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WELCOME TO[Planning and Zoning Staff Briefing]
THE STAFF BRIEFING OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE MEETING OF DECEMBER 11TH, 2023.I'M CHERYL SMITH, CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
THIS STAFF BRIEFING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING IS HERE BY CALL TO ORDER AT 5:32 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.
MICHELLE MADDEN AND ANNA COCA COMMISSIONERS.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO TURN ON YOUR MICROPHONE BEFORE YOU SPEAK TO ENSURE EVERYONE CAN HEAR YOU.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS WHICH NEED TO BE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TODAY? NO.
UH, STAFF, IS THERE ANYTHING ON THE AGENDA YOU'D LIKE TO PRESENT? HELLO, ABDUL.
THE FIRST ITEM IS FOR, UH, ITEM NINE IS ZONING CHANGE SLASH CONCEPT PLAN FOR LAKE VIEWPOINT.
IF YOU RECALL, THIS WAS TABLED AT THE LAST PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING, AND THEY'RE COMING BACK AND COMPLYING WITH THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THEY WILL BE HERE.
UH, AND WE'LL GIVE A PRESENTATION TO YOU ALL TOO.
BUT JUST TO GO OVER THE PROJECT, IT'S A ZONE CHANGE SLASH CONCEPT PLAN FOR A SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION LOCATED EAST OF, UH, FM 6 6 1, AND SOUTH OF GCO ROAD.
THE PROJECT, THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED AGRICULTURAL, UH, AND IT'S 37.58 ACRES, AND THEY CAN DO A MAXIMUM OF 160 RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
SO THE PROJECT UPDATE THAT I HAVE IS THAT THERE ARE INCREASING THE LOT WIDTH FROM 50 FOOT TO THE 60.
THAT WAS THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OR ONE OF THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
UH, 35% OF THE HOMES SHALL HAVE NON, UH, FRONT ENTRY GARAGES, WHICH WOULD BE THE J SWINGS.
SO THEY'RE COMPLYING WITH THAT AS WELL.
THERE IT WOULD BE, THEY ARE GOING TO PROVIDE A SIX FOOT MASONRY SCREENING WALL ALONG LAKEVIEW DRIVE AND A A 10 FOOT LANDSCAPING BUFFER ALONG LAKEVIEW DRIVE AS WELL, AND A MANDATORY HOA.
SO THEY'RE COMPLYING WITH ALL FIVE OF THE CONDITIONS THAT STAFF PUT, UH, LAST MONTH.
THESE ARE THE PROPOSED ELEVATIONS.
THEY'RE STILL REQUESTING FOUR VARIANCES.
UH, THE FIRST IS FOR, UH, 6,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS INSTEAD OF THE 7,800 TO 8,999 AND 9,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS.
UH, ORIGINALLY THEY WERE PROPOSING 5,500, AND THEY HAVE UPPED THAT TO 6,000.
AND THE SECOND VARIANCE IS FOR THE LOT WIDTH.
THE APPENDIX W STILL REQUIRES THE 60 FOOT, 65 FOOT LOTS, AND THEY'RE PROPOSING 60 FOOT WIDE LOTS.
UH, AND THEN THERE'S A VARIANCE FOR FRONT SETBACK, WHICH IS FROM THE 25 FOOT TO 20.
AND LASTLY, THE 35% NON FRONT ENTRY GARAGES.
INSTEAD OF THE A HUNDRED PERCENT REAR ENTRY, THERE WERE 23 LETTERS SENT OUT TO SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS.
UM, ALL FOUR MENTIONING THEY DO NOT WANT MORE RESIDENTIAL AND MORE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA.
AND, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
THEY HAVE COMPLIED WITH ALL OF STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS, COMMISSIONS.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION.
I WAS LOOKING AT IT, AND, UM, THAT'S NEAR THIS, UH, FACILITY NEAR LAKE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL.
I WILL HAVE TO, I WAS JUST WONDERING ABOUT TRAFFIC ON THAT.
DID I LOOK AT THAT WRONG ON THAT? IS THAT 'CAUSE THAT'S LAKEVIEW POINT IS THE, UM, NAME OF THE, UH, COMMUNITY AND SAYS 160 SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED RESIDENTIAL HOMES.
AND I THOUGHT I SAW ON THE EAST, WEST, NORTH, SOUTH THAT THAT WAS A HIGH SCHOOL.
I'LL, I'LL DOUBLE CHECK AND HAVE THAT, UH, INFORMATION FOR YOU, UH, AT SIX 30.
ANYTHING ELSE? COMMISSIONERS? COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN, ONE QUICK QUESTION.
YOU SAID 23 LETTERS WERE SENT OUT.
AND OF THAT FOUR RESPONDENT, CORRECT? CORRECT.
UM, THE 23 WHY SO MINIMUM, THAT'S THE 200 FOOT BUFFER.
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OKAY.I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT POPULATED ALL THE PARCELS, WHICH IS WITHIN THE 200 FOOT BUFFER.
THAT'S SO NOT A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY AROUND THE AREA? NOT A LOT, NO.
NOT AT THIS TIME BECAUSE THERE IS TO THE WEST.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
THIS IS PUBLIC HEARING ITEM NUMBER 10 SUP 23 10 0 0 4 2.
THIS IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUEST LOCATED AT 3 4 1 16 EAST JEFFERSON STREET.
SO THIS IS A BIT OF AN ODD ONE.
SO IT IS AN EXISTING AUTO SALVAGE YARD THAT DOES DO, UH, SALES OF AUTO USE PARTS.
SO THAT HAD AN SUP THAT WAS APPROVED BACK IN 1966.
SO THEY'VE BEEN, BEEN OPERATING THERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
UM, SO IT IS ZONE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
I DO WANNA POINT OUT, UM, TO THE NORTH IS INDUSTRIAL USE, AND THEN ALL OTHER SIDES ARE AUTO RELATED BUSINESSES.
SO THE REASON THEY'RE HAVING TO COME FORTH TODAY, SO THIS SUP REQUEST IS FOR USED AUTO SALES.
SO THIS APPLICANT'S NOT ACTUALLY WANTING TO ADD THAT USE TO THIS LOT, BUT THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES DID UPDATE THEIR STANDARDS FOR SALVAGING LICENSES.
SO THEY HAVE TO RENEW THOSE LICENSES THROUGH THE STATE EVERY TWO YEARS.
WELL, THEY'VE DECIDED THAT NOW YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CO BOTH FOR AUTO SALVAGING AND FOR USED CAR DEALERS.
WELL, FOR US, THE AUTO SALVAGING TRIGGERS AND SUP, SO THEY'RE COMING THROUGH JUST SO THEY CAN MAINTAIN THEIR SALVAGING LICENSE.
THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY WANTING TO UPDATE THEIR USES AND DO AUTO SALES AT THIS LOCATION.
UH, YOU CAN SEE HERE, THESE ARE THEIR CURRENT OPERATIONS.
THEY PURCHASE THEIR CARS FROM AUCTION.
THEY BRING 'EM, THEY SALVAGE A FEW DIFFERENT TYPES OF PARTS, CRUSH THE WHAT'S REMAINING, AND THEN TAKE IT OFF BY A THIRD PARTY.
THEY DO OPERATE MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, EIGHT 30 TO 5:00 PM.
SO AGAIN, NONE OF THOSE THINGS ARE GONNA BE CHANGING.
SO THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.
THE DRC DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.
CONDITION ONE, THE AUTO DEALER USE SHALL BE LIMITED TO WHOLESALE SALES OF INOPERABLE INOPERABLE VEHICLES OR SALVAGING OF ANY PARTS AS ALLOWED BY SUP NUMBER 97 FOR THE EXISTING AUTO SALVAGING AND AUTO PARTS SALES.
AND THE CONDITION TWO IS NO SALES OF OPERABLE VEHICLES.
NEW OR USED SHALL BE ALLOWED ON PREMISE OR VIA ONLINE TO INDIVIDUAL CUSTOMERS.
SO THESE CONDITIONS ARE REALLY JUST TO SHOW THEY ARE NOT INTENDING TO DO USED CAR SALES AT THIS LOCATION.
IT REALLY IS JUST ADMINISTRATIVE SO THEY CAN MAINTAIN THEIR LICENSING THROUGH THE STATE.
SO THAT'S WHAT THESE CONDITIONS ARE MEANT TO CONVEY.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? HAVE YOU EVER HAD ANY TROUBLE OUT OF THIS? THIS? NO.
I ACTUALLY LOOK TODAY, NO CODE CASES.
THEY DO THEIR ANNUAL A RB INSPECTION.
THEY, THEY'RE CLOSED WITHOUT ANY ISSUES EVERY YEAR.
THE NEXT ITEM IS SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, UH, SLASH SITE PLAN FOR A SW DRIVE-THROUGH RESTAURANT.
THIS IS DRIVE-THROUGH ONLY RESTAURANT.
THE SITE'S LOCATED SOUTH OF THE WALMART ON 1 61, UH, EAST OF THE WENDY'S AND WEST OF THE CAR WASH.
UH, THE ZONING CURRENTLY IS PD 3 51, AND THE SITE IS, UH, LESS THAN ONE ACRE.
THE TOTAL, UH, DRIVE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE ON THE DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANT IS 7 49 SQUARE FEET.
UH, THEY ARE PROVIDING SIX PARKING SPACES, WHICH MEETS MAXIMUM REQUIREMENT IN APPENDIX F UH, OVERLAY STANDARDS.
THEY ARE MEETING, UH, ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LANDSCAPE PLAN, UH, UNDER APPENDIX F.
THESE ARE THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS.
THEY ARE, THEIR EXTERIOR MATERIALS INCLUDE STONE VENEER, CEMENTITIOUS, SIDING, AND STUCCO.
THEY ARE MEETING THE APPENDIX, UH, F MENU ITEMS. UH, HOWEVER, THERE ARE REQUESTING ONE VARIANCE THAT IS FOR THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE TO THE SOUTHERN, OR THAT WOULD BE THEIR, UH, MAIN, UH, THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE FRONTING TOWARDS ARKANSAS LANE.
AND BECAUSE THIS IS A DRIVE-THROUGH ONLY RESTAURANT, THERE IS NO PRIMARY ENTRANCE BECAUSE OF COURSE, THERE, IT'S JUST A DRIVE THROUGH.
UH, AND THAT'S THE REASON THEY'RE REQUESTING THAT VARIANCE.
WE HAVE SENT, UH, 24 LETTERS, UH, AND HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY IN OPPOSITION, UH, OR FOR SUPPORT.
AND THE DRC IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
COMMISSIONER, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR SURE.
WHAT IS SWIG? WHAT IS THAT
THEY SELL ONLY, UM, BEVERAGES, AND I BELIEVE IT'S A SODA.
WHERE DO THEY HAVE ANY MORE LOCATIONS? WE HAVE ONE IN FORT WORTH, I BELIEVE, AND ONE, UH, IN PROSPER.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANOTHER ONE.
