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[CALL TO ORDER]
ALL DUTY YOUR ORDER.UH, TONIGHT OUR INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR SAMUEL JONES OF DALWORTH PARK CHURCH OF CHRIST.
OUR PLEDGES WILL BE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BESSIE ADAMS. REVEREND, GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE TONIGHT.
WOULD YOU BOW WITH ME PLEASE? DEAR PRECIOUS, GOD AND FATHER, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS DAY THAT YOU BLESSED US WITH.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR RICH FAVOR TOWARD US AS YOUR PEOPLE AND THOSE WHO LOVE YOU AND SEEK TO SERVE YOU AND HONOR YOU.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD BE WITH THESE LEADERS OF OUR CITY, OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, OUR MAYOR, ALL THOSE THAT MAKE DECISIONS THAT IMPACT OUR LIVES AND, AND CAUSES THIS CITY TO SHINE AND BE AN ATTRACTED PEACE THAT OTHERS MAY COME AND BE A PART OF THIS CITY.
FATHER, WE PRAY THAT YOU'LL GRANT THEM WISDOM IN MAKING DECISIONS THAT, UH, IMPACTS OUR LIVES, THAT PROMOTES UNITY AND, UH, THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF THIS CITY AND ITS CITIZENS.
WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD, UH, GIVE THEM THE WISDOM TO HANDLE THE MATTERS THAT COME BEFORE THEM, THE ISSUES.
I'M SURE THAT IT IS A HEAVY TASK, A, A GREAT TASK THAT THEY MUST DEAL WITH.
WE ASK THAT YOU'LL GRANT THEM VISION, FATHER, TO LOOK TO THE FUTURE AND PLAN WELL, UH, AGAIN TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF OUR LIVES AND TO MAKE THIS CITY ATTRACTIVE.
AND FATHER, I PRAY THAT YOU WILL JUST BE WITH ALL THE CITIZENS THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT, WHETHER THAT BE COMPLAINTS, WHETHER IT BE, UH, CONCERNS, THAT ALL THINGS WILL BE DONE IN A WAY THAT IS RESPECTFUL AND HONORABLE, AND FATHER, THAT WE CAN BE ABLE TOWELL TOGETHER IN THIS WORLD AS PEOPLE WHO HAVE A GREAT RESPECT, FIRST FOR ONE ANOTHER AND A RESPECT FOR YOU.
AND SO, FATHER, WE JUST THANK YOU.
WE THANK YOU FOR OUR SAVIOR JESUS WHO DIED, THAT WE MIGHT LIVE.
WE THANK YOU FOR LIFE, HEALTH AND STRENGTH AND ALL THAT YOU PROVIDE THE LORD, GO WITH US AND HELP US TO HONOR YOU.
HELP US TO WALK IN YOUR WILL, AND WE ASK THESE IN THE NAME OF OUR BLESSED SAVIOR JESUS.
COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, PLEASE JOIN US IN RECITING OUR PLEDGE TO THE UNITED STATES FLAG AND A TEXAS FLAG.
OUR PLEDGE TO OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC WILL PURCHASE HANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY, JUSTICE, HONOR, TEXAS FLAG ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER ONE, AN INDIVIDUAL.
[PUBLIC COMMENTS]
MEL, YOU WANT TO READ THE PUBLIC COMMENTS INTO THE RECORD? GOOD EVENING.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 ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING, INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, OR DURING CITIZEN COMMENTS.
APPLICANTS FOR ZONING MATTERS MAY SPEAK FOR FIVE MINUTES.
ALL SPEAKERS SHALL OBSERVE THE RULES OF DECORUM AND EXHIBIT ORDERLY AND RESPECTFUL CONDUCT DURING THE MEETING.
SPEAKER SHALL DIRECT THE REMARKS TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND NOT THE AUDIENCE WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED.
PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
BEFORE WE CALL FOR SPEAKERS ON THE CON SENATE AGENDA, I WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT WE ARE PULLING ITEM FOUR FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATIONS.
SO ANYBODY THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR ITEM FOUR, YOU WILL NOT DO SO UNTIL WE MAKE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
AND THEN WE'LL HEAR ITEM FOUR.
BEFORE WE GET IN ON THE OTHER ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, IT WILL DROP DOWN TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE, HAROLD WILLIS IN FRONT.
HAROLD WILLIS, 5 3 8 LINLEY, COULD YOU PLEASE TELL US THE WRITTEN REQUEST FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION?
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WHO WILL THE DESIGNEE FOR THE OFFICER OF PUBLIC INFORMATION AND WHEN WILL THIS PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE? WHEN WILL THAT BEGIN, PLEASE? GOOD EVENING, MR. WILLIS.I WILL BE THE, UM, I'LL BE THE DESIGNATED PERSON, SIR.
AND WHEN, WHEN DOES THIS EFFECTIVE DATE BEGIN? THAT WOULD BE ON SEPTEMBER 1ST OF THIS YEAR.
SO IF A CITIZEN WANTS TO DO A PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST, HOW DO THEY GO ABOUT WORKING WITH YOU ON THAT, PLEASE? EXACTLY THE WAY THEY DO IT NOW.
EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT, UH, THOSE, ANY WRITTEN REQUESTS WOULD COME TO MY OFFICE DIRECTLY INSTEAD OF THEM BEING DISSEMINATED TO THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
SO CURRENTLY, UM, THE REQUESTS ARE RECEIVED VIA EMAIL, VIA MAIL, HAND DELIVERY ONLINE ON OUR ONLINE PORTAL.
SO THOSE FUNCTIONS WILL STILL BE AVAILABLE.
UM, IT'S JUST NOW THEY'RE GONNA BE DIRECTED STRAIGHT TO MY OFFICE.
WHERE WE'LL HANDLE THEM AND WE'LL DISSEMINATE THEM FROM THERE, SIR.
SO YOU'LL BE THE OFFICER OF FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION? PUBLIC INFORMATION, YES, SIR.
OFFICER IN ADDITION TO CITY SECRETARY? CORRECT.
SO YOU'RE GONNA BE LIKE TRIPLE DUTY? YES, SIR.
AND THEN FOR HAND DELIVERY FOR POLICE RECORDS, THAT WILL STILL GO DIRECTLY TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? OH, SURE.
NOTHING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT JUST ANYBODY THAT, ANY SPECIFIC ON THE WEBSITE FOR GUIDELINES THAT THEY CAN FOLLOW OR, ABSOLUTELY.
SO WE WILL HAVE GUIDELINES, UM, SOON AFTER THIS MEETING.
UH, IF COUNSEL SO WISHES TO APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION, THEN WE WILL POST ON, ON OUR WEBSITE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA BLASTS WITH THE INFORMATION TO GET, UH, TO MAKE SURE OUR CITIZENS ARE INFORMED.
AND WE WILL BE DOING SOME TRAINING IN-HOUSE AS WELL, SO THAT OUR STAFF, UM, WILL NOW KNOW THAT ANYTHING THAT'S RECEIVED, UM, DIRECTLY, YOU KNOW, TO THEIR EMAIL BOXES NEEDS TO FOLLOW THE PROCESS TO COME TO MY OFFICER.
SO YOU'RE BASICALLY STREAMLINING WHAT WE DO.
SO YOU'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THE OTHER SO PEOPLE KNOW WHAT TO DO.
MS. PATSY RAY, ITEM NUMBER SIX.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSELOR.
UM, PAN RAY, 2217 EL PASO, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.
I WANT TO GET A CLERGY ON ITEM NUMBER SIX.
I'M NOT CLEAR ABOUT HOW FAR THIS IS SUPPOSED TO REACH WITH THE HOUSING OF THE CITY.
MS. PASS, ESTHER, I'M THE HOUSING DIRECTOR.
ITEM NUMBER SIX IS A REQUEST FOR A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY TO APPROVE THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION AND THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REGARDING THEIR BOND, UH, VALUE CAP.
UH, WHAT IT DOES, IT ALLOWS THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS TO MAKE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO FAMILIES WITHIN THIS AREA TO PROVIDE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE.
THE STATE WOULD ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM.
HFC DOESN'T HAVE ANY RESPONSIBILITY.
THEY JUST NEED TO, UH, PARTNER WITH THEM WITH, FOR THEIR BOND AUTHORITY.
SO IS THIS AN LIKE AN FHA PROCESS OR HOW WILL IT AFFECT UH, OUR, UH, PEOPLE THAT ARE WAITING ON YOUR HOUSING LIST? IT DOESN'T AFFECT THEM AT ALL.
THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM IS A PROGRAM THAT'S ADMINISTERED OUT OF THIS, UH, STATE AND WHAT IT ALLOWS FAMILIES IN THIS AREA WHO ARE PURCHASING A HOME.
UH, THE DIFFERENT LOCAL BANKS, UH, IF THEY CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM, WILL HAVE FUNDING TO ASSIST THEM WITH DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE.
BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO GET A MORTGAGE LOAN AT VARIOUS BANKS TOO.
SO I WOULD CAN ASSUME THAT TEXAS TRUST IS ONE OF THE QUALIFIED BANKS, OR CAN YOU NAME? NO MA'AM.
I'M NOT ABLE TO NAME, BUT ANYONE INTERESTED IN THAT CAN JUST GO TO THE WEBSITE OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT.
OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND THEY CAN, UM, RECEIVE ALL THE INFORMATION OF WHAT BANKS PARTICIPATE IN THE AREA.
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A TEXAS WIDE THING, NOT JUST GRAND PRAIRIE.
IT IS A TEXAS WIDE THING, BUT WHAT IS PRESENTED HERE IS FOR THE CITY TO SUPPORT THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION WITH PARTNERING WITH THE STATE TO MAKE THOSE FUNDS AVAILABLE.
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SEE.ALRIGHT, THAT'S ALL THE COMMENTS FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
RECOGNIZE MAYOR PRO TEM JOHNSON TO PRESENT THE CONSENT AGENDA TO US.UH, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS TWO THROUGH THREE.
UH, MOVING ITEM FOUR FOR, UH, ITEMS FOUR, INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION AND ITEMS FIVE THROUGH SEVEN.
WE HAVE A SECOND ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[CITIZEN COMMENTS]
CITIZEN COMMENTS.NO CITIZEN COMMENTS BEFORE INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
I AM HERE TO REQUEST, UH, NOT TO REQUEST, BASICALLY TO PUT IN A, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY, REQUEST FOR THE 2026 GO BOND THAT'S BEEN APPROVED OR BEING CONSIDERED FOR APPROVAL FOR THE SOUTH.
I'M SORRY, LET ME, LET ME START OVER.
GINO PEARSON, 1 0 5 3 1 FIREFLY COURT, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.
I LIVE IN THE GREENWAY TRAILS AREA AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET FUNDS FROM THE GO BOND DOWN THAT WAY FOR A MULTI-PURPOSE FACILITY AND POSSIBLY A PICKLEBALL COURT.
UH, WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP OUR FUNDS IN GRAND PRAIRIE, IN GRAND PRAIRIE TO KEEP US FROM GOING TO MANSFIELD AND OTHER COMMUNITIES TO DO OUR ENTERTAINMENT.
SO WE WOULD LIKE SOME OF THAT MONEY TO COME DOWN TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF GRAND PRAIRIE SO WE CAN ENJOY THE SOUTH SIDE ALSO IN GRAND PRAIRIE INSTEAD OF OTHER COMMUNITIES.
I LIVE AT 34 31 APRIL BREEZE TRAIL IN GRAND PRAIRIE, ALSO IN THE GREEN BAY TRAILS, UH, COMMUNITY.
AND I CAME TO YOU, UM, UH, A COUPLE MEETINGS BEFORE REGARDING THE SAME AS MY NEIGHBOR GINO.
UM, THAT GREEN PRAIRIE IS GROWING TO THE SOUTH SO, SO MUCH.
WE'VE GOT SO MANY COMMUNITIES DOWN THERE.
GREENWAY TRAILS IS FINALLY UP AND, AND MOVING ON OUR OWN.
AND I COME TO YOU TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE LEADERSHIP OF GREENWAY TRAILS.
UM, I ALSO HAVE PID PRESIDENT WITH ME TONIGHT.
UM, AND WE'RE ASKING FOR YOU TO CONSIDER BRINGING THE MULTIPURPOSE CENTER AND THE PICKLEBALL FACILITY TO THE SOUTH.
UM, YOU'VE GOT ON YOUR AGENDA SOME MORE ANNEXING DOWN THERE IN GOODLAND WAY.
AND WE ALSO, YOU KNOW, GRAND PRAIRIE IS JUST GROWING TO THE SOUTH.
SO BRING SOME OF THESE AMENITIES THAT, THAT ARE APPROVED BY YOUR BOND PACKAGE TO THE SOUTH SO THAT WE MAY FEEL LIKE A MEMBER OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
I I DO HAVE LETTERS FOR EACH OF YOU HERE.
UM, I CAN GIVE THEM TO THE CITY SECRETARY.
AND SHE'LL GIVE THEM OUT TO YOU.
UM, I WOULD, I WAS GOING TO SEND THEM ELECTRONICALLY.
BUT THEN YOUR, YOUR LITTLE THING ONLY ALLOWS FOR 500 CHARACTERS AND MINE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 500 CHARACTERS.
YOU'D HAVE TO SEND ABOUT 20 YES.
SO ANYWAY, I, I'M JUST HERE TO THANK YOU FOR, FOR ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITIZENS OF GRAND PRAIRIE FOR APPROVING THE GO BONDS.
AND, UM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO POSSIBLY HEARING AND WORKING WITH YOU, UM, TO BRING THESE AMENITIES TO THE SOUTH.
YOU DO HAVE HANDOUT 2319 DALWORTH STREET, APARTMENT ONE 19, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS 7 5 0 5 0 DASH 49 45.
DOLORES PHILLIPS IS MY NAME AGAIN.
AND THESE HANDOUTS, THE FIRST SIX PAGES IS FROM FBI BECAUSE THEY DID FULL FLEDGED INVESTIGATIONS IN 2023 WHEN I WAS TRYING TO BE GUARDIAN OF MY DAD.
AND I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY DID FULL FLEDGED INVESTIGATIONS.
SO I THEN IN 2024, ASKED FOR AN INVESTIGATION INTO ME.
I ASKED THE FBII HAD TO SEND MY FINGERPRINTS.
THE FIRST SET WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH.
THE SECOND SET WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH.
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BACK TO DALLAS COUNTY A THIRD TIME TO DO MY FINGERPRINTS.I DISPUTED WHAT WAS ON THERE IN 2024.
THEY SAID WE SEE ONE THING IN IRVING.
YOU LOOKING AT IT, PAGE SEVEN OF 2227.
LISTEN TO ME NOW, BECAUSE Y'ALL ARE DOWNPLAYING THE ABILITY OF AI AND WHERE WE ARE IN TECHNOLOGY.
YOU'VE BEEN BUILDING FILES A LONG TIME.
THAT'S 2011 BEFORE THEY DID THE FABRICATED POLICE REPORT AT DPD 0 2 7 3 2 9 1 DASH EIGHT.
NOW, IF MR. HILLS BE FAIR, HE TOLD ME I HAD COOKED FOR EVERYBODY.
LET HIM KNOW I APPRECIATE HIM ON THE HOME.
HE TOLD ME 1 0 1 KNOWS THE, KNOWS THAT HE WAS GONNA GET US OUT THAT HOUSE.
NOW LISTEN TO ME, 'CAUSE I'M GONNA BE FAIR, BUT ALL OF Y'ALL ARE WITNESSES.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU UNHEARD.
WHAT YOU GOING TO DO, YOUR POOL, YOUR RESOURCES, WHO YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT.
YOU AIN'T NEVER KNOWN ME TO PROSTITUTE.
YOU AIN'T NEVER KNOWN NONE OF THAT.
IT WAS THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TOOK FROM THEIR HOME.
SO WHEN YOU SEE ME WALKING DOWN THE STREET, DON'T PUT NO LABEL ON ME.
YOU PUT ME AND MY GRAND BABIES OUT.
THAT HABITAT HOME PAID FOR AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WAS STOLE.
THEY PUT US OUT AT NEW ROCKA MEADOW GREEN AND A WHOLE PAYMENT IS NOT ON THE LEDGER.
I ALLEGED THE MANAGER WAS IN FINANCIAL CRISIS AND HER HUSBAND AND FAMILY DIDN'T KNOW.
NOW STAY WITH ME BECAUSE I'M FAIR.
MAYOR, MAYOR JENSEN, MS. RAY LOVER, LOVER SO MUCH.
SHE REMINDED ME YOU CAN ONLY GET SO MANY COPIES.
DO YOU KNOW, I JUST RECENTLY HEARD SHE'S FROM THE MILITARY.
HER NAME IS NOT EVEN POSTED IF IT'S TRUE.
'CAUSE SHE WAS THE FIRST ONE ON THE BOARD COMMITTEE FOR THE LIBRARY.
I'M, I'M, I'M TRYING TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT I KNOW WHAT I'M BEING BATTLED BY.
COME TO THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.
CAN YOU PLEASE COME TO THE LIBRARY AND MEETING THE NEXT ONE? YOU JUST, THANK YOU.
JUST, I WAS TOLD THAT YOU HAVE BUSINESSES IN D WORTH.
MY NAME IS SHAVON MCGRIFF, ADDRESS 26 82 STEPTON STREET, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS 7 5 0 5 2.
