May 12, 2026 Planning &amp; Zoning 05122026

MATTER FOR CONSIDERATION IS APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THE NEXT

[PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA]

THERE IS ONE ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ITEM ONE, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF APRIL 14TH, 2026, PNZ MEETING.

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

DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA? JULIE, DO WE HAVE ANY, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? NO, MA'AM.

COMMISSIONER JOHN FCO AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER TY CHAPMAN.

DO I HAVE A MOTION COMMISSIONER FOR FKO? UH, MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND VOTE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM OUR APRIL 14TH MEETING.

CAN I GET A SECOND? HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE MINUTES BY

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HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR POSTPONEMENT.

[PUBLIC HEARING POSTPONEMENT, RECESS, CONTINUATIONS]

UH, ITEMS TWO AND THREE.

ITEM TWO CPA 2 6 0 3 0 0 0 6.

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FORM, INDUSTRIAL PARK AND ITEM THREE CPA 2 6 0 3 0 0 0 6.

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AMENDMENT FORUM, INDUSTRIAL PARK.

BOTH ITEMS WILL BE HEARD AT THE NEXT, UH, UH, MEETING.

AND, UH, THE SECOND ITEM IS A DUPLICATE.

THAT SHOULD BE THE ZONING, UH, APPLICATION THAT GOES WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THE ITEM NUMBER FOUR AND ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

UH, NEW NOTICES ARE GOING TO BE, UH, POSTED IN THE NEWSPAPER AND THEN SENT OUT TO THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES AS WELL.

AND THAT DATE, WHAT IS THE DATE FOR THE NEXT MEETING? 26TH.

26TH.

AND THAT DATE WILL BE THE 26TH.

THERE ARE SIX ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. UH, FOUR THROUGH NINE.

STAFF, YOU READY TO PRESENT? GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

[Items 4 & 5]

FIVE ARE THE JOINT ITEM.

I'LL GO OVER THEM TOGETHER.

THE FIRST ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER FOUR CPA 26 0 3 0 0 0 5, WHICH IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR MAPLE OF MULTIFAMILY.

IS REQUESTING MULTIPLE VARIANCES.

UM, SO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT, THIS IS TO, UM, CHANGE, UM, THE FUTURE LINEAGE MAP TO MATCH THE ZONING REQUEST FOR TRIAL WILL GO OVER NEXT.

SO, CURRENTLY, THIS, UM, GENERAL AREA HAS THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESTINATION OF LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, WHAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO CHANGE THE ZONING OF THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY TO A, ALLOW A MULTIFAMILY SENIOR HOUSING.

THEREFORE, THEY'RE REQUESTING THAT THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION ALSO BE AMENDED, UM, TO THE HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.

UM, STAFF IS ONLY ABLE TO SUPPORT THEIR REQUEST BECAUSE IT IS, IT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.

HOWEVER, WE WOULD STAFF WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT FIRST, THE AGE RESTRICTED MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT PROVIDES HOUSING TYPE THAT'S CURRENTLY NOT AVAILABLE IN THIS GENERAL AREA.

AND TWO, UM, THE PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE REPLACES EXISTING ZONING UNDER, UH, ZONING FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, ALLOWING THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT TO BUFFER THE EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL FROM THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, UH, TO THE NORTH.

I WILL GO INTO THE ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH THE ZONE CHANGE REQUEST, ZON 26 0 2, 0 0 0 3.

IT IS FOR A ZONE CHANGE AND CONCEPT PLAN FOR MAPLE LAW MULTIFAMILY.

SO AGAIN, THE PRO UH, PROJECT IS LOCATED, UM, SOUTH OF I 30 AND TO THE, UH, EAST OF NORTH BAGHDAD STREET.

UH, IT IS CURRENTLY ZONED PD 41, WHICH ALLOWS LIGHT, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.

AS YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE ACTUALLY EXISTING, UH, INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSES TO THE NORTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

UH, WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS TO ALLOW A PD FOR MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WILL BE FOR AGE RESTRICTED DEVELOPMENT, UM, CONTAINING 65 RESIDENTIAL UNITS.

SO YOU CAN GENERALLY SEE THAT THIS IS THE, UM, THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING AND HERE IS THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AND HERE IS THE, UM, BELIEVE THE, UM, OUR PARKS.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD CURRENT ZONING ACTUALLY ALLOWS, UM, LIKE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT TO CONTINUE ALL OF THE WAY DOWN.

THE, UM, APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO BUILD A FOUR STORY MULTIFAMILY CONTAINING 65 DWELLING UNITS.

HERE YOU CAN SEE THE PROPOSED SITE, UH, CONCEPT PLAN THAT SHOWS THE GENERAL LAYOUT OF THE BUILDING AND THE OTHER AMENITIES PROPOSED.

THEY'RE GENERALLY COMPLYING WITH THE DENSITY DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENT, AND THEY ARE REQUESTING SOME VARIOUS, VARIOUS ON THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS THAT DOES NOT, UH, OBJECT TO THIS, UH, PARKING VARIANCES AS THEY ARE REQUESTING VARIANCES TO COVER PARKING AND GUEST PARKING AND THE PARKING THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING, WHICH IS A, ON SURFACE PARKING AS ACTUALLY SUFFICIENT.

UH, THESE REQUIREMENTS ARE TYPICALLY REQUIRED WHEN YOU HAVE A MULTIFAMILY, AND TYPICALLY THEY'RE RANGING FROM 250 TO 300.

SO WE JUST LIKE TO HAVE MULTIPLE OPTIONS OF DIFFERENT PARKINGS.

AGAIN, THAT DOES NOT HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THIS.

UH, REQUEST PARKING VARIANCE.

HERE'S, UM, CONCEPT ELEVATIONS THAT THE APPLICANT HAS PROPOSED.

THIS WILL BE THE VIEW FROM THE BAG, THE STREET.

UM, THE, THIS WILL BE THE BA, UH, VIEW FROM THE GRAHAM STREET.

AGAIN, UM, THE APPLICANT

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PART OF THE REASON IS BECAUSE THEY'RE PROPOSING SMALLER, UH, BUILDING WITH SMALLER UNITS.

THEREFORE, UM, THEY'RE REQUESTING VARIANCES FROM THE STANDARD REQUIREMENTS THAT IS TYPICALLY REQUIRED FOR ANY MULTIFAMILY HOUSING, WHETHER IT'S A HYBRID HOUSING WHERE IT'S A MULTIFAMILY WITH 10 BUILDINGS.

UM, SO HERE, HERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT THEY ARE REQUESTING VARIANCES FOR.

FIRST IS TO, UM, GET A INTERNAL SIDE.

I REDUCED.

SO THEY'RE REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO REDUCE THE MINIMUM INTERNAL SIDE YARD FROM 70 FEET TO 38 FEET, WHERE THEY'RE REQUESTING IT IS AT THIS DRIVEWAY RIGHT HERE.

SO ONCE THE ZONING IS APPROVED, UM, THE REMAINING SITE MAY DEVELOP FOR OTHER FUTURE USES, BUT RIGHT NOW, THE ZONING DOES NOT ALLOW ANY RESIDENTIAL USES.

IT WILL LIKELY BE A COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL, WHATEVER THE ZONING CURRENTLY ALLOWS.

SO STAFF DID NOT REALLY HAVE SPECIFIC CONCERNS ABOUT THAT.

IR REDUCTION REQUESTED, THEY ARE REQUESTING, AGAIN, PARKING VARIANCES.

ONE IS COVER PARKING TO, UH, REQUIREMENT OF 14 COVERED PARKING SPACES TO PROVIDE NO COVER PARKING SPACES AND GUEST PARKING.

THEY'RE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE SEVEN.

THEY WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE ZERO.

UH, THEY ARE REQUESTING THE VARIANCE FROM THE CLUBHOUSE AREA.

UH, REQUIREMENT OF 7,000 SQUARE FEET TO PRO PROVIDE A CLUBHOUSE WITH SIX 30 SQUARE FEET.

THEY ARE PROVIDING, UH, TRAILS AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SITE PLAN, JUST GENERALLY THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT.

THEY ARE PROVIDING SOME LAWN AREA WITH THE AMENITIES.

THEY DO HAVE SOME OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AREA.

UH, WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT BEING, UM, THE, UH, AG RESTRICTED, THEY WILL HAVE A LOT OF INTERNAL, INTERNAL PROGRAMS AND PROGRAM SPACES WITHIN.

SO THEY DIDN'T THINK THAT THE CLUBHOUSE OF 70,000 SQUARE FEET WAS PROPORTIONAL TO WHAT THEY'RE DEVELOPING.

