Sep 16, 2025 City Council 09162025

UM, HOW DO WE KNOW WITH THAT AREA BEING SO FRAGMENTED OUT THERE THAT THIS PORTION IS GRAND PRAIRIE? I MEAN, OR ELLIS COUNTY? THIS, THIS ELLIS COUNTY SERVICES DISTRICT.

HOW FRAGMENTED IS IT OUT THERE? IS THAT GONNA BE DIFFICULT TO RESPOND TO? WELL, I THINK YOU'VE SEEN THE MAP AND WE PRESENTED THE MAP AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING.

UH, ELLIS COUNTY, ESD TWO GOES ALL THE WAY PAST RED OAK.

WE'RE ONLY SERVING OUR GRAND PRAIRIE ETJ OF THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS AROUND STATION 11.

SO RIGHT NOW, THIS ISN'T JUST JUST AMBULANCE, IT'S ALSO FIRE.

ALSO IT'S FIRE ALSO.

AND WE HAVE AGREEMENTS WITH MIDLOTHIAN AND MANSFIELD TO BACK US UP IN THAT AREA.

HOW FAR ARE YOU AWAY FROM THAT MAIN FIRE STATION FROM MIDLOTHIAN? FROM THERE IT'S, IT'S WELL OVER FIVE MILES.

IT'S AROUND SEVEN AND A HALF MILES.

SO FROM STATION 11 TO THAT, THAT MM-HMM .

IT'S THAT FAR AWAY? YES.

WELL THIS IS A GOOD MARKETING TOOL.

THAT'S WHY YOU MOVED TO GRAND PRAIRIE.

THERE YOU GO.

, YOU GOT A BETTER .

HAR WE'RE WE'RE PULLING ITEM 11 FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.

I'LL CALL YOU BACK UP ON THAT ONE.

ITEM 12.

NOW, UH, COULD ITEM 12 AND ITEM 50 FEE BE 55? BE COMBINED PLEASE.

WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT.

OH, I WAS JUST, I WAS JUST GONNA TRY TO DO TWO AT THE PRICE OF ONE ON THIS 97,000 7 25.

IS THAT FOR THE WHOLE, IS THIS FOR THE NEXT YEAR? WHAT BUDGET TIME IS THIS FOR ON THAT 97,000 LEE? UM, WE'RE INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF OUR CONTRACT WITH, UM, VISION COMMUNITIES MANAGEMENT, UHHUH TO ADD IN THE DECORATIONS.

THEY'LL BE, UH, PROVIDING OUR DECORATIONS FOR THIS YEAR.

SO WHEN WE DID THAT, IT RAISED THE TOTAL COST OF THE CONTRACT TO OVER $50,000.

AND WHAT TIME OF THE YEAR WERE THEY PROVIDING DECORATIONS? I MEAN,

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OBVIOUSLY CHRISTMAS.

OH, CHRISTMAS.

JUST THIS IS JUST FOR CHRISTMAS.

UHHUH .

NO EASTER, THAT TYPE OF STUFF? NO.

NO.

AND PORTER SERVICES, WHAT, HOW DO WE DEFINE PORTER SERVICES OUT THERE? OH, THAT'S THE WAY THEY GO AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD EVERY WEEK AND PICK UP TRASH, LIKE PAPERS AND THINGS BLOWING ALONG IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.

OH, OKAY.

SO 97,000 SO THAT THIS HAS NO IMPACT ON THEIR OTHER TAX RATE OR NOT.

THIS IS JUST SOMETHING OKAY.

JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT BETWEEN THIS FIVE.

THANK YOU LEE.

ITEM 14, HAROLD, THE 9 1 1 DISTRICT OF TARRANT COUNTY 9 1 1.

HOW MUCH DOES THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE PAY FOR THIS? HELLO, HAROLD RYAN SIMPSON, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? YES.

SO THE CITY DOES NOT PAY ANYTHING, UH, DIRECTLY RELATED TO THIS.

UH, REVENUES FOR THIS ARE FROM, IF YOU NOTICE ON YOUR PHONE BILL, THERE'S A SMALL DOLLAR AMOUNT CHARGES, TAXES AND FEES AND SO FORTH THAT GOES, OR A PORTION OF THAT GOES TO FUND THIS DISTRICT.

SO DO WE HAVE A NUMERICAL AMOUNT OF WHAT? SO THEIR, THEIR TOTAL REVENUE IS $20.7 MILLION.

IT'S INCREASED A LITTLE BIT SINCE 1986 WHEN WE VOTED.

OH YES.

FOR THE S IN 86.

SO THERE IS NO, UM, IS THIS, THIS GRAND PRAIRIE AS A WHOLE BECAUSE WE VOTED TO JOIN TARRANT COUNTY 9 1 1.

SO NOT JUST TARRANT COUNTY RESIDENTS.

IT'S RIGHT.

IT'S ALL, ALL TARRANT COUNTY CITIES.

AND THEN ANY CITIES, UH, WITHIN TARRANT COUNTY THAT MAY ALSO BE IMPARTIAL, PARTIALLY IN OTHER COUNTIES LIKE US.

SINCE WE VOTED IN 86 ON THIS.

SO THERE'S NOT A THAT COMES WITH OUT OF OUR PHONE BILLS.

JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE ON THAT BUDGET.

THANK YOU, SIR.

ITEM 31, HAROLD, WHO IS PAYING THE BILL FOR ADV ADVANTAGE ACADEMY TO MOVE THESE SIGNS AROUND.

CAROL DRE'S, DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY.

UM, NO, THESE SIGNS ARE IN PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.

AND THAT IS THE CITY WILL REMOVE ONE ZONE.

THEY'RE CLOSING THAT CAMPUS AND WE WILL MODIFY THE TIMES ON THE OTHER ZONE.

SO WE WILL BE PAYING IT.

AND THIS IS LOCATED AT BOTH OF THESE VILLAGE TECH ODYSSEY AND ADVANTAGE ACADEMY.

ARE THERE TWO DIFFERENT ADDRESSES OR WHAT'S THEY THEY USED TO HAVE TWO CAMPUSES.

THEY'RE COMBINING TO ONE.

SO WE'RE REMOVING A ZONE WHERE THEY'RE NO LONGER GOING TO BE LOCATED ON THIRD STREET.

WHAT PART OF THIRD STREET WILL THEY BE REMOVING THE SIGNS ON PLEASE? JUST NORTH OF, UH, PIONEER, NORTH PIONEER.

BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN YOU GO, UM, WEST OF CARRIER, THEY'VE GOT THAT CAMPUS THERE AND THIS OTHER ON FREETOWN IS THE OTHER ONE.

OH, FREETOWN STREET.

SO BOTH OF THESE ARE ON FREETOWN.

THEY'RE THE ONE THEY'RE KEEPING, YEAH.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS.

WHEN IT'S A CHARTER SCHOOL THAT DOESN'T PAY TAXES, IT HAS NO ACCOUNTABILITY.

BUT WE'RE PROVIDING SERVICES FOR THEM.

CHARTER SCHOOLS OR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WHICH WE'VE EXPLAINED BEFORE, WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT.

WELL, I KNOW, BUT WE PAY FOR 'EM.

MAYOR, AND WE SURE DO.

ADO MAYOR PRO KIM.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE CORRECTION TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING TO INCLUDE REMAIN AVA'S LETTER TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

UM, I'D LIKE TO ALSO ADD TO MY MOTION THAT WE TABLE ITEMS NUMBER EIGHT AND NINE TO THE NEXT MEETING IN OCTOBER FOR ITEM NUMBER 11 TO BE PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION AND THE TABLED ITEM NUMBER 28 TO THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN OCTOBER.

SECOND, WE HAVE MOTION SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR PROTE.

ALL ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

THE HFC RUSHED TO CLOSE THE DEAL WITHOUT WAITING FOR THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO END.

A OPPOSED SAY NAY.

ITEM 11, PLEASE.

[11. Authorize the City Manager and the City Attorney to review all necessary and related documents of the Grand Prairie Housing Finance Corporation’s (HFC) approval of the acquisition and operation of Prairie Gate Community Apartment Complex Phases I and II, approved by the HFC on March 18, 2025]

UH, MAYOR.

YES, COUNSEL, I RECOGNIZE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO, TIM K KURTZ JOHNSON.

UH, THANK YOU GUYS FOR ME ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE THIS ITEM FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.

AND I HAVE, UH, A STATEMENT TO READ TO THE RECORD THAT I PROVIDED TO THE CITY SECRETARY, MAYOR, AND THEN I ALSO HAVE A SPEAKER.

SO BEFORE YOU MAKE THE MOTION, LET ME CALL UP.

THE SPEAKER WILL DO MAYOR, COLLEAGUES AND CITIZENS OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

AT THE HEART OF TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION IS TRUST THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY PLACE THEIR TRUST IN US AS, AS US TO MANAGE THEIR MONEY AND THEIR FUTURE.

WHEN THAT TRUST IS WEAKENED, IT IS NOT JUST A BUDGET ISSUE, IT IS A MATTER OF INTEGRITY.

THE HOUSING FINANCE COMMITTEE'S RECENT ACTIONS REGARDING TWO PROPERTY PURCHASES HAVE RAISED SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER THAT TRUST HAS BEEN HONORED.

THE FACTS ARE STRAIGHTFORWARD BUT TROUBLING.

THE HFC PURCHASED TWO PROPERTIES FOR MR. RODNEY DEBON, A MAN WHO STILL OWES THE CITY ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND AND UNPAID WATER BILLS CURRENTLY IN LITIGATION.

UNDER THE AGREEMENT, THE CITY WILL RECEIVE 35% OF THE PROPERTY TAXES, EVEN THOUGH RECENT LAW RULED IN THE CITY'S FAVOR FOR 100%.

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EVEN THOUGH THE OUTCOME WAS CLEAR, IF THE LAW DIDN'T CHANGE, THE CITY WOULD STILL HAVE RECEIVED 35%.

IF IT RULED IN THE CITY'S FAVOR IN ALL CITIES, JUST NOT GRAND PRAIRIE, WE WOULD HAVE RECEIVED 100%.

THIS DECISION DENIED OUR TAXPAYERS THE FULL BENEFIT THEY WERE ENTITLED TO UNDER LAW.

WHAT MAKES THIS WORSE IS THAT THE CHAIR OF THE HFC GREG GEISER IS NOT JUST ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC.

HE IS A FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND A FORMER CHAIR OF OUR FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE.

HE KNEW THE WEIGHT OF THE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.

HE KNEW OF MR. DE BOND'S OUTSTANDING DEBT, AND HE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER.

EVEN MORE CONCERNING.

I HAVE RECENTLY BECOME AWARE THAT GREG GEISER AND HIS UNCLE BOTH SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE.

WHILE THAT MAY NOT TECH TECHNICALLY BREAK THE LAW, IT CREATES THE APPEARANCE OF POTENTIAL COLLUSION AND EROS, PUBLIC CONFIDENCE AND THE INTEGRITY OF THE COMMITTEE'S DECISIONS.

PUBLIC TRUST IS FRAGILE.

IT TAKES YEARS TO BUILD AND CAN BE LOST IN A SINGLE ACTION FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR AT A TIME WHEN OUR CITY IS WEIGHING STAFF INCREASES BALANCING INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS AND WORKING TO PROTECT EVERY TAX DOLLAR.

THE H-F-C-H-F-C CHOSE A PATH THAT NORMALLY WEAKEN OUR FINANCES.

THAT KIND OF DECISION, NOT THAT KIND OF DECISION.

NOT ONLY HARMS OUR BOTTOM LINE, IT DAMAGES FAITH IN OUR GOVERNMENT.

AND WHEN LEADERSHIP WITHIN THE HFC INCLUDES FAMILY TIES, FINANCIAL MISSTEPS, AND IGNORED DEBTS, THE PUBLIC IS LEFT TO WONDER WHOSE INTERESTS ARE REALLY BEING SERVED.

OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS THE COUNCIL IS NOT TO LOOK AT THE LOOK THE OTHER WAY, BUT TO ENSURE THAT THIS MATTER IS FULLY EXAMINED AND PRESENTED TRANSPARENTLY.

THAT BEGINS WITH DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND STAFF TO REVIEW ALL PERMANENT DOCUMENTS, MEETING, UH, MEETING MINUTES, AND COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE HFC.

ONCE THIS REVIEW IS COMPLETE, THE FINDINGS MUST BE PRESENTED OPENLY TO BOTH THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC.

IN ADDITION, WE MUST REQUIRE THAT EVERY MEMBER OF THE HFC SIGN A COVER LETTER ATTESTING TO THE VALIDITY AND COMPLETENESS OF ALL MATERIALS SUBMITTED.

THIS ATTESTATION MUST INCLUDE WRITTEN DOCUMENTS, ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION, TELEPHONIC, AND TEXT MESSAGES.

ANY ATTACHMENTS OR ENCLOSURES, THE PUBLIC MUST KNOW THAT WE ARE GIVEN THAT WHAT WE ARE GIVEN IS NOT PARTIAL, NOT SELECTIVE AND NOT FILTERED, BUT THE COMPLETE RECORD.

THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO ENSURE CONFIDENCE IN THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED AT THAT POINT, BASED ON THE EVIDENCE PROVIDED AND VERIFIED THE COUNSEL AND THE AND THE PUBLIC CAN TOGETHER TO DECIDE WHETHER AN OUTSIDE FORENSIC INVESTIGATION IS WARRANTED, WARRANTED TO, TO GET TO THE TRUTH.

COLLEAGUES, WE CANNOT PRETEND THIS IS BUSINESS.

AS USUAL, THE HFCS DECISION HAS HARMED THE CITY LIMITED, LIMITED OUR REVENUES, AND CREATED A PERCEPTION OF FAVORITISM AND COLLUSION.

FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER GREG GEISER WITH HIS HISTORY IN THIS CHAMBER AND HIS KNOWLEDGE OF OUR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER.

AND THE FACT THAT HE AND HIS UNCLE BOTH SIT ON THIS COMMUNITY DEEPENS THE PUBLIC'S CONCERN ABOUT HOW AND WHY THESE DECISIONS WERE MADE.

OUR RESIDENTS DESERVE MORE THAN EXCUSES.

THEY DESERVE A CITY GOVERNMENT THAT DEMANDS ACCOUNTABILITY, THEN INSIST ON TRANSPARENCY AND THAT PROTECTS THEIR FINANCIAL INTEREST.

AT EVERY RETURN TONIGHT, LET US TAKE THE FIRST STEP TO WORK.

RESTORING THAT TRUST BY REQUIRING THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO COLLECT AND REVIEW EVERY DOCUMENT BY REQUIRING THE HFC MEMBERS THEMSELVES TO ATTEST TO THE ACCURACY AND COMPLETE COMPLETENESS OF THOSE SUBMISSIONS.

AND BY COMMITTING TO LET THE PUBLIC SEE THE FACTS IN FULL LIGHT, ONLY THEN THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC DECIDES WHETHER FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS IS NEEDED FOR THE SAKE OF OUR TAXPAYERS, OUR EMPLOYEES IN OUR FUTURE.

WE CANNOT SETTLE ON ANYTHING LESS.

THANK YOU HAROLD.

UM, HAROLD WILLIS.

5 3 8 LINLEY.

UH, WANNA THANK COUNCILMAN JOHNSON? HE ANSWERED QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS RIGHT THERE.

UM, ALL NECESSARY AND RELATED DOCUMENTS.

ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE ALL NECESSARY AND RELATED DOCUMENTS TONIGHT OF THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION? NOT TONIGHT.

NOT TONIGHT.

WHEN, WHEN WILL WE SEE THEM? UM, THEY'RE PROBABLY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC RIGHT NOW, BUT THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION IS A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY THAT MEETS HAROLD.

THIS MOTION IS TOGETHER.

THAT STUFF IS TO AUTHORIZE BILL AND MEL TO LOOK AT ALL THIS STUFF.

SO OF COURSE THEY DON'T HAVE IT READY TONIGHT.

WELL, OF COURSE.

NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT MAYOR.

BUT SO, UH, BUT MEL, HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, JUST LIKE THE SPORTS CORPORATION, ALL THE MINUTES ARE AVAILABLE.

THEY'RE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW FOR WE COULD GET 'EM TO YOU NOW.

WELL, NO, NO.

I, WHAT I WANT IS THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION

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NOT TO MEET IN A GAME ROOM, IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX TO MEET IN THIS DIGITALLY DOCUMENTED FORUM.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? OH YES, MAYOR, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, THE FACT THAT ONE COUNCIL MEMBER HAS TO BRING THIS UP, THIS IS KINDA LIKE THAT SHADOW DOCKET THAT THE SUPREME COURT DOES ON FRIDAY AFTERNOONS.

MAYOR, THIS IS WHY THIS HAS TO BE BROUGHT UP.

I I, I TOTALLY DISAGREE WITH THAT, BUT YOU GO AHEAD.

WELL, NO, I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING MY, MY TIME.

MAYOR, THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT YOU AND I, YOU, WE CAN PLAY THE SPEAKER SAM RAVEN ROLE.

WE CAN AGREE TO DISAGREE CON CONTINUE ON.

THAT'S ALL.

MAYOR TO BRING THIS OUT BECAUSE GREG GEISER, MARSHALL SUTTON, BUDDY WHITE.

WE'RE TALKING OLD GRAND PRAIRIE.

WE'RE TALKING DUKES OF HAZARD BOSS, HOG STYLE GRAND PRAIRIE.

AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOOD PEOPLE THAT I LIKE.

BUT YOU CONTINUE ON.

OH, WELL I LIKE THEM ALSO.

I LIKE ALL OF 'EM.

I'VE KNOWN GREG AND GREG'S FAMILY SINCE WORLD WAR II.

MY FAMILY HAS NO, THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING.

