* 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 [Call to Order] TO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING THE MEETING OF AUGUST 12TH, 2024. 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, ALL 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. AFTER I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE SAY, HERE, CHERYL SMITH. HERE. TY CHAPMAN. MICHELLE MADDEN. HERE. CHRISTOPHER OLE. HERE. FRANK GONZALEZ. HERE. JANIE MENDEZ. AKER. HERE. VICTOR MEDINA. JOHN FCO. HERE. ANGELA LUCK VON. HERE, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL MEMBERS OF PRESENT EXCEPT FOR TY CHAPMAN, VICTOR MEDINA, AND VICTOR MEDINA. I THINK THAT'S IT. AND NOW, UM, WE WILL HAVE, UH, COMMISSIONER JOHN FKO GIVE THE INVOCATION. AND AFTER THAT, I WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IN THE US AND TEXAS FLAG. PLEASE BOW YOUR HEAD. DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US ALL TO GET TOGETHER TO COLLABORATE AND DISCUSS MATTERS IN FRONT OF THE CITY. PLEASE GUIDE OUR DECISIONS THAT THEY MAY BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY. ITS RESIDENTS, ITS VISITORS, ITS BUSINESSES, AND ITS PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYEES THAT DEDICATE THEIR LIVES TO MAKING THIS TOWN A GREAT ONE. WE ASK THAT IN YOUR NAME. AMEN. MY P ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FROM WHICH EXPANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVIS LIBERTY, STRONG HONOR THE TEXAS FILE PLEASURE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE ONE AND INDIVISIBLE IN AN EFFORT TO MINIMIZE DISRUPTIONS. THE FOLLOWING MEETING GUIDELINES WILL APPLY. THE STAFF WILL PRESENT 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 DISCRETION OF THE CHAIRMAN BEFORE SPEAKING. SPEAKER SHOULD GIVE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD ALONG WITH WHOM YOU REPRESENT. IF APPLICABLE, AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON A TOPIC NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA SHOULD SPEAK UNDER THE HEAD THE HEADING OF CITIZENS' COMMENTS. STAFF WILL BE AVAILABLE TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS FOLLOWING PRESENTATION OF EACH ITEM. AT THIS TIME, CITIZENS MAY SPEAK FOR UP TO FIVE MINUTES ON ANY ITEM, NOT ON THE AGENDA. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? NOT FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. OKAY. FOR THE CITIZEN'S COMMENTS? NOT FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS. OKAY. THE NEXT MATTER FOR [PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA] CONSIDERATION IS APPROVING THE PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA. ITEMS ONE AND TWO. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS ALL. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO ANYONE CAN SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS. UM, COMMISSIONER, DO YOU HAVE ANY, ANY SPEAKER CARDS FOR THAT? OKAY. MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASE THE COMMISSION, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE DISCUSSION ON ITEMS ONE AND TWO AND A VOTE TO APPROVE. AND I SECOND THAT WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE CONSENT, UH, CONSENT AGENDA. ITEMS ONE AND TWO BY COMMISSIONER FEDCO AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT [3. STP-24-06-0024 - Site Plan - Retail Center at 1601 W Carrier (City Council District 1). Site Plan for a multi-tenant retail store on 0.785 acres. Lot 2, Block A, 7-Eleven Carrier & Roy Orr Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-289C, with an approximate address of 1601 W Carrier Pkwy] CASE, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. THE NEXT, THE ITEM IS THE ITEM NUMBER THREE STP 24 0 6 0 0 2 4 8. [00:05:01] SITE PLAN 4 16 0 1 WEST CARRIER PARKWAY. SO THIS IS A SITE PLAN FOR A MULTI-TENANT RETAIL CENTER THAT WILL BE LOCATED AT 1601 WEST CARRIER PARKWAY. THIS IS ZONE PD 2 89 C, WHICH ALLOWS THE PROPOSED USE. I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF COMMUNICATE TO YOU WHAT'S OUT THERE. THE, UM, SINGLE FAMILY AROUND THAT AREA HAS ALREADY DEVELOPED THERE AS A CONVENIENCE STORE WITH GAS STATION. THIS LOT REMAINED, UM, UNDEVELOPED FOR MANY YEARS. UM, NOW THE PROP, THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO COME AND BUILD A MULTI-TENANT RETAIL BUILDING. THEY ARE MEETING THE DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENT. THEY ARE MEETING THE PARKING REQUIREMENT AS SHOWN THEY ARE MEETING THE LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING REQUIREMENT. THERE'S ALREADY A EXISTING MASON SCREENING WALL ADJACENT TO THE, UH, SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS IS THE PROPOSED, UM, RENDERING, UM, REPRESENTING THE FINISHED PRODUCT. IT WILL BE FINISHED WITH STUCCO AND PORCELAIN TILE WITH, UM, GLAZING AND METAL CANNABIS. AS SHOWN. THIS REPRESENTS THE ELEVATIONS. THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES. UH, BEFORE I GO TO THE RECOMMENDATION, UM, AS I MENTIONED DURING THE BRIEFING, UM, WE DID, SO THIS IS A SITE PLAN CASE, WHICH IS NOT LIKE, UNLIKE THE SUP, THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS DISCRETION TO APPROVE, APPROVE A CONDITION OR DENY. UM, IF THEY ARE COMPLYING WITH ALL OUR REGULATIONS, THE COUNCIL DOES NOT HAVE AUTHORITY TO DENY, AND BY THE LAW, WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO SEND OUT THE, UH, PROPERTY OWNER NOTICE. HOWEVER, WE ARE REQUIRED TO POST SIGNS, WHICH HAS BEEN POSTED BY THE APPLICANT AND HAS REMAINED THERE FOR TWO WEEKS. UM, BASED ON THE POSTED SIGN, WE DID RECEIVE ONE LETTER OF OPPOSITION FROM A NEIGHBOR. I JUST PRINTED A COPY OF HIS COMMENT FOR YOU TO REVIEW. I'LL PASS IT ON. AND THERE'S ABOUT FOUR COPIES IF YOU CAN READ AND JUST PASS IT ALONG JUST AS A REFERENCE. AGAIN, THIS IS TO RESPECT THE A, UM, RESIDENTS, UH, OPINIONS. SO JUST MAKING SURE THAT YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ACTUAL, UM, PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE VERSUS CITIZEN COMMENTS. I JUST WANT YOU TO BE AWARE THAT THAT'S, THIS CITIZEN COMMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVED. SO THE DRC STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. THIS CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION. IS THERE ANY QUESTION FOR STAFF? THE APPLICANT IS ACTUALLY ALSO HERE IF YOU WANNA HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT. COMMISSIONER, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK JUNE. THAT WAS, YOU DID A VERY GOOD JOB WITH THAT. SPEAKER CARDS? YEAH, I HAVE A FEW, OH, I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. I APOLOGIZE. JUNE, NEED TO COME BACK TO THAT. I'M SORRY. QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? OH, WOULD YOU? WE DON'T HAVE ONE FOR, I, WE CAN, WE'LL HAVE ONE FILL THAT, WOULD YOU MIND? WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP, SIR, AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? AND THEN FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD ON YOUR MAKE SURE BEFORE YOU LEAVE. OKAY. ROBERT CABLE. 