I THINK SALVADOR HAD MENTIONED THERE'S ONE IN,
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IS IT SAGINAW? ONE IN SAGINAW TOO.SO WE HAVE A FEW INTERESTING INTEREST.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT THAT WAS EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE GONNA BE.
UH, UH, SO THAT'S INTERESTING.
I GUESS WE'LL GET, WE'LL GET A SWIG THEN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'M PRETTY SURE THAT SOMEBODY WILL BE HERE FROM THEM TO TONIGHT THIS EVENING.
UH, COMMERCIAL TRAILER PARKING.
UH, SO THIS IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUEST FOR HEAVY TRUCK PARKING.
AND THIS USE REQUIRES A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT BEFORE THEY CAN, UH, GET TO THE SITE PLAN.
UH, LOCATED AT 26 51 HARD ROCK ROAD, WHICH IS, UH, EAST OF 1 61.
UH, THE CURRENT PDS, UH, PD 39, WHICH, UH, ALLOWS INDUSTRIAL LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES.
THE PROPERTY IS A LITTLE OVER 14 ACRES.
THEY'RE PROPOSING 336 COMMERCIAL TRAILER PARKING SPACES ON 14 ACRES WITH A PREFABRICATED OFFICE BUILDING.
THEY ARE REQUESTING SOME VARIANCES.
THEY WILL PROVIDE A SIX FOOT WR ROD IRON FENCE, UH, WITH MASONRY COLUMNS ALONG 1 61.
AND WE'LL GET INTO THE VARIANCES HERE SHORTLY.
THIS IS THE BUILDING ELEVATION, UH, THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING.
SO THEY'RE ASKING FOR TWO VARIANCES.
ONE IS TO ALLOW REDUCTION OF THE REQUIRED STREET, UH, AND BUFFER TREES FROM 2 46 TREES TO 1 35.
AND THE SECOND VARIANCE IS TO ALLOW REDUCTION OF REQUIRED PARKING LOT TREES FROM 34 TO ZERO.
WE DID RECEIVE, SEND, UH, SIX LETTERS.
DID NOT RECEIVE ANY IN OPPOSITION OR IN SUPPORT.
DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.
THE APPLICANT MUST PROVIDE 2 46 TREES AS RECOMMENDED PER THE UDC.
THE APPLICANT MUST PROVIDE THE 34 PARKING TREES AS, UH, RECOMMENDED, UH, THAT AS, UH, PER THE REQUIREMENT OF THE UDC, THE PROPOSED OFFICE TRAILER MUST BE, UH, PLACED ON A PERMANENT FOUNDATION AND MEET THE SECONDARY FACADE REQUIREMENTS OF APPENDIX X.
UH, ONLY VEHICLES WITH VALID REGISTRATION SHALL BE ALLOWED TO PARK IN THE DEVELOPMENT STORAGE OF INOPERABLE VEHICLES SHALL BE PROHIBITED.
AND LASTLY, THE APPLICANT MUST OBTAIN APPROVAL FROM THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TO ALLOW FOR ASPHALT PAVING AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO CONCRETE PAVEMENT.
AND THEY WILL BE HERE AND THEY WILL PRESENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS WELL.
COMMISSIONER, UH, QUESTIONS WITH REGARD? I'M GLAD THAT, UH, WE'RE STANDING ON OUR LAURELS ON THIS ONE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY COMPLY.
SO WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE AGAIN, BETWEEN THE TWO TREES? THERE'S TWO KINDS OF TREES, THE 2 46 AND THE 34.
SO ONE IS, ONE IS BOUNDARY, YEAH, ONE IS BOUNDARY UHHUH BUFFER AND ONE IS IN THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF.
THE 34 IS WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT PER 20 TREES OR SO, YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE A TREE ISLAND.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? THANK YOU.
ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO, UH, ZONE CHANGE SLASH CONCEPT PLAN.
THIS IS ALSO ON HARD ROCK, UH, 35 14, 35 60 AND 47 0 1 HARD ROCK ROAD.
THE CURRENT ZONING ON THIS LOT IS FOR A PD 3 89 FOR MULTIFAMILY USE.
UH, RECENTLY IN 2019, THEY REZONED FOR THE MULTIFAMILY, BUT, UH, A PROJECT DIDN'T COME THROUGH.
SO THEY'RE REZONING IT FOR OFFICE, UH, WAREHOUSE WITH AN OPTION OF HEAVY TRUCK PARKING.
THIS SITE IS A LITTLE, UH, LESS THAN 17 ACRES.
UH, THEY ARE PROVIDING TWO CONCEPT PLANS.
UH, THE FIRST ONE THAT YOU SEE IS THE PRIMARY CONCEPT PLAN, WHICH IS, UH, ABOUT 287,000 SQUARE FOOT OF OFFICE SLASH WAREHOUSE WITH HEAVY TRUCK PARKING TO THE NORTH.
SO THOSE LONGER PARKING SPACES, THOSE ARE THE HEAVY TRUCK PARKING SPACES.
AND THIS IS THE ALTERNATIVE, UH, CONCEPT PLAN, WHICH IS, UH, FOR THREE, 300,000, UH, 345,000 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE SLASH WAREHOUSE WITHOUT THE HEAVY TRUCK PARKING.
SO IT, ONCE THE CONCEPT PLAN IS APPROVED, THEY CAN DO EITHER OR.
THESE ARE THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS.
THEY ARE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES AT THIS TIME.
AND, UH, 23 LETTERS WERE SENT OUT.
WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY IN OPPOSITION OR, UH, IN FAVOR, AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL COMMISSIONERS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? IT LOOKS VERY NICE.
IT'S NOT MUCH IN THAT AREA ANYWAY.
IS THERE? I CAN GO BACK TO THE, UH, TO THE ACTUAL, UH, YEAH.
ANYWAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THAT'S IT.
I THINK THAT'S THE END OF THE, YES, THIS IS THE LAST CASE.
UM, THERE BEING, UM, NO MORE BUSINESS, I GUESS.
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BRIEFING IS OVER AT 5:46 PM AND WE WILL RECONVENE AT, UM, SIX 30.WELCOME TO THE STAFF, I'M SORRY.
[Call to Order]
OF GRAND PRAIRIE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING OF DECEMBER 11TH, 2023.I'M CHERYL SMITH, CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
THIS MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS HEREBY CALLBACK TO ORDER AT 6:30 PM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETS THE SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY OF EACH MONTH.
ALL MEETINGS ARE VIDEO RECORDED.
NO OFFICIAL ACTION CAN BE TAKEN UNLESS PROPER APPLICATION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED THROUGH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOLLOWS A PRINTED AGENDA THAT IS AVAILABLE ONLINE PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ARE ROUTINE ITEMS, WHICH CAN 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 ITEM 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 ITEM BEING CALLED, I WILL NOW CONDUCT A ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS TO CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM.
AFTER I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE SAY, HERE, CHERYL SMITH.
LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT EXCEPT FOR CARL RAMIREZ AND MICHELLE MADDEN.
AND NOW COMMISSIONER JULIA PEREZ WILL GIVE THE INVOCATION.
AND AFTER THAT, I WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE US AND TEXAS FLAG.
DEAR LORD, HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF ALL THOSE GATHERED HERE THIS EVENING, AND FOR YOUR MANY BLESSINGS.
WE PRAY FOR THE AGENDA BEFORE US TONIGHT.
PLEASE GIVE ASSURANCE OF WHAT WOULD PLEASE YOU AND WHAT WOULD BENEFIT THOSE WHO LIVE, WORK, AND VISIT OUR BELOVED CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
PLEASE HELP US NOT TO GET LOST IN THE PACKAGES AND PRICES THIS MONTH AND FORGET THE REASON WE HAVE SO MUCH TO CELEBRATE THIS CHRISTMAS.
FATHER, PLEASE COMFORT ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES THIS SEASON, ESPECIALLY THOSE SERVING OUR NATION.
PLEASE PROTECT OUR POLICE FIRE, EMS AND ALL FIRST RESPONDERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO WILL BE WORKING THE HOLIDAY AND WILL MISS SPECIAL MOMENTS WITH THEIR FAMILIES.
THE WORLD NEEDS GOOD EXAMPLES OF JOY, PEACE, AND CONTENTMENT THIS SEASON.
PLEASE HELP US ALL TO BECOME GOOD ROLE MODELS FOR EACH OTHER.
BRING US TOGETHER AS A NATION AND HEAL THE WOUNDS IN ALL COMMUNITIES.
GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES.
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FRAUD.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AN INDIVIDUAL 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 HEADING OF PUBLIC COMMENTS.
STAFF WILL BE AVAILABLE TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS FOLLOWING PRESENTATION OF EACH ITEM AT THIS TIME.
CITIZENS MAY SPEAK FOR UP TO FIVE MINUTES ON ANY ITEM, NOT ON THE AGENDA.
DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS? NO.
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IS APPROVING THE PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA.MADAM CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH SEVEN.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ITEMS ONE THROUGH SEVEN BY CUSH COMMISSIONER JULIA PEREZ AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER JOHN FCO.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
[PUBLIC HEARING POSTPONEMENT, RECESS, CONTINUATIONS]
MADAM CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION.WE POSTPONE ITEM EIGHT SUP DASH TWO THREE DASH SIX DASH 0 2 0 TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING OF JANUARY THE EIGHTH.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM EIGHT, UH, TO TABLE.
I'M SORRY, TO TABLE ITEM EIGHT BY COMMISSIONER JUDY PEREZ.
AND WE HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER JOHN FKO.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
MOTION PASSES TO TABLE THIS ITEM UNTIL JANUARY THE EIGHTH, 2024.
[9. 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]
PLEASE.I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THIS IS, OH, THERE IT IS.
THE NEXT ITEM IS THE ZONE CHANGE SLASH CONCEPT PLAN FOR LAKEVIEW POINT.
AS, AS WE'RE AWARE, THIS IS, UH, AN ITEM THAT WAS TABLED LAST MONTH, AND THEY ARE COMING BACK WITH, UH, AND COMPLYING WITH ALL OF STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND I'LL GET INTO THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS HERE.
UH, THIS IS LOCATED EAST OF FM 6 61 AND SOUTH OF GCO ROAD.
UH, THE ZONE CHANGE IS FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE.
UH, CURRENTLY THE PROPERTY ZONE AGRICULTURAL UNDER 38 ACRES AND A MAXIMUM OF 160 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS ARE PROPOSED.
SO THE UPDATE FROM LAST MEETING TO NOW IS THAT THEY ARE, UH, COMPLYING WITH THE 60 FOOT, WHICH WAS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF 60 FOOT WITH LOT INSTEAD OF THE 50 FOOT, UH, LOT.
AND THE 35% OF THE HOMES WILL BE, UH, NON FRONT ENTRY GARAGES.
INSTEAD OF THE ZERO, UH, SIX FOOT MACE SCREENING WALL WILL BE ALONG LAKEVIEW DRIVE, UH, 10 FOOT LANDSCAPING BUFFER ALONG LAKEVIEW DRIVE AND A MANDATORY HOA.
