Feb 18, 2025 City Council 02182025

THANK YOU HAROLD.

G OH, , I HEARING THE VOICES , UH, NUMBER NUMBER 18.

18? YES.

UH, FUTURE OUTDOORS.

I JUST WANNA SAY THIS IS A WONDERFUL COMPANY.

THEY PUT MY BACK, UH, PORCH ON WHERE I COULD PUT MY HOT TUB IN, AND THE GUY, JOHN THAT WORKS WITH THEM, AND BENITO, BOTH OF THEM TOLD ME THEY'VE DONE WORK FOR THE CITY BEFORE AND I'VE, I'VE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH THEM.

AND THEY TELL ME WHAT, HOW, UH, WONDERFUL IT IS TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

SO THAT'S A GOOD COMPANY AND I'M GLAD YOU'RE DOING BUSINESS WITH THEM.

IS IT, IS IT A PARTICULAR, IS THIS JUST FOR ONE LOCATION OR 20 UH, 19.

20, UH, WHERE FOR 1.5 MILLION FOR, UH, PAVEMENT AND SIDEWALKS.

THIS PALMER, PALMER HALL CONSTRUCTION.

WHERE IS THIS LOCATED IN THE CITY? UH,

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COLD CAROL DEBRIS, DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY.

THIS IS A, WHAT WE CALL A UTILITY CUT CONTRACT.

SO ANYWHERE WATER DEPARTMENT HAS TO DO CUTS TO TAP IN WATER LINES TO REPAIR WATER LINES, SIDEWALKS OF WEED.

THIS IS GOING BACK BEHIND THEM, MAKING THE PAVEMENT HOLE, FIXING THE SIDEWALK, FIXING THE CURB AND GUTTER WHEREVER THEY HAD CUTS.

WILL THIS OUT ON, UH, IN KURT'S DISTRICT THERE? THIS IS CITYWIDE.

ANYWHERE THEY NEEDED.

WERE THERE BUILDING THOSE TOWNHOUSES THERE ON, UM, UH, POLO BY THE SCHOOL THAT'S KEPT? WILL THIS GO TO THAT OR DOES THE DEVELOPER HAVE TO PAY THAT? WELL, THE DEVELOPER, I BELIEVE HAS TO PAY TO PUT THOSE TAPS IN.

BUT, UM, DEPENDING ON WHO DOES IT, IF IT'S OUT IN THE ROADWAY AND WE, THE DEVELOPER HAS TO PUT THAT BACK IF HE'S DOING IT, AND IF THE DEVELOP, IF UTILITIES DOES IT, THEN WE WILL GO BEHIND THEM AND FIX IT BECAUSE THEY KEEP ADDING ASPHALT AND ASPHALT AND THAT JUST KEEPS SINKING IN AND PEOPLE HITTING THEIR CARS IN THERE.

AND I'VE SEEN STAFF OUT THERE QUITE A FEW TIMES, SO I DIDN'T KNOW THIS COULD, AND THEY MAY GO THROUGH UTILITIES TO GET THE WATER TAPS.

I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT WILL WORK, BUT, UM, IF THEY DO, WE WILL COME BEHIND THEM AND FIX THE ROADWAY.

NOW YOU'RE AT NUMBER 20.

UH, THE ELECTRONIC SIGNS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PARKING LOT AT EPIC CENTRAL.

UH, WHEN WILL THEY START CONSTRUCTION ON THE, UH, ON THIS PARKING LOT, PLEASE? TVO MANAGEMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR.

UH, THIS IS ASKING FOR THE APPROPRIATIONS, UM, FOR THE, UM, THE MONEY.

AND THEN WE WILL NOW START WORKING ON THAT AFTER COUNCIL APPROVAL.

SO FAIRLY SOON.

SO BY THE, SAY BY THE 4TH OF JULY, BY SUMMER, BY, THAT'S THE, UH, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GET STARTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

OH, I UNDERSTAND.

NO, THAT'S GREAT.

AND WE'RE PARKING DOWN THERE? YES, SIR.

21 AND 22.

WHO WOULD IS CATALYST COMMERCIAL? UH, WHO ARE THEY? HI, HAROLD LISA NORRIS, MANAGING DIRECTOR WITH CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

CATALYST COMMERCIAL IS BASICALLY, UH, A REAL ESTATE GROUP THAT HELPS US.

THEY'RE HELPING US WITH OUR DOWNTOWN, UH, DEVELOPMENT AND THAT RFEI REQUEST.

SO ITEM 21 IS A FINAL PAYMENT FOR THEIR SERVICES WHEN WE DID THE REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST SURE.

AND THE CITY WAS ULTIMATELY NAMED THE MASTER DEVELOPER.

