* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:06] WELCOME [Call to Order ] TO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING OF AUGUST 11TH, 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 6:33 PM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETS THE SECOND AND FOURTH TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH. ALL MEETINGS ARE VIDEO RECORDED. NO OFFICIAL ACTION CAN BE TAKEN UNLESS PROPER APPLICATION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED THROUGH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOLLOWS A PRINTED AGENDA THAT IS AVAILABLE ONLINE PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ARE ROUTINE ITEMS WHICH CAN ALL BE APPROVED IN ONE MOTION. HOWEVER, ANY MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION MAY MAKE A MOTION TO INDIVIDUALLY CONSIDER AN ITEM FROM THE PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA. INDIVIDUALS MAY ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANY ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA. TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM OR NOTE YOUR SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION WITHOUT SPEAKING, PLEASE FILL OUT A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD. THESE CARDS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE COUNTER AND SHOULD BE TURNED IN AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM PRIOR TO THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM BEING CALLED, I WILL NOW CONDUCT A ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS TO CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM AFTER A CALL. YOUR NAME PLEASE SAY HERE, CHERYL SMITH. HERE. TY CHAPMAN. MALCOLM CHARI. CHRISTOPHER OLE FRANK GONZALEZ. HERE. JANIE MENDEZ. ARI. HERE. MAR MARTA NEMO. HERE. JOHN FKO. HERE. KENNETH PRESLEY. HERE, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL MEMBERS OF PRESIDENT EXCEPT FOR TY CHAPMAN, MALCOLM CHARI, AND CHRISTOPHER OCHO. AND NOW WE'LL HAVE THE INVOCATION BY COMMISSIONER FRANK GONZALEZ. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND US AND TEXAS FLAG BY COMMISSIONER JANIE MENDEZ. ARI, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR, LETTER SPRAY HENRY HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU WITH GRATEFUL HEARTS, SEEKING YOUR WISDOM AND GUIDANCE AND DISCERNMENT AS WE GATHER TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE CITY OF THE GRAND PRAIRIE. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE PRIVILEGE TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY AND FOR ENTRUSTING US WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PLANNING FOR ITS FUTURE. LORD, WE ASK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE IN THIS MEETING. MAY OUR DISCUSSIONS BE FILLED WITH WISDOM, FAIRNESS, AND INTEGRITY. HELP US TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT PROMOTE SAFETY AND PROSPERITY FOR ALL WHO CALL THIS CITY THEIR HOME. AND LET US BE MINDFUL OF THE NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS AND THE WELLBEING OF OUR BUSINESSES AND THE PRESERVATION OF OUR COMMUNITY VALUES. LORD, GRANT US CLARITY IN OUR DELIBERATIONS, UNITY AND PURPOSE AND RESPECT FROM ONE ANOTHER'S PERSPECTIVES. MAY WE LEAD WITH HUMILITY AND A HEART TO SERVE, ALWAYS SEEKING WHAT IS BEST FOR THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY. BLESS OUR LEADERS, CITY OFFICIALS AND CITIZENS, AND YOUR HOLY NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGES TO THE FLAG, UNITED OF AMERICA FOR WHICH YOU STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY, JUSTICE, HONOR, TEXAS FLAG PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO TEXAS IN AN EFFORT TO MINIMIZE DISRUPTIONS. THE FOLLOWING MEETING GUIDELINES WILL APPLY. THE STAFF WILL PRESENT FIRST ON ANY AGENDA ITEM FOLLOWING A BRIEF DIS PRESENTATION BY STAFF, APPLICANTS WILL HAVE A COMBINED TOTAL OF 30 MINUTES TO PRESENT. ONCE THE APPLICANT HAS SPOKEN, EACH MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO FILLS OUT A SPEAKER CARD WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM. ADDITIONAL SPEAKING TIME MAY BE ALLOWED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIRMAN BEFORE SPEAKING. SPEAKERS SHOULD GIVE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD ALONG WITH WHOM YOU REPRESENT. IF APPLICABLE, AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON A TOPIC NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA SHOULD SPEAK UNDER THE HEADING OF CITIZEN COMMENTS. STAFF WILL BE AVAILABLE TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS FOLLOWING PRESENTATION OF EACH ITEM AT THIS TIME, CITIZENS MAY SPEAK FOR UP TO FIVE MINUTES ON ANY ITEM, NOT ON THE AGENDA. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? WE DON'T HAVE SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. WE HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS FOR CITIZENS' COMMENTS. THE NEXT MATTER [PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA] FOR CONSIDERATION IS APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA. THERE IS ONE ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. ITEM ONE, APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE JULY 28TH, 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? NO, MA'AM. DO I HAVE A MOTION COMMISSIONER ADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND VOTE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE JULY 28TH MEETING. I'LL SECOND THAT. I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE PUBLIC, UH, CONSENT AGENDA BY COMMISSIONER FKO AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. [00:05:01] ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. FIRST CASE, PLEASE. [2. STP-26-02-0005 - Site Plan - New retail at 3075 Claremont Dr (City Council District 4). Site Plan to construct a two-story retail building for commercial rental spaces and storage on 1.281 acres. Lot 1B, Block 1, Lodge Realty Addition No. 2, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, zoned PD-140, within IH 30 Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 3075 Claremont Dr ] GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS STP DASH 26 DASH ZERO TWO DASH 0 0 5. IT IS A SITE PLAN. UH, THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 3 0 7 5 CLAREMONT DRIVE. IT IS A SITE PLAN FOR A NEW TWO STORY RETAIL BUILDING, AGAIN LOCATED AT 30 75 CLAREMONT. IT IS ZONED PD ONE 40 IN THE I 30, UH, CORRIDOR OVERLAY. AND IT, IT IS APPROXIMATELY 1.3 ACRES. HERE IS A AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY. UM, YOU CAN SEE IT THERE IN YELLOW. WE DO HAVE SOME MULTIFAMILY TO THE NORTH AND SINGLE FAMILY TO THE EAST. UH, DIRECTLY SOUTH OF IT IS PUBLIC STORAGE. AND ON THE WEST WE HAVE A CONVENIENCE STORE WITH GAS. THE SITE PLAN IS FOR A 15,200 SQUARE FOOT TWO STORY BUILDING. THE FOR FIRST STORY WILL BE 7,600 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL RENTAL SPACE, AND THE SECOND FLOOR WILL BE 7,600, UH, SQUARE FEET OF TENANT STORAGE. SO THAT IS STORAGE FOR, UM, THE TENANTS THAT ARE RENTING THE SPACE ON THE FIRST FLOOR. UM, IT DOES MEET OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS, AND IT ALSO MEETS ALL OF THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS. HERE'S THE LANDSCAPE PLAN THAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING. UM, IT DOES MEET ALL OF OUR LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS. HERE ARE THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING. UM, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE GLAZING, THE, UM, STONE AND BRICK VENEER THAT THEY HAVE PROVIDED, THE WEST AND EAST ELEVATIONS THERE. THEY DO MEET, UM, THE APP. THE APPLICATION MEETS ALL OF OUR, UM, MENU ITEM, MENU ITEMS, SORRY, APPENDIX F MENU ITEMS. UM, IT'S ALSO MEETING ALL OF OUR GLAZING AND CANOPY REQUIREMENTS. THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES. SHOULD THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST, STAFF STAFF RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING CONDITION THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL REVISE THE BUILDING ELEVATION SO THAT STUCCO DOES NOT EXCEED 60% OF THE AREA ON THE EAST AND WEST FACADES. THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE STAFF WITH THE REVISED PLANS PRIOR TO CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION. THAT'S, THAT'S THE END. THANK YOU . UH, THAT'S GREAT PRESENTATION. UM, IS THE APPLICANT HERE? THE APPLICANT IS HERE. COMMISSIONER, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? THANK YOU. I DO. I'M SORRY. COMMISSIONER PRESLEY? YEAH. UH, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'LL WAIT TILL THE APPLICANT SO YOU SURE? YEAH. I'LL WAIT TILL THE A, I'M SORRY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. SPEAKER CARDS. I HAVE A CARD FROM THE APPLICANT, TOMMY WYNN, UM, WHO WISHES TO NOTE HIS SUPPORT. HE DOESN'T WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. WE'D LIKE FOR HIM TO SPEAK. OKAY, SIR. THANK YOU FOR COMING. UH, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. UH, MY NAME IS TOMMY WYNN. UH, THE ADDRESS THAT I'M REPRESENTING IS, UH, 3 0 7 5 CLAREMONT DRIVE. AND OUR, OUR CLIENT IS ACTUALLY, UM, THE, THE, I GUESS THE, THE BUILDING THAT YOU GUYS SAW LIKE IN FRONT OF THE HIGHWAY. THE, THE SOUTH HIGHWAY WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF HER BUILDING AS WELL. SO THAT'S WHY SHE, THAT'S WHERE THE STORAGE CAME IN EARLIER WHERE YOU MENTIONED. RIGHT. BECAUSE SHE, SHE HAD LIKE A LOT OF DENTAL, UM, MEDICAL SUPPLY THAT SHE WANTED TO LIKE STORE SOMEWHERE. MM-HMM . AND THAT WOULD BE LIKE THE BEST PLACE FOR HER. SO SHE FIGURED LIKE TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE, NEW BUILDING ON THE LOCATION, BUILD SOMETHING AND STORAGE AS WELL. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING AND EXPLAINING THAT. I AM GLAD TO SEE, UH, RETAIL THERE IN THAT AREA. AND DO YOU HAVE, UH, ANYBODY IN MIND ALREADY? UM, THE, THE FAMILY ACTUALLY RUNS, UH, TRANSCEND MEDICAL GROUP. UM, THEY HAVE A LOCATION IN ARLINGTON RIGHT NOW MM-HMM . AND THEY TRY TO BRING ALL THREE BRANCHES OF, UH, WEENIES ORTHODONTICS AND UM, UH, DENTAL ACCESS AS WELL. SO THEY MOVED DENTAL ACCESS, ACCESS TO THE, THE SOUTH HIGHWAY, UH, 360 IN FRONT ALREADY. MM-HMM . SO THIS LOCATION IN THE BACK WOULD BE FOR MORE OF THEIR MEDICAL PRACTICES AND, UM, OTHER LOCATIONS LIKE MED SPA AND I, I THINK THERE WAS IN THE WORK WHERE THEY TALK ABOUT LIKE A SALON TO PROVIDE SERVICE FOR THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. 'CAUSE UM, AT THE OTHER LOCATION, UM, IT'S LITERALLY CLOSE BY. MM-HMM . THEY HAVE A, UH, BARBERSHOP, THEY HAVE A LASH AND, UM, MEDICAL, I GUESS, UM, UH, OFFICE RENTAL. MM-HMM . SO IT, IT JUST, JUST FOR ANYONE THAT CAN RENT IT AND USE IT AS A MEDICAL PRACTICE AREA MM-HMM . 'CAUSE EVERYTHING IS PROVIDED FOR VERY GOOD. THOSE ARE VERY GOOD, UH, BUSINESSES COMING IN BECAUSE THOSE, THAT COMMUNITIES, THOSE COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME. YES, MA'AM. AND, UH, [00:10:01] I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S WONDERFUL. THE ONLY CONCERN I HAD WAS ACCESS. YES. BECAUSE THERE'S THE APARTMENTS THERE ON ONE SIDE, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE RESIDENTIAL. YES. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE BUSINESSES. MM-HMM . YOU KNOW, WHEN IT'S, EVERYBODY'S GETTING READY TO GO TO WORK. MM-HMM . I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC. YES. AND HOW THAT'S, HOW HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THAT? HOW YOU'RE GONNA LAY THAT OUT. UM, THERE, THERE IS A FLOW 'CAUSE UH, WE'RE FROM THE STREET INWARD. CAN YOU PUT THAT PICTURE BACK UP, PLEASE? MM-HMM . SORRY, I DIDN'T HAVE THE THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S OKAY. OH, SORRY. YOU WANT THE AERIAL? UM, THE AERIAL WOULD BE PERFECT, YES. MM-HMM . YES. UM, SO, UH, IN THE DRAWING, THE PROPOSED DRAWING, THERE'S LIKE A CONNECTION HERE FROM THE STREET INWARD MM-HMM . AND THEN IT GOES DOWN THIS WAY WHERE THE PATH IS CURRENTLY RIGHT HERE, THERE IS A, A LANE ABOUT 24 FEET WIDE FOR FIRE LANE THAT IS USED BY BOTH, UM, THE, THIS, UM, SORRY, THE GAS STATION THERE AND THE OTHER LOCATION AS WELL. SO THERE, THERE'S MULTIPLE WAYS FOR PEOPLE THAT CAN COME IN THIS WAY SO THEY CAN EXIT OUT SAFELY THROUGH HERE OR THEY CAN GO THROUGH THIS AREA AND EXIT THROUGH THIS WAY IF THEY NEED TO. VERY GOOD. GO MORE TOWARD VERY, THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION. THAT WAS A CONCERN BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA BE, THAT'S KIND OF GONNA BE SORT OF HIGH DENSITY IN MY OPINION THERE. AND THIS IS HER BUILDING RIGHT HERE TOO. SO RIGHT THERE, IT'S LIKE RIGHT HERE. YES. OKAY. WELL, WHERE WAS THE OTHER BUSINESS? WHERE, WHERE IS THE BUSINESS COMING FROM? WHERE, UH, ARLINGTON FROM ARLINGTON? YES. UM, THEY HAVE ONE IN ARLINGTON AND THEY HAVE ONE IN, UH, I THINK DUAL ELM. AND THEY TRY TO MOVE THE LITTLE ELM LOCATION TO GRAND PRAIRIE. VERY GOOD. WELL, WELL, WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE BUSINESSES HERE, COMMISSIONERS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. WE HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKER CARDS? NO, MA'AM. NO MORE SPEAKER CARDS. IT HAPPENS TO BE MY DISTRICT AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. UM, NOW THAT I KNOW THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE COMING IN AND WE ARE GONNA HAVE GOOD ACCESS IN AND OUT, UM, THIS IS GREAT. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE ITEM STP 2 6 0 2 0 0 0 5 AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY MYSELF, CHERYL SMITH TO APPROVE ITEM TWO AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FEDCO. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT CASE [Items 3 & 4] PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. COMMISSIONERS. THE ITEM NUMBER THREE AND ITEM NUMBER FOUR ARE JOINT ITEM. ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT CORRESPONDING TO THE ZONE CHAINS REQUEST ITEM FOUR. SO ITEM THREE IS CPA 26 0 7 0 0 1 0 4 300 SOUTHEAST FIFTH STREET. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A, UM, AMENDMENT TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. CURRENTLY THE AREA IS DESIGNATED HIGH AS HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. THEY'RE REQUESTING A ZONE CHANGE. UM, TO CORRESPOND WITH THAT, THEY ARE REQUESTING THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION TO BE, UH, CHANGED TO COMMERCIAL RETAIL AND, UH, OFFICE IN RETAIL. HERE'S THE CURRENT, UM, FUTURE LINEAGE MAP SHOWING HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AROUND THE AREA WITH THE LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. UH, THE PROPOSED, UH, WOULD INTRODUCE A COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICE USE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AREAS. SO HERE IS THE STEP ANALYSIS. UM, STEP EVALUATED THE PROPOSED, UM, THE PROPOSAL USING THE FRAMEWORKS THAT CONSIDERS THE ADOPTED PLANS AND POLICIES. AND I'LL GO THROUGH THE QUESTIONS NOTE ONE THROUGH FOUR. DOES THE PROPOSED, UM, PROPOSAL ADVANCE THE CITY'S VISION? THE REQUEST AMENDMENT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LANE SMITH DESIGNATION. THE AREA IS IDENTIFIED AS A HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS INTENDED TO SERVE AS A TRANSITIONAL AREA BETWEEN COMMERCIAL AND LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AREAS. IS THIS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING? SO THE SURROUNDING AREA IS PRIMARILY HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. AGAIN, THAT IS TO SERVE AS A TRANSITIONAL LAND USE THAT BUFFERS COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT FROM LOWER THAN CITY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. CHANGING THE SUBJECT PROPERTY TO A COMMERCIAL DESTINATION WOULD REDUCE THE PLANNED TRANSITION BETWEEN THE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES AND THE NEARBY RESIDENTIAL USES. HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO THE EXISTING, UH, DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS AND AREA CONTEXT? UM, AGAIN, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN RECOMMENDS THAT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT MAY BE LOCATED ALONG MAJOR ARTERIALS THAT ALLOWS FOR TRAFFIC CIRCULATION AND ALSO FOR VISIBILITY. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS ACCESSED FROM A LOCAL STREET CALLED, UH, SOUTHEAST PACIFIC STREET AND AUSTIN STREET. UH, IT'S NOT DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO EAST JEFFERSON STREET TO THE NORTH, WHICH IS A MAJOR ARTERIAL AND HAS A LIMITED VISIBILITY FROM THAT CORRIDOR OF EAST JEFFERSON STREET. WHAT OTHER DEVELOPMENT CHARACTERISTICS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED? UM, THE REQUESTED DESIGNATION WOULD ALLOW CONSIDERATION OF COMMERCIAL [00:15:01] DEVELOPMENT IN AN AREA CURRENTLY PLAN TO PROVIDE A TRANSITION BETWEEN COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL USES. THE PRIMARY ACCESS IS PROVIDED BY THE, UH, FROM THE SOUTHEAST FIFTH STREET AND AUSTIN STREET, WHICH MAY, UH, INFLUENCE THE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, THE ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS THE ZONE CHANGE REQUEST FOR THIS PROPERTY. THE CURRENT ZONING OF THE PROPERTY IS, UH, MAINLY CENTRAL AREA. WITH THE SMALL PORTION OF THE SOUTH BEING A TWO FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, THEY ARE PROPOSING A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. SO HERE'S THE AERIAL VIEW OF THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD. AGAIN, THE EASTERN JEFFERSON IS HERE. THERE ARE SOME, UM, LONGSTANDING COMMERCIAL USES HERE. UM, THEY'RE LOCATED ON ALONG THE SOUTH, UH, EAST FIFTH STREET AND AUSTIN STREET. UM, AS I MENTIONED IN THE AREA GENERALLY HAS, UM, EXISTING RESIDENTIAL THEREABOUT ONE STORY HOMES. THE PROPOSED, UM, THE CURRENT BUILDING, UM, WAS CONSTRUCTED IN THE 1980S. IT'S ABOUT, UM, 5,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING WITH OVERHEAD DOORS AND PARKING SPACES. HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS TAKEN FROM THE SITE. SO AGAIN, THIS BUILDING IS LOCATED AND THEY HAVE OVERHEAD DOORS AND DRIVEWAYS BOTH TO THE AUSTIN AND TO THE SOUTHEAST. FIFTH. HERE'S THE CURRENT ZONING MAP. SO THE AREA GENERALLY HERE ARE CENTRAL AREA, UH, WHICH IS A, UM, ADJACENT TO, UH, SINGLE UH, FAMILY SUCH AS TWO FAMILY AND SINGLE FAMILY FOUR IN THE AREA. WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS TO INTRODUCE A COMMERCIAL ZONING DESTINATION AGAIN TO, UM, GO OVER THE EXISTING LANE USES. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE AERIAL, UH, MOST OF THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES TO THE EAST AND SOUTH ARE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES. AND THERE'S A SCHOOL IN THE SOUTH AND THERE ARE SOME, UM, INTERMITTENT COMMERCIAL USE, BUT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT THERE'S GENERALLY ALONG THE EAST JEFFERSON STREET, THE ONES WITHOUT THE COLOR ARE VACANT PROPERTIES. UM, HERE ARE SOME STREET VIEWS OF THE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING. AGAIN, UM, THIS IS ACTUALLY A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. THE SMALLER BUILDING TO ADJACENT HAS BEEN CONVERTED INTO MORE OF AN OFFICE USE WHERE YOU JUST SEE THE PARKING FOR, UM, THEIR TENANTS. AGAIN, THIS IS AN EXISTING, UH, PROPERTY THAT'S ABUTTING JEFFERSON STREET THAT'S DIRECTLY TO THE NORTH. WHAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS THAT THIS PROPERTY IS, UM, DIRECTLY ABUTTING A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONED PROPERTY THAT'S CURRENTLY VACANT. THERE IS NO SCREENING WALLS. THERE IS NOT REALLY A SEPARATION. AGAIN, THIS IS ANOTHER CORNER ALONG SOUTHEAST FIFTH STREET. ACROSS THE STREET IS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME AND TO THE SOUTH IS ANOTHER SINGLE FAMILY HOME. HERE ARE SOME LIST, UM, SELECTION OF USES THAT WILL BE CURRENTLY ALLOWED UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING. IF THE ZONING WAS NOT APPROVED, THE APP APPLICANT STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THESE TENANTS ALLOWED BY, RIGHT? THEY JUST NEED TO APPLY FOR COO AND OCCUPY THE SPACE. SO THIS GENERALLY INCLUDES OFFICE USES, UH, SERVICE USES, UM, THAT ARE MORE, UH, APPROPRIATE FOR, UH, BEING NEAR EXISTING RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING IS, UM, A CHANGE TO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. COMMERCIAL DISTRICT ACTUALLY IS ACTUALLY SUITABLE FOR BUSINESSES THAT ARE PRIMARILY SERVES CONSUMERS AND BROADER RANGE OF COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES. SO TYPICALLY WHAT YOU SEE IS RESIDENTIAL ZONING, GENERAL RETAIL ZONING, AND COMMERCIAL ZONING, AND THEN INDUSTRIAL ZONINGS. SO AGAIN, SOME OF THESE USES LISTED HERE CAN BE ALL ALLOWED BY RIGHT. ONCE THE ZONE CHANGE IS PROVED, THEY, THE TYPE OF TENANTS THAT ARE LISTED HERE WOULD BE ABLE TO, UH, GET A CO, FOR EXAMPLE, STATE INSPECTION PLACE WOULD BE ALLOWED BY RIGHT WITHOUT ANY SUP CONSIDERATION. HERE'S A MORE DETAILED COMPARISON CHART THAT WAS PROVIDED IN THE PACKET. UM, I DID NOT GO OVER IT DURING THE BRIEFING 'CAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST TOO MUCH, BUT JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW ALL THE USES THAT ARE MARKED WITH YELLOW. UM, IF THEY HAVE X NEXT TO IT, THAT MEANS THAT ARE CURRENTLY NOT ALLOWED, BUT WILL BE ALLOWED ONCE THE ZONE CHANGE IS APPROVED. SO, UM, THE CURRENTLY CENTRAL AREA DOES NOT ALLOW, UM, MAJORITY OF THE, UH, AUTOMOTIVE USES AS WELL AS SOME OF THE MANUFACTURING USES WILL NOT BE ALLOWED BY RIGHT. UM, AGAIN, THERE WILL BE A LOT OF USES THAT ARE EITHER ALLOWED BY RIGHT, SUCH AS THE INSPECTION PLACES OR OTHER USES THAT CAN BE ALLOWED WITHIN APPLICATION AND APPROVAL OF SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. SO HERE IS THIS STAFF ANALYSIS. DOES THIS ADVANCE THE CITY'S VISION? UM, IT IS LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL AREA AND CURRENTLY PROVIDES A GRADUAL TRANSITION IN THE LAND USE INTENSITY BETWEEN DOWNTOWN AND ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. THE PROP, UH, PROPOSED COMMERCIAL DISTRICT ZONING WOULD INCREASE THE INTENSITY OF USES OF PERMITTED ON THE SITE, ALTERING THE TRANSITIONAL CHARACTER OF THE AREA BY [00:20:01] INTRODUCING A BROADER RANGE OF COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES. AGAIN, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN RECOMMENDS ANY COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY BE LOCATED NEAR A MAJOR ARTERIAL. IS THIS PROPOSAL COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING? SO THE SURROUNDING AREA IS DEVELOPED PRIMARILY WITH LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL USES. THERE ARE SOME OLDER OFFICE CONVERSIONS AND, UM, LONGSTANDING COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES NEARBY. HOWEVER, THIS EXISTING PATTERN REMAINS RELATIVELY LOW INTENSITY. THE PROPOSED COMMERCIAL ZONING WOULD EXPAND THE RANGE OF PERMIT PERMITTED COMMERCIAL USES, INCLUDING USES THAT ARE GENERALLY ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHER TRAFFIC VOLUMES OPERATION ACTIVITIES, WHICH COULD ALTER THE AREA'S EXISTINGLY USED PATTERN NEAR THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL. HOW DOES, UH, RELATE TO ANY EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS IN THE AREA CONTEXT? UM, THE AREA HAS EXPERIENCED LIMITED DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY IN THE RECENT YEARS. SEVERAL, UH, PROPERTIES STILL REMAIN VACANT IN BOTH INTERNAL AREA AND RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS. UH, ONE RECENT ZONE CHANGE WAS APPROVED TO ALLOW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER, THE PROPERTY IS VACANT AT THIS TIME. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED RIGHT TO THE EAST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. WHAT DEVELOPMENT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROPOSAL SHOULD BE CONSIDERED? THE PROPERTY FEATURES AN EXISTING DRIVE APPROACH AND PARKING AREA WHERE PORTIONS OF THE PAVEMENT ARE EITHER MISSING OR REQUIRES REPAIR. ANY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT AT THIS SITE WILL BE EXPECTED TO ADDRESS THESE EXISTING CONDITIONS. THIS CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION. THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. I KNOW THE COMMISSIONER EXPRESSED SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROPOSED TENANT. UM, IS THERE ANY QUESTION FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME? ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER FEDCO? I AM SORRY I WASN'T AT THE BRIEFING. JUNE. YEAH. UH, SO IF YOU COULD GO BACK YES. NO, THIS WAY? NO, RIGHT THERE. OKAY. SO I'M, I'M SEEING THE BUILDING ON THE LEFT HAND PICTURE AND IT LOOKS TO BE LIKE A COMMERCIAL BUILDING RIGHT NOW AS WE'RE, SO THIS IS THE APPLICANT'S BUILDING? YEP. AND THIS IS RESIDENT, UH, RIGHT VACANT. AND THIS IS RESIDENTIAL IN, IN, IN THE APPLICANT. MM-HMM . RIGHT NOW. WHAT IS GOING ON IN THAT BUILDING? CORRECT. THEY CURRENT, I'M SORRY, I'M ASKING WHAT IS OH, YES. SO AGAIN, I LOOKED AT THE COS BUT IT WAS GENERALLY LISTED AS LLCS AND DIFFERENT USES. I THINK GENERALLY MOST OF THEM ARE CLAIMING TO BE OFFICE USES, BUT WE CAN, THAT QUESTION WAS ASKED DURING THE BRIEFING WHERE STEPH SAID, HEY, LET'S HAVE THAT QUESTION ANSWERED BY THE APPLICANT, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW ALL THE TENANTS IN THEIR LANE USES CURRENTLY. SO THE APPLICANT IS ALSO THE CURRENT OWNER? CORRECT. OKAY. SORRY TO INTERRUPT. OH, NO, NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I HAVE A QUESTION. YES, COMMISSIONER, GO AHEAD. UM, SO IF, IF THIS WAS DENIED, IT'S CURRENTLY, WHAT IS THE CITY'S TAKE FOR THE FUTURE LAND USE? IS THAT CONVERTING IT BACK TO RESIDENTIAL? NO. OR THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE? SO, UM, AGAIN, THIS IS PART OF THE CENTRAL AREA. SO AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, THE CENTRAL AREA CONSISTS OF TWO DIFFERENT AREAS. ONE IS MAJORLY SURROUNDED BY THE DOWNTOWN, WHERE WE'RE HOPING TO SEE HIGHER DENSITY, HIGHER RETAIL, COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES, BUT THEY ARE NEAR ESTABLISHED EXISTING OLDER RESIDENTIAL. SO TYPICALLY WE WANT TO BUFFER COMMERCIAL LAND USES FROM EXISTING LOW INTENSITY SINGLE FAMILY WITH SOME TYPE OF A HIGHER DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. IT COULD BE TRIPLEX, IT COULD BE MULTI-FAMILY, IT COULD BE ANYTHING THAT IS STILL RESIDENTIALLY IN CHARACTER, BUT HAS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER DENSITY. WHAT, THAT'S WHAT THE FUTURE LAND USE CALLS. BUT THE ZONING IN THIS AREA IS DEVELOPED AS A, UH, IS ESTABLISHED AS A CENTRAL AREA, WHICH IS MORE FOR BUSINESS ACTIVITIES. HOWEVER, A CENTRAL AREA HAS VERY LIMITED USES THAT ARE ALLOWED BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT AREA IS TRULY INTENDED FOR LOWER DENSITY RETAIL USES THAT WILL ATTRACT MORE PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY THAT WILL BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR, UM, THE TRANSITION BETWEEN ACTUAL HIGH THAN HIGHER DENSITY DOWNTOWN AND LOWER DENSITY DOWNTOWN, AND THEN OTHER RESIDENTIAL AREA OUTSIDE OF THAT. AND WITH THIS ONE MM-HMM . THEN LETTERS WOULD'VE GONE OUT, RIGHT? CORRECT. AND THERE WAS, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY SO FAR YES. WITH THIS AND THE LETTERS? YES. MM-HMM . OKAY. YEAH. COMMISSIONERS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER NEMO? MM-HMM . WITH THE CHANGE IN ZONING, WOULD THAT, I SAW ALCOHOL WOULD BE ALLOWED. IS THAT SALES OR SO, YES. UM, SO THE CURRENTLY, UM, THE ALCOHOL, THE PACKAGED BEER AND WINE SELL FOR OFF-PREMISE CONSUMPTION, WHICH IS THE FIRST ITEM THAT'S A LIQUOR STORE THAT IS CURRENTLY ALLOWED. THE SECOND USE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE DISTRIBUTION IS WHEN [00:25:01] YOU HAVE A WAREHOUSE AND SOMEONE SHIPS IN LIKE A BUNCH OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE THAT ARE PREPACKAGED AND THEY WANNA DISTRIBUTE TO LOCAL BUSINESSES OR TO ANOTHER, UH, WAREHOUSE. THAT USE IS NOT CURRENTLY ALLOWED. OKAY. HOWEVER, IF THE ZONING WAS APPROVED, THAT CAN GO IN THERE TECHNICALLY WITH THE ZONING. UM, AGAIN, THEY WILL STILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE, IS THE SITE COMPATIBLE? DO THEY HAVE SUFFICIENT DRIVEWAYS AND DRIVE AISLES TO SUPPORT THE SUCH USE? BUT THEIR LAND USE WOULD BE ALLOWED BY RIGHT. AND THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO COME TO PNZ OR CITY COUNCIL. GOOD. COMMISSIONER , THIS IS JUST A SELF EDIFICATION MM-HMM . QUESTION. JUNE, IS IT COMMISSARY IN THIS CONTEXT? IS THAT LIKE A CAFETERIA OR WHAT DO YOU NO, IT'S NOT. THAT'S A VERY EXCELLENT QUESTION. TYPICALLY, COMMISSARY IN OUR DEFINITION IS A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN THAT IS IN SUPPORT OF RESTAURANT BUSINESSES. SO THEY COULD HAVE COMMERCIAL KITCHEN AND SOME STORAGES WHERE PEOPLE PREP VEGETABLES AND OTHER THINGS, YOU KNOW, BUT THEY WILL NOT BE A RETAIL STORE. THEY WILL NOT SERVE A GENERAL CUSTOMER. SO PEOPLE PREP FOOD AND SEND IT SOMEWHERE ELSE TO BE COOKED. CORRECT. SO IF THEY HAD A COMMENSORY FOR A LOCAL BAKERY, THEY COULD BE PREPPING, CUTTING, UH, WASHING, BUT THEY WOULD NOT HAVE A STOREFRONT. MM-HMM . THIS IS A PRETTY INTERESTING, I, I GUESS MY READ ON IT IS THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO BRING IN A BUSINESS THAT'S GONNA ENHANCE THE NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT TAKE AWAY FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I'M ASSUMING THAT'S FOR APPLICANT TO ANSWER BECAUSE YES, BECAUSE, UH, THIS IS AN OLDER NEIGHBORHOOD. MM-HMM . AND THOSE FOLKS HAVE BEEN THERE, THEY'VE BEEN PAYING THEIR TAXES FOREVER. SO THEY DESERVE TO BE WHERE THEY ARE. MM-HMM . WHAT THIS TRANSITION IS TO, WITH THE FLUME TO TRYING TO IMPROVE, UH, AREAS AND BRING BETTER THINGS IN ALL NEIGHBORHOODS. AM I READING THAT RIGHT? SO AGAIN, I THINK STEPH IS TRYING TO LET YOU KNOW THAT CURRENTLY USERS THAT ARE ALLOWED BY RIGHT. ARE LOWER INTENSITY THAT WE THINK ARE GONNA BE MORE OFFICE SERVICE USES HAIR SALONS, PHARMACIES THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT TO BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE AREAS. YEAH. BUT, BUT SOME OF THIS, THIS LIST IS EXTENSIVE. LIKE YOU HAVE AN EXTERMINATING SERVICE MM-HMM . AND ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF THINGS. LIKE, UH, IT'S A GRAVE SITE GRAVESTONES BUSINESS. IT'S, IT'S SO EXTENSIVE. IT COULD BE GO ALL OVER THE PLACE. SO I GUESS WE JUST NEED TO KNOW FROM THE, THE, THE DEVELOPER WHAT EXACTLY THE INTENT IS RIGHT NOW. YES MA'AM. YES. AND KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS A, A STRAIGHT ZONE CHANGE. MM-HMM . EVEN IF THE TENANT DOES NOT INTEND TO BE THESE USERS RIGHT NOW, FIVE YEARS LATER DOWN THE ROAD, 10 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, WHOEVER THE NEW TENANT COMES IN, IF THERE USES A LOT BY RIGHT. WITH THE X MARK UNDER THE C ZONING, THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED. WOW. MM-HMM . THANK YOU. YES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ARE WE GOOD WITH THAT? COMMISSIONER PRESLEY? YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YOU'RE JUST THINKING? NO, I'M THINK, I'M, I'M, IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF CONCERN THAT WE MAKING A DECISION TODAY THAT CAN AFFECT 5, 10, 15 YEARS FROM NOW. THAT THAT'S WHERE MY CONCERN COMES INTO PLAY. I MEAN, IF WE LOOK AT ALL THE APARTMENTS RIGHT NOW, THERE WAS, THOSE DECISIONS WERE MADE YEARS AGO. YEAH. ONE QUESTION. YEAH. COMMISSIONER FEDORA JUNE. YES. UM, YOU GUYS HAVE DONE THE ANALYSIS MM-HMM . GIVEN THE INPUT ON THE ANALYSIS MM-HMM . AND IT DOESN'T FIT INTO WHAT STAFF THINKS WOULD BE APPROPRIATE USE THERE AT THAT BUILDING. BUT BECAUSE OF THE GENIE, THAT WOULD BE, IF WE MAKE IT, IF WE ZONE, IF WE CHANGE THE ZONING, THEN BY, RIGHT AS COMMISSIONER PRESSLEY WAS SAYING, THE NEXT OWNER COULD DO ANYTHING WITHOUT APPROVAL. THAT THAT IS CORRECT. BUT WHAT SHOULD WE DO THOUGH? THERE'S A LOT OF VACANT LOTS THERE. MM-HMM . THE MARKET IS NOT SIGNALING THAT WHAT THE FLU, I DON'T, AND I'VE USED THIS TERM BEFORE, BUT IS THE FLU SOMETIMES JUST HAPPY THOUGHTS MM-HMM. THAT THE MARKET DOESN'T NECESSARILY MM-HMM. MM-HMM . YOU KNOW, AGREE WITH MM-HMM . OR, THAT'S THE PROBLEM THAT I'M HAVING. YEAH. SO AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION AND I, IF, UM, SAVANNAH OR RACHEL WANTS TO JUMP IN, UM, I'D BE HAPPY TO INVITE THEM. UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS FUTURE UMAB, YOU'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT THE NETWORK OF STREETS AND WHAT THE POTENTIAL OF THAT AREA COULD BE BASED ON WHAT'S EXISTING AND WHAT CAN GO THERE. SO SOMETIMES I UNDERSTAND THE EXISTING PATTERN MAY NOT USE TO MATCH THE FUTURE LANE USE MAP. THAT'S WHY WE DO THIS ANALYSIS. I GUESS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SAY IS THAT YES, THE CURRENT EXISTING PATTERN IS NOT HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS IT IS CURRENTLY LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. WHAT WE ARE SAYING IS THIS PROPOSED ZONING IS NOT FOR HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, BUT FOR A COMMERCIAL USES THAT ALLOWS A LOT MORE HIGHER INTENSITY, BROADER USES THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY ALLOWED BY. RIGHT. HOW DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL? IS