Dec 16, 2025 City Council 12162025

IT'S TO PRESENT IT TO THE WOMAN'S CLUB OF GRAND PRAIRIE FOR SUBMITTING THE WINNING ENTRY OF THE 60-YEAR-OLD SOUTHERN LIVE OAK LOCATED IN TURNER PARK TO THE GRANDEST TREE COMPETITION, WHICH CELEBRATES GRAND PRAIRIE'S, REMARKABLE URBAN FOREST, AND THE NATURAL BEAUTY THAT ENHANCES THE CITY'S QUALITY OF LIFE.

AND THE IT'S BY THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN OUR MAYOR OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

HE HAS ISSUED THIS HONOR ON THE 16TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2025.

THANK YOU MAYOR, AND THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HELPED MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

AND LET'S PUT THIS DOWN.

YOU CAN TURN IT OFF IF YOU WOULD.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US UP HERE, WOMAN'S CLUB MEMBERS, AND YOU'RE ALL INVITED TO JOIN THE WOMAN'S CLUB AS WELL.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

CONGRATULATIONS.

OKAY,

[5. Recognition of Gateway Church Grand Prairie for Food Collection Efforts]

NEXT.

I'D LIKE THOSE HERE FROM GATEWAY.

COME ON DOWN FORWARD.

I SAW YOU HERE.

Y'ALL BEEN SITTING HERE OVER AN HOUR.

THANKS FOR STAYING.

MAYBE YOU WENT AND TOOK A BREAK.

WE'RE RECOGNIZING GATEWAY CHURCH TONIGHT FOR THEIR HUGE, UH, ACTIVITY THEY DID.

AND EXPLAIN WHAT YOU DID.

THE FOOD COLLECTION.

GOODNESS.

YES, YES, YES, SIR.

WE, UH, DURING THE FEDERAL SHUTDOWN, WE CHALLENGED OUR CONGREGATION TO BRING A BAG OF GROCERIES TO CHURCH THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND.

AND, UH, UNBEKNOWN TO US, THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD SHOW UP WITH OVER 24,000 POUNDS OF FOOD.

WE WERE ABLE TO, IT WAS PHENOMENAL.

PHENOMENAL.

WE WERE ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE THAT TO DIFFERENT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, DIFFERENT CHURCHES, AND IN AROUND GRAND PRAIRIE.

AND IT WAS A HUGE HONOR IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL OF THAT, IN THE MIDST OF IT TOO, WE GOT TO ACTUALLY HELP START, UH, THREE ADDITIONAL FOOD PANTRIES IN LOCAL CHURCHES IN THE AREA.

WELL, THAT CARRIES ON FOREVER.

IT DOES.

AND I'M SORRY WE TOOK US SO LONG TO RECOGNIZE YOU.

NO, SIR.

IT'S OKAY.

UH, BUT, UH, MONA, I KNOW YOU'RE PROUD OF THIS, THAT YOU ATTEND CHURCH THERE.

AND, UH, THANK Y'ALL FOR DOING THIS AND, UH, MONA, MAKE SURE YOU GET A GOOD PICTURE OF HIM.

PROPER GET TURN AROUND AND .

COME ON, GEORGIA.

MONA, LISA, YOU WANNA GET IN HERE WITH US AND HAVE SOMEONE ELSE TAKE YOU? JOIN US.

LET, OKAY.

ONE, TWO.

PROTE, UH, WE'VE GOT A, A SOME SPEAKER CARDS FOR TONIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH, MAYOR

[CONSENT AGENDA]

AND, UH, SO, UH, BEFORE WE GET TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, HAROLD, ADAM, I SAW, I SEE THAT YOU ARE, ARE IN SUPPORT OF EVERY ONE OF THESE.

OH, HEY, WE START THE NEW YEAR OUTRIGHT.

MAYOR HAROLD WILLIS.

5 3 8 LINLEY.

UM, ITEM 25, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

19 TEMPORARY WELLS AND FOUR PERMANENT MONITORING, WELL MONITORING WELLS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.

WHAT ARE WE MONITORING? CINDY? HEY, CINDY, WAS THIS IN THE PACKET? IT WAS IN THE PACKET.

SO NEXT MONTH.

I WON'T BE CALLING HER FORWARD, HAROLD.

I WILL, I WILL TELL YOU, YOU SHOULD HAVE LOOKED AT THE PACKET, BUT GO AHEAD.

19 OF THOSE WELLS ARE TEMPORARY, WHICH MEANS THEY'LL PULL THE CASING WITHIN 24 HOURS.

UH, CINDY MENDEZ, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, UM, UNIVAR SOLUTIONS, UH, WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION IN THAT AREA.

UM, ALREADY HAS OVER 40 WELLS, UM, TO MONITOR, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN PUMPING AND TREATING AND ALSO PUTTING CHEMICALS DOWN INTO THE PLUME TO HELP REMEDIATE IT.

BUT ALONG THE WAY YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, THE GROUNDWATER MOVES, SO THEY NEED TO INSTALL MORE WELLS AND, UH, THEY'RE GONNA PUT IN FOUR PERMANENT WELLS IN THE CITY RIGHT AWAY.

AND THEN

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THE GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION IS THIS, WHAT DOES THIS HAVE IN RELATION TO DO TO THE FRACKING GAS? WELL OPERATIONS GOING ON, IT HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH GAS WELL, FRACKING.

THEY'RE TOTALLY SEPARATE.

SO IS THESE, DO THESE CORRELATE WITH OUR UNDERGROUND WATER WELLS THAT WE HAVE THAT THE SEA TAKES? NO, THIS IS SURFACE WATER.

SO THE, THE GROUNDWATER HERE IS JUST 35 FEET BELOW GROUND SURFACE.

OUR TRENDY WATER WELLS ARE MORE THAN 1200 FEET IN A CONFINED AQUIFER.

OKAY? MM-HMM .

ARE THESE, THE, THE STORM SEWER, WHEN YOU SEE THE MONITORING FOR STORM SEWER CONTAMINATION HAS NOTHING BUT STORM SEW? NONE OF THAT? NO.

NONE OF THIS IS, UH, NONE OF THAT CROSSES ANY OF THOSE.

ARE THEY, WHAT PART OF GRAND PRAIRIE ARE THESE WELLS IN? JUST, AND THAT'S IN THE PACKET TOO, HAROLD? YEAH, IT'S IN NORTH GRAND PRAIRIE.

IT'S OFF OF FOUNTAIN SLASH SUNNYVALE.

JUST A LITTLE BIT NORTH OF THERE IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA.

BUT LIKE MOUNTAIN CREEK LAKE OR JOE POOL LAKE, ANYTHING THAT, THEY'RE NOWHERE NEAR THOSE LAKES.

THE RADIO CONTROLLED AIRPLANE RUNWAY AT LOW BRANCH PARK.

I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS BECAUSE THEY USED TO USE THE RADIO CONTROLLED AIRPLANES OUT AT, UH, PARK HILL.

PARK AT THE OLD RUNWAY OUT THERE.

UM, IS THERE A FEE TO GET INTO LOW BRANCH PARK? HOW DO PUBLIC GET IN THERE? HOW DO THE PUBLIC ACCESS THAT? GOOD EVENING.

UH, CHRIS ALKI, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARK STARTS AND RECREATION.

UH, HAROLD? NO.

THERE IS NOT A FEE TO GET INTO THAT.

UH, IT IS A GATED ENTRY THAT A CLUB THAT WE PARTNER WITH THAT RUNS THE, UH, RUNWAY UTILIZES, BUT THEY WELCOME VISITORS TO THEIR VENUE.

DOES, IS ANYONE ALLOWED TO, DO YOU HAVE TO BE A MEMBER OF THIS CLUB OR CAN ANYBODY JUST SHOW UP OUT THERE TO ACCESS THIS? MOST OF THEIR ACTIVITIES, YOU HAVE TO BE A MEMBER OF THE CLUB, BUT THEY DO HAVE EVENTS WHERE THEY BRING IN, UH, IN PARTICULAR, UH, YOUTH TO EXPERIENCE THE OPERATION AND TO TRY AND FLY THE AIRCRAFT, THAT TYPE OF THING.

SO THEY DO A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS WELL.

WHAT ABOUT THE, UH, UH, TO ALLOW DRONES TO BE FLOWN OUT THERE? I DON'T BELIEVE THEY FLY ANY DRONES AT THIS TIME.

WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO POST EXACTLY WHERE DO YOU GET INTO LOW BRANCH PARK? WHERE DO YOU GET ACCESS TO THIS? YES.

WE CAN GET YOU AN EXACT STREET ADDRESS.

THAT WAY PEOPLE DURING CHRISTMAS ABSOLUTELY BREAK.

KIDS GO OUT, UH, THEY GET TOYS, THEY WANNA GO OUT THERE AND PLAY WITH 'EM, THIS TYPE OF THING.

SO, SO, BUT YOU JUST DON'T HAVE EASY ACCESS.

IT HAS TO BE ONLY CORRECT.

WHEN THAT GROUP IS OUT THERE, RIGHT? CORRECT.

AND THAT'S LIKE ON THE WEEKENDS OR, WELL, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE THERE MOST EVERY EVENING AND THEN ON THE WEEKENDS.

WEEKENDS AND WEEKENDS.

IF WE JUST HAVE ACCESS, HOW TO GET IN THERE, PLEASE.

HAROLD, WHAT IS AN ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH TXDOT? AND HERE WE GO.

WE'LL EXPLAIN IT TO YOU.

HI, CAROL DERE, DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY DEPARTMENT.

UM, WE HAVE SEVERAL OF THESE WITH DIFFERENT PROJECTS.

IT'S A FUNDING AGREEMENT WHERE YOU LAY OUT WHO'S GOING TO PAY FOR WHAT THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT.

UM, SO IS THIS MONEY GUARANTEED FROM TEXDOT? HOW MANY HOOPS DO WE HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH TO GET THIS FUNDING FROM T STOCK? WELL, THAT, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS LAYING OUT IN THE, IN THE LONG RUN.

RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM ON IS THE DIRECT COST FOR THEIR REVIEW OF THE PLANS.

BUT IN THE FUTURE, WHEN YOU GET TO THE POINT WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO BID OUT WITH A CONTRACTOR, YOU'LL HAVE, UM, AGREEMENT IT'S AN 80 20, 80 FEDERAL, 20% BY CITY.

AND NORMALLY WE WILL PAY THE CONTRACTOR.

AND THE 80% FEDERAL IS TYPICALLY REIMBURSABLE AT THAT POINT.

IT'S LAID OUT IN THE FUNDING AGREEMENT.

WELL, WHATEVER IS REQUIRED FOR EACH PROJECT, MIKE LEWIS WOULD GET A KICK OUT OF THIS FROM 84 AND 85.

EXACTLY.

ARE YOU HAVING TO BUY TECH STOCK RIGHT OF WAY TO PUT THIS IN? WHAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF A LITTLE CONFUSING THERE.

THAT OH, THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION.

IT'S NOT TEXDOT RIGHT AWAY, BUT IT'S FOR, UH, FOR THIS VELO WEB TRAIL.

IT'S, THIS IS THE ONE THAT'S GONNA CONNECT US UP TO FORT WORTH.

AND SO THERE'S LITTLE PLACES WHERE WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE RIGHT.

OF AWAY TO COMPLETE THE TRAIL.

IT'S NOT FROM TECH DOT PARTICULARLY.

OH, IT ISN'T.

WHEN ARE WE LOOKING AT THIS BEING COMPLETED? PERHAPS THIS IS JUST GETTING THE PROJECT DESIGN FROM 90 TO A HUNDRED PERCENT AND GETTING US READY.

WE'RE ALSO KIND OF WORKING ALONG WITH FORT WORTH AS WELL.

UM, SO IN THE FUTURE IT COULD BE A FEW YEARS OUT BEFORE THE, THE CONSTRUCTION ACTUALLY COMES TO PASS.

SO DOES MIKE LEWIS PARK THIS OTHER PARK? WE BORDER THE CITY OF FORT WORTH IN THAT PART OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

IS THAT OUR CITY LIMITS? DOES THAT MM-HMM .

AND IT WILL CONNECT AND GO ON TO THE WEST.

SPENDING ADVANCED, IT'S SIMILAR.

BUT RIGHT NOW, JUST THE GRAND PRAIRIES FORT OR CITY LIMITS.

'CAUSE MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW.

WE SHARE A BORDER WITH FORT WORTH.

JUST AGAIN, THE ADVANCED

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FUNDING AGREEMENT.

BUT I GUESS I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS FOR TRAFFIC LIGHTS AT GREAT SOUTHWEST AND ARKANSAS WITH THE $774,000.

I GUESS YOU JUST ASSUMED TXDOT DOING INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS 360, BUT HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN ABLE TO GET THESE FUNDS FOR RESIDENT, I MEAN FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY LIKE THIS, OF OF TRAFFIC LIGHTS.

THIS IS A UNIQUE PROGRAM.

THIS IS THE HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

SO WE SUBMIT LOCATIONS.

THESE ARE OFF SYSTEM, MEANING THEY'RE NOT STATE ROADS, BUT AS A HIGHWAY, UH, SAFETY OR THE HTIP PROGRAM YOU SUBMIT TO THEM.

THEY AGREE BASED ON ACCIDENT DATA THAT THESE IMPROVEMENTS NEED TO BE MADE.

WE DO THE ENGINEERING OF PROJECT AND THEN WE HAND IT OVER TO TEXDOT AND THEY DO THE FULL CONSTRUCTION AND PAY FOR IT.

IT'S A REALLY GOOD PROGRAM.

SO THIS LAYS OUT THE FUNDING AGREEMENT.

IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT FEDERALLY FUNDED ON THE CONSTRUCTION.

SO AFTER WE'RE DONE WITH THE ENGINEERING, WHICH THIS IS LAYING OUT, THEN THEY WILL DO THE PROJECT.

SO TECH STOP WILL PUT TRAFFIC LIGHTS IN THE RED, THE CITY LIMITS OF GRAND.

IT'S ALREADY AN EXISTING TRAFFIC SIGNALED INTERSECTION.

THEY'RE DOING IMPROVEMENTS AND SAFETY PROGRAM TO IT.

SO WHEREAS THE NEW TRAFFIC LIGHTS GOING ON AT BARDEN DOWN THERE AT GREG HUNTER, NOT RELATED.

THOSE MET WARRANTS IN THE CITY'S DOING THOSE NOT RELATED, BUT THIS IS IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING INTERSECTIONS BASED ON OKAY.

SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.

NO, THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT.

THAT'S WHAT CITIZENS NEED TO KNOW.

WE'RE GETTING THEIR, THEY GOT BILLIONS IN AUSTIN.

LET 'EM SPEND 'EM ON US.

UM, EXACTLY WHAT HAVE WE, WHAT ARE WE DOING EXACTLY HERE WITH THE BOARDING HOME HOUSE MODEL? TIFFANY, TIFFANY BULL, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY.

WE ARE ADOPTING THE MODEL REGULATIONS AND REGULATING THEM TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN, THE MODEL REGULATIONS ARE IN THE PACKET AND THERE'S YOUR COPY.

I GUESS RIGHT NOW WITH THE BOARD AND CARE HOME, YOU CAN JUST HAVE, I WANNA GET THIS CLARIFIED.

YOU CAN HAVE THREE PAYING PEOPLE IN ONE FAMILY MEMBER.

IS THAT CORRECT? EVERYTHING IS IN THE PACKET.

BUT MY WORK IN THE BUSINESS LIKE THIS, ANYBODY CAN JUST POP UP A BOARD AND CARE HOME AND WE ARE TRYING TO REGULATE BOARDING HOMES SO THEY CAN'T JUST POP UP AND THE REGULATIONS ARE IN THE PACKET.

IT'S A GOOD READ FOR YOU.

YOU'LL UNDERSTAND IT BETTER THAN MOST OF US.

WELL, WHAT I WANNA GET ON THE RECORD HERE.

WITH THESE BOARD AND CARE HOMES POPPING UP WITH ALL THE ABUSE, THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD THEIR MONEY STOLEN AT EVERYTHING TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM, THESE BOARD AND CARE HOMES, DO WE NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO MANDATE IN THERE THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE A BACKUP GENERATOR, UM, FOR ELECTRICAL POWER STATE LAW LIMITS US TO ALLOWING PERMIT TO REQUIRING A PERMIT AND ADOPTING THE MODEL REGULATIONS, WHICH WE ARE ADOPTING IN THEIR ENTIRETY AND THEY'RE INCLUDED IN THE PACKET.

SAMOA, AND GUAM, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW FAR WE'RE BEHIND.

WELL, I UNDERSTAND THEY'RE IN THE PACKET, BUT I JUST WANT TO DO A LITTLE LINDA JOHNSON.

WE CAN'T DO THE OTHER, SO WHAT NOW WE'RE DOING AS MUCH AS WE CAN PER, BUT ARE WE ALLOWED TO DO MORE BECAUSE WE HAVE SENIOR CITIZENS THAT CAN'T GET OUT THAT NO, WE'RE NOT SO NEED, WE'RE NOT TYPE OF BACKUP.

AND WHAT IN THIS MONITORING, LET THESE BOARD AND CARE HOMES, SOMEBODY FALLS AND AT 3:00 AM THEY CALL GRAND PRAIRIE FIRE RESCUE TO COME OUT AND PICK THEM UP FOR FREE.

AND THEY'RE CHARGING SOMEONE FOUR OR $5,000 A MONTH.

HAROLD, ANYBODY THAT CALLS NINE ONE ONE'S GONNA GET OUR OUR HIGH LEVEL OF, THEY'RE GONNA GO PICK THEM UP.

THAT IS NOT PART OF THIS.

SIR.

WHAT, WHAT ELSE DO YOU HAVE TO ASK TIFFANY ABOUT THIS ITEM? WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL MAYOR BECAUSE OVER AND DOWN.

GIMME JUST ANOTHER SECOND.

MAYOR.

I'LL GIVE YOU, I'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER SECOND.

IT'S, IT'S NEXT MONTH, MAYOR, WHEN YOU GET TO, WHEN YOU AND ALL THE OTHER FELLOW REPUBLICANS OUT HERE GET TO CHANGE EVERYTHING UP, THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING THAT STICK TO.

WHAT, WHAT DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT ON ADAM 39, BETTY? WELL, JUST THE OTHER CITIES, IF WE'RE GOING OUT IN A PRIVATE BUSINESS, PICKING SOMEONE UP OFF THE FLOOR, FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS HAVE TO GET UP OUT OF BED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT FOR A PRIVATE COMPANY.

THESE ARE PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES, SO THEY'RE STAFFING.

THERE'S JUST A WHOLE LOT FROM MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.

YOUR OVERSIGHT OF REGULATING THIS, YOUR EXTREME ENTITY, THIS IS MY GREAT STATE OF TEXAS DOWN IN AUSTIN.

THEY'RE THE ONES THAT BENEFIT FROM THIS BECAUSE THE SHORTAGE OF NURSING HOMES, THE SHORTAGE OF MEDICAID BEDS.

AND YOU HAVE, QUITE FRANKLY, SOME VERY UNSCRUPULOUS OPERATORS IN THIS BUSINESS.

AND THAT'S ALL TO PROTECT THOSE THAT ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE IN THERE.

IT'S FOR THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT TO DO THIS.

THIS IS ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES.

THIS IS THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND WE KNOW IN TEXAS, THE, AS MOLLY VINS WOULD SAY, THANK GOD FOR MISSISSIPPI, WE'RE NOT LAST.

NOW WE SAY BECAUSE WE ARE 50TH, OUT OF 50TH, WE SAY THANK GOD FOR PUERTO RICO, UH, THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, AMERICAN

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SO IT'S INAPPROPRIATE FOR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT TO TAKE ON ALL THIS OVERSIGHT AND THEY'RE NOT PAYING FOR IT.

RHONDA BROWN CROWDER.

GREETINGS, HONORABLE CITY MANAGER BILL HILLS, DISTINGUISHED MAYOR RON JENSEN AND ESTEEMED CITY COUNCILMAN, CITY COUNCIL OF MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS DR.

RHONDA BROWN CROWDER AND EACH OF YOU KNOW AND HAVE MET MY SON CALEB.

WHO HAS AN AUTISM DIAGNOSIS, AN INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT DISABILITY, AND A SPEECH IMPAIRMENT.

YOU ALSO KNOW ME TO BE A STRONG NORTH TEXAS AUTISM AND SPECIAL NEEDS ADVOCATE, PARTICULARLY HERE IN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

I STAND BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING REGARDING AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 39 AND YOUR VOTE TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE REGULATING BOARDING HOME FACILITIES, INCLUDING REQUIRE REQUIRING THEM TO OBTAIN A PERMIT AS WELL AS TO COMPLY WITH THE TEXAS BOARDING HOUSE MODEL STANDARDS.

ADDITIONALLY TO ALSO INCLUDE PENALTY SAVINGS AND SUB VARIABILITY CLAUSES.

WHILE IT IS MY INTENTION TO CHOOSE THE GROUP HOME IN WHICH CALEB WILL RESIDE ONE DAY, NOT EVERYONE IN OUR SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY HAS SOMEONE WHO IS THERE TO MAKE THAT DECISION FOR THEM TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE IN A PLACE THAT TREATS THEM WITH DIGNITY, CARE, AND RESPECT.

AND ALSO TO PRIORITIZE THEIR SAFETY AND TO NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEM.

THEREFORE, I ASK YOU TO PLEASE VOTE.

AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY DONE THAT TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE.

NOT YET.

OH, OKAY.

BUT WE'LL, WE'LL, THAT I ASK YOU TO PLEASE VOTE TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WHO ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR CITY ARE PROTECTED.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK ON THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC AND FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF ME AS I STAND IN REPRESENTATION OF THOSE IN OUR GRAND PRAIRIE AUTISM AND SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY.

DR.

CROWDER, WE ALL APPLAUD YOU.

I'VE, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN WITH YOUR SON MANY TIMES YES.

FOR WHAT YOU DO WITH HIM, BUT ALSO FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

IN THE SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS MAYOR PRO TEM.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS NUMBER SIX THROUGH 1113 AND 36.

AND ITEMS 38 AND 39.

TABLE ITEM 12 TO THE JANUARY 6TH, 2026, CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

AND SET A PUBLIC HEARING FOR PUBLIC HEARING.

AND SECOND AND FINAL READING OF THE ORDINANCE FOR ITEM NUMBER 37 FOR FEBRUARY 3RD, 2026.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM.

SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PROTE.

A A DE OPPOSED AIN'T NAY.

MOTION CARRIES.

40 IS ONE OF THOSE, UH, THAT WE HAVE TO READ THE LONG THING INTO, BUT IT IS, IT IS NOT WHAT'S IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING THOUGH.