4 2 0 4 GLEN MEADOW DRIVE. PARKER, TEXAS 7 5 0 0 2. IT'S MR. TIDWELL CABLE. ROBERT CABLE. CABLE. C-A-B-E-L? YES. OKAY. OKAY. YEAH, WITH MY MIAMI PARTNERS. LLC. THAT'S THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS MY COMPANY. SO, MR. CABLE, THIS IS MY DISTRICT. I'VE NOTICED THAT THIS LAND HAS BEEN EMPTY FOR A WHILE. YOU GUYS GOT IT ZONED IN 2012. WHAT'S BEEN THE, I MEAN, I'M, I'M ALL FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT. I'M HAPPY IT'S HAPPENING, BUT WHY? I JUST BOUGHT THE PROPERTY LAST YEAR. OKAY. OH, SO YOU DID A LITTLE BIT FASTER THAN THE OTHER PEOPLE. YEAH. AND IF I UNDERSTAND THIS CORRECTLY, PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO EXIT BOTH ONTO CARRIER AND ROAR FROM YOUR DRAWING? YES. OKAY. YES, THERE'S ACCESS FROM BOTH SIDES. OKAY. THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE, MADAM CHAIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO, DO YOU HAVE THE TENANTS ALREADY LINED UP OR IS IT ALL SPECULATION? EVERYTHING'S SPECULATION RIGHT NOW. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU FOR WANTING TO DO BUSINESS IN GRAND PRAIRIE. OH YEAH. LOVE IT. LOVE TO SEE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS? COMMISSIONER, UH, KO? THIS IS YOUR DISTRICT. MM-HMM. MADAM CHAIR, IF IT, UH, PLEASES THE COMMISSION, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND VOTE TO APPROVE AS RECOMMENDED BY DRC. ITEM NUMBER THREE, TP DASH 24 DASH ZERO SIX DASH 0 24. AND I SECOND THAT WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM THREE BY COMMISSIONER FEDCO AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. ALL IN FAVOR, FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT CASE, [4. 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] PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. THIS IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR. IT'S A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUEST FOR A [00:10:01] CIGAR LOUNGE LOCATED AT 2100 NORTH HIGHWAY 360, SUITE 2006. SO THIS IS AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL LEASE SPACE OF 1,233 SQUARE FEET. IT'S WITHIN OUR CORD OVERLAY DISTRICT, AND THIS AREA IS ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. AGAIN, THIS SHOULD BE FAMILIAR FOR SOME OF YOU, AS THIS HAS COME BEFORE. UH, THE COMMISSION BEFORE A FEW MONTHS AGO WAS TABLED. WE'VE SINCE RENO AND OUT THE LETTERS, AGAIN, PUT UP THE SIGNS AGAIN. THEY'VE BEEN UP FOR TWO WEEKS. SO NOW THEY'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR APPLICATION. SO THE OPERATIONAL PLAN LARGELY HASN'T CHANGED. SO THEY'RE STILL PLANNING ON, UM, OPERATING FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, 3:00 PM TO 1130. CIGARS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE ON SITE. THEY ARE GOING TO PROVIDE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AND ADDITIONAL VENTILATION, AND THEY ARE MEETING THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS. SO THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES. NINE NOTICES WERE SENT TO SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. ZERO. RETURN IN FAVOR, ZERO RETURN TO POST. SO THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, AGAIN, THESE HAVE LARGELY BEEN TAKEN FROM THAT EXISTING HOOKAH LOUNGE OFF OF PIONEER THAT I KNOW A LOT OF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH. SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN CHANGED SLIGHTLY AS OUR ORDINANCE HAVE KIND OF CHANGED SINCE THEN. BUT ESSENTIALLY, EIGHT LINERS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED ON THE PREMISES. OPERATING HOURS SHALL BE LIMITED FROM 10:00 AM TO 12:00 AM INDIVIDUALS UNDER 18 WILL NOT BE ALLOWED IN THE ESTABLISHMENT, BUT INDIVIDUALS UNDER 21 OBVIOUSLY CAN'T PURCHASE ANY TOBACCO PRODUCTS. UM, INDIVIDUALS, UH, OVER 21 WILL HAVE TO HAVE A WRISTBAND TO SHOW THAT THEY'RE OVER 21 AND ARE ABLE TO PURCHASE THE ITEMS. UM, THEY'LL HAVE TO CHECK IDS AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE AND THE TIME OF ENTRANCE. THEY'LL HAVE TO COMPLY WITH ALL STATE, FEDERAL, AND LOCAL LAWS. THEY'LL HAVE TO COMPLY WITH OUR FOOD ESTABLISHMENT, UH, CODE OF ORDINANCES. UM, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS THAT THEY CAN'T HAVE FOOD AT A LOCATION THAT HAS A SMOKING LOUNGE, WHICH FOOD FOR US ACTUALLY DOES INCLUDE BEVERAGES. SO THAT'S WHY THEY'VE KIND OF REDUCED THEIR OPERATIONS TO JUST SELLING CIGARS, UH, FOR NOW. SO, AND CITY COUNCIL SHALL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AFTER, UM, TO CITY COUNCIL SHALL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING IN ONE YEAR AFTER, IF THIS IS APPROVED, TO SEE IF THEY'RE STILL STILL IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SUP REQUIREMENTS. AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT WE DID WITH THE HOOKAH LOUNGE AS WELL ON PIONEER. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, COMMERS, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? I JUST WANNA HAVE ONE QUESTION. HOW MANY, UM, I GUESS THEY HAVE DIFFERENT NAMES. HOW MANY CIGAR LOUNGES DO WE HAVE IN THE CITY? OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I'M NOT CERTAIN. I KNOW OF AT LEAST ONE OR TWO, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK. SO, OR SMOKING LOUNGES I SHOULD SAY. BUT THERE'S NO PROXIMITY ISSUE WITH REGARD TO HAVING THE CIGAR LOUNGES? NO. SO IT GOES THROUGH THE SUP PROCESS. UM, IT'S NOT ALLOWED BY RIGHT. ANYWHERE IN THE CITY. SO IT DOES HAVE TO GO BEFORE CITY COUN PLANNING, ZONING, AND CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVER, REGARDLESS OF DISTANCE TO OTHER ONES. OKAY. UH, COMMISSIONER MADDEN, SO I'M NOT TO BE PICKY, BUT I'M READING THE, UM, THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEY'RE A LITTLE, UH, UNUSUAL AND THAT IT'S 21 IN TEXAS TO SMOKE, RIGHT? YES. SO IT SAYS INDIVIDUALS UNDER THE AGE OF 18 WON'T BE ALLOWED IN INDIVIDUALS UNDER THE AGE OF 21 WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO SMOKE. SO THAT 19 TO 21 CAN EN OR 19 TO 20 CAN ENTER, BUT MAY NOT SMOKE. YES. ALL RIGHT. WHICH AGAIN, THESE ARE THE CONDITIONS THAT WE TOOK FROM THE HOOKAH LOUNGE, SO WE LARGELY MIRRORED OFF OF THOSE, BUT Y'ALL ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO CHANGE THOSE CONDITIONS IF Y'ALL SEE FIT. AND, AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TONIGHT. I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT SHOULD BE HERE. IS THERE SPEAKER CARD? TIFFANY? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. QUESTION FOR IS, UH, THE SURROUNDING, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T AN OUTLET, RIGHT? THE RETAIL, SO, I'M SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? YOU SAID THAT EVERYBODY WAS NOTIFIED WITHIN THE BUILDING OR WITHIN THE PREMISES? SO WITHIN 300 FEET, AS PER OUR REGULATIONS IN THE CITY. SO THE STATE REQUIRES 200 FEET. WE ACTUALLY DO 300 FEET. SO ALL THE PARCELS WITHIN 300 FEET, THEY WERE, WE SENT, WERE SENT OUT LETTERS AND WE POSTED THE NEWSPAPER AND THERE ARE SIGNS UP ON THE SITE AND NOTHING CAME BACK. NOTHING CAME BACK. AND LARGELY, I BELIEVE IT'S BECAUSE IT'S MOSTLY SURROUNDED BY INDUSTRIAL. SO THE CLOSEST RESIDENTIALS ACTUALLY ACROSS 360. OKAY. THAT MULTIFAMILY THERE. THAT'S FAIR. COMMISSIONER MADDEN, I THINK LAST TIME THIS CASE CAME BEFORE US, WE WERE CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT BUSINESSES WERE TO THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT. DID WE, WERE WE ABLE TO, I'M SORRY, CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? WE WERE, LAST TIME THIS CAME BEFORE US, WE WERE TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT BUSINESSES WERE TO THE LEFT AND TO THE RIGHT OF THIS SUITE. DO WE, DO WE KNOW OH, TO THE SUITE? NO, I CAN DOUBLE CHECK THOUGH, SO I'M SORRY. OKAY. THAT WOULD BE PART OF MY DECISION MAKING PROCESS. OKAY. JUST, OKAY. THANK YOU. I THINK NO OTHER QUESTIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. APPRECIATE IT. SPEAKER CARDS. ROY G. DAVIS WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM. HELLO, MR. DAVIS, COME UP AND, AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ROY ROY DAVIS. UH, 2100 NORTH HIGHWAY 360 GRAND PRAIRIE, 7 5 0 5 0. UH, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE FOR STICKS AND TRAYS, AND HOPEFULLY I HAVE THE ANSWERS FOR YOU. [00:15:01] BUT FAR AS THE FIRST ONE, THE LAST QUESTION I DID HERE, IT'S NO BUSINESSES AROUND OUR AREA. IT WAS A SWAHILI GRILL NEXT TO US. THAT GUY HAS BEEN OUT MAYBE TWO MONTHS NOW, AND THEN TO THE LEFT OF US IF WE'RE IN THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING. IT WAS A TRUCKING COMPANY. HE'S BEEN GOING FOR THREE MONTHS. AND THEN THE OTHER COMPANY BEHIND US, THEY LEFT OUT LIKE THE LAST MONTH AND A HALF. SO NO ONE IS AROUND US. MM-HMM . WE COMPLETELY HAVE THAT BUILDING THAT END TOWARDS THE END OF BUILDING 20 IS WHAT WE ARE IN. UH, IT'S AN ELECTRICIAN AND A GARAGE SHOP AND RIM SHOP. I'M JUST CURIOUS, SO DID YOU DO A MARKETING STUDY OR JUST FIGURED THIS WOULD BE A GOOD SPOT TO HAVE THIS, UH, KIND OF, YES. WE KIND OF, ME AND MY BROTHER OR MY CO-OWNER WITH ME, WE KIND OF WENT AROUND AND JUST SEARCHED THE AREA. UH, WE DID HAVE A FRIEND THAT HAS, UH, HE HAD A CIGAR LOUNGE, UH, I WANT TO SAY ARLINGTON, BUT NOTHING WAS IN THE GRAND PRAIRIE AREA. OKAY. MM-HMM . UH, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER MADDEN, THANKS SO MUCH FOR THAT INFORMATION. I WAS CONCERNED THAT THERE MIGHT BE BUSINESSES THAT, THAT, THAT, UM, CATER TO CHILDREN THAT WERE NEARBY. THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING ABOUT WHAT WAS TO THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT. SO THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR THAT RIGHT NOW WE, WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT, SO THAT'S GOOD. UM, YES. I WOULDN'T LOVE TO KNOW TOO. THERE ARE TWO THINGS. SO THE 19 TO 20 YEAR OLDS, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE WRISTBANDS, RIGHT? THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO SMOKE, BUT THEY'RE GONNA BE IN YOUR ESTABLISHMENT. THEY CAN COME IN, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS. WE'RE KIND OF GOING TO LIMIT IT. IT'S MORE OF A GROWN ESTABLISHMENT. SO WE'RE GONNA KIND OF MONITOR THEIR AGE. WE DON'T WANT NO ONE YOUNG, UH, 21 AND UNDER, AND THERE NO ONE THAT CAN'T SMOKE, BASICALLY. IT'S BASICALLY FOR A MATURE CROWD. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT WAS BEING ABLE TO RUN A BUSINESS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ENSURE THAT IN THE MIDST OF EVERYTHING GOING ON, THAT A A 20-YEAR-OLD OR A 19-YEAR-OLD WASN'T GIVEN SOMETHING BY ANOTHER PATRON OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. AND THEN THE OTHER THING I WONDERED ABOUT IS, UM, IT'S MENTIONED IN HERE THAT, THAT YOU WILL PROVIDE, UM, ADDITIONAL VENTILATION. CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THAT? UH, YES. WE HAVE A AC UH, SO INFINITY, UH, 12 INCH VENTILATION SYSTEM THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN, IN THE BACK WHERE THE LOUNGER BE, WHERE THE SMOKERS WILL BE, AND THAT'LL PROVIDE THE, TO, UM, VENTILATE THE SYSTEM OUT THROUGH THE ROOF. AND WE ALSO HAVE, OOPS, WE ALSO HAVE A GARAGE DOOR. IT'S A 10 BY MAYBE SAY 14 THAT WE ALSO LET UP TO VENTILATE ALSO. OKAY. MM-HMM . OKAY. IS THIS, IS THE, UM, THE VENTILATION SYSTEM THAT YOU'RE ADDING, IS THAT JUST AF IS THAT LIKE SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE PURCHASING ON, ON YOUR OWN? OR IS THERE A CONTRACTOR COMING IN? NO, SOMETHING I'M PINTEREST ON OWN. OKAY. WE'RE GONNA DO IT OUR OURSELF. OH. NOT INSTALL IT OUR OURSELF, BUT YES. OH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING. YES, MA'AM. OH, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . YOU'RE WELCOME. COMMISSIONERS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER FEDCO COMM DAVIS. THIS IS MY DISTRICT. UM, SO WELCOME TO THE DISTRICT IF WITH YOUR BUSINESS. YES, SIR. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION THOUGH. SO THE, THE CONDITIONS THAT THE DRC PUT IN THERE TO COMMISSIONER MADDEN'S POINT, IT ALLOWS FOR THE ENTRY OF PEOPLE THAT ARE 19 AND 20 MM-HMM . BUT YOU'RE JUST SAYING NOW THAT YOU DON'T WANT ANYBODY UNDER 21 IN THE ESTABLISHMENT. N NO, WE'RE, WE DON'T WANT ANYONE UNDER 21 THAT CAN'T SMOKE IN THE ESTABLISHMENT. WOULD YOU MIND THEN IF WE MADE A CHANGE TO THE DRC RECOMMENDATIONS THAT IT'S 21 AND OVER IN ORDER TO ENTER? NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS. I YOU'RE WELCOME. GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT. YES, SIR. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR THAT, COMMISSIONER. 'CAUSE I WAS GONNA ASK THAT QUESTION. IT WOULDN'T BE ANY POINT FOR THEM TO BE COMING IN IF THEY WEREN'T GONNA BE ABLE TO SMOKE. I AGREE. YES. PLUS THAT, YOU KNOW, INHALATION UNNECESSARILY IF YOU'RE NOT SMOKING. ANYWAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS? YES, MA'AM. FOR CLARIFICATION. WILL YOU BE EMPLOYING ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 21? UH, NO. NO. OKAY. NOT, NOT, WE DON'T, WE DON'T PLAN TO AT THE TIME. IT'LL JUST BE ME AND MY BROTHER RUNNING IT RIGHT NOW, BUT WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT, OH, WE WANT, WE WANT TO BE A, UH, AT THE AGE OF THE AGE, I SAID SAY I'M SORRY. MM-HMM . YEAH. GOOD POINT. I THINK. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? I THINK WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS? WE NEED TO CHANGE THE VERBIAGE ON THE, UH, YEAH. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKER CARDS? ANY OTHER SPEAKER CARDS? NO, MA'AM. OKAY. MADAM CHAIR, IF IT'S ALL RIGHT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON ITEM FOUR SUP DASH 24 DASH ZERO THREE DASH 0 1 4 AND APPROVE PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGES THAT [00:20:01] NO ONE UNDER 21 SHALL ALLOW BE ALLOWED TO ENTER OR WORK IN THE ESTABLISHMENT. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM FOUR FROM CON COMMISSIONER FEDCO, AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER COLEY TO APPROVE AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS WITH THE STIPULATION THAT NO ONE UNDER 21 TO ENTER OR ENTER OR WORK AT THE FACILITY. ANYTHING ELSE? IS THAT IT? ALL IN FAVOR, O OF THIS MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT CASE, PLEASE. [5. SUP-24-06-0026 - Specific Use Permit – 2600 E. Main St (City Council District 5). Specific Use Permit for Auto Repair (Major). Lots 10 & 11, Block A, Westover Place Revised Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-237, and addressed as 2600 E Main St] GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. NEXT CASE IS, UH, SUP 24 0 6 0 0 2 6. THIS IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR AUTO REPAIR MAJOR AT 2,600 EAST MAIN STREET ZONE PD 2 3 7 WITH A BASE ZONING OF LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. THE AUTO REPAIR MAJOR USE REQUIRES A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT VIA THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL BEFORE THEY CAN OBTAIN A CO. SO THIS IS AN EXISTING AUTO DEALER NON FRANCHISE USED, USED CAR SALES LOT, UH, WHICH THEY HAVE TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER HERE. THEY HAVE A MECHANIC SHOP AREA THAT BAY IS, UH, 1,820 SQUARE FEET. AND THAT'S THE AREA THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO USE FOR AUTO REPAIR MAJOR. UH, IF APPROVED IT, THEY WOULD BE LIMITED TO THIS AREA. IF THEY WERE TO EXPAND THIS. THEY WOULD HAVE TO AMEND THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR THE PARKING. THEY ARE PROVIDING AMPLE PARKING FOR ALL OF THE USES, INCLUDING THE AUTO REPAIR MAJOR. THEY WOULD BE OPEN FROM, UH, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, 9:00 AM TO 7:00 PM AND AUTO REPAIR MAJOR INCLUDES ENGINE REPAIRS, TRANSMISSIONS, SUSPENSIONS, AIR CONDITIONING, ET CETERA. NINE NOTICES WERE SENT TO SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS. UH, WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY IN SUPPORT OR IN OPPOSITION. APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES, AND THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. UH, THE BUSINESS SHALL BE OPERATED WITH COMPLIANCE WITH ALL STATE, FEDERAL, AND LOCAL LAWS. THE BUSINESS SHALL OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND AUTO RELATED BUSINESS PERMIT. AND LASTLY, A UH, DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE MUST BE PROVIDED ON THE PROPERTY IN ACCORDANCE WITH PUBLIC HEALTH REGULATIONS. THAT IS ALL FOR MY, UH, PRESENTATION, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER MADDEN? TWO QUESTIONS. UM, SO THIS IS CURRENTLY OPERATING AS THE AUTO SALES, CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. DO WE KNOW IF THERE HAVE BEEN ANY, UM, COMPLAINTS OR ISSUES? AND THEN ALSO IN, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THAT IS, DO YOU KNOW WHEN THEIR CURRENT SEP IS UP FOR REVIEW FOR THAT BUSINESS? 'CAUSE AREN'T ALL AUTOMOTIVE RELATED BUSINESSES, DON'T THEY ALL HAVE THAT? UH, MOSTLY DO IN, IN THE ZONING THAT IT'S IN, BUT THESE ARE VESTED USES. THEY ALREADY HAD THE CEO PRIOR TO THE ZONING IN PLACE. OKAY. MM-HMM . OKAY. SO, UH, THE ALL THREE ARE VESTED USES AT THIS POINT. OKAY. SO THE ONLY ONE THAT WILL HAVE AN SEP POTENTIALLY IS THIS CURRENT ADDITION TO THE BUSINESS? CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . YOU'RE WELCOME. COMMISSIONERS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. GREAT JOB. WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? I'M NURSE SANCHEZ. I'M NURSE SANCHEZ. WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM. HELLO THERE, SIR, HOW ARE YOU? STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. YES. UM, YES, MY NAME IS KER SANCHEZ. UM, MY ADDRESS IS AT 2,600 EAST MAIN STREET. UM, I, UH, AM SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF IT. I AM AN AN, UH, EMPLOYEE. UM, I AM ACTUALLY SPEAKING FOR THE, UH, FOR THE APPLICANT. AND, UM, ESSENTIALLY AS HE MENTIONED BEFORE, WE DID ALREADY HAVE COS, UM, AS WELL AS SPECIFIC USE PERMITS. WE ESSENTIALLY JUST WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE IT RENEWED ONCE WE WERE, UH, INSPECTED AND WE'RE TOLD, UM, AS HE MENTIONED BEFORE, AS WELL AS IN THE BRIEFING, UM, THERE WERE, THEY USED TO BE FOUR SUITES THERE. UM, ONE OF THE SUITES ACTUALLY DID USED TO HAVE THE, UM, THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT WITH THE AUTO REPAIR, UH, IN MINOR. SO, UM, ONCE WE WERE TOLD THAT WE ACTUALLY NEEDED TO HAVE IT IN MAJOR AND FOR, UM, THE OTHER ONES, WE STARTED TO HAVE IT PROCESSED. UH, WE'RE DOING IT ONE BY ONE AT THE MOMENT, SO, YEAH. UM, THAT'S ESSENTIALLY ALL I HAVE. COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER MADDEN? I JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT. I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ARE FOLLOWING THE RULES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING, AND THE BUSINESS LOOKED NICE FROM THE PHOTOS, SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR, IN CONTRIBUTING TO THE, THE BEAUTY OF GRAND PRAIRIE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONERS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN THIS, THIS BUSINESS? UM, [00:25:02] WELL, UM, AS AN EMPLOYEE MYSELF, I'VE BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT THREE, FOUR YEARS. MM-HMM . UM, AND THE BUSINESS ITSELF HAS BEEN RUNNING FOR OVER A DECADE NOW. SO YOU HAVE A REALLY GOOD BUSINESS THEN. YEAH. YES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? I BELIEVE THIS IS DISTRICT FIVE. MS. JANNEY? YES. COMMISSIONER ARI? YES. WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE A STAB AT THIS ONE? IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION BEFORE WE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD SINCE THIS IS YOUR DISTRICT? WELL, I, SPEAKING TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE SPEAKING TO THE, OH, SORRY. UM, I KNOW THIS IS SEVERAL MECHANIC SHOPS OUT THERE. SEVERAL, UM, IS, WHICH HE'S ALREADY GONE. I DON'T KNOW. CAN I ASK A QUESTION? UM, YOU HAVE TO HAVE HIM COME BACK UP. YEAH, SIR. CAN YOU COME BACK UP PLEASE? OKAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. THIS IS A COMMISSIONER THAT, THIS IS HER DISTRICT, SO WE WANT HER TO MAKE SURE SHE ASKS THE QUESTIONS. NO WORRIES. YEAH, GO AHEAD. UM, I, LIKE I SAID, I KNOW THERE'S SEVERAL MECHANIC SHOPS IN THAT AREA OFF OF MAIN STREET. MM-HMM. IS YOURS ALSO OPEN TO THE PUBLIC OR JUST SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT BUSINESS? IT'S JUST SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR LOT. UM, FOR ANY VEHICLES THAT WE, THAT WE SELL OR ARE PREPARING TO SELL. OKAY. MM-HMM . THEN NO FURTHER QUESTIONS AND WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. OH, WELL YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN THERE, SO YOU'RE PROBABLY . THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. UM, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD IF THERE'S NOTHING FURTHER, UH, TO MOVE FOR A MOTION TO, YOU'RE GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING OR CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, SORRY. MM-HMM . AND MOVE FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE? YES. ITEM NUMBER FIVE SUP DASH 24 DASH ZERO SIX DASH 0 0 26. AS PER DRC RECOMME AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM FIVE BY COMMISSIONER ARI. DO WE HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT [6. SUP-24-07-0029 - Specific Use