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[ Call to Order]

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WELCOME TO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING OF JULY 14TH, 2026.

I'M CHERYL SMITH, CHAIR OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

THIS MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING IS HEREBY CALL BACK TO ORDER AT 6:45 PM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETS THE SECOND AND FOURTH TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH.

ALL MEETINGS ARE VIDEO RECORDED.

NEW OFFICIAL ACTION CAN BE TAKEN UNLESS PROPER APPLICATION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED THROUGH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOLLOWS A PRINTED AGENDA THAT IS AVAILABLE ONLINE PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT.

AGENDA ITEMS ARE ROUTINE ITEMS WHICH CAN ALL BE APPROVED IN ONE MOTION.

HOWEVER, ANY MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION MAY MAKE A MOTION TO INDIVIDUALLY CONSIDER AN ITEM FROM THE PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA.

INDIVIDUALS MAY ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANY ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.

TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM OR NOTE YOUR SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION WITHOUT SPEAKING, PLEASE FILL OUT A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD.

THESE CARDS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE COUNTER AND SHOULD BE TURNED IN AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM PRIOR TO THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM BEING CALLED, I'LL NOW CONDUCT A ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS TO CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM.

AFTER I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE SAY HERE, CHERYL SMITH.

HERE, TY CHAPMAN.

HERE, MALCOLM ERY.

CHRISTOPHER COLEY.

FRANK GONZALEZ, JANIE MENDEZ.

ARI.

HERE.

VICTOR MEDINA.

JOHN FKO.

HERE.

KENNETH PRESLEY.

HERE, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT EXCEPT FOR MALCOLM ERY, CHRISTOPHER OLEY, FRANK GONZALEZ AND VICTOR MEDINA.

AND NOW WE WILL HAVE COMMISSIONER TY CHAPMAN.

GIVE US THE INVOCATION AND WE'LL HAVE COMMISSIONER JANIE MENDEZ, ARI LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE US AND TEXAS FOR LIFE.

BOW YOUR HEADS, PLEASE.

MOST GRACIOUS AND EVERLASTING, FATHER, WE COME TODAY JUST THANKING YOU FOR THIS GATHERING TONIGHT.

WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.

WE INVITE YOUR PRESENCE INTO THIS MEETING.

LORD GOD, WE ASK FOR YOUR WISDOM TO GUIDE IN EVERY CONVERSATION, EVERY CONVERSATION, AND EVERY DECISION THAT IS MADE.

WE LIFT UP THE MEMBERS, FATHER GOD, THAT COULD NOT BE HERE WITH US TONIGHT.

BLESS THEM AND WATCH OVER THEM.

KEEP THEM SAFE IN YOUR BOSOM.

FATHER GOD, FROM HARM AND DANGER, LORD GOD, WE PRAY FOR OUR CITY.

IT'S LEADERS AND ALL THOSE ENTRUSTED IN OUR COMMUNITY GIVE THEM THE ANOINTING, FATHER GOD, THAT THEY WOULD BE SHIELDED AND PROTECTED.

FATHER GOD, EVERY DAY, FATHER GOD, MAKE THEIR HEARTS AND MINDS.

FATHER GOD SERVE YOU IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH, LORD GOD, LET LOVE PRESIDE OVER THIS CITY.

FATHER GOD, WE ASK FOR A SPECIAL COVERING FOR THOSE BUSINESSES, FATHER GOD, THAT ARE NESTED HERE IN OUR CITY.

FATHER GOD, LET THEM PROSPER IN THE NAME OF JESUS, FATHER GOD.

AND LET THAT PROSPERITY FATHER GOD, LEAVE THEM TO HAVE HEARTS AND MINDS, FATHER GOD, TO DO MORE IN THE CITY.

FATHER GOD, WE THANK YOU LORD GOD, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT YOUR WORD IS TRUE, FATHER GOD.

AND BEFORE ONE JOT OR ONE TIDDLE OF IT WOULD CEASE TO BE HEAVEN AND EARTH WOULD BE NO MORE.

LORD GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THOSE THAT ARE ASSEMBLED.

FATHER GOD, LET THE WORDS OF OUR MOUTH, FATHER GOD, AND THE MEDITATIONS OF OUR HEART BE HOLY AND ACCEPTABLE IN YOUR SIGHT.

IT IS IN YOUR DARLING SON JESUS' NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN.

AMEN.

AMEN.

PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD AND OF LIBERTY AND JUSTICE RULE, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG BY PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO TEXAS HONOR ONE OOPS.

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'D 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 YOU HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? WE DON'T.

FOR THIS ITEM.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

NO SPEAKER CARDS.

THE

[PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA ]

NEXT MATTER FOR CONSIDERATION IS APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THERE'S ONE ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ITEM ONE, APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE JUNE 23RD, 2026 PNZ MEETING.

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

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

THANK YOU.

WE HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? COMMISSIONER FCO.

MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND VOTE TO APPROVE ITEM ONE, THE MINUTES FROM OUR JUNE 23RD MEETING.

I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE PUBLIC CONSENT AGENDA BY COMMISSIONER FCO AND IS SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

FIRST CASE, PLEASE.

OH, I'M SORRY.

BEFORE YOU, BEFORE YOU COME, , I JUST THOUGHT ABOUT IT.

WE HAVE,

[PUBLIC HEARING POSTPONEMENT, RECESS, CONTINUATIONS ]

UH, THE FIRST CASE, UH, TO BE TABLED, TO BE POSTPONED, UH, FOR JULY 28TH, 2026 ZON 2 6 0 5 0 0 1 4 ZONING CHANGE CONCEPT PLAN FOR GOODLAND RIVER BEND.

UM, CAN I GET A MOTION ON THAT TO, UH, TABLE THIS ITEM, UH, .

AS LONG AS THE MICROPHONE DOESN'T KILL YOU.

YES.

.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

OKAY.

SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION ON FLOOR TO TABLE ITEM TWO ZERO N TWO SIX.

JUST FOR CLARIFICATION.

UM, MS. ARI, YOU SAID MOTION TO APPROVE? SORRY.

IS YOUR MOTION TO APPROVE TABLING? TABLING? YES.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

TO THE 28TH, CORRECT? YES.

26TH.

IT'S THE 28TH.

28TH.

28TH OF JULY, 2026.

YES.

YEAH.

UH, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COMMISSIONER JANIE ARI TO TABLE ITEM ZERO N 2 6 0 5, 0 0 1 4, AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER, UH, FKO ON ZONING CHANGE CONCEPT PLAN FOR GOODLAND RIVER BEND.

AGAIN, JULY 28TH, 2026.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES TO TABLE.

NEXT CASE, PLEASE.

[3. STP-26-05-0008 - Site Plan - Oncor Oakdale Substation (City Council District 1). Site Plan to construct a new Electric Substation on 9.40 acres. Lot 1, Block 1, West Oakdale Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, zoned PD-326 & Light Industrial (LI) Districts, within the SH 161 Corridor Overlay, and addressed as 1650 W Oakdale Rd ]

GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS.

THE NEXT ITEM IS THE ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS A SITE PLAN REQUEST FOR ONCOURSE SUBSTATION STP 26 0 5 0 0 0 8.

SO THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A NEW ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION AT 1650 WEST OAKDALE ROAD, CURRENTLY ZONE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, WHERE THIS PROPOSED USES ALL LAB BY RIGHT.

THIS AREA VIEW KIND OF SHOWS HOW THE EXISTING 150 FOOT WIDE UTILITY EASEMENT BISECTS THE PROPERTY.

UM, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO BUILD A NEW, UH, SUBSTATION ELECTRIC, UH, EQUIPMENT PAD HERE IN THE AREA, GENERALLY SHOWN WITH THE WHITE RECTANGLE.

HERE'S MORE OF A DETAILED SITE PLAN.

AS NOTED, THEY HAVE THE UTILITY EASEMENT THAT'S ALREADY EXISTING DUE TO THE EXISTING, UH, STRUCTURES OUT THERE.

THEY'RE PROPOSING TO BUILD A NEW SUBSTATION.

UM, THEY'RE REQUESTING A VARIANCE.

UM, ONE OF THE VARIANCE INCLUDES THE VARIANCE TO NOT PLANT ANY TREES ALONG HERE TO PRO, UM, TO PROHIBIT ANY CONFLICT WITH THE EXISTING, UM, UTILITY LINES OR ANY OTHER NEW LINES THAT ARE BEING ADDED TO THE FACILITY.

AGAIN, THEY ARE REQUESTING THREE VARIANCES JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION.

AS WE DISCUSSED DURING THE BRIEFING, THESE ARE FAIRLY SIMILAR TO OTHER VARIANCES THAT HAD, THAT HAS BEEN, UH, CONSIDERED IN A PROVIDED CITY COUNCIL ON THE PREVIOUS, UM, ONCOURSE SUBSTATIONS THAT WE HAVE REVIEWED IN THE LAST YEAR OR TWO.

FIRST IS THE HEIGHT REQUIREMENT.

THE ZONING RESTRICTS THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF A STRUCTURE TO 50 FEET DUE TO HIGH BOLTY.

THEY ACT, THEIR TOWERS ACTUALLY HAS TO BE TALLER THAN 65 FEET.

THEY'RE REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS COVERED.

THE SECOND IS THE MINIMUM LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENT.

AGAIN, UM, THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING A PROPOSAL FOR A BERM THAT WILL BE PLACED HERE.

UM, IT WILL BE AT MAXIMUM SIX FOOT TALL.

IT'LL BE COVERED IN, UM, GRASS.

THAT WILL LOOK A LITTLE BIT NICER THAN REGULAR SAWD.

UM, THIS WILL ACTUALLY CREATE A NICE BUFFER ALONG THE STREET FROM THE EQUIPMENT PAD AND THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE.

UM, THE LAST ONE IS THE PAVEMENT.

UM, WE TYPICALLY REQUIRE CONCRETE FOR ANY PAVED SURFACES.

HOWEVER, UH, WE HAVE GRANTED SIMILAR VARIANCES FOR THE EQUIPMENT PAD TO BE, UH, COMPACTED SOIL WITH GRAVEL.

UM, THAT IS THE INDUSTRY STANDARD.

AND THEY ARE PROPOSING A NEW DRIVEWAY THAT WILL ALLOW, UH, THE EMPLOYEES TO COME AND DO MAINTENANCES AS REQUIRED.

THEY'RE REQUESTING THIS DRIVEWAY ALSO TO BE A GRAVEL, UH, DRIVEWAY.

AGAIN, THE STAFF DOES NOT FORESEE A LOT OF HEAVY REGULAR TRAFFIC ON THIS ROAD.

UM, THESE ARE THE, UH, VARIANCES THAT THEY, THEY'RE REQUESTING.

UM, THE STAFF IS, UM, REQUESTING YOU TO CONSIDER THE REQUEST FOR SITE PLAN WITH, UH, CONSIDERATION FOR THREE VARIANCES.

UM, THE APPLICANT IS HERE IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

THIS CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME? I JUST HAVE ONE.

YES, MA'AM.

THE BER YOU

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CALL IT THE BURMA A BERM? YEAH, IT'S LIKE A SMALL HILL .

IS IT GONNA BE YES.

THE EXTENT OF THE ENTIRE AREA OR JUST YES, MA'AM.

LITTLE SECTION, MA'AM? YES, MA'AM.

SO THIS KIND OF SHOWS THE ONE SECTION THAT'S CUT THROUGH HERE MM-HMM .

SO THAT LITTLE, UH, LITTLE HILL WILL BE CONTINUOUS.

IT'S GONNA BE LIKE, ALMOST LIKE A SPEED BUMP.

IT'S, EXCEPT THAT IT'LL BE TALLER AND IT'LL BE COVERED IN GRASS.

IT'S NOT GONNA BE CONCRETE, BUT IT GONNA HAVE ANY, UH, LIKE FLOWERS OR ANY OTHER SHRUBS OR ANYTHING, JUST, I BELIEVE THEY SAID IT WILL JUST HAVE DECORATIVE GRASS ONLY.

OKAY.

YES, MA'AM.

MM-HMM .

COMMISSIONERS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSION FOR DARCO.

UH, NO QUESTIONS FOR JUNE, BUT JUNE, COULD YOU PLEASE LEAVE THAT MAP UP? YES.

MM-HMM .

THE MAP OR THE SAY PLAN THAT WHATEVER THAT, WHATEVER YOU CALL THAT.

MM-HMM .

YES, SIR.

OKAY.

SURE.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GREAT PRESENTATION SPEAKER CARDS.

WE DO NOT HAVE ANY CARDS FOR THIS ITEM.

OH.

AS THE, UH, THERE'S NO ONE HERE FROM ENCORE.

I THOUGHT THE ENCORE GUY WAS HERE.

THEY FILLED OUT A WRONG CASE NUMBER.

I'M SO SORRY.

WE DO HAVE, UM, THE APPLICANT HERE.

COME ON UP, SIR.

WE'LL, THEY'LL GET IT FIGURED OUT.

STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

YES, SIR.

WE'LL JUST NEED TO ASK YOU TO FILL OUT A CARD AFTER YOU SPEAK.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR COMMISSION.

MY NAME'S ASHLEY MILLER WITH ENCORE.

ADDRESS IS 7 7 7 MAIN STREET IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

YES.

UM, WE'RE JUST GLAD TO THAT YOU'RE HERE.

IT'S IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOMETHING NEW COMING IN THE CITY THAT THE, THE PERSON HAVING, MAKING WANTING TO COME IN COMES IN TO SEE US.

YES, MA'AM.

SO WITH REGARD TO THIS SUBSTATION, I'M PRETTY SURE HOW, HOW MANY DO WE HAVE ANYWAY IN THE GRAND PRAIRIE AREA? UH, THERE'S QUITE A FEW, UM, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

UM, I THINK THAT THERE'S SOMEWHERE AROUND CLOSE TO 10 TO 15, UM, SUBSTATIONS OR SWITCHING STATIONS LOCATED, UM, WITHIN CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE AND AROUND THE, THE SURROUNDING AREA IN QUESTION TONIGHT.

MM-HMM .

SO WHEN YOU BUILD THIS ONE, WHAT IS IS GONNA COVER? WHICH, WHAT? PROXIMITY YOU'RE TRYING TO COVER A CERTAIN PORTION OF THE, OF THE CITY.

YEAH.

