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WELCOME TO THE CITY OF[Call to Order ]
GRAND PRAIRIE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING ON JANUARY 13TH, 2026.I'M CHERYL SMITH, CHAIR OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
THIS MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING IS HEREBY CALL BACK TO ORDER AT 6:30 PM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETS THE SECOND AND FOURTH TUESDAY 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 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, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL MEMBERS OF PRESENT, EXCEPT FOR CHRISTOPHER OLEY AND JOHN FEDORKO, AND NOW COMMISSIONER T CHAPMAN WILL GIVE THE INVOCATION.
AFTER THAT, COMMISSIONER FRANK GONZALEZ WILL LEAD US TO, IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, TO THE US AND TEXAS FLAG, PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS.
MS. GRACIOUS GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY IN THIS NEW YEAR.
WE THANK YOU FOR NEW BEGINNINGS, FOR YOUR GRACE AND MERCY.
FATHER GOD THAT SURPASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING RIGHT NOW IN THIS PLACE, WE PRAY FOR THESE LEADERS WHO'VE BEEN CALLED TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
WE THANK YOU, LORD GOD, FOR RELEASING FAVOR OVER EVERY VESSEL.
UNDER THE SOUND OF MY VOICE, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR HEDGE OF PROTECTION.
FOR EVERY PROFESSIONAL WHO PROTECTS, DEFENDS, ENHANCES AND SUPPORTS THIS CITY, PLEASE CONTINUE TO BE THE AUTHOR OF OUR EVERY STORY.
LORD GOD, WRITE VICTORY INTO OUR FUTURES.
WE THANK YOU BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IT IS WELL WITH YOU.
PLEASE STAND AS WE RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE OF THE UNITED STATES.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH NEVER SEEN JUSTICE FOR ALL.
HONOR, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG FLAG ALLEGIANCE TO CITY, TEXAS, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD LONG, AND 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.
SPEAKERS SHOULD GIVE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD ALONG WITH WHOM YOU REPRESENT.
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? NOT FOR THIS ITEM, MA'AM.
[PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA ]
MATTER FOR CONSIDERATION IS APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA.THERE'S ONE ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ITEM ONE, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF DECEMBER 9TH, 2025 PNZ MEETING.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING SO ANYONE CAN SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? NOT FOR THIS ITEM.
WE HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
UM, I MOVED TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE, UH, APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF DECEMBER 9TH, 2025 AS I I SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO CO APPROVE THE, UH, MINUTES BY COMMISSIONER FRANK GONZALEZ AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER TY CHAPMAN.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
[2. STP-25-10-0043 - Site Plan - Highway 161 Mixed Use (City Council District 2). Site Plan for a multi-tenant building for general retail and restaurant uses on 5.72 acres. Lot 2R1, Block A, 161 Toll Road Retail Corners Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Planned Development-294 District, within the SH 161 and the IH 20 Corridor Overlay Districts, and addressed as 3580 S Hwy 161]
CASE, PLEASE.THIS IS ITEM NUMBER TWO STP DASH 25 DASH ZERO DASH 0 0 4 3.
IT'S A SITE PLAN, UM, FOR HIGHWAY 1 61 MIXED USE IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO.
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UH, AS I MENTIONED, A SITE PLAN FOR A MULTI-TENANT BUILDING FOR RESTAURANT USES.UM, GENERALLY LOCATED AT 35 80 SOUTH HIGHWAY 1 61 ZONE PD 2 9 4 ON 2.23 ACRES.
IT IS SOUTH OF THE EXISTING IKEA ALONG 1 61.
THEY ARE PROPOSING 23,558 SQUARE FEET OF MIXED UM, RESTAURANT USE.
THE PROPOSAL DOES MEET THE DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
YOU CAN SEE THE BUILDING IN THE YELLOW HIGHLIGHT ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE SITE PLAN.
IT ALSO MEETS THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
UM, HERE IS THE LANDSCAPE PLAN.
IT IS MEETING ALL OF THE LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS AS WELL.
THESE ARE THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS.
UM, EVERY ELEVATION IS SIMILAR IN VIEW.
SO THIS IS THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH ELEVATION HERE IS THE EAST AND WEST ELEVATION.
THEY ARE MEETING ALL THE APPENDIX F UM, CHECKLIST ITEMS, PROVIDING 12 MENU ITEMS. THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES, AND THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
THAT'S THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN ANSWER.
COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
YOU HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD FROM VARUN SHERMA WHO, UM, WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.
HE ALSO INDICATED HE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF NEEDED.
SO SIR, IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK WITH ME, I'M HERE TO JUST ANSWER QUESTIONS, WHICH CAN YOU COME UP, PLEASE? SURE.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
6 2 9 9 BIRD HILL LANE, FRISCO, TEXAS.
AND, AND MY ONLY QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA BRING US,
DO YOU HAVE WHAT? HAVE YOU, DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, UH, ANY BUSINESSES ALREADY READY TO GO? OH, WE ARE TALKING TO MULTIPLE TENANTS.
UH, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL THE APPROVALS.
SO WE ARE ABLE TO, UH, GET INTO SOME, UH, ACTUAL LOIS AND LEASES.
BUT AT THIS TIME, WE ARE TALKING TO SEVERAL, UH, VARIOUS USERS HAVE REACHED OUT TO US.
EDC HAS REFERRED SOME USERS TO US.
IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
SO, SO IS THIS YOUR ONLY, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY.
IS THIS YOUR ONLY, UH, LOCATION? NO, WE HAVE MULTIPLE OTHER PROJECTS.
WE HAVE PROJECTS IN FRISCO, PROSPER, PRINCETON, UH, FORT WORTH.
UH, WE ARE DOING MULTIPLE, WE HAVE OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FEET IN CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.
SO DID YOU JUST DO A MARKETING STUDY OR WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO COME TO GRAND PRAIRIE? UH, SO WE FOLLOW, WE FOLLOW THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLANS.
UM, SO THE DEVELOPER OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, WHO DID IKEA AND TOPGOLF AND RODDY, THOSE ARE THE GUYS WE WERE IN CONNECTIONS WITH.
WE HAVE DONE SOME OTHER PROJECTS WITH THEM.
SO WE JUST TRY TO FOLLOW THE MASTER DEVELOPERS AND BE IN PRIME LOCATIONS.
UH, AND THIS HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF THE MOST PRIME LOCATIONS.
VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY.
UH, COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE HAVE NO FURTHER CARDS, MA'AM.
THIS IS, UM, ITEM TWO, WHICH, WHICH FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, THIS IS, UH, COMMISSIONER MALCOLM CHA'S.
UM, YES, CHAIRMAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, YOU NEED ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ARE YOU GOOD TO GO? NO, MA'AM.
I'D, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND VOTE TO APPROVE, UM, ITEM NUMBER STP DASH 25 DASH 0 4 3.
I SECOND THAT I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE, UH, ITEM FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION BY COMMISSIONER MALCOLM ERY.
ANY SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FRANK GONZALEZ AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATION.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
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MADAM CHAIR, ITEMS THREE AND FOUR ARE COMPANION CASES AND I WILL BE PRESENTING THEM TOGETHER.ITEM THREE IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT CPA 25 12 0 0 2 4.
UM, A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FROM THE EXISTING DESIGNATION OF LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO THE PROPOSED DESIGNATION OF COMMERCIAL RETAIL AND OFFICE.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HILL STREET AT THE INTERSECTION OF HILL AND STADIUM DRIVE.
ON THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING, UH, LAND USE DESIGNATION, WHICH AS I MENTIONED, IS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND THEN SOUTH ON HILL ACROSS FROM THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, WE HAVE MIXED USE DESIGNATION.
AND THEN THE PROPOSED, UM, DESIGNATION OF COMMERCIAL OFFICE RETAIL SHOWN IN RED.
UM, AND STAFF IS UNABLE TO SUPPORT THE REQUEST BECAUSE THE PROPOSAL DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
AS ALWAYS, WE LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE FLUME DESIGNATION IS NOT THE ZONING OF THE PROPERTY.
IT IS HOWEVER RECOMMENDED LAND USE FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT PER THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE
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PLAN.ITEM NUMBER FOUR ZON 2 5 12 0 0 4 2 IS A REQUEST FOR A ZONING CHANGE ON PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 303 0 6 3 12 AND THREE 14 HILL STREET, SHOWN IN THE AERIAL, UM, IN YELLOW THREE HUNDRED AND THREE OH SIX HILL STREET.
THE TWO PARCELS ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ARE CURRENTLY ZONED GENERAL RETAIL AND THREE 12 AND THREE 14 HILL STREET ARE ZONED SINGLE FAMILY FOUR.
THE PROPOSED REQUEST IS FOR A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR GENERAL RETAIL USES, AND AS I MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, THE UM, FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION IS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
HERE'S AN AREA VIEW OF THE PROPERTY, UM, HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW.
YOU CAN SEE THE SEPARATION OF THE ZONING DISTRICT, SINGLE FAMILY FOUR ON THE WEST GR ON THE EAST TO THE WEST OF THE SUBJECT.
PROPERTY IS SINGLE FAMILY FOUR DEVELOPMENT TO THE NORTH IS SINGLE FAMILY ONE.
BOTH OF THOSE AREAS ARE DEVELOPED WITH RESIDENTIAL USES.
TO THE EAST IS GENERAL RETAIL.
THAT IS A CURRENTLY VACANT PROPERTY.
SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY IS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 4 43, WHICH IS THE GRAND PRAIRIE PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, TRAINING COMPLEX.
AND THAT LITTLE BIT OF GR ALSO SOUTH IS, UH, DEVELOPED WITH OFFICE USES.
SO HERE IS A CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN.
THE PROPOSED PLANT NURSERY WILL FEATURE ABOUT AN 1100 SQUARE FOOT WELCOME COTTAGE SHOWN IN BLUE.
ALSO A 64 SQUARE FOOT STORAGE SHED SHOWN IN BLUE.
IT'S TINY, YOU CAN SEE IT THERE.
UM, THE PLANT, NURSERY DISPLAY AND SALES AREA WILL BE LOCATED IN THE REAR HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN.
THE PROPERTY ALSO WILL FEATURE ROCK WALKWAYS WITH SMALLER MULCH AND GRANITE TRAILS THROUGHOUT THE NURSERY FOR PLANT VIEWING AND PURCHASING.
ADDITIONALLY, THE APPLICANT WILL BE INSTALLING A NEW PARKING LOT MANEUVERING ISS AND A NEW FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK ALONG HILL STREET.
THE PROPOSED PD WILL ALLOW MOST OF THE USES PERMITTED BY RIGHT OR BY SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
UNDER THE CURRENT GENERAL RETAIL ZONING DISTRICT, THE APPLICANT HAS PRO PROPOSED PROHIBITING THE FOLLOWING USES EMERGENCY CARE CLINIC HOSPITAL, EMS, ALCOHOL, PACKAGED BEER AND WINE SALES FOR OFF-PREMISE CONSUMPTION CONVENIENCE STORES WITH AND WITHOUT GAS SALES, SMOKING LOUNGES AND SMOKE SHOPS.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE.
THE UDC REQUIRES A MASON MASONRY SCREENING WALL ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A SIX FOOT WOODEN FENCE ALONG THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PROPERTY LINES.
IN DECEMBER, THE COMMISSION DID HEAR A, A REQUEST FOR AN EXCEPTION TO THE MASONRY WALL REQUIREMENT AND DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
THAT REQUEST IS PENDING AND COUNSEL IS SET TO HEAR IT.
UM, ON JANUARY 20TH, THE APPLICANT HAS SINCE EXPANDED THE PROPOSED SITE OF THE PLANT NURSE NURSERY TO INCLUDE THREE 12 AND THREE 14.
SO THE EXCEPTION REQUEST THAT YOU HEARD IN DECEMBER IS SORT OF SHOWN THERE IN THAT YELLOW LINE WITH THE EXPANDED AREA OF HER REQUEST, IT WOULD BE THE YELLOW LINE ON THE NORTH CONNECTING TO THE BLUE, AND THEN THE BLUE FROM THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH.
THE VARIANCE REQUEST INCLUDES HORIZONTAL BOARD ON BOARD WOODEN FENCE, SIX TO EIGHT FEET IN HEIGHT.
THERE IS A MAINTENANCE PLAN PROPOSED IT WILL BE MADE WITH SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS AND IT IS AESTHETICALLY IN LINE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND DOES PROVIDE THE SUFFICIENT SCREENING.
WE SENT 12 NOTICES TO SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
WE RECEIVED ZERO LETTERS OF SUPPORT, THREE LETTERS IN OPPOSITION.
YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION OF THOSE LETTERS SHOWN IN RED.
UM, AND THEY REPRESENT TWO UNIQUE LOCATIONS.
STAFF IS UNABLE TO SUPPORT THE ZONING CHANGE.
IT DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
HOWEVER, A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED GENERAL RETAIL AND THE REQUESTED ZONING CHANGE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING ZONING TO THE EAST AND THE SOUTH.
AGAIN, THE NOTATION ABOUT THE FUTURE LAND USE NOT BEING ZONING.
SO IF THE COMMISSION SHOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST, STAFF RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.
ONE, THE FOLLOWING LAND USES SHALL BE PROHIBITED.
ALCOHOL, PACKAGED BEER AND WINE SALES FOR OFF-PREMISE CONSUMPTION, CONVENIENCE STORES WITH AND WITHOUT GAS SALES, SMOKING LOUNGES, AND ALSO SMOKE SHOPS.
NUMBER TWO, DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE AS A PLANT NURSERY SHALL NOT
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REQUIRE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF A SITE PLAN IF ALL UDC REQUIREMENTS ARE MET.AND FINALLY, NUMBER THREE, A 6 2 8 FOOT TALL HORIZONTAL BOARD ON BOARD WOOD SCREENING FENCE MAY BE CONSTRUCTED ALONG THE WEST PROPERTY LINE OF THREE 14 HILL STREET AND THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF 3 14, 3 0 6, AND 300 HILL STREET INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED MASONRY SCREENING WALL.
MADAM CHAIR, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, JUST FOR THE RECORD, I KNOW WE DID IT IN BRIEFING.
CAN YOU READ THOSE OPPOSITION LETTERS AGAIN? ABSOLUTELY, I CAN BECAUSE THIS IS A LITTLE, UM, IT'S KIND OF A MIXED BAG.
WHEN WE, WHEN WE APPROVED THIS BEFORE, THERE WERE NO OPPOSITION LETTERS AND THEN THEY'VE EXTENDED THE, THE LINE OF WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.
SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE IT ON THE RECORD.
3 0 1 CRESCENT DRIVE, THAT IS THE PROPERTY SHOWN ON THE NORTHERN SIDE WITH THE NUMBER ONE.
THE COMMENT IS I AM STRONGLY OPPOSED TO HAVING THESE TRACKS CHANGED TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR GENERAL RETAIL.
THEN WE RECEIVED TWO OPPOSITION BALLOTS FROM 4 21 NORTHWEST FOURTH STREET.
UM, ONLY ONE OF THOSE BALLOTS HAD A COMMENT.
AND THE COMMENT IS, PLEASE KEEP TO THE SOUTH OF HILL STREET.
WITH THAT SAID, MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE APPLICANT IS HERE AS WELL AS THE OPPOSITION, AND I BELIEVE BOTH ARE PREPARED TO, UH, COME TO THE PODIUM AND VISIT WITH YOU.
COMMISSIONER, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YES.
COMMISSIONER GONZALES? YES, SIR.
OF COURSE, VERY INFORMATIVE OF, UH, ON I THINK PROPERTY LOT THREE 12.
THERE'S, THERE'S, UH, A HOUSE.
SO I'M ASSUMING THAT WOULD BE DEMOLISHED AND THAT THAT'S CORRECT.
DO THEY NEED TO GO THROUGH A DIFFERENT PROCESS TO DO THAT OR HOW DOES THAT WORK, AARON? SO THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD GO THROUGH BUILDING INSPECTION AND REQUEST A DEMOLITION PERMIT.
IT'S JUST COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER WITH THIS, WITH THIS REQUEST.
WE'RE NOT APPROVING A SITE PLAN.
UM, ON THEIR CONCEPTUAL, CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN.
LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET THE MOUSE WORKING.
SO HERE IS THAT LITTLE HOUSE THAT YOU'RE SEEING.
UM, IT IS SHOWN TO BE REMOVED.
SO ULTIMATELY WHEN THERE IS THE EXPANSION, THAT HOUSE WILL BE DEMOLISHED AND IT JUST REQUIRES A BUILDING PERMIT THROUGH BUILDING INSPECTION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AARON? THANK YOU.
