Sep 23, 2024 Planning & Zoning 092324

[Call to Order]

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I'M CHERYL SMITH, CHAIR 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 TAKE, CAN BE TAKEN UNLESS PROPER APPLICATION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED THROUGH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

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

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

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

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

THESE CARDS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE COUNTER AND SHOULD BE TURNED IN AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM PRIOR TO THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM BEING CALLED, 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 OLEY.

HERE.

FRANK GONZALEZ.

JANIE MENDEZ.

ARI.

HERE.

VICTOR MEDINA.

HERE.

JOHN FKO.

HERE.

ANGELA LUCKY VAUGHN.

HERE, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL MEMBERS OF PRESIDENT EXCEPT FOR TY CHAPMAN AND FRANK GONZALEZ.

AND NOW WE'LL HAVE THE CON, THE INVOCATION BY COMMISSIONER MICHELLE MADDEN AND I WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IN THE US AND TEXAS FLAG.

THANK YOU.

PLEASE BOW YOUR HEAD.

HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU TODAY ASKING FOR YOUR GUIDANCE, WISDOM, AND SUPPORT AS WE BEGIN THIS MEETING.

AMEN.

AMEN.

ANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR IN WHICH HANDS? ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND LAW ON, ON THE TEXAS SIDE, WHAT LED TO THE TEXAS, TEXAS ONE STATE A UNDER GOD.

ONE, ONE.

IN AN EFFORT TO MINIMIZE DISRUPTIONS, THE FOLLOWING MEETING GUIDELINES WILL APPLY.

THE STAFF WILL PRESENT FIRST ON ANY AGENDA ITEM.

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

ONCE THE APPLICANT HAS SPOKEN, EACH MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO FILLS OUT A SPEAKER CARD WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM.

ADDITIONAL SPEAKING TIME MAY BE ALLOWED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIRMAN BEFORE SPEAKING.

SPEAKER SHOULD GIVE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD ALONG WITH WHOM YOU REPRESENT.

IF APPLICABLE, AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON A TOPIC NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA SHOULD SPEAK UNDER 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? UM, NOT FOR THIS ITEM.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

THE

[PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA]

UH, COMMISSIONER FKO, MADAM MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND VOTE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER ONE, THE CONSENT AGENDA.

A SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE, UH, PUBLIC CONSENT AGENDA BY COMMISSIONER ERCO AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MADDEN.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT CASE, PLEASE.

[2. STP-24-07-0029 - Site Plan – The Foundry Apartments Phase 2 (City Council District 2). Site Plan for a multi-family development with 334 units on 11.01 acres. Lot 6, Block 1, Slink Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-397, within the SH-161 & IH-20 Corridor Overlay Districts, with an approximate address of 3511 S Hwy 161]

THIS IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO.

IT IS A SITE PLAN REQUEST FOR MULTIFAMILY APARTMENTS LOCATED OFF OF 1 61.

THIS IS WITHIN OUR CORRIDOR OVERLAY DISTRICT ZONE PD 3 9 7.

IT'S ON A PARCEL OF LAND 11.01 ACRES.

SO AGAIN, THE BRIEF HISTORY ABOUT THIS SITE, IT DID COME THROUGH FOR A ZONING CHANGE CONCEPT PLAN BACK IN 2019.

SO PD 3 97 WAS APPROVED FOR COMMERCIAL, MULTIFAMILY, AND SINGLE FAMILY USES.

IF YOU LOOK AT THIS APPROVED CONCEPT PLAN, SO THESE BACK HERE ARE THE CB TOWN HOMES THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING CONSTRUCTED.

THIS RIGHT HERE IS NOW WHERE THE MULTIFAMILY OF THE FOUNDRY.

PHASE ONE IS CURRENTLY OPEN FOR LEASING, WHICH WAS A SITE PLAN APPROVED, APPROVED IN 2020 BY CITY COUNCIL.

AND THIS RIGHT HERE IS WHERE THE CURRENT SITE PLAN WILL GO IF IT'S APPROVED.

AND SO SETH DOES FEEL THAT THE, UH, PROPOSED MULTIFAMILY IS IN LINE WITH THIS APPROVED CONCEPT PLAN.

AND AGAIN, I WANNA POINT OUT THAT OVERALL THIS WAS ALL KIND OF MASTER DEVELOPED TOGETHER WITH THE INTENTION OF THAT WALKABILITY IN THIS AREA FOR THOSE SINGLE FAMILY MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTS.

SO THE SITE PLAN, IT HAS FOUR DIFFERENT BUILDINGS AND INCLUDE A FIFTH BUILDING IS A CLUBHOUSE.

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HERE IT IS MEETING OUR DENSITY DIMENSION REQUIREMENTS AND MEETING OUR PARKING REQUIREMENTS.

THIS WAS THE AMENITY PLAN PROVIDED TO US BY THE APPLICANT.

SO MOVING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, THOSE BLUE CIRCLES, WE HAVE A POOL COURTYARD, GAMING COURTYARD, RELAXATION, COURTYARD, LOUNGE, COURTYARD, AND DOG PARK.

SO EACH OF THESE, UH, APARTMENT BUILDINGS HAVE ITS OWN COURTYARD IN THE MIDDLE, WHICH CURRENTLY, IF YOU'VE SEEN THE FOUNDRY, PHASE ONE IS WHAT'S OUT THERE AS WELL.

SO THIS IS THE LANDSCAPE PLAN.

IT IS MEETING MOST OF OUR LANDSCAPE AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS.

AGAIN, THEY ARE REQUESTING A FEW SCREENING VARIANCES, BUT I'LL TOUCH BASE ON THOSE AGAIN IN JUST A MOMENT.

SO THESE ARE OUR BUILDING ELEVATIONS.

THIS SITE IS SUBJECT TO OUR APPENDIX W REQUIREMENTS, WHICH THEY ARE MEETING FOR THE DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS HERE.

SO THEY HAVE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT MASONRY CONTENT.

THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT TEXTURE COLOR ON THE SITE.

THEY HAVE SOME DESIGN ELEMENTS.

THEY HAVE THOSE RECESSED BALCONIES.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S VARIATION IN THE GLAZING PATTERNS ON THE WINDOWS.

SO THEY ARE MEETING THESE APPENDIX W REQUIREMENTS.

THESE RENDERINGS WERE PROVIDED TO US BY THE APPLICANT TO GIVE YOU A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE ONCE IT'S BUILT.

SO THIS IS THE APPENDIX W CHECKLIST.

I APOLOGIZE.

THE FORMATTING ALWAYS GETS WEIRD FROM THIS COMPUTER, SO I APOLOGIZE.

BUT, SO THE APPENDIX, APPENDIX W CHECKLIST.

SO THEY ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE TWO OF THE THREE CATEGORIES SINCE THEY ARE MEETING THE DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS OF APPENDIX W, THEY'VE DECIDED TO PROVIDE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY BUILDING MATERIALS, CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES, OR OTHER FEATURES AND HIGH QUALITY FEATURES OR DESIGNS.

