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I'M GONNA[CALL TO ORDER]
GAVEL THE SIX 30 MEETING TO ORDER AT 6 31.THIS IS THE START OF A REGULAR MEETING.
WE USUALLY DO THE PRESENTATIONS IN A DIFFERENT ORDER AND THEN DO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE HAD NINE ITEMS ON EXECUTIVE SESSION TONIGHT, SO WE FLIP THE SCRIPT IN OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR ALMOST TWO HOURS.
CAME OUT HERE FOR WHAT PRESENTATIONS WE COULD HAVE.
NOW WE'RE BACK TO OUR REGULAR MEETING.
AND WHILE YOU COME FORWARD, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR CHURCH FOR BEING SO OPEN TO HAVING EVENTS AT YOUR CHURCH, ESPECIALLY FOR THE LEO CLUB, AND WHICH REBECCA AND I GO TO QUITE OFTEN.
SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT Y'ALL DO FOR THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
OUR PLEDGES WILL BE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GEORGIA CLEMSON.
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THE BLESSINGS WE HAVE RECEIVED IN THIS GREAT COMMUNITY.
AND AS WE GATHER TONIGHT, WE ASK THAT YOU POUR YOUR SPIRIT UPON OUR LEADERSHIP THAT THEY MIGHT MAKE GOOD DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE AND IN THE GRAND PRAIRIE AREA AS WELL.
WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR ALL THE CITY STAFF AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WORK SO HARD TO MAKE OUR LIVES, UH, HAVE HIGH QUALITY HERE.
AS WE MOVE INTO THIS TIME OF EXCITING GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY, ESPECIALLY DOWNTOWN AND TO PLACES LIKE T RIDGE, WE ASK THAT YOU GIVE US WISDOM, THAT YOU HELP US TO MAKE GOOD USE OF OUR RESOURCES, AND THAT YOU ALWAYS MAKE US AWARE OF THOSE WHO WE MIGHT MISTAKENLY PASSED BY, WHO MIGHT HAVE NEEDS THAT WE DO NOT NOTICE.
FOOD SECURITY IS A REAL ISSUE RIGHT NOW, EVERYWHERE, ESPECIALLY IN MY CONCERN, RIGHT AROUND MY, UM, PLACE WHERE I, UH, AM PRIVILEGED TO SERVE.
AND WE ALSO, OH GOD, ARE AWARE OF, UM, ALL KINDS OF DIFFICULTY THAT COMES WITH ECONOMIC, UH, NEED.
SO MAKE US AWARE, OH GOD, EVEN AS WE ENJOY AND, AND LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, GREAT BUILDING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THAT AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE SENSITIVE TO THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE FOR THOSE ARE THE ONES WE HAVE BEEN CALLED TO SERVE.
WE ASK THESE THINGS IN THE NAME OF CHRIST.
WOULD YOU JOIN US IN THE ALLEGIANCE TO SUPPLY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA? AND REPUBLIC STANDS ONE NATION, GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY.
I JUSTICE, ALLEG, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVIDUAL.
[4. Proclamation Celebrating Hong Kong Market’s 40th Anniversary ]
SOME PRESENTATIONS TO MAKE TONIGHT.AND UH, I'M GONNA DO THIS ONE 'CAUSE I SAW MY GOOD FRIEND MATTHEW COME IN RIGHT IN TIME.
WHEREAS HONG KONG MARKET OPENED ITS DOORS ON OCTOBER 30TH, 1986 WITH A VISION TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING SPECIALTY PRODUCTS AND AUTHENTIC FOODS FROM HONG KONG, CHINA, AND VIETNAM, CREATING A PLACE WHERE FAMILIES COULD FIND A TASTE OF HOME AND SHARED TRADITIONS ACROSS GENERATIONS.
AND WHEREAS OVER THE PAST FOUR DECADES, HONG KONG MARKET HAS GROWN INTO A BELOVED DESTINATION SERVING RESIDENTS AND VISITORS THROUGHOUT GRAND PRAIRIE, THE DALLAS FORT WORTH REGION AND BEYOND.
AND WHEREAS HONG KONG MARKET HAS SERVED AS MORE THAN A MARKETPLACE PROVIDING A GATHERING PLACE, WE HAVE TOO MANY PARTIES OUT THERE WHERE
AND WHEREAS LOCATED IN THE HEART OF GRAND PRAIRIE, IN THE OLD SAM'S AND WALMART ON 3 0 3, I MIGHT ADD, THAT WAS VACANT FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
HONG KONG MARKET HAS BECOME AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE CITY'S CULTURAL IDENTITY AND ECONOMIC VITALITY, REFLECTING THE RICH BLEND OF PEOPLE, TRADITIONS, AND EXPERIENCES THAT MAKE GRAND PRAIRIE A WELCOMING PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, VISIT, AND CALL HOME.
WHEREAS FOR 40 YEARS, THE DEDICATION, HARD WORK AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT OF HONG KONG MARKETS OWNERS,
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EMPLOYEES, AND FAMILIES HAVE CREATED A LASTING LEGACY OF SERVICE, COMMUNITY AND CONNECTION.NOW, THEREFORE, I MAYOR RON JENEN ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITIZENS OF GRAND PRAIRIE, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE AND CONGRATULATE HONG KONG MARKET ON THIS OCCASION OF ITS 40TH ANNIVERSARY.
AND EXTEND OUR CONGRATULATIONS TO BEST WI WISHES, WISHES FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS IN THE GRAND PRAIRIE COMMUNITY.
YOU'RE CELEBRATING THE 40TH THIS SATURDAY NIGHT.
REBECCA AND I WILL BE THERE ALONG WITH OTHERS.
THEN WE GOTTA RUSH OFF TO MAIN STREET FEST, BUT YOU'RE HOLDING IT AT A TIME BEFORE THE MAIN EVENT, SO WE'LL BE THERE.
UM, REBECCA AND I WERE HONORED ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO MEET YOUR MOTHER AND YOUR FATHER BEFORE THEY PASSED, AND IT WAS A, JUST AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO MEET THEM.
'CAUSE HIS STORY, Y'ALL CARRIED IT FORWARD.
BUT HIS STORY IS A VERY UNIQUE AND LOVING STORY.
CAME OVER HERE WITH A COUPLE OF QUARTERS IN HIS POCKET AND, UH, WHAT Y'ALL HAVE GROWN.
SO I'M GONNA BRING THIS TO YOU.
THE, UH, AND IT TRULY WAS, IT WAS A WALMART.
UH, THEY BOUGHT IT AND THEN, UH, SAM'S LET STAYED VACANT FOR A WHILE, AND THEN THEY BOUGHT IT.
AND YOU'VE TRANSFORMED IT FROM WHAT IT ORIGINALLY WAS NOW.
SO I LOVE WHAT IT IS NOW MORE THAN WHAT IT WAS.
YOU'RE PLAYING PICKLEBALL OVER THERE AND DOING SOME YOGA OUT THERE,
AND WE HAVE, WE HAVE EVENTS OVER THERE, SO LET'S GET A PICTURE.
AND I AM PART OF THE CHICKEN FOOT CLUB.
FIRST OFF, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU, MAYOR JUAN JENSEN AND REBECCA JENSEN, UM, AND THE BILL HILL, THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, MY FRIEND, MY PARENTS NO LONGER WITH US, BUT, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO LIVE OUT, UP TO THE STANDARD AND DO WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND HONG KONG MARKETPLACE WAS FOUNDED IN 1986.
SO WE'RE ALL CELEBRATING 40 YEARS.
40 YEARS OF RUNNING A BUSINESS AND TRYING TO ACHIEVE THE MEGAN DREAM.
WE CAME OVER HERE WITH ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, CAN'T EVEN SPEAK THE LANGUAGE, DON'T WANNA KNOW THE CULTURE.
BUT LOOK WHERE WE'RE AT BY NOW.
IN THE GRAND CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
UH, WE'RE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT AND I KNOW THAT OUR ACCOMPLISHMENT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY.
SO I WANT TO THANK THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY, THE MANAGEMENT, CITY MANAGEMENT, THE STAFF, THE FIRE CHIEF FIGHT, UH, POLICE CHIEF SES, FORMER CITY MANAGER, TOM HART, STEVE DYE, FORMER MAYOR ENGLAND.
EVERYBODY, I AND MY BROTHER WOULD NOT BE HERE WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND THE PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE.
LET'S DON'T NEED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OUT THERE AGAIN FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
[5. Employee Recognition – Victor M. Genis ]
RECOGNITION.BILL, WHO'S DOING IT? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
I'M MANAGER AT GRAND PRAIRIE MEMORIAL GARDENS, AND IT'S AN HONOR FOR ME TO BE HERE TODAY AND AN HONOR TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES.
I'M HERE TO REC, RECOGNIZE THE VALIANT EFFORTS OF MR. VICTOR GUINNESS.
UH, A MEMBER OF THE STREETS TEAM WHO HELPED US IN PREVENTING A WORSE OUTCOME.
ON THE NIGHT OF JUNE 7TH, ONE OF OUR PATRONS SUFFERED A MEDICAL EPISODE CAUSING THEM TO BE IMMOBILE AND NOT ABLE TO SEEK HELP.
SADLY, SHE LAID THERE ALL NIGHT.
VICTOR AND HIS TEAM, WHO HAPPENED TO BE HELPING US WITH A LAND CLEARING PROJECT SHOWED UP THE NEXT MORNING AT 6:50 AM HE FAINTLY NOTICED A HAND FROM A DISTANCE AND FROM WHERE, WHERE HE PARKED TO WHERE SHE WAS, IS QUITE A BIT OF DISTANCE.
HE EXPLAINED HOW HE HAD A FEELING THAT SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT, AND HE TOOK IT UPON HIMSELF TO MAKE HIS WAY OVER AND MAKE SURE THE PERSON WAS OKAY.
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WELL, I'M GLAD HE DID THAT BECAUSE AFTER DETERMINING THAT SHE NEEDED MEDICAL ATTENTION.PARAMEDICS WHO ARRIVED AND SHE WAS TRANSPORTED FOR CARE.
FAST FORWARD TO ABOUT A MONTH AGO, I RECEIVED WORD THAT SHE HAS BEEN AT HOME RECOVERING WITH A GOOD PROGNOSIS.
YOU USED INTUITION, COMPASSION, UH, AND COMPASSION TO FULFILL OUR MISSION OF CREATING RAVING FANS BY DELIVERING WORLD CLASS SERVICE.
IT'S EMPLOYEES LIKE YOU THAT HELP OUR TEAM UPHOLD VALUES OF SERVICE PEOPLE, AND INTEGRITY.
ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY, GRAND PRAIRIE, MEMORIAL GARDENS, AND ESPECIALLY, ESPECIALLY THE FAMILY, WE GREATLY APPRECIATE YOU.
[6. EpicCentral Dallas Morning News Award for Best Entertainment District in DFW ]
ITEM SIX, ERIC, YOU'RE GETTING IT.I'M PLEASED TO SHARE SOME EXCITING NEWS WITH YOU AND OUR ENTIRE GRAND PRAIRIE COMMUNITY ABOUT EPIC CENTRAL.
I'D LIKE TO BEGIN WITH THIS SHORT ONE MINUTE VIDEO.
THIS USED TO BE NOTHING OUT HERE FOR MILES.
WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING RIGHT HERE IN THE CENTER OF THE METROPLEX.
WHAT A GREAT PLACE TO BUILD SOMETHING.
IT'S GONNA BE IT STILL MY FAVORITE VIDEO.
WONDER WHY, MAYOR, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCE THAT GRAND PRAIRIE ZONE.
EPIC CENTRAL HAS BEEN NAMED THE BEST ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT IN DALLAS-FORT WORTH.
TAKING HOME GOALS IN THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS 2026 BEST IN DFW PEOPLE CHOICE AWARD.
AND WHAT MAKES THIS RECOGNITION ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL IS THAT IT CAME FROM THE PEOPLE WHO VISIT EXPERIENCE AND ENJOY DESTINATIONS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS.
THIS IS TRULY A TEAM ACCOMPLISHMENT.
IT'S THE WORK OF MANY PEOPLE ACROSS OUR ORGANIZATION.
THIS AWARD REPRESENTS YEARS OF COLLABORATION TO CREATE EXPERIENCES THAT IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR RESIDENTS, INCLUDING FREE CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THESE EVENT EVENTS ARE ALSO BRINGING PEOPLE TO GRAND PRAIRIE WHO ARE SUPPORTING OUR BUSINESSES.
THEY'RE EATING, SHOPPING, AND HAVING FUN.
I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR EMPLOYEE FAMILY, OUR CURRENT AND FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND LEADERSHIP FOR BELIEVING IN THAT VISION AND HELPING MAKE YOUR YOUR DREAM A REALITY.
I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK THE CITIZENS OF GRAND PRAIRIE FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND TRUST TO BRING THE EPIC CENTRAL VISION TO LIFE.
WE ARE HONORED AND HUMBLE TO RECEIVE THIS DESIGNATION FOR EPIC CENTRAL, AN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT THAT CONTINUES TO GROW ALONG 1 61 CORRIDOR AND NOW WELCOMES NEARLY 3 MILLION VISITORS ANNUALLY.
THIS IS SOMETHING OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY CAN BE GRAND PRAIRIE PROUD OF, AND THE BEST IS YET TO COME.
GREAT JOB STAFF FOR THAT VIDEO.
[PUBLIC COMMENTS ]
WHY DON'T YOU READ INTO THE RECORD ARE RULES ON PUBLIC COMMENTS, MEL? PUBLIC COMMENTS, CITIZENS MAY SPEAK, CITIZENS MAY SIGN UP TO SPEAK TO THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA.ALL SPEAKERS MUST COMPLETE A COMMENT CARD PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING.
FOR ITEMS LISTED ON CONSENT AGENDA, EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE A TOTAL OF FIVE MINUTES FOR ALL ITEMS. CITIZENS MAY SPEAK FOR THREE MINUTES ON ANY ITEM SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING, INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, OR DURING CITIZEN COMMENTS.
APPLICANTS FOR ZONING MATTERS MAY SPEAK FOR FIVE MINUTES.
ALL SPEAKERS SHALL OBSERVE THE RULES OF DECORUM AND EXHIBIT ORDERLY AND RESPECTFUL CONDUCT DURING THE MEETING.
SPEAKER SHALL DIRECT THEIR REMARKS TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND
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NOT THE AUDIENCE.PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
[CONSENT AGENDA ]
PROTE.I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA, BUT I HAVE ONE SPEAKER ON ITEM 11, ONLY FIRST BEFORE I TAKE A MOTION FROM YOU, HAROLD, ITEM 11, PLEASE, SIR.
AND ON THIS LEASE AGREEMENT, WHAT, HOW MUCH IS THE LEASE AGREEMENT AND WHAT ARE WE GETTING DOWN THERE PLEASE? HAROLD MAYOR COUNSEL, CHRIS MAHOKY, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARK TRUCKS AND RECREATION.
UH, THIS IS A THIRD PARTY GROUP THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE LEASING ONE OF OUR LARGE SOCCER FIELDS.
IT'S ABOUT 160,000 SQUARE FEET.
UH, IT'LL BE 10 YEARS WITH A FIVE YEAR RENEWAL.
UH, WE'RE EXPECTING TO RECEIVE $4,000 A MONTH IN BASE RENT AND 8% OF THEIR GROSS FIRST YEAR MIGHT BE WITHIN A HUNDRED TO 120,000.
THEY HAVE OTHER OPERATIONS THROUGHOUT THE EAST COAST, MAINLY IN FLORIDA AND CAROLINAS, WHERE THEIR PARTNERS ARE MAKING $200,000 A YEAR.
SO WHEN, WHEN WILL THIS, WHEN WILL THEY TAKE OVER? WHEN WILL THEY THIS THEY WILL START CONSTRUCTION AS SOON AS THIS, UH, AGREEMENT IS DONE.
THEY WILL BE PAYING FOR ALL THE CONSTRUCTION.
COULD YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT THE FIELDS? THE FIELD WILL BE WHAT THEY CALL SHORTSIGHTED, WHICH MEANS THEY'LL HAVE SMALLER TEAMS. SOFTWARES PLAYED IN GROUPS OF 11, AND THEY'LL HAVE FIELDS THAT'LL HOST FIVE AND SEVEN TEAMS. THEY'LL HAVE CAMPS, CLINICS, LEAGUES, UH, THE HOST PARTIES, ALL TYPES OF THINGS OUT THERE.
HAROLD, WE'RE HOPING THIS WILL UTILIZE A MUCH UNDERUTILIZED ASSET IN OUR CITY STAFF.
STAFF WILL TELL YOU THAT, UH, SOCCER FIELDS, WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER IN THE ORDER OF 15, WE GENERATE ABOUT $14,000 A YEAR IN REVENUE FROM THOSE FROM RENTALS.
THIS ONE FIELD WILL BE BRINGING IN OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
IT COULD POTENTIALLY
A HUNDRED THOUSAND A YEAR? YES.
HOW LONG WILL THE CONSTRUCTION TAKE BEFORE THEY GET THIS COMPLETED? THE EFFECT, WE'RE EXPECTING THE CONSTRUCTION TO BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR, SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR.
AND AGAIN, THAT THEY WILL BE PAYING FOR ALL CONSTRUCTION COSTS, PAY FOR ALL.
