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WELCOME[Call to Order]
TO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING OF MARCH 10TH, 2026.I'M CHERYL SMITH, CHAIR OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
THE MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING IS HEREBY CALL BACK TO ORDER AT 6:30 PM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEET MEETS THE SECOND AND FOURTH TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH.
ALL MEETINGS ARE VIDEO RECORDED.
NO OFFICIAL ACTION CAN BE TAKEN UNLESS A 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.
I WILL NOW CONDUCT A ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS TO CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM.
AFTER I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE SAY, HERE, CHERYL SMITH.
LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL MEMBERS OF PRESENT EXCEPT FOR TY CHAPMAN, FRANK GONZALEZ AND VICTOR MEDINA.
AND NOW WE WILL HAVE THE INVOCATION BY COMMISSIONER ANGELA LUCK, YVONNE, AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
AND TO THE US AND TEXAS FLAG BY JANIE MENDEZ.
AKARI LET IS BOW HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF GRAND PRAIRIE GRANT WISDOM.
PATIENT AND UNDERSTANDING TO EVERYONE PARTICIPATING IN THIS MEETING GUIDE THE DECISION MADE HERE SO THEY BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY TODAY AND FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
WE ALSO PRAY FOR PEACE IN OUR NATION AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
HELP US ALL BE INSTRUMENTS OF UNITY AND UNDERSTANDING.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD.
LIBERTY, JUSTICE PER HONOR, THE TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE ONE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDI IN AN EFFORT TO MINIMIZE DISRUPTIONS.
THE FOLLOWING MEETING GUIDELINES WILL APPLY.
THE STAFF WILL PRESENT FIRST ON ANY AGENDA ITEM.
FOLLOWING A BRIEF PRESENTATION BY STAFF, APPLICANTS WILL HAVE A COMBINED TOTAL OF 30 MINUTES TO PRESENT.
ONCE THE APPLICANT HAS SPOKEN, EACH MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO FILLS OUT A SPEAKER CARD WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM.
ADDITIONAL SPEAKING TIME MAY BE ALLOWED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIRMAN BEFORE SPEAKING.
SPEAKER SHOULD GIVE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD ALONG WITH WHOM 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 CITIZEN COMMENTS, MA'AM.
[PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA]
FOR CONSIDERATION IS, UH, APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA.THERE'S ONLY ONE ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ITEM ONE, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 10TH, 2026.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO ANYONE CAN SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? NOT FOR THIS ITEM.
MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY HAVE LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND VOTE TO APPROVE.
ARE WE ON ITEM THREE, OR NO, WE'RE JUST, UH, ONE.
MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY HAVE LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND VOTE TO APPROVE ITEM ONE, THE MINUTES FROM THE FEBRUARY 10TH, 2026 MEETING.
SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE, THE MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 10TH, 2026 MEETING AND A SECOND BY, UH, COMMISSIONER OLEY.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
YOU WANNA LOOK? YOU CAN GO AHEAD FOR THE RECORD.
UH, THE CASE NUMBER, UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO
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S U2 FIVE 12 SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REGISTERED GROUP HOME.IT'S BEING POSTPONED UNTIL MARCH 24TH.
[3. STP-25-07-0024 - Site Plan - Warehouse at 1208 W Trinity (City Council District 1). Site Plan to construct two warehouses on 2.43 acres. Lots 1 & 2, Block 1, Farmer's Industrial Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Light Industrial, within the SH 161 Corridor Overlay, and addressed as 1206 & 1208 W Trinity Blvd]
GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.THE NEXT ITEM IS THE ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS A SIP PLAN REQUEST, STP 25 0 7 0 0 2 4.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A SIP PLAN APPROVAL TO BE ABLE TO CONSTRUCT TWO OFFICE WAREHOUSES.
ONE OF THEM IS THE 16,000, UH, SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.
THE OTHER ONE IS 7,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING, CURRENTLY PROPERTY ZONE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, AND IS ALREADY SURROUNDED BY EITHER NEW OR EXISTING INDUSTRIAL USES.
THIS SHOWS A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSELY WHERE THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED.
UM, AS NOTED DURING BRIEFING, THERE ARE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WERE EITHER FINISHED OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND BEGAN OPERATING WITHIN, UH, THIS GENERAL AREA THAT IS EITHER, UH, TRUCK RELATED USES OR LOGISTICS RELATED USES OR WAREHOUSE RELATED USES.
SO WHAT THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING IS TWO SEPARATE BUILDING.
UM, JUST TO NOTE THAT THEY'RE NOT REALLY PROPOSING A VERY LARGE SCALE WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION CENTER.
THIS IS THE TYPICAL OFFICE SLASH WAREHOUSE WHERE PEOPLE WILL USUALLY END UP WITH SMALL THREE TO 500 OFFICE AREA TO RUN THEIR BUSINESSES.
A LOT OF TIMES, UH, USERS LIKE, UH, CONTRACTORS OR UM, HVAC, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WITH TRADE SKILLS, TYPICALLY, ONCE THEY HAVE A SMALL OFFICE TO DO, UM, JUST ALL THE FINANCING, AND THEN THEY WILL USE THE INDOOR WAREHOUSE TO STORE SOME OF THEIR EQUIPMENT AND MATERIAL.
UM, THEIR TARGETED, UH, TENANT WILL BE SMALLER USES AS SUCH.
SO, UM, WHAT YOU SEE IS THAT THERE'S NO TRUCK DOCKS.
THIS IS NOT DESIGNED FOR 18 WHEELERS OR ANY BIG, UH, COMMERCIAL VEHICLES.
THEY ARE MEETING THE DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENT.
THEY'RE ALSO COMPLYING WITH THE PARKING REQUIREMENT.
ONE THING TO NOTE THAT, UM, THEY ARE LOCATING THEIR DETENTION POND HERE TO THE WEST OF THE PROPERTY, UH, BUFFER, UH, PROVIDING ABOUT 56 FEET OF CLEAR SPACE BETWEEN THE T-MOBILE HOME TO THE WEST.
THEY ARE COMPLYING WITH THE REQUIRED LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS, AS SHOWN HERE IS THE BUILDING THAT YOU CAN SEE.
SO TO THE TALLER BUILDING IS ABOUT 31 FEET TALL.
UM, THEY ARE GOING TO BE ACCESS FROM, UM, THE INTERNAL COURTYARD HERE.
THAT'S WHERE THE OVERHEAD DOORS WILL BE LOCATED.
SO YOU SEE THAT THEY WILL HAVE A OVERHEAD DOOR AND A PRIVATE ENTRY AND A WINDOW SO THEY CAN HAVE SMALL OFFICE AREAS AND BATHROOMS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
THAT IS NEEDED AS A PART OF THE OPERATION.
THE OTHER BUILDING ALSO HAS A SIMILAR SETUP.
UM, THEY'RE SIMILAR IN DESIGN.
UM, THEY WILL BE LOCATED RIGHT HERE IN 1208.
SO THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES WITH THIS REQUEST.
AND THE RC RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL WITH ONE CONDITION THAT THE NOISE STUDY, WHICH IS UNDER REVIEW RIGHT NOW, BE APPROVED BY PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITIES BEFORE BUILDING PERMIT CAN BE ISSUED.
THIS CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION AND THE APPLICANT, MS. UH, MR. MEXICO COBAN IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME? COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YOU DID A REALLY GOOD JOB IN, IN BRIEFING.
UH, WE HAVE ONE CARD FROM THE APPLICANT, MAX C**N, WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.
HOW ARE YOU? STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
SO, UM, WHEN WE CAME TO TEXAS, WE CAME TO GRAND PRAIRIE FIRST.
SO WHEN WE MADE MAKING OUR INVESTMENT, WE WANTED TO MAKE IT IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
I'M JUST GONNA SHOW SOME SO WE CAN GET YEAH, THERE YOU GO.
SO THIS IS NOT HEAVY IN, IN THIS INDUSTRY.
I MEAN, JUNE EXPLAINED IT PERFECTLY WELL, AND WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO BUILD A GREAT PLACE FOR SMALL MOM AND POP COMPANIES TO HAVE A GOOD PLACE TO OPERATE.
AND, UM, WE'RE LOOKING, WE'RE BUILDING THE INVESTMENT AS SPEC AND, UH, WE HAVE SOME TENANTS THAT ARE INTERESTED ALREADY IN THE SPACE JUST DUE TO HOW STRONG THE LOCATION IS.
SO, THAT'S IT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TO GRAND PRAIRIE.
MY FIRST QUESTION IS, UM, DID YOU DO A MARKETING STUDY? AND WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE THAT YOU WANTED TO HAVE THIS IN GRAND PRAIRIE? SO, WHEN WE FIRST MOVED TO TEXAS, WE'RE ORIGINALLY FROM CALIFORNIA WHEN WE FIRST MOVED HERE.
WE CAME TO GRAND PRAIRIE FIRST AND JUST LOVED THE CITY, LOVED THE WORK ETHIC GRADE, UH, DYNAMIC HERE.
AND THAT'S WHY WE JUST CHOSE TO MAKE OUR FIRST, UH, INVESTMENT IN GRAND PRAIRIE TO BUILD OUR FIRST PROPERTY LIKE THIS.
THE ONLY CONCERN, OUR OTHER CONCERN I HAD WAS THAT THERE IS A, A MOBILE HOME PARK NEAR YEAH.
AND HAVE YOU REACHED OUT TO THE HOMEOWNERS?
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UM, WE HAVE NOT, BUT WE DID OUR NOYCE STUDY BE, AND, UM, NONE OF THE TENANTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, NONE OF THE TENANTS THAT WE'VE SPOKEN TO ARE AUTOMOTIVE USE OR ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE LOUD.THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY HEAVY MACHINERY HERE, SO WE DON'T THINK THERE'S REALLY GONNA CAUSE ANY NOISE.
WELL, THAT, THAT WASN'T MY, THAT, THAT IS A CONCERN.
BUT MY MAJOR CONCERN IS YOU HAVE TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
THAT MEANS YOU NEED TO, TO HAVE A CONVERSATION HERE.
YOU KNOW, LIKE, TO MEET YOU, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
YOU KNOW, YOU JUST NEED TO DO THAT.
THAT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
AND, UH, I'LL GO THERE PERSONALLY AND GO SPEAK WITH THEM.
UH, COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER FEDCO, THIS IS YOUR AREA.
NO, I MEAN, UH, WHAT THE CHAIR SAID IT'S TRUE ABOUT YOU GUYS BEING, UH, CLOSE TO THE MOBILE HOME, UH, PARK.
HOWEVER, I NOTICED THAT THE BUSINESS SIDE OF YOUR BUILDING SEEMS TO FACE 1 61.
AND SO ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE ON THE MOBILE HOME SIDE IS JUST GONNA BE ALMOST LIKE EMERGENCY DOORS OR SOMETHING.
'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S NOT WHERE THE FRONT IS, BUT IT'S NOT A BAD PRACTICE TO REACH OUT TO YOUR NEIGHBORS.
I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD REACH OUT TO AN INDUSTRIAL NEIGHBOR, BUT WHEN PEOPLE LIVE THERE, YEAH.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? THANK YOU FOR COMING TO GRAND PRAIRIE.
WE HAVE NO FURTHER CARDS FOR THIS TIME.
I BELIEVE THIS IS COMMISSIONER KO'S DISTRICTS.
SO COMMISSIONER WOULD DO, WOULD YOU LIKE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? NO, IT'S, UH, HE'S, HE'S, THERE'S NOTHING THAT, HE'S NOT ASKING FOR ANY VARIANCE.
ANYTHING THAT WE COULD DO THAT WOULD STOP HIM.
DOES, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY CONCERNS? YOU SHOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, SIR.
MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO, TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND VOTE TO APPROVE PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS ITEM TWO.
UM, PLEASE, I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM TWO BY COMMISSION ERCO AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ZACHERY, UH, AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS.