Permit - Public Safety Communications Tower (City Council District 6). Specific Use Permit for a Communications Tower on 1.656 acres. Multiple tracts out of J Lawrence Survey, Abstract, No. 616, (Parcel IDs 194197 and 284686) City of Grand Prairie, Ellis County, Texas, zoned Agriculture (A) District and PD-339A, and tentatively addressed as 11005 Davis Dr] CASE, PLEASE. YES. THE ITEM NUMBER SIX IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUEST FOR PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS TOWER AT 11 0 0 5 DAVIS DRIVE, SUP 24 0 7 0 0 2 9. AS MANY OF YOU'RE AWARE, THE SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE IS EXPERIENCING A LOT OF GROWTH AND AS THE GROWTH HAPPENS, UM, THE STAFF HAS LOOKED INTO THIS AREA AND DETERMINED THAT THERE IS A NEED TO INCREASE THE RADIO COVERAGE TO, UH, PREVENT ANY ISSUES, UM, FOR THE FIRE AND, UH, POLICE TO OPERATE THEIR HANDHELD, THE MOBILE DEVICES OR IN-BUILDING DEVICES TO COMMUNICATE. SO THEY HAVE PRESENTED THIS, THIS REQUEST TO THE CITY COUNCIL. CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED THE PROPOSAL FOR THE NEW TOWER. HOWEVER, THEY ARE A LAND USE THAT REQUIRES A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. SO THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH PNZ FOR RECOMMENDATION AND GET THE LAND USE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL BEFORE THEY CAN PROCEED WITH THE BUILDING PERMIT. THAT IS WHY THIS REQUEST IS HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY. SO THE PROPOSED LOCATION OF THE TOWER IS ALONG THE DAVIS DRIVE WHERE THE HERITAGE TOWN BOULEVARD IS, UM, CURRENTLY DEVELOPING. THE TOWER WILL BE LOCATED ON THE SAME SITE AS WHERE THE FIRE STATION 11 IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THIS KIND OF SHOWS IN PERSPECTIVE HOW, UM, SMALL OF A PAD AREA THAT THERE WILL BE REQUIRING. AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE GENERAL AREA IN SCALE. SO AGAIN, THIS ORANGE BUILD, UH, REPRESENTS THE FIRE STATION 11 THAT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THIS IS THE PAD WALL THEY'LL BE USING. AND THIS LITTLE TRIANGLE KIND OF REPRESENTS THE ACTUAL, THE TOWER STRUCTURE. SORRY, I'M SPEAKING TOO MUCH INTO THIS . SO THE TOWER ITSELF IS ABOUT 200 FEET TALL. UM, WE DO HAVE TWO UDC REQUIREMENTS. ONE IS THAT ANY SCREENING FENCES MUST BE SCREENED WITH ADDITIONAL SCREENING HEDGES OR MASON SCREENING. UH, THE SECOND IS THAT THEY NEED TO BE CERTAIN DISTANCES AWAY BASED ON THE RATIO. IT'S ONE TO THREE TO SINGLE FAMILY ZONED PROPERTIES, AND IT'S ONE-TO-ONE FOR MULTIFAMILY ZONED PROPERTY BASED ON THE POWER HEIGHT OF 200 FEET. THEY NEED TO BE MINIMUM 600 FEET AWAY FROM ALL THE SINGLE FAMILY ZONED PROPERTIES. THEY'RE CURRENTLY AT TWO 90 AND THEY NEED TO BE 200 FEET AWAY FROM ALL THE MULTIFAMILY ZONED PROPERTIES. THEY ARE ACTUALLY ABUTTING MULTIFAMILY ZONING BASED ON THEIR PD CONCEPT PLAN. SO THIS BLUE REPRESENTS THE, UM, FIRE STATION SITE AND THE TOWER WILL BE AT THIS CORNER. AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS ORANGE REPRESENTS THE MULTIFAMILY TRACT. UM, THEY ARE ZERO FEET AWAY. THEY ARE ABOUT 290 FEET AWAY FROM THIS LOT, WHICH IS YOU CAN KIND OF SEE BETTER, UM, SHOWN HERE AS THE HOA LOT. HOWEVER, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PLOT, THIS IS ACTUALLY ENTIRELY DRAINAGE EASEMENT WITH A LOT OF SLOPE. SO THEY DON'T HAVE [00:30:01] ANY, UM, HOUSE OR HABITABLE STRUCTURES THAT WILL BE OCCUPIED BY PEOPLE. I THINK THEY JUST, UM, KEEP THAT AS HOA LIVE TO MAINTAIN AND CUT THE GRASS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO THE APPLICANT, AGAIN, IS REQUESTING TWO VARIANCES. ONE FOR THE SCREENING HEDGES TO NOT PUT SCREENING HEDGES. THEY'RE NOT FACING ANY OF THE PUBLIC STREETS. STAFF HAS NO OPPOSITION TO THIS. AND THEY ARE REQUESTING DISTANCE VARIANCE FROM THE RESIDENTIAL ZONING. THEY ARE ZERO FEET FROM MULTIFAMILY AND 290 FEET FROM SINGLE FAMILY. UM, DC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. THIS CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION. MIKE JOY, OUR IT ADMINISTRATOR IS, UM, PROJECT ADMINISTRATOR IS HERE IN CASE THAT YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT, WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE AND THEIR CONSULTANT FROM MOTOROLA IS ALSO HERE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME? COMMERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR JUNE? I THOUGHT YOU DID A WONDERFUL JOB ON THAT. THANK YOU. UH, COMMISSION. WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE IT DIRECTOR OF, OF CEDAR OF GRAND PRAIRIE? CAN THE IT DIRECTOR COME UP? ? WE DON'T NEED A SPEAKER CARD FOR THAT, DO WE? TIFFANY? NO. OKAY. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE RECORD. JUST CASE PENNY. CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER, CEDAR GRAND PRAIRIE. MM-HMM . WELL, WE JUST KIND OF WANNA KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON HERE WITH THIS, THIS TOWER AND, AND HOW, HOW, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN AN ANTICIPATING THIS WORKING ON THIS PROJECT? UH, YES MA'AM. UH, SO THE REASON WHY WE'RE BUILDING THIS TOWER, AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE IS EXPANDING IN THE SOUTHERN AREA. AND WHEN WE IMPLEMENTED THIS RADIO SYSTEM ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO, GRAND PRAIRIE WAS ALL IN THE NORTHERN SECTOR OF THE CITY. SO WE DID NOT UNTIL, WELL, THAT WAS BEFORE ME , BUT UM, THE CITY DID NOT HAVE A NEED FOR A RADIO TOWER DOWN SOUTH. SO NOW THAT WE ARE MOVING DOWN SOUTH, WE FOUND THAT THERE'S A NEED TO PUT A COMMUNICATION TOWER IN THAT AREA. AND WE LOOKED AT MANY DIFFERENT OPTIONS WITH PARTNERING WITH OTHER CITIES AND, UM, OTHER TOWERS IN THE AREA, BUT THERE WERE NO FACILITIES ABLE TO HANDLE, UM, THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE NEEDED. SO THAT'S WHEN WE PROPOSED BUILDING A NEW TOWER. UM, THE, AS YOU SEE FROM THE MAP, THE COMMUNICATION IN THIS AREA FOR PUBLIC SAFETY IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. WE WOULD NOT RECOMMEND SENDING POLICE AND FIRE INTO THAT AREA, UM, TO DO THEIR JOBS WITHOUT PROPER, UM, SIGNALS. SO YOU CAN SEE THE SIGNAL RIGHT THERE. SO THIS, THAT'S WHY THERE'S A NEED TO INCREASE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THAT AREA. SO WOULD THIS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED DURING THE FLUME, THE, THE, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP? NO, NOT AT THIS STAGE. ONCE WE GOT VESTED WITH DEVELOPMENT DOWN THERE, WE STARTED ANALYZING 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA NEED PUBLIC SERVICE. MM-HMM . FIRING POLICE. AND SO MR. KEEL GOT PULLED IN. GOT PULLED IN, YES. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER MADDEN? I DO HAVE A QUESTION. I'VE SEEN IN THE, IN THE METROPLEX THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME RADIO TOWERS OR AT LEAST CELL PHONE TOWERS THAT LOOK LIKE TREES. HAS THAT, WAS THAT EXPLORED AT ALL? JUST BECAUSE THE PROXIMITY TO RESIDENCES? I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT. AM I MORE ATTRACTIVE? BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE EXPENSE OR IF THAT THOSE ARE AS CAN BE AS TALL. I JUST WAS CURIOUS. YEAH, YEAH. SO BECAUSE OF THE, THE HEIGHT OF THE TOWER, THAT WAS NOT NECESSARILY A CONSIDERATION OF OURS. UM, AND THE TYPE OF SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT WE HAVE TO PUT ON THERE, WE HAVE TO PUT TWO BIG MICROWAVE DISHES ON THE TOWER. AND THOSE, UM, TREE TREELIKE STRUCTURED WOULD NOT NECESSARILY BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE MICROWAVES. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES MA'AM. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE INSIGHT ON, ON THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWERS. CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A VARIANCE REGARDING THE, UH, SCREENING HEDGES. SO IS IT ACCESSIBLE FOR ANYONE? I'M JUST TRYING TO PICTURE THE BASE AND YOU KNOW, IS THERE GONNA BE A FENCE AROUND IT, UH, FROM A SAFETY STANDPOINT SINCE THERE'S STILL FOLKS AROUND IT? YES. YES, SIR. SO, UM, SO WHAT WE ARE DOING IS THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A, THE RADIO SITE IS GONNA BE A PERIMETER WITHIN THE PERIMETER. OKAY. SO THE FIRE STATION 11 IS GONNA HAVE A FENCE AROUND IT, WHICH IS THE FIRST PERIMETER. AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, OUR RAGER TOWER IS GONNA HAVE A FENCE SURROUNDING THE RAGER TOWER ITSELF. SO NO ONE IS GONNA BE ABLE TO JUST WALK UP TO THE RAGER TOWER AND GET IN. IT'S GONNA BE, UM, A FENCE SURROUNDING IT. UM, SO BECAUSE WE WANT TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT TO THE FENCE, THERE'S A LOT OF EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT ON IN THAT CORRECT. IN THAT COMPOUND. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT. YES. MAKES SENSE. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, COMMISSIONER. ARE THEY GONNA HAVE 24 HOUR SECURITY, OR IS THAT IS JUST GONNA BE LOCKED UP AND HAVE ALL KIND OF ALARMS ON IT? SO, SO, YOU KNOW, THE GOOD THING IS WE HAVE FREE 24 7 SECURITY WITH THE FIREFIGHTERS THAT'S GONNA BE ON SITE, UHHUH, , . UM, AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, WE HAVE OTHER RADIO [00:35:01] COMMUNICATION TOWERS IN THE CITY, AND, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF SECURITY AROUND THEM. WE HAVE, UM, UH, SENSORS ON A DOOR AND WE HAVE CAMERAS AND STUFF. IN FACT, SOME OF OUR, UM, THE WAY WE HAVE IT SET UP IS THAT IF THE DOOR OPENS WITHOUT AUTO, WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION, THE POLICE IS DISPATCH AUTOMATICALLY. MM-HMM . OKAY. SO, SO THERE'S A LOT OF SECURITY BUILT INTO IT MM-HMM . AND A LOT OF REDUNDANCY BUILT INTO THESE SITES, BECAUSE REMEMBER, IT'S PUBLIC SAFETY MM-HMM . SO WE PUT A LOT OF PRECAUTION INTO KEEPING THESE SITES GOING. VERY GOOD. VERY GOOD. ONE, ONE FOLLOW UP QUESTION. NOW, THIS IS PRIMARILY FOR CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE. YES, SIR. IS THERE ALSO THE, THE OPTION TO, TO RENT THIS, TO POSSIBLY, YOU KNOW, CELL PHONE CARRIERS OR IS, IS IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT GRAND PRAIRIE DOES. UM, SO ONCE IT'S THERE, RIGHT? YOU GOT A TOWER ? YES, SIR. UM, SO THE WAY WE DESIGNED THE TOWER, YOU KNOW, THE TOWER IS GONNA BE THERE. IT, IT IS GOING TO, UM, THERE WILL BE SPACE ON THE TOWER THAT IF THE CITY DO DECIDE TO LEASE OUT SPACE, THAT COULD BE AN OPTION IN THE FUTURE. YEAH. NO, NO. FAIR ENOUGH. THANK YOU. YEAH, GOOD POINT. GOOD POINT. 'CAUSE MY CELL PHONE DOESN'T WORK WELL SOMETIMES. ? YES, MA'AM. YES. THEY MIGHT WANNA THINK ABOUT THAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXPERTISE. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER SPEAKER CARDS? DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARD? NO SPEAKER CARDS? THIS IS IN, UM, UH, ONE OF OUR NEWEST COMMISSIONER'S AREAS, ISN'T IT? NO, I'M SORRY. LET'S SEE. YES, IT IS A COMMISSIONER. ANGELA, LUCKY VAUGHN. THIS IS YOUR AREA. DO YOU WANT TO US TO HELP YOU TAKE A STAB AT THIS? OR DO YOU WANT US I CAN DO IT FOR YOU. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO JUST DO IT FOR YOU? WELL, LET ME TAKE A STAB AT IT. OKAY. FIRST OF ALL, SINCE THIS IS YOUR AREA, WE'D LIKE TO KNOW THIS IS YOUR AREA, WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE, THE PROJECT. DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS? WELL, UM, I LIKE, I LIKE THE, THE PROJECT. MY ONLY CONCERN IS, UM, HAVE THERE BEEN ANY STUDIES IN, UM, IN REFERENCE TO, UM, UM, RESIDENTS, UM, SAFETY WITH THE TOWERS, COMMUNICATION TOWERS AS FAR AS HEALTH CONCERNS? UM, SO WHEN YOU SAY HEALTH CONCERNS, YOU MEAN AS FAR AS LIKE THIS, LIKE IN THE SYSTEM, LIKE WITH HAVING SO MANY TOWERS, BECAUSE YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT LATER ON, IT'S A POSSIBILITY THAT IT COULD BE LEASED OUT. IT'S AN OPTION THAT THE CITY CAN EXPLORE IN THE FUTURE, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE IT DEPARTMENT TO, TO DECIDE, BUT IT'S AN OPTION THE CITY CAN EXPLORE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION. THAT WAS THE ONLY QUESTION. OKAY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS BEFORE, UH, WE MAKE IT, BECAUSE WITH THIS PARTICULAR CASE, IF YOU'D LIKE, I DON'T MIND IF YOU ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH THIS. I DON'T MIND MAKING THE MOTION FOR YOU, BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE IT, WE, WE CAN HELP YOU GET THROUGH IT. OKAY. IT'S UP TO . YOU WANNA TRY? I'LL TRY. SHALL I CLOSE, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION, UM, HEARING ON THIS ITEM. AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, UM, THAT WE APPROVE SUP TWO FOUR DASH 7 29. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM SIX SU 2 4 0 7 29 BY COMMISSIONER AN ANGELA LUCKY VO. CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND? CAN I, CAN I ASK A QUESTION THOUGH? YES. UH, FIRST OFF, WELCOME, UH, COMMISSIONER. LUCKY YOU ALSO MEAN TO SAY WITH THE VARIANCES REQUESTED, CORRECT? YES, WITH THE VARIANCE. THANK YOU. REQUESTED. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER AGAIN. I'D LIKE TO, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COMMISSIONER ANGELA LUCKY VAUGHN, TO APPROVE ITEM SIX AS PART PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS WITH THE VARIANCE. AND A DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER JANIE. ARI? ALL IN FAVOR? PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT CASE, PLEASE. [7. SUP-24-01-0004 - Specific Use Permit/Site Plan - Portillo's at 3102 S Hwy 161 (City Council District 2). SUP/Site Plan for a restaurant with a drive-through on 4.75 acres. Lots 9R-1 & 9R2, Block B, Epic West Towne Crossing Phase I, and Lot 1, Block 5, Central Park Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-364, within the SH 161 & IH-20 Corridor Overlay Districts, and with an approximate address of 3102 S Hwy 161] THE ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS FOR AN SUP AND SIP PLAN, REQUEST FOR PORTILLOS RESTAURANT AT 31 0 2 SOUTH HIGHWAY 1 61 SUP 24 0 1 0 0 0 4. SO THIS IS THE, UM, AREA WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO, WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO LOCATE THE PORTILLO'S RESTAURANT. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE MAIN EVENT THERE IN THE HOTEL. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT DUTCH BROTHERS AND OTHER RESTAURANTS IN THIS AREA, WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS ALLOWED IN THE ZONING. IT'S JUST THAT THEY HAVE A DRIVE THROUGH COMPONENT, WHICH REQUIRES A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT APPROVAL. THIS AREA VIEW KIND OF SHOWS YOU WHERE THE BUILDING IS PROPOSED TO BE LOCATED IN, UH, RELATIONS TO ALL THE OTHER BUILDINGS IN THE AREA. THEY ARE PROPOSING A SIX, UM, THOUSAND SQUARE FEET RESTAURANT WITH A 500 SQUARE FEET OUTDOOR PATIO. UM, THEIR [00:40:01] OPERATION DEPENDS A LOT ON THE DRIVE THROUGH TRAFFIC, BUT THEY DO HAVE A SIT DOWN RESTAURANT INSIDE THEY ARE REQUESTING VARIANCES FOR THE PARKING. HOWEVER, THEY DID, UH, PROVIDE A COMPENSATORY MEASURE OF COMPACT PARKING. COMPACT PARKING SPACES ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE. THE AREA IN BLUE INDICATES THE A HUNDRED FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT FOR THE ENCORE POWER LINES. UM, THE ENCORE DOES NOT PERMIT ANY OF THE, UH, TREES TO BE PLANTED UNDER IN THAT AREA. SO THE APPLICANT IS MEETING OUR LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENT, BUT THEY'RE PROPOSING THE TREES HERE THAT THEY'LL BE PLACED ELSEWHERE. THERE CANNOT BE ANY TREES ALONG WARRIOR TRAIL. SO THIS COMMUNICATES THE ELEVATIONS. SO THIS IS THEIR, I'M SORRY, THIS IS THEIR MAIN ELEVATION THAT WILL BE FACING 1 61 THAT WILL HAVE THE MAIN ENTRANCES THROUGH HERE. UM, THEY ARE NOT MEETING THE 30% REQUIRED GLAZING. HOWEVER, AS YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING THESE BARN STYLE, UM, DOORS WITH, UM, METAL EYEBROWS WITH GOOSENECK LIGHTING. THEY ARE PROVIDING THESE, UH, BRONZE, UM, METAL, UH, STARTS AS LIKE A BAND ALL OVER. SO THEY'RE TRYING TO ENHANCE THE ARCHITECTURAL STANDARD TO COMPENSATE FOR THE VARIANCES THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING. THIS IS THE ELEVATIONS ALONG WARRIOR TRAIL. UH, ONE THING THAT I WANNA NOTE IS THAT TO SCREEN THE DRIVE THROUGH AREA, AT FIRST, STAFF RECOMMENDED PUTTING TREES. HEARING THAT ENCORE DOES NOT ALLOW THEM, THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT HAS PROPOSED TO PLANT TALLER SHOVES. SO TYPICAL SHOVES ARE AROUND LIKE THREE TO FIVE FEET, BUT THEIR MAXIMUM HEIGHT IS SIX TO EIGHT FEET. SO THEY'RE SAYING, HEY, WE UNDERSTAND WE CANNOT PUT TREES, BUT WE'D BE WILLING TO PUT TALLER SHOVES KIND OF CLUSTER AROUND, ALIGNED WITH OTHER SHRUBS SO THAT IT WILL PROVIDE SOME LIVING SCREEN. THIS IS THE AREA WHERE THEY'LL HAVE THE DRIVE THROUGH WINDOWS. THIS WILL BE ALL ALONG THE ESPANA SIDE. THIS IS, UM, THE SIDE THAT, THAT WILL FACE THE DUTCH BROTHERS. AGAIN, THEY'RE TRYING TO DO LIKE A GARAGE WINDOW LOOK, UH, FOR AND DO THE METAL CANOPY TO PROVIDE ENHANCED ARCHITECTURE. THEY'RE COMPLYING WITH THE, UH, APPENDIX F UM, CHECKLIST MENU ITEMS. THEY ARE REQUESTING FOUR VARIANCES. THEY ARE REQUESTING FIRST THE VARIANCES ON THE PARKING SPACES. THE MAXIMUM ALL ALLOW PARKING IS 29. THEY ARE PROPOSING 85. UM, THEY ARE PROVIDING THE COMPENSA COMPENSATORY MEASURES OF, UH, COMPACT PARKING. AGAIN, THEY ARE PROVIDING 46% OF OVERALL WINDOWS WHEN THE 50% IS REQUIRED. THEY ARE PROVIDING SOME ARCHITECTURAL ENHANCEMENT AS A ACCESSORY MEASURES. THEY'RE REQUESTING VARIANCE ON THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO HAVE ONLY 21% OF WINDOWS VERSUS THE 30% REQUIRED. AND THEY ARE REQUESTING A VARIANCE FOR THE DRIVE THROUGH LANE TO BE BETWEEN THE MAIN BUILDING AND THE OR TRAIL. THE DRC STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE CONDITION THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE A DECELERATION LANE ALONG, UM, SOUTH HIGH 1 61. UM, AS, UH, COMMISSIONER MADAM POINTED OUT, THERE IS AN EXISTING DRIVEWAY HERE NEXT TO THE DUTCH BROTHERS, UM, BASED ON THE TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDIES THAT OUR TRANSPORTATION IS, UM, REQUIRING THEM TO PUT A DECELERATION HERE. ADDITIONALLY, UM, THEY ARE WORKING THROUGH THIS DESIGN WITH THEIR TRAFFIC ENGINEER AND THEIR CIVIL ENGINEERS, UM, WILL TRY TO GET THAT INCLUDED BEFORE CITY COUNCIL IF POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE, THIS CONDITION WILL REMAIN ON THE SUP REQUEST. THIS CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION. THE APPLICANT HAD PREPARED THEIR OWN PRESENTATIONS TO, UM, INTRODUCE YOU PATILLO AND, UM, THEIR REQUEST FOR THE VARIANCES. IS THERE ANY QUESTION THAT STAFF CAN ANSWER AT THIS TIME? I THINK YOU DID A VERY GOOD JOB IN THAT. THANK YOU. JIM TAYLOR HALL, UM, IS HERE TO REPRESENT PAT'S SPEAKER CARDS. TAYLOR HALL WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. TAYLOR HALL PM DESIGN. OUR ADDRESS IS 1101 CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY SOUTH, UH, ALLEN, TEXAS, SUITE 107 5 1 0 3. MM-HMM . SO, UH, INTO OUR PRESENTATION HERE. THIS IS A QUICK PRESENTATION THAT THE CLIENT HAS PROVIDED, UH, RUNNING DOWN THEIR, THEIR OVERALL PROGRAM. UH, THEY'RE BASED OUT OF VILLA PARK, UH, CHICAGO AREA. THEY STARTED 1963, AND THEY HAVE A VARIETY OF, UH, PRODUCTS STARTING WITH THEIR FAMOUS CHICAGO STYLE BEEF HOTDOG, UH, AS WELL AS THEIR ITALIAN STYLE BEEF SANDWICHES. UH, THEIR MENU HAS GROWN AS QUICKLY AS THEIR, UH, BRAND HAS, UH, A WIDE VARIETY FOR A NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS. UH, THEY CATER TO THEIR AREA, THEY LIKE TO CATER TO THE AREA AND CREATE A MURAL THAT IS DEDICATED TO THAT CITY. UM, BETWEEN DRIVE THROUGH DINING EXPERIENCE, AS WELL AS CATERING, ONLINE ORDERING. UH, THEY GROWING RAPIDLY AGAIN, UH, REPRESENTING THEIR MEASURE AND, AND FANS AND POPULARITY ACROSS THE POPULAR BRANDS. [00:45:01] SEE, UH, COMP COMPETITIVE PRICING AS WELL. UM, AGAIN, STARTED IN 1963. THEY WENT PUBLIC IN, UH, OCTOBER OF 2021. UM, THEY HAD 70 SOME STORES AT THAT TIME AND HAVE QUICKLY EXPANDED TO 86 IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND ARE CONTINUING TO GROW. THEY'RE ALL COMPANY OWNED. UH, THESE ARE THE REGIONS THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN, AS WELL AS EXPANDING INTO, UM, THIS IS A REPRESENTATION OF THEIR GARAGE TYPE PROTOTYPE, UH, WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE PURSUING HERE AT GRAND PRAIRIE. UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN IN A PORTILLO'S, IT IS AN EXPERIENCE TO WALK IN AND YOU LOOK UP THE PLACES FILLED WITH MILLIONS OF DOLLAR OF, UH, AND JUST DECOR ALONE. UH, IT'S A REALLY UNIQUE EXPERIENCE. THEN I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF OUR PROTOTYPICAL RENDERINGS, WHICH I BELIEVE WE JUST SAW. DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? DO WE HAVE ANY, DID YOU BRING ANY SAMPLE FOOD FOR US? ? I SHOULD HAVE. I SHOULD HAVE. DARN IT. I'M, I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU COMING IN OUR AREA, I BELIEVE, ISN'T THERE ONE IN ARLINGTON? CORRECT. ARLINGTON IS ONE OF THE MORE RECENT STORES. MANSFIELD JUST OPENED. OF COURSE, THERE'S ONE IN THE COLONY, AND THEN ALLEN OPENED IN THE LAST YEAR. SO, UM, OUR FIRST SITE IS, HAS JUST BROKEN GROUND IN GRAPEVINE. VERY GOOD. COMMISSIONERS. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER , UH, WELCOME TO THE CITY. I HOPE, HOPE YOU GUYS DO WELL. I JUST, I'M SURPRISED WHY SO MANY MORE PARKING SPACES THAN . THEY HAVE A, IT'S CRAZY. VERY, AGAIN, AS A, UH, SHOW BACK HERE, THEY'RE VERY POPULAR WHEREVER THEY SEEM TO GO. UM, THEY DO TYPICALLY DRIVE UPWARDS OF A HUNDRED CUSTOMERS PER HOUR ON THEIR, THEIR LUNCH HOUR RUSHES, ET CETERA. UH, THEIR DINING EXPERIENCE, AGAIN, IS, IS UNIQUE AND THEY DO DRAW IN QUITE A CROWD FOR THE DINING EXPERIENCE AS WELL. UM, SO THEY LIKE TO CATER TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ABOVE AND BEYOND AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AMPLE AND PARKING. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. VERY GOOD QUESTION. COMMISSIONER RESTAURANT YEAH. IS A UNIQUE SITE TO, TO MATCH, UH, TO MEET THAT MAXIMUM REQUIREMENT. AND SO WE AGAIN, HAVE MADE THOSE COMP, UH, COMPENSATED WITH THE COMPACT PARKING. MM-HMM . COMMISSIONERS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I BELIEVE THIS IS COMMISSIONER MADDEN'S, UH, DISTRICT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS ON THIS ONE? I THINK I'M READY TO HAVE SOME FOOD. YES. ? WELL, I'M SUPER EXCITED. I AM A YANKEE RE UM, OKAY. I USED TO GO TO PORTILLO'S OUT IN CHICAGOLAND, SO, SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO HAVE ONE DOWN THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE. UM, SO AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON SEP 24 DASH ZERO ONE DASH 0 0 4 AND APPROVE, UM, THE PROPOSAL WITH, UH, DRC RECOMMENDATIONS. OKAY. YOU KNOW, AND THE VARIANCE. WELL, THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATIONS. YES, YES, YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COMMISSIONER MADDEN TO APPROVE AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS. AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. I SECOND IT. OKAY. UH, WE HAVE A SECOND ALREADY BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. OKAY. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR CASES. WE HAVE ONE MORE THING [ELECTION OF OFFICERS] TO DO. FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY WELCOME TO OUR NEW COMMISSIONERS. WE HAVE TWO NEW COMMISSIONERS. WE HAVE ACTUALLY THREE, BUT THE THIRD ONE IS NOT HERE. VICTOR MEDINA AND DISTRICT FIVE, I THINK THAT RIGHT. IT'S FIVE. NO. IS THAT RIGHT? FIVE. YES. AND THEN WE HAVE MS. JANIE. ARI, YEAH. AND DISTRICT, UH, IS IT, WHAT ARE YOU, ARE YOU DISTRICT? UM, TWO OR FIVE? WELL, I WAS FIVE. OH, YOU'RE FIVE. I'M SORRY. YOU'RE FIVE. AND, UH, COMMISSIONER ANGELA LUCKY VAUGHN, WHICH DISTRICT? SIX. AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO, AT THIS TIME, IF YOU'D LIKE TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF, YOU CAN. UM, I'M JANIE ATARI, UH, BEEN A GRAND PRAIRIE CITIZEN ALL MY LIFE. NEVER LEFT. UH, WENT TO GRAND PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL, GRADUATED THERE. UM, I CURRENTLY HAVE THREE CHILDREN HERE AND CAME FROM BUILDING AN APPEALS, SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO CONTINUE TO SERVE FOR THE CITY. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. LUCKY VON. GOOD EVENING. UM, MY NAME IS ANGELA LUCKY VAUGHN, AND I'VE LIVED IN GRAND PRAIRIE FOR 58 YEARS. GRAND PRAIRIE IS MY HOME. UM, LIKE, UM, COMMISSIONER HERE. I GRADUATED FROM SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL BACK IN 1983. UM, RAISED MY CHILDREN HERE. THEY ATTENDED PUBLIC SCHOOL HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE. MY YOUNGEST SON IS HERE, UM, TONIGHT WITH ME THAT'S SITTING BACK THERE, . AND, UM, I JUST RECENTLY SERVED THE LAST THREE YEARS, UM, AS VICE CHAIR ON THE GRAND PRAIRIE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD. AND I JUST LOOK [00:50:01] FORWARD TO, UM, WORKING AND SERVING WITH OUR CHAIRMAN, UM, MS. CHERYL SMITH AND ALL THE COMMISSIONERS ON THIS BOARD. THANK YOU. WELL, WE WELCOME YOU. UH, WE WELCOME YOU BOTH TO THE BOARD. LET'S GIVE THEM A HAND. THESE ARE, UH, UNPAID JOBS, BUT WE ALL LOVE GRAND PRAIRIE AND WE ALL LOVE TO SEE GRAND PRAIRIE GROW AND DO AS WE DO. AND WITH THE ELECTIONS BEING, UH, COMING, COMING, I HAVE, I AM THE CHAIRMAN AND I WOULD LIKE THE PLEASURE OF SERVING YOU AGAIN AS, AS CHAIRPERSON. AND THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN FOR ANY OTHER, UH, NOMINATIONS. WELL, MADAM CHAIR, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I, YOU HAVE BEEN A GOOD CHAIR. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT CONTINUE. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE YOU AS A CHAIR CHAIRPERSON FOR ANOTHER TERM. AND I SECOND THAT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I, I, I LOVE WORKING HERE AND I LOVE WORKING WITH EVERYONE ON THIS BOARD. SO I THINK TOGETHER WE CAN DO A GOOD JOB FOR THE CITY. THANK YOU. THE NEXT, UH, POSITION WE HAVE IS VICE CHAIR, AND, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE, UM, MS. SMITH CHAIR, YOU HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR CONSIDERATION. VOTE. I'M SORRY. I, I'M SORRY. I WAS IN ANOTHER WORLD. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO FOR THE OFFICE, I MEAN THE OFFICE OF CHAIR. ALL IN FAVOR OF ELECT REELECTING ME AS CHAIR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND LA LA LAND. NEXT OFFICE FOR CONSIDERATION IS VICE CHAIR. AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO, FOR JOHN FEDCO TO BE VICE CHAIR. HE HAS BEEN HERE WITH ME FOR A VERY LONG TIME, AND, UM, HE KNOWS HOW THINGS RUN HERE. AND I, I WOULD, I THINK HE IS, HE'S BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME. HE KNOWS A LOT ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON, AND I THINK THAT IT'S ONLY FAIR THAT HE, UH, BE ALLOWED TO SERVE IN THIS POSITION WITH THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT HE'S BEEN HERE ON PNC. THANK YOU. I SECOND THAT. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE, UH, JOHN FCO AS, UH, VICE CHAIR. AND WE HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER, UM, UH, POSITION OF SECRETARY. AND, UM, WHAT WE, WE GENERALLY DO IS WE JUST TRY TO WORK THROUGH, UM, THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE THE LONGEST AND, UH, BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD THE MOST EXPERIENCE IN, IN THE, ON THE P AND Z BOARD. SO, DO I HAVE ANY NOMINATIONS FOR SECRETARY? YEAH. YES, MADAM CHAIR. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, UH, TO NOMINATE MICHELLE MADDEN FOR THE POSITION OF, UH, SECRETARY. SHE'S BEEN A LONGSTANDING CITIZEN AND, UH, PREVIOUSLY PART OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, SO I KNOW SHE WILL DO REPRESENT AS WELL. GO AHEAD. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO NOMINATE MICHELLE MADDEN AS SECRETARY BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER O COLEY. ALL IN, ARE THERE ANY MORE NOMINATIONS? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. CONGRATULATIONS. COMMISSIONER MADDEN. MM-HMM . SO AT, WE ARE DONE WITH THE OFFICER ELECTIONS AND, UM, I BELIEVE THAT'S IT FOR US TODAY. SO IT IS 7 23 AND THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. * 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.