SO THE THREE VARIANCES THEY REQUEST HERE ARE ALL RELATED TO OUR SCREENING AND FENCING REQUIREMENTS.

SO FIRST ONE IS A PERIMETER FENCE AND GATED ENTRY.

SO APPENDIX W DOES REQUIRE A SECURITY FENCE FOR ALL MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT.

THIS IS NOT BEING PROVIDED, AND IT DOES REQUIRE A SCREENING FENCE ADJACENT TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.

SO ON THAT PROPERTY LINE, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A MASONRY SCREENING WALL.

THEY'RE NOT PROVIDING ONE.

AND LASTLY, ON THAT PROPERTY LINE ADJACENT TO THE COMMERCIAL RETAIL ZONING, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A RAW IRON FENCE, WHICH THEY'RE NOT PROVIDING.

BUT AGAIN, STAFF IS COMFORTABLE WITH THESE VARIANCES BECAUSE THIS IS OVERALL MEANT TO BE A WALKABLE AREA.

SO THOSE FENCES WOULD BE IN DIRECT CONFLICT OF THAT.

SO DRC DOES REC, HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO THE REQUESTED VARIANCES AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE PRIOR PHASE OF THIS MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT RECEIVES THE REQUESTED VARIANCES AS PART OF THAT APPROVAL INCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR BRITTANY? THANK YOU.

BRITTANY, IS THE, IS THE APPLICANT HERE? YES.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

SPEAKER CARDS, THE APPLICANT MA'AM HAS ALSO FILLED OUT A FAR, UH, A CARD.

JORDAN SNYDER.

MR. SNYDER, HOW ARE YOU? STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

YES.

UH, MY NAME IS JORDAN SNYDER, DEVELOPMENT MANAGER WITH CALERA CAPITAL PARTNERS, LOCATED AT 1845 WOOD ROGERS FREEWAY, SUITE 1160, DALLAS, TEXAS 7 5 2 1 0.

UH, FIRSTLY, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT, UM, WITH ME TONIGHT.

I HAVE MEMBERS OF MY OWNERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT TEAMS, AND WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

WELL, UM, I'LL LET, I'LL LET THE COMMISSIONERS ASK FIRST IF COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

I I DO HAVE A QUESTION UP OUT.

UM, I KNOW THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT AND THERE'S, UH, FAMILY UNITS AND TOWN HOMES AND ALL OF THAT MM-HMM .

AND THEY'RE ALL GONNA BE OWNED INDIVIDUALLY BY SOMEONE SEPARATE THE, UH, CB JENNY TOWN HOMES.

MM-HMM .

YES.

THOSE WILL BE ALL INDIVIDUAL, INDIVIDUAL OWNERSHIP.

UH, CB GI IS MARKETING AND SELLING THOSE HOMES CURRENTLY.

OKAY.

SO THAT BEING SAID, THOUGH, THERE WOULD BE ANY CONTINUITY WITH THE HOAS BECAUSE ARE THEY ALL GONNA HAVE HOAS? UM, SO THERE'S A MASTER POA PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, WHICH EACH, UH, ENTITY FOUNDRY PHASE ONE, FOUNDRY, PHASE TWO CBJ TOWN HOMES, AND ALL THE RETAIL DEVELOPMENTS WILL BE MEMBERS OF MM-HMM .

AND THERE'S DESIGN GUIDELINES, WHICH WE'RE ADHERING TO, OBVIOUSLY FOR PHASE TWO THAT EVERY OTHER DEVELOPER HAS TO ADHERE TO.

MM-HMM .

SO BASICALLY YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TWO SETS OF PROCESSES, THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE PROBABLY SOME KIND OF COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN ALL OF THE DIFFERENT, THE UNITS, THE FAMILY UNITS AND THE TOWN HOMES.

AS FAR AS THEM, UM, SPENDING TIME TOGETHER, AT LEAST GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER.

I MEAN, IS YEAH, NO, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO ACTIVATE THIS ENTIRE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.

UM, OBVIOUSLY WHEN EVERYTHING GETS MORE BUILT OUT, WE'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW MM-HMM .

FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENTS, WHAT HAVE YOU, TO TRY TO BRING COMMUNITY IN WITHIN THIS MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AND, UH, CONTINUE TO BRING, UH, CONTINUITY WITHIN THE OVERALL.

AND WITH THAT CONTINUITY, YOU ALSO HAVE THE, THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE, UH, OUTSIDE OF THE DEVELOPMENT, UHHUH, , HAVE YOU HAD ANY COMMUNICATIONS WITH THOSE FOLKS? YES.

SO, UH, PRIOR TO THE REZONING APPLICATION AND CONCEPT PLAN APPROVAL, WE HAD TWO SEPARATE, UH, MEETINGS WITH, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD AND, UH, ADJACENT HOMEOWNERS.

MM-HMM .

UM, AND THEY WERE ALL ON BOARD WITH THIS PROJECT BACK WHEN WE HAD THOSE.

THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR.

IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.

YES, MA'AM.

UH, COMMISSIONER, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WITH THIS? IT LOOKS LIKE A BEAUTIFUL DEVELOPMENT.

THANK YOU.

THE ONLY OTHER CONCERN I HAD IS THAT IT'S FOUR STORIES.

YES.

SO I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO LOOK INTO HOMEOWNERS HOMES MM-HMM .

SO, WHEN, UH, THE ORIGINAL, UH, CONCEPT PLAN WAS APPROVED, THE FIRST PHASE OF MULTIFAMILY WAS ALL FOUR STORIES.

MM-HMM .

UM, CURRENTLY TWO

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SO THIS PHASE TWO IS IN CONGRUENCE WITH, UH, THE PD AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PD.

BUT I'M, I'M JUST SAYING AS FAR AS, I THINK BRITTANY WAS EXPLAINING THE PROXIMITY, SO THE SPAN OF, I MEAN THE, THE FEET OR THE WIDTH, THE DENSITY BETWEEN THE HOMEOWNERS AND LIKE THE FOURTH STORY MM-HMM .

LOOKING DOWN IS WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT.

THERE'S, THERE'S SETBACKS.

OBVIOUSLY CB JENNY BOUGHT INTO THIS PD, SO THEY'RE AWARE OF OUR POSSIBILITY TO BUILD A PHASE TWO.

AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S THE WALKING TRAIL SETTING BACK BETWEEN THE TOWN HOMES AND OUR PHASE TWO.

SO, UM, THERE WON'T BE ANY VISIBILITY CONCERNS INTO ANY ADJACENT HOMEOWNERS.

OKAY.

THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT.

ANY OTHER CONCERNS? COMMISSIONERS? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MS. SMITH.

ANY OTHER SPEAKER CARDS? YES, MA'AM.

WE HAVE A SPEAKER CARD FROM CLINT NOLAN WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM.