SO IT DOES, UM, COVER, IT WILL CONNECT INTO OUR DISTRIBUTION FEEDERS THAT DO DIRECTLY SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF CRAN PRAIRIE.

UM, AND ONE THING, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION, UM, I THINK THAT THEY'RE, YEAH, THIS IS PROBABLY A BETTER REPRESENTATION.

SO WE DO HAVE OUR 150 FOOT TRANSMISSION LINE EASEMENT, UH, THAT BISECTS THE PROPERTY.

IT DOES CONNECT INTO, UH, TWO OTHER, UH, THIS LINE SPECIFICALLY CONNECTS INTO TWO OTHER SUBSTATIONS, THE LIGGETTS, UH, SWITCH, UH, AND THEN SHADY GROVE.

UH, SO WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING IN THE AREA AND WHAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR IS, UH, INCREASING LOAD GROWTH, UH, FOR THE ENTIRE AREA ON THE, UM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.

SO WHAT THIS SUBSTATION WILL DO WILL, UH, BACKAND AND OFFLOAD THOSE EXISTING, UM, STATIONS THAT WE HAVE IN THE AREA, UM, AND PROVIDE MORE, UM, ELECTRICITY FOR THE AREAS LOAD GROWS.

UM, I'M GLAD YOU SAID THAT.

AND PLAIN ENGLISH IS GONNA IMPROVE THE GRID, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

COMMISSIONERS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER FEDCO? YEAH, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

SO JUST I KNOW, JUST ENOUGH TO BE DANGEROUS ABOUT SUBSTATIONS IN THE GRID.

SO THIS IS NOT TO HANDLE FUTURE GENERATION.

THIS IS GOING TO BE TO SERVE LOAD, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

IS AND WHAT'S THE REASON? IT'S, UH, I MEAN, 'CAUSE SOME OF THE SIDES, MOST OF THE HALF OF THE SIDES OF THIS POLYGON HAVE RESIDENCES TO THEM.

YOU CAN'T BE ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THAT LINE.

WE, SO WE DID TRY TO FIT, SO WE'RE, WE'RE BUILDING A FOUR TRANSFORMER SUBSTATION.

WE DID TRY TO FIT IT TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE STATION, AND THERE JUST, THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH ROOM, UM, TO, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

IT'S JUST, YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA BE RIGHT UP AGAINST, UH, RESIDENCES.

AND YOUR PLAN IS TO HAVE A STONE MASON WALL BETWEEN YOU AND THOSE RESIDENCES TO THE EAST? YES, SIR.

THAT'S CORRECT.

WE WILL HAVE, UM, AN EIGHT FOOT, I'M SORRY, A SIX FOOT MASONRY, UH, SCREENING WALL ALONG OUR EASTERN PROPERTY LINE, AND THEN OUR, UM, EIGHT FOOT CHAIN LINK FENCE THAT, UH, SURROUNDS THE STATION.

OKAY.

YOU WERE KIND OF, UH, MIND READING WHAT I WAS THINKING.

COULD THAT BE AN EIGHT FOOT MASONRY WALL INSTEAD OF A SIX FOOT? JUST FOR AROUND THE STATION? YEAH.

UM, IF IT'S THE COUNT, IF IT'S THE COMMISSION'S REQUEST, AND THEN, AND, AND COUNSEL, WE CAN, UM, UPGRADE THAT TO A MASONRY SCREENING WALL.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EMPATHY FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT, I MEAN, THEY LOOK, THEY'RE, THEY'RE RIGHT NEXT TO A 3 45.

THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE GETTING INTO WHEN THEY CITED THERE, BUT THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE SUBSTATION.

IT WAS JUST A, IT'S JUST A REQUEST.

THAT'S ALL.

MM-HMM .

BUT THE, THE REST OF YOUR STUFF IS, I THINK, IS VERY REASONABLE.

I I WISH YOU COULD HAVE PUT

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IT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT EXISTING 3 45, BUT, UM, ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.

MADAM CHAIR, COMMISSIONERS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, CAN YOU PUT THAT PICTURE BACK UP WITH THE, I WANNA SEE WHERE THE RESIDENTS ARE AGAIN.

MAYBE ON THE EAST SIDE.

I CAN'T, IS EVERYBODY STICKER THING? OKAY.

SIDE SIDE.

THAT COVERS A LOT OF AREAS.

SO THE MASON WALL GONNA BE ON BOTH SECTIONS.

IT WILL BE, UM, ON, SO WHERE YOU SEE THE, UM, RESIDENCE TO THE EAST OF OUR SITE, UH, THE, THE MASONRY WALL WILL ESSENTIALLY SIT ON THE DOTTED ORANGE LINE.

I SEE.

DOTED ORANGE LINE, BARELY.

THERE'S TWO RESIDENTIAL THERE IS HERE ON THE DOOR, BUT THE, THE CLOSER ONE IS ON THE PIECE.

YEAH.

I JUST SEE, I SEE, I SEE THE ORANGE LINE.

I THOUGHT YOU SAID SOMETHING ELSE.

I'M SORRY.

DOTTED.

OKAY.

LET ME SEE.

CAN YOU SEE THIS CURSOR HERE? YES.

YES.

UH, THE MASONRY WALL WILL BE CONSTRUCTED HERE.

AND WHAT ABOUT MATT? WHY NOT ON THE OTHER SIDE? ON THE OTHER SIDE? UH, WE, WE WERE, UH, TOLD BY STAFF THAT A, A MASONRY SCREENING WALL WAS NOT REQUIRED ALONG OUR NORTHERN PROPERTY LINE, WHICH IS WHY WE, WE DID NOT PROPOSE IT.

UH, I BELIEVE IT HAS TO DO WITH THE ZONING DISTRICT.

IT'S AN INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT TO OUR NORTH.

THAT IS CORRECT.

UM, TO THE NORTH, THEY ARE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING.

SO BASED ON OUR REGULATION, THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO PLACE A MASON WALL TO THE NORTH.

BUT IT'S STILL RESIDENCE, IT'S A, UM, RV PARK.

UM, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

IT'S JUST BASED ON THE ZONING DISTRICT.

WE CANNOT REQUIRE THAT.

UDC DOES NOT REQUIRE IT.

I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO TELL US ABOUT THIS PROJECT? THAT'S GONNA BE THE TURNAROUND TIME UP.

YES, MA'AM.

SO WE PLAN TO HAVE, UH, LET ME MAKE SURE I TELL YOU CORRECTLY.

UM, WE PLAN TO HAVE THIS, UM, SUBSTATION, UM, UP AND ENERGIZED, UH, ESTIMATING DECEMBER, 2027.

UH, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, ASSUMING WE GET APPROVAL FROM COUNCIL AND GO THROUGH THE CIVIL CONSTRUCTION PROCESS AND RECEIVE APPROVAL, UM, STARTING CONSTRUCTION, UH, LATE SPRING, EARLY SUMMER OF NEXT YEAR.

AND THEN WE'LL BE ENERGIZED AT THE END OF 2027.

A QUESTION FOR COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN.

HELLO, MR. MILLER.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

UM, QUICK QUESTION TWO.

UM, ONE, ARE YOU OPPOSED TO DOING SOMETHING ON THAT NORTHERN SIDE TO DOING THE SAME SCREENING WALK? YEAH, I MEAN, IN FULL TRANSPARENCY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DID PROPOSE THAT AT OUR INITIAL, UH, REQUEST, AND WE WERE TOLD BY STAFF WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT.

AND SO IN AN EFFORT TO, UH, SAVE ON SPENDING RATE PAYERS MONIES ON AN ADDITIONAL WALL, THAT WOULDN'T BE REQUIRED.

UH, WE DID TAKE THAT OUT OF OUR, UM, SITE PLAN REQUEST, BUT IF IT APPEASES THE COMMISSION, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT.

UM, AND WE COULD, UH, PROVIDE AN UPDATED SITE PLAN, UM, FOR IN TIME FOR COUNCIL.

THANK YOU.

MM-HMM .

SO I AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT.

YEAH.

AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION, UM, I'M JUST CURIOUS AS FAR AS FUTURE PLANNING GOES WITH ENCORE MM-HMM .

AND YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, SO THERE'S, YOU KNOW, NO RIGHT OR WRONG ANSWER.

WHAT ARE THE OTHER SUBSTATIONS WE'RE LOOKING AT THROUGHOUT GRAND PRAIRIE? YEAH, SO, UM, AS OF RIGHT NOW, UM, I JUST, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I, I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE ANY COMING UP THAT I KNOW OF.

AND WE'RE PLANNING, UM, AS OF RIGHT ALL THE WAY UP TO 2030, UM, FOR ALL OF OUR NEW PROJECTS OR HITTING MY DESK.

AND, UM, SO AS OF OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, NOTHING IS, IS COMING TO MIND THAT WE HAVE ANY NEW STATIONS PROPOSED, UM, IN THE CITY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GROWING OF COURSE, UH, BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS AND YOUR ABSO INCREASE THE LOAD GROWTH IS WHAT I'M THINKING.

ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, AS THE CITY STRETCHES OUT, IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL THAT WE COULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH THE GRID.

MM-HMM .

SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT, SIR.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU FOR MR. CHAPMAN.

THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.

I WAS ABOUT TO ASK THAT QUESTION BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, TAKE CONSIDERATION.

WELL, IF Y'ALL ARE OPEN TO US BUILDING SUBSTATIONS, WE LIKE BUILDING THEM.

SO, AND IF Y'ALL WILL APPROVE IT, WE'LL, WE'LL GET 'EM BUILT TO WORK, BUT IT'S REALLY HOT AND IT'S REALLY COLD.

ABSOLUTELY.

I'M VERY UNCOMFORTABLE AND HARD GET SOMETIMES.

MM-HMM .

ANYTHING ELSE? COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

MA'AM, MR. FEDORKO, CAN YOU, UM, CAN YOU CLARIFY, WERE YOU DISCUSSING REQUESTING AN EIGHT FOOT MASONRY FENCE, UM, JUST ON THAT EAST SIDE OR ON THE PERIMETER

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OF THE PAD SITE? I'M CONTEMPLATING THAT AS PART OF MY MOTION, BUT BASED UPON THE GOOD INSIGHT THAT MS. CHAPMAN MADE IT, NOW, IT'S GONNA BE FOR SURE ON THE EAST AND THE NORTH.

AND IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE HALFWAY THERE, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT GOING AROUND THE, IT MAKES SENSE.

KIND OF GO AROUND THE WHOLE WAY AT THAT POINT.

AND I, I COMPLETELY GET WHAT MR. MILLER'S SAYING.

'CAUSE AS RATE PAYERS, WE PAY FOR THAT EXTRA TWO FEET, BUT HE IS, HE IS CONTIGUOUS TO TWO RESIDENTS NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH IS I THINK CALLS FOR THE LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA SPENDING IF POSSIBLE.

VERY GOOD.

, UM, HELLO.

JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS NOT A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.

SO THERE'S A LIMITATION ON WHAT WE CAN REQUIRE AS AN ADDITIONAL.

OF COURSE, YOU ARE FREE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL.

WE'D BE HAPPY TO CONSIDER THAT.

KEEP IN MIND THAT MAYBE ON THE NORTHERN SIDE, BECAUSE NO WALLS ARE REQUIRED, UH, ONE OPTION THAT THE STAFF DID EXPLORE WITH THE APPLICANT WAS MAYBE HAVING SOLID WOOD SCREENING.

THAT WILL BE CHEAPER OPTION, BUT THAT WOULD PROVIDE THAT EXTRA BUFFER.

SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN YOU'RE MAKING, UM, CONDITIONS, WE'D BE HAPPY TO FORWARD IT TO YOU.

BUT AGAIN, THIS IS A SITE PLAN, WHICH IS A MINISTERIAL ACT.

IF THEY'RE MEETING ALL OUR REQUIREMENT, THEY ARE ALLOWED.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, OUR JOB IS TO STAY WHAT WE SEE AND THE RESIDENTS AFFECTED BY THAT.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? CONCERNS? THANK YOU.

UH, SO THIS IS, UH, DISTRICT ONE COMMISSIONER FEDCO.

ANY OTHER, UH, DISCUSSION? DO WE HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKER CARDS ON THIS? NO, MA'AM.

OKAY.

ANY, UH, DISCUSSION ON THIS, SIR? I HAVE NO DISCUSSION, BUT I CAN TRY TO MAKE A MOTION IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT? YES, PLEASE DO.

SO, MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY, I LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND VOTE TO APPROVE WITH MINOR MODIFICATIONS, SDP DASH 26 DASH OH FIVE DASH ZERO EIGHT, WHERE ON THE EASTERN SIDE, UM, WE, WE INCLUDE ALL THE VARIANCES THAT WERE ASKED FOR BY STAFF, BUT THE EASTERN SIDE WOULD HAVE AN EIGHT FOOT MASONRY FENCE, UM, AND THE NORTHERN SIDE WOULD HAVE AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE OF SOME KIND.

IT COULD BE WOOD, IT COULD BE MASON.

LEAVE THAT TO THE COUNCIL'S, UH, DISCRETION.

I SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COMMISSIONER FKO FOR ITEM THREE STP 26 0 5 0 0 0 8, UH, TO APPROVE AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS WITH THIS ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.

AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT CASE PLEASE.

[4. SUP-26-06-0014 - Specific Use Permit - Tattoo & Body Piercing Studio at 2100 N Highway 360 (City Council District 1). Specific Use Permit for a tattoo and body piercing studio in an existing commercial lease space. Tract 1, G.S.C. Development Corporation Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, zoned Light Industrial (LI) and addressed as 2100 N Hwy 360, Suite 1100B]

MADAM CHAIR.

ITEM FOUR IS SUP 2 6 0 6 0 0 1 4.

THIS IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A TATTOO AND BODY PIERCING STUDIO, LOCATED AT 2100 NORTH HIGHWAY 360.

SUITE 1100 B.

HERE IS AN AERIAL VIEW WITH THE OVERALL, UH, PROPERTY OUTLINED IN YELLOW.

YOU CAN SEE THE RED STAR THAT IS THE LOCATION OF THE SUITE IN QUESTION SURROUNDING THE, UH, PROPOSED SITE.

WE HAVE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING, UH, PRETTY MUCH ALL THE WAY AROUND IT.

UM, THE USES INCLUDE MEDICAL OFFICE, INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE, UH, C STORES WITH GAS SALES.