[40. Public Hearing and Final Reading of an Ordinance Annexing Approximately 13.64 acres of land in Ellis County, Texas Being More Particularly Described and Graphically Depicted in Exhibit A, such tract is Generally Located North of Weatherford Road, Adjacent to Grand Prairie Planned Development Number 454 (PD-454), and includes land situated in the R.M. Wyatt Survey, Abstract Number 1280 and described in a General Warranty Deed to Friedlinde Miller, recorded in Volume 2026, Page 1782, Deed Records of Ellis County Texas, and All Adjacent Rights-of-way into the City of Grand Prairie, Texas; Providing for Incorporation of Premises, Amending of the Official City Map, and Acknowledging a Service Plan; Requiring the Filing of this Ordinance with the County Clerk; Prescribing for Effect on Territory, Granting as Appropriate to All the Inhabitants of Said Property All the Rights and Privileges of Other Citizens and Binding Said Inhabitants by All of the Acts, Ordinances, Resolutions, and Regulations of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas; Providing Cumulative Repealer, Severability, and Savings Clauses; Providing for Engrossment and Enrollment; and Providing an Effective Date ]

UH, YOU WANNA GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT THIS IS, MEL OR SOMEBODY? TIFFANY'S COMING.

TIFFANY'S COMING FORWARD.

TIFFANY.

TIFFANY BULL, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY.

THIS IS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ANNEXATION FOR A 13 ACRE PORTION OF LAND, WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE EXISTING LAND PROPOSED FOR THE DATA CENTER.

UM, IT IS PULLING UP RIGHT NOW.

IT'S PART OF THE GOODLAND DEVELOPMENT.

IT IS JUST THAT LITTLE BITTY BLUE PORTION.

OH, THE BLUE.

'CAUSE THE PURPLE'S ALREADY ANNEXED Y YES.

THEY JUST RECENTLY PURCHASED THIS LAND.

AND THE ROAD IS GONNA BE GOING THROUGH HERE.

AND ONE, ONE INCLUDE.

ANY COUNSEL? ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I'LL OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING.

IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING.

IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP FOR THIS, YOU CAN STILL COME FORWARD.

NOW I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 40.

SECOND, WE HAVE MOTION BY MAYOR PROTE.

SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PROTI.

AND I'LL PULL UP THE SO, UH, ITEM 41 IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT ON A RESOLUTION FINDING THAT A PUBLIC NECESSITY EXISTS IN AUTHORIZED AND CONDEMNATION TO ACQUIRE 1.243 ACRE TRACK FOR THE PERMANENT WATERLINE EASEMENT.

A AYE.

OPPOSED SAY NAY.

MOTION CARRIES ITEM 41,

[41. Consider and Act on a Resolution Finding that a Public Necessity Exists and Authorizing Condemnation to Acquire a 1.243 acre tract for a Permanent Water Line Easement and a 2.071 acre tract for a Temporary Construction Easement for the Construction and Maintenance of Public Improvements for the City’s 8S Water Line and such Appurtenant Facilities that may be Necessary, and Other Public Uses, Both Easements Being Located on Property Generally Described as Being in the Cuadrilla Irrigation Co. Survey, Abstract 262, Ellis CAD property ID #196791, Ellis County, Texas, such Property Generally Known as 447 Miller Road, Midlothian, TX 76065 and Generally Located North of Miller Road, West of Deer Drive, and South of Redbird Trail, and Being more Particularly Described herein; Providing Notice of an Official Determination to Acquire Real Property for a Permanent Water Line Easement and a Temporary Construction Easement for the Construction and Maintenance of a Water Line, and such Appurtenant Facilities as may be Necessary, and Other Public Uses; Authorizing the City Manager to Obtain the Necessary Appraisal Reports and Make Bona Fide Offers of Just Compensation for the Permanent Water Line Easement and Temporary Construction Easement; Ratifying Prior Actions and Documents Made for Acquisition of the Permanent Water Line Easement and Temporary Construction Easement; Authorizing Legal Counsel to Institute Eminent Domain Proceedings on Behalf of the City for the Acquisition of the Permanent Water Line Easement and Temporary Construction Easement if Negotiations are Unsuccessful; Appropriating Funds from a Lawful Source; Providing a Cumulative Repealer Clause; Providing a Severability Clause and Providing for an Effective Date]

DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING AND UTILITY SERVICES.

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AND A 2.071 ACRE TRACK FOR A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT FOR THE CITY'S AS WATERLINE.

THE CITY HAS PROVIDED AN APPRAISAL, MADE A BONAFIDE OFFER, BUT COULD NOT NEGOTIATE THE PURCHASE OF THE EASEMENT.

THE EIGHT S 20 INCH WATERLINE IS ESSENTIAL WATERLINE TO SERVE THE SOUTHERNMOST SECTION OF THE CITY.

IT'S A COMPONENT OF OUR 2024 WATER MASTER PLAN UPDATE AND IDENTIFIED.

YOU'VE GOT THE WRONG ITEM PULLED UP.

UH, IT IS SAME SPEECH FOR ALL THREE.

OH, HERE YOU GO.

I'D LIKE TO TAKE, I'D LIKE TO TAKE CREDIT FOR FIGURING THAT OUT, BUT MEL DID.

UM, UH, THANK YOU MEL.

THIS LINE, UH, IT IS FOR A FUTURE LOOPED WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE RAPID POPULATION ECONOMIC GROWTH OF THE AREA.

COUNSEL, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR NOREEN? I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION MAYOR.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE AUTHORIZE THE USE OF THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE A 1.243 ACRE TRACK FOR A PERMANENT WATERLINE EASEMENT AND A 2.071 ACRE TRACK FOR A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT, BOTH EASEMENTS.

IT'S A LONG, IT'S A LONG ONE.

BOTH EASEMENTS BEING LOCATED IN THE QUADRI IRRIGATION COUNTY OR COMPANY.

SURVEY ABSTRACT 2 62 ELLIS CA ELLIS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT PROPERTY.

NU PROPERTY ID NUMBER 1 9 6 7 9 1 ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS.

SUCH PROPERTY KNOWN BEING KNOWN AS 4 447 MILLER ROAD, MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS 7 6 0 6 5.

AND GENERALLY LOCATED NORTH OF MILLER ROAD, WEST OF DEER DRIVE AND SOUTH OF REDBIRD TRAIL.

AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBITS A AND B OF THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE AND USE FOR THE MUNICIPAL PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF A WATERLINE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SUCH A PURE TENANT, I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT WORD BEFORE.

FACILITIES.

I'M GLAD YOU'RE HAVING TO READ IT AS MAYBE NECESSARY AND OTHER PUBLIC USES AND ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED WITH THIS MOTION AND SUBSEQUENT FIRST RECORD VOTE, APPLYING TO ALL OF THE UNITS OF PROPERTY TO BE CONDEMNED.

AND THE RECORD VOTE IS REQUIRED FOR THIS MOTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION AT ENTERTAIN A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, THAT USUALLY WE CAN JUST SAY, I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 51, BUT, OR 43 OR 67.

WELL, WE HAVE LEGAL THINGS.

WE HAVE TO READ IT TO THE RECORD ON THIS ONE.

IT HAS TO BE A RECORD VOTE.

SO I'LL START THIS END THIS TIME.

WE'LL START THE OTHER END.

NEXT TIME.

COUNCIL JUNIOR.

UH, MAYOR PRO TEM AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMSON AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS AYE.

MAYOR VOTES.

COUNCIL MEMBER DEL BOSKY.

COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER HEADON AYE.

UNANIMOUSLY.

NINE OH ITEM

[42. Consider and Act on a Resolution Finding that a Public Necessity Exists and Authorizing Condemnation to Acquire a 1.695 acre tract for a Permanent Water Line Easement, a 2.414 acre tract for a Temporary Construction Easement, and a 0.291 acre tract for a Temporary Construction Easement for the Construction and Maintenance of Public Improvements for the City’s 8S Water Line and such Appurtenant Facilities that may be Necessary, and Other Public Uses, with the Three Easements Being Located on Property Generally Described as Being in the Cuadrilla Irrigation Co. Survey, Abstract 262, Ellis CAD property ID #201615, Ellis County, Texas, such Property Generally Known as 223 Miller Road, Midlothian, TX 76065 and Generally Located North of Miller Road and West of Old Fort Worth Road, and Being more Particularly Described herein; Providing Notice of an Official Determination to Acquire Real Property for a Permanent Water Line Easement and Two Temporary Construction Easements for the Construction and Maintenance of a Water Line, and such Appurtenant Facilities as may be Necessary, and Other Public Uses; Authorizing the City Manager to Obtain the Necessary Appraisal Reports and Make Bona Fide Offers of Just Compensation for the Permanent Water Line Easement and Two Temporary Construction Easements; Ratifying Prior Actions and Documents Made for Acquisition of the Permanent Water Line Easement and Two Temporary Construction Easements; Authorizing Legal Counsel to Institute Eminent Domain Proceedings on Behalf of the City for the Acquisition of the Permanent Water Line Easement and Two Temporary Construction Easements if Negotiations are Unsuccessful; Appropriating Funds from a Lawful Source; Providing a Cumulative Repealer Clause; Providing a Severability Clause and Providing for an Effective Date ]

42.

THAT'S ANOTHER LONG READ.

GO AHEAD DR.

CROWDER.

AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT A, B, AND C OF THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE AND USE FOR THE MUNICIPAL PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF A WATERLINE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SUCH APPEARED TENANTS FACILITIES AS MAY BE NECESSARY AND OTHER PUBLIC USES AND ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED WITH THIS MOTION AND SUBSEQUENT FIRST RECORD VOTE, APPLYING TO ALL OF THE UNITS OF THE PROPERTY TO BE CONDEMNED.

I'LL BE OKAY.

UH, ITEM 42 IS TO CONSIDER AN ACT ON A RESOLUTION FINDING A PUBLIC NECESSITY EXISTS IN AUTHORIZING CONDEMNATION TO ACQUIRE 1.695 ACRE TRACK FOR A PERMANENT WATERLINE EASEMENT.

A 2.414 ACRE TRACK FOR A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT AND A 0.291 ACRE TRACK FOR A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT, UH, FOR THE CITY'S EIGHT S WATERLINE.

ALL RIGHTY, NUMBER TWO, I MOVED THAT THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE AUTHORIZED THE USE OF THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE A 1.695 ACRE TRACK FOR A PERMANENT WATERLINE EASEMENT.

A 2.414 ACRE TRACK FOR A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT AND A 0.291 ACRE TRACK FOR A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT.

ALL THREE EASEMENTS BEING LOCATED IN THE QUADRI IRRIGATION COMPANY.

SURVEY ABSTRACT 2 62 ELLIS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT PROPERTY ID NUMBER 2 0 1 6 1 5 ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS.

SUCH PROPERTY BEING KNOWN AS 2 223 MILLER ROAD, MCLOAN, TEXAS 7 6 0 6 5.

AND GENERALLY LOCATED NORTH OF MILLER ROAD AND WEST OF OLD FORT, OLD FORT WORTH ROAD AS

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AND AGAIN, A RECORD VOTE IS REQUIRED FOR THIS MOTION.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM ASNU.

SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM JOHNSON WITH SOME RECORD VOTE.

I'LL START ON THE OTHER END.

COUNCIL MEMBER HEDON AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.

COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.

COUNCIL MEMBER DEL BOSKY.

MAYOR AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS A.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER CLEM CLEMSON.

ITEM 43 IS TO CONSIDER AN ACT ON A RESOLUTION FINDING OF PUBLIC NECESSITY EXISTS AND AUTHORIZE AND CONDEMNATION TO ACQUIRE A 0.299 ACRE TRACK FOR A PERMANENT WATERLINE EASEMENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR PRO TEM ZANU.

MOTION CARRIES ITEM 43.

[43. Consider and Act on Resolution Finding that a Public Necessity Exists and Authorizing Condemnation to Acquire a 0.299 acre tract for a Permanent Water Line Easement for the Construction and Maintenance of Public Improvements for the City’s 8S Water Line and such Appurtenant Facilities that may be Necessary, and Other Public Uses, on a Portion of Property Generally Described as Being Located in the Cuadrilla Irrigation Co. Survey, Abstract 262, Ellis CAD property ID #304029, Ellis County, Texas, such Property Generally Known as 4510 Old Fort Worth Road, Midlothian, TX 76065 and Generally Located North of Worth Court and South of Old Fort Worth Road, and Being more Particularly Described herein; Providing Notice of an Official Determination to Acquire Real Property for a Permanent Water Line Easement for the Construction and Maintenance of a Water Line, and such Appurtenant Facilities as may be Necessary, and Other Public Uses; Authorizing the City Manager to Obtain the Necessary Appraisal Reports and Make Bona Fide Offers of Just Compensation for the Easement; Ratifying Prior Actions and Documents Made for Acquisition of the Easement; Authorizing Legal Counsel to Institute Eminent Domain Proceedings on Behalf of the City for the Acquisition of the Easement if Negotiations are Unsuccessful; Appropriating Funds from a Lawful Source; Providing a Cumulative Repealer Clause; Providing a Severability Clause and Providing for an Effective Date ]

ALRIGHT, I YOU WANNA PASS IT DOWN THE ROAD? .

THIS IS THE LAST ONE.

, MAKE THE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM, READ ONE.

HEY.

THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD, THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD.

I MOVED THAT THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE AUTHORIZED THE USE OF THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE A 0.299 ACRE TRACK FOR A PERMANENT WATERLINE EASEMENT.

SAID EASEMENT BEING LOCATED IN THE QUADRI IRRIGATION COMPANY.

SURVEY ABSTRACT 2 62.

ELLIS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT PROPERTY NUMBER 3 0 4 0 2 9 ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS.

SUCH PROPERTY BEING KNOWN AS, UH, 4 5 1 0 OLD FORT WORTH ROAD, MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS 7 6 6 5.

AND GENERALLY LOCATED NORTH OF FORT WORTH COURT AND SOUTH OF OLD FORT WORTH ROAD AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT A OF THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE AND USE FOR THE MUNICIPAL PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF A WATERLINE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO SUCH PER TENANT FACILITIES AS MAY BE NECESSARY AND OTHER PUBLIC USES AND ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED WITH THIS MOTION AS SUBSEQUENT FIRST RECORD VOTE, APPLYING TO THE UNIT OF PROPERTY TO BE CONDEMNED.

AND LASTLY, ANOTHER RECORD VOTE IS REQUIRED FOR THIS MOTION.

SECOND, WE HAVE MOTION BY MAYOR PRO.

TIM IS ON YOU.

SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM JOHNSON.

I'LL START IT OFF.

MAYOR VOTES.

COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMSON AYE.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM JR.

ZANU AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER KY AYE.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM JOHNSON.

COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER HEADEN AYE.

MOTION CARRIES NINE OH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[44. First Reading of an Ordinance Granting a Franchise and Approving a Franchise Agreement for Solid Waste Collection and Recycling Services with Republic Waste Services of Texas Ltd., dba Republic Services of Grand Prairie]

44, FIRST READING DR.

REDFORD.

PATRICIA REDFERN, SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING DIRECTOR.

I'M PLEASED TO, HOW DO I GET TO IT? I'M PLEASED TO PRESENT THE FIRST READING OF A, UH, FRANCHISE, AWARDING A FRANCHISE TO REPUBLICS WASTE SERVICES DOING BUSINESSES AS, UH, REPUBLIC SERVICES OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

WHERE'S YOUR POWER? I DUNNO.

YOU DIDN'T PULL IT UP? NO, I DON'T SEE IT YET.

WHERE'S IT SAVED? I, NO.

YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO SPEAK OKAY.

A POEM.

WE ARE, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF CHANGES WITH THIS ONE.

THIS IS A 13 YEAR AGREEMENT, SO IT WILL TAKE UP THE LAST THREE YEARS OF THE CURRENT AGREEMENT AND BE A 10 YEAR EXTENSION ON THAT.

SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH REPUBLIC SERVICES TO BRING CART SERVICE TO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

THIS AGREEMENT WILL, UM, FOLKS, DID YOU HEAR THAT HALF OF YOU'RE GONNA HA HANG ON.

HALF OF YOU'RE GONNA BE CLAPPING.

HALF OF YOU'RE GONNA BE BUOY? YES.

THIS IS, THIS IS COMING BECAUSE IT, THIS THE WAY EVERY CITY'S GOING.

WORKERS' COMP RATE, THINGS LIKE THAT FOR EVERYBODY HANGING OFF THE BACK OF THE TRUCKS.

THEY'RE RETROFITTING ALL THE, ALL THE TRASH TRUCKS TO PICK THEM UP THIS WAY.

SO WE WILL BE TRANSITIONING TO CARTS, UH, IN 2095 , BUT WE'RE VOTING ON IT TONIGHT.

GIVE YOU PLENTY.

JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY HEARD WHAT YOU SAID.

SO YOU CONTINUE.

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THIS WILL BRING CART SERVICE TO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

SO THIS WILL HAPPEN IN TWO PHASES.

THE FIRST PHASE WILL BE PHASE INTO THE MICROPHONE.

THE FIRST PHASE WILL BE PHASE ONE AND THAT WILL FIRST PHASE, NOT PHASE TWO .

I'M JOKING.

YEAH, I THOUGHT THAT YOU'RE NOT HELPING ME, SIR.

NO, IT WILL START APRIL 6TH, 2026.

AND THAT WILL BE FOR 1,483 HOMES DOWN SOUTH.

AND WHEN I SAY DOWN SOUTH, I MEAN ALL THE WAY DOWN SOUTH.

NO, IT'S NOT IN THE GOODLAND.

IT'S NOT, NOT IN THE GOODLAND, BUT IT, IT'S, BUT IT IS VERY FAR DOWN SOUTH.

IT'S IN MERRI.

SO THIS WILL BE HERITAGE TOWN, THIS WILL BE SOUTH OF MAR LAGOS, BUT THIS WILL BE SOUTH.

THIS WILL BE IN DISTRICT SIX AND GREENWAY TRAILS.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE UP IN NOT THE FIRST PHASE IN MIGOS, RIGHT? THAT WILL OH, I'M SORRY.

'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE HE LIVES.

I WANNA BRING UP MY MAP.

HE'S GOING TO HELP US EVALUATE HOW WELL THIS ALL OUT.

SO WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR, FOR HIS FEEDBACK AND I KNOW THAT WE WILL GET A LOT OF IT.

SO HEART SERVICE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO HAPPEN ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 1ST, 2027.

SO WE CAN SEE HOW FAR SOUTH WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

AND YOU SEE IN AREA ONE WE'VE GOT GREENWAY TRAILS AND HERITAGE TOWN.

AND THEN AREA TWO IS JUST A LITTLE BIT NORTH OF THAT AREA.

THREE IS OVER HERE AND WE PICK UP SOME FRIENDS HERE.

AND THEN AREA FOUR.

SO THIS MAKES UP ONE ROUTE.

THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE THIS A TRY, GET ALL OF THE BUGS WORKED OUT.

THEN AGAIN IN OCTOBER 1ST, 2027, WE'LL BE MOVING THAT OUT TO THE REMAINDER OF THE COMMUNITY.

SO THERE IS GOING TO BE A GREAT DEAL OF PUBLIC INFORMATION COMING TO US VERY, VERY QUICKLY FOR THIS FIRST PIECE.

AND THEN, AND THEN OVER TIME, AND WE WILL BE WORKING WITH OUR GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING, UM, COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING GROUP.

VERY, VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

I KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

WE'VE GOT A GREAT DEAL OF INFORMATION THAT'S GOING TO BE AVAILABLE.

SO THE AGREEMENT IS GOING TO, IT'S GOT DEFINED ANNUAL RATE INCREASE FOR COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, AND INDUSTRIAL.

THESE WILL BE IN REGULAR SIZED BITES.

SO WE CAN, WE CAN QUIT SEEING THE FLUCTUATION THAT WE'VE SEEN.

WE'RE GOING TO KNOW WHAT'S COMING TO US AND WHEN.

SO LET'S SEE.

ALL RESIDENTS WILL BE RECEIVING, LIKE I SAID, THE FIRST GROUP FIRST THEY'LL BE RECEIVING A 95 GALLON CART FOR GARBAGE AND A 95 GALLON CART FOR RECYCLING.

THIS IS EXCITING.

OTHER COMMUNITIES PERHAPS HAVE ROLLED OUT ONE CART AT A TIME.

WE'RE DOING, WE'RE DOING 'EM BOTH.

SO HERE WE GO.

THE DEFINED ANNUAL INCREASE, WE'LL BE SEEING A, AN INCREASE FOR REPUBLIC OF 5.25% FOR RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY, I'M SORRY, I SHOULD SAY FEBRUARY ONE.

AND THEN A PROGRAMMED RATE INCREASE OF 3.95% EFFECTIVE OCTOBER ONE ON 2026 AND SO ON.

RESIDENTIAL AND SMALL COMMERCIAL CART DELIVERY BY OCTOBER ONE.

WE'RE GOOD THERE.

I TALKED ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION DATES.

WE WILL BE GOING FROM TWICE PER WEEK.

GARBAGE COLLECTION AND ONCE PER WEEK RECYCLING COLLECTION TO ONCE PER WEEK GARBAGE.

ONCE PER WEEK RECYCLING.

ALL OF YOUR SERVICES WILL BE HAPPENING I KNOW, ON THE SAME DAY.

SO IF YOUR GARBAGE DAY TURNS OUT TO BE MONDAY, YOU WILL SEE ALL OF YOUR SERVICES MONDAY.

AND IT, IT WON'T JUST BE RECYCLING AND THE EVERYTHING.

GOOD.

BULKY BRUSH RECYCLING AND GARBAGE.

RESIDENTS WILL STILL NEED TO CALL FOR BULKY PICKUP.

SO THAT'S GOING TO LOOK THE SAME.

HOLIDAYS ARE STILL GOING TO REQUIRE THAT SHIFT.

SO IF THE HOLIDAYS ON MONDAY, THEY NEVER GET THAT ANYWAY.

WE WON'T GET THAT.

BUT ACTUALLY I THINK WE'LL TRY TO.

WE WILL.

BECAUSE THIS WILL BE EASIER.

'CAUSE IT WON'T A AFFECT AS MANY.

EXACTLY.

AND IT'S NOT GOING TO, IT WILL MAKE YOUR DAY SLIDE BY A DAY AND THAT'S IT.

ONE TIME.

WE'RE NOT CHANGING ALLEY COLLECTION.

AMEN.

AND THEN, UM, ITEMS OUTSIDE OF THE CART ARE FOR BULKY COLLECTION.

I WILL SAY YOU CAN FIT A GREAT DEAL INTO A 95 GALLON CART.

65 GALLON CARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE 90 DAYS AFTER IMPLEMENTATION.

SO EVERYBODY'S GOING TO GET 95 GALLON CARTS.

AND THEN IF YOU JUST DON'T LOVE IT AFTER 90 DAYS, YOU CAN CALL FOR THE SMALLER CART.

AND THEN WE WILL BE POSTING UPDATES.

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SO PLEASE WATCH WWW DOT GPTX ORG SLASH GARBAGE.

OH, I'M SURE EVERYBODY WILL.

