Jul 28, 2025 Planning &amp; Zoning 07282025

OF THE JULY 14TH, 2025 P AND Z MEETING.

THE NEXT MATTER FOR CONSIDERATION IS APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THERE IS ONE ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

UM, ITEM ONE, APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM JULY 14TH.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING SO ANYONE CAN SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

ASSUMING THAT THERE IS NO DISCUSSION, MAY I GET A MOTION? YES.

I MAKE A MOTION TO, UM, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE MINUTES

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I SECOND THAT.

UH, I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ITEM ONE BY COMMISSIONER MADDEN AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER, UH, GONZALEZ.

UM, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? CAN WE ALL VOTE? HAVE EVERYONE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE THEIR HAND.

THE RECORD.

REFLECT THAT THAT'S UNANIMOUS.

THERE ARE TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.

ITEM TWO, CASE NUMBER STP 25 DASH ZERO FIVE DASH ZERO 15 A SITE PLAN FOR POLY AMERICA BUILDING NUMBER NINE.

AND ITEM THREE STP DASH 25 DASH 0 6 0 0 1 8.

SITE PLAN FOR THE PROS, WESTCLIFF, PHASE TWO MULTIFAMILY

[2. STP-25-05-0015 - Site Plan - Poly America Building 9 (City Council District 1). Site Plan to construct one industrial warehouse on 18.0 acres. Portions of Sites 3, 23, 33, and 34, SID Great Southwest South Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Light Industrial, within SH 161 Corridor Overlay, and addressed as 2000 W Marshall Dr]

STAFF.

PLEASE PRESENT ON ITEM TWO.

BEFORE WE GET INTO INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS, I DO WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MICHELLE MADDEN FOR HER TIME HERE ON THE, THE COMMISSION.

UM, IT'S A BIG LIFT OF TIME, COMMITMENT AND UH, WE COULD NOT DO WHAT WE DO WITHOUT YOU GUYS.

UH, SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING ON THE COMMISSION, UH, THE TIME YOUR PREPAREDNESS, YOUR ASTUTE QUESTIONS, AND REALLY APPRECIATE YOU SERVING THE CITY AND THE PEOPLE OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SAVANNAH.

THANKS FOR SAVING ME.

'CAUSE WE, WE WANTED TO DO THAT EARLIER, MICHELLE, BUT I FORGOT.

SO, AND I, I, I ECHO WHAT SAVANNAH SAID.

YOU'VE ALWAYS COME PREPARED.

YOU ASKED GREAT QUESTIONS.

WE DIDN'T ALWAYS AGREE, BUT YOU WERE DEFINITELY, YOU'RE DEFINITELY GONNA BE MISSED.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

I'VE ALWAYS ENJOYED IT HERE.

GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

OH, AND I NEED TO ALSO REFLECT, SORRY I'M NOT DOING A GOOD JOB HERE TONIGHT.

UM, MISS, UH, COMMISSIONER LUCKY VAUGHN HAD TO RECUSE HERSELF AND SO SHE'S, UH, NOT GONNA BE PARTICIPATING ON THIS.

ITEM TWO.

THE ITEM NUMBER TWO IS, UM, OUR, UM, VICE CHAIR HAS READ IS FOR A SITE PLAN SDP 25 0 5 0 0 1 5.

THIS IS FOR POLY AMERICA BUILDING.

SO THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A NEW INDUSTRIAL BUILDING FOR EXISTING POLY AMERICA CAMPUS.

THEY ARE PLANNING ON REMOVING ONE OF THEIR EXISTING BUILDING AND USING THE, UM, SITE AREA HAS SHOWN TO CONSTRUCT A NEW MANUFACTURING BUILDING FOR THEIR OPERATION.

SO THEY ARE GENERALLY MEETING THE DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENT WITH EXCEPTION FOR A VARIANCE FOR THE MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT.

THEY ARE GENERALLY COMPLYING WITH OTHER REGULATIONS, HOWEVER, THEY ARE REQUESTING THEIR MAXIMUM PARKING ALLOWED TO BE INCREASED AS A VARIANCE LANDSCAPE PLAN.

THEY ARE PROVIDING SOME, UH, NEW LANDSCAPING WITH THIS PROPOSAL.

HOWEVER, DUE TO EXISTING CONDITIONS, THEY ARE ASKING FOR TWO VARIANCES.

THE FIRST ONE IS TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THE EXISTING LANDSCAPE BUFFER AS IS.

IT GOES FROM FIVE AND A HALF FEET TO 236 FEET.

