Nov 11, 2025 Planning &amp; Zoning 11112025

MATTER FOR CONSIDERATION IS APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THE NEXT

[PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA]

THERE'S ONE ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ITEM ONE, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF OCTOBER 28TH, 2025 PNZ MEETING.

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

DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? NO MA'AM.

ALRIGHT.

NO SPEAKER CARDS ON THIS ITEM.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND VOTE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE OCTOBER 28TH MEETING.

I SECOND THAT WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING, UM, UH, HEARING, UM, MINUTES.

I'M SORRY I CAN'T EVEN TALK TODAY.

PUBLIC APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES BY COMMISSIONER FKO AND A AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.

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NEXT WE WILL HAVE, UM, ON THE PUBLIC, ON THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING POSTPONEMENT.

A PORTION OF THE AGENDA IS ITEM TWO, WHICH IS SUP 2 5 0 9 0 0 3 6.

THE DRIVE THROUGH DAIQUIRI SHOP AT 9 0 1 EAST MAIN STREET.

THIS WILL BE TABLED THROUGH DECEMBER 9TH, 2025.

NEXT CASE,

[3. SUP-25-09-0035 - Specific Use Permit/Site Plan - Shady Grove Contractor Shop (City Council District 1). Specific Use Permit/Site Plan for a contractor shop with outside storage on 2.018 acres. Tracts 6, 7, 8, 8.1, 9 & 9.1, John Spoon Survey, Abstract No.1326, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Light Industrial (LI) District, within 161 Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 3301 & 3305 Hardrock and 1102 & 1106 W Shady Grove Rd]

PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING.

COMMISSIONERS.

ITEM NUMBER THREE SUP 25 0 9 0 0 3 5 IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AND SITE PLAN.

REQUEST FOR PROPERTY LOCATED GENERALLY AT 11 0 6 SHADY GROVE.

THE SUP SITE PLAN IS FOR A CONTRACTOR SHOP WITH OUTSIDE STORAGE.

THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND IS WITHIN THE SH 1 61 CORRIDOR OVERLAY.

ON SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2025, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE FUTURE LAND USE CLASSIFICATION FROM COMMERCIAL OFFICE RETAIL TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND APPROVED AN ORDINANCE CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION ON THE PROPERTY FROM SINGLE FAMILY ONE TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TO THE NORTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

THE ZONING IS SINGLE FAMILY ONE AND IS DEVELOPED WITH HOMES AND UNDEVELOPED PROPERTY TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF THE SUBJECT.

PROPERTY ZONING IS LIGHT, INDUSTRIAL AND GENERAL RETAIL.

THE DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF CONTRACTOR SHOPS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD.

THERE ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE SUBJECT, PROPERTY, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING, SHADY GROVE CEMETERY IS LOCATED THERE.

AND THEN ON THE EAST IS HIGHWAY 1 61 AND FURTHER EAST IS PD 4 44 WITH AN INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THE APPLICANT IS A MECHANICAL CONTRACTOR RELOCATING THEIR EXISTING BUSINESS, THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.

MOST OF THEIR SUPPLIES USED IN THEIR CONTRACTING BUSINESS WILL BE STORED INSIDE THE PROPOSED SHOP AND WAREHOUSE BUILDING, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF VEHICLES SUCH AS BOX TRUCKS, BUCKET TRUCKS, TRAILERS, TRAILER MOUNTED EQUIPMENT, AND OTHER LIGHT EQUIPMENT.

THE SITE PLAN IS ON YOUR RIGHT.

THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY IS HIGHLIGHTED IN RED AND THE TWO PROPOSED STRUCTURES ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN ORANGE.

THE DEVELOPMENT MEETS THE DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS.

THE LANDSCAPE PLAN ALSO MEETS OR EXCEEDS THE LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS, AND THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING A SIX FOOT MASONRY WALL SHOWN IN RED, AS WELL AS A SIX FOOT WROUGHT IRON FENCE SHOWN IN ORANGE, CONNECTING THE BUILDINGS.

THESE ARE THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS FOR THE OFFICE.

THE BUILDING DESIGN MEETS ALL OF OUR APPENDIX X REQUIREMENTS.

THE EXTERIOR MATERIALS ARE BRICK AND STONE WITH PAINTED METAL ACCENTS.

THE GLAZING AND ARTICULATION MEETS OUR APPENDIX X AND THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING METAL CANOPIES WITH ACCENT LIGHTING.

THE SHOP AND WAREHOUSE ELEVATIONS ALSO MEET THE APPENDIX X REQUIREMENTS.

THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.

SEVEN NOTICES WERE SENT TO SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS.

ZERO RETURNED IN FAVOR, ZERO RETURNED TO OPPOSED.

THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.

ONE EQUIPMENT TO BE STORED OUTSIDE SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT LISTED IN THE OPERATIONAL PLAN.

AND TWO VEHICLES OPERATING AT THE SITE MUST BE LIMITED TO LESS THAN 40 FEET IN LENGTH.

MADAM CHAIR, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? GREAT PRESENTATION.

WE'RE HERE TONIGHT FOR ONE REASON.

SPEAKER CARDS? YES, MA'AM.

WE HAVE ONE CARD FROM JIM DEWEY, THE SPOKESPERSON WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.

WELCOME.

STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING.

CHAIRWOMAN SMITH AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.

I'M JIM DEWEY WITH JDJR ENGINEERS.

I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE HOPEFUL BUILDER DEVELOPER.

THEY HAVE THE PROPERTY UNDER CONTRACT AND SOON AS THIS SUP SHOULD IT BE APPROVED, THEY'RE READY TO CLOSE AND GET IT WITH THE NEXT PROCESS.

THEY ARE A COMMERCIAL HEATING COOLING MECHANICAL COMPANY FROM IRVING.

THEY CURRENTLY OFFICE ON ROCK ISLAND, KIND OF IN CENTRAL IRVING.

THEY'RE LOOKING FORWARD THIS WOULD BE A REALLY UPGRADE FOR THEM.

UH, A LARGER BUILDING, LARGER OFFICE, LARGER WAREHOUSE STORAGE BUILDING.

VERY SUCCESSFUL.

UM,

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WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR VARIANCES.

THEY'VE MET EVERYTHING ARCHITECTURALLY.

WE'RE HERE ABOUT OUTSIDE STORAGE AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE ONLY REASON WE'RE REALLY HERE FOR THAT IS THEY HAVE TWO, MAYBE THEY WANT TO ADD ONE OR TWO MORE IN THE FUTURE BOX TRUCKS FOR THEIR LARGER JOBS.

THAT'S WHAT'S KICKING IN THE OUTSIDE STORES.

THE TRAILERS AND OTHER VEHICLES REALLY DON'T REQUIRE THE OUTSIDE STORAGE, BUT THE BOX TRUCKS IS WHAT KIND OF KICKED IT IN.

