* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:09] EVENING, [RECONVENE MEETING] CALL THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER. UH, TONIGHT OUR INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY FRANK DELGADO HERE, AND WE'LL REPLACE SEEING PASTOR LOUISE MORALES. YOU'RE FROM THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY OF FAITH INTERNATIONAL CHURCH, AND OUR PLEDGES WILL BE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. PLEASE RISE RIGHT THERE. YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING. LET'S PRAY. FATHER GOD, FIRST OF ALL, WE GIVE YOU THANKS. THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THIS WONDERFUL DAY THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US, THOUGH IT WAS CHILLY, BUT WE'RE ABLE, LORD, TO KEEP WARM. THANK YOU, FATHER GOD, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE WITH THIS WONDERFUL PEOPLE. FATHER, AS WE COME INTO MEETING, FATHER LORD, WE ASK YOU FOR WISDOM. WE ASK YOU, FATHER GOD, FOR STRATEGIES. WE ASK YOU, FATHER GOD, THAT THIS MEETING COMES FATHER GOD, AS ONE, AS UNITY. FATHER GOD, FOR ONE REASON AND ONE REASON ONLY, TO MAKE GRAND PRAIRIE, BETTER. FATHER, COME BEFORE YOU LORD. AND I THANK YOU FOR EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER THAT'S HERE TODAY, FOR EVERY PERSON THAT'S GONNA SPEAK, FOR EVERY PERSON THAT'S GONNA TALK THEIR OPINION. FATHER GOD, LET IT BE YOU TO LEAD THIS MEETING. LET IT BE YOUR GRACE. LET IT BE YOUR WISDOM, YOUR STRATEGIES. AND ONCE AGAIN, FATHER GOD, WE GIVE YOU THANKS. I BLESS EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE, LORD AND I BLESS GRAND PRAIRIE IN THE NAME OF JESUS. LORD, WE PRAY. AMEN. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, ALLEGIANCE. I RECOGNIZE [CONSENT AGENDA] MAYOR PROAM, CLEMSON FOR OUR CONSENT AGENDA. THANK YOU MAYOR. THE COUNCIL MET EARLIER AND REVIEWED THE CONSENT AGENDA AT FOUR 30 TODAY. AND UM, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS NUMBER TWO THROUGH 13 ON CONSENT AGENDA. OKAY. WE JUST GOT CARDS TURNED INTO A LITTLE LATE, SO WE'LL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, I BELIEVE CONSENT AGENDA. HERE WE GO. DOWN ITEM FIVE, HAROLD WILLIS. 5 3 8 LINLEY THIS $75,000 FOR THE GRAND PRAIRIE ARTS COUNCIL. I SUPPORT THE ARTS, BUT WHAT EXACTLY IS THIS? $75,000 GOING NOW THAT BRIEFING, SO WE KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT I'LL LET SARAH GIVE IT TO YOU. YES. HI. HI SARAH. MANAGER. THAT $75,000 IS FOR THE PROMOTION AND FACILITATION OF ARTS IN GRAND PRAIRIE. IT HELPS THEM OFFSET SOME OF THE EXPENSES THAT THEY INCUR BY HAVING THOSE PROGRAMS. WHAT FUND DOES IT COME OUT? FUNDS HOTEL. YES. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DUNNO WHAT HOT FUND IS, THAT'S A HOTEL MOTEL TAX. IT CAN ONLY BE USED FOR CERTAIN ITEMS LIKE PROMOTIONS OF THINGS IN GRAND PRAIRIE THAT HAVE TO DO WITH TOURISM, GETTING PEOPLE TO ATTEND THINGS CALLED THE HOT TAX. WHAT'S OUR BUDGET ON HOT TAX NOW? OH GOSH. WELL, OUR INCOME'S ABOUT 3.2. I CAN REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS A MILLION. YEAH. WASN'T THAT LONG AGO. NO, IT WASN'T. IT'S TRIPLE HAROLD. THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? WELL, SINCE WE'RE SPENDING A MILLION DOLLARS ON TEXAS MONTHLY FOR ADVERTISING AND MARKETING, IS THIS GONNA BE MORE SPECIFIC LIKE FOR THE BILL BROOKS, THE PRODUCERS, THE FUNDS BE USED OF THAT FOR, TO BRING MORE OF THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS DOWN? YES. SO THAT MONEY HELPS BRING VISITORS TO GRAND PRAIRIE THAT STAY IN OUR HOTELS, THAT PROMOTES, UM, THAT CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THAT BOT FUND. AND SO, UM, GRAND PRAIRIE ARTS COUNCIL HAS THEIR LINEUP FOR THIS YEAR, AND SO THAT IS HELPING WITH THEIR OPERATING COSTS FOR THAT. YEAH, JUST THAT'S, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE BRINGING MORE OF THOSE TYPES OF PROGRAMS LIKE THE MEL BROOKS, THE PRODUCERS. THAT WAS REALLY GOOD LAST YEAR. THEY DID A GREAT JOB. OKAY, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. WHO IS BBLW? LLC OF DBA LAND? DR. REDFORD HERE. PATRICIA REDFORD. [00:05:01] YES. I'M OKAY. THAT IS LANDS. THEY'RE A LANDSCAPING COMPANY HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE. OKAY. AND THEY HAVE PROVIDED, UH, LANDSCAPE ACTIVITIES FOR, UH, LANDFILL ENTRYWAY FOR THE KIRBY CREEK NATURE CENTER GARDEN FOR ANIMAL SERVICES AND FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FIELD OFFICE FOR FIVE YEARS. AND THIS WAS, UH, WE JUST RAN OUT OF RENEWAL. SO WE WENT BACK OUT FOR BID AND THEY WERE WEDDING BIDDER AGAIN. MY, MY PROBLEM IS AFTER YESTERDAY WHEN TOM HOLMAN AND HIS BROWN SHIRT, REPUBLICAN NAZIS STEP UP AND SAYS, LOOK AT ALL THEM MEXICANS OUT THERE, ALL THEM MEXICANS ARE ILLEGAL MEXICANS. WE'RE GONNA ROUND THEM UP. UH, THOSE ARE THE ONES DOING THE WORK. ARE MEXICANS DOING THE LANDSCAPING WORK? SO IMMIGRATION STEPS IN, UH, THE REPUBLICANS STEP IN AND SAY, WE'RE GETTING RID OF YOUR WORKFORCE. WHAT ARE OUR CONTINGENCY PLANS? BECAUSE THIS IS HAPPENING NOW. THEY HAVE DECLARED THE REPUBLICANS HAVE DECLARED A NATIONAL EMERGENCY ON IMMIGRATION, AND THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO WORK AND PAY TAXES, HARDWORKING INDIVIDUALS. WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WITH THIS CONTRACTOR? NOT IF WHEN THIS HAPPENS. I'M NOT, I'M NOT, I'M NOT. THAT DOESN'T, THAT DOESN'T WARRANT ANSWER. SO SHE'S REPLIED TO YOUR QUESTION, BUT I KNOW, MAYOR, I'M PUTTING YOU ON THIS ISSUE BECAUSE YOU'RE A REPUBLICAN. SO I'M NOT A REPUBLICAN. OKAY, I'LL HAROLD, NEXT ITEM, PLEASE, SIR. WELL, NO, I JUST WANNA GET THAT ON THE RECORD BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT YOU WANNA GET ON THE RECORD, HAROLD. AND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ON THE RECORD IS NOT ACCURATE. SO LET'S MOVE TO NUMBER NINE. OKAY. $192,000 FROM THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION FOR CHARGING UNITS. WHAT POOL OF MONEY IS THE GSA GETTING THIS FROM, PLEASE? JODY CASON, THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY MANAGER. YES, PLEASE. SO THIS IS A, A GRANT THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY. OKAY, SURE. ENERGY EFFICIENCY CONSERVATION. OKAY. NOW THAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS SAID THEY'RE DOING AWAY WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLES, UM, I GUESS A FEW THAT WE HAVE, BUT, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF LIKE, I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS, BUT $200,000 FOR WHERE WERE THESE TWO MOBILE CHARGING UNITS BE STATIONED AT? HOW ARE GONNA UTILIZE THESE MOBILE UNITS? UH, SO ARE GOING TO USE THEM. RIGHT NOW MOST OF OUR ELECTRIC VEHICLES ARE UP HERE AT CITY HALL AND SO WE'RE GONNA PUT THEM AT THE CVE. THESE ARE MOBILE, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO BE MOVED. SO AS OUR ELECTRIC FLEET GROWS, WE CAN DEPLOY THEM IN DIFFERENT PLACES. HOW MANY VEHICLES CAN BE CHARGED AT ONE TIME WITH THESE, UH, EACH ONE CAN CHARGE TWO AT A TIME'S, TWO AT A TIME. TWO AT A TIME. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. AND THESE WILL BE JUST WHEN THEY'RE NOT IN USE, THEY'LL BE STORED AT THE CITY BAR IN THE CITY FACILITY OR, YEAH. I MEAN, THEY'RE JUST GONNA BE LEFT SETTING OUT HERE. THEY'LL, THEY'LL JUST BE OUT, UH, OUT THE ONES THAT ARE PERMANENT. YEAH. I KNOW THEY'RE HAVING QUITE A FEW THEFTS NOW WITH PEOPLE STEALING THE COPPER AND STEALING THE WIRES AND BREAKING INTO, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THESE WOULD BE SECURED SOMEWHERE OR, YES. I MEAN, THEY'LL BE AS SECURE AS EVERYTHING ELSE. JUST THOSE OUT THERE IN THE FRONT. WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH THOSE. OKAY. I HOPE NOT. OKAY. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE BECAUSE LESS ELECTRICAL BEING, CHARGING VEHICLES BEING PRODUCED NOW. OKAY. THANK YOU. PATEY. I'LL COME BACK, GET YOU AFTER HAROLD FINISHED BECAUSE YOU'RE ON NUMBER 10. HAROLD 11, THE CYBERSECURITY GRANT PROGRAM FOR THREE $64,000. UH, WHAT IS THIS? THIS CYBERSECURITY PROGRAM, WHAT DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WILL IT BE USED IN? YES, SIR. , CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER. UH, SO, SO THIS IS ALLOWING US TO APPLY FOR THE GRANTS, THE CYBERSECURITY GRANT. AND THIS GRANT WOULD BE USED CITY, RIGHT? IF WE DO GET IT. OKAY. I GUESS THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SINCE CHRISTIE NOME IS GONNA BE THE DIRECTOR OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND, UM, SHE HAS OTHER PRIORITIES FOR THE MONEY. SO WHEN DO WE KNOW, WHEN WE, WHAT WOULD BE THE PROCESS, THE LEAD TIME OF GETTING THE MONEY? DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA DEFINITIVELY WHAT DATE WOULD BE DELIVERED OR, UM, SO FIRST WE HAVE TO APPLY FOR THE GRANT. SURE. AND THEN ONCE THE GRANT CLOSED, UM, THEN WE'LL KNOW IF WE, UH, IF WE'LL RECEIVE THE GRANT OR NOT. SO WE DUNNO YET, THIS IS JUST ASKING PERMISSION TO APPLY FOR THE GRANT. WHAT WOULD BE JUST A ROUGH TURNAROUND? EIGHT MONTHS, A YEAR? UH, IT WOULD BE SIX MONTHS. SIX MONTHS? YES. THEN WE SHOULD HAVE AN ANSWER IN SIX MONTHS. YES, SIR. OKAY. WHY? IF WE'RE SELECTED. IF WE'RE SELECTED. SO THERE'S OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITIES OUT THERE GOING FOR THIS MONEY [00:10:01] ALSO? YES, SIR. THE WHOLE, UH, EVERY, EVERY, UH, MUNICIPALITY AND STATE IN THE COUNTRYS ALLOWED TO FIGHT FOR THIS? YES, SIR. WE DO NOT KNOW HOW MANY HAVE APPLIED. WE MAY BE THE ONLY ONE, BUT THAT BETTER NOT IF WE CAN STAND UP TO PUTIN AND COMMUNIST CHINA TO PROTECT US. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. 12. KEEP IT THERE. OF OUR CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, HOW MUCH OF THIS AND WHEN WILL THEY BE SOLD? AND FOR THE WATER WORKS AND FOR THE SEWER SYSTEM, PLEASE, VO MANAGEMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR. UM, THESE, WHAT WAS YOUR INITIAL QUESTION, SIR? JUST, UH, WHEN WILL THEY BE SOLD? SO THE PARAMETERS ORDINANCE WILL BE, UH, PASSED TONIGHT. WE ARE PRICING THE BONDS ON THE 27TH, AND THEN WE'RE, UM, DELIVERY OF THE FUNDS WILL BE APPROXIMATELY MIDDLE OF FEBRUARY. ALSO. IT'S GONNA GO BACK QUICKLY? YES, SIR. OH, OKAY. AND SO ALL THE, THE DIFFERENT WATERWORKS, WHAT IS THE MILLION, WHAT'S THE TOTAL NET FOR THIS PIECE? SO FOR THE CO IT'S APPROXIMATELY $48 MILLION. AND THEN FOR THE WATER REVENUE BONDS, IT'S ABOUT 18. UH, FOR THE WATER REVENUE, IT'S WA PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. SO YOUR, UM, WATER SEWER LINES, UH, ELEVATED STORAGE TANKS, LARGE WATER. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED NOW. YES, SIR. UH, HAROLD, DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR NUMBER 13 FOR YOU ALSO? UH, YES, PLEASE. BOTH TOGETHER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PATY NUMBER 10. YOU WARM ENOUGH, PATSY? GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. CITY COUNCILMAN, CITY MANAGER AND CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE? YES. MAYOR, I'M WARM NOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ASKING AND WE'RE HAPPY. YOU ARE. YOU NEED TO STAY WARM, SWEETHEART. YES, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN SICK QUITE OFTEN HERE IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. UH, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR PRAYING FOR ME. YOU BET. ASKING GOD TO KEEP MY BODY STRONG. NEED ALL GOOD PRAYERS. NO PRAYERS, UH, ON MY QUESTION THIS AFTERNOON, AFTER TALKING TO MY LARGE CITY COUNCIL PERSON AND DR. PAT, ARE YOU LOOKING AT APPLYING FOR AN MLK COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT GRANT? $20,000. AND I HAD A QUESTION WHERE, HOW YOU WERE CONNECTING MY GARDEN. WHERE OUR GARDEN AT THE LUCKETT GARDEN TO BE BENEFICIARY WITH THIS MLK GRANT MONEY? DON'T KNOW. ARE WE CONNECTING IT TO ANY SPECIFIC GARDEN? DR. REDFORD? OKAY, GOOD. SO WHAT WAS YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTION ABOUT IT? IS CONNECTED FOR THE LUCKY GARDEN. WHAT WAS ALL, WHAT WAS, WHAT THE RECONSTRUCTION PLAN GONNA LOOK LIKE? WE'VE GOT 40, I HAVE 46 BEDS IN THAT