* 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. PLAYING IS HERE. [00:00:01] EVERY TIME. OKAY. WELCOME [Planning & Zoning Briefing 09092025] TO THE STAFF BRIEFING OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE MEETING OF SEPTEMBER THE NINTH, 2025. I'M CHERYL SMITH, CHAIR OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. THE STAFF BRIEFING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING IS HERE BY CALL TOUR AT 6:00 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 MEETINGS AND THE PRESENTATION OF THE CASES. NO ANSWER WILL BE TAKEN DURING THE BRIEFING. PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL TAKE PLACE DURING REGULAR MEETING, WHICH WILL BEGIN EARLIER THAN 6:30 PM I'LL NOW CONDUCT A ROLL CALL MEMBERS TO CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM AFTER, I'LL CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE SAY HERE. CHERYL SMITH. HERE. TY CHAPMAN. MALCOLM CHAY. HERE. CHRISTOPHER OLEY. HERE. FRANK GONZALEZ. HERE. JANIE AZZ. ARI? HERE. VICTOR MEDINA. HERE. JOHN FEDCO. ANGELA VO. HERE, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT EXCEPT TY CHAPMAN. AND, UM, JOHN FEDCO. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION? NO MA'AM. STAFF READY TO PRESENT? YES. MR. BRETT, YOU GET ME FIRST TONIGHT. UM, WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT. IT'S ANOTHER THOROUGHFARE PLAN AMENDMENT. THIS IS A ONE THAT'S SIMILAR TO WE DID ABOUT A MONTH AGO. IT'S ANOTHER COMPANION ITEM TO A SUP SITE PLAN THAT WILL BE PRESENTED AFTER THIS. UH, BUT THE GOAL OF THIS IS TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO REMOVE A TWO LANE COLLECTOR ROADWAY. THE LOCATION OF THIS ROADWAY IS JUST SOUTH OF THE I 20 EASTBOUND FRONTAGE ROAD AND JUST WEST OF BELTLINE ROAD. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS OUTLINED IN RED ON THE MAP AND YOU CAN SEE THAT COLLECTOR HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW RUNNING RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF IT. UH, THIS AT BUILDOUT WOULD BE A RELIEF ROUTE. UM, WHEN FUTURE WESTCHESTER PARKWAY, WHICH WE HAVE IDENTIFIED ON THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN, UH, EXTENDS OVER EAST TO BELTLINE. THAT WAS KIND OF THE IDEA WHEN WE WERE PUTTING THIS THOROUGHFARE PLAN TOGETHER. UM, AND THAT IS BEING REQUESTED TO BE REMOVED BY THE APPLICANT AS THEY DEVELOPED THIS SITE. SO AS PART OF THIS, THEY DID A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS. THEY USED, UH, THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS. THEY HAVE A REGIONAL, UM, TRAFFIC DEMAND MODEL. AND THEY USED THAT AND, AND WORKED WITH THE DATA A LITTLE BIT THERE TO ASSUME A BUILD, NO BUILD SCENARIO. UH, ESSENTIALLY THE RESULTS IS THEY TOOK THAT ROAD OUTTA THE ANALYSIS AND SHIFTED THOSE VOLUMES OVER TO BELTLINE AND I 20 AND REALLY DIDN'T NOTICE TOO MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE. UM, AND THEY WERE OKAY WITH THE RESULTS AND, AND, AND SO WAS STAFF. UM, WE SAW ABOUT A THREE TO 7% INCREASE ON THE DIFFERENT ROADS AROUND. UM, WHAT THEY DIDN'T LOOK AT WAS, WAS WHAT THE SITE'S GONNA BE DOING IN PLACE OF THIS ROAD, WHICH IS TO DO ANOTHER 30 FOOT ACCESS DRIVE DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROPERTY THAT EVENTUALLY WILL SERVE AS ANOTHER THROUGH PORT, UM, THROUGH POINT SO