THE AREA PROVIDED WILL ACTUALLY BE MORE THAN DOUBLE OF WHAT WOULD'VE BEEN PROVIDED IF THEY HAD THE 30 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER.

ALSO, THEY ARE TRYING TO MAINTAIN ALL THE TREES AND THE APPLICANT ACTUALLY SHARED WITH ME AFTER THE BRIEFING THAT THESE TREES ARE USUALLY 30 YEARS OLD PLUS OLD.

UM, THEY'RE FULLY MATURE, SO THEY WANTED TO MAINTAIN THE EXISTING TREES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, BUT ARE PLANTING THE TREES WHEREVER POSSIBLE.

HOWEVER, THEY'LL BE, UH, PLANTING LESS THAN WHAT THEIR REQUIREMENTS ARE BECAUSE THE REQUIREMENT IS BASED ON THE LOT AREA, WHICH IS PRETTY BIG, NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO NOT PLANT THE TREES THAT ARE REQUIRED.

THEY TRULY, UM, DON'T HAVE A LOT OF, OR THEY ARE MEETING ALSO THE OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT.

THEY'RE PROVIDING A OPEN SPACE OVER A ACRE, AND THEY'RE PROVIDING THE WALKING PATH SO THAT THE EMPLOYEES CAN WALK AROUND THE BUILDING AND THEY ARE PROVIDING THE REQUIRED SITTING AREA WITH AN ACTIVE WATER FEATURE AND A GARDEN.

HERE'S THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS.

AS I MENTIONED.

THE BUILDING OVERALL IS ABOUT 40 FOOT TALL.

WHERE THEY ARE, HAVE THE DOUBLE WINDOWS ARE THE AREA.

WELL, THEY'LL HAVE TWO STORIES OF OFFICES.

REST OF THE FLOOR AREA WILL BE USED FOR THEIR MANUFACTURING AREA.

MOSTLY.

THEY DO HAVE SOME EQUIPMENT SILOS THAT ARE AT 70 FEET TALL.

THEY WANT TO SCREEN PROVIDE SOME SCREENING AROUND THOSE THREE SIDES OF THE ELEVATION.

BUT THESE ARE THE SILOS.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY AT A 70 FEET.

SO AGAIN, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE FOLLOWING VARIANCES.

ONE, THEY'RE REQUESTING A BUILDING HEIGHT TO ALLOW THE 70 FOOT EQUIPMENT SILO IN THIS AREA.

THEY'RE REQUESTING THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER REDUCTION ALSO, AS WELL AS THE NUMBER OF TREE REDUCTION TO MAINTAIN WHAT'S EXISTING AND PLANT THE TREES THAT THEY HAD PROPOSED.

THEY'RE REQUESTING A, UH, INCREASE TO THEIR PARKING MAXIMUM, UM, SINCE THIS IS A FAIRLY LARGE CAMPUS THAT DOES NOT HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT, AND THEY ARE REQUESTING A VARIANCE FOR BUILDING ELEVATIONS.

SO THEY ARE USING, I BELIEVE, THE PRECAST CONCRETE.

UH,

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THEY'RE TRYING TO MATCH SOME OF THEIR NICER BUILDINGS, WHICH IS THEIR MAIN ENTRY BUILDING AND THEIR GUARD AREA AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

AGAIN, THEIR CAMPUS SPINNING EXISTENCE FOR A LONG TIME.

A LOT OF BUILDINGS LOOK PRETTY FLAT.

THEY DID PROVIDE SOME WINDOW GLAZING WHEREVER THEY CAN, UM, ON THE OFFICE AREAS.

HOWEVER, THEY WOULD LIKE TO MATCH THE EXISTING BUILDING MATERIALS BY KEEPING IT CONCRETE TO WALL.

OKAY, SO THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING FOUR CONDITIONS.

ONE, THEY ARE ACTUALLY, UH, DOING SOME SUBSTANTIAL INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES INSTALLATION OF THE NEW, UH, TRAFFIC LIGHT AND, UM, ADDING A TURN LANE.

WE RECOMMEND THAT THE AP IMPROVEMENTS BE APPROVED BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY SERVICES.

WE ARE ALSO RE UH, ASKING FOR A CONDITION THAT THE APPLICANT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION NEEDED TO MAINTAIN THE SUFFICIENT PARKWAY WITH, AND THAT PROJECT SHALL PROVIDE A DETENTION TO MANAGE POST PROJECT STORMWATER RUNOFF TO LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO PRE, UH, PROJECT CON CONDITIONS.

WE'RE ALSO REQUESTING THAT THE OPEN SPACE ELEMENTS THAT THEY'RE SHOWING WILL BE INSTALLED PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.