THEY ARE REQUESTING VARIANCES.

TWO MORE VARIANCES.

ONE IS THE APPENDIX W CHECKLIST MENU ITEMS. THE APPLICANT'S REQUESTING VARIANCES TO ALLOW A MIXTURE OF ITEMS FROM THE GENERAL COMPLIANCE LIST THAT THE PLANNING DIRECTOR OR PLANNING STAFF IS OKAY WITH.

AS LONG AS THERE ARE STILL PROVIDING THE QUALITY, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSCIOUS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, THEY ARE ALSO REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO DEDICATED ENTRY.

AGAIN, OUR CURRENT STANDARD APPEND DW REQUIRES, UM, ALL MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT TO HAVE A GATED ENTRY.

THEY ARE NOT INTENDING ON, UM, TRULY SECURING THE PROPERTY.

THEY ARE PROVIDING SOME PREMIER, UH, SECURITY WALLS, BUT THEY DO NOT WISH TO HAVE A GATE, UM, THAT IS THEIR REQUIRED, UH, REQUESTED VARIANCES.

WITH THAT SAID, UH, STAFF IS UNABLE TO SUPPORT BECAUSE OF THE INCONSISTENCY WITH THE FUTURE LINE USE MAP.

HOWEVER, STAFF NOTES THAT THE AGE RESTRICTED MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT WILL PROVIDE A HOUSING TYPE THAT IS CURRENTLY LACKING IN THE AREA.

AND THE PROPOSED ZONING, UH, WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING ZONING FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, CREATING A BUFFER BETWEEN THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL TO THE SOUTH AND THE EXISTING LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO THE NORTH.

THIS CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION.

THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND HAS PREPARED HIS OWN PRESENTATION AT THIS TIME.

IS THERE ANY QUESTION FOR STAFF COMMISSIONERS? HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A COUPLE.

UM, WITH REGARD TO THE, YOU SAY AGE RESTRICTED, WHAT IS THE AGE? AGE RANGE? CAN YOU SAY THAT? YES, MA'AM.

IT'S TYPICALLY LISTED AS 55 AND UP.

UM, BUT AGAIN, ANY OTHER DETAIL, I THINK THE APPLICANT IS MORE READY TO ANSWER THAT BECAUSE THAT'S, UM, THOSE TYPE OF LIBERAL IS WHAT HE SPECIALIZES IN.

THE ONLY THING I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT WAS THE, THE AREA.

THERE'S THE SCHOOL, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

THAT'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC RIGHT THERE.

WAS THERE A TRAFFIC STUDY DONE? UM, SO BECAUSE THERE ARE ONLY PROPOSING 65 UNITS, THEY WERE NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A TRAFFIC ANALYSIS.

UM, AT THE TIME OF REVIEW, AGAIN, THEY WILL DO IN-DEPTH REVIEW OF THE SITE PLAN TO MAKE SURE.

UM, HOWEVER, AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY, THE, UH, TRAFFIC WILL BE CONTAINED ON BACK THE STREET AND INTERNAL DRIVES.

IT'S NOT TRULY AFFECTING IT'S, IT DOES NOT HAVE AN ACCESS FROM THE GRAHAM STREET, WHICH IS MAINLY THE PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL.

WHERE'S THE, WHERE'S THE SCHOOL AGAIN? IT'S HARD TO SEE.

SCHOOL IS RIGHT HERE.

THAT WOULD BE RIGHT.

BE RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE SCHOOL, WHICH WOULD BE A TRAFFIC ISSUE.

WELL, THEY WILL BE ENTERING HERE AND WE WILL HAVE A PARKING LOT IN THE BACK AND EXIT OUT THIS WAY.

THIS PROPERTY HAS RECEIVED OR IS SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION FOR A TAX CREDIT, UH, RESOLUTION.

SO JUST TO ADD TO JUNE'S PRESENTATION, UH, AS YOU SEE ON THE CONCEPT, ACCESS IS SOLELY FROM BAGHDAD.

THE SCHOOL IS SOUTH, I BELIEVE IT'S ON GRAHAM AND GOING TO THE SHOTWELL CENTER.

SO, UM, WE DON'T FORESEE ANY ISSUES WITH THIS PROPOSAL IN THAT REGARD.

TRAFFIC CON CONCERNS AND THE AGE RESTRICTION ALSO ADDS FOR LOWER NUMBER OF TRAFFIC COMING FROM THE, AND, UH, PEOPLE COMING AND GOING FROM THE SITE.

I'LL ALSO PROVIDE A LITTLE BACKGROUND THAT Y'ALL MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH.

IS, UH, IN JANUARY, I BELIEVE, UH, WE WENT BEFORE COUNCIL, UH, THE DEVELOPER FOR

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UH, SO THIS IS A TAX CREDIT TYPE DEVELOPMENT WHERE THEY WILL RECEIVE FUNDS.

WE'VE DEALT WITH THIS BEFORE ON A PROJECT ON SOUTH CARRIER.

UM, AND SO THIS IS A SIMILAR PROPOSAL.

WHAT THEY SUBMITTED IN REGARDS TO THAT RESOLUTION THAT COUNCIL APPROVED WAS SIMILAR TO, THIS IS ACTUALLY EXACT CONCEPT.

SO MANY OF THE VARIANCES THAT YOU'RE SEEING ARE IN LINE WITH WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL, WHICH COUNCIL FELT COMFORTABLE WITH THAT DID NOT GUARANTEE A ZONE CHANGE THAT STILL HAS TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE NOW.

THANK YOU FOR THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT BRINGS IT, UH, INTO PERSPECTIVE.

'CAUSE I WAS WONDERING ABOUT WHY SO MANY VARIANCES.

YES MA'AM.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER FEDCO? I HAVE A QUESTION, BUT IT MAY NOT BE FOR JUNE.

I THINK IT'S FOR RASHAD OR JULIE.

SO THIS IS CURRENTLY ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL P IS THIS 41? YES.

IS THIS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE, UH, WHAT IS IT? SENATE BILL EIGHT 40 OR 8 0 4 THAT THEY NOW ALMOST BY RIGHT.

HAVE THE RIGHT TO PUT MULTIFAMILY UP THERE.

NOT IN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

OUR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT ALLOWS, UH, FOR CERTAIN, UM, CERTAIN WHAT NOT, NOT, NOT HAZARDOUS USES.

AND THE SENATE.

BILL EIGHT 40 HAS AN EXCEPTION.

I THOUGHT YOU SAID SOMETHING ELSE.

, UH, SENATE BILL EIGHT 40 HAS AN EXCEPTION THAT IT DOESN'T APPLY TO DISTRICTS THAT ALLOW FOR HAZARDOUS USES.

SO, UM, THIS WOULD NOT BE A PROPERTY THAT COULD BE DEVELOPED UNDER EIGHT 40.

THEY'RE A GOOD QUESTION.

I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT MYSELF.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, JUNE.

GREAT PRESENTATION.

MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE STAFF.

SPEAKER CARDS.

WE HAVE A CARD FROM THE APPLICANT, CJ LITNER, WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.

HELLO.

CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? HELLO? UH, HELLO COMMISSIONERS.

I'M CJ LINTNER WITH KCG COMPANIES.

UH, ADDRESS IS 93 11 NORTH MERIDIAN STREET, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

UM, I THINK THIS IS, THIS IS ALL RIGHT HERE.

SO I DO HAVE A PRESENTATION AND, AND, UH, OUTSIDE THE PRESENTATION, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE.

UM, KIND OF TO GET INTO THIS, YOU KNOW, UM, WHO WE ARE AS A COMPANY, KCG COMPANIES, UH, FOCUSES ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY ON AFFORDABLE AND ATTAINABLE RENTAL HOUSING.

WE DO A LITTLE BIT OF MARKET RATE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.

UH, BUT THIS KIND OF HOUSING THAT WE'RE PROPOSING ON FOR THIS SITE HERE TODAY IS, IS OUR MAIN LINE OF BUSINESS.

UH, WE ARE VERY ACTIVE ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.

UH, THIS IS OUR FIRST DEVELOPMENT IN GRAND PRAIRIE.

SO WE ARE CERTAINLY NEW TO THE AREA.

UH, BUT WE'VE BEEN ACTIVE IN THIS STATE NOW FOR ABOUT A DECADE.

UM, I'VE DONE SEVERAL OF THESE KINDS OF SENIOR LIVING DEVELOPMENTS, UM, AND, AND HAVE KIND OF TAILORED WHAT WE PROPOSE FOR THIS SITE TODAY TO THE EXPERIENCES WE'VE HAD IN, IN BUILDING AND OPERATING AND MANAGING THOSE COMMUNITIES.

