* 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. YEAH, [00:00:01] RIGHT. WE HAVE IT WHENEVER YOU'RE OKAY. OKAY. WELCOME TO THE STAFF [Planning & Zoning Briefing 07142025] BRIEFING, THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE MEETING OF JULY 14TH, 2025. I'M CHERYL SMITH, CHAIR OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. THIS STAFF BRIEFING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING IS HEREBY CALL TO ORDER AT 5:30 PM THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS WHERE THE STAFF BRIEFS THE COMMISSION AND PREVIEWS THE CASES ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA COMMISSION MEMBERS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS THAT MAY FACILITATE THE MEETING AND THE PRESENTATION OF THE CASES. NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN DURING THE BRIEFING. PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL TAKE PLACE DURING THE REGULAR MEETING, WHICH WILL BEGIN NO EARLIER THAN 6:30 PM I WILL NOW CONDUCT A ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS TO CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. AFTER I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE SAY HERE, CHERYL SMITH. HERE. TY CHAPMAN. MICHELLE MADDEN. HERE. CHRISTOPHER OLEY. FRANK GONZALEZ. HERE. JANIE MENDEZ. ARI VICTOR MEDINA. HERE. JOHN FCO. ANGELA. LUCKY YVONNE. HERE, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL MEMBERS OF PRESENT EXCEPT FOR TY CHAPMAN, JANIE MENDEZ, ARI AND JOHN FCO. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION? NO, MA'AM. STAFF READY TO PRESENT? YES, MA'AM. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. UM, BEFORE I START, UH, PER SAVANNAH'S REQUEST, I ALSO INTRODUCED YOU TO OUR NEW PLANNER, HINA SIDDIQUI. SHE'S RIGHT THERE. SHE'LL BE PRESENTING HER FIRST CASE TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT. YOU HAVE SEEN HER PROBABLY, SHE ATTENDED A COUPLE OF OUR MEETINGS. ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THAT I'LL GET . WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE HER. SHE, UM, HAS SOME PLANNING EDUCATION. SHE HAS SOME BACKGROUND IN RESEARCH, SO SHE'S BEEN A GREAT ADDITION ON TOP OF, UM, HAVING ERIN AND THAT'S JOINING US AS A PLANNER. OKAY. SO THE ITEM NUMBER TWO FOR TONIGHT IS A SITE PLAN, STP 25 0 5 0 0 1 6. THIS IS FOUR A INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE. UM, YOU MAY REMEMBER THIS SITE BECAUSE THEY CAME THROUGH A ZONING CASE EARLIER THIS YEAR IN MARCH. SO THIS IS THE SITE WHERE THEY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF LAND IN THE FLOODPLAIN. THEY ARE DEVELOPING ONE, UH, OFFICE WAREHOUSE. BASED ON THEIR PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, I BELIEVE THEY WERE TARGETING SMALLER SCALE WAREHOUSE TENANTS, POSSIBLY. WE DO NOT HAVE A TENANTS YET, BUT THEY'RE COMING BACK FOLLOWING THE ZONING CASE THAT WAS APPROVED WITH A SITE PLAN. SO WITH THE SITE PLAN, THEY'RE MEETING ALL OUR, UM, DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENT. THEY ARE REQUESTING A VARIANCE, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY INCLUDED IN THE PREVIOUS PD. STAFF DOES NOT HAVE ANY CONCERNS FOR THEIR MAXIMUM. AGAIN, UM, I BELIEVE THEY MIGHT HAVE ASSUMED TOO SMALL OF AN OFFICE AREA. SO HAVING VEHICLE PARKING, NOT A TRUCK PARKING TYPICALLY NOT LOOKED AT AS A NEGATIVE WHEN YOU'RE HAVING OFFICE WAREHOUSE BECAUSE THAT ALLOW FLEXIBILITY FOR TENANTS WITH MORE OFFICE THAN LESS STORAGE LANDSCAPE PLAN. THEY ARE, ARE COMPLYING, UM, WITH GENERALLY, UH, MOST LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENT. HOWEVER, IF YOU REMEMBER, THEY ARE, UH, REPEATING THE REQUEST FOR THE VARIANCE. THIS VARIANCE IS WERE NOT APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL DURING THE ZONING PROCESS, SO THEY JUST WANNA BRING IT FORTH JUST TO SEE IF THEY WOULD BE AGREEABLE TO IT. SO, UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE ADJACENT TO, UH, MULTIFAMILY ONTO THE EAST AND TO THE SOUTH, THEY ARE REQUIRED BY OUR CODE TO PROVIDE A SIX FOOT TALL SCREENING. UH, THEY ARE REQUESTING VARIANCES BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE A STEEP SLOPE AT THE SITE. UM, THEY HAVE ABOUT TH 30 TO 40 GRADE DIFFERENT. SO WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS WE HAVE TO BUILD A RETAINING WALL HERE. WE ARE NOT SURE IF IT WILL BE FIVE FEET OR 15 FEET. WE WOULD LIKE TO JUST BE ABLE TO KEEP THAT. AGAIN, I BELIEVE THE, UH, MULTIFAMILY TO THE SOUTH IS ACTUALLY HIGHER THAN THE DEVELOPED PROPERTY. AND ON THE EAST THEY'RE SAYING WE HAVE SOME, UH, FLOODPLAIN. WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO STOP OUR WALLS HERE, BUT THEY ALSO WANNA DO A ROT IRON FENCE IS NOT A SCREEN SOLID, UH, MASON LEAF SCREENING FENCE. HERE ARE THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CONCEPT ELEVATIONS SO THAT WE APPROVE AND THEY ARE COMPLYING