Aug 05, 2025 City Council 08052025

YEAH, MAYOR, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL WE HAVE.

AND I JUST, I CANNOT BE PROUD ENOUGH OF OUR EMS SYSTEM.

IT'S 71% OF WHAT WE DO, 71%.

UH, SO EVERY 10 CALLS, SEVEN OF THOSE ARE MEDICAL.

AND, UH, WE'RE NOT PERFECT.

BUT MAN, WE DO A GOOD JOB.

CHIEF, I CAN'T LET YOU GO WITHOUT YOU MENTIONING TWO THINGS.

BUT BEFORE YOU DO THAT, MAYOR ENGLAND, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? YES, PLEASE.

COME FORWARD.

COME ON, MAYOR.

WELL, THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

I, I WOULD'VE, OBVIOUSLY, TOM HAD HIS SPEECH WRITTEN OUT AND KNEW

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WHAT HE WAS GONNA SAY.

I HADN'T, I HADN'T THOUGHT MUCH ABOUT IT.

I WANTED TO BE HERE, AND I'M GLAD I AM.

THANKS FOR THE INVITE.

UM, BUT I AM PROUD OF THE EMS SERVICE AND I THINK BACK OF WHAT WE HAD BE BEFORE WHAT WE HAVE NOW, AND IT WASN'T GOOD.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT SOMETIMES IT WAS SCARY.

YOU REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE A HEART ATTACK OR GET SICK IN GRANDBURY.

NO.

BUT IT CERTAINLY T TURNED AROUND AND I'M SO PROUD OF IT COULDN'T BE PROUDER.

ONE OF THE THINGS I'M MOST PROUD OF THAT HAPPENED WHEN I HAPPENED TO BE MAYOR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WELL, CHARLIE, WE'RE PROUD OF WHAT YOU DID DURING YOUR 21 YEARS OF MAYOR HERE IN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE CHIEF.

THE TWO THINGS I THINK YOU NEED TO ADDRESS, NUMBER ONE, OUR ISO RATING AND NUMBER TWO, OUR HEART GOLD STANDARD.

SO THE ISO RATING IS WHAT, UH, ISOS OUTTA NEW JERSEY.

THEY MEASURE EVERY FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEY RATE US.

AND THAT'S WHAT YOUR HOMEOWNER INSURANCE IS BASED ON.

NOW, THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR EMS. IT'S ALL ABOUT OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND PUTTING OUT A FIRE.

AND YOU IN THIS CITY SINCE 2014, WE'VE BEEN IN ISO ONE, WHICH IS THE BEST POSSIBLE YOU CAN DO.

UH, AND IT IS THE GOLD STANDARD.

SO, UH, I'M PROUD OF IT, BUT IT'S WHERE WE SHOULD BE.

UH, THE SECOND ONE IS THE AMERICAN HEART, UH, GOLD PLUS AWARD.

FOR 11 YEARS IN A ROW, WE'VE BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY AMERICAN HEART AND THEY'VE ADDED A STROKE ELEMENT TO IT.

IT USED TO BE PURELY HEART ATTACK.

NOW IT'S A STROKE ELEMENT.

AND BASICALLY, IN SUMMARY, IF SOMEONE HERE TONIGHT WAS HAVING CHEST PAIN, THE CLOCK, THE CLOCK STARTS, AND WE HAVE, UH, 90 MINUTES, ACTUALLY 70 MINUTES, I'M SORRY, TO GET THEM FROM THIS ROOM TO THE HOSPITAL THROUGH THE EMERGENCY ROOM, TO THE CATH LAB, AND THE CATHETER HAS TO BE IN PLACE.

AND WE HAVE TO DO THAT 90% OF THE TIME.

AND SO WE HAVE AVERAGED FOR 11 YEARS.

WE HAVE DONE THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TIME.

AND WHAT'S SO FASCINATING, UH, IN OUR CITY IS WE DON'T HAVE A HEART CENTER.

EVERYBODY GOES TO MCA, METHODIST, MANSFIELD, BAYLOR IRVING.

THEY GO OUT OF OUR CITY.

BUT YET YOUR MEN AND WOMEN BEHIND ME CONTINUE TO DO A GREAT SERVICE.

AND FOR 11 YEARS IN A ROW, WE'RE THE ONLY CITY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT CAN SAY THAT 11 YEARS IN A ROW, WE'VE BEEN HONORED BY THAT.

LISTEN OF THAT FOLKS, THE ONLY ONE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

11 YEARS.

AND WE HAD ONE PATIENT.

I WILL THINK THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

OF ALL THE HUNDREDS OF PATIENTS WE HAVE DEALT WITH, WE HAD ONE PATIENT THAT MADE THE CLOCK BY 90 SECONDS.

WELL, I KNOW WHO THAT WAS.

HE'S HERE TONIGHT.

THE REASON IS, BUT WE ARGUED WITH YOU ABOUT, YOU NEED TO, WE ARGUED FOR 20 MINUTES, TOM, WE GOTTA GO.

SO ANYWAY, MAYOR, I'VE HAD ENOUGH TIME.

HE ALMOST MESSED US UP.

WE NO, THANK Y'ALL.

11 YEARS STARTED 25 YEARS AGO.

CHIEF, I'M GONNA GIVE Y'ALL A BREAK A LITTLE BIT BEFORE WE GET INTO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

IF YOU'RE AND YOUR TEAM WANNA ESCORT OUT STAGE RIGHT, YOU CAN LEAVE NOW.

GOOD TO SEE YOU, CHARLIE.

GONNA GO INTO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

IT'LL TAKE Y'ALL LONGER.

KURT, GOOD TO SEE YOU.

BOTH OF YOU HAD HARRY, WE'RE

[CONSENT AGENDA]

WE HAVE, HAROLD WANTS TO SPEAK ON THREE OF THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

COME ON FORWARD.

[4. Interlocal Cooperation Agreement between the City of Grand Prairie and Grand Prairie Independent School District, governing the operation and cost-sharing of the Grand Prairie Police Department’s School Resource Unit, for one year, with estimated cost recovery for the City of $2,935,000 per year and automatic one-year renewals unless either party provides written notice to terminate 90 days prior to the end of the current term (Reviewed by the Public Safety, Health, and Environment Committee on 07/14/2025)]

HAROLD, NUMBER FOUR IS THE FIRST ONE.

GLAD YOU'RE BACK.

YOU TOLD US YOU WANTED TO MAKE IT TONIGHT.

GLAD YOU WERE ABLE TO.

OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

PARDON ME FOR MY ASSISTIVE DEVICE HERE.

I'LL TRY TO MAKE IT QUICK.

ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR, IS THERE ANYONE FROM THE GRAND PRAIRIE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT HERE TONIGHT THAT COULD TALK MORE ABOUT THIS? NO, BUT WE HAVE CHIEF SESAME THAT KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT TO TELL YOU.

HOW MANY OF THESE OFFICERS THAT THE GRAND PRAIRIE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE, THE LOCAL DEPARTMENT? SO, UH, DANIEL SAYS ANY POLICE CHIEF EVERY, UH, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL HAS SWORN POLICE OFFICERS.

AND THEN OUR, ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HAVE SCHOOL SAFETY OFFICERS.

THOSE ARE, UH, I THINK UNIVERSALLY RETIRED POLICE OFFICERS THAT THEY ALL HAVE THE

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SAME TRAINING WE DO.

PARTICULARLY THE ACTIVE SHOOTER AND EQUIPMENT.

BUT ARE THEY, HOW MANY THAT RETIRED FROM THE GRAND PRIX POLICE DEPARTMENT TOOK THESE POSITIONS? JUST, UH, PROBABLY HALF.

HALF? MM-HMM .

THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT.

THAT'S HALF OF THESE GUYS WORKED WITH, THEY'RE ALL VERY TALENTED, UH, RETIRED COPS.

THEY, WE ARE ONLY HIRING TOP TIER OFFICERS TO PROTECT OUR KIDS.

WE'RE NOT HIRING RENT A COP FROM BARNEY FIVES.

ONE BULLET .

WE ARE NOT .

THAT'S WHAT I WANT KNOW.

HAROLD, WELL, JUST REAL QUICK, PLEASE.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

ITEM FIVE.

[5. Annual contract for school crossing guard services from All City Management Services, Inc., in the amount of $1,023,555 for year one, with the option to renew for two additional years ($1,054,440 for year two, and $1,089,240 for year three), totaling $3,167,235 if all renewal options are exercised (Reviewed by the Public Safety, Health, and Environment Committee on 07/14/2025)]

ON THE 2.933 MILLION, WHO IS THIS COST RECOVERY, UH, CHIEF? HE IS NOT DONE.

LEAH, I'M SORRY, THE TWO POINT, I'M SORRY I DIDN'T ON THE NUMBER STUFF, I DIDN'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF THIS IS COMING FROM LOCAL FUNDS STATES.

THIS IS GREAT NEWS, HAROLD.

HE NEEDS TO EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT HAPPENED.

SO, UM, THE STATE LAW CHANGED WHERE THEY REQUIRED POLICE OFFICER OR SOMEONE WITH A FIREARM TO BE IN EVERY SCHOOL IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

WHEN THEY DID THAT, UH, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT REIMBURSED OUR OFFICERS, US FOR OFFICERS IN THE SCHOOL AT 80, 50%.

THE CHALLENGE THAT I HAD WITH THAT IS, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE REQUIRED TO STAY THERE AND I CAN'T PULL THEM OUT FOR OTHER NEEDS IN THE CITY.

THEY'RE IN THE SCHOOL 70% OF THE TIME.

SO, UH, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF CHIEF SLIVA, HE WENT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SAID, LOOK, YOU, YOU GUYS ARE GONNA HAVE TO COVER 70% OF THE COST VERSUS 50% OF THE COST.

SO THAT WAS A BIG PART OF IT.

THE OTHER PART OF IT WAS, UH, OVERTIME REIMBURSEMENT, WHICH, UH, SOME OF THESE EVENTS HAPPEN OFF CAMPUS.

UH, WE WERE, UH, SHARING THOSE COSTS.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PICKED UP A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THOSE COSTS.

SO IT'S, IT'S OVERTIME REIMBURSEMENT.

AND IT'S A REIMBURSEMENT FOR, UH, A TIME THAT'S COMMENSURATE WITH THE AMOUNT OF TIME WE SPEND IN THE SCHOOLS.

BUT IS ANY OF THIS FUNDING FROM THE STATE OR THE 2.9 MILLION, IS ANY OF THAT REIMBURSED FROM STATE FUNDS? BECAUSE I, IT COMES FROM G-P-I-S-D, NOT FROM US GOING TO THE STATE.

THEY GET THE FUNDS FROM THE STATE 'CAUSE NEARLY ALL THEIR FUNDING'S FROM THE STATE.

THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THE 2.9 MILLION COMING FROM G-P-I-S-D, FROM G-P-I-S-D BACK TO THE CITY.

THAT'S WHAT I WANNA KNOW.

ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT ITEM, SIR? UH, LET'S SEE.

WITH THE SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS ON THE NEXT ONE, MAYBE YOU'RE ON LATE ON ME.

I'M UP HERE.

WHO IS ALL, I MAY HAVE TO CALL IN REINFORCEMENTS CAROL, BUT GO AHEAD.

HOLD ON.

I'M ON INJURED RESERVE.

I, I'M HARMLESS.

I'M ON THE INJURED RESERVE LIST.

YOU CAN HANDCUFF ME TO MY WALKER .

BUT, UH, WHO IS ALL CITY MANAGEMENT SERVICES INCORPORATED? SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE A, UH, A COMPANY NATIONWIDE.

THEY HAVE CONTRACTS WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

THEY HANDLE CROSSING GUARDS.

SO THE ONE POINT MILLION DOLLARS THAT COMES FROM G-P-I-S-D, ALSO FOR THE CROSSING GUARDS? NO.

WE'RE, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR, UH, THE CROSSING GUARD COSTS BECAUSE IT'S IN A PUBLIC ROADWAY.

SO, ON THIS COMPANY, DO YOU HAVE ANY DIFFICULTY WITH THEM? STAFFING? NOT AT ALL.

THEY'RE FANTASTIC.

IN FACT, THEY, THEY HAD THE CONTRACT AND, AND WON IT AGAIN.

HOW LONG, DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG THE CONTRACT WOULD BE RIGHT OFF HAND OR, UH, HOW LONG IS THE CONTRACT RUN? FIVE YEARS.

MY INFORMANTS ARE TELLING ME FIVE YEARS.

HAROLD, AS LONG AS YOU'RE HAPPY WITH IT, HE'S HAPPY TO WITH, WE'RE HAPPY.

THAT'S ALL I CARE.

ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT ITEM? NO, THAT'S, THANK YOU.

I'M

[11. Authorizing the transfer of real property located at 503 W. Church Street, Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas from the City of Grand Prairie to the Grand Prairie Local Government Corporation for the City’s Calvary Downtown Development Project for the purchase price of $0.00 plus additional appropriate closing or recording fees estimated at $100.00; and Authorizing the City Manager to execute the General Warranty Deed and any and all other documents necessary for and related to said transfer (Reviewed by the Finance & Government Committee on 08/05/2025)]

GOING BACK.

NUMBER 11.

UH, JUST REAL QUICKLY, IF A HUNDRED DOLLARS ON CLOSING AND RECORDING FEES, THE TRANSFER OF REAL PROPERTY AT 5 0 3 WEST CHURCH STREET, WHAT DID WE, WHAT DID, WAS THE PROPERTY SOLD FOR, PLEASE? OH, I'M SORRY.

HELLO, SIR.

JULIE DOSER, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY? YES, SIR.

CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR QUESTION, PLEASE? THE, I JUST WANNA KNOW AT THE 5 0 3 WEST CHURCH STREET, WHAT WAS THE ACTUAL TRANSITION, TRANSITION PRICE OF, OF PURCHASING THAT PROPERTY WHEN IT WAS PURCHASED BY THE CITY? YES.

I'LL HAVE TO LOOK THAT UP AND GET BACK TO YOU.

THE CITY PURCHASED IT BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF 2024 THOUGH.

2024.

SO, BUT WE DID, WE DID BUY IT, SO, CORRECT.

DOES THIS INCLUDE THE OH, SONIC, OR IS IT JUST THE, JUST THE CHURCH PART? UH, THIS IS, UM, ON THE CORNER OF CHURCH STREET.

IT IS BEHIND THE SONIC.

BEHIND THE SONIC.

CORRECT.

SO THIS ISN'T, WE HAVEN'T BOUGHT THE SONIC YET, THEN, UH, THE SONIC IS ACTUALLY ALREADY OWNED BY THE LGC.

SO WE ALREADY OWN THAT.

CORRECT.

ALRIGHT.

YEAH, THE OLD SONIC THAT IS CURRENTLY OPERATING, NOT THE NEW SONIC THAT'S BEING BUILT IN.

YEAH, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE COMPLETE PURCHASE PRICE WAS.

I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU.

IT TO THE PUBLIC'S ATTENTION.

THANK YOU, HAROLD.

THAT CONCLUDES, OH, WE HAVE ONE MS. PATSY RAY, ITEM FIVE.

HE MAY HAVE ALREADY ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.

ITEM FIVE, WELL COME ON FORWARD.

PATSY, THE CHIEF'S STILL HERE.

RYAN RYAN'S STILL HERE.

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

I JUST WANT TO BRING

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I WAS ONE OF THOSE EMPLOYEES WHEN ALL CITY TOOK OVER AND I WAS NOT PLEASED WITH WHAT WENT ON.

MATTER OF FACT, I WENT TO ANOTHER CITY TO WORK.

THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO WERE WORKING AS CROSSING GUARDS THAT HAD WORKED OVER 60 YEARS FOR THE CITY.

MY COMPLAINT IS TONIGHT IS THAT OUR COMMITTEES BOARD OF, UH, COMMISSION, BOARD OF COMMISSION WHO GOVERNS THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE PART OF THE DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE, DID NOT DO ME JUSTICE AND NOR THEIR EMPLOYEES THAT WORKED FOR THE PD DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION ABOUT THE RESTRUCTURE OF HOW THE CROSSING GUARDS WERE SUPPOSED TO PERFORM THEIR DUTIES.

THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE OFFICER CAME WITH OFFICER DYE.

HE WAS A SERGEANT, I THINK, UH, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER HIS NAME.

BUT I BROUGHT THE TRAINING MATERIAL TO THE CITY HALL TO SHOW HIM THE PROCESS THAT WE AS EMPLOYEES THAT WERE GOING THROUGH.

IT WAS VERY DISAPPOINTING.

I GOT TO MEET THE FOUNDER.