SO THIS SITE PLAN IS DESIGNED WITH THE INTENT OF IF YOU'RE ON 1 61, YOU WILL NOT SEE ANYTHING.

YOU'RE GONNA SEE THE BACKSIDE OF THOSE BUILDINGS, WHICH VERY MUCH LOOK LIKE A FRONT.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE ARCHITECTURAL RENDERINGS, THERE'S STONE, BRICK, LOT OF GLAZING ON THE HIGHWAY SIDE, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S KIND OF THE BACKSIDE.

UM, VERY NICE LOOKING BUILDINGS.

IN ADDITION, THEY WANTED A QUIET, HIGH CLEAR HEIGHT IN THEIR STORAGE 'CAUSE THEY WANT, THEY'RE GONNA RACK STORE SOME OF THESE COMMERCIAL AC UNITS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT THAT THEY USE FOR THEIR JOBS.

AND THEY WENT AHEAD AND BUILT THE OFFICE BUILDING AT THE SAME HEIGHT, EVEN THOUGH THEY ONLY NEED ONE STORY.

AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS TO PROVIDE COMPLETE SCREENING FROM 1 61.

SO FROM 1 61, YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEE ANY OF THE OUTSIDE STORAGE, ANY OF THE PARKING SPACES.

IT'S GONNA BE A VERY CLEAN LOOK AND KEEP THE CORRIDOR AS INTENDED.

AND THEN AROUND ALL SIDES OF THE OUTSIDE STORAGE AREA, WHICH IS ON SHADY GROVE AND, UH, THE SIDE STREET, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A SIX FOOT MASONRY FENCE AROUND THE WHOLE THING.

AND THEY HAVE NO ISSUE IN, IN CONSTRUCTING THAT ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT, ALL THAT THEY USE, I MEAN THEIR MATERIALS, THEIR AC UNITS, NONE OF THE MATERIALS THAT THEY USE FOR THEIR JOBS WILL BE STORED OUTSIDE.

IT'S ALL GONNA BE STORED INSIDE THAT BUILDING.

THAT'S THE REASON THEY'RE GOING TO THE TIME.

'CAUSE THEY, THEY ARE WORTH SOME MONEY AND THEY'RE REALLY PROTECTING AGAINST THEFT.

IT WILL BE LOCKED UP AT NIGHT.

BOTH THE DRIVEWAYS, THE ONE ON SHADY GROVE AS WELL AS THE ONE ON THE SIDE STREET, UH, HAVE GATES AND WILL BE LOCKED.

UH, ONLY BE OPEN DURING BUSINESS HOURS.

THEY WILL LOCK THEM AT NIGHT FOR SECURITY REASONS.

SO WITH THAT, I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE REGARDING THIS SUBMITTAL.

AND I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOU FOLLOW THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL AND WE ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE CONDITIONS THE STAFF HAS SET FORTH.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WE THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS BUSINESS TO GRAND PRAIRIE.

IT'S A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS.

AND LOOKS LIKE THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD SIGN THAT THEY HAVE THAT MUCH GROWTH.

THEY WANT TO EXPAND.

UH, DO YOU MIND SHOWING THAT PICTURE OF THAT, WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT OF THE, OF LOOKING ON 1 61? I JUST NEED TO SEE THAT VISUAL, THAT THAT'S THE 1 61 VERSION YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT WON'T SEE FROM THE FREEWAY.

THE, THAT TOP ELEVATION IS WHAT THE STORAGE WAREHOUSE BUILDING WILL LOOK LIKE FROM 1 61.

IT HAS A LOT OF GLAZING.

AND THEN THE BOTTOM RIGHT ELEVATION THERE IS THE SIDE THAT WILL BE FACING 1 61.

SO THE, THE MAIN THING IS THAT I THINK THAT, THAT, THAT STAFF WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, THAT WE WEREN'T, WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SEE ANYTHING.

AND SO YOU'RE CLEAR ON THAT.

DO YOU AGREE? IS THAT PRETTY MUCH WHAT YOU, YOU'VE GOTTEN, YOU'RE SATISFIED WITH THAT? YES, MA'AM.

CHAIR, LET ME CHECK WITH THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS.

DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER FKO? I I WAS CONFUSED, BUT I THINK YOU CLEARED IT UP.

YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE AN ASK OTHER THAN JUST THE DRC RECOMMENDATIONS.

CORRECT.

YOU'RE GOOD WITH THE DRC RECOMMENDATIONS, I SUPPOSE? YES, SIR.

YES SIR.

AND, UH, HAVE YOU HAD, UH, SPOKEN TO ANY OF THE NEIGHBORS LETTING 'EM KNOW THAT YOU'RE COMING? HAVE YOU I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT.

MM-HMM.

UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THE REALTOR OR ANYBODY HAS SPOKEN, THERE ARE TWO RENT HOUSES ON THE PROPERTY.

I THINK THEY'RE AWARE THAT THE PROPERTY'S FOR SALE AND THEY WILL BE, HAVE TO RELOCATING SOON.

THE ONLY REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE DEMOLITION.

'CAUSE YOU'RE TEARING DOWN THE ENTIRE, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WOULD BE, YOUR NEIGHBORS WOULD NEED TO KNOW THAT.

GET READY FOR THAT.

JUST NOT SHOCK, YOU KNOW.

SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE BE GOOD NEIGHBOR AND WE CAN, I CERTAINLY RECOMMEND THAT THEY DO THAT.

COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU'RE VERY WELCOME.

ANY OTHER SPEAKER CARDS? NO FURTHER SPEAKER, KURT.

RECOMMENDATIONS ITEM NUMBER THREE.

THIS IS, UH, ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? COMMISSIONERS BELIEVE THIS IS COMMISSIONER FOR KO'S, UH, DISTRICT.

AND, UM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO FURTHER DISCUSS, UH, MAKE A MOTION AT THIS TIME? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

SORRY.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, MADAM CHAIR, THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND VOTE TO APPROVE WITH DRC.

I SECOND HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM

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THREE BY COMMISSIONER FCO AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MEDINA AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS.

[4. SUP-25-09-0039 - Specific Use Permit Amendment - SUP Amendment and review for Palace Poker (City Council District 1). Specific Use Permit Amendment to amend operational hours and minimum membership length for SUP No. 1170, a Specific Use Permit for a Private Card Room, and review the SUP for compliance with SUP conditions, and modify, renew, or revoke if deemed appropriate based upon the review. Tract 31, Michael Farrans Survey, Abstract, No. 469, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-452, within IH 30 Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 401 E Palace Pkwy ]

CASE PLEASE.

JUST FOR THE RECORD, UM, I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER FEDORKO AND COMMISSIONER ERY ARE RECUSING THEMSELVES FROM THIS ITEM.