THIS CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION.

THE APPLICANT IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM.

IS THERE ANY QUESTION FOR STEP AT THIS TIME? THANK YOU JUNE.

COMMISSIONERS, UM, MIKE PETERSON WITH GRAHAM ASSOCIATES.

GREAT PRESENTATION.

WE HAVE TWO SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS ITEM.

FIRST IS MICHAEL PETERSON WITH GRAHAM ASSOCIATES WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.

PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, SIR.

UH, WE'RE THE CIVIL ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS ON THE PROJECT REPRESENTING POLY AMERICA.

WE ALSO HAVE JERRY REYES, THE VICE PRESIDENT OF POLY AMERICA THAT'S HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT Y'ALL MAY HAVE.

UM, PRESENTATION WAS, UH, WELL DONE FOR THE NEXT BUILDING OUT HERE AT, UH, POLY.

SO WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

THANKS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE POLY AMERICA HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.

I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME.

I PERSONALLY DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT DOES ANYONE ON THE COMMISSION HAVE ANY? WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS EXPANDING THOUGH.

YOU BET.

THE NEXT CARD WE HAVE IS FOR JESSE RAYA, WHO WISHES, UM, HE BOTH NOTED, UH, HE NOTED HIS SUPPORT, AND HE SAYS THAT HE'S AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.

I'M NOT GONNA BOTHER MR. RAYA, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

UM, SO THIS IS IN MY DISTRICT, DISTRICT ONE.

SO I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT I, I'M, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.

I LOVE THE FACT THAT POLY AMERICA HAS BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE.

THEY'RE A GOOD, THE GOOD COMPANY, UM, LIKE THE FACT THAT THE KEEPING THE OLD TREES, AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT JUNE'S POINT IS ABOUT HOW THEY'RE HAVING TO WORK AROUND A PRETTY LARGE LOT.

SO I WOULD, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION THAT WE VOTE TO APPROVE, UH, WITH THE VARIANCES, BUT ALSO WITH ALL OF THE DRC RECOMMENDATIONS.

CAN I GET A SECOND? SO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

ITEM NUMBER TWO STP DASH 25 DASH 0 5 0 5 BY MYSELF WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS MATTER? NO.

ALL RIGHT.

FOR EVERYONE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE THEIR HAND.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

UM, ALSO LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT COMMISSIONER LUCKY VAUGHN IS GONNA BE COMING BACK.

[3. STP-25-06-0018 - Site Plan - Pros Westcliff Phase 2 Multi-Family (City Council District 2). Site Plan for a multi-family development with 300 dwelling units on 14.16 acres. Lots 11 & 12, Vickery Place Addition, and a portion of Tract 4, J.W.E. Wallace Survey, Abstract No. 1517, and a portion of Tract 12, Benjamin F. Smith Survey, Abstract No. 1337, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, zoned PD-464, within the IH-20 Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 1101 & 1105 E Fish Creek Road, 3971 Westcliff Rd and 1199 E IH-20]

SO THE ITEM NUMBER THREE IS ANOTHER SITE PLAN, STP 25 0 6 0 0 1 8.

THIS IS FOR PROS, WESTCLIFF PHASE TWO.

SO, UM, THIS PROJECT ACTUALLY, UH, WERE APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT A CONCEPT PLAN TO, UH, ALLOW THESE MULTIFAMILY 300 UNITS AS SHOWN.

THEY ARE COMING BACK WITH THE DETAILED SITE PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE COMPLYING WITH THE, UH, THEIR PD STANDARD AS WELL AS OUR DEVELOPMENT STANDARD.

THE PHASE TWO WILL BE LOCATED HERE.

UM, IT IS ACTUALLY E DIRECTLY EAST OF THE PHASE ONE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.

SO THIS, UM, SITE SHOWS EIGHT U UM, EIGHT BUILDINGS WITH TOTAL OF 300 UNITS.

AGAIN, THEY'RE PUTTING IN THE CLUBHOUSE, STOCK PARK, AND A POOL AND PICKLEBALL COURT, WHICH WERE ALL PART OF THE, UH, CONCEPT PLAN.

THEY ARE MEETING OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENT, AS WELL AS THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS THEY ARE PROVIDING AND MEETING THE LANDSCAPING AND SCRE, UH, UH, SCREENING REQUIREMENT.

AS SHOWN, THEY'RE COMPLYING WITH THE TREE MITIGATION REQUIREMENT.

UM, THEY ONLY HAVE TREES KIND OF SURROUNDING THIS AREA WHERE THEY'RE MITIGATING THAT BY PLANTING, UH, NEW TREES.

