Mar 18, 2025 City Council 03182025

UH, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

SWITCH OVER TO THE MIC A LITTLE BIT.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

I WANT TO THANK, UH, GOD AND OUR CITY LEADERSHIP FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE A BLESSING TO OUR CITY THIS EVENING THROUGH THIS INVOCATION.

UH, SAMUEL 27 VERSE NUMBER ONE, THE BIBLE SAYS, UNLESS THE LORD BEAT THE HOUSE, THE LABOR IN VAIN WILL BUILD IT.

UNLESS THE LORD GUTS THE CITY, THE WATCHMAN STAYS AWAKE IN VAIN.

AND SO OUR FATHER AND I, GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR BLESSINGS UPON OUR GREAT CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROTECTION AND PROVISION OVER THE RESIDENT AND THE GOVERNMENT OF OUR CITY.

WE THANK YOU FOR VISIONARY LEADERSHIP.

WE THANK YOU FOR OUR HONORABLE MAYOR AND OUR HONORABLE COUNCILMEN AND COUNCILWOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR BLESSINGS UPON OUR CITY MANAGER AND ALL OUR CITY STAFFS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR BLESSING UPON OUR CITY POLICE CHIEF AND ALL OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM AND THEIR FAMILIES.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR BLESSING UPON OUR CITY FIRE CHIEF AND ALL OUR FIRE MARSHALS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

WE THANK YOU FOR THE UNITY, THE PEACE, AND THE PROGRESS OF OUR GREAT CITY.

WE THANK YOU FOR THE SAFETY AND SECURITY WE HAVE ALL ENJOYED IN THIS CITY, THROUGH THIS GREAT LEADERSHIP ALL.

LORD, EVEN TODAY, AS THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS CITY WILL DELIBERATE, WITH NO TRUE WISDOM, A HOUSE IS BUILT AND BY UNDERSTANDING IT IS ESTABLISHED BY KNOWLEDGE.

THE ROOMS ARE FILLED WITHOUT PRESSURES AND PLEASANT RICHES.

THEREFORE, WE PAY FOR YOUR WISDOM AND DIVINE GUIDANCE UPON OUR MAYOR, MR. RON JENSEN, THE COUNCIL, LADIES, AND COUNCILMEN, AND ALL OUR CITY OFFICIALS AS A DELIBERATE ON THE ISSUES OF OUR CITY TODAY.

IN JESUS' NAME, WE ALSO PRAY FOR YOUR SAFETY UPON OUR POLICE CHIEF, CHIEF DANIEL SES AND ALL OUR OFFICERS IN UNIFORMS. WE ASK FOR YOUR PROTECTION UPON OUR FIRE CHIEF ROBOT FIGHT AND ALL THE OFFICERS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

WE PRAY FOR YOUR WISDOM AND BLESSINGS UPON OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. B HILLS, AND ALL OUR CITY EMPLOYEES.

WE PRAY FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR STREET, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, OUR COMMUNITIES, AND OUR SCHOOLS AND ENTIRE CITY.

LORD, WE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRAY FOR YOUR WISDOM AND BLESSING UPON THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR GREAT STATE OF TEXAS AND OUR GOVERNOR, MR. GREG GABERT.

AND UPON OUR GREAT NATION OF AMERICA AND OUR PRESIDENT, MR. DONALD TRUMP, WE PRAY FOR YOUR CONTINUED GUIDE AND GUIDANCE UPON THEM TO LEAD OUR CITY, OUR SEAT, AND OUR NATION ALONG THE PART OF PEACE, UNITY, AND PROGRESS.

LORD, TODAY WE ASK FOR YOUR BLESSINGS, PEACE, MERCY, SAFETY, UNITY AND AMNY IN OUR CITY, AND OUR STATE AND OUR NATION THIS YEAR AND MANY MORE YEARS TO COME.

AND ALL THESE BLESSINGS WE ASK FOR TODAY.

AND WE RECEIVE WITH GRATITUDE IN THE NAME OF OUR ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, JESUS CHRIST, OUR LORD AND SAVIOR.

AMEN.

GOD BLESS YOU.

TO GO OVER THE CONSENT AGENDA, MAYOR PROAM, WE'VE GOT SOME SPEAKERS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA MAIL CHARLIE GARZA.

WOULD YOU JOIN ME, THE, THE FLAG AND TO THE OUR PGI, THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IN CASE THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.

FOR HONOR, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG PGI, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD ONE.

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BEFORE I ASK YOU

[CONSENT AGENDA]

ITEM NUMBER NINE, MAYOR, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH YOU.

I'M SPEAKING IN REFERENCE TO ITEM NINE WHERE IT SAYS THAT WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE THE BASKETBALL COURT AT EPIC AT A COST WITH CONTINGENCY OF $165,000 666 EPIC.

WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT IT'S BEEN CLOSED IN PART BECAUSE OF COVID MEANS IT'S BEEN AROUND ABOUT FOUR YEARS, SO IS THIS GONNA BE A RECURRING COST THAT WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO REPAY THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY? WAS THERE A BID THAT WENT OUT? IF SO, WHO BID FOR THIS CONTRACT? AND TO WHAT EXTENT WAS THE BID MADE AND WHAT WAS THE BID SELECTION CRITERIA TO DETERMINE WHAT WAS THE BEST PERSON TO MAKE THAT REPAIR TO THAT GYM FLOOR MAYOR AND COUNCIL? CHRIS MAHOKY, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

UM, TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, THE FLOOR WAS DAMAGED DUE TO WATER EFFUSION UNDERNEATH.

UH, THIS IS DISCOVERED ABOUT THREE OR FOUR MONTHS AGO.

WE HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH A SERIES OF TESTS, IF YOU WILL, TO ENSURE THAT WE KNEW WHERE THE SOURCE OF THAT, OF THE WATER WAS.

UH, THAT STUDY WAS COMPLETED THIS PAST WEEK WHERE WE'RE CONFIRMED THROUGH A THIRD PARTY VENDOR THAT IT COMES FROM THE OUTSIDE.

IT WAS NOT ANY PRESSURE LINES INSIDE THE FACILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE BID.

WE WERE TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF THIS 'CAUSE WE KNEW THAT WE DID NOT WANT THE GYM TO BE DOWN DURING THE SUMMERTIME, SO WE WANNA TRY AND GET THIS REPLACED BEFORE WE GET TO THE SUMMER.

IT WAS, UH, A, A BID THAT WAS RECEIVED ON BY BOARD, ALTHOUGH AS PER OUR PRACTICE NOW, WE DID REVIEW SEVERAL OTHER BIDS AND REACH OUT TO OTHER COMPANIES.

SO WE FEEL LIKE IT'S A FAIR AND REASONABLE BID.

SO MY QUESTION THEN BECOMES IS, OF THOSE BIDS, WILL THEY MADE PUBLIC AND AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY TO SEE WHAT THOSE BIDS ARE? WELL, THE REQUIREMENT THAT WE HAVE IS TO, TO USE WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.

UH, WE DO HAVE NOTES FROM THE OTHER VENDORS THAT WE DID REACH.

THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

AND MY SECOND QUESTION, WHAT, WHAT, MEL NO, IT'S OKAY.

THEY'RE NOT AVAIL WELL, THEY ARE AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC ONLINE TONIGHT.

THERE, THEY'RE AVAILABLE TONIGHT ONLINE IN THE PACKET.

THANKS.

THANKS TONY.

AND MY NEXT QUESTION, IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL LEAKAGE, WILL THIS PREVENT ANY FUTURE LEAKAGE OR WATERFALL OR WHATEVER THE, THE ISSUE THAT'S CAUSING THE DAMAGE OR, I HOPE SO, BUT I'LL LET THE YES.

AGAIN, THE FORENSIC STUDY WAS COMPLETED AND OUR, WE RECEIVED THE REPORT LAST WEEK.

WE HAVE REMEDIAL STEPS THAT WILL BE TAKEN OUTSIDE THE BUILDING ON THE WESTERN SIDE TO SOLVE IT.

ONCE WE'VE DONE IT, IT'LL BE SOLVED.

ANYTHING ELSE ON ADAM LAND? AND HOW LONG WILL THE GYM BE UNAVAILABLE UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT IT'S AVAILABLE AGAIN TO THE COMMUNITY? UH, MY GUESS IS IT'LL TAKE, UH, ANYWHERE FROM THREE TO FIVE WEEKS, ONCE WE TAKE THE GYM FLOOR UP, GET EVERYTHING TAKEN CARE OF AND PUT THE GYM FLOOR BACK, IT'LL BE OUT OR COMMISSION FOR FIVE WEEKS, THREE TO FIVE WEEKS.

