Aug 19, 2025 City Council 08192025

WE ALSO HAVE FLOOD FLASHERS IN FOUR DIFFERENT LOCATIONS TO WARN THE MOTORISTS OF ANY OVERTOP AND OF ROADWAYS.

WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF THE CITY'S EXISTING FLOOD WARNING SYSTEM AND SEVERE WEATHER PROTOCOLS.

SO, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS MAP, UH, THE CITY HAS A LOT OF MAJOR WATERWAYS, UM, WHERE IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE, A THIRD OF OUR CITY IS IN THE SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA OR FLOODPLAIN.

SO IT CREATES A LOT OF AREAS OF FLOODING AND THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUOUSLY WATCH OUR CURRENT FLOOD WARNING SYSTEM.

UM, WE USE REALTIME FLOOD MONITORING SYSTEM THROUGH CONTRAIL ONE RAIN.

UH, THE SYSTEM TRACKS THE RAINFALL, FLOOD LEVELS, AND, UM, FLOOD POTENTIAL.

IT IS INTEGRATED WITH CASA RADAR, WHICH PROVIDES ADDITIONAL WEATHER DATA.

OUR CURRENT FLOOD WARNING SYSTEM CONSISTS OF 23 OWNED AND OPERATED GRAND PRAIRIE GAUGES.

WE HAVE FLOODGATES AT TWO LOCATIONS ON CARRIER AND THIRD AT COTTONWOOD CREEK, BOTH OF 'EM ON COTTONWOOD CREEK.

UH, WE HAVE THREE FLOOD SIRENS IN THE CITY.

THE US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS HAS ONE GAUGE AT JOE POOL LAKE, AND THE US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY HAS FOUR LOCATIONS WITHIN THE CITY.

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AND THEN WE ALSO, IN OUR SYSTEM IS INTEGRATED 10 OWNED AND OPERATED CITY OF ARLINGTON, UH, FLOOD GAUGES THAT ARE INCORPORATED IN OUR SYSTEM SINCE THEY ARE UPSTREAM OF US.

SO WE GET ADVANCED WARNING OF ANY FLOOD CONDITIONS.

ONE THING I'D LIKE TO NOTE ON OUR CRS, WHICH IS OUR COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM, THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE IS A CLASS FOUR.

UM, THIS ALLOWS OUR RESIDENTS TO GET A 30% DISCOUNT IN THEIR FLOOD INSURANCE RATES.

AND JUST AS A NOTE, OUTTA 77 PARTICIPATING CITIES IN TEXAS, WE ARE RANKED NUMBER TWO ONLY BEHIND DALLAS, WHO IS A CLASS THREE.

THE LOWER THE NUMBERS, THE BETTER.

SO THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT, UH, THAT WE USE, THAT YOU HAVE OUR FLOOD MONITORING SITE ON THE LEFT, IN THE MIDDLE, IT SHOWS AN EXAMPLE OF THE FLOODGATES.

AND THEN WE HAVE OUR FLOOD FLASHERS.

SO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I'M, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SHARE THIS.

WE ARE THE ONLY CITY IN THE ENTIRE REGION THAT HAS FLOOD WARNING SIRENS.

THAT'S SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF.

THAT SHOWS THE PROACTIVENESS OF CITY STAFF.

THAT SHOWS THE PRACTICE OF THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE AND THE MITIGATION STRATEGIES THAT WE APPLY.

THEY'RE STRATEGICALLY LOCATED IN THREE DIFFERENT AREAS.

ONE IS AT THE JENNIFER MC FALLS PARK.

ONE IS AT MARIBELL APARTMENTS, FORMERLY KNOWN AS FOX HOLLOW APARTMENTS.

AND THE THIRD ONE THAT WE HAVE IS WILLOW BEND MOBILE HOME PARK OVER BY MOUNTAIN CREEK LAKE.

EACH OF THESE FLOOD WARNING SIRENS IS A VERBAL SIREN, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN OUR TYPICAL OUTDOOR WARNING SIREN FOR TORNADOES AND HAIL AND HIGH WIND.

THAT'S ONE SOUND THAT JUST GOES ROUND AND ROUND.

THERE'S A VERBAL MESSAGE THAT WILL BE, UM, BOTH IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH THAT WILL SAY, EMERGENCY, EMERGENCY, EMERGENCY WATER IS RISING, FLOODING IS IMMINENT.

PLEASE EVACUATE THE AREA.

NOW WE WANNA REINFORCE THAT WITH THOSE FOLKS THAT LIVE IN THESE THREE SPECIFIC AREAS.

AND HOW WE DO THAT IS BY SENDING THEM A FLYER ANNUALLY, WHICH I PLACE IN FRONT OF EACH OF YOU.

THERE'S ONE FLYER FOR EACH LOCATION, BECAUSE EACH LOCATION HAS ACTIONS THAT WE NEED THE RESIDENTS TO TAKE.

SOME RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO NEED TO EVACUATE.

THAT'S THE INTENT OF THE SIREN BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THE FLOODWAYS.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME RESIDENTS THAT ARE GONNA HEAR THE SIREN, BUT DO NOT NEED TO EVACUATE.

AND SO THOSE ARE ILLUSTRATED ON THE FLYERS THEY'RE COMMUNICATED WITH ANNUALLY.

UM, AND WE ALSO TARGET COMMUNICATIONS, UM, THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER WAYS DURING A FLOOD EVENT.

UM, PRE-FLOOD EVENT, DURING, UM, OUR, UH, RAMP UP PHASE.

AND WE TARGET COMMUNICATIONS TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO HELP REEDUCATE THEM, UM, DURING THOSE TIMES AS WELL.

WE JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF NATURAL WEATHER SERVICE PLAYS.

THEY ARE THE FEDERAL AUTHORITY THAT SENDS OUT ALL WEATHER, WATCHES AND WARNINGS.

THEY'RE FEDERALLY REQUIRED AND MANDATED TO SEND OUT THE FLASH FLOOD WATCHES, THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS, AND THE FLOOD EMERGENCIES.

WHAT WE DO ON OUR SIDE IS WE CATCH THAT MESSAGE AND HELP BROADCAST IT OUT USING THE PLATFORMS THAT WE HAVE.

ONE OF THOSE TOOLS IS EVERBRIDGE, OUR ALERT, UH, GP NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.

RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS CAN SUBSCRIBE FOR FREE TO THAT PLATFORM.

WHEN THAT WEATHER SERVICE SENDS OUT THE, THE WARNING, IT'LL BE PUSHED TO THEM THROUGH A PHONE CALL, A TEXT MESSAGE OR AN EMAIL, UM, OF THEIR CHOOSING ALL THREE OR ONE METHOD, WHATEVER THEY WANT.

UM, AND THEN THE THIRD TOOL THAT WE HAVE IS WE CAN TARGET LOCATION THROUGH IPAS.

UM, ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY MESSAGES OUTSIDE OF WHAT THE WEATHER SERVICE CAN PUT OUT THROUGH THE NEWLY, UM, UH, SYSTEM THAT WE'VE GOT, WHICH IS IPAS, ESSENTIALLY GIVES US THE ABILITY TO SEND OUT THOSE WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERTS.

SO ANYONE THAT HAS A CELL PHONE THAT HAS WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERTS ENABLED, WE CAN NOW COMMUNICATE WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

UM, IT'S A PRESIDENTIAL SYSTEM.

WE JUST GOT IT.

WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT.

UM, IT'S A TOOL THAT WE CAN USE TO HELP REINFORCE THEM IN THE MESSAGING AND TARGETED MESSAGING THAT WE MAY NEED DURING THESE TYPE OF, UM, EVENTS AND SCENARIOS.

OKAY, SO THE FINAL SLIDE IS, SO WHEN WE HAVE A FLOOD EVENT, WHAT DO WE DO? SO THIS IS OUR INTERNAL DOCUMENT FOR OUR SEVERE WEATHER PROTOCOLS.

SO THE FIRST THING IS THE ALERT IS TRIGGERED.

SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO WE HAVE THESE GAUGES SET AT CERTAIN ELEVATIONS BASED ON THE ROADWAY.

SO THE FIRST ALERT COMES IN WHEN THE WATER IS A FOOT AND A HALF BELOW THE ROADWAY.

SO THAT IS KIND OF THE WARNING TO SAY, HEY, GET READY.

WE MAY HAVE SOMETHING, 'CAUSE IT MAY HIT THAT FIRST ALERT, AND THEN THE WATER MAY RECEDE AND WE MIGHT NOT GET THE SECOND ALERT.

SO SECOND ALERT COMES, WHICH IS ALSO THE CRITICAL ALERT.

THAT'S WHEN THE, THE WATER HAS REACHED THE ROADWAY BUT HAS NOT OVERTOPPED.

THAT JUST INDICATES THAT IT'S TIME TO START BARRICADING ROADS AND PREPARE FOR THE ROAD TO BE CLOSED.

THESE ALERTS GO TO OUR STORMWATER UTILITY STAFF, 9 1 1 DISPATCH STREETS, SIGNAL OPS, GP, FIRE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

SO AFTER ALL THE ALERTS ARE OUT, OUR COORDINATION STARTS,

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WELL CONTINUES.

UM, STORMWATER STAFF CONFIRMS THAT STREETS HAVE RECEIVED THE MESSAGES AND THEY ARE DEPLOYING CREWS TO CLOSE THE ROADWAYS AT THE CRITICAL ALERTS STAFF ALSO NOTIFIES MARKETING AND THE UTILITIES DIRECTOR, UM, TO TALK ABOUT POTENTIAL CLOSURES.

AND IT ALSO, UM, TALK ABOUT THE IMPACTED ROADS WHERE MULTIPLE SITES ARE AFFECTED.

AND THIS IS NOW WHEN THE MO NOTIFICATIONS WILL COME TO CMO AND COUNCIL ONSITE RESPONSE.

UH, STAFF WILL TRAVEL TO THE IMPACTED SITES TO MONITOR AND PROVIDE REALTIME UPDATES.

THE UPDATES WILL BE CONTINUOUS CONTACT WITH STREETS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND OTHER STORMWATER STAFF.

THE INFORMATION IS UPDATED HOURLY UNTIL THE ROAD IS REOPENED.

SO OUR POST EVENTS, ONCE THE WATER RECEDES, WE DON'T JUST OPEN THE ROAD.

WE HAVE TO INSPECT THE SITE.

WE PHOTOGRAPH, WE ENSURE THE CREEKS ARE CLEAR OF DEBRIS.

UM, AND THEN WE, WE DOCUMENT ALL THE FINDINGS BEFORE WE REOPEN THE ROAD.

SO THAT CONCLUDES THIS PRESENTATION.

SO ANY QUESTIONS ON OUR CURRENT FLOOD WARNING SYSTEM? COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, NORE OF CHASE.

UM, THE, UH, THE FLOODWATER SIRENS, IT'S A VERBAL MESSAGE.

UH, ENGLISH AND SPANISH? YES, SIR.

AND ABOUT HOW LOUD IS IT? IT'S, OR HOW FAR WILL IT TRAVEL? SO THEY ARE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED IN A WAY TO PENETRATE WALLS, WINDOWS, AND DOORS.

'CAUSE THE INTENT IS TO WARN YOU INSIDE OF STRUCTURES.

SO IT IS A VERY PIERCING SOUND.

UM, YOU DON'T WANNA BE STANDING BY IT, BUT IT IS INTENDED TO GO THROUGH THOSE MATERIALS INSIDE OF THE STRUCTURE SO YOU CAN HEAR IT INSIDE.

ABOUT HOW FAR DO YOU THINK IT'LL TRAVEL? UH, ONE OF 'EM HAS, LET'S SAY OVER IN THE RIVER.

IT'S ABOUT A MILE.

I THINK IT'S LIKE A MILE PROXIMITY AROUND, UM, THAT SOME OF THOSE SIGN THE TWO LARGER ONES.

FO ONE AND FO THREE R.

AND IT'S ABOUT A LITTLE OVER, UM, A QUARTER MILE FOR FO TWO FO TWO.

IS THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX? UM MM-HMM .

MARIBEL APARTMENT COMPLEX.

SO WE CAN TARGET IN A DIFFERENT WAY HOW THE SOUND YEAH, IT'S OUT.

SO WE HAVE LESS OF A RADIUS, UM, IN, IN THAT PARTICULAR ONE, BUT THE OTHER ONE, IT'S A 360 ALL THE WAY AROUND.

AND IT GOES OUT ABOUT A MILE, LIKE OVER IN THE RIVER BOTTOM'S OVER BY THE SALVAGE YARDS.

IT'LL GO ABOUT A MILE FROM WHERE IT'S LOCATED.

AND IT'S LOCATED BY WILLA BEND.

ARE YOU STILL IN AUSTIN? THAT THING YOU GOT APPOINTED TO? I'M TRAVELING AFTER THIS, SIR.

, EXPLAIN TO EVERYBODY WHAT? IT'S THE GOVERNOR'S EMS AND TRAUMA ADVISORY COUNCIL.

THERE'S COMMITTEES THAT THE GOVERNOR PUTS TOGETHER TO HELP ADVISE ON HEALTH, MEDICAL, AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.

AND, UM, I'M APPOINTED TO THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ONE.

WHEN WERE YOU APPOINTED? IT WAS A BIG DEAL.

IT WAS A BIG DEAL THREE YEARS AGO, SIR.

SO HAVING SAID THAT, HAROLD, YOU CAN COME UP AND TALK TO US ON NUMBER 10.

THREE.

OH MY GOSH.

HAS IT BEEN THREE YEARS? IT HAS.

HOW LONG DID I SERVE ON THE EPPC WITH YOU? ? FOUR YEARS.

? YEAH.

I TELL YOU, UH, THE POINT IS HE'S PART OF A STATE GROUP AND PART OF A LOCAL 13 COUNTY YES SIR.

GROUP THAT MEETS.

AND, UM, HE DOES A GREAT JOB.

VERY WELL RESPECTED.

'CAUSE I WAS ON THAT COMMITTEE WITH HIM FOR FOUR YEARS, VERY WELL RESPECTED, OR YOU WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN THE APPOINTMENT DOWN TO AUSTIN.

SO SAFE TRAVELS TONIGHT.

THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

UM, Y'ALL GONNA HAVE TO BEAR WITH ME A LITTLE BIT.

THERE'S SOME OF YOU SIGNED UP FOR SOME THINGS TO TALK ABOUT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

UH, HAROLD, WE'RE PULLING ITEM SEVEN FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.

SO I'LL CALL YOU BACK UP ONCE WE PULL IT FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.

UH, DEBBIE JOHNSON, UM, PATSY RAY HAROLD ON 26 AND 27, WE ALL HAVE QUESTIONS.

WE'RE TABLING THEM TONIGHT.

UH, IF WE DON'T TABLE 'EM, WE HAVE TO VOTE TO TABLE 'EM, BUT IF WE DON'T, I'LL CALL Y'ALL UP.

BUT WE, WE ALL HAVE QUESTIONS.

WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE A, UH, WORK SESSION ON THAT, WHICH WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND WE WILL POST IT.

UH,

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UH, HAROLD WAS 5 3 8 LEY.

LET ME GET BACK TO MY SPOT HERE.

ADAM 10, THE UNITED STATES MARSHAL SERVICE, WHO CONTROLS THE UNITED STATES MARSHAL SERVICE? UH, THE TAXPAYER, I SUPPOSE, SIR.

WELL, I MEAN, WHICH, UH, GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY IS, ARE THEY UNDER THE CONTROL OF,

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UH, DOJI SUSPECT DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE? I THINK SO.

I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THE DEPARTMENT OR THE MARSHAL SERVICE.

WHAT MY FEAR IS THAT SINCE THEY'RE UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, THAT TOM HOLMAN AND CHRISTINE OMAN SHOW UP AND SAY, THIS IS OUR OFFICE.

NOW, WHAT TYPE OF SAFEGUARDS DO WE HAVE THAT TOM HOLMAN AND CHRISTINE OMAN ARE EXECUTIVE ORDER FROM TRUMP? WE CONTROL THE MARSHALL SERVICE.

WE'RE HERE TO DO OUR ROUNDUP.

WHAT I MEAN, TOMMY LEE JONES, WHEN HE WAS IN THE MOVIE, THE US MARSHALL SERVICE.

I LIKE THAT.

