[RECONVENE MEETING]
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I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
WE'RE GONNA START TONIGHT WITH OUR INVOCATION BY PASTOR OR REVEREND, I'LL CALL HIM REVEREND WALTER HUMACK, WHO ALSO WORKS FOR US.
AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE, OUR PLEDGES WILL BE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MIKE DOKI.
PLEASE RISE WALTER, LET US PRAY.
THANK YOU FOR THE BREATH OF LIFE, FOR OPENING OUR EYES, FOR ALLOWING US TO WITNESS YOUR CREATION.
LORD GOD, WE CAN BE SO BUSY WITH ALL THE WORLDLY NOISES COMING AT US, THAT SOMETIMES WE FORGET TO GIVE OUR THANKS FOR WHAT YOU GRACE US WITH YOU.
THE PEACE TO ENJOY THE TREES AND THE STARS, AND ALL IN BETWEEN YOU.
EVEN AS WE CONTINUE TO MISBEHAVE, YOU CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO US AND EMBRACE US WITH THE WARMTH OF YOUR LOVE.
YOU GRACE US WITH THE ABILITY TO LOVE, TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS AS OURSELVES.
FATHER GOD, THIS BODY OF MEN AND WOMEN ARE BEFORE YOU READY AND WILLING TO DO ALL THAT THEY CAN FOR THIS GREAT CITY FILLED WITH YOUR CHILDREN.
GRACE THEM WITH PEACE OVER THEIR MINDS, BODIES, AND SOULS.
LORD, HEAL AND REMOVE ANY AND EVERYTHING THAT IS CAUSING STRESS, GRIEF, AND SORROW.
LORD, WE ALSO ASK A BLESSING FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
THEY GO INTO HARM'S WAY, PROTECT 'EM AS THEY WORK TO PROTECT OTHERS.
AND LORD, WHEN WE ARE DONE WITH THIS BLESSED BUSINESS OF THIS EVENING, GOD, OUR GUIDE, OUR PATHS HOME THIS EVENING.
LET THE PEACE AND FORGIVENESS THAT YOU HAVE ANOINTED US WITH STAY IN OUR HEARTS AS WE TRAVEL SAFELY TO EACH OF OUR DESTINATIONS.
LORD, WE GIVE YOU ALL HONOR AND PRAISE.
IF EVERYONE CAN REMAIN STANDING AS WE HONOR THE US AND TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION, ONE UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG BY REASONS TO BE TEXAS.
[PRESENTATIONS]
WE'RE GIVEN A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION TO THE GRAND PRAIRIE I-S-D-C-T-E PROGRAM, WHICH IS, I'LL READ IT, IN RECOGNITION OF GRAND PRAIRIE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM, WHICH PREPARES STUDENTS FOR A VARIETY OF CAREERS BY OFFERING IN TECH INTEGRATED PROGRAMS OF STUDY THAT LINK SECONDARY AND POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION IN ITS SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTE TO COLLEGE READINESS.ALLOWING STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN AUTHENTIC, MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCES AND APPLY ACADEMIC KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FROM ACROSS THE CURRICULUM, WHICH IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THEIR OVERALL EDUCATION.
PROVIDE STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN THE ACADEMIC TECHNICAL EMPLOYABILITY SCHOOLS NECESSARY FOR CAREER READINESS.
THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE IS PROUD TO SUPPORT THE NINE CTE STUDENT ORGANIZATION AND RECOGNIZES FEBRUARY AS CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION MONTH AND THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
NOT THAT WE'RE IN A HURRY, WHICH WE AREN'T.
I DON'T WANT TO GET HOME AND WATCH MASKING TONIGHT ANYWAY.
RIGHT? THAT'D BE THE NEXT POPULATION.
WHERE ARE THE SPONSORS? THANK Y'ALL.
ASSIGN SOMEBODY TO GET A PICTURE.
KIDS, YOU'VE HEARD US SAY THIS.
WE WANT YOU TO BE JACQUELINE, GEORGIA.
CITY MANAGER, ONE OF OUR SERGEANTS
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CHIEFS.WE NEED YOU TO BE US AND YOU WILL BE ONE DAY.
LET'S SEE, GEORGIA GRAND PRAIRIE, HIGH, MIKE, SOUTH WHO? SOUTH JOHN, SOUTH REBECCA AND I.
GRAND PRAIRIE HIGH BEFORE THERE WAS A SOUTH, BEFORE THERE WAS SOUTH.
THE POINT IS, WHEN WE WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL, WE DIDN'T THINK WE'D BE HERE.
SO, BUT HERE WE ARE AND THIS CAN BE YOUR OPPORTUNITY SOMEDAY SEIZE IT.
IT AIN'T GONNA BE GIVEN TO YOU.
BUT BECAUSE Y'ALL ARE IN THESE PROGRAMS ALREADY TELLS US THAT YOU WANT TO SEIZE IT.
AND TEACHERS THANK Y'ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO AND LET'S ALL GIVE HIM AROUND ON THE PROBLEM.
ERIC'S THE GREAT PHOTOGRAPHER.
IF YOU WANT TO, OR HIDE IF YOU DON'T.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO STAY, BUT WHOLE ME.
BUT, AND IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA STAY, NOW'S A GOOD TIME.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
GOT SOME CARDS FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.SO WE'LL DO THOSE BEFORE I TAKE A MOTION.
5 3 8 LINLEY 11, UH, FIRE HYDRANT REPAIR.
WHAT PART OF THE CITY ARE THESE FIRE HYDRANTS LOCATED IN? SPECIFIC LOCATION, THE OLD PART OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
HI, THANK NORE HOUSE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING UTILITIES.
UM, THE, WE IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF FIRE HYDRANTS THAT NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED.
SO THESE ARE 29 THAT WE'RE GONNA CONTRACT OUT.
AND THEN THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL 21 THAT STAFF IS DOING.
WE'RE DOWN TO SEVEN OF THAT LIST.
UM, BUT YOU, THIS, THESE ARE THE LOCATIONS OF THE FIRE HYDRANTS THAT, UH, THAT ARE PART OF THIS CONTRACT.
SO THESE ARE FOR THEM TO DO FULL REPAIR, UH, REPLACEMENT OF THESE SURE.
ALL THE WAY TO THE VALVE NEW VALVES AND SPLASH PADS ON ALL THESE AFTER THE FIRES IN LOS ANGELES WHEN THEY HAD THE FAILURE OF SO MANY FIRE HYDRANTS.
I KNOW THAT WAS PROBABLY WATER PRESSURE, WHATEVER, BUT SO MANY OF THESE IN THE OLD PART OF GRAND PER, ARE THESE CAST IRON LINES OR PLASTIC LINES OR IT'S A MIX OF DIFFERENT ONES.
IT, IT, THEY'RE FAILED FOR DIFFERENT REASONS.
SOME ARE OLD, SOME ARE HIT BY VEHICLES.
SOME JUST, UH, JUST OTHER DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE NOT WORKING.
SO THEY'RE JUST BEING COMPLETELY REPLACED.
IF THEY'RE THE OLD CAST IRON LINES, WHAT'S THE INTEGRITY OF THE LINES OR THE, THEY'RE, WE'RE GONNA PUT A NEW PLUG IN WITH THOSE CAST IRON LINES.
V SO WHEN WE'RE REPLACING THE, THE, THE VALVE, THE FIRE HYDRANT VALVE.
AND THEN FROM THE VALVE TO THE FIRE HYDRANT WILL BE A NEW PIPE.
AND THEN THE FIRE HYDRANT WILL BE ON TO THE MAIN SEVENTH.
IT'S A FULL ASSEMBLE ASSEMBLY.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THERE WERE, OKAY.
LIKE I SAID, DIFFERENT REASONS WHY WE WERE REPLACING THEM.
I APPRECIATE THIS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
THANK ITEM 12, THE WATER METER BOX IS IS BASSON HAYES FOUNDRY.
ARE THEY STILL A GRAND PRAIRIE BASED COMPANY? YES.
THEY'RE STILL A GRAND PRAIRIE.
WILL THE, UH, METER BOXES, THE, LIKE THE PLASTIC ONES YOU HAVE, IT SAYS GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.
WILL BASS AND HAYES STILL PUT GRAND PRAIRIE TEXAS ON THEM? YES.
THEY'RE, THEY ARE WHERE YOU BUY 'EM FOR INVENTORY.
UM, AND THIS IS A NOT TO EXCEED.
UM, AND THESE ARE FOR LIKE THE RESIDENTIAL OR SMALL COMMERCIAL, ANYTHING LESS THAN A THREE INCH METER SIZE OKAY.
SO, AND WE'D LIKE TO KEEP SOME IN STOCK AND JUST ORDER 'EM AS WE NEED THEM.
BASS AND HAYES, WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED NOW? IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
GOING DOWN THERE IN THE SIXTIES WITH THE CAST IRON.
WE'RE DOING BUSINESS WITH THE GRAND PRAIRIE COMPANY AND GRAND PRAIRIE ON THOSE PLASTIC LIDS.
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17.THE LIN CREEK WEST PARK PROJECT.
WHERE EXACTLY IS THE LIN CREEK WEST PARK PROJECT GOING TO BE LOCATED? OH, WEST LIN CREEK.
OH, WELL I KNOW EAST AND WEST.
SERTA PARKS, ARTS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR IS ON LAKE RIDGE AND MILDRED PARKWAY ACROSS THE STREET FROM LINDEN CREEK PARK.
SO, UH, THIS PARK IN, IN ORDER US, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING A MASTER PLAN, UM, WHICH WILL INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS AND I, IMPLEMENTATION OF IMPROVEMENTS, UH, AND FINDING A FIND WAY DESIGN PACKAGE FOR ALL LAKE PARKS.
UH, SERVICES WILL INCLUDE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, SITE SURVEYING, GEOTECH ENGINEERING, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, CIVIL ENGINEERING, SIGNAGE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT DOCUMENTS.
