Aug 25, 2025 Planning & Zoning 08252025

OKAY,

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[Call to Order]

I'M CHERYL SMITH, CHAIR OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

THIS MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING IS HERE BY CALL BACK TO ORDER AT 6:32 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, 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.

MALCOLM CHAARI.

HERE.

CHRISTOPHER OLEY.

HERE.

FRANK GONZALEZ.

HERE.

JANIE MENDEZ.

ARI HERE.

VICTOR MEDINA.

HERE.

JOHN FCO.

HERE.

ANGELA LUCKY V.

HERE, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.

YAY.

AND NOW WE WILL HAVE THE INVOCATION BY COMMISSIONER TY CHAPMAN AND THE, AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

AND, AND THE US AND TEXAS FLAG WILL BE LED BY, UH, JANIE.

ARI, I DEFERRED.

I'M SORRY.

I DO APOLOGIZE.

COMMISSIONER.

THE, UH, INVOCATION WILL BE DONE BY ANGELA.

LUCKY VONNE.

I APOLOGIZE.

SO USED TO HER DOING THAT.

GO AHEAD.

GRACIOUS.

FATHER GOD, SPIRIT OF WISDOM AND UNITY, WE GATHER HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE, A COMMUNITY RICH WITH DIVERSITY AND SHARED PURPOSE TO SEEK GUIDANCE FOR THE DECISIONS BEFORE US.

BLESS THIS PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WITH CLARITY OF MIND, COMPASSION OF HEART, AND A VISION FOR THE COMMON GOOD.

MAY OUR DISCUSSIONS REFLECT FAIRNESS, RESPECT, AND CARE FOR ALL WHO CALL THIS CITY HOME NOW AND IN THE FUTURE, GUIDE US TO SHAPE OUR COMMUNITY WITH WISDOM, ENSURING GROWTH THAT HONORS BOTH OUR HERITAGE AND OUR HOPES.

LET OUR CHOICES FOSTER HARMONY, OPPORTUNITY, AND A VIBRANT, GRAND PRAYER FOR ALL.

AMEN.

AMEN TO THE FIVE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WOULD LIBERTY I JUSTICE FOR ALL UNDER THE TEXAS FLAG TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE, IN AN EFFORT TO MINIMIZE DISRUPTIONS, THE FOLLOWING MEETING GUIDELINES WILL APPLY.

THE STAFF WILL PRESENT FIRST ON ANY AGENDA ITEM.

FOLLOWING A BRIEF PRESENTATION BY STAFF, APPLICANTS WILL HAVE A COMBINED TOTAL OF 30 MINUTES TO PRESENT.

ONCE THE APPLICANT HAS SPOKEN, EACH MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO FILLS OUT A SPEAKER CARD WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES 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 HE REPRESENTED.

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 RESPOND TO QUESTIONS FOLLOWING PRESENTATION OF EACH ITEM AT THIS TIME.

CITIZENS MAY SPEAK FOR UP TO FIVE MINUTES ON ANY ITEM, NOT ON THE AGENDA.

DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS? NO, MA'AM.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

THE

[PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA]

THERE'S ONLY ONE ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ITEM ONE, APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF AUGUST 11TH, 2025 PNZ MEETING.

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

DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS FOR THAT? OKAY.

UH, COMMISSIONER FCO.

MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY, MAY I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND VOTE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER ONE, THE MINUTES FROM THE AUGUST 11TH MEETING.

I SECOND THAT WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA BY COMMISSIONER JOHN FCO AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FRANK GONZALEZ.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT CASE, PLEASE.

[2. ZON-25-06-0021 - Zoning Change - Funeral Home at 310 SW 3rd (City Council District 5). Zoning Change from Multi-Family One (MF-1) to a Planned Development District for Multi Family One with a Funeral Home on 2.37 acres. Tract 60, McKinney & Williams Survey, Abstract No. 1003, and Tracts 14, 15, and 16, James G. Stevens Survey, Abstract No. 1674, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned MF-1, and addressed as 310 SW 3rd Street]

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THIS IS ITEM NUMBER TWO.

THE CASE NUMBER IS ZONE, UH, 25 0 6 0 0 2 1.

THIS IS FOR A PLAN DEVELOPMENT, UM, FOR A FUNERAL HOME USE LOCATED AT THREE 10 SOUTHWEST THIRD STREET IN COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.

UM, SO THE REQUEST OVERVIEW, THIS IS A ZONING CHANGE, WHICH HAS COME BEFORE.

UM, AND IT CAME BEFORE JUST AS A STRAIGHT ZONING CHANGE.

NOW IT'S COMING AS A PROPOSED PLAN DEVELOPMENT WITH BASE ZONING MULTIFAMILY ONE.

SO MF ONE.

UM, AND TO ADD THE FUNERAL HOME USE TO THAT, UM, ALLOWED USES, AGAIN, THE LOCATION IS THREE 10 SOUTHWEST THIRD STREET.

UM, THE APPLICANT DESIRES TO USE THE EXISTING CHURCH THERE AND, UM, KIND OF MODIFY IT AND USE IT AS A FUNERAL HOME.

OH, SORRY.

UM, HERE YOU CAN SEE KIND OF A AERIAL VIEW OF THE EXISTING CHURCH THERE.

UM, AND ITS SURROUNDINGS.

IT'S LOCATED THERE AT THAT INTERSECTION OF THIRD AND, UM, I BELIEVE DALLAS STREET.

UM, SO AS I MENTIONED, THE APPLICANT PROPOSES CONVERTING AN EXISTING CHURCH INTO A FUNERAL HOME WITH LIMITED INTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS FOR STAGING, VISITATION AND CHAPEL SERVICES.

ALL INTENSIVE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS, INCLUDING REMOVALS, EMBALMING, AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, WILL BE CONDUCTED AT THE APPLICANT'S EXISTING LOCATION IN IRVING.

SO I JUST WANNA MAKE THAT CLEAR THAT NONE OF THIS WILL BE TAKING PLACE AT THIS LOCATION.

THE PROPOSED PLAN DEVELOPMENT SEEKS TO ADD A FUNERAL HOME USE AS AN APPROVED USE TO THE EXISTING MULTI-FAMILY ONE MF ONE ZONING.

UM, DOING SO, THIS CHANGE WOULD, UM, SORRY.

THIS CHANGE WOULD AVOID A FULL REZONING WHICH COULD OTHERWISE ALLOW FOR A VARIETY OF MORE INTENSIVE AND UNSUITABLE USES FOR THIS LOCATION.

AND THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE, UH, RECOMMENDS APPROVAL ON THIS ITEM.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? GREAT PRESENTATION.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

SPEAKER CARDS? YES, MA'AM.