HELLO, MR. NOLAN.

WELCOME.

STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

HOW ARE YOU? GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE AGAIN.

NOLAN CALERA, CAPITAL PARTNERS.

SAME ADDRESS, 1845 WOODALL ROGERS, SUITE 1160, DALLAS, 7 5 2 0 1.

I JUST WANTED TO COME.

I, I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD, UH, FROM WHAT JORDAN SAID, I JUST WANTED TO SAY HELLO AGAIN.

UH, I WAS HERE.

I WAS ACTUALLY THE ONE WHO NEGOTIATED AND WORKED WITH THE CITY DURING THE INITIAL PD THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER IN 2019.

MM-HMM .

AND I'VE, I'VE COME TO ALL THE VARIOUS SITE PLANNING EVENTS MM-HMM .

AND I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE, ITERATE.

WE'RE HERE.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, BUT I THINK JORDAN DID A GREAT JOB.

VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

ABSOLUTELY.

THANK, I'M SORRY, I'M DID COMMISSIONER, DID Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YOU DON WE'RE GOOD.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

THANK YOU.

WE HAVE NO MORE CARDS ON THIS ITEM, MA'AM.

NO MORE SPEAKER CARDS.

UM, DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? COMMISSIONERS, THIS IS, UM, DISTRICT TWO.

IF THERE IS NO DISCUSSION, THAT WOULD BE COMMISSIONER MADDEN.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO MM-HMM .

MAKE A MOTION ON THIS? YEP.

SURE.

CAN I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER TWO STP 2 4 0 700 0 2 9 SITE? PLAN THE FOUNDRY APARTMENT PHASE TWO AND APPROVE, UM, PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM TWO BY COMMISSIONER MATH AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FEDCO AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU.

NEXT

[3. STP-24-08-0034 - Site Plan Amendment – Flex-N-Gate Accessory Structure (City Council District 4). Site Plan Amendment for an existing industrial development on 28.38 acres. Lot 1R, Block D, Bardin Road Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas & Tarrant Counties, Texas, zoned Planned Development-372 (PD-372), and addressed as 2150 W Bardin Rd]

ALL RIGHTY.

AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A SITE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR FLEXING GATE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.

THIS IS AN EXISTING DI INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ON THIS NORTHWEST CORNER OF BARDON AND MATTHEW, UH, LOCATED AT 2150 WEST BARDEN ROAD.

IT'S OWNED PD 3 72 AND IT'S ON A PARCEL OF LAND AT ABOUT 28.38 ACRES.

SO THERE IS AN EXISTING 430,000 SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE.

IT'S BEEN THERE SINCE 20.

DISCIPLINE WAS APPROVED IN 2015.

THEY'RE NOW COMING THROUGH AND AS WE STATED, THEY CAME THROUGH LAST YEAR FOR AN SUP IN NOVEMBER FOR OUTSIDE STORAGE, WHICH WAS DENIED.

SO NOW THEY'RE WORKING TOWARDS COMING INTO COMPLIANCE ON THE SITE.

AND SO THEY WERE PROPOSING A 7,000, UH, 500 SQUARE FOOT ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IN ORDER TO COMPLETELY COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE OUTSIDE STORAGE AND REMOVE THE OUTSIDE STORAGE FROM THE SITE TO SPEAK TO THE APPLICANT.

THERE ARE SOME OPERATIONAL CHANGES HAPPENING ON THAT SITE, UM, AND SOME OTHER OUTSIDE STORAGE THAT ALREADY BEEN REMOVED, BUT HE'LL BE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT MORE.

UM, THE STRUCTURE IS MEETING OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS.

THIS IS A CLOSER VIEW OF THE, UH, SITE PLAN, SO YOU CAN KIND OF GET A BETTER IDEA OF WHERE IT'S LOCATED.

SO IT IS JUST A METAL BUILDING WITH STILL BEAMS THAT SOUTH ELEVATION IS WHAT'S FACING BARDEN.

THAT NORTH ELEVATION IS GOING TO BE OPEN FACING THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE.

SO I JUST WANNA INCLUDE THOSE.

Y'ALL HAD AN IDEA OF WHAT THE BUILDING WOULD LOOK LIKE.

SO THEY ARE REQUIRING A VARIANCE.

THIS IS, THIS WHOLE SITE IS SUBJECT TO APPENDIX X REQUIREMENTS, WHICH IS OUR INDUSTRIAL REQUIREMENTS.

AND SO WHENEVER YOU HAVE AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE THAT'S VISIBLE FROM A PUBLIC STREET OR RIGHT OF WAY, IT IS REQUIRED TO MEET THE SAME PRIMARY FACADE STANDARDS, WHICH INCLUDES A HUNDRED PERCENT MASONRY CONTENT, ALONG WITH THREE DESIGN ELEMENTS SUCH AS ACCENT MATERIALS, DIRECTING, CORNES, AND ARTICULATION.

SO THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO THOSE DESIGN REQUIREMENTS TO ALLOW A METAL STRUCTURE WITH STEEL BEAMS. WHILE THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE DOES NOT MEET OUR APPENDIX X STANDARDS, IT WILL ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO ENCLOSE THE EXISTING OUTSIDE STORAGE AND BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE.

PROPOSED ACCESSORY STRUCTURE WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 180 FEET FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY AND WILL BE SCREENED BY EXISTING LANDSCAPING ON SITE.

THE DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? COMMISSIONER MATTON, CAN YOU FLIP BACK TO THE, UM, ELEVATION OF THE PROPOSED? OKAY.

SO 27 FEET TALL.

OKAY.

OKAY.

THAT WAS WHAT I WAS TRYING TO FIND OUT.

THANK YOU.

MM-HMM .

UH, WAS THERE A COST FACTOR INVOLVED WITH THE FACT THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO, UM, PUT SOME OF THE FACADE ON THERE? ON THE, ON THE BUILDING ITSELF? THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT, BUT HE IS HERE AT NIGHT.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU.

MM-HMM .

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

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THANK YOU.

SPEAKER CARDS? WE HAVE SPEAKER CARDS.

IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT AND WANTS TO SPEAK? DON? DON C*****G.

.

OH, OKAY.

THANK YOU.

YES, SIR.

HOW ARE YOU? STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

HI, DON C*****G, UH, GENERAL MANAGER OF FLEXING GATE AT 2150 WEST BARDON ROAD, GRAND PRAIRIE, 7 5 0 5 2.

UM, COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE HERE TONIGHT.

YES.

UM, AND, UH, SO I GUESS THERE WAS A, UM, FEW QUESTIONS REGARDING, UH, YES.

THE, THE FIRST, THE CONCERN I HAD WAS NOT, UH, ADDING, ASKING FOR THE VARIANCES WITH REGARD TO THE STRUCTURE ITSELF, NOT COMPLYING WITH THE, THE WHAT WAS NORMALLY REQUIRED FOR THAT TYPE OF, UH, UM, BUILDING.