UM, THIS PROPERTY IS LEASED FROM THE CORE OF ENGINEERS.
UH, IN ORDER FOR US TO DEVELOP THAT PROPERTY, WE FIRST HAVE TO PUT IN PAVILIONS TRAILS, PICNIC TABLES, ET CETERA, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS IN ORDER FOR ANY DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT TO BEGIN OVER AT LYNN CREEK WEST.
DOES THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS PROVIDE US ANY FUNDING FOR THIS? NO, THEY DO NOT.
SO WE'VE GOT A UNFUNDED FEDERAL MANDATE BEFORE WE CAN GO FORWARD.
UH, WHAT TYPE OF TIME OUT ARE WE LOOKING AT HERE? PERHAPS TWO, FOUR YEARS.
AND ROUGH IDEA AS FAR AS THE MASTER PLANNING, IT SHOULD BE DONE WITHIN A YEAR.
BUT AS FAR AS THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, THAT'S ALL GOING TO TAKE TIME AND MONEY.
SO BASICALLY THAT'S ON THE WEST SIDE OF WHERE THE, THE IS NOW FOR IS CREEK? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
SO IT'S, WELL, SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD IN THE FUTURE, SIR.
HAROLD, WHERE IS MCGRIFF INSURANCE SERVICES LOCATED, PLEASE? ARE THEY IN, ARE GRAND PRAIRIE COMPANY OR ARE THEY IN TEXAS? THEY'RE NOT A GRAND PRAIRIE COMPANY.
THEY'RE NOT A GRAND PRAIRIE COMPANY, BUT MCGRIFF IS OUR, UM, EXCLUSIVE BROKER WHO IS AUTHORIZED TO, UM, SECURE LIABILITY SERVICES FOR CYBER LI LIABILITY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
ARE THEY BASED IN TEXAS? THEY'RE NOT BASED IN TEXAS.
DO WE HAVE ANY COMPANIES IN TEXAS OR GRAND PRAIRIE THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS TYPE OF FUNDING FOR THIS TYPE OF WORK? NOT THAT PROVIDE THIS TYPE OF WORK THAT WE'RE AWARE OF.
AND WITH LLOYD'S OF LONDON FOR THIS 92,000, HOW MUCH WILL THEY COVER IF, WHEN VLADIMIR PUTIN HACKS OUR COMPUTER SYSTEM, HOW MUCH, WHAT WILL THEY COVER PLEASE?
THEY COVER, UH, CYBER LIABILITY, UM, PRIVACY ISSUES IF THERE'S, UM, CYBER CRIME INCIDENTS AS WELL.
UM, SO IF THE CITY HAS TO ACTUALLY, UH, COVER A CYBER INCIDENT RESPONSE, FOR INSTANCE, IF THERE'S A BREACH TO THE SYSTEM, UM, ANYBODY THAT IS POTENTIALLY AFFECTED HAS TO BE NOTIFIED.
SO THEY WOULD COVER THAT HOWEVER WIDE IT HAS TO GO.
DID THE CITY OF DALLAS HAVE A SIMILAR TYPE PROTECTION LIKE THIS WHEN THEY HAD THEIR MAJOR HACK? UM, I'M NOT CERTAIN AS EXACTLY WHAT THEIR COVERAGE WAS, BUT MOST CITIES DO HAVE THIS TYPE OF COVERAGE IN PLACE ALREADY.
SO THIS IS JUST A, A RAINY DAY COVERAGE HERE.
YEAH, WE HAD THE SAME COVERAGE LAST YEAR AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A SAVINGS THIS YEAR.
UM, ABOUT, OF ABOUT $26,000 BECAUSE OF THE, UM, ACTUALLY THE, THE, WELL, THE GOOD INCIDENT RESPONSES WE HAVE HAD WHEN THERE HAS BEEN A NETWORK BREACH.
HOW MUCH OF A PRICE INCREASE HAVE WE HAD FROM THE PREMIUM FROM LAST YEAR? UM, IT'S ACTUALLY A DECREASE.
SO WE GOT A WOW INSURANCE COMPANY CUTTING A PREMIUM.
OKAY, OUT OF 22, HAROLD, ON THIS 8.4 MILLION TAX NOTE SERIES 2024, UH, WILL ALL THIS BE SOLD AT ONE TIME? HOW WILL THIS WORK PLEASE? TVO MANAGEMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR, UH, HAROLD, THIS WAS A TAX NOTE THAT WE ISSUED LAST YEAR AS PART OF THE FISCAL 25 BUDGET.
WE ARE ACTUALLY, UM, ASKING TO PAY IT OFF EARLY TO SAVE THE CITY ABOUT A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS.
WE'RE PAYING OFF, PAYING $8.4 MILLION.
HOW MANY MONTHS OR YEARS HAS THIS BEEN PAID OFF EARLY? UM, THIS IS, WE ISSUED IT A YEAR AGO.
THE EARLIEST CALL DATE IS FEBRUARY 15TH OF THIS YEAR.
UH, THIS WAS A SEVEN YEAR NOTE.
WERE THESE AAA OR AA BONDS? IT WAS, IT'S UNDER OUR AAA RATING.
UNDER OUR AAA RATING? YES, SIR.
SO NONE OF THIS FUNDING WILL GO INTO PRESIDENT ELON MUSK'S NEW SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND THEN? NO,
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SIR.THAT CONCLUDES OUR CARDS FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.
OH, NUMBER NUMBER 24 ON THE, THAT'S INDIVIDUAL.
IT'S AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE.
WE'RE ONLY DOING THROUGH 22, RIGHT? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS NUMBER FOUR THROUGH 22 ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[23. Ordinance Calling a Special Election on May 3, 2025, for the Purpose of Submitting Proposed Amendments to the Grand Prairie City Charter to the Qualified Voters of the City of Grand Prairie ]
23.WE HAD A LENGTHY DISCUSSION ON A PREVIOUS NIGHT.
IT NOW'S TIME TO TAKE ANY ACTION.
WE WANT TO, IS IT WHETHER WE WANT TO CALL AN ORDINANCE AND THE SPECIAL ELECTION FOR MAY 3RD IF WE WANNA MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE CHARTER AMENDMENT? SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE A CHARTER AMENDMENT MOTION THEY WANNA MAKE? I'LL MAKE ONE.
I MOVE TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION ON MAY 3RD, 2025 TO AMEND THE CHARTER TO MODIFY ARTICLE FOUR, SECTION 11 OF THE CHARTER TO CREATE THE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO 10 POSITION AND AUTHORIZE REMOVAL AND REDUNDANCIES OR INCONSISTENCIES.
MAKE NECESSARY LANGUAGE GENDER NEUTRAL AND REMOVE ANY LANGUAGE THE CONFLICTS WITH OR IS PREEMPTED BY STATE OR FEDERAL LAW.
[24. City Manager’s Contract ]
GO TO ITEM 24.WE'RE MOVING THIS TO THE NEXT MEETING, UM, BECAUSE WE HAD AN ABSENT TONIGHT, AND SO WE DIDN'T EVEN GET INTO OUR ANNUAL REVIEW PROCESS.
SO WE'LL HAVE THAT ON THE AGENDA IN MARCH.
UH, NO MOTION NEEDED, KURT, WHICH IS YOURS? 27.
IF THERE'S NO ISSUE, I'M GONNA GO TO ITEM 27.
[27. SUP-24-04-0018 - Specific Use Permit/Site Plan - 2625 England Parkway (City Council District 6). SUP/Site Plan for a two-story multi-tenant building with a drive thru on 1.00 acre. Lot 33, Block D, Mira Lagos East Retail Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-365, within the Lake Ridge Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 2625 England Pkwy (On January 13, 2025, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 8-0)]
27, THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND DO 25, 26.ITEM 27 IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT SLASH SITE PLAN LOCATED AT 26 25 ENGLAND PARKWAY.
YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.
UH, THE PROPOSAL IS FOR A TWO STORY MULTI-TENANT BUILDING THAT INCLUDES A RESTAURANT WITH A DRIVE THROUGH.
UH, TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE IS ABOUT 5,800 SQUARE FEET.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE SITE PLAN, UM, SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
UM, AND THEY, UH, ARE PROPOSING A DRIVE THROUGH LANE, YOU CAN SEE AT THE REAR OF THE SITE.
UH, THAT INCLUDES A MASONRY SCREENING WALL ALONG THE ADJACENT, UH, RESIDENTIAL, UH, ZONING.
THEY, THEY'RE MEETING OUR LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS.
AND THESE ARE THE PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS, INCLUDES, UH, BRICK AND STONE.
UH, IT'S WITHIN OUR LAND, UH, OVERLAY DISTRICT, AND THEY'RE MEETING THE APPENDIX F MENU ITEMS. UH, WE DID SEND OUT NOTIFICATIONS WITHIN, UH, PROPERTIES WITHIN 300 FEET OF THIS LOCATION.
UH, WE DID RECEIVE LETTERS IN SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION OF THIS REQUEST, AND WE RECEIVED 17 LETTERS IN SUPPORT REPRESENTING 16 UNIQUE LOCATIONS.
WE RECEIVED 46 LETTERS IN OPPOSITION, REPRESENTING 39 UNIQUE LOCATIONS.
SO THE MAP, UH, SHOWS THAT ON THE SCREEN AND THE PROPERTY IS OUTLINED IN BLUE ON THE MAP.
AND THEN THE RED AND PROPERTIES REPRESENT THOSE WHO SUBMITTED OPPOSITION.
THE GREEN REPRESENTED THOSE WHO, UH, SUBMITTED SUPPORT ON JANUARY 13TH.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF EIGHT TO ZERO, AND THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS WELL.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, WE'VE GOT 'EM OUTTA ORDER.
UH, WE'VE GOT 'EM IN ORDER, BUT THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO SPEAKERS TONIGHT.
I MOVE THAT WE DENY ITEM, UH, 27, MEAN 27 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF.
