* 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, WELCOME [Call to Order] TO THE SENIOR GRANT PRAIRIE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING OF JUNE 10TH, 2024. I'M CHERYL SMITH, SHERIFF PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION. THIS MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING IS HEREBY CALL BACK TO ORDER AT 6:44 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 A PROPER APPLICATION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED THROUGH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOLLOWS A AGENDA THAT IS AVAILABLE ONLINE PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ARE ROUTINE ITEMS WHICH CAN ALL BE APPROVED IN ONE MOTION. HOWEVER, ANY MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION MAY MAKE A MOTION TO INDIVIDUALLY CONSIDER AN ITEM FROM THE PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA. INDIVIDUALS MAY ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANY ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA. TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM OR NOTE YOUR SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION WITHOUT SPEAKING, PLEASE FILL OUT A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD. THESE CARDS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE COUNTER AND SHOULD BE TURNED IN AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM PRIOR TO THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM BEING CALLED, I'LL NOW CONDUCT A ROLL CALL, MEMBERS OF THE FIRM, PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. IF RECALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE SAY HERE, CHERYL SMITH. HERE. CARL RAMIREZ. MICHELLE MADDEN. HERE. TY CHAPMAN. HERE. FRANK GONZALEZ. HERE. JULIA PEREZ. HERE. ANNA COKA. HERE. JOHN FCO. CHRISTOPHER OCHO. HERE, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL MEMBERS OF PRESIDENT EXCEPT FOR CARL RAMIREZ AND JOHN FKO. AND NOW WE WILL HAVE THE, UH, COMMISSIONER JULIA PEREZ WILL LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION. AND AFTER THAT, I WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE US AND TEXAS FLAT. PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS, FATHER, SON, AND PLEASE SPIRIT. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU THIS EVENING ASKING FOR YOUR GUIDANCE, WISDOM, AND SUPPORT. AS WE BEGIN OUR MEETING, WE RECALL YOUR PROMISE TO BE PRESENT. WHEN TWO OR MORE ARE GATHERED IN YOUR NAME, UNITE US WITH YOUR SPIRIT. INSPIRE US WITH YOUR WISDOM AS WE MAKE DECISIONS THAT MAY IMPACT OUR RESIDENTS, VISITORS, AND BUSINESSES. PLANT SEEDS OF YOUR VISION IN OUR HEARTS AND MINDS. DEAR LORD, GIVE US HUMOR AND HUMILITY AS WE WORK WITH ONE ANOTHER. LORD, WE ASK YOU TO KEEP, WATCH AND PROTECT OUR POLICE FIRE, ALL FIRST RESPONDERS, CITY STAFF, CITY OFFICIALS, AND OUR COMMISSIONERS AND OUR FAMILIES. ALL THIS WE ASK IN YOUR PRECIOUS NAME, AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS, WANT STATE UNDER GOD, WANT AND INDIVISIBLE IN AN EFFORT TO MINIMIZE DISRUPTIONS. THE FOLLOWING MEETING GUIDELINES WILL APPLY. THE STAFF WILL PRESENT FIRST ON ANY AGENDA ITEM. FOLLOWING A BRIEF PRESENTATION BY STAFF, APPLICANTS WILL HAVE A COMBINED TOTAL OF 30 MINUTES TO PRESENT. ONCE THE APPLICANT HAS SPOKEN, EACH MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO FILLS OUT A SPEAKER CARD WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM. ADDITIONAL SPEAKING TIME MAY BE ALLOWED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIRMAN BEFORE SPEAKING. SPEAKER SHOULD GIVE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD ALONG WITH WHOM YOU REPRESENTED 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 THE 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 OR CITIZEN COMMENTS? WE DO NOT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THE [PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA] NEXT MATTER FOR CONSIDERATION IS APPROVING THE PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. COMMISSIONER JULIA PEREZ. MADAM CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION WE APPROVE CONSENT. AGENDA ITEM ONE, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF MAY 13TH, 2024, PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING. AND AGENDA ITEM TWO PLT DASH 24 DASH ZERO FOUR DASH 0 0 2 1, THE REPL OF 1 61 TOLL ROAD RETAIL CORNERS EDITION. I SECOND THAT. I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE ITEMS IN ONE AND TWO FOR THE, UH, PUBLIC, UH, CONSENT AGENDA. AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FRANK GONZALEZ. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE APPROVAL THAT PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ITEM PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. YEAH, [3. PLT-24-04-0022 - Preliminary Plat - Mayfield-Robinson Development (City Council District 2). Preliminary Plat of Lots 1R, 2R, 3-6 & 7X, Block 1, Mayfield Road Addition 1, creating seven lots on 71.457 acres. Lots 1 & 2, Block 1, Mayfield Road Addition 1, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-294, within the SH 161 Corridor Overlay District, and with approximate addresses of 965 Mayfield Rd and 1015 Ikea Place] ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A PRELIMINARY PLAT, PLT 24 0 4 0 0 2 2. THIS IS FOR A [00:05:01] MAYFIELD AND ROBINSON DEVELOPMENT. SO IN GENERAL, THEY'RE DOING A PRELIMINARY PLAT TO ALIGN WITH THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT THEY'RE PRESENTING IN THE LATER, UM, AS A LATER ITEM FOLLOWING THIS. SO, UH, AS PART OF THE PRELIMINARY PLAT STAFF HAS PUT THIS AS AN INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION BECAUSE WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL WITH A CONDITION. SO THIS GENERALLY COMMUNICATES WHERE THEY ARE. THERE'S AN EXISTING IKEA AND FUTURE TOP GOLF SITE. THE APPLICANT IS GOING THROUGH A PD PROCESS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA FOR A MIXTURE OF DIFFERENT USES, WHICH WILL BE COVERED DURING THE ZONING. AGAIN, THE DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH ONE CONDITION THAT IS TO, UM, FOR THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE AN ACCESS EASEMENT, UH, TO THE ADJOINING PROPERTY AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER PER UDC REQUIREMENTS. UM, STEPH HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT. THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BEST APPROACH THIS. SO WE WANTED TO ALLOW THE PLA TO BE MOVE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. THEY WILL HAVE TO COME BACK WITH A FINAL PLAN DURING THE SITE PLAN AND, AND ALL THAT. SO STAFF JUST WANTED TO PUT THE CONSIDERATION FOR THE RECOMMENDATION SO THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD TO THE NEXT STEP NEEDED. THIS CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER MADDEN, COMMISSIONER, UM, ON YOUR DRAWING, DOES THE, UM, EASEMENT HAVE TO, IS THAT WITHIN, WITHIN THAT YES MA'AM. SHADED AREA? YES, MA'AM. SO IT NEEDS JUST NEEDS TO BE 24 FOOT WIDE PER TRANSPORTATION REQUIREMENT, BUT IT'S, IT COULD BE JUST IN JUST THAT GENERAL AREA. THE ALIGNMENT WILL, UM, WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT AS FAR AS WHAT'S REQUIRED, WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE PROVIDED AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. THIS IS A LITTLE BIT TOO EARLY TO FINALIZE THE LOCATION. OKAY. I WAS JUST THINKING IT WAS ODD THAT IT WASN'T CONNECTED WITH A STREET. SO YOU'RE THINKING THAT IT WOULD PROBABLY BE CONNECTED TO SOMETHING THAT'S PAGE WITHIN THE DIVISION? SO AFTERWARDS, I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. SO THE EXACT POINT IS THAT THIS LOT DOES MAY NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO PROVIDE A ITS OWN DRIVEWAY. THEY, DEPENDING ON THE DISTANCES FROM THE NEARBY, UH, INTERSECTIONS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO IT WOULD BE BEST FOR THEIR SAFETY AND THEIR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT TO HAVE SOME KIND OF ACCESS EASEMENT SO THEY CAN USE OTHER ROADS. UM, AGAIN, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL NEED TO BE REFINED A LITTLE BIT MORE AT THIS STAGE. UH, STEP IS OKAY WITH THEM LETTING PROCEED WITH THIS CONDITION. COULD COMMISSIONER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES. THANK YOU. JUNE. MM-HMM . I NOTICED THAT AT THE NORTHEAST MM-HMM . THERE'S JUST A, UH, A CORNER LOT THAT'S JUST EMPTY THAT'S, I GUESS NOT INCLUDED AS PART OF THIS. AND IS THAT, SO IT IS OWNED BY A SEPARATE PROPERTY OWNER. UM, THEY'RE NOT PART OF THIS OVERALL CONCEPT PLAN AT THIS TIME, SO, UM, I THINK STAFF IS JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PROPERTY ALSO HAS ITS PROPER CHANCE OF DEVELOPING SO THAT THEY CAN GET AN ACCESS IF THEY DEVELOPED IN THE FUTURE. OKAY. I HAVE ONE QUESTION. YES, MAAM. WITH REGARD THIS RETAIL AND MULTIFAMILY. YES MA'AM. HAVE THERE BEEN ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE NEIGHBORS? SO THERE WILL BE COVERED DURING THE ZONING PROCESS. OKAY. THIS IS PURELY JUST FOR THE PRELIMINARY PLAT PORTION? YES MA'AM. OKAY. MM-HMM . THANK YOU, JUNE. OF COURSE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR, OR COMMENTS ON THAT? UH, CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS COMMISSIONER MADDEN? EXCUSE ME. OKAY, SO SORRY. I'M SORRY. SPEAKER CARDS. SORRY. DO WE HAVE SPEAKER CARDS? UM, WE, WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER CARD, BILL STROM. HE'S AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS BUT ALSO, UM, NOTE THAT ANYTIME YOU DO A CONDITIONAL APPROVAL, IT HAS, YOU HAVE TO CITE THE SPECIFIC PROVISION OF THE UDC ON WHICH YOUR APPROVAL IS CONDITIONED UPON. THAT IS NOTED IN THE STAFF COMMUNICATION REPORT THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA PACKET. AND SO IT IS, UM, SECTION 23.89 OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE STATES PROPERTIES ALONG DIVIDED OR ONE WAY ROADWAYS ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A 24 FOOT CROSS ACCESS EASEMENT ACROSS THE PROPERTY TO ADJACENT PROPERTIES. CAN YOU SLOW DOWN JUST A TAD BIT AND GIVE US AT LEAST THE SECTION NUMBER AGAIN? 