OPERATIONS AND COMPLIANCE REVIEW.

UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS SUP 25 0 9 0 0 3 9.

IT IS AN SUP AMENDMENT AND REVIEW FOR PALACE POKER.

SO, AGAIN, SUP AMENDMENT AND REVIEW.

UH, IT'S LOCATED AT 4 0 1 EAST PALACE PARKWAY.

THE REQUEST IS TO AMEND SUP NUMBER 1 1 7 0 TO CHANGE THE OPERATIONAL HOURS TO 24 HOURS, AND ALSO THE MEMBERSHIP LINKED TO ONE WEEK.

UM, AT THE SAME TIME, STAFF HAS INITIATED THE ONE YEAR REVIEW FOR SUP NUMBER 1 1 7 0 AUTHORIZING A PRIVATE CARD ROOM FOR COMPLIANCE WITH SUP CONDITIONS, UM, TO MODIFY, RENEW, OR REVOKE IF DEEMED APPROPRIATE BASED UPON THE REVIEW.

THIS IS THE AERIAL VIEW.

AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE 4 0 1 EAST PALACE PARKWAY THERE RIGHT NEXT TO THE RIPLEY'S, UH, WEST OF BELTLINE ALONG INTERSTATE 30.

A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON MAY 7TH, 2024, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A PD AMENDMENT TO CREATE A DEFINITION FOR THE PRIVATE CARD ROOM AND ALSO TO AMEND THE USES PERMITTED WITHIN PD TWO 17 TO ALLOW SUCH A USE OR A PRIVATE CARD ROOM WITH CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF A SUP ON MAY 21ST, 2024.

CITY COUNCIL THEN APPROVED AN SUP FOR A PRIVATE CARD ROOM REQUIRING, UM, A ONE YEAR REVIEW.

JULY 18TH OF THIS YEAR.

2025.

A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY WAS ISSUED FOR A PRIVATE CARD ROOM AT 4 0 1 EAST PALACE PARKWAY.

THOSE ARE THE, UH, FLOOR PLANS THAT WERE INCLUDED WITH THE ORIGINAL, UM, SUP ORDINANCE.

UH, PALACE POKER OPERATES AT 4 0 1 EAST PALACE PARKWAY AND A PRIVATE CARD ROOM IS DEFINED PER THE SUP AS A PRIVATE PLACE WHERE MEMBERS GATHER TO PLAY CARDS, UH, SORRY, CARD GAMES INCLUDING POKER, BILLIARDS, CHESS, OR OTHER SIMILAR GAMES.

UM, THE APPLICANT DID, UH, CONFIRM THE OPERATIONAL HOURS CURRENTLY ARE MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, 10:00 AM TO 2:00 AM AND THE CURRENT MEMBERSHIP LENGTH IS A MINIMUM OF THREE MONTHS.

THE OWNER ALSO CONFIRMED THAT IDS ARE CHECKED, UM, FOR 21 AND OVER BEFORE PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED ONTO THE PREMISES.

AND AT THAT TIME, MEMBERSHIP CARDS ARE ALSO ISSUED.

THEY ALSO HAVE THEIR TABC, UH, LICENSE, AND THEY HAVE AN ALL DAY MENU FOR FOOD AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.

PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY WERE, UM, PART OF OUR REVIEW AND THEY FOUND NO VIOLATIONS TO REPORT.

THE APPLICANT WAS ASKED, AND THEY DID CONFIRM THAT ACCORDING TO TABC LAWS, THEY WILL STOP THEIR ALCOHOL SALES AT 2:00 AM IF THEY'RE APPROVED FOR THE 24 HOURS.

POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS ALSO PART OF THEIR REVIEW.

UM, THEY ALSO REPORTED NO INCIDENTS OR ISSUES OF SIGNIFICANCE.

PD, HOWEVER, DID NOTE THAT IF THE HOURS ARE EXTENDED, THE APPLICANT SHOULD MAINTAIN ONSITE SECURITY AND ENFORCE A MINIMUM AGE OF 21 FOR BOTH EMPLOYEES AND MEMBERS.

UM, AND ALSO THAT A SUBSEQUENT ONE YEAR REVIEW BE REQUIRED.

STAFF CONFIRMED WITH THE APPLICANT THAT THEY ADHERE TO, UM, ALL OF THESE SECURITY MEASURES AND SAFETY MEASURES.

THEY HAVE SIGNS POSTED AT PUBLIC ENTRANCES AND EXITS, AND ALSO NEAR THE, THE CADE CASH CAGE INDICATING SECURITY ALARM SYSTEM IS IN USE.

THEY USE HIGH RESOLUTION SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS, UM, IN THE PARKING AREA AS WELL AS THE INTERIOR, AND THEY DO PROHIBIT SMOKING INDOORS.

STAFF FINDS THAT THE OPERATIONS ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL EXISTING SUP CONDITIONS.

THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS THAT THE SUP BE AMENDED, UM, TO CHANGE THE OPERATIONAL HOURS TO 24 HOURS AND THE MINIMUM MEMBERSHIP DURATION TO ONE WEEK.

ALL OTHER EXISTING CONDITIONS FROM THE SUP APPROVED ON MAY 21ST, 2024 SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT.

AND LASTLY, THAT CITY COUNCIL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING IN ONE YEAR AFTER CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THIS SUP AMENDMENT TO CONFIRM COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE CODES AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS.

ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK YOU DID A REALLY EXCELLENT JOB IN THE, UH, BOARD BRIEFING.

NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE, SIR.

I THINK WE'LL ASK THE APPLICANT THE QUESTIONS.

YES.

SO THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND THEY DO HAVE SOME SLIDES TO SHOW.

YES, WE HAVE SEVERAL.

UH, THE FIRST IS THE APPLICANT'S SPOKESPERSON, JONATHAN LEY, WHICH IS TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.

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JONATHAN TOOLEY WITH PALACE POKER 4 0 1 EAST POWELL PARKWAY, GRAND PRAIRIE, UH, MADAM CHAIRPERSON, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION.

UH, THANK YOU FOR HEARING OUR CASE TONIGHT.

UM, AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, WE'VE MADE A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN NORTH GRAND PRAIRIE OVER THE LAST YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF OF REDEVELOPMENT AND BRINGING NEW DEVELOPMENT AND ELEVATED DEVELOPMENT TO GRAND PRAIRIE.

WE SPENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND BROUGHT IT A FACILITY THAT WAS IN DISREPAIR TO REALLY BEAUTIFUL, UH, I CAN'T DESCRIBE IT, VEGAS QUALITY LIKE BEAUTY.

UM, I'VE GOT SOME PICTURES I WANNA SHOW.

I DON'T, LEMME GET UP HERE.

