Nov 11, 2024 Planning & Zoning 11112024

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[Call to Order]

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 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 SPEAK, UH, 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.

HERE.

MICHELLE MADDEN.

HERE.

CHRISTOPHER OLEY.

HERE.

FRANK GONZALEZ.

JANIE.

ARI.

HERE.

VICTOR MEDINA.

HERE.

JOHN FKO.

ANGELA LUCKY V.

HERE.

LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT EXCEPT FOR FRANK GONZALEZ AND JOHN FKO.

AND NOW WE WILL HAVE THE INVOCATION BY COMMISSIONER MICHELLE MADDEN.

AND, AND I WILL GIVE THE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND US AND TEXAS FLAT.

PLEASE BOW YOUR HEAD.

HEAVENLY FATHER, HELP US TO REMEMBER THAT FREEDOM LIKE FAITH NEEDS OUR ATTENTION AND OUR COOPERATION.

THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICES OF OUR MILITARY ALWAYS, BUT ESPECIALLY TODAY AS WE OBSERVE VETERANS DAY.

BE WITH US NOW AS WE MEET, TO STRENGTHEN US, TO KEEP US TO PROTECT AND DIRECT US.

GUIDE OUR THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS TO STAY FOCUSED FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AMEN.

WHAT I THINK OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER INDIVIDUAL WAS WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE POSSIBLE ON HONOR TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO TEXAS, JUAN STATE, UNDER , JUAN, AROUND CORRECTLY, IN AN EFFORT TO MINIMIZE DISRUPTIONS.

THE FOLLOWING MEETING GUIDELINES WILL APPLY.

THE STAFF WILL PRESENT FIRST ON ANY AGENDA ITEM FOLLOWING A BRIEF PRESENTATION BY STAFF.

APPLICANTS WILL HAVE A COMBINED TOTAL OF 30 MINUTES TO PRESENT.

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

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

THE 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 CITIZEN 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? NO, MA'AM.

WE DO NOT.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

[PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA]

COMMISSIONER MICHELLE MADDEN.

OKAY.

I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS ONE THROUGH THREE ON THE PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA.

WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA BY COMMISSIONER MICHELLE MADDEN AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER TY CHAPMAN.

MS. SMITH, UH, BEFORE WE CONTINUE, I JUST FOR THE RECORD, WE DO HAVE TWO SPEAKERS WHO ONLY WISH TO SPEAK IF CALLED UPON ON ITEM NUMBER THREE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

UH, CASEY STEVENSON AND NATE WITZEL.

OKAY.

UM, DO EITHER OF YOU WISH TO SPEAK? NO.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU.

I JUST WANTED IT ON THE RECORD.

THANK YOU.

OH, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UH, AGAIN, FOR THE RECORD, UM, COMMISSIONER MICHELLE MADDEN HAS, UM, REQUESTED TO APPROVE THE PUBLIC CONSENT AGENDA AND ITEMS ONE THROUGH THREE AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER TY CHAPMAN.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION

[4. STP-24-09-0038 - Site Plan - Oakdale 2 Industrial (City Council District 1). Site Plan for an industrial warehouse on 29.17 acres. Tracts 1-5, 1.2, 12-13, 17-19, & 23, John Farrans Survey, Abstract No. 468, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Light Industrial and Planned Development No. 221 (PD-221), and approximately addressed as 468 Oakdale Road]

NEXT CASE, PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS.

LEMME COUNT THIS.

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IT'S A SITE PLAN REQUEST FOR TWO INDUSTRIAL SPEC WAREHOUSES LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 4 6 8 0 OAKDALE ROAD ZONE PD 2 21 AND IS 29.17 ACRES.

SO BUILDING A IS 150,000 SQUARE FEET APPROXIMATELY, AND BUILDING BUILDING B IS 113 SQUARE FEET APPROXIMATELY.

SO THIS REQUEST IS MEETING OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS, AND IT IS MEETING ALL OF OUR PARKING REQUIREMENTS AS WELL.

SO, AGAIN, IT'S MEETING OUR LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS.

AND AGAIN, JUST DUE TO THE SIZE OF THE ACREAGE AND THE SIZE OF THE TWO BUILDINGS COMBINED, THEY ARE TRIGGERING THAT APPENDIX X, UM, ADDITIONAL OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS, WHICH INCLUDES AT LEAST A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OF WALKING, OR A THOUSAND LINEAR FEET OF WALKING TRAILS.

UM, A CERTAIN NUMBER OF SEATING OUTSIDE GARDEN SPACES, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

THEY ARE MEETING THOSE REQUIREMENTS AS WELL.

SO THIS SITE DOES HAVE A LOT OF TREES.

SO THEY DID HAVE TO PROVIDE US WITH A TREE SURVEY.

AND TREE MITIGATION WILL HAVE TO BE PROVIDED BEFORE THEY'RE ABLE TO GET ISSUED ANY BUILDING PERMITS, THEY WILL HAVE TO PAY A MITIGATION FEE OF $229,820.

SO THESE ARE THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS FOR BUILDING A, THAT SOUTHERN ELEVATION IS THEIR PRIMARY ELEVATION THAT WILL FACE THE ROAD.

AND THESE ARE THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS FOR BUILDING B.

AND AGAIN, THAT SOUTHERN ELEVATION IS WHAT'S, UM, FACING THE ROAD.

AND THEY'RE PROVIDING US COLOR CONTRAST, A HUNDRED PERCENT MASONRY CONTENT, UM, GLASS CURTAINS ARTICULATION TO MEET THOSE APPENDIX X UH, DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.

THEY ARE REQUIRING ONE VARIANCE.

IT IS A RETAINING WALL.

SO WE DO CAP FENCES AND WALLS AT EIGHT FEET.

UM, BUT THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, AND THEY ARE HAVING TO PROVIDE A RETAINING WALL THAT WILL GO UP TO, TO MAX 11 FEET.

SO THEY DO REQUIRE VARIANCE FOR THAT.

AND DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? VERY GOOD PRESENTATION IN THE BRIEFING.

THANK YOU.

DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS ON THIS ONE? YES, MA'AM.

WE HAVE ONE, BRAD COOPER, UH, WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM ONLY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION.

I'D LIKE IF YOU JUST COME UP FOR ONE MINUTE, COME UP.

UM, BRAD, IF YOU CAN, UH, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

HI, I'M BRAD COOPER AT 38 19 MAPLE AVENUE, DALLAS, TEXAS 7 5 2 1 9 WITH CROW HOLDINGS.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALWAYS WANTING TO DO BUSINESS WITH US.

