Jul 14, 2025 City Council 07142025

COUNSEL, LET US PRAY FROM THE BOOK OF PROVERBS SPEAKS OF WISDOM.

AND SCRIPTURE SAYS, ON THE HEIGHTS BESIDE THE WAY, AT THE CROSSROADS, WISDOM TAKES HER STAND BESIDE THE GATES IN FRONT OF THE TOWN.

AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE PORTAL, SHE CRIES OUT TO YOU OR PEOPLE I CALL.

AND MY CRY IS TO ALL WHO LIVE, LORD GOD, LET US LIVE AS YOU WOULD HAVE WITH WISDOM.

MAY A GIFT OF WISDOM ANOINT US THIS EVENING, THIS BODY BEFORE YOU, THIS THESE MEN AND WOMEN ARE READY, WILLING TO HEAR, TO LISTEN, TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF US ALL.

BE WITH THEM, LORD.

LET THEM EMBRACE THE GIFTS THAT YOU HAVE GRACED US WITH.

THEY STAND IN UNITY TO GAIN, TO MOVE FORWARD, TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT.

BLESS THEM.

BLESS THESE PROCEEDINGS THIS EVENING.

BLESS THE STRUGGLES, LORD.

'CAUSE WITH THE STRUGGLES YOU STAY WITH US.

AND LORD, FOR THOSE THAT KEEP US SAFE, PLEASE KEEP THEM SAFE, ARMOR THEM AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY ARE NEVER ALONE.

LORD GOD, WE ASK THAT YOU HAVE US.

REMEMBER THAT WITH ALL THAT IS GOING ON, THIS IS YOUR WORLD.

THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL WORLD WITH ALL THAT WE HAVE THAT TRY TO TAKE US IN THE DARKNESS, YOU SHOW US THE LIGHT, YOU ARE A SHINING BRICK, BEACON OF TRUTH AND LOVE.

THIS IS YOUR CREATION.

AND WE'RE SO BLESSED TO BE HERE.

IN JESUS' NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN.

PLEASE JOIN US.

WE PLEDGE TO USE FLAG AND HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, OUR P TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE PER ON HONOR, TEXAS FLAG ON PLEDGE OFE TO BE TEXAS, ONE STATE, NEVADA ONE, AN INDIVISIBLE REPRESENTATIVE, TURNER.

[1. Check Presentation by Representative Chris Turner for Grand Prairie Fish Creek]

PERFECT TIMING.

JUST COME ON DOWN.

I THIS IS COUNT.

THIS IS REPRESENTATIVE CHRIS TURNER REPRESENTS OUR TARRANT COUNTY PORTION OF OUR STATE'S.

BEEN OUR REPRESENTATIVE.

HOW LONG CHRIS? 15 YEARS.

15 YEARS.

HE IS A RESIDENT OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

AT THE URGING OF SOME OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND REQUEST OF SOME OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, YOU PUT IN FOR A, A GRANT FOR US, UH, NOT THE ONLY TIME YOU'VE EVER DONE IT, BUT THIS YEAR, $2.8 MILLION, $2.8 MILLION LONE STAR PARK GRANT.

OH, I MEAN, IT'S A LOCAL PARKS GRANT.

NOW, WHERE'S IT GOING? FISH CREEK TRAIL.

FISH CREEK TRAIL.

LOOKING AT THE AGENDA, HERE'S 3.38 MILES.

OUR BICYCLE RIDE GOES DOWN AT, SOMETIMES IT'S IN RIGHT IN YOUR AREA.

COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.

SOME OF THE AREAS ARE LIT, SOME OF THEM ARE.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL WALK ALONG THE CREEK.

IT REALLY IS FOLKS.

UH, AND YOU CAN REALLY GO ALL THE WAY OVER TO MATLOCK AND CONTINUE ON PAST MATLOCK IF YOU WANTED TO.

BUT THAT YOU CAN GO MATLOCK ALL THE WAY BACK.

YOU CAN GO TO BEHIND COALS THE OLD COALS IF YOU KNOW WHERE THAT IS.

SO, UM, THIS IS GONNA ALLOW US TO DO SOME ADDED AMENITIES, ADDED LIGHTS.

THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.

AND WE'RE HERE TO CON CONGRAT.

THANK YOU, CHRIS.

SO COUNSEL, I'D LIKE Y'ALL TO STAND UP AND JUST GIVE CHRIS COUNSEL.

THANK YOU MEMBERS COUNSEL.

UH, NOW THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION HAS CONCLUDED, UM, THAT ARE, I THINK, PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT TO GRAND PRAIRIE.

THANK YOU GUYS.

AND I'LL GIVE YOU THE FLOOR.

WELL, MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU THAT THAT IS VERY, VERY KIND AND, UM, I'M VERY RESPECTFUL OF Y'ALL'S TIME.

I KNOW Y'ALL, UH, UNDOUBTEDLY HAVE A BUSY AGENDA.

UH, AS A GRAND PRAIRIE RESIDENT, LEMME SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE AND, AND BEAUTIFUL, AND KEEP OUR ECONOMY BOOMING.

UM, AND, UM, I, I DO HAVE THIS, UH, CEREMONIAL CHECK PRESENTATION TO, TO GIVE TO YOU.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS INVESTMENT IN FISH CREEK PARK.

UM, I THOUGHT, IF IT'S ALL RIGHT, UH, I'D TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, BRIEFLY UPDATE YOU ON A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT,

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UM, YOU KNOW, WE SAW IN THE NEWS LAST YEAR, UH, THIS THIS HORRIFIC CASE THAT SENT OUT OF ARLINGTON, BUT, BUT ENCOMPASSES GRAND PRAIRIE AND MANSFIELD, UH, WHERE A, A BOARDING HOME OPERATOR, UH, HAD SEVERAL HOMES THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND THERE WERE 20 DEATHS, UH, LINKED TO, LINKED TO THOSE HOMES.

AND IT, WORKING WITH AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SPECIFICALLY THE GRAND PRAIRIE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS ON THIS ISSUE.

WE REALLY DUG INTO IT AND, AND FIGURED OUT KIND OF WHAT, WHAT THE, THE HOLES WERE IN STATE LAW.

AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK GRAND PRAIRIE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND PARTICULARLY, UM, EMILY MURRICK, GREG NEW AND COURTNEY REYNOLDS, WHO HELPED ME WRITE LEGISLATION.

AND THEY CAME TO AUSTIN AND TO TESTIFY ON BEHALF OF IT.

UM, THAT, AND WE WERE ABLE TO PASS LEGISLATION THAT MAKES IT A CRIME TO OPERATE AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY WITHOUT A LICENSE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND THAT'S GONNA GIVE GRAND PRAIRIE POLICE, ALL, ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACROSS STATE, AN ADDITIONAL TOOL TO BEST BETTER PROTECT OUR ELDERLY AND MOST VULNERABLE TEXANS.

AND SO I, I REALLY THANK THEM, UH, FOR, FOR THEIR WORK ON THAT.

UM, SECONDLY, UM, LEMME TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE TARRANT APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

NOW, I KNOW MOST OF GRAND PRAIRIE IS IN DALLAS COUNTY.

UM, WHICH, WHEN IT COMES TO APPRAISALS, THAT'S A GOOD THING.

UH, TARRANT COUNTY, UH, YOU AND OTHER CITIES AND CERTAINLY OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE A REAL CHALLENGE WITH, WITH WHAT THE TARRANT APPRAISAL DISTRICT HAS DONE OVER THE LAST YEAR.

UM, AND I STARTED DIGGING INTO THIS ISSUE, UH, WHEN THEY ADOPTED THEIR NEW REAPPRAISAL PLAN IN 2024.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY DID, FRANKLY, IS INCONSISTENT WITH EXISTING STATE LAW.

BUT, BUT THAT'S WHY I SOUGHT TO BE APPOINTED CHAIR OF THE, THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON, ON PROPERTY TAX APPRAISALS AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON THIS ISSUE.

SO WE PASSED TWO KEY BILLS THAT I THINK ARE GONNA HELP.

UH, ONE HOUSE BILL 1 48 REQUIRES MANDATORY TRAINING FOR APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS IN LARGE COUNTIES SUCH AS TARRANT OR DALLAS, UH, AND REQUIRES APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS TO HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEIR JOB IS AND WHAT IT IS NOT.

UM, AND SECONDLY, MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE PASS LEGISLATION TO CLARIFY THAT APPRAISALS HAVE TO BE DONE AS OF JANUARY 1ST, EVERY YEAR, EACH YEAR.

UM, AND, AND THE EVERY OTHER YEAR APPRAISAL SYSTEM THAT THAT TARRANT COUNTY HAS GONE TO IS OBVIOUSLY CAUSING BUDGET SHORTFALLS IN A LOT OF OUR CITIES.

AND SO, I KNOW THAT'S A CONCERN.

SO I, I ENCOURAGE YOU IN YOUR CONVERSATIONS WITH TAD GOING FORWARD, THAT YOU REMIND 'EM OF THIS LEGISLATION THAT'S PASSED.

AND, AND I HOPE THAT THEY WILL UPDATE THEIR APPRAISAL PLAN SOON, UH, TO, UH, TO CORRECT THE, THE MISTAKE THEY MADE LAST YEAR BECAUSE GRAND PRAIRIE AND OTHER CITIES STAND TO LOSE SIGNIFICANT FUNDING.

UM, AS A RESULT, IT'S ALSO NOT GOOD FOR PROPERTY OWNERS BECAUSE IF YOUR PROPERTY VALUE GOES DOWN, UH, IN THE COURSE OF A YEAR, BUT YOU'RE STUCK AT A HIGHER APPRAISAL, YOU'RE PAYING MORE THAN YOU SHOULD.

UH, AND THAT'S NOT FAIR TO THE, TO THE HOMEOWNER OR TO THE, TO, TO THE PROPERTY OWNER.

UM, AND LASTLY, LEMME JUST SAY, UH, AS YOU KNOW, UH, UNFORTUNATELY NEXT WEEK WE STARTED A SPECIAL SESSION, UH, WEEK FROM TODAY, UH, WHICH IS ONE REASON I WANTED TO BE HERE TODAY, UH, BEFORE I HAVE TO GO BACK TO AUSTIN.

BUT, UM, ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS, UH, GOVERNOR ABBOTT'S ATTEMPT TO, UH, FURTHER HAMPER LOCAL GOVERNMENT'S ABILITY TO RAISE REVENUE, UH, AND HOW YOU FINANCE DEBT.

UH, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, I, I WANT TO BE IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH, WITH YOU MAYOR AND, AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL ON, UH, AS TO HOW WE BEST, UH, MITIGATE THAT, UH, TO, TO CAUSE THE LEAST HARM POSSIBLE TO OUR CITIES AND OTHER LOCAL COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE.

UM, I'M ON THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE, SO I'LL HAVE THE ABILITY TO, TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT CONVERSATION.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO Y'ALL'S, UH, HELP IN UNDERSTANDING HOW THOSE PROPOSALS ARE GONNA AFFECT GRAND PRAIRIE AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT 'EM.

NOW, MOVING ON, THE REAL REASON I'M, UH, THE MAIN REASON I'M HERE TODAY, UM, I'M THRILLED TO PRESENT THIS, UH, $2.8 MILLION, UH, UH, GRANT TO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

YOU KNOW, UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DEBOSKY AND COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ, UH, CAME TO SEE ME IN, UH, EARLY IN THE SESSION AND, AND, YOU KNOW, HAD A WHOLE LIST OF THINGS FOR GRAND PRAIRIE.

AND THIS WAS ONE OF 'EM.

UH, AND THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, WE THINK WE COULD REALLY USE SOME LIGHTING ON FISH CREEK TRAIL.

AND, AND I'VE WALKED, UH, I WAS GONNA SAY, I'VE RUN, I MAINLY HAVE WALKED ALONG FISH CREEK TRAIL MANY TIMES.

UH, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, IT'S, IT'S A REAL GEM IN OUR COMMUNITY.

IT IS.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL LINEAR PARK.

UM, BUT, BUT I KNOW THAT CERTAINLY AT NIGHT THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT WILL BE WELL-SERVED BY HAVING SOME LIGHTING FOR SAFETY REASONS.

AND, UM, AND THAT'S A REALLY GOOD COMMUNITY INVESTMENT.

THAT'S THE KIND OF PARTNERSHIP THE STATE SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHEN WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH A LOCAL COMMUNITY, UH, LIKE THIS.

AND I'M REALLY PROUD TO TELL YOU THAT OF THE THOUSANDS OF PARKS IN THE STATE, LOCAL PARKS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, UM, FISH CREEK LINEAR PARK WAS ONE OF ONLY NINE STATE PARKS, UH, TO RECEIVE THIS TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT GRANT, UH, IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.

AND WHEN YOU FACTOR IN THE $2 MILLION WE WERE ABLE TO GET FOUR YEARS AGO

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FOR TYREE PARK, AND I'M, UH, I WAS AT THE, THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION WITH YOU MAYOR AND, AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

UM, AND I'M SO THRILLED WITH WHAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE WITH OH, BEAUTIFUL.

WITH THAT INVESTMENT.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

IT'S NIGHT AND DAY FROM, FROM WHAT IT WAS JUST A FEW YEARS AGO.

UH, BUT I'M REALLY PROUD THAT WE'VE SECURED A TOTAL OF $4.8 MILLION IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS FOR GRAND PRAIRIE PARKS.

AND, UM, I HOPE WE CAN, HOPE WE CAN KEEP THAT GOING.

I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT Y'ALL DO WITH FISH CREEK.

UM, BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITIES EACH AND EVERY DAY.

IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO, TO REPRESENT YOU.

LET'S GET THE CHECK COUNCIL MEMBER KY AND COUNCILMAN LOPEZ, PLEASE JOIN ME.

IT'S AMAZING WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH $2 MILLION, RIGHT? THAT'S THING WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH 2.8.

YOU EIGHT, RIGHT? WHAT YOU WANNA DO OVER HERE? IT'S RIGHT HERE.

ALRIGHT.

READY? 1, 2, 1 2, 1 2.

WELL, I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KIND OF GIVE OUR CITIZENS HERE A LITTLE LESSON ON WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE, UH, SPECIAL SESSION.

I MEAN, YOU MAY SAY, WELL JUST SAY NO TO THAT BILL.

WELL, MANY TIMES YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH VOTES TO SAY NO YOU TO KILL IT.

SO WHAT YOU TRY TO DO IS NEGOTIATE IT TO WHERE IT'S AT LEAST NOT AS IMPACTFUL.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE GO DOWN THERE WITH AND GET WITH OUR LEGISLATURES LEGISLATURE TO TRY TO AT LEAST MAKE IT TO WHERE THEY'RE ACHIEVING WHAT THE MAJORITY OF 'EM WANT TO ACHIEVE.

BUT NOT AS HARD ON US AS WHAT THE, THE ORIGINAL BILL IS.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AND YOU WORK VERY WELL HELPING US DO THAT AND ALWAYS HAVE.

AND OUR OTHER, OUR OTHER LEGISLATORS THAT REPRESENT US HELP TOO.

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU.

PRESENT THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER THAT IS SPEAKING ON A COUPLE OF ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THANKS FOR EVERYTHING.

APPRECIATE IT.

YOU BET.

THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TONIGHT.

BEFORE WE

[CONSENT AGENDA]

DANIEL TWIGG.

DANIEL, COME ON DOWN.

MAYOR, I WAS, I WAS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND IN CASE THERE WERE ANY, BUT THERE'S NONE.

YOU CAN SIT DOWN .

THAT WAS ON ITEMS 14 AND 19.

WE'RE MOVING 18 TO INDIVIDUALS SO MS. PATSY CAN SPEAK.

SO WE'RE MOVING IT, RIGHT? WE'RE MOVING 18 TO INDIVIDUAL.

PATSY, YOU, YOU'VE SIGNED UP FOR 18.

WE'RE MOVING IT 'CAUSE WE MAY TABLE IT, BUT WE DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA TABLE IT UNTIL WE HEAR AN ACCOMPANYING CASE, WHICH IS 33.

SO WE'LL GET TO YOU LATER.

IS THAT IT? YES SIR.

MAYOR PRO TEM.

ALRIGHT, SO Y'ALL BEAR WITH ME.

I HAVE A PRETTY LONG, UH, MOTION, BUT THE, UM, FULL AGENDA HAS BEEN POSTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE ON GPTX.ORG FOR ANYONE THAT DOES WANNA VIEW IT IN GREATER DETAIL, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH ITEM NUMBER 16 TO INCLUDE THE REQUIREMENT TO HOLD AN INITIAL MEETING WITHIN WITH THE COMMUNITY WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THE EXECUTION OF THE MOU TO DISCUSS THE TRAFFIC IMPACT AND THAT THE DEVELOPER DOES NOT CLEAR THE LAND WITHOUT THE CITY'S CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL ON ITEMS NUMBER 19, 20 AND 21 FOR THEM TO BE SET FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS AND FINAL READINGS OF ORDINANCES ON AUGUST 19TH, UH, 2025 ON ITEMS, UH, NUMBER 15, 24 AND 25 FOR THOSE TO BE TABLED TO A LATER DATE TO BE DETERMINED BY THE CITY MANAGER AND ALSO TO MOVE ITEMS NUMBER 18 AND 23 TO END OF INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.

SECOND, WE HAVE MOTION.

AND SECOND, ALL FAVOR SAY AYE.

I THE OPPOSED SAY NAY MOTION, CARRIE.

SO, UH, THE INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, WHICH WAS, WHICH ONES? 18.

WE WILL HEAR IT AT 33.

23 ON YOUR AGENDA IS RESOLUTION TO SUSPEND THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF AN ENCORE RATE CHANGE, UH, THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE IS A MEMBER OF A STEERING COMMITTEE OF CITIES THAT ARE SERVED BY ENCORE, UH, MAKES UP 170 MEMBER CITIES.

SO, UM, I'M READY FOR ITEM 27.

MONA LISA, 23.

DO WHAT?

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23.

YOU HAVE A 23.

OH, IT'S ON THE OTHER PAGE THAT IT'S OH, YOU ARE.

UH, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO, UH, SOMEBODY FROM STAFF TO MAKE A SHORT PRESENTATION OF WHAT THIS IS.

[23. Resolution to Suspend the July 31, 2025 Effective Date of Oncor Delivery Company’s Requested Rate Change to Permit the City Time to Study the Request and to Establish Reasonable Rates, Approve Cooperation With the Steering Committee of Cities Served by Oncor to Hire Legal and Consulting Services, and to Negotiate With the Company and Direct any Necessary Litigation and Appeals *A portion of this item is unavailable* ]

ON JUNE 26TH, ENCORE FILED AN APPLICATION WITH THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION TO INCREASE SYSTEM-WIDE RATES, UM, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY A 13% INCREASE OVER THEIR CURRENT REVENUES.

THAT INCLUDES INCREASE IN RESIDENTIAL RATES AND ALSO RATES FOR STREETLIGHTS.

AT 51% STATE LAW ALLOWS THE CITY TO TAKE ACTION TO SUSPEND THE PROPOSED RATES FOR UP TO 90 DAYS.

SO THIS RESOLUTION IS TO REQUEST, UM, A SUSPENSION ON BEHALF OF THE CITIES SO THAT THE CITIES TAKES ACTION TO PASS THE RESOLUTION, TO GIVE THE COMMITTEES, THE STEERING COMMITTEE TIME TO FULLY EVALUATE THE FILING.

THEY WILL ALSO HIRE OUTSIDE COUNSEL TO POTENTIALLY NEGOTIATE A SETTLEMENT OF THOSE RATES.

AND WITH 170 MEMBER CITIES, UH, THE CITIES KIND OF PULL THEIR, UM, LEVERAGING THEIR AUTHORITY AND THEIR POWER TO TRY TO NEGOTIATE BETTER RATES FOR ALL CITIES, UM, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

SO IF NO ACTION IS TAKEN, THEN THOSE RATES GO INTO EFFECT JULY 31ST OF THIS YEAR.

SO THE REQUEST IS FOR THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION TO SUSPEND THE RATES FOR 90 DAYS TO GIVE THE COMMITTEE TIME TO, UM, COME UP WITH A STRATEGY TO NEGOTIATE A SETTLEMENT.

SO STAFF REQUESTS, UH, APPROVAL OF THAT ITEM.

SO THE POINT IS THAT ENCORE IS ASKING FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON TO PAY NEARLY $8 MORE A MONTH.

AND WE ARE THROUGH THIS COMMITTEE TRYING TO COME UP WITH A WAY TO MAKE IT WHERE THAT IS NOT THE AMOUNT, THAT IT'S A LESSER AMOUNT THAN THAT, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT, YES.

SO, WITH, BY DOING THIS, WE'RE TRYING SECOND.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEAD.

A OPPOSED A NAY.

MANOLA HARPER, BARBARA THOMAS, DANIEL SMITH, HOUSING AND COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT COMMISSION.

NOW WE GO INTO 27, CORRECT.

THAT'S NO OTHER CARDS OR ANYTHING.

NOW, 27.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS THE LIST OF BOARD BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS NOMINATIONS FOR YOUR APPROVAL THIS EVENING FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD.