MOTION CARRIES TO AY, COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON LEADING TO LEAVE TONIGHT.
SO WE WILL BE DOWN TO A GROUP OF SEVEN.
HOPE YOU GET DEFEND A BETTER COURT.
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AND THEN DON'T LET ME FORGET TO COME BACK AT 28.[25. STP-24-11-0045 - Site Plan - Oncor Tyre Substation (City Council District 1). Site Plan for an Electric Substation on 9.98 acres. A portion of Tracts 1D & 2E, out of W.G. May Survey, Abstract No. 1028, Tarrant County, Texas, Zoned Light Industrial, and generally located east of Tapley St, and south of Tyre St, and tentatively addressed as 2350 W Marshall Dr (On January 13, 2025, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 8-0)]
25.ALRIGHT, ITEM 25 IS A SITE PLAN FOR ENCORE TYREE SUBSTATION.
YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION OF THE PARCEL IT'S LOCATED ON, OUTLINED IN YELLOW.
AND THE SHADED ORANGE IS THE, THE AREA THAT WILL BE, UH, DEVELOPED AS PART OF THIS REQUEST.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S AN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND IT'S ABOUT 10 ACRES.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS SITE PLAN FOR AN ELECTRIC SUBSTATION.
HERE'S ANOTHER, UH, AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPOSED LOCATION AND THEN THEIR PROPOSED, UH, SITE PLAN AGAIN AT THE SUBSTATION, THERE'S NO OCCUPIABLE STRUCTURES ON THE SITE.
UH, THERE IS NO STREET FRONTAGES.
THIS IS PART OF THE POLY AMERICA PROPERTY.
UH, TOWARDS THE BACK, UH, NO LANDSCAPING IS PROPOSED TO AVOID INTERFERENCES WITH THE OVERHEAD POWER LINES.
UH, THEY ARE PROPOSING A MASONRY SCREENING WALL FOR A PORTION OF THE SITE, UH, THAT FACES THE CREEK IN THE SINGLE FAMILY.
UM, THEY ARE REQUESTING VARIANCES, UM, TO THE MINIMUM LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENT, UH, AND TO THE PAVEMENT TO ALLOW GRAVEL AS A BASE MATERIAL FOR THE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT.
ON JANUARY 13TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF EIGHT TO ZERO.
AND THE DEVELOPMENT I REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS WELL.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
WE DO HAVE, GO AHEAD AND READ THEM IN.
I'M THE ENGINEER OF RECORD ON THIS PROJECT.
JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY ENGINEERING RELATED QUESTIONS THAT STAFF MAY HAVE.
UM, ANYBODY? WE HAVE SOME OTHER SPEAKERS.
ANY, UH, COUN, COUNCILMAN, MAYOR, PROIN, CLEMSON.
I'LL WAIT TILL WE HEAR THOSE SPEAKERS.
MY NAME IS PATSY RAY, 2217 EL PASO STREET, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.
MY, I NEED TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING ABOUT ENCORE AND THE SUBSTATION.
IT'S LOCATED EAST OF, WE'LL SHOW YOU, WE'RE GONNA SHOW YOU GONNA SHOW ME WHERE IT'S LOCATED.
HOW CLOSE IS THAT TO MANON ROAD? I DON'T KNOW WHERE MANON ROAD IS.
MANON ROAD IS THE FIRST STREET OF THE FOURTH STREET.
SO ON THE TURN COUNTY SIGN, IT'S A LONG WAY FROM THERE.
IT'S A LONG WAY FROM THERE IS THAT IT'S REAL CLOSE TO GREAT SOUTHWEST.
SO THAT WOULD BE BEHIND THE TYREE PARK BALL FIELD? NO, 14TH STREET UP ON 14TH.
WHERE THE, WHERE THE WAREHOUSES ARE ON THIS SIDE OF THE STREET.
RASHAD, IT'D BE ON THE OTHER SIDE.
HELP HER THERE WITH THE MAP IN FRONT OF HER.
WHERE? 14TH STREET AND DICKEY COMES DOWN FROM YES MA'AM.
SO YEAH, MANNING, UHHUH MANNING IS RIGHT HERE.
THOSE ARE THE STREETS RIGHT THERE RUNNING SOUTH AND NORTH.
IT'S ACROSS THE CREEK ON THE OTHER SIDE.
IT'S ACROSS THE CREEK ON THE OTHER SIDE.
SO IT'S BEFORE YOU GET TO 1 61? YEAH.
SO EVERYTHING YOU SEE OFF, IF YOU, YOU SEE POLY AMERICA ACROSS, WHENEVER YOU SEE POLY AMERICA FROM TY PARK, UHHUH
UH, SO DOWN THERE, THAT ORANGE RIGHT THERE.
SO THAT'S ACTUALLY, THAT'S NOWHERE CLOSE TO NOW.
IF YOU GOTTA HAVE 'EM, IT'S A GOOD LOCATION FOR IT.
IT'S WITH ALL THE OTHER INDUSTRIAL.
IT, IT'S RIGHT THEN THERE WHERE IT, WHERE IT OUGHT TO GO.
IS IT GONNA BE THOSE TALL? UM, IT'S GOING ELECTRICAL, UH, TRANSMISSION LINES.
LIKE WE HAVE ALREADY RUNNING THROUGH DO WORK.
IT'S GOING TO RUN, IT'S NOT GONNA BE NEW LINES.
IT'S GONNA GO ON THE SAME TOWER.
THERE'S NOT GONNA BE NEW LINES RUN.
OR WILL THERE BE A SUBSTATION? I THINK THE APPLICANT CAN PROBABLY PROVIDE MORE DETAIL, BUT THERE WILL BE NEW SUBSTATION STRUCTURES THAT COULD BE UP TO 50 FEET TALL.
UM, THAT WAS WHAT WAS EXPLAINED TO US.
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BUT YEAH.GOTTA GET POWER TO EVERYBODY THAT'S GONNA CON INCREASE THE SERVICE FOR THE DEL WORTH NEIGHBORHOOD.
I DO NOT KNOW WHERE Y'ALL GET YOUR POWER.
I THINK THAT, SO I, I CAN'T RULE LOGICALLY.
I LOGICALLY YOU WOULD ASSUME IT DOES MM-HMM
BUT THAT LINE MAY GO THE OTHER WAY.
I, I DON'T KNOW WITHOUT, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS, IT INCREASES THE POWER THAT'S COMING TO GRAND PRAIRIE AS A WHOLE AND MOSTLY AROUND THAT SUBSTATION.
THAT'S WHY THEY'RE BUILDING IT THERE.
BUT I DON'T WANNA SPEAK EXACTLY WHERE BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN THE DATA WHERE THE LINES GO.
BUT IT'S BRINGING MORE POWER TO GRAND PRAIRIE, WHICH WE NEED.
JUST WANNA BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN TO THE RESIDENTS WHAT IS BEEN TO HAPPEN.
AND YOU DO, YOU DO REALLY WELL AT THAT.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY, MS. PASSEY.
IS ANYONE FROM ENCORE HERE TONIGHT? NO ONE FROM ENCORE HERE.
WHO IS GOING TO BENEFIT FROM THIS SUBSTATION? ALL THE INDUSTRIAL LOCATIONS THERE THAT ARE PAYING 4 CENTS A KILOWATT AN HOUR RASH? I THINK THE REPRESENTATIVE WILL NEED TO COME BACK UP AND ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS IF HE HAS THE ANSWER.
UH, BUT HE'S JUST THE ENGINEER FOR THE PROJECT.
HE'S NOT GONNA TELL US ABOUT WHERE THE POWER'S GONNA GO, I DON'T THINK.
WELL BEING THE ENGINEER, HE MAY KNOW WHAT NO, HE'S SHAKING HIS HEAD NO.
ASSUMING HE MIGHT KNOW WHERE IT TIES INTO AND WHATNOT, BUT, OKAY.
HAROLD, WE CAN SURE GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION, BUT I'M ASSUMING IT'S GOING TO GO INTO BIG FEEDERS THAT SPREAD OUT IN THAT AREA IS, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM MY T-SHIRT TONIGHT, UH, I GUESS MY ISSUE IS THOSE OF US SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20, HOW MANY TIMES WE LOSE ELECTRICITY SOUTH OF 20? IS THIS GOING TO BENEFIT THOSE OF US WHO LOSE ELECTRICITY TWO OR THREE TIMES A YEAR? WHO'S GOING TO BE BENEFITING FROM THIS? I WOULDN'T THINK IT WOULD BENEFIT SOUTH AT 20, BUT I DO KNOW THIS.
I WOULD BE HAPPY TO HAVE ENCORE RUN AN OUTAGE ON ANY ADDRESS YOU EVER SEND ME.
YOU HAROLD, JUST SEND ME AN EMAIL.
I DO IT FOR EVERY CITIZEN THAT SENDS IT TO ME AND I GET A RUN OR WHY IT WAS LOST MANY TIMES AS IT'S, UH, TRANSFORMERS BLOWN UP DURING WINDY TIME.
IT'S THE TREE LIMB THAT GOT ON.
IT'S, I HAVE YET TO HAVE ONE COME UP BECAUSE IT WAS LACK OF POWER.
UNLESS IT'S ROLLING BLACKOUTS, WHICH HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS SUBSTATION.
THAT'S A, THAT'S A WHOLE GRID PROBLEM, LIKE YOU'RE SAYING, FIX THE GRID.
THIS DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH FIXING THE GRID.
BUT WHAT NECESSITATES ENCORE PUTTING THIS IN HERE, WHY WE DON'T KNOW.
WELL, I WOULD, THEY SHOULD EXPLAIN TO US BECAUSE THEY PROBABLY DID TO STAFF, BUT I DON'T KNOW, JUST NEED A NEW POWER.
AND IT'S ALLOWED BY RIGHT IN THE ZONING.