GARDEN AND I HAVE 16 GARDENERS. AND I WANTED TO KNOW, WAS THE DYNAMICS OF THE PROPERTY GONNA CHANGE? IS THE, I DUNNO, DR. REDFORD, YOU KNOW, ARE WE CHANGING ANYTHING OR ARE WE JUST GIVING THEM THE MONEY TO NO, IT ACTUALLY, UM, THERE IS PLANNING IN PLACE. WE DON'T OWN THE PROPERTY YET, SO WE'RE PLANNING TO COME TO COUNCIL IN, OR TO PUBLIC SAFETY, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT IN FEBRUARY AND COUNCIL IN FEBRUARY TO RECEIVE THE DEED FROM POLY AMERICA FOR THE GARDEN PROPERTY. SO IT'LL GO FROM BEING, UM, KIND OF LENT TO US TO BEING OWNED BY US. AND AT THAT POINT WE MAKE CHANGES. AND THAT WOULD BE A MATTER OF, UH, FIXING THE DRAINAGE, PUTTING IN HANDICAP PARKING, UM, IMPROVING THE FENCE, TAKING DOWN AN OLD SHED AND REPLACING IT WITH A NEW SHED AND THE POSSIBILITY OF A GREENHOUSE. GOOD. SO KIND OF A NICE CLEANUP. AS MUCH AS YOU CAN SPEND 20,000 AS MUCH. WELL, THE 20,000 IS, WE'VE, WE'VE GOT SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING. GOOD. SO THIS WOULD FREE UP THAT FOR MAKING FENCING FUNDING GOING FURTHER AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WELL, MY 16 GARDENERS THAT I DO HAVE, I, I WOULD LIKE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL PERSON AND YOU TO TALK TO THEM BECAUSE I, AND THE LADY THAT HELPS ME WITH KEEPING THE GARDEN CLEAN AND KEEPING EVERYBODY HAPPY WITH WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING AND PRODUCING A GOOD HARVEST, THEY NEED TO KNOW HOW MUCH WORK THIS IS GOING TO INCLUDE. YOU KNOW, SOMETIME WE GO TWICE A WEEK, ARE WE GONNA HAVE TO BE DOWN THERE EVERY DAY TO TAKE CARE OF THE 46 BEDS TO RUN THE GREENHOUSE? UH, AND YOU SAID ADDITIONAL PARKING. RIGHT [00:15:01] NOW THERE IS NO PARKING NO MORE THAN US. WE IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. SO HOW MUCH, AND WE'RE AT A DEAD END STREET. WHAT ARE WE GOING, HOW DO YOU FIGURE THE PARKING IS GONNA TAKE PLACE? THE PEOPLE? THERE'S NO, I CAN'T SEE A PARKING LOT. YOU'LL DO THAT DR. RED. THESE, THESE HAVE BEEN VERY FLUID, BUT YES. YES. WE'LL, AND COUNCIL MAYOR ADAMS SPENDS A LOT OF TIME OUT THERE. I'LL RECOGNIZE HER, RIGHT? YES. 16 PEOPLE. MM-HMM . GARDENERS. YES. AND SO I'M VERY IN TUNE TO HOW YOU DON'T WANT THAT DISTURBED. WE'RE IN TUNE TO YOUR PLANNING SEASONS. AND SO THE FIRST PHASE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS NOT IMPACTED AT ALL. WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THIS INTO A BEAUTIFUL PLACE. IT'S ALREADY BEAUTIFUL. I, IT'S VERY PEACEFUL. SO WE'RE JUST ENHANCING A PROPERTY THAT THE CITY WILL NOW BE OWN. SO IT'LL NOT BE ANY, ANY DISRUPTIONS TO WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE GARDENERS. AND I'VE BEEN GIVEN AS LITTLE INFORMATION TO YOU ALL AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE FIRST WE DON'T OWN IT AND WE'RE STILL TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THE PLANS. I'M SITTING ON A COMMITTEE WITH SEVERAL CITY STAFF ALONG WITH MISS GEORGIA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES, NOT ONLY FOR THE GARDENERS, BUT FOR THE COMMUNITY. OKAY. AND WE HAVE, UH, DR. REDFERN HAS GIVEN US A SCHEDULE OF WHEN WE WILL HAVE THE STAKEHOLDER INPUT. SO YOU'LL BE VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN THE DECISIONS AND WHAT'S BEING LAID OUT. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT, BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE THE ONLY GARDENER INVOLVED. I WANT ALL OF ALL 16 PEOPLE TO VOICE THEIR OPINION. AND I'M QUITE, WE'RE ASKING YOU QUESTIONS. YOU CAN FINISH. I'M QUITE SURE YOU HAD FROM MY BROTHER, YOUR HUSBAND, . I CONSIDER HIM A BROTHER THAT, UH, THERE WAS A, A 92-YEAR-OLD MEMBER. SHE DIDN'T, SHE DON'T WANT A GREENHOUSE. SHE KNOW WE'VE HAD A GREENHOUSE BEFORE. AND MS. CASEY, I CAN TELL YOU THIS, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF EVERY 16 OF THEM INDIVIDUAL WANTS AND DESIRES, BUT, BUT I JUST WANT THEM TO BE WELCOME, WILL TAKE CARE OF ALL YOURS, BUT MAYBE NOT SOME OF THE OTHERS. WELL, IF, IF I SHOW YOU KINDNESS AND AGREE WITH WHAT'S GOING ON, THEY KIND OF PURSUE, THEY, THEY WILL FOLLOW SUIT. WE'LL GIVE, BUT I DON'T WANT THEM TO BE DISAPPOINTED AND THINK THAT THAT'S WHY WE WENT AFTER THIS GRANT MONEY, WHY WE'RE WORKING SO HARD TO GET CHANGED OVER TO OUR NAMES SO WE CAN HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL OF IT. AND I WANNA THANK DR. REDMAN FOR TELLING ME THAT THIS WAS A, A NONPROFIT GROUP. KEEP GRAND PRAIRIE BEAUTIFUL. SEE CITIZENS KNOW ABOUT GRANT MONEY. I'M FAMILIAR WITH FEDERAL GRANT MONEY BECAUSE I WORKED IT FOR H HERSHEY FOR SIX YEARS. SO, AND THAT'S WHERE I THOUGHT, THIS IS WHERE THIS MONEY WAS COMING FROM. DON'T LEAVE COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON. IS THERE ANY WAY YOU CAN, ONE OF YOU GUYS CAN EXPLAIN THE LUCK GARDEN. HOW DOES THE CITIZENS OF GRAND PRAIRIE COME DOWN THERE? DO, ARE THEY ABLE TO PICK FRUITS AND VEGETABLES THEMSELVES? OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? BECAUSE WE DO HAVE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, CITY DOLLARS TIED INTO THAT. SO IS IT OPEN TO EVERYBODY OR JUST THE 16, UH, CITY COUNCIL. MR. JOHNSON. THIS IS HOW IT WORKS. AT THE LUCKETT GARDEN, WE HAVE A GARDEN AGREEMENT THAT THE PARTICIPANTS, I AND THE OTHER, WE COME DOWN, WE HAVE A WORKDAY. WE HAVE, WE ARE ASSIGNED BEDS AND WE SIGNED A GARDENING AGREEMENT THAT WE WILL MAINTAIN THE BED AND HELP MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY, KEEP THE GRASS OUT OF THE FLOOR OF THE GARDEN, KEEP THE WEEDS, KEEP THE GRASS CUT AROUND THE FENCE PERIMETER AND INSIDE. SO THERE IS A GARDEN AGREEMENT THAT MEMBERS HAVE TO SIGN. AND FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN DOWN THERE, I HAVE VERY FEW PARTICIPANTS WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO GARDEN AT, AT GARDEN, EVERYBODY. I AND TWO MORE OF THE GARDENERS LIVE WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. OKAY. SO IT SOUNDS VERY SIMILAR TO THE ID PROGRAM AT THE SCHOOLS WHERE, UH, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY YEAR WE GO OUT AND