THAT'S THE FINAL PAYMENT TO CLOSE OUT THAT CONTRACT.

AND THEN ITEM 22 IS THE SAME COMPANY, AND THAT IS JUST FOR ONGOING SERVICES OVER THE NEXT YEAR FOR OUR REDEVELOPMENT OF DOWNTOWN.

SO THAT IS A NEW CONTRACT UP TO 49,000.

HERE'S THE BIGGIE, THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

UH, WHERE IS THE CITY'S INTERNATIONAL CORRIDOR PROJECT? WHERE IS THAT LOCATED? HELLO AGAIN? YES.

LISA NORRIS.

SAME PERSON YOU SAW JUST A MINUTE AGO.

UM, SO THE INTERNATIONAL CORRIDOR IS BASICALLY ALONG 3 0 3 FROM ME, FAMILIA PARK TO ASIA TIMES SQUARE.

IT'S THAT WHOLE SECTION, UH, FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CORRIDOR.

AND THIS IS FOR A GRANT WE ARE JUST APPLYING FOR.

AND WHILE YOU'RE HERE ON SURE.

NUMBER 25 WITH THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE OVER JOE POOL LAKE.

CORRECT.

THAT IS JUST THE BRIDGE OVER JOE POOL LAKE.

AND WE'RE REC WE ARE TRYING TO GET FUNDING FOR A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE.

'CAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT REALLY SAFE FOR A PEDESTRIAN OR BIKER TRYING TO GET ACROSS THAT WITH THE MOTOR VEHICLES.

SO WE'RE HOPING TO BUILD A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE THAT WILL BRIDGE THAT GAP AND ALLOW THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ON EITHER SIDE OF THE LAKE TO GO BACK AND FORTH SAFELY WITH THEIR FAMILIES.

WELL THAT, IS THAT JUST FOR THE BRIDGE BY THE MARINA OR BOTH OF THE BRIDGES? THE, THE, UM, THE BRIDGE.

IT'S THE FURTHER SOUTH.

BOTH BRIDGES.

I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER.

IT BRIDGES? YES.

OH, OKAY, GREAT.

YOU'RE LIKE, WHAT THE HECK'S GONNA HAPPEN? SO NO, THAT'LL BE A GREAT BENEFIT TO GO ACROSS BOTH THE LAKES SO YOU CAN WALK AND RIDE BICYCLES THINKING THAT'S RIGHT.

MY ONLY PROBLEM I HAVE WITH THIS, I HOPE WE GET THE MONEY, BUT IF, UH, OUR GOOD BUDDY PRESIDENT ELON MUSK THAT DO WE KNOW WITH, WITH WHAT'S GOING ON IN WASHINGTON RIGHT NOW, UH, THE POOL OF MONEY, UH, WHO'S IS JOHN CORNYN IS, IS CRUZ IS WHO'S WORKING WITH US TO ASSURE US WE CAN GET THIS POOL OF MONEY.

UH, UNFORTUNATELY ON GRANTS, THERE'S NO ASSURANCE WE'RE GONNA KEEP TRYING AS A CITY.

RIGHT.

SO WE ARE APPLYING, WE'VE TRIED FOR A FEW YEARS.

WE HAVE, AND THEY ONLY HAVE SO MANY GRANTS TO GIVE OUT.

UM, AND LOTS OF PEOPLE CAN APPLY FOR THEM AS THAT QUALIFY, BUT WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO KEEP TRYING.

OH, YEAH, NO, I IT IS NOT YOU.

I'M NOT, NO, IT'S, IT'S, NO, IT'S NOT Y'ALL.

IT'S, IT'S PRESIDENT ELON MUSK.

THAT'S, UH, THAT'S WHO'S, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE SEEING ALL THE FUNDING HELD UP IN OTHER AREAS, SO

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YOU'RE WELCOME.

UH, MAYOR PRO TEM CLEMSON, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MAYOR PROTI.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, I'M MOVED TO APPROVE ITEMS TWO THROUGH 25 ON CONSENT AGENDA.

SECOND, WE MOTION SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PROTI.

JUNIOR.

ZA, YOU ALL IN FAVOR SAY, AYE.

I OPPOSED SAY NAY.

MOTION CARRIES ITEM 26,

[26. City Manager’s Contract]

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I MOVE TO AMEND THE CITY MANAGER'S CONTRACT TO INCREASE THE BASE SALARY TO $331,495 ANNUALLY EFFECTIVE AS OF OCTOBER 1ST, 2024.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION.

AND SECOND.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

A I AIN'T OPPOSED SAY NAY.

ITEM 27.