SO THAT IT, WORDS DON'T REALLY DESCRIBE IT, SO I'M GONNA THANK YOU.

YEP.

SORRY.

I'M NOT SURE WHY IT'S NOT.

OH, THERE WE GO.

THERE.

THINK IT SPLIT SCREEN.

UM, SO I'M JUST GONNA NOTE A FEW THINGS OF WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR AND HOW WE'VE CONTRIBUTED TO GRAND PRAIRIE.

FIRST OFF, UH, WE'RE STILL IN RAMP UP OPERATIONS.

WE'RE STILL VERY YOUNG.

WE'VE ONLY BEEN OPEN OFFICIALLY.

THE DOORS HAVE BEEN OPEN SINCE AUGUST.

IN THAT TIME, WE'VE BROUGHT A HUNDRED, A HUNDRED JOBS TO GRAND PRAIRIE.

UM, WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA BE UP TO 150 ONCE WE'RE FULLY RAMPED UP.

AND WE'VE HAD PEOPLE MOVE FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO WORK AT OUR FACILITY BECAUSE OF HOW NICE IT IS AND THE QUALITY OF WHAT WE BROUGHT TO GRAND PRAIRIE.

UM, IN OUR SHORT EXISTENCE, WE'VE, WE'VE, UH, HAVE GIVEN TO CHARITY, UH, ALMOST $10,000 IN THE LAST, I GUESS, THREE MONTHS.

THAT INCLUDES, UH, GRAND PRIX UNITED CHARITIES, UH, THE GRAND PRAIRIE SCHOOL SUPPLIES DRIVE POKER ON THE PRAIRIE AND THE GPSD EDUCATION FOUNDATION GOLF TOURNAMENT.

UH, WE BELIEVE IN BEING A GOOD COMMUNITY PARTNER AND INVESTING IN THE COMMUNITY.

UM, WE'VE ALSO, AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, WE DO HAVE A, A SECTION OF THE CLUB THAT IS, UH, A LOUNGE, A FOOD ESTABLISHMENT THAT THE FOOD DOES NOT ONLY SERVE THE POKER, UH, FLOOR, BUT THERE'S ALSO A SOCIAL PART WHERE IF YOU WANT A SOCIAL MEMBERSHIP, YOU CAN COME IN AND, UH, ENJOY THE FACILITY WE'VE GOT.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY BAR FOOD, IT'S ACTUALLY FINE DINING.

WE HAVE ANYTHING FROM SUSHI TO FLATBREADS TO WAGYU STEAK.

UM, REALLY, REALLY GOOD FOOD.

IF YOU EVER GET A CHANCE TO COME TRY IT, IT'S REALLY GOOD.

UM, AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW IN NORTH GRAND PRAIRIE, THERE'S REALLY NOTHING ON THAT SIDE OF NORTH OF I I 30.

UM, SO WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE BROUGHT SOMETHING THAT ISN'T THERE.

UH, EVENTUALLY WE WILL PROBABLY OFFER THAT WHERE IT'S UBER EATS, WHERE PEOPLE CAN ORDER IT ONLINE AND, UH, AND HAVE DELIVERY.

UM, ALL THAT TO SAY IS WE'VE, WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT TO DO THIS, RIGHT.

UM, WE'VE TRIED TO ELEVATE THE STANDARDS IN THIS INDUSTRY.

UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, WE'VE, WE HAVE A TOP THREE FACILITY IN THE NATION.

I'VE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME THAT, THAT ARE IN THIS PROFESSION EVEN NICER THAN VEGAS FACILITIES.

SO WE'VE, WE, THE OWNER AND I DECIDED IF WE WERE GONNA DO THIS RIGHT, WE WERE GONNA INVEST AND MAKE IT LOOK RIGHT.

THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE.

WE ARE BRINGING COMMITMENT TO GRAND PRAIRIE FOR A LONG TIME TO BE A GOOD PARTNER, AND TO ALSO PROVIDE A FACILITY THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO ALSO GO AND ENJOY.

NOT NECESSARILY PLAY POKER, BUT TO ENJOY THE FOOD.

BUT IF YOU DO WANNA LEARN TO PLAY POKER, WE ARE ACTUALLY KICKING OFF A CLASS INSIDE THE CLUB.

IT'S CALLED LEARN TO PLAY POKER, WHERE YOU CAN SIGN UP AND WE TEACH YOU HOW TO PLAY.

AND, UM, THAT CAN BE INTIMIDATING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.

BUT WE'RE, WE WANNA, WE KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WANNA LEARN TO PLAY, BUT DON'T REALLY KNOW WHERE TO START.

SO WE'RE GONNA FACILITATE THAT AS WELL.

SO ALL TO SAY IS, I'M HERE TO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

I HOPE YOU WILL VOTE IN SUPPORT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT, THAT, THAT CLARIFIES A LOT OF THINGS.

UH, COMMISSIONER, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES.

UH, MR. TULE GREAT, GREAT FACILITY ALL AROUND.

UH, JUST EXPANDING AS TO THE, UH, HOURS OF OPERATION, THE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE, THE, THE REASONING FOR, FOR THAT ASK.

UM, BECAUSE OF THE, THE TIME HOURS THAT POKER PLAYERS USUALLY PLAY, YOU GOTTA THINK ABOUT THEY GET OFF WORK.

POKER PLAYERS DON'T SIT THERE AND PLAY FOR AN HOUR.

THEY USUALLY PLAY FROM FOUR TO EIGHT HOURS BECAUSE OF NATURE OF THE GAME.

IT'S, IT'S A GAME THAT YOU SIT THERE AND YOU PLAY, UM,

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AGAINST OTHER PLAYERS.

AND IT TAKES A WHILE, DEPENDING IF YOU LOSE A LITTLE MONEY, GAIN A LITTLE MONEY.

SO SOMETIMES THEY, THEY WANNA PLAY TILL FIVE IN THE MORNING SOMETIMES BECAUSE OF THEY GET OFF WORK AND THE GAME LASTS THAT LONG.

OUR COM, ALL OUR COMPETITORS ARE 24 HOURS MM-HMM .

SO THAT, TO MAKE THAT NOTE, SO WE, WE, WE HAVE THE NICEST FACILITY IN THE COUNTRY, YET WE'RE THE MOST RESTRICTED.

SO BEFORE WE CAME BACK FOR THIS REQUEST, WE WANTED TO PROVE TO EV THE COMMUNITY THAT WE BUILT, THE FACILITY WE PROVED OF OUR OP, OUR OPERATIONS.

AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE COMING WITH THIS REQUEST.

EXCELLENT.

GOOD QUESTION.

