* 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. [00:00:03] WELCOME [Planning and Zoning Staff Briefing] TO THE STAFF BRIEFING OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE MEETING OF NOVEMBER 13TH, 2023. I'M CHERYL SMITH, CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. THIS STAFF BRIEFING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING IS HEREBY CALL TO ORDER AT 5:33 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 I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE SAY HERE. CHERYL SMITH. HERE. CARL RAMIREZ. MICHELLE MADDEN. HERE. TY CHAPMAN. HERE. FRANK GONZALEZ. HERE. JULIA PEREZ. HERE. ANNA COCA JOHN FCO. HERE. CHRISTOPHER KOOLE. HERE, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT EXCEPT FOR CARL RAMIREZ AND ANNA COCA COMMISSIONERS. PLEASE REMEMBER TO TURN ON YOUR MICROPHONE BEFORE YOU SPEAK TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE CAN HEAR YOU. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS WHICH WE NEED TO BE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION? NO. MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU STAFF. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO PRESENT? HELLO, BRITTANY. GOOD EVENING, . NOW ITEM NUMBER FIVE ST TP 2 3 10 0 0 2 5. THIS IS A SITE PLAN REQUEST LOCATED AT 11 0 1 AVENUE J EAST. SO IT'S FOR A NEW OFFICE BUILDING AND A NEW WAREHOUSE BUILDING. IT IS OWNED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND IT'S ON A OR A PARCEL'S, 2.17 ACRES. SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THE SITE PLAN, THE BUILDING TO THE LEFT IS THE OFFICE AND IT'S 4,533 SQUARE FEET. THE BUILDING TO THE RIGHT IS THE WAREHOUSE WHERE THERE'LL BE MANUFACTURING FURNITURE. IT'S 14,764 SQUARE FEET. SO YOU CAN SEE FROM THE TABLE AT THE BOTTOM. THIS IS MEETING OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS. IT IS ALSO MEETING OUR PARKING REQUIREMENTS. WE REQUIRE 29 PARKING SPACES AND ONE LOADING SPACE, WHICH THEY HAVE PROVIDED. HERE YOU CAN SEE THE LANDSCAPE PLAN. SO FROM THAT TABLE THERE, YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE EXCEEDING ALL OF OUR LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS. THEY DID HAVE TO PROVIDE A TREE MITIGATION PLAN, AND THEY ARE HAVING TO MITIGATE 276 CPER INCHES, WHICH IS GOING TO BE $55,200. SO THESE ARE THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS. SO FOR INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS THAT ARE LESS THAN 50,000 SQUARE FEET AND NOT WITHIN A QUARTER OVERLAY, WE RECOMMEND AND STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THAT THEY USE WHAT'S CALLED SECONDARY CONSTRUCTION OF EITHER MATERIAL MASONRY MATERIALS OR GLASS. SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE'RE HOPING FOR THE MINIMUM 30% OF MASONRY SCREENING OR MASONRY MATERIALS. AND ADDITIONALLY, ANOTHER 15% OF AN ALTERNATE MATERIAL THAT'S GONNA BE CONTRASTING, WHICH THEY HAVE PROVIDED, THEY'RE DOING ABOUT 64% BRICK, AND THEY ARE PROVIDING THAT, UH, 15% OF METAL SIDING AND WOOD. SO THESE ARE THE ELEVATIONS FOR THE OFFICE. THESE ARE THE ELEVATIONS FOR THE WAREHOUSE. THE APPLICANT'S NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES. AND DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL INCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? I ONLY HAD ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE, UH, THE TREE, UH, RESERVATION. UH, WHY DO, DO THEY TRY TO, UH, UM, NOT CUT DOWN TREES OR HOW DOES THAT DETERMINE EXACTLY? 488. SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY PRESERVING A, A LOT OF TREES ON THIS SITE. MM-HMM . UM, SO 64 TREES THAT ARE GOING TOWARDS THEIR LANDSCAPING. THAT'S ACTUALLY COMING FROM TREES. THEY'RE PRESERVING MM-HMM . SO THEY ARE PRESERVING A LOT OF TREES ON THIS SITE, BUT JUST BECAUSE OF THE PARKING AND, AND THE CIRCULATION, THEY ARE HAVING TO REMOVE A LOT. BUT ALL OF THAT ENTIRE BACK AREA, MOST OF THAT IS BEING SAVED. AND THEN ALL OF US AT THE FRONT, OTHER THAN THESE THREE WITH XS, ARE ALL BEING SAVED AS WELL. AND THEY'RE ALSO PLANTING NEW TREES. THE ANOTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS THE TRUCK DOCKS. SO I'M ASSUMING THAT'S ALL WHERE IT'S NOT GONNA BE AN ISSUE. YEP. SO IT'S OVER, OVER HERE YOU CAN SEE. SO IT'S TO THE RIGHT OF, UH, BUILDING TWO. I DON'T SEE YOUR LITTLE SWIRLY THING. YEAH, SORRY, I, I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT. SO IT'S BUILDING TWO AND TO THE EAST OF THAT BUILDING IS WHERE THE LOADING DOCKS WILL BE. AND YOU CAN SEE THEY HAVE A LOT OF, OF THAT, UH, LIVING SCREEN ALL ALONG AVENUE J EAST. OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. HELLO. YES, THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED, UH, THIS IS FOR AN SUP FOR A DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANT. DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANTS IN AN OVERLAY DISTRICT REQUIRES SUP APPROVAL THROUGH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL. AND, UH, THIS IS A TACO BELL PROPOSED AT 52 84 SOUTH HIGHWAY 360. THIS IS SOUTHWEST CORNER, UH, OF THE HOME DEPOT, UH, ON 360. THE CURRENT ZONING IS PD 2 67, [00:05:01] AND THE PARCEL IS, UH, 1.09 ACRES. THIS, HERE'S THE SITE PLAN. THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR THE TACO BELL BUILDING IS, UH, 2,422 SQUARE FEET. UH, THEY ARE PROVIDING 20 PARKING SPACES, WHICH IS THE MAXIMUM BECAUSE IT IS IN THE OVERLAY. SO THEY ARE MEETING THAT REQUIREMENT. THIS IS THE LANDSCAPE PLAN. THEY ARE EITHER MEETING OR EXCEEDING THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH BY THE UDC. HERE ARE THE PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS. EITHER IT'LL EITHER BE, UH, BRICK AND, UH, A COMBINATION OF BRICK AND STUCCO DUE TO IT BEING IN THE OVERLY DISTRICT. UH, APPENDIX F APPLIES AND THEY ARE MEETING ALL THE REQUIREMENTS. THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES. THEY'RE MEETING THE 12, UH, ITEM OF THE APPENDIX F. AGAIN, NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED. AND DRC COMMITTEE IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. COMM, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? I, I HAVE A QUESTION WITH REGARD TO TRAFFIC FLOW THAT'S RIGHT IN MY AREA. SO WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT? 'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT GOING ON ALREADY IN THAT AREA. SO IT MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS, UH, SET FORTH OR WHEN IT CAME TO DRC, TRANSPORTATION DID APPROVE IT. YEAH, SO THE SITE WASN'T LARGE ENOUGH TO REQUIRE ANY KIND OF TIA BE DONE. UH, IT'S AN OUT PARCEL SITE THAT THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY NEW DRIVEWAY ACCESS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO, UM, THEY'RE TYING INTO THAT EXISTING LOT AND THE AREA'S ALREADY DESIGNED FOR THAT. SO, UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH IT MOVING FORWARD. WELL, THAT'LL BE INTERESTING 'CAUSE I LOVE TACO BELL , AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER RESTAURANT COMING IN, MORE PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE STOPPING BY SO THAT, THAT WILL INCREASE TRAFFIC. IT WILL, IT JUST WILL. OH, IT, IT, WHEN WE LOOK AT TRAFFIC IMPACT, WE LOOK AT LARGE IMPACTS TO IT. SO WHEN THERE'S, UM, GRADUAL GROWTH, WE TYPICALLY SAY TWO TO 3% PER YEAR. BUSINESSES LIKE THIS TYPICALLY FALL WITHIN THAT GROWTH, UH, THAT WE ALREADY ACCOUNT FOR. SO THIS IS WELL WITHIN THAT, THAT NORMAL RANGE. BUT WE STILL, WE HAVE TC SOUTHEAST ON THE OTHER SIDE OVER THERE, THE CHILDREN. SO THEY'LL BE COMING TO TACO MAIL, . ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN. TOTAL OCCUPANCY, THE MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY OF THIS BUILDING. WHAT IS IT? DO WE KNOW? UH, LET ME CHECK MY STAFF REPORT. I CAN DOUBLE CHECK AND GET BACK TO YOU ON THE, I DON'T SEE IT IN THE STAFF SPECIFICALLY THAT, BUT FIRE DEPARTMENT DID. YEAH, THAT MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY IS DETERMINED AT THE BUILDING PERMITTING PHASE, NOT, NOT THE SITE PLAN PHASE. GOOD QUESTION. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I THINK THAT'S IT ON THAT ONE. ALRIGHT. ARE THE NEXT ONES A CPA, UH, 23 0 8 0 0 1 1 7. AND IS, UH, ZONING CHANGE THAT WHICH A ZONING AMENDMENT, WHICH ARE COMPANION ITEMS. I'LL GO AHEAD AND PRES PRESENT THEM TOGETHER. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE CORNER OF, UH, SOUTH GRADE SOUTHWEST PARKWAY AND LAKE RIDGE, UH, PARKWAY. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT, CURRENTLY THE SITE IS OPEN SPACE SLASH DRAINAGE AND THE REQUEST IS TO CHANGE THAT TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. THE PARCEL IS 31.85 ACRES AND MOVING TO, OOPS. SO 41, UH, LETTERS WERE SENT TO SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS. UH, STAFF DID RECEIVE 25 IN OPPOSITION OF THIS REQUEST AND STAFF IS UNABLE TO SUPPORT THE REQUEST OF THE PROPOSAL BECAUSE IT DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. MOVING TO THE ZONE CHANGE REQUEST. SO, UH, FOR THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ALREADY ZONED PD 49. AND THERE THERE WAS NOT A CONCEPT PLAN ATTACHED TO IT. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE COMING IN AND REQUESTING FOR ONE. UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THE CONCEPT PLAN IS HERE. UH, THEY ARE WANTING TO CONSTRUCT THREE TO FOUR STORY MULTI-FAMILY APARTMENTS CONSISTING OF 450 UNITS. THEY ARE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES OF OUR, UH, APPENDIX W STANDARDS. THESE ARE THE PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS. AGAIN, STAFF IS UNABLE TO SUPPORT THE REQUEST BECAUSE OF THE INCONSISTENCY WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN. UH, MAP AND HOWARD STAFF KNOWS THAT THE MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE IS ALLOWED BY RIGHT WITH THE CURRENT ZONING. SO THERE JUST WASN'T A CONCEPT PLAN. IT WASN'T OLDER PD, PD 49. SHOULD THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST? STAFF RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING CONDITION. THE APPLICANT SHALL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT THE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE [00:10:01] IMPROVEMENTS AND OBTAIN APPROVAL FROM THE CITY BEFORE THE SITE CAN BECOME OPERATIONAL. THAT CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION. UH, THE APPLICANT WILL BE PRESENT AND WILL PRESENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION NIGHT. COMMISSIONER, ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER MADDEN? OKAY, YOU LOST ME FOR JUST A MOMENT THERE. SO IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED AS WHAT? IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED PD 49. OKAY. SO, AND IT ALLOWS MULTIFAMILY APARTMENTS OR THAT LAND USE BY RIGHT. OKAY. THEY JUST DIDN'T HAVE A CONCEPT PLAN ATTACHED TO THE OLDER PD. AND NOW ANY OLDER PD HAS TO COME AND GET A CONCEPT PLAN APPROVED BEFORE THEY CAN GO TO ANY BUILDING PERMITTING PROCESS. HOW LONG AGO DID THEY DO THAT? DO YOU KNOW? 1928. THE, THE ZONING OR REQUIRING A ASSEMBLY? NO, THE, THE PD IN PLACE FROM THE SEVENTIES. OH, OKAY. SEVENTIES OR EIGHTIES. OKAY. ALL THANK YOU DR. COMMISSIONER FEDCO, I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOUR CONDITION. WHAT, HOW IS THAT DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO ANYWAYS? SO THERE WERE SEVERAL COMMENTS, UH, FROM TRANSPORTATION AND ENGINEERING, OF COURSE THEY WILL HAVE TO MEET ALL OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE THE REASON FOR THAT CONDITION IS THAT THE PD CURRENTLY EXISTS AND THAT LAND USE IS PERMISSIBLE BY RIGHT. IT'S JUST THAT IT IS NOT MEETING THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE CITY. AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE ARE RECOMMENDING, UH, BUT DON'T THEY HAVE TO DO ALL THAT STUFF ANYWAY THAT YOU LISTED IN THE CONDITION? YES. THEY, THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO THIS. STAFF JUST WANTED TO HAVE THAT ARTICULATED IN THE ORDINANCE. OKAY. SO IT'S SOMETHING THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO ANYWAY. CORRECT? YEAH. SO GO AHEAD BRETT. MR. FEDORKO, THE REASON THAT IT'S IN THERE IS IT'S COMING IN AT THE FOURTH LEG OF THE POLO, UM, LAKE RIDGE INTERSECTION, WHICH IS GONNA REQUIRE A NEW MASS ARM, NEW SIGNAL HEAD IMPROVEMENTS. UM, IT'S GONNA BE DOING TWO NEW TURN LANES LANE STRIPING. SO THERE'S A LOT OF ENGINEERING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO GO INTO THAT FIRST TO MAKE THE SITE WORK. AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE PUT IN THERE. UM, DOES THE CITY DO THOSE OR DOES THE APPLICANT DO THOSE? SO IT, IT VARIES BASED ON PROJECT, BASED ON NEED. SO IN THIS CASE, WE WOULD BE ASKING THE APPLICANT TO DO A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THAT. 'CAUSE IT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO MAKE THEIR SITE FUNCTIONAL PER THE TIA SO THAT, THAT'S THE REASON FOR THAT IN THERE. AND I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARIFICATION. UH, COMMISSIONER PEREZ, I HAVE A QUESTION. OKAY. UM, THE, WE DO NOT HAVE TO APPROVE THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT THEY HAVE. BE, UH, THEY HAVE THE LEVELS, THE LEVELS THAT THEY HAVE. WE DON'T HAVE TO APPROVE THAT. RIGHT. YOU SEE HOW TALL THE BUILDINGS ARE? MM-HMM. WE DON'T HAVE TO APPROVE 450. YEAH. WE CAN CHANGE ANYTHING. WE WANNA CHANGE, WE COULD RECOMMEND ANYTHING WE WANNA RECOMMEND AS, AS A PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. OKAY. YEAH. SO IF THEY PRESENT IT AS THEY PRESENT IT, RIGHT? CORRECT. MATT, MATT CAN ELABORATE ON THAT. YEAH, THAT THAT'S CORRECT. YOU HAVE THE, THE DISCRETION AND IT IS A CONCEPT PLANNED AND BECAUSE IT'S A PD, UM, BE CONSIDERED A, A ZONING CHANGE, AN AMENDMENT TO THE PD. SO YOU STILL HAVE DISCRETION EVEN THOUGH A MULTIFAMILY IS ALLOWED BY. RIGHT. THE CONCEPT PLAN IS TO ALLOW YOU TO REVIEW THIS AND ALL, ALL THE, THE PLANNING, UH, GUIDELINES FOR TRAFFIC. AND WE, WE CAN SAY, OKAY, MULTIFAMILY, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO APPROVE HIGH DENSITY. WELL, IS THAT CORRECT? WE JUST HAVE TO STIPULATE WE HAVE TO ONLY READING OUTSIDE. I APPROVE. BUT ALONG WITH THESE CONDITIONS AND THESE ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS BESIDES THE, THE DEC CONDITIONS MM-HMM . OKAY. CORRECT. YEAH. UH, THE ONLY THING I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT WAS SINCE THERE ARE SO MUCH OPPOSITION, DIDN'T, WASN'T THIS PRESENTED BEFORE AND DIDN'T WE HAVE A LOT OF OPPOSITION THEN? IT WAS TABLED PREVIOUSLY AND, UH, WELL WE HAD A LOT OF, UH, UH, UH, A LOT OF, UH, CITIZENS HAD COME OUT TO OPPOSE IT. SO WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS DID THEY EVER HAVE A MEETING WITH THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA? I BELIEVE THEY DID NOT. THEY WERE TRYING TO OR ATTEMPTING TO MEET WITH THE HOAS AND THE LAST I HEARD THEY DID NOT. BUT THEY WILL BE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND PRESENT TO THE COMMISSION. OKAY. UM, COMMISSIONER FREDO? UH, YEAH, MAYBE IT'S MORE FOR MR. BUTLER. SO THIS IS ZONED BY RIGHT MULTIFAMILY, CORRECT? CORRECT. BUT IS IT KIND OF A SOFT RIGHT, BECAUSE THEY STILL HAVE TO GET THE CONCEPT PLAN APPROVED. THE CONCEPT PLAN STILL HAS TO BE APPROVED? CORRECT. OKAY. SO BASICALLY WE'RE DOING TWO THINGS AT ONCE. WE'RE MAKING IT A PACKAGE, BUT IT'S ONE, ONE CAN BE APPROVED AND NOT THE OTHER. WE HAVE TO ARE THEY, ARE THEY APPROVED AT THE SAME TIME? PRETTY MUCH AREN'T THEY? SAME TIME, BECAUSE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP WOULD HAVE TO BE AMENDED FOR THAT CONCEPT PLAN TO BE ADOPTED, WHICH WOULD BE GOING FROM, UH, OPEN SPACE TO [00:15:01] HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT ARE YOU'RE ASKING? WHAT WOULD YOU BE ASKING OF US TO APPROVE THE ZONING CHANGE? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SO STAFF IS CANNOT SUPPORT THE REQUEST BECAUSE IT'S GOING AGAINST THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. SO, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S, THAT'S WHY THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS THERE FOR THE DISCRETION. OR UDC IS VERY BLACK AND WHITE. YEAH. MAY MAYBE, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I GET THIS. SO IN PRINCIPLE THEY ARE ALLOWED TO, TO DO THIS, BUT IT'S JUST THE ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT THEY'RE ASKING THAT WE DON'T WANT. THAT'S I CAN, SO IT'S KIND OF CON CONFUSING BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT SAYS FROM OPEN SPACE DRAINAGE TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL OPEN SPACE DRAINAGE. SOUNDS LIKE ENVIRONMENTAL. IT'S JUST AN ENVIRONMENTAL PIECE THAT'S, THAT'S JUST THE CLASSIFICATION. THE FUTURE LAND USE. UM, OH, WELL THIS IS WAY OVER MY HEAD. RIGHT. SO JUST IN IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, WE HAVE TO KEEP IT SIMPLE FOR US. JUST IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, THE BOTTOM LINE ON THIS ONE. SO UNDER STATE LAW ZONING CHANGE HAS TO COMPLY WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. OKAY. AND SO THAT'S WHY THOSE ARE BROUGHT TO YOU AT THE, AT THE SAME TIME. UM, AND BECAUSE THE FUTURE LAND USE MA RESONATES THIS AS, AS OPEN SPACE, UH, IF YOU APPROVE THE CONCEPT PLAN ALONG WITH, ALONG WITH, FOR THIS PD AMENDMENT, IT NEEDS TO MATCH WHAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS. MM-HMM . AND SO THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY THERE'S A COMBO OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT WITH THIS. SO BASICALLY THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP SAYS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, UM, REQUIRE NOT REQUIREMENTS. THIS IS WHAT WE PERCEIVE WE WANT THE CITY TO LOOK LIKE. CORRECT. AND THIS DOES NOT FIT THAT BASICALLY. CORRECT. CORRECT. OKAY. COMMISSION PEREZ. BUT IF IT'S ALLOWED BY RIGHT. WHY DO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON IT? ? THAT'S JUST WHAT THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP SAYS. I, I CAN'T ANSWER WHY, WHY THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATES THIS AS, AS, AS UH, OPEN SPACE, UH, WITH THAT PD IN PLACE. BUT THAT'S JUST SAVANNAH. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD TO THAT? NO. IT'S LIKELY THAT, AGAIN, THIS IS A REALLY OLD PD THAT THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP WASN'T UPDATED AS PART OF THAT. AND SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S THAT CONFLICT. BOTTOM LINE IS APARTMENTS ARE ALLOWED BY RIDE AT THIS LOCATION MM-HMM . AND SO YOU CANNOT DENY THE CONCEPT PLAN BECAUSE OF THE USE. 'CAUSE IT'S ALREADY ALLOWED. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE RELATED TO THE DESIGN AND THE CONCEPT PLAN. BUT CAN WE DENY THE ZONING? YOU CANNOT DESIGN DENY THE ZONING BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANNA PUT APARTMENTS THERE. 'CAUSE APARTMENTS ARE ALLOWED BY RIGHT. ALREADY. SO WHY ARE WE VOTING? SO, SO THE ONLY THING THAT YOU, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, THE, THE, THE STORIES, THE THREE STORIES, YOU DON'T LIKE THAT. WHATEVER YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT THE EXISTING PLAN, YOU CAN SAY I'LL APPROVE IT WITH THESE CONDITIONS. THAT'S ALL YOU CAN DO. THAT'S ALL I GUESS. RIGHT. DON'T LIKE, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE DON'T LIKE IT. IT'S ALLOWED BY RIGHT. IT'S ALLOWED BY RIGHT. CAN'T WE CAN'T DENY THEM BECAUSE LEGALLY DENY LEGALLY THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO DO IT. SO I THINK WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO GO WITH THAT, THAT IT'S, YES MA'AM. COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN? YES, MA'AM. JUST, JUST ABOUT THE PEOPLE. SO IN THE 25 LETTERS MM-HMM . OF OPPOSITION THAT YOU RECEIVED, CAN YOU GIVE US A, A SYNOPSIS OF WHAT THEY WERE SAYING? SURE. UH, INCREASE IN TRAFFIC CONGESTION, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE STRAIN, LOSS OF, UH, PRIVACY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS. YOU'RE WELCOME. SO HYPOTHETICALLY, IF WE DECIDE TO DENY THIS ON FACE VALUE, THEN COUNCIL CAN STILL COME, CITY COUNCIL CAN STILL COME BEHIND US AND APPROVE IT. I'LL LET MATT ANSWER THAT ONE. THAT'S CORRECT, YES. YEAH. OKAY. SO IT'S JUST OUR, OUR OPINION, OUR LAYMAN'S OPINION. SO THERE, THERE IS SOME GUIDANCE IN THE UDC WHENEVER YOU'RE REVIEWING A, UH, A CONCEPT PLAN. AND I CAN READ THOSE TO YOU IF YOU'D LIKE. WE PROBABLY NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE INSIGHT ON THIS ONE. OKAY. SO, UH, WHEN REVIEWING A CONCEPT PLAN, THE PURPOSE OF THE CONCEPT PLAN REVIEW IS TO IDENTIFY THE INTEGRATED SITE PLAN DESIGN PRACTICES TO BE USED, UM, TO CALCULATE THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROPOSED SITE DESIGN PRACTICES TO SELECT, LOCATE AND SHOW APPROXIMATE SIZE. PROPOSED STRUCTURAL STORMWATER CONTROLS TO ESTABLISH THE LIMITS OF PROPOSED CLEARING AND GRADING TO ENSURE USE, TO USE COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN THE PROPOSED LAND USES ZONING DISTRICT AND THE SURROUNDING AREA TO MINIMIZE POTENTIAL HAZARDOUS ADVERSE OR OBJECTIONABLE EFFECTS OF THE PROPOSAL TO ENSURE SAFE POINTS OF ACCESS AND INTERNAL CIRCULATION TO ALL FUTURE LOTS AND ADJACENT PROPERTIES, INCLUDING MEDIAN BREAKS AND TURN LANES TO ENSURE THAT ALL SUBDIVISION REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS RIGHT OF WAY WIDTH AND UTILITY EASEMENT DEDICATIONS CAN BE MET TO ENSURE THAT ALL ZONING DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS SUCH AS LOT SIZE, MINIMUM SETBACKS, [00:20:01] LANDSCAPING CAN BE MET AND TO ESTABLISH RANGES, RANGES OF USES, LOCATION OF STRUCTURES, VEHICULAR CIRCULATION, PARKING LAYOUT, AND OTHER CONDITIONS OF RECORD FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. THAT'S A MOUTHFUL. MATH, IT'S A MOUTHFUL. YES. . SO , WE WILL STOP AT THIS BECAUSE WE'RE SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THIS AND, UM, WE WILL BE READY FOR THE APPLICANT WHEN THE APPLICANT DROPS. OKAY, THANK YOU. MM-HMM . NEXT CASE. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. SO THE NEXT ITEM NUMBER NINE N 10 IS ALSO A CONCEPT PLAN AMENDMENT AND PD AMENDMENT WITH THE CONCEPT. OKAY, SO THE LOCATION SHOWN, YOU CAN SEE THE BOUNDARIES, UM, WITH THE YELLOW, IT IS CURRENTLY UNDER THE FUTURE LINE MAP THAT'S DESIGNATED AS A MIXED USE. SO MIXED USE AREAS ARE WHERE YOU WILL SEE MORE OF A URBAN STYLE MIXTURE OF COMMERCIAL WITH SOME APARTMENTS KIND OF IN THE BACK. AND IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THIS LOCATION BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT AGAINST THE I 20, WHICH HAS A HIGH TRAFFIC AND USUALLY THAT CREATES LIKE A SOUND BUFFER FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE. SO THE APPLICANT IS NOT PROPOSING TO REZONE THE PROPERTY, UH, BUT WANT TO ADOPT A CONCEPT PLAN. AND THEY'RE PROPOSING TO AMEND THE FUTURE LANE MAP AS HIGH DENSITY TO ALIGN WITH THE PROPOSED CONCEPT PLAN. SO IF THE FUTURE, UH, CPA WAS TO BE APPROVED, THAT COLOR WILL TURN TO MATCH THE HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AS SHOWN. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS AREA HAS A LOT OF OLDER PDS. THE PD 18, WHICH WAS ADOPTED BACK IN 1927, ALLOWS, UM, USES SUCH AS OFFICE, RETAIL, MULTI-FAMILY, AND, UM, SERVICE USES. SO BECAUSE THAT PD 18 DID NOT HAVE ANY CON PLAN OR THE BOUNDARY OF WHAT, WHERE THESE USES CAN BE LOCATED, UH, BASICALLY THE APPLICANT HAS ENTITLEMENT TO DEVELOP A MULTIFAMILY BECAUSE IT'S AN ALLOWED USE. SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE THE KIND OF GENERAL LOCATION OF THIS LOT IS LOCATED AT. UM, I KNOW ON THIS AREA HERE, THIS AREA IS NOT SHOWN, BUT RIGHT NOW THERE IS ACTUALLY A SIMILAR, UH, MULTIFAMILY COMPLEX THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS ALREADY BUILT HERE. ANOTHER THING THAT I WANNA NOTICE THAT, UM, WHEN I DROVE HERE, I SEE THAT THIS SCREENING WALLS, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE HOUSES KIND OF BELOW THE SCREENING WALL. I THINK THERE'S A GRADE CHANGE. SO WHEN YOU ACTUALLY DRIVE NEXT TO THAT, YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE ANY OF THE BACK OF THE WINDOWS FOR THESE HOMES BECAUSE THEY'RE UH, KIND OF BENEATH THE SIX FOOT MASONE SCREENING WALL. SO STEPH IS UNABLE TO SUPPORT THE REQUEST BECAUSE IT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE FU FUTURE LAND USE MAP. HOWEVER, STAFF NOTES THAT MULTIFAMILY IS CURRENTLY ALLOWED BY THE EXISTING ZONING AND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION IS NOT THE ZONING OF THE PROPERTY, IT'S THE RECOMMENDED LAND USE FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. SO HERE'S THE ZONE CHANGE REQUEST, WHICH IS THE ITEM NUMBER 10. THEY'RE TRYING TO AMEND THE PD TO ADOPT A CON PLAN. THEY ARE REQUESTING AN AN ALLOWED USE, WHICH IS OF MULTIFAMILY. THEY WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE 300 UNITS, BOTH ONE BEDROOM AND TWO BEDROOM UNITS SPREAD OUT IN 10 BUILDINGS. UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS IS KIND OF A GENERAL OVERLAY OF HOW IN IONS TO THE EXISTING HOUSE TO THE NORTH. SO THEY'LL UM, BE BUILDING TO THE SOUTH. I JUST WANNA NOTE A FEW THINGS. UM, FOLLOWING STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, THE APPLICANT HAS RESPONDED WELL TO SOME OF OUR COMMENTS TO MITIGATE TO, UM, LOWER THE NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD. WE RECOMMENDED THAT THE ACCESS BE PROVIDED OFF OF THE WEST CLIFF AND, UH, I 20 ONLY, AND NOT FROM FISH CREEK. SO THEY HAVE, UH, MET THAT AND THEY ARE ALSO PROVIDING, UM, THOSE BUILDINGS TO, UM, KIND OF FACING WEST CLIFF TO ROTATE IT THAT WAY BECAUSE IF THEY WERE TO ROTATED PERPENDICULARLY, IT WOULD BE LOOKING INTO THE PROPERTY LINE. SO THEY HAVE PROVIDED THAT. SO AS THE LAST PART THAT I WANNA POINT OUT TO RESPOND TO STAT'S COMMENTS, TO KEEP IT FAR DISTANCE AWAY, THEY'RE ACTUALLY FURTHER AWAY THAN THE APARTMENTS TO THE WEST. THEY ARE MINIMUM 70 TO A HUNDRED FEET AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY LINE, WHICH MEANS THAT THERE WILL BE AT LEAST TWO, UH, ONE 50 TO A HUNDRED FEET AWAY FROM THE BACK OF THESE HOUSES ACROSS THE STREET. THEY ARE PROVIDING SOME AMENITIES INCLUDING DOG PARK AND PICKLEBALL COURT AND A POOL COURTYARD. AND THESE ARE THE CONCEPT ELEVATIONS THAT WILL BE ADOPTED ALONG WITH THE CONCEPT PLAN. THIS CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION. THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES. WE DID NOTIFY 28, UM, PROPERTY OWNERS. WE GOT TWO OPPOSITION. ONE HAD NO COMMENT ON IT. THE OTHER ONE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT GRAND PRAIRIE SHOULD REMAIN KIND OF WIDE AND OPEN. REALLY DIDN'T GO INTO MUCH DETAIL OTHER THAN THAT. WE DID GET ONE INQUIRY FROM ONE NEIGHBOR WHO DIDN'T NOT IDENTIFY HIS EX EXACT ADDRESS, BUT SAID HE SAW THE SIGN AND ONCE HE UNDERSTOOD THAT THE ZONING ACTUALLY IS THERE FOR ENTITLEMENT, IT SOUNDED [00:25:01] LIKE HE ALREADY WAS AWARE OF THAT POSSIBLY BECAUSE YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IN THIS AREA IN THE PD 19, WE ALREADY HAD MULTIFAMILY AND I'M SURE THEY WENT THROUGH THE SIMILAR, UM, QUESTIONS BACK THEN BACK IN 20 20 17 AND SO ON WHEN THEY WERE HAVING THOSE ISSUES. MM-HMM . QUESTION? COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER MADDEN? MM-HMM . OKAY. I JUST WANNA CLARIFY MM-HMM . SO, UM, THE PD IS OLD. MM-HMM . IT WAS FOR, UM, MIXED USE. SO NO PD DOES NOT. WELL, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY BACK IN THE DAY, THEY, I DON'T THINK THEY REALLY HAD A URBAN CONCEPT, BUT THEY OPENED IT UP FOR THE APPLICANT WHOEVER'S BUYING THIS PORTION OF THE PD AREA TO PROPOSE THEIR OWN. SO THEY SAID, WE'RE NOT GONNA TELL YOU EXACTLY WHERE RETAIL HAS TO BE, BUT YOU BRING US THE SITE PLAN AND WE'LL TAKE THAT TO P AND Z AND IF WE THINK THIS IS APPROPRIATE, WE'LL APPROVE THAT. HOWEVER, IT'S SET UNDEVELOPED FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY SOMETHING ABOUT MIXED USE AT SOME POINT THOUGH. YES. SO FEATURE LINE MAP IS WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, CORRECT. OKAY. SO THIS IS, THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING. SO I MISSPOKE. OH, THAT'S OKAY. NO, NO, NO. I, SO I'M SORRY. I WAS CONFUSING. YEAH. OKAY. SO MM-HMM . MIXED USE WOULD BE AGAIN MM-HMM . MAYBE, UM, BUSINESS ON THE, ON THE BOTTOM FLOORS OR WHATEVER, OR IN APARTMENTS ABOVE. RIGHT. SO, AND THAT, THAT COULD BE, THAT COULD BE, WE CALL THAT A VERTICAL MIXED USE. RIGHT. BUT I KNOW WE LIKE, YOU KNOW, EPIC CENTER WHERE WE'RE BEING APPROVING SOME OF THOSE TOWN HOMES WITH THE COMMERCIAL AT THE FRONT, THOSE WOULD BE ABLE TO GO INTO SOME OF THESE MIXED USE. BUT WHAT WE REQUIRE IS THAT THEY BE TYPICALLY MASTER PLANNED. HOWEVER, THIS PROPERTY OWNER ONLY OWNS THAT PORTION OF THE LOT AND THIS LOT'S ONLY 14 ACRES. SO THEY'RE BRINGING FORTH WHAT IS ALLOWED BY THE CURRENT ZONING, WHICH IS MULTIFAMILY. OKAY. BUT IF THEY WERE TO GO IN WITH SOME SORT OF MIXED USE MM-HMM . THAT WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE NUMBER OF, UM, UNITS LIKE APARTMENTS THAT WOULD BE THERE. MOST LIKELY IT COULD, BUT THEN AT THE SAME TIME, I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHERE THEY COULD PUT OR WHAT KIND OF USE THEY COULD PUT THERE. SO IT'S REALLY UP TO THE APPLICANT TO BRING THOSE PROPOSAL TO US, TO THE STAFF. OKAY. AND THEN US TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS. WE DID SUGGEST THAT, THAT TO COMBINE OTHER PROPERTIES AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO SEE IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS TO CONNECT TO THE REST OF THE DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER, THAT WAS A STAFF RECOMMENDATION. UH, THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO DO THAT, SO. OKAY. WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT THEY BROUGHT TO US. MM-HMM . I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS. ANY OTHER QUESTION? I, I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE, UH, TRAFFIC. MM-HMM . THIS IS A LOT OF STUFF COMING TOGETHER HERE MM-HMM . MM-HMM . AND TO ME IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT'S TOO MUCH . SO THIS SITE ACTUALLY WAS NOT REQUIRED TO DO A TIA 'CAUSE IT'S ONLY 300 UNITS. UH, THEY DID HOWEVER, PROVIDE A TRAFFIC STUDY THAT LOOKED AT THE EXISTING FLOWS. THEY DIDN'T SEE ANY ISSUES PUTTING THIS IN WITH, UH, WHAT'S ALREADY OUT THERE. AND SO IT'S CONSISTENT. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED WITH THEM ABOUT WAS LIMITING ACCESS TO FISH CREEK TO TRY TO GET THAT MAIN DRIVE OFF I 20 FRONTAGE ROAD TO TRY TO SEPARATE THAT NEW TRAFFIC FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I THINK THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF DOING THAT. SO THAT'S WHAT WE WORKED WITH THEM ON AND, AND WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT THIS MOVING FORWARD. WELL, THE ONLY CONCERN I HAVE IS THAT YOU TALK ABOUT 300 UNITS, THERE'S PROBABLY TWO CARS AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, PER UNIT. THAT'S A LOT MORE CARS ON THE ROAD. YEAH. SO WITH APARTMENTS, THE, THE WAY THAT WE, AND I DON'T WANNA GET TOO TECHNICAL WITH YOU, UM, BUT THE WAY THAT WE LOOK AT THIS IS WE HAVE MANUALS THAT OBSERVE OTHER APARTMENTS AND THE DIFFERENT SIZES. AND SO WE FIND A GOOD ESTIMATE OF HOW MUCH WE SEE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE EXISTING, HOW MUCH TRAFFIC THEY PRODUCE DURING CERTAIN HOURS. AND SO WE USE THOSE ESTIMATES FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS SUCH AS THIS. I HOPE IT, I HOPE THEY'RE COMPARABLE TO THE AREA BECAUSE IT DEPENDS, CERTAIN AREAS ARE LOW IN, IN, IN TRAFFIC AND SOME ARE HIGHER IN THE SAME, YOU KNOW, SCENARIO WITH THE NUMBER OF UNITS. SO WHAT THEY DO IS THEY GET HUNDREDS OF OBSERVATIONS, HUNDREDS OF CASE STUDIES, ESPECIALLY WITH THE ONES AS POPULAR AS MULTIFAMILY, AND THEY FIND THAT AVERAGE. SO IN THIS CASE, MAYBE LESS, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT AVERAGE, BUT WE GO BY THAT AVERAGE 'CAUSE IT'S THE BEST ESTIMATE THAT WE CAN GET. OKAY. BUT WITH APARTMENTS, WHAT WE TYPICALLY SEE IS NOT EVERYONE DOES THE, THE EIGHT TO FIVE WORKING HOURS. SO COMPARED TO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, APARTMENTS TYPICALLY DON'T HAVE THAT HIGHER PEAK HOUR FROM SEVEN TO EIGHT LIKE WE SEE FOR SINGLE FAMILY TOWN HOMES, THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, SO THE NUMBER IN THOSE PEAK HOURS IS REDUCED FOR APARTMENTS. SO YEAH. SO BASICALLY WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING WHAT WE DO. 'CAUSE THERE'S NO MORATORIUM ON APARTMENTS. CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. WELL THIS CONCLUDES STEPS PRESENTATION. THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS DURING PUBLIC HEARING. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. NEXT CASE, PLEASE. YES, THE NEXT CASE IS SUP 23 0 9 0 0 4 0. THIS IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR [00:30:01] A CHILD DAYCARE CENTER. UM, THIS LAND USE REQUIRES SUP, WHICH HAS TO BE APPROVED BY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED, UH, ON THE EASTERN NORTHEAST CORNER OF, UH, MAYFIELD AND SOUTHWEST. UH, 360, UH, THE PROPERTY ZONE PD 1 37. THE FLOOR AREA FOR THIS SUITE, SUITE ONE 40 IS UH, 4,165 SQUARE FEET. THEY ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE AN OUTDOOR PLAY AREA OF 25% OF WHATEVER THE FLOOR AREA IS, WHICH THEY ARE. THEY'RE PROVIDING 1050 SQUARE FOOT OF OUTDOOR PLAY AREA IN THE REAR OF THE BUILDING OR THE SUITE. UH, THEY'RE PROVIDING 18 PLUS PARKING SPACES. 18 IS THE MINIMUM REQUIRED. UH, THE TOTAL SPACE, UH, THE TOTAL PARKING SPACES FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT IS OVER 700 SPACES. SO THEY HAVE PLENTY OF PARKING. UM, FOR OPERATIONAL PLAN, IT'S MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 6:30 AM TO 6:00 PM TOTAL ENROLLMENT OF CHILDREN CAN BE UP TO 78, UH, PUPILS. UH, WHICH THE AGE RANGE IS FROM SIX WEEKS TO 12 YEARS. UH, THERE'S, THERE WILL BE NO CURBSIDE PICKUP OR DROP OFF. PARENTS WILL HAVE TO COME IN TO SIGN IN AND SIGN OUT THE CHILD. THIS IS THE SUITE VIEW OF SUITE ONE 40. THIS IS A SITE PLAN FOR THE OUTDOOR PLAY AREA, WHICH IS 1050 SQUARE FOOT. THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO PUT ENCLOSED THE AREA WITH A, WHICH IS REQUIRED, UH, ENCLOSED THE PLAY AREA WITH A FENCE, A SIX FOOT FENCE. IT WOULD BE, THERE ARE RECOMMEND, THERE ARE REQUESTING A SIX FOOT WOODEN FENCE AND, UH, PUT A MURAL ON IT. THAT'S THEIR INTENTION. THIS DOES ABUT AN INDUSTRIAL SIDE TO THE EAST. AND THIS, THE SITE IS WITHIN THE LOADING AREA IN THE BACK OF THE SUITE. SO THE DOOR MARKED HERE WOULD BE THE ENTRY AND EXIT TO THE PLAYGROUND, WHICH WOULD BE ENCLOSED IN, UH, A SIX FOOT WOODEN FENCE WITH ARTIFICIAL TURF. WE DID SEND OUT, UH, LETTERS TO ABOUT 18 PROPERTY OWNERS. UH, WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY IN SUPPORT OR IN OPPOSITION. THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES. THEY ARE MEETING ALL THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF THE UDC. THE DRC COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST, UH, ON WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. ONE, ANY ROOM IN WHICH A CHILDREN AGES TWO AND A HALF YEARS OR YOUNGER ARE CARED FOR. MUST HAVE AN EXIT DOOR LEADING DIRECTLY OUTSIDE, UH, OF THE BUILDING. THAT AND MUST BE PROTECTED UH, BY AN AUTOMATIC FIRE SPRINKLER. TWO, THE OUTSIDE PLAY AREA MUST BE AT LEAST 25% OF THE INDOOR SPACE. THREE, THE EXIT TO THE OUTDOOR PLAY AREA MUST BE DIRECTLY ONTO THE PLAYGROUND AND FOR THE CHILD, DAYCARE SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL STATE AND CITY REGULATIONS. AND THAT'S, UH, CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THE APPLICANT WILL BE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSION ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS. I THINK IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. THANK YOU. HELLO AGAIN. SO THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 12. THIS IS A PD AMENDMENT AND CONCEPT PLAN FOR ASCE FORUM. SO THIS IS ASCEND UP FORUM, WHICH WE APPROVE THE SINGLE FAMILY PORTION ON THIS LOT BACK IN MARCH 21ST. UM, WHILE THEY WERE GOING THROUGH CIVIL ENGINEERING DESIGN, UM, THE APPLICANT AND HIS CIVIL CONSULTANTS HAS IDENTIFIED THAT TO INSTALL THE MASON LEAGUE SCREENING WALL ALONG THE PROPERTY LINE, THEY'LL NEED SOME EASEMENT. 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU NEED AT LEAST THREE TO FIVE FEET TO GO THERE AND MAINTAIN THE FENCES AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO THEY REALIZE, UM, REQUESTING A REDUCTION OF THE FRONT YARD SETBACK WOULD ALLOW THEM TO KEEP THE ALREADY APPROVED CONFIGURATION. THEY'RE NOT CHANGING ANY LOT DIMENSIONS. THEY'RE NOT CHANGING BUILDING HEIGHTS, THEY'RE NOT INCREASING ANY UNIT. SO TO KIND OF DEMONSTRATE THEY'RE ONLY UPDATING TWO ROWS. AND THE CHART HAS SHOWN, BUT I CAN TRY TO EXPLAIN BETTER, BETTER TO YOU BY USING THIS GRAPHIC. SO TO THE LEFT IS WHAT THE CURRENT ZONING REQUIRES. THEY REQUIRE A 25 FRONT YARD SETBACK, WHICH IS INDICATED WITH THE RED LINE. AND THAT'S WHAT WAS SHOWN ON THE PLAT. AND THEY WERE ALLOWED TO COVER UP ABOUT A 50% OF THE LOT AS SHOWN WITH THE YELLOW. SO WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS, CAN WE BRING THE BUILDING CLOSER TO OUR OWN INTERNAL STREET? THAT WAY WE CAN GIVE MORE ROOM TO THE BACK WHERE PEOPLE NEED ACCESS TO MAINTAIN THOSE FENCE IN THE FUTURE. SO THEY'RE ALSO SAYING, HEY, BECAUSE OF THIS CHANGE, WE WANNA MAXIMIZE THE ROOM THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE BACK. SO CAN WE INCREASE THE LOT COVERAGE JUST IN CASE WE NEED SOME REGAL ROOM TO HAVE [00:35:01] THESE HOUSES BUILT. SO THOSE ARE TWO VARIANCES. THEY'RE ASKING, WHICH IS TO MINI A MINIMUM FRONT STEP BACK FROM 25 FEET TO BE REDUCED TO 20 FEET. THEY'RE ALSO ASKING THE MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE TO BE ENCOURAGED FROM THE 50% TO 55%. STEPH, UH, RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER MADDEN. SO ARE THESE ARE FRONT ENTRY, UH, GARAGES? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. SO WILL THE, WILL A CAR BE ABLE TO PARK ON THE DRIVEWAY WITHOUT IMPEDING THE SIDEWALK? YES, MA'AM. SO TYPICALLY YOU NEED AT LEAST 17 AND A HALF FEET FOR THE CARS NOT TO HANG INTO THE SIDEWALK. SO 20 FEET SHOULD GIVE THEM ENOUGH ROOM. MM-HMM . SO ARE THE SIDEWALKS UP AGAINST THE CURB? 'CAUSE THAT DOESN'T SAY ANY ROOM. NO, NO. THE SIDEWALKS ARE USUALLY A FOOT AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY LINE. SO THE 20 FEET IN THE FRONT PROPERTY LINE, THAT'S FROM THEIR PROPERTY LINE TO THEIR FRONT OF THE BUILDING. SO THEY HAVE 20 FEET. SO IT'S ON THEIR PROPERTY, NOT INCLUDING THE ANY SIDEWALKS OR ANY PARKWAY THAT'S OUTSIDE. SO TYPICALLY YOU WILL HAVE A RIGHT OF WAY WITH PAVEMENT AND CURVE AND SIDEWALK AND SOME STRIP OF GRASS. THEN THEIR PROPERTY LINE STARTS. OKAY. SO THEY'RE ASKING 20 FEET FROM THAT PROPERTY LINE TO THE PLACE OF THE GARAGE DOOR. SO THEY WILL HAVE 20 FEET PURELY ON THEIR PROPERTY TO PARK A CAR FROM THE CURB TO THE GARAGE DOOR TO THE HOUSE. THE CURB TO THE GARAGE DOOR WILL BE BIGGER THAN THAT. OKAY. OKAY? MM-HMM . THANK YOU. YES. MM-HMM . ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU. JUNE. MM-HMM . YES. THE NEXT ITEM IS THE ZONE CHANGE, 23 0 8 0 0 2 9. FOR LAKE POINT VIEW, THE PROPERTY IS, UH, ON THE FRONT EDGE OF LAKEVIEW DRIVE AND SOUTH OF GCO ROAD. UH, THE REQUEST IS FOR, UH, PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE. THE CURRENT ZONING IS AGRICULTURAL. UH, THE PARCEL IS 37.58 ACRES. THIS IS THE CONCEPT PLAN AND THEY'RE WANTING TO REZONE AND ADOPT IN CONCEPT PLAN WITH A HUNDRED AND CONSISTING OF ONE 60. SINGLE FAMILY LOTS WITH 50 FOOT WIDTH. UH, THEY ARE REQUESTING, UH, SEVERAL VARIANCES, WHICH WE WILL, I WILL GET INTO HERE IS THE PROPOSED ELEVATIONS. SO THEY'RE REQUESTING FOUR VARIANCES, UH, FROM APPENDIX W UH, WHICH ONE IS A VARIANCE TO THE MINIMUM LOT AREA REQUIREMENT OF AN APPENDIX W STANDARD. THEY ARE PROPOSING 5,500 SQUARE FOOT LOTS. INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED 7,800 TO ALMOST 9,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS, THAT HAS TO BE A 70 70% AND THEN 30% HAS TO BE 9,000 SQUARE FOOT OR MORE. UH, THERE ARE REQUESTING ANOTHER VARIANCE OF, UH, MINIMUM LOT WIDTH. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 50 FOOT WIDE LOT, UH, INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED 65 FOOT WIDE LOT, UH, PER APPENDIX W AND ANOTHER VARIANCE TO THE FRONT SETBACK FROM 25 FEET TO 20 FEET. AND THEN A VARIANCE, UH, TO THE REQUIRED, UH, GARAGE TYPE. THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSING A HUNDRED PERCENT FRONT ENTRY GARAGES. WE DID SEND LETTERS OUT TO 23 SURROUNDING PROPERTY, UH, PROPERTIES. AND WE DID RECEIVE THREE LETTERS IN OPPOSITION. ONE THOUGHT IT WAS A TOWN HOME AND MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT. ONE, WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEIR OPPOSITION WAS, IT WAS BLANK. AND THE, THE LAST ONE, I BELIEVE, UH, JUST MENTIONED PROPERTY VALUES AS A CONCERN TO THEM. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, DRC COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. IT DOES MEET THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. UH, DRC HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. ONE, A MINIMUM LOT WHICH SHALL BE 60 FEET. UH, INSTEAD OF THE 50, UH, AT LEAST 35% OF THE PLATTED LOTS SHALL HAVE NON-ENTRY, UH, NON FRONT ENTRY GARAGE. UH, THE DEVELOPER SHALL CONSTRUCT A SIX FOOT MASONRY WALL ALONGSIDE LAKE VIEW DRIVE. THERE SHALL BE A MINIMUM LANDSCAPE BUFFER OF 10 FEET ALONG LAKE VIEW DRIVE AND A MANDATORY HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION SHALL BE CREATED TO ENFORCE THE HOA RESTRICTIONS. AND THE DEVELOPERS, AGAIN, WILL BE HERE AND THEY WILL GIVE A PRESENTATION TO, TO THE DEPARTMENT COMMISSIONER. MATTIN, WHAT IS THE ALTERNATIVE OTHER THAN REAR ENTRY? WHAT IS THE NON FRONT ENTRY? IS THAT THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE? IT COULD BE THE J SWINGS. THAT THE J SWING YEAH. THAT WE TALKED ABOUT. LAST PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING. OKAY. IS THAT, IS THAT EVEN, IS THAT POSSIBLE ON A LOT THAT NARROW ON A 60 FOOT? MAYBE, BUT NOT ON THE 50. OKAY, THANK YOU. BUT AT LEAST 30%, 35% IS WHAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING. I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION WITH REGARD TO THE CHANGING OF THE LOT SIZE. ARE THE OTHER HOUSES IN THE, IN THE AREA COMPARABLE TO WHAT SIZE IS THAT WHY THE, THE SIZE DESIGNATION ON THE, ON THOSE, THE SIZE DESIGNATION IS BECAUSE OF THE APPENDIX W STANDARD THAT WAS ADOPTED, UM, IN THE RECENT, UH, PAST AND THE OLDER [00:40:01] LOTS. SO SF SIX AND OTHER ZONING, CONVENTIONAL ZONING DISTRICTS ALLOWED 50 FOOT LOTS. BUT I THINK CITY COUNCIL WANTED LARGER LOTS AND THAT'S HOW APPENDIX W CAME INTO BE. OKAY. OKAY. SO ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT HAS TO MEET THOSE STANDARDS. SO THOSE ARE JUST REALLY GRANDFATHERED IN THE ONES THAT ARE ALREADY THERE? THAT'S CORRECT. ONCE THAT'S ALREADY BUILT, WE CAN'T RIGHT, RIGHT. DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. MM-HMM . HELLO AGAIN, COMMISSIONERS. HELLO, MS. BRITTANY. THIS IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 14 SUP 2 3 0 9 0 0 3 6. THIS IS AN SUP REQUEST FOR FLEXIN GATE FOR OUTSIDE STORAGE. SO THIS IS AN EXISTING INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE. THEY'RE COMING THROUGH TO GET THEIR SUP FOR OUTSIDE STORAGE. SO GENERALLY SOMETHING ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, WHICH THIS, UH, PROPERTY IS THEY'RE ALLOWED BY RIGHT. SOME OUTSIDE STORAGE. HOWEVER, IF YOU'RE WITHIN 300 FEET OF A RESIDENTIAL LEASE ZONED AREA OR WITHIN A QUARTER OVERLY DISTRICT, THAT THEN TRIGGERS AN SUP, WHICH THIS, UH, SITE IS BOTH. SO THIS IS LOCATED AT 2150 WEST BARDON ROAD AND IT'S LOCATED ON PARCEL. IT'S 28.38 ACRES. YOU CAN SEE IN TABLE ONE THERE THE EXISTING, UH, ZONING AND USES SURROUNDING IT. SO TO THE NORTH THERE ARE WAREHOUSES TO THE SOUTH AND THE WEST IS UNDEVELOPED. AND THEN TO THE EAST IS THAT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. SO THIS WAS RIGHT ABOUT THE APPLICANT. THE AREAS IN RED ARE WHERE, SO CURRENTLY THERE IS OUTSIDE STORAGE THERE. SO THE AREAS IN RED IS WHERE THE OUTSIDE STORAGE IS. SO THE SITE IS USED TO STORE MATERIALS OUTSIDE FOR THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS FOR FLEXING GATE. THEY, UH, MANUFACTURE AUTOMOTIVE PARTS. SO THE ITEMS STORED OUTSIDE ARE CONTAINERS AND RACKS. SO YOU'RE HERE ON THE LEFT SIDE. THIS IS THE VIEW OFF OF BARDON. YOU CAN SEE THAT IT KIND OF, THE GRADE THERE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. SO YOU'RE A LITTLE LOWER THAN THE BUILDING AND EVERYWHERE ON THIS SITE YOU ARE AT LEAST ALL THE OUTSIDE STORAGE IS AT LEAST 50 FEET AWAY FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY. AND YOU CAN SEE IN PARTICULAR OFF OF BARDON THAT THERE IS A LOT OF LIKE NATURAL LIVING SCREEN, A LOT OF THAT LANDSCAPING THERE. UM, OFF OF MATTHEW, UH, THE OUTSIDE STORAGE IS FURTHER AWAY OF 'EM AT LEAST A HUNDRED FEET AWAY FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY. UM, THERE'S A, AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE THERE, THERE'S THAT EXISTING, UM, WROUGHT IRON GATE. SO WE DID SEND OUT 19 LETTERS. WE RECEIVED TWO LETTERS OF OPPOSITION FROM WITHIN THAT 300 FOOT BUFFER ZONE AND AN ADDITIONAL FIVE FROM OUTSIDE OF IT WITH FIVE UNIQUE ADDRESSES. THEIR BIGGEST CONCERNS ACTUALLY WERE LISTED WITH THE SCREENING AND MORE TO DO WITH NOISE. YES. SO THIS IS A 24 HOUR OPERATION. WE DID REQUIRE THEM TO DO A NOISE STUDY. OUR PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY DEPARTMENT DID REVIEW THAT NOISE STUDY AND FOUND THEY ACTUALLY ARE WITHIN WHAT'S ALLOWED PER OUR NUISANCE LAWS. SO THEY'RE NOT EXCEEDING WHAT'S ALLOWED PER NUISANCE ORDINANCES HERE. SO THE DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. SO THE OUTSIDE STORAGE SHALL BE SET BACK FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY. AT MINIMUM 40 FEET. THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE EITHER ADDITIONAL LIVING SCREEN OR A FIXED SLATS TO THE RIGHT IRON FENCE WHEREVER THE OUTSIDE STORAGE IS VISIBLE FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY TO KIND OF SHORE UP THAT, UH, SCREENING A LITTLE MORE. AND THE SITE OPERATIONS SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECTIONS OF THE UDC AND CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES, WHICH INCLUDES THOSE NUISANCE LAWS. THAT CONCLUDES STAFF RECOMMENDATION. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. OH, COMMISSION FOR DARCO. DIDN'T YOU SAY THEY WERE ALREADY 50 FEET BACK FROM THE RIGHTWAY? SO THEIR MINIMUM OF 50 FEET BACK PER THE APPLICANT, THEY PROVIDED US AT THE SITE PLAN THAT SHOWED US. SO OUTSIDE STORAGE IS ALREADY AT LEAST 50 FEET FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY. SO ARE WE REDUCING IT IF WE GO WITH YOUR CONDITIONS? SO 40 FEET IS WHAT WE'VE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED INTERNALLY IN OTHER CASES WHERE THAT'S KIND OF BEEN WHAT WE'VE SEEN AT LEAST 40 FEET FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY. AND THEN IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL SCREENING IS GENERALLY ENOUGH TO ENSURE THAT IT'S SCREENED WELL FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY. BUT Y'ALL ARE THE COMMISSION. Y'ALL CAN INCREASE THAT. IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE Y'ALL'S RECOMMENDATION, I DID NOTICE THAT IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS A A A LONG WAYS FROM FROM THE STREET. YES. AND THERE, SO THE VISIBILITY IS NOT THAT GREAT IS FROM WHAT I CAN SEE. YEAH. AND OUR UNDERSTANDING IS I DON'T BELIEVE THEY'RE PLANNING ON MOVING THAT OUTSIDE STORAGE ANY CLOSER. UM, BUT YES, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BAKE IN A HIGHER OKAY. DISTANCE OR JUST WHAT IT'S OH YEAH, YEAH. COMMISSIONER PEREZ. UM, I'M SORRY. ON THE DRC RECOMMENDATIONS PAGE, IT STATES THAT, UM, THEY SHALL PROVIDE EITHER ADDITIONAL LIVING SCREEN LIVING SCREENS. SO THAT'S JUST WHAT WE CALL ALL THAT. THOSE, THOSE TREES AND THOSE PLANS WE CALL LIKE A LIVING SCREEN, BUT IT'S NOT VISIBLE. WHY? SO THERE IS SOME AREA, SO YOU CAN SEE A LONG, UM, SO ALONG BARTON IN PARTICULAR ALONG HERE YOU CAN SEE SOME, THERE ARE BREAKS. I COULDN'T, IT'S A LONG STRETCH. I OBVIOUSLY COULDN'T GET ALL OF IT ON THERE, BUT THERE ARE SOME BREAKS IN IT. SO IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE, AND AGAIN, Y'ALL CAN CHANGE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT THERE ARE SOME AREAS WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE OUTSIDE STORAGE. SO JUST IN CASE WE WANTED TO GET BETTER SCREENING THERE, KIND OF FILL IN THOSE GAPS THAT COULD OFFSET WHAT'S EXISTING THERE WITH SOME ADDITIONAL LIVING SCREENING. HMM. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. I'M GONNA FLY THROUGH THESE NEXT ITEMS AND COVER MORE DETAILS [00:45:01] DURING THE MEETING. UH, SO THE ITEMS 15 AND 16 ARE RELATED. AGAIN, WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT AND A ZONING CHANGE IN CONCEPT PLAN. SO THIS FIRST COMPONENT IS TO AMEND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FROM COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICE TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. AND THAT AREA IS ABOUT 10 ACRES. AND YOU CAN SEE THE PROPOSED FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION. THIS IS PART OF A LARGER ZONING CHANGE REQUEST, WHICH YOU CAN SEE THAT LARGER AREA OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN. THE PROPOSAL IS FOR A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR GENERAL RETAIL AND MULTIFAMILY. THE EXISTING ZONING IS FOR A PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR GENERAL RETAIL. UM, SO THEY, UH, PROVIDED A CONCEPT PLAN AND YOU CAN SEE THE ARROW SHOWING THE NORTHERN, UH, WHERE THE NORTH IS LOCATED. THAT INCLUDES A UH, 120,000 SQUARE FOOT MEMBERSHIP ONLY RETAIL STORE INCLUDES GASOLINE SALES. THERE'S A 64,000 SQUARE FOOT SPORTING GOODS FOOT DOOR, A HOTEL, AND THEN 350 MULTIFAMILY UNITS. SO THESE ARE THE BASE ZONING DISTRICTS THAT THEY'RE ESTABLISHING GENERAL RETAIL MULTIFAMILY THREE, THEY'RE PROPO PROPOSING SOME VARIATIONS TO WHAT'S ALLOWED BY RIGHT DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND APPENDIX F UH, DESIGN STANDARDS, WHICH I'LL GET INTO MORE DETAIL. DURING THE MEETING, WE DID RECEIVE 10 LETTERS OF OPPOSITION TO THIS. UH, SOME OF 'EM WERE OKAY WITH THE RETAIL COMPONENT, DIDN'T WANT THE MULTIFAMILY. UM, NOT ALL OF THEM HAD COMMENTS. UM, SO STAFF'S UNABLE TO SUPPORT THE PORTION OF THE REQUEST THAT'S INCONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. UM, SHOULD THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CHOOSE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST STAFF HAS SOME RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS. UM, THIS NEXT ITEM I'LL PRESENT SEPARATELY DURING THE MEETING, BUT IT IS RELATED TO THAT DEVELOPMENT. SO THEY'RE PROPOSING A UNIFIED SIGNAGE PLAN AND THOSE ARE COME BEFORE YOU WHENEVER THEY'RE REQUESTING VARIANCES TO THE SIGN REQUIREMENTS. SO THEY'RE PROPOSING THREE MULTI-TENANT SIGNS AND FIVE SINGLE TENANT SIGNS. AND AGAIN, THIS ONE STAFFS UNABLE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST 'CAUSE IT DOESN'T MEET THOSE UDC REQUIREMENTS FOR SIGNAGE. HOWEVER, WE DO NOTE THAT THE PLAN DOES PROVIDE FOR COORDINATED AND UNIFORM SIGNAGE FOR THE 55 ACRE SITE. IT'S MULTI-PHASE. AND SO AS THOSE PHASES ARE DEVELOPED, THE SIGNAGE WILL BE CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THAT DEVELOPMENT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE ITEMS? ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? I DON'T THINK SO. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, THE NEXT ITEMS 18 AND 19 ARE AGAIN, WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT AND A ZONING CHANGE AND CONCEPT PLAN. SO THE AREAS OUTLINED IN YELLOW REQUIRE AN AMENDMENT TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. THEY'RE PROPOSING HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. THIS IS PART OF AN OVERALL ZONING CHANGE AND CONCEPT PLAN REQUEST ON ABOUT 325 ACRES. AND SO IT'S A VERY LARGE PD. WE'RE THINKING FIVE TO 15 EVEN 20 YEARS BUILD OUT. UM, SO THEY'RE PROPOSING THAT PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR MULTIFAMILY SINGLE FAMILY TOWNHOUSE, SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED, COMMERCIAL GENERAL RETAIL AND OFFICE USES. UM, SO PART OF THEIR PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, THEY DIVIDE IT INTO FOUR SUB-DISTRICTS. AND TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE OVERALL SCOPE OF THE PROPOSAL, AGAIN, IT'S 325 ACRES. THERE'S UM, OVER 8,000 MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNITS, OVER 500 SINGLE FAMILY TOWN HOME UNITS. THERE'S 52 SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED. THERE'S UNITS, THERE'S UH, 475,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE USE AND ABOUT 550,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL RETAIL USE. SO THE PROPOSAL ESTABLISHES A BASE ZONING DISTRICT FOR THE DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS. AND THIS TABLE ON THE SCREEN SUMMARIZES THAT. SO FOR EACH OF THE FOUR DISTRICTS, URBAN COMMERCIAL GATEWAY, THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY CENTER, WATERS EDGE RESIDENTIAL AND SINGLE FAMILY, THEY IDENTIFIED THE PROPOSED DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUILDINGS. SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE URBAN COMMERCIAL GATEWAY HAS HIGH RISE MULTI-FAMILY. THEY'RE PROPOSING THE CENTRAL AREA DENSITY DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS. AND WHEN CONSIDERING WHAT LAND USES ARE ALLOWED, THEY'RE ALSO PROPOSING A CENTRAL AREA, UH, LAND USE DESIGNATION. UM, SO THIS DEVELOPMENT IS INTENDED TO BE A HIGH DENSITY MIXED USE DISTRICT WITH WALKABLE PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED STREETS. AND SO A LOT OF THE VARIATIONS TO THE PROPOSED DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS ARE INTENDED TO CREATE THAT KIND OF DEVELOPMENT. I'LL GO THROUGH ALL OF THOSE VARIATIONS IN THE MEETING. UM, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES AND REQUIREMENTS, UM, THAT ENSURE THAT IT WILL BE THAT WALKABLE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT. SO FOR EXAMPLE, THEY'RE DIVIDING THE TYPES OF STREETS INTO A AND BA ARE INTENDED TO BE ORIENTED TOWARDS THE PEDESTRIAN. SO THEY'RE MAKING, UM, BUILDINGS BE BUILT TO THE LINES. SO IT CREATES A STREET EDGE. THEY'RE PROVIDING ALLOWANCES FOR OUTDOOR DINING CONNECTIONS TO SIDEWALKS AND TRAILS AND ALL OF THAT. [00:50:01] AND THEN WITH EACH SUB-DISTRICT, THEY PROVIDE SOME REPRESENTATIVE IMAGES AND BUILDING TYPOLOGY IMAGES TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT IS PROPOSED FOR EACH DISTRICT. THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY CENTER DISTRICT IS SIMILARLY TO THE, THE FIRST DISTRICT. IT'S HIGH DENSITY MIXED USE. THEY ARE PROVIDING AN ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL TYPE. SO IN HERE YOU'LL SEE THE 187 TOWN HOME UNITS. AND AGAIN, THERE ARE BUILDING TYPOLOGY AND REPRESENTATIVE IMAGES. THE WATER'S EDGE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT IS FOR A DIVERSE GROUP OF RESIDENTIAL UNIT TYPES. SO THERE'S NO PROPOSED MIXED USE, IT'S JUST RESIDENTIAL. AND THIS IS ONE OF THE DISTRICTS THAT REQUIRES AN AMENDMENT TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. SO IT'S INTENDED TO SUPPORT THE COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICE ACTIVITY IN THE FIRST TWO ZONING DISTRICTS. UH, AND THERE THEY'RE PROVIDING OR PROPOSING ABOUT 365 TOWNHOME UNITS AND THEN 3,800 MULTI-FAMILY UNITS. AND AGAIN, THEY'RE PROVIDING DIFFERENT, UH, IMAGES THAT REPRESENT THE TYPE AND QUALITY OF DEVELOPMENT THEY'RE PROPOSING. AND FINALLY THE LAST IS THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. AND THAT'S THIS BROWN AREA RIGHT HERE. UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT'S GONNA BE BUILT ADJACENT TO THE WATER'S EDGE. AND AGAIN, THIS DISTRICT IS COMPLETE RESIDENTIAL, BUT IT'S INTENDED TO SUPPORT THE MIXED USE ACTIVITY FURTHER TO THE WEST, CLOSER TO UM, 360. AND THEN FINALLY, THE KIND OF MO MOST UNIQUE ASPECT OF THIS DEVELOPMENT IS THEY'RE PROPOSING A SYSTEM OF TRAILS AND BOARDWALKS AND OPEN SPACES THAT KIND OF KNIT THIS AREA TOGETHER. AND SO THEY'VE PROVIDE THIS CONCEPTUAL OPEN SPACE PLAN, SOME CONCEPTUAL IMAGERY TO, TO AGAIN, UM, PROVIDE THAT CONTEXT FOR THE THE FOUR DIFFERENT DISTRICTS. I'LL GET TO THE DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND THE VARIANCES DURING THE, UH, REGULAR MEETING, UH, FOR THE RECOMMENDATION STAFF'S ENABLED TO FULLY SUPPORT THE PORTION OF THE REQUEST THAT DOESN'T ALIGN WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. HOWEVER, WE DO NOTE THAT THOSE TWO DISTRICTS, UH, THOUGH THEY'RE JUST RESIDENTIAL, ARE REALLY DESIGNED TO SUPPORT THE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY FURTHER TO THE WEST. AND UM, WE DO HAVE A FEW RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? I KNOW THAT'S REALLY FAST. , WE'LL WAIT, WE'LL WAIT ON THAT . ALRIGHT. UM, ITEM NUMBER 20 IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT. UM, THIS IS TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION FOR SEVERAL PARCELS IN THE CITY'S ETJ. AND SO SOME OF THEM ARE BEING CHANGED FROM MIXED USE, MIXED RESIDENTIAL LOAD DENSITY, RESIDENTIAL OPEN SPACE DRAINAGE TO BUSINESS PARK AND OPEN SPACE DRAINAGE. AND THEN SOME OF THEM, UM, ARE BEING CHANGED FROM MIXED RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL RETAIL AND OFFICE TO MIXED USE. AND SO THIS IS REALLY TO ALIGN WITH A PROPOSED PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA. THE DEVELOPER HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY AND THIS IS TO BRING THAT FUTURE LAND USE MAP INTO CON UH, CONFORMANCE WITH THOSE PROPOSED PLANS. UH, ADDITIONALLY IT CHANGES SOME DEFINITIONS OF BUSINESS PARK AND THE DESCRIPTIONS OF THOSE COMPONENTS. AND DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. ALL RIGHT, ITEM NUMBER 21 IS A TEXT AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 11 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS. AND WE ARE PROPOSING TO ALLOW ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO BE SOLD FOR ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION AS AN INCIDENTAL USE TO MUSEUM AND AQUARIUM WITHIN THE I 30 CORRIDOR OVERLAY DISTRICT. AND THIS HAS SOME ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS THAT HAVE TO BE MET. THIS IS REALLY STAFFS LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS CORRIDOR. IF YOU RECALL, THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT ZONING WAS PASSED, UM, MIGHT HAVE BEEN OVER A YEAR AGO, BUT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO, UH, ANTICIPATE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. AND SO THIS IS REALLY, UH, WHAT THIS REQUEST IS FOR. SO OBVIOUSLY THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. ALL RIGHT. YES. YOU HAVE ONE, YOU'RE DONE. I AM. WE'VE GOT ONE MORE. OKAY. THANK YOU SAVANNAH. THIS ONE'S A TEXT AMENDMENT FOR UH, 2 3 0 9 0 0 1 0. SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS A REQUEST TO AMEND ARTICLE NINE SIGN STANDARDS. UH, BY ALLOWING AN INCREASE IN AN ELECTRONIC MESSAGE CENTER, SIGN AREA, STAFF PROPOSES TO ELIMINATE THE MAXIMUM 35% REQUIREMENT FROM SINGLE TENANT MONUMENT SIGN. HOWEVER, THE EMC UH, SHALL NOT EXCEED 50 SQUARE FEET ON EITHER SIDE. THIS IS TO MEET INDUSTRY STANDARDS ACROSS DFW AREA. THIS WILL BE THE CHANGE, UH, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. THIS DID GO TO CCDC CITY COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT, UH, COMMITTEE AND THEY DID APPROVE IT, UH, THREE TO ZERO. THAT CONCLUDES AFTER PRESENT TAKE COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK THAT'S IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL, I GUESS THIS CONCLUDES THE, UH, BOARD BRIEFING AND WE NEED AT LEAST FIVE MINUTES . SO I WOULD WE SHOULD WE SAY 6 35? [00:55:01] START AT 6 35. THANK YOU. I GOTTA GO TINKLE. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. WELCOME TO THE [Call to Order] CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING OF THE MEETING OF NOVEMBER 13TH, 2013. 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 ORDER AT 6:37 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 ALL 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 IF, IF THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM AFTER I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE SAY HERE CHERYL SMITH. HERE. CARL RAMIREZ. HERE. MICHELLE MADDEN. HERE. TAI CHAPMAN. HERE. FRANK GONZALEZ. HERE. JULIA PEREZ. HERE. ANNA COCA JOHN FEDCO. HERE. CHRISTOPHER OLEY. HERE, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT EXCEPT FOR ANNA COCA. AND NOW, UM, COMMISSIONER JULIA PEREZ WILL GIVE THE INVOCATION. AFTER THAT, I WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE US AND TEXAS FLAG. PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS. GLORIOUS GOD, YOU PROMISE TO OPEN DOORS OF BLESSING AND ABUNDANCE FOR YOUR PEOPLE. WE ASK THAT YOU WORK MIGHTILY IN US THIS EVENING. PLEASE HELP US TO HAVE A PRODUCTIVE MEETING. LEAD EACH ONE OF US SO THAT WE MAY MAKE FRUITFUL CONTRIBUTIONS. ENABLE US ALL TO STRATEGIZE IN WAYS THAT WE WILL ACHIEVE GREAT RESULTS FOR THE RESIDENTS, VISITORS, AND BUSINESSES OF GRAND PRAIRIE DURING THE MONTH OF THANKSGIVING. I WOULD LIKE TO PRAY AND GIVE THANKS TO MAYOR JENSEN. OUR CITY COUNCIL. CITY STAFF ARE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. LORD, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ASK AND PRAY FOR SPECIAL THANKSGIVING BLESSINGS FOR OUR FIRE POLICE, EMS 9 1 1 DISPATCHERS AND ALL OUR OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. AND ASK THAT YOU PLEASE HOLD THEM ALL FIRMLY IN YOUR CARE. GIVE THEM ALL STRENGTH AND COURAGE AS THEY SERVE THEIR DUTIES AND RETURN HOME TO THEIR LOVED ONES LORD, AS PEOPLE MAKE THEIR WAYS TO VISIT FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAYS. I'D LIKE TO ALSO PRAY FOR THEM. PLEASE WATCH OVER US ALL AS WE MAKE OUR WAYS BY LAND, AIR, AND SEA. ALL OF THIS WE ASK IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. AMEN. AMEN. ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND SEE THE REPUBLIC. REPUBLIC, WHICH STANDS NATION, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY. LIBERTY, JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. OOPS. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PEREZ FOR SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PRAYER. OKAY, 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. SPEAKERS SHOULD GIVE THEIR NAME 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 HEAD OF PUBLIC COMMENTS. STAFF WILL BE AVAILABLE TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS FOLLOWING PRESENTATION OF EACH ITEM AT THIS TIME, [01:00:01] CITIZENS MAY SPEAK FOR UP TO FIVE MINUTES ON ANY ITEM, NOT ON THE AGENDA. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS? NO. MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE [PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA] NEXT MATTER FOR CONSIDERATION IS APPROVING THE PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. COMMISSIONER PEREZ, MADAM CHAIRPERSON, I MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE CONSENT AGI CONSENT AGENDA ITEM ONE, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 23RD P AND Z MEETING TWO PLT TWO THREE DASH ZERO DASH 0 0 5 6 AND THREE P LT 23 0 9 5 2. WE HAVE A OKAY, A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE, UH, THE CONSENT AGENDA BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ. CAN I GET A SECOND? COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ, AND IT'S SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AND [PUBLIC HEARING POSTPONEMENT, RECESS, CONTINUATIONS] COMMISSIONER PEREZ. MADAM CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE POSTPONE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR STP DASH TWO THREE, I'M SORRY, TO THE DECEMBER 11TH PNZ MEETING, UH, WHICH IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, ST P DASH TWO THREE DASH ZERO FIVE DASH 0 0 0 9, WHICH IS THE SITE PLAN FOR, UH, THE 360 COMMERCE PHASE THREE. CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO TABLE ITEM FOUR BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MADDEN. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ITEM [5. STP-23-10-0025 - Site Plan - Southloft (City Council District 1). Site Plan for one light manufacturing warehouse building and one office building on 2.17 acres. Being 2.17 acres out of J.R. Parker Survey, Abstract 1227, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas and addressed as 1101 Avenue J East] PLEASE. 5 0 2 5. THIS IS A SITE PLAN REQUEST LOCATED AT 11 0 1 AVENUE J EAST. IT IS A REQUEST FOR A NEW OFFICE AND A NEW WAREHOUSE BUILDING. IT IS ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND IT IS ON 2.17 ACRES. SO THE BUILDING TO THE LEFT IS THE PROPOSED OFFICE. THAT'S 4,533 SQUARE FEET. TO THE RIGHT IS 14,764 SQUARE FEET WAREHOUSE WHERE THEY WILL BE MANUFACTURING FURNITURE. SO AGAIN, THIS SITE DOES MEET OUR DENSITY AND REQUIRE DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND IS ALSO MEETING OUR PARKING STANDARDS. SO AGAIN, HERE'S THAT LANDSCAPE PLAN. THEY'RE EXCEEDING ALL OF OUR LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS OF ARTICLE EIGHT. THEY DID PROVIDE A TREE MITIGATION. THEY ARE REQUIRED TO MITIGATE FOR 276 CALIBER PER INCHES, WHICH RESULTS IN A $55,200 FEE. AGAIN, THEY'RE MEETING THOSE APPENDIX X STANDARDS FOR BUILDINGS UNDER 50,000 SQUARE FEET AND NOT WITHIN A QUARTER OVERLAY DISTRICT. SO THEY'RE PROVIDING APPROXIMATELY 64% OF BRICK, WHICH IS MEETING THAT MASONRY REQUIREMENT. AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, 15% OF EITHER METAL SIDING OR WOOD SIDING. SO THIS IS BUILDING A, THESE ARE THE ELEVATIONS FOR BUILDING B, WHICH IS THE WAREHOUSE. THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES, AND DRC DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL. THAT CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, BRITTANY. GREAT JOB. WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? NO. MADAM CHAIR, NO SPEAKER CARDS. WELL, UH, COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? WE HAD A VERY, UH, DETAILED BRIEFING ON THESE ITEMS TODAY. DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? I BELIEVE THIS IS COMMISSIONER KO'S AREA. YEAH. UH, SORRY. MM-HMM . MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE AS RECOMMENDED FOR DRC, UH, AND VOTE FOR STP OR SORRY, THAT MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE SUPPORT THE, UM, REQUEST, STP DASH 23 DASH 10 DASH 0 0 2 5. AND I SECOND THAT. GO AHEAD, LEE. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM FIVE BY COMMISSIONER FEDCO AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. SURE. UM, AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS MM-HMM . BY ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? WE'RE GOOD. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. [6. SUP-23-08-0031 – Specific Use Permit/Site Plan – Taco Bell at 5284 S Hwy 360 (City Council District 4). Specific Use Permit and Site Plan for a Restaurant with a Drive-Through on 1.09 acres. Lot 12, Block A, Lake Prairie Towne Crossing, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, zoned PD-267, within the SH 360 Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 5284 S Hwy 360] NEXT CASE, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. THE NEXT CASE IS, UH, ITEM SIX SUP 23 0 8 0 0 3 1 FOR A TACO BELL AT 52 84 SOUTH HIGHWAY 360. THE, IT'S A RESTAURANT WITH THE DRIVE THROUGH. THAT'S THE LAND USE. THAT LAND USE REQUIRES SUP APPROVAL, UH, THROUGH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL. IT IS ALSO IN THE OVERLAY DISTRICT. THERE'S 360 OVERLAY DISTRICT. THE SITE IS, UH, DIRECTLY LOCATED OPPOSITE THE HOME DEPOT. UH, THE PARCEL IS 1.09 ACRES AND IT'S ZONE PD 2 67. THIS IS THE SITE PLAN. UH, IT'S 2,422 SQUARE FEET FOR A DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANT. [01:05:02] UH, THEY ARE MEETING THE MAXIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS AT FOURTH BY THE, BY THE OVERLAY DISTRICT. THEY'RE PROVIDING 20 SPACES. THIS IS THE LANDSCAPE PLAN. THEY ARE MEETING AND OR EXCEEDING ALL OF THE, UH, LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS. THESE ARE THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS, MOSTLY BRICK VENEER, UH, WITH A COMBINATION OF STUCCO, THE APPENDIX F CHECKLIST, WHICH IS BECAUSE THIS IS IN A OVERLAY, UH, CORRIDOR DISTRICT, IT HAS TO MEET APPENDIX F, WHICH ARE HIGHER STANDARDS, UH, THAN THE GDC. THEY ARE MEETING ALL OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS AND ARE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES. AND DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION. THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONERS ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? WELL, THERE WEREN'T ANY OPPOSITION LETTERS, CORRECT? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE HAVE SPEAKER CARDS. I HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD FROM THE APPLICANT. UH, GABRIELLA MARKS. MS. MARKS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP? SURE. HOW ARE YOU? I'M GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? FINE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS GABRIELLA MARKS. I AM THE ARCHITECT FOR THE PROJECT ADDRESS, 2 6 4 3 FOURTH AVENUE, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO REVIEW OUR PROJECT AND THANK YOU TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UH, COMING FROM CALIFORNIA. WE'RE NOT USED TO PLANNERS BEING THIS FRIENDLY . UM, AND I'M JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. I WAS JUST CURIOUS AS TO, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT AREA IS OVER THERE IN LAKE PRAIRIE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FOR A WHILE. I LIVE IN THAT AREA. UH, WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO WANNA COME TO, UH, GRAND PRAIRIE? WELL, IT HAS THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC. IT'S, UH, IT HAS A LOT OF, UH, FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS THERE, AND WE FELT LIKE WE, OUR PRESENCE WAS NEEDED THERE. VERY GOOD. COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING AND WELCOME TO TEXAS. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? I BELIEVE THIS IS MY AREA, BUT IF SOMEBODY WOULD LIKE TO TAKE IT FOR ME, THEY CAN. I'LL, I'LL TAKE IT. I GUESS I'D LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON SUP 2 3 0 8 0 0 3 1 FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR TACO BELL AND APPROVE AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS. SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY MYSELF, CHERYL SMITH, TO APPROVE. UM, ITEM SIX AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. [Items 7 & 8] NEXT ITEMS ARE SEVEN AND EIGHT, WHICH ARE COMPANION ITEMS. I'LL GO AHEAD AND PRESENT THEM TOGETHER, UH, WHICH IS CPA 23 0 8 0 0 1 7 AND ZONE, UH, ZERO N 23 0 8 0 0 2 9. UH, 46 10 SOUTH GREAT SOUTHWEST PARKWAY, UH, FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT. FIRST PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF LAKE RIDGE AND GRADE SOUTHWEST PARKWAY, UH, FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT. CURRENTLY, IT'S, UH, CLASSIFIED AS OPEN SPACE SLASH DRAINAGE. UH, THE REQUEST IS, UH, TO, UH, AMEND THAT TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. THE PARCEL IS 31.85 ACRES. WE DID, UH, SEND LETTERS TO SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS. 41 LETTERS WERE SENT, 25 WERE IN OPPOSITION. STAFF IS UNABLE TO SUPPORT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT. UH, DUE TO IT, IT DOES NOT ALLOW ALIGN WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. MOVING ON TO THE, UH, ZONING REQUEST. SO, PD 49 CURRENTLY EXISTS AND ALLOWS MULTIFAMILY AS A USE BY RIGHT. SO DUE TO IT BEING AN OLDER PD, THEY'RE COMING IN WITH A CONCEPT PLAN. UH, AND THIS IS THE CONCEPT PLAN TO CONSTRUCT FIVE TO FIVE, THREE TO FOUR STORY BUILDINGS, WHICH WILL CONSIST OF 450, UH, APARTMENT UNITS. THEY ARE MEETING ALL THE, REQUIRE OTHER REQUIREMENTS AND ARE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES. UH, THESE ARE THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS. AGAIN, 25 IN OPPOSITION. STAFF IS UNABLE TO RE UNABLE TO SUPPORT THE REQUEST BECAUSE IT'S, IT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. HOWEVER, STAFF KNOWS THAT THE MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE IS ALLOWED BY RIDE, UH, PER THE EXISTING ZONING. SHOULD THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST, STAFF RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING CONDITION, WHICH IF THE APPLICANT, UH, SHALL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT THE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND OBTAIN APPROVAL FROM THE CITY BEFORE THE SITE CAN BE OPERATIONAL. THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THE APPLICANT IS ALSO HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU COMMISSION AND QUESTIONS FOR ABDUL. COMMISSIONER MADDEN. SO I JUST WANNA REITERATE, SO THEY'RE WITHIN THEIR RIGHTS TO BUILD MULTIFAMILY ON THIS PIECE OF LAND. UM, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP INDICATES IT SHOULD REMAIN OPEN LAND, WHICH [01:10:01] REALLY YOU'RE AT AN IMPASSE. THE PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHTS TO BUILD THE MULTIFAMILY ON SOMETHING THAT WAS LONG AGO SET ASIDE FOR DRAINAGE. IF I'M READING THIS PLAN AND I'M LOOKING AT THE GRAPHIC RIGHT NOW, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE A GOOD DEAL OF THAT NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE LAND REMAINS TREES. AND THAT'S PROBABLY RIGHT AROUND A CREEK OR SOMETHING. CORRECT. IT'S IN THE FLOODWAY AND THEY CANNOT DEVELOP. OKAY. SO IT'S SORT OF SERVING BOTH PURPOSES. OKAY. UM, OKAY. THAT'S ALL I I WANTED TO CLARIFY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. COMMISSIONER MADDEN. THAT CLARIFIES A LOT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS? THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. WE HAVE A SPEAKER CARD. UH, YES. MADAM CHAIR, HAVE THREE SPEAKER CARDS. OKAY. UH, I'LL FIRST CALL, UM, PEYTON MCGEE, WHO IS HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT. OKAY. MR. MCGEE, I WAS JUST HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF YOU, WELL, UH, WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO COME UP FOR A MINUTE, IF YOU DON'T MIND. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION. OH, YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION. WELL JUST COMBINE IT THEN. CAN, UH, JUST STATE ALL OF THE, THE SPEAKER'S NAMES AND ADDRESS? UH, THE OTHER TWO SPEAKER CARDS I HAVE ARE HERE FOR IN OPPOSITION. OH, THEY'RE IN OPPOSITION. SO WE NEED ONE SPEAKER FROM YOUR GROUP THEN TO COME UP. YOU CAN SAY YOUR NAME AT THE, YEAH. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS JESSE COPELAND. UH, WINSTEAD 27 28 NORTH HARWOOD STREET, DALLAS, TEXAS. WHICH ONE? UH, DO YOU KNOW THIS ONE? YOU CAN JUST TAP IT. YEAH. OKAY. SO I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT, UH, FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT. UM, YOU GUYS ARE PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH IT, BUT HERE IS THE, UH, SITE. IT'S SURROUNDED PRIMARILY BY RESIDENTIAL USES WITH, UH, SOME RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL USES, UH, SPARSELY THROUGHOUT THE AREA. UM, THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED PD 49 AND, UH, THE ZONING WAS CREATED PRIOR TO WHEN CONCEPT PLANS WERE REQUIRED. UM, AND WE'RE HERE TODAY IN ORDER TO SUBMIT A CONCEPT PLAN FOR MULTIFAMILY AS WELL AS TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO MATCH WHAT'S PERMITTED UNDER THE EXISTING ZONING DEVELOPMENT. PERMITTED UNDER THE EXISTING PD IS A MEDIUM AND HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, AND THAT INCLUDES APARTMENTS WITH A MAXIMUM DENSITY OF 20 UNITS PER ACRE. SNIPPED BELOW IS SOME RELEVANT LANGUAGE FROM THE EXISTING PD, UM, DESCRIBING WHAT ZONING IS PERMITTED ON OUR SITE. AND ADDITIONALLY, OUR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS, UH, CLASS A AND 14 UNITS PER ACRE, WHICH IS A LOWER DENSITY, UH, THAN IT IS ALLOWED, AND WE ARE REQUESTING NO FURTHER VARIANCES. ANY QUESTIONS? THANKS FOR THAT. YES, MA'AM. GOT A FEW MORE SLIDES. THAT'S OKAY. OKAY, GO AHEAD. YEAH. UH, BRIAN GRANT WITH JPI, YOUR ADDRESS? 600 EAST LOS CCLE BOULEVARD, IRVING, TEXAS 7 5 0 3 9. OKAY, GOOD. UM, SO WITH JPI, WE'RE THE DEVELOPER, UH, OF THIS COMMUNITY. WE'VE BEEN, UH, WE'RE IN GRAND PRAIRIE AND A COUPLE OTHER LOCATIONS, BUILDING OTHER COMMUNITIES. UM, WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT AS WELL. UH, HERE'S SOME EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THE EXTERIORS OF OUR COMMUNITIES. SO QUALITY IS A WORD, UH, THAT, THAT WE THROW AROUND A LOT. UM, IT'S, WE PAY A LOT OF ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND, UH, BUILD, UM, WHAT WE THINK ARE HIGH QUALITY COMMUNITIES. YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE ALL, UM, UNIQUE. THEY'RE ALL DESIGNED VERY DIFFERENTLY. UH, THESE ARE ALL HERE WITHIN DFW. UM, THESE ARE IN GRAPEVINE AND FARMER'S BRANCH AREA. UM, BUT THE, THE POINT OF THESE IS THAT THEY'RE ALL, THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT. NO TWO COMMUNITIES LOOK THE SAME. THEY'RE ALL DESIGNED TO FIT WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE, UH, WE BUILD IN. UM, WE USE LOTS OF HIGH QUALITY MATERIALS, UM, FOR THESE EXTERIORS, UH, THAT THEME CARRIES OVER TO INSIDE AS WELL. SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A, UH, CLUBHOUSE. YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE WOODEN BEAMS THAT GO UP AND ACROSS AND, UH, OVER THE CEILING THERE. DOUBLE, DOUBLE, UH, VOLUME SPACE HERE. TILE FLOORS. WE HIRE INTERIOR DESIGNERS THAT, UH, THIS IS WHAT THEY DO EVERY DAY. IT'S NOT, UH, A DUMB AGGIE LIKE ME TRYING TO DESIGN, UH, THE INTERIOR OF THIS BUILDING. IT'S SOMEONE MUCH SMARTER, UH, THAN ME, AND WITH A MUCH BETTER DESIGN EYE THAT SELECTS THESE, UM, INTERIOR FINISHES OUT. UH, AND THE UNITS AS WELL. WE'VE A SET OF JPI STANDARDS THAT WE ADHERE TO, UH, MINIMUM 10 FOOT CEILING HEIGHTS. WE HAVE STAINLESS STEEL APPLIANCES, UH, STONE COUNTERTOPS, HARD SURFACE FLOORING. WE'LL DO STANDALONE, UH, GLASS SHOWERS [01:15:01] AND PROVIDE WASHER AND DRYERS WITHIN EACH OF THE UNITS AS WELL. UH, WE'LL DO A COUPLE SCHEMES. SO YOU CAN SEE IN THIS SCHEME THERE'S THE, THE DARK GRAY SHAKER STYLE, UH, CABINETS WITH SOME LIGHTER GRANITE COUNTERTOPS. AND THEN HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF A DIFFERENT SCHEME WITH WHITE CABINETS. UH, DIFFERENT BACK SPLASH, THE DARKER COUNTERTOPS, DIFFERENT FLOORING COLORS. SO WE USUALLY DO A COUPLE SCHEMES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, UH, AND THE RESIDENTS CAN KIND OF CHOOSE WHAT THEIR, WHAT THEIR STYLE IS AND WHERE THEY, WHERE THEY WANNA LIVE. BUT, UM, FINISHES THAT YOU WOULD, UH, TYPICALLY SEE, YOU KNOW, IN A NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOME, BUILD THE SITE PLAN. YOU'VE, YOU'VE SEEN IT, UH, AND WAS COVERED, UM, EARLIER, BUT, UH, JUST HITTING ON IT AGAIN, THERE'S FOUR MAIN BUILDINGS WHERE THE UNITS ARE LOCATED, AND THEN ONE AMENITY BUILDING THERE WITH THE POOL. UH, THESE ARE ALL CONDITIONED IN, IN ELEVATOR BUILDINGS, SO NICE QUALITY FEEL WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN INSIDE THE BUILDINGS. UH, WE'VE ALSO PUSHED THEM AWAY FROM, UH, LAKERIDGE. SO THERE, THERE IS THE FLOODPLAIN IN THE TREES, AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, BUT WE'RE PUSHED AS FAR BACK AGAINST THAT AS WE CAN BE. UM, TO WORK. THE SITE IS, HAS LOTS OF TOPOGRAPHY, SO IT'S FALLING TOWARDS THE CREEK. UM, SO A LOT OF THESE BUILDINGS ARE REALLY A STORY, A STORY AND A HALF BELOW LAKERIDGE. SO YOU'RE KIND OF DRIVE IN, YOU'LL DRIVE DOWN TO THE SITE, INTO THE BUILDING. SO WE PURPOSELY PUSHED THEM AWAY FROM LAKERIDGE. WE KNEW, YOU KNOW, NOT TRYING TO LOOK AT ANYBODY'S BACKYARD. SO WE KNEW THAT WOULD BE, TRIED TO BE SENSITIVE THERE TO THE NEIGHBORS AS MUCH AS WE COULD. SO INSTEAD OF PUTTING THEM UP AGAINST LAKERIDGE, WE TRIED TO PUSH THEM FURTHER BACK AWAY AND CLOSER TO THE CREEK. AND WE THINK THE CREEK IS AN AMENITY. UM, HAVING PEOPLE WITH THAT VIEW INTO THE TREES AND OVER THE CREEK AREA AND WILL BE GOOD FOR THE RESIDENTS AS WELL. AND THEN HERE'S AN, UH, RENDERING EXAMPLE. UM, WE SAW SOME EARLIER, BUT AGAIN, UH, STONE BRICK MATERIALS AND WARDEN BATTEN THERE ON THE CORNER. LOTS OF GLASS THERE, UH, AT THE, THE CLUBHOUSE LEVEL. UM, AND THEN, YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU FOR THAT WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. PLEASE. DO WE HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. YES, MA'AM. WE GOT A BEAUTIFUL, UH, SETUP HERE. UH, WAS THERE ANY DISCUSSION WITH THE HOMEOWNERS? UH, WE'VE GONE BACK AND FORTH WITH THEM. THERE'S ACTUALLY A MEETING TONIGHT, UH, WITH SOME OF THE HOA, SO MY COUNTERPARTS ARE THERE AND I'M HERE. UH, WE, WE HAD SOME EARLIER ON AND WE HAVE SOME DEADLINES END OF THE YEAR. UH, WE'VE SUBMITTED, UH, PREVIOUSLY, UH, AND PUSHED A COUPLE TIMES TO TRY TO SET UP A MEETING WITH THEM. AND THEN THEY DID SCHEDULE ONE, SO THEIR MEETING TONIGHT, UH, WITH THEM. SO, SO YOU, THIS WASN'T THE FIRST REACH OUT? WE DID REACH OUT, UH, PRIOR. YES, MA'AM. WE REACHED OUT TO THE PRESIDENT, UH, OR THE, THE CONTACT THAT ABDUL GAVE US, THEY WERE NO LONGER WITH THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY. MM-HMM . UM, SO I CALLED THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY AND, AND JUST KIND OF ASKED AROUND AND FINALLY CONNECTED WITH SOMEBODY ELSE WHO IS NOW IN CHARGE AND EMAILED HER SEVERAL TIMES. WELL, THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE OUR RESIDENTS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO US. SURE. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALREADY PAYING TAXES, YOU KNOW? RIGHT. THEY'VE BEEN HERE AND THEY'RE NOT PLANNING ON GOING ANYWHERE. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU WANNA BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND ABSOLUTELY. MAKE SURE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY HAS SOME INPUT INTO WHAT'S COMING INTO THE AREA, SO. RIGHT. THAT IS IMPORTANT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN? YES. GOOD EVENING. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? GREAT. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS DEVELOPMENT. YES, MA'AM. TO GRAND PRAIRIE. I'M JUST CURIOUS TO THAT POINT, UM, THAT MADAM CHAIR MENTIONED WITH THE RESIDENTS THEMSELVES, YOU'VE GOT OVER HALF OF THE LETTERS THAT WE'VE SENT OUT MM-HMM . ALMOST 60% THAT WERE NEGATIVE. MM-HMM . ARE YOU ADDRESSING THAT? ARE YOUR COUNTERPARTS AT THIS MEETING ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES SPECIFICALLY, OR ARE THEY JUST GENERALIZING? I'M JUST, I'M CURIOUS TO SEE SOMETHING MORE ACTIONABLE SURE. FROM A COMMUNITY AWARENESS STANDPOINT. SURE. UH, I, I'VE NOT SEEN THOSE LETTERS. UM, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SPECIFIC, UH, CONCERNS ARE WHEN WE TALK TO, UH, A WOMAN NAMED VIRGINIA, WHO, I DON'T, SHE'S PROBABLY NOT HERE. SHE'S PROBABLY AT THE HOA MEETING, BUT HER, WHAT SHE VOCALIZED WAS SOME INFRASTRUCTURE TRAFFIC CONCERNS. MM-HMM . UH, AND SO WE ARE, UM, AND THAT'S WHO PEYTON IS. HE'S AN ENGINEER. UM, BUT THERE, WE'VE, WE'RE CONSTRUCTING A RIGHT TURN LANE COMING DOWN, COMING SOUTH, SO PEOPLE ENTERING THE COMMUNITY WILL HAVE THAT RIGHT TURN LANE TO GET OUTTA THE WAY, AND THEN A LEFT TURN LANE IF YOU'RE COMING NORTH. SO WE'RE CONSTRUCTING THESE TURN LANES, WHICH I DON'T THINK TECHNICALLY THE TIA CALLS FOR. UM, SO WE'RE CONSTRUCTING THOSE AND ALSO WE'LL BE ADDING A, UH, STOPLIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION FOR OUR RESIDENTS THAT ARE COMING IN AND OUT TO HELP WITH SOME OF THAT TRAFFIC. UM, SO THOSE ARE THE CONCERNS THAT WE'VE HEARD. I'M SURE THERE MIGHT BE MORE TONIGHT. RIGHT. AND THAT THEY'RE TALKING WITH THE PEOPLE OUT. I DO KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER, I MEAN, COUNCILMAN JOHN LOPEZ, I DID SPEAK WITH HIM AND HE TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS A COMMUNICATIONS MADE RIGHT. BETWEEN YOUR, YOUR GROUP AND THE, THE COMMUNITY. YES. SO I, I THINK THAT THAT IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. YES, MA'AM. WE, COUNCILMAN LOPEZ AND JOHNSON ARE BOTH THERE TONIGHT, UH, AT THAT HOA MEETING. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. MM-HMM . SPEAKER CARD. LARRY RAINS. IS THAT FOR OR OPPOSITION? OPPOSITION. OPPOSITION. RAINS. RAINS. IS THAT RAINS? YES. MR. RAINS. THANK YOU. WELCOME. YEAH. I'M LARRY [01:20:01] RAINS. I LIVE AT 45 0 1 SUSSEX AVENUE, WHICH IS JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM THIS THING. AND, UM, NO ONE CONTACTED ANY OF US ON THAT SIDE OF THE CREEK AND ASKED US OUR OPINION ABOUT A FIVE, FOUR OR FIVE STORY BUILDING LOOKING DOWN OVER OUR PARK AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. I THINK IT HAS TO BE 300 SQUARE FEET. CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT, SAVANNAH, FOR THESE REQUESTS? THE CITY MAILS OUT PROPERTY OWNER NOTIFICATIONS TO PROPERTIES WITHIN 300 FEET OF THE REQUEST. WE ALSO POST NOTICE IN THE FORT WORTH, STAR, STAR TELEGRAM, THE AGENDA ON OUR WEBSITE AND SIGNS LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY. WE CAN SEE IT FROM OUR HOUSE. THEY CAN SEE IT FROM THEIR HOUSE, SAVANNAH. BUT THAT'S, BUT THE LAW IS THE LAW LEGALLY, I THINK IT HAS 300 SQUARE FEET. AM I RIGHT ON THAT, MATT? ACTUALLY, STATE LAW IS 200 AND THE CITY DOES AN EXTRA 100. YES. SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. EVERYTHING THEY'RE DOING IS ACCORDING TO LAW. OKAY. WELL ANYHOW, THERE'S A LARGE DEVELOPMENT CALLED O CALL ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CREEK. MM-HMM . WHICH I GUESS WE DON'T COUNT SINCE WE'RE NOT THE CREEK. NO, IT'S NOT THAT YOU DON'T COUNT LEGALLY. WELL, I MEAN, LEGALLY WE DON'T COUNT LEGALLY. MATT, CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT IN A, JUST SAY ABOUT THE, WHAT THE LAW SAYS PLEASE. SO UNDER STATE LAW, UH, FOR, UH, NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR ZONING CHANGES, UH, THE STATE REQUIRES NOTICE, UH, TO PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE, THAT ARE WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE AREA. SO WE GOING, WE'RE GOING ONE MORE HUNDRED FURTHER, AND THE CITY DOES 300 FEET. RIGHT. OKAY. ANYHOW, I ASSUME MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT MOVED THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE MOVED THERE BECAUSE OF THE NICE AMENITIES. THE PARK, THE BIKE TRAIL, THE, THE NICE TREES AND WILDLIFE BEHIND, AND NO KIND OF RETAIL OR ANYTHING AROUND THERE. ALL OF OUR HOUSES ARE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES WITH KIDS AND CHILDREN, DOGS AND CATS. MM-HMM. MM-HMM . WE ROAM UP AND DOWN THE BIKE TRAILS WE REALLY DON'T WANT MM-HMM . A FIVE STORY BUILDING LOOKING DOWN ACROSS, ONTO OUR, AND USING OUR, WE CONSIDER IT OUR PARK. IT'S PEOPLE'S PARK. RIGHT. BUT WE CONSIDER IT THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK AND IT JUST DOESN'T FIT IN THERE. THERE'S NOTHING AROUND THERE ANYWHERE NEAR THAT'S EVEN COMPARABLE TO THAT. ALL THE APARTMENTS THAT THEY'RE STUFFING IN EVERY PLACE IN GRAND PRAIRIE THAT HAS OPEN AREA, HAVE ALL BEEN IN AREAS WHERE THERE'S EITHER RETAIL OR IT'S OPEN, OR IT'S DOWN THAT 1 61 CORRIDOR OR IT'S AWAY FROM RESIDENTIAL AREAS. OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY THERE IN O CALO IS NOTHING BUT SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES. AND THIS IS JUST WAY OUTTA LINE IN TERMS OF WHAT'S NATURAL. SO YOU, DO YOU HAVE AN HOA? NO, WE DON'T. OKAY. SO GENERALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN THOSE SIGNS START COMING UP, THE THINGS THAT GENERALLY IT'S GOOD TO GET EVERYBODY GET TOGETHER AND, AND DISCUSS THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE APPLICANT COMING IN, OR AT LEAST WITH THE, WITH THE CITY. WELL, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. I KNOW, BUT, BUT THAT GENERALLY HAPPENS MUCH EARLIER. AM I RIGHT ON THAT? SAVANNAH? I NEVER SEEN A SIGN UNTIL LAST WEEKEND. CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT, SAVANNAH? SO FOR THESE TYPES OF REQUESTS, AGAIN, AS WE'VE MENTIONED, WE'VE HAVE LEGAL NOTICE REQUIREMENTS AND SPECIFIC DEADLINES, BUT WHEN, UH, THESE TYPES OF REQUESTS COME IN, WE DO ENCOURAGE THE APPLICANTS TO REACH OUT TO THEIR SURROUNDING HOA AND NEIGHBORS, JUST SO THAT, UM, THAT ANY NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS CAN TAKE PLACE IN ADVANCE. YEAH. I THINK THAT, UH, YOU ARE CORRECT ON THAT, SIR. THEY, THE APPLICANT SHOULD HAVE REACHED OUT TO YOU EARLIER. I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS, UM, IS OUT THERE NOW WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN JOHN LOPEZ AND COUNCILMAN KIRK JOHNSON. THAT'S ACROSS THE STREET IN HAWK. OKAY. BUT THE O HOLLOW AREA AND ALL ITS ENCOMPASSING RESIDENTIAL AREA HAS NEVER RECEIVED ANY KIND OF INFORMATION. NOT EVERYBODY GETS A STAR TELEGRAM OR READS THE LITTLE TWO INCH BLOBS ON PAGE 90 A THAT SAYS THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, A COUNCIL MEETING ABOUT SOMETHING. WELL, THIS, THIS, THIS POSES A, AN ISSUE FOR ALL OF US, SIR, BECAUSE GRAND PRAIRIE IS GROWING, TEXAS IS GROWING, AND, YOU KNOW, IF, IF IT'S, IF IT'S ZONED AS SUCH THAT, THAT, THAT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO IT, THE TITLE POLICIES SAY WHEN YOU BUY YOUR HOUSE, THAT WHAT IS ALLOWED IN THE AREA. SO THOSE, THOSE THINGS ARE ALLOWED IN THE AREA. YOU, IT'S HARD. WE CAN'T DENY THAT, BUT IT'S ZONED AS WETLAND AND, AND, AND FOLKS HAVE BEEN SET ASIDE. OKAY. COMMISSIONER MATT, I CAN APPRECIATE YOUR UPSET AND I'M LOOKING AT THE MAP. I, I FOUND YOUR ADDRESS AND I CAN SEE WHERE, OR AT LEAST YOUR STREET, I'LL SAY THAT AND SAW IT. SO THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF, OF THE TREE SPACE. IT'S GONNA REMAIN THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA TOUCH BETWEEN THE PROPERTY OVER THERE AND THE PARK. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA, BUT I, TREES AREN'T EXACTLY SEQUOIA REDWOODS. THEY'RE SCRUB BRUSH AND LOW LYING TREES AND, AND JUST BASICALLY NATURAL THINGS THAT HAVE GROWN THERE. THERE'S, THERE'S NOT THIS BEAUTIFUL BOULEVARD OF A HUNDRED FOOT TREES BLOCKING THIS FIVE STORY BUILDING FROM LOOKING [01:25:01] DOWN UP INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WELL, AND I THINK YOU MAY HAVE MISSED THE PART OF THE PRESENTATION WHERE YOU TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE, THE BUILDINGS ARE LOWER THAN LAKERIDGE, SO THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA BE, THAT'S CLOSER. THEY'RE LOWER FROM HIGH HAWK, BUT THEY'RE NOT LOWER FROM US. THEY'RE JUST LOOKING STRAIGHT DOWN IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. MM-HMM . AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'D LIKE SOMEBODY PLOPPING IN A THOUSAND NEW RESIDENTS RIGHT ON TOP OF YOUR BACKYARD. WELL, A THOUSAND PLUS, I ASSUME THERE'LL BE AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE LIVING IN THESE SPACIOUS MANSIONS THAT THEY'RE GONNA BUILD AND, YOU KNOW, WITH THEIR GRAYS AND BROWNS. I'M SORRY THAT YOU'RE DISAPPOINTED ABOUT IT. UNFORTUNATELY, THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE LANDOWNER HAS RIGHTS THAT ARE BEYOND OUR, I MEAN, LEGALLY THEY HAVE RIGHTS TO BUILD THIS ON THERE. AND IT SEEMS AS THOUGH, OF COURSE, I LIVE HERE TOO, AND I WANT THE BEST THING FOR GRAND PRAIRIE AS WELL, . UM, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THEY'VE PUSHED THIS PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT AS FAR TO THE EAST AS THEY CAN ON THAT PROPERTY TO MAINTAIN THE GREEN SPACE, THE TREES, AND WHICH KEEPS IT FURTHER AWAY FROM YOUR AREA TOO. SO, PLUS I HAVEN'T EVEN MENTIONED ALREADY. LAKE RIDGE BOULEVARD IS LIKE A CALIFORNIA FREEWAY. RIGHT. IT'S BACKED UP EVERY DAY, BUMPER TO BUMPER COMING IN AND OUT, GOING DURING RUSH HOUR. MM-HMM . GREAT. SOUTHWEST PARKWAY IS A DRAG STRIP FOR PEOPLE GOING UP AND DOWN ALL DAY LONG. SIR, THANK, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS. WE ARE HAPPY THAT YOU ARE HERE BECAUSE WE NEED TO HEAR FROM EVERYONE BECAUSE WE ARE LAY PEOPLE, WE MAKE A DECISION BASED ON BEING TAXPAYERS LIKE YOU, BUT ALWAYS THE FINAL DECISION ON ANYTHING IS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL. OH, I UNDERSTAND THAT. YES, SIR. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE RIGHT. AND YOU, AND I'M GLAD YOU DID BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS, UH, TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE, THE APPLICANT IS TRYING TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY. SO I THINK THAT WE SHOULD GIVE IT A LITTLE TIME SINCE THE, THERE WAS, THE MEETING JUST HAPPENED TONIGHT, I BELIEVE. WELL, I, WITH HAWK THAT'S, AND THERE IS A, UH, OCALA SHEFFIELD VILLAGE PIT GROUP. YEAH. YOU, YOU HAVE A HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATED YES. COM THIS IS COMMISSIONER JULIA PEREZ. I'VE LIVED THERE FOR 35 YEARS. I'M ON THE BOARD OF OCALA OCALA SHEFFIELD VILLAGE PIT. YES, SIR. OKAY. WELL, IT'S NEWS TO ME. SO I GUESS I'VE LIVED IN THE CAVE. YOU MUST REALLY ADVERTISED A LOT. THE GROUP THERE ARE SIGNS POSTED EVERY MEETING EVERY MONTH. MM-HMM . OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY MORE SPEAKER CARDS? UH, YES. I HAVE A SPEAKER CARD FROM PETER RENEE WHO'S SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION. MR. RENEE. WELCOME, SIR. GOOD EVENING. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. CERTAINLY. PETE RENEE, I RESIDE AT 24 38 WARRINGTON DRIVE. UH, LARRY IS MY NEIGHBOR. HE MADE ME AWARE OF, UH, THIS WHAT'S, UH, UM, BEING CONSIDERED TODAY. UH, ALL I CAN DO IS, UH, PRETTY MUCH REITERATE JUST EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID. AND, UH, THE ONLY THING THAT I CAN ADD IS THAT, UH, THE CONCEPT REALLY DOESN'T FIT THE AREA. I, I WOULD FEEL BETTER IF IT WAS MORE LIKE, UM, GARDEN HOMES OR, UH, CONDOS THAT SOMEONE ACTUALLY OWNS AND NOT RENT DOESN'T RENT BECAUSE OF, UH, THE IMPACT THAT IT'S GOING TO HAVE ON THE AREA THERE. NOT JUST TRAFFIC, BUT CRIME. UH, ON BARDEN ROAD, WE'VE GOT ANOTHER, UH, APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT HASN'T EVEN OPENED YET. IT'S BEEN IN, UH, STAGES OF BUILDING FOR OVER A YEAR, MAYBE TWO. AND, UH, YOU COMBINE THAT WITH THIS, IT'S GOING TO SANDWICH US BETWEEN THOSE TWO. AND, UM, I FEEL LIKE, UH, PERSONALLY, UH, IT MIGHT BE TIME FOR ME TO MOVE. THAT'S ABOUT ALL I HAVE TO SAY. YES. COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MR. RENEE? THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER SPEAKER CARDS? NO, MADAM CHAIR. UH, WE HAVE NO MORE SPEAKER CARDS, UH, COMMISSIONERS, WOULD YOU, UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? UH, I BELIEVE, UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS IN MY AREA AGAIN, OBJECTION. UM, YES, UH, YES. THE, I'M, I'M GONNA MAKE THE MOTION. THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY, I THINK, UH, COMMISSIONER MADDEN SAID IT TOO. I'M THE BIGGEST OPPONENT OF MULTIFAMILY, PROBABLY ON THIS BOARD, BUT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THIS. AND THEY HAVEN'T ASKED FOR A SINGLE VARIANCE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT AMMUNITION THOSE PEOPLE IN OPPOSITION WANT US TO USE TO STOP THIS FROM GOING FORWARD. WITH THAT BEING SAID, MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM SEVEN [01:30:01] AND NOTWITHSTANDING STAFF RECOMMENDATION THAT WE VOTE FOR APPROVAL AND THAT WE DO THE SAME ON ITEM EIGHT. AND WE DO ADOPT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE PUT IN, UM, BY THE DEVELOPER AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT. HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM SEVEN AND EIGHT BY COMMISSIONER FEDCO AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATION AND A SECOND MOTION BY, UH, COMMISSIONER RAMIREZ. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. [Items 9 & 10] NEXT CASE. SO THE ITEMS NUMBER NINE AND 10 TONIGHT IS FOR CPA 23 10 0 2 0, AND ALSO ZON OH, UH, 23 0 8 0 0 3 1. THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AMENDMENT AND PD AMENDMENT TO ADOPT A ZONE CHANGE FOR PROCESS CLIP MULTIFAMILY. SO THE REQUEST FOR THE, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT, THIS PARTICULAR SUBJECT AREA IS CURRENTLY ZONED FOR MIXED USE TO THE APPLICANT IS NOT PROPOSING, UH, TO REZONE THE PROPERTY, BUT WA UM, IS ASKING TO ADOPT A CONS PLAN, PROPOSING TO, UH, AMEND THE FUTURE LAND NEW SMITH DESIGNATION IS TO MATCH, UM, THE CON PLAN THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED TO CHANGE THIS AREA TO HIGH DENSITY. IF THE CPA WAS APPROVED, THIS IS WHAT IT WILL END UP LOOKING LIKE. SO THE CURRENT ZONING, IT IS SURROUNDED BY A LOT OF PD THAT WERE ADOPTED BACK IN 1972, UM, WHERE THE ZONING ALL ALLOWED FOR RETAIL APARTMENTS, OFFICES AND SERVICE USES. SO THE BOUNDARY LINE IS SHOWN AS SUCH. THEY ARE ACROSS FROM FISH CREEK AND THEY'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE ACCESS OFF OF WESTCLIFF AND I 20. JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT THE AREA SHOWN RIGHT HERE, THERE IS ALSO A ALREADY CONSTRUCTED MULTIFAMILY THERE. SO STEPH IS UNABLE TO SUPPORT THE REQUEST BECAUSE IT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. HOWEVER, STAFF NOTES THAT THE MULTIFAMILY USE IS CURRENTLY ALLOWED BY THE EXISTING ZONING. SO THE ZONE CHANGE REQUEST IS TO AMEND THE PD BY ADOPTING A CONCEPT PLAN. WHEN THIS PD WAS ESTABLISHED, THERE WAS NO CONCEPT PLAN IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE PD, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 300 UNITS, UM, THAT ARE SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE 10 BUILDINGS. SO THIS IS THE SITE PLAN, JUST FOR YOUR NOTE TO THE LEFT IS THE NORTH ACTUALLY, UM, THEY JUST PROVIDE IT ROTATED TO THE, UH, RIGHT SIDE. IT'S ACTUALLY THE I 20. SO THEY ARE PROPOSING 300 UNITS, ONE TO TWO BEDROOMS, MAXIMUM HEIGHT OR LAB BY RIGHT IS 50 FEET, BUT THEY'RE KEEPING THE BUILDINGS RIGHT AT 43 FEET MAXIMUM. THE CONSEQUENCE SHOWS 10 BUILDINGS AND YOU CAN KIND OF NOTE THAT THEY HAVE A FOLLOWUP STAFFER RECOMMENDATION FOR TWO THINGS TO MINIMIZE THE NEGATIVE IMPACT TOWARD THE, UH, RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBOR, UH, TO THE NORTH OF FISH CREEK. THE FIRST THING IS THAT THEY HAVE PROVIDED ACCESS ONLY FROM I 20 AND WEST CLIFF AS SHOWN WITH THE YELLOW MARKER HERE, UH, AND DID NOT PROVIDE ANY ACCESS OFF OF A FISH CREEK ROAD PER OUR TRANSPORTATION RECOMMENDATION. SECONDLY, THEY HAVE ROTATED A BUILDING IN A WAY THAT NONE OF THE UNITS WILL FACE INTO, UH, THE BACKYARD OF THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBOR TO THE NORTH. AND THEY HAVE PUSHED THE BUILDINGS FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM THEIR PROPERTY LINE TO MITIGATE ANY, UH, ISSUES WITH PRIVACY INVASIONS. SO THIS IS THE, UH, CONSEQUENCE THAT YOU HAVE PROVIDED. THIS IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE APPENDIX W'S DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS. THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES. WE DID SEND OUT 28 LETTERS. WE GOT TWO IN OPPOSITION, NOT IN SUPPORT. WE DID GET ONE INQUIRY ONCE THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT THE ZONING WAS ALREADY IN PLACE BY RIGHT. THAT PERSON DID NOT WISH TO EXPRESS EITHER SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION. AGAIN, STAFF IS UNABLE TO SUPPORT THE REQUEST BECAUSE IT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE MILLENNIAS MAP. HOWEVER, WE NOTE THAT THE MULTIFAMILY USE IS CURRENTLY ALLOWED BY THE EXISTING ZONING. THIS CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION. THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME? COMMISSIONERS ANY QUESTIONS FOR JUNE? THANK YOU, JUNE. THANK YOU. GREAT PRESENTATION SPEAKER CARDS. UH, YES, MADAM CHAIR. I HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD, UH, DAVID DICUS, WHO IS HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT. UM, HE INDICATED THAT HE WAS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS FOR THE APPLICANT? WE'VE HAD QUITE AN EXTENSIVE BOARD BRIEFING TODAY, SO I THINK WE'VE COVERED EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN COVER. ANY, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS, GO AHEAD. COMMISSIONER MADDEN. I LIKE CLOSE. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUB PUBLIC HEARING ON, UM, [01:35:01] CPA TWO THREE DASH ZERO DASH 0 22. UH, I'M GONNA COMBINE THE TWO AND ITEM NUMBER 10 ZERO N DASH 23 DASH 10 DASH 0 0 3 4. UM, IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT IT IS ALLOWED BY EXISTING ZONING, UM, AND THE DEVELOPER HAS ANGLED THE ACCESS TO BE AWAY FROM EXISTING HOMES, I MOVE THAT WE, UM, APPROVE THOSE TWO ITEMS. NINE AND TEN SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM NINE AND 10 AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS. AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER JULIA PEREZ. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT [11. SUP-23-09-0040 - Specific Use Permit - Mindful Hearts Learning Center (City Council District 2). Specific Use Permit for a Child Day Care Center at 2985 S Hwy 360, Suite 140. Lot 1, Block R, Emerald Square Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, zoned as Planned Development (PD-137) and addressed as 2985 S Hwy 360, Suite 140] CASE PLEASE. YES, THE NEXT CASE IS SUP 23 0 9 0 4 0. UH, SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR MINDFUL HEARTS LEARNING CENTER. UH, THEY ARE REQUESTING A CHILD DAYCARE CENTER. CHILD DAYCARE CENTER AS A LAND USE REQUIRES SUP APPROVAL. UH, THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED, UH, ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF, UH, SOUTH HIGHWAY 360 AND MAYFIELD ROAD. THE SUITE IS SUITE ONE 40 AND THE SQUARE FOOTAGE, UH, FOR THE SUITE IS 4,165. UH, AND THE PROPERTY ZONE PD 1 37, THERE'S A 25% REQUIREMENT FOR OUTDOOR PLAY AREA, DEPENDING ON THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE LEASE SPACE, WHICH THE APPLICANT IS MEETING AND PROVIDING 1050 SQUARE FOOT OUTDOOR PLAY AREA. WITH DIRECT ACCESS TO THE FACILITY, UH, THERE ARE MINIMUM 18 PARKING SPACES REQUIRED. THE TOTAL, UM, RETAIL SPACE THERE, I THINK IS OVER 700 SPACE PARKING SPACES. THERE ARE MEETING THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT FOR THE OPERATIONAL PLAN. IT'LL BE FROM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 6:30 AM TO 6:00 PM TOTAL ENROLLMENT CAN BE UP TO 78 CHILDREN, UH, WITH AGE RANGES FROM SIX WEEKS TO 12 YEARS. NO CURBSIDE PICKUP, UH, OR DROP OFF IS ALLOWED. THE PARENT WILL HAVE TO COME INTO THE BUILDING TO SIGN IN AND SIGN OUT A CHILD. THIS IS A SUITE VIEW. THIS IS A SITE PLAN FOR THE OUTDOOR PLAY AREA. THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO ENCLOSE THE SPACE WITH, UH, A WOODEN FENCE AND PAINT A MURAL ON IT. THIS IS THE, UH, AREA WHERE THE OUTDOOR PLAY AREA IS INTENDED TO GO WITH. UH, ARTIFICIAL TURF. PUBLIC NOTICES WERE SENT OUT TO 18, UH, SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. WE DID NOT RECEIVE, UH, ANY IN SUPPORT OR IN OPPOSITION. THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES AND IS MEETING ALL THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH BY THE U-D-C-D-R-C. UH, RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST ON THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. ANY ROOM IN WHICH CHILDREN'S, UH, AGES TWO AND A HALF YEARS OR YOUNGER ARE CARED FOR. UH, MUST HAVE AN EXIT DOOR LEADING DIRECTLY OUTSIDE OR THE BUILDING MUST BE PROTECTED BY AN AUTOMATIC FIRE SPRINKLER. UH, THE OUTSIDE AREA MUST BE AT LEAST 25% OF THE INDOOR SPACE. THE EXIT TO THE DOOR OUTDOOR PLAY AREA MUST BE DIRECTLY ONTO THE PLAYGROUND AND THE CHILDCARE, UH, CHILD DAYCARE SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL STATE AND CITY REGULATIONS. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? COMMISSIONER MATTON? UH, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. UM, I NOTICED IN THE PLAN, IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT OUTSIDE THAT BACK DOOR, IT'S THE WHOLE BUNCH OF ELECTRICAL METERS. MM-HMM. IS THE FENCE GONNA BE OBSCURING THAT FROM THE KIDDOS? I SEE IT RIGHT THERE. ARE ALL THOSE METERS GONNA BE BLOCKED BY A FENCE? THAT'S THE INTENTION, YES. OKAY. UM, ALSO, UM, THERE IS, UM, YOU SAID IT WOULD, IT BACKS UP TO A LOADING DOCK THERE. AND THEN WHAT'S BEHIND THAT? YOU SAID AN INDUSTRIAL AREA? UM, SO TO THE EAST UHHUH , SO THIS IS THE NORTH AND TO THE EAST, THERE'S TO THE EAST AN UNDEVELOPED LOT CURRENTLY, WHICH IS ZONE INDUSTRY. OKAY. UM, THEN ALSO, UH, NEXT DOOR TO THE RIGHT ON THE SOUTH IS A PHARMACY. I NOTICED THAT IN THE PICTURE. WHAT'S TO THE NORTH, TO THE NORTH OF IT, TO THE LEFT OF IT. UM, LET JUST GO BACK TO DOESN'T SHOW IN THE PICTURE. DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW? I CAN PULL IN AND SEE WHAT, I'M JUST CURIOUS CARRIED. THERE'S BECAUSE, UH, WELL THIS WAS A RECENT PICTURE. OKAY. BUT I CAN DOUBLE CHECK. OKAY. AND MAYBE THE, IF THERE'S A REPRESENTATIVE HERE. SURE. YES. UM, AND THEN, UM, SO THIS IS A TWO STORY, THE, JUST IMMEDIATELY TO THE RIGHT OF THAT, IT'S A TWO STORY PORTION OF THE BUILDING. UM, DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY WINDOWS TO THE BACK OF THAT THAT SHOWED TOWARD THE KIDDOS WINDOWS TO THE BACK? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. COMMISSIONER FEDCO IS THE APPLICANT HERE? YES. MM-HMM . ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF I COULD JUST HAVE HIM LEAVE UP THE APPLICANT AND BE ABLE TO ACCESS THIS YES. PRESENTATION. YES, WE THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ABDUL. RIGHT THERE. SPEAKER CARD. I HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD AND IT IS FROM THE APPLICANT. OKAY. [01:40:01] NDA RATHER. SHE INDICATED SHE WAS JUST HERE FOR QUESTIONS, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE ARE SOME HELLO, MS. RATHERS, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD, HOW ARE YOU? FINE. AGAIN, MY NAME'S LAWANDA RATHER. I LIVE AT 6 0 6 AU RUN MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS. I ACTUALLY LIVED IN GRAND PRAIRIE ALSO FOR EIGHT YEARS. MM-HMM. UM, MINDFUL HEART LEARNING CENTER IS A SMALL BUSINESS, BUT IT WOULD DO MIGHTY THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY. UM, I HAVE AN EARLY DEGREE, EARLY CHILDHOOD DEGREE IN EDUCATION. I ALSO HAVE 40 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. YES. I DON I KNOW I DON'T LOOK THAT 45 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. AND ALSO I MANAGE 35 CENTERS WITH MY CURRENT ROLE IN CHILDCARE. SO I KNOW THERE IS SOME CONCERNS ABOUT MM-HMM . UM, ANY PARENT WILL SAY THAT. SO MY GOAL IS TO, LIKE HE SAID, PROVIDE A WOODED SIX FOOT INCH MM-HMM . FENCE WITH THE TURF AS WELL. AND I UNDERSTAND THOSE METER METERS ARE ON THE SIDE. THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE A, TO ENSURE THE SAFETY, THE PROVIDE THE FIVE FEET IN BETWEEN. SO THE METERS ARE BEING ABLE TO BE CHECKED, BUT WHEN YOU COME OUT THE DOOR, THERE WILL BE A FENCE ATTACHED TO IT AS WELL. THERE WILL BE ALSO CAMERAS, A SOP PLAN. I ALSO HAVE REACHED OUT TO A HEALTH AND SAFETY CONSULTANT FOR CHILDCARE AND TO ENSURE THAT I'M MEETING ALL GUIDELINES. AND ALSO WITH THAT BEING AN INDUSTRIAL AREA, I WILL HAVE A PLAN A AND B, IF ANYTHING CHANGES IN THE COMMUNITY. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. I, WE WERE CURIOUS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT ABOUT YOU BEING IN AN INDUSTRIAL AREA, THOSE PARENTS NEED TO HAVE THEIR CHILDREN SOMEWHERE AS WELL. YES. AND I WAS THINKING THAT MAYBE PROXIMITY WISE THERE MAY NOT BE ANY CHILDCARE IN THE AREA. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT AT YOU SAYING THERE'S NO CHILDCARE CENTERS? I'M ASKING YOU, IS THERE CHILDCARE? YEAH, THERE ARE CHILDCARE CENTERS IN THE AREA ACROSS THE HIGHWAY. MM-HMM . ACROSS, UM, THE 360. BUT THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL CHILDCARE. BUT I DO KNOW THERE'S THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE THAT IS COMING, UM, THAT'S BRINGING IN 200 KIDS. BUT WHERE ARE THEY GONNA BE LOCATED? DO YOU KNOW? NO, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY, BUT EVERY PARENT LIKES A DIFFERENT FIELD. SOME WANT CORPORATE AND SOME WANT A SMALL FAMILY FIELD. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BRING TO THE COMMUNITY. WHAT IS YOUR RATIO OF TEACHERS TO STUDENTS? UM, IT WOULD BE BASED ON THE AGE GROUP. AND RIGHT NOW I'M LOOKING AT, UM, FOR THE INFANTS, UM, TWO TO EIGHT MM-HMM . UM, FOR THE TODDLERS TO THE 11 MM-HMM . UH, AND IT MAY, DEPENDING ON THE, UM, PRE-K THREE, FOUR AND FIVE YEAR OLDS MM-HMM . IT'LL LOOK DIFFERENT AS WELL. NOW WILL YOUR, WILL YOUR UH, INSTRUCTORS BE CERTIFIED OR WILL THEY THEY JUST CHILDCARE. THEY'RE CHILDCARE, BUT THEY WILL BE CERTIFIED BECAUSE THERE IS A, UM, PROGRAM THAT YOU CAN GET WITH THE CDA. A MM-HMM . IS A CHILDCARE DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE THAT ACTUALLY I AS, UM, UM, I'M AN ASSESSOR THAT I DO FOR THE ACTUAL PRE-K AND HEAD START PROGRAMS IN GRAND PRAIRIE CURRENTLY. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COMMERS. DO WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER MADDEN? SO DO YOU, DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW WHAT THE BUSINESS IS TO THE LEFT? YES. THAT'S THET COMPANY, G AND D TOWEL COMPANY. OH, AND THEN THERE'S THE PHARMACY. YEAH. AND THEY HAVE TWO LOCATIONS. OH, JED'S FLOORING. YES. JS OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER FEDCO? YES. ABDUL, CAN YOU MOVE THE PRESENTATION FORWARD? ONE SLIDE PLEASE. OH, SORRY. SO RIGHT THERE, MA'AM. YES. YOU'RE GONNA, THERE'S GONNA BE FIVE FEET OF SPACE BETWEEN THE METERS MM-HMM . AND YOUR WALL. YES. AND IS THAT AREA, I'M LOOKING AT ONE THAT SAYS NORTH, AND THEN LOOK AT ANOTHER PICTURE THAT SAYS SOUTH. THAT'S GONNA BE ENCLOSED ON ALL FOUR SIDES. YES. IT'S GONNA BE CLOSED ALL AROUND WITH TWO EXITS. ONE FROM, FROM THE BUILDING AND ONE TOWARDS THE SOUTH. SO IF WE NEED TO EXIT OUT THAT WAY AND WHERE THE GRADING IS TO, I'M LOOKING AT THE PICTURE THAT SAYS NORTH ON IT MM-HMM. TO THE RIGHT OF IT. THAT'S GRADING. THAT'S A ACTIVE LOADING DOCK? NO, IT'S CURRENTLY NOT ACTIVE, BUT IT IS, BUT IT IS A LOADING DOCK. AND THAT'S WHY WE'LL HAVE A PLAN A AND B FOR THAT CURRENT SITUATION. HAVE YOU TALKED TO THE, UH, THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING ABOUT WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE FOR THAT PARTICULAR, UH, AREA THAT IS VACANT? I WILL, NO, I HAVE NOT. SO THE LANDLORD DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS. OH, THE LANDLORD DOES KNOW ABOUT THIS. I'M SAYING ABOUT THE ONE THAT YES, HE DOES KNOW ABOUT THIS. WHOOP. SEE, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE DOCK THAT'S EMPTY, YOU KNOW, FROM PRESENT. YES. HMM. I BELIEVE THAT DOC GOES TO JED'S FOR YEAH, IT IS THEIR, IT SAYS THEY JUST MAY NOT USE IT. THAT YEAH, THEY HAVE TWO LOCATIONS, SUITES IN THAT AREA. MM-HMM . AND I KNOW THEY DO USE ON THE OTHER SIDE THE DOCK, BUT I MAY, [01:45:01] I INTENTIONALLY GO BACK THERE ALMOST DAILY AND DO MY HUSBAND THROUGHOUT THE DAY TO SEE, AND IT HASN'T, YOU, YOU PROBABLY NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AS WELL AND SEE WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE. OKAY. BECAUSE IT, TO ME, YOU WOULDN'T WANNA DO ALL THIS SETUP AND THEN FIND THAT THEY'RE GONNA OPEN THAT DOCK. THAT WOULD NOT BE SAFE FOR ANYONE. OKAY. WELL, SHE'LL HAVE THE FENCE, BUT THE NOISE MIGHT BE AN ISSUE. OKAY. AND WITH THEM BEING ABLE TO BE OUTSIDE, I DO HAVE AN INDOOR, UM, SPACE AREA. AND THEN THE 30 MINUTES EACH CLASSROOM, LIKE I, AGAIN, IT'S A SMALL BUSINESS, SO IT WON'T BE THAT MANY KIDS IN AND OUT ON THE PLAYGROUND AT THE SAME TIME. A SMALL GROUP OF KIDS. YES. AT A TIME. YES. SO TO, TO MAKE SURE YOU WON'T HAVE FOR SAFETY ISSUES. YES, MA'AM. UH, UH, COMMISSIONER FEDCO, DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? NO. ANY OTHER QUE QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING YOUR BUSINESS TO GRAND PRAIRIE. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . ANY OTHER SPEAKER CARDS? NO. MADAM CHAIR. OKAY. UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS? IS THIS YOURS? COMMISSIONER MADDEN. COMMISSIONER MADDEN. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON SEP DASH TWO THREE DASH NINE DASH 0 0 4 0. THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR MINDFUL HEARTS LEARNING CENTER. AND I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THIS WITH, UM, INCLUDING THE, UM, DRC RECOMMENDATIONS. I SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM, UM, 11, UM, AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS BY COMMISSIONER MADDEN AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER UH GONZALEZ. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. [12. ZON-23-10-0038 - PD Amendment/Concept Plan - Ascend at Forum (City Council District 2). Zoning Change from PD-442 for Single Family Residential Uses to a Planned Development District for Single Family Residential and a Concept Plan depicting 165 single family units on 65.67 acres of land. Multiple parcels located within the Charles D. Ball Survey, Abstracts 197 and 1699, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant and Dallas Counties, Texas, zoned Planned Development (PD-442) for Single Family Residential and Multi-Family Uses, within the I-20 Corridor Overlay District with an approximate address of 2300 S Forum Dr] NEXT CASE. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. SO THE ITEM NUMBER 12 IS FOR A PD AMENDMENT AND A CONSEQUENCE ZERO N 23 10 0 0 3 8. THIS IS FOR THE ASCENDANT FORUM. SO ASCENDANT FORUM GOT THEIR SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, UM, APPROVED BACK IN MARCH 21ST. WHILE THEY WERE DEVELOPING THE CIVIL PLANS, THE APPLICANT HAS IDENTIFIED THAT THEY ACTUALLY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE ROOM ALONG THE, UH, PERIMETER OF THE PROPERTY TO ALLOW FOR ENOUGH ROOM TO, UM, MAINTAIN THE SCREENING FENCES ONCE THEY'RE CONSTRUCTED. SO THEY'RE COMING WITH A MINOR CHANGES TO THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARD. SO ONLY THING THAT THEY'RE CHANGING IS SHOWN ON THIS TABLE. EVERYTHING ELSE WAS REMAINING THE SAME EXCEPT THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING THE MINIMUM FRONT YARD TO BE REDUCED TO 20 FEET FROM 25 FEET AND THE MAXIMUM BLOCK COVERAGE TO BE INCREASED FROM 50% TO 55%. AND DURING A BRIEFING, WHEN COMMISSIONER MADDEN ASKED A GREAT QUESTION ABOUT, UM, HOW DOES IT AFFECT THE PARKING IN THE DRIVEWAY, I DID LOOK UP THE DISTANCE AND BASED ON THE RIGHT OF WAY PROPOSED, THEY WILL HAVE FROM THE FACE OF THE CURVE TO THE, UH, FACE OF THE GARAGE DOOR 29 AND A HALF FEET. SO I THINK THAT HOPEFULLY ADDRESSES YOUR CONCERN FOR PARKING. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. SO, PD 4 22, UM, IF THEY WERE TO PLOT THE PROPERTY PER CURRENT STANDARD, THE RED LINE SHOWN HERE WILL BE WHERE THE FRONT YARD WOULD END UP. SO THEY'RE JUST REQUESTING THEIR BUILDINGS BE PUSHED BACK, UH, I'M SORRY, PUSHED UP ABOVE FIVE FEET TOWARD THE INTERNAL DRIVE. SO THIS IS THIS SECTION. SO YOU CAN SEE IT WILL NOT AFFECT ANY DENSITY OR DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENT. IT WILL NOT BE CLOSE. UH, THE BUILDINGS WILL NOT BE SCOOTED CLOSER TO THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE'S A SAYING, WE JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THE BUILDINGS CLOSER TO ALL OUR INTERNAL STREETS. UM, AND THEY ARE INCREASING LOT COVERAGE. HONESTLY, THIS IS VERY, UM, ONLY ABOUT 5%. IT'S, UM, BASED ON THEIR LOT SIZE IS IS IT'LL BE ABOUT 69 FOOT LOT, UH, BUILDING VERSUS 80 LOT. IT'S NOT A HUGE DIFFERENCE. SO STAFF DOES NOT HAVE ANY CONCERNS OVER THE REQUEST. SO THIS INVOLVES TWO VARIANCES. UM, ONE IS THAT THE MINIMUM FRONT YARD SETBACK BE UPDATED FROM 25 TO 20 FEET. AND MAXIMUM LOCK COVERAGE BE INCREASED FROM, UH, THE PROPOSED, UH, THE ALLOW 50 FEET TO 55 FEET. THE APPLICANT, UM, UM, SORRY. THE DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME? COMMISSIONERS? ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. JUNE. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? YES. MADAM CHAIR, ONE SPEAKER CARD FROM THE APPLICANT. UH, DANNY MCCAMISH. HELLO SIR. HOW ARE YOU? HI. GOOD. UH, DANNY MCCAMISH, 1416 CEDAR BUFFALO LANE FLOWER MOUNT. UH, I AM THE ENGINEER ON THE PROJECT AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER MATT? I HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION. SORRY. SO I'M LOOKING AT THE SITE PLAN AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE, UM, I KNOW THAT, UM, ON THE FAR, UH, WEST CORNER AND THEN THOSE TWO LOTS ON THE FAR YEAH, THE TWO WITH THE ASTERISKS ON THEM. WERE THEY ORIGINALLY [01:50:02] TWO LOTS AND NOW THEY'RE ONE BIG LOT ON BOTH THIS 'CAUSE THEY'RE AWFULLY WIDE. I'M JUST CURIOUS. DO YOU KNOW, DID THAT CHANGE ON THE FAR YEAH, THE ONES WITH THE STARS ON THEM? UH, NO. THEY, THEY WERE THEY ALWAYS LARGE? YEAH. USUALLY THAT'S BECAUSE, UM, WE NEED SOME KIND OF A BIGGER LOT SIZES THERE TO ADDRESS QUEUING ISSUES. OKAY. 'CAUSE YOU CANNOT BE GETTING IN AND OUTTA THE DRIVEWAY. YEAH. WE DON'T WANT THE DRIVEWAY TOO CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION OR THE ENTRY. OKAY. MM-HMM . OKAY. THAT WAS REALLY ALL MY QUESTION WAS. YES. THANK YOU. THANKS JUNE. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IT LOOKS LIKE A NICE PROJECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? CAN WE GET A MOTION? MM-HMM . I MAKE A MOTION WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER 12 ZON TWO THREE DASH 10 DASH 0 0 3 8 AND APPROVE IT WITH DRC. RECOMMENDATIONS. HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM 12 BY COMMISSIONER MADDEN AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT [13. ZON-23-10-0035 - Zoning Change/Concept Plan - Lakeview Pointe (City Council District 6). Zoning Change from Agriculture to a Planned Development for a Single-Family Six District and a Concept Plan depicting 160 single-family detached residential homes on 37.58 acres. Being a tract out of C. L. Dodson, Abstract No. 292 and J. Lawrence Surveys, Abstract No. 616, City of Grand Prairie, Ellis County, zoned Agriculture (A), generally located east of FM 661 and approximately 1,400 feet south of Gifco Road] CASE. THE NEXT CASE IS A ZONE CHANGE SLASH CONCEPT PLAN FOR LAKE VIEWPOINT, UH, ZN 23 0 8 0 0 2 9. THE 30 PROPERTY IS LOCATED EAST OF, UH, FM 6 61 AND, UH, SOUTH OF GCO ROAD. THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED AGRICULTURAL AND THE REQUESTED TO REZONE IT TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR SINGLE RE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE. UH, THE TOTAL ACREAGE, UH, FOR THE PARCEL IS 37.58 ACRES. UH, HERE'S THE CONCEPT PLAN. THEY ARE WANTING TO REZONE AND ADOPT A CONCEPT PLAN FOR 160. SINGLE FAMILY LOTS WITH 50 FOOT WIDTH. THERE ARE REQUESTING FOUR VARIANCES, AND I'LL GET INTO IT HERE. THESE ARE THE PROPOSED ELEVATIONS. SO FOUR VARIANCES. UH, THE FIRST VARIANCE IS TO THE MINIMUM LOT AREA REQUIREMENT OF APPENDIX W. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 5,500 SQUARE FOOT LOTS INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED, UM, 7,802 8,999. THAT 70% IS REQUIRED TO BE BETWEEN THOSE TWO NUMBERS, AND THEN 30% HAS TO BE 9,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS OR BIGGER. AND THEN A SECONDARY SAYS TO THE MINIMUM LOT WITH APPLICANT'S PROPOSING 50 FOOT LOTS INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED 65 FOOT WIDE LOTS PER APPENDIX. W AND THEN THE VARIANCE IS FROM A 25 FOOT FRONT SETBACK TO THE PROPOSED 20 FOOT SETBACK. AND LASTLY, A VARIANCE TO THE REQUIRED GARAGE TYPE, UH, THAT APPLICANT'S PROPOSING A HUNDRED PERCENT FRONT ENTRY GARAGES. WE'VE RECEIVED, UH, THREE OPPOSITION LETTERS, UH, TO THIS REQUEST FOR THE RECOMMENDATION. THE DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. IT MEETS WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, WHICH IS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. UH, DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. ONE, THE MINIMUM LOT, WHICH SHALL BE 60 FEET. UH, TWO, AT LEAST 35% OF THE PLATTED LOTS SHALL HAVE NON FRONT ENTRY GARAGE. UH, THREE, THE DEVELOPER SHALL CONSTRUCT A SIX FOOT MASONRY WALL ALONG LAKEVIEW DRIVE, AND THERE SHALL BE A MINIMUM LANDSCAPE BUFFER OF 10 FEET ALONG LAKEVIEW DRIVE. AND, UH, LASTLY, A MANDATORY HOA MUST BE FORMED. UM, AND THAT STA THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND THEY WILL, UH, GIVE A POWER PER PRESENTATION TOO. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER, UH, MADDEN? GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. I WAS JUST DOING THE MATH. SO 56 LOTS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE FRONT FACING ENTRIES. AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT HOW NARROW THE LOTS ARE AT 50. SO IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE, LIKE AMONGST THE I IF YOU HAD THE FLOOR PLAN? I MEAN, I'M SORRY, THE SITE PLAN. UH, ARE THERE EVEN 56 LOTS THAT COULD EVEN MAKE THAT A POSSIBILITY TO THEY WOULD HAVE TO REDESIGN IT IF OKAY. YEAH. AND THAT TOTAL ONE 60 LOT CONFIGURATION MAY GO DOWN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. THANK YOU ABDO. UH, MY QUESTION IS MORE AROUND THE MINIMUM, MINIMUM LOT AREA THERE. IS THERE ANY CONCERN FROM, UH, THE PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT, UH, AREA? I MEAN, I KNOW THAT THERE IS ON THE, ON THE WIDTH, BUT NOT ON THE, ON THE ENTIRE. SO AGAIN, APPENDIX W WAS CREATED, UH, DUE TO A LOT OF, UH, CITY COUNCIL INPUT. THAT WAS BASICALLY THE CITY COUNCIL WANTED TO SEE LARGER LOTS. THAT'S HOW APPENDIX W CAME INTO BEING. AND THAT'S HOW THE REQUIREMENT, SO 70% HAD TO BE FROM 7,800 TO, UH, 9030% HAD TO BE BIGGER THAN THAT. BUT, UM, I BELIEVE THERE'S A DEVELOPMENT RIGHT ACROSS FROM THIS, THE SCOREBOARD, UH, ANOTHER SCOREBOARD DEVELOPMENT, WHICH, UH, IS SIMILAR TO THE, THE LOT SIZE ARE SIMILAR MM-HMM . TO WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED THIS TIME. THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING. YEAH, [01:55:01] I THINK I, WE, WE DISCUSSED THAT IN THE BRIEFING THAT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT MY CONCERN WAS WHEN I FIRST SAW THOSE NUMBERS THAT FAR APART. BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST GRANT THAT THOSE WERE GRANTED MANY YEARS AGO. MM-HMM . AND THEY DID APPLY AND WERE GRANTED VARIANCES. OKAY. RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? THANK YOU, ABDUL. OF COURSE. GREAT PRESENTATION SPEAKER CARDS. UH, YES, MADAM CHAIR. I HAVE FOUR FOR THIS ITEM. I'LL READ THE FIRST THREE TOGETHER, WHO ARE ALL HERE FOR THE APPLICANT. UH, FIRST ONE IS KEVIN HARRELL, WHO WILL SPEAK IN SUPPORT. UH, THERE'S ALSO NEIL SANDBERG WHO WILL SPEAK IN SUPPORT IF NEEDED. AND BRIAN HOLLAND WHO WILL SPEAK IN SUPPORT IF NEEDED. OKAY. UM, COMMISSIONERS? OKAY. YES. YES. WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR ABDULLAH FINISHES. I WAS JUST LOADING THEIR POWERPOINT. OKAY. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. COMMISSIONERS. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING. WILL YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? UH, MY NAME IS KEVIN HARRELL WITH THE SHOREBERG COMPANY, 82 14 WESTCHESTER DRIVE, SUITE 900, DALLAS, TEXAS 7 5 2 2 5. UM, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING TO TALK ABOUT OUR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT LAKEVIEW POINT. UM, I WILL TRY AND MAKE THIS BRIEF TO LIMIT ANY REDUNDANCIES, UH, FROM STAFF'S VERY THOROUGH PRESENTATION. UH, BUT I WILL TOUCH ON THE SCHOOLWORK COMPANY IN OUR BACKGROUND, UH, SHOW YOU A MAP OF OUR PROJECTS. UH, TOUCH VERY BRIEFLY ON THE, UH, SUBJECT PROPERTY LOCATION. UH, GO THROUGH THE PROJECT DETAILS AND THEN, UH, GO OVER THE REPRESENTATIVE PRODUCT AS WELL. SO THE SCHOOLWORK COMPANY IS A LOCAL PRIVATELY OWNED DEVELOPMENT, UH, FIRM OUTTA DALLAS. UH, WITH, WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR ABOUT 40 YEARS. WE'VE DONE OVER 120 PROJECTS, UH, WELL OVER 120 PROJECTS, UH, AND 33 DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES. UM, WE HAVE OVER 25 ACTIVE PROJECTS. MANY OF THOSE, OR, UH, AT LEAST 10 OF THOSE ARE IN, UH, GRAND PRAIRIE RIGHT NOW. UH, WE HAVE A REPUTATION FOR BUILDING, UH, HIGH QUALITY, LONG LASTING COMMUNITIES. UH, WE DO PROJECTS RANGING FROM SMALL, UH, INFILL LOCATIONS ALL THE WAY UP TO 800 ACRE MULTI-PHASE MASTER PLANTS. UM, MAP OF OUR, OUR PROJECTS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, UH, IN GRAND PRAIRIE. MOST RECENTLY, OUR, OUR CEDAR RIDGE TWO, UH, OUR CEDAR RIDGE, PHASE TWO ON SETON AND DEMEYER. UH, AND THEN FOR REFERENCE TO POINT OUT WHERE THIS SUBJECT PROPERTY IS IN RELATION TO OUR EXISTING PROJECTS, UH, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WHICH, UH, STAFF TOUCHED ON WERE DOWN OFF OF FM 6 61, ACROSS FROM, UH, GREEN RATE TRAILS, UH, SURROUNDED, UH, ON ALL SIDES BY, UH, CORPS OF ENGINEER PROPERTY. UH, IT'S 37, UH, 0.9 ACRES. IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED AGRICULTURAL IN THE FUTURE LAND USE. IT'S LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, ZERO TO SIX UNITS PER ACRE. THE DETAILS OF OUR PROJECT, WE'RE PROPOSING 106 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS WITH A DENSITY OF 4.2 UNITS PER ACRE. OUR TYPICAL LOT SIZE WILL BE 50 BY OR 50 FEET BY 120 FEET WITH A MINIMUM LOT SIZE OF 5,500, UH, SQUARE FOOT AND AVERAGE LOT SIZE OF 6,000 SQUARE FEET. UH, MINIMUM LIVING AREA OF 1400 SQUARE FEET. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE, UH, HOA MAINTAINED OPEN SPACE AND LANDSCAPE BUFFERS SOME OF OUR REPRESENTATIVE PRODUCT. SO IN CLOSING, OUR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT CONFORMS WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, AND WE BELIEVE IT WILL COMPLEMENT THE SURROUNDING BUILT ENVIRONMENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. HAVE YOU HAD, HAVE YOU REACHED OUT TO THE COMMUNITY SURROUNDING AREAS? UH, WE HAVE NOT HAD A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING WITH THE GREENWAY TRAILS, HOA THAT WOULD BE RECOMMENDED. OKAY. UH, COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE ANY OTHER, OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? COMMISSIONER MADDEN? SO, UM, SOUNDS LIKE ARE, ARE YOU GUYS YOU'RE PROPOSING HAVING, OR AT LEAST IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S BEEN SUGGESTED THAT YOU HAVE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE, 35%, UM, WITH NON FRONT ENTRY. SO THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GONNA BE A REDESIGN. Y'ALL HAVE Y'ALL, DID Y'ALL KNOW ABOUT THAT BEFORE TONIGHT? YEAH. SO WE READ THE STAFF REPORT. A J SWING GARAGE IS, IS NOT POSSIBLE ON A 50 FOOT WIDE LOT. YEAH. AND SO AS IT'S, UM, CURRENTLY LAID OUT, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO MEET THE 30% OR 35% JW REQUIREMENT OR RECOMMENDATION. AND THE OTHER THING, I HAVE A COMMENT, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS WANNA, I BELIEVE IT'S ALSO A SHORTER SETBACK. IS THAT RIGHT? YOU ALSO WANTED A SHORTER SETBACK FROM THE STREET, THE REDUCED SETBACK FROM 25 TO 20 REDUCED. YEAH. SO BETWEEN THAT AND THEN NARROW LOTS AND THE FACT THAT PEOPLE INEVITABLY PARK ON THE STREET MM-HMM . MAN. [02:00:02] SO IT DOESN'T MAKE FOR A PRETTY NEIGHBORHOOD, NO MATTER HOW PRETTY THE HOUSES ARE AFTER ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FIVE, 10 YEARS THEY'RE SQUISHED TOGETHER. THAT'S JUST MY OPINION, BUT SURE. AND, AND ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT CARS IN THE DRIVEWAY AND, OR, WELL, THAT TOO, UH, BUT THAT PRIOR CASE KIND OF MM-HMM . CLEARED THAT ISSUE FOR ME. BUT AGAIN, YEAH. ANOTHER QUESTION. SURE. UM, I COULD DO, WE COULD DO THE, THE 25 FOOT FRONT SETBACK IF WE NEEDED TO MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT. I, I THINK WHAT COMMISSIONER, UH, MADDEN IS TRYING TO SAY IS THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER BEING MORE, UH, AMENABLE TO THE, UH, DRC RECOMMENDATIONS. 'CAUSE THEY HAVE A TEAM, THEY HAVE A HUGE TEAM THAT KNOWS WHAT THE CITY NEEDS AND WHAT IS REQUIRED. AND SO IN ORDER FOR YOU TO FIT IN, I MEAN, YOU WANNA FIT IN WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT'S ALREADY THERE. ABSOLUTE, ABSOLUTELY. AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THAT. SAVANNAH, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT FOR ME PLEASE? THAT'S CORRECT. AND THAT'S WHERE SOME OF STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS CAME FROM. SPECIFICALLY THE NON FRONT ENTRY GARAGES AND INCREASING THE MINIMUM LOT WIDTH TO 60 FEET. GREENWAY TRAILS HAS, UH, I THINK THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT, UH, TYPES OF LOTS, UH, RANGING FROM 62 FEET TO I THINK EVEN UP TO 75 OR 80. AND SO STAFF FELT THAT A MINIMUM OF 60 FIT MORE CONSISTENTLY WITH THE AREA. RIGHT. MAKES SENSE. COMMISSIONER KO SAVANNAH, IN Y'ALL'S VIEW OF THIS PROJECT, COULD THEY MEET THAT 35% NON FRONT ENTRY GARAGE REQUIREMENT IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE 160 UNITS? SO THE, THE GEOMETRY OF THAT, THEY WOULD HAVE TO INCREASE THE LOT WIDTH, WHICH WOULD THEN DECREASE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF UNITS. YEAH. 'CAUSE THEY GOT, THEY GOT A WEIRD SHAPED PARCEL, BUT YOU'RE TRYING TO CRAM A LOT IN THERE. STAFF'S TRYING TO WORK WITH YOU MM-HMM . AND YOU'RE SAYING RIGHT OUT FRONT, THE 35% NON FRONT ENTRY GARAGE IS A NON-STARTER. SURE. AND OUR INTENTION FOR THE, THE 50 FOOT LOT WAS TO PROVIDE A, A DIFFERENTIATED PRODUCT THAN WHAT'S ALREADY GREATLY SUPPLIED OUT THERE. UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE, IF WE HAD TO ADD IN OR MIX IN SOME 60 FOOT WIDE, UH, LOTS THROUGHOUT, WE WOULD BE AMENABLE TO TO ADDING A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THOSE. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, 30% OF THOSE BE J SWING. THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE THE CASE. THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT. MM-HMM . IS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU WANTING TO COME HERE AND YOUR EXPERIENCE AND YOUR GROUP IS EXPERIENCED, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, OUR CITY AS WELL AND WE HAVE RESIDENTS ALREADY THERE IN THE AREA. AND YOU DON'T WANNA STICK OUT LIKE A SORE THUMB THAT, WELL, I WAS JUST, HE'S ASKING FOR A TON OF VARIANCES AND STAFF IS TRYING TO WORK WITH HIM, AND HE IS, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S, UM, NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE AMENABLE TO WITH REGARD TO INCREASING LOT WIDTH ON A, ON, ON A MIX OF LOTS TO HAVE BOTH 50 AND 60 FOOT WIDE. WE WOULD CERTAINLY BE AMENABLE TO THAT. I THINK THERE ARE ONLY TWO VARIANCES OF CONCERN. RIGHT? I MEAN, WE, UM, DID, WHAT WAS THE OTHER VARIANCE? SAVANNAH? YEAH. SO WHAT, SO THE SETBACK, THE SETBACK AND THE, AND THE FRONT AND THE NON FRONT ENTRY. YEAH. SO WOULD YOU BE AMENABLE TO THAT? TO, WITH, WITH THE STAFF TO, TO MEET THOSE DRC RECOMME RECOMMENDATIONS? THE DRC RECOMMENDATIONS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT? YES. 'CAUSE THEY'RE OUR EXPERTS. ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S, THAT'S WHO WE'RE LOOKING TO RIGHT NOW. YES, WE WOULD, UM, WE WOULD CERTAINLY GO BACK AND, AND WE CAN WORK WITH STAFF ON, ON PROVIDING A, A CONCEPT PLAN THAT MEETS THAT. OKAY. COMMISSIONER MADDEN, DO YOU GUYS ALREADY OWN THE PROPERTY OR IS IT PENDING? WE DO NOT. WE HAVE IT ON CONTRACT. OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD QUESTION. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I THINK THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION. IF YOU'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH STAFF TO WORK THROUGH, UH, THOSE CONCERNS, THOSE VARIANCES. UH, ANYTHING ELSE? COMMISSIONERS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . THIS IS, UH, DISTRICT SIX, WHICH IS, I HAVE ANNA COKA. SHE'S ONE MORE CARD. OH, ONE MORE CARD. I'M SORRY. UH, IT IS FROM YOLANDA MAHON. SHE JUST WANTED INDICATE, UH, HER SUPPORT BUT DID NOT WANT TO SPEAK. OKAY. WE HAVE SOMEONE IN SUPPORT. OKAY. UH, DO Y'ALL HAVE, UM, ANY OTHER DI ANY OTHER DISCUSSION WITH REGARD TO THIS ISSUE? YES, SIR. UM, JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY OUR, WE WOULD BE MORE THAN WILLING TO GO TO, TO TABLE AND THEN GO BACK AND WORK WITH STAFF, PROVIDE A PLAN TO COME BACK TO, TO P AND Z. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. OKAY. UH, THAT'S A VERY, VERY GOOD IDEA. THAT'S WHAT, OKAY. [02:05:01] THIS IS DISTRICT SIX. SO WHO'S GONNA TAKE THE MOTION? OKAY. COM. COMMISSIONER FOR DCO WILL TAKE THE MOTION AND MY COLLEAGUE, UH, KOKAS ABSENCE. I WILL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER 13, WHICH IS ZON DASH 23 DASH ZERO DASH 0 0 3 5. AND HOW FAR DO YOU WANT TAPE? I, I JUST SPOKE WITH THE APPLICANT THE DECEMBER MEETING. DECEMBER 11TH, DECEMBER. IS THAT THE ONE THEY WANT? IS THAT GOOD WITH YOU? IS THAT OH, CAN THEY DO TOO MEETINGS HE ASKED FOR DECEMBER. DECEMBER 11TH. WE GET THAT DONE. YEAH. DECEMBER. AND BILL, YOU THINK YOU CAN WORK WITH THEM IN THAT TIME? YES. OKAY. UH, THAT WE MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS ITEM 13 AND WHAT I JUST REITERATED TO THE DECEMBER 11TH. 11TH MEETING. MM-HMM . I'LL SECOND THAT. HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO TABLE ITEM 14 BY COMMISSIONER PCO AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ AS PER DRC. RECOMMENDATIONS. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [14. SUP-23-09-0036 - Specific Use Permit - Outside Storage for Flex-N-Gate (City Council District 4). Specific Use Permit for Outside Storage (Accessory) for an existing office/warehouse on 28.38 acres. Lot 1R, Block D, Bardin Road Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas & Tarrant Counties, Texas, zoned Planned Development-372 (PD-372), and addressed as 2150 W Bardin Rd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tems 15 & 16] NEXT CASE PLEASE. ALRIGHT, THE NEXT TWO ITEMS 15 AND 16 ARE RELATED. SO I'LL PRESENT THEM AT THE SAME TIME. THE FIRST ELEMENT IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT. THE SECOND IS THE ZONING CHANGE AND CONCEPT PLAN. SO THE FIRST COMPONENT, AGAIN, THEY'RE REQUESTING TO AMEND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FROM COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICE TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. YOU CAN [02:25:01] SEE THE LOCATION OF THAT ON THE SCREEN OUTLINED IN YELLOW. THIS IS ABOUT 10 ACRES. AND AGAIN, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO PUT MULTIFAMILY APARTMENTS, WHICH REQUIRES THAT AMENDMENT TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. THIS IS A PORTION OF THE OVERALL REQUEST, WHICH IS OUTLINED IN YELLOW. THE EXISTING ZONING IS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR GENERAL RETAIL. THEY'RE REQUESTING TO ZONE IT TO A PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR GENERAL RETAIL AND MULTIFAMILY. THEIR CONCEPT PLAN IS ABOUT 30 ACRES, AND YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE SCREEN. THEY'RE PROPOSING FOUR DIFFERENT LOTS. ONE INCLUDES 120,000 SQUARE FOOT MEMBERSHIP ONLY RETAIL STORE WITH SIX FUEL PUMPS, A 64,000 SQUARE FOOT SPORTING GOODS STORE, A THREE STORY HOTEL WITH 115 ROOMS. AND THEN THAT MULTIFAMILY, WHICH INCLUDES 350 MULTIFAMILY UNITS. I WILL NOTE THAT ON THIS REQUEST AGAIN, NORTH IS TO THE LEFT OF THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING TO EXTEND IKEA WAY AND IKEA PLACE. THE ANCHORS, NUMBER ONE AND TWO ARE DESIGNED SO THAT THEIR FRONT ENTRANCES FACE THAT INTERNAL IKEA WAY DRIVE. THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT ESTABLISHES TWO BASE ZONING DISTRICTS, GENERAL RETAIL AND THEN MULTIFAMILY THREE IS OUTLINED ON THE SCREEN. THEY'RE PROPOSING SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THE ZONING REQUIREMENTS AND THE DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE GENERAL RETAIL. THEY'RE PROPOSING TO ALLOW SOME USES BY RIGHT, WHICH ARE EITHER NOT ALLOWED IN A GENERAL RETAIL ZONING DISTRICT, OR WHICH REQUIRES A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. SO FOR EXAMPLE, UH, CURRENTLY IN A GENERAL RETAIL ZONING DISTRICT, A LODGING FACILITY SLASH HOTEL REQUIRES CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF AN SUP. WITH THIS REQUEST, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO ALLOW THAT USE BY RIGHT. SO ON THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE A LIST OF THOSE USES. ANOTHER USE THAT REQUIRES AN SUP THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING BY WRIGHT IS THAT LARGE RETAIL WITH GAS SALES. ADDITIONALLY, THEY'RE PROPOSING SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THE DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS. YOU CAN SEE THE TABLE THAT SUMMARIZES THOSE REQUESTS. ESSENTIALLY, THEY ARE REQUESTING TO REDUCE SOME SETBACKS AND INCREASE THE MAXIMUM FLOOR AREA OF RATIO AND INCREASE THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT. I WILL POINT OUT THAT A LOT OF THE DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA EXCEEDS THAT 25 FEET. SO THERE'S SOME MULTIFAMILY APARTMENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE THAT ARE FOUR STORIES. AND THEN THE, UM, UH, A COUPLE OF ENTERTAINMENT AND RETAIL CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION WE'RE GRANTED VARIANCES FOR INCREASED HEIGHT. SO THAT ADDITIONAL HEIGHT IS CONSISTENT WITH SWEATS SURROUNDING FOR THE PROPOSED MULTIFAMILY. THREE, THEY ARE AGAIN PROPOSING SOME MODIFICATIONS. THEY, UH, ARE PROPOSING TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE FROM 26 TO 35. THEY'RE REQUESTING TO REDUCE THE SIDE YARD SETBACKS. THEY'RE REQUESTING TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT FROM 60 FEET TO 65 AND INCREASE THE MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE OF SINGLE BED UNITS. NOW WE HAVE A REQUIREMENT IN THE UDC THAT MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS HAVE TO HAVE A PERIMETER FENCE, A GATED ENTRY. AND THEY ARE PROPOSING, UH, TO ALLOW IT TO BE CONSTRUCTED WITHOUT THAT PERIMETER FENCE. ON THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE THEIR PROPOSED CONCEPTUAL BUILDING ELEVATIONS. UH, THE FIRST IMAGE IS FOR THEIR MULTI-FAMILY, THEN THE RETAIL AND THE HOTEL. SO THESE ARE CONCEPTUAL AT THIS TIME. UH, DETAILED ELEVATIONS WILL BE REVIEWED AT THE SITE PLAN PORTION. UH, SO THEY'RE PROPOSING SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THE DESIGN REQUIREMENTS IN APPENDIX F. SO THAT IS, UH, REQUIRED WHEN DEVELOPMENT IS WITHIN ONE OF THE OVERLAY DISTRICTS. ONE OF THOSE INCLUDES ALLOWING CONCRETE MASONRY UNITS OR S OR CMU AS AN ACCENT AND PROVIDED THAT IT'S LESS THAN 10%. IT'S CURRENTLY NOT AN ALLOWED MATERIAL IN APPENDIX F. AND THEY'RE PROPOSING SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THE PERCENTAGE OF WINDOWS FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROPOSING SOME MODIFICATIONS TO ALLOW SOME ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE. I WILL NOTE THAT FOR AS THE BIG BOX RETAILERS, THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'VE SEEN ALONG IN THE CORRIDOR. SO IF YOU THINK, UH, FURTHER TO THE NORTH ON THE WEST AND EAST SIDES OF UM, 1 61, THE LARGE ANCHOR AT EPIC WEST AND EAST HAVE REDUCED PERCENTAGE OF WINDOWS AND SOME ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE FOR THAT ARTICULATION. SO THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T SEE, UH, BUT THEY ARE REQUESTING THAT TO BE WRITTEN INTO THEIR PD STAFF DID RECEIVE SOME WRITTEN OPPOSITION. UH, WE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 10 DIFFERENT LETTERS. UH, SOME OF THEM WERE OKAY WITH THE RETAIL. THEY WERE OPPOSED TO THE MULTI-FAMILY PORTIONS. UH, SOME WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC IN THE AREA AND THEN SOME DIDN'T PROVIDE ANY COMMENTS. SO THE VARIANCES THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING IS ALLOW THOSE LAND USES BY RIGHT. UH, AND THE GENERAL RETAIL ZONING DISTRICT, UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO ALLOW THE MULTI-FAMILY TO BE CONSTRUCTED WITHOUT THAT PERIMETER FENCE. THEY'RE PROPOSING MODIFICATIONS TO THE DENSITY, OR EXCUSE [02:30:01] ME, THE DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR GENERAL RETAIL, UH, REDUCING THE SETBACKS, UM, INCREASING THE HEIGHT AND THE FLOOR AREA RATIO. THEY'RE PROPOSING SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THE MULTI-FAMILY, WHICH INCLUDE DECREASING SETBACKS, INCREASING THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT, DENSITY, AND PERCENTAGE OF ONE BEDROOM UNITS. AND THEN THEY'RE PROPOSING SOME ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE TO APPENDIX F, THOSE DESIGN STANDARDS. SO STAFFS ENABLE TO SUPPORT THE PORTION OF THE REQUEST THAT'S INCONSISTENT WITH THAT FEATURE LAND USE MAP, SHOULD THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CHOOSE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST STAFF DOES HAVE SOME CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL. THE FIRST IS THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE CROSS ACCESS EASEMENTS ADJACENT PROPERTY IS REQUIRED BY THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE. UH, THE FOLLOWING USES SHALL REQUIRE AN SUPA CAR WASH AND A LODGING FACILITY SLASH HOTEL. AND THEN THE, UH, THIRD CONDITION IS THAT MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS THAT MEET THE RECOMMENDED DESIGN STANDARDS IN APPENDIX W, WHICH WE EVALUATE AT THE SITE PLAN STAGE, MAY REQUEST THE INCREASE TO THE 35 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE AND INCREASE OF THE MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE OF ONE BEDROOM TO 65%. UM, STAFF DOESN'T OBJECT TO THOSE VARIANCES. HOWEVER, WE WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE AFTER REVIEWING THOSE DETAILED BUILDING ELEVATIONS AT THE SITE PLAN PHASE TO ENSURE THAT THEY DO MEET THOSE DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS. AND THEN FINALLY, TO ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON STAFF'S CON FIRST CONDITION OF APPROVALS, UM, THE, YOU CAN SEE THE, THERE'S A, A SMALL, UH, CORNER THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THAT REQUEST. THE, UH, UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIRES CROSS ACCESS EASEMENTS FOR, UM, PROPERTIES THAT ARE ALONG A DIVIDED ROADWAY. THAT'S TO ENSURE THAT ALL PROPERTIES HAVE ACCESS FROM A ROADWAY. AND LOOKING AT THE SIZE OF THAT PROPERTY, UH, THAT SMALLER SQUARE WOULD NOT BE GRANTED, UM, DRIVEWAYS THAT MEET OUR SPACING REQUIREMENTS. SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE CONDITIONS THAT THEY AMEND THEIR CONCEPT PLAN TO PROVIDE THAT PROCESS. ACCESS EASEMENTS, WE BELIEVE THAT THAT IS REQUIRED BY THE UDC AND IS MOST EFFECTIVE AND WILL AVOID ANY FUTURE COMPLICATIONS FOR THAT PARCEL AND ANY SAFETY CONCERNS. SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT THERE WOULD BE DRIVEWAY ON THAT WEST AND SOUTH SIDE OF THAT