JUST MORE TRANSPARENCY THAT HAS BEEN TRYING TO BROUGHT FORTH DOWN HERE TO BRING THIS SO WE REALLY GET DOWN TO THE DETAILS.

MAYOR, THAT'S ALL THE PUBLIC'S WANTING.

AND I'M THE ONLY ONE SPEAKING.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL.

UH, I AGREE.

LET'S DO THIS.

UH, IF IT COMES UP TO A, UH, A MOTION TO DO IT, I WOULD VOTE FOR IT.

UM, I BELIEVE THAT, NO, I DON'T BELIEVE I KNOW THAT EVERYTHING'S ON THE UP AND UP.

I KNOW THE FOLKS WHOSE NAMES WERE MENTIONED.

I KNOW 'EM TO BE GOOD, HONEST PEOPLE.

AND I HAVE, I DON'T THINK THERE'S A THING IN THE WORLD THAT'S BEING HIDDEN.

I THINK THE STATE LAW IS WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS HERE.

THIS STATE LAW HAS BEEN ADJUSTED TO WHERE IT'S NOT GONNA BE A PROBLEM IN THE FUTURE.

BUT THE PROBLEM THAT EXISTS IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO EXIST, PERHAPS IN PER PERPETUITY.

AND WE CAN THANK THE GUYS AND LADIES DOWN IN AUSTIN FOR THAT.

BUT AS A GUY THAT USED TO BE ON THIS HFC YEARS AGO WHEN I HAD HAIR, IT'S A TOUGH DECISION TO, AND WHAT THEY DID, I KNOW IS ON THE UP AND UP AND I'M READY.

I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS COME ON BECAUSE WHAT'S GOING TO COME OUT OF IT, TRANSPARENCY AND IT WILL SHOW, I KNOW IT WILL SHOW THAT THERE IS NO CHICANERY OR TOM FOOLERY ANYWHERE IN IT.

AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.

I AGREE WITH YOU.

THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND STAFF TO IMMEDIATELY OBTAIN AND REVIEW ALL PERMANENT DOCUMENTS, RECORDS AND COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE HOUSING FINANCE COMMITTEE RELATING TO THE RECENT PURCHASE OF PRAIRIE GATES COMMUNITY APARTMENT COMPLEX, PHASES ONE AND TWO.

I SERVED ON THIS COMMITTEE.

GEORGIA SERVES ON THIS COMMITTEE.

NOW I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE WAY THIS ITEM IS WRITTEN.

I HAVE A PROBLEM, A BIG PROBLEM WITH A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT KURT WANTS TO BE READ INTO THE RECORD.

BUT THAT'S HIS PREROGATIVE AND HE CAN, HE CAN READ IT ALL HE WANTS.

BUT TO IMPLY THAT THE HOUSING AND FINANCE CORPORATION DID SOMETHING ILLEGAL OR TRIED TO PREVENT US FROM COLLECTING MONEY FROM RODNEY, THAT'S A WHOLE SEPARATE ISSUE.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GONNA VOTE FOR THIS OR NOT, JUST BECAUSE OF THE THING THAT WAS READ INTO THE RECORD.

'CAUSE THAT'S NOT EXACTLY WHAT IS PRESENTED HERE AS THE MOTION.

BUT I'LL BE, I'LL BE INTERESTED TO SEE HEARING WHAT YOUR ACTUAL MOTION IS.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DEL BOSKY.

SO JUST FOR CLARITY, THIS IS WE, THIS IS PAT.

THIS IS APPROVING A FORENSIC AUDIT.

THAT'S NOT WHAT THE I HAVEN'T HEARD HIS MOTION.

OKAY, THEN I'LL DEFER WHAT IT SAYS HERE AND WHAT WAS ON THE AGENDA.

DOESN'T ASK FOR A FORENSIC AUDIT, BUT IT DEPENDS ON WHAT HIS ACTUAL MOTION IS.

I'M OKAY WITH HAVING BILL AND MEL LOOK AT THEIR RECORDS 'CAUSE I KNOW EVERYTHING'S UP ON, UP AND UP.

BUT TO START SAYING THINGS LIKE THEY, THEY'RE AN UNCLE AND A BROTHER THAT HAVE SERVED THIS COMMUNITY WELL FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.

ZELDA FREEMAN, BILL'S ROOMMATES, WIDOW BUDDY WHITE THAT SERVED ON THE SCHOOL BOARD.

I JUST DON'T LIKE THE INNUENDOS MADE BY THE STATEMENT, BUT I WANT TO HEAR WHAT THE MOTION IS.

SO COUNCIL MEMBER, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM JOHNSON, I'M READY FOR YOUR MOTION AND THEN I'LL DECIDE HOW I'M GONNA VOTE.

THANK YOU GUYS.

UH, THANK YOU COUNSEL FOR WEIGHING IN ON HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS SITUATION.

IT'S VERY SIMPLE.

BEFORE I MAKE THE MOTION, IF I, IF YOU, IF I WERE YOU SOME MONEY AND I DON'T WANNA PAY YOU BACK, WILL YOU LOAN ME SOME MONEY AGAIN? THIS IS WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, MAYOR, I MOVE

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I CAN SUPPORT THAT MOTION.

THAT SUCCINCT.

WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.

TVO MANAGEMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR.

AND YOUR OPPOSED SAY NAY.

YOU CAN ADD MY STATEMENTS TO THE MINUTES TOO.

I WILL GET THERE.

LET ME CALM DOWN A BIT.

I'VE KNOWN THESE PEOPLE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.

ITEM 33,

[33. Public Hearing and Ordinance adopting and levying the ad valorem tax for the FY 2025/2026 at a rate of $0.66 per $100 of assessed value on all taxable property within the corporate limits of the city on January 1, 2025, not exempt by law; providing revenues for payment of current City Council Meeting – September 16, 2025 Page 5 of 11 municipal expenses for interest and sinking fund on outstanding City of Grand Prairie debt; providing for enforcement of collections; providing for a severability clause; and providing an effective date]

GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

TODAY WE'RE ASKING YOU TO SET THE TAX RATE OF 66 CENTS PER $100 OF VALUATION VIA RECORD VOTE.

THE PROPOSED TOTAL TAX RATE IS 0.66 CENTS PER $100 OF VALUE.

THIS YEAR'S PROPOSED TAX RATE EXCEEDS THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE OF 0.6 3 6 1 3 8 PER $100 OF VALUE.

BUT IS BELOW THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE OF 0.6 6 0 0 6 1 PER $100 OF VALUE.

STAFF REQUESTS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MOVE TO ADOPT THE FISCAL 25 26 TAX RATE OF 0.66 CENTS VIA RECORD VOTE AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE BILL, YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR COMING UP.

THIS HAS BEEN A HARD YEAR.

SALES TAX IS STILL FLAT.

IF YOU NOTICE AROUND THE AREA, WE'VE GOT CITIES TONIGHT VOTING ON TAX INCREASES.

PLANO, FIRST TIME IN YEARS, ARLINGTON FIRST TIME IN YEARS, KUDOS TO STAFF TAL FINANCE COMMITTEE.

UM, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? HAROLD? MAYOR HAVE QUESTION? YES, WE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR YOU FIRST T YES SIR.

THANK YOU TAL FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS AND THE FINANCE TEAM FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE TO HELP US GET HERE.

UM, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME CONFUSION WHEN A MOTION IS MADE REGARDING THIS ITEM.

SO I WANTED TO ASK YOU, TAL, IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, WHAT HAS OUR PROPERTY TAX RATE BEEN? WE HAVE NOT RAISED THE PROPERTY TAX RATE IN THREE YEARS, SIR.

IT'S BEEN 0.66.

UM, THE WORDING IS A LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENT.

UH, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS DICTATED BY OUR TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE LAST TIME WE CHANGED THE TAX RATE, WE REDUCED IT AND DID AWAY WITH THE TRAILING DECIMALS.

IT WAS, GOSH, IT WAS CRAZY.

SO TELL, LIKE YOU JUST STATED, THE WORDING THAT WILL BE MADE ON THIS MOTION IS A REQUIREMENT BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE.

WE ARE MAINTAINING THE SAME TAX RATE WE HAVE HAD FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.

THIS IS NOT, WE, WE WILL NOT BE INCREASING THE RATE.

YOU ARE NOT INCREASING THE TAX RATE.

THE COUNCIL HAS REDUCED A TAX RATE THE LAST TIME THEY MADE ANY CHANGES.

THANK YOU MAYOR PROTE.

HAROLD WELLIS, THANKS FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTION ON.

OH GOOD.

OH GEE, MAYOR, I'M NOT TOO HARD TO GET ALONG WITH.

COME ON MAYOR.

RELAX.

I'M NOT THAT HARD TO GET ALONG WITH.

ON OUR OPERATING BUDGET, 25 26, HOW MUCH DID WE INCREASE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY FOR THE 9 1 1 DISPATCH FOR POLICE FIRE DID JUST A, THIS ISN'T, THIS ISN'T THE BUDGET.

WE'RE NOT VOTING ON THE BUDGET.

RIGHT? THIS IS A TAX RATE.

OH, I'M SORRY.

I THOUGHT YOU WENT TO 34.

I'M SORRY.

OH, WE'RE ON 33.

UH, I'M SORRY ON 33, BUT WE'LL BE READY FOR YOUR QUESTION ON 34.

SOMEBODY WILL, THAT'S WHAT I'M READY FOR.

OKAY, LET ME MAKE THE MOTION THEN.

OH, I'M SORRY.

THE PROPOSED TOTAL TAX RATE IS 0.6 OVER HERE.

PER $100 OF VALUE WITH THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS PORTION OF THE TAX RATE AT 0.4 4 2 4 2 5, AND THE INTEREST AND SINKING PORTION OF THE TAX RATE AT 0.2 1 7 5 7 5.

NO, HE'S GONNA, HE'LL GET TO IT.

I'LL GET TO IT.

THANKS.

SHE, SHE'S GOT IT HIGHLIGHTED HERE IN YELLOW FARMING FOLKS.

I'VE GOT, MAKE SURE I DO IT CORRECTLY.

THE PROPOSED TAX TOTAL TAX RATE IS 0.6600 PER $100 OF VALUE.

THIS YEAR'S PROPOSED TAX RATE EXCEEDS THE NO NEW REVENUE, WHICH TAO SAID TAX RATE OF 0.6 3 6 1 38 PER $100 OF VALUE, BUT IS BELOW THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE OF 0.6 6 0 0 6 1

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I WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON SETTING THE TAX RATE.

DOES ANYBODY WISH TO COME SPEAK ON THIS ITEM RIGHT NOW? WHETHER YOU'VE FILLED OUT A CARD OR NOT? SEEING NONE, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE TAX RATE AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A RECORD VOTE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF 0.66000, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 3.75% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.

AND FOLKS, WHEN IT SAYS A RE RECORD VOTE, WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS WE HAVE TO GO INDIVIDUALLY AND I LIKE TO START ON ONE END AND WORK THE OTHER.

AND THEN THE OTHER TIME I'LL DO IT.

SO WE'LL START DOWN WITH THE MAYOR PRO TEM.

HOW DO YOU VOTE? AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMSON AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS AYE.

MAYOR VOTES.

COUNCIL MEMBER DEL BOSKY.

COUNCIL DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM JOHNSON.

COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.

COUNCIL MEMBER HEADON.

I REMEMBERED EVERYBODY'S NAMES.

MOTION CARRIES.

[34. Public Hearing and Ordinance Adopting the FY 2025/2026 Operating Budget]

ADAM 34 EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

TODAY WE'RE ASKING YOU TO ADOPT THE FISCAL 25 26 OPERATING BUDGET.

THE TOTAL OPERATING BUDGET FOR ALL FUNDS IS $527 MILLION.

AS PROPOSED DURING THE BUDGET WORKSHOP.

STAFF REQUEST THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MOVE TO ADOPT THE FY 25 26 OPERATING BUDGET VIA RECORD VOTE.

AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

WELL, HAROLD'S GOT THE ONE QUESTION, HOW MUCH DID WE INCREASE PUBLIC SAFETY? I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS WITH ME, BUT WE'RE GETTING THE NUMBERS RIGHT NOW AND I CAN GIVE IT TO, BASICALLY WE MAINTAINED A FLAT, UH, BUDGET.

UH, SO THE, THE, THE QUICK ANSWER IS IT DIDN'T INCREASE AT ALL EXCEPT FOR FIRE.

WE ADDED FIVE NEW POSITIONS.

OF OUT THERE, IT'S LIKE A CATEGORY FIVE MILE WIDE TORNADO MOVING THROUGH GRAND PRAIRIE.

WITH THE HAND SIGNALS.

WE ADDED FIVE NEW POSITIONS FOR STATION 11 AND FOR THE ADDITIONAL PERSON ON THE TR TRUCK, HAROLD, WE'RE, WE'RE FLAT NO RAISES.

AND WE UH, 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE BUDGET WE HAD TO LIVE WITH.

OH NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT.

I WAS JUST HOPING THE EMPLOYEES COULD HAVE GOTTEN, UH, WERE YOU GIVING 'EM A THOUSAND DOLLARS ONE TIME PAYMENT.

OH, OKAY.

THAT I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.

I HADN'T SEEN YOU WRITTEN ANY OF THAT.

UM, BUT THAT'S NOT IN THE NEW BUDGET.

WHERE DOES THAT COME OUT OF THAT THOUSAND DOLLARS? THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.

THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.

MEANING THEY'LL GET THE THOUSAND DOLLARS BY NOW TODAY.

OKAY, GREAT.

I MEAN, NOT TODAY OR BY THE END OF MONTH, SEPTEMBER MONTH.

I'M NOT THAT HARD THIS MONTH.

END OF THE MONTH WE'RE GETTING THE MONEY.

SO BASICALLY NO DEPARTMENTS RECEIVED ANY INCREASE IN THEIR BUDGET.

WE'RE JUST STAYING AS WE'VE BEEN, WHICH, WHICH I, I UNDERSTAND.

IS THAT CORRECT, BILL? PRETTY MUCH.

YEAH, PRETTY MUCH.

THAT'S FINE.

IN THIS OPERATING BUDGET, DO YOU HAVE ANY FUNDS SET ASIDE FOR DISASTER TYPE FUNDS THAT MAY COME ABOUT? WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS, HAROLD, WE ALL, WE HAVE VERY STRICT FINANCIAL POLICIES.

SURE, YEAH.

AND THAT'S WHY WE KEEP AAA RATING EVERY ONE OF OUR FUNDS HAS A A, A REQUIRED FUND BALANCE.

UH, AND TAL COULD GO THROUGH EVERY ONE OF THEM, BUT THEY'RE DIFFERENT.

THERE'S 90 DAYS FOR THIS FUND'S, 120 DAYS FOR THIS FUND.

WE ARE VERY PHYSICALLY CONSERVATIVE AND RESPONSIBLE IN CASE THINGS HAPPEN.

NOW, UH, NOW WHAT, WHAT MY CONCERN IS, AND THIS THE NURSING HOME LOCATED ON SMALL STREET AND BELTLINE, WHEN THE MEDICAID CUTS THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF MEDICAID CUTS, THAT'S A MEDICARE MEDICAID FACILITY.

WHEN THAT FACILITY ISN'T STAFFED OR DANGEROUSLY SHORT STAFFED AND WE HAVE TO PULL THE RESOURCES TO GO DOWN THERE BEFORE TASK FORCE ONE CAN COME UP FROM AUSTIN FROM A BUDGETARY STANDPOINT THAT IT'S MAYBE IT'S GONNA TAKE SEVERAL DAYS OR A WEEK BEFORE YOU GET STAFFING OR LONGER.

AND THE CITIZENS OF GRAND PRAIRIE ARE GOING TO BE COVERING THE BILL TO FOR STAFFING IN THAT MEDICAID NURSING HOME.

THAT'S THE ONLY ONE WE HAVE LEFT IN GRAND PRIX NOW.

SO JUST MY, THAT'S A SERIOUS ISSUE, MAYOR, BECAUSE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 24 HOURS A DAY, 365 DAYS OUT OF THE YEAR ON A SATURDAY NIGHT, THERE'S NO ONE DOWN THERE TO WORK.

SO FROM A BUDGETARY STANDPOINT, I KNOW THIS IS KIND

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BUT THIS IS SOMETHING OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

DO WE HAVE ANY KIND OF FUNDS OR WOULD WE BE ABLE TO ACCESS OTHER REVENUE TO COVER THOSE COSTS? IF WE HAD A CATASTROPHIC EVENT, THE COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO HOLD AN IMMEDIATE MEETING AND TAKE CARE OF THINGS.

HAROLD, WE WILL TAKE CARE OF THINGS IF NECESSARY.

YEAH, BUT YOUR SCENARIO, THAT'S NOT PART OF OUR BUDGET.

NOR WOULD WE BE REQUIRED TO DO ANY BUDGETARY ITEMS TO SAVE THAT FACILITY.

BUT I WILL TELL YOU, IF THERE WAS A CAT FIVE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT CAME THROUGH OUR TOWN, THIS, THIS STAFF WOULD CONVENE US.

UH, THE OFFICER MAYOR HAS SEVEN DAY POWERS TO DO OF A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAN BE ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL WITHIN SEVEN DAYS AFTER.

BUT WE'RE WE, WILL WE HAVE CONTINGENCIES TO TAKE CARE OF CATASTROPHES? YEAH, THAT'S FINE.

LIKE WHEN THE, WHEN THE WATERLINE THE, YEAH, CITY, THE CITY RESPONSIBLE THAT WITH THE WATER HANDING OUT.

JUST THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

YOU GOTTA A PLAN FOR THE UNEXPECTED.

AND I DIDN'T KNOW FROM A STATEWIDE BUDGET.

YOU'RE THE EXPERT ON BUDGETS, MAYOR.

NOT ME.

I JUST WANNA KNOW.

WE GOTTA POOL THE MONEY SETTING ASIDE OR HOW WE DO IT.

