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[CALL TO ORDER]
TONIGHT.OUR INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR TONY RIVERA, GATEWAY CHURCH GRAND PRAIRIE.
OUR PLEDGES WILL BE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ANDERSON.
AS MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, LET'S PRAY.
HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
THANK YOU FOR EVERY PERSON WHO LIVES IN THIS CITY AND CALLS AT HOME.
AND THANK YOU FOR OUR CITY LEADERS AND FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
TONIGHT, WE ASK YOU TO GIVE OUR MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL WISDOM AS THEY MAKE IMPORTANT DECISIONS FOR OUR CITY.
WELL, UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE GOOD FOR EVERYONE.
LORD, GIVE THEM WISDOM, COURAGE, AND HUMILITY.
HELP THEM TO LEAD WITH HONESTY, KINDNESS, AND HARD TO SERVE OTHERS.
WE PRAY FOR THE FAMILIES, CHILDREN, SENIORS, BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS, CHURCHES AND ORGANIZATIONS IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO MAKE OUR CITY A SAFE AND GOOD PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, RAISE A FAMILY AND SERVE OTHERS.
WE ALSO PRAY FOR PEACE AND UNITY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
HELP US TO RESPECT ONE ANOTHER EVEN WHEN WE HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS.
HELP US TO CARE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS AND WORK TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD OF OUR CITY.
FATHER, PLEASE PROTECT GRAND PRAIRIE AND ALL THOSE WHO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
GUIDE THIS MEETING TONIGHT AND GIVE OUR LEADERS WISDOM FOR EVERY DECISION THEY MAKE.
MAKE EVERYTHING WE DO TONIGHT HELP MAKE GRAND PRAIRIE A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL.
AND WE PRAY ALL OF THIS IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.
GENTLEMEN, PLEASE REMAIN STANDING AND PLEDGE, AS WE SAY, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES FLAG AND THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL UNDER THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS, ONE SAINT UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVIDUAL.
[3. Proclamation Honoring the Legacy of Former Council Member D. Lee Alcorn]
TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO, UH, HONOR THE LIFE OF, UH, A PIONEER, MR. LEE ALCORN.I WAS TELLING HIS WIFE RON, AND HIS DAUGHTER AND HIS GRANDKIDS OUT IN THE LOBBY.
I REMEMBER WHEN MR. ALCORN WAS PRESIDENT OF THE NAACP.
AND OUR BUSINESS HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE IN THE DALWORTH COMMUNITY.
AND I'M TALKING YEARS AND YEARS AGO.
WE DIDN'T HAVE AN HR DEPARTMENT, BUT MR. ALCORN WOULD COME BY QUARTERLY AND, AND RHONDA REMEMBERS MR. MACK.
HE WOULD COME IN AND VISIT WITH MR. WALLY MACK, HIS WIFE, THE LIBRARY'S NAMED AFTER HIS WIFE.
AND HE WOULD SIT AND VISIT WITH WALLY.
HE WOULDN'T DO AUDITS, HE JUST VISITING.
JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD THE INFORMATION AND WERE ATTEMPTING TO SPREAD THE NET WIDE WHEN WE WERE DOING HIRING.
SO HE WOULD GIVE US PLACES LIKE THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION AND THOSE TO MAKE SURE WE WERE SENDING OUR APPLICATIONS TO ALWAYS RESPECTFUL, BUT ALWAYS ATTEMPTING TO TRY TO FURTHER THE CLAW CAUSE OF ESPECIALLY YOUNG BLACK BOYS AND GIRLS IN THE DALWORTH COMMUNITY TO SEE IF THEY COULD HAVE OPPORTUNITIES.
HE SERVED ON THE COUNCIL FOR A BRIEF TIME.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE ALWAYS, WE'VE STARTED DOING IS RECOGNIZING PAST MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
HOWEVER, WE WOULD HAVE CHOSEN RHONDA TO RECOGNIZE YOUR HUSBAND TONIGHT, WHETHER HE WAS ON THE COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY OR NOT.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY HERE TONIGHT.
I'VE ASKED COUNCILWOMAN BESSIE ADAMS TO READ THE
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PROCLAMATION, AND THEN I'LL INVITE Y'ALL DOWN FRONT WITH ME.WHEREAS THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE MOURNED THE PASSING OF D LEE ALCORN, A RESPECTED VETERAN CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCATE, FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND COMMUNITY LEADER, WHOSE LIFETIME COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND EQUITY LEFT AN ENDURING IMPACT ON THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND WHEREAS MR. ALCORN PROUDLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AND WITH THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS, HE DEDICATED HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER TO HEALTHCARE AND MADE GRAND AND MADE GRAND PRAIRIE HIS HOME FOR NEARLY FIVE DECADES, WHILE BUILDING A LOVING FAMILY WITH HIS WIFE, RHONDA, THEIR FIVE CHILDREN, 12 GRANDCHILDREN, AND SIX GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.
WHEREAS MR. ALCORN DEDICATED HIMSELF TO STRENGTHENING THE COMMUNITY THROUGH HIS SERVICE AS FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF THE GRAND PRAIRIE CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, THE NAACP AS A MEMBER OF THE GRAND PRAIRIE CITY COUNCIL, AND AS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE COALITION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF CIVIL RIGHTS, THROUGH HIS ADVOCACY FOR FAIRNESS, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL RESIDENTS.
AND WHEREAS HIS LEADERSHIP, DEDICATION, AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO SERVING OTHERS EARNED HIM NUMEROUS HONORS AND RECOGNITIONS THROUGHOUT HIS LIFETIME, INCLUDING INDUCTION INTO THE NATIONAL VOTING RIGHTS MUSEUM IN SELMA, ALABAMA.
WHEREAS LEE ALCORN'S INTEGRITY, COMPASSION, AND COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE HAS LEFT A LASTING LEGACY THAT WILL CONTINUE TO INSPIRE THE CI THE CITIZENS OF GRAND PRAIRIE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
NOW, THEREFORE, I RON JENSEN, MAYOR RON JENSEN ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM AUGUST 18TH, 2026 AS LEE ALCORN DAY, AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO HONOR HIS MEMORY BY EMBRACING HIS SPIRIT, IN SPIRIT IN SERVICE, GENEROSITY, AND COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY.
SIGNED, SEALED, AND DELIVERED BY THE MAYOR RON JENSEN.
COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. RHONDA, COME OVER HERE AND JOIN IN THE MIDDLE WITH SOME PICTURES.
KIDS, THAT'S HER, HER KIDS AND GRANDKIDS.
AND NOT ALL OF 'EM ARE HERE, BUT A LOT OF 'EM ARE.
YOU ARE, YOU'RE OVER HERE ON THIS SIDE,
UM, AND I'D ALWAYS TRY TO FIND Y'ALL IN THE CROWD.
AND HE GOT TO WHERE HE COULDN'T GET OUT MUCH AT THE END.
SO, UM, WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE Y'ALL HERE TONIGHT.
UM, Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT LEGACY.
Y'ALL DO FULFILL HIS DREAMS. LET'S GET SOME PICTURES.
YOU CAN, AND MAYOR IS NO MORE HONOR TO HIS LEGACY THAN HIM.
THERE'S NO GREATER HONOR THAN FOR Y'ALL TO REACH HIS DREAMS. HE HAD FOR YOU.
HAVE LOTS MORE OPPORTUNITIES NOW THAN THEN.
I'M NOT SAYING EQUAL, LOTS MORE, I SEE PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE HARD WORK HE AND OTHERS DID TO PAVE THE PATHWAY FOR Y'ALL.
IF YOU'RE A PAST PRESIDENT OF THE NAACP AND ARE HERE TONIGHT, PLEASE STAND.
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MEAN, OL AND KURT.WHEN, WHEN DID YOU SERVE? I THINK 2000.
SOMEBODY GOOGLE IT WHILE WE'RE WAITING AT
PLUS, UM, THANK YOU BESSY FOR ASKING ME TO DO THAT.
[PUBLIC COMMENTS]
THE RECORD INFORMATION ABOUT PUBLIC, PUBLIC COMMENTS.CITIZENS MAY SIGN UP TO SPEAK TO THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
ALL SPEAKERS MUST COMPLETE A COMMENT CARD PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING.
FOR ITEMS LISTED ON CONSENT AGENDA, EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE A TOTAL OF FIVE MINUTES FOR ALL ITEMS. CITIZENS MAY SPEAK FOR THREE MINUTES ON ANY ITEM SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING, INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, OR DURING CITIZEN COMMENTS.
APPLICANT'S FOR ZONING MATTERS MAY SPEAK FOR FIVE MINUTES.
ALL SPEAKER 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.
WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, HAROLD WILLIS.
I WAS HERE LAST WEEK OR TWO WEEKS AGO ON THE BRIEFING SESSION.
THE CITY STATE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND PRIORITIES.
WHO IS REPRESENTING US DOWN IN AUSTIN ON THIS ISSUE? AND WHAT ARE THE CITIZENS, WHAT ARE WE PAYING THESE INDIVIDUALS? STAFF FOCUS IES, THEIR NAME, I FORGET, A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
A HUNDRED THOUSAND A YEAR, GIVE OR TAKE OF THAT.
THEY'RE CALLED FOCUSED ADVOCACY.
THEY'VE BEEN OUR AGENTS OF RECORD DOWN THERE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
FOR THIS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, IS THERE ANY OTHER FEES THAT ARE CHARGED SUCH AS LODGING, UM, THEIR FOOD, ENTERTAINMENT, THAT TYPE OF THING? IS THAT ALL WE DO? WE KICK OPEN STAFF? YEAH, IT'S, UM, IT IS A SET AMOUNT FOR EXPENSES.
IT'S ABOUT AROUND $6,000 A YEAR FOR EXPENSES.
'CAUSE WHEN YOU GO DOWN TO AUSTIN, TEXAS, THEY DON'T ACCEPT AMERICAN EXPRESS OR DISCOVER IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.
THEY ACCEPT BEN FRANKLIN AND OTHER FOLKS ON GREEN PAPER.
I GUESS IT'S, AND THAT GOES FOR BOTH SIDES OF THE PARTIES TOO.
UH, I, I GUESS I'M UPSET BECAUSE STATE REPRESENTATIVE JUNIOR ROSANO, WE GOT, UM, OR HOW MANY OTHERS? UH, YVONNE DAVIS HAS NEVER HELD A CONSTITUENT MEETING IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
UH, OUR STATE SENATOR ROYCE WEST, SO WE HAVE WHAT THREE STATE REPS STATE WE HAVE MORE THAN, WE HAVE MORE THAN THREE.
INCLUDING MAYBE SEVEN IN ELLIS COUNTY.
SO, WELL, I'M JUST SAYING THE WHOLE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE HAS ABOUT SEVEN STATE REPS.
JESSICA GONZALEZ HAS OUR BIGGEST PORTION.
A VERY SMALL PORTION, BUT JOHNNY A VERY SMALL PORTION.
SINCE I'M IN YVONNE DAVIS'S DISTRICT THAT THESE SEVEN FOLKS SHOULD BE THE ONE DOING THE LYNDON JOHNSON STYLE ARM TWISTING DOWN THERE.
UH, THAT'S WHO THEY MEET WITH.
THAT'S WHO WE MEET WITH WHEN I GO DOWN THERE.
THAT WHAT, IN THIS LEGISLATIVE AGENDA SINCE, UH, SENATE BILL THREE 80, WE HAVE ALL THESE APARTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN REMOVED OFF THE TAX ROADS THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH SENATE BILL THREE 80.
LONG STORY SHORT, WHAT IS THIS? A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IS ARE THEY GONNA PASS LEGISLATION? ARE THEY GONNA ADVOCATE FOR US TO PUT THESE APARTMENTS BACK ON THE TAX ROLLS? THE APARTMENTS WILL NOT BE ON THE BACK ON THE TAX ROLLS UNTIL THEY FULFILL THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT PRIOR TO THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
IF YOU RECALL THE LAST LADY LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WE GOT A BILL PASSED THAT OUTLAWED THE BANDIT EIGHT GFCS FROM OTHER CITIES FROM COMING IN HERE AND BUYING UP APARTMENTS AND TAKING THEM OFF THE TAX ROW.
THEY CAN'T DO THAT ANY LONGER.
SO OUR LOBBYISTS WILL BE MAKING SURE THAT THAT STAYS IN EFFECT AND THAT OUR HFC HAS THE FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE CAN GET IT.
WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SENATE BILL EIGHT 40, THAT IS ANOTHER ISSUE.
WE WILL BE FIGHTING TO BE ABLE TO KEEP OUR CLAUSES
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THAT WE ADDED THAT HELP US BUILD APARTMENTS WHEN IT HAS TO, WHEN, WHEN WE HAVE TO USING SENATE BILL EIGHT 40, THAT IT MEETS OUR REQUIREMENTS AND WE WANNA MAINTAIN THAT AND LET US, SO THEY HAVE THAT ON THEIR AGENDA FOR THIS.THAT'S SENATE BILL EIGHT 40, WHICH CITIZENS, WHAT THAT DID, STATE LEGISLATURE GAVE, UH, APARTMENT PEOPLE THE RIGHT TO BUILD APARTMENTS ON LAND ZONED RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL WITHOUT COMING TO THE COUNCIL FOR A ZONING CHANGE.