PARCEL SO THEY COULD GO, THEY COULD TRAVEL THROUGH THE PARKING THAT'S ESTABLISHED AND NOT HAVE TO GO OUT OFF THAT PARCEL ITSELF ONTO THE ROAD ONTO MAYFIELD, THE ROBINSON? CORRECT. SO THE, THERE WOULD BE CROSS CROSS ACCESS EASEMENTS HERE AND HERE. AND I BELIEVE BRETT CAN PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL. SO HAVE YOU FINISHED YOUR PRESENTATION? YES, THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION. OKAY. BECAUSE I WASN'T SURE IF YOU WERE FINISHED YOUR PRESENTATION. OKAY. UH, COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR SAVANNAH? THIS IS A LOT, THIS IS A LOT. BUT, BUT MY, MY CONCERN IS THAT, THAT YOU ARE TALKING WITH THE APPLICANT WITH REGARD TO THOSE CONCERNS. ARE THEY AMENABLE TO SOME OF THESE THINGS OR IS THAT JUST GONNA WAIT FOR THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK TO THAT? SO THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND I WILL LET THEM ANSWER THAT QUESTION. OKAY. OKAY. BRETT, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK TO YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE WHAT SAVANNAH WAS SAYING. UM, BY NOT REQUIRING OR NOT HAVING THOSE CROSS ACCESS EASEMENTS IN PLACE, ANY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT THERE WOULD REQUIRE ACCESS. AND SO BY NOT HAVING THOSE OTHER OUTLETS, WE'RE GONNA BE KNOWINGLY PUTTING DRIVEWAYS IN SITUATIONS WHERE WE THINK THERE MAY BE SOME SAFETY CONCERNS. MM-HMM . AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT THOSE IN PLACE SO THAT WE CAN MITIGATE THOSE CONCERNS IF AND WHEN THAT CORNER PROPERTY DOES DEVELOP. UH, COMMISSIONER MADDEN. SO SAVANNAH, DID YOU SAY THAT MUL AND YOU SAID A LOT. SO I'M , SORRY. YES, I DID. BUT DID YOU SAY THAT THE MULTIFAMILY WAS, THE SETBACK WAS REDUCED FROM ROBINSON? CORRECT. OKAY. AND HOW MANY STORIES ARE THEY PROPOSING THIS BUILDING TO BE? FOUR. UM, SO THEY'RE PROPOSING A MAX HEIGHT OF 65, WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOUR STORIES. WOW. OKAY. SO CLOSER TO ROBINSON, CLOSER TO THE HOMES ACROSS THE STREET AND THEN TALL? YES. OKAY. COMMISSIONER PEREZ, I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED 'CAUSE IT SAYS A WHOLESALE MEMBERSHIP ONLY STORE AND THEN IT SAYS A RETAIL MEMBERSHIP ONLY STORE. THOSE ARE INTERCHANGEABLE. OKAY. WHAT I WOULD SAY, SAY WHAT I, I WAS GONNA ASK YOU, I GUESS WE COULD ASK THE, UH, APPLICANT, WHAT ARE THESE STORES THAT'D GIVE US A, A BETTER IDEA OF, OF WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS? AND SO THE LANGUAGE IN THE STAFF REPORT IS HOW THEY DESCRIBED IT. THEY DID NOT PROVIDE ACTUAL TENANTS WITH THE REQUESTS, AND I DON'T BELIEVE THEY'RE ABLE OR READY TO MAKE THAT THOSE TENANT NAMES AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. BUT THEY ARE HERE AND WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION DEFINITIVELY. OKAY. COMMISSION ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR SAVANNAH? THAT'S A LOT. SAVANNAH , THAT'S A LOT. BUT YOU DID A GOOD JOB AS, AS ALWAYS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UH, SPEAKER CARDS? YES, MADAM CHAIR. I HAVE FOUR. UH, I'LL CALL APPLICANT FIRST. SCOTT HANKS. [02:35:03] HELLO THERE. HOW ARE YOU? I'M WELL, THANK YOU. GOOD, GOOD, GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? TELL US, TELL US SOMETHING, . I'M SCOTT HANKS. MM-HMM . I AM WITH IKEA. UM, THE PROPERTY THAT'S BEING PROPOSED FROM YOU IS EXCESS PROPERTY THAT IKEA HAS HELD FOR SINCE THE EXISTENCE AND CREATION OF THE IKEA STORE. UM, TO GIVE YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, UM, ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO WE ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT TO SELL A PORTION OF OUR SITE TO BIG SHOTS. MM-HMM . AND EVERYONE KIND OF LOOKED AT, AT OURSELVES AND SAID, WELL, OKAY, NOW WE'VE SOLD A SITE, SO HOW DO WE GET THE ACCESS AND TRAFFIC AND WHAT ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE? AND, UM, I, I RUN THE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT PART OF IKEA, SO THEY SAID, SCOTT, COME HERE AND TRY AND WORK THIS OUT. SO THAT'S HOW I CAME TO BE. MM-HMM . UM, THE, UM, THE, THE ENTIRE INTENT OF THIS WAS TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT'S HARMONIOUS THAT THE CITY WANTS. AND THE REASON I'M SAYING THAT IS MY VERY FIRST VISIT HERE WAS WITH, UH, THE MAYOR AND WITH YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR TO SAY, WE'RE HERE. WE WANT TO SELL THIS PROPERTY. WE'LL, WE'RE WILLING TO DEVELOP IT AND, AND SELL IT. UM, WHAT ARE YOUR INTERESTS AND WHAT ARE, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE WORK WITH? SO THAT'S HOW THIS CAME TO BE. OKAY. UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED. WE'RE HOPEFULLY EXCITED THAT YOU ALL ARE EXCITED, BUT, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO GET THIS BUILT AND, AND ADD SOME VIBRANCY TO OUR LOCATION AND TO YOUR COMMUNITY. WELL, THIS, THIS SOUNDS WONDERFUL, BUT I'M ASSUMING THAT THIS IS A REALLY HOT, HOT, HOT TENANTS THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE GREAT TENANTS. MM-HMM . UM, I'M UNDER AN NDA AND I CAN'T DISCLOSE THEM TO YOU. MAKE ME EXCITED. . SO, SO LET ME SAY THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALL VERY SOLID TALENT, UH, UH, CLIENTS. THEY'RE ALL VERY SOLID, FINANCIALLY STRONG. UM, AND AT THE POINT WHERE I CAN SHARE IT WITH YOU, I CERTAINLY WILL. SO DO YOU HAVE AT LEAST A COMMITMENT IN WRITING? I HAVE. UM, I HAVE LETTERS OF INTENT AND OR PURCHASE AGREEMENTS ON ALL OF THE PROPERTIES. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THAT MAKES ME BREATHE A LITTLE BIT EASIER. UH, COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER MADDEN. SO, UM, THE, THE RETAIL PART TO ME MAKES PERFECT SENSE BECAUSE IT WILL DRAW PEOPLE TO IKEA TOO, WHICH WE ALL LOVE IKEA. UM, BUT I'M CURIOUS, I MEAN, YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE AND, AND KNOW THE AVERSION TO MULTIFAMILY, SO WHY NOT MAKE THAT OTHER SECTION MORE RETAIL, UH, LIKE A GROCERY? HONESTLY, IT WAS MM-HMM. IT WAS OUR GOAL, BUT WHAT WE, WHAT WE DID WAS PUT OURSELVES IN A SITUATION BY HAVING BIG SHOTS CLOSEST TO THE HIGHWAY. MM-HMM . WE BLOCKED OFF ALL OF OUR ABILITY TO HAVE RETAIL IN THAT WHOLE AREA. MM-HMM . AND, UM, YOU KNOW, HAD WE BEEN ABLE TO PUT BIG SHOTS ON THE BACKSIDE WITH ROBINSON MM-HMM . WHICH I'LL COME BACK TO. YEAH. THEN WE COULD HAVE PUT ALL OF THE RETAIL IN THE FRONT AND HAD EXPOSURE AND SIGNAGE AND BEEN ABLE TO ATTRACT PEOPLE. UM, THE REASON THAT WE DIDN'T PUT BIG SHOTS, UH, AGAINST ROBINSON WAS BECAUSE OF YOUR RESIDENTS. RIGHT. AND THE LIGHTS THE LIGHT. RIGHT. YEAH. SO IT, IT KIND OF CREATED A, A PARADIGM FOR US TO WHERE, WHAT DO WE DO WITH THIS MM-HMM . AND UM, AND THAT'S WHY WE CAME UP WITH RESIDENTIAL. IT'S CONTIGUOUS TO RESIDENTIAL TO THE SOUTH. THERE'S ALREADY APARTMENTS THAT ARE GOING. YEAH. AND BY THE SOUNDS OF WHAT YOUR AGENDA IS, THERE'S A LOT OF THEM. RIGHT. UM, BUT WE ALSO SEE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DEMAND. AND SO WE THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS GOOD FOR THE MARKET. ONE, ONE THING THAT I, I THINK I HEARD SAVANNAH SAY THAT THEY WANTED TO HAVE WALKABLE, UH, RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS WITH RESIDENTS THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE FOR THAT IF YOU WANTED WALKABLE AND FOLKS NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT GETTING IN THEIR CARS AND MAKE IT MORE OF A COMMUNITY. AM I RIGHT ON THAT OR DID I MISS NO, THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF THE GOALS. UM, IN FACT, THE HOTEL SITE WE HAD, UH, EARMARKED FOR, UM, RESTAURANT AND ENTERTAINMENT AND, UM, WE WENT THROUGH ABOUT FIVE OR SIX DIFFERENT GROUPS AND, UM, NONE OF THEM WANTED TO BE THERE. UH, AND THEN WE HAD A HOTEL GROUP APPROACH US AND WE SAID THAT THAT WOULD WORK BASED ON THE ACREAGE THAT WE HAD LEFT. MM-HMM . SO YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING THE AREA? OH YEAH, FOR SURE. VERY MUCH SO. YES. AND, AND, AND TO BE VERY HONEST, IT WAS CLEAR GOING IN THAT YOUR [02:40:01] MAYOR WANTED THAT ENTERTAINMENT COMPONENT. MM-HMM . WE JUST HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIT IT. WE HAVEN'T NOT FIT IT PHYSICALLY MM-HMM . BUT FIT IT WITH, UM, A DESIRE. MM-HMM . AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR WAS A RESTAURANT WITH ENTERTAINMENT, WITH SIT DOWN, NOT FAST FOOD. MM-HMM . OKAY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. UH, COMMISSIONER FKO. SO, UM, YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH GRAND PRAIRIE, YOU SENSE THE AVERSION THAT NOBODY COMES HERE AND SAYS IF GRAND PRAIRIE JUST HAD ONE MORE MULTIFAMILY, IT WOULD BE PERFECT , YOU DIDN'T THINK ABOUT TOWN HOMES? UM, WHAT WE DID IS WE WENT OUT TO AN RFP TO FIVE DIFFERENT BUILDERS AND SAID, WHAT WOULD YOU BUILD HERE? AND UM, UH, SO WE REALLY WEREN'T TRYING TO CONTROL WHAT WAS BEING BUILT THERE, BUT WE WERE TRYING TO CONTROL WHAT, WHAT THE YIELD WAS AND WHAT THE INTENT THAT WE WERE TRYING TO GET BECAUSE OF HOW IT'S HIDDEN. UM, BUT NO, NO ONE WAS FOCUSED AT ALL ON TOWN HOMES AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS A FOR RENT ISSUE OR A FOR SALE ISSUE. I DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE HERE. DID YOU CONTACT HEB ? NO. UNFORTUNATELY. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO THEY ARE. I EVEN GOT HER EXCITED. WELL, IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU'RE, YOU'RE WORKING WITH WHAT YOU HAVE AND YOU KNOW, YOU WANT, WE WANT THE, UH, THE, THE COMPANIES TO COME, BUT THE COMPANIES HAVE TO COME AND HAVE AN INTENT. WE CAN WANT EVERYTHING WE WANT, BUT IF IF THERE'S NO BUYER THERE TO PURCHASE, THEN IT'S VACANT LAND, BOTTOM LINE. RIGHT, EXACTLY. AND WE'VE JUST TRIED TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR. MM-HMM . UM, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE OUR STORE AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HERE BEING HERE. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT HOW SUCCESSFUL THE STORE'S BEEN. AND WE ALSO HAVE A CERTAIN SET OF STANDARDS ON WHAT WE WON'T ALLOW HERE. MM-HMM . MM-HMM . UM, AROUND IKEA. AND, UM, SO BETWEEN WHAT YOU ALL WANTED AND WHAT WE DIDN'T WANT MM-HMM . KIND OF CONSTRICTED WHERE WE COULD GO. MAKES SENSE. THANK YOU FOR THAT BACKGROUND. I APPRECIATE THAT. COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. YOU WELCOME. THANK YOU. UHHUH SPEAKER CARDS? YES. UH, MADAM CHAIR, HEEL FEISTER WHO'LL SPEAK IN SUPPORT. OKAY. JUST SUPPORT. JUST SUPPORT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR HER? WE GOOD? OKAY. THANK YOU. MAY I SPEAK FOR HER? ONE MORE MOMENT? . . I WAS ALMOST FINISHED. NOT QUIET. UM, IN GOING THROUGH THE, UH, VARIANCES THAT SAVANNAH, UH, HAS EXPLORED, I WANTED TO BRING UP JUST ONE ITEM. WE, AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH EVERYONE. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BE AT ALL, YOU KNOW, CONDESCENDING OR ARGUMENTATIVE. THE ACCESS EASEMENT IS A REAL ISSUE FOR US. UM, SAVANNAH, MAY I GET YOU TO SHOW THAT SITE PLAN AGAIN THERE? OKAY. SO WHAT, WHAT I'M TRYING TO SHOW YOU IS THAT, UM, TO THE NORTH IS MAYFIELD, TO THE EAST IS ROBINSON, TO THE WEST IS A DETENTION BASIN AND THAT'S TO MEET ALL OF OUR STORM WATER DRAINAGE REQUIREMENTS. AND THEN TO THE SOUTH IS ACTUALLY LOADING DOCKS AND IT'S NOT REALLY A GREAT PLACE TO HAVE ACCESS AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE MOST SAFE PLACE TO HAVE ACCESS. WHEN IKEA CAME IN WITH THAT ORIGINAL OWNER, UM, WE GAVE THEM ACCESS FOR TWO YEARS AND THEY NEVER TOOK ADVANTAGE OF IT. THEY NEVER USED IT. UM, WE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT, AT ONE POINT IN TIME IT WAS, COULD WE BUY THAT AND IT WASN'T FOR SALE AND WE COULDN'T NEGOTIATE SOMETHING. SO MY ASK IS THAT WE DON'T PUT IN THAT ACCESS. AND I VISITED WITH BRETT. BRETT, SO HE KNOWS THAT THAT'S KIND OF A HOPE THAT WE HAVE. UM, BECAUSE UM, I THINK IT'S NOT THE BEST PLACE TO PROVIDE ACCESS. AND THE PEOPLE THAT WE DID PROVIDE ACCESS TO NEVER TOOK ADVANTAGE OF IT FOR OVER TWO YEARS. SORRY, THAT WAS MY ONLY POINT. SO, SCOTT, COMMISSIONER MAD, I'M SO SORRY. UM, THAT, IS THAT PROPERTY STILL OWNED BY A HOMEOWNER? 'CAUSE I KNOW FOR YEARS IT HAD A HOUSE ON IT. IS IT JUST OWNED BY A HOMEOWNER AS FAR AS YOU KNOW? AS FAR AS I KNOW, IT'S THE ORIGINAL OWNER. OKAY. BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS THERE BEFORE. OKAY. I WONDER IF THERE ARE EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT I HEAR YA. THANKS. [02:45:01] OKAY, THANKS AGAIN. THANK YOU. THANKS. THANKS A BUNCH. OKAY. ANY OTHER CONCERNS? UH, COMMISSIONERS? I HAVE TWO MORE SPEAKER CARDS. MADAM CHAIR. OKAY, GO AHEAD. UH, GERALD LUKI, WHO WILL SPEAK IN SUPPORT, I HAVE GERALD LUKI WITH HODGE'S ARCHITECTURE, JUST HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. OKAY. AND ONE LAST ONE FROM MICHELLE FRANKLIN WHO WILL SPEAK IN OPPOSITION. MS. FRANKLIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. UH, GOOD EVENING. IT'S MICHELLE FRANKLIN. I'M AT 33 17 CATHEDRAL. UM, I LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE, UM, EAST SIDE OF ROBINSON ROAD. UM, I HAVE SEVERAL CONCERNS I'D LIKE TO SHARE. YES. UM, FIRST OFF, ARE THE, UM, LEFT TURN LANES THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO INSTALL ON ROBINSON THAT WOULD ALLOW, UM, ACCESS INTO THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT? UM, I KIND OF HAVE ISSUES WITH THAT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU COULDN'T RESTRICT, UM, ACCESS TO THE AREA THROUGH IKEA WAY. UM, AND THEN THROUGH 1 61, UM, I DON'T BELIEVE IKEA PLACE NEEDS TO EXTEND ONTO ROBINSON ROAD, WHICH WOULD TAKE YOU ALL THE WAY THROUGH BRIAN, WHICH THEN CAN TAKE YOU OVER TO, UM, CARRIER. SO I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC CUTTING THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THE NEIGHBOR, EXCUSE ME, THE NEIGHBORHOODS FROM CARRIER TO GET TO THIS UM, AREA. UM, I'M ALSO CONCERNED WITH, UM, THE LIGHTING THAT COMES WITH ALL THIS DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT HAPPENS TO, UM, OUR BACKYARDS. I'M CONCERNED WITH THE TRAFFIC, WHICH HAS BECOME HORRENDOUS. I WOULD NOW WORK FROM HOME SINCE THE PANDEMIC STARTED. UM, I FACE MY FENCE EVERY DAY AND I SEE THE TRAFFIC, THE SCHOOL BUSES, THE CARS, THE SEMIS, YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE WHO DOES NOT GO 40. UM, I'VE REACHED OUT TO THE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE CITY TO HAVE THAT ADDRESSED. UM, THEY WENT AS FAR AS PUTTING UP ONE OF THOSE, UM, THIS IS WHAT YOUR SPEED IS, SIGNS. I THINK IT SAT OUT THERE FOR A YEAR AND IT'S, UH, IT'S GOTTEN WORSE. UM, LIGHTING, LANDSCAPING. UM, INSTEAD OF CREATING THE, THE TURN LANES TO BRING EVERYBODY INTO THIS UM, AREA, COULD WE NOT DO SOME NICE LANDSCAPING IN THAT MEDIAN? UM, IT'S JUST, IT'S VERY WIDE AND CAN BE VERY UGLY AT TIMES. SO WHY DON'T WE NOT INSTALL SOME TREES, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT MORE, UM, FRIENDLY WHEN IT COMES TO NATURE. UM, A HOTEL, WHY WOULD WE WANT TO BRING A HOTEL INTO BASICALLY A RESIDE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD? UM, I JUST, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. YOU CAN'T SEE IT FROM I 20. UM, YOU COULD MAYBE SEE IT FROM 1 61, BUT WHY WOULD YOU WANT A HOTEL NEXT TO A, UM, WHOLESALE CLUB WITH A GAS STATION? UM, AND THEN LASTLY, UM, ON THE NORTH SIDE, WHEN FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH WAS BUILT YEARS AND YEARS AGO, THEY, UM, PUT IN A REQUEST TO THE CITY THAT, WHICH WE ALL HAD TO ADHERE TO WHEN IT CAME TO FENCING. UM, WE ALL HAD TO MAKE OUR FENCES PRISTINE PRETTY AT OUR OWN EXPENSE. SO WAS THERE AN EXPECTATION FROM IKEA AND THESE OTHER FOLKS FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, CLEAN UP AGAIN AND MEET THEIR STANDARDS? UM, WHAT IS THE POSSIBILITY OF A WALL BEING BUILT AROUND THIS NEW AREA TO SEGREGATE THIS FANCY, UM, SHOPPING AREA? UM, SEPARATING IT FROM THE RESIDENTIAL AREA AND, AND I'M SORRY, I'M ALL OVER THE PLACE HERE. . YEAH. YEAH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, IF YOU COULD JUST SLOW DOWN FOR JUST A MINUTE. OKAY. THESE ARE VERY GOOD POINTS AND YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO SAY THAT. I'D LIKE FOR BRETT TO SPEAK TO THE TRANSPORTATION ISSUES FIRST. OKAY. SO I THINK ONE OF THE CONCERNS IS THE ROBINSON TURN LANES. MM-HMM . SO WE HAVE SOME EXISTING MEDIANS OUT THERE THAT SERVICE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT CARS ARE GONNA USE THOSE MEDIANS TO TURN INTO THE SITE. SO BY ADDING THOSE TURN LANES, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THAT EXTRA TRAFFIC CAN GET OFF THE MAIN LANES AND GET INTO THOSE TURN LANES AND GET INTO THE SITE SAFELY. UM, SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO HAVE. IF WE RESTRICTED ALL ACCESS ON ROBINSON, WHAT THAT WOULD END UP DOING IS PUSHING ALL THE VEHICLES TO OUR SIGNALS AND THE OTHER INTERSECTIONS AROUND, WHICH ARE ALREADY PRETTY MUCH AT CAPACITY. SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AT THIS [02:50:01] SITE IS TO TRY TO FIND NUMEROUS WAYS TO ENTER AND EXIT THE SITE, MAINTAIN THAT TRAFFIC FLOW AROUND THE AREA, NOT OVERLOAD ONE PART, UM, OF THE SYSTEM. SO WE REALLY ENCOURAGE THE MULTIPLE POINTS OF ACCESS TO TRY TO GET AS MANY FOLKS DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO GET IN AND OUT SO WE DON'T HAVE TRAFFIC ALL BUNCHED UP IN ONE AREA. UH, ANOTHER THING THAT WAS MENTIONED WAS THE CUT THROUGH THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE DID HAVE, WITH THE TI THAT WAS DONE, WE DID HAVE THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERS DO COUNTS. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE STREET EXACTLY THAT THEY DID, BUT IT WAS THE DIRECT CONNECTION TO CARRIER FROM ROBINSON AND THEY MEASURED THE COUNTS OF THE CUT THROUGHS AND FOUND THAT IT WAS ALMOST NON-EXISTENT. UM, SO USING THAT, WE STILL LOOKED AT THE, THE TRAFFIC THERE, BUT WE DIDN'T SEE THAT AS A NEED THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED, UM, WITH THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT THAT'S OUT THERE. AND THEN THE SPEED SIGNS, I REALLY CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT. I'M NOT SURE WHEN THOSE WERE PUT UP. UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS RECENTLY OR NOT. OH, EXCUSE ME. ITS BEEN A WHILE. CAN YOU JUST WAIT TO, JUST, CAN YOU, SO THERE YOU HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS. HAVE YOU TRIED TO CALL, UH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT, HAVE YOU TRIED TO CALL THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO DISCUSS SOME OF THESE ISSUES? OR HAVE, HAVE YOU TRIED TO REACH OUT TO, AS FAR AS THIS ENTIRE HERE YES. ABOUT, ABOUT ALL YOUR CONCERNS. UM, TO BE HONEST, I GOT MY LETTER IN THE MAIL, UM, EARLY LAST WEEK MM-HMM . THE SIGNS, THE ZONING SIGNS THAT WERE PUT UP WERE VERY RECENT MM-HMM . SO THIS IS KIND OF ALL A SURPRISE TO ME AND SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS MM-HMM . THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED IT MM-HMM . MM-HMM . UM, SO NO, I HAVE NOT HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY, BUT I DEFINITELY CAN. RIGHT. ARE YOU IN AN H ARE YOU IN AN HOA? WE HAVE NO, HOA. OKAY. OKAY. SO YOU HAVE SOME VERY SOLID POINTS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, BUT WE JUST CAN'T ADDRESS ALL OF THIS TODAY. ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. BUT, BUT THIS IS, WE'RE JUST A, THE A COMMISSION, WE ARE LAY PEOPLE JUST LIKE YOU. WHAT WE DO IS WE LISTEN TO EVERYTHING AND WE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL. BUT YOU KNOW, CITY COUNCIL MAKES A FOUND DECISION ON EVERYTHING. ABSOLUTELY. SO THESE THINGS THAT YOU BROUGHT ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY NEED TO BE ALL BE ADDRESSED, BUT I'M NOT SURE HOW WE CAN ADDRESS ALL OF THAT. SAVANNAH, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY WITH THAT? SO I WILL POINT OUT THAT THIS IS KIND OF THE CONCEPT PLAN. SO THIS IS A BIG PICTURE. LOOK AT THIS. THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO DO A SITE PLAN WHERE WE LOOK AT ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR LIGHTING, FOR LANDSCAPING AND ALL OF THAT. UH, SO YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WANTING, UM, SOME LANDSCAPING. THEY ARE REQUIRED TO DO A 30 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG ROBINSON ROAD. AND SO THAT WOULD BE WITH TREES AND SHRUBS. UM, SO I CAN DISCUSS, UM, WITH YOU THOSE EXACT REQUIREMENTS, UM, OFFLINE, OUTSIDE OF THIS MEETING IF YOU, IF THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. UM, I'M ALSO KIND OF INTERESTED IN THIS PROPOSED SIX FOOT WALKING TRAIL ON THE INTERIOR OR THE INSIDE PORTION OF ROBINSON ROAD. WHO'S EXPECTED TO USE THAT TRAIL AND HOW WOULD YOU GET TO THAT TRAIL IF YOU'RE EXPECTING THE RESIDENTS ON THE OTHER SIDE TO ACCESS THAT TRAIL? YOU NOW HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO MAYFIELD ACROSS THE STREET, OR GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO CROSSLAND AND CROSS THE STREET TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS WALKING TRAIL. SO I'M NOT SURE. I THINK THAT'S, I MEAN, CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT AS SAVANNAH PLEASE? SO WE REQUIRE SIDEWALKS ALONG ALL OF OUR STREET FRONTAGES. UH, THEY ARE PROPOSING TO EXTEND A WALKING TRAIL INTERNALLY ALONG IKEA WAY. AND SO WE'VE HAD DEVELOPMENTS APPROVED, UH, TO THE SOUTH OF THIS LOCATION AND THEY ARE PICKING THAT UP. SO THE GOAL IS TO HAVE A CONSISTENT WALKING TRAIL, UH, FROM FORUM ALL THE WAY TO MAYFIELD AND THAT THAT'S WHAT'S REFLECTED ON THE PLAN. YEAH, YOU HAVE, YOU BRING A LOT OF GOOD POINTS AND I THINK THOSE THINGS WILL BE ADDRESSED AND SAVANNAH IS GONNA WORK WITH YOU ON THAT IF YOU GIVE HER YOUR INFORMATION BEFORE YOU LEAVE. ABSOLUTELY. UM, COMMISSIONER, UH, MADDEN, YOU, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? I'M REALLY WONDERING, I'M JUST CURIOUS, THIS IS SUCH A HUGE PIECE OF LAND AND SO MANY VARIED USES. IS IT IT POSSIBLE? LIKE, IS IT, IT SEEMS UNUSUAL TO HAVE SO MANY THINGS TO WE HAVE TO APPROVE, WE HAVE TO AGREE ON THIS AT ONE TIME OR ALL? I WOULDN'T SAY THAT IT'S UNUSUAL. MM-HMM . UH, THIS IS KIND OF SIMILAR TO THE EPIC EAST AND WEST. THEY CAME THROUGH WITH A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT THAT HAD A LOT OF THESE SIMILAR ITEMS. AND SO, UM, SOMETIMES WITH THE NUMBER OF ACRES INCLUDED IN A REQUEST AND THE NUMBER OF USES IT CAN GET COMPLEX PRETTY QUICKLY. MM-HMM . BUT THIS IS, IS CONSISTENT WITH OTHER PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS. OKAY. I'LL SAY, I'M SORRY. UM, I'VE LIVED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD FIRST HOMEOWNER IN THAT SUBDIVISION, UM, MOVED IN IN 1986 AND WE WERE TOLD AT THAT TIME, ANY DAY NOW, HIGHWAY 1 61 IS COMING. MM-HMM . WELL, IT TOOK 20, 25 [02:55:01] YEARS FOR THE HIGHWAY 1 61 TO COME. UM, AND I THINK THIS IS MY THIRD TIME HERE OVER THE YEARS, TO TALK ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LAND BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN SO MANY IDEAS AND SO MANY PRESENTATIONS AND THEY'VE BLOSSOMED AND THEY, THEY'VE DIED OUT. UH, THERE WAS A SITUATION WHERE THEY WANTED CROSSLAND AND ROBINSON TO BE A TURNABOUT. SO I, I'VE SEEN DIFFERENT ITERATIONS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT PEOPLE ARE THINKING ABOUT, BUT THIS ONE SEEMS TO BE MORE SOLIDIFIED MM-HMM . AND MORE WORRISOME FOR US, UH, RESIDENTS. YEAH. WELL, I'M GLAD THAT YOU CAME TONIGHT, LIKE I SAID, AND LIKE I SAID, WE'RE STILL IN THE VERY BEGINNING STAGES OF ALL THIS IN THE CONCEPT PLAN. SO THERE IS ROOM WIGGLE ROOM, THERE'S ROOM TO WORK WITH THE APPLICANT AND, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH THE, WITH THE CITY, YOU KNOW, AND TRY TO SEE WHAT, WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS FROM NOW. BUT, BUT BY RIGHT. THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO ABSOLUTELY. YES. SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING AT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. I HAVE NO FURTHER SPEAKER CARDS. OKAY. NO OTHER, UH, ANY MORE, UH, DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS QUESTION. OKAY. WHO'S DISTRICT TWO? DISTRICT TWO IS, UH, HAS, DID, WAS YOUR, DID YOUR COUNCIL PERSON, WHO'S THAT? DID THEY, UH, NO. SIT DOWN AND WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT? NO. WELL, AT, AT THIS POINT, UM, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, UM, ARE YOU, UM, ABLE TO MAKE A MOTION OR WOULD YOU LIKE SOMEBODY ELSE TO MAKE IT? UH, MICHELLE, I WOULD LOVE SOMEONE ELSE TO. OKAY. UM, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS? UH, HAVE A, UM, THIS ONE IS, UM, DIFFERENT, BUT IF NO ONE ELSE IS WILLING TO MAKE THE MOTION, I GUESS I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. UM, THIS IS A DIFFICULT MOTION, BUT I BELIEVE IF, UH, IKEA HAS BEEN SPEAKING WITH MAYOR JENSEN AND SPEAKING WITH THE, UH, STAFF, THERE'S REASON TO BELIEVE THERE'S SOMETHING HERE THAT'S CONCRETE AND I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS 15 AND 16, 15 CPA 23 1 0 0 0 1 9. UM, UH, AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS AND ITEM 16, UH, ZERO N 23 0 9, 0 0 3 3. HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM, UM, UH, WHAT IS THAT? 15, UM, AND 16 BY MYSELF, CHERYL SMITH AND IS SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RAMIREZ. ALL IN FAVOR? PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. 1, 2, 3. WHAT IS THAT? 3, 4, 5, 6. SIX. ALL OPPOSED? ONE OPPOSED? SIX APPROVED, ONE OPPOSED? AND, UM, ARE YOU ABSTAINING? AND ONE ABSTAIN. ABSTENTION. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. NEXT CASE, [17. VCC-23-10-0006 - Unified Signage Plan - Robinson and Mayfield (City Council District 2). Unified Signage Plan for a commercial and multi-family development within the SH 161 Corridor. Lots 1 and 2, Block 1, Mayfield Road Retail 1 Addition and Tract 2.2, William Reed Survey, Abstract No. 1193, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-294, within the SH 161 Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 965 Mayfield Rd, 1000 Ikea Way, and 3600 Robinson Rd] PLEASE. ALRIGHT, THIS NEXT ITEM, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO VERY FAR AT ALL. THIS IS FOR A UNIFIED SIGNAGE PLAN FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT. UH, YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN. UM, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS LOCATION AND THE THE ZONING CHANGE IS IT INCLUDES THE IKEA SITE. AND SO ANYTIME THERE'S REQUESTS FOR VARIANCES TO OUR SIGNAGE ORDINANCE FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT, OR MULTIPLE SIGNS, IT COMES THROUGH UNIFIED SIGNAGE PLAN TO P AND Z AND CITY COUNCIL. SO THEIR PROPOSAL INCLUDES THREE MULTI-TENANT MONUMENT SIGNS AND FIVE SINGLE TENANT MONUMENT SIGNS. YOU CAN SEE THE PLAN ON THE SCREEN. THE THREE ORANGE DOTS INDICATE THE LOCATION OF THEIR PROPOSED MULTI-TENANT MONUMENT SIGNS. AND I'VE GOT A TABLE SUMMARIZING THOSE REQUESTS. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE MAX AREA, MAX HEIGHT AND THE SETBACK. UM, THE, UM, ONE OF THE, UH, SIGNS REQUIRE A VARIANCE TO THAT MAX AREA. THEY'RE PROPOSING 250 SQUARE FEET WHEN THEY'RE ALLOWED AT THAT LOCATION FOR 200 SQUARE FEET ON THE SECOND FOR THE MAX HEIGHT. UM, AGAIN, THAT TALL MONUMENT SIGN REQUIRES A VARIANCE. UH, THEY'RE REQUESTING A HEIGHT OF 50 FEET, AND THEY ARE ALLOWED UP TO 25 FEET. AND THEN FINALLY, UH, THE SETBACKS FOR THE SECOND AND THIRD MULTI-TENANT MONUMENT SIGN REQUIRE VARIANCES. I WILL NOTE FOR REFERENCE, UH, THE PROPOSED 50 FOOT MULTI-TENANT SIGN THAT HEIGHT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE TALL SIGNS AT EPIC EAST AND WEST. SO TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE WHEN IT'S CONSTRUCTED, UH, THIS SLIDE SUMMARIZES THE VARIANCES FOR THE SINGLE-TENANT MONUMENT SIGNS. AND THEY HAVE FIVE OF THOSE FOR THE MAX AREA. TWO OF THE SIGNS FOUR AND FIVE ARE REQUESTING VARIANCES [03:00:01] TO THE MAX AREA. THEY'RE REQUESTING 100 FEET. AND DUE TO THE LOCATION OR THE SPACING, UH, THEY'RE ALLOWED AT 50 SQUARE FEET AND 35, UH, THEN ALL FIVE SIGNS ARE PROPOSED TO HAVE A HEIGHT OF 10 FEET WHEN THEY'RE ALLOWED EIGHT FEET. AND THEN THEY'RE PROPOSING TO ALLOW AN ELECTRONIC MESSAGE CENTER TO HAVE UP TO 100 SQUARE FEET. SO THOSE ARE THEIR VARIANCES. UH, THOSE THAT WERE NOT COVERED IN THE TABLE AND INCLUDE MASONRY CLADDING, WE REQUIRE THAT THE SIGN CABINETS BE CLAD AND MASONRY. UM, AND THEY'RE ASKING TO ALLOW PRE-FINISHED OR TEXTURED METAL. AND THEN MULTIPLE SIGNS ON A SINGLE FRONTAGE. THERE'S ONE LOT THAT HAS A MULTI-TENANT MONUMENT SIGN AND A SINGLE TENANT MONUMENT SIGN ON THE SAME FRONTAGE. AND WE, WE DON'T ALLOW THAT. SO THOSE ARE THE VARIANCES, UH, STAFF'S UNABLE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST 'CAUSE IT DOESN'T MEET THE UD SEEK REQUIREMENTS. HOWEVER, I DO KNOW THAT THE PLAN PROVIDES FOR COORDINATED AND UNIFORM SIGNAGE FOR A 55 ACRE MULTI-PHASE DEVELOPMENT. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AT ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. COMMISSIONERS ANY QUESTIONS? THAT WAS A LOT TOO. SAVANNAH , I'M SORRY. UM, BOTTOM LINE, WE, THE, UH, GUIDELINES HAVE CHANGED WITH SIGNAGE BECAUSE OF ALL THE YEARS AND THINGS HAVE JUST CHANGED, YOU KNOW, SINCE THE BEGINNING OF DOING SIGNAGE. SO WHAT IS THE PER, ARE THEY, ARE THEY WILLING TO WORK WITH YOU TO, TO, TO WORK THIS OUT? HAVE YOU HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THESE VARIANCES AT ALL? SO AGAIN, THE PURPOSE IS TO REQUEST FOR THOSE VARIANCES, UH, IN REVIEWING THIS, UM, WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING. IT'S COMPARABLE TO WHAT WAS GRANTED FOR THE APPLICATION LAST. SO YOU'RE OKAY. BASICALLY, BUT YOU JUST CAN'T SAY THAT. OKAY. GOTCHA. GOTCHA. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR SAVANNAH? THANK YOU, SAVANNAH. THANK YOU. THIS IS NUMBER 17, WHICH IS DISTRICT TWO. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE, OH, I'M SORRY. I DO HAVE TO, I'M SORRY. I APOLOGIZE. THAT'S OKAY. YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA RECOGNIZE THESE NAMES FOR THE, FROM THE PREVIOUS, UH, OKAY. FIRST ONE'S GONNA BE SCOTT HANKS. WOULD YOU, HAVE YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON THIS? I'M JUST, I'M JUST HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. UM, I THINK, I THINK THE, THE MESSAGE THAT WE HAVE FOR YOU IS THE SAME AS WHAT SAVANNAH ALREADY MENTIONED, IS IT? WE USE THE EPIC PROJECTS MM-HMM . AS OUR GUIDELINE MM-HMM . AND DESIGNED IT ACCORDINGLY. OKAY. GOTCHA. GOTCHA. COMMISSIONER MADDEN HAS A, HAS A QUESTION FOR YOU. WOULD YOU BE AVERSE TO MAINTAINING THE, THE, UM, STANDARD EIGHT FOOT HEIGHT ON THE SIDE, ON THE SIGNAGE THAT, THAT FACES ROBINSON SO THAT PEOPLE AREN'T STANDING IN THEIR BACKYARD LOOKING UP AT STORE SIGNAGE AT STORE SIGN? YEAH. I MEAN, IS THAT, LET ME, I DON'T THINK I HAVE AN ISSUE, BUT I'M GONNA ASK MY EXPERT. OKAY. GERALD, JUST A THOUGHT. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. SURE. GOOD EVENING. GERALD LUKI WITH HODGES ARCHITECTURE 1 3 6 4 2 OMEGA IN DALLAS. AND YES, WE, UH, AS SCOTT AND SAVANNAH HAVE SAID, WE, WE DESIGNED THE SIGN PROGRAM IN A UNIFIED, UH, MANNER. WE'RE, UH, WE'RE USING MATERIALS FROM THE BUILDINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND YES, I THINK WE, WE COULD DO THAT IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE ROBINSON FRONTAGE. UH, WE COULD LOWER THOSE SIGNS TO EIGHT FEET THAT WOULD RESPECT THAT, UM, MAXIMUM HEIGHT. THAT WOULD REALLY BE SUPER IN MY POINT OF VIEW. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? OKAY. I THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER CARD? YEAH, JUST FOR THE RECORD, I ALSO HAVE THE SPEAKER CARD FROM YO FEISTER WHO IS IN SUPPORT, AND GERALD LUKI WHO JUST SPOKE WHO SUPPORT. OKAY. THANK YOU. NO OTHER SPEAKER CARDS. UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS? CAN WE GET A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER, UM, 17 VCC DASH 23 DASH 0 0 0 0 6 UNIFIED SIGNAGE PLAN, UM, WITH, UH, DRC RECOMMENDATIONS EXCEPT, UM, THAT ALL SIGNAGE ON ROBINSON REMAIN AT THE, UM, CITY'S CURRENT STANDARD HEIGHTS. UM, LIMITED TO EIGHT FEET. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM 17 BY COMMISSIONER MADDEN AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATION MINUS THE, UH, SIGNAGE ON ROBINSON ROAD TO EIGHT FEET. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT IS SEVEN AND ALL OPPOSED, ONE SEVEN TO ONE. MOTION PASSES. NEXT. MADAM [03:05:01] CHAIR, DID YOU HAVE A SECOND? YES. YEAH, WE DID. THE SECOND WAS COMMISSIONER PEREZ. THANK . I'M SORRY, I PROBABLY MY NO, THAT'S OKAY. SPEECH IS BLURRED. WE BOTH, YEAH, WE BOTH JUST MISSED IT. YOU'RE ALL GOOD. YEAH. SORRY. ALRIGHT. [Items 18 & 19] YES. ITEM 18 AND 19, I'LL BE PRESENTING TOGETHER AGAIN, LIKE OTHER REQUESTS, WE START WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT, AND THEN THE ZONING CHANGE AND CONCEPT PLAN. SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN THE PROPOSED FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION OF HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. IT'S THE BROWN AND THE ORANGE. UH, THIS IS A PART OF A LARGER REQUEST FOR ZONING CHANGE IN CONCEPT PLAN ON ABOUT 325 ACRES. SO YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL ACREAGE OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN. SO THE EXISTING ZONING FOR THIS PROPERTY IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, AND THEY'RE PROPOSING TO CREATE A PLAN DEVELOPMENT THAT ALLOWS MULTIFAMILY SINGLE FAMILY TOWNHOME, SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED, COMMERCIAL GENERAL RETAIL AND OFFICE USES. SO WITH THIS REQUEST, THEY ARE ESTABLISHING FOUR DIFFERENT SUBDISTRICTS, AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE, UH, DIFFERENT COLORS ON THE SCREEN. AND AGAIN, THIS IS A LARGE DEVELOPMENT, 325 ACRES, AND WE'RE THINKING ABOUT A FIVE TO 15 OR 20 YEAR BUILD OUT. SO THIS IS LONG TERM IN THE FUTURE. AND TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT, UH, THE BULLET POINTS ON THE SCREEN INDICATE KIND OF THE NUMBER OF UNITS. SO THEY'RE PROPOSING ABOUT AN 8,000 MULTIFAMILY UNITS, UH, 550 SINGLE FAMILY TOWN HOME UNITS. THERE'S 52 SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES, 475,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE USE, AND THEN ABOUT 550,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL RETAIL USES. UM, SO I WILL GO THROUGH THE PROPOSED SUBDISTRICTS, AND FOR EACH OF THOSE, UH, THEY ARE PROPOSING TO ALLOW DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT TYPES. SO I'LL TAKE THE URBAN COMMERCIAL GATEWAY AS AN EXAMPLE. THE DEVELOPMENT TYPES INCLUDE MID-RISE AND HIGH-RISE, MULTIFAMILY, COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL AND OFFICE. AND FOR EACH OF THOSE DEVELOPMENT TYPES, THEY'RE ESTABLISHING A COMPARABLE, UM, BASE ZONING DISTRICT FOR THE DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND A BASE ZONING DISTRICT FOR THE ALLOWED USES. SO THIS IS WHAT THIS TABLE SUMMARIZES. SO THE FIRST SUBDISTRICT IS AN URBAN COMMERCIAL GATEWAY, AND IT'S THAT ORANGE-ISH RED COLOR ON THE CONCEPT PLAN. SO THIS AREA IS INTENDED TO BE A HIGH DENSITY MIXED USE DISTRICT. IT'S INTENDED TO BE WALKABLE AND HAVE PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED STREETS. SO THIS PORTION IS, UH, ESTIMATED TO INCLUDE ABOUT 563 MULTIFAMILY UNITS, 457,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE, AND 426,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL RETAIL. UM, SO IN ADDITION TO THE DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND THE ALLOWABLE USES, THEY'VE CRAFTED SOME DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES AND REQUIREMENTS. SO THIS IS TRULY INTENDED TO BE A HIGH DENSITY MIXED USE PROJECT WITH, UH, THE PARKING AND STRUCTURED GARAGES. UM, THEY'VE PROVIDED STANDARDS FOR, UH, BUILDABLE BUILD TWO LINE THAT WILL CREATE A CONSISTENT BUILDING EDGE ALONG THOSE, UH, STREETS FOR INCLUDING OUTDOOR DINING, MINIMIZING THE CURB CUTS, AND THE KIND OF BACK OF HOUSE SERVICE TYPES OF, UM, REQUIREMENTS ALONG THOSE STREET FRONTAGES. THEY'VE ALSO PROVIDED BUILDING TYPOLOGY AND REPRESENTATIVE IMAGES THAT ARE INTENDED TO SHOW KIND OF THE QUALITY IN THOSE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT'S INTENDED TO INCUR IN, IN THIS SUBDISTRICT. THE NEXT SUBDISTRICT IS NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY CENTER DISTRICT. AGAIN, THIS IS INTENDED TO BE THE HIGH DENSITY WALKABLE MIXED USE DISTRICT. THEY'VE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL USE, SO THEY'RE PROPOSING TO DO SOME TOWN HOMES IN THIS AREA. AND AGAIN, THEY'RE ALSO PROPOSING SOME DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES THAT ARE REALLY INTENDED TO GET THAT WALKABLE QUALITY. THESE ARE THE PROPOSED BUILDING TYPOLOGIES AND REPRESENT REPRESENTATIVE IMAGES. UH, THE NEXT TWO ZONING DISTRICTS ARE, UH, REQUIRING THE AMENDMENT TO THE FUTURE LAND EAST MAP, UH, JUST BECAUSE IT'S PURELY, UH, RESIDENTIAL. SO THIS WATERS EDGE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT OFFERS A DIVERSE MIX OF RESIDENTIAL TYPES, UH, AND THIS DISTRICT AND THE NEXT DISTRICT ARE REALLY INTENDED TO SUPPORT THE NON-RESIDENTIAL ACTIVITIES OF THE FIRST TWO ZONING DISTRICTS. SO WITH THIS, THEY'RE PROPOSING 365 TOWNHOME UNITS AND ABOUT 3,800 MULTIFAMILY UNITS. AND LIKE THE PREVIOUS ZONING DISTRICTS, THEY'VE CRAFTED SOME DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES THAT ENSURE THAT THE QUALITY OF DEVELOPMENT MATCHES THAT INTENT OR THAT VISION. THESE ARE THEIR PROPOSED BUILDING TYPOLOGIES AND REPRESENTATIVE IMAGES. AND THE LAST SUBDISTRICT IS FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. AND IT'S THIS BROWN, UH, COLOR HERE. UH, THEY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ARE INTENDED TO BE BUILT ADJACENT TO THE WATER'S EDGE. THERE'S GONNA BE A PRIVATE INTERNAL STREET THAT [03:10:01] PROVIDES ACCESS, AND AGAIN, IT'S INTENDED TO SUPPORT THAT NON-RESIDENTIAL USE CLOSER TO 360. THE KIND OF UNIQUE ASPECT OF THIS PROJECT, OR ONE OF THE VERY UNIQUE ASPECTS IS THAT THEY'VE SUBMITTED KIND OF AN OPEN SPACE PLAN. THEY'RE INTENDING TO HAVE NATURE TRAILS, BOARDWALKS TYPES OF, UH, OUTDOOR OPEN SPACE THAT, UH, EXISTS THROUGHOUT THIS OVERALL PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND KIND OF CONNECTS THE SUBDISTRICTS TOGETHER. UH, THEY DID, BEFORE I GO INTO THE DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS, THEY DID CONDUCT A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS AND BRETT HUSMAN CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT. THEY ALSO, UH, WITHIN THE FLOOD PLAIN, AND SO WE'RE HAVING TO WORK THROUGH SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF APPLICATIONS. AND RYAN HARRELL WITH ENGINEERING CAN ANSWER ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS. UM, SO I'M GONNA FLY THROUGH THESE DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL TABLES. UM, I'M GONNA COVER THEM BY, UH, BUILDING TYPE OR USE TYPE RATHER THAN DISTRICT. SO I'M LOOKING HERE AT ALL THE MULTIFAMILY DENSITY DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICTS. REALLY, THE VARIANCES ARE THE MAXIMUM DENSITY AND THE HEIGHT, AND THOSE ARE INTENDED TO GET THAT HIGHER DENSITY TALLER MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL, UH, OR MIXED USE WITH RESIDENTIAL, UM, DEVELOPMENT. UH, SAME THING WITH THE TOWN HOME STANDARDS. YOU'RE SEEING, UH, SMALLER LOTS, UM, NARROWER, LOTS HIGHER HEIGHT. AND REALLY THIS IS INTENDED TO GET THE DENSER DEVELOPMENT, UH, THE SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED. AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE LOT AREA WIDTH AND DEPTH, REDUCING THOSE AND INCREASING THE HEIGHT. AND THEN FINALLY, THE COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICE STANDARDS. AND YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, TWO ZONING OR ZONING SUBDISTRICTS THAT THEY'RE PROPOSED IN. AGAIN, LOOKING AT REDUCING THE SITE SETBACKS, ALLOWING INCREASED HEIGHT. AND AGAIN, THAT'S TO GET THAT TYPE OF, UH, DEVELOPMENT THAT'S MIXED USE URBAN. SO THESE VARIANCES, I CAN, I'LL HIT THE HIGH POINTS, BUT I CAN PROVIDE GREATER DETAIL IF NEEDED. UM, SO THE DENSITY DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR HIGH-RISE MULTIFAMILY FOR MID-RISE MULTIFAMILY, ANDRO LOWRISE MULTIFAMILY. AGAIN, THAT'S INCREASING THE HEIGHT, INCREASING THE FLOOR AREA RATIO, DENSITY DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SINGLE FAMILY TOWN HOMES, ALLOWING A NARROW OR LOT FOR A MORE URBAN STYLE PRODUCT. UH, SAME THING WITH THE SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS. AND THEN THE DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICE LOOKING AT INCREASING THE MAXIMUM FAR AND HEIGHT AND THEN DECREASING THOSE SIDE SETBACKS. SO, UM, SUMMARIZE THOSE VARIANCES, BUT THEY'RE REALLY ALL INTENDED TO CREATE THAT DIFFERENT TYPE OF URBAN MIXED USE PRODUCT THAT WE DON'T SEE A LOT OF. UM, SO STAFF'S UNABLE TO FULLY SUPPORT THE PORTION OF THE REQUEST. THAT DOESN'T ALIGN WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. HOWEVER, I DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT THOSE TWO DISTRICTS, THE WATER'S EDGE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT AND THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT ARE INTENDED TO SUPPORT THE MIXED USE PORTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT TO THE WEST. SO LOOKING AT THE OVERALL 325 ACRES, THOSE TWO SUBDISTRICTS HAVE A PURPOSE. UM, SO THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. THE FIRST IS THAT THEY SHALL CO COOPERATE WITH THE CITY TO ENHANCE THE FLOOD WARNING SYSTEM. FOR THIS AREA, COOPERATION SHALL INCLUDE PROVIDING EASEMENTS FOR FLOOD SIREN POLES AND WORKING WITH THE CITY TO PREPARE AN EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN. AGAIN, A LOT OF THESE REQUIREMENTS ARE WRITTEN INTO OUR ORDINANCES, BUT GIVEN THE LOCATION THAT IT'S WITHIN THE FLOODWAY FLOODPLAIN, UH, STAFF WANTED TO, UH, LIST THESE OUT IN THE ORDINANCE JUST SO IT'S CLEAR. UM, DEVELOPERS SHALL DESIGN FLOOD MITIGATION PONDS TO DRAIN VIA GRAVITY AS OPPOSED TO RELYING SOLELY ON MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT TO DRAIN THEM. DEVELOPMENT SHALL PRODU PROVIDE AT LEAST TWO POINTS OF INGRESS EGRESS THAT MEETS THE CITY'S FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT CRITERIA. AND THEN THE DEVELOPERS SHALL PERFORM REGULAR INSPECTIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF IMPROVEMENTS ADJACENT TO RIVER CORRIDORS. SO AGAIN, THESE ARE REQUIRED ANYWAY, STAFF JUST WANTED TO ARTICULATE THEM AND LIST THEM EXPLICITLY IN THE ORDINANCE. SO IT'S CLEAR. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. WOW, SAVANNAH, THAT WAS WONDERFUL, BUT I JUST HAVE ONE, ONE QUESTION OFF THE TOP. OKAY. THIS IS A LITTLE CITY LOOKS LIKE, AND IT JUST, I MEAN, IT'S JUST HUGE. AND YOU SAID LONG TERM, I'M ASSUMING YOU MEAN FIVE TO 10 YEARS, OR WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? 15, 20. UM, THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND THEY'VE DONE STUDIES AND I CAN, UH, TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT'S FEASIBLE AND WHAT THEY'RE ENVISIONING. BUT THIS IS, THIS ISN'T GONNA HAPPEN OVERNIGHT, SO. RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT. UH, COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR SAVANNAH? QUESTION, COMMISSIONER FOR, FOR DARCO? SO SAVANNAH, YOU HAD THREE DESIGNATIONS OF MULTIFAMILY, I THINK IT WAS LOW-RISE, MID-RISE, HIGHRISE? YES. WHAT'S THE, THE CUTOFF AND HEIGHTWISE FOR THOSE THINGS? TIME. SO FOR THE HIGHRISE AND THE URBAN COMMERCIAL GATEWAY, [03:15:01] SO THAT'S CLOSEST TO 360, THEY'RE PROPOSING A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 240 FEET. AND HOW MANY FLOORS WOULD THAT BE? I, I DO NOT KNOW. I WOULD HAVE TO, UM, DEFER TO THE APPLICANT ON THOSE. WHAT APPLICANTS, WHAT NUMBER OF FLOORS? DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE HIGHEST FLOOR IS IN ANY BUILDING THAT THEY'RE PLANNING OUT HERE? 12. 12? YES. OKAY. YOU CAN PROBABLY ASK THE APPLICANT ALL BUT PROBABLY. AND THEN THE MIDRISE AND LOWRISE, IT'S, UH, A HUNDRED FEET AND 75 FEET. 185? YES. AND THEN, UH, LOWRISE IS 75. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR, UM, SAVANNAH? THANK YOU, SAVANNAH. WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. YOU PROBABLY DO A, A BOOK ON THAT ONE. THANK YOU. AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND THEY PREP OR PREPARED A PRESENTATION THAT I WILL PULL UP. OKAY, THANK YOU. IT MIGHT CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT MORE. OKAY. SPEAKER, SPEAKER CARD. UH, MATT? UH, YES, MADAM CHAIR. WE HAVE THREE. I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE, UH, APPLICANT FIRST. IT'S KEN SCHAUMBERG. THANK YOU. WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA SKIP KEN. OKAY. INTEREST OF TIME, IF THAT'S ALRIGHT. OH, WE'RE GONNA SKIP KEN IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I'M TOLD. MM-HMM. UH, PAUL PAYNE? YES. ALL RIGHT. MM-HMM . MM-HMM . SO I JUST DO AN INTRODUCTION. SO MADAM CHAIR COMMISSIONERS. MM-HMM . THANK YOU. UM, MY NAME'S PAUL PAYNE, 1 1 2 CREST CANYON, UH, DRIVE, AND I'M IN FORT WORTH. OKAY. SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE. THIS HAS BEEN A OVER THREE YEARS, UH, PARTNERSHIP COME TOGETHER AND REALLY TRY TO WORK THIS. IT'S, UH, VERY CHALLENGING BECAUSE OF THE FLOOD PLAIN THAT WE'RE IN. AND SO, UM, WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE. WE FOUND GRAHAM ENGINEERING THAT WORKED WITH VERIDIAN. YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THEM MM-HMM. TO THE WEST OF 360. MM-HMM . IT'S THE SAME FLOODPLAIN. SO THERE WAS A LOT OF SIMILARITIES THAT THEY KNEW AS ENGINEERS. AND WHEN WE MET WITH GRAHAM, UH, THEY TOLD US THAT THEY'D WORKED WITH OTHER DEVELOPERS OVER A 20 YEAR PERIOD. AND WE WERE THE FIRST ONE TO GET, WE THINK, ALMOST TO THE FINISH LINE. MM-HMM . SO WE'RE HERE TONIGHT AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE EXCITED. WE THINK WE HAVE A PRODUCT THAT IS GONNA BE VERY COMPLIMENTARY TO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE. WE THINK IT CAN BE A CATALYST FOR OTHER DEVELOPMENT FOR YOUR CITY. AND WE THINK IT CAN ALSO BE GREAT FOR THE WHOLE GENERAL AREA BECAUSE OF THE CENTER PORT TRAIN STATION, THE DFW AIRPORT, THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT, UH, THOSE OTHER, OTHER ENEMY ENTITIES THAT REALLY ADD TO THE AREA. BUT WE THINK THIS IS CENTRALLY LOCATED IN VERY, VERY ATTRACTIVE TO GRAND PRAIRIE. WE ALSO THINK, NOT ONLY IN THE DEVELOPMENT, WE THINK OF THE FEATURES OF THE WATER FEATURES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO RECREATIONAL IS A BIG ELEMENT. SO, UH, WE WANT TO THANK THE CITY STAFF, UH, WORKING WITH THE, UH, STAFF. AND, UH, SAVANNAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR EFFORT GUIDING US. AND MY LAST POINT IS TO SAY, EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T MEET ALL OF THE FUTURE LAND USES, WE HAVE TRIED VERY HARD TO MEET ALL OF WHAT YOU WANT AS A CITY MM-HMM . TO GROW THIS AND THAT THE USES ARE COMPLIMENTARY, THAT THE ONE FEEDS ON THE OTHER, THAT WE HAVE RESIDENTIAL THAT WILL SUPPORT THE EMPLOYMENT AREAS FOR THE OFFICE SPACES AND ALSO THE RESTAURANT AND RETAIL. AND THEY WILL ALL FEED AND WORK TOGETHER. AND WE ALSO THINK IT CAN BECOME A DESTINATION POINT. YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. I JUST, MY, MY ONE QUESTION IS YES, MA'AM. YOUR, YOUR EXPECTED TIMELINE ON WHERE, WHERE YOU ARE FROM HERE FROM TO, TO GET THE PARTY STARTED, WHAT IS YOUR PLAN? THAT'S, ARE THEY STILL, ARE YOU STILL IN THE BEGINNING STAGES OF, OF EVERYTHING ON THAT? YES. WE THINK, AND THE LAND HAS BEEN PURCHASED, SO THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF HORIZONTALS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE. RIGHT. AND THAT'S AROUND THE TWO YEAR PERIOD. OKAY. WE THINK THERE'S PROBABLY A YEAR TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE COULD START THAT MM-HMM . THEN YOU GOT ABOUT TWO YEARS. SO THAT'S THREE YEARS TOTAL. MM-HMM . IN THE MEANTIME, YOU CAN PARALLEL SOME OF THAT AND BRING IN, UH, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS A PHASE AND BRING THAT. YES. SO I THINK I'M, I HOPE I'M ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION NOW. ALL THE, HAS ALL THE LAND BEEN PURCHASED? IT HAS. OKAY. IT HAS NOW THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. I'M PRETTY SURE COMMISSIONERS HAVE COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I DO INDEED. GOOD EVENING, SIR. WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR, UM, OVERALL, I GUESS LOCAL BUSINESS INVOLVEMENT AS WELL AS MINORITY AND WOMEN AND DISADVANTAGED ON BUSINESS INVOLVEMENT IN THE PROJECT OVERALL, BEING THAT IT'S SO MASSIVE. YES. AND YOU SAID YOUR CITY, BUT IT'S WITH THIS KIND OF INVESTMENT, IT'S OUR CITY . SO, UM, YEAH, IT IS ABSOLUTELY. JUST WANNA MAKE, SURELY IT IS THAT THEIR STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE [03:20:01] LOCAL CITIZENS AS WELL, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A WONDERFUL BASE OF, OF SKILLED LABORERS HERE IN THIS CITY. ABSOLUTELY WILLING TO WORK WITH THAT. AND IT'S A GREAT COMMENT. BUT WE HAVE NOT YET TO ANSWER YOUR QUE WE HAVE NOT AT THIS POINT. BUT IS THERE A GOALS PROGRAM IN MIND? DO YOU HAVE A UTILIZATION? WE HAVE NOT WORKED THROUGH ANY OF THOSE DETAILS OR ANY PERCENTAGES. OKAY. AND THESE ARE PRIVATE DOLLARS OR FEDERAL FUNDED DOLLARS? UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST ON PRIVATE. OKAY. THANK YOU. BUT WE'RE ASKING WITH THE CITY'S HELP ON A, UH, POSSIBLE PUBLIC FUNDING FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE. THANK VERY GOOD POINTS, COMMISSIONER. VERY GOOD POINTS. LIKE I SAID, I BELIEVE YOU, YOU SAID THAT IT'S, IT IS A ONE TO 2, 2 2 YEAR PERIOD BEFORE YOU EVEN GET THIS OFF THE GROUND. SO THIS IS JUST THE VERY INITIAL STAGES. SO YOU COULD BE A ONE TO TWO. YES, MA'AM. ONE TO TWO. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. BUT THE DETAILS VERY HAND HERE. OKAY. UM, ANY MORE QUESTIONS? OKAY. YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GIVE US A, A, A BRIEF OVERVIEW. THE HOUR IS GETTING LATE HERE. YEAH. UH, GOOD EVENING. THANKS FOR HAVING US. MY NAME IS BARRY HAND. I'M AN ARCHITECT AND PRINCIPAL WITH THE DALLAS OFFICE OF GINSLER. I REPRESENT 55 OFFICES GLOBALLY IN ABOUT 6,200 PEOPLE WORLDWIDE. UM, I REPRESENT A PRACTICE AREA OF PLANNING, MIXED USE, RESIDENTIAL DOING DEMONSTRATED SUCCESSFUL MIXED USE PROJECTS. SOME OF OUR PROJECTS IN THE REGION THAT WE'RE MOST PROUD OF IS LEGACY WEST IN PLANO, IF YOU'VE BEEN TO THAT, THE MUSIC FACTORY IN IRVING, THE DOMAIN IN AUSTIN. AND, AND THE FIELDS WEST PROJECT UP IN FRISCO, WHICH WILL BE OPENING IN ABOUT A YEAR. THE BOOK YOU'VE GOT, YOU CAN ACTUALLY FOLLOW ALONG WITH ME IF YOU'LL GO BACK TO THE FRONT PAGE. WE SORT OF BLEW THE PUNCHLINE THERE BY PASSING THAT OUT. . UM, THIS IS A BIG DEAL. THIS PROJECT IS SIGNIFICANT IN ANY CITY. UM, AS PAUL SAID, IT'S PROBABLY A 15 TO 20 YEAR BUILD OUT. AND I HOPE THAT IN YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, YOU'LL REMEMBER WHERE YOU WERE THIS NIGHT THAT THIS, THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, THIS ENTITLEMENT. THIS IS JUST A LAND USE SONY, THAT'S ALL IT IS. WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY TALKING ABOUT SPECIFIC BUILDINGS, IT'S A LAND USE ENTITLEMENT APPLICATION. UH, I WAS CHAIRMAN OF PLANNING COMMISSION IN RICHARDSON. I WAS ON PLANNING COMMISSION JUST LIKE YOU IN, IN RICHARDSON FROM 2008 TO 2016. SO I FEEL YOUR PAIN BY THE WAY, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. YOU PROBABLY HAD JASON'S DELI FOR DINNER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SO I GET IT AND IT'S LATE, BUT THIS IS A BIG DEAL. I'M GONNA GO AS QUICK AS I CAN AND THEN WE'RE GONNA ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. BUT LET ME TELL YOU, PROJECTS LIKE THIS, 350 ACRES ON TRANSIT ON TOD, THERE'S A, THERE'S A TRAIN STATION ADJACENT, UH, RIGHT ACROSS THE RIVER FROM THIS PROPERTY. THIS IS A UNICORN PROJECT. WE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IT'S NOT NECESSARILY UP AGAINST OTHER SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTS, UH, RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. IT'S EMBEDDED IN KIND OF AN INDUSTRIAL AREA. IT'S A CHANCE TO UP THE ZONING IN THIS AREA AND LITERALLY LIFT FALLOW LAND OUT OF A, A RIVER BED. UH, HAVING IT ADJACENT THE THE TRINITY RIVER MAKES THIS PROBABLY THE COOLEST PROJECT WE'VE WORKED ON IN A LONG TIME. SO I'M GONNA WALK YOU THROUGH IT REAL QUICK AND, UM, LET ME, LET ME AGAIN JUST STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT FOR YOUR CITY. UH, YOU'VE SEEN FROM THIS RANGE OF PROJECTS TONIGHT. YOU DON'T GET TO LOOK AT A LOT OF 350 ACRE DEVELOPMENTS. THEY'RE GONNA TAKE YOU AS A CITY PROBABLY 20 YEARS. I'LL BE LONG RETIRED, PROBABLY LIKE SOME OF YOU WHEN THIS IS FULLY REALIZED. BUT THIS IS THE FUTURE OF YOUR CITY. UM, I'M NOT GONNA READ ALL THIS BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT IT IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT THIS IS A BIT OF A VISION STATEMENT FOR RIVER CENTRAL. UH, ONE THING THAT WE BELIEVE STRONGLY IN IS DESIGNING KIND OF AUTHENTIC GRASSROOTS BASED SOLUTIONS. FOR THESE PROJECTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL, THEY HAVE TO SERVE THEIR CATCHMENT, THEY HAVE TO SERVE THE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE AROUND IT. AND ULTIMATELY IT HAS TO FULFILL THE PRIORITIES THAT YOU AS A CITY HAVE. AND WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW IT DOES THAT. AGAIN, WHERE WE ARE, WE'RE THREE AND A HALF MILES TO THE AIRPORT. TRUST ME, 350 ACRE PARCELS THAT CLOSE TO THE AIRPORT DON'T EXIST ANYWHERE ELSE. THIS WILL BE AN ATTRACTIVE DEVELOPMENT. UH, YOU'RE ON 360, 15 AND A HALF MILES TO DOWNTOWN DALLAS, 16 AND A HALF MILES TO FORT WORTH. YOU'RE LITERALLY SPLITTING, YOU'RE THE CENTER POINT BETWEEN THOSE TWO URBAN AREAS. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, AS I SAID, LOCATED ALONG THE, THE WEST FORK OF THE TRINITY RIVER. OR IS THAT THE EAST FORK? WHAT DID I SAY? SAVANNAH? HOW DO WE GO BACK? PAGE UP. SORRY ABOUT THAT. YEAH, THE WEST FORK. SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE DUG INTO YOUR COMP PLAN AND FOUND, I'M NOT GONNA READ ALL THESE BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT IT IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN CHECK OFF IN YOUR COMP, CURRENT COMP PLAN. WITH A PROJECT LIKE THIS, UH, PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY, HOUSING OPTIONS IN A WIDE [03:25:01] RANGE. YOU KNOW, YOU GET A LOT OF PROJECTS WHERE THEY COME IN AND SAY, WE'RE GONNA DO ALL LUXURY. YOU KNOW, AND EVERYBODY LOVES THAT. BUT THE REALITY IS, IN AMERICA, WE NEED A WIDE RANGE OF HOUSING OPTIONS. AND A PROJECT LIKE THIS ALLOWS US TO DO THIS, UM, HOUSING NORTH OF I 30. THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU AS A CITY. UPSCALE ENTERTAINMENT AND HOSPITALITY OPTIONS. TRUST ME, ALONG THE RIVER, THERE'S SO MUCH COOL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT. MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS TO TRANSFORM THE CITY. THIS IS YOUR CHANCE. AND LAST, BUT NOT LE UH, NOT LEAST THE PRESERVE, THE RIVER FLOODPLAIN. AND THERE'S A LOT OF AGGRESSIVE THINGS HAPPENING. WE'D LOVE TO BUILD RIGHT UP TO THE RIVERBANK, BUT THAT'S NOT HAPPENING. WE'RE PRESERVING THAT RIPARIAN AREA. THIS IS YOUR FUTURE LAND USE PLAN. YOU CAN SEE IN THE VERY TOP OF THIS KIND OF TOP LEFT OF YOUR CITY IS WHERE WE ARE THERE ALONG 360, YOU CAN SEE THE BOLD WHITE LINE AROUND THIS PROPOSAL. MOST OF THIS PROJECT EXISTS OR SITS IN A MIXED USE ZONE IN YOUR COMP PLAN. ONCE WE GET OFF TO THE RIGHT THERE, IT GOES TO A DIFFERENT FUTURE LAND USE. BUT MOST OF WHERE WE ARE IS ALIGNED WITH YOUR COMP PLAN. AND THEN THIS IS SOME THINGS WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING WITH THE 360 CORRIDOR OVERLAY DISTRICT. AGAIN, I WON'T READ THESE, BUT YOU KNOW, JUST THE HIGHLIGHTS. USABLE, OPEN SPACE, WALKABILITY, UH, COHESIVE PLACES, HUMAN SCALE BUILDINGS. IF GINSLER WILL DO ANYTHING WITH YOU, IT WILL BE CREATE GREAT PLACES. AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT. AND I'M KIND OF BUILDING A, A BACKGROUND OF WHY WE ENDED UP WITH THE SOLUTION THAT WE DID. THIS IS YOUR DEMOGRAPHICS. IN 2021, POPULATION OF ABOUT 200,000. YOU CAN SEE THE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME. AND THEN DOWN AT THE BOTTOM YOU CAN SEE THE MARKET DEMAND. I WON'T GO INTO THE SPECIFICS OF THAT, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE GROWTH IN ALL OF THESE SECTORS IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. UH, THESE ARE SOME OF THE TOP FIVE PSYCHOGRAPHICS THAT'LL BE INVOLVED IN THE CATCHMENT OF THIS PROJECT. YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING FROM THE YOUNG AND RESTLESS. THAT'S AN EDUCATED YOUNG PERSON, BRIGHT YOUNG PROFESS PROFESSIONALS, AGAIN, EDUCATED WORKERS, SLIGHTLY MORE DIVERSE. COUPLES DOMINATE THIS MARKET. YOU CAN SEE THEIR INCOME RUNS IN ABOUT 50 4K METRO RENTERS. THIS IS IMPORTANT AND I'LL SHOW YOU WHY. BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO PLACEMAKING, WE'RE TARGETING THESE PEOPLE, BUT WE'RE ALSO TARGETING THE EMPLOYERS THAT YOU AS A CITY AND YOUR LEADERSHIP WILL BE TARGETING. UH, SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE CURRENT EMPLOYERS THAT YOU'VE GOT IN WHAT IS PREDOMINANTLY AN INDUSTRIAL AREA. YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY IS WHITE COLLAR WORKING IN OFFICES. GRAND PRAIRIE HAS HUGE, HUGE EMPLOYMENT BASE OF INDUSTRIAL, LIGHT, INDUSTRIAL AND CLERICAL TYPE EMPLOYERS. AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS JUST WITHIN A ONE AND TWO MILE RADIUS OF THIS SITE. ALRIGHT, QUICKLY, I'M GONNA DO THIS LIGHTNING ROUND AND YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHY WE ENDED UP WITH THE SOLUTION THAT WE DID. WHEN I'M DONE HERE, THIS IS NOT AN URBAN PLANNING CLASS, BUT JUST STICK WITH ME. AS I SAID, WE WANNA START WITH A STORY. WHAT IS AN AUTHENTIC SOLUTION HERE? UH, PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE DESIGNED FOR LA ARE PROBABLY NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THE BANKS OF THE TRINITY RIVER IN GRAND PRAIRIE. SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH A STORY. IT MUST, MUST, MUST, ESPECIALLY THIS BIG, PROVIDE A DIVERSITY OF EXPERIENCE. THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY JUST ETHNIC DIVERSITY, IT'S EXPERIENCE, IT'S INCOME LEVELS, IT'S EVERYTHING. A PROJECT THIS SIZE MUST PROVIDE A DIVERSITY OF EVERYTHING INCLUDING HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, WALKABILITY, WATERFRONT EXPERIENCES. AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT. IT MUST BE INTUITIVELY INTERACTIVE, SUCCESSFUL MIXED USE PROJECTS THAT YOU GO TO. YOU DON'T KNOW THIS, BUT THEY'RE INTUITIVELY INTERACTIVE. YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU GET THERE. AND THAT'S THE DIFFERENTIATOR OF GOOD PLACE MAKING PUBLIC REALM. OH, WE'VE TALKED SO MUCH ABOUT THIS ON THIS PROJECT. WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY MAXIMIZE THE PUBLIC REALM IN THIS PROJECT. WHERE CAN YOU GO IN NORTH TEXAS AND TRULY ENJOY THE BANKS OF THE TRINITY RIVER? WE'RE GONNA DO THAT HERE. HYPERCONNECTED. THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY TECHNOLOGY CONNECTED, IT'S HUMAN CONNECTION. WE LEARNED FROM THE PANDEMIC WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO GO TO DINNER WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY, WALK THE STREETS WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY BECAUSE THE PANDEMIC ISOLATED US. UH, I MENTIONED THOSE PSYCHO PSYCHOGRAPHICS EARLIER. YOU CAN SEE SOME SAMPLES UP HERE ON THE TOP RIGHT OF THIS SCREEN. THEY DON'T ALIGN WITH WHAT I SHOWED YOU EARLIER BECAUSE THIS IS JUST A SLIDE THAT WE TALK ABOUT. MIX OF USES IN PLACES. ACTUALLY THE LAND BASES HERE IS PRETTY LOW. BUT TO MAXIMIZE THIS FOR THE CITY, WE WANT TO MIX THOSE USES. AND WHAT THAT ALLOWS US TO DO IS SPREAD THE, SPREAD THE USES THROUGHOUT AN 18 TO 24 HOUR DAY. AND YOU CAN SEE HOW WE CAN STACK THOSE USES IN A MIXED USE PROJECT. DIGITAL EXPERIENCE. UH, THAT'S IMPORTANT. AS WE GO INTO FUTURE GENERATIONS. PEOPLE ARE MORE AND MORE DEPENDENT ON THE DIGITAL EXPERIENCE, NOT JUST FROM SERVICE, BUT FOR BRANDING. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OUR RETAILERS AND HOSPITALITY AND EMPLOYERS ARE USING THE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY TO [03:30:01] ENGAGE THEIR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR CUSTOMERS. LASTLY, SAW FOR MOBILITY, THAT'S GONNA BE BIG HERE. WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT STRUCTURED PARKING. RIDE SHARE IS INFLUENCING EVERYTHING WE DO GOING FORWARD. THE TENANT MIX, THE TENANT MIX WILL WORK CLOSELY IN THAT LIFESTYLE CORE THAT I'LL SHOW YOU IN A LITTLE BIT. HOW WE WEAVE IN THE, THE, THE PROPER TENANTS FOR THIS. AND YOU'LL UNDERSTAND THAT QUICKLY. SOME ASPIRATIONAL IMAGERY. THIS WAS SOME EARLY IMAGERY THAT GUIDED OUR TEAM. THESE ARE LIFESTYLE IMAGES OF KIND OF HOW PEOPLE WANNA LIVE TODAY, WHETHER THAT'S RETAIL OR RESIDENTIAL. THESE, THIS IS THE TYPE OF VOCABULARY WE ASPIRE TO IN THIS PROJECT. WHETHER IT'S PUBLIC SPACE, WHETHER IT'S ENTERTAINMENT, WHETHER IT'S RESIDENTIAL, UH, JUST A LIFESTYLE VIBE IS WHAT DROVE THE SOLUTION FOR THIS PROJECT. I WANNA WORK THROUGH FIVE CATEGORIES OF TYPOLOGIES. REAL QUICK, OPEN SPACE. THIS IS KIND OF ASPIRATIONAL OF WHAT YOU COULD SEE IN THIS PROJECT. AGAIN, WE'VE GOT RIVER, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. I LOVE, I'VE ALWAYS LOVED THAT IMAGE ON THE TOP LEFT 'CAUSE IT'S PROBABLY SOMEWHERE IN AUSTIN. AND THEN YOU'VE GOT OFFICE TYPOLOGIES. WE TALKED ABOUT THE MAXIMUM HEIGHTS FOR BUILDINGS HERE. I THINK, UH, I'M GONNA GET TECHNICAL JUST FOR A SECOND. I THINK OUR TABLE ALLOWS FOR 240 FEET. THAT'S PRETTY STANDARD IN THE NORTH TEXAS MARKET. FEW PEOPLE ARE BUILDING BUILDINGS THAT TALL FOR OFFICE, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE KIND OF WENT FOR IN THE TABLE. YOU CAN SEE THESE ARE MID-RISE BUILDINGS, PROBABLY ABOUT A HUNDRED FEET AND THAT WOULD BE A TREMENDOUS MEASURE OF SUCCESS TO GET THAT TYPE OF OFFICE OR THIS TYPE OF RETAIL IN RETAIL. NOW, SMALL IS LARGE, YOU KNOW, PROJECTS LIKE LEGACY WEST ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN. UH, SMALL RETAIL VENUES REALLY ARE THE FUTURE. AS WE INFILL OUR CITIES WATER FEATURES, WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF THOSE TO EXPLOIT IN A PROJECT LIKE THIS. AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, RESIDENTIAL. THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, OKAY, NOW WE'VE SET THE BACKGROUND OF WHY WE'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING. UM, THIS IS THE CHARACTER DISTRICTS THAT HAVE BEEN LAID UP FOR THIS PROJECT. UH, YOU CAN SEE REALLY THE SHAPE OF THE RIVER TO THE NORTH VERY MUCH AFFECTS THE SHAPE OF THESE DISTRICTS. WE'RE SHOWING JUST A A A, AN EAST WEST SPINE THAT GOES DOWN AND WINDS DOWN AROUND A POST AND PADDOCK. WE ARE KIND OF TERMINATING AT THE MOMENT ON NORTH GREAT SOUTHWEST PARKWAY. UH, BUT THIS IS KIND OF THE BASIC CHARACTER DISTRICTS. I'LL WALK THROUGH THOSE REAL QUICKLY. IT'S HARD TO SEE ON THIS SLIDE, BUT THESE ARE THE 52, UH, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTS THAT BACK UP TO THE CANAL. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT WATERFRONT HOME, UH, THAT WILL BE ALONG THE CANAL. THIS PARTICULAR CHARACTER DISTRICT IS MOSTLY RESIDENTIAL. WE CALL THIS WATER'S EDGE BECAUSE IT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CANAL AND IT'S BORDERED ON THE OTHER SIDE BY THE TRINITY RIVER. IF YOU'VE BEEN IN THIS AREA, YOU KNOW THAT MOST OF THIS AREA, THE THE RIVER IS CLIFFS. YOU DON'T JUST WALK DOWN TO THE RIVER BECAUSE MOST OF IT IS CLIFF TYPE SETTINGS. AND THEN THIS IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY CENTER BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THAT LITTLE, UH, COMMUNITY RETAIL AT THE INTERSECTION OF WHERE THE ROAD CROSSES THE WATER. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THIS IS, UH, PROBABLY THE DENSEST AREA WHERE YOU HAVE THAT MIXED USE LIFESTYLE PIECE THAT HOPEFULLY WILL GO ACROSS THE RIVER ONTO THE FORT WORTH SIDE. BUT THIS IS WHERE YOU HAVE OFFICE, HIGH-RISE RES, UH, THE LIFESTYLE STREET THAT EVERYBODY ENJOYS WALKING LIKE LEGACY WEST OR THE DOMAIN IN AUSTIN. UH, TRAIL NETWORK. WE COULD SPEND ALL NIGHT TALKING ABOUT THAT. AND THE OPPORTUNITIES ALONG THE RIVER FRONT. THAT CIRCLE THAT YOU SEE THERE IS THE 15. THAT'S ACTUALLY THE FIVE MINUTE QUARTER MILE WALK. SO IT SHOWS YOU THE SCALE. COULD WE WALK THIS PROJECT IN FIVE MINUTES? YES. THAT CIRCLE PROVES IT. UH, PUBLIC ROADWAY NETWORK. AGAIN, IN THE BEGINNING OF THESE PROJECTS WE WERE CODIFYING JUST A FEW MAJOR ARTERIES. AND THEN AS THE DEVELOPMENT TAKES SHAPES, THERE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, SUBTLE NUANCES AND CHANGES TO THAT FRAMEWORK. UH, THESE ARE CROSS SECTIONS THAT YOU GUYS SEE ALL THE TIME. UH, THIS IS ON THE, THE THREE MAJOR ARTERIES, KIND OF IN A MAX DENSITY. WHAT THE, THE DRIVE LANES, THE BIKE LANES, AND ULTIMATELY THE PUBLIC REALM WOULD BE. THIS IS, UH, I'M GONNA WIND DOWN HERE. THIS IS JUST A VIEW OF THE OVERALL MASTER PLAN SET IN THE CONTEXT. YOU CAN SEE THE INDUSTRIAL DOWN BELOW US HERE, INDUSTRIAL TO THE TOP AND RIGHT. UH, AND THEN WE'RE RIGHT UP AGAINST 360 THERE. SO WE HAVE CONTROLLED ACCESS FREEWAY. YOU CAN SEE THE DART, DART, THE, UH, TOD STATION RIGHT AT THE VERY TOP OF THE PAGE. SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT DEVELOPMENT WILL CARRY ACROSS INTO FORT WORTH AND, UH, REALLY BE AN AMAZING STORY FOR RECLAIMING WHAT IS CURRENTLY JUST RIVER BOTTOM. UH, JUST QUICKLY, I'VE GOT THREE IMAGES THAT OUR TEAM HAS DEVELOPED. THIS IS LOOKING DOWN THE STREET OF THE LIFESTYLE CENTER OVER ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PROJECT 360. YOU CAN SEE IN THE RIGHT BEHIND THIS BUILDING IS COMING UP. THOSE ARE PEOPLE COMING BACK FROM THE RANGER GAME OR WHATEVER. NO. AND UH, THIS IS A VIEW ALONG THE BOARDWALK, WHICH IS RIGHT IN THAT COMMUNITY CENTER AREA OF THE PROJECT. SO YOU CAN SEE IF YOU LOOK CLOSE ENOUGH, YOU CAN SEE THE WATER [03:35:01] ON THE LEFT AND THEN THE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES KIND OF ACROSS THE WATER. AND THEN THAT'S THAT 12 STORY RESIDENTIAL. IT DOES PROVIDE THAT RANGE OF HOUSING OPTIONS FOR YOUR CITIZENS ACROSS THE WATER AS WELL. BUT THIS IS THAT COOL LITTLE RETAIL KNUCKLE RIGHT HERE IN THE PROJECT WHERE YOU CAN HAVE RESTAURANTS. AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF, UM, THE PROJECT. LOOKING ACROSS 360. YOU CAN SEE THERE'S POTENTIALLY A SPINE, A LIFESTYLE SPINE THAT CROSSES THE WATER AND GOES UP INTO FORT WORTH TOWARD THE TRAIN STATION. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THIS PART OF THE RIVER SNAKING DOWN TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST HEADED INTO DALLAS. THAT IS OUR PRESENTATION BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S LATE AND I'VE BEEN THERE WITH YOU AND WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK YOU'VE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB. THANK YOU. AND I'M JUST READY TO GO RIGHT NOW TO THIS PLACE. . I'M READY TO GO. I JUST NEED A DRINK TO GO WITH IT. WELL, THERE'LL BE SOME GOOD PLACES THERE WHEN IT'S DONE, GUARANTEED. NO, BUT YOU'VE DONE, IT'S A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION AND WONDERFUL, UH, UM, UH, THE, UH, BROCHURE YOU BROUGHT US IS REALLY NICE. THANK YOU. IT'S REALLY NICE. ASK TWO QUESTIONS. SURE. COMMISSIONER MADDEN. I'M SORRY. OKAY. UM, SO YOU PRESENTED INFORMATION ABOUT THE MEDIAN INCOME, AND THEN I LOOK AT ALL THIS FANTASTICALLY BEAUTIFUL STUFF. IS ANYBODY THAT ACTUALLY LIVES IN GRAND PRAIRIE, IN THOSE, IN THAT REALM AND HAVE A CHANCE TO EVER LIVE IN THAT COMMUNITY? YEAH. SUCH A GREAT QUESTION. WE'VE GOT A RANGE OF MULTIFAMILY PLANNED HERE. AND ACTUALLY THE, THE HIGH RISE RES THAT WE'RE SHOWING IS, IS KIND OF A, IT'S A MIDDLE INCOME PRODUCT THAT THEY CAN KIND OF MASS PRODUCE AND STACK UP. WE'RE LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT COMPANIES FOR THAT. OKAY. THIS PROJECT, COMMISSIONER MADDEN IS INTENDED FOR THAT MIDDLE CLASS CUSTOMER. OKAY. UH, THE MIDDLE CLASS PATRON. AND, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THERE'S AGAIN, A, A BROADENED RANGE OF HOUSING HERE THAT HAPPENS, THAT'S A MEASURE OF SUCCESS. BUT NO, THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY A LUXURY PRODUCT. IT'S, IT'S A VERY MUCH MIDDLE INCOME KIND OF MIXED INCOME PROJECT. OKAY. AND THEN, UM, ANOTHER QUESTION. UM, DO YOU GUYS, DID YOU DO SOIL STUDIES? DO YOU KNOW, OR CAN YOU ACTUALLY BUILD ON ALL THAT? YEAH, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. IT'S A TON OF PEERS OR . YEAH. YOU'VE LIVED IN GRAND PRAIRIE AND AROUND THE TRINITY RIVER LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT THERE REALLY IS NO BEDROCK TO BE FOUND. UH, AND SO IT TAKES REALLY GOOD STRUCTURAL AND CIVIL ENGINEERS TO GET ON TOP OF THAT. AND FORTUNATELY IN NORTH TEXAS, WE'VE LIVED ON DANGEROUS SOILS FOR A LONG TIME AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IT TAKES TO FOUNDATION BUILDINGS. THERE PROBABLY WILL BE, UH, SOME DEEP FOUNDATION TYPE WORK THAT HAS TO HAPPEN THERE. AND FRANKLY, IT DRIVES UP THE COST OF BUILDING THERE. SO. RIGHT. THAT'S MY CONCERN TOO. YEAH, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. AND THEN THE, THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE, UM, WOULD YOU BE DOING THIS IN PHASES OR ARE YOU EATING, ARE YOU EATING ALL YOUR POTATOES AND THEN YOUR PEAS AND THEN YOU'RE NO. ARE YOU DOING A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING? 'CAUSE I'M THINKING ABOUT, IT'S SUCH A GREAT QUESTION ABOUT LOGISTICS OF BUILDING AND BEING ABLE TO LIVE THERE WHILE YOU'RE CONTINUING TO FINISH THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY. IT'LL ABSOLUTELY BE DONE IN PHASES. NOW, I MENTIONED EARLY ON THAT THIS IS REALLY A LAND USE CASE. YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY APPROVING A DESIGN. YOU'RE, YOU'RE APPROVING A VISION THAT IS BACKED UP BY A ROAD FRAMEWORK AND ENTITLEMENTS TO ALLOW THE DEVELOPERS TO GO OUT AND GET STARTED. AS YOU KNOW, THE LENDING MARKET MAKES EVERYTHING REALLY UNPREDICTABLE AND CRAZY RIGHT NOW. BUT FOR SURE THIS WILL BE A PHASED PROJECT. IT WOULD PROBABLY START FROM EITHER END. UH, YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME DEVELOPMENT CREEP IN ON THE POST HEPATIC SIDE. I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE URBAN CORE ALONG 360 COME TO LIFE FIRST, BECAUSE THAT ULTIMATELY THEN MM-HMM . FEEDS PEOPLE INTO THE PROJECT. MM-HMM. SO MAYBE A PHASE OF RESIDENTIAL ON THE NORTHERN SIDE BY THE RIVER, ALONG WITH THAT URBAN CORE IN THE URBAN GATEWAY WOULD PROBABLY BE FIRST YOU, YOU WOULD NOT NECESSARILY WANNA BUILD THAT ROAD NETWORK ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE PROJECT. ALTHOUGH WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH YOUR STAFF, UM, ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH GREAT NORTH MM-HMM . I'M GONNA SAY THIS WRONG, SOUTHWEST NORTH GREAT SOUTHWEST PARKWAY. RIGHT. ONE THING I WANTED TO SAY IS THAT I LIKE WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT BRINGING IN ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS BECAUSE IF YOU BRING IN ALL THE MAJOR COMPANIES WITH LARGE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, NUMBER OF WORKERS AND THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S GETTING A BUY-IN. YEAH. SO IF EVERYBODY GETS A BUY-IN FROM THE HIGH END, MIDDLE TO LOW END, YOU CAN'T GO WRONG WITH THAT IF EVERYBODY'S IN ON THE GROUND LEVELS. YEAH. AND, AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS, I DIDN'T SAY IT. WHAT COMPANIES ARE LOOKING FOR NOW IS TO EMBED THEIR PEOPLE IN COOL PLACES. MM-HMM . YOU KNOW, THE DAYS OF BUILDING SINGLE USE STRUCTURES SURROUNDED BY SURFACE PARKING ARE COMING TO AN END. MM-HMM. BECAUSE OUR LAND IS BEING USED UP. MM-HMM. SO WE KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE IN OUR PROJECTS, AND YOU CAN SEE THIS AT LEGACY WEST, JUST UP IN PLANO, UH, YOU KNOW, REAL VIBRANT LIFESTYLE CENTER WITH RESIDENTIAL LOFT OFFICE, BUT THEN IT'S ALSO SURROUNDED BY LARGE FORMAT EMPLOYERS LIKE JP MORGAN CHASE MM-HMM . AND LIBERTY MUTUAL AND TOYOTA. MM-HMM . WHO WANT THEIR PEOPLE TO BE EMBEDDED. IT'S A RECRUITING AND RETENTION TOOL. RIGHT. RIGHT. SO I THINK YOU'LL [03:40:01] FIND THAT IN PROJECTS LIKE THIS, THAT'LL IT'LL BE VERY MUCH AN ATTRACTIVE FOR YOUR, YOUR CHAMBER AND YOUR EDC TO GO OUT AND RECRUIT. RIGHT. WELL, WE APPRECIATE THIS PRESENTATION. IT WAS WONDERFUL AND APPRECIATE WHAT YOU BRING TO GRAND PRAIRIE. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ONE MORE. COMMISSIONER PCO. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. YEAH. SO THIS IS MY DISTRICT, UM, AND I'VE SPOKEN WITH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN CLEMSON ABOUT IT. MM-HMM . SHE'S VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. GOOD. UM, GENSLER SCHAUMBERG IS THE ARCHITECTS. NO, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. UH, GENSLER IS A DESIGN FIRM. SCHAUMBERG IS ALSO, UH, A COLLABORATING FIRM THAT'S ALSO INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT. SO IT'S TWO DIFFERENT FIRMS THAT YOU SEE LISTED THERE. WHO'S THE DEVELOPER? BRIAN, MR. RICHIE BACK THERE. , MR. SCHAUMBERG AND HIS TEAM BACK HERE WILL BE BRINGING THE PROJECT INTO DEVELOPMENT. MM-HMM . HAVE YOU GUYS DONE PROJECTS LIKE THIS BEFORE? CERTAINLY. AND THAT'S THE LEGACY WEST IN PLANO. LEGACY WEST IN PLANO, WHICH DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU CUT IT, IS ANYWHERE FROM 300, I MEAN 39 ACRES TO 400 ACRES IF YOU INCLUDE THE JCPENNEY CAMPUS AND TOYOTA AND FEDEX. BUT WE DID MAINLY THE 39 ACRE LIFESTYLE CORE BETWEEN, UH, LEGACY AND HEADQUARTERS. COULD YOU REVERSE YOUR SLIDE ONE, YOUR PRESENTATION? ONE SLIDE. SO ON THAT ONE, IF I'M LOOKING AT IT CORRECTLY, IT'S T BONNING INTO 360 NORTHBOUND, IS THAT CORRECT? UH, THAT ROAD THERE AND, AND, AND THESE RENDERINGS NEED A LITTLE BIT OF LICENSE, SO BEAR WITH ME. THERE IS AN UNDERPASS THERE. IT SORT OF LOOKS LIKE THERE'S AN INTERSECTION. UH, THE RENDERER MAY HAVE NOT HAVE GOTTEN THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT ACCURATE BECAUSE THEY'RE IN CHINA. UM, BUT THIS IS 360 COMING NORTH FROM RIGHT TO LEFT. AND THEN THAT MAIN STREET THAT WINDS THROUGH THE PROJECT WOULD, WOULD YES. TEE INTO THAT AND HAVE ACCESS JUST TO THE NORTHBOUND SIDE OF 360. YES. THERE, THERE WOULD BE A SERVICE ROAD THERE. OKAY. AND THEN YOU'RE TRYING TO GET ACROSS THE TRINITY RIVER, UH, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF YOUR DEVELOPMENT, I THINK. RIGHT? YEAH. THAT'S, THAT'S AN ASPIRA ASPIRATIONAL THING. AND WE'RE ACTUALLY, UH, DEALING WITH SOME THINGS, UH, WHO HAS TO APPROVE THAT? WELL, THAT'S ON THE FORT WORTH SIDE, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT AXIS GO UP TO THE TOD. OH, I WOULD TOO. DARK SECTION. I WOULD LIKE, I WOULD LIKE THAT, THAT WE OWN ALL THE FORT WORTH SIDE UP TO THE, UH, TRAINING UP TO THE TRACKS, BUT HOW MANY GOVERNMENTAL PEOPLE HAVE TO APPROVE THAT DOES THE CORE AND A BUNCH OF OTHER FOLKS THERE WOULD BE SOME CORE AND COUNTY AND, UH, MIKE COULD ADDRESS, I CAN SPEAK. YOU WOULD HAVE TO COME UP, SIR, IF YOU WANNA SPEAK TO IT AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE, FOR THE, UH, RECORD. THANK YOU. SURE. UM, I'M MIKE PETERSON WITH GRAHAM ASSOCIATES. WE'RE AT 606 FLAGS DRIVE SUITE 500 IN ARLINGTON. UH, AND SO JUST TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO YOUR QUESTION, WITH RESPECT TO A BRIDGE GOING ACROSS, UH, THAT IT'S RIGHT OF WAY, THAT'S ROAD RIGHT OF WAY, LEAVING GRAND PRAIRIE, UH, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER ROAD AND ENTERING FORT WORTH LIKE A ROAD, UH, LIKE MR. SCHAUMBERG EXPRESSED, WE DO OWN, OR THE PROJECT OWNS BOTH LAND ON BOTH SIDES. AND SO THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS, WHICH INCLUDES BOTH FEMA, UH, THE CDC, WHICH IS THE CORE OF ENGINEERS, THE CORE FOR CROSSING THE RIVER. UH, BUT ALL OF THOSE ARE VERY VIABLE AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS, UH, WITH RESPECT TO GETTING A BRIDGE ACROSS THERE. UM, AND THAT'S ALSO BEING DISCUSSED BECAUSE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, FUTURE NORTHBOUND PLANNING OF 360, UH, THAT COMES INTO PLAY THERE AS WELL. SO, OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? I NO MORE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I DON'T KNOW IF I SAID THIS IN THE BEGINNING, BUT THIS IS A PRODUCT OF MONTHS OF WORK WITH YOUR STAFF AND THEY WERE GREAT TO WORK WITH, SO YEAH. CONGRATS TO STAFF. THEY ARE, THEY ARE GREAT. THEY ARE. WE DO HAVE A GREAT STAFF. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AGAIN. SURE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. WE'RE STILL HERE FOR QUESTIONS. OKAY. SO, UM, COMMISSIONERS, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKER CARDS? UH, NO. MADAM CHAIR, JUST FOR THE RECORD, THE LAST SPEAKER CARD I HAD WAS FOR MR. VAN. OKAY. SO, UM, NO MORE DISCUSSION. COMMISSIONER FOR DURO. YEAH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION. LIKE I SAID, I'VE, I'VE SPOKEN WITH COUNCILMAN, UH, CLEMSON ABOUT THIS PROJECT. SHE'S VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT TOO. IT IS GONNA TAKE A LONG TIME, BUT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON BOTH ITEMS NUMBER 18 AND 19. AND, UH, VOTE TO APPROVE, UH, WITH DRC RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDED. WE HAVE A, A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS 18 AND 19 BY COMMISSIONER FEDCO AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [03:45:01] THANKS, JOHN. OH, NO, IT'S OKAY. [20. CPA-23-10-0023 – Comprehensive Plan Amendment - Amendment to the 2018 Comprehensive Plan by Updating the Southgate SH 360 Corridor Plan to Update the Category Definition and Examples for “Business Park” and Amend the Southgate Future Land Use Map to Change the Future Land Use Category for Ellis County Parcel ID’s 181262, 242136, 261509, 261512, 190600, 261510, and 261508 from the categories of Mixed Use, Mixed Residential, Low Density Residential, Open Space/Drainage to Business Park and Open Space/Drainage to Mixed Residential, Open Space/Drainage, and Business Park and Ellis County Parcel ID’s 190585, 190602, and 245944 from Mixed Residential and Commercial, Retail, and Office to Mixed Use] ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER 20 IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR, UH, LOCATION IN OUR ETJ. UH, THIS IS TO AMEND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FROM MIXED USE, MIXED RESIDENTIAL LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL OPEN SPACE DRAINAGE, UH, TO MIXED USE, MIXED RESIDENTIAL OPEN SPACE DRAINAGE AND BUSINESS PARK. AND THEN FOR A PORTION OF THAT FROM MIXED RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL RETAIL AND OFFICE TO MIXED USE. SO YOU CAN SEE THE AREA OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN. I WILL NOTE THAT THIS, UH, IMAGE NOW SHOWN IS A PROPOSED PLAN FOR THE AREA. AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUEST IS TO AMEND OUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THAT PROPOSED PLAN. NOW THIS DOES A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT FIRST AMENDS THE DEFINITION FOR BUSINESS PARK, AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN THE EXISTING, UH, DEFINITION AND THEN THE CHANGES. UM, SO IT ADDS, UM, WITH SAID LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, INCLUDING OFFICE SPACE AND DATA CENTERS. UM, AND THEN IT ALSO UPDATES A FIGURE ON PAGE 59 OF THE SOUTHGATE PLAN. IT ADDS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, INCLUDING DATA CENTERS TO THE COMPONENTS OF A BUSINESS PARK. WITH THAT, THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL, AND I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. COMMISSIONER MADDEN, I'M SO SORRY. CAN YOU FLIP BACK, UM, TO THE IMAGE REAL QUICK? THE MAP IMAGE. SO IS THIS THE SECTION THAT WHEN WE HAD THOSE FAMILIES COME DOWN AND LIKE THE ROAD WAS RUNNING THROUGH THEIR STUFF AND ALL THAT, IS IT, IS IT THE SAME AREA? THIS IS THE SAME AREA'S. A DIFFERENT TYPE OF REQUEST. OKAY. YEAH, I GET THAT. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I KNEW WHERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SAVANNAH, ON THAT. SO WE HAVE TO PROVE THEM ALL SEPARATELY? YES, I THINK SO. DO WE HAVE TO, IT IS JUST ONE, ONE ITEM THAT DOES KIND OF THREE THINGS. SO YOU CAN JUST MAKE A MOTION ON THAT ITEM. YEAH. 'CAUSE THESE ARE ALL OVER THE, THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE. SO, UM, CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH, CAN WE DO THAT, MATT? OH, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, I I THINK YOU PROBABLY NEED TO DO SET THE MOTION INDIVIDUAL YEAH. FOR THE LAST THREE ITEMS. YEAH. OKAY. UH, WE HAVE, UM, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. WE HAVE A, UM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 20 CPA 2 3 10 0 0 2 3 AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS. CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND. HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 20 BY MYSELF, CHERYL SMITH AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MADDEN. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. NEXT [21. TAM-23-10-0011 - Text Amendment - Article 11: Performance Standards. An Ordinance of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas, amending Article 11: Performance Standards of the Unified Development Code to allow alcoholic beverages to be sold for on-premise consumption as an incidental use in a museum and aquarium located within the I-30 Corridor Overlay District provided certain conditions are met; Repealing all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith; Containing a savings clause and a severability clause; and to become effective upon its passage and approval] ITEM. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER 21 IS A TEXT AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 11 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE. WHAT THIS SEEKS TO DO IS ALLOW ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO BE SOLD ON PREMISE FOR ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION AS AN INCIDENTAL USE TO MUSEUM AND AQUARIUM WITHIN THE I 30 CORRIDOR OVERLAY DISTRICT. I WILL NOTE THAT, UH, STAFF IS LOOKING AT CITY COUNCIL'S VISION FOR THE CORRIDOR AND FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT. AND THIS IS AN ANTICIPATION OF SOME, UM, GETTING IT READY FOR ANY FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS. UH, SO IT'S TO ALLOW THOSE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO BE SOLD AND THERE'S SOME CERTAIN CONDITIONS FOR THE MUSEUM. AND THEN FOR THE AQUARIUM DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR SAVANNAH? I HAVE ONE QUESTION. OKAY. GO. MR. FEDCO, WHAT'S A BAR HOLDING AREA? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT ESSENTIALLY LIKE A, A BAR AREA. SO THIS IS INTENDED TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE THE DRINKS AND THEN GO THROUGHOUT THE, THE, SO IT'S MORE LIKE A FACILITY AND PEOPLE TAKE THEIR, THEIR DRINK AND GO WHEREVER THEY WANNA GO. CORRECT. THE INTENT IS NOT TO HAVE A BAR WITHIN THAT OVERALL USE. MM-HMM . ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? THANKS SAVANNAH. MAKE A MOTION. OKAY, COMMISSIONER, UH, PEREZ, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM NUMBER AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 21 AND APPROVE TM DASH TWO THREE DASH 0 0 1 AS PER DRC. RECOMMENDATIONS SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM 21 BY COMMISSIONER JULIA PEREZ. AND IT'S SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN AS PER DRC. RECOMMENDATIONS. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. NEXT CASE. [22. TAM-23-09-0010 - Text Amendment - Article 9: Sign Standards. An Ordinance of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas, Amending Article 9: Sign Standards of the Unified Development Code by increasing the allowable area for Electronic Message Board or Message Center on a SingleTenant Monument permitted under Section 9.8.3; Repealing all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith; Containing a savings clause and a severability clause; and to become effective upon its passage and approval] NEXT CASE IS THE LAST CASE, UH, FOR, UH, TEXT AMENDMENT, UH, 23 0 0 9 0 0 1 0. UM, THE, THE INTENT OF THE CODE OR THE TEXT AMENDMENT IS TO ALLOW SINGLE TENANT MONUMENT SIGNS, UH, TO HAVE A MAXIMUM AREA OF 50 SQUARE FEET. THERE IS CURRENTLY LANGUAGE IN THE UDC UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT CAPS IT AT 35% OF THE OVERALL SIGN PHASE AND THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT SHALL ELIMINATE THE EMC [03:50:01] MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE REQUIREMENT. THESE ARE TWO IMAGES OF WHAT A MONUMENT SIGN WITH EMC SIGN WOULD LOOK LIKE. AND AGAIN, ONCE THAT 35% IS ELIMINATED, A ME ELECTRONIC MESSAGE CENTER SIGNS CANNOT EXCEED 50 SQUARE FEET. THIS IS AN EXHIBIT OF WHAT THE AMENDMENT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. ANY QUESTIONS, ROB, BILL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM, I GET A MOTION COMMISSIONER, I MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM TM DASH 23 DASH NINE DASH 0 0 0 TEXT AMENDMENT AND APPROVE PER D RM C RECOMMENDATIONS. I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM 22 BY COMMISSIONER MADDEN AND SECOND BY JULIA. UH, COMMISSIONER PEREZ. AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS ALL AND APPROVAL, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THERE BEING NO MORE CASES. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 9:32 PM HAPPY THANKSGIVING. * 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.