THAT'S ALL I WANTED.

ROMAINE AVARI.

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

MY NAME IS ROMINE AVARI AND I RESIDE AT ST.

GRAND PRAIRIE 24 7 6 DOCK SITE.

AND THIS IS AN IMPRESSIVE OPERATING, PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE CITY.

HOWEVER, HOWEVER, I WANT TO ADDRESS THE RATE INCREASE ASSOCIATED WITH THE WATER AND WASTEWATER RATES.

THAT ALSO NEEDS TO INCLUDE ADJUSTMENTS.

TORE INCLUDE PAY RAISES FOR STAFF WHO AT THIS TIME ARE NOT GETTING ANY PERMANENT PAY RAISE AS PROPOSED BY THIS BUDGET.

AND THAT NOW NEEDS TO ALSO ACCOUNT FOR THE INFLATION THAT'S BEING OCCURRING.

THE MOST IMPORTANT ASSET THAT THE CITY HAS FOR THE STAFF.

AND THEY WORK DILIGENTLY PROVIDING THE VARIOUS SERVICES FOR THE CITY.

AND THE CITY NEEDS TO COME UP WITH INNOVATIVE WAYS TO PROVIDE FOR A PERMANENT PAY RAISE, WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE CITY'S BUDGET.

I'D REMIND EVERYONE THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND IF YOU WANT TO COME TO THE PODIUM AND SPEAK, YOU CAN DO SO.

NOW.

ITEM 34.

ANOTHER ONE IN BRIGHT YELLOW SO I WON'T MISS IT.

THE BUDGET HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE CITY SECRETARY AND HAS BEEN POSTED ONLINE FOR PUBLIC VIEW AND INSPECTION.

I WILL ENTERTAIN THEM.

I'VE ALREADY OPENED THE PUBLIC HEARING.

I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26 OPERATING BUDGET.

THE VOTE WILL BE A RECORD VOTE AGAIN.

I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26 OPERATING BUDGET AS PROPOSED.

OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. UH, A RECORD VOTE.

WE'LL START AT THE OTHER END.

OH, I'M SORRY TONY, YOU TOLD ME YES.

I DIDN'T SEE YOUR LIGHT.

GO AHEAD.

UH, MAYOR PROAM, IF I KNOW, I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR A, UM, FRIENDLY AMENDMENT THAT WOULD, UH, WAIVE THE COUNCIL'S, UM, INCREASE IN STIPEND THAT'S, UH, IN THE BUDGET, WHICH TOTALS UP TO A GRAND TOTAL OF, UH, $2,114 AND 48 CENTS FOR THE BUDGET YEAR.

I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GIVING PAY RAISES TO OUR STAFF.

WE SHOULD LEAD BY EXAMPLE AND NOT ADD ANYTHING INTO OUR POCKETS AT THE SAME TIME.

I'D LIKE TO ASK THAT AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.

THE THE 2100 $2,114 AND 48 CENTS WOULD JUST GO BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND.

DO YOU ACCEPT THAT AS A FRIENDLY MINIMUM? HAPPY TO ACCEPT IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS ACCEPT THAT AS FRIENDLY MINIMUM IS AMENDED.

ALL IN FAVOR? I'LL START DOWN ON THE LEFT.

COUNCIL MEMBER HADDEN WITH THE AMENDED.

THIS IS NOT ON THE AMENDED.

THIS IS AS IT'S BEEN AMENDED WITHOUT INCLUDED.

COUNCIL MEMBER HAD HOW DO YOU VOTE? AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIMM JOHNSON.

COUNCIL MEMBER DEL BOSKY.

MAYOR VICE VOTES.

ADAM 35 EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMSON A AND MAYOR PRO TEM IS ON MOTION PASSES.

[35. Ordinance ratifying the property tax revenue increase in the fiscal year 2025-2026 budget as a result of the City receiving more revenues from property taxes than the previous tax year]

TODAY WE'RE ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL TO

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APPROVE THE LEVY LEVY RATIFICATION.

THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO RATIFY THE TAX LEVY ON A BUDGET THAT WILL RAISE MORE REVENUE FROM PROPERTY TAXES THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

A VOTE UNDER THIS SECTION IS IN ADDITION TO THE GOVERNING BOARD'S VOTE TO ADOPT THE BUDGET OR A VOTE TO SET THE TAX RATE STAFF REQUEST THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MOVE TO RATIFY THE TAX LEVY TO FUND THE 20 25 20 26 OPERATING BUDGET VIA AD VALOREM TAXES.

I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

UM, HAROLD, I BET YOU FILLED OUT THIS ONE.

YOU ONE CARD YOU ADDED ABOUT AT.

OKAY, GOT IT.

35.

HAROLD JUST COMBINED ALL OF THEM.

HOW MUCH OF AN INCREASE OF PROPERTY TAX DOES THIS BUDGET HAVE FROM LAST YEAR? GIVE HIM THE PERCENTAGE.

YEAH, JUST, JUST A ROUGH NUMBER.

THAT'S ALL.

AND IT'S DUE TO PROPERTY TAX VALUE INCREASE, WHICH SOME DID NOT INCREASE.

SOME WENT DOWN, BUT OVERALL IT WENT UP.

OVERALL THE TOTAL TAX LEVY INCREASES BY APPROXIMATELY SIX POINT, A LITTLE OVER 6%.

OKAY, THAT'S FINE.

TAL IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT GONNA LIKE THIS MAYOR, BUT WITH THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT ARE OFF THE TAX ROLLS, DO WE HAVE A NUMERICAL FIGURE OF WHAT WE'RE NO LONGER COLLECTING TAXES FOR? WE HAVE COME UP WITH A GUESSTIMATE, HAVEN'T WE COUNSEL? UH, BILL? YES.

WHAT IS THAT GUESSTIMATE THAT WE'VE LOST THROUGH THE YEARS TO, WHAT DO WE HAVE ABOUT 10? WE HAVE ABOUT 12 DIFFERENT, WE HAVE ABOUT 12 DIFFERENT PIECES OF PROPERTY AND THAT ESTIMATE COMES OUT TO APPROXIMATELY $3.5 MILLION.

SO THAT 3.5 MILLION, IS THAT FOR NEXT BUDGET YEAR OR THE, THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN OFF? IT WAS GONE FOR PROBABLY 10 YEARS OR MORE.

AS WE EXPLAINED LAST COUNCIL MEETING, WE GOT BRIEFED ON THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATIONS AND HOW MANY PROPERTIES IN THE CITY ARE OWNED BY HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATIONS, NOT ONLY OURS BUT OTHER TRAVELING ONES.

AND THEY HAVE 10 YEARS TO GET PEOPLE OUT AND GET THE PEOPLE IN AT THE REDUCED RATES BEFORE THEY EVEN HAVE TO START OFFERING.

BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THAT MONEY IS OFF TO TAX ROLLS FOR AT LEAST 10 YEARS OR UNTIL THOSE PROPERTIES FLIP.

IN OTHER WORDS, THEY'RE SOLD AND IT DOESN'T GO.

THE SELLING OF IT, ONCE IT'S SOLD, IT GOES BACK ON THE TAX ROLL TAX ROLLS.

SO FOR THIS BUDGET STARTING OCTOBER 1ST, THROUGH THIS TIME NEXT YEAR WE WILL LOSE 3.5 MILLION.

WE HAVE BEEN LOSING IT.

IT'S BEEN CUMULATIVE HOUSING.

SOME OF THESE HAVE BEEN ON THE, ON THE BOOKS FOR 20 YEARS.

30 YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN LOSING TAX REVENUE FOR 30 YEARS.

'CAUSE THEY'RE THEY'RE STILL ON THE NON-TAX.

NON-TAXABLE.

YEAH, I MEAN FOR BUT THIS, THESE BILLS WEREN'T PASSED UNTIL THIS LAST SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE, CORRECT? NO, THAT'S THE NEW BILL TO TAKE AWAY.

THE TRAVELING HFCS.

YEAH, THE BILL ALLOWING THE NON-TAXABLE VALUE HAS BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR A YEAR FOR 30 YEARS.

WE'VE BEEN LOSING REVENUE FOR 30 YEARS AND THAT'S WHY WE WENT TO AUSTIN.

WHAT HAPPENED IS THEY TOOK, SOME FINANCIAL WIZARDS CAME UP WITH, WE COULD BE HAVE AN HFC IN EL PASO AND COME UP AND BUY PROPERTY IN GRAND PRAIRIE AND TAKE IT OFF THE TAX ROLLS.

AND THAT'S WHY WE WENT TO AUSTIN.

MAYOR ROSS ARLINGTON WAS OUR MAJOR SPOKESPERSON BECAUSE THEY'VE LOST MORE MONEY THAN GRAND PRAIRIE HAS TO GET THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO MAKE CHANGES.

AND FORTUNATELY FOR US THEY DID MAKE CHANGES.

SO THE TRAVELING HFCS CAN'T DO THAT ANY LONGER.

OKAY, THAT'S FINE.

SO GOING FORWARD NEXT JANUARY, ANOTHER APARTMENT COMPLEX HAS TAKEN OFF THE TAX ROAD.

SO THEY, JANUARY 15TH, 2026.

IS THAT REVENUE LOSS IMMEDIATE OR DOES IT YES SIR.

IT'S IMMEDIATE.

NEVER, NEVER GETS TO US.

NEVER GETS TO US.

A NEW APARTMENT COMPLEX IS NO LONGER ON THE TAX ROLLS AND IT STOPS THEN WE'RE HOPING IT DOES.

IT STOPS NOW BECAUSE WE DON'T, WE'RE NOT PLAYING DEFENSE AGAINST ROVING HFCS, OUR HFCI.

THEY, THEY FEEL I CAN TALK TO 'EM THAT THEY HAVE ENOUGH ALREADY AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO PLAY DEFENSE.

IN OTHER WORDS, THEY DON'T HAVE TO BUY ONE TO PREVENT A ROVING ONE TO BUY IT.

'CAUSE WHEN THEY BUY IT, AT LEAST THEY GIVE US SOMETHING IN FORM OF PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES.

SO GOING FORWARD WE DON'T THINK WE'LL SEE NEAR AS MANY, BUT RIGHT NOW PRAIRIE GATE ONE AND TWO, ARE THOSE A ROVING HHFC? NO, OUR OWN

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HFC AS TONY TRIED TO EXPLAIN AND HIS DEAL, OUR HFC BOUGHT 'EM BECAUSE THEY WERE GETTING OFFERED TO A ROVING HFC AND IF THE ROVING HFC IS HAD BOUGHT IT, WE WOULDN'T HAVE GOT ANY PAYMENT.

LIEU OF TAXES.

NO, THOSE ARE OFF THE TAX ROLLS.

YEAH, IT'S JUST AS WE, IF THE ECONOMY COLLAPSES AND THINGS HAPPEN AND MORE REVENUES OFFERED.

HAROLD IT IS WHAT IT IS.

NO, THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO KNOW.

IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

AGAIN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK, YOU CAN DO SO.

NOW.

SEEING NONE THIS YEAR'S PROPERTY TAX LEVY WILL RAISE MORE REVENUE FROM PROPERTY TAXES THEN THE PROCEEDING YEAR.

THEREFORE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 1 0 2 0.007 REQUIRES A SEPARATE VOTE TO RATIFY THE PROPERTY TAX INCREASE.

I MOVE THAT WE RATIFY THE PROPERTY TAX LEVY BASED ON THE ESTIMATED TAX LEVY OF $149,401,371, WHICH IS A 6.12.

SIX POINT 12 INCREASE, SIX POINT 12% INCREASE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR'S TAX LEVY AT ENTERED.

I ENTERTAIN A SECOND.

I DID SECOND ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.

NOW ANOTHER RECORD VOTE.

I'LL START BACK DOWN HERE.

MAYOR PRO TEM AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMSON AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS AYE.

MAYOR VOTES.

COUNCIL MEMBER DEL BOE.

COUNCIL MEMBER? MOTION CARRIES.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM JOHNSON.

COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL, HOW TAO IS IT NOT CORRECT THAT ALMOST HALF OF THAT 6.12 INCREASE IS FROM NEW VALUE? IT'S 3.7 MIL OUT OF 8.6 MIL.

MAJORITY OF THIS RAISED FROM NEW PROPERTY ADDED TO THE TAX ROLL THIS YEAR.

SO IT'S NOT ALL JUST A RAISE.

A LOT OF IT IS NEW PROPERTY COMING IN.

SO NEW CONSTRUCTION THAT HAS ADDED TO OUR TAX ROLLS.

THANK YOU SIR.

ADAM 36 EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS TODAY THAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO ADOPT THE FISCAL 20 25 20 26 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS BUDGET TOTALING $113.4 MILLION AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL

[36. Public Hearing and Ordinance Adopting the FY 2025/2026 Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) Budget]

ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE ASKING YOU TO ADOPT THE BUDGET.

UM, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

I DON'T HAVE A CARD FOR THIS ITEM.

I DON'T SEE ANY LIGHTS.

IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, THIS IS ITEM 36.

DID YOU FILL OUT A CARD FOR 36? NO.

UH, OKAY.

DATED TO ITEM NUMBER FOR 36 BECAUSE THE NEXT ONE IS, DO YOU WANNA SPEAK ON ITEM 36? YES, GO AHEAD.

LIKE I SAID, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND YOU CAN COME FORWARD EVEN IF YOU HAVE FILL OUT A CARD.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL STAFF AND CITY MANAGER.

MY NAME IS ROMINE AVARI, RESIDING AT 24 7 6 DOCK SITE AND I WANT TO ADDRESS THE STREET DRAINAGE WATER WASTEWATER CIP BUDGET TO INCLUDE THE EXTENSION OF HANGAR LOW FROM LAKERIDGE PARKWAY WEST TO THE EXISTING CONCRETE END, WHICH IS NOT LISTED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 THROUGH 30 YEAR CIP AS PUBLISHED IN THE PROPOSED CIP BUDGET.

PLEASE NOTE THAT MOST OF THIS ROADWAY IS ADJACENT TO AN EXISTING PLATTED DETENTION POND AND NO DEVELOPER WILL INCURRED A COST TO BUILD A COMPLETE ROADWAY AT THEIR EXPENSE.

AND THEREFORE I'D REQUEST THAT THERE BE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO INCLUDE THE CITY DESIGN AND OBTAINING OF THE NEEDED RIGHT OF WAY FOR THIS PROJECT AS PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR 26 27, WHICH IS PART OF THAT FIVE YEAR, UH, CIP PROGRAM AND CONSTRUCTION AS PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR 20 27, 28 CIP, AND ANY DEVELOPABLE LAND TO BE ASSESSED FOR THEIR SHARE OF THE ASSOCIATED CAUSE TO SERVE THE CITIZENS RESIDING IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.

THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT, ROMINE.

MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, ANOTHER RECORD VOTE.

I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE COMING FORWARD.

SO, UM, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE ONE YEAR CIPI MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT AND APPROVE THE FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

WE HAVE

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I'LL START DOWN HERE WITH COUNT.

YOU KNOW, I'LL START HERE IN THE MIDDLE.

[37. Resolution approving the FY 2026-2030 Capital Improvements Plan as a planning tool]

37.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

TODAY WE'RE ASKING YOU TO ADOPT THE FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET, CIP AS A PLANNING TOOL.

THE FIVE YEAR CIP AVERAGES APPROXIMATELY $121 MILLION PER YEAR.

STAFF REQUEST THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MOVE TO ADOPT THE FIVE YEAR CIP BUDGET.

ROMINE YOU SIGNED TO SPEAK THIS TIME BUT YOU PROBABLY WANTED TO SPEAK ON 36 OR DO YOU WANNA SPEAK ON THIS ONE ALSO? THIS ONE ALSO GO AHEAD BECAUSE NO, NO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME.

GET UP HERE MAYOR.

THIS INCLUDES THE FIVE YEAR PLAN.

THE PREVIOUS ONE WAS FOR THE ONE YOU FLOOR, ONE YEAR PLAN FLOOR.

SO THE FIVE YEAR PLAN.

MY REQUEST IS, UH, THAT THERE BE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO INCLUDE THE EXTENSION OF HANGAR LOW AS PART OF NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET WHERE WOULD NOT AFFECT THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, BUT HAVE IT AS NEXT YEAR FOR THE DESIGN AND RIGHT OF WAY AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR IN 28TH FOR THE CONSTRUCTION.

AND ANY COST OF THAT, THAT'S, UH, THE DEVELOPER WOULD INCUR THAT WOULD BE ASSESSED FOR THAT.

OMA, I DON'T HAVE A CHEAT SHEET.

IS THIS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING? IT'S NOT.

I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE APPROVE.

ITEM NUMBER 37, THE RESOLUTION APPROVING FISCAL YEAR 26 TO 2030.

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, PRO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS AS A PLANNING TOOL.

OBJECTION.

WE HAVE MOTION MADE BY MAYOR PRO TEM.

SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BILL BOSKY.

AIN'T OPPOSED SAY NAY.

OKAY, NOW WE HAVE 195

[Items 38 - 56]

PS.

UM, WE CAN DO 'EM IN ONE MOTION AFTER WE'LL HEAR FROM SPEAKERS.

SO WE'RE GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW.

UM, WE'RE GONNA READ, YOU'VE GOT A NUMBER.

GO AHEAD AND START AT THE READ IT OUT.

JOANNA ZAMAR.

ITEM 43.

NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

UH, JOHANNA RA 25 92 WATERSHED DRIVE, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.

WHEN THEY FACE HIGHER TAXES, THEY MAY HESITATE TO EXPAND, INNOVATE, OR EVEN MAINTAIN THEIR CURRENT OPERATIONS.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN AND ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND FELLOW CITIZENS.

TODAY I STAND BEFORE YOU TO ADDRESS THE PRESSING CONCERN THAT AFFECTS OUR COMMUNITY, PROFOUNDLY THEM IN POSITION OF PROPERTY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT PID FOR GRANDPARENT PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, A PENINSULA.