I KIND OF HAVE A ROUGH IDEA OF WHAT THEY'RE PAYING FOR TOTAL AMOUNT OF THEIR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
I I UNDERSTAND IT TO BE 1.5 MILLION THERE.
THEY'LL BE DOING IT, UH, FROM PROFITS FROM THEIR, OF THEIR OPERATIONS THAT THEY'LL NOT BE TAKING OUT A LOAN.
WERE KIND OF JUST GIMME A ROUGH IDEA.
OF THE 1600 SQUARE FEET, WERE LIKE MY GRANDKIDS SOCCER FIELDS 15 AND 16.
WHEREABOUTS DOWN THERE YOU HAVE FOUR LARGE SOCCER FIELDS THAT ARE UP AGAINST THE ROADWAY.
THOSE ARE ADULT SIZED FIELDS, SO THEY WILL NOT BE IMPACTING ANY YOUTH FIELDS.
SO JUST, JUST ONE FIELD? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
WILL HAVE ARTIFICIAL TURF ON IT? CORRECT.
SO JUST THAT ARTIFICIAL TURF CAN BE UTILIZED DURING THE WINTERTIME ON THE ABSOLUTELY.
I ONLY HAVE ONE PROBLEM, PLEASE.
THIS IS, AND THIS IS CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM.
I'M NOT MAD AT ANYBODY, BUT THIS WAS THE, UM, THE, THE HOLES DOWN THERE IN THE FIELD.
UM, THE, AND I REALIZE WE'VE HAD THE DEVASTATING DROUGHT, THE RECORD HEAT IN SEPTEMBER.
THE HOLES, HIS ARTIFICIAL WILL HELP THAT.
BUT WE STILL HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THE HOLES ON OUR FIELDS.
AND, AND WE HAD A PRIVATE CONVERSATION BY PHONE EARLIER TODAY.
THERE ARE PORTIONS OF THE FIELDS THAT ARE IRRIGATED IN THERE, AREAS OF THE PARK THAT ARE NOT, WHICH DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS RIGHT.
WELL, NO, I JUST THINK IF WITH THE PROFITS THAT WE'RE GONNA GET OFF THAT THESE HOLES THAT YOU CAN PUT YOUR FEET IN.
HAROLD, WE NEED TO FIX THE HOLES WHETHER WE'RE GETTING EXTRA MONEY OR NOT.
WELL, YEAH, BECAUSE LITTLE CHILDREN, WE NEED TO FIX THE HOLES.
I'M JUST DON'T WANT A CHILD TO GET A BROKEN OR WE NEED TO FIX THE HOLES OR FEMUR FRACTURE OR JUST WE AGREE WITH YOU.
IF WE'RE GONNA GET AN EXTRA A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR, DOESN'T, DOESN'T MATTER.
WELL, WHEN ARE WE GONNA FIX 'EM? WE GET THE HOLES FIXED PROBABLY FOR NEXT SPRING.
BUT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW.
MAYOR, YOU, YOU CAN PUT YOUR, WE NEED TO GET THE HOLES FIXED, CHRIS AND THE HOLES.
THEN WE CAN GET OUT THERE THE HOLES.
WE NEED TO FIX THE HOLES, HAROLD, BUT CAN WE DO THIS IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO? GET SILVER MATERIAL? NO, CAN'T DOS.
BUT STAFF CAN GET OUT THERE AND START FIXING THE BAD ONES PRETTY SOON.
BUT, BUT YOU GOTTA, THEY'RE ALL OVER THE BY THE CONCESSION STAND.
ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CONCESSION STAND.
WELL COME WALK THE HOLES WITH ME.
BE GOOD EXERCISE FOR YOU TO COME ON OUT THERE.
I JUST WOULDN'T WANNA WALK IT WITH YOU.
OH, TO BE BLUNT,
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I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU.WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, REVIEW THE CONSENT AGENDA EARLIER AND, UH, ALL ITEMS WERE ADDRESSED.
WITH THAT SAID, I MOVED TO APPROVE ITEMS SEVEN THROUGH 41 ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
AND SECOND, WE WEREN'T GONNA PULL ONE FOR INDIVIDUAL.
WE'RE STILL PULLING IT FOR INDIVIDUAL 24 AND 38.
WE'RE PULLING BOTH OF THOSE FOR INDIVIDUAL.
AMEND MY MOTION TO, UH, REMOVE ITEMS 2024 AND 38 FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
SECOND, YOU GOTTA SIT FIRST AND SECOND ON THAT.
UH, BEFORE WE GO IN FOR ITEMS UNDER INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, I GOT TO KIND OF TAKE CARE OF SOME PROTOCOL ISSUES RIGHT NOW.
DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, DID YOU GET AN EMAIL? NO.
I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY OTHER CHOICE.
UH, IF THERE'S NO, IF UH, THERE'S NO OBJECTION.
UH, THE MR. MAYOR, UH, WITH WITH, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I MEAN, IF WE'VE GOT AN APPLICANT THAT THAT SAID THEY WERE GOING TO DO SOMETHING AND THEN DIDN'T DO IT, AND I, I KNOW IT'S CUSTOMARY THAT WE DO IT, BUT WHAT WE ALSO KNOW IS THE APPLICANT'S GOING TO GO THROUGH ADDITIONAL EXPENSE.
AND IF, IF THE COUNCIL WISHES TO, TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION, UH, THEN WE SHOULD HAVE THE DISCUSSION OF SOME OF US KNOW WHAT OUR DECISIONS GONNA BE.
I'M UP TO, UH, WHATEVER THE COUNCIL AGREES TO WITH THE MOTION TO TABLE.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TABLED, BUT I THINK PROTOCOL IN PAST HISTORY, WE, WE'VE NEVER NOT TABLED ONE WHEN THE APPLICANT REQUESTED EVER.
THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER UNIQUE SITUATIONS LONG BEFORE YOU'VE EVER BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL.
FOR THE 20 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, WE HAVE NEVER NOT TABLED ANYTHING.
WHEN THE APPLICANT HAS GIVEN US WRITTEN WRITING AND I CONFIRMED IT WITH STAFF, IT'S BASICALLY PER OUR RULES THAT THEY HAVE TO GIVE US FORMAL, WRITTEN TO UN IF THEY WANT TO CHANGE THAT.
SO I'M JUST GOING BY WHAT I'M HEARING FROM STAFF AND OUR PRO PROTOCOL.
TIFFANY, UH, SHE CAME TO ME BEFORE AND SHOWED, EXPLAINED THE LAW.
SO ASIDE A PRECEDENT ASIDE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, SHE EXPLAINED THAT BY LAW, UH, BECAUSE THEY PUT THE FIRST REQUEST IN WRITING THAT WASN'T VERBAL TO UNDO THAT REQUEST.
I MEAN, I DON'T, WE, I CAN'T SAY WHAT WE ARE OR AREN'T GONNA DO 'CAUSE I CAN'T COUNT VOTES.
I'M JUST FOLLOWING PRESIDENTS OF WHAT THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING WE DO.
I I JUST TO BE CLEAR, COUNSEL HAS DISCRETION ON WHETHER COUNSEL TABLES ANY ITEM OR CONSIDERS ANY ITEM.
BUT WHENEVER A PERSON SUBMITS SOMETHING IN WRITING TO US, WE WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO WITHDRAW IT IN WRITING AND EXPRESS THEIR OPPOSITE OPINION IN WRITING TO ENSURE THAT THEY DON'T LATER CLAIM THAT SOMEONE HAS MISSPOKEN ON THEIR BEHALF.
AND AGAIN, I'M SORRY, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE SHOWING UP HERE.
I KNOW I'M GONNA VOTE TO TABLE IT BECAUSE THAT'S JUST WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS DONE.
BUT THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL WILL BE THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL.
I'M JUST SAYING, EVEN WHEN WE DO OR DO NOT LIKE SOMETHING, WE HAVE ALWAYS, ALWAYS TABLED SOMETHING WHEN THE APPLICANT REQUESTED.
SO I AM GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE IT UNTIL THE DECEMBER MEETING.
MY MOTION IS TO TABLE 38 MINUTES.
AND THE REASON I'M MOVING IT UP, SO IF THE TABLING PASSES, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE CAN GO HOME.
SO MY MOTION IS TO TABLE ITEM 46.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
COUNCIL MEMBER, SHOTWELL MAYOR, WE'LL NEED THIS TABLE TO A SPECIFIC DATE.
SO THAT WHEN'S THE MEETING OF DECEMBER? DECEMBER 15TH.
WHEN'S THE MEETING OF DECEMBER 15.
KURT, YOU OKAY WITH IT? THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, TONY? NO.
UH, MAYOR, I AGREE WITH YOU ON THE, ON THE, UH,
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PRECEDENT OF, UH, ALLOWING THEM SOMEBODY TO ASK FOR A TABLING.UH, AND WE'VE DONE IT AND IT'S JUST KIND OF NATURAL.
WE'VE ALWAYS ALLOWED ONE, ONE TABLE.
UM, AND HE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT.
MY PROBLEM WITH THIS ONE THOUGH IS DIFFERENT THAN RODNEY'S, I BELIEVE, IS THAT IT'S THE TIMING OF WHEN THE DECEMBER MEETINGS GET INTO THE CHRISTMAS TIME.
AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF THAT'S AN ATTEMPT TO, UH, LOWER THE NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT MAY COME DOWN HERE AND SAY SOMETHING ABOUT WE KNOW WHAT HIS INTENT WAS.
UH, NOW I YOU EXPLAIN THE ATTEMPT.
UM, I WOULD BE JUST TICKLED PINK TO VOTE YES ON TABLE LINK TILL OUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING, WHICH IS GENERALLY WHAT WE DO.
WE TABLE IT TILL THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING.
I THINK THAT'S FAIR AND I'D BE TICKLED PINK TO DO THAT.
BUT MOVING IT ALL THE WAY INTO DECEMBER, I GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
SO I'LL AMEND MY MOTION TO MOVE IT TO THE MEETING IN NOVEMBER.
SO WE HAVE A, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? AND LOOK, UH, I DON'T, THERE'S MANY TIMES WE'VE DONE THIS AND DIDN'T LIKE IT AND WE, SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE.
MOTION CARRIES EIGHT TO ONE TO THE MEETING IN NOVEMBER.
AND THAT'S THE ONLY TABLE I MEAN.
SORRY STEVE AND KNOW YOU PERCY.
UH, IT'S, IT'S, UM, I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND STEVE, YOU WERE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, GLORIA.
I MEAN, UH, IT, IT IT IS PART OF IT.
WE'VE GOTTA KEEP OUR WORD ON ONE.
WE, SO JUST, IF I CAN ASK ONE QUICK QUESTION.
WHO FROM THE UH, NO YOU CAN'T.
WHO FROM STAFF CAN I TALK TO ABOUT, UH, GO OUT IN THE LOBBY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD.
NOW, NOW WE'LL GET BACK TO THE REGULAR SCHEDULED PROGRAM.
I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA CHANGE THE OUTCOME.
IT'S NOT GONNA CHANGE ANYTHING.
[24. Annual Contract with Reynolds Asphalt & Construction Company for Pavement Resurfacing Services in an amount up to $6,688,800.00 annually. This contract will be a one-year initial term with the option to renew for two additional one-year periods totaling $20,066,400.00 if all extensions are exercised (Reviewed by City Council Development Committee on 10/15/2026) ]
YOU TABLED.AND SO ITEM 24, REMOVED FROM CONSENT.
UH, CAROL DERAY, DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY.
ITEM 24 IS AN ANNUAL CONTRACT, FOUR ASPHALT PAVEMENT AND RESURFACING.
IT'S THE SERVICES AND THE MATERIAL.
UH, THE CHANGE TONIGHT IS TO BE A ONE YEAR TERM BEFORE REBIDDING IT OUT.
THAT'S THE AMENDMENT TO THE ORIGINAL A TO WHAT'S ON HERE.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ARE WE READY TO VOTE? YES.
I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 24 FOR A CONTRACT WITH REYNOLDS ASPHALT AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IN AN AMOUNT UP TO $6,680,000 AND $800 MILLION FOR ONE YEAR WITH NO RENEWALS.
[38. Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 11944-2026 for the FY 2025/2026 Operating Fund Budgets and Ordinance No. 11945-2026 for the FY 2025/2026 Capital Improvements Projects Budget to transfer $992,355.63 from the unobligated fund balance in the Water/Wastewater Fund to the “Small Street Improvement WTER” project within the Water CIP Fund and $344,360.89 from the unobligated fund balance in the Water/Wastewater Fund to the “Small Street Improvement WWST” project within the Wastewater CIP Fund; Construction Contract with 2R Construction Services, LLC for Small Street Water and Wastewater Mains Rehabilitation services for Base Bid Sections I and II in the amount of $2,836,789.60, plus a 5% contingency amount of $141,839.48; Professional Engineer Services Contract with Team Consultants, Inc. for materials testing in an amount not to exceed $70,810.50, for a Total Project cost of $3,049,439.58 (Reviewed by the City Council Development Committee on 10/15/2026) ]
NOW IS 38.THAT WAS PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, ITEM 38 IS AN ORDINANCE, UM, AMENDED ORDINANCE NUMBER 11 9 4 4 2026.
IT IS AMENDED, UM, IN YOUR PACKET.
IT SAYS FISCAL YEAR 2025 TO 2026.
AND IT NEEDS TO BE, UH, SWITCHED TO FISCAL YEAR 2026 TO 2027.
AND I HAVE THE REVISED SHEET AND I CAN PASS THE MAP ALL.
WELL I THINK WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT.
READY FOR A MOTION? MAYOR PROTE, I, HANG ON, MAKE A MOTION.
I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 38 TO CORRECT THE FISCAL YEARS DESIGNATED IN THE ORDINANCE FROM FISCAL YEAR 2025 SLASH 2026 TO FISCAL YEAR 2026 SLASH 2027.
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THEN MOTION BEEN SECOND.THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS A VERY, VERY LONG DUE.
UH, I'M KIND OF GLAD THAT IT GOT PULLED OFF.
A SMALL STREET HAS BEEN A WATCH BOARD TO DRIVE DOWN AND THE FLOOD AND THE DRAINAGE SUCKS, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD.
AND THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF STARTING ON IT.
IT'S GONNA BE ABOUT A TWO YEAR PROCESS.
BUT AFTER ALL THE MUD AND ASPHALT AND TORN UP AND NOT BEING ABLE TO GET TO YOUR HOUSE VERY EASILY, IT'S GONNA BE A BRAND NEW STREET WITH BRAND NEW WATER LINES, BRAND NEW DRAINAGE.
AND IT'S GOING TO BE THE BEST STREET IN GRAND PRAIRIE, I GUARANTEE YOU.
AND I MAY NOT BE AROUND TO SEE IT, BUT I'M READY.
NOW, ITEM 42, CITIZEN COMMENTS.
[CITIZEN COMMENTS ]
COMMENTS.WELL, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT, HOLLY? I WONDER.
IT WAS, UM, MY NAME IS HOLLY SMITH.
I LIVE AT 34 31 APRIL BREEZE TRAIL AND THE GREEN BAY TRAILS SUBDIVISION AND FAR SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE.
SO FIRST I WANTED TO SAY I SINCERELY THANK YOU, MAYOR, YOUR BEAUTIFUL WIFE REBECCA, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM JOHNSON, COUNCIL MEMBERS BESSIE ADAMS AND RODNEY ANDERSON FOR COMING OUT AND SEEING WHAT GREEN BAY TRAILS IS ALL ABOUT.
AT OUR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT ON OCTOBER THE SIXTH, THE EVENT WENT FAR BEYOND MY EXPECTATIONS.
UM, THIS IS OUR FOURTH YEAR TO PARTICIPATE AND BY FAR THE LARGEST.
SO YOUR PRESENCE MEANT A GREAT DEAL TO OUR RESIDENTS.
WE WERE PROUD TO WELCOME YOU INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND SHOW YOU WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT.
UH, I TOLD YOU AT THE LAST ONE, YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA COME SEE WHAT WE'RE ABOUT.
WE'RE ABOUT BEING ACTIVE, GROWING, AND WE'RE EAGER TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY.
WE ARE EAGER TO BECOME A PART OF THE CITY OF WHICH WE CARRY THE NAME ON OUR DRIVER'S LICENSE.
AS YOU CONSIDER THE PROPOSED MULTIPURPOSE CENTER AND PICKLEBALL FACILITY, I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU BRING THESE AMENITIES TO THE FAR SOUTH OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
OUR RESIDENTS WANT A PLACE TO MEET IN PERSON, HOLD COMMUNITY MEETINGS, GET TO KNOW OUR NEIGHBORS, AND ENJOY RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES TOGETHER.
THESE FACILITIES WOULD PROVIDE MORE THAN RECREATION.
THEY WOULD CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONNECTION, ENGAGEMENT, AND STRONGER SENSE OF COMMUNITY.
FOR THE PICKLEBALL, WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE AND INDOOR, UH, COURTS AS A PRIORITY, BUT OUTDOOR AS SECONDARY.
YOU KNOW, AS YOU GET OLDER, UM, THE HEAT JUST DOESN'T, WE DON'T WANNA DO ANYTHING OUTSIDE.
WE LIKE THE AIR CONDITIONING VERY MUCH SO.
UM, SO WITH THAT, UM, OUR TEXAS HEATS ARE JUST TOO MUCH.
SO WE PREFER IN THE FAR SOUTH INDOOR ACTIVITIES, UH, WE CAN LET THE KIDS PLAY OUTSIDE.