DID YOU TWO OR THREE? I'M SORRY.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE, UH, LIKE TO MAKE A, I'D LIKE TO, UH, I CAN EVEN TALK NOW.
DID I GET THE, DID I GET THE ITEM NUMBER CORRECT? IT'S THREE.
YOU NEED, YOU NEED TO DO THREE.
TWO IS THE ONE THAT WAS, UH, POSTPONED.
IT'S ITEM THREE, TWO IS THE ONE THAT WAS POSTPONED ON THE AMENDED.
CAN YOU MAKE ANO THE MOTION AGAIN? MAKE THE MOTION AGAIN.
I MAY, I'D LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND VOTE TO APPROVE PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS ITEM THREE.
AND THEN WE HAVE A SECOND CHECK.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON FLOOR BY COMMISSIONER, UM, FCO AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CHARI ON ITEM THREE STP 25 0 7 0 0 2 4 TO APPROVE AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
[Items 4 & 5]
NEXT CASE, PLEASE.UM, ITEM FOUR AND FIVE GO TOGETHER.
SO I'LL KIND OF PRESENT THEM BOTH TOGETHER.
ITEM FOUR IS CPA DASH 26 DASH ZERO ONE DASH 0 0 0 2.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR A, SORRY, UH, PROPOSED WAREHOUSE AT 1610 WALNUT STREET.
UM, IT'S A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE CON COMP, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FROM HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
HERE YOU CAN SEE WHAT IT CURRENTLY IS.
UM, THE BROWN HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PART, IT'S ALL LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
AND ON THE WEST IT'S COMMERCIAL RETAIL.
AND IF THE PROPOSAL WAS ACCEPTED, THEN IT WOULD TURN INTO A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT, DRC IS UNABLE TO SUPPORT THEIR REQUEST BECAUSE THE PROPOSED, THE PROPOSED USE DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
I'M GONNA GO INTO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS ZON DASH 26 DASH ZERO ONE DASH 0 0 0 2.
A ZONING CHANGE CONCEPT PLAN FOR THE SAME, UM, PROPOSED WAREHOUSE AT 1610 WALNUT STREET.
SO THIS IS A ZONING CHANGE CONCEPT PLAN.
CURRENTLY, IT'S ZONED SINGLE FAMILY ONE, AND A LITTLE BIT OF IT IS, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE.
THEY REQUEST IS TO ADOPT A CONCEPT PLAN FOR AN INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE AT THIS LOCATION.
UM, THE LOCATION IS DIRECTLY ALONG THE I 30 FRONTAGE ROAD, UM, WITH WALNUT ON
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THE SOUTH AND, UH, NORTHEAST 15TH ON THE WEST.HERE'S THEIR CONCEPT PLAN THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING.
IT IS 166,000 SQUARE FOOT, UM, OFFICE WAREHOUSE BUILDING.
THE TRUCK COURTS WILL BE LOCATED WHERE THAT YELLOW LINE IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING, UM, PARALLEL TO THE I 30 FRONTAGE ROAD ON THE EASTERN SIDE, WHERE THAT ORANGE LINE IS.
THEY'RE PROPOSING A RETAINING WALL AS A SCREENING.
HERE ARE THERE CONCEPT ELEVATIONS, UH, THE EAST AND WEST CONCEPT ELEVATION.
AND THEN THE BOTTOM ONE'S, THE NORTH ELEVATION, WHICH IS WHAT YOU WOULD SEE FROM I 30.
AND THEN THERE'S TWO, UH, PROPOSALS HERE FOR THE SOUTH ELEVATION.
THIS WOULD BE ALONG WALNUT STREET.
THE APPLICANT IS PRO, PRO PROPOSING A PD WITH BASE ZONING OF LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
UM, THE PD DOES PROHIBIT SEVERAL USES, INCLUDING AUTOMOTIVE, USES, RV PARK, UM, TRUCK STOP AND GAS SALES.
AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE FOLLOWING PARK, UH, UH, VARIANCES.
THE FIRST ONE IS A VARIANCE TO THE REQUIREMENT OF THE PARKING MAXIMUM OF 115% TO ALLOW THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF OFF STREET PARKING SPACES TO BE 150% OF THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT.
THE SECOND ONE IS THE SCREENING ON THE EAST SIDE WHERE THERE'S THERE, THE REQUIREMENT IS TO BE A SIX FOOT MASONRY WALL.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE, UM, TO THAT REQUIREMENT, UM, TO ALLOW A RETAINING WALL.
AND WHEREVER THE RETAINING WALL IS LESS THAN SIX FEET IN HEIGHT, ADDITIONAL SCREENING SHALL BE PROVIDED TO MAINTAIN A SIX FOOT, UM, CONTINUOUS VERTICAL SCREEN ALONG THAT SIDE.
AND THE LAST VARIANCE IS, UM, A VARIANCE TO APPENDIX X REQUIREMENT THAT TRUCK DOCKS SHOULD BE DESIGNED TO FACE AWAY FROM PUBLIC STREETS, UM, TO ALLOW TRUCK DOCKS ALONG OR PARALLEL TO A PUBLIC STREET.
THERE WERE 75 PUBLIC NOTICES SENT OUT.
WE DID RECEIVE, UM, ZERO LETTERS OF SUPPORT.
UM, AND ADDITIONALLY, SEVEN LETTERS IN OPPOSITION, UH, FROM FOUR UNIQUE ADDRESSES, WHICH YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE.
AGAIN, THE, THE RED LINE IS THE 200 FOOT BUFFER, WHICH IS WHERE WE ARE REQUIRED TO NOTICE.
UM, THERE'S, SO THERE WERE SOME LETTERS THAT CAME FROM OUTSIDE OF THAT AREA.
UM, AND THEN I, MADAM CHAIR, I THINK YOU HAVE THE, WOULD YOU, DO YOU NEED THEM? I DON'T NEED THEM.
UH, SO THE DRC COMMITTEE, UM, IS UNABLE TO SUPPORT, UH, AS, AS A RECOMMENDATION UNABLE TO SUPPORT THE ZONING CHANGE BECAUSE THE PROPOSED ZONING DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
HOWEVER, SHOULD THE PLANNING AND ZONING AND COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL, THEN WE REQUEST THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.
NUMBER ONE, THAT THE APPLICANT PROVIDE A LANDSCAPE BERM OR WROUGHT IRON FENCING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE EVERGREEN TREES AND SHRUBS TO SCREEN TRUCK DOCKS AND, AND OUTDOOR STORAGE ALONG THE I 30 FRONTAGE ROAD.
AND THE SECOND ONE, THAT A NOISE STUDY BE PROVIDED FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY PHEQ PRIOR TO A SITE PLAN BEING PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SPEAKER CARDS.
JUST AS A REMINDER, IT'S, AS IT'S POSTED, EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK FOR UP TO FIVE MINUTES.
UH, THE APPLICANT HAS A MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES TO SPEAK.
UH, THE FIRST CARD WE HAVE IS FOR AGENDA ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE.
UH, THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE, TYLER THOMAS, WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.
CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? HI THERE.
UH, 1 1 0 3 2 ROSSER ROAD, DALLAS, TEXAS.
LEMME SEE IF I CAN GET THIS INTO FULL SCREEN HERE.
I OVERSEE ALL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR MONT GROUP.
WE'RE A LOCALLY BASED AND OWNED, UH, DEVELOPMENT COMPANY HERE IN DFW.
UH, SOME OF YOU MAY RECALL OR REMEMBER MYSELF OR MONT GROUP FROM A PREVIOUS ZONING CASE IN THIS DISTRICT.
UH, LAST YEAR WE WENT THROUGH ZONING ABOUT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, AND THEN A SITE PLAN APPROVAL IN THE FALL.
DUNCAN PERRY, THE CASE WE'RE PRESENTING TODAY, 1610 WALNUT STREET IS VERY SIMILAR TO THAT.
AND WE'LL ECHO A LOT OF THE SENTIMENTS FROM NINE 30 DUNCAN PERRY.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS 1610 WALNUT STREET.
IT'S APPROXIMATELY 15.72 ACRES LOCATED OFF OF I 30 IN BETWEEN THE BELT LINE EXIT ON THE WEST AND ON THE EAST MACARTHUR.
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FRONTING, UH, I 30.UH, AND AS WE UNDERSTAND IT, THE FAMILY HAS OWNED IT FOR, UM, APPROXIMATELY JUST OVER A HUNDRED YEARS, HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN FROM DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS.
THE SITE IS BORDERED TO THE SOUTH BY RESIDENTIAL WITH COMMERCIAL POCKETS THROUGH THE I 30 CORRIDOR AND FURTHER TO THE NORTH ON THE OTHER SIDE OF I 30.
THE MAP ABOVE ILLUSTRATES THE YELLOW AREAS BEING SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL, THE RED BEING COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL USES.
SO THE OBVIOUS CONCERN HERE FOR ALL PARTIES, INCLUDING OURSELVES, IS THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL, AND WE WANT TO ATTACK THAT AND ADDRESS IT HEAD ON.
UM, OUR GOAL HERE, SIMILAR TO OUR DUNCAN PERRY DEVELOPMENT, IS TO BE EXTREMELY THOUGHTFUL IN OUR DESIGN AND TO ENSURE WE CREATE A LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT THAT IS VERY CAREFULLY PLANNED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN MIND.
WE BELIEVE THAT THE PROPOSED USE IN, IN CHANGING THE FLUE TO A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL OR A SHALLOW BAY FLEX USE IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS DISRUPTIVE THAN THE CURRENT FLU, WHICH CALLS FOR HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
UM, WE ARE MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPERS AS WELL AS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPERS.
UM, AND OUR EXPERIENCE, HIGH DE, HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL IS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE DISRUPTIVE FROM A BUILDING HEIGHT, A NOISE, A TRAFFIC, A NIGHTTIME, A CRIME AND AMBIENT LIGHTING PERSPECTIVE.
THAT IS WHY WE THINK THIS USE IS EXTREMELY SUITABLE FOR THIS SITE.
FLEX SHALLOW BAY USES THAT WE ANTICIPATE FOR THIS SITE ARE TYPICALLY INTERNALIZED.
THEIR DAYTIME USES, UH, THEY HAVE LIMITED EXTERNAL IMPACTS.
WE HAVE DESIGNED, AND I'LL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER HERE IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, TO LIMIT THAT EVEN FURTHER.
AND SO WE BELIEVE THAT GIVEN THE BUFFER INTO I 30 AND THIS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, THIS IS THE MOST SUITABLE LONG-TERM COMPATIBLE DESIGN FOR THIS SITE.
WE HAVE TAKEN MEASURES, MANY OF WHICH HAVE SIGNIFICANT COST IMPLICATIONS TO US TO FURTHER HIGHLIGHT THIS.
TWO OF THOSE I WOULD MENTION ARE ONE, WE ARE LOOKING AND PLANNING.
WE'VE S SUNKEN THE SITE INTO THE GROUND, CREATING RETAINING WALLS ON THE, UH, THE, THE EXTERIOR BORDERS OF THE SITE, LOWERING THE BUILDING HEIGHT COMPARABLE TO THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL, AND KEEPING IT OUTTA SIGHT FROM THE INTERSTATE AND THE ACCESS ROAD.
ANOTHER ONE WOULD BE UNDER DEVELOPING THE SITE, UH, UH, TYPICALLY A SITE OF THIS SIZE AT 15.7 ACRES, OUR PEERS WOULD LOOK TO DEVELOP 200,000 SQUARE FEET OR MORE.
AND ALL WE BUILD IS FLEX LIGHT INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES FOCUSED AND TAILORED TO SMALLER BUSINESSES THAT ARE MORE SUITABLE FOR LOCAL AND REGIONAL USES.
AND I'LL GET INTO THOSE IN A SECOND.
SO AS THE PLAN SHOWED AND AS A STAFF WENT THROUGH, WE ARE PROPOSING APPROXIMATELY 165,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.