THIS APPROPRIATE OR NOT? UM, SAVANNAH , DO YOU GUYS WANNA JUMP IN? UH, YOU GOT IT. THAT WAS PERFECT. PLEASE, PLEASE GIVE US A LITTLE BIT, MORGAN. SO, WELL, I'LL JUST SAY THAT WAS PERFECTLY STATED. UM, WE'RE [00:30:01] LOOKING AT THE SPECIFIC PROPERTY, THE SPECIFIC CASE AND THE EXPANSION OF THE USES THAT COULD BE ALLOWED FOR THE SPECIFIC PROPERTY. THIS IS A, A BUILDING THAT'S BEEN THERE SINCE 19 80, 84. SO IT PROBABLY WAS NEVER INTENDED, UH, TO BE A HIGHER INTENSITY USE CONSIDERING THE OVERALL AREA IS A RESIDENTIAL AREA. AND IT'S JUST EXPANDED ALONG JEFFERSON TO INCLUDE SOME OTHER OLDER COMMERCIAL AREAS. UM, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THOSE DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE PRIOR TO, UH, THIS PLANNING STAFF IN REGARDS TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND THEIR PLANS TO HAVE IT TRANSITION INTO HIGHER DENSITY. I THINK I UNDERSTOOD THE IDEA, BUT AS YOU MENTIONED, COMMISSIONER FEDCO, THESE ARE EXISTING USES, THESE ARE EXISTING PROPERTIES AND FOR THEM TO TRANSITION, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF TIME. AND IT PROBABLY ACCURATE. YOU GONNA HAVE TO ACQUIRE THESE PROPERTIES IN ORDER FOR THESE, THIS AREA TO TRANSITION TO SOME MIXED USE, HIGHER DENSITY AREA. I GET THE IDEA BECAUSE YES, THERE IS SUPPOSED TO BE A TRANSITION FROM YOUR COMMERCIAL AREA, COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR, THEN YOU HAVE YOUR RESIDENTIAL HIGHER DENSITY AND THEN YOUR SINGLE FAMILY DENSITY. UM, THIS IS RIGHT IN THAT AREA. NOW THE QUESTION IS, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THIS AREA'S GONNA TRANSITION TO BE HIGHER INTENSITY COMMERCIAL AS REQUESTED? OR SHOULD IT REMAIN AS IS SINCE IT HAS BEEN SINCE 1984, UNDERSTANDING THAT THE RESIDENTIAL SURROUNDING IT IS LIKELY NOT GOING ANYWHERE. AND YEAH. SO THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS, THEREBY NOT APPROVING, DOES IT REVERT BACK TO THE CENTRAL AREAS ZONING. RIGHT. WHICH IS THE LOWER INTENSITY, YOU KNOW, SO IT STILL REMAINS THAT WAY. CORRECT. THAT'S NOT GOING AWAY. IF WE WERE NOT TO APPROVE THIS MM-HMM . YES. UH, IF WE WERE TO NOT APPROVE THIS YES, MM-HMM . RIGHT. THE ZONING CHANGE, IT JUST STAYS BACK AS IT IS TODAY TO THE CENTRAL AREA. MM-HMM . CORRECT. THOSE EXISTING BUSINESSES THAT ARE THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE. WE'RE NOT SHUTTING DOWN A BUSINESS OR ANYTHING BY NOT APPROVING THIS. NOW, THEY MAY HAVE OTHER IDEAS AS JUNE MENTIONED, TO POTENTIAL END USERS THAT THEY'RE WANTING TO PURSUE. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT AN APPLICANT CAN CHIME IN ON. RIGHT. OKAY. RASH, AND I'M NOT, I'M NOT TRYING TO ARGUE WITH YOU, BUT THAT RIGHT NOW, THAT'S A COMMERCIAL BUILDING. IT'S YES, SIR. AND IT WOULD BE PROHIBITIVELY EXPENSIVE TO ACQUIRE THAT, TEAR IT DOWN AND TRY TO MAKE IT INTO SOME SORT OF TRANSITIONAL AGREED PIECE OF PROPERTY. AGREED. AGREED. SO WE ARE EITHER GONNA KEEP IT AS IS OR OPEN UP THE GENIE'S BOTTLE AND LET IT BE ANYTHING IF WE, UH, APPROVE THIS ZONING CHANGE. THAT'S, THAT'S THE, IT'S A DILEMMA. IT'S NOT, IT'S, I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT'S RIGHT OR WRONG, I'M JUST SAYING THAT RIGHT NOW THAT IS COMMERCIAL USE. THAT BUILDING IS COMMERCIAL USE AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS GOING TO ACQUIRE THAT LAND, SCRAPE IT DOWN AND THEN REBUILD IT. THERE'S PLENTY OF EMPTY LOTS ALL AROUND TO DO THAT. MM-HMM . WHY WOULD THEY BUY A PROPERTY THAT HAS AN EXISTING STRUCTURE? AND LET'S LISTEN TO, LET'S LISTEN TO THE, UH, OWN THE DEVELOPER. LET'S LET THEM SEE WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU, JIM. GREAT PRESENTATION. SPEAKER CARDS. WE HAVE SEVERAL ON THIS ITEM. UH, RON CORNELIUS IS THE CASE SPOKESPERSON. HE DOESN'T WISH TO SPEAK, BUT IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND WANTS TO NOTE HIS SUPPORT. OKAY. WE NEED TO HEAR FROM SOMEONE FROM THE GROUP AND I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. OKAY. UH, AND THE OTHER SPEAKER CARD YOU HAVE, DID YOU FILL OUT A SPEAKER? WE GO ONE AT A TIME. SO MR. CORNELIUS IS THE APPLICANT. SO THE APPLICANT, THE I'D LIKE FOR THE APPLICANT TO COME UP. IF YOU, IF YOU DON'T MIND. I, I DIDN'T, YOU DON'T WANT TO SPEAK? I'M, I'M, YOU'RE SPEAKING FOR HIM. THE APPLICANT MORE WEST. OKAY. OKAY. UH, THE APPLICANT ON THE APPLICATION IS LISTED AS RON CORNELIUS. UM, DOES MR. CORNELIUS WISH TO SPEAK? I DO. OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. YES. IT'S ALWAYS BEST TO TALK TO THE OWNER IF, IF POSSIBLE. YES, SIR. UH, WE NEED YOU TO STATE HE SIGNED UP. YES, HE DID SIGN UP AND FILLED OUT A CARD. SO DO YOU NEED TO STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? YES. UH, RON CORNELIUS. UH, 1608 NORTH STATE HIGHWAY 1 61 IN GRAND PRAIRIE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING. WE JUST WANT A LITTLE CLARITY. WE ARE JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE STATUS OF THE PROPERTY. WHAT YOU CURRENTLY, WHAT KIND OF BUSINESSES ARE YOU RUNNING IN, IN THE PROPERTY RIGHT NOW? NOW, WHY IS THERE A NEED TO CHANGE? SURE. I, I'M NOT A DEVELOPER. I, I'M AN INVESTOR. MM-HMM . I'VE OWNED THIS PROPERTY FOR SEVERAL DECADES. UM, MY TENANTS HAVE BEEN LIKE, THE TENANTS THAT ARE NOW, THIS IS A WAREHOUSE OFFICE, WAREHOUSE SPACE. IT'S GOT SMALL OFFICE, 150 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE WITH A RESTROOM, AND THE REST IS WAREHOUSE. MM-HMM . AND I'VE BEEN ABLE, UM, [00:35:01] I HELP A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESSES WHO ARE MOVING OUT OF THEIR GARAGE. THEY'VE OUTGROWN THE GARAGE, THE SHOP IN THE BACKYARD. THEY WANT A BIGGER PLACE TO DO BUSINESS. SO I'VE HAD, UM, ELECTRICIANS, PLUMBERS, UH, AC PEOPLE, UH, AND THEIR, GIVES THEM THE ABILITY TO GROW THEIR BUSINESS. I'VE BEEN, THEN, THOSE HAVE BEEN MY TENANTS FOR, LIKE I SAY, A LONG TIME. MM-HMM . UH, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY, UM, SOMETHING HAPPENED WITH THE CITY ZONING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY USES WERE NOT PERMITTED. UH, I COULDN'T LEASE TO ANY OF THOSE PEOPLE ANYMORE. UH, AND I WAS HERE, OH, I DON'T KNOW, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, UM, WITH A CASE. THE GUY WAS AN ELECT. NO, HE DID, UH, AC WORK AND HE WANTED TO EXPAND IN THE SPACE NEXT DOOR AND DO AC WORK. AND IT WAS A BIG, A BIG PROBLEM WITH THE CITY. UM, ALL HE WANTS TO DO IS RUN HIS BUSINESS AND GROW IT. UM, AND RIGHT NOW THAT'S THE PROBLEM. I CAN DO THOSE KIND OF TENANTS, BUT THEY'RE NON-CONFORMING WITH THE CURRENT ZONING BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE THAT WAS MADE SEVERAL YEARS AGO IN THE CA ZONING, CA ZONING DOESN'T ALLOW THIS WAREHOUSE TYPE USE. FOR SOME REASON, THE CHANGE WAS MADE, DIDN'T NECESSARILY CHANGE THE ZONING, BUT JUST PARTS OF THE CA ZONING. AND SO NOW I HAVE TENANTS WHO ARE, I GUESS ARE ESSENTIALLY NON-CONFORMING BECAUSE THEY DON'T NECESSARILY FALL, BUT THEY'RE GRANDFATHERED IN AND CONTINUE TO STAY THERE. MM-HMM . AS FAR AS YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, THIS STREET IS TWO BLOCKS LONG. IT HAS NO TRAFFIC. THERE IS NO DEMAND FOR OFFICE USE. THERE'S NO DEMAND FOR RETAIL. JUST 'CAUSE IT'S ZONED FOR THAT. THERE HAS TO BE SOME REASON A TENANT WOULD WANT TO GO IN THERE. UH, THESE ARE OFFICE SPACES. THEY'RE NOT AIR CONDITIONED. THEY HAVE WAREHOUSE DOORS. THERE'S, THERE'S JUST NO USE. AND I'M IN A BIND BECAUSE IF I DON'T LEASE THE OFFICE WAREHOUSE TENANTS, I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY TO LEASE TO NOBODY. NOBODY WANTS TO GO IN THERE AND PUT AN OFFICE. I'M NOT GONNA SPEND THE MONEY THAT'S NEEDED TO PUT AN OFFICE IN. IT'S A WAREHOUSE BUILDING THAT'S NOT AIR CONDITIONED. UH, THERE'S NO, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO SPEND THE MONEY, UH, TO DO, TO DO THAT. UM, I HAVE THE PROPERTY FOR SALE. UH, BUYERS ARE RELUCTANT TO GET INTERESTED IN THE PROPERTY BECAUSE IT DOESN'T CONFORM BECAUSE THE TENANTS THAT ARE THERE DON'T NECESSARILY CONFORM WITH THE ZONING THAT'S IN PLACE. SO IT'S PUT ME IN A REAL BIND. UM, I JUST WANNA LEASE TO THE TENANTS I'VE BEEN LEASING TO FOR YEARS MM-HMM . AND NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE'S A A LOT OF DIFFICULTY FOR ME IN DOING THAT. UH, EVERY TIME I HAVE A TENANT, LET, SIR. THANK YOU MR. CORNELIUS. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. THANK YOU. UM, DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. CORNELIUS? THANK YOU. VERY WELL SAID. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CHASE NEWS YARD WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. WELCOME. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. HELLO, MY NAME'S CHASE NARD. I LIVE AT 10 32 ROCK SPRINGS DRIVE, BURLINGTON, TEXAS. I'M HERE REPRESENTING CORNUS AND ASSOCIATES FOR THE REZONING OF THE 300 SOUTHEAST FIFTH STREET. PRIMARY USE IS CONTRACTOR'S OFFICE. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THAT WITH THE CA IT DOESN'T ALLOW CONTRACTOR'S OFFICE. WE'RE NOT ADDING NO NEW CONSTRUCTION, NO NEW TENANTS ARE WAITING. NO NEW BUSINESS. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO DO THE SAME BUSINESS WE'VE BEEN ALWAYS DOING WITH THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE. IF IT'S GRANTED, THEN IT WOULD BE UP TO PAR AGAIN AND ACTUALLY BE CONFORMING. RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING'S CONFORMING. NON-CONFORMING. MM-HMM . SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE AT THIS TIME. ANY QUESTIONS? VERY WELL SAID. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK THAT CLEARS IT UP. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. ANY MORE? SPEAKER CARDS? VERIO GOMEZ WISHES TO NOTE HIS SUPPORT ON THIS ITEM. OKAY. NO MORE SPEAKER CARDS. THIS IS A COMMISSIONER, UH, ARI'S, UH, AREA DISTRICT FIVE. UM, WHAT DISCUSSION WHETHER WE LIKE, NEED TO DISCUSS THIS ITEM? WOULD YOU LIKE TO FOR US TO GO DOWN THE ROAD OR DO YOU WANNA SPEAK FIRST? UM, SURE. Y'ALL CAN GO AHEAD AND THINK I HAVE IT . WELL, YOU I'LL GO FIRST. I DON'T MIND. NO, WE CAN GO AHEAD. UH, THIS IS, UH, INTERESTING. AT FIRST I DID NOT UNDERSTAND IT AS WELL, BUT, UH, I THINK THE WAY THAT THE OWNER EXPLAINS IT, IT MAKES SENSE. AND THAT HAS NOT BEEN A GROWING AREA, RESIDENTIALLY SPEAKING OR ANY OTHER WAY. [00:40:01] AND IT, IT KEEPS THE, THE DOORS OPEN FOR SOMETHING THERE INSTEAD OF IT BEING BEING NOTHING THERE, YOU KNOW, BEING DESERTED. SO I AM MORE INCLINED TO VOTE TO, TO APPROVE IT AT THIS POINT AFTER HEARING, UH, MORE DETAILS ABOUT, BECAUSE THIS WAS DONE MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. YOU KNOW, SO I THINK SMALL BUSINESSES MATTER AND WE WANT TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES. SO I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD, UH, AND THEY WANNA STAY IN GRAND PRAIRIE, SO PEOPLE WANT TO, THEY WANNA HAVE THEIR BUSINESSES HERE. I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO SEND 'EM AWAY. WHO WANTS TO BE NEXT? I'LL GO NEXT. COMMISSIONER GONZALES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM, MIXED, MIXED FEELINGS AS WELL. EMOTIONS THERE. ON, ON ONE HAND, UH, I CAN SEE WHERE THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE OWNER IS TRYING TO, WHAT HE'S TRYING TO DO THERE. ON THE OTHER HAND, I CAN SEE WHERE THE CITY IS, IS WANTING TO GO THERE. UM, JUST MAKES ME WONDER, UH, NOT TO HURT THE, THE CURRENT ZONING. IF IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE. I GUESS IT'S A QUESTION FOR THE STAFF TO ADD BACK CONTRACTOR SHOPS, YOU KNOW, TO THE CENTRAL AREA AS AN EXCEPTION. IS THAT A POSSIBILITY? BECAUSE AS HIS CURRENT TENANTS, HE'S NOT GONNA INVEST IN ANY, PUTTING ANY AIR CONDITIONER OR OFFICE SPACE. I KNOW WHAT THE, UH, CURRENT USES ARE, BUT I DON'T THINK IT FITS THAT DESCRIPTION TODAY. JUST LIKE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SPECIFIC USE AND THE ZONE CHANGE THAT WILL ALLOW DIFFERENT ADDITIONAL USES IF WE ADD CONTRACTOR SHOP TO THE CA DISTRICT THAT'S ADDING IT TO ANY AND EVERY PROPERTY WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. SO I, I RECALL AND THE GENTLEMAN SPOKE TO ABOUT THIS A COUPLE YEARS AGO, THAT THAT WAS A DIRECTIVE BY CITY MANAGEMENT. SINCE WE HAVE A DOWNTOWN PLAN, MANY OF THOSE CONTRACTOR TYPE TYPE USES WEREN'T SEEN AS A DOWNTOWN ENTERTAINMENT TYPE OF USE. SO THEY WANTED TO TRANSITION FROM THAT. THIS PROPERTY PROBABLY GOT CAUGHT UP IN THAT MIX. UH, SO, UM, TO THE GENTLEMAN'S POINT, YES, IT'S BEEN IN USE, IT IS LEGALLY NON-CONFORMING. PRIOR, PRIOR TO THAT TEXT AMENDMENT, SOME OF THESE USES WERE ALLOWED. SO, UM, I THINK FOR THIS INSTANCE, IF WE WANNA LOOK AT THIS PROPERTY AS A STANDALONE, AND IF YOU WANNA LOOK AT THOSE USES AND FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH COMMERCIAL TYPE USES HERE AND THE OTHER MULTITUDE OF TYPE OF USES, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT'S UP ON THE, ON THE TABLE. YEAH. FOR CONSIDERATION. OKAY. WHO WANTS TO BE NEXT? COMMISSIONER PRESLEY, DO YOU WANNA TAKE A STAB AT IT? DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS? UH, NO. I MEAN, I'M, I'M, I THINK I'M SIMILAR TO EVERYBODY ELSE HAVING MIXED FEELINGS. I COMPLETELY GET IT FROM A BUSINESS STANDPOINT THAT, UH, YOU, YOU WANNA BE PERFORMING. UM, AT THE SAME TIME, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY AS WELL. IT, IT'S ONE OF THOSE WHERE, UM, IT'S A BOTH END SITUATION. AND, UM, I'M, I'M JUST MIXED. SO, UM, EVERYBODY'S RIGHT IN THEIR OWN WAY THIS, UH, TO, IN THIS SITUATION. SO, UM, I YIELD MY TIME COMMISSIONER NEMO. I SHARE THE SAME SENTIMENTS AS A BUSINESS OWNER. I CAN UNDERSTAND, UM, THE FRUSTRATION THAT YOU FEEL NOT BEING ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROPERTY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UM, THE LONG-TERM VISION OF THE CITY AND ALSO THE RESIDENTS THAT WOULD, UH, MAY, MAY OR MAY NOT BE AFFECTED. UM, SO I YIELD MY TIME AS WELL. COMMISSIONER FEDORKO, I'LL PROBABLY DO WHATEVER COMMISSIONER ARI SAYS IT IS HER DISTRICT. I, I SEE. UM, AND I'LL DEFER TO THAT BECAUSE SHE KNOWS IT BETTER THAN I DO. I JUST, UH, AGAIN, THERE IS A, AN EXISTING BUILDING THERE THAT IS GETTING USED MM-HMM . AND IF ANYBODY THINKS THAT BUILDING IS GONNA, SOMEBODY'S GONNA BUY THAT LAND AND TEAR IT DOWN AND DO IT ACCORDING TO THE FLU, THAT'S JUST NOT HAPPENING. AND SO THE QUESTION IS, DO YOU KEEP IT THE WAY IT IS OR DO YOU ALLOW IT BIGGER? THE ONLY REASON THAT I WOULD HAVE ANY HESITATION TO IT IS, IS THAT THIS GUY SOUNDS VERY LEGIT. HE SOUNDS HE'S BEEN THERE FOR DECADES, BUT HE'S, YOU KNOW, THE PROPERTY'S GONNA BE SOLD ONCE IT GETS ZONED. THE ZONING RUNS WITH THE LAND, IT DOESN'T RUN WITH THE OWNER. RIGHT. AND SO ANYBODY CAN DO ANYTHING THAT IS BY RIGHT IN THE FUTURE. THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT'S GIVEN ME PAUSE. AND I'M NOT SURE THAT THERE IS A, THERE'S, THERE'S NOT AN EASY, UH, ANSWER TO THIS DILEMMA. IT'S, THERE'S A COUPLE OF, THERE'S, THERE'S GOOD ARGUMENTS ON BOTH SIDES. MM-HMM . COMMISSIONER FEDORKO, YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD. YES, THAT WAS WELL SAID. UH, BECAUSE IT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST LAY PEOPLE. WE'RE NOT EXPERTS AT THIS, BUT WE CARE ABOUT THE COMMUNITIES, WE CARE ABOUT THE, THE SMALL BUSINESSES AS WELL. SO THAT'S WHY IT PUTS US IN A DILEMMA. WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME BACK UP JUST FOR A FEW MINUTES? BECAUSE WE ARE GONNA GO AHEAD AND MAKE A DECISION JUST FOR, UM, Y'ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT FUTURE USE, THAT THERE'S NO PARKING THERE, THERE'S NO, [00:45:01] A LOT OF THE FUTURE USE UNDER THAT COMMERCIAL ZONING CAN'T BE SUPPORTED ON A LOT ANYWAYS. THERE'S NOT ENOUGH PARKING PLACES TO SUPPORT ANY OTHER BUSINESS REALLY. I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE. 'CAUSE THERE AIN'T A WHOLE LOT YOU CAN DO WITH IT. THERE'S A ONE PARKING OR TWO PARKING PER SPACE, SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PARKING THERE. PERIOD. THAT WAS IT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. UH, COMMISSIONER ARI, WE HAVEN'T HEARD YOUR COMMENT YET BEFORE YOU MAKE A DECISION. OH, I'M, OR DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR JUST WANT TO GO WITH IT? NO, 'CAUSE I FEEL THE SAME WAY. I'M COMPLETELY MIXED. IT'S, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND AS THE BUSINESS OWNER AT THE SAME TIME, UM, HE DOES HAVE IT FOR SALE. SO, I MEAN, WHAT'S TO SAY? SOMEBODY COMES IN WHO HAS THE CASH FLOW AND CAN, YOU KNOW, BRING IN THAT. BUT THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THAT WHO'S TO SAY THAT, THAT IT, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY'S GONNA WANT TO, TO PURCHASE IT. IT MAY JUST STILL BE SITTING THERE UNDER HIS NAME. I MEAN, THAT'S A BIG, IF THAT'S A BIG IF BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SITTING THERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND IT, AND IT'S FUNCTIONING AND IT'S BEING USED, RIGHT. IT'S BEING UTILIZED BY SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS THAT ARE TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING. AND THAT'S, THAT'S MY ONLY THING. I KNOW THAT, I KNOW CODE ENFORCEMENT DOES WHAT THEY DO AND THEY TRY TO ENFORCE AND MAKE SURE THINGS ARE GOING AS WELL AS THEY SHOULD. YOU KNOW, AND BEING COGNIZANT OF THE COMMUNITY. I JUST THINK THAT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, I LEAN TOWARD THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNER BECAUSE HE IS THERE. HE'S MM-HMM . YOU KNOW, EVEN IF HE SELLS IT, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY THAT WE CAN STILL MANAGE IT. 