SO WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR SPECIAL TREATMENT FOR THE SOUTHERN END OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
WE'RE ASKING FOR EQUITABLE ACCESS TO THE SAME QUALITY OF LIFE ACTIVITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT OTHER RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE ENJOY.
SO IN CLOSING, PLEASE CONSIDER BRINGING THESE FACILITIES TO THE FAR SOUTH.
AND JUST IN CASE YOU DIDN'T, UH, JUST AS YOU DIDN'T REGRET COMING TO OUR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, YOU WON'T REGRET BRINGING THOSE FACILITIES TO US.
THANK YOU FOR COMING AGAIN TONIGHT.
Y'ALL DID PUT ON A GREAT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT EVENT.
SO WE'RE READY TO PARTICIPATE, CONNECT, AND GROW ALONGSIDE THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
UM, I WAS HERE THE LAST TIME, MAYOR JENSEN.
S AND FOREMOST, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
I SPOKE TO YOUR SHERIFF OR DEPUTY THAT WAS THERE, AND IT LOOKED AS THOUGH, UM, I SAID SOMETHING RUDE TO HIM.
BUT THE ONLY THING THAT I SAID TO HIM, WOULD YOU ASK THE MAYOR COULD WE RECYCLE MY HANDOUTS?
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AND I GUESS HE TOOK IT OFFENSIVELY AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.MAYOR JENSEN, I, UM, FILED A NOTICE OF INTENT TO FILE CLAIM ASKING FOR A RESPONSE WITHIN 14 DAYS.
YOU HAVE BEING HANDED OUT TO YOU FABRICATED POLICE REPORTS THAT I JUST FOUND FROM GRAND PRAIRIE THAT'S DIRECTLY RELATED TO IRVING FROM 2011.
I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THESE FABRICATED POLICE REPORTS UNTIL I ASKED THE FBI TO RUN MY NAME BELIEVING THAT IT'S IDENTITY THEFT AND MONEY FRAUD.
THE FBI SAID THEY HAD A HIT FROM IRVING.
WHEN I CONTACTED IRVING, MIND YOU, I HAD TO SEND MY FINGERPRINTS IN TO THE FBI AND FORWARD THEM TO MAKE COMPARISONS.
THE FBI SENT ME A LETTER, I THINK IT WAS DATED JULY 13TH, 2026, WITH A HIT FROM ER, FROM IRVING.
THEY SAID THEY HAD THE POLICE REPORT.
11 DASH 2 3 8 1 4 DATED SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2011, WHEN THE OFFICER EXPLAINED IT TO ME BY PHONE, HE SAID THAT ME AND STEPHANIE, MARIA BRYAN ON THE YOU HAVE THE POLICE REPORT WAS ARRESTED.
NOW STAY WITH ME 'CAUSE WE'RE IN A NEW DAY IN TIME.
REMEMBER, WE GONNA REMEMBER THE HABITAT HOME THAT YOU STARTED THE FORECLOSURE IN 2012.
I'M ALLEGING ALL THESE FABRICATIONS WERE REFERENCED BEHIND THE SCENES.
AND I ALSO FURTHER ALLEGE THAT OUR FAMILY WAS CHOSEN TO BE PROSTITUTED IN A NON-PROFIT PROPERTY.
I THINK THAT PART IS BIGGER THAN MR. HILLS, BUT MR. HILLS TOLD ME ONCE I COOK FOR EVERYONE, THAT IT WASN'T GOING TO LAST LONG.
NOW, MIND YOU, LET'S GO BACK TO THE URBAN FABRICATED POLICE REPORT.
HOW DO YOU GET A FABRICATED POLICE REPORT? NOT ONLY IS IT FABRICATED, BUT YOU HAVE MY FINGERPRINTS AND I WASN'T THERE.
YOU ALSO HAVE ME CONNECTED WITH A STEPHANIE MARIE BRYANT I NEVER HEARD OF.
THEN THEY SAID, WELL, NO, IT REALLY, ORIGINALLY WE WAS ALLEGEDLY ARRESTED IN ARLINGTON, ARLINGTON HURRY UP POLICE DEPARTMENT AND GOT THEIR NAME FROM UP UNDER IT AND SAID, NO, IT WASN'T US.
WE DON'T HAVE YOU IN OUR SYSTEM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR JENSEN.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
IMAGINE LOSING EVERYTHING YOU OWN FOR 25 YEARS, YOUR FURNITURE BELONGINGS AND IRREPLACEABLE MEMORIES WITHOUT NOTICE THAT HAPPENED TO ME.
I AM HARRIET NICHOLSON, A 26 YEAR GRAND PRAIRIE RESIDENT AND HOMEOWNER.
WHY DID GRAND PRAIRIE COLD COMPLIANCE ORDER EVERYTHING I OWN, REMOVE WITHIN 24 HOURS WITHOUT NOTIFYING ME? THE CITY OWNS RECORD STATE UNABLE TO POST NOTICE ON DOOR.
WHERE WAS MY 14TH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO DO PROCESS.
ON OCTOBER 29TH, 2025, I EXPERIENCED WHAT FELT LIKE AN ICE RAID INSIDE MY CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED TEXAS HOMESTEAD.
I HELD A RECORDED TITLE THE DAY I WAS SERVED AN EVICTION SUIT IDENTIFYING ME AS A TENANT.
I FILED A MOTION TO DISMISS IN JUDGE KENDALL SANDERS COURT.
SANDERS HAD MY DEED, UH, TEXAS JUDGMENT AWARDED ME POSSESSION AND MY CHALLENGE TO HIS JURISDICTION BECAUSE I WASN'T A TENANT.
TEXAS PROPERTY CODE SECTION 2 4 0 0 4 REQUIRES EVICTION SUITS TO BE FILED IN THE PROPERTIES PRECINCT.
INSTEAD, HE TRANSFERRED MY EVICTION SUIT OUT OF THE PRECINCT.
I LIVE ON THE TARRANT COUNTY SIDE.
BUT FOR HIS ACTIONS OR HIS INACTIONS, I BELIEVE I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN EVICTED.
ON OCTOBER 14TH, I DELIVERED MY DEED TO CONSTABLE SANDRA LEE.
15 DAYS LATER, SHE EXECUTED AN ARMED EVICTION.
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I CALLED 9 1 1.OFFICER STEP RESPONDED RESPECTFULLY, AND I WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.
THE TAD, WHICH THE CITY USES TO IDENTIFY HOMEOWNERS SHOWED ME AS A HOMEOWNER ON OCTOBER 29TH, 2025.
TODAY, OCTOBER 20TH, 2026, I AM STILL THE HOMEOWNER.
THE CITY TOOK MY BELONGINGS WITHOUT NOTICE, WHERE'S MY DUE PROCESS AND HOW THE CITY KNEW WHERE TO BILL ME, BUT NOT WHERE TO WARN ME.
ACCOUNTABILITY MATTERS EVERY DAY, NOT JUST ON ELECTION DAY.
I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION.
I DO NOT WANT THIS TO HAPPEN TO ANOTHER GRAND PRAIRIE FAMILY OR PRECINCT SEVEN HOMEOWNER.
I WAS THE HOMEOWNER THEN AND I'M THE HOMEOWNER TODAY.
I RESIDE AT 1 1 1 6 BEDBURY LANE.
I HAD THE PLEASURE OF GOING TO A TOWN HALL MEETING A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WITH KURT JOHNSON.
AND I HAVE ONE QUESTION FROM THAT MEETING.
YOU STATED THAT WHEN WE GET THOSE BIG GARBAGE CANS, THAT HE SAID THAT GRAND PRAIRIE HAD DECIDED THAT THE HOAS, THE INDIVIDUAL HOAS, WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING ON WHERE THOSE CANS ARE GONNA BE KEPT.
AND YET ON THE GRAND PRAIRIE WEBSITE, IT SAYS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE KEPT EITHER IN A GARAGE OR IN THE BACKYARD, BUT THEY CANNOT BE VISIBLE FROM THE STREET.
SO I WOULD LIKE SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT.
STAFF WILL GET WITH YOU RIGHT AFTER IN THE HALLWAY STAFF.
SOMEBODY MEET HER BACK THERE AND TELL, EXPLAIN WHAT THE RULES ARE.
AND I'LL HAVE DOES ANYBODY WHO, ANY, ANY, WALTER? I'M HERE.
UM, MY ADDITIONAL COMMENT IS, HAVE YOU SEEN THE REPORT OF HIGHLY INVASIVE APPLE SNAIL INFESTATION? I DID.
WHAT IS, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO, UM, TO TAKE CARE OF THIS ISSUE? I CAN'T ANSWER THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT I DID SEE IT.
WELL, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, IT'S VERY DANGEROUS TO WILDLIFE AND PEOPLE.
SO WHO CAN I CONTACT? HE'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT.
HAROLD WILLIS, 5 3 8 LYNN LANE.
A LOT OF GOOD POSITIVE NEWS COMMENTS ABOUT GRAND PRAIRIE ON OCTOBER 10TH.
I HAVE PAID FOR A YEAR MEMBERSHIP AHEAD OF TIME.
BUT, UH, EPIC WAS CLOSED TO THOSE OF US OF TAXPAYERS WHO PAY THE BILL.
LAST TWO WEEKS AGO, WEDNESDAY, WE GOT TO MEET ALL THREE OF THE NEW CANDIDATES FOR GRAND PRAIRIE FIRE CHIEF.
I TOOK GREAT PLEASURE IN TELLING ALL THREE OF THOSE CANDIDATES.
1989 GRAND PRAIRIE FIRE CHIEF JAMES ROBERTSON.
WE COULDN'T GET AN AMBULANCE TO THE GRAND PRAIRIE FIRE CHIEF'S FATHER-IN-LAW ON PHILLIPS COURT.
LOOK WHERE WE WERE NOW LOOK WHERE WE'RE AT NOW.
AND YOU KNOW WHY WE'RE AT THE REASON WE'RE AT NOW.
YOU LOOKING AT HIM, HAROLD R. WILLIS.
I'VE BEEN DOWN HERE FOR 42 YEARS FIGHTING THIS CITY FOR A FIRE DEPARTMENT PARAMEDIC PROGRAM.
THIS CITY HAS MADE A BIG MISTAKE.
ASSISTANT CHIEF LOPEZ OF DALLAS FIRE RESCUE WAS YOUR BEST CANDIDATE.
A MEXICAN-AMERICAN WHO LIVES IN GRAND PRAIRIE, WHO IS A PRODUCT OF THE GRAND PRAIRIE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AN ASSISTANT CHIEF IN THE DALLAS FIRE RESCUE.
AND YOU SAID NO, YOU SAID YES TO SOMEONE.
AND MAYBE THIS GUY'S GOOD, BUT COLLEEN AND HARPER HEIGHTS IS TRUMP COUNTRY.
TRUMP TRAINED DOWN THERE IN CENTRAL TEXAS.
WE ARE A MINORITY MAJORITY CITY.
AND YOU SAID NO TO A HIGHLY QUALIFIED MEXICAN-AMERICAN CANDIDATE, WHICH WAS WRONG.
WE HAVE A MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT WITH DALLAS FIRE RESCUE.
THEY BACKED US BEFORE WHEN WE'VE HAD THE POLY AMERICA FIRE.
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GONE WITH THE KNOWN, BUT YOU'VE GONE WITH SOMEBODY THAT, EH, LET'S BE BLUNT DOWN HERE.WHEN GREG ABBOTT SAYS, WE GOTTA CUT SPENDING, WE GOTTA CUT POLICE AND FIRE DOWN HERE.
AND LET'S BE VERY BLUNT, WHO IS THE BEST FRIEND THAT GREG ABBOTT? KEN AND ANGELA PAXTON MINISTRIES.
AND THAT GOOD RACIST REPUBLICAN.
RON JENSEN STANDS FOR HIS FELLOW RACIST REPUBLICANS DOWN THERE.
UH, NO, I DON'T HAVE A QUICK, YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ME, BUT I'VE KNOWN YOU SINCE 1965.
YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ME, HAROLD, BUT YOU'RE, YOU GOT 24 MORE SECONDS.
WELL, YOU'VE MADE A MISTAKE THE SCHOOL BOARD BY, BY SAYING NO TO LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS BETWEEN WHAT THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS DONE, SAYING NO TO A HIGHLY QUALIFIED MEXICAN AMERICAN CANDIDATE FOR AN EX FIRE CHIEF.
LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS WHEN THE CITIZENS FIND OUT THE BRIBE THAT WAS PAID TO SUPERINTENDENT ARIANO TO LEAVE GRAND CURRY.
[42. STP-26-07-0016 - Site Plan - 360 Logistics Crossing (City Council District 2). Site Plan to construct a 90,777 sq. ft. distribution warehouse on 5.97 acres. Tracts 3B & 3C, Ezekiel Roland Survey, Abstract No. 1313, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, zoned PD-224, within the SH 360 Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 3611 S Hwy 360 (On September 22, 2026, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval with conditions by a vote of 8-0) ]
KNOW A LOT ABOUT YOU SINCE 1965.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
ITEM 42 IS A SITE PLAN AND I DIDN'T 4 3 6 LOGISTICS CROSSING.
IT IS LOCATED AT 36 11 SOUTH HIGHWAY 360.
YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.
THE REQUEST IS FOR A SITE PLAN FOR DISTRIBUTION WAREHOUSE.
THE PROPERTY IS ZONED PD 2 2 4 FOR THAT USE.
SO THE REASON IT'S HERE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS TO REVIEW THE SITE PLAN, UM, BECAUSE IT IS FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USE.
THERE'S AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY.
ON THE SCREEN IS THEIR PROPOSED SITE PLAN.
IT'S ABOUT A 90,000 SQUARE FOOT DISTRIBUTION WAREHOUSE.
IT DOES MEET OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS OUR PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
IT MEETS OUR LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS EXCEPT FOR ONE REQUEST FOR THE VARIANCE TO THE SCREENING WHILE REQUIREMENT.
THESE ARE THEIR PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE ARTICULATION AND OTHER ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES.
UH, IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPENDIX X.
THEY ARE REQUESTING ONE VARIANCE, AND THAT'S TO THE MASONRY SCREENING WALL, UM, WHICH IS REQUIRED ON THE NORTHERN SOUTHERN E AND EASTERN BOUNDARIES.
UH, THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE LOCATION OF THE REQUIRED SCREENING WALL IN BLUE.
UH, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE.
THERE IS AN EXISTING TRA EASEMENT ALSO SHOWN ON THE SCREEN IN RED, WHICH MAKES IT VERY, UH, CHALLENGING TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO THEIR DESIGN.
ON SEPTEMBER 22ND, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST BY A VOTE OF EIGHT TO ZERO WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.
THE FIRST IS THAT A NOISE STUDY MUST BE APPROVED BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY DEPARTMENT BEFORE THE ISSUANCE OF A BUILDING PERMIT.
A DRAINAGE STUDY OR DETENTION STUDY SHALL BE PROVIDED TO CONFIRM THERE ARE NO ADVERSE IMPACTS ON OTHER PROPERTIES.
AND ANY INCREASE IN RUNOFF INTO THE EXISTING STORM DRAIN SYSTEM SHALL BE APPROVED BY THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE DEPARTMENT IN TXDOT DURING THEIR CIVIL ENGINEERING PLAN REVIEW.
AND THEN THAT A SIX FOOT WROUGHT IRON FENCE SHALL BE INSTALLED ON TOP OF THE PROPOSED RETAINING WALL.
UM, SUBJECT APPROVAL FROM THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE DEPARTMENT.
UH, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
WHERE ON THE DRAWING IS THE RETAINING WALL? SO THE RETAINING WALL IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ON THE CITY PROPERTY TO THE EAST.
IF YOU CAN SEE THIS LINE RIGHT HERE, THIS IS WHERE THAT RETAINING WALL IS.
AND THEN ARE THEY PROPOSING ANY KIND OF, UH, BOUNDARY FENCING OF ANYTHING ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH? NO.
AND THE APPLICANT DID PUT TOGETHER AN EXHIBIT AFTER PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION MEETING THAT HELPS EXPLAIN KIND OF THEIR RESPONSE TO THAT CONDITION.
WAS IT A CONDITION THAT P AND ZENZ ADDED THE CONDITION FOR THE WR IRON? OKAY.
DID WE GET A RESPONSE? YOU GOOD, TONY? YEAH, I'M, I'M GOOD.
UH, DID WE GET A RESPONSE, DID WE GET A RESPONSE FROM THE APPLICANT REGARDING THE WR IRON REQUEST? YES.
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DID PREPARE AN EXHIBIT TO HELP EXPLAIN.I, I WILL PULL THAT UP, BUT IT DOESN'T SHOW US ANYTHING.
THIS IS FOR THE APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION.
THEY, THEY'LL BE EXPLAINING
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE FENCE? HERE'S THE PRESENTATION AND THEN RIGHT, THERE'S THE RETAIN YOU MR. MORALES.
I'M DAVID MORALES, 53 10 HARVEST HILL ROAD, DALLAS, TEXAS.
AND I'M REPRESENTING, UH, MY CLIENT, IDER CREEK.
UH, SO TO EXPLAIN THE FENCE, UM, I THINK PLANNING AND ZONING'S CONCERN WAS SAFETY FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH, UM, IS ACTUALLY PRETTY FAR AWAY AND ACROSS THE CREEK AREA.
BUT SHOULD CHILDREN, UH, MAKE THEIR WAY UP ONTO THE PROPERTY, THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE A FENCE.
