Jun 24, 2024 Planning & Zoning 062424

[Call to Order]

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I'M CHERYL SMITH, CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

THIS MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING IS HEREBY CALL BACK TO ORDER AT 6:30 PM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETS THE SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY OF EACH MONTH.

ALL MEETINGS ARE VIDEO RECORDED.

NO OFFICIAL ACTION CAN BE TAKEN UNLESS PROPER APPLICATION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED THROUGH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOLLOWS A PRINTED AGENDA THAT IS AVAILABLE ONLINE PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ARE ROUTINE ITEMS WHICH CAN BE APPROVED IN ONE MOTION.

HOWEVER, ANY MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION MAY MAKE A MOTION TO INDIVIDUALLY CONSIDER AN ITEM FROM THE PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA.

INDIVIDUALS MAY ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANY ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.

TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM OR NOTE YOUR SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION WITHOUT SPEAKING, PLEASE FILL OUT A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD.

THESE CARDS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE COUNTER AND SHOULD BE TURNED IN AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM PRIOR TO THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM BEING CALLED, I WILL NOW CONDUCT A ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS TO CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM.

IF I RECALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE SAY, HERE, CHERYL SMITH.

HERE.

CARL RAMIREZ.

MICHELLE MADDEN.

HERE.

TY CHAPMAN.

HERE.

FRANK GONZALEZ.

HERE.

JULIA PEREZ.

HERE.

ANNA COCA.

HERE.

JOHN FKO.

HERE.

CHRIS OLEY.

HERE.

UH, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT EXCEPT FOR CARL RAMIREZ.

AND NOW COMMISSIONER JULIA PEREZ WILL GIVE THE INVOCATION.

AFTER THAT, I WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE US AND TEXAS FLAG.

PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS, THE FATHER, SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.

DEAR LORD, WE OFFER THIS GATHERING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO YOU AND ASK YOU TO BLESS IT WITH YOUR WISDOM AND GRACE.

WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE TOGETHER, TO GROW IN LOVE, AND IN SERVICE FOR OUR CITY.

WE ASK YOU TO ENLIGHTEN OUR MINDS TO KNOW WHAT IS TRUE AND BEST FOR OUR RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND VISITORS.

LORD, PLEASE WATCH OVER OUR FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, CITY STAFF, CITY LEADERS, AND ALL OF OUR FAMILIES, AS WELL AS THE FIRST RESPONDERS.

SORRY.

ALL THIS IN YOUR PRECIOUS NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN.

YEAH.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH THE LIBERTY OF JUSTICE CRA ON HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE IN AN EFFORT TO MINIMIZE DISRUPTIONS.

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FOLLOWING A BRIEF PRESENTATION BY STAFF, APPLICANTS WILL HAVE A COMBINED TOTAL OF 30 MINUTES TO PRESENT.

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AT THIS TIME, CITIZENS MAY SPEAK FOR UP TO FIVE MINUTES ON ANY ITEM, NOT ON THE AGENDA.

DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS? NO, MA'AM.

THE NEXT MATTER

[PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA]

MADAM CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE END THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE ITEM NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR JUNE 10TH AND THE AMENDED MINUTES FOR THE MEETING OF MARCH 25TH.

I'M, YES, 25TH OF 2024.

ALSO FOR AGENDA ITEM TWO, WHICH IS THE FINAL PLAT FOR JEFFERSON AT LAKE RIDGE EDITION.

SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE ITEMS ONE AND TWO BY COMMISSIONER JULIA PEREZ AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FEDCO.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

COMMISSIONER PEREZ.

[PUBLIC HEARING POSTPONEMENT, RECESS, CONTINUATIONS]

THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR, UH, 2100 EAST

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AND GO AHEAD AND THEN ONE SECOND.

AND ALSO, UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS SUP DASH 24 DASH ZERO THREE DASH 0 0 1 4.

THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR THE CIGAR BAR AT 2100 NORTH HIGHWAY 360.

BE TABLED INDEFINITELY.

SECOND.

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WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO TABLE ITEMS THREE AND FOUR ON THE AGENDA BY COMMISSIONER JULIA PEREZ AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FKO.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT CASE, PLEASE.

[5. STP-24-05-0023 - Site Plan - M2G Oakdale Industrial (City Council District 1). Site Plan for two industrial warehouses on 10.21 acres. Lot 1, Block 1, West Oakdale Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned LI and PD-326, within SH 161 Corridor Overlay District, with an approximate address of 2901 W Oakdale Road]

COMMISSIONERS.

THE ITEM, UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS THE ITEM NUMBER FIVE ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS STP 24 5 0 0 2 3.

THIS IS A SITE PLAN FOR OC UH, OAKDALE INDUSTRIAL.

SO THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TWO INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS IN THIS AREA, SHOW THIS KIND OF COMMUNICATES WHERE THEY ARE, UM, IN RELATION TO OTHER, UM, DEVELOPMENTS.

SO THIS IS NORTH, AND THEY'RE PROPOSING TWO WAREHOUSES IN SUCH MANNER.

THEY DO HAVE A RV PARK TO THE NORTH AND AN EXISTING MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY TO THE EAST.

SO THE APPLICANT IS COMPLYING WITH THE, UM, DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENT AS SHOWN, AND THEY ARE COMPLYING WITH THE REQUIRED LANDSCAPING AND TREE MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS.

THIS SHOWS THE PROPOSED ELEVATIONS FOR THE BUILDING ONE TO THE LEFT.

SO THIS IS THE ELEVATION THAT WILL BE VISIBLE ON THE PRIMARY, UH, STREET, AS WELL AS THE WEST ELEVATION, WHERE THEY HAD PROVIDED WINDOWS AND, UH, GLAZING.

THIS IS THE INTERNAL ELEVATIONS FOR THE TRUCK DOCKS, WHICH ARE SCREENED BY THE BUILDING PROJECTIONS.

THIS IS THE ELEVATIONS FOR THE BUILDING, TOO.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THE SOUTH ELEVATION KIND OF MATCHES THE OTHER ELEVATION WITH THIS, UH, FRAMING AND WITH THE PATTERNS AND GLAZING WINDOWS.

SO THIS IS A RENDERING KIND OF COMMUNICATING THEIR OVERALL DESIGN, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT MORE COMMUNICATIVE THAN THE ELEVATIONS BECAUSE YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE DIFFERENT PROJECTIONS IN DIFFERENT PLANES, UM, KIND OF PLAYING ITS ROLE TO CREATE THE VARIETY.

SO THE, UM, APPLICANT IS COMPLYING WITH EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR ONE VARIANCE THAT, THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING.

THEY ARE REQUESTING A SCREENING ALONG THE EAST PROPERTY LINE TO BE WAIVED.

THEY WISH TO, UH, KEEP THE EXISTING WOOD FENCES ALONG THE PROPERTY LINE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF SHOW YOU.