WITH THE APPENDIX X REQUIREMENTS. SO AGAIN, THEY ARE REQUESTING COUPLE OF VARIANCES. AGAIN, STUFF DOES NOT HAVE ANY NEGATIVE, UM, ANY OBJECTION TO THE PARKING VARIANCE? SO HERE IS WHAT I WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT BETTER. SO TYPICALLY THEY'LL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A NATIONALLY ALL THE WAY ALONG HERE, WHICH IS PRETTY LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO SPEND. UM, AND AGAIN, UM, ENGINEERING AND PLANNING WAS OKAY WITH THEM PUTTING ROT IRON FENCES IN THE AREA OF THE FLOODPLAIN, BECAUSE IN THE FLOODPLAIN, WE TYPICALLY DON'T WANT THE FENCES THERE. SO WHEREVER THEY CAN, UH, WE'RE OKAY WITH ROT IRON. WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS, HEY, WE WOULD LIKE TO JUST PLACE ROT IRON AND STOP IT. UM, HERE WHERE WE KIND OF STOP PROVIDE, UM, DOING THE IMPROVEMENTS. AND HERE THEY ARE ALSO SAYING, HEY, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN OPTION TO JUST KEEP THE RETAINING [00:05:01] WALL AS A SCREENING IF IT'S HIGH ENOUGH, OR PUT A WR IRON BENCH ON TOP OF IT. AGAIN, THESE ARE THE VARIANCES THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO APPROVE. SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE EACH LION PRESENTS REPRESENTS ONE FEET. SO THERE IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT SLOPE THAT'S HAPPENING AT THAT SITE THAT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED DURING C CIVIL ENGINEERING PLAN REVIEW, ALONG WITH THE FLIP PLAIN, UH, RECLAMATION. SO THE DRC RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITION. THESE CONDITIONS ARE, ARE ACTUALLY REPEAT CONDITIONS FROM WHAT WE TOOK TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR ZONE CHANGE, WHICH WAS INCLUDED IN THEIR APPROVED PD. ONE IS THAT THE MACING SCREENING SHALL BE PROVIDED IN COMPLIANCE WITH ARTICLE EIGHT AND APPENDIX X AND A ROCK AIR IRON VENTS WITH LIVE SCREENING SHALL BE INSTALLED WHERE REQUIRED MACING WALLS ARE PROHIBITED DUE TO FLOOD PLAIN. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION. ANY QUESTION FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME? COMMISSIONERS ANY QUESTIONS? I, I HAVE A QUESTION. I, I KNOW WE'VE GONE OVER THIS BEFORE, BUT, UH, WAS THERE ANY CONVERSATION WITH THE, UM, NEIGHBORING, UM, MULTIFAMILY IN TOWNHOUSE? RIGHT, SO MULTIFAMILIES TYPICALLY THEY'RE NOT PART INCLUDED IN OUR NOTIFICATION BECAUSE THEY ARE TRANSIENT, THEY CAN MOVE, CHOOSE TO MOVE IF THEY DON'T AND THEY DON'T HAVE A PERSONAL INVESTMENT INTO THE RIGHT. SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY DIDN'T REALLY, BUT HAVE A CONVERSATION. BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE APART. SO THEY APARTMENTS TOWN HALLS ABOUT THE MULTIFAMILY. SO TOWNHOMES ACTUALLY THAT'S, UM, CALLED A, IT'S A TOWN HOMES LOOKING MULTIFAMILY WHEN I DID THE RESEARCH. OKAY, SO IT'S BOTH MULTIFAMILY. I WORKED TO THE SOUTH AND THE YES, MA'AM. IT'S, THERE'S ONE LON. YES MA'AM. COMMISSIONER MADDEN. OH, SORRY. YEAH. UM, SO DID I UNDERSTAND YOU CORRECTLY IN THAT YOU GUYS ARE, UM, THE STAFF IS STICKING TO THE MASONRY WALL ALL ON THE SECTIONS ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY AND THEN DOWN IN THE FLOODPLAIN, THAT'S THE ONLY PLACE THAT YOU'RE OKAY WITH THE WRT IRON? SO ONLY BECAUSE WE INCLUDED THIS VARIANCE DURING THE ZONING CHANGE CASE FOR THE PD, AND THAT WAS NOT APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT THAT TIME. SO WE JUST WANTED TO BE CONSISTENT LEAVING THAT UP TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION'S, UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT WAS NOT APPROVED. THEY JUST WANTED TO, UH, CLEAR IT ONE MORE TIME. MM-HMM . SO I UNDERSTOOD IT CORRECTLY. YES, MA'AM. THEY, WE HERE'S AND MM-HMM . YES MA'AM. YES MA'AM. MM-HMM . NOW JIM, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE THIS QUITE A BIT. IT'S KIND OF LIKE SORT OF GRANDFATHERED IN WHEN THESE KIND OF ISSUES WITH REGARD TO THE ROT AND FENCE DEPENDING ON WHAT KIND OF, UH, GEOGRAPHY IT IS, RIGHT? CORRECT. SO WE DO CONSIDER SOMETIMES ALTERNATIVE, I THINK HERE, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHEN INITIALLY STEPH PUT IN THOSE CONDITIONS FOR THE ZONING CASES, WE WERE AWARE OF HOW CITY COUNCIL'S BEEN SENSITIVE TO, UM, HOMEOWNERS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE NOISES. UM, WE DIDN'T GET ANY OPPOSITION LETTERS AS I'M AWARE OF DURING THE ZONING CASE, BUT, UH, CITY COUNCIL PUT A LOT OF OTHER CONDITIONS, BUT THEY DID NOT REALLY APPROVE THESE VARIANCE REQUESTS FOR THE SCREENING TO BE WR IRON. SO AGAIN, UM, STAFF IS JUST KEEPING IT CONSISTENT IN CASE THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, WANTED THAT VARIANCE TO BE STILL NOT APPROVED DURING THE ZONE CHANGE PROCESS. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU JIM. OF COURSE. SO NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS A SITE PLAN AMENDMENT. THIS, SO THIS IS A SITE PLAN AMENDMENT, STP 24 0 8 0 0 3 6, WHICH IS A SITE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR 1 61 TOWN LOANS EDITION. SO THE LOCATION IS ACTUALLY SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF UM, DICKEY ROAD. AND UM, JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THIS, THESE SITE PLANS WERE ACTUALLY APPROVED BACK IN 2020 . SO I THINK SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER IF YOU WERE HERE AT THAT TIME. SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS THE SITE PLAN WAS THE ZONING WAS APPROVED, SITE PLAN WAS APPROVED. HOWEVER, THE PROPERTY OWNER, IT TOOK HIM A WHILE TO FIGURE OUT THE CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND OTHER THINGS. AND, UH, DUE TO THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION GOING UP, HE WANTED TO CHANGE THE ELEVATION. SO HE'S BEEN WORKING BACK AND FORTH WITH CITY STAFF AND HE'S FINALLY BRINGING FORTH WHAT HE'S PROPOSING. SO THEY'RE NOT MAKING ANY CHANGES TO THE SITE PLAN OR LANDSCAPE PLAN, BUT THEY ARE MAKING SOME CHANGES TO ELEVATION, WHICH STAFF THOUGHT IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO TAKE IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR APPROVAL. SO AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, SOUTH OF THE PRAIRIE, UM, MODERN AND THEN KIND OF NORTH OF THE CITY'S UH, WATER TOWER. SO AGAIN, THE SITE PLAN AND LANDSCAPE PLAN ARE REMAINING THE SAME. AND I DID CONFIRM WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER. THEY ARE GONNA BE INDIVIDUALLY SOLD. THEY HAVE NO INTENTION OF, UH, RUNNING LIKE A RENTAL PROPERTY HERE. THERE'S THE SAME INVESTMENT COMPANY, SO THEY'RE NOT MULTIFAMILY ORGANIZATION. SO HERE ARE THE PROPOSED ELEVATION, WHICH ACTUALLY IS A HUNDRED PERCENT, UH, NATIONALLY, INCLUDING SAMANTHA SIDING IN BRICK. UM, HOWEVER, THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT SIMPLER THAN WHAT WAS APPROVED PREVIOUSLY. SO THESE WERE WHAT WAS APPROVED. AGAIN, THE GARAGE ELEVATION, INSIDE ELEVATION ARE SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING. JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE LAST ELEVATION HAD MORE OF INDIVIDUAL LOOK, UH, WHERE THE, EACH BAY OF THE HOME WAS KIND OF SEPARATED [00:10:01] BY DIFFERENT MATERIALS AND COLOR SCHEMES. HERE YOU KIND OF SEE MORE SIMILARITY. HOWEVER, THEY ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO SOME OF THE ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS WITH SOME SOLDIER COURSES, SOME OF THE, UH, TRANSOM WINDOWS, UM, SOME DOUBLE PANE WINDOWS. AGAIN, UH, WE FELT THAT THIS REQUIRES THE COUNCIL APPROVAL. THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY OTHER VARIANCES AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME? ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? THAT'S PRETTY CLEAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. UM, SO I WILL BE PRESENTING TWO CASES AND THEY ARE TIED TOGETHER. UM, THE FIRST ONE IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT. UH, THE CASE NUMBER IS CPA 25 0 6 0 0 1 2. IT IS FOR A PROPOSED FUNERAL HOME AT THREE 10 SOUTHWEST THIRD STREET. UM, SO THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND MU LAND USE MAP. THE EXISTING, UM, FUTURE LAND USE MAP SPECIFIES A MEDIUM DE MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. AND THE PROPOSED IS COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICE. UM, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THIS IS LOCATED. IT'S A LITTLE BIT SOUTH OF JEFFERSON OFF OF UM, THIRD STREET. AND THIS IS JUST TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE EXISTING FLU IS RIGHT NOW AND WHAT IT WOULD BE, UM, IF IT WAS APPROVED. SO YOU CAN SEE IT'S MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, UM, SURROUNDED BY LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO THE NORTH. UM, AND IF APPROVED IT WOULD BE THAT COMMERCIAL, THE LITTLE, UH, RED BLOCK RIGHT THERE. UM, ANY QUESTIONS OTHERWISE? OH, ACTUALLY I HAVE THE NEXT SLIDE. SO, SORRY. , UH, STAFF IS ACTUALLY UNABLE TO SUPPORT THEIR REQUEST BECAUSE, BECAUSE THE PROPOSAL DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. SO, UM, NOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN ANSWER THEM OR I CAN PRESENT THE ZONING CASE TIED WITH THIS. YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND PRESENT THE OTHER AND WE CAN. PERFECT. OKAY. SO THE NEXT ITEM, ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS THE ZONING CASE ATTACHED TO THAT. IT IS, UM, ZON 2 5 0 6 0 0 2 1. AND THIS IS A ZONING CHANGE CREST, UM, FOR THE FUNERAL HOME AT THREE 10 SOUTHWEST THIRD STREET. OKAY, THAT'S IN THERE TWICE. UM, SO THIS IS A REQUEST FOR ZONING FOR, UH, ZONING CHANGE. UH, CURRENTLY THIS IS, UM, MULTIFAMILY ONE MF ONE, AND THE PROPOSAL IS FOR GENERAL RETAIL. THE APPLICANT IS DESIRING TO CHANGE WHAT IS