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[CALL TO ORDER]
CALL THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER.AND, UM, TONIGHT WE HAVE OUR INVOCATION LED BY VICKI CHEEK OF CALVARY FAMILY WORSHIP.
AND I'M GLAD YOU FOUND THE CHURCH HOME THAT YOUR WORSHIPING AT.
UH, OUR PLEDGES WILL BE LED BY COUNCILMAN MIKE DOKI.
THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY AND THE PRIVILEGE AND THE FREEDOM THAT WE HAVE HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.
WE HAVE TO COME AND DO BUSINESS FOR OUR CITY GOVERNMENT.
I ASK THAT ALL OF THE GENTLEMEN AND LADIES THAT REPRESENT US ARE SERVING GRACIOUSLY.
AND WE JUST ASK AS BUSINESS FOR THE CITY IS DONE, BE DONE IN HONESTY AND INTEGRITY.
AND WE JUST GIVE YOU ALL THE HONOR AND GLORY AND THANK YOU.
IF EVERYONE PLEASE REMAIN STANDING.
AS WE HONOR THE US AND TEXAS PLATINUM, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC OVER WHICH IT STANDS, NATION UNDER GOD AND INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY JUSTICE.
FOR ALL HONOR, HONOR, TEXAS FLAG ONE STATE, ONE NEW.
I HAD LIKE TO CALL THE MEMBERS
[4. Letter of Recognition of Nu Pi Lambda Day]
OF THE ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, THE NEW PHI LAMBDA CHARTER CHAPTER TO COME FORWARD.I JUST MET Y'ALL IN THE ENTRYWAY A WHILE.
ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS GRAND PRAIRIE, I'M PROUD TO EXTEND MY APPRECIATION OF FORMAL RECOGNITION TO YOUR CHAPTER FOR YOUR EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE AND COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
YOUR FRATERNITIES, COUNTLESS HOURS OF VOLUNTEERISM, HAVE MADE A LASTING, PACKED THROUGH YOUR ONGOING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND DIRECT SUPPORT OF VITAL INITIATIVES THAT UPLIFT LOCAL FAMILIES AND YOUTH.
I WOULD ESPECIALLY LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN MY COMMUNITY PICNIC AND SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVES EACH YEAR.
THAT'S JUNIORS NOT MINE, BUT IT IS WRITTEN MINE, BUT I KNOW IT WASN'T MINE.
YOUR INVOLVEMENT HELPS EQUIP STUDENTS IN THE GRAND PRAIRIE AND ARN AND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO SUCCEED AT THE START OF SCHOOL YEAR.
BEYOND THAT, YOUR GENEROSITY CONTINUES TO SHINE FROM DONATING WINTER COATS TO GRAND PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO MENTORING HUNDREDS OF YOUNG MEN THROUGH ALPHA AMBASSADORS CLUB.
YOUR CHAPTER SETS A POWERFUL EXAMPLE OF LEADERSHIP, SERVICE, AND BROTHERHOOD.
IN ADDITION, THE MEMBERS OF THE NEW PHI LAMBDA HAVE LONG BEEN PILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY, SUPPORTING VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVES, SERVING OUR LOCAL BOARDS AND COMMITTEES, AND WORKING ON THE FRONT LINES AS POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS, AND EDUCATORS.
YOUR DEDICATION TO CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY IS ADMIRABLE AND DEEPLY APPRECIATED.
IT IS WITH HONOR THAT I RECOGNIZE THE ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY INC.
NEW PHI LAMBDA CHAPTER FOR 40 YEARS OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
YOUR LEGACY OF LEADERSHIP CONTINUES TO INSPIRE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH YOU IN THE YEARS COMING FORWARD.
NOW, GEORGE MAYOR PRO, TIM, I'M GONNA TELL YOU WHAT I TOLD THEM OUT IN THE LOBBY.
UM, AND I LOOKED 'EM ALL IN THE EYE AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER THOUGHT YOU'D BE DOING THIS HOWEVER LONG AFTER YOU WERE HAVING PARTYING TIME AS A FRATERNITY IN COLLEGE AND FRATERNITIES AND SORORITIES, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE THERE FOR.
BROTHERHOOD, COMMUNITY SERVICE, HELPING EACH OTHER OUT TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE YEARS.
BUT I'M HERE TO TELL YOU, THIS ORGANIZATION DOES MORE TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY THAN THEY EVER THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE DOING AND EVER DID.
THEN OF COURSE, WHILE THEY'RE IN THE FRATERNITY AND COLLEGE, THEY HAVE SERVICE PROJECTS.
THEY CAN'T WAIT TO GET 'EM OVER.
IT'S A CHECK MARK YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
BUT MEN, WHAT YOU'RE DOING NOW, MENTORING YOUNG BOYS THAT NEED A MAN IN THEIR LIFE.
THAT'S, YOU NEVER DREAMED OF THAT WHEN YOU WERE A SENIOR IN COLLEGE, BUT YOU'RE DOING IT NOW.
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AND WE ALL AND THE COUNCIL COLLECTIVELY THANK Y'ALL FOR DOING THAT 'CAUSE IT'S MUCH NEEDED.LET'S GET UP HERE AND GET A PICTURE.
IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO GET INVOLVED AND HELP PEOPLE.
YOU CAN, BUT IT'S JUST BEST TO WALK ON OUT RIGHT NOW.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO, UH, WELL, NO, I DON'T KNOW IF WE, WE HAVE ANY CARDS FOR CONSENT? YES.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
HAROLD HAROLD.ADAM, NINE HAROLD HAROLD WALLACE.
UM, WHERE, WHAT PART OF CARRIER PARKWAY IS THIS LOCATED AND WHERE THE ADDITIONAL STREETLIGHTS SUPPORT IMPROVEMENTS ON CARRIER PARKWAY? GOOD EVENING, HAROLD.
REEN
SO THIS PROJECT, UM, GOES FROM DICKEY ROAD TO CHEROKEE TRACE, AND THEN WHAT IT IS, IS THE STREETLIGHTS ARE IN THE MEDIANS.
UM, BUT PART OF THIS CHANGE ORDER IS TO REMOVE THE EXISTING FOUNDATIONS.
'CAUSE THEY WEREN'T PART OF THE ORIGINAL SCOPE, SO THEY HAD TO TAKE THOSE OUT.
AND WITH THAT THERE WAS SOME, YOU KNOW, CONCRETE IN THE MEDIAN THAT HAD TO BE TAKEN OUT AND SOME OF THE PAVER.
SO IT'S TO KIND OF, UH, RECREATE THAT AFTER.
SO THESE FOUND NEW FOUNDATIONS ARE ALL PUT IN, AND THE OLD ONES REMOVED BECAUSE THE LIGHTS AREN'T WORKING TONIGHT DOWN THERE.
UH, ON THAT PART OF CARRIER DOWN BY DICKIE, ALL OF THE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE STILL PUTTING IN LIKE THE CONDUIT AND SO ENCORE HAS TO COME IN AND FINISH IT.
WE'RE, THIS IS LIKE THE FOUNDATION TO GET, YOU'RE RIGHT, THEY'RE NOT WORKING RIGHT NOW.
I JUST WANT, YOU KNOW, LIGHTS DOWN.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS 'CAUSE THAT'S SO IMPORTANT OF HAVING THE MORE OF THE STREETLIGHTS AND THOSE WILL BE THOSE NEW ONES THAT TURN ON SO QUICK MM-HMM
THE DOUBLE ONES IN THE MEETING.
WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN THEY MIGHT HAVE THIS COMPLETED NOW THAT IT'S GETTING DARK AT FIVE 30? UM, THEY SHOULD HAVE THIS COMPLETED BEFORE THE FIRST OF THE YEAR BEFORE.
SO WE GOT, YEAH, SO WE'RE THE, THE CONTRACTOR GETS EVERYTHING READY AND THEN ENCORE COMES BACK AND ACTUALLY DOES THAT POLL.
SO THIS IS THE FOUNDATION READY? MAYBE? YEAH.
UM, WHAT TYPE OF TREES ARE WE GONNA PLANT AND WHEN ARE WE GONNA PLANT THESE TREES FROM OUR TREE PRESERVATION FARM? STEVE, HERE WE GO.
HELLO, STEVE PLUMMER, PARK PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
UM, THE TREES THAT ARE GONNA BE PLANTED ARE A SERIES OF TEXAS NATIVES OAKS, UM, BUR OAKS, PENN OAKS.
UH, SO I DON'T HAVE A LIST RIGHT ON ME, BUT THEY'RE ALL TEXAS NATIVES.
AND WHEN AND WHEN? OH, WHEN? PROBABLY WITH THE CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCE, IT WON'T BE UNTIL SPRING.
WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE A VARIANCE THAT IF CONSTRUCTION IS DELAYED, THAT WHAT HAPPENED DOWN AT EPIC WATERS WHEN THEY PLANT TREES IN JULY AND AUGUST AND TEXAS IN JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST? WE DON'T PLANT TREES IN TEXAS.
IF THEY RUN INTO DELAYS, COULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO GRANT A VARIANCE TO PLANT THEM LATER INSTEAD OF IN THE SUMMER? WE'RE NOT TELLING 'EM WHEN THEY HAVE TO PLANT THEM.
WE DON'T HAVE TO GRANT THE VARIANCE.
THEY NEED TO PLAN 'EM WHEN THEY THINK THEY'LL SURVIVE.
THE CONTRACTOR DOES HAVE A ONE YEAR WARRANTY, SO WE DEPEND ON THEM TO MAINTAIN AND, AND WATCH OUT FOR THE TREES.
WILL THE CONTRACTOR BE PLANTING THE TREES OR THE CITY? THE CONTRACTOR.
AND WHAT DIAMETER ARE THESE TREES? MOST OF 'EM WILL BE THREE INCH.
SO AT LEAST IF THEY, THEY DON'T MAKE IT, THE CONTRACTOR'S GONNA STICK BY AND MAKE 'EM BETTER THAN THAT? THAT'S CORRECT.
WE'RE GONNA SPEND $6 MILLION FOR THE CITY HALL CAMPUS PERFORMANCE STAGE.
THIS IS WHERE MAYOR, I WISH THAT WE COULD HAVE A, SOME VISUAL TO SEE WHAT ARE WE GONNA SPEND $6 MILLION FROM? DO YOU HAVE A VISUAL, ANDY? IT WAS IN THE PACKET OR OUR PACKET.
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OH YEAH, I JUST, WHERE WE COULD SEE IT.UH, I DON'T HAVE THE LATEST VISUAL.
ANDY HENNING, DIRECTOR DESIGN CONSTRUCTION.
AND I WILL ABSOLUTELY GO RUN AND GRAB THAT RIGHT NOW THOUGH.
I'LL LITERALLY BE BACK IN FIVE MINUTES WITH IT FOR YOU.
BUT YEAH, WE WE'VE BEEN TWEAKING IT, UH OH SURE.
AS MUCH AS TO THE LAST FEW WEEKS AND SO, BUT NO, NO VISUAL ON ME.
I APOLOGIZE, BUT WE'LL HAVE IT TO YOU SOON.
I JUST, SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE COULD SEE.
HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE BUILDING.
BE EASIER THAN SHOWING IT HERE.
MORE PEOPLE WATCH OUR WEBSITE THAN ANYTHING.
NOW, OWNER CONTROLLED FURNITURE FIXTURES.
WHO IS THE OWNER? THAT WOULD BE US.
WHAT'S THIS ENCORE FRANCHISE UTILITY ALLOWANCE OF 10,000.
DOES ENCORE HAVE TO MOVE LINES OR WHAT'S GOING ON? SO THEY WILL ACTUALLY HAVE TO BORE UNDER FOURTH STREET IN ORDER TO BRING A NEW SERVICE IN FOR THE FACILITY.
AND SO, UH, BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY'RE STILL, UH, WORKING ON GETTING US A FINAL NUMBER.
AND SO ONCE WE HAVE THAT FINAL NUMBER, WE'VE BEEN RELATIVELY ASSURED THAT IT'LL BE WITHIN THAT $10,000 ALLOWANCE AMOUNT.
AND SO WE'VE JUST SAFELY PUT THAT NUMBER IN THERE TO COVER US FOR THAT COST.
SO ENCORE IS COVERING THE COST OR THE CITY'S COVERING THE COST? NO, THAT WILL BE, WE, WE, WE HAVE TO COVER THAT.
WE HAVE TO PAY ENCORE FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THEIR SERVICES.
YES, THEY PROVIDE QUITE A BIT OF THE, UH, SERVICE FOR, UH, AT THEIR DIME.
HOWEVER, SOME OF THE MORE LABORIOUS THINGS LIKE GOING UNDER THE ROAD IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE IN FACT REQUIRED TO TAKE ON.
AND SINCE THIS IS GONNA BE BOARD UNDERGROUND THAT SOMETHING HAPPENS FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, THAT IS LIKE WHERE I LIVE.
ALL THE UNDERGROUND LINES ARE BEGINNING TO ROTTEN.
THAT ENCORE IS GONNA BE, THAT'S GONNA BE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO REPAIR, REPLACE THEM.
THAT, THAT WOULD BE CORRECT? YES.
AS LONG AS THEY'RE GONNA TAKE CARE.
UM, $6.3 MILLION FOR, UH, FIRE STATION 11 OR RADIOS.
HOW, UH, IS THIS FOR ALL THE 6.3 MILLION? IS THIS FOR ALL THE CITY OR JUST FIRE STATION 11 NOW PLEASE? YES, SIR.
PERSONAL OPINION CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER.
UH, THE 6 MILLION IS THE, IS THE TOTAL TOTAL OF THE CONTRACT OVER 10 YEARS? OVER 10 YEARS? YES SIR.
BUT IS IT FOR THE WHOLE CITY OR JUST STATION 11? IT'S FOR THE WHOLE CITY.
SO DOES IT AT STATION 11, IS THIS THE TOWER OR THE FOR MICROWAVE? WHAT? UM, MICROWAVE SUPPORT.
WHAT'S THE BENEFITS OF MICROWAVE? YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT VERSUS JUST REGULAR THAT, UH, WHEN INCLEMENT WEATHER AND OTHER ISSUES LIKE THIS, IS THIS GONNA GONNA KEEP WORKING WHEN WE HAVE BAD WEATHER?
THE MICROWAVE DISH IS A LINE OF SIGHT, SO YES, IT WOULD WORK IN INCLEMENT WEATHER.
SO FOR ALL FIRE STATIONS WILL HAVE THIS MICROWAVE CAPABILITY? WELL, ALL OF OUR RADIO SITES.
OKAY, SO THIS IS THE NEW TOWER THAT Y'ALL COVERED? THIS IS THE NEW TOWER? YES.
ANDY? UH, SORRY ANDY, I APOLOGIZE.
YOU CAN CALL ME ANYTHING YOU WANT TO, UH, MO WHO IS MOINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED? IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
THEY'RE, I'LL LET TONY ADDRESS THAT.
TONY RAMIREZ, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
SO MOINE IS LOCATED AT 2100 REFUGEE WAY.
IT'S A WILDLIFE INDUSTRIAL PARK.
IT'S A HUGE FACILITY WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BE BUILDING 53 FEET LONG AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS THAT HAVE TO BE TRUCKED TO THE SITE AND PUT ON TOP OF BUILDINGS TO KEEP 'EM.
WHEN WILL THIS FACILITY OPEN? IT'S, UH, IT'S CURRENTLY PLANNED TO OPEN, MIDDLE OF 2026.
UNDER THE, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ENTERPRISE ZONE PROGRAM, SALES TAX AND USE TAX.
ARE THEY, WHAT TYPE OF TAX BREAKS ARE THEY GETTING? ARE WE GIVING THEM TO BUILD THIS? WE'RE WE'RE GIVING 'EM A TAX BREAK.
YOU CAN EXPLAIN IT TO 'EM, TONY.
YEAH, THIS, THIS ACTUALLY COMES STRAIGHT FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS.
WE GET A DESIGNATION TO, UH, ASSIGNED TO THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
AND WITH THIS THEY ARE ALLOWED SALES AND USE TAX REBATES ON QUALIFIED PURCHASES, SALES TAX.
SO FROM THE STATE? FROM THE STATE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY WILL EMPLOY DOWN THERE? YES.
UH, RIGHT NOW THEY'RE LOOKING AT A THOUSAND JOBS.
THEY WON'T START IMMEDIATELY, BUT THEY WILL SPOOL UP TO A THOUSAND JOBS.
SO JUST INITIALLY THEY WILL CONTINUE.
AND THESE ARE JOBS THAT REQUIRE, UH, TECHNICAL SKILL OR AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE, OR IT'S PLUMBER IS ELECTRICIANS, IT'S EVERYBODY.
SO OUR GRAND PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION TRADES PROGRAM, WE CAN ABSOLUTELY, THEY, THEY COULD BENEFIT
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FROM THIS.THEY COULD GO APPLY FOR JOBS AND DUBISKI.
SO WE'VE GOT A WORKFORCE READY FOR 'EM.
TONY DID A GREAT JOB GETTING THEM HERE.
IT'S A COMPETITIVE MARKETPLACE.
AND THE REST OF 'EM ARE LATER.
COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEMS FIVE TO NINE.
PULL ITEM 10 TO, UM, INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, APPROVE ITEMS 11 TO 23.
CAN YOU I NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF ON ITEM 10.
IF I CAN GET OUT OF THE DIOCESE, DON'T FORGET ME.
[10. Approval of an Access Agreement with TEP Barnett USA, LLC to allow for 5,800 linear feet of temporary surface laid water lines to supply water to the Barnes Carpo gas well pad site (Reviewed by the City Council Development Committee on 10/27/2025) ]
HAVE ITEM NUMBER 10.CINDY MENDEZ, PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY DIRECTOR.
UM, TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT AN ACCESS AGREEMENT FOR THE BARNES CARPO GAS WELL PAD SITE.
UM, IF THIS ITEM SOUNDS FAMILIAR, IT IS BECAUSE WE CAME LAST YEAR WITH THIS SAME REQUEST.
UNFORTUNATELY, THERE'S BEEN SOME CHANGES IN THE PLAN AND THE TERM EXPIRED, SO WE'RE BRINGING IT BACK TONIGHT.
THEY STILL PLAN, UM, TO LAY, UM, ABOUT 5,800 LINEAR FEET OF PIPE ALONG THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE OF LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY FROM POLO TO MATTHEW ROAD, AND THEY WILL PURCHASE WATER FROM CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
THEY WILL BE HOOKED UP TO HYDRANTS.
IT WILL PIPE THAT WATER TO THREE STORAGE TANKS, UM, THAT ARE ALL ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
AND SUBSEQUENTLY TO THE BARNES CARPO GAS WELL SITE.
FOR THE PURPOSE OF FRACTURING ABOUT SEVEN WELLS.
UM, THEY WILL PAY THE CITY, UH, THE EITHER WHATEVER THE CURRENT RATE IS AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY $11 AND 43 CENTS PER THOUSAND GALLONS.
UM, SO THERE WILL BE THREE TEMPORARY WATER STORAGE TANKS.
THERE'LL BE TWO 15,001 31,000 GALLON TANKS.
THEY'LL BE STAGED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
THEY WILL HAVE ACCESS AGREEMENTS WITH THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS.
UM, VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED BY TREES, LANDSCAPING, AND STRUCTURES.
THAT STREET IS ALSO A DEAD END.
SO THERE'S VERY LITTLE TRAFFIC, UM, ALONG THE STREET WHERE THE TANKS ARE LOCATED.
SO STAFF HAS REVIEWED AND APPROVED THE TANK PLACEMENT AND WILL OVERSEE THE PERMITTING AND INSPECTIONS.
SO IN ADDITION, THEY'LL ALSO HAVE AN APPROVED GRADING PLAN.
UM, THE STORAGE TANKS WILL BE CHECKED DAILY, UH, FOR ANY WATER LEAKS AND, UM, THEY'LL BE ENCLOSED BY A LOCKED FENCE.
I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUE ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSEL, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 15 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES SEVEN OH WITH THE MAYOR ABSTAINING AND, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER HEAD IN ABSENT.
[24. Ordinance amending Chapter 2, Article II, Section 2-30 and Section 2-32, of the City Code of Ordinances regarding public comments during open meetings, the rules of decorum, and the requirements for posting notice of public meetings to conform with recent changes in state law ]
YOU GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE IT AND THEN WE'LL ASK FOR A MOTION.MAYOR AND COUNSEL ON YOUR AGENDA THIS EVENING'S, ITEM NUMBER 24, WHICH IS AN PROPOSED ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER TWO.