AARON KING GREGORY WIGGINS, AR LUNA STARLING OLIVER, SHARON DENNER, CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.

DILBERG GARCIA, COMMISSION ON AGING.

PATSY RAY, UM,

[27. Boards and Commissions appointments for vacancies and terms expiring on July 31, 2025]

JA LAR DARWIN WADE, OR KEEP GRAND PRAIRIE BEAUTIFUL COMMISSION.

CHRISTINA SMITH, VICTOR TORRES.

MICHELLE MADDEN FOR LIBRARY BOARD.

MARGARET SIMMONS.

DEANNA MIMS JOHNSON.

CARLA WINDOR FOR PARK BOARD, STRETCH RID.

GREG MULLEN, SUSANNA RAMIREZ, SUSAN PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

MALCOLM CHARI.

CHERYL SMITH, FRANK GONZALEZ, PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

CHANA HOLS, GABRIELLE CORTEZ, PATIENCE.

LOUIS BEATTY ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEALS TO YOUR APPOINTMENT.

SHE HACKETT, CHRISTOPHER DEWOLF, DEBBIE JOHNSTON AND MELINDA ROGERS.

UH, PAGE THREE OF YOUR PACKET WAS, UH, AN ERROR.

YOU CAN JUST OMIT THAT LAST PAGE.

AND IF I COULD GET A, UM, MOTION OR DISCUSSION.

IS THAT THE CONCLUSION OF IT? YES, SIR.

BEFORE WE MAKE A MOTION ON THE ENTIRE, WE CAN DO IT ALL AT ONCE.

I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER DEBOSKY.

THANK YOU, SIR.

UH, ON ONE OF THE, UH, UM, UH, COMMISSIONS OF PLANNING AND ZONING FOR DISTRICT TWO, I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT SEPARATELY VOTED ON.

UH, IF WE CAN PLEASE WE CAN DO THAT.

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SO CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL OF THEM EXCEPT THE P AND Z APPOINTMENT OF MALCOLM, AND THEN WE'LL DO IT INDEPENDENTLY.

I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ALL OF THE NOMINEE, ALL THE, THE NOMINE, WHAT DO I CALL THEM? NOMINEES, I GUESS.

NOMINEES.

THAT'S CLOSE ENOUGH FOR ME.

ALL, ALL OF THE NOMINATIONS, UM, EXCLUDING MALCOLM CHARI WILL BE VOTED ON INDIVIDUALLY.

SECOND, WE HAVE MOTION TO SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.

WE TO VOTE OR JUST THAT? NO, JUST THAT ONE SEPARATELY.

JUST, YEAH, JUST HIM.

WE HAVE MOTION.

OPPOSED, SAY NAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER HEDEN, I'LL GIVE YOU THE OPTION TO PUT YOUR MOTION IN ON THE FLOOR.

I MOVE TO APPROVE, UH, DISTRICT TWO, PINE ZONE MALCOLM CHARE.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

AND SECOND, CAN WE HAVE DISCUSSION? YOU SURE CAN.

SO BEFORE I MAKE MY VOTE, UH, I WANT TO JUST HAVE THIS ON RECORD THAT THIS PERSON, I FEEL IN MY OWN OPINION, IS NOT A GOOD REPRESENTATION OF THOSE NOMINEES.

UH, FOR GRAND PRAIRIE.

UH, HE HAS A HISTORIC, IN MY OPINION, FOR, SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL, A VERY NEGATIVE, NEGATIVE WORKING WITH MINORITIES.

SO FOR ME, I'LL BE VOTING NO, BUT JUST TO HAVE IT ON RECORD THAT IT'S NOT A GOOD FIT OF WHO WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY.

COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, I JUST WANNA MAKE A COMMENT BECAUSE LAST YEAR I WAS IN THE SAME POSITION WITH DR.

ANGELA LUCKEY, AND I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GOING DOWN A SLIPPERY SLOPE WHEN A COUNCIL MEMBER IS GOING TO APPOINT SOMEONE AS THEY APPOINT YOU TO THESE BOARDS OF COMMISSIONS.

WE SHOULD ALWAYS CONTINUE TO, UH, SUPPORT THEM.

UH, HOPEFULLY THE COUNCIL MEMBER HAS, UM, VETTED THESE, THIS MEMBER OUT TO SEE IF THEY'RE A GOOD FIT TO REPRESENT THE CITY.

BUT LAST YEAR I SAT THROUGH A 37 MINUTE PRESENTATION OF DISCREDITING MY APPOINTEE.

AND, UH, JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT OUT.

NOW WE SET THE PRECEDENCE LAST YEAR, AND HERE WE ARE A YEAR LATER DOING THE SAME THING WITH ANOTHER APPOINTEE.

AND I IMPLORE FROM THIS BODY, THIS COUNCIL, AND THIS MAYOR THAT WE HONOR AND AND RESPECT THE NOMINEES THAT ARE BEING APPOINTED BY THE COUNCIL MEMBER OR THE MAYOR.

THAT'S IT.

I DON'T SEE ANY MORE LINES.

WE A MOTION A SECOND.

I I JUST HIT IT.

YOU CAN, OF COURSE.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT THIS, UH, NOMINEE HAS BEEN SERVING IN THE PAST IN OUR PARKS BOARD, IN OUR KEY GRAND PRAIRIE.

BEAUTIFUL.

NO CRIMINAL HISTORY.

AND AS COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON STATED, WE GOTTA BE CAREFUL BECAUSE WE HAVE FALLEN OUT WITH SOMEONE TRYING TO BLOCK THEM.

WE HAD A LONG DISCUSSION.

I THINK WE'VE AT LEAST IMPROVED THERE.

UH, BUT THIS PERSON ACTUALLY HAS BEEN SERVING WELL ON THE COMMITTEES THAT THEY'VE BEEN ON SO FAR.

AND I, I THINK THAT THEY'RE ALL GONNA WORK VERY WELL TOGETHER.

MAYOR PRO.

TIM ? YEAH, JUST BRIEFLY, UM, I RESPECT, YEAH, BRIEFLY.

VERY BRIEFLY, JUST, I RESPECT EVERYTHING THAT MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE STATED, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT A COUNCIL MEMBER DOES HAVE THE RIGHT THAT SHOULD THEY FEEL, UM, THAT A, UH, AN APPOINTEE IS NOT WORTHY OF A POSITION, THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO VOTE AGAINST THEM.

THAT'S, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.

THAT'S JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION.

SO I JUST WANNA STATE THAT ON THE RECORD.

I DON'T SEE ANY MORE LIKES.

UH, WE HAVE A MOTION.

VERY LOUDLY.

ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY.

NAY.

MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO TWO WITH COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON AND COUNCIL LOPEZ.

NEGATIVE.

LOPEZ.

OH, I'M SORRY.

I WAS SHOCKED THAT, THAT I SOUNDED LIKE YOU 'CAUSE EVEN, I'M SORRY.

COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON BASED MY VOICE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AFTER THAT PASSIONATE PLEA, I WAS LIKE, WELL WAIT.

YOU JUST MADE THAT PLEA AND VOTED AGAINST IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER, CORRECT.

COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ AND COUNCIL MEMBER DEL BOSKY VOTED NAY.

UH,

[28. Grand Prairie Sports Facilities Development Corporation, Appointment of President of Board of Directors]

ITEM 28.

I'D RECOGNIZE MAYOR PRO TEM ZANU.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE ON THIS ITEM THAT WE APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF RON JENSEN AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE GRAND PRAIRIE SPORTS FACILITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION.

I'D RECOGNIZE MAYOR PROTE AS ON YOU FOR ITEM 29.

I AIN'T OPPOSED SAY NAY DISCUSSION.

OH.

OH, NEVERMIND.

HE JUST, HE JUST, OKAY.

, UH,

[29. Grand Prairie Sports Facilities Development Corporation Board of Directors Appointments]

BOTH.

WE DID.

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THANK YOU MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE TABLE.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE TABLE ITEM NUMBER 29.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.

ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY.

ITEM

[30. Accept Special Commissioner’s award of compensation to the owner(s) of a 0.3136 acre (or 13,660 square foot) portion of the property located at 1704 Babbling Brook, Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas for the City’s condemnation of said Property in the amount of $59,310; Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to pay said amount to the Tarrant County Clerk to be disbursed to said owner(s) pursuant to law (In re: Cause No. 2025-003349-3, City of Grand Prairie vs Angela Grace Mulheren, David Mulheren, Cheryl Denise Williams, Et. Al., County Court at Law No. 3, Tarrant County, Texas) ]

30.

I JUST WONDER HOW, HOW WENT ABLE UNTIL WHEN.

NEXT MEETING.

GOT A LOT OF PAPERWORK UP HERE.

OKAY, I'M JUST GONNA ITEM 30.

UM, THIS IS TO ACCEPT THE SPECIAL SPECIAL COMMISSIONER'S AWARD, UH, FOR CONDEMNATION PROCEEDING THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED.

THIS IS TO, UM, ACQUIRE A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY AT 1704 BALING BROOK, UH, FOR CONDEMNATION.

AND IT'S USED TO TO BE USED FOR THE DUNCAN PRAIRIE BRIDGE.

AND, UM, THE PROPERTY NEEDS TO BE ACQUIRED, UH, BY THE END OF AUGUST TO AVOID ANY LOSS OF FEDERAL FUNDING.

THE COMMISSIONER'S, UM, SPECIAL COMMISSIONER'S AWARD OF THE PROPERTIES FOR $59,310 TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE AWARD.

COUNCILWOMAN CLEMSON.

MAYOR, IF WE'RE READY.

I'M READY.

UM, I MOVE, WE APPROVE.

ITEM NUMBER 32ND.

WHO GOT THE SECOND? FIRST AS YOUR HONOR, AS COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS GOT THE SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

OPPOSED SAY

[31. Public Hearing and resolution authorizing the City Manager to submit grant applications to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for funding assistance for Fiscal Year 2026 costs related to the Grand Connection program, and accepting funding in the amount of $170,584 from TxDOT and $20,000 from Dallas County for the same. The total budget to operate the Grand Connection for Fiscal Year 2026 is $1,211,298, of which the City will provide matching funding in the amount of $205,764 (Reviewed by the City Council Development Committee on 07/09/2025)]

NAY.

ADAM, 31.

GOOD EVENING.

I'M CAROL DRE, DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY.

AND THIS IS MONICA LAW, OUR TRANSIT MANAGER IN THE GRAND CONNECTION.

I'M GONNA BRIEFLY GO OVER THE BUDGET FOR FY 26.

THE GRAND CONNECTION WAS ESTABLISHED TO SERVE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS OF OUR OLDER AND DISABLED RESIDENTS.

BACK IN 1989, WE BEGAN WITH ONE TRUCK AND ONE, UH, ONE BUS AND ONE DRIVER AND ONE DISPATCHER.

NOW WE HAVE TWO DISPATCHERS, A FLEET OF 12 BUSES, AND WE HAVE A PRIMARY.

THE PRIMARY FUNDING IS FROM THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION THROUGH 53 0 7 AND 53 10 PROGRAMS. UH, QUALIFIED RIDER.

DOES ANYONE AGE 60 OR OLDER OR THAT HAS A PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY AND THOSE FOLKS ALWAYS RIDE FREE IN FY 25.

WE COMPLETED OVER 72,000 TRIPS AND TYPICALLY EIGHT BUSES ARE ON THE ROAD ON A TYPICAL DAY OF THE WEEK.

AND THAT'S ABOUT 278 TRIPS A DAY, OR ABOUT 35 TRIPS PER BUS PER DAY PER FY 26.

THE ANNUAL BUDGET, THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS, IS, UM, $1,211,298.

THE CITY'S LOCAL MATCH AT 2 0 5 2 7 64 IS 17% OF THIS TOTAL.

AND THE CITY RECEIVES FUNDING FROM VARIOUS AGENCIES, INCLUDING THE FTA GRANTS, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IN DALLAS COUNTY FOR THE NUTRITION AND GROCERY TRIP PROGRAMS. AND ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T SEE ANY LIGHTS.

IS THAT A PUBLIC HEARING? IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING.

SO EVEN IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP A CARD TO SPEAK, YOU CAN DO SO NOW I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 31.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND BY COUNCIL MAYOR ADAMS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

I OPPOSED SAY NAY.

32, ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF LEE HARRIS FINANCE.

IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM.

ITEM

[32. Public Hearing and Resolution to expand Public Improvement District No. 5, Forum Estates through the addition of The Preserve at Forum (Reviewed by the Forum Estates PID Advisory Board on 04/23/2025 and the Finance and Government Committee on 05/06/2025)]

UM, WE ARE ADDING AN, A NEW SUBDIVISION INTO FORMER STATE'S PI AND THE SUBDIVISION'S CALLED THE PRESERVE AT FORUM.

IT HAS MET ALL OF ITS LEGAL REQUIREMENTS.

UM, THE SUBDIVISION IS LOCATED OFF OF FORM DRIVE AND, UM, PART OF THE SUBDIVISION IS OUTSIDE OF THE EXISTING BOUNDARIES OF THE PI.

UH, THERE ARE 91 PARCELS IN THE NEW SECTION AND THE AVERAGE

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VALUE WILL BE $478,000.

THE MULTIFAMILY PROPERTY WITHIN THE SUBDIVISION WILL BE EXCLUDED.

UM, AND, UH, WE DID GIVE THE ADVISORY BOARD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS AND MAKE COMMENTS ON IT.

THEY DID APPROVE OF IT AND THEY HAD, THEY WERE GIVEN ANSWERS TO THEIR QUESTIONS.

AND THESE ARE SOME OF THEIR COMMENTS.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T SEE ANYBODY WITH THEIR LIGHTS ON.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

IF ANYBODY WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM AND IT'S NOT FILLED OUT A CARD, YOU CAN STEP FORWARD NOW.

I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 32.

SECOND, WE HAVE MOTION BY MAYOR PROTI, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.

[Items 18 & 33]

UM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND, UM, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, LET'S DO THIS.

YOU MAKE THE PRESENTATION, WE'LL DECIDE WHETHER WE'RE GONNA TABLE IT.

IF WE'RE NOT GONNA TABLE IT, I'LL ASK FOR THE SPEAKERS TO COME FORWARD.

ITEM NUMBER 18 AND ITEM NUMBER 33 ARE COMPANION CASES.

THE BLUE AREA IS THE GOODLAND DEVELOPMENT.

THE PURPLE IS THE LAKE SONG DEVELOPMENT.

SO THIS IS A, UM, YOU CAN SEE RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM THAT RED LOCATION IS THE, UM, 157 ACRES.

ITEM 18 IS THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT IS RELATED TO THE REQUEST FOR THE ANNEXATION.

SO ITEM 33 IS THE PUBLIC HEARING AND FINAL READING OF THE ORDINANCE GRANTING THE ANNEXATION.

AND THEN THERE'S ALSO AN ADDITIONAL COMPANION CASE CASE THAT IS ITEM 45.

AND THAT IS ONCE YOU, UM, IF, IF AND WHEN YOU DECIDE TO TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 18 AND 33, THEN THAT WOULD ANNEX THE CITY INTO OR ANNEX THE PROPERTY INTO THE CITY.

AND THEN ITEM 45 IS THE ZONING AT WHICH YOU WOULD ZONE IT.

SO THE POINT OF ITEM 18 IS TO GOVERN THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT WOULD THEN, UM, APPLY TOWARDS THE ZONING.

SO I, AT THIS TIME, I WOULD ASK, UM, RASHAD AND SAVANNAH TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHAT THOSE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ARE.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SLIDES, BUT IN GENERAL, THE CASE IS FOR A, UH, DEVELOPMENT CENTER, UH, I MEAN A DATA CENTER.

UH, THE ZONE CHANGE IF ANNEXED WOULD, UH, DESIGNATE THE AREA SHOWN AS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

AND, UM, WE HAVE SOME CONDITIONS TIED TO THAT THAT WOULD STATE THAT THIS AREA WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE DEVELOPED AS A, UH, CRYPTO MINING, CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING FACILITY THAT IS KNOWN TO CREATE A LOT OF NOISE.

UM, NOW THIS IS JUST A CONCEPT THAT WOULD FOLLOW UP WITH SITE PLAN, ET CETERA, WITH ALL THE OTHER DETAILS WITH REGARD TO CIVIL CIVILS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

THEY DO PLAN TO HAVE A SUBSTATION HERE AS WELL.

SO THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT WITH ENCORE.

UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA BE PIGGYBACKING OF COURSE, WITH ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE WITH THE GOODLAND DATA CENTER.

UM, SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.

VLA INDUSTRIAL, MY UNDERSTANDING IS UNDER THE NEW STATE LAW SENATE BILL, WE ALL KNOW WHAT IT IS.

LAND ZONE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL CAN BE DEVELOPED WITH MULTIFAMILY.

SO THAT CONCERNS ME.

IN EFFECT, WE'RE ZONING THIS MULTI-FAMILY NOT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT COMPONENT.

YEAH, THE COMPANION.

I JUST WANT TO BE, I MEAN, THIS IS A SLIPPERY SLOPE FROM THEIR OWN FOLKS.

THE COMPANION DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, THAT'S ITEM 18.

UM, THE DEVELOPER IS AGREEING TO WAIVE IT'S RIGHT.

NOISY CRYPTO? NO, UH, WE PUT IN THE CONDITION THAT THAT USE WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED ALLOWED UNDER THIS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONE KNOT.

AND THAT'S LEGAL.

YES IT IS.

BUT COUNSEL AND CITIZENS, Y'ALL NEED TO BE AWARE, THE STATE OF AUSTIN ON ANY CITY OVER 150,000 DO 150,000 PEOPLE.

IF IT IS ZONED RETAIL OFFICE, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, THEY DO NOT HAVE TO COME BACK TO US FOR A ZONING CHANGE.

THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO BUILD HIGH DENSITY MULTIFAMILY, PERIOD.

GOOGLE IT.

IT'S HOUSE SENATE BILL 3 8 8 48.

48 40.

SENATE BILL EIGHT 40.

SO I'M GLAD YOU POINTED THAT OUT.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DEBOSKY.

THANK YOU SIR.

RASHAD, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IT'S GONNA BE

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YOU'RE SAYING KNOT NOT.

UH, YES, I HAD A QUESTION FOR THE DEVELOPER IF HE'S HERE IS IS THE DEVELOPER HERE.

COME ON.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNSEL.

MATT MOORE HERE.

LANDOWNER 42 15 WEST LOVERS LANE, SUITE TWO 50, DALLAS, TEXAS.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

GO AHEAD.

UH, WITH ALL THE DATA CENTERS THAT'S BEING, UH, DEVELOPED WITHIN THE US OR WHEREVER, THEY HAVE TO BE SO MANY MILES AWAY FROM EACH OTHER TO PROPERLY COMMUNICATE WITH.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? HOW THEY'RE 10 MILES APART? THERE HAVE TO BE SO MANY MILES APART SO THEY CAN COMMUNICATE.

UH, THAT'S SOMETHING I'M NOT AWARE OF.

I'VE NEVER SEEN ANY KIND OF SPACING REQUIREMENTS, UM, FROM DATA CENTER.

IT'S REALLY DRIVEN HONESTLY BY THE POWER LOADS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT EITHER.

WE NEED TO CHECK INTO THAT.

THE SECOND QUESTION, HOW ARE THE DATA CENTERS GONNA BE? COOL.

A UH, THE OLD WAY OF, UH, COOLING, THESE WERE EVAPORATIVE SYSTEMS, WHICH WERE HIGH WATER USERS.

UM, THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPER THAT WE'RE UNDER CONTRACT WITH IS PROPOSING TO USE A CLOSED AIR LOOP SYSTEM, WHICH IS A MINIMAL AMOUNT OF WATER USAGE TO COOL.

IT IS A, UH, A FRACTION OF WHAT THE OLD EVAPORATIVE WAS.

IT'S ACTUALLY LEFT IN A NORMAL OFFICE BUILDING FROM A DEMAND STANDPOINT ON THE WATER.

AND THAT WAS MY CON THAT WAS THE ONLY REASON I HAD THE QUESTION FOR 45 BECAUSE, UH, I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE WATER USAGE, BUT SINCE YOU GUYS GONNA BE A CLOSED LOOP IS NOT GONNA BE RECYCLED BACK OUT TO THE PUBLIC BACK.

EXACTLY.

IT'S ALL CAPTURED AND COOLED.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S SOME, UH, LOSSES THERE THAT HAVE TO BE REFILLED DAILY, BUT IT'S, IT'S A FRACTION OF WHAT THE OLD SYSTEMS WERE.

SO YEAH.

I I'M GOOD WITH 45 NOW YOU'RE GOOD WITH NOT TABLING THESE TWO ITEMS THEN.

SO IF SINCE YOU'RE NOT TABLING THEM.

MY COUNCIL MEMBER DEBO.

NO, I JUST WANTED CLARITY.

SO WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT WALLS, THESE BIG WALLS OR ANYTHING LIKE THE DATA CENTERS.

THERE'S NOT GONNA NEED, THERE'S NOT GONNA GOING TO BE A NEED FOR THAT.