UM, WHAT WE DID IS WE DID PREPARE THIS EXHIBIT TO ILLUSTRATE WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN.
UM, THERE IS A RETAINING WALL AND THERE WAS CONFUSION AS TO WHAT THAT MEANS.
SO WE, WE THOUGHT WE WOULD SHOW YOU WHAT THAT IS.
UM, AND, UH, THIS RIGHT HERE IS JUST A PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF WHAT THIS WALL IS.
AND YOU CAN SEE THIS WALL DOESN'T EXTEND THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, IT ONLY EXTENDS, YOU KNOW, AROUND 150 FEET.
UM, AND IT'S DESIGNED TO RETAIN THE EARTH IN, IN THIS PARTICULAR VIEW HERE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS WOULD BE THE RETAINING WALL HERE.
AND SO IF WE WERE TO PLACE A FENCE ALONG THAT RETAINING WALL, UM, IT WOULD BE SEVERAL FEET LOWER THAN THE PAVING OF, OF OUR PROPERTY.
AND IT WOULD BE KIND OF AT THE START OF THE AREA THAT BEGINS TO GO DOWN TO THE CREEK.
SO THAT'S WHAT THE, THAT'S WHAT THE FENCE WOULD BE.
UH, THAT'S WHAT THE WALL IS DOING.
UM, AND THEN IF WE GO BACK UP TO THIS VIEW HERE, YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, THERE'S A PORTION WHERE IT STOPS HERE, BUT IT DOESN'T EXTEND ALL THE WAY TO THE SOUTH.
AND IT DOES THE SAME ON THE NORTH.
EVEN IF WE EXTEND THE FENCE BEYOND THE WALL, A A A POINT AT WHICH IT, IT HAS TO STOP BECAUSE WE CAN ONLY BUILD IN THE, THE AREA PROVIDED TO US AS AN EASEMENT ON THAT CITY PROPERTY AS WAS BROUGHT OUT.
THE END OF THIS WALL RIGHT HERE, ABUTS THAT TRA EASEMENT AND WE CAN'T BUILD IN THAT EASEMENT.
AND THEN ON THE NORTH END, IT GOES UNTIL IT REACHES A FLOODPLAIN.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE, THE ONLY EXTENT OF THE AREA WE CAN HAVE THE FENCE.
UM, SO IF IT WAS FELT THAT THIS FENCE ACCOMPLISHES THE, AND SOLVES THE, THE CONCERNS OF, OF, UH, PREVENTING ACCESS OR FOR SAFETY REASONS, THEN IT COULD BE PROVIDED WHERE'S THE CLOSEST HOMES? THE CLOSEST HOMES ARE, UM, WE HAVE SOME ILLUSTRATIONS HERE SHOWING THIS IN PROXIMITY TO THOSE.
SO THIS AREA IN BLUE IS THE FLOODPLAIN.
THIS IS WHAT'S TO THE, TO THE EAST, UH, WHERE THAT PROPERTY, WHERE THE, WHERE THE WALL WOULD BE.
AND THEN OVER HERE YOU CAN SEE THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THAT'S FLOODPLAIN WITH THE CROSS RED IN THE HATCHED AREA HERE? YEAH.
UM, THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM? UM, YES.
AND THEN TONY, WERE YOU ASKING SOMETHING ABOUT THE FENCE? YES, I CAN DO IT.
WHAT ABOUT TO THE SOUTH? WHAT'S YOUR NEIGHBOR TO THE SOUTH? SO THIS, UM, IS AN EXISTING, UM, APARTMENT COMPLEX HERE TO THE SOUTH.
SO WHAT'S TO THE SOUTH? AN EXISTING APARTMENT COMPLEX THERE.
AND THEY PROBABLY HAVE THEIR OWN WALL.
DO THEY, DOES THE EXISTING APARTMENTS HAVE THEIR OWN WALL? THERE'S ACTUALLY A SMALL SLIVER OF LAND FOR, UH, A CELL TOWER.
SO IT GOES INDUSTRIAL CELL TOWER MULTIFAMILY.
IS THERE A FENCE BETWEEN THE MULTIFAMILY AND THIS? ANY, ANY FENCE IS THE CELL TOWER, THE CELL TOWER GOT A FENCE AROUND IT? I, I BELIEVE SO.
I
AND USUALLY WE MAKE APARTMENT COMPLEXES HAVE FENCES AROUND THEM.
IF THERE'S NOT A FENCE THERE, WHY WOULD WE MAKE
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THEM PUT A FENCE AROUND YOU? I MEAN, IF WE DIDN'T REQUIRE THE APARTMENT FOR THE SAME, YOU GET MY POINT.WELL, I, I'M, I'M BE, I WOULD BE BACK WITH THE SAME THING ABOUT KIDS FROM THE APARTMENT, YOU KNOW, CAN, YEAH.
IS THERE, IS THERE ACCESS ACROSS THAT FOR, YOU KNOW, IF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX DOESN'T HAVE A FENCE, PROBABLY THERE WOULD BE ACCESS.
THAT'S, THAT THERE IS A FENCE.
UM, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A COMBINATION OF WHAT THE APARTMENT CONSTRUCTED AND, AND WHAT THE CELL TOWER CONSTRUCTED.
I DON'T HE HAVE ANY OTHER LIGHTS.
I'D RATHER, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER CON WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER CARDS.
UM, WELL, WE'RE AWARE THAT YOU DO HAVE THE ZONING FOR THIS.
SO THE OTHER STAFF REQUEST FOR THE DRAINAGE STUDY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE ALREADY IN THE PROCESS, YOU'RE PLANNING TO DO THAT.
YOU'RE IN AGREEMENT ON THAT IN THE PROCESS? YES.
UM, WHAT AM I SCREEN TIMED OUT? AND THE, AND THE OTHER WAS THE NOISE STUDY.
UM, THAT'S WE'VE ALREADY COMPLETED AND IT'S IN THE PROCESS OF BEING, UH, SO YOU'LL GET THAT TO STAFF TOO.
SO YOU CAN SAY PENDING ON STAFF'S APPROVAL OF THOSE STUDIES.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHAWA HAS SOMETHING.
MAY I, DEPUTY MAYOR DOING A NOISE STUDY, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN? WHAT DOES THAT DO? YEAH, WHAT DOES THAT DO? IF, IF, OKAY, IF HIS NOISE STUDY COMES BACK AND SAYS HE'S GONNA BE LOUDER THAN 14 FIRECRACKERS,
WE HAVE NOISE, UH, CRITERIA IN THE CODE BOARD.
OH, SO, SO AS, AS LONG AS THEY FALL BELOW THE NOISE CRITERIA.
SO YOU CAN, YOU COULD, YOU COULD STOP THAT.
IF HE, IF THEY COME BACK WITH A NOISE STUDY, HE SAYS THEY DON'T, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT BE A LITTLE LOUDER THAN WE THOUGHT WE WERE.
IF THEY DON'T MEET THE STANDARD, THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO GIVE THEM PERMITS FOR CONSTRUCTION.
UM, SO THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING TO THOSE STAFF REQUESTS.
UH, WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 42, UM, UNDER THE CONDITION THAT ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, DISCUSSED OR MET.
THAT'S THE NOISE STUDY, SUBJECT TO STAFF APPROVAL, THE DRAINAGE STUDY, SUBJECT TO STAFF APPROVAL, AND, UH, THE COMMITMENT TO THE SIX FOOT WROUGHT IRON FENCE AS PRESENTED IN THE, UH, PRESENTATION AND APPLICATION.
WE HAVE MOTIONS SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHAPPELLE.
AY, THE POST NAY MOTION CARRIES ITEM 43.
[43. SUP-26-08-0019 - Specific Use Permit - Texstar Auto at 3317 E Jefferson (City Council District 5). Specific Use Permit for Auto Dealer (Non-Franchise Used) Use at an existing used auto sales lot on 0.72 acres. Tracts 16 & 17, William C. May Survey, Abstract No. 891, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Heavy Industrial (HI), and addressed as 3317 E Jefferson St and 315 West Ave (On September 8, 2026, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval with conditions by a vote of 7-0) ]
ALRIGHT, ITEM 43 IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUEST FOR A AUTO DEALER NON FRANCHISE USED.IT'S LOCATED AT 33 17 EAST JEFFERSON STREET.
THE PROPERTY'S OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.
UH, THE REQUEST IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, UM, BECAUSE THEY ARE WISHING TO ADD ANOTHER DEALER TO THIS LOCATION.
THERE IS A, A DEALER CURRENTLY OPERATING AT THIS LOCATION AND IT IS CONSIDERED LEGAL NON-CONFORMING, SO IT COULD CONTINUE TO OPERATE.
UH, THE REASON IT'S HERE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS THEY WANNA ADD THAT SECOND DEALER.
UM, SO THERE SITE PLAN IS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
UM, AGAIN, THEY'RE ADDING A ANOTHER DEALER TO THE LOCATION.
STAFF EVALUATED THE REQUIRED PARKING, UH, FOR EACH OF THOSE, UH, DEALERS.
UH, WE TOOK A LOOK AT OUR ANALYSIS FRAMEWORK AND WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THE USES COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA, WHICH INCLUDES ESTABLISHED AUTO RELATED BUSINESSES.
AND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST WILL BRING THE EXISTING LEGAL NON PERFORMING, UH, USE INTO COMPLIANCE WITH CURRENT ZONING REGULATIONS WHILE ESTABLISHING APPROPRIATE STANDARDS TO ACCOMMODATE THE PROPOSED ADDITIONAL DEALER.
AND THE SUP PROVIDES A MECHANISM FOR ONGOING OVERSIGHT TO ENSURE THAT ALL DEALERS AT THAT LOCATION, UH, MEET ALL OUR, OUR REQUIREMENTS.
ON SEPTEMBER 8TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO.
THE FIRST IS THAT, UH, THE REQUIRED PARKING SPACES SHALL REMAIN AVAILABLE FOR PARKING AND SHALL NOT BE USED FOR VEHICLE INVENTORY OR STORAGE.
UM, VEHICLE INVENTORY FOR SALE SHALL BE LOCATED ONLY WITHIN THE SPACES DESIGNATED ON THEIR SITE PLAN.
UM, THE APPLICANTS WOULD NEED TO,
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UH, SUBMIT A, AN ADJUSTED PLAN TO PLANNING DIVISION AND CODE COMPLIANCE.IF THEY WERE TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL DEALER IN THE FUTURE, THEY WOULD NEED TO PROVIDE A PLAN THAT SHOWS THAT THEY CAN ACCC OR THE SITE CAN ACCOMMODATE THE ADDITIONAL DEALER AND, UH, PROVIDE THAT PARKING PLAN TO PLANNING AND CODE COMPLIANCE.
UM, OPERATIONS SHALL COMPLY WITH THE OPERATIONAL PLAN.
UH, THEY MUST OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND THE AUTO RELATED BUSINESS PERMIT.
UH, THEY SHALL PROVIDE PROOF OF ARAGE SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY DEPARTMENT PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF THE CO, AND THEN THEY SHALL COMPLY WITH OUR AUTO RELATED BUSINESS, UM, REGULATIONS AND THE CODE OF ORDINANCE.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
UM, THIS, UM, BRINGING THIS NON-CONFORMING INTO CONFORMING IS A GOOD DEAL.
UH, ARE THEY REQUESTING TO KIND OF AN OPEN, OPEN DOOR FOR AN ANY NUMBER OF POSSIBLE DEALERS? OR IS THIS FOR TWO? THIS REQUEST IS FOR THE SECOND, BUT THERE'S NOTHING IN THE ORDINANCE THAT PREVENTS THEM FROM BRINGING ANOTHER DEALER.
UH, WE DO HAVE A CONDITION THAT SAYS THAT IF YOU'RE PROPOSING AN ADDITIONAL DEALER AFTER NUMBER TWO, YOU'VE GOTTA MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS AND PROVIDE A PLAN THAT SHOWS THAT, UH, IF, IF COUNSEL DESIRES TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF DEALERS ON THE SITE TO TO TWO, THAT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL CONDITION.
UM, IN YOUR OPINION, IS THERE ROOM FOR A THIRD ONE? THERE IS A SUFFICIENT PARKING ON THE LOCATION.
A LOCATION WHERE STAFF DIDN'T HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT PARKING, SO, OKAY.
AS LONG AS THEY PROVE THAT THEY CAN SUPPORT AN ADDITIONAL DEALER AND MEET ALL OF OUR A RB REQUIREMENTS, STAFF WOULDN'T OBJECT.
AND THEN, UH, AS FAR AS THE PARKING IS THERE, NORMALLY WE REQUIRE, UH, IF THERE'S TWO SEPARATE OPERATIONS GOING IN ONE PARKING LOT THAT THEY MARK WHOSE PARKING IS, WHO'S THIS PART OF THIS? YES.
OKAY, THEN I WOULD MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.
OPPOSED A NAY? MOTION CARRIES.
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ALRIGHT.ITEM 44 AND 45 ARE RELATED TO THE SAME PROJECT, SO I'LL PRESENT THEM AT ONCE.
UH, THE FIRST COMPONENT IS AN ALCOHOL VARIANCE FOR PROS AND POS BOOKSTORE.
THE LOCATION IS ONE 12 NORTH CENTER STREET.
AND THIS FIRST REQUEST IS A VARIANCE TO THE UDC UH, PROXIMITY REQUIREMENT THAT SAYS SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES CANNOT OCCUR WITHIN 300 FEET OF A CHURCH AND SCHOOL.
SO THIS FIRST REQUEST IS A VARIANCE TO THAT REQUIREMENT, UH, TO ALLOW THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FOR ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION WITHIN 300 FEET OF A CHURCH AND SCHOOL.
UH, HERE'S AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE LOCATION AND THE STREET VIEW.
WE DID SEND OUT NOTIFICATIONS FOR THIS AND RECEIVED, UH, ONE LETTER OF OPPOSITION AND FOUR LETTERS OF SUPPORT.
THIS BRINGS US TO ITEM 45, WHICH IS THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR THE PROS AND POS BOOKSTORE.
AND I WILL GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE OPERATIONS THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.
UM, SO THIS IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW ON PREMISE SALE AND CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.
AS AN ACCESSORY USE FOR BOOKSTORE, UH, THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO OPEN A BOOKSTORE, UH, WITH A CAFE AND SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FOR ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION AS AN ACCESSORY USE.
UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO OCCUPY THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE EXISTING TWO-STORY MASONIC LODGE.
IT'S APPROXIMATELY 3,700 SQUARE FEET.
UM, THE ELEMENTS OF THEIR PROPOSAL IS THE RETAIL BOOKSTORE.
IT HAS A, A CAFE AND AN AREA FOR THE GATHERING SPACE.
UM, THEIR ALCOHOL SERVICE IS INTENDED TO COMPLIMENT THE RETAIL, UH, CAFE, AND IT'S NOT A COM PRIMARY COMPONENT OF THE USE.
UM, SO THEY ANTICIPATE EMPLOYING TWO PART-TIME EMPLOYEES IN ADDITION TO THE OWNER WHO WOULD WORK FULL-TIME.
THEIR PROPOSED HOURS OF OPERATION ARE ON THE SCREEN AND THEY INTEND TO HAVE EXTENDED HOURS FOLLOWING THE PERFORMANCES AT THE UPTOWN THEATER.
AND THEY INTEND TO HOST EVENTS DURING THE BUSINESS HOURS THAT MAY INCLUDE AUTHOR READINGS, SIGHTINGS, BOOK CLUBS, GAME AND CRAFT NIGHTS, CHILDREN'S STORY TIMES, WORKSHOPS, AND COMMUNITY GATHERINGS.
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WOULD BE REQUIRED TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN THE APPROPRIATE, UH, TABC PERMIT.AND THEN INVAL EVALUATING THIS, UH, REQUEST STAFF, UH, LOOKED AT OUR FRAMEWORK AND, UH, THE FINDINGS OF NOTE THAT THE PROPOSED PROPOSED BOOKSTORE USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE VISION FOR DOWNTOWN AND COUNCIL'S GOAL OF ATTRACTING INDEPENDENT, UNIQUE STORES.
IT'S CONSISTENT WITH A TYPE OF COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY CONTEMPLATED FOR A MIXED USE DOWNTOWN AREA, AND THEN IT WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE ONGOING ACTIVATION OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
WE DID SEND OUT PROPERTY OWNER NOTIFICATIONS AND WE RECEIVED ONE LETTER IN OPPOSITION AND 15 LETTERS IN SUPPORT AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
UH, RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS BY A VOTE TO EIGHT TO ZERO.
THE OPERATION SHALL ADHERE TO THE EXHIBIT B OPERATIONAL PLAN.
THE APPLICANT SHALL OBTAIN THAT, UM, ALCOHOL VARIANCE FROM CITY COUNCIL, AND THEN THEY SHALL OBTAIN A VALID PERMIT FROM TABC.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE, UH, CHURCH, WHICH IS LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY, DID SUBMIT A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THIS REQUEST, WHICH WAS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET.
UH, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THIS WHEN WE DISCUSSED THE VARIANCES DOWNTOWN.
UH, SO WE KIND OF KNEW THIS WAS COMING.
UH, WE HAVE TO COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL, WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THESE SEPARATELY.