I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO REACH THE CITY MANAGER.
THEY REFUSE TO ALLOW ME TO SPEAK WITH HIM ABOUT A CONCERN, UM, ABOUT THE POLICE.
I'VE BEEN, I'VE CALLED, SO I'VE CALLED EVERYONE.
I'VE SENT MULTIPLE EMAILS OF MY CONCERN, THE HARASSMENT THAT, UM, AND I'VE BEEN A CITIZEN HERE FOR 11 YEARS.
AND I, YOU KNOW, I, I FEEL LIKE Y'ALL NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE PROCESS OF HOW IF YOU PAY YOUR TAXES, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO, IF I SAY, HEY, I NEED TO SPEAK WITH THE CITY MANAGER DUE TO SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED, MISCONDUCT WITH THE POLICE, THEN YOU SEND ME BACK TO THE POLICE AS IF I'M A CRIM.
I'VE HAD TO PUT CAMERAS UP ON MY HOME.
UM, I, I'VE, I, I I I, I'VE BEEN HERE.
I STAYED IN THE SAME HOUSE FOR 11 YEARS AND I'VE, I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING IN MY POWER, INTERNAL AFFAIRS, EVERYTHING TO TRY TO GET HELP.
AND EVERY TIME I'VE BEEN TURNED AROUND AS IF LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, WHATEVER I TRIED TO GET ASSISTANCE WITH, DEALING WITH INTERNAL AFFAIRS, EVERYTHING.
I'M, I'M TIRED OF FOUR CAMERAS I HAD TO PUT UP AROUND MY HOUSE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
I HAVE VIDEO FOOTAGE, I HAVE JUST SHOWING WHAT, WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME WITHIN THESE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
AND I'VE, I'VE NEVER EVEN BEEN IN FRONT OF A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE.
I NEED YOU ALL TO FIX YOUR PROCESS.
IF I PAY MY TAXES, IF I'M PAYING OVER 30 SOME THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR TAXES, I FEEL THAT I DESERVE TO, I WANNA SPEAK TO THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT SOMETHING.
AND I'M TELLING THE SECRETARY SPECIFICALLY, I'VE TALKED TO THE POLICE.
I'VE SENT I'VE, I'VE TRIED MY BEST TO DO EVERYTHING WITH THEM.
AND YOU SEND ME BACK TO THE POLICE AND I ASKED TO SPEAK TO THE CITY MANAGER.
IF I SAY I'M SCARED FOR ONE OF MY CHILDREN'S LIFE, AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, HEAR ME OUT.
GET ME TO GIVE EVERY CITIZEN THE RIGHT.
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IT'S NOT FAIR, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S NOT FAIR.THAT'S, THAT'S BASICALLY MY, THAT'S THE ONLY THING I'VE NEEDED TO SAY.
DURING CITIZEN COMMENTS, IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE FOR US TO HAVE A DISCUSSION.
UH, WE'VE GOT YOUR INFORMATION.
WE'LL TRY TO REACH OUT TO YOU.
UM, LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CON I FILLED A CARD OUT, PLEASE.
WHAT FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS? YES, PLEASE.
WE GOT A LOT OF CARDS FOR YOU.
I DID DO CITIZENS PERMITS ALSO.
HAROLD, IT WON'T TAKE ME TWO MINUTES AND FIVE SECONDS.
SO I, IF, IF I, I JUST CAN'T LET PEOPLE STAND UP AND SAY I NEED TO SPEAK.
SO WE'LL HEAR YOU NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS.
IT'S FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
ITEM FOUR, IT'S FOR THE, UH, AMENDMENT TO THE FOREIGN STATES.
LEE HARRIS FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
LEE, YOU'RE SUCH A SWEET, CALM SOPHOMORE VOICE.
LEE HARRIS FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
WE MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
WE MAY HAVE SOME BECAUSE OF THE SPEAKERS, SO WE'LL HEAR THE SPEAKERS AND THEN WE'LL CALL YOU BACK UP.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR JENSEN AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
I, I LIVE AT 72 19 NNA DRIVE HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
I HAVE LIVED IN GRAND PRAIRIE FOR 18 YEARS, AND I, UH, AM A RETIRED TEACHER WHO SPENT OVER A DECADE TEACHING IN THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
UM, AND WHICH INCLUDED HERE IN G-P-I-S-D-I RAISED MY FAMILY IN THE CITY.
I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT MY COMMUNITY, WHICH IS WHY I AM SO VERY CONCERNED THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING EXPANDING A MASS SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, I'M SPEAKING REGARDING ITEM NUMBER FOUR, THE CONTRACT AMENDMENT TO ADD MORE FLOCK SAFETY CAMERAS IN THE FORUM ESTATES PID.
IT IS ALARMING THAT SYSTEMS LIKE FLOCK SAFETY ARE OPERATING IN OUR CITY AT ALL.
WE ARE BEING PROMISED SAFETY, BUT IN REALITY, OUR FUNDAMENTAL FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS ARE BEING COMPROMISED.
THESE CAMERAS TRACK, LOG AND STORE THE DAILY MOVEMENTS OF EVERYDAY RESIDENTS WITHOUT A WARRANT OR SUSPICION OF CRIME.
AND DESPITE MARKETING CLAIMS THAT THESE ARE STRICTLY LICENSE PLATE READERS, CAMERAS NATIONWIDE ARE ROUTINELY INSTALLED IN PEDESTRIAN AREAS WITH NO VEHICLE TRAFFIC, EXPANDING SURVEILLANCE FAR BEYOND WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED.
FURTHERMORE, THE NARRATIVE THAT THESE SYSTEMS ARE DRIVING DOWN CRIME IS FACTUALLY MISLEADING, VIOLENT, AND PROPERTY CRIME RATES HAVE BEEN DECLINING ACROSS THE NATION OVER THE PAST DECADE.
AND CITIES, BOTH WITH AND WITHOUT FLOCK SAFETY CAMERAS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE EXACT SAME DOWNWARD TRENDS.
FLOCK CONSISTENTLY TAKES CREDIT FOR NATIONWIDE CRIME DROPS.
YET WHENEVER THEIR AUTOMATED SYSTEMS FAIL OR LEAD TO MISTAKES, THEY SHIFT THE BLAME TO LOCAL POLICE OFFICERS.
WHEN THESE AUTOMATIC AUTOMATED SYSTEMS ARE USED AS A CRUTCH, REAL PEOPLE SUFFER.
LOOK AT THE CASE OF SANA ELER IN COLORADO, POLICE USED FLOCK DATA TRACKING HER VEHICLE THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD TO SERVE HER CRIMINAL SUMMONS FOR STEALING A PACKAGE.
THE OFFICER PRESUMED HER GUILT BASED ON FLOCK LOGS REFUSED TO EVEN LOOK AT HER COUNTER EVIDENCE.
SHE HAD TO SPEND DAYS DIGGING THROUGH HER OWN PHONE TIMELINE, DASH CAM FOOTAGE, AND STORE RECEIPTS JUST TO PROVE HER INNOCENCE.
IT COMPLETELY FLIPS OUR LEGAL SYSTEM FROM INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY TO GUILTY UNTIL YOU CAN PROVE THE CAMERA WRONG.
WHAT SHOULD CONCERN EVERY PERSON ON THIS COUNCIL IS THE SHOCKING EASE WITH WHICH ALMOST ANYONE CAN ACCESS THE SENSITIVE DATA.
THIS ISN'T A SECURE LOCKDOWN NETWORK.
IT IS VULNERABLE TO WIDESPREAD INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL MISUSE.
IF YOU BELIEVE LOCAL POLICIES OR CORPORATE PROMISES ARE ENOUGH TO PROTECT US, CONSIDER WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DOCUMENTED.
THE ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION REPORTED THAT OUR OWN GRAND PRAIRIE POLICE DEPARTMENT USED RACIAL SLURS AS SEARCH TERMS INSIDE THE SYSTEM.
THE GRAND PRAIRIE POLICE DEPARTMENT SEARCHED FOR GYPSY SIX TIMES WHILE USING FLOCK'S CONVOY FEATURE, WHICH ALLOWED AN
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AGENCY TO IDENTIFY VEHICLES TRAVELING TOGETHER, IN ESSENCE, TARGETING AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF ROMO WITHOUT SPECIFYING A CRIME.THIS SHOWS HOW EASILY LOCALLY LOCAL SAFEGUARDS CAN FAIL.
UH, YAHOO NEWS REVEALED THAT RANDY GLUCK, A MANAGER AT FLOCK SAFETY, REMOTELY MONITORED FEEDS IN A GYM AND POOL FLOCK'S VICE PRESIDENT BOB CARTER, UH, AND ENTERED THE GYMNASTICS CAMERA SYSTEM.
BOTH OF THESE AT A COMMUNITY CENTER IN, I CAN'T REMEMBER, UH, FLOCK SAFETY.
BRUSH THESE OFF AS PRODUCT DEMONSTRATIONS.
SEAN SPARKMAN, CAN I MOVE THIS? WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO? I WAS GONNA MOVE THE LAPTOP.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL.
I LIVE ON, UH, AT 72 19 LINA DRIVE.
I'VE LIVED IN GRAND PRAIRIE FOR ROUGHLY 30 YEARS.
I'M NOT SOME CRAZY TINFOIL HAT GUY.
I'M A PROFESSIONAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPER, AND I WORK WITH AI EVERY SINGLE DAY.
I'VE BEEN A SOFTWARE DEVELOPER FOR 26 YEARS.
I'VE RECEIVED THE MICROSOFT MVP AWARD FIVE TIMES.
I'VE SPENT DECADES WORKING WITH THE EXACT SAME TECHNOLOGIES IN THESE CAMERAS.
I KNOW WHAT THESE CAMERAS DO WELL, AND I KNOW HOW THEY FAIL.
YOU'LL PROBABLY HEAR THE EXPRESSION THAT FLOCK IS THE GREATEST LAW ENFORCEMENT TOOL.
SINCE THE INVENTION OF THE RADIO.
HOWEVER, IF THE RADIO FAILED TO TRANSMIT THE CORRECT MESSAGE, 71% OF THE TIME, WE WOULDN'T USE IT.
FLOCK ADVERTISES AN ACCURACY IN THE 90% LAST MONTH, THOUGH, LAPD DROPPED FLOCK BECAUSE ONE IN THREE ALERTS WERE PROVEN FALSE.
IN MY WORK AS A SOFTWARE DEVELOPER, IF A ZIP CODE IS RECOGNIZED INCORRECTLY, A PACKAGE GOES TO THE WRONG HOUSE.
WHEN ONE OF THESE CAMERAS MISREADS A PLATE, A FAMILY STARES DOWN AT DRAWN GUNS.
RESEARCHERS HAVE DOCUMENTED AT LEAST 27 INNOCENT MOTORISTS STOPPED, DETAINED, OR JAILED OVER THESE ERRORS.
NEARLY TWO THIRDS HAD THEIR GUN HAD GUNS DRAWN ON THEM, AND PROBABLY MORE IT HAPPENED NEARBY IN FRISCO.
NOT 30 MILES AWAY, A MOM AND TWO BOYS HEADED TO A BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT.
FELONY STOP ON THE TOLLWAY GUNS OUT.
AND OFFICERS WARNING, IF YOU REACH INTO THE CAR, YOU MAY GET SHOT IN NEW MEXICO.
A CAMERA READ A TWO AS A SEVEN AND A 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL WAS HANDCUFFED IN COLORADO.
CHILDREN LAID FACE DOWN ON HOT PAVEMENT THAT MISTAKE.
THE CO UH, THAT MISTAKE COST THE CITY $1.9 MILLION MORE THAN WE SPEND.
WE WILL SPEND ON FLOCK AS GRAND PRAIRIE IN FIVE YEARS.
AND GUESS WHAT? FLOCK BLAMED THE COPS.
NOT, THEY DID NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MIS RECOGNITION.
NOW LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, OH, I'VE GOT 30 SECONDS.
UM, THIS COUNTRY HAS BEEN MORE, HASN'T BEEN MORE DIVIDED IN MY LIFETIME, BUT I'VE GONE TO MEETINGS AND TALKED TO PEOPLE AND I'VE SEEN DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS, SOCIALISTS, LIBERTARIANS, BUSINESS OWNERS, AND THEY ALL AGREE.
SO I ASK YOU TO NOT EXTEND THESE ADDITIONAL CONTRACTS, AND I ASK YOU TO ROLL UP THE REST OF THEM.
UM, HI, UH, MY NAME IS KENNY MARTINS.
UH, I LIVE AT 2330 DARTMOUTH DRIVE, GRAND PRAIRIE, 7 5 0 5 2.
UH, I'VE BEEN IN GRAND PRAIRIE 19 YEARS.
UM, I LOVE THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE FLOCK CAMERAS.
UM, I JUST WANNA LET THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR KNOW.
UM, I'M OPPOSED TO SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS SUCH AS THE FLOCK CAMERAS IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
UM, I FOUND OUT RECENTLY THERE ARE CAMERAS AT BOTH ENTRANCES TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, I CAN'T DRIVE ANYWHERE WITHOUT BEING SURVEILLED AND TRACKED.
UM, GRAND PRAIRIE IS MY HOME AND IT'S NOT RIGHT.
SO I'M ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL NOT TO APPROVE THE FOUR NEW FLOCK CAMERAS.
UM, I'M ALSO ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL TO REMOVE THE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS THAT ARE ALREADY IN GRAND PRAIRIE, ALTHOUGH I UNDERSTAND THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
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KENNETH FAGANS.UH, MY NAME IS KENNETH FAGANS.
I AM THE COLLIN COUNTY LIBERTARIAN, UH, UH, PARTY CHAIR.
UM, MY ADDRESS IS, UH, 1543 TOWNSEND DRIVE PLANO.
AND, UH, I RISE, UH, TO SPEAK AGAINST NUMBER FOUR.
UM, SO MOST AMERICANS KNOW THE STORY OF PAUL REVERE'S MIDNIGHT RIDE.
TONIGHT, I WANT YOU TO IMAGINE A DIFFERENT STORY, ONE WHERE THE BRITISH CROWN POSSESSED THE SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY WE ARE DISCUSSING TODAY, BOSTON, APRIL 18TH, 1775.
REVERE LOOKS ACROSS THE CHARLES RIVER AND SEES TWO LANTERNS SHINING IN THE OLD NORTH CHURCH.
THE BRITISH ARE COMING BY SEA.
HE MOUNTS HIS HORSE AND BEGINS HIS RIDE THROUGH THE COUNTRYSIDE.
EVERY COLONIST THAT BRITISH TROOPS ARE MOVING TOWARDS LEXINGTON AND CONCORD, HE REACHES THE FIRST MEETING PLACE AND NO ONE IS THERE.
YOU SEE, WEEKS EARLIER, THE CROWN HAD BEGUN TRACKING WHAT IT CALLED SUSPICIOUS MOVEMENTS INVOLVING THE SONS OF LIBERTY, A KNOWN ORGANIZATION OF POLITICAL DISSIDENTS.
DELIVERIES BETWEEN HOMES WERE RECORDED, MEETINGS WERE MAPPED.
REPEATED TRAVEL BETWEEN BOSTON, LEXINGTON, AND CONCORD GENERATED ALERTS.
EVERY MOVEMENT WAS LOGGED, EVERY PATTERN ANALYZED, EVERY ASSOCIATE IDENTIFIED THE CROWN DID NOT NEED TO FOLLOW REVERE THAT NIGHT.
IT ALREADY KNEW WHERE HE HAD BEEN, WHOM HE HAD VISITED, AND WHERE HE WAS LIKELY GOING NEXT.
BEFORE THE LANTERNS WERE EVER LIT, THE ARRESTS HAD ALREADY BEGUN.
THE WEAPONS AT CONCORD WERE SEIZED.
LOCAL LEADERS DETAINED, AND THE WARNING NEVER REACHED THE COUNTRYSIDE.
THE REVOLUTION IT ENDED BEFORE IT COULD BEGIN.
MASS SURVEILLANCE DOES NOT MERELY HELP GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATE CRIMES AFTER THEY OCCUR.
IT GIVES GOVERNMENT THE POWER TO IDENTIFY, MAP, AND DISMANTLE OPPOSITION BEFORE IT CAN EVER ACT.
THE TECHNOLOGY HAS CHANGED, BUT THE DANGER HAS NOT.
I'M FROM 24 60 PEBBLEBROOK IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND I COME TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF FLOCK CAMERAS.
UM, ONE, LIKE HOW THEY VIOLATE THE FOURTH AMENDMENT WITHOUT DUE PROCESS, JUST LIKE HOW THE SPEEDING CAMERAS WERE, LIKE HOW WE REBOOT THE SPEEDING CAMERAS AND ALSO THE TRAFFIC CAMERAS, UM, PRIOR TO THIS.
AND ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT IT IS LIKE PROVING THAT WE'RE NO BETTER THAN THAN CHINA.
HAVING THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY, UM, SOCIAL CREDIT CAMERAS AS THEY'RE JOKINGLY CALLED ONLINE.
JUST, JUST, JUST FOR DOING BEFORE THEY CAN EVEN DO ANYTHING WRONG.
UH, LEE, YOU WANT TO COME BACK UP? TELL US WHAT THIS POINT IS AND CHIEF, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS TO MAKE? ALRIGHT.