UM, ARTICLE TWO OF THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES REGARDING PUBLIC COMMENTS DURING OPEN MEETINGS, THE RULES OF DECORUM AND REQUIREMENTS FOR POSTING NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETINGS TO CONFORM WITH RECENT CHANGES IN STATE LAW.
UM, THE SUMMARY OF THE DO THE SUMMARY, WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER ON THIS ITEM.
SHOULD I HOLD OFF UNTIL WE SEE WHAT WE'RE GONNA CHANGE, PLEASE?
WE'LL, WHY DON'T, WHY DON'T WE, UH, READ IT TO YOU COUNCIL MAYOR PROTE, WOULD YOU GO AHEAD AND
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NOT READ AS, UH, NOT READ IT AS A MOTION, BUT READ IT? YEAH.HAROLD, UM, AND EVERYONE ATTENDING, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS TO MAKE THE SIGNUP DEADLINE BE THE BEGINNING OF THE COUNCIL MEETING REGARDLESS OF THE TIME RIGHT BEFORE THE MAYOR GAVELS IN.
UH, WE PLAN ON MOVING CITIZEN COMMENTS TO THE BEGINNING OF THE COUNCIL MEETING FOLLOWING THE CONSENT AGENDA, UM, FOR ALL CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. REGARDLESS IF YOU SPEAK ON ONE OR ALL OF THEM, UM, EACH SPEAKER GETS FIVE MINUTES FOR THE ENTIRE CONSENT AGENDA.
AND THEN THREE MINUTES FOR ALL INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ITEMS, AND THEN THREE MINUTES FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS.
OKAY, HAROLD, LET'S RUN THAT BY ONE MORE TIME.
SO, SIGN UP DEADLINE TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEM OR TO SIGN UP FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS WILL BE AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE MEETING BEFORE THE MAYOR GAVELS IN THE COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, WE'RE GONNA MOVE CITIZEN COMMENTS TO THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING FOLLOWING CONSENT AGENDA.
EACH SPEAKER WILL GET FIVE MINUTES FOR THE ENTIRE CONSENT AGENDA.
REGARDLESS IF YOU'RE SPEAKING ON ONE ITEM OR SPEAKING ON ALL 30 OR 20 OR 10 ITEMS, UM, YOU'LL GET THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON EACH ITEM IN THE INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION SECTION OF THE COUNCIL MEETING.
AND THEN YOU GET THREE MINUTES FOR CITIZEN COMMON.
WELL, LET'S JUST SAY I AM FLATTERED AND HONORED THAT I POSSESS THIS MUCH POWER IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.
THIS 1974 GRAND PRAIRIE GOPHER.
UM, THE REASON I PULL ITEMS OFF OF INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, I'VE LIVED HERE ALL OF MY LIFE, SO I KNOW HOW THIS CITY HAS RUN.
THIS IS WHY I CONFRONTED GREG GEISER ON THE CRICKET STADIUM, THE ONLY CRICKET STADIUM IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN ITS OWN, THE CONSENT AGENDA, NOTHING TO DISCUSS IN PUBLIC.
THIS IS WHY I PULLED THIS OFF.
THIS IS WHY TONIGHT, IF WE'RE GONNA MAKE $6 MILLION IMPROVEMENTS, LET'S HAVE A SECTION THAT WE DISCUSS THIS.
HERE'S WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR $6 MILLION.
HERE'S A THOUSAND JOBS COMING TO GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND WE HAVE TWO MEETINGS A MONTH.
MAYOR, WHEN I PULL THIS OFF, BECAUSE YOU AND I HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER SINCE 1965, MAYOR, AND I'M THE ONE DOWN HERE FROM 1984 TO 1999, BECAUSE I SAW FREE PEOPLE DIE BECAUSE OF THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.
AND I SAID I WOULD NEVER REMAIN QUIET AGAIN WHEN THOSE THREE PEOPLE DIED BECAUSE OUR INADEQUATE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SYSTEM IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.
SO OF ALL THE TIMES TO START RESTRICTING OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY RIGHT NOW TO RESTRICT OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
DISSENT IN DEMOCRACY IS A SIGN OF STRENGTH.
WHEN WE DISSENT AND QUESTION DEMOCRACY, WHEN WE QUESTION THESE ISSUES HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE.
IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO HIDE, YOU DON'T LIMIT SOMEONE'S SPEECH.
AND SOMETIMES I CAN BE PRETTY HONORED TO GET ALONG WITH BECAUSE I KNOW HOW THE CITY HAS DONE THINGS.
I HAVE SEEN THE MISTAKES THAT THIS CITY HAS MADE THAT ARLINGTON BENEFITED FROM.
THE CITY OF DALLAS, BENEFITED FROM IRVING, BENEFITED FROM.
AND WHEN I PULL THIS OFF, LIKE 34 TREES AT TURNER PARK, WHEN THE HECK ARE WE GONNA PARK? YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GONNA PLANT 'EM? THE TREES THAT EPIC WATERS? WHEN I TALKED TO SUSAN HENSON, THEY LOOKED PATHETIC.
THAT'S WHY I PULL THESE ITEMS OFF INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION AND TO LIMIT MY TIME.
MAYOR, NO, THIS CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC IS UNDER ATTACK.
TODAY IS A VERY HISTORIC DAY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
THERE'S AN ELECTION IN NEW JERSEY, AN ELECTION IN VIRGINIA, AN ELECTION IN NEW YORK CITY.
WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE ELECTIONS IN CALIFORNIA OF REDISTRICTING.
WE WILL FIGHT FOR OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
AND AGAIN, MAYOR, IF WE WERE UP HERE ONCE A WEEK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT TWO TIMES A MONTH, MAYOR, AND THE STUFF THAT I PULL OFF, AND AGAIN, SO MANY TIMES WHEN I HAVE PULLED ITEMS OFF THIS CONSENT AGENDA, NO ONE CAN ANSWER THEM.
IT'S WHY HAVE THEY BEEN PUT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA WHEN A CITIZEN COMES FORWARD, WHAT IS THIS? WHAT'S IT ABOUT? SO THAT'S WHY I ADVOCATE FOR THIS.
MAYOR, YOU AND I HAVE A LOT IN COMMON, MAYOR.
WE'RE BOTH NATIVE GRAND PRAIRIES.
WE WANNA DO IT BIGGER AND BETTER IN TEXAS.
WE WANNA DO IT BIGGER AND BETTER IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.
WE SHARE THE SAME GOALS, MAYOR, BUT MOVING THE CITIZENS COMMENTS.
WELL, CITIZENS COMMENTS STILL BE FIVE MINUTES.
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THREE, THREE.THE FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM, MAYOR MATTIE PARKER.
WHAT SHE'S UP AGAINST WHEN YOU TRY TO RESTRICT THIS AT THIS, AND I'M THE ONLY ONE HERE.
SO LET'S CALL THIS THE HAROLD R. WILLIS RESTRICTION OF FREE SPEECH AMENDMENT.
'CAUSE YOU'RE RESPECTING THAT.
NAME IT AFTER ME BECAUSE I'M IN, I'M KICKING INTO YOUR SOCIAL AGENDA, MAYOR, BY PULLING THIS OFF.
WE JUST DON'T BLOW THIS THROUGH.
CHARLIE ENGLAND DIDN'T DO THIS.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 24 WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGES, CHANGES TO SECTION ONE.
THE SIGNUP DEADLINE WILL BE SIGNUP DEADLINE TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEM OR THE SIGNUP FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS WILL BE AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE MEETING BEFORE THE MAYOR GAVELS IN THE MEETING, WE'RE GONNA MOVE CITIZEN COMMENTS TO THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING FOLLOWING THE CONSENT AGENDA.
WE'RE GONNA GIVE FIVE MINUTES TOTAL FOR THE ENTIRE CONSENT AGENDA.
REGARDLESS OF A PERSON SPEAKS ON ONE ITEM OR ALL ITEMS. WE'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR ALL INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ITEMS AND THREE MINUTES FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS.
UM, ALL SPEAKERS SHALL OBSERVE THE RULES AND DECORUM THE SAME AS THE CITY COUNCIL AND EXHIBIT ORDERLY AND RESPECTFUL CONDUCT.
UH, I DISCUSSED THIS A LITTLE BIT WITH, UM, THE CITY ATTORNEY.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO HAVE THIS WHERE IT, UH, A CLIFF NOTES VERSION OR WHERE IT'S BOILED DOWN TO SOMETHING THAT MEL CAN COME UP WITH AND SHE'S ASSURED ME SHE'S DONE IT BEFORE.
IS READ AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY MEETING.
SO THESE CHANGES AND THESE, I I'VE HEARD THAT IN OTHER MEETINGS.
THESE THINGS, THESE ARE PUT OUT EVERY MEETING SO NOBODY CAN SAY YOU SURPRISED ME WITH IT.
AND I'D LIKE TO COMMENT AS LIKE, ADD THAT TO YOUR MOTION.
SO THAT'S A GOOD AMENDMENT WITH THE CONSENT, UM, LIMITATION OF FIVE MINUTES.
THEY'RE GONNA BE ASKING QUESTIONS AND SAY WE DO HAVE, WOULD THERE BE OPPORTUNITY FOR BACK AND FORTH? SAY THEY ASK THE QUESTION, OUR STAFF ANSWERED OR, OR NEEDS CLARIFICATION AS IN THE PAST WE'RE STILL ALLOWED THAT RIGHT CHAIR, THE CHAIR CAN USE THE CHAIR'S DISCRETION TO EXTEND THE MINUTES ALLOWED IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE DOING A GIVE AND TAKE ON QUESTIONS.
UM, THE CHAIR WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO ASK, DEPENDING ON WHETHER THAT ANSWER NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED NOW OR LATER, I WILL ASK THEM TO GET WITH STAFF AFTERWARDS.
BUT THERE WILL BE DISCRETION LIKE WE USE WHEN DURING THE THREE MINUTES PUBLIC COMMENTS, IF WE GET INTO A DISCUSSION, WE'RE NOT GONNA STOP THAT AT THREE MINUTES.
THE CHAIR WILL HAVE THE DISCRETION TO EXTEND IT.
THE CURRENT CODE SAYS COUNCIL QUESTIONS ARE NOT COUNTED AS PRESENT.
STATE THAT, UM, THE CURRENT CODE PROVISION INDICATES THAT ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL ASKS OF A SPEAKER ARE NOT COUNTED AGAINST THEIR TIME.
SO IT USUALLY KINDA LIKE IN SA YOU GIVE IT AN EXTENDED MINUTES.
AND AS WE MENTIONED LAST COUNCIL MEMBER SCH WELL, WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY, AS WE MENTIONED, EVEN WITH THESE CHANGES, WE'RE MORE LIBERAL THAN MOST ANY OTHER CITY IN THE DFW METROPLEX COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL AND MAYOR, TELL ME IF I'M NOT CORRECT, UH, ANY RULINGS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT CAN BE OVERRULED BY THE, A MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL.
SO IF WE, IF THE MAJORITY COUNCIL THINKS SOMEBODY DESERVES MORE TIME YEP.
MOTION CARRIES BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ONE COUNCIL MEMBER.
WELL, I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE IS.
I SHOULDN'T SAY SHE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER DELBOSQUE VOTED NAY.
[25. Action Item Resulting from Staff Presentation: 2026 Proposed City Council Meeting Schedule]
DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, HAROLD? YES.SPEAKER, SPEAKER CARD? I WOULD REQUEST THAT AFTER THE PRESENTATION TO SEE WHAT THE TIMES ARE GONNA BE FOR NEXT.
UH, STAFF YOU WANNA MAKE A PRESENTATION OR SHOW WHAT BILL? YOU DID A E ADEQUATE, A REALLY GREAT JOB DURING THE BRIEFING.
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WHY DON'T YOU TELL US WHY YOU CAME UP WITH THIS, UH, AND PRESENTED IT TO THE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION.THIS WAS PRESENTED THIS ADJUSTMENT TO THE TIME SCHEDULE WAS PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL BY VIRTUE OF THE FACT THAT AS A CITY COUNCIL, OUR CITY ORDINANCE REGARDING MEETINGS FOR COUNCIL MEETINGS REQUIRES THAT WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE MEETING A MONTH.
ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE FELT LIKE WE COULD ALTER THIS SCHEDULE TO WHERE WE'RE HAVING WORK SESSIONS ONE, ONCE EVERY OTHER WEEK OR EVERY SIX, SIX WORK SESSIONS AND 12 MEETINGS IS SO THAT DURING WORK SESSIONS, IN THOSE CASES WHERE THERE'S ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE DISCUSSED MUCH FURTHER THAN CAN BE DISCUSSED IN THE BRIEFING SESSION, WHICH IS ABOUT AN HOUR LONG PRIOR TO A MEETING, WE CAN HAVE MORE IN DEPTH DISCUSSION GIVEN COUNSEL A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.
ADDITIONALLY, THE STATE HAS ADJUSTED HOW WE HAVE TO POST MEETINGS.
OUR MEETINGS HAVE TO BE POSTED RATHER THAN THREE DAYS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
THEY HAVE TO BE POSTED THREE BUSINESS DAYS, WHICH HAS CREATED A DIFFERENT SCHEDULING THAN WHAT WE WOULD NORMALLY HAVE, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT BY HAVING WORK SESSIONS.
OUR COUNCIL IS MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON WITHIN THE CITY AND, AND WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND HELP STAFF TO DIRECT OUR ATTENTION TO THOSE ITEMS IN WHICH THEY WANT US TO ACTUALLY GET THEM IN DEPTH INFORMATION ON.
THERE WILL BE THE WORK SESSIONS WILL ALSO HAVE A CITIZEN'S COMMENT PERIOD.
HOWEVER, THE ACTION TO BE TAKEN ON ITEMS WILL ONLY BE DONE IN THAT ONE MEETING A MONTH.
THAT WILL BE A CI CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR ACTION ITEMS. THOSE ACTION ITEMS WILL BE THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED DURING A WORK SESSION, PLUS ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION OR CONSENT ITEMS THAT ARE NECESSARY IN ORDER FOR US TO CONTINUE OPERATING THE CITY IN A SMOOTH MANNER.
WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT THIS ALLOWS US TO HAVE A SITUATION WHERE STAFF CAN BE MORE THOROUGH.
NOT ONLY CAN STAFF BE MORE THOROUGH, BUT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITIZENS ARE FULLY AWARE OF WHAT IS GOING ON WITHIN OUR CITY.
UH, THAT THE SCHEDULE OR AS THE SCHEDULE WOULD BE, THERE WOULD BE A MEETING ON JANUARY, A CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON JANUARY, THE JANUARY THE 20.
NOVEMBER 17TH AND DECEMBER 15TH.
WE WOULD HAVE WORK SESSIONS ON JANUARY 27TH, APRIL 7TH, JUNE 2ND, NOVEMBER 3RD AND DECEMBER 1ST WITH AN AUGUST 13TH BUDGET RETREAT.
OUR, THAT WILL MAKE OUR TOTAL MEETINGS 18.
WHEREAS RIGHT NOW, OUR TOTAL ME MEETINGS ARE 26TH MEETINGS A YEAR.
IT WILL MAKE US MORE EFFICIENT AND I FEEL LIKE IT WILL MAKE US MORE PRODUCTIVE IN SO FAR AS PROVIDING AND TAKING CARE OF THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO CUT THE NUMBER.
WE'RE NOT GONNA MEET TWO TIMES A MONTH NOW IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
UM, AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT MEETING BUT ONE TIME A MONTH IN JULY, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER.
HAVE, THAT'S BEEN OUR SCHEDULE FOR A WHILE.
THE ISSUE THAT I HAVE ON THE BRIEFING SESSION, THIS IS WHY GREG GEISER IS OFF THIS COUNCIL.
THAT'S WHY JEFF WILDRIDGE IS OFF THIS COUNCIL.
THE FREEZE OF FEBRUARY OF 2021.
LONE STAR GAS SLASH ATMOS WAS DOWN HERE IN THE BRIEFING SESSION.
THOSE GUYS WERE REALLY GOOD AND THEY WERE REMORSEFUL THAT WE RAN OUT OF NATURAL GAS IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.
AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I TOLD GREG AND I TOLD JEFF, WHY DIDN'T WE HAVE THIS IN A REGULAR MEETING, NOT JUST A BRIEFING SESSION.
'CAUSE WHO'S DOWN HERE DURING BRIEFING? PEOPLE ARE WORKING AT FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON.
THAT WOULD'VE BEEN THE IDEA TO HAVE HAD ATMOS HERE TO EXPLAIN WHY WE RAN OUT OF NATURAL GAS.
WHY WE DIDN'T HAVE, WE COULDN'T HIT OUR HOMES.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ELECTRICITY, DIDN'T HAVE GAS.
I CONFRONTED GREG GESNER RIGHT UP IN THAT DOORWAY.
HEY GREG, WHEN ARE WE GONNA MEET WITH ENCORE? WHEN IS ENCORE GONNA GIVE US WHAT ATMOS GIVE US TO GIVE US AN EXPLANATION OF WHY WE STOOD ON OUR FRONT PORCH FOR 20 MINUTES, CALLING 9 1 1,
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AND OUR CALLS WERE SENT TO DALLAS 9 1 1.AND GREG EISNER'S RESPONSE WAS, RON DOESN'T WANT TO DO THAT.
I SAID, GREG, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS RON'S NOT GONNA LIKE.
IT IS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE THAT WAS PUT ON THE BRIEFING SESSION JUST TO PUSH IT OUT OF THE WAY DOWN HERE.
WE ARE THE CITIZENS, WE ARE THE TAXPAYERS.
WE'RE THE ONES THAT MAKE THIS MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTION WITH OUR MONEY.
AND TO HAVE THAT MAYOR, AND THAT'S WHY I LIKE GREG.
I TOLD GREG, I CAN'T VOTE FOR YOU.
KIRK ENGLAND AND CHARLIE ENGLAND TOLD 'EM WHEN THEY PUT THEIR CLOTHESLINE POLLS UP THERE, CAN'T VOTE FOR YOU.
SO THE UTILIZATION, I REALIZE I'M THE ONLY ONE DOWN HERE.
I'VE BEEN DOWN HERE FOR 41 YEARS NOW.
REALLY LONGER THAN THAT OF THE OPERATIONS OF THIS MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
SO BEING WHAT, WHAT IS YOUR PAYMENT? ARE YOU GONNA GET PAID FOR? WELL, ONLY ONE MEETING A MONTH TO BE DOWN HERE.
IS IT GONNA AFF AFFECT YOUR PAY AS ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES? IS IT GOING TO AFFECT YOUR ABILITY TO GO OUTTA TOWN TO THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF MAYORS, TO THE NATIONAL CITY OF, OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS, ALL THE OTHER ENTITIES.
IS THAT GOING TO BE REDUCED ALSO? I DON'T THINK SO.
SO LIKE SPEAKER SAM RAYBURN SAID, WE WILL AGREE TO DISAGREE, BUT THE BRIEFING SESSION, ARE THE BRIEFING SESSIONS GONNA BE HELD IN THIS CHAMBER OR BACK OVER IN THE ROOM OVER THERE? HOW CAN WE WATCH THEM ON TV DURING THAT TIME? ARE THEY TELEVISED? WE CAN TELEVIS IT.
WE CAN START HAVING, YEAH, WE CAN, WE CAN START HAVING THEM IN HERE OR WE CAN HAVE THEM IN HERE.
I WOULD SAY CURRENTLY THE BRIEFINGS ARE RECORDED AND POSTED LATER.
WE CAN HEAR BUT POSTING THEM LATER WHEN PEOPLE ARE WORKING NO, AT FOUR O'CLOCK.
NO, WE COULD, UH, THAT'S NOT, YEAH, WE COULD HAVE START.
BECAUSE, AND IT, IT WORKED REAL WELL IN HERE.
AND, UH, I PERSONALLY THINK ALL OF YOU OUGHT TO ATTEND THE BRIEFINGS MORE THAN THIS.
UH, THOSE OF YOU THAT ATTEND THE BRIEFINGS KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY INTERESTING, UH, VERY EDUCATIONAL.
AND, UH, OUR BRIEFINGS ARE LATER IN THE DAY THAN MANY CITIES.