AND, UH, ITEM 44 IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO AFTER, UH, THE SPEAKER COMES UP, THE APPLICANT, UM, I'LL ASK FOR COMMENTS FROM YOU AND THEN I'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, MY WIFE IS OUT OF TOWN, I'M AFRAID SHE'S DOING, UH, THE LAST BIT OF HER, UH, FORMER LIFE.
SHE'S A AT A CONFERENCE IN FLORIDA.
UH, WE'VE BEEN SUPPORTED IN THIS THROUGHOUT.
I FEEL LIKE WE'VE BEEN, UM, JUST REALLY ENCOURAGED BY THE CITY AND, AND BY THIS BODY IN CREATING THE SPECIAL USE CASE FOR OUR, UH, BOOKSTORE WITH ALCOHOL AS AND ACCESSORY.
UM, AND, UH, SO I'LL JUST SAY THAT, UH, MY WIFE AND I HAVE, UH, WE'VE GONE TO DOWNTOWNS.
WE GO TO MCKINNEY, WE GO TO GRAPEVINE, WE GO TO, UM, DENTON, WHERE MY DAUGHTER'S NOW IN SCHOOL.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE LIKE TO GO PLACES WHERE YOU CAN SPEND FOUR HOURS JUST HANGING OUT.
AND, UM, GRAND PRAIRIE IS MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION.
YOU CAN SPEND FOUR HOURS AT EVENING AT ROMA'S AND THEN TO UPTOWN, BUT YOU GOTTA GOTTA HAVE THAT ONE NIGHT WHEN UPTOWN'S GOTTA A GOOD SHOW.
UM, OR YOU CAN CATCH A GOOD SHOW AT, UH, AT FIREHOUSE GASTRO PARK.
UM, BUT, UH, WE NEED JUST MORE BUSINESSES AND MORE JUST A, UH, A CRITICAL MASS OF THINGS TO DO DOWNTOWN, THAT KEEP DOWNTOWN OPEN AFTER FIVE AND ON SATURDAY AFTERNOONS AND ON SUNDAY AFTERNOONS.
AND THAT'S THE SPACE WE WANT TO CREATE.
'CAUSE UM, MY WIFE AND I WANTED TO SEE IT AND, UH, AND WE'LL BE INVESTED AND, UH, AND WANT TO GROW A VIBRANT DOWNTOWN.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT'S GREAT.
UH, IT'S A GREAT OLD BUILDING.
UM, AND I THINK YOU, IF IT PASSES, I THINK Y'ALL WILL DO IT JUSTICE.
SO THAT'S, IT'S REAL, REALLY UNIQUE.
THAT SPECIFIC SPACE IS, UH, A UNICORN FOR US.
IT'S BEEN, YEAH, IT'S MORE SPACE THAN, THAN WE WERE GETTING FOR, FOR SIMILAR THINGS.
IT GETS US RIGHT THERE NEAR THE THEATER AND, UH, IN, IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN, BUT WE, UH, WE MISS THE GROWING PAINS THAT DOWNTOWN MIGHT EXPERIENCE DURING THE, UH, IT STILL, IT STILL WILL AFFECT YOU, BUT YOU'RE AWARE.
OH, IT, IT WILL BUT YOU ARE AWARE.
AND WE CERTAINLY LIKE INVESTMENT IN DOWNTOWN.
UH, I DON'T SEE ANY LIGHTS OR THINGS TO ASK YOU QUESTIONS.
I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING UP TONIGHT.
MR. CRANSON, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, SHOTWELL, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD BEFORE I OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING? THANK YOU.
EVEN IF YOU HAVE NOT FILLED OUT A CARD, BUT WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM 44, YOU CAN DO SO NOW.
SEEING NONE, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL.
UM, I WANT TO, UM, CONGRATULATE AND MR. SMITH AND HIS WIFE.
I KNOW, UH, THEY'VE WORKED REALLY HARD ON THIS.
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HAS WORKED REALLY HARD ON IT.UM, TONY RAMIREZ FROM OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPART HAS WORKED REALLY HARD ON IT.
IT WILL BE SOMETHING, UH, NO CREDIT FOR ME.
UH, IT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE WILL BE A SMALL CATALYST, AND IT SHOULD BE, I ACTUALLY OPERATING AND, AND RUNNING PRETTY GOOD BY THE TIME THE STREET GETS FINISHED.
AND THAT'S, UH, THAT'S A GOOD DEAL.
UM, I KNOW THE, UH, THE PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE GONNA RENT FROM OR REALLY WORKING WITH 'EM, UH, AND, UH, IT'S A, YOU, UH, NOT A REALLY WIDE SPACE, BUT IT'S A REALLY LONG SPACE.
AND THAT GIVES THEM ROOM TO DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.
AND I, I, THIS WE'RE ON THE ALCOHOL ORDINANCE THING NOW, THE CHURCH SAYING IT'S OKAY WITH THEM IS A HUGE THING TO ME.
UM, BECAUSE THEY WILL ACTUALLY BE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS.
UH, IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE 290 FEET AWAY.
I THINK IT'LL BE GREAT FOR THE CITY.
I THINK IT'LL BE GREAT FOR MR. AND MRS. SMITH.
I KNOW SHE IS REALLY, REALLY WORKING THIS BOOK DEAL HARD.
WE SEE HER OUT AT THE FARMER'S MARKET, UH, EVERY NOW AND THEN, UH, JUST WORKING IT.
AND SO, UH, I'M HAPPY TO, UH, MOVE TO ALLOW THE ALCOHOL VARIANCE SECOND, THE MOTION SECOND, THERE'S A SPECIFIC LANGUAGE.
THERE'S SPECIFIC LANGUAGE WE NEED.
UH, I'LL DEFER TO MAYOR PRO TEM TO READ THE LANGUAGE.
UH, I DON'T HAVE THE LANGUAGE.
IN THOSE MANY PAGES YOU GOT WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE.
I I WANNA MAKE A COMMENT BEFORE, UM, YOU'RE GONNA WITHDRAW YOUR MOTION.
UH, I JUST WANNA COMMENT THAT.
THE CHURCH DID, UM, SAY THAT THEY'RE FINE WITH AN ESTABLISHMENT SERVING ALCOHOL NEXT TO THEM.
AND I DO RECALL BACK WHEN WE WERE, UH, I'M NOT ALL ON THE RELIGIOUS TRIP, SO PLEASE DON'T COME AT ME THAT WAY.
I DO BELIEVE IN THE MOST HIGH GOD, BUT WHEN WE ARE THINKING ABOUT THE FAMILY FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENTS AND DIFFERENT THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO ESTABLISH, AND A CHURCH IS OKAY WITH THE ALCOHOL BEING NEXT TO THEM.
BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FAMILY FRIENDLY IN DIFFERENT AR OTHER AREAS IN THE CITY THAT WE DON'T WANT TO SEE CERTAIN THINGS.
BUT WE ARE OKAY WITH NOT EITHER, UH, UH, THEY'RE ABLE TO SMOKE THERE AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, I'M JUST JUST THROWING THAT OUT.
IF THEY'RE ABLE TO SMOKE AND DRINK ALCOHOL, HEY, I DO IT.
Y'ALL DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT UP HERE.
SO, NO, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FAMILY FRIENDLY, THAT'S ALL I WANNA SAY.
MAKE MOTION MAYOR, I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET THAT PIECE OF PAPER FROM YOU AND GIVE IT TO SHOTWELL TO MAKE THE MOTION.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IN THAT CITY COUNCIL FINDS THAT THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE REGULATION AND SECTION 4.8 0.6 OF THE UNIFIED CODE IS NOT NECESSARY OR IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY IN THAT THE ALCOHOL VARIANCE FOR CASE NUMBER VCC DASH 26 DASH EIGHT DASH 0 0 1 BE GRANTED WITH THE FOUR CONDITIONS RECOMMENDED BY A CITY STAFF
AND IT, WE BETTER 'CAUSE WE'VE ALREADY GRANTED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR OWN UPTOWN THEATER.
TONY, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? I, NO.
DOES IT TAKE SPECIAL WORDING? I'LL TAKE A MOTION FROM YOU.
LET ME MAKE IT, UM, BEFORE WE DO, BEFORE I, MR. SMITH, MR. SMITH.
MR. SMITH, THIS, THIS IS ON YOUR, THIS, THIS ONE'S ACTUALLY TO APPROVE THE BOOKSTORE, RIGHT? I HAVE A QUESTION.
UH, DO YOU ANTICIPATE YOUR, YOU AND YOUR WIFE ALLOWING SMOKING IN YOUR BOOKSTORE? NO.
NO, THAT'S ALL I NEEDED TO KNOW.
I, I'D LIKE TO MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
AND SECOND TO MOVE FOR APPROVAL FOR ITEM 45.
MOTION CARRIES NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH A SMOKING LOUNGE.
[47. SUP-26-06-0015 - Specific Use Permit/Site Plan - Large Retail w/ Gas Sales (City Council District 4). Specific Use Permit and Site Plan for a Large Retail with Gas Sales featuring a Drive-Through Pharmacy and a Convenience Store on 8.87 acres. A portion of Tract 1B13, out of James W. Brannon Survey, Abstract No. 156, and a portion of Lot 1R-1, Block 1, Lake Parks Retail Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, zoned PD-267A, within the Lake Ridge Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 5201 & 5325 Lake Ridge Pkwy (On August 25, 2026, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended denial by a vote of 7-0) ]
ALL RIGHT.ITEM 47 IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT SLASH SITE PLAN FOR LARGE RETAIL
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OF GAS SALES AND A DRIVE-THROUGH PHARMACY AND CONVENIENCE STORE.UH, THE LOCATION IS OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.
IT'S ON PD 2 67 A WITHIN THE LAKERIDGE CORRIDOR OVERLAY DISTRICT.
AND THE PROPERTY IS ABOUT 8.8 ACRES.
YOU CAN SEE THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN.
IT IS FOR A 50,000 SQUARE FOOT, UH, GROCERY STORE WITH A DRIVE-THROUGH PHARMACY.
UH, THAT A REQUEST ALSO INCLUDES A 1,500 SQUARE FOOT CONVENIENCE STORE WITH GAS SALES, INCLUDING EIGHT GAS PUMPS.
IT MEETS OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS, AND THEY ARE REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED, EXCEED THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE PARKING.
ON THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE THEIR PROPOSED LANDSCAPE PLAN.
UM, THEY ARE REQUESTING A COUPLE OF VARIANCES.
THE FIRST IS TO THE REQUIRED 30 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER AND TO THE STREET TREES ALONG THAT AREA.
AS A COMPENSATORY MEASURE, THEY HAVE PROVIDED SOME PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES AND OPEN SPACES, UH, SHOWN IN THE AREAS WITH THE RED DASHED LINE.
UH, THOSE AREA AREAS WOULD INCLUDE A PERGOLA AND PICNIC TABLE, AND THEN, UM, PLANTER AND BENCHES IN FRONT OF THE STORE.
THESE ARE THEIR PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS.
UM, MATERIALS INCLUDE BRICK AND STONE IN FRONT.
THEY'VE INCLUDED AN ARTICULATED PUBLIC ENTRANCE AND OTHER ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES.
THEY ARE MEETING THE APPENDIX F UH, MENU ITEM REQUIREMENTS, AND THESE ARE THE VARIANCES THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING.
THE FIRST IS TO EXCEED THE NUMBER OF, UH, PARK MAXIMUM PARKING SPACES ALLOWED.
THEY'RE REQUESTING THE VARIANCE TO THE 30 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER TO DO A VARIABLE WIDTH BUFFER, RANGING FROM 17 FEET TO 30 FEET.
UH, VARIANCE TO THE REQUIREMENT THAT 13 STREET TREES, UH, SHALL BE PLANTED, UH, ALONG, ALONG THE STREET TO ALLOW THEM, UH, PLANTED ELSEWHERE.
SO THEY ARE MEETING THE TOTAL TREE REQUIREMENT.
AND THEN, UH, THE REMAINING THREE ARE RELATED TO THE BUILDING DESIGN TO THE OVERALL WINDOWS AND THE WINDOWS ON PRIMARY FACADES.
UH, THEY'RE REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO THAT.
UH, WE REQUIRE THAT WINDOWS ACCOUNT FOR 50% OF THE LENGTH OF ALL FACADES IN THE GROCERY STORE PROVIDES 11%, AND THE CONVENIENCE STORE PROVIDES 11%.
WE REQUIRE 30% OF THE EAST FACADES TO, UH, HAVE WINDOWS.
AND THEY'RE PROPOSING SEVEN, 7% ON THE EAST FACADE.
AND THE CONVENIENCE STORE IS PROPOSING 19%.
AND THEN A VARIANCE TO THE OVERALL CANOPY, UH, TO PROVIDE 12% INSTEAD OF 25.
WE LOOKED AT THE PROPOSAL THROUGH OUR ZONING FRAMEWORK ANALYSIS.
UH, THE FUTURE LANE MAP DOES DESIGNATE THIS PROPERTY FOR COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICE USES.
SO THAT PROPOSED USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THIS, UH, AND PROVIDES A NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING RETAIL, UH, USE.
IT DOES SUPPORT RETAIL RECRUITMENT AND PROPERTY UPKEEP AND THE EPICENTER PLAN BY INTRODUCING A NEW RETAIL TO THIS UNDEVELOPED TRACK, IT, UH, THE PROPOSAL SUSTAINS THE ECONOMIC MOMENTUM OF THE LOCATION THAT WAS, UM, CREATED BY THE MEDICAL CITY, ER, FROST BANK, AND THE RECENTLY APPROVED, UH, CHIPOTLE.
SO THE PROPOSAL'S CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED NON-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PATTERN AT THIS INTERSECTION.
AND THEN THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT TO IDENTIFY AND REQUIRE ADDITIONAL TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS, UH, TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
WE DID PUBLISH NOTICE OF THIS REQUEST AND RECEIVED 44 LETTERS IN SUPPORT, WHICH REPRESENTS 35 UNIQUE VALID ADDRESSES.
AND WE RECEIVED 531 LETTERS OF OPPOSITION, WHICH REPRESENTS 357 UNIQUE VALID ADDRESSES.
UH, THE MAP ON THE SCREEN SHOWS THOSE IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION, UH, NEAR THE LOCATION OF THE REQUEST, YOU CAN SEE THE REQUEST IS OUTLINED IN YELLOW.
THERE'S A 200 FOOT BUFFER, AND THEN A ONE HALF MILE BUFFER AS WELL.
UH, SHOULD CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THIS REQUEST? STAFF RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS THAT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT THE INTERSECTION OF LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY AND BLANCO DRIVE OR OTHER TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS DETERMINE NECESSARY BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, UM, SHALL BE DESIGNED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY STANDARDS CONSTRUCTED BY THE DEVELOPER, UM, AND APPROVED BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
UH, THE LOCATION AND CONFIGURATION OF ACCESS EASEMENTS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND DEPARTMENT, AND THEN ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING SHALL BE PROVIDED AS A COMPENSATORY MEASURE TO ENHANCE THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE TO THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT.
ON AUGUST 25TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED DENIAL OF THE, UM, REQUEST BY A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO.
AND THE APPLICANT APPEALED THAT, UM, DECISION IN ORDER FOR THIS REQUEST TO BE HEARD BY CITY COUNCIL.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
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YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS? I HAVE TOO.UH, SO IF THE DEVELOPER CAME FORWARD AND JUST WASN'T REQUESTING ANY STS, THEY KIND OF HAD THE RIGHT TO BUILD THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT? JUST AS LONG AS THEY FOLLOW ALL THE GUIDELINES WITH NOS AND NO VARIANCES ON THAT PART.
SO THE ELEMENTS OF THE PROPOSAL THAT'S TRIGGERING, TRIGGERING THE SDP REQUIREMENT IS THE DRIVE THROUGH PHARMACY AND THE CONVENIENCE STORE WITH THE GAS SALES.
SO DOES THE GROCERY STORE IS ALLOWED.
AND THEN AS FAR AS I KNOW, WE, THERE WAS SEVERAL VARIANCES ON THERE.
ONE WAS TREES ALONG THE FRENCH ROAD.
I KNOW THERE'S WATER LINES, EXISTING WATER LINES THERE WHERE THEY'RE, THEY'RE TRYING TO MITIGATE THAT AND PUT ADDITIONAL TREES ELSEWHERE.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE MEETING THE REQUIREMENT, BUT THEN THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO BE SMART THE WAY THEY DEVELOP IT.
THERE ARE EASEMENTS THAT LIMIT WHAT CAN BE PLANTED IN THAT AREA.
UM, AND THEN I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THESE TYPE OF PROPERTIES IN OUR CITIES, ESPECIALLY WITH, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT LAWS THAT GET PASSED THE CITY AT THE STATE LEVEL THAT SOMETIMES TRIGGER.
UM, WHICH IN FACT THAT SAY SOMEONE SAW THIS PROPERTY AND THEY MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY AND THEY FOLLOWED ALL THE GUIDELINES TO TRY TO USE SB EIGHT 40 AS A LEVERAGE, AND, AND THEY MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS.
WOULD, WOULD APARTMENTS BE ALLOWED TO BE BUILT HERE? WOULD DEPARTMENTS, DOES THIS ZONING ALLOW SB 40 APARTMENTS? CORRECT? YES.
AND THEN DO WE KNOW ABOUT ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF APARTMENTS THAT MIGHT BE, COULD BE BUILT THERE BASED ON THE ACREAGE ALONE? BASED ON THE ACREAGE ALONE, IT COULD BE 300 TO 330 UNITS, NOT LOOKING AT PLACEMENT OF BUILDINGS AND PARKING REQUIREMENTS IN ANY OF THAT.