YO, IT'S ONLY ONE LITTLE SEGMENT.

THERE ARE OTHER PARTS OF THAT COURT THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS.

THAT'S CORRECT.

BUT THIS PORTION, YES.

OF IT WILL BE UNAVAILABLE FOR THREE TO FIVE WEEKS.

WELL, WE'RE, NO, WE'LL BE REPLACING THE ENTIRE FLOOR.

SO IT'S NOT A LOCATED UP UNTIL THAT TIME.

THE REST OF THE GYM IS AVAILABLE.

HAROLD WILLIS.

MAYBE HE ANSWERED YOURS.

OH YEAH.

HAROLD WILLIS.

5 3 8 LINLEY.

WHAT I WANNA FOCUS ON IS OUR 2021 FORENSIC INVESTIGATION OF THE EPIC, UH, HILL AND WILKERSON.

WHAT CAN WE GET MONEY OUT OF THEM TO COVER THESE COSTS? WAS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, LIKE, IT PROBABLY WASN'T A PROBLEM WHEN THEY DID THE FORENSIC STUDY 'CAUSE IT HADN'T BUBBLED UP ON OUR COURT, BUT FROM AN ENGINEERING STANDPOINT, AS A RESULT OF THE FORENSIC INVESTIGATION IN 2021 OF THE ENTIRE BUILDING, WHAT DATA DO WE HAVE THERE THAT WE COULD CLAW THIS MONEY BACK FROM HILL? WE'LL INTO THAT WE'LL ASK.

WE'VE HAD, IF THERE'S ANY LIABILITY THERE, ANOTHER FORENSIC INVESTIGATION, LET'S LET HILL AND WORK WILL SEND PAPER THIS, PLEASE.

'CAUSE THAT'S ALL I'M WANTING.

YOU KNOW, WE'LL ASK YEAH.

OUR CITY ATTORNEY CHECK INTO THAT SINCE

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CHARLIE GARZA.

ITEM NUMBER 12, UH, CHARLIE GARZA.

THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL 24 25 OPERATING BUDGET.

THERE IS ZERO DATA.

WHY IS IT, IT'S IN YOUR PACKET, BUT I'LL LET T TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT.

IT'S IN THE BIG PACKET.

IT'S IN THE BIG PACKET AND THE, WHICH IS ON OUR WEBSITE.

EVENING COUNCIL, TBO MANAGEMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR.

AND WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN THE INCREASE BETWEEN LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR? I'LL LET HIM ADDRESS THAT.

SO ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE, OUR ENTIRE PACKET IS POSTED NO LESS THAN 72 HOURS AHEAD.

YOU CAN PULL IT ALL DOWN.

EVENING MAYOR.

THIS IS A, UH, QUARTERLY, UH, BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT WE DO FOR BOTH THE OPERATING AND CIP.

SOME OF IT IS ADMINISTRATIVE, SOME OF IT IS CLEANUP.

UH, SOME OF THESE ITEMS WERE OVERSIGHTS AS PART OF OUR, OUR BUDGETING PROCESS WHERE WE'VE CHANGED PROCESSES.

AND SO WE'RE, THIS IS ADMINISTRATIVE CLEANUP FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE ITEMS. DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION FOR ITEM 13 AS WELL, OR DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? LET'S GO TOGETHER.

SO YES, IT WILL.

IF I MAY, CAN I COMBINE 12 AND 13 TOGETHER SO THEY'RE JUST KIND OF ANSWERING BOTH AT ONE TIME? SURE.

THAT'S FINE.

IN TERMS OF THE ISSUE, YOU, YOU USED THE TERM CLEANUP, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT'S DEFINED AS.

YEAH, SO SIR, SOME OF THESE ITEMS, UH, FOR INSTANCE, OUR SOFTWARE METHODOLOGY CHANGED THIS YEAR.

ORIGINALLY IT WAS CENTRALIZED WITH THE IT DEPARTMENT AND WE'VE MOVED IT TO INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS AS PART OF THAT TRANSITION PROCESS.

SOME SOFTWARE, UM, WERE OVERLOOKED.

AND SO THIS IS PART OF THE, WHERE WE'RE BUDGETING FOR THOSE SOFTWARES THAT WERE NOT CAPTURED AS THEY WERE TRANSITIONED TO THE DEPARTMENTS.

SO IT IS, IT'S CLEANING UP AS PART OF OUR BUDGETING PROCESS, WHETHER WE REALLOCATE CERTAIN THINGS.

SO YOU'RE REALLOCATING OR ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS.

SO IT, WE ARE ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THINGS THAT WERE ALREADY APPROVED THAT WERE, WE WE DID NOT GET THE BUDGET APPROVED.

YOU DIDN'T GET ENOUGH MONEY THE FIRST TIME? YES, SIR.

I, HE, HE, THAT'S WHAT HE WANTS TO KNOW.

HOW, HOW MUCH WE, WE BUDGETED A DOLLAR AND WE NEEDED A DOLLAR AND A QUARTER.

THEY'RE DIFFERENT ITEMS AND I CAN, RIGHT.

I I I MEAN THAT'S, YES.

AND I CAN GO OVER THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS BECAUSE THEY'RE RIGHT AND HE CAN FIND THEM ONLINE.

BUT IT'S ROUTINE EVERY QUARTER.

YOU BRING THOSE TO US.

HAROLD WILLIS, ITEMS 12 AND 13.

UM, HAROLD WILLIS, I JUST WANNA QUICKLY ASK, WILL THIS HAVE ANY INPUT IMPACT ON OUR SALES TAX OR BOND RATING CRITERIA? NO.

THIS WILL NOT HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR SALES TAX OR BOND RATING.

THANK YOU, MR. WILLIS.

GAS DRILLING AND PRODUCTION MODIFY REGULATIONS FOR DATA CAMPUSES.

WHAT DO DATA CAMPUSES HAVE IN RELATIONSHIP TO GAS DRILLING AND PRODUCTION? WELL ASK HER.

HI CAROL.

CINDY MENDEZ, PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY DIRECTOR.

SO A DATA CAMPUS IS ACTUALLY DATA CENTERS MULTIPLE ON A CERTAIN ACREAGE OF LAND.

SO WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT ONE DATA CENTER.

IT'S REALLY LIKE A DATA CLUSTER.

UM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE REQUESTING THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVE IS A SETBACK FOR GAS DRILLING FROM THE DATA CLUSTERS.

IN OTHER WORDS, THEY CAN'T DRILL CERTAIN D FEET WITHIN THAT SETBACK.

SO DOES THIS MEAN THE DATA CAMPUSES ARE GONNA BE ON THE, THE FOOTPRINT OF THE GAS WELLS? NO, THEY CAN'T BE.

IT.

IT'S GONNA BE THEY CAN'T DRILL WITHIN A CERTAIN FOOTPRINT.

OF THE DATA CENTERS.

JUST LIKE THEY CAN'T DRILL WITHIN SO MANY FEET OF A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OR A CITY PARK.

THEY ALSO CAN'T DRILL WITHIN SO MANY FEET OF A DATA CAMPUS.

NOW THEY COULD GET GAS FROM UNDER THE DATA CAMPUS.

SURE.

JUST LIKE THEY CAN GET GAS FROM UNDER THE RESIDENCE.

THIS IS JUST SETTING HOW CLOSE THEY CAN DRILL TO THE DATA CENTERS.

MM-HMM .

AND JUST, AND THE OWNERS OF THESE GAS WELLS, ARE THEY ONE GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS? WE HAVEN'T BEEN APPROACHED.

THIS IS JUST SETTING THE CIRCLE FIVE.

THEN THEY'LL HAVE TO COME TO US TO GET A PERMIT.

COMMUNIST CHINA SAID THEY'RE NOT GONNA BUY ANY MORE NATURAL GAS IN

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TEXAS TODAY.

SO, KIND OF A LITTLE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LITTLE EXTRA GAS ON OUR HAND.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

THAT'S IT? THAT'S IT.

MAYOR PROTE, GEORGIA.

I'D ACCEPT A MOTION.

MAYOR.

I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS NUMBER FOUR THROUGH 14 ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

THE OPPOSED A NAY.

MOTION CARRIES EIGHT TO ZERO.

MAYOR, MAY I HAVE A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE AT THIS MOMENT? SURE.

JUST BRIEFLY, JUST WANTED TO TELL EVERYBODY THAT SATURDAY IS THE BIG EVENT AND WE HAVE OVER A THOUSAND VOLUNTEERS.

AND SHE WANTED TO DO IT NOW BEFORE HALF OF YOU LEFT.