WE DO ACROSS THE HIGHWAY, HAVE A SMALL POCKET OF GENERAL RETAIL, ONE THAT, UM, HAS SOME RESTAURANT USES.

JUST NORTH OF THAT, WE HAVE A MULTI-FAMILY, UH, DEVELOPMENT THAT IS IN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING.

SO, AS I MENTIONED, THE PROPOSED USE IS A TATTOO AND BODY PIERCING STUDIO THAT'S GOING TO BE APPOINTMENT FOCUSED.

IT IS PROPOSED TO GO INTO AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL LEASE SPACE THAT IS 505 SQUARE FEET.

IT WILL BE RUN BY A SINGLE ARTIST WHO IS THE OWNER OPERATOR AT THIS TIME, THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES ANTICIPATED.

THE HOURS OF OPERATION PROPOSED BY THE APPLICANT ARE MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, 11:00 AM TO 7:00 PM THEY WILL BE CLOSED ON SUNDAY, AND THE APPLICANT ANTICIPATES TWO TO FIVE CLIENTS PER DAY.

THE APPLICANT IS A PROFESSIONAL TATTOO ARTIST THAT IS LICENSED WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS.

UM, SHE IS OSHA BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS CERTIFIED.

SHE IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION, AND SHE IS TRAINED IN PERSONAL PROTECTIVE GEAR AND SANITATION PROCEDURES.

HERE YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, FLOOR PLAN OF THE SUBJECT SUITE ON THE LEFT AND THEN A, A LITTLE ARTIST RENDERING OF WHAT, UH, THE APPLICANT APPLICANT ANTICIPATES THE INTERIOR LOOKING LIKE.

OKAY, THE UDC ZONING REQUIREMENTS.

SO THE UDC DOES HAVE REQUIREMENTS

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FOR LOCATION TATTOO AND BODY PIERCING STUDIOS ARE ALLOWED ONLY IN THE CENTRAL AREA, HEAVY COMMERCIAL, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS.

THEY SHALL NOT BE LOCATED WITHIN 300 FEET OF A CHURCH, SCHOOL OR RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT, NOR SHALL THEY BE LOCATED WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF ANOTHER.

STUDIO.

STAFF HAS VERIFIED THE SUBJECT PROPERTY MEETS THE UDC LOCATION REQUIREMENTS.

THE UDC ALSO REQUIRES PARKING.

UM, SO THIS USE WOULD BE PARKED AT ONE SPACE FOR EVERY 275 SQUARE FEET THAT GENERATES TWO REQUIRED PARKING SPACES.

THE OVERALL SUBJECT PROPERTY DOES CONTAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 650 SPACES.

DO NOTE THAT THOSE SPACES ARE FOR ALL OF THE TENANTS OF THE BUSINESS PARK.

AND FINALLY, THE UDC DOES SPECIFY HOURS OF OPERATION, UM, THAT THEY NOT EXCEED BEYOND MIDNIGHT.

AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE APPLICANT HAS PROPOSED HOURS, UH, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY FROM 11:00 AM TO 7:00 PM THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.

AND STAFF HAD, HAS DONE AN ANALYSIS OF INFORMATION FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER.

DOES THE PROPOSAL ADVANCE THE CITY'S VISION? SO THE FLUME DESIGNATION FOR THIS AREA IS COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICE.

THIS TYPE OF USE FITS NICELY WITHIN THAT CATEGORY.

AND THE PROPOSAL IS FOR AN INDEPENDENT ARTIST OWNED AND MANAGED TATTOO STUDIO THAT ALIGNS WITH THE 2026 CITY COUNCIL GOALS OF PROMOTING SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND ATTRACTING INDEPENDENT RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS.

UH, WE ASKED IS THE PROPOSAL COMPATIBLE WITH ITS SURROUNDINGS? WE HAVE FOUND THAT THE PROPOSAL, THE PROPOSED USE IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING ZONING DISTRICTS AND EXISTING MIX OF COMMERCIAL AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES, AND THERE ARE NO RESIDENTIAL USES ADJACENT TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND THE USES TYPICAL OF THE AREA, AREA CHARACTERISTICS.

UH, THE THIRD THING THAT WE LOOKED AT WAS HOW DOES THIS PROPOSAL RELATE TO THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS IN AREA CONTEXT? THE PROPOSED USE IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN AND IS NOT ANTICIPATED TO DISRUPT THE SURROUNDING AREA.

AND FINALLY, UH, WHAT DEVELOPMENT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROPOSAL SHOULD BE CONSIDERED? SO STAFF WANTS TO TELL YOU THAT THE PROPOSED USE MEETS THE UDC DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR TATTOO AND BODY PIERCING STUDIOS.

AND THE OWNER OPERATOR IS PROPERLY LICENSED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS AND SUBJECT TO INSPECTIONS BY THE STATE OR ITS AFFILIATES.

STAFF SENT NINE NOTICES TO SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.

WE RECEIVED ZERO LETTERS IN SUPPORT, ZERO LETTERS IN OPPOSITION.

AND SHOULD THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST, STAFF RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING CONDITION THAT THE OPERATIONS ADHERE TO EXHIBIT B, THE OPERATIONAL PLAN, AND TO EXHIBIT C, THE FLOOR PLAN.

MADAM CHAIR, COMMISSIONERS, DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THIS EVENING? COMMISSIONERS ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN? AARON, WHY NINE NOTICES? WHO WERE THEY SENT TO? DO YOU KNOW? SAY IT ONE MORE TIME.

COMMISSIONER, THE NINE NOTICES.

MM-HMM .

TO WHOM WERE THEY SENT? SO THEY ARE SENT TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 300 FEET OF THE OVERALL, UH, BOUNDARY LINE FOR THE ENTIRE PROPERTY NOT TAKEN OFF OF THE SUITE.

WE DID NOTICE OFF OF THE LARGE PROPERTY.

THANK YOU.

OF COURSE, MADAM CHAIR.

COMMISSIONERS.

ANY OTHER CON CONCERNS? GREAT PRESENTATION.

YES, MA'AM.

THE APPLICANT IS HERE.

OH, I WAS ABOUT TO SAY.

THE APPLICANT IS HERE.

THANK YOU.

OF COURSE.

WE HAVE ONE CARD FOR MAYA SULTANA WISH, WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.

COME ON DOWN.

PLEASE, MA'AM, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

WELCOME.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS MAYA TIANA.

I RESIDE IN GRAND PRAIRIE AT 8 0 2 BURLESON STREET.

AND MAY I READ WHAT I WROTE? YES, YOU CAN.

THANK YOU.

I HAVE LIVED WITHIN THE METROPLEX MOST OF MY LIFE.

AND OUT OF ALL THE CITIES I'VE LIVED IN GRAND PRAIRIE HAS FELT LIKE HOME.

THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT THE CITY, AND I WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ESTABLISH MY BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE BECAUSE I LOVE THE DIVERSITY THE CITY OFFERS AND HOW STRONG THE ECONOMIC GROWTH HAS BECOME.

I'VE SEEN HOW EVERYTHING HAS DEVELOPED RIGHT BEFORE MY EYES IN JUST THE LAST 10 YEARS.

SO I ALSO APPRECIATE THE COMMITMENT THE CITY HAS IN SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES.

MY GOAL IS TO CREATE A PROFESSIONAL AND WELCOMING TATTOO STUDIO THAT EMPHASIZES ON SAFETY PRIMARILY FOR US WOMEN AND CUSTOMER SERVICE, WHILE PROVIDING

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A POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR CLIENTS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS.

I PLAN ON EXPANDING MY BUSINESS WITHIN THE NEXT FEW YEARS TO CREATE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHERS IN MY FIELD.

HOWEVER, MY ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO BECOME A LONG-TERM ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE CITY'S BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU THAT, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND WE APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU WANT TO BE HERE.

IS THIS YOUR FIRST BUSINESS? YOU HAVE BUSINESSES IN OTHER CITIES? THIS WILL BE MY FIRST OFFICIAL BUSINESS.

OH, WOW.

OKAY.

THIS, I'M CURRENTLY IN A PRIVATE STUDIO.

MM-HMM .

THE WHOLE TIME I'VE WORKED IN THIS PRIVATE STUDIO, I'VE WORKED ON MY MBA MM-HMM .

AND I'VE FINALLY OUTGROWN THE STUDIO.

SO IT'S TIME TO EXPAND.

WELL, I THANK YOU FOR COMING TO GRAND PRAIRIE WITH YOUR BUSINESS.

AND I LOVE THE, WHAT YOU'VE DONE WITH YOUR, UH, DIAGRAM.

IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO IT.

THIS LOOKS LIKE A VERY UPSCALE BUSINESS, AND THAT YOU'RE DOING IT BY APPOINTMENT, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU'RE VERY, YOU'VE BEEN TRYING TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT WHO YOU BRING IN AND OUT OF YOUR BUSINESS.

AND, UM, I, I'M JUST REALLY IMPRESSED WITH WHAT YOU'VE DONE SO FAR.

COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER FEDCO? UH, MS. TANA? I AGREE.

UM, IT WAS A VERY HEARTFELT MESSAGE.

THIS IS MY DISTRICT, SO I I WILL BE MOVING TO SUPPORT IT.

AND I WILL SAY I'M, UH, A LITTLE BIT RELIEVED THAT YOU'RE BREAKING THE STEREOTYPE OF WHAT A TATTOO ARTIST IS.

MM-HMM .

THAT'S NOT, THANK YOU.

THAT'S NOT YOU.

SO I THINK THAT'S ALSO A NICE LITTLE THING TO YOUR, YOUR BUSINESS COMMISSIONERS.

ANY OTHER CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

YES.

WE HAVE NO FURTHER CARDS.

OKAY.

THIS IS, UH, DISTRICT ONE COMMISSIONER FEDCO.

WOULD YOU LIKE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM, SIR? I DO NOT THINK SO.

NO, I DO NOT THINK SO.

OKAY.

SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, SIR? YES.

YES MA'AM.

GIMME JUST ONE SECOND TO PULL THE INFORMATION UP.

UH, MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY, I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND VOTE TO APPROVE PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, ITEM SUP DASH 26 DASH 0 6 6 0 0 4.

I'LL SECOND HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE.

ITEM FOUR BY COMMISSIONER FEDCO AND A SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER JANIE, I AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT CASE PLEASE.

GOOD LUCK TO YOU, MA'AM.

THANK GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

ITEM NUMBER SIX IS SUP DASH TWO.

SORRY TO INTERRUPT FOR JUST ONE MOMENT.

UM, PRIOR TO THIS STAFF, DO WE NEED A FORMAL MOTION TO TABLE? YES.

THE NEXT ITEM? YES.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

SORRY.

CREW COMMISSIONERS.

WE HAVE ITEM

[5. SUP-26-05-0009 - Specific Use Permit - Vics Mobile Auto Repair (City Council District 1). Specific Use Permit for an Auto Repair (Major) in a commercial lease space on 1.985 acres. Lot 19-RA, Block 4, Dalworth Hills Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Light Industrial, and addressed as 2337 Doreen Street, Suite 101 ]

NUMBER FIVE SUP 26 0 5 0 0 9, A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR V'S UH, MOBILE AUTO REPAIR.

UM, SAVANNAH, IS THERE A SPECIFIC DATE? SO JULY 28TH? YEAH.

OKAY.

SO STOP.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, A MOTION TO TABLE ITEM FIVE SUP 2 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 9.

UM, IF TO, UH, JULY 28TH, 2026.

I'LL SECOND THAT.

MADAM CHAIR.

OKAY.

UH, WE HAVE A MOTION ON FLOOR TO, UH, TABLE ITEM, UH, NUMBER FIVE, UH, AND A BY MYSELF, CHERYL SMITH AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FCO.

ALL IN FAVOR TO TABLE TO FEBRUARY, I MEAN CH LODGE.

28.

2026.

RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT CASE PLEASE.

[6. SUP-25-12-0047 - Specific Use Permit/Site Plan - Enfy Auto Sales (City Council District 5). Specific Use Permit for Auto Body Shop, Auto Paint Shop, Auto Body & Paint Shop, and Auto Dealer (Non-Franchise Used) on 1.005 acres Lots 29, 30, 31, 32 & 33, Block 1, Idlewild Heights Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Heavy Industrial (HI) District, and addressed as 519, 521, 529, 533, & 537 Richardson Dr ]

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

ITEM NUMBER SIX IS SUP DASH 25 DASH 12 DASH 0 0 4 7.

IT IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT SLASH SITE PLAN FOR NV AUTO SALES.

UM, THE SUP SITE PLAN IS FOR AUTOBODY SHOP, AUTO PAINT SHOP, AUTOBODY AND PAINT SHOP AND AUTO DEALER NON FRANCHISE USED.

THE LOCATION IS, UM, ALL OF THESE ADDRESSES.

5 19, 5 21, 5 29, 5 33, AND 5 37 RICHARDSON DRIVE.

IT IS LOCATED IN THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, UM, ON 1.005 ACRES.

THERE IS THE AERIAL VIEW.

SO THAT RECTANGULAR AREA SHOWS ALL FIVE OF THOSE, UM, LOTS.

AND AGAIN, IT'S SURROUNDED BY, UM, ALL HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USES.

THE PROPOSED USE.

UM, SO THE APPLICANT WISHES TO ADD AUTO PAINT, AUTO BODY, AND PAINT AND AUTO DEALERSHIP, NON-FRANCHISE USE USES TO THE EXISTING AUTOBODY

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BUSINESS.

UM, EXISTING AND PROPOSED USES STRUCTURES AND PARKING ARE DISTRIBUTED ACROSS FIVE UNPLED LOTS.

THE EXISTING 3,900 SQUARE FOOT METAL BUILDING, UM, AND 1,875 SQUARE FOOT ATTACHED METAL CANOPY WILL BE ENCLOSED TO ACCOMMODATE THE MECHANIC SHOP AND A NEW SPRAY PAINT BOOTH.

THIS WILL ADD 1,350 SQUARE FEET OF NEW SPACE.

SO THE FINAL PRODUCT WILL BE ONE PAINT BOOTH, UM, SORRY, IT SHOULD SAY BOOTH AND TWO SERVICE BASE FOR AUTO BODY REPAIR WORK.

THE APPLICANT SAID, UM, THEY WILL HAVE TWO TO FOUR EMPLOYEES AND A TOTAL OF 61 PARKING SPACES.

HERE'S THE SITE PLAN.