WE HAVE A CARD FROM RENEE SANCHEZ WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.

HELLO, MRS. SANCHEZ, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

I'M RENEE SANCHEZ AND MY ADDRESS IS 1951 SOUTH STORY ROAD.

UM, I BELIEVE IN IRV, TEXAS.

I BELIEVE THE FIRST, THE FIRST ROUND THAT WENT TO THE CITY.

THEIR MAIN CONCERN WAS IF WE WERE GONNA ACTUALLY FLIP THE PROPERTY LATER ON THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

AND I WISH I WOULD'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY WHERE I WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO EXPLAIN TO THE BOARD, WHICH, UH, I'M THE THIRD GENERATION OF THE INDUSTRY.

MY CHILDREN ARE IN THE INDUSTRY.

MY BROTHERS ARE IN THE INDUSTRY.

UM, I'VE BEEN IN THE INDUSTRY FOR 38 YEARS.

SO IT IS NOT LIKE WE WERE GOING TO, IN ORDER TO HAVE A FUNERAL HOME.

AS ANYBODY REALIZES, IT'S A TIME CONSUMING BUSINESS WHERE WE CAN'T JUST GO INTO, INTO THIS, INTO A PROPERTY FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, THEN MOVE ON WHERE OUR, OUR CLIENTELE IS BASED THROUGHOUT TIME AND TRUST.

SO I HAVE A LOCATION IN IRVIN, WHICH I'VE BEEN, I I'VE BEEN OWNING FOR, UH, ABOUT 15 YEARS.

MY FATHER HAS A LOCATION IN EL PASO, WHICH HAS BEEN OVER 38 YEARS.

UH, SO IT'S, IT'S A LONG PERIOD OF TIME THAT WE'RE GONNA BE STAYING IN THIS LOCATION.

AND, AND THEIR CONCERN WAS, WAS IT GONNA BE, THEY'RE GONNA CHANGE IT INTO, INTO A COMMERCIAL? WELL, ACTUALLY, IF EVERYBODY REALIZES THAT IT'S TO HAVE A A FUNERAL HOME, YOU CAN'T REALLY TURN INTO OTHER, OTHER BUSINESS AND EITHER A CHURCH OF OR A TO A FUNERAL HOME.

SO THIS, THIS PROPERTY WILL BE MADE IN, IN OUR HANDS FOR OUR SECOND GENERATIONS, FOR MY, ON MY BEHALF.

SO I WANT, I WANT EVERYBODY TO FEEL, FEEL FREE THAT IT SAYS THAT, NOT TO WORRY ABOUT US FLIPPING THIS PROPERTY.

VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU.

UM, I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION.

YES.

AND WHILE TURN IT OVER TO THE, UH, COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE, UH, HOMEOWNER THAT CAME TO THE MEETING? YES.

AND HOW DID THAT TURN OUT? YES.

UH, THE, THE HOMEOWNERS, UH, UH, THERE'S A SECTION TOWARDS THE BACK, WHICH, UM, THERE WERE INDIGENTS HANGING OUT THERE AND IT'S FACING TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE CHURCH.

SO I TALKED TO HER.

WE CAME INTO AN AGREEMENT WHERE I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND, AND RE UH, REMOVE THAT SECTION TOWARDS THE BACK.

'CAUSE I'M REALLY NOT USING THAT PART OF THE, OF, OF THE STRUCTURE MM-HMM .

UM, AND, AND WE, WE WORKED TOGETHER WHERE SHE WAS WORRIED ABOUT, OKAY, SO HOW, WHAT'S THE TIME OF OPERATIONS? WHAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING DAILY? SO I'VE WENT AHEAD AND EXPLAINED TO HER AND, AND WHAT THE PLANS WERE.

MM-HMM .

AND BESIDES THAT, NO OTHER, UH, HOMEOWNERS HAVE COME TO YOU? NO.

OR YOU DIDN'T TRY TO HAVE A,

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OKAY.

COMMERS, WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS CASE? A COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

UM, HELLO MR. SANCHEZ.

THANK YOU.

UM, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT THE PROPERTY WILL REALLY BE LIKE A CHAPEL FOR SERVICES SINCE YOU'RE NOT DOING EMBALMING? CORRECT.

AND BODY PREP? I HAVE LOCATION, WHICH IS IN IRVING.

IT'S ACTUALLY, SO IT WORKS BETTER FOR ME TO GO AHEAD AND KEEP MY STAFF SINCE I HAVE EVERY, EVERYTHING THAT I NEED ON THAT.

SO IT'S ACTUALLY BETTER FOR ME JUST TO KEEP THAT LOCATION, TO KEEP ON RUNNING DAILY OPERATIONS AND ON THE SERVICE AND THE FAMILY WAITING ON THE FAMILY, WHICH OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE, THIS BUILDING WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR US.

RIGHT.

THAT'S, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, GROWN THE PLACE.

YES, SIR.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY.

THANK YOU.

MM-HMM .

VERY GOOD QUESTION.

COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU FOR, UH, TAKING THE TIME TO, TO DO THE EXTRA WORK TO GO THE EXTRA MILE.

WE DO APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU.

AND GOOD LUCK ON YOUR BUSINESS.

THANK YOU.

WE HAVE NO FURTHER CARDS FOR THIS ITEM, MA'AM.

WE HAVE NO OTHER, UH, SPEAKER CARDS.

AND THIS IS IN, UH, DISTRICT FIVE COMMISSIONER, JANIE.

ARI.

YES, MA'AM.

WOULD YOU, WOULD, WOULD THAT NEED TO BE ANY DISCUSSION? ANYBODY YOU NEED ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ONE? UH, NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.

OKAY.

GO RIGHT HERE.

IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM TWO AND APPROVE PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS.

I SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM TWO BY COMMISSIONER JANIE, ARI.

AND, UM, I SECOND BY COMMISSIONER TY CHAPMAN.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT CASE,

[3. ZON-25-06-0022 - Zoning Change/Concept Plan – Lake Ridge One Planned Development District (City Council District 4). Zoning Change from Planned Development PD-267A General Retail Uses to a Planned Development District for more specific General Retail Uses and a Concept Plan with design standards. Lots 1 and 2, Block A, Lake Ridge Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, zoned PD-267A, within the Lake Ridge Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 5531 and 5523 Lake Ridge Pkwy ]

MADAM CHAIR OF COMMISSION IS THIS ZONING CASE 25 0 6 22.

UH, LAKERIDGE ONE LOCATED AT 55 23 AND 55 31 LAKERIDGE PARKWAY.

THIS IS A CITY OWNED PROPERTY THAT WE DECIDED TO INITIATE A ZONING CHANGE, UH, TO ALLOW FOR A MORE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR RETAIL.