THESE ARE THE PROPOSED ELEVATIONS.
THEY ARE REQUESTING FOUR VARIANCES, WHICH STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE FIRST VARIANCE IS FOR 6,000 SQUARE FOOT, UH, MINIMUM LOSS, UH, SIZE.
UH, THE SECOND IS, UH, 60 FOOT WIDE LOSS INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED 65 FOOT, UH, WHICH IS PER APPENDIX W.
AND THIRDLY, THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSING A 20 FOOT SETBACK, FRONT SETBACK INSTEAD OF 25.
AND LASTLY, THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSING 35, UH, PERCENT NON FRONTEND GARAGES.
INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED A HUNDRED PERCENT, UH, 23 LETTERS WERE SENT FORWARD IN OPPOSITION.
UH, THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT MORE RESIDENTIAL HOUSING IN THIS AREA.
UH, DID CHECK FOR THE SCHOOLING.
LAKEVIEW IS NOT, UH, CLOSE TO THIS LOCATION.
AND THE CLOSEST ONE IS ILT, WHICH IS THE INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP SCHOOL, OR I-L-S-I-L-S.
UH, BUT, UH, THERE'S NOT A CONNECTION BETWEEN THIS PROPERTY, UH, TO THAT SCHOOL.
WHAT, WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT IS THE PROXIMITY, WHICH MEAN THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE BRINGING, UM, ANOTHER, UH, BIG COMMUNITY IN IS TRAFFIC IS WHAT I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT.
WHETHER IT WAS, YOU KNOW, I GUESS IT'S TOO EARLY TO SAY I HAVE A TRAFFIC STUDY.
IT'S, THIS IS JUST A CONCEPT PLAN AND A ZONE CHANGE AT THIS POINT.
THEY'LL COME BACK TO RE TO PLA THE PROPERTY AND DO SITE PLANS LATER ON.
COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IS THE APPLICANT HERE? THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND WE WILL BE PRESENTING TO Y'ALL.
WE HAVE A THUMB DRIVE THAT WOULD HELP.
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YOU CAN'T DO ER IT OVER.STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
UH, MY NAME'S KEVIN HARRELL WITH THE SHOREBERG COMPANY, 82 14 WESTCHESTER DRIVE, SUITE 900, DALLASES, TEXAS 7 5 2 2 5.
UH, MADAM CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS.
UH, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT.
UH, I ALSO WANT TO CONVEY OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR GRANTING US THE MOTION TO TABLE AT THE NOVEMBER 13TH MEETING, ALLOWING US TO, UH, WORK ON REVISING OUR PLAN TO ADHERE TO THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE, UH, COMMENTS AND P AND Z RECOMMENDATIONS.
UH, THE PLAN BEING PRESENTED TONIGHT, OR, UH, AS STAFF PRESENTED TONIGHT IS A PRODUCT OF DILIGENT WORK WITH OUR CONSULTING ENGINEERS, UH, OUR LANDOWNER, AND OF COURSE, AND OF COURSE, THE PLANNING STAFF.
WORKING ON MY COMPUTER, BUT IT'S NOT FOLLOWING UP HERE.
UM, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT US, A A FEW NEW FACES FROM LAST TIME.
THE SCOREBOARD COMPANY IS A LOCAL PRIVATELY, UH, HELD, UH, DEVELOPMENT FIRM WITH OVER A HUNDRED PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE DFW METROPLEX, UM, WITH A REPUTATION FOR BUILDING HIGH QUALITY COMMUNITIES, RANGING FROM SMALL INFILL SITES TO LARGER MASTER PLANS.
UH, AND GRANT, GRANT PRAIRIE SPECIFICALLY, UH, WE RECENTLY DEVELOPED THE CEDAR RIDGE PHASES ONE AND TWO, UH, UP OFF OF SETON AND MEYER.
UH, OUR PROPOSED LAKEVIEW POINT DEVELOPMENT IS ABOUT 38 ACRES, UH, ON THE EAST SIDE OF LAKEVIEW DRIVE ACROSS FROM GREENERY TRAILS.
UH, THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED, UH, AGRICULTURAL WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION OF LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
UM, THE PREVIOUS PLAN CONSISTED OF 160 LOTS WITH A DENSITY OF 4.2 UNITS PER ACRE.
THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE WAS 5,000 SQUARE FEET, UM, WITH A 50 BY ONE 20 TYPICAL LOT DIMENSION.
UM, BASED ON THAT PLAN D, THE DRC PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS FOR APPROVAL.
ONE WAS A 60 FOOT MINIMUM LOT WIDTH.
UH, THE 35 NON FRONT ENTRY, UH, OR J SWING GARAGE REQUIREMENT, A SIX FOOT MASONRY WALL ALONG, UH, LAKEVIEW DRIVE, A 10 FOOT MINIMUM LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG LAKEVIEW DRIVE AND A MANDATORY HOA TO ENFORCE THE CCRS AND TO MAINTAIN THE OPEN SPACE.
UH, THE REVISED PLAN, WHICH WE SUBMITTED TO STAFF, CONSISTS OF 138 LOTS, A DENSITY OF THREE OR UH, 3.6 UNITS PER ACRE.
MINIMUM LOT WIDTH IS NOW 60 FEET.
UH, AND THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE IS NOW 600 OR 6,000 SQUARE FEET WITH A 60 BY 100 TYPICAL LOT DIMENSION.
UH, IN ADDITION, THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS STIPULATE THE DEVELOPMENT OR THE DEVELOPER WILL CONSTRUCT A SIX FOOT MASONRY WALL AND PROVIDE FOR A 10 FOOT MINIMUM LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG LAKEVIEW DRIVE.
UH, ADDITIONALLY, A MANDATORY HOA WILL BE ESTABLISHED TO ENFORCE THE CCRS AND TO MAINTAIN THE OPEN SPACE.
UH, ALL THE DRC CONDITIONS FOR APPROVAL HAVE BEEN MET.
SO, UM, I HAD SOME REPRESENTATIVE PRODUCT I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU WITH THE INCREASED LOT SIZE AND THE, AND THE JW.
BUT, UM, IN CLOSING, WE BELIEVE OUR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, UH, WILL COMPLIMENT THE SURROUNDING LAND USES.
UM, AND I THINK YOU, AGAIN, FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
COMMISSIONER, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UM, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO, UH, COME BACK MM-HMM
WITH THE CHANGES AND WORKING WITH, UH, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
UH, HAVE YOU HAD ANY, UM, COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE, THE COMMUNITY AT ALL? YES.
UM, ONE THING I, I HAD A SLIDE ON I WAS GONNA MENTION.
WE DID HOST AN HOA MEETING WITH GREENWAY TRAILS ON, UH, DECEMBER 5TH.
UH, IT WAS A RELATIVELY LOW TURNOUT.
WE HAD, UH, ONLY THREE, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IN ATTENDANCE, BUT WE DID MAKE IT, UH, VERY CLEAR.
WE LEFT THEM OUR, UM, ALL OF OUR CONTACT INFORMATION.
AND THEN WE ALSO, UH, LET THEM KNOW THAT WE'D BE HAPPY TO, TO HOST ANOTHER MEETING.
UH, IF WORD GOT AROUND THE COMMUNITY, UH, WE COULD ANSWER, UH, AND PROVIDE ANOTHER FORUM TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAD.
YEAH, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO, UH, BE A GOOD, GOOD NEIGHBOR AND, UH, COMING IN IT, IT JUST WORKS BOTH WAYS FOR EVERYONE.
UH, COMMISSIONER KO? YEAH, I HAVE ONE QUESTION.
I DO, UH, ECHO WHAT MADAM CHAIR SAID ABOUT WORKING WITH STAFF.
THE, THE P AND Z DOCUMENT, WE HAVE SAYS 160 SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED RESIDENCES.
OUR PLAN SHOWS 1 38, UH, THE MAXIMUM PLAN, I THINK THAT WAS, THAT WAS LEFT IN THERE.
WE CAN REVISE THAT TO BE 1 38.
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A VERY, VERY GOOD CATCH.ANY OTHER CONCERNS? QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? UH, YES, MADAM CHAIR.
UH, THE FIRST SPEAKER CARD WAS FROM KEVIN HARRELL, WHO JUST, UH, PRESENTED BEFORE.
YOU ALSO HAVE TWO OTHER SPEAKER CARDS.
UH, WHO, WHO ARE HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT WHO INDICATED THEY WERE HERE, UH, TO SPEAK IF NEEDED? THAT WAS NEIL STENBERG AND BRIAN HOLLAND.
AND THAT WAS IN, UH, IN, UH, IN, IN FAVOR IN SUPPORT IF, YEAH, IN SUPPORT IF NEEDED.
THEY'RE HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF COMMISSIONERS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OTHER TWO FOLKS HERE? NO.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION WITH REGARD TO THIS ITEM? COMMISSIONERS? I BELIEVE THAT'S, UH, COMMISSIONER COCAS.
MADAM CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND APPROVE, UH, APPROVE.
UM, ITEM NUMBER NINE, NINE SECOND.
YES, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM NINE, UM, ZON 2 3 10 0 0 3 5.
WE HAVE A SECOND BY SECOND, THAT COMMISSIONER, UH, PEREZ THAT SHE HAD ALREADY SECONDED.
SO, UM, CAN WE VOTE ON THIS? ALL IN FAVOR? PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
[10. SUP-23-10-0042 - Specific Use Permit – Car Salvaging at 3416 E Jefferson ST (City Council District 5). Specific Use Permit request for a Used Car Dealership to authorize an Auto Salvage Yard use and the sale of Used Auto Parts associated with an existing Auto Salvage Yard. Tract 7 of the William C. May Survey, Abstract 891, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Light Industrial, and addressed as 3416 E Jefferson Street]
ITEM NUMBER 10 SUP 2 3 10 0 0 4 2.
THIS IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUEST LOCATED AT 3 4 1 16 EAST JEFFERSON STREET.
AGAIN, THE SUP REQUEST IS FOR USED AUTO DEALER, AND IT'S MEANT TO AUTHORIZE AN THE EXISTING AUTO SALVAGE YARD USE AND SALE OF USED AUTO PARTS.
AGAIN, THAT'S FROM AN SUP THAT'S BEEN THERE SINCE 1966.
UM, THIS LOCATION, THIS IS LOCATED 3 4 1 EAST, 3 4 1 6 EAST JEFFERSON STREET.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE USES SURROUNDING IT TO THE NORTH ARE INDUSTRIAL AND, UH, WEST, EAST AND SOUTH ARE ALL AUTO RELATED BUSINESSES.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT'S THE PROVIDED SITE PLAN.
AGAIN, THOSE ARE THE EXISTING OPERATIONS THAT ARE THERE.
THEY'RE NOT PLANNING ON CHANGING ANYTHING.