UH, IT WILL BE SATURDAY AT EPIC CENTRAL 8:00 AM COME HAVE COFFEE AND A FREE BREAKFAST BEFORE WE SEND OVER A THOUSAND VOLUNTEERS OUT TO DO GOOD THINGS FOR THEIR NEIGHBORS.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

ITEM

[15. STP-25-01-0003 – Site Plan – Wildlife Pickleball (City Council District 1). Site Plan for six pickleball courts, a restroom building, and associated parking to serve as the open space requirement for the Wildlife Commerce Park industrial development. Lot 3, Block 7, Wildlife Commerce Park, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-217C, within the SH 161 Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 705 W Wildlife Pkwy (On February 24, 2025, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 7-0)]

15.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THIS NEXT ITEM IS A SITE PLAN.

THIS IS FOR WILDLIFE PICKLEBALL, AND THE REQUEST IS FOR A SITE PLAN FOR SIX PICKLEBALL CORDS, A RESTROOM BUILDING AND ASSOCIATED PARKING.

UH, YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.

UH, THIS IS PART OF THE WILDLIFE COMMERCE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, AND THEY'RE PROPOSING ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE FOR THE OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT.

UH, IT'S ADDRESSED AS 7 0 5 WEST WILDLIFE PARKWAY.

ON THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE THE SITE PLAN.

AGAIN, SIX PICKLEBALL COURTS, A RESTROOM BUILDING ASSOCIATED PARKING.

UH, THE, UH, IMAGE ALSO SHOWS, UH, CONNECTIONS TO THE TRAIL THAT RUNS THROUGH OR RUNS ALONG WILDLIFE.

AND THROUGH THE, THE DEVELOPMENT.

UM, UPON CONSTRUCTION AND COMPLETION, IT WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

UM, THEY ARE, UH, MEETING OUR LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS.

THE PARKS DEPARTMENT REVIEWED THIS AND WORKED WITH THEM TO MAKE CHANGES, UM, TO, UH, THE SHRUBS.

INSTEAD OF PROVIDING SHRUBS AS REQUIRED, THEY'RE PROPOSING ORNAMENTAL TREES.

THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PARKS MAINTENANCE, UH, CAPABILITIES.

UH, ON FEBRUARY 24TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS WELL.

THIS IS A VERY NICE GIFT TO OUR CITY.

UH, MEL, GO AHEAD AND READ MR. BRAD COOPER.

UM, WISHES TO SPEAK.

ONLY IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I'M ASSUMING YOUR REPRESENTATIVE FROM CROW.

THERE YOU GO.

OH, I, HEY.

YEAH, YOU GOT YOUR PADDLE UP.

UH, THANK YOU.

THIS IS A MUCH NEEDED ADDITION TO OUR CITY.

UH, WHILE WE'RE ON PICKLEBALL, WE ARE COMPLETELY RENOVATING, TEARING UP AND RENOVATING THE COURTS AT FRIENDSHIP.

GOING TO HOW MANY COURTS NOW? EIGHT.

EIGHT.

AT FRIENDSHIP AND THE SPORT.

DO WHAT COVERED? AND THE SPORTS CORPORATION APPROVED THE FUNDING TO COVER IT.

WE TALKED ABOUT COVERING THIS NEW SITE.

WE CHOSE FRIENDSHIP FIRST BECAUSE WE KNOW THE USAGE THERE.

WE HOPE THIS GETS THE SAME UTILIZATION TO WHERE THE SPORTS COURT MAY BE ENTICED TO PAY TO COVER IT.

BUT THAT'S SOMETHING TO, FOR US TO LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS.

I'M SUPPOSED TO SHUT UP NOW AND ASK FOR A MOTION.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

YES, MAYOR.

UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO CROW AND TO BRAD AND WILL FOR SEEING THE NEED FOR THIS.

AS YOU COULD HAVE PUT A WATER FEATURE THERE, YOU COULD HAVE DONE A, A NUMBER OF THINGS THERE, BUT YOU CHOSE A, A VERY SMART THING.

PICKLEBALL.

WE'RE VERY, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU FOR DOING THAT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UH, MAYOR.

MAYOR, I HAVE TO MOVE TO APPROVE WITH A JOYFUL PART.

UH, ITEM 15, YOU TURNED IT OFF THE MIC, BUT WE STILL HEARD YOU.

WE HAD A MOTION BY MAYOR PROTE.

SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR.

PROM IS ON.

YOU ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

I AIN'T OPPOSED SAY NAY.

MOTION CARRIES RAD.

TELL, WELL, THANK YOU.

[16. STP-22-08-0040 - Site Plan - MDM Townhomes (City Council District 2). Site Plan for a single-family townhome development with 36 units on 3.145 acres. Saint Louis Townhomes Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, zoned PD-37 district, within the SH161 Corridor District, and generally located on the east side of SH 360, approximately 120 ft. north of Atrium Dr (On February 10, 2025, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval with conditions by a vote of 9-0)]

ITEM 16.

ITEM 16 IS FOR MDM TOWN HOMES.

THIS WAS CONTINUED FROM THE PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

UH, AGAIN, AS A REMINDER, THEY'RE PROPOSING 36 TOWNHOME UNITS ON ABOUT 3.1 OR FIVE ACRES.

UH, STAFF DID HAVE SOME CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, AND THE APPLICANT IS WILLING TO MEET THOSE CONDITIONS AND IS CONFIRMED.

WE HAVE A SPEAKER, DANIEL RIZZO.

I'M SORRY IF I MISPRONOUNCED THAT.

I CAN'T READ IT.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH ALL THE ORDINANCES AND WORKING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HEDON ON THOSE.

ARE YOU JUST HERE FOR I'M THE DEVELOPER IF ANY QUESTIONS? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HEDON GAVE US A THUMBS UP, ALTHOUGH WE CAN'T TAKE THAT AS A MOTION.

UH, WE DISCUSSED IT IN BRIEFING AND WE ARE READY TO MAKE A MOTION.

I'D REC I'D RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER MIKE DOKI.

TP DASH 22 DASH 0 8 0 4 0 SITE PLAN.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE, UH, AND APPROVE ITEM 16

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SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION.

AND SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY.

MOTION CARRIES ITEM 17.

[Items 17 & 18]

ITEM 17 AND 18 ARE RELATED TO THE SAME PROPERTY, SO I'LL PRESENT THEM AT ONCE.

THE FIRST IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT COMPONENT, AND YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE THE PROPERTY.

THIS FIRST COMPONENT OF THEIR REQUEST IS TO AMEND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP TO BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING, WHICH IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL .

THE SECOND ELEMENT IS THE ZONING CHANGE AND CONCEPT PLAN.

AGAIN, THE LOCATIONS OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.

AND THE EXISTING ZONING IS A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR COMMERCIAL USE.

THEY'RE COMING IN WITH A PROPOSED LAND DEVELOPMENT FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USE.

AND THEN THEY DO HAVE THE CONCEPT PLAN FOR AN INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE BUILDING.

UH, THE PROPERTY'S ABOUT 13.88 ACRES.

UH, HERE'S AN AERIAL VIEW SHOWING THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING LAND USES.

ON THE SCREEN THERE IS THEIR CONCEPT PLAN, WHICH IS ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT SPECULATIVE OFFICE WAREHOUSE.

UH, THEY DO HAVE THE TRUCK COURT LOCATED, UH, TOWARDS THE FLOODPLAIN AND AWAY FROM THE, UH, RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE EAST.

THESE ARE THEIR CONCEPTUAL BUILDING ELEVATIONS.

SO I MENTIONED THEIR PROPOSALS FOR A PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING.

UM, THEY, UH, HAVE MADE SOME MODIFICATIONS THAT ALLOW LAND USES.

THEY WENT THROUGH AND REMOVED ANY, UM, LAND USES THAT THEY DIDN'T NEED.

UM, THAT COMPLETE LIST IS IN THE PACKET.

UM, ON FEBRUARY 24TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO.

UH, STAFF, UH, RECOMMENDS CONDITIONS SHOULD CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THIS, UH, REQUEST.

UH, THOSE CONDITIONS ARE THE FIRST SOUTHERN DRIVEWAY SHALL BE REMOVED UNLESS THE TRANSPORTATION IMMOBILITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT APPROVES A VARIANCE.

IT'S TOO CLOSE TO AN EXISTING DRIVEWAY.

AND THEN, UH, AFTER P AND Z STAFF ADDED, UH, TWO CONDITIONS, JUST TO CLARIFY THE SCREENING REQUIREMENTS ADJACENT TO THE RESIDENTIAL, UH, WHICH IS A MASONRY SCREENING WALL.

