* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] THEM UP, I GUESS WE'LL GET READY. WELCOME [Planning and Zoning Staff Briefing] TO THE STAFF BRIEFING OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE MEETING OF FEBRUARY 27TH. I'M CHERYL SMITH, UH, CHAIR OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. THIS STAFF BRIEFING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING IS HEREBY CALL TO ORDER AT 5:30 PM THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS WHERE THE STAFF BRIEFS THE COMMISSION AND PREVIEWS THE CASES ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. COMMISSION MEMBERS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS THAT MAY FACILITATE THE MEETING AND THE PRESENTATION OF THE CASES. NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN DURING THE BRIEFING. PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL TAKE PLACE DURING THE REGULAR MEETING, WHICH WILL BEGIN NO EARLIER THAN 6:30 PM I WILL NOW CONDUCT A ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS TO CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM AFTER OUR CALL. YOUR NAME PLEASE SAY HERE. CHERYL SMITH. HERE. MAX COLEMAN. HERE. ANNA COCA, QUENTIN, PETE FRANK GONZALEZ. HERE. JOHN FKO. HERE. MICHELLE MADDEN? HERE. JULIA PEREZ. HERE. MARTIN CABALLERO. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT EXCEPT FOR ANNA COCA, QUENTIN, PETE, AND MARTIN CABALLERO. COMMISSIONERS. PLEASE REMEMBER TO TURN ON YOUR MICROPHONE BEFORE YOU SPEAK TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE CAN HEAR YOU. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS WHICH NEED TO BE DISCUSSED AT EXECUTIVE SESSION? YES, MA'AM. UH, BUT JUST AS A A NOTE, UM, WE DO HAVE A REPLACEMENT FOR MR. CAP CABELLO. UM, HE IS NO LONGER GONNA BE ON THE BOARD OR THE COMMISSION. SO THE, UH, THE NEW APPOINTEE WILL BE ON THE BOARD AND BE APPOINTED NEXT MEETING. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I APPRECIATE THAT. WELL, OTHER THAN THAT, WE HAVE NO FURTHER BUSINESS UNDER EXECUTIVE SESSION. NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, STAFF, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO PRESENT, MA'AM? HELLO, SAVANNAH. GOOD EVENING. ALL RIGHT. THIS FIRST ITEM IS A SITE PLAN OVER ON WEST SHADY GROVE ROAD. THERE WE GO. UH, SO THEY'RE PROPOSING TO DO TWO WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS TOTALING 105,000 SQUARE FEET. IT'S ON ALMOST SIX ACRES OF PROPERTY. YOU CAN SEE IT OUTLINED ON, IN RED ON THE SCREEN. AND THE ZONING IS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 2 21 FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. ON THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE THE SITE PLAN AND IT MEETS OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS. AND JUST TO GET YOU ORIENTED, UH, NORTH IS THE LEFT OF THE SCREEN. SO THEY ARE MEETING MOST OF THE LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS. UH, THEY DID DO A TREE SURVEY AND ARE PAYING $7,200 INTO OUR URBAN FOREST FUND FOR TREE MITIGATION. THEY ARE REQUESTING A VARIANCE ON THE WING WALL HEIGHT AND TO THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER. UH, THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS, A COUPLE OF RENDERINGS ARE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN. THEY ARE MEETING OUR APPENDIX X REQUIREMENTS. THESE ARE THE ACTUAL ELEVATIONS AS FAR AS THEIR VARIANCES. THE FIRST IS TO THE 30 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER. UH, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO 30 FEET ALONG THE STREET, AND THEY'RE PROPOSING 25 FEET. ADDITIONALLY, UH, WE REQUIRE THAT BUFFER FOR INTERNAL DRIVES. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE LANDSCAPE PLAN, UH, THESE ARE THE DRIVES THAT ARE WITHIN THAT, UH, 30 FEET STAFF DOES NOT OBJECT TO THIS REQUEST. IT'S A LONG, LINEAR PIECE OF PROPERTY. AND THERE ARE THREE, UH, THREE SIDES OF IT ARE HAVE STREET FRONTAGES. UH, THE NEXT VARIANCE IS TO THE WING WALL HEIGHT. AND WE REQUIRE 25 FEET, AND THEY'RE PROPOSING EIGHT FEET. WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL, BUT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CONDITIONS. THE FIRST IS THAT THE DEVELOPER SHALL PROVIDE THE REQUIRED SHRUBS AND THEN ADD THAT TO THE, THE LANDSCAPE PLAN AHEAD OF COUNCIL. THE SECOND IS THAT ON THE WING WALLS, WE'RE RECOMMENDING A HEIGHT OF AT LEAST 10 FEET. THE COMBINATION OF THAT 10 FEET PLUS THE FOUR FEET OF RECESSED AREA GIVES A TOTAL SCREENING OF 14 FEET. AND THEN THE TYPICAL TRACTOR TRAILER HEIGHT IS 13.5. SO THINK WE THINK THAT THAT, UH, ADDITIONAL TWO FEET WILL REASONABLY SCREEN THOSE. UH, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. COMMISSIONER, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, COMMISSIONER, HOW DOES THE, UM, RECESSED AREA PLUS THE WALL PROVIDE THE 14 FOOT AND ITEM? MAYBE I MISSED SOMETHING. YES, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE IT AN EXHIBIT THAT SHOWS THAT VERY WELL. UM, BUT LET'S SAY THE WALL'S HERE, THERE'S FOUR FEET WHERE THE, THE TRACTORS WILL ACTUALLY BE PARKED. [00:05:01] UM, PLUS THE 10 FEET GIVES THEM, UH, 14 FEET. SO LIKE THEY KIND OF DUG INTO GRADE MORE OR LESS. YEAH. SO THE, THE, THEY'RE RECESSED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FOUR FEET. UH, I DO HAVE A QUESTION. AND BEFORE I SAY THAT, ANNA COCA HAS, UH, IS HERE. THANK YOU, ANNA. UM, I WAS LOOKING AT, UM, WONDERING HOW ABOUT THE, THE DOCKING SITES. THE DOCKING SITES, AND WONDERING ABOUT, UM, THE TIMELINE WHEN THEY'RE GONNA BE OPEN AND CLOSED. IS THAT GONNA AFFECT THE RESIDENTIAL? SO THERE'S NOT ANY ONE RESIDENTIAL IMMEDIATELY TO IT, AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY ANYTHING IN OUR CODE THAT SAYS YOU CAN ONLY OPEN AND CLOSE THE DOOR DOCK DOORS BETWEEN THESE HOURS. I THOUGHT I SAW ONE, ONE OF THOSE, UH, AREAS BEING RESIDENTIAL. WAS THAT MY, I JUST, I LOOKED AT IT WRONG. OR I BELIEVE MOST OF THESE ARE, ARE COMMERCIAL OR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES ALONG HERE. OKAY. BUT ON THE, UM, ON THAT, ON THAT, UH, SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE, UH, NORTHWEST SOUTHEAST THAT IT SHOWED THE, THE DIFFERENT, UH, AREAS, SURROUNDING AREAS. CAN YOU GO TO THAT SLIDE JUST TO MAKE I ONE SEE THAT ONE? THESE ARE NOW THE ONE THAT MAYBE THAT'S IN THE PACKET. IT'S PROBABLY IN THE PACKET. AND IN THIS AREA, THERE ARE SOME PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN ZONED FOR SINGLE FAMILY, BUT HAVE BEEN USED FOR COMMERCIAL OR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY OR USES FOR SEVERAL DECADES. IT SHOWS, IT JUST SHOWS IT WAS ZONED AS SUCH. YES, BECAUSE I SAW ONE SECTION THAT SAID RESIDENTIAL. OKAY. UH, OTHER THAN THAT, OKAY, COMMISSIONER, I DON'T KNOW IF ANNA HAD, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION, ANNA? NO. SO IF THE, THE WALL WITH THE CUT IN DEGRADE MM-HMM . THAT'S ON THE 1 61 SIDE. SO IT, YES, IT'S, UH, THEY'VE GOT THE TRUCK DOCK DOORS INTERNAL TO BOTH OF THE BUILDINGS, AND ALONG HERE WOULD BE WHERE THEIR WING WALLS ARE. OKAY, COMMISSIONER? YEAH, COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE FIRST PICTURE SHOWING WHERE IT'S AT THAT WEST TRINITY BOULEVARD IN, UH, AT 1 61? THERE'S A, A SEVEN 11 ACROSS THE STREET FROM IT. WOULDN'T THIS BE A, A, A, A GOOD AREA FOR LIKE, SOME TYPE OF RETAIL INSTEAD OF A WAREHOUSE? I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY ZONED FOR WAREHOUSE. RIGHT. AND WE CAN, WE CAN ONLY LOOK AT THE ZONING AND, AND THE APPLICATION THAT'S BEFORE US. OKAY. BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD HARD CORNER RIGHT THERE COMING OFF THE DEAL. I DON'T DISAGREE. OKAY. HOW, BYE-BYE. COMMISSIONERS. ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR SAVANNAH? THANK YOU, SAVANNAH. NEXT CASE IS AT NUMBER, GONNA BE NUMBER 62. ARE WE GONNA SIX? OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. THE UH, ITEM NUMBER SIX IS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. THIS IS FOR A SITE PLAN FOR LAP IS FLAT. SO JUST FOR YOUR BACKGROUND, THIS, UM, THE ZONING WAS APPROVED LAST YEAR. THERE WAS THIS FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH THE SITE PLAN REVIEW AT THAT TIME. WE JUST MAKE SURE EVERYTHING THAT WAS, UH, WRITTEN INTO THE PD, THEY SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLY WITH THOSE REQUIREMENT. AND IF THEY DO, WE JUST ADMINISTRATIVELY UPLOAD THE SITE PLAN, UH, TO BE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE FINAL DECISION. SO BASED ON THAT, THE LOCATION IS, UM, NORTHEAST CORNER OF DUNCAN PERRY IN I 30. THEY HAVE APPLIED FOR A PD TO ALLOW 69 AGE RESTRICTED MULTIFAMILY UNITS. SO THEY, THEIR SITE PLAN COMPLIES WITH OUR, UM, ZONING REQUIREMENT AS SHOWN AND THEY COMPLY WITH THE PARKING AND ALSO THE LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENT. THEY ARE FOLLOWING THE PROPOSED ELEMENTS. THEY HAVE PROVIDED LIST OF AMENITY, WHICH INCLUDES CYBER LOUNGE, INCLUDES, UM, SOME OUTDOOR AREAS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. UM, THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES AT THIS TIME, AND THE DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THIS PROJECT? COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION, MA'AM. ABOUT THE AGE RESTRICTIONS? YES, MA'AM. UH, SO THAT WAS, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER, UH, TYPE THOSE TYPE OF UNITS IN THAT AREA? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF IN THIS AREA. I DO KNOW THAT AREA HAS EXISTING MULTIFAMILY AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. I THINK IT'S RESTRICTED, IT'S BECAME MORE OF A NEWER TREND WHERE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE REALIZE THAT, UM, AIDS RESTRICTED KIND OF ADDS ONTO THE HOUSING MARKET THAT IS KIND OF MISSING THE GAP FOR THOSE ACTIVE SENIORS OR WHO ARE LOOKING FOR MORE INDEPENDENT LIVING STYLE. THE ONLY THING THAT I SAW THAT I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING, I'VE NEVER HEARD OF A WASH AND SHOP EDITION. OH, THAT'S [00:10:01] JUST THE NAME OF THE PLA. I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY NAMED THAT. I THOUGHT, WHAT IS THAT? I THOUGHT IT MIGHT. YEAH, YEAH, THAT WAS JUST THE NAME THAT WHEN THEY APPLIED FOR THE FINAL APPLY, IT MIGHT BE DRIVEN BY THE PROPERTY OWNER. THEY CAN NAME THE PLA WHATEVER THEY WANT TO, HONESTLY. OH, OKAY. YEAH, THAT WAS INTERESTING. YEAH, YOU CAN, YOU CAN NAME IT CHERYL SMITH EDITION IF YOU WANT TO. OH, WOW. YEAH, I MEAN, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE NAME YOUR OWN LOT. YEAH. YEAH. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I THINK THAT'LL DO IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU JUNE. ALRIGHT, THIS NEXT ITEM IS A ZONING CHANGE AND CONCEPT PLAN. IT'S AT LOCATED AT 6 38 CHURCH STREET. UH, YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN RED ON THE SCREEN. AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUEST IS TO AMEND THE EXISTING PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 3 24 TO ADD GROOMING AND HYGIENE SALON AS AN ALLOWABLE USE. THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. UH, SO THE EXISTING PD ESTABLISHED THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AS THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT. THAT IS A LIMITED LIST OF, UH, USES. YOU CAN SEE THE SURROUNDING ZONING IS SINGLE FAMILY FOUR AND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP CALLS FOR LOAD DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AS WELL. UM, SO USES THAT ARE CURRENTLY ALLOWED, UM, BY PD 3 24 INCLUDE THINGS LIKE PERFORMING ARTS, KARATE, A CIVIC CLUB, CHURCH ARTIST, STUDIO, SOCIAL SERVICES, MEDICAL OR DENTAL OFFICES. UH, IT DOES NOT ALLOW THE GROOMING AND HYGIENE SALON. AND SO THIS REQUEST IS BEING DRIVEN BY A PARTICULAR END USER WHO WANTS TO OPERATE AT THAT LOCATION. SO AGAIN, THIS WOULD AMEND PD 3 24 TO ADD THAT USE AS AN ALLOWED USE IN THAT PLANNING. UH, PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT STAFF DID RECEIVE SOME WRITTEN SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION ON THE SCREEN. WE HAVE MAPPED THOSE LOCATIONS. THE LIGHT BLUE IS THE LETTERS OF SUPPORT, AND THEN THE DARK BLUE, WHICH IS IMMEDIATELY ACROSS FROM THIS LOCATION, UH, DID SUBMIT SOME WRITTEN OPPOSITION AND THOSE WERE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET. AND THE DEVELOPMENT I REVIEW COMMITTEE IS UNABLE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST SINCE IT'S INCONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. HOWEVER, STAFF DOES NOTE THAT THE EXISTING ZONING DOES ALLOW NON-RESIDENTIAL USES. UH, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST WANTED THE CLARIFICATION ON GROOMING AND HYGIENE. EXACTLY. WHAT ARE THEY GONNA BE ASKING? A HAIR SALON. JUST A HAIR SALON? YES. WHY WOULD PUT IT THAT WAY? THAT'S HOW IT'S IN OUR, OUR UDC. AND IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A COMMON TERM SEVERAL DECADES AGO, BUT THAT IS WHAT IT MEANS. A BARBER SHOPS. BUT, BUT IF, BUT IF YOU HAVE, UH, ALL THE OTHER TYPES OF, UH, BUSINESSES, A HAIR SALON IS NO DIFFERENT FROM, I MEAN, A DOCTOR'S OFFICE OR WHATEVER. IT SEEMS A LITTLE, IT GAVE ME THE IMPRESSION THERE'S GOTTA BE SOMETHING WEIRD LIKE A, LIKE A, A MASSAGE PARLOR PARLOR IS WHAT IT SOUNDED LIKE. AND SO NEIGHBOR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES IS INTENDED TO BE KIND OF A NARROW, UH, LIST OF USES THAT FITS IN KIND OF WITH THE NEIGHBOR NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, AND SO I, I THINK THAT THE GROOMING AND HYGIENE SALON WAS EXCLUDED FROM THAT LIST. AND SO THEY'RE ASKING TO ADD THAT AS AN ALLOWABLE USE. NO, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT AND I SEE THAT THAT'S A LOT OF OPPOSITION THERE. SO THAT, THAT SAYS A WHOLE LOT THAT THE COMMUNITY IS NOT ON BOARD WITH THAT. AND SO THE THE MATH, THE LIGHT BLUE IS ACTUALLY THE SUPPORT. SO WE DID, DID THAT'S THE SUPPORT? YES. OH, WOW. BUT THEY'RE, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT HERE. NONE OF THOSE FOLKS ARE HERE. ARE THEY COMING TODAY? YOU THINK? THE APPLICANT AND I BELIEVE THE PROPERTY OWNER SHOULD BE HERE, UM, DURING THE REGULAR MEETING. WOW. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER WHO, UH, WHO REPRESENTS DISTRICT FIVE ON THIS COMMISSION? COLE. WHO? COLE HUMP. THAT WOULD BE MARTIN? NO, MARTIN. MARTIN. AND WE DO NOT HAVE, OH, MARTIN, SOMEONE? NO, WE DON'T HAVE ANY. OKAY. YES. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? THINK THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. SO THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS FOR LITTLE WOODROW SUP. SO THEY ARE WANTING TO LOCATE, SORRY. UM, THE BUILDING SHOWN TO THE NORTH OF THE PROPOSAL IS AT THE MAIN EVENT. AND THE STREET THAT IS KIND OF SHOWN IS A PRIVATE DRIVE CALLED ESPER. SO THAT KIND OF HELPS YOU ORIENT YOURSELF, I THINK TO THE SOUTH OF IT IS THE RESTAURANTS ACROSS FROM IT IS THE TWEEN PEA AND DUTCH BROTHERS AND OTHER RESTAURANT ESTABLISHMENT. THEY'RE REQUESTING A SPECIFIC USE PLAN, UH, USE PERMIT AND A SITE PLAN BECAUSE THEY, UM, DRIVE MOST OF THEIR SALES FROM ALCOHOL SALES AND, [00:15:01] UH, WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY COMPLY WITH OUR UDC REGULATION. THE CURRENT ZONING DOES ALLOW THIS USE, BUT WE DO REQUIRE SUP FOR THE PROPOSED USE. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE AREAS SHOWN IN RED ARE THE ACTUAL INDOOR RESTAURANT PORTION. THEY HAVE BATHROOMS, THEY HAVE KITCHEN, THEY HAVE SITTING AREAS. THE AREA SHOWN WITH YELLOW IS THE COVER PATIO AREA. THEY HAVE A 6,500 SIT DOWN RESTAURANT PORTION. THEY HAVE ABOUT 4,500 COVERED PATIO AREA. SO THIS COVERED PATIO AREA, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THE HEATERS AND THE ROLL DOWN THE, THE, UM, THOSE ROLLING OVERHEAD DOORS. SO IF THERE'S COLD WINTER SEASON, THEY CAN ACTUALLY ENCLOSE THAT SPACE TO BE USED MORE CLOSELY AS AN INDOOR SPACE. AND THE, UM, AREA SHOWN IN GREEN IS AN OUTDOOR AREA THAT IS NOT COVERED BUT IS FENCED IN. OKAY. SO THEY HAVE MET OUR DENSITY REQUIREMENT. THEY ARE OVER PARKED. HOWEVER, THEY PROPOSE TO, UH, PROVIDE PERMEABLE PARKING SPACE TO COMPLY WITH THE VARIANCE REQUIREMENT. THEY DID PROVIDE THE REQUIRED LANDSCAPING. SO HERE IS KIND OF A ROUGH COLORED RENDERING JUST TO SHOW THE DIFFERENT MATERIAL PROPOSED. BUT HOWEVER, I JUST WANTED TO PROPOSE YOU ACTUAL MATERIALS JUST SO THAT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT IT WON'T BE TRULY YELLOW AND RED. IT WILL BE MORE NEUTRAL TONE THAN WHAT IS SHOWN WITH THE, UH, ARCHITECTURAL, UH, RENDERING HERE. SO THESE, THIS IS THE ENTRANCE THAT WILL BE FACING TO THE NORTH OF THIS PROPERTY. I'LL JUST GO BACK HERE. THIS IS THE NORTH ELEVATION. THAT WILL BE THE FRONT ENTRY. THIS IS THE SIDE THAT WILL BE VISIBLE FROM ESPLANADE. AND THIS IS WHAT WILL BE VISIBLE FROM THE HOTEL SIDE. AND THIS IS THE PATIO AREA THAT WILL BE ACTUALLY VISIBLE FROM, SORRY, CAN THIS AREA HERE THROUGHOUT THE PARKING LOT? THIS IS THE LINEAR PARK. IF YOU ARE COMING FROM THE DIRECTION OF WHERE THE RAISING CANES AND, YOU KNOW, OTHER BURGER PLACES ARE TRAVELING NORTH, YOU WILL SEE THAT ELEVATION, WHICH IS THIS ONE. SO THEY DID PROVIDE SOME RENDERING IN THE EARLY PHASE THAT KIND OF SHOWED HOW THEY ENVISION THIS LAYOUT TO WORK. HOWEVER, THEY HAVE UPDATED THEIR PRESENTATION AND THEY, UH, APPLICANT WILL BE HERE TO DO THEIR OWN PRESENTATION. UM, WE HAVE WORKED WITH THEM BECAUSE STAFF DIDN'T THINK HAVING THE OUTDOOR YARD FACING ESPLANADE WAS VERY DESIRABLE TO ROTATE THE BUILDING. SO THIS IS MORE OF A FIRST RENDERING, JUST KIND OF TRYING TO COMMUNICATE THE IDEA WITH THIS, THAT THIS IS STILL PART OF A SECOND RENDITION WHERE THEY WERE JUST TRYING TO FOCUS ON THE OUTDOOR AREA TO SEE WHAT THAT, THAT WILL OPERATE, WHAT THE OPERATION WILL LOOK LIKE. UH, WITH THAT SAID, UM, I DO BELIEVE THEY'LL BRING MORE NEWER ELEVATIONS AND THE NEWER MATERIALS, UM, WITH THEIR PRESENTATION AND TRY TO EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT THE LITTLE, UH, WOODROW IS LIKE. THEY SAID THEY HAVE STRONGER PRESENTATION, UH, PRESENCE IN THE MORE OF A AUSTIN HOUSTON AREA BECAUSE I GUESS THEY JUST HAD MORE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THOSE OUTDOOR SEATING AREAS. WHETHER IT'S FENCED IN, IT'S MORE OF A BACKYARD CONCEPT THAT YOU HANG OUT WITH YOUR FRIENDS OR FAMILY, YOU KNOW, USUALLY JUST ALCOHOL WATCHING GAMES OR JUST SITTING AROUND ON PATIO LIKE FURNITURES. UM, SO THEY ARE REQUESTING TWO VARIANCES. ONE IS THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACE TO EXCEED THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED, LIKE AS, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THEY ARE PROVIDING PERMEABLE PARKING AS THE COMPENSATORY MEASURE. THEY ARE ROTATING THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE TO THE NORTH. SO JUST TO KINDA GIVE YOU KIND OF A BACKGROUND, WE IN THE OVERLAY AREA, WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE FRONT ENTRY, MAKE IT MAKE SURE THE STREETS ARE WALKABLE. PEL KNOT HERE IS NOT A PUBLIC STREET, BUT WHEN THE APPLICATION COMES IN, BECAUSE THAT IS THE MOST PROMINENT, UM, ACCESS, WE TRY TO ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT TO FACE PEL KNOT JUST TO PROMOTE MORE, YOU KNOW, WALKABILITY ALONG THE SIDEWALK THAT ARE HEAVILY LANDED THERE. SO THEY ARE PROVIDING SIDEWALK AND THE SCREENING, BUT UH, WORKING WITH STAFF, WE FELT THAT COMFORTABLE HAVING THE PATIO AREA NOT TOTALLY FACING ESPLANADE WOULD BE PROBABLY MORE DESIRABLE ONLY BECAUSE OF THE NOISE AND THE SCREENS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT GOES ON. WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ADE HAD SOME BUILDING FRONT THAT WAS DESIRABLE ON THAT SIDE. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER KO? YEAH. HAVE ONE QUESTION. DID YOU GO BACK TO THE, THE REQUEST VARIANCES? YES, SIR. OH, WHY? I MEAN, ONE 90 TO 2 76 IS A BIG JUMP, UH, IN TERMS OF PARKING SPACES MM-HMM . DO THEY NOT WANNA MAKE MORE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF CLIMATE CONTROLLED SPACE FOR A RESTAURANT THAT JUST, THAT JUST SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF ASPHALT. RIGHT? SO I'M, I'M SURE THE APPLICANT [00:20:01] CAN EXPLAIN MORE ABOUT WHAT THEY REALLY WANT, BUT I THINK THEIR FOCUS IS REALLY THE OUTDOOR SPACE. I THINK THEY REALLY WANT TO MAKE THAT MORE OF A TRACTION THAN THE RESTAURANT FOCUS. AS I MENTIONED, THEY'RE RESTAURANT OPERATION. THEY'RE ASKING FOR SUP BECAUSE, UM, THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, LET ME MAKE SURE I ADD THESE TWO THINGS. ONE, THEY DO HAVE A FOOD COURT OPTION BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LIMITED MENU ITEMS BECAUSE THEIR SALES ARE HEAVILY DRIVEN FROM THE ALCOHOL SALES. SO, UM, ONE THING I FORGOT TO MENTION IS, UM, YOU SEE THOSE THREE LITTLE SPOTS THAT ARE SHOWN THERE. I'LL TRY TO SHOW, SEE IF I CAN SHOW YOU THE FOOD TRUCK THEY'RE PROPOSING. SO THEY, THEIR UH, BUSINESS OPERATION ACTUALLY INCLUDES FOOD TRUCK OPTIONS WHERE THEY, UH, PLAN TO ROTATE TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT FOOD TRUCKS SO THAT THE MENU ITEMS THAT ARE LIMITED IN THE RESTAURANT, THE UH, PATRONS CAN ACTUALLY HAVE OTHER OPTIONS FROM THE FOOD TRUCK TO BUY OTHER FOOD TO GO ALONG WITH THEIR ALCOHOL. SO I THINK, LIKE I SAY, YOU KNOW, STEPH WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THEIR OPERATION MODEL. IT JUST SOUNDED LIKE THEIR FOCUS WAS MORE OF THE OUTDOOR SPACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN HAVE A DRINK. UM, MS. MADDEN. YEAH, GO AHEAD. CAN YOU CLARIFY AGAIN, WHY DID THEY NOT WANT THE FRONT TO FACE ESPLANADE? NO, IT WAS MORE OF THEY WANTED TO HAVE THE OUTDOOR AREA FACE ESPLANADE AND STAFF DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE HAVING THIS LARGE MIDDLE MM-HMM . CANOPY. OKAY. TO BE THE MOST PROMINENT FEATURE THERE. SO THIS IS THE COMPROMISE? YES. MM-HMM . OKAY. JUST TO REDUCE THE OKAY. IMPACT OF THAT OR LARGE CANOPY. YES. MM-HMM . THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT GOING ON HERE. MM-HMM . IT'S A HUGE NICE FACILITY AS FAR AS THE SINK BEING OPEN TILL 2:00 AM MM-HMM . SO IS THAT GONNA BE THE FOCUS OF ALL OF THE, THE NEW BUSINESSES THAT ARE COMING? THE 2:00 AM NO, I DON'T BELIEVE SO. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, I THINK PD WAS TRYING TO KIND OF MAKE SURE TO TAKE A COMMENT ON BECAUSE WE DO REALIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL THE, ALTHOUGH THE RESTAURANT WITH THE OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS DESIRABLE, THERE COULD BE SOME, UM, ISSUES WITH ALCOHOL SALES IN THE LATE NIGHT OPERATIONS. SO THESE WERE JUST PART OF THE REQUESTS, BUT IT'S NOT THAT, UM, WE AS A CITY IS SEEING MORE TREND OF IT. IT'S JUST THAT, THAT THE LITTLE WOOD ROAD THEY ARE TRYING TO EXPAND TO THE DFW MARKET. THEY HAVE RECENTLY SECURED A, A EXISTING BUILDING TO CONVERT FOR THEIR OPERATION IN FORT WORTH. THEY'RE TRYING TO OPEN A PLACE IN DALLAS. IT'S JUST THAT THEY JUST FOUND A LARGE OPEN LAND THAT WAS AVAILABLE IN GRAND PRAIRIE AND THEY WANTED TO MAKE THIS ONE OF THEIR FIRST, UH, GROUND UP CONSTRUCTION LOCATION. THE, THE ONLY REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, YOU, I CAN'T REMEMBER OFF OFFHAND, BUT MM-HMM . WHAT THERE IS, IS THERE ANY, ANY, THERE'S NO RESIDENTIAL AROUND ANY OF THIS PROPERTY, SO NOT DIRECTLY, BUT WE DID BRING TO THEIR ATTENTION, SO TO THE, UH, TO THE WEST OF THE PROPOSAL HOTEL THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW. THERE ARE SOME, UH, RESIDENTIAL AREAS MM-HMM . YES. MM-HMM . YEAH. 'CAUSE THAT WOULD BE THE, THE ONLY THING I WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT. MM-HMM . WE STARTING TO HAVE ALL OF THESE, UM, THESE BUSINESSES IN ONE CONCENTRATED AREA. MM-HMM . THAT'S GONNA NEED BE MORE, MORE, UH, I GUESS, UH, STAFF FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. MM-HMM . AND FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. MM-HMM . BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA BE A LOT GOING ON OVER THERE. YES. AND IF SOMETHING HAPPENS MM-HMM . SO THAT'S ALL TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION IN THE, UH, THE WAS PART OF THE CP REVIEW COMMENTS. HOWEVER, UM, AT THIS TIME WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL, UH, CONDITION TO ADD PD. DID JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU PROVIDE ON ONSITE SECURITY AND NOT ASK FOR, YOU KNOW, SO PD HAS MADE SOME COMMENTS ON THE NOISE LEVEL AND UM, OTHER THINGS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY TRY TO WORK THAT INTO OUR SUP REQUIREMENTS. SO WHEN YOU SAY ESPLANADE, THAT MEANS YOU SAID THERE'S NOT AN A REAL STREET, BUT WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY PARK, IS THERE GONNA BE ANY, UH, TRAFFIC ISSUES AND EVERYBODY TRYING TO GET ACCESS INTO ONE AREA? RIGHT. AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE THE AREA ALREADY HAS A VERY LARGE PARKING MM-HMM . LOT WITH MULTIPLE ACCESS, WE DIDN'T REALLY SEE AN ISSUE WITH THE CUSTOMER COMING IN AT THIS TIME. RIGHT. OKAY. MM-HMM . ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? I WILL JUST NOTE THAT, UH, FROM AN OUR STANDPOINT, NOT SPEAKING FOR POLICE, 'CAUSE THERE'S STILL GONNA BE SOME CONCERN THERE, UH, WITH PEOPLE LEAVING AT THAT HOUR. UM, BUT MAIN EVENT CLOSES AT ONE TWIN PEAKS, CLOSES AT TWO ON THE WEEKEND. MM-HMM . MM-HMM . SO THIS ENTERTAINMENT AREA, YOU WOULD EXPECT THESE TYPE OF BUSINESSES STAY OPEN A LITTLE LATER. MM-HMM . I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHEN I SAW THE 2:00 AM AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF MOSTLY CLOSING AT 12, A LOT OF THEMSELVES, RIGHT? MM-HMM . AND THEN AS FAR AS THE PARKING AND THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING, I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THE, WHAT THEY HAD TO PURCHASE, UM, THEY HAD TO PURCHASE A WHOLE PARCEL. THEIR BUILDING IS ONLY A CERTAIN SIZE. THAT'S THEIR STANDARD SIZE BUILDING. SO, UM, LOOKING AT IT FROM A PARKING STANDPOINT, WHETHER IT'S GONNA BE SHARED PARKING OR NOT, YOU HAVE MAIN EVENT, [00:25:01] YOU HAVE THE HOTEL, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW OF ANYTHING ELSE WE WOULD WANT SQUEEZED IN THERE. EXACTLY. SO PARKING LOT PROBABLY IS THE BEST USE. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? THANKS JUNE. THANK YOU. WE HAVE ANY OTHER CASES? YES. ALRIGHT. THIS NEXT ITEM IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT SITE PLAN FOR JH WALKER TRUCKING. YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN RED ON THE SCREEN. AND THIS REQUEST IS FOR HEAVY TRUCK PARKING FACILITY AND IT'S ABOUT 3.2 ACRES. IT'S ZONE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND THE ADDRESS IS 33 12 EAST JEFFERSON STREET. UH, REALLY THE REASON WHY THIS REQUEST IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, UH, THEY HAVE BEEN OPERATING FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS. UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO DO A TOTAL REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE, TEAR DOWN THE EXISTING BUILDING. THEY'RE GONNA REPAVE EVERYTHING, UM, BRING IT UP TO CURRENT STANDARDS. UH, SO THIS USE REQUIRES A AN SUP. AND SINCE THEY ARE DOING ALL OF THAT CONSIDERABLE, UH, REDEVELOPMENT OF THEIR PROPERTY, THAT'S WHAT'S TRIGGERING THE, THE SUP TONIGHT. UM, SO THE OPERATIONS WILL REMAIN THE SAME. IT MEETS OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND IT MEETS OUR LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS EXCEPT FOR SHRUBS. UH, YOU CAN SEE THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS ON THE SCREEN. THEY'RE PROPOSING CONCRETE MASONRY UNITS AND PRE-FINISHED METAL PANELS. THEY'RE PROPOSING GLAZING OVERHEAD ROLL UP DOORS, AND THEN A STANDING SEAM METAL ROOF. WE'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL WITH THE CONDITION THAT THE APPLICANT PROVIDE THE REQUIRED DRUGS ALONG THE FRONT OF THE LOT TO SCREEN THE PARKING SPACES. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. I MAKE A COMMENT. JUST A COMMENT. THEY'VE BEEN DOWN THERE SINCE I'VE BEEN DOWN THERE 1980. OKAY. AND, UH, UH, THE PROPERTY, WHAT THEY'RE WANTING TO DO WOULD REALLY ENHANCE THE LOOKS OF IT. SO IT'S A GOOD, GOOD ITEM. THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT. 'CAUSE I HAVE NO CLUE ON THAT. . YEAH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALL, YEAH. OKAY. THEY DO A GOOD JOB TOO. ANY OTHER, UH, CONCERNS? DISCUSSION, COMMISSIONERS? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ARE YOU READY FOR THE NEXT TWO ITEMS? YES. OKAY. THE ITEMS 10 AND 11 ARE RELATED, SO I'M GONNA PRESENT THEM AS ONE PRESENTATION. UH, SO THE FIRST COMPONENT IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT, AND THEN THE SECOND IS THE ZONING. UH, SO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT IS TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FROM MIXED USE AND OPEN SPACE DRAINAGE TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICE. SO ON THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE THE BLUE IS DESIGNATED AS MIXED USE AND THE GREEN IS THE OPEN SPACE AND DRAINAGE. SO THIS IS AT ACCOMPANYING TO A ZONING CASE. IT'S ABOUT 42 ACRES. AND THE CURRENT ZONING ALLOWS, OR THE PD 28 ALLOWS APARTMENTS AMONG OTHER USES. AND THEN THE WEST PORTION OF THE PROPERTY ZONED PD 2 94 B FOR GENERAL RETAIL. UH, SO THIS IS ACCOMPANYING THE ZONING CHANGE. WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. AND SO THIS WOULD, UH, CHANGE THAT TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING. UH, STAFF'S UNABLE TO SUPPORT THE REQUEST BECAUSE THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT'S INCONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. WE DO NOTE, HOWEVER, THAT THE PROPOSED MULTIFAMILY IS ALREADY ALLOWED, UH, PER THE EXISTING ZONING. SO THIS NEXT COMPONENT OF THE THE REQUEST IS THE ZONING CHANGE AND CONCEPT PLAN. THEY'RE PROPOSING 320 MULTIFAMILY UNITS AND THEN A HOTEL AND RESTAURANT. UH, SO AGAIN, IT'S 42 ACRES. UM, THIS SCREEN SHOWS WHAT THE EXISTING ZONING IS AND THEN THEIR PROPOSED ZONING. UH, SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, UH, THE ORANGE IS PLAN DEVELOPMENT 28. IT ALLOWS SEVERAL USES. INCLUDED IN THAT IS APARTMENTS. SO IF THEY WERE TO DEVELOP THIS UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING TODAY, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO BUILD ABOUT 397 MULTIFAMILY UNITS BY RIGHT. UH, THE BLUE IS THE PD 2 94, UH, FOR GENERAL RETAIL. AND WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS TO REZONE THIS PORTION TO MULTIFAMILY. THEIR PROPOSAL IS 320 UNITS, SO THAT'S LESS THAN WHAT THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED TO DEVELOP UNDER THE CURRENT PD 28. AND THEN THIS PORTION IS THE GENERAL RETAIL. ON THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE THEIR CONCEPT PLAN. UH, THIS TOP PORTION TO THE NORTH IS THE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT. IT'S ACCESSIBLE FROM ROBINSON ROAD. UH, YOU CAN SEE, UH, IT GOES ACROSS AND THEN OVER HERE OFF OF 1 61. THIS IS EMERGENCY ACCESS ONLY AND FOR THEIR TRASH PICKUP. UH, SO THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE WOULD BE OFF OF HERE. UH, THEN FURTHER SOUTH FOR THE COMMERCIAL OR NON-RESIDENTIAL PORTION, THEY ARE PROPOSING A HOTEL [00:30:01] AND THEN 5,000 SQUARE FEET OF RESTAURANT. FOR THE MULTIFAMILY PORTION, THEY'RE PROPOSING A BASE ZONING DISTRICT OF MULTIFAMILY THREE, AND THEY ARE REQUIRING SOME VARIANCES. UH, THE FIRST IS TO THE FRONT YARD SETBACK ALONG ROBINSON AND 1 61. AND THEN THE INTERNAL SIDE, UH, SETBACK. SO LOOKING AT THE PROPOSAL, THERE ARE SOME CONSTRAINTS. YOU CAN SEE THERE'S AN EXISTING PAD SITE. UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO PUT THE, UH, COVERED PARKING CLOSE TO 1 61. AND THEN RIGHT HERE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN TELL, UH, BUT THERE'S CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF RIGHT OF WAY. UH, SO THEIR PROPERTY LINE KIND OF DIPS INWARD, UH, STAFF'S OKAY. WITH THIS VARIANCE REQUEST, IT ACTUALLY, UH, PUTS IT IN LINE WITH SOME OF THE ADJACENT MULTIFAMILY. UM, AND IF YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN THOSE STREET, YOU CAN'T TELL IF IT'S RIGHT OF WAY OR PRIVATE PROPERTY. SO IT PROVIDES THAT CONSISTENT BUILDING EDGE. UH, THEY ARE ALSO REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO THE FENCE ALONG THE STREET. WE REQUIRE THAT, UH, MULTI-FAMILY PROPERTIES BE GATED WITH A PERIMETER FENCE. AND IF IT'S ALONG ROBINSON, IT HAS TO BE WROUGHT IRON. WITH MASONRY COLLIN COLUMNS, THEY'RE PROPOSING NONE. SO THEIR VARIANCES AGAIN. SO THEY'RE PROPOSING A HOTEL TO BE ALLOWED BY RIGHT. FOR THE NON-RESIDENTIAL PORTION. CURRENTLY A HOTEL REQUIRES A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING IT BY RIGHT, UH, THE SETBACKS FOR THE MULTIFAMILY PORTION AND THEN THAT PERIMETER FENCE. SO STAFF'S UNABLE TO SUPPORT THE REQUEST 'CAUSE IT'S INCONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. HOWEVER, WE DO NOTE THAT MULTIFAMILY IS ALLOWED BY THAT EXISTING ZONING. UH, SHOULD THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CHOOSE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST? WE DO HAVE SOME RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS. AND THE FIRST IS THAT THE NUMBER OF MULTIFAMILY UNITS SHALL NOT EXCEED 320. AGAIN, BASE ZONING DISTRICT PROVIDES A DWELLING UNIT PER ACRE. WE ARE, UH, RECOMMENDING THAT WE CAP THAT AT 320 UNITS. THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THEIR PLAN. THAT WAY IN THE FUTURE, IF THE DEVELOPMENT CHANGES HANDS AND A DIFFERENT BUILDER COMES IN, IT DOES NOT INCREASE THE NUMBER OF UNITS. UH, THE DEVELOPER SHALL PROVIDE THE REQUIRED PERIMETER FENCING, AND THEN THE DEVELOPER SHALL OBTAIN APPROVAL FROM FRANCHISE UTILITIES THAT THE FIVE FOOT SETBACK ALONG ROBINSON AND THE 10 FOOT SETBACK ALONG 1 61 ARE ACCEPTABLE. WE REQUIRE A 15 FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT FOR FRANCHISE UTILITIES ALONG THE STREET RIGHT OF WAY. AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THOSE FRANCHISE UTILITIES ARE OKAY WITH THAT REDUCED SETBACK. UH, THEN THE HOTEL SHALL REQUIRE APPROVAL OF A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. UH, STAFF IS RECOMMENDED WE LEAVE IT AS WRITTEN IN THE UDC. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. MISSIONARIES, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THIS IS INTERESTING TO SAY THE LEAST. AND, UM, I, MY CONCERN IS, I REMEMBER AGES AGO WE TALKED ABOUT THE HOTELS IN PROXIMITY. JUST FOR THE SAKE OF ARGUMENT, AREN'T THE HOTEL SUPPOSED TO BE, UH, UH, SPREAD OUT OR THERE'S, UH, SOME KIND OF, UH, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE, THE NUMBER. SO THERE IS SOME HOTEL SPACING AND WHAT WE LOOK AT IS, UH, THE CATEGORY OR CLASSIFICATION OF A HOTEL. SO IT LIMITS THE, UH, A, A CERTAIN TIER OF HOTEL. MM-HMM . YOU CAN ONLY HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER CONCENTRATED IN A ONE MILE BUFFER. MM-HMM . UM, YOU COULD HAVE HOTELS RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER, BUT DEPENDING ON THE HOTELS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA, IT MIGHT REQUIRE THAT IT'S A, A HIGHER STR CHAIN SCALE RATING. YEAH, I REMEMBER THAT FROM BEFORE. BUT, UM, THIS JUST SEEMS LIKE A LOT. AND, UM, THEY'RE ASKING FOR A LOT. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? COMMISSIONER? UH, QUESTION 320. NETFLIX CITY 320 MULTIFAMILY. WHICH SCHOOL DISTRICT? OR I'M SORRY, WHICH SCHOOL ELEMENTARY WOULD BE NEAR THERE? I I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK THAT UP. FLORENCE HILL. FLORENCE FLORENCE HILL. I THINK THEY'RE ALREADY MAXED. MM-HMM . UM, I UNDERSTANDING FLORENCE HILL ELEMENTARY. OKAY. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . ANY MORE COMMENTS? COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER? YEAH. SO SAVANNAH, EXPLAIN THE SETBACK ABOUT FRANCHISE UTILITIES AGAIN. YES. AND SO ON ALL PROPERTIES WITHIN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, WE REQUIRE A 15 FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT TO ALLOW FRANCHISE UTILITIES TO GO IN AND PUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THEY NEED. UH, THEY'RE REQUESTING A FIVE FOOT SETBACK FROM THAT PROPERTY LINE, WHICH REDUCES THE AMOUNT THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR THOSE FRANCHISE UTILITIES. UH, WE ARE REQUESTING THAT THEY PROVIDE WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION THAT ALLOWS THAT DECREASE. UH, WE'VE DONE IT IN OTHER SITUATIONS WHERE THE, UH, SETBACK REDUCTION HAS BEEN APPROVED. MM-HMM . THIS IS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE AGAIN, BE, UM, PUT IN, IN THE AREA THAT'S REMAINING. IS THE AREA THOUGH, THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THE REDUCED SETBACK OR, UH, ALLOWANCE WITH THE UTILITIES? THAT LAND THAT'S CONTIGUOUS TO IT IS ALREADY ENCUMBERED BY A RIGHT OF WAY? SO IT IS, [00:35:01] IS, SO OUR REQUIREMENT IS THAT IT'S A UTILITY EASEMENT ON THE PROPERTY. MM-HMM . UH, I SUSPECT THAT IT, THERE IS PLENTY OF SPACE FOR THOSE FRANCHISE UTILITIES TO BE PROVIDED EITHER IN THE RIGHT OF WAY OR FIVE FOOT. WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR DOCUMENTATION THAT CONFIRMS THAT. BUT IS THE AREA WHERE THOSE UTILITIES GO THAT THE LAND CONTIGUOUS TO IT WOULD BE RIGHT OF WAY LIKE ROBINSON ROAD OR THE CORRECT STATE HIGHWAY 1 61 SERVICE ROAD? YES. SO NOTHING WOULD EVER GET BUILT THERE ANYWAY. 'CAUSE IT'S A RIGHT OF WAY. CORRECT. THANK YOU. SO, AND, AND LOOKING AT STAFF MEASURED THE DISTANCE FROM, YOU CAN SEE THESE TWO BUILDINGS TO THE, THE CURB CUT WHERE, UH, AND IT, IT WAS 25 TO 35 FEET, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH, UM, THE DISTANCE FROM THE BUILDING TO THE CURB ON THE OTHER PROPERTIES. IT'S JUST, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE RIGHT OF WAY IN THAT SECTION OF ROBINSON ROAD. THAT'S FINE. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MADDEN, IS THIS WHY THEY DON'T WANT TO DO FENCING PERIMETER FENCING? I, PART OF IT IS, IS RELATED TO THAT. OKAY. I JUST HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION, AND MAYBE I MISSED SOMETHING HERE. BUT YOU HAVE, WAS THERE AN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY DONE? YOU HAVE AN EXISTING GAS PAD AND THIS OPEN DRAINAGE THING THAT'S A HUGE AREA THERE. SO CAN YOU SAY, UH, EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? YEAH, SO YOU CAN SEE THIS, THIS CIRCLE RIGHT HERE, WHICH IS A SETBACK. SO, UH, NO STRUCTURE CAN BE BUILT WITHIN THAT MM-HMM . UM, AND THEN, UH, A LOT OF THIS AREA IS WITHIN THE, THE FLOOD PLAIN AND THE FLOODWAY MM-HMM . AND SO DURING THIS REVIEW, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY USED TO BE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES. MM-HMM . AND OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT ARE PART OF THE DRC REVIEW. AND SO THEY TAKE A CURSORY LOOK AT IT DURING THE ZONING AND THEN A MUCH MORE CLOSE LOOK AT IT DURING THE SITE PLAN REVIEW. AND SO ALL OF, UH, THOSE WOULD BE ADDRESSED DURING THE SITE PLAN. YEAH. 'CAUSE IT SAYS IT HAS A BARK PARK THERE. THAT'S JUST, THAT'S THAT THEY PUT THAT ON THERE ANYWAY. OR THEY CAN, THEY CAN PUT THE DOG PARK THERE. THERE JUST CAN'T BE ANY STRUCTURES. OKAY. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? THANK YOU, SAVANNAH. UH, MS. SMITH, I LIVE ACROSS THE STREET AND I WAS A LITTLE WORRIED. WE, WE HAVE TO WAIT, MA'AM, WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE, UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING. YOU CAN SPEAK. YOU NEED TO GET ONE OF THOSE CARDS TO, TO FILL OUT. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT TWO ITEMS ARE RELATED 12 AND 13. THE FIRST IS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT. THE SECOND IS THE ZONING AND CONCEPT PLAN. UH, SO THIS FIRST REQUEST IS TO AMEND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FROM MIXED RESIDENTIAL TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. AND YOU'LL NOTICE, UH, THAT THIS RED SQUARE IS ONLY A PORTION OF THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE, UH, BECAUSE PART OF THE ZONING CHANGE IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH THAT FUTURE LAND USE MAP. THIS AREA RIGHT HERE IS PROPOSED FOR MULTIFAMILY AND IS NOT IN, UH, COMPLIANCE WITH THAT FEATURE LAND USE MAP. SO, UH, THIS PORTION IS TO CHANGE PART OF THAT TO THE HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. SO STAFF'S UNABLE TO SUPPORT THE REQUEST BECAUSE A PORTION OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THAT FEATURE LAND USE MAP. WE DO NOTE, HOWEVER, THAT THE PROPOSED MULTIFAMILY IS ALLOWED PER THE EXISTING ZONING. OKAY. SO THIS IS THE ZONING CHANGE IN CONCEPT PLAN. YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS OUTLINES THE FULL, UH, PORTION OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT. THE EXISTING ZONING IS PLAN DEVELOPMENT 2 65 A. THEY ARE ALLOWED GENERAL RETAIL, MULTIFAMILY, RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, AND THEN AN OPEN SPACE AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRE PRESERVATION AREA. THEY'RE PROPOSING A ZONING OR A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR MULTIFAMILY AND SINGLE FAMILY. UH, THE TOTAL ACREAGE IS ABOUT 65 ACRES. AND RIGHT NOW THE FUTURE LANDING SACK IS MIXED RESIDENTIAL. SO THIS IS THEIR PROPOSED CONCEPT PLAN. YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT THIS LOOKS FAMILIAR. UH, THEY WERE BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION PROBABLY IN NOVEMBER. UH, THE REQUEST WHEN IT GOT TO CITY COUNCIL WAS DENIED AT THE TIME. THEIR REQUEST INCLUDED A MULTIFAMILY AND SINGLE FAMILY ZERO LOT LINES. AND THEY CAME BACK WITH THIS PROPOSAL THAT REDUCED THE TOTAL NUMBER OF, OF UNITS FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY PORTION AND CHANGED IT FROM SINGLE FAMILY ZERO LOT LINE TO SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED RESIDENTIAL. SO THE THREE ELEMENTS OF THIS CONCEPT PLAN, UH, THE SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED RESIDENTIAL UNITS, THEY'RE PROPOSING 167 OF THOSE. THEY'VE GOT THE 261 MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNITS. THIS PORTION OF THE PLAN IS, IS UNCHANGED. AND THEN THEY'VE GOT APPROXIMATELY 20 ACRES OF NATURE PRESERVE AND OPEN SPACE. AND YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE TRAILS THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY. AND THEY'VE GOT A PROPOSED PLAYGROUND FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED UNITS. THEY'RE PROPOSING SINGLE FAMILY SIX AS THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT. IT DOES REQUIRE VARIANCES FROM APPENDIX W, WHICH CAME INTO EXISTENCE IN ABOUT 2018 OR 19, AND WAS INTENDED TO APPLY TO ALL NEW SINGLE FAMILY. UM, SO EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE MEETING ALL OF THE SINGLE FAMILY SIX ZONING DISTRICTS, [00:40:01] THE APPENDIX W HAS SOME ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY'RE NOT MEETING. THE FIRST IS TO THE MINIMUM LOT AREA. UH, WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING MEETS SINGLE FAMILY SIX, BUT IT IS LESS THAN WHAT'S REQUIRED BY APPENDIX W. UH, THE MINIMUM LOT WIDTH. THEY'RE PROPOSING 50 FEET, WHICH MEETS SINGLE FAMILY SIX, BUT IT'S LESS THAN THE 65 FEET THAT'S REQUIRED BY APPENDIX W. AND THEN THEY ARE ASKING FOR AN INCREASE TO THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE HEIGHT FROM 25 FEET TO 30 FEET. AS I MENTIONED, THE MULTIFAMILY PORTION IS REMAINING UNCHANGED. THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES. THESE ARE SOME OF THE SINGLE FAMILY CONCEPTUAL ELEVATIONS. THERE WERE, UH, NUMBER MORE THAT WERE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET. UM, PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS IN APPENDIX W IS FOR NON FRONT ENTRY GARAGES. SO JSW GARAGES, GARAGES THAT ARE SET FURTHER BACK. AND SO AS A COMPENSATORY MEASURE FOR REQUESTING ALL FRONT ENTRY GARAGES, THEY'RE PROPOSING SOME GARAGE DOOR UPGRADES. SO DECORATIVE BRACKETS, A WOOD LOOK, UH, WINDOWS AT THE TOP, AND THEN A CARRIAGE DESIGN. SO AS I MENTIONED, THEY'RE REQUESTING SOME VARIANCES TO APPENDIX W THE LOT WIDTH LOT AREA, AND THEN THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE HEIGHT. AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO REQUESTING THAT VARIANCE TO THE GARAGE TYPE STAFF'S UNABLE TO FULLY SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT 'CAUSE THE PROPOSED MULTIFAMILY PORTION DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. BUT WE DO NOTE THAT IT IS ALLOWED BY THE CURRENT ZONING. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. COMMISSIONER MADDEN, CAN YOU EXPLAIN AGAIN, THE WHY? THE, UM, WI FORGET WHAT IT WAS. WHY IS THAT BROUGHT INTO PLAY? THE APPENDIX? YEAH. APPENDIX W YEAH. SO THE, THE PURPOSE OF, OF A LOT OF THE APPENDIX W STANDARDS FOR SINGLE FAMILY, UM, WAS TO REQUIRE A, A LARGER LOT, A WIDER LOT, SOME OF THE, UM, ALTERNATIVE GARAGE TYPES TO THE FRONT ENTRY. UM, SO THEY COULD DO ADJACENT GARAGE THAT TYPICALLY REQUIRES A WIDER LOT, UH, THEY CAN DO A REAR ENTRY, UH, REQUIRES, UM, ALLEYS, UM, AND SO LARGER, LOTS WIDER, LOTS NON FRONT ENTRY GARAGES. AND WHAT SPUR DID YOU, WHAT, WHAT DID I MISS? THAT BEGINNING PART, LIKE YOU WERE SAYING IT MEETS THIS AND MEETS THIS, BUT NOW IT DOESN'T MEET THIS. CORRECT. SO IN THE PAST WHEN ZONING CHANGES CAME IN, WE WOULD SELECT ONE OF THE SINGLE FAMILY, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. AS THE BASE ZONING DISTRICTS IN 2018, STAFF DID A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT THE, UH, QUALITY OF DEVELOPMENTS WE WERE GETTING, ESPECIALLY ON THE PENINSULA. A LOT OF THE PLAN DEVELOPMENTS WERE REQUESTING VARIANCES TO SOME OF OUR RESIDENTIAL, UH, GUIDELINES. AND SO THIS WAS A COMPREHENSIVE EFFORT TO KIND OF ENHANCE THOSE REQUIREMENTS AND APPLY, UH, TO ALL SINGLE FAMILY, UH, ABOVE FIVE UNITS. SO, UH, MOVING FORWARD IT REQUIRES APPLICANTS TO DO A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR SINGLE FAMILY. INSTEAD OF, I JUST WANNA DO STRAIGHT SINGLE FAMILY SIX ZONING COMMISSIONERS. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? I'M A, I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT MORE DEVELOPMENT THERE ON FORUM, YOU KNOW, FORUM. THERE'S ALL A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL ALREADY ON FORUM. AND SO IS THAT ONE OTHER REASON THAT THE WE'RE NOT IN, UH, DRC IS NOT RECOMMENDING IS BECAUSE OF THE ALREADY THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S THERE? OUR, WOULD THAT BE A CONSIDERATION? OUR CONSIDERATION WAS MORE LOOKING AT THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. MM-HMM . THEY DID SUBMIT A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, WHICH IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, BRETT HUNTSMAN CAN ANSWER. BUT THAT IS ONE OF THE COMPONENTS OF ANY, UM, ZONING CHANGE REQUESTS THAT WE LOOK AT WHEN THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT MEETS CERTAIN TRIGGERS. SO IT COULD DO MM-HMM . WITH A NUMBER OF TRIPS GENERATED, IT COULD DO WITH THE ACREAGE. UM, BUT STAFF DOES EVALUATE THAT AS PART OF THE DRC REVIEW. BRETT, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT FOR US PLEASE? SPECIFICALLY ON FORUM OR, YEAH, FOR THE FORUM PIECE IS WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT BECAUSE I ON FORUM WHEN I GO THAT WAY, THERE IS A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL OVER THERE DEVELOPED AND HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FOR YEARS. YOU KNOW, AND I, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE JUST, AND THEN ALL THOSE APARTMENTS THAT ARE OVER THERE AS WELL, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, FORM GET A BREAK. I, I JUST, AS FAR AS TRAFFIC IS, I JUST DON'T, I DON'T KNOW. SO THERE WAS A PREVIOUS APPLICANT THAT WAS LOOKING AT, I THINK TOWN HOMES THAT WE LOOKED AT MM-HMM . SO THERE WAS A HIGHER DENSITY THAN WHAT WAS BEING SHOWN HERE. SO DURING THAT PROCESS, THE TIA WAS DONE HAD THE MULTIFAMILY COMPONENT AND THE TOWN HOMES. SO WHEN THEY CAME BACK, WE DIDN'T REQUIRE THEM TO DO AN ADDITIONAL TIA BECAUSE IT WAS A LOWER DENSITY THAN WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING, SO FEWER TRIPS. UM, BUT WE DID APPROVE THAT PREVIOUS TIA WITH A HIGHER NUMBER OF UNITS IN IT. UH, A BIG PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE IT'S A FOUR LANE DIVIDED ROADWAY, SO IT'S GOT A LOT OF CAPACITY ON IT. AND THEN THE END POINTS FOR FORUM ARE ALL SIGNALED. SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF UNCONTROLLED INTERSECTIONS THAT CAUSE ISSUES. UM, WE LOOK AT THE TIMINGS OF SARAH JANE 1 61 GREAT SOUTHWEST, [00:45:01] AND WE MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS NECESSARY, BUT IT'S STILL, IT WASN'T A, IT'S STILL A BUSY AREA. UNDERSTOOD. I MEAN, I, I IT'S, UH, THAT AREA'S BUSY AND WITH THE APARTMENTS THAT ARE, YOU'VE BEEN RECENTLY BUILT. I, I'M SORRY, I KIND OF DON'T AGREE WITH THE, WITH THE STUDY, BUT BECAUSE IT'S BUSY, IT'S REALLY BUSY OVER THERE. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS? I THINK THAT'S IT. DO WE HAVE ANY MORE CASES? NO, NO MORE CASES THAN WE ARE GOING TO BE ADJOURNED UNTIL 6:30 PM THANK YOU. OKAY. WELCOME [Call to Order] TO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING OF FEBRUARY 27TH, 2023. I'M CHERYL SMITH, CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. THIS MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING IS HEREBY CALL BACK TO WATER AT 6:30 PM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETS THE SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY OF EACH MONTH. ALL MEETINGS ARE VIDEO RECORDED. NO OFFICIAL ACTION CAN BE TAKEN UNLESS PROPER APPLICATION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED THROUGH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOLLOWS A PRINTED AGENDA THAT IS AVAILABLE ONLINE PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ARE ROUTINE ITEMS WHICH CAN BE APPROVED IN ONE MOTION. HOWEVER, ANY MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION MAY MAKE A MOTION TO INDIVIDUALLY CONSIDER AN ITEM FROM THE PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA. INDIVIDUALS MAY ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANY ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA. TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM OR NOTE YOUR SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION WITHOUT SPEAKING, PLEASE FILL OUT A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD. THESE CARDS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE COUNTER AND SHOULD BE TURNED IN AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM PRIOR TO THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM BEING CALLED, I WILL NOW CONDUCT A ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS TO CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. AFTER I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE SAY, HERE CHERYL SMITH. HERE. MAX COLEMAN. HERE. ANNA COCA. HERE. QUENTIN, PETE FRANK GONZALEZ. HERE. JOHN DUCO. HERE. MICHELLE MADDEN. HERE. JULIA PEREZ. HERE, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT EXCEPT FOR QUENTIN PETE. AND WE DID HAVE A, UM, MARTIN COL CABALLERO IS NO LONGER ON THE COMMISSION. AND NOW WE'LL, COMMISSIONER JULIA PEREZ WILL GIVE THE INVOCATION, AND AFTER THAT WE'LL LEAD, I WILL LEAD IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE US AND TEXAS FLAG. PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS NAME OF THE FATHER, SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT ETERNAL GOD, I PRAY THAT YOU BLESS US ALL WHO ARE PRESENT THIS EVENING. LORD, MAKE YOUR FACE SHINE UPON US. I PRAY THAT WE FEEL YOUR PRESENCE DURING THIS MEETING. LORD, WE PRAY FOR UNITY IN OUR MEETING THIS EVENING AS WE COME TOGETHER AS A GROUP UNITED IN PASSION AND IN PURPOSE. DEAR GOD, WE SEEK YOUR HONOR IN EVERYTHING WE DO AND SAY, BE IN OUR MYTHS. BIND OUR HEARTS AND MINDS BY YOUR SPIRIT. AMEN. MY P ALLEGIANCE, DO THE FLAG OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND DO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG AND PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE IN AN EFFORT TO MINIMIZE DISRUPTIONS. THE FOLLOWING MEETING GUIDELINES WILL APPLY. THE STAFF WILL PRESENT FIRST ON ANY AGENDA ITEM FOLLOWING A BRIEF PRESENTATION BY STAFF, APPLICANTS WILL HAVE A COMBINED TOTAL OF 30 MINUTES TO PRESENT. ONCE THE APPLICANT HAS SPOKEN, EACH MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO FILLS OUT A SPEAKER CARD WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM. ADDITIONAL SPEAKING TIME MAY BE ALLOWED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIRMAN BEFORE SPEAKING. SPEAKER SHOULD GIVE THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD ALONG WITH WHOM YOU REPRESENT. IF APPLICABLE, AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON A TOPIC NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA SHOULD SPEAK UNDER THE HEADING OF PUBLIC COMMENTS. STAFF WILL BE AVAILABLE TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS FOLLOWING PRESENTATION OF EACH ITEM AT THIS TIME, CITIZENS MAY SPEAK FOR UP TO FIVE MINUTES ON ANY ITEM, NOT ON THE AGENDA. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS FOR CITIZENS' COMMENTS? NO, MA'AM. THANK YOU, [CONSENT AGENDA] MADAM CHAIR. AT THIS TIME I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 13TH, 2023 P AND Z MEETING, AND ITEMS TWO THROUGH [00:50:01] FOUR OF TONIGHT'S AGENDA. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS BY COMMISSIONER COLEMAN AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ. ALL IN FAVOR, UM, RAISE YOUR HAND. THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ITEM, [5. STP-22-11-0057 - Site Plan - Shady Grove Industrial at 1001 W Shady Grove Blvd (City Council District 1). Site Plan for an industrial development consisting of two warehouses on 5.799 acres. A tract of land in the John Spoon Survey, Abstract No. 1326, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-221 and within the SH-161 Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 1001 W. Shady Grove Road] ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS A SITE PLAN FOR, UH, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AT 1 0 0 1 WEST SHADY GROVE ROAD. GIVE THE LAPTOP OR THE SCREEN A SECOND TO CATCH UP TO THE LAPTOP. THERE WE GO. UH, SO THE REQUEST IS FOR SITE PLAN. THEY'RE PROPOSING TWO WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS TOTALING A LITTLE BIT OVER 100,000 SQUARE FEET. IT'S ON 5.79 ACRES. YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY IS OUTLINED IN RED ON THE SCREEN. THE CURRENT ZONING IS PLAN DEVELOPMENT 2 21 FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES, AND IT'S WITHIN OUR 1 61 CORRIDOR OVERLAY DISTRICT. ON THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE THEIR PROPOSED SITE PLAN. AGAIN, THERE ARE TWO BUILDINGS. UH, THE PROPOSAL MEETS OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS AND TO GET YOU ORIENTED TO, TO THE SITE ON THE LEFT OF THE SCREEN IS NORTH. THEIR LANDSCAPE PLAN MEETS MOST OF OUR REQUIREMENTS. THEY DID CONDUCT A TREE SURVEY AND ARE PAYING $7,200 INTO OUR URBAN FOREST FUND FOR TREE MITIGATION FOR TREES THAT THEY'LL BE REMOVING. THEY ARE REQUESTING A COUPLE OF VARIANCES. THE FIRST IS TO THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER AND THEN TO THE WING WALL HEIGHT. AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE PROPERTY HAS THREE SIDES WITH STREET FRONTAGE AND THAT HAS IMPACTED THE SITE DESIGN. AND WE DO REQUIRE A 30 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER. THEY'RE REQUESTING A VARIANCE FOR THAT. ON THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE A RENDERING OF THE PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS. THEY DO MEET OUR DESIGN REQUIREMENTS AND APPENDIX X. SO AS I MENTIONED, THEY'RE REQUESTING SOME VARIANCES. THE FIRST IS TO THAT 30 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER. THEY'RE PROPOSING 25 FEET ALONG 1 61 AND TRINITY BOULEVARD. AND THEN THERE ARE SOME AREAS WHERE THE INTERNAL DRIVE FALLS WITHIN THAT, UH, 30 FOOT, AS I MENTIONED, THERE ARE THREE SIDES OF THE PROPERTY THAT HAVE STREET FRONTAGE. AND SO STAFF DOESN'T OBJECT TO THIS. UH, THAT DOES, UH, IMPACT THE ABILITY OF THEM TO DESIGN WITHIN OUR STANDARDS. UM, THE SECOND VARIANCE IS TO OUR WING WALL HEIGHT. WE REQUIRE THAT THEY PROVIDE WING WALLS THAT ARE 25 FEET IN HEIGHT, AND THEY'RE REQUESTING A HEIGHT OF EIGHT FEET. SO THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. THE FIRST IS THAT THEY PROVIDE THE REQUIRED SHRUBS, AND THEN THE SECOND IS THAT THEY PROVIDE WING WALLS THAT ARE AT LEAST 10 FEET IN HEIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF THE RECESSED AREA AND THAT 10 FOOT WALL HEIGHT WILL PROVIDE APPROXIMATELY 14 FEET OF SCREENING. AND THE TYPICAL TRACTOR TRAILER HEIGHT IS 13.5. SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THIS CONDITION TO ENSURE THAT THOSE ARE SCREENED. UH, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. COMMISSIONS, DO WE HAVE ANY, ANY DISCUSSION? ANY QUESTIONS FOR SAVANNAH? IS THE APPLICANT HERE? YES. AND THEY DO HAVE A PRESENTATION. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UH, WAIT. ONE, ONE QUESTION HERE. ARE THEY GONNA HAVE, UH, DOCK DOORS THAT, THAT FACE? 1 61. THEY ARE PERPENDICULAR TO THAT. SO LET ME PULL UP THE, SO THESE ARE, UH, THE DOCK DOORS, THIS AREA AND HERE. SO THEY'RE PERPENDICULAR TO THE 1 61 AND HARD ROCK ROAD. AND THEN THE WING WALLS WOULD BE, UH, SCREENING THOSE TRUCKS AND TRAILERS, PARKING THERE. THANK YOU. SAVANNAH. WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND COME UP? YOU HAVE THE APPLICANT, JESUS AYO, WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE ASYLUM. COME ON UP, SIR. SAVANNAH'S, JUST GETTING YOU READY. THANK YOU. THE ARROWS. WILL YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? UH, GOOD EVENING. UH, CHAIRMAN AND FELLOW COMMISSIONERS. UH, JESUS WAO, KIMLEY HORN, 8 0 1 CHERRY STREET IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS. UM, WE ARE THE PART OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING TEAM THAT WILL, AND THE APPLICANT, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR THIS SITE. SO THIS SITE PLAN APPLICATION. SO, UM, I THINK SAVANNAH DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB. I I DID HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL, UM, RENDERINGS. UH, AGAIN, YOU, EVERYONE I THINK HERE HAS SEEN THE SITE PLAN. UM, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A BIGGER, UH, VIEW OF THE, OF THE RENDERINGS. UM, JUST TO KIND OF ILLUSTRATE THAT THIS WILL BE A, YOU KNOW, A TOP CLASS, UH, DEVELOPMENT. UM, AND IT'LL MEET ALL OF THE GRAND PRAIRIE REQUIREMENTS [00:55:01] FOR, UM, UH, THE BUILDING STANDARDS. SO, UM, JUST THIRD ONE THERE, AND THEN I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I'M JUST A LITTLE CURIOUS. UH, WE HAVE BEEN GETTING QUITE A FEW WAREHOUSES IN THE AREA. AND SO, UM, YOU JUST DECIDED THAT GRAND PRAIRIE WAS, WAS THE PLACE, OR YOU, YOU DID SOME KIND OF MARKETING STUDY? OR, OR IT'S JUST, CAN SAY A LITTLE BIT. TELL US ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT JUST SEEMS LIKE WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF WAREHOUSES. SURE. UM, I WON'T BE ABLE TO SPEAK TOO MUCH OF IT, UH, BEING FROM THE CIVIL ENGINEERING SIDE. MM-HMM . UM, BUT I'M SURE, I MEAN, IT'S MAYBE THE TREND THAT ALL DEVELOPERS ARE SEEING, UM, WHETHER IT'S GRAND PRAIRIE OR FORT WORTH. UM, I THINK THAT'S JUST THE, LIKE I SAID, THE TREND THAT, UM, I MEAN EVERYONE LOVES ONLINE SHOPPING, SO MM-HMM . SO THESE ARE MORE SPEC, THESE ARE SPEC, SPEC WAREHOUSE? CORRECT. OKAY. UH, IT'LL BE A COMBINATION OF OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE. SO WE, I WILL SHOW SOME OF THE, IF I CAN GO A LITTLE BIT BACK, YOU SAID OFFICE SPACE AND WAREHOUSE. OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE COMBINATION. MM-HMM. UM, AND THE DOCKING AREAS, I THINK THAT YOU MENTIONED. RIGHT. SO THIS, THIS WON'T BE, UH, SOMETHING LIKE A HEAVY DISTRIBUTION USE. IT'S, IT'S AIMED MORE FOR, UH, GIVEN THE SIZE OF THE FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDING, MORE OF A SHOWROOM STYLE. MM-HMM . MM-HMM . UM, RETAIL COMPONENT AND STORAGE COMPONENT, UM, ONSITE. SO THAT'S, UH, KIND OF THE INTENT WITH THIS PRODUCT. UM, AND YEAH. DOES THE DEVELOPER HAVE ANY MORE, UM, WAREHOUSES THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED IN THE GRAND PRAIRIE AREA OR IN THE SURROUNDING AREA? NOT PARTICULAR IN GRAND PRAIRIE. UM, I AM AWARE THAT THEY FINISHED A PROJECT IN FORT WORTH. UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE PHOTOS HERE TONIGHT. UM, BUT, UH, I COULD DEFINITELY HAVE 'EM AVAILABLE FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. OKAY. IF COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY, OKAY. COMMISSIONER MADDEN. SO YOU HEARD THE, THE RECOMMENDATION, OR AT LEAST THE PROPOSAL OF, UM, INCREASING THE HEIGHT OF THE WING WALL. DOES THAT SOUND SOMETHING LIKE, SOMETHING THAT'S DOABLE? YES. I THINK THAT'S A REASONABLE REQUEST. OKAY. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. COMMISSIONER. I, I WOULD ASSUME THAT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE DISCUSSION, BUT WHATEVER THE, THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE FROM DRC IS WHAT WE GENERALLY, UH, GO WITH. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER CONCERNS FOR, UM, THIS GENTLEMAN? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . DO WE HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKER CARDS? YES. MICHAEL PULASKI, WHICH IS TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. I THINK, UH, I GUESS I'LL SPEAK TO THAT. WE DID HAVE OTHER SPEAKERS HERE ON THE CHANCE THAT THE COMMISSION HAD ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT I MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER? MM-HMM . UM, BUT I THINK, UM, IS, IS, IS THAT GENTLEMAN GONE? OH, HE'S HERE. IS IS? OKAY. DOES HE, DOES HE I THINK IT'S JUST IF THEY NEED TO SPEAK. IF THEY NEED TO. OKAY. IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? ANY MORE QUESTIONS? WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THERE ARE BEING NO MORE QUESTIONS. GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. MM-HMM . YOU HAVE MORE QUE NO, WE HAVE MORE SPEAKERS. NO MORE SPEAKERS? OKAY. WE HAVE NO MORE SPEAKERS. IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION REGARDING THIS, THIS ITEM? CAN I GET A MOTION? MOTION? OKAY, CHAIR, MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING. MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER FIVE, STP 22 DASH 11 DASH 0 0 5 7 WITH DRC RECOMMENDATIONS AS STATED, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COMMISSIONER FEDORKO AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ TO APPROVE ITEM FIVE S TP 2 2 1 1 0 0 5 7 AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. NEXT CASE, PLEASE. COMMISSIONER SMITH. MM-HMM . MAY I NOTE JUST AFTER YOU ALREADY PASSED THE CONSENTS AGENDA, I DID RECEIVE A SPEAKER CARD FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO FROM PETER CHRISTENSEN WHO WAS HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF NEEDED. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A NOTE IF HE IS STILL HERE, THAT THAT ITEM HAS ALREADY BEEN VOTED ON AND PASSED. . THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. I BELIEVE THIS WAS, THAT WAS A PLAT CASE FOR A MULTIFAMILY AND HE WAS THE APPLICANT I WORKED WITH, SO, YEP. ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, RIGHT? MM-HMM . THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. MM-HMM . OKAY. SO THE [6. STP-22-12-0062 – Site Plan – Lapiz Flats at 1410 Duncan Perry (City Council District 1). Site Plan for 69 age restricted multi-family units on 2.391 acres. Lots 1-3, Block A, Wash N Shop Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, zoned PD-427, within the IH 30 Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 1410 Duncan Perry Road] ITEM NUMBER SIX ON THE TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS A SITE PLAN FOR LAPID FLATS, SCTP 2 2 1 2. SO JUST TO UH, RECAP, UM, THE ZONING FOR THIS AGE RESTRICTED MULTIFAMILY WAS APPROVED BACK IN MAY OF 2022. THEY ARE JUST FOLLOWING UP TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SITE PLAN THAT IS [01:00:01] PREPARED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT COMPLIES WITH ALL THE PD REQUIREMENT, ALL THE CONDITIONS THAT WAS PROPOSED AS PART OF THAT PD, UH, ZONE CHANGE CONCEPT PLAN. UM, THEY ARE PROPOSING 69 UNITS, WHICH WILL BE DIVIDED INTO THREE FLOORS. IT WILL BE A MULTI-FAMILY, BUT AC RESTRICTED. THEY'RE ON 2.9, UH, THREE NINE ACRES. SO THE SITE PLAN COMPLIES WITH ALL THE ZONING AND DENSITY REQUIREMENTS AND ALL THE OTHER, UH, REQUIREMENT THAT WAS PART OF THE PD. THEY DID PROVIDE THE LANDSCAPE AND COMPLIANCE WITH OUR REQUIREMENT. UH, THESE ARE THE ELEVATIONS THAT ARE PROPOSED, WHICH MATCH, UH, IS IN SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE WITH WHAT WAS APPROVED DURING THE PD. UM, THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES AS AMENITIES. THEY HAVE PROVIDED A LIST OF ITEMS INCLUDING CLUBHOUSE WITH COMMUNITY AMENITIES, SITE ALLOWANCE, AND A GATHERING SPACE OF 800 SQUARE FEET FITNESS CENTER, AND A SMALL ROOM DEDICATED FOR MULTI-PURPOSE USE, SUCH AS READING GAMES AND CRAFTS. SO, UM, THERE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE UC REQUIREMENT AND WHAT WAS APPROVED WITH THE ZONE CHANGE. ONCE THIS IS APPROVED BY THE, UH, P AND Z AND CITY COUNCIL, NEXT STEP WILL BE TO FINISH OUT THEIR CIVIL REVIEWS AND GET A BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION REVIEWED AND APPROVED. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATIONS. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES. THANK YOU, JUDGE. MM-HMM . YOU SAID A H RESTRICTED. CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT? WHAT DOES, UH, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? YES, OF COURSE. YES. TYP. YES. SO A PERMANENT WOMEN, IT'S JUST A MULTIFAMILY. IT'S OPEN FOR ANYONE TO APPLY WHEN WE HAVE A, A, IT'S A RESTRICTION. IT'S TYPICALLY ASSOCIATED MINIMUM 55 OR PLUS, SO THAT IT'S LIMITED TO CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHIC. THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? THANK YOU. JUNE. OKAY. IS THE APPLICANT HERE? DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? YEAH. SCOTT PALERMO WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM. WRONG ONE. NO, SORRY, THAT'S THE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. OH, IT SAYS SIX. THEN. I DON'T HAVE A SPEAKER CARD FOR ITEM SIX. NO SPEAKER CARD FOR ITEM SIX. IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION WITH REGARD TO ITEM SIX? CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS? MOTION GO. GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, UH, TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE ITEM NUMBER SIX TP DASH 22 DASH 12 DASH 0 6 2. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COMMISSIONER DCO AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER COLEMAN TO APPROVE ITEM SIX STP 2 2 1 2 0 6 2. AS FOR DRC, RECOMMENDATIONS, ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND UNANIMOUS VOTE. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM. THIS NEXT ITEM [7. ZON-23-01-0006 - Zoning Change/Concept Plan - Our House Salon (City Council District 5). Amendment to Planned Development District No. 324 to add Grooming & Hygiene Salon as an allowable use. Lot 11 and a portion of Lot 12, Block 209, Dalworth Park, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-324, and addressed as 638 Church Street] IS A ZONING CHANGE AND A CONCEPT PLAN LOCATED AT 6 38 CHURCH STREET. YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION OUTLINED IN RED ON THE SCREEN. THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUEST IS TO AMEND THE EXISTING PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT PD 3 24 TO ADD GROOMING AND HYGIENE SALON AS AN ALLOWABLE USE. AND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATES THIS AREA AS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. ON THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING, UH, ZONING. UH, THE PROPERTY HIGHLIGHTED IN THE, THE BLUE IS SURROUNDED BY SINGLE FAMILY FOREST ZONING. THIS IS THE FUTURE LAND USE MOUNT DESIGNATION, AND THE YELLOW IS DESIGNATED AS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. THE CURRENT PD ALLOWS NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, WHICH IS A NON-RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT. THE USES INCLUDED IN THAT, UH, SOME OF THEM ARE PERFORMING ARTS, KARATE, CIVIC CLUB, CHURCH ARTIST, STUDIO, SOCIAL SERVICES, MEDICAL OR DENTAL OFFICES, POST OFFICE, A BANK, MISCELLANEOUS OFFICES, AND A DRY CLEANERS. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE GROOMING AND HYGIENE SALON AS AN ALLOWED USE. SO THIS REQUEST IS TO ADD THAT TO THE LIST OF USES. IT'S ALLOWED AT THIS LOCATION. STAFF DID RECEIVE SOME WRITTEN SUPPORT AND WRITTEN OPPOSITION. ON THE SCREEN IS A MAP SHOWING THOSE LOCATIONS. THE PROPERTIES IN THE LIGHT BLUE REPRESENT PEOPLE WHO WROTE IN, IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. UH, THE DARK BLUE DESIGNATES THE WRITTEN OPPOSITION THAT STAFF RECEIVED. THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE IS UNABLE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST, SINCE IT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THAT FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION. HOWEVER, STAFF DOES NOTE THAT THE EXISTING ZONING ALLOWS FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL USES. SO PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS NOT THE PROPERTY ZONING, IT'S THE RECOMMENDED FUTURE LAND USE FOR POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT BASED ON THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. OKAY. COMMISSIONER COLEMAN, I BELIEVE YOU HAD, UH, WASN'T THAT USED AS A CHIROPRACTIC OFFICE? YES. MOST OF RECENTLY IN THE PAST IT HAS BEEN USED AS A DOCTOR'S OFFICE. YEAH. COMMISSIONER PEREZ, SAVANNAH, I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING, SHE WOULD STILL HAVE TO COME IN OR THAT WHOEVER THE PERSON IS WOULD STILL HAVE TO COME IN AND GET, UH, AN SUP FOR THE BUSINESS, [01:05:01] RIGHT? NO, THEY ARE PROPOSING TO ALLOW IT BY, RIGHT. UH, SO THE GROOMING AND HYGIENE SALON IN THE NON-RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS IN WHICH IT, THEY, IT'S ALLOWED, IT'S ALLOWED BY W RIGHT. AND SO THEY'RE PROPOSING TO ALLOW IT BY WRIGHT. OKAY. SO I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH, AND I, IT LOOKS LIKE THE OPPOSITION HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE HOURS THAT, UH, THAT THEY'RE RUNNING THEIR BUSINESS OUT OF THIS HOME. UM, SO THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO RUN IT 24 HOURS A DAY AS THEY'RE REQUESTING, UH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS ABLE TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT CITY COUNCIL A ALLOW IT WITH THE APPROVAL OF A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. UH, AND THAT WOULD, UH, PROVIDE SOME O MORE OVERSIGHT AS TO THE OPERATIONAL NATURE OF THAT. UM, BUT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO ALLOW IT BY. RIGHT. AND SO WITH THAT, THERE CAN BE NO ADDITIONAL OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS APPLIED. IT'S, IT'S ALLOWED BY WRIGHT. SO SAVANNAH, IN PRINCIPLE, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO, WE'RE JUST, UH, BE CONSIDER THE ADDING THE, THAT PARTICULAR ITEM TO THIS TYPE OF, UH, DEVELOPMENT IS ALL WE'RE DOING TODAY, RIGHT? CORRECT. THEY ARE JUST ASKING FOR THAT GROOMING AND HYGIENE SALON TO BE ALLOWED IN PD 3 24. SO IF WE DON'T ALLOW THAT, THEN IT GOES BACK TO THE ORIGINAL OR WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS TO THIS THEN? THE PD 3 24 REMAINS UNCHANGED, AND PD 3 24 DOES ALLOW FOR SOME USES THAT ARE ALLOWED IN A NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES ZONING DISTRICT. SO THOSE USES ARE NON-RESIDENTIAL. UH, SO POTENTIALLY, UH, THEY COULD STILL GO IN AND ADD, UH, A KARATE STUDIO OR THEY COULD DO A BANK, A MISCELLANEOUS OFFICE. THEY COULD DO A MEDICAL OR DENTAL OFFICE. IT'S JUST THE USE THAT THE APPLICANT IS WANTING TO DO IS NOT ALLOWED. SO AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE COMMISSIONERS AGREE TO, IF WE JUST SAY HYPOTHETICALLY, DO NOT ALLOW THAT, THEN THEY WILL STILL HAVE TO COME BACK A SEC AGAIN TO P AND Z OR THEY WOULD JUST GO STRAIGHT TO, UH, THE COUNCIL ON THIS. SO IF YOU WERE TO DENY THE REQUEST MM-HMM . AND IT WAS DENIED BY A VOTE OF SIX OR MORE, THEN THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED DENIED WITHOUT HAVING TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL UNLESS THE APPLICANT APPEALED THAT DECISION. OKAY. IF, IF YOU DENIED IT AND IT'S VOTED TO DENY BY FIVE OR FEWER, UM, THEN IT WOULD GO ON TO CITY COUNCIL WHERE THEY WOULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION. I WAS JUST CURIOUS. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE COMMISSION'S GONNA VOTE, SO I, LET ME SAY, SAY THAT FOR THE RECORD. . I JUST SAID THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MADDEN. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THE BUSINESS, WHATEVER IT IS, IS, IT SEEMS LIKE THE COMPLAINT, THE ONE PERSON WHO WAS IN OPPOSITION WAS CONCERNED ABOUT PARKING IS, DOES THE, DOES THE SITE ALLOW FOR ENOUGH PARKING TO SUPPORT YES. BUSINESS OF ANY SORT? RIGHT NOW? SO I'VE GOT THE AERIAL SHOWN ON THE SCREEN AND THE WAY THAT WE PARK, THAT WE CALCULATE PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR A GROOMING AND HIGH JEAN SALON IS BASED ON THE, THE SERVICE CHAIRS. MM-HMM . UH, SO THE EXHIBIT THAT THEY PROVIDED, THEIR CONCEPT PLAN JUST SHOWS ONE SERVICE STATION, AND SO THERE IS ADEQUATE PARKING ON SITE BASED ON THAT. AND IT WAS USED PREVIOUSLY FOR WHAT? A DOCTOR'S OFFICE? A DOCTOR'S OFFICE. AND WITH MULTIPLE OFFICES LIKE YOU DO, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE. I BELIEVE IT WAS A SINGLE DOCTOR. REALLY? I, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW. OKAY. I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND, AND MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YEAH. THANK YOU. SAVANNAH. IT'S INTERESTING TO ME THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES THAT, UH, A SALON IS NOT INCLUDED IN THAT, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS, UH, I JUST WASN'T SURE HOW THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, COMES ABOUT OR HOW DOES THAT, UH, GET DECIDED, OBVIOUSLY AS PART OF THAT? UH, WAS IT PD, I THINK, UH, YOU MENTIONED? CORRECT. AND SO THE, THE PD WHEN THIS CURRENT PD 3 24 WAS APPROVED IN 2007, AND I SUSPECT THAT THEY ASSIGNED THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES BECAUSE IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST RESTRICTIVE COMMERCIAL OR NON-RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS, GIVEN THAT IT IS SURROUNDED BY ALL FOUR SIDES WITH SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. MM-HMM . COMMISSIONERS. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? IS, UH, THE APPLICANT HERE? YES. PATRICK DOWNEY WISHES IS TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM. MR. DOWNEY, PLEASE COME FORWARD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, CHAIRPERSON SMITH. MY NAME IS PATRICK DOWNEY. I'M AT SEVEN 14 WEST CHURCH STREET, 7 50 50. I LIVED THERE WITH MY WIFE, DR. SARAH DOWNEY, AND HER SISTER WHO HAS DEMENTIA. OUR HOME IS 300 FEET FROM THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, AND WE'VE LIVED IN GRAND [01:10:01] PRAIRIE FOR 25 YEARS. FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT ASHLEY MUMEY IS THE AGENT ON THIS REQUEST. EXCUSE, EXCUSE ME, SIR, LET ME JUST CHECK, DOUBLE CHECK WITH TIFFANY. YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT THE APPLICANT. WE WERE, WE WERE THINKING THE APPLICANT. YOU'RE NOT THE APPLICANT, ARE YOU SIR? I'M, UH, I'M THE APPLICANT, BUT SHE'S THE AGENT. AT LEAST THEY'VE LISTED ME AS THE APPLICANT. NO, BUT SHE'S THE AGENT. YOU'RE THE PERSON PROPOSING THE BEAUTY SALON? NO. YOU'RE NOT THE APPLICANT? NO. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE PERSON WHO PROPOS IT. I'M SORRY. PERFECT. YOU PROBABLY WANNA SPEAK WITH THIS ASHLEY MUM. YOU'RE RIGHT. EXACTLY. FIRST, YES, SIR. I, I APOLOGIZE. NO SWEAT FOR DO YOU HAVE, SO, ASHLEY MUMEY FISHER. OKAY. YES. WOULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? UM, MY NAME IS ASHLEY MUMEY FISHER. I AM THE PROPOSED OWNER AND OPERATOR OF OUR HOUSE SALON. OKAY. UM, LIKE THEY STATED BEFORE, THE PARKING IS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AN ISSUE, BUT WE HAVE OUR GATE OPEN, SO WE WILL HAVE OUR CLIENTS PARKING IN THE BACK, BUT I, I'M A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF, UH, GRAND PRAIRIE. UH, MY ADDRESS IS 31 0 8 PINE VALLEY DRIVE. UM, UH, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, I AM THE OWNER AND OPERATOR OF THE SALON. UM, I PLAN TO KEEP A CLEAN, QUIET, AND SMALL MINORITY OWNED BUSINESS IN THIS LOCATION SINCE I SEE THAT GRAND PRAIRIE IS TRYING TO SUPPORT WHAT THE, UM, ENTREPRENEURS IN THIS AREA NOW. MM-HMM . UM, MY BUSINESS HOURS WILL BE, UH, WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, NINE TO FIVE AND SATURDAY OCCASIONALLY TRY TO KEEP IT SHORT. UM, SEVEN, SEVEN TO THREE ISH, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, BUT I WILL HAVE A, UM, UPSCALE BUSINESS, UM, FOR MY CLIENTS. UM, SO ANY, ANY ISSUES SHOULDN'T, YOU KNOW, BE A PROBLEM WITH, WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD? UM, RECENTLY, UM, THE DRIVEWAY WAS UPDATED, UM, TO ACCOMMODATE FIRE AND EMS, UM, AND THE, THE SIGN IN THE YARD IS LIT UP. SO ONCE WE GET EVERYTHING CHANGED OVER AND, UM, UM, ONCE WE GET EVERYTHING CHANGED OVER, THEY WILL MEET WITH THE COAT. UM, RIGHT NOW WE ARE ABOUT THREE BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE CITY, SO WE PLAN TO, LIKE I SAY, KEEP EVERYTHING IN ORDER WITH CITY STANDARDS. I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU, AND I'M SURE COMMISSIONERS HAVE QUESTIONS. SO IS THIS YOUR FIRST BUSINESS? NO, MA'AM. OKAY. AND, UH, CAN YOU BE MORE SPECIFIC AS ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT TYPE OF SERVICE? EXACTLY. WHAT ARE YOU GONNA BE PROVIDING? SPECIFIC? JUST HAIR, SALON. HAIR. IT'S A HAIR SALON? YES, MA'AM. BUT HE SAID HYGIENE AND GROOMING ITSELF. RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT IT'S COATED UNDER. UNDER, OKAY. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. COMMERS, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER VICO? DID, DID YOU SAY YOUR NAME WAS MS. FISHER? YES. YEAH. MS. FISHER. UM, HOW WOULD YOU FEEL ABOUT INSTEAD OF IT BEING BY RIGHT. BY BEING MY MEANS OF A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, UH, SUP SPECIAL USE PERMIT KIND OF GIVES THE CITY A LITTLE BIT MORE LATITUDE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE SAYING ACTUALLY COME TO FRUITION WHILE YOU'RE OPERATING THE BUSINESS. AND IT COMES UP FOR PERIODIC REVIEW. IF I REMEMBER, UM, IF ALLOWED, WHICH IS WHAT I WAS TOLD WAS NOT ALLOWED, THEN THAT WOULD BE FINE. COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? WHAT QUESTION? ARE YOU CURRENTLY OPERATING YOUR BUSINESS NOW? YES, MA'AM. UM, WE HAVE COMMISSIONER PETE THAT HAS ARRIVED. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS? OKAY, UM, COMMISSIONERS, I WILL, I WILL NOTE. AND SINCE, UH, SUP, UM, WAS NOTED AS A POSSIBILITY, THAT WILL JUST CHANGE THIS ZONING, BUT THE APPLICANT WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK AND DO A SUP REQUEST AFTER THIS. SO THAT'S JUST, JUST A HEADS UP. OKAY. COMMISSIONER MADDEN. SO TWO QUESTIONS. SO, UM, WILL YOU ONLY HAVE ONE SERVICE PERSON? IS THAT YOURSELF OR SOMEONE ELSE IN THERE PER TIME SELF? CORRECT. OKAY. SO I, I'M CONCERNED FOR THE RESIDENTS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA ABOUT OVER PARKING, BUT YOU FEEL LIKE THE PARKING IS SUFFICIENT FOR WHAT YOU'RE EXPECTING? UM, YES MA'AM. AND IF NOT, WE ARE IN PLANNING TO MAKE MORE PARKING. OKAY. IF, IF IT IS, IF IT WOULD BE A PROBLEM, THEN WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PLAN FOR MORE PARKING. AND WHERE WOULD THAT PARKING BE? UM, ALSO IN THE BACK OF, IN THE BACK OF THE HOUSE? IN THE, YES MA'AM. OKAY. UM, AND THEN THE, THE ENTRYWAY TO THE BUSINESS, IS IT ON THE STREET OR IS IT ALONG THE DRIVE? IT'S ON SEVENTH STREET. OH, IT IS ON THE STREET? CORRECT. OKAY. AND THEN, [01:15:01] UM, THE OTHER QUESTION YOU JUST SAID YOU WERE CURRENTLY IN BUSINESS, SO YOU'RE IN BUSINESS THERE CURRENTLY OR IN ANOTHER PLACE? UNFORTUNATELY, YES. THERE. OKAY. MM-HMM. THANK YOU. UH, CAN, CAN YOU PUT UP THE SLIDE TO THAT FOR THAT, UH, UM, THAT, THAT SHOWS THE, THE, THE, THE BUILDING AND THE PARKING SO WE CAN KIND OF SEE THAT AGAIN? BECAUSE COMMISSIONER UH, MADDEN BRINGS UP A GOOD POINT IS TO MAKE SURE IT WAS ADEQUATE. SHE WANTED TO LOOK AT THAT. CAN YOU SEE THAT? YEAH. SO THERE LOOKS LIKE THERE'S PARKING. IS THAT IN THE, IN THE REAR. IN THE REAR, YES MA'AM. BUT THERE'S NO PARKING IN THE FRONT AT ALL. THAT'S JUST GRASS AROUND THERE. CORRECT. SO THERE WOULD HAVE TO COME AROUND. OKAY. COMMISSIONER PEREZ, MS. FISHER, DO YOU PLAN ON ADDING MORE, MORE CHAIRS? DO UH, MORE EMPLOYEES IF I ALLOWED, YES. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE THINKING OF ADDING MORE PARKING BECAUSE FOR ONE PERSON, THAT'S PLENTY OF PARKING. EXACTLY. UH, RASHAD, IF YOU COULD KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY. SO WE HAVE HERE BEFORE US, UH, ZONING CONCEPT PLAN CHANGE, MEANING THAT IF SHE'S ALREADY IN OPERATION OF THIS, UH, BUSINESS, AND THEN WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS TO BE CHANGED, WE'RE ASKING FOR IT AFTER THE FACT, ARE WE NOT? YES. UH, AND AS YOU NOTED, SHE'S CURRENTLY IN VIOLATION OF THE PD. OKAY. SO THIS IS A, A MEANS TO FIX THAT. UM, SO WHATEVER CONDITIONS Y'ALL IMPOSE, YOU'LL HAVE TO CEASE OPERATION, COME BACK AND GET APPROVAL THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WHATEVER Y'ALL CHOOSE. SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS WE HAVE, UM, MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA THAT ARE, THAT ARE, THAT ARE NOT OPPOSED TO, UM, THE SALON AND ONLY ONE PERSON, UH, IS THAT PERSON HERE TO SPEAK, DO WE KNOW? OKAY. OKAY. HE'S HERE. OKAY. YEAH. SO DO WE HAVE ANY MORE, UH, QUESTIONS? UM, THIS IS, UH, HOW LONG HAVE YOU KNOWN THAT, UH, YOUR SHOP WAS OUT OF COMPLIANCE? UM, DECEMBER, BUT THE CITY, UH, HAS ALREADY APPROVED MY PLUMBING. THERE WAS NO PLUMBING IN THAT BUILDING AND THE CITY APPROVED IT. WELL, THAT'S A DIFFERENT ISSUE THAT WE YEAH, WE DON'T HAVE, THAT WON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY. OH, OKAY. RIGHT. BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER PETE? YES. UM, FIRST I APOLOGIZE FOR MY TARDINESS. UM, I WAS A SINGLE PARENT TONIGHT, SO I HAD TO GET KIDS TO AND FROM THEIR PRACTICES AND WHATNOT. UM, I I HAVE A QUESTION 'CAUSE I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. SO ON HERE, IF THIS WAS, THIS IS RESIDENTIAL LOW, LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. IT'S NOT COMMERCIAL YET. IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S COMMERCIAL PARKING. THAT'S THERE. MAY CAN, SINCE SOMEBODY EXPLAINED THAT TO ME. IT WAS A CHIROPRACTOR'S OFFICE BEFORE, SO IT WAS, SO IT WAS A COMMERCIAL FACILITY. MM-HMM. MM-HMM. AND IT WAS REZONED TO, SHE'S ASKING FOR IT TO BE REZONED, SO TO ALLOW FOR GROOMING, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS RESIDENTIAL WHEN IT WAS A CHIROPRACTOR'S OFFICE. NO, THE CURRENT ZONING IS PD 3 24 FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE. USES NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. IT'S NON RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. GOTCHA. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . I BELIEVE WE HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER. WE HAVE SEVERAL. THERE'S SEVERAL. OKAY. OKAY. PATRICK DOWNEY WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM. DID YOU WANT ME TO WAIT? NO, GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. I MEAN, IS THIS, IS, IS THAT THE CARD THAT YOU HAD, TIFFANY? IS THAT THE CARD THAT YOU HAD? THIS GENTLEMAN. OKAY. OKAY. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AGAIN FOR THE RECORDS. YEAH, SURE. HAPPY TO. SO MY NAME IS PATRICK DOWNEY. I'M AT SEVEN 14 WEST CHURCH, 7 50 50. UH, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU ASKED WERE GREAT, AND HOPEFULLY I CAN ANSWER SOME OF THEM BY, UH, BY, UH, BY SPEAKING ABOUT THIS. UM, YOU MET, UH, MS. ASHLEY MUMEY FISHER, AND SHE IS THE AGENT ON THIS REQUEST. AND, UH, AND YOU ASKED ABOUT THE HOURS. THE HOURS ARE REALLY QUITE LIMITED. THERE WON'T BE ANY EVENING HOURS, SO IT'S NOT GONNA BE DIFFICULT. UH, YOU KNOW, LIGHTS AND TYPES OF THINGS. UH, THE, UH, THE SIGNAGE IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH WHAT THE CITY ASKED WHEN WE PUT IN THE CHIROPRACTIC OFFICE, AND THAT WAS JUST LANDSCAPE LIGHTING. SO THERE'S NO DIGITAL SIGN OR ANYTHING. IT'S, IT'S QUITE, IT'S ATTRACTIVE. IT'S GOT FLOWERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I WANTED TO, UH, TO ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS PERHAPS, AND I HOPE THAT THEY DO. SO THE STAFF INDICATED THAT IT WAS NOT GOING TO BE RECOMMENDED [01:20:01] BASED ON PLUM F UH, FUTURE LAND USE MANAGEMENT. BUT ACCORDING TO THE CITY'S OWN DESCRIPTION, PLUM IS JUST A, UH, IS NOT A PRECISE FORMULA. IT'S A BASIS FOR DISCUSSION ON PROJECTS AND PLANS. AND SO, I'M GLAD ABOUT THAT. WE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT, UH, IN THE CASE OF A FUTURE PLAN, I HOPE IT DOESN'T INVALIDATE OR NEGATE OR NULLIFY A PROPOSED CURRENT REQUEST BECAUSE A SIMPLE AMENDMENT BY YOU GUYS TONIGHT TO ALLOW A, UH, A USE WHICH IS NOT ASKED FOR IS, UH, IS ALL THAT. IT'S, IT'S REALLY QUITE, QUITE SIMPLE. THE ONLY QUESTION THAT, THAT SOMEONE ALREADY BROUGHT UP AND THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD IS, UH, AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT QUESTION, WHAT IS, WHY IS A HAIR SALON NOT INCLUDED ON A LIST OF PERMISSIBLE USES FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES? YEAH, NEARLY ALL THE P AND Z STAFF THAT I SPOKE WITH, PARTICULARLY MR. CHARLES LEE, FELT THAT THE SALON WAS IN EVERY RESPECT CONSISTENT WITH NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE. AND IT SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES PERMITTED USE LIST. THE MAJORITY OF THE NEIGHBORS FELT THE SAME WAY AND INDICATED, NOT ONLY WOULD THEY GET THEIR HAIR CUT THERE, BUT THEY BELIEVE THAT A NEIGHBORHOOD SALON IS ENTIRELY COMPATIBLE WITH NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. AND IT WOULD ENHANCE THE WALKABILITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS ONE OF THE GOALS FOR THE, THE CITY, UM, MASTER PLAN TO INCREASE THE WALKABILITY. IT'S ONLY THREE BLOCKS WEST OF HERE, IT SEEMS TO ME. BUT I DON'T KNOW. SELF-EVIDENT THAT A BEAUTY SALON IS, UH, WHICH IS NOT CURRENTLY ON THE LIST OF PERMITTED USES, IS MORE NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDLY THAN A FISHING PIER, WHICH IS ON THE LIST OF PERMITTED USES. IT'S KIND OF CRAZY. THIS, THIS HAS 70 DIFFERENT BUSINESSES THAT IT CAN BE. AND, UH, AND A NUMBER OF THEM DON'T REALLY APPLY. AND OF COURSE IT'S A, IT'S A LIST WHICH IS CHANGING AS YOU WELL KNOW. THE LAST TWO THAT YOU JUST ADDED IN DECEMBER WAS, UM, A VIDEO ARCADE BUSINESS AND A RESTAURANT WITH A DEDICATED THEME LIKE, UH, THE CHICKEN AND PICKLE PLACE DOWN ON 1 61. SO, UH, THIS IS AN ONGOING DOCUMENT, IF YOU WILL, EVEN THOUGH SOME THINGS LIKE A FISHING PIER DON'T REALLY, UH, DON'T REALLY WORK. UH, SO I DON'T KNOW WHY, UH, STAFF WASN'T ABLE TO SAY WHY. AND, AND EVERYBODY SEEMED TO FEEL THAT IT, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN, UH, BUT FOR SOME REASON IT'S NOT. AND SO THEY, THEY TOLD US THE, UH, THE, THE WAY TO GO FORWARD WAS TO ASK FOR A ZONING CHANGE. AND IT'S NOT REALLY A ZONING CHANGE, IF YOU WILL. IT'S SIMPLY AN AMENDMENT TO THE EXISTING WE'RE NOT ASKING. IT WILL STILL BE PD 3 24 NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES WITH 70 SOME ODD POSSIBLE USES FOR BUSINESS. BUT WE'RE JUST ASKING TO ADD GROOMING AND HYGIENE, WHICH IS THE CATEGORY FOR A BEAUTY SALON. THAT'S ALL SHE'S DOING IS HAIRCUT. SHE'S NOT DOING ANYTHING ELSE. BUT THAT'S THE, WHAT THEY HAVE THE BOX CHECKED FOR BEAUTY AND HYGIENE IS NOT CURRENTLY CHECKED. AND WE, AND NO ONE KNOWS WHY, HAD DIFFERENT OPINIONS FROM STAFF. SOME, SOME GAL TOLD ME THE PERSON THAT MAYBE MADE THE LIST IS NO LONGER WORKING HERE 'CAUSE THEY'VE RETIRED. IT'S THAT OLD. WELL, OKAY, . SO PERIODICALLY WE NEED TO GET A, A LOOK AT IT. IN ANY CASE, I CHECKED WITH, UH, MR. UH, MR. HUMPHREY AND, UH, HE SAID THAT WE SHOULD, UM, THAT WE SHOULD POLL THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND WE DID THAT. IT'S OVERWHELMINGLY IN FAVOR OF IT. IT'S A 20 TO ONE RATIO IN THE LEGAL NOTIFICATION AREA. I'VE GIVEN A COPY OF THE SIGNATURES, BUT WE HAVE EVEN MORE SIGNATURES SINCE THE TIME THAT THE PETITION DEADLINE DEADLINE CAME UP. YOUR TIME IS UP, SIR. OKAY. DID YOU HAVE, DID