AGAIN, THEY'RE COMING BEFORE US BECAUSE TEXAS DMV HAS CHANGED SOME OF THE REGULATIONS AND NOW REQUIRES THAT FOR AN AUTO SALVAGING LICENSE.
THEY DO NEED THAT CO FOR USED AUTO DEALER, WHICH AGAIN, FOR US TRIGGERS AN SUP.
SO AGAIN, THOSE OPERATIONS ARE REMAINING THE SAME.
THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES, AND THE DRC DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
WHAT THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS THE AUTO DEALER USE SHALL BE LIMITED TO WHOLESALE SALES OF INOPERABLE VEHICLES OR SALVAGING OF ANY PARTS AS ALLOWED BY SUP NUMBER 97 FOR THE EXISTING AUTO SALVAGING AND AN AUTO PARTS SALES.
AND NO SALES OF OPERABLE VEHICLES.
NEW OR USED SHALL BE ALLOWED ON PREMISE OR VIA ONLINE TO INDIVIDUAL CUSTOMERS.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S JUST TO CAPTURE THAT THIS IS REALLY JUST CLEANING HOUSE.
THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY TRYING TO ADD THIS USE TO THIS LOCATION CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR BRITTANY? VERY GOOD PRESENTATION.
YOU HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? UH, YES.
I HAVE, UH, ONE SPEAKER CARD FROM THE APPLICANT, UH, BRUCE SHAZI.
UM, HE INDICATED THAT, UH, HE JUST WANTED TO RECORD HIS SUPPORT, BUT DID NOT WISH TO SPEAK COMMISSIONERS.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? I THINK WE'RE GOOD ON THAT.
UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS? CAN I GET A MOTION? I BELIEVE THAT IS, UH, COMMISSIONER RAMIREZ.
OKAY, COMMISSIONER, UM, FCO MADAM CHAIR.
UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ON ITEM 10 SUP DASH 23 DASH 10 DASH 0 4 2 AND APPROVE WITH DRC RECOMMENDATIONS.
SECOND, THAT WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM 10 BY COMMISSIONER FEDCO AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
[11. SUP-23-10-0041 - Specific Use Permit/Site Plan - Swig Drive-Through Restaurant (City Council District 2). Specific Use Permit and Site Plan for a Restaurant with a Drivethrough on 0.869 acres. Lot 3, Block A, Bush and Pioneer Centre Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-351, within the SH 161 Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 1120 Arkansas Ln]
NEXT CASE IS A DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANT.A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR IT, UH, FOR WIG AT, UH, 1120 ARKANSAS LANE.
THIS IS SOUTH OF THE WALMART ON 1 61, UH, IN EAST OF THE WENDY'S ON ARKANSAS LANE.
UH, THE PROPERTY IS ZONE PD 3 5 1, AND IS, UH, UNDER ONE ACRE.
THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE DRIVE-THROUGH RESTAURANT, UH, IS 7 49 SQUARE FEET.
THEY'RE PROVIDING SIX PARKING SPACES.
UH, THERE ARE MEETING ALL THE LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS.
AND THESE ARE THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS, WHICH, UH, WILL INCLUDE, UH, STONE VENEER, CEMENT, SIDING, AND STUCCO.
AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, APPENDIX,
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UH, F STANDARD IS BEING MET.THE ONLY VARIANCE THAT THEY'RE SEEKING IS FOR A PRIMARY ENTRANCE DUE TO THEIR NATURE OF THE BUSINESS, IT'S DRIVE-THROUGH ONLY, UH, THAT REQUIREMENT CANNOT BE MET.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THAT VARIANCE.
UH, PUBLIC NOTICE, UH, 24%, NONE RECEIVED.
UH, AND DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONERS ANY QUESTIONS FOR ABDUL? THANK YOU.
SPEAKER CARDS? UH, YES, MADAM CHAIR.
JUST, UH, ONE SPEAKER CARD ON THIS ONE FROM THE APPLICANT.
KOFI ADU IS THE APPLICANT HERE.
CAN YOU COME UP, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
ADDRESS IS 28 0 5 DALLAS PARKWAY, SUITE THREE 10 PLANO, UH, TEXAS 7 5 0 9 3.
I'M HERE TO, UH, REPRESENT ON BEHALF OF SWE.
UH, JUST TO PRESENT THIS, UH, PROJECT TO YOU.
UH, I BELIEVE, UM, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT, SWAY IS JUST A SODA DRINK ONLY SERVICE.
UH, THEY HAVE SOME PASTRIES, SOME COOKIES THAT GO WITH IT, BUT IT STARTED IN ST.
UH, WE JUST OPENED OUR 60TH STORE IN, UH, MURPHY, TEXAS.
UH, SO THE CLOSEST ONE TO YOU IS ACTUALLY IN BURLESON.
THEY ARE REALLY ALL ACROSS THE STATE RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE HOUSTON, SAN ANTONIO, ARIZONA, ARKANSAS, MISSOURI, NORTH CAROLINA.
SO, UH, THEY ARE REALLY BIG, AND ALL THEY DO IS JUST SELL SODA, BASICALLY.
BUT WHAT KIND OF SODA? I'M A LITTLE, I MEAN, EXACTLY.
WHAT IS IT? IT'S, WHAT IS THE MAKEUP? IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE, I CAN'T GIVE YOU THE SECRET, BUT IT'S
THEY ALSO HAVE, UM, FLAVORED DRINKS.
SO IT'S KIND OF, IT IS JUST SODA, BUT DIFFERENT FLAVORED SODA AND ALL THAT.
SO WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE, YOU CAN JUST GO BY ANY OF THE, SO WE HAVE SIX HERE IN NORTH TEXAS RIGHT NOW, TWO IN MCKINNEY, ONE AT THE CONSTRUCTION, ONE IN PROSPER.
UH, AND THEN WE HAD THE FIRST ONE IN FAIRVIEW, UH, TEXAS.
SO, SO IS YOUR CLIENTELE LIKE COLLEGE STUDENTS, HIGH SCHOOL, OR IT JUST ALL, I MEAN, JUST ALMOST EVERYONE.
ESPECIALLY EXACTLY IN TEXAS WHERE IT GETS HOT, EVERYBODY NEEDS SODA, SO, UH, AND AND WHAT KIND OF ICE DO YOU HAVE? THE NUGGET ICE?
BUT WIG AND DRINKS, UH, IT'S NON-ALCOHOLIC.
WELL, I'M, I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE BRINGING IT TO GRAND PRAIRIE.
YOU BYPASSED, UM, ARLINGTON AND FORT WORTH AND OTHER PLACES.
SO WHY IS THAT? UH, WELL, WE ARE SPREAD IT, AND I LIVE IN MANSFIELD.
I ALWAYS COMPLAIN TO THEM THAT THE, THE CLOSEST FOR ME IS BURIN, AND I JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF IT.
AND MY KIDS ARE ALWAYS GIVING ME A HARD TIME WHEN I GO NORTH.
SO YOU SEE IT WHEN IT COMES OVER.
IT'S A GREAT COMPLIMENT OUT THERE.
I KNOW YOU HAVE SA AND GO AND OTHERS, AND IT'S A SIMILAR CONCEPT, THE DIFFERENCES THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKER BOXES.
UH, YOU PRINT JUST LIKE THE CHICK-FIL-A, YOU HAVE SOMEONE STANDING OUTSIDE WITH IPADS.
THEY JUST TAKE THE ORDER FANCY, FANCY, AND JUST RUN FANCY.
AND JUST FOR OFF THE RECORD, I, I FREQUENT HERE A LOT.
I SHOP AT THE WALMART, AND SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS LOCATION, SO, OKAY.
COMMISSIONER, YOU HAVE A WHAT QUESTION? COMMISSIONER, DO YOU ANY SAMPLES? GONZALEZ
AND NEXT ONE WE'LL BRING SAMPLES.
THE QUESTION IS MORE AROUND, UH, SWIG.
IS THAT MORE LIKE AN ACRONYM, OR IS IT JUST, UH, WHERE'S IT STEM FROM? IS IT, I, I, I DON'T HAVE ANSWERS TO THAT.
BUT I THOUGHT IT HAD TO DO WITH JUST, JUST THE DRINKING.
I'LL LOOK INTO THAT FOR YOU NEXT TIME.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MY DRINK IS, THIS IS THE SIDE.
UH, COMMISSIONERS ANYMORE? UH, DISCUSSION? CAN I GET A MOTION? MAKE A MOTION.
MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND, UH, APPROVE ITEM NU UH, THE SUP DASH TWO THREE DASH ONE ZERO DASH 0 4 1.
AS PER DRC AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATION, WE HAVE, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM 11 BY COOK COMMISSIONER PEREZ.
AND IT'S SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN.
UH, AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
[12. SUP-23-07-0026 - Specific Use Permit/Site Plan - Hamilton Commercial Trailer Parking (City Council District 1). SUP/Site Plan for a commercial trailer parking facility on 14.079 acres. Tract 10.4, John R. Baugh Survey, Abstract No. 137, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Planned Development-39 (PD-39), within SH 161 Corridor Overlay, and addressed as 2651 Hardrock Road]
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YES, THIS NEXT ITEM IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR HAMILTON, UH, COMMERCIAL TRAILER PARKING AT 26 51 HARD ROCK ROAD.UH, THE HEAVY TRUCK PARKING LAND USE REQUIRES SUP.
AND, UH, THE, THE CURRENT ZONING IS PD 39, WHICH, UH, ALLOWS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES.
THE PROPERTY IS A LITTLE, UH, NORTH OF 14 ACRES.
THEY ARE PROPOSING 336 COMMERCIAL TRAILER PARKING SPACES ON 14 ACRES WITH A PREFABRICATED OFFICE BUILDING.
UH, THIS IS THE LANDSCAPE PLAN.
THEY ARE REQUESTING, UH, TWO VARIANCES, BUT THEY ARE PROVIDING A, UH, SIX FOOT ROD, IRON MA, UM, FENCE WITH MASONRY COLUMNS ALONG 1 61.
THIS IS THE BUILDING ELEVATION.
SO FOR THE TWO VARIANCES, UH, THE FIRST IS, UH, TO ALLOW REDUCTION OF THE REQUIRED STREET AND BUFFER TREES FROM 2 46 TREES TO 1 35 TREES.
AND THE SECOND IS VARIANCE TO ALLOW REDUCTION OF REQUIRED PARKING LOT TREES FROM 31 TO 34 TO ZERO.
UH, SIX NOTICES WERE SENT, UH, WE'D RECEIVED NONE.
UH, DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.
ONE, THE APPLICANT MUST PROVIDE THE 2 46 TREES AS REQUIRED PER THE UDC.
APPLICANT MUST PROVIDE THE 34 PARKING TREES INSTEAD OF THE PROPOSED ZERO.
UH, THE PROPOSED OFFICE TRAILER MUST BE PLACED ON A PERMANENT FOUNDATION AND MEET THE SECONDARY FACADE MATERIALS, UH, OF APPENDIX X.