UM, THE CAMERAS WERE APPROVED BY THE FORMER ESTATE'S PID BOARD.
THE BOARD IS MADE UP OF HOMEOWNERS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY DO THE INITIAL APPROVAL AND THEN IT'S UP TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO GIVE US FINAL APPROVAL.
CHIEF, YOU WANT TO ADD ANY COMMENTS? THIS, DO I WANT TO NO, THIS IS A, THIS IS A HIGHLY, I'M INVIABLE POSITION.
I'M SOMETHING NOW BECAUSE OF SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE MISUSED THEM.
I, I STAND BEFORE YOU UNDERSTANDING FULLY THAT, UH, I REPRESENT THE VERY PEOPLE THAT, UH, OR ARE CHARGED WITH KEEPING THEM SAFE, THAT, THAT AIRED THEIR CONCERNS TONIGHT.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT, UH, AS THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS VETERAN AND A 25 YEAR POLICE OFFICER, I'VE TAKEN A OATH TO PROTECT THE VERY CIVIL LIBERTIES THEY'RE DISCUSSING.
SO, I I'M, DON'T TAKE THEIR CONCERNS LIGHTLY.
I, I WILL TELL YOU THOUGH, THAT IN MY VIEW, OUR OBJECTIVE IS NOT TO MONITOR LAW ABIDING CITIZENS, WHICH WAS
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SOME OF THE, THE, UH, CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT FORWARD, BUT INSTEAD PROTECT THEM AGAINST CRIMINALS WHO ARE TRYING TO, UH, VICTIMIZE THEM.I'LL GIVE YOU A GREAT EXAMPLE.
I WAS WATCHING THE NEWS THIS MORNING.
I SUSPECT MANY OF YOU SAW THE STORY TODAY.
UH, MOM OUT OF ATLANTA WAS, UH, SHE'S AN INSTACART CART.
UM, DRIVER WAS DELIVERING GROCERIES TO MAKE ENDS MEET.
AND IN THE BACKSEAT WAS HER 2-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER.
UH, WHILE SHE STEPPED OUT TO DELIVER THE GROCERIES, THE CAR WAS STOLEN.
AND, UM, SO TOO WAS THE 2-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER.
SHE MAKES A FRIEND CALL TO NINE ONE ONE.
THEY ENTERED THE LICENSE PLATE INTO THE FLOCK SYSTEM BECAUSE IT'S CONNECTED WITH A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
WITHIN 15 MINUTES, THE OFFICERS HAD THAT BABY BACK IN THE ARMS OF HER MOM IN THE SUSPECT IN CUSTODY.
THAT STORY I JUST SHARED WITH YOU IS NOT UNIQUE TO ATLANTA.
SO I WANT TO BRING, BRING IT HOME FOR US.
UM, WE RECEIVED AN INVESTIGATIVE, UH, TIP AT A MISSOURI THAT A MOTHER WAS PROSTITUTING HER FOUR CHILDREN AGES, UH, BELIEVE IT WAS 14, 12, 9, AND A YEAR AND A HALF, GIVE OR TAKE.
AND THEY HAD, UH, INFORMATION, THEY MAY BE COMING THROUGH THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA.
OUR OFFICERS UTILIZING THIS SYSTEM WERE ABLE TO, TO RESCUE THOSE KIDS.
WHEN THE MOTHER WAS GETTING GAS AT A FUELING STATION IN GRAND PRAIRIE, THAT CASE WAS SO TRAUMATIC AND THOSE KIDS WERE SO BADLY ABUSED THAT WE HAD TO SEND THE OFFICERS FOR COUNSELING.
JUST LAST WEEK, WE HAD A, A GENTLEMAN WHO WAS SUFFERING FROM DEMENTIA.
OUR OFFICERS WOULD BE ABLE TO GET 'EM HOME SAFELY.
AMBER ALERTS, THINK ABOUT AMBER ALERTS.
WE ALL DRIVE DOWN THE HIGHWAY.
WE SEE, UH, THE ALERTS UP ON THE, ON THE, THE, UH, OVERPASS.
BUT LET'S BE HONEST, IT'S WHITE NOISE.
YOU SEE IT AND YOU MOVE ON 10 MINUTES FROM NOW, YOU'RE NOT GONNA REMEMBER WHAT THAT LICENSE PLATE IS.
IF SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY IS ABDUCTED, I'M TELLING YOU NOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO USE THIS SYSTEM TO GET 'EM BACK IMMEDIATELY.
IT IS AN ABSOLUTE GAME CHANGER.
THE GENTLEMAN SAID, UH, THAT YOU'RE GONNA HEAR THINGS LIKE THIS IS THE BEST TOOL SINCE THE POLICE RADIO.
WE HAVE IN GRAND PRAIRIE, HAVE SOLVED A LARGE VOLUME OF OFFENSES.
I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT'S THE REASON THAT OUR CRIME RATE IS LOWEST POINT HAS BEEN SINCE 1973.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT'S CERTAINLY PLAYED A, A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR.
LAST THING I WILL TELL YOU WHERE I DO THINK THERE IS, UH, ROOM FOR AGREEMENT IS IN MISUSE OF THE SYSTEM.
I THINK THAT'S THE SPIRIT OF, OF WHAT THESE FOLKS WERE SAYING.
SO LET ME TELL YOU, I CAN'T SPEAK TO OTHER CITIES, BUT LEMME TELL YOU ABOUT GRAND PRAIRIE.
SO, UM, I'VE ORDERED, UH, THAT ALL OF OUR FLOCK SEARCHES ARE AUDITED ON A RANDOM BASIS BY EVERY SUPERVISOR OF THEIR UNIT WEEKLY.
SO THEY'LL JUST TAKE A RANDOM SEARCH, THEY'LL MAKE SURE THAT IT'S GOT, UM, A SERVICE NUMBER OR A CRIMINAL CONNECTION OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.
OUR MODEL HAS BEEN, UH, WE MET WITH FLOCK TO SEE IF THEY CAN BUILD THAT WITHIN THE SYSTEM FOR US.
AND OUR MODEL IS THE BASIS FOR SOME CHANGES THEY'RE WORKING ON.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN OR NOT, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE TAKE THESE CONCERNS SERIOUSLY.
UM, I KNOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN FORM, UH, WHAT IS IT, FORM OF STATES PIT WANTS THE, THE EXPANDED CAMERAS THAT I GUESS IS UP TO THE NEIGHBORS.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU FOR US, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA FIGURE IT OUT NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO.
BUT I'M JUST TELLING YOU, AS YOUR POLICE CHIEF, THIS IS, THIS IS PART AND PARCEL TO OUR CRIME FIGHTING CHIEF.
THE FLOCK CAMERAS JUST LIKE A TOW BOOTH READER.
IT GIVES YOU A, A SNAPSHOT OF THE LICENSE PLATE AND BASIC VEHICLE CHARACTERISTICS.
THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO FACIAL RECOGNI, BUT JUST LIKE A TOW BOOTH.
IF YOU'RE DRIVING ON THE TOW BOOTH, YOU'RE GETTING THAT'S A VERY GOOD WAY TO PUT IT.
UH, NO CAMERA, NO, NO FACIAL IDENTITY.
THERE'S NO VIDEO, BUT I MEAN, YEAH.
JUST THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDERSON, UH, CHIEF, I, I PULLED, I WAS THE ONE WHO, WHO ASKED TO HAVE THIS PULLED.
AND A LOT OF IT WAS BASED ON YOURS AND MY CONVERSATION YESTERDAY WHERE I, I I CALLED TO, TO, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF MISINFORMATION THAT'S OUT THERE.
UM, I ALSO WANTED THE INDIVIDUALS TO HAVE, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY
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TO SPEAK.UH, EVERY UH, EVERYONE WHO SPOKE WAS, UH, VERY, UH, CORDIAL, MADE, UH, MADE THEIR ARGUMENTS, MADE THEM WELL.
BUT FROM OUR CONVERSATION YESTERDAY AND KNOWING OTHER STORIES THERE, ARE THERE ABUSES WITH ANY SYSTEM? YES.
AND THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE AN AUDIT, THAT YOU HAVE A SPOT AUDIT.
I AM, UH, I, I APPLAUD YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT FOR DOING THAT.
UH, AND SO I, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO, TO YOU FOR, FOR HAVING THE CONVERSATION WITH ME AND ALSO THANK THE CITIZENS FOR THEIR COMMENTS BECAUSE THEY, THEY, THEY ARE WELL TAKEN.
AND, UH, I, I UNDERSTAND THEM, BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND WE LIVE IN A, IN A SOCIETY WHERE WE'RE TRACKED DAILY BY WHETHER IT'S THE TOLL BOOTH, OUR PHONES, UH, OUR IWATCHES THAT I DON'T HAVE ON RIGHT NOW.
AND I, I GENUINELY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING AND THANK YOU FOR, UH, TAKING, TAKING YOUR TIME TO, TO TALK TO US TONIGHT.
I JUST HAVE ONE COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF AND THEN ONE FOR, UM, DAMN.
UH, I, I COULDN'T THINK OF HER FIRST NAME, BUT I'M GONNA SAY MS. HARRIS.
UM, CHIEF, THE INFORMATION THAT IS OBTAINED, WHERE DOES IT GO? DOES IT STAY LOCAL OR, YEAH, I'M ASKING.
DOES IT STAY LOCAL OR DOES IT GO TO ARIZONA OR WHEREVER THE HOME OFFICE IS OR WHAT, HOW DOES IT NO,
SO, UH, WE DO SHARE OUR DATA WITH OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WITHIN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
OTHER STATES CAN SHARE OUTSIDE IF THEY SO CHOOSE.
UM, WE'VE DECIDED TO KEEP IT IN-HOUSE BECAUSE WE SAW A MISUSE IN ANOTHER STATE.
UM, IT'S, WE MAINTAIN THE DATA FOR, OR IT'S MAINTAIN OUR DATA'S MAINTAINED FOR 30 DAYS, AND THEN AFTER THAT IT'S, IT'S GONE.
UH, ONE QUESTION THAT I GOT ABOUT IT WAS, IS IT SHARED WITH US? NO.
THAT'S THE ANSWER I WANTED TO HEAR.
AND, UH, THEN THERE THERE ARE, WE DON'T SHARE DATA WITH ANY FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, UM, EXCEPT THE POSTAL SERVICE.
I THINK WE DO SHARE WITH POSTAL 'CAUSE WE'RE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH, UH, PEOPLE STEALING MAIL.
POSTAL INSPECTORS ARE PRETTY TOUGH GUYS TOO.
AND, UH, SO IT STAYS BASICALLY IN TEXAS, BUT YOU JUST SHARE IT IF ASKED OR DO YOU JUST THROW IT OUT ONTO A MASS DATABASE? NO, IT, IT'S, IT'S NOT LIKE, UH, IRVING HAS TO CALL US AND ASK FOR IT.
IF IRVING ENTERS IN, LET'S SAY IRVING HAS A CHILD ABDUCTION AND THEY PUT IN A B, C 1, 2, 3.
IF THAT ABDUCTOR COMES THROUGH A GRAND PRIX, UH, FLOCK AN OFFICER AROUND, THAT'S GONNA BE ALERTED.
SO, SO IT'S, IT'S ALMOST INSTANTANEOUS.
AND MATTER OF FACT, UM, THAT'S A PRETTY ASTUTE QUESTION BECAUSE THE WAY, LET'S ASSUME FLOCK GOES AWAY.
IF, IF SOMEBODY IS A CAR STOLEN, LET'S USE THE INSTACART STORY I GAVE YOU THIS MORNING.
THE, THE OFFICER PUTS THAT WOULD BE IN THE N-C-I-C-T-C-I-C SYSTEM THAT ALERTS EVERYONE IN THE COUNTRY THAT THIS IS A STOLEN VEHICLE.
BUT THAT GETS UPDATED ONCE, MAYBE TWICE A DAY.
THIS SYSTEM, YOU LITERALLY WILL KNOW WITHIN MINUTES, UH, THAT IT GOES BY ANY READER OR ANY OFFICER.
I'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER EXAMPLE.
SOMEBODY ON THIS COUNCIL KNOWS ABOUT THAT VERY WELL.
UH, IF WE HAVE A LICENSE PLATE, THE OFFICERS ACTUALLY RESPONDING TO THAT, UH, WILL BE ALERTED.
WE'VE LEARNED THAT LESSON THE HARD WAY.
WE HAD A VIOLENT CRIME HAPPEN UP IN THE NORTH PART OF TOWN, AND AN OFFICER DROVE RIGHT BY THE, THE CROOK ON THE WAY THERE.
NOW, WE DIDN'T KNOW IT AT THE TIME AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY, BUT HAD WE HAD IT, UH, WE WOULD'VE GOT 'EM RIGHT THEN.
GRAND PRAIRIE DETECTIVES ARE, ARE VERY TENACIOUS.
WE ENDED UP GETTING THEM ANYWAY, BUT IT WAS WAY ON DOWN THE ROAD AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN AFTER OTHER OFFENSES.
AND LEE, THE PI ASKED FOR THESE FOUR EXTRA AND HOW MANY DOES THE PI ALREADY HAVE? YOU WANT TO ANSWER THAT? YEAH, THEY, THEY HAVE 12 AND THEY WANT FOUR MORE.
THAT'S GONNA BE ONE ON EVERY CORNER.
I DON'T KNOW HOW BIG THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS, BUT THEY, THAT'S THE NEIGHBORS THAT'S NOT HITTING IN THEIR BACK POCKETS.
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AS A CIVIL LIBERTARIAN MYSELF, IF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WANTS IT, THAT'S, TO ME, THAT'S THEM.THEY'RE ASKING FOR ONE AT THE ENTRANCE TO EVERY SUBDIVISION IN THE, IN THE BID.
COUNCIL MEMBER SCHWA, DEPUTY MAYOR, PRO TEM HEADON CHIEF, UM, WITH THE AUDIT THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING WEEKLY, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT JUST GP PD IS DOING? OR, AND THAT'S NOT A NATIONAL STANDARD, THAT'S JUST EXTRA DUE DILIGENCE AT OUR CITY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER AGENCIES ARE DOING.
UM, BUT, UH, IT, IT CAME UP IN DISCUSSIONS LIKE THIS.
AND SO, UM, I THINK THERE'S MERIT TO SOME OF THE THINGS YOU HEARD TONIGHT.
IT, AND I UNDERSTAND WHY CITIZENS ARE CONCERNED.
THAT'S WHY I SAID AT THE OUTSET, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT 30 YEARS OF, OF PROTECTING THE CONSTITUTION.
SO, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT WE COULD DO MORE.
IT WAS, IN FACT, COUNCILWOMAN ADAMS HAD SIMILAR QUESTIONS.
SO THAT WAS SORT OF THE SPIRIT.
WE'VE GOT A PERSON ON OUR TEAM THAT'S VERY COMPUTERY,
AND, AND, UH, AND SO HE'S BUILT SOME OTHER SYSTEMS FOR US BEFORE.
WE'LL USE THAT, UH, WITH, UM, THE VENDOR AND TO TRY TO GET US, I LOOK, I, I A, I NEED TO AUDIT IT, BUT B IT CAN'T BE SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA TAKE MY COPS EIGHT HOURS TO DO.
IT'S GOTTA BE AN EFFICIENT WAY TO DO IT.
AND SO WE REQUIRE, THEY PUT IN A CASE NUMBER OR A CALL NUMBER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT SO THAT WE CAN TIE IT TO, UH, SOME TYPE OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY OF SOME SORT.
AND THAT'S THE SPIRIT OF THE AUDIT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S HAPPENING.
THE PRESSES SEEMS TO BE GOING WELL.
IT'S ALREADY BEEN ROLLED OUT TO ALL OF OUR PATROL TEAM AND, UH, BUT WE, WE WANT IT BAKED INTO THE ENTIRE ENTIRETY OF, OF THE VENDOR, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
I THINK THEY'RE OPEN TO THAT, BUT I ONLY CAN ONLY CONTROL GRAND PRAIRIE.
SO WE'RE LEADING THE CHARGE YET AGAIN.
UM, AND THEN I ACTUALLY HAD SOMETHING FOR LEE.
SO, UM, I JUST FOR INFORMATION THAT PID MAKES THEIR OWN BUDGET, WE DON'T MAKE THEIR BUDGET, THEY WANT DECORATIONS FOR CHRISTMAS OR SOMETHING, THEY WANT FLOCK CAMERAS.
THEY HAVE THEIR MEETING AND THEY DO THAT.
UM, I'M CURIOUS IF THERE WERE PARTICIPANTS AT THIS MEETING, AND I, I KNOW FROM THE MINUTES THAT DIDN'T WANT THIS.
I, I FEEL LIKE WHEN I'VE BEEN TO THE FORMER OF STATES PIT AS A SPEAKER, IT'S ALWAYS VERY LOW ATTENDANCE.
SO I ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO GO TO THOSE MEETINGS BECAUSE THEY, THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE MAKING THESE DECISIONS FOR THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, SO I THINK THAT'S RELEVANT.
HEARD SOME GREAT, UH, COUNTERPOINTS.
BUT EVIDENTLY AT THE PID MEETING, THEY DISCUSSED THIS AND IT WAS, UH, APPROVED TO GO FORWARD, UH, AT THAT STAGE.
SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROCESS ON THAT.
AND LEE, YOU GO TO ALL THE PID MEETINGS, DON'T YOU? YES, I DO.
COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
FIRST, I WANTED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHY, UM, I APPRECIATE THE CHIEF, OUR CHIEF, BECAUSE I WAS AT A CONFERENCE AND SEVERAL CITIES WERE PUSHING BACK ON THE FLOCK CAMERAS.
AND I THOUGHT, WELL, BEING A PART OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, WE'VE APPROVED SEVERAL OF THESE CAMERAS.
AND, UM, WHEN I WENT TO CHIEF, SHARED MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE INTEGRITY OF USE, HE IMMEDIATELY SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT THAT.
AND WITH MY BACKGROUND BEING AN ACCOUNTANT, I'M LIKE, WHAT ABOUT AN AUDIT? HE IMMEDIATELY SAID, THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO.
AND HE HAS TAKEN THE LEAD ON THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT IT IS NOT THE TOOL, IT IS THE USER, AND IT'S THE INTEGRITY IN WHICH IT'S BEING USED.
SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR CONTINUING TO KEEP US SAFE AND USING THE BEST AND THE LATEST PRODUCTS THAT'S AVAILABLE TO US, AS WELL AS HAVING INTEGRITY IN ITS USE.
AND SECONDLY, LEE, ANOTHER QUESTION.
THE INFORMATION WHERE, WHO RECEIVES THE INFORMATION ON THE PI ON THE PID MEETINGS? SO AT THE MEETING THERE, I KNOW THERE'S A BOARD WHO IS, IS EVERYBODY ON THAT BOARD ENTITLED TO SEE THE DATA THAT'S COMING FROM THESE CAMERAS OR HOW THEY'RE USING THIS DATA? WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SEE IT.
I THINK THERE ARE ADMINISTRATORS ON IT.
I KNOW THE P PRESIDENT HAS ACCESS TO IT.
WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE DATA FROM THE PI CAMERAS.
SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE P WHAT DO THEY, WHAT ARE THE, WHAT CAN A CITIZEN
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SEE? SO I'M CONFUSED.I CAN TELL YOU, I, I'VE NEVER SEEN THE PI.
UH, SO WHAT I'M GETTING READY TO SPEAK TO NOW IS MY GENERAL UNDERSTANDING.
UH, MOST PIS, IF MAYBE THIS ONE, I DON'T KNOW.
THEY, THEY GET THE ACCOUNT AND THEN ALL OF THE DATA THEY JUST GIVE TO THE PD.
THEY DON'T LOOK AT IT, BUT THEY'RE PAYING FOR IT.
SO I SUPPOSE THEY COULD HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
NOW, THEY, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE ACCESS TO ANY OTHERS.
IN OTHER WORDS, JUST THEY THEORETICALLY COULD HAVE THEIR OWN DATA, UH, BUT NO OTHERS.
BUT I WOULD JUST TELL YOU, I'D BE SURPRISED IF THIS ONE DOES, BUT THEY COULD.
SO TO, TO EXTEND THAT QUESTION, THE PEOPLE ON THE BOARD OR PRESIDENT OF THE PI BOARD HAS THE ACCESS, BUT TO YOUR EXPERIENCE, THEY DON'T USE THE DATA.
SO THEN I GO BACK TO WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY EARLIER.
I RECOMMEND THAT IF YOU'RE A PART OF FORMER ESTATES, YOU GET INVOLVED WITH THE PI AND SEE EXACTLY WHAT TYPE OF SURVEILLANCE INFORMATION THEY'RE RECEIVING AND WHY THEY'RE RECEIVING IT.
AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH IT.
I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKER CARDS.
UM, TO THAT POINT WITH THIS AUDIT, SO, UH, LET'S SAY THIS PIT PRESIDENT, UM, SEARCH OF SOMETHING NOW, IS THAT GONNA BE A PART OF YOUR NO, I, IT, THAT WOULD BE NO DIFFERENT THAN ME AUDITING IRVING PD OR, OR SOME.
NO, I, WE ARE AUDITING OUR SEARCHES.
I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER WHAT OTHER ENTITIES DO.
KEEP IN MIND THERE ARE COMPANIES LIKE HOME DEPOT, LOWE'S, UH, JUST TWO THAT COME TO MIND THAT HAVE FLOCK SYSTEMS OR LPRS, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE FLOCK.
UM, BUT THEY HAVE LICENSE PLATE READERS THAT THEY GET THE DATA ON.
AND I GUESS TO THE POINT OF SOMEONE BEING PROSECUTED OR ARRESTED, UM, AS JUST A CIVILIAN, COULDN'T DO THAT.
SO THAT IS, THAT'S A POLICE THING.
SO THE FACT THAT, THAT IT'S A POLICE RELATED AUDIT, I GUESS IS VERY CRITICAL.
I, WE CAN SEE THEIR DATA, BUT THEY CAN'T SEE ANYTHING BUT THEIR DATA.
THINK THAT'S, SO WE'RE DO, DO A CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, VERY SELDOM, I CAN'T THINK OF AN EXAMPLE WHERE WE WOULD DO, REMEMBER, ALL YOU'RE GETTING IS A LICENSE PLATE SNAPSHOT.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE AN INVESTIGATIVE LEAD, BUT THAT'S NOT GONNA BE ENOUGH FOR TO BUILD A CASE.
YOU KNOW, IN, IN THE CASE OF, UH, COUNCILMAN CHAPPELLE, WE WERE ABLE TO USE THAT DATA TO PUT THE CROOKS CLOSE BY WHERE HE WAS CAMPAIGNING.
UM, BUT THAT'S ONE PIECE OF A VERY LARGE CASE.
THIS TOOL IN MY EXPERIENCE IS, IS ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY USED FOR, UM, GETTING KIDS BACK, GETTING OLD PEOPLE THAT ARE, UH, I SHOULDN'T PUT IT THAT WAY, FOLKS WITH DEMENTIA, OLD PEOPLE LIKE ME FINDING.
THANK YOU MAYOR, FOR LETTING ME OFF THAT HOOK.
I WAS GOING BAD BEFORE I SAID THAT.
UM, THINGS ARE VERY TIME SENSITIVE.
WE HAVE A, A PERSON IN OUR SHOP WHO'S, WE CALL HIM OUR IN AS PART OF OUR TACTICAL INTELLIGENCE.
SO HE'LL LISTEN TO THE RADIO AND LET'S SAY THERE'S A VIOLENT CRIME THAT HAPPENS ON THE NORTH PART OF TOWN.
AND THE THE CALLER SAYS, YOU KNOW, IT'S A PERSON DRESSED LIKE THIS AND THEY'RE DRIVING AN ORANGE CAR, AND THE LICENSE PLATE IS A, B, C 1, 2, 3.
WE'RE GETTING THAT ENTERED IN WITHIN SECONDS.
SOMETIMES OUR DISPATCH DOES IT FOR US.
SO REMEMBER THAT A VERY LARGE OR VERY SMALL SUBSET OF OUR POPULATION IS COMMITTING A LARGE CROSS-SECTION OF OUR CRIMES HERE.
SO THE SOONER YOU CAN GET 'EM, UH, IN CUSTODY, THEY'RE LESS LIKELY TO CONTINUE TO OTHER CRIMES, PARTICULARLY VIOLENT CRIMES.
PEOPLE DON'T JUST WAKE UP IN THE MORNING, DECIDE THEY'RE GONNA GO DO A ROBBERY.
THIS IS USUALLY PEOPLE THAT HAVE DONE IT A BUNCH.
SO IF WE CAN GET THEM QUICKLY, IT HAS AN IMPACT.
UH, IT, IT GETS 'EM FURTHER UPSTREAM.
AND WE HAVE LESS OFFENSES DOWNSTREAM.
AND AS I SAID, UM, I'M NOT DISAGREEING WITH THE, THE SPEAKERS BEFORE ME, BUT IN MY OPINION, UH, THIS SYSTEM HAS BEEN INTEGRAL TO OUR CRIME.
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MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.UH, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE FLOCK CAMERAS THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT USES.
I HAVE A LOT OF HEARTBURN WITH THE PEOPLE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF I'M DRIVE, IF I'M DRIVING DOWN A PUBLIC STREET, UH, THAT INFORMATION BEING GIVEN TO PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, LOWE'S, HOME DEPOT, I CHOOSE TO GO TO LOWE'S OR HOME DEPOT.
UH, I, THEY, THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO DO THAT.
BUT DOGGONE IT, DRIVING DOWN THE PUBLIC STREET IS A HORSE OF A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FIRE DEPARTMENT.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVING THAT INFORMATION.
I HAVE PROBLEM WITH JOHN Q, PUBLIC LIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, HAVING THAT INFORMATION AND HIM OR HER HAVING THE ABILITY TO GIVE THAT INFORMATION TO US, AS I ASKED YOU, WE DON'T, THEY COULD, UH, THAT WAY.
MOTION CARRIES BY VOTE EIGHT TO ONE.
HOWEVER, I WILL DIRECT THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE TO GET WITH THE CHIEF AND LOOK AT THIS, THIS 'CAUSE I THAT ON WHAT PIDS CAN AND CANNOT USE THE DATA FOR AND BRING US BACK A REPORT AND WE MAY TAKE SEPARATE ACTION ON THAT.
[8. Public Hearing and Final Reading of an Ordinance Annexing Approximately 66.010 acres of land in Ellis County, Texas Being More Particularly Described and Graphically Depicted in Exhibit A, such tract is generally located south of Highway 287, North of Lakeview Drive, and Including Land Situated in the R. Wines Survey, Abstract No. 1178, the W. Gardner Survey, Abstract No 403 and the J. Ellis Survey, Abstract No. 1274, and being part of a called 198.07 Acre Tract of Land Described in Special Warranty Deed to Big View LLC, Recording in Instrument Number 2154286, Official Public Records, Ellis County, Texas, and All Adjacent Rights-of-way into the City of Grand Prairie, Texas; Providing for Incorporation of Premises, Amending of the Official City Map, and Acknowledging a Service Plan; Requiring the Filing of this Ordinance with the County Clerk; Prescribing for Effect on Territory, Granting as Appropriate to All the Inhabitants of Said Property All the Rights and Privileges of Other Citizens and Binding Said Inhabitants by All of the Acts, Ordinances, Resolutions, and Regulations of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas; Providing Cumulative Repealer, Severability, and Savings Clauses; Providing for Engrossment and Enrollment; and Providing an Effective Date]
EIGHT.I PUT FOUR RIGHT NEXT TO EIGHT.
SO I SCRATCHED IT OUT AT THE SAME TIME.
TIFFANY BULL, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY.
ITEM EIGHT IS RIVER BEND ANNEXATION.
AND IF YOU WILL LOOK ON YOUR SCREEN, YOU WILL SEE A LITTLE DOTTED LINE GOING THROUGH THE RIVER BEND DEVELOPMENT THAT IS THE CITY LIMITS.
SO WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED TODAY IS TO ANNEX THAT LITTLE 66, APPROXIMATELY 66 ACRE PORTION OF LAND OF THE RIVER BEND.
AND THAT'S SO WE CAN PUT THE PICKLEBALL COURTS THERE, RIGHT?
THEY'RE PICKLEBALL, COURTS GOTTA GO SOMEWHERE.
UH, SO WE ARE SEEKING TO ANNEX THIS IN SO THAT YOU HAVE CONTINUITY WITHIN THIS DEVELOPMENT.
INSTEAD OF HAVING PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY, PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT OUT OF THE CITY.
THIS WILL MAKE THE RULES, THE REGULATIONS, AND EVERYTHING SEAMLESS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT.
UH, I DO HAVE, UH, TO TELL YOU, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM AND WISH TO DO SO, YOU CAN DO SO NOW.
EVEN IF YOU DID NOT FILL OUT A CARD, HAVING NONE, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MAYOR, I MOVE TO, UH, APPROVE ITEM.
ME TO CLOSE OUT PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM EIGHT AND APPROVE IT.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM JOHNSON.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHAPPELLE.
[9. Public Hearing and Resolution Approving the FY 2026-2027 Budget Adopted by the Grand Prairie Crime Control and Prevention District (Reviewed by the Crime Control and Prevention District Board on 08/04/2026)]
NINE, RYAN, SIR.RYAN SIMPSON, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF POLICE.
UH, WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS THE FY 2027 COMMUNITY POLICING FUND BUDGET OR CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT BUDGET.
UH, THIS WAS REVIEWED BY THE FINANCING GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE AT THE BUDGET, UH, WORKSHOP LAST WEEK, AND THEN WAS ALSO APPROVED BY THE CCPD BOARD, UH, EARLIER THIS EVENING.
AND SO NOW IT'S BEFORE COUNCIL FOR FINAL APPROVAL.
UH, THE REASON WHY IT'S HERE ON THIS AGENDA FOR TONIGHT IS BECAUSE STATE LAW REQUIRES THIS BUDGET TO BE APPROVED, UH, NO LATER THAN 40, OR NO SOONER THAN 45 DAYS, UH, BEFORE THE START OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING THIS NOW.
UM, MOST OF Y'ALL HAVE ALREADY HEARD ALL THIS STUFF, SO I'LL KEEP IT BRIEF.
UH, AGAIN, THIS IS THE 2027, UH, CCPD BUDGET.
UH, THIS FUND HIRES EQUIPS AND TRAINS POLICE OFFICERS.
THERE'S REVENUES OF, UH, JUST OVER 13 MILLION, UH, MOSTLY DERIVED FROM THE QUARTER CENT SALES TAX.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO SOME REIMBURSEMENT REVENUE IN HERE FROM G-P-I-S-D.
UH, THERE'S CURRENTLY 69, UH, POLICE, UH, POSITIONS IN THE FUND.
UH, EVERY POLICE POSITION SWORN YES, SIR.
HOW MANY OFFICERS? 69 FROM A QUARTER CENT THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THE CITY JOINED DART IN EIGHTIES.
WE'D BE FUND, WE WOULDN'T HAVE FUNDED THEM, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE MONEY.
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THE CITIZENS IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES MADE SUCH A WISE DECISION FOR OUR CITY 69 POLICE OFFICERS OUTTA THAT QUARTER CENT.EVERY POLICE, UH, SWORN POLICE POSITION WE'VE ADDED SINCE 2014 HAS BEEN FUNDED IN FRONT.
UH, SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN PERSONNEL COSTS, UH, DUE TO COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS, SOME OTHER ROUTINE FLUCTUATIONS IN SOME OF THE CONTRACTS AND AND SERVICES PURCHASES.
UH, ONE NOTABLE ITEM THAT YOU'LL SEE THERE IN THE TRANSFER OUT IS 4.985 MILLION BEING TRANSFERRED OUT OF THE FUND BALANCE INTO THE CIP FUND.
UH, THAT'S TO FUND THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ROOF AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING.
UH, REPLACE THE GENERATOR AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING AND THEN ALSO, UH, FUND A PART OF THE, UH, EVIDENCE STORAGE FACILITY, UH, ON THE PSB CAMPUS.
AGAIN, THAT'S MOVING MONEY OUT OF THE FUND BALANCE.
IT'S ACCUMULATED FROM SAVINGS IN PRIOR YEARS.
UH, WITH DOING THAT LEAVES THE FUND BALANCE OF 5.6 MILLION, UH, WHICH IS ABOUT $2.8 MILLION OVER THE FUND BALANCE REQUIREMENT FOR THIS FUND.
SO STILL IN PLENTY GOOD SHAPE, EVEN WITH THE TRANSFER OUT TO DO THOSE MUCH NEEDED REPAIRS.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU HERE IN THE AUDITORIUM AND AT HOME, THERE ARE SPEC SPECIFIC RULES OF WHAT THIS FUND CAN BE USED FOR.
UH, DO WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER, UH, HAROLD HAROLD WILLIS.
THOSE OF US WHO VOTED FOR THIS QUARTER ASCENT SALES TAX, WE KNEW WHAT THIS WAS GONNA GIVE US.
I, I GUESS I'M CONCERNED RIGHT NOW WE'RE TAKING $5 MILLION TO DO INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
WHY DOESN'T THAT COME OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND? WHY DON'T WE USE THIS 5 6 1 AND A HALF DOZEN ANOTHER? I MEAN, AND IT'S FOR THE PSB, THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING OR OUR MAIN POLICE HEADQUARTERS.
IT, UH, IF WE TAKE IT OUTTA THE GENERAL FUND, WE HAVE TO, I MEAN WE SPEND HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH MONEY DO WE SPEND OUTTA THE GENERAL FUND FOR POLICE? IT'S A LOT MORE THAN THIS.
AND, AND HAROLD, YOU'LL REMEMBER THE, THIS FUND ALSO FUNDED THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING.
AND SO THESE THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL, THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL VOTE ON IT.
AND SO THESE, THESE, UH, COSTS IN HERE ARE JUST TO DO SOME, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE REPLACEMENTS THERE.
WE GOTTA HAVE THE BACKUP GENERATOR, THE ROOF, THE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE THING.
I JUST WANT TO GET THIS ON RECORD.
IS ANY OF THIS FUNDING GOING TO PURCHASE FLOCK CAMERAS? HE TOLD YOU WHAT? IT'S P PURCHASING, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF HIS FLOCK CAMERAS OR NOT.
THERE, THERE ARE A MYRIAD OF CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES IN THIS FUND.
FLOCK SAFETY IS ONE OF THEM, BUT IT'S NOT A NEW CONTRACT.