AN EXISTING CHURCH INTO A FUNERAL HOME. UM, THERE IT IS JUST A LITTLE, UH, AERIAL VIEW FOR YOU. YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT IS AND WHAT IT'S KIND OF SURROUNDED BY. UM, THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSAL, UH, THE APPLICANT PROPOSES CONVERTING AN EXISTING CHURCH INTO A FUNERAL HOME AND THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT THE FACILITY WILL BE USED FOR AND SOME THINGS IT WILL NOT BE USED FOR. IT WILL NOT BE USED FOR REMOVALS, EMBALMING, AND TRANSPORTATION TO THE AIRPORT. IT WILL BE USED FOR STAGING, VISITATION AND CHAPEL SERVICES. UM, JUST A NOTE THAT IF THE APPROVED, UH, GENERAL RETAIL ZONING IS ALLOWED IN THIS USE, UH, IN THIS SPACE, THEN THERE WILL BE A LOT MORE, UM, USES ALLOWED PERMITTED BY WRIGHT. UM, THESE ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES. THERE ARE A LOT MORE. SO SOME EXAMPLES ARE OBVIOUSLY THE FUNERAL HOME THAT'S BEING ASKED FOR, UM, A BED AND BREAKFAST, HOTEL, HOSPITAL, GROCERY STORE, MOVIE THEATER, UM, BANK, HARDWARE STORE AND RESTAURANT. AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES. THERE WAS, UM, SO PROPERTY OWNER NOTIFICATIONS WERE SENT OUT TO 51 PROPERTIES AND THERE WAS ONE OPPOSITION. UM, THERE WERE NONE IN SUPPORT. AND THE RECOMMENDATION STAFF IS UNABLE TO SUPPORT THE ZONING CHANGE BECAUSE THE PROPOSED, UH, USE DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. SO NOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. MM-HMM . COMMISSIONER, UM, CAN YOU FLIP BACK TO THE FLU? THE, THE MAP? YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO SEE WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT, THIS ONE? YEAH, I THINK SO. SO IT'S MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND THAT'S OUR FLU, NOT THE ZONING. RIGHT, RIGHT. OKAY. IT'S JUST BECAUSE IT'S AN ISLAND IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THAT, THAT THE REASON WHY I GUESS THE STAFF ISN'T, CAN'T SUPPORT IT. AN ISLAND OF NOT MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, THE STAFF IS NOT SUPPORTIVE BECAUSE THE USE IS NOT ALIGNED WITH THE FLU. RIGHT. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. I HAVE SOME CONCERNS. YEP, GO AHEAD VICTOR. I, I, I JUST CONCERNED WITH THE FUNERAL HOME IS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF ENTITY. I KNOW THAT THE [00:15:01] CHURCH IS NOT GONNA CHANGE COSMETICALLY FROM WHAT IT IS. CORRECT. BUT THE OPPOSITION LETTER WAS STRONG, THE ONE THAT WAS SENT, UH, THE VERBIAGE ON THERE. CAN YOU READ THE VERBIAGE ON THERE? YES, I DO HAVE THAT. UM, SO THE OPPOSITION LETTER SAID, UM, I DO NOT AGREE NOR THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO BUILD A FUNERAL HOME. UM, NEXT TO MY HOUSE, I HAVE CHILDREN AND DISAGREE WITH THIS PROPOSAL HAVING MANY OTHER OPTIONS OF NEW BUSINESSES BEING BUILT WITHIN . THANK YOU. I THOUGHT THAT WAS A VERY STRONG STATEMENT. AND THESE ARE TAXPAYERS AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO TAKE SOME OF THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. I KNOW THAT THERE HAS TO BE PLACES FOR FUNERAL HOMES, BUT I HAVE CONCERN, UH, FOR THAT. I JUST, I DON'T THINK I'D WANT ONE NEAR MY HOUSE. SO, UH, JUST THAT, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I SAID THAT. UH, GO AHEAD, VICTOR. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE TILE WHERE IT SAYS WHAT THEY WOULD USE AND WHAT THEY WOULD NOT USE IT FOR? YES, DEFINITELY. UH, I HAVE A QUESTION. WHAT DOES, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? FACILITY WOULD NOT USED FOR REMOVALS? WHAT IS THAT? UM, YOU MEAN THE TRANSPORTATION? NO. OH, REMOVALS. OH. UM, SO THIS IS A, THE APPLICANT WILL BE HERE TODAY AND MAYBE THIS IS A QUESTION THAT YOU CAN SPECIFICALLY ASK THEM. IT, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S FOR THE FUNERAL HOME THAT I GUESS THE ACTUAL BODIES LOOKS LIKE THAT'S WHAT LOOK PART TO ME. MAYBE JUST THE APPLICANT EXPLAIN TO STAFF THAT, UM, THEY ARE ACTUALLY EXPANDING THEIR OPERATION IN IRVING. SO MOST OF THE PREPARATION OF THE BODY WILL BE DONE THERE. IT'S JUST THAT THEY NEED ANOTHER FACILITY TO, YOU KNOW, STAGE TO THE VISITATION HOLD THE SERVICES. SO I THINK HE WAS JUST TRYING TO PROVIDE STAFF LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT HE WILL NOT BE DOING. BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES FUNERAL HOMES BIGGEST CONCERN THE STAFFED WAS WILL THERE BE, YOU KNOW, BODY STORE THERE, WILL THERE BE SOME, YOU KNOW, NUISANCES. SO I THINK HE WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE, HEY, ALL WE'RE DOING IS TRIPPING EVERYTHING OVER THERE, BRINGING THAT OVER SO THEY CAN, THE VETERANS CAN HAVE A VISITATION. I THINK THE STATION JUST MEANS YOU PUT THE CA GET OUT AND MM-HMM . DO, ARE THERE ANY PROVISIONS OR ANY STIPULATIONS FOR FUNERAL HOMES AS WHAT THE CITY REQUIRES? IS ANYTHING THAT THEY, THERE IS A LOT OF OUR WRITING. WOW. THEY HAVE A STATE REQUIREMENT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANKS. OKAY. NOPE. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. ITEM NUMBER SIX IS A REQUEST FOR SPECIFIC USE PERMIT SUP 2 5 0 5 0 0 1 8. THE SUP IS FOR HEAVY TRUCK REPAIR AND OUTSIDE STORAGE. YOU CAN SEE THIS IS OUR PROPERTY HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW. UH, THE EXISTING ZONING IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH, SOUTH AND WEST OF THE SITE ARE ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AS WELL. PROPERTIES TO THE EAST OF THE SIDE ARE SINGLE FAMILY FIVE DISTRICT SURROUNDING LAND USES INCLUDE INDUSTRIAL AND OUTSIDE STORAGE USES AS WELL AS SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. AND OUR SUBJECT PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPED AND OCCUPIED BY GA TRUCKING AND TRAILER SERVICE. HERE'S A LITTLE STREET VIEW TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. OKAY. SO OUR APPLICANT, UH, PROVIDES REPAIR AND GENERAL MAINTENANCE SERVICES FOR COMMERCIAL TRUCKS AND TRAILERS. WE HAVE ONSITE STORAGE OF VEHICLES AND PARTS REQUIRED FOR THESE OPERATIONS PARTS INCLUDE FILTERS, OIL. WE HAVE A FORKLIFT THAT'S THERE TO MOVE OUR, UM, ITEMS AROUND HOURS OF OPERATION MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, EIGHT TO 6:00 PM SATURDAY 9:00 AM TO 3:00 PM CLOSED ON SUNDAY. AT ANY GIVEN TIME, THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 10 VEHICLES STORED ON SITE. THIS INCLUDES, UH, CUSTOMER PARKING, EMPLOYEE PARKING, AND THE VEHICLES THAT ARE THERE FOR RE REPAIR. IN RESPONSE TO STAFF COMMENTS, THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO CONSTRUCT SOME REPLACEMENT FENCING, PROVIDE PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENTS, CONSTRUCT A DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE, AND PROVIDE A NEW COMMERCIAL DRIVE APPROACH. ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT I JUST LISTED OFF ARE KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED THERE. SO THE DRIVE APPROACH IS IN YELLOW. THE PROPOSED, UM, PARKING IMPROVEMENTS ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE DUMPSTER, ENCLOSURE IS IN GREEN. AND OF COURSE TO THE EAST SIDE ALONG THE RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY IN RED IS WHERE WE'RE PROPOSING TO INSTALL A NICE NEW FENCE. WE SENT 30 NOTICES. WE RECEIVED NONE IN OPPOSITION AND NONE IN FAVOR. AND THE DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS, GENERALLY COMPLY WITH THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN THAT THEY ARE IN COMPLIANCE [00:20:01] WITH OUR AUTO AUTOMOTIVE RELATED BUSINESS REGULATIONS THAT THEY PROVIDE A DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE MEASURING 12 FEET BY 12 FEET INSIDE WITH A A 40 FOOT HIT ON APPROACH. THE APPLICANT SHALL ALSO PROVIDE CONCRETE PAVING, MEETING THE PAVING REQUIREMENTS IN OUR UDC AND ALL OF THE PARKING AREAS. THEY'LL PROVIDE A NEW COMMERCIAL DRIVE APPROACH AS SHOWN ON THE PROPOSED SIDE PLAN AND AN EIGHT FOOT TALL WOOD SCREENING FENCE ALONG THE RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY. AND OF COURSE, IF THEY WERE TO GET THIS APPROVED, THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO GET A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. I YES MA'AM. MAYBE I MISREAD IT IN THE PACKET, BUT IT SAID THEY WERE ALREADY OPERATING WITHOUT A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. YES, THAT'S, THAT IS TRUE. WHAT IS, I MEAN HOW CAN THAT BE COMMISSIONER ? SO THEY HAVE BEEN OPERATIONAL, UM, THEY ARE A MONTH TO MONTH LEASE. SO THEY DID COME TO US VIA OUR CO COMPLIANCE TEAM. MM-HMM AND THEY ARE TRYING TO GET IN COMPLIANCE SO THEY CAN CONTINUE OPERATING. SO THEY HAVE BEEN TRANSPARENT AND THEY DID LET YOU KNOW THAT. YES MA'AM. BUT SO HOW LONG, WHAT IS THE TIME SPAN OF WHEN THEY FIRST CAME TO YOU UP TO NOW? HAS IT BEEN THREE MONTHS, SIX MONTHS, A YEAR? UM, I THINK THAT WHEN I VISITED WITH OUR CO-CLIENT, CO COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT, THEY PROBABLY HAVE BEEN OUT OF COMPLIANCE FOR MAYBE A YEAR OR A LITTLE BIT MORE. YES MA'AM. IT'S NOT A GOOD THING. ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. YES MA'AM. SO THE LAST ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT IS THE ITEM NUMBER SEVEN SUP 25 0 3 0 0 1 5. THIS IS A SU SLASH SITE PLAN REQUEST FOR MIDTOWN. UH, IF YOU REMEMBER THE CALERA AREA WHERE WE'VE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF KIND OF A DEVELOPMENT COMING IN, THIS IS THE SITE SLIGHTLY NORTH OF IT, SOUTH OF THE GAS WELL SITE. SO AGAIN, THIS IS A SUP SITE PLAN FOR AMUSE SERVICES, WHICH IS GONNA BE A INDOOR PICKLEBALL CAR, UM, FACILITY CALLED PICKLEBALL KINGDOM. THEY'RE A MEMBERSHIP BASE SO IT'S NOT UH, OPEN TO PUBLIC BUT YOU KNOW, MEMBERS CAN SIGN UP AND BOOK CERTAIN TIMES. THERE'LL BE MULTIPLE COURTS WITHIN A FACILITY AND THEY WILL HAVE OTHER MULTI-TENANT BUILDING AND A PAT CIP FOR A RESTAURANT. SO AGAIN, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU RECALL, WE'VE CONSIDERED THREE DIFFERENT SITE PLANS RECENTLY. SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY TAKING UP ALL OF THE NORTHERN SIDE WHERE THE MULTIFAMILY IS ACTUALLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION TO CONTINUE ON. SO THIS WILL BE THE FRONTAGE AT THE 1 61. SO AGAIN, WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS A RESTAURANT WITH A DRIVE THROUGH COMPONENT. THEY'RE, UM, PROPOSING A MULTI-TENANT BUILDING. UM, THEY WILL PROVIDE SOME NICE OUTDOOR AMENITY SPACE BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS, KIND OF ENCLOSED BY THE BUILDING EDGE AND THEY ARE PROPOSING A INDOOR PICKLEBALL COURT. I'M NOT REALLY SURE IF THESE RECTANGLE ACTUALLY REPRESENT THE COURT SIZES OR SO ON AND SO FORTH, BUT , UM, WHEN THE, UH, PICKLEBALL KINGDOM CAME TO THE PRE-APPLICATION MEETING AND HE DID PRESENT THAT THEY'LL HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, SODAS LIKE A COUNTER, TWO PEOPLE FOR TWO PEOPLE CHECK IN AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO IT'LL BE KIND OF SIMILAR TO ANY OTHER SPORTING COMPLEXES. IT'S JUST GOING TO BE MEMBERSHIP BASED. THEY ARE MEETING GENERALLY DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENT. THEY ARE IN THE GENERAL RETAIL ZONING WHERE THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT IS ACTUALLY ONLY 25 FEET. SO THEY'RE ASKING HIGHER, TALLER CEILING HEIGHT FOR A PICKLEBALL. OBVIOUSLY THEY PROBABLY NEED THAT CLEARING SPACE. THEY ARE PROVIDING GENERALLY LANDSCAPE ON SITE. HOWEVER, THEY DO HAVE A 30 FOOT GAS EASEMENT IN FRONT OF IT. SO ALL OTHER SITES WE'VE REQUESTED THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE FIVE FOOT ADDITIONAL STRIP OUTSIDE OF THE EASEMENT SO THEY CAN PLANT THE STREET TREES. UM, THEY HAVE NOT DONE THAT. SO STAFF IS INCLUDING THAT AS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL. HERE'S SOME RENDERING. THIS WILL PROBABLY GIVE YOU A MUCH BETTER PICTURE OF WHAT THEY'RE ENVISIONING. UM, AGAIN, THEIR ELEVATIONS WERE NOT CL UM, AS CLEAR AS IT COULD BE 'CAUSE I THINK THEY TOOK IT OUT OF A 3D MODEL SO YOU COULDN'T REALLY SEE THE LINES. BUT I THINK RENDERING DOES A MUCH BETTER JOB EXPLAINING. SO AGAIN, THIS IS THE CALERA SITE. THIS IS THE SOUTH WHERE THE UH, BLACK BEAR D UM, BLACK BEAR DINER AND OTHER MULTI-TENANT WILL BE. THIS IS THE DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANT COMPONENT RETAIL, UM, MULTI-TENANT SHOP AND A PICKLEBALL KINGDOM. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE PICKLEBALL KINGDOM. THEY PROBABLY HAVE THEIR KIND OF A STANDARD, YOU KNOW, PROTOTYPE LOOK. UM, AND THIS IS THE OUTDOOR AREA. YOU WILL SEE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER ELEVATIONS HERE. SO AGAIN, THE UM, DRIVE THROUGH. UM, AGAIN, NONE OF THESE UM, TENANTS ARE FINALIZED. I THINK THEY WERE JUST TRYING TO SHOW SOME REPRESENTATION OF WHAT IT COULD BE. UM, SO AGAIN, UM, THERE'S A SITE [00:25:01] AVAILABLE FOR DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANT. HERE'S A PICKLEBALL KINGDOM WITH THEIR, UM, METAL AWNING AND HERE IS SOME MULTI-TENANT BUILDINGS, UM, WANTING TO CAPTURE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS. AND HERE IS THE NICE, UH, AMENITY AREA THEY'RE PROPOSING. ESSENTIALLY THEY WILL HAVE ROUND SEATING AREA AND PROJECTING SCREEN WITH UH, BENCHES AND OTHER FURNITURE SO THEY CAN BE VERY USABLE. UM, I THINK THAT SCREEN OVER THERE MIGHT SHOW A LITTLE BIT BETTER. SORRY, I KNOW THESE SCREENS ARE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER. SO YEAH, SO PICKLEBALL KINGDOM AND HERE'S THE RESTAURANT THAT'S KIND OF OVERALL THEIR SITE. SO THEY ARE PROVIDING THE REQUIRED AMENITY ITEMS LIST. HERE ARE THE VARIANCES THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING. AGAIN, ONE, THEY'RE REQUESTING VARIANCES TO THE NUMBER OF STREET TREES. UM, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE 53 STREET TREES, WHICH THEY ONLY PROVIDED FOR, UM, BUILDING HEIGHT. THEY'RE REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW THE PICKLEBALL KINGDOM BUILDING TO BE 30 FEET. UM, INSTEAD OF THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 25 FEET, THEY'RE REQUIRE, UH, REQUESTING A VARIANCE FOR THE OVERALL WINDOW PERCENTAGES ON THE RESTAURANT. I THINK THIS CAN BE RESOLVED IF THEY, UH, SPREAD OUT SOME OF THE DETAILS BECAUSE THEY DID HAVE THESE ELEVATIONS. IF YOU LOOK AT IT. UM, KIND OF MORE A CLOSER LOOK. I THINK THEY WERE TRYING TO PUT ALL THE GLAZING ON THE FRONT AND CANOPIES ON THE FRONT. SO THAT ENDED UP HAVING KIND OF A BLANK WALL IN OTHER PLACES. AGAIN, WITH THE MULTI-TENANT BUILDING AS WELL WHERE YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT A LOT OF ATTENTIONS ARE FOCUSED ON THE FRONT ELEVATIONS