23.8 0.9. WE'LL JUST, UH, ABBREVIATE ON THAT. COMMISSIONER MADNESS. THIS IS HER AREA, SO SHE'S GONNA DO THE MOTION ON IT. WELL, SINCE THE UM, SPECIFIC THING IS NOW ON THE RECORD, YOU CAN ACTUALLY JUST SAY AS PRESENTED AND YOU'LL BE FINE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. AND BILL STROM IS HERE TO SPEAK IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNER. COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION, UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO TELL US. ANY, ANY? NO, WE'RE GOOD. WE'RE GOOD TO GO THEN. WE MAKE A MOTION PLEASE. COMMISSIONER MADDEN. OKAY. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER THREE PLT DASH 24 DASH ZERO FOUR DASH 0 0 2 2 PRELIMINARY PLAT MAYFIELD ROBINSON DEVELOPMENT, UM, AND APPROVE IT IN ACCORDANCE WITH UDC 23.8 0.9. YEP. THIS IS SECTION SECTION 23, SECTION SECTION 23.9 [00:10:03] AS PER, UH, DRC RECOMMENDATIONS. I GUESS, CAN WE SAY THAT THAT'S PERFECT. THANK YOU. OKAY. I SECOND IT. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COMMISSIONER MADDEN AND A COMM AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT CASE PLEASE. [Items 4 & 5] ALRIGHT. I WILL BE PRESENTING ITEM FOUR AND FIVE AT THE SAME TIME. THEY'RE RELATED. ITEM FOUR IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT. YOU CAN SEE THE PORTION OF THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT OUTLINED IN YELLOW AND THE SCREEN. THIS IS THE, THE 10 ACRES. SORRY, ONE SEC. WE ACTUALLY DID HAVE SOMEONE ELSE THAT WANTED TO SPEAK ON ITEM THREE. THEY NOTED MULTIPLE ONES AND I MISSED IT. UM, HE'S WITH THE APPLICATED AND IT WAS JUST TO ANSWER QUESTION. OKAY, THANK YOU. ARE WE GOOD ON THAT? WE'RE GOOD. OKAY, THANK YOU. SO THE EXISTING FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS DESIGNATED AS COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICE AND TO ALIGN WITH THE PROPOSED, UH, ZONING CHANGE, UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING, UH, HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION. AND SO AGAIN, IT'S JUST 10 ACRES AND THAT PORTION IS OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN. UH, THE COMPONENT DRIVING THIS FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT IS THE MULTIFAMILY AND HYBRID HOUSING PORTION, WHICH IS OUTLINED IN RED. SO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATES THIS LOCATION AS COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICE. UH, THE MULTIFAMILY HYBRID HOUSING SLASH BILL TO RENT PORTION IS INCONSISTENT WITH THAT, AND SO STAFF'S UNABLE TO SUPPORT THE REQUEST BECAUSE A PORTION OF THE PROPOSALS INCONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. UM, ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS THE ACCOMPANYING ZONING CHANGE SLASH CONCEPT PLAN. YOU CAN SEE THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN. THEY'RE PROPOSING A PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR GENERAL RETAIL, MULTI-FAMILY AND SINGLE FAMILY TOWNHOUSE. THE EXISTING ZONING IS A PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR GENERAL RETAIL. THEIR ACCOMPANYING CONCEPT PLAN DEPICTS ABOUT 104,000 SQUARE FOOT OF A MEMBERSHIP ONLY RETAIL STORE WITH GAS SALES. IT ALSO INCLUDES A 63,000 SQUARE FOOT SPORTING GOODS STORE, AND THEN ABOUT 35,000 SQUARE FOOT OF AN ENTERTAINMENT SLASH ANCHOR USE. AND THE LAST COMPONENT IS A MULTI-FAMILY AND HYBRID HOUSING, UM, BUILT TO RENT DEVELOPMENT WITH 250 UNITS. UM, THIS IMAGE ON THE SCREEN IS A LITTLE BIT BIGGER OF THE CONCEPT PLAN. UH, I DO WANNA NOTE THAT THE, UH, THREE, UH, NON-RESIDENTIAL ANCHORS ARE FRONTING IKEA WAY. UH, SO THAT MEANS THEIR FRONT DOORS WILL ESSENTIALLY BE FACING IKEA WAY THE BACK OF HOUSE IS, UM, FACING ROBINSON. A COUPLE OF CHANGES SINCE, UM, YOU SAW THIS LAST IN NOVEMBER, THE APPLICANT WITHDREW THE REQUEST BASED ON SOME COUNCIL FEEDBACK AND MADE SOME CHANGES. THE FIRST CHANGE IS THAT THEY REMOVED THE HOTEL AND REPLACED IT WITH AN ENTERTAINMENT, UH, CONCEPT. UH, THEY REDUCED THE TOTAL NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND REPLACE THE MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS ALONG ROBINSON ROAD WITH HYBRID HOUSING BUILT TO RENT. UH, UNITS THAT ARE INTENDED TO LOOK LIKE A SINGLE FAMILY TOWNHOUSE DEVELOPMENT. THEY ARE PROPOSING SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THE LAND USE. UM, THEY'RE PROPOSING A GENERAL RETAIL BASED ZONING DISTRICT FOR THE NON-RESIDENTIAL PART PART. AND THERE ARE USES THAT ARE EITHER PROHIBITED IN GR OR THAT REQUIRE AN SUP THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TO ALLOW BY. RIGHT. UH, THE COMPLETE LIST IS ON THE SCREEN. IT INCLUDES A GARDEN CENTER, A LARGE RETAIL WITH GAS SALES, A RESTAURANT WITH ALCOHOL SALES, INCLUDING ENTERTAINMENT AMUSEMENT SERVICES, INDOOR BOWLING CENTER. ALONG WITH THIS, THEY'RE PROPOSING SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT STANDARDS FOR THE GENERAL RETAIL. THEY ARE PROPOSING, UH, TO REDUCE THE SIDE SETBACK INSIDE SETBACK ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL, INCREASING THE FLOOR AREA RATIO AND INCREASING THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE HEIGHT FOR THE MULTIFAMILY. SIMILARLY, THEY ARE ALSO REQUESTING TO REDUCE THOSE SETBACKS AND INCREASE THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT. THEY'RE ALSO PROPOSING TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE OF SINGLE, UH, BED UNITS. AND THEN LASTLY, THEY ARE PROPOSING THE OPTION TO CONSTRUCT THE DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT A PERIMETER FENCE. INSTEAD, THEY WOULD JUST BE USING A VEHICULAR ACCESS AT THOSE ACCESS POINTS. UH, FOR THE HYBRID HOUSING STANDARDS, THEY ARE AGAIN, UH, PROPOSING TO REDUCE THE SETBACK, UH, REQUIREMENTS AND INCREASE THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE HEIGHT. AND THEN FINALLY, THEY'RE PROPOSING SOME MODIFICATIONS TO APPENDIX F, WHICH IS, UH, LARGELY RELATED TO THE BUILDING DESIGN. SO THEY'RE PROPOSING SOME ALTERNATIVE BUILDING ARTICULATIONS, SO ELEMENTS THAT COULD COUNT TOWARDS ARTICULATION RELIEF FROM THE GLAZING REQUIREMENTS. AND THEN THEY'RE PROPOSING TO ALLOW CONCRETE MASONRY UNITS, UM, IN A LIMITED, UM, [00:15:01] FASHION UP TO 10%. SO THE NEXT FEW IMAGES ARE THEIR CONCEPTUAL BUILDING ELEVATIONS. THIS IS FOR, UH, TRACT ONE. I WILL POINT OUT THAT, UH, THIS TOP IMAGE IS THE BUILDING ELEVATION THAT FACES ROBINSON. UH, TYPICALLY APPENDIX F WOULD REQUIRE PERCENTAGE OF WINDOWS AND BUILDING ARTICULATION. THEY'RE PROPOSING SOME ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT. UM, THEY'RE ALSO PROPOSING A MASONRY SCREENING WALL ALONG ROBINSON. UH, STAFF WORKED WITH THE APPLICANT TO PROPOSE THIS AS A COMPENSATORY MEASURE THAT KIND OF BREAKS UP THAT LONG, UH, EXTENT OF WALL, BUT ALSO PROVIDE SOME SCREENING FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS THE STREET. NEITHER ARE THE CONCEPTUAL BUILDING ELEVATIONS FOR TRACT TWO, THE CONCEPTUAL ELEVATIONS FOR THE MULTIFAMILY PORTION AND THEN THE HYBRID HOUSING PORTION. SO THEIR VARIANCES, AGAIN, WE'VE KIND OF WENT OVER THIS. THEY'RE PROPOSING TO ALLOW SOME LAND USES BY RIGHT, THAT EITHER TYPICALLY ARE NOT ALLOWED IN GENERAL RETAIL OR REQUIRED SUP. THEY'RE PROPOSING TO OPTION TO BE ALLOWED TO CONSTRUCT THE MULTIFAMILY HYBRID HOUSING DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT A PERIMETER FENCE. THEY'RE PROPOSING ALL, UM, SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THE DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE GENERAL RETAIL REDUCING BUILDING SETBACKS, INCREASING MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE HEIGHT AND FLOOR AREA RATIO. SIMILARLY, FOR THE UH, DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR MULTIFAMILY AND SINGLE FAMILY