I DIDN'T TALK TO HER OR RESPOND TO HER REQUEST BECAUSE I WAS UPSET OF HOW WE WERE TREATED.

NONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT I WAS UNDER SOMETIME, AND I DON'T KNOW IF CHIEF REMEMBERS, BUT HE'S PLEASED WITH THE WAY THAT WAS HANDLED.

I WAS NOT BECAUSE HE WAS NOT AWARE.

AND I THINK I CALLED MISS.

I CALLED MY CITY COUNCIL AT ONE TIME AND TALKED TO MISS GEORGIA ABOUT THE PROCESS.

SO AN UNH, AN UNHAPPY EMPLOYEE, WENT TO ANOTHER PLACE TO WORK.

BUT I'M BACK NOW.

BUT I'M VOICING MY OPINION ABOUT ALL CITY TONIGHT WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THAT TRANSACTION.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

THANKS FOR COMING TONIGHT.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR CARDS.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKER CARDS.

MAYOR PROTE MIGHT ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEMS NUMBER TWO.

SO ITEMS NUMBER 11 ON THE CASSETTE AGENDA.

SECOND, WE HAVE MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL DEPUTY MAYOR PROTE JOHNSON.

I'LL HAVE MALE INTRODUCE IT, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

A OPPOSED SAY NAY.

MOTION CARRIES ITEM 12.

[12. Resolution Publicly Reprimanding City Councilmember Miguel “Mike” Del Bosque]

ON YOUR AGENDA THIS EVENING IS ITEM 12, RESOLUTION PUBLICLY REPRIMANDING CITY COUNCIL MEMBER MIGUEL, MIKE DELBOSQUE THE CITY'S STANDARDS OF CONDUCT FOR OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, WHICH THE CODE OF ETHICS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE FOUR.

THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES, SECTION TWO DASH SIX THREE PROHIBITS UNETHICAL ACTIVITY.

AND SECTION TWO DASH SIX FIVE AUTHORIZES THE CITY COUNCIL TO DECIDE WHETHER A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL HAS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THESE STANDARDS.

THIS ITEM IS BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING FOR CONSIDERATION.

YOU'VE GOT SOME SPEAKERS.

UM, THERE ARE SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM.

UH, THE COUNCIL WILL NOW CONSIDER THE RESOLUTION.

IF YOU HAVE COMPLETED A COMMENT CARD, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, UH, FOR THE RECORD.

AND YOU'LL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.

UH, FIRST SPEAKER IS DR.

ANGELA LUCKY VAUGHN.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR.

UM, JENSEN AND GRAND PRAIRIE CITY COUNCIL.

I AM DR.

ANGELA LUCKY BOND, AND I WANTED TO COME UP HERE AND JUST MAKE A FEW COMMENTS TO THIS COUNCIL.

AND IT'S IN REFERENCE TO, UM, THE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12.

AND I WANTED TO EXPRESS THAT, UM, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE CITY GOVERNANCE.

AND I KNOW THAT THE LETTER REPRIMAND CAME UP IN THE CITY CHARTER, BUT I'VE STILL BEEN SEARCHING FOR THE POLICY THAT SPEAKS ON, UM, SENSOR.

AND I COULD NOT FIND NO POLICY, UM, FOR THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

HOWEVER, I DID RESEARCH LOCAL, UM, CITIES LIKE LANCASTER AND OTHER CITIES, UM, THROUGH THE DFW, WHO DO ACTUALLY HAVE A POLICY THAT ACTUALLY OUTLINE SENSOR AND ALSO REPRIMAND.

I THINK THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT OUR CITY ESTABLISH A POLICY THAT WAY WHEN ANY OF OUR CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES ACT OUT OF CONDUCT, THAT IT'S NOT PICK AND CHOOSE, UM, OR THE DECISIONS ARE NOT BIASED AS FAR AS LIKE WHO YOU REPRIMAND OR WHO YOU CENSOR.

SO I STAND OUR RISE FOR THAT OCCASION TONIGHT TO SAY THAT OUR CITY NEEDS TO

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ESTABLISH A POLICY.

AND WHEN YOU ESTABLISH A POLICY, IT NEEDS TO BE ADHERED TO.

IT SHOULDN'T MATTER ABOUT YOUR RANKS OR YOUR TITLE.

IF YOUR CONDUCT IS UNBECOMING, THEN YOU SHOULD GET A REPRIMAND OR BE CENSORED.

DAVID ES HELLO, UH, MY NAME IS DAVID ES.

I'M 1904 WEST PFLUGERVILLE PARKWAY, ROUND ROCK, TEXAS.

UH, GOOD EVENING.

AS I JUST SAID, MY NAME IS DAVID ANTE.

I'M NOT ASKING FOR YOU GUYS TO, TO TELL HIM WHETHER HE'S GUILTY OR NOT, BUT YOU SHOULD STAND ON YOUR OWN.

I WANNA THANK THE, UH, COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT.

UH, THIS IS NOT EASY FOR ME.

UM, I MEAN, I'VE COME HERE NOT AS A POLITICIAN, NOT AS A NEWS STORY, AS IS KIND OF BLOWING UP AS IT IS.

BUT AS A NEIGHBOR, SOMEONE WHO, UH, WHO BELIEVED IN BELIEVED GRAND PRAIRIE WAS A CITY BUILT ON TRUST, DECENCY, AND OPPORTUNITY.

YOU KNOW, I, LIKE I SAID, I RESIDE IN ROUND ROCK OUTSIDE OF AUSTIN, WHERE I RUN MY BUSINESS, TAKE CARE OF MY FAMILY.

I CAME TO GRAND PRAIRIE IN AUGUST, APRIL 2ND, 2, 20 25, WITH CLIENTS TO TOUR COMMERCIAL INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

THAT AFTERNOON.

DURING A PEACEFUL SHOWING ON NORTH CARRIER PARKWAY, I BECAME THE VICTIM OF AN UNPROVOKED AND VIOLENT ASSAULT BY A SITTING COUNCIL MEMBER, MIKE DELBOSQUE, BO BOSQUE.

AND, UM, BUT BEFORE I GO ON, I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU ABOUT MYSELF.

YOU KNOW, I'M A FIRST GENERATION AMERICAN.

MY PARENTS LEGALLY IMMIGRATED FROM PERU IN THE EARLY 1950S AND WORKED TIRELESSLY TO RAISE OUR FAMILY, THEIR VALUES.

AND THE ONES THAT SHAPED ME WERE SIMPLE AND YET POWERFUL.

WORK HARD, BE RESPECTFUL, AND NEVER BE AFRAID TO ASK WHAT'S RIGHT.

MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME SOMETHING THAT I CARRY WITH ME TO THIS DAY.

NEVER SWEAR IN PUBLIC BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW IF YOUR NEXT SAIL IS SITTING BEHIND BESIDE YOU.

RIGHT? IT'S THAT KIND OF WISDOM THAT STICKS WITH ME.

AND IT'S, I CARRY MYSELF WITH INTEGRITY WHETHER I'M AT WORK OR AT HOME OR STANDING HERE TONIGHT.

UH, SO BACK TO APRIL 2ND.

THIS AFTERNOON, I WAS SHOWN PROPERTIES ALONG NORTH CARRIER PARKWAY WHEN I WAS CONFRONT, CONFRONTED, STALKED, AND ATTACKED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MIKE DELBOSQUE AS A VIDEO.

I REALLY SHOWS.

HE WAS NOT D DEFENDING ANYONE.

HE WAS NOT CONFUSED.

HE DROVE BY HIS PROPERTY AS HE PURSUED ME IN HIS VEHICLE.

AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, I'M I ABLE TO PUT AN AERIAL PHOTO OF HIS PROPERTY RIGHT HERE, RIGHT HERE.

AND THE X, THE RED X IS WHERE THE ATTACK HAD OCCURRED.

ANYONE WANTS TO SEE IT.

IT'S RIGHT HERE.

IT'S ABOUT FOUR PARCELS, I GUESS, NORTHEAST OF, UH, WHERE HIS PROPERTY IS.

SO AS HE DROVE BY HIS PROPERTY, HE PURSUED ME IN HIS VEHICLE.

HE DROVE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD AND PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED ME IN THE PARKING LOT OF A VETERINARY HOSPITAL THAT HE DID NOT OWN.

YOU KNOW, HE TOOK MY PHONE THROUGH ANOTHER GROUND, BROKE IT, AND DISABLED IT SO I COULD NOT CALL 9 1 1 FOR HELP MY WALLET.

HE NEARLY TOOK MY WALLET BECAUSE HE SAW MY ID AND HE WAS PROBABLY GOING TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT.

AND THEN MY WIFE, SHE WAS, UH, AT THE, UH, PARKING LOT WAITING AT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER'S, UH, DEL BOSQUES PROPERTY.

SHE WAS FRANTICALLY CALLING 9 1 1 BECAUSE SHE WAS ON THE PHONE WITH ME WHEN THE ATTACK HAD OCCURRED.

HE CAME UP TO HER, VERBALLY HARASSED HER, AND THIS WAS ALL CAPTURED ON 9 1 1 VIDEO AUDIO, RIGHT? SO THIS ISN'T, THIS IS, THIS IS NOT A ONE TIME MISTAKE.

HIS BEHAVIOR REFLECTS SOMETHING DEEPER.

AN ABUSIVE AND VOLATILE PERSONALITY THAT CANNOT BE IGNORED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

THIS IS NOT ANOTHER, OH, THAT'S JUST MIKE MOMENT.

ELECTED OFFICIALS MUST BE HELD TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE PUBLIC TRUST IS AT STAKE.

NO CITIZEN SHOULD BE HUNTED DOWN AND HURT BY SOMEONE SWORN TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY.

AND YET THERE'S BEEN NO MEANINGFUL RESPONSE FROM THE, THE, UH, FROM THIS BODY, WHICH THE SILENCE IS STRIKING.

WHAT MESSAGE THAT DOES THAT SEND TO OTHER VICTIMS, OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND TO THE PEOPLE OF GRAND PRAIRIE? YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE POLICE FILES AND THE INVESTIGATION FILES.

YOU ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO THE VIDEO AND THE 9 1 1, UH, AUDIO CALL.

AND THAT WOULD HAPPEN FOUR MONTHS AGO.

BUT YOU GUYS DID NOTHING, WHICH SURPRISED ME.

AND I THINK IT SURPRISED A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE.

SO CENSURE IS NOT ENOUGH.

COUNCIL.

COUNCILMAN DEL BO'S CASE SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM ALL BOARDS AND COMMITTEES UNTIL THIS CASE IS FAIRLY ADJUDICATED.

LET THE COURTS DETERMINE GUILT.

THIS IS, WE'RE NOT AT A BASEBALL GAME.

CONTINUE.

OKAY? SO LET THE COURTS DETERMINE GUILT.

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THIS CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR JENSEN, YOU MUST DECIDE WHETHER LEADERSHIP MEANS ACCOUNTABILITY OR COMPLICITY AT THIS POINT.

IT SEEMS LIKE COMPLICITY IS WHAT'S GOING ON.

YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THAT THE CITIZENS OF GRAND PRAIRIE IS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE LED BY PEOPLE OF PRINCIPLE, NOT JUST ELECTED FIGURES.

SIR, YOUR TIME'S UP.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

JANINE WALKER, DEBRA JOHNSTON.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME AND GOD BLESS GRAND PRAIRIE.

WE HAVE THREE OTHER CITIZENS WHO DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WOULD LIKE TO RECORD THEIR SUPPORT.

CHERYL WINKOWSKI.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKER CARDS.

UM, WHAT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL? I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER O BOKO.

IT'S UNFORTUNATE.

WHAT'S HAPPENED, UH, LIKE SAID BACK IN APRIL, UH, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW THAT WASN'T HERE OR SAW THE VIDEO BEFORE THE SIX 30, WE HAVE A BRIEFING AT FOUR 30.

AND BEFORE THAT MEETING STARTED, DIDN'T I ASKED OUR CITY MANAGER, I ASKED OUR MAYOR IF I COULD ADDRESS THE STAFF MANAGEMENT AND THE COUNCIL.

YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT TO STAND UP OF WHO I AM, I STOOD THERE.

I ADDRESSED ALL OF OUR STAFF, OUR DIRECTORS, OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS, OUR COUNCIL, AND APOLOGIZE.

I TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR WHAT I DO.

I'M NOT SAYING I'M RIGHT, BUT I AM A MAN ENOUGH TO DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

AND I DID TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY AND I DID APOLOGIZE.

BUT AGAIN, WE'RE NOT GONNA GET IN THE DEPTH OF THIS BECAUSE THIS CASE IS IN STILL LITIGATION.

THERE'S A LOT GOING ON.

IT'S NOT ONLY THIS GUY.

THERE'S A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE.

I KNOW THAT MY ATTORNEYS WILL BE ASKING AND I ASK MY ATTORNEYS AND I THANK Y'ALL FOR COMING AND SHOWING TO ASK THEM, HEY, SHOW THE RECEIPTS.

SHOW THAT YOU HAD AN APPOINTMENT.

SHOW THAT I DENIED THEM ACCESS.

SHOW 'EM JUST LIKE ANY REALTOR THAT'S OUT HERE OR THAT MAY BE WATCHING, THEY WILL KNOW WHETHER YOU'RE SELLING A RESIDENTIAL OR A COMMERCIAL.

YOU'RE GONNA SET UP APPOINTMENTS.

NOW, IF HE WOULD'VE DONE THAT, I WOULD'VE INVITED HIM.

BUT THE WAY HE WENT ABOUT IT, AND HERE'S WHERE WE'RE AT.

BUT THAT BEING SAID, LET THE COURTS RUN ITS PROCESS.

LET THE VERDICT COME OUT.

THEN IF Y'ALL CHOOSE TO CAST STONES OR DO ALL THIS OTHER STUFF, THEN YOU'RE OUT.

BUT I WOULD SAY RESPECTFULLY, WAIT, JUST WAIT TILL THE, THIS CASE IS DONE AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE TRANSPARENCY AND THE PROCESS BEING DONE.

SO THAT IS MY 2 CENTS OF WHAT IT'S WORTH.

I ASK EVERYONE TO BE PATIENT.

HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE THIS WRAPPED UP IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS WITH THE DALLAS DA AND WE'LL MOVE ON FROM THERE.

WHAT I DID IN MY PRIVATE IS MY PRIVATE, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT AT THE SAME TIME I'M A COUNCIL MEMBER.

AND AGAIN, I TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THAT.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'D LIKE TO APPROVE ITEM 12 FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM 12 IN THE OTHER DISCUSSION.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

AIN'T OPPOSED SAY NAY.

ITEM

[13. Public Hearing and Ordinance abandoning a 1.701 acres (74,107 square foot) portion of platted street right-of-way and two supporting easements located on a portion of 4226 E. Main Street (also known or identified as 4138, 4150, 4200 E. Main Street) and authorizing the City Manager or his designee, to execute a Quitclaim Deed transferring said abandoned right-of-way and related easements to IG Grand Prairie, LLC (Reviewed by the City Council Development Committee on 07/09/2025)]

13, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE TABLE ITEM NUMBER 13, THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE ORDINANCE.

UNTIL A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING, WE HAVE A MOTION SECOND ABOUT COUNCIL MAYOR HEAD.

A OPPOSED A NAY.

MOTION CARRIES ITEM 14

[14. Final Reading of 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]

IF NEEDED.

THIS IS THE ANNEXATION.

WE'RE READY.

HELD AT THE 7 14 20 25 MEETING.

TIFFANY BULL, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY.

ITEM NUMBER 14 IS THE FINAL READING OF THE LAKES SONG, ANNEXATION.

AS YOU RECALL, LAKES SONG ADDED ADDITIONAL LAND ONTO THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND PURCHASED IT AFTER THE ORIGINAL ANNEXATION.

THOSE ARE NOTED AS G-F-H-I-N-J.

AND AT THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS ALREADY

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AND THEREFORE I ASK AT THIS TIME THAT YOU CONSIDER THE ANNEXATION OF THIS LAND.

WE'VE GOT SOME SPEAKERS THAT MAY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR YOU, STA COUNSEL DOES, DO ANY OF Y'ALL HAVE QUESTIONS FOR TIFFANY AT THIS TIME? YOU'LL WAIT.

OKAY, GO AHEAD RIGHT NOW.

TIFFANY'S RIGHT THERE.

SO IT'S EXCEPTIONALLY QUICK.

UH, DOES THE DEVELOPER AGREEMENT THAT'S IN PLACE FOR THE REST OF THE PROPERTY COUNT FOR THIS PROPERTY TOO? THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WAS AMENDED IN ON THE JUNE 17TH MEETING TO INCORPORATE ALL OF THE PROPERTY.