AND IT'S EXISTING CONTRACT THAT WE'VE HAD FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
WHAT ARE WE PAYING THE FLOCK COMPANY FOR THESE CAMERAS OUT OF THIS CRIME CONTROL FUND AS THE AMOUNT OF THE CONTRACT? I CAN GET YOU THAT, BUT IT OH, YES, PLEASE.
JUST TO UNDERSTAND, I SUPPORT THE GRAND PRIX POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I WAS ON THIS COMMITTEE IN 2007 THAT THE GRAND PRIX POLICE ASSOCIATION, WE GOT THE VOTES OUT THAT PEOPLE LIKE US, WE SUPPORT THE GRAND PRIX POLICE.
THAT KNOWING THAT THIS CRIME CONTROL DISTRICT WITH THE FLOCK CAMERAS, YES, THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD THINGS THE FLOCK CAMERAS ARE DOING, BUT IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WHEN THE NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SAYS, I'M TRUMP'S PERSONAL LAWYER, WE TRUST THE GRAND PRIX POLICE.
WE DO NOT TRUST THE ICE COWARDS, THE ICE THUGS WHO COVER THEIR FACE AND ARE PULLING PEOPLE OUT OF THE CAR.
I BELIEVE THE GRAND PRIX POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT I DON'T TRUST TOM HOLMAN OF ICE.
I DON'T TRUST THAT OAKY MARK WAYNE MULLEN.
DON'T THINK FOR A NANOSECOND THAT FLOCK ISN'T DOING A SPECIAL LITTLE DEAL WITH THE COWARDS FROM ICE.
AND THAT OAKY UP THERE TO PULL PEOPLE OVER.
SO I SUPPORT GRAND PRAIRIE POLICE.
IF ANYBODY ELSE WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, YOU CAN DO SO NOW.
SEEING NONE, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION MAYOR.
I MOVE TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION APPRO THE FY 2026, UH, THROUGH 2027 BUDGET ADOPTED BY THE GRAND PRAIRIE CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT.
SECOND, WE HAVE MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TIM JOHNSON.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
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OPPOSED SAY NAY.[10. STP-26-05-0008 - Site Plan - Oncor Oakdale Substation (City Council District 1). Site Plan to construct a new Electric Substation on 9.40 acres. Lot 1, Block 1, West Oakdale Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, zoned PD-326 & Light Industrial (LI) Districts, within the SH 161 Corridor Overlay, and addressed as 1650 W Oakdale Rd (On July 14, 2026, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval with conditions by a vote of 5-0)]
10.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SAVANNAH WARE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.
THIS NEXT ITEM IS A SITE PLAN.
THIS IS FOR ENCORE OAKDALE SUBSTATION.
YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION ON THE SCREEN.
IT'S AT THE CORNER OF OAKDALE LANE AND WEST OAKDALE ROAD.
THE REQUEST IS FOR A NEW ELECTRIC SUBSTATION ON ABOUT 9.4 ACRES.
THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY.
AND ON THE SCREEN IS THEIR PROPOSED SITE PLAN.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, APPROXIMATELY 97,000 SQUARE FOOT PAD FOR THE, UH, UH, EQUIPMENT.
THEY ARE PROVIDING A BERM ALONG WEST OAKDALE ROAD, WHICH IS SHOWN IN GREEN.
THE CENTER OF THE LOT INCLUDES A TRANSFORMER LINE EASEMENT, AND THOSE ARE SHOWN IN RED.
AND THEN LASTLY, THEY'RE PROPOSING A, AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE ALONG THE NORTH AND EASTERN PROPERTY BOUNDARY, WHICH IS SHOWN IN BLUE.
SO THERE ARE NO OCCUPIABLE STRUCTURES ON SITE.
THEY'RE ALSO PROPOSING NO LANDSCAPING TO, UH, AVOID ANY INTERFERENCE WITH OVERHEAD POWER LINES.
THEY ARE REQUESTING SOME VARIANCES.
THE FIRST IS TO THE HEIGHT REQUIREMENT.
THEY'RE REQUESTING TO EXCEED THE 50 FOOT HEIGHT REQUIREMENT, UH, TO ALLOW THE TOWER TO BE 65 FEET.
THEY'RE REQUESTING NO LANDSCAPING, AND THEN THEY'RE REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO THE MINIMUM PAVING REQUIREMENTS TO ALLOW GRAVEL AS BASE MATERIAL FOR THE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT PAD AND GRAVEL DRIVEWAY.
THESE REQUESTS FOR VARIANCES ARE SIMILAR TO THE OTHER ELECTRIC SUBSTATIONS CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED IN THE PAST.
AND ON JULY 14TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST WITH CONDITIONS BY A VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO.
THE FIRST IS THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL INCREASE THE HEIGHT OF THE PROPOSED SIX FOOT MASONRY SCREENING WALL ALONG THE EAST PROPERTY LINE TO EIGHT FEET, AND THEN THAT THEY SHOULD PROVIDE AN EIGHT FOOT SOLID MASONRY OR WOOD FENCE ALONG THE NORTHERN PROPERTY LINE.
AFTER THE P AND Z MEETING, THE APPLICANT REVISED THEIR PLANS AND IS NOW PROVIDING AN EIGHT FOOT MASONRY SCREENING WALL ON BOTH, BOTH SIDES.
UH, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, DO YOU WANT TO TALK? ASK HER A QUESTION BEFORE THE SPEAKERS, YOUR LIGHT, YOUR LIGHTS ON.
UH, I, LET ME, LET ME ASK JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS.
UH, BECAUSE SAVANNAH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT YOU GUYS WILL START HEARING FROM ME IS WHEN, WHEN WE START MAKING REQUIREMENTS OF GOING FROM A SIX FOOT TO AN EIGHT FOOT MASONRY WALL, UH, ALONG 600 FEET, THAT'S ABOUT 60 GRAND, 70 GRAND IN COST OF ADDITIONAL COST BECAUSE YOU DON'T JUST HAVE TO RAISE ANOTHER TWO FEET IN ORDER TO PUT IT IN.
YOU'VE GOTTA PUT, UH, FOOTERS UNDERNEATH IT THAT WILL, SO YOU HAVE TO COMPLETELY RE-ENGINEER IT, REDESIGN IT.
UH, SOMEBODY LIKE ENCORE, THEY'RE GONNA SAY, OKAY, 'CAUSE WE'RE, THIS IS A COST THAT'S GONNA BE PASSED ON TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS ROOM.
I THINK THE, THE, ON THE, ON THE, THE NORTH SIDE, UH, WE WANT A, AN EIGHT FOOT WALL OR AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE, THAT'S GONNA BE ANOTHER 50 60 GRAND TO PUT ANOTHER 600 FEET OF FENCE.
SO OUR REQUESTS, AND, AND ENCORE IS A GREAT, UH, PARTNER WITH THE CITY AND THE GREAT, OUR REQUESTS HAVE INCREASED THE COST BY SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 75 AND A HUNDRED GRAND WITH OUR REQUESTS.
AND I, I, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE STAFF AND, AND TO, TO, HEY, P AND Z WAS THE ONE WHO, WHO PUT THIS ON THERE.
YOU GUYS MADE THE ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATION OR, OR MA MADE THE ORIGINAL.
THEY, THEY MAKE THE CHANGES, BUT I'M, I'M JUST, I'M CONCERNED.
AND IT'S THAT, THAT WE ARE INCREASING A DEVELOPER'S COST WITH, AND IT MAY NOT BE NEEDED.
AND, AND IT'S NOT NEEDED DEPENDING ON WHERE IT'S AT.
AND, AND YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SIX AND EIGHT FOOT FENCE ON THIS, I DON'T SEE A LOT OF DIFFERENCE.
IT MAKES A LOT OF DIFF AND NOW THIS ISN'T, UH, COUNCILWOMAN CLEMSON'S DISTRICT.
I DON'T SEE THAT CHANGING IT FROM SIX TO EIGHT.
FEET'S GONNA MAKE A, MAKE A LOT OF DIFFERENCE.
AND HONESTLY, THE, UH, UH, A 600 FEET OF WA OF FENCE, UH, WOODEN FENCE THAT'S EIGHT FEET 10 YEARS FROM NOW IS NOT GONNA LOOK VERY GOOD.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THOSE CO IT'S REALLY A COMMENT.
IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT CRITICISM.
IT'S JUST AS WE'RE WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THIS, I, IF IT'S ME, I'M SAYING, HEY, GO, GO BACK TO A SIX FOOT FENCE.
I DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ANYTHING ON THAT NORTH SIDE.
IT SAVES OUR DEVELOPER, UH, MONEY AND IT SAVES OUR TAXPAYERS MONEY IN THEIR ENCORE BILLS.
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GOOD POINT.I WANTED TO MAKE, MAKE THAT POINT.
UH, WE GOT A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS.
HAROLD WILLIS, 5 3 8 LINLEY, THIS ENCORE SUBSTATION.
WHAT IS THE PROXIMITY TO THIS SUBSTATION, TO THE DATA CENTER THAT WAS APPROVED FOR THAT PART OF GRAND PRAIRIE? I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT DISTANCE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT THAT LOCATION, THEY'RE NOT PROCEEDING WITH THE DATA CENTER.
THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A, A TRADITIONAL WAREHOUSE THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
SO THERE WILL NOT BE A DATA CENTER BUILT IN NORTH GRAND PRAIRIE BY THIS SUBSTATION.
THAT'S WHAT SHE, THE DATA CENTER THAT WAS APPROVED WHAT, A YEAR AGO UP IN NORTH GRAND PRAIRIE.
THEY'RE PROCEEDING WITH THE WAREHOUSE.
I WOULD ASK THAT THAT BE MADE IN THE GRAND PRAIRIE PIPELINE.
SOME SORT OF INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC RIGHT NOW.
BECAUSE EVEN TANYA TUCKER, THE COUNTRY WESTERN SINGERS DOG CUSSING DATA CENTERS DOWN THERE IN AUSTIN RIGHT NOW, SHE'S ALSO DOG CUSSING ENCORE.
UM, I'VE GOT SOME ISSUES WITH ENCORE BECAUSE LAST SATURDAY NIGHT, I LOST ELECT ALMOST 4,000 PEOPLE IN SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE TWO TIMES.
WE LOST ELECTRICITY TWO TIMES IN SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE ON JULY 20TH OUT ON THE PENINSULA.
CHARLIE ENGLAND PARKWAY, NORTH SOUTH GRAND PENINSULA.
WHAT ABOUT 5,000 PEOPLE AT FIVE 30 IN THE AFTERNOON WITH THE HEAT.
SO IF ENCORE'S GONNA PUT THIS TO THE WAREHOUSES UP THERE AND THERE'S NO LONGER GONNA BE A DATA CENTER, WHAT IS ENCORE DOING FOR THE GEOGRAPHICAL CENTER OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, WHICH IS I 20, IF ALL THIS GOODLAND DEVELOPMENT GOING ON DOWN THERE, WE KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE A DATA CENTER IN THE GOODLAND DEVELOPMENT.
WE KNOW THAT IS GOING TO OCCUR.
HOPEFULLY THEY MIGHT CHANGE THEIR MIND AND PULL OUT NOW THAT GREG ABBOTT HAS SAID, I'M GONNA DO WHAT'S BEST FOR TEXANS AND HOLD OFF ON THE DATA CENTERS.
UM, THIS IS JUST SOMETHING RIGHT NOW WITH ENCORE THAT IS THERE REALLY A NEED FOR THIS SUBSTATION UP THERE? NOW WHAT ABOUT OTHER PARTS OF GRAND PRAIRIE THAT WE'RE SOUTH OF 20, SOUTH OF REAL CREEK, I CAN SAY IS ENCORE FILLS.
UH, I KNOW SPECIFICALLY THE OUTAGE THAT HAPPENED DOWN ON THE PENINSULA THAT WEEKEND.
I TALKED TO THE MANAGER, AND IT WAS A, AN ANIMAL THAT GOT FRIED AND IT TRIPPED THREE TIMES BEFORE IT SHUT DOWN THE LINE.
THEY HAD TO GET OUT THERE AND CLEAN IT UP.
SO THE, THE AMOUNT OF POWER GOING, THE AMOUNT OF POWER WASN'T THE ISSUE.
UH, SO, UM, HAROLD, THEY DO THE MATH.
WE DEPEND ON THEM TO DO THE MATH WHERE THE GROWTH IS TO GIVE US ENOUGH POWER TO IT.
I CAN TELL YOU NOW, THE CITIZENS OF THIS AREA DO NOT TRUST ENCORE.
ENCORE BURNED THEIR BRIDGES WITH US IN FEBRUARY OF 21.
THAT'S WHO WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH RIGHT NOW.
I'M A PROJECT MANAGER IN OUR RIGHT OF WAY GROUP WITH ENCORE.
UM, I'M PRIMARILY HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
OUR, UH, SUBSTATION THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TONIGHT, UH, FOR SITE PLAN APPROVAL IS FOR OVERALL SYSTEM RELIABILITY, UH, TO THE RESIDENTS AND TO THE BUSINESSES, UH, WITHIN GRAND PRAIRIE, AS WELL AS THE SURROUNDING AREA TO FURTHER BACKAND AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL, UM, ELECTRICAL CAPACITY, UH, TO THE OVERALL AREA AND TO THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES OF, OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
UM, TO COUNCIL MEMBER ANDERSON'S QUESTION, UM, AND, AND COMMENT RELATED TO THE, UH, THE, THE MASONRY SCREENING WALL, UM, BASED OFF OF THE ZONING REQUIREMENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE LEARNED FROM STAFF THAT AS A SCREENING WALL OR A FENCE WAS NOT REQUIRED, UM, ALONG OUR NORTHERN PROPERTY LINE.
UM, HOWEVER, IN AN EFFORT TO, TO APPEASE THE COMMISSION, UM, AND TONIGHT FOR COUNCIL, UH, WE TOOK THAT BACK.
AND, AND IF THAT IS, UM, WHAT THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE, WE'RE MORE THAN WILLING TO, INSTEAD OF A WOOD FENCE, PROPOSE AN EIGHT FOOT MASONRY SCREENING WALL.
UM, HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, IF IT, IF IT'S NOT REQUIRED, AND IF IT'S APPEASE US TO COUNCIL TONIGHT, UM, AS YOU'LL DO WHATEVER WE MOTION.
UM, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIMM HEDON, UH, REGARDING THE CITIZEN'S LAST COMMENT ABOUT DIFFERENT
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POCKETS OF THE CITY, UM, AND I GUESS HE'S SOUTH OF I 20, NEEDING SOME RELIABILITY.DID YOU SAY THAT THIS LOCATION WOULD IMPACT OR BENEFIT THE WHOLE OF THE CITY OR IS IT A CERTAIN MILE RADIUS, OR HOW DOES IT WORK WITH THESE SUBSTATIONS? IT IT DOES IT, WHAT IT DOES IS IT HAS CAPACITY FOR, FOR ELECTRICAL POWER TO SERVE THE ENTIRE AREA.
BUT ALSO WHAT IT DOES IS THO THAT AMOUNT OF CAPACITY THAT'S CURRENTLY IN, SAY, ANOTHER SUBSTATION OR SWITCHING STATION, UM, IN THE SOUTH PART OF TOWN, IN THE NORTH PART OF TOWN, IT, IT TAKES THAT LOAD AND, AND THAT AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY AND IT, IT EVENLY DISPERSES IT SO THAT THOSE SUBSTATIONS AREN'T WORKING AS HARD, UM, BECAUSE OF, OF A NEW ONE THAT ESSENTIALLY ABSORBS THAT, UM, THAT ADDITIONAL POWER.
HOW, HOW BIG DO YOU ALL CONSIDER AN AREA TO BE? UM, IT, IT REALLY VARIES BASED OFF OF, YOU KNOW, HOW HOW LARGE IF IT'S A TWO TRANSFORMER SUBSTATION, A FOUR TRANSFORMER, LIKE WE'RE, HOW BIG ONE WE'RE TONIGHT? THIS, THIS IS A FOUR TRANSFORMER SUBSTATION.
SO THIS IS THE LARGEST, THE BIG ONE OF WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE BUILDING RIGHT NOW.
UM, THE SUBSTATION THAT YOU'RE BUILDING, UM, YOU SAID THAT ENCORE PRETTY MUCH LOOKED TO SEE WHAT AREAS NEEDED FOR IMPROVEMENT OR UPGRADE WITH TRANSFORMERS OR FACILITIES.
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU LOOKED IN THE WESTCHESTER AREA, WHICH IS SOUTH OF 20, IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF 20.
THAT'S ONE OF OUR OLDEST NEWEST AREAS.
AND SO I'M SURE THERE'S GONNA BE, OR THERE'S GONNA BE A NEED FOR UPGRADES THERE BECAUSE WE ARE HAVING OUTAGES.
OUR CITIZENS ARE VERY UPSET AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME IMPROVEMENT, NOT JUST TALK, BUT WE WANNA SEE WHAT TYPE OF INCREASE IN EQUIPMENT OR UPGRADES YOU HAVE PLANNED FOR THAT AREA.
SO FIRST OF ALL, WHERE IS THAT? DO WE HAVE A SUBSTATION SOUTH OF 20? AND IF SO, WHERE DO YOU KNOW, JUST OFF THE TOP OF YOUR, OFF THE TOP OF MY, I KNOW WE HAVE PROBABLY NOT A, A LOT OF SUBSTATIONS ALL OVER THE METROPLEX, BUT PARTICULARLY WHERE WE'RE MOST PREDOMINANT RIGHT NOW.
