* 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. , [00:00:01] WELCOME [Planning and Zoning Briefing Session] TO THE STAFF BRIEFING OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE MEETING OF, WHAT IS THIS, JANUARY 22ND, 2024. 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 5:32 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'LL 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. FRANK GONZALEZ. HERE. JULIA PEREZ. HERE. KOKA. JOHN FCO. CHRISTOPHER KOOLE. HERE, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT EXCEPT FOR COLIN RAMIREZ, TY CHAPMAN, KOKA, AND JOHN FCO. COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE REMEMBER TO TURN ON YOUR MICROPHONE BEFORE YOU SPEAK TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE CAN HEAR YOU. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS WE NEED TO BE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION? NO. MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, STAFF. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO PRESENT? GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. HEY JEN. SO THE FIRST ITEM, UM, ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT IS FOR A SITE PLAN CONSIDERATION, WHICH IS THE ITEM FIVE FOR STP 23 10 24. THIS IS FOR HAMILTON COMMERCIAL HEADQUARTERS. SO AS YOU MAY RECOGNIZE, THE, THE AREA IS ALREADY ZONED FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. UM, JULY OF LAST YEAR, WE APPROVED A CONCEPT PLAN FOR THE PROPOSED WAREHOUSE. SO THEY'RE NOW COMING THROUGH WITH THE SITE PLAN AND THEY'LL GO THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES REQUIRED. SO THIS, THIS REQUEST IS FOR A SITE PLAN FOR A NEW OFFICE WAREHOUSE. ACTUALLY, THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SAYING THIS WILL BE ACTUALLY FOR THEIR OWN EMPLOYEES. SO IT'LL BE MAINLY OFFICE WITH SOME STORAGE ROOM AND WAREHOUSE FOR THEIR OWN FIELD EMPLOYEES. IT WILL NOT BE A SPECULATIVE, UH, WAREHOUSE FOR, UH, FUTURE TENANTS. OKAY. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THIS IS LOCATED AT 21 0 5 BARDEN ROAD. HERE'S THE, UM, SITE PLAN. YOU'VE ALREADY KIND OF SEEN THE PROPOSAL. I THINK AT THAT TIME WE WERE JUST KIND OF CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC AND ALL THAT, BUT THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT ONLY TRUCKS THAT THEY WILL HAVE, IT WILL BE A BOX TRUCK FOR THEIR OWN EMPLOYEES AND THEIR OWN JUST REGULAR TRUCKS FOR THEIR, UH, FIELD EMPLOYEES. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THERE ARE MEETING OUR UDC REQUIREMENT FOR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL STANDARD AS WELL AS THE PARKING STANDARDS. THEY ARE MEETING THE LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENT AS SHOWN PROVIDING TREE, UM, ALONG THE BARTON, UH, THE FULL EXTENT OF THE BARTON ROAD AS SHOWN. HERE'S THE CONCEPT ELEVATIONS THAT YOU HAVE SEEN. SO IT'S JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HOW THEY'RE TRYING TO ENHANCE THE APPEARANCE WITH THIS, UM, ONE LAYER OF JUST A BLANK WALL IN FRONT OF IT AS A DECORATIVE UH, ELEMENT, BUT YOU CAN ALSO SEE HOW THEY HAVE A LOT OF GLAZING, UH, FOR THEIR OF OFFICE SPACES. SO HERE ARE THE ELEVATIONS PROPOSED. THEY ARE MEETING THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE UDC AND APPENDIX X. THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES. DRC STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. THIS CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION. I'LL BE HERE TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, I, I LOOKED AT, AT SOMETHING ON HERE. I WAS WONDERING, IT LOOKED, THERE ARE THREE, THERE'S THE OTHER SIDES ARE RESIDENTIAL, SO WELL, SO WHAT, WAS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO THE COMMUNITY WITH REGARD TO BRINGING IN A WAREHOUSE THERE? SO, UM, AT THE ZONING PHASE, I DO RECALL THERE WERE FEW INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THE ZONE CHANGES, BUT WE HAD TO INFORM THEM THAT THE ZONING WAS ALREADY THERE FOR THE LINE INDUSTRIAL. BUT CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT ONE, THIS IS GONNA BE MAINLY OFFICE WAREHOUSE OPERATING DURING THE REGULAR HOURS, NOT A WAREHOUSE THAT ARE OPEN OVERNIGHT, I THINK THAT WILL HELP THEIR ISSUE. AND ALSO THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED A NOISE STUDY PER PUBLIC HEALTH REQUIREMENT AT THAT REPORT SAYS THE THIRD PARTY HAS CONDUCTED A ILLINOIS STUDY AND BASED ON THEIR PROPOSED USE, THEY DO NOT THINK THERE WILL BE ANY ISSUES FROM THE NEIGHBORING, UH, NOISE ISSUES WITH THE NEIGHBORS, UH, SOUTH OF THE CREEK. UH, WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY OPPOSITION LETTERS SO FAR. THAT'S ALL I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT THIS. THE OTHER THING I, OTHER THING I WAS WONDERING IS THAT, UH MM-HMM SINCE IT'S GONNA, IT'S IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA, UH, HOW, HOW CLOSE TO A SCHOOL IS GONNA AFFECT TRAFFIC AT, AT ANY, AT ANY TIME BECAUSE THEY'RE [00:05:01] GONNA HAVE MOVEMENT, YOU KNOW, THAT BEING IN OFFICE BUILDING? I DON'T BELIEVE SO. I THINK THIS AREA IS MAINLY JUST WAREHOUSE OFFICES EXCEPT FOR SOME OF THE RESIDENTIAL AREA THAT'S BEEN SISTANCE, UH, FOR A WHILE TO THE FAR EAST, I BELIEVE. MM-HMM . YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NEAREST COULD FIND OUT WHAT THE NEAREST SCHOOL IS. I WAS CUR, WHAT IS IT? FLORENCE HILL. FLORENCE HILL. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE TRAFFIC ON THAT. SURE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT? OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. HELLO, THIS IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX STP 23 12 0 0 2 9. THIS IS A SITE PLAN REQUEST FOR AN INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE AT 5 0 2 WEST OAKDALE ROAD. THIS IS THE NEW SPECULATIVE WAREHOUSE. THERE ARE NO TENANTS LINED UP YET, AS FAR AS I KNOW. UH, IT IS AT A LOT THAT IS 20.03 ACRES AND IT IS ZONE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. SO IT'S A 355,540 FOOT SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE. UM, SO IT IS SUBJECT TO OUR APPENDIX X STANDARDS, BUT IT'S MEETING OUR APPENDIX X STANDARDS, OUR DENSITY DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS IN ARTICLE SIX AND OUR PARKING STANDARDS OF ARTICLE 10. SO THE LANDSCAPE PLAN, IT'S BROKEN INTO TWO PARTS. I WANNA INCLUDE BOTH OF THOSE. SO Y'ALL COULD SEE, UM, IT IS MEETING ALL OF OUR LANDSCAPE STANDARDS ACTUALLY EXCEEDING THEM. AND IT ALSO, BECAUSE IT'S A 20 ACRE LOT, IT IS SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPE STANDARDS AND APPENDIX X. SO OUR OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS, AND IT'S ALSO MEETING THAT. SO IF YOU LOOK ON THE EASTERN PROPERTY LINE, THIS HERE IS ALL OF THEIR OPEN SPACE. SO THEY ARE PROVIDING 1.36 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE. THAT INCLUDES 1,210 LINEAR, LINEAR FEET OF WALKING TRAILS, 20 BENCH SEATS, 7,243 SQUARE FOOT OF GARDEN AREAS. SO ALL THOSE, UM, BLACK SEMI CIRCLES THERE, THOSE ARE ALL, UH, BUTTERFLY GARDENS ACTUALLY. UM, AND DOWN HERE IS THEIR WATER FEATURE. SO THEY ARE MEETING THOSE OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS. SEE, THESE ARE THEIR ELEVATIONS. THAT TOP ONE IS ONE OF THEIR SECONDARY ELEVATIONS. THE SOUTH IS THEIR PRIMARY ONE. UM, SO THEY'RE PROVIDING CONCRETE TILT WALLS. ALL FOUR FACADES ARE ACTUALLY MASONRY, A HUNDRED PERCENT MASONRY, AND THEY'RE PROVIDING GLAZING HORIZONTAL VERTICAL ARTICULATION AND ACCENT LIGHTING. SO THIS IS THEIR WESTERN ELEVATION AT THE TOP, THAT'S WHERE THEIR TRUCK'S DOCKING IS. AND IN THEIR EASTERN ELEVATION, THAT'S WHAT WILL FACE THAT OPEN SPACE THAT HAS ALL OF THEIR, UH, THREE MAIN ENTRANCES THERE. THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES. AND DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. WOO. WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, COMMISSIONERS ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS FABULOUS PRESENTATION, , THIS IS REALLY GOOD. I I JUST REALLY LIKED THE FACT THAT THEY'RE DOING THE, UH, THE, UH, THE BUTTERFLY GARDEN SPACE AND ALL THAT SPACE. IT'S VERY NICE. SO IS THAT KINDA LIKE A LITTLE MINI PARK KIRK? BECAUSE IT'S GONNA HAVE BENCHES AND EVERYTHING? YEAH, BUT IT'LL HAVE, YEAH, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE BENCHES, A WATER FEATURE. THEY'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WALKING TRAILS. SO THAT HOLE ALONG THE ENTIRE EASTERN PROPERTY LINE IS GOING TO BE LOOK LIKE A MINI PARK CENTER. IS THAT GONNA BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, I'M ASSUMING? OR IS IT? I BELIEVE SO. IS THIS SPACE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? NO, JUST, IT'S JUST FOR THE SITE. JUST JUST PASS BY AND LOOK AT IT. BUT YOU CAN IT BEAUTIFUL WHEN YOU PASS BY. OKAY. INTERESTING. THEY MIGHT, NEIGHBORS MIGHT WANNA CHANGE SOME MIND ON THAT. , I'M SURE SOMEBODY MIGHT WALK THROUGH THERE, BUT IT'S, IT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY. MM-HMM . MM. OKAY. I HATE TO HEAR THAT IT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY ON THERE. I KNOW, I'D LOVE TO SEE IT, BUT I MEAN, BECAUSE THAT WOULD MEAN TO MEAN TO ME IT'S, IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND THAT YOU HAVE NEIGHBORS, THEY'RE PAYING TAXES TOO. YEAH, BUT I GET IT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. THE NEXT ITEM IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR HARD ROCK INDUSTRIAL. UH, THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED, UH, AT THE CORNER OF HARD ROCK ROAD AND ROCK ISLAND ROAD. THE CURRENT FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATES THIS AREA AS HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS WITHIN THE RED BOUNDARY. AND THE PROPOSED, UH, FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. AND THIS IS TO ALIGN WITH THE APPROVED CONCEPT PLAN. IF YOU REMEMBER, THIS WAS A PROJECT THAT CAME BACK, UH, IN DECEMBER, UH, TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HAD TWO SEPARATE CONCEPT PLANS AND ALTERNATIVE AND A PRIMARY, AND THIS IS JUST HOUSEKEEPING AT THIS POINT, TO ALIGN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MAP TO THE, UH, REQUESTED ZONING, UH, RECOMMENDATION IS STAFF IS UNABLE TO SUPPORT THEIR REQUEST BECAUSE IT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. HOWEVER, THE REQUESTED CHANGE MATCHES THE PREDOMINANT USE, UH, IN THIS AREA. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY. COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? I THINK IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO THE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT ON THE NICE AGENDA IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, SUP 23, UH, 12 0 0 4 9 FOR AQUA SPECIAL EVENT CENTER. SO AQUA IS JUST THE [00:10:01] NAME OF THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY, BUT THEY ARE THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY WHO OWNS AND OPERATES THE ASIA TIMES SQUARE ON PIONEER. SO THIS IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUEST TO ALLOW A SPECIAL EVENT CENTER AT THE EXISTING BUILDING. UH, THE ZONING IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND IT IS SURROUNDED BY LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AREA. SO THIS RED LINE ON THE MAP REPRESENTS ACTUALLY THE, UH, CITY LIMITS TO THE WEST OF IT IS THE CITY OF ARLINGTON AND TO THE SOUTH OF IT, THIS IS ON ABOVE LOT. HOWEVER, ALL THE ZONING OF THE SURROUNDING AREA IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. THERE'S NO, UH, RESIDENTIAL ZONING. UH, RIGHT. UM, ABUTTING THIS SUBJECT PROPERTY. SO WITH THAT SAID, THIS IS GOING TO BE LOCATED IN THE BACK PORTION OF THE BUILDING. THIS IS WHERE IF YOU'VE BEEN TO THE SITE, I THINK THEY HAVE LIKE A LARGE APPLIANCE STORE CALLED TRON. I THINK THEY'RE GONNA REDUCE THE LEASE AREA FOR THAT BUSINESS AND THEN TRY TO USE SOME OF THE ROOM IN THE BACK, UM, RENOVATE IT AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE FOR ESPECIALLY EVENTS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN RENT OUT THE SPACE AND HOLD PERFORMANCES, CONCERTS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO THE EVENT TYPES THAT THEY'RE THINKING OF HOLDING HERE ARE CONCERTS, CONVENTIONS, ANY SPORTING RELATED EVENTS OR ANY OTHER EVENTS THAT IS OPEN TO PEOPLE TO JUST BOOK THE SPACE AND USE IT. SO THIS IS THE SITE, UM, KIND OF A FLOOR PLAN PROPOSED, JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS TO THE NORTH OR THE, I MEAN, SORRY, THIS IS TO THE SOUTH, WHICH IS THE BACK OF THE BUILDING. SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT'S WHERE THE STAGE WILL BE. SO THEY'RE PROPOSING A LITTLE STAGE AREA AND JUST OPEN FLOOR PLAN SO THAT CAN, PEOPLE CAN SET UP TABLES AND CHAIRS AND SEATINGS AS NEEDED SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY HOLD UP TO 10,000 ATTENDEES AT MAXIMUM, NOT SAY. RIGHT. NOT SAYING I'M SORRY. THANK YOU . I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. SORRY, . I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE 10,000 SQUARE FEET. SORRY ABOUT THAT. . SO THEY CAN HOLD UP TO A THOUSAND ATTENDEES, NOT MEANING THAT THEY'LL ALWAYS HAVE AN EVENT THAT LARGE, JUST THERE'S A LISTING AT THE MAXIMUM CAPACITY, JUST FOR OUR UNDERSTANDING. UM, THEIR HOURS OPERATION WILL BE DAILY FROM 11 TO MIDNIGHT, MEANING I THINK THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY IS ON SITE. THEY ACTUALLY HAVE AN OFFICE RIGHT ACROSS FROM THIS VENUE. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE TO THE SOUTH OF IT. SO I THINK THEY'RE JUST KIND OF REFERRING TO THAT BE JUST THEIR MANAGEMENT COMPANY AREA. AND THE EVENT WILL BE WHENEVER THAT STARTS AT NIGHT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. SO THEY WILL BE, UH, PROVIDING FOOD AND BEVERAGES VIA ANY, UM, TENANTS W***E, UH, ANYBODY WHO'S RENTING THE FACILITY. THEY'LL BRING THEIR OWN. THEN THERE'S AN, UH, FOOD LICENSES AND ALCOHOL LICENSES AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. THEY PLAN TO HIRE TWO TO SIX, UM, SECURITY OFFICERS FOR EACH EVENT DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE EVENT AND THE AREA THAT THEY NEED TO COVER. THEY DO ALREADY HAVE SOME SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS, BUT THEY PLAN ON ADDING LITTLE MORE BOTH INDOORS AND OUTDOORS SO THEY CAN, UM, A REAL TIME KIND OF MONITOR WHAT ACTIVITIES ARE HAPPENING AROUND THE SITE. AND THEY PROMISE THAT THEY WILL HAVE AT LEAST ONE OR TWO MEMBERS OF THE TEAM MANAGEMENT TEAM BE PRESENT AT THESE MEET, UM, EVENTS. SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF SHOW YOU THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO PROPOSE LIKE A LITTLE STAGE AREA BECAUSE I THINK PART OF THAT IS THEY REALLY WANT TO BE ABLE TO OPEN UP THE SPACE BOARD LIKE A DANCE CONCERT OR A MUSIC CONCERT OR BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING ASIA TIMES SQUARE, I FEEL LIKE THEY WANTED TO FEATURE THOSE CULTURAL TALENT THAT NEEDS A SPACE TO PERFORM. I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THEIR, UH, MAIN PURPOSE FOR THIS SUP. WITH THAT SAID, THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES AND DRC STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME? ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER MADDEN? MM-HMM . JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION. DO YOU KNOW IF THAT STAGE IS A PERMANENT STAGE OR IF THAT IS IT IT IS PLANNED TO BE A PERMANENT STAGE? IT IS, YES, MA'AM. MM-HMM . OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES. THANK YOU. JUNE, UM, THE ACTUAL BUILDING ITSELF HAS BEEN THERE, RIGHT? AND YOU SAID THEY'RE JUST GONNA REPURPOSE IT? IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? YES, SIR. SO THIS IS THE EXISTING BUILDING. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE, I THINK THIS IS WHERE THEY HAVE THOSE RESTAURANTS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO THEY PLAN ON RENOVATING THAT PORTION OF THE BUILDING. THEY HAVE APPLIED FOR A BUILDING PERMIT TO DO SO. OKAY. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . I JUST, COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN, GO AHEAD. I, I WAS INTERESTED IN THE EXITS ON THE . YES. SO ACTUALLY THAT WILL ALL BE REVIEWED WHEN THEY APPLY FOR BUILDING PERMIT. OUR, UH, FIRE MARSHAL WILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE MEETING ALL THE EGRESS REQUIREMENT, BUT THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT. YES, MA'AM. THIS'S A VERY GOOD POINT. MM-HMM . I JUST HAD CONCERN WITH, UH, IT'S ALREADY A BUSY AREA. MM-HMM . AND I THINK THERE'S ALREADY A MEETING SPACE AND, UM, EVENT SPACE IN THE, UH, WHOLE COMPLEX, CORRECT? WELL, I'M NOT AWARE OTHER THAN JUST THE RESTAURANTS AND THEY'RE KIND OF A FOOD COURT AREA. I, I'VE BEEN TO EVENTS THERE SOMEWHERE. YEAH. I, I, I, BUT IT'S BIG SO I CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY WHERE. RIGHT. I BELIEVE THEY KIND OF SOMETIMES HO ONE TIME I WAS THERE TO DO A SITE VISIT FOR SOME OTHER THING AND MM-HMM . THEY WERE USING THEIR HALLWAYS TO DO THEIR LIKE FESTIVALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT I THINK IF YOU KIND OF LOOK AT THE SURROUNDING AREA, THEY HAVE AMPLE AMOUNT OF PARKING AND THERE'S NOT REALLY ANY RESIDENTIAL AREAS NEARBY. AND THEY DO HAVE PRETTY GOOD [00:15:01] ACCESS FROM BOTH PIONEER AND FROM SOUTH GREAT SOUTH TO, BASED ON EXISTING DRIVEWAYS STAFF DID NOT REALLY HAVE ANY CONCERNS. SO THEY ARE SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL. SO YOU DIDN'T GET ANY, THEY'RE NOT RIGHT. THEY'RE NOT MM-HMM . SO YOU DIDN'T GET ANY, UM, OPPOSITIONS NOT YET. YEAH. AND, AND THE WHAT ABOUT THE TRAFFIC ON THAT BRETT? SO AS JUNE MENTIONED, THE SITE'S PRETTY MUCH SET UP FOR HIGH INGRESS SEAS TRAFFIC. THAT THING TOO, WITH SPECIAL EVENT CENTERS, THEY TEND TO OPERATE AT DIFFERENT HOURS AND THE REST OF THE BUSINESSES OUT THERE. SO THERE'S NOT GONNA BE A LOT OF OVERLAP BETWEEN THIS USE AND OTHERS. AND RELATIVELY SPEAKING, A THOUSAND ATTENDEES ISN'T AS LARGE. WELL THE REASON I SAY THAT IS 'CAUSE EVERY TIME I GO OVER THERE IT'S ALWAYS BUSY. THERE'S A LOT GOING ON TO ME MM-HMM . AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT. SO, OKAY. THAT'S IT FOR ME. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? ONE MORE. JUNE MM-HMM . THAT, YOU KNOW, PHOTO LOOKS LIKE IT'S AN OLD PICTURE MAYBE? OR IS IT RECENT THERE BECAUSE I THINK IT IS A LOT MORE ELABORATE THAN WHAT IS, WHAT I SEE THERE. UH, I THINK THIS IS FAIRLY RECENT BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS THE RESTAURANT WITH THE, UH, PERRY BAGUETTE BAKERY AND THE SEVEN LEAVES. YEAH, JUST THE MAIN ENTRANCE. SEEMS LIKE THERE'S, UH, IT'S GOT SOME CANOPIES. EVERY CANOPY. THEY, THEY DO RIGHT HERE. YES. UHHUH. THOSE ARE ALL EXISTING, SIR. YEAH. YEAH. NO WORRIES. YEAH. YEAH. MM-HMM . OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? RIGHT. UH, JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT ITEM NINE HAS, UH, THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED TO BE TABLED SO WE'RE NOT BE HEARING THE HOTEL CASE ON THE AGENDA. YES. THE NEXT CASE, UH, IS ITEM 10 ZONING CHANGE, UH, SLASH CONCEPT PLAN FOR LAKE SONG DEVELOPMENT. THE PROPERTIES NORTH, UH, WEST AND EAST OF 2 87 AND NORTHWEST OF KIMBALL ROAD. UH, THE APPLICANT IS CURRENTLY THE PROPERTY ZONE AGRICULTURAL. THE PROPOSED ZONING IS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. IT'S 155 ACRES. THE CURRENT FUTURE LAND USE MAP, UH, DESIGNATES THIS AREA AS LOW DENSITY, RESIDENTIAL, MEDIUM DENSITY, RESIDENTIAL, MIXED RESIDENTIAL, AND MIXED USE FOR THE CONCEPT PLAN. UH, THERE ARE TWO TRACKS. UH, TRACK TWO IS TO THE EAST WITH THE RED AND ORANGE, UH, COLORING. UH, IT'S 94.12 ACRES. AND THE DEVELOPMENT, THE CONCEPT PLAN ADDS THAT SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS RANGING FROM 80 FOOT LOTS TO 55 FOOT LOTS WILL BE