[27. STP-24-12-0046 - Site Plan - Metro Custom Plastics (City Council District 1). Site Plan for a 99,530 sq. ft. Fabrication/Assembly Plastic Product facility on 10.323 acres. Tract 5E out of Tapley Holland Survey, Abstract No. 750, and Lot 80A, GSID South Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, zoned PD-458 (LI), and approximately addressed as 870 S Great Southwest Pkwy (On January 27, 2025, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval with conditions by a vote of 8-0)]

THIS NEXT ITEM IS A SITE PLAN FOR METRO CUSTOM PLASTICS.

UM, YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.

IT'S LOCATED ON GREAT SOUTHWEST PARKWAY.

UH, THIS ITEM SHOULD LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU.

THE ZONING WAS OBTAINED IN OCTOBER OF 2024 AND SQUARE, 99,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.

IT MEETS OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS, OUR PARKING REQUIREMENTS, AND OUR LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS.

THESE ARE THE PROPOSED BILLING ELEVATIONS.

THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.

AND ON JANUARY 27TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF EIGHT TO ZERO.

UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS, AND THIS CONDITION WAS INCLUDED IN THEIR PD.

IT'S JUST A REMINDER.

UM, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.

I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

ANYBODY? SAVANNAH, IS THERE ANY SPEAKING CARDS OR NO? YES.

OH, SORRY.

I DIDN'T LOOK DOWN AT IT.

ALL RIGHT.

CAN YOU JUST DO HAVE A SPEAKER? SAVANNAH, IS THERE A WAY TO PUSH BACK ON THE OVERALL SITE PLAN? JUST TO HAVE THE SCREEN THERE, THE SPEAKER GOES.

WE APPROVED THIS NOT TOO LONG AGO.

THIS IS JUST A SITE PLAN.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE, UH, THEY ARE HERE TO SPEAK IF NEED BE.

GEORGIA, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ARE YOU READY FOR A MOTION? MAYOR? UH, SINCE THERE ARE NO VARIANCES, I AM READY FOR A MOTION.

I'LL TAKE IT.

I'M MOVED TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 27 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION IS SECOND.

I HEARD IT DOWN HERE FIRST.

A OPPOSED SAY NAY.

MOTION CARRIES.

WELCOME TO GREEN PRAIRIE.

GOOD WORKING WITH Y'ALL.

[28. ZON-24-12-0030 - Zoning Change/Concept Plan - Constellation Rock Island Data Center (City Council District 1). Zoning Change from PD-450 for Light Industrial to a Planned City Council Meeting – February 18, 2025 Page 5 of 5 Development District for Light Industrial and Data Center Use and Concept Plans depicting a 286,800 sq. ft. industrial building and a 401,244 sq. ft., two-story data center on 16.832 acres. Multiple tracts out of the John C Read Survey, abstract No. 1183, including Tracts 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, S7A, S-7-A, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-450, within the SH 161 Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 3514-3560 Hardrock Rd and 4701 Rock Island Rd (On January 27, 2025, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval with conditions by a vote of 7-1)]

ITEM 28.

ALRIGHT, ITEM 28 IS A ZONING CHANGE AND A CONCEPT PLAN FOR CONSTELLATION ITEM 29 .

SO THIS REQUEST IS FOR A ZONING CHANGE AND CONCEPT PLAN.

UH, THE CURRENT ZONING IS A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, AND THEY'RE PROPOSING A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL WITH A DATA CENTER USE.

THAT USE IS CURRENTLY NOT LISTED IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, SO THEY ARE AMENDING THEIR PD TO ADD THAT AS AN ALLOWED USE AND ALSO ADOPT A CONCEPT PLAN.

UH, YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION IS OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN, AND IT'S ABOUT 16.8 ACRES.

UH, SO THIS, AGAIN, THIS REQUEST ADDS DATA CENTER AS A LAND USE AND IT'S DEFINED AS A FACILITY USED TO HOUSE A COLLECTION OF COMPUTER SERVICE SERVERS AND ASSOCIATED COMPONENTS FOR THE REMOTE STORAGE PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTION OF LARGE AMOUNTS OF DATA FOR USE BY OFFSITE END USERS.

SO THIS IS THEIR PROPOSED CONCEPT PLAN, AND IT'S FOR A 4,001, UH, SQUARE FOOT, UH, TWO STORY DATA CENTER.

IT INCLUDES PARKING GENERATORS, UH, GUARD SHACK, AND THEN A FUTURE, UH, POSSIBLE FUTURE SUBSTATION.

I WILL NOTE THAT THIS REQUEST IS INTENDED TO ALLOW THEM THE FLEXIBILITY TO PURSUE THE DATA CENTER, BUT ALSO TO PURSUE A TRADITIONAL LIGHT INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE BUILDING, UH, WHICH THEY HAVE OBTAINED CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF A SITE PLAN PREVIOUSLY.

