* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] I'M NOT KIDDING. WELCOME [Call to Order] TO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING OF JUNE 23RD, 2025. I'M CHERYL SMITH, CHAIR OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. THIS MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING IS HEREBY CALL BACK TO ORDER AT 6:30 PM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETS THE SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY OF EACH MONTH. ALL MEETINGS ARE VIDEO RECORDED. NO OFFICIAL ACTION CAN BE TAKEN UNLESS PROPER APPLICATION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED THROUGH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOLLOWS A PRINTED AGENDA THAT IS AVAILABLE ONLINE PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ARE ROUTINE ITEMS WHICH CAN ALL BE APPROVED IN ONE MOTION. HOWEVER, ANY MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION MAY MAKE A MOTION TO INDIVIDUALLY CONSIDER AN ITEM FROM THE PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA. INDIVIDUALS MAY ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANY ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA. TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM OR NOTE YOUR SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION WITHOUT SPEAKING, PLEASE FILL OUT A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD. THESE CARDS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE COUNTER AND SHOULD BE TURNED IN AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM PRIOR TO THE FIRST AGENDA. ITEM BEING CALLED, I'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. CHRISTOPHER OLEY. HERE. FRANK GONZALEZ. HERE. JANIE MENDEZ. AKARI. HERE. VICTOR MEDINA. JOHN FKO. HERE. ANGELA LUCKY VAUGHN. HERE. MORNING IN PROGRESS. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT EXCEPT FOR MICHELLE MADDEN AND VIC, TODAY'S ABC. BEST PRACTICE TODAY. CAN YOU, THAT WAS OUR COMMERCIAL . LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL MEMBERS OF PRESIDENT, EXCEPT FOR MICHELLE MADDEN AND VICTOR MEDINA, AND NOW COMMISSIONER T CHAPMAN WILL GIVE THE INVOCATION. AND AFTER THAT, COMMISSIONER, UH, FRANK GONZALES WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE US AND TEXAS FLAG, MOST GRACIOUS AND EVERLASTING, FATHER RE COME IN YOUR DARLING SON JESUS' NAME. THANK YOU LORD GOD FOR THIS MOMENT, THANKING YOU FOR YOUR GRACE AND YOUR MERCY THAT SUSTAINED US. LORD GOD, WE THANK YOU THAT IN THE MIDST OF TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, JOY, THAT YOU ARE STILL WITH US. WE THANK YOU LORD GOD, THAT YOU ARE THE ONE THAT WE SERVE. YOU ARE OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. YOU ARE TRUTH. YOU ARE COMFORT. YOU ARE GLORY. FATHER GOD IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY, FATHER GOD, WE YIELD TO YOU, FATHER GOD, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT YOUR WILL IS SOVEREIGN. WE THANK YOU LORD GOD, BECAUSE YOU HAVE PROTECTED AND SHIELDED US FROM DANGER, SEEN AND UNSEEN. WE ASK, LORD GOD, THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUALLY TOUCH THE HEARTS, FATHER GOD THAT ARE WITHIN THIS ROOM. FATHER GOD, EXTEND THAT SAME GRACE, FATHER GOD, TO THEIR FAMILIES, BOTH FAR AND NEAR, TOUCH OUR COUNTRY, LORD GOD, LET THE BORDERS, FATHER GOD THAT WE SERVE AND THOSE THAT PROTECT AND SHIELD US FROM HURT, HARM AND DANGER. BE PROTECTED, LORD GOD, COVER THEM WITH YOUR BLOOD. EXTEND YOUR MERCY, FATHER GOD TO THEM. AND LORD GOD, WE THANK YOU BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT YOUR WILL, FATHER GOD, IS TRUE AND ENTIRE. AND LET THIS NATION, FATHER GOD TURN ITS FACE TO YOU. WE THANK YOU, LORD GOD FOR, FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE YOU IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH. TOUCH OUR FAIR CITY, FATHER GOD, MINISTER FATHER GOD, WHERE THERE'S GROWTH, TOUCH THESE COMMISSIONERS, FATHER GOD AND THE COUNCIL, AND ALL THOSE THAT SERVE FATHER GOD. LET IT BE TO EDIFY AND GLORIFY YOUR KINGDOM. FATHER GOD, LET US LOSE OURSELVES SO THAT WE WOULD SEE YOU IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. WE THANK YOU RIGHT NOW, LORD GOD, BECAUSE YOU SAID IN YOUR WORD, FATHER GOD, WHERE THERE WAS ONE OR TWO IN THE MIDST, FATHER GOD, AND THAT THEY WOULD AGREE THAT WORD WOULD BE CARRIED FORWARD. LORD GOD, IT'S IN YOUR DARLING SON JESUS' NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN TO THE FLAG, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLICATION UNDER GOD IN INVISIBLE LIBERTY, HONOR, TEXAS FLAG P TEXAS GOD. 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 [00:05:01] WHO FILLS OUT A SPEAKER CARD WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM. ADDITIONAL SPEAKING TIME MAY BE ALLOWED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIRMAN BEFORE SPEAKING. SPEAKER SHOULD GIVE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD ALONG WITH WHOM YOU REPRESENT. IF APPLICABLE, AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON A TOPIC NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA SHOULD SPEAK UNDER THE HEADING OF CITIZEN COMMENTS. STAFF WILL BE AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT, TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS FOLLOWING PRESENTATIONS OF EACH CASE AT THIS TIME, CITIZENS MAY SPEAK FOR UP TO FIVE MINUTES ON ANY ITEM, NOT ON THE AGENDA. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? NOT ON THIS ITEM, MA'AM. OKAY. THE NEXT [PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA] MATTER FOR CONSIDERATION IS APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA. THERE'S ONE ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. ITEM ONE, APPROVAL OF MINUTES ON JUNE 9TH, 2025 P AND Z. COMMISSIONER, UH, FRANKEN, UM, JOHN FCO. MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND VOTE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER ONE, THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE JUNE 9TH, 2025 MEETING. I SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. ITEM ONE BY COMMISSIONER JOHN FKO AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER TY CHAPMAN. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT [2. SUP-25-06-0020 - Specific Use Permit - MEI Industrial Solutions (City Council District 1). Specific Use Permit for a contractor shop with outside storage with heavy equipment in an existing industrial development on 19.27 acres. Lot 1, Block 1, Zachary Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, zoned Light Industrial (LI) District, within SH 161 Corridor Overlay, and addressed as 502 W Oakdale Rd] CASE PLEASE. GOOD EVENING COMMISSION. YOUR NEXT CASE IS ITEM NUMBER TWO. IT IS A REQUEST FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT LOCATED AT PROPERTY OF 5 0 2 WEST OAKDALE ROAD. THANK YOU. LET'S SEE IF I CAN GET IT TO WORK. LET, OKAY, LET'S JUST SAY IT'S NOT AS LOUD AS MINE WAS. . THERE WE GO. OKAY. WELL, IT'S DELAYED. IT IS TODAY. OKAY. LET'S SEE IF IT WORKS. THERE WE GO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUEST IS FOR A CONTRACTOR SHOP WITH OUTSIDE STORAGE WITH HEAVY EQUIPMENT. THE PROPERTY IS ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND WITHIN THE SH 1 61 CORRIDOR OVERLAY, THE PROPERTY IS OUTLINED IN YELLOW. YOU CAN SEE THE SURROUNDING USES. THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE ZONED, UM, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS THAT INCLUDE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES. THE LAND USES SURROUNDING OUR SUBJECT PROPERTY INCLUDE UNDEVELOPED PROPERTIES, TRUCKING FACILITIES, OUTSIDE STORAGE, AND INDUSTRIAL USES. AND OUR SUBJECT PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPED AND OPERATED BY ZACHARY CONSTRUCTION. HERE IS A STREET VIEW OF THE ENTRANCE AND FENCING AROUND THE PROPERTY. SO OUR APPLICANT IS MEI INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS. THEY'RE MOVING FROM ANOTHER CITY AND PROPOSE OPERATING THEIR CONTRACTOR SHOP WITH OUTSIDE STORAGE AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT ON THE FRONT HALF OF THIS PROPERTY. THEY'RE A SPECIALTY CONTRACTOR, UM, SPECIALIZING IN MACHINERY, MOVING AND PACKAGING, TRANSPORTATION AND DELIVERY AND INSTALLATION SERVICES FOR CONSTRUCTION SITES. AS I MENTIONED, ZACHARY CONSTRUCTION IS CONSOLIDATING ITS OPERATIONS TO THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY. AND MEI INTENDS ON LOCATING ITS OPERATIONS ON THE FRONT PORTION. THE AREA OUTLINED IN RED IS THE AREA MEI PROPOSES TO OPERATE. THE PLANNED SITE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE INTERIOR FENCING AND GATING AND THE RELOCATION OF EXISTING OFFICE TRAILERS. MEI WILL USE THE, THE PRIMARY ACCESS FOR THEIR OPERATIONS, WHICH IS KIND OF LOCATED THERE CENTRALLY ON THE SITE. AND AS I MENTIONED, THERE IS AN EIGHT FOOT SOLID WOOD SCREENING FENCE, UM, THAT SCREENS PRETTY MUCH THE ENTIRE SITE FROM OAKDALE ROAD. WE SENT 12 NOTICES. WE RECEIVED TWO IN FAVOR, ZERO IN OPPOSITION. THE TWO IN FAVOR THAT WE RECEIVED ARE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN IN GREEN. MAYBE WE HAVE ANOTHER DELAY. THERE IT IS. AND OUR DRC COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY AND DELINEATION OF USES SHALL GENERALLY COMPLY WITH THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN, AND THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE A DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE, ENCLOSURE MEASURING A MINIMUM OF 12 FEET BY 12 FEET, INTERIOR MEASUREMENTS. AND THAT COMPLIES WITH ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE UDC. THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. THANK YOU. AARON. UH, DID YOU SAY THERE WAS ADDITIONAL [00:10:01] SCREENING ON THE INTERNAL INSIDE OR NO? SO THE SCREENING FENCE DOES GO AROUND THE SIDES OF THE PROPERTY AND IN THE FRONT. RIGHT. AND THEN THE INTERIOR. RIGHT. THEY'RE GONNA INSTALL FENCES THAT DELINEATE THE TWO OPERATORS. PERFECT. OKAY, GREAT. THAT WAS A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD BRIEFING. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, SPEAKER CARDS? WE DO. WE HAVE ONE CARD FROM MAXWELL FISHER WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM. OKAY. WELCOME. YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. PLEASE USE THIS BUTTON. GO DOWN. DOWN. OKAY. YEAH, IT'S RIGHT THERE. CHAIR COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS MAXWELL FISHER WITH ZONE DEV 2 5 0 2 GRANDVIEW DRIVE, RICHARDSON, TEXAS 7 5 0 8 0 REPRESENTING MEI INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS. WE ALSO HAVE TWO REPRESENTATIVES TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON. I'M, I'M ABLE TO ANSWER. OH, I HIT THE WRONG BUTTON. ALREADY MESSED UP. . ALRIGHT. UM, AARON DID A GREAT JOB AT EXPLAINING. I'LL JUST TRY TO GO OVER THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR, LIKE, AS MENTIONED, ZACHARY IS CONSOLIDATING TO THE BACK OF THE SITE. UH, WE'LL BE MOVING INTO THE FRONT IF THE, THE COUNCIL AND COMMISSION AGREE WITH THIS, THIS MOVE. UM, WE ARE A RIGGING MACHINERY, MOVING MILL RIDING, SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION, INDUSTRIAL STORAGE, TRADING AND EXPORT PACKAGING SERVICE COMPANY, VERY SPECIALTY TYPE, UH, BUSINESS THAT HELPS PEOPLE MOVE VERY LARGE PIECES OF MACHINERY OR AC UNITS. THINGS THAT BASICALLY YOU COULDN'T MOVE UNLESS YOU HAD SOME SPECIALTY COMPANY LIKE THIS. UM, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO MOVE IN. IN THE GRAND PRAIRIE. WE HAVE, UM, STAGING AND STORING NEEDS ON THE, ON THE OUTSIDE. AND WE THINK THIS SITE IS PERFECT FOR THAT. GIVEN THE, UM, THE INDUSTRIAL AND HEAVY COMMERCIAL NATURE OF THIS CORRIDOR. WE'LL HAVE ABOUT FIVE TO 10 EMPLOYEES, UH, ON THIS PROPERTY. GENERAL BUSINESS HOURS, UM, AND VERY LOW TRIP, UH, TRUCK TRIP, REALLY GENERATION. YOU USUALLY SEE SEVERAL MORE TRIPS ON A USE LIKE THIS. IN THIS CASE, SINCE IT'S A SPECIALTY, YOU ONLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE 10 TRUCKS, UH, PER DAY. JUST HERE'S SOME PHOTOS THAT HOPEFULLY SAY A THOUSAND WORDS THAT SHOW WHAT WE DO. UM, SERVICE THE FLEET GENERAL OFFICE LIKE YOU FIND AT MOST, MOST BUSINESSES. AND THEN THE PREPARATION OF EQUIPMENT FOR DELIVERY, WHICH INCLUDES STAGE STAGING AND STORAGE INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR. UH, WE THINK IT'S A GREAT, GREAT PROPERTY FOR THIS USE AND ALSO ALIGNS WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AND THAT IT'S, UH, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL IN NATURE. SO WE BELIEVE THIS BUSINESS IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE, UH, THE SURROUNDING AREA. IT'S IDEALLY SUITED FOR THIS USE. UM, WE HAVE A NICE FENCE THAT BLOCKS, UM, THE VIEW OF THE OPERATIONS. IT PROVIDES A NICE AESTHETIC, UH, FRONT, FRONT DOOR. UH, WE THINK THIS IS A GREAT BUSINESS FOR, TO EXPAND THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN GRAND PRAIRIE AND WE'LL ADD TO THE TAX BASE AND THEN LINES WITH THE COMP PLAN AND ALSO WITH STAT'S RECOMMENDATION. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION. AND WE NEEDED THAT. UH, THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD WAS, UM, WE TALK ABOUT STAGING AND THAT'S A LOT OF LARGE EQUIPMENT. UM, SUPPOSE BY CHANCE YOU OVERBOOK AND THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON OUT THERE AND IT GETS TO BE A MESS BECAUSE IT'S IN THE OPEN AREA. YEAH, WE'VE, WE'VE SELECTED THIS SITE, UM, BECAUSE IT DOES MEET, UH, OUR STORAGE NEEDS. UM, AND WE DON'T KEEP OUR, OUR, WE DON'T KEEP, UM, THE MACHINERY ON SITE FOR A, A VERY LONG PERIOD OF TIME. WE WANT TO TRY TO GET IT PROCESSED AND MOVED TO, ITS, ITS IN LOCATION. UM, THAT'S HOW WE DO BUSINESS AND FRANKLY, HOW WE MAKE MONEY. SO WE'RE VERY CAREFUL TO PICK A SITE WHERE WE DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES LIKE THAT. AND HOW LONG WERE YOU IN GRAPEVINE? UH, THEY'RE ACTUALLY IN CAPELLE. IN CAPELLE? YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE BEEN IN GRAPEVINE FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S IN GRAPEVINE SINCE THE EIGHTIES. OH, SINCE THE EIGHTIES, YEAH. YEAH. SO THIS, THIS COMPANY HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A VERY LONG TIME. THEY HAVE. AND THEY'VE HAD SOME OTHER LOCATIONS OUTSIDE OF DFW AS WELL. OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OH, COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN. YES. HI. THANK YOU MR. . UM, ONE QUICK QUESTION FOR ME. UM, IS THIS LIKE YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH ZACHARY, IS IT A JOINT VENTURE? ARE YOU GUYS, I KNOW YOU SAID IT'S GONNA BE BLOCKED, YOU KNOW, UM, WITH FENCING OR SOME KIND OF ALIGNMENT TO SEPARATE THE TWO ENTITIES MM-HMM . BUT ARE YOU WORKING WITH THEM AS A JOINT VENTURE PARTNER OR ARE YOU JUST STANDING SOLELY ALONE? THEY DO THEIR THING AND YOU DO YOURS? WE, WE WOULD NOT BE, IT WOULD NOT BE A JOINT VENTURE. WE'LL MAKE SURE THERE'S ACTUALLY A SECONDARY DRIVE THAT THEY CAN USE. UM, BUT THEY'RE A SEPARATE TENANT. UH, WE DON'T DO DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS WITH THEM, BUT, BUT WE, THE, THE PROPERTY OWNER, WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM TO COORDINATE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT CREATING ANY ISSUES BETWEEN THE TWO BUSINESSES. OKAY. AND SO WITH THEM HAVING 8.7 ACRES, IS THAT CORRECT? YES. YOU GUYS HAVE THE OTHER ALMOST 10 AND A HALF? YEAH. RIGHT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. CORRECT, YES. COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. [00:15:01] APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. NO FURTHER CARDS MA'AM. NO FURTHER SPEAKER CARDS. I BELIEVE THIS IS, UM, ANY DISCUSSION ON IT BEFORE WE COMMISSIONER FEDCO, THIS IS YOUR AREA. IT IS MADAM CHAIR AND IT IS IN FACT A INDUSTRIAL AREA UP THERE THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND WITH THAT BEING THE CASE, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND VOTE TO APPROVE WITH DRC. RECOMMENDATIONS, ITEM NUMBER TWO SUP DASH 25 DASH SIX. I SECOND THAT. HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM TWO BY COMMISSIONER JOHN FKO AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FRANK GONZALEZ. AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING YOUR BUSINESS. APPRECIATE IT. [3. SUP-25-05-0016 - Specific Use Permit - Rio's Brewing Company (City Council District 2). Specific Use Permit for a restaurant (with alcohol sales including entertainment) in an existing commercial lease space on 1.56 acres. Lot 1R2, Block A, 161 Toll Road Retail Corners Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, zoned Planned Development-294 District, within SH 161 Corridor Overlay, and addressed as 1015 Ikea Place, Suite 500] NEXT CASE, PLEASE. LET'S SEE IF IT'LL COOPERATE THIS TIME. MM-HMM . ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER THREE IS ANOTHER SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. REQUEST FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 10 15 IKEA PLACE IN SUITE 500. THIS SUP IS FOR A, A RESTAURANT WITH ALCOHOL SALES, INCLUDING ENTERTAINMENT. THE PROPERTY IS ZONED PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 2 94. THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE ALSO ZONED PLAN DEVELOPMENT 2 94 SURROUNDING LAND, LAND. LAND USES INCLUDE IKEA, RETAIL AND RESTAURANT USES UNDEVELOPED LAND AND THE FUTURE TOP GOLF SITE. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED WITH RETAIL AND RESTAURANT USES. HERE IS A STREET VIEW WITH THE SUBJECT PROPERTY OUTLINED IN YELLOW. AND HERE IS THEIR FLOOR PLAN. SO THIS IS FOR RIOS BREWING COMPANY. THEY CURRENTLY OPERATE A 4,000 SQUARE FOOT RESTAURANT. THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADD A 25 SQUARE FOOT AREA THAT WILL BE FOR LIVE MUSIC AND OR DJ'S. BUSINESS HOURS ARE MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, 11:00 AM TO 11:00 PM THE LIVE MUSIC WILL ONLY BE ON THE WEEKENDS AND ONLY INSIDE THE EXISTING RESTAURANT. WE SENT SIX NOTICES. ZERO RETURNED IN FAVOR, ZERO RETURN TO OPPOSED. AND THE DRC COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. OPERATIONS SHALL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TEXAS FOOD ESTABLISHMENT RULES AND LOCAL ORDINANCES REGARDING FOOD SERVICE. AND NO LIVE MUSIC SHALL BE ALLOWED OUTDOORS. LIVE MUSIC PLAYED INDOORS SHALL NOT BE AMPLIFIED ON OUTDOOR SPEAKERS. AND THAT'S THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. MM-HMM . COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MARY? ANOTHER ANOTHER VERY GOOD PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS ITEM. OKAY. THAT'S INTERESTING THAT WE HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS. I DON'T LIKE THE, THE SOUND OF THAT. UM, IS THERE A REASON WHY THE, UH, THE OWNER IS NOT HERE? I BELIEVE HE'S BEEN TRAVELING FOR, FOR SOME TIME. I THINK HE'S OUTTA TOWN CHAIR. OKAY. UM, THIS IS COMMISSIONER MICHELLE MADDEN'S, UM, DISTRICT DISTRICT TWO. AND SHE'S NOT HERE TODAY. FIRST OF ALL, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM SINCE WE HAVE NO ONE TO ELSE TO DISCUSS THIS WITH, WITH REGARD TO THIS CASE? DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS WITH REGARD TO THIS? NO, IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD SINCE THE, UH, BUSINESS IS ALREADY THERE AND ESTABLISHED. WE'RE JUST ADDING, UH, FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. UH, COMMISSIONER FEDCO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ON THIS ONE FOR ME? SURE. AND, UH, COMMISSIONER MADDEN'S ABSENCE, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, EXCUSE ME, ENC CLOSE THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON ITEM THREE SUP DASH 25 DASH ZERO FIVE DASH ZERO 16 AND VOTE TO APPROVE WITH DRC RECOMMENDATIONS. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM THREE BY COMMISSIONER JOHN FKO, UH, PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER TY CHAPMAN. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. [Items 4 & 5] NEXT CASE PLEASE. GOOD EVENING COMMISSION. BRETT HUNTS SPENCER STATION MOBILITY DEPARTMENT. I'M PRESENTING, UH, ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS A COMPANION ITEM TO ITEM FIVE. THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR A, UH, THOROUGHFARE PLAN AMENDMENT. UM, THIS REQUEST IS TO AMEND THE CONFERENCE PLAN AND THOROUGHFARE PLAN MAP BY REMOVING A TWO LANE, UH, COLLECTOR UNDIVIDED ROADWAY TO ALLOW FOR A PROPOSED MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT. LOCATION OF THIS ROADWAY IS SOUTH OF THE I 30 EASTBOUND FRONTAGE ROADS NORTH OF EAST TARRANT ROAD AND EAST OF STADIUM DRIVE. UH, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND THE ONE THAT WE'LL BE HEARING NEXT ON THE AGENDA, UH, WILL BE POTENTIALLY BISECTED BY THIS ROADWAY, WHICH IS THE REASON FOR THIS REQUEST. UH, WE ALSO LOOKED [00:20:01] AT SHIFTING TO THE ALIGNMENT, BUT WE FOUND THAT THE ALIGNMENT BEING MOVED IN ONE DIRECTION OR THE OTHER WOULD PUT UNDUE BURDENS ON OTHER PROPERTIES. SO THE REQUEST IS TO JUST REMOVE THE ROAD ALTOGETHER FOR THIS REMOVAL, A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS WAS REQUIRED BY OUR TRANSPORTATION STAFF. WE WORKED WITH A LICENSED TRAFFIC ENGINEER ON THE ANALYSIS. WHAT THEY DID WAS TAKE A LOOK AT THE ENTIRE AREA ON HOW THAT AREA WOULD BUILD OUT WITH ALL THE ROADS THAT WE HAVE SHOWN IN OUR, UH, THOROUGHFARE PLAN AMENDMENT. WE ALSO TOOK A LOOK AT THE LAND USE AS WE HAD IN THE FUTURE. LAND USE MAP. MADE SOME ASSUMPTIONS ON THOSE TRAFFIC VOLUMES AND LOOKED AT A BUILD VERSUS NO BUILD SCENARIO. SO AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE PRESENTATION, THE RED LINE IS THE SUBJECT, UM, ROADWAY FOR THIS CONFERENCE PLAN AMENDMENT. THE BLACK LINES ARE ONES THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN BUILT BUT WOULD BE SHOWN OR STILL ARE SHOWN IN OUR THOROUGHFARE PLAN. UH, THAT WOULD HELP THE AREA FLOW IN THE 10 YEAR OR FURTHER OUT ANALYSIS. SO YOU CAN SEE AS PART OF THIS, THE NOBU SCENARIO WOULD STILL HAVE AN ACCESS EASEMENT BETWEEN PROPERTIES HERE, IDENTIFIES B AND D, UM, TO HELP TRAFFIC FLOW. AND, UH, THAT WAS THE BILL VERSUS NOBU SCENARIO. THE RESULTS OF THIS ANALYSIS SHOWED THAT THAT INTERNAL ACCESS DRIVE IS SHOWN IN THE RED BOX AT THE TOP LEFT OF THE IMAGE, REALLY RETAINS MUCH OF THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THAT COLLECTOR. IT JUST DOESN'T CUT ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO EAST TARRAN ROAD. IT MOVES THAT TRAFFIC OVER TO EITHER STADIUM OR BELT LINE. UH, THE, WITH THAT THOUGH, THE NO BUILD SCENARIO IS STILL SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN HAVING THE ROAD. SO THAT LEADS TO OUR RECOMMENDATION OF THIS, UH, SUP SITE PLAN HAS BEEN DESIGNED. SO THE REMOVAL OF THE ROAD IS NECESSARY WHILE STAFF LEE'S AREA WOULD BE BETTER WITH THE ROAD. THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS STATES THAT THE REMOVAL OF THIS PROPOSED MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN ROAD FROM THE PLAN WOULD NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE AREA. NOW, I WOULD RECOMMEND, BECAUSE THIS IS A COMPANION ITEM, AND WE WOULD BE REMOVING THIS TO MAKE WAY FOR THE NEXT ITEM, I'D RECOMMEND THAT WE DO THOSE TWO ITEMS TOGETHER. UM, BUT DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE, THIS AMENDMENT OR THE ANALYSIS IN GENERAL? UH, COMMISSIONERS. I THOUGHT YOU DID A REALLY GOOD JOB IN THE BRIEFING AS WELL. YOU EXPLAINED IT. COMMISSIONERS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? THANKS BRETT. NO. ANY SPEAKER CARDS? DID YOU ALL WISH TO CALL THIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH ITEM FIVE OR SEPARATELY? UH, I THOUGHT THEY WERE COMPANION ITEMS. MYSELF AND COMPANION ITEMS, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU, JULIE? YES, THEY CAN BE CALLED TOGETHER. DID, DID YOU ALL HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR ITEM FIVE? THANKS, JULIE. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. GOOD EVENING, SAVANNAH. SO THIS IS THE COMPANION ITEM FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AND SITE PLAN FOR MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT. YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN, UH, CURRENTLY IS ZONED PLAN DEVELOPMENT TWO 17, WHICH DOES ALLOW MULTI-FAMILY APARTMENTS WITH CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. UM, I EXPERIENCING SOME DELAYS. THIS IS A MURPHY'S LOG. BEAR WITH ME. , I'VE STARTED. HERE WE GO. UH, SO THIS IS THE SITE PLAN. OH, THAT WAS THE SITE PLAN SHOWN ON THE SCREEN. IT DOES INCLUDE 301 MULTIFAMILY UNITS WITHIN SEVEN UH, BUILDINGS. THERE IS ALSO A CLUBHOUSE. UH, THE ACCESS, AS BRETT MENTIONED, IS PROPOSED OFF OF MUTUAL DRIVE OFF OF I 30 FRONTED ROAD. UH, ON THE SCREEN IS A SUMMARY OF OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND OUR PARKING REQUIREMENTS. UH, THIS REQUEST DOES INVOLVE SOME VARIANCES, WHICH I'LL DESCRIBE FURTHER ON IN THE PRESENTATION, INCLUDING THE SETBACK REQUIREMENT AND THEN THE MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE OF SINGLE BEDROOM UNITS. IT IS MEETING OUR PARKING REQUIREMENTS. AND ON THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE THE PROPOSED LANDSCAPE PLAN, UH, SUMMARIZING THE LANDSCAPE AREA AND PLANTINGS. THEY ARE REQUESTING TWO VARIANCES HERE TO THE TOTAL SITE TREES AND THEN THE REQUIRED SCREENING WALL ALONG THE ADJACENT, UM, SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTY. ON THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE THEIR PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS, WHICH IN THE MATERIALS INCLUDE FIBER, CEMENT, SIDING, AND BRICK. UH, THIS IS THE, UH, CLUBHOUSE. AND THEN THIS IS A RENDERING OF THE PROJECT. SO YOU CAN SEE THE CLUBHOUSE AND THE MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS. AND THEN THE ROAD ON THE SCREEN IS THE INTERNAL, UH, MUTUAL ACCESS DRIVE. UH, THIS IS A LINE OF SIGHT EXHIBIT THAT THE APPLICANT HAS PREPARED. IT DOES SHOW, UH, THE MULTIFAMILY BUILDING AND THEN THE DISTANCE, THE PROPERTY LINE AND THE PROPERTY TO [00:25:01] THE, UH, AND THE DISTANCE TO THE ADJACENT, UH, SINGLE FAMILY STRUCTURES. UH, AS I MENTIONED, THEY ARE REQUESTING SOME VARIANCES. THE FIRST IS TO THE MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE OF SINGLE BED UNITS. UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING 74.4% WHEN THE UDC MAXES, UH, HAS A MAX OF 60%. UH, THEY'RE REQUESTING A SETBACK, UH, TO THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT. UH, SO THEY'RE PROPOSING A VARIABLE WIDTH SETBACK ALONG THE EAST PROPERTY LINE. IT RANGES FROM 51.58 FEET TO A HUNDRED FEET, ABOUT A HUNDRED FEET. UH, PD TWO 17 DOES NOT HAVE A MAXIMUM HEIGHT, BUT IT DOES STATE THAT, UH, FOR EVERY ONE FOOT IN HEIGHT, UH, THERE HAS TO BE TWO FEET IN SETBACK. UM, SO, UM, THE THIRD VARIANCE IS FOR THE SITE TREES. THEY'RE PROPOSING 77 TREES WHEN 203 ARE REQUIRED. AND THEN FINALLY, THE FENCE ADJACENT TO THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT. UM, THE UDC DOES REQUIRE A TYPE ONE MASONRY SCREENING WALL, AND THEY'RE PROPOSING WROUGHT IRON. UH, WE DID RECEIVE, UH, ONE, UH, LETTER OF OPPOSITION FROM ONE OF THE ADJACENT SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTIES. UH, THIS IS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET. UM, SO THIS PROJECT IS WITHIN THE GATEWAY MASTER PLAN AREA. THIS IS A VISION, UH, FOR THAT AREA THAT WAS DONE, UM, BACK IN 2017 AND MANAGED BY THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. UM, SO THAT ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PLAN WAS TO CREATE A UNIQUE AND APPEALING MIXED USE AND LIFESTYLE ENVIRONMENT. UH, SO IT DOES INCLUDE 124 ACRES IN THIS AREA AS PART OF THE CORRIDOR AND SHOWS RETAIL, MULTIFAMILY OFFICE AND HOTEL USES. UM, AND THEN THE ZONING, WHICH DOES AGAIN ALLOW MULTIFAMILY WITH CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF AN SUP AND WAS CREATED BACK IN 1996. UM, AND SO THE GATEWAY IS A MORE RECENT VISION FOR THAT AREA. BUT AGAIN, THE ZONING, UH, UNDERLYING ZONING, UH, DOES DICTATE, UH, WHAT IS ALLOWED TO BE BUILT ON SITE. UH, SO THIS IS THE GATEWAY PLAN AS REFERENCED. UM, THE YELLOW SHOWN IN NINE AND THE BLUE AND RED AND, UH, FIVE AND 11 ARE THE, THE SITE OF THIS PROPOSAL. UH, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY REQUIRES AN SUP FOR THE MULTIFAMILY USE PER PD TWO 17. THE PROPOSED USE ALIGNS WITH THE GENERAL LOCATION OF MULTIFAMILY AND THE GATEWAY PLAN. UM, BUT THE ELEVATIONS ARE INCONSISTENT WITH THE DESIGN GOALS OF THE GATEWAY PLAN. IF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CHOOSES TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE SUP SITE PLAN, STAFF DOES RECOMMEND, UH, TWO CONDITIONS FOR APPROVAL. THE FIRST IS THAT THE PROJECT SHALL MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT FOR TREES, AND THEN THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE A TREE SURVEY AND MITIGATION PLAN, UH, WITH THEIR FINAL PLAT APPLICATION. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. COMMISSIONERS ANY QUESTIONS? I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION RUN OFF, AND MAYBE I REMEMBER YOU WERE TALKING IN THE BOARD BRIEFING ABOUT THE, UH, VARIANCE FOR THE, UH, SINGLE, UH, BEDROOM. WHY IS THAT? SO YOU SAID A LOT OF, UM, OTHER, UH, DEVELOPERS ARE ASKING FOR THE SAME. SHOULD THAT JUST BE AMENDED IN UDC OR WHY IS IT, WHY IS IT SUCH A BIG DIFFERENCE? WHY IS THAT EVERYBODY'S ASKING FOR THAT SAME THING. SO IT IS NOT 100% OF THE PROJECTS WE SEE, BUT THIS IS A VARIANCE THAT HAS BEEN REQUESTED BEFORE. UM, THERE IS SOME RELIEF THAT IS BUILT INTO THE APPENDIX W UH, WHERE YOU CAN, UH, UP THAT PERCENTAGE UP IF YOU MEET THE DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS. UM, SO STAFF, UH, HAS SEEN THIS VARIANCE REQUEST BEFORE, BUT IT HASN'T BEEN BEEN 100% OF THOSE REQUESTS. SO, UH, AT THIS POINT WE HAVEN'T CONSIDERED KIND OF MODIFYING. THE ONLY THING I, I DON'T KNOW WHERE I HEARD IT, BUT THAT, UH, MOST FOLKS HAVE, A LOT OF FOLKS ARE ASKING FOR THE ONE BEDROOM. SO THAT WOULD BE A, A BASE BASED ON NEED. AM I RIGHT ON THAT? AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND CAN KIND OF, UH, DISCUSS THAT FURTHER. COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SAVANNAH? I HAVE ONE. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES. SAVANNAH. THANK YOU. ON THE RECOMMENDATION YOU STATED THAT THE ELEVATIONS OF THE PROJECT ARE INCONSISTENT WITH THE DESIGN GOALS. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE ELEVATIONS THEMSELVES OR JUST THE OVERALL, YOU KNOW, DESIGN OF THAT CONCEPT? THE, THE DESIGN OF THE, THE GATEWAY. IT INCLUDES A LOT OF, OF GLASS AND, UM, UH, HIGH RISE, UH, OFFICE AND MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS WITH STRUCTURED PARKING. UM, I, I HAD A FEW SELECT IMAGES. I'M NOT SURE THAT I CAN I, LET'S SEE. AND I GUESS MY QUESTION THERE, SAVANNAH, IS WHAT IS THE STAFF'S POSITION ON ON THIS? USUALLY THERE'S A DRC RECOMMENDATION. I SEE SOME OF THAT, BUT WHAT IS THE STAFF, UH, POSITION ON, ON THIS PROJECT? SO THE APARTMENTS ARE ALLOWED PER PD. AND SO THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE, THE LAND USES ALLOWED ON THE PD. IT IS SOMEWHAT CONSISTENT GENERAL, GENERALLY CONSISTENT WITH, WITH THE LAND USES AND THE GATEWAY PLAN. ULTIMATELY, IT'S UP TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL IF THIS, UH, THIS PROJECT FITS THAT VISION AND THAT THAT CURRENT DESIRE FOR THE CORRIDOR. CAN WE COMMISSIONER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR SAVANNAH? THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT'S A BIG PROJECT. [00:30:01] WE INTENDED TO JUST PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THIS ONE. 'CAUSE THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT MOVING PARTS. UM, AS SAVANNAH NOTED, THE USES ALLOWED WITH THE SUP, THAT MEANS IT CAN BE ALLOWED, IT CAN BE DENIED OR APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS, UM, WITH THE OVERALL MASTER PLANS SHOWING THAT MULTIFAMILY WAS PLANNED. THAT KIND OF GOES AGAINST SOME OF WHAT PNZ AND COUNCIL HAS BEEN LOOKING AT WITH REGARD TO RECENTLY ALLOWED, UH, FOR MULTIFAMILY USES. I KNOW WE'RE KIND OF, WELL, MANY OF THE CITIZENS AND COUNCIL HAVE BEEN OPPOSED TO APPROVING MORE MULTIFAMILY. UH, SO, BUT THIS IS IN REGARDS TO THAT, IN LINE WITH THE PLAN. UM, NOW FROM A DESIGN STANDPOINT, IN THOSE ELEVATIONS, AT THE TIME IN 2017, THEY WERE LOOKING AT THIS TO BE MORE OF A UPTOWN LARGE BUILDING, LARGE TALL TOWER TYPE BUILDINGS WITH GLASS FACADE AND SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD SEE IN UPTOWN DALLAS. UH, WHETHER OR NOT THE MARKET WILL, THE MARKET HASN'T FLESHED THAT OUT, OBVIOUSLY. AND SO BACK, WHAT WAS IT, SAVANNAH, MAYBE 20 21, 20 22. ANOTHER MULTIFAMILY PROJECT WAS APPROVED ON THIS CORRIDOR. AND ONE OF THE CONCERNS WAS THE ELEVATIONS OF THAT PROJECT COUNCIL WENT BACK AND FORTH, ALLOWED THE DEVELOPER TO IMPROVE THE ELEVATIONS SOMEWHAT, UH, NOT TO THE LEVEL OF THE GLASS FACADE, BUT THERE WAS SOME HIERARCHY TYPE, HIGHER LEVEL ARCHITECTURAL STYLING APPLIED TO THE BUILDING. SO THAT WAS RELAYED TO THIS DEVELOPER, AND THEY HAVE MADE IT TO WHERE THE PARKING'S NOT NECESSARILY VISIBLE FROM THE HIGHWAY. SO YOU'LL SEE THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE BUILDINGS. THAT IS THE PLAN, MASTER PLAN IDEA THAT YOU SEE THAT NOT THE PARKING, LARGE PARKING LOTS, BUT THE STYLE ISN'T OF COURSE A GLASS FACADE. WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S FEASIBLE FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT. THAT'S, THAT'S, WE DIDN'T INVESTIGATE THAT, UH, AT THIS POINT, BUT WE'RE JUST MAKING IT CLEAR THAT THIS ISN'T IN LINE WITH THE LONG RANGE PLAN ELEVATIONS. THAT BEING SAID, RASHAD, DID YOU PUT, YOU PUT US IN A BIND BECAUSE, UH, WE DIDN'T PRESENT THIS APPLICATION. I MEAN, WE, WE TRY TO FOLLOW YOUR LEAGUE WITH, YOU KNOW, YOUR RECOMMENDATION. YOU ARE THE EXPERTS AND THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER, UH, GONZALEZ ASKED THAT QUESTION, AND IT PUTS US IN A, IN A GRAY AREA BECAUSE THE FLUME IS THE FLUME, WHICH IS OUR BIBLE. RIGHT. BUT WE TRY TO THE CITY, THE CITY'S, UH, TEMPLATE AND THEN THIS OTHER, UH, UH, PLAN, UH, SPEAKS DIFFERENT FROM THAT. BECAUSE IT WAS DEVELOPED BEFORE THAT, RIGHT? NO. OR WAS IT AFTER JUST, IT JUST WASN'T DONE IN CONJUNCTION. THEY WEREN'T DONE WITH, THE GATEWAY PLAN WAS NOT DONE WITH FLU IN MIND. RIGHT. THE FLU WAS DONE AFTER THE GATEWAY PLAN. OKAY. IT WAS UPDATED IN 2018 MM-HMM . SO THE FLU CALLS FOR THIS AREA TO BE MIXED USE, WHICH IS IN LINE WITH MM-HMM . THAT GATEWAY PLAN. BUT LIKE I MENTIONED IN THE BRIEFING, IT'S HORS IT'S A HORIZONTAL MIXED USE. SO WHAT, WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS YOU CAN DO MULTIFAMILY ON THIS PARCEL OFFICE, ON THIS PARCEL RETAIL ON THIS PARCEL. IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE COMBINED ON ONE PARCEL. UH, SO THIS PARCEL IS ALLOWED TO BE MULTIFAMILY BASED ON THE GATEWAY PLAN. THEREFORE, IT IS SOMEWHAT IN LINE WITH THE MIXED USE PLAN. SO AS LONG AS LONG RANGE, THE RETAIL AND THE OFFICE ARE REQUIRED BY P AND Z AND COUNCIL TO BE DEVELOPED, OR WHOEVER COMES IN AFTER THE FACT. SO WE'RE IN A HARD POSITION TOO, , THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S WHY WE PRESENTED IT THIS WAY. MM-HMM . IF WE SAID NO, AND THEN WE HAD TO TELL YOU THAT WHY, WHAT IS OUR REASONING FOR NO MM-HMM . WHEN ALL THIS ALIGNS MM-HMM . WE'RE JUST IN A BAD POSITION. THIS IS, IT'S, IT'S COMPLICATED AND IT'S LIKE WE'RE OPENING NEW DOORS. JULIE, DO YOU SEE ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SAY WITH REGARD TO ANY OF THIS? NO, MA'AM. . OKAY. OKAY. YOU'RE, I WISH I COULD DO THAT. I WISH I COULD DO THAT. I THINK STAFF SUMMED IT UP PRETTY WELL. OKAY. UH, WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER, MA'AM, IF YOU ALL ARE READY FOR THAT. OKAY. GO AHEAD. UM, SCOTT MILLER IS, UH, THE CASE SPOKE, SPOKESPERSON, AND WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM. WELCOME. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. SCOTT MILLER. 79 0 2 BRIAR BROOK COURT. I'M THE APPLICANT. YES. AND, UM, WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE ON THIS PROJECT? SO, I LOVE THE LOCATION. UM, IT'S A 20 MINUTE COMMUTE FROM A MILLION JOBS, UH, THAT, THAT STATISTIC STUCK OUT TO ME. MM-HMM . UH, THE NORTHERN PART OF GRAND PRAIRIE IS MORE INFILL, UM, THAN THE SOUTHERN PART WHERE THE SOUTHERN, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ENTITLEMENTS IN THE SOUTH. UH, THE NORTH IS UNDERSERVED FROM THAT. THERE NEEDS TO BE [00:35:01] A NEWER HOUSING, HIGHER QUALITY HOUSING. MM-HMM . UM, AND SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT I'M HERE TO BUILD. MM-HMM . UH, THIS CORRIDORS, YOU KNOW, STUCK OUT TO ME BEING AT I 30 IN BELTLINE. IT'S AN INTERSECTION THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW MM-HMM . UM, AND IT'S, IT FEELS LIKE THE RIGHT TIME FOR THIS PROJECT. UH, THE, THE PROJECT THAT THEY REFERENCED IN 2022, UH, KIND OF SET THE PRECEDENT FOR THIS ONE IN MY MIND. UM, AND SO I WAS, I'M A LITTLE SURPRISED TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT OF THE PUSHBACK ON, ON THE USE. UM, I THOUGHT IT'D BE MORE ABOUT THE AESTHETICS, BUT I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. SO, WERE THERE A LOT OF VARIANCES HERE? SO I THINK, UH, SAVANNAH WAS SAYING THAT THE TOP, TOP, THE, THE LAND ITSELF WOULD'VE BEEN A CHALLENGE. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? YEAH. WHY? BECAUSE YOU SO MANY VARIANCES. SO THE LAND HAS A LOT OF TOPOGRAPHY, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR, IT GOES UPHILL FROM 30. UM, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO, UH, BILLBOARDS ON THE SITE, UH, WHICH THE LANDOWNER OWNS THE BILLBOARDS. UM, AND SO THERE'S VISIBILITY EASEMENTS THAT IMPAIR THE SITE. UM, SO I'VE GOT, UH, EXPLANATIONS FOR ALL THE VARIANCES. I'VE MADE SOME PRE-MADE STATEMENTS, AND THEN WE CAN KIND OF, UH, GO FROM THERE. SO ON THE ONE BEDROOM UNITS, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW ONE BEDROOM UNITS TO COMPRISE 74.4% OF THE TOTAL UNIT MIX EXCEEDING THE UDC MAXIMUM OF 60%. THIS REQUEST IS BASED ON MARKET STUDIES AND INPUT FROM PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, WHICH INDICATES STRONG DEMAND FOR ONE BEDROOM UNITS IN THE SUBMARKET. MM-HMM . A COMPARABLE CASE. THE STADIUM DRIVE PROJECT WAS APPROVED IN 2022, WAS 77% ONE BEDROOM UNITS SETTING PRECEDENT FOR THE SAME REQUEST. AND SO REALLY THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THE DEMAND'S COMING FROM, IS YOU, I UNDERSTAND THAT RIGHT? MM-HMM . UM, THE SETBACKS ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL ZONING, THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A VARIABLE WITH SETBACK ALONG THE EASTERN PROPERTY LINE, RANGING FROM 50 TO A HUNDRED FEET. PD TWO 17 CURRENTLY REQUIRES A TWO TO ONE SETBACK RATIO FROM RESIDENTIALLY ZONED LOTS, EFFECTIVELY RENDERING MUCH OF THE SITE UNDEVELOPABLE DUE TO HEIGHT AND SETBACK RESTRICTIONS. THIS HARDSHIP IS COMPOUNDED BY THE SITE'S GEOMETRY AND TOPOGRAPHY. THE CITY'S GATEWAY PLAN ENVISIONS HIGHER DENSITY IN THIS AREA, INCLUDING MORE INTENSE LAND USE ADJACENT TO PROPERTY LINES. THE CURRENT PLAN ADHERES TO THE UDC ARTICLE SIX REGULATIONS FOR MF THREE HEIGHT AND SETBACKS, WHICH WOULD BE THE REQUIREMENT FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT. OUTSIDE OF THIS PD, THE APPLICANT REQUESTS TO BE HELD TO THE SAME HEIGHT AND SETBACK STANDARDS AS OTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CITY. OKAY. UH, AND THEN ON THE TREE COUNT, THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO PROVIDE 77 TREES IN LIEU OF THE 203 TREES REQUIRED BY CODE PROTECTED TREES ON SITE MAY COUNT TOWARD THIS TOTAL PENDING COMPLETION OF A TREE SURVEY AND MITIGATION PLAN. SIGNIFICANT SITE CONSTRAINTS, INCLUDING TOPOGRAPHY AND BILLBOARD VISIBILITY, EASEMENT LIMIT THE FEASIBLE PLANTING AREA. A SIMILAR VARIANCE WAS GRANTED FOR THE STADIUM DRIVE SUP IN 2022, WHERE ONLY 43% OF THE REQUIRED TREE COUNT WAS PROVIDED DUE TO COMPARABLE CONSTRAINTS. UH, SO REALLY IT'S THE, UM, BILLBOARD EASEMENT AND THE TOPOGRAPHY. I'VE GOT A, UH, SLOPE THE SITE FOUR TO ONE ON, ON ALL SIDES TO CREATE FLAT USABLE LAND. AND SO IT'S HARD TO GET THE PLANNING AREA FROM THERE. UM, AND THEN ON THE FENCE, UH, VARIANCE, THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A WROUGHT IRON FENCE ALONG THE EASTERN PROPERTY LINE IN PLACE OF THE REQUIRED TYPE ONE MASONRY WALL. THE ADJACENT SINGLE FAMILY HOME SIT ROUGHLY 20 FEET ABOVE THE PROPERTY LINE, BUFFERED BY A DENSELY WOODED SLOPE AND A DRAINAGE DITCH. BUILDING A MASONRY WALL AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DITCH WILL NOT PROVIDE ANY VISUAL OR ACOUSTIC BENEFIT FOR THE HOMES ON THE EXISTING GRADE ABOVE THE HEIGHT OF THE WALL. THE PROPOSED WR IRON FENCE OFFERS A CONTEXTUALLY APPROPRIATE AND REASONABLE ALTERNATIVE. A LINE OF SIGHT EXHIBIT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED FOR REFERENCE. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE STUDIED THAT LINE OF SIGHT EXHIBIT. UM, THERE'S A, THERE'S A DRAINAGE DITCH AT THE BOTTOM YEAH. OF THE WE SAW THAT. WE SAW THAT. UM, AND SO THE HOME SIT 20 FEET ABOVE THAT, UH, MY PROPERTY IS ABOUT 15 FEET ABOVE THAT. SO IF YOU, UH, BUILT A SIX FOOT WALL, THAT WOULDN'T REALLY DO MUCH MM-HMM . UM, SO THAT, THOSE WERE THE EXPLANATIONS FOR THE VARIANCES. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT DETAIL. 'CAUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT MM-HMM . AND I THINK, UH, THE COMMISSIONERS APPRECIATED THAT AS WELL. COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. I THINK YOU DID A REALLY GOOD JOB IN EXPLAINING EVERYTHING. OKAY. I'M IN A BETTER PLACE NOW. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OH, I'M SORRY. ONE MORE QUESTION. COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN. I'M SORRY, MR. MILLER. I HAVE ONE QUESTION, AND, UM, BEING THAT I AM A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL, UH, THE, YOU KNOW, I'M DATING MYSELF, BUT THE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE LIKE A MELROSE PLACE IN GRAND PRAIRIE I THINK IS AMAZING. UH, I'M JUST CURIOUS, UH, AND I KNOW YOU SAID IT WAS MARKETABILITY STUDIES THAT LED YOU TO IT, BUT THE INCREASE TO 24% OF YOUR SINGLE UNITS, UM, I, I JUST, I'M CURIOUS, WHY WOULD IT NOT PREDICATE, WHY WOULDN'T YOU STAY AT 60 AND DO THE TWO BEDROOM UNITS AND RENT THEM HIGHER? YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M JUST CURIOUS WHY YOU WOULD [00:40:01] EXCEED IT SO MUCH, YOU KNOW, OR GO 60, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MARKET DICTATES THE RENTS. YEAH. I WISH I COULD. UM, AND, UH, ONE BEDROOMS ARE CLEARLY, UH, THE, THE HIGHEST IN DEMAND. MM-HMM . IT'S, UH, A LOT OF, UH, YOUNG PROFESSIONALS AND, AND YOUNG COUPLES, UM, THAT WANT TO RENT, UH, IN THIS LOCATION. AGAIN, FOR THE JOBS. I, I THINK THE JOBS IS THE GREATEST STORY FOR THIS LOCATION. MM-HMM . OKAY. AND IT, IT WOULDN'T BE, IT WOULDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE AMOUNT OF UNITS THAT YOU COULD MAXIMIZE TO. RIGHT. THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO, TO, YOU'RE SAYING THE TOTAL UNIT COUNT? RIGHT. IF I BUILT MORE UNITS, RIGHT, 300, 300 UNITS IS A COMFORTABLE UNIT COUNT IN TERMS OF TOTAL PROJECT SIZE, UH, TO GET FINANCE FOR ME, UH, AS WELL AS, UM, LEASE UP. UH, BECAUSE I CAN ONLY LEASE SO MANY UNITS A MONTH. UH, AND THEN I ALSO HAVE MOVE OUTS. AND SO WHEN YOU HAVE 400 UNITS, UM, YOUR BACK DOOR'S OPEN AND, AND YOU HAVE MORE PEOPLE MOVING OUT THAN YOU CAN GET IN THE FRONT DOOR TO MOVE IN. AND SO IT'S REALLY A MATH PROBLEM WHERE THE SWEET SPOT FOR A LOT OF MULTI-FAMILY PROJECTS IS THAT 300 UNIT COUNT. I THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR. YEP. COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE, UH, INSIGHT. MY, MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE HAD THIS, UM, UH, BELIEF OR VISION OF HAVING A MASTER CONCEPT. DID YOU CONSIDER, UH, LOOKING INTO BEYOND JUST THE MULTIFAMILY UNIT TO BE BUILDING IT EVEN BEYOND THAT, TO HAVING, YOU KNOW, UM, RETAIL STORES AND OTHER THINGS ALONG THE WAY THERE? THE, THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS THAT, UH, BY ALLOWING THIS, THEN THE OTHER AREA THAT'S THERE COULD BECOME A MULTI-FAMILY UNIT. AND, UH, THE VISION IS ALONG THE LINES OF HAVING A MULTI, UM, AGAIN, THE, A MASTER PLAN AROUND HAVING NOT ONLY, YOU KNOW, UM, APARTMENTS, BUT ALSO BUSINESSES AND RETAIL IN OTHER AREAS SO THAT PEOPLE COULD COME TO IT. SO THAT'S MY ONLY RESERVATION THAT I HAVE. DID YOU CONSIDER THAT OR? YEAH, I THINK THIS SPECIFIC PARCEL IS, UM, TOUGHER FOR RETAIL SPECIFICALLY. YEAH. BECAUSE IT'S MORE MID-BLOCK. UM, THERE'S NOT REALLY A HARD CORNER FOR THE RETAIL, UM, FOR, FOR TRAFFIC WHERE MULTIFAMILY IS MORE A DESTINATION FOR THE RESIDENTS. YEAH. UM, AND SO RETAIL DIDN'T MAKE SENSE FOR THIS PROPERTY SPECIFICALLY, MAYBE IF IT WAS ON BELTLINE MM-HMM . OR ON STADIUM DRIVE. UM, BUT BUILDING THE MUTUAL ACCESS EASEMENT, UM, AND THEN WITH NOT HAVING THE ABILITY TO BRING TRAFFIC IN FROM TARRANT ROAD BECAUSE WE'RE LIMITING THAT TO EXIT ONLY OR EMERGENCY ACCESS. MM-HMM . REALLY THE ONLY ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY IS MIDBLOCK ON THE FRONTAGE ROAD. UH, SO THAT, THAT HURTS FROM A RETAIL PERSPECTIVE. YEAH. UH, AND OFFICE. I'M NOT AN OFFICE DEVELOPER. UM, AND, UH, I THINK OFFICE IS, IS TOUGH TO GET DEVELOPED RIGHT NOW, ANYWHERE, YOU KNOW, IN THE COUNTRY. THAT'S FAIR. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. I DO LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE NORTH AREA. I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THERE IS A, A NEED MM-HMM . YOU KNOW, IN THAT AREA. AND, AND THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES TO ME THAT YOU WANT TO, TO UPGRADE THAT, THAT THAT PART OF TOWN. I, I, I LIKE THAT. MM-HMM . I REALLY DO. AND I DO UNDERSTAND WITH THE ONE BEDROOM, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE, UH, COMING TO TEXAS EVERY DAY AND THEY'RE FOR JOBS AND THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ON A BUDGET AS WELL AND THEY'RE GONNA WANT ONE BEDROOM. SO YOU, YOU'D HAVE A LOT OF VACANT, UM, YOU KNOW, APARTMENTS IF YOU JUST, IF YOU DID, IF, IF YOU, IF YOU DIDN'T, I SEE WHY. 'CAUSE I WONDERED WHY YOU DID THE VARIANCE. MM-HMM . AND I, I, I GET IT NOW BECAUSE OKAY, THANK YOU. THE MARKETING STUDY DICTATES THAT. THAT'S RIGHT. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL, YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU, UM, YOU KNOW, FILL YOUR UNITS MM-HMM . SO I UNDERSTAND THAT. SO, UH, COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO FURTHER CARDS, MA'AM. OKAY. THIS IS, UH, COMMISSIONER ARI'S AREA. DO WE, DO WE WANNA HAVE SOME DISCUSSION BEFORE WE WE DOES IT? DO YOU WANNA HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS CASE BEFORE YOU, DO YOU WANNA TELL US WHAT YOU THINK SINCE THIS IS YOUR AREA, ? WELL, I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THEM COMING OUT THERE AND I HAD, UH, IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THAT THERE'S A WHOLE NICE PROPOSITION INTENDED FOR THAT AREA AND BECAUSE I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT NORTH SIDE HAS BEEN SO NEGLECTED AND THERE'S SO MUCH MORE WE COULD HAVE DONE AND WHICH IS WHY WE SERVE, BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE GET OUT THERE. BUT, AND THIS ONE WAS TOUGH, SO I APPRECIATE YOU AND FRANK AND, YOU KNOW, FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, YOU KNOW, ASKING QUESTIONS THAT I KNOW I'M MIGHT LACK THAT EXPERIENCE ON, AND IT REALLY HELPS. BUT, UM, IT DOES MAKE IT TOUGH. SO, I MEAN, IF YOU DON'T MIND, JUST REAL QUICK, I'D LIKE TO HEAR EVERYBODY'S OPINION ON IT. OKAY. YOU WANNA START WITH JUST, UH, ANGELA? COMMISSIONER? LUCKY COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER. SORRY. WELL, MY OPINION, I'M, I'M IN FAVOR OF SUPPORTING IT, I THINK ON [00:45:01] THE NORTH SIDE. UM, I LIKE WHAT THE GATEWAY AND WHAT WAS PRESENTED AND WHAT'S IN THE FUTURE TO COME. AND I THINK IT'S NEEDED ON THE NORTHERN SIDE, HEARING NEGLECTED COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN. YEP. UM, YOU KNOW, I, I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE, THE RATIONALE BE BEHIND HOW MANY ONE BEDROOMS OPPOSED TO HOW MANY TWO, AND I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE FENCING, BUT UNDERSTANDING THE TOPOGRAPHY, UNDERSTANDING THE FACT THAT, UM, HE'S DONE