UM, THE PD AS IT STANDS NOW, PD 2 67 A IS FOR GENERAL RETAIL USES, BUT THERE ARE SOME USES IN THAT, UH, DISTRICT THAT WOULD, THAT ARE ALLOWED THAT, UM, CITY COUNCIL AND OTHERS DON'T FEEL IS, UH, APPROPRIATE FOR THE SURROUNDING AREA IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

UH, SO WE'RE CREATING A PD SPECIFIC FOR THIS PROPERTY THAT WOULD LIMIT SPECIFIC LAND USES, SUCH AS VARIETY STORES, VAPE SHOPS, ET CETERA.

UM, THAT WOULD BE MORE DETAILED THAN JUST A TYPICAL GENERAL RETAIL ZONE PROPERTY.

AS IT STANDS NOW.

UH, FUTURE LANES MAP CALLS FOR THIS PROPERTY TO DEVELOP THIS COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICE.

UH, THE ZONE CHANGES IN LINE WITH THAT.

AS I MENTIONED, IT CONTAINS DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN STANDARDS WITHIN THE PD.

UH, THIS AREA IS ALONG THE LAKERIDGE PARKWAY OVERLAY.

SO WITH THAT, THERE ARE APPENDIX F STANDARDS, WHICH REQUIRE A HIGHER DE LEVEL OF DETAIL WITH REGARD TO DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WILL BE IN LINE WITH WHAT'S BEING DEVELOPED AROUND THERE ALREADY.

UM, AS I MENTIONED, IT FURTHER RESTRICTS, ALLOWABLE LAND USES.

AND SINCE THE CITY OWNS THE PROPERTY, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO FURTHER RESTRICT CERTAIN LAND USES BY DEED AS WELL.

AND WE'RE LOOKING IN INTO THAT BEFORE WE, IF WE EVER SELL THE PROPERTY.

UM, WE RECEIVED 13 LETTERS IN OPPOSITION, REPRESENTING 11 UNIQUE ADDRESSES AS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.

NONE OF THEM WERE WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE PROPERTY.

UM, MANY OF THEM NOTED THAT THEY WERE OPPOSED TO MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT.

AND AS NOTED, THIS IS NOT A PD OR ZONE CHANGE FOR MULTIFAMILY.

THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR GENERAL RETAIL, AND WE PLAN TO ADDRESS THE MULTIFAMILY COMPONENT WITH POTENTIAL DEED RESTRICTIONS IF POSSIBLE.

UH, SEVERAL LETTERS REFERENCED.

AGAIN, MULTIFAMILY, UH, NOT BEING OPPOSED.

DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER FEDARKO.

RASHAD, WHY DO YOU SAY, UH, DEED RESTRICTIONS IF POSSIBLE? WE'RE LOOKING INTO THAT? I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE.

I SHOULDN'T SAY IF POSSIBLE, WE CAN DO THAT.

UM, BASED ON MY PRIOR DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR LEGAL STAFF, UM, AS Y'ALL KNOW, SB EIGHT 40 IS NEW, SO I WANNA MAKE CERTAIN THAT THAT IS A POSSIBILITY.

I DO BELIEVE IT IS A POSSIBILITY, AND I'LL LET JULIE CHIME IN.

THE KEY WITH SB EIGHT 40 IS YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO IMPOSE NEW ORDINANCES.

TRUE.

SO AADE IS NOT A ORDINANCE.

IT LAYS WITH THE LAND.

YEAH.

MY ONLY SUGGESTION, I I I SUPPORT WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, JUST GIVEN WHAT CAME OUT OF THE LAST LEGISLATE, I WOULD BE VERY BROAD AND SPECIFIC IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU RESTRICT THERE, BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THE PEOPLE IN AUSTIN WANNA SOMETIMES TAKE CONTROL YES.

OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE.

COMMISSIONERS.

I, I DO WANNA STATE FOR

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I KNOW THE NUMBERS DON'T SPEAK TO THAT, BUT FOR THE RECORD, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY WE STILL WOULD LIKE A REC CENTER IN DISTRICT FOUR AND THAT, UM, SO THAT IF, IF, IF THAT EVER CAME TO BE, THAT WOULD STILL BE A POSSIBILITY FOR THAT LAND.

STILL COULD BE, REMEMBER THIS IS HERE.

COUNCILMAN LOPEZ'S DISTRICT.

MM-HMM .

UM, THIS AGAIN, WAS JUST INTENDED TO ADDRESS ANY POTENTIAL OPTION TO SELL THE PROPERTY.

SO IF WE DID SELL IT, WE WANTED TO HAVE IT PREPARED MM-HMM .

TO LIMIT SPECIFIC USES.

VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? WE HAVE SEVERAL GILDA RILEY WISHES DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WISHES TO RECORD HER OPPOSITION.

JAMES WILL, UH, DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WISHES TO RECORD HIS OPPOSITION.

SARAH WILLHITE DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WISHES TO RECORD HER OPPOSITION.

AND THAT IS, UH, ALL OF THE CARDS WE HAVE FOR THIS ITEM.

THAT BEING SAID, I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU CAME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING AND SHARING YOUR OPPOSITION TO THAT.

THAT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE HEAR FROM THE CITIZENS.

AND, UM, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY, UH, ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM BEFORE I MAKE A MOTION? AGAIN, LIKE I STATED BEFORE, THIS IS DISTRICT FOUR.

THIS IS MY DISTRICT AND I WOULD'VE PREFERRED TO HAVE, MA'AM, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, YOU'D HAVE TO COME FORWARD AND YOU'D HAVE TO GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THAT QUESTION? WE, YOU WOULD HAVE TO COME UP, UP FRONT, MA'AM.

AND THEN YOU COULD HAVE TO FILL OUT A, IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY FILLED OUT A CARD, YOU'D HAVE TO, UM, FILL ONE OUT.

WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND THEN YOU CAN SPEAK THERE.

GET, GET INTO THE MICROPHONE FIRST.

MA'AM, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

THERESA AVILA.

26 68 ENTE.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF OPPOSITION IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

I'M SURPRISED THAT YOU ONLY HAVE 13 CARDS OR WHATEVER.

THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE WRITING IN.

SO I SAID BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T SEND IT IN ON TIME.

'CAUSE IT SAID SOMETHING ABOUT A WEDNESDAY.

IF THEY WERE PRESENTED BEFORE WEDNESDAY, THEY WOULD BE ADDRESSED WITH THE MEETING.

YES, MA'AM.

THERE ARE TIME CONSTRAINTS.