BUT RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T TRUST WHAT'S COMING OUTTA WASHINGTON AND AUSTIN AND THE INDIVIDUALS FOR THE MARSHAL SERVICE, THE INDIVIDUAL MEN AND WOMEN WHO WORK THERE ARE NOT A PROBLEM.

IT'S ABOVE THEM.

CHRISTINE, OM CHIEF, CAN YOU ANSWER THAT? NO, SIR.

THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A QUESTION FOR THE POLICE CHIEF.

MORE OF A POLITICAL QUESTION.

YEAH, AND I I CAN'T ANSWER IT EITHER.

BUT LEGALLY, HAROLD, I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

NOT, NOT.

YOU, OUR, OUR CITY ATTORNEY, OUR OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO WORK WITH LEGISLATIVE, I'M SORRY, WORK WITH OTHER LEGISLATIVE ENTITIES FOR ASSAULTING A POLICE OFFICER.

, REMEMBER, WE'LL GIVE YOU A FREE FELONY TONIGHT.

HAROLD, YOU, YOU'LL GIMME FREE HAROLD WHEN YOU JAIL.

HAROLD, I, THAT'S A TYPE OF QUESTION THAT I CAN'T ANSWER AND NEITHER CAN MEL UNTIL SOMETHING HAPPENS.

OH, SO I, I CAN'T ANSWER.

WELL, NO, NO.

BEFORE IT HAPPENS.

IT'S HAPPENING NOW WITH TOM HOLMAN, WITH PEOPLE JUST SHOWING UP.

CHERYL, I, WE CAN'T ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

BUT COULD WE REACH OUT TO JASMINE CROCKETT? COULD WE REACH OUT TO THE OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS? LET'S PIN THEM DOWN.

BASED ON THE WAY YOU WORDED THE QUESTION, THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO GIVE US AN ANSWER EITHER.

IF THE DOJ SHOWS UP HERE TOMORROW WITH AN EXECUTIVE ORDER, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.

UH, ITEM 25.

HAROLD, I JUST WANNA GET THIS CLARIFIED ONE FINAL TIME.

AN EXECUTIVE ORDER FROM TRUMP.

FROM HOLMAN, LIKE AN APOCALYPSE.

NOW, WHO'S IN COMMAND HERE? SOLDIER, WITH WHAT'S GOING ON WITH ADAM 25? HAROLD? NO, WE, WE, I HAD ADAM 17, PLEASE.

YOU KNOW WHAT? SHE POINTED IT TO ME AND I KEPT THINKING IT WAS SEVEN.

OH, THAT'S, BUT MY HANDWRITING'S WHOLE NO, NO, IT'S, IT'S ADAM 17.

THANK YOU, MEL.

WHO IS FOCUSED AT ADVOCACY ROOT.

THAT'S OUR LOBBYING FIRM.

THEY JUST GAVE US A BRIEFING.

WE'VE HAD 'EM HOW MANY YEARS? 20 YEARS.

20 YEARS.

SO WE'RE JUST EX EXTEND EXTENDING THEIR CONTRACT.

WHEN ARE THEY GONNA GIVE A BRIEFING TO THE CITIZENS? WE DID TONIGHT IN THE BRIEFING ROOM, WHICH WAS OPEN TO THE CITIZENS.

WELL, NO, NO.

POSTED.

I'M, I'M, NO, IT WAS POSTED.

NO, I'M TALKING HERE.

WHEN MORE PEOPLE, PEOPLE STILL WORK.

WE'LL, WE, WE'LL POST IT IN THERE.

THEY WON'T BE GIVING ONE OUT HERE, AND THEY'LL BE DOING ANOTHER ONE AFTER THE, UH, SPECIAL SESSIONS ARE OVER WITH.

AND ANYBODY'S INVITED TO THE BRIEFING.

I GUESS 154,000.

WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? ARE THEY FORMER ELECTED OFFICIALS? YES.

WHO WAS? MOST OF 'EM ARE.

ONE OF 'EM WAS THE COUNCIL GENERAL FOR TML SNAPPER CAR.

SO THEY'RE VERY WELL RESPECTED AND WE USE THE HECK OUT OF 'EM.

AND THEY'RE GREAT.

I WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO BE HERE SO WE CAN ASK THEM WHY THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, WEREN'T THEY SUPPOSED TO FIX ALL THAT DOWN IN THIS SESSION? IT WAS A BILL WAS PASSED TO PREVENT THE TRAVELING HFCS FROM DOING WHAT THEY DID, AND THEY HELPED GET IT PASSED.

AND WHEN WILL THAT START? SEPTEMBER 1ST.

IT'S ALREADY EFFECTIVE.

ALREADY STARTED.

IT'S ALREADY STARTED.

ALREADY STARTED.

IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE TAXPAYER SINCE WE'RE PAYING THIS $150,000.

CAROL, IT WAS POSTED ON THE AGENDA.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME.

I KNOW.

AND, AND, AND, AND IT'S FOR THEM.

WE, IT'S A BRIEFING AND THAT'S WHEN YOU NEED TO COME.

HAROLD, I'LL, I'LL GIVE YOU A PERSONAL INVITE NEXT TIME THEY COME.

I WANT THE PEOPLE TO HEAR IN A COUNCIL CHAMBER.

THE PEOPLE, HAROLD, THE PEOPLE CAN HEAR IT AT THE BRIEFING.

WE DO TOO MANY ACTIONS IN BRIEFING AND NOT IN HERE.

SO FOR $155,000 A YEAR, WE NEED TO KNOW ITEM 25, MASS NOTIFICATION SERVICE WITH EVERBRIDGE IN THE GSA.

WHO IS THIS PLEASE? CHASE? HELLO? CHASE WHEELER.

C GRAND PRAIRIE FIRE.

UM, THE EVERBRIDGE NOTIFICATION SYSTEM IS A MASS NOTIFICATION VENDOR THAT WE USE AND CONTRACTS WITH.

THIS IS THE TOOL THAT WE USE TO SEND OUT ALL MASS NOTIFICATIONS FOR C LIKE YOU JUST EXPLAINED TO US, AND THE ALERT GP NOTIFICATION.

SO CITIZENS OF BUSINESS CAN SUBSCRIBE TO RECEIVE FREE WEATHER ALERTS THROUGH THAT SYSTEM.

THAT'S A, THAT'S A COOPERATIVE CONTRACT.

WHAT ABOUT THE GSA IS THAT'S A GENERAL SERVICE ADMINISTRATION.

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SO WE ARE, WE LOOK AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMPETITIVELY GOING OUT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'VE GOT THE BEST CONTRACT FOR THE BEST PRICING.

AND THAT'S THE AVENUE THAT WE USE.

WITH THIS MASS NOTIFICATION SERVICE.

YOU AND I'VE TALKED BEFORE, WHEN WE LOSE ELECTRICITY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 TO LET MORE TO UTILIZE THIS SERVICE THAT, LIKE BACK IN JUNE WHEN I LOST IT FOR FIVE MINUTES, BUT THERE WERE 5,000 OTHER PEOPLE OUT TO UTILIZATION OF THIS NOTIFICATION SERVICE FOR THOSE OF US WHO BLACK IN TWO YEARS AGO ON THAT SATURDAY.

YOU DIDN'T GET, AGAIN, AN ANSWER FROM BON CORE.

NOTHING.

WE WERE SITTING OUT HERE WITHOUT ELECTRICITY FOR THREE HOURS ON THE SECOND SATURDAY IN JUNE.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, COULD YOU INCORPORATE THIS IN PLEASE? 'CAUSE WE'RE HAVING MORE AND MORE ELECTRICAL OUTAGES SOUTH OF 20.

SO WE CAN USE ALERT GP, UM, EVERBRIDGE, UH, FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS EXCEPT FOR WE HAVE TO FALL UNDER THE FCC GUIDELINES TO ENSURE THAT THE MESSAGE THAT WE'RE USING AND THE DATA THAT WE'RE USING IS AUTHORIZED AS AN EMERGENCY.

UM, SO WE DO HAVE SOME DATA THAT WE CAN USE FOR SOME THINGS.

AND THEN SOME 9 1 1 DATA WE CANNOT USE UNLESS IT'S A, IT'S AN EMERGENCY UNDER CERTAIN CRITERIA.

SO THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, WHEN WE'RE 5,000 PEOPLE ARE LOSING ELECTRICITY.

THAT'S THEY, THEY DON'T WANT US TO .

IF, IF, IF IT'S LONGER THAN 24 HOURS AND WE'VE GOT OTHER METRICSES MET, UH, WE COULD USE THIS SYSTEM FOR THAT, BUT WE'LL USE IT WHEN WE CAN.

FOR SHORTER DURATIONS, IT DOESN'T FALL UNDER THEIR CRITERIA.

I, I GUESS I'M JUST STILL BURNED AFTER FEBRUARY OF 21.

THE LACK OF INFORMATION THAT CAME OUT OF DURING THE FREEZE OF FEBRUARY OF 21, WE, THAT LASTED MORE THAN 24 HOURS.

IT WAS TOUGH.

EVEN THE GAS, WE COULDN'T GET ANY INFORMATION.

BUT WE'LL UTILIZE WHAT WE CAN.

WELL, NO, AND THAT'S ALL BECAUSE IT'S NOT, I'M NOT MAD AT YOU.

IT'S JUST ENCORE HAS A RESPONSIBILITY, ENCORE'S RESPONSIBILITY IS TO CHARGE US MORE MONEY AND GIVE US LESS RELIABLE SERVICE.

YOU'RE SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION TO THIS ITEM.

GO AHEAD AND YEAH.

WHO IS THE PRIVATE ACTIVITY BOND AUTHORITY? WHO CAN ANSWER THAT ITEM? 28 FOLKS HOUSING TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.

WE, WE KNOW WHO KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT ITEM 28? DO YOU KNOW BILL RESOLUTION? APPROVE.

DO WHAT? ESTHER? ESTHER'S NOT HERE.

I'M NOT HERE.

WHY ARE YOU SPEAKING AGAINST IT? WELL, OBVIOUSLY NO ONE IN HERE CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION.

WHO IS THE PRIVATE ACTIVITY BOND AUTHORITY TO THE TEXAS? I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU KNEW AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE OPPOSING TO US.

SO I WAS GONNA ASK YOU WHO THEY ARE.

WELL, THAT SEEMS TO ME THAT'S ANOTHER, WE GOT THE ANSWER NOW.

THAT'S ANOTHER ONE.

WE GOT THE ANSWER NOW, HAROLD.

THIS IS A, THIS IS VOTED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS WITHIN OUR CITY.

THIS IS A DOWN PAYMENT AND CLOSING COST ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT IS GIVEN, THAT IS DISTRIBUTED THROUGH DIFFERENT BANKS THROUGHOUT, BUT IT IS AWARDED THROUGH OUR HFC AND SEVERAL DIFFERENT BANKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT DOWN PAYMENT AND CLOSING COST ASSISTANCE.

IT'S $10 MILLION THAT IS AWARDED TO THE HFC FOR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE FOR CLOSING COST ASSISTANCE.

WHERE DID THE $10 MILLION COME FROM? THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.

THE STATE.

SO YOU MAY BE FIRED NOW 'CAUSE IT HELPS DOWN PAYMENTS.

IS THIS EXCLUSIVELY JUST FOR FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS OR FOR THESE APARTMENT COMPLEX? IS IT STOP PAYING? IT'S FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS.

FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS? YES.

AND $10 MILLION, IS THERE A LIMIT YEAR FOR PHYSICAL BUDGET YEAR? HOW DOES THIS WORK? WELL, IT'S A GRANT THAT'S GIVEN TO THEM UNTIL SUCH TIME AS IT'S UTILIZED AND IT HAS A CUTOFF TIME.

AND IT'S USUALLY, IT'S GOOD FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE YEARS.

THREE YEARS? YES.

SO YOU WANT ME TO SWITCH IT TO YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF IT NOW.

UH, YES, PLEASE.

IS ANYTHING THAT'S GONNA HELP HOLD ADAM 31? WELL, HOLD ON JUST A SECOND.

I WANNA THANK BILL SERVING ON THE HOUSING FINANCE FOR ALL YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE ON THIS, SO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

THANK YOU FOR HELPING PEOPLE GET HOUSES IN GRAND PRAIRIE.

TAVO MANAGEMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR.

ITEM 31.

YEAH, IT DID HAVE DIFFERENT NAMES.

I HAVE 31 HAROLD.

IT HAS NEVER BEEN NAMED.

WHAT IS SENATE BILL 1133.

AND FOR THE CITY MANAGER'S CONTRACT AUTHORITY TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

WHO HERE YOU GO.

TAO.

EVENING MAYOR COUNSEL,

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UM, THERE WAS A NEW LEGISLATION, UH, SENATE BILL 1173.

IT RAISED THE, UH, STATE CAP FROM 50,000 TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND.

UH, WE ARE ASKING, UH, RESOLUTION TO UPDATE, TO BE IN LINE WITH THE NEW STATE LEGISLATION.

SO DOES THAT MEAN THE, THE CITY MANAGER CAN AUTOMATICALLY AUTHORIZE THESE CONTRACTS IN THIS LIMIT OR, SO, UH, ANYTHING BELOW THAT AMOUNT IS, UH, SUBJECT TO CURRENT STATE LEGISLATION FOR INFORMAL BIDDING.

SO WHAT WOULD BE JUST AN EXAMPLE OF THE CITY MANAGER? JUST SOME IN THE PAST, IF IT WAS $55,000, IT HAD TO COME TO US.

NOW THAT 55,050 BUMPED UP TO HIM.

IT WAS 50, BUT AT 55 IT HAD TO COME TO US.

ANYTHING OVER 50? NOW HE HAS UP TO A HUNDRED.

IT'S ONE OF THE FEW THINGS THAT THEY, IT'S ONE OF THE FEW THINGS THE STATE LOOSENED FAR AS ITEM 40 RESIDENCY RESTRICTIONS FOR CHILD PREDATOR OFFENDERS.

WHO WANTS TO EXPLAIN THIS CHIEF? ANOTHER CHIEF.

GOOD EVENING.

HEY THERE.

THIS IS RONNIE MOORE, ASSISTANT CHIEF POLICE.

JUST BASICALLY LIKE, LET'S SAY POWELL ELEMENTARY, UH, REAGAN, WHERE'S NUMBER SEVEN? THOSE TYPES OF SCHOOLS.

WHAT TYPE OF, UM, UH, WITHIN PROXIMITY TO THE SCHOOL THAT, HOW IS IT PUT OUT THAT THERE IS A KNOWN SEX OFFENDER IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS? UH, YOU CAN FIND IT ON THE STATE WEBSITE, UM, FOR ALL SEX REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS IN THE CITY.

BUT I MEAN, DOES, LIKE, SINCE SO MANY PEOPLE DON'T REALLY GO TO THE WEBSITE, IF YOU HEAR SOMEONE SAYS, THIS PERSON LIVES ACROSS FROM POWELL AND THEY'RE A SEX OFFENDER, AND DOES THE CITY, DOES THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR DOES THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WHO, OF SENDING A FLYER HOME FROM THE KIDS OR SOME OTHER TYPE OF, SINCE WE DON'T HAVE THE GRAND PRAIRIE DAILY NEWS ANYMORE TO PUBLISH SOMETHING IN THE PAPER.

SO WHEN SOMEBODY GETS OUTTA JAIL LIKE THIS, HOW DO, HOW DO WE REALLY KNOW FOR SURE WITHOUT I DON'T GO TO THE WEBSITE? YEAH.

THAT'S, THAT'S HOW WE, UH, HOW THE STATE NOTIFIES THE CITIZENS THAT THEY HAVE A SEX OFFENDER THAT IS, UM, REGISTERED PERMANENTLY.

THAT'S THE DATABASE FOR IT? YES, SIR.

SO WHEN THEY GET OUT OF, UM, TDC, IF THEY'RE ON PAROLE, IF TDC, THEY AUTOMATICALLY NOTIFY THE DEPARTMENT OR, OR ANYBODY, ANYBODY WHO'S PAROLED, WE GET NOTIFIED.

BUT NOT EVERYONE WHO'S A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER HAS GONE TO PRISON.

SO DALLAS OR TARRANT COUNTY, PART OF A PLEA AGREEMENT.

THEY JUST PUSHED THIS OUT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO KNOW WITH CHILDREN WALKING BACK AND FORTH AND YES, SIR.