SO ALL WE'RE REVIEWING IS THE STANDARDS WE HAVE IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE SINCE, SINCE WE'RE HAVING SO MANY ISSUES WITH THE GRID IN TEXAS WITH POLY AMERICA, THOSE LARGE PLACES.
SO ALL OF THIS MAJOR DEVELOPMENT, ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE MORE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BEING BUILT OUT THERE? I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH LEE WE HAVE STILL VACANT OUT THERE.
YEAH, PROBABLY AMERICA OWNS ALL THAT PROPERTY, BUT IT'S NORTH OF THE CREEK OR YES, NORTH OF THE CREEK.
SO THIS IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CREEK, WHICH WILL ONLY BE ACCESSED THROUGH POLY AMERICA SITE.
SO ANY, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE POWER'S GOING TO GO FROM THAT SITE.
ANY POTENTIAL HAZARDS, HAZARDS OR RISKS TO THE FOLKS IN THE DOWNWITH NEIGHBORHOOD OF PCBS? ANY OTHER TYPE OF THINGS? WHAT, WHAT POSSIBLY COULD FOR THE FOLKS IN THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE NORTH OF THERE? THAT'S WHY I WANT ENCORE HERE.
I'M SURE THIS, WHEN YOU HEAR THESE, ANY NO MORE THAN ANY OTHER SUBSTATION EVER BUILT AROUND THE CITY AND THIS HAS A, THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO BUILD THIS THERE.
I'M NOT DISPUTING THE RIGHT TO BUILD THERE.
I JUST, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE A SUBSTATION SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 WITH ALL OUR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT GOING ON OUT THERE, BECAUSE I BET THEY'RE GOING TO, ESPECIALLY WITH WHAT WE'RE PUTTING IN WAY DOWN SOUTH.
BUT THAT AGAIN, DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH FIXING THE OVERALL GRID FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS.
ENCORE IS JUST TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF OUR NEEDS HERE AT GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND RIGHT NOW THEY FEEL LIKE THEY NEED TO ADD THIS SUBSTATION AND THEY MAY ADD ANOTHER SUBSTATION DOWN SOMEWHERE ELSE TOMORROW.
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I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR ENCORE TO BE HERE TO HOLD SOME KIND OF A PUBLIC FORUM.UM, BECAUSE FOUR YEARS AGO THIS MONTH ENCORE LIED AND TEXANS DIED.
SO THAT WAS, UH, IT'S DULY NOTED.
THAT WAS A BIG STAIN ON ENCORE.
THAT WILL FOREVER STAY WITH HIM.
AND THEN I HAVE, JOHN HAS A QUESTION TOO.
UM, REGARDING THE LANDSCAPING, UM, IS THIS VISIBLE FROM TYREE PARK? YES.
ACROSS THE LAKE AND IT WILL HAVE, UM, MASONRY SOME KIND OF FENCE, UH, AND ON THAT SIDE, OR COULD YOU GIVE US A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT? SO THEY'RE PROPOSING A MASONRY, UH, SCREENING WALL RIGHT HERE ALONG THIS NORTHERN PART OF THE SUBSTATION.
UM, THERE IS VEGETATION ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CREEK THAT PARTIALLY BLOCKS THE VIEW.
AND WAS STAFF COMFORTABLE WITH THE, WITH THAT PROPOSAL WITH THIS IS A TYPICAL REQUEST THAT WE GET FOR SUBSTATIONS.
ADDITIONALLY, WHEN WE LOOK AT, UH, PROPOSED LANDSCAPING, WE REQUIRE THAT 75% OF IT BE ALONG THE FRONTAGE SO THAT YOU CAN SEE IT FROM THE STREET.
GIVEN THE LOCATION OF THIS AND IT'S NOT ACCESSIBLE BY PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, UH, LANDSCAPING AROUND IT WOULD NOT DO MUCH, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S, UH, 50 FEET TALL.
UM, YOU KNOW, I REALLY WOULDN'T, DON'T, DON'T, DON'T GIMME A MOTION YET.
YES, JOHN? COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.
UM, NO, MY, MY QUESTION WAS THE SAME THING.
I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S 50 FEET TALL, BUT THE SCREENING AROUND IT, I MEAN, IF YOU EVER IMPROVED TYREE PARK AND EXPANDED, AND I MEAN, WE GONNA HEAD TOWARDS THIS DIRECTION, I WOULD THINK EYE LEVEL, IF, IF THEY COULD DO SOME SCREENING AND NATURAL SCREENING ALONG THEIR MASONRY WALL, I THINK THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE JUST TO MAKE IT LOOK A LITTLE BIT MORE NATURAL.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, DO WE KNOW THERE'S ANY OUTSIDE STORAGE OR ANY, ANY PLANS IN THAT SPACE? DID ONCOR SAY ANYTHING LIKE THAT? OR IS IT JUST THE TOWER AND IT'S NOT JUST A WELL, I'LL LET GO AHEAD.
THERE WAS NONE SHOWN ON THEIR PLANS.
UH, THIS IS JUST FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND I DON'T USUALLY SEE OUTSIDE STORAGE OF THESE SUBSTATIONS.
BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT STORING THINGS.
IT'S, IT'S NOT A GENERATING PLANT.
IT, IT'S JUST A HUGE SWITCHING STATION.
TRANSFORMERS TO SWITCH SECURING THEIR NEW EQUIPMENT.
I JUST WANT, I KNOW POLY AMERICAN DOES A LOT OF OUTSIDE STORAGE ALREADY.
SO, AND SINCE THEY KIND OF MIRROR ONE ANOTHER, I JUST DIDN'T WANT THEM TO THINK IT WAS SOMETHING THEY ENCOURAGED IN THAT AREA.
SO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW OUTSIDE STORAGE, YOU KNOW THE RULES, RIGHT? THAT YOU GOOD, JOHN? YES, SIR.
ALSO, MAYOR, UH, IF I MAY, YOU MAY ASK ANOTHER QUESTION.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN, UH, THEY SAY THERE IS FOLIAGE THAT PROTECTS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CREEK, YOU KNOW, THAT AS FAR AS THAT GOES, IT'S NOT YEAR ROUND WHERE IT'S PROTECTING THE, THE VIEW FROM THERE.
SO, UM, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THEM DO MORE, DO MORE AROUND THERE AS FAR AS THE LANDSCAPING.
ESPECIALLY IF IT'S 50 FEET TALL THAT THEY, UM, YOU CAN'T COUNT ON THE FOLIAGE THAT'S ACROSS THE CREEK TO BE 24 7 CUTTING OFF THE, UM, THE BUFFERING THE VIEW THERE.
SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THEM DO MORE.
WELL, LET'S ASK, OTHER THAN THEIR GOODWILL, WHAT CAN WE REQUIRE? YEAH.
UM, THEY'RE ASKING FOR A VARIANCE.
THEY'RE ASKING A VARI FOR A VARIANCE.
WELL, LET'S DON'T GIVE 'EM THE VARIANCE.
DON'T, DON'T SAY I REALLY LIKE.
UH, IF I DIDN'T REALIZE THEY WERE ASKING FOR A VARIANCE.
SO IF WE DENY, WE CAN ACCEPT IT WITHOUT THE VARIANCE.
WHAT ABOUT THE GENTLEMAN THAT'S HERE? COULD HE COME ANSWER SOME MORE QUESTIONS? COME ON UP AND TRY.
WHAT'S THE REQUIREMENTS? RASHAD AND SAVANNAH? IT'S REQUIREMENTS FOR, UH, SHRUBBERY AROUND THE EXTERIOR OF THE THE WHOLE THING.
UH, SPECIFICALLY THOUGH, THAT AREA THAT'S FACING THE PUBLIC DRIVEWAY.
NOW, I WILL NOTE I DROVE OUT THERE AND, YOU KNOW, THE CREEK SLOPES DOWN.
POLY AMERICA SITS UP AND THEN THIS EQUIPMENT'S GONNA BE SITTING UP TOO.
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SO THERE'S ALREADY SCREENING THAT WAS ON THE BACKSIDE OF POLY AMERICA.THAT REALLY DOESN'T SCREEN ANYTHING BECAUSE IT'S SO LOW.
SO FROM, FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CREEK.
SO WE CAN STILL REQUIRE IT, BUT IT'S PROBABLY A, A MUTE POINT IN FAR AS FAR AS TRYING TO REALLY SCREEN, TRYING TO HELP ANYTHING.
BECAUSE THE VIEW FROM TYREE PARK, WHETHER THERE'S A SCREEN THERE OR NOT, THEY MAY NOT EVEN SEE THE SCREEN.
BASED ON WHAT YOU SAW OUT THERE.
HOWEVER, UM, I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR YOU GEORGIA.
WHAT, WHAT IT IS EASY TO TABLE THIS OR TO GET, GIVE STAFF MEL, GIVE STAFF THE DIRECTION THAT THEY HAVE TO DO IT PER THE ORDINANCE.
THEY DON'T LIKE THAT THEY CAN BRING IT BACK.
WOULD THAT BE ACCEPTABLE? THAT WOULD BE A, A MOTION THAT YOU COULD MAKE OR TONY, YOU HAVE ANOTHER.
SO THE, THE, THE, IF, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECT, THE, THE, UH, THE, THE VARIANCE IS ASKING OR THE, THE UDC REQUIRES THE SCREENING ALONG ROADWAYS AND THERE'S NO ROADWAYS THERE.
STREET, STREET AND BUFFER TREES.
UH, BUT AND THERE MORE, THERE'S NO STREET ACCESS.
BUT YOU SAID IT WAS READ WHAT YOU TOLD ME BEFORE.
IT WAS REQUIRED AROUND IT, BUT MORE ON THE OTHERS, WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO, THE INTENT IS SUPPOSED TO SCREAM FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY.
UH, THIS DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE RIGHT OF WAY, BUT WE WOULD SO TONY, YOU'RE REQUIRE IT ANYWAY.