THE TRAFFIC CAN MOVE A LITTLE BIT EASIER AROUND THE AREA AND THEY'D BE BUILDING PART OF THAT AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT. SO OUR RECOMMENDATION, MUCH LIKE THE LAST ONE IS THAT THIS SUP SITE PLAN, UM, HAS BEEN DESIGNED SO THE REMOVAL OF THE ROAD IS REQUESTED. MY STAFF BELIEVES THIS AREA WOULD BE BETTER WITH THE ROAD. THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS STATE'S REMOVAL, THIS PROPOSED MASTER FAIR, FAIR PLAN ROAD FROM THE PLAN WOULD NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE AREA. HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WOW, THAT'S A MOUTHFUL. I KNOW , YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. THIS IS, UH, SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT FOR US. UM, THE, YOU SAID, UH, THE DEVELOPER WANTED TO REMOVE THE ROAD. YES. SO BELTLINE ROAD IS ALREADY A BUSY THOROUGH CENTER. MM-HMM . SO THAT SEEMS KIND OF, KIND OF SUSPECT TO ME. YES. SO, YOU KNOW, STAFF, THE PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO KEEP THE ROAD AS IS. IT'S THE DEVELOPER THAT'S REQUESTING THAT THEY NOT BUILD THE ROAD OUT AS IT'S DESIGNED, YOU KNOW, 37 FOOT WIDE, TWO TO THREE LANE, INSTEAD DOING THAT 30 FOOT ACCESS DRIVE. SO IT'S GONNA REMAIN OR RETAIN MUCH OF ITS ORIGINAL PURPOSE. IT'S JUST GONNA BE A LOWER STANDARD ROAD. UM, SO THAT WOULD BE ON, ON Y'ALL IF Y'ALL WOULD BE OKAY WITH THEM MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT OR IF THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE FOR THEM TO BUILD THE ROAD INSTEAD. WELL, THIS IS NOT COTTON BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT ROADS LIKE THAT. BUT I JUST KNOW THAT BELMONT IS, IS BUSY, BUSY ENOUGH ALREADY AND IT JUST SEEMS KIND OF CRAZY. BUT IT COULD BE, UH, UH, THE, THE, THE STUDY SAYS DIFFERENT. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO WITH THAT FOR HAW. ULTIMATELY THE CONNECTION WILL WILL BE THERE. IT'S JUST, UM, BRETT'S MENTION IN THE WIDTH, THIS ROADWAY SECTION WILL BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT IT'S TYPICALLY NOT TYPICALLY, BUT IN THESE SCENARIOS YOU CAN'T HAVE A PUBLICLY, YOU KNOW, THE CUT THROUGH ROAD THAT YOU USE MM-HMM . THAT'S WHAT THIS WILL BE. UH, JUST A SMALLER DRIVE, SMALLER SECTION. SO I THINK [00:05:01] ULTIMATELY THE CONNECTION AND ACCESS WILL STILL BE A POSSIBILITY ONCE THAT'S A PRIVATE CUT THROUGH ROAD SO TO SPEAK. OR IS IT, UH, AND SO IT, IT WOULD BE PRIVATE BUT IT WOULD BE LISTED AS A PUBLIC ACCESS EASEMENT, WHICH IS TO REMAIN OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. SO IDEALLY YOU WOULD HAVE DEVELOPMENT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT ROAD AS WELL. AND SO YOU HAVE ALL OF TRAFFIC BEING ABLE TO USE THAT INTERNAL ACCESS. BUT IT WON'T BE CALLED ANYTHING. NO. IT WOULD JUST BE AN INTERNAL PIECE OF THE PROBLEM. CORRECT. IT WOULD NOT BE A PUBLIC ROAD. THIS MUTUAL ASSETS DRIVE, SORT OF LIKE THE DRIVE THAT YOU SEE GOING IN FRONT OF WALMART. EVERYBODY CAN DRIVE IT TO GET TO THE OTHER LOCATIONS. THAT'S WHAT THIS WOULD BE. MM-HMM . INTERESTING. SO THAT, THAT HITS ME A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT'S MORE OF LIKE THAT ROAD INSIDE OF THE DRIVING AREA. OH, I'M SORRY, THE PARKING LOT. YES, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS. OKAY, SO IT'S TO GET FROM ONE STORE