AND WHEN THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WAS AMENDED, IT ALSO DID, UM, INCLUDE A PROVISION WHEREBY THEY ARE WAIVING CERTAIN RIGHTS THAT WERE JUST GRANTED UNDER STATE LAW.

YEP.

SO THAT'S, THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THAT DEVELOPER AGREEMENT THAT WE DID? YES, SIR.

THAT'S WHAT I WANNA KNOW.

HAROLD WILLIS.

FIVE THREE ONLY.

THIS WILL BE REAL QUICK.

OUT OF ALL OF THIS PROPERTY, ALL OF THIS IS LOCATED IN ELLIS COUNTY? YES, SIR.

WHO IS THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE THAT REPRESENTS THIS SECTION OF ELLIS COUNTY? I AM NOT SURE.

NO KNOW.

I BELIEVE IT IS STATE REPRESENTATIVE BRIAN HARRISON.

AND I JUST WANTED TO GET IT ON THE RECORD THAT TEXAS MONTHLY HAS DESIGNATED HIM AS THEIR COCKROACH OF THE YEAR OF.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION, HAROLD.

JUST A LITTLE INFORMATION THERE I NEED TO SHARE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

WE COULD HAVE DONE WITHOUT THAT, BUT THAT'S OKAY.

WE HAVE SOMEBODY HERE THAT'S HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF ANYBODY NEEDS ANY QUESTIONS ANSWERED FROM THE DEVELOPER.

HEARING NONE.

COUNCIL MEMBER DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, ARE YOU READY? YES.

UH, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 14 ON THE AGENDA.

WE HAVE A SECOND DOWN HERE ON THIS END.

COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ BEFORE MAYOR PRO TEM SECONDED.

A OPPOSED SAY NAY.

ITEM 15,

[15. First Reading of an Ordinance Adopting the Annexation of Certain Territory in the ExtraTerritorial Jurisdiction of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas, To Wit: Approximately 48.06 acres of land in Johnson County, Texas and Being More Particularly Described and Graphically Depicted as Tracts 1, 2, and 3 in Exhibit “A”, Generally Located West of the Johnson County and Ellis County Border, South of Mansfield, and Including Portions of the Allen Larrison Survey, Abstract No. 497 and Part of the Tract of Land which was Described in Special Warranty Deed to PRA Prairie Ridge, LP Recorded in Book 3500, Page 964 of the Official Records of Johnson County, Texas, 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 ]

FIRST READING.

ITEM 15.

THIS IS THE FIRST READING FOR APPROXIMATELY 48 ACRES LOCATED WITHIN THE GOODLAND TOWN CENTER AREA.

UM, IF YOU RECALL, WE BROUGHT FIRST READING TO YOU PREVIOUSLY FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE TOWN CENTER, BUT THIS LITTLE AREA RIGHT HERE SHOWN IN HASHES, UM, IT IS PART OF THE TOWN CENTER AREA.

IT IS ALL FLOOD PLAIN.

IT WAS ORIGINALLY GOING TO BE UTILIZED FOR SOME OF THE SPECIAL DISTRICTS.

HOWEVER, UM, THEY, THE DEVELOPER WOULD LIKE TO RECLAIM THIS AND MAKE IT DEVELOPABLE AND USABLE SPACE.

AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY HAVE ALSO PETITIONED TO ANNEX THAT LAND INTO THE CITY ALONG WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE TOWN CENTER.

THIS IS THE FIRST READING.

DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? HAROLD? HAROLD? UH, YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION.

THANK YOU, HAROLD.

UM, FIRST READING, DO WE MAKE YEAH.

MAYOR PROM HAS A MOTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

I ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MAYOR PROTE.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO SET THE PUBLIC HEARING AND FINAL READING OF THE ORDINANCE FOR OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING ON AUGUST 19TH, 2025.

TONY, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? ARE YOU OKAY? NO, I'M, YOU'RE GOOD.

THERE'LL BE ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT COME BEFORE THIS, RIGHT? YES, SIR.

GOOD, GOOD QUESTION THOUGH.

THANK YOU FOR WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.

WE DO HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION.

[16. Public Hearing Concerning a Proposed Strategic Partnership Agreement between the City of Grand Prairie and the Ellis County Fresh Water Supply District No. 1]

PUBLIC HEARING.

TIFFANY BULL, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY.

UH, AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE PREVIOUSLY ENTERED INTO A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH ELLIS COUNTY FRESHWATER SUPPLY DISTRICT NUMBER ONE.

THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT ALLOWS THE CITY TO ANNEX THE DISTRICT LAND INTO THE CITY.

ONCE THE DEVELOP, UH, THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN 90% DEVELOPED AND THE DEVELOPER HAS BEEN REIMBURSED FOR THE COST OF CERTAIN PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.

IN MAY, THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DISTRICT WERE CHANGED.

THE LAND SHOWN IN RED WAS REMOVED FROM THE DISTRICT AND THE LAND SHOWN IN BLUE WAS ADDED TO THE DISTRICT.

AND FOR THIS REASON, WE'RE NOW ASKING YOU TO, UM, CONSIDER A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT THAT WILL BE IDENTICAL WITH JUST DIFFERENT BOUNDARIES.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

EVEN IF YOU HAVE NOT FILLED OUT A CARD AND CHOOSE TO WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS, YOU CAN COME FORWARD NOW.

SEEING NONE.

HAROLD, DID WE ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ON THIS ONE TOO? GOODNESS, WE THANK YOU .

UM,

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LETS GO.

YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING TO READ, I BET.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 16.

ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY, YEAH.

ITEM NUMBER.

THIS ITEM NEEDS TO BE SET FOR A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING SET.

REPHRASE IT.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO SET THIS ITEM FOR THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON THE AUGUST 19TH, 2025.

AND OPPOSED SAY NAY.

UH, MAYOR PRO TEM FOR ITEM

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

17, MAYOR PRO TEM.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE TABLE ITEM NUMBER 17 TO THE UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON AUGUST 19TH.

SECOND, WE HAVE MOTION SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR PROTE.

[Items 18 & 19]

I'D LIKE TO TABLE ITEMS NUMBER TO A SPECIFIC DATE.

19TH.

I'D LIKE TO TABLE ITEMS NUMBER 18 AND 19TH TO OUR UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON AUGUST 19TH, 2025.

SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND ABOUT DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM JOHNSON.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

THE OPPOSED A NAY.

MOTION CARRIES ITEM 20.

[20. STP-24-08-0036 - Site Plan Amendment - 161 Townhomes (City Council District 1). Site Plan Amendment to revise building elevations for 40 townhomes on 4.392 acres. Lots 1-30 and Lots 1X-5X, Block A, 161 Townhomes Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas zoned PD-398, within the SH 161 Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 1400 & 1420 Robinson Rd, 1401-1420 Sultan Dr, and 1400-1424 Monarch Dr (On July 14, 2025, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 8-0)]

ITEM 20 IS A SITE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR 1 61 TOWN HOMES EDITION.

AND THE SITE PLAN WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED BACK IN 2021.

THE PURPOSE OF THE AMENDMENT BEFORE YOU IS TO REVISE THEIR BUILD BUILDING ELEVATIONS.

SO THE PROPERTY'S OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN, IT'S ON PD 3 98 AND IT'S ABOUT 4.9 ACRES.

UM, TO REFRESH YOUR MEMORIES, THIS IS THE, THE SITE PLAN, UH, INCLUDES 40 TOWN HOMES ON INDIVIDUALLY PLATTED LOTS.

UH, ON THE SCREEN ARE THEIR PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS, AND THESE WERE THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BUILDING ELEVATIONS.

YOU CAN NOTICE SOME CHANGES IN THE, UM, KIND OF THE STONE GOING TO THE SECOND FLOOR VERSUS, UH, FIBER CEMENT SIDING.

UH, STAFF FELT THAT THE ELEVATIONS WERE DIFFERENT ENOUGH THAT IT WARRANTED BEING BROUGHT BACK FOR AN AMENDMENT BEFORE CITY COUNCIL.

UH, SO THEY ARE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.

AND ON JULY 14TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF EIGHT TO ZERO.

UH, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.

TWO SPEAKERS.

UM, WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM.

I, I HAVE A QUESTION.

OH, I'M SORRY.

YOU COULD MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.

UM, COULD YOU GO BACK TO THAT AND SHOW US WHAT WAS APPROVED BEFORE AND WHAT THEY CHANGED? YES.

SO THIS IS THEIR PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BUILDING ELEVATIONS.

UM, SO YOU'LL NOTICE, UH, KIND OF, UH, STONE AND BRICK, UM, THIS IS THEIR PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS.

THERE'S SOME CHANGES AS WELL IN THE ARCHITECTURAL DETAILING.

SO WHAT IS IT NOW? YOU SAID IT WAS STONE AND BRICK BEFORE.

WHAT, WHAT IS THIS NOW? STONE.

IT'S, UH, BRICK AND FIBER CEMENT SIDING.

AND SINCE THEY'RE CHANGING IT, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A SITE PLAN, WE WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO, TO STOP IT.

WILL WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO STOP THIS IF WE DIDN'T LIKE THE CHANGES? SO IT GENERALLY COMPLIES WITH OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.

UM, THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH THE NEW STATE LAWS.

IT GENERALLY COMPLIES WITH, IT GENERALLY COMPLIES WITH THE REGULATIONS THAT OUR ORDINANCES WITH THE STATE LAW HAS LIMITED WHAT WE CAN SAY.

SO EVEN WHEN SOMETHING THAT WAS IN THE CONCEPT PLAN CONFLICTS WITH WHAT'S PRESENTED DURING THE SITE PLAN PROCESS? WELL, WHAT THEY'RE AMENDING IS ACTUALLY THE PRIOR SITE PLAN.

SO THE PRIOR SITE PLAN IS APPROVED WITH THOSE PRIOR ELEVATIONS.

AND SO THEY'RE WANTING TO, THIS SITE IS SET VACANT FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

SO I GUESS THE STYLING AND WHAT THEY WANT TO DO HAS CHANGED FOR THE MARKET THAT THEY TRYING TO ACQUIRE.

SO, UH, THE MORE, UH, THIS, THIS STYLE IS CONTEMPORARY, BUT SOMEWHAT DATED, I WOULD SAY.

AND THEN THE NEWER, THE, WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, MODERN, CONTEMPORARY.

IT'S A LOT SIMPLER, BUT I THINK IT'S MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT IT LOOKS SIMPLER.

AND OF COURSE IT, THE RENDERINGS DON'T GIVE US COLORS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

PAINT IT ALL WHITE.

REBECCA WOULD LOVE IT.

YOU KNOW, SO YOU DON'T KNOW THE, UH, BUT THAT'S THE LIMITS WE HAVE NOW, ESPECIALLY THAT THE STATE HAS GOTTEN INVOLVED.

UM, AND IF Y'ALL RECALL A FEW YEARS AGO, THE STATE EVEN LIMITED WHAT MATERIALS YES, WE CAN REQUIRE.

WE CAN'T ANYMORE.

IT'S REALLY AT THE WELL OF THE DEVELOPER NOWADAYS, TO

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BE BLUNT.

IT'S REALLY A SHAME.

AND THEY'RE TAKING MORE RIGHTS AWAY FROM US ALL THE TIME.

BUT FROM A DESIGN STANDPOINT, THEY ARE MEETING THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE WITH, THEY'RE MEETING OUR CODES AS A SITE PLAN.

GREAT QUESTIONS, BUT IT'S TOUGH TO, UH, FIGHT THIS BATTLE.

UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, CLEMSON, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT NOW OR DO YOU WANT YES, DO WE HAVE, UM, ARE THE DEVELOPERS HERE? I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING IF, IF YOU COULD JUST TELL US, UH, WHAT ARE THE COSTS GONNA BE? DEVELOPER HERE? YES.

THEY CAN ANSWER THAT.

COME ON, COME ON DOWN.

I THINK YOU FILLED OUT A CARD.

YES, I DID.

READ IT.

AND MOHAMMED HUSSEIN, THANKS FOR COMING TONIGHT.

UH, MAYOR, MY NAME IS MOHAMMED HUSSEIN.

UM, SO YOUR QUESTION WAS THE COST OF THE DEVELOPMENT.

UH, HOW MUCH IS THE PRICE? HOW MUCH ARE YOU GONNA SELL 'EM FOR? OH, OKAY.

SO WE ARE TAR, THEY'RE, UM, ON AN AVERAGE, WE'RE TARGETING ABOUT 400,000 FOR A, UH, THREE BEDROOMS, THREE BATHROOMS. AND ALSO WE HAVE A FOUR BEDROOM OPTION THAT'S GONNA BE GOING A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 400,000, PROBABLY AROUND 415,000.

AND, UH, HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE FINISHES? I KNOW YOU'D PROBABLY DESCRIBE 'EM AS BEING GREAT, BUT ARE THEY, UM, ON A SCALE FROM ONE TO 10, 10 BEING THE BEST, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY THE FINISHES ARE? SO WE'RE, WE'RE TARGETING PEOPLE WHO ARE, UM, WHO CAN OBVIOUSLY AFFORD THIS AND SO FORTH IN THIS PRICE RANGE.

I WOULD PUT THEM IN AROUND SIX TO SEVEN.

ABOUT.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HONEST.

YES, SURE.

AND, UM, UH, RASHAD, SINCE THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY VARIANCES, I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE LANDSCAPING.

UH RIGHT.

THEY'RE MEETING ALL THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS.

YEAH, I'M CHANGING ANY LANDSCAPING ON THAT.

JUST THE WAY IT WAS APPROVED.

THE WAY IT'S APPROVED.

AND AS FAR AS THE TREES AND THINGS THAT, SHRUBS AND EVERYTHING, DO YOU HAVE THE PROPER IRRIGATION TO KEEP THOSE ALIVE? YES, WE DO HAVE SPRINKLER SYSTEM.

SO WE DO HAVE IT CURRENTLY.

SO THIS PARTICULAR, UH, SITE HAS ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPED.

SO WE HAVE HORIZONTAL DEVELOPMENT COMPLETED.

SO WE HAVE THE, UH, SPRINKLER IRRIGATION SYSTEM IN PLACE.

AND WHEN DO YOU, UH, UH, WANT TO BREAK GROUND AND WHEN WILL THEY BE COMPLETED? SO ONCE THIS, UH, SITE PLAN IS APPROVED, WE HAVE THE CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE REVIEWING WITH THE STAFF.

AS SOON AS THAT'S APPROVED, UH, THEN WE'LL BE READY TO START.

SO WE'RE HOPING TO BREAK GROUND SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER, LATE SEPTEMBER.

AND SINCE YOU'VE BEEN SO HONEST WITH US, UM, DID YOU CHANGE THE BRICK AND THE STONE TO THIS OTHER BECAUSE OF COST FACTOR? UH, MANY FACTORS, AS THE ATTORNEY HAD MENTIONED, I THINK, UH, THAT WAS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS ALMOST OVER FIVE YEARS IN MAKING, IN TERMS OF WHERE WE ARE NOW FROM THE TIME WE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY.

SO THINGS HAVE CHANGED, MARKETS HAVE CHANGED AND SO FORTH.

SO WE'RE GOING WITH WHAT'S, UH, IN THE MARKET RIGHT NOW, WHAT'S MOST COST EFFECTIVE AS WELL.

SO WE'RE STILL DOING AND ALSO DURABLE AND SUSTAINABLE AND STILL, UH, YOU KNOW, LOOKING OBVIOUSLY VERY GOOD.

UH, SO BOTH, UH, YOU KNOW, WE MAINTAIN THE BRICKS.

WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL THE HOTTY PLANK, WHICH ARE STRONG AND UH, MUCH MORE SUSTAINABLE AS WELL.

SO, ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU SIR.

AND THERE WAS A QUESTION EARLIER THAT WOULD ASK ABOUT, UH, ELEVATIONS AND THE COLORS AND SO FORTH.

SO I DO HAVE OUR ARCHITECT HERE, UH, YOU KNOW, SHE BROUGHT SOME SAMPLES OF THE BRICKS AND STUFF THAT WE ARE GONNA USING.

I SAW HER, SHE WAS OUT IN THE AUDIENCE WITH THE SAMPLES OF THE BRICKS.

YEAH, YEAH.

SO, UH, SHE CAN COME IN AND KIND OF SHOW THAT.

