SQUARE FOOT RETAIL BUILDING. 
          THIS IS SPECULATIVE, SO THEY DON'T HAVE ANY TENANTS, UH, SIGNED ON YET. 
          UH, THE DRIVEWAY IS OFF OF WEST POLO ROAD AND THEY WILL BE DEDICATING AN ACCESS EASEMENT THAT WILL FACILITATE THE CIRCULATION WHEN THE ADJACENT PARCELS DEVELOP. 
          THEY ARE MEETING OUR LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS AND THEY ARE PROVIDING THE PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS, WHICH IS PRIMARILY BRICK AND STECCO, OR EXCUSE ME, BRICK AND STONE. 
          ON NOVEMBER 11TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO AND THE DEVELOPMENT AND REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS WELL. 
          THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. 
          ANYBODY YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, ARE YOU READY FOR A MOTION? YES. 
          I'M I'LL TAKE ONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I MOVE THAT RE APPROVE ITEM 48 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF. 
          SECOND. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON. 
          SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEAD. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED A NAY. 
          MOTION CARRIES ITEM 49. 
          [49. SUP-24-09-0043 - Specific Use Permit - Flint Academy (City Council District 2). Specific Use Permit for a Child Day Care Center. Lot 1R, Block 1, Oaks Baptist Church Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Planned Development No. 23 (PD-23), within the IH-20 Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 801 E IH 20 (On November 11, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval with conditions by a vote of 7-0)]
THIS IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUEST FOR A CHILD DAYCARE FACILITY. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN. 
          THIS IS THE SITE OF AN EXISTING CHURCH AT 8 0 1 EAST INTERSTATE 20. 
          UH, THE PROPOSED OPERATIONS ARE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, 30 AM TO 4:30 PM UM, IT'S PK TO 12TH GRADE. 
          UM, SO IT IS A PROPOSED SCHOOL. 
          THEY ARE PROPOSING A DAYCARE ON SITE, UM, WHICH IS TRIGGERING THAT REQUIREMENT FOR THE SUP UM, OPERATIONAL PLAN. 
          STUDENTS PROVIDE THEIR OWN LUNCH. 
          UM, THEY HAVE SECURITY, UM, PROCEDURES IN PLACE. 
          ALL VISITORS HAVE TO HAVE A A BADGE. 
          UM, THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES. 
          WE DID SEND OUT PUBLIC NOTIFICATION THAT THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES AND DID NOT RECEIVE ANY IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSED. 
          UM, ON NOVEMBER 11TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS BY VOTE TO SEVEN TO ZERO. 
          AND THESE ARE THE CONDITIONS THAT STAFF RECOMMENDED AS WELL. 
          NUMBER ONE IS THAT THE A, UH, APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE A PLAYGROUND THAT'S AT LEAST 25% OF THE LICENSED CHILDCARE CAPACITY AREA. 
          UH, THE CAPACITY AREA HAS TO HAVE AN EXIT FROM THE BUILDING DIRECTLY ONTO THAT PLAYGROUND AREA. 
          UH, THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE A MINIMUM OF SIX FOOT FENCE AROUND THAT PLAYGROUND AREA. 
          APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE HARD PLUMBED HAND SINKS AND ALL INFANT ROOMS FOR DIAPER CHANGING. 
          APPLICANT SHALL MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH CITY ADOPTED FIRE CODES. 
          APPLICANT SHALL MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR LICENSED CHILDCARE CENTERS. 
          THE APPLICANT SHALL MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LICENSED CHILDCARE CENTER REQUIREMENTS FOUND IN CHAPTER 13, ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE CITY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES. 
          AND THE APPLICANT SHALL MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE REGULATIONS IN CITY ORDINANCES FOR FOOD SERVICE OPERATIONS. 
          THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. 
          DON'T SEE ANY E ALLEGED FOR YOU. 
          WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          HAROLD WILLIS. 
          HAROLD WILLIS. 
          5 3 8 LINLEY. 
          LET'S START OUT FIRST. 
          WHEN WAS FLINT ACADEMY GIVEN APPROVAL TO RUN A SCHOOL OUT OF THIS CHURCH? IS THIS PART OF WHAT'S ON TONIGHT OR IS THIS JUST THE DATE? THIS IS IT. 
          SO THIS IS TO RUN. 
          OKAY. 
          THEY'VE BEEN RUNNING THAT SCHOOL DOWN THERE NOW FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS. 
          HOW, HOW CAN YOU START RUNNING A BUSINESS IF YOU DON'T GET YOUR SUP APPROVED? I DON'T KNOW. 
          WELL, THEY'VE BEEN RUNNING IT DOWN THERE. 
          THEY'VE BEEN RUNNING THIS FLINT ACADEMY AND I CONFRONTED THE BAPTIST PREACHER A YOU MADE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THREE YEARS AGO THIS MONTH IN DECEMBER OF 21. 
          TELL US WHAT YOU MADE OFF THAT SALE. 
          I'M NOT, I'M NOT GONNA TELL YOU THAT. 
          WELL, ISN'T THAT CHRISTIAN SAYS THE CHURCH LADY. 
          SO NOW YOU'RE RUNNING A DAYCARE BUSINESS AND YOU'VE BEEN RUNNING YOUR SCHOOL, WHICH ARE COMPETING WITH THE GRAND PRAIRIE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          HOW MANY SCHOOLS HAS THE GRAND PRIX SCHOOL DISTRICT CLOSED THIS YEAR IN ADDITION TO ARLINGTON? SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED. 
          WHY ARE WE SNEAKING THIS IN WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT THEIR CHARTER SCHOOL BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT THEIR DAYCARE? I DON'T THINK WE'RE SNEAKING ANYTHING IN. 
          NOTHING'S BEEN SNUCK IN. 
          UM, THIS IS A SITUATION WHERE, UH, THE SCHOOL WAS LOOKING FOR A HOME A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. 
          WE'VE ALLOWED THEM TO DO A TCO AS WE WORKED THROUGH THAT PROCESS. 
          THEY ALSO HAVE A DAYCARE COMPONENT WHERE THESE CHILDREN ARE YOUNGER THAN FIVE YEARS OLD. 
          THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE TRIGGERED TO HAVE THE SUP. 
          WE'RE STILL FINALIZING OTHER DETAILS WITH THE SCHOOL, BUT TRANSPORTATION, OTHER 
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DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THAT REVIEW AND MAKING CERTAIN THAT THEY OPERATE, UH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE UDC. 
          AND YOU GAVE 'EM A TEMPORARY YES. 
          YEAH, BECAUSE THEY WE'RE, WE'RE NOT HIDING ANYTHING, HAROLD. 
          WE'RE NOT SNEAKING ANYTHING UNDER ANYTHING. 
          WELL, WE'RE VOTING ON IT TONIGHT. 
          REALIZE FOR ABOUT 40 SOMETHING YEARS, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF THINGS SNUCK THROUGH DOWN HERE. 
          SO THIS IS, IT'S THE FACT THAT THIS ISN'T ONE OF 'EM, HAROLD. 
          WELL, I'M GLAD WE'RE ON A BETTER TRACK NOW, MAYOR. 
          UM, THE FACT THAT THIS IS A CHURCH, GETTING INTO THE DAYCARE BUSINESS. 
          I KNOW YOU APPROVED THE METHODIST CHURCH DOWN THERE. 
          UM, WOODS. 
          WOODS METHODIST CHURCH. 
          YEAH. 
          THE WOODS. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THAT'S FINE. 
          THEY CAME BEFORE HERE. 