I WOULD RECOMMEND IF WE'RE GONNA REQUIRE LANDSCAPING, THAT WE REQUIRE IT BE EVERGREEN, UH, TREES, UH, ABSOLUTELY HOLLY TREES CAN, CAN IS THAT PART OF THE ORDINANCE OR THAT WOULD JUST BE OUR REQUEST TO THEM? WELL, THEY'RE ASKING FOR A VARIANCE.
I WOULD SAY THAT, THAT IT NEEDS TO BE A, A PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION.
THE VARIANCE IS NOT A A ALLOWED, BUT WE WOULD ASK THAT THERE BE, UH, EVERGREEN TREES.
IS THAT AN ACCEPTABLE MOTION, MEL? THAT'S AN ACCEPTABLE MOTION.
GEORGIA AND, AND TONY GO AHEAD.
YOU STILL HAVE THE FLOOR, TONY? OH, I DO.
UH, YOU'RE, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, THE WAY THE SUBSTATIONS WORK, YOU ENCORE LIKES THEM TO BE PRETTY CLEAR OF THAT KIND OF STUFF.
UH, BECAUSE SOME OF IT WOULD INTERFERE WITH THE, UH, COOLING.
WITH WITH, WITH THE SUBSTATION ITSELF, IT CAN INTERFERE WITH, WITH THE SUBSTATION ITSELF, IT CAN INTERFERE WITH THE OVERHEAD LINES.
IF A TREE GROWS TOO TALL, IT CAN INTERFERE WITH UNDERGROUND DUCK BANKS AND UTILITIES.
THE ROOTS CAN GET IN THERE AND DISRUPT THINGS.
AND EVEN IF, YOU KNOW, THERE'S TREES, ANY TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, VEGETATION THAT STANDS OVER THE SCREEN WALL, IT COULD ALLOW FOR, YOU KNOW, A SQUIRREL TO JUMP IN AND POTENTIALLY CAUSE A PROBLEM AS WELL.
SO THAT, THAT'S WHY WE LIKE TO HAVE IS OVER, OVER IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
I CAN GUARANTEE YOU SQUIRRELS ARE THE MAIN REASONS THAT WE LOSE POWER BECAUSE THEY GET INTO FUSES AND GO, I, I'VE SEEN IT
UH, SO THAT, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT WORRISOME THERE.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT TO SAY.
I'M THINKING MAYBE WHAT RASHAD AND STEPHANIE SAVANNAH HAVE WORKED OUT MAY BE THE BEST SOLUTION FOR US AND THEY'VE DRIVEN IT OUT THERE AND I THINK THAT MAY BE BEST.
UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND, UM, STAFF WITH YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS, THIS IS, THIS IS A TOUGH ONE BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T LIKE THE SUBSTATIONS ANYWAY AND WE HAVE TO HAVE THEM.
SO, UM, I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 25, UH, WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.
MOTION CARRIES BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO NOTHING.
[26. STP-24-11-0043 - Site Plan - LivSmart by Hilton (City Council District 1). Site Plan for a five story extended stay hotel with 112 rooms on 2.18 acres. Lots 1 & 2, Block A, Palace Parkway Hotel Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-217, within the Beltline Corridor Overlay Districts, with approximate addresses of 340 & 360 E Palace Pkwy (On January 13, 2025, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval as presented by a vote of 8-0)]
ALL RIGHT.THIS NEXT ITEM IS A SITE PLAN FOR A HOTEL.
YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTIES OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.
UH, TYPICALLY I WILL NOTE A HOTEL REQUIRES A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
HOWEVER, THIS PROPERTY IS ZONED PD TWO 17 AND WITHIN THAT ZONING, UH, PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, IT ALLOWS A HOTEL BY.
SO THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
'CAUSE WE'RE USED TO THAT'S CORRECT.
SO IT, IT IS HERE FOR A SITE PLAN WHERE WE'RE REVIEWING IT AGAINST OUR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
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PROPOSAL IS FOR A LIVE SMART BY HILTON.IT'S A NEW, UH, TYPE, UH, WITHIN THEIR BRAND.
IT'S A FIVE STORY HOTEL AND THEY'RE PROPOSING 112 ROOMS. IT DOES MEET OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE SITE LINE SITE PLAN ON THE SCREEN GENERALLY COMPLIES WITH OUR LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS, BUT IT DOES REQUIRE TWO VARIANCES.
UH, THESE ARE THEIR PROPOSED BUILDING RENDERINGS AND THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS.
ALL HOTELS MUST COMPLY WITH OUR HOTEL REGULATIONS CONTAINED IN ARTICLE FOUR, THE UDC WHERE WE LOOK AT HOTEL CONCENTRATION OF DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATIONS.
UM, SO THERE ARE, UH, THREE EXISTING HOTELS WITHIN ONE MILE OF THAT PROPOSED LOCATION.
THERE'S ONE UPPER MID-SCALE HOTEL AND TWO ECONOMY HOTELS, UH, ONE OF WHICH IS AN EXTENDED STAY HOTEL.
UM, SO THERE IS, THE PROPOSAL IS FOR AN UPPER MID EXTENDED STAY HOTELS.
IT FALLS UNDER TWO OF THOSE CATEGORIES.
UM, SO IT IS, UM, NOT EXCEEDING, UH, THE LIMITATIONS ON THE UPPER MIDSCALE.
UM, SO THE TOTAL WOULD BECOME TWO.
UH, AND ADDITIONALLY THERE'S ALLOWED UP TWO, UH, TWO EXTENDED STAY HOTELS.
SO THIS CLASSIFICATION, THIS PROPOSAL FALLS WITHIN WHAT'S ALLOWED BY THE UDC PER OUR HOTEL, UH, CONCENTRATIONS.
UH, THEY ARE REQUIRED ADDITIONALLY TO PROVIDE, UH, CERTAIN AMENITIES.
UH, THEY'RE PROVIDED SIX ITEMS WITH WIFI, TRASH AND LINEN SERVICE, LOBBY WAITING AREA, FITNESS CENTER, COFFEE AND BEVERAGES, FACILITIES, AND ONE MEAL PER DAY.
UH, THEY ARE REQUESTING A VARIANCE, UH, TO NOT INCLUDE A POOL, WHICH IS REQUIRED.
UH, THE APPLICANT WILL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT IT IS PART OF THAT BRAND.
UM, THEY'RE PROVIDING TWO UM, AND COMMON AREAS.
UH, SO AN OUTDOOR COMMON AREA.
AND THEY ARE ALSO PROVIDING MEAL SER OR MEAL PER DAY.
UM, ONE OF THEIR REQUESTED VARIANCES IS TO ALLOW THE EXISTING FENCE TO SERVE AS THE SCREENING.
UH, TYPICALLY WHEN IT'S ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL, THEY REQUIRE, WE REQUIRE A, A, A, UH, MASONRY SCREENING WALL.
UH, YOU CAN SEE AT THIS LOCATION THERE'S A RETAINING WALL AND THEN A WOODEN FENCE THAT'S FAIRLY NEW, BUILT ON TOP OF THAT.
SO THEY'RE REQUESTING FOR THAT TO, UH, SERVE AS THE, THE SCREENING BETWEEN THE TWO USES.
UM, SO THERE, UH, VARIANCES THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING.
THE FIRST IS FOR A LANDSCAPE BUFFER.
WE REQUIRE A 30 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG THE STREETS.
UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING A VARIABLE WIDTH BUFFER THAT RANGE FROM 10 FEET TO 16 FEET.
UH, THE SECOND IS FOR THAT VARIANCE FOR THE SCREENING WALL.
UM, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO USE THE EXISTING FENCE AND THEN THE NUMBER OF TIER ONE AMENITIES.
UH, THEY'RE ASKING TO NOT PUT IN A POOL AND TO ALLOW, UH, SIX TIER ONE AMENITIES TO BE PROVIDED ON JANUARY 13TH.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF EIGHT TO ZERO.
AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS WELL.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SAVANNAH? UH, MAYOR PROTE AND I DO HAVE, THANK YOU MAYOR.
A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS, UH, SAVANNAH.
UM, THIS IS COMING TO US AS A SITE PLAN AND DON'T WE GENERALLY RECEIVE, UH, UH, FOR OUR HOTELS AN SUP? CORRECT.
HOWEVER, WITHIN THAT PLAN DEVELOPMENT TWO 17, IT LISTS ALLOWED USES INSTEAD OF REFERRING BACK DIRECTLY TO THE UDC.
AND IN THAT LIST OF USES THAT SAYS A HOTEL IS ALLOWED BY.
SO A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IS NOT REQUIRED AT THIS LOCATION? WELL, SHE'S ASKING FOR A DEVIATION.
AND WHAT IS THE VARIANCE AGAIN? THREE.
SO THERE ARE TWO RELATED TO THE LANDSCAPING SCREENING.
THEY'RE REQUESTING TO REDUCE THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER FROM 30 FEET TO A VARIABLE WIDTH.
UH, THEY'RE PROPO REQUESTING TO ALLOW THE EXISTING FENCE INSTEAD OF A MASONRY SCREENING WALL.
UH, WE WOULD REQUIRE A SIX FOOT MASONRY SCREENING WALL, WHICH WOULD, WOULD NOT THAT GO UP TO THE HEIGHT OF THAT WOODEN FENCE.
AND THAT FENCE IS, WOULD BE BETWEEN THEM AND THE APARTMENTS? CORRECT.
AS FAR AS THE LIGHTING GOES, HOW IS THAT GONNA AFFECT THE, UH, APARTMENTS THAT ARE THERE? WILL THIS BE PARKING LOT OR, UH, AS WELL FOR THE HOTEL AND OR WHAT WILL BE NEXT TO THAT FENCE WHERE THE APARTMENTS ARE? SO THERE WILL BE A LANDSCAPE BUFFER THEN PARKING AND THEN THE FIRE LANE.