I JUST HOPE THAT DURING, WELL, A THERE THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION COME JANUARY, THERE MIGHT BE A TURNOVER DOWN THERE.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A NEW GROUP OF OFFICIALS THAT WILL, WE, WE CANNOT BE MICROMANAGED BY AUSTIN.
THAT'S JUST, THEY CANNOT TELL US HOW TO DO OUR BUSINESS.
TELLING US WHILE OUR TAX RATE, NONE OF THAT CAN BE ALLOWED FROM AUSTIN.
SO THAT'S CLEAR THAT LET THESE LOBBYISTS MEET WITH US.
I'VE GOT SOME REAL GOOD LEE ALCORN STORIES FROM 1985.
I'LL SHARE WITH Y'ALL DOWN THE ROAD.
SOME BECAUSE OF SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS.
THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SITTING HERE, BECAUSE LEE ALCORN AND HAROLD WILLIS KNOCK DOORS.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HELPING LEE ALL THAT TIME.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
PROTE THAT I'M READY FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.UH, WE HAD DISCUSSIONS EARLY IN REGARDS TO ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AND THOSE QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED.
SO I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED BY THE STAFF.
MR. MAYOR, WE, I DO HAVE A COMMENT.
UH, ON ITEM NUMBER, UH, ON THE, ON THE MINUTES, I BELIEVE THERE MAY BE AN ERROR ON THE MINUTES ON PAGE 34 OF OUR AGENDA AND JUST LOOKING, UH, I I, IT SHOWS THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
SEVEN ONE, I BELIEVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL WAS OUT OF THE, WAS OUT OF THE ROOM AND IT, UH, IT HAD A CONFLICT AND I BELIEVE IT DID PASS UNANIMOUSLY, BUT IT COULDN'T BE SEVEN ONE IF IT WAS UNANIMOUS.
SO WHICH ONE WAS IT? WAS THAT THE ONE YOU ACCUSED YOURSELF? THAT WAS THE ONE THAT, UH, AND YOU WERE HERE.
SO THAT IT WOULD JUST BE A CORRECTION WITH, UH, SO MAKE YOUR MOTION AND AMEND THE MOTION TO MAKE THAT CHANGE TO THE MINUTES.
I'M AMEND THE MOTION, UH, FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.
FOR WHICH ITEM WAS THAT? THE MINUTES.
UH, TO CHANGE, THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUS UNANIMOUSLY.
OH, SECOND WE HAVE MOTION TO SECOND.
I DON'T NEED YOU TO SECOND, I NEED THE ONE THAT'S SECONDED.
ARE YOU OKAY WITH THE AMENDMENT? SO THAT'S JUST ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER.
SO WE HAVE THE MOTION AND THE SECOND AGREEING WITH THE AMENDMENT.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE NEW MOTION AMENDED, SAY AYE.
[CITIZEN COMMENTS]
NO CITIZEN COMMENTS TONIGHT.THEY WERE IN A STACK FAR AWAY.
NO, I DIDN'T BRING YOU DOORDASH TONIGHT.
BUT THERE'S A NEW JOB FOR DOORDASH.
NOW I CALL THE ENCORE OUTAGE SURVIVAL KIT
SO WHEN ENCORE CONTINUES TO LOSE OUR ELECTRICITY, THIS IS YOUR LED BACKUP FAN THAT YOU CAN USE.
HAVE QUITE A FEW OF THESE ON HAND AND HAVE YOUR BACKUP BATTERY.
HOW LONG THE OUTAGE WILL LAST TO BACK THIS UP.
IF YOU'VE GOT A NEWBORN BABY OR A TODDLER THAT NEEDS AIR BLOWING ON THEM OR A SENIOR CITIZEN, THIS KEEP YOUR LED FLASHLIGHTS AVAILABLE TODAY IN THE NEW YORK TIMES.
THEY HAVE A REAL GOOD ARTICLE TALKING ABOUT IF AMERICA GOES DARK, THAT WHAT IF AMERICA WENT COMPLETELY DARK? RIGHT NOW OUR GRID IS NOT HOLDING TOGETHER.
ENCORE'S GOT ABOUT A THOUSAND PEOPLE WITHOUT ELECTRICITY RIGHT NOW.
BUT WHEN THIS WILL CONTINUE TO GO OWN WHATEVER REASONS THAT OUR GRID IS NOT AS IT SHOULD BE, HEB AND WALMART DON'T TRUST THE GRID.
THAT NEW HEB OVER THERE IN MANSFIELD HAS THAT HUGE CASTLE ROCK NATURAL GAS GENERATOR.
SO DID WALMART AT 20 AND SERGEANT GREG HUNTER,
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THEY INSTALLED A HUGE NATURAL GAS BACKUP GENERATOR BECAUSE THEY DON'T TRUST THE GRID.I WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY MORE ISSUES, BUT AS THIS HEAT WAVE CONTINUES AND WHAT MAKES IT SO FRUSTRATING FOR THOSE OF US SOUTH OF 20, WHAT THE HECK'S GONNA HAPPEN.
LAST FALL IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE WAS A COMPANY OUT THERE BORING UNDERNEATH NEWBURY.
I ASKED HIM, WHO ARE Y'ALL? WELL, WE'RE DOING THIS WORK FOR ENCORE.
THE GUY SAID, THIS IS LIKE A RECAP TIRE.
TWO WEEKS AGO, THIS COMPANY, SOUTHWIRE, WAS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SAYING THEY'RE PUTTING SOME KIND OF CHEMICAL COATING ON THOSE UNDERGROUND LINES THAT ARE 41, ALMOST 42 YEARS OLD.
LIKE THE GUY FROM THAT COMPANY SAID, ENCORE DOES IT ON THE CHEAP.
EVERYTHING SOUTH OF 20 IN THAT WESTCHESTER NEIGHBORHOOD AND SOME OF THESE OTHER PITS, ALL OF THOSE LINES SHOULD BE REPLACED.
WHAT ARE WE GETTING FROM ENCORE? LIKE THE GUY SAID, THIS MAY YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF, DEPENDING ON OUR GROUND CONDITIONS AS OUR GROUND, THE SAN ANDREA'S FAULT CONTINUES TO SHIFT AND MOVE.
BUT THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THESE OUTAGES FROM ENCORE.
AND NO EXCUSE FOR ENCORE NOT TO NOTIFY US.
WHAT PATCHWORK ARE YOU DOING? SOUTH OF 20 TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON.
I JUST HOPE WE CAN KEEP 'EM ON THE REST OF THE YEAR IN THE SUMMER.
APRIL AVERY, APRIL AVERY, 34 0 4 TREE SHADOW LANE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS TONIGHT.
I I'M HERE FOR A CALL TO ACTION.
IT'S KIND OF A CONTINUATION OF THINGS THAT I MENTIONED AT THE, UH, PICKLEBALL COMPLEX MEETING LAST WEEK.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU THIS EVENING.
BEFORE I ASK ANYTHING OF YOU, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SEVERAL THINGS THIS COUNCIL HAS DONE WELL.
I APPRECIATE THE EXPANSION OR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE WITH THE HOME EX HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FOR HOMEOWNERS, YOUR PROACTIVE PLANNING FOR SB EIGHT 40, THE NEW CARD SERVICE, AND THE PROFESSIONALISM AND RESPONSIVENESS I'VE CONSISTENTLY EXPERIENCED FROM THE CITY STAFF.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN KIRK JOHNSON FOR HIS ADVOCACY AND FOR ENCOURAGING MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AND I WOULD ALSO ASK THAT THE AT LARGE MEMBERS THAT YOU ALL, UM, SUPPORT HIM IN THOSE EFFORTS.
REALLY THE ENTIRE COUNCIL, BUT CERTAINLY THE AT LARGE MEMBERS WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS THAT ARE RELATED TO DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTH PART OF GRAND PRAIRIE TONIGHT.
HOWEVER, I'M ASKING YOU TO GIVE GREATER CONSIDERATION TO THE RESIDENTS OF SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE.
SINCE THEN, I'VE PAID MORE THAN $7,600 IN DALLAS COUNTY PROPERTY TAXES ALONE.
THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE MY PAID ASSESSMENT.
WHAT ARE THE CITIZENS OF SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE GETTING FOR OUR INVESTMENT? MANY OF THE CITY'S NEWEST RESTAURANTS, ENTERTAINMENT VENUES, AND DESTINATION AMENITIES ARE 20 TO 30 MINUTES AWAY.
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I FEEL MORE CONNECTED TO MANSFIELD THAN TO THE CITY WHERE I PAY TAXES.
THIS ISN'T SIMPLY ABOUT RESTAURANTS.
IT'S ABOUT EQUITABLE INVESTMENT, ACCESSIBILITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE.
I'M HERE, I'M NOT HERE JUST TO COMPLAIN BECAUSE I'VE TRIED TO BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION.
I WAS THE FIRST RESIDENT OFFICER OF MY P I'VE SPOKEN ON BEHALF OF GREENLAKE TRAILS COMMUNITY, UM, BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
AND UNTIL A FEW MONTHS AGO, I WAS ON THE BUILDING APPEALS AND ADVISORY BOARD.
AS THE COUNCIL PLANS FOR GRAND PRAIRIE'S FUTURE.
I ASK THAT SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE NOT JUST BE INCLUDED, BUT MAKE US A PRIORITY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, LILY ARMOUR NIXON.
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GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.MY NAME IS LILY ARMER NIXON AND I'M A REPRESENTING ALL OF US WHO LIVE IN THE WALLINGFORD VILLAGE SUBDIVISION HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.
IT'S SUCH AN HONOR TO SEE THAT.
THE CITIZEN COMMENTS, PAUL UNDERNEATH DR.
I'M CALLING HIM DOCTOR 'CAUSE I KNEW HIM BY HEART.
BUT I'M SO THANKFUL THAT OUR COMMENTS ARE COMING AFTER HIM AND HIS MARVELOUS PRESENTATION.
AS FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND THE FOUNDER OF GRAND PRAIRIE'S, FIRST CHAPTER OF THE NAACP AMONG OTHER HONORS AS A COMMITTEE, WE ARE SOLICITING ALL OF YOU ALL'S HELP WITH OUR STREET SAFETY CONCERNS AND ISSUES.
THIS INCLUDES FIVE HOMES ON WEST HOFF DRIVE, FOUR HOMES ON WEX FORT DRIVE, FIVE HOMES ON WEATHERING CIRCLE.
SAFETY ISSUES AND CONCERNS ASSESSED AT DIFFERENT LEVELS ARE CRACKS AT THE END OF DRIVEWAYS THAT ARE THE CITY'S PROPERTY OF BROKEN CURVES.
CRACKS IN THE STREET, COLD JOINTS, POOR DRAINAGE, SUNKEN AREAS BY CLUSTER MAILBOXES WHERE THE CONCRETE HAS RECESSED AND STREET LIGHTS.
ALL OF THOSE ARE SAFETY CONCERNS AT THIS TIME.
HE WAS RECEPTIVE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
WE KNEW THEY WERE VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE THIS PAST SUNDAY EVENING AND A HUNDRED DEGREES TEMPERATURE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, STEPHEN BRADFIELD, VICE PRESIDENT OF OUR P AND DAVID CHAPPELLE, THEY CAME TO VISIT WITH ME AND SOME OTHERS AS WE WALKED THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO LOOK AT ALL THESE DIFFERENT SAFETY ISSUES AND CONCERNS.
AND WE KNEW THAT THEY REALLY CARED ABOUT US.
'CAUSE OTHERWISE THEY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THERE, FIRST OF ALL.
'CAUSE IT WAS SUNDAY AS 100 DEGREE TEMPERATURE THAT'S HAD A HAT ON UMBRELLAS AND WIPING SWEAT AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
THIS MORNING, ME AND ANOTHER NEIGHBOR SPOKE WITH OVER THE PHONE WITH CLARK A DAVIS JR.
HE HAS A HARD, LONG TITLE, SO I'M NOT GONNA SAY ALL OF IT, BUT HE'S THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, STREET DIVISION IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING AND YOUR CONSIDERATIONS WITH OUR SAFETY ISSUES AND CONCERNS.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH PRAY UNTIL SOMETHING HAPPENS.
AND BECAUSE I SAID I KNEW MR. LEE ALCO, THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT US TO DO.
NEED TO KEEP GOING AND NOT GIVE UP.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING.
AND YOU NOTICE I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE PIG.
'CAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT ON THAT.
YOU REMEMBER? WELL, I'M JUST KIDDING.