          BUT WHEN YOU'RE JUST POPPING UP SUDDENLY WITH TAXPAYERS DOLLARS AND YOU'RE PUTTING OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN JEOPARDY BY BEING IN COMPETITION WITH THEM, BUT YOU'RE NOT PAYING TAXES, YOU'RE NOT RENDERING UNDER CAESAR. 
          JIM SWAFFORD AND I HAD QUITE A FEW TALKS ABOUT CHURCHES GETTING INTO THE DAYCARE BUSINESSES WHEN WE HAVE DAYCARE ESTABLISHMENTS THAT ARE HERE. 
          THEY PAY PROPERTY TAXES. 
          THEY PAY SALES TAXES. 
          THEY'RE RENDERING UNTO CAESAR. 
          BUT NOW WE'VE GOT A CHURCH POPPING UP THAT'S GONNA BE IN THE DAYCARE BUSINESS. 
          AND NO, THIS IS, WE NEED TO HAVE MUCH MORE DISCUSSION ON THIS. 
          I DON'T THINK THOMAS JEFFERSON AND BEN FRANKLIN WOULD LOOK UPON THIS RIGHT NOW. 
          THEY WOULDN'T VIEW THIS FAVORABLY. 
          SO THERE'S TOO MANY THINGS WITH THAT BAPTIST CHURCH AND THERE'S A LOT OF TALK IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          I KNOW YOU MAY HAVE PUT 12 PEOPLE OUT THERE FOR FLYERS, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY ANGRY WITH THOSE APARTMENTS THAT THAT BAPTIST CHURCH BUILT. 
          AND THEY WILL NOT TELL THE PUBLIC WHAT WE MADE ON THE CELL OF THAT PROPERTY. 
          SO THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO HIDE. 
          AND THIS IS ANOTHER THING THEY'RE HIDING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HAROLD BARRY? YEAH. 
          BARRY JUDE. 
          BARRY JUDE. 
          I AM THE PASTOR AT THE OAKS BAPTIST CHURCH. 
          AND, UM, MY ADDRESS IS, I NEED TO TELL THAT, DON'T I? YES SIR. 
          6 0 4 7 CEDAR GLEN, UH, RIGHT HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE. 
          AND, UH, WE, UH, ARE NOT RUNNING A DAYCARE FOR PROFIT. 
          FLINT ACADEMY WAS A SCHOOL THAT DIDN'T HAVE A PLACE TO GO. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UH, WE HAD A CHRISTIAN, UH, DAYCARE PRIOR TO COVID. 
          WE SHUT IT DOWN THAT YEAR AND WE HAD NOT STARTED IT BACK. 
          WE WERE MAKING PLANS. 
          IN FACT, THAT'S WHY WE BUILT A NEW PLAYGROUND THAT WE INVESTED OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN AND REDID THE FENCE. 
          BUT THE FENCE WAS FIVE FOOT THREE ON THE ENDS AND FIVE FEET IN THE MIDDLE. 
          WE FOUND OUT THAT WE NEEDED TO GO UP ANOTHER FOOT. 
          AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN IN, WE'VE, WE'VE, UH, HAD THE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP OUT TO, UH, TO LOOK AT OUR SITE AND, UH, WE HAVE COMPLIED TO DO THE OTHER FOOT ON, ON THE FENCE. 
          UM, ONE THING WE DO WANNA MAKE ABUNDANTLY CLEAR, THE DAYCARE IS ONLY FOR THE TEACHERS AND THE FACULTY OF FLINT ACADEMY. 
          AND IT'S A FREE SERVICE. 
          THERE IS NO DAYCARE. 
          THIS, THERE'S GOING TO BE ANY MONEY. 
          THERE'S ONE PAID TEACHER. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD ENOUGH. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          YES, BARRY, THERE THERE'S QUESTIONS FOR YOU. 
          QUESTION? YES. 
          UH, YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT FLINT ACADEMY DIDN'T HAVE A HOME TO GO TO. 
          SO WHERE ARE THEY COMING FROM? THEY WERE IN ARLINGTON AT DALWORTH GARDENS AREA. 
          UH, THE PROPERTY THAT THEY WERE IN FOR 19 YEARS, UH, WAS, WAS GIVEN OVER TO, UH, THE OWNER'S CHILDREN AND THEY DECIDED TO SELL THAT PROPERTY. 
          SO, UH, IN THE END OF JULY, THEY FOUND OUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE A, A PLACE TO MEET AFTER BEING A, A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL FOR 19 YEARS. 
          UM, WE WERE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT POSSIBLY STARTING OUR ACADEMY BACK. 
          AND, UM, WE TALKED WITH THEM AND WE ENTERED A ONE YEAR CONTRACT WITH THEM TO, TO SAVE THE SCHOOL FROM GOING UNDER. 
          SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. 
          WE ARE TALKING WITH THEM FURTHER IN JANUARY ABOUT POSSIBLE CONTINUATION. 
          SO THE TIMELINE, THEY KNEW IN THIS PAST SUMMER, JUNE OR JULY, WHICH MONTH? JUNE, JULY. 
          JULY. 
          AND YOU STARTED THE ACADEMY AT YOUR FACILITY WHEN IT WAS, UH, PROBABLY ABOUT 2009. 
          NO, FLINT ACADEMY IS TEMPORARY. 
          THEY, THEY, THEY LOST THEIR HOME IN ARLINGTON. 
          RIGHT. 
          WHEN DID FLINT MOVE TO YOUR SITE? FLINT CAME THE SECOND OR THIRD WEEK OF SEPTEMBER. 
          THEY STARTED THEIR SCHOOL YEAR LATE. 
          OKAY. 
          RASHAD, WHEN DID THE CHURCH FILE FOR PAPERWORK FOR THIS TEMPORARY PERMIT UNTIL THEY GET 
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THEIR PAPERWORK DONE? WAS THAT BEFORE SEPTEMBER? I COULDN'T TELL YOU OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, ACCOUNT. 
          WE APPLIED, WE APPLIED, I THINK IT WAS THE THIRD WEEK OF AUGUST OF OUR, THAT'S OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. 
          OKAY. 
          THIRD WEEK OF AUGUST FOR A PERMIT. 
          AND I'M HEARING THAT IT TAKES SOME, SOME THINGS 90 DAYS TO GET A PERMIT TO DO DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS. 
          SO WHY DO WE RUSH THIS PERMIT THROUGH? NOBODY RUSHED ANYTHING, SIR. 
          UH, IT WAS REVIEWED BY MY BUILDING OFFICIAL AND ALL OTHER DEPARTMENTS. 
          AND AS A NOTED, TEMPORARY CO WAS ISSUED BASED ON CONDITIONS. 
          THERE WAS NO RUSH. 
          THE FACILITY, AS HE MENTIONED, WAS ALREADY KIND OF ESTABLISHED FOR AN ACADEMY. 
          SO THERE WASN'T ANY MAJOR RENOVATIONS THAT WERE NEEDED. 
          WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY OPERATED CORRECTLY AND WE UNDERSTOOD THE TIME CRUNCH. 
          OF COURSE, THEY NEEDED TO START THE SCHOOL YEAR. 
          SO THAT IS, THAT IS, WE'LL DO THAT FOR ANYBODY. 
          AND AS FAR AS 90 DAYS, I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU GET THAT, THAT, THAT TIMELINE FROM. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, WOULD, WILL YOU, WHEN YOU HAVE TIME, WOULD YOU JUST SEND ME THE DATE THEY ACTUALLY FILED AND THE DATE THEY OPENED BECAUSE OKAY. 
          I, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NO PROBLEM. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER HEADON? YEP. 