CORRECT? YEAH.

SO GOING INTO A MATCHING FACADE WITH THE BUILDING IS, IS COST PROHIBITIVE.

UM, AND WITH THE, UH, THE LOCATION AND THE, THE SCREENING WITH LANDSCAPING, UM, AND DISCUSSIONS WITH, WITH STAFF, UM, UH, IT WAS, UH, AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THE VARIANCE WOULD, UM, WOULD, WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE, BUT IT COST PROHIBITIVE.

YES.

OKAY.

YEP.

COMMISSIONER MADDEN? YEAH, SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS MM-HMM .

UM, SO IT WAS LAST YEAR THAT YOU GUYS WERE TOLD NO EXTERNAL STORAGE, CORRECT? YES.

WE, WE HAD AN SUP APPLICATION LAST NOVEMBER MM-HMM .

UM, I WAS NOT THE, THE ONE, UH, UM, PRESENT FOR THAT MEETING.

UM, HOWEVER, UH, YES.

SO THAT, THAT HAPPENED LAST NOVEMBER.

CORRECT.

CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT ACTIVITIES HAVE HAPPENED BETWEEN THEN AND NOW OTHER THAN PLANNING THIS BUILDING? UM, SO WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES.

WE CHANGED OUR EXTERIOR, UH, OPERATING PATTERN.

UM, WE HAVE A LINE ON OUR CONCRETE WHERE WE DON'T PASS IT WITH FORKLIFTS.

MM-HMM .

AGAIN, THE SUP WAS DENIED, BUT THE CONVERSATION WAS ALL ABOUT NOISE.

IT WASN'T ABOUT MM-HMM .

OUTSIDE RACKS.

RIGHT.

SO, UM, SO WE HAD A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS AND PART OF THAT WAS THE RETRIEVAL OF RACKS OUTSIDE.

UM, AND SORRY, GO.

NO, WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY IS, I MEAN, IT WAS ABOUT OUTSIDE STORAGE, THE NOISE.

THE SP WAS FOR OUTSIDE STORAGE.

YES.

RIGHT? MM-HMM.

RIGHT BEFORE.

CORRECT.

YES.

YEAH.

SO IT WAS, AND THEN THE NOISE WAS, BUT, BUT YEAH.

BUT ANYWAY, I'M JUST CURIOUS.

YEAH.

WHAT HAVE YOU GUYS WORKED ON SINCE THEN? YEAH.

YES.

SO, YEAH, SO WE RELOCATED, WE USED TO HAVE A RACK REPAIR AREA THAT WAS OUTSIDE OF OUR FACILITY.

ALL OF THOSE RACKS AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER HAVE BEEN REMOVED.

SO THERE IS NO EXISTING RACKS OUT THERE ANYMORE.

UM, AT THE CORNER OF BARDEN AND, UH, BAR, BAR AND MATTHEW MM-HMM .

CLOSEST CORNER TO BAR AND MATTHEW.

YES.

SO THAT, THOSE RACKS HAVE BEEN RELOCATED.

UM, WE, UM, ARE IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING AN OPERATING PATTERN CHANGE WHERE WE ARE MOVING FROM THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING.

UM, UH, LOCAL SUPPLIER IS TAKING MORE OF THE ON HAND INVENTORY MM-HMM .

AND WE WILL HAVE LESS DAYS ON HAND AT OUR FACILITY HERE.

OKAY.

UM, SO THAT'LL REMOVE THE NEED FOR THE RACKS OUT BACK.

MM-HMM .

UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE SITTING ON APPROXIMATELY THREE DAYS OF PRODUCT.

IT'LL TAKE US DOWN TO ABOUT A DAY AND A HALF, AND THAT ALLOWS IT TO FIT ALL INSIDE OF THE FACILITY.

OKAY.

FROM THE PRODUCT THAT'S OUT BACK.

AND, UH, AND THEN SO WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS STRUCTURE IS, IS TO PUT THOSE REMAINING RACKS THAT ARE AT THE, UM, THE FRONT OF OUR BUILDING ON THE NORTH SIDE.

ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

OKAY.

SO THE REMAINING RACKS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE FACILITY MM-HMM .

WOULD GO UNDERNEATH THIS ROOF STRUCTURE.

OKAY.

UM, BUT AGAIN, I GUESS GOING BACK TO THE COMMENT ON, UM, WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE LAST YEAR, RIGHT.

WE'VE, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK TO, TO BRING THESE RACK NUMBERS DOWN OUTSIDE MM-HMM .

UM, WE'VE ALSO DONE A, UH, A LOT OF WORK WITH, UM, TRYING TO HEAR THEY SET ITS CONCERNS AND, AND BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR REGARDING THE NOISE MM-HMM .

AND WE HAVE, UM, CHANGED OUR OPERATING PATTERN AND WHERE OUR FORKLIFTS ARE ALLOWED TO GO.

MM-HMM .

UM, SO BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8:00 PM AND 8:00 AM UM, FORKLIFTS DON'T TRAVEL ONTO, UH, ONTO THE, UH, EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING.

OKAY.

UM, WE DO HAVE LINES MARKED ON THE GROUND THERE.

UM, WE'VE ALSO TRIALED, UH, NUMEROUS, UM, DIFFERENT FENCE COVERINGS, UM, TO TRY AND SEE HOW THAT IMPACTS.

AND WE'VE DONE NOISE STUDIES ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE TO TO SEE IF, UH, IF IT BRINGS THE, THE NOISE LEVELS DOWN.

AGAIN.

A LOT OF THE ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN AROUND THE NOISE BECAUSE THAT WAS THE PRIMARY CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION.

RIGHT.

AND, AND THE NOISE WAS JUST BECAUSE THERE'S A FORKLIFT OUTSIDE MOVING STUFF THAT WAS STORED OUTDOORS.

UM, SO IT'S, I MEAN, YEAH.

THAT, THAT IS PART OF IT.

YES.

OKAY.

OKAY.

UM, I WAS JUST CURIOUS TOO.

SO, UM, SO HAVE, IT'S, I WAS JUST SURPRISED THAT IT'S BEEN 10 MONTHS AND THERE'S STILL STORAGE OUTSIDE.

I FELT LIKE THERE MIGHT NOT BE A SENSE OF URGENCY AND THAT'S WHY I WAS KIND OF CHECKING TO SEE WHAT, THERE'S BEEN ONGOING CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF IN THE CITY FOR, FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME, FOR THAT DURATION.

AND WE'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, MARCHING FORWARD TO MILESTONES THIS WHOLE TIME WITH, WITH STAFF.

OKAY.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY OUR GOAL WAS TO REMOVE OUTSIDE STORAGE COMPLETELY, IF POSSIBLE.

UHHUH .

UM, THAT, THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, NOT FEASIBLE WITH OUR, OUR OPERATING PATTERN.

OH, OKAY.