UH, THIS IS THE AREA ZOOMED IN.

AND DO WANNA NOTE, UH, THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING SOME SCREENING SHOWN IN YELLOW IS THE WING WALL AND A 25 FOOT, UH, CONCRETE WALL AROUND THE OUTSIDE GENERATORS.

UH, THE ITEM OR THE LINE SHOWN IN RED IS THE, UH, CONDITION OF STAFF APPROVAL, OR THE RECOMMENDED STAFF CONDITION IS AN EIGHT FOOT MASONRY SCREENING WALL.

UM, THEY ARE ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL USE, AND SO THAT IS ONE OF THE RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL.

THESE ARE THEIR CONCEPTUAL BUILDING ELEVATIONS.

SO THEY ARE PROPOSING SOME PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT STANDARDS.

AGAIN, IT DEFINES THE DATA CENTER, IT ALLOWS IT AS A USE AND IT ESTABLISHES A PARKING CALCULATION

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FOR THAT PARTICULAR USE.

UH, IT INCREASES THE ALLOWABLE HEIGHT TO 140 FEET.

IT PROPOSES SOME ALTERNATIVE OPEN SPACE AND LANDSCAPING CALCULATIONS.

UH, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY'RE PROPOSING ONE TREE PER 750 SQUARE FEET, UH, WHEN THE UDC REQUIRES EITHER ONE TREE PER 500 SQUARE FEET OR 200 SQUARE FEET, UH, AND THEN ONE SHRUB PER 100 SQUARE FEET.

WHEREAS THE UDC REQUIRES, UH, ONE SHRUB PER 50 SQUARE FEET ON JANUARY 27TH.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ONE, AND THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.

UH, THE FIRST IS THAT CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING SHALL BE CONSIDERED A SEPARATE USE FROM DATA CENTER AND SHALL NOT BE ALLOWED WITHIN THE PRO PROPOSED PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.

UH, THE GENERATOR YARD SHALL BE ENCLOSED AND SCREENED BY A 25 FOOT CONCRETE WALL AS DEPICTED ON THE CONCEPT PLAN.

UH, DEVELOPMENT OF AN OFFICE WAREHOUSE SHALL FOLLOW APPENDIX X OF THE UDC.

AND THEN EXHIBIT E PLAN DEVELOPMENT STANDARD SHALL ONLY APPLY TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DATA CENTER.

A MINIMUM OF EIGHT FOOT MASONRY SCREENING WALL SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED ALONG THE SOUTHERN PROPERTY LINE ADJACENT TO THE RESIDENTIAL USE.

AND THEN A MINIMUM OF 35 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER SHALL BE PROVIDED ALONG THAT SOUTHERN PROPERTY LINE AS DEPICTED IN THE CONCEPT PLAN.

AND THAT LANDSCAPE BUFFER SHALL BE PLANTED WITH A DR DOUBLE ROW OF TREES AND SHRUBS THAT ARE OFFSET SO AS TO ACHIEVE OPAQUE SCREENING IN ADDITION TO THAT SCREENING WALL.

UH, AND THEN BASE LANDSCAPING CALCULATIONS SHALL FOLLOW APPENDIX X.

AND THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL.

THANK YOU MAYOR SAVANNAH, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF EASY QUESTIONS.

UH, WITH THE, THESE DATA CENTER THINGS KIND OF STARTING TO COME UP MORE OFTEN, UH, CAN WE JUST LOOK AT SOME WAY TO FIND THE PLACE IN THE UDC FOR THEM? YES, WE CAN DO THAT.

GOOD QUESTION.

GOOD.

AND UH, AND THEN, UH, THE 25 FOOT WALL AROUND GENERATORS IS BASICALLY A NOISE WALL.

YES.

THAT ACCORDING TO THIS PLAN IS WHAT'S THE ZONING TO THE, OH, LET'S SEE.

HARD ROCK.

I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH DIRECTION IS NORTH ON THIS MAP.

WHAT'S OVER NEXT TO 'EM IN THE VACANT TO THE NORTH OR THE WEST OR THE EAST? NO, EAST RIGHT THERE.

YEAH.

THE EAST IS CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED.

THE ZONING IS A PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR MULTI-FAMILY, UM, USES.

I WILL STATE THAT THERE IS CURRENTLY AN APPLICATION WORKING THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS TO REZONE IT TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

MOVE YOUR CURSOR.

WHERE ARE THEY? THE ONE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW WITH YOUR CURSOR, WHAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE? THIS IS AN ENCORE FACILITY.