UH, ONLY VEHICLES WITH VALID REGISTRATION SHALL BE ALLOWED TO PARK IN THE DEVELOPMENT STORAGE OF INOPERABLE INOPERABLE VEHICLES SHALL BE PROHIBITED.
AND LASTLY, THE APPLICANT MUST OBTAIN APPROVAL FROM THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TO ALLOW ASPHALT PAVEMENT AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO CONCRETE PAVEMENT.
THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND HAS A PRESENTATION AS WELL, AND I HOPE THIS ONE WORKS.
OKAY, COMMISSIONER, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ABDUL? GREAT PRESENTATION.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE SPEAKER CARDS.
UH, I DO MADAM CHAIR, AND ONE OF THEM IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE, UH, UH, SPOKESPERSON THAT IS GONNA PRESENT THIS TO YOU.
ONE IS KIM THORN, AND ONE IS JONATHAN TOOLEY.
I THINK IT'S MR. TOOLEY IS THE MR. TOOLEY, COME ON UP.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
WE GOT TO OUR CASE MUCH QUICKER THAN I ANTICIPATED.
UH, MADAM CHAIRMAN AND COMMISSIONERS, UH, IT, IT'S MY PRIVILEGE TO REPRESENT HAMILTON COMMERCIAL, THE APPLICANT FOR THIS, UH, SUP, UH, MR. HAMILTON OR HAMILTON COMMERCIAL'S, A LOCALLY OWNED, UH, UH, REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY WITH SEVERAL SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS THAT YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH.
UH, I AM, MY PURPOSE HERE, I, I THINK, IS, UH, BECAUSE I WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE ALIVE WHEN THIS, UH, WHOLE THING CAME ABOUT 60, 70 YEARS AGO.
UH, BUT I WILL BE ABLY, UH, UH, UH, SUPPLEMENTED, UH, BY, UH, JONATHAN LEY, WHO MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH YOU, UH, WHO WILL PROVIDE, PROVIDE THE DETAILS.
UH, I WANT TO JUST, UH, SIMPLY INTRODUCE, UH, THE PROJECT, UH, WHICH, UH, INVOLVES A 14 ACRE TRACT THAT NEEDS TO BE RECLAIMED AFTER ABOUT 50 YEARS OF SITTING FALLOW.
UH, UH, THIS, THIS, UH, TRACT IS LOCATED GENERALLY ON THE EAST SIDE OF, UH, INTERSTATE, UH, OR SH 1 61, UH, AT OAKDALE AND HARD ROCK ROADS.
UH, IT, UH, IS HELD SINCE 1972.
IT'S BEEN ZONED, UH, LOT COMMERCIAL, UH, OR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH, UH, THE SUP APPLICATION HERE.
UH, THE, WHICH, UH, IS A REQUEST THAT MR, THAT, THAT HAMILTON COMMERCIAL BE ALLOWED TO DEVELOP THIS PROPERTY, UH, AS A COMMERCIAL PARKING, UH, UH, COMMERCIAL TRUCK PARKING AND STORAGE AREA.
UH, IF YOU'LL INDULGE ME FOR JUST A MOMENT, UH, I WANT, I DO WANT TO GO BACK TO THE KIND OF THE GENESIS OF THE PROBLEM WITH THIS PROPERTY.
IN THE, UH, 1950S AND SIXTIES, UH, UH, THIS PROPERTY WAS MINED FOR SAND AND GRAVEL, AND I THINK YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE FACT THAT A, A LONG CORRIDOR IN GRAND PRAIRIE, FROM PROBABLY THE JUST NORTH OF I 30, UH, AT LEAST, UH, ALL THE
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WAY TO THE EASTERN BOUNDARY WITH DALLAS, AND AT LEAST AS FAR WEST AS WHERE 1 61 HAS NOW BEEN INSTITUTED, UH, WAS MINED FOR SAND AND GRAVEL.IT WAS NECESSARY FOR THE, UH, TO SUPPLY THE COMMERCIAL, UH, CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT IN, IN THE RAPID GROWTH OF, UH, UH, DALLAS FOR WORTH AREA.
IN THAT, UH, IN THAT ERA, THE, UM, IN THE EARLY SEVENTIES, THE CITY, UH, FOUND THAT WE HAD HUGE PITS, UH, UH, EXCAVATED.
IN FACT, UH, MAYBE ONE OF THE REASONS I'M HERE IS BECAUSE I USED TO FISH IN SOME OF THOSE GRAVEL PITS.
UH, BUT, UH, UH, SO THE CITY DEVELOPED A LANDFILL, UH, FOR THAT AREA, AND FILLED UP THE EXCAVATED PITS WITH TRASH AND DEBRIS THAT YOU JUST CAN'T BELIEVE THE KIND OF THING THAT'S IN THERE.
AND, UH, JONATHAN WILL EXPLAIN THAT, UH, IN A MOMENT, SHOW YOU SOME ILLUSTRATIONS.
UH, BUT, UH, IN ABOUT 1977, THE LANDFILL WAS SHUT DOWN WHEN IT FILLED UP.
AND, UH, THE PROPERTY AT THAT POINT BECAME REALLY ECONOMICALLY, UH, COMMERCIALLY, ECONOMICALLY UNDEVELOPABLE BECAUSE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE AND THE RE WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO REMOVE ALL THAT TRASH AND THEN REFILL.
AND THAT'S WHAT MR. HAMILTON HAS FOUND CURRENTLY.
THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO ADDRESS, UH, FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
THEN MAYBE CLOSE TO 50 YEARS THAT LAND HAS SIT THERE, SAT THERE.
AND I, I HOPE MY CLIENT DOESN'T, UH, HOLD IT AGAINST ME TO SAY IT'S JUST BEEN SCRUB LAND THAT'S NOT AESTHETICALLY, UH, UH, PLEASING.
AND WE'RE ESPECIALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC GOING AT LEAST NORTH ON 1 61.
IT PASSES BY GRAND PRAIRIE AND SEA SCRUBLAND.
WHEN WE, WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT, COULD HAVE AN AESTHETICALLY PLEASING, UH, AND MODERN TRUCK PARKING FACILITY, UH, THAT AGAIN, WILL BE MORE, UH, SPECIFICALLY EXPLAINED TO YOU.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE IDEA HERE.
UH, THERE IS NOT A, A VIABLE ECONOMIC, UH, COMMERCIALLY ECONOMIC WAY TO RECLAIM THIS LAND AND RESTORE IT TO PRODUCTIVITY.
UH, AND, BUT THIS IS, UH, WHAT, UH, HAMILTON COMMERCIAL HAS FOUND AND COME UP WITH THE IDEA.
AND WE THINK IT'S A SOLID BENEFIT.
IT'S A WIN-WIN, UH, OF COURSE FOR THE OWNER, MR. HAMILTON.
BUT, UH, IT'S A WIN-WIN AESTHETICALLY FOR OUR CITY, OUR COMMUNITY, A WIN-WIN FOR THE CITY WITH, UH, ADDITIONAL TAXES.
AND I THINK IT'S A BIG WIN TO SERVE.
THE NEED FOR, UH, CONTINUING TO SUPPORT OUR SUPPLY CHAIN.
ALL THE WAREHOUSES AND THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN THAT CORRIDOR, UH, DEPEND UPON TRUCK TRAFFIC, UH, TO SUPPLY THEIR, THEIR NEEDS TO SUPPORT THEM.
AND WITHOUT ADEQUATE PARKING AND STORAGE, UH, THEY HAVE TO TRAVEL GREAT DISTANCES FOR THAT.
SO THIS IS A SERVICE, UH, ALL THE WAY AROUND TO THE COMMUNITY.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT HISTORY, BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW THAT HISTORY, BUT IT, UH, IT MAKES SENSE.
I SEE WHERE, WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH IT, AND IT'S THE BEST USE OF THE, THE LAND RIGHT NOW.
I THINK MY MUCH SMARTER, UH, COLLEAGUE WILL COME NOW AND SHOW YOU THE DETAILS.
CAN, CAN WE GET YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? OH, I, I AM SO SORRY.
AND MY ADDRESS IS 1 23 WEST MAIN.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
I DON'T MIND MY, UH, GALLON JUG.
UH, MY NAME'S JONATHAN TOOLEY WITH HAMILTON COMMERCIAL 4 0 1 EAST POWELL PARKWAY, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.
UM, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TONIGHT AND PRESENTING OUR, OUR DEVELOPMENT WITH YOU.
THIS HAS TAKEN OVER A YEAR TO WRAP OUR BRAINS AROUND THIS PROPERTY.
IT'S, UH, IT'S GOT A LOT OF, A LOT OF HAIR ON IT.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER THAT, THAT THIS WORK FOR THE CITY AND ALSO WORK FOR US AND, AND PUT THE LAND TO USE VERSUS JUST BEING VACANT AND GROWING UP AND SCRUB, RUSH AND, AND IN FACT,
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ALL THE LAND AROUND US IS FLOODPLAIN.SO JUST PUTTING A VIABLE USE ON THE LAND.
SO I'M GONNA KIND OF RUN THROUGH THIS, UH, PRETTY QUICKLY AND JUST HIT THE, THE NOTES THAT, UH, STAFF DIDN'T HIT.
UM, AGAIN, THIS IS A FORMER LANDFILL.
UH, WE DO HAVE OVER 300 PARK TRAILER PARKING SPACES.
UH, WE DO HAVE A, A FEW CAR PARKING SPACES BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SMALL OFFICE ON THE BUILDING, OR A SMALL OFFICE ON THE PROPERTY FOR SECURITY OR, UH, POSSIBLE STAFF THAT THE TENANT MIGHT WANT.
AND THEN WE ALSO PUT ENHANCED EVERGREEN SCREENING ALONG 1 61.
UM, WE LIKE THIS OPTION BECAUSE IT, IT'S WILL GROW AND GROW TALL AND GROW BIG, AND HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, HELP WITH THE ENHANCEMENT OF ALONG 1 61.
UH, TO KINDA GIVE YOU A GENERAL IDEA OF THE LOCATION HERE, UH, AND NORTH IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN.
UM, THIS IS SOUTH OF OAKDALE, ALONG 1 61.
UH, I DID PROVIDE SOME PICTURES OF KIND OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES TO WHAT WE'RE PRO, UH, PROPOSING IS NOT OUTTA CHARACTER FOR THE AREA.
AND IN FACT, WHAT WE'RE PRO PROPOSING IS, UM, A QUALITY DEVELOPMENT THAT ENHANCES THE PROPERTIES AROUND IT.
AND SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE NORTH, THERE IS EXISTING OPEN STORAGE TO THE EAST.
UH, TO THE SOUTH IS ACTUALLY AN ENCORE EASEMENT, UH, THAT BORDERS THE TRINITY RIVER.
AND THEN TO THE WEST, OBVIOUSLY IS STATE HIGHWAY 1 61.
UM, AS YOU'VE SEEN THE SITE PLAN, LANDSCAPE PLAN, I'VE HIGHLIGHTED WHERE THE, UH, WE PUT A DOUBLE ROW OF EVERGREEN TREES.