THAT RED AREA SHOWS HOW THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, PLANNING TO ENCLOSE IT ON THREE SIDES.

UM, AND THAT'S ADDING THE 1,350 SQUARE FEET TO THE EXISTING METAL CANOPY AND THE EXISTING BUILDING.

UM, EVERYTHING IN BLUE IS SHOWN AS PARKING.

THE FIVE YELLOW SPACES ARE WHAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING FOR AUTO SALE PARKING.

AND THE, THE FRONT LANE, THE PARALLEL PARKING ALONG THE STREET IS, UM, FOR EMPLOYEE AND VISITOR PARKING.

THE SITE PLAN DOES MEET THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS.

HERE'S BUILDING ELEVATIONS JUST TO KIND OF SHOW YOU WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FROM THE SOUTH SIDE.

THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.

STAFF DID PROVIDE AN ANALYSIS FOR THE COMMISSIONERS.

UM, THE FIRST QUESTION WE ASKED IS, DOES THE PROPOSAL ADVANCE THE CITY'S VISION? UM, ALTHOUGH THE FLUME DESIGNATES THIS AREA'S LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND IT IS ZONED HEAVY INDUSTRIAL, THE PROPOSED LOW INTENSITY AUTOMOTIVE OPERATIONS AVOID HIGH IMPACT MANUFACTURING AND THEY DO ALIGN WITH THE 2018 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

UM, BY SERVING AS A TRANSITIONAL BUFFER TO LOWER INTENSITY USES.

IS THE PROPOSAL COMPATIBLE WITH ITS SURROUNDINGS? UM, WITH ALL THE IMMEDIATE ADJACENT PROPERTIES.

ZONE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL, LIKE I MENTIONED, THE PROPOSED AUTO BODY PAINT AND SALES ACTIVITIES DO MATCH THE SURROUNDING INDUSTRIAL CHARACTER AND THEY DON'T POSE ANY RESIDENTIAL CONFLICTS.

HOW DOES THE PROPOSAL RELATE TO EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS, PAD TURNS AND AREA CONTEXT? UM, THIS IS AN ESTABLISHED, UM, A RB AUTOMOTIVE, AUTOMOTIVE RELATED BUSINESS.

UM, BUT BY UTILIZING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR THIS BUSINESS, IT ALLOWS THE OWNER TO MAKE POSITIVE UPGRADES TO THE SITE AND ENSURE THAT THE OPERATION WILL MEET AND COMPLY WITH ALL CITY REGULATIONS.

UM, RICHARDSON DRIVE DOES DEAD END AT THE LAST, UH, LOT OF THIS PROPERTY SO THAT THERE WON'T BE ANY THROUGH TRAFFIC, UM, IN FRONT OF THIS BUSINESS.

AND THE SITE IS TUCKED AWAY FROM ANY MAIN STREETS.

LASTLY, WHAT DEVELOPMENT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROPOSAL SHOULD BE CONSIDERED? THE PROPOSAL SPANS FIVE UN PLATTED LOTS, BUT IT IS BEING REVIEWED AS A SINGLE UNIFIED PROPERTY TO ENSURE THAT THE BUILDING LAYOUT PROPOSED EXPANSION AND OVERALL PARKING CONFIGURATIONS FUNCTION CORRECTLY UNDER ALL CITY STANDARDS.

THE PROPOSED SPRAY PAINT BOOTH AND THE AUTO BODY BASE ARE LOCATED 77 FEET BEHIND THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.

SO YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PRETTY FAR BACK.

UM, THIS DOES PROVIDE A VISUAL, A PHYSICAL BUFFER THAT HELPS ISOLATE THE MECHANICAL AND PAINTING WORK FROM THE STREET FRONT.

AND LASTLY, THE PROPERTY PROVIDES ADEQUATE AND ORGANIZED PARKING WITHIN THAT FENCED AREA, UM, ENSURING THAT VEHICLES AND ACTIVE REPAIR PROJECTS ARE PROPERLY CONTAINED AND OUT OF THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.

SHOULD THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST, STAFF RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.

NUMBER ONE, THAT THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IS, UM, CONTINGENT UPON THE FINAL EXECUTION AND RECORDING OF THE LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY FOR THE RIGHT OF WAY USE, WHICH WAS THAT, THOSE FRONT, UM, SEVEN SPACES.

AND AS I MENTIONED IN THE BRIEFING, THIS WILL BE HEARD AT CITY COUNCIL ON I BELIEVE, UH, 7 21 JULY 21ST.

NUMBER TWO, PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF A BUILDING PERMIT OR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY SHALL BE PLATTED INTO A SINGLE UNIFIED LOT.

NUMBER THREE, FIVE OF THE SEVEN PARALLEL PARKING SPACES LOCATED IN FRONT OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY SHALL BE RESERVED FOR VISITOR PARKING.

TWO OF THOSE SEVEN, UH, PARALLEL PARKING SPACES MAY BE USED FOR EMPLOYEE PARKING AND ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEE PARKING SPACES SHALL BE LOCATED ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

NUMBER FOUR, PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF A BUILDING PERMIT OR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, THE APPLICANT SHALL SUBMIT A REVISED SITE PLAN THAT ACCURATELY REFLECTS THE DESIGNATED PARKING ALLOCATIONS AS DETAILED IN THE STAFF PROVIDED EXHIBIT D, WHICH IS A PARKING PLAN TO THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND CODE COMPLIANCE DIVISION.

NUMBER FIVE, IF ANY FUTURE CHANGES TO OPERATIONS OCCUR THAT WILL IMPACT, THAT WILL IMPACT THE REQUIRED PARKING SPACES, THE APPLICANT OR OPERATOR SHALL SUBMIT A REVISED SITE PLAN THAT ACCURATELY REFLECTS, UM, THAT REVISED PARKING ALLOCATIONS TO THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND CODE COMPLIANCE DIVISION.

SUCH CHANGES IN OPERATION MAY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, UM, ADDING A TENANT, INCREASING THE AREA DEVOTED TO AUTO SALES OR EXPANDING THE BUILDING OR CONSTRUCTING ADDITIONAL SERVICE BASE.

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AND THE LAST CONDITION THAT ALL OPERATIONS SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REGULATIONS FOUND IN CHAPTER 13, ARTICLE 20, AUTOMOTIVE RELATED BUSINESS REGULATIONS OF THE GRAND PRIX CODE OF ORDINANCES.

WELL SAID.

VERY GOOD PRESENTATION.

UH, THAT BEING SAID, I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO ASK YOU.

UM, SINCE THE PAINT PART IS GONNA BE IN THE VERY BACK, IS THERE GONNA BE AN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY OR HOW CLOSE IS THAT TO THE RESIDENTS THERE? SO ENVIR, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL STAFF MEMBERS WERE ADDED TO THE REVIEW.

UM, THEY HAVE SIGNED OFF ON IT, SO, SO THE PROXIMITY TO THE, TO THE RESIDENTS TO THE, THE, THE FUMES FROM THE, UH, PAINT THERE.

SO THERE'S NO RESIDENTIAL AROUND HERE.

IT'S ALL SURROUNDED BY HEAVY INDUSTRIAL.

OKAY.

I THOUGHT I SAW ONE SIDE.

THERE'S NO SIGNS OF RESIDENTIAL AT ALL.

OKAY.

YEAH.

OKAY.

AND, UH, I THINK, UH, SOMETHING ELSE, BUT I FORGOT WHAT IT WAS.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? GREAT PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU.

THE APPLICANT IS HERE.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

SPEAKER CARDS.

SORRY.

WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD FROM CHASE NEWS YARD WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM? YES SIR.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

STATE YOUR FOR HAVING ME.

NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

MY NAME IS CHASE NEWARD.

I'M 10 32 ROCK SPRINGS FROM BURLESON, TEXAS.

I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE OWNER AND THE BUSINESS OWNER AND THE PROPERTY OWNER.

MM-HMM .

UM, I JUST WANTED TO, DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? I, I WAS JUST ASKING ABOUT THE, UH, FUMES FROM THE PAINT.

HOW'S THAT GOING? THERE IS NO RESIDENTIAL.

IT BACKS UP TO THE ARMY BASE AND THERE'S A UNITED CATERINGS BEHIND IT.

THEY OWN A BIG SECTION OF PROPERTY.

THEY DO FOOD CATERING AND STUFF, SO THERE'S NO RESIDENCE ANYWHERE AROUND.

OKAY.

UH, COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESS, APPARENTLY YOU'RE EXPANDING? YES.

MY CLIENT, HE HAS A CAR LOT OVER IN DALLAS AND THEN HE PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.

HE STARTED RENTING IT AND THEN PURCHASED THE WHOLE PROPERTY AND HE NEEDED IT FOR THE, THE AUTOMOTIVE FOR THE HEAVY MECHANICAL AND THEN THE BODY SHOP.

BUT WE NEED THE PAINT STUFF TOO.

MM-HMM .

SO YOU'RE WORKING WITH SOME OF THE LARGE, UM, BUSINESSES IN THE AREA? NO, HE'S JUST GOT A BIG CAR LOT OVER IN DALLAS AND HE'S JUST EXPANDED OVER THE YEARS AND GREW AND GREW AND GREW, SO.

OKAY.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? I DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT STATUS RECOMMENDATIONS TOO.

SURE.

GO AHEAD.

GO AHEAD.

UM, WE ARE GETTING THE RIGHT OF WAY AGREEMENT THAT WOULD BE DONE NEXT WEEK.

UM, BE INVITED INTO A SINGLE LOT.

MY CLIENT DOESN'T WANT TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW.

HE, HE FEELS IT WILL NEGATIVELY HARM HIM INSTEAD OF BENEFIT HIM.

THAT PROPERTY'S BEEN THE SAME WAY SINCE 9 19 67 AND IT'S BEEN FENCED IN THE SAME BUILDING AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

WE'RE JUST ADDING PAINT TO THE BACK OF IT.

HMM.

WELL, UM, IF IT WAS A NEW DEVELOPMENT, I WOULD UNDERSTAND THE REPLANNING OF IT TO A ONE SINGLE LOT.

THIS IS AT A DEAD END STREET.

THERE'S NOBODY AROUND IT.

WE'LL NEED TO CHECK WITH THE, WITH STAFF ON THAT.

CAN YOU HAVE ANY STAFF COMMENTS ON THAT, SAVANNAH OR RASHARD STAFF? I HAVE A QUESTION, MA'AM.

CHAIR.

OKAY.

SO AM I UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY, SIR? UM, IS IT MINYARD MR. MINARD, IS THAT CORRECT? NEWSY YARD.

I'M SORRY.

I APOLOGIZE.

SO THE ADDRESSES, UH, THAT HE NOW OWNS THAT HE ACQUIRED ONE BY ONE, AS YOU STATED.

CORRECT? HE, HE BOUGHT ALL FIVE LOTS AT ONE TIME.

BUT THE, THAT PROPERTY IS ORIGINALLY ADDRESSED FIVE 19 AND 5 21.

RIGHT.

AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU SEE INSIDE THE FENCE WAS 5 21.

ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BUILDING ON THE LEFT SIDE WAS FIVE 19.

RIGHT.

BUT NOW IT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED AS THE OTHER THREE ADDRESSES, CORRECT? NO MA'AM.

IT IS STILL FIVE 19 AND 5 21 RIGHT NOW.

WELL, 5 29, 5 33 AND 5 37 RICHARDSON DRIVER LISTED ON MY AGENDA STAFF.

CAN YOU CLARIFY? THOSE ARE THE ADDRESSES THAT SHOWED UP IN THE, THE COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

SO THERE ARE FIVE SEPARATE PROPERTIES AND THOSE ARE THE ADDRESSES ASSO ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE FIVE DIFFERENT PROPERTIES.

OKAY.

SO I THINK MAYBE HE SHOULD GET CLARITY ON THAT PORTION.

UM, BEFORE IT WOULD STILL BE TWO DR TWO SEPARATE ADDRESSES.

AND SAVANNAH HELP ME TWO SEPARATE ADDRESSES THAT HE'S NOW UNIFYING TO USE IN ONE.

THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS STAFF IS REP IS RECOMMENDING THIS BE PLATTED INTO A SINGLE LOT BECAUSE IT CREATES ISSUES TRACKING, UH, PROPERTIES, VIOLATIONS,

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ALL OF THOSE RECORDS.

MM-HMM .

ACROSS FIVE DIFFERENT PARCELS.

THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT PROVIDES A MECHANISM FOR STAFF TO MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION.

WHEREAS IF IT'S AN EXISTING DEVELOPMENT ALREADY BY, ALLOWED BY WRIGHT NOT REQUIRING TO GO THROUGH THE SUP PROCESS, STAFF WOULD NOT REQUIRE THE PLATING PROCESS.

OKAY.

BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE COMING BEFORE CITY COUNCIL ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL USES THAT ARE NOT ALLOWED BY RIGHT.

THAT REQUIRE AN SUP STAFF IS MAKING THAT RECOMMENDATION.

THANK YOU SAVANNAH.

MM-HMM .

IS, DOES THAT PROVIDE SOME MORE CLARITY, SIR, THAT YOU CAN TAKE TO YOUR OWNER? IT, IT DOES, BUT IT'S STILL, I'VE, I'VE SPOKEN TO A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT COUNCILMEN ABOUT IT AND STUFF LIKE THAT, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STUFF, AND THEY KIND OF DON'T SEE THE NECESSARY TO RE TO PLAY IT RIGHT NOW.

AND IN THE NEAR FUTURE, IF MY CLIENT WANTED TO SELL ONE OF THE LOTS WE WOULD'VE TO REPL AGAIN, RIGHT NOW, LOT NUMBER 29 IS WE ONLY GOT 'EM UP TWO FEET OF FENCE ON THAT LOT.

AND IT, IT'S BASICALLY A USELESS LOT AS IS RIGHT NOW.

'CAUSE IT'S JUST OVERFLOW FOR WATER AND WE FEEL JUST REPL.

IT'S JUST, THAT'S NEGATIVE VALUE ADDED TO THE OTHER LAND.

AND THEN IN THE FUTURE, WE'D HAVE TO REPL IT AGAIN IF WE WANTED TO SELL IT.

CAN YOU PULL UP THE, THE VISUAL FOR US? MANY I'M MISSING.

NO, YOU'RE NOT MISSING ANYTHING.

I, I THINK THAT, UH, WHAT SAVANNAH SAYS MAKES A VALID POINT.