TOWNHOUSE, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO REDUCE THE REQUIRED BUILDING SETBACK AND INCREASE THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE HEIGHT. AND THEN FINALLY, THEY'RE PROPOSING ALTERNATIVES TO APPENDIX F. UH, NOTICE OF THIS ITEM WAS PUBLISHED IN THE FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM. WE DID SEND OUT 69 LETTERS TO THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS. AND AS OF WRITING THE STAFF MEMO, UH, WE RECEIVED TWO LETTERS IN SUPPORT, NONE IN OPPOSITION. SHOULD THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST, STAFF RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. THE FIRST IS THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE CROSS ACCESS EASEMENTS TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY AS REQUIRED BY THE UDC. UH, WE ARE PROPOSING THAT THE RESTAURANT WITH ALCOHOL SALES, INCLUDING ENTERTAINMENT, SHALL REQUIRE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF AN SUP. THERE IS SOME ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL AND STAFF BELIEVES THAT, UH, KEEPING THAT SUP REQUIREMENT IN PLACE WILL ALLOW STAFF TO DETAIL REVIEW OF THAT OPERATION. UM, AND THEN FINALLY, A MASONRY SCREENING WALL ALONG ROBINSON ROAD SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR TRACKS ONE, TWO, AND THREE. AGAIN, WE WORK IT WITH THE APPLICANT ON THIS. UH, THEIR PROPOSED PLAN DEVELOPMENT LANGUAGE SAYS IT MAY BE PROVIDED STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE LANGUAGE BE CHANGED TO IT SHALL BE REQUIRED. SO, UM, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. COMMISSIONER MADDEN, CAN YOU FLIP BACK PLEASE TO, UM, ONE MORE? UH, ONE MORE. OKAY. I WANTED TO SEE WHAT THE, UM, ON THE, UH, SETBACKS WAS THERE A RETAIL, UH, THEY WANNA REDUCE THE RETAIL SETBACK TOO. AND THAT'S FROM, UM, IS THAT FROM, UH, ROBINSON ROAD? IS THAT YES, ALL OF THE SETBACKS. OKAY. ALL OF THE SETBACKS. SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE THAT. OKAY. DO YOU RECALL RIGHT OFF HAND, AND DID I MISS IT? WHAT, UM, HOW MUCH OF A REDUCTION THAT IS WITH REGARD TO THE RETAIL? SO WE, FOR OUR GENERAL RETAIL, WE CALCULATE A RANGE OF THE REQUIRED SETBACK BASED ON THE BUILDING HEIGHT UHHUH. UM, SO THEY, I BELIEVE THEY WERE REDUCING IT BY REDUCING THAT REQUIRED RANGE BY EITHER FIVE TO 10 FEET. AND YEAH. AND IS THERE, OKAY, GENERAL RETAIL. SO FOR EXAMPLE, SO IT'D BE THE BACK SET BACK I DON'T SEE, OH, IS THAT THE SIDE SETBACK ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL? SO TYPICALLY, YES. SO UNDER WHAT'S REQUIRED, THAT RANGE COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 40 FEET. THEY'RE PROPOSING A RANGE OF 10 TO 30 FEET. HMM. OKAY. AND THEN, UM, ITEM NUMBER TWO WAS A NO PERIMETER OFFENSE AT THE MULTIFAMILY. YES. AND DO, DID THEY HAVE A REASON WHY OR IS THAT SOMETHING I NEED TO ASK THEM? I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT CAN ADDRESS THAT. I THINK THAT'S JUST BASED ON THE END DEVELOPER FOR THAT MULTIFAMILY PROJECT. OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. UM, THIS IS A EXTENSIVE PROJECT AND UH, I'M GLAD THAT THEY, UH, TOOK THE TIME TO GO BACK AND LOOK AND TAKE OUT THE HOTEL AND TAKE OUT SOME OTHER THINGS TO TRY TO ACCOMMODATE GRAND PRAIRIE BETTER. BUT IS THIS GONNA BE A, A GATED COMMUNITY OR, UH, HOA OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA BE CLOSER TO THE 1 61, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S A MULTIFAMILY AND HYBRID HOUSING. SO IT WILL BE DEVELOPED ON A SINGLE LOT UNDER SINGLE OWNERSHIP. MM-HMM . AND SO THAT MANAGEMENT COMPANY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING ALL THE UNITS AND ALL THE OPEN SPACE AND EVERYTHING ON THE LOT. WELL, THE REASON I ASK THAT IS [00:20:01] BECAUSE 1 61 IS OUR PREMIER SPACING AND WE WANT THAT TO BE GREAT. AND THEN IF WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF THINGS ALREADY, YOU KNOW, STANDARDS, UH, FOR THEM TO GO BY, THEN IT COULD TURN INTO GOD KNOWS WHAT, YOU KNOW. SO AT 1 61, WHICH IS OUR PREMIER AREA. SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS CONCERNED WITH THE FLUME ON THAT. SO WHAT WHATEVER'S IN PLACE SAYS IS, I MEAN, IT WILL BE MANAGED BY A MANAGEMENT COMPANY WHO SIMILAR TO OTHER, UH, MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE CITY THAT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING ALL OF THAT. SO BASICALLY, SO I THINK THE SAID IT WAS MORE FOR, CONSIDERED FOR RETAIL. SO WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE OKAY WITH SWITCHING FROM RETAIL TO A MIXTURE ON THIS CASE, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR NOW. SO THAT'S THE, THE DECISION THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING AND CITY COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO MAKE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. AM I MISSING SOMETHING THERE, RASHAD? NO, I'M JUST GONNA ADD THAT THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ARE GONNA CONTROL, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE UDC, SO WHAT WOULD BE DEVELOPED THERE WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'VE HAD DEVELOPED THROUGHOUT ON 1 61. UM, I'LL NOTE THAT THEY DO HAVE THAT ONE EXCEPTION WITH REGARD TO THE EXTERIOR FENCE. MM-HMM . THE SOUTHERN TO SUTHERLAND TO THE SOUTH, THEY DON'T HAVE AN EXTERIOR FENCE ALL THE WAY AROUND THE DEVELOPMENT. THE WHOLE AREA WAS INTENDED TO BE A WALKABLE COMMUNITY TYPE. MM-HMM . DEVELOPMENT. MM-HMM . URBAN LOOK. MM-HMM . SO IT'S NOT OUT OF THE REALM TO ASK FOR THAT EXCEPTION. I'LL LET THE APPLICANT SPEAK TO THAT IN MORE REGARD AND THE REASON WHY. UM, BUT IT WOULD TIE IN WITH WHAT'S ALREADY THERE. THAT, THAT WAS MY ONLY CONCERN. 'CAUSE 1 61 IS OUR PREMIER AREA, SO JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S ON THE UP AND UP ON THAT. YEAH. YEAH. UH, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? YES, WE HAVE. UM, FOR BOTH CASES FOUR AND FIVE. BILL DAHLSTROM AND CARRIE OVERALL TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE CASE, THE APPLICANT. HELLO THERE. WOULD YOU MIND GIVING US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, YOUR ELECTRIC PAGE? SURE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MY NAME IS BILL DAHLSTROM, UH, 2323 ROSS AVENUE HERE ON BEHALF OF IKEA. UH, WE HAVE SOME FOLKS WITH US TONIGHT. JEANNIE DEFAZIO FROM IKEA IS HERE AS WELL. UH, CARRIE OVERALL, OUR, OUR ARCHITECT WHO WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS ON THE SPECIFIC DESIGN AND SOME OF THE TECHNICAL ISSUES WITH REGARD TO, UM, THE, UH, THE DESIGN AND THE PROPOSED PROJECT. UM, AND OUR, OUR ENGINEERS HERE WITH THEIR CASE, THEY'RE ANY ENGINEERING QUESTIONS. BUT WE, WE APPRECIATE YOU THE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AND PRESENT THIS BACK TO YOU AGAIN. WE, AS YOU KNOW, WE WERE HERE A LITTLE WHILE AGO MM-HMM . UH, WE DID LISTEN. WE HEARD SOME COMMENTS. WE WENT BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, MADE SOME, UH, SIGNIFICANT CHANGES, YOU KNOW, WITH REGARD TO REMOVING THE HOTEL MM-HMM . WITH REGARD TO REDUCING THE NUMBER OF UNITS BY A HUNDRED. UM, IT'S A LOT. SO IT WAS A LOT. IT IS A LOT. UM, SO I, I'M NOT GONNA SPEND A LOT OF TIME, I'M, I'M APPRECIATE YOU TAKING BOTH THESE CASES AT ONE TIME BECAUSE THEY, THEY ARE INTERCONNECTED, THEY'RE COMPANION CASES. MM-HMM . UH, 'CAUSE THE FLUME NEEDS TO BE APPROVED IN ORDER TO ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MULTI MM-HMM . FAMILY. AND THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS FOR APPROVAL OF THE MULTIFAMILY. SO WE NEED THE APPROVAL OF THE FLUME, IF THAT MAKES SENSE, IN ORDER FOR THE US TO ALLOW MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MULTIFAMILY. UM, AND, UH, AGAIN, AS, AS WAS WAS PREVIOUSLY, UH, PREVIOUSLY STATED, THIS WAS BACK BEFORE, BEFORE A WHILE AGO WITH WHEN WE RECEIVED A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. WE THINK WE'VE MADE SOME MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS. WE THINK WE'VE LISTENED TO THE CITY. UH, I'M GONNA BASICALLY LEAVE IT AT THAT AND ASK IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. AGAIN, OUR ARCHITECT IS HERE AND ENGINEERS HERE AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVES ARE HERE AS WELL. COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN. I WAS. HELLO, MR. UM, IT'S DAHLSTROM. DAHLSTROM. I GOT IT. YES. UM, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT IS YOUR ANTICIPATED TIMEFRAME FOR CONSTRUCTION GIVEN AN APPROVAL? WELL, I'D LIKE TO DEFER TO, UH, I KNOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, UH, WITH, WITH SOME OF THE BOX, SOME OF THE, UH, LARGER RETAIL USES. AND YOU'RE THINKING 18 TO 24 MONTHS. WHAT'S THE TIMEFRAME? I DON'T KNOW THAT FOR A FACT. I WOULD ASSUME THAT THAT'S, UH, ON THE HORIZON. 