Apr 07, 2026 City Council 04072026

YOU BET.

AND YOUR SON WOULD BE RUNNING AROUND RIGHT NOW.

AND I WOULD JUST SAY TO LET HIM GO.

LATER.

SARGE, STOP ME BACK THERE, .

COUNCIL

[6. Proclamation - Council Member Mike Del Bosque]

MEMBER LOPEZ.

YES, MAYOR, I FOLLOW ON YOU TO READ PROCLAMATION.

PLEASE THEN JOIN ME OUT FRONT WITH IT.

CONTRIBUTING IN THE CITY'S GROWTH AND BRUTALITY.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

SO THE FOLLOWING PROCLAMATION READS, AS WHEREAS THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE MOURNS THE PASSING OF MIKE DEKE ON MARCH 13TH, 2026, A DEVOTED PUBLIC SERVANT, ENTREPRENEUR AND COMMUNITY LEADER WHOSE LIFE WAS DEFINED BY SERVICE, COMPASSION, AND COMMITMENT TO OTHERS.

AND WHEREAS MIKE WAS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF GRAND PRAIRIE, SON OF FRANK, SENIOR AND EL LUISA, A PROUD GRADUATED OF SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL, WHO ATTENDED TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY AND AND ENTREPRENEUR FROM THE AGE OF 19TH.

HE BUILT A SUCCESSFUL CAREER IN REAL ESTATE, TOXICOLOGY LABORATORIES AND INJURY REHABS

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AND WHEREAS MIKE MADE HISTORY AS THE FIRST LATINO ELECTED TO THE GRAND PRIX CITY COUNCIL, REPRESENTING DISTRICT THREE SINCE 2017, EARNING REELECTION IN 2020 AND 2023.

AND SERVING WITH DISTINCT WHERE HIS SERVICE EXTENDED BEYOND ELECTED OFFICE THROUGH LEADERSHIP WITH THE YMCA, LULAC COUNCIL.

2, 2 2 6 2, WHERE HE WAS NAMED LULAC MAN OF THE YEAR IN 2021, THE ASSOCIATION OF HISPANIC MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS, THE NATIONAL LEAGUES OF CITIES, HILO GROUP, AND A SUPPORTER OF RYDER'S TOMORROW, LIFELINE FOR FAMILIES AND THE PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

AND WHEREAS MIKE RECEIVED A PRESIDENTIAL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FROM THE GRAND PRAIRIE NWCP IN 2025, HE FOUNDED THE DE BOSQUE FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP, WHICH AWARDED A TOTAL OF $35,000 TO 30 STUDENTS AND GENERAL GENEROUSLY VOLUNTEERED AS A COACH MENTOR.

SO IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH PROGRAMS SUCH AS TARGET EVOLUTION, AND WHEREAS A MAN OF STRONG FAITH, MIKE WAS A DEVOTED PER PARISHIONER OF ST.

MICHAEL, THE ARCHANGEL CATHOLIC CHURCH, LOVING FATHER TO VICTORIA AND MICHAEL, PROUD GRANDFATHER TO MIKEY, AND REMEMBERED BY HIS SIBLINGS, MELISSA, NORMA, AND FRANK, AND HONORING HIS BROTHER ISAAC, WHO PASSED IN 2023.

AND WHEREAS MIKE DEVO, HIS LIFE OF SERVICE LEADERSHIP, GENEROSITY, HAS LED AN ENDURING IMPACT ON THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE AND ALL WHO KNEW HIM NOW.

THEREFORE, MAYOR RON JANSEN ON BEHALF OF CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, DO HAVE HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 7TH, 2026 AS MIKE DE BOSCA DAY, AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO HONOR HIS MEMORY BY EMBRACING HIS SPIRIT AND SERVICE, GENEROSITY AND COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY.

SIGNED BY MAYOR JEN, AGAIN, AGAIN, AGAIN, OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES.

YOU'RE NEVER GONNA GET OVER IT.

YOU SHOULDN'T.

UM, THANK YOU SISTER, BROTHER-IN-LAW, DAUGHTER, GRANDSON.

GREAT-GRAND.

UH, OUR DEEPEST .

GOT ANOTHER PRESENTATION.

MAKE YOU'VE GOT SOME FRIENDS HERE TO TAKE A PICTURE.

THANK YOU MA'AM.

I'M GLAD YOU TONIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.

SO WE HAVE SOME CARDS TONIGHT, DEPUTY MAYOR .

AND FIRST THOUGH, UH, BEFORE YOU READ THAT, ROSA GONZALEZ, YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 36.

WE'RE NOT HEARING 36 TONIGHT.

IT'LL BE TABLED, SO DON'T, DON'T HANG AROUND.

THAT'S THE LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

WHEN WE GET THERE, WE'RE TABLING IT.

WE'RE NOT DOING ANY CARDS OR ANYTHING.

SO, ROSA, WHEN WILL IT BE NEXT? THE 21ST.

THANK YOU FOR COMING, BUT I DON'T WANT YOU TO SIT HERE AND NOT YET.

CITIZENS MAY SIGN UP TO SPEAK TO THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

ALL RIGHT.

BUT YOU'RE STAY IF YOU WANT TO.

[PUBLIC COMMENTS]

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ALL SPEAKERS MUST COMPLETE A COMMENT CARD PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING.

FOR ITEMS LISTED ON CONSENT AGENDA, EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE A TOTAL OF FIVE MINUTES FOR ALL ITEMS. CITIZENS MAY SPEAK FOR THREE MINUTES ON ANY ITEM SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING, INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, OR DURING CITIZEN COMMENTS.

APPLICANT'S FOR ZONING MATTERS MAY SPEAK FOR FIVE MINUTES.

ALL SPEAKERS SHALL OBSERVE THE RULES OF DECORUM AND EXHIBIT ORDERLY AND RESPECTFUL CONDUCT DURING THE MEETING.

SPEAKER SHALL DIRECT THEIR REMARKS TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND NOT THE AUDIENCE.

WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

HAROLD HAROLD WILLIS.

YOU HAVE ITEMS 13 21 23 AND 24 5 MINUTES? UH, YES PLEASE.

HAROLD WILLIS.

5 3 8 LINLEY ON ITEM 13, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW FIDUCIARY FOR THE HOMELAND SECURITY TASK FORCE FOR $220,000, THE DEA RIGHT NOW WITH HOMELAND SECURITY, UH, WE GOT RID OF CHRISTINE NOMAN.

COREY LEWANDOWSKI, BUT CAN WE TALK MORE ABOUT THIS PLEASE? WITH HOMELAND SECURITY AND ICE AND THE WHOLE THING AT, UM, WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THIS 220,000 CHIEF SNE? UH, SO, UH, THIS HAS BEEN A LONGSTANDING, UH, ARRANGEMENT.

WE HAVE WITH SURE D-E-A-F-B-I AND OTHERS AND, AND COMPLEX TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME.

IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR, UH, THE GOVERNMENT TO QUICKLY ISSUE, LET'S SAY, UH, BUY FUNDS TO DO A, A, UH, UNDERCOVER NARCOTICS BUY.

SO BY PARTNERING WITH LOCAL, UH, AUTHORITIES, IN THIS CASE US, IT GIVES US ANOTHER BITE AT THE APPLE WHEN IT COMES TIME TO ASSET FORFEITURE DOLLARS.

SO WE DON'T SPEND $220,000.

ALL OF THIS MONEY GETS REIMBURSED TO US, BUT WHEN, WHEN THEY, UH, DO MAKE AN ASSET FORFEITURE, WE HAVE A PERCENTAGE FOR EACH ONE OF OUR OFFICERS THAT ASSIGNED TO THE TASK FORCE PLUS AN ADDITIONAL, UH, PERCENTAGE BECAUSE WE'RE THE FIDUCIARY.

SO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE IS THE FIDUCIARY CORRECT.

NOT HOMELAND SECURITY TASK FORCE? THAT'S RIGHT.

AND WILL THIS BE FOR WHAT TERM FRAME? FROM AS LONG AS WE CAN DO IT.

UM, BUT THERE IS NO IN, UH, TO THE, TO, WE CAN STEP OUT ANYTIME WE WANT.

BUT THERE IS NO, UH, DEFINED END DATE.

IS THIS A YEARLY BUDGET APPROPRIATION YOU HAVE TO COME UP FOR? NO, BECAUSE THERE IS, IT'S ALL REIMBURSED.

SO THE CITY IS OUT $0.

OKAY, GREAT.

JUST TELL 'EM, BE CAREFUL WHEN THEY DO IT.

I'LL DO THAT.

WHICHEVER ONE YOU WANNA DO NEXT.

WELL, Y'ALL ARE IN CHARGE.

NO, YOU GET TO SPEAK ON ANY OR ALL OF 'EM.

YOU PICK UP, GO DOWN.

I GUESS I FIGURED ITEM NUMBER 21 ON THE TRAFFIC CONTROL AND SIGNAL EQUIPMENT FOR $450,000 A YEAR.

WE, WE DESPERATELY NEED THIS.

MY CONCERN IS LIKE AT SERGEANT GREG HUNTER PARKWAY AND BARDEN, THAT'S BEEN GOING ON NOW, WHAT, SIX MONTHS, EIGHT MONTHS, AND OUT ON ENGLAND PARKWAY.

THAT TRAFFIC SIGNAL HAS BEEN, IF WE'RE GONNA SPEND ALL THIS MONEY, WHAT KIND OF, UM, TIME GUARANTEED DO WE GET FROM THE CONTRACTORS, PLEASE? HI, CAROL DERE, DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY.