MANY CITIES HAVE THE BRIEFING THE DAY BEFORE, THE ACTUAL COUNCIL MEETING DURING THE DAY.
SO, UH, I WOULD CHALLENGE YOU AND ASK YOU TO START ATTENDING OUR BRIEFINGS.
BUT THAT IS HOW YOU RESTRICT THE FLOW OF GOVERNMENT.
THAT IS WHAT IS GOING ON IN OTHER COUNTRIES OF THE ACCESS OF PUBLIC INFORMATION RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE NOT GONNA LIMIT THE ACCESS OF PUBLIC INFORMATION.
WE'RE NOT GONNA, THIS WILL NOT CHANGE HOW MANY ITEMS WE VOTE ON OR APPROVE, WON'T AFFECT ANY OF THAT.
THE SAME THINGS THAT COME BEFORE COUNCIL NOW WILL HAVE TO COME BEFORE COUNCIL IF WE APPROVE THIS NEW AGENDA, JUST LIKE THEY DO NOW.
WHEN WE MEET ONCE A MONTH IN JULY, OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER.
WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR YEARS AND IT HASN'T CAUSED ANY ISSUES SO FAR.
STAFF CAME UP WITH THIS AS A WAY TO GIVE US MORE INFORMED.
THIS WASN'T COUNCIL DRIVEN STAFF CAME UP WITH THIS.
AND SO, HAROLD, THAT THAT'S OUR ANSWER.
AND UH, WE MAY, WE MAY NOT APPROVE IT TONIGHT.
UH, BUT BUT IT'S UP FOR CONSIDERATION.
ALL I'M ASKING IS THAT SO MANY CRUCIAL DECISIONS ARE MADE DURING BRIEFING DISCUSSION.
UH, WE DO NEVER VOTE ON AN ISSUE AND BRIEFING.
WE DISCUSS IT AND VOTE ON IT OUT HERE.
BUT DURING BRIEFING SESSION, WE GO INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND NO, WE DO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION IN BET WE CAN DO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ANYTIME IN THE NIGHT.
RIGHT NOW IT'S BETWEEN THE BRIEFING AND A REGULAR SESSION, UH, AND EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.
THE THING THAT WE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION MONTHS AGO WAS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
IT ALWAYS COMES TO THE AGENDA.
THINGS WE DISCUSS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, NEVER GET VOTED ON IN THERE AND DOESN'T COME HERE.
IT ALWAYS COMES HERE FOR A VOTE.
I JUST WISH IN OPEN MEETING YEAH.
THAT THERE WAS LESS EXECUTIVE SESSION, LESS LIKE I'VE TOLD THE SCHOOL BOARD BACK HERE, THERE'S IDEA.
I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY EXECUTIVE SESSION THINGS WE DISCUSSED.
YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MANY ITEMS WE COVERED TONIGHT.
SO THAT'S NOT FAIR FOR YOU TO SAY.
UH, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DISCUSSED TONIGHT, AND I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT WE DISCUSSED TONIGHT, BUT THE BRIEFINGS ARE A WAY TONIGHT.
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YOU KNOW WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT? THE TWO OF THE ITEMS AND PRAIRIE LIGHTS JUST TO GET A BRIEFING ON OUR OVERVIEW OF PRAIRIE LIGHTS.IT WAS VERY EDUCATIONAL AND, UH, YOU'VE MADE YOUR POINT ABOUT THIS AND I APPRECIATE YOUR POINT.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THE VOTE'S GONNA GO.
WE'RE FIXING TO MAKE A MOTION.
MAYOR, YOU KNOW HOW THE VOTES ARE GONNA GO.
I FELT I HAD A GOOD IDEA WHAT THE OTHER ONE WAS.
ALTHOUGH I NEVER BROKE QUORUM BECAUSE I NEVER BREAK QUORUM.
I NEVER KNOW UNTIL THE VOTE'S MADE UNTIL HOW SOMEBODY'S GONNA VOTE.
SO I THINK YOU, UH, FOR WHAT YOU THINK YOU MIGHT KNOW, BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM RIGHT NOW? JUST GREATER TRANSPARENCY OF GOVERNMENT.
THERE WILL BE ELECTIONS NEXT YEAR.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO START MOVING THE BRIEFING IN HERE AND TELEVISING IT.
UM, STAFF, ANY COUNCIL MEMBER UP HERE CAN ALWAYS, WHEN WE GET THE CONSENT AGENDA NOW PRIOR MANY DAYS AHEAD, WE CAN PULL ANY ITEM AND CONSENT AGENDA THAT WE WANT TO AND PUT IT ON THE REGULAR AGENDA.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? JUST GREATER TRANSPARENCY.
THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING.
THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING FOR GREATER TRANSPARENCY.
UH, MAYOR PROTE, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? YES, SIR.
YEAH, AND I JUST WANNA REITERATE WHAT I SAID DURING THE BRIEFING.
UM, HAROLD, TO YOUR POINT, UM, I'LL BE VOTING AGAINST THIS ITEM PRIMARILY, I JUST, I LIKE THE IDEA OF TWO COUNCIL MEETINGS EVERY MONTH.
BUT THE SECOND THING THAT I SPOKE TO COUNCIL ABOUT WAS THAT SINCE WE'RE CHANGING, SINCE WE JUST CHANGED THE, UM, HOW WE'RE DOING THE PUBLIC COMMENTS DURING THESE COUNCIL MEETINGS, I FEEL THAT IT'S, IT'S PRETTY DIFFICULT TO CHANGE THAT AND THEN CHANGE HOW OFTEN WE'RE MEETING IN REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING SESSION AND THEN HOW OFTEN WE'RE DOING THE WORK SESSIONS.
PERSONALLY, I I THINK IT'S A LOT TO DO AT ONCE.
UM, I THINK WE SHOULD TRY FIRST THIS NEW WAY OF GOVERNING OURSELVES WITH THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THEN IN THE FUTURE, IF WE NEED TO BE MORE EFFICIENT, IF THAT'S HOW WE PERCEIVE IT, FINE.
BUT I FEEL LIKE IT'S A LOT FOR RESIDENTS.
SO, UH, I WOULD, I WOULD ASK MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SUPPORT ME IN THAT.
BUT, UM, THAT'S MY 2 CENTS ON THIS ITEM AND THIS ISSUE.
UM, WAY BACK IN 1993, UH, I WAS ON THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION AND WE MET, UH, ONCE A MONTH.
UH, THINGS STARTED HOPPING AND ONCE A MONTH DIDN'T CUT IT.
WE HAD TO GO TO, UM, TWO TIMES A A MONTH TO BE ABLE TO GET THE BUSINESS HANDLED BEFORE MIDNIGHT, ONE O'CLOCK.
AND THINGS HAVEN'T SLOWED DOWN.
UM, WHEN I WAS ON THE COUNCIL BACK IN THE, UM, EARLY TWO THOUSANDS, MID TWO THOUSANDS, UM, WE HAD THE SAME THING.
WE HAD COUNCIL MEETINGS THAT WENT TILL MIDNIGHT.
THAT WAS WITH TWO COUNCIL MEETINGS A MONTH.
AND, UH, THAT WAS, THAT WAS AT, THAT WAS AT TWO COUNCIL MEETINGS A MONTH.
AND I'M NOT READY TO GO BACK TO THAT.
UM, I SEE THIS BEING, IF, IF THIS PASSES, I SEE IT BEING A, UH, A HINDRANCE TO THE, TO DEVELOPMENT AND, UH, APPLICANTS WORKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE SYSTEM WELL IS GOING TO ADD, UH, A MINIMUM OF ONE TO TWO MORE WEEKS TO PROCESSING TIME.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT CALENDAR, UM, WHICH IS ALREADY KINDA LONG, AND IT'LL PUT US INTO, YOU KNOW, THE THREE MONTHS FROM THE TIME YOU START TO APPLY IF YOU'RE LUCKY AND YOU GET THROUGH, IF YOU DO EVERYTHING EXACTLY CORRECTLY, WHICH IS KIND OF A, DOING THINGS EXACTLY CORRECTLY IS KIND OF A PAIN IN THE HANNY TOO.
UM, SO YOU, YOU NORMALLY END UP WITH TWO WEEKS JUST BECAUSE YOU MADE ONE MISTAKE.
SO YOU HAVE TWO MORE WEEKS THEN WE'LL ADD TWO MORE WEEKS HERE.
I JUST, UM, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL, I JUST, I JUST HAVE A LOT OF HEARTACHE WITH THIS ONE AND, UH, AND I ALSO AGREE WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ZANU.
UH, I, I, I DON'T SEE A REASON WHY WE CAN'T JUST STICK WITH WHAT WE GOT.
THE LORD KNOWS IT'S WORKED PRETTY WELL FOR THE LAST, UH, 20 PLUS YEARS.
AND SOMETIMES CHANGE JUST FOR THE SAKE OF CHANGE IS NOT
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THE WAY TO GO SOMETIMES.WHAT'S WORKING, IF IT AIN'T BROKE, YOU DON'T FIX IT.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'M GONNA BE VOTING FOR THE CHANGE BECAUSE IF IT DOESN'T WORK, WE CAN ALWAYS CHANGE BACK.
FOR ME, IT GIVES MORE DETAILED IN-DEPTH INFORMATION THAT WE CAN TALK TO STAFF ABOUT SO THAT WE CAN PONDER, SO THAT WE CAN COLLECTIVELY ASK ALL THE QUESTIONS.
BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THERE'S DISCUSSIONS THAT ARE HAD IN COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND WE GET THE ANSWER AND THEN IT COMES BACK TO THE WHOLE COUNCIL AND THE SAME QUESTIONS ARE ASKED.
AND SO FOR ME IT'S, IT'S GONNA KILL TWO BIRDS IN ONE STONE PER SE.
BUT WE CAN ALL HEAR AND HAVE THE TIME TO REALLY PONDER, UNDERSTAND, ASK FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM STAFF, AND THEN PROVIDE A THOROUGH VOTE FOR OUR TAXPAYERS AND FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND IF WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION AND DETAILED INFORMATION, THEN WE'LL HAVE THAT TYPE OF VOTE THAT WE CAN MAKE WITHOUT RUSHING AND TRYING TO, UM, ABSORB THINGS LIKE IN WATER HOLES.
YOU KNOW, JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE THE BEST VOTE AND THE BEST DECISION FOR THE PEOPLE, BUT HAVE VERY LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME AND VERY LIMITED AMOUNT OF DETAILED INFORMATION.
AND I ALWAYS BELIEVE THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAIL.
SO I DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE YOU, HAROLD, PARTICULARLY TO COME TO OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS BECAUSE THERE'S NOT MUCH THAT I SAY ON THIS DIET, BUT THERE'S PLENTY I SAY IN THOSE COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
AND TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A WORKSHOP WOULD ALLOW US ALL TO DIG DEEPER INTO THE DETAILS.
COUNCIL, UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM JOHNSON.
UH, AS YOU'VE HEARD ALREADY A THIRD OF THE YEAR, THERE ARE FOUR MEETINGS.
THAT'S A THIRD OF THE YEAR THAT WE ARE ALREADY OPERATING UP ON THIS SYSTEM SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL SINCE 2021 NOW ONE TIME, HAVE WE MISSED THE MARK OR ANYTHING? SO TO INCREASE THAT FROM A THIRD FROM THE STAFF REQUESTING FROM US TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THEM MORE TIME TO FOCUS ON THE THINGS THEY NEED TO FOCUS ON SO THAT THEY CAN GIVE US BETTER ANSWERS.
AND PARTICULARLY FOR THE CITIZENS.
WHEN YOU COME UP HERE, IS THERE, YOU, YOU'RE ALSO INVITED TO THE WORKSHOP MEETINGS.
I BELIEVE THE WORKSHOP MEETINGS ARE GOING TO BE LONGER TO ENSURE WE GET DOWN TO LIKE, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, ADAMS HAS HAS SAID GET DOWN TO THE DEVILS IN THE DETAILS SO WE GET DRIVE DOWN AS FAR AS WE NEED TO TO ENSURE WHAT WE'RE DOING IS THE RIGHT THING.
I AM IN SUPPORT OF CHANGE AND WE CAN ALWAYS GO BACK AFTER TRYING IT FOR A YEAR OR, AND REEVALUATE WHERE WE'RE AT, WHAT WORK, WHAT DIDN'T WORK.
YOU'RE STILL GONNA HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO ASK QUESTIONS HERE.
YOU COME TO THE WORKSHOP MEETINGS, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO ASK QUESTIONS THERE.
WE'RE NOT TAKING AWAY THAT MUCH FROM YOU.
I BELIEVE WE'RE YOU'RE, WE'RE GIVING YOU MORE TIME TO ASK THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU WANT TO ASK AND GET THE ANSWERS THAT YOU'RE SEEKING DURING THOSE MEETINGS.
AND OTHER CITIES MIGHT BE DOING THIS OR NOT, BUT STICKING WITH THE ONE MEETING A MONTH, BUT THEN THOSE WORKSHOPS, CAN WE JUST DO A HYBRID AGENDA WHERE WE DO SPLIT LIKE TAKE CARE OF CITY BUSINESS AT FIRST AND THEN GO INTO THE WORKSHOP AFTERWARDS? I MEAN, IS THAT A POSSIBILITY? THERE'S ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, JUST LIKE WE TAKE CARE OF, SEND THE ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF CASES FOR DEVELOPERS.
WE JUST DO THE WORK SESSION IN FRONT.
SO, AND WE COULD AT ANY TIME START THE WORKSHOP AT 4 6, 4 30 IF WE FELT LIKE WE NEED MORE TIME IN WORKSHOP.
I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THAT WOULD HELP.
WE COULD DO THAT AT ANY TIME WHERE IT KIND OF LIGHTENED UP THE LOAD AT LEAST ONE OF THE MEETINGS DURING THE MONTH.
TO ALLOW FOR WORKSHOP OPPORTUNITIES, BUT THEN ALSO ALLOWS THE BUSINESS OWNERS TO STILL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY HERE.
THE CASE IS TIMELY AND THERE'S NOTHING TO PREVENT US FROM CALLING WORKSHOPS AT ANY TIME.
NO MATTER WHETHER WE APPROVE THIS NEW OR KEEP THE OLD.
WE CAN ALWAYS ADD WORKSHOPS AS NEEDED.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT NO MATTER WHAT WE DO TONIGHT, IT LIMITS THE WORKSHOPS.
YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST WE'VE ADDED WORKSHOPS.
NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT, MAYOR, BUT I'M, WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THAT STAFF RIGHT NOW HAS A HEAVY LOAD.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO LEVERAGE ON THAT LOAD WHERE MAYBE ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS A MONTH, IT'S NOT SO HEAVY FOR THEM WHERE THEY'RE JUST FOCUSING ON THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE TAKEN CARE OF FOR THAT MEETING, BUT THEN THE REST OF THE MEETING BE MORE WORKSHOP AND PREPARE FOR THE REAL MEETING LATER ON THAT MONTH.
UH, I THINK I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WHEN THEY GET TOGETHER TO PLAN THINGS ON THE AGENDA, THINGS CROP UP AND THEY KNOW WHAT HAS TO GO ON THERE
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FROM THE DEVELOPERS AND ALL, AND THE AGENDAS ARE PRESET.UH, BUT WE CAN SURE ADJUST WORKSHOPS AS WE FEEL NECESSARY.
I MEAN, THIS IS NOT AN EASY DECISION.
WE'VE BEEN DOING TWO MEETINGS A MONTH EXCEPT FOR THREE OR FOUR MONTHS OUTTA THE YEAR FOREVER.
UH, IT'S JUST SOMETHING STAFF CAME UP WITH.
I THINK IT WAS DRAWN MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES IN THE STATE REQUIREMENTS OF POSTING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, UM, THOSE ARE ALL GOOD COMMENTS.
I'VE CHANGED MY VOTE THREE TIMES DURING THE COMMENTS.
UM, AND I, I, I THINK I KNOW HOW I'M GONNA VOTE, BUT I'M NOT SURE.
UM, ARE WE READY TO PUT A MOTION ON THE TABLE? YES.
UH, I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 25 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF SECOND.
WE HAVE A MOTION THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SECONDED BY ADAMS AND DEBOSKY.
UM, ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
ALL OPPOSED, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
MOTION FAILS FOR LACK OF A QUORUM.
[26. Resolution Casting City of Grand Prairie Votes to Elect Directors of the Tarrant Appraisal District Board, Dallas Central Appraisal District Board and Ellis Appraisal District Board for 2026]
26.WELL, BUT LACK OF A MAJORITY QUORUMS IS LACK OF A MAJORITY.
WHAT THAT MEANS WE DIDN'T GET, YOU HAVE TO HAVE FIVE VOTES TO DO ANYTHING.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, WE'VE GOT A SPEAKER CARD TOO.
IN YOUR PACKET, YOU HAVE RECEIVED, UM, THE, THE LIST OF, UM, APPLICANTS FOR THE TARRANT APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD, DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD, AND ELLIS APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD.
THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE HAS ALLOCATED VOTES OF 27 VOTES IN TARRANT, 22 VOTES IN DALLAS, AND EIGHT VOTES IN ELLIS APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
AND BEFORE YOU AS A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE NUMBER OF VOTES THAT YOU ARE ALLOW ALLOTTED FOR EACH OF THOSE BOARDS, DOES IT GIVE US A RECOMMENDATION ON WHO TO VOTE FOR? NO, SIR.
WHEN? WHEN'S THE LAST TIME TO VOTE? TONIGHT? YES SIR.
SO, UH, LET'S HEAR COMMENTS AND HEAR SPEAKERS.
DO WE NOT INCLUDE JOHNSON COUNTY ALSO, ARE WE NOT IN THE CI IN JOHNSON COUNTY SOLD? NO, WE DIDN'T RECEIVE A PACKET FROM JOHNSON JOHNSON.
BUT YET IS THERE A, AN APPRAISAL BOARD IN JOHNSON COUNTY THAT HAS THE SAME AUTHORITY AS TARRANT AND DALLAS COUNTY IN, IN ELLIS COUNTY HAS TO BE ONE IN EVERY COUNTY.
THERE HAS TO BE ONE IN EVERY COUNTY.
BUT HOW MUCH OF OUR LAND IN JOHNSON COUNTY THAT I KNOW SO MUCH IS UNDEVELOPED RIGHT NOW, BUT WOULDN'T IT BE APPROPRIATE TO HAVE A VOTE FOR JOHNSON COUNTY? I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
I KNOW WE'RE IN THAT COUNTY, UM, BEING THAT WE'RE SO, HI MR. S AND BEING THAT WE'RE SO NEW TO, UM, ANNEXING LAND INTO JOHNSON COUNTY DIDN'T GET ON THEIR LIST.
WE'LL, WE'LL BE SURE TO ADDRESS THAT NEXT, NEXT YEAR.
NOW, WHEN IT SAYS, UM, GRAND PRAIRIE VOTES, HOW ARE THESE INDIVIDUALS SELECTED TO THE DALLAS COUNTY APPRAISAL BOARD? THE TARRANT COUNTY APPRAISAL BOARD.
DO YOU BY, BY, BY VOTE, BY WHO? BY WHICH ENTITY? THE, WELL, IT'S KIND OF DIFFERENT NOW.
THE STATE GETS A CERTAIN NUMBER OF POSITIONS, UH, BY APPOINTMENT.
IT, IT IS BEEN TAKEN OUT OF THE NOMINATION.
PUBLIC'S HANDS, NOMINATION NOMINATIONS ARE MADE.
UM, AND THE NUMBER OF VOTES DEPENDS ON THE, UM, TAXABLE, UM, UNIT.
SO THE COUNTY OR THE, UH, APPRAISAL DISTRICTS DETERMINE HOW
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MANY VOTES EACH ENTITY GETS.BUT MONA, UH, SOME OF THE POSITIONS WE DON'T GET TO VOTE ON, THEY'RE SELECTED BY THE STATE IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
SOME OF THEM ARE SELECTED BY VOTERS ELECTION BY, AT THE ELECTION, NOT BY THE CITIES.
SO THAT'S WHAT I MEANT BY KIND OF TAKING OUTTA THE LOCAL ENTITY'S HANDS.
SO, UM, LIKE WOULDN'T THE, THE, THE SCHOOL BOARD, THE, THE STATE SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICTS ALL THROUGH THE MONITOR, THE, UH, SENATOR DISTRICTS, I, I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THEY'RE DOING OVER THERE.