WALLS YEAH.

FOR NOISE.

AND SINCE WE'RE NOT IT'S BARRIER.

BARRIER.

NO, AGAIN, THERE'S NO CRYPTO.

I MEAN, THIS IS A PURE DATA CENTER OR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, DEPENDING ON HOW THE MARKET GOES.

UM, NO, I JUST NEED, WANTED CLARITY ON THAT.

UM, SINCE WE'RE NOT TABLING IT, UM, PATSY, DID THOSE ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, MS. PATSY? NOT REALLY.

DID THOSE ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS? NOT REALLY, NO.

IT MIGHT HAVE, BUT WE'LL SEE.

PATSY RAY, 2217 EL PASO, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.

WELL, FOR I AND MS. JOHNSON, WHO'S MY COHORT BEHIND ME, IF I REMEMBER WE WERE SITTING IN THE FIRST TIME THIS, THERE WAS A PUBLIC HEARING ABOUT THIS ACRES DOWN OFF 2 87.

AM I IN THE RIGHT BALLPARK? WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF PROPERTIES DOWN THERE.

A NUMBER.

THIS IS JUST ONE OF A ADDITIONAL ONE.

SO HOW MANY DO WE HAVE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT TONIGHT? WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT THIS ONE.

ONE.

UH, WHAT, UH, REVENUE WILL GRAND PRAIRIE RECEIVE FROM ANNEX IN THIS PROPERTY? DEPENDS ON WHAT THEY BUILD.

IF THE, IF THE VALUE, WHAT THEY BUILD GETS TAXED AT OUR TAX RATE.

AND THE ZONING FOR THIS AREA CAN BE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL RETAIL.

WE'RE GONNA SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING.

WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA ZONE IT LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

WHICH PAYS, WHICH GIVES CITIES MORE INCOME THAN SINGLE FAMILY.

SINGLE FAMILY RARELY PAYS FOR ITSELF BY PROPERTY TAXES.

COUNCILOR MEMBER SHOTWELL.

UNDERSTAND THAT.

I'M ONE OF THOSE .

WHAT ELSE, MS. RAY? WELL, OKAY, I THINK THAT, THANK YOU.

WELL, Y'ALL HANDLE IT.

UH, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, THE ONLY THING DIFFERENT.

SEE, WE, WE DON'T HAVE A COPY OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

WE JUST GOT ONE PARAGRAPH.

UNDER THOSE SENATE BILLS AND THEN YOU AGREE TO, UM, REQUEST FOR ZONING THESE UNDER THESE PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, WHICH ARE ALSO BEING CONSIDERED TONIGHT.

UH, WHAT ELSE IS IN IT BESIDES THE, UH, OKAY.

YOU CAN'T DO MULTI-FAMILY.

YOU AGREE NOT TO DO MULTI-FAMILY.

AND HOW WOULD WE, HOW IS THAT, WOULD THAT BE A DEED RESTRICTION OR WHAT? SO IT IS A, UM, I, WE CAN GET INTO MORE DETAIL WITH MEL, BUT BASICALLY THE MAIN, THE MAIN PIECES ARE YOU CAN, YOU, YOU'RE WAIVING YOUR RIGHT TO

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SO IT'S VERY MINIMAL.

THERE'S NOT ANY FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS.

IT'S ORIGINALLY WE WEREN'T GONNA HAVE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THIS DEVELOPER, BUT BECAUSE OF THE SENATE BILL HOUSE BILL IMPLICATIONS, WE, UM, ADDED THAT IN TO, TO PROTECT THE CITY.

UH, WILL WE TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER 45 AND AS WHEN IT GETS, WHEN WE GET TO IT? YES.

OKAY, THEN I'LL, I'LL HAVE QUESTIONS.

1 45 COMES UP.

AND, AND MAYOR, IF WE COULD HAVE EACH ITEM BE DONE INDIVIDUALLY.

SECOND MOTION.

UH, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM 18.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE APPROVE.

ITEM NUMBER 18, SECOND COUNCILWOMAN JOHNSON.

WAS THAT YOU SECOND? YES.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

THAT'S OKAY.

MAYBE A LONG NIGHT.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.

OPPOSED, SAY NAY.

ITEM 33.

I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

OH NO, IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING.

AGAIN.

IF ANYBODY WISHES TO SPEAK, THEN COME FORWARD.

NOW.

ITEM 33, LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 33.

SECOND? YES.

THERE'S THREE OF YOU.

MIKE , UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DUB BOSKY.

ADAM, 33.

SECONDED.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

A OPPOSED SAY NAY.

THANK

[34. Public Hearing Concerning an Ordinance Adopting the Annexation of Certain Territory Located in the Extraterritorial Jurisdiction of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas, to Wit: Being Five Tracts Totaling Approximately 718.154 Acres of Land in Ellis County, Texas and Being More Particularly Described and Graphically Depicted in Exhibit “A”, Generally Located North of U.S. Highway 287 Including a 558.2 Acre Tract of Land Situated in the R.R. Melton Survey, Abstract No. 1276, C.L. Dodson Survey, Abstract No. 292, R. Zeibig Survey, Abstract No. 1272, J.M Pearson Survey, Abstract No. 1268, W.W. Pearson Survey, Abstract No. 1267, S.A. & M.G. RR Co Survey, Abstract No. 1056, G.G. Alford Survey, Abstract No. 23, W.M. Pearson Survey, Abstract No. 880, a 56.26 Acre Tract of Land Situated in the J. Thompson Survey, Abstract No. 1086, and the J. Jones Survey, Abstract No. 583, a 59.21 Acre Tract out of the S.A. & M.G.R.R. Co Survey, Abstract No. 1056, a 23.74 Acre Tract situated in the D. Morgan Survey, Abstract No. 1224 and the J. Jones Survey, Abstract No. 583, a 22.16 Acre Tract Situated in the J. Jones Survey, Abstract No. 583, and All Adjacent Rights-of-way into the City of Grand Prairie, Texas; Providing for Incorporation of Premises, Amending of the Official City Map, and Acknowledging a Service Plan; Requiring the Filing of this Ordinance with the County Clerk; Prescribing for Effect on Territory, Granting as Appropriate to All the Inhabitants of Said Property All the Rights and Privileges of Other Citizens and Binding Said Inhabitants by All of the Acts, Ordinances, Resolutions, and Regulations of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas; Providing Cumulative Repealer, Severability, and Savings Clauses; Providing for Engrossment and Enrollment; and Providing an Effective Date]

YOU ALL.

ADAM, 34, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MEGAN MAYHAN, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ANNEXATION OF 718 POINT 154 ACRES OF LAKES SONG.

THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THEIR ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT.

AND, UM, WE ARE HAVING THE PUBLIC HEARING TODAY.

WE WILL NOT BE TAKING ACTION.

WE WILL, AND THIS WILL BE ON, MEL IS AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING FOR CONSIDERATION.

AUGUST 19TH.

AUGUST 19TH WILL BE THE, THE CONSIDERATION OF THIS ITEM.

THE FIFTH, THE FIFTH.

AND WE'RE NOT TAKING A MOTION, BUT SINCE IT'S AT A PUBLIC HEARING, IF YOU WANNA SPEAK ON IT TONIGHT, AND YOU'LL HAVE THE CHANCE ON AUGUST 5TH.

ALSO, YOU CAN COME FORWARD NOW.

IF YOU WANNA SPEAK ON IT TONIGHT, SEEING NONE, IF WE'LL REVIEW IT AND VOTE ON IT.

AUGUST 5TH.

I, WE, IT STILL NEEDS A MOTION TO MOVE IT TO THE FIFTH.

MY APOLOGIES.

I NEED A MOTION.

I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SET THE FINAL READING OF THE ORDINANCE FOR AUGUST 5TH.

WE HAVE MOTION.

A SECOND.

OF THE PROPERTY FOR THE OPERATIONS.

AND A OPPOSED SAY THY.

IT IS MOVED.

[35. SUP-25-06-0020 - Specific Use Permit - MEI Industrial Solutions (City Council District 1). Specific Use Permit for a contractor shop with outside storage with heavy equipment in an existing industrial development on 19.27 acres. Lot 1, Block 1, Zachary Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, zoned Light Industrial (LI) District, within SH 161 Corridor Overlay, and addressed as 502 W Oakdale Rd (On June 23, 2025, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 7-0)]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

UH, THIS ITEM 35 IS THIS SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUEST FOR CONTRACTOR SHOP WITH OUTSIDE STORAGE WITH HEAVY, HEAVY EQUIPMENT.

IT'S LOCATED AT 5 0 2 WEST OAKDALE ROAD, AND YOU CAN SEE IT OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.

UH, IT'S ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND IT'S WITHIN THE 1 61 CORRIDOR OVERLAY DISTRICT, WHICH IS WHAT IS TRIGGERING THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE SUP.

UH, SO THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND A PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

UH, SUBJECT PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPED AND OCCUPIED BY ZACHARY CONSTRUCTION.

UH, THIS IS A STREET VIEW OF THE LOCATION.

YOU CAN SEE AN EXISTING FENCE THAT IS SCREENING, UH, IN THE OPERATIONS FROM THE STREET VIEW.

UM, SO THE MEI INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS IS, UH, RELOCATING TO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, AND THEY'RE PROPOSING TO OPERATE A CONTRACTOR SHOP WITH OUTSIDE STORAGE WITH HEAVY EQUIPMENT.

UH, THEY'RE A SPECIALTY CONTRACTOR THAT SPECIALIZES IN MACHINERY, MOVING A SPECIALTY CRATING AND PACKAGING, AND THEN SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION AND DELIVERY SLASH INSTALLATION SERVICES.

UM, SO THE EXISTING TENANT ON THE SIDE IS GONNA BE CONSOLIDATING THEIR OPERATIONS AND MOVING TO THE BACK.

MEI WILL BE, UH, RELOCATING TO THIS LOCATION IN THE FRONT.

UM, THEIR OPERATIONAL, UH, PLAN IS ON SCREEN, SO THEY'RE GONNA USE THE FRONT, UH, PORTION

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UH, SITE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE INTERIOR FENCING AND GATING AND THE LOCATION OF EXISTING OFFICE TRAILERS.

UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE ACCESSING THE SITE VIA THE EXISTING PRIMARY ENTRANCE.

UH, ZACHARY WILL BE USING THE, THE SIDE ENTRANCE AND THEN THAT EXISTING, UH, SCREENING WALL, UH, WILL SCREEN MOST OF THE OUTSIDE STORAGE.

WE DID SEND OUT NOTIFICATIONS TO PROPERTIES WITHIN 300 FEET, AND WE DID RECEIVE, UH, TWO LETTERS IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST.

AND ON JUNE 23RD, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO.

UH, THE CONDITIONS ARE THE, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY AND DELINEATION OF THE USAGE SHALL GENERALLY COMPLY WITH THEIR PROPOSED SITE PLAN.

UH, THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE A DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE MEETING OUR MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS IN THE UDC AND THE FINAL ONE, UH, WAS ADDED AFTER THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING, UH, THE REQUEST OF ANOTHER DEPARTMENT THAT THE EXPANSION OF PARKING AREAS BEYOND WHAT'S CURRENTLY DEPICTED SHALL COMPLY WITH PAVING STANDARDS AS DETERMINED BY THE ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY DEPARTMENTS.

THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

I DON'T SEE ANY LIGHTS.

WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER.

THEY'RE HEADQUARTERED IN CAPELLE, TEXAS.

MAXWELL FISHER MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER IS MY NAME IS MAXWELL FISHER WITH ZONE DEV 2 5 0 2 GRAND BREW DRIVE, RICHARDSON, TEXAS 7 5 0 8 0 REPRESENTING MEI INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS.

I'LL BRIEFLY GO OVER THE ITEMS THAT, UM, DIDN'T GO OVER, UM, WHERE WE ARE.

WE ARE RELOCATING TO THE FRONT OF THE SITE.

ZACHARY'S MOVING TO THE BACK.

THIS SITE IS, IS ZONE AND, UH, ZONE FOUR INDUSTRIAL.

UM, IT IS AN INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR.

UH, MEI INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS IS A RIGGING COMPANY, UH, NATIONAL COMPANY FOUNDED IN 1999.

UM, THEY'LL HAVE ABOUT FIVE TO 10 ONSITE EMPLOYEES.

UM, WE HAVE GENERAL BUSINESS HOURS.

THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT IS IT HAS VERY LOW TRAFFIC, BUT IT'S A SPECIALIZED TRUCK TRUCKING BUSINESS, SO IT'S ONLY SIX TO 10 TRUCKS PER DAY.

SO IT'S VERY MINIMAL FROM A A TRAFFIC STANDPOINT.

HERE'S A FEW PICTURES THAT SHOW THE STAGING AND STORAGE OF SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT AND PREP PREPARATION OF EQUIPMENT FOR DELIVERY.

SO THERE'S SOME STORAGE ON SITE.

A LOT OF WHAT THEY DO IS OUTSIDE BECAUSE IT'S SUCH THE NATURE OF THE LARGE EQUIPMENT INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR.

IT ALIGNS WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, WHICH CALLS FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

UM, SO WE, WE'D ASK YOU TO APPROVE THIS REQUEST.

IT'S COMPATIBLE WITH THE ZONING AND THE LINES WITH THE COMP PLAN.

UM, THERE'S A FENCE THAT THAT SCREENS THE OUTSIDE STORAGE AND STAFF SUPPORTING IT.

AND PNZ ALSO RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

AND I STAND FOR QUESTIONS.

I DON'T SEE ANY LIGHTS.

THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR CARDS.

UH, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION.

UM, SAVANNAH STAFF IS OKAY WITH THIS, WITH CONDITIONS? YES, MA'AM.

MAYOR, I MOVE TO, UH, FIRST CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE 35 WITH CONDITIONS THAT YOU SECONDING.

WE HAVE MOTION TO SECOND.

I AIN'T OPPOSED SAY NAY.

GOOD LUCK TO YOU GENTLEMEN.

36.

[Items 36 & 37]

A THANK YOU.

ITEM 36 AND 37 WILL BE TIED TOGETHER.

COMP PLAN, UPDATE FOR POTENTIAL ZONE CHANGE, 2033 GALVESTON ROAD.

UH, IT'S A COMP PLAN.

UPDATE CHANGE TO FUTURE LANES.

MAP FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TWO, UH, UH, TWO RESIDENTIAL UNITS, WHICH WOULD BE A DUPLEX, UH, APPLICANT.

UH, UH, AGAIN, THIS DESIRE IS TO CONSTRUCT TWO ATTACHED SINGLE FAMILY UNITS.

UH, THE STANDARDS WOULD BE AS SHOWN HERE IF APPROVED.

PNZ RECOMMENDED APPROVAL SEVEN TO ONE.

AND UNDERSTANDING THE ZONE.

THE, THE FUTURE LAND MAP DOES NOT SHOW THAT THIS IS A HIGH DENSITY AREA.

IT, OF COURSE, IT SHOWS THAT IT CONFLICTS, BUT OVERALL STAFF IS NOT CONCERNED WITH ANY POTENTIAL ZONE CHANGE TO ALLOW FOR, UH, THIS DEVELOPMENT.

JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT.

UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL, DO WE HAVE SOME CARDS TOO? THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, MR. JACKSON, THE, UH, SURROUNDING AREA IS SINGLE FAMILY.

AND THIS WOULD PUT TWO DUPLEXES.

SO IT WOULD BE FOUR FAMILIES.

IT'S, UH, ONE UNIT WITH 2, 2 2 UNITS.

ONE UNIT WITH ONE BUILDING WITH TWO UNITS.

OH, OKAY.

SO IT'S SA DUPLEX? YES.

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WELL THAT'S, THAT'S BETTER.

YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S A LOT BETTER.

COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.

MAYOR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO.

TIM JOHN JOHNSON.

I TAKE THAT ONE TOO.

UM, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, LOOKING AT THE PICTURES, IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THERE ARE OTHER DUPLEXES THERE ON THE STREET.

NOT IN THIS AREA.

THERE ARE SOME ON THE SOUTH HERE, YOU CAN SEE THEM DOWN HERE.

BUT THAT AREA WAS DESIGNED TO BE HIGH DENSITY AND THEN IT TRANSITIONED, I THINK AT ONE POINT THERE WERE TWO UNITS ON THIS PROPERTY.

UH, I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED WITH THOSE, BUT THAT WAS YEARS AND YEARS AGO.

SAT VACANT FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

I BET IT WAS TWO, TWO DUPLEXES YEARS AGO.

'CAUSE I JUST WANTED TO SEE HOW THE NEIGHBORS WOULD FEEL HAVING A DUPLEX.

RIGHT NOW IT'S A VACANT LAND LOT IN PUTTING A DUPLEX THERE.

I WAS CONCERNED THAT THE NEIGHBORS FEEL LIKE IT'S NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING HOMES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I AGREE WITH YOU.

UH, BUT, UH, UNDERSTANDING THE NEED FOR NEW HOUSING IN THE AREA AND THE SIZE OF THE HOME IS NOT GONNA BE ANY DIFFERENT THAN YOUR A SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED.

IT JUST HAS TWO, TWO UNITS IN IT.

OVERALL SIZE IS GONNA FIT THAT LOT THOUGH THE SAME AS A SINGLE.

I JUST HOPE THE COMMUNITY OUT THERE.

I'D LIKE TO WHAT THEY HAVE THE SAFETY HERE.

LETTERS OUT, BUT YOU NEED RESPONSES ABOUT RIGHT.

IF YOU WANT.

DON'T SEE ANY, UH, MORE LIKES.

WE CAN, UH, WE HAVE SOME SPEAKERS OR COMMENTERS.

KOBE MCDADE.

36 AND 37.

MAY I NEED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS? AND TO ANSWER YOUR POINT ABOUT THE NEIGHBOR, THIS IS A FAMILY OWNED PROPERTY AND THERE IS A AUNT NEXT STATE.

YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, I'M SORRY.

KOBE MCDADE.

37 22 CONSTITUTION IN GRAND PRAIRIE.

SPEAKING FOR THE OWNER, UM, IS A FAMILY OWNED PROPERTY AND THERE IS OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.

AND THEY KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING A, UH, TWO TOWN HOMES ON THIS SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.

I, I, I CAN, I CAN AGREE WITH THAT.

BUT WHAT ABOUT FUTURE USE? WHERE IF THE FAMILY MEMBERS MOVE OUT, AND I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE CONSISTENCY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE ONE, THERE'S A DUPLEX ON THE CORNER AND THE REST OF THE HOMES OR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE LOOKING FOR THE CONSISTENCY.

I'M NOT SAYING I'M FORWARD.

I'M NOT SAYING I'M AGAINST, I WAS JUST ASKING THE QUESTION AND NONE OF THE NEIGHBORS HAVE SPOKEN OUT WHEN THE CITY IS SENDING LETTERS OUT.

SO THE NEIGHBORS APPARENTLY NOT THAT CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT YOU GUYS ARE ABOUT TO DEVELOP THERE.

THANKS.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

WILLIAM REESE, YOU'RE GOOD.

THAT'S ME.

THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.

WE'LL MARK YOU DOWN AS SUPPORTIVE.

MS. PATSY RAY, I'M SUPPORTING THE BUILDING.

I'M, I'M SORRY SHE DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WANTS TO RECORD HER SUPPORT.

YOU'RE JUST RECORDING? YES.

YOUR SUPPORT.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS.

I ENTERTAIN A MOTION AND WE CAN DO BOTH 36 AND 37 AT THE SAME TIME.

I DROVE BY THERE TODAY.

IT'S A NICE BIG LOT.

AND, UM, SOMETHING NEW, NEW DEVELOPMENT THERE IS GOING TO ADD, I THINK TO THE, UH, TO THE AREA.

SO MAYOR, I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE ITEM 36 AND 37 SECOND.

MOTION.

SECOND BY COUNCIL MAYOR ADAMS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

A AYE.

OPPOSED SAY NAY.

UH, IF YOU HAVEN'T DRIVEN DOWN GALVESTON IN A LONG TIME, THERE HAVE BEEN A, A, A NUMBER OF NEW BUILDINGS GO UP THERE.

UM, BRAND NEW.

ZONING CASE 25 0 4 0 0 1 4.

[38. ZON-25-04-0014 - Zoning Change/Concept Plan - 826 Forest Oaks (City Council District 2). Amendment to Planned Development-152 District to modify the development standards for the construction of a single-family home on 0.08 acres. A portion of Lot 7, Block 14, Greenwood Addition No. 2, Phase 2, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-152 and addressed as 826 Forest Oaks Dr (On June 9, 2025, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 8-0)]

ITEM 38.

THAT'S A PD AMENDMENT FOR 8 2 6 FOREST OAKS.

IT'S A UNIQUE CASE.

UH, IT'S EXISTING SUBDIVISION UNDER, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UH, PLAN DEVELOPMENT PD 1 5 2, WHICH CALLS FOR SPECIFIC LOT SIZES WITHIN IT AND NO VARIATIONS, NO VARIANCES ALLOWED.

SO WITH THAT, UH, THIS LOT, UH, WAS CREATED AS A REMNANT.