CAN CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT SAVANNAH, PLEASE? WE DID RECEIVE A LOT OF OPPOSITION FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

AND SO, UH, FOR THIS, WE ONLY, THIS ITEM NUMBER THREE, WE ONLY RECEIVED 13 LETTERS, SO MAYBE THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND, BUT IN, IN EITHER CASE, UM, THIS IS JUST FOR CHANGING THE, UH, DYNAMICS OF THE SITE THAT NOTHING'S, NOTHING'S ON THE SITE RIGHT NOW.

RIGHT? NOTHING, NOTHING'S CHANGED, BUT IT IS, IT IS GOOD THAT YOU COME TO LET US KNOW THAT YOU DON'T WANT, WHAT, WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE ON THE SITE.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE ON THE SITE? WELL, THE, THE, THE MAIN THING THAT ALMOST EVERYBODY'S SUBJECTING TO IS THE HYBRID HOUSING, WHICH IT SAYS BUILDING TO FOR RENTALS.

MM-HMM .

AND THAT AUTOMATICALLY WILL THROW OUT THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I THINK OUR DIRECTOR'S GONNA SPEAK TO THAT.

I THINK SHE'S, UH, SHE'S TALKING ABOUT THE NEXT ITEM.

OH, THE NEXT ITEM.

THAT'S THE NEXT ITEM, MA'AM.

YES.

AND WE'LL GET TO THAT.

SO, BECAUSE THEY HAD PROPOSED AT ONE TIME, I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN A, UM, IT WAS LIKE A RECREATION CENTER.

MM-HMM .

YES.

AND PEOPLE, SOME PEOPLE GOT THE NEWS, SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.

AND THEN THEY HAD A MEETING AT THE PENINSULA, AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT AFFECTS IS MY NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS MAR LAGOS, AND WE'RE RIGHT NEXT TO THE PLOT OF LAND.

AND NOBODY GOT A NOTICE.

AND THEN THEY SAID, WELL, WE'RE GONNA SEND YOU ALL NOTICES IN THE MAIL.

BUT LIKE, EVERYBODY KNOWS, PEOPLE GET HOME FROM WORK AND THEY JUST PICK UP ALL THE MAIL AND NEVER EVEN LOOK AT IT.

AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED THIS TIME.

'CAUSE I'VE TALKED TO A FEW OF MY NEIGHBORS AND THEY'RE ALL, OH, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.

WELL, I'M SORRY THAT THAT HAPPENED, BUT, UH, MISCOMMUNICATION DOES HAPPEN.

BUT I, I KNOW THAT IT WAS POSTED CORRECTLY AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN.

AND TIMELY.

IT'S, IT'S JUST HARD, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO THEIR MAIL, BUT THERE'S NOTHING, THIS IS JUST, UH, THE CITY OWNS THIS PROPERTY.

I KNOW.

SO THE CITY IS JUST STATING AS TO WHAT CAN AND CANNOT BE DONE THERE.

SINCE THE CITY OWNS THE PROPERTY, THERE'S NOTHING THERE NOW.

SO THERE'S NOBODY NO DEVELOPMENT AT THIS, AT THIS TIME.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

AND WE ARE HAPPY WITH THAT.

OKAY.

WE WISH IT WAS A PARK JUST TO .

YEAH, EXACTLY.

PARK FOR EVERYBODY.

THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION ACROSS THE YEAH, IT'S GONNA BE ON THE NEXT, THE NEXT ITEM, ITEM FOUR.

OKAY.

OKAY.

NO PROBLEM.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

YOU'RE GOOD.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

NO FURTHER CARDS.

NO FURTHER SPEAKER CARDS.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS

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BUT I THINK THERE'S A MISUNDERSTANDING.

'CAUSE I THINK THE, THE, THE STAFF HERE IS NOT, DOES NOT WANT IT TO BE MULTIFAMILY.

I THINK THAT MOST OF Y'ALL ARE, UH, OBJECTING TO THAT POTENTIALITY, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN HERE IF RASHAD AND HIS TEAM HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT IT.

THANKS FOR MM-HMM .

YES.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING.

UH, THERE BEING NO MORE FURTHER DISCUSSION.

I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION ON DISTRICT.

I'M SORRY, WE GONNA DO THREE AND FOUR TOGETHER? NO, IT'S TWO SEPARATE CASES.

OKAY.

SEPARATE CASES.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ON ITEM THREE ZERO N 2 5 0 6 0 0 2 2 ZONING CHANGE CONCEPT PLAN.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS.

I SECOND THAT I MAKE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO, UH, CHERYL SMITH TO APPROVE ITEM THREE AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS.

ANY SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FRANK GONZALEZ.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU.

NEXT

[4. ZON-25-06-0023 - Zoning Change/Concept Plan - Lake Ridge Two Mixed Use Residential (City Council District 6). Zoning Change from Planned Development-298A for General Retail Uses to a Planned Development District allowing Single Family, Single Family-Townhome, Hybrid Housing (Build-to-Rent) and General Retail development. Tracts 1.1, 2.2, and 4, BBB & C RR Survey, Abstract No. 1700, Tracts 2B01B and 2B2, BBB & C RY Survey, Abstract no. 199, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas and Tarrant Counties, Texas, zoned PD-298A, within the Lake Ridge Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 7566 Lake Ridge Pkwy, 1700 England Pkwy, 7315 Mansfield Rd, 7674 Arlington Webb Rd]

SO THE NEXT CASE, ITEM FOUR, WHICH I BELIEVE IS, UM, THE CASE THAT MANY OF THE CITIZENS ARE HERE ABOUT.

UH, IT IS FURTHER SOUTH AT ENGLAND PARKWAY AND LAKE RIDGE.

UH, THIS WAS AS MENTIONED, UH, PREVIOUSLY.

HERE IT IS ON THE MAP.

? YES.

GUYS TAKING YOUR JOB.

YES.

, AS MANY MENTIONED, THIS WAS ATTENDED TO BE AT ONE POINT, UH, A COMMUNITY CENTER, REC CENTER.

UM, A SURVEY WENT OUT.

UH, I WASN'T NECESSARILY INVOLVED WITH THAT, BUT BASED ON THE INPUT THAT WAS RECEIVED, UH, WE HIRED A THIRD PARTY TO DO THAT SURVEY.

UH, IT WAS KIND OF THROWN UP IN THE AIR, 33% WANTED IT, 33% DIDN'T WANT IT, AND THEN 33% SAID, I DON'T CARE.

SO IT LEFT STAFF AT A, AT LEAST COUNSEL, AT A, A LOSS OF WHAT TO DO TO PROCEED.

UH, I THINK ADDITIONAL MEETINGS WERE HAD BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, UH, DOWN IN MARY LAGOS.

UM, BUT WITH ALL THAT SAID, PRIOR TO MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS PROPERTY, WE WANTED TO REZONE IT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THERE CERTAIN USES AREN'T ALLOWED.