BUT, UH, SO WE ARE COGNIZANT OF THIS, OF THE LOCATION AND SO FORTH, SO WE WANT TO BE AWARE OF THAT AND USE THE NICE COLOR COMBINATIONS AND PUT SOME DIVERSITY IN THERE AS WELL, AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, NOT HAVE THE SAME MONOTONE COLORS AND SO FORTH ACROSS YES.

SINCE THIS WILL BE SEEN FROM HIGHWAY 1 61, WE WANT IT TO LOOK NICE.

WE WANT THE LANDSCAPING TO BE NICE.

AND YES, IF, IF WE COULD RAISE THE BAR TO A SEVEN ON THE FINISHES, THAT WOULD BE NICE TOO.

WE'LL, WE'LL TRY OUR BEST.

ACTUALLY HAS MORE MASONRY ON IT THAN THE ORIGINAL DID.

WE HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER THAT MAY NEED TO SPEAK.

PENNY DIAZ? YES.

GOOD EVENING.

PENNY DIAZ WITH BSB DESIGN.

UM, I'M THE ARCHITECT ON THE PROJECT AND I KNEW THAT EVEN THOUGH THE LAWS ARE THE WAY THEY ARE, THAT EVERYBODY LIKES TO SEE KIND OF WHAT THEY'RE GETTING.

AND WE'RE STARTING THESE AND I CAN, BECAUSE I, I, I KNOW Y'ALL, Y'ALL WANNA HAVE SOMETHING THAT LOOKS NICE BRICK.

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'CAUSE THE ORIGINAL ONLY HAD MASONRY ON THE FRONT AND THE REST OF IT WAS SIDING.

SO THIS ACTUALLY, WE HAVE EL UM, WE DON'T HAVE A REAR ELEVATION ON THESE ANYMORE.

SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE STREET PRESENTATION.

'CAUSE YOU CAN SEE 'EM FROM ALL DIRECTIONS IN A, IN A GROUP THAT SMALL.

SO THIS ACTUALLY ACTUALLY HAS MORE MASONRY ON IT.

THEY WENT FROM 1300 SQUARE FOOT UNITS TO 2000 SQUARE FOOT UNITS, WHICH ALLOWED THEM TO DO MORE BEDROOMS TO BE ABLE TO ATTRACT FAMILIES.

SO THAT WAS THE, THE IMPETUS BEHIND THIS.

COUNCILMAN SHOTWELL, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR HER? YEAH.

YES I DO.

MAYOR, THANK YOU.

UM, I HEARD YOU SAY, UM, COLORS, YOU, YOU'RE GONNA PAINT THE, UH, HARDY BLANK.

AND IS THERE GOING TO BE A HOA OR SOMEONE THAT WOULD, UH, REPAINT THAT AT SOME POINT IN TIME? BECAUSE HARDY HARDY PLAN COATS PAINT FOR A LONG TIME, BUT NOT FOREVER.

UM, AND I, I LIKE HARDY PLAN, SO YOU NOT GONNA GET A COMPLAINT OUTTA ME ABOUT THAT.

I COULD TALK TO THE DEVELOPER ABOUT PUTTING RESTRICTIONS ON IT.

JUST, IT'S JUST THE PAINTING BECAUSE IT WILL, IT WILL FADE AND, UH, RIGHT.

IT AND YEAH, THERE WILL BE AN HOA, THERE WILL BE AN H-O-A-H-O-A WILL BE THERE.

SO THAT WILL IN, UH, CONTROL THE UNIFORMITY, MAINTENANCE AND SO FORTH OF THE HOTTY PLANKS AND STUFF.

TO KEEP THE THAT'S CORRECT.

SOMEBODY SO IT'S FADING.

YOU'LL, IT'LL GET REPAINTED.

SO YEAH, I DO.

THAT CONCLUDES ALL I HAVE.

I ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 22ND.

WE HAVE MOTION THE SECOND BY COUNCIL KY ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

A OPPOSED NAY.

WAS IT, WAS IT YOU, MIKE? YES.

ITEM 21.

[21. STP-25-05-0016 - Site Plan - Duncan Perry Industrial (City Council 1 and 5). Site Plan for one industrial warehouse on 13.88 acres. Tract 1 out of the P. H. Ford Survey, Abstract No. 544, and Tract 1 out of the P. H. Ford Survey, Abstract No. 1713, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas and Tarrant Counties, Texas, zoned PD-461, partially within the SH 161 Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 1200 Duncan Perry Rd and 2401 W Tarrant Rd (On July 14, 2025, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval with conditions by a vote of 8-0)]

ALL RIGHT.

THIS NEXT ITEM IS ANOTHER SITE PLAN LOCATED AT DUNCAN PERRY.

1200 DUNCAN PERRY ROAD.

THAT'S WHAT THIS IS FOR.

A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE, UH, IT'S OWN PD 4 61.

THEY DID COME THROUGH WITH A ZONING CHANGE AND CONCEPT PLAN FAIRLY RECENTLY.

AND THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY.

ON THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE THEIR PROPOSED SITE PLAN.

IT DOES MEET OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS.

UH, THEY'RE REQUESTING TO EXCEED THE MAX PARKING, UM, FOR A BUILDING OF THAT SIZE, WHICH REQUIRES A VARIANCE.

UH, ON THE SCREEN IS THEIR PROPOSED LANDSCAPE PLAN.

IT GENERALLY COMPLIES WITH OUR LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS.

THEY ARE REQUESTING TWO VARIANCES RELATED TO THE FENCING ON THE SOUTH AND THE EAST OF THE PROPERTY.

UH, THESE ARE THEIR PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS.

UM, THEY ARE REQUESTING VARIANCES, AS I MENTIONED, UH, TO EXCEED THE MAXIMUM PARKING, UM, OF 57 SPACES.

THEY ARE REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO THE SCREENING ON THE EAST OF THE PROPERTY, UH, WHICH REQUIRES A SIX FOOT MASONRY SINCE ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.

AND THEY'RE REQUESTING TO ALLOW A ROT IRON FENCE TO BE CONSTRUCTED ALONG 415 FEET OF THE PROPERTY LINE ALONG THE DEVELOPED AREA ONLY.

UM, SO THIS PORTION, UH, RIGHT HERE, UH, THE SCREENING TO THE SOUTH ALSO REQUIRES A MASONRY SCREENING WALL.

AND THEY'RE REQUESTING TO BE ABLE TO CONSTRUCT THE RETAINING WALL WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL, UH, FENCES.

ON TOP OF THAT, UH, THE APPLICANT DOES, UH, DID PREPARE A PRESENTATION AND DOES HAVE, UH, KIND OF A VIEW SHOWING, UH, THE RETAINING WALL AND THE HEIGHT OF THAT IN RELATION TO THE SITE, UH, TO THE SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY.

ON JULY 14TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AS REQUESTED WITH THE VARIANCES, UH, WITH THE CONDITION THAT THE ROT IRON FENCE CAN'T BE USED IN PLACE OF THE RETAINING WALL ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

UH, SO THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

A SELECT TWO TO THREE PROJECTS A YEAR, UM, AND WE PAY REAL CLOSE ATTENTION TO THEM.

GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.

GOOD EVENING.

UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR JENSEN AND COUNCIL.

UM, UH, HAPPY TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

MY NAME'S GRIFFIN NEIL, UH, LIVE IN DALLAS.

MONT GROUP IS A COMPANY THAT I FOUNDED EIGHT YEARS AGO, UM, WITH A MISSION TO CONTRIBUTE POSITIVELY TO THE COMMUNITIES WE WORK IN AND PROVIDE, UM, GREAT PLACES TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY.

UM, WE'RE PRIVATELY HELD.

UM, UM, THERE'S 10 OF US OR SO IN THE OFFICE.

WE BUILD FOR OURSELVES.

WE GENERALLY BELIEVE IN LONG-TERM HOLD HOLDS, UM, AND WE DO

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SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT, UH, FOR WHAT WE BELIEVE IS A MINOR REQUEST TO THE PREVIOUSLY, UH, APPROVED, UM, PD THAT WE WERE HERE FOR IN MARCH.

UM, MY PARTNER, TYLER THOMAS, HAS BEEN, UH, RUNNING POINT ON THE PROJECT.

HE'S OUT OF TOWN.

UM, AND I'M FILLING IN FOR HIM HERE TONIGHT.

BUT, UM, OBVIOUSLY I'VE BEEN IN THE BACKGROUND AND, UH, HERE AT A FEW OTHER MEETINGS.

UM, JUST AS A QUICK LOCATION, UM, BASICALLY THE, THE TWO VARIANCES WE'RE COMING FOR TONIGHT ARE, UH, PARKING AND, UM, SCREENING, WHICH IS DUE TO THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY, UH, AND EASTERN BOUNDARY RESIDENTIAL THAT WE BORDER.

AND THE BASE OR THE ZONING REQUIRES US TO HAVE A SIX FOOT MASONRY WALL.

UM, THIS SLIDE IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT TO REVIEW.

UM, ON THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY, WE HAVE AN EIGHT TO 11 FOOT RETAINING WALL.

AND THE PROPERTY TO OUR SOUTH HAS ON TOP OF THAT, AN EXISTING SIX FOOT WROUGHT IRON FENCE.

UM, THAT'S IN GOOD CONDITION.

UM, ON THE EASTERN SIDE, WE HAVE A RETAINING WALL THAT IS GONNA BE FROM EIGHT TO 15 FEET IN HEIGHT.

THIS IS DUE TO GRADE CHANGES, IS WHY THE FLUCTUATION IN HEIGHT.

AND THERE'S A HUNDRED FOOT ELECTRICAL EASEMENT BETWEEN US AND THE APARTMENTS TO OUR EAST.

UM, UH, IN SHORT, THE, UM, THE RETAINING WALL SERVES AS WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE THE PURPOSE OF THE MASONRY WALL BARRIER OF SIX FEET, AND ACTUALLY DOES MORE THAN WHAT IT'S REQUIRED TO DO.

UM, ON THE EASTERN SIDE, WE'VE AGREED TO PUT A ROD IRON FENCE, UM, REALLY OUT OF SAFETY BECAUSE OF THAT ELECTRICAL EASEMENT.

THERE'S A CHANCE THAT PEOPLE ARE WALKING UP AND DOWN THAT AREA.

IT ALREADY EXISTS ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE.

UM, AND THIS SITE LINE STUDY HERE IS REALLY FROM THE PROPERTY CLOSEST TO US ON THEIR SOUTHERN BORDER.

UM, UH, WHICH THEIR VIEWPOINT OF THE PROPERTY WOULD REALLY JUST BE THE, THE UPPER PORTION OF OUR BUILDING HEIGHT.

UM, THE OTHER REQUEST WE HAVE IS FOR PARKING.

UM, WE HAVE 54 57 APPROVED.

57 APPROVED.

WE'RE COMING BACK FOR 105.

UM, THAT IS LARGELY DUE TO THE MARKET AND WHAT IT REQUIRES TO BE COMPETITIVE.

UM, THESE BUSINESSES HERE THAT ARE ALL IN GRAND PRAIRIE, ALL HA THESE BUILDINGS THAT THESE BUSINESSES OCCUPY ALL HAVE RATIOS OF ABOUT, ON AVERAGE, ABOUT 0.9 TO 1000 SQUARE FEET.

UM, WE'RE REQUESTING ONE TO 1000.

AND, UM, UH, A FEW OF THESE ACTUALLY HAVE 1.3 TO 1000.

SO, UM, UH, WE'RE SEEKING TO DEVELOP A CLASS A BUILDING.

UM, AND ULTIMATELY THE PARKING IS NECESSARY TO ATTRACT THOSE TYPE OF TENANTS.

ADDITIONALLY, IT'S ON THE SOUTHERN BORDER AND THE EASTERN BORDER, WHICH WILL ALL 80, 70% OF THE PARKING SPACES WILL NOT BE VISIBLE TO, UM, DAILY TRAFFIC.

SO, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

UM, UM, I DON'T SEE ANY COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.

UM, QUESTION ON SOUTHERN BORDER.

THAT POINT OR, UM, I, I DON'T THINK IT'S UNREASONABLE.

UH, THE PROPERTY, UM, ANY BAYS ON THAT SIDE ON IT LOOKS LIKE EMPLOYEE PARKING, BUT NO SIR.

YEP.

THIS, WELL, BOTH OF THESE ARE, THIS, THE, THE ONE ON THE RIGHT'S, THE MOST ACCURATE PHOTO OF, UH, IT'S ALL EMPLOYEE PARKING AND, AND BUILDING ENTRANCES.

SO IF TRUCK TRAFFIC, WOULD THEY STAY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF, OF THE BUILDING? WOULD THEY WRAP AROUND THE BUILDING JUST TO, IT'S CORRECT.

IT'LL ALL BE ON THE, THIS IS SITE PLAN HERE ON THE, IT'LL COME IN THE ENTRANCE AND ALL BE ON THE NORTH SIDE.

SO NOT VISIBLE TO EITHER PROPERTY OR THEY WON'T BE PARKED THERE.

THEY'LL BE BEHIND THE BUILDING.

THIS IS KIND OF LIKE THE SPEC BUILDING, CORRECT? WHAT'S THAT? THE SPEC BUILDING.

YOU DON'T HAVE A WE DON'T HAVE A TENANT, UM, TODAY, BUT YES, IT'S SPEC.

I GUESS TO ME, HAVING A MASONRY WALL WOULD HELP THE RESIDENTS JUST WITH POTENTIAL NOISE.

ESPECIALLY THE TRUCKS ARE IDLING THEIR FORKLIFTS.

I MEAN, THOSE BAYS WHEN THEY'RE OPEN AND THEY'RE UNLOADING AND THOSE FORKLIFTS MAKES LOTS OF NOISE THAT THEY CARRY.

SO HAVING THAT ADDITIONAL SCREENING WALLS SEEM TO HELP PROBABLY THE NEIGHBORS, THEY'RE ENJOYING THEIR BACKYARDS OR ENJOYING THEIR PROPERTY.

UM, I'M JUST CURIOUS, I MEAN, DO YOU SEE

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UM, THE BUILDING SITS DOWN, THOSE GRADE WALLS ARE, OR, OR THE RETAINING WALLS ARE 10 FEET IN HEIGHT.

UM, ADDITIONALLY, ALL THE WORK HAS TO BE DONE INSIDE THE PROPERTY WITH THE DOCK DOORS FACING NORTH COMPLETELY.

SO YOU'LL HAVE TO GO DOWN 10 FEET ACROSS THE BUILDING SPAN COMPLETELY ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE.

I, I DO NOT THINK SOUND WILL BE AN IMPACT.

AND WE'RE NOT A MANUFACTURING BUILDING OR A WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION FACILITY.

NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT.

IT IS JUST TO ME, I MEAN, THAT MAY SEEM WHILE MAKES A LITTLE BIT SENSE, BUT I'LL GO AHEAD AND YIELD THE VOTE FLOOR AND SEE IF SOMEONE ELSE HAS QUESTIONS.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL.

UM, ON THE TOP RIGHT CORNER THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE TRAILER STORAGE, PARKING? YES, SIR.

ABOUT 21 SPACES.

UH, THERE'S A LINE RUNNING THROUGH THAT, THAT LINE.

I HOPE YOU TELL ME IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S DIVIDING IT.

UH, AS YOU, YOU CAN WHAT RASHAD YOU, YOU CAN SEE IT WELL UP THERE ON THAT GROIN.

IT'S A MEASUREMENT LINE.

OH, OKAY.

IT'S, IT IS THE MEASUREMENT LINE.

WHAT, UH, WHEN, OH, I SEE IT.

182, WHATEVER THE OTHER, YEAH.

UM, THEY'RE NOT GONNA STRIPE IT WITH THAT ON THE DOOR.

NO, THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WASN'T DOUBLE STACKING.

UM, THE, UH, THE OTHER PARKING, YOU KNOW THAT, THAT'S A LOT OF PARKING FOR THAT BUILDING, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE PAVED ANYWAY.

SO I DON'T, YOU KNOW, THAT DOESN'T, DOESN'T MATTER.

UH, IT'S STILL GONNA BE FIVE UNITS.

WHAT'S THAT? IS IT GONNA BE FOUR OR FIVE UNITS? FOUR OR FIVE? WHAT UNITS? THE OPTION? OH YEAH.

UH, WE HAVE ABOUT 103,000 TOTAL.

IT CAN BE DIVISIBLE TO 10 TO 15.

UH, ON THE SMALLEST SIDE.

SMALLEST SIDE.

UM, AS OWNERSHIP, IT'S OUR DESIRE TO FIND ONE TENANT.

WE ALSO NEED TO BE FLEXIBLE TO CATER TO ALL KINDS OF BUSINESSES AND DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE PROPERTY AND THE BUSINESSES.