WELL, OH NO, I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT HOW DO WE, HOW DOES GRAND PRAIRIE GET TO HAVE A VOICE OF WHO OWN ON DALLAS AND TARRANT COUNTY SINCE IT'S BEEN TAKEN OUT OF OUR HANDS? HOW DOES THAT WELL, WE DO GET SOME VOTES ON SOME OF, BUT SOME OF THE, LET'S SAY THERE'S FIVE ON IT.
SOME OF THE POSITIONS ARE BY ELECTION, UH, AND SOME OF 'EM ARE BY NOMINATIONS OF THE CITIES, CITY OR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
EACH, EACH APPRAISAL DISTRICT DETERMINES THE NUMBER OF VOTES THAT EACH TAXING ENTITY WITHIN ITS JURISDICTION RECEIVES.
THEY SEND A LETTER TO EACH APPRAISAL, TO EACH EN ENTITY TELLING THE ENTITY HOW MANY VOTES THEY HAVE, AND THE ENTITY CAN CAST THAT NUMBER OF VOTES, EITHER FOR ONE OR ALL OF THE CANDIDATES OR NONE.
WE HAVE BEEN, MANY YEARS NOT EVEN VOTED.
SO DOES THE VOTE TAKE PLACE IN HERE OR IS THAT IN THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION? RIGHT NOW, WE WILL DECIDE IF WE CAST ANY VOTES INTO WHOM WE WILL SUBMIT THAT TO THE ENTITIES.
THEY'LL ADD UP ALL THE VOTES AND TELL US WHO WON.
SO LIKE, SINCE MY CONCERN IS IN TARRANT COUNTY, SINCE GRAND PRAIRIE PAYS A HIGH AMOUNT OF TAXES TO TARRANT COUNTY, AND WHAT VOICE DO THE RESIDENTS OF TARRANT COUNTY HAVE? NOT AS MUCH AS WE USED TO, BECAUSE THE STATE GETS MOST OF THE, THE MAJORITY OF THE DON'T, THEY GET, THE MAJORITY OF THE SEATS ARE SELECTED STATEWIDE IN NO, THE CITY.
SO THE CITY IN MAY, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S EVERY YEAR, BUT IN SOME YEARS YOU PICK LIKE THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE THAT ARE SELECTED AT LARGE BY THE VOTERS OF THAT COUNTY, NOT THE CITY SUBMITTING VOTES EXACTLY BY THE VOTERS OF THAT COUNTY.
THE CITY GETS THE CITY, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S TAXING ENTITIES GET A CERTAIN AMOUNT THAT THEY GET, UM, GET A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT THEY GET TO VOTE FOR.
BUT THAT'S SEPARATE THAN THE GEN THAN THE ELECTIONS THAT HAPPENED IN MAY.
SO THE LADY THAT'S BEEN DOWN HERE DURING CITIZEN'S COMMENTS, WE VOTED, GAVE HER SOME VOTES LAST YEAR.
SHE DIDN'T WIN, BUT SHE GOT SOME VOTES.
HAROLD, TONIGHT WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING, SHE'S ACTUALLY HERE.
SO
IS DALLAS LISTED ON THIS TOO? YES.
DALLAS, DALLAS CENTRAL, THE THREE DIFFERENT COUNTIES.
SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR, UM, THESE ELECTIONS, BUT THEY'RE ELECTED TWO DIFFERENT WAYS, EITHER BY RESIDENTS OR CITIZENS IN THE COUNTY OR THE CITIES, BUT THEY'RE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF WAYS OF GETTING ON THE APPRAISAL BOARDS AND SHE CAN EXPLAIN IT TO HER.
YEAH, I JUST, THAT'S JUST MY THING THAT DURING, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE AN ELECTION, HOW ARE WE DOING THIS? THAT SOMEONE WANTS TO RUN AT LARGE, SOMEONE WANTS, THEY'VE CHANGED.
WHEN DID THE LEGISLATURE MAKE THESE CHANGES? WAS THIS PAST 2021? YEAH, IT'S BEEN ABOUT TWO SESSIONS AGO.
I I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM SOMEONE ELSE PLEASE.
THAT HOW, IF SOMEONE WANTED TO BE ON THIS, HOW WOULD THEY GO ABOUT CONTACTING TO BE ON THIS? SHE COMES TO EVERY MEETING AND SAYS, VOTE FOR ME.
EVEN THE EXTRA I GAVE HIM, I NEED EXTRA TIME FOR THIS EXPLANATION BECAUSE THAT WILL KILL MY TIME.
NO, YOU DON'T GET EXTRA TIME TO EXPLAIN IT.
WELL, EVERY, UH, I'M SORRY, COULD YOU, COULD YOU JUST NAME AND ADDRESS, SAY YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, PLEASE.
I'M SAY, AND MY ADDRESS IS 67 0 5 SAPPHIRE CIRCLE, NORTH COLVILLE, TEXAS 7 6 0 3 4.
I'M HERE BECAUSE NOW I AM ONE OF THE CANDIDATE FOR TAR APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
SOME PEOPLE IN TARRAN COUNTY SAID MY NAME IS VERY DIFFICULT TO PRONOUNCE.
AND, UH, FOR THE EASY REFERENCE, IF YOU SEE TARRAN COUNTY'S BALLOT, MY NAME IS AT THE END.
SO GIVE ALL THE VOTES AT THE END OF THE BALLOT.
UH, WELL ALL I WOULD SAY I AM THE CANDIDATE WHO HAS THE ONLY CANDIDATE HAS NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
THE THREE OF THEM ON THE BALLOT HAS A LOT OF, I'M NOT HERE TO DISCUSS THAT, BUT, UH, WELL, I TALK ABOUT, UH, THE JULY 16TH A RB HEARING AND
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YOU ARE THE ONLY TAXING ENTITY WHO HAD EXCELLENT ATTORNEY.CURRENTLY AS OF JULY OF 2024, THE TENANT, UH, APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPOINT THE MEMBER OF A RB.
AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S VERY ESSENTIAL FOR THE BOARD TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD FUNCTIONS AND NO ONE HAS THAT KIND OF EXPERIENCE OTHER THAN ME.
SINCE JANUARY OF 2025, I HAVE ATTENDED ALL THE TADS CLOSED DOOR ENTITY MEETINGS.
I ATTENDED THESE MEETING ON BEHALF OF ENTITIES WHO CASTED VOTE FOR MY CANDIDACY IN THE PRIOR ELECTION.
AND THEY ARE COLVILLE, CROWLEY BENBROOK, HAL CITY, RICHLAND HILL, GRAPEVINE, HASLET, AZEL WHITE SETTLEMENT, GRAND PRAIRIE FORWARD, ISD ARLINGTON, ISD AND EVERMAN ISD.
GOING FORWARD, MY PLAN IS TO IMPLEMENT THE RECENT CHANGES BY THE 89TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION WITHIN THE TEXAS PROPERTY TAX CODE, FOCUSING ON UNIFORM AND EQUAL APPRAISALS, UNIFORM AND EQUAL TREATMENT TO ALL TAXING ENTITIES AND THE TAXPAYER.
AND WHEN I SAID 89TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION, I AM TALKING ABOUT SB 9 73, COMMONLY KNOWN AS CHRIS TURNERS BILL THAT RELATING TO PERIODIC REAPPRAISAL OF THE PROPERTIES AND REDIRECTED ALL APPRAISAL DISTRICTS TO FOLLOW TAXES.
PROPERTY TAX CODE SECTION 23.01, WHICH STATES ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY IS APPRAISED AT ITS MARKET VALUE AS OF JANUARY 1ST.
AND IT IS MY VERY STRONG BELIEF THAT JANUARY 1ST COMES EVERY YEAR, UM, UH, FOR THE LAST YEAR'S ELECTION.
WE'LL, WE'LL PUT THAT PART OF THE RECORD.
UH, THAT'S THE NEW THING HAPPENED.
SO ON OCTOBER 15, I HAD A MEETING WITH CHIEF APPRAISER AND ASKED HIM A VERY SIMPLE QUESTION, WHY TARRAN COUNTY COLLEGE HAD SO MANY VOTES LAST YEAR THAN THIS YEAR BECAUSE, UH, THERE IS A PATTERN OF, UH, FOR 2 95 TO THREE 15 VOTES FOR TR COUNTY COLLEGE.
ALL OF A SUDDEN IN 2024 ELECTION, THEY GOT 505 VOTES.
THEN I DIG IN MORE FIGURED OUT IT WAS THE ERROR DONE BY THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
CHIEF APPRAIS KNEW IT SINCE HE SAID JUNE, BUT I WOULD SAY MARCH OF THIS YEAR.
HE DID NOT SAY ANYTHING TO THE BOARD OR ANYONE OR ANY TEXTING ENTITY.
AND IT'S THE MISTAKE DONE BY CHIEF APPRAISER'S OFFICE.
THEN VERY NEXT DAY THERE WAS A, A MEETING AT TRENT COUNTY COLLEGE.
ENGLIN, WHO IS A CFO AT TRENT COUNTY COLLEGE, AND SHE SAID YES, SHE KNEW IT.
SHE CONTACTED LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR SEVERAL TIMES.
BUT THE JUNIOR STAFF SAID, GO CHECK YOUR NUMBERS.
AND SHE SAID THAT WE NEVER LEVY $559 MILLION AS A PROPERTY TAX.
OUR TAX DOLLAR WAS $323 MILLION FOR THE YEAR 2023.
SO, UH, LAST YEAR THEY GOT 200 EXTRA VOTES.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, IS DS COMBINED LOST 118 VOTES.
COMMISSIONER COURT LOST 22 VOTES.
CITY OF FOUR, LOST 29 VOTES CITY, UH, UH, YOU'RE ABOUT TO RUN OUT OF TIME, SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO TELL US WHAT YOU WANT TO DO TONIGHT.
OKAY? YOU LOST ALMOST FIVE WORDS LAST YEAR.
AND WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO DO TONIGHT? GIVE ALL THE WORDS TO ME.
THAT'S THE FIRST THING I SAID IT TO YOU.
SO THIS IS THE NEW INFORMATION ABOUT APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, SIR, AND I APPRECIATE YOU ALWAYS SHOWING UP AND SENDING US EMAILS AT ALL.
UH, MAYOR PROTE, DO YOU HAVE A SUGGESTION FOR US TO WHAT TO DO TONIGHT? YES, SIR.
STARTING WITH TARN COUNTY, I'D LIKE TO, WE, SO WE HAVE 27 VOTES FOR TARN COUNTY.
I'D LIKE I WOULD ASK THAT WE GIVE NINE OF OUR VOTES TO MS. SAEED.
UH, NINE VOTES TO WENDY BURGESS AND NINE VOTES TO ERIC CROWELL IN ELLIS COUNTY.
WE, THERE'S, UH, FOUR CANDIDATES, I WOULD SAY WITH OUR EIGHT VOTES THAT WE HAVE.
JUST SPLIT 'EM EQUALLY AND GIVE TWO TO EACH COUNT EACH CANDIDATE.
IN ELLIS COUNTY, IN DALLAS COUNTY, WE HAVE 22 VOTES.
I'D SAY GIVE A VOTE TO EACH CANDIDATE IN DALLAS COUNTY AND WITH THE REMAINING NINE, WE CAN EITHER LEAVE IT ON THE TABLE OR DIVVY IT OUT HOWEVER WE CHOOSE.
BUT I DON'T HAVE A HARD SUGGESTION ON THAT ONE.
MAKE YOUR MOTION, LEAVE IT ON THE TABLE.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE ITEM NUMBER 26 BY GIVING NINE FOR TARRANT COUNTY SECTION, GIVING NINE OF OUR VOTES TO SAAS ED.
NINE VOTES TO WENDY BURGESS, NINE VOTES TO ERIC CROW AND ELLIS COUNTY.
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WE GIVE TWO OF OUR VOTES TO EACH OF THE FOUR CANDIDATES, WHICH WOULD TOTAL EIGHT AND IN, IN DALLAS COUNTY.GIVE ONE VOTE TO ALL 13 CANDIDATES.
AND ACTUALLY WE CAN DO THIS, THE REMAINING NINE VOTES.
THERE ARE TWO ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT ARE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYORS IN DALLAS COUNTY.
GIVE FOUR VOTES TO MAYOR, UM, CLAIRE HAIRSTON AND FIVE VOTES TO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER YAMI SALA.
I, I DON'T HAVE A SECOND YET, BUT WE CAN DO THE DISCUSSION NOW.
UH, MS. SAYED, UM, WHAT'S YOUR POSITION ON ANNUAL OR BIANNUAL APPRAISALS? I'VE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT IT.
YOU'RE FOR ANNUAL BI APPRAISALS, YOUR ANNUAL APPRAISALS VERSUS DO YOU, DO YOU WANT YOU, DO YOU WANT ANNUAL, DO YOU WANT EM TO GO BACK TO ANNUAL APPRAISALS OR KEEP THE BIANNUAL? I JUST READ THE SECTION 23.01.
IT STATES DONE AS OF JANUARY 1ST, AND IT'S EVERY YEAR THEY, THEY CHANGED IT.
THE STATE CAME IN AND ARE FORCING THEM FINALLY TO DO IT ANNUALLY.
YEAH, BECAUSE, AND, AND SEPT, IT'S APPLICABLE ON SINCE SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2025.
AND APPRAISAL DISTRICT TURNED, APPRAISAL DISTRICT REFUSED TO ADOPT IT.
BUT TO HIS QUESTION, ARE YOU FOR THAT OF AARON? I'M ABSOLUTELY FOR THAT.
AND I KNEW THAT 'CAUSE YOU AND I HAVE DISCUSSED IT.
IS THERE ANY CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP ABOUT YOU IN THIS, IN THIS RACE? ABOUT ME? YEAH.
UH, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THAT.
I JUST, I'M JUST ONLY ASKING THAT.
WELL, I HAVE NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST AT ALL.
SO DO YOU KNOW OF ANY WELL, YES.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOU? WELL, I, I, I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, I'M GOOD.
CAN I GET A WELL COUNCIL MEMBER? CLEMSON MAYOR.
MAYOR, UM, MS. ED HAS COME TO US MULTIPLE TIMES.
SHE HAS ALWAYS, UH, GIVES US GOOD INFORMATION.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE WHO IS ON THIS BALLOT FOR TARRANT COUNTY PRESENT TONIGHT? ONE OF THEM HAS COME HERE.
UM, IN MY OPINION, THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY SHOW UP AND, UM, I WOULD SAY, UM, RATHER THAN SPLITTING IT EQUALLY, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT MS. SAYED GET, UM, TWICE AS MUCH AS THE OTHERS.
LET'S TAKE CARE OF THAT FIRST.
ARE YOU ASKING FOR THAT AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO HIS MOTION OR DO YOU ACCEPT IT? I DON'T THINK THERE'S A SECOND, MA.
THERE'S NOT A SECOND TO HIS MOTION YET.
YEAH, IT, SO MOTION DIES, I BELIEVE BECAUSE THERE WAS NO SECOND.
DO WE WANNA SECOND THIS MOTION? IF NOT, I'LL LET IT DIE.
WHICH ONE? HIS MOTION THAT'S ON THE TABLE.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND SO IT DOESN'T DIE.
WELL, YOU'VE DENIED HER FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
NOW, DOES SOMEBODY WANT TO, DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON HER FRIENDLY AMENDMENT? YES.
NOW, I SO THIS YOU DIDN'T STATE HOW MANY, WHY DON'T YOU CHANGE THAT MOTION AND SAY HOW MANY GO TO HER INSTEAD OF NO, NO.
GEORGIA, YOU YES, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
ME, I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT THE TOTAL IS.
AND WHO DO WE LEAVE OFF? WE LEAVE OFF WENDY BURGES.
AND AND THE OTHER GUY? WELL, NO, HE GETS HE WASN'T ON 'EM.
WELL, HE'S, NO, HE'S IN COUNTY JUST FOR, IN TARRAN COUNTY.
BUT WE, WE DIDN'T OFFER HIM ANYTHING.
NOW FOLKS, WE'RE ONLY VOTING ON THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
AND WHAT IF IT PASSES? IT WOULD ATTACH TO THE MOTION.
DO Y'ALL UNDERSTAND THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT? YES.
WE HAVE, HAVE A DISCUSSION HERE.
UM, THERE'S SOME STRATEGY INTO HAVING THREE CANDIDATES RECEIVING THE MONEY MEAN NOT MEAN FOLKS.
AND SEE THAT'S WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR.
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VOTES.BUT THAT WAS THAT SHE EXPLAINED TO US.
YEAH, BUT YOU DURING ONE'S NOT GOOD DOING NINE BECAUSE IF THERE IS A RECALL OF ANY OF THE CANDIDATES, WE HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE TO, TO BE A PART OF THAT DISCUSSION.
BUT IF WE, HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING, IF THE TWO CANDIDATES WE CAST OUR VOTES FOR DON'T WIN AND, AND WE WANNA RECALL SOMEONE BECAUSE WE HAVE NO SEAT AT THE TABLE.
SO THAT'S WHY I FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE GOING WITH THE THREE CANDIDATES AT, AT THE NINE EACH ONE.
SO YOU WOULD WANT TO DENY THIS FRIENDLY AMENDMENT? YES.
I LIKED IT WHEN WE DIDN'T VOTE ON THEM.
UM, I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN MCC, CLEMSON.
UM, BUT WHY ARE WE GIVING THE OTHERS WHEN THEY'VE NEVER COME BEFORE US AND SHOWED ANY TYPE OF EFFORT? I THINK WE SHOULD.
THE ENVIRONMENT HAS, BUT THEY'RE THE ONLY TWO SHE'S DONE THE MOST.
BUT THE OTHER PERSON EVER CAME AND NO, NOBODY DID.
NOBODY'S EVER COME AND KY THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHY WE NEVER EVEN APPOINTED PEOPLE IN YEARS PAST.
SO I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE GIVEN WHEN WE DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE OR WHAT THEY'RE DOING OR WHAT THEIR INTENTIONS ARE.
SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT THAT NO.
AN AMENDMENT THAT WE NEED TO VOTE ON.
MIKE, ARE YOU GOOD? WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING? I'M, I'M GOING DOWN THE LIST.
UH, SINCE COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON BROUGHT THAT UP AND HE IS CORRECT.
UM, THE ONE VOTE FOR EVERYBODY THING ANYTHING IS, IS IMPORTANT.
YOU'RE, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT ON THAT.
AND I DID NOT, DID YOU PICK, DID YOU FILL OUT A CARD AND THEN LEAVE? I DID.
I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THAT, BUT HE IS RIGHT.
AND, UH, IF MS. GEORGIA WOULD ACCEPT THIS LITTLE CHANGE,
FOR SOME REASON WAS LEFT OFF AND ONE VOTE FOR MS. BURGESS.
WE WOULD GET, WE WOULD GET ERIC'S HERE NOW.
SO DON'T, LET'S DON'T, LET'S DON'T EMBARRASS HIM.
I'M NOT, I'M JUST ADD THAT WAY WE GET TO THE, TO THE NUMBER AND THEN DO THE SAME THING THAT YOU ON DALLAS, BECAUSE YOU GOT ONE FOR EVERYBODY.
AND THAT WAY WE DO HONOR THE FACT THAT MR. CROW AND MS. SAEED DO COME OVER HERE AND TALK TO US FROM TIME TO TIME.
AND TARRANT COUNTY'S THE ONLY ONE THAT DOES THAT.
AND AS FAR AS I'D BE CONCERNED ON THE DALLAS COUNTY, WE COULD JUST DO ONE FOR EVERYBODY AND NOT DO THE REST.
BUT WE NEED TO HONOR THE PEOPLE THAT DO ACTUALLY COME OVER HERE AND TALK TO US.
AND I THINK THAT, UH, SAVING OUR, SAVING OUR BUTTS WITH THE ONE FOR EVERYBODY IS A GOOD, GOOD POINT.
COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL, CAN YOU ARTICULATE THAT TO GEORGIA? SEE IF SHE ACCEPTS IT.
WE GIVE EVERYBODY ONE, GIVE THOSE TWO.
THIS AN AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT AS AN AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT, WHICH IF SHE ACCEPTS IT, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO VOTE ON IT SEPARATELY.
WE WHO SECONDED YOURS MR. SCH? I DID.
SO YOUR AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON NOT SEPARATELY.