AND THEN, UH, KIND OF GUIDE WHOEVER PURCHASES THE PROPERTY, UH, IN THE DIRECTION THAT WE FEEL IS BEST FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND BEST FOR THE, THE OVERALL AREA.

UM, WITH THAT, WE DID RECEIVE INPUT.

COUNCILMAN JOHNSON ALSO FORWARDED INPUT, UH, THAT, UH, SOME OF THE CITIZENS WERE, UH, AGAINST THE HYBRID HOUSING COMPONENT OF THE USE THE PROPOSAL, UM, SEEING THAT AS APARTMENTS.

UH, HYBRID HOUSING JUST FOR, UH, EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES IS, UH, BASED ON UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE IN GRAND PRAIRIE, UH, TOWN HOME STYLE DEVELOPMENT THAT JUST HAPPENS TO BE FOR RENT.

UM, BUT WITH THAT, WE ARE HAPPY TO REMOVE THAT HYBRID HOUSING COMPONENT.

AND WE'RE GONNA BRING THIS BACK, UH, AT THE SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2025, UH, PNZ MEETING AND THE SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2025 COUNCIL MEETING NOTICES WILL BE FORWARDED AGAIN, SO CITIZENS ARE AWARE.

UM, BUT WE'RE GONNA WITHDRAW THE CASE AS IT STANDS NOW WITH THE HYBRID HOUSING, REMOVE IT AND BRING IT BACK.

THANK YOU.

THAT BEING, THAT BEING SAID, WE DON'T HAVE TO, UH, TABLE IT OFFICIALLY, DO WE? NO, IT'S WITHDRAWN.

OKAY.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING ALL THAT.

YES, MA'AM.

NEXT CASE PLEASE.

DO WE, DO WE HAVE SPEAKER CARDS FOR THAT? WE DO.

I'M SORRY.

SPEAKER CARDS.

UM, THERESA BROWE WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM? GOING ONCE? NO.

OKAY.

MM-HMM .

UM, TISHA JORDAN DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WISHES TO REPORT HER OPPOSITION.

JAMES WILL HEIGHT.

UM, SIR, YOU MARKED THAT YOU WANTED TO SPEAK AND NOT SPEAK IN OPPOSITION.

SPEAK IS FINE.

OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR COMING, SIR.

STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

MY NAME IS JAMES WILHITE.

I LIVE AT 31 20 MEIDA.

AND I HAD AM SORT OF IN OPPOSITION.

THE HYBRID HOUSING WAS THE MAIN OPPOSITION POINT, BUT I DO HAVE CONCERNS IF ANYTHING GOES IN THERE.

HAS ANY STUDY BEEN DONE ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE DOWN THERE? WE HAVE CONSTANT INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES, BE IT GAS DURING WINTER, ELECTRICITY, WATER ROAD SURVEYS DONE BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT MORE TRAFFIC NOW.

HAS ANY SURVEY BEEN DONE? IF WE ARE GOING TO DO ANY, ANY BUILDING THERE OR SELL IT FOR ANYBODY TO BUILD, THAT IS ONE OF THE BIG CONCERNS WE HAVE.

AND

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FOR CLASSES.

AND I THINK ALL OF THIS IS A BIG, BIG ISSUE ALONG WITH POTENTIAL INCREASE IN CRIME BECAUSE THERE IS MORE BEING BUILT DOWN THERE.

AND AFTER SPEAKING WITH A FEW OF THE POLICE OFFICERS, UH, WHEN I WAS AT THE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY, THEY SAID THERE IS MORE CRIME DOWN THERE.

THEY HAVE CONCERNS WITH THE BARS DOWN THERE.

SPECIFICALLY DRAFTS WAS MENTIONED THAT IF THEY HAD THEIR WAY, THEY'D SHUT IT DOWN FROM THE REPORTS THAT THEY'VE HAD.

UM, YOU MENTIONED, UH, MR. JACKSON, YOU MENTIONED THE SURVEY THAT WAS DONE WITH THE RESULTS THAT WERE GIVEN AFTER THE SURVEY.

THERE WAS ALSO ONE FOR, HEY, IF THE, IF THE COMMUNITY CENTER ISN'T DONE, WHAT DO YOU WANNA SEE THERE AFTER SPEAKING WITH, UH, KURT JOHNSON? GREEN SPACE IN A PARK WAS THE OVERWHELMING RIGHT CHOICE FOR IT.

MM-HMM .

MM-HMM .

WHY ARE WE LOOKING AT REZONING IT AND POSSIBLY SELLING IT INSTEAD OF DOING WHAT THE CITIZENS WANT AND BUILD A PARK OR A GREEN SPACE.

WE MOVED DOWN TO MARGO'S DOWN SOUTH OF THE LAKE FOR GREEN AND QUIET TO GET AWAY FROM THE REST OF THE CITY AND BE IN A QUIETER AREA.

NOW ALL THIS DEVELOPMENT IS BEING BUILT AND IT'S GETTING MORE AND MORE TO WHERE PEOPLE DON'T LIKE IT DOWN THERE.

WE HAVE CONSTANT HOMES GOING UP FOR CELL BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES DOWN SOUTH.

AND I DON'T WANNA BE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE.

SO, BUT I JUST HAVE MAJOR CONCERNS ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE WITH ANYTHING BEING BUILT DOWN THERE BECAUSE WE, I DON'T LIKE LOSING POWER AND DON'T LIKE HAVING MY HEAT TURNED OFF BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF GAS.

WELL, SIR, YOU, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING AND YOUR CONCERNS ARE VERY VALID AND, BUT AT THIS POINT, THERE'S NOTHING A CITY PROPERTY AND NOTHING'S GONNA BE BUILT ON IT, AND THERE'S NO HYBRID HOUSING.

SO THOSE THINGS ARE OFF THE TABLE.

BUT I DO BELIEVE YOU BRING SOME GOOD POINTS AND I'M PRETTY SURE THAT THE, UH, THIS, UH, PLANNING CAN SPEAK TO, UH, ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE OTHER OTHER CONCERNS YOU HAVE.

DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT RASHAD JUST IN GENERAL? I MEAN, RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT JUST THE REZONING.

UM, BUT ANY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT INVOLVES OUR ENGINEERING STAFF, OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

SO ANYTHING THAT IS DEVELOPED, EVEN WHEN IT TRANSFERS TO ANOTHER DEVELOPER, HAS TO, UH, MEET OUR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.

A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED.

ACCESS INGRESS, UH, INGRESS, EGRESS INGRESS AND EGRESS.

YES.

THANK YOU.

WILL BE CONSIDERED.

UM, SO ALL OF THAT WILL BE CONSIDERED PRIOR TO DEVELOPMENT.