VERSUS WHERE IF YOU GO TO THE BACK ELEVATIONS IT'S A BLANK WALL. SO I THINK IT'S JUST MORE OF THE ARCHITECT, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY FOCUSING MORE ON WHAT WAS THE DECORATIVE ELEMENT AND YOU KNOW, NOT REALLY CLOSELY LOOKING AT HOW WE'VE BEEN REQUIRING APPENDIX F AND WE FEEL THAT THIS CAN BE RESOLVED DURING THE, UH, BUILDING PERMIT, BUT JUST WANTING TO UH, INCLUDE THAT AS A VARIANCE STAFF IS NOT NECESSARILY IN SUPPORT OF ALL OF THEM. BUT KEEP IN MIND THAT SOME RESTAURANTS LIKE THEIR CRIP DINER, SOMETIMES THEY CANNOT PUT THE GLAZING WINDOWS, SO WE HAVE ALLOWED THEM TO PUT MURALS AND OTHER THINGS. THEY JUST HAVE NOT DONE THAT PROCESS OF TELLING US WHAT THOSE COMPENSATORY MEASURES WILL BE. SO STAFF WILL BE OPEN TO THAT. BUT JUST WANTING TO, UH, LIST OUT ALL THE VARIANCES TO TELL YOU THAT UM, THERE ARE STILL SOME WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. PAYING ATTENTION TO THE DETAIL TO THE APPENDIX F STANDARD. SO THE UM, SO OVERALL WINDOW FOR THE RESTAURANT AND OVERALL WINDOW FOR THE MULTI-TENANT BUILDING. OVERALL, THE CANOPIES ON THE MULTI-TENANT BUILDING, AGAIN, THEY HAVE SOME AWNINGS, BUT IT'S NOT BEATING OUR 25% REQUIREMENT OVERALL WINDOWS ON THE PICKLEBALL KINGDOM. UM, AGAIN, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE PICKLEBALL KINGDOM HAS JUST A WINDOW, BUT ALL OTHER WALLS ARE PRETTY SOLID, WHICH STEPH UNDERSTANDS THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH SPORTING FACILITY THAT MIGHT COME IN. BUT IF YOU REMEMBER THE CRUNCH FITNESS, I THINK THEY TRY TO PUT IN SOME GLAZING WHEREVER POSSIBLE. THEY ARE REQUESTING, UH, WINDOW ON THE PICKLEBALL KINGDOM WHERE WE REQUIRE 30% OF GLAZING ON THE FRONT AND ALSO THE CANOPIES ON THE PICKLEBALL KINGDOM WHERE THERE ARE NOT PROVIDING MUCH CANOPY OTHER THAN THE BLUE MIDDLE ENTRY. OKAY. UH, SORRY. SO THEY ARE REQUESTING A TOTAL OF EIGHT VARIANCES, UH, MOSTLY ON THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS. SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. ONE, AN ADDITIONAL FIVE FOR LANDSCAPE BUFFER SHOULD BE PROVIDED ALONG 1 61 OUTSIDE OF THE 30 FOOT GAS EASEMENT TO ALLOW PLANTING OF STREET TREES. THE NUMBER OF EV VEHICLE PARKING AND CHARGING STATIONS BE REDUCED. SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY PROPOSING 91 UM, PARKING SPACES TO BE EV CHARGING STATIONS AND STAFF FELT THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH. SO EV CHARGING STATION IS A GOOD OPTION, BUT WE JUST WANT YOU TO WORK WITH THEM, UM, TO REDUCE THEM WHEN THEY, I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT'S INTENT WAS TO PROVIDE AS MUCH AMENITIES AS POSSIBLE SO WE UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM, BUT STAFF FEELS THAT THERE SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF REGULAR PARKING AS WELL. SO WE'LL WORK WITH THE APPLICANT ON THAT AND THE PICKLE BOOK BULKING THEM SHALL BE REDUCED THE OVERALL PERCENTAGE OF METAL PANELS AND BLUE COLORS. SO APPENDIX, IF WE LIMIT THE MIDDLE AND THE UM, HIGH HIGHLIGHT COLORS TO ABOUT 20%, UH, BASED ON THEIR CALCULATION, IT SEEMED A LITTLE BIT MORE EXCESSIVE. BUT AGAIN, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING I THINK STAFF WILL BE WILLING TO WORK WITH THEM IN TERMS OF, UH, WHAT ALTERNATIVE THEY CAN HAVE. 'CAUSE THEY CAN EASILY REPLACE THE METAL PANELS WITH SOME OTHER CONCRETE OR OTHER MATERIALS OR STUCCO. UM, SO AGAIN, WE WILL, UM, WORK WITH THEM ON THE ELEVATIONS AS WE MOVE PROGRESS. AND THE, UM, DRIVEWAY DESIGN AND LOCATION MUST BE APPROVED BY TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT. UM, BRAD JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR DESIGN IS COMPLIANT WITH OUR CITY STANDARD. WE HAD SOME [00:30:01] CONCERNS, BUT UH, IT JUST WAS NOT RESOLVED DURING THE REVIEW. STAFF REVIEW. AND FINALLY, A DRAINAGE STUDY OR DETENTION SHALL BE PROVIDED TO SHOW NO ADVERSE IMPACT ON THE OTHER PROPERTIES OR THE RECEIVING CREEK OR A DISTINCT DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE. UH, BEFORE CEP PLAN REVIEW. THIS CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. THE APPLICANT WILL BE HERE, UH, THEY ARE ACTUALLY HERE DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME? OH, SORRY, BRETT. YEP. I JUST WANNA I, THAT THEY DID UPDATE THE DRIVEWAY STANDARDS THAT WE WERE REQUESTING. THEY JUST DID IT EARLY ENOUGH SO WE GET IN THE PACKET SO THEY DIDN'T MAKE THOSE CHANGES ALREADY. THANK YOU BRETT. WE'LL REFLECT IT DURING THE STATE COUNCIL PACKET. THANK YOU BRAD. COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER MADDEN? SO RIGHT NOW THEY DON'T HAVE THE ADDITIONAL FIVE FEET SHOWN IN. THEY DO NOT. OKAY. AND SO, SO MM-HMM . GO AHEAD. SO DO THEY HAVE ADEQUATE SPACE? UM, THAT'S A LONG SKINNY, I UNDERSTAND. SO TYPICALLY IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER SITES, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THOSE