THE, UH, A LOT NEXT TO IT ACTUALLY BOUGHT A PORTION OF THIS LOT BY ME AND BOUNDS, WHICH ENDED UP MAKING THIS UNDEVELOPABLE PER THE CURRENT ZONING STANDARDS UNDER PD 1 52.

SO THIS WAS A MEANS FOR US TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE THIS BE DEVELOPABLE.

SO IT'S A PD AMENDMENT TO ALLOW FOR THIS LOT TO BE DEVELOPED PER THE EXISTING STANDARDS AND LOT SIZES THAT ARE LOT SIZES THERE.

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UM, EXISTING CONFIGURATION.

AND THIS JUST GIVES YOU KIND OF OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE LOT WOULD LOOK LIKE, WHAT THE HOME WOULD LOOK LIKE, FOOTPRINT.

SO THEY ARE REQUESTING THE VARIANCES AND THESE VARIANCES ARE AGAIN INTENDED TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LOT AS IT STANDS.

NOW, IF THEY DON'T GET THESE VARIANCES, IT WON'T FIT.

CORRECT.

SO IT'S MINIMUM LIVING AREA, MINIMUM LOT AREA MINIMUM LOT WIDTH.

UM, FROM 40 TO 30, 4400 SQUARE FOOT, LOT SIZE TO 35 20 IN THE MINIMUM LIVING AREA FROM 1400 TO 1289.

FRONT YARD SETBACK WOULD BE FROM 20 FEET TO ALLOW A MINIMUM FRONT YARD SETBACK OF 19 FEET SIDE YARD SETBACK FROM EIGHT FEET TO ALLOW FOR A SEVEN FOOT AND THEN GARAGE SPACES TO ALLOW FOR A SINGLE GARAGE PARKING SPACE.

THEY WILL STILL HAVE A DRIVEWAY PARKING SPACE, THOUGH P AND Z RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.

EIGHT ZERO AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

MAYOR PRO TIM.

THANK YOU RASHAD.

YEAH, THIS IS JUST A SIMPLE QUESTION.

UM, ONCE WE, IF WE APPROVE THIS HYPOTHETICALLY, WILL THEY HAVE TO COME BACK TO US WITH A SITE PLAN LATER ON OR WOULD THEY BE GOOD TO BUILD? THEY WOULD JUST BE ABLE TO BUILD.

THANK YOU SIR.

AND IF I UNDERSTAND YOU CORRECTLY, THERE'S REALLY, IF WE DON'T DO THIS, IT'S JUST GONNA SIT VACANT.

UM, THANK YOU RASHAD.

UM, ANY SPEAKERS? NO SPEAKERS.

COUNCIL MEMBER HEDON.

WELL, ALWAYS HAPPY TO MAKE AN APPROVAL FOR A SINGLE FAMILY.

IT'S ALWAYS GREAT.

UH, EVEN IF IT'S TINY.

EVEN IF IT'S TINY, BUT FOR SOME FAMILIES NO, NO, THIS, THAT'S BE GREAT.

COME, UH, JUST WANTED TO SAY ON THE RECORD, I HAD TO RELOCATE MY SEAT.

BILL TOOK ONE FOR THE TEAM.

THERE WAS SOME KIND OF SOMETHING LOOKS LIKE MOLD THAT IT LOOKS REALLY SCARY AND IT WAS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE IF, IF, UH, Y'ALL BE WATCHING BILL IN CASE HE, AND IT WASN'T, IT WASN'T JOHN, IT WASN'T JOHN AND IT WASN'T BLACK IT BOLD EITHER.

IT WAS JUST, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING ON THE WALL.

SO YEAH, SOMETHING GOING ON AND THANK YOU BILL.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

SO, UH, WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 38.

WE MOTION AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AY, OPPOSED, SAY NAY.

JOHN SCOOTS CHAIR DOWN.

[Items 39 & 40]

39.

THANK YOU RASHAD.

YEAH, TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT HERE.

IT'S OKAY.

UH, ITEM 39 AND 40 WILL BE READ TOGETHER THIS COMP PLAN UPDATE FOR, UH, THE RELATED ZONE CHANGE FOR MULTIFAMILY PROJECT AT SARAH JANE AND FORUM.

UH, A PORTION OF THE PROJECT IS DESIGNATED AS, UH, OPEN SPACE DRAINAGE FOR THE FLOODPLAIN AREA AS SHOWN HERE ON THE SCREEN.

UM, THEY ARE CHANGING IT TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO BE IN LINE, UH, CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LANES OF THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF.

AGAIN, ANOTHER IMAGE.

THE EXISTING ZONING FOR THIS PROPERTY IS PD 2 88, WHICH ALLOWS FOR MULTIFAMILY AND PD 29 SPECIAL COMPLEX, WHICH INCLUDES APARTMENTS AS ARE ALLOWED.

USE PD 2 88 WAS APPROVED IN EARLY TWO THOUSANDS AND PD 29 WAS APPROVED IN, UH, THE SEVENTIES.

SO THIS IS SHOW YOU THAT THIS PROPERTY IS SPLIT BY THOSE TWO ZONING DISTRICTS.

PD 2 88, SHOWN IN THE YELLOW STAR THERE AND PD 29.

THE GOAL FOR THIS ZONE CHANGE IS TO ESSENTIALLY CREATE ONE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT FOR THE OVERALL 'CAUSE MULTIFAMILY IS ALREADY THERE.

AND SO THIS IS JUST A WAY, AS YOU STATED, I MEAN, WE'RE NOT APPROVING NEW MULTIFAMILY NO, IT'S JUST DO AWAY WITH THE LINES AND LOOK AT IT AS ONE COMPLETE HOLE INSTEAD OF TWO INDEPENDENT PDS COUNSEL.

SO I DON'T WANT EVERY ANYBODY TO GET, UM, WELL, LET'S DON'T APPROVE MORE MULTIFAMILY.

WE'RE NOT, IT'S JUST A COMBINATION, UM, AS YOU EXPLAINED.

YES, YES, SIR.

ACCESS WILL BE OFFICER JANE.

SO CONSOLIDATING THE AREA INTO ONE PD, ONE CONCEPT, THERE'S 350, 43 MULTIFAMILY UNITS AND 14 BUILDINGS.

UM,

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I HAVE A CLUBHOUSE POOL, DOG PARK.

HERE ARE THE STANDARDS AS PROPOSED.

SO THEY ARE, I BELIEVE, WANTING TO ALLOW FOR AN EXCEPTION FOR THE MAX HEIGHT TO ALLOW FOR SOME ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS AT THE TOP OF THE BUILDING.

UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST NOTED THAT THE CURRENT ZONING ALLOWS FOR MULTIFAMILY BY RIGHT.

AND THAT A MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTY IS, UH, DESIGNATED AS HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ALREADY.

MAYOR PRO, TIM RASHAD, DO THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURRENTLY BUILD UP TO FOUR STORIES AS IT STANDS? YES.

UH, IT IS REALLY THE MORE, THE HEIGHT.

I BELIEVE THE MAX HEIGHT IS 50, YOU CAN DO, UH, 50 TO 60 FEET UNDER THE CURRENT STANDARDS.

UM, THEY'RE ASKING FOR 65.

AND THE WAY THEY'VE DESIGNED IT, AND I THINK THEY'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, ASK, UH, ADDRESS THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, BUT THE BUILDINGS ALONG NEAR THE EXISTING MULTIFAMILY TO THE NORTH WILL BE YOUR SHORTER BUILDINGS AND THEN THE TALLER BUILDINGS UP TO THE FOUR STORY WILL BE ALONG SARAH JANE.

UH, MR. JACKSON.

UM, THE, UH, THE, UH, THE PART THAT'S WE'RE DOING TO THE, UH, PLAN AMENDMENT IS CURRENTLY, UH, DESIGNATED OPEN SPACE SLASH DRAINAGE, UH, DRAIN.

IS IT DRAINAGE FOR A REASON? I THINK IT'S, YES.

IT'S SHOWING, IT'S SHOWING WHERE THE FLOODPLAIN IS.

UM, BUT WITH THIS PROJECT, THEY'LL HAVE TO, IF THEY HAVE TO RECLAIM THROUGH THE CIVIL CLAIM REVIEW PROCESS, THEY'LL NEED TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND RECLAIM IT.

AND THAT'S WHERE OUR ENGINEERING STAFF WILL LOOK AT THAT.

BUT THEY JUST CAN'T RECLAIM IT.

WITHOUT PROVING IT'S, AND MAKING IT TO WHERE IT'S FEASIBLE.

SO THE FUTURE LANGUAGE METHOD IS MORE SO THEY'RE CHANGING IT TO JUST MAKE THIS MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE ZONING IF APPROVED.

AND AS IT STANDS, EVEN IF IT WAS NOT CHANGED, THEY COULD STILL DEVELOP THE MULTIFAMILY.

IT'S JUST CLEAN.

IT IS MORE SO CLEANUP.

SO THEY COULD COME IN NOW TO, TO OUR POINT, THERE'S ALREADY EXISTING MULTIFAMILY ZONING ON THE PROPERTY.

IF THEY WANTED TO COME IN AND SHOW CIVIL PLANS TO SHOW THAT THIS AREA NEEDS TO BE RECLAIMED AND DEVELOPED, THEY COULD, THEY COULD.

CURRENTLY THIS DOESN'T CHANGE THEIR RIGHT.

OR GIVE THEM NEW RIGHTS.

I GUESS MY, MY QUESTION IS, THEY, BEFORE THEY BUILD ANYTHING THERE, THIS HAS GOTTA GO THROUGH THE RECLAMATION PROCESS.

THIS PIECE WOULD, IT'S POSSIBLY, I I HAVEN'T, THIS IS JUST A CONCEPT.

SO BEFORE THEY MOVE FORWARD, IF THAT IS A REQUIREMENT FOR THEM TO BUILD THOSE BUILDINGS ON THE SOUTH END, THEY WILL HAVE TO, IF THEY CHOOSE NOT TO, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO COME FORWARD.

BUT IF IT DOES, Y'ALL WOULD KNOW WHEN IT IMPACTS THAT THEY WOULD TRIGGER THAT.

AND THE A THE APPLICANT COULD PROBABLY ASK, UH, ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

I'M HOPING THAT SOMETHING WOULD TRIGGER IT THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO TRIGGER.

WELL I I WOULD, I WOULD ASSUME OUR FLOODPLAIN ADMINISTRATOR WOULD TAKE CARE OF THAT.

SOMETHING WOULD TRIGGER YES.

AT THE, AT THE, UH, BUILDING BUILDING APPLIC APPLICATION, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO SUBMIT CIVILS BUILDING PERMIT TIME.

THE CIVIL PERMIT REVIEW WILL INCLUDE OUR FLOODPLAIN ADMINISTRATOR REVIEW.

WELL, ALRIGHT.

AND THE APPLICANT'S HERE, YOU SAY WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CARDS.

I'M NOT SURE THEY'RE THE APPLICANT'S, BUT DON'T CALL 'EM YET.

I, I'LL HANG OFF THAT COUNCIL MEMBER HEAD'S.

I WAS, UH, CAN YOU GO BACK ONE SLIDE? OKAY.

ONE MORE.

THE ONE THAT SAID, UH, IS THERE ONE MORE? YEAH, ONE AND SLOW.

THE ONE THAT SAID THE, UH, MAX HEIGHT, 65 FEET ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN, MAXIMUM LEVEL HEIGHT.

SO THEN YOU SAID THEY WERE DOING 65, BUT THAT WAS CONSIDERED OVER, I BELIEVE THE, THE, I, LET'S SEE HERE.

LET'S, SO YES, MF TWO, THEY CHOSE, THEY CHOSE MF TWO, THE MAT SIDE AND MF TWO WAS 50.

THEY PROPOSED THEM 56 POINT, NOT 65, 56 0.6.

SO THEY'RE SAYING, GIVING THEM ABILITY TO AND FLEX 56 INSTEAD OF 65 OR 60.

ELEMENTS ON THE END UNITS, NOT NECESSARILY AT ANOTHER FLOOR, BUT SOME ARCHITECTURAL THINGS UP ON TOP.

THE APPLICANT COULD PROBABLY EXPLAIN, EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY WANTED TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE SOME ARCHITECTURAL

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CORRECT.

SO THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE HEIGHT, WHAT THEY WERE ASKING, THEY'RE ASKING FOR A VARIANCE ON THAT.

YOU WERE CONFUSED.

IT SAYS 65 FEET ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN.

THAT'S WHAT, OKAY.

THAT MAY BE A TYPO FROM STAFF, BUT THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING.

THEY ARE ASKING FOR A VARIANCE ABOVE THE STANDARD MF TWO REQUIREMENT, BUT NOT FOR AN EXTRA FLOOR.

JUST FOR ARCHITECTURAL, A STEEPLE.

NO, WELL, THAT'S WHAT WAS EXPLAINED AS MORE ARCHITECTURAL EVIDENCE.

I UNDERSTAND ON THE END CAP UNITS, WHICH MAY BE PRETTY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW, YOU, WELL YOU HAD ONE MORE THING.

UH, MR. JACKSON, UH, THERE'S ANOTHER TYPO.

UH, AND IT, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE TOOK CARE OF IT BEFORE IT GOT VOTED IN.

AS, AS THE, UH, AS THE RECOMMENDATION.

UH, WE GOT A PIECE THAT SAYS COVERED PARKING SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR 70% OF UNITS.

AND I KNOW THAT'S ONLY SUPPOSED TO BE 20%.

SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE TOOK CARE OF THAT.

SO IT DIDN'T GET VOTED IN AS BEEN 70% ON THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS.

THAT'S, I'VE GOT TO BELIEVE TONY'S RIGHT.

DO YOU SEE THAT THE COVERED PARKING? YEAH.

IT'S 20%.

IT'S IT'S BURIED IN THE, HE SAYS IT SAYS 70.

IT IS BURIED IN THE ORDINANCE.

IN THE ORDINANCE IT SAYS 70.

AND YOU AND I, SO IF WE MAKE A MOTION, WE NEED TO CORRECT THAT IN THE MOTION.

AND YOU AND I BOTH KNOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE 20.

THANK YOU, TONY.

COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.

MR. JACKSON.

MR. JACKSON IS THIS ONE.

I DO BELIEVE IT'S ONE.

SOME OF THEM HERE.

PARCEL I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, IS IT ONE PARCEL OR TWO PARCEL? I BELIEVE IT'S ONE PARCEL IN TWO PDS, YES.

UM, I THINK THAT'S, WE EXPLAINED IT ONE PARTIAL IN TWO PDS.

LET ME CONFIRM HERE.

THERE'S TWO PDS AND IT LOOKS LIKE THIS DOES HAVE THE ONE LOT HERE AND ANOTHER PARCEL HERE.

THAT'S WHAT, OKAY.

THERE'S, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT PARCELS.

SO WHAT THE PDS BEEN APPROVED FOR THOSE TWO SEPARATE PDS? YES.

SO THOSE PDS FOLLOW THE LOT LINES AS THEY EXIST NOW AND JUST SAY FOR SOME REASON THIS DOESN'T PASS, THAT MEANS THE DEVELOPER WILL HAVE TO DEVELOP THOSE TWO PARCELS ACCORDING TO WHAT'S ALLOWED BY RIGHT.

IN THOSE PARCELS.

STILL MULTIFAMILY.

STILL MULTIFAMILY, YES.

CORRECT.

BUT IT COULD BE SMALLER, MULTIFAMILY, THE NUMBER OF UNITS.

'CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE, NOT NECESSARILY, I MEAN DEPENDING ON HOW THEY DESIGN IT, THEY COULD DO THE SAME NUMBER OF UNITS AND JUST HAVE A SHARED ACCESS BETWEEN THE TWO LOTS.

THEY'RE JUST REALLY TRYING TO CLEAN THIS UP, I THINK, AND PUT IT ALL UNDER ONE DEVELOPMENT STANDARD.

ALRIGHTY.

GOOD.

ARE THERE RESTRICTIONS, ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS FOR PD 29? UM, COMPARED TO PD 2 88 FROM T PD 29 DOES NOT GO INTO AS MUCH DETAIL AS PD 2 88 BEING IT WAS DONE IN 1972.

IT JUST ALLOWED FOR A WHOLE BUNCH OF USES AND APARTMENTS WAS ONE OF THEM BEFORE EITHER ONE OF US PD 2 88, UH, STIPULATES THAT MF TWO IS TO ALLOW ZONING DISTRICT, SO THEY'RE KIND OF COMING IN IN LINE WITH THAT AND CREATING A CONCEPT PLAN ACCORDINGLY.

COUNCIL MEMBER HEAD, I GUESS.

UM, DID, DID ANYONE HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE DEVELOPER? HE'S COMING UP AND WE OH, HE SAID PRESENTATION? YEAH.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A PRESENTATION OR NOT.

I JUST KNOW THEY GOT CARDS.

I'LL BELIEVE THEM.

DANIEL BOX, ARE YOU ASHLEY BEDELL.

WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION IF YOU GO AHEAD LIKE THAT THIS EVENING.

BOTH OF YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

SURE, OF COURSE.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD.

MY NAME IS DANIEL BOX.

I'M A ZONING ATTORNEY WITH WINSTED PC OFFICES LOCATED AT 27 28 NORTH HARWOOD STREET IN DALLAS.

GOOD EVENING.

ASHLEY BAL WITH THE GARRETT COMPANY'S ADDRESS OF 4 0 1 PENNSYLVANIA PARKWAY IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

DID YOU WANT TO ASK HIM A SPECIFIC QUESTION TO KICK IT OFF? NO, NO.

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JUST GO FORWARD, SEE IF IT'S PULLED UP.

WELL, WHILE HE'S PULLING IT UP, I'LL GO AHEAD AND TRY AND KEEP THE EVENING MOVING QUICKLY FOR ALL OF YOU.

I KNOW WE, YOU HAVE A LOT ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.

UM, JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT OUR PROJECT TO YOU THIS EVENING.

UM, TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GARRETT COMPANIES, WE ARE A FULL SERVICE, MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AS WELL AS A PROPERTY MANAGEMENT TEAM.

WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS SINCE 2014 AND HAVE DEVELOPED OVER 20,000 UNITS, UM, WITHIN 22 STATES.

AND WE HAVE WORKED IN TEXAS BEFORE.

WE'VE DONE ABOUT 10 PROJECTS DOWN HERE, BUT NOTHING IN THE DALLAS AREA OR GRAND PRAIRIE YET.

I DIDN'T SEE A PRESENTATION IN THERE, NO.

WE'RE GONNA WING THIS A LITTLE BIT, SO BEAR WITH ME.

I'M GONNA TRY AND FIND THE SITE PLAN HERE FOR YOU.

I DO HAVE AT LEAST ONE COPY OF THE PRESENTATION THAT I CAN GIVE THE MAYOR GIVE, GIVE IT TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER WHOSE DISTRICT THAT RESIDES.

AND THEN WHEN WE ACTUALLY VISITED THE SITE AND SAW EVERYTHING HAPPENING WITH EPIC AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, DEFINITELY, UH, MADE US WANNA COME HERE AND LEARN MORE.

UM, AND THEN JUST TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT GARRETT AS WELL.

ONE OF OUR COMPANY'S CORE VALUES IS EXCELLENCE.

WE REALLY BELIEVE IN FINDING LOCATIONS THAT ARE EXCELLENT LIKE GRAND PRAIRIE, LIKE EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING SURROUNDING THE SITE THAT WE'RE HERE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING ON.

WE WANNA DELIVER EXCELLENT PROJECTS FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND WE ALSO WANNA BUILD AN EXCELLENT TEAM.

OUR CULTURE AND HOW OUR TEAM WORKS TOGETHER IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US.

UM, WITHIN THE PACKET, UM, THERE ARE SOME EXTERIOR ELEVATIONS THAT YOU CAN SEE.

I'M SORRY I CAN'T SHOW YOU THE FULL UM, VIEW, BUT WHAT WE'RE GOING FOR IS WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE EXTERIORS OF OUR BUILDINGS ARE ATTRACTIVE.

WE USE ADJUST THE EXTERIOR MATERIAL PALETTE TO MATCH THE AREA THAT WE'RE WORKING WITHIN, BUT THEY'RE TYPICALLY MADE UP OF MASONRY AND FIBER CEMENT SIDING.

AND THEN FOR OUR AMENITIES AT THE PROJECTS, WHILE WE WANT THE BUILDINGS TO LOOK GOOD FROM THE STREET FOR EVERYONE DRIVING BY, WE ALSO FEEL IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE REALLY ESTABLISH A SENSE OF COMMUNITY FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

UM, WE DON'T WANNA BE SOMEWHERE WHERE SOMEONE WALKS HOME, GOES TO THEIR APARTMENT, AND THEN THEY ONLY LEAVE TO GET IN THEIR CAR AGAIN.

WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IT HAS A SENSE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD JUST LIKE ANYONE LIVING IN A SINGLE FAMILY WOULD HOME AS HAVE AS WELL.

SO WE HAVE IN-HOUSE INTERIOR DESIGNERS AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS THAT WORK WITH US EVERY DAY AND WE TAKE THAT FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM OUR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT TEAM AND OUR CURRENT RESIDENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CREATING AMENITIES THAT REALLY APPEAL TO THEM.