THE TWO YOU MENTIONED ARE ACTUALLY NEW SIGNALS AND THAT IS DONE BY A CONTRACTOR.

THIS IS THE CITY CONTRACT FOR IN-HOUSE USE.

WE CAN'T HEAR YOU CAROL.

AND THE TWO HE MENTIONED AREN'T ON THIS AGENDA TONIGHT.

THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT YOUR RIGHT.

WHAT'S YOUR, UH, WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION ON THE AGENDA TODAY? WELL, I JUST WANNA KNOW HOW THESE TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, HOW 21 IN PARALLEL TO, WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION, UH, TRAFFIC LIGHTS THAT ARE NOT BEING COMPLETED.

THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I WAS JUST TRYING TO TIE THIS INTO PLEASE.

BUT ASSURANCES DO WE AS TAXPAYERS HAVE THAT? I'D LIKE TO SEE SERGEANT GREG HUNTER.

WE WANT THAT COMPLETED PRETTY QUICK, BUT THERE IS NO GUARANTEES.

WE GET THE CONTRACTS WE HAVE.

IT TAKES A WHILE TO BUILD ALL THESE THINGS.

HAROLD? MM-HMM .

THIS IS CONTRACT FOR CITY USE FOR CITY USE.

THIS CONTRACT IS AN AS NEEDS WE WILL UP TO, WE WILL NOT USE THAT QUANTITY OF MONEY.

AND SIGNAL EQUIPMENT.

WHEN, WHEN YOU HAD THE OR EVENT BACK IN MARCH, YOUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS IN ARKANSAS AND 1 61 WERE BLINKING FOR HOURS AND THAT CAUSED A MASSIVE TRAFFIC JAM.

IT HAPPENS EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.

IT HAPPENS.

YOU RIGHT? WELL, NO, NO, NO.

I'M NOT, YEAH, I KNOW.

THAT'S WHY HAVING THE FUNDING, SO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE THE APPROPRIATE UPGRADES AND REPAIR.

IT WAS VERY HOT THAT DAY.

THAT WAS A MINNESOTA TRAFFIC.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE FUNDING WE GET, WE CAN KEEP THE EQUIPMENT WORKING.

YOU GOT ONE MINUTE LEFT.

I KNOW MARY , YOU PLAYED

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TRUMP.

I THINK HE WANTED 23 NEXT TO HAROLD.

UH, 23 AND 24.

JUST, UM, THE, UH, ANOTHER HOMELAND SECURITY GRANTS AND $445,000.

UH, COULD WE TALK ABOUT THAT? UH, HOMELAND SECURITY GRANTS ON 23 AND 24.

RIGHT NOW YOU'RE AGAINST THEM.

SO MAYBE CHIEF I CAN CONVINCE YOU TO NOT BE AGAINST THEM.

YEAH, IF YOU COULD JUST GIMME AN UPDATE.

CHIEF ROBERT FI FIRE DEPARTMENT.

YES, PLEASE.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW, SIR? THE $145,000.

I DIDN'T KNOW HOMELAND SECURITY GRANTS.

I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WOULD BE GOING.

I I DIDN'T KNOW WHICH DEPARTMENT IT WOULD BE GOING TO.

IT, IT GOES UNDER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, WHICH IS UNDER FIRE.

SO IT'S 145,045 OF IT GOES TO FUND A PART-TIME, UH, A POSITION.

HALF A POSITION.

THEN TYPICALLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, POLICE FIRE SPLIT.

THE OTHER 150 IS GOING TO FIRE FOR HAZMAT FOR GAS DETECTION AND 50 IS GOING TO POLICE FOR SOME SWAT BALLISTIC OR, UH, BALLISTIC VESTS.

I'LL LET YOU FINISH YOUR EXPLANATION CHIEF.

YEAH.

AND THEN IN 26, EXACT SAME THING DUE TO THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, THINGS WERE DELAYED.

SO WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING BOTH OF TOGETHER.

SO THIS IS MONEY WE'RE GETTING.

THIS IS MONEY WE'RE GETTING.

AND IS THIS A YEARLY APPROPRIATION? YOU HAVE TO APPLY FOR IT EVERY YEAR? YES, WE'VE GOT, IT GOES TO THE UIS, WHICH ARE A HUGE ORGANIZATION IN ALL OF THE AREA, AND THEN IT SPLIT AMONGST THE CITY.

SO WE'VE BEEN GETTING THIS SINCE THE LATE NINETIES.

OKAY, GREAT.

I JUST DIDN'T WANNA SAW HOMELAND SECURITY GUARD.

CAN I, CAN I CHANGE IT TO YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF THEM? UH, DEFINITELY.

TO GET IN FAVOR OF.

UH, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS? THAT'S IT.

UM, ITEM 23, ALL OF THEM, ALL THE CONSENT AGENDA.

YOU'RE, YOU'RE ON CITIZEN COMMENTS.

THIS WAS CONSENT AGENDA.

NO, IT'S OKAY.

I GET CON CONSENT AGENDA.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

UH, MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH REMOVAL OF ITEM NUMBER EIGHT FOR NO ACTION AND CORRECTION OF ITEM NUMBER 23 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF WITH THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE NEW INFORMATION THAT WAS PASSED TO ALL OF US ON THE DAAS.

WE HAVE A MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS MOTION.

AND SECOND.

NOW WE'LL GET INTO CITIZEN COMMENTS.

AYE.

AY.

OPPOSED, SAY NAY.

MOTION CARRIES EIGHT TO ZERO.

[CITIZEN COMMENTS]

I'M START THE CLOCK UNTIL GET DOWN HERE.

IT'S OKAY.

HELLO EVERYONE.

UM, NICE TO SEE YOU ALL.

AND YOU GOTTA SPEAK INTO MY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

DOWN FARTHER, REAL LOUD.

NICE TO MEET, NICE TO SEE EVERYONE.

HELLO.

UH, I'M YOLANDA TRIGG.

I'M HERE TONIGHT.

I'M SPEAKING ON, UH, DR.

ANGELA LUCKY AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

AND, UM, WE DON'T, WE CAN'T, THE MIC DON'T WORK.

WE'RE WORKING ON IT.

THAT'S WHY.

SO DO I GET TO WAIT FOR THEM TO FIX IT ON STOP ME OVER.

I'VE STOPPED THE CLOCK FOR A MINUTE.

IS IT ON NOW? OKAY, ARE WORKING.

LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA.

SORRY ABOUT THIS.

THAT'S OKAY.

YOU'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO SPEAK LOUDLY.

SPEAK LOUDER.

WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'LL DO.

I'M YOLANDA TRIGG.

I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF AN DR.

ANGELA LUCKY.

UM, I'VE WATCHED HER, UM, GROW PEOPLE, UM, OUT OF, UH, FROM NOWHERE I WOULD SAY.

UM, I'VE SEEN PEOPLE COME FROM PRISON AND BE TO A PULPIT.

UM, I'VE SEEN, UM, MYSELF IN FACT, UM, COME FROM WHERE I CAME FROM AND ACTUALLY SUCCEED AND BE IN A DIFFERENT PLACE.

I LIKE THE FACT THAT SHE'S HELPED OPEN DOORS FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT AS ADVANTAGED AS SOME.

UM, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK HER AND I WOULD LIKE FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER, UM, AS A HISTORICAL PLACE FOR US TO HAVE, UM, TO BE ABLE TO, UM, STORE HISTORICAL RECORDS FOR OUR BLACK COMMUNITY, FOR THE DALWORTH COMMUNITY.

UM, THERE'S

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AN ANNEX BUILDING THERE.

UM, THERE WE GO.

AH, WOO.

I THINK I BETTER BACK UP NOW.

UM, I DUNNO IF IT WANTS ME TO TALK, TRY AGAIN.

TRY AGAIN, TRY AGAIN.

DO I START OVER? JUST GO .

WHERE AM I? I'M SORRY.

MY NAME'S YOLANDA TRIGG.

I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF DR.

ANGELA LUCKY, UM, AND THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

UM, OKAY.

PICK UP WHERE I LEFT OFF.

YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT STORY PLACES.

INDIANA.

WE WOULD LIKE A PLACE TO STORE OUR, OUR ARTIFACTS.

UM, WE HAVE, UM, HISTORICAL THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BE STORED IN A PLACE FOR, UM, IT TO BE HELD.

UM, IT ACTUALLY, UM, UH, THE ANNEX WAS ONE OF THE PLACES, AND IF THERE IS ANOTHER PLACE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AVAILABLE IN THE CITY, WE WOULD LIKE THAT.

BUT DALWORTH, UH, HIGH SCHOOL, UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THE HISTORICAL PART OF IT.

UM, AND ACTUALLY THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE TO DO THINGS, UM, WITH THE, IN THE COMMUNITY, THE PLACES THERE, BUT WE'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT PARTICULAR PLACE.

BUT IF THERE IS, AGAIN, A PLACE THAT WE HAVE FOR A SUGGESTION, WE'D BE HAPPY FOR THAT.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO AGAIN, UH, BRING TO THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY DALWORTH ITSELF, WE'VE, UM, AGAIN, WE'VE CAME A LONG WAY DUE TO ANGELA LUCKY AND BEING A PILLAR FOR US AND A PLACE THAT WE CAN TALK TO, A PERSON TO COMPLAIN TO THAT HELPS US WITH THE ISSUES OF THAT PARTICULAR AREA.

SO BASICALLY, AGAIN, WE WOULD LIKE A PLACE FOR THE ARTIFACTS AND THE BLACK HISTORY TO BE HELD SO THAT IT WILL BE CONTINUED AND NOT THROWN AWAY OR, OR LOST.