THIS IS THE AREA TO THE NORTH.

LET ME JUST GO BACK TO THE AERIAL VIEW REALLY QUICK.

SO UP HERE, THERE'S AN ARBY PARK.

THERE'S AN EXISTING FOREFOOT CHAIN LINK FENCE.

HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO THE UDC, THERE'S NOT REALLY A FENCING REQUIREMENT BETWEEN THE TWO SAME ZONING DISTRICTS.

WHAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO IS PUT A SIX FOOT MACE LEAF SCREENING WALL ALONG THE MOBILE HOME PARK BECAUSE THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT ZONING CATEGORIES.

THEY'RE ASKING TO KEEP THE EXISTING WOOD FENCE AS SHOWN HERE.

THIS IS THE WOOD FENCE THAT THEY WANNA KEEP AND NOT CONSTRUCT.

THESE, UM, SIX FORM MASONARY SCREENING STAFF IS NOT SUPPORTING THIS VARIANCE.

SO THE DRC RECOMMENDS AN APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITION THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE A TYPE ONE FENCE, WHICH IS THE SIX FOOT ALLY SCREENING ALONG THE EASTERN PROPERTY LINE.

OBJECTION TO THE, UH, MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY.

THIS CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION.

THE APPLICANT WISH TO, UM, DO THEIR OWN PRESENTATIONS.

UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME? COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? NO.

THANK YOU, JIM.

SPEAKER CARDS, GILBERT MOTA WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.

HELLO, SIR.

STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS, UH, GILBERT MODA, M TWO G VENTURES SEVEN 10 SOUTH MAINE FORT WORTH.

UH, M TWO G VENTURES IS A LOCAL FORT WORTH WOMAN OWNED REAL ESTATE COMPANY, AND WE'VE DEVELOPED, UM, APPROXIMATELY 3 MILLION SQUARE FEET IN DFW.

FIRST, I'D LIKE TO THANK STAFF FOR BEING VERY HELPFUL TO US.

JUNE SIM WAS OUR, WAS OUR PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT, AND, UM, SHE DID NOTHING BUT BUT GREAT THINGS TO, TO HELP US THROUGH OUR SITE, MIDDLELAND IN GRAND PRAIRIE.

AND WE'RE EXCITED TO, UM, HAVE OUR FIRST DEVELOPMENT IN GRAND PRAIRIE AND CONTINUE OUR COMMITMENT TO CREATING A NEW STANDARD FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.

SO I'M SURE THAT JUNE HAS PROVIDED A GREAT BRIEFING, BUT I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND TO THE, UM, VARIANCE REQUEST.

AND SO THE VEHICLE THAT WE HAVE IS, IS A VARIANCE REQUEST.

AND, UM, THE WAY I LOOKED AT IT IS MORE OF AN INTERPRETATION OF THE CURRENT ORDINANCES.

UM, AND JUST TO REITERATE, THIS IS A VARIANCE REQUEST AS LISTED IN THE, UM, AGENDA TO ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 10 OF A UNIFIED DEV DEVELOPMENT CODE.

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AND SO JUNE WENT THROUGH THE BLUE LINE THAT'S SEPARATING OUR DEVELOPMENT WITH THE, UM, MOBILE HOME PARK.

AND THERE'S, THERE IT IS ON THE SITE PLAN.

I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE, I'VE SEEN THIS NOW THREE TO FIVE TIMES.

I THINK YOU'RE AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

UM, FROM AN EXISTING ZONING PERSPECTIVE, OUR SITE IS DIVIDED INTO TWO DIFFERENT ZONES OR ZONING.

UH, THE GRAY IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, AND THEN WE HAVE THE PD 3 26.

AND WHAT THAT IS, THAT WAS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO BEGIN WITH.

UM, AND IT ALLOWED, UM, THE MOBILE HOME USE THERE.

THE ADJACENT PROPERTY, PD 1 0 5, UM, OF WHICH WOULD, THE FENCE WOULD SEPARATE, THE SCREEN WALL WOULD SEPARATE.

IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL OR WAS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL? IT'S A PD, PD ONE PIPELINE INDUSTRIAL TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL WITH A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR MOBILE HOME PARK.

THOSE, THAT'S THE OVERVIEW OF THE ZONING.

UM, JUST FOR INFORMATION FOR WHATEVER IT'S WORTH, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, UM, INCLUDES OR EXHIBITS, UM, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL IN AND AROUND THE AREA SHOWN IN PURPLE THERE.

I JUST WANNA GO THROUGH A FEW EXISTING CONDITIONS THAT WE HAVE AND THEN I'LL EXPLAIN, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR, WHAT, WHAT, WHERE OUR, WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM, UM, FROM AN INTERPRETATION STANDPOINT.

UM, SO WE HAVE CASCADE CAT TAIL, AND BLACKBERRY LANE, YOU CAN SEE ON THE TOP RIGHT.

AND THESE VIEWS, UM, FROM GOOGLE EARTH.

UM, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE FENCE THAT EXISTS TODAY.

UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A CONCRETE AP APRON, UM, THAT'S ADJACENT TO THAT FENCE.

ON THE, ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PICTURE, WE HAVE ABOUT A 50% SLOPE THERE.

IT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT SLOPE FROM BETWEEN OUR PROPERTY LINE AND THE ADJACENT, UM, PROPERTY.

IT'S NOT FLAT, UM, WHATSOEVER.

AND IN MANY TIMES, THE WOODEN FENCE IS BEING USED AS A BACKYARD TO SOME OF THE RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA TO, IT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE WOOD FENCE, OF WHICH IT'S IN PRETTY GOOD CONDITION.

THEY HAVE A MANAGEMENT OFFICE.

THEY DO MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY AND THEY APPEAR TO BE MAINTAINING THE FENCE, UM, ON A REGULAR BASIS.

THIS IS THAT CATTAIL LANE.

AND THEN THE LAST PICTURE OF EXISTING, UM, WOULD BE BLACKBERRY LANE.

AND I THINK THE, THE PICTURE THAT JUNE HAD HAD SHOWN BEFORE IS AT THE VERY TOP, UM, NORTHERN END, NORTHWESTERN END OF THE PROPERTY.

BUT THIS IS THAT BLACKBERRY LANE.

UH, SAME FENCE THERE.

UM, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT SLOPE, ABOUT A 50% SLOPE.

THERE ARE ONE-TO-ONE, UH, RATIO, AND YOU CAN SEE A DRAINED SWELL THAT COMES FROM OUR PROPERTY DOWN THAT DRAINS INTO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY.

WE, THE INTENTION IN OUR DESIGN IS THAT WE DON'T DRAIN FURTHER INTO THE PROPERTY.

IT'S CONTAINED MOSTLY WITHIN OUR PROPERTY THERE.

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SO, UM, SO TWO, TWO THINGS.