UH, WE HEAR FROM ARE YOU OKAY WITH WHAT WE'RE FIXING TO DO? I, I DIDN'T HEAR, BUT I'M, I'M OKAY WITH IT.
WE APPRECIATE YOU SHOWING UP, UP.
HE'S ONE OF, YEAH, WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY, THE REASON THAT WE PUT WENDY BURGESS ON HERE, SHE'S A FORMER TARRANT COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR AND SHE'S CURRENTLY SERVING ON THE, UM, APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
AND SHE'S SOMEBODY WE HAVE SUPPORTED THIS COUNCIL SUPPORTED IN THE PAST.
AND I SAW SOMEBODY THROWING MUD AT HER THE OTHER DAY THAT YEP.
BECAUSE YEAH, THAT'S ANOTHER REASON TO VOTE FOR.
AND MAYOR, WHAT I, WHAT I WAS MAYOR, I'M TELLING YOU.
SOMETHING I WAS ACTUALLY INFORMED BY OF, UM, THE SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES, IS THAT IF WE GIVE JUST ONE VOTE TO A CANDIDATE AND THEY SOMEHOW WIN, IF THEY DO GET RECALLED OR THAT PROCESS BEGINS, WE'RE AT THE TABLE.
NO, YOU'RE AT THE TABLE, BUT YOU ONLY GET ONE VOTE IN THAT PROCESS.
SO IT WOULDN'T EVEN REALLY MATTER.
BUT OUR VOTES ARE SO DILUTED BY THE TIME THEY GET THERE.
UH, WE GET 27 VOTES OUTTA HALF A MILLION.
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I UNDERSTAND.LET'S VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT TO WHETHER ATTACH IT OR NOT.
THIS IS, SO WHAT IS THE AMENDMENT NOW? CAN YOU RESTATE IT? RESTATE THE AMENDMENT.
ARE YOU IT WOULD BE ONE VOTE FOR MR. ALFRED.
SO IT WOULD BE 17 FOR MS SAEED AND EIGHT FOR MR. CROW.
THAT'S THE AMENDMENT THAT WOULD ATTACH TO ENGLISH REGULAR MOTION.
SO MATHEMATICS, WHICH GOT A FIRST AND SECOND ON THAT AMENDMENT.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT AMENDMENT? I DO.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT.
SO NOW WE'RE VOTING ON YOURS WITH THAT AMENDMENT ATTACHED, WHICH BECOMES PART OF THE EMOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND.
DON'T PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA NEXT YEAR.
I MAYBE HAVE A SPECIAL WORKSHOP.
OPPOSED? NO, IT IT TOOK WHAT? WHO WAS OPPOSED? I'M SORRY.
HE WAS OPPOSED ON THE AMENDMENT ON THE MOTION.
WHAT WAS ON THE AMENDMENT? UH, IT ONLY GOT, THE AMENDMENT GOT FIVE VOTES.
WHO WERE OPPOSED ON THE ATTACHING THE AMENDMENT JUNIOR LOPEZ AND BEST BE, BUT THEN SHE SWITCHED HER VOTE.
[27. STP-25-08-0029 - Site Plan - Warehouse at 2478 W Main St (City Council District 1). Site Plan to construct a one-story warehouse on 1.10 acres. Lot 21R2, Block 1, Dalworth Park Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, zoned Light Industrial, and addressed as 2478 W Main St (On October 28, 2025, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 7-0) ]
THIS ONCE A MONTH, RIGHT? YES SIR.BUT THIS, THIS COULD COME UP ON THE AGENDA AND CAUSE THIS MUCH TIME.
IF WE HAD FOUR MEETINGS A MONTH, IT'D JUST BE THAT NIGHT.
DEPENDS ON WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
ITEM 27 IS A SITE PLAN FOR AN INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE LOCATED AT 24 7 8 WEST WEST MAIN STREET.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT PROPERTY OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.
UH, THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE LOCATION.
UH, THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSING A 20,000 SQUARE FOOT, ONE STORY BUILDING FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTION USES.
UH, THE FACILITY WILL BE 19,000 SQUARE FEET OF WAREHOUSE, 1000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE SPACE.
AND THEN THEY HAVE TWO TRUCK DOCKS, UH, ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
UH, IT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED OF TILT WALL CONCRETE PANELS AND HAVE A STONE VENEER AT THE BASE.
UH, THIS IS THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN.
IT DOES MEET OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND OUR LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS AS WELL.
UH, APPENDIX X DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BUILDINGS UNDER 50,000 SQUARE FEET.
UM, RECOMMEND A 30% STONE ON ALL EXTERIOR FACADES, WHICH THIS PROPOSAL IS MEETING.
UH, THESE ARE THEIR PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS AND THEY ARE REQUESTING ONE VARIANCE.
AND THAT IS THE TRUCK DOCKS LOCATED ALONG NORTHWEST 25 20 FIFTH STREET, UH, TO ALLOW TRUCK DOCKS FACING, UH, A PUBLIC STREET.
UH, APPENDIX X DOES SAY THAT, UH, THEY CAN REQUEST ASSESS VARIANCE IF THEY'RE MEETING OUR DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH THEY ARE.
AND ON OCTOBER 25TH, 28TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO, WHICH CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
AND, UM, JUST A QUICK QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.
IS THERE ANY KIND OF, UH, SCREENING OR ANYTHING AROUND THE BUILDING? NO.
AND WILL THERE BE THE REGULAR REQUIRED LANDSCAPING? YES, MA'AM.
ONE, UH, ONE QUESTION FROM GO AHEAD.
SHOTWELL SAVANNAH, UH, THE TRUCK DOCKS FACING 25TH STREET.
25TH STREET WIDE ENOUGH TO DO THAT.
THEY DID WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT ON CONVEYING ALL THAT.
AND ACTUALLY I'M GLAD THAT THE TRUCK DOCKS ARE ON 25TH, BUT NOT MAIN STREET.
AND NOT ON MAIN STREET, BECAUSE THE OTHER
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SURROUNDING HAVE 'EM FACING MAIN STREET.SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 27.
SECOND, WE HAVE MOTION AND A SECOND.
WE ARE, IF YOU'RE ANYBODY IN THE CROWD FOR 36, WE'RE TABLING IT.
WE'RE GONNA VOTE THE TABLE I'M SURE TO PASS.
SO IF YOU'RE HERE WAITING, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND LEAVE.
NOW, ITEM 40, WE'RE GOING TO DO THE SAME WITH, I DON'T WANT YOU TO HAVE TO WAIT AND SAY, WELL, WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME YOU WERE GONNA TABLE IT? ALL
[28. STP-25-08-0031 - Site Plan - Hardrock Road Redevelopment (City Council District 1). Site Plan for industrial warehouses on 16.832 acres. Multiple tracts out of the John C Read Survey, abstract No. 1183, including Tracts 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, S7A, S-7-A, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-462A, within the SH 161 Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 3514-3560 Hardrock Rd and 4701 Rock Island Rd (On October 28,2025, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval with conditions by a vote of 7-0)]
RIGHT, SAVANNAH.ITEM 28 IS ANOTHER SITE PLAN, UH, FOR TWO INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSES, UH, LOCATED ON HARD ROCK ROAD.
UM, AND THAT'S FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES.
AND IT'S ABOUT ALMOST 17 ACRES.
UH, THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE LOCATION AND THEIR PROPOSED SITE PLAN.
UH, THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WAS APPROVED WITH THE, UH, PLAN DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT PLAN.
UH, SO IT DOES MEET THE STANDARDS AND PD 4 62 A AND THE UDC REQUIREMENTS.
UM, THERE ON THE SCREEN IS THEIR PROPOSED LANDSCAPING.
UH, THEY ARE REQUESTING AN ADDITIONAL VARIANCE TO REDUCE THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER.
UH, THIS WAS, UH, THE VARIANCE WAS ORIGINALLY INCLUDED WITH THE PD, UH, WITH THE CONDITION THAT THEY PROVIDE, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, 20% LANDSCAPING.
UM, THEY ARE REQUESTING TO FURTHER DECREASE THAT BUFFER, BUT HAVE PROVIDED A TOTAL OF 38%, UH, LANDSCAPING ABOVE WHAT'S REQUIRED AS A COMPENSATORY MEASURE.
THEY'RE GIVING US MORE THAN REQUIRED LANDSCAPING PLANTINGS TO FURTHER REDUCE THE BUFFER.
THEY'RE JUST MOVING IT, SHRINKING THE BUFFER.
UM, SO THIS IS A COUPLE OF, UH, SCHEMATIC PLANS.
THE, UH, APPLICANT PUT TOGETHER FOR US SHOWING, UH, THE PROPOSED 10 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER AND THEIR PROPOSED SCREENING INSTEAD OF THE, THE 20 FOOT.
UH, AND THEN AGAIN ALONG 1 61.
THESE ARE THEIR PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS, AND THEY'RE MEETING ALL OF OUR APPENDIX X UH, DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.
AGAIN, THEY'RE REQUESTING THAT, UH, VARIANCE TO THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER TO STRING IT FROM 20 FEET TO 10 FEET ALONG 1 61 AND HARD ROCK ROAD.
AND ON OCTOBER 28TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO.
UH, FIRST CONDITION IS TO PROVIDE A LINE OF SIGHT DRAWING, UH, WHICH THEY HAVE PROVIDED TO STAFF.
A NOISE STUDY MUST BE APPROVED BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ON DEPARTMENT BEFORE THE ISSUANCE OF A BUILDING PERMIT.
A DRAINAGE STUDY OR DETENTION SHALL BE PROVIDED TO SHOW NO ADVERSE IMPACT ON OTHER PROPERTIES, THE RECEIVING CREEK AND THE EXISTING DRAINING DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND THEN A PUBLIC DRAINAGE EASEMENT SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR TAKING OFFSITE RUNOFF THROUGH THE SITE, AND THE CONVEYANCE SYSTEM SHALL BE DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED TO THE CITY STANDARDS.
UH, SO, UH, THE THREE AND FOUR WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF DURING THE CIVIL, UH, ENGINEERING PLAN REVIEW.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
WE HAVE SOME SPEAKERS, BUT DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF SAVANNAH? OF COURSE, WE CAN BRING HER BACK LATER.
SO GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE THE SPEAKERS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL 4 0 1 EAST PALACE PARKWAY, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.
I PUT ON MY SPEAKER CARD, I'M JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HAMILTON? NO.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIS GROUP? WE'RE GOOD.
NOW BARRY SANDERS NOT PART OF THAT GROUP.
YEAH, BARRY SANDERS IS JUST THROWING HIS SUPPORT FOR YOU SO HE CAN GET A COMPED DRINK THE NEXT TIME HE'S AT POKER PALACE.
DIET COKE? UH, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
AND SAVANNAH, AS AND RASHAD STAFF.
YOU'RE OKAY WITH ALL THE PLANNING AND ZONING RECOMMENDATIONS? YES.
OKAY THEN MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, MOVE THE APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 28 WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
RECOMMEND RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS.
I THINK YOU, YOU SECOND COUNCIL MAYOR ADAMS. WE HAVE A MOTION.
AND SECOND, UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
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I ITEM 29[Items 29 & 30]
ITEM.DO WE DO 29 TO 30 TOGETHER? YES, SIR.
SO ITEM 29 IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE, UH, TO CHANGE THIS MOTION.
FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICE.
UH, THAT IS TO BRING THE FLUME, UH, TO BE CONSISTENT WITH A PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE.
UH, THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 9 26 MAYFIELD ROAD, AND YOU CAN SEE IT OUTLINED IN YELLOW IN THE SCREEN.
UH, THE EXISTING ZONING DISTRICT IS SINGLE FAMILY TWO, AND THEY'RE PROPOSING A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR LIMITED OFFICE AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES USES.
UM, SO AGAIN, A PROPOSED PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO BUILD TWO 4,000 SQUARE FEET, UH, SINGLE STORY MULTI-TENANT OFFICE BUILDINGS.
AND THEY ARE, UH, DESIGNED IT TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL USES.
UH, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, AGAIN, DOES DESIGNATE THIS AREA AS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
UH, IF APPROVED, THEY'LL BE REQUIRED TO MEET THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
UH, SO THEY HAVE PROPOSED USES, UH, THAT ARE ALLOWED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DISTRICT.
UM, THEY HAVE FURTHER LIMITED THAT BY PROHIBITING SOME OF THOSE CURRENTLY ALLOWED AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, UH, THEY'RE INTENDING TO ATTRACT LOW INTENSITY TENANTS WHO SEEK OFFICE SPACE FOR USES SUCH AS ACCOUNTING AND LAW OFFICES, REAL ESTATE OFFICES, OR OTHER MISCELLANEOUS OFFICES.
UH, THIS IS THEIR PROPOSED CONCEPT PLAN.
AND SHOWN IN RED IS THE TYPE ONE SCREENING WALL THAT IS REQUIRED BECAUSE, UH, THEY'RE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, UH, ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY ON ALL THREE SIDES.
THESE ARE THEIR PROPOSED CONCEPT ELEVATIONS, AND THIS IS A SIMILAR PRODUCT IN ANOTHER CITY.
WE DID SEND OUT 48 NOTICES, ZERO RETURN IN FAVOR, TWO RETURN DEPOSED.
UH, ONE IS, UH, OPPOSITION LETTER IS FURTHER NORTH OF THE LOCATION.
UH, WE DID RECEIVE OPPOSITION FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER TO THE WEST OF THE SUBJECT LOCATION.
AND SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS ARE SHOWN IN THEIR, UH, LETTER ON THE SCREEN.
UH, CONCERNS ABOUT, UH, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, UH, THE BUSINESS IMPACTING THE VALUE OF THEIR HOME.
UM, CONCERNS THAT A BUSINESS, UM, IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE BETWEEN TWO RESIDENTIAL HOMES OF LOSS OF PRIVACY.
UM, ON THE SCREEN SHOWS THE IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING AREA.
SO, UH, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, THERE IS AN EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY HOME ADJACENT TO IT TO THE EAST.
UH, THERE IS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, UH, ADJACENT TO THE WEST.
AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT IS ANOTHER EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
SO ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ONE WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL PLA THE PROPERTY PRIOR TO OBTAINING A BUILDING PERMIT.
THE APPLICANT SHALL BE REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH THE SITE PLAN PROCESS AND COMPLY WITH BOTH THE UDC AND APPENDIX F STANDARDS.
AND THEN AN EIGHT FOOT MASONRY SCREENING WALL SHALL BE PROVIDED, UH, VEING, THE RESIDENTIAL USES ALONG THE WESTERN, NORTHERN AND EASTERN PROPERTY LINES.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SAVANNAH? WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER.
MAYOR TIM, CAN YOU WAIT? I I'LL TURN ON THE MIC.
I DIDN'T THINK WE HAVE SPEAKER OUT.
RANDALL GARRETT, YOU HAD ME AT THE FIRST FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
I, WE LIVE AT, UH, 87 60 COUNTY ROAD SIX 12 IN MANSFIELD, TEXAS.
UH, WE ARE THE OWNER, THE PROPERTY OWNERS OF THIS.
MY WIFE ANNA AND I OWN THIS PROPERTY.
WE FIRST BOUGHT IT AND I'M A RECOVERING HOME BUILDER FOR 40 YEARS.
SO THE FIRST THING IS, WHAT COULD WE, WHAT KIND OF HOUSE COULD WE PUT ON IT? AND WHAT'S THERE IS A HOUSE BUILT IN THE FORTIES THAT'S LITERALLY FROM HERE TO THE WALL TO THE STREET, MAYFIELD ROAD, NOT, NOT THE PROPERTY LINE IN THE STREET.
SO THEN WE THOUGHT, WE'LL JUST REMODEL THAT AND RENT IT.
BUT WHAT WE DECIDED WITH, THERE'S TDOT SAYS THERE'S 10,000 CARS A DAY GO BY THAT HOUSE ON MAYFIELD ROAD.
SO WE DIDN'T THINK AS, AS A REAL ESTATE BROKER THAT I AM, WE DID FEEL LIKE RESIDENTIAL WOULD WORK THERE BECAUSE OF PARTICULARLY NEW, BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY OF ABLY.
UH, CHILDREN AND PETS HAVE 2000 CARS A DAY.
SO BECAUSE I'M A RECOVERING HOME BUILDER, WE, WE BUILD HOUSES AND WE SOLD EVERYTHING.
WE BUILT PROBABLY 10 IN MANSFIELD IN A RESIDENTIAL STYLE.
AND LIKE YOU SAW THE ONE PICTURE, THAT'S A BUILDING WE OWN IN, UH, MANSFIELD.
WHAT SINCE WE'RE GONNA BUILD IT AND OWN IT
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AND MANAGE IT, WE DON'T HAVE ANY INTEREST OF HAVING ANY TENANTS.THAT WOULD BE AFTER SIX O'CLOCK.
UH, TATTOO ARTISTS OR LIQUOR STORES, CONVENIENCE STORES, THOSE ARE ALL NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, BUT NOT WHO WE WANT TO BE ENTERTAINED AS TENANTS.
SO OUR WHOLE PURPOSE IS TO, WE REALIZE IT'S RESIDENTIAL AROUND IT IS TO, BUT RESIDENTIAL USE.
UM, I WOULDN'T WANT TO BUILD A HOUSE THERE AS A, AS A HOME BUILDER BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC.
SO WHAT WE THOUGHT WE COULD DO IS BUILD TWO RESIDENTIAL STYLE OFFICE BUILDINGS THAT WOULD SERVE THE NEIGHBORS.
FOR EXAMPLE, TITLE COMPANY, INSURANCE AGENT, UM, ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, CPA SALON WOULD WORK THERE.
UH, THINGS THAT WOULD BE GREAT FOR THE NEIGHBORS NOT HAVE TO GO TO GEORGE BUSH.
THIS IS FOUR TENTHS OF A MILE OFF OF THE GEORGE BUSH GOING WEST ON MIDFORD BAYFIELD ROAD.
SO THE HOUSE THERE NOW IS AN EYESORE, AND WE WOULD TAKE THAT DOWN AND PUT THE OFFICE BUILDINGS THERE THAT WOULD BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY IN THAT WE PRE PREED UP A LOT AND HELP.
BUT IF IT DOES, UM, I, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.
UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU READY FOR A MOTION? YEP.
UH, I'M MAKING THIS MOTION ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL MEMBER HEDEN, WHO'S NOT HERE.
AND SHE SUPPORTS THIS, UH, PROJECT.
SO THEREFORE, MY MOTION IS TO APPROVE ITEMS 29 AND 30 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF.
[Items 31 & 32]
31.ITEM 31 AND 32 ARE RELATED TO THE SAME PROJECT.
THE FIRST ITEM IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LANE USE, USE MAP DESIGNATION FOR COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICE TO LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
UH, THIS IS BECAUSE THERE'S AN ACCOMPANYING ZONING CHANGE.
UH, THIS IS AT 4 0 2 AND 4 0 6 NORTHWEST 20TH STREET.
THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY, UM, TO SINGLE FAMILY SIX RESIDENTIAL THE APPLICANT DOES TO DESIRE TO CONSTRUCT TWO NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON THE TWO LOTS.
THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, IF APPROVED, THE PROPOSAL WILL HAVE TO MEET THIS SINGLE FAMILY SIX STANDARDS.
AND ON OCTOBER 14TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF NINE TO THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
TONY, IS THIS THE ONE ON THE 1 61 FRONTAGE? KIND OF THERE? NO, IT'S NOT, IS IT? NO.
NO, IT'S, THAT'S ANOTHER ONE WE'RE WORKING ON.
CHRIS? HI, I AM CHRIS BRICKMAN.
I'M AT 4 2 6 NORTHWEST 11TH STREET AND I'M JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU GUYS, STAFF, ESPECIALLY.
TONY, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM? NO.
I APPRECIATE YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN THE CITY.
CAN WE DO BOTH OF'EM AT ONCE? WE CAN? UH, I WOULD MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF, UM, 30 AND 31.
IT'S OKAY WITH THE, UH, STAFF AND P'S.
EARLY RESULTS ARE THAT, UH, ALL 17 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS ARE GONNA PASS.
[33. SUP-25-08-0030 - Specific Use Permit - Registered Group Home (City Council District 4). Specific Use Permit for a Registered Group Home on 0.15 acres. Lot 4, Block D, Kingswood Forest Addition Phase I, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, zoned Planned Development 169 (PD-169) district, and addressed as 2747 Sedgemoor Dr (On October 14, 2025, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 9-0) ]
ALL RIGHT.ITEM 33 IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A REGISTERED GROUP HOME.