WHICH WE ELIMINATED AS MUCH AS WE COULD.

YEAH.

UM, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE, WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS SITE PLAN AMENDMENT AND YOUR END CUSTOMER IS GM.

IS THAT RIGHT? UH, OUR PRIMARY END CUSTOMER, YES.

OKAY.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

MM-HMM .

UH, THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING ALL THAT.

'CAUSE I'M GLAD THAT YOU ARE BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR.

'CAUSE THAT WAS MY CONCERN THAT I KNOW THAT HAS BEEN, UH, SOME CODE COMPLIANCE ISSUES WITH THE, UM, HOMEOWNERS.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL

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ALRIGHT.

OUR, OUR GOAL IS TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.

I MEAN, AGAIN, IF THE NOISE IS THE PRIMARY CONCERN, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO WORK FORWARD TO ELIMINATE THAT.

AS I, LIKE I SAID, WE'VE, WE'VE TRIALED DIFFERENT FENCE COVERINGS AS WELL.

UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE PLAN TO PROCEED WITH AFTER THIS SITE PLAN AMENDMENT IS HOPEFULLY WE CAN, WE CAN DO SOMETHING TO THE FENCING ON THAT SIDE.

AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE NUMEROUS SOUND STUDIES AND WE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE UNDER THE REQUIRED LIMITS.

HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, WE, AGAIN, WE WANNA BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR, SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO WITH THE FENCE AS WELL, THEN THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH TO MM-HMM .

TO TRY AND REDUCE THAT.

SO.

OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? SO THERE'S NO TROUBLE WITH THE TRAFFIC OR ANYTHING? THERE'S NO TRAFFIC IMPLICATIONS SINCE YOU'VE AS BUSY AS YOU ARE WITH EVERYTHING, THE TRAFFIC? UM, NO, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, UH, NO TRAFFIC STUDY OR ANYTHING STUFF.

WE, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY, ANY ISSUES, ANY CONCERNS.

UM, I MEAN IT'S, UH, NOTHING, NOTHING THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION RECENTLY.

I KNOW THERE WAS CONCERNS ABOUT TRUCKS ON MATTHEW ROAD, YOU KNOW, IN, IN YEARS PAST, BUT MM-HMM .

THAT'S NOTHING THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION IN THE LAST YEAR.

OKAY.

COMMISSIONER MATT? YEAH, I'M SORRY, I JUST WANNA MAKE ONE LAST COMMENT.

SO YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT FENCE COVERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

OTHER ACCOMMODATIONS.

AGAIN, TO ME, THIS IS ABOUT OUTSIDE STORAGE AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE CASE WAS 10 MONTHS AGO.

SO HIDING THE OUTSIDE STORAGE IS NOT RESOLVING THE OUTSIDE STORAGE, BUT I MEAN, YEAH.

AGAIN, BUT WE'RE WITHIN ALL OF OUR NOISE REQUIREMENTS WITH THAT.

RIGHT.

BUT WE'RE WITH, WITH THE, THE FORKLIFTS ARE GOING TO OPERATE TO MOVE PRODUCT IN.

WE HAVE, WE HAVE SILOS OUTSIDE.

WE HAVE AN ENCLOSED SCRAP STRUCTURE OUTSIDE.

THE FORKLIFTS ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO OPERATE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING.

MM-HMM .

UM, THE TRUCKS ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO DRIVE AROUND THE BUILDING.

OKAY.

UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT, THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF OUR OPERATING PATTERN.

WE'VE ELIMINATED A GREAT DEAL OF IT.

UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS BUILDING ALLOWS US TO, TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE ON THE REMAINING THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE OUTSIDE THERE.

MM-HMM .

WELL, LET ME, LEMME ASK YOU A QUESTION.

SO, BOTTOM LINE, UM, THE REASON FOR THIS BUILD OUT IS TO BE IN COMPLIANCE TO ALL OF THE MATERIALS BE INSIDE THE STRUCTURE, CORRECT? YES.

SO THERE, THERE WON'T, THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANYTHING SHOWING, UH, IN THE STRUCTURE.

YES, MA'AM.

THAT, THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

YES MA'AM.

SO, UH, DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? DID, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER FOR DARCO? I JUST HAVE A HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION.

MM-HMM .

DID YOUR BUSINESS EXCEED EXPECTATIONS? 'CAUSE IF IT WAS LIKE FIVE YEARS AGO AND YOU WOULD'VE KNOWN ABOUT THIS, WOULD YOU JUST HAVE BUILT A BIGGER BUILDING FROM THE OUTSET, UM, THAT YOU HAD EVERYTHING INSIDE? OR DID YOU ALWAYS WANT TO HAVE SOME PORTION OF OUTSIDE STORAGE? SO WE, WE HAVE GROWN, THANKFULLY WE HAVE GROWN SINCE WE TOOK OVER THE FACILITY MM-HMM .

UM, WHICH IS, IS GOOD FOR THE BUSINESS, OBVIOUSLY.

UM, SO WE HAVE GROWN AND WE WOULD HAVE PLANNED IN SOME OTHER WAY.

WHEN WE DID THE INITIAL PROJECT.

UM, WE PURCHASED THIS AS A FINISHED AS A, AS A BUILDING THAT WAS ALREADY COMPLETED.

UM, WE DID A QUITE A BIT OF WORK TO IT, BUT WE PURCHASED THIS BUILDING AND WE WOULD HAVE, AT THE TIME, MOST LIKELY DONE ADDITIONAL OUT STRUCTURES TO KEEP THESE IN.

UM, AND HAD THAT BE A PART OF THE ORIGINAL SITE PLAN, SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD'VE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL SITE PLAN HAD WE KNOWN THAT, THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE REQUIRED.

THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION TO COMMISSIONER FKO.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER SPEAKER CARDS? YES, MA'AM.

WE HAVE DEBBIE JOHNSTON, UM, WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THIS ITEM.

HELLO.

HOW ARE YOU DOING? SAY YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

DEBBIE JOHNSTON.

1651 ERNIE LANE.

UM, I, UH, AM A NEIGHBOR, BUT I, I, I DON'T KNOW YOU YET, BUT I'M A NEIGHBOR.

UM, THIS BUILDING WHEN IT WAS FIRST BUILT WAS, UH, FOUR INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS WHEN Y'ALL TOOK IT OVER AND MADE NOT INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS, ONE BUILDING AND IT WAS BILLED TO THE PEOPLE THAT IT WOULD BE, UH, FOR LOW IMPACT, NOT TO BOTHER THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHATSOEVER.

OKAY.

SINCE THEN, IT HAS TURNED INTO A 24 7, BUT THE EXCEPTION, I BELIEVE, OF SUNDAY NIGHTS ABOUT 10 O'CLOCK.

IS THAT CORRECT? WE SHUT DOWN FROM AROUND MIDNIGHT.

YEAH.

SATURDAY NIGHT TO START UP AT NIGHT PM ON SUNDAY.