UM, OUR COMPANY DOES EVERYTHING FROM THE UPFRONT DEVELOPMENT TO THE DESIGN, UM, AND THE CONSTRUCTION.

SO WE HAVE OUR OWN ARCHITECTURE FIRM IN HOUSE.

UH, AND, AND JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT IN THE EVENT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE DETAILS OF OUR PROPOSAL THAT WE WANNA LOOK AT CHANGING OR AMENDING, UM, TO, TO BETTER FIT WITH YOUR GUYS' FEEDBACK FOR, FOR THE SITE AND FOR THE COMMUNITY.

WE'RE, WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY AND ABLE TO, TO DO THAT.

SO JUNE KIND OF ALREADY GOT INTO IT, BUT JUST TO RECAP HERE, UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT A AGE 55 AND OLDER COMMUNITY, UM, THAT WILL, THERE WILL BE A, AN AGE RESTRICTION AT THE COMMUNITY.

SO ANYBODY THAT IS A TENANT AT THE COMMUNITY WILL HAVE TO, TO MEET THAT REQUIREMENT.

UM, AND THEN ASIDE FROM, YOU KNOW, THE VARIOUS BACKGROUND AND, AND TENANT SCREENING REQUIREMENTS THERE, THERE IS, UH, AN INCOME REQUIREMENT.

SO THIS IS, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE MAKING 60% OR LESS THAN THE AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOME FOR THE AREA.

AND THE RENTS ARE THEN SET TO LEVELS THAT ARE CONSIDERED AFFORDABLE FOR INDIVIDUALS AT THAT INCOME LEVEL.

UH, WE WILL HAVE, AS THE SITE, SITE PLAN SHOWS, UH, JUST ONE BUILDING.

IT WILL BE ELEVATOR SERVED, UH, FOUR STORIES AND A MIX OF ONE AND TWO BEDROOM UNITS.

UH, PRETTY EVEN SPLIT OF ONE AND TWO BEDROOM UNITS.

'CAUSE WE DO FIND THAT A LOT OF OUR, OUR HOUSEHOLDS ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE, UM, DOWNSIZING FROM HOME OWNERSHIP AND STILL WANT A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA ROOM.

SO WE, WE TRY TO GO A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE TWO BED, UM, THAN THE ONE BED.

UM, AND WE WILL, UM, YOU KNOW, BE DOING A LOT OF THIS IN-HOUSE ON THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION END, BUT WE DO HIRE LOCAL SUBCONTRACTORS.

UM, WE DO HIRE LOCAL

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UM, I'M GONNA KIND OF SKIP THROUGH A COUPLE OF THESE SLIDES AND CAN COME BACK TO, UH, TO, UH, TO THOSE IF WE NEED TO IN QUESTIONS.

BUT WANTED TO KIND OF ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, THE STAFF PRESENTATION, UH, OBVIOUSLY, UM, UNDERSTAND FROM A KIND OF PROCEDURAL PERSPECTIVE THAT THEY HAVE TO RECOMMEND DENIAL, UM, DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE DON'T ALIGN WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, BUT WANTED TO BRING UP A FEW THINGS.

UH, THE FIRST BEING THAT WE DID AS, AS WAS MENTIONED, WE DID GO BEFORE COUNSEL WITH, UH, THIS, THIS SAME KIND OF CONCEPT PLAN, UM, AND RECEIVED A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, UM, WHICH WAS CRITICAL IN SUBMITTING TO THE STATE FOR FUNDING.

UH, WE DO RIGHT NOW SEEM TO BE IN A POSITION TO RECEIVE THAT FUNDING FROM THE STATE FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS, IS GREAT NEWS.

AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND SUPPORT FROM COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP FOR, FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT.

UM, AND CAN WANT TO, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT THE FINAL PRODUCT HERE IS, IS TAILORED TO THE HOUSING NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.

UM, SECOND THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS THE VARIANCES THAT WE'RE REQUESTING.

SO IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH PLANNING STAFF AND, AND WITH, UH, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, OUR UNDERSTANDING AND, AND, UM, OUR UNDERSTANDING ON OUR OWN AS WELL IS THAT THE MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ARE VERY MUCH TAILORED TO A LOT LARGER, UH, DEVELOPMENTS.

SO 200 OR MORE UNITS.

UM, AND THERE ISN'T REALLY A LOT OF, UH, VARIANCE IN THAT FOR, FOR THESE SMALLER COMMUNITIES.

SO WE WERE KIND OF RECOMMENDED TO GO WITH A SUBSET OF AMENITIES FROM APPENDIX W, UM, THAT MADE MOST SENSE FOR THE SIZE OF THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND ALSO FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT WE WILL HAVE, WHICH IS THAT 55 AND OLDER COMMUNITY.

SO THAT, THAT'S HOW WE CAME TO THAT SUBSET OF APPENDIX W AMENITIES.

UM, IF THERE ARE ANY THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSION FEELS WE NEED TO CONSIDER ADDING, UM, IN ORDER TO BE COMFORTABLE, UM, UH, SUPPORTING THIS.

WE'RE, WE'RE CERTAINLY OPEN TO THAT, BUT IN OUR CONVERSATIONS INTERNALLY AND WITH STAFF AND THEN WITH, UM, UH, COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP, THESE WERE THE ONES THAT SEEMED TO BE THE BEST FIT FOR THE SIZE AND THE SCALE OF THE COMMUNITY.

UM, AND THEN ON THE, UH, THE, UH, KIND OF SITE PLANNING VARIANCES, SO THAT DRIVE AISLE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF OUR SITE, UM, AND, AND OUR SETBACK VARIANCE, THAT WAS KIND OF ANOTHER DIRECTION THAT WE GOT FROM THOSE CONVERSATIONS WAS IF WE DO GO FOR THAT VARIANCE, UM, THE BENEFIT IS WE CAN HAVE THAT DRIVE AISLE THERE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE NEED TO SHARE THAT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USER OF THAT CORNER PARCEL, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF ALREADY BUILT IN AND WE DON'T END UP WITH TWO ROADS SIDE BY SIDE.

AND THEN IT ALSO ALLOWS US TWO POINTS OF INGRESS AND EGRESS.

SO THAT, THAT WAS KIND OF THE LOGIC BEHIND THAT.

UM, GATED ENTRY VARIANCE WE ARE REQUESTING BECAUSE, UM, WE OPERATE QUITE A FEW OF THESE SENIOR PROPERTIES AND, UH, IT SOUNDS SILLY, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES WITH PEOPLE GOING TOO EARLY ON THE GATES, UM, AND, AND HITTING THE GATES, AND THE GATES GETTING STUCK AND DAMAGED AS A RESULT.

SO, UM, WE DON'T HAVE A BIG CONCERN WITH CRIME IN THIS AREA.

UH, IT SEEMS LIKE A VERY SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND, UM, GIVEN THAT, AND GIVEN THAT THIS IS GONNA BE A SENIOR TENANCY, THAT'S WHY WE REQUEST THE VARIANCE THERE.

AND THEN I THINK MAYBE A MISTAKE ON OUR PART, UM, AND NOT SPELLING IT OUT CORRECTLY ON THE, ON THE PARKING, WE HAVE NO PROBLEM DEDICATING HAVING THE DEDICATED GUEST SPOTS.

SO, UM, THAT, THAT PARKING REQUIREMENT WE'RE, WE'RE FINE AMENDING THIS SO THAT, THAT WE'RE, WE'RE, UM, DEDICATING THOSE SEVEN GUEST SPACES.

UM, SO THOSE WERE KIND OF ALL THE VARIANCES THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT.

AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS ANY POTENTIAL WAYS TO MAKE THIS A, A PROPOSAL AND A PD, UM, THAT, THAT YOU ALL FEEL YOU CAN SUPPORT.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

I'M GLAD YOU ANSWERED A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

MY CONCERN IS, UM, WHERE, ARE THERE ANY OTHER NEARBY, UH, SENIOR LIVING AREAS? SO YOU CHOSE THIS AREA.

WHAT, WHAT IS THE CLOSEST NEAREST, UH, SENIOR FACILITY? DO YOU KNOW? YOU HAVE ANY IDEA? UM, THERE IS NOT ONE SIMILAR TO THIS IN TERMS OF THE INCOME TARGETING ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN.

AND ALSO AN AREA OF TOWN WITH A LOT OF AGING SINGLE FAMILY AND A LOT OF AGING HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE PROBABLY LOOKING TO, YOU KNOW, STAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THEY'VE GROWN UP IN AND ESTABLISH THEMSELF IN.