          YOU, YOU ACTUALLY PREEMPTED SOME OF MY QUESTIONS, UM, ABOUT, UH, THE ACADEMY, BUT WHAT, WHAT AGES DO YOU GUYS SERVE? WHAT, WHAT GRADE? OR NOT YOU GUYS, BUT THE, THE ACADEMY ACADEMY. 
          THEIR ADMINISTRATOR WOULD'VE BEEN HERE TONIGHT, BUT SHE, SHE HAD A KNEE REPLACEMENT AND IS JUST NOT DOING WELL YET. 
          SO I TOLD HER I WOULD TRY TO SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF BEST I COULD. 
          THEY START WITH K FOUR AND THEY GO UP THROUGH 12TH GRADE. 
          AND, UM, WE HAPPEN TO HAVE A BUILDING THAT'S, THAT'S VERY CONDUCIVE TO A SCHOOL. 
          AND, UM, FOR THE STAFF REQUIREMENTS, I SAW, UH, THE PLAYGROUND SIZE OF 25% OF THE AREA. 
          AND I DIDN'T REALIZE, YOU SAID YOU JUST BUILT A NEW PLAYGROUND ANYWAY, SO BRAND NEW, OVER A HUNDRED GRAND. 
          I'M ASSUMING IT'S MEETING. 
          I WANNA SHOW YOU THE STANDARD YOU WOULD LOVE FOR YOUR CHILDREN. 
          THAT IS VERY NICE. 
          IT IS VERY NICE. 
          AND WE REDID THE FENCE JUST BACK IN MARCH. 
          SO WE, UH, THERE'S AN ELEMENTARY AREA AND THERE IS A AREA, UM, AND THIS IS THE BUILDING, UH, THAT THEY ASKED US TO, TO HAVE A GATE THAT GOES ALL THE WAY WHERE THIS DOOR TO THE PLAYGROUND WOULD BE. 
          IT WOULD BE THE ONLY USE, IT WOULD BE STRAIGHT THERE. 
          AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE ADDING WELDING ON THE, THE OTHER FOOT TO THE TOP OF THE FENCE. 
          WOULDN'T YOU LIKE YOUR CHILDREN AND YOUR GRANDCHILDREN TO PLAY ON A PLAYGROUND LIKE THAT? IT'S VERY NICE. 
          IT IS VERY NICE. 
          AND I'M ASSUMING IT MEETS THE 25% OF THE TOTAL AREA SIZE WISE? YES. 
          UH, YOU ENVIRONMENTAL. 
          AND, UM, DID PLANNING COME OUT AS WELL? DID PLANNING COME OUT? IT WAS JUST, BUT THEY, THEY CAME OUT AND INSPECTED AND, UH, EVERYTHING SEEMED UH, FINE. 
          GREAT. 
          AND THEN YOU GUYS ARE PROVIDING VOLUNTEER DAYCARE SERVICES FOR THEIR STAFF? JUST NOT US. 
          THAT'S A OH, THAT'S A SERVICE OF FLINT ACADEMY. 
          OKAY. 
          THEY DO THAT FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES. 
          SO YOU'RE PROVIDING THE APPLICATION BECAUSE IT'S YOUR PROPERTY, BUT YOU GUYS ARE NOT GONNA BE INVOLVED WITH THE OPERATION OF THE DAYCARE? CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          THEY, THEY RUN THE DAYCARE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND IT'S, IT'S JUST A SERVICE FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES THERE. 
          THERE'S NO MONEY EXCHANGING HAND. 
          THEY HAVE, UH, ONE TEACHER AND THEN A COUPLE OF AIDES. 
          SPEAKER. 
          SO SPEAKER, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF, SPEAKER. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF, GO AHEAD AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE OTHER SPEAKER. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UM, QUESTION FOR STAFF. 
          SO THEY'RE APPLYING FOR THE DAYCARE, BUT THEY'RE NOT OPERATING THE DAYCARE. 
          SO ALL OF THESE, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, THEY'LL HAVE TO ANSWER FOR THAT SINCE THEY'RE THE APPLICANT AND I KNOW THAT THE OPERATOR'S NOT HERE. 
          YES. 
          UH, BEFORE WE ISSUE THE CO FOR THE SEPARATE, UH, SCHOOL, I MEAN NOT SCHOOL, BUT THE, UM, DAYCARE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO ADDRESS ALL THESE CONDITIONS. 
          SO WHETHER THAT'S THE PROPERTY OWNER OR THE OPERATOR, THEY, THEY'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT. 
          YOU SAID WHAT? WHETHER IT'S THE PROPERTY OWNER OR THE OPERATOR, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE, IT TAKEN, IT HAVE TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. 
          IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY THEY WOULD BE RELIABLE PARTY, BUT THEY HAD TO BUILD THE PLAYGROUND TO SIZE. 
          AND A LOT OF THESE ARE THINGS THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS TO DO. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND I WAS, UH, I GUESS IT MAY HAVE BEEN ON THE PREVIOUS SCREEN, THE ONE THROUGH FOUR. 
          UM, WELL FOR EXAMPLE, NUMBER SIX, WITH THESE 
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LICENSES AND ALL OF THAT, THE OPERATOR WOULD HAVE TO MEET THE STANDARD, BUT THE APPLICANT IS THE ONE THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO ANSWER FOR EVERYTHING BEING RUN ACCORDING TO OUR CITY STANDARDS. 
          OKAY. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE THAT CLEAR. 
          IT'S ANOTHER SPEAKER. 
          YES. 
          NICHOLAS PORTER. 
          NICHOLAS NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD PLEASE, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HI, I AM NICHOLAS PORTER. 
          UH, 3 3 3 9 GREGORY LANE. 
          UM, I JUST WANNA SHARE A PERSONAL TESTIMONY THAT I HAVE OF THIS ACADEMY. 
          I'VE INTERVIEWED TWO MOTHERS THAT SEND THEIR CHILDREN HERE AND THIS ACADEMY TRULY, UM, WHEN INDIVIDUALS TRY TO SAY NEGATIVE THINGS ABOUT THIS ACADEMY, IT'S JUST, IT'S HARD TO HEAR BECAUSE THIS ACADEMY HAS DONE NOTHING BUT HELP. 
          SERVICES ARE FROM THESE TWO MOTHERS KEEP IDENTITIES, UM, ANONYMOUS OF COURSE, BUT THEY HAVE A 6-YEAR-OLD AND A 5-YEAR-OLD. 
          AND THE OTHER MOTHER INTERVIEWED HOW TO FIVE-YEAR-OLD AS WELL. 
          AND THIS ACADEMY, LIKE, UM, THE ACADEMY HAS TAKEN A LOT OFF THEIR LOAD. 
          PERSONALLY. 
          IT'S OKAY WHEN, WHEN IT COMES TO THIS ITEM, LIKE I SAID, IT'S VERY AN EMOTIONAL TOPIC BECAUSE GP DOESN'T HAVE NECESSARILY A LOT OF PLACES FOR, I WOULD SAY A RELIGIOUS LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, I WOULDN'T SAY HAS A, A BUNCH OF OPPORTUNITIES. 
          SO FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT ONLY LOOKING FOR AFFORDABLE AND REASONABLE, NOT REALLY EVEN AFFORDABLE, IT'S LESS THAN AFFORDABLE FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST LOOKING FOR BETTER RELIGIOUS ENVIRONMENTS TO PUT THEIR CHILDREN IN. 
          SAFE SAFETY IS SOMETHING BOTH MOTHERS BRAGGED ABOUT, ABOUT THIS ACADEMY. 