SO THEY, THEY'D BE PUTTING THIS 25 FOOT NOISE WALL AROUND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND AN ENCORE FACILITY OR AN ENCORE FACILITY.

RIGHT? YES.

AND AGAIN, IT'S NOISE AND, AND SCREENING FROM ROCK ISLAND AND THEN SCREENING FROM THE SOUTH 25 FOOT AWFUL HIGH THAT, THAT'S WHAT THEY PROPOSED ON THEIR PLAN AND THAT CONDITION LOCKS THEM INTO IT.

WELL, THAT'S WHAT THEY PROPOSED.

OKIE DOKIE.

THANK YOU COUNCIL.

UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PROTE, UH, SAVANNAH, COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE DRCS RECOMMENDATIONS? I WAS WONDERING, DID, DID WE DELINEATE BETWEEN A DATA CENTER AND A CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING OPERATION BECAUSE OF THE, THE UTILIZATION OF ENERGY THAT CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING, UM, LEADS TO PARTIALLY AND THE OPERATIONS ARE, ARE DIFFERENT.

WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS STRICTLY A DATA CENTER, AND THAT'S WHAT STAFF REVIEWED AS PART OF THIS REQUEST.

UH, WE WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THAT IS WHAT THIS ZONING CHANGE IS INTENDED FOR AND NOT THE CRYPTOCURRENCY, WHICH HAS, UH, DIFFERENT COMPONENTS AND WAS NOT REVIEWED.

GOTCHA.

DO YOU KNOW IF LIKE STATE LAW HAS, HAS A WAY OF DELINEATING BETWEEN THE TWO? I'M SAYING HYPOTHETICALLY, THIS GROUP DOES DECIDE TO, UM, PUSH FOR CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING AT THEIR PLACE IN THE FUTURE, AND THE STATE ACTUALLY SAYS THEY ALLOW IT BY RIGHT.

IF IT'S A DATA CENTER, DO DO WE HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THAT? I, I DO NOT AT THIS TIME.

NO PROBLEM.

OUR RATE OF GROWTH AND POWER OUTAGES.

AND I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO, IN MY OPINION, TO THINK, JUST BECAUSE WE SAY IT CAN'T BE CRYPTOCURRENCY DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT GONNA USE THE SAME AMOUNT OF ENERGY.

NOW WE DO SEE HISTORICALLY CRYPTOCURRENCIES USE MUCH, MUCH MORE THAN REGULAR DATA CENTERS.

SO GOOD QUESTION THOUGH.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BARRY HEADON.

YEAH, MY, MY QUESTION WAS ACTUALLY ALONG THE SAME LINES WITH THE POWER AND ELECTRICITY ISSUES, WE'VE HAD CITIZENS COME UP CONCERN WITH, UH,

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NOW THE NEW DEVELOPMENT DOWN SOUTH AS THEY PLAN FOR DATA CENTER CENTERS, UM, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH ALL THE TECHNICAL TERMS, BUT THEY DID SOME KIND OF TEST TO DETERMINE LIKE WHAT THE OUTCOME, UH, OF THIS TYPE OF CENTER WOULD BE AND THE, UH, IF OUR GRID COULD HANDLE IT IN THE AREA.

IS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DOING ON A STAFF LEVEL, LEVEL OR ANY SIMILAR STUDIES? WE LOOKED ENCORE FOR THAT I, YEAH.

I WOULD RECOMMEND, UH, DIRECTING THAT QUESTION TO THE APPLICANT.

THEY ARE HERE AND HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS DIRECTLY WITH ENCORE.

ENCORE IS MORE THAN HAPPY TO SELL 'EM THE POWER.

WELL, I'M SURE THEY'RE GONNA TELL AND THEY'RE GONNA TELL US, YEAH, WE'VE GOT ENOUGH POWER.

SO THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER QUESTION.

IF THE ANSWER'S ALWAYS YES.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE POINT OF THE, OF THE STUDY IS.

I, I DON'T DISAGREE.

BUT, UM, RIGHT NOW TEXAS IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS.

TO GET AS CLOSE TO BREAKING GROUND, UH, FOLLOWING THE PURCHASE OF LAND.

AND HAS BEEN GIVEN THE CHARGE, KEEP UP WITH THE POWER.

SO I I I, I AGREE WITH YOU.

WHY I ASK IF YOU'RE GONNA GET YES, BUT SO FAR, EVEN THE GRID, THE GRID'S HELD, HOLD IT UP TONIGHT.

I THINK IT WAS HOLD IT UP.

GONNA HOLD UP.

UM, MAYOR, YES.

I HAVE ONE COMMENT WE ALL GOTTA REMEMBER.

ENCORE DOES NOT GENERATE ANY ELECTRICITY.