ALREADY, TO EXPAND ON THAT, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, SENATE BILL EIGHT 40, UH, PASSED BY THE STATE, UH, ALLOWS DEVELOPERS TO BUILD ON ZONING THAT IS NOT ZONED MULTIFAMILY, BUT ZONED COMMERCIAL OR RETAIL, WHICH THIS QUALIFIES.
UM, IF YOU KEEP UP WITH ARLINGTON, ARLINGTON HAS ALREADY HAD THREE APARTMENTS GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS USING BIL EIGHT 40 TO BUILD APARTMENTS ON DIRT.
NOT ZONED FOR MULTIFAMILY, BUT USING SENATE BILL EIGHT 40.
ONE OF THE PIECES OF DIRT WAS ON A PIECE OF DIRT THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY DENIED THE ZONING APPROVAL TO CHANGE IT TO MULTIFAMILY.
SO BECAUSE SB 4 8 40, THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE ZONING APPEAL, IT CAME FORWARD AS WHAT I REMEMBER AS A SITE PLAN.
'CAUSE THEY HAD THE RIGHT TO BILL.
SO WE'RE CONCERNED UP HERE ABOUT SENATE BILL EIGHT 40 AND LITTLE PLOTS OF LAND LIKE THIS THAT COULD FLIP TO APARTMENTS.
THIS PROPERTY WAS OWNED BY HEB YEARS AND YEARS AGO.
AND THEN, UH, THEY CHOSE NOT TO BUILD, I'M NOT SAYING THE CITIZENS OUT THERE WOULD HAVE NOT WON AN HEB, I'LL LET Y'ALL THINK ABOUT THAT, BUT HEB CHOSE TO MOVE ON.
THEY'RE NOT BUILDING ON SITES LIKE THIS 'CAUSE IT'S JUST NOT A BIG ENOUGH TRAFFIC IMPACT.
THEY LIKE TO GO ON 2 87 AND OTHER BIG DEALS.
SO THE LAND OWNER DECIDED TO EXERCISE HIS OPTION TO REPURCHASE THE LAND AND, BUT IT STILL MAINTAINED THE ZONING THAT A GROCERY STORE THIS SIZE HAS THE RIGHT TO GO THERE ALONG WITH MANY OTHER THINGS.
AND THEN YOU THROW IN THE MIX OF SENATE BILL EIGHT 40.
UH, IT KIND OF MAKES OUR DECISION UP HERE A LITTLE MORE, HAS A LOT OF LAYERS TO IT.
SO BRING, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THOSE UP.
LET'S GO AHEAD IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, WE HAVE SOME CARDS TO GO THROUGH.
SAVANNAH, JOHN CCOS, JOHN'S, I BELIEVE THAT'S THE NAME.
WE KNOW YOU BEEN A WHILE BEFORE.
SORRY IF I MISPRONOUNCED YOUR NAME.
AND ACTUALLY WAS JUST NOT, WASN'T GONNA SPEAK, JUST, UH, WAS IN SUPPORT OF, BUT I WILL SAY I DID THE HEB DEAL.
I WORKED WITH THEM AND FOR YEARS, TRIED TO GET THEM TO BUILD AND THEY JUST SAID, THIS DOESN'T, THIS DOESN'T FIT.
WE'VE HAD PROBABLY 14 DIFFERENT MULTI-FAMILY GROUPS THAT HAVE PURSUED THE SITE.
CHARLIE, THE OWNER, BUT IT IS, YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN A LANDOWNER IN GRAND PRAIRIE A LONG TIME AND WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, KNEW THAT GROCERY WAS
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A USE, MUCH MORE PREFERRED BY THE CITY.UM, JUST THINK IT'S A GREAT USE AND APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.
5 4 3 1 CHILDRESS DRIVE, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS 7 5 0 5 2.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR JENSEN AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR THE CONTINUED LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE TO, TO GRAND PRAIRIE.
I HAVE LIVED IN GRAND PRAIRIE FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS.
I HAVE WITNESSED OUR TREMENDOUS AND AMAZING GROWTH AND REMAIN ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITY AS A FORMER HOA PRESIDENT AND COMMUNITY LEADER AND ADVOCATE.
ALTHOUGH THE PROPOSED WALMART DEVELOPMENT IS IN DISTRICT FOUR, IT IMPACTS AND EXTENDS SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, INCLUDING MY COMMUNITY OF LAKE PARKS EAST.
I ATTENDED ALL OF THE COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSIONS, MY MET PERSONALLY WITH RYAN TRIMBLE, IVAN JAIME, AND WALTER MC, MC MCMAN REPRESENTATIVE REGARDING RESIDENCE CONCERN.
THROUGH THESE DISCUSSIONS, I UNDERSTAND WALMART IS CONSIDERING ADDITIONAL COMMITMENTS, INCLUDING DELAYING, DELAYING THE WA, THE, THE PROJECT GAS STATION AND, AND SERVICE CENTER FOR FOUR YEARS.
TONIGHT, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE COUNCIL ALLOW THE PROJECT REPRESENT TO THE PROJECT REPRESENTATIVE, PRESENT THEIR LATEST RECOMMENDATIONS AND COMMUNITY COMMITMENT.
IF WALMART FORMALLY COMMITS TO REACHING OUT TO EVERY RESIDENT ON RECORD, WHO HAS EXPRESSED OPPOSITION ADDRESSING THEIR CONCERNS AND CONTINUING MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, I ASK THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER WHETHER APPROVAL TONIGHT WILL BE APPROPRIATE SUBJECT TO THE CITY'S LEGAL AND PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS.
THIS IS, THIS COULD ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR A, FOR ANOTHER FOUR WEEKS DELAY WHILE ENSURING COMMUNITY OUTREACH CONTINUES AFTER COUNCIL'S DECISION, WALMART'S PLEDGE TO OUR COMMUNITY, WALMART'S PLEDGE TO OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH UNDER I UNDERSTAND, HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS THE FIRST ITS EVER KIND IN WALMART'S HISTORY.
THIS DESERVES TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A SIGNIFICANT COMMITMENT.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT DESERVES TO BE HONORED THROUGH MEANINGFUL AND ACTIONS AND CONTINUED ACCOUNTABILITY TO OUR RESIDENTS.
IF ADDITIONAL RE REVIEW OR FORMAL REVISION IS NECESSARY.
I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT A COUNCIL CONSIDER TABLING THE MATTER BEFORE TAKING A FINAL DECISION.
OR IF ITS COMMITMENT IS, IS MEANINGFUL AND TRANSPARENT REGARDING THE CITY COUNCIL'S VOTE TONIGHT.
I RECOMMEND THAT A VOTE BE MADE.
THANK YOU, MAYOR JENSEN, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND CONSIDERATION FOR YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE.
CHARLIE ANDERSON, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR UPCOMING AWARD.
CHARLIE ANDERSON HERE AND, AND COUNCIL, APPRECIATE YOU GIVING US THE TIME.
AND I WANT TO, I REALLY ENJOYED YOUR EPIC CENTRAL, UH, VIDEO AND THANK YOU.
WE WERE THE ONES WHO BROUGHT, UH, WITH JOHN, UH, ANDRETTI'S AND BASSPRO, AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY TURNED OUT GREAT, UH, WITH EXCITING PART, UM, LEGACY FOR THE CITY.
BUT BACK TO LAKE PARKS BACK BACKING UP 2002 WHEN THERE WAS NO WATER LINE DOWN HERE AND THE DEVELOPMENT HAD SKIPPED OVER THE AREA, THE COUNCIL EXTENDED THE SEWER LINE, WHICH ALLOWED US TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION OF LAKE PARKS IN 2002.
THIS AREA, WE ZONED THE PROPERTY FOR RETAIL.
AND IF YOU KNOW THE AREA YOU DRIVE DOWN THERE, WE PURPOSELY WENT TO THE COUNCIL AND ASKED FOR A VARIANCE, WHICH YOU GAVE US FOR A 30 FOOT LANDSCAPE SETBACK ON CAMP WISDOM IN LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY.
THE IDEA WAS WE HAD 69 ACRES OUT ON THE FREEWAY.
WE DID A PARTNERSHIP WITH JOHN WEBER AND CONSTRUCTED THE TARGET AND HOME DEPOT.
THEY'RE HALF A MILLION SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL.
THIS PIECE, SOUTHWEST CORNER IS WHAT WE CALL THE DOUBLE GO HOME CORNER.
SO TYPICAL GO HOME IS COMING OFF OF 360 OR DOWN LAKE RIDGE.
THAT'S THE SAFE TURN IS THE LEFT, EXCUSE ME, RIGHT TURN ONLY.
SORRY, YOU DON'T WANNA MAKE THE LEFT TURN.
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AND SO AGAIN, SO AT LAKE PARKS WEST, WE DID A 30 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER, WHICH NOBODY HAD EVER DONE AT THE TIME.AND WE GOT A VAN AND TOOK COUNCIL MEMBERS OUT TO LOOK AT A COUPLE OF OTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN THE METROPLEX.
AND THAT'S GROWN UP VERY WELL.
IT'S, IT, IT SCREENS ON CAMP WISDOM NOW ON LAKE RIDGE FOR LAKE RIDGE EAST.
WE DID THAT ON THE, THE SIDE THERE ON THE EAST SIDE.
SO IT'S A 30 FOOT SETBACK TO TRY TO SCREEN TRAFFIC.
AND THE RETAIL SITE THAT WAS ZONED IN 2004, WE DID NOT PLANT ANYTHING ON THE WEST SIDE WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE THAT WAS ZONED FOR NEIGHBORHOOD RETAIL.
SO, UH, AGAIN, THAT WE DID THE PARTNERSHIP WITH WEBER AT TARGET HOME DEPOT.
I THINK THAT WAS DONE VERY, VERY WELL.
AND WE'VE TRIED OVER THE YEARS TO TRY TO BRING RETAIL TO THIS CORNER.
UM, AS, AS MAYOR JENSEN SAID IN 2012, WE SOLD THE SITE TO HEB, THEY DECIDED TO GO TO MANSFIELD.
THEIR SITE IS NINE MILES TO THE WEST.
UH, AND IN 2020 WE CAME BACK WITH SPROUTS AND WE WERE EXCITED ABOUT SPROUTS AND WE HAD A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS GONNA BE A PART OF IT.
SPROUTS, UH, DECIDED THEY DID NOT WANT TO GO HERE BECAUSE OF THEIR MANS MANSFIELD STORE THAT WAS SEVEN MILES AWAY.
SO WE'VE LOST TWO GROCERS TO MANSFIELD.
AND THIS IS A CHANCE TO HAVE THE LARGEST, YOU SHOULD HAVE FILLED OUT A APPLICANT CARD.
SO YOU, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU TWO MORE MINUTES.
I FILLED OUT, YOU FILLED OUT THE WRONG CARD, BUT YOU ARE AN APPLICANT, SO YOU GET TWO MORE MINUTES, Y'ALL GET FIVE.
I'LL TRY TO GIVE TWO MORE MINUTES.
UM, SO ESSENTIALLY WE REALLY WANTED TO TRY TO DO RETAIL HERE.
AND I THINK WALMART BEING THE LARGEST GROCER IN, IN NORTH TEXAS, UH, THIS IS THE PERFECT COMPLIMENT.
THIS IS THE FIRST STORE THEY'LL HAVE DONE WITH THIS CONCEPT IN 10 YEARS.
UM, AND THE CITY WORKED WITH US AND WE WORKED WITH YOU ALL TO WIDEN LAKERIDGE TWO TIMES AND CAMP WISDOM.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE HAVE MADE DEDICATIONS FOR WIDENING OF LANES AND WHATNOT.
SO WE, WE APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HELP HERE, UH, IN TRYING TO GET THIS ACCOMPLISHED.
UM, AS COUNCILMAN LOPEZ SAID, WE DO HAVE NUMEROUS OFFERS FROM MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPERS, BUT THAT REALLY IS NOT OUR PREFERENCE.
I MEAN, WE REALLY THINK BUILDING THREE STORY APARTMENTS UP ON LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY IS NOT, NOT IDEAL.
AND I, AND THE CHIPOTLE DEAL THAT WE DO HAVE UNDER CONTRACT, UH, IS SUBJECT TO THE WALMART.
MAYOR JENSEN AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME OUT.
REBECCA COURIER, 55 32 LAVACCA ROAD, SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LAKE RIDGE IN CAMP WISDOM.
UM, WE BUILT OUR HOME IN 2004 WHEN MR. ANDERSON WAS LOOKING AT THIS, UM, LOT AREA BECAUSE OF THE COMMUNITY.
LAKE PARKS IN GRAND PRAIRIE LAKE MEANS BODY OF WATER PARK MEANS AREA SET ASIDE FOR PUBLIC RECREATION.
TARGET AND HOME DEPOT DID NOT EXIST.
WE HAD ONE BUILDING THE CVS, AND IT WAS NOT EVEN OPEN.
WITHIN FROM MY HOME, WHICH IS A MAJOR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, WE HAVE A WALMART, TWO MILES AND A WALMART, FIVE MILES, BOTH SUPER CENTERS, NEITHER ONE FULLY STAFFED.
WE ALSO HAVE TWO KROGERS AT TOM THUMB AND ALDI AT TARGET OF SAM'S.
AT BJ, A-C-V-S-A WALGREENS, BOTH WITH DRIVE-THROUGH PHARMACIES, SEVEN GAS STATIONS, THREE CIRCLE K VALERO, TWO QUICKTRIP, A RACETRACK, AND EXXON AND A CHEVRON.
WE ARE NOT IN NEED OF GROCERIES, WE ARE NOT IN NEED OF GAS, AND WE ARE NOT IN NEED OF PRESCRIPTIONS.
I'M HALF HALF MILE FROM JOE POOL, LAKE PRAIRIE LIGHTS, ENTRANCE.
PRAIRIE LIGHTS STARTED IN 2005.
ALSO WHEN MR. ANDERSON WAS SPEAKING ABOUT THAT YEAR.
IT'S ONLY GETTING BIGGER EVERY YEAR.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO MENTION JULY 4TH, MEMORIAL DAY AND LABOR DAY.
I CAN'T GET INTO MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
CARS PARKED IN FRONT OF MY DRIVEWAY.
CARS PARKED ON LAKERIDGE PARKWAY.
WE HAD TO GET A LIGHT THERE BECAUSE LAKERIDGE IS SO DANGEROUS.
NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE A FIRE STATION, WE ALSO HAVE TWO ERS, SEVERAL APARTMENT COMPLEXES, INCLUDING ONE GOING UP ON CAMP WISDOM AND LAKERIDGE INTERSECTION EMERGENCY VEHICLES RIGHT AND LEFT SIRENS RIGHT AND LEFT ALL DAY LONG.
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GONNA BE BATTLING, UM, 18 WHEELERS, VENDOR TRUCKS, DELIVERY TRUCKS, LIGHTS, HEADLIGHTS, STORE LIGHTS, STORE TRASH, TRASH CANS THAT ARE NOT, UM, TAKEN CARE OF.I UNDERSTAND A HUNDRED OPEN JOBS.
AGAIN, THE TWO WALMARTS IN GRAND PRAIRIE AREN'T EVEN FULLY STAFFED.
HOW ARE WE GONNA STAFF THIS ONE? WE'D LIKE TO REQUEST THAT WE DON'T BUILD ON EVERY PIECE OF LAND.
WE UNDERSTAND 2018 WAS THE LAST COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, PRAIRIE LIGHTS IS A HUGE DFW ATTRACTION.
WE MUST GET THE CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE UNDER CONTROL BEFORE WE BUILD ANYTHING ELSE AT THIS INTERSECTION.
IF YOU KNOW GRAND PRAIRIE, YOU KNOW, WE DO NOT WANT A WALMART.
WE DO NOT WANT AN HEB, WE DO NOT WANT A SPROUTS.
UM, I GUESS WHEN YOU'RE HEARING PEOPLE, RESIDENTS OBJECT TO THIS.
WE'RE TIRED OF ARKANSAS HILL BELLIES COMING DOWN HERE.
WALMART IS JUST PURE, I'M SORRY, WALMART MOVES IN THE, LIKE THE LADY MADE THE COMMENT.
WE HAVE IN GRAND PRAIRIE PARKING LOTS, SHOPPING CARTS, TRASH.
EVERYWHERE YOU WALK IN, YOU HAVE TO CHECK OUT YOUR OWN GROCERIES BECAUSE WALMART IS GOING TO DO EVERYTHING FROM THAT BOTTOM LINE.
COMPARE WALMART TO COSTCO AND LOOK WHAT YOU HAVE.
IT'S DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF SENATE BILL EIGHT 40.
IF THE APPLICANT, WE DESPERATELY NEED ADDITIONAL AS A GERONTOLOGIST, WE NEED MORE INDEPENDENT LIVING AND ASSISTED LIVING.
SO HAVING SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE THAT COULD GO INTO THIS PROPERTY THAT WOULD SERVE OUR AGING POPULATION, THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE YOUNG KIDS THERE.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE DEVELOPED.
AND ALSO, LET'S GET THIS ON THE RECORD NOW.
FREDERICK HAYNES, WHO WILL BE OUR NEXT MEMBER OF CONGRESS, WHEN THEY WERE GONNA PUT WAREHOUSES ACROSS FROM FREDERICK HAYNES BUSINESS, FREDERICK HAYNES GOT A RESTRAINING ORDER.