THE REASON FOR THE PLATTING IS FOR CLARITY AND FOR WHEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE WANTING TO GO, IF THE CODE COMPLIANCE IS COMING IN, THEY DON'T KNOW WHO TO ADDRESS IT TO BECAUSE IT'S NOT CLEAR.

IT'S ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PROPERTIES.

SO I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH NOT GOING ALONG WITH THE RECOMMENDATION.

RIGHT.

RIGHT.

NOW, I MEAN, THAT'S, UNLESS I SEE DIFFERENT, ONE OWNER AND ONE BUSINESS OWNER, HE OWNS EVERYTHING.

YES, SIR.

YES.

WE, BUT YEAH, LOT 29 IS ACTUALLY ALL THOSE TREES OVER THERE THAT'S NOT EVEN IN THE YELLOW LINE.

MM.

YES SIR.

BUT, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE, YOU'RE HERE PRESENTING, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU WANT THE THIS DONE, THIS SUP, THEN THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM, FROM PLANNING, UH, THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE PER UDC AND FOR GOING FORWARD TO, TO MAKE SURE THERE'S THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO DO.

RIGHT.

RASHAD, CAN YOU CLEAN THAT UP FOR ME? YEAH, I THINK SAVANNAH MADE IT PRETTY CLEAR, I THINK, UM, EVEN WITH THE INTENT TO POTENTIALLY SELLING OFF THE PROPERTY, IF THAT IS THE NEED THAT CAN BE REPLANTED AT THAT TIME MM-HMM .

BUT IF THE, THE GOAL RIGHT NOW IS TO CLEAN UP WHAT IS THERE AND THEY'RE WANTING TO EXPAND, UM, AND YOU HAVE ACCESS CONCERNS FROM EACH LOT.

MM-HMM .

SO IF YOU SOLD OFF A SPECIFIC LOT, THEN HOW ARE WE GONNA REVISE IT? GONNA, IT IS GONNA HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED AT SOME POINT.

MM-HMM .

AGREED.

UH, ANY CHANGES WITH THE DEVELOPMENT, THE PROPERTY, THE USE, IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED EVENTUALLY.

AND STAFF IS LOOKING AT THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.

RIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SAVANNAH.

IT, IT JUST, IT'S PRETTY CLEAR TO ME.

UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR THIS GENTLEMAN HERE? COMMISSIONER UCCO? UH, MAYBE A QUESTION FOR RASHAD, IF NOT JULIE.

SO IF YOU GET HIM TO REPL, WHAT IF HE WAS, IF HIS OWNER HAD FOUR SEPARATE SUBSIDIARIES THAT WERE BUYING THOSE FOUR PARCELS, YOU WOULD NOT THEN UNIFY THE TITLE.

YOU WOULD NOT REQUIRE HIM TO REPL, CORRECT? CORRECT.

CORRECT.

OKAY.

SO WHY CAN'T HE GET AWAY FROM RE PLATTING? BUT IT'LL ONLY BE ONE SINGULAR ADDRESS.

THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION AND THE ADDRESS ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

AS THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT SEES THOSE AS FOUR OR FIVE SEPARATE LOTS, THAT'S HIS TAX PROBLEM.

WELL, I'M TALKING ABOUT SAVANNAH'S ABILITY TO TRACK SUP COMPLAINTS AND STUFF BY ADDRESS.

THAT COULD BE ONE ADDRESS AND HE'LL PAY HIS, HIS FIVE SEPARATE APPRAISAL BILLS.

THAT'S, THAT'S BETWEEN HIM AND THE COUNTY.

MM-HMM.

IF I COULD INTERJECT, IT'S, IT'S FIVE SEPARATE LOTS, FIVE SEPARATE LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS, FIVE SEPARATE ADDRESSES.

IT'S NOT JUST THE TRACKING FOR PLANNING, IT'S BUILDING PERMITS, IT'S TRACKING FOR CODE, IT'S PERMITS WITH ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.

IT'S PERMITS WITH TCEQ FOR THE, THE PAINT BOOTH.

UH, AGAIN, THIS IS JUST STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO CLEAN THIS UP.

AND THE SUP PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION.

AND AS NOTED, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY IF YOU DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE DOING SO AND YOU WANT THEM TO CONTINUE AS THEY HAVE, PLEASE, PLEASE IGNORE THE COMMENT.

NO, I JUST, I JUST, I I THINK I, AGAIN, IF HE, IF THIS, SOME BUSINESSES CAN BE BIG AND THEY CAN BUY IT IN MANY DIFFERENT SUBSIDIARIES.

AND THE ONLY REASON THAT WE'RE ASKING THIS TO BE REPLANTED IS BECAUSE THE, THE FEE, THE SURFACE OWNER'S GONNA BE THE SAME ACROSS ALL FIVE PARCELS.

THAT IS THE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.

YES.

AND THE BUILDINGS AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE ALL SPAN ALL THOSE LOTS, UNDERSTAND.

MM-HMM.

YES SIR.

I WAS ABOUT, SAY WHEN I'VE APPLIED FOR PERMITS, 'CAUSE WE'VE DONE CONCRETE VENTS AND EVERYTHING, IT'S BEEN FIVE 20 ONES BEEN EVERYTHING ON THAT SIDE THAT'S IN THE YELLOW AREA.

I UNDERSTAND.

BUT YOU ALL, AND I'M, I'M TRYING TO TAKE YOUR SIDE SIR, SIR, A LITTLE BIT, OR AT LEAST UNDERSTAND,

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BUT YOU ARE JUST PIDDLING OVER SURVEYING COSTS.

NOBODY'S, NOBODY'S DEBATING YOUR IDEA ABOUT THE BUSINESS THINK IS ABOUT SURVEYING COSTS.

I THINK MY CLIENT'S MAIN CONCERN IS HE HAS FINANCIAL ARRAIGNMENTS THAT'S NOT THROUGH YOUR TYPICAL BANKER, WHATEVER.

AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S GONNA AFFECT HIS, THE LEGAL JARGON OF THE FINANCIALS HE HAS WITH THE PREVIOUS OWNER AT THIS POINT.

WE, WE'VE UNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU'VE SAID AND WE'LL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING.

WAS THERE ANY OTHER, I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY, COMMISSIONER.

I'M SORRY.

COMMISSIONER.

WAS THERE ANY OTHER NO, MA'AM.

JUST THE, THE PARKING GETS A CLOSED BUSINESS AND STAFF RECOMMENDED FIVE FOR VISITOR AND I SAID, UH, THE MECHANIC SHOP AND THE BODY SHOP ARE ALL CLOSED.

THEY'RE NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

SO I DIDN'T SEE THE NEED FOR SO MANY VISITOR PARKING WHEN WE HAVE NO VISITORS EXCEPT FOR THE CAR SALES.

FOR THE FIVE.

FOR THE FIVE PARKING PLACES FOR CAR SALES.

BUT I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO HER ABOUT THAT PREVIOUS THIS, SO MM-HMM .

OKAY.

ANY OTHER, ANYTHING ELSE? SO ARE WE GONNA HAVE TO STRIKE THAT? OR, OR YOU JUST, I, I RECOMMEND YOU LEAVE THAT CONDITION AGAIN GIVEN THE NUMBER OF AUTO RELATED BUSINESSES AND THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE UDC FOR THAT PARKING STAFF'S MAKING THAT RECOMMENDATION.

MM-HMM .

WE, WE COULD DISCUSS THAT AND, AND WE DO, UH, WHEN WE DO THIS DISCUSSION AFTER WE FINISH THIS PART.

COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN? YES, SIR.

I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION.

THANK YOU.

MADAM CHAIR PLATTING THIS INTO A SINGLE UNIFIED LOT, WOULD THAT CONDITION STOP YOUR OWNER FROM PURSUING THIS, THIS ENDEAVOR? UH, HE HAS MENTIONED THAT HE, HE WOULD HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT PROCEEDING WITH IT IF HE HAD TO REPLANT IT TO ONE.

I DON'T KNOW IF HE, IF HE WOULD PROCEED OR NOT.

100%.

OKAY.

BUT HE STILL, HE STILL OWNS THE PROPERTY, CORRECT? HE IS, HE IS PURCHASING THE PROPERTY? YES, MA'AM.

HE OWNS, HE'S PURCHASING OR DOES HE CURRENTLY OWN IT, SIR? I MEAN, HE, HE IS BUYING, HE, I GUESS HE, I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S STILL MAKING PAYMENTS ON IT OR WHAT, BUT HE'S BEEN PURCHASING THE PROPERTY SINCE 2020.

BUT IT'S DEED CURRENTLY IN HIS NAME.

YES.

YES MA'AM.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

I THINK, UH, ANY OTHER SPEAKER CARDS? JULIE? NO, MA'AM.

UH, THIS IS COMMISSIONER, UH, ARI'S AREA.

I THINK WE NEED TO OPEN A LITTLE DISCUSSION ON THIS.

I DON'T THINK WE'RE ALL CLEAR ON THE SAME PAGE.

MY PERSONAL OPINION IS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ADHERE TO, UH, THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE ON, ON THE BOOKS BECAUSE FOR CLARITY IT, AND THEN FOR CODING PER, FOR, FOR, FOR ANYTHING, JUST TO DO EVERYTHING TO MAKE IT CLEAN.

I THINK IT HAS TO BE DONE.

UM, IT JUST MAKES SENSE TO ME BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S NOT, EVEN THOUGH IT HAS BEEN DONE THE WAY IT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, THEY, IT'S JUST BEEN GRANDFATHERED THAT WAY.

AND THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN DONE BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN CLEANED UP.

NOW IT'S OUR OPPORTUNITY TO, TO CLEAN IT UP.

NOW THEY DECIDE THEY WANNA HOLD OFF ON THAT, UH, PAINT BUSINESS FOR A WHILE UNTIL THEY GET IT TOGETHER.

SO BE IT.

BUT I DON'T THINK WE CAN IGNORE THE FACT THAT THIS IS ALL ONE PROPERTY AND IT SHOULD BE DONE PROPERLY.

IN MY OPINION.

THAT'S JUST MY ONE PERSON OPINION.

SO WE NEED TO EVERYBODY, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER PRESLEY, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ON THIS? UM, I, I THINK, UH, I SEE BOTH SIDES, BUT I, I, MY QUESTION WOULD BE WHY WOULD IT, WHY WOULD IT HURT THE PERSON THAT, UH, YOUR OWNER TO UM, CONTINUE ON WITH THIS? WHAT WOULD BE THE CONCERN? I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND YOU, YOU TALKED ABOUT FINANCES OR WHATEVER WITH THE BANK, BUT HAS SOMETHING TO DO BECAUSE IF, IF THE CURRENT OWNER, YOU HAVE TO TALK INTO THE MIC, SIR.

AND THEN WE HAVE TO LIMIT THIS 'CAUSE WE'RE JUST IN DISCUSSION.

WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TOO MUCH MORE.

OKAY.

THE, HIS, THE CURRENT OWNER OF THE PROPERTY IS FIDO'S INVESTMENT GROUP.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT'S INVOLVED WITH THE FUNDING OF IT OR HOW IT WORKS.

I THINK THAT IS HIS MAJOR CONCERN IS THE WAY THE CURRENT FINANCIAL AGREEMENT IS IN PLACE.

BUT HE, BUT HE HASN'T TOLD ME THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT MY PLACE FOR HIM TO TELL ME ABOUT .

GOTCHA.

FROM YOUR GUT FEELING, DO YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S A POSSIBILITY THAT HE WALK AWAY FROM THIS BASED OFF OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS? THIS, HE'S KIND OF MENTIONED IT AND I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT FOR SURE, WHICH WAY HE'LL GO.

I'M GONNA, WHATEVER Y'ALL DECIDE, I'M GONNA, IF Y'ALL MAKE ME DO THE REPL, I'M GONNA PUSH HIM TO REPL AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

UM, BUT I CAN'T GUARANTEE HIS OPINION ON EITHER, EITHER WAY.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.

COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN.

I'M GOING WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.

SO COMMISSION FORO.

I LISTEN TO WHAT JANIE HAS TO SAY.

.

AND THE FUNNY THING IS, IS I WAS GONNA SAY, JOHN, I'D LIKE TO HEAR FURTHER ON WHAT YOU WERE DISCUSSING BECAUSE NOT OUT ON THAT.

I'M STILL UP IN THE AIR ON IT BECAUSE IT, YOU KNOW, I GUESS MY ISSUE IS THAT SOMETIMES

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WHEN THESE SUVS COME IN AND THESE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, DO RIGHT BY THE CITY, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETIMES WHEN THE CITY GETS THERE, WE'RE GOING, OH, OKAY, THIS IS OUTDATED OR THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THIS AND THIS AND THIS THAT LET'S, YOU KNOW, FIX THIS.

AND I, AND I GET THAT, UM, NOT SURE HOW THEY WOULD GO ABOUT FIXING THIS WITH APPRAISAL DISTRICT, BUT IT, I JUST FEEL LIKE WE END UP COSTING THESE BUSINESS OWNERS MORE MONEY TO GET INTO COMPLIANCE WITH SOMETHING THAT, I MEAN, MAYBE THEY ARE OUTDATED, BUT, BUT I THINK THAT'S, YOU SEE WHAT I'M KIND OF, BUT THINK THE WHOLE POINT IS THAT THIS IS, I KNOW THIS IS TIME FOR CLEANUP.

THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS HAVE BEEN DONE MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, RIGHT? FOR PROPERTIES THAT HADN'T BEEN TOUCHED SINCE THE FIFTIES.

OF COURSE WE'LL HAVE TO DO UPDATES.

MM-HMM .

SO THIS IS WHERE WE ARE, WE'RE AT THE CROSSROADS.

I THINK THAT IF WE START TO, UH, NOT ADHERE TO WHAT IS RECOMMENDED, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO THIS FOR EVERY CASE THAT COMES UP.

AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CONTINUALLY DO THIS OVER AND THEN WE'RE NOT, WE'RE GONNA BE BACK AT SQUARE ONE.

I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW WE GET AROUND THIS.

I THINK THEY NEED TO REALLY THINK ABOUT IT.

IF THE PROPERTY IS, HASN'T BEEN FULLY PURCHASED, THAT'S A, THIS IS A POINT TO STOP CON CONTENTION TO SAY, WELL THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING I REALLY WANNA DO BECAUSE IT REALLY MAKES SENSE TO, TO PLOT THE PROPERTY AND HAVE IT ALL UNDER 1, 1 1, UH, STREET ADDRESS.