AND I'VE STUDIED THIS AND READ THIS A DOZEN TIMES AND, UM, TALKED TO JUNE ABOUT IT.

SO AS JUNE HAD, UM, STATED, UM, THE UDC REQUIRES A SCREEN WALL BETWEEN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND A RESIDENTIAL USE.

WE HAVE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND A PD, WHICH IS A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL WITH A MOBILE HOME USE, THERE'S TWO EXCEPTIONS TO A SCREEN WALL.

ONE WOULD BE A TOPOGRAPHICAL VARIATION THAT WOULD PRECLUDE A NORMAL INSTALLATION.

IN OUR OPINION, THE SLOPE THAT EXISTS THERE WOULD PRECLUDE THAT NORMAL INSTALLATION BECAUSE OF THE, THE WASHOUT THAT YOU COULD RECEIVE FROM THAT EXISTING GRATE THERE, PLUS THE FOUNDATIONS THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO KEEP THAT SCREEN FENCE OR THAT SCREEN WALL STABLE.

THAT'S ONE EXCEPTION THAT WE SAW.

THE SECOND EXCEPTION WOULD BE IF AN EXISTING FENCE IS IN PLACE ON THE APPLICANT'S PROPERTY, THAT IS DETERMINED AS SUFFICIENT AND STRUCTURALLY SOUND.

SO WITH THOSE TWO THINGS, UM, THAT'S WHERE OUR INTERPRETATION, UM, WOULD ARRIVE THAT A SCREEN, THAT THE EXISTING FENCE WOULD BE APPROPRIATE AND THAT WOULD NOT HAVE TO BE REPLACED WITH A NEW SCREEN WALL.

UM, SO THAT CONCLUDES MY LITTLE, UH, PRESENTATION.

THAT'S A VERY GOOD INTERPRETATION.

COMMISSIONER MADDEN.

HI.

THANKS FOR COMING.

UM, SO COUPLE QUESTIONS.

DO YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU CHECKED TO SEE IF THAT FENCE IS CURRENTLY BUILT ON THEIR LAND OR ON YOUR LAND OR RIGHT DOWN THE PROPERTY LINE? DO YOU KNOW? IT'S RIGHT DOWN THE PROPERTY LINE.

IT'S RIGHT DOWN THE PROPERTY LINE.

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SO JUST FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A, A BUSINESS OWNER, I WOULD THINK THAT, UM, THERE'S A DEGREE OF CONTROL THAT'S HELD TOO, WHEN YOU OWN AND BUILD THE FENCE.

AND, UM, I ASSUME THAT YOUR BUILDING IS GONNA BE THERE FOR A LOT LONGER.

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UM, PROTECTING FROM WHOEVER.

MM-HMM.

UM, I WOULD THINK THAT YOU WOULD WANT YOUR OWN FENCE.

I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S A REALLY LONG, UM,

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UM, ANYWAY, I JUST WAS REALLY WONDERING ABOUT, ABOUT THAT AND ALSO, UH, YEAH, CONTROL OF THE STATUS OF THAT FENCE, BECAUSE IT'S NOT YOURS.

NO, THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT POINT.

UM, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE NORTHERN PROPERTY, WE HAVE AN EXISTING CHAIN LINK FENCE THERE, AND WE'RE INSTALLING, LIKELY INSTALLING A NEW WOOD FENCE THERE, OR NEW FENCE OF SOME SORT ALONG THERE JUST FROM A PROPERTY PERSPECTIVE.

AND THEN, UM, THE FENCE LINE, UM, THAT'S IN QUESTION.

UM, A NEW OR REPLACEMENT FENCE IS, I, I GUESS THE SUBJECT IS REALLY OUR INTERPRETATION OF THAT FENCE IS STRUCTURALLY SOUND AND APPROPRIATE FROM AN ORDINATE STANDPOINT.

NOW, WHETHER WE INSTALL A NEW FENCE LATER ON OR NOT, THAT'S YET TO BE DETERMINED.

COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN, THANK YOU MR. MODA FOR, FOR COMING TO SEE US.

YOU MENTIONED THAT THE BUSINESS, UM, IS WBE CERTIFIED IN THE VERY BEGINNING YES, MA'AM.

IT BY WHOM? OUR FOUNDERS, I'M SORRY.

OH, UM, FROM THE W YOU SAID IT WAS A WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS? THAT'S CORRECT.

CERTIFIED BY WHAT? BY WHAT ENTITY? IT'S, IT'S, I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S THE N-C-T-R-C-A, BUT IT'S THE WOMEN'S BUSINESS COUNCIL.

OKAY, SO WEBANK, EXCUSE WEBANK, YES.

W-B-E-N-C.

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OKAY.

AND, AND, UM, TO THE SAME QUESTION THAT MY COLLEAGUE ASKED ABOUT THE FENCE BEING APPROPRIATE.

I DO AGREE.

UM, I WOULD THINK YOU WOULD WANT YOUR OWN, 'CAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE CREATING SOMETHING THAT'S ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

BUT IN DOING SO, I MEAN, WAS THERE LIKE, UH, SOMETHING YOU DID WITH GEOTECHNICAL, WHAT, WHAT MAKES YOU NOT WANT IT OTHER THAN SAYING STRUCTURALLY SOUND? YEAH, SO THERE'S, THERE'S, UM, SO A COUPLE THINGS ON THE FENCE.

AND THE SITE IS CHALLENGED WITH AN EXISTING 50 FOOT ENCORE TRANSMISSION LINE THAT GOES THROUGH THE MIDDLE.

AND YOU MAY BE AWARE OF IT FROM PREVIOUS SITE PLANS MM-HMM .

AND SO WE WERE REALLY CHALLENGED WITH THE PROJECT ON, ITS ON MAXIMIZING THE SITE.

HOWEVER, WE'RE NOT GONNA MAXIMIZE IT IN AN UNTHOUGHTFUL WAY.

IT'LL BE A VERY THOUGHTFUL WAY.

AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE ARCHITECTURE, WE'RE INVESTING A LOT INTO, UM, THE STREET FACING ARCHITECTURE.

UM, THE REASONS BEHIND THE MAINTAINING THE FENCE, UM, WOULD BE A, LIKE I SAID, WE MAY, THERE MAY BE A FENCE IN THE FUTURE.

WE DON'T KNOW.

UM, THE CURRENT ORDINANCE STATES THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO INVEST ON DAY ONE ON A NEW SCREEN WALL FENCE.

AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY THE PURPOSE OF, UM, THE PRESENTATION IS NOT TO GET AWAY FROM EVER DOING IT, IT'S INTERPRETATION OF THE ORDINANCE AND WHAT'S EXISTING AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, UM, AND HOW IT READS.

THANK YOU.

YOU, MR. MORA.

THANK YOU.

UH, COMMISSIONER MATT, JUST ONE LAST THING.