SPEAKER CARDS, WE HAVE SEVERAL CARDS.
THE APPLICANT, SONYA SPRAY WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
UM, MY NAME IS SONYA SPRAY AND I LIVE AT 400 NORTH IRV A IN DALLAS.
AND I'M JUST CURIOUS THAT WHY YOU DECIDED TO, WHY YOU DECIDED YOU WOULD WANT TO HAVE THAT IN THAT AREA? YEAH, I MEAN, A, A LOT OF REASONS.
UM, LOCATION, YOU KNOW, PROXIMITY, UM, FOR OUR CLIENTS.
'CAUSE WE'RE CURRENTLY IN ARLINGTON AND WE REALLY WANTED TO BE LONG 30 FOR ACCESS.
UM, AND JUST FINDING SOMETHING ZONED.
AND AS YOU KNOW, THE TWO LOTS ARE ALREADY ZONED.
IT, IT APPEARS THAT YOU PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO THIS MM-HMM
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE PATHWAY AND THE WAY YOU HAVE IT IN A VERY SCENIC, SO YOU, YOU KIND OF, WE WERE THINKING ABOUT CALLAWAY'S ON THE FIRST ONE WE COULD THINK OF THAT WAS SIMILAR TO THAT MM-HMM
IS THAT WHAT YOUR LINE OF THINKING? JUST MAKE IT MORE, I MEAN, WHERE MORE PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO COME AND MORE RELAXED ATMOSPHERE? YEAH.
I THINK OUR GOAL AND WHAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT, ABOUT THIS PROPERTY IS THAT IT CAN LOOK RESIDENTIAL.
SO OUR CUSTOMERS CAN REALLY PICTURE WITH OUR LIKE DISPLAY GARDENS, LIKE WHAT THESE PLANS WOULD LOOK LIKE IN THEIR HOME.
UM, AND JUST THAT HOMEY FEELING THAT MAKES PEOPLE STAY.
LIKE RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN KIDS ARE THERE IN THE SUMMER, WE HAND OUT JUICE BOXES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE JUST LOVE THAT KIND OF, THAT HOMEY FEEL THAT IS STILL SO CLOSE TO, YOU KNOW, RIGHT.
BETWEEN DALLAS AND FORT WORTH AND JUST SO ACCESSIBLE.
I KNOW THAT THE FOLKS THAT ARE OPPOSED ARE NOT IN, WELL ONLY ONES IN CLOSE PROXIMITY.
HAVE YOU CONSIDERED REACHING OUT TO THE RESIDENTS TO LET 'EM KNOW WHAT, WHAT, WHAT KIND OF SHOP YOU'LL BE RUNNING OR, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T, YEAH.
AND I CAN DEFINITELY ANSWER, YOU KNOW, ANY, ANY QUESTIONS, UM, WHILE I'M HERE.
AND, UM, I KNOW ERIN AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT, UM, THEY WANT REMOVED FROM, UM, THAT WOULD BE CURRENTLY UNDER THAT GR UM, ZONING TO GET TO THE PD.
IT, IT WOULD JUST BE, IF YOU WANNA BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR, YOU'RE COMING IN.
AND SO IT WOULD BE GOOD TO, TO GET TO KNOW THE NEIGHBORS AND IT MAKES EVERYBODY MORE COMFORTABLE.
I WOULD THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO DO.
COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN? VERY BRIEFLY.
UM, YOU HAVE ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FROM STAFF WAS WITH THAT SIX TO EIGHT FOOT FENCING MM-HMM
ARE YOU OPPOSED TO MAKING THAT FOOT EIGHT TO 10 FEET? UM, YEAH, WE COULD DO TALLER.
I THINK THE MAIN THING IS THE MASONRY.
AGAIN, IT DOESN'T, WE WANT TO LOOK HOMEY AND THEN JUST THE FEASIBILITY OF THE PROJECT, WE NEED TO KEEP THE COSTS DOWN.
THAT WOULD, IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER THAT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE FOR SURE SOMETHING I COULD SUPPORT.
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YOU.ANY OTHER QUES? COMMISSIONER GONZALES? YES.
THANK OF MS. SPRAY AGAIN IS, YOU SAID YOU HAD A, A FACILITY CURRENTLY YOU OWN ONE IN ARLINGTON.
ARE YOU MOVING IT OR EXPANDING IT OR? WE'RE MOVING, YEAH.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR COMING TO GRAND PRAIRIE.
ANY OTHER SPEAKER CARDS? YES, WE HAVE A SPEAKER CARD FOR ITEM THREE AND FOUR FROM LISA ARNOLD.
UM, SHE IS AT 3 0 1 CRESCENT DRIVE.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS ONE OF THE LETTERS OF OPPOSITION YOU RECEIVED.
TONIGHT SHE WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
HI, I AM LISA ARNOLD AND I, I LIVE AT 3 0 1 CRESCENT DRIVE.
SO I AM THE PROPERTY THAT BACKS UP A LITTLE BIT.
WE'LL, WE'LL PUT IT BACK UP SO YOU CAN REFER TO IT.
UM, SO THE ONE LABELED NUMBER ONE OKAY.
AND, UM, I DID OPPOSE THIS BECAUSE I HAD NO IDEA.
I'M THRILLED WITH WHAT, UM, LOOKS LIKE MIGHT COME IN.
I MEAN, I THINK OF EVERYTHING THAT COULD COME IN.
THIS IS BEST CASE SCENARIO TO BE IN, YOU KNOW, PRACTICALLY IN MY BACKYARD.
UM, ONE THING THAT WAS NOT DISCUSSED, THE ELEVATION ON HILL STREET IS HIGHER THAN CRESCENT DRIVE.
SO I LOVE THAT YOU BROUGHT UP MAYBE AN EIGHT TO 10 FOOT FENCE.
BECAUSE YOU CAN STAND ON THOSE LOTS AND LOOK DOWN INTO MY BACKYARD.
AND IF YOU'LL NOTICE, I DO HAVE A SWIMMING POOL MM-HMM
AND THAT'S A CONCERN, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT PEOPLE SHOPPING IN A SOMEPLACE AND, YOU KNOW, LOOKING OVER AND SEEING THE GIRLS SWIMMING.
UM, SO I WOULD LOVE THAT TALLER FENCE.
UM, ALSO, I WOULD BE CURIOUS IF THAT MAINTENANCE OF THE FENCE WOULD BE ON BOTH SIDES OR JUST THE SHOP SIDE.
YOU KNOW, I'D PREFER IT NOT LOOKING BAD ON THE SIDE THAT'S, UM, BACKING UP TO OUR HOMES.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WOULD BE ROOM MAYBE TO PUT SOME SCREENING TREES THAT WOULD EVEN GROW A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THAT.
BUT THAT WOULD SOMETHING I'D BE, YOU KNOW.
WHERE IS ERIN? DOES SHE I'M RIGHT HERE.
HELLO? DID YOU WANNA SPEAK TO THAT FENCE? BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.
OR MAYBE RASHAD YOU ARE OR SAVANNAH.
WELL JUST, I WOULD JUST APPRECIATE THE TALLER THE FENCE THE BETTER.
BUT SHE SAID ON BOTH SIDES, THE MAINTENANCE SIDE.
OH, REGARDING THE MAINTENANCE? MM-HMM.
THAT WOULD BE, UH, FOR BOTH SIDES.
AND MS. BRA, I'M GONNA MOVE YOUR PAPERS AGAIN.
UM, AND I RAN IT OFF THE PAGE 'CAUSE I WAS IN HURRY.
UM, SO IT DOES INCLUDE ANNUAL INSPECTIONS AND CLEANING BOTH SIDES.
PERIODIC CLEAR CEILING AND STAINING REPAIRS AS REQUIRED.
AND IF NECESSARY, ULTIMATELY WE'LL REPLACE IT.
UM, AND I WOULD LOVE TO ADD MAYBE A FEW THINGS TO THE PROHIBITED USES, UM, VARIETY STORES, RESTAURANTS, BARBER, BEAUTY SHOPS, THOSE ARE JUST THINGS THAT I DON'T THINK WOULD FIT IN WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN I, A QUESTION FOR YOU ALL.
I GUESS IF, IF THIS BUSINESS WERE TO LEAVE, YOU KNOW, SHE COME IN AND LEAVE, UM, WOULD THE FENCE REQUIREMENTS CHANGE? LIKE IF A DIFFERENT, UM, BUSINESS CAME IN, WOULD THEY STILL BE ALLOWED TO KEEP THE, THE WOOD FENCE OR DEPENDING ON THE BUSINESS, WOULD THAT OPTION OF NEEDING IT TO BE THE MASONRY SCREENING FENCE? I'LL LET THEM ANSWER THAT.
I'M NOT, I WOULDN'T DARE TOUCH IT.
SO THE WAY THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING OUR APPROVAL IS THAT THE, UM, EXCEPTION TO THE MASON RESCREENING WALL WOULD BE SPECIFIC FOR A PLANT NURSERY.
SO IF SOME OTHER USE CAME IN, UM, WHATEVER IT COULD BE UNDER THIS, THIS, UH, USE CHART, THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO DO THE MASONRY SCREENING.
UM, UNLESS THEY RECEIVE A VARIANCE THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AGAIN.
UM, I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING I HAD.
THANK YOU ALL FOR LETTING US SPEAK.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, WE ARE SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE HERE.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE HEAR FROM THE HOMEOWNERS.
AND HOW, HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED AT THAT PROPERTY? UM, SINCE 1992.
WELL, YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, SO YOU DESERVE TO, YOU KNOW, TO BE HAPPY AS WELL, YOU KNOW, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
I, UM, I I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A GOOD NEIGHBOR THERE AND MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, WOULD, WE WOULD BE GOOD NEIGHBORS? I THINK SO.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE TIME.
DO WE HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKER CARDS? WE HAVE NO MORE SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS ITEM.
I BELIEVE THIS IS, UH, JAMIE MENDEZ.
ARI, WOULD WE, ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? WE MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE DISCUSSION.
UH, ANY SUGGESTIONS? UH, ANY? I, I LIKE THE SUGGESTION THAT COMMISSIONER, UH, CHAP MADE WITH
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REGARD TO THE FENCE.UM, I, UH, AT FIRST I WAS A LITTLE, NOT SURE OF LIKING IT, BUT I LIKE IT MORE BECAUSE THEY SEEMS LIKE, SEEMS LIKE SHE TOOK A LOT OF TIME INTO THE, THE DESIGN IN COMING HERE FROM ARLINGTON.
KUDOS FOR LEAVING ARLINGTON AND COMING TO GRAND PRAIRIE.
BUT I THINK SHE TOOK A LOT OF TIME AND CARE IN, UM, THE SETUP, MAKING IT, UH, YOU KNOW, VERY USER FRIENDLY AND YOU KNOW, CUSTOMER FRIENDLY FOR THEM TO COME TO A NURSERY.
ANY OTHER CONCERNS, QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER ERY.
SO WHAT DO WE DO IF THE, UM, EIGHT FOOT FENCE IS NOT ENOUGH? LIKE WHAT? 'CAUSE HER, THERE'S SOME ELEVATION THERE, RIGHT? SO WHAT IF THE EIGHT FOOT FENCE IS THERE AND THEN BUSINESS STARTS UP AND THEN NEXT THING YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN SEE INTO THE BACKYARD.
HOW WOULD WE RECTIFY THAT? THAT WOULD BE, UH, WE, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE ANSWER THAT.
THEY'LL BE HELD TO WHAT'S APPROVED WITHIN THE PD.
SO THERE'S NO RECTIFYING IT IF THEY'RE MEETING THE CRITERIA IN THE PD.
SO WE CAN ESSENTIALLY BE APPROVED.
WELL, WE ALSO HAVE CODE COMPLIANCE IS GONNA BE CONSISTENTLY CHECKING ON EVERYTHING.
TO THAT POINT, THE CODE WOULDN'T BE INVOLVED UNLESS THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE ACTUAL HEIGHT THAT'S STIPULATED IN THE PD.
SO THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE GOING OUT TO MAKE CERTAIN NOBODY CAN SEE OVER.
I JUST DON'T LIKE, MY, MY QUESTION IS MORE OF A CONCERN FOR BOTH SIDES IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IF THE EIGHT FENCE, WHAT IF THE EIGHT FOOT FENCE ISN'T ENOUGH? CAN WE DO A 10 FOOT? YOU KNOW, OR, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES THAT, UM, MATCH UP? LIKE WHAT IF THIS ALL GETS SET UP, EVERYTHING GETS APPROVED AND THEN THEY, THEY BUILD IT AND THEN PEOPLE START SHOWING UP AND THEN THE HOMEOWNER CAN SEE CUSTOMERS AND CUSTOMERS CAN SEE INTO THE BACKYARD.
YOU KNOW, SO MR. CHARI, LIKE, UH, RASHAD SAID THEY WOULD BE LIMITED TO WHAT'S IN THE PD ORDINANCE.
SO SIX, IF IT'S WORDED AS EIGHT TO 10 AND THEY BUILD AN EIGHT IF VISIBILITY ISSUES, WE CANNOT COME IN AS A CITY AND SAY, NOW YOU NEED TO BUILD A TENT.
SO I COMPLETELY UNDERSTOOD WHAT YEAH.
UH, I'M JUST TALKING TO THE, UH, YEAH.
OTHER COMMISSIONERS TO SAY, SHOULD WE CONSIDER A LARGER OR A TALLER FENCE, IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.
SO JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW? SO GO AHEAD.
NO, I KNOW THERE'S CURRENTLY A FENCE TODAY THERE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
AND, UM, IN DOING SO, I WONDER IF IT'S RAISING IT TO 10, I MEAN TO EIGHT FEET, IF THAT'S SUFFICIENT, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT REALLY KNOWING, UM, WHAT'S THERE TODAY.
ERIN, DO, DO, DO WE KNOW WHAT'S THERE TODAY? I'M, I'M SORRY, I WAS TALKING TO ERIN.
PLEASE SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME.
WHAT, WHAT'S THE CURRENT, UH, HEIGHT OF THE FENCE TODAY? I'M GONNA BE HONEST WITH YOU AND TELL YOU, I JUST DO NOT KNOW.
I, I WILL SAY THOUGH, UH, I WOULD THINK SIX FEET THERE IS THAT SIGNIFICANT VEGETATION THERE THAT IS BY AND LARGE, HIGHER THAN ANY FENCE YOU'RE GONNA SEE.
THERE'S SOME TREES ALONG THE TREE LINES.
SO, UM, AS I SAID, I I DO NOT NO, THAT'S OKAY.
I ALMOST LIKELY A SIX FOOT THAT AN EIGHT FOOT.
WELL, WITH THE EIGHT FOOT, I THINK THAT WE JUST HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO MAKE A STAND.
I THINK EIGHT FOOT IS AN, IS ENOUGH FOR NOW.
AND THEN WE'LL SEE HOW THINGS GO.
I DON'T SEE WHY WE WOULD, 10 FOOT WOULD BE SOMETIMES I DISTRACTED TOO TALL, YOU KNOW, SOME, I DON'T KNOW.
I, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T LIKE PEOPLE LOOKING INTO MY AREA.
UH, TO THE LADIES EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, IF I'M HAVING A FAMILY GATHERING, IT'S FOR MY FAMILY.
NOT FOR EVERYBODY OUTSIDE OF IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, I AM COMFORTABLE, UH, COMMISSIONER TALKER, IF YOU WANT TO SAY, UM, NINE FEET TO 10 FEET, THAT'S FINE.
BUT I THINK IT'S ALMOST SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO EXPLORE, UM, TO SEE.
BECAUSE HERE'S THE THING, IN FAIRNESS WITH MS. GRAY, I DON'T WANT HER BUILDING A FENCE BIGGER THAN WHAT SHE'D HAVE TO DO.
AND GOING THROUGH THAT EXPENSE.
UM, SO I WOULD ALMOST SAY IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT.
AND I, I WILL SAY THE TICKLER FOR ME IS THE FACT THAT THE, THE, UH, YOUNG LADY THAT LIVES THERE ON CRESCENT DRIVE SAID THAT THERE'S A SLOPE.
SO IT MAY NEED TO BE EIGHT FEET IN SOME PLACES AND 10 FEET IN SOME OTHER PLACES.
YOU KNOW? HOW WOULD, WITH RESPECT TO YOU GUYS, I, RASHAD, HOW WOULD WE RESTATE THAT? I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S A LITTLE COMPLICATED.