AND THEN THE THIRD IS A WROUGHT IRON FENCE WITH LIVE SCREENING SHALL BE INSTALLED WHERE THE MASONRY SCREENING WALL WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED DUE TO THE FLOODPLAIN.

UM, SO THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.

I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

ANY COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL? AND I'M NOT READY FOR A MOTION.

I'M NOT EITHER.

SAVANNAH IS, UM, IF THIS, IF THIS WERE TO PASS, WOULD A CONVENIENCE STORE BE ALLOWED? SO A CONVENIENCE STORE WOULD REQUIRE AN SUP? I BELIEVE THEY HAVE REMOVED THAT FROM THEIR LIST.

I COULDN'T FIND IT.

YEAH, IT'S, IT'S NOT, NOT IN THE LIST I HAD.

IT WOULD REFER BACK TO THAT, UH, THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH REQUIRES AN SUP WHO ALLOWED BY SUP.

AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL LAND USES.

THAT WAS MY QUESTION FOR SAVANNAH.

HUH? THANK YOU.

UH, WE HAVE A SPEAKER.

TYLER THOMAS.

I WELCOME TYLER COUNCIL.

WE CAN MOVE ON BOTH OF THESE AT THE SAME TIME.

PERFECT.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, MY NAME IS TYLER THOMAS, UH, OF REMONT GROUP HERE IN DALLAS.

I'M PRESIDENT OF THE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DIVISION.

UM, BRIEFLY ON MONT.

UH, WE ARE A PRIVATELY HELD, UH, INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT FIRM HERE IN DALLAS.

UH, DECISION MAKERS ARE LOCAL.

UM, AND, UH, WE ARE, UH, FOCUSED IN MULTIFAMILY AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, UH, THROUGHOUT DFW, UM, NINE 30 DUNCAN PERRY.

SO, UH, AS STAFF MENTIONED, THIS IS SOUTHEAST QUADRANT OF TARRANT ROAD AND DUNCAN PERRY.

UH, THIS IS RIGHT ON THE BORDER OF ARLINGTON AND GRAND PRAIRIE.

UM, OUR SITE IS SPLIT PRETTY EVENLY BETWEEN DISTRICTS, UH, ONE AND FIVE.

UM, THIS SITE HAS BEEN UNDER MULTIPLE PDS, UH, AND IS CURRENTLY UNDER THE, UH, IS UNDEVELOPED TODAY.

IT IS UNDER A COMMERCIAL PD, UH, SINCE 2005.

THE 20 YEARS PRIOR TO THAT, IT WAS UNDER A MULTIFAMILY PD.

IT REMAINS UNDEVELOPED, UH, DUE TO SOME SIGNIFICANT SITE CHANGES.

UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE SITE, I WOULD ENCOURAGE IT.

UH, THERE ARE, UH, SIGNIFICANT GRADING AND TOPOGRAPHY ISSUES.

UM, FLOODPLAIN OCCUPIES A LITTLE OVER HALF OF THE SITE.

AND THEN THERE'S AN EXISTING SANITARY SEWER LINE IN WHICH WE ARE, UH, PREPARED TO RELOCATE APPROXIMATELY A THOUSAND LINEAR FEET.

AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF SINCE OCTOBER ON THAT ITEM.

SO, SURROUNDING AREA LAND USE, UH, JUST WANT TO MAKE CLEAR, WE'RE NOT INTRODUCING ANY NEW LAND USES TO THE AREA.

UM, WE ARE SURROUNDED IN THE RED AND THE PURPLE HERE BY COMMERCIAL AND HEAVY INDU, HEAVY INDUSTRIAL

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THE YELLOW IS, UM, HIGH DENSITY, YOU KNOW, MULTIFAMILY AND RESIDENTIAL.

UH, ONE THING TO NOTE WITH THE SWITCH FROM COMMERCIAL TO A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL PD, WE ARE PROPOSING USES THAT WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS DAILY TRIPS IN TRAFFIC.

DUNCAN PERRY IS NOT A, A ROAD THAT, UH, IS HEAVILY UTILIZED.

AND, UH, UH, OUR USES ARE, ARE EXCLUDING THINGS LIKE, UM, PUBS AND FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS, ALCOHOL STORES AND SALES.

UM, THESE ITEMS ARE USES THAT WOULD BRING NIGHTTIME TRAFFIC TO A RESIDENTIAL AREA.

UM, WHEN THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES AND THE FLEX INDUSTRIAL USES WE ARE PROPOSING WOULD NOT ONTO THE PROJECT, WE ARE PROPOSING APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED TO 105,000 SQUARE FOOT STANDALONE FLEX LIGHT INDUSTRIAL FACILITY.

UM, IT IS SHALLOW BAY IN NATURE, MEANING IT IS NOT A DEEP, UH, UH, MORE DISTRIBUTION FOCUSED, CALL IT BIG BOX DISTRIBUTION USER.

UM, UH, THIS IS GONNA BE CATERED TOWARDS SMALLER, UH, TENANTS, SMALLER LOCAL BUSINESSES AND REGIONAL BUSINESSES IN THE AREA.

UM, THE SITE PLAN THAT STAFF SHOWED, UH, WAS THOUGHTFULLY DESIGNED WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN MIND.

UM, I WOULD SAY TWO THINGS THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO NOTE ABOUT THIS PLAN IS PLAN NORTH IS ALSO, UH, ACTUAL NORTH, AND THEREFORE OUR, UM, OUR FACADE AND OUR STOREFRONT ENTRIES ARE FACING THE SOUTHERN MULTIFAMILY, UH, NEIGHBOR.

AND THEN ON THE EASTERN SIDE, UM, WE HAVE ADDITIONAL, UH, UH, RESIDENTIAL, UM, THAT'S SET BACK APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED FEET THROUGH A UTILITY EASEMENT.

AND THEN THERE'S APARTMENTS ON THAT END.

UM, WE ARE PROPOSING LANDSCAPING AS WELL AS A CURTAIN SCREENING WALL.

SO THERE WOULD BE NO, UM, VISUALS, UH, INTO THE TRUCK COURT WHERE YOU MIGHT RUN INTO BOX TRUCKS AND, UH, MAINTENANCE VEHICLES, TRAILERS, THINGS OF THAT NOTE.

SO, UM, THE PLAN ORIENTATION, THE SECOND ITEM I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT IS THE PARKING.

THIS BUILDING HAS APPROXIMATELY THREE TIMES THE PARKING OF FACILITIES OF THIS NATURE.

UM, REASON BEING IS WE ARE REALLY CATERING TOWARDS A MORE FLEX, UM, HEAVY HEADCOUNT, UH, FROM AN EMPLOYEE STANDPOINT.

UH, THOSE TYPE OF USERS, WHICH WE FIND IN THESE 10, 15, 20 5,000 FOOT SQUARE FOOT SQUARE FOOT BUSINESSES.

UM, MOVING ON BUILDING ELEVATIONS.

THIS IS JUST SHOWING THE MULTIPLE STOREFRONT ENTRIES AND THE, THE DEMIS ABILITY, UM, DIVISIBILITY OF THIS BUILDING.

ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE PERFORMED A SITE LINE STUDY TO ENSURE THAT THE NEIGHBORING SOUTHERN MULTIFAMILY, UH, THE APARTMENTS WOULD HAVE NO LINE OF SIGHT TO A ROOF, TO A TRUCK COURT, TO HVAC UNITS, MECHANICAL UNITS, ANYTHING OF THAT SORT.

UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ON THE SOUTH END WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT A RETAINING WALL THERE, UH, AS WELL AS SOME ESCAPING.

HERE'S SOME DESIGN RENDERINGS.

LASTLY, WHY ARE WE BUILDING WHAT WE'RE BUILDING? BECAUSE THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT GAP IN THE MARKET TODAY.

UM, SMALL BUSINESSES ARE REALLY WHAT MAKE UP GSW AS A WHOLE.

AND THESE BUSINESSES DO NOT HAVE A PLACE TO GO IN EFFICIENT NEW WAREHOUSES.

THERE IS AN ABUNDANCE OF VACANCY IN GSW TODAY, BUT IT IS OBSOLETE.

AND WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS A NEW, MORE EFFICIENT, UH, LAYOUT.

SO THANK YOU FOR COMING THAT OPEN UP THE QUESTIONS THAT CONCLUDE? NOPE, WE STILL HAVE THE RECORD.

WE READ 'EM INTO THE RECORD.

WE HAVE A NUMBER OF, UM, CITIZENS WHO DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WISH TO RECORD THEIR SUPPORT.

GRIFFIN NEAL.

DAN SMITH, LORENZO ROCCA.

MATT KEEM.