THE MARKETING STUDY. WE CAN ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT, I DON'T BELIEVE. AND I WILL SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT IT TO BE, IT'S HARD BEING THE FIRST PERSON GOING INTO AN ENVIRONMENT TO DEVELOP, I THINK MM-HMM . SO, UM, HE'S PROBABLY GONNA CATCH SOME UNDUE QUESTIONING THAT THEY WOULDN'T GET IF IT WAS THREE OTHER PEOPLE OR HE WOULDN'T GET IF HE WAS THE SOLE OWNER OF ALL THE PROPERTY. UM, I APPRECIATE THAT HE HAS DONE HIS DUE DILIGENCE AND HE'S REALLY, I THINK, PUTTING OUR CITY FIRST, SO I WILL SUPPORT IT AS WELL. MM-HMM . COMMISSIONER KARI, I, UH, I ALMOST THOUGHT THIS WAS DISTRICT ONE, MY DISTRICT. MM-HMM . IT'S SO CLOSE. YEAH. BUT IT IS YOURS. UM, I'M PROBABLY NOT IN FAVOR OF IT, AND IT'S PROBABLY JUST BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE MULTIFAMILY. IF THEY HAD MULTIFAMILY THERE BY RIGHT THEN IT'S A, THEN IT'S JUST A QUESTION OF WHAT VARIANCES DO THEY WANT, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A RIGHT TO DO MULTIFAMILY THERE, ABSENT COUNSEL'S BLESSING AND EVERYTHING THAT HE WAS SAYING ABOUT WHY, UM, OFFICE AND RETAIL HAD NOT BEEN DEVELOPED, BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY GONNA BE THAT ONE ACCESS OFF OF THE, UH, SERVICE ROAD. TO ME THAT JUST PORTENDS WHAT FRANK WAS, I THINK, ALLUDING TO, WHICH IS THAT THAT WHOLE STRIP OF PRIME REAL ESTATE ON I 30 IS GONNA BE MULTIFAMILY BECAUSE IT, THE, THE WHOLE IDEA ABOUT THE ABSENCE OF A HARD CORNER AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF THAT'LL BE THERE FOR THE NEXT, UH, DEVELOPER THAT WANTS TO COME. AND HE'S GONNA SAY, I CAN'T MAKE ANYTHING ELSE WORK HERE, BUT MULTIFAMILY, PLEASE APPROVE. AND I JUST, UH, I'M, I'M NOT A, I, AGAIN, IF IT'S MULTI-FAMILY ABOUT RIGHT, THEN THEY CAN, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT, BUT I'M, I WOULDN'T, I WOULDN'T SUPPORT THIS. BUT IT IS YOUR DISTRICT, AND SO I DO HAVE TO DEFER TO YOU SOMETIMES AS WELL. UH, COMMISSIONER ARI, I TEND TO DISAGREE WITH MY FELLOW COMMISSIONER, FRED KO. I BELIEVE THIS IS AN EXCELLENT PROJECT, ONLY BECAUSE THERE IS A NEED FOR THE NORTH SIDE TO HAVE SOME DEVELOPMENT. AND IT'S UNFAIR FOR THAT TO BE ALL SO MUCH DEVELOPING THE SOUTH AND NOT MUCH IN THE NORTH. IT'S NOT IDEAL, OF COURSE, THERE CAN ALWAYS BE IMPROVEMENTS, THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE, BUT WE TO LOOK AT WHAT'S ON THE TABLE AND THE, I BELIEVE THIS DEVELOPER HAS DONE THEIR HOMEWORK. THEY HAVE RESPONDED TO ALL THE CONCERNS WITH REGARD TO THE VARIANCES. AND I BELIEVE IT'S A, A GOOD PROJECT. I MEAN, OF COURSE WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES EVERYWHERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, REALISTICALLY, WE HAVE TO KNOW THAT, UH, THAT TIMES ARE TOUGH. A LOT OF FOLKS ARE MOVING HERE BECAUSE OF JOBS AND THEY WANNA MOVE TO, AND IT BE AFFORDABLE TO BE AFFORDABLE. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THEY HAVE TO HAVE AN APARTMENT, THEY'RE NOT READY TO PURCHASE A HOME. SO YOU, IF THE MARKETING STUDY WAS DONE AND THE MARKETING STUDY DICTATES THAT THIS IS WHAT IS THE, THE CUSTOMER'S WANTING AND, AND THEY'RE WANTING TO COME TO GRAND PRAIRIE AND WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS PROJECT, I JUST SAY I VOTE FOR IT. THAT'S JUST ME. THANK YOU, MADAM. SHARON, I'M GONNA DISAGREE WITH YOU SINCE YOU DISAGREED WITH JOHN . , BUT, UH, GOING BACK TO, I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS, UH, GOING BACK TO THE, UM, THE OBJECTIVE OF BEING ABLE TO HAVE A MIXED USING LIFESTYLE, YOU KNOW, ENVIRONMENT. I'M STILL UNDER THAT BELIEF THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOTTA BE SOMEONE THAT CAN DO THAT IN THIS AREA THERE THAT CAN COME UP AND WITH A, WITH A PROJECT AND A DESIGN THAT WILL INCLUDE RETAIL, MULTIFAMILY, AND AS WELL AS OFFICE. YOU KNOW, USE COMMISSIONER, WHERE ARE THEY, WHERE ARE THOSE PEOPLE? YOU KNOW, I MEAN THAT, THAT THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE ON THE TABLE, AND THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT. YEAH. IDEALLY, YOU KNOW, IN A, IN A PERFECT WORLD, WE'RE NOT IN A PERFECT WORLD AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN MISS AN OPPORTUNITY. WE MAY NOT HAVE ANYBODY FOR TWO OR THREE YEARS TO COME ON THE PROJECT. AND THEN YOU STILL HAVE VACANT LAND AND THERE'S STILL A NEED NOT BEING FULFILLED FOR THE NORTH SIDE. AND THOSE RESIDENTS IN THE NORTH SIDE DESERVE JUST AS MUCH AS THE SOUTH SIDE. IT'S JUST, I THINK WHAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT IS BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY APARTMENTS ALREADY. WELL, THAT'S MY CHALLENGE HERE. RIGHT. THAT HAVE TURNED INTO LOW INCOME AND MM-HMM . VERY NICE APARTMENTS THAT HAVE JUST, WELL, I MEAN YOUR RESIDENT EXPERT BECAUSE THIS IS YOUR AREA AND WE RELY ON YOUR, UH, ON YOUR, UH, [00:50:01] RECOMMENDATION. I MEAN, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD DISCUSSION AND WE STILL HAVEN'T HEARD, UH, COMMISSIONER OLEY AS TO WHAT HIS CONCERNS ARE. AND THEN YOU CAN GO BACK AND TELL US WHAT YOU, YOU'RE THINKING. WE'RE STILL IN DISCUSSION. WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THE MOTION YET. MY MY INITIAL CONCERN WAS ON THE THREES AND THE VARIANCE, BUT AFTER HE EXPLAINED EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, HE KIND OF JED WITH ME. BUT, UM, HEARING DIFFERENT OPINIONS NOW FROM MY FELLOW COMMISSION, I, I'M KIND OF, I DON'T KNOW, UH, IS THERE ANYONE WE CAN TABLE THESE? TABLE WHAT? TABLE, TABLE, TABLE IS NOT GONNA HELP IT. I DON'T, IT'S GONNA HELP. I DON'T THINK TABLE'S GONNA HELP US. IT'S EITHER YAY OR NAY ON THIS ONE, I BELIEVE. I MEAN, RASHAD, DO YOU HAVE AN OPINION ON THAT? I THINK BASED ON EVERYONE'S INPUT AT THIS POINT, IT PROBABLY MAKES SENSE TO MAKE A VOTE. UM, THAT VOTE WILL BE CARRIED ON TO CITY COUNCIL, UM, AS A RECOMMENDATION. OKAY. TABLE IN IT. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S GONNA BE ANY CHANGES WITH REGARD TO THE APPLICATION AT THIS POINT. OKAY. GOOD POINT. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION THOUGH, COMMISSIONER, THIS IS YOUR AREA, UH, . SO TELL US WHAT YOU THINK . WELL, UM, IT, IT SOUNDED GOOD. EVERYTHING SOUNDED GOOD ABOUT IT. HE HAD, UM, BUT AGAIN, THAT WAS, THAT'S ALWAYS MY CONCERN BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY APARTMENTS HERE, ESPECIALLY ON THE NORTH SIDE, AND THEY START OFF. GREAT. AND THEN IT , I I WAS JUST GONNA REMIND THE COMMISSION THAT ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE WERE CALLED TOGETHER. UM, BUT I THINK RASHAD WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING SPECIFIC. NO, JUST ADDRESSING THAT CONCERN. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S TOO MUCH THAT WE CAN ADDRESS IN THAT REGARD. MM-HMM . THAT'S REALLY MORE OF A PROPERTY OWNER MANAGEMENT, MAINTENANCE, UH, UH, THING. UM, WE DO HAVE, UH, STATE REQUIREMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN LOOKED AT WITH REGARD TO THE HFCS TAKING OVER APARTMENTS, UH, NOT ALLOWING OUTSIDE CITIES TO TAKE OVER OUR APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND, AND USE THEM AS A LOWER INCOME HOUSING. UH, SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE IN THAT HOUSE BILL, BUT WE HAD QUITE A FEW TRANSITION THAT WAY. UPKEEP STILL THE SAME, BUT ANY APARTMENT COMPLEX AFTER 20, 30 YEARS, DEPENDING ON WHOSE HANDS IT'S IN, IT'S MAY, MAY TRANSITION TO SOMETHING LESS THAN DESIRABLE. BUT I THINK THIS LOCATION, YOU PROBABLY WON'T SEE THAT HAPPEN. UM, WE HAVE OTHER APARTMENTS FURTHER TO THE WEST, UH, AND DIRECTLY ACROSS THE HIGHWAY THAT HAVE, UH, NOT NECESSARILY, UH, DETERIORATED JUST BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS A LOCATION THAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA WANT TO LIVE AT DUE TO ACCESS TO FORT WORTH AND DALLAS. UM, BUT WITH THAT SAID, THE FINAL DECISIONS UP TO UP TO BC, I JUST DO WANNA SAY ONE THING. EACH ONE OF US HAS A VOTE, RIGHT? AND I BELIEVE MM-HMM . WE JUST MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AND CITY COUNCIL'S GONNA DO WHAT CITY COUNCIL DOES. YEAH. SO IN MY OPINION, I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD VOTE THEIR CONSCIOUS AS TO WHAT THEY WANNA VOTE AND NOT WORRY ABOUT WHETHER IT PASSES OR FAILS, JUST VOTE AND THEN WHATEVER, HOWEVER IT COMES OUT, IT COMES OUT. THAT'S JUST MY OPINION BECAUSE INDIVIDUALLY WE ALL HAVE A DIFFERENT REASON FOR WHY WE SAY WHAT WE DO. AND I BELIEVE BOTH SIDES HAVE VALID POINTS. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, DAY, I CAN ONLY VOTE FOR, FOR MY, FOR MY DISTRICT. AND YOU, WE CAN ONLY VOTE FOR YOURS. AND THEN WITH THAT, WE, WE DO THAT. UH, YOU HAVE ONE MORE THING. I CAN LET YOU COME UP FOR JUST ONE MINUTE BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING READY TO VOTE. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT, UM, TO THE RETAIL COMMENT. UM, YOU KNOW, RETAIL NEEDS ROOFTOPS TO SURVIVE AND SO, UH, GETTING MORE DENSITY HERE IS IMPORTANT TO SEE THE OTHER USES THAT YOU WANT. UM, AND THEN ALSO THE INVESTMENT IN THIS AREA. YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT VACANT LAND, UH, IT'S, IT, IT'S NOT AS ATTRACTIVE AS SEEING NEWER DEVELOPMENT. UM, AND SO BRINGING, IF YOU DON'T LOVE MULTIFAMILY, IT, IT'S KIND OF THE FIRST USE THAT COMES INTO AN AREA AND THEN, AND THEN THE, THE USE, THE OTHER USES FOLLOW IT. SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE POINT I, OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT COMMENT. THANK YOU. OKAY. AT THIS POINT, I BELIEVE WE'VE DISCUSSED IT TO THE END. MM-HMM . THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. NOT BEEN ANY FURTHER. YES. SO JUST ANOTHER REMINDER THAT ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE, SO WHOEVER'S GONNA MAKE A MOTION IF YOU, IF IT'S COMMISSIONER ARI. YES. COMMISSIONER, WOULD YOU, UH, YES. LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION? YES. I'D LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION FOR ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE, UM, CPA 2 5 0 5 0 0 0 9 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT AND SUP 2 5 0 500 0 1 7 SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AND APPROVE PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS. I'LL SECOND. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. UH, I MEAN, I, UM, I'D LIKE, UM, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE BY COMMISSIONER OTARI [00:55:01] AND A SECOND BY MYSELF, CHERYL SMITH. ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. 1, 2, 3. WHAT IS THAT? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. ALL OPPOSED TWO. MOTION PASSES. FIVE TO TWO. NEXT [6. ZON-25-03-0007 - Zoning Change/Concept Plan - Miller Road Development. Zoning Change creating a Planned Development District for Light Industrial with Data Center Use and a Concept Plan depicting six buildings and an electric substation. 157.27 Acres out of the Leeman Kelsey Survey, Abstract No. 593 and the R.M. Wyatt Survey, Abstract No. 1280, Grand Prairie Extraterritorial Jurisdiction, Ellis County, Texas, generally located north of Hwy 67 and west of Miller Rd, Parcel ID 186390] CASE PLEASE. MM-HMM . THIS NEXT ITEM IS A ZONING CHANGE AND CONCEPT PLAN. IT'S FOR MILLER ROAD DEVELOPMENT. ANYTHING? I CLICKED ON THAT DOWN HERE. AGAIN, APOLOGIES. APOLOGIES FOR THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. OKAY. YEP. IT'S NOT WORKING. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PUT TAPE ON YOUR HDMI CABLE, , . IT'S JUST REPLACING IT. OKAY, GOOD. GOOD. I, SO IT'S SHOWING UP ON A LAPTOP, BUT NOT, IT'S SHOWING UP HERE. THEY'RE SHOWING UP ON Y'ALL SCREENS. NO. MM-HMM . OKAY. YEAH, WE HAVE TO SWAP. YEAH. . THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR PATIENCE. THANK YOU. RASHAD . OKAY, SO THIS REQUEST IS A ZONING CHANGE AND A CONCEPT PLAN. IT IS CREATING A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES WITH A DATA CENTER USE AS WELL. UH, THE PROPERTY IS ABOUT 157 ACRES, AND YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, IMAGE ON THE RIGHT IS THE MAP SHOWING THAT LOCATION, AND IT'S OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN. UH, AND THEN ON THE, THE IMAGE ON THE LEFT IS THE CITY LIMITS LINE. THIS IS THE, TO THE SOUTH SOUTHERN POINT. UH, CITY LIMITS. UH, IT IS CURRENTLY WITH OUR, WITHIN OUR ETJ OR EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION. UH, THERE IS AN ACCOMPANYING ANNEXATION REQUEST [01:00:01] THAT WILL BE GOING TO THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, DATE ON THE SAME TIME. UH, SO THIS IS THEIR PROPOSED CONCEPT PLAN. IT DEPICTS SIX DATA CENTER BUILDINGS, UH, AS SHOWN AND A PROPOSED ELECTRIC SUBSTATION ACCESS TO THE PROJECT WILL BE OFF OF MILLER ROAD. THESE ARE THEIR CONCEPTUAL BUILDING ELEVATIONS. AND THEN WITH THIS REQUEST, THEY'RE ESTABLISHING PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT STANDARDS. UH, THE FIRST THING IT DOES, IT IS ESTABLISHES LIGHT INDUSTRIAL IS THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT. IT ALSO ADDS AND DEFINES, UH, DATA CENTER AS A FACILITY USED TO HOUSE A COLLECTION OF COMPUTER SERVERS AND ASSOCIATED COMPONENTS FOR THE REMOTE STORAGE, PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTION OF LARGE AMOUNTS OF DATA FOR USE BY OFFSITE END USERS. UH, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS INCLUDE, UH, PROVISIONS FOR BUILDING DESIGN, LANDSCAPING, AND SCREENING, PARKING, AND BUILDING HEIGHT. I WILL NOTE THAT THESE ARE THE SAME, UH, DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AS THE PROPOSED OR THE APPROVED, UH, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR PROVIDENCE, WHICH FALLS UNDER THE GOODLAND PROJECT IMMEDIATELY NORTH. UM, SO STAFF'S RECEPTIVE OF THESE STANDARDS. AGAIN, OUR, UH, APPENDIX X WAS GUT VERNS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS WAS WRITTEN, UH, SPECIFICALLY WITH OFFICE WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENTS IN MIND. AND SO THIS, THESE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS REALLY TA TAILOR THE PD TO THE PROPOSED DATA CENTER USE. WE DID RECEIVE WRITTEN OPPOSITION. WE RECEIVED FOUR LETTERS, WHICH REPRESENT THREE UNIQUE ADDRESSES. UH, THESE ADDRESSES ARE LOCATED, UM, EAST OF THE PROJECT OFF OF MILLER ROAD. UH, WITH THAT, THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITION THAT CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING SHALL BE CONSIDERED A SEPARATE USE FROM THE DATA CENTER AND SHALL NOT BE ALLOWED WITHIN THE PROPOSED PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SAVANNAH? THIS WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION IN THE BOARD BRIEFING. I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND THIS SINCE WE'VE HAD THIS BEFORE. COMMISSIONERS, Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SAVANNAH? ANY? OH, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. SAVANNAH, YOU SAID SOMETHING. THERE WERE FOUR LETTERS OF OPPOSITION. CAN, CAN YOU, UH, WERE THERE ANY OTHER THAN JUST, UH, OPPOSING, WAS THERE ANY COMMENTS TO THAT AS TO WHY THEY WERE OPPOSING IT? SO TWO OF THE LETTERS, UH, WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE, WHAT IMPACTS IT WOULD HAVE ON THEIR, THEIR PROPERTY VALUE. UH, THE REMAINDER JUST SET OPPOSITION. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, COMMISSIONER. I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THAT. THAT, THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? THANK YOU. SAVANNAH, DO YOU HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? UM, WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER, UH, SEVERAL SPEAKER CARDS. UH, FIRST IS RO RYAN WYRICK. UM, WHO IS THE APPLICANT? HE NOTED THAT HE DID NOT WISH TO SPEAK. DO YOU WISH TO SPEAK? I CAN JUST INTRODUCE MYSELF. OKAY. YES. THANK YOU, SIR. WELCOME. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. HI, MY NAME IS RYAN WYRICK. ADDRESS IS 2,600 NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, RICHARDSON, TEXAS. UM, I'M WITH KIMLEY HORN, UM, CIVIL ENGINEER, UM, HERE TO HAVE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT I'M ABLE TO. WELL, THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO, UM, WANT TO DEVELOP THIS PROJECT? SURE. SO I'M REPRESENTING, UM, NOT MYSELF, BUT OBVIOUSLY A, A DIFFERENT GROUP, UM, DEVELOPING THIS AREA GENERALLY THIS CORRIDOR SOUTH OF FORT WORTH AND DALLAS IS GENERALLY DEVELOPING A LOT OF DATA CENTERS CURRENTLY, AND THIS LAND IS PRIME FOR THAT. UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF THE EXPECTATION HERE. AND THEN, UM, ANNEXING INTO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE ETJ. MM-HMM . WELL, SO WAS THERE A MARKETING STUDY DONE OR IT JUST BECAUSE IT WAS JUST A NEED? JUST THE NEED WAS JUST THE NEED FOR JUST THE NEED DATA CENTERS ACROSS RIGHT. THE DFW AREA? CORRECT. VERY GOOD. GOOD, GOOD ANSWER. ANY ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES. THANK YOU RYAN. UH, DO, DO YOU HAVE A TENANT OR YOU JUST, UH, BUILDING FOR NOW? UM, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IT'S BUILDING NOW. JUST BUILDING, YEAH. MM-HMM . OKAY. JUST CURIOUS. GOOD, GOOD QUESTION. COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR COMING AND THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OH, ONE MORE QUESTION. DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE DATA SENTENCE THAT YOU'RE, UH, THAT YOU HAVE WORKED ON OR DEVELOPED IN OTHER PLACES? UM, YES. WE'RE ON QUITE A FEW DATA CENTERS AROUND, UM, DFW, BUT I'M NOT ABLE TO SPEAK ON ALL OF THOSE BECAUSE THERE'RE A LOT OF, BUT MANY. HOW MANY HAVE YOU, UH, IS THIS, THIS GROUP, HOW MANY HAVE THEY DEVELOPED SO FAR? UM, I'M NOT AWARE. OKAY. ANSWER THAT, BUT THERE'S MORE THAN ONE. OKAY. YES. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, SORRY. SURE. MM-HMM . UM, SO IF THE DATA CENTER'S NOT FILLED, IS THIS LIKE EASILY GONNA BE CONVERTED INTO SOMETHING ELSE? GOOD QUESTION. UM, THAT IS A REALLY GOOD QUESTION ACTUALLY. UM, I'M NOT SURE OF THAT ANSWER, BUT I CAN GET BACK TO YOU FOR AN ANSWER ON THAT ONE. MM-HMM . THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THAT. THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. SO WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT RASHAD AFTER A WHILE? ? WELL, AS IT STANDS, THIS IS A PD FOR THE DATA CENTER SPECIFICALLY, SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO AMEND THE PD. UM, BUT UNDERSTANDING [01:05:02] DIRECTLY SOUTH OF THIS, THERE'S, UH, DISTRIBUTION CENTERS FOR INDUSTRIAL MM-HMM . SO IT LIKELY TRANSITION INTO SOMETHING LIKE THAT IF THAT DATA CENTER USE DIDN'T COME TO BE, IT'D HAVE TO BE A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT THOUGH. UH, YEAH, SORT OF, YEAH. CHANGE THE AMENDMENT. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. VERY GOOD. UH, ANY OTHER, UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKER CARDS? THERE ARE, UM, MARIA BELMONT'S, UM, MS. BELMONT'S INDICATED SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION. SO MS. BELMONT'S, ARE YOU HERE, MS. BELMONT? UM, HER CARD INDICATED I WILL SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM AND THEN I DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WISH TO RECORD MY OPPOSITION SO I DIDN'T OKAY. KNOW WHICH, WHICH ONE IT IS. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, I'LL SAY NOT PRESENT, I'M JUST MAKING A NOTE THAT NOT PRESENT WHEN CALLED. UM, WE HAVE ANOTHER CARD, UM, FOR HERNANDEZ, NORA E WHO, UH, WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THIS ITEM. THERE WAS A GROUP OF LATE PEOPLE THAT, THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE ON THE, ON THE LEFT, ON YOUR LEFT, BUT THEY'RE NOT HERE ANYMORE. SO ARE THERE ANY NOTATIONS ON THE CARD AS THE REASON FOR THE OPPOSITION? NO, MA'AM. THIS ONE JUST SAYS, UH, WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION AND WISHES TO NOT SPEAK IN OPPOSITION. OKAY. UM, LET ME NOTE NOT PRESENT. AND THAT IS ALL OF THE CARDS THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS ITEM. OKAY. THIS IS ITEM SIX AND THIS IS, UM, COMMISSIONER, UH, LUCKY V'S. UM, AREA COMMISSIONER. DO WE HAVE ANY, UM, WOULD LIKE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ANYBODY LIKE TO DISCUSS THIS ITEM BEFORE? UH, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS, THIS ITEM? UH, COMMISSIONER, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE ITEM BEFORE? AND THEN WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSION AFTER YOU TELL US WHAT YOUR OPINION IS OF IT. SINCE THIS IS YOUR AREA, MAKE SURE YOU'RE TALKING TO MIKE MADAM CHAIR. I THINK BASED ON THE PRESENTATION THAT WE RECEIVED EARLIER, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE IT. OKAY. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY, UH, WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THIS? I THINK THAT, UH, YOU'RE RIGHT ON THAT. UH, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY CONCERNS? OKAY, GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER. YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION. MADAM CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND I WOULD LIKE TO APPROVE ZON DASH 25 DASH THREE DASH 0 0 7 ZONING CHAINING CONCEPT PLAN PER DRC RECOMMENDATION. HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM SIX BY COMMISSIONER LUCKY VAUGHN, AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN, UH, TO APPROVE AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY NEXT'S [Items 7 & 8] CASE. ALL RIGHT, AND THE NEXT TWO ITEMS ARE RELATED TO THE SAME PROJECT, SO I'M GONNA PRESENT THEM TOGETHER. THE FIRST COMPONENT IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT TO AMEND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. UH, THIS IS PART OF THE LAKE SONG PROJECT, WHICH IS A MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY IN THE SOUTH SECTOR OF GREEN PRAIRIE. UH, THEY HAVE SINCE, UH, PURCHASED ADDITIONAL ACREAGE AND ARE WANTING TO ADD THAT INTO THEIR OVERALL PROJECT. UM, SO THIS FIRST COMPONENT IS, UH, AMENDING THE FLUME, UH, FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO OPEN SPACE SLASH DRAINAGE FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL ACREAGES, WHICH ARE SHOWN ON THE MAP ON THE SCREEN. THEY'RE PROPOSING, UH, MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, WHICH WILL, UM, ALIGN WITH WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING. UH, SO THE AREAS THAT THEY'RE ADDING ARE MEDIUM RESIDENTIAL, WHICH INCLUDES, UH, SINGLE FAMILY AND, UH, THE POSSIBILITY OF SINGLE FAMILY TOWN HOME AND SINGLE FAMILY ZERO LOT LINE. UH, THE ZONING CHANGE AND CONCEPT PLAN, AGAIN, IS TO INCORPORATE THAT ADDITIONAL, UH, ACREAGE. ADDITIONALLY, SOME, UH, A BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT BETWEEN CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, UH, IN MIDLOTHIAN. UM, SO THIS, UH, PROJECT HAS BEEN BEFORE YOU BEFORE TO GET THE ZONING, UM, FOR PREVIOUS PHASES. THIS INCORPORATES THE NEW ACREAGE WITH THOSE PREVIOUS PHASES INTO A SINGLE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. IT'S NOT CHANGING ANYTHING THAT WAS ALREADY APPROVED, BUT JUST ADDING IT TO THAT PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. UH, SO THEY HAVE SOME SUB-DISTRICTS FOR THIS PROPOSAL, WHICH INCLUDE MIXED USE, URBAN RESIDENTIAL, MEDIUM RESIDENTIAL ESTATE, RESIDENTIAL AND OPEN SPACE. AND THIS PROJECT TOTALS ABOUT 1,920, UH, SQUARE FEET OR ACRES. EXCUSE ME. UM, ON THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE THEIR CONCEPT PLAN, WHICH AGAIN, UH, CONTAINS THOSE SUB-DISTRICTS. UH, THE NEW ACREAGE IS FOCUSED ON, UH, MEDIUM RESIDENTIAL, WHICH INCLUDES, AS I MENTIONED, SINGLE FAMILY TOWNHOME, SINGLE FAMILY, ZERO LOT LINE, AND SINGLE FAMILY. SIX ON THE SCREEN SUMMARIZES, UH, THOSE, UH, STANDARDS FOR [01:10:01] THE DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT TYPES. UM, THE, THE SMALLER TABLE INDICATES, UH, THE KIND OF BREAKDOWN BETWEEN THOSE THREE DIFFERENT TYPES. SO THEY COULD POTENTIALLY DEVELOP ALL OF THAT, UH, MEDIUM RESIDENTIAL FOR 100% SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. UH, BUT THEY DO HAVE THE OPTION TO DEVELOP A PORTION OF THAT FOR SINGLE FAMILY TOWN HOME AND SINGLE FAMILY ZERO LOT LINE. UM, SO THE TABLE THREE, WHICH SUMMARIZES THOSE DENSITY DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS, UH, FOR THE DIFFERENT, UH, HOUSING TYPES AND MEDIUM RESIDENTIAL AREAS. UH, AGAIN, THIS WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED AS PART OF THEIR ORIGINAL, UH, DEVELOPER AGREEMENT AND PART OF THEIR, UH, REVISED DEVELOPER AGREEMENT, UH, WHICH WAS EXECUTED RECENTLY. UH, THESE ARE THE SAME IMAGES THAT WERE WITH THE ORIGINAL, UH, ZONING REQUESTS, BUT AGAIN, UH, TO JOG YOUR MEMORY, UH, A DIFFERENT TYPE OF MIXTURE FROM 80 FOOT LOTS, 70 FOOT LOTS, UH, TO 55 AND 40, AND THEN THEIR TOWN HOMES. UM, SO WITH THAT, THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATIONS AND I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR SAVANNAH? GREAT PRESENTATION. AGAIN. THANK YOU. ANY SPEAKER CARDS? WE HAVE ONE CARD FOR ITEM SEVEN AND EIGHT. CASEY STEVENSON WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM IF NEEDED. IS THAT THE, UH, DEVELOPER STAFF? YES. WOULD Y'ALL LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE DEVELOPER? YES, WE WOULD. HELLO, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. YES, MA'AM. MY NAME IS CASEY STEVENSON WITH HUFFINES COMMUNITIES. UH, THE ADDRESS IS 8,200, UH, SUITE 300 DALLAS, TEXAS? YES. OKAY. SO WHAT, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO TELL US ABOUT THE, THE ADDITION? UH, JUST THAT WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE BRINGING IN AN ADDITIONAL 718 ACRES INTO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE. UM, IT'S A DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT AND WE'RE WELL IN OUR WAY ON OUR FIRST PHASE. WE HOPE IT'S GONNA BE ONE OF THE BEST COMMUNITIES IN ALL THE ALL DFW. WHEN DO YOU THINK YOUR FIRST PHASE WILL BE, UH, AVAILABLE? UM, WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE RESIDENTS READY TO MOVE IN, UH, CHRISTMAS NEXT YEAR, AROUND THAT TIME. WOW. WE'RE MOVING DIRT RIGHT NOW. UH, GONNA GIG ON HARD ON, UH, SOME OFFSITE UTILITIES, SOME ONSITE, UH, ARTERIALS. AND OUR FIRST PHASE IS 404 SINGLE FAMILY UNITS RANGING FROM 50 FOOT REARS TO 85 FOOT FRONTS. HMM. MY MY ONLY QUESTION IS, UH, DID Y'ALL DO A MARKETING STUDY OR WHY THAT'S A LOT. YOU ALREADY HAD A LOT OF ACREAGE AND THEN YOU ADDED MORE. THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES AS TO TAKING THAT BIG STEP. YES, MA'AM. IT DOES. UH, IT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST MASTER PLANS COMMUNITIES, UH, THIS CLOSE TO BOTH DALLAS AND DFW. WE FEEL LIKE IT'S A, A HOME RUN PLAY. WOW. HOW MANY MORE OTHER, UH, BIG DEVELOPMENTS HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU DONE, HAVE YOUR, HAS YOUR COMPANY DONE? UH, MY COMPANY'S BEEN DEVELOPING MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY SINCE THE EIGHTIES. THEY'VE DONE, UH, OUR KIND OF, OUR, OUR, I WOULD SAY OUR FLAGSHIP COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW IS SOTERRA. MM-HMM . IT'S FURTHER ALONG IN DEVELOPMENT AND Y'ALL ARE WELCOME TO, TO CHECK IT OUT. MM-HMM . UM, WE'LL BE OPENING OUR MAIN AMENITY CENTER AND OUR, THIS SUMMER, UH, THE FIRST PHASE OF THAT COMMUNITY WAS 787 UNITS. AND FOR LAKE SONG, WE'RE DOING A LITTLE BIT SMALLER FIRST PHASE, BUT WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT EVERYTHING WE'RE GONNA BE DOING AND FOR REFERENCE LAKE SONG'S ALMOST TWICE THE SIZE. I SEE. RIGHT. COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. YES. UH, QUESTION, UM, ARE YOU ALL BUILDING ALL THE, UH, THE HOMES OR THE UNITS OR ARE YOU PARTNERING WITH OTHER BUILDERS? I'M, I'M JUST CURIOUS TO SEE. WE'RE PARTNERING WITH BUILDERS TO, TO BUILD THE HOMES. THAT'S GREAT. AND OUR FIRST, IN OUR FIRST PHASE, WE'LL HAVE FIVE, FIVE SEPARATE BUILDERS. THAT'S AWESOME. THANK YOU. CAN YOU NAME THOSE BUILDERS? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. UM, WE'RE IN A CONTRACT WITH, UH, FOR TEXAS SANDLIN CASTLE ROCK, UH, BRELAND AND SMAR. OH, VERY GOOD. YES. COMMISSIONERS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR COMING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION WITH REGARD TO THIS, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, LAVO? NO, UH, COMMISSIONER, IS Y'ALL GOOD WITH THIS? CAN YOU GO AHEAD. WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION? MADAM CHAIR? I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON CPH DASH 25 DASH SIX DASH ZERO THREE AND ZERO N DASH 25 DASH ZERO FIVE DASH 0 0 9 AND APPROVE PER DRC RECOMMENDATION. I'LL SECOND THAT I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM SEVEN AND EIGHT BY COMMISSIONER ANGELA LUCK VAUGHN AND IS SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FRANK GONZALEZ AS PER DRC. RECOMMENDATIONS. ALL IN [01:15:01] FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THAT BEING THE LAST CASE, IT IS 7:45 PM AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.