UM, DOG PARKS, DOGS ARE HUGE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE YOUNGER GENERATION, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE A DOG PARK.

BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE A DOG WASH SO YOU CAN GO AND KEEP YOUR DOG CLEAN COMING IN.

UM, THAT HELPS MAINTAIN OUR BUILDINGS OVER TIME AS WELL.

WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T JUST PUT IN A POOL, BUT WE DO A REALLY NICE POOL DECK AS WELL.

PEOPLE TEND TO GO TO THE POOL TO HAVE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY MORE THAN THEY WANNA SPLASH IN THE WATER.

SO TRYING TO UM, MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT BALANCE AND SOME SOFT SEATING SO THAT AREA CAN BE USED YEAR ROUND.

UM, SOME OF OUR PROJECTS ALSO HAVE LAWN AREAS WHERE WE MAY DO COMMUNITY YOGA OR DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES TO ENCOURAGE OUR RESIDENTS TO GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER.

YOU'RE SAVING ME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YES, .

UM, SO TO JUMP BACK AND TRY AND BE QUICK HERE JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME REPRESENTATIVE PHOTOS OF EXTERIOR ELEVATIONS OF PROJECTS WE'VE BUILT BEFORE, SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE MATERIAL AND THE LEVEL OF QUALITY, SAME WITH THE AMENITIES I WAS JUST SPEAKING OF, AND THEN ONTO OUR UNITS AS WELL.

UM, IN THE HOME, IT'S THE HOME THEMSELVES.

NOT ONLY DO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ATTRACTIVE FINISHES, BUT WE ALSO REALLY WANNA THINK ABOUT HOW THE UNITS LIVE.

UM, ISLANDS IN THE KITCHEN, EXTRA STORAGE SPACE IN YOUR LAUNDRY ROOM, SO YOU HAVE SOMEWHERE TO PUT THAT SUITCASE, THAT CHRISTMAS TREE, UM, AND THAT UNITS REALLY LIVE WELL.

AND THEN ONE OF THE QUESTIONS SOMEONE ASKED DURING THE PLAN COMMISSION THAT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE WELL TO BRING UP TONIGHT TOO, IS WHY GRAND PRAIRIE? WHAT MADE THE GARRETT COMPANIES A NATIONAL DEVELOPER WANNA COME TO GRAND PRAIRIE? AND BOTH OF YOU SIGNED UP? I'LL GIVE YOU AN ADDITIONAL FIVE MINUTES.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

BUT HE DOESN'T GET AN ADDITIONAL, Y'ALL TOTAL GET AN ADDITIONAL.

OKAY, I'LL, I'LL BE QUICK THEN.

SO WE BUILT IN TEXAS BEFORE AND AS WE LOOKED AT COMING BACK TO THIS MARKET, PLUS THE THREE GENTLEMEN SITTING THERE WITH ME THIS EVENING ARE ALL EITHER GREW UP IN THE DALLAS AREA OR LIVE HERE NOW.

UM, AND THEY WERE FANS OF THIS MARKET.

SO WE STARTED LOOKING AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS, THE EMPLOYMENT BASE,

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OUR SITE IS ROUGHLY 31 ACRES AND UM, DANIEL WILL DIG INTO THE ZONING A LITTLE BIT MORE LATER, BUT WE DO HAVE TWO PARCELS TODAY THAT WILL BE UNIFYING INTO ONE.

YES, SOME OF IT IS OPEN SPACE, BUT WE WILL BE MAINTAINING THAT OPEN SPACE DOWN AT THE SOUTH END.

UM, IF AS WE KICK OFF SYMBOL ENGINEERING WE ARE REQUIRED FOR ANY FLOODPLAIN PERMITS, WE WILL DEFINITELY EXPLORE THAT.

BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE STILL VERY CONCEPTUAL.

UM, AS YOU SEE ON OUR SITE PLAN, WE HAVE THE BUILDINGS ALONG THE CORRIDOR ALONG, I'M SORRY, SARAH JANE PARKWAY THAT WE'RE CALLING OUR CORRIDOR BUILDINGS.

THOSE ARE FOUR STORY BUILDINGS THAT ALL HAVE ELEVATORS.

AND THEN OVER MORE IN THIS HALF OF THE SITE ARE MORE OF A TWO STORY PRODUCT THAT WE CALL OUR WALKUP BUILDINGS.

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE CORRIDOR BUILDING.

AND THEN TO HIT ON THE HEIGHT QUESTION, WE AREN'T TRYING TO GO OVER FOUR STORIES, BUT IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, THIS ROOF LINE IS KIND OF STRAIGHT ACROSS AND A LITTLE BIT BLAND.

SO WHAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO DO IS POP UP THE ROOF LINE AND CREATE SOME ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST IN THAT ROOF LINE TO DELIVER A HIGHER QUALITY PRODUCT.

UM, FOR GRAND PRAIRIE.

LOOKING AT SOME OF THE LOWER BUILDINGS, UM, THOSE BUILDINGS ARE MORE OF A TWO STORY BUILDING, UM, GARAGES ON ONE SIDE AND ALSO THE WALK-UP FRONT DOORS.

SOME OTHER EXAMPLES HERE.

TRYING TO BE QUICK.

I ALREADY SPOKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT AMENITIES, BUT THIS KIND OF GIVES YOU THAT VISUAL OF SOME OF THE CONCEPT WITH THE LARGER POOL DECK.

THINK FIRE PITS, GAME LAWNS, GRILLING AREAS.

SO THE POOL IS MORE THAN JUST FOR SWIMMING.

UM, AND THEN AGAIN, I MENTIONED THE DOG PARK EARLIER AS WELL.

AND WITH THAT, DAVID, I WILL LET YOU WRAP IT.

I'M SORRY DANIEL, I'LL LET YOU WRAP IT UP WITH, UM, THE ZONING.

GREAT.

UH, THANK YOU AGAIN.

SO JUST TO REITERATE, THIS IS THE LOCATION OF THE SITE TWO MAJOR HIGHWAYS.

OF COURSE WE THINK THAT MAKES IT APPROPRIATE FOR THE USE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING.

AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU SEE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, THE SURROUNDING HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.

UH, AND ALSO OUR SITE IS ALREADY, UH, DESIGNATED HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.

SO WE THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE.

YOU CAN SEE IN THAT UPPER RIGHT HAND IMAGE, THE VERY SLIVER OF OUR SITE THAT'S, UH, LOOKING TO MAKE USE OF THE, UH, THE FLOODPLAIN AREA.

AND SO THAT'S THE COMP PLAN REQUEST THAT WE HAVE.

UH, BUT THE SITE IS CURRENTLY SPLIT ZONED AS HAS ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED.

I THINK THE MAYOR ARTICULATED OUR REQUEST BETTER THAN EVEN I COULD.

MULTIFAMILY IS ALREADY ALLOWED BY WRIGHT, AS IS THE DENSITY.

AND I'M JUST GONNA SAY THAT AGAIN BECAUSE IT FEELS GOOD.

WE ARE NOT REQUESTING THE, THE PURPOSE OF THE REZONING IS NOT TO ALLOW THE APARTMENTS.

THOSE ARE ALREADY ALLOWED.

IT'S NOT TO ALLOW THE DENSITY.

THE DENSITY IS ALREADY ALLOWED.

SO WE THINK THAT THIS IS AN ATTRACTIVE REZONE AND THE ONLY REASON WHY WE'RE DOING IT IS TO UNIFY THE ZONING FOR THE SITE.

IT IT ALLOWS US TO SLAP A CONCEPT PLAN ONTO IT SO THAT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GETTING AND YOU'RE ABLE TO BETTER REGULATE US.

AND WE ARE INTERESTED IN HAVING THAT ADDITIONAL HEIGHT VARIANCE 'CAUSE IT ALLOWS US TO ADD SOME ATTRACTIVE ARTICULATION AND MAKE THE BUILDING MORE AESTHETICALLY PLEASING.

AND SO, UH, I THINK THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I WOULD ADD IS BY WAY OF THE HEIGHT, I KNOW THAT WE HAD, THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT WE HAVE, UH, BAKED INTO THE PD CONDITIONS THAT IT WOULD BE MF TWO.

THE ONLY VARIANCE, UH, FOR WHICH WE WERE REQUESTING WAS THE 65 FEET.

THAT WAS JUST TO ALLOW THE FLEXIBILITY.

BUT IT'S OUR ELEVATIONS THAT SHOW THE 56 OR 57 FEET JUST TO KIND OF EXPLAIN THE DISCREPANCY THAT YOU HAD ALREADY SEEN.

SO HERE'S HOW WE ARE COMPLIANT WITH MF TWO AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO GOING NO HIGHER THAN FOUR STORIES.

SO THAT HEIGHT VARIANCE IS NOT TO INCREASE THE DENSITY, IT REALLY IS JUST TO MAKE IT MORE AESTHETICALLY PLEASING AND ARCHITECTURALLY INTERESTING.

WITH THAT, WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

YEAH, I'LL TURN OFF THE CLOCK AND WE'LL SEE, UH, MAYOR PRO TIM.

WELL THANK YOU MAYOR AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE PRESENTATION.

UM, IF Y'ALL COULD GO BACK TO WHAT THE FOUR STORY ONE IS GONNA LOOK LIKE.

I JUST HAD A COMMENT ON IT.

WE HAVE NOT ACTUALLY DESIGNED THE BUILDINGS FOR THIS LOCATION YET, BUT THESE ARE SOME CONCEPTUAL RENDERINGS OF WHAT WE WOULD VISUALIZE.

THERE'S ANY BALCONIES THERE.

BECAUSE I WAS GONNA VOICE A COMPLAINT PERSONALLY, AND I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR THE COUNCIL, SPEAKING FOR MYSELF.

THIS DOES NOT, I DON'T LIKE HOW IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD IN MY HUMBLE OPINION.

IS THIS THE ELEVATION YOU JUST HAD UP? YEAH, THAT, THAT RIGHT THERE.

IT JUST, IT LOOKS VERY BLAND.

UM, THAT RIGHT THERE LOOKS VERY BLAND AND, AND JUST NOT, YOU WERE SPEAKING ABOUT ATTRACTIVE BUILDINGS AND FOR OUR CITY ESPECIALLY ALONG I 20 AND, UM, AS PEOPLE ARE GOING ON 1 61, THIS IS JUST NOT A GOOD LOOK IN MY HUMBLE OPINION.

IT, IT'S HARD TO EVEN SEE IF

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ARE THERE BALCONIES? YES, THERE ARE.

SEE, I, I CAN'T EVEN SEE 'EM.

YEAH, SO, SO THIS IS KIND OF A BAY OF BALCONIES.

IT, I WILL TELL YOU ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'LL NOTICE ABOUT THIS ELEVATION THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT FROM THIS ONE MM-HMM .

IS THE ROOF LINE.

SO A LOT OF TIMES WE'RE DRIVEN AND THIS ONE YOU THE, NOT THIS ONE, THE OTHER ONE YOU CAN SEE THE BALCONIES.

SEE I SEE 'EM THERE, BUT THE OTHER ONE IS JUST TOO DARK.

I CAN'T EVEN TELL THERE'S BALCONIES THERE.

IT LOOKS LIKE ONE WALL AND WE ALREADY HAVE A ONE WALL MM-HMM .

STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN WALL THERE THAT WE DON'T LIKE.

SO WE DON'T WANT ANOTHER ONE.

AND, AND MA'AM I DON'T DISAGREE, BUT IF YOU GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF YOUR PRESENTATION, IF YOU GO BACK, UM, A FEW MORE SLIDES TO THE BEGINNING, KEEP GOING A LITTLE BIT.

LIKE LOOK AT THIS, COMPARING THESE GRAPHICS MM-HMM .

TO WHAT WE'RE BEING PRESENTED POTENTIALLY FOR OUR CITY.

IT TO ME IS INCONGRUENT IT.

I JUST DON'T, I DON'T THINK DOESN'T LOOK THE SAME.

THEY DON'T LOOK THE SAME.

AND I THINK SOME OF IT IS, THESE ARE ACTUAL PHOTOS OF PROJECTS WE'VE COMPLETED.

WHAT YOU WERE SEEING, THE ONE THAT YOU SHOWED ME THAT YOU DIDN'T CARE FOR WAS KIND OF A FLAT ARCHITECTURAL FLAT ELEVATION, WHICH WE DON'T LIKE.

YEP.

AND THE THING IS NOTED AND APPRECIATE THAT.

WE'LL MAKE SURE AS WE KICK OFF DESIGN, WE GO MORE IN THIS DIRECTION.

RASHAD, WHAT DO WE DO? WELL, I THINK TO, TO WHAT SHE NOTED, THE IMAGES THAT WE'VE BEEN SHOWN ARE 2D AND THESE PICTURES ARE 3D.

SO YOU'RE GETTING TO SEE THE CONTRAST OF THE, UH, ARTICULATION.

WHAT DO WE DO TO KIND OF HELP NAIL DOWN THAT WE DON'T WANT TO LOOK FLAT? IS IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE TABLE THIS UNTIL THEY PRESENT US SOMETHING THAT THEY PLAN TO DO RATHER THAN DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT ALL LOOK VERY BLAND.

I CAN'T ADDRESS THE, ARE THEY COMING BACK FOR A SITE PLAN IF THEY'RE APPROVED? YES.

SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST IS I'VE GOT, YOU'VE WORKED WITH THEM MM-HMM .

YOU GUYS IS IN WHOEVER'S AT THAT DIE THE TIME.

AND WE EVEN GO DOWN THE COLORS AND MATERIAL, DIFFERENT TYPES OF STONE AND YOU'VE WORKED WITH THE OTHER THEM BEFORE ON THIS.

AND WE REALIZE YOU HAVE A BUDGET MM-HMM .

BUT TO, UH, MAYOR PORT TIMMS COMMENT, WHAT MAKES US UNCOMFORTABLE WHEN THEY SHOW US PAST PROJECTS THAT ARE FABULOUS MM-HMM .

AND THEY SAY, OH WELL, YOU KNOW, GRAND PRAIRIE, WE'RE GONNA DO, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T LOOK THE SAME.

WE'RE GONNA DO A CCD VERSION OF THAT.

NOT THE A PLUS PLUS STANDARD THAT, UH, WE WERE SHOWED SHOWN.

SO RASHAD, IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS ZONING REQUEST DOESN'T REALLY AFFECT THAT AND WILL HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY AT THE SITE PLAN PHASE TO I BELIEVE SO.

AND I'LL NOTE THAT THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY VARIANCES FROM THE ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS AND THERE'S ONLY A FEW THINGS WE CAN REQUIRE.

AND IF WE DON'T APPROVE IT, THEY CAN STILL BUILD TO THE ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS THAT THEY HAVE IN PLACE NOW.

WHICH ARE WELL, A A ACTUALLY MAYOR, NOT NECESSARILY, BECAUSE CURRENTLY THE WAY THAT THEY HAVE IT SET UP WITH THE FOUR STORIES, THEY'RE 57 FEET.

OUR STANDARDS IS 50 FEET.

SO WE, WE NEED, WE WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO STOP THEM RIGHT NOW.

I'M JUST SOMETHING THAT I, THAT I, THAT I WOULD, YOU KNOW, WANNA OFFER TO COUNSEL.

LET'S HAVE THEM BRING BACK SOMETHING BEFORE WE APPROVE THIS SPECIFIC ITEM.

I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.

AND TO WHERE WE WE SEE WHAT WE'RE GETTING.

BECAUSE IF WE GO TO SITE PLAN, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO WHATEVER THEY WANT TO SITELINE, WE CAN'T DENY IT PLAN AND STOP SITE PLAN.

BUT IF WE, IF WE NEGOTIATE NOUN, WE CAN THEN I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.

CAN WE ADD A POOL ON THE EAST SIDE? HMM.

THE POOL ON EAST SIDE TO THE WEST, THERE'S NOTHING YEAH.

THAT WE CAN GET INTO THAT.

BUT THAT I I DON'T HAVE A LOOK.

I GOT THE, UM, WE KIND, IT, IT IS INTERESTING.

WE GET PICTURES THAT DON'T LOOK LIKE WHAT YOU SHOW US THAT WE'RE GONNA BUILD HERE.

UH, IT HAPPENS TIME AND AND TIME AND AGAIN.

AND, UH, IT DOES MAKE US PAUSE.

UM, I JACQUELINE, YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH THE DEVELOPERS MM-HMM .

IN THE PAST AND PRETTY MUCH GET WHAT YOU FEEL IS COMFORTABLE AND BEST FOR OUR CITY.

I KNOW THAT 'CAUSE YOU'VE HAD A LOT OF APARTMENTS COME THROUGH YOUR WAY.

UM, LET'S GO THROUGH ALL OUR QUESTIONS BEFORE WE TRY TO MAKE A DECISION.

COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMSON.

JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT DEPUTY MAYOR PROTI AND, UH, COUNCIL, HE'S SAID HE'S NOT A DEPUTY ANYMORE.

I MEAN, MAYOR PROTI.

THE DEPUTY'S DOWN HERE.

YOU KNOW, YOU KNEW WHO I MEANT.

I KNOW.

OR WHATEVER IS EXCELLENCE.

THAT'S WHAT I TELL REBECCA ALL THE TIME.

YOU KNEW WHAT I MEANT.

BUT THANK YOU ASHLEY AND UM, DANIEL FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

AND I HAVE TO ECHO WHAT THEY HAVE SAID.

UM, I 20 IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US.

AND WHO WOULDN'T WANNA COME TO GRAND PRAIRIE AND BE ON I 20? IT'S AN EXCELLENT LOCATION, BUT WE WANT IT TO BE, AS YOU SAID, YOUR MOTTO

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AND WE WANT THIS TO LOOK EXCELLENT FROM I 20.

AND, UM, WE'VE HAD SOME EXPERIENCE A FEW YEARS BACK WITH SOME, UH, SOMETHING ON I 20 THAT DOESN'T LOOK UP TO PAR OR HOW WE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO IT.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE NO, I AGREE.

WE ALL AGREE.

WE ABSOLUTELY AGREE THAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING.

EXCELLENT.

UH, DO YOU PLAN ON HAVING THIS GATED? YES, WE DO.

UM, A LOT OF OUR, WHENEVER WE'RE ENTERING A MARKET, WE REVIEW KIND OF WHAT WE CALL OUR COMPS.

THE OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT WE FEEL OUR PROSPECTIVE RESIDENTS WOULD EVALUATE.

AND BECAUSE A MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE GATED, WE WOULD INTEND TO GATE THIS AS WELL.

UH, WE'LL HEAR THAT.

WE'LL HEAR THIS AGAIN IN A LITTLE BIT.

UH, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS A COUPLE OF PROGRAMS, UH, THAT I WOULD, I WOULD ASK YOU TO GET WITH THEM BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GONNA COME BACK FOR SOMETHING ANYWAY, I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU TO GET WITH THEM BECAUSE IT MIGHT HELP YOU WITH YOUR DESIGN, YOUR PLAN ON DESIGN.

AND UH, IT DOESN'T COST ANYTHING TO DO IT.

THEY'LL DO IT.

THEY'LL WORK WITH YOU FOR FREE AND THEY'LL WORK WITH YOU ON AFTER YOU GET BUILT FOR FREE.

THAT IS GREAT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT SUGGESTION.

UH, AND ALSO, UH, IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE IT GATED, THERE IS ALSO A, UH, IT SOUNDS LIKE A LICENSE PLATE READER TYPE SYSTEM THAT THEY LIKE TO HAVE, UH, WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT BEING USED MORE.

JUST OPENS THE GATES QUICKER.

WELL IT DOES THAT PLUS IT GIVES THEM INFORMATION OF WHO'S GOING IN AND OUT IN CASE THERE IS A PROBLEM ON YOUR LOT.

UM, I UNDERSTAND WORK.

I'M, SINCE IT'S GONNA COME BACK, I WOULD PROBABLY ASK TO REQUIRE THAT LATER ANYWAY.

SO WORK WITH, UH, OUR CHIEF BACK THERE WOULD BE GLAD TO GIVE A CARD TO YOU FOR WHO TO TALK TO.

AND I LIKE SEE YOU WORK WITH THEM TO GET THOSE THINGS TAKEN, TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AT THE TIME OF YOUR DESIGN COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.

UM, JUST QUESTION FOR MR. JACKSON THERE.

UM, CAN WE SAY, CAN WE POINT TO THE DESIGN THAT WE'RE WANTING INSTEAD OF THEM TRYING TO GO OUT THROUGH THE PROCESS OR GOING BACK? OR WILL WE JUST TABLE THIS MOTION AND THEN THEY JUST COME BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING? WE DO.

I WOULD, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT BASED ON Y'ALL'S INPUT, THEY UNDERSTAND THEY NEED TO KIND OF REVISE THE, THE REVISED, THE, THE ELEVATIONS THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED.

SO I WOULD RECOMMEND TABLING IT SO THEY CAN PROVIDE MORE SPEC.

THAT'S WHAT I RECOMMEND.