AND IF IT DOES NOT MEET THE STANDARD, ALL THAT STUFF WILL HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY PNC AND COUNCIL IF THERE'S ANY VARIANCES OR VARIATIONS.

WHAT ABOUT THE UTILITY COMPANIES? THAT IS A STRONG ISSUE THAT COUNCIL IS ALSO AWARE OF? UM, I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK TO THAT.

UH, I WOULD SAY REACH OUT TO COUNCILMAN JOHNSON OR OTHERS AT COUNCIL TO SEE WHAT COULD BE DONE.

BUT I KNOW ATMOSPHERES AND OTHERS HAVE SAID THEY'RE PUTTING IN NEW INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, .

UH, SO, UH, AND THEY'VE BEEN ASKED TO ACTUALLY COME TO COUNCIL AND LAY OUT THEIR PLAN.

I BELIEVE THAT'S BEEN DONE PREVIOUSLY, EARLY THIS YEAR OR LATE LAST YEAR.

UM, BUT AGAIN, I'M, I'M, THAT, THAT IS OUT MY WHEELHOUSE.

EITHER TALK TO COUNCILMAN JOHNSON OR REACH OUT TO OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND THEY CAN TELL YOU THE GAME PLAN FOR, UH, THAT TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE DOWN THERE.

OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING AND PLEASE STAY IN TOUCH, PLEASE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

ANY OTHER SPEAKER CARDS? YES, SARAH WILL, DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WANTS TO RECORD HER OPPOSITION.

UM, THERESA AGUILAR, DO YOU WISH TO SPEAK MA'AM? I DO.

OKAY.

, UH, DOESN'T WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WANTED TO NOTE HER OPPOSITION.

MM-HMM .

AND THAT IS ALL THE CARDS WE HAVE.

MM-HMM .

THANK YOU.

UM, I THINK THERE'S A ANOTHER GENTLEMAN.

SIR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, MA'AM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? DID YOU TURN IN YOUR CARD? YOU LET THE LADY GO FIRST? I FILLED OUT CARD.

OKAY.

MY NAME IS DEBORAH LAWRENCE.

WAIT, WAIT, JUST WAIT TILL YOU GET TO THE MICROPHONE.

YES.

STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

MY NAME IS DEBORAH LAWRENCE AND I LIVE AT 2 9 3 2 AR BUSTO.

AND I JUST HAVE A QUESTION FOR CLARITY IF I UNDERSTAND.

YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE UM, VOTE IS GONNA BE PUT OFF UNTIL SEPTEMBER, RIGHT? WHY IS THAT? YES.

WHY ARE WE GONNA LOOK AT IT AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER? BECAUSE, UH, THE PROPERTY'S STILL UP TO BE REZONED PER OUR DIRECTION THAT'S GIVEN TO STAFF.

WHAT? BASED ON THE INPUT THAT WE RECEIVE FROM CITIZENS AND AFFORDED BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT HYBRID HOUSING IS NOT SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL WANT DOWN THERE, RIGHT? SO

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WE HAVE TO RE-NOTICE BASED ON STATE LAW, UH, IF WE'RE REMOVING THAT, WE HAVE TO RE-NOTICE AND REDO THE APPLICATION AND THEN GIVE Y'ALL THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT AT THOSE, UH, UH, SPEAK AT THOSE PUBLIC MEETINGS.

AND THE ONLY EDIT WILL BE THAT THE HYBRID BILL TO RENT WILL BE REMOVED? YES.

OKAY.

YES, MA'AM.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR COMING, MA'AM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MA'AM.

DID YOU WANT TO NOTE OPPOSITION OR NOT REQUIRED? NO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING.

ANY OTHER, UM, WE HAVE, YEAH, ONE MORE.

OKAY.

DID YOU TURN IN YOUR, UH, CARD, SIR? OKAY.

YOU TURN IT IN OVER THERE.

HOPEFULLY I FILLED IT OUT CORRECTLY.

YES.

UH, AND IT'S MORE SO JUST TO SPEAK, UM, BECAUSE IF I'M HEARING THIS CORRECTLY, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT TILL YOU GET TO THE MICROPHONE, SIR.

OKAY.

I'LL JUST WRITE THAT YOU'VE SPOKE.

YES.

OKAY, THEN THAT WORKS.

WHAT I NEED, JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, THEN YOU CAN SPEAK.

OKAY.

MY NAME IS ROBERT BARKERS.

6 9 1 5 BRIDGE MARKER.

DRIVE.

FIRST I WANT TO APOLOGIZE.

I DIDN'T PLAN ON SPEAKING AND IF THIS DIDN'T GO OUT ON NEXT DOOR.

SO I THINK WHOEVER PUT THIS ON NEXT DOOR, UH, I SURE WOULDN'T HAVE SHOWED UP.

THIS WAS LIKE THE LAST, LIKE FIVE MINUTES BEFORE I HAD TO GET OUT THE HOUSE AND I WAS LIKE, I ASKED MY WIFE, WIFE SAID, OKAY.

SO I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.

I DO APOLOGIZE FOR NOT COMING IN MY SUNDAY'S.

BEST TO SPEAK.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT IT'S MOVING, BUT THE SAD PART IS, IS THAT SINCE IT CAME UP TODAY, I, I WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE IT ON THE NINTH.

SO I WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND, AND SPEAK ON THE SOUTH SIDE, UH, REAL QUICK.

AND I, AND I JUST ASKED, YOU KNOW, THAT IT, THE, UH, KNOWING THAT AREA, THE, YOU KNOW, THE MIXED HOME, I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT HE'S TAKING THAT AWAY.

BUT I DO SAY IN THE FUTURE I ASK THAT A VISION PLAN BE DONE FOR THE SOUTH SIDE BECAUSE I THINK THE SOUTH SIDE GOT LUMPED INTO NORTH OF JOE POOL LAKE AS WELL.

AND IT SHOWS THAT THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS, IS, YOU KNOW, AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS.

I THINK ANOTHER CASE NEEDS TO BE DONE BECAUSE I SEE MORE HOUSING GETTING PUT UP AND LIKE THE GENTLEMAN SAID EARLIER, THE SCHOOLS ARE PACKED, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THE LAKE RIDGE IS A PART OF CEDAR HILL AND NOT A PART OF MANSFIELD.

THE THING THAT CONCERNS ME THOUGH IS WHAT GETS PUT DOWN THERE IN THAT ZONING.

SO NOT ONLY LAKE RIDGE ONE, UH, BEING, UH, RECLASSIFIED ON THE STRINGENT NATURE OF WHAT GOES THERE.

I ASK THAT THE CONSIDERATION BE DONE FOR LAKERIDGE TWO IF IT'S NOT A COMMUNITY CENTER OR GREEN SPACE AS SPOKE ON.