THEY JUST MOVE IT.

ALL THEY DO IS DELIVER IT.

THE GENERATION COMES FROM ERCOT.

MM-HMM .

YEAH.

AND THEY'LL TELL YOU THE STATE'S TELLING US WE'RE GOOD.

UH, I WANT, I WANTED TO ADD, UH, ABOUT THE 25 FOOT SOUND BARRIER.

I WAS JUST DOING A LITTLE RESEARCH AND I GUESS IT SAYS THAT IF IT'S CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING, THAT IT COULD BE AS LOUD AS 91 DECIBELS, LIKE A CHAINSAW TYPE OF SOUND.

SO YOU NEED THAT REALLY TALL YEAH.

BARRIER.

IT CAN BE NOISY, I THINK.

AND I WILL MENTION THAT AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, THEY DID SUBMIT A NOISE STUDY THAT WAS REVIEWED BY OUR PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY DEPARTMENT.

GOOD.

I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER, WE'LL GET A SPEAKER.

UM, SCOTT ELLERMAN, UH, 4 7 0 1 ROCK ISLAND ROAD, UH, GRAND PRAIRIE.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA WANT TO JUST SAY, UH, THANK YOU TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR STEWARDSHIP.

UM, YOUR LEADERSHIP DOES NOT GET THE RECOGNITION IT DESERVES.

UH, AND I'M HUMBLED AND VERY EXCITED TO BE PRESENTING TO YOU TONIGHT WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY.

UH, JUST A LITTLE, A QUICK BACKGROUND ON CONSTELLATION.

UM, WE ARE AN OPPORTUNISTIC INVESTOR IN REAL ESTATE PROPERTIES ACROSS SUNBELT MARKETS, UH, IN THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES.

UH, LOCALLY, THIS WOULD BE OUR THIRD PROJECT IN DALLAS-FORT WORTH.

AND, AND SECOND IN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF DELIVERING TWO BUILDINGS, 200,000 SQUARE FEET OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCT ON 9 0 1 EAST AVENUE.

UH, WE REALLY ENJOYED OUR EXPERIENCE WITH THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, UH, NOT ONLY ON OUR AVENUE K PROJECT, BUT THIS PROJECT AS WELL.

UH, EVERYONE FROM, UH, PLANNING, UH, P AND Z CITY COUNCIL UP TO, UH, PERMITTING AS WELL AS, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

UH, THEY'VE BEEN VERY, UH, AVAILABLE, BEEN VERY COMMUNICATE, COMMUNIC, COMMUNICATIVE, EXCUSE ME.

UM, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE DISCUSSING OUR ROCK ISLAND PROJECT TONIGHT.

UH, A QUICK LOCATION OVERVIEW OF WHERE THE SIDE IS.

IT'S ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF ROCK ISLAND AND HARD ROCK ROAD ON THE VERY NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

OOPS.

UH, HERE'S AN AERIAL OF THE SITE.

IT WAS SHOWN, UH, BEFORE, UH, SHOWN THE PROXIMITY TO HIGHWAY 1 61 AND THE NEIGHBORING ENCORE LEGETTE SWITCHING STATION TO THE WEST.

UH, THE SITE'S PROXIMITY TO THE SWITCHING STATION TO THE WEST IS, IS REALLY THE DRIVER FOR WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY.

UM, THE SWITCHING STATION'S PURPOSE IS TO SWITCH ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS AND ACT AS A POINT TO REDIRECT POWER FLOW WITHIN THE GRID BY CONNECTING AND DISCONNECTING TRANSMISSION LINES.

THIS CREATES A CONVERGENCE OF SEVERAL TRANSMISSION LINES, UH, THAT COULD ULTIMATELY BE REDIRECTED TO OUR SITE POWER, OUR PROPOSED FACILITY.

SO THIS, THE PROXIMITY TO THIS FACILITY IS, IS, IS CRUCIAL.

WE PURCHASED THE 17 ACRE PROPERTY BACK IN JULY OF 2024 WITH THE INTENT TO DEVELOP A WAREHOUSE.

SITE PLAN HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY THE CITY OF COUNCIL.

UH, ON THE TOP OF THE PAGE HERE, HOWEVER, THERE IS AN ONSITE STORAGE LEASE WITH ENCORE, UH, TO STORE EXCESS CABLING EQUIPMENT ON OUR SITE IN LIEU OF THE NEIGHBORING LEGETTE STATION THAT, THAT ON OR STORAGE LEASE EXPIRES AT THE END OF APRIL OF THIS YEAR.

SO WE PURCHASED BACK IN JULY.

