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ONE MEETING IN JULY.[CALL TO ORDER]
FINDING A SEAT TONIGHT.OUR INVOCATION WILL LED BY PASTOR PERRY CRENSHAW OF THE CHURCH ON THE MOVE.
AND THEN OUR PLEDGES WILL BE LED BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM FOR ABOUT 10 MORE MINUTES.
KURT JOHNSON, MAYBE 20 MINUTES.
WE'LL SEE REVEREND, GOOD TO SEE YOU TONIGHT.
SHALL WE BOW OUR HEADS FOR A WORD OF PRAYER? FATHER GOD IN HEAVEN, WE TAKE A MOMENT RIGHT NOW TO GIVE YOU PRAISE, HONOR AND GLORY, OH GOD, FOR WHO YOU ARE, GIVE YOU THANKS GOD FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING, AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU, GOD, THE FACT THAT IT IS IN YOU, THAT WE LIVE AND WE MOVE, AND WE HAVE OUR BEING BECAUSE GOD, WE HAVE THIS INVOCATION BEFORE THIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
WHAT WE ARE SAYING IN ESSENCE IS WE REFUSE TO BE LIKE THIS SCHIZOPHRENIC WORLD IN WHICH WE FIND OURSELVES A WORLD THAT TRIES TO SEPARATE OUR FAITH FROM THE WORK THAT WE DO.
A WORLD THAT TRIES TO SEPARATE OUR POLITICS FROM OUR PIETY.
A WORLD THAT TRIES TO SEPARATE SOMETIMES CHURCH FROM STATE GOD.
WE ALSO, BY WAY OF THIS INVOCATION BEFORE THIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING, WE'RE ALSO SAYING THAT WE ARE DETERMINED TO BE A JUST CITY.
A CITY THAT CARES NOT ONLY FOR THE HAVES, BUT ALSO CARES FOR THE HAVE NOTS.
A CITY GOD THAT WILL BE KNOWN FOR TAKING CARE OF STRANGERS, ORPHANS, AND WIDOWS, AS WELL AS THE BALLERS SHOT CALLERS, THE MOVERS AND SHAKERS OF THIS CITY.
IN ORDER FOR US TO DO THAT, OH GOD, WE HAVE TO HUMBLE OURSELVES.
GOD, WE HAVE TO TURN FROM OUR WICKED WAYS SO THAT YOU, GOD CAN HEAR FROM HEAVEN, HEAR OUR, HEAR OUR PRAYERS, AND THEN ANSWER THEM, LORD GOD.
SO LORD, WE ASK NOW IN THE MIGHTY AND THE MATCHLESS NAME OF YOUR SON, JESUS TO CHRIST.
LET US OWE GOD NOT ONLY BE A CITY, LET US BE A NATION THAT IS KNOWN, NOT BASICALLY BECAUSE OF HOW IT TREATS THE RICH, BUT HOW IT TAKES CARE OF THE POOR.
THAT REALLY IS THE TRUE CHARACTER OF A NATION ABOUT HOW IT TAKES CARE OF, AND HANDLES AND LOVES THOSE WHO ARE OPPRESSED AND DEPRESSED.
GIVE THIS COUNCIL WISDOM, KNOWLEDGE, AND UNDERSTANDING.
GIVE THEM COURAGE, GOD, TO MAKE THE TOUGH DECISIONS.
WOULD YOU REMAIN STANDING TO SEE THE PLACES OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE US FLAG AND THE TEXAS FLAG, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS ON NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG RESERVATION TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD.
ONE, AN INDIVIDUAL DO THIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I ALWAYS TRY TO RECOGNIZE ANY ELECTED OFFICIALS WE HAVE IN THE HOUSE OR FARM, OR ELECTED OFFICIALS.
WE HAVE CURRENT JUDGE MIKE JONES, ONE OF YOUR BROTHERS BEING SWORN IN TONIGHT.
WELL, YOU GIVING ME AWAY, BUT YOU'RE NOT ELECTED.
YOU'RE PRETTY POWERFUL THOUGH,
HE ELECTED HIMSELF, DIDN'T HE? REVEREND DAVIS? YES.
THANK YOU FOR IDENTIFYING HER.
REVEREND, WE'RE FIXING TO RECOGNIZE YOU IN A MINUTE.
NOT GETTING LOCKED UP TONIGHT.
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JEFF COPELAND IN THE HOUSE TONIGHT, AND WE HAVE, UH, FARMER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER LONGTIME, VERY FREE RESIDENT, LONGTIME INVOLVED CITIZEN LYNN MOTLEY IN THE HOUSE TONIGHT.LYNN, I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, THERE ARE MANY, MANY TIMES THAT SCHOOL BOARD'S TOUGHER THAN COUNCIL.
AND SPEAKING OF THAT, WE JUST HAVE AMBER, IS THAT YOU WALKING IN THE NO, I DON'T SEE HER.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE RECOGNIZE ANY OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS? JUNIOR.
WELL, HELLO, JUNIOR FARMER, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER JUNIOR IS ON YOU.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S, UM, I THINK THAT IF ANYBODY ELSE OUT THERE, I THINK THAT'S IT.
THANK Y'ALL FOR COMING TONIGHT.
UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, STATEWIDE RECOGNITION.
I WANNA TAKE CARE OF THANK YOU, BILL.
I WAS ON THAT BEFORE I GOT TO DAVID
[4. Certificate of Election and Oath of Office for Council Member District Three]
THE CERTIFICATE OF OATH OF OFFICE SO WE CAN GET HIM UP HERE SITTING WITH US.WHAT'D Y'ALL ALL CAME FOR? DAVID, COME ON DOWN.
BRING ANYBODY YOU WANT TO JUDGE BRIAN ARNOLD WILL BE DOING THE SWEARING IN 'CAUSE MEL IS OUT TONIGHT.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.
I, DAVID CHAP, I DAVID CHAP, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF NOW THANKFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE COUNCIL MEMBER, DISTRICT THREE, COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT THREE, STATE OF TEXAS.
STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
AND AT THIS, SO HELP GOD AND THIS.
COUNCIL MEMBER CHAPPELLE, YOU CAN, UH, ADDRESS US AND THE AUDIENCE.
AS YOU CAN TELL, THIS IS, UH, SO SURREAL.
UM, I WANNA FIRST START OFF BY THANKING MY LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST.
UM, 'CAUSE WITHOUT HIM, NONE OF THIS WOULD'VE BEEN POSSIBLE.
THE JOURNEY WE WENT ON TO GO FOR CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN ONE I CAN WRITE A WHOLE BOOK ON.
AND THE LORD HAS GUIDED ME ALL THROUGH THE WAY.
SO I LOOK AT THIS CROWD AND I SEE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ONE EITHER HAD SUCH A MAJOR IMPACT IN MY LIFE, OR TWO HAD SUCH A MAJOR IMPACT ON THIS CAMPAIGN, OR, OR BOTH, RIGHT? AND SO I CAN GO DOWN THE LINE OF SO MANY NAMES IN HERE AND WHAT IMPACT THEY HAD.
BUT MAYOR, IT WOULD TAKE US 10 COUNCIL MEETINGS TO DO THAT.
SO I'M, I'M GONNA GIVE A SMALL FEW.
I WANNA FIRST START OFF WITH MY PARENTS, MY MOM AND DAD IN THE BACK.
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THANK YOU.UM, EVEN THOUGH YOU ALL, YOU BOTH WEREN'T NECESSARILY THE HAPPIEST WHEN I TOLD YOU THIS IS WHAT I WAS GONNA DO,
AND YOU TWO WERE MY BIGGEST SUPPORTERS.
AND SITTING HERE, I JUST THINK ABOUT THE WAY THAT YOU RAISED ME, DANIEL SALMAN HANNAH, THE WAY YOU, MOM, DAD, ME, MAYOR DALENE, KEEVER JAY, THE WAY Y'ALL, YOU KNOW, RAISED US TO BE MEN OF GOD, TO BE WOMEN OF GOD.
AND I JUST PRAY THAT I CAN, YOU KNOW, JUST BEHALF OF THE MAN THAT MY FATHER IS.
UM, MY FATHER IS SOMEBODY THAT I JUST LOOK AT AND JUST WISH THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAD THE GIFTS THAT HE HAD, AND I WISH THAT I WAS ABLE TO MAKE HIM PROUD.
AND SO, FATHER, I HOPE THAT I'M ON THE PATH TO MAKING YOU PROUD.
I WANNA ALSO THANK, UH, MY CAMPAIGN MANAGER, GABRIELLE HARRIS, WHO'S SITTING IN THE FRONT ROW WITH THE PHONE.
UM, SHE CAME, UM, TO ME AT A TIME WHERE, AGAIN, WE WERE AT A, I WAS AT A PLACE WHERE I WAS DECIDING TO RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL.
AND NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE WAS TAKING A CHANCE ON SOMEBODY THAT HAS NO EXPERIENCE IN CITY GOVERNMENT OR JUST ANY TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, POLITICAL ARENA.
BUT SHE'S BEEN HERE SINCE DAY ONE, AND WE WERE IN THE FIRE TOGETHER THROUGH THE, SHE, SHE RECRUITED MANY OF THE BEST.
UM, WE, SHE RECRUITED MANY OF THE BEST STAFF TO GET OUR MESSAGE ACROSS TO DISTRICT THREE.
I MEAN, IF YOU, SHE, SHE WORKS WITH CLIENTS STATEWIDE ALL OVER TEXAS AND NORMALLY DOESN'T DO CITY COUNCIL RACES, BUT MADE AN EXCEPTION.
BUT I ALSO SAY, IF YOU WAS TO ASK HER WHO IS HER MOST DIFFICULT CLIENT TO WORK WITH, I WOULD PROBABLY RANK NUMBER ONE, HANDS DOWN.
UM, BUT, BUT LOVE YOU SO MUCH.
YOU, YOU, UM, COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT YOU.
YOU MADE THINGS SO MUCH EASIER FOR ME TO JUST BE A CANDIDATE.
AND YOU, YOU SET ME UP IN A WAY TO WHERE I CAN GO OUT AND BE AROUND THE PEOPLE AND BE MY BEST SELF AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHAT MOST PEOPLE WHO ARE RUNNING FOR OFFICE HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
SO, GABRIELLE, I, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU AND VERY MUCH, I, I AM GOING TO MISS THE TIMES THAT WE HAD IN THE, LITERALLY IN THE TRENCHES GOING THROUGH IT.
UH, I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO CAP ALPHA, ALPHA SIDE IN THE BACK.
UH, A, A REAL BROTHERHOOD THAT, UM, HAS BLESSED ME WITH OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE RESOURCES AND PEOPLE THAT, UM, CAME OUT AND JUST GAVE THEIR TIME AND EFFORT TO HELP US GET THIS, GET ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.
I MEAN, UH, KEVIN IN THE BACK RIGHT THERE, HE'S, HE'S MY COUSIN, BUT HE IS ALSO MY FRAT BROTHER.
BUT HE HAS, UH, BEEN SOMEONE HAD THAT, HIM AND MIKE JONES WERE TWO PEOPLE THAT, UH, JUDGE MIKE JONES WERE TWO PEOPLE THAT REALLY AT THE FOREFRONT FOR, FOR THE FRATERNITY, REALLY LED TO MAKE SURE THAT BROTHERS WERE COMING OUT TO SUPPORT AND REALLY PUSHED, UM, REALLY WAS ABLE TO PUSH A LOT OF WHAT WE HAD GOING ON AT THE POLLS OUT IN THAT TEXAS HEAT.
I WANT TO, I WANNA ALSO THANK A LOT OF THE VOTERS I SEE OUT HERE.
A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT WENT OUT TO THE POLLS AND VOTED FOR ME TWICE IN MAY AND JUNE.
AND NOT, NOT JUST THAT, THE ONES WHO NOT ONLY VOTED FOR ME, BUT THEN WENT OUT AND TOLD OUR NEIGHBORS TO GO VOTE FOR ME, WENT ON THEIR FACEBOOKS AND SAID, OKAY, I'M NOT GOING TO JUST LIKE, AND ALSO, THERE WERE LEADERS I SEE IN HERE AS WELL THAT DID THE SAME THING, WHO SAID, I'M NOT ONLY JUST GONNA SUPPORT YOU, BUT I'M GONNA PUBLICLY LET PEOPLE KNOW WHY I'M SUPPORTING YOU AND WHY THEY SHOULD AS WELL.
AND WHEN YOU HAD NO REASON TO DO SO, WHEN, WHEN YOU, YOU OWED ME NOTHING.
AND YOU DID THAT JUST OFF THE STRENGTH THAT YOU SAW SOMETHING IN ME.
UM, AND WE HAD MANY DARK DAYS ON THIS CAMPAIGN, BUT WHEN WE WERE KNOCKING THOSE 1500 PLUS DOORS, THAT ONE CONVERSATION I WOULD HAVE WITH THE, WITH A, WITH A NEIGHBOR, WHEN I WOULD HAVE IT WITH MR. MOTLEY, OR I WOULD HAVE IT, UH, WITH TRINA, OR I WOULD HAVE IT WITH WHOEVER.
AND SO I CAN'T, I CAN'T THANK Y'ALL ENOUGH, UM, THAT YOU SAW SOMETHING IN ME AND THAT YOU VOTED FOR ME, AND THAT YOU ALSO TOLD OTHERS TO VOTE FOR ME.
UM, I WANNA, YOU KNOW, I WASN'T GONNA DO THIS BY GOD, GIVE JUNIOR ZANU A SHOUT OUT ON
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THE BACK.UM, I KIND OF, I TRY TO SHY AWAY FROM THE JUNIOR THEME BECAUSE PEOPLE ALWAYS BE LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW, JUNIOR, OR I GET THE, YOU KNOW, THE JUNIOR THING OF, OF, OF BEING YOUNG.
BUT, UM, REGARDLESS OF THE FACT, JUNIOR ZANU, YOU ARE A TRAILBLAZER WHO FIVE YEARS AGO MADE HISTORY, UM, AND YOU MADE HISTORY AGAIN THIS YEAR.
BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS YOU SHOW WHAT WAS POSSIBLE.
AND SO, WATCHING THAT, EVEN GOING THROUGH TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS AND GOING THROUGH YOUR, MY OWN PERSONAL JOURNEY, UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WAS A MODEL BEFORE YOU THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL.
UM, AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT YOU, YOUR BLUEPRINT WAS PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, BUT MOST PEOPLE JUST WEREN'T DOING IT.
SO, I WANNA GIVE YOU YOUR FLOWERS SINCE YOU'RE HERE, MAN.
UM, I WANT TO THANK THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR, THE CITY COUNCIL, HAVE BEEN OPEN AND, AND HAVE EMBRACED ME AND WELCOME YOU WITH OPEN ARMS. UH, MAYOR JENSEN, I TOLD YOU THIS IN PRIVATE, UM, BUT I WANTED TO LARRY BAOS KNOW IT WAS ONE DAY WHERE I'M JUST WALKING IN THE PARKING LOT AND YOU SCREAM MY, YOU JUST SAY HELLO FROM WAY ACROSS THE, THE STREET, WAY ACROSS THE, UH, PARKING LOT, AND ASKED WHO I, WHO AM I AND WHAT DO I DO? AND I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT THAT HAD SUCH A PROFOUND EFFECT ON ME.
AND, AND YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH ENCOURAGEMENT THAT GAVE ME, HOW MUCH THAT MEANT TO ME THAT THE MAYOR OF GRAND PRAIRIE CAME AND REACHED OUT TO ME, UM, NOT KNOWING WHO I WAS.
SO I WANTED TO TELL YOU, THANK YOU AGAIN.
UM, I WANT TO WANT TO, THE CITY STAFF, UM, MONA LISA
UM, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, YOU KNOW, ASKING YOU ALL THE QUESTIONS AND BUGGING YOU A HUNDRED PERCENT.
UM, YEAH, THAT'S, I MEAN, I, THIS IS, THIS IS CRAZY
I JUST, I COULDN'T HAVE PICTURED OR PAINTED WHAT THIS PICTURE, AND I COULDN'T HAVE PAINTED A BETTER PICTURE THAN THIS, RIGHT? SEEING EVERYONE HERE, UM, I DO WANNA SAY THIS.
EVERYONE ASKS ME, WHAT IS THE, UM, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT AM I MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING ON CITY COUNCIL? THEY ASK, IS IT THIS, IS IT THAT, IS IT THIS? WELL, I ALWAYS GO BACK TO THIS.
UM, I MENTOR YOUNG YOUNG BOYS IN, UM, ARLINGTON GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND PART OF THE PROGRAM I'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS IS TO HELP THEM WITH POSITIVE COPING SKILLS, HEALTHY COPING SKILLS, ANGER MANAGEMENT.
AND THE WHOLE PURPOSE IS TO GET THEM TO GO FROM YOUNG BOYS TO YOUNG MEN.
AND SO, UM, WHEN YOU, SO YOU ASK, WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH, WITH THE, THE QUESTION? WELL, I GET TO, THEY GO TO SCHOOL IN GRAND PRAIRIE, SO I AM BLESSED AND HONORED TO BE IN THE ROOM YEAH.
UM, WHERE DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE THAT IMPACT THEM.
AND SO THAT ALONE GIVES ME SUCH FULFILLMENT AND SATISFACTION.
UM, I WANT TO THANK, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU ALL.
I WANNA THANK THE PASTORS PASTOR DAVIS PASTOR, SEE PASTOR TAYLOR RIGHT THERE FOR OPENING ME UP TO YOUR CONGREGATIONS AND SPEAKING LIFE INTO ME ALONG THIS JOURNEY, UM, BECAUSE IT WAS NOT EASY.
UH, LIZ FRIZZELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU, YOU, WE HAD OUR CHURCH RUNS, UH, WE HAD OUR CHURCH RUNS GOING.
BUT, UM, SO MANY PEOPLE TO THANK SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS, SO MANY PEOPLE THAT TOOK A CHANCE ON ME AND GRAND PRAIRIE WILL BENEFIT BECAUSE OF IT FOR THESE NEXT THREE YEARS.
[5. Economic Development Statewide Recognition]
NOW TONY RAMIREZ INSTEAD.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
TONY RAMIREZ, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
I'M JOINED THIS EVENING WITH MEMBERS OF THE GRAND PRAIRIE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM TO SHARE IN TWO
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EXCITING RECOGNITIONS.WE HAVE FRANKIA NEEN, EXECUTIVE ADMIN, SAY HELLO, AMY MUELLER, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, MICHELLE HERNANDEZ, RETAIL RESTAURANT AND COMMERCIAL LEAD.
NOT JOINING US TODAY, BUT PART OF THE TEAM, TERRY TATE, UH, DATA AND, UH, ANALYTICS, AND ALSO PHARRELL TIANO, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER CANNOT BE HERE.
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, GRAND PRAIRIE HAS HAD THE HONOR TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GOVERNOR'S CUP.
THIS IS SITE SELECTION MAGAZINE'S, COVETED STATE AWARD AS TEXAS IS RECOGNIZED AS THE NATION'S TOP PERFORMING STATE.
14 YEARS IN A ROW, AND 22 YEARS IN TOTAL.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, GRAND PRAIRIE JOINED A SELECT GROUP OF THE STATE'S, STATE'S TOP ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONERS, INDUSTRY EXECUTIVES, AND ELECTED OFFICIALS AT THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION IN AUSTIN TO RECEIVE THE GOVERNOR'S CUP AWARD.
SPECIAL THANK YOU TO MAYOR PRO TEM KURT JOHNSON FOR HIS LEADERSHIP.
FOR JOINING US AT THE CEREMONY IN AUSTIN.
WE WERE ALSO JOINED BY AN EXECUTIVE FOR MODINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
RECALL, THIS WAS A COMPANY THAT RECENTLY SELECTED GRAND PRAIRIE FOR A MAJOR EXPANSION FROM WISCONSIN.
MR. MARK JOHNSON, WHO IS THE VP OF TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION, JOINED US.
IT'S A GREAT HONOR FOR OUR TEAM TO CONTRIBUTE AND HELP MAKE TEXAS AMONG THE BEST STATES TO INVEST AND SHOW THAT GRAND PRAIRIE IS THE NUMBER ONE LOCATION IN THE METROPLEX TO EXPAND A BUSINESS OPERATION.
I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO AMY MUELLER TO TELL YOU MORE ABOUT ANOTHER ONE OF GRAND PRAIRIE'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, STATEWIDE RECOGNITIONS MAYOR.
THE TEXAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, BETTER KNOWN AS TEDC, WAS FOUNDED IN THE EARLY 1960S AS A PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.
TEDC IS THE LARGEST STATE ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS, VOLUNTEERS, AND ELECTED OFFICIALS.
ITS MEMBERSHIP COMPRISES OVER 600 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS COVERING MORE THAN 400 COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS.
WE ARE PROUD TO SHARE THAT THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE HAS EARNED THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EXCELLENCE RECOGNITION AWARD IN HONOR THAT REFLECTS NOT ONLY MEETING, BUT EXCEEDING THE THRESHOLD OF PROFESSIONALISM SET FORTH BY TEDC.
WE WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THE KEY CRITERIA THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THIS ACHIEVEMENT.
FIRST, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LEADERSHIP AND STAFF PURSUED AND OBTAINED QUALIFIED CONTINUING EDUCATION, STRENGTHENING THE EXPERTISE OF OUR TEAM.
SECOND, WE IMPLEMENTED AND MAINTAIN ORGANIZATIONAL TOOLS THAT EMPOWER US TO SOLVE COMPLEX ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROWTH PROJECTS RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
THIS AWARD IS A TESTAMENT TO A DEDICATION AND HARD WORK OF OUR ENTIRE TEAM.
A PROUD MOMENT FOR ALL THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATIONS.
PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
BEFORE WE GO ON ANY FURTHER, JUST IN CASE SOME OF YOU THAT CAME FOR THE SWEARING IN, WANT TO GET SOME PICTURES AND THEN LEAVE.
DAVID, WHY DON'T YOU JOIN OUT FRONT, ESPECIALLY GET YOUR FAMILY DOWN HERE AND ANYBODY ELSE YOU WANT TO COME FORWARD AND GET SOME PICTURES TAKEN WITH YOU.
AND WE'LL JUST PAUSE A MINUTE OR 10 MINUTES OR FIVE MINUTES.
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OKAY, PERFECT.CAN WE GET IT BY YOUR NAME? YEAH, LET'S DO IT.
COLIN RED, HOW ARE YOU? IS SOLOMON HERE? ISON HERE.
I WANNA, I'M TRYING TO GET A OH.
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ONE MORE LAST ONE, LAST ONE LAST CALL.