THANKS FOR COMING BACK.

THAT'S OKAY.

THANKS FOR LISTENING.

MS. PATSY RAY.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

PAT RAY, 2217 EL PASO GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.

I AM MAYOR.

I'M CITIZEN.

COMMENT IS, I HAD TWO CARDS.

IS THIS MY CITIZEN COMMENT? JUST YOUR CITIZEN COMMENT.

THE COMMENT THAT I HAVE TO MAKE IS CONCERNING THE STRIP MALL DOWN ON NINTH STREET.

THERE ARE FOUR OCCUPANTS IN THAT STRIP MALL, AND THEY ALL FEED THE SAME ELECTRICAL OUTLET BOX, WHICH TO ME IS INSUFFICIENT FOR RENTERS OF A PIECE OF PROPERTY WITH FOUR, FIVE UNITS ON IT.

SOMEBODY INSPECTOR EITHER IN CODE INSPECTOR AND, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL.

SOMEBODY'S NOT INSPECTING THE BUILDINGS DOWN THERE.

UH, YOUNG LADY FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A THRIFT STORE AND TODAY I STOPPED BY AND SHE HAD HER DOORS OPEN BECAUSE ALL OF THE TENANTS ARE USING THE SAME ELECTRIC.

CAN WE GET THAT CHECKED OUT PLEASE? THANK YOU, MS. RAY.

AND I APOLOGIZE THAT I HAD YOUR OTHER CARD IN THE WRONG SPOT.

CHIEF, WOULD YOU Y'ALL GET WITH HER ON 23, 24 AND 26? UH, CHIEF AND I HAVE ON THE AGENDA HE GOT WITH YOU ON 13.

BUT IF I WANT THEM TO GET WITH YOU ON 23, 24, 26.

OF FROGTOWN BEAR CREEK AND THE DALWORTH COMMUNITY.

IT JUST TAKE A SIMPLE EXPLANATION.

I'M SORRY WE HAD YOUR CARD IN THE WRONG PLACE.

UH, MAYOR JENSEN AND GRAND PRAIRIE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

MY NAME IS DR.

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

I RISE, UM, THIS EVENING, UM, IN REFERENCE TO IN THE DALWORTH COMMUNITY.

UM, WE HAVE A SOUTH DALWORTH HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND THAT ORGANIZATION WAS ACTUALLY FOUNDED BY OUR FORMER MAYOR, PRO TEM RUTHIE JACKSON, UM, THAT PUT THAT ORGANIZATION TOGETHER.

AND WE HAVE BEEN MOVING FROM HOME TO HOME.

I SPENT MOST OF MY TIME OVER AT BETTY WAR MAC LIBRARY JUST RESEARCHING THE, UM, HISTORY

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SO WE DON'T HAVE A HOME.

AND, UM, I'M ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL.

I ALREADY SPOKE TO, UM, THE CITY MANAGER, UM, AND WE'RE WORKING ON OPTIONS TO FIND A PLACE.

AND WE THINK WE PROBABLY HAVE FOUND SOMETHING, BUT WE ARE WORKING ON SOMETHING.

BUT THE SOUTH DALWORTH HISTORICAL SOCIETY WOULD LIKE TO, UM, STORE THE INFORMATION AND BE ABLE TO PUT UP PICTURES AND BE ABLE TO HAVE A PLACE AS A HISTORICAL LANDMARK WHERE PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY COME IN AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE INFORMATION WHERE IT SPEAKS ABOUT THE BLACK FARMERS, UM, OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

THEY'RE IN FROGTOWN.

MANY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT GRAND PRAIRIE HAD A TOWN CALLED FROGTOWN AND WHY IT GOT ITS NAME AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THE RURAL AREA.

AND WHEN IT WOULD RAIN OVER THERE BY THE TRINITY WOULD BE SO MANY HOPPING FROGS.

SO WE WOULD LIKE TO JUST CONTINUE TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION, UM, WITH GRAND PRAIRIE.

BUT WE NEED A PLACE, WE NEED, WE NEED A HOME.

IT'S A ORGANIZATION THAT DOES NOT HAVE ANY FUNDING.

SO, UM, WE ARE IN OUR OWN POCKETS AT OUR OWN EXPENSE.

AND SO WE'RE JUST HOPING THAT WE CAN EITHER UTILIZE THE OLD LIBRARY THAT WAS BUILT BACK IN THE EARLY, I BELIEVE, FIFTIES, UM, OR SIXTIES THAT THEY HAD OVER THERE.

THEY HAVE, IT'S A LITTLE ANNEX RIGHT BEHIND THE REED CENTER, OR THERE'S AN EMPTY HOUSE IN DOW WORTH THAT I THINK WAS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT USED TO HAVE IT AS A POLICE STOREFRONT.

BUT THERE ARE OPTIONS OVER IN DOW WORTH TO WHERE WE CAN HAVE MONTHLY MEETINGS.

AND SO THAT'S WHY I RISE TONIGHT TO STAND AND SEE IF, IF THE CITY COUNCIL CAN FIND US, UM, A LOCATION TO HAVE OUR MEETINGS.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MAYOR JENSEN.

HE WAS THE FIRST ONE.

AND ALSO REBECCA, THEY WAS THE FIRST ONE TO DO A SPONSORSHIP FOR THE YOUTH, UM, SCHOLARSHIP.

THAT EVENT THAT WE WILL BE HAVING ON MAY 21ST.

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THAT.

THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.

DOLORES PHILLIPS, HANG ON SEAT.

NO.

DOLORES PHILLIPS 2319 DALWORTH, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS 7 5 0.

FIVE ZERO.

ON OCTOBER 8TH, I WENT TO THE TO GRAND PRAIRIE HEADQUARTERS AND DID A FOUR PAGE AFFIDAVIT IN THE LOBBY OF THE HEADQUARTERS ON ARKANSAS.

I THINK IT'S 1525 ARKANSAS, WITH TWO OFFICERS BEING PRESENT IMMEDIATELY, THAT FOUR PAGE AFFIDAVIT CAME UP MISSING.

IT'S A COVERUP.

THEY TRIED TO BLAME IT ON THE OFFICER.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE OFFICER RECEIVED A FOUR PAGE AFFIDAVIT FROM ME ASKING FOR AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE PAYMENTS OF THE RETALIATORY EVICTION.

OVER THERE AT NEW ROCK OF MEADOW GREEN.

YOU HAVE A FOUR PAGE HANDOUT.

THE FIRST SENTENCE SAYS, CY, WHERE'S THE FIRST TRANSACTION? SHOWING COUNSEL PAYMENT ON JANUARY THE 30TH, 2025.

THERE WAS TWO PAYMENTS.

IT WAS ONE, THEY SAID THAT THEY DIDN'T RECEIVE IT.

IT SHOWED COUNSEL AND THE PAYMENT PORTAL.

I WENT BACK TO THE PAYMENT PORTAL, IT SHOWED COUNSEL CALLED THE MANAGER, PONCY ASKED HER DID SHE RECEIVE IT? SHE SAID, NO.

I CALLED TEXAS, TEXAS TRUST.

THEY SAID, MA'AM, IF YOU HAD MADE THE PAYMENT AND THE MERCHANT HAD YET TO FINALIZE IT, WE WOULD STILL SEE THE PAVEMENT.

THEY DIDN'T SEE THE PAVEMENT.

SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE RACKETS.

NOW STAY WITH ME BECAUSE WE'RE GOING SOMEWHERE WITH THIS.

THIS WAS A RETALIATORY EVICTION WITH COVID OVER CLANDESTINE OPERATIONS WHERE THEY TOOK BONDERS WITH EXHIBITS FOR A PROBATE ESTATE MATTER.

WHEN MR. HILLS BACK IN DECEMBER, 2006 WHEN WE, FOR WHEN WE, UH, SIGNED, CLOSED ON THE HABITAT HOME.

WE DIDN'T CLOSE ON THAT HOME UNTIL APRIL, 2007.

STAY WITH ME WHEN YOU'RE BLACKLISTED FOR SPEAKING OF INJUSTICES.

NOW, MR. HILLS, MY MOM ALWAYS, AND MY GRANDPARENTS SAID, RESPECT THE MAN.

I DO THAT HUMBLY.

BUT THIS IS WHAT I WANNA SAY TO YOU.

AND I'VE NEVER BEEN SO HUMBLE IN MY LIFE BECAUSE I'M A WOMAN ABOUT WHAT I DO REGARDLESS WHO LIKE IT AND WHO DON'T.

I PAY MY RENT ON TIME.

LIKE I DID THAT HABITAT HOME AT 2001 SAN ANTONIO.

WHEN I COOK FOR Y'ALL GREENS, BEANS, I COOKED FROM THE HEART.

THIS WHAT YOU TOLD ME, YOU WON'T BE HERE FOR LONG.

WE DIDN'T OWE NO MONEY.

YOU TOLD ME THAT IN PERSON, MR. HILL, STAY WITH ME.

I BELIEVE YOU WAS PROMOTED FOR TAKING THAT HOUSE BACK.

I, THEY DO THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BE SUBPOENAED AS A WITNESS AND ALSO THE OFFICERS WHO'S NOT ABOUT

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NO COVERUPS.

BUT THAT WAS A RETALIATORY EVICTION.

JUST LIKE THAT WAS A RETALIATORY FORECLOSURE WITH NO MONIES OWED WITH ALL KIND OF FUNDS, TRUST FUNDS, ALL PEOPLE GETTING MONIES OFF OF THAT HOME.