I'M JUST CURIOUS, AS WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH WAREHOUSES YET, OR OF THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS AS TO PICKING THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION.

YEAH, THIS, THIS LOCATION SPECIFICALLY, THIS SITE IS ZONED BY RIGHT, FOR INDUSTRIAL MM-HMM .

UM, WE ACTUALLY PREVIOUSLY GOT A SITE PLAN APPROVED ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO ON THIS SAME LOCATION, BUT THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT, UH, LANDOWNERS.

MM-HMM .

WE ENDED UP DROPPING ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE LAND SITES AND ULTIMATELY JUST GOING WITH ONE LANDOWNER, WHICH IS THE REASON FOR THE MODIFICATION.

OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

I, FOR THE, FOR THE RECORD, WE LOVE GRAND PRAIRIE AND WE LOVE BEING HERE.

AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S A PLEASURE TO, TO DEVELOP IN THIS, IN THIS MUNICIPALITY.

WELL, WE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS, UM, DISTRICT ONE.

DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? ANY MORE SPEAKER CARDS? NO, MA'AM.

NO MORE CARDS? UM, THIS IS, UH, DISTRICT ONE.

DO WE HAVE ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? COMMISSIONERS? NO.

THIS IS COMMISSIONER KO'S AREA WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER MATT, CAN YOU TAKE THAT FOR ME? ABSOLUTELY.

I'D LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR STP 2 4 0 9 0 0 3 8, AND MOVE TO APPROVE.

OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR ITEM FOUR TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER MADDEN AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN AS PER DRC.

RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, ANY, UM, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK

[5. STP-24-07-0031 - Site Plan – Polo Rd Retail Center (City Council District 6). Site Plan for a multi-tenant retail store on 1.525 acres. Lot 12, Block 5, Amesbury Estates Phase 2, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-247, and addressed as 912 W Polo Rd]

NEXT CASE, PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS.

NEXT CASE IS, UH, SITE PLAN FOR POLO ROAD, RETAIL STP 24 0 7 0 0 3 1.

THIS IS A SITE PLAN FOR MULTI-TENANT BUILDING.

UH, THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED NORTHWEST CORNER OF, UH, WEST POLO ROAD AND ROBINSON ROAD, AND THIS IS PD 2 4 7 WITH, WITH A BASE ZONING OF GENERAL RETAIL ONE.

AND THE SITE IS A LITTLE OVER 1.5 ACRES.

SO, UH, THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSING A 12,000, A LITTLE NORTH OF 12,000 SQUARE FOOT RETAIL BUILDING.

UH, THE DRIVEWAY WILL BE LOCATED ON WEST POLO ROAD, UH, AND THERE WILL BE A SIX FOOT MASONRY SCREENING WALL ON THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS UP HERE.

UH, THEY'RE PROVIDING 90 49, UH, PARKING SPACES, WHICH EXCEEDS THE MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS.

UH, THEY ARE MEETING OR EXCEEDING THE LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS.

AND, UH, HERE ARE THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS.

SO IT'LL BE MOSTLY COMPRISED OF STONE AND BRICKS.

THEY ARE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.

AND DRC RECOMMENDS

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UH, I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? COMMISSIONER MADDEN, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SITE PLAN AGAIN? I WAS LOOKING FOR THE, THE, I WAS LOOKING FOR THE TRASH ENCLOSURE.

I SEE IT.

THANK YOU.

THAT'S IT.

OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? COMMISSIONER MEDINA, IS THIS AREA ZONED FOR ALCOHOL? UH, THIS IS, UH, ZONE GR ONE.

SO ALCOHOL, UH, THAT USE IS PERMISSIBLE BY RIDE.

SO DO THEY KNOW, OR DO YOU KNOW, ARE THESE PLANNING TO BE LIQUOR STORES? SO, UH, THE APPLICANT, UH, IF AVAILABLE HERE THAT THEY CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

THIS WAS BROUGHT TO US AS A SPECULATIVE RETAIL, UH, BUILDING.

WE DO NOT KNOW WHO THE OCCUPANTS WILL BE AT THIS TIME.

OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? THANK YOU.

MM-HMM.

THANK YOU.

SPEAKER CARDS? YES, WE HAVE DANIEL RIZVI, WHO IS THE APPLICANT.

HE DOES, UH, NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WANTS TO RECORD HIS SUPPORT FOR THIS ITEM.

AND WOULD, UH, IS WILLING TO COME UP IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

LOOKS LIKE WE DO.

COMMISSIONER MEDINA HAS A QUESTION.

SO WE WANT TO, MR. RIZZI, IF YOU CAN COME UP, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

UH, DANIEL RIZZI IS MY NAME.

CAN, CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THE MIC? DANIEL VY.

AND YOUR ADDRESS PLEASE? UH, JUDGE CONTRACTOR FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT.

AND SIR, WE NEED YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

OH, 1520 BLUE MESA ROAD, CARROLLTON, TEXAS 7 5 0 0 7.

THANK YOU FOR COMING UP.

I THINK COMMISSIONER, UM, MEDINA HAD A QUESTION FOR YOU.

YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, I I, THIS IS WHY I ASKED IF IT'S IS ZONED FOR ALCOHOL.

IS, IS, IS THE PLAN IS FOR THERE TO BE, UH, ALCOHOL CELLS THERE? UH, AS OF RIGHT NOW, NO.

IT'S A SHELL, SHELL RETAIL SPACE FOR THE OWNER.

OKAY.

YEAH.

ALRIGHT.

COMMISSIONER THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I SO YOU'RE SENT RIGHT NOW, THESE ARE JUST SPECULATIVE YES.

OF SITES, AND YOU HAVE NOT OFFICIALLY FOUND ANYONE FOR EITHER ALL THREE OF THEM AT THIS POINT, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

MM-HMM .

YEAH.

ANY YOU OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS COMMISSIONER? MA'AM, WE HAVE ONE MORE CARD.

I'M SORRY.

THAT'S OKAY.

OKAY.

UH, WE HAVE A CARD FROM MELINDA.

MORA WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THIS ITEM.

OKAY.

THANK YOU, MA'AM.

YOU SAY STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

I THINK THE MICROPHONE IS TALLER THAN YOU.

HI, MY NAME IS MELINDA MORA.

I'M AT 45 32 HARPERS FERRY DRIVE, UM, GRAND PRAIRIE.

UH, WE'RE RIGHT OFF OF, UH, I'M RIGHT OFF OF ROBINSON ROAD AND CLOSE TO POLO WESTCHESTER ON THE C CREEK COMMUNITY.