AND ALEXANDRA MARTINEZ.

I'D RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL.

YOUR COMPANY DOES, AND YOU HAVEN'T FLIPPED ANY OF 'EM.

UH, ONE OF THE USES YOU ASKED TO BE ALLOWED BY WRIGHT IS, UH, CONTRACTOR SHOPS WITH STORAGE.

ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT OUTSIDE STORAGE? NO, SIR.

UM, WE'VE DONE OUR BEST.

THAT WAS A EASY QUESTION.

THAT WAS, WE'VE HAD ISSUES WITH OUTSIDE STORAGE IS THE WHY THAT QUESTION'S ASKED.

NO.

IS WHAT WE WANTED TO HEAR NOT WHY? NO.

UH, TELL US .

IT COULD BE MAYOR PRO TIMM CLEMSON.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UH, UH, TYLER, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT THAT YOU SHOULD BE, UM, HE, TYLER HAS BEEN, UH, VERY OPEN TO COMMUNICATION WITH US AND, UM, UH, WE APPRECIATE THAT UH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS AND TO SORT SOME THINGS OUT THAT WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT.

UM, ALSO, YOU TOLD US SOMETHING IN ONE OF THE MEETINGS THAT I APPRECIATED THAT YOU, UH, ALREADY OWN SOME PROPERTIES

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IS THAT CORRECT OR YES, MA'AM, TO DATE? UM, UH, THIS IS FOR MULTIFAMILY AND FOR, UH, COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.

UM, WE HAVE NOT SOLD ANY TO DATE.

UM, WE DON'T LOOK AT OURSELVES AS A MERCHANT DEVELOPER.

WE BUILD QUALITY AND WE BUILD TO HOLD.

UM, THAT BEING SAID, UH, IF A BUSINESS, UH, I'LL GIVE YOU AN AN EXAMPLE, HOOK AIR CONDITIONING FROM IRVING JUST BOUGHT A BUILDING.

IF A BUSINESS WANTED TO MOVE IN AND OWNER OCCUPY THEIR FACILITIES, WE WOULD ADDRESS THAT AT THAT TIME, AND WE WOULD MAKE YOU AWARE BEFOREHAND.

BUT, UM, NO, WE BUILD WITH THE INTENT TO HOLD, UH, FOR THE LONG TERM AND HAVE NOT SOLD, UM, TO DATE.

AND, UH, YOU SAID SOMETHING JUST THEN ABOUT YOU BUILD QUALITY BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HOLD ONTO IT.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL.

I DON'T WANT TO, I DON'T WANT ANYBODY HERE TO THINK THOSE COMICS MEAN THEY CAN, CAN'T SELL IT A YEAR FROM TODAY.

, HIS INTENTION IS TO HOLD THAT.

IF A DEVELOPER CAME IN LIKE HOOK AND WANTED TO PUT SOMETHING IN THERE THAT IS COMPLIANT WITH OUR ORDINANCES OR GOT SUP, THERE'S NOTHING SAID TONIGHT THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SELLING IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER, SHOTWELL MAYOR.

EVERYBODY THROUGH TALKING.

YEP.

UH, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, WE CAN HANDLE THESE WITH BOTH, WITH ONE.

AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LOP LOPEZ SAID MAYBE MENTION IN THERE THAT NO OUTSIDE STORAGE IS APPROVED.

OH, I PLAN ON DOING THAT.

UM, SINCE WE'RE HAVING ISSUES WITH OUTSIDE STORAGE, I WOULD, I WOULD THEN MOVE TO, UH, CLOSED PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE ITEMS NUMBER 17 AND 18 WITH, UH, AS PER P AND Z WITH THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONS, UH, CONTRACTOR SHOPS THE INDOOR STORE, NO OUTDOOR STORAGE IS NOTED FOR ANYTHING WITH ANYTHING.

AND ALSO THAT NO CONVENIENCE STORES WILL BE ALLOWED.

AND THE THIRD THING IS, AND IT, THESE MAY HAVE ALL BE BEEN TOUCHED ON ALREADY IN THE LIST, BUT JUST TO DOUBLE CHECK AND MAKE SURE THAT NO BUSINESSES THAT REQUIRE AN AUTOMOTIVE RELATED BUSINESS PERMIT ARE ALLOWED.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM GEORGIA.

CLEMSON, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

A AYE.

ANY OPPOSED, SAY NAY.

AND I, I, I DIDN'T EVEN ASK YOU IF YOU CARED ABOUT THOSE 'CAUSE TONY WAS WANTING THAT IN IT.

UH, TO ANSWER, NO, WE, UH, HAPPY TO EXCLUDE ALL AUTO RELATED USES.

I, I, I HOPE THAT WE HAVE, UH, ON OUR 40 UH, USES THAT WE'VE EXCLUDED CONVENIENCE STORE.

WE CAN ADD, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON THE, UM, STORAGE PIECE.

OUR, OUR INTENT IS TO NOT HAVE ANY SORT OF MATERIALS LAY DOWN YARDS, ANYTHING OF THAT.

WE DO HAVE AN EXTRA PARKING PIECE ON THE NORTH END OF THE BUILDING.

20 SPACES.

IS THAT ALLOWED FOR PARKING OF VEHICLES OR, THAT'S THAT STORAGES OF MATERIALS.

JUST FROM MATERIAL STANDPOINT? YES.

THAT'S FINE.

JUST DOUBLE CHECKING.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO YES.

ADAM, 19 AND 20.

THEY TOGETHER OR NOT? 19 AND 20

[Items 19 & 20]

TOGETHER.

INTENDED FOR MORE FLEX UH, SPACE.

UM, ALL RIGHT.

ITEM, UH, 19 IS THE FIRST ELEMENT, WHICH IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FROM HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO, UH, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO ALIGN WITH THEIR PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE.

YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.

UH, THEIR REQUEST IS FOR, UH, TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR MULTIFAMILY USE TO A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USE.

AND THEY ADDITIONALLY ARE PROPOSING, UH, THREE DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE CONCEPT PLAN FOR SPECULATIVE INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSES.

UH, THIS IS ABOUT ALMOST 16 ACRES.

AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE IT OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.

UM, THEY, AS I MENTIONED, HAVE THREE, UH, DIFFERENT CONCEPT PLANS.

UM, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE TWO BUILDINGS ON THE SOUTH OF IT REMAIN UNCHANGED.

UH, THE, UH, THE NORTH OF THE PROPERTY, THEY ARE PROPOSING, UH, KIND OF THREE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS.

SO, UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING TWO, UH, 50,000 SQUARE FEET BUILDING.

UH, THE FIRST OPTION A IS A 44,000 SQUARE FOOT, UH, BUILDING, OR TWO BUILDINGS, AND A 35,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.

UH, THE SECOND OPTION IS TWO, UH, INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WITH TRUCK DOCKS FACING HARD ROCK ROAD AS SHOWN ONE 60,000 SQUARE FEET, 1 51.

AND THEN THEIR FINAL OPTION IS SIX SMALLER BUILDINGS

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THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND CAN, UH, ELABORATE ON THE TYPE OF TENANTS THEY'RE, UH, PROPOSING TO ATTRACT FOR THAT.

UH, THESE ARE THE PROPOSED CONCEPTUAL BUILDING ELEVATIONS, AND THEY'RE REQUESTING SOME VARIANCES.

THE FIRST IS TO THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER.

UH, WE REQUIRE A 30 FOOT, UH, LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG STREETS.

YOU'LL NOTE THAT THERE ARE THREE, UH, STREETS ALONG THIS PROPERTY.

UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING A 20 FOOT BUFFER ALONG 1 61 AND HARD ROCK AND 15 ALONG ROCK ISLAND ROAD.

UH, THE SECOND IS THE PARKING REDUCTION.

UH, THEY'RE REQUESTING TO DO AN ALTERNATIVE CALCULATION, UH, FOR THEIR FLEX AREA, UH, TO BE PARKED AT ONE PER 650 SQUARE FEET.

UH, THEY'RE ALSO REQUESTING TO REDUCE THE WALL HEIGHT FOR THE WING WALLS.

UM, THE UDC REQUIRES 25 FEET.

THEY'RE PROPOSING 14.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED IN THE PAST.

AND FINALLY, TRUCK DOCKS, UM, ALONG HARD ROCK ROAD, ONE OF THEIR CONCEPT PLANS SHOWS THOSE TRUCK DOTS FACING THAT, UH, KIND OF IN REVIEWING THEIR PROPOSED VARIANCES, STAFF HAS MADE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.

UH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH FIVE OF THOSE SIX RECOMMENDATIONS.