WE HAVE HIGHER PARKING RATIOS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING THAT IS DUE TO THE NATURE OF THESE BUSINESSES, A LOT OF WHICH ARE LOCAL AND REGIONAL, UH, THAT ARE NOT DISTRIBUTION FOCUSED, BUT MORE LOCAL SERVICE BASED, FOCUSED ABOVE IS OUR SITE PLAN.
UM, YOU'VE SEEN THIS AS STAFF, UH, ALLUDED TO.
THE ONLY THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT ON THIS, OR, UH, THE RETAINING WALL, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SOUTHERN BORDER, THE RETAINING WALL ON THE EASTERN BORDER, THAT WILL ALSO BE A MASONRY SCREENING WALL WHERE THE RETAINING WALL IS LESS MINI IS, IS, IS LESS, UH, I GUESS LESS TALL.
UH, AND THEN THERE'S AN EXISTING RETAINING WALL HERE ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
OH, AND ONE THING TOO, ON SITE PLAN, JUST TO CLARIFY, AND OBVIOUSLY THIS COMES INTO ONE OF OUR VARIANCES, BUT THE REASON WE HAVE ORIENTED THE BUILDING THE WAY WE HAVE AND SUNKEN IT, IS TO MAINTAIN, WE'VE, WE ARE GETTING A NOISE STUDY DONE, BUT IS TO KEEP THE LOADING AND KEEP ANY OPERATIONS AWAY FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT TODAY, AT LEAST ON THE FRONT END OF THE NOISE STUDY.
THERE WILL BE NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO THAT.
AND OUR STUDY WILL SHOW THAT, WHICH SHOULD BE READY BY THE TIME WE GET TO COUNCIL NEXT MONTH.
UH, ABOVE IS JUST SOME CONCEPT, UH, ELEVATIONS THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH.
YOU CAN SEE THE MULTIPLE STOREFRONT ENTRIES HERE, AS WE DO EXPECT THIS BUILDING TO BE MULTI-TENANTED, TWO TO THREE USERS OF SMALLER SQUARE FOOTAGE IN NATURE, UM, FITTING WITH REALLY THE SHALLOW BAY KIND OF FLEX SPACE THAT WE, WHAT WE RESIDE IN TODAY.
HERE'S SOME CONCEPT RENDERINGS AS WELL, JUST SHOWING THOSE STOREFRONT ENTRIES, THE, THE HEIGHT AND LEVEL AND QUALITY OF THOSE.
THE NEXT THREE SLIDES, UM, SHOW SOME DRONE RENDERINGS.
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UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU A BETTER IDEA OF THE LANDSCAPING, WHICH WE ARE COMMITTED TO ENHANCING PAST WHAT IS REQUIRED IN CODE.UH, AS WELL AS JUST GIVING YOU AN IDEA OF THE EXISTING FOLIAGE THAT'S ON THE PROPERTY TODAY.
UH, THIS IS FROM THE INTERSECTION OF 15TH STREET AND WALNUT STREET.
LOOKING TO THE NORTHEAST TOWARDS THE BUILDING, YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE JUST QUITE, BUT THERE'S A RETAINING WALL THROUGH HERE, AND I'LL SHOW THAT ON THE, A FEW SLIDES, UH, AHEAD OF THIS.
THIS IS MORE OF A BIRD'S EYE AERIAL VIEW, SHOWING I 30 THE ACCESS ROAD, MOVING INTO THE BUILDING AS WE GO SOUTH TOWARDS WALNUT STREET.
UM, SHOWING REALLY THE DISTANCE WE'VE SEPARATED OURSELVES FROM THE HIGHWAY, UH, AND THE ACCESS ROAD.
AND THEN THIS LAST DRONE FOOTAGE OR SHOT IS, UH, FROM THE INTERSECTION OF REALLY 15TH STREET IN THE ACCESS ROAD LOOKING SOUTHEAST, UH, INTO THE PROPERTY, SHOWING A LITTLE BIT OF THE ELEVATIONS, THE EXISTING RETAINING WALL THAT'S IN PLACE OFF OF 15TH STREET TODAY.
AND THEN THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT, IF NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT SLIDE IN THIS PRESENTATION.
THIS ILLUSTRATES THE ELEVATIONS OF THE PROJECT AND HOW WE HAVE SUNK THE BUILDING TO MINIMIZE OUR IMPACT TO THE IMMEDIATE AREA.
UM, I DON'T KNOW, YEAH, IF, HOW WELL Y'ALL CAN SEE THIS, BUT I'M GONNA START AT WALNUT STREET.
THESE ARE ELEVATIONS RELATIVE TO SEA LEVEL.
WE ARE AT 496 FEET AT WALNUT STREET.
AS YOU MOVE INTO OUR PARKING AREAS, WE ARE AT 484.
SO WE HAVE SUNK IN OUR PARKING AREAS APPROXIMATELY 12 FEET BELOW THE ROAD, MEANING THEY WILL BE WELL OUTTA SIGHT.
THERE'S A RETAINING WALL THERE.
WE ARE ALSO COMMITTED TO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF, UH, PUTTING A SHORT WROUGHT IRON, A FOUR FOOT WROUGHT IRON FENCE WITH HEDGES THERE TO EVEN FURTHER, UH, UH, SHIELD THAT.
UM, YOU MOVE INTO THE BUILDING, THIS IS A VERY SIMILAR ELEVATION AT 4 84 TO 4 81.
AND THEN YOU MOVE INTO THE TRUCK COURT PARKING IN THE BACK.
AND THEN REALLY IMPORTANTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE STEEP DROP OFF AND THE GRADING YOU GET TOWARDS THE NORTH END OF THE SITE, MOVING INTO THE ACCESS ROAD.
IT IS 461 FEET OF ELEVATION BELOW, UH, OR ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
SO THAT IS APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET BELOW THE FINISHED FLOOR ELEVATION.
THEN AS YOU MOVE INTO THE HIGHWAY, IT DROPS ANOTHER 14 FEET.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE FROM STAFF TO, UH, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WE ARE MEETING WITH, ET CETERA, TO DRIVE THIS AND LOOK AT THIS, BECAUSE ONE OF OUR VARIANCES IS FACING DOCK DOORS TOWARDS THIS HIGHWAY.
AND GIVEN THE EXISTING FOLIAGE, THE LANDSCAPING WE'RE PUTTING INTO PLACE, AND THE BUFFER WE'RE PROVIDING ON THE NORTH END DOCKS WILL NOT BE VISIBLE, AND THE BUILDING WILL BE HARDLY VISIBLE IN MOST INSTANCES, WHICH WE WILL FURTHER ILLUSTRATE HERE.
SHOWING SIGHT LINE STUDIES, REALLY LOOKING FROM I 30 SOUTH, THE LOWEST POINT WITH THE RED LINE, THAT IS FROM I 30.
THE GREEN LINE IS FROM THE ACCESS ROAD THAT SITS ABOUT 14 FEET HIGHER THAN I 30.
YOU CAN SEE THE HILLS, UM, THE TREES IN THERE.
UH, BUT REALLY THE DISTANCE IS WHAT I LIKE TO OUTLINE.
WE HAVE A TRUCK COURT OF APPROXIMATELY 185 FEET FROM THE BUILDING, AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL GREEN SPACE OF NEARLY 251 FEET JUST TO THE MIDDLE OF THAT ACCESS ROAD.
SO SIGNIFICANT BUFFERING, SIGNIFICANT SCREENING AWAY FROM THAT.
ADDITIONALLY, ON THE WALNUT STREET AND RESIDENTIAL SIDE, THIS ILLUSTRATES LOOKING REALLY WALNUT STREET TO THE NORTH, SHOWING THE RESIDENTIAL, SHOWING THE STREET, AS WELL AS THE RETAINING WALL ALONG THE PARKING.
AND HOW WE HAVE DROPPED THAT DOWN THE FENCE THAT WILL BE ABOVE THE PARKING AND THEN INTO THE BUILDING, SHOWING A SIGHT LINE STUDY IF YOU ARE SITTING IN THE ROAD TODAY.
LOOKING AT OUR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, THE LAST SIGHT LINE STUDY IS REALLY JUST LOOKING AT THE EASTERN PROPERTY LINE.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A RETAINING WALL HERE FROM ANYWHERE FROM THREE FEET UP TO 15 FEET.
SO AGAIN, WE ARE COMMITTED TO HAVING THAT RETAINING WALL AS WELL AS SCREENING ON TOP OF THAT RETAINING WALL.
AND WE WILL MINI, WE WILL MINIMALLY PROVIDE, OR AT MINIMUM PROVIDE SIX FEET AT LEAST, BUT IN MOST AREAS, IT WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER THAN THAT.
SO, TOUCHING REAL QUICK ON THE VARIANCES.
THE PARKING VARIANCE WE ARE REQUESTING IS SOLELY TO ACCOMMODATE THESE USERS, THESE SHALLOW BAY, SMALLER FLEX USERS THAT WE INTEND TO ULTIMATELY OCCUPY OUR BUILDING, THE SCREENING TO THE EAST.
I HATE TO EVEN CALL THAT A VARIANCE BECAUSE WE ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING THE SIX FOOT AT MINIMUM, BUT IN MOST INSTANCES, IT'LL ACTUALLY BE MUCH HIGHER THAN SIX FEET.
UH, AND THEN LASTLY, THE TRUCK DOCKS ALONG I 30.
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THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN MIND AND THE ORIENTATION AND NOISE OF OUR BUILDING.OF COURSE, WE HAVE SUNK IN THAT AND TRIED TO SHOW THE GRADING AND LANDSCAPING, UH, UH, SHOWING THAT IT WILL BE COMPLETELY OUTTA SIGHT.
THE EXCLUDED USES, UH, STAFF DIDN'T GET INTO DETAIL ON THESE LISTS ON THIS LIST, BUT WE HAVE 56 USES, EXCLUDED, NOT JUST A FEW.
WE HAVE 56, AND THIS IS A CURATED LIST THAT WE WORKED WITH THE CITY AND WITH COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR IN PREVIOUS PDS WITH GRAND PRAIRIE TO ULTIMATELY STRIP OUT ANY OUTDOOR, ANY AUTO RELATED USES.
ANYTHING THAT COULD BE DISRUPTIVE, HAVE NOISE, THINGS OF THAT SORT.
SO THAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS PD.
LASTLY, WHY ARE WE BUILDING WHAT WE'RE BUILDING TODAY? SCARCITY, IT'S PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
GSW IS A VERY ROBUST INDUSTRIAL MARKET.
THERE'S 126 MILLION SQUARE FEET TODAY OF THAT.
THERE'S ONLY 4.2 MILLION SQUARE FEET COMPARABLE TO THIS PROJECT, AS WELL AS OUR DUNCAN PERRY DEVELOPMENT THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
BUT THE MAJORITY OF THIS MARKET HAS BEEN BUILT FROM THE 1960S TO THE 1980S.
AND THEN THE WAVE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS OCCURRED OVER THE LAST 20 TO 25 YEARS HAS BEEN FAR TOO HEAVILY SUITED TO BIGS BOX DISTRIBUTION.
IT HAS NOT BEEN SUITED TO 40,000 FOOT, 60,000 FOOT, 25,000 FOOT USERS, WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER LIGHT INDUSTRIAL OR SHALLOW BAY USERS.
UM, IT HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTION FOCUSED 400,000, 800,000 FOOT BUILDINGS.
UM, AND THAT IS WHY WE BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT VOID IN TODAY'S MARKET.
UH, THE MARKET STUDIES AS WELL AS OUR OTHER DEVELOPMENTS THROUGH GSW PROVE THAT TODAY, AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE PURSUING THIS PROJECT.
UM, AGAIN, FLIGHT TO QUALITY IS VERY EVIDENT.
I MEAN, COVID HAS JUST ACCELERATED THIS, BUT BUSINESSES ARE LOOKING FOR QUALITY ASSETS, FOR BRANDING, FOR RECRUITING, UH, AND, AND, AND, AND, AND ULTIMATELY WE HAVE SEEN THAT IN ALL ASSET CLASSES.