UH, USUALLY WE DO HAVE THE INTENT ON OUR DEVELOPMENTS WHEN WE PURCHASED LAND TO IMMEDIATELY BREAK GROUND OR, OR TRY

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IN THIS CASE, WE WERE PROHIBITED BY AN ACTIVE STORAGE LEASE.

SO THAT TIME BETWEEN JULY AND, AND APRIL, OR I GUESS REALLY NOW, UH, WE'VE SPENT, UH, REALLY TRYING TO UNCOVER THE FEASIBILITY OF A PROPOSED DATA CENTER, GIVEN THE PROXIMITY TO THE LEGETTE SWITCHING STATION.

UH, WE HAVE WORKED WITH SEVERAL CONSULTANTS, WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY, UM, AND, AND WE HAVE SEVERAL INDICATIONS THAT THIS IS A VERY SUITABLE SITE FOR A, A PROPOSED DATA CENTER.

UH, AND WE ENDED UP COMING UP WITH A TEST FIT, UH, THAT WOULD REQUEST 72 MEGAWATTS FROM ENCORE TO POWER THIS FACILITY FOR A POTENTIAL END USER.

WE ARE STILL WAITING ON THAT POWER COMMITMENT FROM ENCORE.

AS A CAVEAT, UM, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT, UH, THAT THERE IS COMMUNICATION WITH ERCOT, UM, ON AN APPROVAL OF POWER OF THIS REQUEST.

UH, IT'S NOT NEARLY THE MAGNITUDE OF POWER THAT YOU TYPICALLY READ ABOUT FOR THOSE DATA CENTERS IN SOUTH DALLAS, LANCASTER AREA THAT YOU, UH, THAT WE'VE SEEN, UH, DOMINATING THE HEADLINES.

UM, BUT IT IS ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL STEPS, UH, TO MOVING FORWARD ON THIS PROPOSED DATA CENTER.

OUTSIDE OF THE COUNCIL'S DECISION TONIGHT.

UH, WE DO BELIEVE THAT THERE WOULD BE SEVERAL ADVANTAGES TO HAVING A DATA CENTER AT THIS SITE BEYOND THE INCREASED TAX REVENUE, UH, THAT THIS FACILITY WOULD CREATE.

GOVERNOR ABBOTT EXPRESSED THE DESIRE TO HAVE DATA, UH, HAVE TEXAS AT THE, UH, AS A CENTRAL LOCATION FOR DATA CENTERS IN THE UNITED STATES.

DFW AND GRAND PRAIRIE IN PARTICULAR IS A PRIME LOCATION FOR SUCH DEVELOPMENT.

GRAND PRAIRIE IS IN AN IDEAL SITUATION WITH ITS OUTSTANDING TRANSPORTATION ACCESS AND ITS PROXIMITY TO THE DFW AIRPORT AND CENTRAL LOCATION.

THIS PARTICULAR DATA CENTER IS DESIGNED TO BE AN ASSET TO ITS SURROUNDINGS.

NOISE IS MINIMAL AND IS SCREENED AND BUFFERED AS EVIDENCED BY OUR SOUND STUDY THAT WE CONDUCTED FOR OUR SUBMISSION.

AND THE PROPERTY WILL BE ENTIRELY SECURED.

THERE WERE QUESTIONS, WELL, I GUESS WE'LL GO HERE.

UH, THERE WERE QUESTIONS FROM PLANNING AND ZONING REGARDING THE LOCATION OF OUR ONSITE SUBSTATION, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY ENCORE ORDER SERVICES FACILITY.

I THINK YOU'VE GIVEN US ENOUGH OVERVIEW.

IF SOMEBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL LET YOU ENTERTAINED THEIR QUESTION.

YOU IT.

UM, DEPUTY MAYOR PROTE, THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION, SIR.

UM, WHAT ARE Y'ALL PLANNING ON DOING HERE? IS AI GONNA BE INVOLVED, UM, WORKING TO ADVANCE GENERATIVE AI? WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THE PLANS FOR THE, UM, DATA CENTER SIMILAR TO HOW A WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENT WOULD TAKE PLACE? ON THE SPECULATIVE SIDE, THERE ARE A VARIETY OF USES THAT COULD ULTIMATELY TAKE THAT OR BE AN END USER.

UM, NOW THERE'S NO INTENTION AS, AS MENTIONED BEFORE, FOR US TO ULTIMATELY LEASE THIS OR, UH, HAVE THE END USER BE A CRYPTO MINING FACILITY.

SO THIS ABSOLUTELY COULD BE AN AI FACILITY.

UM, IRONICALLY ABOUT 70% OF DATA CENTER USERS, USERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE GOVERNMENT ENTITIES.

SO IT ABSOLUTELY COULD BE A GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR SEVERAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES AS WELL.