'CAUSE THAT'S GETTING INTO THE WEEDS THERE AND WE HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT ALL OF THAT.
IT'D BE HARD TO ENFORCE AFTER THE FACT.
WE HAVE TO BE HELD TO WHAT'S STIPULATED IN THE PD.
SO IF YOUR CONCERN IS THAT SOUTHERN, NOT THE SOUTHERN, THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY, WHICH IS THE BUDDING, THE RESIDENTIAL, UH, AND, AND THAT WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT AND WANT TO MAXIMIZE THE SCREENING FOR THAT, UH, NOTE THE PICTURE SHOWS A LOT OF LANDSCAPING THERE.
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I CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY WHERE THE FENCE WOULD BE ON EITHER SIDE OF THAT LANDSCAPING OR THE EXISTING, UH, VEGETATION.
BUT THAT WOULD, COULD BE STIPULATED TO BE A 10 FOOT FENCE.
AND THEN THE REMAINDER, WHICH WOULD BE THE EASTERN WEST, WHICH BE EIGHT FEET, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT A SUPER TALL FENCE IN THE MAIN LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE.
UH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WIND LOAD AND, AND, UM, IF WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID A MAINTENANCE ISSUE AND COST TO THE APPLICANT, I WOULDN'T SAY 10 FEET ALL THE WAY AROUND THE DEVELOPMENT.
I WOULD JUST SAY WE WOULD, MAYBE WE SAY EIGHT TO 10, AND THEN WHEN THE BUILD OUT STARTS, SEE HOW THAT GOES.
BECAUSE I, IT WOULDN'T BE FAIR TO HER.
UH, BECAUSE MOST ARE EIGHT, EIGHT FEET NOW.
YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF THE SIX FEET.
SO THAT'S TWO, TWO MORE FEET RIGHT THERE.
UH, AND IT'S SUCH A, A WOODED, UH, AREA.
YOU KNOW, IT, IT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM.
BUT I GUESS IT DEPENDS ON HOW WE, HOW WE, UH, STATE IT IN THE, UM, MOTION.
ANY ENOUGH COMMENTS? ERIN? I HAVE NO MORE COMMENTS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF THAT.
NOW I'M GONNA MOVE IT BACK TO THE RECOMMENDATION SLIDE.
SO IF YOU WANT ME TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, LEMME KNOW.
COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN HAS ANOTHER QUESTION.
ALL, ALL OF THE, UM, THE TREES THAT ARE THERE, THE VEGETATION, UM, MS SPRAY, DO YOU PLAN ON KEEPING THAT? DO YOU, YOU'RE GONNA KEEP ALL OF THAT? YEAH.
THERE IS, UH, INVASIVE POSITIVE THAT, DO YOU MIND COMING TO, I'M SORRY.
I APOLOGIZE THAT EVERYONE AT HOME IS WATCHING.
UM, SO I WANNA KEEP AS MANY TREAT SPEAKING TO THE MICROPHONE.
I WANNA KEEP AS MANY AS POSSIBLE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, HEALTHY, ESPECIALLY THE TALL ONES.
THERE IS SOME, UM, INVASIVE PIVOT THAT WILL NEED TO BE REMOVED THAT'S PRETTY SHORT.
UM, SO THAT WOULDN'T REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE, THE, THE, THE, THE, THE EIGHT TO 10 FOOT? YOU KNOW, I'M PICTURING, YOU KNOW, HOW TALL 10 TO 10 FEET IS
UM, AND WE'RE KIND OF CHATTING BACK THERE IF, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE CERTAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE PUT IN WRITING, BUT ARE THERE CERTAIN AREAS THAT CAN BE TALLER AND LOWER? RIGHT.
THAT'S WHAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT? EIGHT TO 10.
I GET, I GET BASED ON THE SLOPES SLOPING.
BUT, AND THEN PART OF THE REZONING, THOSE OTHER TWO IS JUST, YOU KNOW, IT ALREADY KIND OF HAS THIS, UH, LIKE BOX OF OF TREES.
UM, SO WE'RE DEFINITELY WANTING TO KEEP AS MANY AS POSSIBLE.
BUT, UM, JARED'S THE ENGINEER ON THE PROJECT.
SO HE, UM, SAID SOME TREES MIGHT HAVE BE REMOVED.
DO YOU MIND SPEAKING TO THAT? YES, MA'AM.
JARED STROBEL WITH HC ENGINEERING.
UM, AND YOUR ADDRESS, SIR? YOUR ADDRESS? OH, 35 40 EAST BROAD STREET, MANSFIELD, TEXAS.
UM, SHE IS RIGHT THERE IS ABOUT A SIX FOOT KIND OF FALL OFF.
THAT'S KIND OF A FOUR TO ONE RATIO TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE SITE.
A LOT OF THE TREES THAT ARE IN THAT AREA THOUGH ARE LIKE HACKBERRY TREES.
SO THOSE WILL PROBABLY BE REMOVED AT ON OUR SITE, OBVIOUSLY.
UM, BUT I WAS JUST TALKING TO HER.
WE COULD DO SOMETHING THAT WE KIND OF FILL IN THE BACK AREA WITH WHETHER IT'S A BERM OR SOMETHING AND PUT THE FENCE ON TOP OF THAT BERM TO KIND OF TRY TO KEEP IT TALLER.
AND ALSO WE CAN STILL DO THE, YOU KNOW, FENCE TALLER.
WE CAN EVEN HAVE A RETAINING WALL BACK THERE THAT KIND OF FILLS THAT BACK AREA UP.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE THAT IMMEDIATE, YOU KNOW, FOUR TO ONE DROP OFF THAT SIX FOOT DROP, BUT OKAY.
I MEAN, THE ENTIRE SITE DROPS OFF ABOUT, I'D SAY 15 FOOT FROM THE ROAD TO THE BACK OF THE SITE.
SO YOU'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH, WORK WITH IT.
SO WE'LL WORK WITH SOMETHING AS FAR AS THE GRADING WISE TO TRY TO KEEP THAT FENCE, YOU KNOW, AS HIGH AS POSSIBLE.
AND WE CAN ALSO LIKE PUT SOME TREES MAYBE IN FRONT TO KIND OF AS A LANDSCAPE BUFFER.
SO THAT WOULD MAYBE WOULD HELP.
ANY OTHER CONCERNS, COMMISSIONERS? THANK YOU.
THAT BEING SAID, UH, JANIE, UH, COMMISSIONER MENDEZ OUTTA COFFEE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY, ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? DO YOU WANNA DISCUSS IT ANYMORE? ARE YOU NO, I'M, I'M GOOD MADAM CHAIR.
I'D LIKE TO, UM, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM CPA DASH 25 DASH 12 DASH 0 0 24.
AND ITEM FOUR, UM, ZON 2 5 1 2 0 0 4 2 ZONING CHANGE, UM, TO APPROVE AND TO AMEND, UM, THE FOLLOWING CONDITION.
AND JUST CHANGE THE SIX TO EIGHT FOOT TALL TO EIGHT TO 10 FOOT TALL AS NEEDED.
I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEMS THREE AND FOUR BY COMMISSIONER JANIE MENDEZ, ARI, ANY SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FRANK GONZALEZ AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS WITH THE AMENDMENT TO ITEM THREE.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
[5. ZON-25-09-0036 - Zoning Change/Concept Plan - Flex-N-Gate (City Council District 4). Zoning Change from PD-55 for Commercial Uses to Planned Development for Light Industrial Uses on 18.32 acres. Lot 1, Block C, Great Southwest Crossing Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-55, within the IH 20 Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 2155 W IH 20]
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ALRIGHT.THIS NEXT ITEM IS A ZONING CHANGE, UH, FOR 2155 WEST INTERSTATE 20.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN.
THIS IS AN EXISTING OFFICE WAREHOUSE BUILDING.
UH, THE PROPOSAL IS TO CHANGE THE EXISTING ZONING FROM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 55 FOR COMMERCIAL USES TO A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES.
UH, THE PROPERTY'S ABOUT 18 ACRES AND OUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP DOES DESIGNATE THIS AREA, UH, FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
SO THEIR PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE, UH, IS CONSISTENT WITH THAT, UH, FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION.
UH, SO THIS PROPOSED PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT ESTABLISHES LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AS THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT.
AGAIN, IT'S AN EXISTING OVER 400,000 SQUARE FEET OFFICE WAREHOUSE BUILDING.
UH, THE APPLICANT DESIRED TO EXPAND THEIR OPERATIONS FROM OFFICE WAREHOUSE TO INCLUDE, UH, SUNLIGHT MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY.
AND, UH, IS REQUESTING THAT ZONING CHANGE TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.
AND THE PROPOSED PD ALSO ESTABLISHES A CHAIN LEAK FENCE WITH HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE SLATS AS AN ALLOWED SCREENING FOR OUTSIDE STORAGE.
UH, UDC SPECIFIES, UH, THAT A TYPE ONE MASONRY SCREENING WALL OR TYPE THREE, UH, WOODEN FENCE IS REQUIRED DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION OF THE STORAGE AND THE ADJACENT LAND USES.
AND SO THIS IS THE, UH, FENCING EXHIBIT, UH, PROVIDED AS PART OF THEIR PLANNED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT, UH, CONTAINS, UH, AN IMAGE SHOWING THE SLATS THAT WOULD BE ADDED TO THE EXISTING CHAIN LINK FENCE.
AND THEN WHAT THAT FENCE, UH, COULD LOOK LIKE.
UM, THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST.
I CAN ANSWER, UH, QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
COMMISSIONERS ANY QUESTIONS FOR THIS ITEM? DID A GOOD JOB IN THE, UH, PRESENTATION.
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO PRESENT THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AT THIS TIME? YES.
UH, SO THIS SECOND ITEM IS ALSO 4 21 55 WEST INTERSTATE 20.
AND THIS REQUEST IS FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR OUTSIDE STORAGE.
UH, THE SUP REQUIREMENT IS TRIGGERED BECAUSE THIS LOCATION IS WITHIN AN INTERSTATE 20 OVERLAY DISTRICT.
UH, THE APPLICANT'S REQUESTING TO STORE EXCESS EMPTY METAL RACKING.
UH, THEIR, UM, EXISTING, UH, SITE PLAN IS ON THE SCREEN AND YOU CAN SEE THE BOXES IN RED IS THE AREA THEY'RE REQUESTING, UH, FOR OUTSIDE STORAGE.
THIS IS ABOUT 35,000 SQUARE FEET.
UH, THEIR PROPOSED STORAGE IS 15 TO 18 FEET IN HEIGHT.
AND AGAIN, UH, THEY ARE PROPOSING TO ADD THE POLYETHYLENE SLATS TO AN EXISTING CHAIN LINK FENCE TO STORE, UH, TO SCREEN THAT OUTSIDE STORAGE AREA.
UM, SO, UH, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR PROPOSED SCREENING.
UH, THEY ARE PROPOSING THIS ALTERNATIVE TO WHAT THE UDC REQUIRES BECAUSE OF EXISTING CONDITIONS ON THE SITE.
UM, SO THE AREA SHADED IN BLUE REPRESENTS THE ENCORE EASEMENT.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT AREA EXTENDS BEYOND THE END OF THEIR CURB, UH, AND THE GRASS AREA.
UH, SO THEIR EXISTING CHAIN LINK FENCE IS, UH, SHOWN IN THAT AREA AND THAT ORANGE LINE, AND AGAIN, THE, UH, ENCORE EASEMENT EXTENDS BEYOND THAT, UH, WHICH PREVENTS THEM FROM CONSTRUCTING A PERMANENT SOLID FENCE AT THAT LOCATION.
UH, THIS IS AN IMAGE OF THE, UH, OUTSIDE STORAGE AREA FROM THEIR FRONT PARKING LOT.
UM, SO THE AREA THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR STORAGE IS, UH, TO THE LEFT OF THE FIRE LANE IN THIS PHOTO AND EAST ON THE PLAN.
UH, SO THE, THIS AREA WOULD WOULD BE REMOVED.
UM, THE DEVELOPMENT I REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS.
UM, THE FIRST IS THAT THE OUTSIDE STORAGE AREA SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE AREA SHOWN IN RED ON THE ATTACHED SITE PLAN.
UM, AND THAT SHOULD NOT, SHALL NOT OCCUR WEST OF THE FIRE LANE.
UH, THE OUTSIDE STORAGE AREA SHALL BE SET BACK AT LEAST 210 FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.
AND THAT'S IN AN EFFORT TO MINIMIZE AND THE VISUAL IMPACT OF THE METAL RACKS WHEN YOU'RE TRAVELING ALONG THE I 20 FRONTAGE ROAD.
AND THE APPLICANT SHALL OBTAIN A BUILDING PERMIT PRIOR TO THE INSTALLATION OF THOSE SLATS AND THE EXISTING CHAIN LEAK FENCE.
AND THEN THE APPLICANT SHALL INSTALL THOSE SLATS, UH, WITHIN THREE MONTHS OF CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
THIS INCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
COMMISSIONERS COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.
UH, QUESTION AROUND THE ACTUAL STORAGE, OUTSIDE STORAGE TODAY AND THE PROPOSED SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, IS THAT PERMITTED BY RIGHT.
TO HAVE OUTSIDE STORAGE? SINCE IT'S ALREADY THERE, BUT IT'S, UH, THE SUP IS REQUIRED, BUT IT'S PERMITTED TO HAVE OUTSIDE STORAGE.
CORRECT? IT'S PERMITTED IF THE SUP IS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL.
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SO WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT IT'S THERE BEFORE IT'S BEEN APPROVED? CORRECT.AND SO THAT IS A PROBLEM SO THAT, THAT OUTSIDE STORAGE REQUIRES AUTHORIZATION BY CITY COUNCIL.
UH, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE PICTURE ITSELF? BECAUSE YOU TALKED ABOUT IN YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS THE AREAS THAT YOU, THEY WERE TO, UH, NOT TO HAVE THE EQUIPMENT ON THE, WAS IT, CAN YOU PUT YOUR, YOUR, YOUR ARROW ON THAT AREA? THAT, SO THIS AREA RIGHT HERE IS, UM, WHERE THE RED BOXES ARE ON THEIR SITE PLAN IMAGE.
UM, SO THIS RIGHT HERE IS THIS AREA.
AND THEN YOU MENTIONED THE OTHER ON THE OTHER SIDE, THAT THAT'S GONNA BE REMOVED.
THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING OUTSIDE STORAGE FOR THIS LOCATION.
THAT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE THERE.
YES, BECAUSE THAT'S AN EYESORE RIGHT THERE.
IT'S CLOSER TO THE, UH, BUILDING.
COMMERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SAVANNAH? COMMISSIONER JERY? I'M SORRY.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP THE CONCERN I HAD EARLIER DURING THE BRIEFING ABOUT, UM, NOISE.
UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY HAVE FORKLIFTS RUNNING PRETTY MUCH 24 7 AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT THOSE RESIDENTS RECOURSE LOOKS LIKE.
UM, 'CAUSE THERE ARE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA WHO ARE, UH, CONSTANTLY POSTING ABOUT, UM, NOISE CONCERNS, UM, FROM THE ACTUAL, UM, FORKLIFTS.
SO, AND UM, THE PHOTOS THAT THEY SHOW DON'T LOOK AS PRETTY AS THIS ONE FROM THE PARKING LOT.
UM, SO JUST A CONCERN THAT I WOULD WANT TO YEAH, GOOD COMMENT.
COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN? YES, SAVANNAH, I HAD A CONCERN, UM, IN BETWEEN THE TWO MEETINGS, I WAS REMINDED OF AN INCIDENT WHERE, UH, ONE OF OUR PRIOR COMMISSIONERS HAD AN ISSUE.
AND, AND TO YOUR POINT, IS THIS STORAGE SUPPOSED TO BE OUT THERE AT ALL? ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO HAVE THINGS STORED OUTSIDE? SO OUTSIDE STORAGE AT THIS LOCATION REQUIRES A A CP? RIGHT.
AND WHERE IT'S POSITIONED RIGHT NOW, DO THEY HAVE AN SUP FOR IT? THEY DO NOT.
OKAY, SO THAT IS A PROBLEM WITHIN ITSELF, RIGHT, BECAUSE THEY'RE VIOLATING.
AND THEN PREVIOUSLY, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY FROM THE SAME, UH, COMMISSIONER, THERE WERE HISTORICAL EVENTS WHERE, WHERE THIS WAS A PROBLEM IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE REFERENCING IS ON AN ADJACENT PROPERTY.
UH, WHICH IS ALSO OWNED BY THE APP.