UM, AND, AND I THINK YOU PROBABLY HAVE TO GO OUT INTO ARLINGTON FOR A SIMILAR COMMUNITY MM-HMM .

SO THAT'S KIND OF PART OF THE REASON WE CHOSE THE SITE.

UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER PART OF THE REASON WE CHOSE THIS SITE IS IT IS, UM, NEARBY THE PARK AND THE LIFE CENTER.

UM, IT WASN'T MENTIONED, AND I FORGOT TO MENTION JUST NOW, BUT WE ARE PROPOSING TO EXTEND THE SIDEWALK ALL THE WAY DOWN TO GRAHAM STREET MM-HMM .

TO CONNECT TO THE EXISTING SIDEWALK SO THAT THERE WILL BE WALKABILITY FROM, FROM OUR SITE, UM, OVER TO, TO THE LIFE CENTER AND THE LIBRARY AND, AND THE FITNESS CENTER.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN AREA OF TOWN THAT WE FEEL REALLY NEEDS THE NEW HOUSING, UM, INVESTMENT

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UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, NOT NECESSARILY LOOKING TO KEEP ON, UH, AND KEEP UP WITH THE OWNERSHIP.

GOOD TASK OF OWN HOME.

WITH THAT IN MIND, THIS IS, THIS IS THE FIRST SITE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.

HOW MANY OTHER SITES DO YOU HAVE IN THE DFW AREA? UH, WE HAVE ONE OTHER ONE IN DFW METRO RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE, UH, 14 ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND OUR COMMUNITY, OUR, OUR COMPANY HAS DEVELOPED 40 OF THESE COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

SO YOU'RE WELL ESTABLISHED.

THE ONLY LAST QUESTION IS, WITH THAT IN MIND, THIS, UH, BEING THIS AGE GROUP OF 55 OR MORE, WILL YOU HAVE SOMEBODY ON SITE THAT IS ABLE TO GIVE MEDICAL CARE? OR IS SOMEBODY GONNA BE, HAVE, UH, CERTAIN CREDENTIALS OR ANY OF ANY KIND, OR ANYBODY CAN BE MANAGING THE PROPERTY THERE OR YEAH, GREAT QUESTION.

WE WILL HAVE ONSITE, UH, MANAGEMENT STAFF FULL-TIME, AND THEN WE'LL ALSO HAVE ON STAFF ON ONSITE MAINTENANCE FULL-TIME.

SO THOSE WILL BOTH BE TWO FULL-TIME POSITIONS, ONE OF EACH OF THE PROPERTY.

UM, THE MANAGER IS NOT A HEALTHCARE WORKER, BUT THEY ARE TRAINED IN THINGS LIKE CPR AND BASIC FIRST AID.

AND THEN WE ALSO, AS PART OF OUR RESIDENT PROGRAMMING, UM, WE DO A LOT OF KIND OF FUN ACTIVITIES, BUT THEN WE ALSO DO A LOT OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOCUSED ACTIVITIES.

SO, UH, VACCINE, UM, VACCINE DRIVES WHERE WE'LL HAVE LIKE A LOCAL HEALTHCARE PROVIDER COME TO THE SITE AND DO ANNUAL VACCINES.

UH, WE ALSO DO WELLNESS EVENTS, FITNESS CLASSES, THINGS LIKE THAT, WHERE WE ENGAGE EXISTING LOCAL SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR THAT WORK.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? COMMISSIONER JACKING, THANK YOU.

UH, GREAT PRESENTATION.

UM, SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE FOR THEIR SECURITY, THEY'LL HAVE LIKE AN OFFICER STAY ON SITE AND CURIOUS IF Y'ALL WOULD EVER CONSIDER SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR YOUR PROPERTY.

UM, JUST AS A, IT'S AN ADDED BENEFIT, YOU KNOW, IT HELPS, YOU KNOW, AN OFFICER AND THEN YOU GET TO SAY, HEY, WE HAVE AN OFFICER THAT ACTUALLY LIVES HERE.

SO, YES, A GREAT QUESTION.

UH, WE, AND YES, WE, WE HAVE DONE THAT AT SEVERAL OF OUR COMMUNITIES HERE.

THE OFFICER WOULD STILL HAVE TO MEET THE AGE REQUIREMENT, OF COURSE.

UM, THERE ARE FEDERAL AND STATE RULES THAT WE CAN'T DESIGNATE UNITS, ESPECIALLY OUTSIDE OF THAT, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD BE MORE THAN OPEN TO.

UH, WE HAVEN'T GOT THAT FAR YET IN TALKING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT, UM, IF THAT'S A SITUATION THAT, THAT ARISES OR, OR IS MADE AVAILABLE TO US, UH, IT'S, IT'S A HUGE BENEFIT.

AND WE FOUND EVEN NATURALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF SEEKING THAT OUT FOR, FOR, UM, THEM TO, TO BE ACTIVELY WORKING ON THE SITE.

UM, A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITIES DO JUST HAVE POLICE AND, AND EMT UH, PEOPLE LIVING, LIVING THERE NATURALLY, KIND OF NATURALLY THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT.

VERY GOOD QUESTION.

COMMISSIONER, UH, WHO WANTS TO GO FIRST? MINE'S JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

UM, I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE AREA THAT YOU CHOSE.

UM, IT'S MY AREA, BUT, AND I DO THINK THERE IS A NEED FOR THIS, BUT NEXT TO THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, YOU DON'T THINK THERE MIGHT BE A NO NOISE DISTURBANCE OR ANYTHING? UH, GOOD, GOOD QUESTION.

SO WE, ONE, WE FEEL THAT IF WE DO THIS, UM, THE CURRENT LAND, WE DON'T OWN THE LAND RIGHT NOW, SO WE ARE ONLY BUYING THE PORTION OF THE SITE.

UM, I CAN'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GO BACK, BUT, UH, WE'RE ONLY BUYING THE PORTION OF THE SITE WE'RE DEVELOPING ON THE CURRENT LANDOWNER, UM, IS VERY MUCH, I THINK, HOPING THAT OUR DEVELOPMENT WILL SPUR KIND OF A OH, THANK YOU.

UM, WILL SPUR THE, UH, THAT, THAT PERFECT, PERFECT.

UH, THAT, THAT WORKS.

YEAH, I CAN WORK WITH THAT ONE.

LEVELS IN THE AREA ARE WELL UNDER WHAT WE WOULD BE DESIGNING AND BUILDING TO, IN TERMS OF ENSURING COMFORT AND, AND NO ISSUES INSIDE THE BUILDINGS.

SO THE, THE PARCEL AT THE CORNER OF, UH, GRAHAM AND BAGHDAD DOWN HERE, WE WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO CHANGE THE ZONING ON THAT AT THIS TIME, BUT IT DOES CERTAINLY MAKE IT A MUCH BETTER FIT FOR, YOU KNOW, MORE RESIDENTIAL OR, OR SOMETHING NON LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, LIKE A COMMERCIAL USE.

UM, SO THAT, THAT SHOULD MAKE THAT MUCH MORE ATTRACTIVE TO THAT KIND OF A BUYER AND THAT KIND OF A DEVELOPER THAN IT IS RIGHT NOW.

UM, YES.

YOU KNOW, THERE IS THE CHANCE OF THAT SMALL PARCEL TO THE NORTH OF US BEING DEVELOPED INTO SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE.

UM, AND WE, NO, WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER THAT, BUT WHAT I WILL SAY IS WHAT EXISTS THERE TODAY, WE DON'T HAVE A NOISE CONCERN WITH, UM, OKAY.

THE, THE, UH, KIND OF DECIBEL

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UM, AND NONE OF THOSE USERS ARE DOING ANYTHING DURING THE DAY OR NIGHT THAT IS PARTICULARLY, UH, UH, CONCERNING FROM A NOISE PERSPECTIVE.

SO IT, IT COULD BE A LOT DIFFERENT WITH DIFFERENT USERS THERE, BUT AT THIS POINT, WE DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT'S AN ISSUE.

AND THAT IS ALSO, YOU KNOW, IN, IN LIGHT OF WHAT YOU SAID, THAT'S WHY WE'RE PUTTING THE POND UP THERE.

WE ARE TRYING TO KEEP THE BUILDING AS FAR AWAY FROM THAT AS POSSIBLE, BUT DON'T HAVE A, A BIG CONCERN WITH THAT.

VERY GOOD QUESTION.

COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

UM, CJ, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

CAN YOU RECAP ON THE FENCING PIECE, THE NO GATE ACCESS? CAN YOU TELL ME MORE ABOUT THAT? YES.

SO WE ARE PLANNING TO FULLY FENCE THE PROPERTY OTHER THAN OBVIOUSLY THE DRIVE AISLES IN AND OUT.

UM, AND WE, WE ARE, IF, IF IT'S A HARD REQUEST, UM, TO HAVE A GATE, WE ARE FINE WITH THAT.

BUT WE HAVE FOUND WITH OUR SENIOR COMMUNITIES THAT A FEW TIMES OF THE YEAR SOMEONE HITS THE GATE, UM, AND DAMAGES THEIR CAR AND THEN PREVENTS PEOPLE FROM MENTORING AND, AND EXITING.

SO WE TYPICALLY ONLY DO GATES WHERE THERE'S A CRIME CONCERN.

UM, WE DON'T HAVE THAT HERE AT THE SITE BASED OFF THE DATA THAT WE HAVE.

SO, UM, THAT'S WHY WE PROPOSE NO GATE AND WE'RE, IT'S NOT A DEAL BREAKER FOR US TO ADD ONE, WE JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S GONNA END UP BEING MAYBE MORE OF AN IMPEDIMENT THAN A BENEFIT.

BUT, UM, IF, IF THE FEEDBACK IS THAT WE NEED TO ADD THAT IN, WE'RE, WE'RE TOTALLY FINE DOING THAT.

AND AT THE, THE 40 OTHER PROPERTIES THAT YOU'VE DONE, THERE ISN'T WHAT, IS THERE A 50% GATE PRESENCE OR WHAT, WHAT IS IT? UH, IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE, THE AREA OF THE PROPERTY.

I'D SAY WE'VE MAYBE DONE 'EM AT 10 OF THE 40 MM-HMM .

AND AS FAR AS LIKE ACCESS FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES, IF THERE WAS AN AMBULANCE OR A FIRE TRUCK, THEY WOULD JUST COME THROUGH THE MAIN AREA? WHAT HAPPENS? WHAT'S THE PLAN? UM, AS OPPOSED TO, I DON'T KNOW, ASKING.

SO YEAH, THEY WOULD COME, UH, LET'S SEE HERE.

FIND THE RIGHT SLIDE.

SO YEAH, THE WAY THAT THESE TWO ENTRANCES WILL, WILL BE DESIGNED IS SO THAT THEY'RE ALL ALLOW, THEY CAN ALLOW FOR A FIRETRUCK TO ENTER AN EXIT IN TERMS OF TURNING RADIUS AND ALL THAT.

AND THAT WOULD BE FLUSHED OUT IN DETAIL AS PART OF THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL PROCESS.

AND WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO MOVE PAST THAT STEP UNTIL, UH, FIRE SIGNS OFF.

SO THAT, THAT, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, WILL BASICALLY DICTATE THE TURNING RADIUS OF THOSE DRIVE AISLES AND, AND THAT INGRESS AND EGRESS OF THE SITE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, LAST QUESTION.

DID YOU HAVE ANY REACH OUT TO THE FOLK? I KNOW IT'S MOSTLY, UH, BUSINESS, BUT DID YOU REACH OUT TO THE NEIGHBORING, UH, UH, FOLKS AROUND YOU? THE, THE SCHOOL, UH, DID, I GUESS THE LETTERS GO OUT, THE LETTERS STILL GO OUT, RIGHT? EVEN THOUGH IT'S AN INDUSTRIAL, SO THE CITY HAS THE REQUIREMENT TO REACH OUT TO THE PROPERTY SURROUNDING THIS PROPERTY THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED.

UH, THE STATUTE REQUIRES US 200 FEET.

WE ACTUALLY NOTIFY 300 FEET.

AND YOU MEAN YOU GET ANY FEEDBACK ON THAT? DO YOU GET ANY FEEDBACK? SO WE SENT OUT 130 NOTICES.

WE DID RECEIVE A THREE LETTERS OF OPPOSITION WITH JUST TWO UNIQUE ADDRESSES.

TWO OF THE PROPERTIES WERE SOUTH OF GRAHAM STREET, ONE WAS, UH, 3000 FEET AWAY, WHICH WILL BE INCLUDED IN THIS, UH, COUNCIL PACKET.

AND WE, WE DID DO SOME OUTREACH ON OUR OWN AS WELL, BECAUSE MY CONCERN IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GONNA BE 55 AND UP, YOU KNOW, BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR, YOU MAY WANT TO INVITE OTHER SENIORS IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS TO EVENTS.

CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE A, A REACH OUT, YOU KNOW, AND YOU GOTTA BE DOING A HEALTH DRIVE OR SOMETHING.

IT'D BE GREAT TO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, JUST A HUNDRED PERCENT.

A LOT OF THOSE SOCIAL SERVICES EVENTS THAT WE HAVE ARE NOT JUST FOR OUR COMMUNITY, SO WE OPEN THOSE UP TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, WE WE'RE LONG-TERM OWNERS IN THESE, SO WE WILL BE AROUND IF THIS, IF THIS GOES THROUGH FOR THE NEXT 15 YEARS AT LEAST, UM, AND LIKELY A LOT LONGER.

SO WE, THIS IS FIRST STEP OF, OF BECOMING A NEIGHBOR TO, TO THE COMMUNITY THERE.

GREAT.

UM, AND YEAH, A LOT OF, A LOT OF THOSE HEALTH EVENTS, UH, WILL BE COMMUNITY-WIDE AND NOT JUST FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

UM, AND, AND AGAIN, GETTING BACK TO THE LOCATION NEXT TO THE LIFE CENTER, THAT, THAT WAS A BIG DRAW FOR THIS BEING A SENIOR COMMUNITY IS, IS THERE ACCESS TO THAT IN THE PARK.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? THANK YOU.

FROM VICKY MC, UH, , UM, WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THIS ITEM.

WE HAVE ONE OTHER CARD

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YES, YES.

IT'S NOT ON THIS ITEM, MA'AM.

JUST COME ON UP, MA'AM.

JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND WE'LL GET THE, DID YOU NOT WANNA SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? THIS IS THE ITEM YOU MARKED.

SO I WHICH ITEM DID YOU I'M ANY LETTER AND IT PURSE.

DO YOU WANT, IF I SEE, IS THAT FOR THIS? SORRY, IS THIS FOR THIS ITEM? UM, JUST DOUBLE CHECKING.

I'M JUST DOUBLE CHECKING.

IF YOU GIMME A MOMENT.

THIS ONE'S ACTUALLY TAPED.

NEXT MEETING.

APOLOGIZE, THIS IS NOT FOR THIS ITEM.

OH, I TABLED ITEMS. YEAH, THIS IS NOT FOR THIS ITEM.

SO WE HAVE, UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE MY, SHE FINISHES.

I'M ASSUMING WE HAVE NO MORE SPEAKER CARDS FOR ITEMS OF FOUR AND FIVE.

THIS IS, UH, COMMISSIONER ARI'S, UM, DIS THERE WAS OPPOSITION LETTERS.

YEAH, BUT, UM, WE'LL HAVE TO CHECK WITH JUNE.

JUST WAIT TILL SHE COMES RIGHT BACK.

YOU HAVE THE OPPOSITION.

UM, I THINK COMMISSIONER ARI WANTS TO LOOK AT THE OPPOSITION LETTERS.

THERE WAS NO COMMENTS PROVIDED ON THOSE OPPOSITION LETTERS.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

UM, SINCE WE HAVE NO MORE SPEAKER CARDS, THIS IS COMMISSIONER ARI'S AREA.

DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? I HAVE A QUESTION.

GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER.

UH, IT COULD EITHER BE FOR JUNE OR RASHAD, BUT LIKELY RASHAD.

SO IF I UNDERSTAND THINGS CORRECTLY, WHAT WE ARE SEEING TONIGHT IS A MERE IMAGE OF WHAT THE COUNCIL VOTED ON IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR WITH APPROVAL AS PART OF A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT.

YES, SIR.

ANYBODY ELSE? ANY, UH, CONCERNS? MAY I GET A CLARIFICATION FROM THE APPLICANT? UM, SIR, YOU SAID THAT, ARE YOU GUYS WITHDRAWING YOUR REQUESTS FOR THE, UH, VARIANCE REGARDING, UM, THE GUEST PARKING REQUIREMENT? CORRECT.

SO IF, IF YOU ARE ENTERTAINING AN APPLICATION, IF YOU WANNA ADDRESS THAT VARIANCE REQUEST, UM, THAT THE APPLICANT IS NOW WITHDRAWING, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THAT'S NUMBER THREE, THE GUEST PARKING VARIANCE.