AND I'M, I'M REALLY CONCERNED AND TOTALLY AGAINST THIS PROJECT.

UM, ALTHOUGH THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT HE DID MENTION THERE WAS NO ALCOHOL RIGHT NOW.

DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT CAN'T BE BROUGHT BACK IN LATER ONCE IT'S APPROVED BY THE BOARD.

UM, AND WE'VE ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES RIGHT NOW WITH THE SHOPPING CENTERS THAT WE HAVE NOT VERY FAR WITHIN THE MILE FROM THIS LOCATION WHERE DOLLAR GENERAL'S AT, UM, WE'VE HAD SO MUCH CRIME SINCE 28, SINCE AUGUST 13TH, 2018.

THERE'S BEEN MULTIPLE ROBBERIES.

IN FACT, IN MAY 5TH, 2022, THERE WAS A DEATH AND A ROBBERY, A STORE CLERK WAS KILLED.

AND THAT WAS JUST RECENTLY.

AND THAT'S AT DOLLAR GENERAL.

SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF VACANT BUILDINGS IN THAT SHOPPING CENTER ALREADY.

AND THEN WE'VE GOT ANOTHER ONE ACROSS THE STREET, CATTY CORNER ON POLO AND MATTHEW ROAD, ALSO VACANT.

THERE'S SOME VACANT SPOTS THERE TOO.

SO I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHY WE NEED TO HAVE A, UM, DISLOCATION, A STOREFRONT.

UM, I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT PURPOSE IT BRINGS TO OUR COMMUNITY.

WE'VE GOT A DAYCARE ACROSS THE STREET.

WE'VE GOT A ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, CATTY CORNER, GARDNER.

UH, IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S A SUITED LOCATION FOR SUCH A SHOPPING CENTER.

I JUST DON'T SEE THE NEED.

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HOW CLOSE ARE YOU TO THAT, UH, FACILITY? THE SHOP, THE CORNER? YES.

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I'M LITERALLY WESTCHESTER, THE CREEK.

SO ROBINSON WITHIN A MILE FROM POLO ROAD.

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AND HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN THERE, MA'AM? UH, IN THAT COMMUNITY OVER 25 YEARS.

OKAY.

SO YOU ARE, UH, BORN AND RAISED IN GRAND PRAIRIE.

SO I'VE BEEN HERE ALL MY LIFE.

I'VE GONE.

SO YOU'VE SEEN EVERYTHING TO GROW UP ON? THAT'S RIGHT.

I MEAN, WHEN WE FIRST MOVED IN, MY PARENTS STILL LIVE IN TROLL WOOD.

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WHEN WE FIRST MOVED IN, WE WERE, WE, IT WAS CONSIDERED THE COUNTRY.

RIGHT.

THERE WAS NOTHING THERE.

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WE HAD NOTHING, NOT EVEN A GROCERY STORE AT THE TIME.

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SO I'VE BEEN IN THAT AREA FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

HAS THERE BEEN A REACH OUT FROM THE DEVELOPERS WITH REGARD TO, UH, THEM COMING INTO THE AREA, TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD? IF, IF THEY HAVE, THEY HAVEN'T NOTIFIED US.

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AND ALL OF THE COMMUNITY IN THAT AREA, WE'RE ALL HOAS.

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AND SO I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE WESTCHESTER ON THE CREEK, HOA AND I'VE NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING.

SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY BEFORE THERE'S EVER A POINT TO GET TO THIS POINT.

MM-HMM .

UM, IN SUPPORT OF OR AGAINST, RIGHT? MM-HMM

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COMMISSIONERS.

DO WE HAVE ANY COMMISSIONER MEDINA, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE'S, UH, OTHER SHOPPING CENTERS THERE THAT HAVE A LOT OF EMPTY RETAIL SITES RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? CORRECT.

THE PROBLEM BECOMES, IF, IF WE TURN THIS ONE DOWN, THERE'S ALREADY OPEN SITES AVAILABLE AND THAT AREA ZONE FOR ALCOHOL.

DO YOU SEE THE CONUNDRUM THERE? I MEAN, WELL, I THINK THAT GIVES US A COMMUNITY MORE TIME TO GET INVOLVED.

RIGHT? TO LET THE PUBLIC BE MORE AWARE AND GET MORE INVOLVED.

I MEAN, BAD, IT'S BAD ENOUGH.

CHARLES WOOD DOESN'T HAVE AN HOA COMMUNITY, RIGHT? IT WASN'T ZONED THAT WAY.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN FOR US THAT DO HAVE HOAS GET MORE ACTIVELY INVOLVED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE START PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING IN, IN OUR AREA, IN OUR COMMUNITY.

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AS I SAID, WE'VE HAD QUITE A BIT AND THEIR STATISTIC THERE, INFORMATION WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THERE'S A LOT OF CRIME ALREADY.

INWOOD, WE KNOW THAT ALREADY.

AND THE, AND DOLLAR GENERAL DOESN'T MAKE THAT ANY BETTER.

WE'VE GOT A LOT OF IT.

A LOT OF THAT AREA YOU BRING IN A LIQUOR STORE, IT'S JUST GONNA BRING IN MORE CRIME.

UH UH, NO.

AGREED.

UH, BUT THERE'S ALREADY OPEN, THERE'S PLENTY OF RETAIL SPACES THERE.

WHAT'S TO STOP THEM PROMOTING? I WOULD SAY THERE'S MORE THAN THE, THE PROPOSED, WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING THAT THERE WOULD BE NO MORE AN ADDITIONAL NEED IS JUST MY OPINION, MEAN THAT AREA'S BEEN OPEN FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS NOW, SOMETHING THAT, BEYOND THE REALM OF WHAT WE DO HERE, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE'S A DAYCARE, RIGHT? YES.

ACROSS THE STREET.

ACROSS THE STREET ON ROBINSON AND POLO.

AND IT'S CLOSER TO THE, IT'S ALSO CLOSED TO THE COMMUNITY.

THAT WAS ALSO A NUMBER, ITEM NUMBER NINE.

UH, I'M NOT TOTALLY FAMILIAR WITH HOW THE ZONING ISSUES WORK, BUT LIKE, I BELIEVE IN TEXAS, YOU CAN'T HAVE A LIQUOR STORE THAT'S WITHIN SO MANY FEET FROM A CHURCH.

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OR A DAYCARE.

I, I DON'T, I'M NOT SAY MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN GET, UH, YES.

YEAH.

GET HIM TO TALK ABOUT WHEN HE PROPOSES A NUMBER NINE AS WELL.

'CAUSE THAT'S ALSO RESIDENTIAL IN, IN THAT.