UM, I I WOULD NOT, I, I APOLOGIZE.
I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TELL YOU.
IS IT MORE THAN ONE IN GRAND PRAIRIE? YES.
THERE, THERE IS MORE THAN ONE SUBSTATION IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
SO IS IT POSSIBLE TO BRING THAT INFORMATION BACK OR TELL US OR MAYBE SCHEDULE ANOTHER MEETING SO THAT WE CAN DETERMINE? YES.
AND LET ME GET WITH OUR, OUR AREA MANAGER SOLUTION, MR. SEAN REDDY, AND I WILL COMMUNICATE THAT OVER TO HIM.
LET'S, LET'S DO THIS, LET'S DO THAT.
UH, WESTCHESTER AND ALGOS HAVE HAD, UH, MY BOSS TAUGHT ME THIS WITHOUT DATA.
WELL, IN MY OPINION, THEY'VE HAD MORE THAN THEIR FAIR, FAIR SHARE OF OUTAGES.
I, I, I THINK ENCORE NEEDS TO MAKE A PRESENTATION TO US AT BRIEFING, UM, JUST THE OVERALL STATUS OF OUR ELECTRIC SYSTEM SUBSTATIONS.
UM, AND I WOULD LIKE SOME OF THE DATA, UM, WE CAN SAY, UH, THAT I THINK HAROLD'S NEIGHBORHOOD GETS HIT MORE THAN ANY OTHER, AND IT MAY, BUT MY DATA'S JUST BECAUSE I GET MORE CALLS ON THAT.
I'D LIKE TO SEE THE DATA ON AREAS.
THESE AREAS DO HAVE A HIGHER EXPERIENCE OF OUTAGES.
AND HERE'S WHAT THE TOP 10 OUTAGES WERE.
THREE WERE TREES THAT FELL INTO 'EM.
AND GET WITH STAFF AND MAKE A PRESENTATION TO US.
I THINK ALL OF US WOULD ENJOY THAT.
SO, AND HAROLD, YOU CAN COME TO BRIEFINGS AND HEAR THAT PRESENTATION.
ALSO IN THAT INFORMATION, UM, OUR OTHER SUB STATION, WOULD YOU PLEASE, UM, CHECK TO SEE THE FENCING AROUND THEM WHERE WE CAN COMPARE WHAT THEY HAVE AND HOW THAT HAS WORKED AND IF ANY OF THEM BACK UP TO, UH, RESIDENTIAL AREAS, WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND HOW THAT HAS WORKED AS WELL? YES, MA'AM.
AND YOU KNOW, IF MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECT, AND NONE OF THEM, UH, MANY OF THEM DIDN'T REQUIRE 'EM, P AND Z TOLD 'EM TO PUT 'EM WHETHER THEY WERE REQUIRED OR NOT, OR NEEDED.
SO WE HAVE A GOOD DECISION TO MAKE TONIGHT.
WE NEED TO DECIDE NO MATTER WHAT P AND Z SAID, WHETHER WE WON IT THERE OR NOT.
AND IF WE DO, HOW HIGH, UH, DEPUTY, UH, SORRY.
IT STILL HAS YOU AS DEPUTY MAYOR, MAYOR, PRO PROM.
KURT, I, I JUST WANNA COMMENT ON WHAT YOU TASK STAFF TO DO.
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ALREADY ASKED THEM IN AN EMAIL THIS WEEKEND BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED TO HAVE A MEETING AT THE BETTY MACK LIBRARY.SO ENCORE CAN GO AND MEET THE COMMUNITY TO, LET'S HAVE IT HERE.
I DON'T THINK THAT INVITE EVERYBODY.
UM, WE COULD, YOU CAN HAVE THAT THERE TOO FOR YOU.
IT, IT WASN'T JUST FOR ME, IT WAS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO THEY CAN MAKE IT WELL, I MEAN FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.
AND HAVE, I WANT THE CITY AS WHOLE AND IT BE ON OUR AGENDA AND THIS WHOLE ROOM CAN BE FULL.
YOU HAVE YOUR, YOU HAVE YOUR MEETING.
I WANT MY MEETING BETTER
THEY MAY NOT HAVE THE DATA FOR YOU IN THEN, BUT WHATEVER, UH, UH, DEPUTY MAYOR, PRO TEM HEAD, UM, WHILE WE'RE PROVIDING YOU THE LIST FOR YOUR BRIEFING PRESENTATION, UM, I'M FAIRLY CERTAIN THAT WHAT HAPPENED IN WESTCHESTER, THAT'S WHERE THIS GENTLEMAN LIVES, UM, WAS NOT A SQUIRREL OR A DOG AND, UM, OR A BIRD.
AND IT SEEMS TO BE KEEP HAPPENING.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION ON THE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION I'M TALKING ABOUT, WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT, BUT IT IS HAPPENING A LOT IN THE WESTCHESTER AREA.
SO, UM, GIVEN MY INCLINATION AND INFORMATION SO FAR THAT THAT'S NOT IT.
IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN WHAT, WHAT IS THE, THE PROBLEM.
WE JUST WANNA KNOW WHAT THEY ARE.
WHAT, WHAT IS THE PROBLEM AND WHAT'S THE PLAN IS THE TRANSFORMERS THAT ARE OLD AND RAN OUT.
COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL,
UM, THE, I'M ALL FOR SUBSTATIONS BECAUSE WE NEED THE POWER.
WE NEED THE POWER TO BE MOVING.
I KNOW ENCORE DOES NOT GENERATE ANY POWER.
ENCORE JUST MOVES POWER AND WE NEED IT TO MOVE.
WE NEED IT TO MOVE IN ALL PARTS OF THE CITY.
UH, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M READY FOR, LET'S START GETTING BATTERY STORAGE GOING TOO.
BUT, UH, THESE SUBSTATIONS, ESPECIALLY A FOUR TRANSFORMER ONE, DO MAKE A LITTLE BIT OF NOISE.
AND THE ONLY REASON THAT I WOULD HAVE WITH THE CONCRETE FENCE IS THIS ACTUALLY IS BACKING UP NEXT TO RESIDENCES.
WELL, THEN THAT'S WHERE YOU, THAT WHILE I, YEAH.
AND, AND THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY BIG REASON THAT 'CAUSE YOU GOT SUBSTATION UP ON ROCK ISLAND, CORNER OF ROCK ISLAND AND ROY, OR THAT'S JUST GOT CHAIN LINK FENCE AROUND IT.
BUT THERE'S NO HOUSES OR NO HOMES OR NOBODY.
THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY THING WITH THAT.
AND, UH, I HAVE DEALT WITH SEAN REDDY.
UH, YOU ASK HIM QUESTIONS, HE ANSWERS YOU, OR AT LEAST HE DOES TO ME.
UH, I THINK A BRIEFING DEAL LIKE THAT WITH, WITH SEAN OR, UH, BOTH OF YOU, EVEN EVEN HIS BOSS, WHO I PERSONALLY KNOW, UH, MAYBE WE COULD GET SOME PEOPLE TO, TO DISCUSS THIS BECAUSE IT IS A QUESTION.
UH, EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD LOSES POWER FOR SOME REASON.
OR OTHER CARS, CARS HIT POLES, UM, TREES HIT LINES.
AND I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, MY NEXT DOOR, MY OLD NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR HAS PASSED AWAY, STOPPED ME ONE DAY AND HE SAID, WATCH THAT SQUIRREL, BOOM, WE LOST POWER.
UM, WHAT THE QUESTION IS, IS THE REACTION TO THAT BECAUSE OF HOW LONG IT TAKES TO GET IT BACK ON.
UH, THAT'S THE QUESTION WE NEED.
THAT WOULD BE THE DATA I WOULD WANT.
NOT HOW MANY TIMES THIS HAPPENED.
IT WAS HOW LONG AND HOW HARD WAS IT TO, AND I, I THINK WE WANNA KNOW WHAT'S CAUSING IT.
SEE IF THERE'S A ROOT PROBLEM LIKE TRANSFORMERS GOING OUT.
AND HOW LONG AND HOW HARD IT WAS.
SOME, SOME THINGS ARE HARDER TO FIX.
SOMEBODY KNOCKS A POLE OVER, THAT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT MORE TIME.
THAT'S MY THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER SHOT.
COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. THEN I'LL BE READY FOR A MOTION.
SO BOX, I JUST WANT TO KNOW, THREE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE LIVE IN WESTCHESTER.
AND SO WE DO EXPERIENCE THESE OUTAGES.
SO HAROLD IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT IN, UM, SHARING OUR FRUSTRATION.
UM, BUT ALSO, UM, IT'S A PUBLIC SAFETY IT ISSUE TOO, BECAUSE AGAIN, AS HAROLD HAS MENTIONED, THEIR DEVICES, HEALTH DEVICES, MEDICAL DEVICES THAT DEPEND ON THIS, YOU KNOW, CONNECTIVITY.
AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE ALL THE ELECTRIC CARS, SO I'M SURE THAT IS A DRAIN ON THE USAGE OF OUR ELECTRICITY.
SO IF YOU CAN REALLY GET THAT INFORMATION AND HAVE A PRESENTATION, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
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MAYOR.UM, WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT, UM, WE NEED THE SUBSTATION AND THAT I'M ALSO HEARING THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE RESIDENCE, UH, UH, A FENCE BETWEEN THE RESIDENTS AND THE SUBSTATION TO HELP WITH THE NOISE.
AND, UM, AS FAR AS I'D LIKE STAFF'S OPINION ON THIS TOO, AS FAR AS THE, UH, HEIGHT OF THE FENCE, THE BETWEEN THE SIX AND EIGHT, THAT SHOULDN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE.
SHOULD IT? NOT IN THIS INSTANCE? NO.
I WOULDN'T THINK THAT THAT'S GOING TO ALLEVIATE NOISE IN ANY, ANY WAY.
IF THAT'S THE MAIN GOAL OF THE FENCE.
SO COUNSEL, DOES THIS SOUND CORRECT, UH, THAT WE WOULD, UH, WANT TO APPROVE THIS WITH THE, UH, FENCE BETWEEN THE PROPERTY AND OF THE RESIDENCE AND IT COULD BE SIX FEET? AM I HEARING THAT CORRECT? I THINK SO.
BUT WE'LL FIND OUT IF YOU MAKE THE MOTION FOR SURE.
I'M NOT GONNA HOLD THEM RIGHT NOW.
WE'LL, WE'LL ACCEPT IT OR DENY IT THING.
ONE THING, IF, IF I MAY INTERJECT COUNCILWOMAN CLEMSON, UM, ENCORE'S STANDARD THAT WE WILL DO, OR WHAT OUR STANDARD PRACTICE IS, IS EIGHT FOOT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
UM, IF YOUR STANDARD PRACTICE IS EIGHT FOOT, THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION THERE.
UH, ON ITEM NUMBER 10, MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE SUBSTATION WITH A FENCE, EIGHT FOOT FENCE, STANDARD EIGHT FOOT FENCE, AND ESPECIALLY THE, UH, SOUND FENCE OR WHATEVER, HOWEVER YOU WANT.
SO YOU'RE BASICALLY APPROVING WHAT P AND Z APPROVED.
UH, WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 10 WITH P AND Z'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMSON, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
WORK WITH STAFF ON WHEN YOU'RE READY WITH THE DATA.
[11. SUP-26-05-0009 - Specific Use Permit - Vics Mobile Auto Repair (City Council District 1). Specific Use Permit for an Auto Repair (Major) in a commercial lease space on 1.985 acres. Lot 19-RA, Block 4, Dalworth Hills Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, zoned Light Industrial, and addressed as 2337 Doreen Street, Suite 101 (On July 28, 2026, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval with conditions by a vote of 5-0)]
11.ITEM NUMBER 11 IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR VICS MOBILE AUTO.
THE REQUEST IS FOR AN SUP FOR MAJOR AUTO REPAIR.
IT'S AT 2337 DOREEN STREET, SUITE 1 0 1.
YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.
THIS IS A NEWLY CONSTRUCTED BUILDING, SO IT'S NOT SHOWING YET UP ON THIS AERIAL.
UM, BUT THE RED SHAPE SHOWS THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THE BUILDING.
SO THE PROPOSAL IS FOR AN AUTO REPAIR MAJOR FACILITY.
THEIR OPERATIONS ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN THE TYPICAL AUTO REPAIR SERVICE.
THEY ARE PROPOSING A MOD, UH, MOBILE AUTO REPAIR SERVICE WHERE, UH, THEIR TECHNICIANS GO OUT TO THE CUSTOMER'S LOCATION AND PERFORM, UH, MAINTENANCE AT THOSE LOCATIONS.
THEY DO, UH, SO THEY PLAN TO HAVE THIS LOCATION PRIMARILY SERVE AS A DISPATCH, ADMINISTRATIVE STATION, AND A PLACE TO STORE THE COMPANY OWNED SERVICE VANS OVERNIGHT IN THE BUILDING.
AND THEY DO ANTICIPATE THAT IF THERE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE THE NECESSARY REPAIRS EXCEED WHAT THE MOBILE UNITS CAN PROVIDE, THEY WILL TOW THOSE VEHICLES BACK TO THIS LOCATION FOR THE REPAIRS.
SO THERE MAY BE SOME REPAIRS TAKING PLACE ON SITE.
MOST OF IT WILL BE MO UH, MOBILE.
UH, THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE BUILDING AND THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THE, THE SUITE THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TO OCCUPY.
AND THEY ARE REQUESTING A VARIANCE, UH, TO THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES.
UH, THE UDC REQUIRES THAT THEY PROVIDE 10 SPACES AND THEY'RE REQUESTING SIX PARKING SPACES.
UH, AS PART OF THIS REQUEST, STAFF EVALUATED THE PROPOSAL USING AN ANALYSIS FRAMEWORK THAT ORGANIZES KEY PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS.
AND I WILL, UH, WALK THROUGH THOSE FAIRLY QUICKLY.
THE FULL, UH, FINDINGS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE STAFF REPORT AND THE AGENDA PACKET.
SO THE PROPOSED USE IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA, AND IT'S, UH, SIMILAR TO THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
UH, THE TENANT SPACE IS LOCATED WITHIN A RECENTLY COMPLETED INFILL DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO OCCUPANCY OF THE SPACE CONTRIBUTES TO THE CONTINUED ACTIVATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORTS ONGOING ECONOMIC ACTIVITY WITHIN THE AREA.
ON JULY 28TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED
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APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS BY A VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO OPERATIONS SHALL COMPLY WITH AND REMAIN CONSISTENT WITH THEIR OPERATIONAL PLAN.IF OPERATIONS CHANGE TO A MORE TRADITIONAL SERVICE MODEL WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE REPAIRS TAKE PLACE ON SITE, UH, THEN THE OPERATOR SHALL COMPLY WITH THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS OF THE TIN PARKING SPACES.
THE BUSINESS SHALL OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND AN A RB PERMIT.
UH, THEY MUST PROVIDE PROOF OF GARBAGE SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY DEPARTMENT PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF THEIR CO, AND THEN ALL OF THEIR OPERATIONS MUST COMPLY WITH OUR A RB REQUIREMENTS AND OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM.
UH, SAVANNAH, ARE YOU SAYING THREE PARKING SPACES TOTAL? AND THAT WILL BE FOR THEIR VANS ONLY.
SO, I'M SORRY, I GOT LOST THERE.
THEY'RE PROVIDING SIX PARKING SPACES.
THE VANS WILL BE ACTUALLY STORED INSIDE THE BUILDING, BUILDING OVERNIGHT, AND SO THEY WILL NOT BE PARKED IN THOSE SPACES.
SO SIX IS SEEMS LIKE A PLANNING FOR SIX UNDER THIS, THIS OPERATIONAL MODEL.
COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMSON, I DO NOT HAVE ANY OTHER LIGHTS.
AND SAVANNAH STAFF IS FINE WITH THE CONDITIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED BY PNZ.
I, UH, MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 11 WITH CONDITIONS THAT WERE LISTED.
THAT WAS WITH THE CONDITIONS LISTED.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHAPPELLE.
[12. ZON-26-05-0014 - Zoning Change/Concept Plan - Goodland Riverbend (City Council District 6). Zoning Change from Agricultural (A) District and PD-475 to a Planned Development District for Mixed Use, Mixed Residential Use, Commercial Use, and Open Space on 197.59 acres. Generally located west of S Hwy 287, and north of Lakeview Drive, all or portions of Parcel IDs 192557 and 303394, out of W. M. Gardner Survey, Abstract No. 403, R. K. Wines Survey, Abstract No. 1178, and J. D. Elis Survey, Abstract No. 1274, zoned Agricultural (A) District and PD-475, City of Grand Prairie and City of Grand Prairie ETJ, Ellis County, Texas (On July 28, 2026, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 5-0)]
ITEM 12.ALRIGHT, ITEM NUMBER 12 IS A ZONING CHANGE IN CONCEPT PLAN FOR GOODLAND RIVERBEND.
UM, THE REQUEST IS TO ESSENTIALLY ADD THE AREA THAT WAS ANNEXED EARLIER IN THE AGENDA TO THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
OH, IT'S WHAT WE JUST, YES, SIR.