UH, COMMISSIONER MEDINA, UH, IN OUR BRIEFING, WE WERE TOLD ABOUT YOU, OF COURSE YOU GUYS HAVE SECURITY AND ALL THAT, BUT YEAH, MY QUESTION IS, IS IT JUST STANDARD SECURITY OR DO YOU GUYS HAVE GRAND PRAIRIE PD? UH, UH, IT'S THIRD PARTY, UH, GRAND PRAIRIE PD DID, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THEY DIDN'T WANT ME TO HAVE A PART OF THAT NECESSARILY.

UM, BUT IT'S A THIRD PARTY SECURITY.

IT'S A COMPANY RAN BY A FORMER POLICE OFFICER, ARMED SECURITY 24 HOURS.

BUT I WILL SAY WE'VE BEEN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GRAND PRAIRIE POLICE DEPARTMENT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

THEY'VE BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH.

I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE A PARTNER AND THEY'RE WORKING WITH US TO DO THIS RIGHT.

TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, NOT ONLY OUR PATRONS ARE SAFE AND THE COMMUNITY IS SAFE.

SO I, I ACTUALLY WANNA GIVE KUDOS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

UM, WITH REGARD, I LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE DONATING MONEY TO CHARITIES MM-HMM .

IS THAT GONNA BE AN ONGOING THING OR IS THAT JUST FOR THAT, JUST A STARTUP? NO, IT'S AN ONGOING THING.

IN FACT, WE'VE GIVEN MORE THAN MOST STARTUPS WOULD MM-HMM .

UM, BUT THERE'S DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT WE'RE GONNA DO.

WE'RE GONNA DO, LIKE IN HERE NOVEMBER, WE'RE GONNA DO A FOOD DRIVE TO SUPPORT, UH, RAISING FOOD.

AND THEN NEXT YEAR WE'LL HAVE DIFFERENT EVENTS.

SO YOU'RE ALLOCATING THAT IN YOUR BUDGET AS A BUDGET ITEM, SO TO SPEAK? SORT OF, SORT OF, IT, SOMETIMES IT'S DONATIONS.

SOMETIMES WE HOST A CHARITY POKER EVENT.

IT'S DIFFERENT THINGS.

I, I LIKE THE FACT THAT, THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE HIRING AND YOU ARE GONNA BE PEOPLE COMING FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

BUT WE WANNA ALSO MAKE SURE YOU HIRE FOLKS HERE AS WELL.

UM, THAT WILL BE IMPORTANT.

ANOTHER QUESTION, THE LAST THING I HAVE, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE 24 HOURS MM-HMM .

AND WITH REGARD TO, I GUESS WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION IN THE BRIEFING THAT IT'S, RIGHT NOW THE HOURS ARE 10:00 AM TO TWO P, 10:00 AM 10:00 AM TO TWO, 2:00 AM MM-HMM .

AND THEN IF YOU EXTEND THAT, UH, WHEN DO YOU RESTART THE ALCOHOL? IT'S USUALLY 10:00 AM I BELIEVE THAT'S, THE STATE LAW IS BASICALLY FROM 2:00 AM TO 10:00 AM IS KIND OF THE PROHIBITIVE HOURS.

SO IT'S NOT ANY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW.

AND SO YOUR, YOUR FOLKS THEN IN THERE ARE SERVING, ARE CERTIFIED TO THAT.

AND IF YOU WERE EVER AUDITED OR SOMETHING EVER, HOW, HOW DO WE MANAGE, HOW DO WE POLICE THAT THOUGH YOU REALLY DON'T, TA, B, C DOES.

IF THEY COME IN AND WE'RE IN VIOLATION, THEY'LL REVOKE OUR LICENSE.

THAT, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID.

THE COUNCIL WAS A CONCERN.

WAS A CONCERN.

MAINLY 'CAUSE, UH, BYOB, WE DIDN'T WANNA DO THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE THE LICENSE.

IT'S ON US TO BE IN COMPLIANCE, AND IT'S US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, UH, FOLLOWING THE LAW AND THAT WE'RE SERVING OUR PATRONS ACCORDINGLY.

WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE MORE CONTROL OF THAT, UH, SCENARIO.

SO HONESTLY, IF IT'S ON US TO BE IN COMPLIANCE, IF TABC COMES IN AND CATCHES US, THAT'S ON US.

BUT ALL OF OUR SER, ALL OF OUR SERVERS HAVE TO BE COMPLIANT AS PART OF THEIR, I I, I GUESS BIG PICTURE ALSO FOR ME IS THAT WHEN YOU CHANGE TO 24 HOURS, THAT IT CHANGES OTHER PEOPLE.

MAY, YOU MAY START GETTING MORE PEOPLE COMING AROUND THERE THAT YOU WOULDN'T NORMALLY WANT TO COME.

SO HOW, HOW DO YOU POLICE THAT? I GUESS IT'S JUST THE, THE MEMBERSHIP.

HOW ARE YOU WORKING THAT MEMBERSHIP TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S MANAGEABLE AND THAT YOU'RE NOT GETTING A LOT OF OTHER ISSUES TO, TO START? UM, I, I DON'T THINK THAT'S A CONCERN, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

IT'S, WE HAVEN'T HAD THE ISSUE TO DATE TO GO INTO 2:00 AM IT'S NOT REALLY YOU.

WHAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF IS POKER PLAYERS THAT WERE ALREADY STARTED.

THEY'RE JUST GONNA PLAY LONGER.

SO IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF THE SAME PLAYERS, A LOT OF PLAYERS THAT WON'T COME PLAY WITH US BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE EXTENDED HOURS.

SO ALL OUR COMPETITORS, ESPECIALLY IRVING, THEY'RE GETTING ALL THOSE TAX DOLLARS BECAUSE WE CAN'T GET THAT REVENUE TO INVEST BACK IN GRAND PRAIRIE BECAUSE PLAYERS NEED BE ABLE TO STAY LONGER.

SO REALLY IT'S THE SAME PLAYER POOL MM-HMM .

UM, IT'S, SO I DON'T SEE ANY REALLY DIFFERENCE.

UM, AND WE ALREADY HAVE THE 24 HOUR SECURITY.

WE'VE ALREADY GOT THE PROCEDURES IN PLACE.

SO YOU GO FROM THREE MONTH MEMBERSHIP TO ONE WEEK.

SO THE LOGIC IN, IN, IN CHANGING THAT, WHAT IS, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF MEMBERS THAT JUST LIKE TO BUY A WEEK AT A TIME AND, AND THE COST MAYBE THAT MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH A WEEK.

IT'S DA MORE OF A COST FACTOR.

IT'S THE SAME MEMBERS.

THEY JUST, SOME DON'T LIKE TO BUY THAT LONG OF A, A MEMBERSHIP.

ALL OUR COMPETITORS HAVE A MINIMUM, AT LEAST A, A LOT OF 'EM HAVE A DAILY, BUT WE'RE NOT PROPOSING THAT WE'RE DOING AT LEAST A WEEK.