THEY'RE CALLED EASTERN RED CEDARS.
THEY'RE KNOWN FOR GETTING TALL AND FULL.
AND, UH, WE'LL HOPEFULLY, UH, PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SCREENING.
AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, THE FLOODPLAIN BASICALLY SKIRTS AROUND THIS PROPERTY.
WE'RE ONE OF THE LAST TRACKS RIGHT HERE THAT'S NOT IN THE FLOOD PLAIN.
UH, JUST TO DESCRIBE OUR OPERATIONS, AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT THE END USER, WE'RE THE, WE'RE THE LANDOWNER.
WE'LL GO, UH, TRY TO OBTAIN AN END USER.
THIS SITE IS GONNA BE, IS DESIGNED TO HAVE ONE OR TWO TENANTS, UH, MAYBE EITHER ONE OF THE WAREHOUSES THAT ARE IN THE AREA OR MAYBE A, A A NATIONAL TRUCKING FIRM THAT NEEDS A, A CENTRAL LOCATION IN DFW.
UH, THE SITE WILL HAVE LED LIGHTING SECURITY CAMERAS.
UM, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, WE'RE THE TYPE OF TENANT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT DAILY RENTAL OR MONTHLY RENTAL.
WE'RE TALKING MULTI-YEAR LEASES.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO FIND QUALITY TENANTS THAT, UH, REALLY WANT TO BE HERE AND, AND ARE HIGH QUALITY, UH, TENANTS FOR THE, FOR GRAND PRAIRIE.
UH, KIND OF ELABORATE ON WHAT KIM SAID ABOUT, UH, THE LANDFILL.
AGAIN, THIS WAS ONE OF THE EARLY LANDFILLS OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
I BELIEVE IT WAS THE ONE BEFORE THE ONE ON MACARTHUR.
UM, THEY OPENED THIS, AS HE SAID, DUE TO ALL THE, THE GRAVEL MINING IN THE AREA.
UH, AND THEN SHUT IT DOWN ONCE THE SITE DID REACH FULL CAPACITY.
WE DID ACTUALLY DO SOME TEST PIT DIGGING OUT HERE PER, UH, APPROVAL WITH TCEQ AND OUR ENGINEERING CONSULTANT, OR EXCUSE ME, MY ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT.
UM, WE HAVE TRASH RANGING ON THE SITE FROM STARTING AT, YOU KNOW, ONE FOOT TO, UH, GOING OVER 22 FEET DEEP.
SO IT VARIES OVER THE SITE, DIFFERENT AREAS.
BUT ALL IN ALL, IT'S, THERE'S A LOT OF TRASH ON THE SITE.
UH, WE HAD A REPORT COMPLETED BY OUR ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT, BASICALLY, LONG STORY SHORT, THIS IS MU MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE THAT YOU'D SEE AT A LANDFILL.
THIS IS NOT HAZARDOUS MATERIAL.
THIS IS YOUR STANDARD HOUSEHOLD, UH, UM, GARBAGE.
I ACTUALLY WANNA SHOW YOU A VIDEO OF OUR, WE ACTUALLY, WHEN WE DID THE TEST PITS, JUST TO KIND OF SHOW YOU SOME OF THE, UH, UM, TRASH THAT WE PULLED OUT.
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SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS, UH, JUST YOUR STANDARD TRASH BAGS THAT YOU WOULD SEE AT A LANDFILL.SO, UM, LIKE I SAID, THE REPORT DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING HAZARDOUS.
UM, SO JUST KIND OF RECAPPING THE PROPERTY.
YOU KNOW, WE, THIS TYPE OF USE, WE BELIEVE WILL BE THE LEAST HARMFUL FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC HEALTH STANDPOINT.
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO DISTURB THE DIRT.
WE WANT TO KEEP THE CAP ON THIS PROPERTY, UM, UNDISTURBED.
IN FACT, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'LL HAVE TO DO IF APPROVED IN DEVELOPING THE PROPERTY IS WE'LL HAVE TO DO WHAT'S CALLED DYNAMIC COMPACTION.
AND REALLY, WE, WE WILL GET A CRANE ON THE SITE AND WE WILL, UH, HAS A WEIGHT ON IT, AND WE'LL PACK ALL THE TRASH DOWN AND GET IT ALL SMASHED.
WE'LL BRING IN NEW FILL, REALLY COVER IT WITH, UH, NEW DIRT AND PUT A, SO WE CAN STABILIZE THE PARKING LOT.
UM, YOU KNOW, TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY WITH ANY PERMANENT BUILDINGS LIKE A WAREHOUSE, IT, IT WILL COST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS JUST TO GET THIS PROPERTY BACK TO A NEUTRAL STATE, MEANING JUST RAW DIRT.
AND SO THIS IS WHY WE PROPOSED THE, THE PARKING LOT, JUST BECAUSE THERE IS A NEED IN THE AREA.
IT'S SOUGHT AFTER IT'S CENTRALLY LOCATED, WHICH THIS SITE IS EIGHT MINUTES FROM THE AIRPORT AS WELL.
SO, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE TAX REVENUE THAT WOULD HELP, UH, UH, FOR THE CITY.
WE DID REACH OUT TO THE ADJACENT LANDOWNERS.
UM, THEY DID PROVIDE THEIR LETTER OF SUPPORT.
THESE ARE THE TWO LANDOWNERS THAT DID SUPPORT THE PROJECT IN OUR REQUEST.
SO JUST TO DESCRIBE THE VARIANCE REQUESTS, UM, WE, UH, THE APPLICANT MUST PROVIDE, UH, 246 TREES PER THE UDC.
SO WE, WE RESPECTFULLY ASKED, UH, A VAR REQUEST THE VARIANCE FROM THIS REQUIREMENT DUE TO THE EXISTING EASEMENTS DETENTION REQUIREMENTS, A HUNDRED YEAR FLOODPLAIN, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH USABLE AREA TO MEET THIS REQUIREMENT.
ADDITIONALLY, MOST COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS TYPICALLY, TYPICALLY PROVIDE ONE TREE PER 500 SQUARE FEET OF REQUIRED LANDSCAPING AREA VERSUS ONE PER 250 SQUARE FEET.
IT IS OUR INTERPRETATION OF, OF THE CODE THAT THE REQUIREMENT OF ONE PER TWO 50 WAS REALLY MEANT FOR DEVELOPMENTS WITH WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS, UH, AND THE INTENT TO INCENTIVIZE DEVELOPERS TO PROVIDE NICER BUILDINGS.
'CAUSE IF YOU PROVIDE NICER BUILDINGS, YOU GOT RELIEF ON YOUR LANDSCAPING, UH, REQUIREMENTS.
UM, THE SECOND VARIANCE WE ARE REQUESTING IS THE 34 PARKING LOT TREES.
AGAIN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID ON THIS SITE, BECAUSE OF IT GETS REALLY COMPLICATED WITH TCEQ, IS RUNNING WATER LINES AND SEWER LINES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THERE'S ADDITIONAL MITIGATION THAT'S REQUIRED WHEN YOU RUN, RUN INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE SITE.
AGAIN, WE'RE, UM, TRYING TO MINIMIZE THIS.
WE'RE KEEPING MOST OF THE LANDSCAPING AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE PROPERTY, ALL THE TREES AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE PROPERTY, ALL THE BUSHES.
AND ALSO THIS PROPERTY WON'T BE CURBED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROPERTY.
SO IF WE PUT TREES OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROPERTY, THERE'S A POTENTIAL THAT TRAILERS COULD RUN OVER THEM AND, AND KNOCK THEM DOWN.
AND ALSO, UM, IT MIGHT NOT BECOME ECONOMICALLY VIABLE DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF SPACES THAT WE MIGHT LOSE.
UH, BECAUSE OF THE PARKING LOT TREES.
UM, THE, THE PROPOSED TRAILER MUST BE PLACED ON A PERMANENT FOUNDATION TO MEET THE SECONDARY FACADE REQUIREMENTS.
WE'RE HAPPY TO CLAD THIS AND MAKE IT LOOK PERMANENT.
WE DON'T WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE A TEMPORARY TRAILER.
UM, IT WILL, IT'S A MOBILE OFFICE IN NATURE, JUST BECAUSE OF THE LANDFILL.
IF YOU START DOING PERMANENT BUILDINGS FROM SCRATCH, IT'S A WHOLE LOT OF, UH, T-C-U-T-C-Q REQUIREMENTS, A DRINK OF WATER.
UM, AND SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS THE TRAILER, WE'LL SKIRT IT, MAKE IT LOOK NICE AND MASONRY, AND, BUT IT'LL HAVE, I GUESS WHAT YOU WOULD CALL AN AIR GAP SO THAT IT'S, IT'S NOT PERMANENTLY ON THE GROUND.
IT WILL BE PERMANENT, BUT IN VISUALLY.
BUT THAT'S WHY WE'RE PROPOSING THE TRAILER.
AND THEN THE LAST TWO CONDITIONS WE'RE, WE'RE AGREEABLE TO THIS AS WELL.
SO THAT KIND OF WRAPS UP MY PRESENTATION.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
OUR CIVIL ENGINEERS HERE, KIM'S HERE, HAMILTON'S HERE.
AND, UM, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN.
THANK YOU, JONATHAN, FOR YOUR TIME.
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UH, YOU KNOW, I LOVE THE USE OF SOMETHING THAT WAS BROKEN AND YOU FIXED IT AND, AND MADE IT USEFULNESS, SO THANK YOU.UM, AS FAR AS I KNOW YOU SAID YOU DON'T HAVE TENANTS YET MM-HMM
UH, BUT IN KEEPING WITH THAT, IS THERE SOME FORM OF REGULATION THAT YOU WILL HAVE SO THEY'RE NOT HAULING ANYTHING OR PARKING ANYTHING THERE THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE TOXIC OR ARE WE GONNA REGULATE WHAT'S BEING PARKED THERE? IS WHAT I WANT TO KNOW.
UM, SO OBVIOUSLY WE'LL MEET ALL CITY REQUIREMENTS OF THE TYPE OF TENANT, WHETHER THEY'RE HAVING SOMETHING HAZARDOUS OR NOT.
I CAN'T ANSWER, ANSWER THAT THIS TIME, BUT I'M PREDICTING NO, I MEAN, I'M, I'M IMAGINING THAT WE'LL HAVE A WAREHOUSE TENANT COME IN AND THEY JUST NEED, SAY THEY NEED, UH, THREE, 300 MORE SPACES OR 150 MORE SPACES, WE CAN PROVIDE THAT TO THEM.
SO WE'RE NOT, DON'T INTEND TO SEEK THAT TYPE OF TENANT AT THIS TIME.
AND THEN AS FAR, I I, THE OTHER CONCERN WAS LIKE THE WEIGHT LOSS FOR THE STREETS AND THAT REGULATION.
IS THERE GONNA BE A WEIGHT REQUIREMENT FOR THESE LOADS THAT ARE COMING TO BE PARKED THERE? UM, NOT NECESSARILY.