HERE ARE THE ELEVATIONS FOR THE

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PROPOSED BUILDINGS.

I BELIEVE PHASE ONE HAD A LITTLE MORE BLUISH TONE.

THEY ARE COMPLYING WITH OUR APPENDIX W STANDARD.

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

THE APPLICANT IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME? ANY QUESTIONS FOR JUNE? NO.

JUNE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, I DO NOT HAVE ANY CARDS FOR THE APPLICANT, BUT IF THE APPLICANT WISHES TO SPEAK AND COME FORWARD, DOES ANYONE ANSWER QUESTIONS? OKAY.

DOES ANYONE ON THE COMMISSION HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? NO, I, I THINK WE'RE OKAY IN THAT REGARD.

UM, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? NO, SIR.

UM, IF MEMORY SERVES, COMMISSIONER MADDEN, I BELIEVE THIS IS YOUR DISTRICT.

MOTION CARRIES YOU UNANIMOUSLY.

ALRIGHT, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER THREE SDP 2 5 0 6 DASH 0 0 1 8 SITE PLAN FOR PROS, WESTCLIFF PHASE TWO MULTIFAMILY AND I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS PROPOSED.

I SECOND THAT.

I'D LIKE TO NOTE THAT WE HAVE AN, A MOTION ON THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW BY COMMISSIONER MADDEN TO APPROVE, UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO.

UH, I'M SORRY, ITEM NUMBER THREE.

ITEM NUMBER THREE WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM BY ANYBODY? OKAY.

IF SO, CAN, UH, FOR ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE THEIR HAND.

[4. SUP-25-06-0022 - Specific Use Permit Amendment - Shoot Smart (City Council District 1). Amendment to Specific Use Permit No. 835 to add Gun Manufacturing as an allowed use. Lot 2 and 5, Houston Main Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, zoned Light Industrial, and addressed as 2441 Houston St and 2436 and 2440 W Main St]

ALL RIGHT.

THIS NEXT ITEM IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AMENDMENT FOR CHUTE SMART, LOCATED AT 24 40 WEST MAIN STREET.

UH, THE REQUEST IS TO AMEND THEIR EXISTING SUP TO ADD GUN MANUFACTURING AS AN ALLOWED USE.

UH, YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN, ITS OWN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

AND AGAIN, THEY HAVE AN EXISTING SUP IN PLACE FOR PUBLIC FIRING TRAINING AND COMPETITION RANGE WITH FIREARMS AND MUNITION SALES.

UH, THEY'RE PROVIDING GUNSMITHING SERVICES TO CUSTOMERS TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN THEIR FIREARMS. ADDITIONALLY, EMPLOYEES PURCHASE PARTS TO ASSEMBLE AND CUSTOM FIREARMS FOR USE AT THE SHOOTING RANGE.

UH, THAT IS JUST FOR USE AT THE SHOOTING RANGE.

IT'S NOT AVAILABLE FOR SALE TO THE PUBLIC.

UH, THE A TF DEFINES ASSEMBLY AND MODIFICATION OF FIREARMS AS FIREARM MANUFACTURING.

UM, SO THEY'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE THAT USE LISTED ON THEIR CO.

UH, THIS SUP AMENDMENT WILL ADD THAT AS AN ALLOWED USE WHILE TYING IT TO THEIR MORE NARROW OPERATIONS, UH, WHICH AGAIN, UH, GUNSMITHS PURCHASE PARTS ASSEMBLE INTO CUSTOM FIREARMS, INCLUDING FULLY AUTOMATIC FIREARMS FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY, AGAIN, NOT FOR SALE FOR THE PUBLIC.

UM, THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECKONS APPROVAL WITH THE CONDITION THAT THEIR GUN MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS SHALL COMPLY WITH EXHIBIT B OPERATIONAL PLAN.

THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SAVANNAH? NO.

THANK YOU SAVANNAH.

VERY MUCH.

JULIE, DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, IS THE APPLICANT HERE OR WISH TO SPEAK? YES, APPLICANT IS HERE AND WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.

DAVID HOLCOMB.

MR. HOLCOMB, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM.

GOOD EVENING.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

MY NAME IS DAVID HOLCOMB.

UH, ADDRESS IS 1 4 1 2 NORTH ROBINSON IN CLEVELAND.

OUR LOCATION AS A RENTAL GUN, UH, IF WE DECIDE TO REPAINT IT, WE ARE NOW CONSIDERED MANUFACTURERS OF THAT FIREARM.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT.

YES.