SO YOU'RE SAYING IF THAT FENCE FELL DOWN, THEN YOU'D BE PUTTING UP A, THE FENCE THAT YOU WERE REQUIRED TO PUT UP? WELL, THERE, THERE'LL BE SOME COORDINATION WITH THE ADJACENT PROPERTY ON, ON MAINTAINING THAT SCREEN WALL THERE.

OKAY.

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UH, COMMISSIONER DRACO.

YEAH.

SO MR. MODA, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

UM, A COUPLE OF THIS IS MY DISTRICT, SO, UM, AND, UH, APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT YOU THINK HIGHLY OF JUNE.

WE THINK HIGHLY OF HER AND THE REST OF THE STAFF, AND IT IS A BIT OF A JUXTAPOSITION 'CAUSE HER RECOMMENDATION IS TO NOT GRANT THE VARIANCE.

SO I'M, I'M, I'M INCLINED TO DO THAT.

I'M ALSO INCLINED TO DO IT FOR THE REASONS THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER MADDEN STATED ABOUT YOU HAVING CONTROL, BUT ALSO AS THAT, AS THAT MOBILE HOME, I THINK IF, IF I WERE ONE OF THOSE RESIDENTS, UH, A MASONRY WALL NEXT TO A WAREHOUSE DISTRICT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD CONSIDER APPROPRIATE.

AND IT'S, IT'S NOT, I DON'T SEE IT THIS, UM, YOUR INTERPRETATION OF, OF THIS, UH, EIGHT POINT, 10.6, IT DOESN'T GUARANTEE YOU AN EXCEPTION.

IT JUST COULD BE CONSIDERED FOR ONE.

AND THEREFORE, UM, I, I'M STILL, YOU HAVEN'T PRESENTED TO ME A COMPELLING REASON WHY AN EXCEPTION SHOULD BE GRANTED.

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COMMISSIONERS, I, I HAVE HAD MIXED EMOTIONS ON THIS BECAUSE I SEE WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM WITH REGARD TO IT BEING, UH, AT A SLOPING MM-HMM .

AND, AND PROBABLY THE CONSTRUCTION MIGHT BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT.

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HAVE YOU HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE, THE OTHER FOLKS ON THE OTHER SIDE ABOUT THE FENCE? HAVE YOU HAD A CONVERSATION? SO THERE'S NO HOA TO THE NORTH OR TO THE WEST? MM-HMM .

UM, THERE'S A MANAGEMENT OFFICE.

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UH, FOR GRAHAM PLACE.

AND, UH, BUT NO HOA, SO THERE WAS NOTHING THAT WE COULD ORGANIZE.

NO.

BUT THE CONVERSATION WITH, WITH THE, WITH THEM, WITH THE, WITH INDIVIDUALS, YEAH.

I MEAN, I MEAN, NO, I'M WITH THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY 'CAUSE THEY'RE THE ONE MANAGING AND MAINTAINING THE FENCE.

MM-HMM .

DID YOU HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM? UH, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE OF THE FENCE? MM-HMM .

NO, OTHER THAN IT'S BEING MAINTAINED.

OKAY.

FROM THE PICTURES THAT I COULD,

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WELL, FROM, UH, AND IN AGREEING WITH MY, UH, THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS, I, I BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD BE, UH, MORE APPROPRIATE TO IT TO BE A CLEAN LOOK.

LIKE COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN SAID, YOU'RE GETTING READY TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY, , AND IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BEHOOVE YOU TO NOT COMPLETE THE DEAL BY JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING THAT IS REQUIRED, WHICH IS THE MASON NEW WALL, I THINK IS, IS, IS SORT OF, IS NEEDED, YOU KNOW? AND I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING WITH REGARD TO THE FENCE ALREADY BEING STRUCTURALLY SOUND TO THIS POINT, WE THINK, BUT IT HASN'T BEEN TRULY INSPECTED.

SO YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S BEEN UP THERE.

IF IT'S BEEN ONE YEAR, TWO YEAR, THREE YEARS, OR JUST BY WEATHER THAT IT'S LOOKING WORN, WE DON'T KNOW.

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BUT, UM, WOULD YOU JEOPARDIZE THIS PROJECT BASED ON THE MASONRY WALL? UM, MEANING WITH THE PROJECT THAT NOT MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE OF THE MASONRY WALL? NO, IT WOULD STILL MOVE FORWARD.

OKAY.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHE WOULD BE WILLING TO CONSIDER, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE LOVE GRAND PRAIRIE.

WE WANT, WE WANT IT TO BE NICE AND, UM, LOOKS LIKE IT'S GONNA BE BEAUTIFUL, BUT TO, TO DO THAT AND THEN TO, UH, BE COGNIZANT OF THE TAXPAYERS THAT ARE THERE, I THINK WE HAVE A DUTY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO WHAT IS REQUIRED ACCORDING TO MM-HMM .

OF PLANNING AND ZONING STAFF.

MM-HMM .

MM-HMM .

WHICH WE THINK VERY HIGHLY OF.

MM-HMM .

SO MM-HMM .

ANY OTHER, UH, QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? COMMISSIONERS.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER PARTING WORDS BEFORE YOU GO? YOU GOOD? I'M THINKING , JUST THINK ABOUT IT.

JUST THINK ABOUT, I MEAN, THIS IS SOMETHING, WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT YOU'RE HERE, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE BUSINESS, BUT WE REALLY WANT THINGS TO DONE RIGHT.

AND TO BE FAIR, AND THE FOLKS ON THE OTHER SIDE MM-HMM .

IT WOULD JUST, TO ME WOULD BE YEAH.

THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

YEAH.

SO JUST ONE LAST THING, JUST SO I UNDERSTAND.

JUST FOR FUTURE, 'CAUSE THERE, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE DO, WE CONTINUE TO DO WORK IN GRAND PRAIRIE, BUT IS THIS, UM, I GUESS IS THIS TRULY TREATED AS A VARIANCE OR IS IT, UM, IT'S TREATED AS A VARIANCE IN MY, IN MY, I GUESS IN MY OPINION, IT'S AN INTERPRETATION OF THE, I CAN HAVE, UH, JUNE OR TIFFANY, CAN ONE OF Y'ALL ADDRESS THAT? IT IS DEFINITELY A VARIANCE.

HOW IS THIS AN INTERPRETATION? E EVEN IF IT, EVEN IF I CONCE EVERY POINT THAT YOU'VE MADE, IT'S STILL OF OUR DISCRETION WHETHER WE'VE, GRANTED YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT DEBATING THAT, ARE YOU? NO, NOT, AND I NO, JUST SAW THE WORDS.

MAY MAY NO, BUT, BUT THE, THE PROPOSAL THAT WAS PRESENTED, JUNE, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? THAT IT IS A VARIANCE? CORRECT.

IT, IT, IF, UM, FOR THEM TO NOT CONSTRUCT A WALL, IT HAS TO BE A VARIANCE.