I I AM SURE.

I'M SURE THEY WILL AND, AND WE'LL BE HEARING A FEW THINGS, BUT UM, I'M HAPPY TO FIELD ANY QUESTIONS.

YOU DID A GOOD JOB OF GIVING US THIS UPDATE THE OTHER DAY DURING BRIEFING.

AND SO I THINK WE'RE READY.

UH, COUNCIL, MAYOR, PRO TEM, HOW ARE WE GONNA DECIDE WHAT DAYS EACH COMMUNITY OR SECTION OF THE CITY GETS THEIR TRASH PICKED UP? 'CAUSE CURRENTLY THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

REPUBLIC IS GOING TO BE PROVIDING US A TRANSITION PLAN.

WITHIN, WITHIN WEEKS OF, OF SIGNING A CONTRACT.

SO WE WILL BE, WE WILL BE PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION AND I ASSUME IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CHOPPED UP.

CURRENTLY WE HAVE IT TO WHERE IF YOU'RE NORTH OF WHAT WARRIOR? MM-HMM .

IT'S I THINK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY FOR SOUTH OF IT IS MONDAY AND THURSDAY.

SO IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE LIKE FOUR DIFFERENT, WE WILL NOW HAVE FIVE COLLECTION DAYS.

FIVE COLLECTION.

SO IT'LL BE MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY TO FRIDAY SMALLER.

FIVE DAYS ONCE A WEEK.

SO IF YOU MISS YOUR AREA, YOU CAN TAKE YOUR TRASH TO JUNIOR'S HOUSE.

BUT YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE CART.

TAKE THE CART.

AND YOU CAN ALWAYS BRING IT TO US.

COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. SO THE INCREASE IS ONLY GONNA TAKE PLACE AFTER THE PHASE IS IMPLEMENTED.

THE INCREASE IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE FEBRUARY ONE.

IS THAT FOR EVERYONE OR JUST THOSE? THAT IS FOR EVERYBODY.

YES MA'AM.

I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER LIGHTS.

THANK YOU SIR.

IT'S THE FIRST READING.

I ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I MAKE A MOTION ON THE FIRST READING.

YES WE DO.

I MOVE THAT WE SET THE FINAL READING OF THE FRANCHISE ORDINANCE FOR THE JANUARY 6TH, 2026.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

SECOND WE HAVE MOTION.

AND SECOND.

AND YOUR OPPOSED SAY NAY.

MOTION CARRIES ITEM 45.

[45. First Reading of an Ordinance of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas, Amending Chapter 26, Utilities and Services, of the Code Of Ordinances of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas by Amending Article VI, “Garbage Collection and Disposal,” Sections 26-113 Residential Fees, and 26-115 Commercial Fees; Making This Amendment Cumulative; Repealing All Ordinances in Conflict Herewith; Providing a Savings Clause, Severability Clause, and a Penalty Clause; and Providing for an Effective Date]

ANOTHER FIRST READING.

THAT IS THE FIRST READING FOR THE MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE, UH, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES THAT SETS THE RATE FOR SOLID WASTE.

SO, UH, THAT'S THE COMPANION PIECE TO THIS THAT JUST, THAT ESTABLISHES THE, YOU DON'T NEED TO RE IT'S JUST THE COMPANION PIECE.

UH, HAROLD, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK PLEASE ON THE RESIDENTIAL RATES AND COMMERCIAL FEES MM-HMM .

THE EMPHASIS ON RECYCLING.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE GRAND PRAIRIE SKILL DISTRICT, THEY'RE ONE OF THE WORST OFFENDERS AFTER A FOOTBALL GAME AT THE GOPHER WARRIOR BOWL.

JIM SWOFFORD ARE OUT, LIKE AT REAGAN, THEY'LL BE BAGS AND BAGS FULL OF PLASTIC BOTTLES AND ALUMINUM CANS THAT ARE JUST BEING SENT TO THE LANDFILL.

IS THERE ANY INCENTIVES IN HERE UNDER COMMERCIAL FEES THAT WOULD ENCOURAGE MORE RECYCLING BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO HAVE OR BY ANYBODY? YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE OFFENDED.

UH, DO WE OFFER INCENTIVES FOR PEOPLE THAT RECYCLE BUSINESSES? WE DO NOT.

NO, SIR HAROLD, WE DON'T.

BUT WOULD THAT BE POSSIBLE? SO TO EXTEND THE LIFE OF THE LANDFILL OF ALUMINUM PLASTIC, ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE, BUT IT'S NOT PART OF THIS ORDINANCE.

BUT HOW CAN WE CRAFT THAT INTO AN ORDINANCE? PLEASE? WE'LL TAKE IT UNDER CONSIDERATION.

NOT TONIGHT.

THIS IS WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON TONIGHT.

THAT'S ALL I WAS WANTING TO EXPAND BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE WHEN THEY FIND THIS OUT, WE'RE GOING TO CARTS, THEY'RE GOING TO GO BONKERS ON YOU.

YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY, 50% OF THE PEOPLE WANT IT.

I GOT, I GOT HIT UP THE OTHER DAY.

WHEN ARE WE GETTING CARTS? YEAH, 50% DON'T.

BUT THAT'S A DIFFERENT SUBJECT MATTER THAN THE RECYCLING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

WE'LL, WE'LL WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT.

WHAT ELSE YOU GOT FOR HER ON THIS ITEM? THE DIFFERENT RECYCLING BINS.

LIKE OTHER CITIES HAVE ONES THAT ARE GREEN, THAT ARE LARGE.

WE'LL DO DIFFERENT COLORS.

WELL, RIGHT.

THERE'S DIFFERENT YOURS.

GONNAS BE PINK FOR RECYCLING.

BLACK FOR REGULAR.

OH, .

OH GEE, HAROLD, THEY GOTTA BE DIFFERENT COLOR.

THEY'RE GONNA BE DIFFERENT COLOR.

WE'RE GOING AND THERE'LL BE A AN IN MOLD LABEL ON THE TOP OF THE, AND THEY'LL TELL YOU RECYCLING AND TRASH.

IT WILL SAY, RECYCLING ALL OVER THIS AIN'T THEIR FIRST RODEO DOING THIS.

I'M JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE SENIOR CITIZENS WHO MAY HAVE TROUBLE PUSHING THE CARTS OUT.

OTHER WORDS, I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS.

MY THING IS, I JUST WANNA SEE IF REPUBLIC COULD DO MORE ON RECYCLING FROM THEIR END SINCE THEY'RE THE ONES DOING THIS.

BECAUSE THAT'S JUST MORE ALUMINUM CANS AND PLASTICS.

WELL, THEY'RE, THEY'RE PICKING IT UP AND THEY ARE TAKING IT TO THE MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY.

I ASSURE YOU IT IT'S NOT COMING TO US.

THAT'S JUST WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE JUST, YOU KNOW, PUT IT IN A PLASTIC BAG.

IF YOU PUT IT, IF YOU PUT IT IN THE GARBAGE, IT'S, IT'S GOING TO GO TO THE LANDFILL.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'M, WE RELY ON CITIZENS TO SEPARATE IT.

THAT'S NOT, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET WHERE WE HAVE MORE OF THAT GOING ON, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OTHER COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES.

THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO DO.

WE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL.

UM, THIS IS, THIS IS THE FIRST READING ON THE CHARGES.

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YES SIR.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME, I'M, I GUESS I'M A LITTLE LOST ON JUST RESIDENTIAL CHARGES MM-HMM .

WHAT IT CURRENTLY IS AND WHAT IT, WHAT WHAT THIS IS GOING TO MAKE IT CURRENTLY PER HOUSEHOLD PER MONTH, IT'S $20 AND 50 CENTS EFFECTIVE.

FEBRUARY ONE IT WILL BE $22 AND 26 CENTS.

AND THAT, THAT IS THE, THE REPUBLIC SIDE OF THE RATE.

AND THAT IS THE CITY EXPANDED SERVICES SIDE OF THE RATE TOGETHER.

SO IT'S GONNA BE, IT'S GONNA GO FROM 20 BUCKS TO 22 BUCKS PLUS OR MINUS, SIR? YES.

UH, WHAT IS PART B DOWN HERE? ABOUT THE, THE FOLKS WHO OPTED OUT OF RECYCLING PRIOR.

OH, OKAY.

BACK IN THE YEAR 2000.

I REMEMBER JULY OF 2000.

RECYCLING WAS PROPOSED.

AND THERE WAS A PORTION OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WAS VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED TO IT, NEVER GONNA DO IT NO MATTER WHAT.

AND A DEAL WAS STRUCK THAT DURING A SIX MONTH PERIOD THEY COULD OPT OUT OF THAT PROGRAM.

AND WE ARE NOT, WE'RE NOT GOING BACK ON OUR WORD.

WE'RE NOT CHANGING THAT.

IF THEY'RE STILL THERE, THEY'RE STILL IN THAT HOME.

THEY'RE STILL NOT RECYCLING, THEY'RE STILL NOT BEING CHARGED FOR IT OR THEY'RE STILL NOT BEING CHARGED A NOMINAL FEE.

SO THEY'RE, THEY THEY WOULD GET IT TWO, THEIR BILL INSTEAD OF BEING $22 WOULD STILL BE 20.

SO, BUT THAT, THAT LIST HAS BEEN RE RE RECYCLING.

RECYCLING IS ABOUT TWO BUCKS A MONTH.

NO, WELL THAT'S WHAT IT KIND OF, IT'S JUST, THAT'S JUST THE AMOUNT THAT WE DISCOUNT FOR THE OPT-OUTS.

THAT'S WHAT I WANNA KNOW.

'CAUSE WHEN I READ THAT, IT KINDA LOOKED LIKE IT WAS $20 IN ADDITION TO THE 20.

NO, NO.

THAT'S WHAT I, THAT IS OH, WELL THAT WOULD BE GREAT THOUGH, WOULDN'T IT? OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL.

I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER LIKES.

STEVEN BOWLES, PARKS FISCAL MANAGER.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO SET THE FINAL READING OF ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26 FOR THE JANUARY 6TH TO 2026.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

WE HAVE MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM IS ON YOU.

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

I OPPOSED SAY NAY.

MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM 46,

[46. Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 11762-2025 for the FY 2025/2026 Operating Budgets and Ordinance No. 11764-2025 for the FY 2026/2026 Capital Improvements Budget by transferring and appropriating $2,800,000 from the unobligated fund balance in the Park Venue Fund to the Parks CIP Fund for the Fish Creek Linear Park Improvements Project]

UH, THIS ORDINANCE IS A COMPANION PIECE TO THE HEARING IN ITEM 47.

UH, YOU'LL REMEMBER THAT THIS THANK YOU REPUBLIC.

THE CITY WAS ORDERED A $2.8 MILLION GRANT, UH, FROM TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT FISH CREEK LINEAR PARK TO INCLUDE TRAIL LIGHTING AND REPLACEMENT OF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.

GRANT FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT WILL BE PROVIDED ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS.

THIS ITEM IS AN ORDINANCE TO MOVE FUNDS FROM THE PARK VENUE OPERATING FUND TO PARK CIP FUND TO COVER PROJECT COSTS AHEAD OF THE REIMBURSEMENT FROM TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE.

GREAT.

WE WHO GAVE US THAT MONEY? UH, REPRESENTATIVE TURNER.

THEY AND SOME OTHER REPRESENTATIVES HAVE GIVEN US SOME OTHER MONEY.

UH, GOOD.

THAT WE'VE GOTTEN SOME DO WHAT DO SO, UH, COUNTY COMMISSIONER DALLAS.

FEL GARCIA.

DR. GARCIA HAS GIVEN US MONEY.

THAT'S GREAT.

OH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL.

WHEN WE GET THE REIMBURSEMENT MONEY, DO WE PUT IT BACK IN THE FUND THAT WE'RE GETTING IT FROM? UH, I BELIEVE IT WILL, SINCE THE ADVANCED FUNDING WILL BE COMING FROM PARK CIP, THE REIMBURSEMENT WILL BE RETURNED THERE.

WE COULD ALSO ORDINANCE BACK OVER TO PARK OPERATING IF THAT WAS COUNCIL'S WISH.

OR IT COULD BE LEFT IN PARK CIP FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.

WELL, AS A GENERAL RULE, WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES BACK, WE DON'T SEE IT AGAIN.

WE DON'T YOU, I DON'T REMEMBER Y'ALL EVER ASKING US WHAT FUND YOU WANT ME TO PUT THIS MONEY IN.

SO PROBABLY BECAUSE WE'RE BACK TO THAT FUND.

WHAT HE'S TELLING US.

IF WE WANT TO SHIFT IT, WE COULD CORRECT.

TYPICALLY IT WOULD GO BACK INTO THE SAME FUND IT CAME OUT.

IF WE'RE TAKING IT.

OH, IT WILL GO NORMALLY IT WOULD GO BACK IN THE SAME FUND AT FIRST CAME OUT OF SO WE'RE TAKING IT OUTTA CIP WHEN WE GET IT, WE'LL PUT IT BACK IN THE CIP, CORRECT? YES SIR.

GOOD ENOUGH.

COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ? NO.

I WAS WONDERING IF I CAN MAKE THE MOTION.

YOU CAN.

MAYOR JUNIOR SECOND.

I MEAN COUNCILOR JOHNSON.

SECONDS.

YOU MAKING THE MOTION? THAT'S RIGHT.

CAN WE DO 'EM TOGETHER? CAN WE DO 'EM TOGETHER? NO, NO, NO.

THE ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 1 1 7 6 2 20 25.

SO ON THE FIRST, UM, ITEM, ITEM NUMBER 46.

I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE ITEM AS

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PRESENTED.

I HEARD HER FIRST COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS SECONDED.

WHICH ITEM 47 IS THE HEARING TO, UH, APPROVE SD ELIGIBLE? IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

ANY POST STATE NAY.

MOTION CARRIES ITEM 47.

[47. Hold a public hearing and consider a resolution authorizing the submission of an application to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for directed grant funding through the Local Park Grant Program for the Fish Creek Linear Park Improvements Project; Designating the City’s Director of Parks, Arts and Recreation as being responsible for, acting for, and on behalf of the City of Grand Prairie (“City”) to work with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for the purpose of participating in the Local Park Grant Program; Certifying that the City is eligible to receive program assistance; and Dedicating the proposed Project site for permanent public park and recreational uses (Reviewed by the Finance and Government Committee on 12/09/2025)]

WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO READ IN THE RECORD BEFORE I OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC HEARING? YES, SIR.

STEVE PLUMER PARK PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.

THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF A APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT FOR DIRECTED GRANT FUNDING THROUGH THE LOCAL PARK GRANT PROGRAM FOR FISH CREEK LINEAR PARK IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT DESIGNATING THE CITY CITIES DIRECTOR OF PARKS, ARTS AND RECREATION AS BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR ACTING FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE TO WORK WITH THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PARTICIPATING IN THE LOCAL GRANT PROGRAM.

CERTIFYING THAT THE CITY IS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE PROGRAM ASSISTANCE AND DEDICATING THE PROPOSED PROJECT SITE FOR PERMANENT PUBLIC PARK AND RECREATIONAL USES.

WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER, THEN WE ALSO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.

SO LET'S DO THE SPEAKER FIRST.

HAROLD.

AND WHEN YOU THINK OF TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE, YOU THINK OF HUNTING, FISHING, THAT, HOW LONG HAS TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE BEEN INVOLVED IN PROVIDING FUNDING FOR PARKS AND URBAN AREAS? I KNOW WE HAVE THE, THE MAIN PARKS AT THE LAKE, THE STATE PARK AT CEDAR HILL.

I BET STEVE DOESN'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.

I KNOW IT'S BEEN FOR QUITE A LONG TIME.

WE'VE RECEIVED OTHER, I MEAN WE HAD PUBLIC GRANTS BEFORE WE STARTED RECEIVING IT, I'M ASSUMING ABSOLUTELY.

LONG TIME.

WHAT IS THE AMOUNT OF THIS GRANT YOU THINK WE COULD BE APPROVED FOR? WE'VE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED FOR $2.8 MILLION.

SO THAT IS APPROVED THROUGH THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE.

ALL WE'RE DOING IS APPLYING FOR IT.

THE FORMAL PROCESS.

THE FORMAL PROCESS, YES SIR.

WHEN WOULD YOU TAKE POSSESSION OF THIS 2.8 MILLION? THE PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT WILL MAKE THEIR FINAL ANNOUNCEMENTS IN APRIL.

APRIL, OKAY.

AND THEN CONSTRUCTION CAN GO FORWARD WITH THE PLANNING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GO FORWARD.

ONCE THE MONEY'S IN THE BANK.

IT'S FACTUAL CONSTRUCTION.

WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THE PLANNING.

SO SOON AFTER THAT WE WILL START.

WITH THE 2.8 MILLION.

THANK YOU HAROLD.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

THANK YOU STEVE, BOTH OF YOU.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

IF ANYBODY WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS, YOU CAN COME FORWARD.

NOW, WHETHER YOU FILLED OUT A CARD OR NOT, COUNSEL, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ, THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT.

IT'S A GREAT ADDITION TO YOUR DISTRICT.

GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION.

WITH THAT MOTION, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 47 AS PRESENTED WITH STAFF ENC ENCLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HEAD.

SECONDED IT.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED, SAY NAY.

MOTION CARRIES 48

[48. SUP-25-07-0026 - Specific Use Permit/Site Plan - Alfaro Garage Auto Rebuilder (City Council District 5). Specific Use Permit and Site Plan for a new automotive re-builder on 0.325 Acres. Lot 1, Block 1, Alfaro Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, zoned LI-LS, and addressed 1900 Airport St (On September 23, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 8-0) ]

SUP.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THIS NEXT ITEM IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.

UM, THIS WAS CONTINUED, UH, FROM A COUPLE MONTHS AGO.

UM, THEY MADE SOME CHANGES TO THEIR PLANS AND THE REQUEST IS FOR AN SUP SLASH SITE PLAN.

THEY'RE PROPOSING AN AUTOMOTIVE REBUILDER AT 1900 AIRPORT STREET.

THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY.

UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING ALMOST A 5,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING, UH, TO REBUILD VEHICLES AND THEN SELL THEM AT OFFSITE CAR LOTS.

UH, THEIR FACILITY WILL HAVE AN OFFICE BATHROOM, UH, FOUR WORK DAYS, WHICH WAS DECREASED FROM FIVE AND POSSIBLY A FUTURE PAINT BOOTH.

UH, IT DOES MEET OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND YOU CAN SEE THEIR PROPOSED SITE PLAN ON THE SCREEN.

UH, THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE ANY LANDSCAPING AND THESE ARE THEIR PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS.

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

UH, STAFF ORIGINALLY RECOMMENDED THAT THE NEW AUTO REBUILD NOT BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

THAT WAS BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT MEETING THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS.

THEY REMOVED A BAY, UH, WHICH DECREASED THEIR REQUIRED PARKING.

AND SO NOW THEY ARE MEETING THAT.

SO SHOULD COUNCIL WANT TO APPROVE IT WITHOUT THAT CONDITION? STAFF HAS NO OBJECTIONS.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL.

LABELED BASED ON WHICH SUITE THEY BELONG TO.

UH, SAVANNAH, UM, THE SITE PLAN IS REAL SMALL.

AND DID WE GET THE PARKING DEAL WORKED OUT? WHERE? IF THEY'RE GOING, THEY THEY WANTED TWO COS YES.

AND THAT BUILDING.

SO THE PARKING WOULD BE ONE SIDE IS FOR ONE CO AND ONE SIDE FOR THE OTHER CO FOR THE MOST PART, YES.

BUT THEY, THE PARKING SPOTS ARE

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UM, I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO TRY TO GET IT WHERE THERE'S AN EQUAL NUMBER PRETTY MUCH ON EACH SIDE.

SO THEY WOULD, THAT WAY THERE WAS NOT A PARKING SPOT FOR THE GUY THAT'S ON THE LEFT OVER ON THE RIGHT.

AND THE GUY IN THE MIDDLE DOESN'T GET ONE.

OR HOWEVER, WHAT THIS WRECK, YOU GOT PARKING ON THE LEFT SIDE, YOU GOT PARKING ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

YOU GOT TWO BUSINESSES.

WHY CAN'T IT JUST BE EASY? THIS IS WHAT THEY PROPOSED.

YOU CAN, YOU CAN MAKE THAT AS PART OF YOUR MOTION IF YOU WOULD LIKE.

AND THEN, UH, THEY'RE GONNA RE-ADDRESS IT.

IS THAT PART, DO WE HAVE TO DO THAT AS PART OF THIS OR NO, THAT'S ADMINISTRATIVE OUTSIDE.

THAT'S ALL GET DONE.

WELL, I WISH THIS WAS BIGGER SO I COULD ACTUALLY READ WHAT THE PARKING DEAL IS.

UM, BUT THAT'S FINE.

WHEN IT COMES TIME TO, TO MAKE A MOTION.

WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT THEN.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THAT TIME HAS COME.

, I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA COME QUICK TOO.

I GAVE Y'ALL THE OPPORTUNITY.

UH, MAYOR, I'VE GOT SOME HEADACHE WITH, UH, WITH THIS.

I UNDERSTAND.

WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO? UM, WE MET ONCE TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND I THOUGHT WE HAD IT WORKED OUT, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT WE DID.

UM, THE, THE PROBLEM WITH THIS KIND OF DEAL IS, UH, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT FOLKS GO OUT AND WHEN YOU DO TWO SUITES AND ONE BUILDING, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE YOUR PARKING SET UP TO WHERE THE CODE ENFORCEMENT GUY KNOWS WHICH, WHICH CARS BELONG TO WHICH THE DEVELOPERS HERE.

DO YOU WANT TO ASK HIM SOME QUESTIONS? YEAH, PLEASE COME ON DOWN.

STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

JACOB S COGGINS.

I'M THE ARCHITECT OF PROJECT.

LET ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS.

I'M IN ARLINGTON, TEXAS 6 4 0 6 FOR THUMB DRAFT.

WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE MM-HMM .

UM, I WANNA MAKE IT EASY FOR THE OPERATOR AND FOR THE, OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT FOLKS TO WHERE WE KNOW WHERE EACH ONE IS SUPPOSED TO BE.

THESE KIND OF DEALS BECOME A HEADACHE FOR EVERYBODY AND UH, AND PEOPLE GET, ACCIDENTALLY GET CITATIONS THAT THEY SHOULDN'T GET.

AND UH, SO WHAT IS THE REASONING NOT HAVING, UH, IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TWO COS MM-HMM .

AND IT'LL BE ADDRESSED AT TWO DIFFERENT ADDRESSES IF IT'S GONNA HAVE TWO COS YEAH.

THERE'S TWO CHALLENGES.

WE HAVE ONE, THE SITE IS ANGLED, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE ONE SIDE THAT'S NATURALLY LONGER THAN THE OTHER AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE MORE PARKING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PLANE.

YOU SEE ON THE LEFT SIDE THOUGH, WE ALSO HAVE A HANDICAPPED PARKING SPACE.