UH, JUST WE, WE GET NOTIFIED WHEN THEY COME TO REGISTER THAT THEY WANT TO LIVE IN OUR CITY.

AND IS THAT REGISTRATION, IS THAT DATABASE, UM, ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, OR HOW WOULD WE THROUGH THE PTA GROUPS, HOW WOULD THE PTA GROUPS ACCESS THIS INFORMATION? AGAIN, UH, IT'S GOT, UH, PERSONAL INFORMATION THAT'S NOT AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON IT, BUT OUR DETECTIVES AND OUR SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY UNIT, UH, MEET WITH THOSE, UH, EVERYBODY WHO'S ON THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY REGULARLY, UH, TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE ABIDING BY ALL LAWS AND ORDINANCES.

SINCE WE COVER THREE, FOUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SO MUCH AREA IN GRAND PRAIRIE THAT DIFFERENT POLICIES FROM DIFFERENT AGENCIES, SO, OKAY.

JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHO, WHO'S OUT THERE DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

YOU CAN, YOU CAN STAND RIGHT THERE.

'CAUSE AFTER WE MAKE OUR MOTION, I'LL CALL YOU BACK UP FOR ITEM SEVEN.

SO JUST STAY RIGHT THERE.

UM, SO ITEM 41, UH, 30, I'M SORRY.

ITEM 33, MS. PATSY, RAY AND HAROLD, YOU'RE FINE RIGHT THERE.

YOU CAN SIT IN IT RIGHT? I JUST DON'T WANT YOU TO HAVE TO GO BACK AND FORTH.

PATSY'S DONE BEEN HERE LONGER THAN I HAVE AND DONE MORE.

I WANT HER TO HAVE EVERYTHING.

ADAM 33.

PATSY PATSY RAY, 2217 EL PASO STREET, GRAND FERRY, TEXAS.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY QUESTION ABOUT ITEM 33 IS WE'VE GOT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT MONEY FOR A PROJECT OF CLEANING ALLEY ALLEYS.

AND I WANT TO KNOW THE, THE ALLEYS IN DEL WORTH HAVE NOT BEEN LOOKED AT IN YEARS BEHIND MY PROPERTY.

I TAKE CARE OF THE ALLEY, I GET IT MOWED.

THE CHURCH ALSO HELPS WITH THE ALLEY ON EL PASO STREET.

IS THIS GOING TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT? IS IT GOING TO BENEFIT DELAWARE? I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT DOES OR DOES NOT

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DO.

CAROL WILL TELL YOU.

HI, CAROL, MY FRIEND.

MAYBE LET'S SEE AFTER SHE ANSWERS THIS QUESTION.

, DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY.

THIS IS ACTUALLY A STUDY THAT'S GOING TO LOOK AT EVERY STREET AND ALLEY AND ROADWAY.

SO WE'LL LOOK AT THE ONES IN DOW WORTH.

WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT EVERYBODY'S EVERYTHING.

AND WE'RE GONNA GET A PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX THAT'S GOING TO GIVE US A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION.

THIS IS THE NEW STUDY.

WE, THIS IS JUST THE STUDY.

IS THAT ALL YOU DO? YES, MA'AM.

ITEM 41.

DANIEL.

DANIEL TWIG.

TWIG, UH, DANIEL TWIG, 1 0 2 1 OH NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, UH, WITH PROVIDENCE REALTY.

JUST HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, BUT WANT TO SAY A COUPLE WORDS.

UH, COUNSEL, THANKS FOR HAVING US, MAYOR.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

UH, MR. HILLS.

UM, HEY, IT'S ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

WE'RE FIXING TO APPROVE IT.

WE AIN'T GOT ANY QUESTIONS.

I JUST WANT SAY, I JUST WANNA SAY A COUPLE WORDS.

JUST, JUST LEMME GET A COUPLE IN HERE.

SO, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, YOUR STAFF AND CITY MANAGEMENT AND ALL THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE AT THE CITY ON THIS PROJECT FOR A LONG TIME.

LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME, WE ANNEXED 1700 ACRES AND REALLY GOT THE PROJECT PARTNERSHIP GOING WITH THE CITY WITH THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

AND SO NOW WE'RE WORKING ON 900 ADDITIONAL ACRES, WHICH IS THE TOWN CENTER, WHICH IS GONNA BE A PLACE WITH ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING, THE WHOLE SPECTRUM OF HOUSING, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, MULTIFAMILY HOUSING.

WE'RE GOING TO ACTIVATE A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT, UM, UH, RECREATIONAL TYPE USES.

WE'RE WORKING WITH A WEDDING VENUE, OR WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING TO, UM, ACTIVE ADULT USERS.

SO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE HAS GOT A, A DIVERSE SET OF RESIDENTS HERE.

AND WE'RE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY ON A PARTNERSHIP HERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

THE CITY, AT ONE POINT PUT TOGETHER A SOUTH GATE PLAN, WHICH WAS KIND OF THE BASIS FOR, YOU KNOW, OUR ZONING HERE OF THIS 900 ACRES.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE WHAT THE CITY PLANNED OUT COME TO LIFE.

WE HAD A CHARETTE YEARS AGO WITH ALL OF YOU GUYS THERE.

I THINK YOU REMEMBER THAT.

UM, AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING THIS PROJECT TO LIFE AND WE APPRECIATE THE CITY'S PARTNERSHIP.

THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.

UH, MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'VE GOT ALL THE NOTES.

I'M READY FOR A MOTION.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

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

WE PULL ITEM NUMBER SEVEN FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, APPROVE NUMBER, APPROVE ITEMS, NUMBER EIGHT TO 2 2 10 ITEMS, NUMBER EIGHT TO 10.

UH, REMOVE ITEM NUMBER 11 FROM CONSIDERATION FOR THIS MEETING WITHOUT COUNSEL ACTION.

THEN APPROVE ITEMS NUMBER 12 TO 25, TABLE ITEMS NUMBER 26 AND 27 TO OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

THE FIRST MEETING IN SEPTEMBER.

AND THEN APPROVE ITEMS NUMBER 28 TO 41 SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PROAM, KURT JOHNSON.

SEVEN, HAROLD, WHICH WE PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION AND THEN WE WILL MAKE A STAFF PRESENTATION AND DISCUSS IT BEFORE WE MAKE A VOTE.

ANY, ANY OPPOSED? STATE NAY.

MOTION CARRIES ITEM

[7. Annual contract for public safety towing services with Dave’s Hi-Way Wrecker Service, Inc., not to exceed $1,550,000 for one year, with the option to renew for four additional one-year terms with the possibility of rate increases of up to five percent, totaling $8,564,728 if all renewal options are exercised and a five percent increase is authorized each year (Reviewed by the Public Safety, Health, and Environment Committee on 08/11/2025) ]

UH, YES, PLEASE.

GROWING UP IN GRAND PRAIRIE, YOU'VE KNOWN DAVE'S HIGHWAY WRECKER SERVICE HAS BEEN HERE, YOU KNOW, THE FIFTIES AND SIXTIES DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB.

MY CONCERN IS THAT, WELL, FOR STARTERS, WHEN YOU SAY HIGHWAY WRECKER, YOU THINK OF LYNDON KING, AJ CASTANEDA, AND BRANDON S OUT ON THESE SCENES.

A NUMBER OF THE TOW TRUCK DRIVERS HAD BEEN KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY WORKING.

UM, THIS, I KNOW YOU'VE NOW, SUPPOSEDLY YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SLOW DOWN WHEN YOU SEE A TOW TRUCK DRIVER ON THE SIDE, BUT WHO THE HECK DOES THAT OUT OF THIS 1.5 MILLION OR THE TOW TRUCK DRIVERS, ARE THEY COVERED EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH DAVE'S EMPLOYMENT OR DOES THE CITY HAVE ANYTHING? I WOULD ASSUME IT'S CONTRACT THROUGH DAVE'S.

YEAH, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF A IT IS, IT'S A CONTRACT THROUGH DAVE'S.

IF, IF A EMPLOYEE WERE TO BE KILLED OR INJURED, DO THEY GET ANY KIND OF STATE ASSISTANCE FOR, SINCE THERE'S A LAW THAT YOU GOTTA PULL OVER? RYAN SIMPSON, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO YES SIR.

YOU'RE CORRECT.

MAYOR.

UH, THEIR INSURANCE COVERAGES THROUGH THE VENDOR, UH, DAVE HIGHWAY RECORD.

THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE A SPECIFIC, UH, INSURANCE POLICY FOR THE RECORD DRIVERS NEITHER DOES THE STATE.

RIGHT.

SO IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE INJURED ON THE JOB, THEN WORKERS' COMP COVERAGES WOULD APPLY THROUGH, THROUGH THE WRECKER SERVICE, CORRECT? THROUGH THE CONTRACTOR.

SO NO, NO STATE, NO SIR.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS SINCE THERE'S A LAW.

THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

SLOW

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DOWN NOW, THAT'S ALL.

'CAUSE THESE GUYS AND GIRLS, THEY DO SUCH GOOD, EXCEPT YES.

WANNA MAKE SURE THEY'RE SAFE.

ALRIGHT, WE PULLED THIS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.

DO YOU WANT TO, ARE YOU GONNA PRESENT IT TO US? SURE, I CAN DO THAT.

SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE TONIGHT IS AN ANNUAL CONTRACT, UH, FOR AN ANNUAL VALUE OF 1.55 MILLION FOR ONE YEAR WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR FOUR ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR TERMS. UH, THERE IS A PROVISION IN WHAT'S PROPOSED, UM, FOR A POSSIBLE, AGAIN, POSSIBLE RATE INCREASE OR, UH, RATE INCREASE OF WHAT'S IN THE AGENDA ITEM WAS UP TO 5%.

THERE WERE SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT A 2%.

UH, THAT'S NOT AN AUTOMATIC INCREASE.

UH, THE VENDOR WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE, UH, SUFFICIENT DOCUMENTATION TO US TO SUBSTANTIATE THE RATE INCREASE IF THEY WERE TO REQUEST IT.

AND THAT WOULD BE, UH, REVIEWED BY STAFF, UH, BEFORE ANY REQUEST WAS CONSIDERED.

SO I UNDERSTOOD THAT AT FIRST WE WERE PROPOSING WE COULD GO UP TO 5%, BUT Y'ALL HAVE NOW COME BACK AND SAY, NO, YOU WANNA BE ABLE TO GO UP TO 2%.

THAT'S CORRECT, SIR.

WHY THE DIFFERENCE? UH, THAT WAS A DISCUSSION, UH, WITH COUNCIL C IN CMO, UM, TO CHANGE IT FROM 5% TO 2%, WE ANDS NO GUARANTEE THAT THEY GO UP TO 2%.

IT IS JUST, THEY, IT'S A AS NEEDED IF, IF THE VENDOR REQUESTS IT AND THEY PROVIDE SUFFICIENT DOCUMENTATION TO STAFF.

SO EVEN IF IT SAID 5% DOESN'T MEAN HE IS GONNA GET 5%, CORRECT? YES, SIR.

THAT'S RIGHT.

UM, WHAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL, THANK YOU, MAYOR, UH, RYAN? YES, SIR.

WHY LIMIT ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO, UH, 2% MAX? IF THEY CAN DOCUMENT WHAT THE COSTS ARE IN, UH, THESE TIMES WHEN PRICES ARE GOING UP, I KNOW THEY'VE GOTTA BUY LIABILITY INSURANCE SURE.

AND INSURANCE FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES PLUS GASOLINE PLUS EQUIPMENT.

SO THERE WOULD STILL BE THE OPTION FOR A, AN ADDITIONAL CHANGE ORDER TO INCREASE BY REALLY ANY AMOUNT, UH, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE AMOUNT IS, IT MAY COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION.

SO THAT, WHAT'S, WHAT'S IN THE AGENDA ITEM IS A PROVISION, UH, BASICALLY BUILT INTO WHAT COUNCIL WAS CONSIDERING, UH, OF EITHER 2% OR WHATEVER THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL IS.

SO TO BE BLUNT, WE CAN PICK 2, 3, 4, 5, 0, 10, CORRECT.

12.

AND THEN THEN THE NORMAL PROVISIONS OF OUR, OUR PROCUREMENT POLICIES WOULD APPLY AS, AS FAR AS CHANGE ORDERS ARE CONCERNED.

AND WHAT, UH, THE CITY MANAGER HAS THE CAPACITY TO APPROVE WITHOUT ADDITIONAL COUNSEL ACTION.

YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S YOU, YOU WENT RIGHT STRAIGHT TO MY POINT.

WHO THIS WAS, THIS IS PUT OUT TO US AT 5%, UH, MAX IF DOCUMENTED.

I'M STILL TRYING TO GET MY HEAD AROUND HOW COME SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE DECIDED THAT SHOULD GO DOWN TO TWO.

AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION WOULD BE, IF IT'S A CONTRACT ACT, DOES THE OTHER GUY KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER GUY HAS TO AGREE TO THAT TOO.

IF Y'ALL HAVE ALREADY WORKED OUT, WORKED OUT A DEAL WITH HIM, AND YOU COME UP AT THE LAST MINUTE CHANGING IT, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE HECK'S GOING ON.

AND AS THE, AS THE OTHER GUY AGREED TO THAT.

RIGHT.

AND SO, LIKE I SAID, SIR, THIS IS JUST PROVIDING FOR SOME, UH, INCREASED CAPACITY THAT'S BUILT INTO THE CONTRACT.

UM, AGAIN, THE, THE WE, I KNOW WE'VE COVERED THE CONSIDERATION OF THAT AND WHETHER OR NOT IT'S APPROVED, BUT IT'S BUILT INTO THE CONTRACT.

SO IF, IF ALL THE BOXES ARE CHECKED BY THE VENDOR AND STAFF CONCURS WITH THAT, THEN THE, THE INCREASE IS GRANTED.

HE, HE'S, HE'S WONDERING IF TO BE BLUNT, YES.

IS DAVE OKAY WITH DROPPING IT TO TWO VERSUS FIVE? DID YOU DOC TALK TO HIM ABOUT THAT? NO, SIR.

BASED ON THE FINANCIAL SITUATION.

UH, AND THEN WHAT THE HECK KINDA CONTRACT NEGOTIATING IS THAT? WELL, SO THIS TONY, LET'S, I'VE GOT SOMEBODY ELSE'S WILLING TO SPEAK AND THAT HE MAY BE ABLE TO, LET'S SEE.

OKAY, COUNCIL, I'LL WAIT.

DE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM JOHNSON.

UM, THANK YOU THERE ORION FOR THE PRESENTATION.

AND UH, WHEN YOU WATCH THE TELEVISION SHOW THE MASK, I'M THE MASK, I'M THE ONE WHO ASKS FOR THE 2%.

IF YOU LOOK AT FY 22 BUDGET, IT WAS ALMOST $800,000 THEY RECEIVED.

IF YOU LOOK AT FY 26, WE'RE GOING INTO IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT INCREASE.

SO WHERE'S THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THE NUMBERS? WHEN I SPOKE TO RYAN EARLIER TODAY, UM, I ASKED HOW WOULD A 2% INCREASE AFFECT HIM? IT'S A UP TO, I'M TRYING TO LIMIT THE EXPOSURE THE CITY HAS TO PAY WITH THE ADDITIONAL 3%

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THE CITY'S IN.

RIGHT NOW, I'M LOOKING AT, WE CAN MINIMIZE THAT TO TWO IF IT'S NOT GONNA AVERSELY AFFECT HIM THAT MUCH.

BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT, AND WITHIN THREE YEARS, HOW MANY CONTRACTS HAVE WE PAID TO GO WITH A HUNDRED PERCENT INCREASE WITHIN THREE YEARS? I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY NUMBERS IN THE PACKET THAT, TO JUSTIFY THAT WE ARE TORN THAT MUCH MORE.

I DO SEE AN ITEM EIGHT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT TO TORN BY $50.

RYAN, I SPOKE, HE, HE, HE EXPLAINED THAT TO ME WHY WE NEED TO DO THAT.

I SAID, OKAY, I AGREE WITH THAT.

BUT TO SEE THAT A COMPANY'S GONNA GO FROM, FROM 800,000 A YEAR TO 1.6, APPROXIMATELY $1.6 MILLION A YEAR, IT WITHIN THREE YEARS, I DO QUESTION THAT.