TO ANOTHER STORE WITHOUT HAVING TO GO ON THE FRONTAGE ROAD. CORRECT. OR YOU KNOW, BELT LINE ESSENTIALLY YOU CAN. OKAY. YES. IS THAT, THAT MAY HUNDRED SQUARE FEET. THAT'S PRETTY BIG SIZE PROPERTY. YEAH. SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS CONCERNED. COMMISSIONER, HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? A DIFFERENT TWIST BUT I GUESS GUN HAVE TO LIVE WITH I ONE ELSE CAN CAN DO WITH IT. THE STAFF IS OKAY WITH IT. YES. I MEAN THEY, THEY WOULD PREFER NOT BUT WELL AND LIKE THIS IS A COMPANION ITEM SO I KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA PRESENT THE NEXT ONE HERE THAT IS FOR THIS SUP AND THEY'LL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL AS TO WHY WE'RE DOING THIS. THANK YOU BRETT. OKAY, YOU GUYS READY? ITEM NUMBER FIVE SUP 2 5 0 7 0 0 2 3 FOR AN INTERNET ONLY AUTO DEALER AUTO REPAIR, MINOR SPECIALTY AUTO REPAIR AND ACCESSORY OUTSIDE STORAGE. YOU CAN SEE THE ENTIRE SITE OUTLINED IN YELLOW. THE REQUEST AREA IS FOR A PORTION OF THAT SITE, APPROXIMATELY 7.71 ACRES. WE ARE SURROUNDED BY C STORES AND RESTAURANTS TO THE EAST. WE HAVE VACANT LAND TO THE WEST AND SOUTH. OF COURSE THE HIGHWAY. AND ACROSS THE HIGHWAY WE HAVE SOME VACANT LAND AS WELL. SO OUR PROJECT CONSISTS OF A SHOWROOM WHERE VEHICLES WILL BE AVAILABLE TO VIEW AND TEST DRIVE CUSTOMER EDUCATION AND ONLINE ORDERING ASSISTANCE WILL BE OFFERED AND PRODUCTS SUCH AS SOLAR PRODUCTS, BATTERY BACKUP SYSTEMS AND FUTURE PRODUCTS WILL BE DISPLAYED. NO VEHICLE INVENTORY WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT THIS LOCATION. THEY ALSO WILL BE PROVIDING DELIVERY SERVICES. SO CUSTOMERS WHO WHO PURCHASE VEHICLES ONLINE WILL HAVE THOSE VEHICLES DELIVERED TO THIS LOCATION. DELIVERY SPECIALISTS WILL MEET THE CUSTOMERS AND PROVIDE EDUCATION ABOUT FEATURES AND TECHNOLOGY IN THEIR NEW ELECTRIC VEHICLES. AND WE WILL ALSO HAVE A SERVICE CENTER THAT PROVIDES SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE REPAIRS SUCH AS TIRE CHANGES, BRAKE REPAIRS, SUSPENSION REPAIR, AND MINOR COSMETIC REPAIR. NO AUTO BODY OR COLLISION REPAIR WILL BE OFFERED AT THIS LOCATION. THE APPLICANT ANTICIPATES EMPLOYING ABOUT 40 UM, EMPLOYEES AT THIS LOCATION. SO HERE'S OUR SITE PLAN. OUTLINED IN YELLOW IS THE PROPERTY LINE. THIS IS A 51,000 SQUARE FOOT SINGLE STORY BUILDING WITH APPROXIMATELY 6,400 SQUARE FEET FOR A SHOWROOM AND 44 7 8 7 SQUARE FEET FOR A SERVICE CENTER. THEY'RE PROVIDING REQUIRED PARKING FOR CUSTOMERS, EMPLOYEES AND SERVICE BAYS, ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS, VEHICLE STORAGE SPACES. AND OF COURSE, AS BRETT MENTIONED, A SINGLE POINT OF ACCESS IS PROPOSED ALONG THE WESTERN PROPERTY LINE, WHICH WAS ANTICIPATED TO SERVE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. ON THE REMAINING PART OF THAT PARCEL, THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSAL MEETS OR EXCEEDS OUR DENSITY IN DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS EXCEPT FOR THE PROPOSED HEIGHT. WE ARE ASKING FOR A VARIANCE OF TWO FEET TO ACCOMMODATE SOME PARAPET WALLS. AND AGAIN, THEY ARE PROVIDING REQUIRED PARKING, WHICH COMES UP TO 84 SPACES. AND THERE THEY ARE IN PINK VEHICLE STORAGE DOES NOT HAVE A PARKING CALCULATION. UM, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 415 VEHICLE STORAGE SPACES, WHICH DOES EXCEED THE