YOU WANNA HAVE ONE MORE THOUGHT OR IS THAT, ARE YOU PRETTY MUCH DONE? I JUST WANTED TO ASK THE, UH, THE COMMISSION, IF THEY WOULD HERE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, TO DO A, UH, A SIMPLE, UH, AMENDMENT THAT ALLOWS THE CHECK MARK THE YES CHECK MARK IN THE GROOMING AND HYGIENE BOX FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. IT'S THAT SIMPLE. OKAY. UH, IT, IT HAS BEEN AN EXPENSIVE AND ARDUOUS, UH, TASK TO GO THROUGH THIS. AND TO YOUR POINT, UH, MR. FEDORKO, I, I WOULDN'T BE, UH, IN FAVOR OF, OF GOING FORWARD WITH AN SUP BECAUSE THEN IT REQUIRES ADDITIONAL TIME, ADDITIONAL MONEY, AND ADDITIONAL, I UNDERSTAND THIS THE, OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. I APPRECIATE THE, UH, DETAIL THAT YOU GAVE TO THAT KIND OF THE BACKGROUND ON IT. YES, SIR. IF YOU WANNA KNOW MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF IT. IT'S BEEN [01:25:01] A, A, A BUSINESS FOR 52 YEARS. OKAY. AND, AND, UH, BEEN IN THE END OF THE, BEEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. YEAH. SINCE 1972. IT'S BEEN ZONED A BUSINESS AND SO IT'S OPERATED WELL WITHIN THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, AND NO ONE'S UNHAPPY WITH IT. OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. YOU BET. DO WE HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKER CARDS? YES. KEON HAMPTON WISHES TO WELL, DID NOT NOTE WHETHER THEY WISH TO SPEAK OR NOT, OR WHETHER THEY SUPPORT OR OPPOSE. IS THAT, IS THAT IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION? KEON IS IS MR. KEON I'M HERE? I I GAVE HIM TO SPEAK. WAS THAT IN SUPPORT OR IN OPPOSITION, SIR? OPPOSITION. IN OPPOSITION. AND YOU DON'T WANT TO SPEAK, SIR. OKAY. ANY OTHER, UH, SPEAKERS? YES. WE HAVE JUNIOR VANT KAKA WHO IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM AND IT'S UNCLEAR WHETHER THAT INDIVIDUAL WISHES TO SPEAK OR NOT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK, SIR? YEAH. WOULD YOU COME UP, COME FORWARD AND PLEASE, PLEASE GIVE YOUR, YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. UH, THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. UH, MY NAME IS V JUNIOR KA FROM SEVEN OH TO WEST CHURCH STREET. UH, I'M HERE TODAY. I SHOWING SUPPORTS, UH, THE BUSINESS. THE MAIN REASON THAT I WANNA SUPPORT THIS. UH, I LOOK AT MY WIFE THAT SHE DRIVE TWO HOURS, YOU KNOW, TO GO MAKE A HER AND MY DAUGHTER, SHE'S FOUR YEARS. UH, I FEEL MORE DANGEROUS FOR THEM TO GO DRIVE ALL AWAY. SO I WAS FEELING THAT THIS BUSINESS IS GONNA HELP, UH, TO THE COMMUNITIES. YOU KNOW, UH, WE GROWING UP A LITTLE BIT ON THE SEVENTH STREET, SO THERE'S A BIG COMMUNITIES COMING ALL AROUND. SO NEW HOUSES IS COMING IN. SO I WAS THINKING THIS IS THE BEST OPTION FOR US TO SUPPORT THE BUSINESS. THAT'S THE MAIN REASON I'M HERE FOR, AND IT IS VERY CLOSE TO MY HOUSE. UH, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY THING I DON'T, I DON'T SEE ANY DANGERS, BUT, UH, IF THAT'S GONNA BE A DANGER FOR THE COMMUNITY, THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE WE HAVE TO COME BACK. BUT I REALLY WANNA SUPPORT THAT BUSINESS. THANK YOU, SIR. HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED IN THE AREA? UH, I MOVED 2019. THAT'S ON THE 2ND OF APRIL, 2019. THAT'S WHEN I BOUGHT MY HOUSE. OKAY. LET ME CHECK TO SEE ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU FOR COMING. MY PLEASURE. ANY MORE SPEAKER CARDS? NOT ON THIS ITEM. WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE 1, 2, 2, 2, 1. OPPOSITION ATTORNEY. BILL, DID WE HAVE ONE OPPOSITION AND TWO IN SUPPORT? WE DID HAVE ONE IN OPPOSITION AND TWO IN SUPPORT IN ADDITION TO THE OPERATOR, THE 20 PLUS THAT WERE PROVIDED IN THE PACKET. OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS CASE? CAN I GET A MOTION PLEASE? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. OKAY. MAD CHAIR THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM SEVEN. UH, THE ZONING 23 DASH 1 0 0 6 FOR APPROVAL. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM SEVEN ZERO N 23 0 1 0 0 0 6 TO APPROVE BY, UH, COMMISSIONER COLEMAN AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ. ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND. CAN WE VOTE? CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE MOTION FIRST? WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE MOTION. SO MAX AND, UM, WOULD YOU BE, ARE YOU GUYS OPPOSED TO THE MAKING IT WITH AN SUPI AM BECAUSE IT'LL GIVE A A IT'LL GIVE SOMEBODY ELSE THE SAME. RIGHT. AND THEN THEY WON'T HAVE TO HAVE AN SUP. IT'D BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE, UH, UH, MATTER OF FACTLY, I GUESS IN HOUSE. NOW, IF I, IF I UNDERSTAND THINGS CORRECTLY, IF WE APPROVE THIS, THEN THAT LAND IN PERPETUITY IS ALLOWED TO DO THIS, THIS, THAT ONE ITEM WILL BE IN THE ADDITION TO THE OTHER 70 ITEMS WITH NO OVERSIGHT FROM THE OTHER 70 ITEMS DON'T HAVE OVERSIGHT. I, I UNDERSTAND. BUT LIKE A POST OFFICE, A DOCTOR'S OFFICE, THE, THE LADY COULD PUT A BUNCH OF CHAIRS IN THERE AND IT NOT BE JUST ONE CHAIR GOING FORWARD. AN SUP GIVES YOU SOME SORT OF OVERSIGHT AS TO THE HOURS AND THE, THE SIZE OF THE BUSINESS THERE. I THINK THE PARKING, THE PARKING DICTATES ABOUT HOW MUCH, UH, THE FACILITY COULD, COULD HOLD AND STUFF ILLEGAL. SO SHE WOULDN'T BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH HER CURRENT BUREAUCRACY. AND THEY, THE CODE COULD TAKE CARE OF HER, NO DOUBT WOULD JUST FEEL BETTER WITH THE SUP. BUT OBVIOUSLY YOU GUYS DON'T, THAT'S OKAY. COMMISSIONER PEREZ, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I WOULD SAY THAT THIS IS JUST A TECHNICALITY IN MY OPINION. 'CAUSE ALL THE OTHER, UH, UH, BUSINESSES [01:30:01] THAT ARE, UH, ABLE TO, TO, TO USE THAT. I MEAN, THE SERVICES THERE ARE SIMILAR AND SO, AND, AND THEY DON'T HAVE SUP, SO IT WOULD BE UNFAIR. I THINK THAT, UH, AS, AS, AS DOING, UH, WITH THE BEAUTY, ANYTHING TO DO WITH, WITH HAIR, I THINK YOU HAVE TO HAVE LICENSES AND BE IN COMPLIANCE ANYWAY, YOU KNOW, SO THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT SHE HAS TO DO ON HER OWN, UH, WITH HER BUSINESS. SO I, I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH THIS, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE HAVE THE OTHER, CAN YOU PULL, PULL THAT SCREEN BACK UP. SAVANNAH, THE ONE THAT SHOWS ALL OF THE DIFFERENT OTHER, UH, YES, BUT IT'S A, IT'S A LOT IN IT. IT'S PRETTY MUCH ENTAILED TO, UH, NO, THIS USE, THIS LIST IS NOT EXHAUSTIVE. THIS WAS JUST DESIGNED TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF THE TYPES OF USES ALLOWED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES ZONING DISTRICT. AND THAT, AND THAT'S TO ME IS, IS EXTENSIVE. UH, YOU KNOW, KARATE CIVIC CLUB CHURCH, THAT'S A LOT. DENTAL OFFICE, MEDICAL OFFICE. IT JUST SEEMS A BANK THAT'S MISCELLANEOUS. IT JUST SEEMS TO ME IT, IT, THIS IS, IT WON'T, RIGHT? IT'S NOT GONNA BE OUT OF COMPLIANCE. THAT'S JUST MY OPINION, MY PERSONAL OPINION. ANY OTHER, UH, DISCUSSION? OKAY, SO WE ARE GONNA, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON ITEM SEVEN, WHICH WAS, UH, TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER COLEMAN AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ. ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND. WE HAVE SIX, UH, IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED? IS THAT, I'M SORRY. SEVEN. SEVEN IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED. THANK YOU. ITEM PASSES. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONER'S. [8. SUP-22-12-0046 - Specific Use Permit/Site Plan – Little Woodrow’s at 3116 S Hwy 161 (City Council District 2). Specific Use Permit for a Restaurant with Alcohol Sales Exceeding 75 Percent and a Mobile Food Court and a Site Plan for an 18,800 sq. ft. development on 3.50 acres. Lot 1R-2, Block C, Epic West Towne Crossing Addition Phase 1, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, Zoned PD-364, and within the SH 161 Overlay District, and addressed as 3116 S Hwy 161] THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING ITEM NUMBER EIGHT ON THE AGENDA IS SUP 2 3 1 12 0 0 4 6. THIS IS FOR LITTLE WOODROW. THEY WOULD LIKE TO GET AN SUP INSIDE PLAN APPROVED FOR A RESTAURANT WITH ALCOHOL SALES EXCEEDING 75% AND A MOBILE FOOD COURT. SO THE PROPOSED LOCATION IS LOCATED ON, UM, SOUTH SIDE OF A WARRIOR TRAIL. UM, THIS IS KIND OF CLOSE TO WHERE THE CURRENT MAY EVENT AT THE HOTEL, UH, HOTEL AND THE CONSTRUCTION IS IN PLACE. WE DO HAVE A LOT OF OTHER RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL USES SURROUNDING THIS AREA. SO WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS A SITE PLAN WITH ABOUT 6,000 SQUARE FEET OR SO OF SIT DOWN RESTAURANT PORTION THAT'S COMPLETELY INDOOR. THEY ARE PROPOSING ABOUT 4,500 SQUARE FEET OR SO OF COVERED PATIO. THEY'LL HAVE A METAL CANOPY OVER THE AREA. THEY'LL HAVE A FAN, BUT THEY'LL ALSO HAVE HEATERS AND, UM, THOSE OVERHEAD DOORS SO THAT IT CAN BE ROLLED DOWN IF THEY NEEDED TO CLOSE THE SPACE DURING THE WINTER SEASON. THEY DO HAVE, AS PART OF THEIR OPERATION PLAN, EXCUSE ME. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THESE THREE BOXES KIND OF REPRESENTING IN THEIR BACKYARD AREA, A MOBILE, UH, A FOOD TRUCK, MOBILE FOOD TRUCKS, THOSE WILL NOT BE OPERATED BY THE APPLICANT, BUT WILL BE ON A ROTATION WHERE THEY'LL HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THEM TO, UH, SWITCH THEM OUT SO THAT THE, UH, CUSTOMERS CAN HAVE DIFFERENT MENU OPTIONS OTHER THAN WHAT THEY OFFER IN THEIR RESTAURANT. THEY DO COMPLY WITH THE DENSITY REQUIREMENT. THEY ARE OVER PARKED. UM, HOWEVER, THEY ARE, UH, PROVIDING THE, UH, PERMEABLE PARKING AS A COMPENSATORY MEASURE, WHICH IS A REQUIREMENT WHEN YOU'RE ASKING FOR VARIANCES ON PARKING. THEY DID COMPLY WITH THE LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENT AS SHOWN. SO THIS IS KIND OF A FIRST RENDITION OF WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO PROPOSE. SO PLEASE, UM, NOTE THAT THE COLOR REPRESENTED IN RED AND YELLOW ARE NOT TRULY THE, UH, MATERIAL THEY'RE PROPOSED, BUT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WITH THE BRICK AND OTHER PAINT COLORS. SO THIS, UM, BEIGE COLOR ARE THE AREA THAT ARE SHOWN HERE. AND THESE ARE THE TWO TYPE OF BRICK THAT ARE PROPOSED, WHICH IS MORE OF A NEUTRAL COLOR TONE THAN THE RED. AND, UM, THIS IS THE MIDDLE ROOF AND THIS IS A CANOPY IN THE BACK THAT HAS A LOT BIGGER CANOPY. OTHER MATERIALS ARE USED FOR COLUMNS, TRIMS, AND OTHER AREAS AS AN EXTENT. SO JUST WANTED TO, UH, MAKE SURE THIS IS THE VIEW THAT WILL BE VISIBLE FROM ESPLANADE. JUST GOING BACK TO THE SITE PLAN, I'M TALKING ABOUT THIS RESTAURANT WITH PATIO AND THE OUTDOOR AREA. SO THIS WILL BE ACTUALLY THE, UH, PROJECT'S FRONT ENTRANCE. SO THIS WILL BE THE NORTH ELEVATION, THIS WILL BE NEXT TO THE ESPLANADE. THIS WILL BE FACING THE HOTEL WHERE THEY'RE UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON THE MAIN EVENT SIDE. AND THIS IS THE VIEW FROM THE LINEAR PARK WHERE THEY ARE PROPOSING THAT VERY WIDE, UH, CANOPY OVER THE OUTDOOR PATIO, OUTDOOR SITTING AREA. SO JUST TO REPEAT WHAT I WAS SAYING DURING THE STAFF BRIEFING, THE APPLICANT HAS PREPARED MORE UPGRADED, UH, RENDERING FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING. JUST [01:35:01] THIS IS AS PRESENTED AS A REPRESENTATION OF WHAT WE, UH, UNDERSTAND THE PROJECT WILL LOOK LIKE ON THE GROUND. THIS BUILDING AND EVERYTHING WILL BE ORIENTED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. SO THIS KIND OF SHOWS WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING. THE SCREEN OUTDOOR SEATING AREA, THE CLOSED FENCE AND THE FOOD TRUCK OPERATION. AGAIN, THIS IS NOT THE EXACT REPRESENTATION OF PURPOSE SITE PLAN. THE SITE PLAN WENT THROUGH A LOT OF DIFFERENT RENDITIONS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT STEF FELT COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING. SO WITH THE SAID, THEY ARE PROVIDING 30 MANUAL ITEMS FROM APPENDIX F CHECKLIST. THEY ARE REQUESTING TWO VARIANCES. AGAIN, THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES AS THEY'RE IN THE OVERLAY WHERE THE PARKING REQUIRED PARKING IS TO SERVE AS A MAXIMUM TO PROMOTE MORE WALKABILITY BUILDINGS CLOSE TO EACH OTHER. THEY ARE PROVIDING THE PERMEABLE PARKING AS REQUIRED. THEY ARE REQUESTING A VARIANCE ON THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE. AGAIN, JUST WANNA NOTE THAT THE ESPLANADE IS NOT A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, BUT WHEN WE WERE REVIEWING OTHER APPLICATIONS FOR OTHER DEVELOPMENT TO THE SOUTH OF IT WHERE THEY HAVE A FURNISH TO THE ESPLANADE, WE ALWAYS MADE AN INTERPRETATION THAT THAT SHOULD BE TREATED AS A PUBLIC STREET MAIN ENTRANCE FRONT. HOWEVER, STAFF FEELS COMFORTABLE WITH THE ORIENTATION OF THE BUILDING BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO REDUCE THE PRESENCE OF A LARGE CANOPY AND THE FENCED OUTDOOR AREA AWAY FROM THE ESPLANADE. THEY'RE ASKING FOR, UM, EXCUSE ME, A VARIANCE ON THAT. SO DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH ONE FOLLOWING CONDITION THAT THE DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE SHALL NOT BE LOCATED ALONG LONG ESPLANADE. I JUST WANNA NOTE THAT, UH, THE SITE PLAN THAT WE HAVE, ACTUALLY, THEY TRY TO RELOCATE THE DUMPSTER. THEY WERE ACTUALLY ALL ALONG HERE ALONG WHERE IT WILL BE HIGHLY VISIBLE FROM THE ESPLAN THEY HAVE LOCATED TO THE SOUTH AND ARE CONCERNED TO PROVIDE LANDSCAPING STUFF. STILL WILL NEED TO WORK ON ACCESS TO THE DUMPSTER, MAKING IT ANGLED AND OTHER MINOR THINGS. BUT, UH, WE FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THIS LOCATION THAN WHAT, WHERE IT WAS PROPOSED. BUT LIKE I SAID, WE'RE JUST KEEPING THE RECOMMENDATION. SO, UM, WE CAN ADDRESS THAT AFTER THE PNC RECOMMENDATION JUST TO MAKE SURE THEY COMPLY WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATION. THIS CONCLUDES MY, UH, STAFF PRESENTATION. THE APPLICANT IS HERE WITH THEIR PRESENTATIONS. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME? ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? I THINK YOU DID A GREAT JOB ON THAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE? YES. YOU HAVE A SPEAKER CARD? YES, THAT WOULD BE ROBERT WILSON SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. ARE YOU, YOU'RE THE APPLICANT SIR, ARE YOU, ARE YOU THE APPLICANT? YES. YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. OKAY. GOOD EVENING CHAIRPERSON AND THANK YOU. UH, UH, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS ROBERT WILSON. 41 CAROL LANE TRAIL, HOUSTON, TEXAS. AND I'M THE GIMME, I'M SORRY. SO THEY PREPARED A PRESENTATION, PDF, BUT IT'S NOT SHOWING UP. I'M GONNA TRY PULLING UP THEIR POWERPOINT. YEAH, SURE. POWER. YEAH. TO SEE IF THAT WILL OKAY. MAKE IT WORK. THANK YOU. GIMME A SECOND. SORRY. JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS WERE SEEING THE PICTURES THAT THEY PROVIDED. NOTHING'S COMING UP. THERE IT IS. THERE WE GO. YOU GO. ALRIGHT, YOU CAN SCROLL DOWN. SO, THANK YOU JUNE. I'M PRESIDENT OF LITTLE WOOD ROSE, WHICH, UH, STARTED IN 1994. AND THIS IS, I JUST, THESE, WE GOT SOME PICTURES HERE THAT I WANNA LOOK AT. UM, , WE STARTED AS AN ICE HOUSE IN 1994. BEER ONLY A SMALL SHED, YOU KNOW, OUT JUST CLASSIC TEXAS ICE HOUSE. AND IT'S EVOLVED OVER THE LAST, NOW ALMOST 30 YEARS TO FULL LIQUOR FOOD SERVICE. AND NOW THE LATEST ALLITERATION OF IT REALLY IS THE BEER GARDEN. AND YOU SEE THAT AROUND TOWN CHICKEN AND PICKLE HAS THEIR VERSION OF IT. AND SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT. WHAT, BUT WHAT LITTLE WOODROW IS, IS REALLY JUST, YOU KNOW, UH, A BAR AND WE'RE NOT A, YOU KNOW, A PICKLEBALL PLACE. HOW DO I MOVE THIS THING? UH OH. YOU CAN EITHER SCROLL DOWN ON, DO THE ARROW DOWN. YEAH, SORRY. OKAY. SORRY ABOUT THIS. IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT. OKAY. SO IT'S A ARROW. OKAY, THERE WE GO. MM-HMM . OKAY. SO, UM, [01:40:02] IT'S A BAR THAT OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS WE'VE GROWN TO 23 LOCATIONS, STARTING WITH THE LITTLE ICE HOUSE AND JUST GOTTEN BIGGER AND BIGGER. AND SO PART OF OUR SUP REQUEST IS TO BE UNDER 25% OR YEAH, OVER 75% ALCOHOL. AND THE REASON IS IF YOU LOOK AT, I'M TRYING TO GO TO ANOTHER SLIDE. IT'S NOT WORKING. . OH, ERROL, I THINK THIS SCREEN IS JUST FROZEN. LAGGING BEHIND. YEAH, THE FILE SIZE IS PROBABLY TOO BIG. OKAY. SO ANY, IF WHEN IT GETS THERE, UM, WE HAVE 23 LOCATIONS, ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT HAVE FULL FOOD SERVICE. WE, OUR HIGHEST VOLUME FOOD SERVICE, LIKE 30%, OUR LOWEST IN OUR AVERAGE IS MORE LIKE 18. SO IT'S, TO ME, IT'S JUST NOT, I DON'T WANNA TAKE THE RISK OF SAYING, WE'LL DO HIT 25% AND THEN FIND OUT THAT WE DON'T. BUT WE DO PROVIDE FOOD SERVICE. IT'S, IT'S, UM, AND I'LL, IF WE COULD GET TO IT, I'LL SHOW YOU THE MENUS, , BUT IT'S BURGERS, STUFF LIKE THAT, AND PIZZAS AND SANDWICHES. MM-HMM . WE LIKE TO COMPLIMENT THAT WITH FOOD TRUCKS. IT'S REALLY MORE THAT CARNIVAL ENVIRONMENT THAT PEOPLE THAT OUR CUSTOMER LIKES, WHICH IS BASICALLY FINGER FOOD. YOU BUY IT AND WALK AROUND AND EAT. UM, I'D LOVE TO SHOW YOU THE RENDERINGS THAT ARE UPDATED IF I CAN GET TO IT. UM, BUT I CAN'T. UM, I WISH I COULD HELP YOU, SIR. , THIS HAPPENED BEFORE. DON'T TELL. IT'S JUST ME. YEAH, IT LOOKS WONDERFUL THOUGH. I , BUT REALLY WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE A COMMUNITY PLACE THAT MM-HMM . IT'S, UH, UM, ARE YOU, ARE YOU GEARED MORE TO LIKE, UH, LIKE IF THEY'RE FOOTBALL GAMES, BASKETBALL GAMES? WE HAVE A LARGE LOT OF MEDIA PACKAGE OF, YEAH. UM, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED Y'ALL TO SEE IS, AND, AND, AND THINGS HAVE GRAVITATED OUTDOORS. HERE WE GO. SO THIS IS, THIS IS ACTUALLY THE ORIENTATION THAT, THAT IS MORE CORRECT EXCEPT FOR THE LOCATION OF THE DUMPSTER, WHICH IS ALONG THE ESPLANADE, WHICH IN, IN THE SITE PLAN THAT STAFF SHOWED YOU WAS OVER ON THE SIDE. SO THAT, THAT'S PRETTY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE DO. IT'S A, IT'S A BAR, YOU KNOW, BEER GARDEN, BUT WITH THE FOOD ELEMENT AND A MAJOR SPORTS PACKAGE, IT'S A RELAXED AT VERY AND, UH, COME AS YOU ARE. YEAH. OKAY. SO, UM, HOW CLOSE IS THIS TO THE, THE, THE HOTEL? DO YOU KNOW THE PROXIMITY IN TERMS OF IF YOUR NOISE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? OR, OR, OR, I'M JUST CURIOUS. I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE, UH, I DON'T KNOW, 500 FEET MORE FEET IS UP THERE. OH, THAT'S IT. OKAY. OKAY. UH, COMMISSIONER, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? OKAY. COMMISSIONER KO, I LOVE YOUR CONCEPT. SEEMS GREAT. I LIKE THE FACT THAT IT'S GOING IN ON 1 61. WHY? JUST BLOWING THROUGH THE MAXIMUM, UH, PARKING LOT BY 45%. WE NEED IT. IT'S JUST, WE KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS KIND OF FACILITY NEEDS MORE PARKING THAN, THAN 10 PER THOUSAND. OKAY. COMMISSIONER MADDEN, DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S THE CAPACITY? LIKE FIRE? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FIRE MARSHAL'S GONNA SET IT OUT. MM-HMM . BUT TYPICALLY THIS WOULD BE, IF YOU LOOKED AT IT, 6,000 FEET INSIDE CALL THAT SAY A HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE, TWO HUNDRED INSIDE AND OUTSIDE ACTUALLY IS, IT'S ABOUT NINE OR 10,000 OUTSIDE. SO THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE 400. SO, SO WE'D BE, WE WILL SEE WHAT THE FIRE MARSHAL SAYS, BUT IT COULD BE SIX 50 TOTAL. I DO HAVE A QUESTION. YOU HAVE OTHER LOCATIONS, YOU SAID 23 OTHER LOCATIONS. MM-HMM . ARE THEY LIKE SIMILAR TO THIS IN AN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT? ARE THERE THEN, BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA, WE HAVE ALL DIFFERENT, THE PARKING WOULD, THE PARKING WOULD BE DIFFERENT BASED ON WHAT YOU HAVE IN SURROUNDING AREAS, RIGHT? SO HYPOTHETICALLY YOU HAVE A, ANOTHER, UH, REST, I MEAN RESTAURANT OF THIS TYPE IN A ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT AND THEIR PARKING, IS IT SIMILAR? NO, WE REALIZE THERE'S CROSS EASEMENT PARKING HERE, BUT WE STILL WANNA MAKE SURE WE CAN PARK INSIDE OUR, OUR FOOTPRINT AS MUCH AS WE CAN. WE HAVE SOME THAT ARE, THAT ARE LARGE THAT HAVE NO PARKING, BUT THEY'RE DOWNTOWN MM-HMM . WHERE PARKING'S NOT REQUIRED AND IT'S A DIFFERENT DYNAMIC. WHAT IS THE CLOSEST THAT YOU HAVE HERE TO US? HERE? IT WOULD BE AUSTIN. AUSTIN IS THE CLOSEST. AND HOW, WELL, HOW LONG HAS THAT BEEN ESTABLISHED? WE'VE GOT, WE HAVE SIX THERE. WE HAVE ONE THERE THAT'S BEEN ABOUT, THAT'S ABOUT 20 YEARS OLD. WOW. WOW. WELL THANK YOU FOR, THINK OF THE GRAND PRAIRIE. I THINK THAT, UH, YOU PICKED UP EXCITED THE SPOT. I WISH WE COULD HAVE BEEN THERE TODAY. THE WEATHER WAS GREAT. WE'D HAVE BEEN OUTSIDE. COMMISSIONERS. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO MORE QUESTIONS. I THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ONE MORE, ONE MORE QUESTION, COMMISSIONER MATT? I DO HAVE ONE. I WAS TRYING TO LOOK AT THE PLANS REALLY FAST. HOW'S, HOW TALL ARE THOSE SIDEWALLS FOR THE YARD? I CAN'T SEE IT TO FIND IT REALLY QUICKLY. THE FENCE. UHHUH , UM, TYPICALLY WE'RE, WE'RE PUTTING 'EM IN AT EIGHT FEET. OKAY. AND THEN YOUR, YOUR TV SCREENS ARE HIGHER THAN THAT? THAT, YES. OKAY. AND IT LOOKS LIKE IN THE RENDERING HERE, YOU ONLY HAVE ONE TV SCREEN IN, IN THE ORIGINAL RENDERING YOU HAD TWO, BUT THAT WAS, THAT'S THAT. YEAH, WE, WE WENT WITH [01:45:01] ONE THAT ORIENTS BACK TO THE BUILDING AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OTHER TVS, LIKE 80 INCHES OR WHAT, BUT JUST ONE BIG, ONE BIG. OKAY. THERE'S ANOTHER VIEW. AND ARE THOSE SWINGS? YEAH. IS THAT WHAT THAT IS? OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU . SORRY, COMMISSIONERS. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? I THINK THAT WE'VE GOT IT ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. DO WE HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKER CARDS? YES. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN WEBER, WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM. MR. WEBER, HOW ARE YOU? I'M FINE, THANK YOU. NEED YOU TO PUT YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE, JUST FOR THE RECORD. JOHN WEBER, 16,000 DALLAS PARKWAY, UH, DEVELOPER FOR THE EPIC WEST EPIC EAST SHOPPING CENTERS. UM, OBVIOUSLY I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS, UH, RESTAURANT, THIS CONCEPT. UM, REALLY LOVE SEEING IT COME HERE TO GRAND PRAIRIE, FIRST INTO THE METROPLEX. AND, UM, OBVIOUSLY IT HAS MET ALL OUR RECIPROCAL EASEMENT AND USED REQUIREMENTS AND, UH, I THINK, UH, ROBERT'S VERY CANDID WITH HIS PARKING AND HIS, UM, ALCOHOL USE. UH, UH, SO WE, WE'VE EXHAUSTIVELY LOOKED AT IT AND SAID, YEAH, THIS WORKS WELL FOR EPIC IN THE PARK AND EVERYTHING GOING ON OUT THERE. IT'S THE PERFECT SPOT IN THIS SHOPPING CENTER FOR IT GOES GREAT WITH TWIN PEAKS AND, AND, UH, ALL THE OTHER USES TO DATE. SO I THANK YOU FOR THE CONSIDERATION AND I'M ANSWERING ANY DOES QUESTIONS? ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUE I DON'T HAVE ANY. YOU'VE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB AS ALWAYS. SO THANK WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH, VERY MUCH FOR, FOR BEING HERE, FOR US. I APPRECIATE IT. IT'S, UH, REALLY BEEN A GREAT CENTER AND A GREAT TOWN TO WORK IN. WE HAVE HAD FUN AND WE'LL GET HOBBY LOBBY OPEN, UH, HERE IT LOOKS LIKE IN JUNE. OKAY. ON THE OTHER SIDE STREET, WHICH WILL REALLY PICK IT UP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. DO WE HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKER CARDS? THE FINAL SPEAKER CARD ON THIS ITEM IS FOR SCOTT PALERMO WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM? SCOTT'S PART OF OUR TEAM. I'M JUST, YEAH. MEETING IN HOUSE ARCHITECT. IF THERE WERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. I THINK THAT WE HAVE ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED. THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, COMMISSIONERS. ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? CAN WE GET A MOTION, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE, UH, ITEM EIGHT, UH, SUP TWO TWO DASH 12 DASH 46. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM EIGHT, UH, SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR, UH, LITTLE WOODROW, UH, AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS? YES. BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER COKA. YES. ALL IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND. QUESTION. YES. UH, COMMISSIONER PEREZ. DO YOU MEAN TO SAY WITH DRC RECOMMENDATIONS? YES. YES, I DID. I JUST SAID IT. OH, I DIDN'T HEAR THAT. I'M, I JUST SAID THAT. YEAH. YES. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. NEXT CASE PLEASE. ALRIGHT, THIS NEXT ITEM [9. SUP-23-01-0001 - Specific Use Permit - JH Walker Trucking (City Council District 5). Specific Use Permit/Site Plan for Heavy Truck Parking facility on 3.22 acres. Tract 9, William C. May Survey, Abstract No. 891, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned LI, within the CBD, Section No. 4, and addressed as 3312 E. Jefferson St] IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR JH WALKER TRUCKING. YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION OUTLINED IN RED ON THE SCREEN. THE REQUEST IS FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT SLASH SITE PLAN FOR A HEAVY TRUCK PARKING FACILITY. IT'S ON 3.2 ACRES. IT'S SEWN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND THE ADDRESS IS 33 12 EAST JEFFERSON STREET. I WILL STATE THAT THE CURRENT OPERATOR HAS BEEN THERE, UH, ABOUT 20 YEARS, PERHAPS LONGER. UH, AND THE REASON THE REQUEST IS HERE TONIGHT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE PROPOSING TO COMPLETELY REDEVELOP THEIR SITE, UH, NEW BUILDING, NEW PAVING, NEW PARKING SPACES. AND SO THAT TOTAL REDEVELOPMENT IS WHAT IS TRIGGERING THE SUP REQUEST. ON THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE THE SITE PLAN. IT MEETS OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS. THEIR LANDSCAPING MEETS OUR LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS EXCEPT FOR THE SHRUBS. THEIR PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS INCLUDE CONCRETE MASONRY UNITS AND PRE-FINISHED METAL PANELS. THEY'RE ALSO PROPOSING GLAZING OVERHEAD, ROLLUP DOORS, AND A SETTING STANDING SEAM METAL ROOF. THE DEVELOPMENT INTERVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE CONDITION THAT THE APPLICANT PROVIDE THE REQUIRED SHRUBS ALONG THE FRONT OF THE LOT TO SCREEN THOSE PARKING SPACES. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS? NO DISCUSSION. IS THE APPLICANT HERE? YES. YES MA'AM. YEAH, THE ONLY SPEAKER CARD WE HAVE ON THIS ITEM IS FROM THE APPLICANT, JUSTIN WALKER, WHO DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, BUT OBVIOUSLY IS IN SUPPORT OF THE ITEM. OKAY. UH, COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION YOU GO RIGHT AHEAD. COMMISSIONER COLEMAN THAT WE, UH, APPROVE ITEM NINE ON THE SUP 23 DASH 1 0 0 0 1, UH, PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM NINE BY COMMISSIONER COLEMAN AND SECOND BY [01:50:01] COMMISSIONER PEREZ. UH, AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS ALL IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THE [Items 10 & 11] NEXT TWO ITEMS ARE RELATED. SO I WILL DO ONE PRESENTATION. UH, THE FIRST COMPONENT OF THIS REQUEST IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT AND IT IS TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FROM MIXED USE AND OPEN SPACE DRAINAGE TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICE. NOW IT IS ACCOMPANYING A ZONING CHANGE AND CONCEPT PLAN REQUEST. AND THE REASON THIS IS BEFORE YOU IS BECAUSE THAT PROPOSED ZONING IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. SO THE OVERALL LOCATION IT IS OUTLINED IN RED, IT'S ABOUT 42 ACRES, AND THE CURRENT ZONING IS PD 28, WHICH ALLOWS APARTMENTS BY RIGHT AND PD 2 94 B, WHICH IS FOR GENERAL RETAIL USES. STAFF IS UNABLE TO SUPPORT THE REQUEST BECAUSE THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION. STAFF NOTES THOUGH THAT THE PROPOSED MULTIFAMILY IS ALLOWED PER THE EXISTING ZONING. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS NOT THE PROPERTY ZONING, IT'S THE RECOMMENDED FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PER THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THIS BRINGS US TO THE NEXT COMPONENT OF THEIR REQUEST, WHICH IS A ZONING CHANGE AND A CONCEPT PLAN. AND THEY'RE PROPOSING TO DO 320 MULTIFAMILY UNITS AND THEN A HOTEL AND RESTAURANT. AGAIN, THE CURRENT ZONING PD 28 ALLOWS APARTMENTS BY RIGHT, AND THEN THE PD 2 94 B IS FOR GENERAL RETAIL. ON THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE A COMPARISON OF THE EXISTING ZONING AND THE PROPOSED ZONING IMAGE ON THE LEFT IS THE EXISTING ZONING. AND YOU CAN SEE AN ORANGE IS THE AREA THAT'S ZONED PD 28, WHICH INCLUDES APARTMENTS. AND IF YOU WERE TO CALCULATE THE NUMBER OF APARTMENTS THEY COULD DO BASED ON THEIR CURRENT ZONING, IT WOULD COME OUT TO ABOUT 397 UNITS. UH, THE AREA IN BLUE IS CURRENTLY ZONED PD 2 94 FOR GENERAL RETAIL. UH, THE PROPOSAL OF THIS REQUEST IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY, UH, THE AREA OR THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT SHOWS WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING. THE AREA IN ORANGE IS FOR MULTIFAMILY. I DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT THEIR CONCEPT PLAN DEPICTS 320 MULTIFAMILY UNITS, WHICH IS LESS THAN WHAT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DEVELOP BY RIGHT, WITH THE CURRENT ZONING. AND THE OTHER COMPONENT IS THE GENERAL RETAIL PORTION, WHICH IS SHOWN IN BLUE. THIS IS THEIR CONCEPT PLAN. ON THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE NORTHERN PORTION IS DEDICATED TO THE MULTIFAMILY. UM, AND THEY'VE GOT, UH, PROPOSED BUILDINGS. THEY HAVE SOME AMENITIES THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT. UH, TO THE SOUTH IS THE GENERAL RETAIL PORTION OF THEIR PROPOSAL, WHICH CONCLUDES A HOTEL AND THEN A 5,000 SQUARE FOOT RESTAURANT. FOR THE MULTIFAMILY PORTION, THEY ARE USING MULTIFAMILY THREE AS THEIR BASE ZONING DISTRICT. THEY ARE REQUESTING SOME VARIANCES FROM THAT. AND THE FIRST AND SECOND HAVE TO DO WITH THE SIDE, UH, SETBACKS. THEY'RE PROPOSING FIVE FEET ALONG ROBINSON AND 10 FEET ALONG 1 61 AND THEN 10 FOOT INTERNAL. UH, THE OTHER VARIANCE IS FOR THE REQUIRED FENCING. UM, THE UDC REQUIRES THAT APARTMENTS HAVE A PERIMETER FENCE WITH GATES AND ALONG ROBINSON THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE WROUGHT IRON WITH MASONRY COLUMNS. AND THEY'RE NOT PROPOSING ONE. SO THE VARIANCES THAT THEY ARE REQUIRING OR REQUESTING. THE FIRST IS FOR THE GENERAL RETAIL COMPONENT OF THEIR PROPOSAL, AND THAT IS TO ALLOW A HOTEL BY WRIGHT. CURRENTLY THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIRES A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, WHICH IS ADDITIONAL COUNSEL APPROVAL. IT MEANS THAT USE IS NOT ALLOWED BY WRIGHT. IT REQUIRES SPECIFIC CONSIDERATION BY CITY COUNCIL. AND THE SECOND, AS I MENTIONED, IS THE SETBACKS FOR THE MULTIFAMILY. LOOKING AT THE CONCEPT PLAN, YOU CAN SEE SOME CONSTRAINTS ON THE SITE. A LOT OF THE, THE MIDDLE OF THIS IS FLOODWAY AND THEY DO HAVE AN EXISTING GAS PAD. UH, AND THEN ALONG ROBINSON ROAD YOU'LL NOTE THAT, UH, THE RIGHT OF WAY, UH, FOR THIS KIND OF DIPS INTO THEIR PROPERTY MORE SO THAN ALONG THE REMAINING, UH, PORTION OF ROBINSON ROAD. SO, UM, AND THEN THE THIRD IS THE, THE PERIMETER FENCE. SO STAFF'S UNABLE TO SUPPORT THE REQUEST BECAUSE IT'S INCONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. HOWEVER, WE DO NOTE THAT THE MULTIFAMILY IS CURRENTLY ALLOWED WITH THE CURRENT ZONING. SHOULD THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST? WE DO HAVE SOME CONDITIONS. THE FIRST IS THAT THE NUMBER OF MULTIFAMILY UNITS SHALL NOT EXCEED 320. THIS NUMBER IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING, AND THIS NUMBER IS LESS THAN WHAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DEVELOP WITH THE EXISTING ZONING AND STAFF'S THOUGHT BEHIND THIS CONDITION IS TO CAP IT AT 320 UNITS. SO IF THIS PROPERTY CHANGES HANDS, OR ANOTHER DEVELOP DEVELOPER COMES IN WITH A DIFFERENT CONCEPT THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO INCREASE THOSE NUMBER OF UNITS. UH, THE SECOND CONDITION IS THAT THE DEVELOPMENT SHALL PROVIDE THE REQUIRED PERIMETER SCREENING OR FENCING. [01:55:01] AND THEN THE THIRD IS THAT THE DEVELOPER SHALL OBTAIN APPROVAL FROM FRANCHISE UTILITIES AGREEING THAT THE FIVE FOOT SETBACK ALONG ROBINSON ROAD AND 10 FOOT SETBACK ALONG 1 61 IS ACCEPTABLE. THE CITY REQUIRES A 15 FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT ON PROPERTIES TO PROVIDE SPACE FOR FRANCHISE UTILITIES TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE. AND REQUIRING THAT THEY GET, OBTAIN APPROVAL AND PROVIDE WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION, UH, WILL ALLOW US TO MAKE SURE THAT ENOUGH SPACE EXISTS FOR THAT. AND THEN THE FOURTH CONDITION OF APPROVAL IS THAT THE HOTEL SHALL REQUIRE APPROVAL OF A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, AND THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH WHAT IS CURRENTLY REQUIRED BY THE UDC. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. YEAH. COMMISSIONER MADDEN, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE GRAPHIC THAT HAD THE COLORS? SO WHAT IT IS NOW, WHAT IT OKAY THAT, SO IF I, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, LIKE WHEN I WAS LISTENING TO YOU, IT KIND OF REGISTERED AGAIN. SO NEITHER ONE OF THESE REALLY COMPLY WITH THE FLUME, RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT I HEARD. OKAY. UM, AND THEN, SO OUR LAST SESSION WE ALSO HAD, UM, WE PASSED SOME VERBIAGE ABOUT, UM, PUTTING UTILITIES UNDERGROUND POWER LINES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. DOES THAT APPLY TO THIS AREA TOO? IS THIS ANY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT? SO THE, THAT TEXT AMENDMENT HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED BY COUNCIL. ASSUMING IT IS APPROVED BY COUNCIL, IT WOULD GO INTO EFFECT ON THAT DATE. AND IT, THE, THE PLATTING IS WHAT WE LOOK AT. SO THIS PROPERTY IS UN PLATTED. THEY WOULD HAVE TO SUBMIT FOR A PLAT, AND WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT WOULD BE AFTER OKAY. COUNCIL APPROVAL. SO THAT WOULD APPLY. OKAY. AND THEN, UM, SO, OKAY, THAT'S IT FOR NOW. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . COMMISSIONER KO, KO, UH, SAVANNAH. IT'S RARE THAT A DEVELOPER WILL GO WITH LESS MULTIFAMILY UNITS. SO I'M ACTUALLY KIND OF ENCOURAGED BY THAT. . WHEN YOU DID THE 3 97 NUMBER THOUGH, DID THAT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT HALO OF NON BUILDABILITY DUE TO THE GAS THING? YES. IT, IT TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THAT TOTAL ACRE. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . COMMISSIONER, ANY MORE QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES, SAVANNAH, I WANTED TO ASK YOU MORE ABOUT THE, THE FLOOD AREA. SO IS THAT, UH, DOES IT MEAN THAT CAN NEVER BE USED FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN JUST, UH, I MEAN TRAILS OR ANY OF THAT, OR JUST WHAT'S, UH, WHEN YOU HAVE AN AREA LIKE THAT, WHAT HAPPENS, UH, IS NOT ACCESSIBLE. SO A PORTION OF THIS MIDDLE AREA IS WITHIN THE FLOODWAY, AND THAT MEANS THAT NOTHING CAN BE CONSTRUCTED IN THAT. UH, THEN THERE IS THE FLOODPLAIN, UM, AS IT EXISTS TODAY, IT COULD NOT BE CONSTRUCTED WITHIN THE FLOODPLAIN. THERE IS A PROCESS TO RECLAIM THAT PORTION OF THE LAND FROM THE, THE FLOOD PLAIN. AND THAT GOES THROUGH, UH, NUMBER OF AGENCIES IN OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. UM, BUT AS IT EXISTS TODAY, THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BUILD WITHIN THAT AREA. COMMISSIONERS, I DO HAVE A QUESTION. DID, UM, I'M PRETTY SURE YOU'VE HAD LONG CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHY SO MANY VARIANCES AND NONE OF THESE THINGS WERE, YOU'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT, WEREN'T ABLE TO WORK ANY OF THIS OUT, OR IT SEEMS A BIT ODD. WE'VE NEVER, WE'VE REALLY NEVER HAD THIS MANY VARIANCES. AND IF I CAN PULL UP THE LIST, THEY, THEY'RE ACTUALLY, UM, FEWER VARIANCES THAN SOME OF THE OTHER MULTIFAMILY REQUESTS WE SEE. OH, OKAY. AND, AND REALLY STAFF, UH, IS COMFORTABLE WITH THEIR PROPOSED SETBACKS JUST GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF RIDE OF WAY THAT IS IN THIS AREA FOR ROBINSON ROAD. UH, SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THE PROPERTY KIND OF PROPERTY LINE KIND OF JOGS IN, UH, IF THIS WERE TO BE CONSTRUCTED AS THEY'RE REQUESTING AND YOU'RE DRIVING BY, IT WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE, THE APARTMENTS, UH, TO THE NORTH AS FAR AS THE, THE BUILDING LINE. SO YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TELL THAT THEIR SETBACK WAS LESS THAN THOSE PROPERTIES JUST GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF RIGHT OF WAY. SO BIG PICTURE, THEY ARE ALREADY APPROVED FOR MULTIFAMILY. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF THE, THE, THE, THE HOTEL. THEY'D HAVE TO HAVE AN SUP FOR THAT. SO THAT THAT DOES NOT MIX WITH THIS, WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO. IT'S, IT'S JUST NOT GONNA WORK. SO THEY'RE REQUESTING TO ALLOW THE HOTEL BY, RIGHT? MM-HMM . STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT IT REQUIRE AN SUP, RIGHT? IT'S, THAT WOULD BE THE PART OF THE VARIANCE PART. OKAY. YES. RIGHT. BUT TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THE EXISTING ZONING, IT DOES ALLOW FOR MULTIFAMILY IN THIS ORANGE AREA. AND IT DOES ALLOW FOR GENERAL RETAIL USES IN THIS BLUE AREA. THEY ARE JUST KIND OF CONFIGURING IT BASED ON THE SITE CONSTRAINTS FOR THEIR LOCATION. AND SINCE THEY CAME TO SAY FROM 3 97 TO THREE 20, THEY CAN'T GO BACKWARDS. YOU'RE GONNA HOLD 'EM THE THREE 20. AND THAT IS WHY STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED THAT FIRST CONDITION. OKAY. UH, COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER COCO, UM, REMIND ME AGAIN. UM, SOME OF THEM WILL BE FOR RENT AND SOME OF THEM WILL BE FOR SALE. SO ALL OF THEM MULTI-FAMILY UNITS WILL BE FOR RENT. FOR RENT. DO WE KNOW THE PRICE RANGE? I DO NOT, BUT THEY DO HAVE SOME REPRESENTATIVES HERE WHO WOULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER [02:00:01] THAT QUESTION. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS. ANY, OKAY. COMMISSIONER MADDEN, DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW HOW TALL THE HOTEL IS THAT THEY PROPOSE? I DO NOT. AND, UM, IS THAT JUST A PLACEHOLDER? CORRECT. THIS, THIS REQUEST IS BEING DRIVEN BY PIVOTAL, WHO IS THE RESIDENTIAL OR MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPER? UH, THEY ARE PROPOSING THE HOTEL AND RESTAURANT, BUT THAT WOULD BE A FUTURE DEVELOPER WHO DOES THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. SAVANNAH IS THE APPLICANT HERE? YES, WE HAVE SHARIA GALLIMORE WHO IS HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE, UH, MASTER PLAN, THE REPRESENTATIVE. WE GOT A COUPLE SPEAKERS, IF YOU DON'T MIND. I'M ANDREW RIG. UH, YEAH, KIND OF. OKAY. LIKE TO DO A QUICK PRESENTATION FOR YOU. OKAY. OKAY. SO WE HAVE ANDREW RIG ALSO WITH MASTER PLAN, AND I THINK IT'S, IS IT CARL? YES. CARL CRAWLEY, WHO'S ALSO WITH MASTER PLAN. CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? SURE THING. UH, GOOD. UH, EVENING CHAIRPERSON, MEMBERS OF THE, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. I'M ANDREW REIG WITH MASTER PLAN. WE'RE A, UH, LOCALLY BASED, UH, LAND USE CONSULTING FIRM. SO JUST A QUICK BACKGROUND. WE DO ZONING CASES, PERMITTING. UH, WE'VE BEEN IN, YOU KNOW, VARIOUS METROPLEX CITIES, GRAND PRAIRIE, ARLINGTON, DALLAS, FRISCO, YOU NAME IT. UM, SO WE'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH, UH, YOUR REGULATIONS AND OTHER CITIES REGULATIONS. UM, SO WE'RE HERE TODAY TO KIND OF HELP EXPLAIN OUR, UH, OUR REQUEST ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT. SO THIS IS A, UM, MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AND MIXED USE IN TERMS OF ONLY HORIZONTAL MIXED USE. SO WE WOULDN'T BE HAVING A VERTICAL MIXED USE COMPONENT, BUT WE ARE PROVIDING A, UH, MIX OF USES FOR THIS, UH, PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT BASED ON SOME OF THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN CONSIDERATIONS. WE WANTED TO BE RESPECTIVE OF THAT. UH, QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE SITE. YOU KNOW, THIS IS BOUND BY 20 AND, UH, 1 61 MAINLY FRONTING OFF ROBINSON ROAD. UM, STAFF DID A GREAT JOB ON THE PRESENTATION, REALLY EXPLAINING THE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT ENTITLEMENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO REALLY REARRANGE ON THE SITE. UH, YOU ALL KNOW, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE GREAT PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING OVER HERE. AND WE SEE THIS PROJECT, UH, REALLY FITTING IN WITH, NOT, NOT JUST THE MICRO AREA, BUT MORE OF THE MACRO AREA, ESPECIALLY THERE ALONG, UM, 1 61 WITH ALL THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE, ARE COMING THROUGH. AND WE THINK THIS WILL PLAY OFF THOSE NEW DEVELOPMENTS REALLY WELL. UM, SO JUST TO, YOU KNOW, QUICK RECAP, THE PD 28 ON THE, UH, RIGHT SIDE, THAT'S THE ONE THAT DOES ALLOW THE MULTIFAMILY 2 94 B DOES NOT ALLOW THE MULTIFAMILY. AND REALLY WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, CREATE A MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT ALONG WITH OUR HOTEL AND RESTAURANT PIECE THAT FITS INTO THE EXISTING, UH, SITE CHALLENGES BASED ON ACCESS POINTS, SOME OF THE FLOODPLAIN AREA. WE'RE PRESERVING A LOT OF THAT OPEN SPACE, AND WE THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE TO THIS. UH, SO WE DID WANT TO, THERE WAS SOME GOOD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EXISTING ENTITLEMENTS FOR MULTIFAMILY. SO THIS HERE IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, COULD BE ENTITLED TODAY A, YOU KNOW, A FAKE PROJECT REALLY, UH, THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT WHAT YOU COULD DO AS FAR AS MAXING OUT THE UNITS ON THE SITE. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO DO. AND WE'RE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, AS WE STATED, UH, WANTING TO REDUCE THE OVERALL DENSITY AND ADD SOME OTHER COMPONENTS TO THIS. SO THIS IS A TRUE, YOU KNOW, HORIZONTAL MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. UM, YOU KNOW, MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS ATTRACT A, A WIDE, UH, RENTER GROUP. WE'RE PRIMARILY GEARING THIS ONE TOWARDS YOUNG RENTERS AND ALSO EMPTY NESTERS. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALLY THINK OF THIS WITH NEW MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS, BUT THERE'S ALSO A GROWING SEGMENT IN DFW IN GRAND PRAIRIE OF, UH, LOCK AND LEAVE TYPE. SO PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANT TO DO THE MAINTENANCE ON THEIR HOME, THEY DON'T WANT TO MOW THE THE YARD ANYMORE, BUT RATHER THEY LIKE TO, UH, RENT FOR, YOU KNOW, WITH A, WITH A NEW DEVELOPMENT, BE ABLE TO LOCK AND LEAVE, GO TAKE OFF, GO ON VACATION, COME BACK AND HAVE ALL THE AMENITIES, THE POOL, THE GRILLS, THE, UH, COURTYARDS, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOME LIVE WORK SPACE IN THEIR HOME. UH, THAT'S AN INCREASING SEGMENT THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY TARGETING WITH SOME OF OUR, UM, OTHER PROJECTS AND OTHER CLIENTS. SO HERE'S A QUICK OVERALL OF THE CONCEPT PLAN, WHICH YOU'VE SEEN. UM, WE'RE KEEPING WITH THIS, WITH THIS CONCEPT PLAN. WE'RE KEEPING A VERY LARGE SEGMENT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I'D SAY MAYBE, UH, A LITTLE LESS THAN 20 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE OF THAT HEAVILY WOODED AREA. UM, THERE'S ALSO SOME, SOME CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE FLOODWAY, WHICH WE'RE STAYING OUT OF. AND THAT REALLY CAUSES THE, YOU KNOW, SHIFT OF WHERE THE, THIS SITE IS ACTUALLY DEVELOPABLE. UM, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, I'LL, I'LL SHOW YOU SOME ELEVATIONS HERE IN A SECOND. BUT THIS IS A, YOU KNOW, HIGHLY AMENITIZED MARKET RATE, UM, APARTMENT DEAL, FOUR STORIES, MAXIMUM 320 UNITS WITH A VARIETY OF THE AMENITIES THAT YOU'RE SEEING WITH, UH, NEWER MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS. SO THIS'LL BE, YOU KNOW, TOP OF THE CLASS, [02:05:01] UH, FOR THIS AREA AND, UM, WILL REALLY PLAY OFF WELL WITH THE SURROUNDING USES THAT ARE IN, THAT ARE, UH, PRE PREDOMINANTLY NORTH ON ROBINSON ROAD. I KNOW YOU HAVE THE BASS PRO DEVELOPMENT COMING IN. IKEA IS OBVIOUSLY UP THERE. UH, THE NEW ENTERTAINMENT USES. SO WE THINK THIS WILL BE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT HELPS PLAY WITH THOSE WHILE ALSO STILL BEING RESPECTFUL TO THE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE, UH, ADJACENT TO ACROSS TO US ACROSS ROBINSON ROAD. SO HERE'S A COUPLE, UM, ELEVATIONS. THESE ARE JUST DIFFERENT VIEW CORRIDORS. WE DESIGNED THE, THE BUILDINGS TO BE, TO HAVE THAT KIND OF MORE RESIDENTIAL IN NATURE FEEL. UH, SO THIS IS LOOKING, UM, FROM ROBINSON ROAD AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE SITE. I'LL KIND OF FLIP THROUGH A COUPLE, UH, OF, OF OUR ELEVATIONS A FOUR STORY PRODUCT. UM, AND YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE THIS AGAIN, THIS IS OFF OF ROBINSON, THE MAIN ENTRANCE. UH, HERE'S SOME INTERIOR SHOTS OF A COURTYARD VIEW. SO WE'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, RESORT STYLE POOL, BARBECUE GRILLS, UM, SHADED AREAS FOR SEATING, UH, A PRETTY LARGE DOG PARK AREA, UH, WHICH IS KIND OF UNIQUE AS FAR AS HOW THE SITE WAS. I GUESS THE SITE CONSTRAINTS ALLOWED US TO HAVE THAT LARGE DOG, DOG PARK AREA MAINLY DUE TO THE GAS WELL THAT'S EXISTING THERE. UH, CAN'T BUILD ANY STRUCTURES WITHIN THAT, UH, PARTICULAR PIECE. AGAIN, HERE'S SOME MORE ELEVATIONS OFF ROBINSON ROAD. UH, REALLY ALSO WANTED TO CREATE A NICE, UH, PEDESTRIAN LINKAGES ON ROBINSON. SO WE'D HAVE THE SIDEWALKS, UM, WITH, UH, ACCESS POINTS FOR OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, THAT, UM, IMPROVEMENT ALONG ROBINSON ROAD THAT, UH, THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMEOWNERS CAN ACCESS SO THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE INCREASE THEIR DOG WALKING LOOP, UH, OR, OR VISIT, YOU KNOW, OUR DEVELOPMENT, UH, SOME OF THE UPCOMING HOTEL RESTAURANT PIECES AND EVEN KIND OF HELP LOOP INTO THE EXISTING, UM, UH, DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE JUST TO THE NORTH OF US FOR THE, UH, HOTEL RESTAURANT PIECE. WE ARE, UH, IN TALKS WITH, UH, VARIOUS DIFFERENT USER GROUPS. THIS WOULD LIKELY COME AT A LATER DATE. UM, WITH THE MULTIFAMILY PIECE COMING FIRST. UH, YOU KNOW, WE LOOKED AT STAFF'S, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS AND I THINK WE'RE GOOD WITH ALL OF THOSE, UH, REQUESTS FOR THE, UH, PRESENTATION AND THE STAFF REPORT, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, INCLUDE THE NUMBER OF UNITS, CAPPED FRANCHISE UTILITIES, SUP FOR THE HOTEL. THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH. SO WE WOULD, UM, YOU KNOW, BE OKAY WITH THOSE MOVING FORWARD. UH, A COUPLE JUST, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO TOUCH ON THIS BRIEFLY WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, AND I WONDER IF I CAN DO MY CURSOR. UH, HERE'S OUR SITE, UM, HERE OUTLINED IN THE YELLOW. UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S CURRENTLY EARMARKED FOR MIXED USE AND OPEN SPACE PER THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN. MIXED USE IS, I'M SURE, AS YOU ARE ALL ARE AWARE, UH, TALKING ABOUT VERTICAL MIXED USE. THIS ISN'T REALLY A, A VERY GOOD SITE FOR THAT VERTICAL MIXED USE, UM, DEVELOPMENT. SO HOW WE TRIED TO ADDRESS THE MIXED USE COMPONENT IS DOING A HORIZONTAL MIXED USE WHERE WE HAVE THE MIX OF USES ALL ON TECHNICALLY THE SAME, YOU KNOW, PIECE OF PROPERTY JUST WILL BE SPREAD OUT WITH, WITH SOME, UM, UH, OPEN SPACE THAT HAS TO BISECT THOSE. AND THEN WITH THE OPEN SPACE DESIGNATION, UM, WE ALSO WANTED TO KEEP A, A LARGE PORTION OF THAT PARTLY DUE TO FLOODWAYS, BUT ALSO IT OPENS UP THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MAYBE SOME, UM, INFORMAL, UH, HIKING TRAILS, WALKING TRAILS FOR, YOU KNOW, THE RESIDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR, UM, RESIDENTS OF THE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD. AND ALSO WHAT'S KIND OF INTERESTING, I KNOW THAT THE HOTEL RESTAURANT PIECE WOULD, YOU KNOW, BE CHANGED TO A COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL OFFICE. THIS LITTLE PIECE RIGHT HERE IS ALMOST ENTIRELY IN THE FLOODPLAIN FLOODWAY. SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY UNDEVELOPABLE, WHEREAS JUST GO ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ROBINSON ROAD, WE HAVE A SMALL PIECE THAT IS OUTSIDE OF THE FLOOD PLAIN AND FLOODWAY WHERE WE COULD ACTUALLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING COULD ACTUALLY DEVELOP HERE. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF LIKE SHIFTING A COUPLE ITEMS ON THE LAND USE MAP. AND, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK SOME OF IT IS MORE, UH, HOW THE, THE PICTURE WAS AND WE WE'RE JUST REALLY ASKING TO REARRANGE THE PICTURE SLIGHTLY FOR THOSE ITEMS. UH, JUST QUICKLY, I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A QUICK OVERVIEW JUST TO RE UH, ACQUAINT YOURSELF WITH THIS SITE IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OVER THERE RECENTLY. BUT HERE'S, I'M JUST GONNA KIND OF GO AROUND THE SITE. HERE'S ON I 20 AND ROBINSON ROAD. THIS IS THE HOTEL RESTAURANT, UH, SECTION OF THE PROPERTY WHERE WE HAVE SOME AREA OF LAND THAT IS DEVELOPABLE. WE'RE GONNA GO UP NORTH ON ROBINSON ROAD. THIS IS THE ENTRY TO THE EXISTING GAS WELL THAT'S THERE NOW. SO OUR DEVELOPMENT WOULD, THIS WOULD REMAIN, UH, AND OUR DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE HERE ON THE NORTH OF THIS FOR THE RESIDENTIAL PIECE. AND THEN ON THE SOUTH FOR THE HOTEL AND RESTAURANT PIECE HERE, YOU CAN SEE HERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, NORTHEAST SECTION OF OUR SITE. YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING MULTIFAMILY THAT'S JUST TO OUR NORTH. I THINK THEY'RE ALSO PEGGED FOR MIXED USE IN THE, UH, LAND USE PLAN, BUT THEY'RE ALSO A TRADITIONAL, UM, MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD [02:10:01] BE SIMILAR TO OURS. OURS IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER QUALITY, AN EXTRA STORY. UM, IT'LL BE THE, YOU KNOW, BEST IN CLASS FOR THE AREA. UM, HERE'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE MULTIFAMILY JUST KIND OF SWINGING AROUND UP THERE ON FORUM. AND THEN WE'RE, SEE THEY, THEY HAVE ALSO KIND OF THAT IDEA OF HORIZONTAL MIXED USE WITH THEIR MULTIFAMILY, THE RETAIL PADS, UH, NEXT TO THEIR SITE. AND THEN AS WE COME AROUND, THERE'S THAT EXISTING RETAIL. I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE TENANTS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THERE BAHAMA BUCKS, MAYBE A COUPLE OTHERS. UM, OBVIOUSLY THE IKEA SIGN HAS BEEN THERE FOR, FOR A WHILE THAT WON'T BE TOUCHED. UH, BUT YOU CAN SEE THIS, THIS NICE EXPANSIVE GREEN SPACE AND HEAVILY WOODED AREA WHICH WE'RE KEEPING, YOU KNOW, I SAID ABOUT 20 ACRES OF THAT, UH, INTACT PARTIALLY DUE TO FLOOD PLAIN CONCERNS, BUT PARTIALLY DUE TO, YOU KNOW, WE THINK THIS IS A, A, A NICE AREA, A GOOD REPRIEVE FROM OTHERS WHERE WE THINK WE'RE DEVELOPING THE, THE SITE PREDOMINANTLY WITH THE MULTIFAMILY TO KIND OF PLAY INTO THIS EXISTING, UM, YOU KNOW, OPEN AREA AND, AND HEAVILY WOODED AREA THAT'S, YOU KNOW, QUITE NICE FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CITIZENS OF, OF THE CITY. AND WE'LL BE FOR THE FUTURE RESIDENTS HERE. UM, I'M GOING, UH, GIVE THIS, UH, NEXT COUPLE SLIDES OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE CARL CROWLEY. AND HE'S GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT JUST ABOUT WHAT WE SEE IN, UM, OTHER AREAS AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN THE MARKET SIDE VERSUS THE ZONING AND LAND USE SIDE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CARL CROWLEY, 2201 MAIN STREET. UM, I NEED TO TALK TO ANDREW. I THINK HE WAS TALKING ABOUT ME WITH THAT LOCK AND LEAVE KINDA IDEA. , I JUST LOCK AND LEAVE MY HOUSE RIGHT NOW, BUT EVENTUALLY I'LL GET TIRED OF MOWING THE YARD AND TAKING CARE OF THE POOL. AND I GUESS I'LL FIND A PLACE FOR MY DOGS AND WE'LL MOVE SOMEPLACE AND I CAN LOCK AND LEAVE AND THEN GO THERE. SORRY, YOU DIDN'T SAY THE CITY, YOUR CITY. OH, UM, UH, THE ADDRESS I GAVE WAS MY OFFICE ADDRESS, DALLAS, TEXAS. I'M SORRY. UM, SO, UM, ANDREW ASKED ME TO TALK ABOUT, UM, 'CAUSE I'M OLD, I GUESS, AND I'VE DONE THIS FOR 40 PLUS YEARS. UM, UH, MIXED USE, UM, VERTICAL MIXED USE VERSUS HORIZONTAL MIXED USE. UM, AND YOUR FUTURE LAND USE. UH, YOUR COMPREHENSIVE LAND TALKS ABOUT VERTICAL MIXED USE, YOU KNOW, FIRST FLOOR, RETAIL OFFICE, WHATEVER. AND THEN USUALLY MULTIFAMILY ABOVE IT OR, OR IT COULD BE RETAIL, THEN OFFICE ABOVE IT. IT WOULD STILL BE A MIX OF USES. UM, BUT IN MOST CASES IT'S CONSIDERED A, A RETAILER COMPONENT ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR THAN EVERYTHING ABOVE IT. WELL, UH, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP SHOWS THIS AREA OUR NORTHERN HALF AND THEN FURTHER NORTH ALL THE WAY UP TO FORUM AS BEING THAT MIXED USE. AND OBVIOUSLY THE AREA ON FORUM THE, TO OUR NORTH THAT OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T DEVELOP WITH VERTICAL MIXED USE. IT, IT PROBABLY DEVELOPED BEFORE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. UM, AND OBVIOUSLY THEN OURS WOULD NOW BE A MIDBLOCK WHERE MIDBLOCK ON ROBINSON, WHICH MAKES IT EVEN MORE DIFFICULT TO BE THIS VERTICAL MIXED USE. AND, AND I, I JUST WANT TO, I DON'T WANT TO TALK BAD ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BECAUSE THERE ARE LOTS OF INSTANCES WHERE VERTICAL MIXED USE WORKS. AND THERE'S PROBABLY, I THINK IN MY OPINION, 40 YEARS, THERE'S A LOT MORE INSTANCES THAT DON'T WORK. UM, UH, I, I GIVE AN EXAMPLE. WHENEVER WE TALK ABOUT, UH, VERTICAL MIXED USES, EVERYONE THINKS, WELL, IT OUGHT TO WORK AT TRANSIT STATIONS, RIGHT? AND, AND TYPICALLY YOU WOULD THINK IT WOULD ALWAYS WORK AT A TRANSIT STATION. WELL, IT'S, IT'S NEVER ALWAYS, AND IT'S ALWAYS NEVER, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? UM, I WORKED ON, UH, THE DART RAIL LINE FROM THE BEGINNING. OUR FIRM DID FROM THE BEGINNING STARTER LINE ALL THE WAY THROUGH. I'M WORKING ON THE SILVER LINE NOW IN, IN NORTH DALLAS AND PLANO AREA. UM, AND I WAS ASKED ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO TO HELP ON A DEVELOPMENT WITH ONE OF OUR APARTMENT DEVELOPERS FOR A PROBLEM HE WAS HAVING AT THE BAYLOR DART STATION. IT'S A, IT'S A STATION WITH NO PARKING. IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO BAYLOR HOSPITAL, IF YOU KNOW WHERE IT IS. AND, AND THE BAYLOR AREA. AND HE HAD AN APARTMENT COMPLEX RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO IT FROM ME TO YOU AWAY FROM THE, THE PLATFORM THAT CLOSE RIGHT THERE, SAME LEVEL. AND HIS FIRST FLOOR WAS GOING TO BE RETAIL. IT WAS REQUIRED TO BE RETAIL COFFEE SHOP. SOUNDS LIKE A WINNER DONUT SHOP, RIGHT? IT DIDN'T WORK. AND HE ASKED, WELL, WHY WOULDN'T IT NOT WORK? AND THE REASON IS, IS WHEN I GOT OFF THE TRAIN TO GO TO BAYLOR, I'M GOING TO BAYLOR. I DON'T EVEN SEE THE BUILDING BEHIND ME. SO VERTICAL MIXED USE, EVEN IN A TRANSIT SCENARIO, DOESN'T WORK. WE'VE DECIDED THAT, AND I THINK THE MARKET WOULD AGREE WITH US THAT VERTICAL MIXED USE WOULDN'T WORK HERE, BUT, BUT HORIZONTAL MIXED USE DOES WORK HERE. UM, AND WE GET THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP A VERY DIFFICULT SITE. EVERYONE'S MENTIONED THE GAS PAD, ANDREW, JUST SORT OF PASSINGLY MIX. UH, MENTIONED THE IKEA SIGN, WHICH IS THIS BIG AREA RIGHT HERE, WHICH OBVIOUSLY WE [02:15:01] CAN'T DO ANYTHING THERE EITHER. THAT'S, UH, THAT'S A, UH, LANDMARK NOW, SHALL WE SAY. UM, AND IT'S A LANDMARK THAT WE CAN'T TOUCH BASICALLY ANYTHING UNDERNEATH IT. SO YOU CAN SEE I'VE GOT THAT, I'VE GOT AN EXISTING GAS, WELL THAT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE ANYTIME SOON. I CAN'T BUILD ON THAT. I'VE GOT FLOOD PLAIN AND FLOODWAY AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO WE THINK THIS IS A BETTER WAY TO DEVELOP THE SITE. AND THEN I HAVE A HARD CORNER, A ROBINSON AND, AND I 20, WHICH IS A COMMERCIAL CORNER. UM, ANDREW MENTIONED THE ONE ACROSS THE STREET, WHICH YOU CAN SEE JUST BARELY IN THE SLIDE HERE. . WOO. HANG ON. I DIDN'T DO IT WASN'T ME. SORRY. UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT YOU COULDN'T DEVELOP THAT ANYWAY 'CAUSE THERE'S ALREADY A, A FLUME AND A, AND A DITCH THERE. SO THAT'S, THAT'S NOT GONNA BE A DEVELOPABLE SITE. SO WE THINK THIS IS THE WAY TO DEVELOP THE SITE WITH A HORIZONTAL MIXED USE, UM, A HOTEL, UM, AND RESTAURANT COMPONENT ON THE CORNER. UM, AS ANDREW MENTIONED, UM, WE'RE OKAY WITH THE, UH, THE STAFF REQUESTS OF AN SUP FOR THE HOTEL. WE'RE OKAY WITH THE, UH, THE FENCE AND THE, AND THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS THERE. WE'RE OKAY WITH THOSE. WE'VE WORKED THROUGH THOSE. UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE OKAY WITH THOSE NOW. WE THINK THIS IS A BETTER USE OF THIS PROPERTY EVERY REDUCTION IN UNITS, SO YOU'RE NOT CROWDING THEM ON THE SMALL CORNER UP THERE AND DOWN ON THE OTHER CORNER. UH, AND SO WE'RE WILLING TO DO ALL THOSE THINGS AND WE THINK IT'S A BETTER DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CITY. SO, UM, ANDREW, WHO AM I TURNING IT OVER TO NEXT? UH, BERNIE, UH, THE ENGINEER WILL TALK ABOUT ENGINEERING STUFF. . OKAY. TRAFFIC AND THE FLOOD ISSUES IF THEY'RE ALREADY OKAY. JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. DO, DID YOU HAVE A SPEAKER CARD? DID YOU FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD? I DID. OKAY. YEAH. BERNIE, HE BRINK. YES. BERNIE, HE BRINK. I'M WITH CESO. UH, WE ARE THE CIVIL ENGINEERS. WHAT IS YOUR ADDRESS? UH, ADDRESS IS 8,700, UH, FREEPORT PARKWAY. IRVING. OKAY. UH, WE'RE THE CIVIL ENGINEERS ON THIS PROJECT, AND, UH, WE HAVE, LET SEE IF I CAN, DID WE WANT TO TALK ON NO, THAT, OKAY. UH, WE, WE HAVE PREPARED A TRAFFIC STUDY, UH, MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY. WE'VE, WE'VE TURNED THAT INTO BRETT, UH, HERE, UH, PRELIMINARILY, UH, WE'VE YET TO SEAL IT WHERE WE'RE WORKING BACK AND FORTH ON A COUPLE OF OBSERVATIONS ON HIS PART AND THEN WAITING FOR HIS FINAL COMMENTS, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THAT FINALIZED. UH, BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT WE, OUR, OUR PROJECT 320 UNITS WILL GENERATE ABOUT TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY EIGHT TRIPS PER DAY. UH, 215 OF THOSE, UH, GENERATED DURING THE AM PEAK, UH, 209 IN THE PM PEAK. UM, THE, UH, EFFECTIVELY THE CONCLUSION, UH, OF OUR STUDY, UH, SUGGESTED THAT THE IMPACT OF THAT ON THE GENERAL VICINITY, UH, OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, UH, WOULD BE MINIMAL COMPARED TO THE OTHER TRAFFIC THAT'S GENERATED AROUND IN THIS VICINITY. UH, AND SO THE, THAT SAID, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, LOOKING TO, TO FINALIZE THAT REPORT. UH, AND, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE LOOKED AT, UH, OUR MAIN ENTRANCE, UH, AND WE HAVE, UH, UH, IDENTIFIED THAT, UH, THE PM PEAK, UH, AT OUR MAIN ENTRANCE, UH, DOES PROVIDE CERTAIN CHALLENGES FOR BOTH OUR TRAFFIC AND THE, UH, TRAFFIC FROM THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE. UH, BUT ALL OTHER TIMES, UH, DURING THE DAY, A MP CONCLUDED, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE A LEVEL OF SERVICE D OR BETTER. UH, AND SO IT'S, IT'S JUST NO MATTER WHAT GETS DEVELOPED ON THIS PROPERTY, THAT INTERSECTION WOULD GO FROM A THREE, UH, UH, A THREE LEGG INTERSECTION TO A FOUR LEGG INTERSECTION, WHICH WOULD, YOU KNOW, INTRODUCE, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL DELAY AT THAT POINT. LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. WHILE YOU'RE, WHILE YOU'RE ASKING OH, WHILE YOU'RE CHANGING, CAN I ASK YOU A QUE QUESTION? YEAH. WELL, YOU CAN LET HIM FINISH. LET HIM FINISH HIS, OKAY, GO AHEAD. IS THAT QUESTION FOR ME? MM-HMM . BUT, BUT I THOUGHT HE WANTED TO FINISH HIS PRESENTATION NOW. THAT WAS A FINE TIME. OKAY. SO DID I UNDERSTAND YOU CORRECTLY THAT YOUR, THAT YOUR ENTRY WOULD BE ACROSS FROM THE OTHER PIECE OF ROAD RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET THERE? YES. OKAY. THAT'S, WE HAVE, WE HAVE ONE POTENTIAL ACCESS TO, TO THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY. AND, AND THAT IS AT THE EXISTING MEDIAN BREAK, UH, WOODCREST DRIVE. UH, AND, AND THE, THERE, THERE'S NOT A, UH, ADEQUATE SITE DISTANCE ON 1 61, UH, IN ORDER FOR US TO PROVIDE A DIRECT ACCESS TO THE [02:20:01] SERVICE ROAD OVER THERE. SO, UH, THAT, THAT'S OUR SOLE OPPORTUNITY FOR ACCESS TO THE SITE. IS THAT THE END OF YOUR PRESENTATION? YEAH, I DO HAVE A QUESTION WITH REGARD TO THE TRAFFIC STUDY THAT IS A BUSY AREA OVER THERE, AND THERE IS A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL AND, UH, APARTMENTS OVER THERE. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW YOU CAME TO THAT CONCLUSION. AND WHEN WAS THAT DONE? I MEAN, DATE WISE, WAS IT DONE LAST YEAR OR EARLY THIS YEAR, OR? NO, IT, IT WAS, UH, WE TURNED THAT STUDY IN, UH, WE DID TRAFFIC COUNTS, UH, WITHIN THE LAST, UH, FOUR TO SIX WEEKS. I MEAN, IT'S VERY CURRENT INFORMATION. UH, AND THEN WE SUBMITTED THAT TRAFFIC STUDY, UH, TO BRETT, UH, I THINK TWO WEEKS AGO, I GUESS, UH, LIVING IN GRAND PRAIRIE AND DRIVING IN GRAND PRAIRIE, WE KIND OF SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM WHEN YOU GUYS DO THE TRAFFIC STUDY, BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING DOING PEAK TIMES, IT GENERALLY IS NOT THAT, UH, AM I WRONG ON THAT OR IS IT, IT SEEMS TO BE, THERE'S, THERE'S TRAFFIC GENERALLY THERE'S, THERE'S TRAFFIC THERE. WELL, AND OUR, AND OUR STUDY DOESN'T SAY THAT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF TRAFFIC MM-HMM . IN THIS REGION. WHAT OUR STUDY LOOKS AT IS WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF OUR PROPOSED PROJECT TO THOSE CONDITIONS. AND SO WHAT WE'VE FOUND IS IN, IN THE GENERAL VICINITY, OUR PROJECT IMPACT TO THOSE MAY CHANGE SOME OF THE DELAYS AT SOME OF YOUR MAJOR SIGNALED INTERSECTIONS BY ONE OR ONE TO THREE SECONDS MM-HMM . SO FROM THAT STANDPOINT, IT, IT'S MINOR. HMM. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? I THINK THAT YOU HAVE A REALLY GOOD PROJECT AND, UH, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE WILLING TO DO ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THE, UH, DRC IS REQUIRING YOU TO DO, THAT, THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES BECAUSE, UH, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE REQUIRING AND THEY'RE OUR EXPERTS, YOU KNOW? SO, UM, I'M NOT SURE, DO WE NEED ANY MORE DISCUSSION HERE? DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY MORE QUESTIONS, ANY CONCERNS? I DO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. OKAY. UM, IN RELATION TO THE ACCESS TO THE WELL SITE, HOW FAR NORTH IS THAT? DOES IT GO ALL THE WAY? I, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH, HOW FAR DOWN IT GOES. UH, BECAUSE WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS WONDERING HOW MANY APARTMENT COMPLEX BUILDINGS ARE BACKING UP TO ESSENTIALLY THE PEOPLE ACROSS THE STREET. OKAY. SO YOU SEE THAT ACCESS UHHUH TO THE GAS PAD IS A SOLE ACCESS. WE'RE NOT USING THAT AT ALL. SO, SO THERE ARE ABOUT TWO OR THREE HOUSES ACROSS THE STREET ACROSS ROBINSON THAT WOULD HAVE THE, THE TYPE ONE BUILDING POINTING TO IT. SO THAT'S WHAT IM LOOKING AT. OH, THIS RIGHT HERE. UHHUH. , YEAH. YEAH, YEAH. THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING AT. YEAH. AND, AND THE GRADE OF THIS PROPERTY COMING OFF OF ROBINSON ROAD MM-HMM . THE, THE PROPERTY DROPS DOWN MM-HMM . UH, COMING OFF OF ROBINSON ROAD, SO, YOU KNOW, SO THE, THE APPARENT HEIGHT OF THESE BUILDINGS, UH, WILL ACTUALLY BE LOWER, UH, BASED ON THEIR FINISHED FLOOR BELOW, YOU KNOW, AT, AT A VARIABLE LEVEL BELOW ROBINSON ROAD. SO DOES THE DRAINAGE GO TOWARDS, SO YOU GUYS HAVE, IS THE, IS THE COMPLEX MEANDER DOWN TOWARDS THE, THE GREEN SPACE THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA USE? YES. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YES. IT'S NOT GONNA BE FLAT. THERE WILL BE EFFECTIVELY NONE OF OUR RUNOFF. MM-HMM . WILL GO TO ROBINSON ROAD. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IT'LL ALL GO DOWN TO, TO THE A HUNDRED YEAR INTO THE A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD PLAIN. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT WAS SOME GOOD QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER MADDEN, THAT, THAT MAKES A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE. UH, I NOTICED THAT YOU HAD ANOTHER SLIDE ABOUT NEIGHBORHOODS. SO YOU, HAVE YOU DONE ANY, UH, COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE, UH, THE FOLKS IN THE, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD? UM, YES, WE HAVE THAT. WE DID. DID YOU FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD, MA'AM? I DID. OKAY. YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? SHARIA AT GALLIMORE. DO YOU HAVE THAT? 2201 MAIN STREET, DALLAS, TEXAS. DO YOU HAVE THAT? DO YOU HAVE THAT, TIFFANY? YES. OKAY. THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ANNOUNCED. OKAY. OKAY. HI. UM, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING. I AM THE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY LIAISON FOR MASTER PLAN AND THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, UH, THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH, UM, WE MAILED APPROXIMATELY 260, UM, MAILERS OUT TO THE COMMUNITY EXPLAINING THE PROJECT AND INVITING THEM TO, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS. SO HAD A TOTAL OF TWO NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS. UM, ALSO WE PLACED SIGNS OUT AT THE ACTUAL LOCATION TO WHERE WE DEVELOPED A WEBSITE FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. SO THERE'S A QR CODE ON THE ACTUAL SIGNS TO, UM, ALLOW PEOPLE TO BE KEPT UP TO DATE ON THE ACTUAL PROJECT. AND SO THE WEBSITE IS ALSO, UH, KEPT UP TO DATE. AND I BELIEVE, ANDREW, WERE YOU GONNA GIVE IT OUT OR THE WEBSITE OR? OH, YEAH. OKAY. YEAH, WE CAN, WE CAN SEND IT OUT FOR SURE. OKAY. SO THAT'S ALL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME OR NO? WHAT WERE THE RESULTS OF THE, UH, COMMUNITY MEETINGS? UM, AS FAR AS WHETHER THEY WERE FOR OR AGAINST [02:25:01] THE PROJECT? YEAH, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL, I'LL SPEAK TO THAT. SO WE DID HAVE, UH, TWO SCHEDULED COMMUNITY MEETINGS. UNFORTUNATELY, THE FIRST ONE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS YEAR'S, UH, ICE APOCALYPSE, IF YOU WILL, . UM, SO WE WERE KIND OF SEEING IF CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE WAS GONNA BE OPEN OR CLOSED THAT DAY, AND IT WAS OPEN, SO LIKE, OKAY, WELL WE BETTER GO AHEAD AND HAVE THIS MEETING. AND FIRST MEETING, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ATTENDEES, SO WE DECIDED, HEY, WE NEED TO HAVE ONE, MAKE SURE WE GET THE NEIGHBORHOOD OUT HERE. UH, SO WE HAD A FOLLOW UP MEETING, UH, I BELIEVE ON, UM, 20TH. 20TH? IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH. SO LAST, LAST MONDAY, UM, HAD SOME ATTENDEES FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT THAT MEETING, PROBABLY HAD ABOUT, UH, I'D SAY EIGHT PEOPLE SHOW UP. UM, EXPLAIN THE REDUCTION IN MULTIFAMILY, WHICH I THINK WAS THE MAIN THING PEOPLE WERE MOST RECEPTIVE TO AS FAR AS, OKAY, YOU KNOW, IF A SITE'S GONNA BE MULTIFAMILY, I THINK I'D RATHER HAVE LESS RATHER THAN MORE. UM, ALSO TALKED A LOT ABOUT KIND OF WHERE, AND THIS IS A GOOD, YOU KNOW, UM, VIEW OF THAT, BUT WHERE, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN HOUSES BACK UP TO THE PROPERTY. THE MAJORITY OF THE HOUSES HERE, UM, THAT ARE ADJACENT TO US, YOU KNOW, THEIR BACKYARDS ARE ON ROBINSON. A LOT OF THOSE ACTUALLY FRONT THE, THE OPEN SPACE AREA. BUT WE DO, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE, AS WE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, ABOUT THREE OR SO THAT WILL BE ACROSS ROBINSON, WHICH STILL IS A, A FAIRLY LARGE, UH, RIGHT OF WAY AREA. BUT YOU KNOW, THERE WILL BE SOME THAT, UH, WILL LIKELY BE ABLE TO SEE THROUGH, UH, TO THE NEW APARTMENT COMPLEX WHEN, YOU KNOW, ALL THE FOLIAGE IS, IS NOT, UH, THERE. UM, SO IN GENERAL, I THINK WE HAD, UH, ONE LETTER OF SUPPORT. I BELIEVE, UM, UH, TWO PEOPLE WERE SUPPORTIVE AT THE HEARING, UH, AND LET THE COUNCIL PERSON KNOW. UH, BUT IN GENERAL, I'D SAY SUPPORT OR, OR NONOBJECT MIGHT BE THE BEST WAY TO TO, TO CLASSIFY THE MAJORITY OF THE OPINION, UH, AT THE MEETING. OKAY. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY MORE, UH, QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? THANK YOU. ANY MORE? SPEAKER CARDS? UH, WE HAVE TWO, AND I'M NOT SURE WHICH ONES ARE NOT WISHING TO SPEAK BECAUSE THEY'RE PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PARTY OR NOT. UM, WE HAVE MICHAEL RAMSEY. SO I'M THE APPLICANT AND I'M HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE. Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WE GOT? NO, I THINK WE'RE GOOD ON THAT. FANTASTIC. MM-HMM . AND BETH RUST HAVEN. RUST OR RUST? INH. OKAY. MS. RU, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK, MA'AM? YES, MA'AM. YEAH. YOU FOUR OR AGAINST? I'M FOUR. OKAY. WELL, I'M FOUR WITH CONCERNS. CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS ON RECORD? YES. I'M BETH RUSTIN HAVEN, 38 0 6 INWOOD COURT, GRAND PRAIRIE. WE'VE LIVED THERE FOR 30 YEARS. WE ARE THE FIRST CUL-DE-SAC ACROSS, UM, THE WAY THERE ONCE YOU GO ON WOODCREST. AND, UH, WE DID GO TO THE COMMUNITY MEETING THAT THE DEVELOPERS HAD, AND SEVERAL OF OUR NEIGHBORS WERE THERE. UM, WE KNOW THAT PROGRESS IS COMING AND WE HAVE BEEN HAPPY TO ENJOY THE PROGRESS THAT HAS COME SO FAR. WE ENJOY GOING TO CHICKEN PICKLE AS MUCH AS THE NEXT PERSON. UM, SO WE KNOW THAT PROGRESS IS COMING AND IF PROGRESS IS COMING, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S THE PROGRESS WE WANT IT TO BE. UM, WE WERE VERY PLEASED WITH, UM, HAVING LESS, UM, UNITS THAN WE COULD HAVE HAD. WE'RE VERY PLEASED THAT THERE'S NO PARKING, UM, FRONTING ROBINSON ROAD. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT NICE, UH, GETTING IN A NEIGHBORHOOD FEEL INSTEAD OF HAVING, YOU KNOW, A PARKING GARAGE OR, UM, JUST A SEA OF CARS. UH, OUR NEIGHBORS THAT, MY NEIGHBORS THAT, UM, ARE FRONTING ROBINSON ROAD, MOST OF THEM THAT ARE DON'T HAVE FENCES OR DON'T HAVE FENCES THAT THEY CAN, THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD, THEY COULD BE ABLE TO SEE OVER, ARE FRONTING THE, UM, THE GREEN SPACE THERE. SO, UM, OUR, WE, WE ARE FOR IT AS LONG AS IT FOLLOWS THIS PLAN. AND THE DEVELOPERS DID A REALLY GOOD JOB AND SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND ANSWERED OUR CONCERNS AND ADDRESSED OUR CONCERNS, UH, ABOUT THE HOTEL. AND I KNOW THAT'S, UH, COMING LATER. UM, IF IT'S A NICE HOTEL AND A AND A NICE RESTAURANT, WE'RE ALL FOR IT. IF IT'S A MOTEL SIX AND A DENNY'S, WERE NOT. SO, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE WOODROW DOWN THERE TOO SO WE CAN GO SIT OUT ON THE BACK PORCH AND, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE THAT. SO AS LONG AS IT, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWS THIS. AND, UM, AND WE TRUST YOU GUYS. WE TRUST THE CITY. WE TRUST WHAT HAS COME IN SO FAR ON 1 61. THESE DEPARTMENTS LOOK, WE THINK MUCH NICER AND HAVE MUCH MORE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD FEEL THAN THE ONES A LITTLE BIT FURTHER NORTH. AND SO WE WERE PLEASED WITH THAT. SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF HOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD FEELS. IF WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING AT LEAST THAT WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING NICE AND NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST, UH, NAIL SALONS AND, YOU KNOW. WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, WE ARE SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE HERE, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A RESIDENT FOR OVER 30 YEARS. OH, THANK YOU. THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES. THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE HERE AND YOU'VE SEEN IT ALL. YOU CAN WRITE A BOOK, I IMAGINE, , . I PROBABLY COULD. UH, COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THEY, THEY MEAN A LOT TO US THAT YOU CAME OUT AND TOOK THE TIME AND THAT YOU HAVE HAD THE CONVERSATIONS THAT [02:30:01] REINFORCES WHAT WAS SAID BY THE APPLICANTS THAT YOU KNOW, THAT YOU DID HAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONVERSATION. YES. THANK AND THAT IS IMPORTANT. THANK YOU TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR. THANK YOU. ANY MORE SPEAKER CARDS? NO MORE SPEAKER CARDS. IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS A QUESTION? YES. DO, DO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THE ITEMS ONE BY ONE OR CAN WE VOTE ON 10? ONE ONE BY ONE? I THINK WE HAVE TO DO, IS IT ONE BY ONE OR CAN WE VOTE TOGETHER? WELL, YOU CAN MAKE ONE MOTION, BUT IF THAT ONE, Y'ALL CAN GO AHEAD AND DO IT IN ONE MOTION IF YOU WANT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TIFFANY, DO YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION? YEAH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION WITH RESPECT TO ITEMS 10 AND ITEMS 11, UM, TO APPROVE THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, NOT WITHSTANDING THE DRCS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT INCLUDING THE FOUR ENUMERATED CONDITIONS THAT STAFF PUT IN THERE. UH, PUT IN THE PROPOSAL I SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM 10 AND 11 AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS. NOTWITHSTANDING ALL OF THAT WITH COMMISSIONER FKO SAID . ALL IN FAVOR? UH, RAISE YOUR HAND. UH, THAT'S UNANIMOUS DECISION. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [Items 12 & 13] ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT TWO ITEMS ARE, UH, RELATED TO ONE ANOTHER. SO I'LL PRESENT AT A SINGLE TIME, AND THE FIRST COMPONENT IS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT. AND THEN THE SECOND IS THE ZONING CHANGE AND CONCEPT PLAN. THE, UH, FIRST COMPONENT IS TO AMEND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND CHANGE THAT FROM MIXED RESIDENTIAL TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. UH, YOU'LL NOTE THAT THE PORTION ON THE SCREEN OUTLINED IN RED ENCOMPASSES ONLY A PORTION OF THE OVERALL REQUEST. UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED AND MULTIFAMILY. UH, THE MULTIFAMILY COMPONENT IS NOT IN LINE WITH THAT FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION. I'M SORRY. APOLOGIZE. LET'S MAKE SURE WE HAVE A FORUM. WE STILL DO. WE APOLOGIZE. NO WORRIES. SO, UH, STAFF IS UNABLE TO SUPPORT THE, THE REQUEST BECAUSE THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. WE DO WANNA NOTE THAT THE MULTIFAMILY PORTION IS ALLOWED PER THE EXISTING ZONING. AND AGAIN, PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS NOT THE PROPERTY ZONING, IT'S THE RECOMMENDED FUTURE LAND USE FOR POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PER THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. NOW ON THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE THE OVERALL REQUEST. THIS ENCOMPASSES THE WHOLE DEVELOPMENT AND IT IS APPROXIMATELY 65.6 ACRES. THIS REQUEST IS TO CHANGE THE ZONING AND THE CURRENT ZONING IS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 2 65 A AND IT ALLOWS GENERAL RETAIL, MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND OPEN SPACE AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION. AND WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR MULTIFAMILY AND SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED ON THE SCREEN, YOU WILL NOTICE THE CONCEPT PLAN AND IT IS, UH, SHOULD LOOK FAMILIAR. THIS REQUEST WAS BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION A FEW MONTHS AGO. UH, WHEN IT GOT TO CITY COUNCIL, IT WAS DENIED. THEY SINCE THEN, UH, REDID THEIR PLAN AND THEY, UH, REPLACED THE SINGLE FAMILY ZERO LOT LINE PORTION WITH THE SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED RESIDENTIAL UNITS. UH, SO THERE ARE THREE ELEMENTS TO THIS CONCEPT PLAN. THE FIRST IS THE 167 SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED RESIDENTIAL UNITS. THE SECOND IS THE 261 MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNITS, WHICH IS ALLOWED PER THE EXISTING ZONING. AND THEN THEY HAVE APPROXIMATELY 20 ACRES OF NATURE PRESERVE SLASH OPEN SPACE AREA. THEN THEY ARE PROPOSING TRAILS THROUGHOUT AND A PLAYGROUND. NOW, FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED RESIDENTIAL UNITS, THEY'RE PROPOSING A BASE ZONING DISTRICT OF SINGLE FAMILY SIX. NOW IT DOES REQUIRE SOME VARIANCES FROM APPENDIX W AND SO APPENDIX W INCLUDES, UH, ELEMENTS THAT ARE ABOVE WHAT IS REQUIRED BY THAT BASE ZONING DISTRICT. UH, SO THE FIRST, THEY'RE REQUESTING A VARIANCE FROM APPENDIX W FOR THE LOT AREA. I WILL NOTE THAT THEY ARE MEETING THE MINIMUM LOT AREA FOR A SINGLE FAMILY SIX ZONING DISTRICT. UH, THE NEXT VARIANCE IS FOR THE MINIMUM LOT WIDTH. THEY'RE PROPOSING 50 FOOT LOT WIDTH. UH, A 65 IS WHAT'S REQUIRED BY APPENDIX W, BUT THE 50 FOOT IS CONSISTENT WITH A SINGLE FAMILY SIX ZONING DISTRICT. AND THEN THE LAST VARIANCE THEY'RE REQUESTING IS TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE HEIGHT FROM 25 FEET TO 30 FEET. NOW ON THE SCREEN IS THE MULTIFAMILY PORTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT. AGAIN, THEY'RE DOING 260 FAM MULTIFAMILY UNITS. UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING MF THREE IS THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT. THIS PORTION OF THE PLAN HAS NOT CHANGED AND THEY'RE [02:35:01] NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES. THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED US WITH SOME CONCEPTUAL BUILDING ELEVATIONS FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY, UH, PORTION. UH, THEY DID PROVIDE SEVERAL OTHERS, WHICH WERE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET. UM, AND THEN THEY ARE PROPOSING SOME GARAGE DOOR DESIGN ENHANCEMENTS. UH, APPENDIX W REQUIRES ALTERNATIVES TO THE FRONT ENTRY GARAGE AND THEY'RE PROPOSING ALL FRONT ENTRY GARAGES AND ARE PROPOSING THESE ELEMENTS AS A COMPENSATORY MEASURE. UH, SO YOU CAN SEE THE DECORATIVE BRACKETS. I WOULD LOOK WITH DECORATIVE BRACKETS, UH, THEN WINDOWS AND A CARRIAGE TYPE DOOR. SO THEIR VARIANCES, UH, THE MINIMUM LOT WIDTH. AGAIN, THE APPENDIX W REQUIRES 65 FEET. THEY DID I IDENTIFY, UM, 14 LOTS IN THEIR PLAN AND INCREASE THOSE LOT WIDTHS TO 65 FEET. AS A COMPENSATORY MEASURE, THE REMAINING LOTS WILL BE 55 OR 50 FEET WIDE. UH, THE NEXT VARIANCE IS TO THE MINIMUM LOT AREA AND THEN TO THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT. AND THEN THE GARAGE TYPE STAFF IS UNABLE TO FULLY SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THE MULTIFAMILY PORTION OF THE REQUEST DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION. STAFF NOTES THOUGH THAT THE PROPOSED MULTIFAMILY PORTION IS ALLOWED PER THE EXISTING ZONING. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS NOT THE PROPERTY ZONING, IT'S THE RECOMMENDED FUTURE LAND USE FOR POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PER THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. COMMISSIONER, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK YOU DID A GOOD JOB IN EXPLAINING THAT, BUT IT'S, IT'S A LOT. THE ONLY CONCERN I HAD IS THAT FORUM SEEMS TO HAVE QUITE A BIT OF MOVEMENT THE FORUM AND MAYBE YOU COULD ADDRESS THAT. RASHAD. WELL, CONSIDERING I THINK THE WAY YOU HAVE GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS IS THE MULTIFAMILY IS ALLOWED BY, RIGHT? MM-HMM . ALL THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S A LONG FORUM. 1 61 IS VESTED. IT'S ALLOWED ABOUT, RIGHT? SO, UM, THE TRAFFIC IS GOING TO BE THE TRAFFIC. I, I KNOW THAT MAY NOT BE WHAT WE WANT TO HEAR, BUT UM, EVEN WITH THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, UM, THE MITIGATION CAN BE UH, COULD BE LIKE, YOU KNOW, CURB CUTS, PAN PANTS, SPECIFIC ATTENTION TO WHERE MEDIANS ARE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT IT'S NOT GONNA STOP THE END USE. SO YES, WE CAN HAVE BRETT LOOK AT THESE THINGS AND, AND EXPLAIN IT. AND I KNOW IT MAY NOT BE WHAT EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR AS A RESULT, BUT, UH, HE HAS TO LOOK AT WHAT'S EXISTING AND SEE WHAT KIND OF EFFECT THAT MIGHT HAVE. UM, AND IF IT WOULD BE OVERLY DETRIMENTAL. BUT AGAIN, THE USE IS THE USE. AND GOING BACK IN WHAT THEY HAD PRESENTED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO LAST YEAR, UM, THAT ACTUALLY WAS MORE UNITS. SO RIGHT, RIGHT. THIS, THIS IS FEWER UNITS. THE SINGLE FAMILY THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT'S ALREADY OUT THERE. MM-HMM . SURROUNDING THE DEVELOPMENT MM-HMM . THE MULTIFAMILY IS ALLOWED BY. RIGHT. SO OVERALL, I THINK THEY'VE KIND OF ADDRESSED SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE. BUT, UM, AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT TRANSPORTATION, I THINK BRETT CAN, BRETT, DO YOU WANNA TAKE A STAB AT IT? I THINK WHAT I WOULD NOTICE IF SOMETHING WERE TO DEVELOP HERE, UM, ASIDE FROM JUST OPEN SPACE OR PARKS, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL IS ABOUT AS LOW IMPACT AS YOU CAN GET. RIGHT? RIGHT. UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HIGHER DENSITIES, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WAY MORE UNITS, WAY MORE CARS PACKED IN SMALLER AREAS. MM-HMM. SO FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, SINGLE FAMILY IS, IS A GOOD USE. IT'S, IT'S WHAT'S OUT IN THE AREA, IT'S CONSISTENT AND THIS IS AN AREA THAT'S FULLY DEVELOPED. SO THE INFRASTRUCTURE'S ALREADY IN PLACE. UM, AS MORE CARS ENTER THOSE INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE SIGNALED, WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO LOOK AT THOSE, MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MANAGING TRAFFIC PROPERLY. SO IT'S AN ONGOING MM-HMM . UM, ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE IN AS FAR AS TRAFFIC'S CONCERNED IN THE CITY, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT IT, ALWAYS MAKING CHANGES HERE AND THERE. SO, UM, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS A RELATIVELY LOW IMPACT. I KNOW. THANK YOU BRETT. I, I'M SORRY, BUT THAT'S JUST HOW I FEEL. BUT I, I GET IT. UH, COMMISSIONER MADDEN. SO, UM, BRETT, WHERE DO YOU KNOW WHERE ON FORUM THERE MIGHT BE A STOPLIGHT? 'CAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE THREE POINTS OF EXIT OUT OF THE SUBDIVISION AND INCLUDING THE APARTMENTS. AND THERE'S A CURVE COMING FROM THE EAST HEADED WEST, SO IT'S GONNA BE HARD TO MAKE A LEFT. IS THERE ANYTHING, ARE THERE STOPLIGHTS ANYWHERE AROUND THERE? YEAH, SO JUST TO THE EAST OF THIS WHERE IT KIND OF CURVES BACK DOWN SOUTH, WE HAVE SARAH JANE, WHERE IT'S A SIGNALED INTERSECTION AND WE HAVE SOME APARTMENTS. THAT'S PRETTY FAR. YEAH. AND, AND TO THE WEST WE HAVE, UM, GREAT SOUTHWEST, WHICH AGAIN IS A LITTLE BIT FAR MM-HMM . BUT WE TRY TO KEEP THE SPACING ON SIGNALS AT A GOOD DISTANCE MM-HMM . AND WHAT WE DO BY THAT IS IT'S CALLED PLATOONING. MM-HMM . SO YOU GROUP CARS UP AND SO THEY MOVE DOWN THE ROADWAY TOGETHER RATHER THAN YOU HAVE ALWAYS JUST CONSTANT ONE CAR HERE, ONE CAR THERE. MM-HMM . THEY, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THEY DID DO A WARRANT ANALYSIS FOR A NEW SIGNAL. MM-HMM [02:40:01] . I THINK IT WAS AT, AND I DON'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE STREET THAT'S COMING JUST SOUTH IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT DEVELOPMENT. SEDONA RED MINE LANE, I BELIEVE IT WAS SEDONA OR SECU, UM, WHERE THAT MAIN DRIVE IS, I BELIEVE THEY HAD A SIGNAL ANALYSIS, UH, WARRANT DONE MM-HMM . BUT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE CROSS STREETS AS WELL AND WHAT KIND OF TRAFFIC THOSE ARE GONNA GENERATE. MM-HMM . TO WARRANT A FULL SIGNAL. MM-HMM . AND I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT IT MET WARRANTS. UM, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IF YOU'D LIKE US TO TAKE A LOOK AT MM-HMM . UM, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE AT THE ZONING CHANGE CONCEPT PLAN PHASE. MM-HMM . WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT DURING SITE PLAN IF IT'S REQUESTED BY YOU ALL. YEAH, THAT'S, YEAH. I USED TO, AND I CAN DOUBLE CHECK TO SEE IF WE HAD A WARRANT ANALYSIS DONE WITH THE PREVIOUS DEVELOPMENT. OKAY. YEAH. I USED TO LIVE IN A SUBDIVISION THAT THE EXIT WAS ON A CURVE AND THEY CAME AROUND THE CURVE ABOUT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND THEN TRYING TO GET OUT THERE WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, YEAH. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. AND NOW WITH THREE EXITS, INCLUDING ALL OF THE CONTENTS OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX COMING OUTTA THAT CENTER ONE. YEAH. IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND I DO WANNA KNOW ALL, ALL THE MEDIAN SPACINGS ARE MEETING CITY STANDARDS FOR SPACING. MM-HMM. WE REQUIRE AT LEAST 600 FEET BETWEEN ALL MEDIAN BREAKS. UH, ALL THE TURN LANES ARE MEETING MINIMUM STANDARDS, ALL THE SITE DISTANCES ARE THERE. SO WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT ALL THOSE THINGS ARE IN PLACE, UM, TO HAVE THAT SMOOTH OPERATION. OKAY. UM, THE ONLY THING WOULD BE A WARRANT ANALYSIS AND I'D HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK IF WE HAD ONE OF THOSE DONE OR NOT. AND, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS A MEDIAN THERE. IT'S NOT JUST LIKE AN OPEN LANE TO KIND OF NO, IT'S, IT'S DIVIDED. SO IT'LL RESTRICT WHERE THOSE TURNING MOVEMENTS CAN HAPPEN AND WE, WE SET SEPARATE THOSE OUT EVERY 600 FEET SO YOU DON'T HAVE CARS TURNING RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER. MM-HMM . WELL THANK YOU BRETT. THANK YOU. THAT'S WONDERFUL. THE WARN ANALYSIS, I HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT. I LIKE THAT. THAT'S VERY THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MADDEN THAT YOU BRING A OF A GOOD POINT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I NEVER HAD EXPERIENCE THAT, BUT IF YOU HAVE, THAT'S A, A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHY WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE WATCH THIS TRAFFIC. THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. I JUST WONDER HOW MUCH MORE LAND, UH, BASE IS LEFT ON FORUM BECAUSE WE'VE DONE SO MUCH BUILDING ON FORUM, THERE'S STILL LAND, UH, LAND, VACANT LAND, YOU KNOW, SO, BUT ANYWAY, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? UM, I GUESS SAVANNAH'S DONE ON THAT, IS THE APPLICANT HERE? YES. THE ONLY SPEAKER CARD? ANDREW WILEY, WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM. OKAY. SIR, WOULD YOU GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? YES. EXCUSE ME. ANDREW WILEY, UH, 1341 HORTON CIRCLE, UH, WITH DHI COMMUNITIES AND WE ARE, UM, THE APPLICANT. AND, UH, AS MENTIONED, WE WERE IN HERE A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, UM, AND ENJOYED WORKING WITH Y'ALL. UH, I THINK WE, WE WENT BACK ONE TIME AND THEN WORKING WITH, UH, SAVANNAH TO, TO COME UP WITH THIS PLAN. UM, HAPPY TO, I THINK WE ASSUAGED HOPEFULLY, UM, SOME CONCERNS THAT CITY COUNCIL HAD. OBVIOUSLY WE, WE MADE IT THROUGH YOU GUYS, UM, WITH THE OTHER PLAN, BUT, UM, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE. I THINK SAVANNAH DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF EXPLAINING, UH, WHERE WE WERE COMING FROM ON, ON THE REDESIGN, BUT, UH, THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE FOR. WELL, WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU CAME BACK AND THAT YOU REEVALUATED EVERYTHING TO MAKE IT MORE CONDUCIVE FOR, FOR, UH, DRC, THAT, THAT'S APPRECIATED. UM, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS. DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK IT'S LAID OUT, UH, VERY WELL. AWESOME. I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE. RASHAD, DID WE MISS SOMETHING HERE? NO, MA'AM. AWESOME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. DO WE, UH, COMMISSIONER, DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? CAN WE GET A MOTION PLEASE? CAN WE MAKE, DO A MOTION ON BOTH OF THESE? THANK YOU. ATTORNEY BO, CAN I GET A MOTION PLEASE? MADAM CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, CPA 23 DASH OH ONE DASH OH OH TWO AND ZONING 23 DASH OH ONE DASH 0 0 0 3. ASCEND AT FORM WITH DRCS RECOMMENDATIONS. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FOUR TO APPROVE, UH, ITEM 12 AND THIR 13, UM, AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS BY COMMISSIONER COCA AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. UM, QUENTIN, I'M SORRY, QUENTIN. I APOLOGIZE. QU PETE, I'VE LOST IT ALREADY. COMMISSIONER PETE. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. IS THAT IT? ANY MORE CASES? THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. 8:28 PM THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.