CAN YOU PUT THAT BACK UP JUNE THE VARIANCES, PLEASE? YES, MA'AM.

JUST SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WHEN WE MAKE THE, UH, MOTION THAT WE HAVE THAT, THAT INFORMATION UP.

WHAT WAS RECOMMENDED? YES, MA'AM.

SO THAT WILL BE TO REMOVE THE VARIANCE NUMBER THREE.

IS THIS JUST ONE PAGE OF THESE VARIANCES? WAS THERE TWO PAGES? THERE'S TWO PAGES, YES.

THERE, THERE ARE SIX TOTAL.

WHAT YOU WANNA SEE? MAYBE YOU MIGHT NEED TO STAND THERE.

YOU GOING TO, WELL, WE'LL SEE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? I, I JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I, I LIKE THIS, UH, PROJECT AND I, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE AREA.

AT FIRST, I WAS NOT SURE HAVING IT THERE WITH THE SCHOOL, AND SINCE IT'S NOT GONNA BE, UH, ANY PARKING ISSUE, I MEAN, TRAFFIC ISSUE, THAT WAS MY MAIN CONCERN.

AND IF HE'S GONNA BE, THEY'RE GONNA BE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, I LIKE THAT ASPECT FOR THAT, FOR THAT AREA.

DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? COMMISSIONER ARI, CAN WE GET YOU TO MAKE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? YES, MA'AM.

YES, WE CAN.

MAY I, UM, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE? WE'RE DOING 'EM TOGETHER, RIGHT? YEAH.

UM, FOR CPA, A 26 DASH THREE DASH 0 0 5, AND ITEM FIVE ZERO N DASH 26 DASH 2 0 0 0 3.

UM, TO APPROVE BOTH FOUR AND FIVE, BUT AMEND, UH, TO REMOVE VARIANCE NUMBER THREE ON THE GUEST PARKING.

SECOND.

AS, UH, UH, APPROVE IT, UH, UH, EXCEPT FOR DENYING, UH, ITEM, I MEAN ITEM THREE BEING TAKEN OFF THE, THE LIST OF VARIANCES.

WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY CLINICIAN ARI TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER FOUR, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR MAPLE LOSS, MULTIFAMILY.

AND, UH, NUMBER FIVE, ZONING CHANGE CONCEPT PLAN, UH, FOR THE SAME, UH,

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AND WE HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER, UM, OLEY.

ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THIS ITEM.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS.

NEXT CASE, PLEASE.

ALL RIGHT.

[6. SUP-26-03-0004 - Specific Use Permit Review - SUP Review for Zoom Performance (City Council District 5). Review SUP No. 1186, a Specific Use Permit for Auto Body and Paint Shop, for compliance with SUP conditions, and modify, renew, or revoke if deemed appropriate based upon the review. Lot 2, Block 2, Business Center Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-60, and addressed as 2100 E Main St]

THIS IS ITEM NUMBER SIX SUP DASH 26 DASH ZERO THREE DASH 0 0 0 4.

IT IS AN SUP REVIEW FOR ZOOM PERFORMANCE.

UH, ZOOM PERFORMANCE IS LOCATED AT 2100 EAST MAIN STREET.

SO THIS IS, UM, INITIATED BY US.

IT'S A SUP REVIEW.

WE'RE REVIEWING SUP NUMBER 1 180 6 AUTHORIZING AN AUTO BODY AND PAINT SHOP FOR COMPLIANCE WITH SUP CONDITIONS TO MODIFY, RENEW, OR REVOKE IF DEEMED APPROPRIATE, BASED UPON REVIEW.

UM, THERE YOU CAN SEE WHERE ZOOM PERFORMANCE IS LOCATED HERE IN THE YELLOW, UH, SORRY, RIGHT HERE.

UM, IN ON NOVEMBER 19TH, 2024, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED AN SUP FOR AN AUTO BODY AND PAINT SHOP FACILITY REQUIRING AN SUP REVIEW IN SIX MONTHS AFTER THE ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, UM, ON JUNE 17TH, 2025, THAT CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY WAS ISSUED FOR AN AUTOMOTIVE BODY REPAIR AND PAINT SHOP LOCATED AT 2100 EAST MAIN STREET.

THAT'S THEIR SITE PLAN.

SO ZOOM PERFORMANCE, AGAIN, OPERATES AT 2100, UM, EAST MAIN STREET AS AN OTTAWA AND PAINT SHOP.

THEY OPERATE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 9:00 AM TO 5:00 PM THEY HAVE THREE EMPLOYEES, WHICH INCLUDES THE OWNER.

UM, THEIR SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE ARE SPECIALIZED BODY AND PAINT WORK EXCLUSIVELY FOR MAZDA MIATAS, AND THEY SERVICE ABOUT FIVE TO SEVEN VEHICLES PER WEEK.

THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY PHEQ AND COMPLIANCE CONDUCTED AN ANNUAL INSPECTION, UM, OF THE FACILITY, AND THEY FOUND NO OFFICIAL VIOLATIONS.

SO THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITION THAT ALL EXISTING CONDITIONS FROM THE ORIGINAL SUP, WHICH WAS APPROVED ON NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER 19, 20, 24 SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT.

ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE ONE.

IN LOOKING AT THE PACKET, IT MENTIONED THAT THERE WASN'T, THERE WASN'T ANY CODE VIOLATIONS, BUT THERE WAS AN, AN AN, AN OCCASION WHEN THERE WERE FIVE VEHICLES.

WAS THAT JUST ONE OCCASION? I'M ASSUMING? YES, THERE WERE FIVE OPERABLE VEHICLES THAT WERE PARKED WHERE THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN PARKED.

UM, OUR CODE OFFICER DID TELL THE OWNER, YOU NEED TO MOVE THEM.

HE AGREED.

UM, SO OUR CODE OFFICER CLOSED THAT, THAT CASE.

SO BASICALLY THE, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT, IT GIVES EVERYBODY AN OPPORTUNITY TO CLEAN THINGS UP BEFORE THEY START WRITING TICKETS, BASICALLY.

YES.

AND I THINK NEXT TIME HE GOES OUT THERE, HE'LL PROBABLY CHECK FOR THAT AGAIN.

COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER FOR DURKA, I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.

SO OVER THIS 12 MONTH PERIOD, HOW OFTEN TYPICALLY DOES THE CODE GO OUT THERE RANDOMLY JUST TO CHECK ON STUFF? WELL, THEY TOLD ME THEY HAD AN ANNUAL INSPECTION, SO I'M GUESSING ONCE, OH, IT'S ONLY ONCE A YEAR.

HMM.

IS THAT RIGHT, RASHAD? THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

I'M NOT SURE OF ALL THE DETAILS OF THE DEPARTMENT, BUT AN ANNUAL INSPECTION AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY, ANYTHING NOTED BY, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC, THEY GO OUT THERE.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? FAINA? THANK YOU.

GREAT.

PRESENTATION SPEAKER CARDS.

UM, WE HAVE ONE CARD FROM THE APPLICANT, MAURIZIO RODRIGUEZ, WHO, UH, WISHES TO NOTE HIS SUPPORT AND WILL ANSWER QUESTIONS IF NEEDED.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? I THINK THIS ONE IS PRETTY CLEAN.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

UM, ANY OTHER SPEAKER CARDS? NO, MA'AM.

THIS IS COMMISSIONER, UH, ARI'S AREA AGAIN? YES.

DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? NO.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? PLEASE, MA'AM? YES.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE, UH, MADAM CHAIR, MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM SIX SUP 26 DASH ZERO THREE DASH ZERO FOUR AND APPROVE PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS.

SECOND, HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM SIX BY COMMISSIONER ATARI AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CHARI AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS.

ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS ANOTHER SUP REVIEW.

NEXT CASE PLEASE.

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ALRIGHT, SORRY.

[7. SUP-26-03-0006 - Specific Use Permit Review - SUP Review for EZ Food Mart at 688 W Pioneer (City Council District 2). Specific Use Permit Review of SUP No. 1194, a Specific Use Permit for a convenience store without gas in an existing commercial lease space on 3.85 acres, for compliance with SUP conditions, and modify, renew, or revoke if deemed appropriate based upon the review. Lot 1, Block 1, Pioneer Court Yard Shopping Center Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, zoned General Retail, and addressed as 688 W Pioneer Pkwy Suite 140]

UM, THIS IS SUP DASH 26 DASH ZERO THREE DASH 0 0 0 6 FOR EASY FOOD MART, LOCATED AT 6 88 WEST PIONEER.