MORE SPECIFIC ELEVATIONS JUST FOR THIS LOCATION, RATHER THAN PUT THE BURDEN ON COUNCIL MEMBER HEDON TO WORK OUT THE DETAILS LATER, WHICH THEY MAY NOT HAVE TO WORK OUT.

I I THINK WE JUST NEED TO TABLE IT.

IF IT'S, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HEDON, IT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT AND WE WORK, YOU WORK WITH THEM BEFORE AND BRING SOMETHING BACK THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WHAT THEY'RE SHOWING US NOW.

THAT WOULD BE TRUE.

AND IF THAT'S WHAT WE ARE GONNA DO.

CAN I CLOSE OFF DISCUSSION? WELL, I, I STILL HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

A COUPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT GARRETT MM-HMM .

SO GARRETT AS A COMPANY, ARE YOU GUYS THE BUILDERS OR YOU'RE GONNA BE OWNING, OPERATING IT? WELL, WE DO IT ALL.

WE ARE THE DEVELOPER.

WE ARE ALSO THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR THAT WILL CONSTRUCT THE PROJECT.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A PROPERTY MANAGEMENT TEAM THAT WILL OPERATE HANDLE THE LEASE OP OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE.

AND HOW LONG DO YOU GUYS TYPICALLY HOLD YOUR, YOUR PROPERTIES? IT DEPENDS, UM, KIND OF DEPENDS UPON THE MARKET.

UM, AND WHAT'S HAPPENING.

WE HAVE SOME PROPERTIES THAT WE'VE SOLD VERY QUICKLY.

WE HAVE OTHERS THAT WE'VE OWNED SINCE BEFORE I STARTED WITH THE COMPANY IN 2020.

UM, SO WE, WHENEVER WE GO IN AND START A PROJECT, WE START THAT PROJECT ASSUMING THAT WE'RE GONNA HOLD THAT LONG TERM AT LONG TERM AND MAINTAIN IT FOR YEARS TO COME.

AND ALSO THEY WANNA MAKE IT TO WHERE IT'S ATTRACTIVE.

SOMEBODY WANNA BUY IT TOO.

AND YOU SAID YOU GUYS WORK WITH EXCELLENCE, WHICH SOUNDS GREAT.

WE WANT SOMETHING LOOKING BETTER THAN WHAT YOU SHOWED US TONIGHT.

IF YOU ARE THE OPERATOR, I'M READY FOR A MOTION WHEN YOU'RE READY.

'CAUSE YOU CAN ASK THESE QUESTIONS BESSIE, IF WE TABLE IT.

YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS? JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

YEAH, I SURE.

JUST TO BE CLEAR AND TO BE SURE YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SHOW US TONIGHT THAT YOU CAN PIN DOWN WHAT I CAN TELL YOU.

SO FROM A DEVELOPER STANDPOINT, THEY DON'T, FOR US TO DESIGN A BUILDING, WE WANNA HAVE CERTAINTY THAT WE HAVE SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY.

IT WOULDN'T, WE SUPPORTED YOU GOT THE ZONING.

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THAT'S BASIC.

NO, YOU'RE SHOWING US SIX PICTURES AND THEY'RE ALL QUITE, BUT WHAT YOU SHOWED US THAT YOU WERE DEPICTING FOR US DIDN'T LOOK ANYTHING LIKE THOSE.

GO BACK TO WHAT YOU SHOWED US THAT YOU'RE GONNA BUILD ON OUR SITE.

I AGREE WITH DEPUTY, WITH MAYOR PRO TEM ISAN YOU.

IT DOESN'T LOOK ANYTHING LIKE GO, GO BACK THE OTHER, THIS WAS ONE EXAMPLE.

WELL SEE.

NO, LET'S, LET'S GO TO THAT ONE.

THAT ONE DOESN'T LOOK ANYTHING LIKE THE SIX.

SO THAT ONE RIGHT THERE, IT DOESN'T LOOK ANYTHING LIKE THE SIX.

WOULD WE ALL AGREE WITH THAT UNANIMOUSLY? SO MAYOR, IF WE BUILT SOMETHING THAT LOOKED LIKE THIS, I LOVE THAT.

OR LIKE THIS.

I AM JUST TRYING TO GET A FEEL TO ME.

THAT TO ME THAT'S MUCH BETTER THAN THE OTHER ONE.

SO, SO IT'S BETTER, BUT, BUT IT IT IS NOT LIKE THE OTHER.

WE'LL GET TO BEST THE OTHER STICKS.

YOU'RE GETTING CLOSER.

BUT NO, THE SEC THE SECOND THING THAT I WANNA COMMENT ON QUICKLY, THE TWO STORY, UM, APARTMENTS.

COULD YOU GO TO THE EXAMPLES FOR THE TWO STORY ONES? MM-HMM .

WE GOTTA, WE GOTTA DO A LOT BETTER THAN THAT TOO.

JUST BUT MAY I FOR A MOMENT? YES MA'AM.

OH SURE.

YOU CAN.

THE INSIDE LOOKS GOOD.

WELL HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT? I CAN, I CAN WORK WITH THAT.

THAT IS AN ACTUAL PHOTO OF ONE OF THOSE ELEVATIONS YOU DIDN'T CARE FOR THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

AND LET ME SAY THIS, IF YOU CAN BRING US TO AN EXAMPLE I'VE NOTICED ON A LOT OF APPLICATIONS, THIS TYPE OF PICTURE, I THINK THIS IS INDICATIVE OF THE FLAT 2D MM-HMM JUST THE GENERIC LAYOUT THAT THESE, IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD THAT THESE ARCHITECTURE SOFTWARES PUT OUT BECAUSE I'VE NOTICED THAT THEY ALL SEEM TO LOOK LIKE THIS UNTIL THEY GET TO THE 3D ELEVATIONS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT SOFTWARE YOU'RE USING, BUT I HAVE SEEN THIS LOOK AND I THINK THAT THAT'S THE SOFTWARE.

SO IN ANY CASE, I JUST WANTED TO TO SAY THAT FOR THE RECORD 'CAUSE I KNOW THESE, I KNOW THIS TYPE OF COUNCIL MEMBER HAD, WHAT ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH? IT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ELEVATION YOU HEAR THE COLLECTIVE CORRECT.

I DON'T THINK THAT YOU HEAR THE COLLECTIVE WISDOM OF ALL OF US.

WE'RE NOT PLEASED WITH WHAT THEY SHOWED US.

THE ELECTION.

I'M DEFINITELY GOING TO GET WITH THEM AND TABLE US.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY FOR COUNSEL.

I UNDERSTAND THAT ARCHITECTS, THAT THE SOFTWARE THEY USE, THAT'S WHY SO MANY OF THE PICTURES LOOK LIKE THIS.

I'M OKAY, BUT YOU STILL WANT TO TABLE IT BEFORE WE GET TO THE SPECIFICS OF IT.

BUT, UM, OKAY.

SO I'LL GET YOUR INFORMATION FROM SOMEBODY ON PLANNING AND I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO TABLE.

WOULD I, OH, IF I COULD THROW ONE FINAL HAIL MARY, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR US TO REMOVE THOSE CONCEPT ELEVATIONS FROM OUR SUBMITTAL AND INSTEAD TO ATTACH TO OUR PD THE PHOTOS THAT WE HAVE THAT EVERYBODY LIKES? WE'D SAY THAT WE UH, THIS WOULD BE THE CONCEPT I WOULD FOR WHAT WE ARE GOING TO.

I WOULD, YEAH, WHEN YOU MAKE, I WAS GONNA SAY YEAH, I, LET'S LET'S JUST NOT PUT A PICTURE BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS WHAT YOU WANNA DO AND I WANNA MAKE SURE.

SO I THINK THE MEETING WOULD BE BEST AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO GO GO ON FOREVER.

WE CAN JUST TABLE TILL THE NEXT MEETING.

NEXT MEETING.

WE NEED TO DO THIS THE NEXT MEETING.

SO IT'S NOT GONNA BE A LONG TIME AT COUNCIL MEMBER HEDON.

JUST AN IDEA TO POSSIBLY SPEAK TO THEM ABOUT POTENTIALLY REDUCING IT FROM A FOUR STORY, SEVERAL, FOUR STORY APARTMENTS TO MAYBE JUST HAVE ALL OF THEM BE THREE STORIES.

'CAUSE USUALLY THREE STORY LOOKS MUCH BETTER THAN TWO STORY IN MY HUMBLE OPINION.

SOMETHING TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT POTENTIALLY THREE STORIES DOES LOOK BETTER THAN THE TWO STORY.

AND I WANNA REMIND THE COUNCIL AND COUNCIL MEMBER HEADING, THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING.

THEY COULD WALK AWAY, COME BACK AND SAY WE'RE JUST GONNA DO TWO SEPARATE PDS.

THAT'S THE RISK WE'RE RUNNING.

UH, AND THE TWO STORE I THINK IS 'CAUSE THOSE HOMEOWNERS, YOU DIDN'T WANT PEOPLE LOOKING INTO YOUR BACKYARDS.

WELL NO, BECAUSE TWO STORES ARE LONG.

1 61.

NO, IT AIN'T GONNA PROTECT ANYBODY.

I ALONG THE THEY OPPOSITE SINGLE FAMILY TWO.

LIKE A RESIDENTIAL.

YEAH, THERE'S GONNA BE NO ON THE FIRST FLOOR AND SINGLE ON THE SECOND FLOOR.

THIS IS THROUGH ONE UNIT.

UM, THOSE ARE LIKE TOWNHOUSES APARTMENTS.

WHICH ONES ARE THE WALKUP? THAT'S THE TERM I'M, I'M LOOKING FOR THE WALKUP.

IT'S THESE BUILDINGS HERE.

THE SMALLER KIND OF FOOTPRINT BUILDINGS ARE THE TWO STORY WALKUP BUILDINGS.

WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT THAT IS EVERY UNIT HAS THEIR OWN FRONT DOOR.

YOU AREN'T WALKING IN THE CORNER DOOR.

THAT'S WHY YOU CALL, CALL 'EM WALKUP.

I UNDERSTAND.

AND THEN THE FOUR, WHEN YOU GO TO FOUR STORIES, YOU TYPICALLY HAVE AN ELEVATOR.

SO THAT IS ONE ADVANTAGE OVER THE THREE STORY BUILDING.

THAT'S WHY WE THINK THAT'S SOMETHING OUR RESIDENTS DESIRE, ESPECIALLY OFFERING TWO DIFFERENT PRODUCT TYPES WITHIN THE SITE.

SO IT'S TWO DIFFERENT LIVING OPTIONS.

COVERED PARKING YOUR LIST.

UM, DO I NEED TO RESTATE THE MOTION? IT HASN'T AND THEN THERE WAS A QUESTION OF COURSE.

I I LOOKED AT WHAT YOU GOT AND I WAS, I I I POINT OUT WHEN SOMEBODY ELSE IS WRONG.

I GOTTA BE HUMBLE ENOUGH TO POINT OUT WHEN I WAS WRONG.

YOU ARE RECOMMENDING 70%

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I THOUGHT IT WAS 70, NOT 80, BUT YEAH, IT'S NOT 20.

SO YOU'RE JUST NOT 20.

SO WHAT WE ARE OFFERING MORE IN CERTAIN AREAS.

OUR, OUR CODE REQUIRES 20 BUT THEY ARE ACTUALLY OFFERING 70% COVERED PARKING.

MY APOLOGIES.

I MADE A MISTAKE, WHICH I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOOD OR BAD, BUT THAT'S .

THAT'S THEIR CHOICE.

AND UM, I'M READY FOR A MOTION.

I MOVED TO APPROVE.

I MEAN I MOVE TO TABLE UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING.

ITEM 39 AND 42ND WE HAVE MOTION.

ITEM 41, WE NEED THAT FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WANT I TO CLARIFY THAT SOFTWARE, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WANT.

[41. TAM-25-05-0002 - Text Amendment - Article 4, Section 16: Lodging Facilities. An Ordinance of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas, amending Article 4, Section 16: Lodging Facilities of the Unified Development Code to lower the Minimum Size Requirements for Hotel Pools and clarify Amenity Requirements for Tier 1, 2, and 3 Hotels; Establishing a Penalty Clause; Repealing all Ordinances or Parts of Ordinances in Conflict Herewith; Containing a Savings Clause and a Severability Clause; and Establishing the Effective Date as the Date of Passage and Approval (On June 9, 2025, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 8-0)]

ITEM 41 IS A TEXT AMENDMENT TO ADDRESS, UH, ISSUES WE'VE HAD WITH VARIANCES FOR THE LODGING FACILITIES AND HOTELS REQUESTS.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, UH, WE TYPICALLY GET A VARIANCE FOR POOLS AND SO THIS IS INTENDED TO ADDRESS THAT.

UH, LOOKING AT PAST REQUESTS, A AVERAGE REQUEST HAS BEEN GENERALLY AROUND A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.

OUR REQUIREMENT IN THE UDC RIGHT NOW IS REQUIRING 3000 SQUARE FEET.

UM, COUNCIL HAS APPROVED THAT VARIANCE, UM, FOR THE MOST PART.

SO WE'RE PROPOSING THAT TEXT AMENDMENT OF STAFF TO 1000 SQUARE FEET AND ALSO REORDERING THE TEXT A LITTLE BIT TO MAKE IT MORE CLEAR AS TO WHAT TIER ONE AND TIER TWO AND THESE STANDARDS REQUIRE.

AND, AND, AND WE KIND OF TOLD YOU TO DO THIS BECAUSE WE KEPT HAVING TO DO A CORRECT CHANGE IT ALLOW 'EM, YEAH.

SO THANK YOU Y'ALL FOR WORKING ON THIS.

UM, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 41 SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.

ITEM 42 IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.

YOUR OPPOSED SAY NAY 42.

[42. SUP-25-05-0016 - Specific Use Permit - Rio's Brewing Company (City Council District 2). Specific Use Permit for a restaurant (with alcohol sales including entertainment) in an existing commercial lease space on 1.56 acres. Lot 1R2, Block A, 161 Toll Road Retail Corners Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, zoned Planned Development-294 District, within SH 161 Corridor Overlay, and addressed as 1015 Ikea Place, Suite 500 (On June 23, 2025, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval with conditions by a vote of 7-0)]

2 5 0 5 0 0 1 6.

IT'S FOR RIOS BREWING COMPANY.

THIS USED TO BE VOODOO BREWING COMPANY.

UH, IT'S A NEW BUSINESS, UH, OWNER, UH, IS COME IN AND WANTED TO CONTINUE THAT RESTAURANT USE, WHICH THEY ARE CONTINUING BUT ADD, UH, THE ENTERTAINMENT COMPONENT.

SO IT'S EXISTING PD.

SO THIS IS NEXT TO BILLY BILLY JOE'S COFFEE.

UH, SO THE EXISTING REC LAND USES IS THAT BILLY JOE'S TOP GOLF WILL BE TO THE NORTH IKEA.

SAME OWNER.

NOT BILLY JOE.

BUT THE SAME OWNER IS GOING TO STEEP RUNNING THIS? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF.

I BELIEVE THIS IS A NEW OWNER HE'S TAKING.

SORRY THAT THE OTHER ONE DIDN'T MAKE IT.

WELL HE WAS A LOCAL GUY.

I GOTCHA.

UH, FOR, THAT'S TO MY KNOWLEDGE, I KNOW THE NAME HAS CHANGED.

IS ANY OF THE APPLICANTS HERE NEW OWNER? NO SIR.

IT'S THE SAME OWNER.

SAME OWNER.

JUST CHANGING NAMES WE'RE SEPARATING FROM THE FRANCHISE AND DOING ALL, DOING YOUR OWN.

'CAUSE I KNEW WHAT YOU HAD WAS A FRANCHISE AND THEY WOULDN'T LET YOU DO CERTAIN THINGS AND CORRECT.

I UNDERSTAND YOU AND A HALF LITIGATION BECAUSE I WAS THERE FOR THE GRAND OPENING.

YOUR LOCAL, I NEVER WENT BACK MY BAD , BUT MAYBE I WILL NOW TO THE NEW DEAL.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE TVS THERE FOR.

NO, I APPRECIATE YOU ADDING THE TVS.

THEY GOT TVS NOW, SO YEAH, SAME HONOR JUST TO REEMPHASIZE THAT.

JOHN, ARE YOU WANTING A QUESTION OR IS THIS FROM THE LAST TIME? I WONDER IF THERE ANY SAMPLES.

, HE WAS WANNA KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY SAMPLES.

I'LL ANSWER THAT.

UH, THAT WAS FURTHER OPERATIONAL PLAN THAT THEY SUBMITTED.

UH, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? NOT HE'S HERE, BUT DONATE WITH SPEAKERS, UH, OR COUNCIL MEMBER HEAD? YOU READY? SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS.

WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS? CONDITIONS? UH, THE PRIMARY ONE IS NUMBER TWO.

NO LIVE MUSIC SHALL BE ALLOWED OUTDOORS.

LIVE MUSIC PLAYED UN SHALL BE PLAYED INDOORS AND SHALL NOT, IT SHALL NOT BE AMPLIFIED OUTDOORS.

UM, OPERATIONS SHALL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH UH, T TEXAS FOOD ESTABLISHMENT RULES AND LOCAL ORDINANCES.

THANKS SIR.

HEY, RASHAD, IS THAT 11:00 PM 1111? YES.

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SO BUT THEY'RE NOT MANDATED TO DO 11:00 PM OR IF WE MAKE THE APPROVAL AND THAT'S WHAT THEY TOLD US.

IT HAS TO BE 11:00 PM YES.

THAT OPERATIONAL PLAN WILL BE TIED TO THIS SUP.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL IS, IS THIS CORRECT? IF THEY'RE ONLY ONE THAT THE AREA FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT CENTER ONLY 25 SQUARE FEET, THAT'S LITTLE FOR A DJ IT MAY, I'M WHAT I'M ASSUMING IS IT'S GONNA BE SOMEBODY PLAYING A GUITAR STINT OVER IN THE CORNER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

PLAY GUITAR BACKGROUND MUSIC APPLICANT CAN SPEAK TO THAT.

I'M NOT TOTALLY SURE.

SO IF THEY WANT TO LATER EXTEND THEIR HOURS, THEY HAVE TO COME BACK TO US.

AND REQUEST THAT.

WHAT ARE THE HOURS OF A TOP GOLF GOING TO BE? GOOD QUESTION.

DON'T KNOW.

WELL, THINKING PROBABLY ABOUT 11.

GO AHEAD.

I'M READY FOR MOTION.

UH, I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 42 FOR RIO'S BREWING COMPANY.

WE HAVE MOTION.

AND YOU OPPOSED SAY NAY.

A GOOD LUCK TO YOU.

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43.

BRETT HUNTSMAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNER WITH THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY DEPARTMENT.

I'LL BE PRESENTING THE ITEMS. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR A THOROUGHFARE PLAN AMENDMENT.

UH, THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS THAT WE ARE REMOVING A TWO LANE UNDIVIDED ROADWAY, UH, THAT IS LOCATED ON THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN.

UM, DUE TO DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY, UH, UH, PLAN ROADWAY IS LOCATED SOUTH OF I 30, NORTH OF EAST TARRANT, UM, OR NORTH OF EAST TARRANT AND, AND EAST OF STADIUM DRIVE.

UM, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS, UH, CONFERENCE OF PLAN AMENDMENT, THERE WAS A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT WAS CONDUCTED, UM, IN ADDITION TO THE EXISTING TRAFFIC GROWN OVER 10 YEARS.

IT ALSO LOOKED AT THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, ASSUMED ALL THE PROPERTIES IN THAT AREA WERE DEVELOPED AND ALSO, UH, THE ROADWAYS THAT WERE SHOWN IN THE, UH, THOROUGHFARE PLAN BE DEVELOPED AS WELL.

WHAT THIS DID WAS TO LOOK AT A BUILD VERSUS NO BUILD.

IF THEY BUILT THE ROAD VERSUS, UH, THEM NON BUILDING THE ROAD.

UH, THE RESULTS OF THE ANALYSIS, WE DIDN'T SEE ANY MAJOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO.

THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, IN QUESTION IS PROPOSING A SHARED ACCESS DRIVE THAT WOULD SHARE THIS PROPERTY WITH THE ONE AT THE WEST.

IT JUST DOESN'T HAVE THAT CONNECTION TO TARRANT ROAD.

UH, ENDS UP BEING SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN THE BUILT SCENARIO.

UH, WITHOUT THE ROADWAY THERE, YOU DON'T HAVE THAT DIRECT CONNECTION.

SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT, UH, PROPOSE SUP SITE PLAN FOR MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT HAS BEEN DESIGNED.

SO THE REMOVAL OF THE ROAD IS NECESSARY WHILE STAFF RELEASE ERROR WOULD BE BETTER WITH THE ROAD.

THE TIA STATES THAT THE REMOVAL OF THIS PROPOSED MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN ROAD FROM THE PLAN WOULD NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE AREA.

UH, NOW THIS IS A COMPANION ITEM WITH THE NEXT ITEM.

MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO CONSIDER THIS WITH THE, UH, SUP.

THAT IS NEXT.

I TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS, OTHERWISE I'LL TURN IT OVER TO RASHAD TO PRESENT THE SUP.