INDUSTRIAL LIGHT INDUSTRIAL IS NO DIFFERENT.
BUT WE EXPECT EVERYTHING FROM MEDICAL DEVICE COMPANIES TO LOCAL SERVICE BUSINESSES, WHOLESALE SUPPLY BUSINESSES.
TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, THESE ARE OF THE COMPARABLE BUILDINGS, THE 4.3 MILLION I MENTIONED IN THE MARKET TODAY.
THESE ARE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO GRAND PRAIRIE BECAUSE OF SIMILAR BUILDINGS.
YOU HAVE EVERYTHING AND JUST TO NAME A FEW, BUT AN INTERNATIONAL FURNITURE COMPANY WITH RH TO A LARGE, HUGE DISTRIBUTOR WITH FRESH EXPRESS HOOK AIR CONDITIONING, WHO Y'ALL RECENTLY PROCURED FROM THE CITY OF IRVING TO GRAND PRAIRIE IN A BRAND NEW BUILDING, SIMILAR TO THIS SIZE, IS AN HVAC SERVICE BUSINESS, AS WELL AS A DENTAL SUPPLY BUSINESSES THAT SU SUPPLY A LOT OF OUR ORTHODON AND DENTAL, UH, UH, BUSINESSES HERE IN IN THE MID CITIES.
UM, I'D JUST LIKE TO WRAP UP WITH, WE ARE FULLY AWARE OF THE CHALLENGES WE'RE PRESENTED WITH TODAY, BUT I CAN PROMISE YOU, AND THIS IS TO, THIS IS TO COMMISSIONERS, THIS IS TO STAFF, THIS IS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, AS WE BEGIN OUR DOOR TO DOOR OUTREACH NEXT WEEK.
BUT WE ARE AS FLEXIBLE AND AS ACCOMMODATING, IF NOT MORE THAN ANY OTHER DEVELOPER.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO A FACE-TO-FACE APPROACH, AND WE WILL BE DOOR KNOCKING STARTING AT THE END OF NEXT WEEK AND GOING INTO THE FOLLOWING WEEK TO GET THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORS AND TO GET THE ADJACENT COMMUNITY ADJACENT BUSINESSES TO GET THEIR INPUT.
AS WELL AS MEETINGS HAVE STARTED TO GET LINED UP WITH COUNCIL TO DO THE SAME.
UM, WE'RE COMMITTED TO FINDING A SOLUTION THAT WORKS FOR ALL PARTIES FOR THIS SITE.
AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, YOUR EFFORTS, AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE PUT ON AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE HISTORY LESSON.
BECAUSE, UM, I, YOU KNOW, WE TEND TO FORGET THAT THE BIG BOX HAS TAKEN OVER A LOT OF THE WAREHOUSES AND YOU BRINGING THAT BACK TO OUR ATTENTION, THAT MOST OF THE SMALLER ONES ARE OUTDATED AND ANTIQUATED AND NEED TO BE UPDATED.
IS THAT YOUR POINT? YES, MA'AM.
BUT MY, MY CONCERN WAS INITIALLY YOU BEING SO CLOSE TO THE RESIDENTIAL, YOU KNOW, AND LIKE I SAID, THE, THE REACHING OUT, I WAS GONNA ASK YOU TO REACH OUT BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU'RE COMING INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE LIVED THERE FOR YEARS, AND THAT'S THEIR PLACE, YOU KNOW, SO YOU'RE COMING IN, YOU WANNA BLEND IN, YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU'RE, THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE COMING AND, AND HOW THAT YOU CAN BE AN ASSET ALSO, WILL YOU BE DOING BRINGING ANY, UH, JOBS, UH, OUR WAY? I MEAN, ABSOLUTELY.
AND THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COMPARABLE BUSINESSES IN, OR BUSINESSES IN COMPARABLE BUILDINGS IN THE MARKET, THERE WILL BE, UH, ABSOLUTELY JOBS.
I MEAN, WE TALK ABOUT THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
WE'RE LOOKING TO PROVIDE APPROXIMATELY 180 PARKING SPACES.
UM, NOT OFFICE DENSITY OR MULTI-FAMILY DENSITY,
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BUT HEAVY DENSITY FOR THIS TYPE OF, WHAT YOU WOULD CALL LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USE.UH, THAT, THAT ABSOLUTELY WILL BE JOBS.
I MEAN, THIS IS A PROFESSIONAL HEADQUARTER TYPE FACILITY THAT WE ENVISION FOR FOLKS AND THAT WE BUILD ACROSS THE FW.
I GUESS, UH, YOU, YOU HAVE A GOOD PRODUCT.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE A, UH, YOU HAVE A PLAN IN MIND, BUT THE VARIANCES, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ASKING FOR A LOT.
AND THEN YOU'RE STILL ASKING FOR VARIANCES THAT'S ASKING A WHOLE LOT.
NOT JUST ONE, BUT SEVERAL CERTAINLY.
AND, AND THE PARKING IS TOTALLY TO ACCOMMODATE.
UM, THESE USES, THESE CONSIDER USES AND SMALLER USES.
UM, AND BIG BOX, YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH 50 OR LESS PARKING SPACES, UH, AND A BUILDING TWICE THIS SIZE.
'CAUSE THEY'RE JUST NOT HEAVY HEADCOUNT FOCUSED.
UM, ESPECIALLY WITH THE WAY AUTOMATION AND AI IS GOING.
UH, THE SCREENING SIDE, I WOULD ARGUE WE'RE EE SIDE, WE'RE ACTUALLY SCREENING.
ADDITIONALLY PASS, WE WILL, WE WILL ABIDE BY THE SIX FOOT REQUIREMENT.
AND IN MOST AREAS, THAT WILL BE 8, 10, 12, 15 FEET AS TALL WITH THE RETAINING WALL, WHICH I, I BELIEVE TO BE A BETTER SCREENING METHOD.
UM, UH, AND THEN LASTLY, THE ORIENTATION OF THE BUILDING.
UM, I, I WOULD ASSUME, AND WE WILL HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS, BUT THE ORIENTATION AWAY FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, WILL ONLY FURTHER HELP US WITH THE NOISE AND THE IMPACT TO THAT.
AND SO, UH, I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.
I, I, I'M DEDICATED TO, YOU KNOW, STICKING AROUND AND TALKING TO ANY RESIDENTS HERE TONIGHT.
I NEED TO CHECK WITH THE COMMISSIONERS TO SEE IF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER FEDCO.
SIR, WHY DIDN'T YOU START THE OUTREACH PROGRAM EARLIER SO THAT YOU COULD HAVE SOME INFORMED CITIZENS IN THESE SEATS TONIGHT? I MEAN, IF FAIR POINT, WE DID IT ABOUT THIS TIME IN OUR PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, AND I WOULD SAY WE USUALLY GET OUR APPLICANT SIGNS UP AND THEN THE NOTICE IS SENT OUT AND THEN START IT, UM, MOVING INTO COUNCIL MEETINGS AS WELL.
UH, IT'S, IT'S CERTAINLY GOOD TO NOTE MOVING FORWARD, BUT, UH, WE'VE TYPICALLY ALWAYS DONE IT, UH, REALLY IN THE WEEK OR TWO LEADING UP TO CITY COUNCIL, JUST BECAUSE WE KNOW, AND THAT'S WHEN MOST FOLKS STEP UP.
AND THAT IS WHEN, UH, UH, OPPOSITION LETTERS, SPEAKERS, ET CETERA, COME FORWARD.
SO I, I WANT TO HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES, AND OBVIOUSLY I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE IN THE MM-HMM
UH, SPACE TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC.
BUT, AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM SAYING THIS, BUT LIKE, I'M NOT A PERSON THAT THINKS GRAND PRAIRIE NEEDS ONE MORE WAREHOUSE OR ONE MORE APARTMENT.
AND NOT ONLY ARE YOU ASKING TO DO SOMETHING NOW, IF, IF THE LAND'S ALREADY ZONED THAT WAY, GIVE THE DEVIL IT'S DUE.
'CAUSE SOMEBODY MADE A MISTAKE YEARS AGO, BUT YOU'RE ASKING US TO ACCOMMODATE SOMETHING THAT I HAVE A HARD TIME AT 30,000 FEET CONCEPTUALLY UNDERSTANDING WHY WE NEED MORE OF THAT.
SO IT'LL BE A, IT'LL BE A TOUGH PUSH TO GET ME TO SUPPORT THAT.
AND IF YOU'RE WILLING TO, AND, UH, WHAT, WHETHER, I MEAN NOW IS PROBABLY NOT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU, UM, OR ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS AND TO OUTLINE OUR RESEARCH AS WELL AS THE DATA BEHIND IT.
UM, IT'S NOT MUCH DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE ALLUDE TO WITH THE GREATER MARKET COMPARED TO WHAT'S ACTUALLY CLASS AA EFFICIENT WAREHOUSES FOR TENANTS OF THE FUTURE.
UM, IF GRAND PRAIRIE DOESN'T OR OTHER CITIES DON'T, UM, THEY WILL FALL BEHIND BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE USERS ARE MOVING.
THAT IS THE PRODUCT THAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR.
COMMISSIONER ERCO BRINGS UP A VERY GOOD POINT, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU DIDN'T DO THE REACH OUT AHEAD OF TIME, BUT TO HAVE SEVEN OPPOSITION LETTERS, WHICH I HAVE ONE THAT I'M GOING TO READ INTO THE, THE RECORD.
UH, THERE ARE ENOUGH WAREHOUSES IN THIS AREA.
YOU ARE TAKING A LARGE PLOT OF LAND THAT COULD BE USED TO BUILD HOUSES OR APARTMENTS.
WE NEED MORE LIVING SPACE, NOT WAREHOUSES IN NORTH GRAND PRAIRIE.
ALSO, THE ROADS ON TARRANT AND WALNUT ARE ALREADY POCKETED WITH POTHOLES.
REGULAR TRUCK USAGE WILL MAKE THE ROADS SO MUCH WORSE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THE REST OF THE, UH, OPPOSITION LETTERS ARE SIMILAR TO THAT, BUT THAT WAS THE MOST ONE WITH THE MOST DETAILED.
SO THERE IS A CON, A SERIOUS CONCERN HERE.
HOW DO YOU, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO PUT TOGETHER, UH, TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDIES.
WE'LL HAVE THE NOISE STUDY AS WELL.
UM, I WOULD ARGUE FROM THE ARTERIES AND CIRCULATION, WALNUT STREET WOULD BE MORE OF A VEHICULAR ARTERY.
WE'RE WORKING WITH TXDOT TO HAVE THE I 30 ACCESS ROAD ARTERY THAT WOULD BE THE TRUCK ARTERY THAT WOULD NOT, UH, HAVE ANY EFFECT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE HAVE WORKED WITH STAFF AND LOOKED EVEN AT AN ADDITIONAL, UH, INGRESS EGRESS POINT INTO THE BUILDING.
WE HAVE STRIPPED THAT AWAY JUST TO KEEP IT FURTHER AWAY FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, IT GETS BACK TO THE SURROUNDING AREA.
CONFORMITY OF COMPARABLE USES ARE NOT PREDICTABLE.
LIKE WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING TODAY.
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YOU'RE LOOKING AT 200 TO 50 TO 400 UNITS OF WHICH ARE TYPICALLY TWO TO FOUR INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THOSE UNITS.THE TRAFFIC, THE NOISE, THE CRIME, THE, UH, THE, THE BUILDING HEIGHTS, THE, UH, AMBIENT LIGHTING.
IT WOULD BE FAR MORE DISRUPTIVE IN OUR OPINION AS DEVELOPERS AND OWNERS OF MULTIFAMILY TO BUILD IN THIS 'CAUSE WE DID LOOK AT IT FROM BOTH PERSPECTIVES.
SO WOULD YOU'D BE WITH YOUR OTHER BUSINESS THAT YOU HAVE, BE WILLING TO, UH, SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY AND, AND GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL? ABSOLUTELY.