CLEAN UP THOSE BEDS AND COME BACK NEXT YEAR. THEY'RE JUST AS BAD AS THE YEAR BEFORE BECAUSE NO ONE'S MAINTAINED THEM. THAT'S IT. MM-HMM . SO THE FUNDING IS REALLY FOR THESE 16 GARDENERS FROM THE CITY FUNDS FOR THESE 16 GARDENERS TO HAVE A PLACE TO GARDEN PRODUCE AND WHATEVER ELSE IS THAT. BUT IT DOESN'T BENEFIT THE CITY AS A, AS A WHOLE. [00:20:01] IT DOES NOT BENEFIT THE CITY AS WHOLE. NOW IT BENEFITS YOU ALL WHEN MS. RAY BRINGS IN A BAG OR HOW MANY GARDENS COMMUNITY GARDENS DO WE HAVE IN, IN THE CITY? YES. WE HAVE SIX. THEY'RE, IF THEY HAVE AVAILABLE BEDS, ANYBODY IN THE CITY, YES. ANYONE CAN COME IN. AND IF THEY'RE WILLING TO, THEY DO HAVE TO AGREE TO SOME RULES. MM-HMM . YEAH. WE GOT SOME GARDEN RULES. THEY HAVE SOME PARTICIPATION EXPECTATION AND THEY, THEY ARE EXPECTED TO DONATE SOME OF THEIR, SOME OF THEIR PRODUCE TO LOCAL FOOD BANKS, LOCAL FOOD BANKS. WE HAVE A JOURNAL WHERE EVERYBODY AT LUCKETT, WHEN YOU DONATE, YOU WRITE IN YOUR NAME HOW MANY POUNDS AND WHO YOU'RE DONATING TO. BECAUSE WE HAVE FAMILY AND I HAVE BROUGHT SOME OF MY DONATIONS TO UNITED CHARITIES AND YOU WERE THERE WHEN I BROUGHT THE CABBAGE AND THE TOMATOES AND THE PEPPERS. SO, UH, IT, IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW DEEP THE GARDEN LEADER WILL LET YOU, WILL LET THE GARDENERS KNOW WHAT THEIR DONATION SHOULD BE. I SAY, I THINK AMANDA SAID ONE TIME WE GIVE 10%, BUT NOW LET'S LOOK AT THAT 10% THE WAY WE GIVE 10% TO GOD. THAT'S TITHING. SO WE, IT'S, IT'S JUST THE WAY YOU DID IT. Y'ALL DO A GREAT JOB. WE TRY TO, AND WE WANT THE GO. WE WANT THE, I PARTICULARLY AFTER LIVING IN DELAWARE FOR SO LONG, I KNOW HALF OF THE PEOPLE OVER THERE OUT THERE BECAUSE I'M THEIR ELECTION JUDGE. SO THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW ME. BUT WHEN THEY COME AND SAY, WHAT DO YOU GOT? YOU GOT SOME GREENS THIS WEEK. I GOT SOME GREENS. BUT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PLAY IN THE MUD IN ORDER TO HAVE, I THINK THAT ANSWERS EVERYBODY'S QUESTIONS. MS. PATSY. OKAY. GLAD YOU'RE FEELING BETTER. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS WE HAVE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE ALREADY HAVE A MOTION. A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A PO SAY NAY. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 14. WE'RE [14. Action Items Resulting from Staff Presentations: City Sponsorship and Grant Applications] GOING TO TABLE UNTIL A FUTURE, UH, SPECIAL MEETING. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE UNTIL WE SET THE, UNTIL WE SET THE TIME FOR THE MEETING. CAN I HAVE A SECOND? WE HAVE MOTION. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A OPPOSED SAY NAY. ITEM 15. [15. STP-24-07-0032 - Site Plan - Goodland Villages - Phase 1 (City Council District 6). Site Plan for a residential development with 54 Single Family Detached units and 122 Single Family Attached units on 34.86 Acres. Portions from two parcels (Parcel IDs 190600 & 284558) out of JOS Stewart Survey, Abstract No. 961, City of Grand Prairie, Ellis County, zoned PD-455, generally located south of Prairie Ridge Blvd and west of Old Fort Worth Rd (On December 9, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval with conditions by a vote of 9-0)] GOOD EVENING. THIS WAS A TABLED ITEM. THAT'S CORRECT. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON AND STAFF. I MEAN. COUNCIL, DO WE NEED ANOTHER FULL PRESENTATION? NO. OR WAS THAT ONE GOOD ENOUGH? WE MET. WE MET. Y'ALL MET. CAN I, ARE Y'ALL READY TO MAKE A MOTION? I'M READY TO MAKE A MOTION. LET'S MAKE A MOTION. I MOVE THE RE ITEM 15 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION. A SECOND. KEEP YOUR PAPERWORK. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY POSTS SAY NAY? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 16. [Items 16 & 17] THANK YOU MEGAN. ITEM 16 AND ITEM 17 ARE RELATED. SO I'LL DO A SECOND PRESENTATION. MAY HONOR MAKE MOTION THAT TOO. WE TABLED THIS LAST TIME. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BUT JOHNSON, UH, MET WITH THESE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SO, UH, WE HAVE SOME SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM. COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON. SO I'LL, I'LL WAIT FOR THEM. HAROLD WILLIS, WHO OWNS THE CELL TOWERS? WHICH COMPANY PLEASE? UH, BRO IS THE COMPANY WAS GONNA INSTALL ON THE CHURCH PROPERTY DOWN THERE. BUT I MEAN, IS IT AT&T T-MOBILE? UH, UH, I THINK IT WAS VERIZON WAS GOING, WAS GONNA OWN IT. VERIZON. MM-HMM . BUT THEN THEY, ONCE THE CELL TOWER GOES UP, OTHERS, OTHERS CAN, CAN GO ON THEIR SURVEY. YEAH. THERE MAY BE THREE OR FOUR. UH, YES ON IT BY THE TIME IT'S DONE. OH SURE. I JUST WANNA WHO THE, THE PRIMARY, YOU HEAR THAT, UH, CONSUMER CELLULAR TAGS ON TO AT&T EXCLUSIVELY ON THEIR TOWER. WHO DO YOU THINK THIS ONE IS? IS VERIZON? IT'S VERIZON. IT'S VERIZON. YEAH. SO THEY'LL SUB IT OUT THERE IF IT'S, IF IT'S PAST, IT'S VERIZON. OKAY. AND WHAT IS VERIZON GONNA PAY THE CITIZENS OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS? NOTHING. WE GET NOTHING. MM-HMM . CELL TOWERS. YEAH. IF, IF THEY'RE NOT, WE GOT CELL TOWERS ALL OVER THE CITY AND THEY DON'T PAY A FEE TO THE CITY, IT MAY IMPROVE THE PROPERTY VALUE OF THAT LOCATION. SO THE PROPERTY TAXES WOULD GO UP, BUT THERE'S NO AIRWAY RIGHTS THAT THEY PAY US. SO THERE'S NO OTHER FRANCHISE FEE OR ANY OTHER FUND THAT WAS NOT WITH CELL TOWERS? NOT FOR CELL TOWERS. NOTHING WE CAN GET. SO JUST QUICKLY, THE FAILURE OF FOUR YEARS [00:25:01] AGO OF 21, WHEN THE CELL TOWERS IN YOUR DISTRICT FAILED THEIR BACKUP GENERATORS, THEY HAD NOT BEEN DOING THE MAINTENANCE. WHAT SPECIFICATIONS DO WE HAVE FOR THE BACKUP GENERATING CAPACITY? SO WE HAVE A STORM IN THE SUMMER AND THEY FAIL. WHAT ARE THEY GONNA PROVIDE FOR BACKUP GENERATION ON THESE TOWERS? I DO NOT THINK THERE'S ANY REQUIREMENT FOR BACKUP GENERATORS FOR CELL TOWERS. I THINK, I THINK YOU MAY BEGIN. THE PUBLIC FACILITY CONFUSED WITH THIS IS A PRIVATE, PRIVATE, THIS IS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. THE CHURCH IS LEASING THIS SITE AND WE'LL BE GETTING, UH, REVENUE FROM THE COMPANY TO BUILD THIS HERE. SO THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CITY IN REGARDS TO BEING UP FOR GENERATION REQUIREMENTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. DOES THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OR THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION REQUIRE THAT THE SALES TOWERS ARE ABLE TO FUNCTION WHEN THERE'S A GRID FAILURE? I BET. I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT, BUT I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY. YEAH, THEY FOUR YEARS AGO, SO I GUESS THEY'LL AGAIN. OKAY. THANKS BRO. HEY GUYS, UM, BROUGHT US, GOOD TO SEE Y'ALL. UM, BROUGHT US SERVICES, UM, FOR COUNTRY PLAY CIRCLE, ARLINGTON, TEXAS. UM, LEMME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF. I'VE BEEN IN TELECOM FOR 25 YEARS. I'VE WORKED WITH AT AND T T-MOBILE, VERIZON, UH, SPRINT DISH. I'VE WORKED FOR 50 TO A HUNDRED DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES THAT DEVELOP TOWERS. UH, I'VE BUILT AND OWNED 40 TOWERS MYSELF. UH, SO I KNOW A LOT ABOUT TELECOM, WHAT IT TAKES TO GET A TOWER BUILT AND ALL THE INS AND OUTS OF TELECOM ITSELF. SO I KNOW THE INDUSTRY, LEMME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT OF THE STORY HERE. WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH IN THIS LOCATION. UM, THE CELL PHONE COVERAGE AND CAPACITY IN THIS AREA IS NOT ADEQUATE. IT STINKS. IT'S NOT VERY GOOD. SO SEVERAL YEARS BACK, VERIZON HIRED ANOTHER COMPANY TO GO OUT AND LOOK FOR, UH, SOME ALTERNATE LOCATIONS TRY TO BUILD TO DEVELOP A TOWER. UM, THEY SPENT A WHOLE YEAR ON IT AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND A SOLUTION. SO AFTER ONE YEAR, THEY EXHAUSTED ALL OPTIONS. THEY WENT ACROSS THE STREET TO MANSFIELD, ISD NO, WEREN'T ABLE TO GET TO AN AGREEMENT. THEY CAME TO US AND SAID, CAN YOU COME UP WITH AN AGREEMENT? CAN YOU FIND SOMETHING FOR US? SO WE WENT TO THE CHURCH. THE CHURCH AGREED TO A DEAL. WE WENT TO VERIZON. VERIZON SAID THEY'RE OKAY WITH IT. AND AT THAT POINT WE WENT TO STAFF 'CAUSE WE HAD VERIZON AND, UM, THE CHURCH ON BOARD. SO WE WENT TO STAFF, STAFF SAID, WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU GO TALK TO HOA. SO WE TALKED TO HOA SEVERAL TIMES. THE HOA GAVE US THE GREEN LIGHT AND THEY WERE ON BOARD. THEN THIS IS, THEN WE WENT TO, UH, PLANNING, ZONING, COMMISSION. UNANIMOUS A HUNDRED PERCENT FAVOR. SO WE HAVE HOA FAVOR, ZONING BOARD FAVOR. THEN THIS IS WHERE IT GETS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FOR US. WE GO TO THE ZONING, THE COUNCIL MEETING LAST TIME Y'ALL WERE THERE. AND MR. JOHNSON ASKS US TO TABLE IT BECAUSE HE WANTED TO GO TO THE COMMUNITY AND GET A BETTER FEEL FOR WHAT THE COMMUNITY WAS FEELING BECAUSE IT JUST DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE PROPER INFORMATION WASN'T GIVEN TO HIM. SO IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING, NOT KNOWING THIS FOR SURE, THAT THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THAT THEY, THAT THE, UH, IT WAS CANVASED, THEY WENT OUT AND JUST TALKED TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS JUST TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON AND SEEING WHAT PEOPLE FELT LIKE. SO THIS IS WHERE IT GETS A LITTLE WEIRD FOR ME. 'CAUSE THERE WERE 17 NOS. I MIGHT BE OFF 17 NOS, BUT THERE WAS ZERO YESES. SO TYPICALLY WHEN CELL PHONE COVERAGE IS BAD, YOU'RE GONNA GET SOME YESES. YOU'RE GONNA GET ONE OR TWO YESES, BUT 17 NOS AND ZERO YESES. THAT PUZZLED ME. IT MADE ME PAUSE A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT THE NARRATIVE WAS THAT WAS GIVEN TO THESE PEOPLE. WHAT WAS THE INFORMATION THAT THEY WERE GIVEN? WELL, THEY TOLD THAT THE TOWER WAS GONNA BE IN THE BACK SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE POWER LINES. WAS IT TOLD WHAT THE TOWER WAS GONNA LOOK LIKE? DID IT TELL THE, THE COMMUNITY THIS WAS THE LAST AND ONLY OPTION? DID THEY TELL THEM ALL THAT? I DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT POINTING FINGERS. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE TOLD. THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN TOLD IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE THE GIANT AT T TOWER DOWN THE STREET WITH THE FOUR GIANT ONE THAT'S IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD UP THE STREET. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? IT'S NOT A VERY PRETTY TOWER. SO I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW THEY WERE INFORMED. SO THERE'S 17, 20 PEOPLE, RIGHT? THAT, THAT SAID NO, SAID, WELL NOW THERE'S 300 OTHER HOMES. SO THEY, THEY AREN'T COMING OUT AND SAYING ANYTHING. SO WHAT ARE THOSE OTHER 300 HOMES SAYING? THERE'S 17 THAT SAY NO, THERE'S 300. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE SAYING. ARE THEY IN FAVOR? ARE THEY ARE THEY'RE NOT COMING OUT. SO WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE AGAINST OR IF THEY'RE NOT. SO IT JUST GIVES ME A LITTLE BIT OF PAUSE, RIGHT? [00:30:01] WHAT ARE THEY THINKING? THE TOWERS NEED IT. SO LEMME BE CLEAR HERE. IF WE DON'T BUILD THIS TOWER AND IT'S NOT APPROVED, THIS IS WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. THE CELL PHONE COVERAGE WE ALREADY KNOW IS TERRIBLE HERE. IT'S NOT GETTING ANY BETTER. THERE'S MORE HOMES. I WENT OVER THERE THE OTHER DAY. THEY'RE BUILDING HOMES AS FAST AS THEY CAN OVER THERE. THE CARS ARE COMING, IT'S NOT GONNA GET ANY BETTER. UM, HERE'S OUR TWO SCENARIOS. WE APPROVE THE TOWER SIX TO NINE MONTHS, WE HAVE A TOWER. IT'S UP IN THE AIR. CAN I GUARANTEE THAT VERIZON IS THE ONLY CARRIER? I DON'T KNOW, BUT MORE THAN LIKELY, EVERY TOWER IN THIS TOWN HAS MULTIPLE CARRIERS ON IT. RIGHT? SO IT, IT, I CAN'T PROMISE IT, BUT I CAN BET THAT IT'S PROBABLY GONNA HAPPEN. THE OTHER STORY IS WE COME BACK IN ONE YEAR AND WE SAY, HEY GUYS, I'M BACK AGAIN. LET'S TRY THIS AGAIN. NOW WE'RE TWO YEARS OUT THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE COVERAGE. IF WE'RE LUCKY THAT IT'S GONNA COST ME ONE YEAR TO COME BACK, THEN ONE YEAR TO GET IT DEVELOPED. BEST CASE SCENARIO, TWO YEARS WE'RE UP IN THE AIR. SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE SUBPAR COVERAGE FOR TWO YEARS IF IT'S NOT APPROVED AND WE DON'T BUILD THE TOWER. UM, SO I URGE YOU TONIGHT WHEN YOU VOTE TO THINK ABOUT WHERE WE'LL BE A YEAR FROM NOW WITH MORE HOMES, MORE PEOPLE. THANK YOU MAYOR. GOT IT. YOU ADDRESS SOMETHING. YEAH. YEAH, GO AHEAD. I'M HERE. FIRST OF ALL, THERE WAS NOT A 100% COMMUNITY SUPPORT FROM WHEN WE RECEIVED THE COUNCIL PACKAGE. THERE WAS ONE INDIVIDUAL. YES. MR. GRISSOM SAID NO. YES SIR. THAT SAME NIGHT I CAME TO YOU AND YOUR PARTNER AND SAID, YOU HAVE THE OPTION TONIGHT TO HAVE A TABLE. RIGHT. OR I CAN DENY IT. RIGHT. YOU CHOSE TO HAVE A TABLE. AM I CORRECT? YES, SIR. THEN WE TABLED A SECOND TIME BECAUSE YOUR REPRESENTATIVE ASKED FOR IT TO BE TABLED AGAIN BECAUSE THE STORM, THE, IT WAS GONNA BE SCHEDULED DURING THE STORM OF THE CENTURY. IT WAS GONNA SNOW. THE MEETING WAS CANCELED BECAUSE YOU GUYS WANTED TO HAVE TIME TO MEET BECAUSE WE WERE GONNA MEET AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING THE FOLLOWING WEEK. THE STORM WAS GONNA COME. THE STORM DIDN'T HAPPEN. SO WE, THEY ASKED CAN WE HAVE IT TABLED AGAIN? AND UNTIL THIS MEETING SO WE CAN MEET LAST WEEK, THIS PAST THURSDAY. RIGHT. YOU HAD A REPRESENTATIVE AT THAT MEETING THIS PAST THURSDAY? YES SIR. HE SPOKE TO THE PEOPLE. RIGHT. SO WHAT WAS SAID THERE, WHAT YOU, SOMEONE TOLD HIM TO TELL THEM IT WAS NOT THE COUNCIL HAD I HAVE VERY FEW WORDS TO SAY. SURE. SO THE, THE MESSAGING CAME FROM WHO WROTE US NOT FROM THE COUNCIL. THE PEOPLE THERE AT THE MEETING SPOKE THROUGH HUNDRED HOMES. YOU SAID YOU DON'T KNOW IF THEY WANT IT OR NOT. THAT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO GO OUT AND KNOCK ON THOSE 300 DOORS TO GET THEM TO COME AND SAY YES OR NO. NO DIFFERENCE IN THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY RESPONDED TO THE LINK TO SUPPORT OR OPPOSE IT. SURE. YOU HAVE ONE YEAR FROM NOW TO GET A SERVED TO COME BACK. YOU HAVE ONE YEAR TO KNOCK ON 300 PLUS DOORS TO GET IT IN YOUR FAVOR. SURE. SO I'M NOT GONNA SIT LET YOU COME UP HERE AND TALK AS IF WE'RE DOING SOMETHING AGAINST WHAT YOU WANT. I'M HERE TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE'S VOICE. SURE. NOT YOURS. ANYBODY ELSE? SURE. SO I'M A LITTLE UP UPSET ABOUT THIS, WHERE YOU WANNA COME AS WE'RE SPEAKING AGAINST YOU COUNCIL, THE PEOPLE SPOKE AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA VOTE ON THE WAY THEY SPOKE. OKAY. I JUST DIDN'T KNOW HOW IT WAS PRESENTED. THAT'S OKAY. SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, YOU READY FOR A MOTION? LET'S MAKE THE MOTION. OH, WE'VE GOT, SOMEBODY WANTS TO SPEAK AGAINST IT. THE GENTLEMAN THAT YOU REFERENCED. MIKE GRISSOM. OKAY. THANK Y'ALL. WAIT TILL HE FINISHES. YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I'M MIKE GRISSOM AND I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THIS COUNCIL. I'M SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED CELL TOWER BUILT ON SETON ROAD VERY NEAR MY HOME. ALTHOUGH MY REMARKS REPRESENT MY PERSONAL OPINION, THEY ALSO REPRESENT THE OPINIONS OF MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS AS WELL AS THOSE OF THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, WHICH IN CONTRAST TO MR. BRODIS IS, I ASSURE YOU AGAINST THIS. I LIVE ON WATER CREST LANE IN GRAND PRAIRIE. MY BACK FRIEND FENCE, WHICH IS PARKED NEIGHBORHOOD'S PERIMETER FENCE, IS APPROXIMATELY 180 FEET FROM RUSH CREEK CHURCH IN VERY NEAR THE SIGHT OF THIS TOWER. I'M STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THIS TOWER AND TO THE TWO PROPOSALS THAT WOULD AUTHORIZE IT. I PURCHASED MY HOME IN THE LAKEVIEW WEST NEIGHBORHOOD IN MARCH OF 2015 AS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL HOMEOWNERS IN RECENT YEARS, MY PROPERTY VALUE AS WELL AS THAT OF MY NEIGHBORS, HAS STEADILY INCREASED IN VALUE, PARTLY DUE BECAUSE OF ITS DESIRABLE LOCATION AND PARTLY DUE TO JUST AN OVERALL RISE IN MARKET VALUE. I BELIEVE THAT TREND WILL CONTINUE AS I SEE MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE HOMES BEING BUILT IN THE AREA. MY OPPOSITION IS FOCUSED IN THREE AREAS. FIRST, THE TOWER WOULD BE A SOLUTION IN QUOTES, TO A PROBLEM IN QUOTES THAT DOES NOT EXIST IN, AND THAT'S, UH, IMPROVED CELL SERVICE. MY [00:35:01] EXPERIENCE WITH AT T VERIZON AND T-MOBILE CELL SERVICES AT MY HOME HAS BEEN THAT ALTHOUGH PERHAPS NOT STELLAR, THE PERFORMANCE OF ALL THREE HAS BEEN ADEQUATE AND ACCEPTABLE. MY CLOSEST NEIGHBORS USE VERIZON TO REPORT GOOD SERVICE. I REALIZED MY OTHER NEIGHBOR'S EXPERIENCES MAY BE SOMEWHAT BETTER OR WORSE THAN MINE, BUT THAT'S WHAT I'VE EXPERIENCED. SO I WAS CONFUSED AND A BIT SUSPICIOUS WHEN BROAD SERVICE LEFT THIS FLYER, MS. FLYER IN MY MAILBOX CLAIMING IMPROVED CELL SERVICE. BROAD SERVICES HELD TWO HIGH LEVEL INFORMATION MEETINGS, WHICH I ATTENDED. NO REPRESENTATIVE FROM VERIZON WAS, UH, THE, WHICH IS THE LAUNCH CUSTOMER WAS PRESENT AT EITHER MEETINGS. VERIZON ALREADY HAS CELL ANTENNAS ON THE LARGE 250 FOOT ORANGE AND WHITE TOWER ON BROAD STREET NEAR THE DAMME ROAD INTERSECTION, LESS THAN A MILE AND A HALF FROM THE PROPOSED LOCATION. WHY IS ANOTHER TALL TOWER NEEDED SO CLOSE BY? AND IF VERIZON IS THE LAUNCH CUSTOMER, WHY WAS NO REPRESENTATIVE FROM VERIZON PRESENT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AS TO WHAT SERVICES VERIZON PLANTS TO OFFER THAT AT AN ALREADY AVAILABLE FROM GARAGE BROAD STREET TOWER? THE BROAD SERVICES STATED THAT NEITHER AT T NOR T-MOBILE HAVE INDICATED INTEREST IN THIS TOWER. THEY MOST LIKELY WILL NOT. IF VERIZON IS THE LAUNCH CUSTOMER CAPTURES THE MAJOR MARKET SHARE IN THE AREA. FIRST. SECOND POINT, THIS TOWER COULD PRESENT A POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY HAZARD TO MY NEIGHBORS AND MYSELF. THERE IS POTENTIAL DANGER AS YET UNQUANTIFIED FROM HIGH LEVELS OF RADIATED HIGH FREQUENCY RF ENERGY FROM NEARBY NEW TECHNOLOGY 5G CELL ANTENNAS. PEOPLE IN THE NEAREST ONE-QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE SEEM TO BE MOST AT RISK. BOTH LAKEVIEW WEST AND CEDAR RIDGE STATES FALL WITHIN THIS RATE. SO WHAT IS THE REAL MOTIVATION FOR BUILDING STUFF? WELL, I FOUND THE ANSWER BY FOLLOWING THE MONEY. HERE'S WHAT I, AND IT'S BOTH SHOCKING. AND THIS TOWER WOULD A SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE IMPACT ON NEARBY PROPERTY IN TWO WAYS. FIRST, AN IMPACT ON ASKING, SELLING AS MUCH AS 10 TO 15% OF COMPARABLE HOUSES IN THE AREA ACCORDING TO ONE LOCAL REALTOR SPOKE WITH. SECOND WOULD BE LOSS OF PROPERTY DESIRABILITY. SINCE MOST HOME VALUES IN LAKE WEST AREA CURRENTLY FALL WITHIN THE 350 TO 500,000 RANGE AND NEW HOMES IN NEARBY CEDAR RIDGE ESTATE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE SELLING IN THE 600 TO NEARLY 1 MILLION RANGE. OURS IS NOT EXACTLY WHAT MIGHT BE CALLED A BLIGHTED NEIGHBORHOOD. WHILE MY NEIGHBORS AND I STAND TO INCUR SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE IMPACTS IN OUR PROPERTY. VALLEYS BROADER SERVICES, VERIZON AND RUST CREEK CHURCH STAND TO BENEFIT GREATLY BROAD SERVICES FROM BOTH THE TOWER INSTALLATION AND THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE. VERIZON FROM SELLING A CELL PHONE SERVICE. BUT THE BIG WINNER HERE IS RUSH CREEK CHURCH. I HAVE LEARNED FROM A RELIABLE SOURCE THAT THE CHURCH, WHICH HAS SIX CAMPUSES, IS INVOLVED IN A HIGHLY LUCRATIVE SEVEN FIGURE DEAL WITH BROADER SERVICES FOR MULTI POWER MULTI INSTALLATIONS. THIS IN ADDITION INCOME LEASE ON THE THESE ORGANIZATIONS. ARE I, I STOPPED THE OTHER GENTLEMAN SO I NEED TO STOP YOU. IT'S VERY GOOD. YOU'VE BEEN VERY ARTICULATE. THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. UH, SAVANNAH, I GUESS SINCE YOU DIDN'T DO A PRESENTATION, THE ONLY QUESTION I'D HAVE DID YOU GOT A, A SLIDE OF WHAT THE TOWER WOULD LOOK LIKE. SO THE IMAGE ON THE SCREEN SHOWS THE LOCATION AND THIS IS, UH, THE SITE PLAN AND THEN THEIR PROPOSED ELEVATIONS AND A RENDERING. SO THE, THE PICTURE IS, UH, IS WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE. RENDERING? YES. IN THE ELEVATION? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON. UM, I, I MOVE THAT WE DENY ITEM 16. CAN WE DO BOTH OF THEM TOGETHER? 16 AND 17 WE HAVE MOTION. MOTION. SECOND. UM, A MOTION, UH, AN AYE IS FOR DENIAL. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY. MOTION DENIED. THE ZONING IS DENIED AND THE U IS DENIED. THAT'S WHAT'S DENIED. NOT THE MOTION IS DENIED. SO [18. SUP-24-10-0045 - Specific Use Permit - Flex-N-Gate Private Fuel Station (City Council District 4). Specific Use Permit for a Private Fuel Station at an existing industrial development. Lot 1R, Block D, Bardin Road Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas and Tarrant Counties, Texas, zoned PD-372, within the IH-20 Corridor Overlay District, and located at 2150 W Bardin Rd (On December 9, 2024, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 8-1)] COUNCIL MAYOR JOHNSON, I MEAN, UH, THIS ONE'S YOURS, LOPEZ. CORRECT. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, [00:40:01] AS DISCUSSED IN BRIEFING, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND TABLE THIS UM, ITEM HERE. UM, TO ALLOW AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO A SITE VISIT STAFF. SO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TABLE ITEM 18. WE HAVE MOTION IS SECOND. WAS IT YOU COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON? IT WAS YOU AND JACQUELINE. PICK ONE. MONA. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AY OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION CARRIES CITIZEN COMMENTS. [CITIZEN COMMENTS] HAROLD WILLIS. HAROLD WILLIS. 5 3 8 LINLEY. I'M GONNA USE, UH, FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT HERE YESTERDAY, MONDAY, JANUARY 20TH, 2025. A DATE WHICH WILL LIVE IN INFAMY. LAST NIGHT, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY PARDONED THE COP KILLERS. THEY PARDONED THOSE WHO USED CHEMICAL IRRITANTS, WHO USED FIRE EXTINGUISHERS. BASEBALL BATS, EVERYTHING AGAINST THE CAPITOL POLICE OFFICERS AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY REFERS TO THEM AS J SIX HOSTAGES. THEY PARDON THAT GOOD HOOD COUNTY GRANBERRY WHITE TRASH. ONE-EYED ELMER WAYNE, WHO SHOT HIMSELF IN THE EYE WITH A 22 CALIBER. HE GETS OUT WORSE. YET ALL OF THESE INDIVIDUALS NOW THEY CAN GET GUNS. THEY PRESENT ANOTHER THREAT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. WHAT THEY DID TO FORGIVE THEM, TO PARDON THEM FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TO CALL THEM J SIX HOSTAGES SHOWS JUST WHAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY REALLY REPRESENTS. WHAT I WANT TO KNOW, NOW I HAVE KIDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND OTHER PEOPLE ARE ASKING ME, MY SKIN'S NOT WHITE. I'M BLACK, I'M BROWN, I'M ASIAN. AM I GONNA HANG AROUND? WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO ME? WHEN TOM HOLMAN AND HIS GESTAPO REPUBLICAN BROWN SHIRT, NAZIS WE SAW YESTERDAY, PRESIDENT ELON MUSK GIVE HIS NAZI SALUTES. PRESIDENT MUSK GAVE HIS NAZI SALUTE AND HE TOLD A LITTLE ORANGE ONE I BOUGHT AND PAID FOR. YOU GO, GO PLAY WITH IVANKA, WHOEVER. THIS IS VERY FRIGHTENING BECAUSE THESE KIDS ARE WANTING TO KNOW, AM I GONNA BE ARRESTED? I'M A DACA KID. WHAT'S THE STATUS OF ME? AM I JUST GONNA BE ROUNDED UP AND PUT IN A U-HAUL? THAT'S WHY I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE FOLKS THAT ARE DOING THE LANDSCAPING WORK. WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WE PULL OVER. MORE IMPORTANTLY, AND THIS IS WHERE MAYOR, IF YOU TELL US YOU ARE NOT A REPUBLICAN, YOU CAN USE YOUR BULLY PULPIT THAT THESE KIDS ARE ASKING ME. MY SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER IS A GRAND PRI COP. I TRUST THEM. I LIKE THEM, THEY HELP US. BUT ARE THESE GRAND PRIX COPS GONNA BE USED TO ARREST ME AND MY FAMILY IN THE MASS DEPORTATIONS? THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS DECLARED A NATIONAL EMERGENCY. THE MOBILIZATION OF FEDERAL TROOPS DOWN ON THE BORDER. I ASK THAT YOU LOOK UP ESQUIVEL HERNANDEZ, A YOUNG MAN IN REDFORD, TEXAS WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY A UNITED STATES MARINE. THAT MARINE FELT GUILT FOR THE ALL OF HIS LIFE BECAUSE ESQUIVEL HERNANDEZ WAS HIS LIVESTOCK OUT THERE. HE SAW A COW HE FIRED AT THE COYOTE. A 19-YEAR-OLD MARINE IS NOT TRAINED TO DEAL WITH YOUR PSYCHOSOCIAL NEED AND YOUR INNER CHILD. HE HEARD GUNFIRE, HE RETURNED FIRE, HE KILLED ESQUIVEL HERNANDEZ. HE LIVED WITHOUT GUILT THE REST OF HIS LIFE. NOW WE'RE GONNA PUT FEDERAL TROOPS BACKED DOWN ON THE BORDER. THIS IS VERY FRIGHTENING BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE ROUNDED UP. THE OUR GOOD DON BUCKINGHAM, OUR GOOD LAND COMMISSIONER, WHO IS A SURGEON, A PHYSICIAN. HOW MANY THOUSANDS OF ACRES DO WE HAVE DOWN ON THE VALLEY TO ROUND UP ALL THESE MEXICANS? YOU KNOW? 