I DON'T SEE ANY LIES.

THAT'S MULTIFAMILY PROPOSED.

OKAY, LETS, MR. BRETT, BRETT MENTIONED THIS IS, UH, TIED TO, UH, THE SUP FOR A MULTIFAMILY PROJECT.

SO DELAY HERE.

THIS IS CURRENTLY ZONED PD TWO 17, UH, WHICH REQUIRES A SUP FOR, UH, APARTMENTS.

301 UNITS FROM SEVEN BUILDINGS, AND WE ACCESSED OFF OF MUTUAL ACCESS DRIVE OFF OF I 30 FURNISH ROAD.

UH, HERE ARE THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND THE LANDSCAPE PLAN AND PROPOSED ELEVATIONS.

THERE YOU GO.

JAMIE , ROUND TWO.

WELL, I MEAN, THOSE DO LOOK BETTER THAN THAT ONE THEY SHOWED US.

I MEAN, AND I KNOW WE CAN ONLY SAY SO MUCH, UH, BEFORE THEY CAN KIND OF DO THINGS.

I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S TRICKY.

IT'S TRICKY.

AND I, I'LL TELL YOU MUCH OF WHAT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN HADN'T MENTIONED THE PROGRAMS, THOSE, THOSE PLANS ARE INTENDED TO JUST BE 2D FLAT.

YEAH, BUT SEE THESE LOOK BETTER.

UH, THIS IS A PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS A PRETTY EXPENSIVE RENDERING THAT THEY DID TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A, UH, IDEA OF HOW IT'S GONNA LOOK.

EVEN THE ONE BEFORE THAT, IT JUST, UH, NOT, NOT THAT.

I MEAN, , YES, WHO CARES ABOUT THAT, BUT EVEN THAT LOOKS BETTER.

IT JUST GIVES US MORE THE DEPTH LOOK, IT'S THE SHADOWS, IT'S THE PROGRAM ITSELF.

AND WHAT I MEANT

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BY WE'RE LIMITED WHAT WE CAN DO.

THE STATE LIMITS US TO WHAT WE CAN DO.

A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THE GOODWILL OF THE DEVELOPER.

UH, THIS ALSO TIES, UH, I KNOW Y'ALL LIKE THOSE ELEVATIONS.

UH, AND I'LL, I'LL SKIP OVER THIS FOR NOW.

THIS IS INTENDED TO SHOW THE PROXIMITY.

I GUESS I WON'T SKIP OVER IT.

IT SHOWS PROXIMITY OF THE CLOSEST BUILDING TO THE RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS OVER 200 FEET.

THERE IS A KIND OF RAVINE IN BETWEEN A LOW LEVEL WHERE THERE WILL BE A PROPOSED FENCE IN THAT AREA WHERE THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY, THE PROPERTY LINE IS, AND NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO SHOW IT TO YOU ON THIS.

BUT THE PROPERTY LINE IS THAT LITTLE DASH MARK.

UM, THERE WILL BE A, A REQUIRED FENCE THERE.

THEY ARE ASKING FOR A VARIANCE FOR THAT FENCE THAT TYPICALLY REQUIRE A MASONRY WALL.

AND THEY'RE ASKING FOR ROD IRON.

UH, UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS WILL NOT BE REALLY VISIBLE FROM EITHER THE MULTIFAMILY OR THE RESIDENTIAL.

WERE NOT OVERLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT BEING NOT, UM, WR IRON.

SO HERE ARE THE VARIANCES THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED.

UM, THEY WANT TO EXCEED THE MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE OF SINGLE BEDROOM UNITS AND 74%, UH, UDC REQUIRES 60%.

UH, SETBACK REQUIREMENT FROM THE RESIDENTIAL, UH, IS 51 FEET TO A HUNDRED FEET.

UH, PD TWO 17 STATES THAT THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT IS UNLIMITED, UH, BUT SHALL BE SETBACK TWO FEET FOR EACH ONE FOOT IN HEIGHT FROM THE LOT ADJACENT TO, UH, TO THE RESIDENTIAL.

AND THAT IMAGE PRIOR KIND OF SHOWS YOU, WELL THAT'S NOT A MAJOR CONCERN.

THE SIGHT TREES, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 77 TREES WHEN 203 ARE REQUIRED, UH, PER UDC STANDARDS.

ARTICLE EIGHT, UH, THEY HAVE NOT DONE A TREE SURVEY OR MITIGATION PLAN, WHICH COULD ADDRESS SOME OF THE REQUIRED TREES IF THEY SURVEYED AND UNDERSTOOD WHAT THEY COULD AND COULD NOT KEEP THAT COULD BE USED TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE TREE REQUIREMENT.

UH, FENCE ADJACENT TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.

AS I MENTIONED, THEY'RE ASKING FOR EXCEPTION ON THAT FOR THE MASONRY WALL AND DOING ROD ON INSTEAD.

WE HAVE RECEIVED, UH, ONE OPPOSITION.

AND JUST TO GIVE BACKGROUND AGAIN, WHEN STAFF WAS REVIEWING THIS, THIS IS PART OF THE GATEWAY PLAN LONG RACE PLAN THAT WE ESTABLISHED.

I BELIEVE IT WAS 2017, UH, IT CALLED FOR MIXED USE IN THIS AREA PRIMARILY, BUT IT DOES SHOW A MULTIFAMILY.

AND YOU SEE NUMBER NINE THERE IS ESSENTIALLY WHERE THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED.

FIVE 11 IS A PART OF THIS PROJECT AS WELL.

AND THAT'S OFFICE AND UH, UH, WHAT IS 11 RETAIL.

SO IN GENERAL IT IS MEETING THE CRITERIA.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS THE MULTIFAMILY COMPONENT.

UH, AND I GUESS THE HOPE IS AS IT DEVELOPS FURTHER WEST, AS WE DEVELOP FURTHER WEST, THE REACH, UM, RETAIL OFFICE MAY COME, UM, A PART OF THAT PROJECT AS WELL.

THE LONG RANGE PLAN WAS THE ELEVATIONS.

AND Y'ALL KNOW THAT THAT WAS A BIG THING FOR THE OTHER MULTIFAMILY THERE ON STADIUM.

UH, THAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GLASS AND HIGH RISES AND THAT JUST HASN'T COME.

THIS IS THE ONE WE APPROVED A LONG TIME AGO.

IT IS CLOSE TO THAT.

THIS IS A DIFFERENT PROJECT.

OH, NEXT DOOR TO IT IS A DIFFERENT PROJECT.

IT'S A DIFFERENT PROJECT.

BUT THAT WAS A, A CONCERN.

THE ELEVATIONS WERE CONCERNED, BUT Y'ALL APPEARED TO LIGHT THOSE CON ELEVATIONS.

THESE ELEVATIONS, UH, AS ORIGINALLY SHOWN THE OTHER ONE.

UHHUH, .

HAVE THEY DONE ANYTHING? NO.

FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY GOT CAUGHT UP IN THE FINANCIAL STUFF.

AS HAS EVERYBODY.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL.

UH, I, I DON'T UNDER, I DON'T SEE WHY WE WOULD GIVE THEM THE GRANT THEM THE TREE EXCEPTION.

I DON'T SEE WHY WE WOULD GRANT THEM THE, THE OCCUPANCY EXCEPTION.

WELL, I DO.

SO YOU WANT ME TO TALK AB ABSOLUTELY.

THAT'S WHY I KIND OF PITCHED THE BALL TO YOU.

FIRST THING, WE NEED DENSITY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN.

THAT'S WHY WE DON'T HAVE GROCERY STORES.

THAT'S WHY WE DON'T HAVE GOOD REASONS.

OH, I DON'T DISAGREE.

YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT.

THAT'S WHY WE DON'T HAVE THINGS.

IF WE DON'T GET DENSITY, IF WE DON'T GET DENSITY, WE WON'T EVER HAVE THEM.

SO I CAN SEE SOME REASONS.

LET'S PICK THESE UP ONE AT A TIME.

IN A NEGOTIATED DEVELOPER AGREEMENT PER LIVES LONG, WHATEVER YOU CALL THAT ONE, GOING DOWN SOUTH, THE BEST WE COULD NEGOTIATE IS 75%.

UP MINIMUM PERCENTAGE OF SINGLE BEDROOM UNITS WE HAVE

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THAT'S WITH OUR STAFF WORKING WITH THEM.

THAT'S IN THEIR, THAT'S IN THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

SO IF THAT'S THE BEST WE CAN DO ON SOMETHING BRAND NEW IN AN AREA WHERE WE'RE BUILDING NEW, THIS IS KINDA LIKE INFIELD.

74%.

I CAN AGREE WITH IT.

THE REA ANOTHER REASON FOR THAT IS TO KEEP THE BUILDINGS THE SAME.

THAT'S THE FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDINGS THEY WANT TO USE.

THAT'S WHAT THEY'D NEED.

SO I'M, I'M FINE WITH THAT ONE.

THE SETBACK TO THE RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT WHERE THE PROBLEM IS RASHAD, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND PUTTING THAT ONE UP WHERE THE FOOTPRINTS IS, THAT'S NOT EVEN THE ONE I NEED IS UP AT THE, UP AT THE INTERSTATE 30 EDGE OF IT.

THAT'S WHERE IT'S SHORT.

THERE'S NO HOUSING UP THERE, THERE, THERE'S NO RESIDENTIAL HOUSING UP THERE.

IT'S FURTHER AS YOU GET BACK TO THE HOUSING, IT DOESN'T MEET THIS PD, BUT IT MEETS OUR NORMAL MF THREE ZONING.

ANYWHERE ELSE YOU COULD DO THAT, YOU COULD BE THIS CLOSE.

THE PROBLEM IS UP AROUND 30, SO I DON'T REALLY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT ONE BECAUSE IT'S JUST THAT SMALL AREA.

THE NEXT OKAY.

SIDE TREES.

UH, GIVE ME A MINUTE ON THAT ONE BECAUSE I'LL, I WANNA GO DOWN TO THE FENCE.

THE FENCE IS DOWN IN THE GULLY.

THAT THEY HAVE, HE'S GONNA PUT UP, PUT IN THE LICENSE PLATE READERS.

WHO CARES THE FENCE, YOU KNOW, IT'S DOWN IN THE GULLY.

YOU PUT A MASONRY FENCE UP THERE, IT IS GONNA STOP THE WATER.

AS A MATTER OF FACT.

SO THE WROUGHT IRON FENCING IS FINE WITH ME THERE.

SITE TREES, 203 TREES ON THAT SITE SEEMS, UH, EXORBITANT TO ME.

77 SEEMS WAY TOO FEW.

UM, A TREE SURVEY COST, UH, ABOUT $15,000, UM, WHICH COULD BE BETTER SPENT PUTTING TREES IN.

BUT OUR CODE REQUIRES A TREE SURVEY.

EVEN IF THE GUY WANTS TO COME OUT AND CLEAR 'EM ALL OFF, WE GOTTA GO DO A SURVEY SO WE'LL KNOW HOW MANY OF 'EM ARE ANY GOOD.

IT SEEMS TO ME IT WOULD MAKE BETTER SENSE IF SOMEBODY DID A TREE SURVEY.

YOU GIVE THEM CREDIT FOR THE GOOD TREES.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THE HACKBERRIES AND THE COTTONWOOD AND THE OTHER JUNK TREES, THE ONES WITH THE BOER OAK PROBLEMS. BOER ASH PROBLEMS, YOU MIGHT WANT TO, MAYBE WE OUGHT TO LOOK AT CONSIDERING GIVING A LITTLE BIT OF CREDIT FOR CLEANING OUT THE JUNK RATHER THAN JUST MAKING A AREA I'M NOT GONNA TOUCH AND LEAVING JUNK TREES IN THERE THAT WILL SLOT OFF AND FALL DOWN.

BUT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THAT'S NOT THE WAY OUR CODE IS.

AND NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRY TO GET OUT OF THE BOX ON THIS AND COME UP WITH SOME WAY TO MAKE IT BETTER MM-HMM .

WHERE WE COULD DO THINGS THE WAYS THAT MAKE SENSE RATHER THAN THE WAY THE BOOK SAYS YOU HAVE TO DO 'EM.

I JUST RUN INTO ROADBLOCK, ROADBLOCK, ROADBLOCK, ROADBLOCK.

AND I, I JUST GAVE UP.

I HAD TO QUIT MY, I WAS PULLING WHAT THREE HAIRS I HAVE LEFT ON MY HEAD OUT.

SO I WOULD THINK THAT THIS, THE NUMBER 77 IS WAY, WAY TOO LOW.

THE NUMBER 203 IS WAY TOO HIGH FOR THIS AREA.

IF HE GOES IN THERE AND CLEAR CUTS AND GETS HIS PAYS, HIS MITIGATION FEES, I'M WILLING TO PUT IN MY MOTION THAT THAT NUMBER IS 150.

SO, AND I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT.

THAT'S A GOOD EXPLANATION, TONY, BECAUSE, SO THERE ARE REASONS.

NOW LET ME TELL YOU THOUGH, I DON'T LIKE, I PERSONALLY DON'T LIKE HAVING FOUR VARIANCES ON A CASE THAT'S, THREES HAS JUST BEEN MY NUMBER FOR WHATEVER REASON IT IS.

THREES HAS BEEN MY NUMBER , BUT I'VE GOTTEN SOME GIVE BACKS FROM THIS DEVELOPER SUCH AS HE'S GOING TO WORK WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON THEIR, ALL OF THEIR INITIATIVES, OPTIONS AND INITIATIVES

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THE ANOTHER THING ON THE SINGLE FA ON THE SINGLE BEDROOM UNITS, HE'S GOING TO, HIS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY ONLY ALLOWS TWO ADULTS PER UNIT AND ONE CHILD UP TO 1-YEAR-OLD ON A ONE BEDROOM UNIT.

SO WE DON'T HAVE THE OVERCROWDING THAT YOU GET IN SOME OTHER PLACES WHERE THEY'LL LET THREE FAMILIES LIVE IN A ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT.

HE'S AGREED TO DO THAT.

I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF GIVE BACKS ON HIM, SO I'M WILLING TO GO WITH FOUR, JUST BARELY.

AND, BUT 203 IS JUST WAY TOO MUCH ON THIS PROPERTY.

AND THE ONES, THE EXTRA ONES HE IS GONNA PUT IN WILL BE DOWN THE SIDE IN BETWEEN THE RESIDENCE AND THE APARTMENTS.

AND THE THE OTHER THING HE'S GOING TO GIVE US IS A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA VEGETATION ALONG TARRANT ROAD TO SOFTEN THE BLOW OF A FOUR STORY.

UH, WELL IT'S A THREE AND A HALF STORY BUILDING BUILT RIGHT THERE.

SO YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, YOU GO, OH MY GOD, THAT'S A HUGE BUILDING.

YOU'RE GONNA PUT BETTER VEGETATION THERE TO BLOCK OFF THAT AND SOFTEN IT.

THE FOUR STORY THING, IT'S NOT REALLY A FOUR STORY.

IT LOOKS LIKE FOUR STORIES, BUT WHY THEY DON'T HAVE IT ELEVATORS IS BECAUSE THE TOP STORY IS ACTUALLY THE APARTMENT THAT'S UNDER IT.

THAT'S THE BEDROOM FOR THE APARTMENT UNDER IT.

THERE'LL BE INTERNAL STAIRWAY THERE.

GOOD.

SO, AND THAT THEY'RE CUTTING DOWN THE EDGES TO DOWN TO WHERE THEY'RE THREE STORY INSTEAD OF FOUR ON THE ENDS.

ANOTHER THING TO SOFTEN THE BLOW SO IT DOESN'T LOOK AS BAD.

ACCESS IS ALL OFF OF 30.

THE ONLY THING ON THE TARRANT ROAD IS EGRESS.

SO YOU WON'T HAVE A STACK OF CARS TRYING TO GET IN ON TARRANT ROAD.

THE ONLY THING YOU CAN DO IS COME OUT ON TARRANT ROAD.

UH, HE'S GIVEN US ALL, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GIVING ME ANYTHING THAT I'VE ASKED FOR.

HE IS BEEN REALLY EASY TO WORK WITH AND THAT'S WHY I CAN DO THAT.

MAYOR.

MAKES SENSE.

SO THAT'S, I'VE GOT SOME CARDS.

I'M WELL, AND I WANT THE DEVELOPER TO COME UP AND EXPLAIN.

YEAH, I THINK HE'S FILLED OUT ONE OF THE CARDS THINGS HE'S GONNA DO TOO.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE CLUBHOUSE? I DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT THE CLUBHOUSE.

MAYOR.

I'VE BEEN TOO BUSY DEALING WITH TREES.

WELL WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT IT NOW? WELL, THE WAY IT LOOKS, LET WE'LL SHOW IT.

THE DRAWING OF IT.

WELL LET, LET'S LET, LET'S LET HIM, UH, COME UP AND TELL US WHY HE WANTS TO MAKE IT LOOK THAT WAY.

THAT'S THAT'S MY ASSUMPTION.

I CAN HAVE HIM.

LOOKS LIKE A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.

YEP.

LET'S COME UP AND TELL US WHY THAT'S WHAT HE WANTS TO DO.

YEAH, I THINK THIS IS WHERE IT'S GONNA BE LOCATED.

GO AHEAD SCOTT MILLER.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'VE GOT A PREPARED OPENING STATEMENT AND THEN I CAN TAKE SOME QUESTIONS.

YOU BET.

WHILE MUCH OF GRAND PRAIRIE'S RECENT GROWTH HAS FOCUSED ON THE SOUTH, I SEE TREMENDOUS UNTAPPED POTENTIAL IN THE NORTH.

THE SITE I'M PROPOSING FOR MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT IS LOCATED NEAR ONE OF THE METROPLEXES MOST NOTABLE INTERSECTIONS, BELTLINE ROAD AND I 30.

THIS LOCATION OFFERS EXCEPTIONAL REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY WITH OVER 1 MILLION JOBS ACCESSIBLE WITHIN A 20 MINUTE COMMUTE.

IT PROVIDES DIRECT ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT HUBS IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS FORT WORTH AND DFW AIRPORT.

GIVEN ITS VISIBILITY AND ACCESS, THE SITE DESERVES MORE THAN VACANT FRONTAGE.

IT DESERVES PURPOSEFUL INVESTMENT THAT MOVES THE CITY FORWARD.

I RESPECT THE VISION FOR A DYNAMIC MIXED USE CORRIDOR, BUT FOR RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL TO SUCCEED QUALITY HOUSING MUCH COME, MUST COME FIRST.

RESIDENTIAL IS THE CATALYST, THE FIRST DOMINO THAT UNLOCKS THE BROADER POTENTIAL OF THIS AREA.

BY TURNING UNDERUTILIZED LAND INTO HIGH QUALITY HOUSING, WE LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE RESTAURANTS, SHOPS, AND SERVICES ENVISIONED IN THE GATEWAY PLAN.

I'VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH COUNCILMAN SHOTWELL TO REFINE THIS PLAN AND I BELIEVE WE'RE BOTH ALIGNED AND VISION AND STRATEGY.

I LEFT OUR MEETINGS CONFIDENT IN HIS SUPPORT.

I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF THIS SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AND WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM JOHNSON.

GOOD EVENING.

UM, UH, I DO BELIEVE THE CITY IS NOT FOCUSED ON DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTH.

I KNOW THAT'S WHAT YOU BELIEVE AND THAT WAS YOUR STATEMENT.

UH, NO DEVELOPMENTS HAVE REALLY COME TO THE NORTH TO ONE OR TWO DEVELOPMENT.

ON THE, THE MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE BEDROOMS, WHY DO YOU NEED OR REQUIRE SEVEN 4% FOR ONE BEDROOMS? YEAH.

BESIDES YOURSELF.

SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR ON THAT.

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WHAT'S YOUR PURPOSE AND REASON BEHIND THAT? SO I PREPARED STATEMENTS ON ALL THE VARIANCES AND THEN YOU, YOU CAN SHOOT FROM THE HIP.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ IT TO ME.

UM, REALLY IT'S MARKET DEMAND.

UM, THE, THE REQUEST IS DRIVEN BY MARKET RESEARCH AND DIRECT FEEDBACK FROM PROPERTY MANAGERS.

SO I I I DO NOT DID YOU BRING THAT WITH YOU? NO, I DO NOT.

I I, I, I DO NOT DICTATE THE WHAT, UM, THE RESIDENTS DEMAND IN TERMS OF UNIT SIZES AND WHAT RENTS THEY PAY FOR THE AREA.

I JUST REACT AND BUILD TO WHAT I SEE IS, UH, NEEDED FOR THE AREA.

AND, AND FROM MY RESEARCH AND MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION, THAT IS WHAT WOULD CREATE A SUCCESSFUL PROJECT IN THIS LOCATION.

BUT I DID HEAR THAT IT WAS BASED ON WHAT THE SOUTH IS DOING.

AND, AND YOU DIDN'T BRING ANY DATA TO SUPPORT YOUR STATEMENT? LEMME ASK YOU THIS HERE.

THE SETBACK, YOU ARE ASKING FOR A VARIANCE ON THAT.