BUT THEY WANT TO USE THE EXISTING FENCE RATHER THAN A MASONRY.
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UM, AND THEY WANT TO LIMIT THE LANDSCAPING.SO WE REQUIRE A 30 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER.
UM, THEY'RE PROPOSING A VARIABLE WIDTH TO DECREASE THAT.
UM, BUT IF YOU LOOK ON THE SCREEN, THEIR OUTLINE IN RED IS THEIR PROPO, THEIR EXISTING PROPERTY LINE.
AND THIS IS ALL PARKWAY, UM, FROM THE INTERSTATE.
SO THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT DISTANCE, UM, BETWEEN THE, THE STREET AND, UM, I'M, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THE APARTMENTS.
THAT'S MY MAJOR CONCERN, UH, AS FAR AS HOW THE FENCE LOOKS AND HOW THE LANDSCAPING LOOKS BETWEEN THOSE TWO.
AND I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, I SEE THE PARKING LOT IS THERE AND I'M SURE THEY'LL HAVE LIGHTS ON THE PARKING LOT, UH, HOW THAT WOULD AFFECT THE RESIDENTS AS WELL.
SO THE LIGHTING PLAN WOULD BE REVIEWED WITH THE BUILDING PERMIT.
WE DO REQUIRE THAT THE LIGHTING IS DOWN, DOWN LIT INSTEAD OF SHINING OUT.
MAYOR PRO TEM AND I, I, IF THIS WAS UP IN JUST MY THOUGHTS, IF THIS WAS UP IN OUR NEW CORRIDOR WHERE WE HAD THE RIGHT TO DO AN SUP, I DON'T THINK WE WOULD APPROVE THIS TO BE BLUNT.
SO IN MY OPINION, I WOULD NOT BE DISAPPOINTED IF WE KICKED THIS BACK AS THEY BRING IT BACK TO US WITH NO DEVIATIONS PERIOD.
UM, WE GRADE THOSE HOTELS UP IN THE 1 61 QUARTER BY AMENITIES AND HE IS ALREADY NOT WANTING TO BRING US THE AMENITIES THAT OUR, OUR, OUR EASY TO MEET ORDINANCE ALLOWS.
I WOULD, I WOULD, I THINK, IN MY OPINION, THAT'S WHAT WE OUGHT TO DO.
AND INSTEAD OF, UM, AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO US.
NO, BRING IT BACK TO US AND SHOW US WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO.
THAT IS LEGAL, ISN'T IT? I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT OR NOT.
WE CAN TABLE IT WITHOUT HEARING FROM THE APPLICANT.
I DON'T THINK THE, I THINK WE'VE SEEN ENOUGH RIGHT NOW.
UH, SAVANNAH, RASHAD, UH, I WAS READING HERE THE, THE TIER TWO AMENITIES THAT THEY, THE UPPER MID SCALE HAS TO PROVIDE ONE, BUT THIS, THIS ONE BEING EXTENDED STAY, IT WOULD'VE TO REQUIRE TWO WHICH ARE B AND C.
IS THAT CORRECT? AND THEY ARE, THEY ARE A YES.
AND THEY ARE COVERING BOTH OF THOSE.
SO THAT COUNTS FOR THEIR ONE OR DO THEY HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER ANOTHER ONE.
SO THE, SO THE, THE ISSUE WITH THEIR MANY PACKAGE IS THE TIER ONE, THEY'RE NOT PROVIDING A POOL.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE WHOLE ONLY ISSUE.
AND THEN THE OTHER DEVIATIONS THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING FROM THE OTHER.
YEAH, THE LANDSCAPING AND THE SCREEN WALL.
AND I WOULD WANNA SEE IT WITH THE POOL INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING, MR OWNER, YOU'RE GONNA PUT A POOL IN.
AND THAT'S WHY I SUGGEST TABLING IT NOW AND HAVING 'EM GET WITH STAFF TO GET, BRING 'EM BACK TO US WITHOUT ANY DEVIATIONS.
I'LL JUST PROVIDE HIM BACKGROUND THAT THE APPLICANT HAS NOTED THAT THIS NEW BRAND BY HILTON DOES NOT HAVE A POOL.
WELL, HE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BUILD THAT HOTEL HERE.
UH, BUT OUR ORDINANCE DOES REQUIRE IT.
I I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW WHERE I'M AT.
IT, IT'S WHAT I WANT IN MY CITY.
AND JUST BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE, I MEAN I WISH WE DIDN'T HAVE A BUDGET IN, IN OUR CITY AND I WOULD'VE NEVERMIND.
I WOULD'VE GONE WITH JUST ONE, NOT TWO THEN
DO YOU THINK YOU COULD HAVE? I KNOW, BUT, UH, THIS, IF YOU'RE GONNA TABLE IT, I'M NOT GONNA HAVE ANY SPEAKERS.
IF YOU'RE GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO NOT TABLE IT, I NEED TO HAVE SOME SPEAKERS SPEAK.
DO YOU THINK YOU CAN HAVE THAT WORKED OUT BY THE NEXT MEETING OR DO YOU WANT IT OR DO YOU WANT IT? HOW I CAN SAY FOR US, YES, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY NEED TO REVISE THE TABLE IT UNTIL THE STAFF'S READY TO BRING IT BACK TO US.
WE HAD TO SET IT TO A SPECIFIC DATE.
IF YOU'RE GONNA TABLE IT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION.
I'D LIKE TO, IF YOU'RE GONNA MOTION TO TABLE IT, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO TABLE MARCH 4TH UNTIL MARCH 4TH.
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AND I THINK THE APPLICANT HEARD WHAT WE WANT.OKAY, SO WE'RE DOWN TO, UH, THREE.
I THINK THAT'S BEST UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND ALL OF YOU FOR PITCHING IN ON THAT.
NOW FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE HERE AND WE'VE, WE'VE LOST THREE.
HOW, WHAT CAN WE GET DOWN TO? FIVE? FIVE.
WE'RE DOWN TO FOUR AND IF THERE WAS JUST FIVE HERE TOOK IT WOULD TAKE A UNANIMOUS VOTE.
'CAUSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE FIVE TO DO ANYTHING.
[28. ZON-24-11-0029 - Zoning Change – 2335 & 2339 SE 4th St. (City Council District 3). Zoning Change from Single Family-Two (SF-2) to Single Family-Six (SF-6) on 0.438 acres. Lots 1A &1B, Block H, Grand Prairie Prize Acres Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Single Family-Two (SF-2) District, and addressed as 2335 & 2339 SE 4th St (On January 13, 2025, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 8 0) ]
28.ALRIGHT, THIS NEXT ITEM IS A REQUEST FOR A ZONING CHANGE.
UH, THE EXISTING ZONING IS SINGLE FAMILY TWO AND THE PROPOSED ZONING IS SINGLE FAMILY FIVE.
MM-HMM
SO THEY ARE REQUESTING THE SINGLE FAMILY FIVE TO ALLOW THEM TO POSSIBLY CONSTRUCT THREE HOMES AT THIS LOCATION INSTEAD OF TWO.
UH, SO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DOES DESIGNATE THIS AS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
WELL THEN THAT'S ALL I NEED TO KNOW.
UH, SO ON JANUARY 13TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF EIGHT TO ZERO.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKERS.
OH, UH, MAYOR, I, I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS.
I'D MOVE FOR APPROVAL PER STAFF AND P C'S RECOMMENDATION.
WAIT, WAIT, GO AHEAD AND DO THAT ONE.
NO, YOU'VE ALREADY MADE THE MOTION.
WILL YOU, WILL YOU WITHDRAW YOUR MOTION? I'LL LOOKING AT THE NEXT CASE.
WILL YOU WITHDRAW YOUR MOTION? I I'LL WITHDRAW THAT MOTION.
I WAS LOOKING AT THE NEXT CASE.
I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO APPROVE.
ITEM NUMBER 28 ZON DASH 24 DASH ONE DASH 0 29.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ZANU, WAIVE A MOTION.
MOTION CARRIES BY HOW MANY TO HOW MANY? YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S SIX.
[Items 29 & 30]
ALRIGHT.ITEM 29 AND 30 ARE, UH, COMPANION CASES.
THE FIRST COMPONENT THE SAME TIME IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE EXISTING FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION IS HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
UH, THE PROPOSED FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
UH, SO THE REQUEST, UH, IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY.
IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED CENTRAL AREA, WHICH IS THE, THE DOWNTOWN AREA ZONING DISTRICT AND TWO FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
AND THEY'RE PROPOSING A ZONING DISTRICT OF SINGLE FAMILY SIX.
THEY DESIRE TO BUILD A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING.
UH, SO THIS IS THE EXISTING ZONING.
YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY IS OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.
UH, THESE ARE SOME CONCEPTUAL ELEVATIONS.
UH, NOTICE OF THIS ITEM WAS PROVIDED TO 38 SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
UH, WE DID RECEIVE TWO LETTERS OF OPPOSITION.
UH, SOMEONE CAME AND SPOKE IN SUPPORT AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
UM, SO THE OPPOSITION RECEIVED IS FROM PEOPLE WHO OWN 20% OR MORE OF THE LOTS OR LAND IMMEDIATELY ADJOINING THE REQUESTS AND WITHIN 200 FEET.
SO THIS REQUEST REQUIRES A FAVORABLE VOTE, FAVORABLE VOTE OF THREE-FOURTHS OF ALL MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
SO, AND IT'S NOT THREE FOURTHS OF THOSE PRESENT.
DO WE HAVE ENOUGH TO GET THE THREE FOUR VOTE TONIGHT? SEVEN.
NOW THAT, OH, NOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER HEADS BACK IN THE ROOM.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER LITTLE, YOU NEED A UNANIMOUS, WE NEED UNANIMOUS TO APPROVE THIS.
SO ON THE SCREEN IS THE MAP AGAIN, THE YELLOW OUTLINED IS THE LOCATION.