WE PROBABLY DO A MONTHLY, MAYBE A YEARLY.

THAT'S USUALLY THE STANDARD.

AND A LOT OF IT IS MAYBE YOU HAVE SOMEBODY COMES FROM OUT OF TOWN, THEY DON'T NEED THREE MONTHS.

THEY JUST WANT A WEEK.

OR I THING WE RAN INTO, ESPECIALLY WITH THE CHARITY EVENTS, IS SOME PEOPLE COME

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IN FOR A CHARITY EVENT.

THEY'RE NOT THERE TO, THEY DON'T NEED THREE MONTHS WORTH.

THEY JUST NEED TO COME IN TO ENJOY THE CHARITY EVENT.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY IT'S A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY.

LAST QUESTION.

IF YOU CHANGE TO 24 HOURS, IT'S GONNA BRING MORE PEOPLE AND YOU HAVE A MAXIMUM CAPACITY.

SO YOU MANAGE THAT AND THEN THAT COULD BRING MORE PEOPLE AND IT'S SCALABLE AND ALL THAT.

SCALABLE, ALL OF IT'S SECURITY.

IT'S ALL SCALABLE BASED ON THE, THE VOLUME.

HONESTLY, THE BUILDING CAN ONLY HOLD SO MUCH AND WE ONLY HAVE SO MANY SEATS, SO THAT USUALLY KIND OF CONTAINS IT ANYWAYS, SO.

COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES.

COMMISSIONERS, ANY, UH, COMMISSIONERS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.

COMMISSIONER, GO AHEAD.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

UM, SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE MEMBERSHIP TO GET IN AS PART OF THE STATE LAW.

WE HAVE TO BE A PRIVATE CLUBS.

THAT'S PART OF BEING A PRIVATE MEMBER.

UH, PRIVATE CLUB IS HAVING A MEMBERSHIP AND EVEN TO ACCESS A RESTAURANT.

AND THE, BUT WE CLASSIFY THAT AS A SOCIAL MEMBERSHIP SO THAT I MAY, IT MAY NOT HAVE TO PAY THE FULL PRICE, BUT ENOUGH TO JUST ENJOY THE SOCIAL PART, WHICH IS THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE.

UH, IN THE EARLIER IN THE BRIEFING, MR. TOOLEY, THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT A RESTAURANT ON THE FIRST FLOOR VERSUS SECOND.

IS THAT IN THE WORKS OR IS THAT, UH, WE'RE NOT COMMITTING TO THE FIRST FLOOR YET UNTIL WE PROVE THE SECOND FLOOR .

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER? COMMISSIONER, UM, LUCKING.

WE MAY BRING SOMETHING REALLY COOL TO THE FIRST FLOOR.

WE'RE GONNA SEE HOW THIS GOES.

YEAH.

I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES OF SOME COOL STUFF THAT WANNA COME TO GRAND PRAIRIE BECAUSE OF THE DESTINATION WE'VE CREATED.

SO WE'RE NOT RUSHING THAT.

WE'RE KIND OF LETTING THE SECOND FLOOR PROVE ITSELF.

THEN MAYBE WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING COOL.

COME ON THE FIRST FLOOR.

GREAT APPROACH.

YEAH.

VI HAD JUST ONE QUESTION.

UM, ARE THERE ANY DISCOUNTS FOR RESIDENTS OF GRAND PER OR ANY MILITARY DISCOUNTS? WE HAVE MILITARY VETERAN DISCOUNTS.

UM, AND THEN WE HAVE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE GRAND PRAIRIE, BUT WE CAN LOOK AT THAT.

BUT FOR SURE, MILITARY VETERAN DISCOUNTS.

IT'S USUALLY ABOUT HALF PRICE ON THE HOURLY RATE.

ABOUT $7.

THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.

COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN, YOU HAD A QUESTION? HELLO, MR. LEY.

AYE, UM, QUESTION IS ABOUT TOURISM AND HOW WE'RE ATTRACTING IT TO THE FACILITY.

ARE YOU OFFERING LIKE A SHUTTLE FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN? WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO GET OTHER PEOPLE INTO THE FACILITY? HONESTLY, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT FAR YET 'CAUSE WE'RE STILL PRETTY YOUNG.

THE TOURISM, UH, I HAVE TALKED WITH THE TOURISM DEPARTMENT.

WE'RE IN, WE'RE ACTUALLY IN WORKS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT IS.

AND PART OF THAT WAS THE MEMBERSHIP.

IT WAS PROHIBITIVE FOR TOURISM BECAUSE OF HOW LONG THE MEMBERSHIP WAS.

SO BY ALLOWING A SHORTER MEMBERSHIP, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO GAIN THAT.

WE ALREADY HAVE ROOMS WITH THE LA QUINTA ACROSS THE STREET AND WITH EPIC.

SO WE'VE ALREADY KIND OF BUILT SOME OF THAT UP.

SO IT'S IN THE WORKS.

WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET SOME THINGS ADJUSTED SO THAT WE CAN GO FULL COURT PRESS ON IT.

BUT YES, IT'S IN THE WORKS.

I LOVE IT.

AND, AND ONE LAST QUESTION.

HOW ARE YOU WORKING WITH, UH, LONE STAR PARK? I, I WOULD ASSUME THAT MAYBE SOME OF THEIR PATRONS WOULD COME ACROSS.

ARE YOU SEEING THAT HAPPEN? WE, WE HAVEN'T STARTED THAT YET, BUT WE, THEY ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO US LIKE A MONTH AGO, SO, BUT WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD THAT CONVERSATION.

BUT THEY'RE WANTING TO WORK WITH US AND US WITH THEM, SO I IMAGINE NEXT YEAR WE'LL HAVE EARLIEST, WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE WITH THEM.

VERY GOOD QUESTION, COMMISSIONER.

MM, VERY GOOD QUESTIONS.

COMMISSIONER MEDINA.

PARDON MY IGNORANCE, BUT WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOUR ESTABLISHMENT IN A CASINO? ? UM, IT'S JUST IN THE INTERPRETATION OF THE STATE LAW, WHEREAS A CASINO YOU HAVE, THEY TAKE A PORTION OF EVERY HAND THAT'S PLAYED.

ALL WE DO IS RENT THE SEAT OUT AND MAKE IT A PRIVATE CLUB.

SO YOU JUST SIT AT A SEAT TO, UM, PAY YOUR HOURLY RATE TO PLAY.

AND THAT IS BY THE STATE LAW.

THAT'S OKAY.

YEP.

IT'S A, IT'S A LONG ANSWER, BUT THAT'S .

THAT'S THE FIVE SECOND ANSWER.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

ANY OTHER SPEAKER CARDS? WE DO HAVE SEVERAL.

WE HAVE HAMILTON PECK, WHO DOESN'T WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WISHES TO RECORD HIS SUPPORT.