UH, SO THE FIRST IS THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE THE 30 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER, UH, PER THE REQUIREMENTS.

UH, THE DRIVEWAY DESIGN AND LOCATION MUST BE APPROVED BY A TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

PRIOR TO THE SITE PLAN BEING PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION, UM, STAFF RECOMMENDED THAT THE PARKING SPACES SHALL BE PROVIDED PER OUR CALCULATIONS AND APPENDIX X AND THE UDC, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID NOT CHOOSE TO RECOMMEND THAT.

UM, NUMBER FOUR IS, IF THE CONCEPT B IS DEVELOPED, UH, THAT THEY, WITH THE TRUCK DOCKS, UH, FACING THE STREET, THAT THEY PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SCREENING, UH, TO SCREEN THOSE TRUCK DOCKS, SUCH AS A MASONRY SCREENING WALL OR A LIVING BERM.

UH, IF CONCEPT C IS DEVELOPED, NO OVERHEAD DOORS OR TRUCK DOCKS SHALL BE ALLOWED ON ELEVATIONS FACING HARD ROCK ROAD, WEST ROCK ISLAND ROAD, OR 1 61.

AND THEN FINALLY, A LINE OF SIGHT DRAWING SHALL BE PROVIDED DURING THE SITE PLAN PROCESS TO ALLOW STAFF TO ENSURE THAT, UM, THE WING WALL IS SUFFICIENT IN HEIGHT TO HIDE THOSE TRUCKS.

UM, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.

I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM ZANU.

SO, SAVANNAH, WHEN WE VOTE TODAY, ARE WE VOTING ON ONE SPECIFIC CONCEPT PLAN, OR ARE WE VOTING ON ANY OF THE THREE? HOW DOES IT WORK? ANY OF THE THREE.

SO WHENEVER THEY, IF WE APPROVE IT, WHEN THEY COME BACK BEFORE US FOR THE SITE PLAN, WILL THEY BRING US ONE SITE PLAN, OR ARE THEY GONNA BRING US POTENTIALLY THREE? THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND CAN ANSWER THAT.

HOPEFULLY THEY WILL HAVE DETERMINED THE PLAN.

I WOULD HOPE AT THAT POINT AND WOULD PRESENT.

I WOULD THEY, THEY THEY'D HAVE TO BRING US ONE.

NO, THEY GOT OKAY.

AND THEN THEY WOULD BUILD THAT SPECIFIC ONE.

RASHAD IS GI BUT NO, YOU CAN'T BRING US.

NO, WE'RE NOT GONNA GIVE HIM A ROUNDABOUT.

YOU GET, YOU GET TO CHOOSE ALL THE, FROM THESE THREE, BRING US WHAT YOU'RE GONNA BUILD WITH ALL THE RELATED ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS.

'CAUSE YOU WANNA FOCUS ON WHAT THAT ONE SITE PLAN IS.

WE HAVE TO APPROVE JUST ONE.

THANK YOU RASHAD.

AND THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

WE HAVE SOME SPEAKERS.

MR. HAMILTON PECK.

YOU KNOW, I WAS WITH MAYOR PRO TIM CLEMSON AT A TOWN HALL.

WE ASKED FOR A RAISE OF HANDS.

HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD RATHER HAVE APARTMENTS THAN WAREHOUSE? WE DIDN'T GIVE 'EM ANY OTHER CHOICE.

HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD RATHER HAVE WAREHOUSES THAN APARTMENTS? AND IT REALLY DEPENDED ON WHERE THEY LIVED.

PEOPLE DOWN SOUTH UNANIMOUSLY SAID, MY GOODNESS, GIMME WAREHOUSES.

PEOPLE UP NORTH SAID, I'M TIRED OF WAREHOUSES.

GIMME APARTMENTS.

ISN'T THAT ODD? IT'S REALLY SPLIT 50 50.

SO, BUT YOU THINK THIS IS GONNA WORK BETTER THAN THE APARTMENTS? AND I CAN'T SAY NO TO THAT.

'CAUSE I GET BEAT UP EVERY DAY ON APARTMENTS.

YOU HAVE THE FLORA HAMILTON PECK 4 0 1 EAST PALACE PARKWAY, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.

UM, BACK IN 2019, I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT IDEA TO, TO PLAN FOR APARTMENTS.

UM, THE LAND IS REALLY, REALLY NARROW FROM 1 61 TO HARD ROCK, AND IT'S GOT A REAL STEEP DROP AROUND.

OH, I KNOW WHERE IT IS.

YEAH, AROUND 40 FEET.

SO THE PLAN WAS TO DO LIKE PODIUM STYLE APARTMENTS WHERE YOU USE THE TOPO OF THE LAND AS THE PARKING STRUCTURE INSIDE, AND THEN YOU BUILD CONCRETE, AND THEN YOU BUILD ALL THE APARTMENTS ABOVE IT.

BUT THAT TURNED OUT NOT TO BE FEASIBLE BECAUSE THE AREA JUST ISN'T, UM, ISN'T ADEQUATE FOR APARTMENTS.

SO I COULD NEVER GET TRACTION ON THAT.

UM, BACK TO THE, UH, BACK TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE SITE PLAN.

THE, THE, WE STARTED THIS ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO, AND THE PLAN THAT'S GETTING THE MOST TRACTION IS CONCEPT PLAN B.

UM, CAN I PULL THAT UP? YES.

UM, THERE ARE A FEW VARIANCES, AND I JUST WANTED TO, BEFORE I START TALKING ABOUT THAT, OF ALL THE CASES I'VE EVER, EVER BROUGHT TO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, I'VE NEVER ASKED FOR A VARIANCE.

THIS ONE.

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I'M JUST GONNA ASK FOR ONE, PLEASE.

, UM, DEPENDS ON HOW BIG IT IS.

HAMILTON? YES SIR.

WHAT IS IT? WELL, THERE'S FOUR, FOUR, UH, VARIANCES TWO THROUGH FOUR.

WE'VE TAKEN CARE OF THE PARKING REDUCTION.

WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT WING WALL HEIGHT.

WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT.

THE TRUCK DOCKS ALONG HARD ROCK, UM, STAFF RECOMMENDED A EIGHT FOOT MASONRY WALL, AND WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT.

THE ONE THING THAT I'M HAVING A REAL HARD TIME WITH IS THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER.

BECAUSE THE LAND IS SO NARROW, IF WE GO 30 FEET ON EACH SIDE, WHAT HAPPENS IS THE WAREHOUSE, THOSE TWO WAREHOUSES ARE ONLY ABOUT 80 FEET DEEP.

I CAN NEVER BUILD THAT.

IT'LL NEVER WORK.

WELL, THAT'S ONE WAY TO PREVENT SOME WAREHOUSES FROM GOING IN .

SO, AND, UH, BUT NOTED, WE'LL SEE WHAT THE COUNCIL WANTS TO DO.

I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE COUNCIL.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM.

SO THIS IS A QUESTION FOR STAFF.

IF WE DID GIVE HIM THIS VARIANCE FOR OPTION B AND HE CAME BEFORE US WITH A SITE PLAN FOR ANOTHER OPTION, WOULD THE VARIANCE TRANSFER OVER TO THE YEAH, WE'RE GIVEN THE VARIANCE FOR ALL THREE OF THESE OPTIONS.

IT WOULD BE FOR ANY OF THE OBSTACLES, YES.

BUT ALL OF 'EM HAVE THE SAME FOOTPRINT, BASICALLY.

AND HE NEEDS IT TO BUILD ANY ONE OF THE THREE.

YOU GOT IT.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL, MR. PECK, IF, UH, THE COUNCIL WAS LOOKING AT, UH, CONSIDERING GRANTING THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER VARIANCE, UM, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO BUMP UP THE AMOUNT OF LANDSCAPING THAT YOU PUT IN THAT SMALLER AREA TO WHERE IT LOOKED A LOT BETTER THAN JUST WHAT THE MEN? I THINK THAT COULD BE PART OF OUR MOTION.

I, RIGHT NOW WE ABOUT 140 TREES, AND SO IF WE BUMPED THAT UP, SAY 10, 15%, THAT WOULD ADD QUITE A FEW TREES AND ADD SOME TREES AND WE COULD BUMP UP SVE, HELP COMPENSATE FOR THE, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING.

OH, NO, EXACTLY.

AND I, I THINK THAT IS NOT A BAD IDEA.

MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, DON'T SEE ANY OTHER LIGHTS FOR YOU.

HAMILTON, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

ONE OTHER SPEAKER WHO, UH, DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WANTS TO RECORD SUPPORT JONATHAN TODDY, I'D, UM, I'D READ IT.

