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ATION TONIGHT WILL BE LED BY PASTOR RUSTY GEORGE OF CHURCH.
360 OR PLEDGES WILL BE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RODNEY ANDERSON.
MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE GRAND PRAIRIE CITY COUNCIL, CITY LEADERSHIP, STAFF, AND CITIZENS GATHERED HERE TONIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER THIS INVOCATION.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, FOR EVERY PERSON WHO SERVES THIS COMMUNITY.
TONIGHT, WE ASK YOU TO GRANT WISDOM TO THESE LEADERS.
CLARITY IN EVERY DECISION, UNITY IN EVERY DISCUSSION, HELPING TO LEAD WITH INTEGRITY, HUMILITY, AND COURAGE.
PLUS THE FAMILIES, BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS, FIRST RESPONDERS, AND NEIGHBORHOODS OF THIS CITY.
STRENGTHEN THOSE WHO ARE WEARY.
GIVE HOPE TO THOSE CARING BURDENS.
MAY EVERYTHING DONE HERE TONIGHT CONTRIBUTE TO PEACE, JUSTICE, AND THE COMMON GOOD OF ALL PEOPLE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU WILL PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND HONORING THE STATE OF TEXAS.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO SUPPLY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE REPUBLIC, WHICH EXPAND ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL OF LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
FOR ALL, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVIDUAL.
[1. Update on Informational Outreach Related to 2026 General Obligation (GO) Program]
OUR ONE PRESENTATION DONE, UPDATE ON THE OUTREACH FOR OUR BOND PROGRAM, THE LAST UPDATE.YES, THIS IS THE, UH, WE'RE HERE TO PROVIDE A BRIEF UPDATE, UH, ON THE VERY, UH, LAST COUNCIL MEETING BEFORE THE MAY 2ND ELECTION FOR THE GENERAL BOND I'VE GOT HERE.
UH, LATIA COLEMAN, MY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, SHALL GO OVER SOME DETAILS OF OUR OUTREACH FOR THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
BEFORE WE GIVE THE UPDATE, WE WILL GIVE A SHORT VIDEO PRESENTATION THAT YOU ALL HAVE SEEN BEFORE, BUT IT'S A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.
WE'D LIKE TO PROVIDE IT FOR YOU HERE.
YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT A GEO BOND PROGRAM IN THE UPCOMING MAY 2ND CITY ELECTION, BUT WHAT EXACTLY IS THAT AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR YOU? WE'RE HERE TO EXPLAIN A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND IS A WAY FOR THE CITY TO PAY FOR BIG PROJECTS OVER TIME INSTEAD OF PAYING FOR THANK YOU.
HOW TO, HI, GRAND PRAIRIE VOTERS.
YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT A GEO BOND PROGRAM IN THE UPCOMING MAY 2ND CITY ELECTION, BUT WHAT EXACTLY IS THAT AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR YOU? WE ARE HERE TO EXPLAIN A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND IS A WAY FOR THE CITY TO PAY FOR BIG PROJECTS OVER TIME.
INSTEAD OF PAYING FOR EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE, KIND OF LIKE FINANCING A MAJOR PURCHASE, IT SPREADS THE COST OUT OVER SEVERAL YEARS.
INSTEAD OF PAYING FOR EVERYTHING UPFRONT THIS YEAR, YOU'LL SEE THREE SEPARATE PROPOSITIONS ON THE BALLOTS AND YOU CAN VOTE ON EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY.
PROPOSITION A ASKS YOU TO VOTE YES OR NO ON 209 AND $5 MILLION FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL STREET IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS GRAND PRAIRIE.
PROPOSITION B ASKS YOU TO VOTE YES OR NO ON 78 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS TO FUND THE PUBLIC SAFETY RESOURCES IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF GRAND PRAIRIE AND UPGRADE EXISTING PUBLIC SAFETY ASSETS IN THE CITY.
AND PROPOSITION C ASKS YOU TO VOTE YES OR NO ON $39 MILLION FOR PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES, LIKE A MULTIPURPOSE CENTER, A PICKLEBALL, COMPLEX PUBLIC ARTWORK, AND A BOTANICAL GARDEN.
IF THE PROPOSITIONS ARE APPROVED, THE CITY WILL ISSUE BONDS OVER TIME TO FUND THE PROJECTS.
IF THEY ARE NOT APPROVED, SOME PROJECTS MAY BE DELAYED, SCALED BACK, OR REPRIORITIZED BASED ON AVAILABLE FUNDING.
REMEMBER, YOU CAN VOTE ON EACH PROPOSITION INDIVIDUALLY BECAUSE THEY COVER DIFFERENT KINDS OF PROJECTS AND HAVE DIFFERENT TAX IMPACTS.
THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS REPRESENT THE ESTIMATED ANNUAL TAX IMPACT ON A HOME WITH AN APPRAISED VALUE OF $100,000, $24 AND 99 CENTS PER YEAR FOR PROPOSITION A, WHICH COVERS STREET PROJECTS $9 AND 36 CENTS PER YEAR FOR PROPOSITION B, WHICH COVERS PUBLIC SAFETY PROJECTS AND $4 AND 65 CENTS PER YEAR FOR PROPOSITION C, WHICH COVERS PARKS AND RECREATION PROJECTS.
TO LEARN MORE, VISIT GPTX.ORG/BOND ELECTION 2026 OR ATTEND AN UPCOMING PUBLIC INFORMATION SESSION.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS ARE ON THE CITY WEBSITE,
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WWW.GPTX.ORG.I KNOW EVERYONE'S HAPPY TO SEE IT, BUT WE ARE COMPLETING OUR OUTREACH PROJECT AND WE ARE MOVING INTO OUR ELECTION INFORMATION PHASE.
SO, AS YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY, EARLY VOTING STARTED AND WE WILL BE CONTINUING ON FOR SOME OF THE OUTREACH.
UH, FOR INSTANCE, TOMORROW WE'LL ACTUALLY BE HAVING, OKAY, TOMORROW WE'LL ACTUALLY BE HAVING, UH, TEXT MESSAGES GOING OUT TO EVERY VOTER IN THE CITY, AND ALSO A VOICEMAIL TO EVERY VOTER IN THE CITY, JUST TO REMIND THEM OF THE EARLY VOTING PHASE AND WHEN THE ELECTION DAY IS.
AND OF COURSE, UH, ELECTION DAY IS ON MAY 2ND.
NOW, ONE THING WE DO WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED 31 OUTREACH EVENTS AND 24 WERE COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND SEVEN WERE THE CITY SPONSORED INFO SESSIONS.
WE DO HAVE FOUR EVENTS STILL REMAINING, THREE THAT ARE COMMUNITY EVENTS AND ONE MORE CITY SPONSORED EVENT WITH, UM, THE EVENTS WE'VE COMPLETED.
WE HAVE OVER 708 ATTENDEES IN ALL OF THE EVENTS COMBINED, SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT.
AND THIS IS THE LAST, UH, CITY SPONSORED EVENT COMING UP ON THE FAR SOUTH SIDE AT FIRE STATION 11 ON APRIL 27TH.
AND ONCE AGAIN, THE ELECTION WILL FOR THE GL BOND WILL BE ON MAY 2ND.
WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER ON THE PRESENTATIONS.
HAROLD, UH, HAROLD WALLACE 5 3 8 LINLEY.
I'VE HAD QUITE A FEW PEOPLE INQUIRE YOU.
YOU HAVE LISTED STREETS AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
YOU'VE PUT OUT OTHER MATERIAL WHERE YOU'RE SAYING BRIDGE OVER LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY.
IS IT BRIDGE OR BRIDGES? BRIDGE? WHICH BRIDGE? IT'S A NEW ONE.
WHERE? NEXT TO THE OLD, NEXT TO THE CURRENT ONES.
IT'S JUST A WALKING BICYCLE, UH, STAFF, UH, BICYCLE WALKING BRIDGE.
IT'S AN ADJACENT P SHARED USE BRIDGE THAT'S BESIDE THE CURRENT BRIDGE.
IT'S A SHARED USE FOR BICYCLE FOR SAFETY.
THIS IS WHERE THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF, UH, DISINFORMATION GOING AROUND.
PEOPLE ARE SAYING, ARE THEY GONNA TEAR THESE BRIDGES DOWN AND REBUILD NEW BRIDGES? NO.
CAN YOU PUT THAT IN WRITING PLEASE? CAN YOU MAKE THAT MUCH CLEARER TO THE VOTERS? BECAUSE THEY'RE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THOSE BRIDGES JUST BY THE MARINA ARE GOING TO BE TORE DOWN.
THAT LAKE RIDGE IS GONNA BE TURNED INTO THREE LANES BOTH WAYS.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT RIGHT.
I, I WOULD'VE HOPED THE BOND PACKAGE SPELLS OUT THAT IT'S A PEDESTRIAN BIKE BRIDGE, DOES IT? NO, IT DOESN'T.
WELL, NO, THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO KNOW.
MAYOR, IS THIS GONNA BE ON THE NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND FOR THE
WHICH, WHICH SIDE? NORTH OR SOUTHBOUND? YOU CAN GO NORTH OR SOUTH ON IT.
IT'S ONE BRIDGE, RIGHT? HOW MANY BRIDGES? TWO.
HEY, Y'ALL KNOW BETTER THAN ME.
TWO BRIDGES, BUT THEY'RE NARROW AND THEY'RE JUST A TWO PIECE PATH, BUT NO CARS.
COULD YOU, COULD YOU GIVE US SOME, WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO GIVE SOMETHING OUT.
IS IT GONNA BE ON THE, ON THE OUTSIDE OF IT? IT'S GOTTA BE ON THE OUTSIDE.
THERE'S, YEAH, THERE'S NO ROOM BETWEEN THEM.
WHAT TYPE OF DELAYS IN CONSTRUCTION ARE YOU GONNA HAVE TO CLOSE? ONE LANE OF CONSTRUCTION.
THIS DOESN'T INTERFERE WITH THE CURRENT LANES.
THE CURRENT LANES SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY UNLESS THERE'S AT SOME POINT IN THERE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE THERE, BUT IT'S FROM THE OUTSIDE.
ARE THEY GONNA HAVE TO DRILL MORE PIERS DOWN? YES.
TO SUPPORT THAT? YES, I WOULD THINK SO.
WELL, NO, THIS IS ALL I'M ASKING, MAYOR.
I THOUGHT IT WAS ONE BRIDGE, QUITE FRANKLY.
SO THERE WILL BE ON THE OTHER TWO BRIDGES THAT ARE STILL ON OUR CITY LIMITS ON THE SOUTH END, THERE WILL BE NO CONSTRUCTION DONE ON THOSE BRIDGES.
THE BRIDGES WILL NOT HAVE ANY CONSTRUCTION ON
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THEM.THERE, THERE MAY BE SOME REPAIR THINGS THAT YOU KNOW WELL, THE BRIDGES AS YOU'RE GOING INTO CEDAR HILL ON THE FAR SOUTH SIDE WHERE THOSE BRIDGES HAVE PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS ON THEM ALSO.
YES, IT'S FOR BOTH THE NORTH BRIDGE AND THE SOUTH BRIDGE.
BUT I, I'M TALKING OKAY, I GUESS I'M TALKING, COULD WE CLARIFY BY THE MARINA VERSUS BOTH BRIDGES? BOTH BRIDGES SOUTH END, YOU KNOW HOW THE NORTH BRIDGE, THEN YOU HAVE AN AREA THAT'S ON LAND AND THEN YOU HAVE THE SECOND BRIDGE.
I GUESS IF WE COULD JUST CLARIFY NORTH OF THE PENINSULA, SOUTH OF THE PENINSULA, JUST TO
YOUR TIME'S UP, BUT YOU WERE ASKING GOOD QUESTIONS.
MAYOR, RECLAIMING MY TIME ON THE FLOOR OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
UM, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT YOU GOT 30 MORE SECONDS.
WHEN WILL CONSTRUCTION START AND WHEN WILL CONSTRUCTION END? WE DON'T KNOW.
WE DON'T KNOW WHEN IT PASSES BECAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU GOT A LOT.
HAROLD, IF YOU CAN'T PUT IN TRAFFIC SIGNALS, IF IT'S TAKING SIX MONTHS TO PUT IN TRAFFIC SIGNALS, WHAT KIND OF FIASCO IS THIS GONNA TURN OUT TO BE? THANK YOU HAROLD.
UM, YOU WANT TO READ THE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR
[PUBLIC COMMENTS]
PUBLIC COMMENTS.CITIZENS MAY SIGN UP TO SPEAK TO THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
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.
APPLICANTS 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.
CAN I CALL YOUR NAME? PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD FOR CASE.
WE'LL START WITH A CONSENT AGENDA.
CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS NUMBER EIGHT AND 10.
LINDY, WHERE EXACTLY IN THE GREAT SOUTHWEST NATURE TRAIL IS THIS CANOPY DESIGN AND BANK STABILIZATION PROJECT GOING TO BE ON THE TRAIL, PLEASE.
NOREEN HOUSE, RIGHT DIRECTOR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE? YES.
UH, THE CANOPY IS GOING UNDERNEATH THE RAILROAD TRESTLE.
IT'S A REQUIREMENT OF THE RAILROAD THAT WE HAVE SOME SORT OF COVER.
SO AS PEOPLE GO UNDER THE TRAIL IN CASE THE VIBRATIONS FROM THE TRAIN HAVE ROCKS OR DEBRIS COME OVER.
WHERE EXACTLY ON THE ADDRESS IS THIS LOCATED AT? LOCATED? IS THIS, UM, JOHNSON CREEK CREEK, THE GREAT SOUTHWEST NATURE PARK? YES.
IS IT, UM, OFF SOUTH PARK? IT, THERE'S AN OLD GOLF COURSE THERE AT ONE POINT BY AVENUE J.
OKAY, SO WE'RE TALKING NORTH THEN? YES.
WE'RE TALKING FAR NORTH AND THERE'S LIKE WAREHOUSES OFF OF AVENUE K, IT'S KIND OF BEHIND THERE AND THEN GOES INTO, UM, OH YEAH.
USED TO PICK UP GOLF BALLS OUT THERE IN THE SIXTIES AND LONE STAR GAS
SO WHERE THE RAILROAD CROSSES, OKAY.
THE CANOPY IS GOING OVER THE TRAIL UNDERNEATH THE RAILROAD SURE.
TO PROTECT PEOPLE ON THE TRAIL.
WHEN WILL THIS BE COMPLETED FOR PEOPLE TO USE THIS TRAIL IF THE TRAIL'S ALREADY OPEN? THE TRAIL IS OPEN.
THERE'S A NEW PARKING LOT AND, UM, ACCESS OFF OF AVENUE J CURRENTLY FINISHED LATE LAST YEAR.
AND HOW FAR DOES THIS TRAIL RUN? I HAVEN'T BEEN UP THERE.
I'VE HEARD DOES IT GO INTO MAC LEWIS PARK OR DOES IT, IT IT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO AVENUE K.
SO IF YOU ENTER FROM AVENUE J, YOU CAN FOLLOW IT ALL THE WAY TO AVENUE K.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MILES IT IS, BUT I CAN FIND THAT OUT FOR YOU.
OKAY, YEAH, THAT'D BE INTERESTING FOR PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO RIDE BICYCLES AND MM-HMM
COULD WE PLEASE DEFINE A LEGISLATIVELY CREATED MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT? TIFFANY BULL, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY.
IT IS A MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT CREATED BY THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE.