I MEAN, I JUST BEING CONFORMANCE WITH, I WOULD SAY EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S IN THE AREA.
UM, I DON'T, DON'T HAVE A SET WEIGHT THAT'S PROPOSED.
COMMISSIONER DOCO, JONATHAN, UH, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
THANKS FOR COMING BACK TO THE COMMISSION.
BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THOUGH, YOU REALLY AREN'T EVEN ENTERTAINING THE IDEA OF CONCRETE AS THAT LOT.
IT'S GONNA BE ASPHALT FROM THE BEGINNING.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE PROPOSING ASPHALT JUST DUE TO THE MOVEMENT.
THAT MIGHT BE POTENTIAL BECAUSE OF THE, THE LANDFILL.
SO WE WILL WORK WITH THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND WE WILL HAVE TO PROVIDE A, OUR ENGINEER WILL HAVE TO SIGN OFF ON IT AND IT'LL HAVE TO MEET THE CITY REQUIREMENTS.
BUT THE REASON WE DIDN'T DO CONCRETE IS BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL MOVEMENT AND THE CRACKING THAT MIGHT HAPPEN AND THE REPAIRS THAT WILL BE NE NECESSARY.
SO THERE, THERE'S REALLY NOT GONNA BE AN ATTEMPTED CONCRETE.
WE ARE REQUEST, BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA PUT CURVES IN AROUND ANY, WE'RE GONNA, IT'S GONNA BE STRIPED.
AND IT, IT, IT WILL HAVE CONCRETE IN THE APPROACHES, BUT ONCE YOU GET ACROSS THE PROPERTY LINE, WE'RE PROPOSING ASPHALT.
AND YOU DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING FOR THE INTERIOR PARKING LOT TREES THAT STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED.
AND I, I'VE TALKED WITH OUR, OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, WE'VE NEVER SEEN THIS REQUIRED FOR TRAILER SPACES.
TYPICALLY IT'S FOR PEDESTRIAN VEHICLES AND, AND PROVIDING TREES WITHIN A HUNDRED FEET OF A PARKING SPOT.
WE'VE NEVER SEEN IT PROPOSED FOR A, UM, A TRAILER DEVELOPMENT.
WE WOULD PROBABLY LOSE AT LEAST 50 SPACES IF WE HAVE TO PUT THESE IN BECAUSE OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
I HAVE, UH, UH, ONE CONCERN I REALLY HAVE IS SINCE IT WAS A LANDFILL, THE ENVIRONMENTAL, NOW THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY, WAS THAT DONE ON YOUR END OR THE CITY'S IN OUR ED? YEAH.
BECAUSE I KNOW I'VE, I'VE HEARD SOME PLACES THAT HAVE HAD LANDFILLS EVENTUALLY, YOU KNOW, FOLKS GET SICK.
SO THIS IS A PRETTY SERIOUS ISSUE IN MY MIND.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE NOT PROPOSING A WAREHOUSE.
S WHY WE'RE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING THAT WILL HAVE MINIMAL, UH, AS FAR AS STAFFING AND, UM, HUMAN INTERACTION WITH THE PROPERTY.
I MEAN, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT STORAGE OF TRAILER, SO IT WOULD BE PEOPLE IN THEIR VEHICLES MOVING TRAILERS IN AND OUT, OR MAYBE TO THEIR WAREHOUSE.
AND SO WELL, BUT, BUT AS, AS FAR AS VISIBILITY, OUR STAFF TAKES GREAT PRIDE AND TIME INTO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
AND WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THE CITY LOOKS LIKE.
AND AS YOU DRIVE THROUGH, SO THERE'S A REASON FOR ASKING FOR THE ADDITIONAL TREES, EVERYTHING THAT WE ASK FOR, THERE'S A REASON.
SO I WOULD THINK MAYBE YOU MIGHT WANNA BE A LITTLE BIT MORE AMENABLE TO TRYING TO SURE.
CONSIDER WHAT WE HAVE ON THE TABLE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHO WE TRUST TO DO THIS WORK, TO TELL US WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
I'M JUST A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT UNDERSTOOD.
IF WE, I WILL SAY, IF, IF OF THE TWO VARIANCES THAT WE NEED TO MEET, THE, THE FIRST ONE OF THE 246 TREES WILL, IS MORE DOABLE FROM OUR END AND ECONOMICAL, UH, VIABLE END THAN THE SECOND ONE WITH THE PARKING LOT TREE.
SO WE WERE HAPPY TO ADD SOME ADDITIONAL TREES AROUND THE PERIMETER.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING THE DOUBLE ROW SCREENING ON 1 61.
WE WERE TAKING THAT SERIOUSLY, UM, AND HAVING THE, THE NICER FENCE.
SO IF, IF IT COMES DOWN TO IT, WE'RE HAPPY TO TRY TO PUT MORE TREES ON THE PROPERTY.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY HERE FROM ENVIRONMENTAL SAVANNAH? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT WE'RE JUST HEARING YOUR PERSPECTIVE.
AND WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY PAPER TRAIL ON THAT, SO I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
BUT, UH, THIS IS YOUR AREA, UH, COMMISSIONER DUCO B, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION FOR ABDUL IF, UH, YOU DON'T MIND IF HE CAN STAND IN AS THE PROXY FOR
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THE ENVIRONMENTAL FOLKS? OKAY.ABDUL, I DEFINITELY AM TAKING A LITTLE BIT TO HEART WHAT HE HAS MENTIONED IN TERMS OF RECLAIMING A SITE AS A EX MUNICIPAL, UH, WASTE PLACE.
THE, AND SO THERE'S A LITTLE, LITTLE BIT OF SYMPATHY ABOUT THE STUFF ON THE INTERIOR BECAUSE IF HE DOES HAVE TO RUN LINES AND STUFF IN THERE, HE'S GOTTA MESS WITH A LOT OF DIRT THAT TCEQ WOULD JUST PREFER THAT HE ACTUALLY JUST COMPACT DOWN AND JUST COVER AND NEVER USE AGAIN.
YOU'VE GOT, BUT HE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE AMENABLE TO THE PERIMETER TREES AND YOU'VE GOT 246 OF 'EM.
IS IT MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU WOULD HAVE HIM PUT THOSE, SOME OF THOSE TREES BETWEEN HIS LOT AND THE ENCORE UTILITY EASEMENT TO THE SOUTH? SO, YEAH, 2 46 HAS TO BE MET AT THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS, UH, THE NORTH, ALONG THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY IS LIKE THE THINNEST, THE SHORTEST WIDTH.
SO THEY'D BE ALL ALONG 1 61? MOST OF THEM, YES.
THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE CURRENTLY ARE.
AS, AS I, I WAS, THE ONLY REASON I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE AS I LOOK AT THE MAP, HIS SOUTHERN BOUNDARY DOESN'T REALLY AFFECT ANYBODY.
AND THE SIDE THAT FACES HARD WORK, HARD, HARD ROCK ROAD, THAT'S GONNA BE, THAT'S THE BUSINESS SIDE AND IT'S GONNA FRONT MORE WAREHOUSES IN THE FUTURE.
THAT'S NOT THE, THAT'S NOT, SO YOU'D LIKE IT TO LOOK NICE, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SCREENED LIKE IT WOULD BE ON 1 61.
SO OUR, OUR CONDITIONS OF COURSE IS OFF OF APPENDIX X, AND I DID SPEAK TO RASHAD IN REGARDS TO THIS, AND HE DID REVIEW THE STAFF REPORT AND PUT OKAYED THE CONDITIONS BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE CONDITIONS ARE, OF COURSE, OFF OF APPENDIX X, AND THAT'S WHY WE WERE NOT IN SUPPORT OF THE VARIANCES.
I'M JUST THAT SOMETIMES THE, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE APPENDIXES AND THE OVERALL OF LIKE WHERE THE SITE IS AND HE'S RIGHT.
THAT SITE HAS LIED FALLOW FOR MM-HMM
COULD MISS, MISS SAVANNAH, DO YOU HAVE ANY INPUT ON THIS FOR US? SO AGAIN, STAFF TRIES TO BE OBJECTIVE IN OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND, AND TREAT DEVELOPMENTS CONSISTENTLY.
YOU'VE HEARD KIND OF THE, THE CONSTRAINTS OF THAT LOCATION AND ARE WELCOME TO EITHER MODIFY THOSE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL OR, OR NOT RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THEM.
I, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD PROJECT.
IT'S NOT THAT I DISAGREE WITH THE PROJECT, I JUST AM CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW WE GO ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, AND, UM, I THINK THERE SHOULD BE SOME GIVE AND TAKE ON BOTH SIDES A LITTLE BIT MORE.
AND WE WILL BE WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WE, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH TCQ PERMITTING FOR ALL OF THIS, AND THAT WILL TAKE SOME TIME AND WE'LL HAVE TO WORK WITH THE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL DEPARTMENT AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF, UH, STUFF WE GOTTA DO WORK WITH T UH, TDOT AND THE TRINITY RIVER CORRIDOR.
SO THERE WE WILL, WE'RE GONNA TRY OUR BEST AND TO BE, UH, TO GET SOMETHING THAT'S AMENABLE TO STAFF AND TO THE CITY.
SO, WELL, COMMISSIONER, UH, FEDORKO, THIS IS YOUR, I HAVE ONE MORE.
COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, I GUESS OPERATION FOR THE STAFF, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING GOING BACK TO THE, THE LAND USE OF PREVIOUS LAND USE, UM, AND SPECIFICALLY THE TREES.
I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL CAN HEAR ME OR NOT.
UM, PRIMARILY FOR THE, UM, THE PARKING, I THINK CERTAINLY AGREE WITH, UH, WITH THEM AS WELL THERE, YOU KNOW, TO TRY TO MOVE, YOU KNOW, UM, JUST BIG VEHICLES THROUGH THERE AND YOU HAVE TREES, IT'S REALLY NOT THAT EASY TO, TO, TO NAVIGATE.
AND I'M NOT SURE IF WE HAVE ANYTHING IN GRAND PRAIRIE THAT, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR IN TERMS OF A PARKING LOT THERE THAT, UH, AND HOW MANY, YOU KNOW, TREES WISE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY FLEXIBILITY FOR US TO WORK WITH, UH, WITH THEM TO BE ABLE TO, UM, UH, ESPECIALLY THE TREES PIECE OF IT ON THE, ON THE INSIDE.
I THINK IT IS THE, UH, PROPOSED MM-HMM
THEY'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH THE STAFF, YOU KNOW, I WONDER IF, UH, THE INSIDE WORK ABLE TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT A DIFFERENT WAY OR OPTION FOR THAT.
UH, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, ANY, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY INPUT ON THIS? BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BRING, UM, SOMETHING NEW TO THE CITY THAT WE NEED AND, YOU KNOW, WITH SO MUCH, UH, YOU KNOW, THEIR TRUCKS EVERYWHERE.
AND I SEE 'EM IN DALLAS A LOT, AND THEY LINE UP GOING TO AMAZON OR WHEREVER THEY'RE GOING.