UM, THERE, THERE ARE A VARIETY OF USES AND, AND HAPPY TO SPEAK FURTHER TO THAT.

UM, BUT YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE POPULARITY OF WHAT YOU READ ABOUT NOWADAYS, IT, IT IS, UH, CORRELATED WITH THE AI ARMS RACE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

YES, SIR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE'VE BEEN BRIEFED ON DATA CENTERS MOVING ALL OVER INTO THE METROPLEX.

WE'VE GOT SOME DOWN SOUTH.

WE, UM, THAT'S THE NEW WAREHOUSE, SO, UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER LIGHTS OR QUESTIONS.

I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION QUESTION.

THERE YOU GO.

TONY.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL, UH, SAVANNAH, UM, THEY'RE KEEPING THE, UM, THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING ALSO.

SO IF THIS DOESN'T COME UP TO BE A DATA CENTER, DO THEY STILL HAVE TO MEET, THEY GO BACK TO THEIR OLD SITE PLAN? THAT IS CORRECT.

SO THEY HAVE THE TWO OPTIONS, ONE OPTION IF THIS IS APPROVED, PURSUE THE DATA CENTER.

THE OTHER OPTION IS TO PURSUE THE OFFICE WAREHOUSE THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED.

GOOD QUESTION.

AND THAT, THAT WOULD GO BACK TO THE SITE PLAN THEY HAD IN PLACE THEN? THAT IS CORRECT.

GOOD.

AND IF IN THE MIDDLE OF, IF THEY START WITH THAT AND SWITCH OVER TO A DATA CENTER, DO THEY HAVE TO COME BACK AND GO, GO TO THIS SITE PLAN? THEY WILL HAVE TO DO A SITE PLAN FOR THE DATA CENTER, YES.

THANK YOU TONY, FOR CLARIFYING THAT.

I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

THANK YOU MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

UM, THIS IS RELATIVELY NEW TO MOST OF US AND UM, THE MORE INFORMATION WE HAVE, THE EASIER IT IS FOR US TO MAKE A, A GOOD DECISION.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.

AND UM, MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 28 WITH THE

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CONDITIONS.

UH, WAS THAT JUST STAFF AND DRC? YES.

YES.

ALRIGHT, WITH THOSE CONDITIONS AS WELL.

COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS SECONDED IT.

THAT WAS A GOOD QUESTION JACQUELINE.

HE GAVE US A DIFFERENT, UH, GOOD EXPLANATION ON THE PROCESS OF HOW TO, HEY, THAT'S A LOT OF POWER.

YEAH.

UH, WE HAVE MOTION TO SECOND.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

A OPPOSED AY NAY.

[29. SUP-24-09-0040 - Specific Use Permit Amendment - Inoperable Vehicle Holding Yard at 4226 E Main (City Council District 5). SUP Amendment (SUP-618) to amend the boundary of an existing Inoperable Vehicle Holding Yard and Flea Market on 27.30 acres. A portion of Lot 1, Block 1, Dallas Auto Auction Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Light Industrial (LI) and Heavy Industrial (HI), with an approximate address of 4226 E Main St (On February 10, 2025, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 9-0)]

ITEM 29.

THIS NEXT ITEM IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AMENDMENT AT 4 2 2 6 EAST MAIN STREET.

THIS LOCATION WILL LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU.

UM, CITY COUNCIL RECENTLY APPROVED A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT JUST TO THE EAST OF THIS.

UH, THE CURRENT ZONING HERE IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL.

AND ESSENTIALLY THE REQUEST IS TO ADJUST THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN THE TWO SPECIFIC USE PERMITS.

SO ON THE LEFT SCREEN YOU CAN SEE OR THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE THE UH, BOUNDARY.

PREVIOUSLY, UH, ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT.

SO THIS IS THE SUP THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY COUNSEL AND THIS IS JUST TO ADJUST THAT BOUNDARY AS SHOWN IN YELLOW.

SO IT'S AN EXISTING VEHICLE HOLDING YARD.

AGAIN, NO OTHER CHANGES, JUST THAT BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.

AND Y'ALL ARE OKAY WITH IT? YES SIR.

SO ON FEBRUARY 10TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS WELL.

I DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS.

UH, SAVANNAH, YOU CAN SEE THE APPLICANT HERE.

DO WE? IS THE APPLICANT HERE? NOPE.

IT WOULD'VE BEEN A GREAT TIME TO GET HIM TOGETHER WITH Y'ALL.

UM, MAYOR THIS, WE ALREADY HASHED THIS ONE OUT BEFORE I MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO FOR APPROVAL.

SECOND BY COUNCIL MAYOR LOPEZ.