SO EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE SORT OF THE DIMENSIONAL SPACING, WE'RE GONNA LOSE A SPACE ON THAT FOR THE AISLE THAT'S REQUIRED BY CODE.

SO JUST BY THE NATURE OF THE CODE AND THE SITE, WE'RE JUST ALWAYS GONNA HAVE AN UNBALANCED UNLESS WE MAKE THE BUILDING A TRAPEZOIDAL SHAPE, WHICH WOULD BE AWESOME.

OR YOU CAN MOVE OR YOU CAN MOVE THE HANDICAP SPOT OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE AND LET IT TAKE UP THE EXTRA PARKING SPACE.

WE COULD DO THAT TOO.

I MEAN WE COULD JUST, WE COULD FLIP THAT.

THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM.

AND THAT WOULD MAKE AN EVEN NUMBER ON EACH SIDE.

WE END UP WITH 2, 3, 4.

WE COULD DO THAT.

YEAH, WE COULD DO THAT.

AND THEN YOU HAVE AN EVEN NUMBER ON EACH SIDE.

THAT'S PROBLEM.

SO THEN YOU CAN MAKE ALL THE PARKING ON ONE SIDE FOR ONE UNIT.

ALL THE PARKING ON THE OTHER SIDE FOR THE OTHER UNIT.

WELL THE HANDICAP WILL ALWAYS BE A NEUTRAL.

THE HANDICAP WILL BE NEUTRAL.

YOU OKAY WITH THAT TONY? I THINK WE CAN DO THAT.

WELL THAT WILL BE PART OF MY MOTION TO DO THAT.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHERE IT IS? AND THEN ALSO WHEN WE MET, UH, Y'ALL TOLD ME THIS WAS NOT GONNA BE FOR ANY OUTSIDE.

IT WAS JUST GONNA BE FOR THESE GUYS.

IT WASN'T GONNA BE ANY OTHER PEOPLE COMING IN.

UH, THAT'S STILL PART OF IT.

'CAUSE I HEARD SAVANNAH SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT THAT WE COULD TAKE THAT OUT.

UH, WELL I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.

UM, YOU KNOW, CARLA, I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE UNDERSTANDING.

WE CAN WE, UH, MAINTAIN.

OKAY, SO WE'RE GONNA LEAVE THAT, LEAVE THAT IN.

THAT'S IN IT ALREADY, RIGHT? SAVANNAH? YES, I CAN.

OKAY, THEN WE'LL JUST LEAVE THAT IN THERE.

WELL THEN THAT, THAT, THAT WOULD BE MY MOTION.

I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL DIDN'T ASK FOR THAT.

THAT'S WHY, WHY SHE BROUGHT IT UP.

BUT YEAH, IF, IF WE COULD ADMINISTRATIVELY DO THAT.

WE'VE, WE WERE PRETTY MUCH ALREADY THROUGH A, UM, THE CIVIL PERMIT APPROVAL.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF EASEMENTS TO GET, BUT I CAN FLIP THAT PRETTY EASILY WITH A REVISION TO THEM, BUT THAT'S NOT A BIG DEAL.

OKAY,

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I WOULD MOVE FOR APPROVAL UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES.

I'M READY WITH THE, UH, PARKING DEAL TAKEN CARE OF AS WE TALKED ABOUT.

AND THAT IT STILL STAYS AT THE, THEY'RE NOT, UH, TAKEN IN OUTSIDE BUSINESS.

THAT THIS IS JUST BUSINESS OF THEIR OWN, THEIR CARS COMING IN, THEIR CARS GOING OUT.

WE HAVE MOTION A SECOND.

YOU'RE OKAY WITH THOSE? WE HAVE MOTION A SECOND.

A AND YOUR POST SAY NAY.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

THANK APPRECIATE THANK YOU.

[49. SUP-25-08-0029 - Specific Use Permit Amendment - Auto Repair at 1633 E Main (City Council District 5). Specific Use Permit for an existing Auto Dealership (Non-franchised Used) to authorize an Auto Repair (Minor & Major) operation to service vehicles for sale on 0.68 acres. Being a 0.686-acre tract, John W. Kirk Survey, Abstract No. 726, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Light Industrial, and addressed as 1633 E Main Street Suite F (On October 28, 2025, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval with conditions by a vote of 7-0)]

49.

UH, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.

THIS IS ANOTHER SUP FOR AN AUTO REPAIR AT 1633 EAST MAIN.

UH, IT'S AN EXISTING AUTO DEALERSHIP.

UH, THEY'RE WANTING TO ADD, UM, AUTO REPAIR TO IT, WHICH A MAJOR AUTO REPAIR REQUIRES AN SUP.

AND THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY.

AND THEIR PROPOSED BUSINESS HOURS ARE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN, UH, MONDAY AND TUESDAY AND THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

UH, 9:00 AM 6:00 PM THEY'RE CLOSED SUNDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

UH, THEY'RE PROVIDING, UH, MINOR AUTO REPAIR.

UM, BUT ALSO THEY'RE NOW PROPOSING, UM, MAJOR REPAIRS SUCH AS TRANSMISSION WORK.

UM, ON THE SCREEN IS THEIR PROPOSED SITE PLAN.

UM, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION APPROVED A SITE PLAN, UH, WHICH IS ON THE LEFT OF THE SCREEN.

UH, THEY SINCE REVISED THEIR, UH, SITE PLAN AND ARE WISHING CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER.

UH, THIS ON THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE, UH, STACKED PARKING FOR, UM, VEHICLE STORAGE FOR SALES AND THEN THE FRONT ROW IS SPLIT BETWEEN, UH, VEHICLES FOR SALE AND VEHICLES THAT ARE WAITING TO BE REPAIRED.

UM, THESE ARE THEIR SITE PHOTOS.

UM, SO THEY'RE REQUESTING VARIANCES TO REDUCE THE PARKING REQUIREMENT, UH, TO 15 SPACES TO ALLOW SEVEN, UH, PARKING SPACES.

AND THEN THEY'RE ASKING TO, UH, BE ALLOWED TO HAVE THE DOUBLE ROW OF PARKING SPACES.

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

UH, THESE CONDITIONS INCLUDE, UH, THAT THE INVENTORY, UH, VEHICLES FOR SALE SHALL BE REDUCED TO 50%.

UH, THE APPLICANT IS NOT, UH, WANTING TO DO THAT.

THEY, AGAIN, WANT TO KEEP TWO ROWS OF, OF THE INVENTORY.

UH, MINOR AND MAJOR AUTO REPAIR OPERATION SHALL NOT BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND SHALL BE USED ONLY TO REPAIR VEHICLES THAT WILL BE SOLD ON SITE.

ANY PARKING OR STORING OF VEHICLES WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY IS PROHIBITED.

UH, THE BUSINESS SHALL OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND AN AUTO RELATED BUSINESS PERMIT.

UH, THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE PROOF OF GARBAGE SERVICES, UH, TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY DEPARTMENT PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF THEIR, UH, CO.

AND THEN ALL OPERATIONS SHALL COMPLY WITH REGULATIONS FOUND IN CHAPTER 13, UM, WHICH IS OUR A RRB ORDINANCE.

COUNCILMAN SHOTWELL, WE HAVE THREE SPEAKERS OF WHICH YOU PROBABLY WILL WANT TO ASK THEM QUESTIONS, SO LET'S JUST WAIT AND LET 'EM COME UP.

RODOLFO.

AZAR, ARE YOU ADRIAN? YES.

THIS IS MY HUSBAND.

WE'RE ALSO ABOUT TO START, THERE IS AN ENGLISH BARRIER, SO IF YOU BACKAND LINE UNDERSTAND, I CAN PROBABLY UNDERSTAND AND TONY MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

ZONING COMMISSION APPROVED.

YOU WANNA JUST START OUT, TONY, AND THEN, UH, WELL, MY, GO AHEAD.

MY PROBLEM, UH, AS YOU PROBABLY FIGURED OUT, IS GONNA BE WITH THE PARKING.

UH, YOU PLANNING IS ONLY APPROVED A PARKING PLAN THAT YOU HAVE SINCE TRIED TO REV, WANT TO REVISE.

AND THE DOUBLE STACKING IS, IS, IS A PROBLEM.

UH, WHY IS IT? YOU CAN'T GO WITH WHAT THE PLAN IS.

UM, THERE IS A GATE ALL AROUND, BUT THAT GATE ACTUALLY, UH, IT'S ACTUALLY ON, LIKE, ON THE SIDE OF THE SECOND ROAD.

SO, UH, SO, UH, PRETTY MUCH DO, UH, WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN, YOU KNOW, WORKING THIS WAY.

UM, THE SECOND ROAD, UH, IT'S NOT, UH, OBSTRUCTING OR LIKE IF TO THE ENTRANCE, LIKE IF THERE'S, UM, AN EMERGENCY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IT'S NOT A A A, LIKE THE CARS, THEY'RE NOT OBSTRUCTING THE AREA FOR SOMEONE TO COME IN AND OUT.

UM, SO, UM, IN REGARDS TO THE, UH, MAJOR, UH, REPAIR, UH, ON, ON MAJOR REPAIR, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, UH, DON'T DO CONSTANTLY.

UM, MINOR REPAIR.

IT'S WHAT WE DO THE MOST.

AND, UM, YES, I, I DID, UM, APPLIED ALSO FOR THE, UH, SECOND ROAD, UM, UH, ONE ROAD.

IT'S FACING THE STREET, THE SECOND ROAD, UH, THEY'RE BACK TO BACK.

AND THEY'RE FACING, UM, LET'S SAY LIKE THE FRONT OFFICE.

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LIKE, IT, IT'S NOT OBSTRUCTING ANY ENTRANCE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

TONY, ARE YOU CONCERNED THAT DOUBLE STACKING WOULD INTERFERE WITH, UH, VE ENTRANCE AND EXIT OF EMERGENCY VEHICLE? OR IS THERE WHAT WELL, YEAH, UH, I, THERE'S NO, UM, NO FOOTAGE THAT I CAN READ OF HOW FAR THE, THE CODE REQUIRES 24 FEET, A 24 FOOT OPEN AREA.

AM I CORRECT? DO YOU HAVE, WOULD DOUBLE STACKING ALLOW THEM TO HAVE A 25 FOOT? DO YOU STILL HAVE, WOULD YOU STILL HAVE 24 FEET IN THERE? YES.

COME ON UP.

ARE YOU THE THIRD ONE THAT FILLED OUT A CARD? , THIS IS THE OWNER.

IF I UNDERSTAND TONY'S, IF, IF WE APPROVE DOUBLE STACKING, I'M NOT SAYING WE WILL.

AND THE OTHER, WOULD YOU STILL HAVE 24 FEET DISTANCE BETWEEN YES, SIR.

OPEN AREA BETWEEN CARS? YES.

PARKING STATION.

SO THE PROPERTY IS, UH, HEY KIA, ASK FOR MONEY.

YOU'LL, YOU'LL HAVE 24 FEET BETWEEN YEAH.

AND I'M THE PROPERTY OWNER.

I'LL MONITOR IT.

IT JUST DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE'S A FIRE HYDRANT BASED ON THAT.

IT WOULD, WE CAN'T TELL FROM THE DISTANCES HERE, TONY.

THAT COULD CERTAINLY BE A PART OF YOUR MOTION THAT IF IT, IF THE MEASUREMENTS DON'T WORK OUT THAT THERE'S 24 FEET, IT, IT, IT'S NOT APPROVED.

AND WHERE'S THE ACCESS OFF OF MAIN STREET? THE ACCESS, UH, TO THEIR DEALERSHIP IS OFF FROM 17TH STREET.

SO THERE'S NO MAIN STREET ACCESS.

WELL, THAT PARKING LOT IS WIDE OPEN.

THERE, THERE IS ACCESS OFF OF MAIN STREET TO THAT PARKING LOT.

UH, SO THERE'S SEVERAL SUITES IN THAT BUILDING.

AND, UM, MAYBE ABOUT 15, 16 YEARS AGO, WE GOT TEXT OUT TO APPROVE JUST ONE DRIVEWAY INTO THE PROPERTY.

AND THEIR DRIVEWAY INTO THEIR SUITE IS FROM 17TH STREET.

IS THERE, IS THERE A BARRIER BETWEEN THE, THE YES, SIR.

WHAT IS THE BARRIER? THE BARRIER IS BETWEEN ARO BATTERY AND BOTH ARE, WHAT IS IT? WHAT IS IT? A PHYSICAL BARRIER? WHAT IS IT? YEAH, IT'S A, IT'S A METAL, MAYBE ABOUT A FOUR FOOT, UH, METAL POST FENCE.

AND, UH, THERE'S A FIRE BETWEEN THE BATTERY PLACE AND THEM.

I'M SORRY, THERE'S A FENCE BETWEEN THE BATTERY PLACE AND THEM.

APPROXIMATELY NINE YEARS.

SO IT'S THEIR OWN SEPARATE SUITE, SEPARATE PROPERTY.

AND THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR NINE YEARS.

AND THESE ARE PROBABLY ONE OF MY MOST ORGANIZED DISCIPLINE TENANTS THAT I HAVE.

THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AND I TOLD ROGER, I, I HAD A DISCUSSION WITH HIM AND I TOLD HIM, IF YOU HAVE YOU EVER, EVER HAVE ANY ISSUES, I'M VERY INVOLVED WITH MY PROPERTIES.

CALL ME AND, YOU KNOW, I'LL BE THERE.

YOU KNOW, SO.

GATE? EVERYTHING'S INSIDE? NO.

BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOOD.

THEY'RE ORGANIZED.

THEY'RE RESPECTFUL.

AND YOU KNOW, I'M SURE YOU'VE DRIVEN BY, I I DRIVE BY NEARLY EVERY DAY.

UM, THE, THE CARS THAT YOU, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SELL YEAH.

WILL BE THE ONES THAT ARE IN THESE SEVEN OR EIGHT OR NINE PARKING SPACES OUT ON MAIN STREET? NO, EVERYTHING'S INSIDE THE NO, NO, NO.

THE ONES THAT ARE GONNA SELL THE CARS THAT ARE FOR SALE.

WHERE WILL THEY BE PARKED? INSIDE THE GATE.

WILL THEY BE FACING MAIN STREET OR WILL THEY BE ON THAT DOUBLE STACK STACKED ROAD FACING MAIN STREET? YES, SIR.

NOT THE SECOND STEP.

BUT YOU COULD PUT SOME IN THE SECOND STATS.

SOMETIMES.

I MEAN, THE THING, THAT'S WHAT, WHAT I DON'T WANT IS CARS THAT ARE GOING TO BE REPAIRED OR HAVE TO BE REPAIRED OR THAT UGLY GOT A PROBLEM.

OH, FACING MAIN STREET.

OH, NO, NO, THEY HAVE THE, THAT, THAT'S NEVER GONNA HAPPEN.

NO.

SO THIS IS ONE OF THE PRETTIEST, I MEAN, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT HE WAS GETTING.

IS, IS THAT IN, IS THAT IN THE ORDINANCE? IT CAN BE.

IS IT CURRENTLY, IS WHAT I'M ASKING? IT IS NOT.

IT IS NOT.

SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I'D HAVE TO ADD IF I WANTED TO DO THAT.

I, AND THEN IF YOU WANNA PUT SOME IN THE BACK DOUBLE STACK, THAT'S FINE.

BUT WHAT I DON'T WANT IS ANY OF THOSE FACING MAIN STREET TO BE.

IT'S A GOOD POINT BECAUSE I, WITH THE, AND SOME, YOU'RE NEVER GONNA SEE THAT WITH FLAT TIRE, SOME OF THAT KIND OF STUFF.

I SUGGEST YOU, UH, TO STOP BY AT THEIR LOT THERE AT ANY TIME.

YOU KNOW, HE WANTS THE PART OF THE MOTION THOUGH.

ABSOLUTELY.

BUT YOU DO HAVE TO KEEP THE, THE FIRE LANE OPEN, THE CLEARANCE.

AND I SUPPORT IT.

YOU KNOW, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOOD FOR IT.

I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW FROM MY PREVIOUS LIFE THAT DOUBLE STACKING IS NECESSARY SOMETIMES.

UH,

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THAT'S, THAT'S JUST, YOU HAVE TO DO THAT AT ALL TIMES.

AND, AND TONY, UH, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT, UH, THEY DON'T HAVE DOUBLE ROW ALL THE TIME.

I MEAN, I DRIVE BY, IT DOESN'T MATTER.

I'M JUST SAYING IT DOESN'T WHEN THEY DO, YEAH, WHEN YOU DO, IT HAS TO HAVE THE 24 FEET.

WE DON'T CARE HOW OFTEN.

YEAH, WE UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT WHEN YOU DO, YEAH.

YOU UNDERSTAND.

THEY, THEY MANAGE.

AND YOU, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO STRAP IT.

YOU'RE GONNA STRIP IT.

YOU'RE GONNA STRAP IT.

JUST LIKE, IF, IF WE APPROVE THIS PLAN, YOU GOTTA STRAP IT JUST LIKE THIS PLAN SAYS.

THANK YOU TONY.

I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER LIKES.

I THINK YOU MADE SOME GREAT POINTS.

YOU, YOU KNOW THE AUTO REPAIR BUSINESS VERY WELL FOR YOUR, I OUGHTA GET IT.

IT, AS MUCH AS I KNOW ABOUT IT.

, I MEAN, MY GOODNESS.

I'D MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

UH, I WANT THE, UH, IN THE ORDINANCE TO SAY THAT THE, THERE, THE CARS THAT ARE PARKED ALONG MAIN STREET IN THOSE PARKING SPACES, THOSE HAVE TO BE SALE CARS ONLY.

AND I WANT THAT ON THE STRIPING SOMEHOW, YOU KNOW, TO LABEL IT SELL CARS ONLY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND THEN, UH, IT HAS TO BE STRIPPED FOR THIS PLAN.

AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE THAT P AND Z DID, BESIDES THAT, THE FIRST CONDITION IS THAT THEY REDUCE THEIR INVENTORY TO GET RID OF THAT.

SO I WOULD SAY WITHOUT THAT, THAT WOULD, THAT ONE CAN GO AWAY.

BECAUSE THAT WAS BECAUSE OF THE PARKING.

GOOD.

IS THAT IT, TONY? THAT'S IT.

THAT'S YOUR MOTION.

CAN I HAVE A SECOND? THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS ALL IN FAVORS.

SAY AYE.

AND YOU OPPOSED SAY NA.

MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU, ALLALL.

THEY, THEY WON'T LET YOU DOWN, I PROMISE YOU.

GOOD LUCK.

GOOD LUCK TO YOU.

THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU COMING TONIGHT, SO WE COULD TALK TO YOU.

[50. 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)]

ITEM 50.

THIS NEXT ITEM IS ANOTHER SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.

THIS WAS CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AND THIS IS FOR A CHILD DAYCARE USE, UH, TO ALLOW A BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL.

UH, CHILD DAYCARE, UH, AT 1 0 7 0 1 HERITAGE PARKWAY.

UH, IT'S PART OF THE INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP TEXAS, UH, SCHOOL.

AND THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE LOCATION.

UH, THEIR PROPOSED HOURS OF OPERATION ARE 6:30 AM TO 7:30 AM AND 3:30 PM TO 6:30 PM UH, THEY ANTICIPATE ABOUT 10 PRE-K STUDENTS AND THEY WILL HAVE A TOTAL OF FOUR STAFF MEMBERS.

UH, WE DID RECEIVE SOME ADDITIONAL LETTERS IN SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION.

SO WE RECEIVED FOUR LETTERS IN OPPOSITION TOTAL.

UM, OF THOSE THAT MADE COMMENTS, ONE SAID THERE'S TOO MUCH TRAFFIC.

UH, ONE COMMENTED PERSON COMMENTED THAT THEY WANT THE SPACE TO BE USED FOR THINGS THAT CLOSE RESIDENTS CAN ALL UTILIZE, WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF A DAYCARE, BUT NOT ONE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCHOOL.

WE DID RECEIVE 15 LETTERS IN SUPPORT.

UM, EIGHT OF THOSE REPRESENTED UNIQUE, VALID, AND GRAND PRAIRIE ADDRESSES.

UM, ON OCTOBER 14TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF NINE TO ZERO.

WE HAVE A COUPLE NAMES READ INTO THE RECORD.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, THEY, I MEAN DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM.

THEY'D PROBABLY BE AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, BUT SHE'LL READ 'EM INTO THE RECORD FIRST.

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

RACHEL CROCKER AND STEVE HARRELL.

OH, THEY'RE DEVELOPER.

THE AT THE SCHOOL.

ARE EITHER ONE OF Y'ALL WITH THE SCHOOL? YOU ARE.

AND AVAILABLE IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS.

ARE YOU? I SPOKE TO YOU ON THE PHONE, RIGHT? YES, SIR.

DID YOU MAKE THE CALL? YES, SIR.

AND THAT'S WHY WE GOT MORE PEOPLE.

YOU CAN MAKE THE MOTION BY HEART.

YOU DON'T NEED TO.

I HAD TO REMEMBER THE NUMBER.

A MOVE THAT WE APPROVE.

ITEM 50 AS PRESENTED.

WE HAVE MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KY.

A AYE.

OPPOSED A NAY.

THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING PRESENT TONIGHT.

REGISTERED, UH, GROUP LIVING RESIDENTIAL USES, WHICH TRIGGERS THAT SUP REQUIREMENT.

[51. 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)]

51, ANOTHER SUP.

THIS ITEM IS FOR A REGISTERED GROUP HOME AT 27 47 SMORE DRIVE.

THIS WAS ALSO CONTINUED FROM A PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

UM, THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE LOCATION.

UM, SO, UH, IN, UH, 2023, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED AN ORDINANCE THAT REQUIRES GROUP LIVING, RESIDENTIAL UNITS TO REGISTER WITH THE CITY.

AND THEN UP UPON REGISTRATION STAFF DETERMINES IF THE USE, UM, REQUIRES AN SUP.

UM, THIS LOCATION IS WITHIN 2,500 FEET OF EXISTING

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UH, SO A REGISTERED GROUP HOME REFERS TO A FACILITY THAT IS LICENSED WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS, INCLUDES FACILITIES THAT ARE REFERENCES AS GROUP HOMES, COMMUNITY HOMES, ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES OR RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES AS DEFINED IN THE TEXAS HUMAN RESOURCES CODE OR THE TEXAS HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE.

UM, SO AGAIN, AN SDP IS REQUIRED BECAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY TO EXISTING USES.

UH, IT'S A REGISTERED TYPE B ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY PROVIDED WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS'S HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSIONS.

UM, THE TYPE B ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES ARE FOR RESIDENTS WHO REQUIRE STAFF ASSISTANCE TO LEAVE THE FACILITY AND ARE NOT CAPABLE OF FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS AND AN EMERGENCY AND REQUIRE NIGHTTIME ATTENDANCE.