IT'S A LANGUAGE STATES THAT CITY COUNCIL MAY MAKE A RECOMME, UM, MAY MAKE A DETERMINATION BASED ON PNC RECOMMENDATION.

P NOT RE.

SO YOU, YOU GUYS HAVE, WE HAVE A RIGHT TO MAKE A, MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.

YES.

YOU MAY OR WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GO WITH WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY RECOMMENDED WITH D.

RIGHT.

YOU CAN, UM, APPROVE WITH STAFF CONDITIONS OR YOU CAN SAY RIGHT.

APPROVE WITHOUT THE STAFF CONDITIONS AND GRANT THE VARIANCES.

YES.

MM-HMM .

SOUNDS GOOD.

SOUNDS GOOD.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

UH, UH, ANY OTHER DIS ANY OTHER, UH, SPEAKER CARDS? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? UH, WE HAVE, UH, COMMISSION FEDCO, IT'S YOUR AREA.

IT IS MADAM CHAIR.

UH, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON ITEM FIVE STP DASH 24 DASH OH FIVE DASH OH 0 23 AND APPROVE PER AND WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.

I SECOND THAT WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM FIVE BY COMMISSIONER FEDCO AND IS SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ AS PER DRC.

RECOMMENDATIONS.

ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

HELLO.

GOOD

[6. ZON-24-04-0013 - Zoning Change – 2404 & 2408 W.E. Roberts St. (City Council District 1). Zone Change from General Retail (GR) District to Single Family-Attached (SF-A) Residential District on 0.3604 acres. Lots 3& 4, Block A, Jefferson Heights Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, zoned General Retail (GR) District, and addressed as 2404 & 2408 W.E. Roberts St]

I WILL BE PRESENTING ITEM NUMBER SIX ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT.

THIS IS A ZONE CHANGE REQUEST, 0 1 24 DASH OH FOUR DASH 0 0 1 3.

UH, STRAIGHT ZONE CHANGE REQUEST AT 24 0 4 AND 24 0 8.

WE ROBERT STREET AND LOCATED CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT NUMBER ONE, LIKE I MENTIONED, THIS IS A STRAIGHT ZONE CHANGE FROM GR GENERAL RETAIL TO SFA SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING A DUPLEX ON EACH LOT.

THAT BEING A TOTAL OF TWO LOTS, UH, WITH AN EXISTING LAND USE OF IT BEING VACANT.

UM, AND THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS A STREET VIEW IMAGE OF THE TWO LOTS.

UH, LIKE I MENTIONED, THEY ARE VACANT AND THERE IS, UH, A BUDDING RESIDENTIAL TO THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH.

UM, AND THERE IS A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TO THE EAST AND SOME MANUFACTURING TO THE WEST.

WITH THAT BEING A STRAIGHT ZONE CHANGE, UH, THERE WAS 41 NOTICES SENT OUT TO THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS AND WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY OPPOSITION.

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ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK YOU DID VERY GOOD ON THAT PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ANY SPEAKER CARDS? NO SPEAKER CARDS ON THIS ITEM? IS THE, UM, APPLICANT HERE? YES.

OKAY.

WOULD Y'ALL LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT? NO.

YOU GOOD? OKAY, THIS IS COMMISSIONER.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? COMMISSION FOR DURO? YEAH, MADAM CHAIR.

THANK YOU.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON ITEM SIX, UH, ZON DASH 24 DASH ZERO FOUR DASH ZERO THREE AND APPROVE.

SECOND ACT.

HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM SIX BY COMMISSIONER FEDCO AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.

UH, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT CASE, PLEASE.

[7. SUP-24-05-0020 - Specific Use Permit - Laundry Bar Texas (City Council District 5). Specific Use Permit for a Laundry (Self Serve) in an existing commercial lease space in The Promenade on Carrier on 0.57 acres. A portion of Tract 11, Henry Bilsmirer Survey, Abstract No. 111, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned General Retail (GR), within SH 161 Corridor Overlay District and addressed as 1101 N Carrier Parkway Suite 121]

THE ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS A SUP 24 0 5 0 0 2 0.

THIS IS A SUP FOR OUR LA BAR, TEXAS, WHICH IS A SOUTH SERVE LAUNDROMAT.

SO THE LAUNDROMAT WISHES TO GO INTO AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL SPACE AS ONE OF THE TENANTS AT THE CORNER.

THEY ARE LOCATED AT 1101 NORTH CARRIER.

SO THIS KIND OF GENERALLY COMMUNICATES WHAT'S SURROUNDING IT.

THERE'S A CROSSWIND ACCELERATED HIGH SCORE ACROSS THE STREET, BUT IT'S MAJORLY SURROUNDED BY A MULTI-FAMILY T CARRIER AND A CONVENIENCE STORE AND A VALERO GAS STATION.

SO THEY ARE LOCATED AT THIS CORNER AS ONE OF THE TENANTS.

THE OTHER TENANTS INCLUDE A VAPE SHOP, A TAX OFFICE, AND A ICE CREAM SHOP.

UH, THEY DO HAVE PARKING, OVERALL PARKING FOR THE ENTIRE TENANT, AND THEY DO COMPLY WITH THE PARKING REQUIREMENT.

THIS IS A GENERAL LAYOUT OF HOW THEY'RE ENVISIONING THEIR FACILITY TO OPERATE.

SO THIS WILL BE THE FRONT DOOR WHERE THEY WILL HELP AN OFFICE AREA THAT PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY DROP OFF, UM, DIRTY LAUNDRY IF THEY WANT IT TO BE WASHED BY THEIR EMPLOYEES AND FOLDED, AND THEY CAN PICK IT UP LATER.

BUT MAJORITY OF THE OPERATION IS BASED ON, UH, LIKE A COIN LAUNDRY, A SELF-SERVICE LAUNDRY WHERE THEY'LL HAVE THE LAUNDRY MACHINES, DRYERS, AND SOME VENDING MACHINES TO SELL OTHER ASSOCIATE PRODUCTS AND FOLDING TABLES AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

THEY DO PLAN TO BE OP OPEN FROM MONDAY THROUGH SUN SUNDAY FROM 7:00 AM TO 10:00 PM THEY DO PLAN ON HAVING MINIMUM ONE EMPLOYEE ONSITE ON ROTATION.

THEY MAY PLAN TO HAVE TWO AS NEEDED.

ONE PERSON WILL BE IN THE OFFICE, UM, AND THE OTHER PERSON MAY MAKE GO AROUND JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CUSTOMERS WHO ARE INSIDE THE FACILITY ARE ACTUALLY THERE TO DO THE LAUNDRY AND THEY'RE NOT JUST, UM, LINGERING AROUND.