PRESENT HERE. AND TOWN HOMES FOR TRACK THREE, WHICH IS TO THE WEST IS COLORED LIGHT, LIGHT BLUE AND GREEN, UH, WOULD BE CONSISTING OF MIXED USE, RESIDENTIAL AND MIXED USE NON-RESIDENTIAL. AND CONSISTS OF 61.3, UH, THREE ONE ACRES. THESE ARE THE CONCEPT ELEVATIONS FOR SINGLE FAMILY. THESE ARE THE CONCEPT ELEVATIONS FOR THE TOWN HOMES. THERE WERE, UH, 10 LETTERS SENT TO THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS. UH, WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY LETTERS IN OPPOSITION OR IN SUPPORT. UH, AND THE DRC COMMITTEES RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. WOW, THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER ANYTHING. THAT'S, THAT'S A LOT. UH, COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? I'M JUST CURIOUS AS THE PRICE POINT ON THESE TOWN HOMES AND THE, UH, THE HOMES. THE APPLICANT IS HERE, UH, OKAY. TODAY AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. OKAY. UH, COMMISSIONER COKA, UH, THIS WILL BE, UH, WHICH, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICT. I WILL DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT AND HAVE THAT ANSWER FOR YOU. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I THINK THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. AND THAT'S THE LAST ITEM. OKAY. THAT BEING SAID, UH, IT'S 5:50 PM WE'LL RECONVENE AT 6:30 PM THANK YOU. [Call to Order] WELCOME TO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. MEETING OF THE MEETING OF JANUARY 22ND, 2024. I'M CHERYL SMITH, CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. THIS MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING IS HEREBY CALL 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 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, [00:20:02] I WILL NOW CONDUCT A ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS TO CONFIRM A PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. AFTER I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE SAY, HERE CHERYL SMITH. HERE. CARL RAMIREZ. HERE. MICHELLE MADDEN. HERE. TY CHAPMAN. HERE. FRANK GONZALEZ. HERE. JULIA PEREZ. HERE KOCA. HERE. JOHN FCO. CHRISTOPHER KOOLE. HERE, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT EXCEPT FOR JOHN FONE. AND NOW WE WILL HAVE JULIA PEREZ. COMMISSIONER PEREZ GIVE THE INVOCATION. AND AFTER THAT, I'LL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE US AND TEXAS FLAT. THE NAME OF THE FATHER, SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. LOVING AND GRACIOUS GOD, YOU ARE INDEED THE GIVER OF ALL GOOD GIFTS. WE COME TOGETHER TODAY TO SEEK YOUR WISDOM, YOUR GUIDANCE, COURAGE, AND YOUR STRENGTH. BE WITH US IN OUR DELIBERATIONS TODAY AND HELP US TO BE WISE IN THE DECISIONS WE MAKE FOR OUR CITY, FOR THE GOOD OF ALL. THOSE YOU HAVE PLACED THEIR TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN OUR LEADERSHIP. GIVE US INSIGHT TO LEAD WITH INTEGRITY. THAT OUR DECISIONS MAY REFLECT WHAT IS RIGHT AND GOOD FOR OUR DISTRICTS AND FOR OUR CITY. FINALLY, LORD, GRANT US HUMILITY TO ALWAYS SEEK YOUR WILL IN ALL THAT WE DO AND SAY ALL GLORY AND HONOR TO YOU LORD, HEAVENLY FATHER. AMEN. AMEN. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. NOT IN THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND 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 HE REPRESENT. IF APPLICABLE, AN INDIVIDUAL WHO COULD, WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON A TOPIC NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA, SHOULD SPEAK UNDER THE HEADING OF PUBLIC. 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 SPEAKER CARDS FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS? NO. MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE NEXT MATTER [PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA] FOR CONSIDERATION IS APPROVING THE PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA. COMMISSIONER PEREZ. MADAM CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS ONE THROUGH FOUR ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE PUBLIC'S CONSENT AGENDA. ITEMS ONE THROUGH FOUR BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. [9. SUP-23-10-0045 – Specific Use Permit/Site Plan – Foundry Hotels at 3511 S Hwy 161 (City Council District 2). Specific Use Permit and Site Plan for Two Hotels with approximately 230 rooms on 5.0 acres. A portion of Lot 6, Block 1, Slink Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-397, within the SH-161 & IH-20 Corridor Overlay Districts, with an approximate address of 3511 S Hwy 161] NEXT ITEM PLEASE. MADAM CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION. WE TABLE ITEM NUMBER NINE SUP DASH 23 DASH ONE ZERO DASH 0 0 4 5. THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT SITE PLAN FOR FOUNDRY HOTELS AT 35 11 SOUTH HIGHWAY 1 61 TO FEBRUARY THE 12TH. OUR NEXT MEETING. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO TABLE ITEM NUMBER NINE SUP 23 10 0 0 4 5 BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ITEM. [5. STP-23-10-0024 - Site Plan – Hamilton Commercial Headquarters (City Council District 4). Site Plan for an office/warehouse development on 6.431 acres. A portion of Tract 2.2, out of the Memucan Hunt Survey, Abstract No. 1723, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, zoned PD-30A, within I-20 Corridor Overlay, and tentatively addressed as 2105 Bardin Rd] GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. THE NEXT ITEM IS THE ITEM NUMBER FIVE. THIS IS A SITE PLAN FOR HAMILTON COMMERCIAL HEADQUARTERS. OKAY, SO THIS IS A SITE PLAN REQUEST. UM, THIS IS FOR A NEW OFFICE WAREHOUSE BUILDING. AND IF YOU MAY RECALL, WE HAVE, UH, TAKEN THIS CASE BEFORE YOU FOR A CONCEPT PLAN ADOPTION BACK IN JULY OF 2023. THEY HAVE A LIVE INDUSTRIAL ZONING IN PLACE. THEY WERE APPROVED FOR THE CONCEPT PLAN FOR THIS BUILDING. THEY'RE NOW COMING THROUGH TO DO A SITE PLAN REVIEW SO THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH ALL THE OTHER DEVELOPMENT REQUESTS. SO THIS IS A SITE PLAN, UM, SHOWING A 51,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE WAREHOUSES. THEY DO COMPLY WITH THE DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL STANDARD AND PARKING STANDARD. JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED A OPERATION OR PLAN SAYING THAT THIS WILL BE ACTUALLY FOR THEIR MAIN HEADQUARTERS FOR THEIR OWN EMPLOYEES, WHETHER THEY'RE IN THE OFFICE OR WORKING IN THE FIELD. IT [00:25:01] WILL NOT BE A SPICULATED BUILDING FOR A DIFFERENT TENANT. THEY HAVE COMPLIED WITH THE LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENT, UM, APPLIED. THEY ALL THE TREES ALONG THE BARDEN