HOW DO WE GET TO THAT POINT AS IF WE'RE NOT HARMING? I DON'T BELIEVE WE'RE NOT HARMING A PERSON BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN VERY GENEROUS AND FAIR, UH, WITH THE CONTRACT WITH THEM.

SO THAT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT INCREASE.

SO 2% I BELIEVE IS FAIR.

WE'RE NOT, AND IF YOU CAN JUSTIFY MORE THAN TWO, I'M SURE THIS, THIS COUNCIL WOULD GO ABOVE THAT.

BUT WE JUST PUT IN THE PARAMETERS TO MINIMIZE THE EXPOSURE TO THE CITY.

THAT'S, THAT WAS MY DECISION MAKING.

IT WOULD JUST COME BACK TO COUNCIL.

IF, IF, UH, THE VENDOR PROPOSED AN A, A, UH, INCREASE THAT WAS GREATER THAN THE, THE 2% OR THE 5%, WHAT COMES BACK TO US IF WE SET IT AT FOUR? ANYTHING UNDER FOUR? NO, ANYTHING ABOVE FOUR.

THAT'S UP TO $100,000.

ABOVE 4%.

UM, SO TONY, NOW WE KNOW WHY IT WAS DROPPED TO TWO.

YEAH, AND I CAN, IF YOU'D LET ME, MAYOR, I'LL LET YOU AND, AND I BELIEVE THE, UH, THE CONTRACTOR AMOUNT WANNA MENTION, MIGHT WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS.

RYAN? UH, YES SIR.

DIDN'T HE GO FOR LIKE FIVE YEARS WITHOUT A RAISE? UH, THERE WAS A PRICE INCREASE, UM, UNDER THE CURRENT CONTRACT THAT WE'RE OPERATING OUT OF TODAY.

UH, THAT CONTRACT WAS AWARDED IN 2019 AND THEN WE HAD, UH, INCREASES IN 20 21, 20 22 AND 2023.

THE, THERE WERE INCREASES IN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT IN THE, IN THE RATES THAT WERE CHARGED BY THE VENDOR IN, IN THE RATES THAT WERE CHARGED.

AND THAT'S EVERY TWO YEARS, 19 21, 23.

SO THE, THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT WAS AWARDED IN 2019.

THE FIRST INCREASE WAS IN 2021, AND THEN THERE WERE SUBSEQUENT, SUBSEQUENT INCREASES IN 2022 AND 2023.

SO IT'S NOT EVERY YEAR.

IT'S EVERY TWO YEARS.

NO, NO, IT WAS EVERY YEAR.

SO THAT'S HOW WE GOT TO THE A HUNDRED PERCENT INCREASE.

UH, THIS IS UP TO A MAX.

IT'S UTILIZED AS NEEDED.

UTILIZED AS NEEDED.

UH, IF WE GET TO THE MAX, THEN HE JUST DOESN'T, YOU CALL HIM AND HE SAYS, HEY, I'M AT THE MAX.

I CAN'T, I CAN'T TOW, WE WOULD, UH, WE WOULD PROPOSE A CHANGE ORDER TO YOU ALL FOR CONSIDERATION TO INCREASE THE VALUE OF THE CONTRACT TO ACCOMMODATE, UH, AN ADDITIONAL RATE INCREASE OR ADDITIONAL USAGE OF THE CONTRACT BY A VOLUME OF TOWS INCREASING.

UH, UM, I'D LIKE THE, THE, UH, THE OTHER GUYS HERE.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S THE CONTRACT HE'S GOT TO AGREE WITH.

SO IF HE SAYS, I I CAN'T DO IT, THEN THIS, I, I WILL SAY THAT THEN, THEN THIS ALL IS ALL MOOT.

I UNDERSTAND.

I WILL SAY, JUST FOR THE SAKE OF CLARITY, IF THE CONTRACT IS APPROVED BY COUNSEL WITH NO BUILT IN CAPACITY FOR INCREASE, THEN THE CAPACITY FOR INCREASE IS LIMITED TO, WITHOUT ADDITIONAL COUNSEL, ACTION IS LIMITED TO $100,000 APPLIED TO THE TOTAL VALUE OF THE CONTRACT.

IF THERE'S AN INCREASE, AN OPTIONAL INCREASE THAT IS APPROVED BY COUNSEL THAT'S BUILT IN, THEN THAT GIVES US THE BUFFER TO DO THAT INCREASE IF WE FEEL THAT IT'S WARRANTED WITHOUT HAVING TO COME BACK TO COUNSEL AGAIN.

IF THE CURRENT CONTRACTOR WANTS OUT OF HIS CONTRACT, WHAT, REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE DO TONIGHT, WHAT'S HIS OPTION? SO IF, IF THE CONTRACT VALUE IS REACHED, IF THE LIMIT IS REACHED? NO, THAT'S NOT MY QUESTION.

IF HE WANTS OUT OF THE CONTRACT.

OH, IF HE, I'M SORRY.

I THOUGHT YOU SAID IF HE RUNS OUT, IF HE WANTS OUT THE CONTRACT, NO, IF HE WANTS, HE WOULD JUST PROVIDE US, HE WOULD JUST PROVIDE US NOTICE IN WRITING SO HE CAN OPT OUT ANYTIME.

LET THE OTHER, THE OTHER GUY IN THE CONTRACT HAVE, WE'LL, WE'LL BRING HIM UP IN A MINUTE.

WHETHER WE APPROVE THIS 2% OR 5% OR, OR WHATEVER COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TONIGHT IS GIVE STAFF THE AUTHORITY TO DO IT WITHOUT COMING TO US FOR A VOTE.

IF IT MEETS THE CRITERIA AND THAT'S IT, I'M OKAY.

ANYWHERE BETWEEN, I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M READY FOR A MOTION IN A MINUTE.

AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TWO, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THREE, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FOUR, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FIVE, BUT IT CAN BE ONE OF THOSE NUMBERS.

I THINK WE OUGHT TO LET THE, UH,

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SPEAK IF HE WANTS TO.

YOU STAY THERE.

COUNCIL, DEPUTY MAYOR PROTON.

MY EXPERIENCE SINCE BEING ON THE COUNCIL IS THAT ALL CONTRACTS THAT WE'VE RIDDEN IN THE PAST, IT HAD A 10% CONTINGENCY WRITTEN IN THAT CONTRACT.

I ALWAYS SAY ABOUT 95% OF THOSE CONTRACTS CAME BACK.

IT'S ON THE CONTRACT NOW TO GET THAT 10%.

AND WHAT I MEAN BY A 10% CONTINGENCY, HE KNOCKED OUT OF, WHEN YOU GET YOUR ROOF REPAIRED ON YOUR HOME, THE ROOFER GOES AND SAY, I CAN DO IT FOR THIS HERE.

BUT THEY GO TO THE INSURANCE, GET, GET THE DEPRECIATION OR APPRECIATION OFF OF THAT.

THEY STILL GO GET THAT OTHER MONEY.

SO I'M TRYING TO LIMIT THE EXPOSURE TO THE CITY.

I BELIEVE THIS IS A FAIR CONTRACT FOR THIS CONTRACTOR.

THE CONTRACTOR MIGHT NOT SAY IT'S FAIR TO HIM, BUT I'M LOOKING AT IT'S DOUBLED IN, IN, IN THREE YEARS.

A HUNDRED PERCENT INCREASE WITHOUT ANY NUMBERS JUSTIFYING.

WHY WAS IT DOUBLED? I DON'T SEE THAT THEY'VE HAD 10,000 TOS THIS YEAR.

11,000.

YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE AN IDEA WHILE THE 15,000? I'M TRYING, BUT THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE PACKET.

BUT LET'S ASK THAT QUESTION.

JUST PAUSE FOR A MINUTE.

YOU KNOW WHY IT WAS DOUBLE? IT'S, WE DIDN'T DOUBLE THE RATE.

CORRECT, SIR.

SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF RATE INCREASES AND INCREASED NUMBER OF TOES.

BUT, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S, WE DIDN'T INCREASE THE RATE A A HUNDRED PERCENT.

NO, I'M JUST SAYING THE CONTRACT AMOUNT FROM 2022, WE DIDN'T INCREASE THE RATE A HUNDRED PERCENT.

I DIDN'T SAY WE INCREASED THE RATE, MAN INCREASED ANY, I'M STATING RIGHT HERE IT SAYS FY 20 22, 790 7,000 FY 26, 1 0.55 MILLION.

COUNCILMAN, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM.

WHAT I'M SAYING IT IS, YOU CAN'T DEDUCE FROM THAT THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF RATE INCREASES.

I DIDN'T SAY IT WAS A RATE INCREASE.

I'M JUST I AM THOUGH.

I'M SAYING, I'M SAYING CAN'T DEDUCE IT IS, I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT IS.

I'M SAYING STATING THAT HOW DO WE GET FROM A HUNDRED PERCENT INCREASE AND WE'D HAVE TO HAVE HIM PULL THE DATA.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT.

WE'D HAVE TO HAVE HIM PULL THE DATA.

SO WHY DON'T WE JUST TABLE THIS INTO THE NEXT MEETING SO THEY CAN PULL THE DATA.

WE MAY AND HAVE THE CONTACT, BUT BE READY TO SETTLE IT TONIGHT AND HAVE THE CONTRACTOR HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO AGREE TO A OTHER, ANOTHER PERCENTAGE INSTEAD OF THE WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED.

WHAT'S THE WHISPER THERE, THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN TOWS.

SO I DO WANT TO SAY THAT WHEN THIS CONTRACT WAS ISSUED, I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE THE MAJORITY OF IT.

WE WERE TOWING LESS THAN 6,000 CARS A YEAR.

UM, AND THEN NOW IT'S INCREASED OVER TIME TO OVER 7,000 PER YEAR.

THEY, UH, GREG, GREG, COME ON UP HERE.

GREG.

MAYOR, QUICK QUESTION.

I I WANNA HEAR FROM GREG, BUT THIS WIFE SETTLE EVERYTHING.

I I BET I'M GONNA PUT MONEY ON THE SIDE.

, YOU GO AHEAD AND ASK HIM.

BILL, DON'T MATTER.

GO.

MY QUESTION IS, RYAN, IF YOU SAID THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAS THE RIGHT TO INCREASE THE CONTRACT BY A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS YES, SIR.

EVERY YEAR, THAT RIGHT.

FOR THE VALUE, TOTAL VALUE OF THE CONTRACT.

AND THAT'S BASED ON THE ACTION THAT YOU ALL JUST TOOK ON THE CONSENT.

YOU'RE A HUNDRED PERCENT RIGHT.

I DID THE MATH.

THAT'S 6.5% RIGHT THERE.

BUT HANG ON, THAT DOESN'T HELP HIM PER TOW.

NO, BUT SEE THAT DOESN'T HELP HIM AT ALL PER TO MY UNDERSTANDING IS HE'S LOSING MONEY PER TOE.

WE INCREASED IT.

ADAM, I I'M JUST SAYING WHAT I UNDERSTAND.

HE'S LOSING MONEY PER TOE.

GREG, GIVE US THE SKINNY, OKAY.

UH, GREG JOYNER, I SPEAKING TO ALL OF YOU.

UH, I'VE DONE THIS FOR 36 YEARS AND UM, RECENTLY WE WERE CONSIDERED A FIRST RESPONDER WITH THAT.

EVERY SIX DAYS, EVERY SIX DAYS ADDRESS ALL OF US, NOT JUST KURT.

OKAY, I'M FINE.

YOU CAN LOOK AT ME.

NO, JUST ADDRESS, COME ON.

BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS, EVERY SIX DAYS A TOW OPERATOR IS STRUCK AND KILLED.

OKAY? NOW WHAT I'M MENTIONING THAT FOR IS THE FACT THAT I WANNA HIRE A MAN.

I WANT TO HIRE A MAN TO HAVE A JOB THAT IS HEALTH INSURANCE.

MOST PLACES DON'T OFFER THAT IN THE TOWING INDUSTRY.

OKAY? BUT REGARDLESS, UM, A MAN'S GONNA SIT THERE AND HE'S GONNA RISK HIS LIFE.

OKAY? AND IT'S LIKE, WELL, WE CAN'T OFFER YOU ANYTHING.

WE CAN'T OFFER YOU WORKERS' COMP.

WE CAN'T OFFER YOU.

UM, PAST TWO YEARS I'VE BEEN LOSING MONEY.

OKAY? AND, UH, IF YOU ASK RYAN, YOU CAN ASK ANYBODY IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY, OKAY? A TRUCK I BOUGHT IN 22, OKAY? RAN $103,000.

THE SAME IDENTICAL TRUCK WAS 161,000 FOR A 25 MODEL.

IDENTICAL SPECS.

OKAY? THAT'S, THAT'S MORE THAN 60% HIGHER THAN WHAT I PAID FOR IT IN 22.

I MEAN, BUT GREG,

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YOU'RE LOSING MONEY.

YOU'RE HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING EMPLOYEES.

COUNCILMAN SHOTWELL? YEAH.

THIS WILL HELP YOU.

YES, YOUR IN TOLLS ARE INCREASING.

THAT'S WHY THAT NUMBER JUMPS SO MUCH.

THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS DOESN'T HELP YOU PER TOW.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT.

IT DOESN'T HELP HIM PER TOE.

THANK YOU GREG.

1, 1, 1 TOTAL COMMENT AND RYAN BACKED ME UP IF, OR TELL ME I'M WRONG.

YES SIR.

HOW MUCH OF THIS IS A PASS THROUGH COST 100.

SO THERE'S UM, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT THAT'S WAS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SO THE CITY BASICALLY TAKE FOR TOWING ONLY, NOT ADDITIONAL SERVICES, BUT FOR THE ACTUAL TOWING ITSELF.

THE CITY TAKES THE RATE CHARGED BY THE VENDOR, MARKS IT UP $46.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE CHARGE THE CITIZEN.

THE $46 GOES TO OPERATE FUND THE OPERATION OF THE AUTO POUND.

SO HOW MUCH? SO IT'S NOT REALLY, IT'S A, IF IT'S A PASS THROUGH COST, IT'S NOT, THE CITY'S NOT LIABLE.

IT'S NOT A COST TO THE CITY.

IT'S A PASS THROUGH.

HOW MUCH OF IS THE COST TO THE CITY? SO WE, WE PASS THROUGH THE CITY COST ALL, ALL OF WHAT THE VENDOR CHARGES US ONTO THE CITIZEN.

SO THEY, THAT MONEY EITHER GETS MADE UP WHEN THE VEHICLE'S RETRIEVE FROM THE PANEL OR WHEN IT'S AUCTIONED SPEAK ZERO.

HOW MUCH OF IT THE CITY PAYS? 0, 0, 0.

SO I DON'T SEE WHY, WHY ARE WE ARGUING? WHY ARE WE ARGUING 5%? I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

THERE'S IF, IF IT'S NOT COSTING THE CITY A DIME, WHY IS THE DIFFERENCE? I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

TONY, I'D MOVE TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED, WHICH WAS 5%.

I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.

ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY.

NAY.

WE HAVE THE MOTION THAT PASSES EIGHT TO ONE.

LET'S GO ON DOWN THE ROAD.

JUST THE CASE IS THIS WORD, THE ANSWER WAS, I'M NOT GONNA ANSWER.

YOU HEARD IT.

IT'S PASS THROUGH.

OH, I KNOW IT'S PASS THROUGH.

I HAD CONVERSATION OVER.

OKAY, BUT WE'RE JUST GONNA TAKE ON WORDS.

SOMEONE SAID THEY HAD TOES WITHOUT ANY DOUBT.

THAT'S WHY WE GET IN TROUBLE.

WHERE ARE WE AT MEL? FOUR, TWO STAFF.

I AM A LITTLE CONCERNED WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL MEMBER OF NINE MEMBERS CAN CHANGE SOMETHING ON AN AGENDA ITEM.

YOU DO IT ALL THE TIME.

I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL I'LL REPEAT MYSELF ON THE COUNCIL CAN CHANGE AN AGENDA ITEM THE DAY OF AN AGENDA.

CAN WE MAKE THAT CLEAR FOR EVERYONE IN THE MAYOR? I, I, I SAID I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT I AM.

YEAH, I'M JUST, WE'RE CONCERNED TOO.

ITEM 42,

[42. Request the City Council to set a public hearing date of September 16, 2025, in which the City Council will meet to discuss and adopt the FY2025-2026 Operating Budget and Capital Improvement Plan]

MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

THIS ITEM SET SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2025 AS THE REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR RESIDENTS AND COUNSEL TO PROVIDE INPUT BEFORE COUNSEL, UM, BEFORE THE CITY'S BUDGET, OPERATING BUDGET AND CIP BUDGET IS ADOPTED.