MONA, WHAT'S THAT? I, HERE WE GO.
YOU HIT IT, YOU GOING DOWN BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING, GO DOWN.
AND THANK YOU FOR SLIPPING OUT QUIETLY.
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THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH.YOU'LL REMEMBER THIS THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, DAVID.
UM, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE, THIS WILL ALWAYS BE SPECIAL TONIGHT.
[6. Proclamation Recognizing St. John Church Unleashed 105th Anniversary]
PROCLAMATION, RECOGNIZING ST.JOHN CHURCH UNLEASHED A HUNDREDTH AND FIFTH ANNIVERSARY.
NOW, WHERE'D THE REVEREND GO? OVER THERE IN THE CORNER? HE'S, OH, THERE YOU GO.
SO I'M LETTING YOU COME ON FORWARD.
I'M LETTING YOUR MEMBER BILL HILLS, READ IT INTO THE RECORD AND THEN WE'LL BOTH JOIN YOU DOWN FRONT.
THANK YOU, MAYOR FOR THIS PRIVILEGE.
WHEREAS FOUNDED ON JULY 10TH, 1921 BY 13 CHRISTIANS IN THE DALWORTH COMMUNITY, ST.
JOHN CHURCH, UNLEASH GREW FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS IN LOCAL WORSHIP SPACES TO ESTABLISH ITS FIRST PERMANENT HOME IN 1923.
AND WHEREAS THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP AND SUCCESSIVE PASTORS AND DEDICATED MEMBERS, THE CHURCH EXPANDED ITS MINISTRIES, ACQUIRED AND IMPROVED PROPERTIES, AND ULTIMATELY RELOCATED TO ITS CURRENT CAMPUS AT 1701 WEST JEFFERSON STREET.
AND WHEREAS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF REVEREND DENNY DWIGHT DAVIS, BEGINNING IN 1991, ST.
JOHN CHURCH UNLEASHED EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN MEMBERSHIP MINISTRIES, WORSHIP SERVICES, AND FACILITIES, INCLUDING RETIRING IT MORTGAGE IN 1995,
WHEREAS THE CHURCH FURTHER EXPANDED ITS IMPACT THROUGH ADDITIONAL FELLOWSHIP LOCATIONS, THE GROWTH OF ITS MINISTRIES AND FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS, STRENGTHENING ITS SERVICE TO MEMBERS AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY.
JOHN CHURCH UNLEASHED CELEBRATES ITS 105TH ANNIVERSARY, CONTINUING ITS ENDURING LEGACY OF FAITH, SERVICE AND COMMUNITY IMPACT IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.
NOW, THEREFORE, I MAYOR RON JENSEN ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITIZENS OF GRAND PRAIRIE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JULY 21ST, 2026 AS ST.
JOHN CHURCH UNLEASHED, 105TH ANNIVERSARY DAY IN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, AND EXTEND THIS EXPRESSION OF OUR ESTEEM AND BEST WISHES TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATION ON THIS MEMORABLE OCCASION, WITNESSED MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS ON THIS, THE 21ST DAY OF JULY, 2026.
UM, MANY OF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT THE BUSINESS REBECCA AND I OWN IS ON BOTH SIDES.
HE, HE PARKS ON MY PARKING LOT ON SUNDAYS, AND I PARK ON HIS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY,
UM, FORTUNATELY NO ONE WAS THERE.
AND, UM, REVEREND DAVIS THAT MORNING, AT SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE TOLD HIS CONGREGATION, THAT'S THE MAYOR'S BUILDING, LET'S PRAY FOR HIM.
AND, UM, HE'S BEEN GOOD NEIGHBOR.
BUT MORE THAN THAT, NO CITY, NO CITY CAN BE THE KINDA CITY I WANT TO LIVE IN, UNLESS YOU HAVE FAITH-BASED COMMUNITIES AND FAITH-BASED LEADERSHIP IN YOUR CITY.
IT CAN'T BE THE ONLY, BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT.
I SAY THIS JOKINGLY, BUT I'M ALSO SERIOUS WHEN IT COMES TO CIVIL RIGHTS.
I NEVER WANT THIS MAN TO CALL ME THE DAY AFTER I'VE DONE SOMETHING STUPID.
BECAUSE HE DOESN'T MIND CALLING YOU OUT
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CALL.YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY REASON I DON'T WANT TO GET THAT CALL.
MY DADDY WAS THE BAPTIST MINISTER.
BUT I THINK YOU OFTEN WHAT YOU DO, NOT JUST FOR CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, I'M PROUD OF WHAT, WHAT YOU DO FOR THE METROPLEX WHEN IT COMES TO CHRISTIANITY, DISCIPLESHIP, AND JUST LEADERSHIP AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL.
THANK YOU FOR BEING MY NEIGHBOR AND HAVING YOUR CHURCH HERE IN MY CITY, REVEREND DAVIS.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER BILL HILLS.
I WANNA THANK ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL WHO HAS, UH, BEEN A PART OF THIS 105TH CELEBRATION.
MANY OF THEM CAME OUT ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND PRESENTED PROCLAMATIONS AS WELL.
AND FOR THAT, WE DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
UH, SUCH, UH, WELL ALL CALL, WE ALWAYS CALL IT A BABY RUTH.
AND CERTAINLY WE, WE LOVE THE LEGACY OF RUTHIE JACKSON AND HOW SHE IS SO WELL REPRESENTED, THE DOWN WORTH COMMUNITY, AND NOW THIS LEGACY CONTINUES ON WITH HER DAUGHTER.
AND SO IT'S JUST A JOY TO BE IN A GREAT CITY THAT'S GROWING AND BOOMING, EXCITING, AND HAS BECOME THE IT SPOT.
AND, UH, I AM JUST HAPPY TO BE A PART OF WHAT GOD IS DOING AND, UH, WHAT YOU'RE DOING, UH, AS OUR MAYOR.
AND, UH, AND I AM APPRECIATIVE FOR THAT.
AND, UM, I I'M JUST THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE THE TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE AND THAT I CAN CALL YOU, YOU CAN, AND YOU CALL ME AND WE PRAY AND WE TALK TOGETHER, AND WE GET THINGS DONE.
WE, AND THAT FREES ME UP TO CHAMPION CRUSADE FOR JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS AND CIVIL RIGHTS IN ALL OF THE OTHER CITIES OF THE METROPLEX.
THANK GOD I DON'T HAVE TO DO IT HERE.
AND THAT KEEPS ME GOING, THAT I DON'T HAVE TO FIGHT HERE.
MAYOR, WHILE YOU ARE TAKING THAT PICTURE, I HAVE A COMMENT.
OR AFTER YOU TAKE THE PICTURE, THANK THE MEMBERS PRESENT TONIGHT AS WELL.
UH, SPEAKING OF LEGACIES AND NEIGHBORS, MY NEIGHBOR IS IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT.
MS. JANET BUSH AND GREG, WOULD YOU STAND UP? HER GRANDMOTHER WAS ONE OF THE 13 ORIGINAL, UM, FOUNDERS OF THE ST.
I HOPE I HAVE THAT HISTORY CORRECT.
I LIKE TO SAY ON BEHALF OF OUR MEMBER OF DENISE ELLE OH YEAH.
WHO CERTAINLY HAS BEEN LEADING THIS EFFORT WITH THE CITY.
UH, HER FATHER PASSED 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
SHE WOULD'VE BEEN HERE TONIGHT.
WELL, MY GOODNESS IS, SHE IS JUNETEENTH PUT ON A GREAT JUNETEENTH THIS YEAR, SO, OH MY GOODNESS.
THANK YOU FOR PASSING THAT ALONG.
[PUBLIC COMMENTS]
LET YOU READ INTO THE RECORD ARE RULES OF DECORUM FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.CITIZENS MAY, 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 THE 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 A 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 IN EXHIBIT ORDERLY AND RESPECTFUL CONDUCT DURING THE MEETING.
SPEAKER SHALL DIRECT THE 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.
FIRST THING WE'RE GONNA DO IS COVER OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
I'LL RECOGNIZE DEPUTY MAYOR PROTE, KURT JOHNSON.
OH, WE HAVE ANY
HAROLD WILLIS WILL SPEAK ON ITEM 16 IN OPPOSITION.
I'M NOT AGAINST THE TRANSPORTATION.
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I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY MORE.UH, RIVER NORTH TRANSIT, LLC, UH, A 7 91 PURCHASING COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.
COULD WE TALK ABOUT WHAT IS A 7 91 PURCHASING COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT, PLEASE IS HI.
CAROL DEBRE IS DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY.
WE JUST JOINED IT BACK, I BELIEVE IN MAY.
UH, IT'S A CO-OP, JUST LIKE BY BOARD OR TEXAS BUYS, SEE THOSE WHERE THEY'VE GOTTEN TOGETHER AND GOTTEN THE HIGHER BUYING POWER.
AND IT ALLOWED US TO BRING THE PRICE DOWN EVEN MORE ANNUALLY THAN WHAT THEIR BIDS WERE.
FOR, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 17 AND A HALF MILLION FOR, FOR WHAT, FIVE YEARS? OVER FIVE YEARS.
WHAT, UM, WHERE IS THIS MONEY COMING FROM? FROM COUNTY? UM, PRIMARILY ON THIS IS, THIS IS ACTUALLY RIVER NORTH TRANSIT IS VIA TRANS TRANSPORTATION AS WELL.
THAT'S DOING BUSINESS AS RIVER NORTH.
THERE IS, UH, TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT CREDITS.
THERE IS, UH, FAIR BOX MONEY AND UM, SOMETIMES A LITTLE BIT OF LOCAL MATCH, BUT PRIMARILY THIS IS GRANT FUNDED THROUGH THE FEDERAL TRANSIT.
SO THE VAST MAJORITY OF THIS FUNDING MM-HMM
IS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? YES.
UM, I SAW A VIA VAN RUNNING AROUND.
IT WASN'T THOSE BLACK AND GREEN ONES, IT WAS JUST A REGULAR VAN.
IT JUST HAD THE LITTLE TEMPORARY STICKER ON THE SIDE.
SOMETIMES IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, SAY THEY NEED TO GET SOMETHING WORKED ON OR MAYBE SOMEONE HAD AN ACCIDENT IN THE MEANTIME, THEY GOTTA GET US GOING.
THEY MAY DO SOMETHING IN THE INTERIM UNTIL THEY CAN GET A NEW WRAP PUT ON IT.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING IN THE INTERIM.
I JUST, ALL OF THOSE CARS THAT SET OUTSIDE THE MAIN LIBRARY DOWN THERE BY THE NO, THEY HAVE, UH, WITH THIS NEW CONTRACT, WE'VE WORKED WITH THE, UH, HE HAS A NEW LOCKED FENCED LOCATION, AND I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE ADDRESS, BUT IT'S DOWN FURTHER TO THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN.
THEY'RE NO LONGER OVER THERE WHERE THEY NOW HAVE A HOME PROVIDED BY THE, THE VIA COMPANY.
SO IT WILL NOT BE ON CITY PROPERTY, LIKE AT THE LIBRARY.
I GUESS FROM OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT, IS THIS THE SALARIES FOR THE DRIVERS BENEFITS? WHAT ALL ARE WE GETTING FOR THIS 17 MILLION? UH, THIS IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT LOWER INITIALLY, UM, THE PRICE PER HOUR PER VAN TO DRIVE AROUND AND TO PICK PEOPLE UP, WHICH COVERS, WHICH DOES COVER THEIR SALARIES AND ALL THAT.
IT, UM, AND THEY'RE HIRED, OF COURSE, BY THE COMPANY AND THEY LEASE THEIR VEHICLES THROUGH ANOTHER PARTY.
IT'S, IT'S A VERY COMPLEX OPERATION ACTUALLY.
BUT OF COURSE, UM, THE, UH, YEAH, THIS COVERS THE FULL OPERATION OVERHEAD AND EVEN, UH, IN YEARS TWO AND FOUR, I BELIEVE THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF BAKED IN WHERE WE'LL GET A LITTLE BIT OF FLEET UPGRADE.
AND SO IT WORKS ALONG AS YOU GO THROUGH, WHEN YOU UPGRADE THE FLEETS, WILL YOU BE UPGRADING THEM TO HYBRID VEHICLES PERHAPS, OR ELECTRIC VEHICLES? SO WE GET BETTER GAS MILEAGE.
I BELIEVE THEY'VE GOT SOME OF THAT WORKED IN.
ALSO, WE REQUIRE THAT THEY HAVE THE HANDICAP ACCESSIBILITY WORKED IN AS WELL IN GETTING THEM, UH, CERTAIN TYPES OF VANS THAT THEY CAN RETROFIT SO THAT WE HAVE THAT CAPABILITY ON MORE VEHICLES THAN WE DO NOW.
YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND I'M NOT AGAINST THE TRANSPORTATION.
I JUST WANTED TO KNOW JUST DOWN TO THE PENNY LINE ITEM HERE, WHAT THE HECK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, BECAUSE THAT'S 17 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IF MOST OF THAT'S FROM THE FEDS COMING IN HERE PRIMARILY.
THAT JUST, I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE ONES, WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED, THEY HAD MARYLAND TAGS ON SOME OF THE CARS, AND SOME OF THAT'S THE THIRD PARTY, UH, VIAS CONTRACT WITH THE DRIVERS THAT THEY HIRE, IS THAT THE DRIVERS LEASE THOSE VEHICLES FROM A THIRD PARTY.
SO SOMETIMES THE VANS MAY COME FROM WHEREVER THEY, THEY BRING THEM IN FROM, AND THAT'S BETWEEN THE DRIVER AND THE THIRD PARTY THAT THEY LEASE THEM FROM.
AND THEN THEY GET THEM TAGGED FOR THIS LOCATION.
BUT ALL THE LIABILITY, IF THEY WERE IN A WRECK, SOMEONE GETS HURT.
IT'S PURELY ON V ON AND THE DRIVER.
THAT'S PART OF THE, SO THEIR DRIVERS ARE 10 99 OR THEY WORK FOR V NO IDEA.
WELL THEY DO, THEY DO WORK FOR V THEY DO, THEY DON'T WORK FOR US.
THEY DO WORK FOR, THEY WERE 10 99.
I JUST WANNA FIND OUT BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY NEED THE, THEY MAY NOT BE 10 99.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WORK FOR THAT COMPANY.
WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE 10 99 OR NOT.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, LIKE I SAY, WE NEED THE STUFF.
IT'S JUST THE, YOU KNOW, 17 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS AND IF IT'S COMING FROM WASHINGTON SO MUCH THE BETTER.
HEY HAROLD, DO YOU WANT ME TO CHANGE YOUR, IT GOES ON THE RECORD.
YOU SAID YOU'RE IN OPPOSITION TO IT.
DO YOU WANT ME TO CHANGE THAT OR LEAVE YOU IN OPPOSITION? NO, NO, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
I'M, I'M, I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF TRANSPORTATION.
FOR SENIORS AND PEOPLE HANDICAP, PLEASE, I'LL DO RECORD OF SUPPORT.
WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT VIA, WE NORMALLY RUN ABOUT 13,000 RIDES A MONTH BECAUSE OF FIFA.
WE HIT A RECORD THE OTHER MONTH, 16,000.
I HAVE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM
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WE STILL THINKING ABOUT IT.JOHN SAID HE'S STILL THINKING ABOUT IT.
WELL, HE, YOU CAN AFFORD TO LOSE TWO VOTES.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
AGENDA, UM, UH, MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 17 THROUGH 31 WITH ITEM 19.FOR INDIVIDUAL, FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
AND WE HAVE A SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN HEADING.
UH, SINCE WE'RE PUTTING IT IN INDIVIDUAL, WE DO.
CITIZEN COMMENTS, FIRST CITIZEN
[CITIZEN COMMENTS]
COMMENTS.DOLORES PHILLIPS, DOLORES PHILLIPS, FORTUNE SQUARE APARTMENTS 2319 DALWORTH STREET, APARTMENT ONE 19, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS 5 5 49 45.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK MAYOR JENSEN.
I DON'T SAY THAT FOR A PITY PARTY.
WHEN THEY STRATEGICALLY CHOSE US, IT WAS A-P-R-E-Y ON US.
WHY THEY PRAY WITH US? WE NOT THE FIRST I'LL NEVER COME BEFORE YOU FOR A PITY PARTY.
I HAD MY FINGERPRINTS RAN THROUGH THE FBI BECAUSE IT IS MY CASES IN REAL COURTS UNDER THE PRETENSE IN THE GUISE THAT IT'S ME.
NOW, CHIEF MR. JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS JR.
HAS BEEN BAMBOOZLED BY A LOT OF THESE LORD COURTS WITH MY NAME.
IT'S SOME THINGS THAT I DON'T DO, I DON'T STEAL.
KNOW THE HOUSE OVER THERE, 2001 SAN ANTONIO.
IT'S A LOT THAT YOU DON'T KNOW, BUT ALL THE MONIES THAT WAS GAINED OFF OF THAT HOUSE, OFF OF OUR BACKS.
SEE, WHEN I WAS INJURED 2 13 19 98, I WAS CRUSHED.
IT WASN'T A SURVIVABLE INJURY.
I SUSTAINED INTERNAL IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE TO MY STOMACH AND MY BACK.
I DON'T SAY THAT FOR A PITY PARTY, BUT IT'S MISSING LIFETIME MEDICAL.
$1,600 WORTH OF SSA MONEY GONE TO GOVERNMENT.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FBI LETTER, THEY STATED THAT, OH, YOU GOT SOMETHING OVER IN IRVING.
I SENT Y'ALL THE ENTIRE REPORT.
SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2011, THEY GOT A PICTURE OF ME ALLEGEDLY WITH FINGERPRINTS.
SEE, I'M GONNA SPEAK SLOWLY AND DISTINCTLY SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND ME, BECAUSE SOMETIMES I SPEAK NATURALLY FAST, SLOW DOWN ON THESE DATA CENTERS IN AI.
'CAUSE YOU DOWNPLAYING JUST HOW DANGEROUS THEY ARE.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THESE FA FALSIFIED, FABRICATED CASES ARE NECESSARILY DONE INTERNALLY.
I THINK A LOT OF IT DUE TO TECHNOLOGY IN THE SAVVY OF AI TALKING TO PEOPLE CAN BE DONE REMOTELY.
MR. HILL SAID THAT HE WAS GONNA UPROOT THAT HOME.
WELL, I SPOKE WITH FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK YESTERDAY, EXTENSIVELY.
THERE WAS A 40 HOME PROJECT, 2006, 2007.
AND MS. COLEMAN CAN ATTEST TO THIS BECAUSE I KNOW HER TO BE AN INTEGRITY BILL WOMAN AND THE STAFF OVER THERE THAT WAS THERE THEN THAT IS THERE NOW.
NOW, LAST WEEK I SAW A MOTORCYCLE RIDER WHITE LOOK LIKE YOU.
HE SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU WASN'T SUPPOSED TO PAY NO MONIES ON THE HOME BECAUSE IT WAS PAID IN FULL.
MR. HILLS GOT PROMOTED FOR TAKING THAT HOUSE.
OH, I'M JUST READING YOUR SHIRT.
I WAS HAVING A SENIOR MOMENT THERE FOR A SECOND.
UHHUH, BOB PARKER, 1801 WELLINGTON DRIVE, GRAND PRAIRIE.
UM, TRYING TO READ MY OWN WRITING.
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MAYBE I WON'T GET STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.OKAY, I'M HERE TONIGHT AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT OLD NEWS, BUT, UM, AS THE CHIEF OF POLICE KNOW AND OTHERS, I'VE REACHED A POINT WHERE I'M A LITTLE BIT WORRIED ABOUT REPRISAL BASED ON A SITUATION AND INCIDENT.
THIS SEEMS TO MAYBE BE FESTERING IN THE BACKGROUND.
AND I JUST WANTED TO RUN MY MOUTH TONIGHT TO MAKE RECORD OF IT.
AND I'M REFERENCING TRANS TEXAS TRANSPORTATION CODE 5 47 0.604.
I'M NOT TRYING TO EDUCATE EVERYBODY, BUT THAT HAS TO DO WITH UNREASONABLE, EXCESSIVE DISRESPECTFUL CORRUPTION OF VEHICLES WITH LOUD EXHAUST SYSTEMS. AND I PROPOSE THAT MAYBE TO MAKE THE POPULATION OF GRAND PRAIRIE MORE PRE UH, AWARE OF IT.
MAYBE SOME NOTES COULD BE PUT IN LIKE THE PIPELINE.
I DON'T WANT TO HAVE A CONFRONTATION WITH ANYBODY.
I, AND ACTUALITY, I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF NU OF A NUMBER OF NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA THAT HAVE COME TO ME.
AND THEY ASK ME, BOB, WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT THAT? WELL, HERE I AM,
AM I OUT OF TIME YET? YOU GOT 34 SECONDS.
WELL, WHAT CAN I TELL YOU? UH, IN 34 SECONDS.
I DID ALMOST GET HIT BY LIGHTNING, BUT AT THE LAST SECOND, THE LIGHTNING BUG TURNED AND FLEW OFF THE OTHER DIRECTION.
AND LOOK, WE ALL HEAR THE LOUD MOTORCYCLES, THE LOUD WE UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THEY'RE BRINGING IT BACK TO MY DOOR.
I'M WORRIED ABOUT REPRISAL, TRINA HALL, TRINA, I THAT SAY WOULD SAY TODAY WHEN PASTOR SAID, AND, UH, I'M ASKING OUR CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE AN OPEN HEART UNDERSTANDING WHAT LIFE IS IN OUR CITY, ESPECIALLY FOR THE PEOPLE LIKE ME AND WHAT WE GO THROUGH IN LIFE.
UH, I APPRECIATE THE GRAND PRIX POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR 4TH OF JULY, BUT THE SERVICES THEY TRIED TO DO FOR ME, BUT THEY HAD TO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BIGGEST LOUDEST THING PARTY, 4TH OF JULY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, ALL THE OFFICERS HAD TO TAKE OFF BECAUSE THERE WAS A MURDER DOWN SOUTH SIDE.
ALL THE PEOPLE THAT SUPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, ENFORCE THE FIRE, UH, FIRECRACKER WAS, UH, FIREWORKS HAD TO TAKE OFF.
AND I SAID, SIRLY APPRECIATE 'EM.
UH, THEN I WAS TOLD ABOUT MY BROTHER ON MAY THE 28TH.
HE FELL AT HIS APARTMENT COMPLEX AND OUR AMBULANCE, AND I PLEASED TO BE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN AMBULANCE, WENT THERE AND TOOK MY BROTHER TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE FRACTURED HIS SKULL IN THREE PLACES.