UM, SO THE OPERATIONS AND CLIENTELE ARE REGULATED, UH, THROUGH HHSC.

UM, SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED ON SITE INCLUDE MEALS, MEDICATION MANAGEMENT, HEALTH MONITORING, TRANSPORTATION, PERSONAL CARE.

UM, SO THIS IS THEIR PROPOSED OPERATIONS.

UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING A MAX OCCUPANCY OF SIX CLIENTS.

UM, THEY DO PROVIDE, UH, CRIMINAL BACKGROUND, UM, CHECKS FOR THEIR STAFF AND STAFF WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE SITE, UH, 24 HOURS.

AND WE DID SEND OUT NOTICES TO THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.

ON THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE THE MAP.

WE RECEIVE ZERO LETTERS OF SUPPORT AND WE DID RECEIVE 14 LETTERS IN OPPOSITION, WHICH REPRESENT EIGHT UNIQUE ADDRESSES.

THOSE ARE SHOWN IN RED ON THE SCREEN.

ON OCTOBER 14TH, THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED EIGHT TO ZERO TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH THE DRC CONDITIONS AND WHICH ARE THE NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS SHALL NOT EXCEED.

SIX.

THE APPLICANT SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE BUILDING CODES.

A FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM, UM, IS REQUIRED.

THEY MUST MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE REGULATIONS AND LOCAL ORDINANCES.

THEY HAVE TO BE, HAVE AN APPROVED REGISTRATION WITH GRAND PRAIRIE, UH, MAINTAIN THEIR STATE LICENSE, AND THEN A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY IS REQUIRED.

THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.

SO SAVANNAH, WHAT, WAS THERE SOME TYPE OF CODE VIOLATION OR WHAT TRIGGERED THIS? I MEAN, 'CAUSE THEY'VE BEEN OPERATING FOR FIVE YEARS OR SO.

SO HOW IT, IT CAME BEFORE PLANNING IS THROUGH THAT REGISTRATION PROCESS.

UM, THROUGH, UH, OUR, OUR WEBSITE, OUR CSS PORTAL STAFF WILL THEN EVALUATE THEIR PROPOSED OR THEIR OPERATIONS, UH, CLASSIFY THAT LAND USE AND DETERMINE IF IT'S WITHIN 2,500 FEET.

UM, SO AT THAT POINT, WHEN THAT REGISTRATION WAS RECEIVED, IS WHEN PLANNING WAS AWARE OF THAT LOCATION.

SO IT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE CLOSE PROXIMITY TO ANOTHER GROUP HOME OR, YES.

IS THAT'S WHAT TRIGGERED IT? YES.

THE SEP REQUIREMENT? YES.

SO, UM, 'CAUSE I, I THINK IN LOOKING AT PROPERTY, THERE'S A COUPLE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO EACH OTHER.

SO IS THE OTHER ONES LOCATED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY? IS EVERYBODY REGISTERED OR THE, THE TWO THAT ARE WITHIN CLOSE PROXIMITY HAVE REGISTERED AND ARE LEGALLY OPERATING.

I'M NOT AWARE OF THE ONE THAT IS OPERATING NEXT DOOR.

UH, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED A REGISTRATION FOR THAT LOCATION.

THERE WAS A QUESTION.

MA BILL'S TRYING TO WATCH A MOVIE.

NETFLIX.

I BILL SHUT THE MOVIE OFF.

DID SOMEBODY HAVE A QUESTION BEFORE WE HIT? GO AHEAD.

I JUST WANT TIFFANY TO COME UP AND EXPLAIN.

WE HAD A REALLY CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF BOARDING HOMES VERSUS RESIDENTIAL SERVICES.

IS IT BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF SERVICE THEY'RE OFFERING THEIR, UM, RESIDENCE? IT FALL, IT DOES NOT FALL UNDER THE ORDINANCE THAT WE JUST APPROVED.

IT FALLS UNDER STATE ORDINANCE AND STATE REGULATION, CORRECT.

TIFFANY BOWL, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY.

THIS WOULD BE ONE THAT IS REQUIRED TO BE LICENSED BY THE STATE BECAUSE OF THE SERVICES THEY PROVIDE.

GOOD QUESTION.

AND ONE OTHER QUESTION.

UM, NOT NECESSARILY TIFFANY.

THOSE THAT OPPOSED, DID THEY GIVE REASON AS TO WHY WAS IN THE PACKET? UM, YOU DID HAVE SOME SPEAK AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING.

UM, STRONGLY OPPOSE, UH, DIDN'T PROVIDE COMMENTS IN THE PACKET EXCEPT FOR, UM, IT WAS IN THE PACKET OF THE OPPOSITION, BUT ONCE IT GROUP HOME WAS NOT IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY DON'T LIKE GROUP HOMES, BASICALLY.

THAT'S GONNA BE PRETTY COMMON.

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RIGHT? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ON PUBLIC RECORD AS TO WHY, SO THAT WE CAN JUDGE THAT ACCORDINGLY.

WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO READ THEIR STATEMENT? YES.

SO A GROUP HOME IS NOT FAVORED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE ROADS ARE ALREADY FILLED WITH VEHICLES AND ADDING CARS FOR UP TO SIX RESIDENTS, PLUS FOUR TO SIX STAFF WOULD ONLY MAKE IT MORE CONGESTED.

IN ADDITION, WHILE THIS APPLICANT IS STATING THAT THIS IS ONLY FOR SENIORS, WHAT IS TO ENSURE THAT THE REMAINING OCCUPANTS WOULD, WILL NOT BE MADE UP OF RECOVERING ADDICTS? IN ADDITION, I AM MAKING THE ASSUMPTION THAT ONE OF THE REASONS WHY A GROUP HOME COULD APPLY IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS BECAUSE THERE IS NOT AN HOA, THIS WILL ONLY FURTHER DEGRADE THE NEIGHBOR, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

THEREFORE, I STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS CONSIDERATION.

UM, AND THIS STATEMENT WAS FROM STEVEN YOUNG, UM, WHO WAS LOCATED AT 27 31 EXCALIBUR DRIVE.

COUNCILOR.

COUNCILOR SHOTWELL, UH, SAVANNAH, I GUESS WHEN, IN 2020, WHENEVER Y'ALL, UH, PASSED THE, UH, SUP REQUIREMENT, UH, THIS PLACE WAS ALREADY OPERATING.

THAT SAYS THEY'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS SINCE 2019.

UH, WE, Y'ALL DIDN'T PUT IN ANY KIND OF A ALLOWANCE FOR GRANDFATHERING EXISTING NON-CONFORMING USES BACK THEN WHEN YOU DID IT.

'CAUSE I KNOW OTHER ZONING CASES YOU DO.

SO THE, THE REQUIREMENT FOR AN SUP WAS ALREADY IN PLACE PRIOR TO THEM COMING TO THIS LOCATION? OH, IT WAS? YES.

OH, OKAY.

I THOUGHT I READ THAT.

I I THINK THE, IT'S THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE.

THE REGISTRATION, THE REGISTRATION ORDINANCE WAS PUT IN PLACE IN 2023.

AND THAT BROUGHT FORTH SOME THAT WERE NOT NOTED BY THE CITY.

'CAUSE WE WANTED TO GET THEM REGISTERED.

AND WHAT WE'RE RUNNING INTO IS THERE'S SOME, THERE ARE QUITE A FEW, OF COURSE, THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT ARE WITHIN 2,500 FEET OF EACH OTHER.

SO THOSE WHO REGISTERED BEFORE THE OTHER ONE, THEY'RE HAVING TO COME BACK AND GET A SUP TO CONTINUE.

SO IT WAS JUST WHO AT, AT THAT TIME, Y'ALL PUT IN THE REGISTRATION THING? IT WAS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE.

THEY WERE, THEY WERE OPERATING WITHOUT OUR KNOWLEDGE.

NOT, NOT SAYING THEY WERE OPERATING ILLEGALLY.

THEY JUST DID NOT HAVE THE PROCESS TO GET REGISTERED.

SO WE KNOW WHERE ALL OF THEM WERE.

BUT TO TONY'S POINT, HAD THEY REGISTERED FIRST THEN THE OTHER GUY, THE OTHER ONE WOULD BE OUT.

THE OTHER GUY WOULD BE THE ONE LIVING FOR THE S THAT'S HIS POINT.

YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT, TONY.

YEAH, BECAUSE BUT BUT THEN SINCE YOU DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS OPERATING, YOU DIDN'T KNOW, YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT THEY WERE EXISTING TO GIVE THEM EXISTING NON-CONFORMING.

AND I DID CHECK THE TWO LOCATIONS THAT ARE WITHIN THAT 2,500 FEET, AND THEY WERE OPERATING MUCH EARLIER THAN THIS LOCATION.

SO THEY WERE, SO THEY WOULD'VE COME IN.

OH, THAT MAKES, THAT MAKES BETTER SENSE.

THAT OKAY? YES.

YOU GOOD, TONY? WELL, FOR RIGHT NOW, OR WHAT? YEAH, I'M GOOD FOR NOW.

UH, WE'VE GOT THREE SPEAKERS.

APPAREL.

THE HOUSE IS CURRENTLY OCCUPIED RIGHT NOW AS A REGISTERED GROUP HOME.

THEY HAVE RESIDENCE IN THEIR HOME.

NOW.

I, THAT'S WHAT I THINK I HEARD.

IF THEY'RE GOING TO CHANGE THIS TO SMALL TYPE B, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO PUT IN THEIR SPRINKLER SYSTEM.

THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID, THEIR STROBES.

BUT WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO WITH THE EXISTING RESIDENCE WHILE THE CONSTRUCTION'S ONGOING? IT'S GONNA BE UP TO THEM WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO TO OPERATE.

SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SHEET ROCK, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE ALL TYPES, HAROLD.

IT'S UP TO THEM.

WHAT? IT'S UP TO THEM OR THE STATE OF TEXAS.

GIVE ME THAT IPAD.

IS IT UP TO THE STATE OF TEXAS TO OVERSEE THIS? NOT MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OF GRAND PRAIRIE RASHAD.

OF COURSE, BEING THAT THEY'RE LICENSED, THEY'LL HAVE TO OPERATE IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE REQUIREMENTS.

SO WHATEVER THAT ENTAILS, THEY'LL HAVE TO DO THAT.

IF THEY CAN'T, THOSE RESIDENTS WILL HAVE TO GO ELSEWHERE WHILE THEY'RE DOING THAT CONSTRUCTION.

BUT THAT'S NOT UP TO US TO ENFORCE.

THAT'S THE STATE TO ENFORCE THAT.

SO HOW DO WE KNOW THE STATE OF TEXAS IS GONNA COME IN WHEN THEY'RE DOING MAJOR CONSTRUCTION? TO PUT A GREAT QUESTION, A SPRINT, A SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN STAFF TO DO THINGS LIKE THAT.

DON'T THEY HAVE TO GET A PERMIT FROM US? YES.

THEY'LL STILL HAVE TO GET A PERMIT.

WE'LL HAVE TO FOLLOW THROUGH AND WE WILL INSPECT 'EM JUST LIKE WE DO IF IT WAS YOUR HOUSE.

BUT MY POINT IS, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE BED BOUND PEOPLE WITH RESPIRATORY ISSUES.

YOU'RE MAKING A GREAT POINT.

WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO WITH 'EM UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES? I CAN'T TELL YOU RIGHT NOW.

WE, WE, UH, WE, THEY'LL

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HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT.

BUT THAT'S, WE'RE ENDANGERING THE, THERE'S THE PROBLEM.

WE ENDANGERING.

WE DON'T, WE, WE DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU.

WE'RE ENDANGERING THE LIVES OF SENIOR CITIZENS AT THE COST OF PROFITS.

WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING THEY WILL DO THE RIGHT THING, BUT WE CAN'T FORCE IT.

WE DON'T HOPE.

AND DO WE PROVE, ARE THEY GONNA DO THE RIGHT THING? ARE THEY GOING TO DO THE RIGHT THING? HE'S TOLD YOU WHAT WE CAN DO.

I'M A GERONTOLOGIST.

I'VE BEEN IN SOME, HE'S, I KNOW HE'S TOLD YOU THE TOP B HOMES OVER IN DALLAS THAT WORK EVERYTHING.

BUT RIGHT NOW IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD OF WHAT'S GOING ON AS WE SPEAK RIGHT NOW, LET'S SAY, UH OH, GOSH.

UH, ROB RYDER WANTS TO PUT HIS SON IN THERE AND HE'S A REAL BAD ADDICT, UH, SCHIZOPHRENIC THE WHOLE BIT.

YOU'RE PUTTING SOMEONE IN THERE THAT MIGRATES STATE OF TEXAS AS WE SPEAK RIGHT NOW, THEY WOULD DUMP SOMEONE IN THERE IN A NANO BLINK BECAUSE WE HAVE NO PSYCHIATRIC BEDS.

OH, HERE'S A TYPE B FACILITY.

OH, WE'LL TAKE 'EM IN THERE.

YOU GOT ONE PERSON WORKING, GONNA CALL 9 1 1 WHEN THAT PERSON GETS OUT OF CONTROL.

HAROLD, WE'VE TOLD YOU WHAT WE CAN DO.

I KNOW, MAYOR, THIS IS JUST A, I I, THIS IS A TOUGH ISSUE.

IT'S A REAL TOUGH ISSUE, BUT IT'S NOT ONE WE CAN SOLVE.

WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT ON THIS ITEM? IS THIS PROPERTY ON THE TAX ROLLS? ARE THEY PAYING TAXES? DO THEY GET I WOULDN'T SEE WHY NOT, BUT I CAN, WE CAN DOUBLE CHECK THAT.

I DON'T SEE WHY NOT EITHER.

I DON'T THINK WE GIVE EXEMPTIONS FOR TAXES ON THINGS LIKE NO, NO.

IF IT'S OWNED BY THE MINISTRY, THE MINISTRY DOESN'T PAY TAXES.

I WOULDN'T KNOW IF IT'S OWNED BY THE MINISTRY.

BUT THIS IS, WE NEED, SO I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

THAT'S WHY BEFORE YOU VOTE ON THIS, WE NEED TO HO WHO OWNS THIS? ARE THEY PAYING TAXES TO TARRANT COUNTY, HAROLD? ARE THEY PAYING TAXES TO, I DON'T KNOW.

GRAND PRAIRIE KNOW THAT THIS COUNCIL IS GOING TO DECIDE WHETHER TO HAVE APPROVE A GROUP HOME SOLELY BASED ON WHETHER THEY'RE PAYING TAXES.

THE WE HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS USING OTHER CRITERIA.

I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT.

YOU HAVE A FEW MORE MINUTES, A FEW MORE SECONDS.

YOU'RE, YOU'RE RUNNING A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY ACT.

YOU HAVE CLAUSES THERE.

HOWEVER, BASED ON WHAT'S HAPPENED THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, ARLINGTON, THE WHOLE BIT WITH THESE GROUPS ALL OVER THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND MY GREAT STATE OF TEXAS RANKS LAST IN ENFORCEMENT FOR THIS.

WHO'S GONNA GO IN THIS GROUP HOME AND MAKE SURE THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ASKED AND ANSWERED? WELL, NO, MAYOR, I'M JUST, I'M, 'CAUSE I YOU'RE PREACHING, BUT THAT'S OKAY.

I KNOW YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER MINUTE.

THAT'S, THAT'S ALL WITH THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM.

THE WHOLE BIT.

WHO OWNS THIS? THE STAFFING.

OTHER WORDS.

YOUR OVERSIGHT IS A MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, THE STATE OF TEXAS.

GOOD LUCK WITH THEM COMING OUT THERE.

MY POINT IS, YOU'RE GOING TO OWN THIS IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE NEED THAT HOUSE OWNED BY FAMILIES THAT HAVE KIDS GOING TO OUR SCHOOLS.

NOT SOMETHING LIKE THIS WHERE YOU CAN SCAM OUT THE MONEY.

AND AS WE SAW IN ARLINGTON HOW THAT LADY STOLE THAT OTHER ONE'S HOUSE SIGNING EVERYTHING, THERE'S JUST TOO MUCH FRAUD AND ABUSE RIGHT NOW AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY GOING ON.

HAROLD, HERE'S WHAT I DO KNOW.

THERE ARE GOOD PEOPLE THAT HAVE CHILDREN THAT NEED HOMES LIKE THIS.

WE MAY NOT APPROVE THIS TONIGHT, BUT YOU QUIT CATEGORIZING EVERYBODY THAT'S IN A GROUP HOME AND EVERY OWNER OF A GROUP HOME THAT THEY'RE OUT TO FOR MONEY.

JUST LIKE DR.

CROWDER, HER SON IS GONNA BE LIVING IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

YOUR TIME'S UP.

SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.

YOU'LL SEE ME.

I FINISH HIS COMMENT.

TANISHA MOORE.

GOODNESS GRACIOUS.

NOW THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE GONNA APPROVE IT OR NOT, BUT I JUST DO NOT LIKE THE BROAD BRUSH CATEGORIZATION YOU'RE MAKING.

MA'AM, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

HI, I AM TANISHA MOORE AT 28 16 KETTERING COURT.

I'M THE, UM, APPLICANT FOR THE SUP.

AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

COUNCIL MEMBER LOOK SHOT.

WELL, WE'LL JUST, WE'LL JUST ASK THE QUESTION.

YOU OWN THE HOUSE? I I RENT THE HOUSE.

YOU RENT THE HOUSE? YES.

UM, THAT, THAT KIND OF, THAT KIND OF BRINGS UP ANOTHER PROBLEM.

I'LL, I'LL LET GO.

UH, .

IF IT'S NOT YOUR HOUSE ARE WHO'S GOING TO, I GUESS YOU, YOU'LL HAVE TO BRING IT UP TO THE CODE THAT'S HERE THAT THAT'S NOTICED.

WHICH PART OF IS, IS THE FIRE, FIRE, FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM.

CORRECT? UH, SOMEBODY'S GONNA HAVE TO PUT THAT IN.

I WILL.

YOU WILL.

OH, AND I PAY FOR IT.

WOW.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL, IF WE RECALL, IF I'M RECALLING THE RIGHT CASE, IF THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO HAVE THE FIRE

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SUPPRESSION.

IT WAS FOUR.

THEY WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE TO YEAH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT YOU, YOU WANT TO EXCEED THAT NUMBER.

SO THAT REQUIRES YOU TO PUT THE FIRE SUPPRESSION YES.

TO BE LICENSED BY THE STATE.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE A FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM REGARDLESS IF YOU, EVEN IF I STAYED AT THREE OR, OKAY, GOOD.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

CLARIFI COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW, WE'LL BACK TO YOU.

UH, OKAY.

AND, UM, DO, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE.

YOU'RE, WE'VE HAD HER HERE BEFORE.

THE FOLKS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MOSTLY DON'T DRIVE, SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO NO, THEY DO NOT DRIVE.

MOST IT'S, IT IS SENIOR CITIZENS OVER THE AGE OF 60.

THEY ALL REQUIRE SOME TYPE OF A DL ASSISTANCE.

I DON'T TAKE MENTALLY ILL BEHAVIORS OR ANYTHING LIKE, UM, IN THAT CATEGORY.

SO THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE SIX CARS BY THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE.

WELL, I'M OVER 60 AND I DRIVE, BUT, UH, BUT YOU, YOU WOULD NEED A REQUIREMENT FOR SOME TYPE OF A DL ASSISTANCE AND MEAL ASSISTANCE AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GONNA MEDICATION THAT, THAT WOULD MAKE TRANSFER ASSISTANCE? YES, SIR.

THAT'S IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.

UM, MS. MOORE, I THINK WE TALKED BRIEFLY AND I THINK FROM THE P AND C MEETING TILL NOW, I THINK, UM, YOU HAD A COUPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS.

I KNOW THERE WAS ABOUT 14 THAT WAS NOTED.

I THINK THERE WAS A COUPLE THAT DID NOT REALIZE THAT YOU ALREADY WERE OPERATING RIGHT.

THEY, THEY THOUGHT IT WAS NOT HAPPENING AT ALL.

UM, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S DIFFERENT DISCUSSIONS EARLIER TONIGHT AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, REGARDING GROUP HOMES AND THESE TYPE OF BUSINESS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, REGARDING WHAT HAPPENS TONIGHT.

IT'S NOT SAYING YOUR BUSINESS IS DOING SOMETHING WRONG.

I MEAN, I, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED YOU GOT ANOTHER PROPERTY THAT YOU'RE OPERATING AND, AND YOU DOING, YOU'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT'S POSSIBLE THAT'S REQUIRED BY YOU, BY THE STATE.

AND UM, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, HAVING THIS ORDINANCE IN PLACE AND HAVING MULTIPLE GROUP HOMES CLOSE TO EACH OTHER, EACH OTHER KIND OF, UM, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER REGISTERED FIRST PRETTY MUCH GOT THE FIRST, UM, BITE OF THE CRACKER, I GUESS.

AND THEN EVERYBODY ELSE KIND OF KINDA LIKE TONY SAID.

YEAH, IT KIND OF DEFAULTS.

UM, AND I THINK EARLIER WE ALSO, I ALSO MENTIONED TO YOU THE OTHER THING THAT STOOD OUT TO ME WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST 20 MONTHS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HAD ABOUT 20 OCCURRENCES.

UH, HAVING OUR FIRST RESPONDERS OUT THERE FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER, AND JUST HAVING THREE PATIENTS THERE OPERATING KIND OF GIVES ME PAUSE OF THE FREQUENCY OF VISITS THAT WE'RE DOING THERE AT THE PROPERTY.

AND I, I KNOW YOU EXPLAINED, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER YOU'RE DEALING WITH DIFFERENT PATIENTS, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS AND, AND PROBLEMS. BUT YOU KNOW, IT IS JUST IN THIS TYPE OF SCENARIO HERE, IT'S NOT SAYING THAT WE ARE TOTALLY AGAINST GROUP HOMES.

WE'RE JUST TRYING TO PROVIDE THE, THE BEST GUIDANCE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

BUT I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS THAT, YOU KNOW, NO MATTER HOW THE BOAT TURNS OUT, I MEAN, WE DON'T, WE'RE NOT SAYING YOU'RE OPERATING IN BAD FAITH AND, AND YOU'RE A BAD OPERATOR.

IT IS JUST THE WAY THE ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN.

YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF EVALUATE THAT AND SEE THAT IT, IT MAKES GOOD SENSE OR NOT FOR US.

AND COUNCILMAN MAR LOPEZ TO REITERATE ON THAT, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE PUT LIMITS ON HOW CLOSE THEY CAN BE.

UH, WE KNOW THERE'S A NEED, BUT WE ALSO DON'T WANT THEM ALL IN A CERTAIN SPECIFIC AREA EITHER.

UM, STAFF, WHAT'S THE LICENSING REQUIREMENT ON A GROUP HOME LIKE THIS? IS THERE A LICENSING REQUIREMENT? IT, IT'S THROUGH THE STATE.

ARE YOU LICENSED? UM, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SEEK A LICENSE.