MY NAME IS HOLLY SMITH AND I LIVE, WHAT, THREE TIMES IN A ROW.
34 31 APRIL BREEZE TRAIL IN GRAND PRAIRIE, AND ALSO KNOWN AS GREENWAY TRAILS.
AND I COME TO YOU AGAIN TONIGHT JUST TO KIND OF SHOVE THAT BUG IN YOUR EAR A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, UH, ABOUT BRINGING AMENITIES AND BRINGING, UH, GREEN PRAIRIE FURTHER TO THE SOUTH.
YOU'RE ANNEXING, YOU'VE ANNEXED A TON OF LAND DOWN THERE.
THERE'S THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES BEING BUILT, UH, DOWN THERE BETWEEN GOODLAND, GREENWAY TRAILS LAKE VIEWPOINT, THERE'S THE LAKES ON COMMUNITY THAT'S UP AND COMING.
UH, AND LIKE MY NEIGHBOR APRIL SAID, UM, THE CLOSEST GRAND PRAIRIE AMENITIES THAT WE HAVE ARE 20, 30 PLUS MINUTES AWAY.
WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO BRING A PICKLEBALL FACILITY DOWN THERE.
WE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO BRING A MULTIPURPOSE CENTER DOWN THERE.
WE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO BRING US A POST OFFICE DOWN THERE.
I KNOW THAT'S NOT Y'ALL'S, BUT IT GETS TO THE POINT.
UM, WE FEEL LEFT OUT SOMEWHAT AND WE, WE WANT TO BE INCLUDED IN MORE OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
WE WANNA PARTICIPATE MORE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND TO DO THAT, WE NEED Y'ALL.
WE NEED YOUR, YOUR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
WE, WE NEED YOU WANTING TO INCLUDE US.
I THANK YOU FOR EACH ONE OF YOU FOR SERVING ON THE COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR COMING AGAIN TONIGHT.
[10. Resolution adopting a maximum proposed property (ad valorem) tax of $0.685830 per $100 taxable value that the City Council will consider for Fiscal Year 2026-2027 and set the proposed tax rate of $0.660000/$100, and set the public hearing date and adoption date of the 2026 proposed tax rate via a record vote]
CONCLUDES OUR CITIZEN COMMENTS.WE'LL TURN TO ITEM 10 T TELL ME YOU'RE GONNA GET TO TAKE A BREAK SOON.
IT'S BEEN A TOUGH, PROBABLY, WELL, A LONG TIME.
YOU'VE DONE A, YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB, FOLKS.
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SIR.A HALF A BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, ALVO MANAGEMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR.
UH, TONIGHT WE ARE ASKING YOU TO SET THE PROPOSED TAX RATE AT 66 CENTS PER $100 OF TAXABLE VALUE.
ALSO, TO SET THE MAXIMUM TAX RATE, COUNSEL WILL CONSIDER AND SET THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE YOU'VE BEEN PROVIDED, THE BENCHMARK RATES OUTLINED BY THE, UH, BY THE STATE LAW.
THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE IS THE RATE THAT WOULD GENERATE APPROXIMATELY THE SAME REVENUE AS LAST YEAR ON THE SAME PROPERTIES.
THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE IS THE HIGHEST RATE ALLOWABLE BY LAW BEFORE AN ELECTION IS REQUIRED.
SO THIS VOTE WILL ESTABLISH THE MAXIMUM RATE COUNSEL CAN CONSIDER.
THAT'S THE SAME AS THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE.
WE'RE JUST ASKING TO SET THE MAXIMUM RATE.
UM, AND THAT THE FINAL RATE WILL BE SET AT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND COUNCIL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 15TH.
THIS IS A ROLL CALL VOTE, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY AND COMPLIANCE WITH STATE REGULATIONS AFTER SETTING THE MAXIMUM RATE.
WE'LL CONTINUE REFINING THE BUDGET UNTIL THE FINAL VOTE ON SEPTEMBER 15TH.
AND ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE PROCEED TO THE ROLL CALL? YOU DID A GREAT JOB.
WHEN THURSDAY AT OUR BUDGET MEETING.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUE QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME FOR TAL? I DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER.
HOW MANY YEARS HAS OUR TAX RATE REMAINED AT MORE OR LESS? THIS SAME LEVEL.
THIS SAYS THREE YEARS, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY, IT'S FOUR YEARS THAT WE'VE HELD IT AT 66 CENTS PER $100 VALUATION.
AND THAT'S A DROP FROM WHEN IT, WHAT IT WAS FIVE YEARS AGO.
BUT THE, SO GUYS LIKE 10 YEARS AGO, 15 YEARS AGO, HASN'T IT MORE OR LESS KIND OF BEEN IN THIS RANGE? IT'S ACTUALLY LOWER NOW THAN IT WAS.
SO 10, 15 YEARS AGO, I THINK IT WAS 67 6 6 6 SOMETHING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IT'S, UH, AND WE'VE IN, WE'VE INCREASED THE HOMESTEADS BY THEN AND DONE THE SENIOR FREEZE.
SO BASICALLY WHERE WE'RE AT, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS TAX RATE, THE CITIES THAT WE BORDER, ARLINGTON, FORT WORTH, AND DALLAS AS FOREST GUMP WOULD SAY, THEY GOT THEIR BUTTOCKS IN THE SLING OVER THERE.
LOOK HOW FAR THEY ARE BEHIND GRAND PRAIRIE.
LIKE DARRYL ROYAL, YOU PUT THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT PLACE TO RUN THE RIGHT OFFENSE.
THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN WANTING TO DO DOWN HERE FOR 42 YEARS.
'CAUSE THOSE OF US WHO'VE LIVED THROUGH THIS ALL THE YEARS, WE WERE BEHIND ARLINGTON.
WHEN YOU MEET WITH JIM ROSS, CAN I ELBOW HIM A LITTLE BIT THERE, JIM? OH, I DO.
LET HIM KNOW WHEN Y'ALL ARE IN THERE WITH THAT ARKANSAS HILLBILLY THAT OWNS THAT PLACE OVER THERE.
HOW MUCH AHEAD GRAND PRAIRIE IS THAT ARLINGTON LET JIM ROSS KNOW HOW MANY PARAMEDIC ENGINE COMPANIES DOES ARLINGTON HAVE? HOW MANY PARAMEDIC TRUCK COMPANIES DOES ARLINGTON HAVE? HOW MANY MOBILE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT DOES THE ARLINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT HAVE? FORT WORTH IS TRYING TO CATCH UP THERE SO FAR BEHIND.
BUT DOES THOSE OF US WHO ARE PTSD ALL THE YEARS BEING BEHIND ARLINGTON, LOOK WHERE WE'RE AT NOW.
WHAT'S THE BUDGET DEFICIT FOR ARLINGTON? 20 30 MILLION.
DALLAS MAY HAVE THEIR BUDGET ISSUES, BUT LOOK WHAT'S GOING ON IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
SO THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT, IT WILL TAKE ARLINGTON YEARS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO GET TO WHERE GRAND PRAIRIE IS RIGHT NOW.
AND ARLINGTON DID HAVE DAVID KUNKLE AS A POLICE CHIEF AND CITY MANAGER FOR A WHILE.
BUT WE CAN THANK DAVID KUNKLE FOR WHAT HE'S BROUGHT TO THE GRAND PRIX POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND ALL THE ADVANCEMENTS IN PUBLIC SAFETY WE'RE ABLE TO PAY FOR IT AND WE'RE GROWING.
HAROLD, BEFORE YOU LEAVE, I NEED TO TELL YOU SOMETHING YOU'LL BE VERY PROUD OF.
CHIEF FIGHT JUST ANNOUNCED TO US FOR THE 12TH YEAR IN A ROW, WE MAINTAIN THE GOLD STANDARD.
WHAT? THE GOLD RIGHT CHIEF? YES.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A HEART ATTACK, YOU WANT TO HAVE IT HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
BECAUSE ONCE WE GET TO YOU, WE HAVE 90 MINUTES TO GET YOU ON A SLAB AND A CATH IN.
YOU NOT BACKED UP TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.
WE HAVE TO HAVE YOU IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM ON A SLAB WITH A CATH HOOKED UP TO YOU IN 90 MINUTES, 90% OF THE TIME.
AND WE'VE DONE IT AGAIN 100% OF THE TIME, AND NOW THEY HAVE ADDED STROKES TO IT, WHICH MEANS IT'S GOING TO BE HARDER.
BUT FOLKS, I GET ASKED ALL THE TIME WHY WE DO NOT HAVE
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A HOSPITAL.SIMPLY PUT, WE HAVE TOO MANY GREAT HOSPITALS ALONG OUR BORDER.
IF WE HAD A HOSPITAL AT THE OLD HOSPITAL SITE, ONLY A FOURTH OF OUR PATIENTS WOULD BE TRANSPORTED THERE.
MAYBE LESS BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T HAVE A CATH LAB.
WE HAVE GREAT HOSPITALS ALONG OUR BORDER.
WE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP OUR AND MAINTAIN THE HEART GOLD STANDARD FOR 12 YEARS WITHOUT THEM, NOR WITHOUT OUR GREAT PARAMEDIC ON EVERY ENGINE AND IN EVERY AMBULANCE.
THAT'S WHY I WAS DOWN HERE FROM 84 TO 99.
UM, TAL I, YOU CAN STAND THERE IN CASE, BUT WE ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE A VOTE ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE OF 66 CENTS.
THE PROPOSED TAX RATE IS ABOVE THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE OF 6 3 5 3 8 8 PER $100.
BUT BELOW THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE OF 6 8 5 8 3 OH.
WHICH MEANS WE COULD SET THE RATE AT 6 8 5 8 3 OH WITHOUT GETTING A VOTE.
WE'RE NOT PROPOSING THAT WE WILL NOT BE PROPOSING THAT, BUT I HAVE TO READ THAT INTO THE RECORD.
AND SINCE THE NO PROPOSED TAX RATE EXCEEDS THE TOWER OF THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE OR THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, WE ARE REQUIRED TO HOLD THE PUBLIC MEETING.
WE WILL SET THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SEPTEMBER 15TH, AS TAO SAID AT SIX 30 HERE IN THE CITY CHAMBERS MEETING AT 300 WEST MAIN STREET, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS 7 5 0 5 OH MAYOR PROTE AND CHAIR OF OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE.
I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION MAYOR.
I MOVE THAT WE SET THE MAXIMUM TAX RATE OF 0.6 8 5 8 3 0, WHICH IS THE SAME AS THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE.
AND SET THE PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 15TH AT 6:30 PM FOR THE PROPOSED TAX RATE.
WE HAVE A MOTION SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. THIS IS REQUIRES A RECORD VOTE.
SO I'LL START DOWN ON MY LEFT END SINCE MY MAYOR PRO TEM AND MY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM ARE DOWN THERE.
SO I'LL START WITH DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM JACQUELINE HEDEN, HOW DO YOU VOTE? AYE.
MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY AND THE PUBLIC HEARING IS SET FOR SEPTEMBER 15TH.
[11. Ordinance Approving the 2026 certified tax roll, which is the basis of the tax rate and levy calculations]
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.ITEM 11 APPROVES THE 2026 CERTIFIED TAX ROLL, WHICH IS THE TEXAS PROPERTY TAX CODE REQUIRES COUNSEL TO APPROVE EACH YEAR.
THE ROLE APPLIES THE ADOPTED TAX RATE TO THE CERTIFIED APPRAISAL ROLLS THAT WE RECEIVE FROM DALLAS, TARRANT COUNTY, ELLIS COUNTY, AND JOHNSON COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICTS.
THESE DISTRICTS CERTIFIED A COMBINED TAXABLE VALUE OF $27.46 BILLION.
THE ROLE IS THE BASIS FOR THE TAX RATE AND LEVY CALCULATIONS, AND IT IS A REVENUE BASIS OF THE PROPOSED FY 2026.
2027 OPERATING BUDGET APPROVAL ALLOWS THE DALLAS COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR TO BEGIN THE ANNUAL COLLECTION PROCESS ON THE CITY'S BEHALF.
STAFFER RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE A SPEAKER, HAROLD WILLIS? I'M FINE, THANK YOU.
UM, AGAIN, I ALWAYS LIKE TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF EDUCATION.
WE, OUR BUDGET TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR MONTHS AND WE KIND OF GUESS WHAT THE PROPERTY TAX ROLL ARE GONNA BE.
WE GOT THE FINAL PROPERTY TAX ROLL CERTIFIED NUMBER A WEEK OR TWO BEFORE BUDGET.
SO Y'ALL DID A GREAT JOB FIGURING IT OUT YEARS AGO.
THE STAFF THEN WOULD GET A NUMBER UP, 6%, UP 7%, UP FOUR, WHATEVER.
THEY WOULD TAKE THAT ORIGINAL NUMBER AND THEN THEY HAD A LITTLE POOL.