WE DID RECEIVE OPPOSITION FROM THE PROPERTIES OUTLINED IN, UH, PURPLE.
AND THEN, UH, SOMEONE DID SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AND THEY OWN THE PROPERTIES OUTLINED IN ORANGE.
UM, SO ON JANUARY 13TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF EIGHT TO ZERO.
AGAIN, STAFF'S UNABLE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST SINCE THE SINGLE FAMILY USE IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
UH, SHOULD COUNSEL APPROVE THIS REQUEST? STAFF RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING CONDITION THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL PLA THE PROPERTY AND FILE THE FINAL PLAT WITH THE COUNTY BEFORE THE ISSUANCE OF ANY BUILDING PERMITS.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS
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TIME.UH, SAVANNAH, MY QUESTION IS THOSE THAT SUBMITTED, UH, LETTERS OF OPPOSITION OR WERE THEY, WHY, WHY WERE THEY IN IN OPPOSITION? SO ONE OF THE COMMENTS WAS THAT, UH, THEY THOUGHT THAT SINGLE FAMILY WAS NOT AN ALLOWED USE.
IT COULD ONLY BE IF THEY WERE ILLEGAL, NON-CONFORMING, WHICH IS GRANDFATHERED.
AND THEN THE OTHER AGAIN, WAS THE SAME, SAME KIND OF ISSUE.
UM, SO BOTH OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT SUBMITTED LETTERS OF OPPOSITION, THEIR PROPERTIES ARE COMMERCIALLY USED.
UM, MIKE ARGAN, UM, DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WISHES TO RECORD SUPPORT.
AND I BET YOU'RE HERE IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
MEL SAYS WE COULD TAKE ACTION ON BOTH OF THESE TOGETHER.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DEBOSKY HAS HIS LIGHT ON.
MAYOR I, UH, MOVE TO APPROVE THESE TWO ITEMS.
MIKE? UM, YEAH, MAYOR, UM, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS.
UM, IT MIGHT BE A PROBLEM THOUGH.
UM, HEY, I'LL TAKE HIS MOTION.
NO
SO WHENEVER THAT COMES UP, WILL THAT COME, WILL THAT, THAT'LL JUST GO TO STAFF WITH THE, UH, BUILDING PLANS.
I WOULD, I JUST WANT TO LET STAFF KNOW THAT, THAT PLEASE BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THAT.
AND BECAUSE THAT GOOD IDEA COULD BE A LITTLE, UH, COULD BE A LITTLE TRICKY RIGHT THERE.
AND, UH, OTHERWISE, UH, YOU KNOW, IS IT FACES AUSTIN STREET ANYWAY.
YEAH, BUT THE BUT THE ACCESS THERE IS REALLY SMALL.
AND, BUT OTHERWISE I, YOU KNOW, THERE'S HOUSES ALL AROUND THERE.
SECOND YOU A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER SHOT WILL APPROVE.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER KY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
[31. SUP-25-01-0001 - Specific Use Permit - Rapido Lavanderia (City Council District 5). Specific Use Permit for a Laundry (Self-Serve) facility in an existing commercial lease space on 2.18 acres. Tract 10, M. L. Swing Survey, Abstract No. 1446, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned General Retail, and tentatively addressed as 425 S Belt Line Rd (On January 27, 2025, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 8-0) ]
ALL RIGHT.THIS NEXT ITEM IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AT 4 25 SOUTH BELTLINE ROAD.
UH, IT'S PART OF AN EXISTING, UH, COMMERCIAL RETAIL STRIP CENTER.
SO THE PROPERTY'S OUTLINED IN YELLOW AND THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THE SUITE WITHIN THE BUILDING IS SHOWN IN RED.
THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE LOCATION.
SO THEY'RE PROPOSING A 4,500 SQUARE FOOT SELF-SERVICE LAUNDROMAT.
ABOUT 40 TO 50 WASHERS AND DRYERS AT AMENITIES INCLUDE VENDING MACHINES, A LOBBY WITH THE CHILDREN'S AREA, WITH THE TABLE TV AND ARCADE GAMES.
UH, THEIR BUSINESS HOURS ARE PROPOSED MONDAY TO SUNDAY FROM 7:00 AM TO 10:00 PM UH, ONE EMPLOYEE WILL BE ON SITE DURING BUSINESS HOURS.
UH, THEY'RE ALSO INSTALLING AND IMPLEMENTING A SECURITY SYSTEM WITH SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS.
UH, STAFF DID RECEIVE, UH, THREE LETTERS TO AN OPPOSITION.
UH, ONE OF THE COMMENTS ON THE LETTERS OF OPPOSITION WAS THEY WERE, WERE CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC IN THE AREA.
UM, JANUARY 27TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY VOTE OF EIGHT TO ZERO.
AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS WELL.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER NASSAB COME FORWARD PLEASE, SIR.
I 5 1 1 9 RAT BOOK PLACE IN DALLAS, TEXAS.
UH, JUNE, JUST LEMME FILL IT OUT.
SO, UH, UH, WE APPLIED ABOUT A YEAR AGO FOR A PERMIT AND CITY GRAND PRIX GAVE US A PERMIT TO BUILD IT.
SO WE'VE SPENT ABOUT ABOUT 250,000 IN CONSTRUCTION, ABOUT SEVEN 50 IN EQUIPMENT.
AND THEN WE APPLIED FOR UM, UM, A CO.
THE CO WAS DENIED SAYING THAT THE PERMIT SHOULD NEVER BEEN ISSUED.
SO THE, THE, THE CITY STAFF THAT THE PERMIT HAD MADE A MISTAKE AND GIVE US A PERMIT 'CAUSE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO MAKE US GO THROUGH SUP BEFORE THEY GAVE US A PERMIT TO BUILD IT.
SO THIS LAUNDROMAT'S ALREADY BUILT AND OH MY GOODNESS,
AND THEN ALSO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNOW THE PROPERTY, WE SPENT ABOUT A LITTLE, ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS OF RENOVATING THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING.
AND IT WAS REALLY DILAPIDATED.
AND UH, SO TONY, THIS SOUNDS LIKE
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SOMETHING WE OUGHT TO DO.WELL, ONE, ONE QUESTION I GOT REAL QUICK.
SO, UH, SAVANNAH, COULD YOU PLEASE BRING BACK UP THE PICTURE OF THE PROPERTY, NOT THE MAP, BUT THE PICTURE OF WHERE THAT'S AT IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE, UH, AUTO PARTS STORE.
SO SAY OR SOME OR THE METRO CENTER METRO OR SOMETHING? YEAH, THIS IMAGE, UH, YOU DON'T HAVE A OKAY, SO THEY'RE BACK.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE FROM WHAT I SAW THE REMODELING.
YOU WERE CLOSER TO BELTLINE ON BELTLINE LITTLE RED SPOT THERE.
YOUR SUITE WAS CLOSER TO BELTLINE THAN THAT LITTLE RED SPOT BECAUSE THERE, THAT WHOLE AREA THERE HAS BEEN REBUILT AND IT LOOKS, LOOKS A WHOLE LOT BETTER THAN IT USED TO.
AND I THOUGHT YOU WERE PART OF THAT, BUT I GUESS YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE PART OF IT THE FURTHER BACK.
UH, BUT OTHERWISE, UH, YOU KNOW, I MOVE FOR APPROVAL FOLKS.
WE'RE SORRY FOR THE MIX UP PROBLEM.
I'M GLAD YOU WERE BRINGING US UP BACK SOMETHING WE COULD, DIDN'T FEEL BAD ABOUT APPROVING.
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COMMENTS.STEVE RANKIN, WELCOME BACK AGAIN.
YES, I'M STILL HAVING A PROBLEM WITH VIA, I'VE HAD AN APPLICATION IN STICK AROUND
CHARLIE GARZA, COULD HE HAVE COME TALK TO HIM? BUT CHARLIE? YES, SIR.
MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
MY CONCERN WAS IN REFERENCE TO A MEETING OF THE LAST ONE WE HAD, AND SPECIFICALLY THE ISSUE WAS TO DECORUM AND PROFESSIONALISM.
I SAW SPEAKERS APPROACH THE PODIUM AND APPROACHED THE HONORABLE COUNCIL USING LANGUAGE THAT WAS INAPPROPRIATE.
WHEN I LEFT THIS MEETING, I FELT AS IF HISPANICS HAD NO RIGHT TO LIVE.
HE MADE IT SOUND LIKE THE ONLY PURPOSE OF HISPANIC WAS TO PICK COTTON OR TO WORK IN HOTELS OR OTHER DEMEANING AREAS OF WORK.
AND I WATCHED THAT VIDEO MULTIPLE TIMES AND I WILL CHALLENGE YOU TO ACTUALLY DO THE SAME AS WELL.
OUR ROLE HERE IS NOT WHEN WE SPEAK IN PUBLIC FORUM.
AND I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE NOT DO AD HO ATTACKS, THAT RATHER WE STICK WITH FACTS AND FACTS OR RULES WHAT WE DO OR SHOULD DO IN EVERY SITUATION.
AND THE MORE I WATCHED IT, THE MORE IT ANGERED ME.
IT ANGERED ME BECAUSE WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT.
AND ANYTIME WE DEVIATE FROM DOING WHAT'S RIGHT, THEN WE OURSELVES ARE PARTIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OUTCOME OF WHAT TOOK PLACE.
I'VE ALSO NOTICED TODAY THAT WE'RE WEARING A SHIRT THAT HAS A CUSS WORD ON IT.
LANGUAGE THAT MAY BE SEEN BY A CHILD SHOULD NOT BE SEEN ON A CAMERA.
WE HAD SCHOOL MEMBERS EARLIER OR CHILDREN EARLIER WHO WERE HERE THAT WE HONORED IN THE PROCESS TO COME TO THIS COUNCIL SHOULD BE AN HONOR.
AND AS ACCORDING WE SHOULD CARRY OURSELVES ACCORDINGLY.