'CAUSE THEY DO WANNA MOVE FORWARD, UH, WITH THE, ONE OF THE, THE TWO LARGER BOXES THAT ARE OUT THERE. YES. COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN. I'M SORRY. COMMISSIONER MADDEN. I'M LOOKING RIGHT AT YOU. I'M SORRY. . SO JUST CURIOUS, UM, WITH REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL BY STAFF OF THE, UM, THE FENCING OR THE BRICK WALL OR WHATEVER, WE'RE FINE WITH THAT. YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT? OKAY. AND THEN QUESTION WITH REGARD TO THE SETBACK. MY CONCERN IS FOR THOSE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE INVESTED IN HOMES ACROSS THE ROBINSON, AND I KNOW THAT, AND YOU'VE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ALL ARE ASKING FOR A REDUCTION OF THE SETBACK ON ALL SIDES, I GUESS. BUT IT, I'M, I'M MOSTLY CONCERNED ABOUT REAR WE, WE HAVE THE WALL, WE'LL HAVE THE, THE MASONRY WALL THERE MM-HMM . SO I, AND, AND THEIR HOUSES, I BELIEVE FACE THE OTHER WAY. THEY DO. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GONNA BE AS MUCH OF AN PLUS. WE HAVE ROBINSON THERE, WHICH IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, [00:25:01] UH, RIGHT OF WAY. SO I, WE, WE NEED THAT ADDITIONAL SPACE IN ORDER TO, TO SATISFY THE DESIGN REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USERS THAT WE KNOW ARE COMING. SO THAT, THAT'S THE REASON WE ASK FOR THE, UH, THE VARIANCES. AND CAN YOU, UH, GIMME ANY INSIGHT WITH REGARD TO THE NO PERIMETER FENCE ON THE MULTIFAMILY? I THINK MR. JACKSON SAID IT VERY WELL IN, IN TERMS OF RESIDENTIAL USES. YOU REALLY DON'T ALWAYS WANT TO BOX EVERYTHING AND YOU WANNA LEAVE IT OPEN AND ALLOW THE MM-HMM . THE, THE, THE ABILITY FOR RESIDENTS TO GET OUT ON THE SIDEWALKS AND WALK AROUND. MM-HMM . WOULD THAT, UM, WOULD THAT BRICK WALL THAT'S ON ROBINSON THAT'S PROPOSED, WOULD THAT EXTEND PAST THIS MULTIFAMILY OR WOULD THAT CEASE IT WOULD STOP AT THREE. THE RIGHT. OKAY. AND I JUST DON'T REMEMBER THE MAP RIGHT OFF HAND, BUT, OKAY. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE IT, IT ALLOWS THE, THE ABILITY TO, FACILITATES THE ABILITY OF, OF RESIDENTS TO GET ONTO THE SIDEWALK AND, AND WALK AROUND. OKAY. YEAH. AND I JUST THOUGHT THAT THE DESIGN OF THE WALK WALKABILITY WAS TOWARDS THE, TOWARDS THE WEST ON THE INSIDE OF THAT WHOLE THING. SO TO HAVE A FENCE FACING ROBINSON WOULD'VE JUST BEEN CONSISTENT WITH WHAT'S DOWN SOUTH SOUTHLAND. SO, AM I CORRECT IN THAT THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE A FENCE AT THIS TIME ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE, OF THE, UM, THE HABIT HOUSE, DUPLEX, MULTIFAMILY, WHATEVER THAT IS, TOWNHOUSE STUFF? THAT WOULDN'T BE MY RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE THE APARTMENTS DO HAVE SOMETHING ALONG ROBINSON. YEAH. AND THAT WAS MM-HMM . PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN DONE. 'CAUSE THE DESIGN WAS SUPPOSED TO BE WALKUPS IN THAT AREA. BUT WITH REGARD TO, I THINK SECURITY WAS A CONCERN. SO THEY WERE ASKED TO DO THAT. THESE ARE GONNA BE MORE OF A TOWNHOME LOOK. SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY APARTMENTS. SO THEY WON'T BE APARTMENTS THERE, BUT THERE'LL BE APARTMENTS ON THE REST OF THE U OF THE COMPLEX. CORRECT? CORRECT. CORRECT. OKAY. AND IF YOU GO INTO THE SUTHERLAND, YOU'LL NOTE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY GATES OUTSIDE OF WHAT'S LONG ROBINSON TOWARDS THE YEAH. RIGHT. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT'S WEIRD ABOUT IT. YEAH. MM-HMM . OKAY. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I, I THINK THAT YOU'VE REALLY DONE A, A FANTASTIC JOB AND, AND, YOU KNOW, GOING BACK AND, UH, LOOKING AT EVERYTHING. AND WE DO APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I, YES, THANK YOU. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS EXCEPT FOR, UH, DETAILS ON TIMELINE THAT COMMISSIONER MADDEN WANTED ON THE START. THE CONSTRUCTION, I BELIEVE. IS THAT PERSON HERE THOUGHT YOU HAD OTHER PEOPLE HERE? NO. WELL, I WAS GONNA ASK. OKAY, MS. FRANK. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? HI, I'M JENNIFER FRANK, A 80, UH, 80 80 PARK LANE, SUITE SEVEN 40, DALLAS, TEXAS. I'M WITH SEGOVIA PARTNERS. MM-HMM . AND I'M, UH, THE RETAIL BROKER WORKING ON THE DISPOSITION. I REPRESENT IKEA. MM-HMM . AS A REAL ESTATE BROKER. MM-HMM . AND I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS, UM, UH, YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE TIMING BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING AT A, A LITTLE BIT SHORTER TIMING, UM, OF MORE LIKE A, UH, 12 MONTH TIMING. OUR TWO BIG BOXES ON TRACKED ONE AND TWO ARE VERY ANXIOUS TO GET IN THE GROUND. SO AS SOON AS WE ARE ABLE TO START OUR INFRASTRUCTURE WORK WITH THE ROADWAYS, THEY'RE READY TO GET GOING. VERY GOOD. CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT WHO THOSE BOXES ARE? YOU? IS THAT STILL A QUESTION MARK? IT'S STILL A QUESTION MARK. OKAY. THOUGHT WE COULD GET A LITTLE BIT OUT OF YOU. BUT ANYWAY, , BUT, BUT GOOD THINGS, YOU KNOW, COME IN BEHIND, YOU KNOW, CURTAINS. SO YES. IT'S REALLY EXCITING. UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS? ANY OTHER SPEAKER CARDS? TIFFANY DID CARRIE? I'M GOOD. WE'RE GOOD. NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKER CARDS. OKAY. HAVE THERE HAVE BEEN ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? CAN I GET A MOTION PLEASE? ALRIGHT. AND WE'RE ABLE TO DO THESE TOGETHER, CORRECT? YES. OKAY. ALRIGHT. WELL, I MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE, CPA 24 DASH ZERO FIVE DASH 0 0 7, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT, AND, UM, ZERO N 24 DASH ZERO FOUR DASH 0 0 15 ZONING CHANGE CONCEPT PLAN. I, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE PER UH, DRC RECOMMENDATIONS. I SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE BY COMMISSIONER MADDEN AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. [6. VCC-24-04-0001 - Unified Signage Plan – Mayfield & Robinson Development (City Council District 2). Unified Signage Plan for a commercial and multi-family development within the SH 161 Corridor. Lots 1 and 2, Block 1, Mayfield Road Retail 1 Addition and Tract 2.2, William Reed Survey, Abstract No. 1193, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-294, within the SH 161 Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 965 Mayfield Rd, 1000 Ikea Way, and 3600 Robinson Rd] NEXT CASE PLEASE. ALRIGHT. THIS NEXT ITEM IS ALSO FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT. IT'S A UNIFIED SIGNAGE PLAN, AND YOU CAN SEE THE OUTLINE ON THE PRO, UH, THE, THE DEVELOPMENT ON THE SCREEN. THIS IS INCLUDING THE EXISTING IKEA SITE. UH, SO THIS IS A FOR A UNIFIED SIGNAGE PLAN. AND THIS IS THE MECHANISM THROUGH WHICH APPLICANTS CAN REQUEST VARIANCES TO OUR SIGNAGE, UH, ORDINANCE BY FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT. UM, SO THEY'RE PROPOSING A COMBINATION OF MULTI-TENANT MONUMENT SIGNS AND SINGLE-TENANT MONUMENT SIGNS. UH, YOU CAN SEE THEIR PROPOSED ELEVATIONS OF THOSE SIGNS ON THE [00:30:01] SCREEN. UM, SO FOR THEIR MULTI-TENANT MONUMENT SIGNS, THEY'RE REQUESTING SOME VARIANCES. THERE'S ONE LARGE, UM, MULTI-TENANT, UM, SIGNAGE THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING. ADDITIONAL AREA, THERE'S ONE, UH, REQUESTING ADDITIONAL HEIGHT. SO THE ONE IN FRONT OF IKEA, THEY'RE PROPOSING 50 FEET WHEN THE MAX HEIGHT IS 25. UM, AND THEN THEY'RE REQUESTING SOME VARIANCES FOR THE SETBACKS FOR THE MULTI-TENANT, UH, MONUMENT SIGNS. UM, THEN THE SINGLE TENANT MONUMENT SIGNS, UH, THERE ARE, UH, TWO THAT ARE REQUIRING VARIANCES TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SQUARE FOOT AND THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT, AND THEN THE MAXIMUM AREA OF AN EMC. UM, SO I CAN GO THROUGH THE EXACT LIST OF THOSE VARIANCES AGAIN, BASICALLY IN BEING ABLE TO INCREASE THE HEIGHT AND THE AREA AND DECREASE THE SETBACKS. UM, SO LEGAL, UH, NOTICE OF THIS ITEM WAS PUBLISHED IN THE FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM. WE SENT LETTERS OUT TO THE FOUR SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. AND AS OF WRITING THE STAFF, MO, WE HAVE RECEIVED NONE IN SUPPORT, NONE IN OPPOSITION. STAFF'S UNABLE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST BECAUSE IT DOES NOT MEET OUR UDC REQUIREMENTS. HOWEVER, WE DO WANNA NOTE THAT THIS PLAN WILL PROVIDE FOR COORDINATED AND UNIFORM SIGNAGE FOR ABOUT 55 ACRE MULTI-PHASE DEVELOPMENT. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. GOOD. MR. MADDEN, CAN YOU SHOW ME THE SITE PLAN AND WHICH, UM, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHICH ONES THAT ARE CLOSEST TO RESIDENTIAL THAT AND WHAT THEIR PROPOSED CHANGES. SO I SEE M FOUR YES. RIGHT THERE BY M FOUR. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE, THE, THOSE TWO, WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING? ARE THOSE THE 25 THAT HAVE NOW BEEN ASKED TO BE 50, OR WHAT IS THAT? SO THE ONLY 50, UH, FOOT AND HEIGHT IS THIS OUT THERE SIGN IN FRONT OF IKEA. THE OTHER MULTI-TENANT SIGNS ARE ONE, I BELIEVE IS, UH, 10. YES. M FOUR. AND THEN, SO THERE'S 25 FEET AND 15 FEET. SO THE M SO THE M FOURS, I, I'M SORRY, I CAN'T READ WHAT, WHAT IT'S PROPOSED TO BE. WHAT IT 10 FEET? WHAT IS IT? THE M FOUR IS 10 FEET TALL. 10. AND WHAT WAS IT TO BE? EIGHT? EIGHT. EIGHT. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT COMMISSIONER? CHAPMAN? SAVANNAH, JUST ONE OTHER QUESTION. HOW DOES THIS, YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING 1 61 AND I'M LOOKING DOWN AND I'VE GOT THE EPIC SIGNS UP. MM-HMM . WHERE ARE WE GOING WITH THAT? IS IT CONSISTENT? IT, IT'S A CONSISTENT HEIGHT FOR THAT. THE ONE ALONG, UM, 1 61, THIS ONE RIGHT HERE. UM, SO IT'S VERY CONSISTENT IN THE HEIGHT FROM THE EPIC EAST AND WEST. RIGHT. THEIR TALLEST SIGNS. MM-HMM . FAIR ENOUGH. THANK YOU. THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT. I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT. AND WE ALSO HAD GRANDFATHERED IN SOME OTHER SIGNS IN ANOTHER AREA. DID WHEN THEY WERE TALLER, WAS THAT IN THE RESIDENTIAL, UH, MI LAGOS OR SOMETHING? THOSE SIGNS? WEREN'T THEY TALLER? WAS IT MIGOS SOMEWHERE? WE, WE HAD SOME SIGNS WE, WE APPROVED THAT WERE LARGER. QT QT, YES. OKAY. YES. SO, UH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE COORDINATED, YOU KNOW, PRETTY GOOD ACTUALLY. YOU HAVE ALL THOSE LARGE SIGNS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FREEWAY. UM, ANY OTHER DISC? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR SAVANNAH? THANK YOU SAVANNAH. WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? YES, WE HAVE BILL STROM AND CARRIE OVERHAUL WISHING TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM. OKAY, BACK AGAIN? YES. NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? ADAM CHAIR, COMMISSION. BILL STROM, 2323 ROSS AVENUE. GIVEN THE PRESENTATION WITH, I THINK WAS EXCELLENT, UM, I'M HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. CARRIE HERE IS HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, BUT THIS DOES, AS STAFF HAS STATED, GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A REALLY COORDINATED, UH, OVERALL SIGN PACKAGE FOR THE ENTIRE BLOCK. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY OTHER, ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? WE'RE GOOD. UM, DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER, ANY OTHER SPEAKER CARDS ON THIS ONE? I THINK THAT'S IT. OKAY. NOPE, WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? CAN WE GET A MOTION? ALRIGHT, I MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER SIX V CCC DASH 24 DASH ZERO ONE DASH 0 0 0 1 UNIFIED SIGNAGE PLAN AND APPROVE, UM, PER REQUEST, I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM SIX BY COMMISSIONER MADDEN, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT CASE PLEASE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. GOOD [Items 7 & 8] EVENING COMMISSIONERS. NEXT CASE IS ITEM SEVEN AND EIGHT. THEY'RE COMPANION ITEMS. I'LL GO AHEAD AND PRESENT THEM TOGETHER. UH, THE PROPERTY FOR THE CPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT IS LOCATED AT, UH, NORTHEAST OF NORTH, UH, CARRIER PARKWAY AND NORTH OF WEST MAIN STREET AT EIGHT 30 DALBERT STREET. [00:35:01] SO CURRENTLY THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, UH, AT THIS SITE IS MIXED USE, WHICH HIGHLIGHTS IN THE, THE TRIANGLE OR NOT THE TRIANGLE. THE RECTANGULAR, UH, EIGHT 30 DOWARD STREET LOCATION. UH, APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND TO ALIGN WITH THAT, THEY'RE, UH, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MUST CHANGE FROM MIXED USE TO LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. I'LL GET INTO THE ZONING YET FOR THE RECOMMENDATION, STAFF IS UNABLE TO SUPPORT THE REQUEST. UH, DUE TO THE PROPOSED USE DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. HOWEVER, THE REQUESTED CHANGE MATCHES THE PREDOMINANT USE OF THE AREA GETTING INTO THE REZONE. UH, ZONE CHANGE, AGAIN LOCATED EIGHT 30 DOWARD STREET. THE CURRENT ZONING OF THIS PROPERTY IS GENERAL RETAIL. THE PROPOSED ZONING IS SINGLE FAMILY FOUR, SF FOUR. THE EXISTING LAND USE IS JUST A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. THERE ARE NO PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE HOME. UH, I MENTIONED IN THE BRIEFING THAT THE REASON THE PROPERTY OWNERS WANTING TO REZONE THIS PROPERTY IS THAT THEY CANNOT SELL AND THE NEW BUYER CANNOT GET A LOAN APPROVED DUE TO THE EXISTING ZONING OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH, WHICH IS RETAIL. THIS IS THE STREET VIEW OF THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME. AGAIN, NO CHANGES ARE PROPOSED TO THE HOME. 36 NOTICES WERE SENT TO THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS. WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY OPPOSITION LETTERS, UH, FOR STAFF IS UNABLE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL AGAIN. DUE TO THAT, THE SINGLE FAMILY IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. HOWEVER, IT MATCHES THE PREDOMINANT LAND USE OF THE AREA. UH, NORTHEAST AND WEST ARE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ONLY SOUTH IS, UH, DIALYSIS CENTER. UH, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS ANY QUESTIONS, THINK YOU DID A GREAT JOB ON THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SPEAKER CARDS? NO SPEAKER CARDS. UH, THIS IS COMMISSIONER RAMIREZ'S, UM, UH, AREA AND HE'S NOT HERE. SO DO WE HAVE A COMMISSIONER THAT WOULD LIKE TO TAKE, MAKE A MOTION ON THIS? COMMISSIONER PEREZ? YEAH. CAN I ASK ANOTHER QUESTION? SURE. I JUST, I I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STEPH AND MAYBE YOU CAN, I'M SORRY. I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT WHEN YOU WERE FINISHING UP. SO, UM, BE BEHIND IT YOU SAID IS A WHAT? A DIALYSIS CENTER OR WHAT WAS TO THE SOUTH OF IT? SOUTH THERE'S A DIALYSIS CENTER, THE SOUTH. CAN YOU FLIP TO THAT OVERHEAD VIEW REAL QUICK? OKAY. SO, OKAY, SO SOUTH IS A DIALYSIS AND, AND EVERYTHING NORTH, INCLUDING THAT BIG WHITE THING. UM, ON THE NORTH SIDE. IS THAT, WHAT IS THAT? UH, SO TO THE NORTH, UH, NORTH OF THE YELLOW RECTANGULAR, A MANUFACTURED HOME OR SOMETHING? SINGLE FAMILY STILL. SO SINGLE FAMILY TO THE NORTHEAST AND WEST ONLY, BUT THE BIG WHITE THING. THE BIG WHITE ONE. OH, TO THE NORTH EAST. YEAH. I MAY HAVE TO GO STREET VIEW, BUT ON MY, I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU JUST KNEW. I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT BECAUSE TO THE RIGHT, YEAH. TWO HOUSES AWAY, MAYBE THREE HOUSES. CAN YOU USE THE ON IT, SEE SHOW POINT TO WHERE IT IS? IS THAT THE ONE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? THAT WAS THE ONE I WAS TALKING ABOUT. AND THEN JUST SOUTH OF THAT, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S PROBABLY A HOUSE OR TWO. AND THEN GOING ON, IT LOOKS COMMERCIAL. AM I THE WAY I DID THE DIRECTIONAL OR THE TABLE? MM-HMM . IS THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES THAT TOUCHED THE PROPERTY. SO ALL OF THOSE WERE EITHER SINGLE FAMILY NORTHEAST AND WEST. MM-HMM . JUST SOUTHERN WAS A DIALYSIS CENTER. OKAY. BUT I'M JUST ASKING YOU ABOUT THE OTHER ONES. ARE THEY COMMERCIAL TO THE RIGHT, DO YOU KNOW? RIGHT HAND. THEY'RE STILL RESIDENTIAL TO THE EAST. OKAY. SO, UH, SO ALL THAT CONCRETE IN THAT BLUE ROOF RIGHT ABOVE THE WORD DOWER STREET, IS THAT RESIDENTIAL FOR THE BLUE ONE? I CAN CHECK, BUT THE REST TO THE EAST ARE, UH, RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. OKAY. AND THEY'RE ZONED RESIDENTIAL. CORRECT? THEY'RE ZONED GENERAL RETAIL. GENERAL GENERAL RETAIL. BUT THE USE, THE MAIN IS THE USE HAS NEVER BEEN, IS RESIDENTIAL. HAS ALWAYS BEEN RESIDENTIAL. OKAY. BUT THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING BECAUSE THAT BIG SQUARE, IF YOU FLIP BACK A SCREEN. OH, I THOUGHT YOU HAD THE ZONING OF THE WHOLE THING OR THE, WAS THAT IN THE OTHER ONE? OKAY. SO ALL OF THAT IS ZONED GENERAL RETAIL RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? ALL BLUE. CORRECT. BUT ALL THE YELLOW IS, IS SINGLE FAMILY. CORRECT. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . OF COURSE. THAT WAS, THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. COMMISSIONER. UH, MADDEN, I GUESS IF THERE WAS SOMETHING THERE, YOU'D KNOW, YOU KNOW, OR THERE WOULD'VE BEEN LETTERS SENT TO THAT, UH, THAT ADDRESS. I IMAGINE. I MEAN, WE WOULD'VE KNOWN IF THAT WAS SOMETHING OF CONCERN. THERE WOULDN'T, WOULDN'T WE IN LOOKING AT IT? YEAH. UH, WHENEVER IT WAS NO TELLING WHEN IT WOULD THE, THE ZONING WAS CHANGED. BUT I THINK THE INTENT AGAIN WAS DALWORTH WAS GONNA TURN INTO A COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR. IT NEVER HAPPENED. MM-HMM . UM, FUTURE LANES MET WAS CHANGED TO REFLECT THAT. AND I'LL BE HONEST, IF WE WENT BACK TO, AND WHEN WE GET TO THE CHANCE TO DO A COMP PLAN UPDATE, THIS WILL BE AN AREA THAT CHANGES SIGNIFICANTLY. 