UM, AND WE HAVE DANIELLE MCWILLIAMS, WHO DOESN'T WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WISHES TO RECORD HER SUPPORT.

AND THAT IS ALL THE CARDS FOR THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, NO MORE SPEAKER CARDS.

I BELIEVE THIS IS DISTRICT ONE, WHICH IS COMMISSIONER FKO.

AND, UM, HE HAS BEEN RE RECUSED FROM THIS, UH, AND COMMISSIONER ERY.

SO, UM, THERE'S ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN? NO, NO, NO.

AGAIN, IT'S A TESTAMENT OF JUST, UH, THEIR APPROACH.

CAN I, I'LL HAVE A, THE ONLY COMMENT I'LL MAKE IS THAT, UH, EMAIL, THEY HAVE NO VIOLATIONS, NO INCIDENTS IN THE TIME THEY'VE BEEN OPENED.

SO I MEAN, THAT TO ME IS A GOOD INDICATOR ALONG WITH THE DRC RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE ABLE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, HAVE A REVIEW IN, IN A YEAR, WHICH

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I AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT.

I LIKE THE FACT IT'S GONNA BE A ONE YEAR REVIEW MM-HMM .

BECAUSE IT'S ONLY BEEN IN, IN BUSINESS SINCE AUGUST, WHICH HASN'T BEEN A FULL YEAR.

AND, UM, THE, THE FACT THAT THEY ARE DONATING TO, TO CHARITIES AND, AND REACHING OUT, AND THEN I'D LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE HIRING HERE LOCALLY THAT WOULD HELP AS WELL.

UH, ANY OTHER, UH, CONCERNS? ANY DISCUSSIONS? I'M EXCITED TO KNOW THAT THEY'RE PARTNERING UP WITH LONE STAR PARK.

I THINK THAT'S GREAT.

YEAH, I THINK IT'S AWESOME AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD BUILD UPON.

YEAH.

COMMISSIONER LUCKY VONNE, YOU HAD A QUESTION? I WAS JUST GONNA MAKE A, UM, STATEMENT.

I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GREAT.

UM, PEOPLE THAT WANNA PLAY POKER DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE, UM, TO OKLAHOMA, LOUISIANA.

THEY CAN JUST GO RIGHT DOWN THE STREET IN GRAND PRAIRIE.

COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN, DID YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION? YES, MA'AM, I'M READY TO GO.

MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, AND ACCORDING TO DRC RECOMMENDATIONS, APPROVE SUP DASH 25 DASH ZERO NINE DASH 0 0 3 9.

SECONDED, I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM FOUR, AS FOR DRC, RECOMMENDATIONS BY COMMISSIONER TY CHAPMAN AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ANGELA LUCKY VONG.

NEXT CASE PLEASE.

SORRY.

UM, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'M GONNA GO GET MR. FED.

GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

[5. SUP-25-09-0034 - Specific Use Permit/Site Plan - Double Oak Gas Station (City Council District 6). Specific Use Permit/Site Plan for a convenience store with gas sales on 1.87 acres. A portion of the 17.18-acre tract out of J. Lawrence Survey, Abstract No. 616, City of Grand Prairie, Ellis County, Texas, zoned PD-332A and generally located to the south of Double Oak Av and east of SH 360]

UM, SO THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

THIS IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AND A SITE PLAN FOR A CONVENIENCE STORE WITH GAS SALES.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE SUP 2 5 0 9 0 0 3 4.

SO THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A GAS STATION AT DOUBLE OAK AND 360.

THERE ARE, UM, IN CONTEXT, THEY'RE LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF 360 AND HIGHWAY 2 87.

UM, HERE'S THE PROPOSED SUBJECT SITE, AND YOU CAN NOTE THAT THIS IS WHERE WE RECENTLY APPROVED THE TM UM, TMI SPORTS AMBULATORY SURGICAL CENTER.

UM, EARLIER THIS, EARLIER THIS YEAR, THEY'LL BE CARVING OUT THIS PORTION TO PROPOSE A CONVENIENCE STORE GAS SALES.

SO HERE'S THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN.

I JUST NOTE THAT THE DOUBLE OAK AND, UH, 360 SERVICE ROAD IS LOCATED HERE.

THEY'RE GOING TO PUT THE BUILDING CLOSER TO BOTH, UH, FRONTAGES AND WE'LL PUT THE CA CANOPY TO THE SOUTH.

THE PROPOSAL MEETS THE DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENT AS WELL AS THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS.

THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO, UH, PLANT THE TREES, UH, PER THE APPENDIX F REQUIREMENTS, AND THEY'RE ALSO PROVIDING ADDITIONAL TREES TO THE SOUTH BOUNDARY.

THEY ARE EITHER MEETING OR EXCEEDING THE MINIMUM LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENT.

HERE'S THE ELEVATIONS THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED.

SO THIS ELEVATION YOU SEE ON THE TOP IS WHAT WILL BE FACING THE DOUBLE OAK.

SO IF YOU WERE TURNING RIGHT FROM 360 ONTO DOUBLE OAK, YOU WILL SEE THAT ON YOUR RIGHT SIDE.

THIS IS THE SOUTH ELEVATION, WHICH IS THE INTERNAL ELEVATION WITH THE GUEST ENTRY.

HERE IS THE GUEST ENTRY.

AND HERE'S THE EAST ELEVATION.

AND THIS IS THE WEST ELEVATION.

SO THIS WILL BE THE DOUBLE OAK STREET.

AND YOU, THIS IS THE VIEW THAT YOU WILL SEE IF YOU'RE DRIVING ON 360.

THEY ARE, UH, MEETING THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT FOR THE APPENDIX F UM, CHECKLIST BY PROVIDING 12.5 MENU ITEMS. THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.

UH, WE DID SEND OUT 20, UH, NINE NOTICES.

WE, UM, RECEIVED ONE IN FAVOR.

I HAVE PRINTED A COPY.

IT WAS RECEIVED AFTER PACKET WAS DONE.

UM, AGAIN, THIS RESIDENT NAME, UH, LESLIE SANCHEZ AT, UH, 10, UH, 1 0 4 3 2 RAINWATER TRAIL.

UM, I BELIEVE SHE'S ACTUALLY A RESIDENT IN GREENWAY TRAIL SUBDIVISION.

UH, SHE DIDN'T REALLY LIST ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT.

SHE SUPPORTS THE GAS STATION.

I HAVE A MULTIPLE COPIES.

I'LL START PASSING AROUND AT THE EDGE.

OKAY? YES.

OH, .

I APPRECIATE IT, HONOR.

SO, UH, DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS, UH, APPROVAL.

WE DO HAVE THE APPLICANT HERE PRESENT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

UH, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION.