UM, WHILE WE MAY ALL AGREE ON THE NECESSITY OF FUNDING FOR ESSENTIAL SERVICES, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, I URGE YOU TO RECONSIDER THE IMPLICATIONS OF PID TAXES AND THEIR IMPACT ON OUR LOCAL ECONO, ECONOMIC, ECONOMIC AND RESIDENTS.

WE REPRESENT.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, IT IS CRUCIAL TO RECOGNIZE THE PID TAXES DIS PROPORTIONATELY BURDEN THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY.

MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, WITH THE ECONOMY BEING AND THE WAY THAT IT IS NOW ARE, UM, IN A FINANCIAL STRAIN OF PID TAXES COULD PUSH THEM FURTHER INTO HARDSHIP.

THESE TAXES OFTEN TARGET PROPERTY OWNERS WHO MAY PASS THE COST ONTO RENTERS LEADING TO INCREASE HOUSING COSTS AND DIMINISHING THE AFFORDABILITY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

IS THIS, UM, THE LEGACY WE WISH TO LEAVE FOR FUTURE GENERATION? A COMMUNITY WHERE THE COST OF LIVING CONTINUES TO RISE, PUSHING OUT THOSE WHO HAVE CALLED THIS PLACE HOME FOR YEARS? MOREOVER, WE MUST CONSIDER THE POTENTIAL STAGNATION OF ECON ECONOMIC GROWTH THAT PID TEXAS COULD FOSTER BY IMPOSING ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL BURDENS AND, UH, ON PROPERTY OWNERS AND BUSINESSES.

WE RISK THE DISCOURAGING INVESTMENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

ENTREPRENEURS AND SMALL BUSINESSES ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR LOCAL ECONOMY.

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THIS COULD LEAD TO A DECREASE IN JOB OPPORTUNITIES, A DECLINE IN LOCAL SERVICES, AND ULTIMATELY A DIMINISHED QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL RESIDENTS.

FURTHERMORE, WE MUST QUESTION THE EFFICACY OF PID TAXES IN ACHIEVING THEIR INTENDED GOALS.

WHILE THEY ARE OFTEN PROPOSED AS A MEANS TO FUND SPECIFIC PROJECTS OR IMPROVEMENTS, THE REALITY IS THAT THESE FUNDS CAN SOMETIMES BE MISMANAGED AND UNDERUTILIZED.

WE HAVE SEEN INSTANCES WHERE THE PROMISED BENEFITS OF PID TAXES HAVE FAILED TO MATTER MATERIALIZE, LEAVING COMMUNITIES FEELING DISILLUSIONED AND QUESTIONING THE INTEGRITY OF THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

IT IS ESSENTIAL TO ENSURE THAT ANY FUNDING MECHANISMS WE ADOPT IS TRANSPARENT, ACCOUNTABLE, AND DELIVERS THE HANDABLE BENEFITS.

FOR TO THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE FOOTING THE THE BILL, I URGE YOU TO CONSIDER THE ALTERNATIVE FUNDING MECHANISMS THAT DO NOT PLACE ADDITIONAL BURDENS TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

WE CAN EXPLORE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, GRANTS, AND OTHER INNOVATIVE PRO APPROACHES THAT CAN ACHIEVE OUR GOALS WITHOUT THE ADVERSE IMPACTS ASSOCIATED PID TAXES.

BY FOSTERING COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS, WE CAN CREATE A MORE SUSTAINABLE MODEL FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THAT BENEFITS EVERYONE.

IN CONCLUSION, I IMPLORE YOU TO LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF OUR COMMUNITY.

LET US NOT RUSH INTO THE DECISIONS THAT COULD HAVE LONG LASTING, DETER DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS ON THE VERY FABRIC OF OUR SOCIETY.

WE MUST MUST PRIORITIZE THE NEEDS FOR OUR RESIDENTS, ENSURING THAT WE CREATE A COMMUNITY THAT IS NOT ONLY THRIVING, BUT ALSO EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE.

TOGETHER WE CAN SEEK OUT SOLUTIONS THAT UPLIFT OUR COMMUNITY WITHOUT IMPOSING UNDUE FINANCIAL STRAIN.

LET US WORK TOWARDS A FUTURE WHERE EVERY RESIDENT CAN THRIVE, WHERE BUSINESSES CAN FLOURISH, AND WHERE OUR COMMUNITY STANDS AS A BEACON OF HOPE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.

WELL THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

ITEM 44, THIS LOOKS LIKE DARREN AND MICHELLE.

CAN YOU STATE YOUR LAST NAME FOR THE RECORD PLEASE? CHAMBERS.

WELL, WE NEED GOOD EVENING MAYOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER DARREN MICHELLE CHAMBERS 2247 BALD EAGLE WAY, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.

UM, COMING AND DISCUSS TO DISCUSS THE HAWK PID, THE COUNT CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS FOUR AND SIX.

UM, WELL I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, I STRONGLY OPPOSED THE PROPOSED INCREASE THAT IS IN FRONT OF US HERE.

UM, THIS DOES REPRESENT A DISPROPORTIONATE FINANCIAL BURDEN ON RESIDENTS.

UH, ALTHOUGH THERE HAS BEEN SOME TRANSPARENCY ON HERE.

UM, UH, WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THERE'S ALTERNATIVE MEASURES THAT MIGHT BE PUT INTO PLACE TO EASE THOSE BURDENS.

UM, SOMETHING POSSIBLY ALONG THE LINES OF SMALLER INCREMENTAL ADJUSTMENTS SPREAD OVER TIME.

UH, POTENTIALLY REVIEWING THOSE, UM, COSTS THAT HAVE BEEN OUTLINED WITH COST SAVING MEASURES, UM, WITH SOME OF THOSE CURRENT OPERATIONS.

UM, WHETHER IT'S RE RENEGOTIATING VENDOR CONTRACTS OR REDUCING DISCRETIONARY SPENDING.

UM, IDEALLY, UH, EVEN EXPLORING SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR EVEN SPECIFIC ONE TIME PROJECTS RATHER THAN A PERMANENT INCREASE FOR EVERYONE OVER THAT TIME.

UM, PART OF THIS ALSO GOES INTO COM COMMUNITY FAIRNESS AS WELL AS, UM, THE IMPACT ON OUR PROPERTY VALUES.

SO BEING ABLE TO REVIEW THIS AND BE ABLE TO SEE IF THERE'S ALTERNATIVE MEASURES THAT WOULD EASE THAT OVER TIME AS OPPOSED TO THE FIVE YEAR WINDOW, UH, WOULD GREATLY BE APPRECIATED FROM THE RESIDENTS WITHIN THE OCK ASSOCIATION.

THANK YOU SIR.

YOU AND D HI, MY NAME IS WINDANG AND I'M HERE TO REPRESENT, UH, SEVERAL HOMEOWNERS IN THE HAW PID DISTRICT, NAMELY MR. PENANG, UH, MS. ANG AND HER SISTER, UH, WHO'S NOT HERE WITH US TODAY.

ADDING IN PARTICULAR, I WOULD LIKE TO OPPOSE ITEM 44 B AND WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THE CITY COUNCIL TO REJECT THIS ITEM, SEND IT BACK TO THE PID FOR FURTHER DISCUSSIONS.

AND HERE'S THE REASON.

NUMBER ONE, I BELIEVE THAT THE ASSESSMENTS IS VERY UNREASONABLE.

I HAVE A COPIES HERE FOR ANYONE WHO'S WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE UNREASONABILITY OF THE ITEMS. NO.

OKAY, SO ON THE FIRST PAGE, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT UNREASONABLE ASSESSMENT.

WE HAVE A MOWING CONTRACTOR ASSESSED AT $104,000.

AND THROUGHOUT THE 2026 TO 2030, THEY KEEP INCREASING THIS NUMBER BY 5%.

THIS IS ACTUALLY A LOT HIGHER THAN THE RATE OF INFLATION AT THIS MOMENT.

I HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE PRICE IS REALLY TOO HIGH AT 104 K JUST

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FOR MOWING.

AND RIGHT NOW, IN AUGUST, ACCORDING TO THE MOST RECENT BUDGET, WE HAVE ONLY USED UP TO $52,000.

RIGHT NOW IS AUGUST.

IN A FEW MONTHS IT'S GONNA BE WINTER GRASS IS NOT GONNA GROW.

THERE'S NO REASON FOR US TO KEEP USING ANOTHER $50,000 FOR THE REST OF THE YEARS.

IT DOESN'T SOUND REASONABLE.

AND, UM, I THINK THAT THERE WE'RE LIKELY, AS API DS BEING OVERCHARGED, I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU GUYS TO SEND THE BUDGET BACK SO WE CAN DO A BIDDING PROCESS WHERE WE COULD HAVE, UM, A CONTRACT THAT WORKS IN OUR INTEREST.

NUMBER TWO, THIS IS UNCLEAR ITEM.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE PROPOSAL FOR 2026 TO 2030, THERE'S AN ITEM THAT BEAUTIFICATION AND IT'S A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

THAT'S A WHOOPING AMOUNT OF MONEY, LIKE CLEARLY A SALARY FOR A WHOLE YEAR FOR SOME PEOPLE.

NOW IF YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, I DON'T HAVE THIS ONE RIGHT HERE, BUT FOR THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS, 2024 AND 2030, IT'S ONLY $30,000.

SO THIS $70,000 MEANS THAT WE'RE CLEARLY ARE USING, WE'RE CLEARLY ARE DOING SOME PROJECTS.

AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, I NEED TO KNOW THAT THERE HAS TO BE A LISTING OF WHAT PROJECT THAT IS AND A FAIR BIDDING PROCESS BECAUSE WE CAN'T JUST, JUST ACCEPT THIS.

AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF ANY BIDDING PROCESS FOR WHATEVER PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO COST US $70,000.

AGAIN, $70,000 IS A LOT OF MONEY.

UM, OKAY, ALSO DUPLICATE ITEM.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, SO THERE'S BEAUTIFICATION THAT'S ASSESSED AT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, BUT TOGETHER THERE'S ALSO GRAVITY CLEANING 1000 DECORATIONS, 25,000, UH, DECORATING LIGHTNING MAINTENANCE FOR 10,000.

THESE THREE SOUNDS LIKE BEAUTIFICATION TO ME OF, SO IF, IF THERE'S ALREADY THIS, LIKE WHY DO WE NEED ANOTHER BEAUTIFICATION FOR LIKE A HUNDRED K AND THEN 30 K YEAR OVER YEAR.

NOW THIS IS THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS ITEM.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE FENCING, THIS IS CLOSER TO THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST.

UH, AS A PID WE, BEFORE WE HAVE A VINYL FENCE THAT WAS BUILT WITH A PROMISE THAT IT WAS GOING TO LAST US 20 YEARS.

OH, IT'S NOT 20 YEARS YET.

AND THAT'S, THERE'S ALREADY TEAR WEAR AND TEAR SIGN AND THEY DECIDE THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD A BRICK WALL INSTEAD.

SO IF YOU SEE ON THE ITEM ON 2026, THERE'S A CHARGE FOR $290,000.

AND THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE CONTINUING BUILDING OF THE BRICK WALLS.

BUT IF WE'RE BUILDING ONE AND IT'S A BRAND NEW BRICK WALL, WHY DO WE NEED A FENCING MAINTENANCE FOR $20,000 PER YEAR GOING YEAR OVER YEAR? THIS IS BRAND NEW.

AND AGAIN, ON 2030, THIS IS THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS ITEM.

YOU CAN SEE THAT IF YOU LIST FENCING $800,000 BY 2030, WE, THIS, THIS BRICK WALL IS JUST BARELY FIVE YEARS OLD.

WHY DO WE NEED ANOTHER FENCE FOR $800,000? GOOD QUESTIONS WE MAY NEED ASK LEE TO COME UP AND ANSWER, BUT, UH, WHY DON'T YOU WRAP UP.

YOU GOT 10 SECONDS LEFT AND OKAY.

YEAH, I, AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT THIS BUDGET BE SENT BACK AND THIS MERITS FURTHER DISCUSSIONS FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

OF YEARS THEY'VE BEEN REPLACING IT IN PHASES.

UH, FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, THIS COUNCIL DOES NOT GENERATE THESE BUDGETS FOR THE P EACH P HAS THEIR OWN BOARD OF DIRECTORS, UM, AND THEY HAVE, AND I WOULD CHALLENGE EVERY ONE OF YOU HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK FAR OR AGAINST THE PI TO SEE LEE AFTER THE MEETING AND GET INVOLVED IN THE PI BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THESE ITEMS ARE DISCUSSED AND THE RATIONALE WAS PRESENTED FORWARD.

BUT TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE, UH, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FENCE AT HIGH HAWK.

WHY THE NUMBERS? WELL, THERE ARE TWO BASIC PARTS TO THE FENCE.

THERE'S THE PARAMETER FENCE THAT RUNS AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS BRICK, WHICH WAS BUILT BY THE DEVELOPER.

AND THEN THERE'S THE SECTION WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, WHICH WAS THE VINYL FENCE THAT SHE MENTIONED EARLIER.

SO THE HOMEOWNERS HAVEN'T BEEN VERY HAPPY WITH THAT VINYL FENCE.

IT WAS SUPPOSED TO LAST FOR A LONG TIME, BUT IT DIDN'T WORK OUT.

IT TURNED OUT NOT TO BE A VERY GOOD PRODUCT.

SO THE BOARD HAS DECIDED TO REPLACE IT.

SO OVER THE LAST COUPLE

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UM, WHAT'S BUDGETED FOR FISCAL 26 IS THE FINAL PHASE OF THE FENCE.

SO IT'S THE FINAL PHASE OF THE REDOING OF THE FENCE.

THE BOARD.

HOW MANY ARE ON THE BOARD? FIVE.

HOW MANY TIMES DOES THAT PI MEET? IT VARIES.

IT'S AS NEEDED.

IT COULD BE EVERY TWO MONTHS OR SO, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

ARE THE MEETINGS POSTED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD? YES, THEY ARE.

AND IN FACT THEY HAVE ELECTRONIC SIGNS AT THE ENTRANCES THAT ANNOUNCE THE MEETINGS.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE ALL OF YOU THAT LIVE IN A PI GET INVOLVED IN THE PS BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO US, IT'S A LITTLE TOO LATE.

'CAUSE WE ARE APPROVING THE BUDGET THAT THAT BOARD APPROVED.

AND SO COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM IS ON YOU.

THANKS MAYOR.

UH, LEE, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE 800,000 IS FOR? FOR FISCAL YEAR? 2030.

THAT'S JUST IN THERE.

UM, IF THEY DO NEED TO REPLACE THE PERIMETER FENCE, THIS IS THE ORIGINAL BRICK FENCE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THAT'S NOT, THAT'S IT DOES.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST IN THE PLAN, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY WOULD ACTUALLY BE DOING IT.

THEY'LL BE LOOKING AT IT AND SEEING, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S, IF THE FENCE SEEMS TO BE HOLDING UP WELL THEN THEY WILL NOT BE REPLACING IT.

SO ESSENTIALLY THE ONLY THING THAT'S GOING INTO PLACE IS THE FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET? YES.

EVERYTHING PAST 26 IS JUST A GOAL OR A PROJECTION POTENTIALLY.

IT'S, IT'S JUST A PLAN.

AND ACTUALLY FOR THE FENCE, IT'S NOT IN THE BUDGET.

IT'S NOT IN THE BUDGET FOR THE FENCE.

THIS YEAR OUR CONTRACT IS ACTUALLY JUST A LITTLE OVER 250,000.

NOT TWO 90, NOT OKAY.

SO IT CAME IN LOWER THAN WE EXPECTED.

COUNCIL MEMBER KY UH, HOW MANY OF Y'ALL OUT HERE ARE HERE ON THIS? JUST SPECIFICALLY THIS? NO, WE HAVE A NUMBER ON OTHER ONES.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

I JUST WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS HERE.

SO AS A COUNSEL, CAN WE, LIKE THE YOUNG LADY SAID, REJECT THIS AND HAVE THEM GO BACK FOR, I WOULD THINK IF WE'RE GONNA REJECT THIS ONE, WE'D REJECT BY LAW.

REJECT.

WE REJECT THEM ALL.

UM, I, I BELIEVE ONE OF THE ISSUES, HANG ON, THERE'S A TIMING.

THERE'S A TIMING ON THE TAX RATE THAT WE HAVE TO MEET.

SO THIS IS WHAT THIS IS BASICALLY DOING IS SETTING THE TAX RATE THAT IS GONNA BE CHARGED FOR THE PIS.

RIGHT.

AND THERE'S A TIMELINE AND WE, THEY ALL, NO, YOU COULDN'T REDO IT.

AND WHAT WE UM, WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR COMMUNITY HERE? WELL, THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY IS TOUGH BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE COMMUNITY HERE TONIGHT.

WE HAVE A BOARD THAT SPENDS THEIR HARD EARNED TIME EVERY YEAR VOLUNTEERING TO WORK WITH YOU, COMING UP WITH, UH, BUDGETS.

IT'S NOT EASY.

WESTCHESTER'S THE LONGEST SERVING PI BOARD.

SO I MEAN WE, YOU KNOW, UH, IT'S BEEN OUR GOAL TO TRY TO GET LOWER, MORE, UH, PEOPLE CLOSER TO THE COMMUNITY TO HELP MAKE THESE DECISIONS.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE PI BOARDS, COUNCIL MEMBER TI AND I THINK THE CHALLENGE IS THEY NEED TO GET INVOLVED IN THE PI BOARD BEFORE TONIGHT, DURING THE PROCESS BECAUSE, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF SPEAKERS HERE, A LOT THAT IF WE START PICKING AND CHOOSING WHICH PIT WE'RE GOING TO KICK IT BACK TO, I THINK IT'D BE REALLY TOUGH IN MY OPINION.