WHAT, WHAT DOES IT PROVIDE? WHAT DOES IT DO? IS THIS LIKE A MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT? IS IT IT IS SIMILAR TO A MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT.
UM, IT HAS ITS OWN SPECIAL CHAPTER IN THE CODE THAT TALKS ABOUT ALL OF THE THINGS WHICH THAT MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DO.
UM, THIS PARTICULAR ONE WILL BE FUNDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS UTILIZED FOR THE GOODLAND DEVELOPMENT.
SO THIS IS ALL IN ELLIS COUNTY.
THERE ARE PORTIONS IN ELLIS AND JOHNSON COUNTY IN ELLIS AND JOHNSON COUNTY.
SO INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE OUT THERE, THEY'LL HAVE THE RIGHT
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TO VOTE ON THIS.HOMEOWNERS OR PEOPLE WHO RENT, THEY'LL BE VOTING ON IT COULD VOTE OR HOW DOES THIS WORK EXACTLY? IT DEPENDS UPON WHAT THE ITEM IS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE VOTING RIGHTS, BUT ANYTHING THAT IS IN THE MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, THOSE WHO ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE DISTRICT DO HAVE A RIGHT TO VOTE.
DOES THAT INCLUDE LIKE WATER LINES, SEWER LINES, ANY INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS THAT? OR IS THAT ALL BY THE CITY OR THE DISTRICT THAT DOES THAT? THE DISTRICT HAS ENTERED INTO CONTRACTS WITH THE CITY AND THE DEVELOPER TO PROVIDE THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED TO PROMOTE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
THAT'S ALL I WAS JUST WONDERING AS A TAXPAYER, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE GONNA BE PAYING AS TAXES VERSUS THIS SPECIFIC MUNICIPAL DISTRICT? WE ARE ASKING CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THIS SO THAT THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE IS NOT FUNDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT THE MMD IS, THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO KNOW.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
MAYOR PROTE, I'LL TURN THE CONSENT AGENDA OVER TO YOU.WE HAVE ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS TWO THROUGH 13.
WE'RE GONNA PULL ITEM 11 OFF FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATIONS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WE'LL VOTE ON EVERYTHING BUT 11 NOW.
SO WE'RE VOTE ON ITEMS TWO THROUGH 10 AND ITEMS 12 THROUGH 13.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.
[11. Ordinance Amending the FY 2025/2026 CIP and Operating Budget (Reviewed by the Finance and Government Committee on 04/07/2026)]
11, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL.THANK YOU MAYOR UHT, I DON'T REALLY HAVE A LOT ON THIS.
IT'S JUST THE, TO GET REAL TRANSPARENT WITH IT, RE REALLOCATING FUNDS FROM ONE FUND TO ANOTHER AND BALANCING 'EM OUT BECAUSE SOME BOND INTEREST WAS PUT IN THE WRONG FUNDS AND IT HAS TO GO INTO THE FUNDS.
SO IT IS PART OF OUR, TO OUR WORKDAY CLEANUP, WHICH IS OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM REPLACEMENT.
THIS IS OLD BOND INTEREST THAT WE'RE HAVING TO REALLOCATE AND WE ARE MOVING IT FROM, UM, FROM OLD BOND RESTRICTED FIRE POLICE COMPLETED PROJECTS.
WE ON BOND COUNCIL ADVICE, WE'RE MOVING IT TO STREETS, WHICH IS, UM, OLD BOND LANGUAGE ALLOWED US TO NOT BE SO SPECIFIC.
THE ONLY, THE ONLY ONE THAT'S NOT REALLY A REALLOCATION IS ABOUT 2.3 OR FOUR MILL THAT'S ACTUALLY COMING OUT OF CAPITAL RESERVES AND GOING INTO THE DOWNTOWN PROJECT.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO MAKE THAT TRANSPARENT, THAT ALL THE REST OF IT IS BALANCING OUT, BUT THAT ONE PIECE IS NOT.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY A MOVE OUT OF CAPITAL RESERVES.
WE ARE MOVING, IT NETS OUT TO $3.2 MILLION THAT WE ARE, WE'RE MOVING EVERYTHING INTO CAPITAL RESERVE AND THEN WE ARE MOVING IT INTO A DOWNTOWN PROJECT THAT WE'RE, THE ACTIVITY IS CREATED IN CAPITAL RESERVE.
BUT, BUT THE, WE'RE MOVING, WE'RE NOT MOVING AS MUCH IN AS WE'RE TAKING OUT THE TOTAL.
THERE'S, THERE'S A NET OF THREE MILL 2 68 GOING OUT, BUT SOME OF THAT IS GOING SOMEWHERE BESIDES DOWNTOWN.
UH, CHERYL AND MEGAN AND I HAD A LONG MEETING YESTERDAY ABOUT THIS.
AND SO CAPITAL RESERVE ITSELF ALSO HAD INTEREST THAT WAS RELATED TO CAPITAL RESERVE.
SO THAT'S WHY IT, IT DOES ACCUMULATE FOR ITS PORTION AND, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY MOVING OUT OF CAPITAL RESERVES.
AND THAT'S ALL I I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT KNOWN THAT THERE IS ACTUALLY SOME MONEY MOVING OUT OF CAPITAL RESERVES OVER INTO, THIS IS NOT PART OF THE TABULATION.
SO THE DOWNTOWN MAIN STREET PROJECT? YES, SIR.
SO ALL THESE PROJECTS, THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS FIVE POINT SOMETHING.
IT DOES COME FROM CAPITAL RESERVE.
IT WILL STAY IN CAPITAL RESERVE, BUT YES SIR, YOU ARE CORRECT.
JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS TRANSPARENT, THAT THAT'S ALL IT WAS.
AND I, OTHERWISE I'D MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
SECOND, WE HAVE MOTION BY COUNCILMAN SHOTWELL, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM JOHNSON.
[CITIZEN COMMENTS]
SET OF COMMENTS.IT DOESN'T HAVE A NUMBER HERE, SO I NEED BOB PARKER.
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WE USED TO HAVE IT AT THE END OF THE MEETING.EVENING MAYOR, I'M BOB PARKER OF 1801 WELLINGTON DRIVE, GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND MY APPEARANCE THIS EVENING HAS TO DO WITH, UH, SAFETY AND NOISE FACTORS INVOLVING THE NEW CASTLE SUBDIVISION, WHICH IS BOUNDED BY MARSHALL DRIVE SOUTH TO FREETOWN.
AND FROM CARRIER WEST TO ROBINSON.
THE, THIS PAST SUNDAY, I HAD, UH, MY ATTENTION DRAWN TO A VEHICLE THAT WAS TOURING THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT EXCESSIVE SPEED AND LOUD EXHAUST RATTLED THE WINDOWS IN THE HOUSE.
I HAD A TALK WITH MYSELF AND SAID, NO, BEHAVE YOURSELF.
AS MY DAUGHTERS TOLD ME BEFORE, AND I TOLD THEM I WAS COMING HERE THIS EVENING, THEY SAID, DAD, PLEASE BEHAVE, BUT IT STICK WITH ME WHEN OTHER NEIGHBORS, AND I BEG YOU, DON'T TAKE JUST BOB'S WORD FOR IT, YOU CAN DO A CANVAS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I WOULD DO IT, BUT I CAN'T AFFORD THE POSTAGE
I'D SEND EVERYBODY A LETTER, BUT ANY RATE, DUMB BOB JUMPED IN HIS TRUCK THINKING I MIGHT BE ABLE TO TRACK DOWN THE VEHICLE AND GET A PICTURE OF THE LICENSE PLATE.
AND SO IN DOING SO, THE YOUNG MAN THAT WERE DRIVING THE SUBJECT VEHICLE, UH, I GUESS THEY NOTICED THEY WERE BEING FOLLOWED AND I WAS ONLY TRYING TO ATTEMPT TO GET A PICTURE OF THE, UH, TAG SO I COULD FOLLOW UP MY PHONE CALL, WHICH I'D ALREADY MADE TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH PROOF.
YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT I ATTEMPTED TO DO.
BUT BEING TECHNICALLY CHALLENGED BEING OLD SCHOOL, I SCREWED UP AND LOST THAT PHOTO.
BUT I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT UNTIL I GOT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO, UH, THE YOUNG MAN EVADED ME THAT THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.
I TELL YOU, UH, WE LIVE AT AN INTERSECTION.
I HEAR LOUD CARS ALL THE TIME, AND I DON'T HAVE TIME TO RUN OUT THERE.
BUT BE CAREFUL NEXT TIME YOU TRY TO FOLLOW A CAR, BE VERY CAREFUL.
BUT THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.
CHIEF'S GONNA GET WILL YOU BOB? THANK YOU, CHIEF.
I'M A CANDIDATE FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE PRECINCT FOUR.
WE, UH, GRAND PRAIRIE FALLS UNDER THAT PRECINCT ALONG WITH MANSFIELD MIDLOTHIAN, CEDAR HILL, RED OAK, O VILLA, GLEN HEIGHTS, AND ALSO OAKLEY.
I FORGOT TO TELL YOU, MY ADDRESS IS 3003 DOROTHY LANE, GLEN HEIGHTS, TEXAS.
I COME TO YOU ALL TONIGHT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS A SERIOUS, UH, DEFICIENCY GOING ON IN THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE PRECINCT FOUR COURT.
AS IT AS YOU ALL KNOW, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURT.
PRECINCT FOUR IS DOWN IN MIDLOTHIAN OFF OF EIGHTH STREET ON EIGHTH STREET, AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IS AS SOON AS YOU GO DOWN TO PAY YOUR MON MONEY FOR YOUR, UH, SMALL CLAIMS CASE, UH, AFTER YOU FILED YOUR PAPERWORK, YOU'RE THEN TOLD THAT THERE IS A TWO PLUS YEAR WEIGHT BEFORE YOUR CASE REACHES THE INSIDE OF THE COURTROOM.
AND I'M HERE, UH, AS A CANDIDATE FOR JP FORD TO, UH, OFFER MY, UH, SERVICES IN RECTIFYING
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THAT SITUATION.I COME TO YOU WITH EIGHT YEARS EXPERIENCE FROM THE US ARMY.
I HAVE 25 YEARS SERVING AS A DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT SERGEANT, AND THEN OF COURSE I'M STILL RESERVED.
I HAVE A PARALEGAL DEGREE FROM TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, AND I ALSO SERVED UNDER THE LATE HONORABLE JUDGE CLEFA STEELE, UH, IN DALLAS COUNTY JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURT.
OKAY, SO ONE OF, ONE OF, UH, MY PLAN TO, UH, GET THE, UM, THE TWO YEAR BACKLOG TOGETHER IS TO OFFER NIGHT COURT TO OUR HARDWORKING FAMILIES AND CITIZENS DOWN IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR OF ELLIS COUNTY.
AND ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME OPEN TRANSPARENCY.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS THE BACKLOG DUE TO COVID AND ALSO BECAUSE OUR INCUMBENT HAS BEEN, UH, IN OFFICE FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO CATCH THAT BACKLOG UP.
BUT IT IS BEEN FIVE YEARS AND WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING.
OUR HARD WORKERS AND CITIZENS DESERVE TO BE ABLE TO FILE A SMALL CLAIMS COURT CASE, UH, WITHOUT WAITING TWO YEARS.
OKAY? SO, UM, MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE JUSTICE OF THE PIECE DOES OTHER THAN MARRIED PEOPLE, AND THEY ALSO HANDLE TRUANTS AND INQUEST DEATH INVESTIGATIONS.
AND I'VE DONE A LOT OF THAT AS A, UH, UH, SUPERVISOR ON DEEP NIGHTS WITH THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
BUT I WANTED TO BRING THIS BEFORE THE COURT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON, LET THE CITIZENS OF GRAND PRAIRIE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND ALSO THAT, UM, THE WAY TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ME TO SUPPORT ME AND OUR CAMPAIGN, UH, THAT'S GOING TO WRAP UP ON NOVEMBER 3RD IS TO REACH ME AT PAM HAMPTON, FOR JP FOUR, THE NUMBER FOUR.COM.
TRINA HALL, THIS HIS CITIZEN'S COMMENTS, RIGHT? YES.
IS CITIZEN CITIZEN'S COMMENTS? YES, MA'AM.
I DON'T WANT TO STEP ON NOBODY'S TOES.
I KNOW A LOT OF THIS IS MR. GOODLAND PROPERTY AND ALL THIS ABOUT THE BOND, BUT I'M ASKING AS CITIZEN AND THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE HERE THAT SAYS THAT Y'ALL ARE GOING TO GAIN FROM THIS BOND.
ARE, IS IT COMING OUT? IT'S COMING OUT OF OUR POCKETS.
IS IT GONNA GO DOWN THERE? GOODLAND? WE CAN'T RESPOND TO THAT, THAT I'M JUST, I'M JUST ASKING BECAUSE I'M WANT WELL ANSWER THAT I CAN GET.
WE'LL, SOMEBODY WILL GET WITH YOU AFTERWARDS.
I APPRECIATE THAT WE DON'T RESPOND DURING CITIZEN COMMENTS.
I KNOW THAT, BUT YOU ASKED ME.
BUT I'M VOCALIZING WHAT I FEEL THAT AS CITIZENS, WHY ARE WE PAYING FOR SOMEONE ELSE THAT LIVES DOWN THERE? WE'RE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE BEEN NEGLECTED, OUR STREETS HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED.
OUR PROPERTIES AROUND THIS BEEN NEGLECTED.
OUR STOREFRONT, WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR STOREFRONTS IN FRONT OF OUR CITY MAIN LINK STREET, THAT'S SAD.
ALL THEM NEARLY EMPTY AND NOT BEING USED.
IT DOES NOT, THAT DOESN'T BRING IN MORE CITIZENS UP HERE.
SO I'M ASKING MORE IMPROVEMENTS.
THINK ABOUT THIS AREA UP HERE.
STOP WORRYING ABOUT DOWN THERE.
I KNOW Y'ALL GOING TO GROW, BUT THE PROBLEM IS WE ARE THE ONE THAT'S SUFFERING UP HERE, SO I APPRECIATE IT.
SAYA, AYA, ENA, IT'S BEEN A WHILE.
YOU ONLY GET THREE MINUTES NOW.
I KNOW I'M THE ONE, UH, CHANGED THE RULES BEHIND THAT.
67 0 5 SAPPHIRE CIRCLE NORTH COLVILLE, TEXAS 7 6 0 3 4.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT MY FAVORITE SUBJECT APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO UNCOVER SOMETHING LAST YEAR THAT MOST PROPERTY OWNERS STILL DON'T THROUGH AN OPEN RECORD REQUEST.
ONE OF A TREND COUNTY RESIDENT OBTAINED THE ACTUAL MARKET VALUES THAT CALCULATED LAST YEAR, BUT DID NOT USE THE DATA SHOWS OVER 190,000 PROPERTIES.
SHOULD HAVE HAD LOWER VALUES, HOMEOWNERS PAID PROPERTY TAXES ON VALUES THAT, THAT WERE TOO HIGH, UH, THAT CALCULATED THESE VALUES, UH, THESE LOWER VALUES, BUT
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DID NOT RELEASE THEM TO PROPERTY OWNERS BECAUSE OF THE NEW REAPPRAISAL PLAN.THE ONLY REASON THIS DATA IS PUBLIC NOW BECAUSE ONE OF THE TR COUNTY RESIDENT REQUESTED IT.
AND, UH, TAD IS DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN THIS YEAR.