UM, AVAILED FOR ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY GOT ANYTHING? UM, RECOGNIZE MAYOR PRO TEM.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

YOU BET.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 42, THE REQUEST TO SET THE PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR THE OPERATING BUDGET AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR SEPTEMBER 16TH.

THIS ORDINANCE AUTHORIZES THE SALE OF THE CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION, WHICH IS BACKED BY PROPERTY TAXES AND LIMITED UTILITY REVENUES TO FINANCE AND APPROVE PROJECTS AND LOCK IN FAVORABLE MARKET RATES.

I WAS LOOKING AT COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS WHEN SHE SAID IT.

WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AY.

OPPOSED A NAY.

ITEM 43.

[43. Consider and approve an ordinance authorizing the issuance of “City of Grand Prairie, Texas, Combination Tax and Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2025A”; providing for the payment of such certificates of obligation by the levy of an ad valorem tax upon all taxable property within the City and a limited pledge of the net revenues derived from the operation of the City’s waterworks and sewer system; and resolving other matters incident and relating to the issuance, payment, security, sale and delivery of such certificates of obligation ]

ARE YOU READY FOR A MOTION? I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 43.

MOTION HAS BEEN MADE.

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

ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY.

MOTION CARRIES ITEM

[44. Consider and approve an ordinance authorizing the issuance of “City of Grand Prairie, Texas, Water and Wastewater System Revenue Bonds, Series 2025A”; pledging the net revenues of the City’s combined water and wastewater system to the payment of the principal of and interest on such Bonds; and resolving other matters incident and related to the issuance, payment, security, sale, and delivery of such Bonds]

44.

THIS ORDINANCE AUTHORIZES THE SALE OF JUST STAY UP THERE ? YES SIR.

UH, IT'S PAID SOLELY FROM WATER AND SEWER REVENUE TO FUND SYSTEM UPGRADES THAT KEEP SERVICES RELIABLE FOR RESIDENTS.

LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 44.

SECOND WE HAVE MOTION.

ALL IN FAVORS, AYE.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE TABLE ITEM NUMBER 45 TO THE SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2025.

ANY OPPOSED? STATE NAY.

MOTION CARRIES ITEM 45.

[45. Resolution adopting a maximum proposed property (ad valorem) tax rate of $0.660000 per $100 taxable value that the City Council will consider for Fiscal Year 2025-2026]

I'LL ENTERTAIN A SECOND.

TIFFANY BULL, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY.

AND YOU POST THE SECOND WAS BILL BOSKY.

ITEM 46.

[46. Second Public Hearing and Consideration of a Proposed Strategic Partnership Agreement between the City and the Ellis County Fresh Water Supply District No. 1 ]

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ITEM NUMBER 46 IS THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH THE ELLIS COUNTY FRESHWATER SUPPLY DISTRICT.

IF YOU RECALL, WE PREVIOUSLY ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM IN MAY.

THEY CHANGED THEIR BOUNDARIES TO REMOVE CERTAIN LAND AND ADD OTHER LAND.

AND SO THIS IS, UM, TO ADOPT THE CHANGES TO THE BOUNDARIES THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED IN MAY.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, EVEN IF YOU HAVE NOT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AND WISH TO DO SO, YOU CAN COME FORWARD NOW.

SEEING NONE.

I CAN I TAKE A MOTION NOW? I TAKE A MOTION.

I MOVE TO BE APPROVED.

ITEMS 46 AS PRESENTED.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM.

CAN WE DO 47 48 TOGETHER? NO.

A I OPPOSED SAY NAY.

MOTION CARRIES ITEM 47.

[47. Public Hearing and Final Reading of an Ordinance Adopting the Annexation of Certain Territory in the Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas, To Wit: Approximately 806.0448 acres of land in Johnson County, Texas and Being More Particularly Described and Graphically Depicted in Exhibit “A”, Generally Located Just West of the Johnson County and Ellis County Border, South of Mansfield, and Including Portions of the Joseph Stewart Survey, Abstract No. 754, the J.H. Working Survey, Abstract No. 897, the T. Gardner Survey, Abstract No. 303, and Land Conveyed to PRA Prairie Ridge North, LP and Prairie Ridge, LP through Instruments 1900288, 2025-10528, 2025-10525, and 2025-10526, 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]

NO.

AS SHE SAYS, BEG BEGRUDGINGLY .

ITEM NUMBER 47 IS THE ANNEXATION OF THE GOODLAND TOWN CENTER.

IT IS OVER 800 ACRES.

UM, THIS IS THE FIRST PART OF THE TOWN CENTER ANNEXATION.

AND THIS IS FOR PUBLIC HEARING.

AND FINAL CONSIDERATION, AND I APOLOGIZE, I'M HAVING TECHNICAL ISSUES, BUT THIS IS THE JOHNSON COUNTY SIDE OF THE GOODLAND DEVELOPMENT WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT HAVING THE CIVIC CENTER AND THE WALKABLE URBAN AREA.

IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

NO, YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT, WHEREVER YOU ARE.

I YOU WENT BACK.

SET? YEAH.

UM, IF ANYBODY WISHES TO SPEAK, YOU CAN COME FORWARD NOW.

OTHERWISE WE CAN ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

CORRECT.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE APP APPRO THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE.

ITEM NUMBER 47.

WE HAVE MOTION IS SECOND.

YOU PICK WHICH ONE? .

SAY A SECOND.

TIFFANY BULL, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY.

I AIN'T OPPOSED SAY NAY.

MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM 48.

[48. Public Hearing and Final Reading of an Ordinance Adopting the Annexation of Certain Territory in the Extra-Territorial 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 ]

THIS IS THE SECOND PART OF THE ANNEXATION FOR THE GOODLAND TOWN CENTER.

THERE WAS SOME FLOOD PLAIN AREA WHICH YOU SEE IN THE CIRCLE THAT THE DEVELOPER, UM, INTENDS TO DEVELOP AND RECLAIM.

AND SO THIS WAS ADDED INTO THAT ANNEXATION FOR THAT PURPOSE.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK CAN DO SO.

NOW.

SEEING NONE, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 48.

SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION.

OPPOSED SAY NAY.

MOTION CARRIES

[49. Public Hearing and Final Reading of an Ordinance Adopting the Annexation of Certain Territory in the Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas, To Wit: Approximately 22.699 acres of land in Ellis County, Texas and Being More Particularly Described and Graphically Depicted in Exhibit “A”, Generally Located South of U.S. Highway 287 and North of Lakeview Drive Including the Portion of Ellis County Appraisal District Parcel 303394 Which is not Currently Located in the Territorial Limits of the City of Grand Prairie; 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]

ITEM 49.

MOTION 49.

ITEM 49.

THE PETITION IS BEING WITHDRAWN AND I BELIEVE THERE IS A MOTION.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO CANCEL THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CLOSE THE ANNEXATION PETITION WITHOUT FURTHER ACTION.

MOTION MADE BY MAYOR PROTE, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR PROTE.

ITEM 50 IS FOR THE ANNEXATION OF A PORTION OF MILLER ROADWAY.

A AND OPPOSED SAY NAY.

MOTION CARRIES ITEM 50.

[50. Public Hearing and Final Reading of an Ordinance Adopting the Annexation of Certain Territory in the Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas, To Wit: Approximately 6.566 acres of land in Ellis County, Texas and Being More Particularly Described and Graphically Depicted in Exhibit “A”, Generally Located Just North of U.S. Highway 67 and the Midlothian Border with the City of Grand Prairie’s Territorial and Extra - Territorial Limits and Including North/South Miller Road and its Expanded Right-of-Way, Portions of the L. Kelsey Survey, Abstract No. 192, and the R. Wyatt Survey, Abstract No. 1280, 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 ]

UM, YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE RED.

THIS ROADWAY IS BEING WIDENED AND IMPROVED.

IT WILL SUPPORT THE INDUSTRIAL AND DATA CENTER AREA OF GOODLAND AS WELL AS, UM, THE NEWLY ANNEXED LAND, WHICH IS JUST TO THE WEST OF IT.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

AGAIN, IF ANYBODY WISHES TO SPEAK, THEY CAN COME FORWARD AND DO SO.

NOW I'M READY.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 50.

MOTION IS SECOND.

I OPPOSED A NAY.

MOTION CARRIES, UH,

[Items 51 & 52]

COUNCIL MEMBER HEAD.

I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE WISHING TO TABLE ITEM 51 52.

UH, YES.

THEY'RE GONNA COME BACK, UH, FOR THESE APARTMENTS WITH SOMETHING THAT LOOKS NICER FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

WE'RE WAITING TO GET THEIR NEXT DRAFT.

SO I MOVE TO TABLE ITEMS, BOTH 51 AND 52.

WE HAVE A MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.

YOU OPPOSED SAY NAY.

MOTION CARRIES

[53. STP-25-05-0015 - Site Plan - Poly America Building 9 (City Council District 1). Site Plan to construct one industrial warehouse on 18.0 acres. Portions of Sites 3, 23, 33, and 34, SID Great Southwest South Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Light Industrial, within SH 161 Corridor Overlay, and addressed as 2000 W Marshall Dr (On July 28, 2025, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 6-0 with one Commissioner recusing) ]

ITEM 53.

WHICH INCLUDES, UH, PLANTINGS, WALKING TRAILS, UH, AND A WATER FEATURE ON THE SCREEN IS THEIR PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

ITEM 53 IS A SITE PLAN FOR AN ADDITIONAL BUILDING AT POLY AMERICA.

YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION.

HOW CAN WE SAY NO TO POLY AMERICAN? NOW COME ON, BUT WE COULD OUTLINED IT YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.

UH, THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPOSED LOCATION.

UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING A SITE PLAN FOR AN ADDITIONAL BUILDING.

IT DOES MEET OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS.

THEY ARE REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED THE PARKING.

UH, THEY GENERALLY COMPLY WITH OUR LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS.

UH, THEY ARE REQUESTING ONE VARIANCE.

UM, THEY ARE PROVIDING THE REQUIRED, UM, OPEN SPACE AREA,

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IT'S A CONCRETE, UH, TILT WALL PANELS.

UH, THEY ARE REQUESTING SOME VARIANCES.

UH, THE FIRST IS TO A VARIANCE TO ALLOW EQUIPMENT SILOS TO BE UP TO 70 FEET, UH, WHICH EXCEEDS THE MAX HEIGHT FOR THE DISTRICT.

UH, THEIR LANDSCAPE BUFFER, UH, WE DO REQUIRE 30 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG THE STREET.

UH, THEY HAVE AN EXISTING DRIVE THAT ENCROACHES THAT.

SO, UH, THIS VARIANCE ALLOWS THEM TO KEEP THAT AND HAVE A, UH, VARIABLE WIDTH LANDSCAPE BUFFER THAT TAPERS TO ABOUT 5.5 FEET.

UH, AS I MENTIONED, THEY'RE REQUESTING TO EXCEED THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE PARKING FOR A BUILDING OF THAT SIZE.

AND THEN THEY'RE REQUESTING VARIANCES TO THE REQUIREMENTS THAT PRIMARY AND SECONDARY FACADES INCLUDE CERTAIN DESIGN ELEMENTS.

ON JULY 28TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL, UH, WITH CONDITIONS BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO.

UH, THE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AS SHOWN ON THE APPROVED SITE PLAN, MUST BE APPROVED BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND CONSTRUCTED PRIOR TO THE OPERATION OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.

UH, THE APPLICANT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION NEEDED TO MAINTAIN A SUFFICIENT PARKWAY WIDTH, AND THE PROJECT SHALL PROVIDE ATTENTION TO MANAGE POST PROJECT STORMWATER RUNOFF TO LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO PRE-PROJECT CONDITIONS.

AND ALTERNATIVELY, A DRAINAGE IMPACT ANALYSIS SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY THAT PROVES NO NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO THE DOWNSTREAM PROPERTY OWNERS INFRASTRUCTURE OR RECEIVING CREEK.

AND THEN THE OPEN SPACE ELEMENTS, WHICH IS SHOWN ON THEIR SITE PLAN, UM, SHALL BE INSTALLED PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.

AND THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

COUNCILMAN WO, WAS YOUR LIGHT STILL ON FOR PREVIOUS OR THIS ONE? NO.

I'M GONNA ASK, UH, SAVANNAH, UM, THE EXTRA PARKING, UH, I KNOW ON SOME, I GUESS IT'S COMMERCIAL.

IF YOU GET EXTRA PARKING, YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT PERMEABLE.

DOES THAT COUNT? SO NOT FOR INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS, NOT ON INDUSTRIAL.

THIS IS TRIGGERED BY SOMETHING IN ARTICLE 10 THAT SAYS, UH, FOR BUILDINGS OF A CERTAIN SIZE, IT CAN EXCEED A HUNDRED PER 115%.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS FOR.

BUT IT DOESN'T, ON, ON THIS ONE, THE PERMEABLE DOESN'T COUNT.

IT DOES NOT.

ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD JOHN STEGER, IF QUESTIONS, IF QUESTIONS.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE I DO.

I DO.

COME ON FORWARD.

WE GOT SOME QUESTIONS.

OKAY, MAYOR COUNCIL, GOOD EVENING.

JOSH STEIGER, UH, 606 FLAGS DRIVE.

ARLINGTON, UH, I'M A CIVIL ENGINEER, UH, REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT AND OWNER.

SURE.

COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMSON HAS SOME QUESTIONS.

AWESOME.

ON THE SILOS? YES, MA'AM.

FOR THE 70 FEET OR THE SILOS THAT ARE OUT THERE NOW, WHAT IS THE, I BELIEVE IS THAT THE HEIGHT? I BELIEVE THAT MATCHES THE, THE HEIGHT OF THE CELL THAT MATCHES THE HEIGHT? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

AND ALSO, UM, ON THE, THE TREE VARIANCE, THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER, UH, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER, BUT THE NUMBER OF TREES, UH, IF I COULD INTERJECT THAT, THAT'S NOT A REQUIRED VARIANCE.

WE LOOKED AT THEIR CALCULATIONS AND THE TOTAL CALIPER INCHES OF TREES THAT THE PRESERVING EQUALS ABOUT, UH, 300 PLUS TREES.

SO ALL TOTAL, THEY ARE MEETING THAT REQUIREMENT.

THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR A VARIANCE ON THAT, CORRECT? CORRECT.

ANYTHING ELSE STAFF THAT YOU WANT TO BRING TO OUR ATTENTION THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS? NO MA'AM.

NO.

IT DOES MEET OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND OUR PARKING REQUIREMENTS AS WELL.

MAYOR, ARE YOU READY? I'M READY, MAYOR.

HE'S ALREADY ALSO CIVIL ENGINEER CONSULTANT AVAILABLE FOR QUESTION FOR QUESTIONS.

GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND, UM, I MOVED TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 53 WITH THE CONDITIONS THAT WERE LISTED.

WE HAVE MOTION SECOND BY COUNCILMAN ADAMS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

A OPPOSED? ANY NAY? MOTION

[54. STP-25-06-0018 - Site Plan - Prose Westcliff Phase 2 Multi-Family (City Council District 2). Site Plan for a multi-family development with 300 dwelling units on 14.16 acres. Lots 11 & 12, Vickery Place Addition, and a portion of Tract 4, J.W.E. Wallace Survey, Abstract No. 1517, and a portion of Tract 12, Benjamin F. Smith Survey, Abstract No. 1337, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, zoned PD-464, within the IH-20 Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 1101 & 1105 E Fish Creek Road, 3971 Westcliff Rd and 1199 E IH-20 (On July 28, 2025, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 7-0)]

MAKES THIS LOOK LIKE WE'RE IN EAST TEXAS IN A DAIRY FARM.

ALL RIGHT, THIS NEXT ITEM IS A SITE PLAN FOR PHASE TWO OF PROS WESTCLIFF.

UH, THIS IS FOR A SITE, UH, SITE PLAN FOR A MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROJECT WITH ABOUT 300 UNITS.

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

UH, THERE, UH, PHASE ONE IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE LOCATION.

AND THEN THEIR PROPOSED SITE PLAN.

UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING 300 UNITS AND EIGHT BUILDINGS ACCESSES OFF OF I 20.