UH, WELL, SHE DID A REALLY GREAT JOB OF, UM, OF KIND OF, KIND OF OUTLINING WHAT I WANTED TO SPEAK TO.

I KNOW THAT THE TERM GUN MANUFACTURING MAY SOUND A LITTLE BIT, UM, YOU KNOW, CONCERNING, BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I I WANTED TO KIND OF EXPRESS IS THAT WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE MANUFACTURED, UM, IN THE LAST, UH, SIX YEARS.

UH, WE HAVE MANUFACTURED EIGHT FIREARMS. UM, OF THOSE EIGHT, FIVE OF THEM ARE STILL, UH, IN USE AT THE RANGE CURRENTLY.

ONE OF THEM IS BROKEN, UH, WILL PROBABLY BE DESTROYED THIS YEAR, AND TWO OF THEM HAVE BEEN DESTROYED.

UH, SO I JUST WANT TO KIND OF MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE DON'T MANUFACTURE TO SELL, UH, WE DO NOT LET THESE FIREARMS LEAVE THE PREMISE.

THEY'RE JUST SIMPLY TO BE IN USE AT OUR FACILITY.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. HOLCOMB? THAT'S A UNIQUE NUANCE THAT JUNE WAS TEACHING IS ABOUT THAT TO CUSTOMIZE A, A SEMI-AUTOMATIC AND MAKE IT FULLY AUTOMATIC, A TF CONSIDERS THAT THAT'S CORRECT.

MANUFACTURING A FIREARM.

ACTUALLY NOW, SINCE 2022, THE, UH, ATFS LATEST GUIDELINES ACTUALLY SAY THAT IF WE DO ANYTHING TO MODIFY A FIREARM IS CONSIDERED MANUFACTURING.

THAT IS UP TO AND INCLUDING PAINTING THE FIREARM.

SO IF A FIREARM GETS DAMAGED WITHIN

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THAT'S A REALLY BROAD DEFINITION OF MANUFACTURING.

EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY.

I'M SORRY, COMMISSIONER MADDEN HAS A QUESTION.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

I HAVE CURIOSITY.

SO ARE YOU, UM, DOES A TF REQUIRE YOU TO GET YOUR LOCATION OR YOUR, YOUR GUNSMITHS LICENSED? AND IS THAT AN, IS THAT A, IS THERE A LICENSING TO THAT? YES.

ARE ARE YOU SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY TO THE GUNSMITHS OR JUST FOR THE, THE FACILITY AS A WHOLE? BOTH.

I'M JUST CURIOUS.

SO THE FACILITY AS A WHOLE, WE DO HAVE TO HAVE AN FFL IN ORDER TO OPERATE, UH, BECAUSE WE DO SELL FIREARMS, NOT THE ONES WE MANUFACTURE.

BUT WE DO SELL, YOU KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU WANTED TO COME GET A GLOCK, WE SELL THOSE.

WE ALSO DO TRANSFERS FOR PEOPLE WHO BUY FIREARMS ONLINE.

THEY CAN'T JUST BUY THE GUN AND HAVE IT SIMPLY SHIPPED TO THEIR HOUSE.

THEY HAVE TO HAVE IT SHIPPED TO AN FFL, WHICH IS US.

AND WE CONDUCT THE, THE BACKGROUND CHECK.

RIGHT.

SO THEY, THERE STILL HAS TO BE THE PAPER TRAIL AND BACKGROUND CHECK DONE.

UH, AND WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE THE FFL FOR THAT.

UH, WE ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO HAVE THE FFL FOR THE FULL AUTOS THAT, THAT, UM, UH, JOHN WAS SPEAKING ABOUT A MOMENT AGO, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR ENTERTAINMENT ASPECTS.

UM, AND PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THING WE NEED IT FOR IS FOR THE QUESTION YOU ASKED ABOUT OUR GUNSMITHING AND YES, THAT IS REQUIRED, UM, AS A CONDITION OF GUNSMITHING.

OH, OKAY.

IS THAT RENEWED ANNUALLY OR IS THAT A LIFELONG THING? EVERY THREE YEARS IS RENEWED.

SO WE HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS AT THE GRAND PRAIRIE LOCATION SINCE 2013.

UH, IN 2019 IS WHEN WE ORIGINALLY SWITCHED OUR FFL FROM WHAT WAS CALLED A TYPE ONE FFL TO A TYPE SEVEN FFL, WHICH ALLOWS US TO MANUFACTURE.

UM, WE SWITCHED AT THAT POINT, AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF, WE'RE GIVING THE GREEN LIGHT.

EVERYTHING WAS A GO IN 2022 WHEN WE RENEWED.

AGAIN, NO ISSUES.

IT WASN'T UNTIL THIS YEAR, UH, WHEN WE WERE TOLD THAT, UM, WE NEEDED TO AMEND OUR, OUR CO.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR MR. HOLCOMB? UH, COMMISSIONER LUCKY VAUGHN, PLEASE.

YES.

JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, UM, JUST WANTED TO KNOW, AND I GUESS MY CURIOSITY IS COMING FROM, I HAD GRADUATED FROM THE A TF, UM, CITIZEN ACADEMY MM-HMM .

UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO KNOW AT ANY ONE OF YOUR LOCATIONS, HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY CITATIONS FROM A TF? CAN YOU SPEAK MORE TO WHAT YOU REFER TO AS CITATIONS? ARE YOU SPEAKING TO LIKE, UM, FINANCIAL IN, IN REFERENCE TO MANUFACTURING? NO.

OKAY, MR. HOLCOMB, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YEP, THANK YOU.

WE HAVE NO FURTHER CARDS FOR THIS ITEM, SIR.

SO THIS AGAIN IS DISTRICT ONE, WHICH IS MINE.

UM, RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS JUST A, I THINK JUST A KIND OF ENCOMPASS WITH THE FEDERAL DEFINITION OF MANUFACTURING A FIREARM IS, AND I KNOW THIS LOCATION, IT'S, UH, IT'S ALSO BEEN THERE A WHILE.

SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM FOUR SUP DASH 25 DASH ZERO SIX DASH 0 0 2.

I SECOND.

AND, UH, OKAY.

SO AT PRESENT, WE HAVE A MOTION TO VOTE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER FOUR BY MYSELF, JOHN FEDORKO WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.

LUCKY VAUGHN, DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM ORDER? COULD YOU CLARIFY IF YOU'RE RECOMMENDING THE CONDITION OF APPROVAL? I'M SORRY, MY VOTE.

MY MOTION INCLUDES WITH THE DRC RECOMMENDATION.

IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU? COMMISSIONER LEVONNE? YES.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

SORRY.

THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, SAVANNAH.

UM, DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT CLARIFIED MOTION? OKAY.

ALL THOSE THAT, UH, WANNA VOTE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

OKAY, SO THE, UH, NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS U SLASH SITE PLAN SUP 25 0 2 0 0 0 9.

[5. SUP-25-02-0009 - Specific Use Permit/Site Plan - F&M Premium Auto Shop (City Council District 1). Specific Use Permit and Site Plan for a new Auto Paint Shop on 0.69 acres. Lot 11R, Block B, Dalworth Park Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, zoned Commercial (C) District, and addressed as 2439 Dalworth St]

THIS IS FOR AUTO PAINT SHOP LOCATED AT 24 39 DOWARD STREET.

SO THERE IS A VACANT LAND THAT THE APPLICANT WISHES TO BUILD A NEW, UH, AUTO PAINT SHOP FOR HIS EXISTING, UM, AUTO PAINT AND BODY BUSINESS LOCATED ELSEWHERE.

HE'S JUST BRINGING JUST THE AUTO, UH, AUTO PAINT PORTION TO THE SITE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT, UM, THIS IS THE CITY LIMITS HERE, BUT YOU CAN KIND OF GENERALLY SEE THAT THIS AREA HAS KIND OF SMALLER WAREHOUSES THAT'S BEEN THERE LITTLE FOR A WHILE.

AND WE DO SEE SOME, UH, RESIDENTIAL TO THE SOUTHERN PORTION.

HOWEVER, IT IS ACTUALLY ACROSS ANOTHER STREET DOWN THE BLOCK.

SO WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS A SINGLE BUILT, SINGLE TENANT BUILDING.

IT WILL HAVE, UM, FOUR WORK BASE, INCLUDING LOBBY AND OFFICE

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AREA.

THEY ARE MEETING OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENT, AS WELL AS THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS.

THEY'RE COMPLYING WITH THE LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENT BY PROVIDING LANDSCAPE AREAS AND THE REQUIRED STREET TREES.

HERE'S THE PROPOSED ELEVATIONS, AGAIN, THAT WILL HAVE A CUSTOMER AREA WITH THEIR SMALL OFFICES.

REST OF THE BUILDING WILL BE A WORK BAY, WHICH WILL HAVE THEIR OWN BAY WHEN THE, UH, DOORS, IT WILL JUST BE ENTIRELY FOR THEIR OPERATIONS ONLY.

THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.

AND THE DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING TWO CONDITIONS.