ACTUALLY, THE NOTICES WERE ALREADY SENT LAST WEEK.
MOST PEOPLE WILL ASSUME THAT THEY DID NOT NEED TO PROTEST THEIR VALUES, UH, BECAUSE IT'S NOT CHANGED.
THAT ASSUMPTION WILL CAUSE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE JUST LIKE THEY DID LAST YEAR.
MOST PROPERTY OWNERS WILL NEVER SEE THIS DATA UNLESS SOMEONE SHOWS IT TO THEM.
AND I EN ENCOURAGE EACH AND EVERYONE LIVING IN TARRANT COUNTY OR OTHER COUNTIES AS WELL.
I I KNOW THE MAYOR WILL NOT LIKE IT, BUT, UH, I'M TALKING, UH, FOR THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
BUT HEY, HERE IS ANOTHER, ANOTHER INFORMATION THAT I WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT TART APPRAISAL DISTRICT IS NOT USING NEW SALES VALUE OF THE EXISTING PROPERTY.
THEY ARE UPDATING THE NEW DEVELOPMENT BUT NOT UPDATING THE VALUES OF EXISTING, UH, THE, THE NEW SALES OF THE EXISTING PROPERTY THAT IS COSTING, UH, LIKE MILLIONS FOR UH, ENTITIES.
UH, SO I DECIDE TO GO AND RUN FOR AT LARGE POSITION TENANT APPRAISAL, DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTOR THIS NOVEMBER.
DON'T FORGET TO VOTE FOR ME WHOEVER LIVES IN TARRAN COUNTY.
AND IF YOU WANNA MAKE A POSITIVE CHANGE IN OUR APPRAISAL DISTRICT, VOTE FOR ME.
DON'T FORGET ADA, SAY FOR TARRAN APPRAISAL DISTRICT VOTE THIS OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE GO EARLY, VOTE EARLY.
SO I MAY NOT ABLE TO SEND THE FLYERS BECAUSE I AM NOT ASSOCIATED WITH ANY PACK OR A SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP BECAUSE IN LA A PREVIOUS ELECTION, THEY SPENT QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS FOR A NON-PAYING JOB.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR JENSEN AND GRAND FIRST CITY COUNCIL.
AND UM, I WANT TO GET UP HERE AND ADDRESS THIS COUNCIL.
YOU GUYS WAS ELECTED ON A NONPARTISAN TICKET.
UM, AND YOU SHOULD OPERATE NON-PARTISAN.
WE HAVE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL THAT GET IT TWISTED.
THEY FEEL THAT IN THE NON-PARTISAN RACE, IF YOU SUPPORT A DEMOCRAT IN A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OR REPUBLICAN IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, THAT WHEN YOU'RE RUNNING OUR ELECTIONS HERE, THEN YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO ALIGN.
UM, I FIRST WANT TO CONGRATULATE, UM, COUNCILMAN RODNEY ANDERSON, WHO I SUPPORTED IN THIS LAST RACE, AND I'M GLAD THAT HE DID WIN THIS RACE.
BUT I STAND HERE ON THE, THE SHOULDER OF MY ANCESTORS, MY GREAT-GREAT GRANDMOTHER ANNIE, RECORD, BORN IN 1856, LIVED RIGHT OUT THERE ON ODELL, OFF OF BELTLINE.
UH, GW RECORD WAS A SLAVE OWNER RIGHT HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
SO A LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT ME, BUT I WANT TO STAND HERE BECAUSE WHEN YOU TOOK A OATH, THAT OATH COMES WITH INTEGRITY AND HONOR AND COURAGE AND PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE PENALIZED IN NONPARTISAN RACES WHO YOU ALIGN YOURSELF WITH.
AND SO WE HAVE ANOTHER ELECTION THAT'S COMING UP.
UM, MY MOTHER GOT A KNOCK AT HER DOOR ASKING HER TO VOTE FOR COUNCIL MEMBER MIKE DEBOSKY, WHO WE ALL KNOW THAT IS DECEASED.
UM, WE SHOULD OPERATE AND WORK WITH INTEGRITY AND WE SHOULD RESPECT AND LET MIKE REST IN PEACE THIS COUNCIL.
IF THE ONES ARE BEHIND IT, A FEW OF YOU BEHIND IT, WE'RE GONNA GET A STREET NAME.
BUT I THINK THAT KNOCKING ON PEOPLE DOORS TO VOTE FOR SOMEONE DECEASED, THAT'S NOT RIGHT.
UM, YOU HAVE PEOPLE NAMES THAT ARE LIVING THAT'S ON THAT BALLOT.
AND SO FOR ANYBODY THAT'S LISTENING, WATCHING ME, I'M ASKING YOU GUYS DO NOT CIRCLE AND VOTE FOR COUNCILMAN MIKE DEBOSKY BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT HE'S NOT LIVING.
LET'S WORK TOGETHER AND GET A STREET NAME.
GENERAL SAM HOUSTON TOOK CARE OF, UH, UM, MR. SANTA ANA TODAY AND THAT'S WHY THAT FLAG'S HANGING UP HERE.
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JACINTO DAY.I WANT TO GET THIS ON THE RECORD.
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 IS WHERE THE VOTING BLOCK IS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20.
YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THIS BOND PACKAGE, ABOUT THESE BRIDGES.
ARE THEY GONNA TEAR THE BRIDGES DOWN? HOW LONG IS THIS GONNA TAKE? IS IT GOING FROM THREE LANES, TWO LANES TO THREE LANES? WHAT'S GOING ON? THOSE BRIDGES WERE BUILT IN 1983 AND 1984.
SO WHAT KIND OF STRUCTURAL ISSUES WHEN YOU START ADDING SOMETHING ON A DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT LANES THE WHOLE BIT.
WHAT ARE WE GETTING INTO OUT THERE? HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU HAVE SET ASIDE ON THIS BOND COMMITTEE? AND I REALIZE YOU CAN'T SAY BECAUSE THE BONDS AREN'T PASSED, BUT IF YOU GIVE CITIZENS A ROUGH IDEA, THE BONDS PASSED.
A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF FROM NOW.
WINDS CONSTRUCTION GOING TO START BECAUSE PEOPLE SOUTH OF 20, THEY SEE AT SERGEANT GREG HUNTER IN BARDON.
HOW MANY MONTHS HAS IT BEEN? THEY SEE OUT ON, OUT ON CHARLIE ENGLAND PARKWAY.
HOW MANY MONTHS HAS IT BEEN? CAN'T EVEN PUT TRAFFIC LIGHTS IN AT 1382.
AND CAMP WISDOM, THEY STARTED THAT ROAD PROJECT IN SEPTEMBER, 1984.
FORMER DALLAS CITY COUNCIL AND CASEY THOMAS WOULD WORK WITH US.
THE NEW GUY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHERE IT'S LOCATED.
THAT HAS BEEN ONE MASSIVE TRAFFIC PROBLEM SINCE SEPTEMBER OF 84.
LAST THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS, ROUTE TRAFFIC BACKED ALL THE WAY BACK ALMOST TO CARRIER IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
SO WHEN YOU START THESE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, YOU'RE LOOKING BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE WORKERS WHO'S GONNA DO IT? WHO'S GONNA GET OUT HERE AND DO THIS? SO THIS IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET ACROSS TO YOU GUYS THAT RIGHT NOW A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE.
BRIDGE BRIDGES, YOU GOT SOME WORK TO DO.
I WANT THE BOND ISSUES TO PASS, BUT I'M HEARING QUITE A FEW NEGATIVE COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE SOUTH OF 20.
I DON'T WANT A BOTANICAL GARDEN, I DON'T WANT ARTWORK, I WANT STREETS.
SO WHEN YOU VOTE FOR STREETS, AND THEN HOW LONG IS THIS GOING TO TAKE? YOU'RE ONLY GONNA HAVE ONE LANE OF CONSTRUCTION FOR HOW LONG? WHATEVER.
SO YOU, YOU'VE GOT, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PLAY LYNDON JOHNSON HERE AND START GETTING SOME INFORMATION OUT AND START GETTING SOME VOTES OUT BECAUSE THERE'S ABOUT 30 TO 40% OF PEOPLE WHO WILL VOTE AGAINST A BOND ISSUE NO MATTER WHAT.
SO PLEASE, BETWEEN NOW AND THAT NEXT SATURDAY, PLEASE LET US GIVE SOMETHING ON THE INTERNET, WHATEVER THIS IS, WHAT THE BRIDGES ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE.
[14. Public Hearing and Final Reading of an Ordinance Annexing Approximately 69.75 acres of land in Ellis County, Texas Being More Particularly Described and Graphically Depicted in Exhibit A, such tract is generally located south of Highway 287, East of VV Jones Road, North of Highway 67 and Including Land Situated in the L. Kelsey Survey, Abstract No. 593 and the B. Canfield Survey, Abstract No. 197 Being all of a Called 15.04 Acre Tract of Land Described in General Warranty Deed to Ronald Lee Burseen, Recorded in Instrument Number 1904974, Official Public Records of Ellis County Texas (OPRECT) and All of a Called 46.78 Acre Tract of Land Described in General Warranty Deed to W&L Jones Realty Holdings, LLC-Series 6 Recorded in Instrument Number 2243658 OPRECT and all of a Tract of Land Described in a Special Warranty Deed to Eagleridge Energy, LLC AND USG Properties Barnett II, LLC Recorded in Instrument No. 1817328 OPRECT and in a Surface and Mineral Deed to Marubeni Shale Investments LLC Recorded in Instrument No. 2405140 OPRECT and Being Described in Volume 2510, PAGE 2263 OPRECT, 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 ]
14.TIFFANY BULL, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY.
ITEM NUMBER 14 IS THE ANNEXATION OF 69.75 ACRES.
THIS IS LAND THAT WAS PURCHASED BY PROVIDENCE AFTER THE ORIGINAL GOODLAND AGREEMENT WAS ENTERED INTO.
IF YOU SEE, UM, THE MAP, YOU SEE A LITTLE RED SQUARE IN THE MIDDLE THAT IS KIND OF OUTLINED.
THAT PORTION OF LAND IS THE 69.75 ACRES.
PROVIDENT OWNED EVERY BIT AROUND IT AND IT WAS ALL ZONED, UM, FOR THE DATA LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
SO THIS IS TO ANNEX THAT IN AND MAKE IT PART OF THE SAME DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AS WITH ALL OF GOODLAND, THE DEVELOPER WILL BE PROVIDING, UM, MOST OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THIS AREA.
THE, UM, DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WAS SET UP SO THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THIS AREA AS WELL AS THE REST OF GOODLAND IS GOING TO BE FUNDED BY THOSE IN GOODLAND.
PROPOSITION A HAS NOT A PENNY GOING TO GOODLAND.
CORRECT? IS THAT CORRECT? PROPOSITION A DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING GOING TO GOODLAND, CORRECT? CORRECT.
HAROLD WILLIS, YOU HAVE SURFACE AND MINERAL DEED TO MORE ANY SHELL INVESTMENT LLC.
ARE YOU GOING TO BE DOING MINING FOR SHELVES, SURFACE MINING? MINE.
WHAT? WHAT KIND OF DRILLING IS GONNA BE GOING ON? WHAT KIND OF WORK? EVERYBODY RETAINS THEIR OWN MINERAL RIGHTS NOWADAYS.
IT, THEY, THEY MAY NEVER EVER DRILL ANYTHING OUT THERE, BUT EVERYBODY RE RETAINS THEIR OWN MINERAL RIGHTS.
OR YOU SHOULD, IF YOU EVER SELL ANYTHING, HAROLD.
WELL, UNFORTUNATELY MAYOR, I DON'T HAVE YOUR MONEY.
SO
I WAS JUST SAYING YOU OUGHT TO RETAIN MINERAL RIGHTS.
HAD NOTHING TO DO ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY YOU OR I HAVE.
WHAT TYPE OF SHELL DEVELOPMENT
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COULD BEFORE THIS IS GOING ON, WHAT ARE WE TALKING IN? SHE INVESTMENTS.WHO ARE THESE INDIVIDUALS? WHO IS THIS? I THINK THEY'RE JUST THE, THIS IS JUST A MINERAL RIGHTS RETENTION.
I'M SORRY HAROLD, WHAT ITEM ARE YOU LOOKING AT? 14.
OKAY, SO THIS IS JUST WHO AT SOME POINT HAD A DEED IN THE TITLE THAT IS JUST PART OF THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION TO GIVE NOTICE OF THE LAND THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THIS IS SOLELY TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT LITTLE RED SQUARE UP THERE, OR THE ONE THAT'S KIND OF THE DARK BROWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LIGHTER COLOR IS THE PIECE OF LAND THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ANY TYPE OF DRILLING, WATER, GAS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THIS IS JUST TO ANNEX THIS LAND INTO THE CITY SO THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ZONE IT AND WE CAN OBTAIN PROPERTY TAXES FROM IT.
WELL, WHY DON'T WE HAVE SURFACE AND MINERAL DEED SPECIFICALLY STATED IN THIS DOCUMENT? BECAUSE THAT DEED IS THE ONE THAT HELPS PROVIDE THE MEETS AND BOUNDS TO PUT A PERSON ON.
JUST LIKE ANYTIME YOU BUY A PIECE OF PROPERTY, THE TITLE POLICY WILL GIVE THOSE THINGS.
THE LAND IN THIS AREA, BECAUSE IT'S NOT VERY WELL DEVELOPED, DOES NOT HAVE YOUR TYPICAL STREET ADDRESSES.
AND SO WE HAVE TO PROVIDE A MUCH MORE DETAILED DESCRIPTION TO HELP PEOPLE DETERMINE WHERE THE LAND IS LOCATED.
WE'RE JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NOT GONNA BE A GAS, WELL, THERE'S NOT GONNA BE COMING SOME TYPE OF
WELL, HAROLD, WE CAN'T TELL YOU THERE WON'T BE.
OKAY, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT TONIGHT.
OKAY? YEAH, THIS IS ABOUT, WE'RE ANNEXING IT SOME 50 YEARS FROM NOW.
SOMEBODY MAY WANT TO DRILL SOMETHING THERE.
I KNOW WE CAN'T GO ON RECORD OF SAYING THEY'RE NEVER GONNA BE DRILLING OUT THERE, BUT THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ANNEXATION TONIGHT.
OKAY, THAT'S SINCE IT WAS STATED ON HERE, I JUST EXERCISED MY RIGHT AS A CITIZEN TO INQUIRY ABOUT THIS.
YOUR MS. PATSY RAY, MY FIRST ADMIT TO THANK YOU THAT IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
EVEN IF YOU HAVEN'T FILLED OUT A CARD AND WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS, YOU CAN DO SO NOW.
SEEING NONE, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
UH, I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 14 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEADING.
[15. Reject all proposals for RFP# 25132 Operation and Management of Tangle Ridge Golf Course and authorize Parks staff to assume management and operations of Tangle Ridge Golf Course Club House and Food and Beverage, effective October 1, 2026.]
GOOD AFTERNOON.UH, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS RAY SERTA, DIRECTOR PARKS ARTS AND RECREATION.
LAST MONTH WE PRESENTED OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR THE FUTURE MANAGEMENT OF TANGO RIDGE GOLF CLUB BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE RFP PROCESS.
DURING THAT DISCUSSION, WE HEARD YOUR QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, AND FEEDBACK, AS WELL AS INPUT FROM OUR RESIDENTS FROM OUR COMMUNITY.