SO IT'S TAKING, IT'S WHERE THE PICKLEBALL COURTS ARE GONNA GO.
IT INCLUDES MIXED RES, RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL MIXED USE AND OPEN SPACE.
ON THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE THEIR PROPOSED CONCEPT PLAN.
SO IT SHOWS THE TWO CHARACTER AREAS AND THEN THE AREA OUTLINED IN RED IS ESSENTIALLY THE, THE PART THAT'S BEING ADDED TONIGHT AND THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING THE ZONING CHANGE FOR, IT'S FOR THE WHOLE DISTRICT.
SO IT'S GOING FROM AG AND 4 75 TO PD 4 75 A THANK YOU.
SO SAME STANDARDS, IT'S JUST ADDING ADDITIONAL ACREAGE.
SO THE MIXED RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER AREA IS ABOUT 70 ACRES AND IT INCLUDES A VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES, WHICH ARE LISTED ON THE SCREEN.
IT ALSO INCLUDES THE ABILITY FOR THEM TO CONSTRUCT COMMERCIAL NODES WITHIN THAT AREA.
AND THEN THE MIXED USE CHARACTER AREA IS ABOUT 28 ACRES.
IT ALLOWS FOR HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL MIXED USE, INCLUDING RETAIL, RESTAURANT, RESIDENTIAL, CIVIC USES AND OFFICES.
THESE ARE THEIR CONCEPTUAL IMAGES INTENDED TO REPRESENT THE TYPES OF, UH, PRODUCT THAT CAN BE CONSTRUCTED.
AS PART OF THIS STAFF CONDUCTED OUR ANALYSIS AND PROVIDED, UH, KEY FINDINGS WITHIN THE STAFF REPORT.
UM, SO THIS PROPOSAL DOES SUPPORT, UH, SOME GUIDING PRINCIPLES IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE AREA.
IT PRESERVES ABOUT A HUNDRED ACRES OF FLOODPLAIN, AND THEN THE ZONING STANDARDS PROVIDE A MECHANISM TO INTEGRATE A PORTION OF THAT AS OPEN SPACE AND RECREATIONAL AMENITIES.
UH, THE PROPOSAL INCLUDES A DIVERSE RANGE OF HOUSING TYPES AND IT ALSO INTEGRATES NEIGHBORHOOD AMENITIES, OPEN SPACES, COMMERCIAL AREAS, AND WALKABLE CONNECTIONS, UM, TO CONTRIBUTE TO A HIGH QUALITY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
UH, THE PROPOSAL IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA, WHICH IS PRIMARILY RESIDENTIAL TO THE SOUTH AND WEST.
AND THE PROPOSAL IS CONSISTENT WITH GOOD GOODLAND MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT AND ITS ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
AND ON JULY 28TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION AND I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
MY QUESTION, AND I GUESS WE'RE JUST COPYING THE PDS IN PLACE AND JUST MAKING IT FIT ALL THE REST OF THIS.
THEN I GUESS WE NEED TO LET IT BE KNOWN THAT THIS PD ALLOWS ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
UH, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE NEW
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IN GRAND PRAIRIE BECAUSE CURRENTLY WE, MOST OF THE CITY DOES NOT ALLOW ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.UM, I JUST THINK, THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS KNOWN.
I DIDN'T KNOW IT UNTIL I READ IT IN THIS ONE.
I DIDN'T SEE IT IN THE LAST ONE.
I HAD SHAME ON ME FOR MISS MISSING THAT, UH, BUT THE LAST ONE WAS ALREADY DONE BEFORE I GOT HERE TOO.
BUT, UH, YOU CAN, THIS ALLOWS, UH, ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, UH, UP TO 800 SQUARE FEET IN THE BACKYARD.
UH, SO WE NEED TO KNOW THAT THAT'S COMING, UH, IN THIS AREA, IN THIS WHOLE ENTIRE AREA DOWN THERE.
DO WE, WE KNOW IF THE LAKESIDE IS ALLOWING THESE, THE LAKE SONG, LAKE SONG? I, I, I DON'T RECALL OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
I DON'T RECALL THAT AS IN THE PD.
THIS WAS THE ONLY PD THAT, UH, OR DEVELOPMENT THAT REQUESTED THAT IT BE ADDED.
SO, UM, AND FROM MY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DEVELOPER, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THESE TO BE ATTACHED TO THE PRIMARY HOME EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE ADUS.
SO, UM, UH, VIRIDIAN, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THESE AS WELL.
SO THERE'S A CERTAIN HOME TYPE HOME BUILDER WHO BUILDS THAT USE IT, THAT BUILD THAT.
EVERYBODY LOVES EVERYTHING AND VIRIDIAN, RIGHT.
SO WE LOOKED AT THOSE CONCEPTS.
ALL WE GOTTA SAY IS GRID AND HAS IT TONY.
WELL, I'M, I'M KIND OF JOKING YOU, BUT THAT'S THE POINT.
THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S, UH, SAME AS SAYING THEY HAVE 'EM IN SEATTLE TO ME BECAUSE I HAVE NO CLUE ABOUT WHAT VIRIDIAN HAS.
I YOU NEED TO DRIVE THROUGH IT SOMETIME.
YOU WILL IF YOU WANT TO THE UH, BUT THE, BUT THE POINT IS THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED ANYWHERE ELSE.
IS THAT, IS THIS THE ONLY PD IN GOODLAND THAT'S, THAT ALLOWS THAT, OR DOES ALL OF GOODLAND ALLOW THAT? THE TOWN CENTER PD AREA ALLOWS IT.
SO THIS IS THE GOODLAND RIVER BEND DEVELOPMENT AND THEN THIS GOODLAND TOWN CENTER IS THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THEY ALLOW IN THAT ALLOW IN THERE TOO? YES.
WELL IT'S JUST MY, MY WHOLE POINT IS LETTING IT BE KNOWN THAT THAT'S GREATENING POINT AT A PART OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
THAT IT'S NOT HAPPENING ANYWHERE IN ANY OTHER PART.
AND IF IT BLOSSOMS LIKE VERIDIAN DID, OTHER PEOPLE MAY WANNA START DOING IT IN THEIR NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
COULD WE DEFINE UNDER COMMERCIAL USE PLEASE? THE, I UNDERSTAND THE RESIDENTIAL, BUT UNDER COMMERCIAL USE, WILL THERE BE ANY DATA CENTERS ALLOWED IN THE COMMERCIAL USE STAFF? I'M SORRY? YOU MENTIONED DATA CENTER COMMERCIAL USE IN THIS PD.
CAN THEY BUILD A DATA CENTER? WE'LL HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT, BUT NO, UH, IF THIS, FROM MY KNOWLEDGE, NO.
THE ONLY AREA THAT WE HAVE A DATA CENTER ALLOWED USE IS THE AREA THAT WAS THAT WE DESIGNATED FOR DATA CENTER.
IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA DOWN SOUTH.
SO THEY CAN'T SNEAK IN A DATA CENTER UNDER COMMERCIAL USE.
THEY JUST CAN'T SS SNEAK THIS IN RIGHT NOW AS IT EXISTS.
WE'LL DOUBLE CHECK THAT, BUT CORRECT.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT HAROLD, TO PROTECT YOU AND US.
I THINK THAT OUGHT TO BE PART OF OUR MOTION BECAUSE I SAYING YOU'RE GONNA CHECK ON IT WON'T HELP US RIGHT NOW.
I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE, UH, WE HAVE NOT TIFFANY ALLOWED IN THE DATA CENTERS ARE NOT PERMITTED IN THIS AREA.
WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A NOTE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION, HAROLD.
BUILD PICKLEBALL COURTS NOT DATA CENTERS.
THAT'S ALL THE CARDS THAT ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
UH, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE FUTURE PICKLEBALL COURTS.
UH, I MOVE TO APPROVE, UH, ITEM 12 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF.
WE HAVE MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM JOHNSON.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[13. SUP-26-06-0014 - Specific Use Permit - Tattoo & Body Piercing Studio at 2100 N Highway 360 (City Council District 1). Specific Use Permit for a tattoo and body piercing studio in an existing commercial lease space. Tract 1, G.S.C. Development Corporation Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, zoned Light Industrial (LI) and addressed as 2100 N Hwy 360, Suite 1100B (On July 14, 2026, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval with a condition by a vote of 5-0)]
ITEM 13.ITEM 13 IS ANOTHER SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
IT'S FOR A TATTOO AND BODY PIERCING STUDIO.
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ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE.SO THIS IS LOCATED AT 21 AND WE MAY, I'M SORRY, NORTH HIGHWAY 360.
YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.
THIS IS PART OF AN EXISTING BUSINESS PARK.
THE STAR ON THE MAP INDICATES THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THE, UH, LEASE SPACE.
THE, UH, PROPOSED USE IS FOR AN APPOINTMENT FOCUSED TATTOO AND BODY PIERCING STUDIO.
IT'S, UH, LEASE SPACE IS ABOUT 500 SQUARE FEET.
IT IS A SINGLE ARTIST, UH, WHICH IS THE OWNER OPERATOR.
UH, THE PROPOSED HOURS ARE MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, 11:00 AM TO 7:00 PM AND SHE ANTICIPATES HAVING ABOUT TWO TO FIVE CLIENTS PER DAY.
UH, SO SHE IS LICENSED WITH THE TEXAS DEPART DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES AND HAS SOME OTHER CERTIFICATIONS AND TRAINING, WHICH IS REQUIRED.
UH, FOR OUR UDC, THIS IS A CONCEPT OF WHAT THE INTERIOR WOULD LOOK LIKE.
THE PROPOSAL IS MEETING THE ZONING REQUIREMENTS IN THE UDC AND THE LOCATION REQUIREMENTS.
STAFF AGAIN, EVALUATED THIS USING OUR FRAMEWORK.
AND NOTE THAT THIS IS AN INDEPENDENT ARTIST OWNED AND MANAGED STUDIO.
THE USE IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING ZONING DISTRICT AND THE EXISTING MIX OF USES WITHIN THE BUSINESS PART.
AND IT MEETS THE UDC REQUIREMENTS FOR A TATTOO AND BODY PIERCING STUDIO.
AND AGAIN, THE OWNER OPERATOR IS PROPERLY LICENSED.
ON JULY 14TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH A CONDITION BY A VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO.
AND THAT CONDITION IS THAT OPERATIONS SHALL ADHERE TO THEIR OPERATIONAL PLAN AND FLOOR PLAN.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
WE HAVE A SPEAKER OR THE DEVELOPERS HERE.
THE, THE OWNER I THINK YES, APPLICANT.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I CURRENTLY RESIDE IN 8 0 2 BURLESON STREET IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.
I'VE LIVED WITHIN THE METROPLEX MOST OF MY LIFE.
AND FROM ALL OF THE CITIES I'VE LIVED IN, GRAND PRAIRIE HAS ALWAYS FELT LIKE HOME.
THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT THIS CITY.
I WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ESTABLISH MY BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE BECAUSE I LOVE THE DIVERSITY, STRONG ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND THE COMMITMENT THE CITY HAS IN SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES.
MY GOAL IS TO CREATE A PROFESSIONAL AND WELCOMING TATTOO STUDIO, WHICH FOCUSES ON THE SAFETY OF WOMEN IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHILE PROVIDING A POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR MY CLIENTS OF ALL DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS.
I PLAN ON EXPANDING MY BUSINESS WITHIN THE NEXT FEW YEARS IN HOPES TO CREATE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHERS IN MY FIELD.
HOWEVER, MY BIGGEST GOAL IS TO BECOME A LONG-TERM ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE CITY'S BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
ARE YOU CURRENTLY WORKING IN ANOTHER LOCATION? I AM CURRENTLY IN A PRIVATE SUITE INSIDE OF A BARBER SHOP.
AND THAT IS IN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE? YES, MA'AM.
AND, UM, YOU'LL BE THE ONLY ONE THAT'S IN THIS NEW LOCATION.
I ENTERTAIN A MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMSON.
UH, MAYOR, WE ARE ON ITEM NUMBER 13.
I MOVED TO, UH, APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 13 WITH CONDITIONS.
AND ALSO IF WE COULD REVIEW, UH, THE SUP IN SIX MONTHS.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL.
I THINK, UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? A NAY? MOTION CARRIES.
[14. SUP-25-12-0047 - Specific Use Permit/Site Plan - Enfy Auto Sales (City Council District 5). Specific Use Permit for Auto Body Shop, Auto Paint Shop, Auto Body & Paint Shop, and Auto Dealer (Non-Franchise Used) on 1.005 acres. Lots 29, 30, 31, 32 & 33, Block 1, Idlewild Heights Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Heavy Industrial (HI) District, and addressed as 519, 521, 529, 533, & 537 Richardson Dr (On July 14, 2026, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval with conditions by a vote of 5-0)]
COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL.COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL NEEDS TO RECUSE HIMSELF.
GIVE HIM A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO LEAVE THE DI.
ALRIGHT, ITEM 14 IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR IN THE AUTO SALES.
UH, THE REQUEST IS FOR AUTO BODY SHOP, AUTO PAINT, SHOP, AUTO, BODY, AND PAINT.
AND AN AUTO AUTO DEALER NON FRANCHISE USED.
THE LOCATION'S OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.
THE PROPERTY ZONED HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AND IT'S ABOUT ONE ACRE.
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OF THE LOCATION.AND THIS IS AN EXISTING AUTO BUSINESS AND THEY'RE PROPOSING TO ADD AUTO PAINT AND THEN THE AUTO DEALERSHIP NON FRANCHISE USED.
UM, SO THIS SUP WILL INCORPORATE ALL OF THE USES THAT ARE PROPOSED FOR THE SITE AND EXISTING AT THE SITE.
UH, THERE'S AN EXISTING BUILDING.
THEY'RE PROPOSING TO CONVERT THE ATTACHED METAL CANOPY TO ADDITIONAL THAT I WANTED.
UH, MECHANICS CHECK AND THEN ADD A NEW SPRAY SPRAY PAINT BOOTH.
UH, THEY HA WILL HAVE ONE PAINT BOOTH AND THEN TWO SERVICE BAYS FOR THE AUTO BODY REPAIR WORK.
UH, THEY ANTICIPATE HAVING TWO TO FOUR EMPLOYEES AND, UH, THEIR TOTAL OF 61 PARKING SPACES.
THIS IS THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN.
YOU CAN SEE THE ADDITION THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS IN RED.
AND THEN THESE ARE THE, UH, PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BUILDING.
AND LOOKING AT THIS, WE, UM, EVALUATED IT BASED ON OUR FRAMEWORK.
UH, THE PROPERTY USE IS CONSISTENT WITH, UH, THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
UM, IT'S AN ESTABLISHED A RB BUSINESS THAT HAS BEEN OPERATING FOR MANY YEARS.
AND THIS SUP WILL SERVE AS A MECHANISM TO ENSURE THAT THE OPERATION AND NEW USES BEING ADDED WILL COMPLY WITH THE CITY'S RULES AND REGULATIONS.
AND THEN, UH, THE PROPERTY PROVIDES ADEQUATE AND ORGANIZED PARKING WITHIN THE FENCED AREA.
AND ON JULY 14TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS BY A VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO.
UH, THE FIRST IS THAT THE SUV'S CONTINGENT UPON THE FINAL EXECUTION AND RECORDING OF THE LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY.
FOR THE RIGHT OF WAY, USE OF THE PARKING IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF A CO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY SHOULD BE PLATTED INTO A SINGLE LOT.
UH, FIVE OF THE SEVEN PARALLEL PARKING SPACES, UM, SHOULD BE RESERVED FOR VISIT TO PARKING.
PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF A BUILDING PERMIT OR A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, THE APPLICANT SHALL SUBMIT THE REVISED PLAN ACCURATELY REFLECTS DESIGNATED PARKING ALLOCATIONS.
IF ANY FUTURE CHANGES THE OPERATION OCCUR, UH, THAT WILL IMPACT THE REQUIRED PARKING SPACES.
THEN THE APPLICANT, UH, OWNER SHALL SUBMIT THE REVISED PLAN.
AND SUCH CHANGES MAY INCLUDE, UH, ADDING A TENANT, UH, INCREASING THE AREA DEVOTED TO AUTO SALES OR EXPANDING THE BUILDING.
AND THEN LASTLY, ALL OPERATIONS SHALL COMPLY, COMPLY WITH OUR A RB UM, REQUIREMENTS IN OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES.
THIS CONCLUDES, UH, STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
UH, SAVANNAH, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE, TO THE PICTURE? UH, I LI UH, THAT'S THAT RIGHT THERE.
WHEN, WHEN I SEE THIS AND I I LOOK IT, IT'S OBVIOUS THAT IT'S OVER, IT'S OVER A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT, UM, LOTS.
AND THEY'RE ADDING ONTO A LOT THAT THEY ALREADY OWN.
ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT, THAT PNZ REQUESTED WAS A, UM, THAT THEY HAVE A, UH, UH, THAT IT BE PLATTED INTO A SINGLE, INTO A SINGLE LOCK.
CAN YOU HELP, CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY WE, WE, WE NEED THEM TO DO THAT? SO THIS IS A STANDARD RECOMMENDATION, RECOMMENDATION THAT STAFF MAKES WHEN A DEVELOPMENT IS ACROSS MULTIPLE LOTS.