'CAUSE PEOPLE ARE COMING BACK TO THESE HOMES. MM-HMM . TO REDEVELOP 'EM AS OPPOSED TO CONVERT 'EM TO GENERAL RETAIL. MM-HMM . BECAUSE ACTUALLY THAT'S A GOOD AREA. IT'S CLOSE, CLOSE IN, [00:40:01] YOU KNOW, TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS TO THE FREEWAYS AND EVERYTHING. SO I COULD SEE PEOPLE DOING THAT. YEAH, THAT'S GOOD QUESTION. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? SO, UH, COMMISSIONER PEREZ IS GONNA, UH, TAKE THIS, UH, OKAY. DO A MOTION ON THIS ONE. YES. I MAKE A MOTION. WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE ITEM SEVEN, SEVEN, AND EIGHT AND SAY THE NUMBER, UH, WHICH IS, UH, AGENDA ITEM SEVEN CPA DASH 24 DASH ZERO FIVE DASH 0 0 0 8. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE FOR THE AMENDMENT TO THE FLUME FOR, UM, EIGHT 30 DBO STREET. AND, UH, AGENDA ITEM EIGHT ZERO N DASH 24 DASH ZERO FOUR DASH 0 0 1 2. THE ZONING CHANGE FOR GENERAL RETAIL TO SINGLE FAMILY. FOUR FOR, UH, ADDRESS OF EIGHT 30 DOWARD STREET. CAN I GET A SECOND PLEASE? SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION ON FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM SEVEN AND EIGHT BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT APPROVAL, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT CASE PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. THIS [9. SUP-24-03-0014 - Specific Use Permit – Cigar Lounge at 2100 N Highway 360 (City Council District 1). Specific Use Permit for a smoking lounge in an existing commercial lease space. Tract 1, G.S.C. Development Corporation Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, zoned Light Industrial (LI) and addressed as 2100 N Hwy 360, Suite 2006] IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE. THIS IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUEST FOR A CIGAR LOUNGE LOCATED, LOCATED AT 2100 NORTH HIGHWAY 360. SO IT IS GOING TO BE IN AN EXISTING LEASE SPACE. YOU CAN SEE ON THE LOCATION MAP TO THE RIGHT, I PUT A LITTLE STAR WHERE APPROXIMATE IT IS. BUT IT IS ON THAT EASTERN BOUNDARY NEAR THAT INDUSTRIAL USE TO THE EAST. AND THIS IS LOCATED WITHIN OUR CORRIDOR OVERLAY DISTRICT 360 CORRIDOR OVERLAY DISTRICT. THIS IS ZONE LIGHT, INDUSTRIAL AND LEASE SPACE IS APPROXIMATELY 1,233 SQUARE FEET. SO THE HOURS OF OPERATION, THEY'RE EXPECTING IT TO GO FROM WEDNESDAY TO SUNDAY, 3:00 PM TO 11:30 PM AGAIN, THEY'LL BE SELLING CIGARS AND NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE. UM, THEY HAVE SAID THAT THEY'VE PROVIDED FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AND THEY PLAN ON ADDING ADDITIONAL VENTILATION. THERE COULD BE ADDITIONAL FIRE SUPPRESSION REQUIREMENTS, BUT THAT'S ADDRESSED AT THE CO STAGE. AND SO THIS IS APPROVED AND BUILDING INSPECTIONS AND FIRE. UM, WE'LL WORK WITH THEM ON THOSE. UM, AND THEY ARE MEETING THE PARKING REQUIREMENT. IT'S SHARED PARKING. UM, BUT THIS BUILDING ALONE HAS 53 SPOTS. THEY ONLY REQUIRE FIVE. THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES. SO NINE NOTICES WERE SENT TO SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. ZERO RETURN IN FAVORS, ZERO RETURNED OPPOSED. DRC DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. SO AGAIN, THESE WERE THE CONDITIONS THAT WERE STAFF WORKED ON FOR THE HOOKAH LOUNGE. SO WE'VE REPURPOSED THEM FOR THIS CASE. AND SO THIS SAME USE SMOKING LOUNGE. UM, SO EIGHT LINERS ARE NOT ALLOWED ON THE PREMISES. OPERATING HOURS SHALL BE LIMITED TO 10:00 AM TO 12:00 AM INDIVIDUALS UNDER 18 WILL NOT BE ALLOWED IN THE ESTABLISHMENT. INDIVIDUALS UNDER 21, UM, WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO PURCHASE OR SMOKE. TOBACCO IDS GOING TO BE REQUIRED. A WRISTBAND FOR ANYONE OVER 21 WILL BE REQUIRED. UM, THEY'LL OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO OPERATE WITHIN, UH, COMPLIANCE OF ALL STATE, FEDERAL, AND LOCAL LAWS. UM, IMPORTANTLY THEY, THEY CANNOT SERVE FOOD IN THIS ESTABLISHMENT. THAT'S PART OF OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES. AND LAST, UH, WE DO ASK THE CITY COUNCIL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING A YEAR FROM NOW FOR AN SUP REVIEW, JUST LIKE THE CORNHOLE REVIEW WE DID LAST MEETING. UM, SO THAT CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONERS, ANY COMMISSIONER MADDEN? UM, WOULD YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW WHAT AREA IN THE LEASE SPACES NEXT TO THIS? I COULD NOT TELL YOU. I'D TO LOOK. SO YOU DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A CHILDCARE OR A I'D HAVE TO LOOK IT UP. DIALYSIS OR, I'VE NOT SEEN ANY OF THOSE YET. SO THAT A CHILDCARE WOULD REQUIRE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. I'VE NOT SEEN THAT AT THAT SITE, BUT ANY, OTHERWISE I'D HAVE TO LOOK IT UP AND THEN ALSO SEE IF I COULD FIND ALSO, I'M JUST CURIOUS, AND THIS IS FOR MY EDUCATION, BUT I IT MAY, IT MAY APPLY SO WE CAN, I KNOW THIS IS SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, BUT THIS BECOMES SORT OF ALMOST A GATHERING SPACE IN A PLACE THAT IS CURRENTLY ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. MM-HMM . I MEAN, IS THAT, IS THAT WHY, I MEAN, IS THE SUP KIND OF OVERRIDING? SO THAT'S JUST IN OUR USE CHARTS. MM-HMM . UM, THIS IS JUST BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A ZONING DISTRICT WHERE THIS COULD BE ALLOWED WITH A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. OKAY. UM, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS TEND TO BE ONE OF OUR LEAST RESTRICTIVE. SO THE MOST OF, YOU KNOW, MORE USES ARE ALLOWED THERE. SOME OF THE STPS SOMEHOW OUT, BUT IT'S NOT VERY RESTRICTIVE ZONING DISTRICT. I AM JUST, BUT SMOKING LOUNGE IS REQUIRED AN SUP IN ANY ZONING DISTRICT, THEY'RE ALLOWED IN. OKAY. AND OKAY. I, I WISH WE KNEW WHAT WAS TO THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT. UM, THAT'S A BIG DEAL TO ME. CAN PULL UP THAT, UH, THE, WHATEVER YOU HAVE THERE THAT'S SHOWING OF THE SPACE IS THAT, I MEAN, YOU HAD ANOTHER ONE BEFORE THAT THE MA ACTUAL MAP, SO YOU, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO KIND OF TELL WHAT THAT IS. LOOKS LIKE A BUILDING. SO THERE IS, SO THIS IS AN ACTUAL, THIS ACTUALLY IS LIKE A REALLY MASSIVE, UM, DEVELOPMENT WITH MULTIPLE BUILDINGS. MM-HMM. WITH MULTIPLE SUITES IN ALL THESE BUILDINGS. UM, SO IT WOULD BE HARD TO TELL FROM THE AERIAL. I'D HAVE TO DO SOME RESEARCH ON, WOULD SEE WHAT COS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THOSE, UH, ADJACENT SUITES. IT WOULD TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME FOR STAFF TO FIGURE THAT OUT. COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, I JUST, UH, I IS THE APPLICANT HERE? NO, [00:45:01] WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS ON THIS. WELL THIS IS INTERESTING BECAUSE I, IT LOOKS LIKE IT MORE OF A, UH, LIKE A CLUB ATMOSPHERE HERE. YOU'RE SMOKING BUT NO ALCOHOL AND YOU CAN'T HAVE ANY FOOD. I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG, HOW THAT'S GONNA LAST. MM-HMM . I MEAN IT JUST SEEMS LIKE, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER CIGAR LOUNGES ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY? I DON'T KNOW ABOUT CIGAR LOUNGES, BUT WE DO HAVE A HOOKAH LOUNGE ON PIONEER THAT WAS APPROVED AND UM, BACK IN 21 OR 22. IS THAT THE ONE WHERE WE HAD THE DISTURBANCES AND THE POLICE HAD TO COME IN? NO. NO. IT'S THE PIONEER ONE, I BELIEVE IS ONE WHERE THEY HAD THE PIZZA PLACE NEXT DOOR. MM-HMM . AND THEY HAD THE HOOKAH LOUNGE AND THEY HAD A DOOR THERE, BUT THEY REMOVED IT. AND SINCE I'VE BECOME IN INTO COMPLIANCE AND THEY ACTUALLY HAD THEIR SUP RENEWED, I BELIEVE I HAVE CONCERN WITH, UH, HAVING THAT, HAVING A PRESENTATION AND NOBODY'S HERE TO DISCUSS IT. THAT CONCERNS ME. UH, COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN? YEAH. BRITTANY, A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR ME. UM, CAPACITY FOR THIS, UM, SPACE IS WHAT? SO THAT WILL BE ASSESSED BY BUILDING INSPECTIONS AT THE CO STAGE. OKAY. AND THEN VENTILATION. ARE THERE ANY VENTILATION REQUIREMENTS? BECAUSE IT'S SMOKE AGAIN, THAT'S, UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S A BUILDING CODE. MORE OF A BUILDING CODE OR FIRE QUESTION. OKAY. AND I NOTICED THERE'S ONLY ONE RESTROOM. IS THAT NORMAL? I KNOW IT'S A BUILDING. I'M SUCH A GIRL. WHAT CAN I TELL YOU? SUCH A GIRL. I'D HAVE TO GET REBUILDING INSPECTIONS ON SOME OF THOSE AND FIRE ON THOSE REQUIREMENTS. THANK YOU. UHHUH COMMISSIONERS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU BRITTANY. RIGHT. I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A LITTLE DISCUSSION ON THIS ONE. MM-HMM . WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING BEFORE WE DISCUSS? WELL, I'M PULLING UP GOOGLE EARTH USES YES. USES THE SURROUNDING. UM, I SEE, UH, A COUPLE OF RESTAURANTS, HOLY TACOS, UH, A GRILL AND THEN IN THE SAME STRIP, A GUITAR STORE, A PEST CONTROL PLACE. MM-HMM . UM, SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT, THIS AREA'S BEEN USED FOR MULTIPLE TYPES OF USES. UH, THERE IT IS. I WOULD SAY CONCERNING BASED ON IF THAT THIS USE BECOMES AN ENTERTAINMENT LOCATION MM-HMM . WHERE ALL THE PARKING AND THE