THIS IS LOCATED AT 27 47 SMORE DRIVE.
THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE LOCATION.
UH, SOME BACKGROUND ON, UH, JUNE 20TH, 2023.
CITY COUNCIL APPROVED AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING THAT ALL GROUP LIVING RESIDENTIAL USES REGISTER WITH THE CITY, UH, UPON REGISTRATION.
STAFF THEN DETERMINES, UH, THE USE AND IF AN SUP IS REQUIRED.
UH, THIS REQUEST IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT BECAUSE THE PROPOSED LOCATION IS WITHIN 2,500 FEET OF AN EXISTING OR TWO EXISTING GROUP RESIDENTIAL LIVING USES.
SO THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSING A REGISTERED GROUP HOME, WHICH REFERS TO A FACILITY THAT'S LICENSED AT THE STATE OF TEXAS.
IT INCLUDES FACILITIES THAT ARE REFERENCED AS GROUP HOMES, COMMUNITY HOMES, ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES OR RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES.
AND THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSING A REGISTERED TYPE B ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY UNDER THE STATE OF TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION.
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A TYPE B ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY, UH, ARE FOR RESIDENTS WHO REQUIRE STAFF ASSISTANT TO LEAVE THE FACILITY AND ARE NOT CAPABLE OF FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS IN AN EMERGENCY AND REQUIRE NIGHTTIME ATTENDANCE.UH, OPERATIONS AND CLIENTELE ARE REGULATED BY THAT STATE OF TEXAS ORGANIZATION.
UH, SERVICES OF THIS LOCATION, UH, OUR PROPOSED ARE MEALS, MEDICATION MANAGEMENT, HEALTH MONITORING, TRANSPORTATION, AND PERSONAL CARE.
UH, THEIR PROPOSED OPERATIONS ARE 24 HOURS.
UH, THEY HAVE A PROPOSED MAXIMUM OF SIX CLIENTS, UM, THAT INCLUDE MEALS, TRANSPORTATION, AND PERSONAL CARE ASSISTANCE.
UM, STAFF UNDERGOES A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND AND SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY CHECK, EMPLOYEE MISCONDUCT REGISTRY CHECKED AND CREDENTIAL VERIFICATION.
AND THERE WILL BE STAFF ON SITE AT THIS LOCATION 24 HOURS A DAY.
UM, 62 NOTICES WERE SENT TO THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES, AND ZERO WERE RETURNED IN FAVOR, AND 14 WERE RETURNED OPPOSED FROM EIGHT UNIQUE RE UH, EIGHT UNIQUE ADDRESSES.
AND THOSE ARE SHOWN IN RED ON THE SCREEN.
ON OCTOBER 14TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, UH, VOTED EIGHT TO D EIGHT TO ZERO TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS.
AND THAT'S TO IN, UH, THE NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS SHALL NOT EXCEED.
THE APPLICANT SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE BUILDING CODES, FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM APPROVED AND INSPECTED BY THE FIRE MARSHAL.
AS REQUIRED, THEY MUST MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE REGULATIONS AND LOCAL ORDINANCES, UH, MUST BE APPROVED, UH, REGISTERED GROUP HOME FACILITY IN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE TO OPERATE.
AND THEY SHALL MAINTAIN ALL THEIR REQUIRED STATE LICENSES AND THEN OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
WE HAVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ, WE HAVE SOME CARDS.
TENISHA MOORE DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WISHES TO RECORD SUPPORT.
AS A GERONTOLOGIST, THIS IS REALLY AN ISSUE THAT I'M, I'M REALLY LOCKED IN ON.
COULD WE DEFINE A FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM, PLEASE? FOR OUR RESIDENTIAL BUILDING? HUH? IT IS A SYSTEM THAT SUPPRESSES FIRE.
I WOULD LOVE THAT WOULD MAKE THAT RULING, WHETHER IT'S SPRINKLER SYSTEM OR WHATEVER.
SO WE DON'T, IT'S ALL BASED ON OCCUPANCY.
I DON'T, WE DON'T MAKE THAT HERE.
BUT MY, YOU KNOW, LIKE IN THIS BUILDING, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE SPRINKLERS IN HERE, BUT IN A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING WITH THE SPRINKLERS, THE STROBE LIGHTS IN EVERY BEDROOM AND EVERY BATHROOM, WILL IT HAVE TO FULFILL? IT'LL HAROLD, AS YOU KNOW, IT'LL ALL BE BASED ON THE OCCUPANCY.
AND HOW MANY PEOPLE RIGHT NOW I CAN'T ANSWER THAT.
I JUST KNOW THAT WITH A RE INSTALLING A SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN A RESIDENTIAL HOME, IT'S ALREADY BUILT.
THERE'S A LOT OF, THERE'S A LOT TO IT.
YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF EXPENSE.
AND, AND, AND WITH THE, WITH THE ELECTRONIC KEYPADS, WITH EVERYTHING AND THE NOTIFICATION THAT IF THAT ALARM GOES OFF AT 3:00 AM IN THE MORNING WHEN THE CAREGIVER SLEEPING MM-HMM
THAT, WHERE WILL THAT ALARM BE ANSWERED BY A PRIVATE COMPANY? TYPICALLY A PRIVATE COMPANY WHO WILL NOTIFY GRAND PER NOTIFY DANIEL'S PEOPLE.
SO THAT WOULD DON'T DISPATCH CENTER.
THAT'S JUST MY CONCERN THAT IN THESE RESIDENTIAL HOMES LIKE THIS, UH, THE OUTLAY OF PUTTING IN THE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS, OF HAVING THE STROBE LIGHTS, OF HAVING THE LOCK KEYPADS AND BEFORE THE CHIEF GOT AWAY, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING IN OUR ORDINANCE THAT SHOWS HOW MANY 9 1 1 CALLS ARE MADE TO THESE GROUP HOMES FOR, UH, EMS AND FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, POLICE RELATED ISSUES THAT 'CAUSE SOME OF THESE HOMES, LIKE WHAT WE HAD IN THE NEWS THE PAST TWO YEARS, ONE IN OUR PORTION OF GRAND PRAIRIE DO WE CHIEF WE TRACK EVERY SINGLE NINE ONE ONE CALL THAT COMES INTO OUR CENTER.
THIS PARTICULAR SITE, I THINK HAS HAD A FEW ALL MEDICAL RELATED, UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD CHALLENGES WITH GROUP HOMES AND GRAND PRAIRIE, BUT THIS PARTICULAR ONE HASN'T BEEN PARTICULARLY PROBLEMATIC.
THAT'S, AND WHO IS, WHO OWNS THIS PROPERTY? IS IT AN INDIVIDUAL? IS IT A, A COMPANY? IS IT A GROUP? IS IT STAFF? AN LLC.
WHO THE HECK OWNS THIS? IT IS AN INDIVIDUAL, UH, HOUSE OF LOVE ASSISTED LIVING THAT'S NOTED AS THE APPLICANT.
DO THEY PAY PROPERTY TAXES TO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE AND TO DO TARRANT COUNTY? WE'D HAVE TO RESEARCH THAT.
THAT WASN'T A PART OF THE REVIEW.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY GET AN EXEMPTION OR NOT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE HOMES GET AN EXEMPTION.
WELL, IF THEY'RE OWNED BY THE MINISTRY, UH, THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO SCAM OUT A LOT OF MONEY AND, AND
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TO STEAL MONEY FROM THE VULNERABLE SENIOR CITIZENS THAT HAPPENED IN OUR CITY AND HAPPENED IN ARLINGTON.AND IF MANY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE, ARE PRIVATE PAY, OR IF THEY'RE MEDICARE, MEDICAID, QMB, THE INVOLVEMENT OF MEDICARE HOME HEALTH, THE INVOLVEMENT OF HOSPICE, THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES THAT GO IN WITH THIS.
AND MY GREAT STATE OF TEXAS, WE FAIL THIS MISERABLY BECAUSE A CARE ATTENDANT VERSUS A CERTIFIED NURSE AIDE VERSUS AN LVN VERSUS A PARAMEDIC VERSUS AN RN.
I HAVE PERSONALLY SEEN THE ABUSES IN THESE HOMES.
AND THE NEWS MEDIA DID A GOOD JOB LAST YEAR WHEN THAT THAT LADY STOLE THAT OTHER WOMAN'S MONEY.
SO THERE'S, I'M AGAINST THIS BECAUSE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, I NEED THAT HOME OCCUPIED BY A YOUNG FAMILY WOULD HAVE KIDS THAT ARE GOING TO SCHOOL.
WE DESPERATELY NEED MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS, SECOND TIME HOME BUYERS.
AND I REALIZE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY ACT, THERE'S SOME, A LOT OF THE COURTS HAVE RULED ON THIS, BUT SOMEBODY'S MAKING MONEY ON THIS.
AND A LOT OF THESE GROUP HOMES, YOU LOOK BY AND IT LOOKS LIKE NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD.
THEY'RE OUT THERE IN THE BACKYARD WANDERING AROUND WHO'S GONNA FIX THE FOOD.
OTHER WORDS, THERE'S JUST TOO MUCH OVERSIGHT THAT IS PLACED ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE AND NOT ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
AND IT'S JUST A GREAT WAY TO SCAM OUT THE MONEY.
SO I WOULD URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON THIS.
WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON IN HEALTHCARE RIGHT NOW, THIS IS JUST ANOTHER POTENTIAL PROBLEM THAT'S, THAT'S GOING TO OCCUR.
AND, AND WE DON'T NEED THIS RIGHT NOW.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ TOUGH ISSUE.
I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
FIRST, UM, STAFF, I THINK YOU MENTIONED THAT THIS IS ALREADY EXISTING, LIKE IT'S ALREADY OPERATING OR IS IT NOT OPERATING? YES.
WHAT'S IT COMING TO AS FAR THEN? IN 2023, COUNSEL PASSED AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING REGISTRATION.
AND UM, SO PRIOR TO THEN, THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO COME TO US.
THEY DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE PROCESS OF GETTING THE SUP AND STAFF DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE THERE.
THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, JOHN? YEAH.
UM, SORT OF SO AS FAR AS THEIR OPERATING, HOW LONG THEY BEEN OPERATING THAT WE KNOW OF? YES.
ARE YOU ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY? YES.
TANISHA MOORE, 2112 DERO DRIVE IN FORT WORTH.
DID YOU UNDERSTAND THIS QUESTION? UH, COULD YOU ASK THE QUESTION AGAIN? I'M SORRY.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU'VE BEEN OPERATING? UM, SINCE 2019.
I CURRENTLY HAVE A LICENSED HOME HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
UM, THIS ONE HERE, I'M SEEKING TO ADD ADDITIONAL RESIDENCE.
SO TO GO ABOVE THREE, I HAD TO, UM, GO THROUGH THE CITY PROCESS OF GETTING THE SUP AND EVERYTHING.
TO BE ABLE TO ADD YOU DID SIGN A CARD, YOU JUST DIDN'T WANNA SPEAK.
SO SAY THIS MOTION WAS TO DENY TONIGHT YOU COULD STILL OPERATE IT, BUT ONLY WITH THREE RIGHT? THE WAY THE POLICY IS WRITTEN, RIGHT.
THE WAY THE POLICY IS WRITTEN, I CAN OPERATE UNDER THREE.
IN ORDER TO GO ABOVE THREE, I WOULD NEED PERMISSION IN ORDER TO GET LICENSED BY THE STATE.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SEEKING NOW IS, IS TO GET LICENSE.
I MEAN HAVE, I'M JUST CURIOUS ON AS FAR AS YOUR PATIENTS OR WHATEVER, I MEAN, HAVE THEY BEEN THERE SEVERAL YEARS NOW OR IS IT YES, I HAVE.
UH, SO THAT PARTICULAR HOME, THEY'VE BEEN THERE SINCE 2020.
SO I STILL HAVE ONE RESIDENT THAT'S BEEN THERE SINCE THE PROPERTY OPENED.
AND THEN I HAVE TWO OTHER RESIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR, ONE'S BEEN THERE FOR TWO YEARS AND THE OTHER ONE GOING ON A YEAR NOW.
THERE'S A, THERE'S A NEED FOR 'EM.
EVEN IF WE DENY SHE CAN CONTINUE OPERATING AS IS.
IF WE APPROVE IT, SHE CAN HAVE UP TO HOW MANY? 6, 6 6, DOUBLE THE CAPACITY, BUT HAS TO DO A WHOLE LOT OF STUFF TO DOUBLE IT.
UM, SO WE'RE NOT GONNA CLOSE HER DOWN.
UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR COUNCIL MEMBER? NO.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ, ARE YOU, WHAT? WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS? I EXPERT? YES.
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COME ON BACK FORWARD.HOW ARE YOU? UH, I'M NOT TOO BAD FOR AN OLD MAN ON A MONDAY.
UM, HOW BIG IS THIS HOUSE? IT, THAT HOUSE HAS FOUR BEDROOMS AND EXTRA LIVING AND DINING ROOM.
HOW MANY SQUARE FEET? UM, 2,600 SQUARE FEET.
THREE BATHS, THREE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW? NO.
I MEAN, HOW MANY? THREE BATHROOMS? UH, THREE BATHROOMS. IT IS, WELL, TWO AND A HALF BATHS.
AND YOU, YOU CURRENTLY HAVE THREE RESIDENTS.
HOW MANY EMPLOYEES ARE THERE AT ONE TIME? SO AT ONE TIME RIGHT NOW THERE'S CURRENTLY ONE, UM, PER SHIFT.
SO THERE'S ALWAYS CURRENTLY SOMEBODY THERE 24 HOURS A DAY.
AND WHEN YOU GO TO SIX, WHEN I GO TO SIX, UH, IT DEPENDS ON THE CARE NEEDS.
SO RIGHT NOW EVERYONE IS, UH, MOSTLY INDEPENDENT.
SO DEPENDING ON THE CARE NEED, THERE MAY BE A EXTRA ADDITIONAL PERSON THERE DURING THE DAYTIME.
AND THEN MOST OF THEM HAVE HOME HEALTH AND PHYSICAL THERAPY AND VISITING PHYSICIANS THAT COME IN TO SEE, THEY COME IN AND OUT.
YEAH, THAT, THAT, THAT'S THE, THE BIGGEST PROBLEM I HAVE, I'VE HAD WITH GROUP HOMES LIKE THIS OVER IN KEITH HEIGHTS IS UH, WHEN YOU GET UP TO SIX AND ALL THE EXTRA PEOPLE IN AND OUT AND IT'S BEEN THE TRAFFIC AND PARKING NIGHTMARES.
UH, AND I DON'T KNOW THE LAYOUT OF THIS HOUSE.
I WISH IT WOULD BE KIND OF NEAT TO HAVE IT TO SEE WHERE, WHERE YOUR PARKING IS LOCATED, WHETHER YOU CAN PUT 'EM ON SITE OR WOULD'VE TO BE OUT IN THE STREET AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THE, THE UH, PROPERTY DOES HAVE A DRIVEWAY THAT COULD FIT UP TO FOUR CARS.
IT HAS A DOUBLE CAR, UM, GARAGE ALSO.
I HAVE SEVERAL IN MY DISTRICT AND THE PARKING IS NOT AN ISSUE 'CAUSE THE MA JORDAN CAN DRIVE.
'CAUSE THESE DOCTORS, THEY JUST GO IN AND SEE THE PAY TAKE OFF.
MOST OF THE TIME THEY'RE THERE MAYBE 15, 30 MINUTES AT THE MOST.
SO YEAH, IT'S, UH, A LOT OF COMPANY GOING.
SO MOST OF THEM ARE NOT THERE LONG TERM.
UM, TO, FOR THE PARKING TO BE MOSTLY AN ISSUE.
WELL, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TABLE THIS CASE.
'CAUSE I, THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF OPPOSITION, SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK FOR THE NEXT MEETING, JUST FOR ME TO TALK WITH SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS AND MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
DO WE KEEP IT AT THREE OR LET IT GO UP TO SIX? IT'S, IT'S SIMPLE.
[34. SUP-25-08-0032 - Specific Use Permit - KCE Champions at ILTX Heritage (City Council District 6). Specific Use Permit for a Child Day Care use for a Before & Afterschool Child Care Program for Pre-Kindergarten (Pre-K) aged children on 25.597 acres. Lot 1, Block 1, IL Texas Heritage K-8 Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Ellis County, Texas, zoned PD-322A, and addressed as 10701 Heritage Pkwy (On October 14, 2025, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 9-0) ]
ALL RIGHT.ITEM 34 IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR CHILD DAYCARE USE, UH, FOR A BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL.
UH, THIS IS LOCATED OFF OF HERITAGE PARKWAY.
IT'S PART OF THE INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP EXISTING SCHOOL.
AND THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, THEIR PROPOSED OPERATIONS ARE FROM 6:30 AM TO 7:30 AM UM, FROM 3:30 PM TO 6:30 PM THEY ANTICIPATE ABOUT 10 PRE K FOUR STUDENTS.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A TOTAL OF FOUR STAFF MEMBERS.
WE DID RECEIVE TWO LETTERS IN OPPOSITION.
UH, ONE STATED THAT THERE WAS TOO MUCH TRAFFIC IN THE AREA AND WE, I DID RECEIVE TWO LETTERS OF SUPPORT ON OCTOBER 20.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF NINE TO ZERO.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SAVANNAH? WE DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS.
COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL BEFORE YOU.
DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM? MM-HMM
IS THE APPLICANT HERE? APPLICANT HERE? IT DOESN'T APPEAR.
AND THE ONLY, THE ONLY QUESTION I'D HAVE IS, IS IT GONNA BE LIMITED TO 10? IT SAYS THEY EXPECT 10 AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S GONNA ASK, IS IT GONNA BE LIMITED TO 10? THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
I WAS GONNA GO AHEAD AND ASK THE TABLE BECAUSE OKAY, WE GOT 2, 2, 4 AND TWO AGAINST, UH, GREENWAY, IT'S DOWN BY GREENWAY TRAILS.
I JUST RECEIVED THE INFORMATION TO SUBMIT TO STAFF.
GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR MOTION.
UH, UH, I MOVED TO TABLE ITEMS 34 UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING.
[35. SUP-25-09-0037 - Specific Use Permit - Back Nine Golf Simulator (City Council District 4). Specific Use Permit for an Amusement Services (Indoor) facility on 0.917 acre. Lot 2R-1, Block 1, JAI Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, zoned PD-465, and addressed as 2800 W Camp Wisdom Rd (On October 14, 2025, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 9-0)]
ALRIGHT, ITEM NOT A FRONT NINE.[01:50:01]
FOR AMUSEMENT SERVICES INDOOR TO AUTHORIZE A GOLF SIMULATOR FACILITY.IT'S LOCATED AT 2,800 WEST CAMP WISDOM ROAD, SUITE 120.
YOU CAN SEE LOCATION ON THE SCREEN.
UH, THEIR PROPOSED OPERATIONS INCLUDE THREE SIMULATOR BASE, UH, MONTHLY OR YEARLY MEMBERSHIPS.
UH, 24 7 MEMBER ACCESS AND PUBLIC ACCESSES BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.
THEY HAVE A MAXIMUM OF FIVE GUESTS PER BAY.
UH, PRIVATE EVENTS CAN HOST, UH, 30 TO 40 PEOPLE STAFF ON SITE FOR TOURNAMENTS AND EVENTS.
UH, THERE'S NO SALE OF FOOD, DRINKS OR ALCOHOL, BUT MEMBERS CAN BRING THEIR OWN.
UH, WE DID RECEIVE ONE LETTER IN OPPOSITION STATING THAT THERE WAS TOO MUCH TRAFFIC AND THERE'S MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS IN THIS BLOCK.
ON OCTOBER 14TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF NINE TO ZERO CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SAVANNAH? SEEING NONE, WE HAVE A SPEAKER.
UM, RICARDO DAVILA, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS OR COUNCIL MEMBER? LOPEZ, ARE YOU CLEAR ON EVERYTHING OR DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? NO, I, I THINK WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE BEVERAGES AND STUFF AND MAKE SURE THAT WE, THERE'S STAFF AVAILABLE.
UM, IF THERE'S ANY BEVERAGES THAT COMES IN AND YOU EXPLAINED IT'S HIGH TECH EQUIPMENT, SO YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S TAKEN CARE OF AS WELL, BUT IT'S A MEMBERSHIP, RIGHT? ACCESS ONLY, RIGHT? YES.