UH, DOES ANYBODY HAVE A PICTURE OF THE SOUTH, FACING SOUTH FROM THIS PROPERTY? SO WE CAN SEE WHAT, SEE WHAT THE, THIS GRADES CHANGE IS AT THE APARTMENTS.

I UNDERSTAND HOW THIS, I DON'T HAVE A PHOTO, BUT I CAN PULL UP OUR INTERACTIVE MAPS.

PULL UP WHO? INTERACTIVE, INTERACTIVE MAPS.

MR. INTERACTIVE, I WILL SAY DRIVING THAT ROAD, IT DOES SLOPE AWAY FROM THE APARTMENTS.

APARTMENTS SET UP HIGH.

YEAH, YEAH, I KNOW THEY DO.

IT'S STEEP IN APARTMENTS.

PRETTY STEEP GRADE.

AND THE APARTMENTS HAVE A ROAD IRON FENCE RIGHT AT THEIR PARKING.

WE'RE ONLY DEVELOPING ABOUT HALF THE LOT BECAUSE OF THE GRADE AND THE FLOODPLAIN AND THE FLOODWAY.

AND WE'RE SPENDING, UH, I THINK OUR SITE COSTS IN TOTAL ARE ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS OF GRADE DIRT WORK, UTILITIES, RETAINING WALLS.

SO IF YOU'RE, YOUR PARKING WOULD GO ALL THE WAY DOWN, ALL THE WAY DOWN YOUR LOT OR YOU'RE LOOKING BACK TO THE SOUTH, THERE WOULD BE A RETAINER WALL ON ALL OF IT.

IF YOU'RE ON WITH THE ROD IRON FENCE, IF YOU'RE LOOKING UP ALL THE WAY DOWN IT, THE ROD IRON FENCE GOES 400 AND SOME ODD FEET OF THE TOTAL 600.

THE BLUE YOU SEE THERE IS, UH, NOT WROUGHT IRON FENCE IS BECAUSE IT'S FLOODPLAIN AND FLOODWAY AND IT'S, I'M TALKING ABOUT ON THE, ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

YEAH, ON THAT, THE WROUGHT IRON FENCE IS IN PLACE ALREADY AT THE APARTMENTS ON THE SOUTH SIDE, ALL THE WAY DOWN THE END OF YOUR PARKING.

AND ON THE EASTERN SIDE WE'RE ADDING IT ON THE EASTERN SIDE.

YOU'RE ADDING, YEAH, THE ENTIRE WAY OF THE RETAINING WALL.

I'M PERSONALLY FINE WITH THAT BECAUSE THE, IT'S A HUNDRED FEET OVER TO THE, TO THE PROPERTY LINE AND THEN YOU, SO THAT'S, I WOULD, UH, THAT'S IT.

THAT'S ALL I GOT.

COUNCILWOMAN GOKI, YOU SAID IT'S A WAREHOUSE, CORRECT? YES, SIR.

AND WHAT ARE THE, I, I MAY HAVE MISSED THIS

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EARLIER.

WHAT ARE THE ITEMS OF OPERATION? THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE ANYBODY, WE DON'T HAVE TENANT, BUT WHAT WOULD THEY BE? HERE'S A LIST OF PERSPECTIVE TENANTS, WAREHOUSE USERS.

IT, IT WOULD FLUCTUATE BY WHO GETS IN THERE 24 7.

YEAH, IT COULD GO 24 7 TO EIGHT TO FIVE.

DEPENDS ON WHO THEIR TENANT ARE.

SO LIKE WE'VE HAD ISSUES WITH, UH, ANOTHER COMPANY THAT HAS, THAT PEOPLE OF THE RESIDENTS HAVE COME BEFORE THAT WE DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING IN AND WHAT THE HOURS ARE, BUT THE POTENTIAL RISK OF HAVING TRUCKS AT NIGHT OR EVEN FORKLIFTS.

YEAH, IT'S ALWAYS OUT THERE RUNNING IN AND OUT WITH THE BEEPS AND THIS AND THAT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A HUNDRED, IT'S GONNA GET, THERE'S GONNA BE A NOISE BARRIER.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, HOW DO WE DO THIS STAFF? DO WE JUST COME BACK AT THAT TIME WHEN HE HAS SOMEBODY OR THEY CAN'T, CAN'T DO IT.

CAN'T DO IT.

AND AND TO THE SAME TOKEN, WHEN WE, WHEN WE HAVE SOMEBODY BUILD A BUILDING AND THEY TELL US WHO'S GOING IN THERE, THAT TENANT MAY NOT BE THERE A YEAR FROM NOW.

MM-HMM.

WE, WE CAN'T TIE THEM TO A TENANT.

ALL WE CAN DO IS CONTROL THE NOISE LEVELS THAT WE KNOW WE HAVE.

WE CAN MAKE SURE THEY NEED AN SUP TO DO OUTSIDE STORAGE.

WELL, THEY HAVE TO, THINGS LIKE THAT.

THE OUTSIDE STORAGE IS WHEN WE REALLY HAVE TO HAMMER 'EM FOR THE, SO, UM, UNTIL IT'S THAT, AND WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO WORK OUTSIDE EITHER.

SO IT HAPPENS.

THAT'S WHY IT GOES BACK TO THE COUNCILMAN LOPEZ'S ABOUT A RETAINING WALL.

COUNCILMAN YOU GOOD? YES, SIR.

COUNCILMAN CLEMSON? UH, TONY HAD ONE MORE THING TO ADD.

BOBBY.

TONY, THANK YOU MS. CLEMSON.

UH, COULD YOU PUT THE PICTURE OF THE PROPERTY BACK UP? WHICH ONE? THE, THAT ONE.

WHERE'S YOUR PROPERTY LINE? WHERE IS IT? YEAH.

IS IT, IS IT RIGHT AT THE EDGE OF THE CONCRETE? WHICH SIDE? ON THE, ON DUNCAN SIDE.

RIGHT SIDE OF THIS PICTURE.

ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

WHERE, RIGHT WHERE THE RED LINE IS.

RIGHT WHERE THE RED LINE IS.

WELL, WE GOT RESIDENCE.

THE PICTURE I'M LOOKING AT OF YOUR LANDSCAPING PLAN HAS TWO TREES THAT YOU'RE GONNA PUT IN ON THAT AREN'T ON YOUR PROPERTY.

UM, OUR LANDSCAPING PLAN WAS APPROVED ALREADY.

UM, WE MET ALL THE BASE REQUIREMENTS.

IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S TWO TREES THAT ARE ON SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROPERTY.

I CAN, THAT WAS A CONCEPTUAL LANDSCAPE.

LANDSCAPE PLAN.

SO THIS IS THE ACTUAL LANDSCAPE PLAN THAT WILL BE APPROVED.

IT'S IN LINE.

WE CAN VER WE CAN VERIFY WHETHER OR NOT IT'S IN LINE WITH WHAT THE CONCEPT PLAN ESTABLISHED.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT, OF COURSE, THIS IS A STAGE WHERE COUNSEL CAN REQUEST THINGS TO, UH, ALLEVIATE ANY CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE.

WELL, WHAT I WAS, WHAT I WAS GOING AFTER WAS TO TRY TO HELP WITH, UH, WHAT JOHN AND MIKE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH.

AND THAT IS OVER THERE WHERE IT'S OPEN ON THE EAST SIDE, MAYBE, UH, SOME VEGETATION THAT WOULD HELP BLOCK THE SOUND.

WHAT'S HE ASKING FOR? THERE? A VARIATION ON THAT WEST SIDE? NO, THEY'VE GOT IT.

THEY, THEY'VE ALREADY GOT IT WHERE THEY PASS.

BUT, UH, I CAN'T READ THIS LANDSCAPE PLAN BECAUSE IT'S THIS SMALL, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S GONNA BE SOME VEGETATION OVER THERE.

WHAT'S GONNA BE OVER THERE? STAFF, PER THE LANDSCAPING SCREENING REQUIREMENTS, IT APPEARS THAT THEY ARE MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS.

SO THE ONLY, ONLY ANCE THEY'RE ASKING FOR IS THE SCREENING COMPONENT OF THE LANDSCAPE.

I WAS JUST TRYING TO ALLEVIATE MIKE'S CONCERN.

I THINK THERE IS SOME VEGETATION OVER THERE.

THAT WILL HELP US HELP SOUND HELP.

AND GOODNESS, AS WE TRAVEL AROUND, I DON'T SEE HOW PEOPLE DO IT, BUT PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN APARTMENTS 15 FEET OFF OF THOROUGH FAIRS RIGHT NOW OVER IN THE FLYOVER IN FORT WORTH.

YOU ALMOST TOUCHED THE APARTMENTS.

UH, I DON'T SEE HOW PEOPLE SLEEP AT NIGHT WITH THEM, BUT THEY'RE GETTING CLOSE TO EVERYTHING.

THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH LAND.

I BELIEVE IT'S A SIX FOOT WOODEN FENCE AS WELL.

ONLY SO MUCH LAND.

AND THE CITY'S MAKING US BUILD MORE OF THEM.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER.

CLEMSON, JUST A QUICK QUESTION ON THE RED LINE ON THE EAST SIDE WHERE YOU SAID YOU'RE ADDING A WROUGHT IRON.

YES, MA'AM.

WAS THAT REQUIRED? THAT WAS AN OUTCOME OF PREVIOUS DISCUSSION.

UM, NOT DUE TO NOISE, BUT DUE TO SAFETY YES.

AND THE POTENTIAL OF RESIDENTS, EVEN THOUGH THAT WALKING OVER THERE.

WALKING OVER THERE, OR A RANDOM PATRON, BUT THERE, THAT PROPERTY TO OUR EAST ACTUALLY HAS THEIR OWN FENCE AS WELL, WHICH IS, I

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OH, I JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT TONY AND I HAD MET WITH TYLER, UH, VIRTUALLY, UH, A COUPLE OF TIMES AND, UM, HE GAVE US VERY IMPRESSIVE, UH, STATISTICS.

AND, UM, THE FACT THAT YOU ALL HOLD THE PROPERTY, YOU'RE NOT GONNA COME IN THERE AND FLIP IT.

AT, AT LEAST AS A GENERAL RULE FOR, FOR THREE MONTHS.

ACTUALLY, HE SAID YOU HAVE X AMOUNT OF PROPERTIES AND YOU'VE HAD 'EM FOR X AMOUNT OF YEARS.

I CAN'T REMEMBER, BUT IT WAS IMPRESSIVE.

UM, YEAH, WE, WE, WELL, WE HAVEN'T SOLD ANYTHING THAT WE'VE BUILT AND DEVELOPED.

THAT'S, THAT WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE TO ME.

AND, UH, YOU'VE GOT THE MIC.

I'D TAKE A MOTION IF STAFF IS OKAY WITH EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE HEARD TONIGHT.

WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS TO READ INTO THE RECORD.

THEY DON'T WANT TO SPEAK, BUT WE'LL READ 'EM INTO THE RECORD THEN I'LL TAKE A MOTION.

UM, NOT WISHING TO SPEAK, BUT WISHING TO RECORD SUPPORT.

LORENZO ROCKA AND JULIUS MICHAEL, BACK TO YOU.

22 AND 23 ARE RELATED TO THE SAME PROJECT.

I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 21, UH, ADAMS. COUNCILMAN ADAMS. WILL THAT YOU SECOND WE HAVE MOTION.

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

A OPPOSED A NAY.

ITEM PASSES ITEM 22.

THANK YOU GUYS.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.

GOOD LUCK, SAVANNAH.

ALL RIGHT.

ITEM

[Items 22 & 23]

SO I'LL PRESENT THAT AT A, A SINGLE TIME.

UH, THE FIRST COMPONENT IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR A PORTION OF LAKE SONG.

ON THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE THE AREAS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW THAT ARE BEING BROUGHT INTO THIS PROJECT.

UH, SO THIS REQUEST IS TO AMEND THE EXISTING LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND OPEN SPACE SLASH DRAINAGE TO A PROPOSED MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.

UH, THIS IS PART OF THE, THE LAKE SONG MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY.

UH, THIS BRINGS US TO THE SECOND COMPONENT, WHICH IS THE ZONING CHANGE AND CONCEPT PLAN.

UH, ITS EXISTING ZONING IS PD FOUR 60 AND AGRICULTURE.

YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, BOUNDARIES OF THE WHOLE PROJECT ON THE SCREEN.

UH, THIS IS TAKING THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ZONING AND CONCEPT PLAN AND ADDING THE NEW, UH, LAND TO CREATE ONE SINGLE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.

UH, INCLUDED IN THE, UH, PD IS MIXED USE, URBAN RESIDENTIAL, MEDIUM RESIDENTIAL ESTATE, RESIDENTIAL AND OPEN SPACE FOR ABOUT 1,920 ACRES.

AND THIS IS THEIR, UH, CONCEPT PLAN WITH ALL OF THE LAND INCLUDED.

UM, THEY PROPOSE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT TYPES OF LAND USES WITHIN THOSE, UH, GENERAL DISTRICTS.

UH, THE, THE LAND THAT'S BEING ADDED TO THE PORTION TONIGHT IS THE MEDIUM RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, AND THAT INCLUDES SINGLE FAMILY, TOWN HOME, SINGLE FAMILY, ZERO LOT LINE, AND SINGLE FAMILY SIX, UH, DEVELOPMENTS.

UH, THESE ARE THE PROPOSED STANDARDS ON THE SCREEN.

SO AGAIN, THOSE THREE DIFFERENT TYPES.

IT ALSO INCLUDES THE SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED FROM 40 FOOT WIDE, LOTS TO 80 FOOT WIDE LOTS.

UH, ON THE SCREEN ALSO IS A SUMMARY TABLE OF THEIR UNIT MIX.

UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, THEY'RE ALLOWED TO BUILD UP TO 100% OF THE SINGLE FAMILY, SIX, BUT A MINIMUM OF 70%.

UH, THESE ARE A FEW PHOTOS OF THEIR, UH, EXAMPLE ELEVATIONS AND UNIT TYPES.

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

THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

UH, MAYOR PROTI.

AND THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE.

THANK YOU, SAVANNAH.

MY QUESTIONS MORE FOR, UH, WALTER, REGARDING SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY DOWN HERE.

UM, I SPOKE WITH SOME RESIDENTS THAT LIVE NOT TOO FAR FROM THIS LOCATION AND SOME MAJOR CONCERNS THAT THEY'RE HAVING DEAL WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE, JUST NOT, NOT KEEPING UP WITH ALL THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S COMING DOWN IN THIS LOCATION.

UM, AND ONE OF THE RESIDENTS ACTUALLY POINTED ME TO A REALLY INTERESTING LOCATION WHERE THERE'S BEEN ISSUES IN THE PAST DEALING WITH ACCIDENTS, UM, ALONGSIDE THE INTERSECTION OF 2 87 AND SIX 60, UM, FM 6 61, WHICH TURNS INTO LAKEVIEW DRIVE THE FURTHER SOUTH YOU GO WHEN YOU CROSS OVER, UM, 2 87.

DO YOU KNOW OF ANY PLANS THAT TXDOT MAY HAVE TO, UM, UPGRADE THIS AND FIX IT OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS? WE'VE ALL TALKED TO HIM.

IT'S A, IT'S A TOUGH PROBLEM AND YOU'VE GOT AN ANSWER.

IT'S NOT FOR TWO MORE YEARS OR THREE, BUT WE'RE GONNA GET A FLYOVER.

THAT'S CORRECT, SIR.

UM, TEST DOT DOES HAVE PLANS, UH, CONSTRUCTION BEGINNING, AT LEAST ACCORDING TO OUR REPORTS.

WE'RE HAVING ABOUT 20, 28, 20 TO HELP WITH THOSE PROBLEMS OUT THERE.

IT'S GONNA BE A FLYOVER COUNSEL

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MM-HMM.

AND OF COURSE, OUR QUESTION THAT I, IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE GENTLEMAN AND OTHERS OUT THERE, US ANNEXING, IT DOESN'T SPEED UP THE PROCESS.

I DON'T THINK IT SLOWS IT DOWN, EXCEPT IT MAY SLOW IT DOWN 'CAUSE WE PUT MORE RULES AND REGULATIONS ON, OR ORDINANCES AND INSPECTIONS THAN THE COUNTY DOES.

SO IT'S LIKE, IF WE DON'T ANNEX IT, STAFF IS TELLING ME IT'S NOT GOING TO SLOW DOWN THE PROCESS.