NOW YOU PUT US OUT FOR A SECOND TIME.

THANKS FOR COMING TONIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.

MAYOR JENSEN, THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.

YOU'RE DONE.

YOUR CITY MANAGER GONNA BE SUBPOENAED.

BRINGS ME TO YOUR PROPOSITION 'CAUSE I GOT THIS IN THE MAIL TODAY.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK JOANN.

SIMPLE.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

GOOD EVENING.

I'M JOANNE SAMPLE.

AND MY MAIN REASON FOR COMING HERE IS I WAS BEING REFLECTING ON, UM, MY EXPERIENCES IN GRAND FERRY.

I MOVED FROM MONTREAL, CANADA, AND WHEN I CAME HERE, I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE, UH, IN I ALL I KNEW IT WAS DALLAS.

BUT A FEW DAYS AFTER I GOT, I WALKED INTO DR.

ANGELA LUCKY'S MOM AND I BECAME FRIENDS WITH HER.

AND I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE HER TONIGHT.

UH, FOR HOW, FOR HOW MUCH SHE REACHED OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.

BECAUSE LIVING IN GRAND PRAIRIE HAD A FEW PROBLEMS. I WAS PUT IN JAIL TWICE FOR NOTHING.

I WAS HELPING PEOPLE ON THE STREETS.

AND ONE OF THE GUYS I HELPED ON THE STREET, I MET HIM IN FRONT OF KROGER.

HE WAS LIVING THERE.

AND HE SAID HE, HE WAS, HE, HE GREW UP IN GRAND PRAIRIE.

HE WAS LIVING WITH HIS PARENTS, BUT HE GOT PUT OUT BY AN IN-LAW AND HE HAD NOWHERE TO GO.

AND I TOOK HIM MM-HMM .

I TOLD, UH, DR.

LUCKY ABOUT HIM.

AND SHE WAS DOING WORK FOR THE ELECTIONS.

AND SHE SAID, I TOLD TOLD HER HE DOESN'T HAVE HIS PAPER, UH, HIS SOCIAL 'CAUSE HE HAD LOST IT.

HE HAD APPLIED.

SHE SAYS, BRING HIM, SHE GOT HIM A T-SHIRT AND SHE GAVE HIM A JOB AND HE WAS ABLE AT LEAST TO MAKE SOMETHING TODAY, HE'S LIVING AT ST.

JUDE.

AND ALSO I HAD A NEIGHBOR.

WELL, THERE WAS LIKE A RACKET GOING ON IN GRAND PRAIRIE WHERE YOU LIVED IN AN APARTMENT AND YOU PARKED THE WRONG PLACE, OR THEY DIDN'T PUT A STICKER THERE, THEY'LL TOW YOUR CAR.

AND THAT HAPPENED TO US.

AND I HAD TO FIGHT AND I WON.

SO I TOLD DR.

ANGELA, I SAID, I HAVE ANOTHER NEIGHBOR AND SHE DOESN'T KNOW TO SPEAK FOR HERSELF.

DR.

LUCKY TOOK IT ON HER OWN, LEFT WORK TWO OR THREE TIMES, AND FACED THE JUDGE WITH THAT LADY AND HELPED HER TO GET HER VEHICLE BACK.

AND I MEAN, THERE'S SO MANY INSTANCES, UH, THAT SHE HAS WORKED.

YOU KNOW, SHE HAS GIVEN UP HER WHATEVER RESPONSIBILITIES SHE HAD IN THE CITY.

AND SHE'S REACHED OUT PERSONALLY IN THE COMMUNITY.

THERE WAS ANOTHER FRIEND, SHE HAD HER SON.

HE HAS, HE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE SCHOOL AND HE HAD SOME MAJOR PROBLEMS. AND DR.

AN ANGELA, SHE WENT TO THE SCHOOL, SHE CALLED, YOU KNOW, SHE CALLED HIS TEACHERS AND SHE, SHE JUST GIVE HERSELF.

AND SHE WAS ABLE TO HELP THAT, THAT YOUNG MAN.

HE'S, YOU KNOW, HE'S, HE'S WORKING TODAY AND HE GOT OVERDOSE PROBLEMS. SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE THANKS FOR HER BEING IN GRAND PRAIRIE, GOD ALLOWING ME TO LIVE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.

AND I REMEMBER THEY HAD INVITED ME TO THIS PASTOR'S CHURCH, WHICH I WAS BLESSED.

SO I JUST THANK GOD FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR HAVING HER IN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

SHE'S REALLY, THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.

I OF GOOD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING TONIGHT.

I'M SORRY IF I MISPRONOUNCE THIS.

I CAN'T READ THE FIRST NAME.

IT LOOKS LIKE CAROL MATTHEWS IS FAST.

OKAY, VIDAL PENA.

WELCOME.

GOOD EVENING.

UH, MY NAME IS VID PENA.

I LIVE AT 25 0 5 LISA STREET, WHICH FEEDS INTO 3 0 3, WHICH BRINGS ME TO MY TOPIC A FEW YEARS BACK, YOU, UH, SENT OUT IN THE GRAND PRAIRIE NEWSLETTER THAT COMES IN YOUR WATER UTILITY BILL.

IDEAS FROM THE CITIZENSHIP TO BEAUTIFY 3 0 3 CORRIDOR.

I'VE BEEN STEWING ON THAT FOR THE LAST YEAR OR TWO YEARS.

AND THIS ONE EVENING, AS I WAS MAKING MY WAY TO DALLAS, DRIVING ON JEFFERSON BOULEVARD, UH, EAST, IF YOU COME ACROSS TO THE NAVAL BASE, YOU'LL SEE A COWBOY AND HIS LONGHORNS THROWN ON THE GROUND.

BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK.

WHICH

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$39 MILLION FOR COMMUNITY, A MULTIPURPOSE CENTER, A PICKLEBALL COMPLEX ABOUT BOTANICAL GARDENS, PUBLIC ARTWORK.

NOW MY IDEA IS RESTORE, PICK, GIVE DIGNITY TO THAT COWBOY AND HIS CATTLE AND SET 'EM DOWN.

3 0 3 BETWEEN, UH, LET ME SEE, UH, CORN VALLEY AND CARRIER PARKWAY.

NICE OPEN GROUNDS.

LOT OF TREE LINED.

IT WOULD, THESE, THESE CA THIS CATTLE AND COWBOY HAD BEEN FEATURED IN THE 2010 11 TEXAS RANGERS WORLD SERIES, THE DALLAS COWBOYS, UH, UH, NATIONAL GAMES.

AND NOW THEY'RE ON THE GROUND BEHIND THE, UH, NAVAL AIR STATION HANGAR.

I ASKED, DID Y'ALL TAKE A DRIVE? GO LOOK AT THIS ARTWORK.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK AND IT IS JUST LAYING ON THE GROUND.

MAYBE WE CAN USE 39 MILLION OF IT.

UH, I MEAN, SOME OF THE 39 MILLION TO BUY THESE, OR EVEN BUY MORE.

AND LINE 3 0 3 WITH THE, WITH THIS CATTLE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANKS FOR COMING TONIGHT, KEN BU GOOD AFTERNOON.

HI, MAYOR JENSEN AND CITY COUNCIL MEN AND WOMEN.

I'M LINDA IU.

I LIVE IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.

UM, WE ARE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO PETITION, WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR GRANDMOTHER, UH, MS. MARJORIE HARRISON AND MS. ROME HILL.

THEY WERE TWO TRAILBLAZERS WHO, UM, LET ME SEE.

THE CHILDREN, THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN WERE NOT ABLE TO GO TO SCHOOL DURING THE TIME, UH, THAT THE CAUCASIAN KIDS, THEY HAD TO BE WAIT A, A WHOLE SEMESTER.

SO, BECAUSE MY GRANDMOTHER WAS SUCH A, A LEADER AND A TEACHER AND A WOMAN OF GOD, HER AND MS. ROMA HILL DECIDED TO MAKE, TAKE IT UP ON THEMSELVES.

AND MY GRANDMOTHER OPENED UP HER HOME AND SHE STARTED TEACHING THE CHILDREN SO THAT THE KIDS WOULD NOT BE LEFT BEHIND WHEN THEY DID HAVE A CHANCE TO GO TO SCHOOL.

SO WE ARE TRYING TO, UM, HONOR THEM IN WITH, IN THEIR NAME, THE BUILDING, THE ANNEX BUILDING, OR THE POLICE STOREFRONT, WHICHEVER BUILDING IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR US FOR HISTORICAL REASONS.

SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE TONIGHT.

WE ARE WANTING TO HONOR MY GRANDMOTHER, OUR GRANDMOTHER, MS. MARJORIE, UH, HARRISON, AND MS. ROI HILL BECAUSE THEY TOOK IT UPON THEMSELVES TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE KIDS WERE EDUCATED AND, AND THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE LEFT BEHIND WHEN SCHOOLS STARTED BECAUSE THEY WAS GONNA BE LEFT BEHIND ONE WHOLE SEMESTER.

AND THAT CAN MAKE A REAL, A REALLY BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE EDUCATION OF A CHILD.

AND SO THESE TWO LADIES, IF YOU WOULD ALLOW THEM TO SPEAK, BECAUSE THEY ARE, THEY CAN THEY, Y'ALL HAVE A MINUTE AND 20 SECONDS LEFT.

WELL, I'M GONNA LET THEM LET'S YOU SPEAK UNTIL THE CLOCK RUNS OUT.

HAROLD WALLACE, 5 3 8 LINLEY.

GO AHEAD.

GOOD EVENING.

YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

I'M DOCE THOMPSON.