THEY DO PLAN ON HAVING LIKE A LARGE SCREEN TV THAT ACTUALLY CAPTURES THE VIDEO OF ALL THE SURVEILLANCE CAMERA INSTALLED IN DIFFERENT AREAS JUST SO THAT, UH, WHEN A CUSTOMER WALKS IN, THEY WOULD FEEL SAFE THAT THEY CAN SEE THE EVERY CREVICES OF THAT, UH, BUSINESS.

SO THE DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

THE APPLICANT IS HERE.

HE DOES NOT HAVE A PRESENTATION, BUT WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

IS THERE ANY QUESTION FOR STEPH AT THIS TIME? COMMISSIONERS? ANY QUESTIONS? GREAT JOB, JUNE.

THANK YOU.

DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM.

THE FIRST ONE IS LE PAYNE WASHINGTON, WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.

YES.

THANK YOU, SIR, FOR COMING.

STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

OKAY.

LE PAYNE, WASHINGTON 1329 FOREST CREEK, DESOTO, TEXAS.

UH, SO I AM THE LAUNDRY DISTRIBUTOR.

I WORK FOR LAUNDRY LUXE DISTRIBUTION.

SO WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

THIS IS NOT JUST GONNA BE YOUR AVERAGE LAUNDROMAT, THIS IS GONNA BE A NEXT LEVEL LAUNDRY.

SO IT IS DESIGNED TO GET THE RESIDENTS IN AND OUT IN LESS THAN AN HOUR.

OH, WOW.

BECAUSE WHAT ONE THING WE NEVER GET BACK IS TIME.

RIGHT.

.

IT'S GONNA BE A BEAUTIFUL LAUNDROMAT AND THE OWNERS ARE GOING TO MAKE IT WITH A HOMELY FEEL.

SO THEY WANT TO COME IN AND BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND JUST GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

AND IT'S NOT GONNA BE A TYPICAL COIN LAUNDRY WHERE QUARTERS ARE GONNA BE DROPPED IN THE MACHINES.

IT'S GONNA BE A CARD ONLY STORE.

OH.

SO THAT TAKES AWAY A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS WITH CRIME AND BURGLARY AT THAT LAUNDROMAT.

MM-HMM .

SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.

MM-HMM .

UH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL? I THINK THIS IS A WONDERFUL CONCEPT.

HOW MANY MORE OF THESE DO YOU HAVE IN THE AREA? UH, WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE MORE, BUT THAT IS A FRANCHISE STORE.

THIS IS INDIVIDUALLY ON.

OKAY.

BUT IS THAT, IS THAT IN THE GRAND PRAIRIE AREA OR IS IT IN DFW AREA THERE? YEAH, WE, WE HAVE THEM IN DFW, SO WE, WE HAVE 'EM, UH,

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UM, I'M GETTING READY TO DO ONE IN ARLINGTON.

MM-HMM .

YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE 'EM ALL OVER DFW.

SO THE OTHER ONE THAT'S FRANCHISED, WHERE IS IT? WHERE IS THAT STORE? UH, THERE, THERE'S ONE CALLED WAVE MAX.

MM-HMM .

AND IT, I, I NOTICED THAT IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT THREE MILES, UH, AWAY FROM WHERE WE'RE GONNA PUT OURS.

OKAY.

COMMISSIONER MADDEN, JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY, YOU SAID THERE ARE CARD OPERATED OR CART YOU PAVE WITH A CARD? YEAH, WELL, IT, THE SYSTEM IS CALLED LAUNDRY WORKS.

MM-HMM .

SO IT IS A KIOSK ON THE WALL.

OKAY.

IT'S REAR LOADED.

SO THE CUSTOMER WOULD GO UP, UHHUH PUT IN A BILL.

OKAY.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING.

AND THEN IT FITS OUT A LAUNDRY CARD.

OKAY.

AND EACH MACHINE, YOU CAN RELOAD IT EACH STARTED WITH A LAUNDRY CARD, YOU CAN RELOAD THAT CARD.

WELL, THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL CONCEPT.

AND, UH, I THINK THE RESIDENTS OF GRAND PRAIRIE ARE GONNA REALLY LOVE THIS.

AND I HAVE A SOFT SPOT FOR GRAND PRAIRIE BECAUSE WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO TEXAS 32 YEARS AGO, MY WIFE AND I LIVED IN APARTMENTS OFF NORTHWEST 19.

OKAY.

SO I FEEL LIKE I'M A PART OF BRINGING THIS HOME.

MM-HMM .

SO, VERY GOOD.

ANY MORE, UH, QUESTIONS? UH, I THINK THAT THIS IS, LOOKS LIKE A WONDERFUL, UH, SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

YES.

YEAH.

SO HAVE YOU HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH ANY, ANY OF THE, THE FOLKS IN THE, IN THE AREA? WELL, IT, IT'S ALWAYS FUNNY WHEN WE'RE DOING A PROJECT, SOMEBODY ALWAYS WALKS UP AND SAY, WELL, WHAT IS THIS GONNA BE? MM-HMM .

AND WE SAID THIS GONNA BE A NEXT LEVEL LAUNDRY.

MM-HMM .

DESIGNED TO GET YOU IN AND OUT IN LESS THAN AN HOUR.

MM-HMM .

SO EVERYBODY'S EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

VERY GOOD.

YES.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU.

UH, DO WE HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKER CARDS? YES.

ABLE SCIENCES WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM? THE GENERAL CONTRACT.

CAN, CAN YOU COME UP, SIR? YEAH.

STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

APRIL SIGNS.

I'M THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR.

HE PRETTY MUCH SAID EVERYTHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS BEAUTIFUL PLACE IS GONNA BE NICE.

MM-HMM .

WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT REALLY, REALLY NICE.

MM-HMM .

AND, UM, HE PRETTY MUCH COVERED IT ALL.

MM-HMM .

WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO WANT TO COME TO THIS AREA? UM, I'M, I'M BORN AND RAISED DALLAS, SO I'VE ALWAYS LIKED GRAND PRAIRIE.

MM-HMM .

AND I ACTUALLY KNOW THE GENTLEMAN THAT HAS HIS, UH, BUSINESS AT THE CORNER FROM WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE AT.

MM-HMM .

AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL AREA, NICE COMMUNITY.

MM-HMM .

BUNCH OF FAMILIES.

MM-HMM .

AND I THINK WE NEED A LOCATION THERE.

MM-HMM .

NOBODY HAS ANYTHING THERE.

MM-HMM .

SO I THINK IT'D BE A PERFECT SPOT.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING, COMMISSIONERS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN? THANK YOU.

UH, ABEL.

MS. CHAPMAN, YOU REPRESENT THE CONTRACTOR? I AM THE CONTRACTOR.

YOU ARE THE CONTRACTOR? YES MA'AM.

AND MR. WASHINGTON REPRESENTS THE SUPPLIER, CORRECT? YES, CORRECT.

THE OWNER, IS HE HERE? HE OR SHE? NO, THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN SOUTH AFRICA.