SO THE SETBACK, ALL I, ALL I'M ASKING FOR IS, UH, TO BE HELD TO THE SAME HEIGHT AND SETBACK REQUIREMENTS AS OTHER COMPARABLE DEVELOPMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY FOR MF THREE DEVELOPMENTS.

UH, PD TWO 17 SPECIFICALLY HAS A MUCH MORE STRINGENT SETBACK.

UH, EVEN THOUGH THE CITY AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS, UM, PUT TOGETHER THIS VISION PLAN SAYING THAT THEY, THEY WANT THE DENSITY HERE, THEY WANT DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS HERE.

AND FRANKLY, THE, THE PLAN THAT THEY HAD WAS MUCH TALLER AND MUCH CLOSER TO THE PROPERTY LINES THAN WHAT I'M, UH, SHOWING TODAY.

UH, WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER ON, ON THE TREES? UH, SO AFTER WORKING WITH, UM, COUNCILMAN SHOTWELL, UH, I'M WITHDRAWING MY VARIANCE REQUEST FOR THE TREES AND I'M WILLING TO PROVIDE ALL THE TREES.

UH, LAST QUESTION ON THE VARIANCE, UM, BETWEEN THE, YOUR PROPERTY LINE AND THE, UH, PROPERTY LINES OF THE RESIDENCE, THERE ARE TREES THERE, RIGHT? YES, IT IS.

IT IS DENSELY WOODED.

UH, YOU CANNOT SEE THROUGH, YOU CANNOT SEE THE HOMES, UH, FROM THE TOP OF MY BUILDING.

AND ARE YOU'RE, YOU'RE PLANNING ON LEAVING SOME OF THOSE TREES THERE FOR PRIVACY? THEY'RE ON, THEY'RE ON THE SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTY LINE, UH, PROPERTY.

SO I WILL, I WILL NOT TOUCH THE TREES ON THEIR PROPERTY AND THEN I'M ADDING TREES ON MY PROPERTY.

ALRIGHT.

THAT'S IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ? YES.

SO THE IMAGE BEFORE US HERE, IS THAT LIKE IF YOU'RE DRIVING ON 30, IS THAT WHAT, WHAT WE GONNA SEE IS, IS THAT CAR ON HIGHWAY 30 FRONT ROAD.

SO THAT IS, THAT IS THE ACCESS ROAD, UH, FROM IT GOES BETWEEN THEM, RIGHT? YES.

THAT IS A NORTH, SOUTH, SOUTH ACCESS ROAD THAT I'LL BE BUILDING A PRIVATE DRIVE.

UH, 30.

UM, THE, THE FRONT OF THE TALLER BUILDING, UH, WOULD BE, UH, UH, ALONG THE 30 FRONTAGE.

AND SO YOU WOULD NOT, SO THE BUILDING ON THE RIGHT THERE, THE LEFT KIND OF FACES 30 SPLIT UP TO SOUTH.

SO THERE YOU GO.

SO THE FOUR RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS FRONT 30, UM, THE CLUBHOUSE, UH, YOU WOULD NOT SEE FROM THE 30 FRONTAGE ROAD OR FROM 30, GO BACK TO THAT OTHER PICTURE THAT IS THAT THE CLUBHOUSE OVER THERE? KIND OF THE, TO THE RIGHT? YEAH.

THE, THE SHORTER BUILDING THAT LOOKS BETTER THAN THE OTHER, BUT I GUESS IT'S JUST BECAUSE IT'S WELL LIT AND THEIR, THEIR, UH, WINDOWS AND THERE'S A POOL IN FRONT OF IT.

BUT YOU LOOK AT THE STANDALONE, IT LOOKS LIKE A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.

SO THE, YOU'RE SAYING THE RENDERING DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE ELEVATIONS? NO, I'M SAYING THAT RIGHT THERE DOESN'T LOOK AS GOOD AS THE OTHER.

SO THE ANGLE YOU WERE SEEING THAT BUILDING WAS FROM, IS THAT TOP LEFT CORNER.

ONE IS 2D AND ONE IS THE PERSPECTIVE THREE.

AND, AND IT'S, UH, MY ARCHITECT'S NOT HERE, BUT THEY USE THE SAME SOFTWARE AS I KNOW WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, IS THAT IT'S THE SAME MODEL TO TAKE THE 2D VERSUS 3D YOU SAME THE OTHER LOOK, JUST A PERSPECTIVE VIEW.

UH, THIS CASE, THE 3D LOOKS BETTER THAN 2D.

COUNCILLOR LOPEZ, YOU STILL HAVE THE FLOOR.

I JUST WANTED TO HAVE HIM LOOK AT THAT PICTURE.

AND, AND WE'RE USING CLOSE TO 30% GLAZING, WHICH IS, WHICH IS VERY HIGH FOR, FOR MULTIFAMILY LIKE THIS.

SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT STANDS OUT TO ME.

UH, WHAT WE'RE GONNA SEE OFF OF THE I 30 I, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT I 20 EARLIER, AND I MEAN WE, IF WE LOOK AT OUR OMNIPLAN, I MEAN WE KIND OF LIKE SET THE BAR VERY HIGH.

AND I THINK THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT CAME IN THAT DID NOT WORK OUT, WE KIND OF WANTED THEM TO GO TO DIFFERENT HIGHER BUILDING MATERIALS, HIGHER QUALITY ELEVATIONS.

I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE CAN MAKE IT LOOK A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

I MEAN, BIGGER WINDOWS.

I MEAN, I GUESS THAT'S A VERY SUBJECTIVE QUESTION TO ANSWER RIGHT HERE.

UM, THE, THE BUILDING MATERIALS WE'RE USING MASONRY AND FIBER CEMENT SIDING AND, AND AN ELEVATED SIDING.

THAT'S A WOOD TONE LOOK.

UM, I, IN MY OPINION WE'RE, WE'RE BUILDING A HIGH QUALITY ELEVATION.

UM, HERE, I'LL GO TO THE 2D.

UM,

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UM, SO IF, IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC, DO YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC ARCHITECTURAL RECOMMENDATION? NO.

WHAT'S THAT? I'M TRYING, I'M TRYING TO RECALL WHAT WE ASKED FOR WITH THE PREVIOUS APARTMENTS.

I MEAN, I KNOW WE ASKED FOR MORE.

THAT WAS WHAT, FOUR YEARS AGO, RIGHT? FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO? MM-HMM.

IT'S BEEN A WHILE.

WE ASKED FOR MORE GLAZING, BUT IT MIGHT BE THIS SAME PERCENTAGE.

I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE PERCENTAGE DID.

THEY UPPED IT TO.

I CAN'T REMEMBER.

THE ONE THAT DIDN'T BUILD.

YEAH, I CAN'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

BUT THEY ADDED SOME ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS, SOME LIGHTING.

THEY, ONE, THE, THE CORNER ELEMENT OF THE BUILDING HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE GLAZING THE CLUBHOUSE PORTION.

BUT THE REST OF THE UNITS WERE, THE, THE REST OF THE UNITS WERE PRETTY STANDARD.

BUT THE CORONER WAS THE ONE THAT THEY UPGRADED.

THE GLAZING.

THAT'S OUR ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT.

AND, AND THAT BEING SAID, WHAT COUNCILMAN LOPEZ WAS COMMENTING ON IS THE OMNIPLAN.

HAVE YOU, MR. JACKSON, HAVE YOU SHOWN THEM, HAVE Y'ALL SHARED THAT INFORMATION OF I'M FAMILIAR WITH IT.

AND SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR FUTURE, WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING IN THE FUTURE, WHAT WE DON'T WANT IS TO SETTLE.

IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

UM, YES SIR.

THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW GOING OUT THERE OF PROJECTS, UM, AND WHAT THE FUTURE MAY HOLD IN THE NEXT FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS, UH, WITH ALL THE ENTERTAINMENT THAT'S COMING IN.

SO WE WANNA BE ABLE TO EX EXCEED LIMITS, YOU KNOW, UM, AGAIN, FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO WE HAD AN APARTMENT, A DEVELOPER COME IN, IT WAS VERY BLAH.

AND THE BEST THEY CAN DO, THEY STILL COULDN'T DO IT 'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT THERE.

AND SO WE DON'T WANT, ESPECIALLY WITH WHAT COUNCILMAN SHOTWELL, UH, TALKING ABOUT, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO BRING IN MORE, UH, UH, TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY AROUND THERE.

SO IF YOU GO BACK TO THE OTHER PICTURE, UM, THE, THE RENDERING.

HOW REALISTIC IS THAT? THAT'S WHAT I INTEND ON, ON BUILDING.

SO OUR MOTION COULD NAIL THAT DOWN.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL PLAN.

IT'S A PER YEAH.

I'M, I'M, I'M NOT SHOWING YOU IMAGES OF OF RIGHT.

STUFF I'VE DONE IN THE PAST.

THIS IS WHAT I'M PLANNING ON BUILDING.

UH, TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE, THE, UH, THE APARTMENT, IT, THERE'S, THERE'S A MULTIFAMILY ZONING IMMEDIATELY TO YOUR, TO THE WEST OF THIS, CORRECT? UH, THE STADIUM DRIVE PROJECT, I THINK EVERYONE'S BEEN REFERENCING.

AND DO YOU TOLD ME YOU KNEW.

SO WHAT WAS THE, UH, SINGLE FA THE, UH, SINGLE BEDROOM RATIO.

SO THEY, THEY WERE APPROVED FOR 77% AND THAT BEDROOM WAS APPROVED BY THIS COUNCIL.

APPROVED IN 2022.

WELL, IT WAS DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

BUT IT WAS THIS COUNCIL.

MM-HMM.

'CAUSE THEY'RE MORE ECONOMICAL.

SO I THINK THE, UH, YEAH, JUST THAT DOG'S ALREADY GOT OUTTA THE PEN FOR REFERENCE.

UH, THE, WILL IT HUNT? SOME OF THE NOTES IS THE ONE, THE ONE BEDROOM UNITS TO YOUR BIKE.

I MEAN, WE'VE ALLOWED MORE SINGLE AND APARTMENTS DO NEED A LOT OF, WELL, THAT'S ONE BEDROOM.

APARTMENTS.

WELL, YEAH.

AND, AND ESPECIALLY IN MY HUMBLE OPINION RIGHT HERE WITH THE ONLY ACCESS BEING OFF INTERSTATE 30.

I'M NOT EXPECTING A WHOLE BUNCH OF FAMILIES TO MOVE HERE.

I'M EXPECTING, I I WOULDN'T DISAGREE WITH THAT PROFESSIONAL.

I THINK YOU'VE WORKED OUT A PRETTY GOOD PROFESSIONAL FAMILIES.

I THINK YOU'VE WORKED OUT A PRETTY GOOD PLAN THERE.

UM, AND THE, UH, I, THE REASON I LIKE IS ARCHITECTURAL PLAN IS FROM EACH END OF THE BUILDING, IT ONLY LOOKS LIKE IT'S THREE STORIES HIGH.

YOU'VE GOT THREE STORIES OF WINDOWS AND THAT SOFTENS THE BLOW, SO TO SPEAK, OF YOU LOOKING AT A BIG TALL FOUR STORY BUILDING.

I'VE GOT ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER THAT HAS SOMETHING AND THEN WE'LL READ, READ SOMEBODY INTO THE RECORD, THEN I'LL COME BACK TO YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER DEBOSKY.

SO WOULD YOU SAY, ARE YOU SAYING THAT THIS IS YOUR FIVE STAR, THIS IS YOUR PRODUCT HERE.

THIS IS YOUR FIVE STAR.

IS IT MORE OF A THREE AND A HALF? THIS IS THE FIVE STAR.

UH, AND, UH, AS FAR AS THE STREET GOES, UH, THERE'S NO CURB CUT ON INTERSTATE 30 FOR THAT STREET TO GO OUT TO ANYWAY, SO, AND I DON'T THINK TEXDOT WOULD EVER GIVE US ONE RIGHT.

REALLY? AND YOU CAN'T DO ANY BETTER THAN THAT? I, I GUESS I WOULD.

I I'M LOOKING FOR SPECIFIC FEEDBACK ON WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE TO, TO DO BETTER THAN THIS.

THE ARCHITECT.

MM-HMM.

GOT ANYTHING ELSE, MIKE? NO.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

SHOTWELL.

LET'S READ SOMETHING INTO THE RECORD.

UM, SANDY DEPRO DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WISHES TO RECORD SUPPORT.

UH, I'M GONNA MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF THIS.

[02:10:01]

AT THE ENTRANCE RAMP.

SO I, I THINK THAT'S KIND OF A LET'S DO IT BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE DONE ANYWAY.

DEAL.

UM, SO I WOULD MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF THE, THE STREET DEAL OF ITEMS NUMBER 43 AND ITEM NUMBER 44 WITH THE, UH, ALLOWING ALL OF THE VARIANCES.

AND I'M STILL, I'M ONLY GONNA, I'M GONNA MOVE THE LIMIT THAT HE CAN PUT AS MANY THAT GUM TREES AS HE WANTS.

BUT THE MINIMUM NUMBERS 150.

AND THAT'S MY MOTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION DISCUSSION.

A DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION.

DID SOMEBODY SECOND IT DOWN HERE? I DID.

CAN SECOND IT.

UH, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH.

IF, IF THE APPLICANT IS WILLING, PUT TWO THREE.

HE CAN PUT AS MANY AS HE WANTS.

I'M GONNA SAY THE, MY MOTION IS THE MINIMUM IS 150.

I'M READY FOR A SECOND.

OH, WE GOT A SECOND.

COUNCILMAN HASN AND SECONDED IT.

THAT'S A QUESTION.

IS IT THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE WANTING THEM TO REMOVE BAD, BAD TREES? NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT HE SAID.

HE'S NOT GONNA REQUIRE HIM TO PUT 233 IN, IN, IN MY OPINION, THAT WOULD STILL BE TOO WOODY BECAUSE THERE ARE A GAZILLION TREES OVER ON THE EAST SIDE OF THIS PROJECT THAT IT'S, IF YOU DRIVE DOWN TARRANT ROAD, IT'S LIKE A FOREST OVER THERE.

IT'S LIKE A FOREST WHERE HE IS TOO.

IF HE CLEARS THAT OUT AND WE END UP WITH 150, 150 TREES, A WHOLE LOT OF TREES, FOLKS, AND IT'S GOING TO BE GRASS UNDER IT, IT'S GONNA LOOK GOOD UNDER, IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO BE A TREE WITH A BUNCH OF SAND OR DIRT AROUND IT.

IT'S GOING TO, IT'S GOING TO BE.

BUT THAT'S YOUR MOTION LANDSCAPE.

IT'S GONNA BE LANDSCAPED.

HE, BUT IT IS JUST, YOU'D BE BANGING YOURSELF.

YOU GO FROM A TREE TO TREE TO TREE LIKE A PINBALL.

SO COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON WANTS TO MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT THAT YOU'RE GONNA DENY, I THINK ASKING FOR THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON HONOR, CHANGE IT FROM 50 DEGREES TO TWO THREE AS REQUIRED.

COUNCIL MEMBER, WELL, EXCUSE ME.

COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON'S ASKING FOR A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO REQUIRE THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF TREES.

I DON'T ACCEPT IT.

YOU'D NEED A SECOND ON YOUR AMENDED MOTION.

HEARING NONE WE'RE VOTING ON TONY'S, CORRECT? YES.

THERE WAS NO SECOND.

UH, DISCUSSION OR JUST, OKAY.

ONE THING I WOULD CONTINUE BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS.

I MEAN, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE APPLICANT PROBABLY WORK WITH STAFF TO SEE WHAT OTHER ENHANCEMENTS, WHAT ARE THE THINGS WE COULD DO, LOOK AT THE APARTMENTS THAT WAS PREVIOUS ADOPTED.

MAYBE MORE LIGHTING, MORE MAYBE MORE STONE BRICK.

UH, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT LOOK SPECIAL, YOU KNOW, AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE YOUR PROJECT LOOKS SPECIAL IN OUR PROJECT, OUR VISION FOR 30 LOOKS AS IMPORTANT.

SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING I ASK.

WE HAVE TOTALLY ALIGNED ON THAT.

I, I, I WANT THIS COURT ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

I MEAN, YOU CAN, BUT I MEAN, WE'RE, UH, IN THIS PROJECT TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND, AND ATTRACT, UH, THE RETAIL AND THE, AND THE OFFICE THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE WANTS.

THIS IS NOT ON THE AMENDMENT.

THIS IS ON COUNCIL MEMBER SHOT WELL'S MOTION.

ALL IN FAVOR TO COUNCIL MEMBER SHOT WELL'S ORIGINAL MOTION.

SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY.

ZONING CASE 25 0 4 0 0 7.

ARE WE DONE YET?

[45. ZON-25-03-0007 - Zoning Change/Concept Plan - Miller Road Development. Zoning Change creating a Planned Development District for Light Industrial with Data Center Use and a Concept Plan depicting six buildings and an electric substation. 157.27 Acres out of the Leeman Kelsey Survey, Abstract No. 593 and the R.M. Wyatt Survey, Abstract No. 1280, Grand Prairie Extraterritorial Jurisdiction, Ellis County, Texas, generally located north of Hwy 67 and west of Miller Rd, Parcel ID 186390 (On June 23, 2025, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 7-0)]

45 HERE TO BLOCK THAT.

ALL RIGHT, MR. JACKSON.

ITEM 45.

MILLER ROAD DEVELOPMENT IS FAR, FAR SOUTH SOUTHERN TIP OF OUR ETJ OR ANNEX PROPERTY THAT WE RECENTLY ANNEXED FOR GOODLAND.

WE HAVE ANOTHER DEVELOPER WHO WANTS TO BE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY.

IT'S 157 ACRES AND THEY'RE PROPOSING A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS PROPERTY FOR A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DATA CENTER USE.

THIS IS THE 18 AND 33? YES.

[02:15:02]

SO THIS IS THE ZONING FOR THAT? YES.

SO THE BASE UNDERLYING ZONING FOR THIS DISTRICT IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

WE'VE ADDED SOME STIPULATIONS WITH REGARD TO CRYPTOCURRENCY IS NOT ALLOWED.

UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING SIX DATA CENTER BUILDINGS AND A PROPOSED ELECTRIC SUBSTATION.

THERE'S AN ELEVATION, CONCEPTUAL ELEVATION AS FAR AS I NOTED.

LIGHT INDUSTRIAL IS THE BASED ZONING DISTRICT ADDED AND DEFINES DATA CENTER FOR THE PD STANDARDS FOR BUILDING LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING PARKING BUILDING HEIGHT TIED TO APPENDIX X.

SO THERE'LL BE DEVELOPING IN ACCORDANCE WHAT OUR EXISTING DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS WE HAVE RECEIVED OPPOSITION FOR PROPERTIES ACROSS MILLER ROAD.

UH, THEY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS WITH REGARD TO THEIR PROPERTY VALUES.

UM, CAN'T REALLY SPEAK TO THAT, BUT OF COURSE, UH, DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY SELL THEIR PROPERTY FOR, WILL PROBABLY DICTATE WHAT THEIR VALUES ARE.

UH, COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, UM, IT'S HARD TO KNOW.

YES, THIS MAY IMPROVE IT.

SO AS I NOTED, UH, WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL, UH, NOTED THAT CRYPTO COURTESY, IT WOULD BE, UH, STIPULATED AS NOT ALLOWED AS A SEPARATE USE FROM DATA CENTER, UH, PNZ REC APPROVAL.

AND WE DO HAVE SOME ANNEXATION, UH, ITEMS TIED TO THIS.

I DON'T SEE ANY LIKES FOR YOU.

42 15 WEST LOVERS LANE, SUITE TWO 50, DALLAS, TEXAS.

UM, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS RELATED ON, WE'LL KINDA ASK YOU EVERYTHING.

I THINK THE WALLS, THE NOISE, THE COOLING, BUT I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY MORE.

YOU MIGHT HAVE COUNSEL.

DO WE HAVE ANY MORE TO ASK HIM? TREES? HOW MANY TREES? NO.

UM, WE'LL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS.

MEET YOUR REQUEST'S.

A GOOD ANSWER.

THAT'S A VERY GOOD ANSWER.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, ARE YOU READY? YES.

I MOVE THE REAPPROVE ITEM 45 AS PRESENTED SECOND.

I'M SORRY.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIMM JOHNSON.

WOULD YOU DO THAT AGAIN SINCE I DIDN'T ADDRESS YOU PROPERLY? THAT'S OKAY.

THAT'S OKAY.

HE MADE THE MOTION.

WHO SECONDED IT? JUNIOR COUNCIL MEMBER BONU.

MAYOR PRO TEM ZANU .

OUR, OUR MAYOR PRO TEMS MADE IT.

WE SECOND IT.

LET'S VOTE.

A OPPOSED MAY.

MOTION CARRIES EIGHT TO NOTHING.

COUNCIL MEMBER HEADING, HAD TO STEP OUT.

AMENDMENT

[Items 46 & 47]

46.

MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE TABLE ITEMS 46 AND 47 TO THE AUGUST 5TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

YAY.

CAN I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

WAIT.

I, I AM SORRY I DIDN'T HEAR YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMSON.