Jan 13, 2025 Planning &amp; Zoning 01132025

THE NEXT MATTER FOR CONSIDERATION IS APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA]

THERE ARE TWO ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, ITEMS ONE AND TWO.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO ANYONE CAN SPEAK ON THOSE ITEMS. COULD WE HAVE THE FIRST SPEAKER THEN? YES, SIR.

WE HAVE TWO.

UM, BOTH JUST WISH TO SPEAK IF NEEDED.

UM, ITEM NUMBER TWO, UH, WE HAVE NATE WHI AND, UH, CASEY STEVENSON.

DOES ANYONE ON THE COMMISSION NEED TO HEAR FROM? SORRY.

GO AHEAD, MS. VAUGHN.

UM, MR. CHAIR, ARE WE ON, UM, NUMBER 3 2 4 DASH 11? NO, THIS IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.

WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT ITEM YET.

WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO ITEM THREE YET, MA'AM, WE'RE IN ITEM TWO RIGHT NOW.

DO ANY OF ANYBODY ON THE, DOES ANYBODY ON THE COMMISSION NEED TO HEAR FROM THE CITIZENS FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS? OKAY.

SO, UH, THAT BEING THE CASE, WE, UM, DO, CAN I GET A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND, UM, APPROVE ITEMS ONE AND TWO OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I SECOND GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ONE AND TWO BY COMMISSIONER MADDEN AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE THEIR HAND.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

SEVEN ZERO.

THERE ARE TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.

ITEMS THREE AND FOUR, BECAUSE OF, UH, A PRE-IDENTIFIED ITEM, I THINK MRS. VAUGHN IS GONNA RECUSE HERSELF FOR ITEM THREE.

YEAH, I THINK NOW WOULD BE THE, NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO DO SO.

IS THAT OKAY?

[3. STP-24-11-0045 - Site Plan - Oncor Tyre Substation (City Council District 1). Site Plan for an Electric Substation on 9.98 acres. A portion of Tracts 1D & 2E, out of W.G. May Survey, Abstract No. 1028, Tarrant County, Texas, Zoned Light Industrial, and generally located east of Tapley St, and south of Tyre St, and tentatively addressed as 2350 W Marshall Dr]

YES, GO AHEAD.

ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD JUNE.

UH, OUR UDC REQUIRES A CONCRETE PAVEMENT.

UH, COMMISSIONER.

SO THE ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A SITE PLAN CONSIDERATION, STP 24 11 0 0 4 5.

THIS IS APLAN REQUEST FOR A ENCORE TIRE SUB, UH, SUB, UH, SUBSTATION.

SO THE SITE PLAN REQUEST IS FOR ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION.

UM, THIS SHOWS THE PARCEL OUTLINE, HOWEVER, THE, UH, AREA SHADED IN ORANGE IS THE SUBJECT PARCEL.

THEY ARE PART OF THE POLY AMERICA CAMPUS.

THEY DO NOT FRONT ANY PUBLIC STREETS, WHICH THE NEARBY STREETS ARE MARSHALL DRIVE IN THE SOUTH.

GREAT SOUTHWEST.

THERE'LL BE ACCESS THROUGH THE POLY AMERICA SITE.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE ENTERING INTO A LEASE, SO THEY CAN DO THIS CONSTRUCTION, BUT THE PROPERTY WILL STILL BE OWNED BY POLY AMERICA.

SO THIS SHOWS A LITTLE BIT BETTER OF THE AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPOSED LOCATION.

AGAIN, UM, THIS IS WHERE THE POLY AMERICA CAMPUS ENTRY IS ACTUALLY ON MARSHALL DRIVE, FAR EAST.

AND THEN THEY WILL BE, UH, LEASING THIS AREA FOR THE NEW SUBSTATION.

AGAIN, THIS IS A NEW ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION TO SUPPORT THE ELECTRICAL NEED IN THE AREA, UM, BY ENCORE.

UM, THERE WILL BE NO OCCUPIABLE STRUCTURE ON SITE.

THEY ARE BUILDING, UM, TRANSFORMERS, OTHER EQUIPMENTS, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

THE GREEN AREA INDICATED SHOWS THE PHASE ONE PAD WITH THE PROPOSED EQUIPMENT.

UM, THE RED OUTLINED AREA WILL BE THE AREA THAT WILL BE LEASED BY ENCORE FROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS.

AGAIN, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY STREET FRONTAGES.

THEY ARE REQUESTING A NO LANDSCAPE BE PROVIDED.

THIS REQUIRES A VARIANCE.

UM, THEY HAD PROVIDED SOME, UH, SAMPLE TO SHOW THE AREA WHERE THE EQUIPMENTS ARE PROPOSED.

THEY, UH, ARE AFRAID THAT IF THEY WERE TRY TO SQUEEZE IN ANY TREES AND THEY INTERFERE WITH THE EQUIPMENTS AND OVERHEAD LINES AND REQUESTED A VARIANCE.

SO THEY ARE REQUESTING A TOTAL OF TWO VARIANCES.

ONE IS TO THE MINIMUM LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE NO LANDSCAPING.

THEY ARE ALSO REQUESTING A VARIANCE FOR PAVEMENT.

UM, AGAIN, THE AREAS UNDER THE EQUIPMENT, THEY'RE, UH, BASIC, UH, THEIR BASE PAD FOR ALL THEIR SUBSTATIONS ARE ACTUALLY GRAVEL.

SO THEY'RE ASKING, UM, THE GRAVEL TO BE ALLOWED HERE.

INSTEAD OF, UM, ARTICLE 20.

UH,

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UH, STEPH HAS NO OBJECTION TO THESE TWO VARIOUS REQUESTS.

THE DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

THIS CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION.

THE APPLICANT IS HERE IN CASE YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT.

IS THERE ANY QUESTION FROM COMMISSIONER TO STAFF? COMMISSIONER MADDEN? SO, JUNE, I'M WONDERING, UM, ON LANDSCAPE, UH, LANDSCAPING, DOES THAT EX INCLUDE ALL LIKE BUSHES AND GRASSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT? THAT IS CORRECT.

SO, UM, TYPICALLY WITH ANY DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE FIVE TO 10%.

UM, LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENT.

TYPICALLY, WE REQUIRE THEM TO BE MAJORITY, UH, MAJORITY OF THEM BE PLANTED ALONG STREET FRONTAGES BECAUSE ELSEWHERE ON THE SITE, IT WILL ONLY BENEFIT, YOU KNOW, CANOPY.

HOWEVER, IT'S NOT GONNA BEAUTIFY ANYTHING.

SO HERE TWO THINGS ARE GOING ON.

THEY, FIRST OF ALL, THEY'RE NOT REALLY AGAINST ANY, UH, PUBLIC STREET.

THIS WHAT LOOKS LIKE, UM, A STREET ON THE AERIAL VIEW IS, IS ACTUALLY THE RAILROAD TRACKS.

SO AGAIN, UM, ONE OF THE, THERE ARE OTHER CHALLENGES THAT THEY ARE, UH, ACROSS THE CREEK FROM OUR ENTIRE PARK.

SO THEY HAVE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT SLOPE.

AND CONSIDERING, UH, THE OVERHEAD LINES AND ALL THE EQUIPMENTS, THEY'RE SAYING THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE TREE GROWTH INTERFERING WITH THE LINES IN THE FUTURE.

I GUESS THE REASON WHY I ASKED WAS MM-HMM .

BECAUSE, UM, IS, ARE TREES AND LANDSCAPING SIMPLY FOR, UM, FOR BEAUTIFICATION PURPOSES, OR ARE THEY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PURPOSES? SO THEY ACTUALLY HAVE MULTIPLE BENEFITS.

BUT AGAIN, TYPICALLY WE REQUIRE THE TREES, MAJORITY OF THEM, TO BE PLANTED ALONG THE STREET, FRONTAGES, BECAUSE THAT WILL BRING THE MOST BENEFIT TO THE PUBLIC, PROVIDING THE SHADE OVER THE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE TYPICALLY THE STREETS ARE THE CONCRETE, YOU KNOW, THEY TYPICALLY HAVE A SIDEWALK AND GRASS.

SO THAT'S WHERE MAJORITY OF THE LAND, UH, TREES WILL BE PLANTED.

I, I LOOK AT THIS AND, AND THE REASON WHY EVEN ASKING IS TYREE PARK IS ACROSS THE WAY.

I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF, UM, UH, BEAUTIFICATION OF THAT AREA MM-HMM .

AND YOU SAID THAT THE, THE EQUIPMENT FOR THIS SUBSTATION IS PROBABLY 55 TO 65 FEET TALL.

AND, UM, IT'S GONNA BE IN PLAIN SIGHT OF THAT PARK ACROSS THE WAY.

AND SO, UM, I'M JUST CURIOUS OUT LOUD, IF, IF THE, UM, ENCORE GROUP COULD, COULD EDGE THE PERIMETER WITH EITHER BUSHES OR TREES OUT, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE THE EDGES, JUST SO THAT THAT VIEW FROM TYREE PARK ISN'T MARRED QUITE AS MUCH.

AND THEN WE'D HAVE THE BENEFIT.

SO AGAIN, THAT CAN BE SOMETHING THAT THE, UH, APPLICANT COULD ADDRESS IF YOU WANT TO ASK THAT QUESTION TO THE APPLICANT AGAIN.