HE'S GOT BRAIN DAMAGE AND BRAIN INJURY.
I SINCERELY APPRECIATE THEIR ASSISTANCE.
I REALLY WANT OUR CITY TO START LOOKING ABOUT THE ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE ON OUR FIREWORKS.
OKAY? IT IS NOT, IT'S SO OUTDATED.
IT IS SO OUTDATED WHERE IT CANNOT BE ENFORCED BY, BY OUR POLICE OFFICERS BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO SEE THEM INVITED KNOWING THAT THEY HAD NO PERMISSION TO HAVE THE FIREWORKS IN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, AS YOU KNOW, THEY DO.
AND, UH, I'M SINCERELY APPRECIATE
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OUR CITY COUNCIL FOR ALL THE WORK THEY DO.I DON'T MIND JUST DOES NOT MUCH.
BUT I STILL LIVE IN THE CITY AND I RAISE MY GRANDCHILDREN HERE AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY AND KEEP IT GOING.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR JENSEN AND THE GRAND PRAIRIE CITY COUNCIL.
ANGEL LUCKY, AND I RESIDE AT 44 73 HARPERS FERRY DRIVE HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.
I HAVE LIVED IN GRAND PRAIRIE FOR 60 YEARS, FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS AND NINE MONTHS.
I HAVE SERVED AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE GRAND PRAIRIE NAACP.
AND I SEE A FORMER PRESIDENT, MR. OLLIE DALEY, THAT SERVED AS PRESIDENT AND I WAS HIS SECRETARY FOR EIGHT YEARS BEFORE TAKING THE ROLE AS PRESIDENT OF THE NAACP.
ON SUNDAY, I LEFT GRAND PRAIRIE AND I GOT, HAD A DRIVER TO DRIVE ME TO OCEAN SPRINGS, MISSISSIPPI.
ALTOGETHER THAT WAS AN 18 HOUR DRIVE.
I WENT TO THE FUNERAL OF NOLAN WELLS.
AND AS I SAT IN THE FUNERAL SERVICES, I SAW SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE BROKEN HEARTED.
THEY HAD THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE INSIDE THE CHURCH, THOUSANDS ON THE OUTSIDE TRYING TO GET IN, BUT MOST OF 'EM WAS YOUNG PEOPLE.
AND WHEN I SAW THE YOUNG PEOPLE CRYING, IT MADE ME THINK ABOUT OUR JOE POOL LAKE.
AND I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES I GO OUT TO JOE POOL LAKE AND I SIT OUT THERE AND WHAT I NOTICE IS THAT THERE ARE REALLY NO RULES AS FAR AS YOUNG PEOPLE.
YOUNG PEOPLE CAN COME OUT THERE AND GET ON BOATS UNSUPERVISED.
AND I WOULD LIKE FOR THIS COUNTY TO TAKE A LOOK AT HOW YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO GET ON A BOAT.
THERE'S REALLY NO SUPERVISION.
AND THE REASON I'M BRINGING THIS UP IS BECAUSE WE SEE SO MANY DROWNINGS AND WE GOT SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE NOW HAVE ACCESS TO MOTOR BOATS.
AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT A POLICY OR RESOLUTION TO PREVENT SOMETHING FROM HAPPENING LIKE YOU DID IN OCEAN SPRINGS, MISSISSIPPI.
HOW ARE Y'ALL? THANK Y'ALL FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
CONGRATULATIONS COUNCIL MEMBER.
UM, MY NAME IS DEBBIE SELF, 29 35 ALMANZA HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND I GAVE ALL OF Y'ALL A PROPOSAL.
I KNOW YOU CAN'T TALK TO ME ABOUT IT, BUT I'M HOPING TO GET THIS ON A FUTURE AGENDA.
UM, ADDRESSING A DOG PARK OUT IN SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE.
AS YOU KNOW, THAT AREA IS GROWING EXPONENTIALLY AND WE HAVE NO, THERE'S A GAP IN, UH, THAT AMENITY US.
AND SO I PUT TOGETHER, I WENT AND DID SOME RESEARCH AND PUT TOGETHER SOME INFORMATION JUST TO SHARE WITH Y'ALL ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF A DOG PARK, UM, FINANCIAL BENEFITS, ECONOMIC BENEFITS FOR THE CITY, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY.
IT, IT REALLY BRINGS ABOUT COMMUNITY.
UM, AND SO I HOPE THAT I CAN TALK TO YOU FURTHER ABOUT IT AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
WELL, ON JULY 2ND OF THIS MONTH, THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE WAS IN THE NEW YORK TIMES.
NOT A FLATTERING PIECE ABOUT THE CITY OF GRAND PRIX, THE NEW YORK TIMES.
WHY DID ANY OF YOU NOT STAND UP TO WHITE CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST GREG ABBOTT.
GREG ABBOTT REPRESENTS THAT WHITE CHRISTIAN EXTREME NATIONALIST VIEW OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES BROUGHT IT UP PRETTY GOOD.
THAT'S ALL THAT WE WERE ASKING THAT I DON'T THINK ANYONE IN THIS CITY MADE THAT DECISION THAT WAS MADE BY SOMEONE IN ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA OR WHATEVER.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE MAKING THE NEW YORK TIMES, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE SAW THIS, I HAD PEOPLE CALL ME UP, WHAT'S GOING ON IN GRAND PRAIRIE? NOPE, THEY DIDN'T STAND UP TO GREG ABBOTT.
GREG ABBOTT SAYS, I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU $500,000.
GREG, YOUR BOY, YOU GET $500,000 EVERY DAY FROM YOUR SUPPORTERS UNDER THE TABLE.
NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT WHY IT TOOK NINE MONTHS TO PUT THE SIGNAL LIGHT IN FOR
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SERGEANT GREG.NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL, MAY, JUNE, JULY FOR A SIGNAL LIGHT.
JIM ROSS, 1.2 MILES WEST OF SERGEANT GREG HUNTER AND BARDON.
PUT THOSE TWO LIGHTS IN, IN TWO MONTHS AT BARDON AND 360, GREG GUNNER GAVE HIS LIFE FOR THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
I'M STILL REMEMBERING OCTOBER, 1973 WHEN GREG HUNTER DROVE BY THE FOOTBALL PRACTICE THAT DAY, THE FIRST BLACK PATROL OFFICER IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
WHY DID IT TAKE MELINDA FROM CONCERNED CITIZENS WITH HER FACEBOOK PAGE TO DO SOME LYNDON JOHNSON WITH ENCORE? IF ENCORE SAID, OH, WELL, SOMEONE OR OTHER ENGINEER, WHATEVER, WOULD YOU DO THIS WITH BUDDY BRIDGES? YOU HAD A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH BUDDY BRIDGES.
WHY DIDN'T WE HAVE ENCORE DOWN TO THIS COUNCIL AND GIVE HIM THE LYNDON JOHNSON ARM STYLE TWISTING THAT WAS RIDICULOUS FOR THAT TO GO ON.
ABSOLUTELY NO EXCUSE FOR TO REMEMBER A POLICE OFFICER FOR THAT HORRIBLE DAY.
BRUCE SACKS, THE OTHER OFFICERS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THAT GRAND PRIX FIRE RESCUE.
NO, THAT ONE'S GONNA STICK WITH US FOR A LONG TIME.
'CAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT HER FACEBOOK PAGE AND THEY'RE VERY AWARE THAT GRAND PRAIRIE TOOK NINE MONTHS FOR A SIGNAL LIGHT.
OKAY, MY TIME STARTING RIGHT NOW.
ONE LAST NAME'S NOT ENOUGH FOR ME ANYWAY.
I LIVE AT 1630 ASH STREET IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND, UH, I MOVED HERE IN 1977 WHEN I WAS 15.
AND WHEN, UM, AFTER I DIVORCED MY HUSBAND, I WAS ABLE TO BUY, BUY, PURCHASE A HOME.
AND THAT'S WHEN I BOUGHT 1630 ASHRY.
I'VE LIVED THERE NOW 40 YEARS IN JUNE.
AND I'M A HOMEOWNER AND I PLAN ON SPENDING THE REST OF MY LIFE THE NEXT 80 YEARS THERE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND I ALSO HAVE TO SLEEP AT NIGHT.
I, I DON'T KNOW, I HAD THIS REQUIREMENT.
I, I THINK Y'ALL KNOW, RIGHT? IT'S NOT A SECRET.
SO ANYWAY, UH, WOULD YOU PASS THESE PICTURES AROUND? UM, THERE, THESE PICTURES ARE OF THE MY NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE.
UM, HE'S TALKING ABOUT PUTTING A FENCE UP BETWEEN MY YARD AND HIS YARD.
AND WHEN HE DOES THIS, HIS DRIVEWAY'S GONNA BE TOO SMALL BETWEEN THE HOUSES TO MOVE A VEHICLE THROUGH TO THE BACK.
SO MY BEDROOM WINDOWS ARE RIGHT HERE.
FIVE FOOT OVER IS GONNA BE THE FENCE.
AND THEN THERE'S THIS REAL NARROW DRIVEWAY AND THERE'S A PICTURE OF WHERE THE CITY BUILT THE CHANGE THE STREET.
AND YOU CAN TELL IT'S A NARROW DRIVEWAY, UM, FOR A REGULAR SIZED TRUCK.
AND IT'D BE NARROW EVEN FOR MY TRUCK, WHICH IS A SMALLER TRUCK.
SO ANYWAY, UM, THIS AREA, IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY NICE PLACE TO HAVE A PATIO.
AND, UM, HE'S PUTTING RENTERS IN THERE AND RENTERS HAVE BEEN RENTING THERE FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS.
AND EVERY ONE OF THEM, I HAVE TO CALL THE POLICE.
I HAVE TO GIVE THEM A COPY OF THE CITY ORDINANCE ON NOISE AND EVERYTHING.
AND SO THIS IS GONNA BE A LITTLE PARTY SPOT.
THEY GOT A FENCE, BUT I'VE GOT BEDROOM WINDOWS RIGHT THERE.
I PUT NEW SIDING ON MY HOUSE AND I REMODELED MY BEDROOM WITH THAT LOAN.
UH, MY BEDROOM IS JUST AS NICE AS, AS ANYBODY'S.
AND, UH, I'VE GOT A GREAT BED AND I DON'T THINK THAT PEOPLE PARTYING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHILE I'M WAITING FOR THE COPS TO COME OUT AND TALK TO THEM, THAT I SHOULD GO SLEEP ON MY COUCH.
OKAY? I WORKED HARD TO, TO HAVE MY HOUSE AND TO PAY IT AND EVERYTHING.
AND I FEEL LIKE THAT THE CITY ORDINANCE SAYS THAT THEY CAN PUT A FENCE THERE, BUT I CAN'T SAY NO.
I SHOULD BE ABLE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR COMING THAT NIGHT.
DO YOU DO SOMETHING WITH THE ORDINANCE? WILL Y'ALL CHECK INTO IT, PLEASE? TONY, THAT CONCLUDES OUR
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CITIZEN COMMENTS.[19. License Agreement with Fitos Investments Group, LLC to allow one row of parallel parking on a portion of Richardson Drive adjacent to Lots 29, 30, 31, 32 and 33, Block 1, Idlewild Heights Addition, Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas; Authorizing the City Manager or his designee, to execute the same (Reviewed by the City Council Development Committee on 06/22/2026)]
19 THAT WE PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.AND COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL NEEDS TO RECUSE HIMSELF, SO LET'S GIVE HIM A MINUTE TO LEAVE THE DAIS.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL NOREEN HARI, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.
ITEM 19, UM, IS A LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH FRITO'S INVESTMENT GROUP TO ALLOW ONE ROW OF PARALLEL PARKING ON A PORTION OF RICHARDSON DRIVE.
UH, THE LICENSE AREA HAS A DEATH OF NINE FEET AND THE EXISTENT FROM THE EXISTING BUILDING AND THE FENCE AND STAFF BELIEVES THE LICENSE WILL NOW HINDER THE USE OF PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, THE RIGHT OF WAY ITSELF OR SERVICES IN THE AREA.
IT IS THE DEAD END ROAD AND IT IS THE, UH, IT'S THIS PROPERTY.
IF I CAN GET MY MOUSE OVER THERE.
UM, IT IS A DEAD END ROAD AND THE LAST DRIVEWAY IS THEIR OWN.
SO THERE REALLY IS JUST TRAFFIC FOR THIS BUSINESS.
UH, IT SHOWS THAT THE CCDC LOOKED AT IT.
JOHN, WOULD YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UM, UM, MAKE THE FOLLOWING MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 19 AS PRESENTED WITH STAFF.
SECOND, WE HAVE MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHAP CHAPPELLE, FIRST, SECOND OF HIS CAREER.
LET'S THINK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THIS REAL HARD AS WE, WE DON'T WANT HIS FIRST MOTION, OUR SECOND TO FAIL.
[32. Appointments of Mayor Pro Tem and Deputy Mayor Pro Tem]
APPOINTMENTS OF MAYOR PRO TEM AND DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM.I SOMEBODY MAKE A MOTION FOR ME? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE FOLLOWING MOTION ON THE APPOINTMENTS OF MAYOR PRO TEM.
I'D LIKE TO, UH, RECOMMEND, UM, CURRENT DEPUTY MAYOR PRO DIEM KURT JOHNSON.
AND FOR THE NEW DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIMM, RECOMMEND JACQUE GWYNN COUNCILWOMAN JACK WYNN.
HEADING FOR THESE POSITIONS WE HAVE MOTION.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE ONLY HAVE EIGHT MEMBERS HERE TONIGHT.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDERSON IS OUTTA STATE TONIGHT.
CONGRATULATIONS MAYOR PRO TEM AND DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM.
[33. Grand Prairie Sports Facilities Development Corporation Board of Directors Appointments]
33.I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING MOTION ON THE GRAND PRAIRIE SPORTS, UM, FACILITIES
I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE MAYOR PRO TIM KURT JOHNSON.
AND GO AHEAD AND RENOMINATE SKINNER AND GARCIA.
I'D LIKE TO ALSO RENOMINATE, UM, MIKE SKINNER AND ALSO RJ GARCIA TO THE FOR GEORGE CORPORATION WE HAVE MOTION.
AND SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR PROTE JOHNSON WILL BE FULFILLING THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF JUNIOR ZANU.
[34. Grand Prairie Sports Facilities Development Corporation, Appointment of President of Board of Directors]
NEED, UH, APPOINT A PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE GRAND PRAIRIE SPORTS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.UM, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT, UH, THE CURRENT MAYOR, UH, WHO IS THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD AS THE MAYOR OF THE SPORTS CORP.
PRESIDENT OF THE SPORTS BOARD.
THIS PRESIDENT OF SPORTS COURT.
[35. Boards and Commissions appointments for vacancies and terms expiring on July 31, 2026]
AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS FOR VACANCIES.KRISTEN, MONA, SOMEBODY? YES, SIR.
UH, KRISTEN WILL PRESENT THE NOMINEES FOR EACH OF THE BOARDS YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU A COPY OF THE NOMINATION LIST.
MAYOR, COUNSEL, AND I APOLOGIZE TO ANYBODY THAT I'M MISPRONOUNCE YOUR NAME.
ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD.
MICHELLE MAHONEY, BUILDING ADVISORY AND APPEALS BOARD.
WENDELL WENDELL DAVIDSON, CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
CHARLES LLOYD, COMMISSION ON AGING DISTRICT ONE.
LINDA KAY AGNO, HOUSING AND COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT COMMISSION.
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DISTRICT ONE.DEBORAH DEBO, HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.
KEEP GRAND PRAIRIE BEAUTIFUL COMMISSION.
BRENDA STONE STREET LIBRARY BOARD.
SHARON WARD PARK BOARD DISTRICT ONE.
CHAIN PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
MARTA NEMO, PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
ZONING BOARD AND ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEALS DISTRICT ONE.
UH, I RECOGNIZE MAYOR PRO TIMM KURT JOHNSON, UM, ON THE ZB A'S ZONING BOARD OF APPEARS, UH, APPEALS, UH, IT DOES NOT SHOW, UH, WHICH PLACE THE DISTRICT MADE THOSE APPOINTMENTS.
CAN YOU GO AND LET US KNOW FOR THOSE, UH, ALTERNATES? THOSE WOULD BE FROM THE MAYOR.
OH NO, YOU MADE THE, I MADE ALTERNATE TWO.
WHO DID? WHO DID ALTERNATE THREE.
ALTERNATE THREE IN ALTERNATE FOUR.
THAT WOULD'VE BEEN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMSON.
AND WHO DID ALTERNATE FOUR MAYBE WITH.
ALTERNATE FOUR WAS, UM, RODNEY ANDERSON.
HOW, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHO RECOMMENDED ALTERNATE THREE? UM, I WILL HAVE TO LOOK BACK THROUGH MY NOTES, SIR.
I'M NOT, UH, I'M NOT RECALLING WHO MADE JONATHAN HEAD, UM, THE NOMINATION AT THIS TIME.
WE HAVE A LIST OF O COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS COUNCIL.
CAN WE TABLE ZDA PORTION OR DO WE TAKE IT AS WE CAN? WE CAN DO ANYTHING THAT THIS BODY GETS FIVE VOTES TO DO I MAKE A MOTION? YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT ALL OF THE PRESENT PRESENTED, UM, PEOPLE FOR EACH OF THE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES AND BOARDS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CDA UNTIL WE FIND OUT EXACTLY.
WELL, THERE'S ONLY ONE THAT WE DON'T KNOW.
SO I ACCEPT ALL EXCEPT ALTERNATE THREE.
THAT'S THE ONLY ONE WE DON'T KNOW.
I'D RATHER TABLE THE WHOLE D-E-A-I-I WON'T SUPPORT THAT, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
I WANT TO I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE, BUT YOU'RE, BUT THAT'S, YOU'RE, YOU'RE SAYING ONE THING BUT YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE ONLY PICKING, YOU'RE PICKING ALL THREE.
I I WOULD, I LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL.
AS THE ALTERNATES WORK, DOES THE NUMBERS ON THE ALTERNATES MATTER? BECAUSE I NOTICED NOBODY PUT UP ANYBODY FOR THE ALTERNATE ONE.
SO DO THE NUMBERS MATTER? LIKE IF ALTERNATE ONE AND THREE ARE HERE, DO THE DOES ALTERNATE ONE MATTER CAN CALLED FIRST ALTERNATE ONE OH IN THE ORDER OF WHO'S CALLED YEAH.
DO THE NUMBERS MATTER? LIKE IF, DO THE NUMBERS MATTER? THEY DON'T.
SO WHO PICKS? IT'S LIKE YOU NEED ONE AND THERE'S TWO ALTERNATE HERE.
TYPICALLY THE WAY ZBA OPERATES IS EVERYONE SHOWS UP AND THEN THEY INVITE THOSE WHO WANT TO LEAVE TO LEAVE.
JUST SO THAT THEY HAVE MINE LEFT.
IF YOU NEED AN ALTERNATE WHO PICKS WHO YOU CALL OFF THE, THEY THEY PICK AMONG THEMSELVES MORE OR LESS.
OH, SO THE ALTERNATES HAVE TO SHOW UP.
EVERYBODY SHOWS UP BECAUSE THEY NEVER KNOW AND THEN THEY SAY, HEY, THAT MAKES MORE SENSE.
WE HAVE THIS MANY, WHICH IS WHY I'D LIKE TO TABLE TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING.
WELL, YOU CAN MAKE YOUR MOTION, BUT I, WE, WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR.
BUT I, I DON'T NEED TO GO AHEAD.
I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO REMAIN AS CAN TO APPROVE ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSION APPOINTEES EXCEPT FOR ZBA UNTIL WE GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF NUMBER ONE.
DO WE NEED AN ALTERNATE NUMBER ONE? WELL, WE ALREADY KNOW THAT WE DON'T.
ALTERNATE NUMBER ONE WILL BE IN NEXT YEAR'S, UM, TERM.
I MEAN, WE, WE, WE NEED, NEED AN THEIR TERM IS NOT, BUT IT DOESN'T DETERMINE THEIR POSITION IN RANK.
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DO ALREADY HAVE AN ALTERNATE NUMBER ONE.THAT IS NOT LISTED ON THIS PAPER.
'CAUSE THEIR TERM IS, CAN YOU TELL ME WHO THE ALTERNATE NUMBER ONE IS? I JUST NEED SOME QUESTIONS.
SHE, SHE PROBABLY KNOWS, HONESTLY, I COULDN'T TELL YOU WHO IT IS.
THEY HAVE SO MANY ALTERNATES THAT REGULARLY SIT ON THE BOARD THAT I'M NOT CERTAIN WHO THE ALTERNATE IS VERSUS THE ACTUAL MEMBER AT THIS POINT.
I AM JUST CURIOUS HOW THAT PERTAINS TO THE WAY I'M GONNA VOTE TONIGHT.
ALTERNATE, BECAUSE ALTERNATE NUMBER ONE'S NOT COMING UP FOR DISCUSSION.
I JUST WANT CLEAR CONCRETE INFORMATION.
SO ALTERNATE NUMBER ONE IS VIVIAN MORRIS AND HER, HER TERM IS NOT UP.
YEAH, SHE'S, WE'RE NOT VOTING ON HER TONIGHT.
AND SINCE, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, SINCE WE'RE ASKING WHO MADE THE APPOINTMENTS, WHO APPOINTED VIVIAN, WELL THAT WOULD'VE BEEN LAST YEAR.
PROBABLY DON'T EVEN HAVE THAT.
DO YOU NOT HAVE THAT? WE WILL HAVE, WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION ON ACCEPTING THIS OR DENYING IT? LET'S, LET'S MOVE ALONG ON THIS COUNCIL.
MOTION I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 35 AS PRESENT.
MOTION CARRIES BY THE VOTE OF SEVEN TO ONE.
ALRIGHT, MOVING RIGHT ALONG THE MOTION A SECOND.
[36. Resolution Removing and Appointing Grand Prairie Crime Control and Prevention District Board of Directors]
RESOLUTION, REMOVING AND APPOINTING GRAND PRAIRIE CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS.RYAN SIMPSON, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE POLICE.
DEPARTMENT, UH, THIS ITEM BEFORE HE DENIED IS ANOTHER BOARD OF COMMISSION APPOINTMENT, BUT THIS ONE HAS TO BE TAKEN SEPARATELY AND REQUIRES A RESOLUTION.
UH, THIS IS FOR THE CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT.
UH, THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE MAYOR AND MAYOR PRO TEM.