THEY'D WRITE ON A CARD WHAT IS GONNA DROP TO? 'CAUSE IT'S ALWAYS THE FIRST NUMBER WE GET IS HIGHER THAN THE REAL NUMBER.
AND SO THEY HAD A POOL AND PUT $5 IN ON IT AND MAYBE 15 WOULD BET WHAT THE FINAL NUMBER IS GONNA BE.
WE DON'T DO THAT ANYMORE, BUT IT WAS FUN AT THE TIME.
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I NEVER WON.BUT, UM, THE POINT IS, WE DON'T REALLY KNOW THE REAL NUMBER UNTIL ABOUT TWO WEEKS BEFORE YOU HAVE TO COME TO US WITH A FINAL BUDGET.
Y'ALL DO SUCH A GREAT JOB FIGURING IT OUT, BEING READY TO SHIFT IN CASE IT'S A LITTLE LOWER.
AND AS HAROLD SAID, YOU KNOW, DALLAS HAS CAME IN LOWER THEIR, THEIR 30, $40 MILLION UNDER BUDGET, HAVING TO FIGURE IT OUT.
UM, THIS IS NOT, I DON'T HAVE TO DO THE SAME ROLL CALL.
MAY I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 11 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF SECOND.
HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TIM.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SHEP CHAPPELLE.
[Items 12 - 30]
OPEN IT UP FOR THE PIS.UH, WE'RE NOT TAKING ACTION ON THE PIS TONIGHT.
UH, I CAN, SINCE WE'RE NOT TAKING ACTION.
UH, KEVIN, IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL CALL YOU.
I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP PITS.
PITS ARE NECESSARY IN OUR CITY.
WE WOULD NOT HAVE BUILT, WE WOULD NOT HAVE BUILT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAD WE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO A P TO HELP US TAKE CARE OF THE THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF OUT THERE.
AND THANK ALL THE OTHERS THAT SERVE ON OUR PIGS.
IF ANYBODY WANTS TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON ANY ITEM 12 THROUGH 30 30, YOU CAN STAND UP AND START THIS WAY NOW.
WE WILL, WE WILL BE TAKING IT UP.
WHAT'S, WHEN ARE WE GONNA BE VOTING ON THEM? UH, SEPTEMBER 1ST.
[Items 31 & 32]
31.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
ITEM 31 IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR FORUM INDUSTRIAL PARK.
YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY OUTLINES IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.
THE EXISTING FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATES THIS AREA AS MIXED USE.
AND, UM, THE PROPOSED FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
UH, THIS CHANGE IS TO ACCOMPANY THEIR REQUESTED ZONING CHANGE, WHICH THEY ARE PROPOSING A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES.
UH, THE EXISTING ZONING IS PD 77 4 COMMERCIAL.
THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY.
AND ON THE SCREEN IS THEIR PROPOSED CONCEPT PLAN.
IT INCLUDES FOUR INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS AND INCLUDES 5.8 ACRES OF OUTSIDE STORAGE LOCATED TO THE RIGHT OF THE SCREEN.
IT DOES MEET OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
SO THE PROPOSED PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT STANDARDS ESTABLISHES THE BASE ZONING AS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
UH, THEY ARE PROPOSING OUTSIDE STORAGE BY RIGHT.
UH, SO THEY'RE, UH, PROPOSING TO REQUIRE NO SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
AND THEY'RE MODIFYING SOME OF THE LAND USES TO PROHIBIT COSMETIC PIERCINGS OF THE SALON AND CHECK CASHING PAYCHECK, CAR TITLE, LOAN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES, LODGING FACILITIES, SMOKE SHOP, RV PARK, TRUCK STOP WITH FUEL SALES.
UH, THEIR PROPOSED LANDSCAPE PLAN IS ON THE SCREEN.
UM, SINCE THEY ARE A LARGE MULTI-PHASE UH, PROJECT, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH OUR OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS.
THESE ARE THEIR PROPOSED, UH, OR CONCEPT ELEVATIONS.
WE DID, UH, SEND NOTICE OF THIS ITEM, UH, PUBLISHED IN THE FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM.
WE ALSO SENT PROPERTY OWNER NOTIFICATIONS TO PROPERTIES WITHIN 300 FEET OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
THE FOLLOWING LETTERS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.
WE RECEIVED, UH, FOUR LETTERS IN SUPPORT, WHICH WERE INCLUDED IN THE PACKET.
AND WE RECEIVED 34 LETTERS IN OPPOSITION.
UM, SOME OF WHICH WERE INCLUDED IN THE PACKET.
UH, WE DID RECEIVE SOME AFTER THE PUBLIC PACKET WAS PUBLISHED.
SO OF THOSE 34 LETTERS, UH, THEY REPRESENT 13 VALID UNIQUE ADDRESSES.
UH, THE, UH, OPPOSITION LOCATIONS AND THE PROXIMITY OF THE PROJECT ARE SHOWN IN RED APPLICANT'S REQUESTING VARIANCES.
THEY'RE REQUESTING TO EXCEED THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE PARKING, UM, TO ESTABLISH NO PARKING MAXIMUM.
AND THEN THEY ARE REQUESTING A VARIANCE.
THE REQUIREMENT FOR LANDSCAPE ISLANDS.
IF THE TRUCK CAR COURTS ARE CONVERTED TO AUTO PARKING ON MAY 26TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS BY A VOTE OF
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FIVE TO TWO.THE FIRST IS THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL MEET OUR OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS.
THEY SHALL PROVIDE A NOISE STUDY FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY DEPARTMENT.
UH, THE DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE SHALL BE APPROVED BY THE SOLID WASTE AND PUBLIC HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY DEPARTMENTS PRIOR TO THE SITE PLAN.
UM, OUTSIDE STORAGE OR ACCESSORY STOR OUTSIDE STORAGE SHALL REQUIRE A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
OUTSIDE STORAGE SHALL MEET THE SETBACK AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS IN ARTICLE EIGHT UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
AND THE DEVELOPMENT SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE RESULTING FROM THE AIRPORT LOCATED NORTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
I DON'T SEE ANY LIGHTS, BUT OF COURSE WE USUALLY, WE CAN ALWAYS CALL YOU BACK UP.
AND SO THANK YOU MILES TERRY, HE'S A DEVELOPER SO HE GETS FIVE.
GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
UM, MILES TERRY, 48 90 ALPHA ROAD, DALLAS, TEXAS 7 5 2 4 4.
UM, I'M VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT FOR JACKSON SHAW.
SO I RUN OUR NORTH TEXAS DIVISION AND I KNOW I ONLY HAVE FIVE MINUTES, SO I'M GONNA BE AS BRIEF AS I CAN.
UM, FIRST JUST A QUICK BLURB ABOUT US.
WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR 54 YEARS.
WE DEVELOP ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE DONE ALMOST $4 BILLION OF TRANSACTIONS AND ALMOST 70 MILLION SQUARE FEET TODAY.
UM, COUPLE PICTURES OF PROJECTS WE'VE DONE RECENTLY THAT YOU MAY RECOGNIZE IF YOU'VE BEEN IN DOWNTOWN FORT WORTH AS THE AC HOTEL IN DOWNTOWN FORT WORTH.
WE STILL OWN AND OPERATE THAT.
THOSE ARE SIMILAR PROJECTS TO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE.
THE TOP ONE IS IN ROULETTE, RIGHT ON, UH, PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TOLLWAY.
HAVE HAD JUST TREMENDOUS SUCCESS THERE ON THE TENANTS AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY.
A, UM, TRADE SCHOOL CALLED LINCOLN TECH, WHICH SITS IN GRAND PRAIRIE AND THEN AN ADVANCED PRINTING GROUP.
SO THAT'S THE SIX TENANTS THAT HAVE GONE IN THAT PROJECT.
IT'S OVER A MILLION SQUARE FEET.
AGAIN, THAT'S THE TOP ONE CALLED LAKEVIEW BUSINESS DISTRICT.
AND THEN THE BOTTOM ONE IS, UH, CHISHOLM 20.
IT'S RIGHT ON I 20 IN WIND, SKY.
IF YOU'VE BEEN WEST OF TOWN, YOU'VE PROBABLY DRIVEN BY IT.
IT'S THE FRONT DOOR AND THE GATEWAY TO THE CITY.
IN BOTH OF THOSE, WE HAD REZONING CASES.
YOU KNOW, WE MET WITH NEIGHBORHOOD, WE MET WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ULTIMATELY GET SUPPORT FOR THE ZONING.
AND HAVE JUST HAD GREAT SUCCESS WITH THE TENANTS THAT HAVE COME IN THERE.
YOU CAN SEE THE TYPE OF PRODUCT WE BUILD.
UM, ENHANCED INDUSTRIES ENTRIES WERE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THE DESIGN AND LAYOUT, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT HERE IN A SECOND.
BUT TWO REALLY COOL TENANTS ON CHISHOLM.
IF YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT.
A HUNDRED YEAR OLD FORT WORTH COMPANY, YOU KNOW, SPUN OUT A RADIO SHACK RADIO SHACK.
THEY MOVED THEIR HEADQUARTERS IN DISTRIBUTION TO THAT FACILITY.
ANOTHER ONE IS MOORING USA, WHICH ACTUALLY CAME OUTTA GRAND PRAIRIE.
THEY COMBINED THEIR WAREHOUSING AND DISTRIBUTION IN THEIR HEADQUARTERS IN THAT FACILITY AS WELL, AMONGST SEVERAL OTHER REALLY NEAT TENANTS.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, HERE'S WHERE WE DO BUSINESS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
UM, HERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL EXAMPLE PROJECTS.
ONE IN PARTICULAR I'LL JUST TOUCH ON.
'CAUSE IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THIS PROJECT HERE.
IT'S RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROJECT THAT'S DIRECTLY EAST AND ADJACENT TO THE ARLINGTON AIRPORT.
THERE'S ALSO A RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY, VERY SIMILAR TO HERE, BOTH ON THE NORTH AND THE EAST SIDES OF THE PROJECT.
UH, WE SIMILARLY DID ZONING OUTREACH, UM, YOU KNOW, PRESENTED BETWEEN COUNCIL AND ULTIMATELY GOT SUPPORT FROM THE AIRPORT AND THE COMMUNITY TO DO THAT PROJECT.
SIMILAR BUILDING TYPES, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE SAME 10 MINUTES WE WOULD EXPECT HERE.
UM, SO AGAIN, I THINK THAT'S JUST A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA GO BUILD AND HOW THE PROCESS CAN WORK.
AND I HOPE TO TALK TO YOU MORE ABOUT THAT HERE.
UM, JUST TOUCHING ON THIS, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WHEN A DEVELOPER COMES TO TOWN, WE DON'T JUST BUILD BUILDINGS.
WE'RE GONNA GET INVOLVED IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
WE'RE GONNA FIND CAUSES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE'RE AROUND AND THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO US.
THIS IS ONE PROJECT IN SOUTH FORT WORTH.
THE THINGS THAT WE DID OVER THE FIVE OR SIX YEARS WE WERE IN THAT PROJECT.
SO AGAIN, ONE EXAMPLE, UM, WE'RE GONNA DO MORE THAN BUILD BUILDINGS BOTH TIME AND MONEY IN THE COMMUNITY.
HERE'S SOME EXAMPLE PROJECTS UP AND DOWN THE KIND OF THE 1 61 CORRIDOR.
AGAIN, I DON'T WANNA SPEND A LOT OF TIME HERE, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE TYPE OF BUILDINGS WE'VE BEEN DOING BUSINESS IN DFWA LONG TIME.
UM, THAT'S HOW WE ARE ABLE TO COME BEFORE YOU AGAIN.
THE NEXT TIME IS THEY'RE GOOD LOOKING BUILDINGS AND WE DELIVER ON WHAT WE SAY WE'RE GONNA DO.
HERE'S OUR TEAM AND, UM, STAFF TOUCHED ON THE SITE.
BEFORE I TOUCH ON THE SITE PLAN, I'M ACTUALLY GONNA JUMP FORWARD A LITTLE BIT HERE.
HERE'S SOME OF THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
WE MET WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HEDON EARLY ON AND EXPLAINED HOW WE TYPICALLY GO ABOUT MORE REZONING, ESPECIALLY ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL.
AND SO WE STARTED WITH A MAILER PROACTIVELY BEFORE THE CITY'S MAILER BACK IN MARCH.
SO WE MAILED, UH, I THINK IT WAS 225 RESIDENTS.
WE WENT BEYOND THE 200 FEET TO 500 FEET.
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THAT'S THE MAILER ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN THERE.SO IT HAD A PICTURE OF THE RENDERING.
IT TALKS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, HAS MY PERSONAL INFORMATION ON THERE ALONG WITH MMA, WHICH IS A CONSULTANT OF US.
UH, WE HOSTED A TOWN HALL AFTER THAT.
SO THAT MAILER ADVERTISED THE TOWN HALL AND SAID, HEY, COME MEET WITH US.
WE WANNA TELL YOU ABOUT A PROJECT.