AND THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE JUST ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE DRAFTS IS IS WHERE THE GENTLEMAN WAS TALKING ABOUT.

WE HAVE ANOTHER BAR GOING ACROSS THE STREET AND ACROSS FROM, OR JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT, THERE'S A CONVENIENCE STORE WITH A LIQUOR STORE.

AND GUESS WHAT'S ACROSS THE STREET FROM THAT? ANOTHER CONVENIENCE STORE IS GOING UP ON THE CORNER, WHICH IS RIGHT BESIDE A HOLLOW MARKET, WHICH IS, I DON'T MIND THE HOLLOW MARKET THIS, YOU KNOW, HEY, IT'S OKAY.

BUT WHAT I DO MIND IS THAT WE GET TOO MUCH OF THE SAME THING IN ONE CONCENTRATED AREA AND WHEN WE MOVE DOWN THERE, YOU MOVE DOWN THERE FOR SOMETHING NICE.

MOST OF THE HOMES THAT ARE GOING FOR SALE RIGHT NOW BY TEXAS FIRST OR TEXAS HOME OR WHATEVER THE NAME OF THE BUILDER IS, IS GOING FOR A MILLION DOLLARS.

YET, WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT WHAT THEY'RE PUTTING DOWN IN THE SUPPORT OF US DOWN THERE, WE'RE GETTING GAS STATIONS AND LIQUOR STORES OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

AND THEN WE GET APARTMENTS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET AND RIGHT THERE BY PRIMROSE, IF YOU GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER NORTH, THERE'S MORE HOUSING THAT GOES IN, WHICH THEN GOES TO MY GENTLEMAN'S, YOU KNOW, CASE OF WE'RE GETTING CROWDED DOWN THERE ON ZERO POOL ON THE PENINSULA, WHICH THEN GOES INTO SAID, 'CAUSE I KNOW IN THE FUTURE WE DID TALK ABOUT, I WANT TO SAY TWO YEARS WHEN I MOVED HERE, I WANNA SAY 2019, THEY DID A VISION PLAN AND THEY SAID, HEY, WHAT DOES EVERYBODY WANT? AND THEN THEY DIDN'T TALK TO US ANYMORE.

AND THAT WAS FOR THAT GREAT SPACE THAT GOES RIGHT THERE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT JOE POOL LAKE AREA THAT THE ARMY WON'T LET GO OF THAT SAYS THAT YOU CAN'T BUILD ANYTHING THERE.

THANK GOODNESS THAT THEY HAVEN'T ALLOWED ANYTHING TO GO THERE.

BUT I JUST ASK THAT IN THE ZONING OF ALL OF THIS, PLEASE HAVE CONSIDERATION OF, IT'LL BE NICE JUST TO HAVE PLACES WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO STUFF IN MORE HOUSING JUST TO GET MORE DOLLARS FOR PROPERTY TAX REVENUE THAT WE REALLY START CONSIDERING THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE DOWN THERE WHO WOULD JUST LIKE A PARK, SOMETHING GREEN SPACE, SOMETHING TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT THE HOUSE.

IT WOULD JUST BE NICE TO HAVE THAT CONSIDERATION.

AND I KNOW I'M SHORT ON TIME AND I DIDN'T PLAN ON REALLY SPEAKING JUST BECAUSE I KNOW FORD GOT MOVED TO SEPTEMBER 9TH, SO I DO APOLOGIZE MM-HMM .

BUT I DO ASK ON EVERYBODY ON THE SOUTH SIDE, THAT CONSIDERATION BE DONE BY THE ZONING TO PLEASE LIMIT.

WE DO NOT NEED ANOTHER DUNKING DONUTS OR A STRIP MALL.

WE DO NOT NEED ANOTHER GAS STATION OR CONVENIENCE STORE.

IT'S JUST GETTING TO A POINT DOWN THERE WHERE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY NAIL SALONS YOU REALLY NEED TO DO YOUR NAILS.

THEY ARE ON ALL UP AND DOWN, BROAD AND ALL UP AND DOWN LAKE RIDGE AND MM-HMM .

TRUST ME, WE, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND EVERYBODY NEEDS A JOB.

I DO UNDERSTAND THAT.

MM-HMM .

BUT I DO WANT THIS CONSIDERATION ON THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE ON THAT PENINSULA THAT WELL, SIR, WOULD BE NICE.

SIR, YOUR COMMENTS ARE WELL TAKEN AND WE HEAR YOU NOW.

WE'RE GONNA LET OUR DIRECTOR SPEAK TO THAT.

WE WILL LET HIM GIVE IT AN OVERVIEW OF THAT.

YOU CAN, YES.

JUST, JUST TO NOTE, AL, KEEP IN MIND MUCH OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE NOTED WITH REGARD TO THE ZONING THAT'S NOT CITY OWNED PROPERTY.

SO THE ZONING'S IN PLACE AND THOSE DEVELOPERS

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NOW THAT'S NOT WITHOUT INPUT FROM CITY STAFF COUNCIL.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE ZIP CODE DOWN THERE IS ONE OF THE MOST AFFLUENT IN THE STATE AND THE HOMES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT ARE GOING IN ARE HIGH END.

UH, WE'VE TRIED TO GET SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS, WE'VE TRIED TO INITIATE DEVELOPMENT ON THAT PORTION THAT THE COURTS HAS UNDER CONTROL CULTURAL ENGINEERS.

UM, THINGS JUST ARE STAGNANT BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC.

THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TRAFFIC BASED ON THE MARKET FROM WHAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD.

NOW I'M GETTING INTO SOME OF THE WEEDS, BUT YOU MENTIONED THE LONG RANGE PLAN THAT WAS DONE IN 2019.

MM-HMM .

WE'RE GETTING READY TO INITIATE A NEW ONE.

SO IT'S PERFECT TIMING AND WE'VE STARTED THAT.

NOW THIS, AGAIN, IT'S A COMP PLAN UPDATE.

WE CALL IT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE, AND IT'S THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP THAT GETS REVISED.

DEVELOPMENT INTENT IS THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, NOT ZONING.

WE CAN STILL USE THAT AS A GUIDE TO SAY, DEVELOPER PROPERTY OWNER, THIS IS WHAT THE CITIZENS WANT.

AND IF YOU COULD, CAN YOU DEVELOP ACCORDING TO THIS? OR AT LEAST IT SWAYS WHAT THEY PROPOSED TO DEVELOP.

BUT THE ZONING IS STILL THE ZONING.

SOME OF THESE ZONINGS HAVE BEEN DONE AND THEY WERE DONE BACK IN THE SEVENTIES, EIGHTIES, AND NINETIES, AND THEY'RE JUST NOT COMING THROUGH.