BUT IS IT DOABLE? WE CAN DO ANYTHING WE WANT.

IT'S, IT'S ANYTHING THAT THEY MIGHT SEE THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO MAINTAIN THE APPEARANCE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT CAN BE DONE.

LET'S GO AHEAD.

I'VE GOT QUESTIONS UP HERE.

THEN WE HAVE OTHER SPEAKERS, THEN WE WILL ADDRESS COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS QUESTION FOR YOU.

IF THE BUDGET IS APPROVED TONIGHT, CAN THE COMMUNITY GO BACK AND REALLOCATE FUNDS IN THAT BUDGET? YES, THEY CAN.

SO IF THIS APPROVED NOW THEY CAN GO BACK AND HAVE ANOTHER MEETING BACK AND GIVE US A NEW BUDGET AND HOLD THE BOARD ACCOUNTABLE? WELL, YES.

I MEAN, WHAT I RECOMMEND THEY DO ACTUALLY IS ATTEND PI BOARD MEETINGS AND TALK WITH THE PID BOARD ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, WHY THEY'RE MAKING THESE DECISIONS OR, AND THEY CAN ALSO CALL ME OR EMAIL ME ANYTIME AND ASK ABOUT IT.

AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO TALK WITH THEM.

UM, BUT THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, THE, THIS IS A PLAN SO THEY MAY, YOU KNOW, DECIDE IT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY, RIGHT? LIKE I SAID, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE FENCE, THE ACTUAL IS LESS THAN WHAT THEY BUDGETED HERE.

WHEN THEY DO THEIR BEAUTIFICATION, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT'S FOR THINGS WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT BE RENOVATING FLOWER BEDS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

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THE PID BOARD HAS A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT THAT.

THEY HAVEN'T BEEN THAT HAPPY WITH THE WAY THINGS HAVE BEEN LOOKING.

SO THEY'VE BEEN WANTING TO DO, MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO IT.

SEE, COUNCIL MAYOR ADAMS THAT SHE ATTENDS ALL THE MEETINGS, THE PIT BOARD MEETINGS.

MM-HMM.

SHE HEARS THE, AND THE PID BOARD, PIT BOARD MEMBERS , THEY'RE, THEY'RE GETTING PULLED LEFT OR RIGHT, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE WANT MORE, SOME PEOPLE WANT LESS, BUT IT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR.

UH, I, I JUST WANT WISH MORE PEOPLE GOT INVOLVED IN THE P AND THEY DO MAKE A LOT OF EFFORT TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO ATTEND.

LIKE I SAID, THEY PUT IN THE ELECTRONIC SIGNS.

SO EVERY BOARD MEETING IS POSTED AND THEY'VE BEEN HOLDING THEM AT SPRING CREEK BARBECUE, ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO COME AND HAVE DINNER WITH THEM.

BUT JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, IF APPROVED TONIGHT BY US, THE COMMUNITY CAN STILL GO BACK TO THEIR, THEIR ELECTED PI BOARD AND REQUEST CHANGES.

CHANGES TO THE PROJECTS.

THEY APPROVE.

WE'RE NOT ELECTED.

I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT TAX RATE.

WE GOTTA APPROVE THE TAX RATE FOR THEY ARE.

HOW, HOW ARE PIT BOARDS SELECTED? EVERY YEAR WE HAVE AN ANNUAL MEETING AND WE, UM, OPEN UP ONE OR TWO POSITIONS ON THE BOARD TERMS LAST THREE YEARS.

AND IT'S A FIVE MEMBER BOARD.

SO EVERY, HOW ARE THEY ELECTED? SO HOW ARE THEY CHOSEN? PEOPLE AT THE WHO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING VOTE ON HOMEOWNERS TO PUT ON THE BOARD.

SO ELECTED.

ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE HOMEOWNERS.

IT IS ELECTED, BUT IT'S NOT BY US.

IT'S BY BY THE COMMUNITY.

THE COMMUNITY.

THEY CHANGED LANDSCAPERS SEVERAL MONTHS.

IT'S BY THE ATTENDEES AT THE MEETING.

I WOULD RECOMMEND, AGAIN, THAT AS IN YEARS PAST, WE'VE ADOPTED ALL OF THESE AND THEN WE HAVE HAD SOME PID BOARDS MEET AND COME BACK WITH DIFFERENCES.

I WOULD SUGGEST THAT'S WHAT Y'ALL DO TONIGHT.

GET WITH YOUR HER MS. HARRIS, FIND OUT WHEN THE NEXT PID BOARD MEETING IS AND SHOW UP AT IT AND GIVE YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS OR GET AN EXPLANATION AS WHY THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

AND YOU MAY BE SUPPORTIVE OF IT.

SEEING THE $800,000 ITEM KIND OF THROWS US ALL OFF.

IT'S NOT GONNA BE SPENT RIGHT NOW.

SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ, UH, REGARDING THE BIDS, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE BIDS, HAVE THEY BEEN ESTABLISHED OR IS THAT THEY STILL HAVEN'T WENT OUT TO BID FOR SOME OF THESE CONTRACTS? DID YOU SAY BIDS? BIDS, YES.

WELL, THE, UM, THE BID BOARD HAS A PROPERTY MANAGER WHO GOES OUT AND GETS BIDS ON THINGS SUCH AS THE, THE FENCE PROJECT.

SO, UM, FOR THIS LATEST PHASE, SHE HAD GOTTEN AT LEAST THREE BIDS FOR THE, BUT THAT'S NOT JUST THIS ONE.

THAT'S THE WAY ALL OF THEM WORK.

YES, THEY ALL ARE LIKE THAT.

BUT WESTCHESTER HAS A HUGE BUDGET.

BUT ON THESE PARTICULAR ONES, HAVE THE ALREADY BEEN FINALIZED BY THE BOARD, BY THE PIT BOARD, OR ARE THEY STILL REVIEWING THOSE BIDS? ON THE WALL? ON THE WALL AND THE LANDSCAPING? EVERYTHING.

OH, ON THE LANDSCAPING, THEY SELECTED A CONTRACTOR A FEW YEARS AGO AND HAVE BEEN RENEWING HIS CONTRACT EVERY YEAR.

BUT IF THEY'RE NOT HAPPY WITH THE LANDSCAPING, THEY'LL HAVE THEIR PROPERTY MANAGER GO OUT AND GET BIDS.

SO, AND THEY HAVE CHANGED.

THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY.

MONTHS OVER THE YEARS.

THEY HAVE, THEY THE AUTHORITY TO CHANGE LANDSCAPERS.

THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO GIVE DIRECTION TO THE LANDSCAPER TO NOT PUT SO MANY FLOWERS OUT.

WELL, AND ALSO DOUBLE UP THE COST.

TRY AND GET UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, WHY IS THE COST SO, SO MUCH, YOU KNOW, AND TRY AND GET MORE ADDITIONAL CONTENT AROUND THAT.

I THINK, OH, THEY MOW IT'S A LARGE AREA BECAUSE THEY'RE MOWING THE CENTRAL STREET DOWN THE, THE, THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAWK BOULEVARD.

PLUS THEY'RE ALSO MOWING ON THE MAIN STREETS, ON THE PERIMETER LIKE CAMP WISDOM AND LAKERIDGE.

HOW DID THEY INCREASE THE PIT VALUE? I MEAN, THE RATE, THE RATE HAS NOT INCREASED.

IT'S ACTUALLY, IT'S NOW 18 CENTS.

THEY DECREASED IT A FEW YEARS AGO.

SO THE RATE HAS NOT INCREASED.

NO.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, YOU JUST A, A ASKED ONE OF MY QUESTIONS BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE FOLKS ARE FROM THIS ONE AND I JUST ASSUMED THAT IT WAS A RATE INCREASE IS WHAT GOT 'EM GOING.

BUT IT'S JUST THE RATE ITSELF.

THAT'S NOT WHAT IT COSTS THIS YEAR, THAT MONEY MOVES FORWARD IN THE NEXT YEAR.

IT'S A CONTINUATION OF THE SAME RATE.

AND, UH, LEE, UH, ON THESE KIND OF BUDGETS, OR THEY LACK OUR CITY BUDGET.

IF THERE ARE DOLLARS LEFT IN THE POT AT THE END OF THE YEAR, IT GOES, GOES AHEAD AS A CONCURRENT BALANCE.

THEY BUILD UP A YES.

IT, IT IS CARRIED FORWARD INTO THE NEXT YEAR.

SO, SO THAT'S SOMETIMES THEY HAVE A REDUCTION, IT'S NOT A SPEND IT OR USE IT DEAL.

NO, THE EXTRA MONEY IS CARRIED FORWARD TO THE NEXT YEAR.

SO THAT WOULD BE LIKE ON THIS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR MOWING.

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AND AS THEY BUILD UP RESERVES, THAT GIVES 'EM GOOD RATIONALE TO DO A, A DECREASE.

A DECREASE IN THEIR, IN THE RATES SOMEDAY.

AND THE PID BOARD GROUP, JUST A, A QUICK COMMENTARY I THINK WOULD BE A GREAT WAY FOR SOMEBODY TO START WORKING THEMSELVES INTO BE ON THE BOARD COMING UP, COMING UP ON THIS DIVE SOMEDAY OR ON, AT LEAST ON THEIR, THEIR PIT BOARD.

THANK YOU, LEE.

THAT'S JUST WHAT, STATUTORY, STATUTORY REQUIREMENT.

READ 'EM INTO THE RECORD.

UM, ROSE HOPPER AND RONNIE HOPPER, DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WISH TO RECORD THEIR OPPOSITION TO ITEM 44.

ITEM 55.

HAROLD HAROLD WALLACE.

5 3 8 LINLEY.

UM, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF IT COULD BE POSSIBLE, SINCE ALL THE BOARDS ARE HERE TONIGHT.

THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD HAS FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR WATER CONSERVATION PROJECTS.

I SUPPORT THE PIGS.

UH, LEE DOES GREAT WORK.

MY PROBLEM IS WHEN THE WINDS ARE OUT OF THE SOUTH AT 20 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR AND THE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS ARE RUNNING, WHERE'S THE WATER GOING? WATER GOES THEIR OWN CARRIER, MAYBE A MILE AWAY, THAT TO HELP CONTROL THE, WE HAVE A SOURCE OF FUNDING THROUGH THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOR INNOVATIVE WAYS OF WATER CONSERVATION, OF DRIP IRRIGATION.

OTHER WAYS TO HOLD ON.

CUT BACK ON THE WATER USAGE, WHICH MEANS WE'RE NOT GONNA BE SPENDING AS MUCH MONEY ON WATER.

SO WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR STAFF TO REACH OUT TO THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD TO ACCESS GRANT MONEY TO HELP OUT ON THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE TALKING HERE FROM THE IRRIGATION STAND? WE CAN CHECK IT OUT WHETHER WE CAN OR NOT.

I'M NOT SURE, BUT I'M SURE STAFF CAN LOOK INTO IT.

YEAH, THAT'S ALL I WANT TO KNOW.

THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD TO HELP OUT ALSO, WHY, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE P BUT EVERY YEAR WE HAVE A FIVE YEAR SERVICE PLAN.

SO IT'S KIND OF MISLEADING.

LIKE ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS, WELL IS THIS NOT GONNA BE BROUGHT UP AGAIN FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS EVERY YEAR.

BUT DURING THE FIVE YEAR PLAN, IT'S LIKE, IS THIS THE MONEY THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT? IS THIS PART OF, IT WAS FIVE YEARS, THAT'S ALL, THAT'S ALL I'M WANTING TO KNOW.

THE, UH, IT'S A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND THE ROLL, THE ASSESSMENT IN ASSESSMENT OF ROLL AND TAX RATE, VARYING FROM DIFFERENT PITS.

UH, EVERY PIG SETS THEIR OWN TAX RATE.

THEIR OWN TAX RATE.

DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH THEY WANNA DO, HOW MUCH FENCING THEY HAVE.

UH, WE DON'T SET THE TAX RATE.

THE PIS SET THE TAX RATE AND ASK US TO ADOPT IT.

WHAT IS THE TAX RATE FOR THE WESTCHESTER PI? WHAT'S THE TAX RATE OF ARREST? CHESTER LEE? UH, I BELIEVE IT'S 11 CENTS.

11.

AND WHAT WOULD BE THE TAX DISTRICT FOR THE HIGH HAWK DISTRICT PLEASE? THERE'S 18.

18 18 CENTS.

SO HIGH HAWK, THEY'RE PAYING MORE THAN WE'RE PAYING IN WESTCHESTER.

MORE TO MAINTAIN.

THEY HAVE A BOND.

OH, SURE.

A LARGE PARK WITH THE BASEBALL COUNCIL.

YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST PART OF THE COMPLEXITIES OF THIS THAT DIFFERENT DISTRICTS ARE GONNA HAVE.

IT'S, YOU WOULD JUST THINK IT'S ALL LIKE THE TAX RATE FOR THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

ALL ONE BASIC TAX RATE FOR EACH PIT.

SO EACH PI CAN GO AS HIGH OR AS LOW AS THEY CHOOSE ON THE BOARD.

THAT'S ALL I WANNA KNOW.

IT'S TALKING ABOUT THE P IN THE HEARING.

I'D LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING IF I MAY.

LEMME GET THROUGH THE CARDS.

LET ME GET THROUGH THE CARDS.

LILY NIXON AGENDA ITEM 56.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

THIS IS NOT MY FIRST TIME COMING TO A CITY COUNCIL MEETING DISPUTING THE, THE PERIOD WHEN MAYOR CHARLES ENGLAND WAS MAYOR.

I SHOWED UP TWICE AND I'M BACK.

I'M NOT FOR THE PS NEVER HAVE BEEN.

AND WHEN I MOVED INTO WALFORD VILLAGE IN 2003, THEY HAD JUST ESTABLISHED THE P AND IT WAS A LOT OF HOUSES THAT WERE VACANT.

AND I QUESTIONED THE POLICE CONSIDERED BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER THE HOUSE WAS VACANT.

AND I WAS DEFINITELY AGAINST THE P AND THE PEOPLE THAT CAME AROUND TO MY HOUSE.

THEY JUST SAID, WE GOT THE PIG GOING ON THAT ARE YOU, FOR WHAT? I SAID, WHAT IS IT? I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT A PI WAS AND I TOLD 'EM I WASN'T FOR IT.

BUT ANYWAY, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY IDEA OF SIGNING MY NAME SAYING I WANTED IT OR NOT.

AND I TOLD MR. HAM THAT THAT WAS UNFAIR THE WAY THAT WAS CONDUCTED.

UM, AND WE GOT LETTERS IN THE MAIL, SOME OF US, I WAS TOTALLY CONFUSED 'CAUSE IT SAID GRAND PRAIRIE, CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE WATER UTILITIES.

I THOUGHT IT WAS MY WATER BILL WHEN I OPENED IT UP.

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SEE, THAT WAS NOT CORRECTLY DONE THERE EITHER.

AND SOME OF US RECEIVED A LETTER INFORMING US OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SOME DIDN'T.

SO THEREFORE, I WAS GOING AROUND ALONG WITH SOME OF MY OTHER NEIGHBORS, LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT IT WAS GOING ON.

ALSO, I'VE TAKEN UP ON MYSELF 'CAUSE MOST OF OUR RESIDENTS IN MY WALL FOR VILLAGE, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT A P IS.

SO I TOOK IT ON MYSELF.

I GOT WITH LEE HARRIS, SHE GAVE ME ALL THE INFORMATION I NEEDED AND I MET WITH THEM IN OUR SO COLD PARK.

THAT'S BA BASICALLY A GLORIFIED PARKING LOT 'CAUSE IT'S NOT A BASKETBALL GOAL OR NASA TRASH CAN I TO LET YOU KNOW IT'S SOMETHING.

BUT I TOLD HIM I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE PAYING FOR A GLORIFIED PARKING LOT.

SO WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AND LEAVES SO VERY UNDERSTANDING AND EVERYTHING.

BUT THE COST OF LIVING IS GOING UP DAILY.

IT'S IMPACTING ALL THE CITIZENS.

MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN MY AREA ARE SENIOR CITIZENS.

WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY.

AND ALL WE DO IS DO THE SUBDIVISION, YOU KNOW, THE OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW, AS YOU COME INTO THE SUBDIVISION.

UH, PLANTS HAVE BEEN DYING, NOT BEING WATERED.

AND I DID TALK TO, UH, STEVEN, HE'S THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE PI.

AND I ALSO TALKED TO LEE HARRIS AND ASKED HER IF SHE'D COME AND SEE AND SO FORTH AND SO ON.

'CAUSE WE PAY A LOT TO BE WATERED AND OUR PLANTS WERE DYING AND SOME OF 'EM ARE STILL DYING.

BUT I DO GET INVOLVED.

AND SO MY QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OPTIONS THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED OR LOOKED AT IF THIS PLAN IS PROPOSED OR ADOPTED? WHAT CAN WE EXPECT DIFFERENT FROM WHAT'S BEING DONE NOW? THEY DON'T COME DOWN THE STREET THAT OR ANYTHING COME OUT THERE ALL THE TIME, EVERY DAY, SWEEPING MY OWN STREET TO GET WHATEVER UP.

AND IF IT'S RAINING AND WHATEVER, WE HAVE WATER.

ONE OF THE GUYS IN THE AUDIENCE THERE, HE TAKES OUT HIS BROOM AND HE GOES DOWN THE STREET TRYING TO GET RID OF THE WATER BECAUSE IT'S ACCUMULATING.

WE ARE OBJECTING TO THE LEVELING OF THE FOLLOWING ASSESSMENT AGAINST REAL PROPERTY IN THE DISTRICT.

I HAVE A BIG HOUSE, SO THAT MEANS I'M GONNA PAY MORE THAN SOME OTHERS ARE.

AND I'M A SENIOR CITIZEN AND I CAN'T AFFORD THAT.