BASED ON THAT DIRECTION, WE WENT BACK AND REVISITED THE OPTION OF TRANSITIONING TANGLE RIDGE TO A CITY OPERATED MODEL.
TODAY WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT THAT OPTION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IF COUNSEL CHOOSES TO MOVE FORWARD IN THAT DIRECTION.
ITEM 15 ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA WOULD AUTHORIZE THE REJECTION OF ALL PROPOSALS RECEIVED THROUGH RFP TO 5 1 3 2 OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF TANGLE RIDGE GOLF CLUB AND ALLOW THE CITY TO TRANSITION TANGO RIDGE GOLF CLUB TO FULL OPERATIONS UNDER THE PARKS, ARTS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE CURRENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT.
WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR ADMINISTRATIVE AND FISCAL DIVISION CHIEF STEVEN BOWLES TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE DETAILS.
THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, FOR HAVING ME BACK.
UM, WELL, AS RAY SAID AFTER OUR LAST MEETING ON THIS TOPIC, WE, UH, WE WENT BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND TOOK ALL OF THE COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS, AND QUESTIONS TO HEART.
AND, UH, WE'RE HERE TODAY TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR DEPARTMENT RUNNING TANGLE RIDGE GOLF COURSE IN ITS ENTIRETY.
SO THE FIRST QUESTION, QUESTION IS, WHY DO WE THINK THIS IS A VIABLE OPTION? WELL, WE HAVE A BIG ONE.
UH, THE DEPARTMENT ALREADY SUCCESSFULLY RUNS A GOLF COURSE IN THE CITY.
I'M SURE ALL OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH PRAIRIE LAKES GOLF COURSE, WHERE WE RUN THE CLUBHOUSE AND MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS.
WE HAVE AN ESTABLISHED STAFFING STRUCTURE AT THIS LOCATION OF CITY EMPLOYEES.
UH, WE'VE DEMONSTRATED THE ABILITY TO OPERATE SUCCESSFULLY.
YOU CAN SEE THE NET PROFIT AT PRAIRIE LAKES THE LAST THREE YEARS, UH, INCLUDING LAST FISCAL YEAR WHEN THEY HAD AN ALL TIME HIGH, UH, NET REVENUE OUT THERE, ADDING $587,000 TO THE GOLF FUND,
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UH, OPERATING WELL INTO THE BLACK.UH, IN ORDER TO DO THIS, WE WOULD NEED TO, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH RECRUITING AND HIRING SOME NEW STAFF TO REPLACE THE ONES THAT ARE CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY THE THIRD PARTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY OUT THERE.
UH, THAT INCLUDES, UH, A MIXTURE OF BOTH, UH, FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME AND SEASONAL STAFF TO OPERATE THE CLUBHOUSE RETAIL OPERATION, FOOD AND BEVERAGE, AS WELL AS THE OUTSIDE SERVICES LIKE THE CARTS AND, UM, CLEANING.
UH, THE MAINTENANCE IS ALREADY EXISTING CITY EMPLOYEES, SO THERE WOULD BE NO CHANGE THERE.
AND THEIR SUPPORT, WHICH WOULD BE THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT, WOULD STILL BE HANDLED BY MY TEAM AND THE PARKS ADMIN OFFICE.
NOW OBVIOUSLY HIRING THOSE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS WOULD INCREASE OUR PERSONNEL EXPENSE OUT THERE AT THE GOLF COURSE, BUT ALSO WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE EXPENSE OF A MANAGEMENT CONTRACT THAT WE WOULD BE PAYING.
WE WENT BACK AND TRIED TO MAKE THIS AS SIMPLE AND AS APPLES TO APPLES AS POSSIBLE.
UM, WHERE WE ARE SHOWING, WE ARE ASSUMING THAT CITY OPERATED OR WHETHER WE WENT, UH, BACK AND LOOKED AT A THIRD PARTY, WOULD BOTH BE CAPABLE OF HAVING THE SAME AMOUNT OF ROUNDS REVENUE SALES OUT THERE AT THE GOLF COURSE.
SO YOU'LL SEE MATCHING REVENUES ON HERE.
THIS IS AGAIN, WITH NO CHANGE TO THE COST OF PLAYING GOLF OR THE COST OF ANY OF THE OTHER ITEMS OUT THERE LIKE FOOD AND BEVERAGE OR RETAIL.
YOU CAN SEE AN ESTIMATED, UH, REVENUES ON EITHER SIDE OF JUST A LITTLE BIT SHY OF $2.7 MILLION BETWEEN THE GOLF REVENUES AND THE PRO SHOP AND FOOD AND BEVERAGE.
ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, THE CITY EXPENSES ARE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER AND THIS IS PRIMARILY DUE TO THE PERSONNEL COST.
UM, IN ORDER TO REPLACE ALL OF THE POSITIONS OUT THERE WITH CITY STAFF, UH, AND AS WELL AS RETAIN OUR CURRENT FULL-TIME MAINTENANCE STAFF OUT THERE.
THE CITY'S BENEFITS PACKAGE IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN WHAT WAS PROPOSED BY THIRD PARTY GROUPS.
THIS IS THINGS LIKE TMRS, PARS, OUR MEDICAL AND DENTAL AND HEALTH COVERAGE AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
AND, UH, WE DID ACTUALLY HAVE A SLIGHTLY LOWER, UH, SIDE ON THE OPERATING EXPENSES THAN WHAT WAS BID.
AND OF COURSE, IF THE CITY RUNS IT, WE WOULD NOT HAVE A MANAGEMENT FEE.
UH, WITH ALL THAT SAID, WE DO SHOW A PROJECTED REVENUE CONSERVATIVELY IF CITY OPERATED AT ABOUT 282,000 COMPARED TO A LITTLE OVER 400 UNDER THE THIRD PARTY MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT.
THERE'S OBVIOUSLY SOME, UH, PROS AND CONS TO LOOKING AT THIS EITHER WAY, AND I WON'T WALK YOU THROUGH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE, BUT BIG PICTURE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS IF THE CITY WAS TO MANAGE TANGLE RIDGE GOLF COURSE, WE WOULD HAVE FULL OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF THE COURSE AS A CITY, UH, WHICH WOULD ALSO BRING OUR ENTIRE GOLF DIVISION UNDER ONE UNIT AND HAVE TWO GOLF COURSES THAT ARE RUN UNDER THE SAME STRUCTURE.
UNDER A THIRD PARTY, WE WOULD HAVE, UH, ACCESS TO THROUGH THAT MANAGEMENT CONTRACT, WE WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO ADDITIONAL RESOURCES SUCH AS AN AGRONOMIST, THE MARKETING EXPERTISE, FOOD AND BEVERAGE OPTIONS.
UM, BUT WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, OUR RECOMMENDATION TODAY IS TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE TOWARDS PARKS AND RECREATION RUNNING TANGLE RIDGE GOLF COURSE INTO THE FUTURE.
UH, WE WANT TO UTILIZE OUR MODEL THAT WE'VE SUCCESSFULLY BUILT AT PRAIRIE LAKES AS A FRAMEWORK WITH CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE UNIQUENESS OF TANGLE RIDGE AND THE UNIQUE OFFERINGS THAT IT HAS.
AND WE'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND BEGIN TRANSITIONING NOW TO BE READY FOR FY 27.
AS I'M SURE YOU REMEMBER, THE CURRENT CONTRACT ENDS AT THE CONCLUSION OF FY 26 AND WE WOULD ASSUME FULL CONTROL ON OCTOBER 1ST IF IT'S YOUR DIRECTION.
UM, CAN YOU BUMP BACK TO YOUR, UH, SLIDE THAT SHOWS COST? UH, THERE, THE, UH, THE DIFFERENCE ON PERSONNEL COST IS BASICALLY IN BENEFITS, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S THE BIGGEST PORTION OF IT, YES.
YEAH, BECAUSE WE WOULD STILL UNDER THE THIRD PARTY DEAL BE PAYING FOR THE EMPLOYEE'S SALARIES.
UH, SO THE, BASICALLY THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THE BENEFITS, RIGHT? BUT THROUGH, YES.
IF THEY WERE EMPLOYED BY THIS, UH, THIRD PARTY, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TMRS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
THEY CAN'T BE 400,000, $350,000 WORTH THOSE.
SO WHAT WAS THE OTHER PART? SO ANOTHER, THE PERSONNEL NUMBER FOR THE CITY OPERATED SIDE WAS ESTIMATED BASED ON REPLACING THE CURRENT POSITIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
UM, AND THEN WHAT WAS THEIRS? THEY HAD A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT STAFFING MODEL.
AND A LOT OF THE, A LOT OF THE EMPLOYEES, ESPECIALLY THE ONES IN MAINTENANCE, ARE ALREADY CITY EMPLOYEES.
SO THAT'S A I I WAS LIKE THE MAYOR, I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THAT 400.
SO THEY MUST NOT, THEY MUST NOT BE HIRING AS MANY PEOPLE.
WELL IF, IF WE DID TRANSITION TO A THIRD PARTY, THE CURRENT CITY STAFF THAT ARE OUT THERE AS CITY EMPLOYEES WOULD HAVE THE OPTION OF EITHER NO, NO.
WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS A $350,000 DIFFERENCE, SIR.
THEY MUST NOT HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE.
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CORRECT.SO IF WE RAN IT WITH AS FEW PEOPLE AS THEY RAN IT, IT WOULD BE IDENTICAL EXCEPT FAR CLOSER.
SO TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW MANY THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO STAFF TO KEEP IT TO THE LEVEL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE WE WANT IS TOUGH.
I'D BE SHOCKED IF IT REQUIRES $350,000 WORTH MORE STAFF TO ONLY US TO MAINTAIN THE LEVEL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE WE WANT OUT THERE.
I I, I JUST, I'M, I'M, I'M DOUBTING THAT NUMBER.
YEAH, IT, THAT'S, BUT THAT'S, UH, BUT THANK YOU.
YOU EXPLAINED IT, BUT, BUT I DO LIKE PROJECTING HIGHER HIGHER RATHER THAN, SO I APPRECIATE TO BE RUN.
WE WANT A GOOD COURSE AND THE NUMBER COMES IN DIFFERENT THAN YOU GOOD PROFESSIONALS.
THAT'S, UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIMM JOHNSON.
I BELIEVE WHEN YOU GUYS LOOK AT YOUR MODEL, UH, COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COMPARE THE ADDITIONAL STAFF THAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING, BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE WE NEED ADDITIONAL STAFF TO DO THE SAME FUNCTION THEY WERE DOING AT A LOWER COST.
DID YOU CONSIDER PAYING OUR STAFF WAGES HIGHER OR WAS THAT COMPLETELY APPLES TO APPLES? UH, FOR THE MOST PART IT WAS CLOSELY APPLES TO APPLES.
NOW SOME STAFFING THROUGH THE THIRD PARTY.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, POSITIONS THAT MIGHT BE LARGELY TIP BASED LIKE BEVERAGE CART ATTENDANCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THEY HAD, UM, WAGES THAT WERE LOWER THAN THE CITY MINIMUM FOR THOSE POSITIONS.
WELL THAT EXPLAINS PART OF IT.
WHICH WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO.
NO, I'M NOT, UH, YOU NEED TO CHANGE THE NAME UP HERE ON MY SCREEN.
I, I, I GUESS IT, I GUESS IT'S STILL SH IS STILL SHOWING PREVIOUS, BUT, UH, STEVEN, I, FIRST, I WANNA SAY THA A MONTH AGO WHEN YOU GUYS CAME IN, I, I I, IN, IN HINDSIGHT THERE WAS, IT SEEMED AS IF I MAY HAVE AMBUSHED YOU A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I I DID NOT HAVE THE, THE, UH, UH, I WAS NOT ON PART OF THE BRIEFING SESSION.
AND SO, UH, I I I APOLOGIZE TO YOU GENTLEMEN PRIVATELY AND I WILL APOLOGIZE TO YOU PUBLICLY THAT, UH, BECAUSE THAT, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT MY STYLE.
I WOULD, I WOULD NORMALLY COME TO YOU AND, AND, AND TALK WITH YOU, UH, PERSONALLY ABOUT IT.
AND SO I, WHEN YOU WERE, WHEN YOU WERE HERE LAST TIME, YOU DID EXACTLY WHAT THE FINANCE AND GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE ASKED YOU TO DO.
YOU DID EXACTLY WHAT YOU WERE ASKED TO DO.
AND, UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE AUDIENCE AND THAT MAY HAVE BEEN LISTENING LAST TIME, THAT THEY KNOW THAT YOU DID EXACTLY WHAT YOU WERE ASKED TO DO.
AND SO I, I DO APOLOGIZE FOR, FOR THAT, FOR THAT.
NOW ON THIS, YOU'VE DONE EXACTLY WHAT WE ASKED YOU TO DO AS WELL, IS YOU GIVE, GIVE US AN APPLES AND APPLES AND I, I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY A LITTLE MORE PERSONNEL COSTS THAT'S LOADED IN ON, ON, ON THE, THE CITY SIDE.
AND YOU'RE REALLY TALKING, UH, A COUPLE OF POSITIONS, A COUPLE OF WITH BENEFITS AND THE TIP SIDE.
UH, AND SO THEY'RE REALLY, IF IT'S, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ABOUT EQUIVALENT IS THE WAY I SEE IT.
IT MAY, IT MAY SHOW IT JUST HERE THAT THERE'S A LITTLE BIT LESS ON THE CITY OPERATED THAN THAN THIRD PARTY.
BUT I DO THINK IN, IN, UH, WITH COUNCILMAN JOHNSON'S, UH, INPUT AS WELL AS THE MAYOR'S, UH, THAT I THINK, UH, UH, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE PUTTING UP HERE.
MR. JERRY DEEBO, MAYOR, MAYOR DEEBO, WHO HAS A PAVILION NAMED AFTER HIM AT PRAIRIE LAKES.
WHERE'S THAT CHAIR? WELCOME, MAYOR.
ESTEEMED CITY MANAGER, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO COME DOWN TONIGHT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO RECONSIDER THE DECISION FROM OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
IT SHOWS REAL LEADERSHIP WHEN YOU'RE WILLING TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT SOMETHING BASED ON NEW FACTS.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I THINK THAT THAT'S THE LEADERSHIP PLUS ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ACCOMPLISHED OVER THE LAST MANY YEARS THAT WILL CAUSE THE BOND ISSUE TO PASS.
BECAUSE THEY HAVE BELIEF IN WHAT YOU DO AND, AND THEY KNOW THAT YOU DO IT FOR THE RIGHT REASONS.
AND I WANT TO REALLY WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND I'M ASSUMING IT'S GOING TO PASS AND, AND TRUST THAT IT WILL.
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THEN IT BECOMES A PERSONNEL DECISION.AND YOU HAVE SUCH A EXCELLENT STAFF THAT I KNOW THE DECISIONS THEY MAKE WILL RESULT IN THE GYM THAT COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMSON SPOKE OF LAST WEEK.
THAT THAT WAS THE EXPECTATIONS THAT WE HAD WHEN WE DEVELOPED THIS GOLF COURSE.
I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT WILL HAPPEN.
AND I ALSO SPOKE TO THE FACT THAT I THOUGHT THAT BURT SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS BECAUSE OF THE REVENUE THAT HE'S GENERATED AT PRAIRIE LAKES.
I THINK THE REVENUE SIDE OF WILL BE MUCH BETTER THAN WHAT WAS SHOWN UP THERE, BUT I RESPECT THE FACT THAT THEY SHOWED YOU REALISTICALLY WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BE, AGAIN, SHOWS THE QUALITY OF THE STAFF THAT YOU HAVE.
SO I ASK YOU TO PASS THIS AND THEN LET THE STAFF MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT WILL CAUSE THAT TO BECOME WHAT WE WANTED IT TO BE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
I PLAYED OUT THERE LAST FRIDAY.
AND THE PEOPLE WERE SAYING, TALKED TO A FEW OF THE PLAYERS OUT THERE AND THEY WERE SAYING THAT COURSE IS A SPECIAL PLACE.
AND, UH, MANY OF THE PEOPLE, SO THEY DON'T EVEN CONSIDER IT PLAYING GOLF WHEN THEY COME OUT THERE.
OF COURSE, THEY MAY HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT MY GAME, BUT THAT'S NOT
YOU KNOW THAT, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT HERE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR RECONSIDERING THIS.
I TRUST AND HOPE THAT IT'LL PASS.
AND THEN I HOPE THAT THE STAFF MAKES DECISIONS THAT I DON'T LIKE.
BUT THANK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK, THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT, MAYOR.
DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 15 THAT'S PRESENTED BY STAFF.
WE HAVE A MOTION SECOND ABOUT COUNCILMAN ADAMS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[16. Public Hearing and consider an Ordinance abandoning 0.010 acres (450 square feet) of a portion of alley right-of-way located at 314 S.W. 4th Street, Grand Prairie, Dallas County and authorizing the City Manager or his designee, to execute a Quitclaim Deed transferring said abandoned right-of-way to Victor Rangel (Reviewed by the City Council Development Committee on 04/16/2026)]
THANK YOU.ITEM 16 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER OF AN ORDINANCE ABANDONED IN 0.010 ACRES OF A PORTION OF AN ALLEY RIGHTAWAY LOCATED AT THREE 14 SOUTHWEST FOURTH STREET AND AUTHORIZED IN THE, THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE A QUICK CLAIM DEED.
TRANSFERRING THE SET ABANDONED RIGHTWAY TO VICTOR WRANGLE THE ABANDONMENT APPLICATION AND ABUT IN PROPERTY OWNER VICTOR WRL HAS REQUESTED THE ABANDONMENT OF ONE HALF OF A PLATTED UNIMPROVED 15 FOOT WIDE ALLEY STAFF HAS REVIEWED THIS REQUEST AND FINDS THE ABANDONMENT WILL NOT HINDER DRAINAGE OR UTILITIES IN THE AREA.
ALL PUBLIC UTILITIES HAVE AGREED TO THE ABANDONMENT, THEREFORE STAFF IS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS ABANDONMENT ORDINANCE.
HERE IS A AERIAL AND, UH, THE PLAT SHOWING THE, UM, 450 SQUARE FEET.
I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
EVEN IF YOU HAVE NOT SIGNED A CARD AND WISH TO SPEAK, YOU CAN COME FORWARD AND DO SO NOW.
MAYOR, UH, I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 16 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF.
THANK WE HAVE A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MAYOR ADAMS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[Items 17 & 18]
ALL RIGHT.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
ITEM 17 AND 18 ARE RELATED TO THE SAME PROJECT, SO I WILL PRESENT THEM TOGETHER.
CAN WE MOTION ON BOTH? THE FIRST COMPONENT IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR GOODLAND RIVER BEND.
YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.
THIS REQUEST WILL AMEND THE FLUME, UH, TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE PROPOSED ZONING DISTRICT.
UH, SO THE PROPOSED, UH, FLUME IS MIXED USE, MEDIUM DENSITY, RESIDENTIAL AND OPEN SPACE SLASH DRAINAGE.
AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ABOUT 128 ACRES.
THIS IS THEIR PROPOSED CONCEPT PLAN, WHICH BRINGS US TO THE SECOND COMPONENT, ITEM 18, WHICH IS A ZONING CHANGE AND CONCEPT PLAN.
UH, THIS PROPOSAL CREATES A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR THE GOODLAND RIVER BEND DEVELOPMENT.
IT DOES HAVE TWO COMPONENTS, A MIXED RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND MIXED USE.
I DID WANNA BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION STAFF RECEIVED A REVISED ZONING EXHIBIT, UH, WHICH IS ON PAGE 39 OF THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
UH, THIS CLARIFIES THAT THIS, UH, ZONING ONLY PERTAINS TO THE PORTION THAT'S CURRENTLY WITHIN CITY LIMITS.
UM, SO UPON YOUR MOTION, IF YOU COULD, UM, REFERENCE THE REVISED ZONING EXHIBIT.
UH, THIS IS THEIR CONCEPT PLAN.
AGAIN, THEY'RE PROPOSING TWO, UH, CHARACTER AREAS, THE MIXED RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER AREA, AND THE MIXED USE CHARACTER AREA.
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UH, THESE STANDARDS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THE TOWN CENTER.UH, THE MIXED RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER AREA IS OUTLINED IN RED AND SHOWN ON THE CONCEPT PLAN.
IT'S ABOUT 70 ACRES AND THE PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE A VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES, INCLUDING SINGLE FAMILY, TOWN HOME, SINGLE FAMILY FLEX, UH, PARENTED HOME, MULTI-UNIT HOMES, PARK HOUSE, AND BUNGALOW COURT.
IT DOES INCLUDE A NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL NODES, UH, THROUGHOUT THAT PORTION.
AND THOSE NODES ARE SET AT A MAXIMUM OF 10 ACRES.
THE MIXED USE CHARACTER AREA, AND IT'S NOW SHOWN ON THE SCREEN, AND THAT'S ABOUT 25 ACRES.
IT ALLOWS FOR HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL MIXED USE INCLUDING RETAIL, RESTAURANT, RESIDENTIAL, CIVIC USES AND OFFICES.
AND THEN IT ALSO HAS A SUB AREA FOR REGIONAL COMMERCIAL.
SO SEE, THESE ARE SOME OF THE ILLUSTRATIVE PHOTOS, UH, THAT SHOWS THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THEY'RE PROPOSING.
AND ON MARCH 24TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF NINE TO ZERO, UH, WITH A CONDITION THAT AS PART OF THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, LAKEVIEW DRIVE AND NECESSARY INTERNAL THOROUGHFARES SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED TO ACCOMMODATE THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT TRAFFIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH TDOT AND OUR TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT STANDARDS.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
WILL ANY, UH, CITY MONEY BE SPENT ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THIS? THIS IS JUST THE ZONING.
WELL, DO WE KNOW IF ON, ON, ON, ON THIS KIND OF A PROJECT WHEN THE DEVELOPER, DEVELOPER WILL INSTALL ALL THE, AS AS INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT? YES, MA'AM.
UH, WE HAVE A SPEAKER, HAROLD WILLIS.
HAROLD, UH, MEL HAS TOLD ME WE CAN TAKE ACTION ON NO, WE'LL DO 'EM SEPARATELY.
IF, IF WE CAN JUST PUT 'EM TOGETHER, PLEASE.
I I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT CHANGES IN ZONING OUT HERE, WHAT DOES THIS INCLUDE FOR DATA CENTERS OR BITCOIN CENTERS ON THIS THAT'S NOT INCLUDED? SO THERE'S, THIS ISN'T THIS, THIS, IT'S NOT INCLUDED, NOT INCLUDED IN THIS PROPOSED PD.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT GOODLAND RIVERBEND, WHO IS THEIR OWNER, WHO OWNS GOODLAND RIVERBEND AT THIS TIME.
I BELIEVE THE PROPERTY IS UNDER CONTRACT FOR THE SAME DEVELOPERS WHO ARE DEVELOPING OUT THERE NOW.
SO THEY'RE, THEY HAVE PURCHASED ADDITIONAL LAND AND ARE WANTING TO EXPAND WHAT WE HAVE APPROVED PREVIOUSLY IN OTHER AREAS OF GOODLAND AREA.
IN THIS, IN THIS, ON THIS PROPERTY, IS GOODLAND RIVER BEEN OR PROVIDENT? ARE THEY TIED INTO DON HUFFINES IN ANY WAY WHATSOEVER? THE HUFFINES GROUPS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 2 87 NOT PART OF THIS.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THIS DOESN'T HAVE ANY DON HUFFINES MONEY TO IT.
MEL SAYS WE CAN TAKE CARE OF BOTH IN ONE MOTION.
UH, MAYOR, UH, I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 17 AND 18 WITH THE REVISED ZONING THAT'S, THAT WAS PRESENTED BY STAFF.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR PROTE, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.
[Items 19 & 20]
ALRIGHT, ITEM 19 AND 20 ARE RELATED TO THE SAME PROJECT.SO AGAIN, I'LL PRESENT THEM TOGETHER.
UH, THE FIRST COMPONENT IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
UH, THIS CHANGES THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE PROPOSED ZONING TO A PROPOSED BUSINESS PARK.
UM, THIS IS PART OF THE GOODLAND PROJECT.
THE AREA SHOWN IN GREEN IS THE AREA FOR THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL PROJECT, UH, THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
UH, ON THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE THE CURRENT FLUME AND THE PROPOSED FLUME.
THIS CLEANS UP AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, AND CHANGES IT TO THE PROPOSED BUSINESS PARK.
UH, THE SECOND COMPONENT IS THE ZONING CHANGE AND CONCEPT PLAN.
YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
THE CURRENT ZONING IS AGRICULTURE AND THE EXISTING PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
AND THIS REQUEST ADDS, UH, JUST UNDER 70 ACRES TO THE PD.
UH, NO OTHER CHANGES ARE PROPOSED.
SO ON THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE THE FIRST IMAGE SHOWS THE EXISTING PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND
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THERE IS A CUTOUT AREA.UM, THIS SECOND IMAGE SHOWS THAT AREA IN BLUE, WHICH IS WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED TO BE ADDED TO THIS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT.
AND IF APPROVED, THE NEW PD WILL BE SHOWN.
SO THAT'S THE THING WE JUST TOOK CARE OF.
IS THAT SAME? SO NOW WE'RE ZONING IT.
WITH THE ZONING OF WHAT'S AROUND IT.
UH, SO WE DID SEND OUT NOTIFICATIONS AS PART OF THE PROCESS.
UH, WE RECEIVED FOUR IN OPPOSITION THAT REPRESENTED THREE UNIQUE ADDRESSES AND THOSE LOCATIONS ARE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN, UH, IN RED.
AND ON APRIL 14TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
SO, BACK TO WHAT, ORIGINALLY THIS WAS JUST A PART THEY DIDN'T OWN WHEN WE ZONED ALL THE OTHERS.
TO MAKE IT PART OF EVERYTHING AROUND IT.
I DON'T SEE ANY LIKES WE HAVE SPEAKERS.
HAROLD, YOU, YOU, YOU CAN KINDA ASK YOUR QUESTIONS OR I'LL DO 'EM IN INDIVIDUALLY, WHICHEVER YOU PREFER.
UH, WE CAN DO THEM BOTH PLEASE.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ON ITEM 20, IT SPECIFICALLY SAYS, INCLUDING DATA DATA CENTER USE USAGE.
SO HOW DO WE DEFINE IT? IS A DATA CENTER FOR THE HALMAN, FON AND WATSON, OR IS THE DATA CENTER IS CHARLIE MUNGER AND WARREN BUFFET WARNED US A RAT POISON BITCOIN FACILITY.
SO WE'VE SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED IN THE PD THAT THAT TYPE OF USE IS NOT ALLOWED AS A DATA CENTER.
THE BITCOIN CRYPTOCURRENCY IS NOT ALLOWED.
UM, SO ANY OTHER TYPE OF DATA CENTER USE WILL BE ALLOWED.
SO, AND IF IT IS A DATA CENTER FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR SAY HEALTHCARE, WHICH I'M INTERESTED IN, THE WATER USE OF A DATA CENTER, WOULD THAT BE PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE? WOULD THAT BE WHO WOULD PROVIDE THE WATER FOR A DATA CENTER? GRAND FERRY WOULD PROVIDE IT, BUT THEY WOULD PAY FOR IT AS A CUSTOMER.
IT COMES FROM MIDLOTHIAN, BUT IT COMES FROM US THROUGH MIDLOTHIAN, MIDLOTHIAN OR MANSFIELD.
SO WE WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO, DURING, LIKE WHAT THE PEOPLE IN CORPUS CHRISTI ARE, ARE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW OF AN UNBELIEVABLE DROUGHT DURING AN UNBELIEVABLE DROUGHT CONDITION, WE WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURTAIL SOME OF THEIR WATER USAGE DURING A SEVERE DROUGHT.
I REALIZE IT WOULD PROBABLY TAKE ANOTHER LEGISLATIVE MOTION TO GET DONE, BUT JUST, JUST WANT TO HAVE ALL OUR OPTIONS OPEN.
WHEN IT COMES TO DATA CENTERS, I THINK WE HAVE THE SAME OPTIONS OUT THERE WE WOULD HAVE OF ANY BUSINESS IN OUR JURISDICTION.
AND SOMETIMES WE ENFORCE, UH, OUR RULES ARE REALLY SENT DOWN TO US BY THE RULES OF WHOEVER WE GET THE WATER FROM.
UH, IF, IF DALLAS SAYS YOU GOTTA GO RESTRICT, WE HAVE TO RESTRICT THE MIDDLE OATH END WHERE WHEREVER WE'RE GETTING SOLD, BUT WE WOULD HAVE THE SAME LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY TO CONTROL AS WE DO NOW IN ANY OTHER BUSINESSES IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
IS THAT A TRUE STATEMENT? THAT IS TRUE.
POINT, THE REASON I'M ASKING POINT YEAH.
IS BECAUSE IN 1984 WHEN WE RAN OUT OF WATER, I WAS ON THAT BOND COMMITTEE FOR THAT DALLAS SOUTH WATER PROJECT, SINCE WE BUY SOME OF ALL OF OUR WATER FROM DALLAS, BUT WE DO, BUT WE GET WATER FROM FORT WORTH NOW OUTTA CEDAR CREEK, RICHMOND CHAMBERS.
SO WATER USAGE FOR DATA CENTER, YOU'RE SEEING A TREMENDOUS BLOWBACK IN HOOD COUNTY.
A LOT OF THE TRUMP REPUBLICANS IN HOOD COUNTY ARE SAYING NO TO DATA CENTERS OF ANY KIND BECAUSE THEY REALIZE THE TURBINES, EVERYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
SO THAT'S ALL I'M TRYING TO GET ON THE RECORD.
JUST QUICKLY, WHEN ARE THE INITIAL CONSTRUCTION, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? STUFF GOING ON OUT THERE, PLEASE.
SO THEY HAVE ACTIVELY, UH, BEEN CONSTRUCTING, SO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS JUST A, UH, REZONING OR ANNEXATION FOR THIS SMALL PORTION.
SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY ACTIVELY DEVELOPING, UH, RIGHT NOW THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE DATA CENTER.
WE GOT FIRE STATION 11, MADE FIRE STATION 12, SIR.
I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER CARDS OR SPEAKERS.
WE CAN DO BOTH OF 'EM AT THE SAME TIME.
AGAIN, DEPUTY MAYOR PROAM WILL DO I MOVE TO APPROVAL ITEMS 19 AND 20 AS PRESENTED BY SNF.
[Items 21 & 22]
AND 22 AGAIN.THE FIRST COMPONENT IS THE AMENDMENT TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
UH, THE EXISTING PLUME IS HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND THE PROPOSED PLUME IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO CO COINCIDE WITH THE REQUESTED
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ZONING CHANGE.AND THE PROPERTY IS ABOUT 15.7 ACRES.