SO WHAT WE HAVE PROPOSED, UH, FOR YOU TONIGHT IS THAT, AND KIND OF RESETTING, UH, SOME OF THE MEMBERS TO REFLECT THEIR CURRENT COMPOSITION OF THE COUNCIL.
AND I CAN GO INTO GREATER DETAIL ON THAT IF YOU'D LIKE, BUT I THINK WE KNOW WHO THE MAYOR AND THE MAYOR PRO TEM IS.
AND THAT'S THE WAY WE'VE BEEN DOING IT SINCE WE FORMED THE CRIME CONTROLLER PREVENTION DISTRICT.
RATHER THAN TRY TO PICK WHICH SEVEN OF US ARE GOING TO BE ON IT, WE JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS THE EASIEST WAY TO DO IT.
DO WE, UH, IS THIS A SOMETHING THAT COMES UP EVERY YEAR? YES, SIR.
IT'S DONE EVERY YEAR BECAUSE WE HAVE, UH, UH, STAGGERED TERMS. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT FOUR OF THE MEMBERS WILL, UH, EXPIRE IN 2027, AND THEN THE OTHER THREE WILL EXPIRE IN 2028.
I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE, THE YEARS THAT EXPIRE AND, YOU KNOW, I RUN FOR ELECTION AGAIN NEXT YEAR AND GET BEAT THEN.
WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE WILL JUST REPLACE ME NEXT YEAR.
TYPICALLY THE BOARD ONLY MEETS, UH, TO APPROVE THE BUDGET, WHICH WILL ACTUALLY HAPPEN ON AUGUST 4TH.
I ENTERTAIN A MOTION, I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 36 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF SECOND.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MAYOR ADAMS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[37. Ordinance establishing three Ad Hoc Advisory Committees to provide input and evaluate park and recreational facilities for Proposition C of the 2026 General Obligation Bond Program; Appointing Committee Members; and Providing the Committees’ charge, purpose, term, and meeting requirements]
TAO.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
TAVO MANAGEMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR.
UH, THIS ITEM ESTABLISHES THE THREE AD HOC ADVISORY COMMITTEES FOR THE PROPOSITION C BOND PROJECT THAT THE VOTERS APPROVED IN MAY.
UH, IT'S GOING TO BE THE COMMUNITY MULTI-PURPOSE CENTER, THE PICKLEBALL COMPLEX, AND A COMBINED BOTANICAL GARDEN AND PUBLIC ARTWORK COMMITTEE.
SO THIS ORDINANCE, IT APPOINTS THE MEMBER SETS A FIVE MEETING FRAMEWORK AND TERMINATES THE COMMITTEE ON OCTOBER 1ST.
UM, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF AS PRESENTED.
ARE THE LIST OF MEMBERS IN THE PACKET? YES.
UM, YOU THINK THAT YOU CAN GET IT ALL DONE BY OCTOBER 1ST, UH, WITH THE WITHIN?
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YES.I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 37 AS PRESENTED.
SECOND, WE HAVE MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL, UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PROTO HEAD.
YO, THE ORDINANCE DOES SAY THAT THE COMMITTEES STAY UNTIL OCTOBER 31ST.
THE ORDER TERMINATES ON OCTOBER 31ST.
THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW ITEM 38, WHICH
[38. Public Hearing and Consider an Ordinance abandoning a 0.1924 acres (8,379 square feet) portion of right-of-way (Brent Court) located on the southeast corner of Lot 1, Block 1 of the WHHOW Addition, Instrument No. 201900166685 of the Real Property Records of Dallas County, Texas and commonly known as 127 Matamoros Street, Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas; Authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute a Quitclaim Deed transferring said abandoned right-of-way to Wilbur Dean Lewis (Reviewed by the City Council Development Committee on 06/22/2026)]
IS A PUBLIC HEARING.GOOD EVENING, NOREEN HOUSE, RIGHT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.
ITEM 38 IS A PUBLIC HEARING, AN ORDINANCE, UH, ABANDONED IN 0.1924 ACRES AND A PORTION OF RIDE OF WAY, ALSO KNOWN AS 1 2 7 MEADOWS MORRIS STREET IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
UH, THIS IS AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE A QUICK CLAIM DEED TRANSFERRING THE SET ABANDONED RIGHT OF AWAY TO WILBUR DEAN LEWIS.
IT IS A PLATTED UNIMPROVED PORTION OF RIGHT OF WAY.
IT IS ADJACENT TO THE APPLICANT'S PROPERTY.
ALL PUBLIC UTILITIES HAVE AGREED TO THE ABANDONMENT AND PUBLIC NOTICES WERE SENT UP TO THE PROPERTIES WITHIN 2200 FEET.
SAID THERE WAS 20 OF THEM THAT WERE SENT.
UM, AND ALSO THIS WAS, UH, DEDICATED BY PLAT ORIGINALLY BY THE OWNER.
HOWEVER, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, AND EVEN IF YOU, IF THEY HAVE IT SIGNED UP, YOU CAN STILL DO SO NOW, IF YOU WANNA COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON ITEM 38.
SEEING NONE, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 38 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF SECOND.
MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL.
[39. Resolution authorizing the submission of an application to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (“TPWD”) for directed grant funding through the Local Park Grant Non-Urban Outdoor Program for the Turner Park Improvements Project; Designating the City’s Director of Public Infrastructure as being responsible for, acting for, and on behalf of the City of Grand Prairie (“City”) to work with the TPWD for the purpose of participating in the Local Park Grant Program; Certifying that the City is eligible to receive program assistance; and Dedicating the proposed Project site for permanent public park and recreational uses (Reviewed by the City Council Development Committee on 07/16/2026)]
AGAIN, PUBLIC HEARING.THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERING A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION TO TEXAS PARK AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT FOR A DIRECT DIRECTED GRANT FUNDING THROUGH THE LOCAL PARK GRANT NON-URBAN OUTDOOR PROGRAM FOR TURNER PARK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
THIS DESIGNATES THE CITY'S DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE AS BEING THE RESPONSIBLE FOR ACTIN FOR AND ON THE BEHALF OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE TO WORK WITH THE TEXAS PARK AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PARTICIPATING IN THE LOCAL PARK GRANT PROGRAM.
THIS CERTIFIES THE CITY'S ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE PROGRAM ASSISTANCE AND DEDICATE IN THE PROPOSED PROJECT SITE FOR PERMANENT PARK AND RECREATION USES.
IF THE CITY IS AWARDED THE GRANT, IT IS A 50 50 SPLIT UP TO $1.5 BILLION AND WE WILL BE REIMBURSED 750,000 FROM TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE.
THE CITY WILL NOTE BE NOTIFIED IN THE SPRING OF 2027 IF WE'VE RECEIVED THE GRANT AND WE WILL RECEIVE THE FUNDS IN THE FALL OF 2027.
THIS IS PERMISSION JUST TO APPLY FOR THE GRANT AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL, DON'T MAKE A MOTION.
ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK? EVEN IF YOU HAVEN'T FILLED OUT A CARD, STAND UP AND HEAD THIS WAY.
UH, WE'RE DOING GREAT THINGS AT TURNER PARK AND THIS WILL JUST MAKE 'EM COME FASTER AND CHEAPER.
AND WANNA DO IT? IT REMINDS ME OF SOME OF THE OTHER GRANTS WE'VE RECEIVED FROM SOME OF OUR OTHER, UH, YOU VOTED ON THAT THING.
AND THE, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.
MOTION CARRIES IT, IT DOES HELP OUR MONEY.
AND I'M SO APPRECIATIVE OF THE GRANTS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET FROM SOME OF OUR STATE REPS AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR SOME OF OUR PARKS.
[40. Public Hearing and Consider a Resolution authorizing the submission of an application to the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) for grant funding through the FEMA Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Grant Program for the Grand Prairie Flood Warning System Modernization & Expansion Project; Authorizing the City Manager or designee to act on behalf of the City in relation to the BRIC Grant Program; Authorizing City Matching Funds for 25% of the Anticipated Total Project Costs in an amount up to $125,000; and Authorizing the City Manager or designee to accept BRIC Grant funding, if awarded, and execute any documents necessary for said acceptance]
ITEM 40, ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING, UH, IN CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THE GRANT FUNDED THROUGH FEMA BUILDING RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITIES GRANT PROGRAM FOR GRAND PRAIRIE'S FLOOD WARNING SYSTEM MODERNIZATION AND EXPANSION PROJECT.THIS AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY IN RELATION TO THE BRICK GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZING THE CITY.
UH, AUTHORIZED IN CITY MATCHING FUNDS FOR 25% OF THE ANTICIPATED TOTAL PROJECT COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $125,000.
THE ANTICIPATED TOTAL COST IS $500,000.
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THIS AUTHORIZES CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO ACCEPT THE BRICK GRANT FUNDINGTHE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO, UH, FUND IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR FLOOD WARNING SYSTEM.
THIS WILL RESOLVE, UH, ISSUES WITH THE GATES AND FLASHERS ON CARRIER.
AND THIRD, UH, UPDATE OUR RAIN GAUGE EQUIPMENT AND TRANSITION TO A NEW SOFTWARE TO IMPROVE AWARENESS, UH, OF EMINENT FLOODING.
UM, I IF THIS IS, AS NOREEN SAID, A PUBLIC HEARING, ANYBODY WISH TO COME FORWARD? IF NOT, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 40 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF SECOND.
[41. Public Hearing considering the Grand Connection as a program for which Federal Operating and Capital assistance under Section 5307 and 5310 of the Transportation Efficiency Act of 1998 for rural and Small Urban Transit Agencies will be sought; Resolution authorizing the City Manager to Submit Grant Applications to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for assistance with the fiscal year 2027 capital and operational costs related to the Grand Connection Program in an estimated amount of $862,950, including Transportation Development Credits; Authorizing the submission of documents providing assurance of compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Authorizing the City Manager to execute all contract documents necessary to accept and receive funding from the FTA in the estimated amount of $830,000; Accepting funding in the amount of $170,584 from the Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) and $20,000 from Dallas County for Fiscal Year 2027 operational costs related to the Grand Connection Program; Providing for Matching funds from the City’s fiscal year 2027 budget in the amount of $265,521 making the total Fiscal Year 2027 Grand Connection budget $1,319,055 (Reviewed by the City Council Development Committee on 07/16/2026)]
ITEM 41.I'M CAROL FREEZE, DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY.
THIS IS MONICA LAW, OUR TRANSIT MANAGER.
THIS IS THE GRAND CONNECTION BUDGET FOR FY 27, BUT LET'S GO INTO A FEW NUMBERS FROM 26.
AND PASSENGER MILES 4 0 3 4 38.
AND I DID LOOK UP THE NUMBER COUNCIL MEMBER HEDON HAD ASKED FOR IN COMMITTEE.
AND WE HAVE 4,920 SEPARATE ACCOUNTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME.
UH, AND FOR THOSE, WELL NEW FOLKS, IT'S UH, IT'S FOR FOLKS THAT ARE OVER THE AGE OF 60 AND OR ARE DISABLED OR ABLE TO RIDE.
UH, GRAND CONNECTION FOR FREE FOR NEXT YEAR.
53 0 7, 500 $20,000 DOLLARS IN A CAPITAL 53 10 FEDERAL TRANSIT, 310,000 FTA, WHICH IS TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT CREDITS 32,950 T 170,584.
THE CITY'S LOCAL MATCH AT 20% IS 265,500 DALLAS COUNTY NUTRITION 20,000, WHICH ALLOWS US TO DO THE TRIPS TO THE GROCERY STORES AND FOR A GRAND TOTAL OF NEXT YEAR, 1.3 MILLION, 19,055.
SO I THINK I'M READING THIS CORRECTLY.
WE GET TO DO GRAND CONNECTION FOR A 20% MATCH.
THIS IS A PHENOMENAL BENEFIT FOR OUR CITIZENS THAT HAVE TO GET TO THE DOCTOR AND OTHER THINGS WE HAVE VIA NOW.
THIS IS FREE AND IT DOES A LOT OF FOLKS REGULARLY TO DIALYSIS.
YOU SAW THE, ON A DAILY BASIS, YOU SAW THE MATH.
WE'VE BEEN DOING GRANT CONNECTION FOR YEARS AND I'M, THIS IS GREAT.
ANY QUESTIONS? THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND WE HAVE A SPEAKER.
UH, THE QUESTION I HAVE, DO WE HAVE TO APPROVE THIS ITEM TONIGHT? IS THERE A QUESTION WE COULD MAYBE YEAH.
THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE IT'S FOR THE FY 27 BUDGET AND WE'RE ABOUT TO GO THROUGH THE BUDGET WORKSHOP, SO THAT'S WHY DO WE HAVE TO APPROVE IT TONIGHT? OH, THE GRANTS, THE FEDERAL TRANSIT GRANTS ARE ON A DIFFERENT LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT CALENDAR.
AND TYPICALLY WE TRY TO GET THIS IN BECAUSE IT IS DUE BEGINNING OF AUGUST, UM, INTO THE, SO THE GRANTS ARE DUE, THIS IS THE GRANTS.
IT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN THE CITY BUDGET.
SO WE USUALLY DO IT IN THE MIDSUMMER SO THAT WE'RE IN TIME FOR THAT.
SO WHEN YOU, IT IS ON HERE, IT SAYS 2027 BUDGET.
I THINK MAYBE IT'S A GRANT APPROVAL, RIGHT? IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
IT'S NOT PART OF OUR FYSI SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT REALLY PART OF THAT.
THIS KIND OF STANDS ALONE AND IT IS JUST A HAIR AHEAD OF THE OTHER ONE.
SO THAT'S WHY WHAT YOU'RE GONNA BE ASKING FOR, UM, THE LOCAL MATCH IS IN THERE, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY PART THAT AFFECTS IT.
YOU GOOD? NOT, I'VE GOT A SPEAKER.
HAROLD WILLIS WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM SERVED ON THE COMMISSION ON AGING FROM 94 TO 2000.
THIS WAS ONE OF OUR LITTLE ISSUES THAT WE PUT FORTH.
I WISH WE COULD, WE GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VIA TRANSPORTATION AND GRAND CONNECTION.
I'VE HAD PEOPLE, OLDER PEOPLE WANT
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TO KNOW WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? WHICH ONE SHOULD I TAKE? PRIMARILY, IF YOU'RE OVER THE AGE OF 60 AND OR YOU HAVE A DISABILITY, WE'LL HAVE SOME DOCTOR FORMS THEY FILL OUT AND THINGS YOU QUALIFY TO GO TO THE DOCTOR TO GO TO DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT TRIPS OF THAT NATURE.UM, YOU'RE ALSO, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE BIG, THAT'S THE BEST.
AND IT'S A BIGGER ROOMIER BUS THAT CAN, IT'S 18 PASSENGER BUSES.
IT'S EASIER TO MANEUVER IF YOU'RE IN A WHEELCHAIR.
IT HAS THE LIFT IN THERE AND THE DRIVER WILL SECURE THOSE IN, IN TRANSIT.
SO WE WANT TO AGGRESSIVELY PUSH THIS FOR SOME OF THE OLDER FOLKS ON THEIR WALKERS.
SOMETIMES I FIND SOMEONE OF THAT IT FITS THIS CATEGORY THAT MAY BE TRYING TO RIDE VIA AND THEY'RE HAVING AN ISSUE, ONE OR THE OTHER.
AND ONCE I GET THEM SIGNED UP APPROPRIATELY FOR THE RIGHT ONE CONNECTION, WE TRY REDIRECT THEM.
CONNECTION IS APPROPRIATE FOR THOSE, FOR THOSE RIDERS.
THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT MAYOR CHARLES ENGLAND, TONY SHOTWELL, CITY MANAGER TOM HART, WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THIS PUT FORTH.
THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS, ONE OF THE LEGACIES THAT OLD CHARLIE ENGLAND LEFT US AND IT'S BENEFICIAL.
UH, SO OLIVER, HAVE WE HAD ANY INCREASE OR DECREASE OF THE FUNDING? I WAS HAVING TROUBLE HEARING BACK THERE.
WE'RE GETTING MORE MONEY THIS YEAR OR HOW'S THIS COMPARE WITH THE PAST YEARS? IT'S A LITTLE MORE, BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY HAVE THAT LARGE CAPITAL EXPENDITURE, WE WILL BE BUYING A FEW NEW BUSES OKAY.
AND CREATING OUT SOME OF THE OLDER FLEET.
SO IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT THAT'S WHY.
ON OUR NEWER BUSES, ARE THEY GONNA RUN ON COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS OR CAN THEY BE HYBRID OR BATTERY PLEASE? WE HAVE, WE HAVE TO GO OUT FOR BID BEFORE THE, BUT WE'RE NOT SPECIFYING COMPRESS RAL GAS.
I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE THE PUMPS FOR THAT.
SO WE WOULD MAKE SURE IT'S SOMETHING WE COULD SUPPORT WITH OUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE.
WELL, UPS RUNS THEIRS WITH GASOLINE GONNA GO SKY HIGH HERE.
THAT, ARE THERE ANY MANUFACTURERS THAT DO HYBRID VEHICLES OR BATTERY TYPE VEHICLES THAT WE COULD UTILIZE TO HELP FOR PERHAPS WE'LL FOLLOW THE FTA GUIDELINES BECAUSE OF COURSE THAT'S WHERE THE FUNDING IS COMING FROM.
THE CAPITAL'S A HUNDRED PERCENT COVERED THROUGH THESE FEDERAL GRANTS.
UM, SO WE WILL STAY WITHIN THAT.
WE'LL SEE WHAT OPTIONS ARE AND HOW FAR THAT WILL GO TO COVER AS MANY VANS, UH, BUSES AS WE CAN GET OR THAT FUNDING, UH, FOR, BUT WE JUST DON NEED THE BUD PERHAPS.
WE'VE GOT CERTAIN NUMBER OF BUSES WE NEED TO CHANGE OUT AND WE NEED TO SEE WHAT WE CAN GO AND HOW FAR WE CAN GO WITH THE BIDDING ON THAT.
HOW MANY AVERAGE YEARS ARE WE GETTING OUT OF THESE BUSES AND, AND MILEAGE, WOULD YOU SAY? SEVEN.
AND THIS SERVICES, IT ISN'T AVAILABLE ON SATURDAYS OR SUNDAYS? JUST MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO, TIM HEDON, UH, TO HIS QUESTION, I, I THINK ANOTHER DISTINGUISHING FACTOR, IF I'M, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THAT THESE, THESE, UH, GRANT CONNECTION BUSES ACTUALLY GO TO YOUR DOOR, WHEREAS VIA YES.
YOU'VE GOTTA WALK A LITTLE WAY.
SO IF SOMEONE MEETS IT'S DOOR TO DOOR, NO QUESTION MEETS THE AGE THRESHOLD, THEY MIGHT AS WELL IS A GREAT POINT.
IF YOU MEET AGE THRESHOLD, YOU NEED TO SET THIS UP AND THEY'LL TAKE YOU ONCE A WEEK, ONCE A MONTH, WHATEVER YOUR YEAH, EXACTLY.
ANYBODY ELSE? YOU COME FORWARD? YEAH.
I JUST WANTED TO COME FORWARD ON, ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE.
UM, I'M 60 YEARS OLD AND I QUALIFY FOR THE SERVICES.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF HE EVEN MADE IT TO CITY HALL, BUT A FEW WEEKS BACK, UM, I WAS OVER AT THE BETTY WARD MAC LIBRARY AND I BEGAN TO HAVE SOME KIND OF CHEST PAIN.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING, BUT I GUESS I MADE NOISES TOO LOUD.
AND THE STAFF AT THE LIBRARY CALLED PARAMEDICS AND PARAMEDICS GOT THERE.
MY BLOOD PRESSURE WAS 1 75 OR 73.
THE HOSPITALS THEY WANTED TO TAKE ME TO, I DECLINED TO GO.
BUT THERE WAS A LADY THAT TOOK ME TO UT SOUTHWESTERN.
THEY DID A MRI CAT SCAN AND IT SHOWED THAT I HAD A MILD LITTLE STROKE.
SO, UM, THESE KIND OF PROGRAMS RIGHT HERE, IT HELPED PEOPLE LIKE ME THAT DO HAVE A DISABILITY.
SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, HOPE THE COUNCILS FIND IN YOUR HEART TO SUPPORT THESE PROGRAMS. THANK YOU.
ANYBODY ELSE? SEEING NONE? I ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
ITEM 41 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF SECOND.
MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[42. STP-26-04-0007 - Site Plan - United Glass and Mirror (City Council District 1). Site Plan for a 22,500 sq. ft. manufacturing facility on 2.971 acres of land in the J. R. Parker Survey, Abstract No. 1227, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, zoned LI, and addressed as 1141 Avenue J East (On June 9, 2026, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 6-0)]
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL SPAN AWARE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.[01:45:01]
A SITE PLAN REQUEST FOR UNITED GLASS AND MIRROR.THE PROPERTY'S ADDRESSED IS 1141 AVENUE J EAST.
YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.
UH, THE PROPOSAL IS FOR A SITE PLAN FOR A MANUFACTURING FACILITY, WHICH IS ALLOWED IN THE PROPERTY'S CURRENT ZONING OF LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE, UH, SUBJECT PROPERTY.
THE SITE PLAN IS FOR THE FIRST PHASE, WHICH IS A 20, ABOUT A 22,000 SQUARE FOOT, ONE STORY GLASS MANUFACTURING WAREHOUSE AND DISTRIBUTION FACILITY.
ON THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE THE SITE PLAN WITH THE PROPOSED BUILDING ACCESS AND PARKING.
IT DOES MEET OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS, AS WELL AS OUR PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
IT ALSO MEETS OUR PROPOSED OR OUR, UH, LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS.
ON THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE THEIR PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS, WHICH INCLUDES, UH, BRICK AND METAL PANELS AND BLAZING ON JUNE 9TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO.
THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE CONDITION THAT THE TREE IS UTILIZED FOR MITIGATION CREDIT IN PHASE ONE CANNOT BE COUNTED TOWARDS LANDSCAPING OR MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS, UH, FOR A FUTURE PHASE.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
WE HAVE, UH, ONE OF OUR LONG TERM ENGINEERS HERE, WALTER NELSON, THAT'S AVAILABLE IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
COUNCIL MEMBER, CLEMSON OR ANYBODY ELSE? GOOD TO SEE YOU, WALTER.
CLEMSON, ARE YOU PREPARED TO MAKE A MOTION? I'M PREPARED.
UM, ON ITEM NUMBER 42, THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED.
THIS IS PHASE ONE AND THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION REGARDING THE TREES.