STREET AS SHOWN. THESE ARE THE CONCEPT ELEVATIONS THAT WERE APPROVED AT THE, UH, ADOPTION OF THE CONCEPT PLAN. THEY ARE MATCHING WHAT WAS APPROVED BY, UM, PROVIDING AND MEETING THE APPENDIX X STANDARD IN THE UDC. SO THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES AND THE DRC STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. THE APPLICANT IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT. IT CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME? COMMISSIONER? ANY, ANY QUESTIONS? NO. GREAT JOB. JUNE. THANK YOU. SPEAKER CARDS. UH, JUST ONE FROM THE APPLICANT. UH, JONATHAN TULEY, UH, INDICATED HE WOULD SPEAK IN SUPPORT IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. COMMERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION. OKAY. THIS IS, UM, IN DISTRICT FOUR, WHICH IS MY DISTRICT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM STP 23 10 0 0 2 4, THE SITE PLAN ON HAMILTON HAMILTON COMMERCIAL HEADQUARTERS AND APPROVE AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR MYSELF, CHERYL SMITH TO APPROVE ITEM, UH, NUMBER FIVE, TP 23 10 0 24, AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ITEM. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. [6. STP-23-12-0029 - Site Plan - Warehouse at 502 W Oakdale Road (City Council District 1). Site Plan for an industrial warehouse on 20.03 acres. Lot 1, Block 1, Zachry Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned LI, within the SH 161 Corridor Overlay District and addressed as 502 W Oakdale Road] THIS IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX, ST P 2 3 12 0 2 9. AGAIN, THIS IS A SITE PLAN REQUEST FOR AN INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE LOCATED AT 5 0 2 WEST OAKDALE ROAD. IT IS A SPECULATIVE WAREHOUSE AS FAR AS I'M UNDERSTANDING. THEY DON'T HAVE A TENANT YET FOR THIS BUILDING. THIS AREA IS ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND IT IS ON A PARCEL THAT IS 20.03 ACRES. SO THE, UH, WAREHOUSE ITSELF WILL BE 355,000 TO 540 SQUARE FEET. IT IS MEETING ALL OF OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS, OUR PARKING STANDARDS, AND IT IS SUBJECT TO OUR PENNIX X STANDARDS. AND IT'S MEETING THOSE AS WELL. SO AGAIN, THIS IS THE LANDSCAPE PLAN. THEY'RE MEETING EXCEEDING ALL OF THE BASE LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS FOR PENNIX X ALONG AGAIN WITH THE OPEN SPACE PLAN. SO AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE HERE THEY'RE PROVIDING 1.36 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE, 1,210 LINEAR FEET OF WALKING TRAILS, 20 BENCH SEATS, 7,234 SQUARE FEET OF GARDEN AREA. AND AGAIN, THAT WATER FEATURE DOWN THERE. SO THESE ARE THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS. ALL FOUR FACADES ARE, UH, PRINCIPLE MASONRY MATERIAL. THEY'RE PROVIDING GLAZING HORIZONTAL VERTICAL ARTICULATION AND ACCENT LIGHTING. UM, THE BOTTOM ELEVATION IS THEIR PRIMARY ELEVATION OFF OF OAKDALE. THAT'S THE ONE AT THE TOP IS THE NORTHERN ELEVATION. AGAIN, TO THE WEST WE HAVE THEIR CHECK DOCKS. AND THEN TO THE EAST, WE HAVE THEIR THREE MAIN ENTRANCES, WHICH IS WHAT'S GOING TO FACE THAT OPEN SPACE. THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES. DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. AND THAT CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK THAT'S PRETTY CLEAR. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? I HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD FROM TYLER, RICK WHO INDICATED HE WOULD SPEAK IN SUPPORT COMMISSIONERS. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I THINK IT'S PRETTY CUT AND DRY. UH, WE'VE, WE DISCUSSED THIS IN DETAIL IN THE, UH, BOARD BRIEFING. SO WE DO, WE ARE AWARE OF THIS CASE. UH, CAN I GET A MOTION? THIS IS FOR, THIS IS, UH, COMM, UM, JOHN KO'S AREA DI DISTRICT ONE. CAN I GET SOMEBODY TO MAKE A MOTION FOR ME? PLEASE? MAKE A MOTION? YEAH. OKAY. UM, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON STP DASH 23 DASH 12 DASH 0 2 9, WAREHOUSE AT 5 0 2 WEST OAKDALE AND APPROVE PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM SIX STP 23 12 0 0 2 9 BY COMMISSIONER MADDEN A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT CASE PLEASE. GOOD [7. CPA-24-01-0001 - Comprehensive Plan Update - Hardrock Industrial (City Council District 1). Comprehensive Plan Amendment to change the Future Land Use Map from High Density Residential to Light Industrial 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] EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. NEXT CASE IS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT 24 1 0 0 0 1 FOR, UH, 30 35 14 HARD ROCK ROAD. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS AT THE CORNER OF HARD ROCK ROAD AND ROCK ISLAND ROAD. UH, THE CURRENT FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION IS HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. AND THE PROPOSED, UH, FLUME DESIGNATION IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. THIS IS AGAIN TO ALIGN WITH THE APPROVED, UH, CONCEPT PLAN SLASH ZONING REQUEST THAT CAME BACK BACK IN DECEMBER, UH, OF 2023. UH, STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS STAFF IS UNABLE TO SUPPORT THE REQUEST BECAUSE IT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. HOWEVER, THE REQUESTED CHANGE MATCHES THE PREDOMINANT [00:30:01] USE OF THE AREA. UH, THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME OR THE APPLICANT. COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OH, APPLICANT. UM, UH, SPEAKER CARDS? UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS. NO SPEAKER CARDS. BUT THE APPLICANT IS HERE. UM, THIS IS, UM, JOHN KO'S AREA AS WELL. HE IS NOT HERE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS CASE? WE REALLY WENT THROUGH A LOT OF IT DURING THE, UM, BOARD BRIEFING, BUT, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S, GO AHEAD. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF. I'M SORRY. SO THERE ARE NO HOMES IN THOSE OTHER, IN THE BROWN SHADED LOTS, IS THAT RIGHT? ARE THERE ANY HOMES? UH, THERE WERE, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE BUYING OUT ALL OF THE PROPERTY AT THIS TIME. OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S IT, THAT'S ALL I WANTED. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING TO DO WITH THAT? UH, ANY, DO THEY HAVE ANY PROSPECTS YET FOR THAT WAREHOUSE? UH, THIS WAS THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT CAME BEFORE. UH, AND IT'S SPECULATIVE AT THIS POINT. THEY HAVE, UH, PRIMARY CONCEPT PLAN ONE AND TWO, WHICH IS ALTERNATIVE, WHICH WOULD BE OFFICE WAREHOUSE BUILDING. MM-HMM . WITH TRAILER PARKING. MM-HMM . OR WITHOUT TRAILER PARKING. OH, YES. SO IT DEPENDS ON WHAT KIND OF TENANT THEY GET. RIGHT. SO EVERYTHING IS STILL IN THE, THE SAME AS AS BEFORE. CORRECT. IF, UH, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, YES. OKAY. MM-HMM . ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN. HI. HELLO. I WANT, CAN YOU ELABORATE ON WHAT YOU MEAN? THEY'RE BUYING UP EVERYTHING? SO I BELIEVE THEY'RE UNDER CONTRACT. AND AGAIN, I MAY HAVE TO DEFER THIS QUESTION TO MR. UH, JONATHAN TOOLEY, WHO'S PRESENT AND HE'S THE, CAN YOU COME UP MR. TOOLEY? THANK YOU SO MUCH. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. JONATHAN TULEY WITH HAMILTON COMMERCIAL 4 0 1 EAST PALACE PARKWAY. UM, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ALL THE HOMES ALONG HARD ROCK? YEAH. AND COMMISSIONER, UH, CHAPMAN. YOU ADDRESS HER? SHE CAN, YES. WE'VE ALREADY, WE'VE OWNED, WE OWN ALL THOSE PROPERTIES AND WE'VE DEMOED ALL THE HOMES. SO IT'S JUST TREES AND RAW LAND. OKAY. SO THERE'S NO RESIDENTIAL AREAS WITHIN A MILE OR SO? WELL, THERE'S ONE, UH, MOBILE HOME PARK TO THE SOUTH, BUT WE'VE ALREADY TALKED TO THE OWNER AND THEY'VE ALREADY SAID THEY DON'T, UH, HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH OUR REQUEST. UHHUH . SO YOU SAID SO THEY DO OR DO NOT HAVE? THEY DO NOT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? THIS IS A PRETTY BIG PROJECT, SO YOU'RE LOOKING FOR BIG AND GREAT THINGS, APPARENTLY. HEY, WE'RE ALL DREAMERS. SO YEAH. , IT LOOKS LIKE A REALLY NICE BUILDING, YOU KNOW? IT REALLY DOES. AND SO YOU NO OPPOSITION TO ANYTHING SO FAR WHEN YOU WENT TO TALK TO THE, THE NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA? NO. SO THERE IT IS A ONE OWNER MOBILE HOME PARK. AND SO WE MET WITH HER OUT THERE IN DECEMBER, EARLY PART OF DECEMBER. MM-HMM . JUST TALKED ABOUT THE PROPERTY AND WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT MM-HMM . AND SHE THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE GREAT FOR THE AREA. SO NOW THIS, THIS IS A PRIVATE PROPERTY. I DID HAVE A QUESTION DURING THE BOARD BRIEFING MM-HMM . WITH REGARD TO THAT LOVELY BUTTERFLY AREA AND ALL THOSE THINGS. THERE'S NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND SO THEY'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO PASS BY AND SEE IT, RIGHT? WHAT'S THAT? IS THAT THE SAME WAY? THAT'S A DIFFERENT ONE. OH, I'M SORRY. I APOLOGIZE. I WAS THINKING ABOUT ANOTHER ONE. SORRY, I APOLOGIZE. DIDN'T MEAN TO THROW YOU OFF. NO, YOU, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK THAT'S IT. , WE NEED BUTTERFLIES. I'M LOOKING AT, I'M LOOKING AT THE OTHER ONE HERE. I APOLOGIZE. I APOLOGIZE. ANYTHING ELSE? COMMISSIONERS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? THANK Y'ALL FOR GETTING ME BACK ON TRACK. 'CAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT THE OTHER ONE. UH, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? NO. AND THIS IS ALSO, UM, JOHN FOR . CAN I GET A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION. COMMISSIONER PEREZ. OKAY. MAKE A MOTION. UH, WE CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE ITEM NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS, UH, STP DASH 23 DASH 12 DASH 0 0 2 9. I'M SORRY. I'M OKAY. SPEAKING OF BEING ON THE WRONG ONE. I'M SORRY. IT'S SEVEN. YES IT IS. I WANT THE BUTTERFLIES. MM-HMM . NUMBER SEVEN. OKAY. IT'S NUMBER SEVEN. UM, CPA DASH. UH, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE. UH, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, CPA A DASH 24 DASH ZERO ONE DASH 0 0 0 1. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE HARD ROCK INDUSTRIAL DRC, POOR DRC RECOMMENDATIONS. THERE ARE NO OH, NOT FOR THE DRC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR OUR RECOMMENDATION. WELL, THAT BEING SAID, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM SEVEN BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ITEM FILE . [00:35:01] SO [8. SUP-23-12-0049 - Specific Use Permit - Aqua Special Event Center (City Council District 1). Specific Use Permit request for a Special Event Center in an existing commercial lease space in Asia Times Square on 12.47 acres. Lot 2A, Sam's Properties Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, zoned Light Industrial (LI) and addressed as 2625 W Pioneer Parkway] THE NEXT ITEM IS THE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. THIS IS A SUP REQUEST, SUP 23 1 2 0 0 4 9. THIS IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A AQUA SPECIAL EVENT CENTER. SO THIS IS FOR THE AQUA MANAGEMENT WHO ACTUALLY OWNS AND OPERATES THE BUSINESSES. UM, FOR THE, ALL THE TENANTS AT THE ASIA TIMES SQUARE ON PIONEER PARKWAY, THEY HAVE A OPPORTUNITY TO USE THE BACK OF THE EXISTING BUILDING TO RENOVATE THE SPACE FOR A SPECIAL EVENT VENUE. AND THEY'RE REQUESTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR THAT. SO, AS YOU CAN SEE THIS, THESE ARE THE EXISTING BUILDINGS. CURRENTLY THERE ARE SOME RESTAURANTS AND, UH, MARKETS AND FOOD COURTS AND OTHER BUSINESSES LOCATED HERE. THE PROPOSED LOCATION IS WHERE THEY CURRENTLY HAVE A LARGE APPLIANCE STORE. THEY PLAN TO REDUCE THAT LEASE SPACE AND BE ABLE TO RENOVATE THE, UM, PORTION OF THE BUILDING. THIS IS THE PLAN, UM, KIND OF A NORTH OF THE, THIS IS ACTUALLY DIRECTLY NORTH SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE BUILDING LOCATION AS SHOWN. JUST WANTING TO POINT OUT THAT CURRENTLY, UM, TO THE WEST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY OR CITY OF ARLINGTON LIMITS, AND IT IS SURROUNDED BY EITHER OPEN SPACE OR OTHER COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL USES. ALL THE ZONING FOR THOSE LOTS ARE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AS POINTED OUT. SO THIS IS THE PROPOSAL FOR THE ACTUAL INTERNAL SPACE WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BE PROVIDING SOME BATHROOMS AND SERVICE AREAS AS WELL AS A STAGE. SO THEIR MAIN CONCEPT IS TO BE ABLE TO, UM, HOLD CONCERTS AND CONVENTIONS SUCH AS PERFORMANCES OR ART EVENT. UM, THEY ARE PROPOSING LIKE AN OPEN SEATING AREA SO THEY CAN, UH, ADJUST THE SEATING PLANS AS, UH, BASED ON THE SCALE OF EACH EVENT. SO THE SPACE AVAILABLE CAN HOLD UP TO A THOUSAND ATTENDEES AT A TIME. DOES NOT MEAN EVERY EVENT WILL BE THAT LARGE. SO THAT'S THE MAXIMUM CAPACITY. THE THEY HAVE PROVIDED THE HOURS OF OPERATION, ALL THE OPERATION STOPPING AT MIDNIGHT, THEY WILL BE, UM, THE EVENTS HOLDERS WILL EITHER SERVE THEIR OWN, UH, FOOD AND UH, BEVERAGE BY BRINGING CATERERS OR, UM, THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY ACTUALLY PLANS ON WORKING WITH SOME OF THE RESTAURANTS SO THAT THEY'LL BE