THE ADJACENT PROPERTY IS OWNED BY THE APPLICANT.
THEY HAVE REMOVED THE OUTSIDE STORAGE THERE, AND SO THEY ARE, ARE IN COMPLIANCE.
SO THIS IS, IS A DIFFERENT PROPERTY.
BUT COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN BRINGS UP A GOOD POINT BECAUSE THESE, THIS STORAGE IS THERE NOW AND IT HASN'T BEEN APPROVED.
SO HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN SITTING THERE UNAPPROVED? I, I, I DUNNO HOW LONG IT'S BEEN THERE, BUT THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND YOU CAN ASK THEM ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR OPERATIONS.
UH, COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER.
DO WE HAVE A PHOTO OF WHAT THE PROPERTY LOOKED LIKE ON THE BACKSIDE? ON THE BACKSIDE FROM WHERE? PULL UP THE AREA.
THIS IS THE FRONT SIDE RIGHT AREA? YES.
SO ON THE BACKSIDE, I, I DO NOT HAVE A A, AN IMAGE OF THAT.
IS THERE ANY STORAGE ON THE BACKSIDE? WHEN YOU'RE SAYING BACKSIDE, DO YOU MEAN THE NORTH OR THE SOUTH END? UM, ON THE NORTH SIDE.
SO THE NORTH SIDE IS ALONG THE FRONTAGE ROAD OF I 20 WHERE SHE HAS A CURSOR NOW.
AND THEN THE SOUTH SIDE IS THE, UM, SIDE ADJACENT TO EXISTING INDUSTRIAL TO THE SOUTH.
AND THAT EXISTING INDUSTRIAL, I'LL BACK UP A LITTLE BIT, IS THE OTHER SUBJECT PROPERTY THAT HAS COME UP, UH, IN DISCUSSIONS IN OTHER PRIOR, UH, OUTSIDE STORAGE DISCUSSIONS AND APPROVALS THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER CHARI HAS MENTIONED.
THERE'S BEEN NOISE CONCERNS, UM, WITH THE OPERATIONS, THEIR OPERATIONS REQUIRE OUTSIDE STORAGE AS THEY HAVE, UH, 24 HOUR TURNAROUND.
I BELIEVE THEY CAN SPEAK TO THIS IN MORE DETAIL WITH GM.
AND SO, UH, THERE'S BEEN LONG-TERM ISSUES WITH THE FORKLIFTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE OPERATION WITH THE ABUTTING NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY THEN MOVE SOME OF THAT OUTSIDE STORAGE.
NOBODY KNOWS THE SPECIFIC TIMING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THAT TO THEIR OTHER FACILITY THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS REQUEST.
AND NOW THEY'RE GETTING APPROVAL FOR THE SUP FOR THAT MOVE AND OUTSIDE STORAGE, THEY'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THAT.
UM, I'M SURE, UH, SOME THOSE WHO ARE HERE TO SPEAK CAN SPEAK IN MORE DETAIL AND THE APPLICANT CAN SPEAK IN MORE DETAIL.
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I CAN GIVE YOU A BACKGROUND.I GUESS THE ONLY CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, GENERALLY WHEN THERE'S A LOT OF NOISE, THERE'S A NOISE WALL OR YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S NO, UH, KEEP IN MIND THAT'S WHAT I WAS SPEAKING TO.
I CAN'T SPEAK TO IT BEING THE CONCERN OF NOISE FOR THIS ONE BECAUSE THE STORAGE IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
THE STORAGE THAT WAS IN QUESTION FOR THE OTHER LOCATION SOUTH IS EASILY HEARD.
THERE'S NOT A STORAGE, A ACTUAL WALL BLOCKING THE NOISE.
TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, TO THE EAST.
THE, THE APPLICANTS OR THE RESIDENTS CAN, CAN ADDRESS THE NOISE CONCERN IN MORE DETAIL THAN I CAN.
OF COURSE THEY LIVE IT AND WHETHER OR NOT THIS LOCATION IS ALSO SUBJECT TO THE NOISE ISSUE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR SAVANNAH COMMISSIONER? UM, NO.
I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WERE THERE ANY OPPOSITIONS WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANYTHING IN WRITING.
AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND HAS PREPARED A PRESENTATION.
UM, WE HAVE A SPEAKER CARD FOR ITEMS FIVE AND SIX FROM TOMMY MANN, THE APPLICANT WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEMS. OH, THANK YOU.
[6. SUP-25-10-0042 - Specific Use Permit - Flex-N-Gate (City Council District 4). Specific Use Permit for Outside Storage (Accessory) for an existing office/warehouse on 18.32 acres. Lot 1, Block C, Great Southwest Crossing Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-55, within the IH 20 Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 2155 W IH 20 ]
YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.TOMMY MANN 500 WINSTEAD BUILDING IN DALLAS.
I'M HERE REPRESENTING FLEX AND GATE AND MAYBE THAT WILL STAY UP SIMILAR TO STAFF.
I WAS PLANNING TO ADDRESS THE PD AS WELL AS THE SUP IN ONE PRESENTATION.
DON'T WORRY, I DON'T NEED 60 MINUTES TO DO THAT
UM, SO LET ME FIRST JUST KIND OF ORIENT YOU AND EXPLAIN HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE.
SO I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN REPRESENTING FLEX AND GATE FOR YEARS.
WHEN THEY FIRST CAME TO GRAND PRAIRIE BACK IN 20 17, 20 18, THEY PURCHASED THIS BUILDING DOWN HERE AND THEY TAKE AND MANUFACTURE PARTS AND PIECES OF GM VEHICLES AND A COUPLE OTHER MANUFACTURERS.
UM, AND THE, THE HEAVIER ASPECT OF THAT OPERATION HAPPENS IN THIS BUILDING.
THERE'S ACTUALLY SOME WELDING AND THINGS THAT GO ON IN THAT BUILDING.
WHEN WE, WHEN THEY FIRST CAME TO GRAND PRAIRIE, WE WERE WORKING WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS AND WITH THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEY WERE THINKING MAYBE 500, 600 EMPLOYEES, UH, TO RUN THE OPERATION OUTTA THIS BUILDING.
THEIR BUSINESS HAS GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY.
THEY'RE NOW AT 1400 EMPLOYEES AND THEY'VE HAD TO LEASE THIS BUILDING TO THE NORTH.
THAT GROWTH HAS ALL HAPPENED WITHIN, YOU CAN DO THE MATH HERE, SIX OR SEVEN YEARS.
SO IN THAT THEY'VE ADDED CUSTOMERS, THEY'VE ADDED EMPLOYEES.
SEVERAL HUNDRED OF THOSE RESIDENT OR THOSE EMPLOYEES ARE GRANT PRAIRIE RESIDENTS.
SO WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF ON FOR A LONG TIME AND HAVING HEARD NEIGHBOR CONCERNS WITH DIFFERENT OPTIONS ON THE SITE IS HOW TO ACCOMMODATE THESE OPERATIONS AND NEW CUSTOMER DEMAND AND CUSTOMER DEMANDS IN THE MANNER THAT'S LEAST IMPACTFUL TO THE RESIDENTS AND WORKS BEST FROM THE CITY CODE PERSPECTIVE.
AND SO THIS ISN'T, YOU'RE CORRECT, THESE OPERATIONS ARE OUT THERE AND HAPPENING NOW, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE WE WERE DOING AN UNDERCOVER OF DARKNESS AND GOT CITED AND NOW WE'RE HERE ASKING FOR FORGIVENESS.
IT'S JUST SORT OF A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE FROM AN EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE, BUT IT, IT MOVES A LITTLE FASTER THAN LAND USE REGULATIONS SOMETIMES.
SO ON THE ZONING FRONT OF THIS, JUST FOCUSING ON THE BUILDING FOR A SECOND, WHICH IS TECHNICALLY THE FIRST ITEM YOU'RE CONSIDERING.
IT HAS TRUCK DOCKS ON EITHER SIDE.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME LIGHT ASSEMBLY THAT IS OCCURRING IN THERE, WHICH IS A DIFFERENT USE FROM WAREHOUSE.
IF YOU GO IN THERE, WHICH I'VE DONE.
AND THIS WILL, THE PARTS ARE COMING IN ON THESE RACKS FROM THE CAR MANUFACTURERS.
THEY GO IN HERE TO THE EMPLOYEES, THEY'RE ASSEMBLED AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY MOVED EVENTUALLY, SOME OF THEM OVER TO THIS BUILDING FINALIZED AND THEN SHIPPED OUT.
SO IT'S THAT ASSEMBLY COMPONENT OF IT THAT REQUIRES AN AMENDMENT OF THE PD FROM A USE PERSPECTIVE.
THAT'S ALL HAPPENING INSIDE THE BUILDING.
SO THAT ASSEMBLY PIECE IS THE FIRST ITEM AND WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? UM, NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SUP COMPONENT OF THIS, WHICH IS THE OUTSIDE STORAGE PIECE.
SO AT ONE POINT DURING THIS GROWTH CYCLE THAT I'VE EXPLAINED, THE OUTSIDE STORAGE OF THESE RACKS WAS OCCURRING HERE.
THIS CAUSED A LOT OF COMPLAINTS.
UM, AND YOU CAN KIND OF JUST TELL OBVIOUSLY WHAT THE ISSUE WOULD BE FROM AN AERIAL EVEN, RIGHT? SO YOU HAVE RESIDENCE RESIDENTIAL USES HERE TO THE EAST AND TO THE SOUTH.
SO JUST PURELY BY MOVING IT FROM HERE OVER HERE, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S OBVIOUSLY THE FARTHEST POINT AWAY YOU CAN GET TO.
AND THOSE DISTANCES RANGE FROM A THOUSAND TO CLOSE TO 2000 FEET.
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PROBABLY MORE IMPORTANTLY, FROM A VISUAL AND ACOUSTIC PERSPECTIVE, YOU NOW INTRODUCE A LARGE BUILDING AND MULTIPLE BUILDINGS IN BETWEEN IT AND THE RESIDENTIAL USES.AND THOSE BUILDINGS BOTH OBSCURE ANY VIEW OF IT AS WELL AS MITIGATE, UH, ANY NOISE FOR WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THAT AREA.
SO THAT IN AND OF ITSELF WE THINK MAKES THIS PROBABLY THE BEST LOCATION FOR IT.
UH, AND THEN WHEN YOU REALLY DRILL DOWN AND GET IN THIS AREA, THE CHARACTERISTICS OF IT ARE IMPORTANT.
SO I, AS YOU LOOK AT THIS PHOTO I TOOK WITH MY PHONE OUT THERE ON FRIDAY.
SO THESE ARE THE RACKS THAT ARE COMING IN WITH THE PREASSEMBLED PARTS THAT THEN A FORKLIFT COMES OUT HERE AND TAKES THEM INTO THE BUILDING WHERE THEY'RE ASSEMBLED BY THE TEAM AND THEN THEY MOVE ON DOWN THE ASSEMBLY LINE.
YOU CAN SEE VERY CLEARLY THAT THEY'RE SHORTER THAN THE BUILDING.
SO IF YOU IMAGINE YOU'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT, YOU CAN'T SEE IT, WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE AS CLEARLY ON THIS, BUT YOU CAN, THIS, THERE'S A WING WALL THAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE BUILDING HERE THAT'S AS TALL AS THE REST OF IT.
SO IF WE CONCENTRATE THE STORAGE ALONG THIS SIDE, THEN IT'S NOT ONLY VISUALLY SCREENED FROM EVERYTHING OVER HERE, IT'S ALSO VISUALLY SCREENED PRETTY EFFECTIVELY FROM THE FRONTAGE ROAD.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT STAFF'S RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS, WHICH WE AGREE WITH, IT'S THAT DISTANCE OF 210 FEET FROM THE FRONTAGE ROAD, WHICH GETS YOU BEHIND THIS WING WALL.
AND IT'S NOTHING ON THE WEST SIDE OF THIS FIRE LANE, WHICH WOULD GET YOU OUTSIDE THE WING WALL, WHICH WOULD BE WHERE THE FENCE IS TODAY.
SO THE, THE PROPOSAL IS THAT THE CONDITION BE EVERYTHING PULLED UP AGAINST THE BUILDING, BASICALLY TUCKED BEHIND IT AND HIDDEN THERE.
AND, AND WE'RE OKAY WITH THOSE CONDITIONS.
THE OTHER THING YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HERE, YOU KNOW, FROM US, FROM THE FENCE AS IT EXISTS TO WALMART, THAT'S ABOUT A SEVEN FOOT, YOU KNOW, GAIN TOPOGRAPHY UP TOWARD THAT.
SO IN SOME SENSE THE, THE FENCE HERE IS YOU BARELY EVEN SEE PART OF IT.
BUT YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT THESE ARE NOT JUST SMALL LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD ENCORE DISTRIBUTION LINES.
THESE ARE BIG TRANSMISSION LINES AND WE'RE IN THAT EASEMENT.
SO THEY WANT A FENCE THAT CAN MORE EASILY BE TORN DOWN IF THEY HAVE TO PERFORM MAINTENANCE AND REPLACED, UM, WHICH NOBODY LOVES CHAIN LINK AND WE GET THAT OR DEALING WITH THESE COMPETING FORCES, BUT AT LEAST WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE WALMART PARKING LOT AND SERVICE CENTER AND THIS BIG HILL THAT ALREADY EXISTS, THE SLATS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO PUT IN.
AND WE'VE OFFERED, YOU KNOW, THE SPEC SHEET FROM THE MANUFACTURER TO PLACE IN THE PD.
UH, I HEARD THE QUESTIONS IN THE BRIEFING AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU READ THE SPEC SHEET, THEY ARE UV TREATED, THEY ARE DESIGNED TO BE EASILY WASHED WITH WATER JUST LASTED.
CAN THEY GET BROKEN OR WHATEVER AND REPLACED OVER TIME? YES.
BUT THEY ARE MANUFACTURED FOR UP TO 180 DEGREES IN HEAT.
BUT WE ARE FINE WITH A CONDITION THAT DIRTY OR DAMAGED SLATS BE REGULARLY CLEANED OR MAINTAINED.
UM, IT'S OUR BEST SOLUTION FOR A CHALLENGING SITUATION WITH ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT KIND OF COMPETING FORCES GOING ON.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT PROVIDES SOME CONTEXT AS TO HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE, WHY WE'RE PROPOSING WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING.
I MEAN, THIS IS A SERIOUS OPERATION WITH SHIFTS THAT ARE OUT HERE, UM, 24 HOURS IN THE SOUTH BUILDING.
I WILL SAY TO YOUR ONE QUESTION IN THIS AREA FOR THE SUP, SO THESE, THESE RACKS ARE TAKEN INTO THE BUILDING LITERALLY EVERY DAY.
AND THE, THE FORKLIFTS OF THE THING THAT PEOPLE DON'T LIKE ABOUT FORKLIFTS IS THE BEEPING, WHICH WE DON'T PUT IT ON 'CAUSE WE THINK IT'S AWESOME.
IT'S, IT'S LIKE AN OSHA REQUIREMENT THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT, UH, IN AN AREA WHERE YOU HAVE PEOPLE WORKING OR IT'S UNSAFE FOR THE WORKERS, BUT THEY'RE DONE IN THIS AREA, THE FORKLIFTS BY 11:00 PM AND SO IF, IF A CONDITION OF THE SUP WERE THAT WE NOT HAVE FORKLIFTS IN THE OUTSIDE STORAGE AREA AFTER 11:00 PM IF THAT HELPS, UM, WELL THAT'S STILL LATE 11:00 PM YOU KNOW, FROM THE RESIDENT.
WELL THE SHIFT'S IN AT 10 30 IN THAT BUILDING, BUT AGAIN, IT'S, THAT'S ON TOP OF THE BELTS AND SUSPENDERS OF PUTTING IT HERE, A THOUSAND TO 2000 FEET AWAY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING WHERE THEY CAN'T SEE IT AND ALL THOSE THINGS.
I MEAN, THIS IS DEFINITELY BETTER THAN WHERE IT WAS PREVIOUSLY.
SO WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO ACCOMMODATE OUR GROWTH, WHICH IS EXCITING FOR THE CITY, BUT ALSO BEING AS RESPONSIVE AS WE CAN, UH, TO THE FOLKS IN HERE.
I GUESS MY ONLY CONCERN IS BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND THESE FOLKS LIVE THERE AND THEY'RE PAYING TAXES AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE EATING DINNER OR YOU'RE IN ENTERTAINING AND THEN YOU HAVE ALL THAT NOISE.