UH, I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 42 WITH RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO MOTION CARRIES, UH, SEVEN TO ONE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL VOTING NAY.
AND I'LL TAKE THIS AS A GOOD MOMENT FOR ANYBODY THAT'S HERE, BUT ESPECIALLY FOR A COUNCIL MEMBER.
CHAPPELLE, ANYTIME I ASK FOR A VOICE VOTE IF I, I DON'T NECESSARILY, NO.
I DON'T HAVE TO HEAR EVERYBODY'S.
YAY OR YES, IF, BUT YOU BETTER SAY NO IF YOU DON'T WANNA VOTE FOR IT.
I DON'T, 'CAUSE IT'S ALL MUMBLED.
BUT IF I DON'T HEAR YOU, IT'S A YES.
THAT'S BY THE ROBERTS RULES ORDER.
[43. ZON-26-04-0011 - Zoning Change/Concept Plan - IKEA Phase 3 (City Council District 2). Zoning Change to amend Planned Development District 456 to a new Planned Development District, modifying the total number of multi-family units allowed from 225 to 252 on 10.088 acres. Lot 5, Block 1, Mayfield Road Retail Addition 1, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-456 within the SH 161 Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 1151 Ikea Way (On June 9, 2026, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval with a condition by a vote of 6-0)]
ALRIGHT, ITEM 43 IS A ZONING CHANGE AND CONCEPT PLAN.YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.
THE REQUEST IS TO AMEND THE EXISTING PD 4 56 TO MODIFY THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MULTIFAMILY UNITS ALLOWED ON ABOUT 10 ACRES FROM 225 TO 252.
THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
THE PROPOSAL, AGAIN, INCREASES THE MULTIFAMILY SLASH HYBRID HOUSING UNITS FROM, UH, OR EXCUSE ME, 2, 252 UNITS.
HAD A, A MAXIMUM INCLUDED IN THAT.
YOU CAN SEE THEIR CONCEPT PLAN ON THE SCREEN.
ACCESS IS OFF OF IKEA A AND THEN A SECONDARY ACCESS IS OFF OF A SHARED ACCESS.
UH, WITH THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT, UH, THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSING ENHANCED, UH, LANDSCAPING BETWEEN THE INTERNAL PARKING AREA AND THE NORTHEAST DETENTION POND, UH, TO MINIMIZE THE VISUAL IMPACT FROM ROBINSON ROAD.
AND THEY DID PROVIDE SOME CONCEPTUAL BUILDING ELEVATIONS OF THE PROJECT.
AND THIS IS THE MULTIFAMILY PORTION.
AND THEN ON JUNE 9TH, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH A CONDITION BY A VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO.
AND THAT CONDITION IS THAT SOLID CONTINUOUS LANDSCAPE SCREENING SHALL BE PROVIDED AND MAINTAINED ALONG THE DETENTION POND AREA ADJACENT TO THE PARKING SPACES.
ALL PLANT MATERIALS FOR THE SCREENING SHALL HAVE A MINIMUM HEIGHT OF SIX FEET AT THE TIME OF PLANTING, UH, TO FORM THAT OPAQUE VISUAL BARRIER SCREENING.
THE PARKING CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
UM, JUST GOT SOME GENERAL QUESTIONS.
WHEN, UH, WILL YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WHERE IT SHOWED THE MIX OF THE ROOMS? OKAY.
UM, IN, IN PLANNING, HAVE YOU GUYS LOOKED AT ANY TYPE OF MARKET ANALYSIS TO SAY WHAT
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THE, THE MARKET IS BEARING OR SAND? DO THEY NEED MORE ONE BEDROOM, TWO BEDROOMS, OR THREE BEDROOMS OR WHAT, WHAT'S THE, THE STANDARD OR TYPICAL FAMILY SIZE? NOW PLANNING HAS NOT DONE THAT STUDY.SO WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW 10 ROOMS, IF I'M CORRECT, FOR TWO BEDROOMS OR LARGERS.
IS, IS THAT STANDARD OR SHOULD IT, WHAT'S OUR REQUIREMENTS? SO THE MAXIMUM IS 60% OF THE UNITS CAN BE ONE BEDROOM.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S ALL WE SPECIFY AS FAR AS THE UNIT COMPENSATION.
SO THIS, THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR A DEVIATION ON THAT.
AND, AND, AND IF THIS IS APPROVED, THAT WOULD BE REVIEWED DURING THE SITE PLAN.
THAT MAY BE SOMETHING WE NEED LOOK AT.
BUT THIS IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE NUMBER OF BEDROOMS. YEAH, UH, I KNOW, BUT OKAY.
WE CAN'T MIX THE TWO RIGHT NOW.
I KNOW, UH, YOU SAID 60% SO THEY CAN GO TO 70% ONE BEDROOMS IF THEY'RE MEETING OUR RECOMMENDED DESIGN, UH, STANDARDS.
I KNOW WHERE YOU WERE AT YESTERDAY.
UM, AND COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON STAFF, THAT MAY BE ONE OF THE THINGS TO HELP US WITH SB A 40 IS WE LOOK AT CHANGING THIS, BUT NOT, NOT TONIGHT.
MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE, WE NEED TO GET WITH STAFF ON.
Y'ALL ARE ALL TOO FAMILIAR WITH IT.
SB EIGHT 40 AND, UH, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND, UH, I DON'T WANNA SAY ANYMORE BECAUSE IT MAY BE USED AGAINST ME.
I WAS TOLD I WAS DOWN IN AUSTIN, SO WE'LL EXPLAIN LATER COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT.
COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, IT PERTAINS TO WHAT YOUR TESTIMONY WAS, WHICH WAS VERY APPROPRIATE, UH, FOR NEEDING MORE MULTI BEDROOMS. RIGHT, RIGHT.
UM, THIS IS WHAT PRECIPITATED THIS, THE, JUST THE FACT ABOUT THE REMOVING THE EASTERN PART BECAUSE THIS IS, LEMME FINISH HERE REAL QUICK.
THIS IS A 10% INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF UNITS, WHICH IS A PRETTY BIG INCREASE.
SO THE INITIAL ZONING WAS DONE BY THE OVERALL DEVELOPER.
THIS REQUEST IS, IS, UH, THE APPLICANT IS SPECIFIC TO THIS 10 ACRE PROPERTY AND A MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPER.
SO AS THEY WERE GOING THROUGH THE, THE PLANS FOR THE PROPERTY, THEY HAVE REQUESTED THIS AMENDMENT AND THEY, WE SHOULD ASK THEM WHEN THEY COME UP AS TO WHY, IF THEY'RE HERE.
MY NAME IS KIM MCCASLIN WITH MC THREE DEVELOPMENT GROUP, UH, 100 NORTH MITCHELL ROAD IN MANSFIELD, TEXAS.
UM, AS MENTIONED, WE WERE NOT THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPER FOR THIS PARTICULAR ZONING CASE.
WE, UH, HAVE PICKED THIS DEVELOPMENT UP AND WE ARE THE ADJACENT DEVELOPERS, UM, WHO DID DUVAL IN SUTHERLAND RIGHT NEXT DOOR, AS WELL AS VILLA CENTRAL PARK OVER BY THE SUMMIT.
AND ALSO FOR, UH, SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISIONS WITHIN GRAND PRAIRIE.
WE'VE BEEN DEVELOPING IN THE CITY SINCE 1999.
AND IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE FOR US.
UM, THE REQUEST TONIGHT, AS, UH, STAFF MENTIONED, I BELIEVE WE HAVE A PRESENTATION.
IS IT, I DID NOT RECEIVE ONE THIS MEETING.
I CAN PULL UP THE ONE FROM LAST MONTH.
FROM CITY, I MEAN FROM PLANNING AND ZONING.
I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SHOW YOU, UM, SOME VISUALS.
WELL, YOU'RE WAITING TO SHOW US THE VISUALS.
WHY THE WHY DO YOU NEED THE INCREASE? SURE.
SO WE ARE, WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD A BEST IN CLASS SUB, I MEAN, UH, MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE AR ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES THAT WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE GONNA WANT IN THE CORRIDOR IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE AMENITIES THAT WE KNOW WILL ATTRACT THE RESIDENTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO OBTAIN, UM, THOSE 27 UNITS, THOSE SEEMINGLY, UM, SMALL REALLY IN THE OVERALL SCHEME OF THINGS, UM, IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE, UH, FINANCIAL LANDSCAPE OF THE DEAL.
SO WE, I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU A COUPLE.
AM I JUST SCROLLING OVER? THERE WE GO.
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A SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON OF THE EXISTING 225 UNITS AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING ON THE 252 UNITS.AND I WANTED TO SHOW THIS SLIDE BECAUSE I THINK IT IS REPRESENTATIVE, UM, OF WHAT, UM, OF THE LITTLE IMPACT THAT WE'RE REALLY ASKING FOR IN THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT.
UM, WE HAVE TURNED A COUPLE OF BUILDINGS.
WE HAVE EXPANDED ONLY ONE BUILDING.
WE HAVE NOT INCREASED THE NUMBER OF BUILDINGS AT ALL.
WE HAVE NOT, UM, INCREASED THE HEIGHT OF ANY OF THE BUILDINGS.
WE HAVE NOT INCREASED THE ACREAGE OF THE SITE.
SO WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WITHIN THAT.
AND CONSEQUENTLY, BY DOING THAT, IT'S ALSO ALLOWED US TO ADD A MUCH LARGER COMMUNITY GREEN SPACE AROUND THE CLUBHOUSE AND SOME WALKABILITY PATHS AMOUNT AMONGST THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT BASED ON WHETHER THIS IS LOCATED RIGHT BEHIND TOPGOLF AND, UM, AND BASS PRO SHOP AND THE OTHER RESTAURANTS AND SUCH THAT ARE IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
THIS IS, UM, A RENDERING, UM, OF WHAT THE BUILDINGS WILL ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE.
THIS IS, UM, ALSO, UM, A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHAT OUR COMMUNITY GREEN AND COMMUNITY AMENITIES WILL LOOK LIKE.
WE HAVE QUITE A LOT THAT WE'VE, UM, ENHANCED ON THIS PROPERTY.
UM, WHEN WE HAVE DONE REPEATED PROJECTS IN A CITY, WE CERTAINLY LIKE TO, UM, UP OUR GAME, UM, ON EACH PROJECT, DO SOMETHING NEW, DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, AND DO SOMETHING THAT, UM, WOULD BE EXCITING FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
UM, SO IN WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE, AND THESE 27 UNITS WOULD ALLOW US TO DO SOME PICKLEBALL TO A PUTTING GREEN, UM, TO DO AN OUTDOOR MOVIE LAWN WITH GATHERING SPACES FOR THE NEIGHBORS.
IT WOULD ALLOW ALSO A PRIVATE FITNESS BUILDING.
NORMALLY WE DO FITNESS WITHIN OUR CLUBHOUSE, BUT THIS TIME WE'RE PROPOSING A SEPARATE BUILDING ENTIRELY THAT WOULD GIVE MORE OF A PRIVATE GYM EXPERIENCE.
UM, WE HAVE DEDICATED WALKWAYS BETWEEN ALL THE BUILDINGS AND INCLUDING THE TOWN HOMES ALONG ROBINSON ROAD, UM, SO THAT WE HAVE CREATE A MORE WALKABLE ENVIRONMENT.
UH, WE HAVE A DOG PARK THAT'S ALWAYS VERY POPULAR ON ALL OF OUR DEVELOPMENTS.
UM, WE ARE ALSO IMPLEMENTING SMART HOME TECHNOLOGY IN EACH ONE OF THE HOMES.
SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE, UM, SMART LOCKS, SMART THERMOSTATS, AN ALARM SYSTEM AND A VIDEO DOORBELL AS WELL AS, UM, DEDICATED EV CHARGING STATIONS.
WE FEEL THAT THIS VISION IS TO CREATE, UH, WILL HELP US TO CREATE, UM, LESS OF A TRADITIONAL APARTMENT COMPLEX AND MORE OF A MINI MASTER PLAN NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, WE HAD MET WITH COUNCILWOMAN HEDEN AND VISITED WITH HER ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
UM, WE HAD TAKEN A LOT OF HER, UM, THOUGHTS AND CONSIDERATIONS ON THE AMENITIES AND ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE BUILDINGS TO HEART AND HAVE TRIED TO IMPLEMENT THOSE CHANGES INTO, INTO THIS DEVELOPMENT.
SOME OF THOSE ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES INCLUDE CLEAN, CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE, TIMELESS RESIDENTIAL MATERIALS, ENHANCED TRIM DETAILING, ARCHITECTURAL AWNINGS, AND A LAYERED FACADE THAT JUST PRE CREATES INTEREST AND VISUAL DEPTH, UM, FOR THE PROPERTY.
UM, ALL OF WHICH ARE A MORE EXPENSIVE, UM, OPTION TO BUILD.
AND CERTAINLY IT IS WELL ABOVE WHAT IS ACTUALLY REQUIRED IN THIS PD ALONG ROBINSON ROAD.
LET ME ALSO, LET ME SCOOCH TO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE.
YOUR TIME'S ABOUT UP SINCE YOU HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE DEAL.
I'LL GIVE YOU A FEW MORE, JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
I'LL JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
UM, I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE TOP PICTURE IS THE TOWN HOMES.
THIS PD DOES REQUIRE THAT WE HAVE, UH, TOWN HOMES ALONG ROBINSON ROAD, UM, AND WE HAVE, UH, CREATED WHAT WE FEEL IS AN EXCELLENT STREET SCAPE ALONG ROBINSON.
IT PROVIDES FRONT PORCHES AND A STREET LINED, UH, DRIVE ALONG ROBINSON FRONT PORCHES, PRIVATE YARDS FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE TOWN HOMES.
THEY ALSO INCLUDE TWO CAR GARAGES AND THAT'S PART OF THE RENT FOR THOSE PARTICULAR UNITS.
THE OTHER, THE MULTIFAMILY AND THE CLUBHOUSE THAT YOU SEE ON THE OTHER TWO RENDERINGS.
I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE WERE PROPOSING THE ARCHITECTURE TO LOOK LIKE.
UM, AND THE CLUBHOUSE WOULD BE A STANDALONE BUILDING AS WELL.
SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT DENSITY IS AN IMPORTANT, UH, CONSIDERATION AND WE APPRECIATE THE CITY'S, UH, THOUGHTFUL APPROACH TO THE, TO THE GROWTH IN THE CITY.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE REQUESTING ONLY THE 27 UNITS AND NOT GOING OVERBOARD WITH THAT.
WE'RE, UM, WE ARE REALLY NOT TRYING TO ACHIEVE MAXIMUM DENSITY, BUT RATHER MAXIMUM QUALITY.
AND WE'D CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT.
COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, JUST ONE MORE QUESTION.
WHAT IS THE RENTAL RANGE FOR THESE UNITS? YEAH, SO WE'RE, UM, THEY ALL ARE, UM, AROUND $2 PER SQUARE FOOT.
SO FOR AN EXAMPLE, UM, A ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT WOULD RUN SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 1400 AND $2,000 A MONTH.
A TWO BEDROOM BETWEEN 1,920 $600 A MONTH, AND A TOWN HOME BETWEEN 3030 $300 PER MONTH.
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MEMBER SHOTWELL, UH, I DON'T KNOW.MAYOR, I THINK MY QUESTION MIGHT BE MORE FOR SAVANNAH.
ASK IT AND WE'LL FIND OUT, UH, ALL THESE AMENITIES AND NEW STUFF THAT THE LADY IS SAYING THAT SHE WANTS TO BUILD IN HERE.
IF WE CHANGE THE PD, AND I DON'T THINK SHE WILL, BUT IF SHE JUST SAID, I GOT THE PD CHANGED AND WALK OUT THE DOOR AND SAID, I'M GOING BACK TO MY ORIGINAL DESIGN, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO STOP THAT? I WOULD RECOMMEND INCLUDING A CONDITION OF APPROVAL THAT EXPLICITLY STATES THAT THEY MEET THAT LIST OF AMENITIES OR A COMPARABLE MIX IN THE MOTION.
UH, MAYOR PRO TIM, UM, THE TOWNHOMES, WHAT ARE THOSE TWO OR THREE BEDROOMS? WE HAVE BOTH.
WE HAVE SIX, UH, TWO BEDROOMS AND FOUR OR THREE BEDROOMS. OKAY.
ON YOUR ADJACENT PROPERTIES, I MEAN, ARE THEY RENTED OUT 90% OR IS IT A HUNDRED PERCENT RENTED OUT? HOW, HOW ARE THEY DOING? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
UM, AND THAT GOES BACK TO THE MARKET QUESTION THAT YOU WERE ASKING PREVIOUSLY OR ONE OF THE MEMBERS WAS ASKING PREVIOUSLY.
WE CERTAINLY STUDIED THE MARKET.
WE STILL OWN THE DUVAL, WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR.
WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S IT RENTING? I MEAN, WHAT'S THE YES, IT'S OVER 95% LEASED.
I BELIEVE AT LAST COUNT WE ONLY HAD SEVEN UNITS AVAILABLE.
AND IF YOU NEED IT, IF YOU WALKED IN THE DOOR TODAY, YOU COULDN'T EVEN GET A UNIT UNTIL MID AUGUST.
THERE'S A, THERE'S A HIGH DEMAND, THERE'S A TON OF TRAFFIC.
WE AVERAGE ABOUT 30 PIECES OF TRAFFIC EVERY WEEK, UM, WHICH JUST MEANS THAT THERE'S SOMEONE'S, SOMEONE'S WALKING IN THE DOOR LOOKING FOR A LEASE 30 TIMES EVERY WEEK.
THERE'S A, THERE'S A REAL DEMAND.
I'M NOT READY FOR A MOTION YET.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR I'M GONNA GO AHEAD.
COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, I'LL SKIP YOU NOW AND COME BACK TO YOU.
YOU MENTIONED ENHANCED GREEN SPACE.
CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT? SURE.
SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE LAND ON THIS PARTICULAR DEAL.
FOR EXAMPLE, VAL AND SUTHERLAND, WE'RE BOTH EIGHT ACRES.
SO IT ALLOWS US MORE GREEN SPACE.
IT ALLOWS US TO SPECIFICALLY PROGRAM THAT GREEN SPACE THAT'S ALLOWING US TO DO THE GOLF AND THE PICKLEBALL AND THE OUTDOOR MOVIE AND THAT KIND OF THING ON, ON THIS SPACE.
ANY ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING UPGRADES? SURE.
WE, AND WE DID TAKE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS IN, AND WE ARE GOING TO ADD ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING AROUND THE DETENTION AREA AND ALSO THE SECONDARY ENTRANCE.
UM, SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SCREEN AS MUCH PARKING AS POSSIBLE FROM ROBINSON ROAD.
I HAVE, I WANTED TO GET FINISHED TALKING TO HER 'CAUSE I HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER.
YES, WE, WE MAY CALL YOU BACK UP, BUT THANK YOU FOR COMING.
MICHELLE FRANKLIN, GOOD EVENING.
MICHELLE FRANKLIN 33 17 CATHEDRAL DRIVE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
UM, I'M NOT NECESSARILY SPEAKING ON THIS DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT IS PART OF THE IKEA MAYFIELD ROBINSON ROAD.
YOU CAN KINDA NEED TO STICK TO THIS ITEM OKAY.
I WAS GOING TO SPEAK ON TRAFFIC AND STUFF LIKE THAT AHEAD, BUT I CAN MOVE IT TO ANOTHER SESSION.
TELL US ABOUT HOW BAD THE TRAFFIC IS.
UM, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS HAS APPROVAL FOR NEARLY EVERY ONE OF THESE UNITS.
AND A TRAFFIC STUDY WILL NOT DENY THIS.
I JUST THOUGHT I'D PIGGYBACK OFF OF IT.
I'LL LET YOU SPEAK SINCE YOU'RE HERE.
AND TRAFFIC HAS TO DO WITH THIS ITEM.
MY APOLOGIES FOR PICKING THE WRONG, UH, TIME TO SPEAK.
UH, AS PART OF THE MAYFIELD AND ROBINSON ROAD DEVELOPMENT, THERE ARE DIFFERENT TRACKS THAT WERE AGREED UPON.
UM, THIS IS PART OF, I THINK THIS IS TRACK FOUR.
ONE THROUGH THREE INCLUDES BJ'S, UM, ANOTHER ANCHOR STORE, A RESTAURANT AREA.
UM, I WAS HERE IN JULY OF 2024.
SPEAKING ABOUT TRAFFIC NOISE, UM, TALKING ABOUT THE MASONRY WALL THAT WAS GOING MM-HMM
TO SURROUND, UH, SURROUND TRACKS ONE THROUGH THREE.
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THE COUNCIL APPROVED INCREASING THE WALL HEIGHT FROM SIX FEET TO EIGHT FEET.UM, I'M WONDERING WHEN THAT WALL IS GOING TO BE BUILT.
UM, ALSO WITH THE MEDIAN TURN IN FROM ROBINSON ROAD INTO THE BACK OF BJ'S, I SPECIFICALLY ASKED ABOUT DELIVERY TRUCKS USING THAT ENTRANCE.
UM, IS THAT REALLY NECESSARY? UM, STAFF AT THE TIME STATED THAT THAT ENTRANCE WOULD NOT BE A PRIMARY ACCESS FOR TRUCKS AND WE DON'T WANT THEM TO GO IN AND OUT THAT WAY.
BACK OF MY HOUSE IS RIGHT THERE.
THERE ARE THREE TO FIVE TRUCKS EVERY DAY DURING THE DAY IN THE EVENING.
UH, COUNCILMAN LOPEZ AT THE TIME ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT IDLING TRUCKS BEHIND THOSE BUILDINGS.
STAFF AGAIN STATED THEY ANTICIPATE IDLING WOULD HAPPEN AT THE LOADING DOCK AND NOT BEHIND THE BUILDINGS.
WELL, AGAIN, THAT IS NOT THE CASE.
UM, YOU KNOW WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO? YES SIR.
THESE ARE ALL VALID QUESTIONS AND THINGS WE NEED TO LOOK INTO.
PLEASE TALK TO THE STAFF BECAUSE WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT THE RULES WE READ INTO THE MOTIONS ON BJ'S.
WE'LL WAIT TILL THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
GET WITH THEM AFTER THIS MEETING.
APPRECIATE YOU COMING TONIGHT.
JUST KEEP THIS AND DON'T HESITATE, UH, DON'T WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
OUR, OUR CITIZENS DON'T WANT APARTMENTS.
THIS HAS APPROVAL FOR APARTMENTS.