SORRY, THAT THERE WAS ONE CONDITION MISSING DURING THE BRIEFING IS THE NUMBER TWO HAS BEEN ADDED PER THE STAFF REPORT, INCLUDING THE PACKET.

ONE IS THAT THE AUDIO AUTO BODY WORK SHALL NOT BE PERFORMED HERE AT THIS LOCATION.

ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL AUTOMOTIVE RELATED USES MAY BE ALLOWED BY A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ARTICLE FOUR OF THE UDC, BECAUSE HE IS ACTUALLY AN OPERATION OF OTHER AUTO BUSINESSES.

WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE CLEAR TO THE APPLICANT, HEY, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS FOR AUTO PAINT SHOP ONLY.

PER YOUR OPERATIONAL PLANS, IF YOU WANTED TO ADD ANY OTHER USES THAT MAY REQUIRE SUP AMENDMENTS OR ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL SUP AS REQUIRED BY THE UDC AND TWO, THIS IS OF GENERALLY REQUIRED ON ALL AUTOMATED RELATED BUSINESSES, WHICH IS THE OPERATIONAL, UH, OPERATIONS SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REGULATIONS FOUND IN ARTICLE 13, UH, CHAPTER 13 ARTICLE, UM, EX, EX AUTOMOTIVE RELATED BUSINESS REGULATIONS OF THE KOREAN PERRY CODE OF ORDINANCES.

WE DO HAVE ARBS, UM, THAT ARE INSPECTED EVERY YEAR AND RENEWED, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THAT REQUIREMENT.

THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.

WE DO HAVE THE APPLICANT PRESENT HERE IN CASE YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.

IS THERE ANY QUESTION FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME? ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR JUNE? THANK YOU JUNE VERY MUCH.

UH, JONATHAN SANA, UM, HE'S MARKED THAT HE WISHES TO SPEAK AND DOESN'T WISH TO SPEAK, BUT HE WANTS TO NOTE HIS SUPPORT, SO WISHES TO SPEAK THE BEST TO SPEAK, BOTH .

DO YOU WISH TO SPEAK, SIR? UH, YEAH.

I SPEAK.

IF YOU WANNA COME FORWARD.

GOOD EVENING.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

SURE.

WELL, UM, MY NAME IS JONATHAN NIA.

UH, UH, YOU RESIDE AT 1214 SIERRA VISTA STREET, HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.

UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR ATTENTION THIS EVENING.

UH, WANT TO REITERATE, UH, THE INTENTION? WELL, I COME TO SPEAK, UH, NOT IN FAVOR AS A CITIZEN OF GRAND PRAIRIE, UH, BUT ALSO, UH, AS SOMEONE INVOLVED, UH, IN THE PROJECT.

UM, MR. MIGUEL, WHO'S, UH, HERE, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY IS IN MY POINT OF VIEW, A, UH, GENTLEMAN, UH, WHO HAS BUILT SOMETHING BY HIMSELF, UH, FROM SCRATCH, VERY RELATED TO THE AMERICAN DREAM.

UH, HIS INTENTIONS FOR EXPANSION, UH, IN MY POINT OF VIEW, UH, BUSINESSES LIKE HIS ARE WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE GRAND PRAIRIE FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE STARTING, UH, LET'S SAY FROM THE BOTTOM, TO BUILD SOMETHING, UH, UNIQUE AND GREAT FOR THEIR, FOR HIM AND, AND, AND THOSE CLOSE AROUND HIM.

I THINK, UH, THERE'S PROBABLY ALREADY A LOT OF AUTO RELATED BUSINESSES DOWN ON MAIN STREET, RIGHT? UH, BUT I HOPE THAT DOESN'T, UH, SWAY, UH, YOU ALL.

UH, TO THE CONTRARY, UH, I DO BELIEVE WHAT HE'S DOING IS SOMETHING MORE UNIQUE WHERE HE'S, UH, UH, CATERING TO PEOPLE WHO WISH TO HAVE A UNIQUE PAINT JOB OR, OR, OR, UH, WANT THEIR OLD CAR TO LOOK AND FEEL NEW AGAIN.

RIGHT.

UH, AND I THINK THAT SETS THEM APART FROM A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES AROUND THE AREA, AND I HOPE YOU TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU VOTE.

MR. SI JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.

IT'S PRETTY FORMAL, BUT, UH, INFORMAL, BUT I'M ASSUMING YOUR CLIENT HAS NO PROBLEM WITH ANY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THAT.

THE DRC HAS? NO, WE'VE SPOKEN, UH, UH, A LOT ABOUT THIS.