'CAUSE THAT A PERSON WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK. IF THERE'S GONNA CHANGE TO ANOTHER SPECIFIC USE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO STILL COME BACK TO, TO, TO PLANNING RIGHT NOW IF IT'S ALLOWED. I THINK THE WHOLE DILEMMA IS IF IT'S, IF YOU CHANGE THE ZONING, THE ZONING RUNS WITH THE LAND. AND IF THEY DON'T ASK FOR ANY VARIANCES YEAH, THEN THEY HAVE, RIGHT. YEAH. THAT'S, THAT'S TOUGH. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T PREDICT THE FUTURE. WE REALLY CAN'T. AND LIKE I SAID, LIKE A A, A COMMISSIONER, THIS IS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE RESPECT YOUR, UH, HOW YOU, WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT IT BECAUSE THIS IS YOUR AREA. SO WE ARE GONNA LEAN ON YOU FOR, UH, THINKING THIS THROUGH. WE'LL FOLLOW YOUR LEAD. HOW ABOUT THAT? GREAT. LET'S CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM THREE AND FOUR AND MOVE TO APPROVE . WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY PER RECOMMENDATIONS, RIGHT? NO. STRAIGHT ZONING REQUEST. STRAIGHT ZONING. OKAY. STRAIGHT ZONING. SO TO APPROVE ZONING CHANGE FOR ITEMS THREE AND FOUR, CPA TWO SIX DASH ZERO SEVEN DASH 0 0 1 0 AND ZERO N DASH 26 DASH SEVEN DASH ZERO SEVEN. I MAKE A MOTION. I MAKE A MOTION TO I SECOND THAT MOTION. UM, MYSELF, CHERYL SMITH, UM, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM THREE AND FOUR, UM, AS PRESENTED, UM, BY COMMISSIONER ARI. A SECOND BY MYSELF, CHERYL SMITH. ALL IN FAVOR? PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. ONE, TWO, WAS IT? 1, 2, 3, 4. ALL, UH, DENY TWO. DOES A MOTION PASSES? YES, MA'AM. THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. NEXT CASE PLEASE. [5. ZON-26-06-0016 - Zoning Change - 1435 W Polo Rd (City Council District 6). Zoning Change from Planned Development-81 (PD-81) to Planned Development-81B (PD-81B) to clearly establish General Retail (GR) as the base zoning district on 0.42 acres. Lot 1, Block 1, Carwash Equipment Company Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Planned Development-81 (PD-81) District, and addressed as 1435 W Polo Rd ] THANK YOU, JIM. OKAY. COMMISSIONERS ITEM FIVE IS A ZONING CHANGE REQUEST LOCATED AT 1435 WEST POLO ROAD, ZON 2 6 0 6 0 0 1 6. AND THE REQUEST IS TO CHANGE THE ZONING FROM PD 81 TO PD 81 B. FOR GENERAL RETAIL USES, THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO CONSTRUCT A MULTI-TENANT RETAIL BUILDING AT THIS LOCATION. HERE IS AN AERIAL VIEW WITH SOME LAND USES SHOWN. YOU CAN SEE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT IS A SELF-SERVE CAR WASH. UM, ADJACENT ON THE OTHER SIDE WE HAVE UNDEVELOPED AND A GAS STATION WITH FUEL SALES. UM, NORTH OF THE SITE WE HAVE A RETAIL STRIP CENTER AND SOME ADDITIONAL RETAIL USES, UH, ADJACENT TO THAT. AND THEN ON THE SOUTH WE DO HAVE A UTILITY SERVICE STATION WITH VERY LARGE TRANSMISSION LINES, UM, RUNNING ALONG BEHIND THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IN BETWEEN THE RESIDENCES. SO HERE IS A PICTURE OF OUR ZONING MAP. AGAIN, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS BOUNDED IN YELLOW. UM, THE PD 81 INCLUDES SINGLE FAMILY, MULTIFAMILY, RETAIL, AND SERVICE STATION USES. THE PROPOSED PD 81 B UM, WOULD BE FOR GENERAL RETAIL. [00:50:01] AND THE REASON FOR THIS IS TO CLEARLY ESTABLISH THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION AS WELL AS THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. UM, IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR, THE COUNCIL DID APPROVE PD 81 A, WHICH IS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY HERE ON THE WEST. AND THAT PD 81 A DOES HAVE GENERAL RETAIL BASE SONY. IF THIS ZONING CHANGE REQUEST IS APPROVED, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WILL HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT. THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES. STAFF ANALYSIS. DOES THE PROPOSAL ADVANCE THE CITY'S VISION? THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN'S FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATES THIS AREA AS COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICE. THE PROPOSED ZONING DISTRICT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FLU. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ALSO STATES THAT RETAIL USES TYPICALLY PROVIDE SERVICES TO SUPPORT NEIGHBOR NEIGHBORING RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND SHOULD SERVE AS A BUFFER AND TRANSITION BETWEEN HIGHER AND LOWER INTENSITY USES. STAFF BELIEVES THE PROPOSED ZONING DISTRICT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE STATED PURPOSE OF RETAIL USES. AND FINALLY, DEPENDING ON THE TENANT MIX, A SMALLER SCALE GENERAL RETAIL DEVELOPMENT MAY PROVIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE TYPE USES IN PROXIMITY TO THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL AREAS. IS THE PROPOSAL COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDINGS? THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED ADJACENT TO AND ACROSS FROM EXISTING COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL USES, AND IS SEPARATED FROM RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES BY A LARGE UTILITY SERVICE STATION WITH TRANSMISSION POWER LINES. STAFF DOES BELIEVE THE REQUESTED ZONING CHANGE IS COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING ZONING AND LAND USES. AND FINALLY, HOW DOES THE PROPOSAL RELATE TO EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS AND AREA CONTEXT? AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A ZONING CHANGE FROM PD 81, DISTRICT TWO, PD 81, A DISTRICT WITH BASE ZONING OF GENERAL RETAIL ON PROPERTY ABUTTING THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, UH, ON THE WESTERN SIDE. AGAIN, STAFF BELIEVES THE REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH RECENT ZONING ACTIVITY. RECENT 16 NOTICES TO SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. ZERO LETTERS WERE RECEIVED IN SUPPORT, ONE LETTER IN OPPOSITION WAS RECEIVED. THERE WERE NO COMMENTS. MADAM CHAIR, UM, ON THAT LETTER OF, UH, OPPOSITION, AND YOU CAN SEE THE OPPOSING PROPERTY SHOWN HERE IN RED. AND THE REQUESTED ACTION IS FOR YOU TO CONSIDER TO, UH, REZONE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FROM PD 81 TO PD 180 1 B WITH GENERAL RETAIL BASED ZONING. MADAM CHAIR, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? VERY WELL DONE, AARON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING ALL THAT TO US. YES. 'CAUSE THAT WAS A LOT. THAT WAS A LOT. COMMISSIONERS. ANY, ANY QUESTIONS FOR AARON? SIMPLE QUESTION. I'M SORRY. UM, YES SIR. WHERE DID, WHERE DID THE NUMBER 16 COME INTO PLAY? SO WE ARE, UM, THE STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. GRAND PRAIRIE GOES A LITTLE BIT BEYOND THAT, AND WE NOTIFY PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 300 FEET. OKAY, SO 16 NOTICES. UH, 16 PROPERTIES. GOOD. GREAT QUESTION. ANY OTHER CONCERNS FOR AARON? WELL DONE. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. SPEAKER CARDS, WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD FROM THE APPLICANT TO KINDER VISTA. DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WISHES TO NOTE HIS SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM. UH, THIS IS DISTRICT SIX. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER PRESSLEY? NO, MA'AM. ANY, ANY DISCUSSION? DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? IT LOOKS PRETTY CLEAN CUT TO ME. LIKE WE WERE JUST TRYING TO CLEAN THIS UP SINCE 1976. IS THAT RIGHT? IT EIGHTIES. EIGHTIES. WHENEVER. OKAY. YEAH, THE MEETS AND BALANCES A WHILE BACK. I, I, THIS IS, THIS IS GREAT. I THINK THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB IN DOING THE ANALYSIS FOR US AND HELPING US OUT AND UNDERSTANDING IT A WHOLE LOT BETTER. WE DO APPRECIATE THAT. YES, MA'AM. HEADS OFF TO Y'ALL FOR THAT. YES, MA'AM. THAT BEING SAID, UM, COMMISSIONER PRESLEY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? YES. MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM FIVE ZERO N 2 6 0 6 0 0 1 6 ON ZONE CHANGE, AND, UH, MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE ACCORDING TO THE BRC RECOMMENDATIONS. SECOND, THAT I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM FIVE BY COMMISSIONER PRESLEY AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THAT BEING THE LAST CASE, WE STILL HAVE OTHER MORE ITEM. I DIDN'T HAVE IT ON YOUR CHART THERE, BUT WE HAVE ONE MORE ITEM FOR ELECTION OF [00:55:01] ALL THOSE LINES. THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING READY TO DO. BEFORE WE DO THAT, I WANNA SAY THAT WE ARE IN TRANSITION. OKAY. WHAT IS IT? OKAY. OKAY. OKAY, GREAT. OKAY. SO WE'RE RIGHT. OKAY. WE, UH, EVERY YEAR, UH, THE COUNCIL HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, APPOINT, UH, COMMISSIONERS. AND THAT'S ONE JOB THAT WE, WE LOVE TO DO. 'CAUSE WE WOULDN'T BE HERE IF WE DIDN'T LO WOULDN'T WANNA WORK, YOU KNOW, DO AND, UH, UH, UH, VOLUNTEER FOR THE CITY. UH, THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE A BRAND NEW COMMISSIONER TODAY. WE HAVE MS. MARQUITA NEMO. WE WANNA SAY WELCOME TO YOU, FIRST OF ALL, FOR TAKING ON THE CHALLENGE. JUST GIVE HER A HAND FOR COMING. AND THIS JOB IS NOT FOR THE LIGHT AT HEART BECAUSE WE MEET TWICE A MONTH SO THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU USED TO BE ONCE A MONTH NOW TWICE A MONTH. SO TELL US A LITTLE BIT WHY YOU'RE HERE AND WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO COME TO THIS COMMISSION. I'M MARQUIA NIVO. I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE IN HONOR TO SERVE IN GRAND PRAIRIE. SORRY, I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE AND A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AS WELL AS A REALTOR. AND MY FAMILY HAS ROOTS HERE. WE LOVE THE CITY AND JUST WANT TO BE A PART OF THE THRIVING, UM, ENVIRONMENT THAT, THAT'S BEING PRODUCED RIGHT NOW. SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING ME. WELL, YOU'RE MOST WELCOME. WE ARE, WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU. LIKE I SAID, I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR A LITTLE WHILE, SO YOU'RE NOT NEW TO ME, BUT EVERYBODY ON THIS COMMISSION BRINGS SOMETHING TO THE TABLE, AND THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THIS, UH, THIS COMMISSION. WE ALL REPRESENT DIFFERENT DISTRICTS, BUT WE ALL LOVE GRAND PRAIRIE, AND WE ALL ARE HERE BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE HERE AND WE WANNA SEE THE CITY SUCCEED. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF US NOW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT BEING SAID, IT'S TIME FOR THE [ELECTION OF OFFICERS ] ELECTION OF OFFICERS, AND I WANT TO TELL Y'ALL THAT I'VE BEEN ON THIS, UM, COMMISSION FOR A LONG, LONG TIME, A VERY LONG TIME. IT'S BEEN GOOD. I'VE LEARNED A LOT, UM, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S GOOD FOR CHANGE. AND, UM, I, UH, WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO, UM, OUR, UM, COMMISSION AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE SOME CHANGES IN THE OFFICES. AND, UH, WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION FIRST? COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT ALL YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE HERE WITH THE CITY. OBVIOUSLY STILL GONNA REMAIN WITH US, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE, UH, UH, VICE CHAIR JOHN FEDORKO TO SHARE OF THE, UH, OF THE COMMISSION. ANY MORE MO ANY MORE NOMINATIONS FOR, UH, CHAIR. SECOND, UH, YOUR SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ARI. THAT, THAT BEING ACCLIMATION, THAT, UH, CONGRATULATIONS. UH, COMMISSIONER PERKO. THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL EVER DO AS GOOD A JOB AS YOU, MADAM CHAIR, BUT, UH, THANK YOU. UH, I DON'T KNOW IF WE VOTED. UH, BUT WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE TO 'CAUSE THE ONLY ONE, ONE PERSON NOMINATED ACTUALLY. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. SHE SAID YOU DID. WE DO NEED TO TAKE A VOTE. OH, DO WE? OH, I'M SORRY. I, OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR OF, UH, JOHN FCO, UH, BECOMING THE CHAIR OF THE P AND Z COMMISSION. RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE NEXT, UH, POSITION IS VICE CHAIR. I GET A MOTION FOR THAT AS WELL. I, I, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ON THAT AS MY MAYBE MY FIRST MOTION. UH, I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE, UH, FRANK AS, UH, VICE CHAIR FRANK, I'VE, I'VE SERVED WITH YOU FOR A LONG TIME AND, UH, YOU HAVE A LOT OF GOOD THINGS TO SAY AND IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU WOULD, UH, IF YOU'D TAKE THAT POSITION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JIM. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR, UH, FOR COMMISSIONER, UH, GONZALEZ AS VICE CHAIR. DO WE HAVE ANY MORE NOMINATIONS? THAT BEING SAID, DO WE, CAN I HAVE A SECOND ON THAT MOTION? I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. COMMISSIONER NOW. ARI MAKES A SECOND. UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THE VICE CHAIR FOR PNZ FOR FRANK GONZALEZ. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, UH, BY ACCLIMATION. AND THE NEXT, UM, UH, POSITION WE HAVE IS SECRETARY. UM, WE, WE NORMALLY, WHAT WE GENERALLY TRY TO DO IS TENURE IS WHAT WE DO, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN HERE THE LONGEST. I'VE SERVED AS CHAIR THE LONGEST, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR ALL THAT. THE TIME THAT I'VE SPENT AND BEING CHAIR, THIS IS AN HONOR THAT, UH, I'LL NEVER FORGET. BUT WE HAVE ALL WORKED ON THE, JOHN AND I HAVE WORKED TOGETHER FOR A VERY LONG TIME, AND I'VE WORKED A LONG TIME WITH FRANK, AND I'VE WORKED A LONG TIME WITH, WITH JANIE. ARI. SO, AND WE HAVE NEW COMMISSIONERS COMING ON BOARD, UH, COMMISSIONER PRESLEY'S, FAIRLY NEW, COMMISSIONER NEMO. AND SO WE LIKE TO, WHEN WE CAN MOVE, SHIFT A LITTLE BIT AND GIVE EVERYBODY AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT BECAUSE THIS IS A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY. BUT WE ARE DOING, BECAUSE WE WANT TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE CITY. WE CARE ABOUT THE CITY. SO THE, THE NEXT POSITION IS SECRETARY. AND IF WE ARE DOING IT BY TENURE, THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPOINT THE PERSON THAT'S BEEN HERE AS LONG AS WE HAVE JUST ABOUT, AND THAT WOULD BE TY CHAPMAN. SHE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT. [01:00:01] UH, SHE'S, UH, TRAVELING. BUT I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UM, TO APPOINT, UH, TY CHAPMAN FOR SECRETARY. I SECOND THAT. I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPOINT TY CHAPMAN AS SECRETARY AND A SECOND BY BY MYSELF, CHERYL SMITH AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FRANK GONZALEZ. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AND THAT BY ACCLIMATION WE HAVE OUR NEW, UH, OFFICERS, UH, WHICH WOULD BE COMMISSIONER, I MEAN, COMMISSIONER FRANK, UH, JOHN FREDO AS OUR CHAIR CHAIR. AND WE HAVE OUR VICE CHAIR AS FRANK GONZALEZ. AND TY CHAPMAN IS NOT HERE IN HER STEAD. I'LL CLAP FOR HER. TY, TY CHAPMAN. BUT I WANNA SAY THAT WE HAVE, WE'RE A TIGHT KNIT GROUP. WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER FOR A VERY LONG TIME, AND WE, YOU KNOW, KNOW EACH OTHER PRETTY WELL. AND IT'S A GOOD MIX. AND EVERY TIME WE HAVE NEW PEOPLE COME ON THE BOARD, THAT'S MORE, UH, IT GIVES US MORE GROWTH, MORE OPPORTUNITY, BECAUSE EVERYBODY SITTING AT THE TABLE HAS SOMETHING TO SAY AND WE ARE REPRESENTING OUR COMMUNITIES. AND SO I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NEW PEOPLE COME IN, AND THEN WE HAVE, SOME OF US HAVE BEEN AROUND. I'M GONNA STILL BE HERE, Y'ALL, I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE RIGHT NOW, BUT I WILL STILL BE HERE TO CHEER YOU ON AND DO WHAT I CAN FOR PNZ. SO THAT BEING SAID, IT'S 7:34 PM THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.