SO YOU'RE NOT LICENSED AT THIS POINT? NO, SIR.

I, I HAVE TO HAVE THE CITY'S APPROVAL TO EVEN START THE PROCESS OF PUTTING THE FIRE SPRINKLE SYSTEM IN TO EVEN UHHUH, BUT PUT IN THE APPLICATION.

SO YOU, YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN LICENSED PRIOR.

WELL, THERE WAS NOT A NEED.

ONCE YOU RAISE THE LIMIT, THEN I WOULD NEED TO OKAY.

YOU RAISED THE LIMIT THAT GOT YOU TO WHERE YOU HAVE TO BE LICENSED.

JUST CLARIFICATION WITH STAFF.

AND THE OTHER TWO BOARDING HOMES THAT ARE NEAR ME ARE FOR MENTALLY DISABLED.

UH, YEAH.

INDIVIDUALS.

THIS IS, THESE, THESE ARE TRICKY.

MA'AM.

WHO'S TALKING? DOLORES? NO, MA'AM.

UM, THE, UH, JOHN, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE TOUGH.

UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR HER? NOT FOR HER.

WHAT IS WHAT SHE'S PROPOSING, WHICH IS THE REGISTERED GROUP HOME.

ASK STAFF.

SO STAFF SAY THIS CASE WAS DENIED TONIGHT, THAT MEANS THAT SHE'S NO LONGER ABLE TO OPERATE.

AM I CORRECT OR CAN SHE DROP DOWN TO OPERATE AT WHAT, THREE OR LESS? SIX RIGHT NOW.

SO WE WOULD, WOULD HAVE TO EVALUATE HER CURRENT OPERATIONS, WHAT WE EVALUATED

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UH, HER OTHER CURRENT OPERATIONS MAY BE CONSIDERED A BOARDING HOME.

I I DON'T HAVE THAT OPERATIONAL PLAN.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT CORRECT.

I WOULD HAVE TO EVALUATE THAT.

AND IT, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT EVEN WITH THE FEWER RESIDENTS, SHE WOULD STILL REQUIRE A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.

THAT'S, THAT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING.

UH, CHIEF, DO YOU HAVE A CO COMMENT? MAYOR, ALL I WAS GONNA ADD IS AS SHE'S OPERATING CURRENTLY, SHE'D BE OKAY.

SHE STILL HAS TO REGISTER UNDER THE NEW ORDINANCE.

YOU KNOW IT BECAUSE OF YOUR, YOUR WORK WITH IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR HER? SO JUST TO CLARIFY, SO SHE WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO OPERATE, BUT SHE HAS TO GO THROUGH A DIFFERENT SUV PROCESS TO DETERMINE, I MEAN, STAFF WOULD HAVE TO, STAFF WOULD'VE TO DETERMINE THEY DON'T KNOW YET.

WHAT DID SHE JUST SAY? CHIEF, WHAT DID YOU SAY? OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HER OPERATIONS AS IT SITS NOW IS THAT SHE'D BE OKAY.

PROVIDED SHE REMAINS A THREE OR UNDER AND SHE REGISTERS UNDER THE NEW ORDINANCE YOU APPROVED AS THANK YOU EARLIER.

THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING.

SHE COULD DROP BACK TO STAY AT THREE.

THANK YOU CHIEF.

I THOUGHT, YEAH, COUNT JUNIOR.

BUT SHE WOULD'VE TO GO THROUGH THE, THIS, THIS PROCESS AGAIN.

THREE, RIGHT.

INSTEAD OF THE SIX, WHICH ISN'T A GUARANTEE SHE'D HAVE TO REDO THIS WHOLE PROCESS AGAIN.

UH, BASED ON WHAT THE CHIEF SAID, SOMEBODY EDUCATE US.

I'M SORRY, MAYOR, I, YOU HAVE TO REPEAT THE QUESTION FIRST FOR ME.

NO, CHIEF, MY, MY QUESTION IS, WILL SHE STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF BEING REGISTERED INSTEAD? INSTEAD OF REGISTERING FOR THE LARGER NUMBER OF, UH, TENANT OF TENANTS, SHE'LL HAVE TO DO JUST TO HAVE THREE OR LESS.

SO SHE HAVE TO READ 42 ORDINANCE THAT YOU JUST HAVE PASSED.

EVERY GROUP HOME IS GONNA HAVE TO BE REGISTERED NO MATTER HOW MANY THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW REGISTERED.

BUT WOULD IT REQUIRE AN SUP? IT WOULD BECAUSE SHE'S WITHIN 2,500 FEET OF THE CLOSEST.

THAT'S WHAT TRIGGERS THAT.

BECAUSE THE 2,500? CORRECT.

BECAUSE WITHOUT THE USE OF A SUP, IT WOULD, I WOULDN'T BE HERE.

IT WOULD JUST GO THROUGH PLANNING ZONE AND STAFF.

THAT'S WHERE I SAID WE WOULD NEED TO REEVALUATE EXACTLY WHAT HER USE IS.

AND IF IT CLASSIFIES AS A GROUP HOME, THAT TRIGGERS THE SUP REQUIREMENT.

IF IT DOESN'T, IF IT'S JUST THE BOARDING HOME, THEN CHIEF IS CORRECT IN THAT SENSE.

SO IT MAY BE CLASSIFIED AS JUST A BOARDING HOME.

I HAVE A, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR HER.

HOW, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN OPERATING? 20.

SO FIVE YEARS NOW, IS IT POSSIBLE, CAN WE, UM, YOU'RE GOING, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR WHAT? NO, MY QUESTION IS, IF COUNSEL DID VOTE TO DENY HER TODAY, WOULD SHE STILL BE ABLE TO OPERATE AT THE LEVEL SHE IS RIGHT NOW WHILE SHE RESTARTS THAT PROCESS TO GET A, UM, REGISTRATION? OR WOULD SHE HAVE TO CEASE ALL OPERATIONS DURING THE PERIOD STAFF? IS THAT DETERMINATION ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN OPERATE WITHOUT A VALID REGISTRATION IS UNDER PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY PLANNING DOES NOT MAKE THAT DETERMINATION.

YOU DON'T KNOW.

SO HOW ABOUT, SO BECAUSE OUR CURRENT REQUEST IS, IS TO OPERATE UP TO SIX RESIDENTS, BUT IF THE MOTION SAYS THAT SHE COULD CONTINUE TO OPERATE WITH THIS VARIANCE BUT NOT EXCEED THREE, CAN WE ADJUST THE MOTION TO, TO SAY MAXIMUM THREE? THAT WAY SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS.

MEAN THAT IT'S AN SUP.

YOU CAN IMPOSE CERTAIN CONDITIONS ON IT, ON THE PROOF.

SO IF YOU WANNA LIMIT OCCUPANCY, YOU COULD.

SHE WAS STILL, BUT I WOULD TO REGISTER IT IS JUST, SHE WOULD JUST BE OPERATING UP THREE.

I WOULDN'T FALL UNDER THE STATE LAWS BECAUSE IT'S UNDER THREE.

IT HAS TO BE FOUR MORE IN ORDER FOR ME TO GET A STATE LICENSE.

SO THERE WOULDN'T BE A NEED FOR A FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM.

WHICH WOULD BE GOOD FOR YOU.

BAD FOR THE RESIDENTS.

BUT I MEAN, THIS IS SO TRICKY.

THERE'S STATE LAW, THERE'S OUR ORDINANCES.

WE TABLED THIS TO TRY TO FIGURE IT OUT.

AND WE HADN'T FIGURED IT OUT YET AGAIN.

AND MAYOR A QUESTION.

OH, SO AT PUBLIC SAFETY, WHEN WE WERE PASS, OR NOT PASSING, BUT WORKING ON THIS BOARDING HOUSE ORDINANCE, UM, WE REALLY ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND REALLY, REALLY WENT INTO GREAT DETAIL.

AND I THOUGHT THAT THE BOARDING HOUSE STANDARD WAS ONLY APPLYING TO SERVICES THAT DID NOT IN INTERACT WITH ANY MEDICATION.

SO YOU, ON YOUR I PROVIDE MEDICATION.

YOU PROVIDE MEDICATION.

SO THAT WOULDN'T, SO THAT WOULD MAKE IT NOT PART OF OUR THANK YOU.

NEW ORDINANCE, WHICH REQUIRES FIVE LEVELS OF INSPECTION.

SO SHE WOULD STILL BE OUTSIDE OF THAT.

AND I WAS TOLD THAT THAT WOULD THEN BE UNDER THE STATE PURVIEW,

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NOT UNDER THE CITY.

IS THAT CORRECT? WE'RE STUMPING Y'ALL TOO, AREN'T WE? WELCOME TO OUR WORLD.

YOU KNOW, WELCOME TO YOUR WORLD.

AND JOHN, JUST A QUESTION, WHAT DO WE FEEL ABOUT HAVING TWO WITHIN 2,500 FEET IF, IF YOU WERE GOING TO MOST DENY JUST BECAUSE OF THAT, THIS OTHER STUFF IS MOOT.

WELL, I, I GUESS WHEN I WAS IN DOING THE INQUIRY, I DIDN'T THINK THAT WE WERE GONNA STOP THE BUSINESS COMPLETELY.

YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT THERE, THERE WERE ABLE TO STILL OPERATE.

WE THOUGHT WE COULD WORK SOMETHING OUT.

SINCE SHE'S BEEN IN OPERATION FOR FIVE YEARS.

AND WE THOUGHT THAT IT JUST STAYS AT THREE YEARS.

I UNDERSTAND.

AND I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT.

SO, BUT BECAUSE HIS EXISTING BUSINESS, AND I MEAN, SO THAT'S WHAT I WASN'T LOOKING FOR IS TO, FOR HER TO STOP WORKING.

BUT IF THE STATE WE OR THE STAFF SAYS THAT SHE HAS TO START THE PROCESS ALL OVER, THEN THAT'S SOMETHING FOR HER TO CONSIDER.

EITHER THAT OR WE APPROVE IT AS IS TONIGHT AND SHE HAS TO GO THROUGH THE STUFF.

AND WE, THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT LICENSE REQUIREMENTS.

THE OTHER TWO BOARDING HOMES, ANEMIA ARE IDD HOMES, WHICH SENIOR CITIZENS DON'T CLASSIFY.

'CAUSE IT'S MENTAL HEALTH WHERE I'M WORKING WITH YEAH.

SENIORS FOR, SO IT'S TWO DIFFERENT, THEY ALL FALL UNDER THE SAME THING.

UNDER CITY GUIDELINES, WHERE STATE GUIDELINES ARE TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATIONS.

SEE, RASHAD, WELCOME TO OUR WORLD.

IF THESE AREN'T EASY, THEY'RE NOT EASY.

YOU'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR FIVE YEARS.

I, I KNOW PEOPLE ARE SAYING IT'S GONNA BRING DOWN OUR PROPERTY VALUES AND EVERYTHING, BUT YOU'VE BEEN THERE FIVE YEARS, YOU HAVEN'T IMPACTED TRAFFIC.

IF THEY ALREADY COMPLAINED ABOUT IT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WANT TO DO, JOHN, TO BE BLUNT, THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WE WERE THERE UNTIL THE ISSUE TOGETHER.

THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW YOU WERE THERE.

AND IF YOU'RE NOT, IF YOU HADN'T HAVE REGISTERED, WE STILL WOULDN'T KNOW YOU WERE THERE.

I'M JUST TRYING TO GET LICENSE.

I I KNOW YOU ARE, YOU'RE TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

WE'RE SPENDING FOUR HOURS BEATING YOU UP, .

YEAH, I MEAN, AT THIS TIME, I MEAN, WE HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER.

LET'S GET THROUGH WITH THAT AND THEN WE WILL, WE'LL TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT MOTION WE WANT.

WE MAY CALL YOU BACK UP HERE.

UM, FIRST NAME IS NORMA.

I CAN'T READ THE LAST NAME.

UM, NORMA, SHE'S REGISTERING HER SUPPORT.

JOHN, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? NO, SHE CHANGED HER MIND.

SHE CHANGED HER MIND TO WHAT? ONE OF MY SHE WANTS TO SPEAK.

THIS IS ONE OF MY RESIDENTS.

SHE WANTED TO COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

WELL BLESS YOU FOR COMING.

AND YOU WANT US TO, YOU WANT US TO LET YOU KEEP LIVING THERE? I'M SURE.

HELP HER UP.

WHAT DO YOU THINK WE OUGHT DO NOW? TO BRING OR GRANT A YES MA'AM.

YOU HEAR ME? YES, MA'AM.

I'M SORRY THAT I BELIEVE HARD HEARING.

YOU NEED, YOU NEED TO TALK LOUD, PLEASE.

YOU, YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK.

DO YOU LOVE LIVING THERE, MA'AM? YES, MA'AM.

RIGHT HERE.

LOOK RIGHT HERE.

RIGHT HERE.

DO YOU LOVE LIVING THERE? OH, ALRIGHT.

DO YOU LIKE WHERE YOU'RE LIVING? PARDON? I, I DUNNO.

MEGAN, MY NAME? NO.

MEGAN, DO YOU, DO YOU LIKE LIVING THERE? YES.

YES, I DO.

I DID NOT AT FIRST.

THAT'S FINE.

BUT IT WAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE, THE, UH, WITH THE HOME, WHAT IT WAS TO DO WITH ME.

I HAD NEVER BEEN ILL.

I WAS, AND I'M NOT GONNA GO INTO A, UH, A LONG STORY, BUT I WAS, UH, I FELL AND I WAS, UH, REALLY IMMOBILIZED.

CAME ACROSS, UH, TANISHA'S PLACE THROUGH, THROUGH THE GRAND PRAIRIE.

I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR FOUR MONTHS FOR, UH, REHABILITATION.

I WAS BESIDE MYSELF BECAUSE I COULD NOT UNDERSTAND WHY ME FINALLY, AFTER MANY, MANY, UH, TIMES OF RESEARCH, WE

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UH, WE HAD A NUMBER TO CHOOSE FROM.

I CHOOSE.

BUT AFTER MY, UH, EVALUATION WITH TANISHA, I WAS HAPPY THAT WE HAD A FULL DAY AND NIGHT NURSING STAFF.

BUT I WAS STILL BESIDE MYSELF BECAUSE I HAD TO GIVE UP EVERYTHING.

I HAD TO GIVE UP THE .

WELL, SURE YOU DID.

LIFE.

I HAD, I HAD TO GIVE UP WHAT I WANTED TO DO.

I HAD TO LIVE UP A LOT OF MATERIAL THINGS THAT I HAD TO GREAT DOING.

BUT YOU'RE HAPPY NOW.

BUT BECAUSE OF HER NURSING STAFF AND BECAUSE OF TANISHA, I BECAME LITTLE.

WE ALREADY TABLED IT, BUT WE'LL SEE, UH, I CONTENT THERE AND MORE ABLE TO, UH, ADAPT MYSELF AND START LIVING FOR MYSELF AGAIN.

AND IT'S BECAUSE I AM HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I WAS INTERESTED IN SOME OF THE, UH, UH, RENOVATIONS THAT, UH, THAT, UH, HAD BEEN PLANNED.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO IT.

I KNOW WHAT THEY'VE DONE, UH, RECENTLY WITH THEIR BATHROOM, WHICH IS UNREAL.

BUT THAT'S, I'M HAPPY.

IT'S MORE THAN ADEQUATE HELP.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OH, I BET YOU COULD HAROLD DIRTY.

TAKING UP ALL YOUR TIME THOUGH, JOHN.

MAYBE.

I KNOW WE DON'T WANT TO TABLE THIS, BUT WE MIGHT NEED TO GET SOME, WE, WE, WE MAY NEED TO.

AGAIN, I, I DON'T KNOW.

WHAT DO YOU WANT? WHAT, WHAT'S YOUR HEART TELLING YOU TO DO, JOHN? I MEAN, I WOULD SAY TABLE IT FOR NOW.

LET'S TABLE IT AND, AND ALLOW STAFF TO REALLY GET CLARIFICATION WHAT THE STATE LAW IS, WHAT OUR LAWS ARE, AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO LET 'EM TRY TO KEEP ON OPERATING.

CAN I HEAR THAT IN THE FORM OF A MOTION? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TABLE ITEM 51 UNTIL WE SECOND.

WE MOTION SECOND.

A I AIN'T OPPOSED SAY NAY MO.

THIS IS, THESE ARE TOUGH STAFF.

IT'S NOT GONNA BE EASY.

GET WITH JOHN.

SEE IF WE CAN.

THIS CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION.

[52. SUP-25-09-0035 - Specific Use Permit/Site Plan - Shady Grove Contractor Shop (City Council District 1). Specific Use Permit/Site Plan for a contractor shop with outside storage on 2.018 acres. Tracts 6, 7, 8, 8.1, 9 & 9.1, John Spoon Survey, Abstract No.1326, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Light Industrial (LI) District, within 161 Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 3301 & 3305 Hardrock and 1102 & 1106 W Shady Grove Rd (On November 11, 2025, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 9-0)]

52.

ALRIGHT, NOW WHAT 52 IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT SLASH SITE PLAN, RIGHT FOR A CONTRACTOR SHOP WITH OUTSIDE STORAGE.

UH, IT'S AT LOCATED AT 1106 SHADY GROVE AND THE PROPERTIES OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.

UM, THE PROPOSED OPERATIONS IS A MECHANICAL CONTRACTOR RELOCATING TO GRAND PRAIRIE.

UH, MOST OF THEIR SUPPLIES FOR THEIR CONTRACTING BUSINESS WILL BE STORED INSIDE THEIR SHOP AND WAREHOUSE.

UH, BUT THEY DO HAVE, UH, VEHICLES, TRAILERS, UM, SOME LIGHT EQUIPMENT THAT WILL BE PROPOSED TO BE STORED OUTSIDE.

UM, THEIR SITE PLAN INCLUDES AN OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE THAT MEETS OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS.

YOU CAN SEE THEIR SITE PLAN ON THE SCREEN.

UM, THERE PROPOSED LANDSCAPING METER MEETS OR EXCEEDS OUR REQUIREMENTS.

UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING A SIX FOOT MASONRY WALL, UM, IN, UH, THE LINE IN RED.

UH, SO ALONG THE, UH, ADJACENT PROPERTY AND RIGHT OF WAY, UH, THESE ARE THEIR PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS FOR THEIR OFFICE.

UH, THEY'RE MEETING OUR DESIGN REQUIREMENTS AND FOR THEIR SHOP SLASH WAREHOUSE.

THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.

WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY, UM, LETTERS OF OPPOSITION OR SUPPORT ON NOVEMBER 11TH.

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

UM, WITH CONDITIONS, THE EQUIPMENT TO BE STORED OUTSIDE SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT LISTED IN THEIR OPERATIONAL PLAN.

AND VEHICLES OPERATING AT THE SITE MUST BE LIMITED TO LESS THAN 40 FEET IN LENGTH.

I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS THIS TIME.

SO NO VARIANCES? THAT'S CORRECT.

WE HAVE A SPEAKER.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

CLEMSON, DO YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THIS ONE TONIGHT THAT YOU NEED TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT? MAYOR, JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

IS GONNA BE? IT IS, IT'S LOCATED HERE.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I'M NOT A FAN OF OUT OUTSIDE, OUTSIDE STORAGE, BUT, UM, I NOTICED THERE ARE SOME CONDITIONS THAT IT WILL ONLY BE CERTAIN THING.

AND IS THAT ON THE BACKSIDE? IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE IT'S ON THE BACKSIDE RATHER THAN ON THE 1 61 SIDE.

WHO IS THE DEVELOPER? JIM, CAN YOU TALK TO US ABOUT WHERE THE OUTSIDE STORAGE

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DON'T RUN OFF TOO FAR, JIM.

THE BUILDING WILL HELP SCREEN THE, THE TWO BUILDINGS SHOWN IN YELLOW ARE IN BETWEEN THE, THE STORAGE AREA AND 1 61.

AND THEY HAVE BEEN DESIGNED TO, TO DO SOME OF THAT SCREENING.

THE BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN, YES.

AND I SEE THAT IT'S A PART OF IT IS A SIX FOOT FENCE.

UM, STAFF, I'D LIKE YOUR INPUT ON THIS.

THIS IS ON 1 61.

DO YOU THINK IT THE FENCE NEEDS TO BE, UH, TALLER THAN SIX FOOT.

SO SIX FOOT IS OUR, OUR STANDARD.

IT IS AN SUP, SO YOU CAN CERTAINLY CONDITION THAT.

UM, IS THE SIX FOOT ON THE FRONT BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS AND THE 1 61? NO.

NO, I DIDN'T THINK SO.

IT'S SHOWN IN, IN RED HERE.

SO IT'S ALONG THE INTERIOR PROPERTY LINE AND THEN ALONG HARD ROCK.

IT'S WAY BACK IN THE BACK.

AND DO WE HAVE ANY, UM, ANYBODY RIGHT NEXT TO THEM? IS THAT VACANT PROPERTY AS WELL? THERE IS A, A SINGLE FAMILY, UM, PROPERTY TO THE AND THAT'S WHERE THE SIX FOOT FENCE WOULD BE? YES.

THE, THE MASONRY WALL WOULD HAVE TO BE ALONG THAT, THAT LHA PROPERTY LINE.

AND YOU THINK THAT IS ADEQUATE? THAT IS OUR STANDARD.

THAT ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT THAT WAS HERE? IS YOU'RE, YOU'RE GOOD? NO, I'M READY FOR A MOTION.

MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO, UH, APPROVE ITEM NUMBER.

I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 52.

SECOND SHOTWELL.

DID YOU SECOND IT OR JUNIOR WITH IT? WHATEVER.

MAYOR PROTE.

JUNIOR.

YOU SECOND IT.

A A OPPOSED A NAY.

MOTION CARRIES

[53. SUP-25-09-0039 - Specific Use Permit Amendment - SUP Amendment and review for Palace Poker (City Council District 1). Specific Use Permit Amendment to amend operational hours and minimum membership length for SUP No. 1170, a Specific Use Permit for a Private Card Room, and review the SUP for compliance with SUP conditions, and modify, renew, or revoke if deemed appropriate based upon the review. Tract 31, Michael Farrans Survey, Abstract, No. 469, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-452, within IH 30 Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 401 E Palace Pkwy (On November 11, 2025, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 7-0 with 2 Commissioners recusing from the vote) ]

ITEM 53.

ITEM 53 IS A SPECIFIC USE, UH, PERMIT, AMENDMENT AND REVIEW FOR PALACE PARKWAY.

UM, FOR PALACE POKER.

EXCUSE ME.

UM, THE PURPOSE IS FIRST TO AMEND THE SUP.

THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED TO MODIFY THE OPERATIONAL HOURS, UM, FROM ENDING AT 2:00 AM TO, UH, 24 HOURS AND ADJUST THEIR MEMBERSHIP LENGTH TO ONE WEEK.

UM, THIS ALSO WILL REVIEW THEIR SUP, UM, FOR COMPLIANCE WITH SUP CONDITIONS.