EVERYTHING IS DONE BY, UH, INTER INTERNET BASED APPS.
SO, UH, KIND OF LIKE UBER ESSENTIALLY.
SO THEY HAVE TO OBTAIN A MEMBERSHIP OR UH, BOOK A PUBLIC TEE TIME.
THE PUBLIC TEE TIMES ARE ONLY AVAILABLE DURING THE, THE DAY HOURS, ESSENTIALLY LIKE NINE TO NINE OR EIGHT TO EIGHT.
UM, AND YEAH, IF SOMEBODY COMES IN WITH ALCOHOL OR ANYTHING, I MEAN, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF BEING, UM, REACTIVE MORE THAN PROACTIVE.
I'M TELLING ALL MY PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN THAT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WANT.
IT'S MORE OF A COUNTRY CLUB ATMOSPHERE.
WE WANT TO, WE WANT TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING THAT'S COUNTRY CLUB, UH, ATMOSPHERE, BUT NOT COUNTRY CLUB PRICES ESSENTIALLY.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE DEFINITELY MEMBERSHIP DRIVEN.
EVEN MY PUBLIC TEE TIMES THAT COME IN, WE, WE DO A, UM, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? A, UH, PROMOTION ESSENTIALLY THAT WE GIVE THEM BACK THEIR MONEY IF THEY BUY A MEMBERSHIP.
SO IF THEY COME IN AND THEY BOOK A PUBLIC TEE TIME AND THEN THEY CONVERT THEMSELVES INTO A MEMBER, I GIVE 'EM THAT MONEY BACK IMMEDIATELY.
SO WE'RE DEFINITELY DRIVEN TOWARDS MEMBERSHIPS.
COUNCIL MEMBER JOHN? DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM JOHNSON.
AND WHAT WERE YOUR HOURS OF OPERATION? 24 7 365.
SO THEY CAN, I CAN GO IN THERE AT TWO IN THE MORNING IF YOU A MEMBER.
BUT HE CAN GO IN THERE AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
A MEMBER CAN GO IN AT TWO IN THE MORNING.
IF AS LONG AS THERE'S AN OPEN BOOKING AND AVAILABILITY, BUT NOT A PUBLIC MEMBER.
SO NOT SOMEONE THAT HAS NOT BEEN TO MY FACILITY BEFORE OR GONE THROUGH THE PROCESSES.
SO IT'S GONNA BE MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN TO THE FOR MEMBERS.
YEAH, I CAN GO IN TWO, 2:00 AM IN THE MORNING.
SO ARE YOU SERVING ALCOHOL THERE? ABSOLUTELY NOT.
WHAT ARE YOU SERVING THERE? THAT I CAN GET A TWO, NOTHING, NOTHING.
I HAVE THREE SIMULATORS, A BATHROOM AND A PUTTING GREEN AND THAT'S ALL I PLAN ON OFFERING.
COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON BROUGHT SOMETHING UP.
SO IF SO, IF HE GOES IN THERE AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, YOU DON'T SERVE ANYTHING, BUT HE CAN BRING IN HIS OWN BOOZE AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
YEAH, IT'S TO BRING, YOU CAN BRING, YOU CAN CAN BRING YOUR OWN BOO.
JUST BE YB HE CAN BE ALL BE AT TWO IN THE MORNING.
HE CAN BE ALL BE AT THREE IN THE MORNING.
IT'S A MATTER, IT'S A MATTER OF GOING THROUGH AGAIN WITH US HAVING A COUNTRY CLUB ATMOSPHERE.
I AM TRYING TO BRING THAT, THAT, THAT I'M NOT TRYING TO GET EVERYBODY BOOED UP AND HAVE YOU, ARE YOU GONNA HAVE A, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE AN EMPLOYEE ON SITE, RIGHT? WE WILL NOT HAVE AN EMPLOYEE ON SITE.
THE ONLY, THE ONLY THING IS IF WE HAVE AN ISSUE OR WE HAVE SOMETHING, WE WILL BE RE REACTIONARY TO IT AND WE'LL, WE'LL BRING THOSE PEOPLE THROUGH AND TELL 'EM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CANCEL YOUR MEMBERSHIP BECAUSE OF IT.
LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE TO, I CAN'T CONTROL THE ACTIONS OF IT IS WHAT IT IS.
THERE'S MANY TIMES YOU WON'T HAVE AN EMPLOYEE THERE.
THEY CAN BRING A CHEST COOLER OF BEER IF THEY WANT TO.
DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, I RECALL A BEANBAG THROW IN PLACE THAT TOOK ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF TO GO OVER THIS.
MY CONCERN WITH THAT WOULD BE IS THAT IT'S GONNA, IF THERE IS AN ISSUE THERE, YOU, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THAT.
MAJORITY OF THE RESTAURANTS IN THE CITY CLOSE AT 2:00 AM THEY STOP SERVING ALCOHOL AT 2:00 AM BUT AT YOUR ESTABLISHMENT, IT'S A LOOPHOLE TO GET AROUND TO THREE, FOUR O'CLOCK BECAUSE YOU WANT A COUNTRY CLUB FEEL AT THREE IN THE MORNING.
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IS THAT CORRECT? UH, TO, TO THAT SENSE.I MEAN, BUT WE'RE NOT, YOU'RE RIGHT.
THEY CAN BRING LIQUOR IN AT ANY TIME OF THE NIGHT.
IF WHAT WE NEED TO DECIDE TO DO IS, ARE WE OKAY WITH THAT? I'M NOT, AND I'M NOT, I MEAN, I'M NOT ADVOCATING THAT BECAUSE THAT'S, I'M NOT PROMOTING WE, WE UNDERSTAND YOU'RE NOT ADVERTISING THAT.
BUT THE FACTS ARE THEY CAN, THAT'S ALL WE, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
I CAN'T STOP IT IN THE MOMENT, BUT I CAN STOP IT LONG TERM.
IF SOMEBODY COMES IN AND THERE'S A BOTTLE ON THE TABLE, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S OUT OF THE, OUT OF THE ORDINARY, WE'RE GOING TO TELL THEM, WELL YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT GONNA PROHIBIT BOTTLES.
YEAH,
IT'S MORE OR LESS THAT IF THEIR ACTIONS DON'T MATCH WHAT WE, THE FACILITY.
BUT BRINGING A BOTTLE, LEAVING A BOTTLE OF EMPTY BEER ON THE TABLE, ISS NOT GONNA GET YOU KICKED OUT.
I'M SAYING, I'M SAYING AN EMPTY JACK BOTTLE.
AND COUNSEL, WHAT WE NEED TO DECIDE IS DO WE, DO WE, IT'S REAL SIMPLE.
IF YOU CAN HAVE IT AS A ME WHEN YOU'RE SIGNING UP AS A MEMBER IN YOUR AGREEMENT, THAT CORRECT.
AT A CERTAIN TIME IF COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ SAYS, HEY, AFTER TWO O'CLOCK THERE'S NO ALCOHOL, NO BEER, NO ANY OF THAT, I'M OKAY WITH THE STIPULATIONS.
WE CAN MAKE THAT PART OF THE MOTION.
THAT WOULD BE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
EVEN IF THEY DON'T
AND I WANNA REMIND COUNSEL, THIS IS AN SUP, WE CAN BRING IT BACK IN SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR.
AND THAT'S THE PART I JUST, I MEAN, JUST UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT SAY WITHIN A YEAR, SAY WE START GETTING A LIE COMPLAINTS AND YOU KNOW, WHICH I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA HAPPEN, BUT YOU KNOW, WITHIN A YEAR YOU GOT GRACE PERIOD.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S GOOD FOR A YEAR, BUT THEN IF YOU START GETTING ESCALATION, WE COULD PULL IT BACK.
WELL DEFINITELY BEFORE THE YEAR.
IT'S JUST LIKE THE NEXT ITEM THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO DO.
SO, BUT I THINK IT, IT DOES MAKE SENSE.
MAYBE ADDING RESTRICTIONS OF TIME LIMITS WITH ALCOHOL ON SITE, JUST SO IT'S IN WRITING SO WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING TO FALL BACK ON.
I CAN POST AND MAKE IT PART OF MY MEMBER AGREEMENT AND GO THROUGH WITH THE WHOLE THING.
AND THAT COULD BE PART OF THE MOTION.
THAT'S THE GREAT THING ABOUT THE FRANCHISE IS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF MANIPULATE WHAT WE NEED TO FOUR SEVEN, BECAUSE NO ONE'S GONNA KNOW SOMEONE BROUGHT A BOTTLE OF BEER AT THREE IN THE MORNING BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GONNA TELL ON YOURSELF.
SO, I MEAN, SO HAVE AN EMPLOYEE THERE 24 7.
I WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
I HAVE SIX CAMERAS AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE ON EVERY ANGLE AND DO THE CAMERAS, IF THAT'S A STIPULATION IN ORDER TO GET TO GET, THEY'RE GONNA DO THAT.
IT COULD BE, IT COULD BE PART OF THE MOTION.
I UNDERSTAND YOUR RESERVATIONS AND THAT MAY BE PART OF THE MOTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL, I'M DONE.
COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ, BACK TO YOU ALL ROAD.
UM, SO I'D LIKE TO APPROVE ITEM, UH, 35 SUP 25 0 9 0 0 37 WITH THE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS ALONG WITH ALSO ADDING A ADDITIONAL BULLET TO THE RECOMMENDATION THAT ANY ALCOHOL ON-PREMISES SHOULD BE RESTRICTED, UM, NO LATER THAN TWO 2:00 AM ON A GIVEN DAY.
I WOULD COMMEND THAT MOTION TO ADD, UH, EMPLOYEE AT 24 HOURS A DAY BECAUSE WE PUT THESE RESTRICTIONS ON RESTAURANTS TO HAVE SOMEONE THERE TO TWO, TO CLOSE AT TWO IN THE MORNING TO STAY AT THREE TO THE PARKING LOT.
DO YOU ACCEPT THAT AS AMENDED? NO.
I HAVE, I NEED A SECOND ON YOUR MOTION.
ANYBODY WANT A SECOND JOHN'S MOTION? SECOND.
AND SECOND ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION ON JOHN'S ORIGINAL.
I DO, UH, I DON'T, I DIDN'T HEAR DID ANYBODY SECOND KURT'S AMENDMENT? I DIDN'T HEAR ONE.
WE'RE VOTING ON JOHN'S MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR OF JOHN'S MOTION SIGNIFY BY THE SAYING.
SO IT PASSES, UH, FIVE TO THREE, IS THAT CORRECT? THREE NAYS? YEAH.
WELL, BESSIE AND KURT, THANK YOU.
AND THE RULES OF RULES OF TAKING MOTIONS IF I DON'T HEAR A NAY, YOU VOTED YES
UH, I DON'T HAVE TO HEAR ALL THE YESES.
AND I HEARD THREE DISTINCT NOS.
I AM LIKE A MOTION TO TABLE ITEM 36.
SO NEXT MEETING, COUNCIL MEMBER ADAM SECOND.
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ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.A OPPOSED SAY NAY HEARING NO NAYS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
[37. SUP-25-09-0033 - Specific Use Permit Review - Smoking Lounge SUP Review (City Council District 3). Review SUP No. 1175A, a Specific Use Permit for a Smoking Lounge, for compliance with SUP conditions, and modify, renew, or revoke if deemed appropriate based upon the review. Lot 11B, Sharpston Heights No. 2, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned General Retail, and addressed as 2410 Brady Lane (On October 28, 2025, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 6-1)]
ITEM 37.ITEM 37 IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REVIEW FOR EIGHT OASIS THE LOUNGE.
IT'S LOCATED AT 24 10 BRADY LANE.
AND THE PURPOSE OF THE ITEM TONIGHT IS TO REVIEW SUP NUMBER 1175 A, UH, THAT AUTHORIZES THE SMOKING LOUNGE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH SUP CONDITIONS AND MODIFY, RENEW, OR REVOKE DEEMED APPROPRIATE.
BASED ON THAT REVIEW ON AUGUST, 2024, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE SUP AND THEN IT WAS AMENDED IN 2024.
SO THIS IS JUST A RE-LOOK AT IT.
IT STIPULATED BY THE ORIGINAL PROOF.
THEY MAY NOT WANNA SPEAK MIKE, UH, BUT YOU CAN ASK THEM.
MIKE, HAVE YOU HAD ANY ISSUES? YES, YES.
UH, PAUL SINGH 36 20 COLD STREAM DRIVE, ARING, I I JUST ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY STATEMENTS OR GO AHEAD, COUNCIL MEMBER DEBOSKY.
SO WE'VE HAD, UH, ACCORDING TO OUR POLICE, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL CALLS ON STAYING OUTSIDE OF THE, UH, HOURS THAT WE APPROVED.
UH, COMPLAINTS OF SEVERAL ITEMS. UM, SO I THINK THIS SUP AFTER, YOU KNOW, COMING BACK TO US, WE'RE GONNA RESTRICT YOU BACK OR I, I, UH, WANNA MAKE THE MOTION TO MOVE YOU BACK TO 12, UH, UNTIL THIS GETS CLEANED UP AND YOU CAN SHOW CONSISTENCY, UH, BY OUR, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS. YEAH, YOU WANNA MAKE THAT IN A FORM OF A MOTION? YEP.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND TO STICK? RESTRICT THESE HOURS INSTEAD TILL THE POSTED ONES.
YOU HAVE A GOAL? NO MORE CALLS THAN WE WILL GIVE YOU MORE TIME.
[38. TAM-25-10-0005 - Text Amendment - An Ordinance of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas, amending portions of Article 4: Permissible Uses, Article 10: Parking and Loading Standards, and Appendix W: Residential Development Standards, of the Grand Prairie Unified Development Code (UDC) to specify that no residential use or home-based business is permitted in zoning districts that allow heavy industrial uses, to update the text of parking requirements to match previous changes made to the required parking tables, and to further clarify required amenities based on the provision of preferred parking standards; Repealing all Ordinances or Parts of Ordinances in Conflict Herewith; Containing a Savings Clause and a Severability Clause; Containing a Penalty Clause, and Establishing an Effective Date (On October 28, 2025, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 7 0) ]
SORRY.ALRIGHT, 38 IS A TEXT AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE FOUR 10 IN APPENDIX W.
UH, THIS IS ESSENTIALLY SOME CLEANUP AFTER THE FIRST ROUND OF TEXT AMENDMENTS, UH, RELATED TO THE, UH, NEW STATE LAWS.
IT'S TO SPECIFY THAT NO RESIDENTIAL USE OR HOME-BASED BUSINESS PERMITTED AND ZONING DISTRICTS THAT ALLOW HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USES TO UPDATE THE TEXT OF PARKING REQUIREMENTS TO MATCH THE PREVIOUS CHANGES MADE TO THE PARKING TABLES.
AND THEN TO CLARIFY THE REQUIRED AMENITIES BASED ON THE PROVISIONS OF PREFERRED PARKING STANDARDS.
UH, THIS IS REMOVING, UH, MULTIFAMILY USE FROM DISTRICTS THAT ALLOW HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USES.
AGAIN, UH, SOME TEXT TO REFLECT THE CHANGES, UH, PREVIOUSLY APPROVED IN THE TABLE.
I WOULD THEY AND THEN CLARIFY THE REQUIRED AMENITIES.
ON OCTOBER 28TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
WE ALL KNOW WHAT THIS IS DOING.
I JUST WANT, QUICKLY WANT TO ASK, IS A HOME-BASED BUSINESS A GROUP HOME IN WHAT THE DEFINE OF A HOME-BASED BUSINESS IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA, I GUESS? NO, THAT'S A SEPARATE CLASS CLASSIFICATION.
UH, A HOME-BASED BUSINESS IS SOMETHING THAT'S, UM, THE HOME IS STILL CLASSIFIED AS A STANDARD HOME, BUT SOMEONE MAY HAVE THEIR OFFICE WITHIN THAT HOME AND RUN A BUSINESS FROM, FROM THAT OFFICE.
UM, IT DOES NOT INCREASE TRAFFIC PER SE, BUT, UH, THEY ARE ABLE TO, UM, USE THE HOME FOR THEIR BUSINESS.
WE GOOD? CAN I HAVE SOMEBODY MAKE A MOTION? I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 38.
[39. TAM-25-09-0034 – Text Amendment – Appendix S: Development Standards for Multi-family and Mixed-Use Residential Developments. An Ordinance of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas, amending the Grand Prairie Unified Development Code (UDC) by repealing and replacing Appendix S, Development Standards for Multi-family and Mixed-Use Residential Developments Subject to SB 840 enacted by the 89th Texas Legislature, codified in Chapter 218 of the Texas Local Government Code; Repealing all Ordinances or Parts of Ordinances in Conflict Herewith; Containing a Savings Clause and a Severability Clause; Containing a Penalty Clause, and Establishing an Effective Date (On October 28, 2025, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 7-0)]
39, ANOTHER TEXT AMENDMENT? YES.UH, 39 IS ANOTHER TEXT AMENDMENT AND THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE, WE WILL BE REPEALING AND REPLACING APPENDIX S TO THE UDC, UH, RELATED TO THE REGULATIONS FOR CERTAIN MULTIFAMILY AND MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS SUBJECT TO THE RECENT SBA EIGHT 40 LAW TO INCLUDE THE REGULATIONS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 14TH, UH, WITH TWO ADDITIONS.
UH, THE FIRST IS TO ADD A PLAYGROUND, UM, THAT REQUIRES A MINIMUM OF THREE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT STAFFS IDENTIFIED.
UH, THE NEED TO ADDRESS THE PROVISION
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OF PLAYGROUND FACILITIES IN THESE DEVELOPMENTS BECAUSE THE NON-RESIDENTIAL ZONES WHERE MULTIFAMILY AND MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS ARE NOW ALLOWED BY RIGHT.UH, DO NOT GENERALLY HAVE PLAYGROUND AMENITIES LOCATED CLOSE BY.
UH, THE SECOND IS TO, UH, CHANGE OR, UH, STATE THAT THE PARKING STALL REQUIREMENTS, UH, SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE ACCESSIBLE PARKING STALLS.
AS THESE PARKING SPACES HAVE SPECIFIC DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN APPENDIX D OF THE UDC.
UM, SO THE, UH, APPENDIX S INCLUDES, UM, BUILDING DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
UH, THESE ARE AS PRESENTED ON OCTOBER 14TH.
UH, SO DENSITY REQUIREMENTS, SETBACK, NUMBER OF BUILDINGS, HEIGHT, UH, MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE, AND A COMPOSITION FOR THE TYPE OF UNIT WE HAVE.
SCREENING REQUIREMENTS AND LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS.
AND THEN THESE ARE THE TWO, UH, ADDITIONS.
EACH DEVELOPMENT SHALL INCLUDE A PLAYGROUND DESIGN CONSTRUCTED AND INTENDED FOR USE BY CHILDREN.
AND THE PLAYGROUND SHALL INCLUDE A MINIMUM OF THREE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT, AND THEN SPECIFYING THAT THE PARKING DIMENSIONS, UH, DO NOT APPLY TO THE ACCESSIBLE PARKING STALLS.
UH, THE PROPO OR APPENDIX S ALSO INCLUDES STORM WATER REQUIREMENTS, UTILITY REQUIREMENTS, AND THEN PUBLIC ART.
AND THEN ON OCTOBER 28TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL HIGH SAVANNAH.
DID WE, UH, ALLOW COMPACT PARKING SPACES AND SUBORDINATES? NO.
WELL, THIS PROBABLY DOESN'T APPLY, BUT WHEN I SAW THE THREE 80 GOVERNMENT CODE, I WAS LOOKING AT THE APARTMENTS THAT ARE BEING THOUGHT OFF THE TAX ROLLS.
NONE OF THIS SAYS IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.
I MOVE UNTIL OUR NEXT MEETING.
YOU RAISED YOUR HAND, BUT SHE SAID IT FIRST.
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NOW.ANGELA, I BELIEVE THIS IS QUAT.
I'M SORRY IF I MISPRONOUNCED THAT.
I LIVE AT 6 0 8 OAK MEADOW DRIVE.
MY COMMENTS ARE REGARDING THE, UH, SCREENING AT 35 74, UH, SOUTH CARRIER PARKWAY.
IT'S A DAYCARE, A CHILDCARE, UH, NETWORK.
THEY ARE FAILING TO MAINTAIN THEIR SCREENING ACCORDING TO ARTICLE EIGHT.