AND THE REASON I KNOW THAT IS BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE NOISE, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT.

WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE STORAGE.

MM-HMM .

OKAY.

SINCE THEN, HAVE Y'ALL TAKEN OVER THE, UM, DUNLOP TIRE FACILITY AS WELL? OBJECT.

YES.

YOU ARE.

DO YOU HAVE OUTSIDE STORAGE BEHIND BY WALMART? MA'AM, MA'AM, I CAN ADDRESS HIM, MA'AM, I'M SORRY.

UM, IF YOU CAN ADDRESS THE COMMISSION COUNSEL AND THEY CAN ASK HIM.

YES.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT, WE'LL GIVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK UP.

OKAY? MM-HMM .

I HAD FORGOTTEN ALL MY RULES.

I THAT'S OKAY, MA'AM.

THAT'S OKAY.

I WOULD LIKE TO START BY SHOWING Y'ALL SOME PICTURES.

THIS IS TODAY.

TODAY, OKAY.

WHEN Y'ALL SAW THE, UM, REQUEST, THERE WAS NOTHING IN THOSE PICTURES.

THERE WAS NO OUTSIDE STORAGE, THERE WAS NONE OF THAT.

OKAY.

WHERE I AT? RIGHT HERE? MM-HMM .

OKAY.

LEMME SCROLL IT DOWN.

YEAH, JUST

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LAY IT DOWN RIGHT HERE? YES.

SIRAM.

OKAY.

THIS IS FROM THE STREET ON MATTHEW ROAD.

OKAY.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW A FIRETRUCK WOULD MAKE IT BY, BY THAT TO, TO START WITH.

OKAY GUYS.

THAT'S AN 18 WHEELER.

THAT'S AN 18 WHEELER.

THOSE ARE THE RACKS THERE.

I WILL SAY THEY DID PUT UP THAT NOISE ABATEMENT OVER THEIR FENCE AND TRIED TO DO SOMETHING WITH THAT.

AND I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT THEY HAVE PROBABLY TURNED OFF THEIR BACK BEEPERS TO THEIR, UM, FORKLIFTS.

'CAUSE I DON'T HEAR THOSE AS MUCH ANYMORE.

BUT THEY'RE, AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STORAGE.

SO THIS IS ANOTHER ONE HERE.

ANOTHER ONE, HANG ON.

THIS IS THE AREA WHERE HE'S TALKING ABOUT PUTTING THE, UM, 7,500 SQUARE FOOT, UM, BUILDING.

OKAY.

RIGHT THERE WHERE THOSE TRUCKS AND STUFF ARE.

THIS IS ON THE, UM, NOR SOUTH SIDE OF THEIR BUILDING, WHICH DOESN'T REALLY EVEN BOTHER US.

IT'S THE NORTH SIDE, WHICH IS CLOSEST TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

OKAY.

ARE Y'ALL SEEING ALL THIS? THIS IS THE, THEIR BUILDING IS TO THE RIGHT OF THIS FENCE THAT YOU SEE HERE.

THESE ARE ALL THE FORKLIFTS FROM BEHIND WALMART.

OKAY.

HANG ON.

SORRY.

THIS IS OUTSIDE STORAGE.

THIS IS OUTSIDE STORAGE.

THIS IS OUTSIDE STORAGE.

ALL OF THIS STARTED COMING IN.

UM, LOOK AT ALL OF THIS, Y'ALL.

AND Y'ALL THINK THEY'RE GONNA PUT THIS IN 7,500? THESE ARE BROKEN DOWN BUMPER, UH, CARTS AND THINGS.

UH, WHERE AM I AT? RIGHT HERE.

MORE OUTSIDE STORAGE.

THIS IS 80 OH, IN THE PORTA-POTTIES.

THE PORTA-POTTIES ARE OUT THERE.

THIS IS 85 BAYS OF, OF DUNLOP TIRES.

PORTION OF THE BUILDING OUTSIDE STORAGE.

THIS ISN'T EVEN FLEXING GATES.

THEY'RE PUTTING SOME OF IT THAT DIRECTION.

AND IF Y'ALL THINK THAT 85 BAYS PLUS ALL OF THAT STUFF THAT I SHOWED YOU FROM THEIR ORIGINAL BUILDING IS GONNA FIT IN 7,500 SQUARE FOOT.

I HAVE A 2,500 SQUARE FOOT BARN OF MY OWN.

AND I, I'M FILLED UP.

THAT'S NOT GONNA FIT.

I'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT THIS COMPANY IS GONNA DO ABOUT ALL THIS OUT OUTSIDE STORAGE WAS, WAS UNANIMOUSLY DECLINED BY THE, BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER.

OKAY.

THEY'VE BEEN FINED, I BELIEVE ONE TIME.

IS THAT CORRECT, SIR? ONE TIME.

OKAY.

WE'VE GOT NUMEROUS CODE COMPLAINTS COMING IN.

THE REASON THE OUTSIDE STORAGE IS A PROBLEM IS BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY GO GET IT.

OKAY.

THERE'S TRUCKS THAT ROUND THIS THING ALL NIGHT LONG, ALL NIGHT LONG.

I'M NOT GONNA BORE YOU WITH ALL THE VIDEO THAT I'VE TAKEN.

ALL THE TRUCKS THAT STAY ON MATTHEW ROAD AND SLEEP THERE, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GO IN UNTIL THEIR TIME.

CITY COUNCIL AT THAT TIME DENIED THEM.

THAT CITY COUNCIL ALSO TOLD CODE TO COME OUT AND ENFORCE IT.

CITY COUNCIL ALSO TOLD STREETS AND TRANSPORTATION TO GET MORE SIGNAGE AND STUFF UP SO THAT THOSE TRUCKS WOULD GO AWAY.

I HATE TO CALL THE NON-EMERGENCY NINE ONE ONE NUMBER, BUT WHEN WE PUT WAREHOUSES IN SF ONES, THIS IS WHAT WE GET.

THIS IS WHAT WE GET.

AND I REALIZE IT WAS ZONED FOR THAT AND IT WAS BUILT, BUT WE HAVE TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE ON ENFORCING OUR CODES AND OUR RULES.

OTHERWISE, I JUST LIVE IN AN INDUSTRIAL PARK.

MS. JOHNSON, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION BECAUSE THE PICTURES SPEAK A THOUSAND WORDS.

I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM CODE COMPLIANCE FIRST BEFORE WE HEAR FROM THE, UH, THE APPLICANT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

WE HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER CARD.

OKAY.

ONE MORE SPEAKER.

AND THEN I, WE NEED YOU TO SPEAK AS WITH, AS WELL.

SPEAKER CARD PLEASE.

UH, WE HAVE GARY CHANDLER WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THIS ITEM.

I AM GARY CHANDLER.

I LIVE AT 1626, ERNIE.