THE REQUESTED ZONING CHANGE IS TO CHANGE THE PROPERTY FROM SINGLE FAMILY ONE AND A PORTION OF IT IS NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES TO A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND THEN ADOPT A CONCEPT PLAN.
UH, THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE LOCATION.
ON THE SCREEN IS THEIR PROPOSED CONCEPT PLAN.
UM, WITH THE PROPOSED SPECULATIVE WAREHOUSE BUILDING, IT'S ABOUT 166,000 SQUARE FEET.
UH, THE TRUCK DOCKS ARE LOCATED ALONG THE NORTH SIDE.
THESE ARE THEIR CONCEPTUAL BUILDING ELEVATIONS.
UH, THEY'VE PROPOSED PLAN DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, UH, PART OF THOSE FURTHER RESTRICT LAND USES.
UH, THE FULL LIST IS INCLUDED IN THE PACKET, BUT IT INCLUDES RESTRICTING AUTOMOTIVE USES AND RV PARK AND TRUCK STOP GAS SALES.
UH, THE, UH, PROPOSED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL IS THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT, AND AS PART OF THIS REQUEST, THEY'RE REQUESTING, UH, VARIANCES.
THE FIRST IS A VARIANCE TO THE MAXIMUM PARKING, UH, TO ALLOW THAT TO EXCEED, UH, UP TO 150%.
UM, THEIR SCREENING, THEY'RE REQUESTING TO ALLOW, UM, A COMBINATION OF A RETAINING WALL WITH ADDITIONAL HEIGHT, UH, TO MEET THE SIX FOOT MASONRY SCREENING WALL.
AND THEN THEY'RE PROPOSING, OR THEY'RE REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW THE TRUCK DOCKS, UH, TO FACE TOWARDS I 30.
UM, AS PART OF THIS REQUEST, WE DID SEND OUT PROPERTY OWNER NOTIFICATIONS, UH, TO 70 PROP 75 PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, WITHIN 300 FEET OF THE LOCATION.
AND WE ALSO RECEIVED, UH, LETTERS IN SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION.
ON THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE A SUMMARY OF THAT.
WE DID RECEIVE 63 LETTERS OF SUPPORT, UH, WHICH REPRESENTED, UH, 13 UNIQUE ADDRESSES THAT ARE WITHIN GRAND PRAIRIE.
UH, WE RECEIVED 88 LETTERS IN OPPOSITION, WHICH REPRESENTED 63 UNIQUE ADDRESSES IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
UH, ONE OF THOSE LOCATIONS ON THE SCREEN, UH, YOU CAN SEE IN BLUE, UM, SUBMITTED BOTH A LETTER OF SUPPORT AND A LETTER OF OPPOSITION.
UM, THE APPLICANT DID SUBMIT A NEIGHBORHOOD POLLING FORM, UH, AND THOSE, THAT'S THE WAY I FEEL SOMETIMES WITH 32.
UM, YEAH, IN SUPPORT, UH, THOSE HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THAT MAP AND YOU CAN SEE THEM IN LIGHT GREEN ON MARCH 10TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED DENIAL BY A VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO.
UM, THE DRC IS UNABLE TO SUPPORT THE REQUEST BECAUSE OF THE CONFLICT OF LOOM, AND WE DO NOTE THAT THE AREA IS PREDOMINANTLY ZONED FOR SINGLE FAMILY USE AND THAT THERE ARE EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTS, UH, LOCATED TO THE WEST, SOUTH, AND EAST OF THE PROPERTY.
BUT SHOULD CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THIS REQUEST, WE DO RECOMMEND A COUPLE OF CONDITIONS, UH, THAT THEY PROVIDE A LANDSCAPE BERM OR WROUGHT IRON FENCE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE EVERGREEN TREES AND SHRUBS TO SCREEN THE DOCKS AND OUTDOOR STORAGE ALONG, UM, IN ANY OUTSIDE, UH, STORAGE ALONG I 30 FRONTAGE ROAD.
AND THEN THEY PROVIDE A NOISE STUDY, UH, FOR REVIEW TO OUR PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY DEPARTMENT, UH, PRIOR TO THEIR SITE PLAN BEING PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
AND SAVANNAH, I'LL BE EASY ON YOU THIS TIME.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE, TO THE ONE THAT HAD, YOU SAID THE 32 NEW, THE WORD GREEN? IS THAT THE, THAT'S THE, THE LIGHT GREEN.
IS THAT ONE IN THE PACKET? DO YOU KNOW? NO.
UH, STAFF RECEIVED THOSE, UH, A LITTLE BEFORE NOON TODAY.
I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER, UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS.
YOU'RE ALL ALLOWED TO SPEAK SINCE THERE'S SO MANY OF YOU.
BY THE TIME WE'VE HEARD THE THIRD OR FOURTH MANY TIMES IT'S REPEATING.
IF YOU WANNA JUST GET UP THERE AND SAY, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING NEW TO ADD, BUT I'M, I'M OPPOSED, OR SUPPORT IT JUST LIKE THEY ARE.
UM, MEL TYLER THOMAS, HOW DO WE GET OUR PRESENTATION ON THE SCREENS? AND MR. THOMAS IS THE APPLICANT? YES.
IS THAT CORRECT? YOU GET FIVE.
I'M GONNA PUT A TIMER DOWN SO I CAN STAY ON TRACK.
SHE'LL SHE'LL, SHE PUNCHED IT ONCE YOU GOT UP FROM YOUR SEAT.
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REAL QUICK.IT'S BECAUSE IT'S A PDF AND NOT A POWERPOINT.
I HOW TO PUT IT IN FULL SCREEN.
TYLER THOMAS, 1 1 0 3 2 ROSSER ROAD, DALLAS, TEXAS.
UH, MAYOR JENSEN, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.
I OVERSEE THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR REMONT GROUP.
WE'RE A LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED DEVELOPER HERE IN DFW.
OUR SUBJECT SITE IS 1610 WALNUT STREET.
IT'S A 16 ACRE SITE OFF OF I 30 WITH RESIDENTIAL TO THE SOUTH, SHOWN IN THE YELLOW COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USES TO THE NORTH AND THROUGH THE I 30 CORRIDOR SHOWN IN RED.
THIS LAND HAS BEEN OWNED BY THE HALL FAMILY FOR OVER A HUNDRED YEARS AND NOW THEY ARE LOOKING TO SELL IT.
THE OBVIOUS CONCERN FOR ALL PARTIES, US INCLUDED, IS THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WE WANT TO ADDRESS THAT HEAD ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP CURRENTLY CALLS FOR DEN CITY RESIDENTIAL.
AND TO BE CLEAR, WE ARE MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPERS AND LOOKED AT THIS PROPERTY FROM THAT LENS.
WE DID NOT PROPOSE MULTI-FAMILY OR RETAIL FOR THAT MATTER BECAUSE IN OUR EXPERIENCE THERE'S SIGNIFICANTLY MORE DISRUPTION FROM A BUILDING HEIGHT, A TRAFFIC, A CONGESTION, A CRIME, A NIGHTTIME DISRUPTION AND NOISE PERSPECTIVE.
SO WHAT ARE WE PROPOSING? A SINGLE BUILDING CLASS.
A SHALLOW BAY DEVELOPMENT CATERING TO THE HIGHEST QUALITY LOCAL AND REGIONAL BUSINESSES.
THERE ARE TWO MAJOR SITE DESIGNS THAT I'D LIKE TO CALL OUT.
ONE, WE HAVE TAKEN A SUNKEN BUILDING APPROACH, MEANING WE ARE SINKING THE BUILDING AND EX AND HAULING OFF DIRT OF THE SITE.
THIS IS ULTIMATELY LOWERING THE BUILDING HEIGHTS RELATIVE TO I 30 AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO HELP MINI MINIMIZE IMPACT.
WE ARE DEVELOPING APPROXIMATELY 10 ACRES OF IT.
WE ARE UNDER BUILDING THE SITE AGAIN WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN MIND.
SINCE PNZ, WE HAVE HAND DELIVERED 120 FLYERS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
HELD A NEARLY THREE HOUR MEETING AT LA QUINTA ACROSS THE STREET AND DOOR KNOCKED ON NEARLY A HUNDRED HOMES.
FROM THAT HAS COME REAL CHANGE TO OUR OUR PROPOSED PD.
ONE IS ACCESS, FORCING ALL TRAFFIC BACK TO I 32 IS ENHANCED LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, A PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WHERE WE ARE PROPOSING ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, SPEED BUMPS, AND A PARK AND PLAYGROUND DEDICATED TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD OF APPROXIMATELY 30,000 SQUARE FEET.
A REAL IMPROVEMENT THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WANTS TO SEE.
ULTIMATELY IN OUR OUTREACH, WE, WE GARNER GARNERED SUPPORT FOR 34 NEIGHBORS IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA WITHIN A HALF MILE OF THIS PROJECT.
AND THOSE CHANGES ARE OUTLINED ABOVE.
I'LL MOVE ON TO SOME RENDERINGS.
REALLY, THESE ARE HIGH QUALITY HEADQUARTER TYPE FACILITIES.
THIS IS A $25 MILLION INVESTMENTS THAT'S GONNA BRING MILLIONS AND MILLIONS MORE IN BUSINESS, BUSINESS, PREPAR BUSINESS, PERSONAL PROPERTY AND TENANT IMPROVEMENTS FROM FUTURE TENANTS, OF WHICH WE EXPECT TWO TO FOUR IN THIS BUILDING.
UM, THE PROPOSED BUILDINGS IN IN THE CLASS A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL WORLD TODAY MORE, MORE OR LESS LOOK LIKE OFFICE BUILDINGS RATHER THAN THE OLD DILAPIDATED WAREHOUSES WE TYPICALLY THINK OF.
ABOVE IS SOME RENDERINGS SHOWING THE UNDERBUILT NATURE OF THE SITE, THE ENHANCED SCREENING, THE EXISTING LANDSCAPING, AS WELL AS NEW.
THIS OUTLINES THE SUNKEN BUILDING APPROACH.
JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THERE, THE BUILDING IS 15 FEET BELOW WALNUT STREET AND 35 FEET ABOVE I 30, HIDING IT IN NATURE, SURROUNDING IT WITH TREES, LANDSCAPING, AND MASONRY WALLS.
THESE ARE SIGHT LINE STUDIES FURTHER OUTLINING THAT.
HAPPY TO GET INTO THOSE ON THE VARIANCE REQUESTS.
THE, UH, VARIANCES WE ARE ASKING ARE TAILORED SOLELY TO DESIGN AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN MINE.
SO IT'S PARKING TO ACCOMMODATE THESE TYPES OF BUSINESSES AND SCREENING, UH, AND ORIENTATION OF THE BUILDING.
NEXT, THESE ARE 56 EXCLUDED USES IN OUR PD.
THIS IS A LIST THAT WE ACTUALLY TAILORED FOUR DISTRICT ONE AND FIVE LAST YEAR WITH THE HELP OF MS. SHOTWELL OR MR. SHOTWELL AND MS. CLEMSON.
UH, THIS IS FOR A DEVELOPMENT WE'RE DOING JUST TO THE WEST OF HERE.
SO THIS ELIMINATES ALL OUTDOOR USES AND HIGH INTENSITY USES, AGAIN, WRITTEN INTO THE CODE.
WE'RE PROPOSING THAT THIS IS A HOME STUDY.
I WON'T TOUCH ON THIS RIGHT NOW, BUT ULTIMATELY WE'VE HEARD WE DON'T NEED MORE WAREHOUSES.
SO WHY ARE WE BUILDING WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING? SIMPLE.
IT SEEMS DUMB TO SAY 'CAUSE THERE'S OVER 125 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF WAREHOUSES
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IN GSW, BUT IT'S PREDOMINANTLY MADE OF OLD, DILAPIDATED AND OBSOLETE PRODUCT BUILT IN THE SIXTIES AND EIGHTIES.WERE BIG BOX DISTRIBUTION FOCUS.
IT'S NOT SMALLER IN NATURE, IT'S NOT TAILORED TOWARDS LOCAL AND REGIONAL SERVICE BUSINESSES.
OF THE WHAT WE ARE BUILDING, THERE'S ONLY 4.2 MILLION SQUARE FEET COMPARABLE TODAY IN GSW.
AND THESE ARE BUSINESSES THAT OCCUPY THOSE BUILDINGS, MULTIPLE OF WHICH HAVE SUBMITTED LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT.
HULK AIR CONDITIONING, FOR INSTANCE, IS ONE WHO JUST INVESTED OVER $20 MILLION INTO THEIR NEW FACILITY OFF OF OAKDALE MOVING INTO A BRAND NEW BUILDING JUST LIKE THIS.
THERE'S MANY OTHERS THAT I WOULD EMPLOYEE TO, TO, TO READ IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY.
BUT ULTIMATELY I WANTED TO GET BACK TO THE MAP AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD SHOWING THE OUTREACH THAT WE HAD.
AND WE'VE OUTLINED THE SEVEN HOUSEHOLDS THAT ALSO SPOKEN IN OPPOSITION AT P AND Z.
THANK, YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.
THANK Y THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.
HELLO, MY NAME IS VANESSA GEORGE.
I LIVE AT 1202 NORTHEAST 19TH STREET.
UM, BEFORE THAT I LIVED AT 1118 NORTHEAST 19TH STREET.
I'VE SPENT PROBABLY 36 YEARS IN MY 42, THE YEARS ON THE CORNER OF WALNUT AND 19TH.
SO MY FAMILY GOES BACK A LONG TIME IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, EVERYTHING I SPOKE AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WHERE THIS PROJECT WAS UNANIMOUSLY DENIED, STILL STANDS.
UM, THE LOSS OF THE GREEN SPACE, WHICH AS A PULMONARY HEALTH RESEARCH NURSE, UM, CONCERNS ME BECAUSE WE NEED OXYGEN TO LIVE.
WHAT GIVES US OXYGEN PLANTS? WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY GREEN SPACES LEFT.
WE DON'T ASSUME THAT WE'RE GONNA KEEP THAT GREEN SPACE, BUT IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO LOSE IT, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE SOMETHING OF BENEFIT BACK FOR US.
UM, THE INCREASED TRAFFIC FROM BOTH CARS AND PEOPLE.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN HIT BY, UM, THAT CAR PARK.
LUCKILY NOW THAT THE FRONTAGE ROAD GOES THROUGH, WE HAVE LESS TRAFFIC, BUT THAT'S STILL GONNA CONCERN.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I DID ADDRESS AT THE LAST MEETING WAS MY DISSATISFACTION IN THEIR LACK OF ADDRESSING THE COMMUNITY, UM, BEFORE HANDLING THIS.
AND I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT AGAIN TONIGHT BECAUSE MY MOM AND I WERE OUT FRONT LAST THURSDAY AND WE WERE APPROACHED BY THEM AND THEY CAME AND THEY SAID, HEY, WE'RE IN CHARGE OF THIS COMMU OR WE'RE DOING THIS PROJECT OVER ON WALNUT AND THERE'S A PIECE OF THE LAND THAT WE WANNA GIVE BACK.
WELL, WE WERE AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING, SO WE KNEW WHAT PIECE OF LAND THEY WERE SPEAKING OF IN THAT LITTLE TINY CORNER.
WELL, WHEN I ASKED, HEY, DID YOU, AND HE TOLD US IN THAT COURSE OF THAT CONVERSATION, I'M REALLY SURPRISED YOU GUYS ARE THE FIRST TWO TO POST THIS.