STAYING OPEN FOR THOSE HOURS IF THE EVENTS WOULD SERVE A LARGE CROWD THAT THEY CAN EITHER WALK TO THE EXISTING RESTAURANTS OR FOOD COURT AND EAT DINNER THERE UNTIL ATTEND THE NIGHT EVENTS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. THAT'S THEIR VISION FOR THE ENTIRE AREA TO BRING MORE, UH, VISITORS TO THE SITE AND TO HELP OTHER EXISTING RESTAURANTS THRIVE WITH THEIR BUSINESSES. SO THEY PLAN ON HIRING SECURITY OF OFFICERS THAT IS NEEDED ON THE BA SIZE OF, UH, ON THE SIZE OF THE EVENT. AND THEY PLAN ON, UH, LOOKING AT THEIR EXISTING VIDEO SYSTEM AND ADD MORE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS WHERE APPROPRIATE SO THEY CAN MONITOR ALL THE ACTIVITIES INSIDE AND AND OUTSIDE. UM, THEY WILL MAKE SURE A MANAGEMENT TEAM WILL BE AVAILABLE ON SITE FOR THESE EVENTS. JUST WANTED TO SHARE YOU KIND OF THE STAGE AREA THAT'S A LITTLE BIT SPECIAL. AS I POINTED OUT, I THINK THEY, ONE OF MAIN TARGET IS TO BE ABLE TO RENT OUT THE SPACE FOR LARGER PERFORMANCES SUCH AS DANCES AND MUSIC AND OTHER, UM, EVENTS THAT WILL FEATURE CULTURAL, UM, ART ARTISTRY AND OTHER TALENTS. SO AGAIN, THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES. DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. THE APPLICANT ARE HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM. THIS CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION. CAN STEPHANIE ANSWER, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? COMMISSIONER PER PEREZ MM-HMM . JUNE. UH, WHEN YOU HAVE, UM, FOOD AND BEVERAGES, IS THAT ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES? IT COULD BE BOTH. YES, MA'AM. MM-HMM . SO THEY WILL, SO TABC WILL REGULATE THAT, BUT TYPICALLY VENDORS ARE CATERERS. THEY USUALLY HAVE THEIR OWN BARTENDING LICENSES OR CATERING EVENT LICENSES, AND THE ALCOHOL WILL BE BROUGHT ON SITE BY THOSE HOLDERS. MM-HMM . ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION WITH REGARD TO THAT MANY FOLKS IN ONE SPOT. MM-HMM . I'M PRETTY SURE THERE'S, I GUESS, THE COMPLIANCE WITH A SPRINKLER SYSTEM OR SOMETHING, OR, YES. I, I BELIEVE OUR FIRES, UH, MARSHAL CHECK THAT, UM, REQUIREMENT DURING THE PRE-APPLICATION MEETING. I'M PRETTY SURE THAT THE APPLICANT HAS CONFIRMED THAT THERE IS ALREADY A EXISTING SPRINKLER SYSTEM BECAUSE THE BUILDING IS ALREADY LARGE, BUT CAN CONFIRM THAT WITH THE APPLICANT. AGAIN, THE REASON I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES THINGS HAPPEN. WE HAVE THAT MANY PEOPLE IN ONE LOCATION, RIGHT? THINGS HAPPEN. SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YES, MA'AM. AGAIN, I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THIS IS A LARGER STRIP CENTER THAT'S EXISTING AND FITTING FOR A LARGE EVENT. IT, IT'S NOT SURROUNDED BY ANY RESIDENTIAL AREAS. NEARBY STEP DOES NOT OPPOSED THE REQUEST. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? THANKS JUNE. OF COURSE. ANY SPEAKER CARDS? UH, YES. MADAM CHAIR, ONE SPEAKER CARD FROM THE APPLICANT. MATTHEW LOWE. MR. LOWE, HOW ARE YOU? I'M GOOD. HOW'S EVERYBODY? STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD PLEASE. SURE. MY NAME IS MATTHEW LOWE [00:40:01] WITH ASIA TOWN SQUARE, 26 25 WEST PIONEER PARKWAY. UM, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE, BUT THE, THE REASON WE CAME UP WITH THIS CONCEPT WAS REALLY IN LINE WITH THE CITY BEING RECOGNIZED AS THE MUSIC CITY. AND SO WE HOST A LOT OF CULTURAL EVENT AT ASIA TIMES SQUARE. WE'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 2008. AND EACH, EACH YEAR THE EVENTS GET BIGGER, BIGGER AND MORE AND MORE SUPPORT MM-HMM . SO I REALLY BELIEVE THIS VENUE IS GOING TO MAKE US ONE STEP CLOSER TO OUR VISION OF BECOMING THE DESTINATION, CONNECTING CULTURES AND COMMUNITIES. MM-HMM . UM, SO LIKE I SAID, I'M, I'M HERE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION YOU HAVE. I THINK THE MAIN CON THE MAIN REASON WE WANT ALSO TO HAVE CONCERT IS TO DRIVE MORE TRAFFIC TO ALL THE BUSINESSES HERE AT ASIA TIMES SQUARE. IF YOU DON'T KNOW ALREADY, MAJORITY OF OUR BUSINESS, UM, ON WEEKDAYS ARE NOT AS WELL AS ON WEEKEND WEEKENDS IS WHEN WE'RE GETTING OUTTA CITIES OUTTA STATE, NEIGHBORING CITIES, CUSTOMER COMING TO US ON WEEKDAYS IT IS SURVIVING. MM-HMM . AND SO THE REASON WE WANT TO DO THIS CONCERT IS TO HAVE A CONCERT ON A THURSDAY NIGHT. MM-HMM . ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THAT WAY WILL HELP A LOT OF THE RESTAURANTS THERE AS WELL. HELP 'EM TO STAY IN IN BUSINESS. YES. YES. COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK YOU RUN A WONDERFUL OPERATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LIKE I SAID, AND EVERY TIME I GO THERE, THERE'S LOTS OF CARS THERE, , BUT, UH, JUST THE WALKING PART IS, IS HARD FOR ME NOW, BUT, UH, I UNDERSTAND. I THINK THAT THERE'S SOMETHING, UH, GREAT YOU BRING TO THE CITY. UH, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. HI MATTHEW. MR. LAW, THANK YOU FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, A PROJECT THERE, YOUR VISION, I CAN CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND. THERE WAS A QUESTION EARLIER ABOUT HAVING ANOTHER EVENT CENTER NEXT TO IT. THERE CAN, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT AS TO WHAT THE, IS THERE ONE AND RIGHT. RIGHT. SO WE ALREADY HAVE IT IN A, A GRAND BARROOM THERE HOSTING A LOT OF MM-HMM . WEDDINGS AND WHATNOT. SO THAT TO ME IS A LITTLE BIT MORE UPSCALE MM-HMM . AND SO WHEN WE WANT TO DO A CONCERT, I KIND OF DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE IT IN THERE. MM-HMM . UH, AND ON TOP OF THAT, ONE OF THE BIGGEST EVENT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BROUGHT TO GRAND PRAIRIE FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IN TEXAS ACTUALLY WAS THE NATIONAL COMPETITION FOR LINE DANCING. OH REALLY? UH, WE WERE, WE WERE THE FIRST ONE TO HOST SUCH A EVENT. I THINK WE HAVE TEAMS FROM HAWAII, FROM SAN FRANCISCO, FROM SEATTLE, HOUSTON, ALL OVER THROUGHOUT THE US TRAVELING TO GRAND PERRY TO COMPETE AND THE, AND WE'RE HAVING A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THAT ORGANIZATION SUCH THAT MOVING FORWARD, THE WINNER OF THAT COMPETITION AT ASIA TIMES WE'RE IN GRAND PERRY WILL QUALIFY TO COMPETE INTERNATIONALLY. OH WOW. YEAH. SO IT IS, IT IS A REALLY BIG DEAL. UH, AND WITH THAT WE NEED A MUCH HIGHER HEIGHT BECAUSE ALL THESE DANCERS COMPETITORS ARE JUMPING FROM ONE POLE TO ANOTHER POLE . UM, AND SO AGAIN, WE HAVE A VERY NICE CHANDELIER IN OUR EXISTING BALLROOM. I DON'T WANT , SO I WANT TO KEEP THAT. AND SO WE NEED A LITTLE BIT BIGGER SPACE FOR THAT COMPETITION AS WELL. MM-HMM . COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR KEEPING YOUR BUSINESS IN GRAND PRAIRIE. ABSOLUTELY. AND, UH, DOING AS WELL, AS WELL AS YOU ARE. WE, YOU MAKE US LOOK GOOD. THANK YOU. WELL, I, YOU KNOW, I, I SAY THIS MANY TIME, I LOVE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE MM-HMM . AND SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO BE, UH, DOING THINGS TO MAKE EVERYONE PROUD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER MADDEN, YOU'RE READY TO MAKE A MOTION? YEAH. UM, I MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON SEP DASH 23 DASH 12 DASH 0 4 9 AND APPROVE. UM, THIS ITEM I SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM EIGHT BY COMMISSIONER MADDEN, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ITEM PLEASE. THE NEXT [10. ZON-23-11-0044 - Zoning Change/Concept Plan - Lakesong Development (City Council District 6). Zone Change from Agricultural (A) to Planned Development (PD) for detached single-family dwellings, townhomes, and mixed-use development on 155 acres. The property is generally south of Seeton Road, East of FM 661, North of 287, and North of Kimble Road, Ellis County, Texas (Parcel IDs 190594, 190594 & 294666)] ITEM IS, UH, ZON 23 11 44 FOR A ZONE CHANGE SLASH CONCEPT PLAN FOR LAKE SONG DEVELOPMENT. THE CURRENT ZONING, UH, ON THIS PROPERTY IS AGRICULTURAL AND THE PROPOSED ZONING IS A PLANT DEVELOPMENT FOR 155 ACRES. THE PROPERTY IS, UH, NORTH OF, UH, 2 87 AND WEST OF KIMBALL ROAD. THE CURRENT FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION IS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, MEDIUM DENSITY, RESIDENTIAL, MIXED RESIDENTIAL AND MIXED USE. UH, THIS IS THE CONCEPT PLAN. THERE ARE TWO TRACKS, TRACK TWO AND TRACK THREE. TRACK TWO CONSIST 90 CONSISTS OF 94.12 ACRES, AND UH, IT'S ON THE EAST IN THIS IMAGE. UH, AND WILL, UH, CONTAIN SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS, WHICH WOULD BE RANGING FROM, UH, 80 SQUARE, 80 FOOT LOTS TO 55 FOOT LOTS. UH, ADDITIONALLY TOWN [00:45:01] HOMES ARE ALSO PROPOSED IN TRACK TWO, UH, AND IN TRACK THREE, WHICH CONSISTS OF 61.31 ACRES. IT WOULD BE MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL AND MIXED USE NON-RESIDENTIAL. THESE ARE THE ELEVATIONS FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY AND CONCEPT ELEVATIONS FOR TOWN HOMES. I DID, UH, DOUBLE CHECK MIDLOTHIAN IS WOULD BE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THIS AREA AND WE'D SEND 10 LETTERS TO THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS DID NOT RECEIVE ANY OBJECTION OR IN SUPPORT, UH, AND DRCS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS? THIS LOOKS LIKE A WONDERFUL DEVELOPMENT. I THINK THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? YEAH, I HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD FROM THE APPLICANT, NATE WETZEL. HE INDICATED HE WOULD, UH, SPEAK IF CALLED UPON COMMISSIONERS. YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? WE DO HAVE QUESTIONS, YES. I JUST WANT TO ADD TO ABDUL'S PRESENTATION JUST TO CLARIFY THAT Y'ALL WILL SEE THIS AGAIN AS WE ANNEX IN THE REMAINING PORTIONS OF LAKE SONG. IF YOU PAID ATTENTION TO THE COLORED PART. MM-HMM . THAT IS WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY ZONING AT THIS POINT. THAT'S IN THE CITY LIMITS RIGHT NOW. I REMEMBER SEEING THAT. YEAH. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN HAS A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE, UH, NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. ABSOLUTELY. UH, NATE WHITTELL, 8,200 DOUGLAS. HI NATE. WHITTELL, PLEASED TO MEET YOU. YOU AS WELL. UM, WE WERE CURIOUS ABOUT THE PRICE RANGE, YOUR PRICE POINTS FOR THE TENANTS. YES, SO THESE WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UH, A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF, UH, HOMES, TOWN HOMES ON UP TO, TO LARGER HOMES AS WELL. AND WITH THE NEAREST HOMES COMING PROBABLY TWO YEARS FROM NOW, I WOULD BE VERY MUCH SPECULATING. UM, SO ANYWHERE IN THE 350 ON UP TO 700 POTENTIALLY PLUS, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE HOME, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT SOMEBODY DECIDES TO SPEC IT OUT, HOW BIG THEY WANT TO GO. UM, IT'S GONNA BE A VERY, VERY LARGE RANGE OF HOMES, A LOT OF DIFFERENT PRICE POINTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AS A WHOLE. WHAT ABOUT THE TOWN HOMES? SAME THING. UM, WE'RE HOPING THAT, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE JUST A IDEA OF HOW MUCH THE TOWN HOMES WOULD START. SORT OF PROBABLY IN THAT SAME 350 ON UP. THE TOWN HOMES ARE GOING TO BE RIGHT NEAR THE PRIMARY AMENITY CENTER, SO WE'RE HOPING THAT, UH, THEY'RE VERY DESIRED. MM-HMM . UM, BUT JUST NO REALLY IDEA WHAT IT'LL BE YET. MM-HMM . COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO, UH, TAKE ON THIS PROJECT? UM, OUR FIRM WAS ABLE TO, UH, GET THE PROPERTY UNDER CONTRACT AND WORK IT THROUGH, UH, WITH THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE. WE'VE BEEN PARTNERING TOGETHER FOR OVER TWO YEARS NOW. MM-HMM. MM-HMM . ON THIS PROJECT, UM, TRYING TO REALLY MAKE IT SOMETHING UNIQUE. UM, WHAT GRAND PRAIRIE WANTS TO SEE AND AS IT BUILDS OUT, UM, ORIGINALLY THE, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY AREA, WE HAVE OVER A THOUSAND ACRES IN THE CITY'S ETJ. WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ANNEXING INTO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE. SO ALL 1200 ACRES OF THE PROJECT IN GRAND PRAIRIE WILL BE PART OF THE CITY AND, UH, ALIGNED WITH WHAT CITY STAFF WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH, IN THAT AREA. SO YOU'VE SEEN THIS IN YOUR SLEEP, BASICALLY AT THIS POINT. MANY NIGHTS. MANY NIGHTS. COMMISSIONERS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IT LOOKS WONDERFUL. IT LOOKS LIKE A WONDERFUL DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU. WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. NO OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD ONE. COMMISSIONERS. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ANNA COKA? IT'S, UH, COMMISSIONER COKA. IT'S YOUR AREA. YES MA'AM. MADAM CHAIR. I MAKE A, A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10, UH, AND MOVE AND APPROVE, UH, ZONE 23 DASH 11 DASH 0 0 44 LAKE SONG WITH, UH, THE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH THE DRC RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM 10 BY COMMISSIONER COKA AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER OLLEY. ALL ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THAT BEING SAID, IT IS 7:00 PM AND THE MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED. * 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.