UM, THAT'S WHERE IT'S LOCATED.

WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS WE'RE REVIEWING SUP NUMBER 1 1 9 4, WHICH AUTHORIZES A CONVENIENCE STORE WITHOUT GAS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH SUP CONDITIONS TO MODIFY, RENEW, OR REVOKE IF DEEMED APPROPRIATE, BASED UPON REVIEW.

THERE IT IS.

IT'S, UM, IT'S ACTUALLY THIS LITTLE, IT'S, IT'S WITHIN THAT STRIP CENTER, SO IT'S THE LITTLE RED BLOCK THAT YOU SEE THERE.

UM, THAT'S JUST A FRONT VIEW, STREET VIEW.

UM, SOME BACKGROUND ON MAY 20TH, 2025.

CITY COUNCIL APPROVED AN SUP TO PERMIT A CONVENIENCE STORE WITHOUT GASOLINE SALES REQUIRING A REVIEW OF THE SUP IN ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF APPROVAL AND ESTABLISHING OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS.

SUP NUMBER 1 1 9 4, UM, HAS SOME CONDITIONS IN IT.

THESE ARE, UM, LISTED HERE.

NUMBER ONE, THE DEVELOPMENT SHALL ADHERE TO THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED EXHIBIT B, WHICH IS A SITE PLAN, EXHIBIT C, OPERATIONAL PLAN.

THE APPLICANT SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL STATE REGULATIONS AND LOCAL ORDINANCES FOR FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS.

SMOKING IS PROHIBITED INSIDE THE ESTABLISHMENT.

EIGHT LINER GAMING MACHINES SHALL BE PROHIBIT PROHIBITED AND OUTSIDE STORAGE OR DISPLAY OF MERCHANDISE SHALL BE PROHIBITED.

THIS PROHIBITION APPLIES TO PROPANE GAS TANKS, ICE MACHINES, AND OTHER SEASONAL MERCHANDISE.

SO JUST THEIR, THEIR OPERATIONS AND THE COMPLIANCE REVIEW ITSELF.

UM, SO EASY FOOD MART, AGAIN, IT'S, UM, IT'S A 2046 SQUARE FOOT COMMERCIAL LEASE SPACE, UM, LOCATED AT 6 88 WEST PIONEER PARKWAY, SUITE NUMBER ONE 40.

THEY OPERATE BETWEEN 7:00 AM AND, AND 12:00 AM WHICH ARE THEIR OPERATIONAL HOURS.

HOWEVER, WHEN I REACHED OUT TO THEM, THEY TOLD ME THEY'RE HAVING SOME, UM, ECONOMIC HARDSHIP, SO THEY DELAYED THEIR OPENINGS TO ABOUT 10:00 AM.

UM, ON, I THINK ON THE, THE WEEKDAYS AND A LITTLE BIT EARLIER ON THE WEEKENDS, SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE, THEY SELL FOOD, SNACKS, TOBACCO PRODUCTS, AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.

UM, THE CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT DID CONDUCT THEIR ANNUAL INSPECTION OF THIS FACILITY ON APRIL 22ND, 2026.

UM, AND NO CODE VIOLATIONS WERE DOCUMENTED AT THIS TIME.

THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITION.

ALL OTHER EXISTING CONDITIONS FROM THE SUP, WHICH WAS APPROVED ON MAY 20TH, 2025 SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR HENA? GREAT PRESENTATION.

WE HAVE NO CARDS FOR THIS ITEM.

NO SPEAKER CARDS.

THIS IS, UH, WHOSE AREA IS THIS? THIS IS, UH, COMMISSIONER CHARE.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? NO.

IT LOOKS PRETTY CLEAN TO ME.

WITH NO, UH, UH, VIOLATIONS.

SO, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION.

MOTION? YES, MA'AM.

MOTION PLEASE.

SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, UH, THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND VOTE TO APPROVE SUP DASH 26 DASH ZERO THREE DASH 0 0 6, UM, SUP NUMBER 1194.

TO CLARIFY, IS YOUR MOTION WITH THE D-R-C-D-R-C RECOMMENDATION? YES, OF COURSE.

WITH DRC APPROVAL? MM-HMM.

CAN I GET A SECOND? UH, COMMISSIONER CHAARI IS MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, ITEM SEVEN SUP 26 0 3.

0 0 6 SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR EASY FOOD MARK.

AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ARI AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS.

THE PROPERTY OWNERS, UM, HIRE THE SURVEYORS TO TIE DOWN THEIR EXEC LOCATION IN THE TRACK, OR SIMPLY APPLY FOR ZONE CHANGE.

NEXT CASE, PLEASE.

GOOD

[8. ZON-26-04-0008 - Zoning Change - 1721 W Polo Rd (City Council District 6). Zoning Change from Planned Development-81 (PD-81) to Planned Development-81A (PD-81A) to clearly establish General Retail (GR) as the base zoning district on approximately 2.492 acres. Tract 11, Thomas J Tone Survey, Abstract No. 1460, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-81, and addressed 1721 W Polo Rd]

EVENING.

AGAIN, COMMISSIONER.

THE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS A ZONE CHANGE FOR 1721 WEST POLAR ROAD, ZO 26 4 0 0 0 8.

SO THIS STONE CHANGE REQUEST IS ACTUALLY TRULY TO TIE DOWN THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT FOR THIS SPECIFIC AREA.

THE CURRENT ZONING IS ACTUALLY PART OF A MORE MUCH LARGER PD.

UM, WHAT YOU SEE IS PD 81 COVERS ALL THESE AREAS.

SHOWN THE PD WAS ADOPTED, UM, BACK IN THE DAY WHERE WE REALIZED THAT THE MARKERS THAT WAS USED BACK THEN, UH, THE STREET NAMES HAS CHANGED.

THE STREET ALIGNMENT HAS BEEN REDESIGNED.

THEREFORE, THE MEETS AND BOUND DESCRIPTION, UH, COULD NOT HELP, UM, STAFF TIE IT DOWN TO A SPECIFIC LOCATION.

WE TRIED IT WITH THE CITY MANAGEMENT.

I'M, I'M SO SORRY, CITY LEGAL OFFICES WITH OUR OWN, UH, REAL ESTATE AGENT.

UM, WE CONCLUDED THAT THE BEST WAY TO, UM, CLEAN UP THAT AREA IS EITHER TO HAVE

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SO WE CAN CLEAN UP ONE BY ONE OF THE REMAINING AREAS.

AGAIN, MOST OF THE PD 81 IS ALREADY DEVELOPED WITH MOSTLY SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISIONS ONLY SOME OF THE COMMERCIAL CORES HAVE BEEN LEFT ALONE.

SO, AGAIN, THE UH, WHOLE POINT IS TO SAY THE PROPERTY OWNER WISHES TO DEVELOP THIS FOR MULTI-TENANT RETAIL RESTAURANT DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS ALREADY ALLOWED IN THE PD 81.

IF THEY'RE ABLE TO TIE DOWN THE GENERAL RETAIL BOUNDARY TO THEIR PROPERTY, IT WILL ALLOW THEM TO GO STRAIGHT INTO SITE PLAN REVIEWS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH, SO THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHICH STANDARDS TO APPLY.

AGAIN, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT IT IS, UM, THERE IS A UTILITY EASEMENT SEPARATING THIS, UH, PROPOSED LOCATION FROM THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE ALREADY OTHER RETAIL CENTERS THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE AROUND THIS GENERAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO AGAIN, UM, ALL THIS ZONE CHANGES IS GONNA ALLOW, IS THIS PROPERTY SHOWN IN YELLOW TO STAY AS PD 81 WITH A CLEAR, UH, BASED ZONING DISTRICT OF GENERAL RETAIL? THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

THIS CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION.

IS THERE ANY QUESTION FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME? ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? I THINK WE CAN'T GET ANY CLEARER THAN THAT.

ANY SPEAKER CARDS? WE HAVE TWO CARDS.

MUFA HUSSEIN WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.

COME RIGHT ON UP.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS MU ADDRESS, UH, 1721 WEST POLO ROAD.

UH, AND YEAH, I MAINLY CAME UP TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY THINGS YOU GUYS WERE CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WAS JUMPING INTO THIS, TRYING TO LEAD THE DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS PROPERTY.

UH, WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR WHAT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, AND REALLY TRYING TO BRING A LOT OF LIFE AND ENERGY INTO THAT AREA.

SO I WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT WAS OF CONCERN, I WAS HOPING I COULD ALLEVIATE FOR, ALLEVIATE THOSE CONCERNS FOR YOU ALL.

BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, IF NOT, WELL, WE'RE HAPPY YOU'RE HERE.

WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED.

AND CAN YOU GIVE US ANY TIDBITS? DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ALREADY IN MIND? YEAH, I MEAN, AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE ARE CONSIDERING ABOUT 16,000 SQUARE FEET OR SO FOR RETAIL SHOPPING SPACE.

UM, THAT WOULD BE KIND OF SPLIT AMONGST ABOUT EIGHT SEPARATE SPACES.

NOW, OBVIOUSLY THIS CAN CHANGE DEPENDING ON WHAT, UH, YEAH.

LOVELY.

UM, SO YEAH, THIS IS CURRENTLY OUR CURRENT, YOU KNOW, PROJECTION ON THE DIRECTION THAT WE WANT TO GO IN TERMS OF SPACE PER UNIT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT.

I WOULD SAY THAT THAT WOULD DEPEND ON THE TENANTS THAT WANNA COME IN THERE.

IF THEY WOULD LIKE MORE SPACE, LESS SPACE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN KIND OF BUILD OUT THAT INTERIOR IN TERMS OF HOW THEY WOULD WANT TO USE THAT SPACE.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF PARKING SPACE, WE REALLY TRIED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS AMPLE, RIGHT? MM-HMM .

SO I BELIEVE IT'S, UH, LIKE A HUNDRED SQUARE FEET PER, UH, OR PARKING SPACE PER A HUNDRED SQUARE FEET, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I CAN'T REMEMBER THE MATH RIGHT NOW, BUT YEAH.

UM, VERY, VERY EXCITING.

I THINK THAT ONE THING WE WERE CONSIDERING IS POSSIBLY, YOU KNOW, ADDING A COURTYARD OR SOMETHING MM-HMM .

WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN COME IN, SIT DOWN.

I NOTICED THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A CHURCH, THERE'S A MIDDLE SCHOOL, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ALL THAT RESIDENTIAL, UH, HOUSING NEARBY.

SO IN MY MIND, I WANNA SEE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME IN, SIT DOWN, HAVE A NICE TIME, AND YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU FINISH UP A CHURCH, YOU WANNA GO SIT DOWN, EAT YOUR FOOD, AND GET A HALF DAY FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL, GO, YOU KNOW, HANG OUT WITH YOUR BUDDIES.

I WAS GONNA ASK YOU ABOUT BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR.

YOU'VE ALREADY ANSWERED IT.

WE LOVE THAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND THANKS FOR COMING, COMMISSIONERS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.

WE HAVE ONE OTHER CARD FROM ABDULLAH, UH, TARA WHO WISHES TO NOTE HIS SUPPORT, BUT DOESN'T WISH TO SPEAK.

ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? WE'RE GOOD.

THANK YOU FOR COMING, SIR.

THIS IS, UM, DISTRICT SIX.

WE, AND, AND BY THE WAY, WE HAVE A BRAND NEW COMMISSIONER, AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE HIM.

HIS NAME IS, IS KENNY.

IS IT, IS THAT MY KENNY KENNY PRESLEY IN DISTRICT SIX? LET'S GIVE HIM A HAND FOR WANTING TO VOLUNTEER.

WE WANT YOU, WE WELCOME YOU.

UH, AND WE'D LIKE FOR YOU TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT WHY YOU DECIDE TO COME AND, UH, BE A COMMISSIONER, AND THEN YOU CAN, WE'LL GET INTO THE, THE BUSINESS.

UH, WELL, THANK YOU.

I'M HERE, HERE BECAUSE, UH, I'VE BEEN IN GRAND PRAIRIE FOR 20 PLUS YEARS HERE.

JUST, UH, WANT TO SUPPORT THE CITY, WANT TO ENHANCE THE CITY BETTER, THE CITY.

AND I WANT TO DO THE BEST I CAN TO LEAVE GRAND PRAIRIE BETTER THAN, UH, HOW I FOUND IT.

SO VERY GOOD.

THAT'S MY REASON.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND, AND WELCOME.

WE PROMISE WE'LL BE NICE.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, THIS IS YOUR VERY FIRST TIME BEING HERE.

WE WOULDN'T DARE WANT TO MAKE YOU, UM, MAKE THIS MOTION, BUT ARE YOU, YOU READY? OKAY.

FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM, COMMISSIONERS, UM, COMMISSIONER PRESLEY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE? ABSOLUTELY.

I'M READY.

WELL, UH, IF THERE'S ANY, NO

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MADAM CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM EIGHT, UH, ZONE, WELL, ZON 26 0 4 0 0 0 8, UH, ZONE CHANGE, AND MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE ACCORDING TO THE DRC RECOMMENDATIONS.

WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COMMISSIONER PRESLEY TO APPROVE, AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN AS PER DRC.

RECOMMENDATIONS.

ALL IN FAVOR, O OF THIS APPROVAL, RAISE YOUR HAND.

WELL, VERY WELL DONE.

GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS.

WOO WOO.

YOU WON'T GET CLAPPED EVERY TIME.

YOU WON'T .

[9. TAM-26-04-0001 - Text Amendment - Article 12: Subdivision and Utilities. An Ordinance of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas, amending portions of Article 12: Subdivision and Utilities for the purpose of specifying that earth disturbing activities on lots smaller than two acres must have an accompanying active building permit; Repealing all Ordinances or Parts of Ordinances in Conflict Herewith; Containing a Savings Clause and a Severability Clause; Containing a Penalty Clause, and Establishing an Effective Date]

NEXT CASE, PLEASE.

ALL RIGHT.

THIS NEXT ITEM IS A TEXT AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 12 SUBDIVISION AND UTILITIES OF OUR UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.

IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

THE CHANGES ARE TO, UM, STATE THAT FOR RESIDENTIAL LOTS THAT ARE LESS THAN TWO ACRES, ANY LAND PREPARING ACTIVITIES SHALL ONLY OCCUR IF THERE'S A DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED ACTIVE BUILDING PERMIT.

AND LAND PREPARING ACTIVITIES INCLUDE CLEARING, GRADING, GRABBING EARTHWORK, EXCAVATING, AND FILL ACTIVITIES.

SO REALLY ANYTHING THAT PREPARES THAT LOT TO BE DEVELOPED.

UH, SO THIS IS INTENDED REALLY TO HELP OUR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE DEPARTMENT STREAMLINE THE, THIS PART OF THEIR PROCESSES, AND THEN CLARIFY WHICH ACTIVITIES ARE ALLOWED UNDER THOSE SPECIFIC PERMITS THAT THEY OVERSEE.

WITH THAT, THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMM, UH, COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL, AND I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

VERY WELL DONE, SAVANNAH.

AS ALWAYS.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SAVANNAH? THIS IS, I, I LIKE THE WAY Y'ALL ARE DOING THIS.

THIS IS GREAT.

YOU'RE DOING ALL THE WORK FOR US.

THANK GOD.

I MEAN, YOU'RE, YOU'RE KEEPING THINGS SIMPLE.

YOU'RE CLARIFYING AND CLEANING UP AS YOU GO.

YOU CAN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THAT.

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER CITIES ARE AS GOOD AS OURS.

PROBABLY NOT , BUT I I THINK I'VE NOTICED THAT YOU KNOW, THAT Y'ALL ARE REALLY WORKING THROUGH THINGS AND WE WANNA GIVE THEM A BIG HAND RIGHT NOW.

LET'S GIVE THEM A HAND.

WE DO APPRECIATE IT THOUGH, BECAUSE THIS IS A LOT OF WORK AND WE KNOW IT'S A LOT OF WORK, AND WE ARE, WE'RE LAY PEOPLE, BUT YOU EXPLAIN IT AND MAKE IT, YOU BREAK IT DOWN WHERE WE CAN UNDERSTAND IT.

SO WE APPRECIATE THAT.

SO THAT BEING SAID, I THINK THAT'S IT FOR YOU, MS. SAVANNAH.

AND DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? COMMISSIONER FEDCO, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

YOU CAN JUST NOTE THAT THERE'S NO ONE HERE.

THERE'S NO ONE HERE.

UH, COMMISSIONER FEDCO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THIS, SIR? WOULD YOU LIKE FOR ME TO TAKE IT? SURE.

MADAM CHAIR, I KNOW EVERYONE'S GONNA BE DISAPPOINTED, BUT I'D LIKE TO MAYBE NOT PROLONG THE DISCUSSION ON THE TEXT AMENDMENT AND VOTE TO CLOSE THE MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND VOTE TO APPROVE PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM NINE T AM 2 6 0 4 0 0 1 AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATION AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ERY.