BUT, UM, JUST WANT YOU TO NOTE THAT THERE'S A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF TREES THAT KIND OF WORK FUNCTIONS AS A NATURAL SCREENING AT TIRE PARK, AND THEY'RE ON A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT SLOPE.

I THINK THAT WAS THE ONE OF THE REASON WHY THEY COULD NOT SQUEEZE IN MORE TREES, BECAUSE THAT WAS ACTUALLY STEPH'S SUGGESTION WAS, HEY, CAN YOU PLANT SOME TREES ALONG HERE? BUT BECAUSE OF THE CREEK THAT'S EXISTING, THEY CANNOT REALLY PLANT ADDITIONAL TREES BECAUSE IT MAY CAUSE EROSIONS.

AND DO WE EVER REQUIRE BUSHES INSTEAD? NOT IN THE RE EROSION HAZARDOUS AREAS.

USUALLY ON OTHER SIDE, IF THEY HAVE A UTILITY OVERHEAD LINE, THEY CAN GO WITH SRUS OR, UH, ORNAMENTAL TREES.

BUT AGAIN, THEY DON'T HAVE STREET FRONTAGES.

OF COURSE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STEPH? ALL RIGHT.

JUNE, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A SPEAKER CARD, MS. DOSIER, WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER, TRAVIS, IS IT YOKER WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM, MR. YOKER? GOOD EVENING.

IF YOU COULD PLEASE COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND GIVE YOUR PRESENTATION.

WE'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU.

UH, TRAVIS YAKER, BY THE WAY, SORRY, YAKER, UM, 38 0 3 PARKWOOD BOULEVARD IN FRISCO, TEXAS.

UH, I'M WITH HALF ASSOCIATES AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING ENCORE JUST TO ANSWER ANY, ANY QUESTIONS THAT STAFF MAY HAVE.

YOU, YOU HAVE NO PRESENTATION TO GIVE? NO SIR.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR? I HAVE ONE.

UM, SINCE THE ONLY ACCESS IS THROUGH THE POLY AMERICA, CORRECT? MM-HMM .

THERE'S NO ACTUAL STREET.

SO, UM, DO Y'ALL HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE WHERE YOU CAN ACCESS IT IF IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE IN OVERNIGHT HOURS OR, I DON'T KNOW IF POLY AMERICA IS OPEN, YOU KNOW, 365 24 7.

SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT DIRECTLY.

I KNOW THAT THERE IS, YOU KNOW, DRIVABLE MATERIAL THAT WILL BE, THAT WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE SITE 24 7 IF THERE IS, YOU KNOW, A INCIDENT LATE AT NIGHT WHERE SOMEONE HAS TO OPEN THE GATE FOR US.

RIGHT.

THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE SOMETHING WHERE ENCORE EITHER WILL HAVE SOME SORT OF KNOCK BOX THAT THEY CAN ALLOW THEMSELVES IN, IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, OR MAYBE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COULD ALLOW THEM IN THROUGH A KNOCK BOX OR SOMETHING.

OR MAYBE THEY HAVE JUST A 24 7 POLY AMERICA CONTACT.

OR SINCE THIS IS A SITE THAT'S ON POLY AMERICA'S PROPERTY, MAYBE POLLER EVEN HAS LIKE AN EMERGENCY PERSONNEL.

A QUESTION, PLEASE.

HELLO AGAIN.

UM, I WAS WONDERING TOO, MY COLLEAGUES' QUESTION ABOUT THE BEAUTIFICATION PIECE IN THE PARK MM-HMM

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AND I KNOW THAT JUNE RESPONDED DIRECTLY THAT YOU WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE EROSION.

I WAS THINKING PERHAPS WOULD A RETAINING WALL KIND OF FIX SOME OF THAT? WILL YOU CONSIDER THAT AS AN OPTION? SO WE ARE ACTUALLY PROPOSING A LARGE KIND OF REVERSE GIAN WALL TO HELP OUT WITH OUR STABILIZATION, JUST 'CAUSE THERE IS SUCH A LARGE DIFFERENCE IN GRADE.

UH, IT IS BE, IT'LL BE DESIGNED BY, YOU KNOW, A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER THAT ON TOUR LICENSE AND EVERYTHING.

UM, SO WE ARE PROPOSING THAT THAT SHOULD HELP SOMEWHAT WITH, WITH BEAUTIFICATION, YOU KNOW, IT WON'T BE NECESSARILY A MURAL, SO TO SPEAK, BUT IT WILL, IT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, A STRUCTURAL WALL THAT, THAT WILL PROVIDE SOME STABILITY AND SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT NICER THAN JUST DIRT I WOULD ASSUME.

DO YOU KNOW ANY OF THE SPECS? YOU KNOW, HOW TALL IS IT GONNA BE TIERED? WHAT WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? IT WILL BE TALL, I THINK.

UM, THE, THE LATEST PLANTS THAT WE PUT TOGETHER, IT WAS GONNA BE ABOUT, IT'S TALLEST, ABOUT 20 TO 25 FEET.

UM, AND IT WILL BE THE WAY IT'S ACTUALLY PLANNED ON BEING DESIGNED, AND I DON'T WANNA SPEAK TOO MUCH TO IT 'CAUSE I'M NOT A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER, BUT IT WILL BE A REVERSE GABON.

SO THE STEPPING WILL ACTUALLY BE UNDERNEATH THE GROUND AND THEN THE SHEARER SIDE WILL BE WHAT FACES THE PARK.

AND THAT'S JUST TO KEEP US OUT OF THE FLOODPLAIN THAT RUNS THROUGH THE CREEK RIGHT THERE.

'CAUSE IF IT WAS STEPPED, IT WOULD HAVE TO EVENTUALLY REACH THE FLOODPLAIN.

WHEREAS THIS DESIGN STILL PROVIDES STRUCTURAL STABILITY, BUT THEN IT KEEPS US OUTTA THAT FLOOD PLAIN WITH THE SHEARER SIDE.

FRANK, DID YOU REQUEST TO SPEAK? NO.

ANYBODY ELSE? NO QUESTIONS.

WE HAVE NO FURTHER CARD, SIR.

AWESOME.

WELL, THIS IS, UM, THIS IS MY DISTRICT, UH, AND I'M FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA.

I'M ACTUALLY VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE STUFF THAT, UH, UTILITIES BUILD IN OUR SWITCHYARD JUST 'CAUSE OF MY JOB.

BUT, UH, THE STUFF THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR ABOUT, UM, CERTAINLY THE GRAVEL INSTEAD OF PAVEMENT IS STANDARD IN THIS INDUSTRY.

AND, UM, THEY DON'T LIKE, UH, PLANTS GROWING NEAR THEIR WIRES.

I, I CAN, I CAN SPEAK FOR THAT PERSONALLY.

SO I'M PERSONALLY OKAY WITH IT, UM, WITH THE REQUESTS THAT ARE ASKED FOR THE DEVIATION.

SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON, UM, ITEM NUMBER THREE STP DASH 24 DASH 11 DASH 0 4 5 AND APPROVE PER STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.

I SECOND THAT.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

MOTION BY MYSELF, JOHN FEDORKO TO APPROVE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS AND A SECOND BY, UH, FRANK GONZALEZ.

UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION VOTE.

CAN WE GET MS. VAUGHN BACK IN HERE? THANK YOU.

[4. STP-24-11-0043 - Site Plan - LivSmart by Hilton (City Council District 1). Site Plan for a fivestory Extended-Stay Hotel on 2.185 acres. Lots 1 & 2, Block A, Palace Parkway Hotel Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-217, within the Belt Line Corridor Overlay District, with approximate addresses of 340 & 360 E Palace Pkwy]

REMAIN IN PLACE WITH NO ADDITIONAL, UH, WALL SCREENING OR WALLS REQUIRED.

THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER FOUR STP 24 11 0 0 4 3.

THIS IS A SITE PLAN FOR A NEW HOTEL.

SO THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A HOTEL ALONG THE, UM, PALACE PARKWAY IN I 30.

THE ZONING DOES ALLOW FOR A HOTEL USE, SO THEY'RE GOING THROUGH A SITE PLAN REQUIREMENTS.

THIS IS THE PROPOSED HOTEL, I'M SORRY, IT'S THE NORTH IS TO THE RIGHT.

UM, SO WITH THE I 30 AND PALACE PARKWAY, THE UH, BUILDING WILL BE LOCATED AS SHOWN.

IT WILL BE A BRAND CALLED LIVE SMART BY HILTON.

THIS IS FAIRLY NEW BRAND BY HILTON THAT THEY'RE COMING UP WITH TO PROMOTE MORE OF A STUDIO, UH, APARTMENT STYLE HOTELS.

IT WILL BE AN EXTENDED STAY FIVE STORY HOTEL WITH 112 ROOMS. THEY ARE COMPLYING WITH THE DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENT.

HERE'S THE PROPOSED LANDSCAPE PLAN.

THEY ARE GENERALLY, UM, EXCEEDING OR MEETING THE LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENT EXCEPT FOR TWO VARIANCES.

ONE, UH, THEY HAVE A VERY WIDE PARKWAY IN FRONT OF THEIR PROPERTY THAT IS MAINTAINED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER.

CURRENTLY THEY'RE ASKING FOR A VARIABLE WITH LANDSCAPE BUFFER.

OUR APPENDIX F STANDARD REQUIRES 30 FOOT BEFORE WE STARTING ANY PARKING OR PAVEMENT.

THEY HAVE SOMEWHERE FROM 10 TO 16 FEET.

UM, ANOTHER THING IS THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING A WALL VARIANCE.

UM, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO PUT IN A SIX FOOT, BASICALLY SCREENING WALL AGAINST A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, WHICH IS AN APARTMENT TO THE WEST.

THEY ARE REQUESTING THAT THE EXISTING RETAINING WALL WITH WOOD FENCES TO

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THEY ARE PROVIDING A 15 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER WITH SOME TREES PER APPENDIX F STANDARD.

HERE'S A SAMPLE RENDERING OF WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.

UM, AS I MENTIONED, THE LIFT SMART, UM, IS ACTUALLY A LOT MORE FLAT AND IT'S VERY, UH, KIND OF MODERN CLEAN CUT.

HOWEVER, TO COMPLY WITH THE APPENDIX F IN ARTICLE FOUR, THEY HAVE MADE FEW CHANGES, UM, SUCH AS ADDING A PORT CACHE, ADDING SOME MATERIALS, HAVING SOME ROOF VARIATIONS.

SO THEY ARE COMPLYING WITH APPENDIX F STANDARD.

THIS IS THE MAIN, UM, ELEVATIONS WHICH WILL BE VISIBLE FROM THE I 30 AND FROM PALACE PARKWAY AS SHOWN HERE.

SO THIS IS ACTUALLY THEIR EASTERN ELEVATION.

THESE ARE THE SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN ELEVATIONS.

AND THIS IS THE WEST ELEVATION AGAINST THE APARTMENT COMPLEX.

SO WE DO HAVE A CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENT PER ARTICLE FOUR, UH, WHICH ACTUALLY LIMITS THE NUMBER OF HOTELS BASED ON THEIR STR RATING AND ALSO LIMITS EITHER NUMBER OR THE NUMBER OF ROOMS FOR EXTENDED STAY HOTEL.

THEY ARE ACTUALLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ALL THE CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENT.

THIS SHOWS THAT WITHIN ONE MILE THERE ARE NO OTHER HOTELS, UM, WITHIN THAT ONE MILE SET FOR THE OTHER THREE THAT ARE DIRECTLY ADJACENT.

SO THEY HAVE A STUDIO SIX SUPER IN MOTEL IN LA QUINTA INN, WHICH IS CURRENTLY EXISTING.

THEY ARE PROPOSING A ONE UPPER MIDDLE SCALE EXTENDED STATE HOTEL.

AND THE TOTAL WILL STILL BE ON THE, UNDER THE, UH, CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENT AND WILL COMPLY.

SO I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT THE STUDIO SIX, UM, SUPER EIGHT MOTELS ARE CONSIDERED THE ECONOMY OR INDEPENDENT HOTEL PER STR OR RATING AND WHAT THE LA QUINTA IS CONSIDERED, UH, UPPER OR UM, MIDSCALE OR UPPER MIDSCALE.

AND THE PROPOSED, UH, LIVES SMART BY HILTON BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH NEW BRAND.

THEY DON'T TECHNICALLY HAVE SDR RATING THAT'S PUBLISHED YET.

HOWEVER, THEY ARE PROVIDING, UM, SIMILAR PRODUCT THAT WILL BE CONSIDERED A MIDSCALE OR UPPER MIDSCALE.

UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT, UH, OTHER THAN THE KINTA WHICH WAS BUILT IN 20 UH, 15, THE OTHER TWO HOTELS WERE BUILT KIND OF A LATE 1900.

STEPH DOES NOT REALLY THINK THIS IS A BAD IDEA TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE MODERNIZED HOTEL IN THE AREA.

UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, THEY ARE PROVIDING SIX TIER ONE AMENITIES THAT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE SEVEN.

SO THEY ARE REQUESTING A VARIANCE FOR THE POOL REQUIREMENT.

AGAIN, THEIR HOTEL MODEL IS FOR A EXTENDED STAY HOTEL WHERE THEY WANNA PROVIDE MORE, UM, RESIDENT SUPPORTIVE, UM, AMENITIES SUCH AS FITNESS ROOMS AND BIGGER LAUNDRY ROOMS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

SO THEY DO NOT HAVE A POOL AS THE PART OF THE AMENITY.

FOR THE PROTOTYPE.

THEY ARE PROVIDING TWO TIER TWO AMENITIES, WHICH COMPLIES WITH THE, UH, REQUIREMENT.

AGAIN, THIS IS THE PICTURE OF THE LAUNDRY AREA.

SO THIS ACTUALLY LOOKS MORE LIKE A SOFT LAUNDRY, COIN LAUNDRY TYPE OF FACILITY VERSUS TYPICAL HOTEL HEADING SMALL EQUIPMENT BECAUSE THEY ARE TRYING TO TARGET, UH, PEOPLE WHO WILL STAY FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND THEY REALLY WANT THIS HOTEL ROOMS TO BE MORE APARTMENT LIKE.

SO THEY ACTUALLY, THE ROOMS ARE ACTUALLY EQUIPPED WITH REFRIGERATOR, MICROWAVE, COOKTOP.

AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY, THEY ACTUALLY COME WITH, UH, CO UH, POTS, PANS AND CUTLERS.

SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY STAY HERE AND COOK FOR YOURSELF AS LONG AS YOU DO YOUR OWN GROCERY SHOPPING.

SO THAT'S KIND OF A NEW MODEL.

SO THIS IS REGARDING THE REQUESTED VARIANCE.

UM, THEY DO HAVE AN EXISTING FENCE, WHICH, UM, HAS A RETAINING WALL THAT KIND OF RANGES FROM THREE TO FOUR FEET ALONG THE EXISTING APARTMENT.

THIS WILL BE THE SITE WHERE THE NEW HOTEL WILL BE LOCATED.

THIS IS THE EASIEST CONDITION NEXT TO THE LA QUINTA INN, WHICH IS DIRECTLY TO THE NORTH.

SO AGAIN, TO SUMMARIZE, THEY, THEY ARE REQUESTING VARIANCE TO THE LINK BUFFER TO THE SCREENING WALL AND TO THE NUMBER, UH, THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF TIER ON ONE AMEN TO NOT TO, UH, TO PROVIDE NO POOLS.

STEPH RECOMMENDS WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITION THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE A BASICALLY SCREENING WALL PER UD STANDARD.

UM, THIS CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION.

IS THERE ANY QUESTION FOR STEP AT THIS TIME? THE APPLICANT IS HERE IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT.

DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR JUNE? THANK YOU.

MS. BOND, DID YOU HAVE A NO.

THANK YOU JUNE VERY MUCH.

WE HAVE ONE CARD FOR AMISH PATEL AND HE WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.

I BELIEVE HE'S THE APPLICANT.

MR. PATEL, WELCOME.

IF YOU COULD, UH, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.

ALRIGHT.

HELLO, MY NAME IS AMISH PATEL.

UH, I RESIDE AT, UH, 9 0 4 WINCHESTER IN SOUTH LAKE, TEXAS.

AND I AM THE PROJECT OWNER, UM, PRETTY MUCH, UH, JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS MAY

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HAVE.

NOT REALLY ANY.

IS THERE A PRESENTATION JUNE THAT HE'S, UH, UM, IT JUST HAS A RENDERINGS THAT YOU ALREADY SAW, BUT OKAY.

YEAH, SHE DID A GREAT JOB JUNE, SO THERE'S NOT MUCH REALLY, UH, SO THIS IS MY DISTRICT, MR. PATEL.

I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.

THE OTHER, IT'S NOT A BIG THING FOR ME, BUT THE OTHER TWO HOTELS THAT ARE YOUR COMPETITORS THERE, THEY, I THINK THEY BOTH HAVE POOLS.

SO THE LATA WE OWN, WE OPERATE, WE, WE ACTUALLY, UH, DEVELOPED AND BUILT THAT OURSELF OH, OKAY.

AS WELL.

AND WE, WE ACTUALLY STILL OPERATE THAT.

UM, SO THE, THE, I GUESS LEMME START FROM THE BEGINNING.

UH, HILTON, UM, THEY MADE THIS BRAND, THEY'VE CREATED IT, UH, PRETTY MUCH IN COMPETITION WITH, UM, OTHER, UH, BRANDS LIKE YOU HAVE MARRIOTT, HILTON, IHG, WHICH IS HOTEL INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS AND ALL THAT.

SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE A BRAND THAT, UM, LIKE LET'S SAY I, SHE HAS, THEY HAVE A CANDLEWOOD SUITES.

SO IF, IF WE WERE TO COMPARE WHAT THIS IS AND EVERYBODY'S, UH, FULLY AWARE OF THE HOMEWOOD SUITES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.

SO THAT'S MORE OF A, UM, UPPER UP UPSCALE TYPE HOTEL.

SO THEY HAVE THE AMENITIES AS FAR AS, UH, FULL BREAKFAST, HOT BREAKFAST IN THE MORNING.

UM, THEY'LL OFFER, UM, A LOT OF MEETING SPACE, UH, AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THIS IS LIKE THE BABY BROTHER IS WHAT THEY'RE PUTTING.

SO WHAT THEY'RE TRUE THEY'RE TRYING TO ATTRACT WITH THIS IS MORE OF A, UM, LIKE A PROFESSIONAL BLUE COLLAR WORKER THAT'S PROBABLY COMING IN TOWN FOR LIKE THREE OR FOUR DAYS.

SO YES, THEY CAN STAY UP TO 30 DAYS AND PAST THAT.

BUT REALLY WHAT HILTON'S TRYING TO TARGET HERE IS YOUR WEEKLY PERSON THAT MIGHT COME IN ON A MONDAY WORK, COME IN IN THE EVENING, LEAVE BY THURSDAY AND GO HOME IS REALLY WHAT THEY'RE TARGETING.

AND SO WHEN THEY PUT THE, THE WHOLE THING TOGETHER AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY DO ALL THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY LOOK AT ALL THESE STATS AND EVERYTHING AND SO THEY ASKED THAT GROUP OF, UH, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL CLIENTS TO, HEY, WHAT WOULD BE THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE WANT, OR WHAT ARE SOME OF THE AMENITIES? AND A BIG THING WAS, UM, THE LAUNDRY FACILITY.

SO IT'LL BE A FREE FACILITY THAT, UH, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO DO THEIR LAUNDRY, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE THERE FOR WORK, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN WASH THEIR CLOTHES AND ALL THAT.

AND THEN, UM, THE OTHER THING WAS LIKE, UH, UM, SOME OF THIS PATIO AREA WHERE THEY CAN KIND OF HANG OUT AND DON'T HAVE TO BE COOPED UP IN THE ROOM AND A FITNESS FACILITY.

SO WE'VE KIND OF, THEY'RE, THEY'RE BIGGER STANDARD.

UH, WELL THEY HAVE STANDARD, UH, SIZE FITNESS AREAS, BUT WE'VE KIND OF BEEFED THOSE UP BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, AS THEY WERE ASKING FOR, UH, TO, TO CREATING THIS PROTOTYPE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE WONDERING, HEY, WHO WE'RE TARGETING? LET'S GIVE THEM WHAT THEY WANT.

AND SO A POOL IS REALLY NOT ANYTHING THAT ANYBODY REALLY CARED FOR.

'CAUSE YOU KNOW, A GUY THAT COMES HOME FROM WORK, YOU KNOW, HE, HE MIGHT WANT TO GO OUTSIDE THE PATIO, HAVE A BEER, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE HOURS, HANG OUT AND THEN GO BACK TO BED.

'CAUSE HE HAS TO BE UP AT WORK IN THE MORNING.

HE IS NOT GONNA GET IN THE POOL.

SO AGAIN, JUST GOING OFF OF WHAT THEY'RE PUTTING OUT THERE LIKE HILTON AND WE'RE KIND OF JUST FOLLOWING THEIR PROTOTYPE.

AND THE, SO THE OTHER THING IS THEY'RE GIVING THESE FRANCHISES OUT AND THEY'RE ALL GONNA BE NEW CONSTRUCTION.

SO THEY'RE ALL GONNA BE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE BUILDING IN GRAND PRAIRIE.

UM, EVERYWHERE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THEY'RE NOT HAVING A POOL.

NOW THERE MIGHT BE SOME PEOPLE THAT SAY, HEY, I WANT TO ADD A POOL.

OBVIOUSLY THEY CAN ADD ONE, BUT HILTON ITSELF SAYS, WELL, IT'S NOT REQUIRED.

IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE.

SO TWO, TWO OTHER QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

BASED ON HOW THIS IS A BRAND NEW PRODUCT OR LINE OF HILTON.

SO HOW, HOW LONG IS THEY HAVE? UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE JUST ROLLING IT OUT NOW, JUST SO THEY'VE, YEAH.

SO WE'LL BE THE FIRST, UH, WE'LL PROBABLY BE ONE OF THE, I'M SURE WE'LL BE ONE OF THE TOP 10 ONES TO OPEN UP IN BRADBURY.

AND IS THE OUTDOOR PATIO THAT YOU'RE CONTEMPLATING GONNA HAVE A FIRE PIT AND A GAS GRILL WITH IT? YES.

SEAN? YES SIR.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

DOES ANYONE ELSE, UH, COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN? I THINK I SAW.

HELLO.

HELLO, MR. PATEL.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

UM, COUPLE THINGS.

I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS 10,000 SQUARE FEET OF MEETING SPACE.

IS THAT ACCURATE? NO, THERE'S NO MEETING.

YOU DON'T HAVE ANY MEETING SPACE.

I'M SORRY, JUNE, I THINK IT WAS ON ONE OF YOUR SLIDES.

IS THERE ANY MEETING SPACE? NO.

AND THEN CONSIDERATION AS FAR AS LOCAL PERSONNEL, UH, WORKING AND LABORERS THERE, THE AMOUNT OF EMPLOYEES THAT WE'RE BRINGING TO THE CITY? UM, WE PROBABLY HAVE ABOUT 25 BEING ABOUT 25 PLUS EMPLOYEES.

AND THAT'S FULL-TIME? UH, YEAH, WHEN YOU COMBINE EVERYBODY.

'CAUSE FROM HOUSEKEEPING STAFF TO FRONT DESK, 24 HOURS.

AND AS FAR AS THE CONSTRUCTION PERSONNEL, IS THAT HILTON SITUATED WHERE THEY JUST COME IN, THERE'S A COMPANY COMING IN? OR ARE YOU GONNA BE USING LOCAL CONTRACTORS AS WELL? WE, WE DO LOCAL CONTRACTORS AND UH, ACTUALLY WE, WE DEVELOP AND BUILD OURSELVES SAME, SAME AS WE DID WITH LAQUINTA.

OH.

WE ACTUALLY OWN AND OPERATE THE, UH, CANDLEWOOD, UH, OFF OF I 20 IN GREAT SOUTHWEST.

WITH HILTON, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE THE PERFECT LOCATION OVER HERE WITH THE CRICKET STADIUM.

SO OFF THAT MODEL, WHEN THIS CAME OUT

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AND YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TOURNAMENTS THAT ARE MULT MULTIPLE NIGHTS.

THOSE CLIENTS WOULD LOVE THIS AS WELL.

YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE IN A TYPICAL ROOM YOU HAVE A BED AND THEN YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE YOUR RESTROOM OR WHATEVER.

WELL, THIS, YOU'LL HAVE A LITTLE SEATING AREA OR THEY CAN ACTUALLY SIT DOWN, MAYBE WATCH TV AND NOT HAVE TO BE IN THE BED WATCHING TV.

SO PEOPLE TEND TO LIKE THIS TYPE OF STAY BETTER WHEN THEY'RE THERE FOR MULTIPLE NIGHTS.

MY ONLY CONCERN, MR. PATEL, IS I THINK YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SOME, I DEFINITELY KNOW YOU WILL HAVE THE CONSTRUCTION FOLKS THERE.

BUT I'M ALSO CONCERNED THAT YOU MAY HAVE SOME FAMILIES THAT MAY BE VISITING THE AREA AND WANT THAT SAME KIND OF CONCEPT.

SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT, UM, MR. FKA WAS ASKING YOU ABOUT AS FAR AS A POOL.

SO I WOULD ASK IS THERE ANY KIND OF RATIONALE FOR MAYBE A SPORT COURT OR SOME FORM OF OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT? SO WE DO, UH, I DON'T KNOW, JUNE, IF IT'S IN HERE, THERE WAS A, WE ARE ADDING, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ON HERS, BUT WE DO HAVE AN AREA WHERE WE'RE DOING, UH, SOME GAMES AND STUFF OUTSIDE WHERE THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, THROW A, UM, BEANBAG TOSS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

NOT SURE IF, UH, THERE, IT'S, SO THE, THE BLUE AREA RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE, THAT'S THE ACTUAL PATIO THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT NOW OFF TO THE LEFT THERE, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA CREATE WHERE, YOU KNOW, JUST SOME GAMES WHERE THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, KIDS CAN PLAY AND DO BRING BACK CALLS.

JUST CERTAIN, CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT THEY CAN GET OUT AND KIND OF RUN AROUND THAT AREA.

SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE ADDED TO KIND OF, UM, YOU KNOW, GET THAT REQUIREMENT FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT.

NO PROBLEM.

AND, UM, SORRY, COMMISSIONER MADDEN, UM, SO IT'S ACTUALLY NO, THEY ONLY ARE, THEY'RE AS AN EXTENT THERE, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE B AND C.

YES, MA'AM.

I KNEW I'D SEEN IT, YES.

MM-HMM.

I WAS CRACKING UP FOR A MOMENT.

YEAH, NO, NO, YOU'RE FINE.

UM, WELL, I'M EXCITED.

THE PRODUCT LOOKS GREAT.

I ASSUME YOU HAVE IT AT AN ANGLE SO THAT YOU DON'T BLOCK THE VIEW OF YOUR CURRENT PROPERTY.

RIGHT.

YOU WERE AT THE OPENING GOOD THINKING.

UM, AND THEN, SO, SO WHEN IT WAS PRESENTED TO US EARLIER, YOU GUYS NEVER ADDED A WALL BETWEEN THE LAQUINTA? NO, IT WASN'T REQUIRED BACK THEN.

OH, WAS IT NOT? WE ACTUALLY GOING BACK WITH THE SAME ENGINEERS, WE HAD ALL THAT PROJECT AND OKAY.

WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED IN.

IT WASN'T PART OF THE, I THINK THIS WAS A WHOLE, EVERYTHING THAT WAS, UH, ADDED AFTER THE FACT.

LIKE, UH, THE OVERLAY DISTRICT OR WHATEVER.

THE ENTERTAINMENT MM-HMM .

AND THEN THAT WALL ACTUALLY CONTINUES ALL THE WAY ACROSS ALL FOUR OF THE HOTELS THAT ARE THERE.

SO, SO WHEN YOU GO DOWN STUDIO SIX, IT LOOKS THE SAME.

THE, THE, UH, SUPER EIGHT AND THE LATA, THEY ALL LOOK THE EXACT SAME WHEN IT GOES, COMES TO THAT WALL.

SO ONE THING I WONDER ABOUT THOUGH, I'M LOOKING AT THE RENDERINGS AND I'M NOTICING LIKE THE, THE RENDERINGS, UM, FOR THE OUTSIDE AREAS, THE, THE WALL'S LIKE THREE FEET TALL AND ONE OF 'EM FACES THE WEST AND THAT'S REALLY HOT.

AND THE OTHER ONE'S THE SOUTHWEST.

AND SO I JUST WONDERED IF YOU WERE PLANNING TO HAVE ANY KIND OF, UM, WHICH WALLS ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? YOUR, YOUR OUTDOOR AREAS? YOUR OUTDOOR AREAS BOTH FACE THE WEST OR THE SOUTHWEST? SO WHAT WE DID WAS, UM, THE, BASICALLY THE LANDSCAPING BUFFER THAT SHE MENTIONED.

THERE'S 15 FEET FROM THAT WALL.

AND THEN WE HAVE ABOUT 20 TREES THAT ARE GONNA BE LIKE EIGHT TO 10 FOOT TALL ON THE BACK SIDE.

DON'T YOU SHOW A CANOPY OVER THAT AUTHORITY SITTING HERE? IT'S ON THE, IT'S ON THE FRONT.

OH, IN THAT IT'S A COVERED, YEAH, IT'S A, YEAH, BUT, OKAY.

I'M THINKING ABOUT EVENINGS.

AND I'M JUST, I'M, I'M TOO WORRY ABOUT NOT HAVING THE POOL.

DOES YOUR OTHER PROPERTY HAVE A POOL? YEAH, THE LAQUINTA DOES.

IT DOES.

AND LAQUINTA IS MORE OF A, A, YOU KNOW, NIGHTLY STAY KIND OF PLACE.

AND THEN, SO ON THE WEEKENDS, SO WE HAVE CORPORATE PEOPLE THAT COME IN THROUGH THE WEEKDAY MM-HMM .

WHICH POOL NEVER GETS USED BY THEM.

UM, BUT ON THE WEEKENDS SOMETIMES THERE'S FAMILIES THAT COME IN AND THEY USE IT.

UM, THIS PRODUCT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN PEOPLE COME, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY'LL, THEY PROBABLY WON'T BE IN THEIR ROOM ALL DAY BECAUSE THEY'RE COMING FOR WORK.

THAT'S REALLY THE TARGET PEOPLE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BRING HERE.

NOW AGAIN, YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE MIGHT BE FAMILIES THAT COME AND STUFF AND YOU KNOW, AT THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN PROBABLY CHECK INTO THE LAQUINTA OR THAT WE'RE RIGHT THERE.

CAN YOU TELL ME TOO, DOES THE, DO EACH OF THE ROOMS, I DIDN'T STUDY THE PLAN.

WELL, BUT DO THE ROOMS OFFER MORE THAN JUST, UM, LIKE AN EFFICIENCY STYLE OR ARE THERE SUITES? ARE THERE ROOMS, UH, WITHIN THE, UH, SO NO OTHER SUITES? SO LIKE, IT'S A STUDIO.

IT'S A STUDIO, IT'S A STUDIO ROOM.

SO WHEN YOU WALK IN, YOU'LL HAVE YOUR KITCHEN.

UM, OKAY.

UM, COMMISSIONER MATT, IF I MAY INTERJECT IT, THEIR WEBSITE, THE HILTON SAYS THEY HAVE THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SUITES.

SO BASED ON THE SIZES THAT WILL HAVE KING, QUEEN, AND, BUT NOT ROOMS, NOT ROOM.

WITHIN THE ROOM, NO.

'CAUSE I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE FAMILIES AND I WAS GONNA SAY UHUH, YOU KNOW.

SO THAT'S WHERE THE, THE BIG BROTHER, LITTLE BROTHER COMES IN PLAY.

A DOOR AND THIS, THIS PRODUCT, THEY'RE NOT MAKING IT THAT WAY.

HOMEWOOD SUITES IS, WOULD HAVE THAT EXTRA, UH, BEDROOM SEPARATE WHERE THERE'S

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'CAUSE AGAIN, THEY'RE GEARING IT TOWARDS A CERTAIN CLIENTELE THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO BRING IN.

UM, YOU KNOW, JUST THE DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS THAT THEY'RE BRINGING IN.

SO NOT SO MUCH LIKE WE'RE SAYING THAT WE'RE TARGETING, NOT TARGETING FAMILIES MM-HMM .

BUT IT'S REALLY GEARED TOWARDS LIKE THE WORKING PERSON COMING IN TOWN THAT WE WANT TO ATTRACT.

NO PROBLEM.

ANYBODY DOES, DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MR. ZAMORE? THANK YOU MR. ER, GOING BACK TO THE FENCE, YOU KNOW, UM, I'M NOT SURE WHO'S RESPONSIBLE IF SOMETHING WAS TO, YOU KNOW, SO THAT, THAT WALL AND FENCE IS MAINTAINED BY THE APARTMENT COMPLEX, DO THEY ACTUALLY REPLACED THAT FENCE? I THINK WITHIN THE LAST HAD TO BE AFTER, WITH 18 MONTHS LOOKS FAIRLY NEW.

BRAND NEW FENCE.

AND THEN THE, THE CONCRETE ITSELF, LIKE I SAID, EVERY IT'S CONCRETE, THERE'S NO, IT'S IN GOOD SHAPE AND THEY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ACTUALLY THAT MUCH TALLER.

SO, YOU KNOW, THEY, AND LIKE I SAID, THEY, THEY REPLACED THE WHOLE FENCE ALL ALONG THAT SIDE.

SO THEY MAINTAINED ALL THAT.

UH, COMMISSIONER VAUGHN.

LUCKY VAUGHN.

UM, THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.

UM, MR. PATEL, ONE QUESTION.

UM, DOES THE HOTEL HAVE AN ANTI-TRAFFICKING POLICY? YES MA'AM.

HILTON ACTUALLY DOES TRAINING AND THEY HAVE TO DO IT ONLINE.

AND EACH, UH, FRONT DESK CLERK AND EVEN HOUSEKEEPING STAFF THERE, THERE'S A CERTIFICATION THAT THEY HAVE TO GET THROUGH HILTON AND IT'S DONE ALL ONLINE.

AND SO THAT GIVES THEM A, A TRAINING OF WHAT TO LOOK AT AND, UH, THEY HAVE TO HAVE THAT CERTIFIED CERTIFICATION.

I THINK IT, THEY UPDATE IT.

IF THEY'RE THERE AF MORE THAN A YEAR, I THINK THEY HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN.

SO, AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING NEW, THEY'RE ALWAYS BEING BRIEFED ON THAT.

SO YEAH, THROUGH, THROUGH HILTON THERE IS, THERE IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT WOULD TRAIN ALL STAFF ON THAT.

OKAY, SO THE ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.

NO WORRIES.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? MR. PATEL? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

APPRECIATE YOU AND WELCOME BACK TO GRAND PRAIRIE.

ALRIGHT, FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, I APOLOGIZE, I'M NEW TO THIS RUNNING THIS.

I DIDN'T OPEN THE FLOOR TO ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS THE LAST TIME.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANT TO ADD TO THIS DISCUSSION? THIS IS ALSO MY DISTRICT AND, UM, I KNOW THAT PLOT OF LAND, IT HAS BEEN EMPTY FOR A WHILE AND IT'S GONNA BE A NICE, UH, I THINK A NICE ADDITION ALONG, UH, INTERSTATE 30.

I, I AM GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UM, THAT VOTE TO APPROVE AND ACTUALLY, UH, NOT, UH, INCLUDE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

I THINK THE A SECOND WALL WOULD BE, UH, DETRIMENTAL, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE QUALITY OF THE WALL THAT'S ALREADY THERE.

UM, SO THAT BEING THE CASE WITH NO OTHER DISCUSSION, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON ITEM FOUR STP DASH 24 DASH 11 DASH 0 4 3 AND VOTE TO APPROVE WITH ALL THE VARIANCES AND WITHOUT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY MYSELF, UH, JOHN FEDORKO AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MADDEN.

UM, CAN WE HAVE A SHOW? IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MATTER? CAN I HAVE A SHOW OF HANDS FOR ALL THOSE THAT SUPPORT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

[5. SUP-24-09-0040 - Specific Use Permit Amendment - Inoperable Vehicle Holding Yard at 4226 E Main (City Council District 5). SUP Amendment (SUP-618) to amend the boundary of an existing Inoperable Vehicle Holding Yard and Flea Market on 27.30 acres. A portion of Lot 1, Block 1, 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]

IT'S SUP 24 0 9 0 0 4 0.

SO THIS IS, IS A, UH, SUP AMENDMENT REQUEST TO ADJUST THE BOUNDARY OF THE SUP ONE, UH, SIX 18 WITH, UM, LOCATED GENERALLY AT 42 26 EAST MAIN.

IF YOU RECALL, WE HAD A RECENT, UH, APPROVAL OF A HEAVY TRUCK PARKING LOT HERE AS A SUP ITEM 0 0 3 9.

UM, AS A RESPONSE TO THAT APPROVAL, THE APPLICANT IS COMING THROUGH TO CLEAN UP THE, UH, SUP BOUNDARIES.

THIS COMMUNICATES THE CURRENT BOUNDARY WHERE THE SUP 6 84 WILL BE REPLACED BY THE NEWLY APPROVED SUP.

SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THEY'RE ADJUSTING THIS LINE TO KIND OF FOLLOW THE LEASE AREA THAT THEY CURRENTLY OPERATE UNDER.

AGAIN, THIS KIND OF GENERALLY SHOWS WHAT'S EXISTING.

THEY'RE NOT PROPOSING ANY CHANGES TO THE EXISTING SITE.

THEY'RE ONLY MAKING CHANGES TO THE BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS SO THAT THEY CAN CLEAN UP THE SUP.

UH, DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

THIS CONCLUDES PRE UH, STEP PRESENTATION.

ANY QUESTION FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME? ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANYBODY? OKAY.

UH, ANY DISCUSSION? UH, I'M SORRY, MS. DOBY, WE HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS.

NO SPEAKER CARD, SIR, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION THAT ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE? SORRY.

AND THIS IS DISTRICT FIVE, WHICH,

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SO I WOULD CLOSE LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE TO APPROVE HER DRCS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ITEM NUMBER FIVE SUP DASH 24 DASH NINE FOUR FOR THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.

SECOND.

GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

UH, I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COMMISSIONER, UM, MENDEZ, ARI, AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER COLEY.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, UH, THAT ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ON THE MOTION? CAN WE TAKE A VOTE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES UNANIM.

[6. SUP-24-04-0018 - Specific Use Permit/Site Plan - 2625 England Parkway (City Council District 6). Specific Use Permit and Site Plan for a two-story multi-tenant building with a drive through on 1.00 acres. Lot 33, Block D, Mira Lagos East Retail Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-365, within the Lake Ridge Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 2625 England Pkwy]

THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM SIX SUP 24 0 4 0 0 1 8 4 26 25 ENGLAND PARKWAY.

THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF, UH, LAKERIDGE PARKWAY IN ENGLAND PARKWAY.

UH, THIS IS GOING TO BE A TWO STORY MULTI-TENANT BUILDING, WHICH WOULD BE SPLIT INTO RETAIL AND OFFICE SPACE.

THE RETAIL PORTION IS 5,826 SQUARE FEET WITH, UH, A DRIVE THROUGH.

AND THE DRIVE THROUGH IS THE COMPONENT THAT IS TRIGGERING THE SPECIFIC USE PERIMETER REQUEST IN THE OVERLAY DISTRICT.

AND THEN THE OFFICE SPACE IS 6,354 SQUARE FEET.

HERE IS THE SITE PLAN.

THE DRIVE THROUGH PORTION IS LOCATED ON THE EAST OF THE SITE PLAN, UH, AGAIN, A TWO STORY BUILDING ON ONE ACRE.

UH, THERE WILL BE A SIX FOOT MASONRY SCREENING WALL ON THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN BOUNDARIES OF THIS PROPERTY.

AND THEY ARE COMPLYING WITH THE PARKING MAXIMUM REQUIREMENT, WHICH IT'S GOING TO BE 42 PARKING SPACES HERE.

HERE'S THE LANDSCAPE PLAN.

AGAIN, THEY'RE EITHER MEETING OR EXCEEDING THE LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS.

HERE ARE THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS, UH, MOSTLY COMPRISING OF, UH, STONE AND STUCCO.

AND THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING IS GONNA BE 23 FEET.

THEY ARE COMPLYING WITH ALL OF THE APPENDIX F MENU CHECKLIST ITEMS. THEY'RE ACTUALLY EXCEEDING THIS AS WELL.

UH, THEY'RE PROVIDING 13.5 AND THEIR REQUIREMENT IS 12.

THERE WERE 36 NOTICES SENT TO ITS SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.

WE DID RECEIVE THREE LETTERS IN OPPOSITION.

WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY BODY WITH THE, UH, LETTERS.

AND THOSE LETTERS ARE IN YOUR PACKET FROM PAGE 96 TO 98.

UH, BUT WE DID RECEIVE THREE IN OPPOSITION.

HERE'S THE OPPOSITION MAP, WHICH IS, UH, TO THE EAST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES AND DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR ABDUL? NO.

THANK YOU, ABDUL.

UH, WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD, SIR.

UH, NORMAN PATTON WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.

MR. PATTON, PLEASE COME UP THE DAIS AND, UH, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

SIR, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME HERE.

MY NAME, MY NAME IS NORMAN PATTON, UH, FOUR 13 CEDAR STREET, CEDAR HILL, TEXAS.

I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE OWNER, UH, AND DEVELOPER OF THE PROPERTY.

SO, UH, JUST OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OWNER? GOOD EVENING.

MR. PATTON WANTED TO KNOW, DO, WHAT'S THE DRIVE THROUGH, WHAT IS IT ACTUALLY GONNA BE? DO WE KNOW YET? UM, THE DEVELOPER AND OWNER OF THE PROPERTY ALSO HAS, UH, MULTIPLE LITTLE CAESARS, UH, RESTAURANTS AND A LOT OF LOCATIONS AROUND, AND HE INTENDS TO PUT A LITTLE CAESARS THERE.

AND IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT OPERATION, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY INTERIOR, UH, DINING.

IT'S ALL TAKEOUT.

AND HE'S KIND OF DEVELOPED THIS CONCEPT OF DRIVE THROUGH SORT OF LIKE A STARBUCKS.

YOU CAN EITHER COME IN AND GET YOUR PIZZA OR YOU CAN DRIVE THROUGH AND PICK IT UP AND, AND GO.

AND SO, UH, THAT'S WHAT HE'S, HE'S PLANNING TO DO THERE? YES, SIR.

ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. PATTON? MR. PATTON, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THERE ARE NO FURTHER CARDS, SIR.

FOUR DASH 0 0 1 8 PER DRC RECOMMENDATION.

I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE FLOOR TO ANY DISCUSSIONS ON THIS ITEM.

I NOTICE THAT IT IS IN, UH, DISTRICT SIX, WHICH I THINK IS MS. LUCKY VAUGHN'S DISTRICT.

UM, ANY THOUGHTS, MS. VAUGHN OR JUST WANNA MOTION? YEAH, PLEASE.

MOTION? YEAH.

UM, THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE, UM, SUP DASH 24 DASH ZERO

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I SECOND IT.

UM, I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COMMISSIONER LUCKY VAUGHN TO APPROVE AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN.

BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION THAT ANYBODY WANTS TO HAVE ON THIS MATTER? NOPE.

ALRIGHT.

UH, FOR ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

GOOD

[7. ZON-24-11-0029 - Zoning Change - 2335 & 2339 SE 4th (City Council District 3). Zoning Change from Single Family-Two (SF-2) to Single Family-Six (SF-6) on 0.438 acres. Lots 1A &1B, Block H, Grand Prairie Prize Acres Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Single Family-Two (SF-2) District, and addressed as 2335 & 2339 SE 4th St]

EVENING, MR. CHAIR.

UH, GOOD EVENING.

MOVING ITEMS. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN ON YOUR AGENDA.

THIS IS A ZONING CHANGE REQUEST, UH, FOR PROPERTY TWO PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 2 3 3 5 AND 2 3 3 9 SOUTHEAST FOURTH STREET.

AGAIN, THAT'S A ZONING CHANGE REQUEST FROM THE CURRENT ZONING, WHICH IS SINGLE FAMILY TWO RESIDENTIAL TO SINGLE FAMILY SIX RESIDENTIAL.

UH, THE CURRENT LOTS ARE VACANT AND THE INTENT, UH, IS TO ALLOW FOR MORE FLEXIBILITY TO DEVELOP, UH, THREE RESIDENTIAL HOMES ON THREE INDIVIDUAL LOTS.

CURRENTLY THERE ARE TWO LOTS, UM, AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT UNDER, UH, HALF AN ACRE WITH BOTH LOTS.

THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DOES DESIGNATE THIS AREA AS LOW DES DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.

SO, UM, WITH THE ZONING CHANGE REQUESTS, THERE WOULD BE NO CHANGE IN THAT.

UM, BOTH ZONING DISTRICTS ABIDE BY THAT.

UH, LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL STANDARD.

AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THERE, UM, ON SCREEN, IF I CAN, I CAN SEE WHERE MY MOUSE IS.

WELL, IT'S NOT SHOWING, BUT, UM, AGAIN, TWO PARCELS, UH, 2 3, 3 5, AND 2 3, 3 9.

CURRENTLY VACANT LOTS CURRENTLY IS ON SINGLE FAMILY TWO AND WANTING TO CHANGE TO SINGLE FAMILY SIX.

AGAIN, WITH THOSE, SOME OF THOSE CHANGES, UH, COME IN, UH, HAND THE, UH, THE DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS, SO THE MINIMUM LAW AREA, THE MINIMUM LOT WIDTH, LAW, DEATH, THOSE KINDS OF STANDARDS FOR, UH, THE DEVELOPMENTS, UH, REQUIRED OF INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTIAL LOTS.

AND THIS IS A AREA VIEW OF THOSE TWO LOTS AND THE STREET VIEW.

SO I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME, BUT THE DRC DOES RECOMMEND, UH, APPROVAL OF THIS ZONING EXCHANGE REQUEST.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. GONZALEZ? NO.

THANK YOU SIR.

WE HAVE NO CARDS FOR THIS ITEM, SIR.

AWESOME.

ITEM EIGHT AND NINE ARE COMPANION ITEMS, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND PRESENT THEM TOGETHER.

UM, I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE DISCUSSION ON THE FLOOR IF THERE IS ANY, UH, ON THIS ITEM.

NUMBER SEVEN.

UM, I DO NOTE THAT THIS IS, UH, DISTRICT THREE, WHICH IS COMMISSIONER MEDINA'S DISTRICT.

DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OR JUST WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? YEAH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER Z ZERO ZON DASH 24 DASH 11 DASH 0 29 AND APPROVE AS PER STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.

I SECOND IT.

UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR CURRENTLY FROM COMMISSIONER MEDINA AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN TO APPROVE PER STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? IF NOT, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO A VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE OR RAISE THEIR HAND.

SORRY.

MOTION PASS UNANIM.

YOU'RE DOING GREAT.

MOTION FAIL FOR, I WAS GONNA SAY FAILS FOR LACK OF, UH,

[Items 8 & 9]

UH, ITEM EIGHT IS A CPA 24 0 9 0 0 1 3 4 5 0 9 AUSTIN STREET.

UH, THE EXISTING FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION FOR THIS AREA CURRENTLY IS HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.

THIS IS A VACANT LOT.

UH, THE PROPOSED DENSITY IS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.

HERE'S A MAP SHOWING THE DIFFERENT COLORS, UH, AND TO THE EAST AND SOUTH.

THEY'RE ALL SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO THE NORTH AND WEST, UH, IS COMMERCIAL BUS.

OUR COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES.

FOR THE CPA'S RECOMMENDATION, THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEES ENABLED RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST BECAUSE IT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.

MOVING ON TO THE ZONE CHANGE ITEM NINE, UH, IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED AS CENTRAL AREA AND TWO FAMILY RESIDENTIAL A SPLIT ZONE.

UH, THE PROPOSED ZONING IS SINGLE FAMILY SIX.

THE INTENTION IS TO BUILD A SINGLE FAMILY HOME ON IT.

ONCE THE ZONING HAS

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BEEN SECURED, THE PROPERTY IS 0.17 ACRES.

HERE'S HOW THE ZONING CURRENTLY LOOKS, AND THE YELLOW WILL IS DEPICTING WHAT THE SINGLE FAMILY SIX WILL LOOK LIKE.

HERE'S SOME CONCEPTUAL ELEVATIONS, .

WE DID SEND, UH, 38 LETTERS, UH, TO SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS.

WE DID RECEIVE ONE IN OPPOSITION, WHICH IS, UH, RIGHT ADJACENT TO THE WEST.

THERE'S A LANDSCAPING CONTRACTOR AND I'VE PROVIDED THOSE LETTERS ON YOUR DESK.

UH, AND THEIR OPPOSITION FOR THE RECOMMENDATION STAFF IS AGAIN, UNABLE TO APPROVE.

UH, THIS REQUEST BECAUSE IT'S THE SINGLE FAMILY IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.

BUT SHOULD THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL, THE APPLICANT MUST PLA THE PROPERTY BEFORE ANY BUILDING PERMITS CAN BE ISSUED.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? COMMISSIONER MAT? COMMISSIONER MADDEN, I DO WONDER, UM, THE HOMES ADJACENT, DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW HOW OLD THEY ARE? ARE THEY THE ROOF OF THE ONE IMMEDIATELY TO THE RIGHT LOOKS? IT LOOKS PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL.

LOOKS, I MEAN, IS THIS A DILAPIDATED 19? THERE ARE OLDER HOMES.

IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

UH, AND THE ONE YOU ASKED ABOUT IN THE BRIEFING SESSION, THE, THE WHITE ROOF THAT IS A METAL BUILDING IN THE BACK.

OH.

AND IN THE FRONT IT, IT'S, LOOKS LIKE IT IS A COMMERCIAL BUILDING.

THE, THE TWO PARCELS TO THE EAST, WELL, THIRD PARCEL TO THE EAST.

IMMEDIATELY TO THE RIGHT THOUGH.

DO YOU KNOW, I MEAN, DO YOU KNOW IF ANY OF THOSE HOUSES, YOU'RE, YOU'RE SAYING JUST IN GENERAL THE COMMUNITY IS OLDER? CORRECT.

I BELIEVE ONE OF THEM WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1925.

I ASKED 'CAUSE I WAS READING THE COM, THE OPPOSITION LETTER AND OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ABDUL? FRANK? DO, UM, JUST ONE MORE TIME, WHAT IS THE PLUME FOR THAT, UM, GENERAL AREA? IS THAT DESIGNATED AS WHAT FUTURE LAND USE MA'AM? THE FUTURE LINE MAP CURRENTLY IS HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND THEY'RE REQUESTING LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.

TO ACCOMMODATE THE SINGLE FAMILY.

GO AHEAD.

COMMISSIONER MADDEN, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR EITHER YOU AND OR STAFF, OTHER STAFF.

UM, SO WHAT IS THE, WHAT IS YOUR OPINION? IS IT LIKELY THAT, DO YOU FORESEE THESE HOUSES BEING DEMOLISHED IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND TURNING INTO BUSINESS OR, I MEAN, I, I DON'T, I PERSONALLY FEEL LIKE IT'S UNLIKELY THAT, UM, THIS WILL TURN INTO A, A BUSINESS ZONE OR I, I DON'T KNOW.

IT'S KIND OF A TOSS JUST BASED ON THE SURROUNDING AND HOW IT'S BEEN DEVELOPED.

WE GOT MISHMASH OF ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF USES.

CERTAINLY IT COULD BE RESIDENTIAL, IT CAN BE COMMERCIAL.

UM, WILL IT TURN INTO COMMERCIAL BASED ON THE LOT SIZE? I DOUBT IT.

UM, BUT IT COULD BE AN EXPANSION OF THE ABUTTING PROPERTY.

I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHY THEY HAVE NOTED THEIR OPPOSITION.

BUT, UM, OVERALL THE TWO F, WHICH IS A DUPLEX OR JUST CA ZONING, WHICH IS HIGHER DENSITY, YOU COULD DO, UH, DUPLEXES IN THAT AS WELL.

THAT IS WHAT WE WOULD SAY IS FOR POSSIBILITY, BETTER POSSIBILITY FOR THAT PROPERTY UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING.

COULD, COULD YOU REZONE IT? CERTAINLY.

BUT WE HIT RUN INTO THIS ISSUE WITH THE FUTURE LANE USE MAP SAYING HIGH DENSITY AND THEN A SPOT, SPOT ZONING IN A SENSE.

UM, SO STAFF'S HANDS ARE KIND OF TIED IN THIS SIT SITUATION.

WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE LOT DEVELOP EITHER WAY, RESIDENTIAL, UM, BUT IT, IT WASN'T CALLED TO BE BECAUSE OF FUTURE LAND USE MATTER.

IS THERE A ANYBODY HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? ON NOT ON THIS ITEM.

SO, BECAUSE THERE IS SOMEONE ON THE NEXT ITEM THOUGH.

'CAUSE I NOTICED, UM, RASHAD, KIND OF LIKE WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, THE THE ADJOINING PERSON SAID THE AREA WAS IN TRANSITION, BUT I, I KNOW THIS AREA A LITTLE BIT.

I I DON'T SEE PEOPLE TEARING DOWN THE EXISTING HOUSES AND PUTTING UP NEW ONES IF THAT'S WHAT THEY MEANT BY IN TRANSITION.

AND I WONDER IF THAT'S WHAT COMMISSIONER MAD WAS REFERRING TO ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH IS THAT? 'CAUSE THAT PERSON MIGHT HAVE ANOTHER AGENDA.

LIKE YOU SAID THE KEEPING THAT ADJOINING PROPERTY UNUSABLE, THEY CAN EXPAND THAT COMMERCIAL FOOTPRINT AS WELL.

AND THEY COULD ALSO BE CONCERNED ABOUT A, A BUDDING RESIDENTIAL NEXT TO THEIR PROPERTY.

I HEAR YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR UH, ABDUL? NO, THANK YOU ABDUL.

THERE ARE NO, UH, SPEAKERS FOR THIS ISLAND.

UH, FOR NUMBER NINE THOUGH, IS THERE, THERE IS ONE FOR NUMBER NINE.

DID YOU CALL BOTH? YES.

OH YEAH, THERE IS ONE FOR NUMBER NINE.

VICTOR REYES WISHES DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WISHES TO RECORD HIS SUPPORT FOR THIS ITEM, HIS SUPPORT.

OKAY,

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GREAT.

UM, JUST A POINT OF ORDER FOR MY OWN EDIFICATION.

DO WE DO THESE TOGETHER OR THEY CAN BE DONE TOGETHER OR THEY HAVE TO BE DONE SEPARATELY? IF THEY'RE PASSED, THEY CAN BE DONE.

IT'S TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS, BUT THEY CAN BE DONE TOGETHER.

SORRY, GO AHEAD PLEASE.

UM, MS. DOER, THE SPEAKER THAT NOTED HIS SUPPORT, IS HE PART OF THIS CONSTRUCTION? HOW IS HE RELATED TO THE PROJECT? I DON'T KNOW, UM, HOW HE'S RELATED TO THE PROJECT.

HE'S LISTED A DIFFERENT ITEM, BUT HE JUST LISTED HE WAS IN SUPPORT.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

IT'S HERE.

IS HE HERE? YES SIR.

WE'RE THE NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE STREET.

AND CAN YOU PLEASE COME UP TO THE FRONT? SORRY, IT'S JUST A FORMALITY.

IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

HI, MY NAME IS VICTOR REYES AND I SUPPORT TO DO THIS BUILDING OVER THERE.

I AM THE OWNER TO THE FRONT OF THIS GUY.

AND, AND BE, BE NICE BECAUSE I HAVE A THREE LOT TOO AND WE NEED TO SEE SOMETHING NEW IN THAT STREET.

'CAUSE IT'S A LOT OF SMALL HOUSES OVER THERE AND WE NEED SOMETHING NEW IN THAT, ESPECIALLY IN THAT AREA.

THAT AREA FOR A WHILE IS NOBODY DO ANYTHING IN THE, AND THAT NOW THIS GUY LIKE TO BUILDING SOMETHING NEW.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOOD FOR, FOR THE AREA FOR EVERYBODY.

MORE TAXES, MORE MORE EFFICIENCY HOUSES BECAUSE ALL THE HOUSES OVER THERE WE NEED, WE NEED TO START BUILDING NEW HOUSES.

ABSOLUTELY.

WE NOT INVOLVED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION.

LIKE THE QUESTION SHE GOT, I DON'T HAVE NOTHING INVOLVED WITH ALL THAT GUY.

ONLY I NEED TO SUPPORT.

I THINK IT'S GOOD IDEA TO DO SOMETHING NEW ON THERE.

SO YOU'RE JUST A NEIGHBOR HERE SUPPORTING YOUR NEIGHBOR AND YOU WANNA SEE DEVELOPMENT ON THAT STREET? THAT'S CORRECT.

COULD YOU STATE YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? YES SIR.

THE ADDRESS IS 28 0 9 MCPHERSON LANE.

FLOWER MAN.

TEXAS.

THANK YOU MR. REYES.

THANKS FOR COMING DOWN.

ALL RIGHT.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. RE AND MR. REYES ON THE CARD YOU LISTED AN ADDRESS OF 5 24 AUSTIN, IS THAT YOUR ADDRESS? YEAH, I HAVE A THREE ADDRESSES IN THERE.

JUST, JUST CROSS YOU ON THAT CROSS.

SO YOU HAVE A RESIDENTIAL HOME IN THE AREA AS WELL? ARE ARE YOU THE IT'S A VACANT LAND.

WE HAVE A, IT'S VACANT.

ANYBODY ELSE? ANYBODY? ANY QUESTIONS? ? I MEAN, YEAH, I, I KNOW THE AREA FOR 17 YEARS.

WE BUY MY PROPERTY FOR LITTLE MORE 17 YEARS, BUT WE NOT DO ANYTHING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED, SOMEBODY NEED TO STUDY THIS GOOD IDEA, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, STUDY AND PROBABLY BE THE NEXT.

UM, I BELIEVE THIS IS DISTRICT FIVE, WHICH MEANS IT STAFF.

SO QUICK QUESTION FOR STAFF.

UM, CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT IS THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATING THIS PROPERTY? FOR AS CURRENTLY IT IS HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND THE REQUEST IS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.

OKAY, SO RESIDENTIAL TO RESIDENTIAL? CORRECT.

GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER MADDEN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.

OR OPEN DISCUSSION ON THE MATTER.

UM, AS I WAS SAYING, I THINK THIS IS DISTRICT FIVE, SO THAT IS COMMISSIONER, UM, MENDEZ, AKARI.

UM, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY OR MOTIONS? WELL, ORIGINALLY MY THOUGHT, UM, ORIGINALLY WE CAN DISCUSS THIS, I WAS GONNA MOVE TO DENY BECAUSE I THOUGHT WITH A RESIDENTIAL AREA THAT CLOSE TO A BUSINESS, I JUST FORESEE PROBLEMS, YOU KNOW.

UM, AND THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS WAS WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO BUILD A HOUSE THAT CLOSE TO A BUSINESS? I MEAN, GRANTED YOU HAVE ANOTHER RESIDENTIAL ON THE RIGHT TO THE RIGHT AND THEN TO THE LEFT OF THIS BUSINESS AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH NOISE OR I MEAN WHAT PROBLEMS MIGHT BE GOING ON, WHAT THE CRIME RATE IS IN THAT AREA.

SO THAT WAS KIND OF, I MEAN, IT WOULD BE NICE IF THE TENANT WAS HERE, YOU KNOW, TO ASK.

BUT I, YOU KNOW, JUST HEARING A NEIGHBOR IN SUPPORT SAYING, WE'D LIKE TO SEE THIS AREA COME UP AND START BUILDING.

SO OF COURSE THAT THREW ME OFF.

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I, YEAH, AND I WAS KIND OF WITH YOU TOO IN THE BEGINNING, BUT I'M ALWAYS A PROPONENT OF ADDING AND DOING INFILL HOUSING MM-HMM .

AND SO SINCE IT'S GOING FROM HOUSING, YOU KNOW, LIKE RESIDENTIAL TO RESIDENTIAL AND THEN THE GENTLEMAN WHO SPOKE, I, I'M KIND OF FEELING MORE SUPPORTIVE, YOU KNOW, LET'S TAKE THE CHANCE.

UM, YEAH, SO IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT IS DEFINITELY WEIRD BECAUSE THERE'S COMMERCIAL JUST DROPPED IN, IN BETWEEN ALL OVER IN THAT AREA.

IT IS AN OLD NEIGHBORHOOD OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD.

MY FAMILY MOVED TO 60, 70, 65 YEARS AGO, A LONG TIME AGO.

SO IT, IT, YOU'RE RIGHT, IT HAS A SPLATTERING OF BUSINESSES.

AND HOUSES RIGHT.

ALTOGETHER, WHICH IS NOT NORMAL.

I'LL GIVE YOU THAT.

WHICH, YOU KNOW, JUST MAKES IT, I MEAN I, LIKE I SAID, I DON'T KNOW HOW NOISY THAT CORNER COMMERCIAL LOT MIGHT BE, BUT I GUESS HERE'S TO, I MEAN, HOPEFULLY IMPROVEMENT IN THAT AREA FOR THEM.

SO, UM, WITH THAT MR. CHAIR, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE, UM, TO APPROVE THE PER D C'S RECOMMENDATION WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITION THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL PLA THE PROPERTY AND FILE THE FINAL PLAT WITH THE COUNTY BEFORE THE ISSUANCE.

FOR ITEM NUMBERS EIGHT AND NINE CPA DASH 24 DASH OH NINE DASH ZERO THREE AND NINE ZON DASH 24 DASH ZERO NINE DASH 0 0 2 4 FOR THE ZONING CHANGE.

I SECOND, UM, FELLOW COMMISSIONERS.

I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, UH, COMBINED MOTION, EXCUSE ME, TO APPROVE ITEMS EIGHT AND NINE.

UM, OFFER INITIALLY BY, UH, COMMISSIONER MENDEZ AKARI AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LUCKY VAUGHN.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS MATTER? NO.

ALRIGHT.

IF NO DISCUSSION, COULD I GET A RAISE OF HANDS FOR ALL THOSE THAT SUPPORT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY BEFORE WE ADJOURN.

I THINK THAT IS THE LAST ITEM.

BEFORE WE ADJOURN, HOWEVER, I WAS WONDERING IF PEOPLE COULD GIVE THEIR ATTENTION TO COMMISSIONER LUCKY VAUGHN, WHO HAS A COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE GOOD EVENING.

I HAVE TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS TO MAKE COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT.

FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST SAY, HAPPY FOUNDER'S DAY TO THE DISTINGUISHED WOMEN OF DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INCORPORATED.

AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT SATURDAY IS THE GRAND PRAIRIE MLK PARADE.

THE LINEUP WILL BE RIGHT HERE AT CITY HALL AT EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE PARADE WILL START AT 10 O'CLOCK.