I LIVE AT 8 0 2 MEDINA.

THAT'S IN ARLINGTON.

BUT GRAND PRAIRIE IS MY HOME.

UH, WE ARE HERE 'CAUSE WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO ALLOW, UM, MY GRANDMOTHER'S NAME AND MS. HILL, MS. ROME HILL'S NAME, UH, TO BE PLACED ON THAT ANNEX BUILDING BECAUSE THEY ARE HISTORIC, UH, FI FI, UH, FI FIGURES IN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

IT'S JUST A SHAME THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AT ALL, UH, SHOWING, UH, DEMONSTRATING THE WORK THAT THEY DID BACK WAY BACK IN THE WHAT? TWENTIES AND THIRTIES.

SO WE ARE HERE TO ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO, TO ALLOW, UH, UM, MARGIE HARRISON AND ROME HILL'S NAME TO BE PLACED ON THE ANNEX BUILDING.

THANK, THANK YOU.

GO AHEAD.

YOUR TIME'S ALMOST UP.

PUT YOUR, TELL US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, SO WE'LL PUT IT ON THE RECORD.

I'M REVEREND PORSCHE DUNCAN AND I LIVE AT 2 4 1 0 CREEK CROSSING COURT.

MANY OF YOU KNOW WHO I AM, BUT I DO WANT TO BE, I'M HERE ALSO TO, FOR THE SAME THING FOR THE HAR TO ENCOURAGE YOU.

HONOR, THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING, WE'LL MAKE A NOTE THAT YOU WERE HERE FOR THE SAME THING.

FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT MAY HAVE MY PHONE NUMBER, THE HOW 9,000 IN WATSON TOOK OVER MY 4-YEAR-OLD IPHONE.

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THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE MY NUMBER, PLEASE AT YOUR CONVENIENCE, SEND ME A TEXT SO I CAN TRY TO LOAD IT BACK UP.

EVEN THE APPLE STORE CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY, HOW AND WATSON .

SORRY HAROLD, YOUR PHONE WILL LONGER GONNA WORK AGAIN.

SO EVERYTHING IS GONE.

SO IF YOUR CONVENIENCE, ANYBODY THAT HAS MY NUMBER, PLEASE JUST SEND ME A QUICK TEXT.

WHAT I WANT TO TALK IT OUT NOW IS THE RODNEY ANDERSON AND COCA CAMPAIGN.

DURING THE CAMPAIGN, THERE WERE NUMEROUS PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THAT ANNA COCA WAS RECEIVING OUTSTATE MONEY.

ANNA COCA WAS RECEIVING DRUG MONEY FROM DRUG LAWYERS.

AND WHY ARE WE GOING TO ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN? LET'S GET SOMETHING STRAIGHT.

RIGHT NOW, THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT RULED THROUGH CITIZENS UNITED THAT ALL CAMPAIGN MONEY FROM WHETHER IT'S FEDERAL, STATE CITY COUNCIL SCHOOL BOARD IS CITIZENS UNITED MONEY.

ANYBODY CAN GIVE ANY MONEY FROM WHERE, OR WHATEVER, LIKE MITT ROMNEY SAID, CORPORATIONS OR PEOPLE TO MY FRIENDS.

SO A CORPORATION CAN DONATE MONEY.

WHAT I WANNA LOOK AT NOW IS JERRY DEBO AND MIKE LEWIS.

MIKE LEWIS, JERRY DEBO BEAT MIKE LEWIS IN 1986 BY 36 VOTES RUTHIE JACKSON AND CHARLIE ENGLAND.

THAT WAS A 66 VOTE RODNEY WINNING BY 84 VOTES.

LET'S GET SOMETHING STRAIGHT.

I TOLD ANNA COCA, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

I SAID, YOUR CAMPAIGN MANAGER, LET'S SEE, HOW WOULD MY GRANDMOTHER PUT THIS? DOESN'T KNOW A CERTAIN PART OF THEIR ANATOMY FROM A HOLE ON THE GROUND.

AND YOU ARE GOING TO LOSE.

RODNEY ANDERSON IS AN AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGNER.

WHEN RODNEY ANDERSON PUT HIS FLYER OUT, HE PUT HIS PHONE NUMBER WHEN ANNA COCA PUT HER FLYERS OUT, A QR CODE, I'M SORRY, THOSE OF US IN A CERTAIN AGE GROUP, WE DON'T DOWNLOAD A QR CODE.

WE WANT TO DO THE LYNDON JOHNSON STYLE CAMPAIGNING LIKE LYNDON JOHNSON CALL ME.

AND I TOLD HER, THIS IS WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN THAT YOU HAVE NO IDEA.

AND HONESTLY, I THOUGHT RODNEY WOULD WIN BY MORE THAN 84 VOTES BECAUSE AS ANNA CONTINUED, I MEAN THESE WERE REAL NICE MAILERS THAT SHE WAS SENDING OUT.

BUT LET'S SEE.

OH, THERE'S JOHN LOPEZ, WE KNOW HIM, BUT WHO'S CHERYL SMITH? UH, TERRY MEZA.

GLORIA CARILLO.

THIS DOESN'T GET PEOPLE OUT TO VOTE.

RODNEY KNEW HOW TO KNOCK THE DOORS AND GET HIS KEY BASE OF VOTERS OUT.

SO IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS POLITICS IS NOT A CONTACT SPORT.

BALLROOM DANCING IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS POLITICS IS THE OLD BOY FROM THE OAKLAND RAIDERS WHEN YOU COME ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND CLOSE LINE.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT POLITICS IS IN GRAND PRAIRIE.

BUT JUST WANTED TO GET THIS STRAIGHT ON THE RECORD WITH CITIZENS UNITED.

ALL THE MONIES OUT THERE.

WE'RE DONE WITH CITIZEN COMMENTS.

, ADAM

[29. Public Hearing and Standards of Care Ordinance for 2026 After School Program and Camps]

29.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

I'M ROD HAYES RECREATION.

WE LOVE THIS PROGRAM.

, OF COURSE.

COME ON, GIVE US THE FACTS.

UM, I'M ON ROD HAYES, RECREATION DIVISION CHIEF, UH, PARKS, ARTS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.

WE'RE BRINGING BEFORE YOU THE, UH, STANDARDS OF CARE ORDINANCE FOR ADOPTION STANDARDS OF CARE.

UH, THAT'S A, THAT'S THESE ARE GUIDELINES THAT WE ABIDE BY TO SAFELY OPERATE OUR, UH, AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS AND SUMMER CAMPS.

UH, BY, BY, UM, BY ADOPTING THESE, THESE GUIDELINES OR THIS, OR THIS ORDINANCE.

IT WILL, IT WILL EXEMPT US FROM ANY STATE LICENSE, UH, UH, REGULATIONS.

AND ALSO IT WILL COVER ALL CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, UM, ALL CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE CAMPS AND, AND, UM, AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.

UH, WORKED THIS OUT WHERE WE COULD DO THIS, THIS WAY RATHER THAN HAVING TO GO THROUGH ALL THE OTHER STUFF.

WELL, WE ALL KNOW WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR CITY.

FIRST, I WANT TO THANK YOU PERSONALLY.

THE WHOLE PARK SYSTEM DOES, BUT WHAT YOU DO FOR THE KIDS AND EVERYTHING, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, SIR.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL, I DON'T WANT YOU TO, UH, MAKE A MOTION BECAUSE WE, IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING, BUT IF YOU WANT TO COMMENT, I'LL GIVE YOU THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, FIRST THING, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BEEN PUT OUT YET OR NOT.

IF NOT, I'M GONNA DO IT.

UH, ROD'S EITHER JUST GOT A PROMOTION OR HE IS GETTING ONE PRETTY SOON.

HE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.

, HE KNEW ABOUT IT.

OH, .

AND, UM, AND IT'S VERY WELL DESERVED.

AND, UH, THIS DEAL WITH THE DAYCARE THINGS, UH, THIS STARTED BACK, UH, YOUR PREDECESSOR PARISH AND YOU AND, UH, CINDY MENDEZ,

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AND IT'S A FANTASTIC WAY TO DO IT.

AND THESE PROGRAMS HAVE WORKED OUT EXCEPTIONALLY WELL.

SO I JUST WANT TO THANK Y'ALL FOR YOU PAR PARISH BACK, BACK BEFORE THAT AND YOU, AND WHEN CINDY WAS INVOLVED WITH IT.

IT WORKS.

AND I'M PROUD OF YOU AND, UH, I'M PROUD OF THE PROMOTION YOU'RE GETTING.

BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT, YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU COUNCILOR SHOTWELL.

I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER LIGHTS.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

AND EVEN IF YOU HAVE NOT FILLED OUT A CARD, YOU CAN COME SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE AT THIS TIME.

COME ON.

PATSY RAY AT YOUR RAY 2217 EL PASO HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.

RIGHT? I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR PRACTICALLY ALL OR HALF OF YOUR LIFE.

AND THIS, I'M CONCERNED AND I'M WITH WHATEVER THE PARK AND RECREATION NEEDS.

THEY SUPPLY A GOOD CAMP FOR OUR CHILDREN.

THEY TAKE CARE OF OUR CHILDREN.

WE DON'T NEED THE COUNTY OR THE STATE TO GET INVOLVED.

YOU SET THE GUIDELINES VERY WELL, YOU AND YOUR STAFF, AND I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE I HAVE WORKED AS A FOOD HANDLER IN 2017 TO 2020 WITH THE PARK AND RECREATION AT DELAWARE.

UM, 44 73 HARPERS FERRY, UM, IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.