UM, WE CAN CERTAINLY DENY BECAUSE SHE'S ASKING FOR A MORE APARTMENTS THAN THE QUESTION BECOMES WHAT WILL THEY BUILD UNDER THE CURRENT NUMBER STAFF IF WE DENY THEY COULD BUILD WHAT? 2 32 2 2 25.
COULD WE FORCE 'EM TO DO ANY OF THE ENHANCEMENTS THEY TALKED ABOUT? YES.
UH, IN THE APPROVAL IF YOU WANTED TO NOTE THESE.
IF WE DENY TONIGHT AND THEY COME BACK NOT ASKING FOR A VARIANCE, COULD WE REQUIRE THEM TO BUILD A PICKLEBALL COURT? NO.
AND I'LL, I'LL NOTE THAT AS WELL.
THE PREVIOUS CONCEPT PLAN DID NOT INCLUDE THAT DETENTION POND.
SEE, THAT'S THE DILEMMA I'M IN.
WHEN SHE TALKED TO ME AND SAID, I WANT THE EXTRA, I SAID, ONLY WAY YOU'RE GONNA GET EXTRA IS IF YOU GIVE US EXTRA MINUTES.
MY DILEMMA IS IF WE SAY NO, SHE COULD COME BACK WITH NO DEVIATIONS, NO PICKLEBALL PORT, NO EXTRA GREEN SPACE, NO ENHANCED LANDSCAPING.
AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO DENY 'CAUSE SHE MET EVERYTHING ON THE SITE PLAN.
IS THAT A TRUE STATEMENT? THANK YOU.
SO COUNCIL DEPUTY, MAYOR PRO TIM HEAD.
AND WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS WEIGH, UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE THERE.
THE LOOKS OF THIS IS PRETTY NICE.
UM, THE ENHANCEMENTS SHE TALKED ABOUT WERE THINGS SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO DO.
AND I'M NOT GONNA PUT HER ON THE SPOT AND SAY, WILL YOU DO 'EM IN THE NEXT ONE? 'CAUSE SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO.
UM, YOU SHARE THE DILEMMA WITH ME, I'M SURE.
AND, UH, UH, MY PERSONAL OPINION IS, I THINK WE NEED TO GO WITH WHAT SHE'S BROUGHT.
'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA GET IF WE DENY.
I DID MEET WITH KIM AND, AND HER STAFF.
UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I SPOKE WITH MAYOR PORT TIM, THE DEFINITIONS OF LUXURY CONDOS, APARTMENTS AND SO ON CAN BE DIFFERENT FROM PERSON TO TO PERSON.
THEY CAN, CAN BE, BUT, BUT I FELT IT WAS NICE.
LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT THE AMENITIES.
THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO ANY OF THE AMENITIES.
UM, SO I DID HEAR FROM SOME CITIZENS ABOUT THE TRAFFIC.
I HEARD FROM SOME CITIZENS ABOUT, UH, APARTMENT FATIGUE.
UM, A LOT OF THIS ZONING WAS DONE IN THE EIGHTIES AND THE SEVENTIES AND AND SO ON.
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QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP FROM CITIZENS IS IF, IF WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO LISTEN TO WHAT THE CITIZENS WANT, WHICH IS NO MORE APARTMENTS, WHY WOULD WE TAKE OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE UNITS? AND I WOULD, I WOULD EXPLAIN TO 'EM EXACTLY WHAT I JUST EXPLAINED TO THIS BODY.HERE'S WHY THEY'RE GONNA BUILD THEM.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE APARTMENTS THERE.
THERE'S GONNA BE APARTMENTS THERE AND, AND HOW THEY APARTMENTS LOOK.
AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY THAT LIVES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS GONNA KNOW THAT THEY BUILT 20 SOMETHING MORE WHEN YOU HAVE THAT MANY UNITS THERE ANYWAY.
'CAUSE THEY ALLOW 20 MORE UNITS.
UM, ONE THING THAT I DON'T THINK ALL OF OUR CITIZENS ARE THINKING ABOUT IS, AS YOU'VE STATED, IF WE GET AN EYESORE AND THEY CHECK ALL THE BOXES, CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
UM, AND I DON'T MIND MAKING THE MOTION.
I'M STILL, I'VE BEEN BACK AND FORTH AND BACK AND FORTH.
I'M STILL, I DON'T MIND MAKING THE MOTION.
I JUST WANNA TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS.
ANY LAST THOUGHTS AFTER HEARING THIS DEBATE? I SEE YOU NODDING.
TONY, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? YEAH, WELL, I GUESS THANK YOU.
UH, I PERSONALLY HAVE NO PROBLEM NOW.
10 PERCENT'S A BIG NUMBER, BUT BUMPING IT UP TO 10% WHERE I HAVE THE PROBLEM.
MY HEADACHE IS, AS THE MAYOR SAID, THEY CAN BUILD APARTMENTS.
RIGHT NOW THEY'VE ALREADY GOT A SUA, THE PD FOR APARTMENTS.
THEY CAN BUILD SOMETHING TO MEET THEIR OLD CONCEPT PLAN.
BUT, BUT THE WAY THIS SITS RIGHT NOW, ACCORDING TO WHAT I JUST, THE INFORMATION I GOT FROM SAVANNAH IS WE CAN BUST BUMP THIS UP 10% TO 27 MORE UNITS AND THEY CAN STILL BUILD TO THAT WHOLE CONCEPT PLAN.
UNLESS WE PUT IT IN THE MOTION.
DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN THE, IF THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE MOTION THAT REQUIRES SOME OF THESE AMENITIES, AND I WOULD NEED THE LADY TO COME BACK UP AND TELL ME WHICH ONES SHE CAN GUARANTEE WILL BE BUILT IF WE DO THIS.
I, I WOULDN'T HAVE HER COME BACK UP.
I'D MAKE IT PART OF THE MOTION, BUT, BUT WE MAKE IT PART OF THE MOTION.
THAT MAKES IT, SHE'S, I CLARIFY WITH HER THAT, THAT MAKE IT A PART OF THE MOTION THAT MAKES IT ON US RATHER THAN, BECAUSE AS THE MAYOR SAID, THEY CAN BUILD THEM RIGHT NOW.
THEY CAN BUILD 'EM TO WHAT PLAN THEY PUT IN WHEN THE PD, I A HUNDRED PERCENT AGREE.
WE NEED TO MAKE A PART OF THE MOTION.
WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT IF WE GIVE 10%, THIS IS STILL A BIG NUMBER, 10%.
THIS IS A BIG NUMBER, FOLKS, THEN WE GET SOMETHING BACK FOR IT.
AND WHAT SHE SAID WE SHE'S GONNA GIVE US IS NOT IN THIS BOOK.
WE NEED TO GET THAT IN THE ORDINANCE.
SO THAT'S WHERE I'M AT WHILE MOTHER SPEAK.
THAT'S, I'M, THAT'S THE ONE THING WE HAVE TO DO.
IF WHICH THEY CAN TELL US WHAT THEY WERE, WE WOULD NEED TO GET IN THE RECORD.
COUNCILMAN, ANYBODY ELSE? JUST PUT YOUR LIGHT ON.
NO ONE ELSE HAS THEIR LIGHT ON.
I THINK FROM THE NODDING EVERYBODY YEAH.
YOU BEING ABLE TO TELL YOUR CITIZENS THAT WE CHOSE IF THE MOTION PASSES TO GET THE NICER PROPERTY YEP.
BECAUSE HERE'S WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE IN WHICH YOU DID.
YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS AND I SAID SPECIFICALLY TO YOU AND KIM, YOU GOTTA TELL US WHAT YOU'RE DOING EXTRA AND WHAT YOU'RE VYING UP FOR US.
REMEMBER THAT CONVERSATION? YES.
AND YOU CAN HANG YOUR HAT ON THAT.
'CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT.
AND WE'VE SEEN APARTMENT BUILDER AFTER APARTMENT BUILDER DO LESS THAN WHAT THEY SAID.
THEY WELL ONLY DO THE MINIMUM.
ONLY DO THE MINIMUM REQUIRED BY THE SITE PLAN.
SO I WILL NOT VOTE FOR YOUR MOTION TO ACCEPT UNLESS YOU PUT IN THOSE AMENITIES LIKE THE PICKLEBALL COURT, LIKE THE EXTRA GREEN SPACE, LIKE THE EXTRA LANDSCAPING THAT SHE SAT OUT LOUD HERE.
UM, WELL I HAVE A PRECEDENT AT THIS POINT OF NEGOTIATING WITH DEVELOPERS LOWER NUMBER OF UNITS.
I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT TRACK RECORD.
UM, BUT I'D LIKE, KIM, IF YOU CAN COME BACK UP HERE.
WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF, UH, IDEAS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS MENTIONED WAS MAYBE A LAZY RIVER.
SO THERE WERE A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS FOR ENHANCEMENT.
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GUARANTEED HAPPEN.WE WILL DO A PICKLEBALL COURT.
WE WILL DO THE OUTDOOR MOVIE LAWN.
WE WILL DO A MARKET, UH, FOR THE RESIDENTS.
WE WILL DO THE PRIVATE FITNESS BUILDING, MEANING A SEPARATE BUILDING FOR, UH, FITNESS THAT'S APART FROM THE CLUBHOUSE THAT THE BUILDING WILL HAVE THE FITNESS BUILDING AND THE MARKET.
WE WILL DO THE CONNECTING PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE SITE.
WE WILL DO THE SMART HOME TECHNOLOGY INCLUDING LOCKS, THERMOSTATS, ALARM SYSTEM AND VIDEO DOORBELL.
AND WE WILL DO DEDICATED EV CHARGING STATIONS AT DUVAL.
HOW ABOUT THE LANDSCAPING? YES.
AND THE IMPROVED LANDSCAPING THAT WE SHOWED ON THE SITE PLAN, THAT WAS IN THE PRESENTATION AROUND DETENTION, THE DETENTION POND, AND ALSO THE SECONDARY ENTRANCE.
I WOULD, I THINK I CAN SHOW YOU SOME.
THAT'S WHY I'M CLARIFYING DEPUTY MAYOR PRO.
I HAVE LIST EVERY ONE OF THOSE THINGS IN YOUR MOTION.
SO NO, EVERY ONE OF 'EM YOU SAID ESPECIALLY WHAT? EVERY ONE OF THEM.
UM, YEAH, I THINK I GOT THAT DOWN.
THIS TIME DUVAL DOES HAVE A LAZY RIVER.
UM, BUT I FEEL LIKE, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, I THINK THE MARKET IS VERY IMPORTANT.
WE, WE WANT OVER TO EPIC WATERS
SO ONE OF MY MAIN CONCERNS IS TOPGOLF BEING SUCH A PREMIER DESTINATION, WHICH WE'VE WANTED FOR A LONG TIME.
WHAT IF WE WERE TO GET LIKE A BUDGET APARTMENTS THAT LOOK REALLY NOT GREAT.
AND WE'VE, WE, WE'VE HAD THOSE POP UP.
I THINK THAT'S BAD FOR THE CORRIDOR, WHICH IS WHY I THINK I CAN MAKE AN EXCEPTION FOR THIS THAT I HAVEN'T MADE ON ANYTHING ELSE BECAUSE IT'S NEXT DOOR TO TOPGOLF AND THAT'S NOT THE PLACE FOR, UM, WHAT'S THE TERM? THE WORKFORCE HOUSING, ALL OF THAT.
AND THAT, AND THAT IS COUNCILWOMAN HEAD.
AND THIS, THAT IS NOT WHAT THIS IS.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO STATE FOR THE COUNCIL'S, UH, UNDERSTANDING IS THAT EVERY TIME YOU COULD LOOK BACK AT EVERY TIME I'VE STOOD AT THIS PODIUM FOR EVERY PROJECT WE'VE EVER BUILT IN GRAND PRAIRIE AND THE RENDERINGS I'VE SHOWED YOU ARE THE RENDERINGS THAT YOU HAVE ON THE GROUND.
WE, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE DEVELOPERS WHO COME UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT THINGS AND, AND BIG GRANDIOSE IDEAS AND THEY DON'T DO IT.
BUT I WILL STATE ON MY REPUTATION, WE'VE NEVER DONE THAT.
WELL, KNOWING THAT APARTMENTS ARE GOING REGARDLESS, I WILL REALLY BE DISAPPOINTED.
LET'S MAKE THE MOTION NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.
PUT IT IN THE MOTION AND IT, AND IT'S RAGGEDY AND THEN I'M STUCK.
SO, UM, I WANNA READ IN STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION WITH THIS MOTION AS WELL AS WHAT YOU'VE STATED.
SO FOR ITEM 43, THIS IS IKEA PHASE THREE, UH, MULTIFAMILY.
I'D LIKE TO APPROVE, UH, WITH THE 27 ADDITIONAL UNITS, UH, ON THE GROUNDS THAT THERE WILL BE SOLID CONTINUOUS LANDSCAPE SCREENING, UH, THAT SHALL BE PROVIDED AND MAINTAINED ALONG THE DETENTION POND, UH, ADJACENT TO THE PARKING SPACES.
AND THAT ALL PLANT MATERIAL FOR THE SCREEN SHALL HAVE A MINIMUM HEIGHT OF SIX FEET AT THE TIME OF PLANNING TO FORM AN OPAQUE VISUAL BARRIER SCREENING.
THE PARKING AND, UH, THAT THE DEVELOPER IS GUARANTEEING THAT THIS, THE PROPERTY WILL LOOK LIKE WHAT IS IN THE PICTURES.
IF YOU CAN PUT BACK UP THE, THE EXTERIOR ELEVATIONS.
THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE, THAT'S EXHIBIT A IN OUR COURT CASE.
IT WILL LOOK LIKE THAT MA'AM, AS PRESENTED.
IF YOU HAVE DONE THAT IN THE HANDOUT, THAT THERE WILL ALSO BE, AND, AND READ THAT LIST THAT SHE GAVE TO ME.
A PICKLEBALL COURT, A PUTTING GREEN, A MOVIE LAWN, A MARKET, A SEPARATE FITNESS BUILDING, A DOG PARK, SMART HOME FEATURES WITH THE VIDEO CAMERAS FOR EACH UNIT AND EV CHARGING PARKING SPOTS.
CAN I GET A SECOND? THAT'S THE SAY.
DID YOU SAY ENHANCED LANDSCAPING? WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE STARTED WITH, WITH THE LANDSCAPING.
THAT WAS NUMBER ONE ON THE LIST.
SO THE, THE TENSION POND LANDSCAPING IS A REQUIREMENT.
SO WHEN WE SAY ENHANCED LANDSCAPING, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WELL, WE CAN FOLLOW EXACTLY WHAT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION WAS.
THE VISUAL SCREEN AT PLANTING SIX FEET TALL.
CONTIGUOUS, YOU CAN SEE ON THIS EXHIBIT THAT WE HAVE A CONTIGUOUS,
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UH, LANDSCAPING ALL THE WAY AROUND THE DETENTION POND.AND THAT'S WHY STAFF RECOMMENDED IT.
AND THAT WAS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THAT WE UPDATED THE PLAN ACCORDINGLY TO INCLUDE IT.
SO IT WOULD BE PER THE PLAN SUBMITTED RIGHT.
THE THE, THE LANDSCAPING OR ROUND DETENTION POND IS THE ENHANCED SCREENING THAT WE REQUESTED THE OTHER IF THEY'VE AGREED TO DO YES.
THAT'S THE ONLY, THAT'S JUST ENHANCED LANDSCAPING, CORRECT.
IS AROUND THE RETENTION SCREENING VERSUS LANDSCAPING.
THAT'S THE BEST WE CAN DO FOR ENHANCED LANDSCAPING.
LOOKING THE ONLY PLACE WE CAN SPEAK ON IT AS FAR AS AROUND THE RETENTION POND, THAT'S WHERE IT'S NEEDED MOST.
THAT'S WHERE IT'S NEEDED THE MOST.
THE OTHER LOCATIONS ARE GONNA BE HELD TO THE REQUIREMENTS EITHER WAY FOR OUR LANDSCAPING.
AND LOOKING AT THE ENTRY POINTS, PARKING ENTRY POINTS.
AND THAT'S THE HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION? STAFFING GIVE I BELIEVE.
SO CONSIDERING THE LOCATION OF THE SITE, UM, YOU HAVE AN INTERNAL DRIVE.
SO WE HAVE LANDSCAPING THAT'S REQUIRED ALONG THAT INTERNAL DRIVE ALONG ROBINSON AS WELL.
UM, ONE PER EVERY SO MANY FEET.
UM, SO, AND I THINK WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT, WE WOULDN'T BE OVERLY CONCERNED, UH, CONSIDERING IT'S A PART OF THE MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL BE LANDSCAPING THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT.
SO, WELL, IF WE WANT MORE, YOU CAN ASK COUNCIL, WE CAN OVERRIDE ANYTHING THEY RECOMMEND AND ASK FOR MORE.
BUT WE, WE NEED TO BE REASONABLE TOO.
I DON'T, I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE REASONABLENESS.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY FEEL IT'S COM THEY FEEL THE BEST.
I FEEL COMFORTABLE, BUT I CAN'T SAY I, I'M NOT A ARBORIST, SO I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT IT'S GONNA BE SUPER UPSCALE.
UH, BUT LOOKING AT THE ELEVATIONS AND THE SITE PLAN ITSELF, I'M NOT CONCERNED WITH WHAT THEY'RE SHOWING US.
I BET IT'S BETTER THAN MOST OF THE OTHER APARTMENTS IN TOWN.
I'M OH, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAPPELLE.
SO FOR US MAKING THE MOTION, IF, IF YOU CAN EDUCATE ME, MAYOR.
SO IF WE PLACE ALL OF THIS INTO THE MOTION, THEY STILL ARE NOT REQUIRED.
THAT'S WHY WE WORDED THE GOT YOU.
WELL, LET'S MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND.
IF WE DENY IT CORRECT, THEY COULD COME BACK AND DO THE LOWER QUANTITY AND WE COULD NOT PUT THESE OTHER STIPULATIONS ON IT BECAUSE ALL THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO BY LAW IS MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS THAT OUR ORDINANCE REQUIRES.
THEY MEET WHAT THE PREVIOUS CONCEPT, THE PREVIOUS, WHICH DID NOT INCLUDE ANY OF THESE HAND ENHANCEMENTS.
THE ONLY REASON WE HAVE THE WIGGLE ROOM, AND THAT'S WHY COUNCIL MEMBER CHAPPELLE, I SOMETIMES, NO, NOT SOMETIMES I LOVE PEOPLE COMING IN HERE AND WANTING VARIANCES.
WHY DO I WANT 'EM OPPORT? COME ASK FOR VARIANCES BECAUSE WE CAN ASK FOR SOMETHING BACK, RIGHT? MM-HMM
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THAT MAKES SENSE, YEAH.
IF YOU HEARD COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMSON SAY ON THAT SITE PLAN, SITE PLANS, THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN LEGALLY DENY 'EM IS IF THEY'RE ASKING FOR A VARIATION.
LEGALLY DENY 'EM ONLY WAY YOU STAFF CAN EXPLAIN THAT TO YOU LATER.
SO SHE PUT THAT IN THE RECORD.
THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY DEVIATIONS.
ONE OF THE REASONS WE DO THAT IS TO KIND OF PROTECT OURSELVES.
WELL MAYOR, WHY DIDN'T YOU, WHY DID Y'ALL APPROVE THAT THEY HAD THE SITE PLAN, THEY HAD THE LAW BEHIND THEM AND THEY DIDN'T ASK FOR DEVIATIONS.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THAT MAKES SENSE.
THE RECORD WILL BE PART OF WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO.
AND I WANNA MAKE A, AN AMENDMENT.
I FORGOT TO ALSO ADD THE CONNECTED, UH, PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS.
SO DOES THAT MEAN, UH, FOOT ACCESS POINTS TO TOPGOLF FROM YOUR PROPERTY? WE MEAN CON CONNECTED FROM THE BUILDINGS TO ALL THE AMENITIES WITHIN OUR PROPERTY.
THAT SOUNDS WE DON'T HAVE LIKE WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE ANYWAY.
IS THAT NOT NORMAL? WELL, NOT, WE DON'T, DON'T ALWAYS.
I MEAN, SOMETIMES IT'S JUST PARKING LOT TO THE, YOU KNOW, TO THE BUILDING AND FOR THEM TO CONNECT IT ELSEWHERE.
WE'D HAVE TO GET INVOLVED TO GET WELL FOR THE FULL CONNECTIVITY.
UM, DO I SETTLE? I GUESS I SETTLED ALL THAT.
WAS THERE A SECOND? YEAH, SHE MADE A MOTION.
DO I NEED TO REREAD THE MOTION? I THINK WE'VE ALL GOT IT.
WELL LET ME, LET ME JUST SAY THIS SINCE THERE HASN'T BEEN YOU SECONDED IT.
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OKAY.I JUST WANTED TO GET ON THE RECORD THAT THIS ANOMALY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT REALLY HAS TO DO WITH THE LOCATION BEING NEXT TO TOPGOLF, ONE OF OUR PREMIER ENTERTAINMENT LOCATIONS.
SO IT'S REALLY NOT THE TIME TO HOPE SOMEBODY DOESN'T PUT SOMETHING RAGGEDY AND UNSIGHTLY.
I I KNOW WHICH WE'VE HAD HAPPEN BEFORE.
I DON'T COUNT DEPUTY MAYOR PROTE.
I KNOW WHY YOU'RE TRYING TO COACH IT LIKE THAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD WANT SOMETHING OTHER THAN DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING.
WELL, WHY WOULD WE, WELL FOR ME, WHY WOULDN'T WE, SOME OF THE CHEAPER OPTIONS, THE SUPER, SUPER BUDGET OPTIONS.
WHY WOULD, WHY WOULD WE WANT SOMETHING LIKE THIS ANYWHERE IF SOMEBODY CAME IN AND WANTED 20 MORE UNITS TO DO THIS? YES.
NOT BECAUSE IT'S BECAUSE ACROSS THE TOP GOLF, BECAUSE IT'S BETTER FOR OUR WHOLE CITY.
BUT YOU READ THAT IN YEAH, BUT I ADD THAT TO SAY I JUST DON'T AGREE WITH IT CERTAIN PLACES.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE BUDGET OPTION.
NEED DISCUSSION NOW? LET'S DISCUSS DISCUSSION.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE DISCUSSION.
BESSIE, I DO WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE YOU DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TE HEADING AND TRYING TO DO THE BEST, BEST.
OH SHE DID A GREAT JOB AND GIVE THE BEST OPTIONS FOR US BECAUSE NONE OF US WANT APARTMENTS, BUT WE KNOW THERE'S A NEED FOR APARTMENTS.
WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT DENSITY AND BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE VERY NICE APARTMENTS.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH US AND MAYOR, WE DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THAT WE WANT TO GET AS MUCH AS WE CAN WHILE WE CAN.
I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS AND SOMETIMES THE ONLY REASON YOU CAN IS IF THEY ASK FOR A DEVIATION.
LOOK, I WANT TO GO BACK TO WHEN YOU FIRST CONTACTED ME ABOUT THIS AND I CALLED, UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIMM.
AND I SAID THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GONNA APPROVE THIS IS IF SHE COMES UP WITH A LIST OF THINGS THAT WILL APPROVE WHAT THEY'RE GIVING US AND THEORETICAL GUARANTEED.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IT.
[44. SUP-26-05-0010 - Specific Use Permit/Site Plan - Concrete Pumping at 1509 W Shady Grove Rd (City Council District 1). Specific Use Permit and Site Plan for a contractor shop with outside storage and heavy equipment on 1.838 Acres. 1.838 acres of land in the John C Read Survey, Abstract No. 1183, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned LI, within the SH-161 Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 1509 W Shady Grove Rd (On June 23, 2026, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval with conditions by a vote of 5-0)]
ITEM 44.ALRIGHT, THIS NEXT ITEM IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AND SITE PLAN LOCATED AT 1509 WEST SHADY GROVE ROAD.
CAN I ENTERTAIN A MOTION? I'M JOKING.
AS COUNCIL MEMBER SWAFFORD USED TO DO, HE WOULD LOOK AT ME FROM THAT CORNER SEAT AND WHAT WOULD HE DO? WE'RE TAKING A BREAK.
THIS IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT SLASH SITE PLAN FOR A CONTRACTOR SHOP WITH OUTSIDE STORAGE AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
THE PROPOSED USE REQUIRES AN SUP BECAUSE IT'S WITHIN THE 1 61 CORRIDOR OVERLAY DISTRICT.
SO THE PROPERTY'S OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN AT 1509 WEST SHADY GROVE ROAD AND IT'S ABOUT 1.8 ACRES.
THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, THEY ARE PROPOSING TO DEMO ALL THE EXISTING ONSITE STRUCTURES, SO THIS WILL BE A COMPLETE SCRAPE AND TOTALLY NEW DEVELOPMENT.
UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING A 6,000 SQUARE FOOT TWO STORY ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING FOR CONCRETE PUMP HOLDINGS.
THE SITE ALSO, OR THE PROPOSAL ALSO INCLUDES UH, CONCRETE PUMP, TRUCK PARKING AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT OUTDOOR STORAGE YARD ON THE REAR PART OF THE LOT.
THEY DO HAVE AN AREA ABOUT 16,000 SQUARE FEET RESERVED FOR ONSITE STORM WATER DETENTION.
UH, THEIR PROPOSED ADMIN HOURS ARE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 7:00 AM TO 5:00 PM AND PUMP TRUCK OPERATION HOURS.
UH, 12:00 AM TO 11:00 PM UH, THE SITE WILL ACCOMMODATE THE CONCRETE PUMP TRUCKS UP TO 40 FEET IN LENGTH.
UH, THEY'VE ADJUSTED THE, THE PARKING STALLS, UH, TO REDUCE ANY ACCIDENTS AND THE TRUCKS CIRCULATION ON SITE WILL BE LIMITED TO ENTERING, EXITING AND PARKING ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR DAILY DISPATCH OPERATIONS.
A NOISE ON SITE WOULD BE PRIMARILY FROM THE ENGINE START AND SHUT DOWN ROUTINE TRUCK CIRCULATION AND BACKUP ALARM NOTIFICATIONS ON THE SCREEN.
YOU CAN SEE THEIR PROPOSED SITE PLAN.
UH, THE PROPERTIES OUTLINED IN RED, THEY DO HAVE THE PROPOSED BUILDING, UH, PARKING.
AND THEN THE AREA IN SALMON IS THE OUTSIDE STORAGE AND, UH, CONCRETE PUMP TRUCK PARKING AREA.
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AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS.IT DOES MEET OUR LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS.
UH, NOTE THE APPLICANT HAS NOT PROVIDED A TREE SURVEY OR MITIGATION PLAN AT THIS TIME.
UH, THE FINAL LANDSCAPING COULD BE ADJUSTED, UH, BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF THAT FUTURE TREE SURVEY, BUT THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO MEET THOSE STANDARDS.
UH, THEY HAVE AN EXISTING SIX FOOT WOOD FENCE IN RED ALONG THE WEST BOUNDARY, AN EXISTING SIX FOOT CHAIN LINK FENCE IN, SHOWN IN ORANGE, AND THEN AN EXISTING, UH, SIX FOOT CHAIN LINK.
AND, UM, THEY'RE PROPOSING A WROUGHT IRON IN THE BLUE AREA.
SO THEY ARE WANTING TO KEEP THEIR EXISTING FENCING, UH, RATHER THAN CONSTRUCT NEW FENCING.
UH, THE UDC WOULD REQUIRE A WOOD FENCE ALONG THE WESTERN BOUNDARY AND A MASONRY SCREEN WALL ALONG THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY.
UH, THESE ARE THEIR PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS.
BECAUSE IT IS WITHIN THE OVERLAY DISTRICT, IT DOES REQUIRE ART ARTICULATION, ARCHITECTURAL TREATMENTS.
UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING STONE, STECCO AND METAL PANELS.
THEY'VE INCLUDED ARTICULATION ELEMENTS AND GLAZING.
THEY ARE REQUESTING SOME VARIANCES.
UH, THE FIRST IS TO THE PAVEMENT MATERIAL.
THEY ARE REQUESTING THAT THE, UH, PARKING OF THE CONCRETE PUMP TRUCK AREA BE GRAVEL SURFACE INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED CONCRETE.
UH, THEY'RE REQUESTING THE VARIANCE TO THE SCREENING REQUIREMENTS ON THE EAST TO ALLOW THE SIX FOOT CHAIN LINK FENCE TO REMAIN IN PLACE.
UH, THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE SCREENING TO THE SOUTH, UM, THEY'RE REQUESTING TO ALLOW THE EXISTING FENCE INSTEAD OF CONSTRUCTING, UH, SCREENING WALL.
AND THEN THEY'RE REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO THE APPENDIX F REQUIREMENT OF A HUNDRED PERCENT MASONRY REQUIREMENTS.
SO THEY'RE, UH, MATERIAL COMPOSITION RANGES FROM 54 TO 61% MASONRY ON THE BUILDING FACADE, UH, STAFF DOESN'T OBJECT TO THE, UM, ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
THEY DID INCLUDE A LOT OF ARTICULATION AND ARCHITECTURAL TREATMENTS THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE DESIRED, UH, BUILDING DESIGN.
UM, ON JUNE 23RD, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS BY A, A VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO.
UM, I THIS EVERYBODY ON VACATION THAT WEEK,
SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS HOW THEIR RECOMMENDATION DIFFERS FROM STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
STAFF RECOMMENDED THAT THEY MEET, WAS MEXICO PLAYING THAT NIGHT?
UM, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THEY MEET OUR, OUR CONCRETE PAVING STANDARDS AS THIS IS A NEW DEVELOPMENT.
UH, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID NOT INCLUDE THAT RECOMMENDATION IN THEIR RECOMMENDATION.
AND THEN THEY ADDED A COUPLE OF CONDITIONS.
SO THE CONDITIONS THAT THEY'VE ADDED IS THAT PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, THE APPLICANT SHALL INSTALL ADDITIONAL CANOPY TREES ALONG THE SOUTHERN PROPERTY BOUNDARY BOUNDARY TO PROVIDE A CONTINUOUS SCREEN BUFFER WHERE EXISTING VEGETATION IS DEFICIENT.
AND THEN PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF THE CO, THE APPLICANT SHALL INSTALL A UNIFORM SIX FOOT WOOD FENCE ALONG THE WESTERN SOUTHERN AND EASTER PROPERTY LINES, AND THAT TO BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD CONDITION BY THE PROPERTY OWNER.
SO THEY WANTED A SINGLE FENCE MATERIAL FOR THE WHOLE PROPERTY.
AND THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
COUNCIL MEMBER CHAPPELLE, UM, I'LL TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REITERATE SOMETHING I TOLD YOU DURING THE BREAK.
THIS IS A SUP, WHICH MEANS WE CAN DENY WITH NO RECOURSE.
WE DON'T HAVE TO TELL 'EM WHY WE JUST UP AND DOWN VOTED NO.
THEY CAN SUE US, BUT THEY'RE NOT GONNA WIN.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE GOING TO VOTE.
AND I'M NOT IMPLYING THAT GEORGE IS GONNA PUT A MOTION ON THE TABLE TO VOTE.
NO, I'M JUST SAYING WE CAN VERSUS A SITE PLAN OR VERSUS PREVIOUSLY TALKING ABOUT THE APARTMENTS.
HAD THEY COME IN WITH THE APARTMENTS LOOKING JUST EXACTLY LIKE WHAT'S ON THE BOOKS AND SHOWED US A SITE PLAN, WE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SAY NO TO IT.
SO I'M NOT PUTTING WORDS IN GEORGIA'S MOUTH.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER, UH, SHE'S IN FAVOR THIS HERE AT THAT LOCATION OR NOT.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMSON, WE HAVE EDGAR MULLA MOLINA HERE.
EDWARD, ARE YOU HERE? THERE YOU ARE.
IS THIS YOUR PROPERTY? IT, IT IS NOT MY PROPERTY, BUT I'M HELPING OUT THE CLIENT.
YOU'RE HELPING THE CLIENT THIS TIME, Y'ALL.
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OKAY.UM, FIRST OF ALL, I DROVE BY THERE AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS AT THE RIGHT PROPERTY.
IT IS, UH, THERE IS AN EXISTING HOUSE THERE RIGHT NOW.
OKAY, I WANNA MAKE SURE I WAS AT THE RIGHT PLACE.
BUT YOU'RE GONNA DEMOLISH ALL OF THAT AND THEN BUILD A TWO STORY, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.
HE'S GONNA DEMOLISH THE EXISTING HOME AND BUILD THIS NEW, UH, COMMERCIAL OFFICE, COMMERCIAL OFFICE THERE.
AND UM, ALSO, I JUST WANT TO MENTION, AS THE MAYOR WAS SAYING, I WISH IT HAD NO VARIANCES.
IT WOULD BE SO, YOU KNOW, VERY EASY OR WHATEVER, A LOT EASIER.
BUT, UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE PUMP TRUCK OPERATION FROM 12:00 AM TO 11:00 PM UH, DOES THIS BACK UP TO, UM, UM, SOME MOBILE HOMES OR SOME, OKAY, THANK YOU.
HOW CLOSE IS IT TO HOMES? HOW CLOSE IS THE HOMES? YEAH, UH, STAFF, WHY DON'T YOU TELL US HOW CLOSE IT IS TO HOMES? IT'S FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE HOMES.
WELL, YEAH, YOU LET THEM DO IT.
SO THE PROPERTIES TO THE SOUTH IS EXISTING, UH, MOBILE HOMES.
AND THIS IS AN EXISTING MOBILE HOME.
IT IS ZONE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ON THE SITE PLAN.
UM, THIS IS THE, THE PROPOSED BUILDING, THE PROPOSED PARKING AREA.
THIS DISTANCE FROM WHERE THEIR STORAGE OF THOSE PROPOSED CONCRETE PUMP TRUCKS ENDS TO THE PROPERTY LINE IS 118 FEET.
THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED THE BUFFER.
THAT, THAT'S THE DI DISTANCE FROM WHERE THE STORAGE OF THOSE VEHICLES.
AND, UM, WHAT KIND OF FENCE WERE WE GONNA HAVE BETWEEN THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND THIS, THIS, UH, BUILDING? I, I KNOW THERE WERE DIFFERENT FENCES IN DIFFERENT AREAS.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION WAS, IT WOULD BE A SINGLE WOODEN SCREENING FENCE.
AND WAS THAT THE SAME? DID STAFF AGREE WITH THAT? STAFF IS OKAY WITH THAT IS OKAY WITH THAT.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT, I'M SORRY.
THERE'S ACTUALLY STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
UH, 3 6 2 4 LONDON LANE, RICHLAND HILLS.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT AS WELL THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY NATURAL SCREENING BEHIND THAT, UH, SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, WHICH IS WHY WE WERE ASKING TO JUST KEEP A A, A SIMPLE WOODEN FENCE THERE SINCE THERE'S ALREADY, BUT YOU'RE STILL GONNA BUILD THE WOODEN FENCE.
BUT IT SAYS THERE ON HERE TO REPLACE OR REPAIR.
SO THERE'S AN EXISTING FENCE ALREADY WITH AROUND THE PROPERTY.
AND, UH, IT'S WRITTEN IN THE, OR WE POINTED IT OUT ON THE SITE PLAN THAT ANY FENCE THAT SEEMS TO BE FAILING, IT'LL BE REPLACED.
IS IT A WOODEN FENCE THERE NOW? STAFF? MM-HMM
BUT IT WAS IN DISREPAIR IN A COUPLE OF PLACES.
RIGHT? IT'S OF COURSE, IT'S IN THE, OUR CLIENT'S BEST INTEREST TO HAVE A FENCE TO PROTECT ALL HIS EQUIPMENT.
SO WE WOULDN'T LEAVE A FENCE THAT'S NOT FUNCTIONAL.
WELL, THIS HAS A LOT OF MOVING PARTS.
UH, IT WAS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING AND STAFF.
WOULD YOU DON'T MAKE A MOTION YET? I WON'T.
STAFF, DO YOU, YOU APPROVE OF THIS WITH THE CONDITIONS AND WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS? YES, MA'AM.
THAT STAFF MADE AND THAT YOU'RE OKAY WITH WHAT P AND Z DID? IF WE DID EXACTLY THAT, IT, WE WOULD LIKE THE CONDITION NUMBER TWO TO BE MET, WHICH IS THAT THEY MEET OUR, OUR PAVING STANDARDS.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THAT, THAT THAT IS, THAT WAS THE MAIN REASON WE WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE SEP PROCESS, WAS TO REQUEST TO BE ABLE TO USE AN ALTERNATE PAV MATERIAL.
NO ONE WANTS TO DO CONCRETE PARKING.
UH, BUT YOU'RE ASKING FOR A LOT.
AND OTHER QUESTION WAS THE 12:00 AM TO 11:00 PM MM-HMM
WHAT'S GONNA GO ON THERE? AND IS IT CLOSE TO THE HOMES? UH, WELL, REALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THE BUSINESS WILL BE RUNNING AT THAT TIME.
A AS YOU GUYS KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF CONCRETE OPERATIONS OVERNIGHT, ESPECIALLY IN THIS TYPE OF WEATHER.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S ALL IT MEANS, THAT
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AT IN THE EVENING, THERE'LL BE WORKERS GOING THERE TO PICK UP THE TRUCKS.THERE'S NO ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS ON OUTSIDE.
WELL, WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS IS YOU'RE AROUND THE CLOCK.
IF THEY'RE GONNA OPERATE FROM MIDNIGHT TILL 10:00 AM THEY'RE GONNA BE OPERATING DURING THE DAY TOO.
THIS IS AN AROUND THE CLOCK OPERATION.
'CAUSE THEY'RE GONNA BE GETTING IN THERE AND, 'CAUSE YOU GOTTA SHOW UP AT SITE AT 5:00 AM SOMETIMES MM-HMM
I'M NOT GIVING THAT AS A REASON.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT'S, THAT'S A FACT.
AND WE NEED TO PICK, THIS MAY BE THE PERFECT LOCATION FOR THAT.
I'M, I'M, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I, AND IT WASN'T MENTIONED IN THE PRESENTATION, UH, BUT OUR CLIENT ACTUALLY HAS A SIMILAR BUSINESS, JUST TWO LOTS OVER, UH, SO THEY'RE ALREADY DOING THIS, UH, TWO LOTS OVER.
THEY'RE JUST WANTING TO EXPAND THE OPERATIONS.
THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
COUNCIL MEMBER, CLEMSON, BEFORE YOU MAKE A MOTION, COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL HAS SOME THINGS TO INTERJECT.
RIGHT? SO, UH, YOU GO AHEAD AND FINISH BEFORE YOU MOTION, LET ME GET HIM ON THE RECORD.
UH, IN THE SAVANNAH IN THE 108 FEET AREA, WHAT IS, WE'RE NOT PROPOSING ANYTHING TO BE THERE.
IT'D JUST BE GRASS, DIRT, MUD, CCHE, DETENTION IF NEEDED.
UH, ALRIGHT, THAT, THAT, THAT SPOOKS ME A LITTLE BIT, BUT BECAUSE WHY THAT SPOOKS ME IS IT WOULD BE HARD FOR US TO GET IN THERE AND SEE THAT IF, IF IT WASN'T STILL BEING USED FOR PARKING.
AND THERE IS A CONDITION THAT SAYS THAT ONLY PARKING AND STORAGE SHALL OCCUR ON THE AREA INDICATED FOR PARKING AND STORAGE.
SO THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO EXPAND THAT PARKING AREA CO TO THAT.
THEY WOULD BE OUTTA CO IF THEY PARKED IN THAT DETENTION AREA, THEY WOULD BE OUT COMPLIANCE.
IT'S NOT, THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO
IT'S TWO, TWO DIFFERENT, TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ANIMALS.
YOU CAN'T SAY THEY CAN'T DO IT.
THEY CAN, BUT THEY GET TICKETED.
UH, AND THEN MY OTHER HEARTBURN WOULD BE, NOT NECESSARILY WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT STAFF MADE, BUT I LIKE WHAT P AND Z ADDED ABOUT THE SAME KIND OF FENCE ALL THE WAY AROUND.
AND I LIKE WHAT P AND Z ADDED ABOUT PUTTING SOME TREES BACK THERE TO MITIGATE NOT ONLY THE VIEW, BUT MITIGATE THE SOUNDS BECAUSE, SO I THINK THAT'S GOOD TO ADD TO THE MOTION IF YOU'RE GONNA MAKE A MOTION BECAUSE THERE ARE, THERE ARE HUMAN BEINGS LIVING THERE NEARBY AND A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE TIED INTO THAT PROPERTY BECAUSE THEY BOUGHT THE MOBILE HOMES AND LEASED THE PROPERTY AND YOU CAN'T REALLY MOVE THOSE.
THEY HAVE TO, THEY HAVE TO BE THERE.
UM, STAFF, DO YOU, DO YOU KNOW OF, UH, THE PROPERTIES THAT THE OWNER OWNS THAT ARE TWO LOTS OVER? HAVE WE EVER GOT ANY COMPLAINTS ON THOSE AS FAR AS YOU KNOW? AS FAR AS I KNOW, NO.
IT'S KIND OF WHAT'S OUT THERE.
UH, MAYOR, I NEED TO GIVE ANYBODY ELSE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WANTS TO, TO COME DOWN AND SPEAK ON THIS CASE.
AND I, I WOULD JUST ADD, HANG ON, LET ME GIVE ANYBODY ELSE THE OPPORTUNITY.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT MOST LIKELY 95% PROBABILITY THAT THEY'RE GONNA TEAR DOWN THE WHOLE FENCE AND PUT A WHOLE NEW ONE ALL AROUND THE PROPERTY.
SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE MENTIONED, UH, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE 95% SURE YOU'RE GONNA DO IT, LET'S MAKE A PART OF MOTION THAT YOU HAVE TO DO IT.
YEAH, I DON'T, I DON'T LIKE THIS 95% STUFF BECAUSE I JUST PUT IT IN.
IF YOU SAID 50 50 CHANCE, WE MAY WORD A DIFFERENT WAY, BUT NO, WE'LL PUT IT IN A MOTION.
YOU HAVE TO TEAR IT DOWN AND BUILD A NEW FENCE.
I'LL MAKE THE AMENDMENT TO IT IF YOU WANT ME TO.
UM, I'M GONNA TAKE A SHOT AT THIS THAT WE APPROVE.
UH, ITEM NUMBER 44 WITH THE CONDITIONS, UM, THAT STAFF RECOMMENDED AND THAT PNC, IT WAS PNC RECOMMENDED AND INCLUDE THE FACT THAT WE WOULD LIKE THE FENCE REPLACED.
WE, WE WANT TO REQUIRE THAT THE FENCE IS, I LIKE A LOT OF THINGS, BUT I DON'T GET EVERYTHING I LIKE.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR YOUR HELP.
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GEORGIA, LET'S MAKE SURE WE'RE VERY SPECIFIC ON THE STAFF.AND WOULD YOU STATE THAT FOR US, SAVANNAH, THAT PAVED CONCRETE SHALL BE REQUIRED FOR THE PARKING OF VEHICLES AND STORAGE OF ANY MOTORIZED EQUIPMENT UNITS.
AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH A NORMAL THING WE ASK FOR.
AND BESIDES IT'S A CONCRETE BUSINESS THAT OUGHTA BE PRETTY EASY FOR 'EM.
WELL, THEY DON'T WANNA DO IT, BUT WE'RE GOING.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEED TO ADD? DID THAT COVER EVERYTHING WE TALKED ABOUT THAT COVER EVERYTHING? STAFF, THE DEFENSE? I'LL SECOND.
AND WE NEED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DO WHAT? DID Y'ALL WANT TO MAKE A PER MOTION THAT THERE WAS A NEW FENCE? SHE DID.
I MADE A MOTION FOR THE NEW FENCE.
BECAUSE SHE SAID LIKE, AND I SAID, NO, WE NEED TO DO MORE IN LIKE, IT'S GOTTA BE DUE.
AND WE GOT THE SECOND BY COUNCILMAN ADAMS. YOU UNDERSTAND THE MOTION? I THINK I UNDERSTAND THAT.
BASICALLY WE'RE BEING DENIED THE, THE PART THAT WE'RE REQUESTING TO PUT THERE CORRECT.
THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO
YOU'RE, BUT WE GET EVERYTHING ELSE, SO I APPRECIATE IT.
WE HAVEN'T DONE IT YET, BUT WE'RE GONNA DO IT ALL IN FAVOR.
IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE SOMEBODY REPRESENTATIVE HERE.
[45. ZON-26-04-0010 - Zoning Change - 534 Worthway Dr (City Council District 1). Zoning Change from Single Family-Four (SF-4) District to Single Family-Attached (SF-A) District on 0.16 acres. Lot 7, Block A, Jefferson Heights Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, zoned Single Family-4 (SF-4) District, and addressed as 534 Worthway Drive (On June 23, 2026, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended denial by a vote of 5-0)]
ITEM 45, UH, COUNSEL.ALRIGHT, ITEM 45 IS A ZONING CHANGE REQUEST FOR 5 34 WORTH WADE DRIVE.
THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO ALLOW FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DUPLEX.
THE PROPERTY'S OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.
THE EXISTING ZONING IS SINGLE FAMILY FOUR, AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A PROPOSED ZONING OF SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED.
THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY.
SO IN 1948, JEFFERSON HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION WAS ESTABLISHED, AND, UH, IN 1955, A SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOUSE WAS CONSTRUCTED ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
AGAIN, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO REONE THE PROPERTY SO THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO CONSTRUCT A NEW DUPLEX IN ON THE, ON THE PROPERTY.
SO THE MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH, EAST AND WEST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, UH, WERE DEVELOPED WITH SINGLE FAMILY HOMES BUILT BETWEEN THE LATE 1940S AND 1950S LIVING AREAS RANGING FROM 660 SQUARE FEET TO 1,550 SQUARE FEET.
SO IF THE ZONING IS APPROVED, THE PROPOSED DUPLEX WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A MINIMUM LIVING AREA OF 1,200 SQUARE FEET PER UNIT.
SO THE PROPOSED DUPLEX IS GENERALLY COMPATIBLE WITH THE SCALE OF THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT WOULD INTRODUCE A NEW HOUSING TYPE THAT'S NOT CURRENTLY CHARACTERISTIC OF THE ESTABLISHED PATTERN WITHIN THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE DID SEND OUT 41 NOTICES TO THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
WE RECEIVED ZERO LETTERS OF SUPPORT AND WE DID RECEIVE TWO LETTERS IN OPPOSITION.
THE LOCATIONS OF THOSE LETTERS ARE SHOWN WITH THE RED STARS.
AND ON JUNE 23RD, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED DENIAL BY A VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO.
AND, UH, STAFF'S UNABLE TO FULLY SUPPORT THIS REQUEST BECAUSE IT'S INCOMPATIBLE WITH THIS ESTABLISHED CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
MAYOR, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT ON JUNE, UH, JUST, JUST SAYING ON JUNE 9TH, P AND Z WAS SIX.
OH, THEY WAS ON VACATION AND NOW ON JUNE 23RD, THEY CONTINUED 5 0 5.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKERS, BUT THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYBODY WANNA SPEAK ON IT? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMSON.
UM, I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHY STAFF IS, UH, NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS OR CAN'T SUPPORT THIS OTHER THAN WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE, UM, PLEASE TE PLEASE TELL US.
SO THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THIS PROPERTY IS A PART OF IS ESTABLISHED AS SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES TOMES.
AND SO THEIR PROPOSAL IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THAT.
IT WOULD BE PROPOSING TO PUT A DUPLEX IN THIS, THIS ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD.
OH, IT JUST WOULDN'T MATCH EVERYTHING ELSE, CORRECT.
AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHY P AND Z DENIED IT.
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I AM, I'M JUST STILL PONDERING IT.I WON'T, I WON'T PONDER ALONG.
UM, UM, SINCE IT WAS, UM, DENIED BY PLANNING AND ZONING, AND SINCE OUR STAFF DOES NOT RECOMMEND IT, I, UH, MOVED TO DENY ITEM NUMBER 45.
SECOND WE HAVE MOTION AND SECOND, AND COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMSON.
I KNOW THESE ARE HARD WHEN WE DENY, BUT LET'S MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND.
[46. SUP-25-07-0024 - Specific Use Permit – Truck Parking & Outside Storage (City Council District 1). Specific Use Permit for Heavy Truck or Equipment Parking and Outside Storage on 4.88 acres. Tract 22, John Farrans Survey, Abstract No. 468, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Light Industrial, within the SH 161 Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 490 and 500 W Oakdale Rd (On June 23, 2026, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval with conditions by a vote of 5-0)]
46.ITEM 46 IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR FOUR 90 AND 500 WEST OAKDALE ROAD.
THE REQUEST LOCATION IS ON THE SCREEN.
OUTLINED IN YELLOW REQUEST IS FOR AN SUP FOR TRUCK PARKING AND OUTSIDE STORAGE.
THE PROPERTY'S CURRENTLY ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
IT'S WITHIN OUR 1 61 OVERLAY DISTRICT, AND IT'S ABOUT 4.8 ACRES.
THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY SHOWING, UM, ADJACENT, UH, LAND USES.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING AN SUP TO OPERATE A HEAVY TRUCK SLASH EQUIPMENT PARKING AND OUTSIDE STORAGE FACILITY.
WE WILL NOTE THAT THIS PROPERTY, UH, UNDER PREVIOUS OWNERS, WAS, UH, USED FOR SOMETHING SIMILAR WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION.
THIS CURRENT APPLICANT IS WORKING TO BRING THE SITE INTO COMPLIANCE, AND SO THE SUP PROCESS IS PART OF THAT, UH, BRINGING THAT INTO COMPLIANCE.
SO THEY'RE PROPOSING PARKING AND STORAGE OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES, INCLUDING TRACTOR TRAILERS, SEMI TRAILERS, AND SIMILAR HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES.
UM, OUTSIDE STORAGE OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT SUCH AS FORKLIFTS OR EXCAVATORS, AND THEN OUTSIDE STORAGE OF MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL AND EQUIPMENT.
SO NO EMPLOYEES WILL BE ON SITE FOR DAILY OPERATIONS.
THE, UH, EXISTING, UH, SITE INCLUDES THE PARKING AREA AND TWO EXISTING THREE SIDED METAL STORAGE BUILDINGS, A SMALL ACCESSORY STORAGE SHED, AND THEN CHAIN LINK FENCE TOP WITH RAZOR WIRE AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE PROPERTY.
SO CRUSHED GR UH, CONCRETE HAS BEEN INSTALLED THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY TO ACCOMMODATE VEHICLE CIRCULATION, PARKING, AND OUTDOOR STORAGE AREAS.
THE PLAN SITE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE A SCREENING FENCE AND AUTOMATIC GATE ALONG THE STREET FRONTAGE.
IT'S PROPOSED IN THE SAME LOCATION AS THE EXISTING FENCE.
AND, UM, THEY'RE ALSO PROPOSING A DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE AND THEN INTERNAL SIGNAGE TO PREVENT PARKING OR STORAGE WITHIN THE FLOODPLAIN.
SO THIS AREA IN BLUE AND THE REAR OF THE SITE.
UM, SO THE EXISTING SIDE AND REAR FENCING ARE TO REMAIN IN PLACE, AND THEY'RE NOT PROPOSING ANY, UH, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EXISTING DRIVE APPROACH INTERNAL DRIVEWAYS OR PARKING AND STORAGE SURFACES.
SO THIS IS A, A STREET VIEW OF THE PROPERTY.
YOU CAN SEE THERE'S AN EXISTING CHAIN LINK FENCE.
AGAIN, THEY'RE PROPOSING A NEW FENCE TO BE CONSTRUCTED AT THAT LOCATION.
THEY ARE REQUESTING SOME VARIANCES.
AND THE FIRST IS TO THAT SCREENING FENCE, UM, TO ALLOW SIX FOOT, UH, CHAIN LINK FENCE TO REMAIN ON THE SIDE AND REAR PROPERTY LINES.
AND THEN TO ALLOW AN EIGHT FOOT TALL DURA FENCE, WHICH IS GALVANIZED STEEL WITH PROTECTIVE COATING, UM, SCREENING FENCE AND ROLLING AUTO, AUTOMATIC ROLLING GATE.
ALONG THE WEST OAK DEAL FRONTAGE.
THEY ARE REQUESTING TO BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE THE EXISTING CRUSH CONCRETE SURFACES FOR THE PARKING OF THE VEHICLES AND TRUCKS.
UH, THEY'RE REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW THE CONTINUED USE OF THE EXISTING DRIVER APPROACH AND INTERNAL DRIVEWAYS.
THEY'RE REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW THE PROPOSED AUTOMATIC ROLLING GATE TO BE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 51 FEET FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY RATHER THAN ON THE REQUIRED 100 FOOT SETBACK.
UH, WE DID SEND OUT SEVEN NOTICES SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS DID NOT RECEIVE ANY LETTERS IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS BY A VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO.
UH, THE FIRST IS THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY SHALL COMPLY WITH THE SITE PLAN.
THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE A DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE THAT MEETS THE UDC REQUIREMENTS DRIVER APPROACH AND DRIVEWAY SHALL BE RECONSTRUCTED TO THE INDUSTRIAL DIMENSIONS IN THE UDC.
IF TRUCKS AND VEHICLES QUEUE IN THE PUBLIC STREET, THE APPLICANT SHALL LEAVE THE GATE OPEN DURING DAYTIME HOURS.
SO, UM, RIGHT NOW THEY'RE PROPOSING THAT THE GATE BE CLOSED, IT'S 51 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.
THEY DON'T ANTICIPATE HAVING AN ISSUE GIVEN THE VOLUME OF TRUCKS COMING TO THE SITE.
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IT BECOMES AN ISSUE, THEN THEY CAN EITHER LEAVE THE GATE OPEN OR MOVE THE GATE BACK.UH, THE APPLICANT SHALL MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS.
UH, THEY SHALL MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR AUTO AUTOMOTIVE RELATED BUSINESS REGULATIONS AND OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES, THE APPLICANT SHALL PRACTICE BEST MANAGEMENT, BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES LISTED IN THE STORM WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN.
UM, SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF A FLOOD STUDY, UH, REVIEWED AND ISSUED BY THE FLOODPLAIN DEVELOPMENT PERMIT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 15 IS REQUIRED.
UH, THEY, I BELIEVE HAVE COMPLETED THAT.
UH, WE'RE RECOMMENDING A PHYSICAL BARRIER DELINEATING THE DESIGNATED FLOODPLAIN AREA, SHOWN ON THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN, UH, BE PROVIDED PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY TO PREVENT HEAVY TRUCKS AND EQUIPMENT FROM BEING PARKED IN THAT AREA.
THE PROPERTY SHALL BE PLATTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 12 STREET RIGHT OF WAY AND PAVEMENT WIDTH SHALL BE PROVIDED AS SHOWN ON THE ADOPTED MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND THOROUGH PLAN, FAIR PLAN FOR EACH CLASSIFICATION OF ROADWAY, UH, THAT SHALL COMPLY WITH OUR APPLICABLE BUILDING AND FIRE CODES.
AND, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING IN ONE YEAR OF THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THE SUP TO CONFIRM OR TO CONFIRM THAT THEY'RE COMPLYING WITH ALL OF THE, UH, REGULATIONS.
UH, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
UM, WELL, MAY I, MAY I NOT SPEAK TO YOU RIGHT NOW, CAROL? UM, OAKDALE IS, IS IT ON ANY PLAN FOR BEING, UH, WIDENED, REPAIRED, MADE BETTER? I KNOW SHADY GROVE IS.
SHADY GROVE IS, UH, NOT IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE, BUT IT'S ON THE LONG TERM PROBABLY.
BUT, UM, ARE YOU GETTING AT WHERE THE GATE AND THE ISSUES ARE WITH THAT AS WELL? NO, NOT REALLY.
WHAT I WAS GETTING AT WAS, UH, WITHOUT HAVING A CONCRETE APPROACH GOING INTO THE CRUSHED CONCRETE, IF THAT'S ALLOWED, THAT IT'LL START BUSTING OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
AND WE DO HAVE A COUPLE SPEAKERS.
LIK I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE OUTTA ORDER.
YOU WANT THE OTHER ONE FIRST? OKAY.
YEAH, THIS ONE'S CRAZY EVENING.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND ELLIE IS HERE CERTAINLY TO TALK ABOUT THE PROPERTY.
ALWAYS HONORED TO BE BEFORE THIS BODY.
UM, I THINK SOME OF THE PROCEDURAL HISTORY WILL MAKE SENSE OF THE VARIANCES THAT ARE REQUESTED OF HOW WE GOT HERE.
AND I THINK THE SITE PLAN, UH, BEAUTIFULLY DISPLAYS THAT.
UM, THIS WAS THOUGHT AS STAFF MENTIONED TO BE A PROPERTY THAT WAS IN COMPLIANCE WHEN IT WAS PICKED UP BY THE CURRENT OWNER WHO IS HERE, UH, WHO ACTUALLY WAS BEFORE THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, ATTEMPTING TO, UH, SEE IF WE COULD BE RECOGNIZED AS A NON-CONFORMING USE.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY THE VOTE WAS SIX TO NINE, WHICH IF, YOU KNOW, GRAND PRAIRIE LAW, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN SEVEN TO NINE WOULD'VE DONE IT.
BUT, UH, IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER, WHEN IT WASN'T RECOGNIZED AS AN NONCONFORMING USE, UH, THE CURRENT OWNER APPLIED FOR THIS SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SITE PLAN, A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE PROPERTY IS ACTUALLY GOBBLED UP BY THE FLOODPLAIN.
UH, THIS IS, UH, PRETTY COMMON IF YOU LOOK TO THE RIGHT, UH, OF THE PROPERTY, OR I GUESS I WOULD SAY THE EAST OF THE PROPERTY.
THERE ARE SIMILAR FLOODPLAIN ISSUES, UH, FROM LOOKING AT HISTORIC PHOTOS THAT WE SUBMITTED DURING THE NON-CONFORMING HEARING.
UH, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS WAS JUST A SMALL LITTLE CARVE OUT THAT EVERYBODY JUST THOUGHT WAS, UH, DOING ITS OWN THING.
AND IT WASN'T UNTIL, UH, ELLIE ACTUALLY APPLIED FOR ELECTRICITY FOR THE PROPERTY THAT IT TURNED OUT THAT IT DIDN'T HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
WHAT THAT MEANS THOUGH, IS, IS THAT THIS WAS A PROPERTY THAT WAS BOUGHT WITH THE INTENTION TO USE IT IN ITS CURRENT CONFIGURATION.
AND AS YOU KNOW, TRYING TO BRING IT UP TO CODE, UM, MEANS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF NEW CONDITIONS THAT ARE ON ADDED ONTO THAT.
UH, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF VARIANCES, BUT THE REAL SPIRIT OF THIS IS, AGAIN, TRYING TO USE THE PROPERTY AS IT HAS BEEN USED HISTORICALLY AND HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN USED NON COMPLIANTLY WITH GRAND PRAIRIE LAW.
BUT, UH, WHAT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID, UH, I BELIEVE THROUGH COMMISSIONER FEDORKO, HIS, UH, IDEA IS THAT WE GIVE IT A SHOT.
AND IF IN ONE YEAR, UH, IT ISN'T SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL STILL APPROVES OF, THEN OF COURSE THEY WOULD ALWAYS HAVE THE RIGHT TO REVOKE IT.
BUT THERE WOULD BE A COUNCIL HEARING THAT WOULD BE SCHEDULED ONE YEAR FROM NOW TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE ISSUES LIKE THE FUTURE THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
AND LIKE SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS, OF COURSE, COUNCIL CAN ALWAYS AMEND IT, BUT THE MAIN SPIRIT OF ALL THE VARIANCE REQUESTS ARE, YOU KNOW, NOT A DEVELOPER JUST COMING IN TRYING TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN GET.
IT, IT REALLY IS SOMEBODY WHO BOUGHT A PROPERTY THAT, UH, PART OF THE DUE DILIGENCE PROCESS INVOLVED SOME INTERACTION WITH CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE STAFF AND EMPLOYEES.
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HE THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO USE THIS PROPERTY IN ITS CURRENT CONFIGURATION, AND OBVIOUSLY THAT IS NOT THE CASE.AND SO, AGAIN, THE MAIN REASON OF THIS, IT, IT IS SURROUNDED COMPLETELY BY AN INDUSTRIAL AREA.
UH, OBVIOUSLY THIS PROPERTY, UH, NOBODY WROTE A LETTER OF OPPOSITION AGAINST IT, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THEY WOULD NOTICE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER THAT THEIR VERY SMALL NEIGHBOR IS JUST DOING WHAT HE'S DOING.
UH, THE PURPOSE OF IT, AGAIN, IS JUST, YOU KNOW, AS LISTEN TO THE SUP, THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO PARK EQUIPMENT OUT THERE.
AND ALEC CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS, BUT I THOUGHT IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE IF SOMEBODY WHO COULD SPEAK CITY SPEAK SORT OF TRANSLATED HOW WE GOT HERE AND WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.
UM, CONGRATULATIONS COUNCIL MEMBER.
I, I DON'T THINK I HAD THAT MANY PEOPLE AT MY WEDDING, SO THAT WAS AMAZING.
UM, UH, SO EVERYTHING THAT STEVEN JUST MENTIONED, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE.
ANYTHING, UH, THAT CAN HELP CLARIFY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO.
BUT ESSENTIALLY HERE, I REALLY TRIED, WE, WE BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY, ME AND MY BROTHER FIVE YEARS AGO.
UM, WE TRIED TO ASK EVERY POSSIBLE QUESTION THAT WE COULD IF IT WAS IN COMPLIANCE, AND WE DID EVEN A ZONING REPORT, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, HELP WAS, WAS ASKING, UM, THE CITY PLANNERS, UH, YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE IN COMPLIANCE, IF THERE, UH, IF WE WERE OKAY TO DO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO, WHICH IS WHAT OUR PROPOSED USES TODAY.
UM, AND WE, WE THOUGHT WE HAD, THE ANSWER WAS YES, BUT IT TURNED OUT TO BE NO.
AND THAT'S WHY I ALMOST GOT APPROVED, UM, YOU KNOW, SIX TO NINE AND, AND THEN I WASN'T.
AND NOW WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS.
I'VE DONE EVERYTHING EARNESTLY TO MAKE SURE WE COME UP TO COMPLIANCE AND WE COME UP TO CODE.
AND I FEEL LIKE, UH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING, UH, COMMISSION REALLY FELT THAT WAY.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE WORKED VERY HARD WITH SAVANNAH AND WITH ERIN, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE OUR PLANS THAT DO EVERYTHING WE CAN AT THIS POINT.
UM, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IF WE DON'T, IF ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF WHAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING, UH, APPROVED, UH, LIKE WE'VE LOST 30 HALF OF OUR PROPERTY TO THE FLOOD FLOODPLAIN AND OH, HONESTLY, WE JUST DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY TO DO ANYTHING MORE THAN WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
WE'VE, WE'VE POURED OUR LIFE AND SOULS INTO THIS.
SO, UH, IF THERE'S, UH, ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO JUST, YOU KNOW, HAVE EVERYTHING APPROVED AS THE ZONING PLANNING AND ZONING, UM, UH, RECOMMENDED, RECOMMENDED, THAT WOULD BE LIKE, YOU'D MAKE ME HAPPIEST GUY EVER.
UH, COUNCILOR, MAYOR SHOTWELL, SORRY.
UH, WHAT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE PARKED THERE? UM, LIKE WE MENTIONED IN THE, UH, THE PROPOSED USES, TRUCKS, TRAILERS, HEAVY EQUIPMENT, UH, YOU KNOW, OUTDOOR STORAGE, UM, EVERYTHING THAT IT SAYS IN THE, IN, IN THE, UH, THE SITE PLAN.
DO THEY BELONG? WILL THEY BELONG TO YOUR COMPANY? NO.
ARE YOU GONNA RENT SPACE OUT TO SOMEBODY FOR PARKING? THAT WOULD BE THE GOAL.
OH, WELL WE MADE THE GUY OUT THERE ON MAIN STREET PAVE ALL OF THAT, DIDN'T WE? SORRY.
YEAH, I WAS JUST, I MADE ME THINK OF SOMETHING ANOTHER, ANOTHER PLACE THAT WE DID THAT ON MAIN STREET.
WE MADE THEM PAVE THE WHOLE PROPERTY.
BUT THIS IS, UM, OUT IN THE BOOM DOCKS.
UH, TO MY POINT THOUGH, WITH, UM, WITH THE STREET, ANYTHING LIKE THAT COMING IN OFF OF, OFF OF, UH, OAKDALE AND THE EDGE OF THE STREET THERE, THAT'S JUST GONNA START BREAKING OFF IF THERE'S NOT A HARD SURFACE, AT LEAST THERE TO KEEP THE STREET FROM GETTING BUSTED OFF AT THE SIDES.
SO, UH, IF YOU WERE REQUIRED TO PUT A, IN THE, THE INDUSTRIAL DRIVEWAY DRIVE APPROACH THERE AT THE, AT OAKDALE, UH, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT, UH, WOULD HELP ASK OUT A WHOLE LOT TO HELP YOU OUT A WHOLE LOT, COST YOU A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY, BUT MAKE EVERYTHING A LOT BETTER AND EASIER TO DO IN THE LONG RUN.
SO I'M JUST BRINGING THAT UP AS A POSSIBILITY.
I HAD LIKE TO ASK THE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
WE MAY CALL YOU BACK UP, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
DO YOU WANT ME TO STAY HERE OR YOU WANT ME TO SIT DOWN? YOU CAN GO SIT BACK DOWN.
I'VE NEVER, UH, SAW THE 13 RECOMMENDATIONS FROM, UH, PNZ, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS VERY THOROUGH FOR FIVE PEOPLE BEING THERE.
UM, DO YOU AGREE WITH ALL OF THOSE 13? ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL,
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WE'RE WE'RE GOOD WITH THIS.WE'RE ESTABLISHED IN AGREEMENT WITH THE 13.
WELL, I, UM, I LIKE THE SPIRIT THAT YOU'RE BRINGING, THAT YOU'RE BRINGING TO THE, INTO COMPLIANCE AND YOU WANT TO, UH, MAKE IT BETTER.
AND SO, UH, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO, UH, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 46 WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE INCLUDED.
COUNCIL COUNSEL FROM CL CLEMSON.
UM, ARE YOU WANTING TO ALSO INCLUDE THIS DRIVEWAY ISSUE? NO, IT'S NOT PART OF IT.
I, I THINK WE, THEY NEED TO AWAY IN A YEAR FROM NOW, WE CAN SEE IF IT'S CHIPPING AWAY.
AND THEY MAY REPLACE THE STREET BY THEN.
UH, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING DOESN'T NUMBER THREE SAY THAT THE DRIVER APPROACH LED TO MEET UC CODE.
UH, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE RECONSTRUCTED TO THE INDUSTRIAL DIMENSIONS.
DO THANK AND YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT? AND THAT'S PART OF HER MOTION BECAUSE SHE'S APPROVING WHAT P AND Z APPROVED.
ANYBODY ELSE WISH TO COME SPEAK? WE HAVE A MOTION IN SECOND.