OKAY, FAIR ENOUGH.

THANK YOU, SIR.

YES MA'AM.

COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? THIS IS ACTUALLY, UM, THIS IS, UH, CJ RAMIREZ'S AREA.

UH, WHO WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS ONE? OKAY, COMMISSIONER MADDEN.

ALRIGHT.

UM, I MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM S, UH, NUMBER SEVEN SEP TWO FOUR DASH FIVE DASH ZERO TWO AND APPROVE AS, UM, PER DRC RECOMMENDATION PER DRC RECOMMENDATION.

YEAH, I SECOND IT.

WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM SEVEN BY COMMISSIONER MADDEN AND IT SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT CASE PLEASE.

[8. SUP-24-05-0019 - Specific Use Permit/Site Plan - Kalterra Retail/Restaurant (City Council District 2). SUP/Site Plan for a full-service restaurant and a multi-tenant building with a drivethrough restaurant within Kalterra Development on 3.25 acres. A portion of Lot 4, Block 1, Slink Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-397, within the 161 Corridor Overlay District and tentatively addressed as 3705 S Hwy 161]

THIS IS A MULTI-TENANT BUILDING AND A RESTAURANT FOR THE REST OF THE CULT DEVELOPMENT.

SO AS YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR, ALONG WITH UM, 1 61 AND FORUM, THEY HAVE CONSTRUCTED THE MULTIFAMILY.

THEY'RE WORKING ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TOWN HOMES.

THERE IS A TLE, UM, DAYCARE COMING.

SO THEY'RE STARTING TO DEVELOP THE AREAS FOR RETAIL AND THEY'RE TARGETING THIS AREA RIGHT AT THIS CORNER TO THE NORTH PORTION.

SO THIS KIND OF SHOWS GENERALLY WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED.

THEY'RE PLANNING ON BUILDING A, UH, BLACKBERRY DINER, WHICH IS A FULL SERVICE DINER SIT DOWN RESTAURANT.

THEY'LL DRIVE THROUGH AND THEY'RE PLANNING ON BUILDING A MULTI-TENANT BUILDING ABOUT 12,000 SQUARE FEET WITH POSSIBLY, UH, FIVE TENANTS.

WE DO NOT KNOW THE INFORMATION ON THE POTENTIAL TENANTS AS OF YET.

THEY'RE WORKING ON IT, BUT THEY'RE DIVIDING THESE SPACES TO MAKE THEM, UM, KIND OF READY FOR MARKETING.

SO AGAIN, THEY ARE COMPLYING WITH THE, UH, DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENT.

AS SHOWN THIS KIND OF SHOWS IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXISTING MULTIFAMILY.

GENERALLY WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED, THIS IS THEIR CER CEREMONIAL DRIVE, THE WIDE DRIVE WHERE

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THIS YELLOW PORTION REPRESENTS THE BLACK BEAR DINER.

THIS ORANGE PORTION REPRESENTS THE MULTI-TENANT, UH, BECAUSE THIS TENANT AT THE THIS END, UM, THEY ARE TARGETING A DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANT.

THE DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANT IS THE ONLY USE PROPOSED HERE THAT REQUIRES A SUP.

SO THEREFORE THEY ARE GOING THROUGH SU SLASH SITE PLAN.

THEY ARE MEETING THE LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENT.

THEY'RE PROVIDING TREES AS SHOWN THEY ARE COMPLYING WITH THE, UM, ELEVATIONS REQUIREMENT FOR THE MULTI-TENANT PORTION OF THE BUILDING.

THEY ARE COMPLYING WITH THE WINDOW PERCENTAGES AND THEN CANOPY PERCENTAGES AND OVERALL MATERIALS AS SHOWN.

THEY'RE COMPLYING WITH THE APPENDIX F STANDARD.

SO THE BLACK BEAR DINER, BECAUSE THEY ARE A RESTAURANT WITH AREAS FOR STOCKROOM REFRIGERATORS AND KITCHEN WAS NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE WINDOWS AS REQUIRED FOR THE APPENDIX F STANDARD.

THEY ARE, UH, REQUESTING VARIANCE ON THOSE OVERALL WINDOW PERCENTAGES AND PRIMARY FAAC WINDOW PERCENTAGES.

HOWEVER, THEY ARE PROVIDING A MURAL, THEY'RE PROVIDING FOUR DIFFERENT MURALS WITH THE DECORATIVE GOOSENECK LIGHTING JUST TO BRING UP THE SPACE SO THAT IT CAN ACTUALLY ADD ON TO THE VARIETY OF THE ELEVATION FOR THE ENTIRE BUILDING.

SO THEY ARE COMPLYING WITH THE APPENDIX F MENU ITEMS. THESE ARE THE VARIANCES.

THEY ARE REQUESTING THREE, BUT ALL OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE BLACK BEAR DINER.

ONLY THE MULTI TENANT BUILDING IS COMPLYING WITH ALL THE REGULATIONS.

SO THE FIRST REQUIREMENT IS THE PARKING APPENDIX F HAS A PARKING MAXIMUM, NOT A MINIMUM.

UH, BEAR CREEK DINER, THEY WANTED TO HAVE AT LEAST 63 PARKING SPACES AVAILABLE FOR THEIR USE.

SO THEY ARE PROVIDING A PERMEABLE PARKING PER APPENDIX F REQUIREMENT.

IT'S STILL IN THESE VARIANCE, BUT THEY ARE MEETING THE REQUIREMENT FOR COMPENSATORY MEASURE.

AGAIN, THEY ARE RISK, UH, ASKING FOR REDUCTION OF WINDOWS ON THE WEST AND SOUTH ELEVATIONS.

THEY ARE PROVIDING MURALS, AS I HAD MENTIONED, AND AGAIN, THEY ARE REQUESTING A VARIANCE FOR OVERALL WINDOWS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE 50% OF THE OIL AREA.

THEY ARE COMPLYING WITH 22% OF THE WINDOW.

UH, THE DRC RECOMMENDS, UH, APPROVAL WINDOW CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME.

UM, THIS CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION.

I'M NOT SURE IF MY APPLICANT IS HERE, BUT, UM, YES.

DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF? MM-HMM .

OKAY.

ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? GREAT PRESENTATION.

OH, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION.

YES MA'AM.

THE STORY AT SARAH JANE.

SO WE APPROVED ALL, WE HAD VARIANCES IN THAT ONE AS WELL, DIDN'T WE? YES.

IT'S ACTUALLY EXACT SAME VARIANCES THAT THEY'RE, UH, PUSHING FORWARD.

WE HAVE GRANTED SIMILAR VARIANCE TO SHAKE SHACK AND OTHER PLACES.

MM-HMM .

THAT HAS LIKE A MM-HMM.

YOU KNOW, LIMITATIONS ON WHERE THEY CAN PUNCH THE HOLE TO HAVE A WINDOW BECAUSE YEAH, THEY USUALLY HAVE TO SPAN.

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU.

MM-HMM .

THANK YOU.

UH, WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? YES, COLLEEN THILAN IS HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.

HELLO.

WELCOME.

STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

MY NAME'S COLLEEN THALEN.

MY ADDRESS IS 5 1 1 7 BYERS AVENUE, FORT WORTH, TEXAS.

WELCOME.

THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME.

UM, IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANYTHING THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

I DON'T HAVE A A PRESENTATION TONIGHT THOUGH.

COMMISSIONERS.

ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN.

HELLO MS. LAN.

HOW ARE YOU? GOOD, HOW ARE YOU? I'M GREAT, THANKS.

UM, TELL ME ABOUT THE MURALS.

YES, SO RICK FORRESTER'S ACTUALLY HERE WITH BLACK BEAR DINER AND SO THEY'RE MURALS.

SO THEY HAVE, UM, SOME SCULPTURES IN THE FRONT OF BEARS.

AND SO BECAUSE THEY CAN'T PROVIDE AS MUCH GLAZING AS THEY WOULD LIKE DUE TO RESTROOMS AND KITCHEN AND ALL THAT, THEY HAVE, UM, MURALS OF BEARS LIKE PLAYING IN THE WOODS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THEY'RE VERY CUTE.

COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES, AGAIN, THANK YOU.

UM, IS THIS THE FIRST ONE IN THE DFW AREA? IN THE BLACK BEAR DINER? I KNOW THEY'RE IN COLORADO.

I'VE ACTUALLY EATEN ONE OF THOSE, BUT HERE NO, IT IS NOT.

THERE'S ONE IN ALLIANCE, THERE'S ONE IN BURLESON.

THERE MAY BE A FEW OTHERS TOO.

, I WASN'T SURE, BUT THEY'LL HAVE ABOUT 18 IN UH, TEXAS BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

WOW.

COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING AND THINKING ABOUT GRAND PRAIRIE.

YEAH, LOVE GRAND PRAIRIE.

ONE OF TWO MORE BUSINESS HERE.

YES.

SO THANK YOU.

UM, I DON'T THINK COMMISSIONER MADDEN, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? QUESTION FOR STAFF.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

UHHUH? YES.

JUST REAL QUICK.

UM, GO AHEAD.

SO ONE OF THE PRIMARY REASONS WE'RE HERE THOUGH IS BECAUSE THERE'S A DRIVE THROUGH, CORRECT? YES MA'AM.

OKAY.

OTHERWISE THERE WAS A THREE CORNER EXIT PLAN, BUT THEY DO HAVE ONE DRIVE THROUGH, THROUGH FOR THE MULTITENANT BUILDING, SO THAT REQUIRES AN SUP.

SO WE'RE COMBINING SUP SITE PLAN FOR THE ENTIRE AREA.

YES.

AND TO THE WEST OF THE PROPERTY IS APARTMENTS.

APARTMENTS, YES MA'AM.

MM-HMM .

OKAY.

YEAH, IT'S THE, UM, CALERA APARTMENT THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

IT'S RIGHT ABOVE AGAINST IT.

CAN YOU REMIND ME, IS THERE A FENCE OR ANYTHING BETWEEN THE APARTMENTS AND THIS DEVELOPMENT? NO, THERE'S NOT.

THERE'S NOT.

THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.

I THINK, UM, ONE OF THE THING THAT WE KIND OF DISCUSS, UM, WHEN WE ARE HAVING OTHER DISCUSSIONS RELATED TO THE SITE TO THE NORTH, I THINK ONE OF THE POINT IS THAT THEY WANTED TO MAKE IT MORE WALKABLE, URBAN, RIGHT.

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SO ACTUALLY ONE OF, ONE OF THE ELEMENTS THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING BECAUSE WE'RE EXPECTING THESE RESIDENTS HERE BECAUSE THERE'S NO SCREENING WALL TO WALK ACROSS TO USE THESE FACILITIES.

MM-HMM .

SO AS A PART OF THEIR COMPENSATORY, UM, I'M SORRY, APPENDIX F MEASURES, WE HAVE WORKED WITH THEM TO PROVIDE MAYBE BENCHES OR EVEN LIKE PET DISPOSALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT SO THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE WALKING TO TAKE A WALK AROUND THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD CAN, UH, UTILIZE SOME OF THOSE FACILITIES.

YES.

MM-HMM .

OKAY.

I'M JUST THINK, YEAH.

YEAH.

I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT WALKABILITY.

YES MA'AM.

MM-HMM .

CARS IDLING IN A DRIVE THROUGH.

THAT'S ALL.

THANK YOU.

YES, MA'AM.

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU.

UH, THAT WAS A VERY GOOD QUESTION, COMMISSIONER, BUT I, I DO REMEMBER ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, THEY TALKED ABOUT THE WALKABILITY AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE WHOLE REASONS AND HAVING ALL THESE, UM, UH, NEW TYPE FACILITIES SO THEY WOULD BE EASIER FOR THEM TO WALK AROUND.

I THINK THAT'S GREAT.

THAT'S GREAT.

UH, ANY MORE, UM, DISCUSSION? ANY MORE, UH, SPEAKER CARDS? DO IS THE APPLICANT HERE? NO.

I MEAN, YEAH, THEY WORK HERE.

SORRY, HAD SLEEP MOMENT.

UM, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? UH, THIS IS, UH, COMMISSIONER MADDEN'S AREA.

MM-HMM .

OKAY.

IF THERE'S NO MORE DISCUSSION, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER EIGHT SEP TWO FOUR DASH ZERO FIVE DASH 0 0 1 9 SPECIFIC USE PERMIT SITE PLAN FOR CAL TERRA RETAIL RESTAURANT.

AND I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS.

I SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM EIGHT BY COMMISSIONER MADDEN, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN.

AS FOR DRC RECOMMENDATIONS, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT CASE PLEASE.

[9. VCC-24-05-0002 - Unified Signage Plan – Bass Pro Monument Sign (City Council District 2). Unified Signage Plan for commercial development within the SH 161 Corridor. Lot 3R-2, Block 1, The Sutherland, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-424, within the SH 161 Corridor Overlay District, and addressed 3720 S Highway 161]

NEXT CASE IS ITEM NINE VCC 24 0 5 0 0 0 2.

THAT'S A UNIFIED SIGNAGE PLAN FOR BASS PRO MONUMENT SIGN.

SO THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING FOUR VARIANCES FOR BASS PRO THAT'S LOCATED AT 37 20 SOUTH HIGHWAY 1 61.

THE, THIS IS A SITE PLAN AND THE RED PYLON, THIS IS WHERE THE SIGN IS GOING.

UH, CURRENTLY, UH, THIS IS A RENDERING OF WHAT THE SIGN WILL LOOK LIKE ONCE IT'S COMPLETE.