AND IS NOT GONNA SPEED UP OR SLOW DOWN THE PROCESS FOR TXDOT TO DO THE FLYOVER.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PUT PRESSURE ON HIM TO DO FLYOVER.

UH, IT'S A DANGEROUS INTERSECTION.

CHIEF SESAME GOES HOME AND BACK AND FORTH THROUGH THERE EVERY DAY.

AND, UH, WE ALL KNOW WHAT INTERSECTION THAT IS.

SO IF YOU GO IN THERE, YOU, YOU, YOU'VE GOTTA BE CAREFUL COMING OUT.

SO, UH, 2028 MAYOR PRO TEM.

AND SOMETHING ELSE, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND THIS CORRECTLY, AS T IS DOING THE WORK ON INFRASTRUCTURE, THE, UH, DEVELOPER'S GONNA ALSO BE BUILDING SO THEY'RE NOT BUILDING TOO MANY UNITS ALL AT ONCE THAT WON'T HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT IT.

IT'S GONNA BE LIKE STAGE BY STAGE RIGHT.

AND NOT ALL AT ONCE.

THAT IS CORRECT.

COUNCIL MEMBER IS A PHASED APPROACH.

UM, I THINK OUR TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR WILL PROBABLY GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.

THEY HAVE ONLY BEEN APPROVED TO DO THE ONE PHASE UNTIL THOSE THINGS ARE IN PLACE.

GOOD PHASE.

THEY CAN POINTING THAT OUT.

SO THIS IS NOT A, A PASS AND GO ON.

WHICH PROBABLY DOES SLOW IT DOWN SOMEWHAT BECAUSE THE COUNTY PROBABLY COULDN'T MAKE 'EM WAIT.

I MEAN, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COUNTY COULD OR COULD NOT DO, BUT I'M TELLING YOU IN OUR HISTORY, WE FOUND THE COUNTIES DON'T HAVE AS MUCH AUTHORITY YEAH.

TO PLACE RESTRICTIONS.

I ALSO POINT OUT PHASE ONE WASN'T SET TO BE COMPLETE TILL 28, SO THEY WILL, THAT'S GONNA TAKE, COULD YOU SAY THAT A LITTLE BIT LOUDER? PHASE ONE WAS SET TO BE, UH, DONE BY 28 OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT.

SO IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME TIME TO GOTCHA.

YOU THANK YOU.

UH, WE HAVE, WHAT DO WE HAVE? CASEY STEVENSON WISHES TO SPEAK IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, ARE YOU PREPARED? YES.

NO.

ONE MORE, I'M SORRY.

DAVID HUSBANDS DAVID STALL.

YOU OUT THERE WEAR YOUR HAT.

IT'S IMMEDIATE AND OVERWHELMING.

RENT CITY RENTAL STOP.

I'M SORRY.

RENTAL STOP.

OVERALL, 360, SORRY.

EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR JENSEN, UH, AND FELLOW RESIDENCE OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

MY NAME IS DAVID HUSBANDS.

I LIVE AT 47 10 GIF GO ROAD, MIDLOTHIAN.

I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 18 YEARS.

UH, I'M ALSO A BUSINESS OWNER IN GRAND PRAIRIE FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS, AND MY FAMILY AS WELL AS ALL 80 EMPLOYEES.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR RUNNING A, UH, SUPPORTING THE BUSINESS AND JUST MAKING THE CITY LIKE IT IS NO OTHER.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

SO OBVIOUSLY I'VE BEEN HERE LIVING OUT HERE AND SEEING THE GROWTH AND I WANT TO JUST AT LEAST REITERATE SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE ALREADY DISCUSSED, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO, UH, LET YOU KNOW HOW WE FEEL HERE.

SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR GIVING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

I AM HERE TO EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT ONGOING HOUSING AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE.

SPECIFICALLY THE LACK OF HIGH TRAFFIC ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THE GROWTH OF MANY NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND PROJECTS.

AS MANY AS YOU'RE AWARE, FAR SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE IS EXPERIENCED IN UNPRECEDENTED SURGE IN IN DEVELOPMENT.

THIS HAS RESULTED IN THOUSANDS OF ADDITIONAL VEHICLES BURNING AN ALREADY OVERWHELMED STRETCH OF HIGHWAY 2 87.

AND IT STARTS REALLY AT 360 WHERE IT GOES TO A SINGLE LANE AND THEN ALL THE WAY TO 67 TO MID LITHIUM, MULTIPLE LARGE SCALE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES ARE ALREADY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AS YOU GUYS ARE AWARE, INCLUDING GOODLAND LAKE VIEWPOINT, HERITAGE TOWN, GREENWAY TRAILS, SOMERSET, AND SOUTH POINT.

THERE ARE ALSO NUMEROUS APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT HAVE GONE UP WITHIN THE LAST FEW YEARS NOW WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE MASSIVE HUFFINES DEVELOPMENT LAKE SONG AS, AS WELL AS WITH THE NEW MANSFIELD PROFESSIONAL SOCCER STADIUM, WHICH WILL HOLD ABOUT 5,000 PEOPLE.

WE ARE POISED TO SEE THOUSANDS OF MORE VEHICLES ENTERING AN ALREADY SATURATED ROADWAY.

WHILE SOME MAY ARGUE THAT DEVELOPMENTS ARE BUILT IN PHASES IN TRAFFIC INCREASES GRADUALLY THE SHEER NUMBER OF, UH, THERE, UH, THE SHEER NUMBER OF PROJECTS HAPPENING AT ONCE IS COMPOUNDING THE PROBLEM.

THE RESULT IS NOT GRADUAL BY ANY MEANS.

WE AS RESIDENTS ARE ALREADY SEEING THE NEGATIVE IMPACT ON GETTING IN AND OUT OF THE AREA.

FOR EXAMPLE, COUNTY ROAD 6 6 1, WHICH IS THE ONE THAT WAS JUST DISCUSSED, THAT THAT ROAD IS OFF LIMITS FOR MY FAMILY.

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AND THEY, YOU CANNOT GET PAST THAT INTERSECTION, ESPECIALLY WITH THE CONCRETE TRUCKS THAT ARE GOING THERE, THAT PLANT AND OBVIOUSLY THE MICHIGAN TURN WAVES THAT MS. WARE HAS EDUCATED ME ABOUT.

UM, YOU KNOW, THAT HAS NOT REALLY HELPED EITHER 'CAUSE NOBODY'S FROM MICHIGAN THAT LIVES HERE.

SO , SO, ALL RIGHT.

SO THIS IS NOW THE ONLY SAFETY CONCERN FOR DRIVERS AND PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS, BUT IT ALSO CREATES UNNECESSARY TRAFFIC JAMS THAT DISRUPT THE DAILY LIFE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT DEVELOPMENT IS VITAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY'S GROWTH.

I'M A BUSINESS OWNER, I GET IT.

HOWEVER, IT'S CRITICAL THAT THE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE, JUST LIKE ANY BUSINESS FOUNDATION IS COMPLETED BEFORE MOVING FORWARD WITH MORE CONSTRUCTION.

WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THE CITY COUNCIL MAYOR TO ENSURE THE DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE IS ADJUSTED SO THAT THE ROWS AND NECESSARY UTILITIES ARE FINISHED BEFORE ANY ADDITIONAL HOUSING IS BUILT.

ADDITIONALLY, WE RECOMMEND THAT THE COUNCIL IMPLEMENT A CLEAR AND ENFORCEABLE TIMELINE THAT PRIORITIZES THE COMPLETION OF ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE.

THIS WILL ENSURE THE NEW HOMEOWNERS CAN SAFELY ACCESS THEIR PROPERTIES IN, IN THAT EXISTING RE RESIDENTS ARE NOT BURDENED BY FURTHER DISRUPTIONS.

IN CONCLUSION, I AM CONFIDENT THAT WITH THE THOUGHTFUL PLANNING AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN DEVELOPERS, CITY PLANNERS, AND THE COMMUNITY, WE CAN ACHIEVE A DEVELOPMENT THAT BENEFITS EVERYONE.

WE ALL WANT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO GROW AND BE SUCCESSFUL, BUT IT MUST BE DONE SAFELY, EFFICIENTLY, AND THE PROPER INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE.

THANK YOU FOR THE TIME AND CONSIDERATION.

I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR THOUGHTS AND WORKING TOGETHER TO RESOLVE AN IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR THE BOOMING SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE AREA.

YOU KNOW, G COLE ROAD, THERE'S NOT VERY MANY PEOPLE HERE THAT'S DRIVEN OUT THERE.

AND I'VE, REBECCA AND I HAVE DRIVEN OUT THERE EVEN BEFORE YOU WERE PROBABLY THERE.

AND I NEVER THOUGHT IT'D BE GROWING AS MUCH AS IT IS TODAY.

YOU DIDN'T 18 YEARS AGO, YOU SURE DIDN'T.

I KNEW IT WAS COMING EVENTUALLY, BUT, WELL, IT, IT CAME FASTER THAN ANY OF US ANTICIPATED.

FROM MANSFIELD TO MIDDLE , IN AND OUTTA COUNTIES AND IN AND OUTTA CITIES.

THERE'S MORE HOUSES GOING UP IN THERE BETWEEN, BETWEEN YOU AND MIDLOTHIAN.

THERE'S SOME IN MIDLOTHIAN, THERE'S SOME IN THE COUNTY.

I, IT, IT'S CRAZY.

IT 2 87 IS, IS BOOMING.

IT REALLY IS.

I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU DO FOR THE CITY.

YOU HAVE THE BEST RENTAL EQUIPMENT, BAR NONE ANYWHERE IN DFW AREA.

WELL, THANK YOU, SIR.

IT TAKES A, IT TAKES A TEAM TO DO THAT.

AND EVERYBODY THAT I DO A GREAT JOB AND I'VE USED A LOT OF IT.

THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.

THAT CONCLUDES, UH, HERE WE GO.

ANYTHING ELSE? I'M GOOD.

THANK YOU, DAVE.

UM, SCOTT FERRA DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WISHES TO RECORD OPPOSITION.

SCOTT, WHERE ARE YOU? RIGHT HERE.

MAYOR, I APPRECIATE ALL THE INPUT YOU'VE HAD WITH ALL OF US.

YOU'VE BEEN FAIR, YOU'VE BEEN TO THE POINT.

UH, WE DON'T TAKE, YOUR CONCERNS ARE DAVID'S CONCERNS LIGHTLY.

WE HAVE ONLY SO MANY THINGS WE CAN DO.

YOU'VE SPOKE TO MANY OF US, COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, MYSELF, COUNCILMAN ZANU, MANY OF US STAFF, AND I HOPE YOU CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO US IN THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS.

COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.

UH, THANK EVERYONE FOR SPEAKING ON THIS ISSUE TONIGHT.

UH, AND IT IS NOT AN EASY ONE, BUT PROGRESS, UH, PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE AND, UH, I WISH WE COULD JUST HAVE A MAGIC BALL TO DO THINGS IN A TIMELY MANNER, BUT IT TAKES TIME.

AND WHAT I'M HEARING TONIGHT, SPEAKING TO THE STAFF, UH, WE GOT A FLOWER IN 2028.

PHASE ONE SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY 2028.

SO, UM, I SEE THAT'S THE TIMING GOING THERE BEFORE I EVEN START PHASE TWO.

AND WHEN I SPOKE WITH YOU, UH, I HAD MENTIONED THAT WE ARE APPROVING PHASES.

SO, UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I MOVED TO APPROVE ITEMS 22 AND 23.

THAT'S PRESENTED SECOND.

I DIDN'T HEAR IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.

IT ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? NAY.

SCOTT, DAVID, THANK Y'ALL FOR COMING TONIGHT.

ITEM 24 AND 25 ARE RELATED TO THE SAME PROJECT.

ITEM 24.

ALRIGHT,

[Items 24 & 25]

SO I'LL PRESENT THEM AT ONCE, TWO AT A TIME.

THE FIRST COMPONENT IS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FROM MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO PROPOSED COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICE.

UH, ON THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING FLUME AND THE PROPOSED FLUME.

UH, THIS IS TO ACCOMMODATE, UH, THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.

THAT'S THE ITEM 25.

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THE APPLICANT'S REQUESTING TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FOR A MULTIFAMILY ONE TO PROPOSE ZONING DISTRICT OF GENERAL RETAIL.

UH, THE APPLICANT DESIRES TO, UH, REUSE THE EXISTING CHURCH AS A FUNERAL HOME.

UH, SO LOCATION'S AT 310 SOUTHWEST THIRD STREET, AND IT IS OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.

UH, THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY.

UH, SO THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSAL IS TO CONVERT THE EXISTING CHURCH TO A FUNERAL HOME THAT WOULD BE USED FOR STAGING, VISITATION AND CHAPEL SERVICES.

UM, BUT THEY ARE PROPOSING A GENERAL RETAIL ZONING DISTRICT, BUT THAT DOES ALSO ALLOW OTHER USES ON THE SCREEN OR A FEW OF THE OTHER USES ALLOWED IN A GENERAL RETAIL ZONING DISTRICT.

UM, WE DID SEND PROPERTY OWNER NOTIFICATIONS TO 51 PROPERTIES AND WE DID RECEIVE ONE LETTER OF OPPOSITION.

UH, THIS AFTERNOON AFTER 5:00 PM WE DID RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL TWO LETTERS, UH, FROM THE SAME ADDRESS TO THE WEST OF THE PROPERTY ON JULY 14TH.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF EIGHT TO ZERO.

THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

NONE.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL AND I DO NOT HAVE ANY CARDS.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

UM, I, I APOLOGIZE.

I SHOULD HAVE TALKED TO YOU EARLIER ABOUT THIS.

UM, I, I HAVE KINDA LIKE A STAFF HAD, IT HAS A LITTLE BIT OF HEARTBURN WITH GENERAL RETAIL.

I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THE, THIS PROPERTY BEING USED AS A FUNERAL HOME BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, UH, I DO HAVE A LITTLE WORRIES ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF THE FUTURE.

AND I JUST WONDER IF WE TABLE THIS NOW AND GO BACK AND SIT DOWN AND LOOK AT THE, UH, POSSIBILITY OF, UH, LEAVING THE ZONE, THE CURRENT ZONING IN PLACE AND MAKING A PD THAT WOULD THROW IN THE, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THIS AS A FUNERAL HOME.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT STAFF THINK I THAT WORK? I LIKE THAT.

I DID COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL A LOT AND COUNCIL, I'M ALMOST CERTAIN WE ALL KNOW WHAT HE'S ALLUDED TO.

IF WE FLIP IT TO GENERAL RETAIL, THEY COULD BUILD APARTMENTS NEXT YEAR.

YEP.

SO I WAS JUST WONDERING IF WE COULD UH, I THINK IF WE COULD TAKE WOULD STAFF, IS THAT SOMETHING STAFF THINKS WE CAN WORK MAKING IT A PD UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING OR SOME OTHER WAY? LEAVING THE CURRENT ZONING IS THE BASE ZONING AND JUST ADD THIS USE ON THE PD.

THAT'S A, THAT'S A, AN APPROACH, BUT IT WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO GO BACK BEFORE P AND Z AND START, START OVER.

HOW MANY ACRES ARE HERE? IT'S TONY AND WHAT IT'S NOT.

MAYBE TWO, ONE AND A HALF.

OH, OKAY.

2.3.

PROBABLY COULDN'T DO TOO MANY APARTMENTS THERE ANYWAY.

WELL, UH, WELL THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT COULD GO THERE THAT, THAT THAT SHE PUT UP ON THE GR YEAH.

THAT IT'S POSSIBLE.

UM, I WOULD, I WOULD, IF I CAN, CAN, CAN WE DO IT THIS WAY? CAN WE DO IT THIS WAY THAT WE TABLE IT AND THEY GO BACK AND GO THROUGH THAT BUT NOT HAVE TO PAY AGAIN? WE COULD WAIVE THE FEE.

I'M LOOKING AT MY CITY ATTORNEY HERE, BUT FROM A, FROM A ADMINISTRATIVE STANDPOINT, UH, YOU CAN'T, BUT WE CAN.

YEAH, IF WE CAN PROVIDE US GUYS, WE CAN WAIVE THE FEE.

WE CAN WAIVE THE FEE IN THIS MOTION I'M MAKING.

YOU CAN WAIVE, WE CAN WAIVE THE FEE.

UH, TAKE THE BURDEN OFF OF THEM.

TONY COUNCIL.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT I WANNA DO.

I THINK IN STAFF, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO THINK OF THINGS LIKE THIS GOING FORWARD.

WE JUST CAN'T.

OH MY GOODNESS.

I WANT A, UH, WHATEVER THERE.