I HEARD LANGUAGE LAST WEEK THAT AGAIN, I WOULD ASK YOU TO LOOK AT IT, IT WAS REALLY UNBECOMING OF ANY PERSON.
NOW GRANTED, I'M A ADVOCATE OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
I AM NOT AN ADVOCATE OF JUST GOING NEARLY WILLY ALL OVER THE PLACE AND JUST SAYING THINGS BECAUSE YOU HAVE AN OPINION.
OPINIONS ARE GREAT, BUT WE SHOULD STICK WITH FACTS.
AND FACTS SHOULD GOVERN WHAT WE DO, HOW WE DO IT IN THE PROCESS.
NOW LET ME COME FORWARD AND SAY THAT MYSELF, AND I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF ONLY AT THIS POINT.
WHEN I HEARD THOSE COMMENTS, I SAID TO MYSELF, GREW UP POOR YOUNGEST OF 18 CHILDREN IN SOUTH TEXAS.
BEGAN AS A MIGRANT FARM WORKER, DID A DOCTORAL DEGREE AT GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY NATIONAL DEAN'S LIST.
I THINK I'M A LITTLE BETTER THAN PICKING COTTON, ALTHOUGH AS A, AS I WAS IN SEVENTH GRADE, I HAD TO PICK COTTON, CUCUMBERS, STRAWBERRIES, AND CHERRIES BECAUSE ECONOMIC SURVIVAL TOOK OVER WITH NECESSARY 'CAUSE MY, MY DAD PASSED AWAY.
WE HAD NO NEST EGG OF SORTS 'CAUSE MY MOM HAD A THIRD GRADE EDUCATION.
I ALSO HAD THE PRIVILEGE AND HONOR OF SERVING OUR NAVY AND ACCUMULATED
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131 MONTHS OF TOTAL OPERATIONAL SUBMARINE SERVICE AND ENDED MY CAREER AS THE AID TO THE VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS.SO TO BLANKETLY SAY THAT A CERTAIN GROUP OF PEOPLE FITS IN THIS MOLD OR FITS IN THAT MOLD IS COUNTERINTUITIVE TO EVERYTHING WE KNOW OR DO.
AND I WOULD ASK THE COUNCIL, IN FACT, I WOULD IMPLORE YOU OR RECOMMEND THAT WE PUT LANGUAGE IN OUR CHARTER, WHATEVER METHOD WE DO.
BY WHICH, WHEN SOMEONE ADDRESSES THE BOARD.
WE ACT PROFESSIONAL THAT WE KEEP ONE THING IN MIND THAT A CHILD COULD BE WATCHING, THAT A CHILD COULD BE INFLUENCED BY OUR LANGUAGE AND HOW WE CARRY OURSELVES.
WE HAVE A DUTY AND RESPONSIBILITY, IN MY VIEW, AS ELECTED OFFICIALS TO ALWAYS DO WHAT'S RIGHT AND TO SET THE HIGHEST STANDARDS REGARDLESS OF CIRCUMSTANCE.
AND I WOULD IMPLORE YOU AND RECOMMEND THAT WE DO THAT AS A STEPPING STONE.
AS A TOTAL SIDE NOTE, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT IF ANY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE A, WOULD LIKE MYSELF TO SERVE ON ANY COMMITTEE, ANY MEMBERSHIP, I'M AVAILABLE AND CAN BE EASILY CONTACTED BECAUSE I WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE MORE TO MY CITY THAN WHAT I CURRENTLY AM.
AND I WOULD ASK THAT, IF THAT'S A S TO YOU, LET ME KNOW AND I'LL BE MORE THAN GLAD TO ASSIST IN ANY WHICH WAY I CAN BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE A DUTY ALSO TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE COUNTY.
AND WITH THAT, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
AND AS YOU SAY, IN THE NAVY, HAVE A FINE NAVY DAY.
HAROLD WALLACE, 5 3 8, LIMIT EIGHT.
I WANNA START OUT TONIGHT, YOU SAW SOME OF THE BEST OF THE GRAND PRIX SCHOOL DISTRICT, THOSE STUDENTS AND STAFF.
I WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST HEALTH OCCUPATIONS PROGRAM IN 1973, SO THIS WAS GREAT.
WHAT YOU SAW LAST NIGHT AT THE GRAND PRIX SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS THE VERY WORST YOU SAW LAST NIGHT.
SOME GOOD BOSS HOG STYLE, GRAND PRAIRIE POLITICS, WHATEVER ORONO HAS DONE OR DIDN'T DO, WHATEVER, BUT TO DO, HAVE NO DISCUSSION.
BUT THERE IN A PUBLIC FORUM, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE MAN.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENED, BUT OUR GRAND PRIX SCHOOL BOARD DOWN THERE, I'VE REMAINED SILENT ON THIS, BUT IT'S NOW TIME TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
THERE'S QUITE A FEW THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED DOWN THERE IN THE PAST 15 YEARS THAT NEED TO BE TALKED ABOUT.
AND WE'RE GOING FORWARD AND THE GRAND PRIX SCHOOL BOARD WILL NOT RESTRICT OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO SPEAK OF THE MEETING RIGHT NOW.
I WANT TO GET TO THE FACT THAT I TURNED IN SOME LIGHTS TWO WEEKS AGO TONIGHT ON CARRIER.
ALL THE LIGHTS WERE OUT THE NEXT DAY.
I DON'T CALL ENCORE, I CALL THE CITY STAFF AND TURN IT INTO THEM.
OKAY, THAT WAS, UM, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY, I GET A TEXT MESSAGE BECAUSE ENCORE SENDS ME THE TEXT MESSAGES.
WE'VE REPAIRED THE LIGHTS FRIDAY NIGHT, NO LIGHTS.
I COULDN'T CALL ANYBODY MONDAY.
I CALLED THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, ENCORE LIED.
I HAVE IT DIGITALLY DOCUMENTED.
ENCORE LIED ABOUT THESE LIGHTS.
WHAT DID THEY CHARGE? THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, WHERE WE INVOICED FOR THIS.
I REALIZE THIS IS CITIZENS' COMMENTS I'D LIKE TO MEET LATER, BUT, UM, WE PAY A BASE FEE, WHATEVER.
WHY DID ENCORE LIE ABOUT THIS? I GOT A HOLD OF YVONNE DAVIS, OUR STATE REP.
MY STATE REP, UH, ROYCE WEST TURNED IT OVER TO THEM.
UH, THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION LIKE DAVE LIEBER OF THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS, THEY'RE NOT FOR THE PUBLIC, THEY'RE FOR THE UTILITIES.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ENCORE CAN'T SAY, OH, IT'S A PAPER TRAIL.
NO, IT'S DIGITALLY DOCUMENTED.
SATURDAY NIGHT, NO LIGHTS SUNDAY NIGHT, AS GOMER PIE WOULD SAY, SURPRISE, SURPRISE.
THEY CAME OUT ON SUNDAY AND TURNED ALL OF THOSE LIGHTS ON.
THIS IS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE FROM CARRIER.
I MEAN FROM ALL THE WAY FROM 20 ALL THE WAY DOWN TO POLO FIRE STATION NINE, THE YMCA.
WE HAVE KIDS GOING BACK AND FORTH TO THE YMC AT NIGHT.
MY WIFE WANTS TO KNOW WHY AM I DOING ALL OF THIS WORK FOR THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE WHO IS ON THE PAYROLL FOR THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE TO DRIVE AROUND AT NIGHT, NOTICE ALL THESE LIGHTS, NOT JUST ONE OR TWO LIGHTS, A WHOLE MILE STRING OF LIGHTS OUT.
MAYOR, 20 YEARS AGO, I SAW YOU DRIVING AROUND OUT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD REPORTING THE LIGHTS.
I APPRECIATED THAT WHEN WE HAD BUDDY BRIDGES.
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BUT THIS DOES ENCORE.HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO DRIVES AROUND AT NIGHT IN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
WHY AM I DOING THIS? LIKE ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS SAID, THEY SENT YOU SOMETHING ON FACEBOOK.
MAYOR, WHY IS HAROLD R. WILLIS FIXING THE GRID IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS? UM, LET'S DO A FORENSIC INVESTIGATION.
WHEN GREG GEISER SAID WE SPENT $150,000 TO DO A FORENSIC INVESTIGATION ON THE EPIC AND EPIC WATERS, LET ME BE THE FORENSIC INVESTIGATION SPECIALIST AT ENCORE, AND I'LL GIVE YOU A GOOD, I WON'T BE $150,000.
I'LL GIVE YOU SOME GOOD K***Y FRIEDMAN PRICING.
I'LL DO IT FOR 75,000 HALF OF WHAT YOU PAID FOR THE FORENSIC INVEST INVESTIGATION ON THE EPIC.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, AND I'VE YET TO HEAR FROM ENCORE.
AND THIS ISN'T SOMETHING FOR THE CITY STAFF.
THIS IS FOR THE MAYOR, THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY.
WHAT LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS DO WE HAVE? I COULD FILE A POLICE REPORT.
AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE INVOICE.
WHAT DID THEY BILL US? DO THEY BILL US? IS IT A MONTHLY CHARGE? WHATEVER.
TODAY AT 9:03 AM I GET, GET AN AUTOMATED MESSAGE FROM ENCORE TELLING ME THE COMPLAINT YOU TURNED IN.
I'VE YET TO HAVE ANYONE FROM THE PUC CONTACT ME AS TO WHAT HAPPENED.
ANYONE FROM ENCORE CAN BUDDY BRIDGES COME OUT OF RETIREMENT, WHO IS OUR REPRESENTATIVE FROM ENCORE TO WORK WITH ON THESE ISSUES? THIS IS A MATTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
THE YMCA KIDS WALKING BACK AND FORTH, PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLES GOING DOWN.
THIS AGAIN, ENCORE LIES AND TEXANS DIE.