UH, AND, UH, I'M HERE TONIGHT ASKING YOU TO OPPOSE THIS SITE PLAN UNTIL THEY FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO ABOUT THE OUTSIDE STORAGE.

UH, DEBBIE HAS IT ALL, AND, UH, I HAD PICTURES TOO, BUT, UM, THIS WAS, THEY'VE BEEN OUTTA COMPLIANCE SINCE, SINCE THE DAY THEY MOVED IN.

THEY'VE HAD OUTSIDE STORAGE.

UM, IT WAS DENIED IN 2023.

UH, THEY PUT THESE YELLOW TARPS TRYING TO, I GUESS, WORK ON THE SOUND.

AND IT HAS, UH, THE SOUND ON THE FORKLIFT HAS GOTTEN BETTER.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DID, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE WORKING ON THAT PART.

UM, I THINK THIS IS JUST A VERY FEEBLE ATTEMPT TO CIRCUMVENT THE ORDINANCES FOR OUR CITY ON OUTSIDE STORAGE.

UH, UH, THE PICTURE IN YOUR PACKET THAT IS THE AERIAL VIEW IS REALLY NOT DESCRIPTIVE OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY.

IT'S MASSIVE.

AND

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THE, THE FRONTAGE ROADS THAT THEY ARE USING.

I WENT OUT THERE.

EVERYTHING I'M TELLING YOU, I DISCOVERED THE LAST 48 HOURS TODAY.

I WENT OUT THERE AT NOON.

THERE WAS A FORKLIFT THAT PICKED UP RACKS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THEIR BUILDING.

DROVE ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE PARKING LOT ALL THE WAY INTO THAT BUILDING BEHIND WALMART.

SO REALLY THERE IT'S ALL TOGETHER.

MM-HMM .

AND THE, THE OUTSIDE STORAGE BEHIND WALMART IS TOTALLY RIDICULOUS.

THE, THEY HAVE, I COUNTED 50 OF THOSE STACKS OF THOSE RACKS 50 TODAY ON BOTH PROPERTIES.

AND THEY ARE, IT'S A SIX FOOT FENCE.

THEY'RE DOUBLE OR TRIPLE THE HEIGHT OF THAT FENCE.

WOW.

IT'S NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A CITY TO MAKE IT WORK FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY BOUGHT, GOT A BUILDING THAT'S TOO SMALL OR THEY DIDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO, HOW THEY WERE GONNA MM-HMM .

OPERATE THERE.

UH, A TRACTOR TRAILER TRAILER IS 13 AND A HALF FEET TALL.

THE VAST, VAST, VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE STACKS ARE WELL BEYOND 13 AND A HALF FEET TALL.

IT, IT'S LIKE DEBBIE SAID, THERE IS NOT A CHANCE.

MM-HMM .

THEY'RE GONNA STUFF THAT INTO A 7,500 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.

WELL, SIR, I AM SO SORRY THAT YOU HAVE HAD TO CONTEND WITH THIS.

YOU AND MS. JOHNSON, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN, UH, A RESIDENT THERE, SIR? 35 YEARS.

SO YOU'VE SEEN THE COMMUNITY GROW? WELL, I'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, JASON'S DELI? MM-HMM .

NO PROBLEM AT ALL.

THE HOTEL'S GREAT.

MM-HMM .

YOU DON'T HAVE ANY, WALMART HAS OUTSIDE STORAGE, BUT IT'S IN CONTAINERS.

MM-HMM .

BUT THE LAST THING I WANNA SAY IS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, AND YOU PROBABLY DO THE, THAT COMPANY'S OWNED BY SH SHAHE, KA BILLIONAIRE.

HE OWNS THE JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS NFL FOOTBALL TEAM.

MM-HMM .

THEY JUST OPENED A BRAND NEW PRACTICE FACILITY IN JACKSONVILLE.

IT HAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL 10 FOOT HIGH METAL FENCE ALL THE WAY AROUND THAT PLACE.

AND, UM, I WOULDN'T SAY THAT IT REALLY BOTHERS ME, THE NOISE, OR REALLY YOU DRIVE BY AND I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE IT, IT MIGHT AFFECT PROPERTY VALUE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT THEN THEY, THEY WERE, THEY'RE OPENING THOSE CREEKSIDE APARTMENTS AND THEY'RE LOOKING RIGHT DOWN ON, ON TOP OF IT.

AND THE LAST THING I WOULD SAY, I I I, I PRICED IT OUT.

AND I THINK THAT YOU COULD PUT A REAL NICE WINDSCREEN AROUND THE WHOLE THING.

BOTH BUILDINGS FOR UNDER $10,000.

IF THEY HAD SPENT $10,000 A YEAR AGO, I'D BE AT HOME WATCHING TV.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT AS REALLY NEEDED.

THANK YOU.

AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT NOW.

THANK YOU.

COME ON UP AND, UH, RESTATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND EVERYTHING.

CHAD MCGOWAN, CODE COMPLIANCE MANAGER, CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

YES.

CAN YOU GIVE US SOME INSIGHT ON WHAT YOUR PERCEPTION OF WHAT YOU'VE SEEN, BECAUSE YOU'RE THE ONE THAT'S HAVING TO GO OUT TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, UH, FACILITIES ARE IN COMPLIANCE AND THEY'VE BEEN OUT OF COMPLIANCE.

YES, SIR.

AND WHAT HAS BEEN THE PLAN? WHAT HAS BEEN THE PATTERN AND, AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? SO YOU'RE CORRECT.

UH, THEY, THEY ARE IN VIOLATION FOR OUTSIDE STORAGE.

UM, SHORTLY AFTER THE COUNCIL MEETING WHERE THE SUP WAS DENIED, UH, THE CITY DID MEET WITH, UH, MATT AND, AND SOME OTHER REPRESENTATIVES OF FLEX FLEXING GATE.

UH, WE CAME UP WITH A PLAN.

UM, THE ONE CITATION THAT WAS REFERRED TO WAS ISSUED IN THE SPRING, UH, WHEN THEY MISSED THEIR DEADLINE.

UH, THERE WAS A, ANOTHER MEETING, UM, AFTER THAT WHERE, UH, I, I DIDN'T ATTEND THAT MEETING.

UM, BUT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THAT'S WHEN THE, UH, CONCEPT OR THE PROPOSAL FOR THE, UH, BUILDING CAME IN.

SO WHY WASN'T A SECOND, UM, UH, COMPLAINT ISSUED, UH, TO THEM.

SO, SO THIS, THIS ISN'T OUT OF THE ORDINARY, THIS PROTOCOL TYP.

I MEAN, OUR, OUR JOB IS TO BRING PEOPLE INTO COMPLIANCE.

MM-HMM .

UH, SO IN, IN LIEU OF ISSUING THEM MULTIPLE CITATIONS, THEY CAME UP WITH A PLAN.

UH, THE CITY DECIDED TO WAIT AND SEE IF THAT COULD COME TO FRUITION, IF THEY COULD TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM.

MM-HMM .