I ALSO WANT TO STAND AND ECHO OFF OF MISS PASSEY RAY.

UM, GRAND PRAIRIE HAVE A TOP NOTCH PARKS AND RECREATION, UM, ORGANIZATION.

I MEAN, WE HAVE GREAT PARKS, GREAT RECREATION CENTERS.

UM, LAST MONTH I CELEBRATED 10 YEARS OF BEING RETIRED, MEANING I DON'T HAVE TO GO TO NOBODY'S JOB.

SO I GET TO VOLUNTEER, I GET TO GO INTO THE RECREATION FACILITIES AND MANY TIMES I HAVE ON BALL, BALL CAPS, UM, WARMUPS AND NOBODY KNOW WHO I AM.

AND SO I'M ABLE TO STAND UP HERE AND SAY THAT OUR RECREATION CENTERS ARE TOP-NOTCH.

UM, THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM.

UM, MANY TIMES I'VE GONE OVER TO THE DALWORTH RECREATION CENTER WHERE HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN ARE COMING THERE AND THEY JUST CARE FOR THE KIDS.

AND MR. RAY CER THE DIRECTOR BACK THERE.

SO WHATEVER EXTRA MONEY Y'ALL GOT, PLEASE GIVE IT TO PARKS AND REPARATION 'CAUSE THEY DESERVE IT.

I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE COMING FORWARD.

THIS FEELS LIKE WE'RE AT A TESTIMONIAL, BUT I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION NOW.

DEPUTY MAYOR, PRO TEM MAYOR, UH, I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 29 AS PRESENTED.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEAD.

[30. Authorize the City Manager to execute a Project Specific Agreement (PSA) with Dallas County, Texas, for Dallas County’s funding participation in the SH 180/E Main Street Roundabout at E Jefferson Street Project (MCIP 40813), and the Downtown Main Street Roadway Improvements Project (SH 161 to Belt Line Rd) and Jefferson Street Reconstruction Project (SH 161 to Cimarron Trace) (collectively, MCIP 40814), for a total amount of up to City Council Meeting – April 07, 2026 Page 5 of 6 $4,590,000. The PSA provides up to $3,790,000 for the SH 180/E Main Street Roundabout at E Jefferson Street Project and up to $800,000 for either the Jefferson Street Reconstruction Project or the Downtown Main Street Roadway Improvements Project]

CAROL.

ITEM 30 IS A YES, YES.

LONG AWAITED AGREEMENT.

I'M CAROL DRE'S, DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY DEPARTMENT.

LET'S GET THIS UP THERE A SECOND.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, THIS IS A LONG AWAITED AGREEMENT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR WITH DALLAS COUNTY ON THESE TWO PROJECTS.

UM, THIS WILL GIVE US A TOTAL OF $4,590,000 TOWARDS THESE TWO PROJECTS.

THE FIRST ONE IS THE BIG ROUNDABOUT AT MAIN AND JEFF ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CITY.

AND THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THAT PROJECT.

SPEAK UP.

THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THAT PROJECT THAT WILL BE STARTING THIS SUMMER.

AND THE SECOND PROJECT THAT THIS FUNDING WILL GO TOWARD IS JEFFERSON STREET BETWEEN 1 61 AND CIMARRON TRACE.

THIS IS A SEGMENT OF ROADWAY THAT IS CURRENTLY ASPHALT THAT WILL BE REPLACED WITH CONCRETE TO BETTER HANDLE ALL THE TRUCK TRAFFIC THAT IS DIVERTED.

I ALSO GAVE YOU A COPY OF A, AN UPDATED COMMUNICATION THIS AFTERNOON.

SO THIS ITEM NEEDS TO BE, UM, A APPROVED AS PRESENTED.

GO BACK A COUPLE OF SLIDES.

SORRY, THE OTHER SLIDE THERE.

OKAY, THAT'S THE ROUNDABOUT, RIGHT? THAT'S THE LARGE ONE OUT TO THE EAST, ALMOST TOWARDS DALLAS.

LIKE WE'RE FIXING THE ROADS, BUT BETTER FIX THE DRAINAGE TOO.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.

QUICK QUESTION REGARDING THIS PROCESS.

ARE WE ALSO LOOKING AT DRAINAGE AND

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IT'S ALL ONCE GETS FLOODED UP AND DOWN.

IT DOES DOWN THERE.

ESPECIALLY DOWN THERE.

YEAH.

SO THE, THE DESIGN IS ALREADY COMPLETE.

THIS IS THE AGREEMENT TO THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE AND THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING NEEDED FROM THE COUNTY.

THANK YOU, JOHN.

COUNCIL, DEPUTY MAYOR PROTE, WERE YOU PUNCHING? YEAH, I WAS GONNA TRY TO SPEAK, UH, I'VE GOT A SPEAK A COMMENT.

HAROLD? HAROLD WILLIS.

YOU'RE, YOU WANTED TO TALK ON ASK COME SPEAK ON THIS ONE? UH, YES PLEASE.

SURE.

WHAT IS THE TOTAL OUTLAY, THE TOTAL COST FOR THIS ENTIRE PROJECT, PLEASE.

I KNOW WE GOT WHAT, 4.53? WELL, THIS AGREEMENT IS SPECIFICALLY WITH THE COUNTY AND THE PORTION THEY ARE ASSISTING US WITH ON BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS.

THE TWO PROJECTS ARE LISTED ON THE BACK.

THE ROUNDABOUT IS IN THE $8 MILLION RANGE.

IT'S IN THE, IT'S IN THE PACKAGE.

SURE.

AND THEN JEFFERSON, IT'S ABOUT 5.7 MILLION.

SO, UM, AND WE WILL BE PRESENTING IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO MONTHS, UM, OF COMPLETE PLAN OF FINANCE FOR THE ALL THE DOWNTOWN RENOVATIONS AND WHERE ALL THE DIFFERENT FUNDING BUCKETS ARE.

THIS IS JUST THAT, THIS IS JUST ONE PIECE OF IT.

AND THIS IS JUST STRICTLY ALL DALLAS COUNTY MONEY.

NO STATE OR FEDERAL MONEY.

THIS ONE PARTICULAR AGREEMENT IS JUST THE DALLAS COUNTY PORTION, BUT THERE WILL BE, THERE ARE OTHER AGREEMENTS.

THERE WILL BE STATE DOLLARS AND WE WILL BE DOING A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW IN THE NEXT, IN THE COMING MONTHS.

SO WE'LL GONNA GET MORE MM-HMM .

WE HAVE OTHER AGREEMENTS IN PLACE.

THIS IS ONE WE'VE BEEN WAITING ON TO GET THIS PIECE.

MY PROBLEM, MY ISSUE IS ON THAT PART OF MAIN STREET.

I KNOW OTHER EUROPE, THE ROUNDABOUTS ARE, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GROWN UP WITH.

WE HAVEN'T, AND THAT'S A PRETTY HEAVILY TRAVELED, UH, SECTION OF ROAD.

THAT'S TONY SHOTWELL NEIGHBORHOOD DOWN THERE.

ISN'T THAT, THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON THAT.

AND FOR A ROUNDABOUT, WHAT TYPE OF ADDITIONAL POLICE ENFORCEMENT OF TRAFFIC WILL WE HAVE DOWN THERE? BECAUSE I CAN SEE PEOPLE NOT YIELDING.

UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS TEXAS.

YOU DRIVE AS FAST AS YOU WANT.

WHEN YOU WON'T, HEY, YOU WON'T, THERE ARE NO TRAFFIC.

ROUNDABOUTS ACTUALLY WORK PRETTY GOOD.

WE SEE A LOT OF GOOD ROUNDABOUTS.

AND THIS IS GONNA FORCE TRUCK TRAFFIC.

UH, WE MAY HAVE LESS WRECKS AT A ROUNDABOUT THAN WE DO AT TRAFFIC SIGNALS 'CAUSE PEOPLE WON'T BE RUNNING RED LIGHTS.

BUT HAROLD, WE WILL ENFORCE AS NECESSARY.

AND THIS IS MAINLY DUE TO TRY TO GET THE TRUCK TRAFFIC OFF OF MAIN OVER TO JEFFERSON.

YEAH.

OH NO, I'M, I'M ALL IN FAVOR.

I, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA START OUT THERE.

WERE FOUR OFFICERS WATCHING.

IT WILL, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT KNOWS HOW TO HANDLE THESE THINGS AND THEY WILL STAFF ACCORDINGLY IN THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION.

WELL, WE NEED SOME MORE STAFFING WITH ALL THE TRAFFIC STUFF GOING ON IN GRAND PRAIRIE.

MARY, YOU WERE SPECIFIC TO THIS INTERSECTION.

I'M JUST ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION, HAROLD.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

YEAH, NO, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I WANT TO KNOW.

THAT THIS IS A NEW, WE DIDN'T GROW UP IN THE FIFTIES OR SIXTIES WITH THIS, SO NO.

ANYTHING TO IMPROVE HIGHWAY SAFETY.

UH, I'M FOR WHEN DO WE ENVISION THIS CONTRACT, THIS WORK BEING STARTED? AND WHEN WILL IT BE COMPLETED, PLEASE? WE LOOK TO START CONSTRUCTION ON THIS, THIS SUMMER BECAUSE THIS WAS THE LAST AGREEMENT WE NEED TO GET IN PLACE.

SO WE LOOK TO BE GOING OUT FOR BID HERE VERY SOON.

SO WE'LL GO FROM EAST TO WEST.

WILL THAT NO, THIS FOR THIS THE ROUNDABOUT AND FOR THE JEFFERSON PROJECT, THE TWO PROJECTS ON THIS SIDE, THAT'S ALL THAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT.