          FLYNN ACADEMY IS HUGE ON SAFETY AS, UM, I'M SORRY, WHAT'S YOUR NAME? I'M SAVANNAH. 
          AS SAVANNAH MENTIONED IN HER PRESENTATION WITH THE IDS. 
          SO, UM, AND I CAN TELL YOU FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE ASKING ABOUT WHAT THEIR SAFETY IS, IT'S ALMOST SAFER THAN SOME OF OUR OWN SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE IN GP. 
          SO THIS ACADEMY, I HAVE NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT IT. 
          THIS AGAIN, IS JUST A PERSONAL TESTIMONY AND IT'S, IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO SEND AGAIN, SMALL CHILDREN. 
          I'M SORRY, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER DONE THIS. 
          I'M LITTLE NERVOUS. 
          YOU'RE GOOD, YOU'RE FINE. 
          THAT'S WAY CAME TONIGHT, . 
          IT'S TRULY AMAZING. 
          YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING NOT TO GET EMOTIONAL 'CAUSE ONE OF THE MOTHERS GOT EMOTIONAL AND IT'S JUST HARD TO REMEMBER. 
          BUT WHILE INTERVIEWING HER, SHE NEVER KNEW ABOUT THIS PLACE UNTIL SOMEBODY REACHED OUT TO HER AND SHE WAS LIKE, I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR IT. 
          AND THEY WERE LIKE, THAT'S NOT EVEN A PROBLEM. 
          SO TO BACK TO FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT THIS REALLY DOES NEED TO BE PASSED AND THIS NEEDS TO BE AN ESTABLISHED PLACE FOR CHILDREN, SMALL CHILDREN TO GO TO BECAUSE THERE IS NOT A LOT OF OPTIONS AND MOST OF THOSE OPTIONS ARE OUT OF AFFORDABILITY FOR RESIDENTS OF GRAND PRAIRIE. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR COMING. 
          THAT CONCLUDES OUR CARDS. 
          UH, COUNSEL, WE WERE HEADING. 
          SO, UH, YOU'RE, HE WAS A MEMBER OF YOUR TEAM COUNCIL. 
          HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE TEAM COUNCIL AND JUST FILLED THE CARD OUT WHEN THEY START, WHEN IT WAS PRESENTED. 
          WELL, I JUST WANNA COMMEND HIM FOR COMING UP AND SHARING. 
          I KNOW THAT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE. 
          UM, PROBABLY WE'RE VERY NERVOUS AND YOU DID A GREAT JOB. 
          THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. 
          COUNCIL SHOTWELL HAS HIS LIGHT ON. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, I JUST WANT TO KIND OF FILL IN SOME BLANKS HERE. 
          IF I UNDERSTAND IN RASHAD OR SAVANNAH, TELL ME WHEN I'M WRONG. 
          'CAUSE I PROBABLY WILL BE, UH, THE SCHOOL CAN OPERATE. 
          THIS IS JUST THE DAYCARE THAT WE'RE TALKING, THE, THE CHILDCARE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW. 
          CORRECT. 
          THE, THE ACADEMY ITSELF CAN OPERATE IN THE BUILDING THAT IT IS IN BECAUSE THAT WAS IS IS ALLOWED. 
          THE SCHOOL IS ALLOWED IT'S ACCESSORY TO THE CHURCH. 
          SO, GOOD POINT. 
          THIS IS JUST THE DAYCARE, THE ACADE, THE ACADEMY OPERATING ALREADY IS NOT, THAT'S NOT, NOT A PART OF THIS, PART OF THE QUESTION HERE. 
          AND THEN THE, UH, TEMPORARY CO THING IS SOMETHING THAT BACK IN A, IN A FORMER LIFE I KNOW HAPPENED ALL THE TIME. 
          IF YOU GET THE BUILDING INSPECTIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL COME OUT, DO INSPECTIONS, MAKE SURE ELECTRICITY'S GOOD, THE PLUMBING'S GOOD, THEN YOU CAN GET A TEMPORARY CO WHILE YOU'RE WORKING THROUGH GETTING YOUR ZONING CASE DONE. 
          THAT ALLOWS YOU TO GET ALL YOUR STUFF 
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TOGETHER AND MEET DEADLINES. 
          NOW IF THIS WAS TO FAIL, THAT TEMPORARY SEAL WOULD BE PULLED AWAY. 
          SO IT IT, THIS ALL FOLLOWS EXACTLY THE WAY EVERY OTHER THING THAT OKAY. 
          I EVER HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH FOLLOWS WITH. 
          SO IT'S, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          IT'S BEEN, THANK YOU FOR POINTING OUT. 
          THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH SCHOOL. 
          IT KIND OF DOES, BUT AS A FREE SERVICE FOR THE TEACHERS. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER LIGHTS. 
          UH, UH, I HAD ONE OTHER QUESTION I WASN'T CLEAR ON, UH, FROM THE APPLICANT. 
          SO THE DAYCARE, IS THAT BEING OPERATED BY FLINT ACADEMY OR THAT'S JUST A THIRD PARTY OPERATOR ALTOGETHER PROVIDING THAT SERVICE FOR FLINT ACADEMY? YOU CAN ANSWER, JUST SPEAK LOUD. 
          IT'S RUN BY FLINT ACADEMY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND OUR, JUST TO ANSWER, UM, JOHNSON'S QUESTION, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, THE, UH, TEMPORARY COO WAS GIVEN TO US ON SEPTEMBER 6TH. 
          WE WERE JUST CHECKING THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          OUR PERMIT WAS GIVEN AFTER THE PLANNING MEETING THE NEXT DAY ON NOVEMBER 11TH. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT THE COO FOR, FOR THE SCHOOL WAS PERMANENT COUNCIL, MAYOR HEAD. 
          DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? NO, I'M, I'M GLAD YOU ALL WERE ABLE TO MEET THAT NEED IN LIGHT OF THE TESTIMONY PROVIDED. 
          IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S A GREAT ACADEMY AND IT WOULD'VE PROBABLY BEEN QUITE DEVASTATING TO HAVE TO TOTALLY SHUT DOWN. 
          SO YOU MET THE CALL. 
          I'M SURE THEY'RE VERY GRATEFUL. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. 
          UM, WHAT IS THIS? ITEM NUMBER 40 49. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, FOR ITEM NUMBER 49, I MOVE TO APPROVE, UH, WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS AS PRESENTED. 
          WE HAVE MOTION SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED, SAY NAY. 
          MOTION CARRIES ITEM 50. 
          [50. ZON-24-08-0022 - Zoning Change – 1419 E Marshall (City Council District 3). Zoning Change from Commercial (C) to Single Family-Five (SF-5) on 0.328 acres. Lot 1, Block C, Carbaugh Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Commercial (C) District, and addressed as 1419 E Marshall Dr (On November 11, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 7-0)]
THIS NEXT ITEM IS A ZONING CHANGE LOCATED AT 1419 EAST MARSHALL. 
          UH, THE EXISTING ZONING IS COMMERCIAL AND THEY'RE REQUESTING TO BE REZONED TO SINGLE FAMILY. 
          FIVE. 
          THERE IS AN EXISTING HOUSE ON THE LOCATION THAT HAS BEEN THERE FOR SEVERAL DECADES. 
          THEY'RE NOT PROPOSING ANY CHANGES TO THAT AS PART OF THIS APPLICATION, THE PURPOSE IS TO BRING THE EXISTING USE INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROPOSED ZONING, UH, DESIGNATION. 
          UM, I THINK WE'RE READY. 