THEY'RE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN A TYPE THREE FENCING, AND THERE HAS BEEN A HOLE IN THEIR FENCE SINCE MID-MARCH, ACCORDING TO, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT.
HAVE YOU TALKED TO CODE? I ABSOLUTELY HAVE MADE GOOD.
AND THEY KEEP TRANSFERRING THE RESPONSIBILITY ONTO ME.
I HAVE HAD TO GO DOWN AND CREATE, SET A COURT DATE.
ARE YOU THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY? I AM NOT.
I DON'T OWN THEIR PROPERTY AND I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THEIR FENCE.
WE NEED TO VISIT WITH YOU AFTER THE MEETING.
UM, CHIEF, CAN YOU GET THE INFORMATION FROM HER? YES.
YEAH, WE DON'T, WE NEED TO GET, WE NEED TO GET THAT.
DO YOU WANT ME TO GO TALK TO HIM NOW? YES, I DO.
DOLORES PHILLIPS, YOU WANNA LEAVE DOLORES PHILLIPS HOMELESS GRAND PRAIRIE, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS 7 5 0 5 1.
THERE WAS AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL WR OF POSSESSION SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2025.
THIS IS DEPRIVATION OF RIGHTS UNDER COLOR OR LAW.
THE SAME LINKS, CONNECTIONS AND NETWORKS THAT DID THE RETALIATORY, PREMEDITATED, CONSTRUCTIVE EVICTIONS ARE THE SAME LINKS THAT DID THAT TO THE HABITAT HOME IN 2014 WHEN NO MONIES WAS OWED.
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THE DEPUTIES WHO WERE DOING THEIR JOB, BECAUSE THEY HAD AN ORDER, IT WAS VO LIKE THIS.MAYOR JENSEN, FULL OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS CLEARLY LABELED, DEALING WITH MY DAD'S PROBATE COURT THAT I'M PRO SE IN.
IT'S NON COINCIDENTAL, AND EVERYBODY SHOULD BE CONCERNED.
$11,000 PLUS OF MONIES FROM GRAND PRAIRIE HOUSING WENT TO NEW ROCK MEADOW GREEN UNDER RPM LIVING PROPERTY MANAGEMENT.
NOW YOU ARE LIKE, WELL, WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH YOUR DOCUMENTS? IN A WR OF POSSESSION, YOU ASSUME THAT THE TENANT OWES MONEY.
SO YOU ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR PACKING UP THINGS LIKE YOU'RE WRAPPING A CHRISTMAS GRIP, UH, GIFT.
YOU PACK, YOU BAG, YOU GO, YOU GRAB YOU, YOU, YOU PUT IT IN, IN BAGS.
THEY TOOK THINGS OUTTA MY CHEST, WICKER CHEST, BAMBOO CHEST THAT I COLLECT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU SEE WHEN YOU SEE ME, BUT I WORK FOR MILLIONAIRES AS A CHILD STAYING OUTTA SCHOOL.
IN ELEMENTARY, MAYOR JENSEN, THESE WERE FULL OF DOCUMENTS, COURT DOCUMENTS, PRESENT DOCUMENTS, STOLEN EXHIBITS DURING A WR OF POSSESSION WHO WALKS OUT OF AN APARTMENT DURING A WR OF POSSESSION WITH DOCUMENTS FROM FOUR DIFFERENT CASES AND APPEALS.
THEY WERE STRATEGICALLY TARGETED AND STOLEN.
I'M SPEAKING TO YOU AS THOUGH I'M UNDER SWORN, NOT SWORN OATH, BUT UNDER THE COURT COURT OF LAW IN THE COURT OF LAW TO SPEAK THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.
NOW AT THE, AT THE, AT THE CORE OF IT IS MY DAD'S IN MY MOM'S ESTATE.
I BELIEVE THIS HAPPENS TO POOR PEOPLE BEYOND RACE WHO CANNOT AFFORD AN ATTORNEY, WHO CANNOT UNDERSTAND ACCRUED INTEREST, STOCKS, BONDS, AND SHARES IF THEIR PARENTS OR THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS LEAVE THEM SOME MONIES, RIGHT? I BELIEVE THAT THIS SCAM WAS HAPPENING TO MY MOM AND DAD IN THEIR HEALTHY YEARS, AND IT COULD BE HAPPENING TO YOU MORE SO WITH ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY IN AI WHEN THEY DID THIS.
MAYOR JENSEN, I'M HOMELESS, NOT OWING NO MONIES, NOT NO LEASE VIOLATIONS, BUT THEY WAS WINNING THE APARTMENT.
ONE OF YOUR OFFICERS, OCTOBER 8TH, I WALKED WITH MY BACKING EYE.
SEE, EVERYBODY WANNA SEE ME WALKING, BUT THEY DON'T WANNA ASK WHAT INTERNALLY IS GOING ON BECAUSE THEY DON'T CARE.
EVERYBODY ON THEIR OWN LITTLE AGENDAS UNDER THE OPEN, RETALIATORY, QUICK PRO QUO IS OPERATING LIKE A RICO.
SO LET ME SHARE SOMETHING WITH YOU, MAYOR JENSEN, BECAUSE I HIGHLY RESPECT YOU.
SEE, EVERY DAY YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T, YOU COULDN'T HANDLE MY PAIN.
AND I SAY THAT RESPECTFULLY TO ANY WOMAN AND MAN IN HERE, THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF ASSISTANCE.
I SAY THAT IN HUMILITY, BUT WE HOMELESS RIGHT NOW DUE TO THE FACT THAT SOMEBODY WANTED TO TARGET AND STEAL THESE EXHIBITS BECAUSE I'M NOT SLOW AND I'M NOT GOING TO ACT SLOW FOR ANYONE.
AND I TRULY ADMIRE YOU AND RESPECT YOU.
THEY WERE AFTER THEM COURT DOCUMENTS.
I GOT THESE FROM DALLAS COUNTY TODAY, RIGHT? BUT WHEN THEY STOLE THESE, IT'S LIKE YOU SENDING YOUR ATTORNEY TO THE COURT ALONE AND THEY HAVE EXHIBITS AND THEY DONE PRESENTED THEM TO THE COURT, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU ASK FOR THE EXHIBITS AND THEY'RE NOT THERE, THEN WHAT DO YOU DO? BUT YOU GOT THE RESOURCES TO MAKE RIGHT THAT ROOM WITH YOUR EXHIBITS.
HOW DO I GET MY EXHIBITS BACK? THESE WERE LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THIS HAPPENED IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
RPM LIVING IS NO LONGER AT NEW ROCK.
NEITHER, NO NEW ROCK IN GRAND PRAIRIE, RIGHT? SO MAYOR JENSEN, THE SAME LINKS, CONNECTIONS, AND NETWORKS THAT DID THIS RETALIATORY EVICTION DID THE SAME THING TO THAT HOUSE.
BECAUSE I'M SPEAKING OF INJUSTICES AND I STARTED SPEAKING BEFORE ME TOO.
AND IT'S HELL OF A CRISIS TO PAY.
BUT I'M ON THIS EARTH TO BE FREE JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.
AND TO BE RESPECTED, EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE.
THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING UNDER COLOR OF LAW.
AND MY DAD'S ESTATE, JUST LIKE MANY OTHER ESTATES, IS AT THE ROOT.
IT IS, AND ITS LINKS IN CONNECTIONS WITH THE CORPORATIONS AND THE TRIAL OF DC DASH 21 DASH 0 6 2 9 9 DALLAS COUNTY COURT A HUNDRED AND FIRST, WE SET TO GO TO TRIAL.
THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT, DECEMBER 8TH.
OH, AND I WANTED TO, CAN I, CAN I SAY ONE OTHER THING? JUST WANT, I WAS GOING TO TELL YOU, WHEN YOU AND YOUR WIFE WAS HERE AT THE TOWN HALL MEETING FOR MS. CLEMSON, YOU COULD BE THE MAYOR THAT GO BIG WITH GREEN, CLEAN BY PUTTING THANKABLE BINS ON ALL THE PROPERTIES.
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HI, MY NAME IS JOE FAM.UM, I AM BEEN INFORMALLY DESIGNATED BY A BUNCH OF PICKLEBALL PLAYERS TO BE THE NEWEST PAIN IN YOUR SIDE.
SO WHILE THEY'RE ALL PLAYING RIGHT NOW, I'M HERE SCOPING THINGS OUT FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, LAST WEEK I SENT AN EMAIL TO THE COUNCIL EXPRESSING HOW STRONGLY SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE RESIDENTS WOULD SUPPORT THE COUNCIL'S GOAL TO QUOTE, FUND AND BUILD A PICKLEBALL COMPLEX.
BUT SPECIFICALLY ON THE PLOT OF LAND AT THE CORNER OF ENGLAND AND LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY, ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO PROOFREAD MY EMAIL ASKED IF IT WAS AI WHO WROTE IT.
SO I FELT THE NEED TO COME HERE IN PERSON TO CONVEY TO THE COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS HERE HOW VEHEMENTLY REAL PEOPLE WOULD SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.
UH, MANY OF US HAVE BENEFITED ENORMOUSLY FROM THE OPPORTUNITIES TO PLAY PICKLEBALL FOR FREE OR AT A REDUCED RATE AS GRAND PRAIRIE RESIDENTS AT THE EPIC AND CHICKEN AND PICKLE.
BUT A BIG DRAWBACK FOR THE MI LAGOS AREA RESIDENTS IS THE DISTANCE BETWEEN OUR HOMES AND THE EPIC CENTRAL, WHERE BOTH THE GYM AND CHICKEN AND PICKLE ARE LOCATED.
THOSE TWO ARE ABOUT EIGHT MILES AWAY FROM US.
AND FRIENDSHIP PARK IS A LITTLE BIT FARTHER THAN THAT.
AND I SAW THAT THERE WAS ONE PLAN FOR WILDLIFE PARKWAY, WHICH IS A DISCOURAGING 13 MILES AWAY.
UM, WE KNOW HOW POPULAR THE CITY'S COURTS ARE AT CHICKEN PICKLE, AS MANY OF US HAVE BEEN TRYING TO REACH JORDAN AND VERONICA LONG BEFORE THE ONLINE RESERVATIONS WERE POSSIBLE.
AND NOW IT'S JUST NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO GET A COURT OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL PICKUP TIME.
AND I THINK HAVING ANOTHER FACILITY, ESPECIALLY DOWN SOUTH, WOULD ALLEVIATE THE DEMAND AND THE WEAR ON TEAR ON THE EXISTING COURTS.
UM, WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE USED BY THE WILDLY SUCCESSFUL REOPENING OF FRIENDSHIP PARK.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT A FEW YEARS AGO, MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS DOWN SOUTH, INCLUDING MYSELF, TURNED DOWN THE BUILDING OF A RECREATION CENTER IN THE SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CITY.
UM, BUT SO MUCH HAS CHANGED SINCE THAT TIME, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS THE EXPLOSION OF PICKLEBALL AS A RECREATIONAL SPORT FOR ALL PEOPLE, PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, AND THE BUILDING OF SENIOR COMMUNITIES AND APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND NEW TOWN HOMES ALL UP AND DOWN LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY, WHICH HAS BROUGHT IN AN INFLUX OF NEW RESIDENTS WHO MIGHT FEEL VERY DIFFERENTLY IF ANOTHER SURVEY WERE TO BE CONDUCTED.
BUT DEFINITELY GIVEN THE CHOICE BETWEEN A PICKLEBALL COMPLEX AND A COMMERCIAL PROJECT, I'M CERTAIN THE MAJORITY OF OUR RESIDENTS WOULD PREFER THE FORMER.
UM, WE ALREADY SEE THAT THERE'S A CONVENIENCE STORE THAT'S GONNA BE BUILT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THERE, AND IT WOULD VERY MUCH HELP OUT THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE ALREADY THERE, INCLUDING OUR NEW MEDITERRANEAN MARKET.
OUR COMMUNITY'S HOPE IS NOT JUST TO HAVE AN ENCLOSED PICKLEBALL COMPLEX CLOSE BY, BUT ALSO FOR THAT PLOT OF LAND TO SERVE AS A RECREATIONAL AREA WITH ROOMS FOR EVENTS, POSSIBLY A SMALL LIBRARY, A NEARBY PLAYGROUND WITH A PAVILION, MAYBE A DOG PARK, AND OTHER LITTLE FUN THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, IF YOUR MIND NEEDS TO BE CONVINCED OF WHAT YOUR BODY ALREADY KNOWS ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF GREEN SPACES FOR PLAY AND CONNECTIONS, I'VE SENT YOU ALL LINKS TO HARVARD STUDIES, BUT MANY OF, UH, THE SUPPORTERS OF THIS PETITION HAVE ALREADY WALKED OR BIKED WITH THE MAYOR MANY TIMES TO BELIEVE THAT THIS ALIGNS WITH HIS COMMITMENT TO GET FIT, UH, WITH A PICKLEBALL COMPLEX CLOSER TO THE SOUTH, AND THE ATTENDANT FEATURES TO MAKE IT A MULTI-USE SPACE.
I THINK IT'S A FANTASTIC WAY TO STAY TRUE TO OUR CITY'S NAME BY KEEPING THEIR PRAIRIES AS GRAND AS POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
UH, I'D LIKE TO GET THE STAT, WE CAN'T TALK RIGHT NOW, BUT WHAT'S GOING ON AT WALT'S APPLIANCE RIGHT NOW? UM, YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S A GRAND PRAIRIE TRADITION.
WALTZ HAS BEEN THERE, WHAT, 60, 70 YEARS.
SO YOU JUST HATE TO SEE A LONG TIME GRAND PRAIRIE BUSINESS FOR WHATEVER REASON, STOP AT THAT LOCATION.
THAT LOCATION'S BEEN THERE, VERY HISTORIC.
SO THAT'S WHERE I BUY SOME OF MY APPLIANCES AND OTHER STUFF AT WHAT I WANT TO BRING YOU UP REAL QUICK, UM, LIKE THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR AND DR.
STRANGE LOVE, MY SOURCE IS THE NEW YORK TIMES.
I'M PROUD TO TELL YOU THAT IN LIKE, LET'S SAY PACE, PE SAUCE, NEW YORK CITY HAS ELECTED A DEMOCRAT TONIGHT, VERY HISTORIC
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AND, UH, NEW JERSEY.THEY'VE, UH, ELECTED GOVERNOR, UH, CHERYL, SHE HAS 56.4 TO RIELLA, 43.1, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IN VIRGINIA, 51.8 FOR THE DEMOCRAT, 47 FOR THE REPUBLICAN IN VIRGINIA, 56.3 TO 43.5.
WHAT THIS REPRESENTS NOT ONLY THERE, BUT IN NEW YORK CITY, BUT IN GRAND PRIX, TEXAS, THIS LEVEL OF DISCONTENT, I'M IN MY, THOSE OF US THAT ARE IN OUR SEVENTIES, I WANT THOSE IN THEIR TWENTIES AND THIRTIES TO HAVE A BETTER LIFE THAN I'VE HAD.
I WANT THEM TO HAVE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THOSE OF US WHO LIVED THROUGH INFLATION IN THE LATE SEVENTIES AND EARLY EIGHTIES, THIS AIN'T NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT WE WENT THROUGH.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY RIGHT NOW WITH THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.
WHAT CONTINGENCY PLANS DO WE HAVE IN GRAND PRAIRIE FOR ADDITIONAL FOOD BANKS? I KNOW DALLAS COUNTY COLLEGE, OTHER FACILITIES, BUT AS THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN CONTINUES, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW, WE, THOSE OF US THAT GREW UP IN THE EIGHTIES WITH RONALD REAGAN IN THE WELFARE CADILLAC FULL OF FOOD STAMPS, KNOW I'VE GOT A LOT OF ELDERLY PEOPLE OUT THERE, WOMEN WHO ONLY HAVE A SOCIAL SECURITY CHECK WHO DEPEND UPON THE SNAP BENEFITS.
I HAVE OTHER FOLKS WITH DISABILITIES.
IT'S NOT JUST A CUT AND DRIED ISSUE.
SO YOU'VE STEPPED UP BEFORE, THEY SAID DALLAS COUNTY GAVE A MI THE DALLAS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT, JUDGE CLAY JENKINS GAVE A MILLION DOLLARS TODAY THAT, THAT WHAT COULD WE GET FROM TOM THUMB? YOU KNOW, AND YOU HAVE TO GO TO TOM THUMB AND CHECK OUT YOUR OWN GROCERIES.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE MAKING A GOOD PROFIT FROM A MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT STANDPOINT AS THIS GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN CONTINUES OF THE BOTTLED WATER LIKE YOU DID WHEN WE HAD THE WATER ISSUE A COUPLE YEARS AGO WITH THE PHONE STUFF.
BUT, BUT, UM, AT THE SUMMIT WHERE THE SENIOR CITIZENS ARE WITH THE NUTRITION, WITH THE COUNTY NUTRITION CENTER, IN OTHER WORDS, THERE'S JUST AN ISSUE HERE THAT YOU DON'T WANNA SEE PEOPLE GOING HUNGRY AND BY NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN.
AND PEOPLE THAT ARE UTILIZING THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, THEY'RE NOT DRIVING THAT BRAND NEW CADILLAC.
IT'S, PEOPLE ARE REALLY STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW, AND FOLKS IN THEIR EIGHTIES, NINETIES, JUST OTHER PEOPLE, PEOPLE HAVE KIDS THAT THE FATHERS HOOKED THEM.
YOU DON'T WANNA SEE A KID GOING HUNGRY.
SO WE'RE IN VERY HISTORIC TIMES RIGHT NOW OF THIS EXTENDED GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, AND I REALIZE THERE'S JUST SO MUCH OF A MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT THAT YOU DO, BUT WITH COORDINATING AND OTHER AGENCIES IN DALLAS AND TARRANT COUNTY WHEN THIS CONTINUES WITH THANKSGIVING COMING UP TO MAKE FOOD AVAILABLE.
AND I SEE I DIDN'T TAKE UP FOUR MINUTES, MAYOR, SO I'M, I'M BEING GOOD.
SO BEEN DOWN HERE FOR OVER 41 YEARS, SO I'M, I'M GOING BY THE RULES.
WHATEVER WE CAN DO ON THIS AND, UM, WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE GOING HUNGRY.
I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL FOR AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
UM, THE, UH, CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIES WILL DO A, UM, CEREMONY HONORING THE, UH, MEN AND WOMEN THAT HAVE JOINED THE, UH, ARMED SERVICES, ANY OF THE FIVE BRANCHES OF THE ARMED SERVICES, UM, THAT ARE VETERANS.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THESE, THAT'S GONNA BE ON VETERANS DAY.
NEXT, UH, SATURDAY AFTER NEXT? NO, NOVEMBER THE 11TH.
TUESDAY MY BRAIN ISN'T WORKING.
IT'S TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH, UH, AT THE VETERAN'S MEMORIAL CENTER OVER BY THE LIBRARY.
IT'S AT NINE 30, IT GOES TO 12.
UH, THE, UH, THE SERVICE WILL START AT 10.
IT'S VERY NICE SERVICE, IT'S SITE TO BEHOLD.
AND, UM, THOSE FOLKS THAT, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, I CALL 'EM BOYS AND GIRLS BECAUSE MOST OF 'EM JOINED WHEN THEY'RE, WELL, THEY WERE 17 OR 18, AND, UH, GAVE PART OF THEIR LIVES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BE FREE.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HONOR THE ONES THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT, THAT DIDN'T COME HOME.
AND, UH, SOMETIMES WE FORGET ABOUT THE ONES THAT DID COME HOME AND LET'S, UH, LET'S NOT DO THAT.
WELL, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM JOHNSON.
I JUST WANT A COMMENT IN REGARDS TO THAT.
UH, THIS SATURDAY AT THE EPIC, THERE'S GONNA BE THE FIRST EVER GRAND PRAIRIE VETERANS PARADE.
SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU GUYS TO COME DOWN FOR THAT.
UH, THE PARADE'S GONNA START BETWEEN 10, UH, 10 45.
I HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT DOWN PACKED YET, BUT AS A VETERAN, UH, RETIRED, UH, DEFINITELY BE THERE.
AND ON THE 11TH, AND WHEN I MADE THE COMMENT TML NOVEMBER 11TH, THAT MEANS TML IS NEXT YEAR ON VETERAN'S DAY.
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WE'RE ADJOURNED.