UH, THEY'RE PROVIDING AMENITIES WHICH INCLUDE A CLUBHOUSE, UH, POOL, UH, DOG PARK, AND PICKLEBALL COURT.

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UH, THE PLANS ON THE SCREEN ARE THEIR LANDSCAPE PLANS.

UH, THEY COMPLY OR EXCEED OUR LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS AND HAVE PROVIDED SOME ENHANCED, UH, LANDSCAPE, UH, ENTRY FEATURES TOWARDS THE I 20, UH, ACCESS POINT.

UH, THEY ARE MEETING OUR TREE PRESERVATION AND MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS, UH, BY PLANTING NEW CALIBER TREES, UH, THAT EXCEED WHAT'S BEING REMOVED.

THESE ARE THEIR PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS, WHICH INCLUDE A MIX OF STONE AND FIBER CEMENT SIDING.

AND AS PART OF THIS, UH, APPENDIX W REQUIREMENTS, THEY MUST PROVIDE AMENITIES.

UH, SINCE THEY'RE MEETING OUR DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE AMENITIES FROM TWO CATEGORIES.

THEY'RE, UH, PROVIDING AMENITIES FROM HIGH QUALITY FEATURES OR DESIGNS AND TECHNOLOGY, AND THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.

AND ON JULY 28TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS COUNCIL MEMBER HEDON.

UM, THESE ARE ACTUALLY THE SECOND PHASE OF THE APARTMENTS ON DECKMAN, SO YOU GUYS MAY HAVE SEEN THOSE GOING UP.

THEY ARE GOING TO START LEASING QUITE SOON.

I KNOW OUR, UH, WE HAVE A SPEAKER HERE.

HE CAN EXPLAIN THAT AND MAYBE, I KNOW WE USUALLY WANNA KNOW ABOUT THE RENT AND ALL OF THAT, BUT, UM, WE MET AND HAD AN EXTENSIVE CONVERSATION FOR PHASE ONE, WHICH YOU DO SEE BUILT, AND I THINK IT LOOKS VERY NICE.

UM, SO RIGHT OFF DECKMAN, THE ENTRANCE TO PHASE ONE WILL BE OFF THE DECKMAN EXIT, BUT THE ENTRANCE TO PHASE TWO, WHICH IS TECHNICALLY RIGHT NEXT DOOR, BUT THEY'LL HAVE TO ENTER ON BELT LINE.

SO IT DOES KIND OF SPLIT THE TRAFFIC.

AND I JUST ALWAYS WANT TO SAY FOR THE RECORD, WE DID NOT CHANGE ZONING FOR THESE APARTMENTS.

THEY ALREADY HAD THE ZONING.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT EXCITED ABOUT APARTMENTS.

WE'RE NOT GOING AROUND LOOKING FOR APARTMENTS.

BUT WHEN THEY HAVE THE ZONING, IT'S NICE WHEN WE CAN WORK WITH SOMEONE WHO'S OPEN TO CHANGING SOME OF THEIR MATERIALS.

AND, UH, IF YOU'RE CURIOUS, RIGHT OFF OF 20 AND DECKMAN, YOU CAN SEE THEM.

COULD WE CLARIFY PLEASE? 1101 AND 1105 EAST, EAST FISH CREEK ROAD 39 71 WESTCLIFF ROAD AND 1 1 9 EAST HIGHWAY 20.

WE'RE SAVANNAH.

SO THOSE ARE THE ADDRESSES LISTED BY THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

UM, FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION ADDRESSES ARE, UH, ASSIGNED AND FINALIZED DURING THE FINAL PLATTING PROCESS.

SO EVENTUALLY THIS WILL BE ASSIGNED ITS OFFICIAL ADDRESS.

THOSE ARE THE CURRENT ADDRESSES FOR THE TRACKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT.

WESTCLIFF DIFFERENT LOCATIONS DIFFERENT.

I GUESS.

'CAUSE AT 39 30 WESTCLIFF, THAT WAS ONE OF THE ITEMS TABLED TONIGHT.

39 30 WEST CLIFF ON ITEM 27, THE PROXIMITY BETWEEN THESE TWO LOCATIONS, ITEM 27 WAS AT 39 30.

OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I WANNA JUST GET ON THE RECORD.

THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT PROPERTIES.

PLEASE.

AS MY COUNCIL MEMBER SAID, I'M, I'M NOT ANTI APARTMENT, I'M NOT AGAINST THEM.

WHAT I'M ANTI SOME OF US ARE .

HMM.

BUT WE CAN'T STOP 'EM.

WELL, OH, I KNOW THAT THIS ZONING WAS PUT IN.

THE ISSUE I HAVE DURING THE LAKE SECTOR PLANNING COMMITTEE THAT I WAS A MEMBER OF IN 1984.

THINGS HAVE CHANGED QUITE A BIT SINCE 1984.

SO THE ABILITY OF GOVERNMENT TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO FORWARD.

WHAT I'M MOST ANGRY ABOUT AND SO MANY PEOPLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OUT HERE, HOW LONG IS IT GONNA BE THAT THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX IS OFF? THE TAX ROLLS? THIS ONE'S NOT OFF.

THE TAX ROLLS NOT YET.

IT ISN'T BUILT.

RIGHT.

WAIT TILL IT'S BUILT.

WAIT TILL PRAIRIE GATE.

WHEN PRAIRIE GATE, THEY'RE OFF THE TAX ROLLS.

THAT'S WHY THIS IS TABLED TONIGHT.

THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO SEE.

AN OPEN DISCUSSION WITH WHAT HAROLD, LET ME EXPLAIN IT TO YOU.

THESE ARE NOT ON OFF THE TAX ROWS.

THEY WILL NOT BE OFF THE TAX ROWS WITH WHEN THEY'RE BUILT UNLESS OUR OWN HFC CHOOSES TO BUY IT.

AND I DON'T THINK OUR OWN HFC IS GONNA CHOOSE TO BUY ANY MORE PROPERTIES IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE THEY'VE HEARD FROM US.

SO THESE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE BOUGHT BY THAT THIRD PARTY TRAVELING HFC OUT OF, OUT OF SOUTH TEXAS.

SO OUR INTENT, AND I THINK IN THE FUTURE, THESE WILL REMAIN ON THE TAX ROLLS UNLESS THE STATE MAKES FURTHER CHANGES AND IT OPENS IT UP TO TA UH, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OR THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT THEY HAVE SOME.

UH, BUT THESE WE CAN'T FORESEE, CAN'T PREDICT.

AND THAT'S NOT WITHIN OUR PURVIEW TONIGHT,

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PERIOD.

YES, MAYOR.

EVERYTHING IS NEGOTIABLE IN THIS WORLD RIGHT NOW.

AND WHEN ARLINGTON MAYOR JIM ROSS WAS ON CHANNEL 11 WITH ANDREW LUCIA, BOY, WE'RE GONNA STOP THIS.

GONNA STOP THIS, OKAY.

YOU JUST SEE THIS AND WHEN I, THE APARTMENT COMPLEX RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE POST OFFICE, SHOW ME YOUR REDUCED RATES FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE INCOME.

HAROLD, WE NEED TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM TONIGHT.

OKAY? THIS SITE PLAN, LET'S PRETEND WE'RE LYNDON JOHNSON AND BOB BULLOCK AND SAM RAYBURN.

AND WE'RE GONNA PUT IT IN HERE.

THAT NO, YOU WILL NOT FLIP THIS.

CAN'T PUT THAT.

CAN'T PUT IT IN THERE.

WHY NOT? LEGAL WON'T LET US.

CAN'T DO IT.

HAROLD, NEXT QUESTION.

NO, NO.

MAYOR, YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT AN ATTORNEY MAYOR.

THIS IS, I WANT THE ATTORNEY.

YOU'RE NOT AN ATTORNEY.

YOU'RE NOT BEST ESTATE LAW.

THIS IS, THIS IS A SITE PLAN.

WE CANNOT PUT THOSE TYPES OF RESTRICTIONS IN THE PLAN.

WHAT PROHIBITS US FROM IN JUST A SITE PLAN WHEN THEY START CONSTRUCTION, WHAT PROHIBITS US TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS? THIS WILL ALWAYS BE ON THE TAX ROLLS.

YOU CAN'T PUT ANYTHING SHE'S TOLD US.

SHE'S EXPLAINED THAT TO US.

WE CAN'T PUT THOSE PROVISIONS IN, CAN WE? WHERE'S THE DEVELOPER? TONIGHT IS THE DEVELOPER, HAROLD.

THIS IS A SITE PLAN.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS THAT TO DEAL WITH THIS SITE PLAN? YES, MAYOR, ON A SITE PLAN, YOU HAVE TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE IN STAND UP FOR THE CITIZENS BECAUSE HAROLD, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.

THERE'S SOME CITIZENS THAT WANT HFCS TO BUY 'EM.

AND WHO ARE THEY? BECAUSE THEY WANT MUL, THEY WANT REDUCED RATE APARTMENTS, BUT THEY'RE NOT OFFERING REDUCED RATES.

APARTMENTS.

THEY'RE NOT OFFERING, THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO AND THEY SAY THEY ARE.

YOU NEED TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM ON THE SITE PLAN.

DO YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THIS SITE PLAN? UH, YOU GOT 38 SECONDS.

OH, COME ON MAYOR.

GIMME A COME ON.

I I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A BREAK.

I'LL GIVE YOU A 32 SECONDS.

JUST AS A CITIZEN, AS CITIZENS, WHAT PROTECTION DO WE HAVE? PROPERTY, HAROLD.

WE WANT THE PROTECTIONS TOO.

THERE'S ONLY CERTAIN THINGS WE CAN DO LEGALLY.

UH, YOU'RE DOWN TO 20.

OKAY, WELL THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS BEING DONE IN AUSTIN ILLEGALLY RIGHT NOW IN WASHINGTON.

SO LET'S TRY TO THANK YOU FOR COMING TO TONIGHT, HAROLD.

ITEM 54.

I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

UH, DID THE DEVELOPER WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? NOPE.

WHERE IS THE DEVELOPER? I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

JACQUELINE.

I MOVED HER.

ITEM 54.

WELL HAVE MOTION TO SECOND.

WE'VE GOT A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AMENDMENT FOR SHOOT SMART.

ANY OPPOSED, SAY NAY.

I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL YOU BRIEF US ON THE CHARTER REVIEW ON THE CHARTER.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

THANK YOU, SAVANNAH.

ITEM 55,

[55. SUP-25-06-0022 - Specific Use Permit Amendment - Shoot Smart (City Council District 1). Amendment to Specific Use Permit No. 835 to add Gun Manufacturing as an allowed use. Lot 2 and 5, Houston Main Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, zoned Light Industrial, and addressed as 2441 Houston St and 2436 and 2440 W Main St (On July 28, 2025, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval with a condition by a vote of 7 0)]

UH, THIS IS AN EXISTING BUSINESS WITH AN EXISTING SUP.

UH, THEY'RE AMENDING THAT TO ADD GUN MANUFACTURING AS AN ALLOWED USE.

IT'S LOCATED AT 24 40 WEST MAIN STREET.

UH, THE EXISTING SUP IS NUMBER 8 35.

IT'S FOR PUBLIC FIRING TRAINING AND COMPETITION RANGE WITH FIREARM AND MUNITION SALES.

UM, SO AS PART OF THEIR OPERATIONS, THEY PROVIDE GUNSMITHING SERVICES TO CUSTOMERS TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN THEIR FIREARMS. UH, EMPLOYEES PURCHASE PARTS TO ASSEMBLE INTO CUSTOM FIREARMS FOR USE OF THE SHOOTING RANGE.

UM, AND THESE, UH, FIREARMS THAT THEY HAVE CUSTOMIZED ARE JUST THERE FOR USE AT THAT LOCATION.

IT'S NOT SOLD TO CUSTOMERS.

UM, SO THE A TF DEFINES ASSEMBLY AND MODIFICATION OF FIREARMS AS FIREARM MANUFACTURING.

UH, THIS IS A LARGER, UH, UMBRELLA TERM THAN WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING OR WANTING TO DO AT THEIR LOCATION.

UM, SO ON THE SCREEN IS THERE OPERATIONS AGAIN? UH, THEY PURCHASE PARTS ASSEMBLE INTO CUSTOM FIREARMS, INCLUDING FULLY AUTOMATIC RIFLES OR FIREARMS FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY.

IT'S NOT FOR SALE FOR THE PUBLIC.

UM, SO THEY ARE REQUIRING, UH, TO ADD THAT, UH, GUN MANUFACTURING LANGUAGE ON THEIR CO, WHICH IS WHY THEY'RE REQUESTING THEM IN THEIR SUP.

UH, SO ON JULY 28TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH A CONDITION BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO.

AND THAT CONDITION IS THAT THE GUN MANUFACTURING SHALL COMPLY WITH EXHIBIT B OPERATIONAL PLAN, WHICH IS THAT VERY NARROW, UM, OPERATION.

THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.

I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS.

STAFF OKAY WITH IT? YES, SIR.

WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S WILLING TO SPEAK PROBABLY.

JUST SO WE HAVE QUESTIONS.

COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, CLEMSON, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MAYOR, I ASK, UH, MY QUESTIONS PRIOR TO THIS MEETING.

UM, ARE YOU READY TO MAKE A MOTION? AND I'M READY TO MAKE A MOTION.

LET'S GO.

I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 55 WITH CONDITIONS SECOND.

AND READ THAT INTO THE RECORD.

DAVID HOLCOMB, WE'RE JUST GONNA READ YOU INTO THE RECORD.

THANKS FOR COMING TONIGHT.

ANY OPPOSED, SAY NAY.

MOTION CARRIES ITEM 56.

[56. SUP-25-02-0009 - Specific Use Permit/Site Plan - F&M Premium Auto Shop (City Council District 1). Specific Use Permit and Site Plan for a new Auto Paint Shop on 0.69 acres. Lot 11R, Block B, Dalworth Park Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, zoned Commercial (C) District, and addressed as 2439 Dalworth St (On July 28, 2025, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval with conditions by a vote of 7-0) ]

[01:20:01]

GOOD LUCK.

ALRIGHT, THIS NEXT ITEM IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT SLASH SITE PLAN FOR F AND MM PREMIUM AUTO SHOP.

IT'S LOCATED AT 24 39 DALWORTH STREET, AND THE LOCATION IS HIGHLIGHTED ON THE SCREEN.

AND THIS REQUEST IS FOR AN SUP SLASH SITE PLAN FOR AN AUTO PAINT SHOP.

THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE LOCATION, AND ON THE SCREEN IS THEIR PROPOSED SITE PLAN.

UH, THEY ARE MEETING OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS OUR PARKING REQUIREMENTS.

UH, THEY'RE PROVIDING THE NECESSARY, UH, LANDSCAPING.

AND THESE ARE THEIR PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS.

THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.

AND ON JULY 28TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO.

UH, THE CONDITION IS THAT AUTO BODY WORK SHALL NOT BE PERFORMED AT THIS LOCATION.

EXCUSE ME, ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL AUTOMOTIVE RELATED USES MAY BE ALLOWED BY AN SUP IN COMPLIANCE WITH ARTICLE FOUR, THE UDC.

UH, THIS CONCLUDES MY, UH, PRESENTATION.

I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

WE DO HAVE SOME SPEAKERS.

TONY, LET'S GET THEM OUTTA THE WAY.

THEN I'LL COME BACK TO YOU.

JONATHAN SALANA.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON, OH WAIT, EXCUSE ME.

I AM, UH, JONATHAN LANYA RESIGNING 1214 LUIS VISTA STREET, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT.

I'M NOT ONLY A RESIDENT OF, UH, GRAND PRAIRIE, BUT I ALSO AM, UH, WORKING WITH THE OWNER ON THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, UM, MANAGING THE PROJECT AND THAT FRONT FOR HIM.

UM, SPEAKING OF ON FAVOR CITIZEN, 'CAUSE I DO, I MET, UM, THE OWNER FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

I BELIEVE HIS, UM, HEART AND MIND IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE.

I, UH, AM A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER MYSELF, AND I FIND MYSELF, UM, SHARE CERTAIN VALUES THAT I THINK ARE, UH, GOOD FOR, UM, CITIZENS, GOOD FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE.

AND I LIKE TO SEE MORE PEOPLE LIKE THAT IN GRAND PRAIRIE.