SO YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

MM-HMM .

I, I THINK WE NEED TO KNOW THAT TOO.

MM-HMM .

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

UH, DO WE HAVE, UH, ANYBODY FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HERE THAT CAN SPEAK TO THE CRIME AND THE ROBBERIES? NOPE.

AND WE DIDN'T, UH, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE, TO THE SCREEN FOR ME? WAS THERE, UM, OH, IT WAS ABDUL, I'M SORRY.

UM, DID IT SHOW, UM, WHAT WAS I GONNA SAY? ? YES.

I WANTED TO SEE THE PROXIMITY.

SO THE DIG HERE IS RIGHT HERE IS OVER 300, UH, AND 30 FEET AWAY.

MM-HMM .

THERE'S A SCHOOL GARNER, UH, ELEMENTARY, WHICH IS TO THE NORTHEAST, WHICH IS OVER 1500 SQUARE FEET AWAY.

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NOT SQUARE FEET, 1500 FEET AWAY.

SO THE, AND JULIE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THE, THE REGULATION IS THREE WITHIN 300 FEET.

IF THERE IS A CHURCH OR SCHOOL WITHIN 300 FEET, THEN, UH, ALCOHOL, THE TABC WILL NOT ISSUE A ALCOHOL LICENSE.

THEN I BELIEVE, IF I HEARD YOU CORRECTLY, IN THE, IN THE BRIEFING, YOU SAID THAT THERE WERE NO, WAS THERE ANY OPPOSITION OR LETTERS OR, SO, UH, FOR SITE PLAN, WE DID NOT SEND LETTERS.

OKAY.

THERE WAS A SIGN POSTED, UH, AT THE PROPERTY THOUGH.

BUT YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY NOTIFICATION FROM ANYONE, ANY OF THE HOAS? NO, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE, IF THERE'S A SIGN POSTED, THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE ON THAT.

I'M SORRY, WHAT DID YOU SAY THE AREA WAS? HOW FAR DO YOU HAVE TO BE? 300 FEET.

300 FEET.

SO 300 FEET IS THE REQUIREMENT.

AND HOW FAR IS THE DAYCARE FROM 330 FEET.

SO COMMISSIONERS, UM, AS I STATED DURING OUR BRIEFING SESSION, THIS ITEM IS A SITE PLAN REVIEW.

SO ON SITE PLAN REVIEWS, THIS, THIS PROPERTY IS ALREADY ZONED FOR GENERAL RETAIL ONE.

AND SO IT'S ZONING AS GENERAL RETAIL ONE ALONG WITH PERMITTED USES, UM, USES THAT ARE PERMITTED BY SUP, THAT IS ALREADY SET AND NOT FOR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT.

WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT TONIGHT IS THEIR SITE PLAN.

AND WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A SITE PLAN REVIEW, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS TO REVIEW WHETHER THAT SITE PLAN IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH THAT GENERAL RETAIL ONE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.

SO DOES IT MEET THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS, THE, UH, LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS, ANY TRANSPORTATION REQUIREMENTS, THAT SORT OF THING.

UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

WE NEEDED THAT REMINDER.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? I I DO APPRECIATE THAT REMINDER, BUT I, I DO UNDERSTAND HER CONCERN BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LIQUOR STORES COMING INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD.

UH, RIGHT.

BUT THAT'S STILL NOT, IT'S STILL NOT, IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THIS PARTICULAR CASE.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

UH, ANY OTHER SPEAKER CARDS ON THAT? NO FURTHER SPEAKER CARDS ON THIS ITEM, MA'AM.

OKAY.

ANY OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ONE BEFORE, UH, COMMISSIONER VAUGHN MAKES A RULING ON IT, MAKES HER, MAKES HER MOTION.

DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? 'CAUSE WE CAN DISCUSS IT FOR A

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UH, COMMISSIONER MEDINA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANNA SAY? YOU GOOD? OKAY.

COMMISSIONER VAUGHN? YES.

MADAM CHAIR, AFTER YOU HAVE, UM, A DISCUSSION, AND I JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, UM, IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA, HOW MANY DAYCARE CENTERS? OKAY, YOU'LL HAVE TO, UH, COME BACK UP IF YOU DON'T MIND.

ABDUL? UM, UM, I THINK I HEARD YOU MENTION ONE DAYCARE AND ONE SCHOOL.

DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY DAYCARE AR DAYCARE SCHOOLS THAT ARE RIGHT THERE IN THAT AREA? WITHIN 300 FEET? I'LL HAVE TO RESEARCH.

UH, NONE IN YEAH, WITHIN THE 300 FEET, BUT THE, OKAY.

BUT IT STILL DOESN'T MATTER FOR WHAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO VOTE ON, RIGHT? IT'S JUST THE, THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF, IS IT APPROPRIATE? DOES IT MEET ALL THE STANDARDS? THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF ALL WE'RE VOTING ON, ON THIS ONE.

OKAY.

IS THERE ANY WAY YOU CAN FIND OUT? OF COURSE.

YEAH, I CAN, I CAN RESEARCH, BUT THERE'S, THERE ARE NONE, NO DAYCARES WITHIN THE 300 FOOT, UH, RADIUS.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

MM-HMM .

THANK YOU.

MM-HMM .

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? COMMISSIONERS.

UH, COMMISSIONER VAUGHN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ON THIS PARTICULAR CASE? UH, MADAM CHAIR.

THANK YOU.

I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TO APPROVE STP DASH 24 DASH SEVEN DASH 0 3 1, UM, PER DRC RECOMMENDATION.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM SIX BY COMMISSIONER VAUGHN AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MADDEN.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

AND MA'AM, JUST FOR CORRECTION, THAT WAS ITEM FIVE.

I'M SORRY.

ITEM FIVE.

THANK YOU.

[6. SUP-24-09-0043 - Specific Use Permit - Flint Academy (City Council District 2). Specific Use Permit for a Child Day Care Center. Lot 1R, Block 1, Oaks Baptist Church Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Planned Development No. 23 (PD-23), within the IH-20 Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 801 E IH 20]

YES.

NEXT ITEM.

SO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX.

THIS IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A CHILD DAYCARE.

SO IT ACTUALLY IS ASSOCIATED WITH AN EXISTING SCHOOL THAT'S ALREADY IN OPERATION AT AN EXISTING CHURCH LOCATED OFF 8 0 1 EAST I 20.

IT IS ZONE PLAN DEVELOPMENT NUMBER 23.

UM, AND JUST FOR A QUICK BACKGROUND ON THE SCHOOL.