ACCEPT A MOTION FROM EITHER FROM YOU, MAYOR PROAM.

UM, AS THE MAYOR SAID, THE APARTMENTS AND WAREHOUSES, AND THERE ARE, THERE'S A DIFFERENT SCHOOL OF THOUGHT FROM DIFFERENT PEOPLE ON EACH ONE.

UH, COULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHAT SURROUNDING THIS PROPERTY? YES.

TO THE NORTH, SOUTHEAST WEST.

WE KNOW THAT 1 61 IS ONE ON ONE SIDE, CORRECT.

AND IT IMMEDIATE IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEST IS, UH, INDUSTRIAL, UH, THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY ZONED TO ALLOW A DATA CENTER.

UH, THERE'S ALSO A MOBILE HOME PARK AND THEN, UH, SURROUNDING THIS RIGHT IN WITH WHAT'S AROUND IT.

AND WE'RE ON.

WE CAN DO 19 AND 20 TOGETHER.

YES, MA'AM.

YES, WE CAN.

WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE FLUME AND, UM, RASHAD, IT WOULD BE WITH A STAFF CONDITIONS.

RASHAD WOULD BE WITH STAFF CONDITIONS.

WOULD THAT, IF THAT'S IN THE MOTION, IT, WOULD THAT COVER EVERYTHING? EXCEPT WE ARE GIVING THE GRANT OF THE VARIANCE EXCEPT FOR THE 30.

CORRECT.

AND WITH EXTRA, SAY 20% MORE.

UH, YES, YOU'D GRANT THE EXCEPTION, BUT WITH 20% MORE.

AND YOU ARE NOT GRANTING HIM THE PARKING.

Y'ALL DON'T WANT US TO GRANT HIM THE PARKING.

SO YOU'RE GRANTING HIM, UM, WE'RE, YOU'RE IMPOSING THE CONDITIONS TWO THROUGH SIX, ALLOWING FOR AN EXCEPTION FOR THE CONDITION NUMBER ONE.

WITH THE CAVEAT OF AN ADDITIONAL 20% OF LANDSCAPING.

THAT SOUND OKAY? THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

AND APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS, UH, NUMBER TWO THROUGH SIX.

WE'RE, UH, GONNA CLOSE.

MAYOR, I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR NUMBERS, UH, ITEM NUMBER 19 AND 20

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AND, UH, ON NUMBER ONE, WE NEED 20% MORE LANDSCAPING FOR A BUFFER FOR AND ALLOWING THE REDUCED BUFFER.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

IF 20% ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING, IS THAT CLEAR ENOUGH? RASHAD? YES, SIR.

YES SIR.

COUNSEL, DO WE UNDERSTAND? MM-HMM .

CAN I HAVE A SECOND COUNT? SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. THANK YOU FOR HELPING US THROUGH THIS STAFF.

AS ALWAYS, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

YOUR OPPOSED AIN'T NAY.

IT'S TIME FOR OUR CITIZEN

[CITIZEN COMMENTS]

COMMENTS.

AND AS ALWAYS, WE LISTEN.

DON'T DISCUSS, MEL, READ THEM.

OKAY, CHARLIE GARZA.

GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN.

UH, TWO, UH, DIFFERENT ISSUES.

ISSUE NUMBER ONE IS I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC ON KINGSWOOD.

KINGSWOOD HAS HAD TWO HOMES BY WHICH THE ROCK WALLS HAVE BEEN HIT BY CARS AND THERE'S EXCESSIVE SPEEDING IN THE AREA AND PEOPLE MAKING LIKE THESE KIND OF DONUTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND IT IS CONTINUAL ALL THE WAY UP TO TWO IN THE MORNING SOMETIMES THAT THIS HAPPENS.

AND IT'S PRETTY MUCH EVERY OTHER DAY, IF NOT, NOT MORE THAN THAT.

AND I WOULD RECOMMEND AND ENCOURAGE COUNSEL TO HAVE EITHER LAW ENFORCEMENT LOOK AT THE AREA AND SEE IF THEY COULD BE STOPPED OR ANOTHER REMEDY, POSSIBLY A STOP SIGN OR A SPEED BUMP OR SOMETHING TO TRY TO MINIMIZE THE SPEED SINCE IT'S A COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT.

THE FIRST CAR THAT HIT THE HOME, THERE WAS CHILDREN PLAYING IN THE BACKYARD, HAD THAT CAR HIT THAT OTHER HOUSE BY STILL WHEN IT HIT, THAT'D PROBABLY BEEN DEAD CHILDREN IN THE PROCESS.

SO I'D RECOMMEND THAT WE LOOK AT THAT IF I WOULD.

AND ISSUE NUMBER TWO, I'VE HEARD THE COUNCIL OVER AND OVER AGAIN TALK ABOUT COMPLIANCE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF NO VARIANCE.

AND I NOTICED ONE THING THAT WAS DISTINCTLY MISSING FROM COUNCIL AND FROM CITY HALL.

AND THAT IS A PICTURE OF THE USS TEXAS, WHICH IS THE LATEST SUBMARINE.

I THOUGHT THAT MR. JOHNSON WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

CONSTABLE JOHNSON, THE NAVY SHIP.

AND I FRAMED IT FOR YOU.

I FRAMED YOU A COPY OF THE SUBMARINE USS TEXAS, SO THAT YOU COULD PLACE IN THE BUILDING SUB.

AND SHE IS PART OF WHAT'S CALLED THE VIRGINIA CLASS SUBMARINES.

AND SHE IS AN AMAZING SHIP.

AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO THINK THEY'RE SMALL, LET ME GIVE YOU SOME KIND OF CONCEPT OF WHAT THEY ARE.

THIS PARTICULAR SUBMARINE IS CONSIDERED SMALL, AND SHE'S A FERRARI OF THE SUBMARINE COMMUNITY, AND SHE IS JUST OVER A HUNDRED YARDS LONG.

AND FROM THE BOW TO THE TOP, THE BLACK PART CALLED THE SAIL, SHE'S SIX STORIES TALL.

AND THAT'S A SMALL SUBMARINE.

AND I'D LIKE TO GIVE THIS TO THE COUNCIL TO ADD TO SOMEWHERE TO ADD, GIVE IT TO OUR CITY SECRETARY RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S VERY NICE.

UH, HAROLD WILLIS, 5 3 8 LINLEY.

HAROLD WILLIS.

I'M REALLY UPSET TO SEE THAT WHITE BUILDING BEING TORE DOWN RIGHT BEHIND US.

I KNOW WE HAVE PROGRESS, BUT, UH, THAT, THAT BUILDING BRINGS BACK A LOT OF GOOD MEMORIES.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22ND, 1963, I WAS IN THAT BUILDING WITH MY GRANDFATHER QUITE A FEW TIMES GOING FORWARD.

AND WITH OUR LIBRARY, I WOULD, I'M KIND OF SENTIMENTAL, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A COUPLE OF THOSE WHITE BRICKS PLEASE.

IF WE COULD PERHAPS USE SOME OF THOSE WHITE BRICKS IN SOME KIND OF AN ART PROJECT FOR THE CITY WITH THE PARKS OR OTHER EARTH OR THE GRAND PRAIRIE, SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE, OUR HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO INCORPORATE, MAYBE MAKE A MAILBOX OR SOMETHING.

I, I JUST HATE TO SEE THAT BRICK.

'CAUSE BUILDING WAS BUILT WHAT, IN 48, 52.

UH, SOMETHING ON THAT RANGE.

SO IT'S BEEN THERE.

IT'S PART OF THE, THE LANDSCAPE OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

I GUESS I WAS UPSET WHEN WE TORE DOWN NAVAL WEAPONS RESERVE PLANT OUT ON JEFFERSON.

I WANTED TO HAVE THAT NAVAL WEAPONS RESERVE PLANT PUT ON SOMETHING IN GRAND PRAIRIE.

I BELIEVE RUTHIE JACKSON PUT QUITE A FEW HOURS IN THAT NAVAL WEAPONS RESERVE PLANT IN THE, FROM 42 TO 45.

THAT WAS, UH, MY GRANDMOTHER WAS IN THERE TOO, AS ROSIE THE RIVETER.

AND MY GRANDFATHER GOT THE GAS ON THERE.

SO THESE ARE JUST HISTORICAL THINGS THAT MEAN A LOT.

WHAT I WANNA SHARE WITH YOU, 40 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK, THE POWER SHIFT OF GRAND PRAIRIE CHANGED.

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40 YEARS AGO, WE HAD THE LIQUOR BY THE DRINK ELECTION, WHICH INCLUDED FOR THE FIRST TIME JUST THE CITY LIMITS OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

NOT CEDAR HILL, NOT DUNCANVILLE, JUST GRAND PRAIRIE.