ACTIVITY WILL BE GOING. UH, 'CAUSE IT IS A PRETTY TIGHT, UH, STRIP AREA. UM, BUT AS BRITTANY NOTED, YOU KNOW, THIS USE IS A SUP WITHIN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. SO THEREFORE Y'ALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO LOOK AT THESE SPECIFIC CASES. THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF THE SUP AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT YOU FEEL AS THOUGH IT'S APPROPRIATE. UM, WHETHER OR NOT Y'ALL WANNA MAKE A DECISION TODAY WITH THE, UH, APPLICANT NOT HERE, UM, THAT'S UP TO YOU. OR YOU CAN TABLE IT AND WAIT FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS ON HOW THEY'RE GONNA ADDRESS YOUR CONCERNS. WE'LL, WE'LL DISCUSS IT, WE'LL SEE WHAT THE BODY WANTS TO DO. COMMISSIONERS ON THIS ONE, I'M A LITTLE TROUBLED BECAUSE I THINK IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO PROPOSE SOMETHING, THEY SHOULD AT LEAST SHOW UP AND, UH, TO ME THIS IS NEGATIVE IMPACT, HAVING CIGARS AND SMOKE. WE'RE TRYING TO BE SAFE AND WE'RE TRYING TO BRING, UH, I DON'T KNOW, MODERN THINGS UP. AND WITH CLIMATE CONTROL AND EVERYTHING, A SMOKING LOUNGE DOESN'T SOUND HOSPITABLE TO ME, BUT THAT'S JUST ME. BUT, UH, I'D LIKE SOME COMMENT ON THIS. WHAT DOES EVERYBODY THINK ABOUT THIS? AND WITH THE, UM, DEVELOPER OR WHO, UH, WHOEVER HAVE THE OWNER NOT BEING HERE. COMMISSIONER MADDEN? I JUST, I REALLY WISH WE HAD SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WAS NEXT DOOR BECAUSE I WOULD HATE FOR US TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL ON THIS. AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S NOT REFLECTED ON THE CURRENT GOOGLE EARTH OR WHATEVER. AND I KNOW THAT CAN BE, I, I JUST WOULD HATE FOR THERE TO BE SOMETHING. SO I'M, I'M NOT AGAINST IT ALL IN ALL. AND I PASS NO JUDGMENT ON THE BUSINESS, BUT I JUST AM CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT IT WOULD AFFECT NEXT DOOR BEFORE I MAKE MY PERSONAL DECISION. WE CAN, I MEAN, I PERSONALLY AM NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS AT THIS VERY MOMENT, BUT IF YOU GUYS WANT TO TABLE IT, WE CAN TABLE IT. IT JUST DEPENDS. WE'LL JUST DO A ROUND TABLE. COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN, WHAT DO YOU, WHAT DO YOU THINK ON THIS ONE TABLE? WHAT ABOUT YOU COMMISSIONER PEREZ? UM, I HAVE A QUESTION. RASHAD, DID YOU SAY THAT UH, THERE WAS A PEST CONTROL COMPANY FROM WHAT? GOOGLE EARTH? YES. IT IS NOT SHOWING ALL THE COMPANIES, RIGHT. I'M JUST SEEING WHAT IS POPPING UP. UM, YEAH, AND, AND MAYBE THAT MIGHT NOT BE UPDATED. I DON'T KNOW. BUT IF IT, THEY'RE GONNA BE SMOKING IN THIS PEST CONTROL COMPANY RIGHT NEXT DOOR, THE CHEMICALS WITH THE SMOKING, THAT KIND OF BOTHERS ME. SO IF THAT WAS MY COMPANY AND I WANT TO ASK PERMISSION TO BUILD, UM, I WOULD SHOW UP. YES. OKAY. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YEAH, I KIND FEEL THE SAME WAY. UM, THAT, UH, THE APPLICANT SHOULD, UH, AT LEAST PRESENT AND SHARE HIS VIEWS AND HIS VISION BEFORE WE APPROVE THIS. SO I WOULD SUGGEST TABLE, SO YOU TABLE THE TABLE. COMMISSIONER COCA TABLE. WHAT ABOUT YOU, COMMISSIONER OLEY. OKAY, SO I GUESS THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO. UH, WHO WANTS [00:50:01] TO MAKE THE MOTION ON THIS? OR DO I YOU GONNA MAKE IT MICHELLE OR, AND OUR NEXT MEETING IS THE 2020 FOURTH I BELIEVE. 24TH. OKAY. ALRIGHT, WELL, I, UM, I MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER NINE, THE SCP DASH 24 DASH ZERO THREE DASH FOUR AND TABLE THIS UNTIL, UH, OUR NEXT MEETING OF PNZ ON JUNE 24TH OF 24. HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO TABLE ITEM NINE SUP 24 0 3 0 0 1 4 AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN. ALL IN FAVOR OF TABLING, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. [10. SUP-24-03-0015 - Specific Use Permit - 821 MacArthur Blvd (City Council District 5). Specific Use Permit for Auto Repair (Minor) at 821 MacArthur Blvd. Lot 261, a portion of the adjoining Southern tract, and a portion of Lots 168 and 169, Burbank Garden Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Single Commercial (C) District, and with an approximate address of 821 MacArthur Blvd] ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, THIS AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER 10, ANOTHER SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUEST LOCATED AT 8 2 1 MACARTHUR BOULEVARD. SO THIS IS AN SUP REQUEST FOR AN AUTO REPAIR MINOR FACILITY. Y'ALL PROBABLY RECOGNIZE THIS. WE DID HAVE THEM GO THROUGH THAT ZONING CHAIN, SO JUST KIND OF CLEAN UP THE LOT, UM, SO THAT THEY COULD COME THROUGH. NOW FOR THIS SUP REQUEST, IT IS NOW ALL ZONE COMMERCIAL. UM, THIS IS THE SITE EXHIBIT. SO THEY ARE GOING TO PROVIDE CONCRETE PARKING FOR EMPLOYEE AND CUSTOMER PARKING. OURS OF OPERATION ARE EXPECTED TO BE 9:00 AM TO 6:00 PM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, 9:00 AM TO 4:00 PM THE SERVICES PROVIDED ARE GOING TO INCLUDE QUICK GLUE, BOIL CHANGES, FILTER REPLACEMENT, BRAKE REPLACEMENT, AND HOST FITTING REPLACEMENTS. IT'S EVERYTHING THAT'S ALLOWED IN, UM, AUTO REPAIR MINOR PER, UH, ARTICLE 30 OF THE UDC. THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES. 53 NOTICES WERE SENT TO SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. ZERO RETURN IN FAVOR AND ZERO RETURN TO OPPOSED. DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. UM, ALL PARKING SHALL BE LIMITED TO PAVED SERVICES. THE BUSINESS SHALL BE OPERATING COMPLIANCE WITH ALL STATE, FEDERAL, AND LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS. AND THE BUSINESS SHALL OBTAIN A CO O AND AN AUTO RELATED BUSINESS PERMIT. INCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION BILL FOR ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? I THINK YOU DID A REALLY GOOD JOB IN, UH, IN BRIEFING. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER PEREZ? NO, NO QUESTIONS. OH, NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS, TIFFANY? SO FOR ITEM NUMBER 10, WE HAVE MANNA GOMEZ WHO DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WOULD LIKE TO RECORD SUPPORT. AND THEN MIGUEL GUEVARA VELASQUEZ, WHO DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WOULD LIKE TO RECORD SUPPORT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU COMMISSIONS. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? I THINK, UH, WE, WE ARE READY TO MAKE A MOTION ON THIS. THIS IS, UH, ALSO COMMISSIONER, UH, RAMIREZ'S AREA. WOULD LIKE SOMEONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION OR DO YOU WANT ME TO MAKE A MOTION? TO MAKE A MOTION? GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER. I FOUND YES, HE'S GOT IT. GO AHEAD. YES, I MOVED TO CLOSE. ARE YOU IN THE MIC? CAN WE CAN'T HEAR YOU HEAR ME? CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, YES, YES. I MOVED TO, UM, TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 10 SUP 24 DASH THREE DASH 0 0 0 1 5 SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR 8 2 1 MACARTHUR BOULEVARD AS PER DRC AS PER DRC, THE RECOMMENDATIONS? YES. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM 10 BY COMMISSIONER GONZALES AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER COLEY. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS. THERE SHE IS. RIGHT THERE. OKAY, . THANK YOU. NEXT CASE PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. LAST AGENDA. [11. ZON-24-04-0011 - Zoning Change – 1610 W Polo Rd (City Council District 6). Zoning Change from General Retail (GR) to Commercial (C) on 0.5 acres. Lot 1, Block 1, Polo Business Park Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned General Retail (GR) District, and addressed as 1610 W Polo Rd] ITEM OF THE NIGHT IS A ZONING CHANGE REQUEST LOCATED AT 1610 WEST POLO ROAD. SO THE EXISTING ZONING AT THIS LOCATION IS CURRENTLY GENERAL RETAIL. THE PROPOSED ZONING IS COMMERCIAL. THIS IS A 0.5 ACRE LOT. THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DOES DESIGNATE THIS AREA AS COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICE. SO THE PROPOSED ZONING WILL STILL MATCH UP WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, WHICH IS WHY YOU'RE NOT SEEING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT RUNNING WITH THIS ZONING CASE LIKE SOME OF OUR OTHERS. SO AGAIN, WHAT PROMPTED THIS IS THEY WANNA DO A CONTRACTOR SHOP INSIDE ONLY. AND THAT IS NOT ALLOWED IN GR AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, IT'S PROHIBITED. BUT IF YOU MOVE OVER TO THE COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT, THEN IT'S ALLOWED BY, RIGHT? SO IF THEY'RE ABLE TO SECURE THE ZONING CHANGE, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD RIGHT TO A CO ESSENTIALLY. SO THEY'RE WANTING TO DO A PLUMBING, A SERVICE, AND THEN IT HAS AN ACCESSORY USE. THEY'RE WANTING TO ALSO HAVE, UM, A PLANT NURSERY RETAIL THERE AS WELL. BUT THE PLUMBING, THE CONTRACTOR SHOP WILL BE THE MAIN BUSINESS AT THIS LOCATION. SO THAT'S WHAT'S TRIGGERING THE NEED FOR A ZONING CHANGE. THIS IS THE SITE FROM POLO ROAD. THIS IS THE SITE FROM BES DRIVE. THE APPLICANT'S NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES. 21 NOTICES WERE SENT TO SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. ZERO. RETURN IN FAVOR, ZERO RETURN. OPPOSED. DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS THE PROPOSED ZONING IS CONSISTENT WITH OUR FUTURE LADIES MAP. WELL, THANK YOU MS. BRITTANY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR, FOR BRITTANY? WHAT QUESTION? BRITTANY? COMMISSIONER MADDEN. SO DOES, UM, GENERAL RETAIL OR I'M SORRY, DOES COMMERCIAL BY RIGHT. ALLOW AND I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER. STORAGE OUTSIDE? NO. OKAY. THAT'S ALL I NEED TO KNOW. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU BRITTANY. GOOD PRESENTATION. WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? TIFFANY IT. WE HAVE CHASE [00:55:01] LANDRY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE, SIR. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS CHASE LANDRY. I'M THE OWNER OF MCG CRUSH PLUMBING SOLUTIONS. UM, WE LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I'M ON THE SAME BLOCK. UH, I COULD WALK TO THIS BUILDING. MM-HMM . UM, I'VE BEEN LIVING THERE FOR ABOUT 16 YEARS. MM-HMM . UM, A FRIEND OF OURS OWNED IT. IT KIND OF CAME UP TO BE AVAILABLE AND WE STARTED BUSINESS ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO. IT KIND OF TOOK OFF. WE GOT GREAT REVIEWS. MOST OF OUR WORK IS HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE AND, UH, WE WOULD LOVE TO BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND GROW WITH IT. UH, WE'RE NOT JUST A NORMAL PLUMBING COMPANY. I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO STAND OUT AND TRYING TO BE A MODERN VIEW OF PLUMBING. WE WANT TO BRING IN THE YOUTH AND TRAIN, UM, GET INVOLVED WITH SCHOOL PROGRAMS. WOULDN'T LIKE THAT. THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT TRADE. MM-HMM . UM, MOST OF OUR MEETING TODAY MM-HMM . UH, JUST ME BEING HERE TODAY WAS ABOUT PLUMBING. MM-HMM . UM, SO IT KIND OF SHOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT, OF WHAT WE DO. AND, UH, I, WE'RE JUST, WE DON'T HAVE THE YOUTH GETTING INTO IT, SO I REALLY THINK SOMETHING IN THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY IN THIS PARTICULAR COMMUNITY. UM, PEOPLE BEING SEEN, HEY, IT IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT. MM-HMM . WHAT IS THAT? MM-HMM . AND IT BRINGS SOME CURIOSITY FOR THE YOUNGER GENERATION TO GET INTO THIS. WELL, THAT IS WONDERFUL. AND YOU'D BE DOING, DOING INTERNSHIPS AND WORKING WITH THE SCHOOLS ON, UH, APPRENTICESHIPS. CORRECT. AND ALL OF THAT? I HAVE, I HAVE APPRENTICES, UH, AT THE MOMENT. UM, PLUMBING HAS CHANGED MY LIFE. I GOT INTO IT RIGHT OUTTA HIGH SCHOOL. IT'S WHAT I DECIDED TO DO, UH, AS A TRADE. I'VE BEEN IN IT FOR 22, 22, 23 YEARS. UM, MASTER PLUMBER WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS. UM, 2020, WE STARTED OUR BUSINESS, UH, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF COVID. UM, WOW. JUST KIND OF A CRAZY, CRAZY SITUATION. CRAZY TURN EVENTS. AND, UH, WE JUST REALLY PUSHED THROUGH EVERY SINGLE OBSTACLE THAT WE, WE'VE COME ACROSS THIS KIND OF BE ONE OF 'EM AS WELL. UM, IT'D BE A REALLY WEIRD ZONE TO HAVE A RETAIL BUSINESS THERE. UH, JUST 'CAUSE IT'S FULLY GATED ALL THE WAY AROUND. MM-HMM . UM, FRONT PARKING LOT. I DO WANNA MAKE VERY CLEAR THAT WORK TRUCKS, UH, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT PARKING LOTS. THERE'S A BACK PARKING LOT AND THERE'S A FRONT PARKING LOT. MM-HMM . FRONT PARKING LOT WOULD BE FOR THE RETAIL SIDE OF IT. MM-HMM . WE DON'T REALLY HAVE CUSTOMERS COMING THERE NECESSARILY. MORE SHIPPING. MM-HMM . UM, MAYBE FUTURE HAVING SOMEBODY COME IN AND PICK OUT A PLANT WENT LIKE THAT. MM-HMM . BUT WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYBODY COME INTO THE FRONT OFFICE. MM-HMM . UM, IN THE FUTURE, WE LOOK AT GROWING OUR BUSINESS WITH THIS BEING OUR OFFICE. AND THEN IF WE NEED TO EXPAND, MOVE, GET OUT OF THIS, NOT NECESSARILY GET OUTTA THE BUILDING, BUT USE IT AS AN OFFICE, BUT THEN, UH, HOLD TRUCKS, STORAGE SOMEWHERE ELSE. MM-HMM . RIGHT NOW, IT'S BIG ENOUGH FOR US TO HAVE STORAGE INSIDE, BUT I FEEL IN THE FUTURE WE'LL HAVE TO MOVE THAT OFFSITE. WOW. THAT IS WONDERFUL. I'M JUST GLAD YOU'RE HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE AND YOU, YOU LIVE HERE SO THAT, THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES THAT YOU WANTED TO HAVE YOUR BUSINESS TO STAY IN GRAND PRAIRIE. THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES. YES, MA'AM. MA'AM. UH, FEEL FREE TO CHECK US OUT. I MEAN, IT'S BEEN A MAN, IT'S LIKE A DREAM COME TRUE. IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE YOU REALLY PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER AND HAVE THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT. MM-HMM . UH, OUR REVIEWS ARE AMAZING AND, UH, REALLY TRYING TO HELP OUT THE COMMUNITY. WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE COMPANY EXACTLY? THE COMPANY IS, IT'S KIND OF A WEIRD NAME, BUT IT'S CALLED MCG CRUSH WITH A K, UH, PLUMBING SOLUTIONS. MM. UM, YEAH, YOU HAVE TO CHECK THIS OUT. IT'S, UH, ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE'VE BEEN KIND OF GROWING. WE'RE TRYING TO BE, UH, IN THE PUBLIC EYE. I'M ON, UH, SEVERAL SOCIAL SITES, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS TALK. WOULDN'T LIKE THAT. MM-HMM . YOU CAN KIND OF GO CHECK US OUT, KIND OF SEE THAT TYPE OF STUFF. BUT I REALLY TRY TO PROVIDE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF SERVICE. I, I WANNA PROVIDE AN EXCELLENT SERVICE. MM-HMM . NOT JUST A REGULAR SERVICE. UH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. UH, SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT JUST TO KIND OF GET EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE WITH, UH, CREW MEMBERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. MM-HMM . UH, BUT I'M A YOUNG LEADER. I'M TRYING TO GET INTO IT YOUNG IN BUSINESS. MM-HMM . UH, IT'S MY FIRST BUSINESS. AND, UH, JUST TRYING TO PUSH THAT ALONG AND, UH, BUILD LEADERSHIP. THAT'S WONDERFUL. SO YOU'LL BE WORKING WITH THE TRADE SCHOOLS AND THE, AND THE HIGH SCHOOLS. YES, MA'AM. WOW. THAT IS, THAT'S A LOT. THAT'S GREAT. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? YES. UH, ONE QUESTION. THANK YOU AGAIN. SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND, UH, CONGRATS ON THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, EXPANDING AND BEING THE INTO ENTREPRENEUR. SO ARE, DO YOU CURRENTLY HAVE A SITE TODAY OR JUST, UH, THIS WILL BE THE FIRST ONE. ARE YOU WORKING FROM HOME, FROM THE GARAGE? I MEAN, . WELL, SO, SO WE, WE WERE AT, UH, OFF OF SKYWAY OVER THERE, RIGHT BEHIND THE RIGHT BEHIND THE AIRPORT. UM, WE'RE KIND OF IN AN INTERESTING SITUATION. IF I, IF I DO JUST HAVE TO BE COMPLETELY HONEST, I SIGNED A LEASE. UM, WE THOUGHT THIS WAS GONNA BE A CLEAN CUT DEAL, GET A CO AND KIND OF GO FROM THERE. MY OTHER LEASE EXPIRED, SO WE'RE KIND OF IN THAT SPOT RIGHT NOW, JUST TO BE REAL HONEST WITH YOU. MM-HMM . UH, WE'VE BEEN OPERATING OUT THERE FOR ABOUT A MONTH, MONTH AND A HALF NOW. UM, NOT SUPPOSED TO, IT JUST, WE JUST KIND OF HAPPENED MM-HMM . UM, SO WE KIND OF NEVER HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS BEFORE, SO IT'S KIND OF OUR FIRST TRIP. WE REALIZED WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO. UH, TRIED TO GET OUR CO THAT'S WHEN WE [01:00:01] FOUND OUT THERE WAS MORE OF AN ISSUE. MM-HMM . I WAS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF KIND OF LIKE, I CLOSED THIS LEASE, SOMEBODY ELSE'S LEASE IN MY SPOT. I HAVE TRUCKS, EQUIPMENT, STUFF LIKE THAT. MM-HMM . THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING, HAPPENS TO BE A FRIEND OF MINE AND WAS LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW, LET ME SEE IF I COULD HELP YOU OUT. UH, WORST CASE SCENARIO YOU COULD HELP US KIND OF, UH, REMODEL, KIND OF GET THIS PLACE GOING BECAUSE IT'S NOT SET UP FOR A RETAIL SPOT. MM-HMM . SO, UH, WE WERE JUST REALLY OPEN AND HE WAS, UH, OPEN WITH US TO HELP US, UH, THROUGH THAT, THAT PORTION. NO, THANK YOU FOR EXPANDING ANY MORE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. THIS IS, UH, IN DISTRICT SIX. MS. ANA, ARE YOU COMMISSIONER KOKA? MADAM CHAIR. I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND VERY HAPPILY, UH, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE SUPPORT OF OUR STUDENTS. UH, I, THE ITEM AGENDA 11 ZERO N 24 0 4 0 0 11, APPROVE WITH, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS. I SECOND THAT. HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM 11 BY COMMISSIONER COCO AND, UH, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. AND THAT IS THE LAST CASE, AND IT IS 7:45 PM GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE. * 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.