UH, NOW ON THE BUSINESS SIDE, AS, AS A CLIENT OF, OF MINE, UM, WE'VE WORKED WITH THIS OFFICIALLY OFF THE RECORDS FIRST WITH STAFF AND THEN ON THE OF OFFICIAL SUBMISSION WITH STAFF OVER, UH, I GUESS I WOULD SUMMARIZE IT ABOUT A YEAR NOW, UH, WE'VE GONE THROUGH DIFFERENT ITERATIONS.

WE'VE MADE, UH, WE UNDERSTAND CERTAIN CONCERNS THE CITY, UH, STAFF HAS HAD SPECIFICALLY TO MAIN STREET AND AUTO RELATED, UH, BUSINESSES ON MAIN STREET.

UH, WE ARE, UH, UH, IN FAVOR OF CERTAIN POLICIES THAT, UH, POINT TO CLEANING UP SOME BUSINESSES THAT ARE RELATED.

SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT OUR PROJECT, OUR PROJECT IS FOCUSED ON A PAINT JOB, UH, PAINTING, UH, CARS MOSTLY, UM, UH, USED CARS OR CARS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO GIVE A UNIQUE TOUCH TO.

UH, IS IS THE, UM, FOCUS ON, UH, HAVING SAID THAT, UH, WE AGREE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS THE STAFF HAS MADE AND THE PROVISIONS THAT THEY HAVE PROPOSED.

UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, STATE FOR THE RECORD SO THAT THERE IS NO MISUNDERSTANDING.

THE PART OF PAYING A CAR IS, UM, PREPARING IT, WHICH IS INCLUDES SENDING IT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

WE ASSUME THAT, UM, THAT IS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT, UH, AND THAT WE, UH, AGREED NOT TO DO, UH, WHAT'S KNOWN AS, UM, UH, LIKE MAJOR BODY REPAIRS OR LIKE YOU GET CARS THAT ARE, ARE TOTALED AND THEN REPAIR.

THAT IS NOT WHAT WE DO.

WE DO NOT, NOT DO ANYTHING NEAR, WELL, HE DOES, EXCUSE ME, I I SAY WE 'CAUSE I'M HERE ON HIS REPRESENTATION.

UH, HE DOESN'T, HIS BUSINESS DOES NOT DO ANYTHING OF THAT EXTENDS THE NATURE.

UH, THAT IS A PERSONAL CONCERN OF, OF THE OWNER HIMSELF, UH, THAT, UH, HIS BUSINESS MIGHT GET, UM, MISUNDERSTOOD AS, AS SOMETHING THAT IS, UM, MORE, UM, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, UM, CRUDE, UM, THIS IS MOSTLY PAINT.

THERE IS SOME, UM, PREPARATION THAT GOES INTO THAT, BUT NOTHING IN RELATING TO BODY SHOP.

YOU CAN HANG ON RIGHT THERE.

SURE.

UH, COUNCILMAN SHOTWELL, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR HIM? I THINK WE HAVE SOMEONE ELSE SAID THIS HERE IN CASE THEY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

SO WHAT? NO, I MAYBE LATER, BUT MEET YOU.

THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.

ALCARAZ AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND WE MAY COUNCILOR MICHELLE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS THE STAFF.

DON'T READ IT INTO THE RECORD.

UM, LOUIS

[01:25:01]

HI SAVANNAH.

UH, I ONLY SEE A BUILDING A IN THE SITE PLANS THAT I'VE GOT.

AND IT SAYS THAT THERE'S GONNA BE TWO BUILDINGS.

SO THERE'S JUST ONE BUILDING AND IT'S, IT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN THE, THE ORANGE RIGHT HERE.

THE, THE, THE HEAD, THE, THE COUNCIL TITLE BLOCK SAYS, PROPOSED TWO AUTO RELATED SERVICE BUILDINGS.

SO I GUESS THAT'S WHERE I GOT LOST.

IT DOESN'T MATTER.

SPOKE HERE.

I DON'T SEE WHERE THE PAINT BOOTH IS GOING TO BE.

UM, IT WOULD BE IN THE BUILDING.

UH, I DON'T THINK IT'S SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN, BUT, UH, THE APPLICANT CAN CAN TELL YOU WHERE IN THE BUILDING IT'S GONNA BE LOCATED.

NORMALLY DON'T WE GET WHERE THE, WHERE THE PAINT BOOTH IS TYPICALLY IT'S JUST THE FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDING.

I DIDN'T NOTICE.

OH, I, I SHOULD NOT HAVE PUT THOSE IN THERE WHEN I WAS DOING THOSE THEN SHOULD I GAVE YOU TOO MUCH INFORMATION.

UH, YEAH, I'D LIKE TO THE APPLICANT TO COME BACK THEN IF THAT'S THE CASE.

'CAUSE WE WOULDN'T NEED TO, I KNOW WHERE BOTH OF YOU COME UP WHERE THEY'RE GONNA PUT THE BOTH OF 'EM ARE COMING UP.

UH, AND YOU'RE A PAINT BODY GUY.

WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M SORRY YOU DISTRICT, I WISH I'D BE RICH LIKE THESE TWO GUYS.

UM, YEAH, YOUR, YOUR SITE PLANS THAT SAYS THAT THERE'S TWO BUILDINGS, SO THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED, I GUESS.

UH, THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.

AND DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU, WHERE ARE YOU GONNA PUT THE, UH, PAINT BOOTH? UH, YOU WANT? YEAH, WELL IT WOULD BE IN ONE OF THE BAYS THAT WE HAVE.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S COMPANIES THAT YOU, THEY SELL PAINT BOOTHS AND ALL THAT.

THEY'LL, THEY'LL COME TO THE CITY AND SUBMIT ALL THE PERMITS THAT THEY NEED TO DO.

IN ORDER FOR THEM TO GET THE PAINT BOOTH IN.

AND THEN THEY'LL JUST KIND OF GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT, WHERE WILL BE THE BEST PLACE.

YOU'VE GOT PRE MANUFACTURED SIZES OF THEM.

EXACTLY.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE STACK AND THE RULES ABOUT THE STACKING HAVE TO BE AWAY FROM EVERYTHING.

UH, WELL WE HAVE ONE IN ARLINGTON AND I MEAN, WE PUT IT UP, I'LL SAY SINCE I STARTED MY BUSINESS, THE THE POINT YOU GOTTA GET WITH THEM, THERE'S RULES ON HOW THEY HAVE TO BE RULES ON THAT.

YEAH, EXACTLY.

AND HOW FAR AWAY THEY HAVE TO BE FROM EVERY ELSE.

EXACTLY.

ELSE THERE'S RULES, UHHUH AND THEY'LL HAND, LIKE THE PAINT BOOTH COMPANIES, THEY'LL HANDLE ALL THAT AND THEY'LL, THAT'S WHY THEY'LL BE LIKE, ONCE THEY GET INTO THE BUILDING, THEY'LL BE LIKE, OKAY, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SET IT HERE ACCORDING TO CEDAR GROUND PRAIRIE AND ALL THAT.

BUT YOU WILL, YOU WILL, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL HAVE TO HAVE A PAINT BOOTH.

WHAT IS IT? YOU KNOW, YOU'LL HAVE TO HAVE A PAINT BOOTH.

OH, HAVE PAINT.

DEFINITELY.

OKAY, WELL THAT WAS IT.

I SAW TWO BUILDINGS AND NO PAINT BOOTH.

WE NEED JOBS, SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU GUYS.

DON'T SEE ANY OTHER LIGHTS.

I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

THANK YOU MAYOR AND THANK YOU GENTLEMEN FOR THE PRESENTATION.

UH, I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 56 WITH CONDITIONS SECOND.

MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMSON.

SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEDEN.

I'LL BE PRESENTING THE NEXT TWO ITEMS AS THEY'RE RELATED TO OH TWO TO TWO, I'M SORRY.

A OPPOSED SAY NAY.

MOTION CARRIES.

CAN WE YES, YES, YES.

ALRIGHT, THE NEXT, NEXT TWO ITEMS. WE'RE JUST VISITING .

THE RANGERS ARE UP TWO TO ONE.

DEBBIE, THE RANGERS ARE UP TWO TO ONE.

ARE YOU WATCHING ? ALRIGHT, I'LL,

[Items 57 & 58]

DEBBIE , YOU SAID SOMETHING.

YEAH, GO AHEAD.

SO THIS IS FOR THE GOODLAND PROJECT.

UH, ITEMS ON THIS AGENDA PREVIOUSLY, UH, ARE RELATED TO THE PROJECT.

UH, JUST TO REMIND YOU, THE YELLOW BOUNDARY IS THE GOODLAND TOWN CENTER AREA.

UH, THE MIXED USE AREA, UH, IS ZONED AND, UH, THERE'S BEEN A SITE PLAN APPROVED.

AND THEN THE PURPLE AREA IS IN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

UH, THE GREEN LOCATION IS PRAIRIE RIDGE, WHICH IS IN OUR ETJ AND, UH, EITHER CONSTRUCTED OR CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

UH, SO FOR THE CUR FIRST COMPONENT IS TO UPDATE THE FUTURE LAND UNITS MAP, UH, TO MATCH WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.

UH, ON THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE THEIR CONCEPT PLAN AND THE PROPOSED FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATIONS OF MIXED USE AND MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.

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

AND THIS CREATES A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR GOODLAND TOWN CENTER.

IT'S GOT, UH, TWO SUB-DISTRICTS AND THE PROPOSED USE USES ARE MIXED RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL AND THEN MIXED USE.

AND SO IT'S ABOUT 890

[01:30:01]

ACRES.

THE TWO CHARACTER AREAS ARE MIXED RESIDENTIAL AND MIXED USE AND ORANGE AND YELLOW.

UH, THE MIXED RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER AREA IS ABOUT 550 ACRES.

IT INCLUDES A VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES, UH, SINGLE FAMILY TOWN HOMES, SINGLE FAMILY FLEX, UM, THAT INCLUDES PAIRED HOMES, MULTI-UNIT HOMES, PARK, HOUSE, AND BUNGALOW COURT, SIMILAR TO THE MIXED RESIDENTIAL, UH, CLOSER TO 2 87.

UH, THIS INCLUDES THE ABILITY TO DEVELOP COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD NODES, UH, THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AT A MAXIMUM OF 20 ACRES PER NODE.

UH, FOR THIS AREA IN YELLOW, THEY HAVE A MAXIMUM OF 4,500 DWELLING UNITS, WHICH DOES INCLUDE A MAXIMUM 1,500 MULTIFAMILY UNITS THAT COULD BE DEVELOPED WITHIN THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL NODES.

THAT'S ALL.

UH, THE SUMMARY TABLE ON THE SCREEN JUST SUMMARIZES THE DIFFERENT, UH, DEVELOPMENT TYPES THAT ARE ALLOWED WITHIN THAT CHARACTER AREA.

THEN THEY HAVE THE MIXED USE CHARACTER AREA, WHICH IS ABOUT 360 ACRES.

IT DOES SUPPORT HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL MIXED USE.

AND THEIR VISION FOR THIS AREA IS A DESTINATION AREA FOR GOODLAND.

IT DOES CONTAIN THREE SUB AREAS, THE TOWN CENTER CORE, REGIONAL, COMMERCIAL, AND NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL.

UH, THE TOWN CENTER CORE IS GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC FACILITY SITE WITH A CIVIC PARK AS ANCHORS.

IT'S GONNA BE A WALKABLE AREA WITH AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT AND HAS TO BE AT LEAST 50 ACRES.

UH, THE REGIONAL COMMERCIAL IS FOR RETAIL AND SERVICES.

IT'S AUTO ORIENTED.

IT MAY BE LOCATED ALONG THE FUTURE HIGHWAY CORRIDOR.

UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL IS FOR COMMERCIAL SERVICES AT A NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE, AND THEN THEY'RE INTENDED TO BE IN LOCATIONS WITH HIGH VISIBILITY AND WALKABILITY.

SO IN THE ORANGE AREA, THEY ARE ALLOWED TO DO UP TO 7,000 DWELLING UNITS.

AND THESE ARE THE DEVELOPMENT TYPES THAT ARE PERMISSIBLE.

THEY'VE PROVIDED US WITH SOME ILLUSTRATIVE IMAGES OF THE DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT TYPES.

SO ON THIS SCREEN WE HAVE SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED AND THE SINGLE FAMILY FLEX.

THEY'RE MULTIFAMILY, A SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED IN THEIR COMMERCIAL.

WE DID RECEIVE ONE LETTER IN SUPPORT AND FIVE LETTERS IN OPPOSITION OF THE LETTERS THAT INCLUDED COMMENTS.

THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACT TO THE PROPERTY AND PROPERTY TAX.

AND ON AUGUST 11TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO.

THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.

I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

SEEMS LIKE WE'RE HAVING LESS THAN NINE VOTES OF THE P AND Z.

AGAIN, A LOT OF SEVENS, A LOT OF SIXES, SO, UH, WE MAY NEED TO LOOK AT THAT.

NO, WE, WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT THAT.

UH, WE HAVE SOME, WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SAVANNAH? UH, WAS THAT A YES? GO AHEAD.

SAVANNAH, YOU SAID YOU HAD FIVE LETTERS THAT WERE AGAINST YOU? YES.

DO YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU SAID IT WAS BASICALLY THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT PROPERTY VALUES OR WHAT NOT ALL OF THEM INCLUDED, UH, COMMENTS OR FURTHER EXPLANATION? UM, SOME JUST SUBMITTED OPPOSITION, UM, AND THEY WERE IN THAT AREA BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO FIGURE VEN OUT VENUS, THEY'RE DOWN ABOUT VENUS IN VENUS.

OH, THEY THEY WERE, THEY WERE ACROSS THE BORDER.

HELL, ONE OF 'EM IS PROBABLY MY COUSIN THEN PROBABLY.

SO JAMES CHADWELL, I'M JUST CHECKING .

I GOT A COUSIN ON LAND.

YEAH, YEAH.

COUNCIL MAYOR.

DEPUTY MAYOR IAN, YOU READY? OH YEAH.

UM, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEMS 57 AND 58 AS PRESENTED.

WE HAVE A MOTION SECONDED BY THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR LOPEZ.

[CITIZEN COMMENTS ]

UM, CITIZEN COMMENTS.

ERIC CRY.

I'M SORRY IF I MISPRONOUNCED THAT.

I BELIEVE IT'S CRY.

MAYBE I JUST DON'T SEE.

YEAH, WE'LL JUST WAIT.

GO AHEAD.

ALRIGHT, MAYOR, COUNSEL, GOOD EVENING.

IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I WAS LAST HERE.

SPEAK, MOVE THE MIC OR YOU STAND OVER IN FRONT OF IT A LITTLE BIT.

IS THAT BETTER? YES, SIR.

BALLOT LAST YEAR AND AS THEY SAY, IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED, TRY AGAIN.

I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE MYSELF ONCE AGAIN AND SPEAK ABOUT THE TERRAN APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND THE UPCOMING BOARD APPOINTMENT PROCESS.

LAST YEAR, COUNCIL CHOSE TO PARTICIPATE AND I, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THE SAME THIS YEAR.

AS YOU MAY REMEMBER, I WAS ON THE TAD

[01:35:01]

SO HERE I AM TRYING AGAIN, ONLY THIS TIME THINGS ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

THERE ARE FEWER BOARD POSITIONS OPEN AND THERE ARE NEW TAX ENTITIES PARTICIPATING.

THIS YEAR THERE WILL BE TWO OPEN POSITIONS AND GRAND PRAIRIE WILL HAVE 27 VOTES TO ALLOCATE.

YOUR PROCESS TO NOMINATE AND ELECT WILL START AT THE END OF THIS MONTH OR IN EARLY SEPTEMBER WITH FINAL BALLOT VOTING IN NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER.

AS MENTIONED, NEW TAX ENTITIES ARE PARTICIPATING THIS YEAR.

THE CONSERVATION DISTRICTS OF THE COUNTY CHOSE TO PARTICIPATE.

THERE ARE SIX OF THEM.

A COUPLE EXAMPLES ARE THE TARRANT REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT IN VERIDIAN, UP IN ARLINGTON.

THIS IS BELIEVED TO BE THE FIRST TIME THEY HAVE EVER PARTICIPATED AND THEY'RE STILL GETTING THEIR FEET UNDER THEM TO UNDERSTAND IT.