SO WE'RE, SO THEY EXTENDED THE TIMELINE ON THE, UH, ORIGINAL CITATION, UH, ON, ON THE ORIGINAL PLAN.

YES, MA'AM.

YES.

OKAY.

YES.

SO THEY, THEY HAVE BEEN MAKING PROGRESS.

I, I'M NOT GONNA COMMENT WHETHER THE BUILDING'S SUFFICIENT OR NOT.

I, I MM-HMM .

DON'T HAVE.

BUT THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS THE PICTURES THAT WE SEE TODAY OF THE SNAPSHOTS OF TODAY ARE, ARE NOT VERY GOOD.

THEY SHOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, MATERIALS OUTSIDE THAT ARE NOT COVERED.

YES, MA'AM.

YES.

AND, AND, UH, AGAIN, I, I CAN'T COMMENT WHETHER ALL THOSE CAN FIT INSIDE THAT BUILDING OR NOT, BUT I THINK OUR PLAN IS TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE CARE OF IT.

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UM, BUT IF THEY MISS THE DEADLINE, THEN WE'LL START ISSUING CITATIONS.

OKAY.

C COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER ERCO? NO, NO, NO.

I WAS GONNA SAY TO THE, TO THE FLEXING PAPERS, GO AHEAD.

SO THIS IS CLEARLY A MATTER OF INTENSE DEBATE FOR SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME HERE.

YES, SIR.

IF THIS, UH, OUTSIDE STORAGE CONCEPT IS PASSED AND THEY BUILD IT MM-HMM .

IS THE IDEA OF YOU AS CODE ENFORCEMENT, THAT AFTER THAT'S BUILT YOU WON'T SEE FORKLIFTS, YOU WON'T SEE RACKS, YOU WON'T SEE ANYTHING ON THAT PROPERTY.

AFTER THIS 7,500 FOOT, 7,500 SQUARE FOOT STRUCTURE IS BUILT.

UH, I BELIEVE THE GOAL IS TO REMOVE ALL THE VIOLATIONS FROM THE PROPERTY.

YES.

SO, SO THAT'S FORKLIFTS RACKS, OR I DON'T KNOW IF, I DON'T KNOW IF FORKLIFTS COUNT AS OUTSIDE STORAGE.

'CAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S PART OF THE OPERATING PLANT.

MM-HMM .

BUT THE RACKS AND STUFF WOULD SEEM LIKE THAT THAT'S STORAGE.

CORRECT.

FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, ANY OUTSIDE STORAGE WOULD BE A VIOLATION.

SO THE GOAL IS TO REMOVE ALL THE OUTSIDE STORAGE AND GET IT INSIDE.

MM-HMM .

BUT ACCORDING TO COMMISSIONER MADDEN, SHE SAID THAT SHE DOESN'T THINK ALL THAT WOULD FIT INTO THAT AREA IS, HOW'S IT GONNA PHYSICALLY FIT INTO THAT? UH, I CAN'T ANSWER THAT.

I DUNNO.

YES.

YES.

UH, UH, RASHAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE US AN ENLIGHTENMENT ON THIS, PLEASE? UH, WELL, CHAD MENTIONED THAT IT WAS A MEETING ESTABLISHED AND WHEN, THAT'S WHEN THE CITATION WAS GIVEN, BECAUSE THE MEETING, THEY DIDN'T MEET THE DEADLINE FOR SPRING.

UM, SO I MET CHAD WAS UNAVAILABLE AT THAT TIME.

SO I MET WITH THE APPLICANT AND WE LAID OUT THIS PLAN, JUST TRYING TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.

STAFF IS IN THE MIDDLE HERE, SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO BE THE ME MEDIATOR.

BUT WITH REGARD TO THEIR SOLUTION, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S SATISFACTORY OR NOT, HE'LL NEED TO ADDRESS THAT TO WHETHER OR NOT IT IS.

AND IF IT'S NOT, HE'LL BE CITED FOR OUTSIDE STORAGE, WHATEVER'S NOT ENCLOSED WITHIN THAT STRUCTURE.

SO CO COLE'S RESPONSIBILITY WILL BE THAT, BUT HE'LL NEED TO ASSURE THAT ALL THIS FITS WITHIN THIS STRUCTURE.

IF NOT, HE NEEDS TO GET A BIGGER STRUCTURE.

THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER FEDCO, JUST A FOLLOW UP TO WHAT RASHAD SAID, AND IT MIGHT EVEN BE A LEGAL QUESTION.

IS IT A CITATION THAT'S LIKE A MINUSCULE AMOUNT, LIKE $250? 'CAUSE IT MIGHT BE CHEAPER FOR HIM JUST TO PAY THE CITATIONS INSTEAD OF BUILD THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF STORAGE.

MM-HMM .

IF HE'S A RATIONAL ECONOMIC ACTOR, HE'LL TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT.

THE, THE FINE AMOUNT ON THAT CITATION IS $576.

NOW DOES IT GO UP? NO, SIR.

BUT, BUT OUR PROCEDURE IS, IS TO INCREASE CITATIONS.

UM, SO IF, IF, YOU KNOW, WE MAY START WITH ONE A MONTH.

IF WE DON'T SEE A RESPONSE, THEN WE'LL INCREASE TO, YOU KNOW, ONE EVERY TWO WEEKS UNTIL WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE ISSUING DAILY CITATIONS AND WE CAN ACTUALLY ISSUE A CITATION FOR EVERY VIOLATION EVERY DAY.

INTERESTING.

UM, COULD, COULD, RASHAD, DID YOU HAVE ANY MORE COMMENTS TO THIS BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD? NO.

AND I, WELL, I GUESS ONE COMMENT IS YOU ASKED HOW SOON WILL THIS HAPPEN? I THINK PART STEP ONE IS THIS APPROVAL.

MM-HMM .

BEFORE THEY CAN GET A BUILDING PERMIT.

SO Y'ALL ARE PART OF THAT TIMELINE.

HE CAN SPEAK TO HOW QUICKLY THEY'RE GONNA PULL THE PERMITS MM-HMM .

AND START CONSTRUCTION.

SO AT THIS POINT, I THINK WE NEED TO SPEAK WITH THE, UH, APPLICANT HERE.

UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR CHAD.

YOU HAVE QUESTION FOR CHAD? WELL, RASHAD .

RASHAD.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

CHAD.

BUT CHAD MA'AM COULD STAY JUST IN CASE.

UM, , IT WAS MORE SO, I MEAN, I GUESS REMIND ME WHY THEY WERE DE DENIED THE FIRST TIME FOR THE LARGER WHO, THE LARGER STORAGE SPACE.

SO THEY ORIGINALLY ASKED FOR, I GUESS A YEAR AGO, WELL, THAT WAS JUST AN SUP APPLICATION, UH, SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR OUTSIDE STORAGE SO THAT IT COULD EXCEED OR ALLOW FOR OUTSIDE STORAGE.