WE'RE DOING THOSE, WE'RE GONNA START THOSE THIS SUMMER.

SO THEY'LL SIMULTANEOUSLY START THIS SUMMER PRETTY CLOSE.

WHAT TYPE OF TIME, LENGTH OF CONSTRUCTION ARE WE'RE LOOKING AT.

PLEASE THE ROUNDABOUTS ABOUT 18 MONTHS.

YOU CAN RESPOND TO THAT.

AND THEN HE'S DONE.

THEN JEFFERSON IS, UH, ANYWHERE FROM NINE TO 12 MONTHS.

DEPENDS ON THE PHASING THE CONTRACTOR CHOOSES.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL CAROL.

SORRY.

THE CHANGE FROM DALLAS COUNTY WAS THEY, THEY JUST WANTED ALL THEIR MONEY.

THEY'RE NOT THE 980,000 TO BE PUT ON JEFFERSON, NOT SPENT ON MAINE.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

IN A NUTSHELL.

THEY, THEY WANTED IT TOWARDS JEFF AND NOT ME.

AND WE DIDN'T CARE.

SO SOONER THAN LATER.

AND WE DIDN'T AND DIDN'T CARE BECAUSE WE JUST MOVED OUR MONEY AND FLIPPED IT OVER THE OTHER WAY.

TELL US WHERE, TELL US TELL AND, AND THAT, THAT LITTLE PIECE IS, UH, IS ASPHALT AND IT'S, IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED ANYWAY.

UH, BUT IT'S VERY, VERY BUSY STREET.

IT IS.

AND THAT'S WHY I SAID NINE TO 12 MONTHS WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THE CONTRACTOR A LITTLE BIT OF LEEWAY.

IF HE CAN TURN OUT THE PHASING, THE PHASINGS GONNA BE THE CONSTRAINT ON THAT ONE.

AND WHY IT TAKES LONGER.

'CAUSE WE GOTTA KEEP TRAFFIC GOING.

THE COWBOY AND THE STEER, BECAUSE WE DID TALK ABOUT IN THE, UH, WE CAN ASK THEM FOR ANYTHING YOU PUT IN THE MOTION.

BECAUSE WE GOTTA, WE'VE GOTTA KEEP, AND IT IS ONE OF THE FEW WAYS AROUND WHEN THERE'S A TRAIN.

I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO KEEP THAT OPEN.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL.

I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM.

UH, I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT.

UH, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF WE COULD ASK THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR

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BUT I'M NOT GONNA ACCEPT THE MOTION LIKE THAT RIGHT NOW.

NO, I'M, NO, NO.

I'M NOT MAKING THAT MOTION.

I'M JUST SAYING TO PUT THAT THERE IN THE ROUNDABOUT.

YEAH, IF WE, JUST FOR CONSIDERATION.

'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO PUT THERE RIGHT NOW.

SO OTHER THAN THAT, I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND MAKE MY MOTION.

I WILL LET, I'LL LET GO AHEAD.

COWBOY.

SO COWBOY, LET'S GO.

I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE.

ITEM 30 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF SECOND.

COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.

SECONDED.

AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.

A OPPOSED NAY.

MOTION

[31. STP-25-07-0024 - Site Plan - Warehouse at 1208 W Trinity (City Council District 1). Site Plan to construct two warehouses on 2.43 acres. Lots 1 & 2, Block 1, Farmer's Industrial Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Light Industrial, within the SH 161 Corridor Overlay, and addressed as 1206 & 1208 W Trinity Blvd (On March 10, 2026, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 6-0)]

CARRIES ITEM 31.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

ITEM 31 IS A SITE PLAN REQUEST AT 1208 WEST TRINITY.

THERE YOU GO.

UH, THE REQUEST IS FOR TWO OFFICE WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS.

UH, THE PROPERTY ZONE, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, IT'S ABOUT 2.4 ACRES.

UH, THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE LOCATION.

AND ON THE SCREEN IS THEIR PROPOSED SITE PLAN.

UH, THE PROPOSAL DOES MEET OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS, AS WELL AS OUR PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND OUR LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS.

UH, THEIR PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS MEET OUR APPENDIX X REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDES A MIXTURE OF, UH, MASONRY ACCENTS.

THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.

AND ON MARCH 10TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL, UH, WITH A CONDITION AND THAT CONDITION IS THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL OBTAIN APPROVAL, UH, FROM THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY DEPARTMENT OF ILLINOIS STUDY, UH, BEFORE THE CITY ISSUES THE BUILDING PERMIT.

I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

I'D REMIND THE COUNCIL THIS SITE PLAN.

SO THEY HAVE VESTING.

THEY'RE ASKING FOR NO DEVIATIONS.

WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS.

I DON'T SEE ANY LIGHTS.

I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

COUNCIL MEMBER, CLEMSON, IF YOU'RE READY TO GIVE ONE.

I'M READY.

MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UH, MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 31 WITH CONDITIONS.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMSON.

SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL.

AYET.

OPPOSED? ANY NAY? MOTION CARRIES.

[Items 32 & 33]

ITEM 32.

ALRIGHT, ITEM 32 AND 33 ARE RELATED TO THE SAME PROPERTY.

CAN WE, SO I'LL PRESENT THEM TOGETHER.

WE CAN MAKE A MOTION ON COMBINATION OF THEM.

SAME.

ONE.

MOTION? YES.

SO THIS PROPERTY IS A LITTLE UNDER ONE ACRE.

IT'S LOCATED AT SHADY GROVE ROAD AND BELTLINE.

IT WAS, UH, PART OF AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN IRVING AND THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, UH, THAT WE DIDN'T, OH, IS THIS THE GRAPH? NO.

OH GOODNESS.

COME ON FURTHER NORTH.

WHEN ARE WE GONNA GET THAT? UM, IT WAS PREVIOUSLY, OH, IT'S ALREADY DONE.

NEVERMIND.

IT'S DONE WITHIN THE CITY.

I SAW IRVING AND I THOUGHT, OH MY GOSH.

UH, AND THERE IT WAS ZONED, UH, A, A TYPE OF COMMERCIAL.

UH, THIS REQUEST IS TO, UH, NOW THAT IT'S IN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, ESTABLISH, UH, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION AND REZONE IT.

UM, SO ON THE SCREEN IS THE LOCATION, UH, JUST A CORNER OF THE PROPERTY HAS A DESIGNATION OF, UM, OPEN SPACE DRAINAGE.

UH, THIS PROPOSAL, UH, WOULD ESTABLISH COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICE FOR THE WHOLE PROPERTY.

REVEREND DAVIS, THANKS FOR COMING TONIGHT.

APPRECIATE YOU DO WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR CITY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THE SECOND COMPONENT IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM AGRICULTURE TO COMMERCIAL.

AGRICULTURE IS OUR DEFAULT ZONING DISTRICT FOR PROPERTIES THAT ARE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY.

UM, SO THE, UH, REQUEST IS TO REZONE IT TO COMMERCIAL, WHICH IS A COMPARABLE ZONING DISTRICT TO WHAT IT WAS ZONED IN IRVING.

UH, FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO MEET THE CITY'S REQUIREMENT FOR THE COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.

AND ON MARCH 24TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.

UH, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

UM, DON'T SEE ANY LIGHTS.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL SAVANNAH.

I WANT TO THANK YOU AND RASHAD ON THIS.

UM, RIGHT AFTER THIS CAME INTO IRVING, THE PROPERTY OWNER CALLED ME.

HE'S A FRIEND OF MINE, AND SAID, WHOA, WAIT A MINUTE.

I, I HAVE A, I HAVE A SOMEBODY THAT WANTS TO COME ON HERE, AND WE CAN'T, THEY CAN'T DO IT.

UM, THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY IS JUST A LITTLE BITTY CORNER THERE WHERE WE NEED TO CLEAN UP THE, UH, CREEK, MR. CITY MANAGER.

AND, UM, AND THESE, THESE GUYS HAVE DEVELOPED A LOT OF PROPERTY IN GRAND PRAIRIE ALREADY.

AND, UH, I'M GLAD WE COULD TAKE CARE OF THIS WELL GOOD.

PRETTY QUICKLY AND NOT CHARGE HIM ANYTHING TO, TO DO A REZONING TO ZONING IT BACK TO WHAT IT USED TO BE WHEN IT WAS IN ANOTHER CITY.

SO I APPRECIATE Y'ALL FOR HELPING HIM OUT.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

CLEMSON, ARE YOU PREPARED TO MAKE A MOTION?

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I'M PREPARED.

I JUST WANT TO, UH, CONFIRM THAT WE CAN TAKE 32 AND 33.

WE CAN.

UH, MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 32 AND 33 AS PRESENTED.

WE HAVE IT SECONDED BY COUNCIL MAYOR ADAMS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED SAY NAY.

MOTION CARRIES

[34. SUP-25-12-0048 - Specific Use Permit - Other Residential Care Facility (City Council District 4). Specific Use Permit for a Residential Care Facility on 0.14 acres. Lot 31, Block T, Oak Hollow Phase Four B & C Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, zoned Planned Development-50, and addressed as 2642 Steppington St (On March 24, 2026, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended denial by a vote of 6-3)]

LAST ITEM OF THE NIGHT.

ITEM 34.

ALL RIGHT.

THIS ITEM IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR ANOTHER RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY.

UM, IT'S LOCATED AT 26 42 7 STREET STEPTON STREET.

UH, THE PROPERTY IS SHOWN IN THE MAP ON THE SCREEN.