HEADING PARKING IN THE BACK. SO I FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE SOME WIGGLE ROOM BECAUSE YOU CAN ALSO SEE IN FRONT OF THIS MULTITENANT BUILDING HOW THEY HAVE PRETTY WIDE, UM, PAVEMENT. SO AGAIN, I THINK STAFF IS WILLING TO WORK WITH THEM IF THERE NEEDS TO BE REDUCED, BUT, UM, THIS IS A PRETTY LONG STRETCH AND TO NOT HAVE ANY STREET TREES. UM, OH NO, I'M, I'M ALL FOR THE TREES. OKAY. , I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S EVEN ROOM TO ADD THAT, RIGHT. IF YOU ELIMINATE THAT BACK PORTION. I GUESS THERE IS. I JUST HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. YES MA'AM. THERE ARE SO MANY VARIANCES. I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE ISSUES WITH THE GAS AND ALL THAT, BUT IT, IT SHOULD BE REASONABLE BECAUSE JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE A VARIANCE DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO HAVE 'EM ALL SO MANY. RIGHT. AND WE NEVER HAVE THIS MANY, RIGHT? IT'S QUITE A FEW, RIGHT. SO I COMPLETELY AGREE. SO TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS THE STAFF WORK WITH THE APPLICANT CLOSELY TO REDUCE THE VARIANCES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, AGAIN, WITH THIS APPLICATION. UM, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN IN TIME FOR THE P AND THAT WILL BE UP TO US YES. AS A GROUP TO DETERMINE HOW MANY VARIANCES WE WOULD BE WILLING TO, UH, LET THEM GRANT KNOW, GRANT TO COUNCIL. AND THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS THAT, IS THIS THE FIRST OF THIS KIND? BEEN A MEMBERSHIP FOR PICKLEBALL THAT WE ARE AWARE OF? I KNOW WE HAVE THAT PICKLEBALL COURT THAT THE WILDLIFE IS BUILDING AND TWO DEDICATED TO THE CITY THAT WILL BE JUST OPEN FIELD BUT NOT A MEMBERSHIP BASE. SO THIS IS THE FIRST ONE THAT WE ARE AWARE OF. MY CONCERN IS THAT MM-HMM . YOU KNOW, FOR, I KNOW THAT, THAT THE 1 61 IS THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT. MM-HMM . BUT WE OTHER FOLKS LIVE HERE AND WE LIKE PICKLEBALL, UH, COURTS AS WELL. MM-HMM . SO I THINK THAT THERE SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, I GUESS WE'LL HAVE TO TALK TO OUR COUNCIL ABOUT THAT. YEAH. BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S ALL IN ONE CONCENTRATED AREA. YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER BZA? UH, JUST UH, FOLLOWING UP ON THE, UH, PICKLEBALL. YES. . I LOVE PICKLEBALL . SURE. SO I THINK IT'LL BE GREAT. UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UH, CAN YOU EXPAND ON THE WINDOWS BECAUSE UH, YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT THE ACTUAL BUILDING DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH FACADE WINDOWS FACADE THERE. UM, YES. I NOTICED IT WAS A VARIANCE BUT NOT ADDRESSED IN THE DRC AS A RECOMMENDATION. YES. SO, UM, PART OF IT IS THAT, UM, I THINK IN THE PAST, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN, 'CAUSE WE'VE APPROVED PLACES LIKE ANDRES, WE'VE APPROVED PLACES LIKE, YOU KNOW, BASS PRO. SO I THINK WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS, HEY, STEPH IS MORE THAN WILLING TO WORK WITH YOU BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THE PROTOTYPE. I THINK IT'S JUST THAT WE WEREN'T SURE WHAT THE, UH, COMPENSATORY MEASURES WERE FOR THAT, REQUESTING THAT VARIANCE. SO AGAIN, WE JUST, UM, SO WHEN IT HAPPENS WHERE THEY'RE NOT COMPLYING WITH THE REGULATION, WE HAVE THE OPTION OF SENDING IT BACK TO THE CLIENT OR ADDRESSING AS A VARIANCE SO THAT WE NOTE, HEY, THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT THEY'RE NOT COMPLYING WITH. SO THE APPLICANT JUST WISH, WANTED TO REALLY, UH, APPEAR BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO, UM, STAFF CHOSE TO INCLUDE IT AS PART OF THE VARIANCES, YOU KNOW, ALLOWING THE APPLICANT TO UNDERSTAND, HEY, THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT YOU'RE CURRENTLY NOT COMPLYING. MM-HMM . THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION, COMMISSIONER. I, I THINK THAT MAYBE WE COULD ADD SOME VERBIAGE IN THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT YOU GUYS PLANNING IS SATISFIED WITH WHATEVER IN CASE SOMETHING COMES UP. 'CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW. YES. SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ALWAYS INCLUDE CONDITION THAT THEY COMPLY WITH THE APPENDIX F FOR THE BILLING ELEVATIONS, UNLESS OTHERWISE THEY'LL PROVIDE THE PLANNING DIRECTOR. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YES. MM-HMM . YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU JEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO THAT'S THAT, IS IT RICE? MM-HMM . UH, THAT BEING THE LAST CASE? IT IS WHAT? UH, 6 0 4 AND THE BOARD BRIEFING IS DONE AND WE WILL RECONVENE AT SIX 30 HERE IN THE BOARD BRIEFING ROOM SINCE CITY COUNCIL HAS TOP DOG AND THEY'RE OVER THERE, . 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.