WE, UH, WE'VE, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED ONCE WE TALK WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND WE TALK WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, BUT WE HAVE ABOUT A 0.7 ACRE PORTION OF THE SITE THAT IS, UH, FRONTING WALNUT STREET.
RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL CAN SEE MY MOUSE.
THAT WE WERE GONNA ASK, WHAT DOES THE COMMUNITY WANT? DO THEY WANNA PARK HERE? DO THEY WANT A BASKETBALL COURT HERE? THEY WANT A SOCCER NET OR A PLAYGROUND? WHAT? WELL, THAT'S THE QUESTION YOU SHOULD HAVE ASKED IN THE BEGINNING BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE ON THE BACK END, IT'S LIKE THAT YOU HAD NO, NO THOUGHT PROCESS INTO THE FOLKS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE.
WHO THERE, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S THE CONCERN.
AND THAT'S NOT, THAT IS NOT, UM, THAT IS NOT OUR INTENT AND THAT WILL NOT BE THE CASE MOVING FORWARD.
UH, WE, AND, AND WHETHER WE NEED TO TABLE COUNSEL TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND HAVE TIME.
I BELIEVE WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE QUITE A FEW OF THOSE OVER THE NEXT FOUR WEEKS LEADING UP INTO COUNCIL.
BUT, UM, AGAIN, OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS AND WE WILL HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY CONCERNS? WE GOOD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
UH, TIM GO, DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WISHES TO RECORD HIS OPPOSITION TO ITEM FOUR.
ERIC SMITH, UH, WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THIS ITEM.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
I LIVE AT 1405 EAST TARRANT, WHICH IS ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW.
UM, WHAT SOUTHWEST? UH, IN THE BOTTOM CORNER OF THE SCREEN, IS THERE A LITTLE SCREEN LITTLE THING THAT YOU COULD MOVE ON THERE? I DON'T KNOW.
WHAT IS IT? SO MY HOUSE IS THIS ONE.
UM, SO, UH, AND I APPRECIATE IT, MADAM CHAIR.
COMMISSIONERS, UH, YOU READ MY COMMENT.
UM, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS AGING.
IT IS, UM, KIND OF AT A BREAKING POINT.
WE'RE GONNA LOSE THEIR CLOSING.
WE ALREADY HAVE AN EMPTY GRAND PRAIRIE ISD BUILDING JUST DOWN THE ROAD FROM HERE.
UM, WE ARE IN A FOOD DESERT ALREADY.
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS RESONANCE.
UM, SO THE EXISTING PLANNING OF MULTI-FAMILY WOULD BE FANTASTIC.
UH, OBVIOUSLY NOW AS, UH, THE DEVELOPER SAID, THIS HAS BEEN THERE FOR A HUNDRED YEARS, IT, IT, IT, YOU'RE REPLACING COWS, UH, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE THERE.
UM, AND WE NEED THAT REPLACEMENT TO BE GRAND PRAIRIE CITIZENS, YOUNG FAMILIES WHO NEED, UH, THE LOCAL AND REVITALIZE THE LOCAL, UH, COMMUNITY.
WE'RE DOING OUR PART, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS DOING GREAT RENOVATIONS IN SOME LOTS.
UH, THE, THE COMMUNITY IS IMPROVING ITSELF, BUT WE ARE NOT SEEING THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY.
AND THIS IS A STEP IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.
THE OTHER CHIEF CONCERN I HAVE IS, I MEAN, I, I APPRECIATE THE, UM, THE PLAN AND THE FACT THAT IT LOOKED LIKE A WALNUT WOULD NOT BE, WELL, IT WOULD HAVE A BIG WALL IN FRONT OF IT.
UM, BUT THE IDEA THAT THERE WOULD STILL BE ENTRANCE AND EXIT ON WALNUT, THAT STRETCH OF WALNUT, MY STRETCH OF TART IS ALREADY A, A POTHOLE NIGHTMARE.
THE INTERSECTION OF BELTLINE AND 30, ESPECIALLY IN FRONT OF, YOU KNOW, THE STARBUCKS, YOU GET THAT INTERSECTION CHOKED AT WHEN EVERYONE'S COMING AND GOING FROM, I MEAN, THAT'S MY COMMUTE EVERY DAY.
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UM, YOU ADD 150, 180 BUSINESS USERS AT THOSE HIGH TRAFFIC TIMES, BELTLINE AND 30 ARE NOT GONNA SUPPORT THAT.UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT, IF YOU HAVE MULTIFAMILY THERE, YOU HAVE PEOPLE COMING AND GOING AT DIFFERENT TIMES.
UM, THE DEVELOPER MENTIONED THAT, YES, THIS WILL BE LARGELY USED AT BUSINESS TIMES, BUT REMEMBER THIS IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE PARK AND RIDE THE PARK AND RIDE IS ALREADY FULL OF ODDBALL ILLICIT USE.
UH, LAST YEAR, THE, THE CITY CLOSED IT FOR 4TH OF JULY BECAUSE IT USED TO BE A, JUST A MADCAP BLOCK PARTY.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, NOW WE WOULD HAVE ANOTHER PARKING LOT ADJACENT THAT WAS EMPTY MOST OF THE TIME.
AND YOU CAN SAY THAT THAT'S, UH, I, I DON'T SEE HOW THAT'S NOT A FOCUS FOR ILLICIT ACTIVITY RIGHT OFF THE HIGHWAY.
UM, YES, MULTI-FAMILY USE HAS, ITS, HAS ITS ISSUES, BUT, UH, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MULTI-FAMILY OR, UH, MIXED USE THERE.
AND REMEMBER THIS IS, THIS IS RIGHT NEXT TO OUR ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT.
THIS IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE MYTHICAL GATEWAYS OF GRAND PRAIRIE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH HAS BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR DECADES.
YOU PUT INDUSTRIAL LIGHT USE RIGHT THERE.
YOU'RE CHANGING THE FABRIC OF ALL OF THAT AND GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.
ARE, ARE YOU IN AN HOA OR THERE'S ANY GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THIS AND SEEING THIS? HAVE Y'ALL HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT AT ALL? OR IS IT JUST ALL INDIVIDUAL? SO THIS IS A VERY OLD NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, AND, AND I KNOW MY NEIGHBORS HERE, BUT NO, WE DIDN'T, THE FIRST I HEARD OF THIS WAS WHEN I GOT IT IN THE MAIL BECAUSE I'M IN THAT REQUIRED RED ZONE.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
I'M GLAD I I READ YOUR OPPOSITION LETTER.
I WAS, I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY DETAILED, SO THANK YOU.
DOA CORLEY WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THIS ITEM.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE, MA'AM.
I LIVE AT NINE 10 NORTHEAST 11TH STREET.
BEFORE THAT FOR 36 YEARS, I LIVED AT 17TH AND WALNUT.
SO I'VE BEEN IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 56 YEARS.
WE'VE BEEN A PART OF THE COM UH, A PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
UH, THIS AREA IS SINGLE FAMILY AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IT IS NOT 250, UH, TO $300,000 HOMES.
MY HOUSE BEFORE THAT WAS 80 YEARS OLD.
I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO YOUR CITIZENS AS TO WHAT THEY WANT.
WE DESPERATELY NEED A GROCERY STORE.
UH, WE NEED SOME RETAIL, BUT WE ARE A PART OF GRAND PRAIRIE THAT IS FORGOTTEN.
THE GROCERY STORE THAT WE HAVE, THE ONLY GROCERY STORE THAT WE HAVE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN IS ONE BLOCK NORTH.
IF YOU PUT WAREHOUSES IN HERE, THAT'S GONNA MAKE THE WRONG PRECEDENTS.
WE DON'T NEED MORE WAREHOUSES.
GRAND PRAIRIE IS RIGHT NOW AT 200,000 IN POPULATION.
WE'VE MANAGED TO STAY A QUOTE UNQUOTE SMALL HOME TOWN, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TOWN ON THE, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN.
BUT PLEASE LISTEN TO OUR NEEDS AS OPPOSED TO WAREHOUSES.
THERE'S WAREHOUSES WE'RE, WE'VE BEEN KNOWN FOR WAREHOUSES IN, UH, UM, GREAT SOUTHWEST.
WE'RE ALSO KNOWN FOR OUR JUNKYARDS.
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FOR RESIDENTS.SO ANYWAY, I'M HERE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME.
I HATE TO SEE THIS GO TO APARTMENTS.
I HATE TO SEE IT GO TO WAREHOUSES.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANY RETAIL ON OUR SIDE OF TOWN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING, AND WE DO APPRECIATE AND RESPECT YOUR COMMENTS BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME.
THANK YOU FOR BEING A GRAND PRAIRIE RESIDENT AS LONG AS YOU HAVE, AND WE DO TAKE ALL OF THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
UM, MS. HEIDEL, UH, NOTED THAT SHE WANTS TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION THAT SHE DIDN'T WANNA SPEAK.
SO MS. HEIDEL, IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK, YOU CAN COME FORWARD.
I DON'T LIKE TALKING TO PUBLIC, BUT I'M GONNA DO IT.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE, MA'AM.
I'M ABOUT TWO BLOCKS FURTHER EAST FROM ALL THE NOTIFICATIONS.
I PRINTED OUT A FLYER LAST WEEK AND I GAVE OUT A HUNDRED OF THEM.
I TALKED TO MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE REST OF THEM WENT INTO MAILBOXES AND DOORS.
I DID NOT TALK TO ONE PERSON, NOT ONE THAT WAS, THAT WANTED THAT WAREHOUSE TO GO IN THERE.
LET ME, LET ME, LET ME GO BACK TO MY NOTES.
UM, I'VE BEEN AROUND, I'VE LIVED IN MY HOUSE SINCE 1976.
I GRADUATED FROM GRAND PRIX HIGH SCHOOL BEFORE SOME OF Y'ALL WERE BORN IN 1969.
MY DAD WAS ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE.
SO I, I KNOW HOW HARD YOUR JOB IS.
YOU WANNA GROW GRAND PRAIRIE, BUT THEN THERE'S PEOPLE THAT LIKE, WELL, I DON'T WANT CHANGE.
THERE HAS BEEN A NORTHEAST SECTOR PLAN COMMITTED FOR NORTHEAST GRAND PRAIRIE ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1975.
I JUST THREW AWAY MY DAD'S NOTES ON IT BECAUSE HE HAD IT.
THE AREA THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HAS ALWAYS BEEN DESIGNATED RESIDENTIAL WITH THE MOST RECENT NORTHEAST SECTOR PLAN.
THERE'S RESIDENTIAL AND MIXED USE.
COR DO TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE'RE A FOOD DESERT.
THERE'S, THERE'S NO GROCERY STORE WITHIN EIGHT MILES OF MY HOUSE.
IN ORDER TO GET A GROCERY STORE, WE NEED MORE POPULATION.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET MORE POPULATION IF YOU PUT A WAREHOUSE IN.
IT'S JUST ANOTHER BIG BLOCK OF CONCRETE.
THE OTHER THING I WANNA ADDRESS, AND I KNOW THE GENTLEMAN IS SAYING THAT THE ROADS ARE ON THE ACCESS ROAD.
UM, SO THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED.
THOSE ROADS ARE BUILT FOR INDIVIDUAL CARS.
AND IF YOU THINK THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA GO FROM THAT WAREHOUSE STRAIGHT UP, 16TH, IS IT 15TH STREET TO GET TO MAIN STREET? THINK AGAIN.
THE ROADS ARE ALREADY BAD, BUT THEY'RE GONNA GET WORSE.
THOSE ROADS ARE GONNA HAVE TO BE REBUILT AND GRAND PRAIRIE'S GONNA HAVE TO BUILD THEM.
THAT WAREHOUSE IS NOT GONNA BUILD THEM.
UM, I DON'T SEE HOW A WAREHOUSE WOULD COMPLIMENT THE NORTHEAST SECTOR PROPOSED PLAN THAT Y'ALL ALREADY GAVE YOUR INPUT TOO.