WE SPOKE AT THE ROTARY CLUB, GET THAT OUT THERE WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
UH, WE OBVIOUSLY POSTED SIGNS PER CITY STANDARDS BACK IN APRIL.
AND THEN WE MET WITH THE AIRPORT.
WE WANTED THEIR SUPPORT, WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS CON, YOU KNOW, CONGRUENT AND, UH, SOMETHING THEY'D LIKE TO SEE NEXT DOOR, WHICH IT WAS.
AND THEN WE'VE HAD SEVERAL SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS WITH THE AIRPORT.
THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL WITH A FIVE TO TWO BOAT.
AND THEN WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE BEFORE YOU IN MAY, BUT WE PAUSED BECAUSE WE GOT SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE FAA THAT SAID, HEY, YOUR BUILDING LOCATIONS MAY NOT WORK FOR US.
SO WE'VE BEEN ENGAGED WITH THE FAA IN THE AIRPORT FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS.
WE'VE NOW OVERCOME THOSE HURDLES.
THEY SAID, HEY, WE LIKE THE LOCATIONS.
WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA PAY FOR AN UPGRADED, UH, A OS, WHICH IS SOMETHING I WASN'T FAMILIAR WITH.
IT'S CALLED THE AUTOMATED WEATHER OPERATING SYSTEMS THAT MONITORS THE WIND SPEED ON THE AIRPORT.
I BELIEVE WE MAY AND WE'LL CALL YOU BACK UP IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS, BUT NIKKI MAY ANSWER ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS.
NIKKI MOORE WITH MMA ARLINGTON, TEXAS.
UM, I'M GONNA KIND OF FLIP BACK OVER TO THAT SITE PLAN AND PICK UP A LITTLE BIT WHERE HE LEFT OFF.
SO YOU HAVE A REALLY UNIQUE POSITION HERE IN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
WE HAVE 38 ACRES OF DEVELOPABLE LAND, UM, THAT IS REALLY ADJACENT TO A FANTASTIC COMMUNITY ASSET.
YOUR AIRPORT THAT YOU'VE ALREADY INVESTED, UH, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN INFRASTRUCTURE OVER THE YEARS.
UM, THIS SITE HAS A LOT OF WHAT WE CALL SITE CONSTRAINTS THAT WE'VE, THIS DEVELOPER AT STONE HAWK HAS, UM, OBJECTIVE, SORRY, HAS, YOU KNOW, GRACIOUSLY KIND OF WORKED THROUGH.
AND I'M GONNA KIND OF GO THROUGH SOME OF THOSE.
SO THERE IS A GAS WELL SITE THAT IS SITS, UM, RIGHT KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS PROPERTY.
OUR PROPERTY MAKES A HORSESHOE AROUND IT.
SO WITH THAT GAS WELL, YOU CANNOT BUILD ANY KIND OF RESIDENTIAL WITHIN 300 FEET OF THAT GAS WELL.
SO YOU'RE REALLY KIND OF ALREADY LIMITED TO WHAT YOU CAN PUT INTO PLACE.
NOW THIS PD THAT HAS BEEN OVER THIS PROPERTY SINCE THE 1970S, NOTHING HAS BEEN DEVELOPED.
IT'S COST FOR COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL.
WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS ACTUALLY GOING TO GENERATE SIX TIMES LESS TRAFFIC THAN WHAT COULD BE DONE BY RIGHT HERE.
AND, UM, WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS SITE PLAN AND THOUGHTFULLY INCREASED BUFFERS AND SETBACKS, LANDSCAPING, UH, OPEN SPACE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE TO MAKE IT MORE, YOU KNOW, AMENABLE TO THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AS WELL.
UM, I THINK IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN UNDEVELOPED BECAUSE THERE'S ALSO THE FLIGHT PATHS THAT WE HAVE TO OPERATE.
SO A LOT OF THAT WHERE WE WERE GOING BACK TO THE PROPOSED OUTDOOR STORAGE USE, UM, THAT WAS STRATEGICALLY PLACED ON THAT SIDE BECAUSE WE CAN'T PUT A BUILDING, WE COULDN'T EVEN PUT LIKE A ONE STORY, TWO STORY HOME OVER THERE IN THAT AREA, UM, THAT WOULD INTERACT WITH THE, THE FLIGHT PATH.
SO WE'VE REALLY WORKED WITH THE AIRPORT, UM, OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REDUCING OUR AMOUNT OF VARIANCES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING.
BUT ULTIMATELY WHAT I WANT TO HIT ON IS THAT, UM, THIS IS SUCH A GREAT ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO THE CITY.
NOT ONLY ARE YOU INVESTING IN THAT LAST MILE OF E-COMMERCE, UM, UTILIZING THAT AIRPORT.
SO YOU'RE GONNA ATTRACT REALLY, REALLY GREAT TENANTS, UM, BRINGING THEIR HEADQUARTERS HERE.
WE EXPECT THIS TO BRING ABOUT 300 JOBS WITH AN AVERAGE INCOME OF, YOU KNOW, $60,000 UPWARDS.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU GRAB A TENANT, WHICH UM, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT MORE LATER.
WHO'S BRINGING THEIR HEADQUARTERS HERE? YOU'RE GONNA GET MORE, UM, C-SUITE TYPE OF EMPLOYERS, UM, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, BUT EVEN AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE'RE IN BUDGET SEASON.
SO LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT THE TAXABLE VALUE THAT, THAT YOU CAN GENERATE FROM THIS.
ITS CURRENT VALUE ON THE TAX ROLL IS A LITTLE OVER $4,000 AND 2029, ONCE THIS IS FULLY DEVELOPED, YOU'LL HAVE ABOUT $50.8 MILLION OF TAXABLE VALUE IN ORDER TO GENERATE REVENUE FOR THE CITY.
THAT'S $300,000 OF YEAR OVER YEAR ANNUAL INCOME JUST TO THE CITY OF GRAND PRIX LOAN.
PUTTING THAT TYPE OF TAX BURDEN ON A LARGER DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS ON YOUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY CAN ACTUALLY REDUCE THE IMPACT OF WHAT YOU'RE PLACING ON YOUR RESIDENTS IN ORDER TO MAKE BUDGET.
AND SO I DO THINK THIS IS, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST MORE OF A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH.
IT'S MORE THAN A LAND USE DECISION.
UM, IT'S AN ECONOMIC DECISION FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, I DO WANT TO ADDRESS, I UNDERSTAND WE DO HAVE SOME LETTERS OF OPPOSITION.
UM, MOST OF THEM HAVE COME ACROSS, THEY'RE EITHER BLANK OR THEY'RE FOCUSING ON THINGS LIKE TRAFFIC.
WE HAVE ADDRESSED THAT THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT'S GOING TO GENERATE YOUR MORE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY BUSINESS TYPE OF TRAFFIC.
UM, IT'S NOT GOING TO CONFLICT WITH THE TRAFFIC THAT'S
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OPERATING ON THE WEEKENDS WITH TRADER VILLAGE.UM, AS WELL AS WE'RE NOT GOING TO ADD AN INCREASE OF NOISE.
WE'RE ADDING ADDITIONAL SETBACKS AND LANDSCAPE SETBACKS AS A BUFFER TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WHAT WOULD BE ALLOWED BY WRIGHT THROUGH OUR PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
AND WE'VE ALSO DONE SOME LIGHT STUDIES SO THAT THERE'S ZERO LIGHTS SPILL.
SO I FEEL LIKE WE'VE REALLY TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT A LOT OF THE RESIDENT FEEDBACK, UM, AND HAVE INCORPORATED THAT INTO THE DESIGN, INTO THE PLANS OF THIS, UM, COMMUNITY.
SKIPPING AHEAD A LITTLE BIT, UM, THESE ARE EXAMPLE TENETS OF THIS, WHAT THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT REALLY ENDS UP, UH, PULLING FROM.
SO TALKING ABOUT THE TANDY LETTER, UM, LEATHER, UH, WILLIAMS AND SONOMA.
SOMETIMES IT'S MEDICAL PAPER, UH, PRINTING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO THEY'RE QUIET RESOURCES, IT'S QUIET MANUFACTURING, IT'S CLEAN.
IT'S NOT NOXIOUS OR, UM, HAZARDOUS TO ANY OF THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTS.
AND AT THAT, I THINK, UM, THAT KIND OF CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ANSWER FOR YOU? MAYOR PROTE JOHNSON.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, WILL YOU CLARIFY WHAT YOU MEANT BY, UH, THIS DEVELOPMENT? WE'RE BRINGING $50 MILLION THAT ANNUALLY OVER A WHAT PERIOD OF TIME? BECAUSE YOU SAID 50? NO, SO THE TAXABLE VALUE OF THE DEVELOPMENT WHEN IT'S COMPLETELY, IT WOULD BE ON THE TAX ROLLS AT ABOUT $50.8 MILLION OF TAXABLE VALUE.
SO THEN YOU MULTIPLY THAT BY YOUR SPECIFIC CITY TAX RATE.
SO I THINK IT'S CURRENTLY 66 CENTS ACROSS A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
I KNOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CHANGING THAT IN YOUR NEXT BUDGET CYCLE, BUT ROUGHLY ABOUT THAT, THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT $300,000 OF TAXABLE REVENUE SPECIFICALLY TO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
UM, WHAT WAS YOUR FEEDBACK FROM YOUR, THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN YOU WENT OUT TO SPEAK TO THEM? WHAT DID THEY SAY TO YOU? YEAH, SO WE HAD A FEW OF THEM THAT WE ONLY HAD, I THINK ONE PARTICULAR LADY WHO SHOWED UP, UM, AT OUR VIRTUAL TOWN HALL.
WE DID IT OVER A TEAMS MEETING.
UM, SHE WAS NOT PARTICULARLY OPPOSED TO DEVELOPMENT.
SHE WAS JUST LIKE, WE REALLY LOVE IT TO BE A PARK.
I MEAN, I THINK ONCE YOU GET USED TO HAVING OPEN SPACE THERE, I THINK THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST WANT TO LOOK AT THAT.
UM, SHE ASKED GOOD QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, TRAFFIC, WHERE THE TRUCK TRAFFIC WAS GONNA COME IN.
WHICH KIND OF BRINGS ME TO A GOOD POINT.
ALL OF THE TRUCK TRAFFIC, SO TO SPEAK, WILL BE CONCENTRATED ON MAYFIELD, WHICH HAS THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO HOUSE THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE ANY TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC TRUCK CAN'T TALK TRUCK TRAFFIC TO COME IN OFF OF FORUM.
WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE A HEAD KNOCKER THERE.
SO THAT'S WHY THE BUILDINGS HAVE STRATEGICALLY BEEN LOCATED THE WAY THEY ARE AND WHERE THE TRUCK COURTS ARE ACTUALLY TO CREATE THE BUILDINGS, CREATE A SHIELD, UM, OF THAT TRUCK TRAFFIC AND THEN ALSO TO JUST KIND OF LIMITING WHERE THAT'S GOING TO COME IN.
SO WE KIND OF GOT TO EXPLAIN THAT TO HER.
SO YOU, YOU REACHED OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
HOW DID YOU DO THAT? WE SENT THESE MAILERS.
I'M GONNA GO, WHOOPS, THIS WAY.
SO WE MAILED THESE, UM, I WANNA SAY LIKE THE FIRST WEEK OF APRIL.
IT WAS A FRONT AND BACK FLYER.
WE ACTUALLY DID A GIS POLL OF ALL THE RESIDENTS WITHIN 500 FEET, WHERE THE STATE ONLY REQUIRES NOTIFICATION TO GO OUT TO THE CLOSEST 200 FEET.
WE EXPANDED THAT SO WE CAN INCORPORATE MORE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO WE MAILED THOSE TO ALL THE RESIDENTS AND THE, THE PHYSICAL ADDRESSES WITHIN THAT 500 FEET RADIUS TO TELL THEM THAT WE WERE HAVING THIS MEETING.
UM, WE MET AND MET WITH, UH, THE GRAND PRAIRIE ROTARY CLUB JUST TO MAKE SURE WE WERE GETTING OUT INTO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO LET THEM KNOW WE WERE COMING.
UM, SO I, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT HOW DID THE ROTARY CLUB BECOME THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY INSTEAD OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
SO WE REACHED OUT TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, UM, TO BE A PART OF THEIR PRESENTATIONS, YOU HAVE TO BE A MEMBER.
UM, SO AT THIS TIME, BECAUSE THERE'S NO BUSINESS HERE, WE HAVE NOT BECOME A MEMBER.
BUT YES, THEY WERE REACHED OUT TO.
UH, THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU RECEIVED FROM THE VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS, HAVE YOU SENT THAT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY? HAVE WE SENT THAT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY? BACK TO THE COMMUNITY TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THERE ARE THE ROTARY CLUB? DO THEY SUPPORT OR DO THEY OPPOSE THIS? THEY AS A GROUP DO NOT SEND SUPPORT.