SO MUCH OF WHAT Y'ALL ARE SEEING HAS BEEN OUT OF THE CITY'S CONTROL, BUT BASED ON OUR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, IT'S BEEN HIGH END BECAUSE OF WHAT WE PUT IN PLACE FROM THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT LITTLE TIDBIT.

NOW, I WILL SAY YOU MENTIONED SEPTEMBER 9TH, PNZ, IT WILL BE BACK SEPTEMBER 9TH, BUT YOU STILL HAVE A CHANCE, UH, IF THAT'S APPROVED BY PNZ.

UM, THE FINAL SAY WILL BE SEPTEMBER 16TH AT CITY COUNCIL.

SO YOU CAN, IF YOU CAN ATTEND THAT MEETING AND YOU WANNA PROVIDE SOME INPUT, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO.

OKAY.

AND JUST ON THAT, UH, I'M, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP THE PLAN FROM 2019 MM-HMM .

BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IF THE PLA PLAN DIDN'T, WASN'T LISTENED TO AND THE PLAN THAT 2019 WASN'T LISTENED TO, THAT IF WE DO IT AGAIN AND IT DOESN'T GET LISTENED TO, THEN THE DEVELOPERS WOULD DO WHAT THEY WANT.

AND YES, THEY CAN BUILD NICE FACADES, BUT A VAPE SHOP, A NAIL SALON THAT GOES IN IT, THE THINGS THAT GO IN IT, I AGREE.

IT WOULD BE, AND I, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU, UH, AND I, AND I DO, AND AGAIN, I'M NOT GONNA TAKE ANY MORE TIME.

NO, I JUST, IT'S FINE.

UH, AND, AND AGAIN, THANK Y'ALL FOR JUST HEARING MY HEART ON THIS, IS THAT IT WOULD JUST BE NICE ON THE SOUTH SIDE THAT ALLOW THEM TO DO ANOTHER STUDY ON THAT AREA.

LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S THE MOST AFFLUENT IN ALL OF TEXAS, BUT YET WE LOOK LIKE WE ARE NOT TREATED LIKE THAT AS SUCH.

THERE IS GONNA BE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMPONENT OF THIS COMP PLAN UPDATE SO THAT MARKET WILL BE UPDATED, THAT MARKET INFORMATION WILL BE UPDATED AND USED IN ORDER TO GARNER MORE INTEREST TO THE AREA.

THAT WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE.

I DO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NO PROBLEM.

PROBLEM.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU.

ANY MORE SPEAKER CARDS? THAT'S, I DON'T BELIEVE SO, MA'AM.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THAT BEING SAID, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BEFORE WE, UH, COMMISSIONER LUCKY THIS IS, UM, DISTRICT, THIS IS WITHDRAWN TO NO, WELL, THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

I'M, SO, I'M I'LL NOT HERE TODAY, I APOLOGIZE.

THAT'S OKAY.

OKAY.

SO, UH, NEXT CASE PLEASE.

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SO ITEM NUMBER FIVE AND ITEM NUMBER SIX ARE A ZONE CHANGE REQUEST FROM COMMERCIAL TO SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED LOCATED AT ONE 18 NORTHEAST 11TH STREET.

SO ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT CPA 25 0 7 0 0 1 5.

SO EXISTING PROPERTY, THE PROPERTY OWNER ALREADY HAS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, HOME ON THE SOUTHERN PART.

HE WISHES TO CONSTRUCT A DUPLEX TO THE NORTHERN PORTION.

HOWEVER, THE CURRENT ZONING DOES NOT ALLOW THAT.

SO WITH THE ZONE CHANGE REQUEST, WE HAVE TO ALSO AMEND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AS THE CURRENT FUTURE AND LAND USE MAP AGAINST THIS AREA AS COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICE.

PART OF THE REASON MIGHT BE THAT IT'S PROXIMITY TO MAIN STREET, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S ALREADY A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL, UM, FUTURE LAND USE TO THE NORTH AND, UH, EXISTING RESIDENTIAL USES AS NOTED DURING THE BRIEFING.

SO STEP IS ENABLED TO SUPPORT AN AMENDMENT BECAUSE THE PURPOSE USE DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.

BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS.

ONE, THE SITE WAS PREVIOUSLY USED FOR A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE THAT IS NOW DEMOLISHED.

THE PROPOSED USE IS GENERALLY COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING LANE USE TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE NORTH.

AND THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WILL REQUIRE A REPL PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION.

THE

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SO AGAIN, THE EXISTING ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY IS A COMMERCIAL ZONING.

THE APPLICANT RESISTS TO REQUEST A ZONE CHANGE TO THE SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED, WHICH WILL ALLOW A CONSTRUCTION ABLE DUPLEX.

UM, AS NOTED DURING THE UH, PREVIOUS CASE, THERE ARE ALREADY A LOT OF EXISTING, UH, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES AROUND IT.

STAFF FEELS THAT THIS DUPLEX WILL BE COMPATIBLE TO THE EXISTING FABRIC OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AGAIN, THE ZONING RULE NEED TO BE CHANGED TO SINGLE FAMILY.

AND HERE'S A PROPOSED DUPLEX FLOOR PLAN AND THE, UM, ELEVATION.

THEY'RE PROPOSING A SINGLE FAMILY DUPLEX TO FIT IN.

UM, I THINK MOST OF THE EXISTING HOMES ARE ABOUT SINGLE, UH, ONE STORY IN THAT AREA.

SO AGAIN, THE STAFFER RECOMMENDATION, WE HAVE TO NOTE THE SAME INFORMATION THAT THE, UH, FUTURE LAND MAP DOES NOT ALIGN WITH IT.

HOWEVER, IF THE CPA IS APPROVED THAT THE SITE WAS PREVIOUSLY USED FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AND IT IS COMPATIBLE, UM, AND THEN WILL REPL, THE STAFF DOES NOT, UM, HAVE SIGNIFICANT CONCERN TO IT.

WE ONLY JUST WOULD LIKE TO ADD A CONDITION IF THE PNZ RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL, UH, PLEASE ADD A CONDITION THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL WILL APPLY THE PROPERTY AND FILE WITH THE COUNTY BEFORE ISSUANCE.

SO IF ANY BUILDING PERMITS, UM, AS I HAVE NOTED, THIS PROPERTY IS ACTUALLY ONE LOT RIGHT NOW.

UM, TO KEEP THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME, THERE'S JUST GONNA HAVE TO DRAW A LOT LINE, JUST SPLITTING IT SO THAT THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME CAN REMAIN ON THEIR OWN ONE LOT.

AND ON THE NEWLY CREATED LOT, THEY CAN GO INTO DUPLEX CONSTRUCTION WITH JUST THE BUILDING PERMIT.