BUT THAT'S JUST ME, MY PERSONAL OPINION.

EVERYBODY ON THIS COMMISSION HAS A RIGHT TO STATE THEIR CONCERN AND WE JUST DO A VOTE.

THAT'S ALL WE CAN DO AT THIS POINT.

BUT IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER FEDCO, YOU DIDN'T CHOOSE TO SPEAK ANYMORE.

I MEAN, AGAIN, I, I I THINK JANIE IS SAYING, DO WE WANNA MAKE SURVEYORS RICH? ALTHOUGH IT DOES MAKE SENSE.

THE, THE, THE, THE SURFACE TITLE IS ALL ACROSS THE SAME OWNERSHIP.

IT COULD BE PLATTED, I CAN'T SAY THE GUY'S LAST NAME, BUT WHAT HE'S COMPLAINING ABOUT IS THE COST OF THE SURVEYING.

I I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER REASON WHY IT WOULD KILL HIS DEAL OTHER THAN THE COST OF THE SURVEY.

AND I SEE BOTH SIDES.

I'M PROBABLY GONNA ABSTAIN FROM THE VOTE 'CAUSE UM, PROBABLY JUST GONNA ABSTAIN.

'CAUSE I, I CAN SEE BOTH SIDES AND THEY'RE BOTH, UH, GOOD POINT.

YEAH.

POINT.

UH, MR. FCO, OUR RE UH, REQUIREMENTS REQUIRE YOU TO VOTE ON THE ITEM UNLESS YOU HAVE A FINANCIAL REASON FOR ABSTAINING.

YOU HAVE TO, YOU CAN'T ABS YAY OR NAY.

DO YAY OR NAY.

YOU CAN'T ABSTAIN.

SORRY.

OKAY.

THANK YOU MS. DOER FOR, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY MORE COMMENTS FROM STAFF? I'M JUST CURIOUS, DO Y'ALL WANNA SAY ANYTHING ELSE? NO.

MADAM CHAIR, MAY I SAY ONE THING REAL QUICK? YES.

I'LL ALSO SAY, BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE FIVE COMMISSIONERS HERE, WE ALL, WE NEED EVERYONE.

YEAH.

YOU BLAME THE OTHER ONE.

SO, YOU KNOW, HERE'S THE THING.

I DON'T EVER WANT TO DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD DETER SOMEONE FROM COMING INTO GRAND PRAIRIE TO DO BUSINESS.

THAT'S NOT WHY WE'RE HERE.

IF IT FALLS WITHIN THE GUIDELINES OF THE CITY, THEN WE WANT THEM HERE.

SO I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR WITH THAT, SIR, THAT YOU CAN TAKE THAT BACK TO YOUR OWNER.

AND I THINK I SPEAK FOR THE ENTIRE COMMISSION, UH, AND MADAM CHAIR AND THE CITY.

UM, BUT I DO THINK COMPLIANCE FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS IS PARAMOUNT, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE GROW, WE GROW WITH CONTINUITY AND CONSISTENCY.

AND THAT THE THINGS THAT WE ARE PUTTING IN PLACE SERVE THE GREATER GOOD.

AND IN THIS INSTANCE, I THINK THE GREATER GOOD IS BY GOING WITH WHAT, UM, OUR DRC HAS RECOMMENDED.

UH, AND WE DELIVER ON THAT.

NOT TO SIMPLY, I WANT, AS A MATTER OF RECORD, NOT TO CAUSE ANY PAIN FOR YOUR OWNER AS FAR AS THE FINANCING OF IT GOES.

'CAUSE THAT'S NOT OUR INTENT.

BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE CONSISTENCY AND, AND THAT IS WHY I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS.

SO THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN.

VERY WELL SAID.

YOU DO SPEAK FOR US.

YOU SPEAK FOR THE MAJORITY OF US.

I MEAN, I, I AGREE WITH YOU 100% ON THAT.

AND THEN AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO PUT A PIN IN IT AND, AND MOVE FORWARD.

BUT AGAIN, ARE WE PRETTY MUCH DONE WITH DISCUSSION? UH, COMMISSIONER , DO YOU WANNA DISCUSS ANYMORE? IS IS YOUR DISTRICT NO.

NO.

OKAY.

WE, SO WE'RE READY FOR YOU.

CAN YOU MAKE A MOTION, PLEASE, MA'AM? , I WANT TO NOT VOTE LIKE JOHN.

THAT'LL BE TWO OUT.

AND, UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE PER STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS.

RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS FOR ITEM SIX SUP 2 512 0 0 4 7.

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WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM SIX, UH, BY COMMISSIONER ARI AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN.

AS FOR DRC, RECOMMENDATIONS ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

WE HAVE HOW MANY ALL IN, UH, UNANIMOUS VOTE.

THANK YOU.

NEXT CASE, PLEASE.

NO, WAIT, WAIT.

DID, DID EVERYBODY VOTE? UH, YES.

EVERYBODY VOTED YES.

YES.

YES.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK FOR COMING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT.

LAST

[7. SUP-26-06-0012 - Specific Use Permit/Site Plan - Chipotle at 5303 Lake Ridge Pkwy (City Council District 4). Specific Use Permit and Site Plan for a restaurant with a drive-through on 0.937 acres. Portions of Lot 1-R1and Lot 2, Block 1, Lake Parks Retail Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, zoned Planned Development-267A District, within the Lake Ridge Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 5303 Lake Ridge Pkwy ]

ITEM.

ITEM NUMBER SEVEN SUP DASH 26 DASH ZERO SIX DASH 0 0 1 2.

THIS IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT SITE PLAN FOR A CHIPOTLE RESTAURANT TO BE LOCATED AT 53 0 3 LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY.

IT IS A RESTAURANT WITH A DRIVE THROUGH LANE.

UM, IT IS LOCATED WITHIN THE LAKE RIDGE CORRIDOR OVERLAY, AND IT IS ZONED TWO PD 2 6 7 A ON 0.937 ACRES.

UM, THERE YOU CAN SEE THE, UM, YELLOW RECTANGLE.

THAT'S WHERE IT'S GONNA BE LOCATED BEHIND THAT MEDICAL CITY.

SO IT WILL FRONT OFF OF LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY.

UM, RIGHT BEHIND THAT MEDICAL CITY ER, THEY ARE PROPOSING A 2,385 SQUARE FOOT CHIPOTLE RESTAURANT WITH 29 PARKING SPACES.

AND THEY WILL HAVE A MOBILE ORDER PICKUP, LANE AND WINDOW TO SERVE CUSTOMERS WHO PLACE THEIR ORDERS, UH, DIGITALLY.

THEIR HOURS OF OPERATION WILL BE 10:45 AM TO 11:00 PM DAILY.

HERE IS THEIR SITE PLAN.

THEY DO MEET THE DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS.

UM, EVERYTHING IN BLUE IS PARKING, AND THE YELLOW IS OBVIOUSLY THE, THE BUILDING, THE CHIPOTLE ITSELF.

UM, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE DRIVE THROUGH LANE.

AND, UM, THEY ARE REQUESTING A PARKING VARIANCE.

SINCE THIS IS IN A CORRIDOR OVERLY, WE HAVE, UM, A MAXIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENT.

SO THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED HERE IS 23 PARKING SPACES.

THEY ARE PROVIDING 29 AND A COMPENSATORY MEASURE THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING, UH, BECAUSE OF THAT IS THREE ADDITIONAL COMPACT PARKING SPACES.

SO THE PARKING'S ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE IN THE, THE KIND OF TEAL COLOR ARE THOSE COMPACT SPACES.

THE PROJECT PROPOSAL DOES MEET THE LANDSCAPE, UH, REQUIREMENTS.

HERE IS THEIR LANDSCAPE PLAN.

HERE.

THEY'RE BUILDING ELEVATIONS.

THE NORTH ELEVATION AT THE TOP IS WHAT YOU WOULD SEE BEHIND THE, UM, ER BUILDING.

AND THEN THE EAST ELEVATION IS THEIR FRONT ELEVATION THAT FRONTS ONTO LAKERIDGE PARKWAY.

WE HAVE THE SOUTH ELEVATION HERE, WHICH IS ALONG, UH, THROUGH THAT DRIVE-THROUGH LANE.

AND THEN THE WEST ELEVATION, WHICH IS THE BACK.

IT DOES MEET OUR WINDOWS AND CANOPY REQUIREMENTS.

HERE ARE THEIR BUILDING PERSPECTIVES THAT THEY HAVE PROVIDED FOR US.

AGAIN, THE AREA WITH THE PATIO IS WHAT FRONTS ONTO LAKERIDGE PARKWAY.

THIS IS THE APPENDIX F CHECKLIST.

UM, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE 12 MENU ITEMS. THEY'VE PROVIDED 8.5 MENU ITEMS. UM, HOWEVER, WE DO BELIEVE, UM, IF THEY TAKE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS INTO CONSIDERATION, IN CONSIDERATION, THEN THEY WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ALL OF THEM NECESSARY.

THEY ARE REQUESTING THAT PARKING VARIANCE, SO A VARIANCE TO THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED PARKING SPACE OF 23 TO ALLOW 29 PARKING SPACES.

STAFF DID PROVIDE AN ANALYSIS.

UM, SO THE FIRST QUESTION WE ASKED, DOES THE PROPOSAL ADVANCE THE CITY'S VISION? IT DOES MEET THE FLU, UH, WHICH IS A COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION, AND WE DO BELIEVE IT CAN MEET THE LAKERIDGE CORRIDOR QUALITY STANDARDS IF THEY TAKE STAFF, UH, CONDITIONS INTO CONSIDERATION.

IT DOES ADVANCE THE EPIC CENTER PLAN BY CONTINUING LOCAL ECONOMIC MOMENTUM.

IS THE PROPOSAL COMPATIBLE WITH ITS SURROUNDINGS? THE PROPOSED PROJECT MATCHES THE INTERSECTION'S NON-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS, AND ADDS AN ACCESSIBLE DINING OPTION THAT COMPLIMENTS NEARBY COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AND IT SERVES, UH, SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.

HOW DOES THE PROPOSAL RELATE TO EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS IN THE AREA? OH, SORRY.

AND AREA CONTEXT.

UH, THE PROJECT TRANSFORMS AN UNDERUTILIZED PARCEL INTO AN ACTIVE ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTOR THAT FITS THE CURRENT CONTEXT AND SUPPORTS THE CORRIDOR'S MASTER PLAN COMMERCIAL GROWTH FOR RESIDENTS AND COMMUTERS.

WHAT DEVELOPMENT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROPOSAL SHOULD BE CONSIDERED? HERE ARE SOME THINGS.

UM, THE FIRST THING TO MITIGATE VISUAL AND OPERATIONAL IMPACTS THE DRIVE-THROUGH LANE IS LOCATED AND ORIENTED AWAY FROM LAKERIDGE PARKWAY.

THAT LAYOUT REPRESENTS, UM, A CONFIGURATION THAT PRESERVES THE AESTHETIC INTEGRITY OF THE MAIN CORRIDOR.

THE DESIGN PROVIDES AMPLE DRIVE THROUGH STACKING SPACE TO HANDLE A TRADITIONAL FAST FOOD MODEL WHERE CUSTOMERS ORDER AT A MENU BOARD RATHER THAN AHEAD OF TIME.

THIS SUFFICIENT QUEUING ENSURES THAT ALL WAITING VEHICLES ARE CONTAINED ON THE SITE, UM, PREVENTING ANY TRAFFIC

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FROM BACKING UP INTO THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.

ADHERENCE TO STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS WILL SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE THE ARCHITECTURAL QUALITY OF THE BUILDING, ENSURING THAT THE MATERIALS AND DESIGN ELEVATE THE VISUAL STANDARDS OF THE CORRIDOR.

AND LASTLY, THAT DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SITE WILL EXTEND THE PUBLIC SIDEWALK, SIDEWALK WALK ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE PROPERTY, ENHANCING PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY AND FULFILLING THE CITY'S ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION GOALS.

SHOULD THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOR THIS REQUEST, STAFF DOES RECOMMEND THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.

NUMBER ONE, THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL CREATE AN ENHANCED PATIO AREA WITH PLANTERS INTEGRATED SEATING AND OTHER ELEMENTS TO DEFINE THE PATIO AS AN OUTDOOR SEATING SPACE.

THIS WILL ADD VISUAL INTEREST TO THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING, AND IT CAN COUNT AS AN ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE FOR THE SITE DESIGN AND BUILDING ORIENTATION.

UH, MENU CATEGORY NUMBER TWO, THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE CONCEALED OR RECESS LIGHT FIXTURES IN THE CANOPY, SOFFIT, AND PATIO AREA.

THIS WILL ENHANCE THE BUILDING DESIGN AND OUTDOOR AREA, AND CAN COUNT AS ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE FOR THE SITE DESIGN AND BUILDING ORIENTATION MENU CATEGORY NUMBER THREE.

THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE ENHANCED LANDSCAPING IN AN UNDULATING PATTERN ALONG THE FRONT ROW OF PARKING TO ADD VISUAL INTEREST AND SCREEN PARK VEHICLES.

UM, SEPARATELY.

SEPARATELY, ADDITIONAL SHRUB PLANTING SHOULD BE PROVIDED ALONG THE SOUTH OF THE DRIVE THROUGH LANE.

UM, IN ORDER TO SCREEN THE VEHICLE QUEUE FROM LAKERIDGE PARKWAY, THE ADDITIONAL POUND PLANTINGS CAN THEN COUNT AS ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE FOR THE SITE DESIGN AND BUILDING ORIENTATION MENU CATEGORY NUMBER FOUR.

THE REQUEST DOES NOT MEET APPENDIX F AS I MENTIONED.

UM, PARTICULARLY THE ARTICULATION REQUIREMENTS.

THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE ENHANCEMENTS TO THE BUILDING DESIGN TO STRENGTHEN THE PEDESTRIAN CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE AND MEET THE, MEET THE ARTICULATION REQUIREMENTS IN APPENDIX F OF THE UDC.

UH, THE ENHANCEMENTS WILL ENSURE THAT THE PROPOSAL MEETS THE INTENT OF APPENDIX F WHILE STAYING CONSISTENT WITH CHIPOTLE'S ARCHITECTURAL STYLE.