IT WOULD JUST BE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS WHO WERE LISTENING TO THAT PRESENTATION.
AND YES, THEY HAVE WRITTEN IN LETTERS OF SUPPORT THAT ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET.
UH, THANK YOU, UH, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UH, THERE, THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS AS I, AS I'VE READ THROUGH THE LETTERS OF OPPOSITION.
UM, A LOT OF IT SURROUNDS NOISE.
AND I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN, UM, UH, I, ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS SHOULD
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WE APPROVE IS TO HAVE A NOISE STUDY.UH, HOW MANY DOCKS ARE PROPOSED ON, LET'S JUST, LET'S START WITH BUILDING ONE.
UH, WHICH, AND, AND WHERE WOULD, WHERE WOULD THE FIRST BUILDING YOU BUILD BE? WOULD IT BE ON FORUM? WOULD IT BE THE ONE THAT BACKS UP TO MAYFIELD? THERE YOU GO.
THAT WHICH ONE WOULD BE, OR WOULD YOU BUILD THEM ALL THREE AT THE SAME TIME? UH, SO WE WOULD BUILD IT ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
SO YOU DOCKS ON BUILDING ONE ARE ALL FACING EAST AND THEN THEY KIND OF HAVE THE DOG EARS, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, TO HELP SHIELD.
SO, UM, I MENTIONED THE PART 20 PROJECT.
THOSE DOCKS ACTUALLY FACE THE NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT HERE.
WITH THE SITE PLAN, WE WERE ABLE TO ORIENT EVERYTHING.
SO EVERYTHING'S INTERNAL TO THE SITE, NOT FACING NEIGHBORS.
UM, I DO NOT KNOW THE EXACT DOC CON DOC DOCK COUNT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
PROBABLY 20 TO 30 PER BUILDING, 20 PLUS OR MINUS 25 TO 30.
AND LOADING OF THOSE, UH, LOADING OF THOSE DOCKS, UH, WHAT TIMEFRAME ARE, ARE THE, ARE THESE, IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR YOU AND I I IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO SAY, WELL, IT'LL BE EIGHT TO FIVE.
WE WON'T HAVE ANYTHING AFTER 11 O'CLOCK.
I MEAN, IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHO YOUR TENANT MIX IS GONNA BE.
I IT'S, AND SO YOU, UH, IT, IT'S NOT A FAIR QUESTION OF ME TO ASK YOU, UH, HOW FREQUENTLY WILL THEY BE LOADING TRUCKS BECAUSE WE'VE RECEIVED SOME FEEDBACK FROM, FROM THE COMMUNITY OF OTHER, OF OTHER INDUSTRIAL SITES THAT THE BEEPING NEVER STOPS.
AND THAT'S WHEN I LOOK AT CITIZENS' COMMENTS ON THE ON, THAT'S WHAT I HEAR IS THE, IS THE TRUCK NOISE, THE FORKLIFT NOISE, THAT TYPE OF THING.
SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A VALID CONCERN.
HOW DO YOU ADDRESS THAT WITH NEIGHBORS THAT ARE AFFECTED BY, I DON'T WANNA CALL IT NOISE POLLUTION, BUT BY THE, BY THE NOISE OF A, OF A TRUCK TERMINAL? I, HOW DO YOU DO IT? SURE.
UM, SO WE WOULD NOT BE ZONED, I DON'T BELIEVE, FOR A TRUCK TERMINAL, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT'S LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, YOU KNOW, ASSEMBLY, MANUFACTURING, DISTRIBUTION.
UM, SO OBVIOUSLY DOCK INTERNAL ON BUILDING TWO AND THREE.
THAT'S ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BUILDING TWO, NORTH SIDE OF BUILDING THREE.
SO VERY INTERNAL TO THOSE TWO BUILDINGS.
WE DID DO A NOISE STUDY BY BARON'S ASSOCIATES, WHICH ONE OF IS ONE OF THREE OR FOUR APPROVED VENDORS FOR THE GRAND CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND SO WHAT THEY DO IS THEY PLACE 12 OR 13 NOISE MONITORS AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ON THE SITE, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEY MONITOR THE NOISE THAT'S EXISTING.
SO THAT WENT ON FOR A WEEK BACK IN, I THINK IT WAS FEBRUARY OR MARCH OF THIS YEAR.
UH, SO THEY CAPTURE WEEKDAY AND WEEKEND TRAFFIC, AND THEN THEY LAYER IN NOISE THAT YOU COULD EXPECT FROM THESE BUILDINGS, TRUCKS BEEPING, FORKLIFT NOISE, MAYBE AN HVAC UNIT ON TOP OF, UM, THE BUILDING.
AND GENERALLY, WHICH THE REPORTS IN THERE AND THE DATA'S IN THERE AS WELL, IS IT'S LITTLE TO NO IMPACT OR INABILITY TO HEAR IT FOR ANY NEIGHBORS.
UM, SO I'D SAY THAT'S JUST KIND OF THE DATA.
GENERALLY, FROM OUR EXPERIENCE, WE'VE DEVELOPED 65 MILLION FEET.
I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT PERCENTAGE, BUT BY AND LARGE, WELL INTO THE NINETIES, OUR TENANTS ARE GONNA BE OPERATING GENERAL BUSINESS HOURS.
SO EIGHT TO FIVE, MAYBE SEVEN TO SIX.
UM, AND PART 20 IS A GOOD EXAMPLE.
ALL THOSE TENANTS, AGAIN, ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD, NO RESTRICTIONS ON HOURS, BUT IT'S DAYTIME BUSINESS HOURS.
THAT'S WHEN THEIR EMPLOYEES WANNA WORK.
THAT'S WHEN THEY OPERATE THEIR BUSINESS.
AND THERE IS A, UM, CITY RESTRICTION ON IDLING OF TRUCKS.
SO IF THAT WERE TO GO HA IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN, WHICH IT GENERALLY DOESN'T, UH, A NEIGHBOR CAN CALL INTO THE CITY AND WE CAN, YOU KNOW, WE CAN FIND THOSE FOLKS.
OH, I, I I, I, I'M VERY FAMILIAR AND I'M, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH, WITH THE, THE ORDINANCE THAT'LL, THAT RESTRICTS THAT.
I AM ALSO VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE TRUCK DRIVERS SAYING YEAH.
IT'S, IT'S STILL 90 DEGREES OUT HERE AND I'M GONNA KEEP MY AC RUNNING IN MY TRUCK, AND IT'S GONNA KEEP IDLING ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT.
I MEAN, I, IT, IT'S, IT, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR POLICE, OUR, OUR POLICE CHIEF AND OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR CODE GUYS DO A MAGNIFICENT JOB.
BUT THEY TRYING TO, TO, TO, I WOULD NOT USE THAT AS A DEFENSE UNDERSTOOD.
I, I MEAN, WITHOUT STATING THE OBVIOUS, BUT STATING IT, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S AN AIRPORT NEXT DOOR AS WELL, RIGHT.
SO YOU'VE GOT CONSTANT AIRPLANES FLYING OVER TRUE TRAILER'S.
VILLAGE HAS, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S TRUE.
WELL, AND I'M GOING, I'M ASK, I'M GONNA ASK THIS AND KNOWING THAT YOU CAN'T TELL ME WHO, DO YOU HAVE ANY TENANTS IN TOW WITHOUT SAYING WHO THEY ARE? WE DO NOT.
SO THE, THESE ARE, THESE ARE PURELY SPECULATIVE.
SO, UH, AND WE, WE KNOW, UH, OCCUPANCY
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RATES ON, ON INDUSTRIAL ARE RUNNING AROUND 95, 9 93 TO 96% MM-HMMAND YOU DON'T HAVE ANY PRODUCT THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S ONE BUILDING THAT'S ROUGHLY A HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.
YOU'RE FAR EXCEEDING THAT JUST FROM A, A MARKET DYNAMIC STANDPOINT.
THERE IS A DEMAND FOR MORE PRODUCT IN GRAND PRAIRIE AND, AND, YOU KNOW, BUSINESSES THAT WANNA BE HERE.
AND I, I, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT.
I JUST, I, I KNOW WHAT I'VE HEARD BACK FROM, FROM THE COMMUNITY.
UH, I'M, I'M AN AT LARGE MEMBER.
I'M, SO, MY, MY FEEDBACK IS NOT AS SIGNIFICANT, I THINK, AS MAYBE, UH, UH, SOME OF OUR SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT FOLKS.
UH, BUT I, I KNOW THE, THE OVERWHELMING SIDE IS LIKE, AND, AND I'M NOT, I'M NOT THE NIMBY CROWD.
I, I HAVE, I HAVE VOTED TO, TO SAY YES TO SOME, TO SOME OTHER ITEMS. UH, YOU, YOU'VE, YOU'VE GOT SOME SIGNIFICANT PUSHBACK FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARTICULARLY.
AND I, I THINK THERE'S, I I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE OTHER SPEAKERS THAT, THAT WILL BE SPEAKING TO THAT IN A LITTLE BIT, BUT I DO HAVE SOME MORE SPEAKER CARDS.
I, SO I, I DON'T WANNA TAKE UP, UH, TAKE UP ANY MORE TIME THE, THE HOW MANY DOCKS, BECAUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT.
HOW MANY DOCKS IS, HOW MANY TRUCKS THAT YOU GOT? AND I'M IT, AND I KNOW IT'S NOT DISTRIBUTION, BUT YOU COULD ALSO HAVE A, A DOMINO'S THAT SHOWS UP AND THAT'S WHAT IT ENDS UP BEING.
UH, LIKE WE HAVE OFF, OFF OF, UH, UH, 1 61.
SO, UH, I JUST, I APPRECIATE THE THOROUGHNESS.
YOU GUYS HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME DOING THIS.
I THINK THERE IS A, A PRO, UH, THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THAT EXTERIOR, THAT OUTSIDE STORAGE IN MY, MY HUMBLE OPINION, THE, THE, UH, AND I, I KNOW YOU REALLY CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH IT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T BUILD ON IT BECAUSE YOU GOT AN AIRPORT THERE.
UH, BUT I ALSO AM NOT REALLY CONVINCED THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR AIRPORT, THAT THIS WILL, THAT OUR AIRPORT WILL UTILIZE THESE PIECE, THESE BUILDINGS.
SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I WRAPPED A LOT OF THAT IN THERE, SO PLEASE ADDRESS IT.
I WAS JUST GONNA POINT OUT A COUPLE THINGS THAT WE PROACTIVELY DID ON THE SITE PLAN.
YOU, NIKKI TOUCHED ON, UM, SOME OF THE BUFFERS AND LANDSCAPE THAT WE'VE DONE.
WE'VE ALSO PROACTIVELY, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, WE VOLUNTEERED TO BUILD AN EIGHT FOOT MASONRY WALL ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE.
AND SO WHEN I WENT AND SPOKE AT THE PIT MEETING IN MAY, WHICH WAS GENERALLY REALLY SUPPORTIVE, THERE WAS A LOT OF GOOD QUESTIONS, PROBABLY 18 TO 20 PEOPLE THERE.
AND THE, THE ONE REQUEST WAS, CAN YOU MATCH THE MASONRY WALL TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD? WE SAID, ABSOLUTELY.
SO ALONG THE SOUTHERN PROPERTY BOUNDARY OF THE ENTIRE SITE WOULD BE AN EIGHT FOOT MASONRY STREAM WALL.
AND WHAT WE SAW AT PART 20 IS THE NEIGHBORS CAME TO US AND SAID, HEY, OUR FENCE IS DILAPIDATED OR FALLING DOWN.
WOULD YOU HAUL OUR OLD FENCE OFF? AND CAN WE TIE IN ON THE SIDE? SO YOU END UP WITH A BRAND NEW FENCE.
SO IT IS SOME BENEFIT TO THE 10 OR 12 HOMES THAT ARE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SITE.
THERE'S A 30 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER THERE.
AND THEN YOU WOULD SEE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TREES AS WELL THROUGHOUT THERE, THERE'S WALKING TRAILS THAT'S, IT'S PART OF, YOU KNOW, THE CODE REQUIREMENTS THAT'S WANDERING THROUGHOUT THE SITE AND OPEN SPACE AS WELL.
AND, UM, EXCEEDING LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS THROUGHOUT THE, THROUGHOUT THE SITE.
I JUST WANNA CLARIFY TOO, IT WOULD NOT BE THE AIRPORT UTILIZING THE OUTDOOR STORAGE.
IT WOULD BE THE TENANTS UTILIZING THE, THE PROXIMITY TO THE AIRPORT TO CONDUCT BUSINESS.
I, YOU'RE NEXT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, IT'S ISS REAL SIMPLE TO ME.
IS THIS BETTER OR WORSE THAN WHAT IS ZONED FOR WHAT CAN GO THERE NOW? STAFF? IT'S COMMERCIALS.
IT'S UNDER A P THAT ALLOWS, UH, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WOULD NOT BE TRUCK BOX OR WOOD.