AND I DON'T SEE HOW IT'S GONNA BENEFIT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN THOUGH, AND YOUR INPUT WAS VERY VALUABLE.
UH, STEVE HEIDEL NOTED HIS OPPOSITION.
HE NOTED HE WANTED TO SPEAK AND NOT SPEAK.
SO MR. HEIDEL, IF YOU WISH TO COME FORWARD,
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
AS YOU KNOW FROM THE WOMAN WHO WAS JUST HERE WHO HAPPENS TO HAVE MY SAME LAST NAME,
THAT, UM, I'M NOT VERY HAPPY ABOUT THIS, BUT I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO PUSH A LITTLE BIT HARDER ON THE NORTHEAST SECTOR PLAN.
THAT PLAN HAS BEEN IN PLACE AND BEEN MODIFIED AND BID IN PLACE AND WAS MODIFIED, BUT AS WE WERE EVEN TOLD TONIGHT, IT IS NOT ZONED TO DO WAREHOUSING.
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WHY WOULD YOU SPEND THE YEARS THAT WE TOOK THE, THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS THAT WE WENT TO, THE DECISIONS WE ALL TALKED ABOUT, HOW WE THOUGHT IT SHOULD LOOK, HOW THE NEIGHBORS THOUGHT, HOW THE WHOLE AREA THOUGHT IT SHOULD LOOK, AND NOW YOU JUST WANNA THROW IT AWAY ON A WAREHOUSE.I DON'T SEE HOW THAT HELPS YOU OR I OR ANYBODY ELSE IN THIS CITY.
WE KNOW WE DON'T NEED MORE WAREHOUSES.
UH, NESTER MARTINEZ NOTED HIS OPPOSITION AND REQUESTED TO SPEAK AND NOT SPEAK.
SO SIR, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME FORWARD.
MR. MARTINEZ, DO YOU WISH TO COME FORWARD? OBJECTION,
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
I LIVE AT 1537 WALNUT, RIGHT ON THE CORNER OF 16TH.
AND I'VE BEEN HERE THERE 41 YEARS.
I GREW UP IN GRAND PRAIRIE, FANNING JEFFERSON, GRAND PRAIRIE HIGH.
AND, AND THAT AREA, I JUST, IT'S NOT FOR A WAREHOUSE.
I LIKE TO SEE HOUSES BEING BUILT THERE AND PORT PUT POOR, UH, THE PEOPLE IN THERE.
I JUST, I DON'T AGREE ON A WAREHOUSE.
I DON'T WANT TO BE LOOKING AT THE TOP OF A WAREHOUSE.
I, I ALREADY SEE LONE STAR PARK AND, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, HE SAID A RETAINING WALL, BUT THEN HE SAID A STEEL, STEEL FENCE.
I NEED A RESIDENTIAL AND YEAH, I SEE A GROCERY STORE TOO.
'CAUSE WE HAVE TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO ALBERTSON AND IT'S GETTING OUTDATED TOO, YOU KNOW? MM-HMM
WE USED TO HAVE THE TOM THUMB DOWN THERE ON DOWN THERE YEARS AGO, AND IT'S, I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY HAVE IT STILL THERE.
IT'S STILL UP, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A STORE NO MORE.
BUT, UH, WELL, MR. MARTINEZ, WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT YOU ARE HERE BECAUSE YOUR COMMENTS, UH, THEY, THEY SPEAK VOLUMES AND I WAS THINKING THAT VERY THING ABOUT HAVING TO LOOK OUT INTO THE WAREHOUSE.
YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A THING I FORGOT TO MENTION.
BUT, UH, WE ARE GLAD THAT Y'ALL ARE HERE.
AND LIKE I SAID, ANYTIME THERE'S A NEW, UH, DEVELOPMENT, YOU SHOULD REACH OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THAT IS THE VERY FIRST THING I ALWAYS ASK.
HAVE YOU REACHED OUT? HAS THERE BEEN ANY COMMUNICATION? YOU KNOW, SO THAT SOMETIMES THAT EASES THE WHOLE PROCESS.
THAT IF YOU KNOW THAT THEY'RE COMING AND THEY'RE GONNA WORK WITH YOU AND MAYBE ACCOMMODATE YOU IN SOME MANNER.
BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO CONVERSATION PRIOR TO THIS.
SO, UH, I'M GLAD THAT YOU CAME.
HARVEY WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THIS ITEM.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
I LIVE AT 1602 COTTONWOOD STREET.
I'VE BEEN THERE FOR PROBABLY OVER 40 YEARS.
AND I DON'T AGREE WITH THE WAREHOUSE.
I THINK WE NEED TO GO BACK TO RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, MULTIPLE HOMES.
I DON'T AGREE WITH, YOU KNOW, APARTMENTS AND STUFF.
BUT MY ALSO CONCERN IS RIGHT NOW I STILL, I SEE SEMI-TRUCK GOING UP 16TH STREET, ROCK HAULER TRUCKS GOING UP 16TH STREET, TURNING RIGHT THERE AT WALNUT.
AND WHAT MAKES YOU THINK, UH, WHEN THEY OPEN A WAREHOUSE, THEY'RE NOT GONNA DO THE SAME THING AND PLUS WALNUT IS NOT WIDE ENOUGH FOR ANYTHING OVER THERE.
THAT IT, TO ME, IN MY OPINION, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE WIDENED.
SOMEHOW BECAUSE ON, UH, THE OTHER SIDE OF WHERE THAT YOUNG MAN LIVED, OVER THERE AT THE WEST SIDE, IT'S FOUR LANES OVER THERE, RIGHT IN FRONT OF NESTOR'S HOUSE.
IT'S TWO LANES THAT'S NOT WHITE ENOUGH FOR VEHICLES.
THE OTHER GUY SAID THAT I'VE REMODELED MY HOUSE, I'VE DONE IT ALL MYSELF, REMODELED MY WHOLE HOUSE.
SO EVERYBODY IS REMODELING, BUT ARE THEY DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY? I DON'T KNOW.
WELL, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE AND WE NEED TO HEAR FROM THE RESIDENTS AND YOU GUYS HAVE SHOWN UP AND WE DO APPRECIATE IT.
THOMAS WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
I WASN'T PLANNING ON SPEAKING, BUT I HAVE WRITTEN DOWN A FEW SCRIBBLED QUESTIONS FROM THE PRESENTATION THAT MR. THOMAS GAVE US.
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UM, I LIVE AT 1710 CHERRY STREET, WHICH IS JUST THREE HOUSES DOWN FROM THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE PROPOSED AREA.UH, I'M AT THE OTHER END OF THE COBRA THAT GOT LET LOOSE
SO THAT'S ONE THING YOU MIGHT HAVE TO BE AWARE OF.
UH, JUST SOME QUESTION, UH, COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.
UH, THAT PART OF WALNUT, I KNOW TART, WHICH RUNS INTO WALNUT, BECOMES WALNUT IS IN THE BOND, UH, DEAL THAT'S COMING UP.
SO HOW FAR EAST DOES IT GO? SO WILL IT INCLUDE THAT ONE BLOCK OF WALNUT THAT IT WILL REDO? MAYBE YOU GO THERE, BUT YOU STILL CAN'T GET FOUR LANES OUT OF THERE BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE SOMEONE TO RESPOND TO THIS.
BUT WE NEED TO NEED MAKE SURE OF ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
HOW MANY QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE? BUT DO WE NEED TO ADDRESS 'EM ONE BY ONE? HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE? YOU ONLY HAVE FIVE MINUTES.
SOME HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED ALREADY.
WILL WE KEEP THE GLASS TILE MURAL? YEAH.
ANOTHER COMMENT IS THE, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE THE PROPERTY WILL INCLUDE THAT LITTLE FENCED IN AREA ALONG NORTHEAST 15TH THERE BETWEEN THE FRONTAGE ROAD AND WALNUT.
WILL THAT ACCESS ROAD BE RIGHT THERE ON ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER OF THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER THAT CURRENTLY HALF WRAPPED IN RAGGEDY RAGS? DON'T KNOW.
UM, BY THE WAY, THE REASON THAT EVERYBODY TRASHES OUT ON HOLIDAYS, THE PARKING AREA PARK AND RIDE, IS BECAUSE IT'S GOT A GREAT VIEW OF LONE STAR PARK.
SO THIS GOING IN, WE'LL HAVE A GREAT VIEW OF LONE STAR PARK WITH ALL OF THEIR FESTIVITIES AND THEIR FIREWORKS.
UM, CAN I HAVE A PRINTOUT OF THIS? I MEAN, CAN WE HAVE A PRINTOUT OF THIS OR? I, I THINK WE CAN ACCOMMODATE TO IT.
ACCOMMODATE SOMEHOW THE PRINTOUT.
WE CAN ACCOMMODATE A PRINTOUT OF THE, UH, OF THE INFORMATION.
AND I'M GONNA PASS OUT SOME BUSINESS CARDS AFTER ANYBODY WANTS.
OKAY, WELL JUST LET, JUST HAVE A SEAT, SIR.
WE'LL LET YOU SPEAK, BUT WHEN I, WHEN YOU FINISH, I WANT BRETT, WHO TO COME UP AND, AND GIVE US SOME MORE DETAIL ABOUT HOW TO OFFSET THE, THE, UH, TRANSPORTATION CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE FOR SURE.
AND THE OTHER, YOU HAD SO MANY QUESTIONS, MA'AM.
I'M NOT SURE HOW WE, HOW WE DO THAT.
RASHAD, HOW ABOUT ONE MORE? OKAY.
IT'S NICE THAT YOU SEEM TO HAVE GOTTEN MOST OF THE PREVIOUS SWAMP GAS PROBLEM RESOLVED ON THAT CORNER.
SO HAS IT BEEN DONE? I DON'T, IT, IT, IT IS BETTER, MUCH BETTER WITH CERTAIN, UH, WEATHER CONDITIONS.
YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE A VARIETY OF QUESTIONS.
AND LIKE I SAID, I DON'T KNOW, JOTTED THEM DOWN.
SO, RASHARD, WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST ON THIS? WELL, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS ARE FOR TRANSPORTATION WITH REGARD TO THE BOND.
BUT THE OTHER QUESTIONS WOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE APPLICANT.
HE'LL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
WE'LL, WE'LL LET HIM ADDRESS THOSE.
BRETT, YOU WANNA ADDRESS THE TRANSPORTATION? SURE.
ONE THING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WITH THE ZONING APPLICATION AND THE CONCEPT PLAN WAS TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO KEEP THEM OFF OF TART, UM, AND WALNUT AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
UM, WE KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT A FOOLPROOF METHOD.
WE KNOW THAT A TRUCK WILL FIND ITS WAY OVER THERE.
WE KNOW THAT EMPLOYEES OF THIS BUSINESS WILL FIND THEIR WAY, THEIR WAY OVER THERE.
SO WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO ANYTIME WE DO SITE DESIGN IS ENCOURAGE TRUCKS TO FIND THEIR WAY TO THE CORRECT STREETS SO THEY CAN GET ON THE HIGHWAYS, ARTERIALS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY THERE'S NOT A GOOD WAY TO CONTROL THAT.
THAT'S GONNA BE, IT'S A CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE.
AND I CAN SEE WHY THE HOMEOWNERS WOULD BE UPSET ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I AGREE THEY'RE ALREADY HAVING ENOUGH TROUBLE AS IS AND WHEN AND CLOSE TO THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT.
AND WHEN, WHEN, UH, YOU KNOW, EVENTS COME, THAT'S GONNA BE A DOUBLE WHAMMY.
SO THAT'S WHY I ASKED YOU ABOUT, IS THERE NO TR UH, TRAFFIC STUDY BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO ME IT'S NOT REALLY TAKEN CARE OF, LIKE WE'RE THINKING.
SO WITH THE TRAFFIC SETTING, HOW WE DO IT IN THE CITY, IT'S TYPICALLY IF WE ANTICIPATE THE SPECIFIC USE TO HAVE A SIZABLE IMPACT ON TRAFFIC VOLUMES.