UM, POSSIBLE ENHAN ENHANCEMENTS COULD INCLUDE, CONTINUE OR EXTEND THE DARK CHARCOAL BAND THAT ROBS AROUND THE BUILDING TO CREATE MORE HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL VISUAL INTEREST.

CONSIDER RECESSING OR PROJECTING THE GLAZING TO CREATE MORE HORIZONTAL VARIATION.

STRENGTHEN THE ARTICULATED PUBLIC ENTRANCE BY EXTENDING THE CANOPY AND THICKENING, THICKENING THE FASCIA.

UM, AND INTRODUCE A DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURE MATERIAL SUCH AS WOOD FINISH FOR THE ACCENT WALL.

THAT CAN CONTRAST WITH THE PROPOSED BUILDING MATERIALS.

AND LASTLY, UM, THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE ONSITE BICYCLE OF RACKS TO ENHANCE LOCAL MULTIMODAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUPPORT BROADER NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTIVITY AS IS ENVISIONED IN THE TRANSPORTATION GOALS OF THE EPIC CENTRAL PLAN.

THIS AMENITY WILL ENCOURAGE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND IT CAN COUNT AS AN ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE UNDER THE HEALTHY, SMART AND SUSTAINABLE MENU CATEGORY.

ANY QUESTIONS? EXCELLENT PRESENTATION.

I THINK YOU ANSWERED ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS, AND I LIKE THE ANALYSIS PART.

IT'S REALLY GREAT.

IT'S A GREAT ENHANCEMENT TO, UH, THE PRESENTATION.

UM, ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? UH, IS THE APPLICANT HERE? THEY SURE ARE.

OKAY.

UM, THANK YOU.

MM-HMM .

WE HAVE HAVE ONE CARD FROM WILL FRIERSON WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

OH, ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU.

MAD CHAIR.

STATE, STATE YOUR NAME.

COMMISSIONER.

STAFF.

YEAH.

STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

UH, MY NAME IS WILL FRIERSON AND I'M WITH JF HOLDINGS AND OUR BUSINESS ADDRESSES, UH, 38 11 TURTLE CREEK, SUITE 1715 IN DALLAS.

UM, UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

UH, OUR PLAN IS TO DEVELOP A 2300 SQUARE FOOT CHIPOTLE RESTAURANT, UH, AT THIS LOCATION.

UH, IT'S HIGHLY DESIRED BY OUR CLIENT, CHIPOTLE, UH, TO BE HERE.

UH, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE, UM, UH, SEVERAL THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN POINTED OUT AS CONDITIONS.

UH, AND I'D LIKE TO TO NOTE THAT, UH, SEVERAL OF THOSE WE HAVE ALREADY MADE THE NECESSARY CHANGES AND MODIFICATIONS TO MEET THOSE, UH, CONDITIONS.

AND IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL GO THROUGH EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY TO TRY TO TRY TO ANSWER.

UM, SO I THINK, UH, UH, QUICKLY, UH, WE CAN EASILY COMPLY WITH NUMBERS ONE, TWO, UH, FOUR AND FIVE, AND I'LL GO AGAIN, UH, EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY.

THE FIRST ONE, UH, IS TALKING ABOUT THE OUTDOOR, UH, PATIO AREA.

I BROUGHT A, UH, A COUPLE OF EXHIBITS.

WE JUST COMPLETED A, UH, UH, EXACT, UH, RESTAURANT IN ARLINGTON, UH, AT THE CORNER OF RANDALL MILL AND FIELDER, UH, THAT SHOWS THE PLANNED PATIO AREA THAT WE WOULD BE DOING AT THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION.

UM,

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AND THEN ALSO I'VE ASKED OUR ARCHITECT, WHICH HE WAS ABLE TO COMPLY WITH, AND THAT I CAN ADD AS AN EXHIBIT TO OUR, UH, SUBMITTAL, WHICH ACTUALLY SHOWS THIS EXACT PLAN.

I KNOW IT WAS A LITTLE FUZZY.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GO BACK.

CAN YOU HELP ME GO BACK? DO YOU WANT, 'CAUSE I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT ARLINGTON, UH, PERSPECTIVE.

THE PERSPECTIVE.

OKAY.

SO THE PICTURE OF AR, THE ONE, THE PICTURE, THE ONE THAT'S COMPLETED, THIS IS THE ONE THAT'S COMPLETED THAT SHOWS THE ACTUAL PATIO, THE FURNITURE, THAT, AND SEATING ARRANGEMENTS THAT WOULD BE AT THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION.

OKAY.

AND SO WE CAN, WE CAN, THE ONE, THE PICTURE YOU HAD WITH THE, THE PICTURE I HAVE IS WITH THE, OF THE FINISHED LOCATION IS NOT A RENDERING, IT'S AN ACTUAL COMPLETED PHOTO.

CAN WE SEE THAT? ABSOLUTELY.

MM-HMM .

IT'S HARD TO SEE THAT THAT FAR.

I'M SORRY.

THAT'S OKAY.

I TRIED TO PRINT IT ON THE PAPER AS POSSIBLE.

THIS IS THE SAME, SAME LOCATION, DIFFERENT, IT'S DIFFERENT.

NO, THIS ONE IS DIFFERENT.

THIS LAST ONE, DIFFERENT, UH, THOSE ARE THE SAME LOCATION, BUT DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.

ONE IS WITH, WITH THE, WITH THAT ONE.

OH, YEAH.

IT HAS THE SEATING AND EVERYTHING.

MADAM CHAIR THAT SHOWS RIGHT.

THIS EXACT RENDERING, BUT WITH THE, THE SEATING MM-HMM .

SO YOU'RE OKAY WITH CONDITIONS 1, 2, 4, AND FIVE.

YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THAT? YES.

OKAY.

UM, AND SORRY, I CAN YOU PUT THOSE CONDITIONS BACK UP.

OKAY.

SO, UH, NUMBER TWO, AGAIN, UH, I JUST THINK ON THE, UH, THE BUILDING ELEVATION THAT WAS SHOWN IN THE PACKAGE, IT'S NOT CLEARLY, UH, IDENTIFIED, BUT IT IS INCLUDED IN OUR PLANS AND WOULD BE, WE'D BE WILLING TO COMPLY WITH THAT CONDITION.

UM, IT, I JUST DON'T THINK OUR ARCHITECT PROVIDED THAT EXACT SHEET THAT SHOWS THE LIGHTING.

THAT WOULD BE THE RECESS LIGHTING UNDER THE FRONT CANOPY.

OKAY.

BUT THAT IS IN FACT THERE.

UM, I WILL COME BACK TO, UH, YES.

OKAY.

SO THEN IN TERMS OF NUMBER FOUR, WE, WE WILL, WE CAN WORK WITH, UH, WITH STAFF AND COMMISSION TO, TO MEET THESE, UM, ITEMS OF, OF WHILE STILL MAINTAINING, UH, CHIPOTLE'S BRAND STANDARDS.

WE CAN MAKE SOME OF THESE MODIFICATIONS AS APP RELATES.

APPENDIX, IS THAT THE APPENDIX F? IS THAT WHAT THAT IS? UH, YES MA'AM.

OKAY.

AND THEN NUMBER FIVE, UM, UH, WE HAVE NOT MADE THE UPDATE TO INCLUDE A BIKE RACK.

CAN, CAN YOU GO TO THOSE SLIDES? WE ARE ON THREE NOW.

OH, I'M SORRY.

YEAH, MY APOLOGIES.

SURE.

SO FOUR, THAT'S NUMBER FOUR THAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT, RIGHT.

THAT WE CAN COMPLY WITH AND WORK WITH STAFF MM-HMM .

TO MEET THOSE, UH, FOUR BULLET POINTS OR SOME COMBINATION THEREOF.

AND THEN NUMBER FIVE, IN TERMS OF ADDING A BIKE RACK, WE CAN, WE CAN DO THAT.

OKAY.

UM, OBVIOUSLY AN ADDITIONAL COST THAT, UM, WE CAN SHOULDER, YOU'LL GET MORE CUSTOMERS THAT WAY.

THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE CARS.

TRUE .

ABSOLUTELY.

UH, AND WE'VE DONE IT AT OTHER LOCATIONS.

IT'S GENERALLY JUST CASE BY CASE, DEPENDENT UPON IT, UPON WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY AND THE CONSTITUENTS, UH, ARE LOOKING FOR AT A PARTICULAR LOCATION.

AND SO THEN BACK TO NUMBER, UH, THREE, UM, I BELIEVE IT SHOWS IN THE LANDSCAPE PLAN WHERE WE'VE ADDED 10 TREES TO TRY TO BLOCK, UH, SOME OF THAT HEAD END PARKING, UH, ANY VEHICLE, UH, VEHICLE LIGHTS.

UM, AND WE'RE, WE'RE WILLING TO ADD SOME ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING THERE.

I WOULD JUST NOTE THAT SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO, UH, UH, ADDING A SCREEN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE, UH, OF THE, THE PICKUP WINDOW AND THE, UH, PASS THROUGH LANE, UH, OUR PROPERTY LINE, I DON'T, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE'S SUFFICIENT SPACING BETWEEN THAT ACTUAL DRIVE AISLE AND THE PROPERTY LINE TO, TO ADD ANY SHRUBBERY.

I MEAN, WE COULD, BUT I DON'T THINK MM-HMM .

WITH IRRIGATION AND THAT THERE WOULD BE ENOUGH SPACING THERE.

SO I, I, UH, UH, RECOMMEND THAT I FIND OTHER LOCATIONS WITHIN THE PROPERTY MM-HMM .

TO.

SO YOU'RE WILLING TO, YOU'RE REALLY WILLING TO WORK THROUGH ALL OF THESE? UH, YES MA'AM.

CONCERNS.

ABSOLUTELY.

ARE WE OKAY WITH THAT STAFF? OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

YES.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER? UM, WHAT IS YOUR TURNAROUND TIME ON GETTING THIS SITE UP AND RUNNING? UH, ASSUMING WE GET, UH, THE NECESSARY APPROVALS AND THEN THROUGH THE CITY, THEN WE WOULD, UM, IDEALLY START, UH, IN THE, UM, FIRST QUARTER OF 26 AND BE, OR 27, EXCUSE ME, AND BE OPEN, UH, BY

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FOURTH QUARTER OF 27.

I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION WITH REGARD TO, THIS HAS BEEN A DRIVE-THROUGH AND THEN OUTSIDE YOU HAVE THIS DIGITAL WHERE YOU CAN ORDER AHEAD OF TIME, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE THAT THEY WANT TO EAT THAT.

SURE.

AND SO THAT'S GONNA, I'M, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC AND YOU KNOW, LAKE RIDGE IS A VERY, VERY BUSY STREET.

AND HOW YOU ADDRESSING THAT IN? ARE YOU HAVE PROBLEMS WITH, UM, STACKING IN AR IN THE ARLINGTON, THE RANDALL MILL LOCATION, OR IT HASN'T BEEN UP LONG ENOUGH FOR YOU TO SAY? UH, NO MA'AM, WE HAVE NOT.

UM, THIS PARTICULAR, UH, CHIPOTLE, THE WAY THAT THEY OPERATE, IT'S, THEY DON'T OPERATE AS A TRADITIONAL DRIVE THROUGH.

SO THEY DO NOT HAVE A MENU BOARD AND OR A CALL BOX THAT WOULD ALLOW ANY POTENTIAL CUSTOMER TO COME UP AND ORDER MM-HMM .

AND IT'S ALL LIKE, UH, GEO, I'M NOT, I DON'T KNOW THE TECHNICAL TERM FOR IT MM-HMM .

BUT IT'S BASICALLY GEOFENCING, WHICH THEY, YOU HAVE TO ORDER IN ADVANCE.

UH, AND THEY KNOW WHEN YOU'RE COMING THROUGH THE DRIVE THROUGH AND THEY BASICALLY HAND YOU YOUR ORDER.

SO IF A CUSTOMER DETERMINED, AS YOU INDICATED ON, ON A, LIKE A LAST MINUTE NOTICE, DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED TO HAVE CHIPOTLE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO PARK THEIR VEHICLE AND WALK INSIDE AND ORDER, AND ORDER THEIR MILL EITHER TO DINE IN OR TO GO, UH, ALTERNATIVELY THEY WOULD, THEY COULD DOWNLOAD THE APP AND ORDER AND THEN WAIT FOR THEIR ORDER TO BE COMPLETE AND THEN PULL THROUGH.

OKAY.

SO THERE'S NOT AN ABILITY TO, UH, COME TO THE WINDOW ORDER, UH, WHATEVER YOU WOULD LIKE, AND THEN WAIT FOR, UH, YOUR ORDER TO BE COMPLETE.

YEAH, I, YEAH.

THAT'S GREAT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT MY OTHER CONCERN IS TRAFFIC.

IT'S THE VERY HIGH TRAFFIC AREA.

SURE.

YES MA'AM.

AND THAT, THAT IS MY CONCERN THAT I'M NOT SURE WE CAN DO ANYTHING WITH THAT.

YEAH, I WOULD SAY THAT, UM, THE PARTICULAR LOCATION THAT I'M, THAT I'VE SHOWED AT, UH, RANDALL MILL AND FIELD IS A HARD LO HARD CORNER LOCATION AND WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY ISSUES, UH, WITH TRAFFIC OR, UH, PARKING OR ANY OTHER ITEMS. MM-HMM .

SUCH AS THAT.

AND I MEAN, WE'VE WORKED RECENTLY IN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AS WELL, FROM ARLINGTON TO HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE IN THE DFW AREA? UH, WE HAVE COMPLETED, PUT ME ON THE SPOT, SORRY.

UM, FIVE TO 10 IN THE DFW AREA, BUT WE WORK BEYOND DALLAS, UM, OR THE, THE METROPLEX.

WE ALSO DO WORK IN, UH, THROUGHOUT TEXAS AND SURROUNDING STATES.

SO THIS IS THE FIRST GP GRAND PRAIRIE? UH, YES MA'AM.

OKAY.

AND, UH, I WOULD SAY THAT, UH, CHIPOTLE, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR, FOR MANY, MANY YEARS TO FIND THEM AND IDENTIFY A LOCATION WITHIN THE CITY.

UH, THEY, THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS LOCATION AND I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY STRONG PERFORMER, WHICH OBVIOUSLY, UH, WILL SERVE THE CONSTITUENTS NOT ONLY FOOD, BUT ALSO GIVE BACK TO THE CITY THROUGH SALES TAX REVENUE.