ONCE WE FLIP THE ZONING THAT WHATEVER THERE CAN BE WHATEVER THERE SOMETHING ELSE.

SO COUNCIL MEMBERS, SHOTWELL APPRECI, APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION AND I AGREE WITH YOU.

THAT'S MY MOTION.

I'D LIKE TO, UH, TABLE THIS AND, UH, GET THE, UH, APPLICANT AND STAFF TOGETHER AND I'LL BE GLAD TO JOIN YOU AND WAIVE THE FEE AND WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN COME UP WITH A WAY TO MAKE IT A PD AND WAIVE THE FEE.

WELL, WE'LL, WE'LL WAIVE THE FEE.

WE'LL, WE'LL WAIVE THE FEE WHENEVER IT COMES UP.

WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT.

I JUST WANNA NOTE, 'CAUSE I I, I'LL SAY THIS.

WE TELL APPLICANTS THE BEST APPROACH AND WE PROBABLY TOLD THE APPLICANT AND WE TELL OTHERS THE PD, IF YOU'RE GONNA ISOLATE TO A SPECIFIC USE TO BID MORE PALATABLE TO Y'ALL.

AND EVERYBODY SAYS ISOLATES TO A USE, BUT SOME JUST DON'T WANNA DO THAT.

SO.

WELL, WE DON'T HAVE TO GRANT IT THOUGH.

, RIGHT? COME.

WELL, I'M JUST SAYING YOU WHO'S GOT, YOU'RE STILL GONNA GET THOSE TYPE OF WHO'S GOT THE HAND TONIGHT ON THIS.

SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PLAY A LITTLE BIT HARDER BALL IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE OF WHAT THE STATE'S DONE TO US, TO BE PERFECTLY FRANK.

WE'VE GOT A MOTION TO SECOND.

AND AND AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE.

MEL SAYS WE NEED TO HAVE WAIVE THE FEE IN THE MOTION NOW SO THEY'LL HAVE DIRECTION.

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NOW, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

I OPPOSED SAY NAY.

ALRIGHT, CAN WE DO 26 27 TOGETHER? 27 TABLE 27.

AND AGAIN, SAVANNAH AND RASHAD, I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT GETTING WITH YOUR IT'S OKAY.

[26. SUP-25-05-0018 - Specific Use Permit – 3322 S Gilbert Rd (City Council District 1). Specific Use Permit for Heavy Truck Repair and Outside Storage at 3322 S Gilbert Rd, Tract 7, John C. Read Survey, Abstract No. 1183, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Light Industrial (LI), and addressed as 3322 S Gilbert Rd (On July 14, 2025, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval with conditions by a vote of 8-0)]

NO, LET'S GO JUST DO 2026.

THERE'S A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR AB TRUCKER REPAIR AND OUTSIDE.

HEY, I WANT TO GO TO THE BRIT FLOYD CONCERT.

IT'S LOCATED AT 33 22 SOUTH SEAL ROAD AND SHOWN ON THE MAP ON THE SCREEN, UH, THE APPLICANT OP OPERATES A HEAVY TRUCK REPAIR FACILITY, UH, AND HAS BEEN DOING SO WITHOUT A A CO.

UH, THEY WERE CITED BY CODE COMPLIANCE AND THROUGH THE CO REVIEW, UH, WE LET THEM KNOW THEY REQUIRED AN SUP FOR THIS LOCATION.

UH, SO THIS IS STREET VIEW OF THE PROPERTY.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE TRUCKING AND TRAILER SERVICES THAT DOES REPAIR AND GENERAL MAINTENANCE FOR COMMERCIAL TRUCKS AND TRAILERS.

UM, THEY'RE PROPOSING ONSITE STORAGE OF VEHICLES AND PARTS.

UH, THE SCREEN ON THE SCREEN LISTS THEIR HOURS OF OPERATION.

AND IN RESPONSE TO STAFF COMMENTS, THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO CONSTRUCT REPLACEMENT FENCING, UH, PROVIDE PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENTS AND CONSTRUCT A DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE AND A NEW COMMERCIAL DRIVE APPROACH.

APPROACH.

AND SO THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ARE SHOWN IN COLORED ON THEIR SITE PLAN.

UM, WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY LETTERS OF SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION.

AND ON JULY 14TH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY SHALL GENERALLY COMPLY WITH THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN.

UM, THEY MUST COMPLY WITH OUR AUTO RELATED BUSINESSES, A RB REGULATIONS.

UH, THEY SHALL PROVIDE A DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE THAT MEETS OUR UDC SPECIFICATIONS AND THEY SHALL PROVIDE CONCRETE PAVING MEETING THE PAVING REQUIREMENTS OF THE UDC IN ALL PARKING AREAS.

UH, THEY SHALL PROVIDE A COMMERCIAL DRIVE APPROACH AS SHOWN ON THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN.

AN EIGHT FOOT WOOD SCREENING FENCE COMPLYING WITH ARTICLE A OF THE UDC SHALL BE PROVIDED ALONG THE EAST PROPERTY LINE ADJACENT TO ALL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.

AND THEN A VALID CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY IS REQUIRED.

THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

I DON'T SEE ANY LIGHTS.

WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS.

SAVANNAH STAFF AGREES WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM PLANNING AND ZONING.

WOULD THIS, ALL THIS STUFF HAVE TO BE DONE BEFORE A CO COULD BE ISSUED, CORRECT? YES.

YOU BET.

ALL RIGHT, MAYOR, UM, UH, MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 26 WITH CONDITIONS OR RECOMMENDATIONS SINCE WE'RE JUST TABLED.

DID SOMEBODY SECOND? I WAS VISITING.

WE'LL GIVE IT TO BESSIE .

I WAS ASKING HER, I WAS ASKED HER QUESTION ABOUT YOU.

TONY, WE HAVE A MOTION.

A OPPOSED AY NAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL, WE'RE GONNA TABLE THIS ONE, BUT I CAN'T HAVE YOU AT THE DESK FOR THE MOTION, BUT TONY, SHE SAID JUST GO IN THE HALLWAY.

WE'RE JUST TABLING IT.

JUST STEP IN THE HALLWAY.

IT'S ALL RIGHT.

I'LL BE, I'LL BE THERE IN A MINUTE.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A

[27. SUP-25-03-0015 - Specific Use Permit/Site Plan - Midtown Pickleball and Retail (City Council District 2). Specific Use Permit and Site Plan for Amusement Services (Indoor), a restaurant with a drive-through, and a multi-tenant building within Midtown Development on 8.083 acres. Lot 7, Block 1, Slink Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-397, within the SH 161 Corridor Overlay District and tentatively addressed as 3505 S Hwy 161 (On July 14, 2025, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval with conditions by a vote of 8-0)]

MOTION TABLE.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE TABLE ITEM NUMBER 27 TO A FUTURE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

SECOND THAT ONE.

SECOND BY COUNCIL MAYOR ADAMS. I WAS PAYING ATTENTION THAT TIME.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.

DIED, WHEN ANOTHER ONE WAS WAITING FOR ALL THAT TIME.

AND YOU OPPOSED SAY NAY.

MOTION CARRIES EIGHT TO NINE.

UH, COUNCILMAN SHOTWELL HAD RECUSED HIMSELF.

COME ON BACK AGAIN.

TONY

[CITIZEN COMMENTS]

CITIZEN COMMENTS.

OKAY, DR.

ANGELA LUCKY VAUGHN.

I BELIEVE SHE'S LEFT.

I WANNA THANK YOU TONIGHT FOR MAKING THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO THE GRAND PRIX FIRE RESCUE.

THIS WAS, UH, UH, 25TH ANNIVERSARY ON AUGUST 1ST.

SOMETHING THAT I WANTED BACK IN 1975.

IN 1975, OTHER CITIES SUCH AS RICHARDSON, THEY ALREADY HAD THEIR FIRE DEPARTMENT PARAMEDIC PROGRAM.

DALLAS HAD THEIRS, GARLAND HAD THEIRS.

IRVING FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS TRAINING THEIR EMTS FOR, FOR A FIRE DEPARTMENT PARAMEDIC PROGRAM.

ALL THE OTHER CITIES, GRAND PRAIRIE WAS USING STATION WAGONS AT SOUTHLAND FUNERAL HOME.

WE WEREN'T GOING FORWARD IN 1984 WHEN THE TWO OF THE SENIOR CITIZENS

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FRONT PAGE NEWS, DALLAS MORNING NEWS, DALLAS TIMES HERALD, GRAND PRAIRIE DAILY NEWS, ALL OVER THE, WHEN WE HAD A PRINT MEDIA, UH, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT I SAW ON MONDAY NIGHT, DECEMBER 17TH, 1984.

I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT LADY WAITING FOR HER HUSBAND.

WE HAD ANOTHER SITUATION IN MAY OF 1989 WHERE A CITIZEN OF GRAND PRAIRIE, HE DIED.

HE SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO IRVING COMMUNITY.

HE SHOULD HAVE GONE DIRECTLY TO PARKLAND.

AND I STILL SEE THAT MAN'S FACE 'CAUSE I WAS THE ONE COORDINATING THE BLOOD, TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING READY TO GET HIM IN THE OPERATING ROOM.

DFW BROUGHT HIM TO US.

HE SHOULD HAVE GONE TO PARKLAND.

AND OUR HOSPITAL WAS AT FAULT BECAUSE THAT WAS A MONDAY AFTERNOON.

BUT WE WEREN'T A TRAUMA CENTER.

THE REASON I GOT INVOLVED IN THIS IS BECAUSE INNOCENT PEOPLE WERE DYING, WAITING FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE.

INNOCENT PEOPLE WERE RECEIVING A GROSSLY INAPPROPRIATE LEVEL OF HEALTHCARE.

DALLAS FORT WORTH MEDICAL CENTER CALLED ITSELF THE SOUTHWEST TRAUMA CENTER.

THEY WERE NOT A TRAUMA CENTER.

NO WAY, NO SHAPE, NO FORM.

BUT PATIENTS WERE BEING TAKEN OUT THERE.

AND THAT'S WHAT THE BELL FOLD BIOPSY OF 60 MINUTES, YOU KNOW, BACKED EVERYTHING UP ON WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

SO JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALL IN THE PAST, BUT WE'RE AT IN THE FUTURE RIGHT NOW.

THINK ABOUT THAT.

PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE.

FORT WORTH FIRE DEPARTMENT JUST TOOK OVER EVERYTHING BACK IN JUNE.

LOOK AT THE TRANSITION.

THEIR RESPONSE TIMES HAVE BEEN CUT BY FIVE MINUTES JUST BY HAVING IT IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

WHAT'S ARLINGTON GOING TO DO? AND AGAIN, PART OF MY LAST TWO MONTHS OF BEING OUT OF POCKET, I'VE BEEN DOING TELEPHONE VISITS WITH DR.

SIGMUND FREUD ON MY MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT ENVY DIAGNOSIS.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE ARLINGTON AT LEAST 20 YEARS TO GET TO WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.

IF ARLINGTON EVEN MAKES IT TO THAT POINT, WHO KNOWS IF THEY'RE GONNA DO IT.

SO THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT EVENT.

AND I REALIZED A LOT OF PEOPLE DOWN HERE.

YOU DIDN'T SEE WHAT I SAW.

I WASN'T DOWN HERE.

ALL THE LYNDON JOHNSON MODE, I HAD TO GO IN FOR 15 STRAIGHT YEARS DOWN HERE.

I DIDN'T QUIT.

I KEPT AFTER IT.

SO, 'CAUSE OF ALL THE DEDICATED STAFF IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, CLIFF NELSON, CLIFF ALWAYS BEAT ME.

HE WAS THAT BLONDE-HEADED WHITE BOY FROM JEFFERSON.

AND I WAS A FLATFOOTED GUY FROM LEE.

HE ALWAYS BEAT ME IN THE FOUR 40.

BUT HIS DEDICATION TO THE DEPARTMENT TO SEE TOM HART DOWN HERE TONIGHT, TO SEE CHARLIE ENGLAND DOWN HERE TONIGHT, THEY COULD HAVE FOUGHT ALL THAT.

AND I REALIZED TONY SHOTWELL WRONG.

WE WERE ON THAT COMMITTEE TOGETHER TO HIRE 42 FIREFIGHTERS IN ONE YEAR.

SEVEN MOBILE INTENSIVE CARE UNITS.

THAT WAS THE TALK OF TEXAS.

OTHER CITIES LIKE IN WACO, I WAS DOWN IN WACO TALKING TO SOME GUYS.

NEVER HAPPENED IN WACO.

NOPE.

BUT IT HAPPENED IN GRAND PRAIRIE.

SO THOSE OF YOU, UH, TERRY, UM, TERRY JACKSON, UM, YOUR MOM WAS UP HERE.

RUTHIE, THE WHOLE BIT.

EVERYBODY THAT PUT THE TIME IN.

SO NOW LOOK, WE'RE AT AND I'M SORRY, GETTING ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION TO GET SOMEONE, MY WIFE WAS A CARDIAC CATHETERS TO GET SOMEONE BOOM, TOM HART LIKE THAT, TO GET 'EM FROM GRAND PRAIRIE INTO THE CARDIAC CATH LAB IN LESS THAN 90 MINUTES.

THAT'S, I KNOW THAT'S NOT SOMETHING A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT, BUT YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING A LOT OF PEOPLE DO CARE ABOUT.

AND IT IT MAKES THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, WHAT IT IS.

SO MY SINCEREST DEPRECIATION, I WANTED THIS IN 19 75, 25 YEARS AGO, I GOT IT.

AND I'LL BE BACK IN 25 YEARS FROM NOW.

WE'RE STILL DOING IT.

I HAVE RESPONDED BACK WITH A LETTER DATED JULY 1ST, 2025 TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR RECONSIDERATION THAT INCLUDED ADDITIONAL PICTURES.

RAMIN AVARI VIDEO.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER AND STAFF.

MY NAME IS ROMINE AVARI.

I'M RESIDING GRAND PRAIRIE 24 76 DOCKSIDE DRIVE, 7 5 0 5 4.

I HAVE TWO ITEMS THAT TO SHARE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK MR. TONY SHOTWELL FOR NOMINATING ME TO SERVE ON AND THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVING ME TONIGHT TO SERVE ON THE ANIMAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND GLAD TO BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK TO BE OF SERVICE TO THE CITY AFTER WORKING AND RETIRING FROM THE CITY OF SUPREME PRAIRIE.

DID WE APPROVE THAT? I'M JOKING.

IT WAS A CONSENT ITEM.

AGENDA .

GOOD THING SHE DIDN'T READ THE NAME.

YEAH, .

I'M JOKING.

THE SECOND ITEM IS A FOLLOW UP TO MY PREVIOUS CITIZEN COMMENTS THAT I MADE ON JUNE 17TH, 25, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETING REQUESTING TO REPLACE THE REMAINING TWO PANELS OF MY DRIVEWAY COMPLETE TO MY GARAGE THAT WAS CAUSED BY EROSION AND VOICE UNDER MY DRIVEWAY BY THE CITY.

SEPARATION OF THE SERVICE LINE OF THE CITY WASTEWATER CLEANUP.

I DID RECEIVE A WRITTEN RESPONSE DATED JUNE 23RD FROM THE CITY MANAGER.

AND THE REASON STATING THAT THE CITY WILL NOT REPLACE THE REMAINING TWO PANELS.

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I'VE BEEN VERBALLY TOLD LAST FRIDAY BY STAFF THAT THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE A CONSIDERATION FOR THIS REQUEST.

HOWEVER, NO SPECIFIC REASONS WERE PROVIDED.

I REQUEST THAT I RECEIVE A WRITTEN RESPONSE TO THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BASED ON MY JULY 1ST, 2025 LETTER AND FOR ANY ADDITIONAL FACTUAL INFORMATION THAT THE DECISION WAS BASED ON TO INCLUDE RESPONSE TO THE OTHER SUGGESTIONS THAT I MADE TO THE CITY FOR CONSIDERATION.

I WANT TO THANK THE CITY MANAGER, MAYOR, AS WELL AS MY DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, UH, ASSISTANCE WITH REGARDS TO THESE ISSUES.

NICE TO SEE YOU ALL AND GOD BLESS AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO IN SERVICE TO THE CITY OF BURG.

THANK YOU LAWRENCE COLLINS.

GOOD EVENING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND I'M HERE TO GIVE PRAISE TO GRAND PRAIRIE POLICE.

WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES AT THE UAW LOCAL AND GRAND PRAIRIE POLICE HAS BEEN EXTREMELY PROFESSIONAL AND THEY HEADED OFF SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WANNA PUT YOU GUYS ON POINT.