THOSE WAREHOUSES HAVEN'T BEEN BUILT AND THEY'RE NOT BEING BUILT.
WE COULD GET A RESTRAINING ORDER FROM TARRANT COUNTY.
WE COULD GET A RESTRAINING ORDER TO HOLD THIS BACK.
THAT JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING SAYS THIS, AS JUDGE WANER SAID, LET'S TAKE HIM TO COURT SO IT'S EASIER FROM THE TRAFFIC, IT'S EASIER FOR THOSE OF US.
YOU GET TIRED OF TOM THUMB CHECKING OUT YOUR OWN GROCERIES, THE WHOLE THING.
WE GO TO MARKETPLACE, WE GO TO HEB 'CAUSE IT'S EASIER SOUTH OF 20 TO GET OVER THERE.
AND THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T NEED.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHAT KIND OF REPUBLICAN WELFARE ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE WALMART? HOW LONG WILL THEY BE OFF THE TAX ROLLS? 10 YEARS, FIVE YEARS, 15 YEARS? LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS GOOD CORPORATE REPUBLICAN WELFARE THAT WE GET OUT TO CORPORATE AMERICA.
OR IS WALMART GONNA PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE IN PROPERTY TAXES? NO, THEY'RE NOT.
CORPORATE AMERICA DOESN'T PAY PROPERTY TAXES, BUT THE HOMEOWNERS PAY PROPERTY TAXES NO MORE ARKANSAS HILLBILLIES.
THEY'RE TAX FREE REPUBLICAN BILLIONAIRES.
THANK YOU SEAN SPARKMAN GETTING ANY ANSWERS? HEY, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
UH, SEAN SPARKMAN, UH, 72 19 LINA DRIVE, GRAND PRAIRIE.
UH, I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT IN GRAND PRAIRIE FOR 30 YEARS.
NOT ALL OF IT CONSECUTIVE, BUT YOU KNOW, I CAME BACK AS QUICK AS I COULD.
UM, GRAND PRAIRIE HAS A SWORD PAST WITH WALMART, AS WE CAN ALL REMEMBER.
UM, THE OTHER THING I'VE HEARD ABOUT WHY WE NEED THIS WALMART HERE IS THAT THIS IS SUPPOSEDLY A FOOD DESERT.
THERE ARE FIVE GROCERY STORES LESS THAN TWO MILES AWAY, INCLUDING THE WALMART SUPER CENTER ON I 20.
WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER GROCERY STORE.
WALMART CONSISTENTLY ACROSS THE NATION, PLACES THEIR SECURITY NEEDS THAT THE BURDEN ON LOCAL POLICE AND THE TAXPAYER THAT HAS TO PAY THE POLICE TO GO OUT THERE AND AND DEAL WITH THEIR SECURITY.
WE'VE SEEN IT, UH, HERE IN IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
EVERY TIME I'M AT THE WALMART, I HAVE, I SEE A GRAND PRAIRIE COP THERE BECAUSE GRAND, BECAUSE WALMART DOESN'T DO SECURITY.
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE OUT THERE PROTECTING US.
AND I THINK THAT'S A WASTE OF OUR, OUR TAXPAYER
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MONEY ON, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE THEY SHOULD BE OUT THERE PREVENTING REAL CRIME, NOT DOING WALMART'S JOB FOR THEM.THE OTHER THING, UH, THAT I, WHY I'M AGAINST THE WALMART IS THAT THE ATLANTIC, UH, PUBLISHED A STUDY THAT SHOWS THAT, UH, HOUSEHOLD INCOMES YEAH.
THAT ARE AROUND PLACES WHERE WALMART ARE, GOES DOWN 6%.
THAT'S NOT ACCOUNTING FOR INFLATION.
PEOPLE'S INCOMES ARE GOING UP.
AND WHILE EVERYBODY LIVES AROUND WALMART, THEIR INCOME IS GOING DOWN.
AND, UH, I WAS HERE AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING AND WE TALKED, Y'ALL TALKED ABOUT, UH, NEEDING TO RAISE THE PROPERTY TAXES SO THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE INCOME TO PAY RAISES FOR CITY EMPLOYEES.
WHILE I DON'T THINK THIS WALMART IS GONNA HELP THE PROPERTY VALUES, I THINK THAT'S GONNA HURT THE PROPERTY VALUES AROUND THEM.
AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE AWAY FROM WHAT THE CITY CAN TAKE AS FAR AS PROPERTY TAXES.
AND THEN, UM, THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.
ROCHELLE WILLIAMS DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WISHES TO RECORD OPPOSITION.
UH, WALMART, UH, I WANNA PERSONALLY APOLOGIZE FOR SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT ARE MADE.
I'VE GOT LOTS OF RELATIVES THAT LIVE UP IN ARKANSAS.
OUR GRANDDAUGHTER GRADUATED FROM FAYETTEVILLE.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN I'M GONNA LEAN WHETHER I VOTE FOR THIS OR NOT, BUT WALMART HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER IN OUR CITY.
UM, AND I WANNA APOLOGIZE FOR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE SAID ABOUT HILLBILLY, UM, ARKANSAS, UM, AT, AT REBECCA AND I SHOP AT WALMART ALL THE TIME.
REUBEN GREETS US EVERY TIME WE GO IN.
UM, THIS WALMART, WHETHER WE APPROVE IT OR NOT, IS NOT GETTING ANY INCENTIVES FROM THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.
UH, JOHN, UM, I HAVE BEEN ON THE FENCE, BUT I'M NOT ON THE FENCE.
I WILL BE VOTING TO APPROVE THIS TONIGHT.
UM, I HAVE GOTTEN OFF THE FENCE.
WELL, MAYOR, I, I THINK THERE'S A PRESENTATION BEFORE US.
AND I MEAN, I REALLY WOULD LIKE WALMART TO STEP FORWARD AND, AND COME AND PRESENT SOMETHING.
I MEAN, YOU CAN'T SAY THE BACK.
I, I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FROM WALMART.
BUT THEY, THEY'RE, THEY DON'T HAVE A CARD TO FILL OUT FOR A PRESENTATION.
OH, WELL THERE'S A PRESENTATION ONLINE, SO I'M JUST CURIOUS.
OR WAS IT JUST A SLIDE? NO, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION.
COUNCILMAN, DO WE NEED TO FILL OUT CARDS? NO, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO FILL OUT A CARD, BUT SINCE YOU'RE HEARING JOHN IS ASKING THE QUESTION, DO THE PRESENTATION.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, I APPRECIATE YOU HAVING US HERE TONIGHT.
UM, THE, JOHN, YOU DIDN'T FILL OUT CARDS FOR THE RECORD.
I, I WAS LIVING IN TEXAS FOR 53 YEARS BEFORE I MOVED TO BENTONVILLE LAST YEAR.
SO
UM, SO WE'RE FOR YOU TONIGHT TO PRESENT A NEIGHBORHOOD MARKET.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF MISCONCEPTION THAT THIS IS A SUPER CENTER MARKET.
THIS IS A 50,000 SQUARE FOOT, UH, FRESH FRUIT, UH, FRESH FOOD, GROCERY, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, CENTRIC, UM, MODEL.
THE SUPERCENTER IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ANIMAL.
IT'S, UH, 171, SOMETIMES 200,000 SQUARE FOOT, UH, SUPERCENTER.
AND IT'S MORE MERCHANDISE, UH, CENTRIC.
UH, NOT AT GOOD GROCERY, BUT UM, MORE MERCHANDISE CENTRIC.
UM, SO WE'RE HERE TONIGHT, UM, ASKING FOR APPROVAL ON THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD MARKET.
UH, IT WILL HAVE A DRIVE IN OR DRIVE THROUGH, DRIVE UP, UH, PHARMACY.
UM, WE WILL HAVE DELIVERY AND A PICKUP ZONE.
WE'LL HAVE, UH, ELECTRIC, UH, CHARGING FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
UM, I'VE GOT A SLEW OF EXPERTS BEHIND ME THAT ARE HERE TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THESE SLIDES AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AS FAR AS SITE PLAN, UM, ANY, YOU KNOW, UH, TRAFFIC, UM, UH, DESIGN, UH, SUP ASKS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.
AND, AND EACH OF THESE ARE NOT JUST FICKLE ASKS THERE, UH, COORDINATED WITH STAFF, UH, TO GET AROUND SOME OF THE ENGINEERING, UH, ISSUES THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE.
UM, SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO BRING UP, UH, CAROLYN.
WELL, YEAH, I, I THINK I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.
I MEAN, JUST DURING THE DISCUSSIONS WITH MYSELF, WITH, WITH THE COMMUNITY, THERE WAS TALK OF NOT HAVING A GAS STATION.
NOT GOING FORWARD WITH THE GAS STATION.
AS OF TODAY, I STILL HAVE NOT SEEN A PLAN FROM WALMART WITHOUT A GAS STATION.
SO, I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE GOING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY TELLING 'EM THAT, HEY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO A GAS STATION.
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BUT WE HAVE NOT SEEN UPDATED PLAN TO SEE THAT COME FORWARD.AND WHAT WE'D LIKE TO PROPOSE ON THAT, WE, WE, UH, HAVE HEARD FROM THE NEIGHBORS, WE'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY.
UH, WE'VE HEARD FROM A FEW OF YOU ABOUT THE FUEL.
WHAT WE'D LIKE TO PROPOSE ON THAT IS TO APPROVE THE SUP FOR THE GROCERY STORE AND LET US OPEN FOR A COUPLE YEARS, STAY OPEN FOR A COUPLE YEARS, AND THEN MAYBE BRING THE FUEL BACK FOR CONSIDERATION, UH, FOR AN SP IN A COUPLE BRINGING BACK AND A SEPARATE SUP LATER.
WHICH COULD BE APPROVED OR DENIED LATER.
NOT PRE-APPROVED APPROVAL, WHICH IS BETTER CORRECT.
NOW TO DELAY IT, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO US FOR A NEW SUP.
YEAH, THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM YOU FOLKS AND WE THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST YEAH.
AND I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I KNOW THAT WITH STAFF, I MEAN, JUST TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND, I KNOW WE HAVE OPTIONS TONIGHT WHETHER TO APPROVE IT AS IS OR APPROVE IT WITH WHATEVER SUP UH, WE WANNA PUSH FORWARD AND WHETHER OR NOT IT PASSES OR NOT, THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY.
BUT WE COULD DO EITHER OPTION IN MY CORRECT STAFF ON THAT PART.
YOU CAN PROVE IT AS IS OR APPROVE IT WITH THE CONDITIONS NOTED.
AND ONE OF THOSE CONDITIONS COULD BE TO EXCLUDE THE GAS STATION.
I, I KNOW YOU MIGHT HAVE GO WELL.
DO WE NEED TO GO THROUGH THE SITE PLAN AND TRAFFIC OR ANY OF THAT? WE'RE GOOD.
ANY QUESTIONS? LEMME ASK A QUESTION.
IT GOES A COROLLARY TO COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ'S QUESTION.
UM, YOU CONFIRM 46, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE, UH, GOING ALONG WITHOUT THE GAS STATION.
WOULD THAT BE WITHOUT THE CONVENIENCE STORE ALSO? YES, SIR.
I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER LIGHTS.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL AND COUNCIL.
COUNCIL MAYOR ADAMS. SO YOU'RE WILLING TO, UM, COME BACK LATER FOR THE GAS STATION? YES.
BUT THE DRIVE THROUGH, UM, PHARMACY, PHARMACY IS THERE GONNA BE, WE LEAVE ON THE SEP IF THAT'S OKAY WITH, SO YOU ALL, THERE ARE TWO, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD WALMART GROCERY STORES ON BELTLINE.
WILL THIS BE SIMILAR TO THOSE MODELS OR IS THIS A THIS IS A ENHANCED, A NEW PROTOTYPE FOR US.
CAN YOU SHARE THAT? DO YOU HAVE, UH, THE RENDERINGS? DO WE HAVE IT ON HERE? OKAY.
THAT WAS THE PICTURES THEY SHOWED FIRST.
CAN YOU PULL 'EM BACK UP PLEASE? SO SITE PLAN HERE, THERE, SO THIS IS, UH, WHAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO ON THE RIGHT.
UH, SOME OF OUR OLDER STORES WOULD LOOK MORE LIKE WHAT'S ON THE RIGHT.
OUR NEW PROTOTYPE, AND ACTUALLY THIS ONE IS SPECIFIC TO GRAND PRAIRIE.
UH, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF POINTS THAT WE HAD TO MEET, UH, AND WE WERE ASKING FOR A FEW GLAZING, UM, VARIANCES ON THIS BUILDING.
SO IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE KIND OF OVERDID IT IN OTHER AREAS ON THE BUILDING.
SO TRYING TO COMPENSATE FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, THE ARCHITECTURE ON THE STRUCTURAL, UH, INTEGRITY OF THE BUILDING.
SO WHAT YOU SEE ON THE LEFT IS THE STORE FOR GRAND PRAIRIE.
YOU HAD GRAND, HAD A BIGGER PICTURE EARLIER OF IT.
IT WAS WHAT SHOWS STAFF PRESENTATION.
IT WAS DURING YOUR PRESENTATION.
CAN I JUST SAY, SINCE SAVANNAH'S DOING THIS, HOW GREAT SAVANNAH IS, IS HER JOB.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE DRIVE THROUGH, THAT'S STANDARD IN THE PHARMACY INDUSTRY NOW.
AND I, I REALLY DON'T SEE MUCH DIFFERENCE IN THIS WALMART THAN I SAW ON THE, THAN I SEE IN THE ONES ON BELTLINE THAT I PASS BY PRETTY MUCH EVERY DAY GOING TO WORK.
SO WHAT ELSE ARE YOU BRINGING TO THIS COMMUNITY? WHAT ELSE, UH, ARE YOU, CAN YOU ENHANCE THE SELECTION OF PRODUCE? CAN YOU MAKE A, A LARGER ORGANIC SELECTION? ARE YOU WILLING TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF SOME OF THE COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES? YES MA'AM.
WHAT ELSE CAN YOU BRING? BECAUSE WE KNOW YOU, YOU CAN BE HERE.
THERE'S NO, UM, DENYING THE PROPERTY RIGHTS.
IT'S JUST THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO IS DENY, APPEAR
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OR SUVS.SO WHAT ELSE ARE YOU BRINGING MA'AM TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD? THE ELEVATIONS HAVE A NUMBER OF ROCK STONE, UM, BRICK, UH, DIFFERENT AWNINGS OVER THE FRONT OF THE STORE.
SO IT IS UNIQUE, UH, TO GRAND PRAIRIE.
UH, WE'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF FOLKS AT SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS.
UH, ONE WAS CRIME WATCH, GENTLEMEN THAT, UH, IS FOR THIS AREA.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO SET UP MEETINGS WITH HIM AND THE, UM, MANAGER FOR THIS STORE, UM, TO, WHETHER IT'S QUARTERLY, BIANNUAL, WHATEVER THEY NEED, UH, TO KIND OF DISCUSS WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE IN THE COMMUNITY, WHAT WE'RE SEEING AT OUR STORE, WHAT THEY'RE SEEING IN THE COMMUNITY, HOW WE CAN HELP EACH OTHER.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE A REALLY GOOD BENEFITS PACKAGE.
UM, SOMEBODY HAD MENTIONED EARLIER, A HUNDRED TO 150 EMPLOYEES AT THIS STORE, DEPENDING ON HOW BUSY IT GETS, UH, EACH ONE OF THOSE EMPLOYEES HAS BENEFITS.
UM, WE HAVE REALLY GOOD BENEFITS, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO COLLEGE, UH, FOR FREE.
UH, FOR STUDENTS THAT, UH, THAT TAKE THAT, UH, OPPORTUNITY.
UM, AND SO WE'VE ALSO WORKED WITH VELLA AND, AND IVAN CAN COME UP AND, AND TALK A LITTLE MORE TO THIS.
THIS IS, THIS IS THEIR SLIDE OUT.
UM, IF YOU WANT, JUST BECAUSE WE DID GET SOME PLEDGES WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY REAL QUICK.
IS IT ESCAPE? WELL, THIS IS, YEAH, THERE.
AND THEN HOW DO I GET TO OUR SAVANNAH? UH, NO, THAT'S NOT IT.
DO YOU STILL HAVE SAVANNAH HELPING P YOU THE PDF? THIS ONE.
SO JUST, UH, COUNCILMAN, JUST TO TELL YOU, 'CAUSE UM, THIS IS AS, AS MS. VANELA MENTIONED, UM, WE HAD A, A WHOLE PRESENTATION, BUT I THINK YOU GUYS WOULD JUST WANT TO JUMP TO THE MEAT OF IT.
UM, SO WE DID, UH, HAVE THREE LISTENING SESSIONS AS WE CALL THEM.
WE HAD, UH, COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES, UH, OF THE COMPANY COME IN IN ADDITION TO THE P AND Z PUBLIC CARE.
NEXT, I THINK SHE'S ASKING FOR WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO IF YOU COME.
IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE, IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE LAST BULLET WHERE YOU HAVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LEDGE.
SO WE HAVE FIVE PLEDGES, UM, THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE TODAY.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, LOGO AND HIRING CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, WE HEARD REPEATEDLY HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS THAT THE JOBS AREN'T IMPORTED.