I THINK WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR HERE OR LOOKING AT HERE WOULD BE MORE OF A SPECIFIC IMPACT TO JUST INTRODUCING TRUCKS INTO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THERE SHOULDN'T BE TRUCKS.
AND THAT'S ALWAYS A RISK WHEN WE DO INDUSTRIAL ZONING.
SO FOR THE TRANSPORTATION SIDE, AS MUCH AS WE CAN DO ON THAT IS LIMIT ACCESS TO THOSE STREETS THAT WE DON'T WANT TRUCK TRAFFIC.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE THROUGH THE SITE PLANNING PHASE
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WITH SIGNAGE.UH, BUT, BUT THE ONLY THING IS WITH THE SMALL, SMALL BOX, THEY'RE GONNA BE, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE CUSTOMERS AND HE MENTIONED THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE, THAT'S WHY I WANTED A LARGE PARKING LOT FOR A CUSTOMER.
SO IF YOU HAVE LARGE PARKING LOT CUSTOMERS, THAT MEANS A LOT OF CARS.
I, IT, IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE USER.
AND I THINK THE APPLICANT HAS NOTED THAT IT'S A SPECULATIVE USE AT THIS POINT, WE'RE NOT SURE WHO'S GONNA GO IN THERE.
WE USE OUR BEST JUDGMENT ON THE TYPES OF VOLUMES TO EXPECT WITH THESE.
UM, IT WOULD BE, UH, LESS THAN SAY IN A MULTIFAMILY USE, BUT THE ISSUE HERE IS THE HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC AND THE DAMAGE THAT DOES TO THE STREETS.
THE WIDTHS OF THE STREETS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE GOING IN AND OUT IN PLACES THAT WE WANT THEM TO BE ON, WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY TRUCK ROUTES.
UH, 15TH IS AN ACCEPTABLE ROUTE, BUT WE ARE NOT REALLY WANTING THAT.
UM, BUT WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT THAT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
MA'AM, I THINK WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WHEN ALL OF THESE SPEAKERS SPEAK IN OPPOSITION, THEN WE'LL LET THE DEVELOPER COME BACK AND RESPOND TO, TO ALL OF THE CONCERNS.
THAT'S ABOUT WHAT THE BEST WE CAN DO WITH THAT.
'CAUSE WE GOT, WE ONLY HAVE SO MUCH TIME AND IT'S, IT'S KIND OF HARD.
I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR COMMENTS.
UH, KAREN GEORGE DID NOT WISH TO SPEAK BUT WANTED TO RECORD HER OPPOSITION ON THESE ITEMS. VANESSA GEORGE, UH, WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THESE ITEMS. THANK YOU MA'AM FOR COMING.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD PLEASE.
HELLO, MY NAME IS VANESSA GEORGE.
I LIVE AT 1202 NORTHEAST 19TH STREET.
I LIVE IN THE HOUSE MY GRANDPARENTS BOUGHT IN 1948.
I KNOW YOUR MOM THROUGH MY GRANDMA.
SO I PLAYED SPARKLE WITH YOUR MOM BACK IN WHEN I WAS, UH, AN HONORARY CELLULAR LEAVE.
UM, I'VE LIVED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD FOR PRETTY MUCH THE ENTIRETY OF MY LIFE, MINUS A FEW YEARS OF COLLEGE.
UM, AND SO I'VE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGES THROUGH THAT.
I'VE SEEN HOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF 30 HAS ENCROACHED SLOWLY ENCROACHED ON THE GREEN SPACE.
WE HAD, I'M A NURSE, I WORK IN PULMONARY RESEARCH, SO LUNG HEALTH POLLUTION IS A BIG PROBLEM.
WE HAVE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE, MORE AND MORE CARS GOING ALONG 30.
WHAT ARE WE DOING TO COMBAT THAT? THAT'S ONE OF THE SMALL AREAS OF GREEN SPACE WE STILL HAVE OVER THERE.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY EXPECTATION THAT IT'S GONNA STAY GREEN SPACE FOR LONG.
BUT WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO TO REPLACE THOSE TREES THAT ARE GONNA BE TAKEN DOWN TO REPLACE THE GREEN SPACE TO PROTECT OUR POPULATION? WHOSE HEALTH IS GONNA BE IMPACTED BY THE INCREASED USE OF THAT SPACE? UM, I THINK IT'S REALLY HARD TO BELIEVE THE KIND OF GOOD FAITH ASSURANCE THAT IT'S GONNA BE LOW IMPACT BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT OUR CITY COUNCIL DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT THIS UNTIL I SAW THE SIGNS AND REACHED OUT TO HIM AND SOME NEIGHBORS.
SO, AGAIN, HARD TO HAVE GOOD FAITH THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GO ABOUT DOING THIS THE RIGHT WAY.
UM, THE COMMENT THAT YOU'RE RELYING ON REGIONAL ACCESS.
I'M A MOM, I HAVE TWO CHILDREN WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON IN THE WORLD, I THINK THAT TRAFFICKING IS A BIG PROBLEM.
I HAVE A VERY BEAUTIFUL 13-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER.
WE DON'T NEED PEOPLE WHO HAD NO VESTED INTEREST COMING INTO OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND QUICK ACCESS TO THE HIGHWAY.
I DON'T WANT THAT FOR MY CHILD TO BE PICKED UP 'CAUSE SOMEBODY JUST HAPPENED TO BE DRIVING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD 'CAUSE THEY HAD BUSINESS AT THAT STORE.
SO AGAIN, JUST WE DON'T NEED PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE BUSINESS.
NO VESTED INTEREST IN OUR COMMUNITY COMING IN AND WITH WHO KNOWS WHAT, WHAT PLANS.
UM, I RAISED HELL BACK WHEN THE CAR PARK WAS OPEN BEFORE THE FRONTAGE ROAD WENT THROUGH BECAUSE I COULD TELL EVERY TIME THE HIGHWAY WAS BACKED UP.
'CAUSE WE'D HAVE DOZENS OF CARS, 18 WHEELERS COMING THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THANKFULLY TONY SHOTWELL WAS RESPONSIVE.
SIGNS WERE PUT UP, IT EASED IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT AS THEY SAID, OH, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S A RISK.
WE CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT THE CARS AREN'T GONNA GO.
WE DON'T WANNA TAKE THE RISK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE HAVE CHILDREN THAT CROSS THE STREET.
MY MOM LIVES ACROSS THE STREET, SO MY KIDS ARE BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN OUR HOUSES ALL THE TIME.
SO THAT WAS A CONCERN BACK WHEN THEY WERE LITTLE, HAVING MORE CARS.
SO IT'S TO GUARANTEE THAT THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN.
BIG TRUCKS COMING THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THINKING THAT IT'S GONNA BE RUN PARALLEL TO THE HIGHWAY AND THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO CATCH THE NEXT STREET AND GET BACK ON 30.
THAT'S NOT HOW OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS.
THERE'S CARS PARKED ON BOTH SIDES.
IT'S NOT MADE FOR 18 WHEELERS.
THERE'S, IT'S, YOU CAN'T SEE AROUND HARDLY IN A, A SEDAN SO MUCH LESS THAN AN 18 WHEELER.
UM, PETS, KIDS, EVEN JUST PEOPLE WALKING, YOU KNOW, ADULTS WALKING.
UM, AND SO THERE'S ALL SORTS OF SAFETY CONCERNS, HEALTH CONCERNS THAT ARE COMING WITH THIS.
UM, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF THING.
MANUFACTURING THAT'S A RISK OF POLLUTANTS THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA BE.
WE, WE ALREADY HAD THE DUPONT PROBLEM YEARS AND YEARS AGO.
MY DAD HAD LUNG PROBLEMS, UM, MY GRANDPARENTS.
SO WE HAVE HEREDITARY RISK OF HEALTH PROBLEMS. SO WE DON'T NEED MORE POLLUTANTS BEING PUT INTO OUR COMMUNITIES FOR, YOU KNOW,
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FOR JUST RISKS.LIKE, SO, SO I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT WAYS THAT WE'RE GONNA IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY IN A POSITIVE WAY.
AND I DON'T THINK THIS HAS SHOWN THAT IT'S GONNA HAVE MUCH POSITIVE BENEFITS FOR THE NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE BEEN THERE.
UM, LIKE MOST OF THESE PEOPLE I KNOW WE'RE THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE'RE THE LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE'RE THE GHETTO.
IF YOU LOOK ONLINE AND NOBODY, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TALK TRASH, BUT IT'S A PRETTY GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD.
YEAH, THERE HAVE BEEN CRIMES, BUT A LOT OF TIMES IN THE PAST IT'S BEEN TEENAGERS.
IT'S UP TO NO GOOD BREAKING CAR WINDOWS, THAT SORT OF THING.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME NEIGHBORS THAT WE SUSPECT ARE METH PEOPLE, BUT YOU KNOW, THEY PRETTY MUCH KEEP TO THEMSELVES NOW.
UM, BUT FOR THE MOST PART IT'S GOOD FAMILIES, WORKING FAMILIES THAT ONE, HAVE THEIR NICE NEIGHBORHOOD, WANNA MAINTAIN THEIR HOMES, WANNA BUILD IT UP, WANNA LANDSCAPE AND GARDEN.
AND WE DON'T NEED DISRUPTIONS TO THAT.
SO IF WE CAN GET MORE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE GOOD AND LONGSTANDING COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WANNA STAY, PLANT THEIR ROOTS THERE, THEN GREAT.
YOU KNOW? 'CAUSE I THINK MOST PEOPLE HERE WHO SPOKE LIVED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD FOR DECADES.
AND I THINK THAT SPEAKS TO, TO WHAT IT IS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I THINK WE SHOULD ALL TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT BECAUSE RIGHT.
WELL, WE DO APPRECIATE YOUR SPEAKING.
IT SPEAKS VOLUMES, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WHAT YOU SAID IS TRUE.
YOU'VE BEEN THERE AND YOU, YOU'VE LIVED THERE YOUR MOST OF YOUR ENTIRE LIFE AND YOU HAVE YOUNG CHILDREN THERE.
SO WE DO UNDERSTAND THE, THE SAFETY AND THE OTHER IMPLICATIONS THAT YOU BRING TO BEAR BECAUSE LIKE, WITHOUT BEING A, WITHOUT HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS ON THE FRONT END, THIS IS WHY WE'RE, YOU'RE HERE BECAUSE THERE WAS NO CONVERSATION ON THE FRONT END BEFORE CONSIDERATION OF THIS PROJECT.
NOT JUST THE NEIGHBORHOODS THE COUNCIL MEMBER DIDN'T KNOW MM-HMM
AND THAT HE HAD TO GO DIGGING UP INFORMATION WHEN I WAS LIKE, HEY, I SAW THESE SIGNS.
AND WHEN I LOOKED SAW INDUSTRIAL, I WAS LIKE, MM, WE DON'T NEED THAT.
THERE'S PLENTY OF SPACE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF BELTLINE THAT DOESN'T HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, GRIFFIN, NEAL DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WANTS TO RECORD, UH, SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.
IS THAT IT? WE HAVE NO FURTHER COURSE.
UH, LEMME SEE THE DEVELOPER'S NAME, I FORGET HIS NAME.
MR. THOMAS, YOU MIND COMING BACK UP TO RESPOND TO THE CONCERNS OF THE NEIGHBORS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UM, NOT QUITE SURE WHERE TO START.
ONE, ONE QUESTION I DID HAVE, UH, AMBER, YOU WERE MENTIONING THE MURAL.
IS THAT, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ON THE RETAINING WALL THERE? THE MURAL RIGHT OFF 15TH STREET.
JUST TO, UH, REST ASSURED YOU CAN SEE THE MURAL ACTUALLY EVEN IN OUR RENDERING THERE, THAT WILL BE UNTOUCHED IN THAT AREA THERE.
THAT'S A TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY EASEMENT.