I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO REALLY THINK ABOUT PUT THE SHOE ON THE OTHER FOOT IF YOU WERE LIVING THERE AND YOU HAD TO HEAR THAT, YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
WHICH IS NOW THIS LOCATION, YOU KNOW, COMPARED TO THE EXPERIENCE OVER PREVIOUS YEARS WHEN THE GROWTH
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FIRST STARTED, I THINK IS MUCH BETTER IN THAT RESPECT, RIGHT? MM-HMMI MEAN, HONESTLY, IF YOU'RE STANDING OUT HERE LIKE I WAS ON FRIDAY, YOU CAN, YOU'VE GOT A KIND OF SHOUT TO THE PERSON YOU'RE STANDING NEXT TO BECAUSE OF THE NOISE FROM I 20, NOT FROM THE FOLKS IN THE BUILDING OR THE FORKLIFTS.
I MEAN THIS, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY WITH, WITH TRUCKS.
WELL, I CAN, WE CAN APPRECIATE THE CHANGE BECAUSE IT'S NEEDED AND IT, IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE AND THAT, UH, IT'S IS IS VERY HELPFUL BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT'D A HUGE, HUGE, HUGE PROBLEM.
BUT I, I'M, I'M KIND OF GETTING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF, OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND YOU ARE CONSIDERING THE NEIGHBORS WITH REGARD TO THAT.
YEAH, AND I DO WANNA THANK STAFF 'CAUSE IT, I MEAN, IT'S A TOUGH SITUATION AND THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH US TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO DO THIS.
SO I THINK WE HAVE A QUESTION HERE.
COMMISSIONER CHUCK, THAT'S HOW WE GOT HERE.
AND, UM, JUST WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION.
SO IN YOUR, IN YOUR OPINION, YOU BELIEVE THIS WILL RAMP DOWN THE SOUND THAT'S BEING HEARD FROM THE FORKLIFTS? OH, WITHOUT QUESTION.
I MEAN, THE, THE BEST NOISE ATTENUATION IS, IS A 400,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING THAT'S TALLER THAN RIGHT, RIGHT.
PLUS YOU HAVE DISTANCE AND THIS IS FARTHER AWAY.
SO YOU HAVE INTERVENING STRUCTURES AND MORE DISTANCE, BOTH OF WHICH ATTENUATE THE NOISE IN THE MOST MEANINGFUL WAY FROM THE RESIDENTS.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN? UM, MR. MANN ON THE, THE PHOTO THAT, UH, STAFF PRESENTED YEP.
UH, THE RACKS THAT WERE OUT IN THE SUP AREA THAT HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO WHY THE CLIENT WOULD HAVE THOSE OUT THERE? UH, IT'S WHAT I, SO, UH, LEMME TAKE THAT A TWO PARTER.
PART OF IT WAS THE RACKS THAT WERE OVER ON THIS SIDE.
UM, SO THIS PHOTO'S FROM FRIDAY, SO YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH PROGRESS WE'RE ALREADY MAKING ON GETTING THEM OFF OF THE WEST SIDE OF THE FIRE LANE.
BUT THESE ARE OUT THERE NOW FOR, FOR SURE ON THE EAST SIDE.
AND, AND IT'S JUST, WHEN GM SAYS WE NEED 25,000 MORE OF THESE A YEAR AND WE'VE GOT TO HIRE AND WE'VE GOTTA HIT THAT, OR WE LOSE THE CUSTOMER AND WE GET, WE HIRE 300 NEW PEOPLE, THAT PROCESS MOVES QUICKER THAN THIS ONE.
UM, IT'S, IT'S REALLY, AND I, I GET IT.
I MEAN, IT'S, IDEALLY THOSE TWO THINGS MOVE AT THE SAME SPEED AND WE'RE ABLE TO COME IN HERE AND, BUT THAT'S HOW WE, BUT WE HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH STAFF ABOUT IT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS TO TRY AND COME UP WITH THE BEST SOLUTION HERE.
THE ONE THING THAT I DO LIKE THAT YOU ADMIT THE FACT THAT YOU WERE, YOU KNOW, OUT OF COMPLIANCE.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, THE, THAT, AND IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO SAY THAT, TO BE TRANSPARENT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WANT THE, THE, THE HOMEOWNERS TO BE HAPPY.
WE WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY AS WELL.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH IT TOGETHER.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE RESIDENTS NEED TO KNOW EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW, WITH THE NEIGHBORS AS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM, NOT HAVING A CONVERSATION.
AND WITH, WITH RESPECT TO WHAT MADAM CHAIR SAID, I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE AN EXPLANATION FOR WHY YOU'RE NOT IN COMPLIANCE, BUT WE WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND, YOU DO NEED TO BE IN COMPLIANCE.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE RESIDENTS WOULD APPRECIATE MORE THAN ANYTHING.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT I WOULD APPRECIATE IF IT WAS ME.
I GUESS I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY WITH WHAT MADAM CHAIR SAID.
IT, IT ALMOST SEEMS IN MY TENURE AS A COMMISSIONER, IT'S COME BEFORE US SO MANY TIMES WITH YOU GUYS, AND I UNDERSTAND FROM A DIFFERENT LOCATION.
BUT I THINK IT'S ALMOST LIKE, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS YOU CAN SUGGEST TO THEM THEY NEED SOME KIND OF NEIGHBORHOOD POLICY WHERE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU GUYS HAVE COFFEE ONCE A MONTH AND JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND YOU'RE NOT EVEN SAYING ANYTHING, BUT I HEAR YOU
BUT I THINK WHAT WE DON'T WANT AS GRAND PRAIRIE RESIDENTS IS FOR THIS TO CONTINUE TO COME BECAUSE, YOU KNOW IT, YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING WONDERFUL FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
EVERYBODY SHOULD BE VESTED IN THAT.
THEY CAN'T BE VESTED IF THEY DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW? SO THAT'S MY SUGGESTION TO YOU.
UM, I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU CAME WITH FACTS AND FIGURES AND REAL NUMBERS WHEN YOU TELL ME YOU GOT 1400 EMPLOYEES AND 700 OF THEM ARE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
I'M YOUR RAH RAH GIRL FOR REAL
UH, BUT I, I JUST THINK THAT THE COMMUNITY PIECE, YOU'VE GOTTA DO BETTER IN INTEGRATING THOSE TWO THINGS AND HAVING SOME SYNERGY IN YOUR MESSAGING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
IT, IT BROUGHT THINGS TO LIGHT.
I SHOULD SAY THE FOLKS WHO MANAGE THE OPERATIONS ARE HERE TOO.
AND IF THERE ARE FURTHER QUESTIONS IF WE NEED THEM.
ANY MORE SPEAKER CARDS? WE DO.
SHE FILLED OUT TWO SPEAKER CARDS.
SO, MS. JOHNSON, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK SEPARATELY ON EACH
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ITEM? WELL, NORMALLY YOU HAVE TO FILL OUT TWO SPEAKER CARDS 'CAUSE THEY'RE SEPARATE.SO THAT'S THE REASON I'M, OKAY.
SO SHE FILLED OUT TWO SPEAKER CARDS.
SHE WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THAT ITEM ONE FOR ITEM SIX.
SHE WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THAT ITEM AS WELL.
CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? YES, MA'AM.
I HAPPEN TO COME UPON THIS BY ACCIDENT.
I WAS HERE FOR THE HILL STREET.
Y'ALL, I'VE BEEN BEFORE Y'ALL MULTIPLE TIMES.
I'VE BEEN BEFORE CITY COUNCIL MULTIPLE TIMES ON THIS.
LEMME GIVE YOU A LITTLE, A LITTLE HISTORY FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD STANDPOINT.
FIRST OF ALL, I'VE BEEN THERE ALMOST 30 YEARS, SO I'VE GOT A PRETTY GOOD FEEL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU WOULD'VE HAD OPPOSITION CARDS.
HAD ANYBODY SEEN THE SIGN? THAT'S A, THERE'S ONE SIGN ON 20 AND I SAW IT TWO DAYS AGO, THREE DAYS AGO.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHY IT'S BEEN THERE LONGER THAN THAT.
I'M JUST SAYING WE DIDN'T SEE IT BECAUSE I GENERALLY WILL TELL ALL OF MY NEIGHBORS.
UM, WHEN THIS BUILDING, THE BUILDING THAT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT, THE ORIGINAL BUILDING WAS, WAS PROPOSED FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT WAS A, A, A WAREHOUSE WITH FOUR INDIVIDUAL TENANTS.
OKAY? THEN IT BECAME, CAME BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND Y'ALL TO BECOME LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
THEN IT BECAME A 24 7 OPERATION.
OKAY? FIRST OF ALL, I WANT FLEXING GATE HERE, Y'ALL.
I DON'T WANT FLEXING GATE TO GO ANYWHERE ELSE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DO IN THE CITY.
I DON'T EVER HEAR THEIR NAME BROUGHT UP IN ANY, ANY OF THE CIRCLES THAT I RUN IN.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DO IN THE CITY.
BUT, UM, ANYWAY, I WANT THEM TO STAY HERE.
THEY DO EMPLOY A LOT OF PEOPLE AFTER THEY, IT'S 24 7 OPERATION, INCLUDING THE WEEKENDS.
AFTER YEARS, THEY PUR PURCHASED THE COOPER TIRE BUILDING BECAUSE WE WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT WHERE THEY SHOWED THAT PURPLE ZONE.
I HAD SOUND, I THERE WAS SOUND PROBLEMS. THE CITY CAME OUT.
IT DID NOT QUALIFY FOR THE CONSTANT SOUND BECAUSE THE BEEPS WERE SO OFF DIFFERENT.
AND WHEN THE 18 WHEELERS BACK UP, THEY BEEP TOO.
WELL, THE PROBLEM IS YOU LET LIGHT INDUSTRIAL COME INTO AN SF ONE NEIGHBORHOOD TO START WITH.
AND THAT IS A HUGE, I SWEAR, I, I SHOWED EVERY ONE OF Y'ALL WHAT IT REALLY LOOKS LIKE.
THESE ARE PRETTY PICTURES, YOU KNOW.
UM, THEY'RE JUST PRETTY PICTURES.
CODE HAS BEEN, I, I PERSONALLY HAVE FILED FOR CODE COMPLIANCE.
UM, ISSUES FOR OUTSIDE STORAGE.
OUTSIDE STORAGE IS NOT A IS IS CAN ONLY BE DONE BY AN SUP.
THEY ARE IN THE I 20 CORRIDOR.
AND SO THEY HAVE TO GET AN SUP COUNSEL HAS ALREADY STRUCK THEIR OTHER FACILITY DOWN FOR OUTSIDE STORAGE.
WHY NOT MOVE THIS STUFF INSIDE YOUR NEW BUILDING THAT SOLVES EVERYBODY'S PROBLEM.
THE BEEPING NOISES INSIDE YOUR BUILDING.
YOU JUST BOUGHT A NEW BUILDING, MOVE IT INSIDE.
Y'ALL, THEY DID MOVE THAT OUTSIDE STORAGE THAT WE WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT OVER TO THIS NEW BUILDING THAT THEY'VE JUST, OR I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE LEASING OR PURCHASED, DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.
BUT THAT DID SOLVE MOST OF OUR PROBLEM.
AND I DO GIVE THEM KUDOS FOR DOING THAT.
BUT THEY WERE FORCED, THEY WERE FORCED TO BECAUSE THEY WERE, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BUILD AN OUTSIDE, A LITTLE OUTSIDE STORAGE BUILDING.
THEY HAD A, A PERMIT TO BUILD A LITTLE ONE.
A LITTLE, A LITTLE THING THAT WAS NEVER GONNA BE, I DON'T KNOW, IT WAS LIKE 1500 SQUARE FEET OR SOMETHING.
THEY HAVE 40 SOME ODD DOCKS THERE PILED ALL THE WAY UP.
MY NEXT CONCERN IS IF I WAS A FIREFIGHTER, HOW WOULD YOU FIGHT THAT FIRE WITH ALL THAT STUFF UP AGAINST THAT BUILDING? YOU KNOW, HOW WOULD YOU FIGHT IT? UM, IF YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE THEM AN SUP FOR THIS, YOU'RE GONNA BE SETTING A PRECEDENT IN THE I 20 CORRIDOR FOR THIS.
AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA COME BACK TO YOU PROBABLY FOR THE OTHER FLEXING GATE FOR THAT OUTSIDE STORAGE.
AGAIN, THAT'S OVER BY MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
I CAN'T SAY THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO.
THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO IF I WAS IN BUSINESS.
SO, UM, LIKE I SAID, COUNCIL HAS, HAS STRUCK THIS DOWN MULTIPLE TIMES FOR THE OUTSIDE STORAGE.
AND YOU MIGHT AS WELL NOT PUT SLATS ON THAT.
I MEAN, THAT'S NOT EVEN, THAT'S A WASTE OF THEIR MONEY.
IF, IF, IF THEY WERE GONNA HAVE OUTSIDE STORAGE, THAT'S JUST A WASTE OF THEIR MONEY.
IT'S JUST, THIS IS JUST NOT A GOOD FIT, UM, FOR THIS.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE NOISE WOULD BE BETTER OR NOT, BECAUSE I STILL HEAR BEEPING NOISES.
I'M GONNA GIVE 'EM CREDIT FOR THAT, NOT LIKE I USED TO.
AND THE REASON THEY'RE BEFORE YOU IS BECAUSE THE CITY KEEPS COMING AFTER 'EM.
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INFORMATION, FOR YOUR UPDATES.DO WE HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKER CARDS? WE DO.
UM, MATTHEW WORKMAN, UH, WISHES TO, UH, TO NOTE HIS SUPPORT, BUT DOESN'T WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEMS FIVE AND SIX.
DAWN C*****G DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WISHES TO RECORD HIS SUPPORT ON ITEM NUMBER SIX.
THAT'S THE SUP LISA ARNOLD DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WANTS TO RECORD HER OPPOSITION.
AND THOSE ARE ALL THE CARTS WE HAVE.
I'M A LITTLE TORN ON THIS AND THIS IS, UH, MY DISTRICT, DISTRICT FOUR.
UM, WHAT WAS IT THAT, UH, CITY COUNCIL DECLINED I GUESS IN PREVIOUS? THE OUTSIDE STORAGE? I BELIEVE IT WAS JUST THAT ONE BECAUSE OF THE NOISE FOR THE MAIN BUILDING.
AND I, THEY'VE MOVED THE STORAGE TO THE OTHER AREA AND SUPPOSEDLY BASED ON THE, THIS PRESENTATION WE SAW, IT'S GONNA BE THE, THE NOISE IS NOT GONNA BE AS AS BAD.
AND, UM, 'CAUSE THEY MOVED EVERYTHING.
IT'S, IT'S A LOT FURTHER AWAY.
BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN TEST THAT.
I'M JUST NOT SURE WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THAT.
BECAUSE THE THING THAT I REALLY DON'T LIKE THE FACT THAT THEY WERE PUT THERE AND THEY'RE OUT OF COMPLIANCE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN OUT OF COMPLIANCE, BUT WHY WOULDN'T THEY JUST GET ENOUGH SPACE TO PUT THOSE RACKS INSIDE THE BUILDING? I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW.
LET'S ASK, ASK THE APPLICANT WHY IS IT REQUIRED TO BE OUTSIDE? YES.
CAN WE, CAN YOU ASK, CAN SOMEONE FROM THE FLEX, UH, GATE ANSWER IT OPERATIONS TEAM MAYBE? YES.
SAVANNAH CAN CHIME IN ON THE PRIOR APPROVAL.
I I WAS JUST GONNA NOTE THAT THE, THE SUP THAT CITY COUNCIL DENIED WAS FOR THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH MM-HMM
SO, PRIOR REQUEST, BUT WE, BUT, BUT THE QUESTION IS, WHY IS, HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN SITTING HERE OUT OF COMPLIANCE? THE, THE NEW THIS, THIS PROPERTY? SO I, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THE OUTSIDE STORAGE WAS THERE.
I WILL SAY THAT THE PRIORITY WAS BRINGING THE BARDEN LOCATION INTO COMPLIANCE.
AND ONCE THEY REMOVED ALL THE OUTSIDE STORAGE, THEY THEN CAME IN WITH THE SUP REQUEST FOR THIS LOCATION.
THEY JUST, SO THEY JUST MOVED IT.
BUT THEY'RE STILL OUT OF COMPLIANCE.
THE, THE, THEIR CITY STAFF SAID, GET THIS STORE OUTSIDE STORAGE OFF OF THE 2150 BARDEN LOCATION MM-HMM
SO, WHICH, WHICH, WHICH MAKES THE NOISE MUCH LESS THAN BEING AT THE PREVIOUS PROPERTY.
SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR ME.
IT'S A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT, SIR? YEAH, I'M HAPPY.
SO, UM, THERE'S A NAME, NAME, UM, 2115.
SO I REPRESENT GATE, OBVIOUSLY.
UM, AND HOW CAN I GO TO THE AERIAL MAP HERE? IS THAT, SORRY.
UM, BUT JUST I GUESS HISTORY ON THIS ORIGINALLY WE DID, UM, UM, RECEIVE SOME, UH, INITIAL, FIRST IT WAS NOISE COMPLAINTS.
WE DID A NUMBER OF NOISE STUDIES.
NOTHING, UH, EXCEPT FOR ACTUALLY A MOTORCYCLE, UM, EXCEEDED WHAT OUR ALLOWABLE NOISE WAS WITH THE FORKLIFTS, WITH THE TRUCKS, ALL THESE THINGS.
WE'VE DONE NUMEROUS NOISE STUDIES OVER A VARIETY OF YEARS, TIMES OF YEAR, EVERYTHING.
RIGHT? SO WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF NOISE STUDIES.
THEY'VE ALL BEEN PROVIDED TO, TO STAFF HISTORICALLY.
THAT WAS AT THE BARDEN ROAD LOCATION.
UM, BUT REGARDLESS, THE, THE ISSUE WAS THEN OUTSIDE STORAGE.
SO WE DID HAVE THIS, THIS TOP AREA THAT THIS AREA WAS, DID HAVE OUTSIDE STORAGE AS WELL AS, WE HAD SOME ON THE SOUTH END HERE, IF YOU COULD SEE MY CURSOR.
BUT, SO WE DID HAVE SOME AT THE SOUTH SIDE THERE AS WELL.
SO, UM, AND THE OUTSIDE STORAGE THAT WE HAD, UM, WE HAD PROPOSED A BUILDING INITIALLY FOR WHAT WAS THESE RACKS HERE.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT PUTTING A, A, A STRUCTURE HERE ALONG THIS AREA THAT WAS GOING TO, TO ALLEVIATE THE SOUTH SIDE RACKS.
UM, THE, UH, UM, THEN, SO ACTUALLY BEFORE THAT, ANY OF THAT WAS DENIED.
UM, THE SITE PLAN AMENDMENT WAS APPROVED, HOWEVER, IT WAS WITH THE, UM, THE, UH, UH, CONDITION OF IT BEING APPENDIX X FOR A RACK STORAGE STRUCTURE.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, WITH THAT BEING THE CASE, UM, WE DID ACTUALLY CHOOSE TO RELOCATE SOME RACKS TO AN OFFSITE LOCATION.
UM, SO SOME RACKS WERE RELOCATED OFFSITE.
UM, SOME WERE RELOCATED INTO THIS BUILDING.
BUT I'M HAPPY TO WALK ANYBODY THROUGH IT WHO'D LIKE TO SEE, UM, THE, THE I 20 BUILDING.
THE REASON THESE RACKS ARE OUTSIDE IS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ROOM IN THIS BUILDING.
IF I HAD ROOM TO PUT THEM IN THERE, I WOULD GLADLY DO THAT.
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WE JUST DON'T WANT THAT BE NOISE FOR THE RESIDENTS.AND THEN THE 24 HOUR, UH, OPERATION, I MEAN, IT, IT, IT'S NOT FAIR.
SO, SO I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY, YOU KNOW WHAT THE BUSINESS THAT YOU HAVE IN GOOD BUSINESS, YOU NEED ANOTHER BUILDING.
SO YOU CAN PUT THOSE, THOSE RACKS ON THE INSIDE.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY, I GUESS IT'S A COST FACTOR, BUT YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT TRYING, TRYING TO KEEP THE WORK IN GRAND PRAIRIE, RIGHT? YEAH.
THAT'S, THAT'S A BIG PART OF IT, RIGHT? BUT YOU, WE HAVE TO BE COGNIZANT OF THE RESIDENCE AS WELL.
AND WE WERE, THAT WAS COMPLETELY AT BACK OF MIND WHEN WE DECIDED TO MOVE ALONG THIS ONLY THIS SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
THERE'S NO STORAGE ON THE SOUTH SIDE, WHICH WOULD BE POTENTIALLY A PATH TO THE RESIDENCE.
UM, I MEAN, AS DEBBIE MENTIONED, THE, THE NOISE HAS COME DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE THAT OUTSIDE STORAGE HERE WAS MOVED.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE THE FORKLIFTS GOING IN AND OUT ON THIS SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
UM, THE ONES THAT ARE, UH, GOING TO THIS AREA, AS TOMMY MENTIONED, THIS IS A, A TWO SHIFT OPERATION, UM, ON THIS SIDE.
SO THAT HAS, HAS REDUCED THAT.
I MEAN, YOU HAVEN'T HAD, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR DINNER AND, AND YOUR EVENING, WHATEVER, 11:00 PM YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S LATE TO HEAR ALL THE NOISE.
THE, THE, AND HAPPY TO DO NOISE STUDIES IF THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD HELP.
UM, AGAIN, IF YOU COULD DO A NOISE STUDY, BUT IF THE RESIDENTS IS STILL HEARING IT AND IT'S CAUSING A PROBLEM, IT'S A PROBLEM.
YOU KNOW? SO I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE CONVERSATIONS LIKE COMMISSIONER, UH, CHAPMAN SAID THERE NEEDS TO BE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE RESIDENTS AT SOME POINT JUST TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
I MEAN, BECAUSE WE REALLY, WE, WE ARE GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
BELIEVE ME, WE'RE HAPPY THAT YOU'RE HERE AND THEN THE BUSINESS HAS GROWN.
BUT WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DO OUR BEST TO SATISFY BOTH ENDS BEST WE CAN.
AND I'M, I'M HAPPY TO, I HAVE PROVIDED MY, MY, MY CELL PHONE TO A NUMBER OF THE NEIGHBORS IN THE PAST.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO GIVE IT TO, TO DEBBIE AGAIN TODAY.
UM, AND, AND IF ANYBODY WANTS TO REACH OUT, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO HOST A COFFEE, HOST A LUNCH, AND LEARN.
I I HAVE, I HAVE ZERO ISSUES WITH THAT.
I'M PROUD OF WHAT WE DO, RIGHT? MM-HMM
AND, AND IF IT, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF IT ALSO HELPS WITH PEOPLE SEEING WHAT WE DO, AND HEY, MAYBE THERE'S WORK HERE FOR YOU, RIGHT? MM-HMM
I MEAN, I'M, I'M ALL FOR THAT.
I GUESS MY BIGGEST THING IS JUST, YOU KNOW, BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND BEING COMPLIANT MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, AND YOU DON'T HAVE AN SUP AND ALL OF THOSE RACKS.
AND, AND WE HAVE CONTINUED TO WORK TO SHRINK THAT, RIGHT? SO A LOT OF THOSE RACKS, FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT? UM, WE, TESLA IS ONE OF OUR CUSTOMERS.
TESLA OWNS A LARGE RACK FLEET, AND THEIR VOLUMES UNFORTUNATELY FLUCTUATE RATHER DRAMATICALLY.
SO WE'LL GO FROM EVERY RACK THAT THEY HAVE, AS IN AUSTIN TO THEY'RE HERE, AND THEN WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THEIR SYSTEMS TO GET THEM MOVED OFF SITE.
SO THAT'S A, THAT'S PROBABLY 20% OF THIS RACK.
NOW, I, I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT YOU MAY HAVE TO HAVE A PLAN B AND PLAN C, BECAUSE WHEN YOU START TO HAVE THAT FLUCTUATION OF MORE BUSINESS, IT STILL NEEDS TO BE WHERE YOU'RE NOT OUTTA COMPLIANCE.
AND, AND, AND WHAT WE'VE PROPOSED IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BRING US INTO COMPLIANCE AND, AND KIND OF LIKE STAFF MENTIONED, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, WE, THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING DISCUSSION FOR, FOR YEARS NOW, RIGHT? THIS IS NOT, THIS DIDN'T START TWO MONTHS AGO, RIGHT? MM-HMM
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE WAS AWARE OF, OF BOTH LOCATIONS.
I KNOW THAT WHEN WE WERE DEALING WITH THE, THE, THE ITEMS AT THE BARDEN ROAD LOCATION, A NUMBER OF IMAGES OF THIS AREA WERE SHOWN, AND IT BROUGHT SOME CONFUSION TO THAT PROJECT AS WELL.
RIGHT? SO I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROPOSE IS SOMETHING THAT ALLOWS US TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE IS MINIMAL IMPACT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, AND ALLOWS US TO, TO KEEP THESE JOBS HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE AND KEEP OUR GROWTH HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
CAN I ASK COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN? YEAH.
UM, MR. MR. CUMMINGS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXPLANATION.
DO YOU HAVE LIKE, UH, UH, CONTINUOUS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT PROTOCOL THAT'S GOING ON? OUR LEAN SIX SIGMA PERSON THAT COULD TRY TO FIGURE OUT THIS LAYOUT AND, AND MAX IT, MAXIMIZE IT.
AND THEN THE SECOND PIECE, IF YOU WILL SPEAK TO, UM, MS. DEBBIE'S QUESTION ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN THE COMMUNITY, IF YOU ARE INVOLVED IN GRAND PRAIRIE IN A LARGER WAY.
UM, SO THE, UH, I GUESS FIRST OF ALL, ON, ON THAT, UM, YOU WILL, YES, WE DO HAVE A, I HAVE A, A PACKAGING ENGINEER AS WELL AS, UH, UM, SO MATT WORKMAN ENGINEERING MANAGERS HERE, HIS TEAM HAS, HE'S GOT A COUPLE PEOPLE THAT ARE, UM, THIS IS A, A BIG PART OF THEIR JOB.
WE ACTUALLY WALK THE AREA, THE, THE, A LARGE GROUP OF THE TEAM DOES WEEKLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT KEEPING BROKEN RACKS OUT THERE, THAT WE'RE GETTING THINGS TO PROCESS APPROPRIATELY.
UM, TRYING TO, TRYING TO ELIMINATE EVERYTHING THAT'S THERE.
SO THAT'S A, THAT'S AN ONGOING ACTIVITY, AND WE ARE CONTINUALLY MOVING THINGS INSIDE AS WE, AS, AS SPACE ALLOWS, RIGHT? SO, UM, WE, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR BUSINESS DOES HAVE EBBS AND FLOWS TO IT.
AND AS SPACE ALLOWS, WE, WE SHRINK WHAT'S OUT THERE.
AND IF, IF FOR SOME REASON I HAVE SPACE TO MOVE EVERYTHING THAT'S OUT THERE INSIDE, IT WILL BE INSIDE, NOT OUTSIDE.
UM, THIS IS JUST A, A PROPOSAL TO ALLOW US TO, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN THINGS PEAK, GET THERE, RIGHT? AND I, I DO, I, I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS THINGS ALONG THAT FENCE SIDE.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY DEDICATED TO CLEARING THAT OFF.
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AT THAT FRONT CORNER THAT WAS IN THAT PICTURE THAT WAS SHOWN BEFORE IS NOT THERE TODAY.UM, WE DO, I I WILL ADMIT, WE DO STILL HAVE SOME RACKING THAT'S DOWN HERE THAT'S IN THE CORNER THAT IS, UH, AT THE SOUTHERN END OF THAT, THAT WE ARE WORKING ACTIVELY AND SHOULD HAVE THAT ALL CLEARED OUT BY NEXT WEEK.
UM, SO WHAT IS THERE WILL BE IN THE AREA WE'RE PROPOSING, I COMPLETELY AGREE.
WE NEED TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE.
THIS IS OUR ATTEMPT TO DO THAT.
I, I THINK THE MAIN THING IS THAT YOU ARE AGREE THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE CHANGE AND THAT, YOU KNOW, AND, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO SET A TIMELINE PER SE, BUT CONTINUOUS, UH, PROGRESS INTO MAKING THAT HAPPEN.
UM, CAN I ANSWER THE OTHER QUESTION FIRST? YES.
IF YOU DON'T MIND, ABOUT, UH, INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
SO, UM, WE, UM, IN, IN GRAND PRAIRIE ITSELF, UH, NOT AS INVOLVED AS, AS MAYBE WE'D LIKE, I I HAVE ACTUALLY SPOKEN WITH CITY COUNCIL IN THE PAST, UM, ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS WITH GRAND PRAIRIE, ISD.
WE ARE A P-TECH PARTNER WITH ARLINGTON, ISD.
UM, WE'RE ALL, WE ALSO DO A LOT OF WORK WITH DAN DIT.
UM, AND THAT'S REALLY JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE THE INDIVIDUALS WHO CAME TO US ABOUT, ABOUT THAT WORK AND PROPO, UH MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, MADE A, MADE A PROPOSAL ABOUT JOBS.
I MEAN, WE DO PLANT TOURS FOR SAN HOUSTON HIGH SCHOOL, HAPPY TO DO IT FOR MM-HMM
UM, FOR, UH, ANY OF THE SCHOOLS IN GRAND PRAIRIE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME IN, UM, WE'VE GOT, UH, YOU KNOW, A, A GOOD INTERNSHIP PROGRAM THAT WE'VE GOTTEN A NUMBER OF KIDS OUT OF THE DIFFERENT CTE SCHOOLS.
UM, BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S A, WE ARE A MANUFACTURING FACILITY AND THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT JOBS FOR KIDS WHERE COLLEGE MAY NOT BE THE, THE BEST OPTION FOR THEM.
AND, UM, AND SO YEAH, SO WE DO A LOT OF PARTNERSHIPS WITH THAT.
THAT'S PROBABLY OUR BIGGEST COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
UM, THE ONE I'M MOST PROUD OF.
AND, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LOVE TO EXPAND THAT WITH GRAND PRAIRIE, IF SOMEONE CAN POINT ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
I THINK COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN MAKES A GREAT POINT, IS TO HAVE, BECAUSE YOU HAVE A, UH, THAT RESIDENTS ARE THERE MM-HMM
SO THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON THAT'S TROUBLING THEM OR THERE'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST BEST TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS PERIODICALLY.
SO I THINK THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE HAD.
UM, SO WE'RE HERE BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH, CORRECT? CORRECT.
SO, AND THAT HAS HAPPENED IN ABOUT, WOULD YOU SAY ABOUT SIX, SEVEN YEARS? SO WE PURCHASED THE FACILITY IN 2017.
UM, AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WE WERE ABOUT 250 EMPLOYEES WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WE WERE GONNA RAMP UP TO ABOUT 600.
UM, THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN THROUGH 2020.
ACTUALLY, BY THE END OF 2020 WE HAD A THOUSAND.
AND THEN IS THERE ANOTHER PLAN TO GROW EVEN MORE? OR IS THIS IT? UM, THERE'S, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING TO GROW.
WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW WORK, LOOKING FOR NEW BUSINESS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH THAT IN MIND, RIGHT? WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE, THE CITY'S REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT ARE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THAT MEANS, YOU KNOW, MOVING A PORTION OF THE OPERATION OUT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE REMAINING IN COMPLIANCE.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WHAT I WILL SAY IS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A TRACK RECORD OF OURS, RIGHT? WHEN THAT SUP WAS DENIED FOR THE SOUTH BUILDING, YOU KNOW, WE WORK, WE KNOW WORK WITH STAFF.
THE OUTSIDE STORAGE BUILDING WAS DENIED.
WE WERE GIVEN A DATE TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE.
WE CAME INTO COMPLIANCE BY THAT DATE.
RIGHT? WE'VE REMAINED IN COMPLIANCE FOR, FOR THAT ONE, BUT THIS ONE IS OUTTA COMPLIANCE FOR THAT BUILDING FOR OVER A YEAR NOW.
AND, AND, BUT THERE WAS NEVER A, WE WERE NEVER HIDING THE FACT THAT WE WERE OUTTA COMPLIANCE.
WE WERE OUTTA COMPLIANCE STAFF.
WE WERE OUTTA COMPLIANCE, AND WE WERE TRYING TO COME UP WITH THE BEST SOLUTION TO GET INTO COMPLIANCE.
BUT WE'RE, WE'RE BACK TO SQUARE ONE AGAIN.
SO THAT'S ALL WE'RE SAYING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST TO BE FAIR, THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE GROWTH, YOU HAVE THE BUSINESS PLAN B, PLAN C, WHAT IS, WHAT, WHAT ELSE CAN YOU DO TO BRING THAT INTO COMPLIANCE? YOU KNOW, IT JUST, YOU JUST NEED TO FIGURE IT OUT.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I WOULD, I WOULD HOPE THAT AN SUP IN A VERY LOW IMPACT AREA TO, TO THE RESIDENTS LIKE THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO, TO COME TO THAT, TO THAT COMPLIANCE.