AND I WAS LIKE, HMM, THAT'S FUNNY.
'CAUSE AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING, EVERYBODY THERE THAT SPOKE OPPOSED IT.
WELL, I ASKED HIM, I SAID, DID YOU TELL THEM THAT THIS HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED AND THAT IT'S GOING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL AND THAT IT'S PREVIOUSLY BEEN DENIED? AND HE LOOKED UP AND PONDERED AND HE SAID, YEAH, WE HAVE.
WELL, FUNNILY ENOUGH MINUTES AFTER HE LEFT, I WALKED BACK OVER TO MY MOM'S HOUSE AND RAN INTO A NEIGHBOR WALKING HER DOG CAUGHT UP.
AND THEN AT THE END OF THE CONVERSATION BEFORE SHE WALKED OFF, I SAID, HEY, DID THEY HIT YOU UP ABOUT THAT PROJECT? WHAT DID THEY SAY TO YOU? AND SHE SAID, OH YEAH, THEY TOLD ME THEY'RE GONNA BE BUILDING SOMETHING OVER THERE AND THAT THEY WANNA GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
I TOLD HER ABOUT THE WAREHOUSE.
SHE HAD NO CLUE THAT WAS IS WHAT THE PROJECT WAS.
SO OUR COMMUNITY IS NOT FOR THIS WAREHOUSE PROJECT.
THERE'S SOMETHING, THEY'RE FOR SOMETHING BEING POSITIVE DONE AND OUR COMMUNITY.
SO I'M REALLY DISHEARTENED TO FEEL THAT IN TRYING TO CORRECT THEIR ACTIONS.
THEY DIDN'T GIVE A FULL PICTURE OF WHAT THIS PROJECT ACTUALLY ENTAILS.
BECAUSE WHEN I TOLD THE NEIGHBOR IT WAS A WAREHOUSE, SHE SAID, OH NO, I DON'T WANT THAT.
SHE TOLD THEM SHE WANTED A STORE OR A SCHOOL LOOKING ONLINE ON FACEBOOK, EVERYBODY SAYS, WE NEED A STORE ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN.
SO YOU COUNSEL, Y'ALL HAVE INVESTED IN ALL AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY.
ALICE COURT, WHY CAN'T WE HAVE ALICE COURT 2.0? WE NEED RESIDENTIAL.
WE COULD BUILD TWO THREE BEDROOM HOUSES OVER THERE THAT FIT IN THE COMMUNITY STARTER HOMES FOR NEW FAMILIES.
DO THE SAME SORT OF THING LIKE ALICE COURT, UM, EPIC CENTRAL.
Y'ALL OWN THOSE SHELLS, RIGHT? WHY CAN'T WE, THE TOUR CENTER, REDO THE TOUR CENTER UP THERE ON THE HILL, LOOK OUT.
YOU CAN DO THINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
NEW YEAR'S DO FUNDRAISERS FOR COMMUNITY TEAMS, WHATEVER.
HEY Y'ALL, EVERYBODY GETS A SPOT TO AUCTION OFF FOR 4TH OF JULY OR NEW YEAR'S.
NEW YORK CITY JUST DID A CITY SPONSORED GROCERY STORE.
YOU KNOW, USE YOUR IMAGINATION.
WE WE NEED SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BENEFIT IF WE'RE GONNA LOSE OUR COWS IN OUR SPACE.
WE WANT SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE BENEFIT.
OUR COMMUNITY WAREHOUSES AREN'T GOING TO, WE HAVE SOME RIGHT DOWN THE FRONTAGE ROAD ON 30 HALF OF THOSE ARE EMPTY AND THEY'RE NOT OLD.
UM, THIS APPEARS TO BE KAREN GEORGE.
I'M SORRY IF I MISPRONOUNCED, I THINK, I BELIEVE IT'S KAREN GEORGE.
YOU THINK YOU GOT IT WORKING, MONA? I THINK SO.
I LIVE AT 1118 NORTHEAST 19TH STREET AND I'VE LIVED THERE MOST OF MY LIFE TWO YEARS AWAY.
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I AGREE A HUNDRED PERCENT.WE DO NOT NEED ANOTHER WAREHOUSE.
AND I KNOW, OH, THIS IS GONNA BE WONDERFUL, BUT GUESS WHAT? WE HAVE 72 WAREHOUSES FOR LEASE ON LOOPED NET.
I MEAN, THEY'RE ALL SHAPES AND SIZES WE'VE GOT, AND THESE ARE NEW ONES ON 1 61 GREAT SOUTHWEST TRINITY, ALONG THE EYE FRONTAGE, UH, 30 QUARTER OF BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET.
THEY'RE, THEY DIDN'T JUST POP UP A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
UM, CARRIER ARKANSAS 3 0 3 AND DALWORTH.
SO THE FACT THAT A LOT OF THESE OLD, WE DO HAVE OLD ONES OUT AT GREAT SOUTHWEST, BUT ALL ALONG THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND I ASK ALL OF YOU, DO YOU WANT A WAREHOUSE WITHIN A HALF MILE OF YOUR HOME? ANY OF YOU? RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU WANT IT.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THEY COULD DO.
NOW THIS IS A, A HEADLINE FROM THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS.
JUST LAST WEEK, THE US IS SHORT.
GRAND PRAIRIE IS A MICROCOSM OF THAT.
WE'RE THE 15TH LARGEST AREA IN TEXAS.
WE'VE GOT A POPULATION OVER 200,000 PEOPLE HERE.
THIS PROPERTY WAS ROAD ZONE RESIDENTIAL.
THE HOUSES AROUND THERE ORIGINALLY THAT WERE BUILT IN THE FORTIES AND FIFTIES WERE 750 TO A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.
PUT SOME 1200, 1500, 1800 BIGGER HOUSES.
BUT HOW CAN YOUNG PEOPLE AFFORD A HOME OR OLDER PEOPLE? NOBODY CAN AFFORD IT.
THE AVERAGE HOUSE MEAN AND TECH AT GRAND PRAIRIE IS 360,000.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU STARTING OUT NEWLY MARRIED COULD AFFORD THAT.
UM, AND ON REALTY.COM, THERE'S ONLY 40 TO 60 HOUSES THAT ARE LESS THAN 200,000.
AND THERE'S TREES AND THINGS, AND IT'S AN OLD AREA.
IT'S NOTHING GLAMOROUS, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF REAL GOOD PEOPLE THERE THAT DON'T WANT A WAREHOUSE.
ERIC, GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR, COUNSEL PEOPLE.
UH, UM, I'M AT 1405 EAST TARRANT ROAD.
UM, WELL, I'M, UH, THE RED.TO THE IMMEDIATE SOUTHWEST OF THE SITE.
UM, WE'VE HEARD GREAT POINTS ALREADY.
I WANTED TO FOCUS ON BELTLINE AND TART AND BELTLINE AND THE ACCESS ROAD TO 30 AS A CHOKE POINT.
UM, YOU KNOW, UH, IF YOU'VE DRIVEN THAT ROAD AND I COMMUTED EVERY DAY, UM, THE ACCESS ROAD, UM, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 30 IS ALREADY A MESS.
AND, UM, THERE'S A AMAZING THING THAT NO ONE EVER PLANNED FOR THERE ON BELTLINE.
I HAD NO IDEA THE STARBUCKS, UH, AT, AT THAT BELT LINE AND 30, UH, WHEN RED CUP DAY HAPPENED, UH, TRAFFIC BACKED UP BACK ALL THE WAY SOUTH TO TARRANT AROUND THE CORNER.
UM, IMAGINE WHAT, UM, THESE BIG RIGS WILL BRING.
AND, AND NOT EVEN A REGULAR PARKING LOT, BUT 150% EXTRA PARKING, UH, FOR THE, UH, CARS, UH, UM, AND PEOPLE IN THERE.
SO TART CAN'T HANDLE THIS LEVEL OF, UH, TRAFFIC.
THE ACCESS ROAD TO 30 CAN'T HANDLE THIS LEVEL OF TRAFFIC.
I'M, UH, I DIVERT FROM MY, SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS.
I THINK WE NEED YOUNG FAMILIES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO REVITALIZE IT.
WE'RE LOSING SCHOOLS, WE'RE LOSING, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST, WE'RE NOT DEVELOPING IN THAT AREA.
WE NEED GOOD YOUTHFUL VOTERS INSTEAD OF JUST INCOME WITHOUT RESIDENTS.
UM, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU JUAN ZEPEDA, I AGREE WITH YOU ON RED CUP DAY, THE BIGGEST WASTE OF MONEY,
AND WE GO TO STARBUCKS EVERY DAY.
WHO EVEN KEEPS THE RED CUPS? BUT BY LORDY GOODNESS, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE THERE THAT RED CUP DAY? GO AHEAD.
GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SPEAKING OF THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE.
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THANK YOU.UH, I, I WORK WITH REMONT AND, UH, I'VE BEEN PART OF THE TEAM THAT HAS BEEN ON THE GROUND GETTING, UH, SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT FOR THE PAST, UH, TWO WEEKS.
UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF MY BACKGROUND.
I'M FROM MEXICO, GREW UP IN A SMALL TOWN IN ACAPULCO, MEXICO CITY, AND VERY IN VERY SIMILAR NEIGHBORHOODS HERE IN DALLAS.
UM, SO THIS KIND OF COMMUNITY IS THE KIND OF COMMUNITY I GREW UP IN.
AND, UM, AS I KEPT, UH, SWIPING THE AREA, I REALIZED IN ITS MAJORITY THE PEOPLE THAT WERE WILLING TO TALK TO ME WERE OVERWHELMINGLY, UH, HISPANIC.
UM, THIS, WERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE EXTREMELY HARDWORKING.
UH, MOST OF THEM LIKE TO KEEP TO THEMSELVES AND NOT GET IN TROUBLE.
AND EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE HEARING A LOT OF VOCAL VOICES TODAY, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY REPRESENT THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE BASED ON, UH, YOU KNOW, THE LETTERS THAT WE GOT.
SO, UM, BASICALLY WHAT I'M SAYING IS EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT HERE, THEY HAVE AN OPINION.
SO BASICALLY ALL IT TOOK, AND ALL THEY WANTED WAS SOMEONE TO ACTUALLY KNOCK ON THEIR DOOR, MEET THEM FACE TO FACE, UH, SIT DOWN WITH THEM.
I ASKED THEM WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR, WHAT'S MISSING WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, IT MOSTLY IT WAS SAFETY, SPEEDING AND A PARK FOR KIDS.
IF WE COULD GIVE SOMETHING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND ALL OF THEM, UH, WITHOUT A DOUBT, A THEY WERE, THEY, THEY DID NOT MIND THE DEVELOPMENT.
THEY WERE HAPPY THAT THERE WAS A DEVELOPMENT COMPANY THAT WAS GOING TO DO SOMETHING BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, THEY APPRECIATED THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO AND ACTUALLY LISTENED TO A, A HUGE PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS ACTUALLY NOT HERE, NOT PRESENT.
UM, SO THAT, THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH IT.
UM, AND JUST TO ADDRESS ANOTHER POINT, IF YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE COPIES THAT YOU GUYS HAVE, UH, IT WILL SHOW PRETTY MUCH THE PROJECT, UH, AND WHAT THEY WERE SIGNING AND OBVIOUSLY ANY SUGGESTIONS, ANY REQUESTS, UM, BY ALL THE NEIGHBORS.
SO IT, IT WAS PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY, BUT WE GOT A OVERWHELMING RESPONSE BY, BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S NOT HERE.
MY NAME IS DEBBIE ENGLAND AND I LIVE AT 1657 WALNUT STREET IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
UM, I HAVE, UH, AM SUBMITTING A LETTER OF APPROVAL.
UM, I WENT TO THE, TO THEIR MEETING, TO THEIR, UH, CONTRACTOR'S MEETING AND I LISTENED AND I TALKED TO ALL OF THEM FOR SEVERAL HOURS ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO, WHAT THEY WERE GONNA PRESENT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO READ THIS LETTER, UH, MY LETTER OF APPROVAL, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
UM, FIRST, I APPRECIATE THE MONT TEAM THAT THEY TOOK THE TIME TO MEET DIRECTLY WITH THE RESIDENTS FOR AN EXTENDED AND OPEN DISCUSSION.
WHILE THE MEETING INCLUDED A RANGE OF OPINIONS, I FOUND IT VALUABLE THAT THE TRIMONT, THAT TRIMONT LISTENED, RESPONDED TO CONCERNS, AND ARE WILLING TO CONSIDER PRACTICAL ADJUSTMENTS TO THEIR PROJECT.
BASED ON THAT DISCUSSION, THERE WERE SEVERAL COMMITMENTS BY THEM AND IDEAS PRESENTED THAT I BELIEVE THAT ARE MEANINGFUL FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY ARE LIMITING ACCESS TO THE 15TH STREET, UH, TO THE RIGHT OF WAY.
IN OTHER WORDS, UH, UH, PUTTING THE TRAFFIC BACK ON I 30 EXCESS ROAD, ADDING SPEED BUMP MEASURES ALONG WALNUT STREET, COMMITTING TO ADDITIONAL TREES AND LANDSCAPING, UM, AROUND WALNUT STREET.
PLUS LEAVING A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF THE 60 TREES ALONG THE NORTH END OF THE SIDE ADJACENT TO I 30 AND ALONG WALNUT STREET,
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UH, TO HANDLE THE NOISE, ANY KIND OF NOISE PROBLEMS. AND THEY ARE DONATING A PORTION OF THE SITE FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK OR PLAY, UH, GROUND AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER.FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THESE EFFORTS DEMONSTRATE A WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND REDUCE POTENTIAL, POTENTIAL IMPACTS LIKE MONT HAS ALSO DONE WITH THEIR DESIGN.
WHILE NO DEVELOPMENT WILL SATISFY EVERY CONCERN, I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS PROPOSAL REPRESENTS A REASONABLE AND THOUGHTFUL APPROACH COMPARED TO OTHER POSSIBLE USES OF THIS PROPERTY.
I ALSO BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS PROJECT DOES NOT MOVE FORWARD A DIFFERENT DE UH, IF IT DOESN'T MOVE FORWARD.
I DO BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE GONNA TRY AND BE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND IF WE DON'T HAVE THEM, SINCE THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE HAS BROUGHT UP ALL BOUGHT UP ALL THAT LAND, THAT IF IT'S NOT GONNA BE THEM, IT'S GONNA BE OTHER DEVELOPERS.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, THE OTHER DEVELOPERS.
SINCE THERE'S A BUNCH, I DON'T GET AN ALL.
I AM VE I AM OPPOSED TO THIS PROPOSITION THAT THEY'RE MAKING.
I'VE LIVED IN MY HOUSE FOR OVER 50 YEARS.
ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE, I'VE LIVED THROUGH IS THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE DOING THE NORTHEAST SECTOR PLAN.
THAT PLAN WAS LAID OUT TO THOSE OF US IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT TALKS ABOUT WHAT WE SHOULD PUT IN THERE, WHAT WE WANT IN THERE.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS INVOLVED.
I'M SURE MANY OF YOU ARE HIGHLY INVOLVED.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WASN'T IN THERE IS ZONING FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
THEY'RE ASKING THAT WE DO A ZONING CHANGE.
WE DON'T WANT A ZONING CHANGE.
WE ALREADY TOLD YOU WHAT WE WANT, BUT THE ZONING CHANGE WAS DENIED, BUT IT WAS UNANIMOUS.