          THERE'S A HOUSE THERE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          I MOVE TO, UH, APPROVE ITEM 50, UH, ZON DASH 24 DASH EIGHT DASH 0 2 2. 
          SECOND WE HAVE MOTION. 
          SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AND OPPOSED A NAY ITEM 
          [51. ZON-24-09-0026 - Zoning Change/Concept Plan - Lakesong Development (City Council District 6). Zone Change from Agriculture & Planned Developed-451 to Planned Development (PD) for mixed-use, urban residential, medium residential, estate residential, and open space uses on approximately 1,200 acres. The property is located generally south of Seeton Road, East of FM 661, North of 287, and North of Kimble Road, Ellis County, Texas (Parcel IDs 294666, 294715, 297164, 303397) (On November 11, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 7-0)]
51. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          ITEM 51 IS A ZONING CHANGE AND CONCEPT PLAN FOR LAKE SONG DEVELOPMENT. 
          THIS WAS RELATED TO THE EARLIER ANNEXATION ITEM ON THE AGENDA. 
          UH, THE PROPOSAL IS FOR 1,200 ACRES. 
          UH, YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN THERE. 
          CONCEPT PLAN. 
          UM, AS TIFFANY MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE IS A PORTION ALREADY WITHIN CITY LIMITS THAT IS ALREADY ZONED. 
          AND THE PURPOSES OF THIS IS TO INCORPORATE ALL OF THE LAND WITH FLINT LAKE SONG INTO A SINGLE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. 
          SO THIS CONCEPT PLAN AND PD ESTABLISHES DIFFERENT ZONING DISTRICTS, THE MEDIUM RESIDENTIAL, URBAN RESIDENTIAL, ESTATE, RESIDENTIAL MIXED USE, AND OPEN SPACE. 
          I WILL NOTE THAT IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023, THE CITY EXECUTED A DEVELOPER AGREEMENT WITH THE DEVELOPER THAT THIS, UH, PD IS CODIFYING ALL OF THOSE REGULATIONS. 
          UM, THESE ARE SOME CONCEPTUAL BUILDING ELEVATIONS, THE TYPES OF HOUSING THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSAL. 
          UH, WE SENT 23 LETTERS OUT, UH, DID NOT RECEIVE ANY IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION. 
          AND ON NOVEMBER 11TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO. 
          AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS WELL. 
          AND I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. 
          ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I MOVE ON TO SPEAKER CARDS? GO AHEAD. 
          MEL CASEY STEVENSON, WHICH IS JUST, UM, WILL SPEAK IN SUPPORT IF NEEDED. 
          I DON'T THINK WE NEED YOU. 
          DO WE NEED, OKAY. 
          AND NEXT ONE. 
          UH, NATE WHITESELL. 
          I WILL SPEAK IN SUPPORT IF REQUESTED. 
          YOU GOOD. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON? I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION. 
          I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 51 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF. 
          SECOND. 
          WE HAVE MOTION. 
          AND SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY. 
          MOTION CARRIES EIGHT TO ZERO WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DALE BOSKY TAKING A BRIEF STEP AWAY FROM THE DIOCESE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          ITEM 52 
          [52. ZON-24-09-0025 - Zoning Change/Concept Plan - Polo SFA Amendment (City Council District 6). PD Amendment (PD-410A) to allow 1,600 sq. ft. Single Family Attached units on 2.909 acres. Tract 11.3, Thomas J. Tone Survey, Abstract No. 1460, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-410A and approximated addresses of 4529-4554 Harmony Ct (On November 11, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 7-0)]
IS A PD AMENDMENT, UH, FOR AN EXISTING OR A DEVELOPMENT THAT IS. 
          HOW WAS, WERE YOU INVOLVED IN THIS? I WOULD'VE CHANGED MY VOTE. 
          I DON'T, I DON'T NEED YOU TO COME FORWARD. 
          WELL, I, I HAD SOMETHING I WANTED TO SAY. 
          WELL, COME ON. 
          LONG TIME. 
          QUICKLY. 
          GIVE ONE MINUTE. 
          GIVE YOU ONE MINUTE. 
          SWELL KNOWS ABOUT ONE MINUTE. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          HAL THORN. 
          MY NAME'S HAL THORN. 
          I RESIDE AT 35 50 G CO ROAD. 
          I'M RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF, UH, WELL, IT'S 
          [01:05:01]
NOT UP THERE. 
          NOW. 
          THE DONUT HOLE, ALL THIS DEVELOPMENT THAT AFTER 25 YEARS, IT'S, IT'S FINALLY HERE. 
          APPRECIATE THE CITY APPROVING, UH, HUFFINES, UH, UH, PROJECT. 
          IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT PROJECT FOR THE CITY. 
          UH, AND THEN LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO SAY JIM SWOFFORD. 
          REST IN PEACE, MY BROTHER. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I APPROVE WE BOTH LOVE SWAFFORD. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THIS IS AN EXISTING PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED RESIDENTIAL USE. 
          THE PROPOSAL IS TO MEND THIS, UH, TO THE MINIMUM LIVING SQUARE, THE MINIMUM LIVING AREA. 
          , SEE THAT FOUR TIMES , UM, FROM 2,100 TO 1,600 SQUARE FEET. 
          UM, SO THIS IS THE SITE PLAN, UH, OR THE CONCEPT PLAN. 
          NO CHANGES HERE. 
          IT'S REALLY JUST THAT MINIMUM LIVING AREA. 
          UH, A REMINDER OF THE CONCEPTUAL ELEVATIONS. 
          WE SENT OUT 36 LETTERS. 
          DID NOT RECEIVE ANY IN FAVOR OR ANY OPPOSED. 
          AND ON NOVEMBER 11TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE TO SEVEN TO ZERO. 
          THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. 
          ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL SAVANNAH. 
          THIS IS JUST LOWERING THE, THE MINIMUM? YEAH, LOWERING THE MINIMUM. 
          DO WE KNOW HOW MANY OF THOSE UNITS ARE GOING TO BE AT THE MINIMUM? I, I, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION. 
          UM, WITH ME RIGHT NOW. 
          I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT, BUT YOU'RE CORRECT. 
          IT IS JUST LOWERING THAT MINIMUM LIVING AREA FROM WHAT TO WHAT? IT'S FROM UH, 21 2,100 TO 1,600. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND WE'VE ALREADY DROPPED IT ONCE BEFORE, SO I'M JUST, THAT'S WHY I'M WONDERING HOW MANY OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE AND WHETHER WE WANNA DO IT. 
          YEAH. 
          AND PART OF THIS IS, IS THE APPLICANT HERE? I, I BELIEVE SO. 
          WHEN THEY APPLIED FOR BILLING PERMIT, WELL, THAT'S COME IN PERMIT. 
          THEY WERE INCLUDING THE GARAGE AND THE CALCULATION OF THAT MINIMUM LIVING AREA. 
          AND SO THAT IS TO, TO ADJUST IT. 
          WELL, I'LL ASK, I'LL ASK THEM WHEN THEY COME UP. 
          OKAY. 
          THEY DID NOT FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD, BUT IS THE APPLICANT HERE? HMM. 
          I THINK WE NEED SOME ANSWERS. 
          UM, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO TABLE. 
          UH, I MOVE THAT WE TABLE ITEM 52, SECOND, SECOND HAVE MOTION AND SECOND TO TABLE ITEM 52. 
          WE NEED SOME ANSWERS, ESPECIALLY ON WHY WE'RE REDUCING IT. 
          AND SAVANNAH, YOU MENTIONED THAT IN THE CALCULATIONS, CALCULATIONS ARE DIFFERENT. 
          AT FIRST IT WAS INCLUDED FIRST TIME. 
          SO THIS TIME AROUND THEY WERE CALCULATING THE GARAGE AS PART OF THE MINIMUM LIVING AREA, WHICH WE DO NOT INCLUDE AS THE MINIMUM LIVING AREA. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO WE JUST NEED TO BE COMPARING APPLES AND APPLES. 
          CORRECT. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND THE TABLE. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? AYE. 
          NAY. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          UM, IT'S TILL THE NEXT MEETING IF IT'S NOT MENTIONED NEXT MEETING. 
          UM, YEAH, WE NEED TO, AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT WHOLE DEVELOPMENT OUT THERE. 
          THIS IS JUST PART OF IT, I THINK. 
          AND, AND, AND, UH, WHAT THE, ORIGINALLY THE, THE DREAM WAS AND WHERE IT IS NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, WE'VE ALREADY TABLED 53 AND 54. 
          IT'S TIME 
          [CITIZEN COMMENTS]
FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS AGAIN. 
          UM, SORRY. 
          MICROPHONE. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, AS WE LOOK BACK INTO, I JUST WANNA REQUEST THAT WE ASK WHAT PERCENTAGE, THE BREAKDOWN OF WHAT PERCENTAGE ARE BETWEEN EACH, UH, FOR EACH SIZE, RIGHT? WHEN YES, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED. 
          AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR PRO TEM CLEMSON MENTIONED THIS TO ME THE OTHER DAY ABOUT A, A DIFFERENT SUBJECT ENTIRELY NOT KNOWING THAT THIS WAS ON THE AGENDA, THAT I, SO IT'S A PERFECT TIME TO DO THIS. 
          WHAT THE DREAM WAS, WHAT THEY TOLD US AND WHAT IT IS NOW. 
          AND WE NEED TO REFRESH ON THE PERCENTAGES. 
          UH, WE KNOW THE GOODLAND IS A MIXTURE, BUT JUST TO REFRESH US, WE'D LIKE A REFRESHER ON WHAT THE PERCENTAGES WERE. 
          'CAUSE IT'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE EVERYTHING IN IT, INCLUDING SOME BIG HOMES. 
          SO LET'S STAFF, WE NEED A REFRESHER ON BOTH OF THESE. 
          GOODLAND AND THE HUFFINES, WHICH IS LAKE SONG, I GUESS. 
          YES. 
          MM-HMM . 
          ALL RIGHT, WE'RE DOWN THE CITIZEN. 
          COMMENTS? UH, GO AHEAD. 
          OKAY. 
          BOB PARKER. 
          THANK YOU MR. PARKER FOR STAYING THE WHOLE MEETING. 
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MR. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, UH, YOU THANK ME FOR STAYING FOR THE WHOLE MEETING. 
          WELL, YOU MIGHT CHANGE YOUR OPINION. 
          OH, I'M, I'M, YOU'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE. 
          I'M OKAY. 
          I JUST APPRECIATE YOU STAYING YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY. 
          WELL, WELL, THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, I'VE TAKEN NOTICE TO A LITTLE ITEM OF INTEREST IN AND AROUND GRAND PRAIRIE AND LITTLE DO MANY KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, THAT THE TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL STREET IS OH, 24 FEET WIDE. 
          WELL, THE AVERAGE VEHICLE WING TIP TO WING TIP, THAT'S AVIATION TALK FROM AS FAST AS IT IS REAR VIEW MIRROR TO REAR VIEW MIRROR IS AT LEAST SEVEN FEET. 
          PROVIDING THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER PROTRUSIONS. 
          WELL, IF THERE'S A VEHICLE ON EITHER SIDE OF THE STREET THAT ONLY LEAVES 10 FEET, IT'S COME TO MY NOTICE DRIVING AROUND THE CITY. 
          AND WHEN YOU SEE IT, IT'S LIKE AN EARACHE OR A TOOTHACHE. 
          YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY HAPPEN ON WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS. 
          WELL, THIS PROBLEM OCCURS AFTER NORMAL HOURS WHEN OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE BENEFIT OF SEEING IT. 
          SO BECAUSE THEY, THEY GOT FAMILIES, THEY GO HOME. 
          BUT AT NIGHT, THERE ARE PEOPLE IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS. 
          UH, SOMEBODY MIGHT GET MAD AT ME. 
          THEY BRING HOME UTILITY VEHICLES, WORK TRUCKS AND STUFF, AND THEY PARK 'EM ON THE STREET. 
          IN ADDITION TO MULTIPLE VEHICLES THAT I'VE NOTICED AREN'T EVEN UNDER REGISTRATION. 
          I'VE NOTICED NUMBER OF VEHICLES SITTING ON PUBLIC THOROUGHFARES WITH FLAT TIRES, AND THEY'VE BEEN THERE A LONG TIME. 
          SO MY BEEF IS ACTUALLY IN AND ON BEHALF OF FIRST RESPONDERS, I SEE A SAFETY OR CRITICAL ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED CONCERNING AMBULANCES AND B RTS. 
          WHAT'S A BRT? BIG RED TRUCK. 
          OKAY. 
          THESE FIRE TRUCKS, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S EVER BOTHERED TO TAKE A SURVEY OF THE DRIVERS. 
          DO THEY EVER HAVE A PROBLEM TRANSITING SOME OF THESE RESIDENTIAL STREETS IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY TO SAY NOTHING OF THEIR OWN? I HAVE NO RESOLVE TO THE PROBLEM UNLESS MAYBE WE INSTALL SNOW PLOWS ON THE FRONT OF THE FIRE TRUCKS. 
          OTHER THAN THAT, I JUST WANTED TO BRING A PROBLEM UP. 
          THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. 
          YOU BET. 
          GOODBYE. 
          OH, I'D BE REMISS, MR. MAYOR. 
          COUNSEL, I WANT Y'ALL TO TAKE THE 25TH OFF AND THE FIRST OF NEXT MONTH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MR. PARKER. 
          HAROLD WILLIS. 
          HAROLD WILLIS. 
          5 3 8 LINLEY. 
          I WANNA START OFF TONIGHT. 
          THIS IS THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. 
          80 YEARS AGO, A LOT OF BRAVE AMERICANS, UH, FOUGHT THOSE, UH, WHAT TRUMP CALLS VERY FINE PEOPLE. 
          A NUMBER OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS WERE EXECUTED BY THE NAZIS. 
          11 AFRICAN AMERICAN SOLDIERS WERE TORTURED. 
          THEIR FINGERS CUT OFF AND EXECUTED BY THE NAZIS. 
          WE WILL NOT FORGET THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE TONIGHT. 
          THOSE, SO WE CAN STAND HERE. 
          THE FREEDOM WE HAVE TONIGHT. 
          WANNA START THIS OFF? 40 YEARS AGO TONIGHT, MONDAY, DECEMBER 17TH, 1984, A CITIZEN OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS WAITED OVER 25 MINUTES FOR AN AMBULANCE AND DIED. 
          IT WAS OUT IN THE SHADY GROVE PART OF GRAND PRAIRIE. 
          I WORKED AT IRVING COMMUNITY. 
          WE KEPT, WE HAD A DIRECT LINE TO THE IRVING FIRE DEPARTMENT, IRVING POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          WE KEPT GETTING CALLS. 
          THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON OUT HERE. 
          WE'RE GETTING ALL OF THESE MULTIPLE 9 1 1 CALLS FROM THE IRVING SIDE OF OUT HERE ABOUT GETTING AMBULANCE OUT HERE. 
          WHAT'S GOING ON? UH, WE'VE ASKED GRAND 
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PRAIRIE, WE'VE ASKED PERMISSION FROM GRAND PRAIRIE TO GO IN. 
          WE HAVE THE EQUIPMENT FROM STATION FIVE, THAT AMBULANCE, THAT ENGINE FROM STATION FIVE, THEY'RE STANDING BY, BUT WE CAN'T GET PERMISSION TO GO IN. 
          THIS LADY, HER HUSBAND, SHE, WE WERE IN THERE. 
          THE GENTLEMAN HAD A MASSIVE STROKE, BUT THE LADY LOOKED AT HER HUSBAND AND SAID, WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG? WHY DID HE HAVE TO WAIT? WHY COULDN'T THEY GET HERE SOONER? WHY IS GRAND PRIX TREATING US LIKE THIS? WHY DID MY HUSBAND, AFTER 55 YEARS OF MARRIAGE, HAVE TO WAIT? MY NEIGHBORS TOLD ME THEY WERE BEGGING THE IRVING FIRE DEPARTMENT AND IRVING POLICE DEPARTMENT TO COME OUT. 
          NONE OF THAT HAPPENED. 
          I CAN STILL SEE THE LOOK ON THAT LADY'S FACE. 
          THAT'S WHY WHEN I TOLD YOU EARLIER SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE GONE DOWN HERE 40 YEARS AGO, AT THAT TIME, DALLAS-FORT WORTH MEDICAL CENTER WAS THEIR AMBULANCE PROVIDER. 
          AND MAYOR, I'M GONNA BRING SOMETHING UP HERE. 
          YOUR BOSS, WAYNE HANKS, WAS ON THE BOARD OF DFW MEDICAL CENTER. 
          WE ONLY HAD THREE AMBULANCES IN GRAND PRAIRIE 40 YEARS AGO. 
          WE ONLY HAD SIX OR SEVEN EMTS IN THE GRAND PRAIRIE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          NOT PARAMEDICS, LIEUTENANT SAM CAREY AND THE OTHER ONES, THEY PAID FOR THEIR OWN TRAINING. 
          NOT GRAND PRAIRIE. 
          IRVING HAD BEEN IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PARAMEDIC BUSINESS SINCE JULY 1ST, 1976. 
          RICHARDSON GARLAND AND ALL THE OTHER CITIES. 
          THIS WAS A VERY, VERY, THAT WAS ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS. 
          THE DALLAS TIMES HERALD, THE GRAND PRAIRIE DAILY NEWS DID ALL THE NEWS CHANNELS BECAUSE IN SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER OF 84, WE HAD ANOTHER MAN WHO DIED OUT THERE. 
          THE AMBULANCES HAD TO COME FROM OVER HERE ON MAIN STREET. 
          THERE WAS A COMMUNICATION SCREW UP THE WHOLE BIT. 
          WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH AMBULANCES. 
          WE NEVER DID GILLY REALLY GET AN ANSWER. 
          BUT TO SEE THE LOOK ON THAT LADY'S FACE, I SHOOK HER HAND. 
          I REGRET, I'M SORRY, YOU LOST YOUR HUSBAND AFTER 55 YEARS, OF WHICH SOME OF THE IRVING FIRE DEPARTMENT WOULD'VE BEEN THERE IN TWO MINUTES. 
          THEY WERE THERE IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TO TALK TO THE FAMILY. 
          UM, THAT WAS JUST SOMETHING FROM THAT MOMENT ON. 
          THAT WAS ABOUT THIS TIME OF THE NIGHT. 
          IT WAS ABOUT 7 30, 8 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT. 
          LOOK ON THAT LADY'S FACE. 
          I WILL NOT QUIT UNTIL GRAND PRAIRIE HAS A FIRE DEPARTMENT PARAMEDIC PROGRAM. 
          IT TOOK ME 15 YEARS, BUT WE GOT IT. 
          AND THAT WAS JUST ONE OF SEVERAL OTHER SITUATIONS THAT OCCURRED OF INAPPROPRIATE MEDICAL CARE. 
          THE CITIZENS OF GRAND PRAIRIE DIED. 
          WAITING FOR THAT WAS IN DECEMBER, THE FOLLOWING MARCH. 
          TICK, TICK, TICK, TICK. 
          NEXT ON 60 MINUTES, TICK, TICK, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS. 
          HOW BAD OUR AMBULANCE SERVICE WAS IN GRAND PRAIRIE. 
          SO CHARLIE ENGLAND PLAYED THE ROLE OF HENRY KISSINGER AND WAYNE HANKS AND I HAD SOME GOOD TALKS ABOUT THAT. 
          WAYNE WAS, YOU KNOW, LIKE, HEY, I DIDN'T KNOW WE ONLY HAD THREE AMBULANCES AND MANY TIMES WE ONLY HAD ONE OR NONE IN THE CITY. 
          I WILL PRESENT THAT INFORMATION TO YOU AT FUTURE MEETINGS. 
          BUT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WHAT I HAD SEEN HAPPEN. 
          AND THERE WAS SOME OTHER SITUATIONS IN 1989 THAT WE DIDN'T REACH OUR LOW POINT 40 YEARS AGO. 
          TONIGHT, OUR LOW POINT WAS IN 1989 WHEN FIRE CHIEF GRANDMA JAMES ROBERTSON, HIS FATHER-IN-LAW, WAITED FOR AN AMBULANCE. 
          WE REALLY SUCKED DOWN MORE WHEN THERE WERE SOME OTHER SITUATIONS THAT OCCURRED OUT THERE. 
          BUT I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT OFF MY CHEST TONIGHT. 
          UH, FORTUNATELY THAT'S ALL IN THE PAST, BUT WE NOW ARE IN THE PRESENT. 
          AND THE PRESENT IS WE HAVE THE TOP RANK. 
          THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION TELLS YOU WITH HEART ATTACKS, STROKE PREVENTION. 
          SO WE'RE NOW IN A DIFFERENT UNIVERSE IN A MUCH BETTER PLACE WHERE WE WERE 40 YEARS AGO. 
          AND THANK Y'ALL FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          DOLORES PHILLIPS. 
          DOLORES PHILLIPS PO BOX 5 3 0 2 3 6 GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. 
          YES, YOU DO HAVE HANDOUTS. 
          I LEFT MINE AT THE SEAT HONORABLE JENSEN. 
          THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHEN I LOOKED UP IN THE SKY AS A LITTLE GIRL, YAY BIG, I KNEW IT WAS BIGGER THAN ME. 
          WHEN I LOOK UP IN THE SKY NOW, I STILL SEE THAT IT'S BIGGER THAN ME. 
          THIS WAS A RACKET. 
          YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE TRUTH IN LINDEN'S STATEMENT AND THE GOOD FAITH STATEMENT. 
          THE DATE THAT YOU SEE SIGNED ON, THAT IS APRIL THE FIRST 2008. 
          WE MOVED IN THE HABITAT HOME, 2001 SAN ANTONIO, DECEMBER, 2006. 
          I'M STILL GETTING FAMILIAR WITH THESE DOCUMENTS. 
          IT'S THREE DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS FOR THIS PARTICULAR DALLAS 
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AREA. 
          HABITAT, HOME, MUNICIPALITIES AND INCORPORATIONS PLAY DIRTY. 
          DIRTY. 
          WHEN YOU SPEAK OF INJUSTICES, GOD FORBID THAT THEY TEAM UP ON YOU. 
          I DON'T NEED A PITY PARTY. 
          WILLIAM HILLS KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. 
          IT WAS AN INTERNAL SETUP FOR A FORECLOSURE BECAUSE I WAS SPEAKING OF INJUSTICES PRIOR TO ME TOO EVER BEING HEARD OF. 
          WE'RE STILL TAKING BLOWS FOR THAT. 
          NOW, THE SAD PART ABOUT IT IS, IS THAT MINORITIES HAVE BEEN GROOMED, CULTURED AND RAISED TO THROW OTHER MINORITIES UNDER THE BUS. 
          I NOW KNOW THAT SAME IS TRUE, THAT NON MINORITIES HAVE BEEN GROOMED AND CULTURED TO THROW NON MINORITIES UNDER THE BUS. 
          POOR PEOPLE BEYOND RACE OR SYSTEMICALLY TARGETED TO BE LEECHES AND TO GET MONIES OFF OF THEIR BACKS WHEN THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW. 
          SO ON THIS HOUSE IT SAYS IT WAS A $58,000 LOAN. 
          MIND YOU HABITAT, EVERYTHING THAT THEY GET IT IS DONORS FROM MALT FROM MILLION, MILLION DOLLAR DONORS, BILLION DOLLAR DONORS IN CORPORATIONS. 
          EVERYTHING ABOUT THAT HOUSE WAS DONE FREE AND PAID FOR $58,000 WAS THE LOAN ON THAT HOME. 
          NO INTEREST, NONE OF THAT. 
          NOW, WHEN YOU LOOK CLOSER, IT GOES UP TO 73,000. 
          WHEN I SPOKE TO FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK LAST YEAR, 2023, THE YOUNG LADY SAID, HEY, YOU DID TWO HOME, UH, FIRST HOME BUYER, UH, APPLICATIONS. 
          THEY WERE APPROVED. 
          THESE WERE NOT LOANS. 
          THEY WERE, THESE WERE ACTUALLY GRANTS. 
          SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS THEY TOOK THE 10,000 AND THE $7,000 FIRST TIME HOME BUYER LOANS, WHICH WERE REALLY GRANTS THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DEDUCTED FROM THE 58,000. 
          BUT WHAT THEY DID, THEY DID 10,000, 7,000 EQUALS 17,058 AND 17 EQUALS 73. 
          SO THEY PUT THE GRANT MONEY ON THE BACKSIDE AS THOUGH I OWED THAT MONEY. 
          STAY WITH ME. 
          'CAUSE THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF MORE CONTRACTS TO THAT HOME. 
          IT'S GONNA GET UGLY, UGLY. 
          LIKE THIS GENTLEMAN SAID, WE GONNA COME WITH THE TRUTH AND I'M GONNA TAKE THE BLOWS AS I'VE BEEN TAKING THEM. 
          ANOTHER THING, YOU CAN'T ENLIST THE COMMUNITY TO OPERATE A OPEN QUIT PRO QUO AGAINST ANYONE. 
          AND THEN IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE TRUE ABOUT THAT, FIRE YOUR OWN PEOPLE FOR LESS. 
          NOW ON THIS HABITAT HOME, STAY WITH ME, HONORABLE JENSEN, BECAUSE MR. HILLS KNOW HE TOLD ME YOU WON'T BE IN HERE LONG. 
          HE KNOW. 
          HE TOLD ME THAT HE PUT KIDS OUT. 
          I'M THEIR GRANDMOTHER. 
          MY DAUGHTER WAS HAVING ISSUES. 
          I'M GONNA BRING IT TO THE TABLE AND I'M GOING TO SPEAK THE TRUTH FOR WHAT IT IS. 
          I'M NOT GONNA BE BULLIED. 
          I'M GOING TO RESPECT EACH ONE OF YOU. 
          BUT Y'ALL GOT MONIES OFF OF US AND PUT US OUT OF THAT HOUSE. 
          WE NOT THE FIRST, IT WAS A RACKET IN THAT OVER AT DALLAS AREA, HABITAT HOME. 
          IT WAS EVEN NO MONIES BEHIND. 
          THEY WAS TAKING MONIES AND PUTTING IT INTO A REPAIR FUND, A TRUST FUND. 
          AND THEN SOMEBODY INTERNALLY WAS DOING TO HABITAT WHAT Y'ALL WAS DOING TO US. 
          NOW, IT DOESN'T MATTER ABOUT YOU LIKING ME OR NOT, THEY DIDN'T LIKE JESUS CHRIST. 
          THEY BASHED HIM UPSIDE THE HEAD AND CALLED HIM ALL KINDA NAMES. 
          AND SO JESUS WAS JESUS. 
          HE DIDN'T SPEAK. 
          I'M GOING TO HUMBLY SPEAK AND TAKE THE BLOWS. 
          I'M NOT VIOLENT, HOMICIDAL, OR SUICIDAL. 
          I'VE LET THAT BE KNOWN. 
          MY PHONE, OCTOBER, MARCH 30TH, 2024, THIS YEAR WAS TARGETED AND STOLEN FOR ALL THE PERTINENT INFORMATION THAT I HAD ON THE PHONE REGARDING THIS AND MY DAD'S IN MY MOM'S ESTATE THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW THEY HAD MONIES. 
          I ALLEGED THE POLICE REPORT THAT YOU HAVE. 
          DPD NUMBER 0 2 7 3 2 9 1 A WAS PREMEDITATED TO CAUSE FRICTION TO GET EVERYBODY OUT THE WAY FOR THE MONIES THAT MY MOM AND DAD DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THEY HAD. 
          TSON. 
          I RESPECT YOU. 
          I'M JUST HUMBLY ASKING YOU TO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE MEETING. 
          MAKE RIGHT OF YOUR WRONG, DO THE RIGHT THING. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK, ESPECIALLY FOR MY TEAM COUNCIL THAT'S HERE TONIGHT. 
          WHEN PEOPLE SIGN UP FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS, UH, ON AN AGENDA ITEM FOR ZONING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE CAN INTERACT WITH 'EM BECAUSE IT'S ON THE AGENDA. 
          IF THEY SIGN UP FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS AT THE END OF THE MEETING, THEY'RE NOT SPEAKING ON AN AGENDA ITEM. 
          AND WE ARE FORBIDDEN BY STATE LAW TO ENTER INTO COMMUNICATIONS. 
          EVEN IF IT'S AS SIMPLE AS TALKING ABOUT THE CARS PARKED ON THE ROAD. 
          I CAN MEET WITH HIM AFTERWARDS. 
          WE CAN HAVE STAFF MEET WITH THEM. 
          BUT THAT'S WHY WE JUST SIT HERE AND LISTEN WHETHER WE KNOW THE ANSWER OR THAT'S THE LAW. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHY WE MAY APPEAR TO BE, WELL, MY GOODNESS, THEY'RE NOT EATING AGAIN FOR THOSE THREE PEOPLE, THE TIME OF DAY ON THAT SUBJECT. 
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WELL, WE'RE LISTENING, BUT WE'RE NOT INTERACTING. 
          HAVING SAID THAT, THIS IS OUR LAST MEETING BEFORE CHRISTMAS. 
          UM, WE WANNA WISH ALL OF YOU HERE TONIGHT, THOSE WHO LISTENING AT HOME AND THOSE THAT WILL SEE THIS LATER, A VERY GREAT HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. 
          'CAUSE WE WON'T BE MEETING AGAIN UNTIL JANUARY. 
          SO GOOD NIGHT. 
          HAVE A BLESSED HOLIDAYS WITH YOUR FAMILY. 
          I HOPE WE'RE ADJOURNED. 
          THANK YOU, TONY.
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