'CAUSE ALL AFTER ALL, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TELLS US ALL MEXICANS ARE NOTHING BUT JUST FENTANYL DEALERS ANYWAY. SO THEY NEED TO BE LOCKED UP. THIS HAS BIG TIME IMPLICATIONS FOR YOU, MAYOR, BECAUSE RIGHT OVER HERE, THIS CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH, YOUR ALL OF YOUR DEVELOPMENT, EVERYTHING'S GONNA COME TO A GRINDING HALT. WATCH THE MOVIE A DAY WITHOUT A MEXICAN. SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE MEXICANS ARE ROUNDED UP AND SENT OFF. EVERYTHING IS GONNA COME TO A HALT BECAUSE WHO WORKS IN THE KITCHENS? WHO PREPARES THE FOOD? WHO CLEANS THE HOTEL ROOM? WHO'S OUT THERE DOING THIS WORK? WHO WAS ON THAT BRIDGE LAST YEAR IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND WHEN IT FELL DOWN? THESE ARE THE FOLKS DOING THE WORK. THIS IS A BIG, BIG ISSUE BECAUSE EVERY DAY I'M A GERONTOLOGIST. 10,000 TO 15,000 PEOPLE TURN 65 EVERY DAY. YOU CAN'T DO THIS TYPE OF WORK. THESE ARE FOLKS WANTING TO DO THE WORK. WHEN WE HAD THE BRACE PROGRAM, [00:45:02] YEAH. THAT WAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF ED WALLACE TWO WEEKS AGO AND HIS RADIO PROGRAM DID A REAL GOOD PROGRAM. GOOD PROGRAM. ISN'T THIS CHRISTIAN OPERATION W*****K, WE ARE NOW GOING TO IMPLEMENT OPERATION W*****K 2025 TO ROUND UP ALL OF THIS. THIS IS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WITH TOM HOLMAN, WITH STEPHEN MILLER, WHO IS JEWISH. STEPHEN, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LAST JEW WHEN THE DICTATOR TOOK OVER EUROPE? HUH? THIS WHOLE THING WITH THESE KIDS IN THE GRAND PRIX SCHOOL DISTRICT. ARLINGTON MANSFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT, THEY SHOULD BE KNOWN. ARE THEY GONNA COME IN AND PULL ME OUTTA MY CLASSROOM? I'M WALKING HOME FROM SCHOOL. HERE ARE MY PARENTS WHO ARE DACA, WHATEVER PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING AND PAYING TAXES. THIS IS WRONG. TODAY THE NEWSWEEK SHOWED ONLY 20% OF AMERICANS SUPPORTED PARDONING. THE J SIX HOSTAGES, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL PUT A GOOD, POURED OUT THAT 50% OF AMERICAN HATE TRUMP'S GUTS, THEY HATE HIM. AND NOW DOING THIS, NOT EVEN IN OFFICE FOR AN HOUR. SO, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT DOING THIS IN A DIGITAL FORMAT, MAYOR, TO ENSURE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT PUTTING IT HERE, PUTTING IT IN WRITTEN, DOING EVERYTHING. THE GRAND PRIX POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE DALLAS COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, TARRANT COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, WILL NOT BE USED IN THE MASS DEPORTATION BY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. PEOPLE NEED TO BE KNOWING THIS. THANK YOU CLAYTON HARRISON. GOOD EVENING. UM, MY NAME IS CLAYTON AND AS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF GRANDPARENT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, TALK ABOUT SOME ISSUES THAT I HAVE WITH THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM OF GRANDPARENT. UM, THE CURRENT SYSTEM VIA GRAND PRAIRIE HAS PROVEN INADEQUATE IN MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. IT LACKS COVERAGE, RELIABILITY, AND SCALABILITY, LEAVING MANY RESIDENTS WITHOUT THE PEN BILL. TRANSIT OPTIONS AND A LIGHT OF THESE CHALLENGES ARE PROPOSED TO GRAND PRAIRIE TRANSIT SYSTEM. UH, A COMPREHENSIVE AND REALISTIC PLAN THAT COMBINES A ESSENTIAL RAIL LINE AND EXPENDED BUS NETWORK TO ADDRESS OUR CITY'S TRANSPORTATION NEEDS EFFECTIVELY AND SUSTAINABLE. UH, THE CHALLENGES WITH VIA, VIA GRAND PRAIRIE, WHILE VIA INTRODUCED THE CONCEPT AS A, AN ACCESSIBLE ON DEMAND TRANSIT THAT HAS FOLLOWED SHORT IN SEVERAL AREAS. ITS LIMITED COVERAGE EXCLUDES KEY REGIONS IN THE CITY, LEAVING THE NORTHERN, SOUTHERN NEIGHBORHOODS UNDER UNDERSERVED. MOREOVER, ITS, ITS ON DEMAND MODEL IS UNRELIABLE DURING PEAK HOURS, RESULTING IN LONG WAIT TIMES. AND INCONSISTENCY, VIAS LIMITED CAPACITY CANNOT MEET THE NEEDS OF A GROWING POPULATION. AND ITS RELIANCE ON VEHICLE FLEETS CONTRIBUTES TO THE INCREASED CONGESTION AND EMISSIONS. UH, AND GRAND PRAIRIE. UH, GRAND PRAIRIE DESERVES A TRANSIT SYSTEM THAT IS MORE RELIABLE, SCALABLE, AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. STEVE RANKIN. I'M HERE ABOUT THE VIA TWO. I WAS HERE LAST MONTH, BUT UM, YEAH, I'VE BEEN LOCKED OUTTA MY VIA APP FOR THREE DAYS FOR NO REASON. UM, I'VE HAD VIA COME AND THEY WERE 21 MINUTES AWAY AND THEN THEY SWITCHED MY RIDE AND THEN THE SECOND RIDE WAS 35 MINUTES AWAY. OKAY. AND I DUNNO, BUT I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT SENIORS ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE SENIORITY OVER OTHER PEOPLE. AND WHEN SCHOOL'S IN SESSION, IT SEEMS THAT THE SCHOOL KIDS GET MORE SENIORITY THAN THE SENIORS DID. OKAY. AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT AT ALL. AND IT SEEMS THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE GETTING NEW DRIVERS, THAT THE TRANSPORTATION IS STILL NOT RIGHT BECAUSE YOU HAVE LONG WAIT PERIODS BEFORE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE GET DRIVERS. SO THAT'S JUST A, A CONCERN. THINGS WILL COME TONIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING. WE'RE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.