NOW, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT SAVANNAH, THAT WE CAN REVIEW IN THE, HOW DO WE DO A RE REVIEW PROCESS ON THE, THE COMPLAINTS? I MEAN, WITH THAT, WITH THE NOISE AND WITH THE, UM, BEEFING AND, UM, NOISE COMPLAINTS WOULD BE HANDLED THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY DEPARTMENT.
THAT WOULDN'T BE NECESSARILY ANYTHING THAT COMES BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
SO WITH REGARD TO BEING IN COMPLIANCE AND MAKING SURE THAT IF THIS SUP IS NOT APPROVED, THEN WE, WE WOULD HAVE A PROBLEM.
AND, AND, AND YOU CAN RECOMMEND A CONDITION THAT SAYS, WE WANT TO BRING THIS SUP FORWARD IN A YEAR TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE COMPLYING WITH ALL THE CONDITIONS OF THE SUP.
THAT THAT IS, UH, AN OPTION THAT YOU HAVE.
ANY OTHER CONCERNS? COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER? UH, LUCKY VO.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK LITTLE, I GUESS, COMMENT.
UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU WANTED, YOUR COMPANY WANTED TO, UM, DO PARTNERSHIP WITH G-P-I-S-D.
I THINK THE LAST TIME WHEN YOU, YOU CAME AND SPOKE, YOU WERE SAYING
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THAT YOU WANTED TO DO PARTNERSHIP WITH G-P-I-S-D AS WELL.I THINK THAT, UM, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE GOOD BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, RECENTLY HEARD OVER THE NEWS, UM, THAT WE'RE CLOSING SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND I WOULD HOPE TO, YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T, YOU KNOW, WANT TO SEE ANYBODY LOSE THEIR JOBS.
AND IF YOU GUYS ARE HIRING, MAYBE YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH G-P-I-S-D AND YOU KNOW, HELP GET SOME OF THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT MAY LOSE THEIR JOB A JOB.
AND, UM, I THINK THAT THEY ADMITTED THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WAS NOT IN COMPLIANCE AND THEY'RE TRYING TO GET IN COMPLIANCE TONIGHT, UM, BASED UPON WHAT WE DECIDE HERE.
ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER? GONZALEZ, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? NO, I THINK IT'S ONCE MOSTLY OUR DISCUSSION.
I JUST HAD A A QUESTION FOR STAFF.
IT'S, UM, IS THERE EVER ANY NOISE COMPLAINTS ON WALMART? 'CAUSE DON'T THEY ALSO HAVE FORKLIFTS? AND, AND I WOULDN'T HAVE, I WOULDN'T HAVE THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
UM, I'M, I, AGAIN, I I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT.
THAT'S CODE ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH ENVI AND SERVICES.
UH, THEY HANDLE THOSE COMPLAINTS.
MS. JOHNSON, MS. JOHNSON, CAN, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT IF YOU DON'T MIND? I CAN.
SORRY TO HAVE YOU COME ALL THE WAY BACK UP, BUT SHE'D BE RIGHT THERE AND THEN, AND THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND END THIS.
WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE STAND ON THIS CASE NOW? YES.
BUT SHE WAS JUST GONNA, BUT THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
I KNOW, BUT, UM, TO BE FAIR, YEAH.
I DON'T NORMALLY HEAR WALMART'S, UM, FORKLIFTS 'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT OUTSIDE.
I THINK THAT WE HAVE EXHAUSTED THIS, UH, DISCUSSION AND, UM, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY MORE INPUT? IS EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THIS? I HAVE A COMMENT.
UM, SO THE, I LIKE THE IDEA OF REVISITING THIS SUP IF APPROVED MM-HMM
TO BEGIN IN 12 MONTHS, JUST TO ENSURE THAT, THAT THEY'RE BIN AND IN COMPLIANCE MM-HMM
THAT BEING SAID, I'D LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM FIVE ZERO N 25 0 9 0 0 3 6, AND ITEM SIX SUP 25 10 0 0 4 2, AND APPROVE AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS AND TO AMEND WITH THE FACT TO ADD THAT WE'D LIKE THIS, UH, TO BE REVIEWED IN ONE YEAR.
ALL IN FAVOR? PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
AND MA'AM, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THAT'S REVIEW OF THE SUP IN ONE YEAR, CORRECT? YES.
[7. VCC-25-11-0004 - Unified Signage Plan - Rosa's Cafe Monument Signs (City Council 2). Unified Signage Plan for a retail development within the SH 161 Corridor. Lot 1-4, Block A, Bobby Cox Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-143, and addressed as 1525, 1545, 1555, and 1565 Mayfield Rd]
NUMBER SEVEN IS VCC DASH 25 DASH 11 DASH 0 0 4.IT IS A UNIFIED SIGNAGE PLAN FOR ROSA'S CAFE MONUMENT SIGNS IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO.
THE REQUEST IS A UNIFIED SIGNAGE PLAN, UM, TO REQUEST VARIANCES TO SIGN REQUIREMENTS IN THE UDC.
THE SIGN PLAN INCLUDES THREE MULTI-TENANT SIGNS AND TWO SINGLE-TENANT SIGNS.
THE PROPOSED RESTAURANT AND REGION DEVELOPMENT IS IN PD 1 4 3.
HERE IS THE AERIAL VIEW, UM, OF THE ROSA'S SIGN.
ALONG WITH IT'S, IT'S THE FULL DEVELOPMENT.
UM, YOU CAN SEE IT'S JUST ACROSS FROM IKEA, UM, ALONG HIGHWAY 1 61.
THIS IS A SITE PLAN JUST TO SHOW YOU THAT, UM, THE SIGNS NUMBER ONE, THREE, AND FOUR ARE MULTI-TENANT MONUMENT SIGNS AND SIGNS NUMBERED TWO AND FIVE ARE SINGLE-TENANT MONUMENT SIGNS.
THE MULTI-TENANT MONUMENT SIGNS, SORRY, SORRY, ARE SHOWN RIGHT THERE.
IT IS NUMBER ONE, UH, THREE AND FOUR.
SO THEY ARE MEETING ALL OF THE AREA, UM, HEIGHT AND SETBACK REQUIREMENTS EXCEPT FOR SIGN NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS EXCEEDING THE AREA REQUIREMENT.
THESE ARE THE SINGLE TENANT MONUMENT SIGNS, UM, DOWN THERE, NUMBER FIVE AND NUMBER TWO.
AND THESE ARE ACTUALLY MEETING ALL OF THE AREA AND HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS.
THE VARIANCES THAT THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING ARE AS FOLLOWS, NUMBER ONE, MAXIMUM AREA FOR MULTI-TENANT MONUMENT SIGNS.
SO THEY ARE SEEKING A VARIANCE TO THE MAXIMUM AREA OF 100 SQUARE FEET TO ALLOW AN AREA OF 149 SQUARE FEET FOR THAT SIGN.
NUMBER M THREE, WHICH WAS A MULTI-TENANT MONUMENT SIGN.
THEY ARE ALSO ASKING FOR ALL OF THE SIGNS.
THIS MASONRY CLADDING VARIANCE, A VARIANCE TO THE REQUIREMENT THAT SIGNED
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CABINETS BE CLAD IN MASONRY TO ALLOW SIGN CABINETS FOR ALL OF THE MONUMENT SIGNS TO BE CLAD IN PRE-FINISHED OR TEXTURED METAL.AND THEN THE LAST VARIANCE THEY'RE REQUESTING IS MULTIPLE SIGNS ALONG A SINGLE FRONTAGE.
UM, THEY'RE SEEKING A VARIANCE TO SIGN SPACING REQUIREMENTS TO ALLOW A MULTI-TENANT MONUMENT SIGN, WHICH WAS M1, AS WELL AS A SINGLE TENANT MONUMENT SIGN M FIVE ON A SINGLE STREET FRONTAGE STAFF IS UNABLE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST BECAUSE IT DOES NOT MEET THE UDC REQUIREMENTS.
HOWEVER, STAFF NOTES THAT THE PLAN WILL PROVIDE FOR A COORDINATED AND UNIFORM SIGNAGE FOR THIS 8.58 ACRE MULTI-PHASE DEVELOPMENT.
THE REQUEST IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH PREVIOUS VARIANCES GRANTED, FOR EXAMPLE, THE IKEA, WHICH IS DIRECTLY TO THE EAST OF THIS PROPERTY, WHICH ALSO REQUESTED VARIANCES TO THE MASONRY CLADDING AND MULTIPLE SIGNS ON SINGLE FRONTAGE REQUIREMENTS.
THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.
AND THE APPLICANT IS ALSO HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK YOU DID A GREAT PRESENTATION.
SPEAKER CARDS, WE HAVE, UH, ONE SPEAKER CARD FROM KEN TAFT, THE ARCHITECT FOR ROSAS C, OR WE HAVE TWO ACTUALLY, SORRY.
BUT KEN TAFT IS THE ARCHITECT FOR ROSAS CAFE.
UM, HE WILL SPEAK IN SUPPORT IF THERE'S ANY CLARIFICATION NEEDED.
OTHERWISE, HE DOESN'T WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WANTS TO NOTE HIS, UH, SUPPORT.
COMMISSIONER, DID YOU WANNA HEAR FROM THE ROSES CAFE? UH, THEY ARE GOOD WITH THAT.
THEY NEED TO PUT IT UP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
I'M KEN TAFT, UH, 40 56 SHORE FRONT DRIVE, FORT WORTH, TEXAS.
UH, MADAM CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS, APPRECIATE YOU HAVING US, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
COMMISSIONER CHA, WERE YOUR QUESTION.
SO IF WE APPROVE THIS, HOW SOON BEFORE YOU GUYS OPEN
UH, AGAIN, UH, THIS IS PUBLIC.
WE'RE, WE'RE PROGRESSING NICELY, SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATIONS.
I, I DO HAVE A QUESTION WITH REGARD TO THE, THE MONUMENT.
SO IS THIS PRETTY MUCH YOUR REGULATION SIZE FOR EACH SITE, OR IS IT JUST DEPENDING ON THE WELL, HERE'S, THERE'S A COUPLE CONSIDERATIONS HERE.
UH, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY MASONRY AROUND THEM, AND IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO DO PYLON SIGNS THAT TALL WITH MASONRY.
JUST FOR THE CONDITIONS THAT WE HAVE HERE.
SO WE FELT LIKE IF WE FELL INTO, UH, A FORM OF, OF WHAT THE NEIGHBORS WERE DOING MM-HMM
THAT WE WOULD BE, UH, WELL, WELL SERVED.
THAT YOU KNOW, AND THAT YOU WANNA MAKE IT BLENDS IN, RIGHT? YES.
AND THE SIZE IS BASED ON WHEN YOU HAVE FIVE TENANTS THAT THEY DON'T GET THE CORNER.
WE TOOK THE TOP SPOT, BUT WE MAY HAVE TO NEGOTIATE THE TOP SPOT FOR, YOU KNOW, A, A TENANT BACK IN THE BACK THAT WE REALLY WANT.
I MEAN, I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT.
THE BUILDING OUT THERE IS A GREAT SIGN ALREADY.
AND IT'S THE ONLY ONE YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SOUTH.
AND, UH, SO THE, EVEN THE ROSES CAFE UP ON THE WEST ENTRANCE, THAT'S A NEGOTIATION FOR, FOR OTHER TENANTS COMING IN.
IF YOU WANT TO GET 'EM IN, THEY SAY, HEY, I GOTTA HAVE THAT TOP SPOT.
WE'RE GONNA SAY YOU BEING HONEST, THAT THAT'S, THAT'S FAIR.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WE'RE JUST GLAD THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE HERE.
WE THOUGHT WE'D GET A SAMPLE TONIGHT.
AND WE DON'T WANT US SERVE COLD FOOD.
DO WE HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKER CARDS? WE DO HAVE ONE MORE.
UM, MR. FESTER WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.
YOU WANNA COME ON UP? STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
55 0 5 HIGH BANK ROAD, FORT WORTH.
I'M JUST WITH THE SIGNED COMPANY HERE TO ANSWER ANY, UH, SIGN SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
I THINK THERE WAS A COMMENT MADE EARLIER ABOUT ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS.
WE WILL ABSOLUTELY PROVIDE MORE IN DEPTH DRAWINGS IF APPROVED.
UM, WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WANTED TO GO THROUGH THAT EFFORT NOW, AND THERE'D BE CHANGES OR AMENDMENTS.
SO I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION, AND THIS MAY BE OUTTA LINE, BUT SINCE YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN IT READY, BUT I WAS GONNA
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BE LIT UP, I GUESS.SO YOU CAN SEE IT IN A YES, MA'AM.
UM, THE WHOLE BUILDING WILL BE LIT VERY NICELY, VERY NICELY.
ROSES TAKES VERY GOOD CARE OF THEIR STUFF.
THEY KEEP THE PARKING LOT CLEAN.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE A GREAT, UH, GREAT ADDITION TO THE CITY FOR SURE.
SO YOU'RE, WELL, SINCE YOU'RE DOING, YOU DO THE MONUMENTS.
WHAT WAS THE LAST MONUMENT YOU DID FOR ROSA'S CAFE? WHERE IS IT? IS THAT ONE WE COULD SEE AND WE COULD LOOK AT? UH, THE LAST BRAND NEW ONE THAT WE DID, I BELIEVE, WAS IN WAXAHATCHEE.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE LAST MONUMENT THAT WE DID.
THE NEW ONE WAS IN WAXAHATCHEE.
UH, HOWEVER, I'VE BEEN IN THE SIGN BUSINESS FOR 20 YEARS, AND I'VE BEEN TAKING CARE OF ROSES FOR MAYBE 18 YEARS OF MY CAREER.
UH, BUT YES, IF YOU WANT, AS FAR AS MELLOW SIGNS IS CONCERNED, WE MANUFACTURE AND INSTALL ABOUT 1.5 MILLION A MONTH WORTH OF SIGNS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ROSES.
UM, SO YES, IF, IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO PROVIDE YOU WITH ANY, UH, COMPLETION PHOTOS OF ANY OF SHOW, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT.
I'D BE HAPPY TO DO, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT.
I THINK HE AND I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT.
I CAN PROVIDE AS MANY AS, AS MUCH AS YOU HAVE TIME TO LOOK AT.
MANSFIELD, UM, BRA AND MATLOCK.
IS IT ON MATLOCK? YEAH, IT'S AT THAT.
SO I BELIEVE MELLOW SIGNS DID, HOWEVER, I'M NEW TO THE DFW AREA.
UM, I TOOK CARE OF ROSES OUT IN WEST TEXAS FOR MOST OF THAT 20 YEAR CAREER.
I RAN MY OWN COMPANY OUT THERE.
DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES BROUGHT ME TO HERE.
UH, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT GOING ON IN LUBBOCK, TEXAS.
AND SO, UM, I CAME HERE FOR BIGGER AND BETTER OPPORTUNITIES.
AND SINCE I HAD BEEN TAKING CARE OF 'EM FOR SO LONG THERE, IT WAS AN EASY TRANSITION TO PICK UP THE ACCOUNT HERE AND JUST TAKE OFF RUNNING.
SO, THANK, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT INFORMATION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER SPEAKER CARDS? WE HAVE NO FURTHER CARDS, MA'AM.
DO WE HAVE ANY MORE DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER, UH, ERY, THIS IS YOUR AREA.
CAN YOU MAKE A, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? SO I WOULD.
UH, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND, UM, MOVE TO APPROVE, UH, ITEM NUMBER V CCC DASH TWO FIVE DASH ONE DASH 0 0 4.
I SECOND THAT I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM SEVEN BY COMMISSIONER CHA.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.
AS PER, UH, WELL, UH, WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL
AND CAN WE GET CLARIFICATION FOR THE RECORD? IS THAT WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE DRC? YES.
WELL, WELL, WE, THE REC THE STAFF IS NOT RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
SO WE CAN'T, THAT'S WHY I COULDN'T AGREE.
WHAT CAN THEY HAVE? YEAH, SO WE DID THAT RIGHT.