'CAUSE I HAVE STUFF THAT GOES ON AT MY OWN HOUSE THAT I NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF INSIDE MY HOUSE AS FAR AS ROOFING AND LEAKS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO LOOKING AT THAT, I WAS AT 0.085 PER 100 OF THE APPRAISAL VALUE OF THE REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

GRAND PRAIRIE CITY IS DOUBLING TAXES.

AND WE ARE PAYING PROPERTY TAX AND ALL THE OTHER TAXES, BUT IT NOTIFIES THE PROPERTY TAXES THAT WE HAVE BEEN PROMISED.

BUT I APPRECIATE Y'ALL LISTENING TO ME AND I'M HOPING AND PRAYING THAT WE CAN ELIMINATE THE PIS.

BUT ACCORDING TO MAYOR CHARLES ENGLAND, HE SAID THE MAYOR, THE PIS ARE HERE AND THEY'RE HERE TO STAY.

SO WHEN YOU DO THE SUBDIVISION, YOU LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE IN A P AND IT'S BEEN HERE EVER SINCE.

BUT IT IS UNFAIR TO SOME OF US BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT A P IS.

BUT LIKE I SAID, ON ONE OF THOSE THAT ARE, GET A GATHER INFORMATION AND GET WHAT MY NEIGHBORS AND EXPLAINED TO THEM WHAT A PERIOD IS.

SO THANK YOU ALL.

AND I DO KNOW SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY STEVEN, HE HELPS US OUT ALL THE TIME AS WE TALK ABOUT, UH, HE'S THE VICE PRESIDENT OF OUR PERIOD, BUT HE TALK US ALL THE TIME.

I APPRECIATE YOU GET INVOLVED.

YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT IT WITH OUR, WITH OUR PIT LEADERS, I GUESS, AND THROW OUT NUMBERS WITH DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT, YOU WANT YOU TO DO.

OMAR CHENEY, I AGENDA ITEM 56.

HI, IT'S OMAR CHAVEZ.

I LIVE AT, UH, 32 0 9 WOODING CIRCLE, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.

AND, UH, WE ARE PART OF, UH, PI DISTRICT, UH, WALLINGFORD VILLAGE.

AGAIN, WE GOT THIS THROUGH THE MAIL THE OTHER DAY.

AND, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS IS JUST, UH, ASTONISHING.

UH, THE APPRAISED VALUE FOR OUR PIT IS $70 MILLION.

YOU KNOW, UM, WE DON'T LIVE IN A VERY BIG PIT LIKE OTHER PEOPLE DO.

AND I LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE NUMBERS ARE JUST RIDICULOUS, YOU KNOW, UH, TO HER POINT, UH, DECORATIONS $25,000 AND, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE A PROJECTION OF WHAT THE, THIS LADY WAS SAYING, BUT $25 FOR DECORATIONS.

AGAIN, I'VE BEEN LIVING THERE FOR SINCE 2008.

I HAVE NEVER SEEN A DECORATION WALL MAINTENANCE.

WE DID OUR WALL ONCE AND IT NO NEED OF MAINTENANCE.

SO HERE WE HAVE, UH, WALL MAINTENANCE.

WE HAVE 3000, UM, YEAH, $3,000 PROJECTED FOR EVERY SINGLE YEAR FOR FIVE YEARS.

SO AGAIN, NO NEED FOR WALL MAINTENANCE WHEN THE WALL HASN'T NEEDED ANY MAINTENANCE, UH, DECORATIVE LIGHTING, YOU KNOW, UH, THESE ARE THINGS THAT THAT WE SEE AROUND OUR COMMUNITY, AROUND OUR PIT THAT ARE CONSTANTLY OUT.

WE DON'T SEE ANY WATERING OF PLANTS, YOU KNOW, UM, TO EVERYBODY'S POINT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE NUMBERS ARE JUST RIDICULOUS.

YOU KNOW, TO HER POINT, SHE SAYS, WELL, THERE'S SPACES OR LOCATIONS WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE PID MEETINGS.

I I'VE LIVED THERE SINCE 2008.

I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING ON ANY CORNER TO HER, TO HER, UH, QUE OR TO HER, UH, STATEMENT OF, HEY, THESE ARE WHERE THE MEETINGS ARE TAKING, TAKING PLACE.

MY NEIGHBOR, SHE MIGHT KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN I DO, BUT AGAIN, YOU, SO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE, UH, SOME OF THESE NUMBERS ARE JUST ASTONISHING TO US.

YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IF WE WERE ABLE TO KIND OF,

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SO WE WANT YOU TO GET WITH LEE AND MEET STEVEN AND, AND DELVE INTO THE NUMBERS WITH THEM.

SO, NO, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONLY THING I HAVE.

I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS LISTENING TO US.

UM, ROBERTO CASTILLO DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WISHES TO RECORD A SUPPORT FOR ITEM NUMBER 56.

THERE WAS AN INDIVIDUAL YES.

COME FORWARD.

I WANTED, I WANTED TO SPEAK.

NO, WAIT TILL YOU GET UP HERE.

GO, GO AHEAD.

TAKE YOUR TIME.

THIS IS ANTHONY SIER.

JUST WAIT TILL YOU GET HERE.

I LIVE AT, UH, I LIVE AT, UH, TWO 12 MCKENNA COURT IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.

IT'S A KIND OF A NEW DEVELOPMENT.

AND, UM, LEE'S BEEN GREAT.

I MEAN, I'M, I'M JUST LEARNING ABOUT PS I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT WAS OR WHAT IT MEANT AS WELL.

AND, UH, SHE CERTAINLY HAS BROUGHT ME UP TO SPEED.

WE HAVE ONE OTHER GUY THAT'S THE PRESIDENT AND I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT AND NOBODY ELSE COMES TO THESE THINGS AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE COULD DO.

WHAT PIT? HUH? IT'S, UH, CRESCENT HEIGHTS.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR SERVING.

OH, THANK YOU.

AND NOW THAT I KNOW WHAT IT IS, AND I KNOW THAT IS OUR MONEY BEING SPENT NOW, THEN WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

I'M GOING TO DO LIKE THIS LADY THAT WAS JUST UP HERE LITTLE WHILE AGO, I'M GONNA GO AROUND AND TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT IT.

IT'S NOT A REAL BIG, UH, SUBDIVISION, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY, UH, IS GOOD.

AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, MORE ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO AND I'M SURE I CAN GET WITH LEE ON THAT.

NOW, ONE OTHER THING THAT I GOT THOUGH, WE'VE GOT A STREET THAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE OUR RESPONSIBILITY, WHICH IS 12 OAKS.

AND TO ME THAT STREET IS IN TERRIBLE SHAPE AND WE EXPECT IT LOOK LIKE TO ME, THE CITY WOULD'VE GIVEN US A DECENT STREET BEFORE.

SO, SO IT'S A STREET THAT YOUR PIT IS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN.

THAT'S WHAT LEE TOLD ME.

SO WE JUST NEED TO GET WITH STAFF AND SEE THE PARTICULARS ABOUT THAT.

AND IT'S PROBABLY IN A SUBDIVISION THAT'S GATED.

WELL, IT'S NOT GATED.

I'M, I'M IT A PRIVATE SEGMENT.

OH, IT'S A PRIVATE SEGMENT, BUT GET WITH STAFF AFTERWARDS.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.

AND BECAUSE THE STREET REALLY, IT'S A, THE STREET DIVIDED AND WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE SIDE AND SOMEBODY ELSE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OTHER SIDE.

AND IT IS REALLY SCREWED UP.

SO WE, WE, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

AND UH, AND, AND, AND THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE BEAUTIFUL TO, UH, TAKE CARE OF.

'CAUSE WE DON'T MIND DOING IT.

UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA YOU GOTTA KNOW WHAT YOUR, WHAT YOUR OPTIONS ARE, WHAT YOU'RE GETTING INTO.

NOW, UH, ALSO WE HAVE A WALL BEHIND OUR BUILDING.

UH, BEHIND ALL OUR HOUSES.

AND THIS WALL WAS CONSTRUCTED BY THE DEVELOPER AND IT, IT, IT'S IS IN TERRIBLE SHAPE.

IT LOOKED LIKE A NEW WALL, BUT THE, THE HOLES IN THE, THE MORTAR WAS NOT PUT IN THAT.

RIGHT.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHO INSPECTED THAT, BUT IT, IT, IT REALLY DIDN'T DO A GOOD JOB.

THE STREET ON 12 OAKS, UH, WHEN THE, UH, WHEN THE DEVELOP, WHEN THE BUILD, WHEN THE DEVELOPER PUT THAT STREET IN, THEY WERE REQUIRED TO DO CERTAIN THINGS.

THE, UH, THE CURB IS TOO LOW, THE WATER JUST SIT THERE.

AND WE WERE TALKING WITH, UH, LEE, WE WERE GETTING SOMEBODY TO COME IN AND REPLACE THAT.

SOME OF THE STREET PARTS 'CAUSE IT WAS DETERIORATING.

UH, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO, UH, WE NEED TO DEAL WITH THAT.

SO HOPEFULLY THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.

THANKS FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT.

I SURE APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU AGAIN.

COUNCIL MEMBER KY LEE, CAN YOU PLEASE SEND ME THE PIT INFO ON ITEM 46 AND 56, PLEASE? JUST EMAIL IT TO ME.

I'D LIKE TO VISIT WITH THEM.

I HAVE NO MORE SPEAKERS.

GO AHEAD.

I JUST WANNA DO A FOLLOW UP.

UM, ON ITEM FOUR FOUR SPECIFICALLY, I HAD MENTION OF THE POTENTIAL TAX IMPLICATIONS IF THIS WERE NOT TO BE, OR IF THIS WAS TO BE PUSHED, I WANTED TO SEE WHAT THE DEADLINE WAS IN REGARDS TO THAT AND HOW THAT MIGHT BE IMPACTED IF IT WAS TO BE PURCHASED THE DEADLINE'S THIS MONTH.

SO AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO, I THINK WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS GET WITH, I, EVEN THOUGH WE SET THE TAX RATE TONIGHT, YOU NEED TO GET WHERE YOUR PI BOARD AND SEE IF Y'ALL CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AND COME BACK TO US.

WE, WE'LL DO A MID PI BOARDS.

WE FOLLOW THE PI BOARDS.

MAYOR GET INVOLVED.

THE ONE THING IS WE HAVE TO ADOPT, WE ADOPTED IT TONIGHT, BUT BY SEPTEMBER 30TH, THAT'S THE END OF OUR FISCAL YEAR.

SO WE HAVE TO APPROVE A TAX RATE FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

THAT BEGINS ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2025, WHICH WILL LAST TO NEXT YEAR, SEPTEMBER 30TH.

SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO APPROVE THIS THIS YEAR.

BUT WE CAN MAKE CHANGES TO THE, THEY CAN MAKE CHANGES TO THE BUDGET THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

THE BUDGET, BUT NOT THE TAX RATE.

NO, THE TAX RATE HAS TO STAY.

CONS, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SETTING TONIGHT.

I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

WE GOT ONE OTHER SPEAKER.

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OH YES.

COME ON BACK UP.

I, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I NEED FOR THIS BUDGET TO BE SENT BACK, UH, FOR THE PRIME REASON THAT THE TAX, THE RIGHT NOW IT'S ASSESSED THAT'S POINT 18 PER HUNDRED IS VERY HIGH IN THIS AREA.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT WE CAN GO AROUND AND READJUST CERTAIN ITEMS AND THEN SHE HAS MENTIONED THAT YOU CAN OWN THIS OR DO LIKE, CARRY OVER.

THAT'S ALL GREAT.

BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE MONEY TO JUST SEND IT, TO SIT IN A BUDGET AND NOT DO ANYTHING WITH IT.

LET ME ASK, IF WE DON'T SET A TAX RATE BY SEPTEMBER 30TH, WHAT'S THE TAX RATE? IT'LL BE THE CURRENT.

I BELIEVE IT REMAINS, SIR.

IT'S GONNA, IT IS GONNA, IT IS GONNA REMAIN 18 IF WE DON'T SET IT TONIGHT AT 18.

IT'S GONNA REMAIN AT 18.

IT HAS TO BE SET TONIGHT, YOU KNOW, THIS WEEK SO THAT WE CAN SEND IT TO DALLAS COUNTY SO THEY CAN INCLUDE IT ON THE PROPERTY TAX BILL.

BUT MY QUESTION WAS, IF WE DON'T SET IT, IT REMAINS 18 OR NOT.

WHAT'S YOUR CURRENT UM, WELL MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE COUNCIL HAS TO APPROVE THE RATE EVERY YEAR AT THE HEARING.

SO IT WOULD GO TO ZERO, MAYOR.

IT IT'S A HOLD, HANG ON, HANG ON, HOLD ON GUYS.

IT'S THE SAME WAY THAT THE COUNCIL HAS TO APPROVE A PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.

SHOULD WE NOT APPROVE A PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE ENTIRE CITY, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO FUND PROJECTS BEGINNING ANYTHING OCTOBER 1ST.

THEY, THEY, THEIR FUNDING WOULD GO AWAY.

IT WILL GO AWAY.

SO YOU HAVE TO APPROVE A, A, UM, TAX RATE THIS MEETING.

'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER MEETING UNTIL OCTOBER 9TH OR 10TH.

SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO APPROVE IT TODAY.

WHAT CAN HAPPEN NOW, AND THIS IS WHAT I WOULD IMPLORE EVERYONE THAT'S HERE IS TO GO BACK.

WELL GO MEET UP, MEET WITH LEE, BUT ALSO GO BACK TO YOUR LOCAL PIS AND NOT JUST TALK TO THEM AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

YOU MAY HAVE TO JOIN OR RUN FOR THE PIT.

AND RUNNING FOR THE PIT IS PRETTY EASY.

WHENEVER Y'ALL HAVE THE ANNUAL MEETING AND THE VOTE, YOU JUST GOTTA BRING PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS TELL 'EM TO COME VOTE FOR YOU AND YOU GET ON THAT PIT.

AND THEN YOU CAN RESHAPE THE BUDGETS AND RESHAPE THE PROPERTY TAX RATE TO BE WHAT YOU THINK IS CORRECT FOR YOUR SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOOD.

BECAUSE Y'ALL THAT ALL HERE.

I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE.

YOU GUYS KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD BETTER THAN WE DO.

ALL WE CAN DO IS JUST SUPPORT YOU ONCE YOU GET IT HERE.

BUT WE CAN'T GO BACK AND TELL YOU TO CHANGE IT.

Y'ALL SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? SO THAT, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

YES, COME ON FORWARD.

THANK YOU FOR UM, ALLOWING ME A COUPLE OF MINUTES.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU.

UM, NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE, SIR.

ROSSI MCDADE 2239 SPARROW HALL COURT.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

UH, HERE IN OPPOSITION OF ITEM NUMBER 44.

UM, A AGAIN, I'M JUST HERE JUST TO, UM, GET MORE INVOLVED.

I APPRECIATE THE DIRECTION IN TERMS OF, UH, INSTRUCTING.

PLEASE GET INVOLVED.

CITIZENS OUT HERE TO GET IN INVOLVED WITH THE PIS.

I AM GUILTY OF NOT BEING AS INVOLVED AS I SHOULD, BUT WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED IN ITEM 44 IS AN EYEOPENER.

AND SO I'M HERE TO, UH, JUST PUT IT AS A MATTER OF RECORD MY OPPOSITION TO THAT.

YOU BET.

ANYBODY ELSE? MICHAEL? COUNCIL MEMBER DUBBO.

I THINK LOPEZ WAS FIRST.

WELL, I, NO, I MEAN THE ONLY THING I HAD TO SAY IS THAT WE HAD PLENTY OF PITS COME BACK AND FOR EXAMPLE, THE DECORATIONS, THEY SAID AS A NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE DON'T NEED THAT MUCH MONEY FOR DECOR DECORATIONS.

AND THEY CUT THE BUDGET AND THEN THEY CUT THE BUDGET.

SO LOOK FOR THINGS THAT DON'T MAKE SENSE ON PAPER AND SAY, LET'S JUST CUT THE BUDGET.

I MEAN, REDUCE THE MOWING CYCLE.

I MEAN, SO THERE'S, THERE'S OPTIONS FOR Y'ALL.

I JUST REALLY ENCOURAGE Y'ALL TRY TO ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TO, TO MEET SOON.

SO THEY COME BACK BEFORE END OF THE YEAR.

SO SOME PS DO SEASONAL CHAINS OUTS AT THE CORNERS EVERY QUARTER.

SOME PIS DON'T.

SOME PIS HAVE A MORE RELAXED AND SLOWER MOWING SCHEDULE THAN OTHERS.

Y'ALL GET TO DECIDE.

COUNCIL MEMBER DEL BOSKY AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL.

SO WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T APPROVE THIS? UH, THE TAX RATE WOULD GO TO ZERO ON EVERYBODY AND THEIR FUNDING WOULD GO AWAY.

WELL, WE CAN CERTAINLY ESTIMATE IT.

UH, MS. HARRIS, IS THERE A WAY IN THE FUTURE THIS, THIS WON'T BE ABLE TO HELP US OUT ANY THIS YEAR, BUT IN THE FUTURE, IS THERE A WAY THAT THE PI BOARDS CAN GET THEIR STUFF TO TWO, TWO EARLIER PROPOSED TAX RATE, AT LEAST ONE MEETING QUICKER?

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THE BUDGETS WE PUT TOGETHER ARE BASED ON THE ACTUAL CERTIFIED VALUES.

BUT WE CAN ESTIMATE.

SO WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THEY GET TO THE CERTIFIED VALUES.

YEAH, WE TRY TO WAIT FOR THAT KINDA WE TWO COUNCIL MEMBER SHOT.

WE CAN ESTIMATE.

BOY WE'RE, IT'S, IT IS JUST CUTTING A REALLY FINE LINE.