UM, IF COUNSEL DESIRES TO PROCEED WITHOUT A PLAT, THEN STAFF'S OKAY WITH THAT.
SO WE COULD APPROVE IT WITHOUT PROCEEDING WITH THE PLAN? CORRECT.
YOU CAN SAY STRIKE CONDITION NUMBER, WHATEVER NUMBER.
I ALWAYS LIKE TO KNOW WHETHER WE HAVE YEAH, YEAH.
BECAUSE THAT'S, AND AND THE OTHER, UH, THE, THE PARKING, THE THE PARKING THAT, THAT WE WANT OR THAT, OR THAT'S REQUESTED IN FIVE OF THE SEVEN PARALLEL PARKING SPACES.
THE REASON I WANTED YOU TO PULL THIS UP IS WHERE ARE THOSE PARKING SPACES OUTTA THE 60 SOMETHING? ARE THEY, ARE THEY JUST THE, JUST THE ONES IN FRONT.
THAT'S JUST THE ONES IN FRONT.
AND DO, DO WE HAVE, DO WE HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE NOT BEING USED FOR THAT? I GUESS WHAT YOU WANT, YOU'RE WANTING TO MAKE SURE IS THAT THEY'RE NOT PUTTING CARS FOR SALE OUT THERE IN THE FRONT.
IS IS THAT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO? PART OF THE CONCERN AND THE ISSUES THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS IS WHEN THEY USE THOSE PARKING SPACES FOR THE INVENTORY OR, UH, VEHICLES THEY'RE WORKING ON AND THEN THE VEHICLES FOR CUSTOMERS, THEY'RE JUST PARKED IN THE STREET AND WHATNOT.
UM, SO IT'S, THEY NEED TO BE LEFT AVAILABLE FOR CUSTOMERS.
SO THAT, SO THERE IS A, SO, SO WE DO HAVE SOME ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD OR QUESTIONS FROM CODE BEFORE IN THE PAST.
IT JUST HELPS, UH, TO HAVE THEM NOT NECESSARILY AT THIS LOCATION, JUST EVERY LOCATION THAT RUNS ONE OF THESE, THAT'S AN ISSUE.
OH, THAT AND THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT COMES UH, A PART OF IT'S AN ISSUE EVERY TIME WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH PARKING FOR CUSTOMERS AND DON'T USE THOSE PARKING.
PULL IN A CAR AND CHANGE THE TIRE AND CHANGE OIL OR WHATEVER THEY DO OUT THERE.
THAT'S, I JUST, I WANTED, I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND KIND OF THE RATIONALE BEHIND THANK YOU.
MAKING, MAKING AN ACTUAL REQUIREMENT.
TONY BRINGS THAT UP AT NEARLY EVERY ONE OF THE ARBS.
'CAUSE THAT'S, HE KNOWS ARBS LIKE THE BACK OF HIS HAND.
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ANSWERS MY QUESTION.'CAUSE IT COMES UP ON EVERY ONE OF 'EM.
A CHASE NAZAR IS THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE.
THE APPLICANT IS ALSO HERE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
SO DID YOU HEAR THAT THE APPLICANT IS HERE ALSO? IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? HEY CHASE.
I'M LOCATED AT 10 32 ROCK SPRINGS DRIVE, BROTHERTON, TEXAS.
I'M HERE REPRESENTING AMFI AUTO SALES.
I AGREE WITH MOST OF THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS EXCEPT FOR THE REPLANTING, WHICH, WHICH SEEMS LIKE IT'S ALREADY BEEN HANDLED AS FAR AS THE PARKING.
WELL, I MEAN IT'S, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IT.
AIN'T ANYTHING HANDLED UNTIL WE MAKE A MOTION.
YEAH, YOU GOTTA GET FIVE VOTES.
SO WE DIDN'T AGREE WITH HAVING TO REPLANT.
THIS PROPERTY'S BEEN THIS WAY SINCE THE 1970S.
WE'RE AT THE DEAD END STREET NEXT TO THE ARMY BASE.
AS FAR AS THE PARKING FOR VISITORS, THE SALES ARE MOSTLY DONE ONLINE.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF VISITORS.
WE DON'T PLAN ON HAVING ANY NEW VISITORS.
I WE'RE JUST REQUESTING FOR EMPLOYEE OR VISITOR PARKING.
NO WORK WILL BE DONE OUTSIDE THE FENCE.
NO CARS ARE STORED OUT THERE OR NOTHING.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE RIGHT NOW.
ANY QUESTIONS? SO SO YOU, SO YOU WANT TO USE 'EM FOR EMPLOYEE AND VISITOR PARKING? YES.
SO I JUST DON'T WANT, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
'CAUSE WE JUST DON'T WANT THAT MAKES SENSE.
THE CAR REPAIRS ON, WE DON'T WORK WORKING ON OUT THERE.
WHICH MEANS THAT, UH, WE'LL NEED TO AMEND THE MOTION JUST A LITTLE BIT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT INCLUDES EMPLOYEE.
IF WE, IF WE DECIDE TO THAT YES, BECAUSE THE WAY IT WAS STATED WAS FINE FOR VISITOR AND WE DIDN'T WANNA LIMIT JUST HAVE PARKING THAT WE CAN'T USE BASICALLY.
IF WE NEED AN EMPLOYEE TO PARK THERE, JUST ALLOW 'EM TO PARK THERE FOR.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CHASE AND OUR, UH, COUNCIL LOPEZ, FIDO, COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ, IT KEEPS GOING ON AND OFF.
SO WHOEVER MAKES THE MOTION MIGHT MAKE THAT MOTION TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S JUST FOR EMPLOYEES AND, UM, VISITORS OR GUESTS, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WOULD BE PART OF IT'S THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
SO, I MEAN, BECAUSE IF YOU, IT'S A SUP.
SO IF YOU GET A VIOLATION AND YOU GET TWO THREE WITHIN THE SIX MONTHS OF ONE YEAR.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE UNDERSTANDING THAT PART OF IT AS WELL.
THE RE PLOT, I MEAN, GREAT POINT ON THAT.
THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS THAT I'M NOT SURE LIKE IF HE EVER SOLD THE PROPERTY TO SOMEONE ELSE, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE THAT SHOULD BE PART OF THE CONDITION OR WHETHER OR NOT IT COULD, COULD BE PART OF THE CONDITION.
BUT TO ME, IF IT, IF YOU'RE NO LONGER OPERATING THIS BUSINESS AND SOMEONE ELSE COMES IN TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND ALL THE REQUIREMENTS AND MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT.
SO ESPECIALLY ALL YOUR LEASES, YOU MIGHT LEASE OUT DIFFERENT PARTS.
YEAH, RIGHT NOW'S IT'S A CLOSED COMPANY.
HE HAS THREE CAR LOTS IN DALLAS AND HE STARTED OUT RENTING THIS PROPERTY, DOING AUTO REPAIR STUFF AND THEN HE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY.
HEY, HIS POINT IS AT A FUTURE DATE YOU MAY PLANT MAKE.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE JUST ASKING RIGHT NOW.
WE DON'T FEEL IT'S NECESSARY AT THIS TIME.
YEAH, IF YOU, IF YOU SELL IT, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO REPLANT IT.
I GU IF YOU SELL A PIECE OF, ARE YOU READY TO MAKE A MOTION? I'M READY TO MAKE A MOTION.
UH, UH, MR. MAYOR, COUNSEL, I WOULD, UH, RECOMMEND THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 13, 14, EXCUSE ME, ITEM 14 MINUS UH, NUMBER TWO ON PNZ RECOMMENDATION AND AMENDING.
ITEM THREE TO SAY EMPLOYEE AND VISITOR PARKING.
I HEARD THE SECOND FROM DOWN THIS END.
WAS IT? COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ? THANK YOU.
MOTION SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.
MOTION CARRIES EIGHT TO NOTHING.
COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL RECUSED HIMSELF.
[15. SUP-26-06-0012 - Specific Use Permit/Site Plan - Chipotle at 5303 Lake Ridge Pkwy (City Council District 4). Specific Use Permit and Site Plan for a restaurant with a drive-through on 0.937 acres. Portions of Lot 1-R1 and Lot 2, Block 1, Lake Parks Retail Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, zoned Planned Development-267A District, within the Lake Ridge Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 5303 Lake Ridge Pkwy (On July 14, 2026, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval with conditions by a vote of 5-0)]
LET HIM OUT.REBECCA, DON'T EVER ASK ME, HOW LONG IS IT GONNA GO AGAIN,
OH, WE'RE GONNA BE DONE BY 6 45
THIS IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT SLASH SITE PLAN FOR, UH, CHIPOTLE DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANT.
UH, IT'S AT THE CORNER OF WEST CAMP WISDOM ROAD AND LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY.
IT'S ON PD 2 67 A AND IT'S ABOUT ONE ACRE.
IT'S AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY.
SO THE PROPOSAL IS FOR A 2,300 SQUARE FOOT CHIPOTLE RESTAURANT.
IT INCLUDES 29 PARKING SPACES AND THEY ARE PROPOSING A MOBILE ORDER PICKUP LANE AND WINDOW TO SERVE CUSTOMERS WHO PLACE DIGITAL ORDERS.
SO THIS DRIVEWAY WILL NOT FUNCTION LIKE THE TRADITIONAL DRIVEWAY WHERE YOU ORDER AT THE BOARD, YOU HAVE TO ORDER, ORDER ADVANCE AND THEIR DAILY
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HOURS ARE PROPOSED TO BE, UH, FROM 10:45 AM TO 11:00 PM ON THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE THEIR SITE PLAN.IT MEETS OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
UH, THEY ARE EXCEEDING THE MAXIMUM PARKING BUT ARE PROVIDING THE COMPENSATORY MEASURE AS REQUIRED.
I WILL NOTE THAT THEIR DRIVE THROUGH LANE IS CONFIGURED TO SUPPORT THE TRADITIONAL MODEL OF THE DRIVE THROUGH, UM, AS WELL.
AND THIS IS THEIR PROPOSED LANDSCAPE PLAN, WHICH MEETS OUR REQUIREMENTS.
AND THEN THESE ARE THEIR PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS.
SO THE MATERIALS INCLUDE STUCCO AND STONE AND THEY DO HAVE AN OUTDOOR SEATING AREA IN FRONT.
THEY ARE PROVIDING 11.5 UM, MENU ITEMS WHEN 12 ARE REQUIRED.
AGAIN, THEY'RE EXCEEDING THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED PARKING SPACES, BUT THEY ARE PROVIDING A COMPENSATORY MEASURE.
AND IN LOOKING AT THIS, UH, STAFF NOTES THAT THIS WOULD, UH, CONTRIBUTE TO HIGH QUALITY DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CORRIDOR.
IT MEETS OUR APPENDIX F STANDARDS.
UM, IT SUPPORTS A GOAL IN THE EPICENTER PLAN TO SUPPORT RETAIL RECRUITMENT AND PROPERTY UPKEEP.
UM, IT COMPLIMENTS THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT AND POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE VICINITY.
AND THEN TO MITIGATE ANY VISUAL IMPACTS.
UM, THE DRIVE THROUGH LANE IS DESIGNED TO BE ORIENTED AWAY FROM LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY.
AND THEN AGAIN, UH, THE PROPOSED DESIGN MEETS THE APPENDIX F REQUIREMENTS ON JULY 14TH.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH A CONDITION BY A VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO.
AND THAT IS THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE ENHANCED LANDSCAPING AND AN LIGHTING PATTERN ALONG THE FRONT ROW OF PARKING TO ADD VISUAL INTEREST AND SCREEN THE PARKINGS SEPARATELY.
THEY SHOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SHRUB PLANTINGS ALONG THE SOUTH OF THE DRIVE THROUGH LANE TO SCREEN THE VEHICLE QUEUE FROM LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY.
UH, THIS ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING COULD THEN COUNT TOWARDS THE ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE FOR THEIR AMENITIES AND BRING THAT UP TO THE REQUIRED 12.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
COUNCIL MEMBER BARDO, DO WE HAVE SOME SPEAKERS? OKAY, WE HAVE SOME SPEAKERS.
ERALDO KANIN AND, UH, MIKE BLOOMFIELD ALSO IS PRESENT BUT DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
I'M WITH THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM.
YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T RECEIVE FOR THIS PROJECT.
JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
DO ANY OF Y'ALL HAVE QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER? WELL BOTH OF YOU DO.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JACQUELINE HEADON, DEPUTY MAYOR PROTE.
CAN, CAN, UH, CAN YOU, UH, CLARIFY WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE WITH THE ORDERING? YOU CAN'T ORDER AT THE SCREEN.
YOU CAN'T PULL UP LIKE YOU, SO YOU ORDER AND THEN YOU JUST SHOW 'EM THAT YOU ALREADY ORDERED AND THEY HAND IT TO YOU.
SO I THINK THAT FOLKS WHO ARE WAITING FOR SOMEONE INSIDE OF THERE WILL REALLY APPRECIATE FOOD SO CLOSE.
BUT THOSE WHO DON'T WANT TO DO THAT ARE GONNA NOT APPRECIATE IT.
WELL, BUT THEY'LL JUST GO INSIDE.
WELL, I MEANT HAVE THE DIFFERENCE FO ONLY THERE IN GENERAL.
THAT'S, I WILL TELL YOU THIS, THE DRIVE THROUGH PORTION, UH, REBECCA AND I EAT A LOT OF CHICK-FIL-A'S.
WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THIS? SOME CHICK-FIL-A'S NOW HAVE STARTED DOING TWO LINES, WHICH IS VERY CONFUSING.
THERE'S NOBODY HAS LONGER LINES THAN CHICK-FIL-A.
AND THEN YOU FINALLY GET UP AT THE END AND IT'S THE ONE THAT JUST SAYS FOR MOBILE.
AND THE ONE NEXT TO, IT'S THE ONE FOR ORDER ON YOUR OWN.
AND THEY NEED TO DO THAT WAY BEFORE.
SO MAKE SURE YOU PUT A SIGN OUT THAT SAYS MOBILE ORDER PICK UP ONLY 'CAUSE PEOPLE WILL GET IN LINE TO TURN IN AN ORDER.
SUPER EASY QUESTION FOR SAVANNAH.
SAVANNAH, IS THIS COMING BECAUSE IT HAS THE DRIVE THROUGH OR DOES IT HAVE TO HAVE AN SUP TO HAVE A RESTAURANT? OH, THE S THE SUP IS BEFORE YOU BECAUSE IT HAS THE DRIVE THROUGH.
NEED THE SITE PLAN IS HERE BEFORE 'CAUSE IT'S IN THE LAKE RIDGE CORRIDOR.
SO WE WOULD GET THE SITE PLAN.
YES, YOU'D GET THE SITE PLAN, BUT NOT THE, WE DON'T DENY SITE PLANS.
IT IS A SUP BECAUSE OF THE DRIVE-THRU.
IF IT WAS A STANDALONE WITHOUT THE DRIVE THROUGH, THEY'D HAVE A SITE PLAN.
SINCE IT HAS AN SUP TO IT, WE CAN SAY NO FOR ANY REASON.
I'M NOT SAYING WE WILL FOR NO REASON COULD, BUT WE COULD.
UM, COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR Y'ALL.
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YOU'RE BUILDING THIS OUT, I MEAN YOUR DRIVEWAYS WILL CONNECT TO THE ER WHICH LOOPS AROUND TO THE FROST BANK.SO IT'S ALL GONNA BE CONNECTED.
LIKE IF YOU HEAD OFF YOUR DRIVEWAY TO THE ER, IT'S GONNA BE CONNECTED TO FROST BANK TO EXIT ON CAM WISDOM, CORRECT? YES.
WE'RE CONNECTING TO THE NORTH DRIVE AISLE, UH, WHERE THE ER IS.
AND THEN FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, THAT'S GONNA GO ON THE SOUTHERN PART OF Y'ALL.
Y'ALL LEAVING THAT OPENING AS POTENTIAL WHERE SOMETHING ELSE COMES IN NEXT TO Y'ALL, IT'LL BE OPEN ON THAT SIDE AS WELL? CORRECT.
AND THEN, UM, ONE THING JUST TO MAKE A NOTE OF, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WALK AROUND LAKERIDGE AND CAMP WISDOM.
I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WALK EARLY IN THE MORNING, LATE IN THE EVENING.
SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND AS, AS YOU'RE BUILDING THIS OUT ON LAKE RIDGE, UM, THE WALKING TRAILS OR THE SIDEWALKS THAT GETS BUILT AROUND YOU.
JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND JUST TO MAKE SURE IF THERE'S ANY TYPE OF LIGHTING YOU COULD DO, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL LIGHTING TO LIGHT UP THAT SIDEWALK.
THAT'S SOMETHING CONSIDERING YOUR, IN YOUR PLANS JUST TO LIGHT IT UP A LITTLE BIT.
MAKE SURE IT'S SAFER AND PEOPLE WALKING VERY SAFE.
THIS ESPECIALLY WALKING ON THE BEND ON THERE.
IT JUST KIND OF LIGHTS UP THAT AREA.
SO, UM, NOW I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU CONSIDER THAT AS WELL AS PART OF YOUR PLANS.
SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS ITEM.
UM, 15 AS NOTED BY STAFF AND WITHOUT CONDITIONS.
MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.
SECONDED BY, WITHOUT CONDITIONS.
SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM JOHNSON.
THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WILL LOVE IT.