[8. ZON-25-12-0041 - Zoning Change – 3301, 3305, and 3315 ELLIS DR (City Council District 1). Zoning Change from Single Family-One (SF-1) to Light Industrial (LI) on 2.29 acres. Tracts 21, 17, & 17.1, John C. Ready Survey, Abstract No.1183, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Single Family-One (SF-1) District, within the 161 Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 3301, 3305, & 3313 Ellis Dr ]
I'LL BE PRESENTING ITEM NUMBER EIGHT ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT.THIS IS A ZONING CHANGE REQUEST FOR THREE PROPERTIES, 33 0 1, 33 0 5, AND 33 15 ELLI DRIVE LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT ONE.
AND THEY'RE REQUESTING TO GO FROM SINGLE FAMILY, ONE ZONING DISTRICT TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
SO JUST TO START OFF ON SCREEN, YOU'LL SEE SOME GENERAL LOCATION, UH, VISUALS AND AERIAL VIEWS FROM, FOR THOSE THREE PROPERTIES OUTLINED IN YELLOW AND SOME STREET VIEW IMAGES OF THOSE PROPERTIES.
UM, THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS A GENERAL ZONING, UH, LAYOUTS OF THOSE THREE PROPERTIES, AGAIN, OUTLINED IN RED.
AND THE, UH, MAP SHOWING THEIR PURPLE IS ACTUALLY OUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP, WHICH DOES CALL, EXCUSE ME, CALL FOR, UM, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
AND SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S NO, UM, UH, COMPREHENSIVE, UH, AMENDMENT WITH THIS ITEM.
AND SO, AGAIN, THE REQUEST IS A SIMPLE ZONING CHANGE TO CHANGE THOSE PROPERTIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY ZONED SINGLE FAMILY ONE TO GO TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO MATCH THE SURROUNDING ZONING DISTRICTS, UM, AND TO, UH, FOR, UH, TAXABLE PURPOSES AS WELL.
UM, AS FAR AS I'M AWARE, THERE IS NO, UH, PROPOSED, UH, DEVELOPMENTS ON THAT VACANT LOT TOWARDS THE NORTH.
BUT THE APPLICANT IS HERE TONIGHT IN CASE THERE IS, AND THEY CAN KIND OF SPEAK TO THAT.
I KNOW THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT DURING BRIEFING.
AND JUST TO NOTATE ONE MORE THING, IF THERE'S ANY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, UH, THAT DEVELOPMENT WOULD HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL STANDARDS.
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SO IN REGARDS TO THIS ITEM, THE DEVELOP DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL, AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMISSION MAY HAVE.COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? THANK YOU.
WE HAVE ONE CARD FROM THE APPLICANT, JOSE MARTINEZ, WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
JOSE MARTINEZ WITH JEM DESIGN AND CONSULTING.
UH, 1533 ENCHANTED LANE, LANCASTER, TEXAS.
AND COMMISSIONER'S, UH, STAFF.
UM, YEAH, I'M HERE FOR ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS IF ON BEHALF OF THE OWNER, UH, KEITH TRIMBLE WITH, UH, AUTOMATED SYSTEMS. SO WHAT BRINGS YOU TO THE AREA? WHAT, WHAT BRINGS YOUR, THE APPLICANT TO THE AREA? WELL, HE'S, UH, HE'S ACTUALLY BEEN A, UM, OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY FOR I THINK ABOUT 30 YEARS NOW.
UM, HE'S THE OWNER OF THE, UM, LOT TO THE SOUTH OF THE, OF THOSE, UH, RESIDENTIAL LOTS AT 1218 WEST SHADY GROVE.
HE'S THE OWNER OF A AUTOMATED, UH, POWER SYSTEMS. MM-HMM
UM, HE'S BASICALLY AN ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR, BUT, UM, HE'S JUST BEEN WANTING TO, UH, BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE, UH, FUTURE LAND USE AND KIND OF THE PROPOSED PLAN FOR THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND, UM, OBVIOUSLY HE'S STILL KIND OF IN FLUX OF WHETHER IT'S GONNA BE AN EXTENSION OF HIS CURRENT COMMERCIAL OPERATION OR IF HE'S GOING TO, YOU KNOW, DIVVY IT OUT AND, AND, AND HAVE THE, UH, A FUTURE DEVELOPER.
I WAS JUST GONNA ASK YOU THAT QUESTION.
'CAUSE THAT'S, IT'S STILL IN FLUX.
LIKE HE DOESN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT, WHAT THE, UM, WHAT THE, UH, FUTURE PURPOSE OF, OF THOSE LOTS WILL BE, BUT HE JUST STILL WANTS TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH WHAT, WHATEVER THE CITY'S, UH, UM, FUTURE LAND USES ARE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING.
ANY OTHER SPEAKER CARDS? NO, MA'AM.
THIS IS, UH, COMMISSIONER KO'S AREA DISTRICT ONE, AND HE'S NOT HERE.
WOULD SOMEONE, DO WE HAVE ANY, ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO, UH, MAKE A MOTION? OH, YES.
COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, OF COURSE.
MADAM CHAIR, UH, I, UH, MOVE TO A CLOSE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT ZERO N DASH 25 DASH 12 0 4 1.
I SECOND HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM EIGHT PER DRC, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, BY COMMISSIONER FRANK GONZALEZ AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER JANE MENDEZ.
ARI, ALL IN FAVOR? PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
[9. ZON-25-12-0043 - Zoning Change/Concept Plan - Goodland Data Center (City Council 6). Zoning Change from Agriculture (A) and PD-454A to a Planned Development District for Light Industrial, including Data Center uses. 1,452.43 acres generally located west of HWY 287, south of Prairie Ridge Blvd, all or portions of Parcel IDs 190600, 181262, 242136, 261509, 261512, 308655, 179561, 277740, 186391, 179552, 193077, 179637, 275132, 291089, 192959, 199203, and 192956, City of Grand Prairie, City of Grand Prairie ETJ, Ellis County, Texas, and addressed as 881 Miller Rd]
YES.SO THE ITEM NUMBER NINE IS A ZONE CHANGE CONCEPT PLAN FOR GOODLAND DATA CENTER, ZON 25 1, UH, 1 2 0 0 4 3.
UM, THIS IS PROBABLY THE SECOND TIME YOU'RE, UH, SEEING THIS EXPANSION.
SO LAST MEETING WE WERE KIND OF DISCUSSING HOW THE DEVELOPER WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN A LITTLE BIT ADDITIONAL AREA THAT WILL MAKE THE CONNECTION OF THE, UM, EXISTING MILLER ROAD WITH THE NEW PROPOSED STREET A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
THEY WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL EIGHT ACRES OF LAND DIRECTLY TO THE EAST, SHOWN WITH THE YELLOW MARK ON THIS MAP.
SO THIS REQUEST IS TO EXPAND THE CURRENT PD 4, 5 4, A BOUNDARY TO INCLUDE THIS EIGHT ACRES.
THEY'RE NOT CHANGING ANYTHING TO THE STANDARD OR PERMITTED USES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THEY'RE JUST ADDING THE ADDITIONAL ACREAGE INTO THE PD BOUNDARY.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THIS GENERALLY SHOWS THE AREA WHERE THIS, UM, DATA CENTER ZONING, UH, IS EXISTING.
AGAIN, THEY'RE ACQUIRING THIS EIGHT ACRE LOT.
UM, I KNOW THIS WAS SHARED LAST TIME.
GENERALLY FOR RIGHT NOW, THE DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT IS MORE FOCUSED ON THIS UPPER TRIANGULAR AREA AND THERE'S NOT REALLY A FULLY DEVELOPED PLANS WHERE OTHER AREAS, SINCE THEY'RE KIND OF FOCUSING ON THESE PHASES ONE AND TWO RIGHT NOW.
AND TO ADDRESS, UM, COMMISSIONER RIDGE'S QUESTION, THIS IS THE SUBSTATION THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION FROM ENCORE.
UH, WE DID SEND 109 NOTICES AND WE DID RECEIVE, UM, THREE OPPOSED, WHICH WAS INCLUDED THE PACKET WITH THEIR COMMENTS.
UM, MOSTLY THEY JUST WANT YOU TO SEE HOW IT'S GONNA AFFECT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD IN GENERAL.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION.
IS THERE ANY QUESTION FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME? COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? I THINK IT WAS PRETTY GOOD AND BOARD BRIEFING.
DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, SPEAKER CARDS? WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD FROM DEBORAH JOHNSON WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THIS ITEM.
YOU HAVE TO RESTATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, MA'AM.
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.DEBRA JOHNSTON, 1651 ERNIE LANE, GRAND PRIX, TEXAS.
I SURE HOPE Y'ALL ARE DOING YOUR RESEARCH ON THESE DATA PLAN DATA DATA CENTERS.
I MEAN, REALLY DOING YOUR RESEARCH.
'CAUSE THIS IS NOT JUST A CUT AND DRY THING.
AND, AND, UH, THE, UH, SID MILLER, I BELIEVE IT WAS, CAME OUT EVEN JUST THIS LAST WEEK AND WAS, UH, DISCUSSING, UM, HE'S GONNA PUT IN SOME PROVISIONS FOR THAT.
AND SO FOR A REPUBLICAN AG, YOU SEE AN AG COMMISSIONER MM-HMM
AG COMMISSIONER COME IN AND SAY, HEY, THEY'RE EATING UP ALL OF OUR AGRICULTURAL LAND AND FARMLAND.
SO EVERY TIME Y'ALL PROVE ONE OF THESE, I HOPE YOU'RE DOING YOUR HOMEWORK ON, ON US GETTING RID OF OUR AG LAND.
I UNDERSTAND THE TAX BENEFITS TO THESE THINGS.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS THESE, THESE DATA CENTERS ARE SO UNKNOWN WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THEIR WATER CONSUMPTION AND THEIR ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION.
AND, UM, IS THERE AN ORDINANCE IN PLACE WHERE THE, UM, WHERE THE CRYPTOCURRENCY CAN'T BE DONE HERE? OR IS IT JUST, WAS IT YOU THAT WAS ASKING THAT EARLIER? MM-HMM.
IS THERE AN ORDINANCE IN PLACE FOR THAT ALREADY? MM-HMM.
WELL, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE THOSE CRYPTO ONES SUCK MORE ENERGY AND HAVE TO BE COOLED FASTER.
SO, BUT WE'RE NOT DOING, THE CRYPTO IS NOT IN IN, IN ANYTHING THAT GRAND PRAIRIE'S DONE.
THAT'S WHAT I, I HEARD HIM SPEAKING ON THAT.
SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, UM, THE REQUIREMENT THAT IT NOT BE CRYPTO IS EITHER ADDED AS A PD CONDITION IN THIS CASE, IT'S PART OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? COMMISSIONER? LUCKY VAUGHN.
WE KNOW, UM, THE C IS IF THE CITY IS GONNA CREATE SOME TYPE OF POLICY OR IS THERE A POLICY ON HOW MANY DATA CENTERS WILL BE COMING TO GRAND PRAIRIE? NO, I DON'T THINK THAT'S BEEN A, A DISCUSSION.
OF COURSE, THAT'S PROBABLY ABOVE MY PAY GRADE.
BUT I'LL SAY THAT, UM, AS WE'VE DEVELOPED GOODLAND, THIS HAS BEEN PLANNED FOR YEARS.
UH, THAT PROCESS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED WITH ENCORE, WITH THE DEVELOPERS, WITH THE WATER PROVIDERS.
WE'VE HAD MULTI-CITY, UH, DISCUSSIONS WITH MIDLOTHIAN AND MANSFIELD WITH REGARD TO WATER PROVI PROVIDING WATER TO THE AREA FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT.
SO, UH, THIS IS A, A BIG DEAL AND WE WERE TREATING IT THAT WAY.
UM, OTHER DATA CENTERS, UH, AS PROPOSED, THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH A PD PROCESS AND WE DON'T HAVE THE ALLOWED USE WITHIN OUR LAND USE CHART, AND THAT'S ON PURPOSE.
SO WE CAN DO A PD AND SPECIFY WHAT WE NEED AND WHAT WE WANT FOR SPECIFIC LOCATIONS.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, UM, I DON'T KNOW OF ANY OTHERS THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED OUTSIDE OF WHAT Y'ALL HAVE ALREADY SEEN.
I THINK THIS'S REALLY KIND OF THE FIRST ONE, SO TO SPEAK, SORT OF, I MEAN, IT IS JUST THAT WITH GROWTH, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SERVICE THOSE AREAS, YOU KNOW, WITH ELECTRICITY AND WATER.
AND I THINK THERE WAS A WATER TOWER OR SOMETHING, OR DID I HEAR THAT RIGHT? ABOUT A WATER TOWER THAT IS A PART OF THE OVERALL MASTER PLAN, WATER MASTER PLAN FOR THE GOODLAND AREA.
KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS A CITY AND ESSENTIALLY WE'RE DEVELOPING A CITY DOWN THERE.
SO THAT IS A PART OF THE OVERALL AND, BUT THE DATA CENTER USAGE HAS BEEN CALCULATED WITHIN THAT USAGE.
FOR THE TOWER, I THINK WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO ACCEPT THE DATA CENTERS.
SO WE NEED TO MONITOR AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE AND WE'RE ABLE TO SUPPORT WITH THE CORRECT NUMBER, THE, THE AMOUNT OF WATER AND THE ELECTRICITY NEEDS, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SERVICING ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE WE CAN GET AROUND THAT.
UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? ANY MORE SPEAKER CARDS? I BELIEVE THIS IS, UH, COMMISSIONER, LUCKY VAUGHN'S, UH, DISTRICT.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON IT? MM-HMM.
I GUESS I JUST WANNA MAKE, UM, ANOTHER STATEMENT.
SO THAT MEANS THAT THERE WERE THREE PEOPLE, THREE, UM, RESIDENTS THAT WAS CONCERNED.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR THE, THE VERBIAGE ON THAT? YES.
UH, DO YOU WANT ME TO REPEAT? 'CAUSE I DID READ IT THE RIGHT, BUT FOR THE SAKE OF SURE.
SO, UH, THE FIRST COMMENT WAS FROM AN EXISTING MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY.
THEY JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATION THAT IT HAS ON THEIR COMMUNITY.
UM, AGAIN, THIS DEVELOPER, THE PROPERTY OWNER IS DOING A VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION.
UM, EACH PROPERTY OWNER HAS THEIR OWN RIGHT TO DO SO.
SO UNLESS THE MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY WANTS TO DO A ZONE CHANGE, YOU KNOW, UM, IT'S REALLY ON THEIR, IT'S THEIR RIGHT IF THEY WANNA DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO PROPOSE THAT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THIS DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT TOUCH THAT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT STAFF CAN RECOMMEND TO AT ANY CONDITIONS.
HOW CLOSE IS THAT? THE MOBILE HOME PARK? SO AGAIN, AS YOU HAVE SEEN THE ENTIRE LOT, ALTHOUGH IT SEEMS LARGE, IT'S SURROUNDED BY PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT
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OF FULL PLANE AND SLOPES AND UTILITIES.SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE RIGHT NEXT TO YOUR BACKYARD.
AND THERE IS PROPOSED STREET ACROSS LIKE LARGE STREETS BEING, UH, PROPOSED ACROSS FROM THESE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE SUBMITTING, UH, THESE OPPOSITIONS.
ANOTHER ONE WAS JUST, UM, SAYING NO TWO NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
UM, AGAIN, THEY DIDN'T REALLY SPECIFY THE ADDRESS, THEY JUST SAID MILLER STREET.
SO WE DON'T KNOW WHICH LOCATION SHE'S MAKING COMMENTS, BUT THAT'S VERY OPEN-ENDED COMMENT.
LAST COMMENT IS TERRIBLE IDEA TO KILL COMMUNITIES.
AGAIN, THAT'S ALL THE COMMENT WE RECEIVED.
BUT THIS IS LOCATED TOWARD THE SOUTHERN AND WHERE THEY WILL BE RIGHT NEXT TO AN OPEN AREA THAT'S NOT DEVELOPABLE FOR DATA CENTER.
SO WHAT WAS THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF LETTERS YOU SENT OUT? 109.
THERE WERE THREE OPPOSITION LETTERS.
ANY OTHER CONCERNS YOU HAVE, COMMISSIONER? UH, NO.
SO IT CAN YOU, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, PLEASE? YES, MA'AM.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION AT THIS TIME THAT WE MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC, UM, HEARING, AND THAT WE APPROVE ZON DASH 25 DASH TWO DASH 0 4 3 ZONING CHANGE CONCEPT PLAN, GOODLAND DATA CENTER.
I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM NINE BY COMMISSIONER LUCKY VONNE AND IS SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.
UM, UM, MEDINA, MY MIND WENT BLANK.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS.
THAT BEING THE LAST CASE, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 8:16 PM THANK YOU.