WE, WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE TIME THAN THIS THOUGH.

WE DO.

TONY.

I THINK HOWEVER, YOU'RE, YOU'RE TONY.

THAT'S NOT A BAD IDEA.

SO TRY TRY TO GET 'EM TO US AT LEAST ONE MEETING AHEAD.

SURE.

IF POSSIBLE.

THE KEY IF POSSIBLE.

THE KEY IS THE, WHAT WE'VE ALL SAID THE KEY IS THEM GET INVOLVED.

GET INVOLVED.

BECAUSE MANY TIMES AFTER THEY'VE GOT INVOLVED, THEY REALIZE, WELL, I SEE WHERE ALL THE MONEY'S GOING TO MAYOR PRO TEM.

YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY TO TONY'S POINT, YOU GUYS DO PRESENT THIS BUDGET TO THE FINANCING GOVERNMENT COUNT, UH, COMMITTEE IN AUGUST I BELIEVE.

SO MAYBE IN THE FUTURE YOU CAN SKIP OUR COMMITTEE, BRING IT TO COUNCIL IN AUGUST TO GIVE THE RESIDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ANOTHER MONTH.

ANOTHER MONTH TO GO BACK AND CHANGE IT.

I WOULD, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT.

COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. HALEY.

JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT REALLOCATING THE BUDGET, BUT I THINK THE CONCERN IS THE RATE RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO REALLOCATE TO REDUCE THE RATE.

I BET.

SO THAT'S MY QUESTION.

HOW CAN THEY REDUCE THE RATE? 'CAUSE THAT'S THE ASSESSMENT THAT THEY'RE PAYING.

WELL, THE REASON THEY HAVE A HIGH RATE IN HIGH HAWK IS BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE A LOT TO MAINTAIN.

THEY HAVE A LARGE PARK THAT THEY MAINTAIN.

BUT LEE, TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, BUT CAN THEY REDUCE COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS? THEY CAN REDUCE THE RATE.

ALL THEY DO IS REDUCE, REDUCE WHAT THEY WANT DONE.

THEY CAN REDUCE THE RATE, BUT THEY HAVE TO CUT BACK ON AND REDUCE THE BUDGET WILL REDUCE THEIR RATE THAT THEY WILL BE ASSESSED.

THEY HAVE TO BE A TWO STEP PROCESS.

OH ONE, MAKE SURE ON WE'RE CLEAR CUT BACK ON THEIR, CUT BACK ON THINGS OR REDUCE THE RATE.

THE RATE ONCE IT'S SET, IT CANNOT, IT CANNOT BE RESET UNTIL THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

SO THEY COULD RESET.

I, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT IT GIVES 'EM A GOAL.

COME ON, LET'S GET, LET'S CUT 3 CENTS OFF.

HOW DO WE DO IT? LET'S GET WITH THE PI BOARD.

HOW CAN WE CUT 3 CENTS? HOW CAN WE CUT 2 CENTS? HOW CAN WE CUT A NICKEL AND LET THE BOARD DECIDE? SO LET'S NOT VOTE AND START AT ZERO.

NOPE.

YOU CAN MAKE THAT MOTION, BUT WE NEED TO MOST, WE GET, WE NEED TO PASS THIS TONIGHT.

THE PI BOARDS HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD.

WE'VE GOT HOW MANY PIS? 19.

19.

THEY'VE WORKED REALLY HARD.

UH, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE ALL 19 OF THESE BUDGETS.

THE ADVISORY BOARDS AND WHAT ELSE? TONY TAX AND THE TAX RATE.

THAT'S MY MOTION MAYOR.

POINT OF CLARIFICATION.

CAN WE APPROVE ALL? EXCEPT WE CAN APPROVE, BUT THEIRS WOULD DROP THE ZERO.

ZERO.

WE WOULD RATHER WE, WE CAN DO WHAT WE WANT.

COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. MY MOTION IS TO APPROVE 'EM ALL.

CAN I HAVE A SECOND? WE HAVE A MOTION.

AND SECOND.

ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY.

NAY.

MOTION CARRIES EIGHT TO ONE.

PLEASE GET WITH YOUR PI BOARDS COUNCIL MEMBER VOKI, GET WITH THE PI BOARD IN YOUR AREA.

ITEM 57,

[57. ZON-25-06-0022 - Zoning Change/Concept Plan – Lake Ridge One Planned Development District (City Council District 4). Zoning Change from Planned Development PD-267A General Retail Uses to a Planned Development District for more specific General Retail Uses and a Concept Plan with design standards. Lots 1 and 2, Block A, Lake Ridge Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, zoned PD-267A, within the Lake Ridge Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 5531 and 5523 Lake Ridge Pkwy (On August 25, 2025, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 9-0)]

ANYTIME YOU'RE READY.

RASHAD? YES SIR.

I HAVING A LITTLE COMPUTER ISSUE HERE, BUT I GOT IT.

UM, ITEM 57.

IT'S, UH, UH, PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE, UH, AND CONCEPT PLAN.

THIS ZON 25 0 6 22.

IT'S CALLED LAKERIDGE ONE, UH, 55 23 AND 55 31 LAKERIDGE PARKWAY.

UH, THE ZONE CHANGE AND CONCEPT PLAN IS UP FOR CONSIDERATION.

THE EXISTING ZONING IS PD 2 67 A, WHICH IS CURRENTLY ALLOWING GENERAL RETAIL USES.

UH, THE PD IS INTENDED TO ADDRESS UNWANTED GENERAL RETAIL USES THAT WE, WE DON'T WANT AT THIS LOCATION.

THIS IS A CITY OWNED PROPERTY AND THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE'RE REZONING IT.

UH, SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THIS, UH, A HIGHER END DEVELOPMENT FOR ANY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT WITH REGARD TO PROPOSED USES.

AND WE LOOK TO POSSIBLY DEED

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RESTRICT ALSO, UH, CERTAIN USES SINCE WE OWN IT, WE'LL HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT PRIOR TO THE SALE.

SO, UH, WE'RE ALL AWARE OF SB EIGHT 40 AND GENERAL RETAIL PROPERTIES.

UH, DEED RESTRICTION WILL ALLOW US TO RESTRICT ANY POTENTIAL MULTIFAMILY USES PRIOR TO SELLING THE PROPERTY AND THAT WILL STAY WITH THE LAND.

UH, WE RECEIVED 13 LETTERS IN OPPOSITION REPRESENTING 11 UNIQUE ADDRESSES SHOWN ON THE MAP.

SEVERAL LETTERS T REFERENCED MULTIFAMILY.

UM, I I THINK THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION.

UH, BUT THIS KEEPS IT FROM BEING MULTIFAMILY.

UH, BUT IT, THERE IT IS CONFUSING.

UH, REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

I THINK THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION ON WHAT WE WERE PROPOSING.

UH, AND I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.

UH, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON IS AWARE OF THAT.

UH, SO, UH, PNZ RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND DEVELOPMENT.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR RASHAD? COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ? NO.

AND RASHAD, I MEAN THIS IS HELPS US BETTER ALIGN WITH FUTURE PLANS.

RIGHT? SO I KNOW SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT THERE WAS APARTMENTS ALREADY BEING WITH THIS MOTION.

WE WERE TRYING TO GET APARTMENTS TO BE BUILT, BUT WE REALLY TRY AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO REALLY PROTECT THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WE OWN AS A CITY TO MAKE SURE WE CONTROL THE OUTCOME OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, CORRECT? YES.

YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY THE REASON FOR THIS ALL.

AND I THINK YOU DID A GOOD JOB TRYING TO EXPLAIN THAT.

I WAS WITH YOU ON ONE OF THOSE.

UH MM-HMM .

IT'S EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO, TO UNDERSTAND SENATE BILL EIGHT 40 AND ALL THE IMPLICATIONS.

YES, DEFINITELY.

DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

GIVEN THAT MAYOR I, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 57, UM, AS PRESENTED, UM, BY STAFF.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM JOHNSON.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

AY, OPPOSED, SAY NAY.

MOTION CARRIES ITEM 58.

[Items 58 & 59]

ITEM 58 AND 59 ARE, UH, RELATED TO THE SAME PROJECTS.

I'LL PRESENT THEM AT ONCE.

UH, THE FIRST COMPONENT IS TO AMEND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FROM THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICE TO LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.

UH, THIS IS TO ALIGN WITH THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE FOR THIS PROPERTY AT 108, UH, 18TH NORTHEAST 11TH STREET.

AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.

UH, THE EXISTING ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY IS COMMERCIAL.

UH, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A ZONING DISTRICT OF SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED.

UH, THERE IS ONE EXISTING HOME AND THE APPLICANT DOES HAVE PLANS TO CONSTRUCT A DUPLEX ON, UH, THE SECOND PORTION.

UH, THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE LOCATION AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

I WILL NOTE THAT THERE IS RESIDENTIAL USES, UH, TO THE NORTH.

AND SO THIS PROPOSAL IS CONSISTENT WITH THAT.

UH, THIS IS THE EXISTING ZONING MAP AND AGAIN, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO CONSTRUCT A ONE STORY DUPLEX.

AND ON AUGUST 25TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AND WITH A CONDITION BY A VOTE OF NINE ZERO.

AND THAT CONDITION IS THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL PLOT THE PROPERTY AND FILE IT WITH A COUNTY BEFORE THE CITY ISSUES ANY BUILDING PERMITS.

THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE HAVE A SPEAKER.

UM, MORGAN, I'M SORRY I CAN'T READ YOUR LAST NAME AT HIDDEN LAKE DRIVE.

HI, MY NAME'S MORGAN LEE.

I LIVE AT 27 0 3 HIDDEN LAKE DRIVE IN GRAPEVINE.

AND I JUST WANTED TO VOTE FOR IT.

I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GONNA HAVE TO SPEAK.

UH, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM? I THINK WE'RE READY TO MAKE A MOTION.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL.

THANK YOU, SIR.

MAYOR, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM? WELL, NO, BUT JUST TO COMMENT, DIDN'T THERE USED TO BE A DUPLEX THERE AT ONE TIME? BACK A LONG TIME AGO? IT, AT ONE POINT THERE WAS A RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE.

I COULDN'T VERIFY WHETHER WAS A SINGLE FAMILY OR DUPLEX.

YEAH, I THINK IT WAS.

I REMEMBER KNOCKING ON BOTH DOORS IN THE, IN THE CAMPAIGN ONE TIME.

WELL, THANK YOU.

APPROVAL WITH PLANNING ZONINGS.

I WOULD, THIS IS JUST KEEPING RESIDENTIAL WHERE RESIDENTIAL IS, IS JUST MAKING THE FLUME MATCH AND MAKE THE ZONING MATCH BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO DO THAT TO BUILD.

UH, IT DOES NEED PLATTED THOUGH.

I AGREE WITH THAT.

SO I WOULD, UH, CAN WE TAKE BOTH OF THESE AT ONE TIME? I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ITEM NUMBER 59 AND 68.

58 IF I ONLY COULD.

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UH, RECOMMENDATION.

SECOND.

ALL RIGHT, I'LL GIVE THIS ONE.

THE ADAMS SHOULD TAKE TURNS HERE.

UM, UH, WE HAVE MOTION.

AND SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

AND YOU OPPOSED SAY NAY.

MOTION CARRIES ITEM 60.

[Items 60 & 61]

ALL RIGHT.

ITEM 60 AND 61 ARE RELATED TO THE SAME PROJECT.

ALL AYE.

DOUBLE UP ON THAT.

UH, NOW WE JUST, IF I COULD GET THE CITIZEN COMMENTS TO DOUBLE UP.

THE FIRST ELEMENT IS TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LANDUS MAP FROM COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICE TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

WHAT'S THE POINT IN CHANGING THE FMLA? UH, NEVERMIND.

UH, TO ALIGN WITH THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE, UH, THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 1106 WEST SHADY GROVE ROAD.

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

UH, THE EXISTING ZONING IS SINGLE FAMILY ONE AND THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

UH, THEY DO INTEND EVENTUALLY TO CONSTRUCT A CONTRACTOR SHOP WITH OUTSIDE STORAGE OR WITH STORAGE.

UM, THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY.

I WILL NOTE THAT THE PROPOSED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE AREA.

UM, IF THE ZONING'S APPROVED, THEY WILL HAVE TO DEVELOP TO MEET THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL STANDARDS IN THE UDC.

AND ON AUGUST 25TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF NINE TO ZERO.

I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

WE HAVE A CARD.

JIM DEWEY, THANK YOU FOR WAITING AROUND.

JIM.

GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR JENSEN, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL ALWAYS ENJOY BEING LAST ON THE AGENDA.

, I'M HERE TONIGHT.

UH, MY, MY ADDRESS IS 2,500 TEXAS DRIVE, SUITE 100, IRVING, TEXAS.

I'M A-J-D-J-R ENGINEERS.

I'M HERE TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF THE PROSPECTIVE OWNER WHO HAS THE PROPERTY UNDER CONTRACT.

HE OWNS A VERY SUCCESSFUL MECHANICAL AND COOLING COMPANY IN IRVING.

IT'S A MEDIUM SIZED COMPANY WITH OVER A HUNDRED EMPLOYEES.

HE WANTS TO MOVE HIS COMPANY TO THIS LOCATION.

IF THIS IS ZONING IS APPROVED, WE BE COMING FORWARD WITH A SITE PLAN SUBMITTAL.

HE WANTS TO BUILD ABOUT A 3,600 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE AND A SEPARATE BUILDING, ABOUT 10,000 SQUARE FEET FOR STORAGE OF HIS PRODUCTS.

HIS TEAMS COME AND GO EVERY MORNING, GET EQUIPMENT, COME IN, GET THEIR EQUIPMENT ON THEIR TRUCKS OR TRAILERS AND GO OUT AND DO THEIR WORK.

IT'S A GREAT COMPANY IN IRVING.

I ACTUALLY LIVE IN IRVING, SORRY TO SEE HIM GO.

UH, GREAT GUY.

I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HIM FOR YEARS AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO GET ACCOMPLISHED.

I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE REGARDING THIS REQUEST.

WOULD THERE BE ANY OUTSIDE STORAGE? WE ARE GONNA BE ASKING FOR SOME OUTSIDE STORAGE DUE BECAUSE THE, HE JUST WANTS TO STORE MOSTLY VEHICLES.

IT'S NOT EQUIPMENT OR STUFF THAT'S ALL STORED IN THE BUILDING, BUT THEY HAVE TRUCKS AND STUFF THAT NEED TO BE STORED ON SITE AT NIGHT.

NOT ALL THE EMPLOYEES GET TO TAKE HOME THOSE TYPE OF VEHICLES.

UH, WE WILL BE SCREENING ALL OF THE OUTSIDE STORAGE WITH MASONRY SCREENING WALLS.

WE WILL BE MEETING THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGN.

IT'LL BE A GREAT LOOKING PROJECT.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE NEXT TO, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTIAL ZONING AND THIS AREA IS REALLY NOT THAT APPROPRIATE.

BUT THAT'LL ALL BE SCREENED BY MASONRY SCREENING WALLS AS WELL.

SO I, WE'LL BE COMING FORWARD WITH A SITE PLAN, UH, MEETING ALL THE REQUIRED CODE.

UH, WHAT OUTSIDE STORAGE WILL BE SCREENED AND IT WILL NOT BE ON THE 1 61 SIDE OF THE PROJECT.

THE BUILDINGS WILL BE PUSHED UP NEXT TO 1 61 WITH, AND THEN ALL THE, THE STORAGE WOULD BE ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE PROPERTY.

I DON'T SEE ANY MORE LIGHTS.

UM, GO AHEAD MS. WARE.

UM, NO, NO.

MS. WARE.

SAVANNAH, UM, ANY PARKING TO BE DONE? THERE IS GONNA HAVE TO BE CONCRETED, CORRECT? YES.

SO ANYTHING THAT'S STORED OUTSIDE, WILL IT BE STORED ON CONCRETE? YES.

WILL THAT PRETTY MUCH CONCRETE THE WHOLE PROPERTY WITHOUT SEEING THEIR PLANS? I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

UH, WE WILL MAKE THE, MAKE SURE THE DRAINAGE THOUGH GOES AWAY FROM THE RESIDENTIAL, JUST LIKE WE ALWAYS DO.

MEAN THAT IT WOULD APPROVE OUTSIDE STORAGE.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

CLEMSON, ARE YOU READY TO MAKE A MOTION? YES, MAYOR.

UM, AFTER LOOKING AT ALL THE ADJACENT LAND USES, AND, UH, IT MAKES SENSE THERE, UM, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT OUTSIDE STORAGE, THAT GAVE ME A RED FLAG.

SO THIS, THIS PARTICULAR MOTION WOULD, UH, IF WE APPROVE THIS, IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY

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I JUST WANNA MAKE THAT CLEAR, CORRECT? MM-HMM .

AND ITEMS THAT 60 AND 61 CAN BE TAKEN TOGETHER.

AND THAT WAS A GOOD POINT OF CLARIFICATION.

COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMSON, DOES SHE HAVE TO PUT IN HER MOTION TO PREVENT OUTSIDE STORAGE? WELL, ACTUALLY THAT'LL COME UP WHEN THEY, IT'LL COME UP LATER, SHE SAYS, RIGHT? MM-HMM .

UH, I WOULD, UH, MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS NUMBER 60 AND 60.

ONE SECOND.

KNOWING THAT IT'LL COME UP LATER FOR THE OUTSIDE STORAGE.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

WHO SECONDED IT? COUNCIL MAYOR PRO TEM.

ALL THE FAVORS SAY AYE.

COMMENTS, THE RANGERS ARE GETTING BEAT PRETTY BAD RIGHT NOW, FIVE TO NOTHING.

ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY.

UH, BEFORE WE GET TO CITIZEN

[CITIZEN COMMENTS (Part 2 of 2)]

OUR, OUR SIXTH TO NOTHING.