UM, IT'S A TEMPORARY EASEMENT EXPIRES THIS SUMMER.
UH, BUT THAT WILL BE CLEANED UP AS WELL AND LANDSCAPED AS WELL.
UH, JUST TO ADDRESS THAT CONCERN.
A COUPLE OTHER HIGH LEVEL CONCERNS JUST TO ADDRESS.
UM, AND AGAIN, I'LL, I'LL BE AFTER TO HA HAPPY TO STAY AS LONG OR LATE AS Y'ALL WOULD LIKE.
BUT I'M ALSO GONNA GIVE YOU ALL MY CONTACT INFO AS WELL, UM, WHETHER WE SIT DOWN INDIVIDUALLY OR AS A GROUP, UM, TO WORK THROUGH THESE AND TALK THROUGH THESE.
BUT, UH, ONE, ONE POINT TO NOTE THAT I DID WANT TO TALK ABOUT WAS, UH, I THINK MEN AND CHAIR, I BELIEVE YOU MENTIONED IT AS WELL, LIKE LOOKING DOWN ON TOP OF A WAREHOUSE, THAT WAS REALLY THE, THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDIES WE DID FROM OUR SIGHT LINE STUDIES TO THE ELEVATIONS OF THAT WILL NOT BE THE CASE WHETHER YOU'RE THE HOUSE DIRECTLY OFF OF WALNUT STREET OR ONE TO THE ADJACENT EAST OR WEST.
UM, THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF SINKING IT DOWN.
AND THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE SIGHT LINE STUDIES.
AS YOU SEE, NOBODY'S STARING AT A ROOF, NOBODY'S STARING AT AN HVAC UNIT, ANYTHING OF THAT PURPOSE.
YOU'RE ACTUALLY SITTING WELL ABOVE THE CARS AND THE ELEVATION JUST FOR THE PARKING LOT.
UH, JUST TO ADDRESS, UH, THE LANDSCAPING SIDE, AGAIN, THIS IS NOT HANDLED THROUGH A PD ZONING CHANGE, BUT WE ARE COMMITTED TO GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND FROM THE LANDSCAPING, UH, AND THE BUFFERING SCREENING, UH, ACROSS ALL ASPECTS OF THE SITE.
THAT WAS OUR GOAL TO SHOW WITH THESE RENDERINGS THAT WE HAD DONE.
THERE'S A LOT OF EXISTING FOLIAGE THERE.
WE WILL RE REPLANTING THAT AND MORE MOVING FORWARD.
UM, WHICH IS SAYING A LOT, OBVIOUSLY A PROPERTY THAT HAS BEEN UNTOUCHED AND OWNED THROUGHOUT GENERATIONS OF A FAMILY FOR OVER A A HUNDRED YEARS.
UM, I THINK TRAFFIC WAS A CONCERN AS WELL.
UM, I, I DID BELIEVE, I HEARD ONE GENTLEMAN MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, ACCESS TO DIRECTLY ONTO WALNUT STREET.
WE WORKED WITH THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IN MAKING SURE THERE IS NO ACCESS HERE.
SO THE ARTERY HERE IS ON 15TH STREET, UH, TO THE WEST OF THE BUILDING AS WELL AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH WITH TXDOT, THE ACCESS
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ROAD, UH, OR THE, THE INGRESS EGRESS POINT ON THE ACCESS ROAD HERE.UM, TRAFFIC, I, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT A A A COUPLE POINTS THAT I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH IS THE ROADS ARE NOT SUITABLE.
THEY HAVE TRAFFIC AND PARS PARKED ALONGSIDE IT.
THEY ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR TRUCKS 100% ALONG WALNUT STREET.
AND CANDIDLY, THAT WILL DETER THESE TRUCKS.
ANOTHER THING THAT WILL BEEN SO FAR FAIR, AND I I, I WOULD, I WOULD ALSO, UH, PROPOSE MEASURES, WHICH I'VE SEEN TO BE VERY EFFECTIVE A LOT ACROSS JANUARY LANE JUST WEST OF, UH, GEORGE BUSH.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE EVER DRIVEN THAT ROAD THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN EVEN A BOX TRUCK OR A MOVING TRUCK GETTING A TICKET.
AND THAT IS A DIRECT ARTERY INTO THE, THE, THE HIGHWAY SYSTEM, NOT WALNUT STREET THAT RUNS PARALLEL WITH IT.
THAT IS A NO TRUCK TRAFFIC SIGN, LIGHTS, EVERYTHING.
AND THE FEW THAT I DO SEE, WHICH THAT IS A FOUR-LANE ROAD, MUCH WIDER, MUCH MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR THESE TRUCKS.
THERE ARE TICKETS ALMOST EVERY SINGLE TIME OF DAY.
WE'LL, WE'RE GOING TO SUMMARIZE THIS TO, THIS IS KIND OF WHERE WE ARE NOW.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY FINAL COMMENT TO AS TO WHY WE SHOULD APPROVE THIS? UH, NO, I MEAN, MY, MY, I I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK AND SUMMARIZE MY NO.
UM, BUT AGAIN, JUST ECHO OUR SENTIMENT OF, UM, THE FAMILY IS LOOKING TO SELL THIS LAND.
UM, I TRULY BELIEVE AND PROMISE THAT WE ARE MORE ACCOMMODATING AND WILLING TO WORK WITH ALL PARTIES ON THIS DEVELOPMENT TO UNDER BUILD THE SITE AND TO BE CREATIVE AND THOUGHTFUL AND TAKE ON COSTS TO MAKE IT LESS IMPACTFUL.
AND I DO BELIEVE THAT WE CAN WORK ON SOMETHING THAT IS ULTIMATELY AMENABLE TO ALL PARTIES.
THANK YOU ALL FOR Y'ALL'S COMMENTS AS WELL.
UH, THAT BEING SAID THAT WE, WE HAVE NO OTHER SPEAKER CARDS.
I BELIEVE THIS IS COMMISSIONER ARI'S, UM, AREA.
AND DO YOU, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? UM, NOT REALLY.
UH, ALL THE CITIZENS WERE HEARD.
UM, I HEARD MY CONSTITUENTS, IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO MAKE ANY OTHER INPUT.
COMMISSIONER OF OF LUCKY VI JUST WANTED TO JUST, UM, MAKE A STATEMENT.
I WANT TO THANK THE DEVELOPER, MR. THOMAS, UM, FOR COMING TO, UM, DO THE PRESENTATION TO BE ABLE TO BRING TO US AN AREA WHERE THERE'S SOMEONE THAT'S WILLING TO SELL SOME PROPERTY THERE.
AND I WANNA COMMEND THE CITIZENS, UM, THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA, UM, THAT'S BEEN LIVING THERE FOR A LONG TIME, MORE THAN 60 YEARS, UM, IN A FEW WEEKS, UM, ON THE 21ST OF MARCH, I WILL HAVE LIVED IN GRAND PRAIRIE FOR 60 YEARS AND IT REMIND ME OF THE AREA OF GRAND PRAIRIE THAT I GREW UP IN, NO GROCERY STORE.
SO, UM, IN FEW WEEKS, 60 YEARS, AND THE LITTLE AREA I GREW UP IN THE GROCERY STORE.
SO I CAN KINDA LIKE, UM, RELATE TO WHAT YOU ALL ARE SAYING.
AND, UM, I'M FAMILIAR WITH THAT AREA YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT.
AND FROM TIME AFTER TIME, RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN COMING SAYING THERE NEEDS TO BE GROCERY STORES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
SO, UM, I'M LEANING, UM, WAITING FOR YOU TO MAKE YOUR, YOUR RECOMMENDATION WHAT WE SHOULD DO.
BUT, UM, I'M JUST LEANING IN NOT SUPPORTING THIS GOOD.
COMMISSIONER FEDCO? YEAH, MY MY ONLY COMMENT WAS, UH, I'LL OBVIOUSLY LISTEN TO WHAT JANIE HAS TO SAY, BUT THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT IF YOU'RE A RESIDENT, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS AN ADVISORY VOTE.
THE REAL VOTE, THE WHEN THE RUBBER HITS THE ROAD VOTE IS WHEN THIS IS TAKEN UP BY COUNCIL.
SO I KNOW IT'S AN INCONVENIENCE TO PERHAPS COME AT, COME HERE TWICE, BUT YOUR VOICES, EVERYBODY MADE GREAT POINTS.
UH, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO SHOW UP AT THE COUNCIL MEETING WHEN THIS IS ON THE AGENDA FOR IT TO HAVE ITS FULL, FULL IMPACT.
COMMISSIONER CHAARI, DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER COLEY? DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? UH, YEAH.
UM, MR. THOMAS DID A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION AND I WAS, UH, I WAS LEANING TOWARDS VOTING FOR THIS PROJECT, BUT WHEN I SAW THIS BEAUTIFUL SOUL SPEAKING, MY HEART WAS TONED UP.
SO, UM, WHEN I GO HOME THIS NIGHT, I WANT TO HAVE A GOOD SLEEP AND I'M NOT GONNA SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.
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LIKE I SAID, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT AND, BUT I, I LEAN TOWARD THE RESIDENTS ON THIS ONE BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT A REACH OUT AHEAD OF TIME BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR.MAYBE YOU COULD HAVE EASED IT INTO MAYBE CONSIDERING IT, BUT JUST TO GO AHEAD AND SAY, I KNOW THAT YOU, WHEN PER PEOPLE BUY LAND, THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT ON IT, BUT IF YOU'RE GONNA BE SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO ME, WE NOT HAVE A CONVERSATION IS NOT GOOD.
SO I, I LEAN TOWARD, UM, THE RESIDENCE ON THIS ONE, BUT THE FINAL DECISION IS YOURS.
WE TRUST YOU, WE TRUST YOUR JUDGMENT.
SO, UH, WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DELAY, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION.
I JUST WANNA SAY, UM, MR. THOMAS, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT AND I DO THINK YOU DID HURT YOURSELF NOT BY NOT DOING THIS DOOR TO DOOR OUTREACH AHEAD OF TIME.
AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE NEIGHBORS COMING OUT, UH, THE CITIZENS.
UM, AND I FEEL YOUR PAIN BECAUSE I'M ON MACARTHUR.
I'M IN IN YOUR DISTRICT AND I'M ON MACARTHUR WITH WAREHOUSES AND YOU KNOW, I WILL NOT GO INTO WHAT WE SEE.
UM, PLUS WE ALSO HAVE BAGHDAD, WHICH HAS NOW BECOME A MAIN STREET ALSO, WHICH IS A NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT I REALLY FEEL Y'ALL'S PAIN AND I THINK IT'S GREAT YOU ALL CAME OUT TONIGHT.
BUT WITH THAT SAID, MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, I'M NOT SURE IF I'M GONNA DO THIS RIGHT BECAUSE YOU GUYS SAID THAT YOU DO NOT RECOMMEND NOT APPROVAL FOR FOUR.
THAT, THAT'S JUST THEIR RECOMMENDATION.
OKAY? WE GET TO, WE GET TO, WE GET TO DECIDE AS A GROUP, AS A BODY WHAT WE, RIGHT, WHAT WE THINK IS BEST FOR THE CITY.
OKAY? SO AGAIN, YOU CAN MAKE, UM, ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE WERE CALLED TOGETHER.
SO YOU CAN MAKE YOUR MOTION TO ADDRESS BOTH IF YOU'D LIKE.
SO, UM, AGAIN, MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING AND FOR ITEMS NUMBER FOUR AND FIVE CPA DASH 26 DASH ZERO ONE DASH ZERO TWO AND FIVE ONE DASH 26 DASH ZERO ONE DASH 0 0 0 2 AND DENY BOTH FOUR AND FIVE.
I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO DENY ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE BY COMMISSIONER JANIE, ARI, AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER LUCKY VAUGHN, UH, TO DENY, UH, IS THERE, UM, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE DENIAL, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THAT BEING SAID, THAT WAS THE LAST CASE AS 7 53.
WE DO APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR INPUT.