UM, SO IN 2024, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THAT, UM, PD AMENDMENT AND THEN THAT SUP.

AND THEN IN JULY OF 2025, THEY WERE ISSUED THEIR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.

UM, SO THIS IS FOR THE PRIVATE CARD ROOM.

UM, THEIR EXISTING OPERATIONAL HOURS ON THE SCREEN ARE 10:00 AM TO 2:00 AM AND THEY'RE PROPOSING TO GO TO 24 HOURS.

UM, RIGHT NOW THEIR MEMBERSHIP LENGTH IS THREE MONTHS AND THEY ARE, UM, LET'S SEE, PROPOSING TO ONE WEEK.

UM, THROUGH THE DRC PROCESS, UH, STAFF EVALUATED THEIR EXISTING, UM, OPERATIONS AND DID NOT FIND ANY, UH, VIOLATIONS.

UM, PD DID NOTE THAT IF THEY'RE EXTENDING, UM, THEY RECOMMEND THE ONE YEAR REVIEW, WHICH IS A CONDITION INCLUDED IN THE ORDINANCE.

UM, THEY'RE, UH, CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUIRED SECURITY MEASURES AND OTHER CONDITIONS, UH, FROM THE ORIGINAL SUP.

AND BASED ON THAT, ON NOVEMBER 11TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO.

UH, TWO OF THE COMMISSIONERS DID RECUSE FROM THE VOTE, UM, WITH THE CONDITIONS, AMEND THE OPERATIONAL PLAN, OPERATIONAL HOURS TO 24 HOURS.

AND THE ME THE MEMBERSHIP DURATION TO ONE WEEK.

UH, ALL OF THE OTHER CONDITIONS FROM THE ORIGINAL SUP REMAIN IN EFFECT.

AND THEN COUNCIL SHALL CONDUCT A, UH, PUBLIC HEARING WITHIN ONE YEAR.

UM, TO REVIEW THE SUP AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMSON, I HAVE A LOT OF SPEAKER CARDS.

OH, GO AHEAD.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

YES, MAYOR PROTI SAVANNAH, WHAT IS THE CUTOFF TIME FOR, UM, ALCOHOL SALES FOR OUR CITY IN GENERAL FOR LIKE TWO O'CLOCK? I BELIEVE IT'S TWO O'CLOCK.

TWO O'CLOCK.

AND THAT'S THROUGH TABC.

YEAH, IT'S TWO O'CLOCK.

GOTCHA.

THEY CAN STAY OPEN ALL THAT LONG, BUT HE STILL CAN'T SERVE PAST TWO.

MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAMILTON 4 0 1 EAST PALMAS PARKWAY, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.

UM, I CAN GO INTO THE LONG STORY AND EXPLAIN TO YOU WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS.

OR I CAN JUST ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.

WHATEVER.

BASICALLY YOU TOLD US YOU WERE WANTING TO GO HERE FROM THE START AND WE SAID NO, BECAUSE WE WANT TO SEE HOW YOU OPERATE.

MANY OF US UP HERE FELT LIKE YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A PROBLEM 'CAUSE POKER PLAYERS DON'T LIKE TO DRINK ANYWAY.

SO, UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE THREE MONTHS TO ONE WEEK.

UM,

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IT'S MAINLY, THERE'S A, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE TRAVELING THAT STOP BY A LOT PEOPLE.

OH YEAH.

THEY JUST WANT TO COME IN AND I UNDERSTAND.

YEAH, THEY'RE HERE FOR A FOOTBALL GAME.

THEY'RE HERE.

PALACE POKER.

WELL, LET'S GO PLAY POKER.

I'M NEVER COMING BACK.

NOT BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE IT, I'M JUST GOING BACK HOME TO KANSAS CITY.

AND THEN WE GOT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE FEEDBACK, WE GOT THOSE PEOPLE COMING THROUGH.

UNDERSTAND, WHY DO WE HAVE TO DO A THREE MONTH? CAN YOU STILL BUY THREE MONTH IN A YEAR? YES.

THIS JUST OPENS IT UP TO WHERE YOU CAN BY A ONE WEEK FOR THOSE THAT AREN'T GONNA COME BACK OR THEY WANT TO TRY IT OUT.

THAT'S CORRECT.

COME IN AND EAT.

THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME.

UH, AND I'LL JUST SAY THIS REAL QUICK TOO.

UM, THERE'S AROUND 80 CARDHOUSE THAT ARE OPEN IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND I BELIEVE WE'RE THE ONLY ONES THAT DON'T OPERATE 24 7.

I BET.

COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMSON, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, TELL MR. PECK CONGRATULATIONS ON HAVING NO INCIDENTS AND FOR, UH, THE SUCCESS YOU'VE HAD SO FAR.

AND, UM, ON THE 24, WE DID HAVE A LITTLE, UH, CONCERNS ABOUT 24 HOURS AND, UM, IT SAID THAT THEY WOULD BE REVIEWED IN 12 MONTHS.

12 MONTHS.

COULD WE POSSIBLY REVIEW IN SIX MONTHS? JUST SINCE THIS IS A NEW THING FOR US, YOU CAN DO IT.

WHATEVER, WHAT MOTION YOU WANNA MAKE, IF WE COULD JUST REVIEW IN THE GEORGIA SIX MONTHS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

YEAH, YOU CAN MAKE THAT PART OF YOUR MOTION.

I'M SURE IT WON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM THEN EITHER.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL.

MR. PECK, I'M GONNA PUT YOU ON THE SPOT FOR A SECOND.

UH, IF I WANTED TO, UH, COME TO YOUR PLACE AND I WAS ONLY GOING BE IN TOWN FOR A WEEK AND I HAD TO BUY THREE MONTHS MEMBERSHIP, I'D ONLY USE IT FOR A WEEK.

SO WHAT WOULD BE THE DIFFERENCE? I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

UM, UNLESS YOU CHARGE LESS FOR LESS ONE WEEK COST.

COST, HE, HE CHARGE LESS.

SO YEAH, THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE THE DIFFERENCE TOO.

AND WE ALSO GET QUITE, I'D GET IT CHEAPER.

WE GET QUITE A FEW PLAYERS THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST WANNA PLAY FOR A WEEK AND THEN MAYBE THEY'RE GONNA GO ON A ALONG WEEKEND.

IT'S CHEAPER TO GET A WEEK.

SO YOU, YOU, IT WOULD PUT IN A NEW PRICE POINT IS WHAT IT WOULD BE.

IT WOULD CHANGE THE PRICING.

YEAH, BECAUSE TONY'S RIGHT, THE SAME PRICE, THEY AS WELL PAY THREE MONTH THE PRICE.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I, I COULDN'T, SO I WANTED TO PUT YOU ON THIS DIFFERENT THAT, SO IT WOULD ACTUALLY COST YOU MONEY TO DO THIS BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE MAKING MORE MONEY BY, BY SELLING A THREE MONTH ONE, HE'S GONNA MAKE MORE MONEY, GONNA HAVE MORE OPTIONS.

WELL, WELL, WE'RE NOT FORCING LET TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.

BUT THAT'S, YEAH.

WE'RE NOT FORCING PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST PASSING THROUGH TO HAVE TO BUY A THREE MONTH MEMBERSHIP BECAUSE SOME OF 'EM MAY NOT WANT TO.

YES, THEY DON'T WANT TO.

THEY DON'T WANNA SPEAK, THEY JUST WANNA, WE'VE GOT SOME OTHERS.

READ 'EM INTO THE RECORD.

UM, THESE SPEAKERS HAVE SIGNED UP.

UH, THEY DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WISH TO RECORD THEIR SUPPORT.

JONATHAN THULE, SCOTT AND EMILY LYLES.

RODNEY ANDERSON, BARRY SANDERS, PATTY BROCK, ARE YOU READY TO MAKE A MOTION? COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMSON, I'M READY TO ASK ONE MORE QUESTION TO CHIEF SES.

CHIEF SES, YOU HAVE NO PROBLEM AND YOUR UH, GROUP HAS NO PROBLEM.

TEAM HAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE 24 HOUR PROPOSAL HERE.

NO MA'AM.

THAT WAS EASY, CORRECT.

THANK YOU, CHIEF.

WELL, UM, UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 53 AND, AND HAVE A SIX MONTH CHECK.

COUNCILOR LOPEZ.

SECONDED.

ALL RIGHT, THIS NEXT ITEM IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT SLASH SITE PLAN FOR DOUBLE OAK GAS STATION.

A OPPOSED SAY NAY.

THANK Y'ALL FOR COMING TONIGHT.

[54. SUP-25-09-0034 - Specific Use Permit/Site Plan - Double Oak Gas Station (City Council District 6). Specific Use Permit/Site Plan for a convenience store with gas sales on 1.87 acres. A portion of the 17.18-acre tract out of J. Lawrence Survey, Abstract No. 616, City of Grand Prairie, Ellis County, Texas, zoned PD-322A and generally located to the south of Double Oak Av and east of SH 360 (On November 11, 2025, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 9-0)]

UM, THE REQUEST IS FOR THE CONVENIENCE STORE WITH GAS SALES, WHICH REQUIRES AN SUP.

IT'S LOCATED AT 38 91 DOUBLE OAK AVENUE.

YEAH, DOUBLE OAK GAS STATION AT DOUBLE LAKE AVENUE.

, GO FIGURE, I'M SORRY.

SO THE SITE PLAN IS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN, UH, THE BUILDING IN YELLOW AND THE GAS CANOPY IN BLUE.

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

IT MEETS OR EXCEEDS OUR LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS.

AND THESE ARE THE PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS.

MATERIALS INCLUDE BRICK AND STUCCO.

THEY ARE MEETING THE APPENDIX F MENU ITEM REQUIREMENTS AND THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.

WE DID SEND OUT NOTICES TO THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES AND WE RECEIVED ONE IN FAVOR AND DID NOT RECEIVE ANY OPPOSED.

ON NOVEMBER 11TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED

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APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF NINE TO ZERO.

THIS CONCLUDES TASK PRESENTATION.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, ONE SPEAKER.

NATHAN DIETRICK.

NATHAN? YES, SIR.

I FOLLOWED THE SAME VEIN AS THE OTHER GENTLEMAN.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.

I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN HERE LONG TONIGHT.

I'M MAKE, BUT I ASK YOU ACTUALLY WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

HE SPEARHEADED A LOT OF OUR PUBLIC PARTICIP, UH, PARTICIPATION.

WE ENDED UP HAVING TWO, UH, PUBLIC MEETINGS, UH, WITH THE COMMUNITY AND, UM, BOTH OF THEM ARE VERY SUCCESSFUL.

WE ACTUALLY ENDED UP CHANGING, UH, TO THIS PARTICULAR SITE PLAN BECAUSE OF THE INPUT THAT WAS GIVEN.

SO WE APPRECIATE IT.

THANK, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

THANK YOU SIR.

COUNCILMAN? UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PROTE, OR, OH, READY FOR THE MOTION? YEAH.

I MOVE THAT.

RE APPROVE ITEM 54 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF.

SAY AGAIN? WE HAVE MOTION.

SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DALE BOSKY.

ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY.

MOTION CARRIES ITEM 55.

[55. ZON-25-09-0035 - Zoning Change/Concept Plan - Goodland Data Center. Zoning Change from Agriculture (A) and PD-454 to a Planned Development District for Light Industrial, including Data Center uses. 1,444.43 acres generally located west of HWY 287, south of Prairie Ridge Blvd, all or portions of Parcel IDs 190600, 181262, 242136, 261509, 261512, 308655, 179561, 277740, 186391, 179552, 193077, 179637, 275132, 291089, and 192959, City of Grand Prairie, City of Grand Prairie ETJ, Ellis County, Texas, and addressed as 881 Miller Rd (On December 9, 2025, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 6-0) ]

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

ITEM 55 IS A ZONING CHANGE.

THIS IS FOR, UH, GOODLAND DATA CENTER.

UH, THE REQUEST IS TO, UH, REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM AGRICULTURE AND PD 4 54.

THE REQUEST IS REALLY TO INCORPORATE THAT ADDITIONAL, UH, 13.65 ACRES, UH, TO A NEW PD FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

IT KEEPS THE SAME DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AGAIN AND JUST ADDING THAT ADDITIONAL WAY.

SO'S ALL.

SO ALL IT'S DOING IS ADDING THAT 13 ACRES? YES, SIR.

'CAUSE THE REST OF US ALREADY ZONED THAT WAY.

HAROLD, THIS IS ONLY ADDING THAT 13 ACRES TO IT.

COULD WE DEFINE DATA CENTERS THAT WILL GO ON THAT 13 ACRES PLEASE? UH, THE DATA CENTERS.

THE OTHER, HOW MANY ACRES ARE ALREADY ZONED FOR DATA CENTERS? SO THE TOTAL ACREAGE IS 1,444.

SO MINUS THE OTHER 1400 AND SOMETHING ACRES ARE ALREADY ZONED.

AND WHAT IS THAT? IT'S JUST GENERAL, IT SAYS DATA CENTERS, RIGHT? IT'S FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL WITH DATA CENTER.

I JUST, WITH, WITH DATA CENTER, ARE WE TALKING A BITCOIN OPERATION? NO, NO BITCOIN.

AS LONG AS IT'S NOT BITCOIN, THAT'S FINE.

NO, BITCOIN.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM.

OKAY, I MOVE THAT RE APPROVE ITEM 55 AS PRESENTED.

WE MOTION SECOND.

A OPPOSED SAY NAY.

MOTION CARRIES ITEM

[56. SUP-25-11-0044 - Specific Use Permit Amendment - Game Creek Holdings (City Council District 2). SUP Amendment to SUP-1203 (Ordinance No. 11794-2025), a Specific Use Permit for Auto Dealer (Internet Only), Auto Repair (Minor), Auto Specialty Repair, and Outside Storage (Accessory Use) to modify the SUP conditions. 7.71 Acres, being a portion of Tract 3, Benjamin F. Smith Survey, Abstract No. 1377, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Commercial (C) District, and within the IH 20 Corridor Overlay, and addressed as 1700E IH 20 (On December 9, 2025, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 6-0)]

56.

ITEM 56 IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AMENDMENT FOR GAME CREEK HOLDINGS.

AND THIS IS TO MODIFY THE APPROVED CONDITIONS.

UH, NO CHANGES ARE PROPOSED TO THEIR SITE PLAN PACKAGE, WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED.

UM, SO IN OCTOBER, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE SUP FOR AUTO DEALER INTERNET ONLY AUTO REPAIR, MINOR AUTO SPECIALTY REPAIR, AND OUTSIDE STORAGE ACCESSORY USE.

UH, WITH THEIR SITE PLAN PACKAGE, UH, THEY ARE AMENDING THE SU OR PROPOSING TO AMEND THE SDP TO REVISE THEIR OPERATIONAL PLAN AND TO AMEND, UM, THEIR, UH, CONDITIONS.

UM, SO THE TWO CONDITIONS THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TO REMOVE ARE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.

UM, THEY'RE REQUESTING TO MODIFY THAT.

UM, AND THEN, UM, BASED ON THAT, ON DECEMBER 9TH, 2025, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL, UH, BY A VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO WITH CONDITIONS.

AND SO THESE ARE THE STAFF RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS, UH, FOR THE ALL FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SUP AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS AUTOMATED MOTOR VEHICLE IN SECTION 5 4 5 0.45, ONE OF THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION CODE AS AMENDED.

AND THE PRIMARY USE OF THE SITE IN RELATION TO AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES SHALL BE LIMITED TO INTERNET SALES, GALLERY AUTO REPAIRS, MINOR AUTO SPECIALTY REPAIR, SERVICE DELIVERY, AND OUTSIDE STORAGE ACCESSORY USE.

UH, ACCESSORY USE OF THE SITE SHALL BE LIMITED TO CLEANING, SERVICING, AND CHARGING OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES PER HIRE.

AND THEN ANY USE OF THE PROPERTY FOR THE OPERATION OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES PER HIRE SHALL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE AND FEDERAL LAW.

COUNCIL MEMBER HEDEN, WE'VE GOT SOME SPEAKERS FOR QUESTIONS, BUT I THINK WE WERE ADEQUATELY BRIEFED.

WERE YOU ADEQUATELY? ARE YOU COMFORTABLE? I, I'M, YEAH.

LET'S READ 'EM INTO THE RECORD THEN, AND THEN I'LL READY FOR A MOTION.

YOU DID SOME GREAT JOB ASKING SOME QUESTIONS EARLIER, SO I THINK THAT, YEAH.

JOHN HARDY, JONATHAN POWER, AND JULIE ORTIZ.

WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WE UNDERSTAND.

SO YOU ALL HAVE BEEN THOROUGH IN ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS.

YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.

AND WE WERE BRIEFED ALREADY.

UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

AND THIS TERM, UH, AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE, JUST TO CLARIFY, WOULD JUST BE CHARGING AND REPAIR OF VEHICLES THAT HAPPEN TO HAVE AUTONOMOUS DRIVING FUNCTION.

SO THAT'S NOT A, NOT A ROBOTO TAXI.

SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE, UH, THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST AND ITEM 56 WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.

COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS SECONDED.

COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

THAT LEADS US TO COMMENTS, CITIZEN COMMENTS.

OPPOSED, SAY NAY.

THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

GOOD LUCK.

UH,

[CITIZEN COMMENTS]

AND AGAIN, NEXT MEETING.

CITIZEN COMMENTS WILL BE IMMEDIATELY AFTER CONSENT, CONSENT AGENDA IN ONLY THREE MINUTES, IN THREE MINUTES LONG, INSTEAD OF FIVE.

AND OH, ANYBODY THAT SPEAKS HERE TONIGHT ON ANY ITEM HAS TO REGISTER BEFORE I GAVEL THE MEETING IN ORDER AFTER THAT.

YOU CAN'T TURN A CARD IN.

MAURICE AGUILAR.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MAYOR.

UH, MAURICE AGUILAR.

I'M A RESIDENT, MI LAGOS.

BEEN A RESIDENT THERE SINCE 2009.

UH, I'VE JUST COME TO RE-BRING UP THE ISSUE OF MAYBE BUILDING A PARK, A GREEN PARK, UH, AREA IN THE AREA OF LAKE RIDGE AND ENGLAND.

UH, I KNOW WE WERE REALLY EXCITED A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT UP AS AN IDEA.

UM, BUT I KNOW THAT IT FACED SOME RESISTANCE FROM RESIDENTS.

UH, SOME WHO WERE CONCERNED WITH TRAFFIC, SOME WHO WERE CONCERNED WITH, UH, PEOPLE COMING FROM OUTSIDE THE AREA TO COME THERE.

UM, AND THEN A LOT OF US, INCLUDING ME, WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT HAVING A NEW PARK IN MY AREA.

UH, I'M SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF HAVING A PARK.

UH, ME PERSONALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A PARK GREENHOUSE AREA.

UH, I MEAN A, A GREEN SPACE AREA WITH A MINI CHARLIE TAYLOR RECREATION CENTER, UH, INDOORS.

UH, I KNOW THERE WERE, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A COUPLE YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A LOT OF OPTIONS, WHICH I THINK OVERWHELMED RESIDENTS.

UH, SOME OF THE OPTIONS WERE A CONCERT HALL.

UH, SOME OF THEM WERE AN OUTDOOR, UH, BASKETBALL COURT WITH LIGHTS, AND THEN SOME OF THEM WERE RECREATION CENTERS, LIBRARIES.

THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT TOO MANY IDEAS, WHICH I THINK OVERWHELM RESIDENTS.

SOME ARE IN FAVOR OF SOMETHING, SOME IN FAVOR OF OTHERS, WHICH ESSENTIALLY KILLED THAT.

I THINK, UH, OR AT LEAST POSTPONED ANY KIND OF FUTURE PLANS FOR THAT.

UH, I THINK WE, I THINK OVERALL PEOPLE WANT SOMETHING QUIET IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

UH, THEY DON'T WANT TRAFFIC , UM, WHICH OF COURSE, EVERYBODY AND PROBABLY ALL OF THESE WANT.

UM, AND SO I THINK A GREEN SPACE WOULD PROBABLY ANSWER THAT CALL.

UH, I'M NOT, I GUESS WE EVENTUALLY, IF WE WERE TO DECIDE THAT AS THE PURPOSE FOR THAT AREA, THEN WE COULD TALK ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY TO PUT IN THAT SPACE.

UM, I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE A INDOOR RECREATION CENTER, MULTIPURPOSE CENTER WHERE OUR RESIDENTS CAN HAVE EVENTS LIKE AT CHARLIE TAYLOR FOR KIDS.

UH, MAYBE HAVE SPORTING EVENTS LIKE PICKLEBALL, UH, MAYBE BE ABLE TO RENT IT OUT FOR GRAND PRAIRIE RESIDENTS WITH A PRIORITY BEING THAT IT BE FOR GRAND PRAIRIE RESIDENTS MOSTLY.

UM, AND SO THAT'S MY REQUEST THAT WE RE RE, UH, TALK ABOUT THAT AGAIN, AND THAT WE, UH, CONSIDER THAT AS AN ISSUE.

I KNOW THAT WE, I WE ARE OPPOSED TO GIVING UP THE LAND FOR COMMERCIAL RESIDENT, UH, COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES LIKE NEW BARS AND, UH, NEW SMOKE SHOPS AS PROBABLY MOST RESIDENTS DON'T WIND NEXT DOOR AND KIND OF UNSURE AND UNEASY ABOUT OPENING IT UP FOR NEW HOMES, UH, AND WHAT THAT EXACTLY MEANS WHEN THAT COULD ALSO MEAN APARTMENTS AND RENTAL HOMES OR RENTAL PROPERTIES.

UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT BE MORE OF A GREEN SPACE THAT WILL REFLECT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE CORNER OF LAKE RIDGE AND ENGLAND.

THANK YOU NITA HARRIS.

GOOD EVENING AND COUNSEL.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK ON TONIGHT.

ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF GRAND PRAIRIE, I AM A MEMBER OF THE GRAND PRAIRIE, UM, LIAISON GROUP COMMUNITY LIAISON GROUP.

AND WE HAD CONDUCTED A TWO DAY PLOW POLL TO GATHER INPUT FROM RESIDENTS OF GRAND PRAIRIE IN MIR LAGOS.

REGARDING THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF

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RESIDENTS WERE ASKED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THE CREATION OF A GREEN SPACE OR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THEDO.

THE RESULTS WERE OVERWHELMINGLY CLEAR.

95% OF PARTICIPANTS EXPRESSED THEIR PREFERENCE OF A GREEN SPACE BY ONLY 5% FAVORED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.

THE RESIDENTS OF GRAND PRAIRIE AND MI LAGOS RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ENSURE THE VOICES OF THE COMMUNITY ARE HEARD AND MEANINGFULLY INCLUDED IN ALL FUTURE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS AFFECTING THE PENINSULA.

WE VALUE THE COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUED ENGAGED ENGAGEMENT THAT REFLECTS THE WILL AND THE PRIORITIES OF OUR COMMUNITY.