OUR HOPES OF MAKING THE PLAYOFFS OR DWINDLING.

JOHN SANDERS.

JOHN, THANK YOU FOR STAYING TILL THE END OF THE MEETING.

CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF.

MY NAME'S JOHN SANDERS.

I LIVE AT 1918 EAST DRIVE.

THIS IS REGARDS TO THAT.

I AM A SCHOOL GUARD CROSSER AT THE INTERSECTION OF BELTLINE, SOUTH BELTLINE ROAD AND GRAND PRIX ROAD.

THIS AREA DOES NOT HAVE NO SCHOOL CROSS SIGNS AT ALL.

NOT A BIT.

AND I DO CROSS ELEMENTARY SKI KIDS THERE, WHICH IS NORTON ELEMENTARY, WHICH IS JUST ONLY A BLOCK BEHIND ME.

SO I DO CROSS KIDS AND THIS IS GIVING ME 35 SECONDS TO CROSS THESE KIDS ON SIX LANES.

SO I'M JUST REFERRING AS PLEASED IF SOMETHING COULD BE DONE TO THIS ISSUE.

ALSO, I DO CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO GET AN OFFICER THERE TO CATCH THESE SPEEDERS BECAUSE THE SPEED LIMIT IS 35.

THEY'RE NOT GOING 35, THEY'RE GOING 45, 50 MILES AN HOUR GOING OVER THE BRIDGE, ALSO GOING NORTHBOUND TO GO OVER THE BRIDGE.

THEY SPEED.

SO THERE HAS TO BE SOME KIND OF ISSUE SOLVED ON THIS, BUT I DO APPRECIATE IF SOMETHING COULD BE SOLVED.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR COMING AND I THINK THANK YOU SIR.

WE'RE DOING HELPING THOSE KIDS GET ACROSS.

HEY, HOW ARE YOU DOING THERE? I'M DOING GREAT.

ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU.

IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO BE HERE, ESPECIALLY TODAY.

SO MY NAME IS MELISSA COTTER.

I LIVE AT 2 38 WEST COBRA.

I KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN UP HERE TO TALK TO YOU ALL BEFORE, AND WE'VE COME TO, UH, INTERESTING CHAIN OF EVENTS THE LAST COUPLE DAYS.

THE A DU THAT WAS NEXT DOOR TO ME IS NOW BEING DEMOLISHED BY CITY CODE COMPLIANCE.

AND I JUST CAME UP HERE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR ONE.

YOU HAVE LISTENED TO ME, YOU'VE LET ME ADDRESS YOU ALL.

AND I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR, TO THE CITY, TO CODE COMPLIANCE AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND SPECIFICALLY TO THOSE WHO HAVE TAKEN THEIR TIME AND REALLY LISTEN TO ME RANT AND RAVE.

AND, UH, IT'S REALLY, IT'S BEEN REALLY IMPRESSIVE TO LISTEN TO THE COMMENTS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ALL HAD.

SO I'D LIKE TO THANK MAYOR, YOU'VE LISTENED TO ME QUITE FREQUENTLY, BOTH ON EMAIL AND IN PERSON.

, UM, RYAN SIMPSON, CHIEF SENSEI, UM, RASHARD JACKSON, DAVID LITTLETON, UH, JUNIOR, UM, AND THEN VICTOR MEDINA.

AND, UH, COUNTLESS OTHERS WHO HAVE WORKED MY CASE AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

UM, YEAH, IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD AND WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.

YOU GUYS WON'T BE GETTING RID OF ME SOON, BUT WE'VE MADE SOME INCREDIBLE INROADS JUST IN THE LAST COUPLE DAYS.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN.

I'LL, I'M GONNA GO A LITTLE OUT OF MY PROTOCOL, BUT, UH, YOU'VE BEEN GREAT .

UH, YOU'VE BEEN PERSISTENT BUT NOT OBNOXIOUS.

WELL, I'M GLAD 'CAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES I'VE ACTUALLY FELT VERY OBNOXIOUS.

UH, I I, I COULD FEEL IT.

WE COULD FEEL IT, BUT YOU THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE YOU ALL.

YOU GUYS HAVE A GOOD EVENING.

TRINA HALL.

NO, IT, THANK YOU BRIEFLY.

WHEN YOU HAVE COPD, IT GETS KIND OF CATCHY THERE AND YOU GET READ SORRY, TALK, TALK.

YOU CAN'T TALK WITHOUT COUGHING.

I THINK SO WE'LL WATCH.

THAT WE HAVE A, UM, FEW PEOPLE THERE THAT LIKE TO PARTY, PARTY, PARTY.

MY NAME IS TRINA HALL.

I LIVE AT 2 2 2 5 AVENUE B IN A NICE LITTLE AVENUE AREA.

UH, WELL, IT CAN BE NICE, BUT, UH, THERE'S BEEN TIMES

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BUT THE PROBLEM IS IT AFFECTS EVERYBODY THAT LIVES IN THAT AREA.

WE'RE HAVING PARTIES ON SATURDAY NIGHT, SUNDAY NIGHT.

WE EVEN HAVE PEOPLE SPEEDING UP AND DOWN OUR STREETS.

NOT ONLY AT DURING THAT PARTY BEFORE AND AFTERWARDS, BUT JUST SPEEDING UP AND DOWN OUR STREETS.

AND WE DO HAVE KIDS THAT GO THAT'S NOT IN THE HOUSE BEFORE THE PARTY STARTS.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO I'M CONCERNED.

I'M VERY CONCERNED, ESPECIALLY THERE'S AT LEAST TWO OF THEM.

IT'S, UH, ABOUT 2300 BLOCK.

BUT MY AREA, I SINCERELY APPRECIATED.

SOMEBODY WOULD KINDA SUPERVISOR, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BECAUSE I MEAN, I'M THINKING ABOUT MY COMMUNITY IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE SUPPOSED TO BE UNITED IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE SUPPOSED TO WORK TOGETHER IN OUR COMMUNITY.

NOT SINGULAR, NOT ONE PERSON, BUT AS A COMMUNITY TO WORK FOR EACH OTHER.

PROBLEM WITH SOCIETY TODAY, SELFISH, TOO MANY SELFISH PEOPLE ONLY THINK ABOUT THEMSELVES.

THAT'S A PROBLEM.

AND WE'RE TEACHING OUR CHILDREN THAT WE GOTTA STOP AND WE GOTTA GET BACK TO WHAT IS REALLY NEEDED IS TO BE COMMUNITY UNITED TOGETHER AND HELPING EACH OTHER.

AND THAT'S WHY I TRIED ALL THESE YEARS TO WORK AS A COMMUNITY TO HELP MY PEOPLE IN MY CITY.

I DON'T LIKE TO ARGUE WITH YOU.

I DON'T LIKE TO ARGUE HIM OR HIM OR ANY, ANYBODY, BUT I DO HAVE A PROBLEM SOMETIMES AND I SEE SOME THINGS THAT NEEDS TO BE STRAIGHTENED OUT.

AND ONE OF THEM IS THINGS WHEN, WHEN, WHEN A CITIZEN COMES TO TALK, PEOPLE NEED TO LISTEN, NEED TO UNDERSTAND.

WE ARE NOT ONLY THERE, JUST JET OUR LIPS.

WE'RE HERE.

WE ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.

Y'ALL MAY GET TIRED OF US, MIGHT SAY, OH, JUST PROBLEMS, PROBLEM PEOPLE.

WE'RE NOT PROBLEM PEOPLE.

I'VE BEEN HERE, SO LET ME SEE, I'M 66 YEARS OLD.

I'VE BEEN HERE MOST OF MY, ALL MY LIFE.

HAROLD WILLIS, 5 3 8 LINLEY.

I RAISED MY KIDS HERE.

I I'M NOT, I AM GOT GRANDKIDS ARE RAISING AND I HAVE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN NOW.

SO PLEASE, I'M THINKING ABOUT US AS A COMMUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER, NOT SEPARATELY STOP THE FIGHTING BECAUSE WE NEED TO STOP FIGHTING.

SAY, YEAH.

HAROLD WILLIS.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO WATCH THIS AND KIND OF CRITIQUE ME.

WELL, SOME OF MY OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE COORDINATORS SAID, IT'S A TIME FOR HAROLD R. WILLIS TO START TAKING CREDIT FOR WHAT I HAVE DONE FOR GRAND PRAIRIE THE LAST 41 YEARS.

SEPTEMBER OF 1985.

THAT SECOND SATURDAY I WAS THE ELECTION JUDGE TO BRING STAD ELEMENTARY TO GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.

THE FIRST ARLINGTON SCHOOL BUILT THAT SOUTH, THE ARLINGTON CITY LIMITS IN 1984.

WE HAD A BOND ELECTION OUT THERE FOR SCHOOLS AND POOLS.

AND I GAVE HIM CREDIT DICK ARMY AND ALL HIS REPUBLICANS WERE ON A ROLL.

THEY DEFEATED TOM VANDER GRIFF IN 84, AND THEY DEFEATED THAT BOND PACKAGE.

WE HAD TO QUICKLY COME BACK FOR LIKE A $38 MILLION BARE BASIC BOND PACKAGE.

I SERVED ON THAT.

I BEGGED MY NEIGHBORS.

I DIDN'T HAVE KIDS.

OUR KIDS ARE BEING BUSED OVER 360 SERVE ON THE BOND COMMITTEE.

I WAS THE ONLY REPRESENTATIVE FROM GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS TO SERVE ON THAT ARLINGTON SCHOOL BOND.

THAT ELECTION IN 1985 WAS THE LAST ELECTION IN TARRANT COUNTY WHERE YOU GRABBED THAT OLD HANDLE AND PULLED IT CLUNKED IN THAT CURTAIN AND CLICK CLICKED, BOUGHT A DISASTER.

AT LEAST A FINE LADY FROM THE ARLINGTON SCHOOL BOARD HAD TO COME AFTER HER THREE TIMES AND THEN LOCK THAT THING.

WE WON THAT ELECTION TO BRING STAT ELEMENTARY IN ADDITION TO THAT OF WHAT I HAVE DONE, THE BOND PACKAGE

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FOR WEST ELEMENTARY AND BOWIE HIGH SCHOOL.

THOSE OF YOU WHO, AND THAT'S IN YOUR DISTRICTS.

BOWIE HIGH SCHOOL IS THE LARGEST PHYSICAL PLANT IN TARRANT COUNTY AND IN NORTH TEXAS.

WE WANTED TO BUILD THAT SCHOOL BIG ENOUGH FOR FUTURE GROWTH.

WEST ELEMENTARY.

SO WE WOULD HAVE ANOTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON THE EAST SIDE OF 360.

ANOTHER THING THAT I DID, TARRANT COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE, SINCE I GRADUATED FROM TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE, TWO OF THE BOARD MEMBERS YOU LIVE IN GRAND PRIX, WE HEAR, YOU KNOW HOW TO GET VOTES OUT.

I WENT OUT AND GOT VOTES FOR TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE.

SO I'M GONNA DEFLATE YOUR EGO.

MAYOR, I DID THIS, NOT YOU.

I WAS AN OFFENSIVE LINEMAN AND DEFENSIVE LINEMAN.

MY NAME ISN'T ON STAD ELEMENTARY.

MY NAME ISN'T ANYWHERE.

BUT THESE ARE WHAT I DID FOR GRAND PRAIRIE AS AN UNELECTED OFFICIAL.

I USED TO JOKE WITH CLANCY NOLAN, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR BACK IN THE EIGHTIES, CLANCY, I BOUGHT IT SOME SCHOOLS OUT HERE TO MAKE THINGS A LITTLE EASIER.

AND CLANCY SAID, WELL HAROLD, I'M GONNA GO WORK FOR CEDAR HILL BECAUSE THERE'S SOME PROJECTS I WANTED TO GET DONE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.

BUT WHEN YOU SAY GRAND PRAIRIE TO THE BUSINESS BOYS IN DALLAS, EH, EH, OH NO , UH UH, WE'RE NOT GONNA GO TO GRAND PRAIRIE.

SO THAT UPTOWN DEVELOPMENT OVER IN CEDAR HILL WHERE THEIR POLICE CHASE STATION, THEIR CITY HALL, ALL OF THAT DEVELOPMENT, YOU'LL SEE A SIGN THAT SAYS CLANCY NOLAN PARKWAY.

WE COULD HAVE HAD CLANCY NOLAN IN GRAND PRAIRIE, BUT HE KNEW THERE WAS JUST SO MUCH THAT HE COULD DO.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, AND WE'LL GO INTO ANOTHER DATE AND TIME ABOUT MY LITTLE 15 YEAR PROJECT WHEN PEOPLE WERE DYING IN GRAND PRAIRIE.

BUT, UH, MY OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE COORDINATORS START TAKING CREDIT.

WHAT I HAVE DONE, AND I'VE BEEN DOWN HERE AND I REALIZE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN GRAND PRAIRIE THAT DON'T WALK, BUT I STAND FAR.

I REALIZE I KIND OF DELAY PEOPLE UP A LITTLE BIT.

THERE'S A BASEBALL GOING ON RIGHT NOW WE COULD GET THE SCORE ON, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING I HAVE A PROVEN TRACK RECORD.

I'VE BEEN DOWN HERE FOR 41 YEARS AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT MY INVOLVEMENT OF THE 1984 PUBLIC SAFETY BOND COMMITTEE WITH DAVID KUNKLE, JAMES ROBERTSON, THE CHANGES THAT MADE TO THIS CITY.

THEY'RE JUST ABOUT THAT CLOSE FROM BEING THE COCKRELL HILL OF DALLAS COUNTY, A VERY LARGE COCKRELL HILL.

BUT THINGS HAVE CHANGED.

SO I WANT TO KEEP THIS GOING.

SO THOSE ARE JUST A FEW THINGS.

MAYOR, I PLAYED FOOTBALL, YOU DIDN'T, I, WHO CARES? AS LONG AS YOU LOOK UP ON THAT SCHOOL BOARD AND YOU SEE THEM FOUR DOUBLE ZEROES AND WE GOT MORE THAN THEY GOT.

THAT'S THE KEY TO SUCCESS.

SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T LIKE TO BRAG, BUT, UM, YEAH, WHEN YOU SEE, WHEN YOU HOLD AN EVENT AT STAR ELEMENTARY, WEST ELEMENTARY, WHO BROUGHT THAT SCHOOL TO GRAND PRAIRIE? HAROLD R. WILLIS.

UH, MY NAME IS ROMINE AVARI, UH, RESIDING AT 24 7 6 DOCKSIDE DRIVE.

FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO WISH, UH, THE CITY MANAGER A HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND, UH, ALSO, UH, MENTIONED THAT TODAY IS ALSO A PERFECT SQUARE DATE.

FOUR SQUARED IS 16, THREE SQUARED IS NINE AND FIVE SQUARE IS 25, MAKING SIXTEEN, NINE TWENTY FIVE.

SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE CITY MANAGER FOR HIS RESPONSE.

UH, LETTER DATED, UH, SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2025 TO MY LETTER DATED JULY 1ST, 2025.

CONSIDERING ALL MATTERS CLOSED WITH NO SPECIFIC REASONS PROVIDED TO INCLUDE THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION I PROVIDED FROM MY DRIVEWAY REPLACEMENT, AS WELL AS OTHER GENERAL SUGGESTIONS MADE, I HAVE THEREFORE MADE A CITY, UH, PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST TO OBTAIN THE SPECIFIC REASONS WHY MY REQUEST FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE REMAINING TWO PANELS TO MY DRIVEWAY COMPLETE MY GARAGE.

THAT WAS CAUSED BY EROSION AND VOICE UNDER MY DRIVEWAY BY THE CITY SEPARATION OF THE SERVICE LINE THAT THE CITY SIDE WASTEWATER CLEANUP WAS DENIED TO INCLUDE SPECIFIC, APPROPRIATE ACTIONS AS STATED IN THE CITY MANAGED LETTER THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN IN REGARDS TO THE OTHER ITEMS, ONE OF THE SUGGESTED ITEMS I HAVE MADE, UH, AS PART OF THE PREVIOUS COMMENTS, WAS THE EXTENSION OF HANGAR LOW FROM LAKERIDGE PARKWAY WEST TO EXISTING CONCRETE END.

AND TONIGHT, I ADMIT THAT PLEA TO THE COUNCIL AND, UH, HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE FUTURE FIVE YEAR PLAN BECAUSE NO DEVELOPER IS GOING TO, UH, PAY FOR THAT, UH, COST BY THEMSELVES SINCE MOST OF IT IS ADJACENT TO EXISTING PLA DETENTION PONDS.

I'VE ALSO FOUND OUT THERE, THERE ARE NO CURRENT WRITTEN POLICIES IN REGARDS TO MANY OF THE SUGGESTED ITEMS THAT I HAVE MADE THE CITY NEEDS TO LOOK INTO TO ESTABLISH

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AND IMPLEMENT SUCH NEEDED POLICIES SUCH AS DEALING WITH WASTEWATER, CLEANOUT, AND SERVICE LINE REPAIRS, CITY USE OF THE TEXAS MANUAL OF UNIFORM CONTROL DEVICES FOR WARRANT STUDIES TO DETERMINE NEED FOR TRAFFIC SIGN INSTALLATION IN ORDER TO BE FAIR TO ALL CITIZENS, AS WELL AS CHANGES MADE TO SOME OF THE OTHER POLICIES SUCH AS THE SICK LEAVE AND THE FACILITY NAMING POLICY AS NEEDED TO REFLECT CURRENT AND MORE REALISTIC CONDITIONS AND TO BE SIMILAR AND IF NOT BETTER, THAN OUR SU'S UH, SURROUNDING CITIES.

I WANT TO THANK THE CITY MANAGER MAYOR, AS WELL AS MY DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON AND THE CITIZENS OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU IN REGARDS TO THESE ISSUES.

GOD BLESS AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO IN SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.