UH, SO WE DO PLAN TO SIT DOWN WITH GRAND PRAIRIE, ISD TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE, UH, HAVE A PRE, UH, OPENING HIRING SESSION WITH THEM.
UH, AND THEN ALSO CONTINUING TO SHARE OPENINGS WITH 'EM.
GIVE 'EM KIND OF LIKE A FIR UH, FIRST RIGHT OF, UH, RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL, UH, PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES AS WELL.
SO WE WERE TALKED ABOUT, UH, WE WERE ASKED IF WE WOULD BE WILLING TO DO MENTORSHIP SESSIONS TO TEACH 'EM HOW TO RUN BUSINESSES.
SO WE WERE OF COURSE, BE WILLING TO DO THAT.
WE WERE ALSO ASKED FOR A COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT, UH, GRAND PRAIRIE NONPROFITS, WHICH WE ALREADY DO IN EVERY COMMUNITY WHERE WE OPERATE.
WE, WE IMMEDIATELY PARTNER WITH FOOD PANTRIES AND FOOD BANKS.
'CAUSE THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE.
UH, RATHER THAN THERE'S PRESENTABLE PRODUCE TO YOUR POINT, UH, COUNCILMAN IF IT'S NOT PRESENTABLE, BUT IT'S STILL PERFECTLY EDIBLE, UH, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL NOT WASTE.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN, THAT CAN GO TO, TO, UH, TO GOOD USE.
UH, AND THEN HERE ARE THE TWO THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE MOST BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY THE CORE OF THE, UM, KIND OF ONE IN A KIND, UH, COMMITMENT THAT WE HAVE MADE, WHICH IS FOR 10 YEARS.
UH, WE'RE WILLING TO HAVE A COMMUNITY CHAMPION AT THE STORE THAT WE'LL BE, UH, MEETING WITH AND WORKING WITH, UH, HOAS.
AND WE'RE ALSO, UH, AN IDEA THAT WAS ACTUALLY BORN OUT OF HERE, WHICH WE DON'T DO, UH, WAS A COMMUNITY RELATIONS ADVISORY BOARD.
UH, SO KIND OF WORK WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
CREATE A COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD, HAVE A MINIMUM OF TWO MEETINGS, UM, ANNUALLY.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT WE CAN DO IN TERMS OF THE PRODUCE WE TRY TO SOURCE AS LOCALLY AS WE CAN.
UM, I THINK THAT YOU'LL BE REALLY HAPPY WITH THE NEW ASSORTMENT THAT WE HAVE, BUT THOSE ARE THE, THE FIVE PLEDGES THAT WE WERE PUSHED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT OUR MEETINGS TO HAVE, WHICH IS MORE THAN WE GET OUT OF ANY OTHER GROCERY STORE.
I, I'VE JUST GOT A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS.
YOUR, YOUR CURRENT STORE IS JUST WHAT WE DO KNOW.
THEY, THEY ALREADY PARTNER A LOT WITH GRAND PRIX UNITED CHARITIES FOR THOSE, THERE, THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE HERE THAT WERE ON THE BOARD.
UH, HAVING A GROCERY STORE THAT IT, THAT THAT'S ALL YOU DO.
MY HUNCHES, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT MORE THAT WILL GO INTO GRAND PRI UNITED CHARITIES.
SO THAT, THAT TO COUNCILWOMAN ADAM'S, UH, DEAL.
UH, TWO THINGS THAT I HAD, UH, ONE, UH, YOUR TRASH PICKUP AND PARKING LOT MAINTENANCE.
AND BY THIS I MEAN WE HAVE SEVERAL RETAILERS AROUND TOWN THAT DO NOT CLEAN THEIR PARKING LOTS AND THEY ARE AWFUL.
UH, AND HOW DOES WALMART ADDRESS THAT AND HOW, AT A NEIGHBORHOOD MARKET LEVEL DO YOU ADDRESS THAT? WELL, WHAT WE'VE COMMITTED TO IS, AGAIN, SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, UM, IS PARTNERING WITH THE ADJOINING NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND JUST FROM A EITHER QUARTERLY OR BIANNUAL.
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I I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T ASK MY QUESTION PROPERLY.ON A OPERATIONALLY, OPERATIONALLY, OUTTA OF THE PARKING LOT, ARE YOU GONNA CLEAN YOUR PARKING LOT EVERY NIGHT? ARE YOU GONNA PICK, GET THE TRASH AND EVEN THE TRASH CANS? WE, WE HAVE, UH, UH, ACTUALLY, UH, AN OPERATIONAL IMPERATIVE TO CLEAN OUR PARKING LOTS EVERY NIGHT AND TO PICK UP THE TRASH.
IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT THING TO DO.
SO I DO WANT TO BE VERY FAIR THAT I DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, SIT UP HERE AND PRETEND THAT WE DON'T FALL BEHIND FROM TIME TO TIME.
UH, BUT WE DO COMMIT TO HAVE A DAILY PLAN TO CLEAN UP TRASH, SWEEP THE PARKING LOT.
AND THAT'S WITHIN OUR OPERATING STANDARDS COUNCIL DOES THAT WITHIN YOUR OPERATING STANDARDS? YES, SIR.
THAT YOU HAVE A, THAT YOU HAVE A DAILY OR A NIGHTLY.
'CAUSE THAT'S TYPICALLY WHEN, WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE, IT MAKES IT A LOT SAFER FOR YOUR WORKERS.
UH, BUT THAT, THAT, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE, UH, OUR CODE FOLKS.
UH, I WAS AT ANOTHER RETAILER THIS WEEKEND AT ABOUT 11 O'CLOCK ON A SATURDAY.
AND IT LOOKED LIKE A TRASH BIN HAD BLOWN, I I, I MEAN A DUMPSTER HAD BEEN DUMPED INTO THE FRONT OF THIS AND IT HAD OBVIOUSLY NOT BEEN CLEANED IN QUITE SOME TIME.
AND I'LL BE REACHING BACK OUT TO THE, UH, TO FOLKS ON THAT.
BUT THE OTHER ONE, UH, ONE OF THE SPECIFIC REQUESTS THAT I MADE WHEN I MET WITH, UH, THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM WALMART, WE HAD RECEIVED ROUGHLY 500 OBJECTION LETTERS.
I KNOW YOU DID THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
DID YOU SPECIFICALLY REACH OUT TO EACH OF THOSE 500 PEOPLE THAT HAD ISSUED THAT? DID YOU REACH OUT TO THEM AND IF SO, HOW DID YOU REACH OUT TO THEM? YES, SIR.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WILLING TO DO.
UM, THE NUMBER THAT WE WERE GIVEN AT PLANNING AND ZONING WAS 300.
WE DID GET, WE DID REQUEST AND GET, UH, THE LETTERS.
THERE'S NO COMMENTS, BUT WE CAN REACH OUT TO THEM.
WE DID HAVE A LOT OF INDIVIDUAL COFFEES AS WELL WITH SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT SPOKE TODAY WHERE WE MET WITH 'EM ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS.
BUT WE, WE CAN COMMIT TODAY THAT IT'LL TAKE US SOME TIME.
BUT BETWEEN A FEW OF US, WE WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO REACH OUT TO ALL 500 TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS, THEY GET THIS INFORMATION.
'CAUSE WHAT WE DID HERE CONSISTENTLY, COUNCILMAN, WAS TRAFFIC, WHICH WE HAVE THE TRAFFIC PLAN, WE CAN DRIVE INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE AESTHETICS OF THE STORE, UM, AND FUEL CONSISTENTLY.
THOSE OVER THE THREE NEGATIVES, THE THREE PO POSITIVES WERE GROCERY, PHARMACY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THOSE WERE KIND OF THE THREE AND THREE THAT JUST CONSISTENTLY CAME UP.
I, I, I ABSOLUTELY, THE, THE REASON I BRING THAT UP IS BECAUSE I SPECIFICALLY ASKED THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR WHO IS, WHO IS SOMEBODY I HAVE KNOWN FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
I MADE THE SUGGESTION, YOU NEED TO HAVE YOUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND YOU NEED TO REACH OUT TO EVERY SINGLE OBJECTION.
AND HOWEVER YOU REACH OUT, YOU NEED TO DO IT.
AND THAT'S WHY IT, IT IS DISAPPOINTING THAT IT HAD NOT BEEN DONE PRIOR TO TONIGHT OTHER THAN YOU.
YOU HAD GREAT COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND, AND WE WERE ALL INVITED AND THEY WERE INVITED.
UH, BUT IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT A, A CORPORATION, THE SIZE OF WALMART HAS THE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO SAY GOOD.
BECAUSE A LOT OF THE COMMUNICATION WAS THIS IS A WALMART, THIS IS NOT A NEIGHBORHOOD MARKET.
AND THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE CONFUSION CAME FROM.
AND THAT'S WHY I ASKED THEM SPECIFICALLY TO DO IT.
SO IF YOU'RE MAKING THE REPRESENTATION THAT YOU WILL STILL REACH OUT TO THEM, WE'RE GOING TO HOLD YOU TO IT.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE THROUGH A MAIL PIECE.
IT IT COULD BE, AND I DEAL WAS THROWN OUT ABOUT HAVING, UH, FLYERS.
WE PROBABLY WON'T DO FLYERS AND THEY END UP ALL OVER THE PLACE.
BUT, UH, MAYBE A, A DIRECT MAIL PIECE, IF WE HAVE AN ADDRESS, WE, WE CAN DO THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE TALKING A MAIL PIECE FOR 309 'CAUSE IT'S 390 UNIQUE EMAIL ADDRESS OR, UH, UNIQUE ADDRESSES.
YOU'RE TALKING LESS THAN 500 BUCKS.
AND PLEASE PROVIDE EVIDENCE TO COUNSEL THAT YOU'VE DONE THAT.
WE'LL INCLUDE A, UH, PHONE NUMBER, AN EMAIL ADDRESS WHERE THEY CAN CALL US AND WE'LL PROVIDE A COPY TO COUNSEL WITH A SPREADSHEET OF WHEN WE MADE THAT OUTREACH.
IT MIGHT TAKE US A WHILE 'CAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE RUNNING STORES TOO, BUT A FEW WEEKS WE CAN GET IT.
UNDERSTAND YOU CAN GET IT DONE BEFORE YOU BREAK GROUND.
I'D LIKE IF WE APPROVE IT TONIGHT, IF WE APPROVE IT, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT DONE.
THANK SOONER RATHER THAN LET ABSOLUTELY.
END OF THE RECORD BEFORE I GO BACK TO JOHN JESSICA ROACH FOR, DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT SHE'S CHANGED HER CARD.
SHE WISHES TO RECORD HER SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.
NOW, AND, AND AS FAR AS REACHING OUT, YOU KNOW, I KIND OF KEPT ON SEEING IT OVER AND OVER.
I KNOW Y'ALL CHOSE OTHER AVENUES 'CAUSE Y'ALL ARE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE PEOPLE COME TO A CENTRAL POINT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, GOING DOOR TO DOOR, GETTING WITH NEIGHBORS, UNDERSTANDING THERE, SEE WHAT YOU COULD DO, UM, NOW THAT THE GAS STATION MIGHT NOT BE A PART OF, COULD NOT BE PART OF THIS MOTION, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY LOOK AT THAT SPACE AND SEE WHAT YOU COULD
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DO TEMPORARILY WALKING TRAILS, SOME TYPE OF ADDITIONAL LIGHTING, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE WALK IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH I MENTIONED AT THE VERY BEGINNING.THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WALK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IT'S KIND OF DARK.
SO LINING IT UP, HAVING PEOPLE WALK SAFELY AROUND THERE, IT'D JUST BE A GOOD EXPERIENCE IN THAT SPACE.
ONE, I KNOW THROUGH P AND Z WE TALKED ABOUT OVERNIGHT PARKING.
YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE NO OVERNIGHT PARKING IN, IN THE PARKING LOTS.
UM, AND THEN OPTION TWO, YOU MENTIONED STORE HOURS WRAP UP AROUND 10, 11.
I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THAT IF THERE'S ANY TRUCKS THAT PULL UP BEYOND THAT TIME, ALL THE WAY TILL 7:00 AM THAT THERE'S NO IDLING BEHIND THE STORE.
WE DON'T WANT TRUCKS RUNNING THEIR 18 WHEELERS IN THEIR TRUCKS ALL NIGHT LONG AND DISTURBING, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS.
I KNOW YOU'RE, YOU'RE AWAY FROM HOMES, BUT STAFF, I'M NOT SURE THAT NEEDS TO BE PART OF THE MOTION OR, OR NOT PART OF THE MOTION, BUT WE REALLY DON'T, OUR ORDINANCE, EILEEN ORDINANCE COVERS THAT.
YEAH, COUNCILMAN, UH, A GREAT POINT.
AND WE DID, I DID WANT TO CONFIRM THAT WE DID FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
I DIDN'T GIVE A GOOD ANSWER AT PLANNING AND ZONING.
SO I WENT BACK AND A COMPANY AS BIG AS WALMART, UH, IT TAKES TIME SOMETIMES TO TRACK DOWN INFO, BUT I DID CONFIRM, UH, THIS WILL NOT BE A 24 HOUR STORE.
IT WILL BE THE EXPECTED HOURS OF OPERATION WILL BE 6:00 AM TO 11:00 PM OVERNIGHT PARKING WILL BE LIMITED TO OUR STOCKING ASSOCIATES.
AND IF THERE'S OVERNIGHT DELIVERIES, UM, OUR OWN MANUALS FOR UH, OUR FLEET DRIVERS SAY THAT IDLING WILL BE LIMITED TO 15 MINUTES OR LESS.
NOT ONLY IS THAT BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR, BUT IT'S ALSO REDUCES FUEL.
AND WITH THE COST OF FUEL THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, THOSE ARE COSTS THAT WE NEED TO KEEP UNDER CONTROL.
SO WE DID, I DID FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLEAR THE RECORD.
AND I KNOW THIS IS DIFFICULT AND I KNOW, I KNOW RESIDENTS HAVE, YOU KNOW, MANY CONCERNS AND, AND SOMETHING THAT GOES IN THEIR BACKYARD OR IN THEIR FRONT YARD.
THEY, THEY WANNA MAKE SURE IT LOOKS RIGHT.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE THE RIGHT, RIGHT.
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO BUILD HERE.
AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR REGARDING AESTHETICS, REGARDING LANDSCAPING, SOME OF THAT WE'RE GETTING JUST BECAUSE WE'RE ALLOWING CERTAIN S TO GO THROUGH.
'CAUSE YOU PROBABLY COULD HAVE BUILT A DIFFERENT PRODUCT AND THEN WE'D JUST BE STUCK BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING BY YOUR BASIC MINIMUM TO MEET ALL THE STANDARDS AND WE'RE NOT GETTING TOO MUCH FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET SOMETHING OUT OF THIS DEAL AS WELL.
TO MAKE SURE WE COVER, UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PIS IN THE PIT AREA AND STUFF.
SO MAYBE WE LOOK AT THAT AS WELL TO BE PART OF THE PIT AREA AS WELL.
UM, SO IS THIS PART OF THE PIT? IS THIS, IS THIS IN ON PIT? IT IT'S PART OF THE LAKE PARK, LAKE PARK'S PIT AREA.
SO I'M HOPING THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO, TO CONTRIBUTE PART OF THE PIT AREA, UM, IN THAT, IN THAT SPACE AS WELL.
THANK, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
ALRIGHT, SO GIVEN, GIVEN THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND UM, AND WHAT STAFF MENTIONED, I'D LIKE TO UM, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE ITEM AND NOW ALLOW THE SUP FOR GAS SALES AND CONVENIENCE STORES TO BE INCLUDED PART OF THE SITE PLAN AND NOT ALLOW IT NOW ALLOW IT ONLY ALLOW THE DRIVE THROUGH PORTION AT THIS TIME AND STILL KEEP THE SUP FOR THE PHARMACY.
STILL KEEP THAT DRIVE THROUGH, UM, ALONG WITH ALL THE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC REQUIREMENTS THAT STAFF HAS PROPOSED ON THERE TO MAKE SURE THEY FOLLOW ALL THOSE ITEMS AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT WALMART KEEPS THEIR COMMITMENT, YOU KNOW, WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S BEING PRESENTED HERE TONIGHT, HOPEFULLY THAT STAYS, BUT I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT IN THOSE MANNERS.
AND SECOND, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER LIGHTS.
YEAH, THE UH, THE DRIVE THROUGH FOR PHARMACIES.
NOW THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF STANDARD IN THE PHARMACY INDUSTRY NOW EVERYBODY, IT'S PRETTY STANDARD.
EVERYBODY DOES THAT AT THE CONVENIENT PART.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE REALLY SICK, ANY RETAIL PHARMACY YEAH.
YOU REALLY DON'T WANT SICK PEOPLE.
AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, YOU, DID YOU INCLUDE IN THAT, THAT IF THE CAROL'S PEOPLE DECIDE THEY NEED TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE ACCESS, LIKE A RED LIGHT OR CHANGE THE, THAT, THAT, THAT WOULD COME AT THEIR COST? YEAH.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS ONE OF THE, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS FROM STAFF.
THE, THE TRAFFIC LIGHT IT'S NEAR BLANCO SAYS IT IS IN.
MAKE SURE IT'S A, HELPS THE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL, WE HAVE A MOTION.
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WE'VE GOT JACQUELINE AND DAVID AND I'M SO, MOTION CARRIES SIX TO THREE.