SO THE SCHOOL WAS IN OPERATION ALREADY AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION.

THEY'VE SINCE MOVED TO THIS CHURCH, BUT THE OP THEY'VE BEEN IN OPERATION FOR, UH, A NUMBER OF YEARS ALREADY.

UM, SO IT IS AN EXISTING OPERATION.

JUST THIS IS A NEW LOCATION.

UM, AND WHAT'S ACTUALLY REALLY TRIGGERING, TRIGGERING THE SUP IS THE AGE OF THE CHILDREN.

SO ONCE YOU'RE UNDER FOUR YEARS OLD, THEN THAT'S WHAT'S TRIGGERING THOSE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SUP, FOR THE CHILD DAYCARE AND THOSE STATE REQUIREMENTS AS WELL.

UM, SO THE SITE EXHIBIT TO YOUR RIGHT, SO THAT'S THEIR FIRST FLOOR.

YOU CAN SEE THEY HAVE DIFFERENT CLASSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS.

THE SECOND SLIDE WILL SHOW THE SECOND FLOOR.

UM, SO THEY, OUR HOURS OPERATIONS ARE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, 8:30 AM TO 4:30 PM THEY SERVE STUDENTS PK THREE THROUGH 12TH GRADE.

THEY CURRENTLY HAVE 126 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN 29 STAFF MEMBERS, AND THERE IS A DAYCARE ON SITE FOR STAFF MEMBER USE ONLY.

SO JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR OPERATIONS.

SO THE STUDENTS WHO PROVIDE THEIR OWN LUNCH, THEY HAVE ONE STAFF MEMBER ON SECURITY DETAIL.

AS FAR AS SECURITY GOES, THEY VISITORS MUST SIGN IN AND OUT.

THE DOORS ARE LOCKED AT ALL TIMES, AND UNKNOWN PERSONS MUST PROVIDE ID VISITORS MUST WEAR A VISITOR BADGE WHILE ON CAMPUS.

UM, THEY DON'T BACK DOWN CHECK THEIR STAFF, BUT THEY DO DO OR CHECK THEIR REFERENCES.

AND SHE DID NOTE THAT, UM, MOST OF THE STAFF HAS BEEN WITH THEM FOR FIVE, MINIMUM FIVE YEARS.

SO THE APPLICANT'S NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.

12 NOTICES WERE SENT TO SURROUNDING PROPERTIES, ZERO RETURN IN FAVOR AND ZERO RETURN TO OPPOSED.

SO AGAIN, THIS NU THIS ONE DOES HAVE A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

JUST THESE ARE LARGELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE STATE REQUIREMENTS AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN FULLY FIGURED OUT YET, BUT WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND FELT COMFORTABLE RUNNING THE SUP THROUGH COUNCIL WHILE THEY WORK ON THESE THINGS.

BUT THESE THINGS, IF IT'S APPROVED WITH THESE CONDITIONS, WILL BE REQUIRED BEFORE WE'RE ABLE TO ISSUE A CO.

UM, SO AGAIN, THE, UH, RECOMMENDED THE RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE A PLAYGROUND THAT IS AT LEAST 25% OF THE LICENSED CHILDCARE CAPACITY AREA.

AND THAT CAPACITY AREA SHALL HAVE AN EXIT FROM THE BUILDING DIRECTLY ONTO THE PLAYGROUND AREA.

UM, THEY SHALL PROVIDE A MINIMUM SIX FOOT FENCE AROUND THE PLAYGROUND AREA.

THEY SHALL PROVIDE A HAND PLUMBED, HARD PLUMBED HAND SINK IN ALL INFANT ROOMS FOR DIAPER CHANGING.

THEY SHALL MAINTAIN COMP COMPLIANCE WITH CITY ADOPTED FIRE CODES.

THEY SHALL MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR LICENSED CHILDCARE CENTERS.

THE APPLICANT SHALL MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LICENSED CHILDCARE CENTER REQUIREMENTS FOUND IN CHAPTER 13, ARTICLE FIVE OF THE CITY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES.

AND LASTLY, THE APPLICANT SHALL MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE REGULATIONS IN CITY ORDINANCES FOR FOOD SERVICE OPERATIONS.

CONCLUDE STAFF PRESENTATION AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

MM-HMM .

THANK YOU, BRITTANY.

THAT WAS A VERY EXTENSIVE AND THE BOARD BRIEFING WAS VERY GOOD AS WELL.

YOU WENT INTO A LOT OF DETAIL COMMISSIONS.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR BRITTANY? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

SPEAKER CARDS.

UM, THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT, UH, GLENDA DANIELS.

UM, IT STATES THAT SHE WILL SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM IF CALLED OR NECESSARY, BUT SHE DOES WANT TO RECORD HER SUPPORT OF THE ITEM.

OKAY.

COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS FOR THE DAYCARE? THE, OKAY.

CAN YOU COME UP PLEASE? YES, YES, I WOULD.

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SHE'S THE DIRECTOR OF THE SCHOOL.

I WOULD ACTUALLY, IT WOULD BE BETTER AND CLEARER TO YOU.

UH, I'M ASSOCIATED WITH THE OAKS IN THE CHURCH AND MY NAME IS ON THE APPLICATION BECAUSE I DID THE INITIAL DRAFT.

ARE YOU MS. DANIELS? YES.

OKAY.

DO I NEED TO COME UP THERE? BUT YES, IT WOULD BE EASIER FOR YOU IF KIM WAS FIRST AS DIRECTOR.

SHE COULD ANSWER ALL THOSE QUESTIONS BETTER THAN ME.

YOU, YOU CAN CALL HER UP WITH YOU.

UM, AS LONG AS YOU BOTH JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD SO WE KNOW WHO'S THERE.

AND MS. MS. WALKER, ARE YOU THE ONE WHO FILLED OUT THE FORM? YES.

OKAY.

SO, UM, MS. DANIELS IS BRINGING WITH HER MS. WALKER WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.

MS. WALKER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING.

STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

GLENDA DANIELS.

I'M AT 64 12 NOLL RIDGE DRIVE IN DALLAS, OUT OFF 1382.

OKAY.

AND YOUR NAME MA'AM? MY NAME IS KIM WALKER.

MY ADDRESS IS 4 0 0 9 BLACK OAK DRIVE IN CLEBURNE, TEXAS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MM-HMM.

THANK YOU BOTH LADIES FOR COMING UP.

UH, THE ONLY CONCERN THAT I HAD ORIGINALLY WAS THAT THIS IS, UH, IS THIS A CHARTER SCHOOL OR IS WE ARE NOT.

OKAY.

WE ARE JUST, WE'RE A PRIVATE SCHOOL.

OKAY.

AND THIS, THIS, THIS SCHOOL HAS BEEN IN OPERATION FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

YOU ARE ONLY ADDING THE PIECE OF THE DAYCARE? THAT IS THE ONLY NEW PIECE, CORRECT? WELL, YES.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT NEW, IT'S JUST THE REQUIREMENTS ARE DIFFERENT WHERE YOU ARE.

SO.

OKAY.

AND OUR, AND SO WE HAVE, UH, THREE, TWO YEAR OLDS AND A SIX MONTH OLD THAT ARE STAFF CHILDREN.

MM-HMM .

AND THEN IN THE PRE-K THREE ROOM, WE HAVE ABOUT, I THINK THERE'S NINE STUDENTS THERE.

MM-HMM .

EIGHT OF WHICH ARE STAFF CHILDREN.

MM-HMM .

SO THAT'S PRETTY GOOD TO OFFER THAT FOR THE STAFF.

YES.

THAT, THAT'S REALLY GOOD.

THAT'S THE PURPOSE.

SO THAT THEY CAN BE THERE, THEIR CHILDREN CAN BE THERE WITH THEM.

OKAY.

COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE GROUP? COMMISSIONER VAUGHN, YOU DO HAVE A QUESTION? YES.

OKAY.

THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.

AND, AND, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE LOVE FOR EDUCATION THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING.

I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION WITH 126 STUDENTS, WHY IS THERE NO BACKGROUND CHECK REQUIRED? WE JUST HAVEN'T DONE THAT IN THE PAST.

WE DO PLAN TO IMPLEMENT THAT AS WE'VE GROWN.

WE, WE WENT FROM, IN THE LAST, UH, THREE YEARS, WE GREW FROM ABOUT 80 STUDENTS TO WHERE WE ARE NOW.

MM-HMM .

SO WE'VE JUST GROWN A LOT.

MM-HMM .

UM, I WILL SAY THAT ABOUT 40 OF THE STUDENTS ARE STAFF CHILDREN AS WELL.

MM-HMM .

THAT ARE ACTUALLY STUDENTS IN THE, IN THE KINDER THROUGH 12TH GRADE MM-HMM .

MM-HMM .

UH, BUT WE DO PLAN TO DO THAT.

MM-HMM .

UH, I DID WANNA MENTION AS WELL, FOR SECURITY THAT WE HAVE FIVE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF IN ADDITION TO THE ONE SECURITY PERSON.

SO WE HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL THAT IS KIND OF IN A PLACE WHERE SHE'S VIEWING EVERYTHING GOING ON A MIDDLE SCHOOL AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MYSELF AS THE, AS THE DIRECTOR.

AND THEN WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT SITS AT THE ENTRANCE AS WELL.

MM-HMM .

SO, SO THAT'S KIND OF A MISNOMER.

MM-HMM .

AND I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT WE ALSO HAVE FIVE TO ONE STAFF TO CHILDREN.

WOW.

THAT IS, AND THAT'S A PART OF OUR MISSION AS WELL.

YES.

IS TO HAVE THE LOW NUMBERS OF STUDENT.

I MEAN, I GUESS, YEAH.

LOW NUMBERS OF STUDENT TO TEACHER RATIO.

MM-HMM .

THANK YOU.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING UP.

WE JUST WANTED TO, TO MAKE SURE WE JUST CLARIFIED THAT.

COULD, COULD I MAKE ONE, ONE CLARIFICATION? YES, MA'AM.

WHILE I'M STANDING HERE MM-HMM .

UH, FROM A TECHNICAL STANDPOINT, WE WERE, AND I I WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, DO A LOT OF BACKGROUND.

I'M A RETIRED PARALEGAL, SO I'M DEEPLY INTO RESEARCH MM-HMM .

SO I DO A LOT OF THAT SORT OF THING.

THE, UH, STAFF PRESENTATION SITES THAT WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH, UH, ARTICLE FIVE OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRIX ORDINANCES.

THAT ORDINANCE REQUIRES, UH, OFFENSE SIDE OF FOUR FEET, WHICH IS WHAT STATE LAW REQUIRES, IS FOUR FEET.

THE SIX FOOT BIT REQUIREMENT IS ACTUALLY CONTAINED IN ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE GRAND PRAIRIE ORDINANCES.

SO YOU'VE GOT A MISSTATEMENT, I WANNA CORRECT THAT ON THE RECORD MM-HMM .

UH, OF WHERE THAT LAW COMES FROM.

AND THE ONLY WE, WE WANNA COMPLY WITH, WHATEVER MM-HMM .

GRAND PRAIRIE WANTS MM-HMM .

UH, AND TO DO IT RIGHT AND TO DO IT PEACEFULLY MM-HMM .

AND MAKE EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, HAPPY.

UH, BUT WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS WITH REGARD TO THE FENCING REQUIREMENT.

WELL, AND ALL THOSE, FIRST OF ALL, THAT WILL BE HANDLED BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT.

SAVANNAH, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT OR BRITTANY.

OKAY.

THEY'LL NEED TO CONTACT THE PLANNING CASE MANAGER AND RESOLVE IT BEFORE, YES.

BEFORE CITY COUNCIL.

YEAH.

THAT CAN BE HANDLED DOWN THE ROAD.

OKAY.

SO WE WE'RE JUST LAY PEOPLE UP HERE.

WE'RE, WE'RE CITIZENS, WE'RE TAXPAYERS, JUST LIKE YOU ARE, YOU KNOW.

AND SO WE ARE JUST LOOKING AT OVERALL IS DOES EVERYTHING ELSE MEET THE STANDARDS? OKAY.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

ONE, ONE MORE QUESTION, MA'AM, I'M SO SORRY.

I, I APOLOGIZE.

COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN HAS ONE MORE QUESTION.

I'M SO SORRY.

CHAIR.

UM, I NOTICED ITEM SEVEN, UM, TELL ME ABOUT YOUR FOOD OPERATIONS.

I SAW AT FIRST YOU SAID YOU'VE BRING LUNCHES.

WE DON'T I RELEVANT FOOD.

YES.

AND I WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.

SO OUR OPERATING HOURS ARE EIGHT 30 TO FOUR 30.

MM-HMM .

STUDENTS ARE THERE FROM NINE 30 TO THREE 30.

ALL OF OUR STUDENTS BRING THEIR LUNCHES.

MM-HMM .

THE MOST OF THEM EAT IN THE CLASSROOM, AND OR THEY'LL EAT OUTSIDE OF PICNIC TABLES.

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UH, WE DON'T DO ANY FOOD PREPARATION AT ALL.

UM, AND THEY STORE THEIR LUNCHES IN THE CLASSROOM AND THE BAGS WITH THE LITTLE ICE PACK THINGS WITH IT.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

YEAH.

FOR THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE FACILITY ITSELF, YOU KNOW, NOT, NOT THE, THE INSIDES AND OUT ABOUT THE FOOD AND ALL OF THAT.

THAT WILL COME DOWN LATER.

YEAH.

THIS IS JUST FOR THE, THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.

SO, UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, UH, CONCERNS? THIS IS, UM, MA'AM, WE HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS. OH, WE DO SEVERAL CARS FOR THIS.

OKAY.

YES.

I'M SO SORRY.

DIDN'T PASS.

WE HAVE, UH, DR. BARRY JUDE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.

OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE, SIR.

STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

MY NAME IS BARRY JUDE.

I'M THE, UH, LEAD PASTOR AT THE OAKS BAPTIST CHURCH, WHICH MM-HMM .

WHICH WE ARE THE PROPERTY OWNERS WHERE THE SCHOOL IS MEETING MM-HMM .

CLINIC, CLINIC ACADEMY.

MM-HMM .

THAT'S OKAY.

AND, UM, I LIVE AT 6 0 4 7 CEDAR GLEN DRIVE IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.

ALRIGHT.

7 5 0 5 2.

SO, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO KIND OF FIGURE THINGS OUT.

GOT PHONE CALLS.

KIM KIM, THE, UH, DIRECTOR OF THE ACADEMY.

GOT A PHONE CALL LAST WEEK FROM, UH, BRITTANY MOSER, OR EITHER IT WAS, UH, THE OTHER BRITTANY.

BRITTANY.

BRITTANY BOWIE IS FROM OUR PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY DEPARTMENT.

AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ADMINISTERED THESE REQUIREMENTS, UM, FROM THE STATE AND FROM, UM, OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES.

MM-HMM .

ALRIGHT.

RIGHT.

MM-HMM .

SO I'M THE GUY WITH SOME ILLUSTRATIONS.

ALRIGHT.

UM, WE'RE INVOLVED 'CAUSE IT'S OUR PROPERTY.

MM-HMM .

SO WE, I, I CALLED BRITTANY.

UH, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO TALK TO BRITTANY, ER, BUT I DID GET TO TALK TO, UH, BRITTANY IN PLANNING AND, UH, SHE WAS HELPFUL.

YOU ARE BRITTANY, RIGHT? .

OKAY.

I SHOULD LOOK AT YOUR NAME TAG OVER THERE.

LAST IN 2020, LIKE LOTS, LOTS OF FOLKS.

UM, WE HAD A PRESCHOOL AT OUR CHURCH THAT WAS FROM BIRTH UP TO 5-YEAR-OLD.

AND, UH, WE DID THIS IN COOPERATION WITH MATTHEW ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH.

AND WE ALSO DID THIS WITH THE WOOD METHODIST CHURCH, WHERE WE WERE TAKING DIFFERENT DAYS BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE, UH, AN INDUSTRIAL KITCHEN MM-HMM .

SO WE HAD LIMITED HOURS AND WE WOULD DO TUESDAY, THURSDAY, THE OTHER CHURCHES WERE DOING OTHER DAYS.

SO IT WAS KIND OF LIKE A COOPERATIVE EFFORT TO HAVE DAYCARE FOR WORKING FAMILIES.

MM-HMM .

IN OUR AREA OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

AND, UH, THAT'S PROBABLY 80, 85% WERE NOT FROM OUR CHURCH.

MM-HMM .

SO IT, IT'S A GREAT OUTREACH FOR US.

MM-HMM .

WELL, WE SHUT DOWN 2020 AND, UH, WE WERE TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO SAVE MONEY AND WE CLOSED THE ACADEMY MM-HMM .

AND WE DID THAT UNTIL THIS YEAR WE, I'VE BEEN, I WAS SEEKING TO HIRE A NEW ACADEMY DIRECTOR AND TO START THE ACADEMY BACK, WE REDID THE ENTIRE PLAYGROUND.

SO WE SPENT OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ON THIS TRYING TO GET THE, GETTING READY FOR THE ACADEMY AGAIN.

WELL, WE DIDN'T KNOW OUR, UH, I COULDN'T FIND A, AN ACADEMY DIRECTOR THAT WE WERE ALL HAPPY WITH.

SO, UH, THIS WENT ON.

BUT THEN IN AUGUST, UH, END OF JULY, WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS SCHOOL OVER IN ARLINGTON.

AND UH, THEY, UM, THEY DIDN'T HAVE A PLACE TO MEET ANYMORE.

THE OWNER THAT OWNED THEIR PROPERTY, AND THIS WAS FLINT ACADEMY.

MM-HMM .

UH, THEY WERE OUT AND THERE WAS NOT AN OPTION.

AND SO THERE WERE LIKE FOUR CHURCHES, I THINK ONE BUSINESS THAT WAS LOOKING AT IT, AND IT CAME DOWN WHERE IT WAS US MM-HMM .

AND WE FEEL LIKE WE HELPED SAVE FLINT ACADEMY.

MM.

SO, UH, WE APPLIED FOR THE COOI CALLED THE MAYOR, ASKED HIM WHAT DO I NEED TO DO? AND THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS I GOT LOTS AND LOTS OF MM-HMM .

EMAILS.

MM-HMM .

AND LOTS OF COMMITTEE CONTACT MM-HMM .

SO WE APPLIED AND UH, WE HAD OUR TEMPORARY COO AND UM, WE JUST GOT THAT CLEARED WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO MM-HMM .

AND OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE HAVE A-C-O-C-O-O THAT'S CLEAR.

UH, WE APPLIED, WE WERE, UH, WE WERE KIND OF GIVEN SOME GUIDANCE TO ASK FOR THE S MM-HMM .

AS A SEPARATE ITEM MM-HMM .

AND SO THAT'S HOW WE APPLIED FOR IT.

SO DO WE HAVE THE, OUR COOI THINK THAT IS IT.

GO AHEAD SAVANNAH.

THAT IS BEYOND THE SCOPE OF WHAT'S BEING PRESENTED RIGHT NOW.

YOU'LL NEED TO CONTACT STAFF TOMORROW.

OKAY.

BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH INFORMATION.

OKAY.

YES.

SO YOU CAN,

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BUT THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL, UH, SPACE THAT YOU HAVE CREATED IS A BEAUTIFUL, YES.