SO WHY DID THEY CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE? AFTER LAST YEAR'S ELECTION, I READ CHAPTER SIX OF THE PROPERTY TAX CODE AND I REALIZED CONSERVATION DISTRICTS COULD PARTICIPATE, BUT IT WASN'T AUTOMATIC LIKE SCHOOLS AND CITIES.

SO IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, I STARTED SPEAKING TO THEM AND AFTER MANY SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS AND EMAILS, THEY CHOSE TO GET INVOLVED.

MY REASON FOR ATTEMPTING TO GET THEM TO PARTICIPATE WAS SIMPLE.

I BELIEVE MORE ENTITIES INVOLVED THE GREATER THE TRANSPARENCY OF THE DISTRICT AND HAS ELECTED OFFICIALS, IF YOU CAN VOTE, YOU SHOULD VOTE.

THEIR PROCESS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

IN FACT, THEY JUST FINISHED THEIR NOMINATING PERIOD FOR THE FINAL BALLOT THIS FALL.

AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THEY SELECTED ME TO BE THEIR NOMINEE.

SO I'M THE FIRST CANDIDATE TO BE ON THE BALLOT, HAS THE SAME, GOES ANOTHER YEAR OLDER, ANOTHER YEAR WISER, AND ANOTHER YEAR PROPERTY APPRAISAL SHOULD HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED.

HOWEVER, WE ALL KNOW ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE OF THINGS, THIS DID NOT OCCUR.

HAND ADD A PACKET HANDOUT FOR YOU THAT I PREPARED AND I'VE ADDED MY COMMENTARY TO IT.

TO BRIEFLY EXPLAIN THE PACKET, IT ONLY FOCUSES ON RESIDENTIAL VALUES TAKEN FROM TAD'S TOTAL VALUE REPORT FOR 24 AND 25.

IF YOU NOTICE ON PAGE TWO AND THREE, YOUR MARKET AVERAGE AND AVERAGE ANNUAL HOME VALUES WENT DOWN.

WHEN MARKET VALUES ARE FROZEN, YOU WOULD EXPECT THE NUMBERS TO STAY THE SAME.

SO THE QUESTION IS, WHY AREN'T THEY? AND THE ANSWER IS THE PROTESTS.

PROTESTS WENT UP 8% FROM 208,000 TO 228,000.

AND I SPOKE TO THE CHIEF APPRAISER LAST NIGHT, AND THOSE WHO PROTESTED THEIR PROPERTY VALUE ON AVERAGE SAW A REDUCTION OF 10%.

SO WHAT DOES THAT TELL US? IT TELLS US THAT MUCH OF TARRANT COUNTY'S EXPERIENCE IN REDUCED PROPERTY VALUES.

NOW, IF YOU REMEMBER, THE PURPORTED REASON TO FREEZE THE VALUES VIA THE REAPPRAISAL PLAN LAST YEAR WAS TO PROVIDE TAXPAYER RELIEF.

HOWEVER, WITH THE VALUES, FROZEN HOMEOWNERS WILL NOT RECEIVE THE REDUCED BENEFIT UNLESS THEY PROTESTED.

THIS GOES BACK TO SOMETHING I STATED LAST YEAR.

IN A DECLINING MARKET, TAXPAYERS WILL PAY TAXES ON OVERVALUED PROPERTY.

IF WE WERE ON YEARLY APPRAISALS, MOST HOMEOWNERS WOULD'VE SEEN THE BENEFIT OF REDUCED HOME VALUE, NEVERMIND THE ANXIETY CAUSE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ABOUT POSSIBLY FAILING THE PROPERTY VALUE STUDY.

THAT'S A DIFFERENT TIME AND A DIFFERENT TOPIC.

LOOK, THIS IS YOUR APPOINTMENT AND WHEN THE TIME COMES, THIS COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO VOTE FOR INDIVIDUALS YOU BELIEVE WILL BEST REPRESENT YOU AND YOUR CITIZENS.

IN ESSENCE, WHAT TAD DID WITH THE FREEZE WAS TO INSERT ITSELF INTO THIS CITY'S BUDGET AND ATTEMPT TO CONTROL IT, WHEN IN FACT IT'S THE OTHER WAY AROUND.

HAS A TAX ENTITY YOU CONTROL TAD'S BUDGET, WHICH BY THE WAY, THEY JUST APPROVED AT THEIR AUGUST 12TH MEETING, AND YOU HAVE 30 DAYS TO ACT IF YOU SO CHOOSE.

TAD DOES NOT SET A TAX RATE.

THEY'RE FUNDED BY THE TAX ENTITIES.

YOUR BUDGET IS BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR TAXPAYERS, NOT TAD WITH CURRENT MARKET REALITIES.

THE FACT IS MUCH OF TARRANT COUNTY HAS DECLINED IN VALUE AND MANY HOMEOWNERS HAVE NOT RECEIVED, HAVE NOT SEEN THE CORRESPONDING REDUCTION.

WITH THAT SAID, TAX RELIEF IS NOT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF TAD.

THEY ARE THERE TO VALUE PROPERTY.

YOU ARE HERE TO RUN A CITY AND SET A TAX RATE BASED ON THAT VALUE.

YEARLY APPRAISALS WOULD ENSURE THE MOST ACCURATE DATA TO ACHIEVE THAT OUTCOME.

INCLUDED WITH THE PACKET IS A COPY OF MY RESUME AND WHEN THE TIME COMES TO VOTE, I WOULD ASK FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU DR.

ANGELA LUCKY VAUGHN.

CAROL.

GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL.

UH, MAYOR.

MY NAME IS DR.

ANGELO LUCKY V AND I RESIDE AT 44 73 HARPERS FERRY DRIVE HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.

ON ABOUT AUGUST THE FIFTH, UM, I OBSERVED THAT I WAS BEING FOLLOWED HERE IN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE FOR APPROXIMATELY A LITTLE OVER AN HOUR.

I HAD MY GRANDSON IN THE CAR, HAD JUST TAKEN HIM TO GPI HE C TO GET HIS SHOTS BECAUSE SCHOOL WAS STARTING.

AND I, I FIRST THOUGHT, OKAY, MAYBE I'M NOT BEING FOLLOWED.

BUT THEN I SAID, WELL, I'M GONNA GO TO CORN VALLEY TO MCDONALD'S AND GET SOMETHING TO EAT.

I NOTICED THE TRUCK CONTINUED TO FOLLOW ME PARKED AT THE PAWN SHOP.

WHEN I CAME OUTSIDE OF MCDONALD'S, FOLLOW ME DOWN FREETOWN, I TRIED TO ALERT

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TWO GRAND PRAIRIE POLICE OFFICERS THAT WAS ON A MOTORCYCLE ON THE TRAFFIC STOP AT THE CORNER OF FREETOWN AND KE BUT THE OFFICER COULDN'T HEAR ME, SO I CALLED 9 1 1 AND SAID I'M BEING FOLLOWED.

UM, DISPATCH ASKED ME IF I COULD DRIVE TO THE GRAND PRIX POLICE STATION.

I FIRST SAID YES, THEN I SAID NO.

AND THE REASON I SAID NO IS BECAUSE I FELT LIKE IF THE PERSON FOLLOWING ME SEE ME GOING INTO THE PARKING LOT OF THE POLICE STATION, THEY'RE GONNA FLEE.

SO I SAID, I'M GONNA GO TO DUBISKI HIGH SCHOOL.

SO AS I TRAVELED TO DUBISKI HIGH SCHOOL, THE TRUCK FOLLOWED ME TO THAT LOCATION.

BACK THEN AT THURGOOD MARSHALL ELEMENTARY, BEFORE YOU KNEW IT, WHEN THE PERSON DRIVING THE TRUCK, THEY LOOKED UP AROUND ABOUT THREE OR FOUR GRAND PER POLICE CARS HAD RESPONDED.

THEY CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION ON SITE.

THE INDIVIDUAL SAID THAT HE WAS WORKING FOR A PRIVATE INVESTIGATION INSIDE INVESTIGATION, JAMIE STERLING.

HOWEVER, ME AND ANOTHER FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, I SPOKE WITH HER TODAY, SHE SAID THE INDIVIDUAL LIED.

HE DOES NOT WORK FOR HER.

AND UM, I CAN CALL HER BACK ALSO TONIGHT.

SO I'M REAL CONCERNED THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL WAS NOT PROPERLY IDENTIFIED.

SCHOOL HAVE STARTED.

WE HAVE A LOT OF LATCHKEY KIDS THAT RIDE THEIR BICYCLE TO SCHOOL.

AND THAT INDIVIDUAL FOLLOWED ME TO MY PNZ MEETING.

THAT INDIVIDUAL FOLLOWED ME ALL DAY TODAY, THAT INDIVIDUAL SITS OUTSIDE.

COUPLE LADIES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, PICKED ME UP.

WE GOT IN, I GOT IN THE CAR WITH THEM AFTER MIDNIGHT.

AGAIN, THIS INDIVIDUAL'S SITTING OUTSIDE, HE ALMOST COLLIDED IN THE CAR THAT I WAS RIDING IN JUST TO GET AWAY FROM US.

SO, UM, I SPOKE WITH ASSISTANT CHIEF, UH, OODLE TODAY AND TOLD HIM, HEY, I SPOKE WITH MS. STERLING AND SHE SAID THAT INDIVIDUAL DOES NOT WORK FOR HER.

SO I'M ASKING THAT THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, DO SOME PATROL OVER THERE BECAUSE I DON'T SEE ANY POLICE PRESENT DURING THE DAYTIME OR AFTER MIDNIGHT IN OUR AREA ON WESTCHESTER, ON THE CREEK.

THANK YOU HAROLD WILLIS.

LAST ONE, HAROLD WILLIS.

FIVE THREE IN LINLEY.

ONE OF THE MEETINGS THAT I MISSED, I SAW ENCORE PRESENTED DOWN HERE, OR ENCORE HAS PUT IN FORTH A RATE INCREASE.

I WANNA LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH ENCORE OUT THERE SOUTH OF UH, 20 ON MONDAY, JUNE 2ND AT 9:15 AM AND 5:30 PM WE LOST ELECTRICITY, QUICK POWER SURGE THAT NEXT THURSDAY, JUNE 5TH IS WHEN I HAD MY SURGERY.

I THOUGHT, OH HECK, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN NOW? WE'RE ALREADY LOSING ITY.

BEAUTIFUL WEATHER ON MONDAY, JUNE 16TH.

I CAME HOME ON THAT THURSDAY AT FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON.

THERE'S A GREEN BOX TRANSFORMER IN BARBARA AND BJ NICHOLS BACKYARD.

YOU LITERALLY FEEL THE WINDOWS SHAKE BECAUSE THAT GREEN TRANSFORMER IN BJ AND BARBARA'S BACKYARD.

IT SHAKES, THERE GOES THE WINDOWS SHAKING.

OH HECK, THERE'S ELECTRICITY.

I IMMEDIATELY GET ON THE ENCORE OUTAGE MAP.

OVER 5,000 PEOPLE SOUTH OF 20 WITHOUT ELECTRICITY.

WE WERE OUT ALMOST ABOUT FIVE MINUTES.

I CAN HANDLE HEAT.

MY WIFE HAS SIGNIFICANT HEALTH ISSUES AS A DIABETIC AND HEART ISSUE.

SHE CAN'T HANDLE THE HEAT.

MY LITTLE 12-YEAR-OLD BLACK LAB, HECK, HE AND I CAN GO OUT AND SIT WITH A PECAN TREE AND STAY COOL.

BUT I'M MORE WORRIED ABOUT MY WIFE.

I HAD 50 STAPLES IN MY BACK ON MONDAY, JUNE 16TH.

I HAD MY C-SECTION SCAR.

WHEN YOU, I'VE BEEN IN SURGERY WITH A C-SECTION, YOU GET A BEAUTIFUL BABY.

TONY SHOTWELL AND I, WHAT WE HAD, THEY JUST GOT TO LOOK AT OUR AORTA AND VENA CAVA FROM OUR C-SECTION SCAR.

IT WAS PRETTY UNCOMFORTABLE HURTING.

UM, FORTUNATELY IT CAME BACK ON.

BUT THE OTHER PEOPLE, THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING TONIGHT FOR A MASS RESPONSE BECAUSE HOW MANY OF THOSE OTHER PEOPLE ON CAMP WISDOM, I BELIEVE IN KURT JOHNSON'S DISTRICT, DIDN'T HAVE ELECTRICITY.

IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS FOR AN HOUR.

AGAIN, BEAUTIFUL WEATHER, NO PROBLEMS WHATSOEVER.

ON JUNE 21ST, 9:40 AM I HAD JUST GOTTEN MY PAIN UNDER CONTROL.

BEEN UP ALL UP AND DOWN ALL NIGHT LONG.

BOOM.

NOW POWER SURGE THERE GOES.

AND WITH THIS SHAKE SATURDAY, JUNE 28TH, 9:50 AM ANOTHER POWER SURGE.

WHEN YOU'VE HAD THIS KIND OF MAJOR SURGERY, YOU JUST KINDA GET COMFORTABLE, YOU GET WOKE UP.

BEAUTIFUL WEATHER.

NOT A PROBLEM.

UH, THURSDAY, JULY 3RD AT 11 AT UM, 1:15 AM IN THE MORNING, THE WINDOWS SHAKE AGAIN, ANOTHER POWER SURGE.

AND I REALIZE SOME PEOPLE, MY WIFE GETS ON NEXT DOOR, YOU'LL SEE THE OTHER PEOPLE PUTTING THIS ON NEXT DOOR.

UM, THIS IS KIND OF A SERIOUS

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ISSUE BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY GREG GEISER IS NO LONGER ON THIS COUNCIL.

AND I LIKE GREG.

I DIDN'T WANNA VOTE AGAINST GREG, BUT AFTER FEBRUARY OF 2021 WHEN WE DIDN'T GET TO MEET WITH ENCORE, I COULDN'T SUPPORT GREG GEISER.

I DEFINITELY COULD NOT SUPPORT JEFF WOODRIDGE IN THIS CLOSE LINE POLLS 'CAUSE HE DIDN'T STAND UP AGAINST ENCORE.

NOW THAT WE HAVE A RATE INCREASE, THAT'S ALL THAT WE'RE ASKING, I KNOW THESE RATE INCREASES ARE RUBBER STAMPED.

BACK IN THE EIGHTIES, LONE STAR GAS, EVERYBODY HAD TO COME DOWN HERE AND DO A PRESENTATION.

AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST HAVING THE ONE PERSON FROM ENCORE WHO'S JUST KIND OF A REGIONAL PERSON.

I WANT THE BIG BOYS DOWN HERE, ERNIE AND I, THE BIG BOYS, THE MILLIONAIRES WHO JUST GOT A TAX CUT WITH THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL.

WE GET A TAX INCREASE.

WE GET A RATE INCREASE.

SO NO, YOU'RE MAKING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AT ENCORE.

AND I TALKED TO THE GUYS THAT COME OUT.

THE OLDER GUYS ARE REALLY NICE, LIKE THEY TELL US.

AND ALL OF YOU, PLEASE TELL EVERYONE IN YOUR THAT YOU REPRESENT, GO TO THE ENCORE WEBSITE.

WHEN YOU GET A POWER SURGE.

A POWER SURGE IS A POWER OUTAGE REPORT THAT THE ONLY, ONLY HOPE WE HAVE.

THIS IS A PUBLIC RECORD THROUGH THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN AUSTIN.

THE PUC KEEPS TRACK OF ALL OF THIS.

KINDA LIKE DAVE LIEBER AT THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS.

LIKE HE SAID, MAYOR, THE THREE SUBSCRIBERS TO THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS, MAYBE WITH THE PUC IF THEY SEE THIS, BUT IF ENCORE WOULD JUST PRESENT THEMSELVES HERE AND BE HONEST WITH THIS, I'M FORTUNATE.

IT WAS LIKE ONE GUY TOLD ME, JUST BE GLAD IT WAS JUST A POWER SURGE AND YOU GOT IT BACK ON.

IS THAT GONNA BE THE NEW NORM? NEXT SUMMER WILL BE 19 80, 19 98 AND 2011 COMBINED.

WE'VE GOT REAL LUCKY THIS YEAR, BUT THAT'S ALL THE HECK I'M ASKING.

LET'S HOLD ENCORE ACCOUNTABLE AND BRING 'EM DOWN HERE PLEASE.