IT COULD, THERE COULD, THERE COULD BE SMALL, SMALL BUT NOT 20 PER BUILDING.
SO, UM, I HEAR EVERYBODY, AND I ALSO GET THE COMPLAINTS FROM THE SAME PEOPLE YOU DO ABOUT FLEXING GATE.
UM, THEY HEAR THE BEEPING FORKLIFTS.
UM, SO OUTSIDE STORAGE OR NO, OUTSIDE STORAGE ISN'T THE REAL BIG DEAL TO ME.
IT'S THE, IT'S, AND IT'S NOT THE TRAFFIC.
IT'S, WOULD WE RATHER HAVE COMMERCIAL RETAIL THERE, WHICH MAY INCLUDE MORE CAR TRAFFIC VERSUS TRUCKS WITH THE BEEPING? UH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ASK THEM ALL DAY LONG HOW MANY TRUCKS WE WILL NEVER KNOW.
UH, WE DO HAVE SOME SPEAKER CARDS.
MAYOR PROTE AND DEPUTY MAYOR PROTE.
WHY DON'T WE WAIT? WE CAN BRING THEM BACK UP.
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WE MAY BRING YOU BACK.AND EVERYBODY ON THE CITY COUNCIL.
I'M JUDY SCHMIDT, AND I LIVE AT 29 10 PEGASUS COURT.
AND I JUST WANNA MAKE A COMMENT TO JACKSON SHAW WITH A $50 MILLION PROPOSED PRO, UH, PROJECT, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO AFFORD, UH, TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE CHAMBER.
UH, BUT I AM EMINENTLY OPPOSED TO THE IDEA OF BUILDING ANOTHER WAREHOUSE THAT, AND THIS ONE THAT BACKS UP TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND NEIGHBORS.
I'M NOT SURE WHY THIS IDEA IS EVEN BEING CONSIDERED.
IF I WANTED TO LIVE IN A HEDEN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, I WOULD'VE BROUGHT A BUILDING 11 YEARS AGO INSTEAD OF BUYING MY NICE HOUSE ON PEGASUS COURT.
ALTHOUGH FOREIGN DRIVE IS, UM, RESTRICTED FOR COMMERCIAL TRUCK TRAFFIC WITH THIS ENTRANCE.
I DO, UH, HOPE IT REMAINS THAT WAY.
THAT NO, UH, COMMERCIAL TRUCK TRAFFIC.
WE'LL GO ON IT IF THIS GETS APPROVED.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT TRADER VILLAGE WOULD EVEN WANT THIS TRAFFIC COMING THROUGH THERE FOR THEIR GUESTS AT ANY TIME OF THE WEEK.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT OUT THERE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
THEY DO HAVE, I'M NOT ASKING, AND I GUARANTEE I'M NOT ASKING TRADERS VILLAGE WHETHER THEY WANT IT OR NOT.
I'M MORE INTERESTED IN WHAT Y'ALL WANT.
AND THE OTHER THING IS THAT THERE ARE VERY FEW, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE OURS IN GRAND PRAIRIE, ACTUALLY.
UH, WE, UH, YOU KNOW, CORONADO ESTATES NOTTINGHAM, THERE ARE SOME OTHER ONES.
BUT WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY WITH, FOR THE MOST PART, ALLEYWAY, ENTRANCE TO OUR HOMES.
WE HAVE UNDERGROUND UTILITIES, WIDER AVENUES, AND LOVELY LARGE TREE AND GARDEN SETTINGS.
UH, PLEASE DON'T DOWNGRADE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, I KNOW IT'S ALREADY, UH, THERE'S ALREADY A LOT GOING ON OUT THERE, BUT WE DON'T WANNA LISTEN TO THE 18 WHEELER BACKUP WARNINGS SIGNALS DAY AND NIGHT, AND TO HAVE OUR VISITORS DRIVE BY YET ANOTHER WAREHOUSE TO GET TO OUR HOMES.
I MEAN, HOW WOULD YOU FEEL ABOUT IT? UH, THESE ENCLAVE COMMUNITIES NEED YOUR PROTECTION AND CARE BECAUSE THEY'RE BECOMING RARE IN CITIES IN AMERICA BECAUSE OF COSTS.
UM, IN RECENT YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN HEMMED IN BY DECISIONS TO BUILD MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING AND WAREHOUSES ALL ALONG.
GREAT SOUTHWEST INFORMED DRIVE, UH, BUILDING HIGH DENSITY ALL THE WAY TO THE CURB WITH NO GREEN SPACES, NO HARDWOOD TREES, NO REPLACEMENT FOR SOME OF THE, UM, URBAN, UH, FORESTED AREAS THAT HAVE GONE DOWN THE AREA.
GREAT SOUTHWEST AND FORUM, UH, DRIVE IS A, IT IS GONNA BE AN INTENSE HEAT ISLAND, UH, HERE IN DFW.
UM, AS A HOMEOWNER, WE DON'T WANT THE THREAT OF THE, THE FLOODING, THE NOISE POLLUTION.
UH, YOU CAN GET SEE STUDIES ON IT.
AND, UM, I JUST DO NOT SEE THE BENEFIT OF BUILDING A WAREHOUSE.
IT WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT OUR PROPERTY VALUES IN THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE SHORT TERM AND FOR THE FUTURE.
UM, I HOPE THERE'S MORE THAN JUST TWO DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
I HOPE THERE'S MORE THAN JUST WAREHOUSES AND MULTI-FAMILY HOUSES.
UH, PLEASE, UM, SAY NO TO THIS WAREHOUSE.
RYAN LEONARD, UH, RYAN LEONARD, 26 44 ATRIUM DRIVE.
I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL PROJECT.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MY FATHER WHO'S UNABLE TO BE HERE DUE TO WORK.
BOTH OF MY PARENTS ARE VOTERS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND WE ARE HERE TO OPPOSE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE INDUSTRIAL PARK ON MAYFIELD ACROSS FROM TRADER VILLAGE.
MY HOME BACKS UP TO THE PROPOSED AREA.
THE NOISE GENERATED FROM CONSTRUCTION CAN RAGE FROM 80 TO 90 DECIBELS, WHICH IS A DISTURBANCE OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.
THERE ARE ADULTS, CHILDREN, AND PETS THAT LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WOULD FIND THE NOISE LEVEL TO BE A SIGNIFICANT DISTURBANCE TO THEIR DAILY LIVES.
IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL EXACERBATE THE TRAFFIC PROBLEM CAUSED BY PRIOR CONSTRUCTION IN THE AREA, WHICH CONTRIBUTES TO NOISE POLLUTION AND OTHER ISSUES.
ANOTHER THING TO REMEMBER IS THAT OFTENTIMES CONSTRUCTION LOWERS THE VAL THE REAL ESTATE VALUE NEAR THE PROJECT SITE BECAUSE OF ZONING ISSUES AND OTHER THINGS DURING CONSTRUCTION, SUCH AS NOISE POLLUTION.
FINALLY, THE AIR QUALITY WILL DECREASE DUE THE DUE TO THE POLLUTION CAUSED BY CONSTRUCTION.
THIS IS A HEALTH HAZARD TO THOSE WHO LIVE NEAR THIS AREA.
ULTIMATELY, THE COMFORT AND SAFETY OF THE CITIZENS OF GRAND PRAIRIE SHOULD BE THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IN MAKING ANY DECISION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, COUNCIL AND MAYOR, YOU DID A GREAT JOB.
TELL YOUR PARENTS THEY OUGHT TO BE PROUD OF YOU, WILSON.
WHEN? I WOULD'VE NEVER DONE THAT.
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MY NAME IS WILSON, UH, TO 7 0 3 ATRIUM DRIVE.I AM A RESIDENT NEAR THAT, UH, PROJECT RIGHT HERE.
SO I'M JUST OPPOSING TO THIS BECAUSE OF HOW THE, UM, WE DISCUSS ABOUT THE NOISE.
AND LET'S SEE, THE SONY FOR ME, I JUST DON'T LIKE THE VIEW.
EVERY TIME I SEE A BIG WALL, IT JUST FEELS GLOOMY.
AND WELL, YOU KNOW, IF SOMETHING'S BUILT THERE PER THE ZONING, THEY WOULD HAVE A WALL THERE TOO.
UH, BUT WE UNDERSTAND THE TRAFFIC AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, WELL, SINCE IT'S A WAREHOUSE, IT'S JUST GOING LOOK GLOOMY EVERY TIME I DRIVE HOME AND UNDERSTAND.
UM, BUT YES, I'M VERY HEAVILY OPPOSED TO THIS PROJECT.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR COMING AND SPEAK IN YOUR OPPOSITION.
THANK YOU FOR GETTING OUT OF ALL RIGHT.
AND THANK YOU, MR. RONNEY FOR THIS NOTICE.
I TOLD YOU WE WERE GONNA BE BRINGING IT UP TONIGHT.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN.
UM, I WANNA START WITH THE PRAYER.
JUST, UH, START AT THIS, COUNCILMAN.
UM, IT SAID THAT YOU AS THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL LOOK IN YOUR HEART AND, AND FIND, AND THE WORD WAS HOME.
THAT REALLY GOT TO ME IN HIS PRAYER.
AND I CAME TO GRAND PRAIRIE, WHICH I COULD HAVE PICKED ANY, ANY CITY IN DALLAS OR IN THE METROPLEX.
PRAIRIE BECAUSE IT MEANS TAXES TO ME.
IT FEELS LIKE I'M IN THE CITY, BUT I'M NOT.
AND TO HAVE A FIELD BEHIND ME THAT DREW, DREW ME TO MY FOREVER HOME.
WELL, THAT FIELD MAY NOT BE A FIELD FOREVER.
NO, BUT THAT IS WHY I BOUGHT GRAND PRAIRIE.
THAT'S, THAT IS WHY I BOUGHT THIS HOUSE.
NOW, I BOUGHT THIS IN 2016, COMING IN FROM CENTRAL TEXAS.
LIKE I SAID, I COULD HAVE PICKED ANYWHERE BUT GRAND PRAIRIE IS WHAT I PICKED.
NOW YOU ARE SAYING THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BUILD, AND, AND I KNOW IN FACT THAT THINGS CHANGE AND, AND, AND PROPERTY CHANGES AND, AND PEOPLE HAVE TO GROW.
BUT I CANNOT SEE, I MEAN, I KNOW WE'LL NEVER BE A PARK.
BUT TO HAVE A 40 FOOT BUILDING THAT I HAVE TO LOOK AT EVERY DAY IN MY BACKYARD, AND BELIEVE ME, IF YOU SAW MY BACKYARD, YOU WOULD WANNA BE THERE TOO.
AND NOT LOOKING AT A 40 FOOT BUILDING.
AND I HOPE DEEP IN YOUR HEARTS, 'CAUSE I'M TALKING FROM MY HEART THAT I OPPOSE THIS PROPOSAL.
YOU WERE NERVOUS, BUT YOU DID A GREAT JOB.
AND NOW FOR A COUNTERPOINT, I'M BARRY SANDERS, 21, 26 WESTFIELD DRIVE.
RESPECTFULLY, I CAN REMEMBER A DECADE OR SO AGO A COUNCIL MEMBER ON THIS VERY DAY THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, HEY, I GREW UP IN THE SEVENTIES HERE IN THIS TOWN.
AND IF YOU HAD A NICE FIELD GOING DOWN TO THE WOODS AND A NICE CREEK, IT WAS GREAT 'CAUSE IT WAS ALWAYS GONNA BE THERE.
NOBODY WAS DEVELOPING IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND IT WAS ALWAYS GONNA BE LIKE THAT.
WE ARE A DESTINATION IN NORTH TEXAS.
PEOPLE ARE MOVING HERE, LAND'S BEING DEVELOPED.
PROPERTY OWNERS ARE BENEFITING BY DEVELOPING THEIR LAND.
AND FRANKLY, THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN KEEP THAT VIEW WITH THAT BEAUTIFUL FIELD AND, AND DOWN BUY IT.
IF YOU DON'T, SOMEBODY'S GONNA OWN IT AND SOMEBODY'S GONNA DEVELOP IT.
AS I LOOK AT THIS LAND, MY GOODNESS, IT'S RIGHT AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY.
AND I REMEMBER IN 1973 WHEN MY DADDY GOT HIS, UH, PRIVATE POLICY LICENSE ON THAT, I'M NOT SURE 40 FEET WOULD'VE MADE THE MINIMUM CLEARANCE WHEN HE TOOK OFF FROM THAT FIELD.
BUT THAT RUNWAY'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE.
THIS IS GONNA BE A CORPORATE PARK THAT IS WORKING PRIMARILY BUSINESS HOURS.
IT'S UNFAIR TO COMPARE TO OTHER BUSINESSES IN OTHER PARTS OF TOWNS AND OTHER LOCAL CITY MEMBERS THAT DON'T LIKE OUTSIDE STORAGE.