JOBS ARE LEAVING THE COMMUNITY.

I HAVE BEEN SOUND AND ALARM.

MY WIFE, SHE IS SHEILA COLLINS.

SHE'S A 40 YEAR GENERAL MOTORS.

I'M RETIRED.

GENERAL MOTORS.

SHE'S HIGHLY RESPECTED BY MANAGEMENT AND THE UNION.

AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF FIGHTING TO KEEP JOBS HERE, BUT IT'S ONLY SO MUCH WE CAN DO.

WE TRYING TO GET THE MEMBERSHIP TO QUIT BEING SO APATHETIC AND TO PARTICIPATE.

JUNIOR, HE KNOWS ABOUT THIS, BUT I'M TELLING YOU GUYS, YOU GOTTA GET THE GOVERNOR, YOU GOTTA GET THE SENATORS, YOU GOTTA CIRCLE THE WAGONS.

THE CADILLAC ESCALADE IS LEAVING.

IT'S A DONE DEAL.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN HEADED OFF IF THE CITY AND THE UNION WAS WORKING TOGETHER, LIKE IN MOST MUNICIPALITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

THIS IS A DIFFERENT BEAST.

Y'ALL DON'T HAVE A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF UNION PEOPLE IN TEXAS.

WE ARE FROM FLINT, MICHIGAN, THIRD GENERATION.

I'M RETIRED.

I'M IN THE SECURITY BUSINESS.

MY WIFE IS THIRD GENERATION.

SHE GOT 40 YEARS.

WE'VE HAD PEOPLE IN THE UAW COME AFTER US TOOTH AND NAIL.

THEY TRIED TO STICK THE POLICE ON US AND EVERYTHING LIED.

THEY DID EVERYTHING THEY CAN SIMPLY BECAUSE WE ARE SOUNDING AN ALARM.

2000 JOBS ARE SCHEDULED TO LEAVE THAT PLANT.

THERE'S ANOTHER POSSIBILITY, A STRONG POSSIBILITY THAT ANOTHER 1500 JOBS WILL LEAVE THAT PLANT.

AND IF THE 1500 JOBS LEAVE, THE PLANT IS CLOSING.

WE'RE FROM FLINT, MICHIGAN.

WE HAD OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND UAW MEMBERS THERE.

BUT BECAUSE WE HAD AN APATHETIC CITIZENRY AND WE HAD CROOKED UNIONS, FLINT IS A, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE CLEAN DRINKING WATER FROM A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOWN TO ROUND ABOUT 15,000.

MY POINT TO YOU GUYS IS THIS, I'M HERE TO SOUND THE ALARM PEOPLE IN THE UNION.

THEY NOW, BELIEVE ME, I TOLD 'EM A YEAR AGO, DETROIT WANTS CONTROL OF THIS LOCAL.

THIS IS THE MOST MONEYMAKING PLANT IN AMERICA.

MY WIFE MAKES THE MID TO HIGH SIX FIGURES.

A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THERE MAKE MORE THAN HER.

NOW IF THAT ECONOMIC TAX BASE LEAVE THIS AREA, WHAT ARE Y'ALL FACED WITH? I'M TRYING TO TELL Y'ALL, CALL SENATOR CORNER, CALL TED CRUZ, CALL GOVERNOR ABBOTT AND REACH OUT TO GENERAL MOTORS AND ASK THEM WHAT IS THEIR INTENTIONS? WHAT IS THEIR INTENTIONS? 'CAUSE YOU SEE, SEAN FEIGN IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UAW.

THEY'RE TRYING TO OUST HIM.

THE ONLY WAY HE CAN KEEP HIS JOB IS HE BRING JOBS TO MICHIGAN.

NOW HE DONE ALREADY GOT THE ESCALADE, TAHOE AND EVERYTHING ELSE, AND IF HE GET ANOTHER PRODUCT, THE PLANT IS CLOSING.

AND I TELL Y'ALL FACT, CHECK ME, I'M A RADIO PERSONALITY.

YOU CAN HEAR ME ON SIRIUS XM.

I NEVER LIE.

I TELL THE TRUTH AND I STAND BEHIND WHAT I SAY BECAUSE I'M INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN WHAT GOES ON INSIDE THE UAW.

AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU MICHIGAN IS A BLUE STATE.

THIS IS A RED STATE.

THE ONLY WAY MICHIGAN CAN SURVIVE IS THEY BRING JOBS BACK.

AND NOW THE ESCALATOR IS GOING TO PONTIAC, MICHIGAN, 40 SOMETHING MILES SOUTH OF FLINT.

THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT TAKING THESE JOBS OUT OF TEXAS.

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Y'ALL DO NOT HAVE A STRONG INFRASTRUCTURE OF UNION.

AND THIS MAKES IT, IT MAKES IT REAL EASY FOR THEM TO DO WHAT THEY DO.

BUT I'M HERE TO TELL YOU, YOU GUYS GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT A ROADBLOCK.

IF Y'ALL CIRCLE THE WAGON, START ASKING QUESTIONS, GET THE SENATOR INVOLVED.

GET THE GOVERNOR INVOLVED BECAUSE THIS, IF A 5,000, THAT PLANT IS OVER 6,000 MEMBERS IN THE LOCAL LEAR UNIVERSAL ANDROID.

HEY, I'M TELLING Y'ALL, Y'ALL LOOKING AT A DISASTER.

IF Y'ALL DON'T COME TOGETHER AND START ASKING SOME QUESTIONS, YOU WON'T HAVE NO JOBS DOWN HERE FOR GENERAL MOTORS IN THE U AAW.

AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE IN THE UAW FIGHTING TOOTH AND NAIL TO TAKE THESE JOBS OUTTA HERE.

THIS IS ONE REASON THEY COME AFTER US.

WE SQUEAKY CLEAN EVERYBODY IN THE PLANT SUPPORT THIS LADY, THE EXECUTIVE BOARD.

AND I AM AN ADVISOR TO THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT I DO.

AND I'M GONNA SAY THIS, IF YOU WANNA HIDE A SECRET FROM PEOPLE, WILL YOU THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.

HEY Y'ALL BETTER FIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.

THANK YOU BROTHERS.

APPRECIATE Y'ALL MISS SHEILA COLLINS.

FOR ME AND THE LINCOLN MOW AND I DON'T HAVE TO STEP OVER THE BATHROOM.

I'M JUST GONNA MAKE IT SHORT AND SWEET.

NOT REALLY SWEET, BUT .

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD ON TO WHAT LAWRENCE WAS SAYING.

YES, I WORK AT THE PLANT.

WE'VE BEEN HERE 13 YEARS AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GREAT INTERACTIONS WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

I WORK WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.

THERE ARE A LOT OF RETIREES THAT STILL LIVE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.

THERE'S A VOTING, UH, PLUS IN THE GRAND PRAIRIE AREA.

THE UNION HALL IS LOCATED AT 25 0 5 WE ROBERTS AND WE SUPPORT GRAND PRAIRIE.

SO ALL I'M ASKING IS FOR EVERYONE TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PRODUCT THAT'S AT THE GENERAL MOTORS ARLINGTON ASSEMBLY PLANT.

FOR SURE.

THE ESCALADE WILL BE LEAVING THAT PRODUCT AT THE END OF 2026 AND IT WILL BE GOING TO PONTIAC, MICHIGAN.

SOME YEARS BACK, IT WAS A PRODUCT FOR THE SONIC, THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE.

AND THAT KIND OF CAVED IN.

SO NOW IT'S GONNA BE REOPENED.

EVERYTHING IS BEING REDONE.

THE PLANT IS A LOT YOUNGER THAN THE ARLINGTON PLANT.

THE ARLINGTON PLANT IS AT LEAST 70 YEARS OLD, UH, PONTIAC LAKE ORIENT PLANT THAT IS MUCH YOUNGER.

SO ALL WE'RE DOING IS SAYING ASK QUESTIONS BECAUSE THE YOUNG PEOPLE, EVERYONE REALLY GRAND PRAIRIE.

I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND THE GRAND PRAIRIE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH ALL OF US, ESPECIALLY AT THE UNION HALL.

VERY PROFESSIONAL.

THEY DON'T TAKE SIDES.

AND THAT'S COOL .

BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

THANKS.

THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK.

RUBEN BOON EIGHT RUBEN.

MY, UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR.

MY NAME IS RUBEN BROWN AND I LIVE AT 1710 AUSTRIAN ROAD AND I'M TO THANK THE MANAGER AND, AND THE MAYOR AND GEORGIA CLINTON.

AND BECAUSE I'M ONE OF LAW, THE LONG TIME USED TO BE EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE AT THE LANDFILL.

I THINK THAT WAS THE BEST JOB I EVER HAD.

AND NOT TO THANK THE CITY FOR LETTING ME DO THAT AND BEING THE SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD TOO.

I DON'T HAVE ANY COMPLAINTS.

BUT ONE THING BEFORE I HEARD ABOUT THIS PROGRAM THAT THE HOUSE AND THE DEPARTMENT HAD, I USED TO STEP OVER MY BATHTUB AND IF I FELL, I WAS THINKING ABOUT CALLING THE MANAGER AND MAYOR OR GEORGIA CLEMSON OR CHIEF OF POLICE TO COME OUT AND PICK ME UP OUTTA THE BATHTUB.

BUT WHAT THE ELDERLY DID IN THE HOUSE IN THE DEPARTMENT, I TALKED TO HER AND CHRIS IN CHARGE OF IT TOO.

AND JUST GENERAL MANAGER, THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR, 80 FRISBEE OR WHATEVER YOU CALL HIM.

THEY, THE, THE EXCELLENT JOB FOR THE WALKIN SHOWER

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ME ANYMORE.

AND I WANT TO SAY KEEP THAT PROGRAM GOING IN CASE OF SOMEBODY LIKE ME, I'M NOT OLD RIGHT NOW.

I'M 84 RIGHT NOW, BUT ON AUGUST 17TH I'LL BE 75 AND NOT SEVEN ABOUT AGE 5 85.

SORRY ABOUT THAT .

IT'S OKAY.

BUT I APPRECIATE WHAT THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT DOES FOR THE CITIZENS OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

UH, I DIDN'T KNOW IT FOR A LONG TIME, BUT, AND MY WIFE CAN COME HOME FROM A NURSING HOME NOW SHE'S DONE HAVE TO STEP OVER THE ABOUT TO, TO GET AND TAKE A SHOWER.

SHE CAN JUST WALK IN AND APPRECIATE WHAT THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT DOES AND IF I NEED ANYTHING ELSE, I MIGHT GET SOMETHING ELSE DONE MY HOUSE.

THANK YOU RUBEN.

TELL YOUR SON HOW I WILL.

AND I THANK THE CITY FOR LETTING ME, UH, WORK FOR THE CITY AT THE LANDFILL AND BEING SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD TOO.

AND I LONG TIME MERGED DOWN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

I GREW UP IN CITY GROVE BEFORE THE CITY TOOK US IN.

AND THEN MY MOTHER BUILT A HOUSE IN AUSTRIAN ROAD IN 72.

SO I, A LONG TIME IN RESIDENT AT CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

OKAY, SAY, ED, YOU ALMOST DIDN'T MAKE IT IN TIME.

I, I ALMOST SAID.

NOPE.

SHE'S LATE.

67 0 5 SAPPHIRE CIRCLE, NORTH VILLE, TEXAS 7 6 0 3 4.

UH, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL GIVING ME OPPORTUNITY.

ACTUALLY, I WAS THE SPEAKER AT SIX 30 MEETING AT ARLINGTON.

THEY HAVE A REALLY GOOD ONLINE SIGN UP BEFORE 5:00 PM YEAH, BUT YOU HAVE TO, SO I SIGN UP BEFORE FIVE TO EVEN SAY YOU 10 40.

YOU WOULDN'T BE SPEAKING IF I YOU WERE IN ARLINGTON 'CAUSE YOU WOULDN'T HAVE MADE THE SIGN UP TIME.

BUT I MAKE COUNSEL.

YOU HAVE TO SIGN UP BY FIVE OVER THERE.

YEAH, IT'S, IT'S AN ONLINE SIGN UP.

SO I SIGN UP TO SPEAK THERE.

WE MAY START THAT SIX 30.

WE STILL MAY START IT.

SO I WANNA GIVE UPDATE ABOUT, UH, NT APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

THEY HAVE A, A HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION HEARING ON JULY 15TH.

IT WAS APPRAISAL REVIEW, BOARD HEARING, AND UH, I WOULD SAY IT'S ALL, UH, THAT GOT WHATEVER THEY WANT TO GET WITH THAT HEARING.

UH, THE BEST PERSON TO REPRESENT ANY ATTORNEY FROM ALL THOSE ENTITY IS FROM GRAND PRAIRIE.

THE BEST ATTORNEY YOU HAVE.

UH, SHE REPRESENT REALLY WELL.

BUT, UH, THE PROBLEM IS, UH, TIFFANY.

TIFFANY, YEAH.

OKAY, PUT THESE SHEETS TO THIS PANEL.

SHE, SHE WAS REALLY GOOD.

GOOD.

UH, THE PROBLEM, UH, WAS WHEN I RAN LAST YEAR AND I SAID, UH, TED HAS TO STOP MEDDLING IN REVIEW PROCESS.

WE NEED SEPARATION OF POWER BETWEEN TE APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND TE APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD.

THAT HEARING IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT.

WHEN A TA EMPLOYEE PICKED THREE MEMBERS FOR THE PANEL AND PUT IT ON THE BOARD, SHE, UH, SHE GET THREE YES PERSONS PUT IT ON THE BOARD.

AND, UH, THE ATTORNEY SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO THEM REPRESENTING TE APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD WAS ACTUAL THE TRAINER AND TEACHER FOR ALL THREE BOARD MEMBERS.

NOT ONLY THAT, BUT HE HAS A CON, UH, CONTRACT WITH THE COMPTROLLER OFFICE AND HE TRAINED OVER 160, UH, COUNTIES, REVIEW BOARD MEMBERS.

THAT'S LIKE REALLY NOT NEED TO DO, UH, THESE KIND OF HEARING BECAUSE, UH, WHEN A TEACHER SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO THREE OF HIS STUDENTS AND LOOKING INTO IT WHAT THEY WANT, UH, ARE THEY DOING IT RIGHT OR WRONG? UH, THAT IS NOT CORRECT.

YOU KNOW, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE.

UH, PANEL THEY PUT TO HEAR THAT, UH, STUFF.

AND I KNOW THAT I WAS A FORMER APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD MEMBER.

I KNOW HOW TED UH, METAL IN BETWEEN, UH, THE REVIEW PROCESS, ESPECIALLY THE YELLOW SHEETS THEY GOT AND THEY SEE THE PROPERTY VALUE AND THE, UH, AND THE TED EMPLOYEE TOLD THE REVIEW BOARD PEOPLE,

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THAT'S MEDDLING IN THE REVIEW PROCESS, UH, THAT HAPPENED.

BUT THERE IS NEW ENTITIES, WATER DISTRICT AND SOME MUDS ARE ALSO, UH, VOTING THIS TIME.

SO VERIDIAN NOMINATED SOMEONE AND THEY ARE GOING TO VOTE THIS TUESDAY, UH, SOMEHOW REC DISCRIMINATION DISTRICTS VOTED BEFORE EVERYONE NEXT MONTH.

YOU WILL GET THE LETTER FROM APPRAISAL DISTRICT TO NOMINATE SOMEONE.

UH, THE ELECTION IS FOR TWO PEOPLE, TWO POSITIONS.

YOU CAN NOMINATE TWO PEOPLE.

UH, THAT'S IT.

YOU HAVE 27 VOTES THIS THIS TIME.

UH, NEXT TUESDAY DO AUGUST 12TH IS A, UH, THIRD ENTITY'S REPRESENTATIVE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING ON TAD'S BUDGET.

AND NEXT DAY, AGAIN, TAD'S MEETING FOR, UH, FOR THEIR BUDGET AND PUBLIC HEARING.

I DON'T KNOW HOW, WHY THEY SCHEDULE, UH, DAY FOR THE ENTITIES AND NEXT DAY FOR REGULAR PEOPLE PUBLIC HEARING.

I DO NOT GET ANSWER.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR CITY KNOWS ABOUT IT, IF YOU GET NOTIFIED FROM TED OR NOT, BUT ARLINGTON DID NOT GET ANY NOTIFICATION FROM APPRAISAL DISTRICT OF NOW I NEED TO CALL TOMORROW ALL THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND FIND OUT IF THEY GOT THE INVITATION TO ATTEND.

THANKS.