I'M READY.

I'M RIGHT DOWN THE STREET.

ALRIGHT.

.

OKAY.

COMMISSIONER AND COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN.

YEAH.

SO THANK YOU MR. FRIERSON.

IS THAT CORRECT? UH, YES MA'AM.

UM, COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR ME.

TO MADAM CHAIR'S POINT, UH, I'M A BIT CONCERNED ABOUT THE, I THINK YOU SAID DIGITAL, THE NO MENU BOARD OR CALL BOX OPTION.

HAVE YOU HAD INSTANCES, AND I KNOW YOU ARE THE DEVELOPER, SO MAYBE YOU DON'T KNOW, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS IF CHIPOTLE HAS HAD INSTANCES WHERE THEY SWITCH THAT TO A OR IF YOU ARE ACTUALLY UH, WIRING FOR A POSSIBLE A MENU BOX.

BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S A, IT'S A, A POSSIBLE CHANGE, IT'S A CONSIDERATION THAT THEY MAY USE IT FOR ANOTHER CAPACITY.

I JUST SEE THAT AS BECAUSE I LIVE THERE.

SURE.

YOU KNOW, I LIVE, I HAVE TO PASS IT.

I'M SUPER EXCITED.

I AM A CILANTRO RICE KIND OF GIRL, SO IT'S GREAT THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE CLOSER TO ME.

I'M GOING ABROAD RIGHT NOW.

OKAY.

BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CONGESTION OF TRAFFIC MM-HMM .

AND THE MAXIMIZATION OF USAGE.

'CAUSE YOU'RE GONNA GET A TON OF FOLKS THAT ARE COMING TO THAT LAKE THAT ARE GONNA WHISK DOWN THERE AND ORDER.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNOW THAT, BUT EVERYBODY, THE CARS JUST COME OUT WHEN THE PARK CLOSES.

SO IN KEEPING WITH THAT, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHAT YOU'RE TELLING US IN THIS MOMENT, THAT IT'S ACTUALLY A DRIVE THROUGH.

'CAUSE YOU GOT LOTS OF PARKING.

THERE'S NOBODY, YOU GOT THIS ER CENTER ON THIS SIDE, THE BANK BEHIND YOU ON THE WEEKEND.

IT COULD BE, UH, AN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE.

EXACTLY.

WITH TRAFFIC, IF PEOPLE ARE TAKING THAT THIRD LEVEL, WE GET IT WITH PRAIRIE LIGHTS MM-HMM .

IF THEY TAKE THAT THIRD RIGHT.

TURN INTO YOUR FACILITY AND THERE'S NO MOVEMENT, IT, I SEE IT AS JUST BEING WHISKING CARS ALL OVER THE PLACE.

SO I JUST NEED A LITTLE REASSURANCE IF YOU COULD, THAT AS WE SPEAK ON THE RECORD, THAT THAT IS NOT WHAT THE INTENT WOULD

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BE AND THE PROPENSITY OF IT HAPPENING IS VERY SLIM.

THAT IS, UH, NOT THE INTENT.

AND SO I CAN STAND BEHIND THAT.

UM, AND, UH, AS IT RELATES TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION OR POINT, UH, IN TERMS OF A CALL BOX, WE, AT THE INITIAL CONSTRUCTION, WE DO NOT WIRE FOR A CALL BOX OR A MENU BOARD.

UH, THAT SAID, UH, I, I CANNOT, UH, WE BUILD THE BUILDING AND WE LEASE IT TO THE USER, THIS CASE BEING CHIPOTLE, AND THEY CAN MAKE MODIFICATIONS WITHIN REASON TO THE PROPERTY OVER THE COURSE OF TIME.

AND, UH, SO I CANNOT MAKE ANY GUARANTEES ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS ABOUT ANYTHING.

MM-HMM .

UH, BUT I CAN SAY THAT THE INTENT INITIALLY IS TO NOT HAVE A CALL BOX THAT WOULD RESOLVE THAT ISSUE.

AND I DO NOT FORESEE, BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE, UM, AT THE MULTIPLE UNITS THAT WE'VE BUILT AND OTHER HIGH VOLUME AREAS, UH, AND MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREAS, THAT THE TRAFFIC WOULD BE, UH, AN ISSUE HERE.

MM-HMM .

THANK YOU.

AND THAT OUR, OUR, THAT OUR SITE PLAN IS VERY, VERY WELL SCRUTINIZED, NOT ONLY BY YOU ALL AND THE CITIES THAT WE WORK IN, BUT ALSO, UH, THE ACTUAL OPERATOR AND PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE RUNNING THE BUSINESS ON THE DAY DAY.

MM-HMM .

THANK YOU SIR.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UH, COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN, MY SENTIMENTS EXACTLY.

'CAUSE WE BOTH ARE CLOSE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY.

UH, BRETT, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THIS SO YOU CAN GIVE US ANY SIGN OF HOPE THAT WE, BECAUSE YOU SAID IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING NOW, WE CAN'T, CAN WE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT THEY CONSIDER, UH, A, UH, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, LANE OR SOMETHING TO ADHERE TO MORE TRAFFIC? OR IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO ON THIS SIDE BEFORE IT'S APPROVED? I GUESS I'M HAVING TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING THE QUESTION.

THE QUE THE CONCERN I GUESS IS, IS TRAFFIC FLOWS STEADY AND HEAVY DOWN LAKE RIDGE AT CERTAIN PEAK TIMES FOR SURE.

AND IF FOLKS ARE GETTING OFF FROM WORK AND THEY WANT SOMETHING TO EAT, EVEN IF THEY, THEY'VE CALLED ON THE BOARD, THERE STILL MAY BE PROBLEMS IN TRAFFIC IS WHAT COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN AND I ARE SPEAKING TO.

AND NOBODY'S LISTENING TO THAT POINT.

MM-HMM .

THAT WE THINK IS GONNA BE HEAVY TRAFFIC.

SO WE JUST DO, I, I'M, BECAUSE IT'S NEW DEVELOPMENT, THERE WILL BE MORE TRAFFIC.

BUT THAT WOULD BE TRUE OF ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD GO HERE.

THIS COMPARED TO SAY SOMETHING LIKE MCDONALD'S THAT HAS A DEDICATED DRIVE THROUGH LANE IN VERY HIGH TURNOVER, THIS WOULD, IN MY OPINION, PRODUCE LESS TRAFFIC THAN ONE OF THOSE TYPES OF USES.

UM, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S SIMPLY NO WAY TO SAY THAT THERE WOULD BE LESS TRAFFIC IF THIS OPENED.

WELL, LAKE RIDGE IS ALREADY HAD HEAVY TRAFFIC AREA, AS YOU ALL ALL KNOW.

ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT PUTTING ANOTHER, A BUSINESS, A RESTAURANT ON THAT, ON THAT, ON THAT THOROUGHFARE IS GONNA BE BUSIER THAN IT ALREADY IS.

AND I GUESS MAYBE TO ANSWER IT A DIFFERENT WAY, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT WHAT THE MARGINAL IMPACT OF THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE PROPORTIONAL TO HAVE THEM WIDEN THE ROAD FOR A SINGLE BUSINESS.

THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD DO AS PART OF AN OVERALL DEVELOPMENT.

MM-HMM .

UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT AS PART OF JUST PLANNED FUTURE GROWTH FOR THE AREA.

NOW LAKE RIDGE IS BUILT OUT TO WHAT IT IS IN THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN, WHICH IS A SIX LANE DIVIDED ROAD.

IT'S OUR SECOND HIGHEST CLASSIFICATION IN THE CITY.

UM, BESIDES IF WE WANTED TO TAKE THAT MEDIAN OUT AND PUT A TURN LANE IN, THAT'S OUR HIGHEST CLASSIFICATION BESIDES HIGHWAYS.

SO AS FAR AS WHAT THIS DEVELOPMENT COULD DO TO IMPROVE LAKERIDGE TRAFFIC, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A PROPORTIONAL ANSWER GOTCHA.

TO THAT MM-HMM .

AND I'LL ADD THAT FROM A ACCESS STANDPOINT.

THERE, THERE'S ALREADY ONE POINT OF ACCESS AND THERE WILL BE, UM, WITH THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FROST BANK AND THEIR SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT, UM, THERE'S A MUTUAL ACCESS EASEMENT THAT GOES BEHIND THE ER THAT WILL PROVIDE ACCESS TO CAMP WISDOM AND LAKE RIDGE.

OKAY.

UM, SO THERE'S GONNA BE MULTIPLE MEANS OF EGRESS FROM THIS SITE.

I'LL ALSO SAY THAT THE ACCESS IS CONTROLLED.

I'M NOT A TRANSPORTATION GUY, BUT YOU'RE ONLY ACCESSING, UH, THE BUSINESS ON LAKERIDGE FROM LAKERIDGE AND YOU'RE TURNING IN AND YOU'RE TURNING OUT AND HAVING TO GO SOUTH.

THERE'S NO CROSS.

I'D BE CONCERNED IF THERE WAS A CROSS MM-HMM .

TO GO NORTH ON LAKERIDGE THERE IS NOT.

OKAY.

YEAH.

THAT, THAT HELPS US OUT A LITTLE BIT.

YES, MA'AM.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.

ANY COMMISSIONER FEDCO HAS A QUESTION FOR YOU? SO, MR. FRIERSON, I, I ALSO LIKED CHIPOTLE, BUT I TRIED TO EAT YOUR FOOD IN MY CAR ONCE AND IT WAS A DISASTER.

.

SO I ALWAYS GO IN .

YOU'RE, YOU'RE TELLING ME

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THAT YOU GUYS, YOUR WHOLE ORDERING STICK IN A CAR IS THEY GOTTA USE AN APP AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE APP, AND IF YOU DON'T DO THAT, THEN THERE'S YOU, THEN YOU HAVE TO PHYSICALLY GET OUTTA YOUR CAR AND GO GET YOUR FOOD.

IS THAT HOW IT WORKS AS OF THIS MOMENT TODAY? YES, SIR.

OKAY.

WELL, UM, MADAM CHAIR AND I, LISTEN, I DON'T DEAL WITH WHAT YOU AND, UH, COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN DO, BUT YOU'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT A CONDITION OF PROSPERITY.

YEAH.

YOU GOT A LOT OF TRAFFIC DOWN THERE, BUT IT'S ALSO 'CAUSE YOU GOT A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND PEOPLE WANNA PUT BUSINESSES THERE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN COMPLAIN ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT'S JUST INEVITABLE.

UM, I AM INTRIGUED, UH, UH, TIE THAT HE SAYS HE'S NOT GONNA PRE-WIRE IT FOR A MENU BOARD AND A SPEAKER BOX.

'CAUSE THAT THAT WOULD COST A LOT OF MONEY TO DO IT RETROACTIVELY.

SO.

EXACTLY.

ANYWAY, THANK YOU MR. YES.

THANK YOU ALL.

I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

MM-HMM .

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR CONCERNS FROM STAFF? UM, I HAVE ONE QUESTION.

DOES HENA HAVE A, AN OPINION ABOUT WHAT HE WAS SAYING ABOUT NUMBER THREE? IS THAT, IS THE PROPER GOING SO TIGHT FOR HIM THAT HE CAN'T PUT THE SHRUBS THERE THE WAY THAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT, UM, TAKE A LOOK AT IT AGAIN, BUT HE WILLING YOU TALKING THE MIC.

SORRY.

I WAS SAYING I I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AGAIN.

BUT HE WAS SAYING, I THINK WHAT HE'S SAYING IS THE AREA HERE IS JUST DOESN'T, IT GOES AGAINST, DOESN'T AGAINST THE PROPERTY LINE OR SOMETHING.

HE WAS GONNA ADD 10 TREES 'CAUSE I THINK THE OTHER SHOPS WE WERE ASKING FOR.

YEAH.

UM, BUT HIS POINT IS IT, IT, IT'S MORE, YEAH.

'CAUSE THE, THE CAR LENGTH, THE CAR WIDTH, EXCUSE ME, THAT'S GOTTA BE A SET WIDTH, I'M ASSUMING.

UH, AND THEN THERE'S ONLY, ONLY SO MUCH SQUARE FOOTAGE OR SPACE IN THERE.

I'M JUST WONDERING IF WHAT HE WAS SAYING SOUNDED TRUE TO YOU GUYS OR NOT LOOKING AT IT NOW.

YES, IT DOES.

SO I'D BE CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT, UM, IN LIEU WHAT HE WOULD BE.

YEAH.

PROPOSING, I THINK WE CAN LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS.

LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY LINE AS PROPOSED.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE TIGHT CONSIDERING, UH, IRRIGATION.

UM, BUT WE COULD LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS, WHETHER THEY COULD PUT HEDGES THERE, A SMALL HEDGE OR PUT IT, PUT THEM ELSEWHERE AS HE MENTIONED.

OKAY.

I DO, I DO REMEMBER HIM SAYING THAT HE WAS WILLING TO WORK WITH STAFF YES.

ON ALL OF THIS.

SO I THINK WE'RE, WE SHOULD BE OKAY WITH THREE.

IT'S A LITTLE WIGGLE ROOM WORKING WITH, WE HAVE TO JUST STATE, DO I HAVE TO JUST STATE THAT IN THE, UH, MOTION? IT SEEMS LIKE HE, HE'S AMENABLE TO, UH, MEET ALL THE CONDITIONS.

OKAY.

SO, UM, JUST SAY THAT.

YES.

YEAH, THAT'S EASY.

EASIER.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? THIS IS MY AREA.

UM, ON, UM, NUMBER SEVEN, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM SUP 2 6 0 6 0 0 1 2 SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, SITE PLAN FOR CHIPOTLE, UM, AT LAKE RIDGE AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND ALSO THAT IN SPEAKING TO, UM, THE DEVELOPER THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO, UM, THEY'RE AMENABLE TO ALL OF THE, UH, THINGS THAT NEED TO BE CHANGED.

UH, CAN I SAY THAT? CAN I GET A SECOND? A SECOND.

HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM SEVEN SUP 2 6 0 6 0 0 1 2 SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, SITE PERMIT FOR CHIPOTLE AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE THEY'RE WILLING TO ABIDE BY AND WORK THROUGH ALL OF THE CONCERNS.

AND I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PRESLEY.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THAT BEING SAID, THAT'S THE LAST CASE AT EIGHT 14.

THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

THANK.