UM, JUST BACKGROUND, UM, THE CITY APPROVED AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING THAT ALL GROUP LIVING UNITS REGISTER WITH THE CITY.

UH, STAFF THEN DETERMINES, UH, WHAT THE USE IS AND IF A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IS REQUIRED.

UM, SO AN SUP IS REQUIRED IF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN 2,500 FEET OF ANOTHER GROUP LIVING RESIDENTIAL UNIT.

UM, SO THIS, UH, SUBJECT PROPERTY IS WITHIN 2,500 FEET OF, UH, 4 3 3 3 COVENTRY DRIVE.

UM, THIS TRIGGERED THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUIREMENT.

UM, SO BEFORE I GET INTO THE, UH, PROPOSAL, THE COVENTRY DRIVE PROPERTY IS, UH, LICENSED WITH THE STATE IS AN ICF FACILITY, WHICH IS AN INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITY FOR INTER INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY OR RELATED CONDITIONS.

THE CAP CAPACITY OF SIX, UH, IT PROVIDES THOSE RESIDENTIAL SERVICES AND, UM, THIS LOCATION IS REQUIRED TO BE LICENSED BY THE STATE.

THIS BRINGS US TO THE, UH, SUBJECT PROPERTY, UH, WHICH IS A, A DIFFERENT TYPE OF GROUP LIVING RESIDENTIAL UNIT.

IT IS CONTRACTED AS A HOME AND COMMUNITY BASED, UH, PROVIDER WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS.

UH, IT IS NOT REQUIRED TO BE LICENSED BY THE STATE.

UM, THE HS HCS IS A MEDICAID WAIVER PROGRAM, UH, THAT PROVIDES ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO TEXANS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY OR RELATED CONDITION.

UM, THERE'S CERTAIN QUALIFICATIONS FOR A RESIDENT, UH, FOR HCS SERVICES.

UM, THE TEXAS HEALTH AND, UM, HUMAN SERVICE COMMISSION OVERSEES THE STATE CONTRACTS WITH, UH, THIS PROGRAM AND CERTIFIES THOSE PROVIDERS.

AND AGAIN, THEY, THEY HAVE CONFIRMED WITH CITY STAFF THAT, UH, THESE PROVIDERS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BE LICENSED BY THE STATE.

UM, SO, UH, THAT'S WHY IT'S CLASSIFIED AS ANOTHER RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY.

UM, THE APPLICANT'S NOT CURRENTLY LOCATE OR OPERATING AT THIS LOCATION, AND THEY HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION FOR A FOUR PERSON RESIDENCE AT THIS LOCATION.

AND SERVICES THAT ARE PROPOSED TO BE PROVIDED INCLUDE MEAL PREPARATION, MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION, BATHING, GROOMING AND HYGIENE ASSISTANCE, LAUNDRY ASSISTANCE, AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.

UH, THEIR, UH, STAFF MEMBER WOULD BE PRESENT AT THE LOCATION AT ALL TIMES, A MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY OF FOUR CLIENTS, WHICH, UH, THE APPLICANT HAS INDICATED THAT THEY ARE ADULTS.

UM, STAFF RECEIVES TRAINING FOR THE LOCATION AND THEY'RE SUBJECT TO, UH, VENDOR CHECKS, BACKGROUND CHECKS, UM, THE HOME FEATURES A SHARED LIVING SPACE, A SHARED RESTROOM, AND FOUR PRIVATE BEDROOMS. UM, THEY'VE GOT, UH, LIFE SAFETY TOOLS SUCH AS FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AND SMOKE DETECTORS.

UM, GRAND PRAIRIE PD DID CONFIRM, UH, FIVE CALLS AT THIS RESIDENCE, BUT AGAIN, THIS LOCATION, UH, IS NOT OPERATING.

UM, WE DID SEND OUT NOTIFICATIONS AND RECEIVED EIGHT LETTERS IN OPPOSITION THAT REPRESENTED FOUR UNIQUE ADDRESSES AND THOSE LOCATIONS ARE SHOWN ON THE MAP ON THE SCREEN.

ON MARCH 24TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED DENIAL BY A VOTE OF SIX TO THREE.

UM, THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS THAT THE NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS SHALL NOT EXCEED FOR THEY SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE BUILDING CODES, UH, MUST MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE REGULATIONS AND LOCAL ORDINANCES.

UH, THEY HAVE MUST HAVE A, AN APPROVED REGISTRATION WITH THE CITY.

UM, AND THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

GOOD JOB.

I DON'T SEE ANY LIGHTS.

WE HAVE A SPEAKER, HAROLD WILLIS.

OKAY, CAN WE GET THIS ON THE RECORD? OFFICIALLY, THE STATE OF TEXAS DOES NOT HAVE ANY REGULATORY OVERSIGHT ON THIS BUILDING.

IT WILL ALL THE REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT, EVERYTHING WILL BE LEFT TO THE TAXPAYERS OF THE CITY OF GREEN PRAIRIE.

SO ON A SATURDAY NIGHT WHEN YOU'VE GOT SCHIZOPHRENICS OR PEOPLE RUNNING UP AND DOWN THE SIDEWALK, WHO'S GONNA ENFORCE THIS? IF, IF ANYBODY ON THAT STREET CALLS 9 1 1 1, WE KNOW WHO WILL RESPOND.

THEY WILL SEND THE POLICE AND OR PARAMEDICS DEPENDING ON WHAT THE NN NECESSITY IS.

HAROLD, UH, MAYOR COUNCIL, JULIE DOSER, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY.

UM, THIS LOCATION IS ACTUALLY A HOME COMMUNITY-BASED

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SERVICE, UH, PROVIDER.

UH, THE TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION DOES OVERSEE THE STATE'S CONTRACTS WITH THESE TYPE OF ENTITIES.

BUT IF, AND CERTIFIES HIS QUESTION, IF SOMEBODY'S RUNNING OUTSIDE, THEY CALL 9 1 1, THE STATE'S NOT GONNA SHOW UP.

WE ARE CORRECT.

IF THERE'S AN IMMEDIATE, UM, SAFETY ISSUE, THEN THAT 9 1 1 WOULD ANSWER THAT.

WHO IS THE PROPERTY OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY? CAN WE DIVULGE THAT? I DON'T KNOW.

WE PAY TAXES.

WHY SHOULDN'T WE PAY? HAROLD? I'M NOT ASKING YOU.

I'M ASKING STAFF.

WELL, I KNOW MAYOR, BUT I PAY TAXES.

I'M ASKING STAFF HAROLD.

I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.

BUT THIS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS.

YEAH, YOU, YOU CAN LOOK IT UP ONLINE.

NO, NO, NO.

THE APPLICANT.

WHEN YOU COME DOWN HERE AND YOU'RE GONNA RUN SOMETHING OF THIS FACILITY, I DO NOT KNOW THE APPLICANT.

DO YOU KNOW? WE DON'T.

WE DON'T.

THAT'S PART OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS.

IF YOU'RE GONNA COME DOWN HERE, THE GUY LAST MONTH THAT OWNED 22 PROPERTIES AND THAT PART OF GRAND PRAIRIE, 22 DIFFERENT PROPERTIES HE WAS OWNING, DOES THAT GUY THAT OWNS THE 22 HOUSES, DOES HE OWN THIS ONE WHO'S PAYING THE TAXES? I DID ASK THAT QUESTION.

I WAS TOLD NO, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHO.

WE JUST DON'T.

THIS IS PART OF THE APPLICATION PACKET.

IF YOU SHOW UP DOWN THERE FOR AN APPLICATION, YOU HAVE TO GIVE DETAIL.

WHO ARE YOU? JOHN SMITH, JOHN DOE.

YOU'RE ANONYMOUS.

WHO OWNS THESE HOUSES? THEY HAVE ON RESPONSIBILITY TO THE NEIGHBOR.

I HAVE THAT INFORMATION.

THE APPLICANT IS NOTED AS THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE OWNER.

SO THE APPLICANT IS NOTED ON THE APPLICATION.

SO THE APPLICANT IS THE OPERATOR OF THIS PROPOSED, UH, PIECE OF PROPERTY OF THE RESIDENTIAL USE.

SO, UM, AS NOTED, I'M NOT SURE IF THE APPLICANT IS HERE, BUT SHE CAN SPEAK TO YOUR QUESTIONS.

OKAY? YEAH, I WANNA KNOW WHO OWNS THIS AND I WOULD LIKE GOING FORWARD THAT ANYBODY WHO COMES DOWN HERE, WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY, IS IT OWNED BY A CONSORTIUM OF INDIVIDUALS? IS IT OWNED BY WHOMEVER? IS IT OWNED BY THE MINISTRY? SO IT'S TAXED.

WE CAN ASK THAT IF IT'S PART OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS THAT NEEDS TO BE PUT DOWN BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THIS TYPE OF FACILITY.

THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.

HAROLD AND THE NEIGHBORS HAVE SPOKEN.

THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT, HAROLD.

I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS.

COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

I KNOW WE HAD DIFFERENT, UM, DIFFERENT, UM, ITEMS COME BEFORE US, SO I'D LIKE TO READ THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT.

OUR UDC REQUIRES COMPLIANCE WITH THE FAIR HOUSING ACT, WHICH REQUIRES CITIES TO MAKE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES WHEN APPLYING ZONING REGULATIONS.

SO I HERE MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 34 WITH THE CONDITION THAT THE APPLICANT FACILITY LOCATED AT 26 37 STEVENTON DRIVE BE CLOSED PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF THIS SUBJECT LOCATION.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND.