* 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. [00:00:04] WELCOME TO THE STAFF BRIEFING OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE MEETING OF DECEMBER 9TH, 2024. I'M CHERYL SMITH, CHAIR OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. THIS STAFF BRIEFING. I'M SORRY. I APOLOGIZE. , WELCOME TO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING OF DECEMBER 9TH, 2024. I'M CHERYL SMITH, CHAIR OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. THE MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING IS HEREBY CALL BACK TO ORDER AT 6:30 PM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETS THE SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY OF EACH MONTH. ALL MEETINGS ARE VIDEO RECORDED. NO OFFICIAL ACTION CAN BE TAKEN UNLESS PROPER APPLICATION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED THROUGH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOLLOWS A PRINTED AGENDA THAT IS AVAILABLE ONLINE PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ARE ROUTINE ITEMS, WHICH CAN BE APPROVED IN ONE MOTION. HOWEVER, ANY MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION MAY MAKE A MOTION TO INDIVIDUALLY CONSIDER AN ITEM FROM THE PUBLIC CONSENT AGENDA. INDIVIDUALS MAY ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANY ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA. TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM OR NOTE YOUR SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION WITHOUT SPEAKING, PLEASE FILL OUT A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD. THESE CARDS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE COUNTER AND SHOULD BE TURNED IN AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM PRIOR TO THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM BEING CALLED, I'LL NOW CONDUCT A ROLL CALL 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. HERE. JANIE MENDEZ. ARI HERE. VICTOR MEDINA. HERE. JOHN FKO. HERE. ANGELA. LUCKY VAUGHN. HERE, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. YAY. AND NOW WE WILL HAVE, UH, COMMISSIONER JOHN FKO WILL GIVE THE INVOCATION. AFTER THAT, COMMISSIONER MICHELLE MADDEN WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE US AND TEXAS FLAG. PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS. DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ALL OF US TO GET TOGETHER TO CONSIDER CITY BUSINESS TONIGHT. WE ASK THAT IN YOUR PROVIDENCE AND WISDOM THAT YOU GUIDE APPLICANTS STAFF, AND MOST, I IMPORT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE COMMISSIONERS TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE BEST FOR THE CITY AND THE NEAR AND LONG TERM FOR ITS, UH, CITIZENS. UH, IN YOUR NAME, WE ASK AMEN. PLEASE RISE TO JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDI EVIL, AND WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE ALL AND NOT THE TEXAS FLAG. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE SAVED UNDER GOD ONE AN INDIVIDUAL 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 ON IT. THE ITEM, ADDITIONAL SPEAKING TIME MAY BE ALLOWED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIRMAN BEFORE SPEAKING. SPEAKER SHOULD GIVE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD ALONG WITH WHOM YOU 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 THE PRESENTATION OF EACH ITEM. [CITIZEN COMMENTS] AT THIS TIME, CITIZENS MAY SPEAK FOR UP TO FIVE MINUTES ON ANY ITEM, NOT ON THE AGENDA. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? YES, MA'AM. WE HAVE ONE CARD FROM DAVID IAN WHO WISHES TO SPEAK DURING CITIZEN COMMENTS. GOOD AFTERNOON. HELLO. YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. HI, I AM DAVID YON. I'M AT 6 0 9 WEST SPRINGDALE LANE. AND, UH, I'M GLAD I GOT HERE IN TIME, DESPITE TRAFFIC. UH, AND THAT'S WHAT I WANNA TALK ABOUT. TRAFFIC CONTINUES TO WORSEN HERE IN THE METROPLEX. GRAND PRAIRIE INCLUDED AVERAGE COMMUTE TIME IS 32 PLUS MINUTES. UN UNHEALTHY AIR QUALITY DAYS HAVE INCREASED 200% FROM 2020. 2023. WE HAVE MANY ELDERLY, MANY CHILDREN HERE. UH, THINGS LIKE AIR QUALITY IS ALSO IMPORTANT. WE NEED TO FACE THE FACT THAT WE NEED PUBLIC TRANSIT HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE. PROPER PUBLIC TRANSIT, NOT YOUR KNOCKOFF UBER. I [00:05:01] I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA HEAR ABOUT GRAND PRAIRIE VIA, IT'S A BANDAID ON A GUSHING WOUND OF A PROBLEM. WE NEED BUSES. WE NEED TRAINS CONNECTING WITH BOTH TRENDY METRO TO THE WEST, TRE AND SO FORTH, AND DART TO THE EAST. I SEE PEOPLE DANGEROUSLY WALKING AND BIKING ON THE BRIDGE ACROSS THE LAKE MOUND CREEK LAKE, UH, BOTH AT DAY AND NIGHT. AND WE OUGHT TO HAVE A, A BUS ROUTE CONNECTING OAK CLIFF TO GRAND PRAIRIE. A LOT OF PEOPLE COME THERE, INCLUDING A LOT OF WORKERS THAT WORK HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE, HELPING MANY OF THE ELDERLY HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE, OR WORK IN MANY OF OUR WONDERFUL RESTAURANTS IN GRAND PRAIRIE. WE, WE NEED BUS CONNECTIONS. WE NEED PROPER PUBLIC TRANSIT. WE ALL HAVE TRAINS RUNNING ALONG I 20 AND I 30 GREATLY REDUCING TRAFFIC HERE IN OUR CITY AND FOR THE AREA AT LARGE. UH, DART BUSES ALSO SHOULD RUN, RUN ALONG BELTLINE, CONNECTING GRAND PRAIRIE RESIDENTS TO THE STATION IN IRVING. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO COULD, UH, BENEFIT FROM THAT, PERHAPS MYSELF INCLUDED. UH, MANY, UH, MANY WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. SO DART IS OPEN TO CREATING A SPECIAL DEAL WITH GG, UH, GP THAT WOULD, UH, BENEFIT BOTH PARTIES. I'VE, I'VE SPOKEN WITH PEOPLE OVER AT DART, I'VE BEEN TOLD BY, BY, UH, UH, GRAND PRAIRIE OFFICIALS BEFORE. OH, IT'S SIMPLY NOT POSSIBLE. WE CAN'T CONNECT WITH DART 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T PAY IN HOWEVER MANY YEARS AGO. THAT IS NOT THE CASE. WE CAN OPEN UP DIALOGUES WITH DART, GET CONNECTED WITH THEM, SIMILAR AS I CAN IMAGINE WITH TRENDY METRO. AND THESE, THIS DIALOGUE NEEDS TO START IMMEDIATELY. WE'RE ALREADY 10 MINUTES TOO LATE. WE'RE, WE'RE ALREADY LATE ON THIS ISSUE. WE NEED, WE NEED THIS TRANSIT. I IMPLORE THE COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL TO TAKE THIS ISSUE WITH THE GRAVITY THAT DESERVES, THERE'S A LOT CITIZENS HERE. I SEE, YOU KNOW, UH, BIKING AT NIGHT, UH, ALONG, YOU KNOW, DANGEROUSLY ALONG BUSY ROADS. UM, AGAIN, ALONG THAT BRIDGE AND STUFF LIKE THAT, WE NEED PUBLIC TRANSIT. YOU SEE HOW BACKED UP I 20, I 30 GET GETS. WE HAVE, UH, TEXTILE HAS THE, THE, THE SPACE. IT HAS THE RIGHT OF WAY. I WENT TO A TECH STOCK MEETING, UH, ABOUT EXPANDING I 20. I TALKED WITH THE ENGINEERS. I'M LIKE, WE, WE KNOW, WE KNOW FROM COUNTLESS STUDIES THAT IT, THE TRAFFIC WILL FILL UP IN 10 YEARS AFTER THE EXPANSION WITHIN FIVE OR 10 YEARS. AND ESPECIALLY AT THE RATE, UH, THE DALLAS METROPLEX IS GROWING. COME ON GUYS, LET'S WAKE UP. I, YOU KNOW, I, I TOLD THEM WHEN, WHEN IT MAKE MORE SENSE, AND IT TAKES UP LESS SPACE TO MAKE A TRAIN AND TAKE CARS OFF THE ROAD, WHICH IS IF, IF YOU WANT DR. DRIVE A CAR, NO MATTER WHAT IT, PUBLIC TRANSIT BENEFITS YOU, IT TAKES PEOPLE OFF THE ROAD AND THOSE WHO ARE TIRED OF HAVING TO PAY CONSTANTLY FOR CAR REPAIRS, FOR TIRES, FOR GAS, AND THEY WOULD LIKE A PUBLIC TRANSIT OPTION, OR THEY'RE IN DESPERATE NEED OF A PUBLIC TRANSIT OPTION, OF COURSE, THAT OBVIOUSLY BENEFITS THEM. IT'S A WIN. IT'S A WIN. IT'S A WIN. WHY AREN'T WE DOING IT? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, SIR. ARE YOU GONNA LEAVE US A COPY OF THAT INFORMATION OR WOULD YOU READ OF YOUR, OF YOUR STATEMENT? COME AGAIN? I SAID ARE YOU GONNA LEAVE A COPY THAT YOU DON'T? OKAY. IT'S RECORDING. ALRIGHT, IT'S RECORDING. THANK FOR YOUR COMMENTS, SIR. IF, IF Y'ALL NEED ANYTHING FROM ME, FEEL FREE, UH, TO, WE CAN LET ME KNOW. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. THERE ARE NO FURTHER CARDS, MA'AM. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. [PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA] THE NEXT MATTER FOR CONSIDERATION IS APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA. THERE ARE SIX ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. ITEMS ONE THROUGH SIX. COMMISSIONER JOHN FEDCO. MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO CLOSE THE DISCUSSION, UH, ON THE PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA AND APPROVE ITEMS ONE THROUGH SIX A SECOND. WE NEED TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING IF THERE'S ANYBODY TO SPEAK. WE DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS, BUT WE AT LEAST NEED TO CALL IT. WE, I DON'T RECALL HAVING TO DO THAT BEFORE. OKAY. UM, ON THE PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT, UH, UH, AGENDA ITEMS, DO WE HAVE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THOSE ITEMS? AND THERE ARE NO CARDS TO FILL OUT, SO JUST TO KEEP IT ON THE RECORD THAT THERE'S NO PAGES. OKAY. YOU'RE, YOU'RE ADDING THAT. OKAY. SINCE THERE ARE NO COMMENTS ON THE, UM, SPEAKING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, WE'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND ACCEPT THE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER JOHN FKO TO APPROVE ITEMS ONE THROUGH SIX AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MICHELLE MADDEN. ALL IN [00:10:01] FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. [7. STP-24-07-0032 - Site Plan - Goodland Villages - Phase 1 (City Council District 6). Site Plan for a residential development with 54 Single Family Detached units and 122 Single Family Attached units on 34.86 Acres. Portions from two parcels (Parcel IDs 190600 & 284558) out of JOS Stewart Survey, Abstract No. 961, City of Grand Prairie, Ellis County, zoned PD-455, generally located south of Prairie Ridge Blvd and west of Old Fort Worth Rd] NEXT CASE, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. SO THE ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS A SITE PLAN, STP 24 0 7 0 0 3 2. THIS IS THE FIRST PHASE OF THE GOODLAND, UM, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS A SITE PLAN FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT TO THE SOUTH OF PRAIRIE RIDGE BOULEVARD AND TO THE WEST OF ALL, ALL FORT WORTH ROAD. THIS IS, UM, DESIGNED BASED ON THE RECENT ZONING APPROVAL, PD 4 55. THIS IS JUST KIND OF REMINDS YOU, UM, THIS RECENT ZONING BOUNDARY SHOWS THE MIXED, UH, MIXTURE OF DIFFERENT RESIDENTIAL HOMES THAT WERE PROPOSED AS PART OF THE CONCEPT PLAN. SO THE AREA OUTLINED WITH WHITE IS THE AREA THAT THEY'RE GETTING TRYING TO GET APPROVED FOR A DUPLEX TYPE HOMES AND SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED TYPE HOMES. THIS JUST KIND OF GENERALLY COMMUNICATE WHERE THE PROJECT WILL BE LOCATED. THIS IS WITH THE EXISTING PRAIRIE RIDGE PHASES AND THE 2 87 WITH THE PRAIRIE ROAD. THEY ARE PROPOSING A 54 SINGLE FAMILY DETACH UNIT, SO ONE UNIT ON EACH LOT. THEY'RE SEPARATED BY BUILDING SUB EX. THEY ARE PROPOSING A 61 LOTS WITH WHAT THEY'RE CALLING A PAIR HOME. BASICALLY A DUPLEX. EACH LOT WILL HAVE ONE BUILDING CONTAINING TWO UNITS. THEY ARE COMPLYING WITH THE DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENT PER THE PD 4 55. THEY ARE MEETING THE LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING REQUIREMENT, AS WELL AS AS PARKING AGREEMENT BY THE DEVELOPER AGREEMENT. AND THE PD 4 55. HERE ARE JUST FEW SIMPLE ELEVATIONS THAT WILL HAVE A LOT OF VARIETIES BECAUSE THIS ENTIRE AREA WILL HAVE A LOT OF MIXTURES. HOWEVER, THEY WANTED TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE SAMPLE MATERIALS, SO IT WILL BE MAJORITY MASONRY FINISHES. THEY WILL TRY TO CONTRAST BETWEEN THE DARKER ROOFS AND, UM, A LITTLE BIT DARKER DOORS AND OTHER WOOD FRAMES AND OTHER, UM, DECORATIVE ELEMENTS VERSUS LIGHTER TONE OR EARTH TONE. UH, BASICALLY BRICK STONES AND HARDY BOARD SIGHTINGS. THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. FIRST IS THAT THE COMMUNITY, MAIN STREET AND SECONDARY STREET BE PROVIDED AND BE ACCEPTED BY THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT BEFORE THE REMAINING PHASES. TREE MITIGATION PLAN BE PROVIDED AND APPROVED BY FOR ALL THE REMAINING PHASES AND THE PURPOSE WALKING TRAIL AND OTHER AMENITY BE CONSTRUCTED AND AVAILABLE BEFORE THE REMAINING PHASES ARE, UH, CONSTRUCTED. AND THE REQUIRED 25 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG OLD FORT WORTH STREET BE PROVIDED UNDER THE PRIVATE, UH, PROPERTY. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME? COMMISSIONERS ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? THIS ISN'T THE ITEM FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. UM, THANK YOU. JUNE, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? YES, MA'AM. WE HAVE ONE FROM THE APPLICANT. CHRISTIAN SOGI WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM. IT ALSO SAYS WE'LL SPEAK IF QUESTIONS. OKAY. THIS IS ITEM, UM, THIS IS IN DISTRICT SIX, UH, COMMISSIONERS. DO WE, WOULD WE LIKE, UH, ANY DISCUSSION WITH THE APPLICANT? ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE HAD A REALLY GOOD BOARD BRIEFING AND I THINK WE'RE GOOD ON THAT AS FAR AS I KNOW. DO WE NEED ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM BEFORE, UM, COMMISSIONER LUCKY, UH, MAKES A MOTION. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? NO. WE REALLY DID HAVE AN EXTENSIVE, UH, DISCUSSION IN THE BOARD BRIEFING AND EVERYTHING WAS EXPLAINED. THIS IS A VERY GOOD PROJECT AND IT'S REALLY GOOD FOR THE CITY. AND, UM, I THINK THAT, UM, WE'RE READY TO GO. UH, COMMISSIONER LUCKY VAUGHN. THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR. IS MY MIC ON? YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE ITEM NUMBER STP DASH 24 DASH SEVEN DASH 0 0 3 2 WITH THE, UM, STAFF AND PNZ RECOMMENDATIONS. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM SEVEN BY COMMISSIONER LUCKY VAUGHN, AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FRANK GONZALEZ, AS PER DRC. RECOMMENDATIONS. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. [8. ZON-24-04-0011 - Zoning Change – Dalworth Rezone (City Council District 1). Zoning Change from Office district (O) to General Retail (GR) on 0.64 acres. Tract 1D, Ford P H Survey Abstract 543, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, zoned Office (O) District, and addressed as 2406 Dalworth St] NEXT CASE, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. NEXT CASE IS A ZONE CHANGE. UH, ITEM EIGHT ZERO N 24 0 4 0 0 11 4 24 0 6 D STREET. SO THIS CAME CASE CAME FOR US, UH, VIA A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, AND THEY'RE WANTING TO MOVE IN FOR A HAIR SALON, WHICH IS, UH, GROOMING AND HYGIENE SALON IN OUR UDC LAND USE CHART. [00:15:01] AND THEY COULD NOT GET A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR THAT PARTICULAR USE IS BECAUSE CURRENTLY THE PROPERTY IS ZONED AS OFFICE, WHICH IS O FOR OFFICE. THE REQUESTED ZONING IS GENERAL RETAIL, WHICH WOULD ALLOW THEM TO PURSUE THEIR LAND USE. UH, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP CURRENTLY DESIGNATES THIS SITE AS COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICE, WHICH ALIGNS WITH THEIR PROPOSED OR REQUESTED USE. THIS IS THE STREET VIEW OF THE EXISTING BUILDING. THEY ARE NOT, UH, REQUESTING TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE EXISTING STRUCTURE. WE SENT OUT, UH, 12 LETTERS. WE RECEIVED ZERO IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED. UH, AND THE DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS CASE? OH, COMMISSIONER, UH, GONZALES? YES. THANK YOU ABDUL. JUST A QUICK, UH, FOLLOW UP THERE ON THE, I KNOW IT'S A ZONING THERE, BUT IN REGARDS, JUST TO THE, WITHOUT REALLY SEEING THE, THE LAYOUT, I'M ASSUMING THERE'S PLENTY OF PARKING. YES, I HAD A HIDDEN SLIDE. SOMETIMES THAT CAN BECOME A CHALLENGE AS WE KNOW. SO HERE, HERE'S THE PARKING MAP THAT THEY'VE PROVIDED, AND THAT IS AMPLE PARKING FOR THE USE THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING. OKAY. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. MATT? I WAS, I WAS ACTUALLY GONNA ASK ABOUT PARKING AS WELL, AND I WONDERED, UM, IF THE APPLICANT WAS HERE. UH, LEMME SEE. I AM NOT SURE IF THE APPLICANT IS HERE. WE DON'T HAVE A CARD FOR THE APPLICANT AT THIS TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . UH, SINCE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PARKING, HOW MANY, UH, UH, BUSINESSES ARE IN THAT FACILITY THERE? UH, A TOTAL OF TWO. AND THERE'S AN, I BELIEVE AN INSURANCE OFFICE IN THE NEXT SUITE OVER. SO THAT'S REALLY, IN PROXIMITY WISE, THERE ARE ONLY TWO, UH, BUSINESSES THERE. SO, BUT THAT LOOKS LIKE ABOUT WHAT, 15 12, 15 SPACES? I BELIEVE THERE'S 16 SPACES. 16 SPACES. SO I GUESS IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW BUSY THEY ARE. THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. ANY MORE, UH, QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU, ABDUL. THANK YOU. ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? THIS IS, UH, DISTRICT ONE COMMISSIONER DUCO? YES, MA'AM. WE DO HAVE A, YOU HAVE SPEAKER CARD? SPEAKER CARD, YES. OKAY. UH, WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER CAR FROM DAVID YIAN. I, UH, DAVID Y WILL BE ON 6 0 9 WEST SPRINGDALE LANE. I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL, UH, RATHER THAN CHANGING IT TO GENERAL RETAIL, TO CHANGE IT TO MIXED USE. UH, THIS ALLOWS MORE FLEXIBILITY, UH, IN THE FUTURE. UH, IF THERE'S EVER A NEED TO CONVERT IT TO SAY HOUSING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR SOME SORT OF, UM, CONVERSION OF, UH, PART HOUSING, PART BUSINESS, UH, I'M SURE THERE'S PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO TAKE, UH, ADVANTAGE OF THAT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE. AND SO THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION TO Y'ALL IS INSTEAD CREATE, UH, CREATE THE CHANGE TO MIXED USE, UM, UH, FOR THE ZONING. ADDITIONALLY, AS FAR AS THE PARKING, THEY PROBABLY JUST NEED HALF THAT PARKING, SO I, I WOULDN'T ENCOURAGE ANY SORT OF EXPANSION OF PARKING, THAT'S FOR SURE. UH, WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE CONCRETE IN THAT VICINITY. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . THANK YOU, SIR FOR YOUR COMMENTS. AS A CITIZEN, IT IS YOUR, UH, IT IS YOUR RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK. SO DO WE HAVE ANY COMMISSIONS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR? DAVID? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL THANK YOU. UH, I APPRECIATE YOU HEARING MM-HMM . THERE ARE NO FURTHER CARDS MA'AM. NO FURTHER CARDS FOR THIS ITEM. OKAY. UM, THIS IS, UM, MY DISTRICT, DISTRICT ONE. OKAY. ANY NO FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. COMMISSIONER JOHN FKO. MADAM CHAIR, NOW THAT YOU CAN BE SEEN ON THE VIDEO AND NOT . I'M SO TALL. I'M SO TALL. WELL, YEAH, YOU'RE NOT EXACTLY TALL TO BEGIN WITH, BUT NOW THAT YOU CAN BE SEEN, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON ITEM EIGHT FOR A ZONING CHANGE AND, UH, VOTE TO APPROVE FOR PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS. I SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM EIGHT BY COMMISSIONER JOHN FCO AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER TY CHAPMAN. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT [9. SUP-24-09-0039 - Specific Use Permit/Site Plan - Heavy Truck Parking at 4226 E Main (City Council District 5). SUP/Site Plan for a Heavy Truck Parking Facility on 38.0 acres. A portion of Lot 1, Block 1, and Lot 1, Block 2, Dallas Auto Auction Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Light Industrial (LI) and Heavy Industrial (HI), with an approximate address of 4226 E Main St] CASE, PLEASE. YES, THE ITEM NUMBER NINE IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT SLASH SITE PLAN REQUEST FOR A HEAVY TRUCK PARKING FACILITY AT 4 2 26 EAST MAIN STREET, SUP 24 0 9 0 0 3 9. [00:20:04] SO THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AS SHOWN TO THE E UH, NORTH OF EAST MAIN STREET, NORTH OF JEFFERSON STREET. THEY ARE REQUESTING A HEAVY TRUCK PARKING. THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL. THIS KIND OF GENERALLY COMMUNICATES WITH WHERE THEY ARE. SO I THIRTIES UP HERE. THIS IS EAST MAIN AND THAT'S EAST JEFFERSON. I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. SO THE SUP SIX 18, WHICH WAS APPROVED BACK IN THE NINETIES, IT WAS APPROVED FOR, UH, VEHICLE HOLDING YARD. SO IT COVERED ACTUALLY QUITE LARGE AREA. AND A FEW YEARS LATER THEY CAME BACK AND REQUESTED TO AMEND THE SUP TO ALLOW FOR AUTO SALVAGING AND CONTINUATION OF OPERABLE VEHICLE AND HOLDING YARD AND A FLEA MARKET AT THAT TIME. SO THE, UM, APPLICANT HAS PURCHASED THE PROPERTY A FEW YEARS AGO. THEY HAVE REDUCED THE VEHICLE HOLDING YARD DOWN TO WHAT IS SHOWN CURRENTLY, AND THEY ARE REQUESTING A NEW SUP FOR THE AREA SHOWN HERE ON THE EASTERN PORTION. SO THIS CYCLING SHOWS WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING. THEY'RE PROPOSING A PARKING SPACES THAT CAN CONTAIN ABOUT 900 OR SO, UM, LARGE TRUCKS. THE INTENT FOR THIS FACILITY IS TO LEASE IT TO A, UH, ONE OR, UH, MULTIPLE TRUCKING OR LOGISTICS COMPANIES TO STORE THEIR FLEET VEHICLES ONLY. THEY DO NOT INTEND ON OPERATING A, UH, INDIVIDUAL LEASING OF THE SPACES FOR, UM, INDIVIDUAL TRUCK OWNERS. THEY WANNA SIGN A CONTRACT WITH A FEW, UM, LEASERS AND THEY CAN, UM, PUT CERTAIN CRITERIA ON THEIR LEASE, SUCH AS THEY WANNA PROHIBIT ANY, UM, TRUCKER SLEEPING ON SITE. THEY WANNA PROHIBIT ANY TRUCK MOTEL, UM, SUCH USE. SO WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS TO, UM, PUT THAT IN THE LEASE AGREEMENT TO PROHIBIT THAT. SO THEY INTEND TO ALLOW 24 HOUR ACCESS BECAUSE SOME TRUCK, UH, TRUCK DRIVERS, THEY MAY NEED TO DRIVE PRIOR TO THE TRUCK. UH, REGULAR COMMUTE TRAFFIC STARTING. SO THEY INTEND TO HAVE A GUARD SHACK WITH SOME RESTAURANT FACILITIES AND THEY DO PLAN ON CONSTRUCTING A SIX FEET, UH, MASON SCREENING FENCE. WHAT IS SHOWN HERE IS A IMPROVEMENT THAT IS PROPOSED ON THE EXISTING DRIVEWAY. THE EXISTING DRIVEWAY WAS NEVER DESIGNED FOR A HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC. SO THEY ARE WORKING WITH AND OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TO PROPOSE SOME IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE THINGS THEY, THEY'RE REQUESTING. TWO VARIANCES. ONE IS THEY'RE REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW 25 FEET OF LANDSCAPING WITH NO STREET TREES. THEY DO HAVE SOME SHRUBS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA AND THE, UM, NEIGHBORING PROPERTY, THEY HAVE SOME AT THIS LOCATION. THEY JUST WANT TO CONTINUE THE ROADS OF SHRUB. THEY'RE ALSO ASKING FOR A VARIANCE TO ALLOW GRAVEL SURFACE. RIGHT NOW, THE CURRENT SURFACE IS KIND OF A MIXTURE OF PATCHES OF CONCRETE WITH, UH, PATCHES OF GRAVEL. THEY WANNA JUST, UH, BE ALLOWED TO HAVE GRAVEL ALL THROUGHOUT THE, UM, PARKING SURFACES. SO THIS IS THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE DRC COMMITTEE. WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS THAT THE NEW DRIVEWAY THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED AND ACCEPTED BY OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT BEFORE THEY CAN ACTUALLY START OPERATING AND OCCUPYING THIS LOCATION. WE'RE ASKING ALL THE AREAS THE VEHICLES ARE PARKED SHOULD BE PAVED WITH CONCRETE. THE CONCRETE IS CURRENTLY OUR UDC STANDARD. UM, WE ARE ASKING THE GUARD CHECK TO MEET THE SECONDARY FACADE REQUIREMENT. APPENDIX X, THAT'S JUST MAY, UM, JUST MAYME, WHICH ALLOWS STUCCO. UM, WE ARE ALSO ASKING FOR A CONDITION THAT LANDSCAPING SHALL BE PROVIDED BY BENDIX X REQUIREMENT. THIS CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION. THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND HE HAS PREPARED HIS OWN PRESENTATIONS AND CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. IS THERE ANY QUESTION FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME? COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR JUNE? I HAVE A QUESTION. COMMISSIONER ARI? YES. MM-HMM . UM, AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, WITH 18 WHEELERS, UM, COMES AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S WORKED INTO THIS OR, SO THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE PAVEMENT, THE CONCRETE. OKAY. TYPICALLY WITH GRAVEL, ACCORDING TO OUR, UH, CIVIL ENGINEERING STAFF, UM, THEY TYPICALLY RECOMMEND A KIND OF A LAYER OF LIKE A LINING. MM-HMM . LIKE A VINYL LINING, AND THEN PUT THE GRAVEL IF THEY'RE GOING TO SUPPORT SUCH, UH, VARIANCES, TYPICALLY THAT, SO WHAT THEY RECOMMEND RIGHT NOW WE'RE, UH, REQUESTING THIS TO BE PAVED WITH CONCRETE MM-HMM . AND THEN FROM THERE THEY'D PROBABLY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OIL SPILLS OR, CORRECT. CORRECT. IT WILL HAVE TO BE ALL, I'M NOT AN ENGINEER, BUT I KNOW THEY TYPICALLY HAVE TO DESIGN THE DRAINAGE A CERTAIN WAY SO THAT THEY CAN HANDLE ALL THAT BEFORE IT GOES INTO, UM, ANY SEWER LINES. MM-HMM . THOSE ARE, THOSE ALL CAN BE HANDLED IF THE, SO RIGHT NOW THE REQUEST IS FOR THE USED TO BE ALLOWED, IF THE SUP FOR THIS HEAVY TRUCK PARKING USE [00:25:01] WAS ALLOWED, THEY WILL HAVE TO PROCEED WITH CIVIL ENGINEERING PLANS. RIGHT. AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND REST ALL THOSE THINGS. WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS, HEY, WE WANT THIS VARIANCE TO BE GRANTED BY CITY COUNCIL TO PAY GRAVEL. THEN THEY CAN DESIGN PER GRAVEL. IF P AND Z RECOMMENDS AND THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVES WITH CONDITION FOR CONCRETE, THEN THEY'LL HAVE TO MEET THAT CONCRETE STANDARD. GOOD QUESTION. COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER, UH, CHAPMAN. HI. JUNE. HELLO. UM, YOU, YOU SAID SIX FEET ON THE SCREENING FENCE. YES. IS THERE ANY, UM, IS THERE ANY KIND OF VARIANCE THAT WE COULD DO AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE INSTEAD? 'CAUSE I'M, I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT HOW WE'RE GONNA SEE THAT COMING IN FROM THE STREET. SURE. THAT IS ACTUALLY AN OPTION. UM, I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING BECAUSE TYPICALLY THE HEIGHT OF THE TRUCKS, MY UNDERSTANDING IS TYPICALLY 13 FEET AND, UM, THE SITE IS ACTUALLY SUNKEN THEN THE MAIN STREET. SO, UM, THAT WILL HAVE TO BE INCLUDED AS THE MAYBE CONDITION FIVE. AND WE CAN ADD THAT ON IF, UM, COMMISSIONER NURSE WANTS TO MAKE THAT MOVE. UM, YES. MM-HMM . I DO HAVE A, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. UH, WITH REGARD TO THE, THIS FACILITY WILL BE 980 FEET, 85, UH, VEH. I MEAN VEHICLES. THAT'S, THAT'S VERY DENSE TO ME. AND WOULD THEY BE EVER CONSIDER HAVING MORE THAN ONE, UH, GUARD, UH, WHAT IS IT? UM, A GUARD SHACK HAVE ONE MAYBE IN THE BACK OR NEAR THE CENTER BECAUSE THAT'S ONE SHACK BEING ABLE TO MANAGE THAT MANY VEHICLES. I JUST DON'T SEE IT. SURE. I DON'T THINK THEY NARROWED THE NARROW DOWN THE GUARD NUMBER OF GUARDS TO ONE. I THINK IT'S JUST THAT THEY WANT TO BUILD ONE FACILITY BECAUSE THAT WAY THEY CAN CONNECT ALL THE WATER AND SEWER THERE FOR ANY RESTROOM FACILITIES OR ANY, YOU KNOW, ELECTRICALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT APPLICANT CAN ANSWER. MM-HMM . OKAY. THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I HAD, AND I NOTICED IF YOU GO BACK TO THE SCREEN WITH IT SHOWED THE, THE FRONT OF THE FACILITY WITH THE SHRUBS. YES. AND I, IF THAT IS WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING, I WOULD ASSUME THAT IT'S GONNA BE BETTER THAN THAT. 'CAUSE THOSE SHRUBS THAT THEY HAVE IN FRONT OF THE GATE, TO ME, THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. RIGHT. SO I, BEING HONEST WITH YOU, THESE ARE FROM, UH, PICTURES FROM JANUARY STREET VIEW. SO I'M SURE, UM, WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING ON DOING IS HAVE A FULL SHRUBS MM-HMM . OKAY. BUT, UM, THEY'RE NOT PROVIDING ANY CHIEF. OKAY. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . YES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JIM? THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. SPEAKER CARDS? YES MA'AM. I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE APPLICANT PRESENT. THERE ARE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE CHECKED OFF THE BOX THAT THEY'RE THE SPOKESPERSON, DANIEL GLASSER AND PAISLEY BONY. HELLO. YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. DAN GLAZER. UH, 2 61 FIFTH AVENUE. NEW YORK. NEW YORK. HI, I AM PAISLEY BONY, UH, 1 27 ESSEX ROAD IN BOSTON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING. GOOD EVENING. UH, WE'RE THE TWO PRINCIPLES OF IG LOGISTICS. UM, FIRST OFF, JUST WANT TO THANK JUNE SIN FOR ALL OF OUR HELP IN GUIDING US THROUGH THIS PROPOSAL. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR A VERY LONG TIME. UM, WE ARE A REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT COMPANY THAT OWNS THESE TYPES OF PROPERTIES NATIONALLY. UH, WE HAVE A BIG PRESENCE IN DALLAS AND FORT WORTH, UH, FOUR PROPERTIES HERE. UM, AND, UM, ALL OF OUR PROPERTIES AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE, YOU KNOW, HAVE A CERTAIN AESTHETIC, CERTAIN CREDIT TYPE, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO ATTRACT NATIONAL CREDIT TYPE TENANTS. MOSTLY, YOU KNOW, TRUCKING LOGISTICS COMPANIES WITH LARGE FLEETS. JUNE, DO I HIT THIS BUTTON TO YES. MM-HMM . OKAY, SORRY. YEAH, SO THIS IS A PAGE THAT JUST WALKS THROUGH A COUPLE OF EXAMPLE PROPERTIES THAT WE OWN. SO WE OWN A LARGE SITE THAT'S VERY COMPARABLE TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THIS IS IN DENVER, COLORADO. IT'S 35 ACRES, MOSTLY, UH, TRUCK PARKING AT LEASED TO SEVERAL LARGE CREDIT COMPANIES. UM, AKIN TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE IN, UM, GRAND PRAIRIE. UM, JUST BY WAY OF BACKGROUND QUICKLY, AND JUNE DID A GREAT JOB WITH THIS ALREADY, BUT THE TOP PICTURE WAS THE EXISTING SITE. WHEN WE ACQUIRED IT IN 2021, IT WAS LEASED TO A, UH, ONE COMPANY THAT WAS AN AUTO AUCTION COMPANY THAT USED IT FOR SALVAGE, UH, THAT COMPANY DOWNSIZED, UM, IN EARLY 2023. SO THAT WE HAVE A DELINEATION IN THE SITE BETWEEN THE WEST AND THE EAST ON THE WEST SIDE THAT CONTINUE TO OPERATE THE AUTO SALVAGE. AND ON THE EAST SIDE, WE HAVE, UM, THE MAJORITY OF THE VACANT SPACE THERE. UM, THIS IS JUST FOR CONTEXT IN TERMS OF THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD. OBVIOUSLY IT'S HEAVILY INDUSTRIAL. THERE ARE SEVERAL AUTO, UM, SALVAGE OPERATIONS, UH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER INDUSTRIAL USES IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY. UM, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR PROPOSAL, UH, AND I'LL TALK TO A COUPLE OF THE POINTS, BUT, UH, THIS SITE IS WITHIN A FLOOD ZONE. SO THERE'S VERY LIMITED, UM, DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY IN TERMS OF VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT, UM, BECAUSE OF THE DEPTH BELOW THE EXISTING FLOODPLAIN. SO WE THINK THE HIGHEST BEST USE IS SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF, UH, THIS HEAVY TRUCK PARKING ALTERNATIVE USES WOULD BE THE AL SALVAGE, UH, OR OTHER INDUSTRIAL USES THAT ARE PERMITTED HERE. UM, BUT WE THINK THAT THE BEST [00:30:01] OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FOR THESE HIGHER CREDIT TENANTS WOULD BE THIS, UM, TRUCK PARKING OPERATION. UM, WE, UH, AS JUNE MENTIONED, UM, THE INTENT HERE IS FOR THIS TO BE, UH, UH, HEAVILY SECURE. UH, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING NEW FENCING, UH, CAMERAS. WE WILL HAVE GUARD STATION. THE GUARD STATION WILL BE MANNED BY MORE THAN ONE PERSON, MOST LIKELY. UH, THAT DEPENDS ON HOW THE TENANTS ACTUALLY WANT TO MAN. AND THE MAJORITY OF THE TENANTS WE'VE BEEN SPEAKING TO ARE, ARE VERY INTERESTED IN THE PROPERTY 'CAUSE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT SECURITY. UH, THESE ARE TENANTS THAT'LL BE RE RELOCATING FROM OTHER PLACES WITHIN THE DALLAS MARKETPLACE WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. SO WE DO FEEL LIKE THAT'LL BE A, UH, A HEAVY IMPORTANT FACT FOR MOST OF THE TENANTS. UH, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING OTHER IMPROVEMENTS AS JUNE MENTIONED. UH, RIGHT NOW THE SITE FROM MAIN STREET TO THE SERVICE ROAD HAS A VERY STEEP DECLINE. IF YOU CAN SEE ON THIS, UM, CLOSE-UP IMAGE, WE'RE ENVISIONING, UH, THAT THE ENTRANCE OFF OF MAIN STREET WOULD BE REGRADED AND REPAID. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE TWO, UH, EXISTING ENTRANCES INTO THE VACANT SPOT WOULD BECOME ONE SO THAT YOU CAN GO STRAIGHT INTO IT AND HAVE A MORE, UH, UH, UH, SOFTER SLOPE INTO THAT SPACE. UM, AND THAT WOULD PROVIDE FOR EASIER ACCESS, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE TURNING OFF OF MAIN STREET. UM, SO THAT WOULD MAKE THE TRAFFIC A LITTLE MORE FLUID THERE. UM, I THINK, UH, AND THIS IS PROBABLY MISCOMMUNICATION ON OUR FRONT WITH JUNE, WE ARE FINE TO DO, UH, THE 30 FEET SETBACK FOR LANDSCAPING AND WE'RE FINE TO DO A EIGHT FOOT MASONRY WALL, IF THAT WOULD BE BETTER FOR YOU GUYS. AND WE'RE ALSO FINE TO PUT TREES IN AS WELL. WE WANT THE SITE TO LOOK AS GOOD AS IT CAN. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S TO OUR BENEFIT. UM, IT HELPS US ATTRACT TENANTS. SO, UH, ANY SORT OF, ANY SORT OF AESTHETIC THINGS LIKE THAT WE'RE MORE THAN WILLING TO DO. UM, ON THE PAVING, I THINK WHAT WE WOULD LOVE TO DO IS THE SITE ACTUALLY HAS 20 ACRES OF EXISTING CONCRETE. UH, IT'S NOT LIKE A PATCH. IT'S THE WHOLE EASTERN SIDE OF THE SITE IS CONCRETE, AND THE REST OF THE SITE IS, UH, MINIMUM EIGHT INCH DEPTH, UH, HEAVILY COMPACTED SOIL. SO, UH, THE EXISTING USER OBVIOUSLY OPERATED HERE FOR 20 YEARS AND THEY WERE VERY FOCUSED ON THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THIS YARD. SO THE SITE RIGHT NOW HAS, HAS VERY STRONG, UH, UNDERLYING, UH, CONDITIONS FOR THE SURFACE. WHAT WE'D LOVE TO DO IS, UM, I THINK THAT THE GRAND PRAIRIE ORDINANCE PROVIDES FOR, UH, ALTERNATIVE PAVEMENT SOLUTIONS FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL USES. ASIDE FROM PURE CONCRETE, UH, WE'VE HAD A BUNCH OF DISCUSSIONS WITH ENGINEERING AND WITH ENVIRONMENTAL ABOUT THE EXISTING CONDITION. UM, AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HOPEFULLY, INSTEAD OF CONDITIONING THIS, UH, THIS APPROVAL OR THIS VOTE ON MEETING THE CONCRETE, WE WOULD LOVE TO JUST HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO CONTINUE DIALOGUING WITH ENGINEERING TO SEE IF THERE'S A SOLUTION THAT, UM, INVOLVES SOMETHING MORE AKIN TO WHAT'S ON THE EXISTING SITE, UH, WITH POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, AN ASPHALT COVER ON SOMETHING ON TOP OF THAT TO HELP PROVIDE, UM, MORE STRUCTURE TO IT. UM, IF WE DON'T DO THAT, IT JUST BECOMES A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED GIVEN THE FLOOD ZONE OF RIPPING EVERYTHING OUT AND START IT FROM SCRATCH. UM, BUT ALSO THE INTEGRITY OF THE EXISTING CONDITION IS VERY STRONG. SO, UM, I KNOW YOU GUYS HAD SOME OTHER QUESTIONS, BUT I CAN'T REALLY REMEMBER IF I'VE ADDRESSED THEM ALL. UM, JUST, JUST WANNA ADD ONE MORE THING. WHAT YOU SEE HERE, UM, IN REGARDS TO THIS DRIVEWAY. PLANS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO TXDOT. WE'RE PRETTY FAR ALONG AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HOPING FOR AN APPROVAL, UM, IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO, YOU KNOW, GET THAT DONE. YEAH. WE'VE HAD LIKE FIVE ROUNDS OF COMMENTS WITH THEM, SO WE'RE EXPECTING APPROVAL IN A DAY. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT, THE PRESENTATION. WE REALLY NEEDED THAT 'CAUSE I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED. YEAH. BUT DO YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF A FACILITY WITH A, A, A BETTER PICTURE OF THE DRIVE OUT OF A FINISHED FACILITY WITH THAT MINI, ARE YOU SAYING NOT THIS ONE, BUT A ANOTHER PROPERTY? YEAH, THAT'S ALREADY, I MEAN, I CAN GET YOU BETTER PICTURES OF, UM, I CAN'T REALLY ZOOM IN ON THIS, BUT IF YOU CAN LOOK AT THE PROJECT UP THERE ON THE BOTTOM LEFT. MM-HMM . UM, YOU CAN SEE I CAN'T REALLY WALK UP THERE, BUT, UH, THERE'S A GATED ENTRANCE, THE WHOLE PARKING AREA KIND OF TO THIS SIDE OF, TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT IMAGE. MM-HMM . IS, UM, SET BY A GATE THERE. SO WE WOULD HAVE A SIMILAR OPERATION TO THAT. THAT PROPERTY ACTUALLY DOESN'T HAVE A, A GUARD STATION. WE HAVE A MANAGEMENT OFFICE IN THE OFFICE BUILDING IN THE BACK. SO WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT CAN WALK THE SITE WHENEVER THERE'S ISSUES. UM, AND THAT SITE IS ALSO, UH, CAMERA SECURED AND LIT AND IT HAS A LARGE, UH, I THINK AN EIGHT FOOT TALL FENCE WITH, UM, BARBED WIRE ON TOP OF IT. SO IT'S VERY SECURE. OKAY. COMMISSIONER MADDEN. OKAY. UM, COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. WHO ARE YOUR CURRENT, LIKE WHAT'S YOUR IDEAL CLIENT? WHO ARE TYPICAL CLIENTS? THERE'S ALL SORTS OF LOGISTICS COMPANIES THAT DO THIS SORT OF OPERATION. MM-HMM . I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, UH, AMAZON'S A BIG USER. THAT WOULD BE SOMEONE THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE INTERESTED IN THIS SITE. AT THIS TENANT WE HAVE, UH, MACIA VALLEY, WHO'S ALSO A BIG, UH, LOGISTICS USER, A CERTI. UM, IT COULD BE FEDEX, IT COULD BE UPS. SO IT COULD BE SPRINTER VANS ALL THE WAY TO SEMIS. YES. YEAH. OKAY. YES. OKAY. AND THEN, UM, CURIOUS TO KNOW, UM, IF YOU WERE REQUIRED TO DO CONCRETE ACROSS THE REST OF IT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD DETER YOU FROM CONTINUING? I'M JUST CURIOUS. I THINK IT JUST MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO DO IN TERMS OF, UM, [00:35:01] RIPPING OUT THE SUBSURFACE MM-HMM . AND PUTTING IT IN WITH THE FLOOD PLAIN ISSUE. UM, IF IT WAS A REQUIREMENT AND ENGINEERING ULTIMATELY SAID YOU HAD TO DO THIS, I THINK WE COULD FIGURE IT OUT. UM, BUT IDEALLY WE WOULD HAVE SOME MORE OPPORTUNITY. WE'VE ENGAGED A GEOTECH STUDY. WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET THAT FINISHED IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO. JUST HAVE A DIALOGUE WITH THEM ABOUT THE CONDITION AND WHAT SORT OF MIDDLE GROUND SOLUTIONS THERE ARE FOR, UM, THAT TYPE OF A ARE YOU, ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU THINK THE WATER TABLE IS SO CLOSE THAT IF YOU WERE TO DIG THAT UP, THAT YOU WOULD HAVE WATER? NO. NO, IT'S NOT. I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU MEANT. NO, NO. IT'S NOT THE MATTER OF THE WATER TABLE. THE MORE FILL YOU PUT INTO A SITE MM-HMM. IT MEANS YOU HAVE TO TAKE, FILL OUT FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE ON THE SITE. SO IT JUST REDUCES THE OVERALL SIZE OF THE SITE. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN. HELLO. GOOD EVENING. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING GRAND PRAIRIE OF, FOR THIS PROJECT. OF COURSE. UM, COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. LOOKING AT YOUR DENVER SITE. OKAY. HOW MANY VEHICLES DOES THAT? 34.4 ACRES ACTUALLY HOLD. SO THE SITE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE IS PROBABLY, I WOULD SAY, UH, JUST AN EASIER METRIC IS AROUND 20 TO 20, 20 TO 30 TRUCKS PER ACRE IS TYPICALLY WHAT YOU PARK IN THESE TYPES OF SITES. OKAY. SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, I THINK THIS IS 30 ACRES, SO THAT, THAT MAKES SENSE. IT'S AROUND 30 TRUCKS PER ACRE. OKAY. SO, AND I SHOULD HAVE STRESS, I APOLOGIZE, I SHOULD HAVE STRESS THIS, BUT MOST OF THESE DRIVERS, THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE NO INTEREST IN DRIVING IN TRAFFIC. SO THESE ARE FOLKS THAT COME EARLY AND THEY COME LATE, UH, AND THEY'LL OFTEN PICK UP A TRUCK, PUT THEIR CAR IN THAT SPACE, DRIVE AWAY FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, WEEKS, MAYBE LONGER THAN THAT, COME BACK AND TAKE THEIR CAR AWAY. GOT IT. SO FROM A TRAFFIC PERSPECTIVE, IT'S, UM, IT, IT'S NOT NEARLY AS DENSE AS IT MIGHT SOUND. OKAY. AND THEN WITH THE GUARD SHACK, IS THAT JUST RESTROOMS OR IS IT LIKE RESTROOMS WITH SHOWERS? WHAT IS IT? UH, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GO AWAY FROM SHOWERS 'CAUSE WE DON'T WANNA INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE TO STAY IN THE TRUCKS. I LOVE IT. WE LIKELY WOULD JUST HAVE BATHROOMS AND ENOUGH SPACE FOR THE GUARDS TO SIT AND, UM, UH, YEAH. OR ORIGINALLY OUR PLAN WAS JUST KIND OF GUARD SHACK WITH A PLACE FOR SOMEONE TO SIT AND, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, MANIFEST, BE ABLE TO YEAH. MANIFESTATION. THEN WE WERE TOLD THAT WE HAD TO HAVE A BATHROOM, SO THAT'S WHY WE ADDED THE RESTROOM, YOU KNOW, FOR CODE. AND MY LAST QUESTION, IS IT JUST ONE, I MEAN, HOW DO YOU, I'M THINKING PROBABLY SO MASS EXACTLY. I WANT ONE ON THE NORTH SIDE, THE SIDE. DO YOU HAVE MULTIPLE LITTLE, SO A LOT OF, A LOT OF THESE FACILITIES DON'T EVEN HAVE A GUARD SHACK. THE REASON FOR THE GUARD SHACK IS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE CODE CALLS FOR. YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON WHO WE LEASE THIS PROPERTY TO, WHETHER IT'S ONE, YOU KNOW, COMPANY THAT WE MENTIONED LEASES THE WHOLE THING, OR MAYBE IT'S THREE OF THEM, THEN WE DIVIDE IT UP. EACH ONE OF THOSE COMPANIES IS GONNA HAVE THEIR OWN SECURITY IN PLACE. GOT IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. GOOD QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER MADDEN. HI, YOU, YOU BROUGHT UP SOMETHING THAT'S INTERESTING TO ME. SO YOU, IF YOU WERE TO, UM, IF YOU WERE TO LEASE THE PROPERTY, YOU WOULD NO LONGER BE MANAGING THE INS AND OUTS AND ESPECIALLY I'D BE CURIOUS TO KNOW IF YOU HAD MULTIPLE LEASE HOLDERS WHO, WHO'S IN CHARGE? I'M JUST CURIOUS. OH, WE ULTIMATELY MANAGE OUR OWN PROPERTIES FROM A PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE. MM-HMM . SO WE WOULD HAVE, WE HAVE FOUR PROPERTIES IN DALLAS, SO WE TYPICALLY WOULD HAVE EITHER A REGIONAL PERSON OR SOMEONE THAT JUST SORT OF AROUND AND GOES TO VISIT THE PROPERTIES. OKAY. BUT AS DAN MENTIONED, THESE TENANTS WANT THIS SITE BECAUSE OF SECURITY, SO THEY'RE GONNA GO MOST LIKELY OVERBOARD ON, ON THEIR OWN SECURITY. IF IT WAS MULTIPLE TENANTS. EACH TENANT IS GONNA HAVE ITS OWN SECURE FENCED OFF AREA WITH EVEN ITS OWN ELECTRONIC GATE, PAST THE MAIN GATE. OH. SO, YOU KNOW, SECURITY IS THE MAIN, YOU KNOW, OKAY. IS THE MAIN THING HERE. SO THERE'D BE SOME IMPERIUM CONTRACTOR OR EMPLOYEE AT THE GATE, THE MAIN GATE, BUT YOU GOT, THEY WOULD HAVE THEIR OWN SECURITY ELSEWHERE. YOU KNOW, IT REALLY JUST DEPENDS ON, YOU KNOW, WHO WE LEASE THIS TO AGAIN. OKAY. IF ONE COMPANY LEASES THE WHOLE THING, THEN IT'D BE THEM. THEY MIGHT SAY, GUYS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR OWN TEAM IN PLACE. OKAY. UM, BUT THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM A LOT OF THESE NATIONAL COMPANIES WHO ARE CURRENTLY OPERATING, YOU KNOW, IN DALLAS-FORT WORTH, IS THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN OUR SITE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BUILD A NEW, YOU KNOW, SECURE FACILITY. EVEN SOME HAVE CALLED IT BUILD A FORT KNOX BECAUSE THEY'RE HAVING A LOT OF ISSUES IN OTHER LOCATIONS. MM-HMM . WHERE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THEFT. RIGHT. YOU'VE GOT THE POND IN THE RAILROAD KIND OF BLOCKING. THAT'S ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, INTERESTING THING FOR OUR SITE, IF YOU, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT IT, YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, TO THE EAST, NOTHING, IT'S JUST VACANT LAND AND TO THE NORTH YOU HAVE THE POND OR THE LAKE. UM, SO REALLY, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY AREA THAT HAS TO BE REALLY SECURED IS, YOU KNOW, MAIN STREET. MM-HMM . MM-HMM . THANK YOU. THESE ARE VERY GOOD QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONERS. UM, IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL PERSON HERE OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PERSON? NO. I WAS JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHAT THEY THOUGHT ABOUT, UH, YOUR, YOUR CONCERN WITH REGARD TO WHETHER OR NOT TO USE CONCRETE ALL THE WAY I GO THROUGH [00:40:01] THE MIDDLE, MIDDLE ROUTE. BUT I GUESS YOU'LL GO THROUGH THAT WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THAT WITH, WE HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HERE WHO CAN SPEAK TO THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT. 'CAUSE WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT YOU WANNA COMPLY WITH EVERYTHING, BUT I KNOW COST IS A, IS A CONCERN AS WELL. YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT. HEY, HOW'S IT GOING? MM-HMM . GOOD. MM-HMM . RYAN, WE SPOKE TO RYAN MANY TIMES. . YES. SO, UM, I'M GLAD FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO, UH, ANSWER THE QUESTION. SO THEY, IT'S KIND OF A CATCH 22 FOR THIS SITE BECAUSE IT'S IN THE FLOODPLAIN. THE, THE GROUND IS ABOUT FOUR FEET LOWER THAN THE FLOOD ELEVATION FROM WHAT WE, WE MANAGED TO THE A HUNDRED YEAR EVENT. SO IF IT WAS A, A BUILDING OR A STRUCTURE, THEY WOULD, UM, HAVE TO ELEVATE THE FINISH FLOOR AT LEAST TWO FEET HIGHER THAN THAT. WE ALSO HAVE A STANDARD FOR PARKING LOTS, WHICH IS ONE FEET HIGHER THAN THE BASE FLOOD ELEVATION. SO THE DIFFICULT THING ABOUT, UM, THIS PARKING AREA IS IF YOU IMPROVE IT, UM, ACROSS THE BOARD, THEN YOU'D HAVE TO ELEVATE THE WHOLE SITE ABOUT FIVE FEET, WHICH IS CHALLENGING. MM-HMM . BUT BY KEEPING THAT, THAT UNDER, YOU KNOW, THAT SUBGRADE LAYER AS IT IS, YOU, YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT SO MUCH RIPPING OUT AND, AND REPLACING AND IMPROVING. YOU'RE MORE, IT'S MORE OF A, AN IMPROVEMENT OR A REPAIR, UH, MAKING IT MORE USABLE. MM-HMM . UM, SO IT IS, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF TRICKY, BUT JUST TO KINDA GIVE YOU THAT PERSPECTIVE MM-HMM . UM, IF THEY WERE TO, WE USUALLY LOOK AT PARKING LOTS SIMILAR TO WE DO A BUILDING MM-HMM . LIKE A BUILDING THAT'S ALREADY IN THE FLOODPLAIN. IF YOU'RE GOING TO RE REPAIR IT OR IMPROVE IT MORE THAN 50% OF MARKET VALUE, THEN IT HAS TO COME UP TO THE CURRENT STANDARDS OR CURRENT CODE. UM, AND THAT MEANS ELEVATING IT ON FILL, YOU KNOW, DEMOLISHING YOUR, YOUR EXISTING HOUSE AND, AND, AND THEN BY BEING FLAT, YOU KNOW, THE WATER, WHEN IT STARTS TO RAIN, THE DRAINAGE AND ALL OF THAT, THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER CONCERN AS WELL. RIGHT. THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT. THAT'S MORE, YOU KNOW, WEARING OUR ENGINEERING HAT VERSUS OUR FLOODPLAIN HAT. MM-HMM . BUT THE ENGINEERING HAT IS YES. WHEN YOU PAVE IT, YOU'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL RUNOFF WHEN IT RAINS MM-HMM . THAT IT WOULD NEED TO BE ADDRESSED TO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T HAVE NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO, UM, YOU KNOW, AN EROSION TO THE GROUND DOWNSTREAM OR TO THE CREEK THAT RECEIVES IT ULTIMATELY. OKAY. I THINK COMMISSIONER MADDEN HAD A QUESTION. SO IS THE WAY THE RECOMMENDATION, RECOMMENDATION WRITTEN IS THAT, IS THAT COUNTER THE POSSIBILITY OF THEM USING THIS? I MEAN, LIKE, IF THEY'RE HAVING, IF THEY'RE REQUIRED TO REPAIR, RAISE WHATEVER, MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS, THEN IT PRETTY MUCH, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULD KNOCK THEM OUT OF BEING ABLE TO USE IT. SO I THINK THERE, IT, IN MY OPINION, IT FEELS LIKE WE SHOULD GIVE SOME LEEWAY AND MAYBE IF I WERE GONNA MAKE A MOTION, STRIKE THE PORTION ABOUT THE CONCRETE TO LEAVE IT FOR DISCUSSION. BUT THAT'S JUST ME. IT'S 'CAUSE JUST BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, YOU ARE NOT SAYING IT, BUT I'M JUST THINKING YEAH. I'M JUST SHARING, SHARING MORE FACTS MAYBE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. WE APPRECIATE, WE'LL, APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH. YEAH. I THINK ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ONE MORE. UH, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. YES. UH, QUESTION AGAIN. CORRECT. OKAY. ARE THERE, I'M ASSUMING THERE'S ALTERNATIVES, THERE'S OPTIONS HERE TO WORK THROUGH THIS, CORRECT? YEAH. SO, SO IF, WHAT SUGGESTIONS IF, UH, THE COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL WERE TO APPROVE GRAVEL? JUST LIKE WAS MENTIONED, WHAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND IS, IS AN UNDERLAYMENT, WHICH IN, IN A SENSE IT'S ALSO IMPERVIOUS BECAUSE IT'LL GO THROUGH THE GRAVEL JUST FINE, BUT IT'LL HIT THE IMPERVIOUS MEMBRANE. BUT FROM THERE, WHAT THAT, WHAT WE USUALLY DO IS HAVE THAT GO TO A HOLDING POND, AND BEFORE IT GOES INTO THE POND, IT WOULD GO THROUGH WHAT THEY CALL AN OIL WATER SEPARATOR. AND IT CAN ALSO REMOVE TRASH. AND SO IN A WAY IT CAN ACTUALLY PROVIDE BETTER CLEANSING TO THAT WATER BEFORE IT GOES TO THE CREEK. THEN IF IT IS EVEN CONCRETE, THE REASON WE DON'T REQUIRE THAT FOR CONCRETE IS BECAUSE, UH, THEORETICALLY YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE TIME TO GO OUT THERE AND CLEAN UP A SPILL, UM, BEFORE IT RAINS OR WHATNOT. BUT THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN. BUT WITH AN UNDERLAYMENT AND A WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, YOU USUALLY HAVE BETTER WATER QUALITY. THANK YOU. I THINK COMM COMMISSIONER ARI, DID YOU HAVE IT? WERE YOU, DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION OR WAS IT I DID, BUT , YOU GONNA SAVE IT? ? NO. UM, BECAUSE IT WAS A, A SALVAGE YARD BEFORE, RIGHT? UH, I DON'T KNOW. YES, THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S BEEN A SALVAGE YARD FOR 20 YEARS. YEAH, RIGHT. ALMOST 30 YEARS. WOULDN'T YOU HAVE, I MEAN, I GUESS, WAS IT BECAUSE IT, IT'S SO OLD. IT WAS DONE A LONG TIME AGO. THOSE REQUIREMENTS JUST POSSIBLY WEREN'T THERE. I THINK IT WAS THERE AS PART OF THE SP APPROVAL BACK IN 19 8 98. MM-HMM . BUT I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS FOLLOWED UP AND CHECKED ON IT, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. 'CAUSE I THINK THAT WHOLE AREA THAT'S [00:45:01] COVERED WITH THE CARS ON THE TOP PICTURE, I DON'T THINK THAT'S NECESSARILY WHAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVED. THEY WANTED TO SEE A SITE PLAN. THEY WANTED TO SEE WATER, LIKE FLOOD PLAIN TREATMENT PLAN AS PART OF THE SUP APPROVAL FOR THE 6 84 THAT'S IN PLACE. THERE'S NO RECORD OF IT ALL. IT'S BEEN 20 YEARS. WE'RE NOT SURE IF SOMETHING ACTUALLY HAPPENED AND IT JUST, YOU KNOW, DUE IT'S DISSIPATED OR IT WAS NEVER DONE. JUST TO BE CLEAR THOUGH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURE, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE AREA IS DELINEATED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE VACANT SPACE. YOU CAN ALMOST SEE WHERE IT KIND OF MARKS. THAT'S ALL CONCRETE. THAT'S 20 ACRES OF CONCRETE ON THAT EASTERN SIDE ALREADY. SO THAT EXISTS AS CONCRETE. THE PART THAT, AND IT'S NOT REALLY GRAVEL, IT'S MORE LIKE A HEAVILY COMPACTED ROAD BASE IS THE PART ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE VACANT PIECE. UM, SO I DON'T, I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK WE'RE ASKING FOR, FOR GRAVEL PER SE. ULTIMATELY, WE'RE GONNA DO WHATEVER WE HAVE TO DO TO COMPLY WITH CODE. MM-HMM . BUT I THINK WE'RE JUST SAYING THAT THE EXISTING CONDITION, UM, AND WORKING WITH RYAN, THERE MIGHT BE ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO, UH, MEDIATE AWAY FROM CONCRETE FOR THE, FOR THE OTHER 20 ACRES, BUT ALSO PROTECT FOR MM-HMM . SOME OF THE THINGS THAT RYAN WAS MENTIONING. THANK YOU FOR THAT, THAT DETAIL. WE NEEDED THAT. BUT FOR THE SAKE OF ARGUMENT, UH, RASHAD OR SAVANNAH WOULD BE OUR EXPERTS ON MAKING SURE OF WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING HERE. I'LL SAY, JUST BASED ON STAFF'S, THE INFORMATION STAFF HAD, AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF THE REVIEW, THE REASON WHY WE MADE THAT RECOMMENDATION IS 'CAUSE IT'S CITY CODE AND WE DON'T HAVE THE DETAILED, IT TALKED ABOUT GEOTECHNICALS AND ALL THAT STUFF. SO WE DON'T HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION, BUT THEY ARE WORKING ON THAT AND THEIR ASK IS FOR SOME TYPE OF EXCEPTION. MM-HMM . WHAT WE COULD DO IS AMEND THE RECOMMENDATION TO SAY VEHICLES ARE PARKED, UH, ON PAVED WITH CONCRETE PA ALL AREAS WHERE VEHICLES ARE PARKED SHOULD BE PAVED WITH CONCRETE PROCEEDED STANDARDS UNLESS OTHERWISE APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL OR ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT STAFF. HMM, THAT SOUNDS GOOD. UH, SOMETHING IN THAT VEIN THAT, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A REASONABLE, UM, RESPONSE. I MEAN, I DON'T, I I HOPE THAT YOU WROTE THAT DOWN BECAUSE I DID NOT, BUT I, IT SOUNDS LIKE, UH, SOMETHING THAT, THAT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS AND, UH, WE, WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE WE DO WHAT'S RIGHT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE CITIZENS OF GRAND PRAIRIE. SO I THINK THAT WE'RE MAKING SOME HEADWAY HERE. UH, COMMISSIONER FEDCO, YOU HAD A CONCERN. I DID IT, BUT I THINK RASHAD ANSWERED IT. 'CAUSE IF WE WERE GONNA ESSENTIALLY PUNT THIS THING ABOUT THE CONCRETE, IT SOUNDS LIKE IF WE DO PUNT IT THE WAY, THE WAY THAT YOUR PERSPECTIVE MOTION READ IT WAS GONNA BE RESOLVED BY EITHER CITY COUNCIL OR WHATEVER THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT CAME UP WITH, WITH THESE GUYS. ENGINEERING HAS TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH THIS AS, AS WELL AS ENVIRONMENTAL. OKAY. SO COUNCIL WILL HAVE FINAL A SAY OF COURSE, BUT ENGINEERING WILL GET THE APPROVAL OF THE DETAILS OF WHAT'S GONNA BE ALLOWED. OKAY. SHOULD WE, SOUNDS GOOD. SOUNDS GOOD. COMMISSIONER, UH, MEDINA, UM, QUICK QUESTION GUYS. SO MATHEMATICALLY, YOUR FACILITY IN DENVER, UH, IS, AS FAR AS TRUCK WISE, IS PRETTY MUCH GONNA BE THE SAME AS HERE. MY QUESTION IS AT THAT FACILITY IN DENVER, BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING HERE IS ONE WAY IN, ONE WAY OUT, DO YOU EVER HAVE ISSUES WITH TRAFFIC WITH SEMI-TRUCK JUST STACKING UP IN, IN THE DENVER LOCATION? YEAH. NO, BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW LITTLE TRAFFIC IS ULTIMATELY GENERATED BECAUSE THESE FOLKS ARE GOING OUT, UH, FOR MULTIPLE DAY TRIPS. UM, SO WHEN WE, WE, WE SENT A, UH, TRAFFIC ENGINEERING STUDY TO THE GROUP, UM, AND THE RESULTS BASED ON COMPARABLE PROPERTIES WERE SO LOW THAT IT, I, I FORGET EXACTLY THE TECHNOLOGY. I THINK WE HAVE OUR TRAFFIC PERSON HERE. YEAH. HE IS RIGHT HERE TO, TO ANSWER THAT . UM, BUT THE SHORT ANSWER, UH, MR. DEAN OF TIER'S QUESTION IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE ISSUES WITH TRAFFIC BACKUP AT THAT PROPERTY. ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE PROPERTY'S GONNA BE DESIGNED, YOU KNOW, UP TO CODE IN REGARDS TO ALL THE, YOU KNOW, DRIVEWAYS AND, YOU KNOW, FIRE LANES AND ALL THAT. SO THERE'S A LOT OF ACCESS, YOU KNOW, FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT VEHICLES TO BE MOVING IN AND OUT. OKAY. WELL, I LIKE FOR BRETT TO SPEAK TO THAT, IF YOU DON'T MIND. I'M SORRY. AND IT IS ABOUT THE, WHAT THERE WAS THE TWO-WAY TRAFFIC OR ONE-WAY TRAFFIC, I THINK. IS THAT WHAT YOU ASKED? UH, COMMISSIONER? WELL, I JUST, WITH, WITH ONE WAY IN, ONE WAY OUT, I WAS WONDERING IF THE TRUCKS EVER STACKED UP THERE. RIGHT. OKAY. SO I, I THINK THAT STACKING COULD BE A CONCERN. UM, BUT I, I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT BEING WITHIN THE PROPERTY TRYING TO EXIT THE PROPERTY, I THINK THAT THERE'S ENOUGH CAPACITY IN THE TURN LANES THAT ARE ON, UM, STATE HIGHWAY 180 MAIN STREET TO BE ABLE TO TURN INTO THE PROPERTY WITH NO DELAY. SO IF THERE IS ANY STACKING THAT HAS OCCURRED, I, I THINK IT WOULD JUST BE FROM TRUCKS TRYING TO REENTER THE ROADWAY AND DEPENDING ON HOW MANY ARE THERE TRYING TO DO THAT, WHICH WE DON'T ANTICIPATE BEING A HIGH NUMBER. AND THAT'S BASED ON THE ANALYSIS THAT WAS PROVIDED AND LOOKING AT SIMILAR SIZE FACILITIES. GOOD QUESTION, COMMISSIONER MEDINA, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU [00:50:01] SO MUCH. YEAH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU EVERYONE A GOOD, THANK YOU. WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? YES, WE HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER CARD. DANIEL BOX WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM. . OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER ANY, UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? NO SPEAK. YEAH, RASHAD? RASHAD. RASHAD IS, UH, ASSISTANT I ON WHAT HE SAID. OKAY. , I ACTUALLY WROTE IT DOWN, DOWN AND SPEAKING WITH RASHAD AS WELL. UM, WHAT WE DISCUSSED WAS AREAS MUST BE, OR PARKING AREAS MUST BE ON CONCRETE UNLESS OTHERWISE APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL, STAFF AND ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENT, OR SORRY, BY CITY COUNCIL AND ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL STAFF. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. WE'LL GO WITH THAT. SO IF THERE IS ANY OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER ARI, I BELIEVE THIS IS YOUR AREA. IT SURE IS, AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR THEM TO COME BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL TRUCKS GET STUCK RIGHT ON THAT GOING DOWN PART WHERE THEY HAVE TO GO UNLOAD ALL THEIR CARS JUST TO KEEP GOING. WOW. SO I'M KIND OF EXCITED TO SEE IT, UH, WHAT IMPROVEMENTS THEY CAN PUT OVER THERE, BUT, OKAY. MS. COMMISSIONER, MAKE COMMISSIONER, YES. . I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM SUP DASH 24 DASH ZERO NINE DASH 0 0 3 9 FOR SPECIFIC USE PERMIT ON HEAVY TRUCK PARKING AT 4 22 42 26 EAST MAIN STREET AND TO APPROVE PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE RASHAD AMENDMENT. . SOUNDS GOOD. SOUNDS GOOD. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM NINE BY COMMISSIONER ATARI AND HE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER, UH, CHRIS O COLEY, UH, AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE AMENDMENT BY RASHAD, WHATEVER THAT IS IN, IN DETAIL. YES. UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. [Items 10 & 11] NEXT CASE PLEASE. OKAY, SO ITEM 10 AND 11 IS ACTUALLY A REPEAT ITEM. THIS WAS ACTUALLY PRESENTED BEFORE YOU, UM, AND IT WAS WAITING FOR CITY COUNCIL, UH, FINAL, A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING AND A FINAL DECISION. UM, BUT THE APPLICANT HAS IDENTIFIED THAT THE TOWER HEIGHT WAS ACTUALLY, UH, INCORRECTLY LISTED WHEN THEY ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED THEIR PACKET. UM, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE HAD TO SEND OUT THE 32 PROPERTY OWNER NOTIFICATIONS. ONCE AGAIN, AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY OPPOSITION LETTERS, UM, SINCE THAT PUBLIC HEARING WHERE WE HAD ONE OPPOSITION LETTER. UM, SO AGAIN, THE ZONE CHANGE, THEY ARE NOT, UM, CHANGING ANYTHING IN THE ZONING CONSIDERATION. BASICALLY TO SUMMARIZE, THEIR ORIGINAL REQUEST IS TO ALLOW AMENDMENT TO THE EXISTING PD TO ALLOW A CELL TOWER BY AN SUP. SO ONLY CHANGE IS TO THE CELL TOWER. WE ORIGINALLY LISTED IT AS 125 FEET. THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED THEY ACTUALLY NEED 160 FEET TO ACHIEVE THE COVERAGE THAT THEY DESIRE AT THIS SITE. DRC STILL RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. ITEM NUMBER 11 IS IN THE SUP. UM, JOIN TO THIS REQUEST AGAIN, ONLY CHANGE TO THE REQUEST IS THE CELL TOWER HEIGHT TO 160 FEET. AND, UM, BECAUSE THE, UH, DISTANCE REQUIREMENT TO A SINGLE FAMILY ZONING IS BASED ON THE CELL TOWER HEIGHT, THEY ARE REQUESTING THE VARIANCE TO STATE, UH, 400 FEET TO ALLOW ZERO FEET. THESE ARE THE ONLY CHANGES. AGAIN, STAFF HAS NO OPPOSITION, UM, CONSIDERING THE EXISTING AREA WHERE THEY ALREADY HAVE A VERY TALL UTILITY TOWER AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. AGAIN, WE DID RECEIVE ONE OPPOSITION LETTER. AT THAT TIME, WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY NEW ONES. DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE SAME CONDITION, WHICH THAT ANY TEMPORARY STORAGE OR MATERIALS AND CONVINCING ASSOCIATED WITH THE SETON ROAD CONSTRUCTION ON SITE SHALL BE CLEANED UP ONCE THIS TOWER IS CONSTRUCTED. THIS CONCLUDES PRE UH, STEP PRESENTATION. THE APPLICANT IS HERE IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. IS THERE ANY STEP OR, UH, QUESTIONS FOR STEPH AT THIS TIME? COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK WE HAD A VERY THOROUGH BOARD BRIEFING. YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE ONE CARD FOR ITEM 10, UM, FROM ALAN CAVAL WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM. HELLO THERE. GOOD EVENING. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. MY NAME IS ALAN SLY. I'M WITH BROADUS TOWERS. UH, ADDRESS IS FOUR COUNTRY PLACE CIRCLE IN ARLINGTON, TEXAS. OH, FOR THREE, [00:55:01] UM, WE ARE THE APPLICANT AND THEN IF APPROVED WOULD BE THE, THE TOWER OWNER AND OPERATOR. UM, I KNOW THIS CAME BEFORE YOU GUYS LAST MONTH, AND LIKE JUNE SAID, WE REALIZED OUR ERROR. UM, WE HAD COPIED DRAWINGS FROM AN OLD, UH, ANOTHER SITE THAT WAS, UH, THE 125 FOOT AND DIDN'T CATCH THE ERROR UNTIL WE WERE PLANNING FOR CITY COUNCIL. UM, THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO ADDRESS, JUNE DID A GREAT JOB, BUT, UM, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF THE CLEANUP OF THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION WORK AND TALKING WITH THE CHURCH THAT OWNS THE PROPERTY, UM, THE CONTRACTOR THAT'S DOING THE ROAD WORK HAS SAID THAT THEY SHOULD BE DONE BY MARCH OF NEXT YEAR BEFORE WE START CONSTRUCTION. AND THEY WILL REMOVE ALL OF THE MATERIALS AND PARKING AND EVERYTHING THAT'S THERE, UM, BEFORE WE EVEN BEGIN CONSTRUCTION ON THE TOWER. SO THAT WILL ALL, WE'LL ALL BE CLEARED OUT PRIOR TO OUR WORK. AND I'M AVAILABLE IF ANYONE HAS ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. WELL, THANK YOU SO, SO MUCH FOR THOSE COMMENTS. COMMISSIONERS. DO WE HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS? UH, HOW MANY OF THESE SITES HAVE YOU CONSTRUCTED, UM, BETWEEN TEXAS, OKLAHOMA, AND ARKANSAS? OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS OR SO? WE'VE PROBABLY DONE ABOUT 50 TO 60 SITES. WOW. THAT'S A LOT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. THIS IS, UM, COMMISSIONERS. DID YOU CALL, UM, 10 AND 11 TOGETHER OR NO? WE, WE JUST, NO, WE DIDN'T. OKAY, SO YOU'RE GONNA TAKE THEM UP SEPARATELY FOR VOTING? WE, WE, THEY WERE PRESENTED TOGETHER. TOGETHER. OKAY. THEY WERE PRESENTED TOGETHER. SO IT'S THE SAME SITE. OKAY. I WOULD ASSUME THAT, THAT WE DO HAVE, UH, ONE SPEAKER ON, UH, ITEM 11, WHICH IS THE SUP REQUEST THAT GOES WITH THE CELL TOWER. DID YOU WANNA HEAR THAT PERSON NOW? OR, UM, OR ARE YOU GONNA CALL THAT? YES, THAT WOULD BE EASIER. OKAY. SO WE HAVE ALEC BROADUS. WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM IF NEEDED? I'M GOOD. I WAS JUST HERE IF NEEDED FOR QUESTIONS. OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, THAT BEING SAID, UH, NO MORE SPEAKER CARDS FOR 10 OR 11, CORRECT? NO MORE SPEAKER CARDS. I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU TAKE SEPARATE ACTION. SEPARATE. OKAY. SEPARATE ACTIONS. SO BOTH OF THESE ARE IN, UH, DISTRICT SIX, WHICH IS COMMISSIONER LUCKY VAUGHN. FIRST OF ALL, DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THESE ITEMS? I THINK WE DID. UH, THIS IS OUR SECOND RUN AT THIS IN THE BOARD BRIEFING, AND I THINK EVERYBODY'S UP TO SPEED ON THIS. COMMISSIONER. LUCKY V YOU READY TO MAKE A MOTION? YEAH, I'M OKAY. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE ITEM NUMBER ZON DASH 24 DASH NINE DASH 0 0 2 3, UM, WITH THE DRC UM, APPROVAL. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM 10 BY COMMISSIONER LAVONNE ANY SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN AS PER DRC. RECOMMENDATIONS. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. UH, ITEM NUMBER 11 IS ALSO IN DISTRICT, UH, SIX. UM, THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM 11? UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, VAUGHN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE ITEM NUMBER SUP DASH 24 DASH NINE DASH 0 0 3 6. UM, WITH DRC RECOMMENDATIONS, WE HAVE A, OKAY, MY HEAD'S GONE HERE. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO FLOOR BY COMMISSIONER VAUGHN, UH, TO APPROVE AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATION IS SECOND BY COMMISSIONER AKARI. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ALRIGHT, [12. SUP-24-10-0045 - Specific Use Permit - Flex-N-Gate Private Fuel Station (City Council District 4). Specific Use Permit for a Private Fuel Station at an existing industrial development. Lot 1R, Block D, Bardin Road Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas and Tarrant Counties, Texas, zoned PD-372, within the IH-20 Corridor Overlay District, and located at 2150 W Bardin Rd] GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. THIS NEXT ITEM, ITEM NUMBER 12 IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR FLEXING GATE MAYOR. REQUEST IS FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A PRIVATE FUEL STATION. IT'S AN EXISTING INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AT 2150 WEST BARDON ROAD. ON THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE THEIR PROPOSED SITE PLAN, AND THEY ARE PROPOSING A 12,000 GALLON DIESEL PRIVATE FUEL STATION. THIS WOULD ONLY SERVE THE FLEXING GATE FLEET, SO NO OTHER BUSINESSES. IT'S NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. AND, UH, PLACING THIS FUEL STATION THERE WILL ALLOW THEM TO ALLOW THEIR FLEET TO REFILL ON SITE AND IT WILL REDUCE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TRIPS GENERATED BY THIS LOCATION. AND THE SITE PLAN ON THE SCREEN SO SHOWS THE LOCATION THEY'RE PROPOSING TO PLACE IT ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING GUARD SHACK. AND THEY'RE PROPOSING A 10 FOOT SCREENING WALL SO THAT THE PROPOSED FUELING STATION IS SCREENED ON THREE SIDES, ONE SIDE BY THE, THE GUARD SHACK, TWO SIDES BY THE SCREENING WALL. UH, THIS IS A SAMPLE PHOTO OF WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TO PLACE ON THEIR SITE, AND THIS IS A VIEW OF THE LOCATION. YOU CAN SEE AGAIN, THE GUARD SHACK ADJACENT TO IT WOULD BE THAT, UH, FUELING STATION WITH A 10 FOOT WALL, UH, THAT WOULD SCREEN IT ALONG WITH THE EXISTING, [01:00:01] UH, VEGETATION ON SITE. UH, THIS IS A VIEW FURTHER EAST OF THE LOCATION. AGAIN, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE ROOF OF THE GUARD SHACK AND THE EXISTING SCREENING. WE DID SEND OUT PUBLIC NOTIFICATION FOR THIS REQUEST AND AS OF TODAY, HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY IN SUPPORT OR IN OPPOSITION. AND THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. COMMISSIONER MADDEN. SO IS THERE, ARE THERE ANY, UM, WHAT ARE THE RESTRICTIONS WITH REGARD TO PROXIMITY TO RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND GAS STATIONS? SO THERE'S NO, UH, PROXIMITY, UH, REQUIREMENTS IN THE UDC FOR THIS TYPE OF WOW. FUEL STATION. YES. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . I HAVE A QUESTION WITH REGARD TO THAT. BEING CLOSE TO A RESIDENTIAL AREA, ENVIRONMENTALLY SPEAKING, THERE'S NO ISSUES BECAUSE I, WITH REGARD TO HAVING THAT TYPE OF, UH, YOU KNOW, LIQUID IN THE OPEN AREA, CORRECT. THERE ARE PERMITS THAT THEY'LL HAVE TO OBTAIN IF THIS SUP IS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL, UH, THROUGH THE, UH, CITY PERMITTING PROCESS, PUBLIC ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS TCEQ, THE STATE, UH, REGULATORY AGENCY. AND THEY'RE AWARE OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS. AND THAT, AGAIN, IS A PROCESS THAT WOULD, THEY WOULD GO THROUGH IF THIS SUP IS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL. THE ONLY THING, AND MAYBE IT'S JUST ME AND I'M JUST NOT PAYING ATTENTION, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE WAY I SAW THE UNIT ITSELF, THAT'S GONNA BE BEHIND, UH, A WALL. IT'S NOT GONNA BE IN THE OPEN WHERE THE RESIDENTS WHEN THEY PASS BY WILL SEE IT. CORRECT. BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT IS CORRECT. SO AGAIN, THIS IMAGE ON THE SCREEN, THE ORANGE LINES REPRESENT THAT 10 FOOT, UH, MASONRY SCREENING WALL. AND THEN THIS SQUARE RIGHT HERE IS EXISTING GUARD SHACK. UM, SO LOOKING AT THIS LOCATION, IT WOULD START AROUND HERE. UM, I CAN'T SEE WHERE YOU'RE, YOU'RE A LITTLE POINTER. WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T SEE YOUR POINTER. LET'S SEE. SO IT WOULD START HERE AND IT WOULD BE A 10 FOOT WALL. UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING VEGETATION WOULD SCREEN A LOT OF THAT. MM-HMM . UH, AND THEN YOU AGAIN HAVE THAT 10 FOOT WALL. UH, THIS IS THE LOCATION, UH, FURTHER EAST ALONG THE ROAD. AND AGAIN, RIGHT HERE IS ABOUT WHERE THAT GUARD SHACK IS. SO IT WOULD START HERE AND EXTEND FOR ABOUT SIX 60 FEET. BUT THEY DO HAVE THE 10 FOOT WALL AND THE EXISTING VEGETATION. OKAY. GOOD. THANK YOU THAT, THAT CLEARS THAT UP. COMMISSIONER MADDEN, UM, IS THERE A CURB AROUND THE BASE OF THIS? WOULD THIS CONTAIN ANY OVERFLOW OR SPILLS? BECAUSE I SEE THE RETENTION PONDS RIGHT THERE. THE, I I I WILL ASK YOU TO DEFER THAT TO THE APPLICANT. THEY HAVE, UM, CONSTRUCTED THESE ON THEIR OTHER LOCATIONS. WE'LL HAVE THAT DETAIL, BUT I BELIEVE, UH, THEY, THERE WILL BE A CURB IN ANY, UM, SORT OF FACILITY LIKE THAT THEY, THEY WOULD PLACE IF NEEDED. GO BACK IN THE PICTURE. IT HAS OCCURRED. IT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID. THANK YOU. YES. , THAT'S AN EXAMPLE. SO I'D LOVE TO KNOW WHAT THEY CLAIM FOR THIS. MM-HMM . ANY MORE COM, UH, QUESTIONS FOR SAVANNAH? THANK YOU, SAVANNAH. I'M SORRY, DID YOU FINISH? YES, YOU DID. YES. . THANK YOU. SAVANNAH, WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? WE HAVE THREE CARDS. MA'AM. FIRST IS FROM THE APPLICANT, UH, MR. DOYLE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM. YES, SIR. COME ON DOWN. DON. COMING. ACTUALLY FIRST, I'M SORRY, DON COMING FIRST, IF THAT'S OKAY. OKAY. DON C*****G WILL GO FIRST. YES, SIR. ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT. HI, DON C*****G WITH FLEXING GATE 2150 BARDEN ROAD, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS. THANK YOU, SIR. UM, THANKS FOR HAVING ME HERE. COMMISSION. I APPRECIATE IT. UM, SO I GUESS FIRST REGARDING THE, UH, CONTAINMENT QUESTION, UM, THERE'S TWO LEVELS OF CONTAINMENT AS, SO, FIRST OF ALL, IT IS A DOUBLE WALLED TANK, UM, WITH A, A FIRE GUARD PROTECTION. UM, SO IT'S, UH, ESSENTIALLY IT MEETS ALL STATE AND LOCAL REQUIREMENTS IN THE TANK. AND THEN WE HAVE THE CURB, UH, VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONE SHOWN. THE ONE WE'LL HAVE IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THAT. UM, AND SO THAT'S FOR THE TANK AREA. AND THEN ALSO AT THE TRUCK AREA, THE TRUCK ACTUALLY DRIVE INTO A SECOND CONTAINMENT AREA. SO IF THERE'S ANY SPILLS DURING FUELING THAT HAS, THAT HAS A CONTAINMENT AS WELL. SO THEY'LL DRIVE OVER ALMOST LIKE A SPEED BUMP THAT WILL PROVIDE A SECONDARY CONTAINMENT. AND ALL OF THAT HAS A, UM, A SPECIAL LIKE DRAIN FITTING ON IT TO, THAT HAS TO BE, UM, ESPECIALLY UNSCREWED TO, TO FILTER ANYTHING OUT IF THERE WAS A SPILL. SO, 'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE RAINWATER AND THINGS LIKE THAT WILL COLLECT IN THERE, WE WILL NEED TO FLUSH THAT OUT. AND THERE'S A SPECIAL DRAINAGE SYSTEM DESIGNED FOR THAT AS WELL. QUESTION, DO YOU EVER HAVE ANY, UH, THE SPILL PROBLEMS OR EXPLOSIONS OR HOW DOES THAT, 'CAUSE YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR QUITE A WHILE, I'M ASSUMING. UM, SO THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME DOING IT HERE AT, AT THE FLEXING GATE TEXAS FACILITY. RIGHT. THIS IS, IS NEW TO US. UM, FLEXING GATE HAS PUT THIS IN AT SOME OF OUR OTHER FACILITIES AND, AND NO, WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY, UM, SPILL OR EXPLOSION ISSUES AT, AT ANY OF THOSE SITES. AND HOW, HOW LONG HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN PUTTING THESE SITES IN? I, I, I HONESTLY, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT, THAT'S NOT MY, UM, THAT, THAT'S NOT MY FORTE. I'M THE OKAY. THE INDIVIDUAL ON THE GROUND HERE. COMMISSIONER, UH, COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN? YES. THANK YOU MR. C*****G. UM, COUPLE QUESTIONS. MM-HMM. UH, AND, AND PLEASE KNOW, I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS. OKAY. BUT JUST [01:05:01] FROM A LAY PERSPECTIVE. MM-HMM. UM, AS FAR AS THE FUELING ITSELF GOES, IS IT SOMETHING WHERE A DRIVER WOULD COME UP AND FUEL HIMSELF, OR IS THERE AN OPERATOR THAT FUELS HIM? HOW DOES IT WORK? NO, IT IS A, THE DRIVER WILL FUEL THEMSELVES. IT'S A A TWO PART FUELING STATION. YOU HAVE BOTH THE, UH, THE DIESEL TANK AS WELL AS THE DEF TANK THAT WAS SHOWN IN THE, THE PICTURE THERE. SO IT'S, IT'S TWO TANKS, UM, TWO SEPARATE PUMP SYSTEMS. UM, AND THE, THE DRIVERS ARE, ARE TRAINED TO, TO PUMP THEMSELVES. TRAINED. TRAINED, CORRECT. THANK YOU. YES. YEAH. THERE IS A WORK CONSTRUCTION, THERE IS A TRAINING PROCESS THAT THEY'LL GROW THROUGH AND, UH, AND ALL THE DRIVERS WILL BE, BE TRAINED TO DO IT. WE DO HAVE THE, THE FLEET, THE INDIVIDUALS WILL BE DOING THIS. THEY ARE LOCAL EMPLOYEES. THEY'RE EMPLOYED BY, UM, FLEXING IT LOGISTICS HERE, UH, BASED IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS. OKAY. IN YOUR POSITION WITH THE COMPANY? I'M, I'M THE GENERAL MANAGER OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS. OR OF, UH, SORRY, NOT OF FLEXING. YEAH, RIGHT. SORRY ABOUT FLEXING GRANDBERRY. VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. MM-HMM . UH, NOW WE HAVE MR. DOYLE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM. I, I'M OKAY. I WAS IN CASE THERE WAS ANY QUESTION. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? MM-HMM . AND WE ALSO HAVE, UM, WELL, WAIT, EXCUSE ME. I THINK COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN HAS A QUESTION. SO IS MR. DOLE, IS HE GONNA BE THE SPOKESMAN FOR EVERYONE? IS HE GONNA BE? I CAN BE. HE CAN BE THE SPOKESMAN. OKAY. WELL, IT WAS STILL A QUESTION THAT YOU COULDN'T ANSWER. THAT'S WHY I, I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF HE PERHAPS KNEW MY FELLOW COMMISSIONER'S QUESTION. MR. DOYLE, CAN YOU COME TO THE MICROPHONE PLEASE? YES. THANK YOU. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AS WELL. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. MY NAME'S CECIL DOYLE. UH, I'M ONE GENERAL STREET, ADA, OKLAHOMA, WITH FLEXING GATE, UH, TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, FLEXING GATE HAS BEEN PUTTING THESE SYSTEMS IN FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS NOW. AND, UH, NO, UH, EXPLOSIONS AS WELL. NO , NO, NO EXPLOSIONS, NO, UH, MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL SPILLS OR ANYTHING. SO THERE'S EXTENSIVE TRAINING DONE AND THERE'S, EVERYTHING'S DOCUMENTED AND THERE ARE SIGNS EVERYWHERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. AND SO DOES THE, THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA, THEY ALERTED THAT YOU'RE COMING OR DOES THAT, DOES THAT HAPPEN OR THEY DON'T NEED TO DO THAT WITH REGARD TO HAVING THAT TYPE OF FACILITY? UH, NORMALLY WE GO THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE CITY COUNCILS AND, AND LET THEM JUST ROLL IT OUT. YES. OKAY. I WAS JUST CURIOUS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THERE IS ONE LAST SPEAKER CARD. UH, MATTHEW WORKMAN WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM AND DOESN'T WISH TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT, SO I'M NOT CERTAIN WHETHER HE WANTS TO SPEAK. OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. OKAY. NO, THOSE CARDS. OKAY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? I DO ONE MORE. UH, COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER MADDEN? I'M SORRY. NO. AMONGST US. YEAH. OH, OKAY. YES. SO COMMISSIONERS, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. UM, I THINK YOU PROBABLY KNOW WHERE I STAND ON THIS. UM, YOU KNOW, KNOW, THEY, I KNOW IT DOESN'T HAVE TO DO WITH THIS PARTICULAR CASE, BUT IT, IT GOES TO, UM, IN MY OPINION, THE, UM, UH, THE LIKELIHOOD OF, UM, THEM FOLLOWING THROUGH. UM, THEY'VE HAD SOME OTHER, UM, CASES COME BEFORE US ABOUT OUTSIDE STORAGE. THE OUTSIDE STORAGE REMAINS. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME. UM, ON TOP OF THAT, THIS REMAINS ADJACENT TO TWO RESIDENTIAL AREAS. IT'S ALREADY BAD ENOUGH THAT THERE'S STORAGE OUTSIDE, BEEPING OUTSIDE. AND NOW POTENTIALLY RESIDENCES WHO OWN THEIR HOMES, IN ADDITION TO THE APARTMENT DWELLERS NEARBY, WILL BE SUBJECTED TO A FUEL TANK CLOSE BY WHEN ALL ALONG, UM, THE COMPANY AT HAND IS NOT FOLLOWING WHAT THEY'RE AGREEING TO IN GETTING RID OF OUTSIDE STORAGE. WELL, AND TO RESPOND TO YOU, COMMISSIONER MADDEN, THIS IS MY DISTRICT, DISTRICT FOUR, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH COMMISSIONER, UH, I MEAN, COUNCILMAN JOHN LOPEZ, WHO IS MY COUNCILMAN. AND WE HAD DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS ITEM ALONG WITH THE FACT THAT SAVANNAH ALSO TOLD US IN BOARD BRIEFING, THEY WERE GIVEN ADDITIONAL TIME TO REMOVE ALL THE STORAGE. AND, AND MY CONCERN, YEAH, MY CONCERN IS THAT THE RESIDENTS WOULD BE HERE IF THERE WAS A, IF THEY WERE REALLY SERIOUSLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, OR IF THERE WAS A CONCERN THAT HAD COME TO COUNCILMAN LOPEZ'S ATTENTION, HE WOULD'VE TOLD ME THAT, AND HE DID NOT. SO, MY CONCERN IS, THIS [01:10:01] IS DISTRICT FOUR. MM-HMM . THE, UH, THE CITIZENS OF CONCERN ARE NOT HERE IN THE BUILDING. THERE ARE MORE, THERE'S NO MORE ADDITIONAL PAPERWORK, OPPOSITION LETTERS. SO MY CONCERN IS THAT, UM, I, I WOULD PREFER TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD AND, AND MAKE A MOTION ON THIS, BUT, BUT THAT'S JUST MY ONE VOTE. YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO MAKE THAT THAT VOTE. BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT THAT IS THE CONCERNS THAT I HAVE, THAT IF THE CITY COUNCILMAN IN THAT AREA, UH, DOES NOT HAVE A CONCERN WITH THAT, AND THEY WERE GIVEN ADDITIONAL TIME TO GET THE, TO COMPLETE THE, UM, ALL OF THE STORAGE OUTSIDE AND THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED IT, WE HAVE TO HONOR THAT. WELL, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT DESPITE THE FACT I LIVE IN SIX, I REPRESENT TWO, I REPRESENT ALL OF GREEN PRAIRIE, WHETHER THEY'RE HERE OR NOT, WHETHER A COUNCIL PERSON FEELS GOOD ABOUT IT OR THE CITY OF COUNCIL, I, I STILL WANNA PROTECT THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE WHEREVER THEY ARE, WHETHER I LIVE NEXT DOOR TO THEM OR NOT. UM, SO I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I'M GLAD THAT THAT COUNCILMAN LOPEZ IS OKAY WITH IT. I'M GLAD THAT THE COMPANY HAS CONTINUED TO BE GIVEN MORE TIME, BUT I JUST WANTED TO VOICE MY OPINION ON, UM, THE REACTIVENESS OF THIS COMPANY AND TO ALLOW THEM ANOTHER BENEFIT, UM, TO CONTINUE TO DO THE BUSINESS THAT THEY'RE DOING WHEN THEY'RE NOT, WHEN THEY DON'T APPEAR TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE LAID OUT. THEY WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO HAVE OUTSIDE STORAGE TO BEGIN WITH. THEY'VE DONE IT, THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN EXTRA TIME. SO, BUT THAT'S MY OPINION. I JUST WANTED TO VOICE IT. YEAH. BUT COMMISSIONER MADDEN, I, I RESPECT YOUR OPINION, AND THAT IS THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS, THIS WHOLE COMMISSION, OUR COMMISSION HAS A, HAS THE OBLIGATION TO SPEAK THEIR PIECE, AND WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE. WE CAN AGREE TO DISAGREE. AND THAT IS THE POINT. WE'RE ALL HERE REPRESENTING DIFFERENT DISTRICTS FOR A REASON, AND WE ALL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO SAY WHAT OUR CONCERNS ARE. AND THEY ARE VALID ON BOTH ENDS. THEY ARE, THEY'RE VALID. BUT THAT IS GONNA BE MY RECOMMENDATION. AND EVERY PERSON ON, IN, ON THIS, UH, ON THIS COMMISSION HAS A RIGHT TO VOTE, WHICHEVER WAY THEY CHOOSE UP OR DOWN. AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO. THAT'S, THAT'S A DEMOCRACY IN ACTION. SO, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON DECIDING COMMISSIONER VAUGHN? YES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I, I CAN'T HEAR YOU. YEAH, SORRY ABOUT THAT. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING, UM, FLEXING GATE BACK UP. I HAD A QUESTION. OKAY. WHICH ONE DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO? UM, COMMISSIONER, IS HE OKAY? YES, THE GENERAL MANAGER. OH, THE GENERAL MANAGER, MR. CUMMINS. OKAY. OKAY. YES, MA'AM. MR. CUMMINS, THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK UP. I JUST WANTED TO ASK THE QUESTION, HAVE FLEXING GATE EVER RECEIVED ANY TYPE OF, UM, FINES OR PENALTIES FROM OSHA IN REGARDS TO TOXINS, UH, HERE IN, IN TEXAS? NO, WE HAVE NOT. NO. OKAY. ANYWHERE ELSE? UH, I'M, I OVERSEE THE TEXAS FACILITY. I, I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR US AS A CORPORATION. I, I, I'M, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. BUT, UM, HERE AT FLEXING A TEXAS, NO, NO, WE HAVE NOT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. IN REGARD TO TOXINS, YOU'RE SAYING THAT THAT'S YES. YEAH, NO. UM, AND WE, YEAH, WE, OUR LAST OSHA VISIT WAS EARLIER THIS YEAR. UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND NO ISSUES AT ALL. SO WE'RE ALSO A PARTNER IN ASHCON, WHICH IS A, A, UM, VOLUNTARY OSHA PROGRAM WHERE WE INVITE THEM IN TO DO AN OSHA INSPECTION ON AN, UH, EVERY OTHER YEAR BASIS. AND, UM, IT'S, UH, NO, AGAIN, NO FINDINGS IN OUR LAST ASHCON VISIT EITHER. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . IS THAT IT? UH, COMMISSIONER BOND? IS THAT IT? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE THAT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, COMMISSIONERS? I WILL, UH, LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. UH, THIS IS MY DISTRICT. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING, UM, ITEM 12 SUP 2 4 10 0 0 4 5, AND APPROVE AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS. I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM 12 BY MYSELF, CHERYL SMITH AND I SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ARI. ALL IN FAVOR? PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND MOTION. UM, SEVEN, I MEAN EIGHT FOUR. ALL THOSE AGAINST, AND ONE AGAINST. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. [13. TAM-24-11-0010 - Text Amendment - Articles 1, 2, 6, 7, 12 and Appendix O. An Ordinance of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas amending the Table of Contents and various sections of Article 1, “General Provisions and Procedures,” Article 2, “Authority,” Article 6, “Density and Dimensional Requirements,” Article 7, “Special Districts,” Article 12, “Subdivision and Utilities,” and Appendix O, “Hospital District” of the Grand Prairie Unified Development Code for the purpose of delegating plat approvals (with exceptions) to the Director of the Planning and Development Department and/or designee; Providing the applicant the right to appeal said decision to the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council; Allowing the Director of the Planning and Development Department and/or designee to elect to present the plat approval to the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council; Amending Section 12.17.3, “Lots,” of Article 12, “Subdivision and Utilities” of the Unified Development Code for the purpose of allowing the Director of the Planning and Development Department and/or designee to grant an exception to the requirement that all lots face a public street if a mutual access easement is established; Repealing all Ordinances or Parts of Ordinances in Conflict Herewith; Containing a Savings Clause and a Severability Clause; and Establishing the Effective as the Date of Passage and Approval] NEXT CASE, PLEASE. THIS NEXT ITEM IS A TEXT AMENDMENT TO SETTLE SEVERAL ARTICLES WITHIN THE UDC ARTICLE 1, 2, 6, 7, 12, AND APPENDIX O. UH, THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUEST IS TO DELEGATE PLAT APPROVALS TO STAFF WITH A COUPLE OF EXCEPTIONS, UH, THAT WOULD ALLOW STAFF TO APPROVE, APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS OR DISAPPROVE. UH, SO STATE LAW DOES ALLOW CITY COUNCIL TO DE DELEGATE THAT RESPONSIBILITY, UH, TO STAFF. UH, ONE OF THE EXCEPTIONS THAT STAFF WOULD BE ABLE TO APPROVE IS THE EXCEPTION TO THE FRONTAGE REQUIREMENT, [01:15:01] AS LONG AS CROSS ACCESS IS BEING ESTABLISHED. CURRENTLY, UH, THE PLAT IS APPROVED WITH A CONDITION, AND THAT VARIANCE GOES ON TO CITY COUNCIL. I DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT, UH, PLAT APPROVAL IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ACT WHERE STAFF LOOKS AT ALL THE REQUIREMENTS IN OUR UDC. UH, THERE'S NO DISCRETION INVOLVED. SO IF THEY'RE MEETING ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS, SUCH AS THE LOT WIDTH, DEPTH AREA, THE UTILITY EASEMENTS RIGHT, OF DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS, THEN IT, IT, IT HAS TO BE APPROVED. UH, SO THIS IS THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE. AGAIN, IT GIVES, UM, CITY STAFF THE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE, APPROVE OF CONDITIONS OR DISAPPROVE. WITH THIS, UH, THIS WILL SHAVE OFF ABOUT TWO TO THREE WEEKS, UH, THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS FOR THE APPLICANTS AND DEVELOPERS WHO ARE GOING THROUGH THE PLATTING PROCESS. UH, THE DEVELOPMENT INTERVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT APPROVAL, AND I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. I JUST WANNA SAY, SAVANNAH, BEFORE EVERYBODY ASKS QUESTIONS, WITHOUT THIS BEING DONE, WHAT, HOW, WHAT IS THE PROCESS? HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AS IS BEFORE AMENDING THIS? HOW MANY WEEKS IS IT? IT DEPENDS REALLY ON THE SCHEDULE. IT COULD BE FROM SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS. MM-HMM . SO THIS WOULD CUT THIS DOWN. UH, CURRENTLY THE PLOTS GO THROUGH STAFF REVIEW, IT GOES THROUGH THE PRE DRC MEETING, THEN THE DRC MEETING, AND THEN THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. UH, THIS PUSHES THAT APPROVAL BACK TO THAT DRC, UH, MEETING FOR APPROVAL. VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD. COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ON THIS? I THINK THIS IS A VERY GOOD MOVE BY, UH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING, UM, DEPARTMENT. AND, UH, IT'S A PROACTIVE MEASURE, AND IT, THIS IS JUST MORE ADMINISTRATIVE TO CLEAN THINGS UP AND GET THINGS MOVING AND, UH, MAKE THINGS BETTER. AND I DO WANNA THANK JULIE. UH, SHE WAS THE ONE WHO WROTE THE AMENDMENT, SO THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, JULIE. THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR SAVANNAH? THANK YOU, SAVANNAH. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? WELL, WHO WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS MOTION? I GUESS I'LL TAKE IT UNLESS YOU WANNA TAKE IT. UH, COMMISSIONER FOR DARCO. I DON'T WANNA TAKE ANYONE'S EXCITEMENT FROM MANY TEXTS, BUT IF YOU GUYS WILL ALLOW ME, I'D LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON ITEM 13 AND, UH, VOTE TO APPROVE. THANK YOU, JULIE, FOR THE DRAFTING. AND WE CAN GET HOME AND WATCH THE COWBOY GAME. , I SECOND . WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM 13 BY COMMISSIONER, UH, F FEDCO AND IS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER UH MEDINA. ALL IN FAVOR PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THAT BEING SAID, THIS IS THE LAST CASE. WE ARE FINISHED AT 7:47 PM GOOD. * 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.