HAROLD WILLIS, 5 3 8 LINLEY.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

HAROLD WILLIS.

I WANNA START OFF BY REMEMBERING GRAND PRIX FIRE CHIEF JAMES ROBERTSON, WHO PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK, HIS FUNERAL SERVICE LAST WEEK.

UH, CHIEF ROBERTSON AND DAVID KUNKLE IN OUR 1984 PUBLIC SAFETY BOND COMMITTEE WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THIS CITY BACK WHERE IT WAS LONG, WHERE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN LONG, MANY YEARS.

GRAND PRAIRIE WAS FAR BEHIND.

ALSO, WANT TO NOTE THAT FIRE CHIEF JAMES ROBERTSON, HIS FATHER-IN-LAW IN 1989, WAITED 20 MINUTES FOR AN AMBULANCE.

JAMES ROBERTSON AND JULIA ROBERTSON, I BELIEVE 1956 GRADUATES OF GRAND PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL.

WE COULDN'T GET AN AMBULANCE TO THE FIRE CHIEF'S FATHER-IN-LAW OUT THERE ON PHILLIPS COURT.

AND LET'S JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

DALLAS-FORT WORTH MEDICAL CENTER WHO WAS ON THAT BOARD AT DALLAS-FORT WORTH MEDICAL CENTER, I BELIEVE A CERTAIN RON JENSEN WAS ON THAT BOARD IN 1989 WHEN THE FIRE CHIEF'S FATHER-IN-LAW DIED WAITING FOR AN AMBULANCE.

UH, A BIG DISGRACE IN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

JULIA ROBERTSON WENT TO ATTORNEY FRANK BRANSON.

I GAVE A THREE HOUR DEPOSITION TO ATTORNEY FRANK BRANSON'S OFFICE BECAUSE SHE WAS SUING HER HUSBAND'S EMPLOYER, THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

SO WE'VE HAD SOME BAD DAYS IN GRAND PRAIRIE, BUT WHAT ROBERTSON DID IN 84 AS FAR BEHIND WE WERE BEFORE ROBERTSON AND DAVID KUNKLE, WE OWE THEM A GRATITUDE.

WHAT I WANNA BRING UP TO YOU NOW, MY NEIGHBOR AT 5 53 LINLEY HAD HER GAS, HER NATURAL GAS TURNED OFF TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN WE HAD THE FIRST FREEZE.

THAT'S THE ONE THAT HER HUSBAND WAS A MONTREAL COP LAST YEAR THAT DIED.

HER GRANDSON PAYS ALL OF HER BILLS.

HER BILLS WERE COMPLETELY PAID.

THEY CUT OFF HER GAS DURING THE FIRST FREEZE.

SHE THOUGHT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH HER HEATER.

WE HELPED TAKE CARE OF HER.

WENT DOWN THERE, THE GAS WAS TURNED OFF.

WE CALLED ATMOS.

WELL, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? IT'LL TAKE US THE WHOLE BIT.

THE WAY THEY WERE RUDE.

I CALLED DOWN TO THE RAILROAD COMMISSION.

THE FIRST YOUNG GIRL THAT I GOT AHOLD OF SAID, IS THAT IN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE? YEAH.

GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.

OH A C, THAT'S THAT BILL HILLS.

IT'S HIS RESPONSIBILITY.

I SAID, BILL IS THE CITY MANAGER OF GRAND PRIX.

I THEN CALLED STATE SENATOR ROYCE WEST DOWN IN AUSTIN, GOT HIS LEGAL COUNSEL.

WOULD YOU GO OVER TO THE RAILROAD COMMISSION AND DO SOME LYNDON JOHNSON AND BOB BULLOCK ON THEM? I THEN CALLED, LEFT A MESSAGE FOR A LADY, I BELIEVE HER NAME IS ADRIAN.

SHE DIDN'T CALL ME BACK.

I CALLED, FINALLY GOT AHOLD OF HER AGAIN.

SHE WAS INSISTENT.

IT'S THE CITY MANAGER OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS IS RESPONSIBLE TO GET THIS LADY'S NATURAL GAS TURNED BACK ON THE RAILROAD COMMISSION.

HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS.

AND I WAS VERY POLITE AND NICE.

IT'S LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE.

BILL IS THE CITY MANAGER OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

WHO'S YOUR CONTACTED ATMOS? WE DON'T HAVE TO GIVE YOU THAT BECAUSE WE WORKED FOR CHRISTIE CRADOCK AND TOM CRADOCK ON THAT LITTLE RAILROAD COMMISSION DOWN THERE.

ALL THEM TRUMP REPUBLICANS GOING ON.

I GOT A HOLD.

WE FINALLY, THEY CAME OUT.

ATMOS BLAMED IT ON A SYSTEMS ERROR.

SHE HAD HAD A GAS LEAK IN SEPTEMBER.

THEY CAME OUT, CITY INSPECTOR CAME OUT, TURNED EVERYTHING ON BACK ON.

THEY DIDN'T PUT A HANGER ON HER DOOR.

THEY DIDN'T KNOCK ON HER DOOR.

MS. LILLIAN WERE TURNING THE GAS OFF, JUST TURNED IT OFF, PUT THE LOCK ON THE METER, UNEXCUSABLE, NO REASON WHAT SO EVER FOR THIS IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS TO CUT THE GAS OFF.

BUT YET ATMOS GETS THEIR RATE INCREASE.

WHAT'S ATMOS DOING? WHAT ARE THEIR PLAN OF CORRECTIONS? THAT SYSTEMS ERROR THAT ATMOS BRAGS ABOUT IS WHY GREG GEISER AND JEFF WOODRIDGE AND JEFF COPELAND ARE OFF THIS COUNCIL BECAUSE ATMOS HAD A BIG SYSTEMS ERROR IN FEBRUARY, 2021.

WE DIDN'T HAVE NATURAL GAS.

THEY STILL HAVE TO SUPPLEMENT IT WITH LNG AT FIVE BY FIRE STATION NINE.

THIS IS THE TYPE OF THING HERE.

IT WAS LIKE A THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

BILL

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HILLS CITY MANAGER OF GRAND PRIX, TEXAS NOW WORKING FOR ATMOS, TURNING ON GAS, TURNING OFF GAS BILL.

I CAN GO OUT THERE AND I'M SIX MONTHS AFTER SURGERY.

I CAN TURN THE METER ON IF YOU WANT TO LIGHT THE PILOT LIGHTS.

JUST NOTHING, NO FOLLOW UP.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING FOR STAFF IN YOUR DISTRICT.

AN 88-YEAR-OLD WOMAN HAS HER GAS TURNED OFF IN A FREEZE AND NO NOTIFICATION.

WHO IS OUR LIAISON? THE ATMOS.

I HAVE A NUMBER HERE OF A LADY CALLED MALLORY SMITH.

THAT'S THE ONE I'VE BEEN TALKING TO.

I HAVE HER PHONE NUMBER, UH, (972) 855-3396.

SHE'S THE ONE I'VE BEEN SPEAKING TO ABOUT THIS AND SHE'S GIVING ME NOTHING IN WRITING.

NOT EVEN A PHONE CALL OR A KNOCK ON THE DOOR.

SORRY, MS. LILLIAN WOULD CUT YOUR GAS OFF.

IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

NOTHING.

THAT'S UNEXCUSABLE TO CUT HER GAS OFF.

AND I WANNA WORK WITH YOU ON THIS.

THANK YOU, CHILD FARM FAM.

GOOD EVENING, JOE FAM.

20 20 29 35 R BUS.

JOE, I'M HERE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT WERE DISCUSSED AT THE SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING ON DECEMBER THE SECOND, NAMELY THE VERY UNFAIR CHARACTERIZATION OF DISTRICT SIX AS BEING CLOSED OFF TO DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH.

IT'S CLEAR FROM THE RECORDING OF THAT DISTRICT SIX HAS A REPUTATION AMONG THIS COUNCIL AS BEING RESISTANT TO CHANGE.

AND I'M HERE TO DISPEL THAT MYTH AGAIN BY ASSERTING OUR EARNEST INTEREST IN A MULTI-USE FACILITY AT THE CORNER OF LAKE RIDGE AND ENGLAND PARKWAY.

WHAT I CAN AGREE WITH DURING THAT MEETING IS THE IDEA OF COMBINING AS MANY OF THE COUNCIL'S RELATED GOALS IN ONE PLACE AS POSSIBLE.

THOSE GOALS BEING TO BUILD A PICKLEBALL COMPLEX AS WELL AS COUNCILMAN LOPEZ'S HISTORY AND HERITAGE CENTER.

PERHAPS EVEN A LIBRARY ALL UNDER ONE ROOF.

OUTSIDE THAT ONE ROOF, THERE'S STILL PLENTY OF GREEN SPACE FOR A PLAYGROUND AND DOG PARKS ACROSS THE BRIDGE.

PREMIER LAGOS IS CEDAR HILL'S HICKMAN LIBRARY THAT INCORPORATES ALL THESE THINGS.

THERE'S SPACE AND SEATING FOR PERFORMANCES IN THE LOWER LEVEL.

A HANDFUL OF OPEN AIR DECKS ON THE UPPER LEVELS RIGHT INSIDE THE LIBRARY'S MAIN ENTRANCE IS THE CEDAR HILL MUSEUM OF HISTORY, WHERE COMMUNITY EMBRACES HERITAGE AND NATURE.

THERE YOU CAN FIND OLD MAPS AND DINOSAUR BONES THAT WERE FOUND IN THE AREA.

I KNOW THAT WE LOOK TO NEIGHBORING CITIES FOR INSPIRATION BECAUSE IN THAT, IN THAT MEETING, SOUTH LAKE'S PICKLEBALL CENTER WAS MENTIONED AND AS A MODEL FOR WHAT GRAND PRAIRIE HAS IN MIND.

SO I PULLED IT UP ON GOOGLE MAPS TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT THEY HAD THAT ENTAILED.

ON THE MAP, YOU CAN SEE A BUNCH OF UNCOVERED COURTS, BUT JUST ACROSS THAT TINY LITTLE PARKING LOT IS THE SOUTH LAKE TENNIS CENTER THAT HAS TWO DIFFERENT BUILDINGS.

AND I CAN GIVE YOU THREE GUESSES AS TO WHAT'S INSIDE ONE OF THOSE BUILDINGS.

BUT I DOUBT YOU'LL NEED ALL THREE GUESSES.

THERE ARE TWO TENNIS COURTS IN THERE, WHICH WE KNOW FROM FRIENDSHIP PARK CAN HOLD EIGHT PICKLEBALL COURTS IN TOTAL.

THAT LITTLE BUILDING IS ALL THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.

NOT ANY OF THE COOL STUFF THAT SURROUNDS IT.

IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN THERE, YOU KNOW THERE'S A SOCCER FIELD, BASEBALL DIAMOND, ALL KINDS OF THINGS.

AND THAT ONE FACILITY, AS MAYOR JENSEN IMPLIED IN THE RECORDING, WILL BE MORE EXPENSIVE THAN UNCOVERED COURTS INITIALLY.

HAVING INDOOR COURTS WOULD PREVENT THE ISSUES THAT ARE CURRENTLY PLAGUING.

FRIENDSHIP PARK RESIDENTS WOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY TO PLANT TREES AS SOUND BARRIERS.

WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO REPLACE THE WIND GUARDS ON THE SIDES AND THE CANOPIES OVERHEAD THAT WILL INEVITABLY GET RIPPED AND SUN DAMAGE.

STILL THE VOLUME OF COMPLAINTS AND THE NEED FOR REPAIR DIRECTLY CORRELATES WITH THE HIGH INTEREST AND HIGH USE OF RECREATIONAL SPACES.

THERE IS SO MUCH THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM OUR CURRENT PICKLEBALL EXPERIENCES THAT CAN BE APPLIED TO A NEW FACILITY IN THE SOUTH, WHICH IS WHERE DISTRICTS FOUR AND SIX ARE LOCATED, AND THE DIRECTION THAT GRAND PRAIRIE IS GROWING.

WITH ALL THE TALK OF ANNEXATION AND SIFTING BOUNDARIES THIS EVENING, EPIC CENTRAL IS FAST BECOMING JUST EPIC NORTH.

BUT THE ALARMING EASE WITH WHICH DISTRICT SIX, MY DISTRICT WAS DISMISSED FOR DEVELOPMENT AND THE CONSTANT REFERENCE TO A RECENT SURVEY HAD ME THINKING THAT I WAS RELATIVELY ALONE IN THIS UPHILL BATTLE.

SO BEFORE LAST MONTH'S MEETING, I COLLECTED A BUNCH OF EMAILS FROM RESIDENTS WHO SUPPORTED THE FACILITY.

THEN A BUNCH OF US WENT TO THE GRAND VISION MEETING IN THE VERY HEART OF DISTRICT SIX TO WRITE IN OUR SUPPORT.

A FEW OF THEM ARE EVEN HERE TONIGHT, DESPITE HOW PROHIBITIVELY LONG AND LATE THESE MEETINGS ARE.

'CAUSE I THOUGHT I NEEDED MORE PROOF THAT I WASN'T A SINGLE VOICE

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ASKING FOR SOMETHING THAT NOBODY ELSE WANTED.

BUT IN PREPARING FOR THIS MONTH'S MEETING, I FOUND THAT WAS VERY FAR FROM THE TRUTH.

THE RESULTS OF LAST SUMMER'S SURVEY INDICATE THAT MY WISH FOR A MULTI-USE FACILITY ALIGNS WITH 66% OF YOUR SURVEY RESPONDENTS.

AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT NUMBER IS INTERPRETED ON YOUR SIDE OF THE TABLE, BUT FROM WHERE I'M STANDING, I AM ONE OF 600 VOTERS WHO WANTED A FACILITY IN THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION.

THE SURVEY AND PLANNING MEETINGS ARE CONDUCTED BY CITY DEPARTMENTS.

SO IT'S REALLY CONFUSING AND FRUSTRATING TO ME WHEN THE COUNCIL STILL HARBORS SUCH A RIGID BELIEF ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY'S UNWILLINGNESS TO GROW.

SO WHERE'S THE COLLAPSE IN COMMUNICATION HERE? ARE YOUR DEPARTMENTS NOT TALKING OR LISTENING TO EACH OTHER? OR ARE OUR WRITTEN REQUESTS THROUGH EMAILS AND PAPER FORMS TOO NICE AND THEREFORE EASY TO IGNORE? HOW OBNOXIOUS DO 1500 PROPONENTS NEED TO BE IN ORDER TO OUTWEIGH 780 DISSENTING VOICES? PLEASE TELL ME WHAT WE CAN REASONABLY DO AT THIS POINT TO ENSURE THE WISHES OF YOUR POLITE SOUTHERN TAXPAYERS ARE ALSO BEING HONORED.

PUTTING IT ON THE RECORD FOR THE PERSON THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT TO RESPOND TO IT.

DOLORES PHILLIPS, DOLORES PHILLIPS, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.

MAYOR JENSEN.

I'M HOMELESS BY DESIGN.

I'M REALLY TRULY BATTLED BY A RICO, A MULTI-COUNTY RICO.

I'M GONNA SPEAK SLOWLY AND DISTINCTLY.

IN 2019, MY DAD WAS HIT IN CORER COUNTY AND FLOWN HERE.

I BECAME HIS, HIS POA, HIM AND MY MONEY.

MOM, I FOUND OUT, HAD MONIES THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT.

NOW, THOSE WHO SW POOR PEOPLE FOR THEIR MONEY, THEY'RE REALLY GREAT AT WHAT THEY DO.

THEY THINK WAY AHEAD OF THE GAME.

SO IN 2012, WHEN THEY STARTED SEEING THAT WE OWED MONIES ON THE HABITAT HOME, WE DIDN'T OWE NO MONIES.

NOW OWN THAT HABITAT HOME.

SO WE CAN BE CLEAR.

MR. HILLS CAN BACK THIS UP 'CAUSE HE CAN GO BACK IN Y'ALL ARCHIVES AND GET THESE NOTES.

FOR DALLAS AREA HABITAT, THERE WAS A REPAIR PAYOUT FUND, A TRUST FUND, A RESERVE BALANCE, AND AN IMPOUND BALANCE FOR THE DALLAS AREA.

HABITAT HOME.

NOT SAYING DALLAS AREA HABITAT.

KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS.

ONLY THING IT REQUIRES IS ONE LINK IN WHEREVER YOU NEED IT TO BE IN ORDER TO FUNNEL MONIES.

AND THE BEST WAY THAT YOU CAN DO THAT IS BY POOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND ACCRUED INTEREST PENSION STOCK SHARES.

NOW LET'S FAST FORWARD WHEN THEY DID THAT OVER THERE SAYING THAT WE OWED MONIES, WE DIDN'T OWE ANY MONIES.

YOU GOT THE 30 PAGE HANDOUT.

I'M ALSO ASKING ON THE RECORD, MS. GALIA, IS IT GIA TO APPROVE THIS AS A PRESENTATION FOR NEXT MONTH? I'M GONNA TAKE SOME PAGES OUT AND ADD SOME, BUT LET'S, LET'S REWIND AND PLAY BACK.

THE REASON THEY TOOK THE HOMESTEAD IS THEY DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE A HOMESTEAD.

NO FAMILY BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT I'M NOT, I DON'T HAVE THE HIGHEST IQ, BUT I'M NOT A DUMMY AND I'M NOT GOING TO PLAY LIKE I'M ONE NOW, HONORABLE JENSEN, THAT HOUSE WAS TARGETED TO BE SET UP TO FAIL WITH NO MONIES OWED WITH GRAND PRAIRIE HOUSING, CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE PAYING OUT 20 PLUS $30,000 ON THE HOME.

THAT'S NOT OTHER MONIES THAT I APPLIED TO THE HOME.

COME TO FIND OUT, WE WASN'T EVEN BEHIND ON IT, BUT WE WAS PUT OUT.

IT WAS METHODICAL IN ORDER TO SET THIS UP TO SAY, OH, SHE CRAZY.

OH, SHE'S SCHIZO, SHE'S SCHIZO.

OH, PUT YOUR CHILD ON MEDICATION.

THEY BIPOLAR, IT'S ALL GAME TO SET THEM UP.

SO WHEN, IF THEY FAMILY LEAVE THEM IN A ANY LITTLE SOMETHING, THEN THEY CAN'T GET IT BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO, THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO MANAGE MONEY.

IF THEY GOT A MENTAL ILLNESS, HEY, I'M IN SOUND MIND, I'M TRYING TO GET HELP.

THEY DONE STOLE MY EXHIBITS OVER THERE AT DC 2 1 0 6 2 9 9 IN HUNDRED AND FIRST COURT.

STAY WITH ME BECAUSE IT'S NOT FUNNY.

I'M I'M, I'M BATTLED BY RICO AND I'M KNOCKING ON DOORS.

WHEN THEY RAN UP IN MEADOW GREEN, NEW ROCK, MEADOW GREEN, IT WAS COVID CLANDESTINE OPERATIONS TO TARGET AND STEAL CERTAIN COURT DOCUMENTS.

THEY WERE IN BINDERS, BLACK BINDERS, WHITE BINDERS.

THEY WAS ABOUT MY DAD'S PROBATE.

ESTATE MATTER, NO MATTER WHAT YOU DONE DID YOUR INVESTIGATION, YOU GOTTA PUT IT ON THE RECORD.

IT'S NOT FAIR TO MAKE DECISIONS BY WHAT YOU THINK YOU KNOW WITHOUT

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NOW, MAYOR JENSEN, WHEN THEY RAN UP IN THERE, IT WAS THE, THE, IT WAS THE REGIONAL MANAGER, THE APARTMENT MANAGER, AND ALSO THEIR UM, ATTORNEY.

THEY WENT IN CHESS.

THEY WENT, TOOK OUT MY GRANDKIDS BOOKS FROM WHEN THEY WERE CHILDREN.

THEY TOOK OUT THINGS AND THEY DID IT SARCASTICALLY TO SAY, NOW WHAT YOU GOING TO DO? I'M NOT TAKING NO EVICTION IN SILENCE.

I OWE THEM NO MONIES.

THEY STOLE MONIES FROM HUD GRAND PRAIRIE HOUSING.

THEY STOLE MY MONIES.

I DIDN'T OWE NO MONIES.

IF I OWED, I WOULDN'T BE HERE BEFORE YOU.

TODAY, THEY STOLE OUR MONIES AND PUT US OUT IN THE ELEMENTS.

MY GRANDSON, WHO HAS BEEN PSYCHOLOGICALLY TRAUMATIZED BY ECONOMIC SOCIAL DISPARITIES AS OTHER POOR CHILDREN BEYOND RAISED MORE SO BLACK AND WHITE, IS TRAUMATIZED BY THIS.

NOW STAY WITH ME.

SO IS MY GRANDDAUGHTER.

SHE'S IN COLLEGE NOW.

MAYOR JENSEN.

ON PAGE 10 OF 30, IT SHOWS TEXAS TRUST SAYS NEW ROCK SENT NO MONIES BACK.

REAL PAGE SENT NO MONIES BACK.

I I WILL SPEAK ON THE RECORD.

THE MANAGER WAS IN A FINANCIAL CRISIS.

AND IT'S EASY TO SAY THAT POOR PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW TO MANAGE THEY MONEY.

POOR PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO MANAGE THEY MONEY UNLESS THEY WELL, LIKE WEALTHY PEOPLE ON DRUGS AND JUST CAN'T HELP THEMSELVES.

BUT WE OUT IN THE ELEMENTS.

THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT AND WE OWE NO MONIES.

THANK YOU MARRIAGES.

MS. PATSY RAY.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS PATSY RAY, 2217 EL.

SO OVER THE WEEKEND, I JUST WANT TO BRING SOMETHING TO YOU ALL'S ATTENTION AS MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT PEOPLE, I DON'T KNOW WHEN, AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN, UH, THE STATE, THE, UH, THEATER WAS BILLED AT STAR.

I HAD, I DIDN'T HAVE, BUT WE HAD VISITORS FROM LUBBOCK, TEXAS WHO CAME TO THE CONCERT.

THERE IS NO RAILING IN OUR THEATER ON LONG STAR PARK.

AND THAT'S A SAFETY ISSUE.

I WANTED TO BRING IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL'S ATTENTION PLEASE.

IN ALL OF OUR REPAIR WORK THAT WE ARE DOING TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

LET'S GET SOME SAFETY REINS IN THE TEXAS, UH, TRUST THEATER.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL, YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANNA MENTION? YES, MAYOR.

UH, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT AS THE HOLIDAY SEASON GOES FIRST, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND THE HAPPY HANUKAH AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY.

BUT AS DOES, AS THE SEASON GOES, IF YOU'RE DRIVING, BE CAREFUL, BE KIND, BE FRIENDLY.

DRIVE DEFENSIVELY, YOU KNOW, UH, LET'S LEAVE OUR BLOOD AT THE RED CROSS AND NOT ON THE HIGHWAY PLEASE.