MAXIMUM. AND THERE THEY ARE AS A COMPENSATORY MEASURE, THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING PERMEABLE MATERIALS FOR 13 OF THE SPACES. UM, JUST A NOTATION THAT APPENDIX F REQUIRES 50% OF PARKING SPACES ABOVE THE MAXIMUM TO BE OF PERMANENT PERMEABLE MATERIALS AND THERE IS WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED. SO THIS 30 FOOT ACCESS AND UTILITY EASEMENT THAT'S PROPOSED ALONG THE WESTERN PROPERTY LINE TO PROVIDE THE CONNECTION TO THE SOUTH SIDE. THERE IT IS. THE [00:10:01] APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO CONSTRUCT A PORTION OF THE ACCESS DRIVE SHOWN IN RED. AND THE REMAINDER OF THE ROAD IS TO BE BUILT BY OTHERS AS NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE CONNECTION. AND THAT IS SHOWN IN BLUE. INSTEAD OF CONSTRUCTING THE ENTIRE 30 FOOT ACCESS DRIVE, THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO X GROW FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT THE CONTINUATION OF THE DRIVE TO COMPLETE THE CONNECTION. SO OUR LANDSCAPE PLAN DOES GENERALLY MEET OR EXCEED THE REQUIREMENTS IN ARTICLE EIGHT AND APPENDIX F. THERE IT IS A NOTE. THE SITE PLAN PROPOSES A WATER LINE TO BE LOCATED WITHIN A UTILITY EASEMENT RUNNING ALONG THE NORTHERN PROPERTY LINE. YOU CAN SEE IT THERE IN RED TO AVOID THE CONFLICT WITH THE WATER LINE AND THE EASEMENT, THEY ARE PROPOSING A MIX OF TREES AND ORNAMENTAL TREES TO BE LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE UTILITY EASEMENT. AND THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A REDUCED NUMBER OF PARKING LOT TREES WITHIN THE VEHICLE STORAGE AREAS FOR MAINTENANCE PURPOSES. THE BUILDING FACADES FEATURE METAL CANOPIES, TRANSOM WINDOWS STEPPED PARAPETS REVEALS A CM PANELS AND COLOR VARIATIONS. SO APPENDIX F CONTAINS TWO WINDOW REQUIREMENTS. FACADES SHALL CONSIST OF WINDOWS IN AN EQUAL AREA EQUAL TO 50% OF ALL THE LENGTH OF ALL THE FACADES. AND NUMBER TWO WINDOWS SHOULD ACCOUNT FOR 30% OF THE AREA OF THE STREET FACING FACADES. AND APPENDIX F ALSO REQUIRES FACADES TO INCLUDE CANOPIES ALONG AT LEAST 25% OF THE LENGTH OF ALL FOUR FACADES. IN THIS CASE, OUR APPLICANT IS PROVIDING 15% OF WINDOWS ALONG THE NORTHERN FACADE, 32% INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED 50. AND FOR THE CANOPIES THEY'RE PROPOSING 17% INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED 25. SO APPENDIX F ALSO REQUIRES THAT AT LEAST 25% OF THE FACADE BE FINISHED WITH MASONRY AND TEXTURE APPLICATIONS ON TILT WALL. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING NO, UH, MASONRY OR TEXTURE APPLICATIONS. WE ALSO, UH, ALLOW POLISHED METAL PANELS WITH LESS THAN 20% REFLECTANCE ON UP TO 20% OF ANY BUILDING FACADE. OUR APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A CM METAL PANELS THAT ARE LESS THAN 20% REFLECTANCE ON ABOUT 26% OF THE NORTHERN FACADE. APPENDIX F REQUIRES GARAGE BAY DOORS TO BE AT LEAST 70% GLASS AND LOCATED AT THE SIDE OR REAR OF THE BUILDINGS AND NOT ORIENTED PARALLEL WITH DEDICATED STREET THOROUGHFARES. OUR APPLICATION HERE HAS BAY DOORS THAT ARE LESS THAN 70% GLASS AND LOCATED ON THREE OF THE FOUR FACADES. AND FINALLY, ARTICLE SIX OF THE UDC REQUIRES A MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT OF 25 FEET. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THEY'RE REQUESTING AN ADDITIONAL TWO FEET TO ACCOMMODATE PARAPET WALLS. AND HERE'S SOME RENDERINGS OF OUR PROPOSED, UH, PROJECT. SO BEFORE I GET INTO THE VARIANCE REQUESTS, UH, JUST A NOTE THAT THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THESE VARIANCES LISTED BELOW. DUE TO THE BRAND'S STANDARD BUILDING DESIGN AND OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROPOSED BUSINESS. AS I MENTIONED THE BUILDING HEIGHT WE'RE REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW THE BUILDING TO BE 27 FEET EXCEEDING THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 25 FEET. THAT IS TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE PARAPET WALLS. WE'RE REQUESTING A PARKING MAXIMUM VARIANCE TO ALLOW 499 TOTAL SPACES EXCEEDING THE MAXIMUM OF 84 SPACES. THIS IS TO ALLOW FOR OUR 415 VEHICLE STORAGE SPACES, PERMEABLE MATERIALS OF 50% OF THE PARKING SPACES ABOVE THE MAXIMUM. WE'RE REQUESTING TO ALLOW 13 PERMEABLE MATERIAL SPACES REDUCED FROM THE REQUIRED 208 PARKING LOT TREES. AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE UM, TRYING TO NOT PUT AS MANY IN THE VEHICLE MAINTENANCE AREA. SO WE ARE REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO REDU REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PARKING LOT TREES FROM 50 TO FIVE STAFF NOTES THAT THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING ENHANCED LANDSCAPING INCLUDING ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPE ISLANDS IN THE PARKING AREAS NEAREST TO THE FRONTAGE ROAD AND WESTERN ACCESS AND UTILITY EASEMENT. WE'RE REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO REDUCE THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF FIVE GALLON SHRUBS FROM 671 TO TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY TWO FIVE GALLON SHRUBS. SHRUBS ARE BEING PROVIDED ALONG ALL OF THE PERIMETER OF THE PROPERTY. AND JUST ANOTHER NOTE THAT SOME OF THE LANDSCAPING VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED BECAUSE OF THE ADDITIONAL VEHICLE STORAGE PARKING. SO A VARIANCE TO THE GARAGE BAY DOOR REQUIREMENTS IN APPENDIX F TO ALLOW THE [00:15:01] BAY DOORS TO HAVE LESS THAN 70% GLASS AND ALSO BE LOCATED PARALLEL TO A DEDICATED STREET THOROUGHFARE A VARIANCE TO REQUEST THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE, TO ALLOW THE REQUIREMENT THE WINDOWS BE 50% OF THE LENGTH ON ALL FOUR FACADES TO ALLOW THE BUILDING TO BE CONSTRUCTED WITH WINDOWS THAT ACCOUNT FOR 32% OF THE LENGTH OF ALL THE FACADES. A VARIANCE TO THE REQUIREMENT THAT WINDOWS SHOULD ACCOUNT FOR 30% OF THE AREA OF STREET FACING FACADES TO BE CONSTRUCTED WITH WINDOWS THAT ACCOUNT FOR 15% OF THE STREET FACING FACADES. STAFF NOTES THAT THE ONLY FACADE THAT WAS USED FOR THIS CALCULATION WAS THE NORTHERN FACADE. A VARIANCE TO THE REQUIREMENT THAT CANOPIES ACCOUNT FOR 25% OF ALL FACADES TO ALLOW THE BUILDING TO BE CONSTRUCTED WITH CANOPIES THAT ACCOUNT FOR 17%. AND FINALLY, THE RECOMMENDATION THAT DRC HAS IS THAT WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH A CONDITION THAT THE APPLICANT ESCROW THE FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT THE CONTINUATION OF THE 30 FOOT ACCESS DRIVE CONNECTING THE INTERSTATE 20 EASTBOUND FURNISH ROAD TO THE RIGHT OF WAY OF THE FUTURE WESTCHESTER PARKWAY. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THAT'S A LOT. CAN I ASK A QUESTION? UM, DOES THIS START WITH A TEST AND END WITH AN A? I THINK THAT IS AN EXCELLENT QUESTION FOR OUR APPLICANT. THIS IS A LOT. I HAVE CONCERNS THAT THIS PROJECT I UNDERSTAND. I'M GLAD YOU YOU PREFACE IT BY SAYING THAT BECAUSE OF THEIR STANDARD BUILDING, WHATEVER, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE ALL THESE VARIANCES. BUT IT STILL SEEMS LIKE A LOT, YOU CHANGING THE ROAD AND THEN YOU WANT TO DO ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE ASKING A WHOLE LOT. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW. BUT THE CITY WAS FINE WITH IT, RIGHT? YES. YES. I'LL SAY NO MATTER WHAT WE PUT THERE, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, THAT LOCATION'S BEEN A DIFFICULT LOCATION FOR ANY BUSINESS. WE HAD PROPOSALS GIVEN TO THIS STAFF AND THEN GO AWAY. THEY'VE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS. UH, APPENDIX F IS, I WOULD SAY MORE SO INTENDED TO ADDRESS 1 61, WHICH ARE REAL RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS. THOSE IS, THIS IS GONNA BE MORE OF A, UM, AS I MENTIONED, A DEALER. SO I THINK THEY HAVE A BRAND THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ADHERE TO. I I WOULD NOT SO MUCH LOOK AT THE VARIANCES. I LOOK AT THE BUILDING. DO YOU NOT LIKE THE BUILDING? 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE BUILD, THAT'S WHAT THE VARIANCES ARE ALLOWING, I GUESS GUESS BIG PICTURE. I I SEE THAT ACCESS ROAD AND I SEE THERE'S ONLY ONE ENTRY, YOU KNOW, AND THAT WOULD BE A CONCERN, YOU KNOW, THE EMERGENCY EXIT KIND OF THING. I MEAN, UNLESS I MISSED THAT, THAT'S A LONG, THAT'S A HUGE, UH, PROPERTY AND ONLY ONE ENTRANCE TO ME. I MEAN I, YES, BUT THEY'RE TAKING A PORTION OF THAT PROPERTY AND I WOULD SAY, UH, BRETT CAN SPEAK TO MORE OF THAT, BUT IT'S, IT USER'S NOT INTENDED TO CREATE A LOT OF TRAFFIC. RIGHT. BUT STILL THINGS HAPPEN. LIFE HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT , BUT I MEAN, I'M JUST SAYING THAT THAT CONCERNS ME. I JUST, THAT'S JUST SO MUCH, I GUESS, UH, THE ENDS JUSTIFIED MEANS, BUT HOW MANY MORE PROPERTIES DO THEY HAVE THAT ARE ALREADY ESTABLISHED LIKE THIS? IS THIS THE FIRST TEST DRIVE HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE OR HAVE THEY DONE THIS IN OTHER PLACES? MAYBE THE, THE DEVELOPER HAVE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, BUT YES, I'M CURIOUS. I IT HAS OTHER LOCATIONS, YES. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAD A QUESTION. AND THEN THE LAND IS OWNED THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE. THE LAND? NO. NO. OKAY. NO SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? I THINK THIS IS YOUR AREA. SO THIS IS, AND UM, THIS IS A TRICKY ONE. I AGREE THAT THERE'S SOME CHALLENGES. I I'M WONDERING IF THEY'RE WANTING THE ROAD FOR TEST DRIVING PURPOSES AND IN SOME DEALERSHIPS, IN CAR DEALERSHIPS MM-HMM . SOMETIMES THERE IS ONE WAY AND ONE WAY OUT AND, UM, LIKE I KNOW ON I 20 IN ARLINGTON. YEAH. RIGHT. A LOT OF THOSE ARE IN OR OUT THROUGH THAT ONE ENTRY POINT. THAT'S USUALLY TO PREVENT THEFT, RIGHT? LIKE YOU BLOCK ONE AREA, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BEING WELL, WE'LL HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT. SO THE DEVELOPER, THE DEVELOPER IS HERE. YES, MA'AM. SO YOU CAN ASK MORE QUESTIONS SINCE THAT IS YOUR, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COVERING ALL THESE THINGS. I THINK WE SHOULD. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT IS WHAT IT IS. AND LIKE I SAID, I DON'T RECALL EVER SEEING, UH, A FACILITY WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLES THAT I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS THE FIRST ONE. RIGHT? WHAT'S THAT FOR? ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN GRAND PRAIRIE? YES. DEALERSHIP. OKAY. YES. YEAH. SO THIS IS ALL NEW TO ME. I MEAN, SO I'M JUST, WHICH IT COULD BE A GOOD THING WE JUST WON'T , RIGHT? NO, I JUST SAY IT WASN'T A GOOD THING. I THINK IT'S IMPRESSIVE. YEAH. YOU KNOW, IT JUST DOESN'T LOOK VERY FANCY AS FAR AS THE OUTSIDE. UNLESS I'M JUST CAN'T SEE THAT GOOD. IT'S JUST PLAIN, [00:20:01] IT'S A PLAIN LOOK. WHEN THEY THROW THAT RED LOGO ON IT, IT MIGHT LOOK DIFFERENT. YEAH. FROM AN ARCHITECTURAL STANDPOINT, IT'S VERY MODERN AND STRAIGHT TO, I THINK IT IS THEIR BRAND. I GUESS WITH THE GREEN, WHEN YOU ADD THE, UH, LANDSCAPING IT, IT ADDS TO THE YES. YEAH. YEAH. THAT'S JUST FROM THE FIRST THING I LOOKED AT. I SAW THAT THE PACKET, I SAID, OH, WELL IS THAT IT? YOU KNOW, I, I'D BE MORE CONCERNED IF THE BUILDING WAS START, HAD NO ARTICULATION, STUFF LIKE THAT. THEY'RE ASKING FORBEARANCES, BUT THEY'RE PROVIDING SOME OF THOSE ELEMENTS. SO THAT IS MY STAFF. THAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION. ANYTHING ELSE WE MISSED WORTH? IS YOU ANY EXPERT? NO, I JUST, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO POINTS OF ACCESS. ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOOKED AT WAS CONNECTING OVER EAST, UM, THROUGH THE RACETRACK AND JACK IN THE BOX AND WE UNDERSTOOD HOW DIFFICULT OF AN INTERSECTION THAT IS MM-HMM . TO ADD MORE TRAFFIC. SO THAT WAS PART OF WANTING TO RESTRICT THEM TO I 20. JUST WE DON'T ADD TO THAT INTERSECTION THAT WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, NEEDS TO GET LOOKED AT. UM, BUT IN TERMS OF EMERGENCY ACCESS, WE'VE DEFERRED TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT ON REVIEWING THESE PLANS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE MEETING THOSE CODES, WHICH THEY HAVE. SO. OKAY. WE FEEL OKAY WITH THAT? THAT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? I THINK WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. EXCELLENT. GREAT PRESENTATION, . GREAT. ARE WE DONE? IS THAT IT? SO REAL QUICK, ITEMS TWO AND THREE ME CITY ITEMS, CITY REQUESTED ITEMS, UH, FOR SOME CHANGE, WE HAVE DECIDED TO COMPLETELY WITHDRAW THAT REQUEST. I SAW THAT. SO WE DO IT, WE DO IT LAST MEETING, GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND WE HEARD ADDITIONAL INPUT AND WE DECIDED TO JUST HOLD WITHOUT ELECTOR FUTURE OPTIONS. SO DO WE HAVE TO MENTION THAT AT, AT ALL? OR WE JUST, YOU CAN CALL THE ITEMS UP AND JUST MENTION THAT THE CITY'S WITHDRAWN THEM. OKAY. BY THE PUBLIC HEARINGS? NOT NECESSARILY. OKAY. OKAY. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I SAY THE RIGHT THING. TWO, THREE, THOSE. YEAH. TWO AND THREE. YES. WE GONNA JUST GET FOUR AND FIVE AND THEN WE SHOULD BE, UM, AND YOUR, UM, CONSENT AGENDA TO APPROVE. YES. RIGHT, RIGHT. THAT BEING SAID, UM, JUST A BRIEFING OF AJO AT SIX 20, EXHIBIT SIX 20 AND WE'LL RECONVENE AT SIX 30. * 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.