I MEAN, BRITTANY, I WANT YOU TO SEE IT TOO.

ALRIGHT.

YEAH.

BUT WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T.

THAT WON'T BE ON THE TABLE TONIGHT.

BUT YOU HAVE, I THINK YOU'VE SATISFIED MOST OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT ARE NEEDED.

THAT'S NOT THE QUESTION.

WE JUST HAVE TO BRING IT, BRING IT BEFORE THE PLANET DEPARTMENT.

THE PROBLEM, THE FENCE IS IT'S FIVE FOOT THREE INCHES ON THE ENDS AND IT'S FIVE FOOT IN THE MIDDLE.

SO WE'RE A FOOT SHORT AND THEY'RE SAYING WE STILL NEED TO DO THIS.

I, I CALLED LAST WEEK AND I HAVE SINCE GOTTEN TWO BIDS ON THIS BECAUSE, UH, OBVIOUSLY AS THE PASTOR, I CAN'T JUST GO SPEND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.

MM-HMM .

UH, I'VE GOT A BOARD.

I ANSWER TO OUR LEADERSHIP COUNCIL MM-HMM .

WE'RE MEETING THIS MONDAY.

AND THIS WILL BE TALKED ABOUT IF, IF BRITTANY, IF WE HAVE TO, IF WE HAVE TO DO THIS, WE'LL DO THIS MM-HMM .

BECAUSE IT NOT ONLY AFFECTS THE SCHOOL, BUT IT AFFECTS OUR CHILDCARE AS WELL.

RIGHT.

RIGHT.

SO, UH, I'M JUST HERE LOOKING FOR MORE INFORMATION.

THE SPECS WE HAVE ON THE WEBSITE ARE JUST, THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY MINIMAL.

SO I'M HAVING TROUBLE EVEN TELLING THE, UH, FOLKS THAT ARE PUTTING IN BIDS.

EXACTLY.

WHAT WOULD WE WOULD, BUT WE CAN DO ONE OR TWO THINGS, SIR.

WE CAN UM, WE CAN TABLE IT FOR YOU TO HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS.

WE CAN'T TABLE IT WITH THESE CONDITIONS.

IT ALLOWS IT TO MOVE FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL AND THEY CAN HAVE THOSE SEPARATE CONVERSATIONS WITH CINDY DEEZ.

OKAY.

OKAY.

WHO'S THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY? SHE'S THE PERSON THAT YOU NEED TO CONTACT.

OKAY.

SO WE CAN JUST END THIS RIGHT NOW AND IF WE WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD, BUT YOU PRESENTED MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR THIS PARTICULAR CASE AND WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED AND, AND, AND IN THE INTERIM, AFTER THIS CASE IS OVER, 'CAUSE WHAT, WHAT WE DO, WE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

SOMETIMES THEY LISTEN TO WHAT WE SAY, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T.

BUT BASICALLY WE'RE THE LAY PEOPLE, WE'LL MAKE THE DECISION AS LAY PEOPLE AND THEN THEY'LL MAKE THE FINAL DETERMINATION.

THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT, THAT NEED TO BE, UH, FIXED OR, UH, UH, TWEAKED.

THEY CAN WORK THAT OUT WITH YOU.

SO THEY WON'T BE, DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT.

DON'T FRET ABOUT THAT.

OKAY.

YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO WORK THAT OUT.

BUT IT'S, IT'S THE SUB APPLICATION SEPARATE FROM OUR COO 'CAUSE WE WERE UNDER AN UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ALREADY HAD, LET ME CHECK WITH PLANNING.

SO THIS IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMANENT REQUEST SPECIFICALLY FOR THE DAYCARE OPERATIONS AT THE SITE.

THE CO THAT WAS ISSUED WAS FOR THE SCHOOL.

SO THERE ARE CERTAIN OPERATIONS THAT ARE TRIGGERING THIS SUP.

SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GO THROUGH THE NECESSARY STEPS TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S IN COMPLIANCE.

OKAY.

SO WE, WE WANT TO BE IN COMPLIANCE, I THINK'S CONCERNED ABOUT THE FENCE, BUT THAT FENCE ISSUE WILL, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO HIM THAT HE CAN ON THE BACK END THE ISSUE, SO THE C'S ISSUE IS FOR THE SCHOOL.

WE'RE LOOKING AT CHILDCARE REQUIREMENTS THAT HAVE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS PER OUR PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY DEPARTMENT.

SO IN THE STATE.

SO THIS IS SEPARATE ISSUE FROM THE SCHOOL, BUT HE JUST WASN'T OKAY.

THAT, THAT DOESN'T AFFECT OUR CHILDCARE AT THE CHURCH.

SO THAT'S A COMPLETE, WE ARE LITERALLY LOOKING AT JUST THE DAYCARE REQUEST FOR THE SCHOOL.

THAT IS ALL, THAT'S BEFORE THE, THE COMMISSION TONIGHT.

SO I CAN'T, I CANNOT SPEAK ON THAT.

OKAY.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO TOUCH BASE ON TOMORROW.

OKAY.

SO, ALRIGHT.

I'M JUST, I JUST, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IF THE S IS CONNECTED TO OUR COO.

'CAUSE WE WERE TOLD WE ALREADY HAD IT.

SO THE CO IS FOR BUT AFTER GOT THE CERTIFICATE, THE CO IS FOR THE SCHOOL.

THE U IS FOR THE CHILDCARE OPERATIONS RELATED TO THE SCHOOL.

ALRIGHT, SO, ALRIGHT, WELL WE CAN, WE'LL COMPLYING WITH WHATEVER THE LAW IS.

IS THAT RIGHT? YES.

THANK YOU SIR.

THANK YOU FOR THAT DETAIL.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

DO WE HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKER CARDS? YES MA'AM.

UH, JOHN FLINT WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.

I WAS JUST HERE FOR BACKGROUND IF ANYBODY NEEDED BACKGROUND.

OKAY.

THANK YOU SIR.

THANK YOU.

I THINK WE'RE GOOD.

I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF INFORMATION.

UH, ANY MORE SPEAKER CARDS? YES, MA'AM.

UM, IRENE WONG, UM, SENT IN A STATEMENT ONLINE AND WISHES TO REGISTER HER OPPOSITION.

NEXT.

I'M SORRY, THAT'S FOR NEXT ITEM.

OH, IT SAYS TO ITEM SIX.

OKAY.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

UM, FOR ITEM SIX WISHES TO, UH, NOTE HER OPPOSITION TO THIS ITEM.

DID SHE, UH, SAY IN IN DETAIL SHE'S FOR SEVEN.