SO SOME PEOPLE IN IN THE CITY GOVERNMENT DOESN'T WANT IT.
WE WOULD'VE PUT IN WAREHOUSES IF WE WANTED IT, IF THAT'S WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS A GOOD IDEA.
WHAT WE WANT IS WHAT WE'VE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT FOR YEARS, WHAT YOU'VE TALKED TO US ABOUT FOR YEARS.
YOU LAID OUT A SECTOR PLAN, LET'S STICK TO IT.
I CAN ALSO TELL YOU THAT MY WIFE ALSO WALKED AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, TALKED TO OUR NEIGHBORS, GOT 32 PETITION SIGNS OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT IT.
AND JUST SO YOU CAN KNOW WHO SHE TALKED TO, SHE'S HIGHLY FLUENT IN SPEAKING SPANISH.
SHE SAT DOWN WITH 'EM, SHE EXPLAINED WHAT WAS GOING ON.
SHE CAN SUBMIT THOSE IF YOU WANT THEM, BUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOESN'T WANT IT.
WE DIDN'T WANT IT WHEN YOU DID THE SECTOR PLAN.
WE DON'T WANT TO CHANGE THE SECTOR PLAN.
WE WANT WHAT WE WERE PROMISED.
THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT, CORLEY, AND I'LL TRY TO TALK FAST.
YOU CAN TALK AS SLOW AS YOU WANT, BUT YOU ONLY GET THREE MINUTES.
I THOUGHT IT WAS FIVE USED TO BE.
I'M DOA CORLEY AND I LIVE AT NINE 10 NORTHEAST 11TH STREET.
UH, WE ARE DISCUSSING THE PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE, UH, IN WHAT IS KNOWN AS 1610 WALNUT.
IN 2008, I RECEIVED THE ONE AND ONLY GOOD NEIGHBOR AWARD FOR REVITALIZATION.
I THINK IT WAS SIGNED BY YOU
UH, BUT SINCE THEN WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING TO HELP US REVITALIZE OUR OUR SIDE OF THE CITY.
UH, WE'VE LIVED IN THE NORTHEAST NEIGHBORHOOD FOR ABOUT 60 YEARS, 36 YEARS, JUST ONE AND A HALF BLOCKS FROM THE PROPOSED SITE MOVED AND NOW LIVE FIVE BLOCKS AWAY.
THIS AREA WAS BUILT IN THE FORTIES WHEN VERY, WITH VERY LITTLE IMPROVEMENT.
WE DID GET THE SHOT WELL CENTER, BUT ACCORDINGLY, RUTHIE JACKSON SAID THAT IT HAD BEEN FUNDED MORE THAN 25 YEARS BEFORE AND IT TOOK THAT LONG FOR US TO GET IT.
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FOR OUR CHILDREN.WE'VE LOST A COUPLE OF SCHOOLS, THE RECREATION AND POOL FROM TURNER PARK, AND WE HAVE NO SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS OR GROCERY STORES BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GO TO DALLAS, IRVING, OR ARLINGTON TO SPEND OUR TAX DOLLARS.
OUR STREETS ARE NARROW AND IN BAD SHAPE, NOT APPROPRIATE FOR TRUCKS.
AND NO POLICE CANNOT SIT AND WATCH OUR INTERSECTIONS AND WRITE TICKETS TO PEOPLE WHO DO NOT PAY ATTENTION TO OUR NO TRUCK SIGNS.
MY STREET SEES APPROXIMATELY 60 CARS A DAY UP AND DOWN IT, AND WE CANNOT EVEN GET A SPEED BUMP.
MOST OF THEM ARE SPEEDING THROUGH THERE.
THEY NEVER STOP AT OUR STOP SIGNS, EITHER LESS THAN TWO MILES FROM US ON PALACE.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER, IS IT PALACE PARKWAY OR PALACE STREET? THERE ARE FOUR WAREHOUSES AND THEY, UH, ARE BUILT FOR 12 DIFFERENT BUSINESSES.
THOSE BUSINESSES DO NOT OPEN AT NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND CLOSE AT SIX O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.
THEY'RE THERE CONSTANTLY OPENING THEIR GARAGE DOORS UP AND DOWN ALL NIGHT LONG.
UM, YOU'RE GOOD BECAUSE YOU'RE
MY LAST STATEMENT IS YOU CAN PUT AS MUCH LIPSTICK ON THIS PIG AS YOU WANT, BUT IT'S STILL A PIG.
ANGELA VO, MAYOR JENSEN AND UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND, UM, WITH ITEM NUMBER 21 AND 22, UM, I STAND WITH THE RESIDENTS THAT HAD CAME BEFORE YOU THAT IS ASKING THIS COUNCIL TO DENY, UM, UM, 21 AND 22 ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT.
I TOO AGREE WITH 15.72 ACRES OF LAND IN THAT LITTLE AREA.
UM, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT SOME OF 'EM MENTIONED ARE NEEDED.
WHEN I WAS COMING UP, YOUNG FAMILY, YOUNG MARRIAGE, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUY MY OWN HOME.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE OLD GRAND PRAIRIE STOOD FOR.
UM, WE MOVED IN APARTMENTS AND WE WERE SO HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO BUY OUR FIRST HOME.
AND I THINK THAT IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE YOU STILL HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE LIVED THERE MORE THAN 80 YEARS, I THINK IT'S TIME FOR US TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE THAT HAVE LIVED THERE.
SO I'M ASKING THIS COUNCIL TONIGHT TO DENY 21 AND 22.
NEIL, DO I GET FIVE OR THREE MINUTES AS PART OF THIS? THE APPLICANT? YOU DIDN'T FILL OUT THE RIGHT CARD FOR AN APPLICANT.
OH, BUT YOU ARE AN APPLICANT? YES, SIR.
WE'LL, WE'LL GIVE YOU FIVE MINUTES.
UM, I LIVE IN 6 4 3 3 WOODLAND DRIVE IN DALLAS, TEXAS.
UM, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ME TO REINTRODUCE MYSELF TO Y'ALL.
OBVIOUSLY WE'VE MADE A RECENT INVESTMENT HERE IN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
UM, AND, UH, CONTINUE TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES TO THE, THE, THE KEY STAKEHOLDERS HERE IN THIS SONY CASE.
WHEN WE STARTED MONT, UH, ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO NOW, UH, WE, WE FOUNDED IT ON THE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE THROUGH BUSINESS IN A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE.
WE DO THAT IN OUR OWN LIVES, IN OUR EMPLOYEES', LIVES, IN THE STAKEHOLDERS AND OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE INVEST IN.
WE WORK IN AND, AND WE DO THAT THROUGH THOUGHTFUL DESIGN, STRONG OWNERSHIP AND, AND STEWARDSHIP OF ASSETS AND COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH CITIES, UH, AND THE STAKEHOLDERS IN THEM.
I THINK WE'VE DEMONSTRATED THAT AT LARGE HERE WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, WITH THE MANY BUSINESS LETTERS AND, AND SUPPORT LETTERS WE HAVE FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND FOR THOSE IN, IN THE CITY THAT WERE WILLING TO MEET WITH US.
WHAT WAS COMMON IN THIS CASE AND IN GETTING TO KNOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS THAT INVESTMENT IN THIS AREA IS NEEDED.
THAT WAS THE COMMON GROUND THAT CAME OUT OF OUR OVER 150 LETTERS.
WE PASSED OUT OVER A HUNDRED DOORS WE KNOCKED ON.
THERE WAS COMMON, AND YOU'VE HEARD IT TONIGHT EVEN FROM THE OPPOSITION, IS THAT,
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UM, WE NEED INVESTMENT.OBVIOUSLY WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE DISAGREEING ON WHAT THE USE IS AND WHY, BUT IN THE END, TRIMONT GROUP IS HERE.
UH, AND AS WE GOT TO TALKING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND TALKING TO THOSE THAT, THAT WERE WILLING TO COME TO THE, THE LA QUINTA FOR THE MEETING IS WHAT ARE THE COMMON ISSUES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD? SPEEDING TRAFFIC, CRIME, WALKABILITY, LACK OF AMENITIES, ALL OF WHICH MONT NOT ONLY COLLABORATED WITH LIVE WITH PEOPLE AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMITTEE, MAKING THOSE CHANGES OFF THE CUFF WITH THEM COMMITTING TO IT IN MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO THE SIGN, AND THEN GOING OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND POLLING FOR WHAT WAS OF INTEREST.
AND, AND TO JUAN PABLO'S POINT, THE FLYERS THAT WE WERE WORKING WITH AND PASSING OUT AND MEETING WITH AND GETTING HANDWRITTEN SIGNATURES FROM THE PROJECT IS SHOWN.
THE PROJECT WAS DISCUSSED AT LARGE, THE AMENITIES AND THE CONCERNS WERE DISCUSSED AT LARGE.
AND, UH, WE, WE HEARD WHAT A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHO MAY NOT BE WILLING TO COME HERE MAY NOT PAY ATTENTION TO ZONING SIGNS.
AND IN FACT, WE'RE, WE'RE ACTUALLY REALLY PROUD TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT, UM, MANY OF THE FOLKS HERE HAVE NEVER BEEN TO A CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, TO TRUMAN'S CREDIT, I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE WILLING TO ENGAGE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE'RE WILLING TO MAKE PEOPLE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND ULTIMATELY WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TODAY, UM, WITH THE DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT WILL BE SPOKEN ON BY OUR DESIGN TEAM IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DEPTH IS THE LEAST INTRUSIVE USE TO THE OVERWHELMING CONCERN OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
OF WE DON'T WANT MORE TRAFFIC.
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT WE'RE ADDING ADJUSTMENTS TO QUELL THOSE.
AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS, AND YOU HEARD IT AGAIN TONIGHT, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SURE THEY'RE OPEN TO DEVELOPMENT, BUT THEY'RE VERY DIVIDED IN WHAT DEVELOPMENT THEY ACTUALLY WANT TO SEE HERE.
UM, SINGLE FAMILY DOES NOT WORK HERE.
THE SITE IS FULL OF TOPOGRAPHY, FULL OF BRUSH.
IT'S EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE TO DEVELOP THE SITE.
THOSE HOMES WILL NOT BE AFFORDABLE.
UM, RETAIL IS NOT ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE.
IT BRINGS MORE TRAFFIC, MULTI-FAMILY BRINGS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE TRAFFIC.
HOSPITALITY IS A HIGH RISE, MID-RISE BUILDING WITH TRANSIENT TRAFFIC THAT COMES, COMES AND GOES THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
UM, AND THE REALITY IS, AGAIN, MONT IS HERE.
UM, WE ASPIRE TO OWN THESE BUILDINGS FOR THE LONG TERM.
WE JUST REFINANCED OUR LAST PROPERTY WE BUILT IN DALLAS.
UM, AND, UH, IN THE END WE'RE, WE'RE JUST AGAIN, GRATEFUL TO BE HERE, GRATEFUL TO ENGAGE IN THE COMMUNITY, GRATEFUL FOR YOU GUYS TO LISTEN WITH AN OPEN MIND ABOUT WHY AN INDUSTRIAL USE IS ACTUALLY NOT IMPACTFUL TO A NEIGHBORHOOD.
THESE ARE CLASS DOUBLE A BUILDINGS BUILDING HEADQUARTERS OF TODAY, AND THEN THE FUTURE THAT BUSINESSES ARE MOVING EXECUTIVE TEAMS INTO.
AND, UM, ULTIMATELY THIS IS THE BACKBONE OF GRAND PRAIRIE AND THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL BUSINESSES THAT COME HERE THAT HAVE MADE THIS CITY, CITY SUCCESSFUL.
NOT WISHING TO SPEAK, BUT WISHING TO RECORD THEIR SUPPORT.
MATTHEW KE AND SHELBY MOORE, NOT WISHING TO SPEAK, BUT WISHING TO RECORD OPPOSITION.
UH, I THINK WE'VE HAD ENOUGH DISCUSSION.
COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL, ARE YOU PREPARED TO MAKE A MOTION? SURE.
UM, I GUESS I'D NEED TO ASK THE, UH, CITY ATTORNEY A QUESTION FIRST.
UH, IF THE, IF ITEM NUMBER 20 FAILS 21.
IF 20, IF 21 FAILS, 22 IS MOOT.
CORRECT? IF, IF YOU VOTE ON THEM TOGETHER, YES.
IF YOU VOTE ON THEM SEPARATELY, THEY WILL STAND ON THEIR OWN.
WELL, I THOUGHT IF THE FLU WASN'T, WASN'T APPROVED TO ALLOW THAT.
THERE WAS ONE MORE SPEAKER THAT DIDN'T GET A CARD IN.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO HEAR THAT? NO.
UH, I THOUGHT IF THE FLUME WASN'T AMENDED, THE ZONING COULDN'T HAPPEN.
WHY DON'T YOU JUST DO 'EM BOTH? YEAH.
UH, THE FLUME IS FOR, SAYS IT'S FOR, UM, HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, BUT THE FLUME ISN'T ZONING AS WE'RE REMINDED QUITE OFTEN.
UM, I, I REMIND EVERYBODY OF THAT ALL THE TIME.
THE FLU TO ME IS A WASTE OF TIME.
UH, I DON'T PARTICULARLY THINK THE FLUME IS CORRECT IN THAT.
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WILL NEED TO BE AMENDED, BUT I DON'T WANT AMEND IT TO ALLOW THIS.UM, IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND SF ONE.
UM, AND I'M WILLING TO LEAVE THAT ZONING IN PLACE.
I UNTIL SOMETHING BETTER COMES ALONG THIS, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF WAREHOUSING ALONG.
WE ALONG 30 AND, YOU KNOW, WE WENT AND WHOOPED THE TEX.TO GET THE SERVICE ROADS BUILT ON 20 AND 30.
AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY SAYS EVERYTHING GOES DOWN SOUTH.
OH, EVERYTHING'S GREAT DOWN SOUTH.
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? DOWN SOUTH DIDN'T GET A WHOLE BUNCH OF WAREHOUSES BUILT ON 20 EITHER.
THEY AND THE WAREHOUSING THAT'S ALREADY BUILT ON 30 WHERE THE SERVICE ROADS ARE WAS ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AT THE TIME.
IT DIDN'T GET CHANGED TO ALLOW THAT AND THE MAYOR OF THOSE FULL WELL, AND THE FORMER CITY MANAGER KNOWS BY GOD WE FOUGHT LIKE CRAZY TO NOT GET LIGHT INDUSTRIAL BUILT THERE, ESPECIALLY OVER BY THE SCHOOL.
BUT IT WAS ALREADY ZONED THAT WAY.
AND THE, THE PEOPLE THAT OWNED IT SOLD IT TO DEVELOPERS TO DO THAT.
AND WE COULDN'T CHANGE THAT ZONING.
I THINK IT WOULD BE NONSENSICAL TO, UH, CHANGE ZONING TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
NOW THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, A LOT OF THAT THAT IS BUILT ALONG 30 OF THIS EMPTY OVER AT THE PEPSICO THING IS EMPTY OVER ON MACARTHUR, THERE'S SOME EMPTY PLACES.
SO, YOU KNOW WHAT I WANT TO MOVE TO DENY ITEMS NUMBER 21 AND 22.
SECOND, WE HAVE MOTION TO DENY BY COUNCILMAN HAW.
SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO, TIM JOHNSON.
ALL IN FAVOR OF DENIAL, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
MOTION TO DENY PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WE ADJOURNED.