40 YEARS AGO, LEE ALCORN AND I WERE RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL, THE STORY THERE.

BUT, UM, THEY CALLED THE ALCORN, THE COLORED BOILER WITH THE BIG AFRO, AND THEY CALLED ME THE WHITE TRASH FROM AVON VILLAGE.

HOW DARE THESE TWO PEOPLE TELL US WE'RE GONNA HAVE ALCOHOL AND RESTAURANTS IN GRAND PRAIRIE? I WISH JIM SWAFFORD WERE HERE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THIS PART OF GRAND PRAIRIE VOTED NO FOR LIQUOR BY THE DRINK SOUTH OF 3 0 3, SOUTH OF 20 OVERWHELMING VOTES.

THAT'S WHERE THE VOTES CAME FROM.

AND THAT'S WHERE THE VOTES ARE NOW OUT THERE THAT BROUGHT ABOUT THE CHANGE TO GRAND PRAIRIE.

AND EVEN AFTER VOTING FOR LIQUOR BY THE DRINK IN 1985.

WHEN DID WE GET IT WAS WHAT? 5, 6, 7 YEARS BEFORE WE EVEN GOT THE FIRST RESTAURANT.

DURING ONE OF OUR CAMPAIGN EVENTS, RUTHIE JACKSON SAID ABOUT LIQUOR BY THE DRINK, I AM GOING TO VOTE WHAT IS BEST FOR THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

AND BIG OLD MIKE LEWIS SAID, WINK, WINK, I'M GONNA VOTE MY CONSCIENCE.

WE KNEW THAT RUTHIE JACKSON AS A BUSINESSWOMAN, MIKE LEWIS, WE WERE TIRED OF GOING TO ARLINGTON.

WE WERE TIRED OF GOING TO OAK CLIFF.

WE WANTED TO STAY IN GRAND PRAIRIE TO EAT.

WE AND I TOOK CHARLIE ENGLAND AND RUTHIE JACKSON AND OTHER FOLKS UP HERE TO BRING THE CHILIES, BRING THE CHILIES INTO GRAND PRAIRIE.

THAT IN THE UNITED ARTIST THEATER, THAT JUST DIDN'T HAPPEN.

THERE WAS A LOT OF EFFORT PUT IN HERE TO DO SOME LYNDON JOHNSON STYLE ARM TWIST, AND TO CONVINCE THE INVESTORS, YOU WANNA RETURN TO GRAND PRIX? YOU DON'T WANNA STAY AWAY FROM GRAND PRAIRIE.

YOU'RE PUTTING THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO RUN THIS MARCH OF 1985.

DURING THAT SAME WEEK IS WHEN TICK, TICK, TICK, NEXT STONE, 60 MINUTES, ALL OF THAT.

WHEN THEY WERE MAKING FUN OF LEE AORN AND I, THEY SUDDENLY BACKED OFF WHEN THE 60 MINUTES EPISODE APPEARED.

AND LEE AORN AND I PROUDLY SAID, LET'S BRING IN THIS ELECTION TONIGHT, SO WE GONNA HAVE THE RESTAURANTS TOMORROW.

WE KNOW THAT WOULDN'T OCCUR, BUT THIS IS PART OF THE TRANSITION THAT FOR SO MANY THINGS WE TAKE FOR GRANTED THAT WE ENJOY.

NOW IN GRAND PRAIRIE, THERE WAS A LOT OF SACRIFICE THAT OCCURRED, AND THAT WAS A LOT OF STRONG POINT OF CONTENTION, JUST HAVING A LIQUOR BY THE DRINK ELECTION IN GRAND PRAIRIE.

NOW, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE SAY, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE GOT TOO MANY LIQUOR STORES, THE WHOLE THING, BUT JUST BRINGING MORE RESTAURANTS.

SO AS THE RADIO SHOW ON SATURDAY MORNING WITH ED WALLACE, THE BACKSIDE OF HISTORY, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKSIDE OF HISTORY AND TO BE A PART OF THAT TRANSITION THAT OCCURRED 40 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH.

THANK YOU, DR.

ANGELA LUCKY VAUGHN.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR.

UH, RON JENSEN, UM, MAYOR PROTE, GEORGIA CLEMSON AND GRAND PRAIRIE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER BILL HILLS.

MY NAME IS DR.

ANGELA LUCKY VAUGHN.

I RESIDE AT 44 73 HARPERS FERRY DRIVE, GRANTFORD, TEXAS.

MARCH IS ABOUT THE STARLAND PRESS ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF WOMEN.

I WAS INSPIRED TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS ON WOMEN WHOM I ADMIRE.

COUNCILWOMAN JACQUE QUINN HEATON.

FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN ELECTED FEMALE ON GRAND PER CITY COUNCIL.

MILIA MCGINNIS, FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN CITY ATTORNEY PRESIDENT AMBER MOFFITT.

FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN FROM DOW.

WORTH TO SERVE ON THE GPIZ SCHOOL BOARD AS PRESIDENT DEBRA PRUITT, WHO IS OUR FIRST ELECTED OFFICIAL AFRICAN AMERICAN TO SERVE ON G-P-I-S-D SCHOOL BOARD.

UH, MAYOR PRO, TIM COUNCILWOMAN, GEORGIA.

CLEMSON, SALLY MOORE, G-P-I-S-D, ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT, DR.

MARVIN DIXON, DANA, DR.

DANA JACKSON, IKA WRIGHT, SUSANNA RAMIREZ, EMILY LAWS, NANCY BRIDGES.

TRACY RAY, ACTING GP SUPERINTENDENT, CHRIS COLEMAN, CONGRESSWOMAN JASMINE CROCKETT, TRINA, JAMES, DENISE GRAND, BRILL, DOLORES PURVIS, PHYLLIS MOSLEY, PATSY RAY, REBECCA JENSEN, MEL PARKHILL.

CHERYL SMITH, WHO IS THE CHAIR OF PNZ, DANIEN GRAY.

SHIRLEY HARRISON.

CAROL HARRISON, SHARON HARRISON, COMMISSIONER EVER GARCIA PASTOR CHERYL FRANKLIN KENNEDY, TRICIA ROGERS, TINA ROGERS, MALLET PASTOR PORTIA DUNCAN.

DEBORAH SPELLS MARQUITA NEMO, STEPHANIE MARINO, OMA GATES, SHE HACKETT,

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ANISSA DOUGLAS JUDGE, SANDRA JACKSON, DOROTHY CALHOUN, HILDA RAMIREZ, LISA NORRIS AMS, SP LES, MEGAN MAHAN.

CHERYL DELEON.

IT'S HARDER TO HATE UP CLOSE.

MAKING SNAP JUDGMENTS AND DISMISSING SOMEONE WHO YOU TRULY HAVEN'T GIVEN A CHANCE TO GET TO KNOW IS EASY.

AND AT SOME POINT, WE'VE ALL BEEN GUILTY OF THIS BEHAVIOR.

THAT'S WHY THE STATEMENT THAT IS HARD TO HATE UP CLOSE RESONATES.

MANY OF OUR NEGATIVE OPINIONS OF OTHERS STEM FROM OUR OWN FAILURES TO UNDERSTAND THEIR LIFE EXPERIENCE AND VALUES.

HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE AND TRULY GETTING TO KNOW THEM AND ALLOWING THEM TO KNOW YOU, SHOWS US THE ACCENTURE CORE OF US AS HUMAN BEINGS AT HUMANS.

WE ALL HAVE AN INNER FABRIC THAT CONNECTS US IN SOME WAY.

SO HOW DO WE MAKE COGNITIVE EFFORTS TO STOP DISMISSING AND START GENUINELY CONNECTING? INVITE A COWORKER OR NEIGHBOR TO GRAB A CUP OF COFFEE OR LUNCH.

DON'T COME WITH ANY OTHER AGENDA OTHER THAN GETTING TO KNOW THEM.

ASK THEM TO TELL YOU THEIR STORY AND YOU SHARE YOURS AND THEN DO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN.

THE MORE YOU GET TO KNOW SOMEONE, THE MORE FORMALITIES YOU'LL FIND AND LESS THE INDIVIDUAL BECOME EASY TO BE DISMISSED OR UNHEARD.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE DON'T HAVE TO AGREE WITH EACH OTHER'S IDEAS IN ORDER TO AGREE TO BE KIND AND RESPECT EACH OTHERS AS INDIVIDUALS.

WILL ALL THE WOMEN THAT'S HERE TODAY, PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED.

I WOULD WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE.

THIS IS WOMEN HISTORY MONTH.