AND THEY JUST SEEMS LIKE THAT THEY'RE EVERYWHERE.
AND SO THAT, IF THAT WOULD HELP AS FAR AS, UM, UH, FOLKS BEING ABLE TO GET TO WHERE THEY GET TO GO QUICK, QUICKER MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, AND THEN IT STILL LOOK NICE.
I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE A, A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
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WE HOPE TO HAVE TENANTS THAT WILL BELIEVE IN THAT AS WELL.AND YOU KNOW, YOU'VE, YOU'VE SEEN ALL THE, YOU'VE SEEN SIA UP TO THE NORTH, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF, UH, TRAILER PARKING.
WE'RE GONNA DO THIS, BUT WAY NICER AND TO A HIGHER LEVEL.
SO WE, WE JUST WANTED TO, UH, BE A, UM, A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND PROVIDE A DEVELOPMENT TO THE CITY THAT IS ACCEPTABLE AND, UM, AND ALSO PLEASING AT THE SAME TIME VISUALLY.
DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING, SAY SAVANNAH? OH, I WAS JUST GONNA REITERATE THAT IT, GRANTING THOSE VARIANCES IS UP TO YOUR DISCRETION AND THAT YOU CAN WEIGH WHAT HE'S SAID, THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE SITE, AND, AND MAKE YOUR DETERMINATION.
MADAM CHAIR, IF IT'S ALL RIGHT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
I'LL JUST PREAMBLE THIS WITH IT IS MY DISTRICT.
I LOVE TREES, BUT MOST PEOPLE THAT COME TO US WITH DEVELOPMENT AREN'T DEVELOPING ON TOP OF AN OLD RIGHT.
I GOTTA GIVE THE GUY A LITTLE BIT OF SLACK FOR THAT.
AS MUCH AS I LOVE TREES AND IT, YOU KNOW, WOULD LOOK NICER.
SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON, UH, SUP DASH 23 DASH ZERO SEVEN DASH 0 0 2 6 AND APPROVE PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS EXCEPT FOR, UH, THEIR RECOMMENDATION TO THAT THE APPLICANT PROVIDE 35 34, UH, PARKING TREES IN THE, UH, PARKING LOT.
CAN I DO THAT? IS THAT ACCURATELY WORDED? THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO STAFF? YES.
I SECOND THAT WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM 12 AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS EXCEPT FOR ITEM TWO.
UM, AND, UH, WE ALSO HAVE A, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.
I DON'T, PROBABLY DIDN'T SAY THAT CORRECTLY, BUT YOU GET THE GIST OF IT ALL.
IN FAVOR OF THIS MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
[13. ZON-23-10-0039 - Zoning Change/Concept Plan - Hardrock Industrial (City Council District 1). Zoning Change/Concept Plan from PD-389 for Multi-family uses and SF-1 to a PD for Light Industrial use and a concept plan depicting a 286,800 sq. ft. Warehouse with heavy trailer parking on 16.82 acres. Multiple tracts out of John C. Read, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Planned Development (PD-389), within SH 161 Corridor Overlay, and approximated addresses of 3514-3560 Hardrock Rd and 4701 Hardrock Rd.]
LAST CASE FOR TONIGHT IS, UH, A ZONE CHANGE SLASH CONCEPT PLAN FOR HARD ROCK, UH, INDUSTRIAL.UH, THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED, UH, SOUTH OF ROCK ISLAND ROAD AND WEST OF HARD ROCK ROAD.
UH, THE, THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT IS FOR OFFICE SLASH WAREHOUSE WITH AN OPTION FOR HEAVY TRUCK PARKING.
UH, AND THE SITE IS UNDER 17 ACRES.
THEY ARE PROVIDING TWO CONCEPT PLANS.
THIS IS THE FIRST OR THE PRIMARY CONCEPT PLAN.
THIS IS, UH, 200 AND 287,000 SQUARE FOOT, UH, OFFICE WAREHOUSE WITH HEAVY TRUCK PARKING, UH, TO THE NORTH.
AND THIS IS THE ALTERNATIVE CONCEPT PLAN, WHICH IS A 345,000 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE SLASH WAREHOUSE.
THESE ARE THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS.
THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES AT THIS TIME.
UH, WE SEND OUT 23 LETTERS, HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY, UH, AND DRC IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
AND JONATHAN IS HERE TO PRESENT THE REST OF HIS PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR ABDUL? THANK YOU.
WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? UH, JUST ONE MADAM CHAIR FROM JONATHAN TOOLEY.
UH, SO OUR FINAL ITEM TONIGHT IS JOHN, BE THE STATE.
FOR THE RECORD, YOU GOTTA PUT YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AGAIN.
JONATHAN TOOLEY, UH, WITH HAMILTON COMMERCIAL 4 0 1 EAST HOUSE PARKWAY, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.
MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR CONSIDERING ANOTHER ITEM OF OURS.
UH, THIS IS FOR A PROPOSED REZONING OUT ON ROCK ISLAND AND HARD ROCK.
THIS IS, IF YOU GO OUT THIS DIRECTION, THIS IS ACTUALLY THE VERY TIPPY TOP OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
I MEAN, ACROSS THE ROAD IS IRVING.
SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS TO TRANSITION THIS, UH, TRACK FROM MULTIFAMILY THREE TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
CURRENTLY, THAT, UH, PIECE OF DIRT HAS, UH, ENTITLEMENT FOR MAX DENSITY OF 35 UNITS AN ACRE.
SO WITH THE, UH, POTENTIAL APPROVAL OF THIS REZONING, WE WOULD BE ACTUALLY BE REDUCING THE CITY PIPELINE BY ALMOST 600 UNITS.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE PROPOSED CONCEPT PLAN THAT WE'RE, UH, PUT TOGETHER, UH, HAS, HAS TWO BUILDING, OR IT'S ONE BUILDING, BUT WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT CONCEPT PLANS, AND I'LL EXPLAIN THAT HERE IN A SECOND.
UM, WITH, WITH THE ANCILLARY TRAILER PARKING, UH, AND ALSO, UH, MADAM CHAIR, WE, WE MET WITH THE NEIGHBOR TO THE SOUTH, WHICH IS A SMALL MOBILE HOME PARK.
WE MET WITH THE OWNER, WE SHOWED OUR PLANS AND OUR DEVELOPMENT MET, MET WITH THEM, AND THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH OUR REQUEST.
SO THIS IS, UH, OPTION A, THIS IS OUR PRIMARY CONCEPT PLAN.
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WITH THE, UH, TRAILER PARKING, WHICH MEETS, UH, CITY CODE.THE SECOND OPTION THAT WE'RE PROVIDING IS 345,000 SQUARE FEET.
SO THE REASON WE'RE PROPOSING TO IS RIGHT NOW, THIS IS A SPECULATIVE, SPECULATIVE BUILDING, SO WE DON'T HAVE AN END USER IN, IN, IN TOW YET.
SO WE WILL HAVE THAT INFORMATION AS WE GET CLOSER TO SITE PLAN APPLICATION AND DESIGNING THE SITE FOR THE END USER.
SO WITH THAT, WE MIGHT GET AN END USER THAT MIGHT JUST WANT ALL THE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, PARKING, OR WE MIGHT HAVE ONE THAT WANTS TO PAR A LITTLE BIT OF PARKING WITH THE BUILDING, UH, TO COMPLIMENT THEIR OPERATIONS.
SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS FOR EITHER ONE TO BE CONSIDERED AT SITE PLAN WITHOUT TRIGGERING A CONCEPT PLAN APPLICATION.
AGAIN, EVERYTHING WILL HAVE TO MEET CITY CODE AND, AND FOLLOW THE, UH, APPROVED ORDINANCE.
THIS IS A CONCEPTUAL ELEVATION.
UM, I THINK IT LOOKS PRETTY NICE.
IT WILL, UH, WE'LL HAVE TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE SOME, UH, RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION.
SO IT'LL BE A NICE BIG LANDSCAPE BUFFER THERE.
ADDITIONALLY, THIS LOCATION IS SIX MINUTES FROM THE SOUTHERN ENTRANCE OF DFW AIRPORT, AND THERE'S A LOT OF FREIGHT COMING IN AND OUTTA THE AIRPORT.
WE FEEL LIKE THIS WILL BE A HIGHLY SOUGHT LOCATION FOR AN END USER THAT'S LOOKING TO MOVE WHATEVER THEIR FREIGHT OR WHATEVER.
UM, DUE TO THE LOCATION OF DFW AIRPORT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, UM, OR CONCERNS OF, OF THE PLANNING, ZONING, COMMISSION.
COMMERS, ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK WE'VE, UH, DEALT WITH THIS ALREADY RIGHT NOW.
I I THINK IT'S A NICE PROPOSAL.
I REALLY DO, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT THE CITY COULD PROBABLY USE.
UM, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? I MEAN, HAVE YOU, HAVE Y'ALL STARTED, YOU KNOW, LOOKING, UM, WHAT DO YOU THINK THE TIMELINE WOULD BE ON ACTUALLY GETTING A TENANT IN THERE? WELL, IT WILL BE A LITTLE WHILE BEFORE THIS WILL BE DEVELOPED.
I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING THAT WE'LL HAVE TO GO INTO IT.
IT COULD BE A COUPLE YEARS, TWO OR THREE YEARS MM-HMM
UM, SO, UH, END USER, WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE YET ON THAT.
THAT WILL BE WITH OUR BROKER AND WE'LL FIND WHATEVER MAY BE IN DEMAND, UH, FOR THAT AREA.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? COMMISSIONER GON, I HAVE A QUESTION TOO.
THE SOUTHEAST SAID THERE WAS SOME MOBILE PARK MM-HMM
AND THEN I THINK, UH, TO THE EAST, UH, OR JUST ON THE EAST SIDE THERE, THERE'S, UH, SOME HOMES, I GUESS YOU, YOU KNOW MM-HMM
IT'S, UM, I'M ASSUMING ALL THAT PROPERTY HAS BEEN BOUGHT OUT OR, SO THERE'S EXISTING MOBILE HOME PARK THERE TO THE SOUTH.
SO WE, WE MET WITH THEM JUST SO THEY WOULDN'T BE BLINDSIDED AND SHARE OUR PLANS AND EVERYTHING.
TO THE WEST IS ACTUALLY AN ENCORE SUBSTATION.
SO EVERYTHING, ALL THE DOCK DOORS AND EVERYTHING, THEY'RE GONNA BE FACING AN ENCORE SUBSTATION.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE FACING ANY RESIDENTIAL, ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? COMMISSIONER FEDCO, MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ITEM 13, WHICH IS A ZONING MATTER, DASH 23 DASH 10 DASH 0 0 3 9, AND, UH, APPROVE PER RECOMMENDATIONS.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE.
ITEM 13, UM, PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
UM, LIKE TO WISH EVERYBODY A VERY HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON AND BE SAFE OUT THERE.
AND WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED AT 7:33 PM.