WE'VE ACTUALLY WORKED, UH, FOR A LONG TIME WITH, WITH STAFF.

UH, UH, WE APPROACHED THE CITY, UH, CLOSE TO ABOUT A YEAR AGO LAST SUMMER.

UH, AND WE WENT BACK TO DIFFERENT, UH, ITERATIONS.

UM, UH, HE UNDERSTANDS PERFECTLY WELL, UH, THAT THERE IS STRICT RESTRICTIONS PER THE ZONING AS FAR AS, UH, BEING A, A BODY SHOP OR A PAINT SHOP.

AND THAT, UH, BOTH IS, UH, SPECIFICALLY NOT AN OPTION.

UH, I THINK HE HIMSELF CAN STATE THAT, IF YOU WISH TO ASK.

NO, THAT'S OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY, GO AHEAD, FRANK.

THANK, THANK YOU, MR. SALANA.

VERY, VERY INSIGHTFUL.

AND AGAIN, UH, CONGRATULATIONS ON BUILDING SOMETHING FROM SCRATCH, YOU KNOW, TRULY THE AMERICAN DREAM.

KNOW, I'M NOT CLEAR EXACTLY WHAT THAT'S WHAT THOSE MEANS.

BUT FOR ME, JUST MORE OF A CLARIFICATION, YOU KNOW, AS TO WHAT IS BODY WORK VERSUS PAINT.

I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE, YOU

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'CAUSE I THOUGHT YOU HAD TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF BODY WORK IN ORDER FOR YOU TO PAINT, BUT MAYBE IT'S NOT THE CASE IN, IN THIS CASE, IT SEEMS TO BE MORE OF A, IT'S, IT, IT, IT SORT OF GOES IN LINE WITH, UH, THE BUSINESS MODEL AND WHO YOUR CUSTOMER BASE IS.

RIGHT.

UH, FOR EXAMPLE, IF A, UM, IF YOUR BUSINESS, IF YOUR CUSTOMERS ARE, ARE, UH, UH, DEALERS WHO PURCHASE, UH, UH, CRASH VEHICLES AND THEN, UH, FIX THEM TO RESELL THEM, THEN THAT REQUIRES A DECENT AMOUNT OF BODY WORK IN ORDER TO, UH, PAINT THEM, POLISH THEM, AND PREPARE 'EM FOR A SALE.

UH, HIS FOCUS IS ON, UM, CLIENTS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY DEALERS, UH, FROM WHAT I HAVE UNDERSTOOD.

UM, UH, THERE IS BEING VERY TRANSPARENT, UH, THERE, UH, SPEAKING WITH HIM IN DETAIL, UH, THERE IS OFTEN, UH, NOT OFTEN, EXCUSE ME, EVERY NOW AND THEN CLIENTS THAT DO COME FROM THAT, BUT THAT'S A SMALL PORTION OF HIS CLIENT BASE.

HE IS CURRENTLY BASED, NOT FAR FROM HERE.

HE'S BASED IN ARLINGTON, UH, NEAR, UH, DOWNTOWN, UH, ARLINGTON ACTUALLY.

UM, AND, UH, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTOOD, HE UNDERSTANDS THAT, UH, THIS REQUIRES, THIS IS MORE OF AN EXPANSION FOR HIM, NOT AS FAR AS MOVING, UH, OPERATIONS ENTIRELY TO THIS LOCATION.

SO THE BODY WORK WILL BE DONE THERE.

AND THEN THE PAINT UHHUH POTENTIALLY, AND IT'S NOT THAT FAR OFF, I WOULD SAY ABOUT A 10 MINUTE DRIVE, 15 MINUTE DRIVES.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. SALANA? NO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NO PROBLEM.

I HAVE ONE MORE CARD, SIR.

UH, LUIS, MIGUEL TAZ, UH, DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WANTS TO RECORD HIS SUPPORT.

I'M ASSUMING THAT'S THE OWNER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, THIS AGAIN IS MY DISTRICT.

UM, IT, I ECHO THE, THE SENTIMENT ABOUT THE AMERICAN DREAM.

IT'S GREAT TO SEE A GUY BUILD A BUSINESS LIKE THIS AND CERTAINLY DON'T WANNA BE AN IMPEDIMENT TO HIS EXPANSION AND CREATING NEW JOBS.

AND IT SOUNDS LIKE HE'S GOOD WITH THE DRC RECOMMENDATION.

SO FOR MY, FOR MYSELF AND MY OWN DISTRICT, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND VOTE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER FIVE SUP DASH 25 DASH 0 2 0 9 SECOND.

AND, UM, OKAY.