IT'S PART OF THE THING THAT CAN BE MANAGED AND ENFORCED, BUT FUNDAMENTALLY,
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UM, AND NO, YEAH, THEY'RE RIGHT ABOUT THE CHAMBER.AS YOU GUYS KNOW, I'M ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE CHAMBER AND WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT ONCE WE GET THIS DEVELOPMENT DONE.
UH, WE CAN GET 'EM AN APPLICATION, DON'T WORRY.
BUT THE, THERE'S A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, NOT JUST RESIDENTS.
THERE ARE PROPERTY OWNERS, THERE ARE BUSINESSES.
AND I THINK THAT THE ENHANCEMENT TO THE LAND, GOING FROM $4,000 ON THE TAX ROLLS TO $300,000 IS A TREMENDOUS, IT LIGHTENS THE LOAD FOR ALL OF US THAT LIVE IN GRAND PRAIRIE THAT WANT TO WORK HERE.
THE JOBS THAT, THAT, THAT DEVELOPMENT, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A FIELD FOR LONG.
AND I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO TO GO AHEAD AND DO THIS.
I NOTICED IN THE RECOMMENDATION THEY SAID, WELL THE STAFF CAN'T SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE IT DOESN'T FOLLOW THE FLU.
THE FLU'S A LIVING DOCUMENT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE.
THE OPPORTUNITY, AS OUR COMMUNITY EVOLVES, WE CAN MODIFY THAT.
YOU DO IT SEVERAL TIMES A A YEAR.
I'VE SAT IN THE ROOM AND WATCHED YOU DO IT.
IT'S A DIFFERENT TIME THAN IT WAS IN 1970.
AND IT'S A DIFFERENT TIME IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I LOVE THIS COMMUNITY, BUT I THINK ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS HAVE A RIGHT TO BE HEARD, NOT JUST THIS RESIDENCE.
AND I'M SAYING THIS IS A GUY WHO LIVES IN THE FLIGHT PATH TO DFW SURROUNDED BY GREAT SOUTHWEST BUSINESS PARK.
SO I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THE, UH, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
I'LL GET YOU ALL APPLICATIONS LATER.
I'D LIKE TO SAY, AND BARRY, BARRY, YOUR POINTS ARE WELL TAKEN AND WE ALL KNOW IT'S NOT GONNA BE A FIELD FOREVER.
AGAIN, I'LL RESTATE THE DECISION I'M MAKING.
BETTER OR WORSE, IF THEY COME IN HERE NOT REQUIRING A ZONING CHANGE, WE CAN'T SAY NO IS WHAT THEY COULD BUILD BETTER OR WORSE THAN WHAT THEY'RE WANTING TO BUILD.
I AIN'T TELLING YOU HOW I'M VOTING YET.
BUT IT'S NOT WHETHER IT'S GONNA STAY AFIELD OR NOT.
WE BOTH KNOW IT'S NOT GONNA STAY A FIELD.
NEXT UP, MATT DOK AND I DO APPRECIATE YOU ATTENDING ALL THE COUNCIL MEETINGS, BARRY.
WELL, IT'S BETTER WORKING OUT WITH MY WIFE.
WELL, AT LEAST MY WIFE COMES TO THE COUNCIL MEETINGS WITH ME.
ROSS AVENUE, DALLAS, TEXAS 7 5 2 0 1.
GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN, UM, AND WOMEN.
I AM A MANAGING DIRECTOR AND PARTNER AT STREAM REALTY PARTNERS.
I'VE BEEN A, UH, INDUSTRIAL REAL ESTATE BROKER FOR OVER 15 YEARS.
AND MY COLLECTIVE TEAM HAS SPENT OVER 25 YEARS WORKING IN GRAND PRAIRIE IN THIS IMMEDIATE AREA.
UH, THIS SIGN ON MAYFIELD ROAD, IT'S ONE THAT WE'VE TRACKED.
I MEAN, SINCE I STARTED THE BUSINESS, UM, IT'S BEEN MARKETED MIXED USE RETAIL COMMERCIAL FOR, FOR YEARS AND IT'S NEVER TRADED.
AND IT'S, I'VE SEEN IT FAIL MULTIPLE TIMES, TRADING.
UH, NUMBER ONE, THE GAS, WELL THAT'S JUST NOT ATTRACTIVE WHEN IT COMES TO MIXED USE, COMMERCIAL OR RETAIL.
UM, IT'S NOT ATTRACTIVE FOR THEM.
NUMBER TWO, IT'S NEXT TO THE AIRPORT THAT REALLY YIELDS INDUSTRIAL.
UH, WE ACTUALLY DEVELOPED THE BUILDING ON THE OTHER SIDE JUST DUE EAST, ALL GREAT SOUTH PARKWAY.
UM, AND THEN ALSO NUMBER THREE IS IT'S NOT ON A HIGHWAY.
THERE'S NO REAL, I MEAN OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE TRADERS VILLAGE THERE TO THE NORTH, UH, VERY WELL KNOWN, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE VISIBILITY OR FRONTAGE.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR RETAIL, COMMERCIAL, MIXED USE.
UH, SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S, THIS IS AN INDUSTRIAL SITE.
UM, AND I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR ON THAT.
ANOTHER BIG FACTOR, AND IT WAS ALREADY TOUCHED DOWN, BUT I'LL MENTION IT AGAIN 'CAUSE I WAS PLANNING TO TALK ABOUT IT.
BUT TRAFFIC, THAT'S A HUGE NEEDLE MOVER WITH REALLY ANY LAND THAT OUR TEAM LOOKS AT.
AND WE'RE A FULL SERVICE REAL ESTATE COMPANY.
WE DON'T JUST DO INDUSTRIAL, BUT TRAFFIC'S A NEEDLE MOVER.
AND IN OUR EXPERIENCE ACROSS DFW COMMERCIAL USES AND MIXED USE USES, HAVE MORE TRAFFIC, CREATE MORE TRAFFIC THAN A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USE.
THESE ARE TENANTS THAT ARE GONNA SERVICE THE POPULATION BASE AND HOMES PRIMARILY, UM, BRINGING JOBS, ET CETERA.
AND SO, AND WHEN I SAY MORE TRAFFIC, I'M REALLY TALKING ABOUT SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
UM, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES, YOU CAN DRIVE THAT.
INDUSTRIAL PARKS AND GRAND PRAIRIE.
THERE'S NOT THAT MANY TRUCKS ON THE WEEKENDS.
UH, IT'S WHEN WE DO OUR STACKING BECAUSE THERE'S NO TRAFFIC.
UM, SO AGAIN, MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION ON THIS, HIGHEST AND BEST USE, ABSOLUTELY LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, NOT HEAVY INDUSTRIAL, NOT BIG MANUFACTURING FACTORIES LIKE ABSOLUTELY NOT.
UH, BUT DEFINITELY LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
AND THEN REAL QUICK, I'M RUNNING OUTTA TIME, AREN'T I? UH, THE MARKET AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
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QUESTIONS.BUT THE MARKET, THE MARKET NEED, THERE'S 24 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF TENANTS, REGIONAL, LOCAL TENANTS THAT SERVE THE COMMUNITY THAT WANT TO BE IN GRAND PRAIRIE RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRACKING WITH THE AVERAGE SIZE BEING 50 TO 150,000 SQUARE FEET.
JACKSON SHAW, INCREDIBLE DEVELOPER.
PATTY BROCK, 1631 BABBLING BROOK.
I AM ONE OF THOSE ROTARY MEMBERS, UM, AND WAS VERY PLEASED TO HAVE BUDDY BRIDGES.
WHY, UH, DAUGHTER NIKKI, COME SPEAK TO US.
I THINK THAT I AM IN FAVOR OF THIS FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.
SOMETHING'S GONNA BE BUILT THERE.
THIS COMPANY SEEMS TO HAVE GONE OVER AND ABOVE, WENT ABOVE WHO THEY NEEDED TO SEND LETTERS TO.
HAD A MEETING WITH THE RESIDENTS, ADDRESS THE CONCERNS, TURN THEIR BUILDINGS AROUND TO MEDICATE THE NOISE.
THEY'RE REALLY LOOKING AT TENANTS FROM EIGHT TO FIVE DURING BUSINESS HOURS.
THEY'VE LOOKED AT THE STUDY PATTERNS, THEY'VE LOOKED AT THEIR OTHER TENANTS.
IT HAS AN ACTIVE GAS WELL IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
WHAT ARE WE GONNA PUT THERE? NOT A PARK, NOT RESIDENCE.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE A A UNFORTUNATELY A PARK.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE EMPTY FOREVER.
I THINK THIS BUILDER AND THESE PEOPLE ARE REALLY GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND TO SERVICE US, TO MAKE GOOD USE OF THE PROPERTY, TO BE A PARTNER WITH US, TO COMMUNICATE WITH US, TO SEE WHAT US AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WANTS.
I THINK THE REVENUE ALONE, TAX REVENUE FROM FOUR TO 300 MAKES IT AN OBVIOUS GOOD CHOICE.
'CAUSE WE CAN HAVE SOME CONTROL OVER WHAT GOES IN THERE.
HAVE SOMEBODY IN THERE THAT WE KNOW HERE'S US AND UNDERSTANDS WHAT WE WANT THERE.
THANK YOU DEPUTY MAYOR, PRO TEM.
I THINK WE'VE HAD ENOUGH QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
OH, AND DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING KURT? THE STAFF QUESTION.
OR ANY OF YOU, BUT I MEAN SAVANNAH OR WHAT IS THAT? THAT'S THE, THEIR PROPOSED SCREENING.
THIS IS, THIS IS, THIS IS A ROAD RIGHT HERE.
OH, AND THAT'S THE INTERNAL DRIVE YOU MEAN? THAT'S AN INTERNAL DRIVE GREEN.
AND IT WILL CONNECT THE TWO SIDES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE GAS WELL, CORRECT, YES.
SO THAT THERE COULD BE TRUCK TRAFFIC GOING DOWN THAT ROAD.
UM, JUST WANNA THANK JACKSON SHAW FOR YOUR THOROUGHNESS.
I'VE GOTTA SAY I'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THEM FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND THEY ARE THOROUGH.
THEY ARE, THEY DO ACTUALLY CARE WITH OUR CONCERNS, OUR REQUEST, UH, THEY RAN INTO SOME ISSUES WITH THE FAA AND THEY REALLY JUMPED OVER A LOT OF HURDLES.
UM, AND I MADE A LOT OF INQUIRIES, UH, OF THEM ON OUR MEETINGS.
AND THEY, THEY ANSWERED THE QUESTIONS.
BUT, UH, DURING THAT TIME WHERE THEY WERE DEALING WITH THE FAA AND THIS WAS TABLED, A LOT OF MONTHS HAS PASSED AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF OPPOSITION.
UM, THE PACKET HAS THE 34 LETTERS OF OPPOSITION, BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT IT.
UH, I ALSO GET EMAILS FROM CITIZENS AND THOSE ARE ALSO EVEN MORE LETTERS OF OPPOSITION.
I DID REQUEST YOU GUYS TO, TO DO THE MEETINGS.
UM, AND HAVING GONE TO SOME PIT MEETINGS, THEY USUALLY HAVE PRETTY LOW ATTENDANCE APPARENTLY WITH THESE NOTICES HE SENT OUT.
THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE THERE THAN USUAL.
SO THEY DID THEIR DUE DILIGENCE.
UM, AND I, AND I JUST DO HOPE THERE'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, DO SOMETHING IN OUR CITY.
BUT I REALLY WANT TO BE CONSCIOUS OF THE VAST OPPOSITION THAT WE'VE RECEIVED IN THIS TOPIC.
IT HAS THE OIL WELL, AND I REALIZE THAT THAT'S PROBABLY WHY IT'S THAT VACANT SO LONG.
IT'S KIND, KIND OF COMPLICATED.
THEN YOU THROW IN THE FAA EXTRA REQUIREMENTS.
SO THE ONLY THING I CAN OFFER TO THE CONSTITUENTS IS YOU'LL, THIS BUYS YOU A LITTLE MORE TIME TO ENJOY THE FIELD.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A FIELD FOREVER.
UH, BUT IT BUYS YOU SOME TIME BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN VACANT UP TO THIS POINT.
UM, SENATE BILL 8 0 4 DOES SAY THAT COMMERCIAL PROPERTY COULD AUTOMATICALLY BE APARTMENTS.
THAT'S, UM, AND WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT A LOT HERE AT COUNCIL, SO I'M SURE FOLKS ARE AWARE OF THAT BY NOW.
SO WE'RE BUYING YOU SOME TIME, UH, WITH MY MOTION TO DENY ITEM 31.
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CAN I DO 31 AND 32 TOGETHER? I NEED TO DO THAT SEPARATE.AND TO DENY ITEM 32, 2 CAN DO ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER.
SO 31, WE HAVE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM JACQUELINE HEDEN VERY WELL ARTICULATED.
UH, SECOND ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE DENIAL, SAY AYE.
MOTION TO DENY CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.