IS THERE ANY QUESTION FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME? COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER ZACHERY? MM-HMM .

I HAVE A QUESTION.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

IS THERE GONNA BE ANY ALCOHOL FOR? RIGHT.

UM,

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SO TYPICALLY THEY WILL HAVE TO GET A-T-A-B-C LICENSE FOR ALCOHOL SALES.

AND I, I DO WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE A SCHOOL NEARBY.

UM, SO WHEN THEY APPLY FOR TABC PERMIT FOR ANY, UH, OFFSITE CONSUMPTION, ALCOHOL LIKE, UH, LIQUORS AND BEER AND WINE, UH, THEY WILL HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEY APPLY FOR TABC LICENSE AND THEY HAVE TO BE MINIMUM 300 FEET FROM PROPERTY LINE OF THE SCHOOL TO THE EDGE OF THEIR PROPERTY LINE.

OF COURSE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? SO WHERE IS THE SCHOOL ON THERE? UH, SO U-C-D-I-L, TEXAS.

OH, OKAY.

YES.

IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

IS THAT A CHARTER? CHARTER SCHOOL? I BELIEVE SO, YES.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JUNE? GREAT PRESENTATION.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR COMMISSIONERS.

SPEAKER CARDS? YES.

WE HAVE ONE CARD FROM THE APPLICANT, NATHAN DIETRICH, WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.

WELCOME.

HELLO.

STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

SURE.

MY NAME IS NATHAN DIETRICH.

I LIVE AT TWO COHASSET PLACE, TOMBALL, TEXAS 7 7 3 7 5.

SO I'M ACTUALLY REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE, SO THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

UM, THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF FOR APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS AND, UM, WE'VE, WE WANTED TO COME BEFORE YOU AND GET THIS COMPLETELY RIGHT THE FIRST TIME.

SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED.

UM, I'M REPRESENTING FAIZ AND NAZI MOEN AND, UM, THEY'RE LOOKING TO PUT ONE OF THEIR, UH, CONVENIENCE STORES OF FUEL CENTERS HERE AT THE CORNER OF DOUBLE OAK AND STATE HIGHWAY 360.

UM, I, I DON'T WANNA BE TOO REPETITIVE BECAUSE I THINK, UM, JUNE SAID IT ALL, BUT, UM, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE STARTED OUT DOING THIS AND WE WANTED TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH THE, WITH THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF, UM, PRESENTATIONS TO THE GREENWAY, UH, TRAILS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.

UM, UM, WITH ALSO WITH COUNCILMAN, UH, KURT JOHNSON.

AND SO WE MET WITH THEM OVER AT THE LIBRARY, UM, BACK IN AUGUST.

AND WE HAD ABOUT 20 PEOPLE COME OUT AND WE ANSWERED ALL THEIR QUESTIONS OR AS BEST AS WE CAN AT THAT TIME, AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME.

UM, AND WE FEEL THAT WE'VE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO REACH OUT AND MAKE SURE EVERYONE WAS AWARE OF WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO ACHIEVE.

SO.

VERY GOOD.

YOU HAD ME AT, HELLO? YOU SAID HOA AND YOU'VE ALREADY DONE THE GOOD NEIGHBOR PART.

? YES, MA'AM.

YOU'VE DONE WELL.

COMMISSIONERS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? VERY GOOD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MA'AM.

WE HAVE NO FURTHER CLERK, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

THIS IS DISTRICT SIX, UH, COMMISSIONER ANGELA.

LUCKY VAUGHN.

WOULD YOU LIKE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? COMMISSIONER? UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE, CAN YOU MAKE, GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION, PLEASE.

MADAM CHAIR.

I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, PROVE SUP DASH 25 DASH NINE DASH 0 0 3 4.

I'LL SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR ITEM FIVE, UH, TO BE APPROVED BY COMMISSIONER, UH, ANGELA LAVAN AND IS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER JANIE MENDEZ.

ARI, AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS.

NEXT CASE

[6. ZON-25-09-0035 - Zoning Change/Concept Plan - Goodland Data Center (City Council 6). Zoning Change from Agriculture (A) and PD-454 to a Planned Development District for Light Industrial, including Data Center uses. 1,444.43 acres generally located west of HWY 287, south of Prairie Ridge Blvd, Parcel IDs 190600, 181262, 261509, 261512, 193077, 179637, 291089, 277740, 179561, 179552, 186391, 242136, 192959, City of Grand Prairie, City of Grand Prairie ETJ, Ellis County, Texas, and addressed as 881 Miller Rd ]

PLEASE.

I'M SORRY.

WE HAVE ONE MORE CASE TABLE THAT HAS BEEN TABLED.

ITEM 0 9 25 9 0 3 5 UHLAND DATA CENTER ZONING.

YES.

YES, MADAM CHAIR.

UM, THAT ITEM NEEDS TO BE RENO, SO NO ACTION IS REQUIRED AT THIS MEETING.

THERE IS NO NEED TO MOTION TO TABLE.

WE WILL, UH, STAFF WILL RE NOTIFY THIS ITEM.

IT WILL BE SCHEDULED ON THE NEXT PNZ MEETING OF DECEMBER 9TH, AND IT WILL STILL GO ON THE SAME CITY COUNCIL DECEMBER 16TH.

VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT CHANGE.

THAT BEING SAID, UH, CHAIRWOMAN SMITH, I'M SORRY.

UH, YOU DID HAVE SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE.

SORRY, I JUST HAD A SHORT ANNOUNCEMENT.

I WANTED TO, UM, INTRODUCE YOU ALL TO OUR NEWEST ATTORNEY IN THE OFFICE, HILLARY GRIFFITH, WHO'S, I'M NOT GONNA MAKE HER STAND .

SO, UM, MS. GRIFFITH, UH, JOINS US.

SHE JUST MOVED FROM ORLANDO WHERE SHE WAS WORKING FOR MUNICIPAL LAW FIRM, UM, DOING SIMILAR WORK TO WHAT WE DO HERE.

UM, PRIOR TO THAT, UM, SHE'S FROM TEXAS, SO SHE CAME BACK, YAY, WE GOT HER BACK HERE.

I DID CONFIRM THAT SHE KNOWS THE, UH, THE, UH, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS FLAG.

SO DID CONFIRM THAT, BUT PRIOR TO WORKING FOR THE FIRM IN ORLANDO, SHE WAS WORKING FOR A REAL ESTATE FIRM, UM, HERE IN THE DFW AREA.

SHE'S BEEN AN ATTORNEY FOR EIGHT YEARS AND WE'RE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE HER WITH OUR TEAM.

AND SHE WILL BE BACK UP ON P AND Z AND SHE'LL BE, UM, THE ATTORNEY FOR ZBA SOON AS WELL.

OH, VERY GOOD.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING BACK HOME.