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WELCOME TO THE WELCOME TO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2026.
I'M FRANK GONZALEZ, VICE CHAIR OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
I'LL BE SHOWING THE MEETING TONIGHT BECAUSE OUR CHAIR, JOHN PCO, IS UNAVAILABLE.
THIS MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING IS HERE, CALLED BACK TO ORDER AT 6:38 PM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETS A SECOND AND FOURTH TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH.
OUR MEETINGS ARE VIDEO RECORDED.
NO OFFICIAL ACTION CAN BE TAKEN UNLESS PROPER APPLICATION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOLLOWS A PRINTED AGENDA THAT IS AVAILABLE ONLINE, PUBLIC, PUBLIC HEARING, CONSENT, AGENDA ITEMS, OR ROUTINE ITEMS, WHICH CAN ALL BE APPROVED IN ONE MOTION.
HOWEVER, ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION MAY TAKE A MOTION TO INDIVIDUALLY CONSIDER AN ITEM FROM THE PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA.
INDIVIDUALS MAY ADDRESS THE COMMISSION AND ANY ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA TO SPEAK IN AN ITEM OR NOTE YOUR SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION WITHOUT SPEAKING, PLEASE FILL OUT THE SPEAKER CARD.
THIS CARDS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE COUNTER.
IT SHOULD BE TURNED IN AT THE BACK ROOM PRIOR TO THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM BEING CALLED.
I WILL NOW CONDUCT A ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS TO CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF QUORUM AFTER OUR CALL.
HERE, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT EXCEPT FOR JOHN FEDORKO AND MALCOLM ERY.
AND NOW COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN WILL GIVE US AN INVOCATION.
AND AFTER THAT, COMMISSIONER MENDEZ ARI WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE US AND TEXAS FLAG.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS YOU'VE POURED UPON OUR GROWING CITY.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THE ABUNDANCE, LORD GOD, THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US IN EVERY FAMILY, EVERY BUSINESS, EVERY FIRST RESPONDER, EVERY ONE MORE GOD, FATHER GOD, WE ASK THAT WE CONTINUE TO CALL THIS PLACE HOME AND THAT THE WARMTH AND LOVE THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED WOULD ALWAYS CONTINUE.
WE ASK FOR YOUR WISDOM TO GUIDE US, YOUR GRACE TO STRENGTHEN US AND YOUR PEACE TO UNITE US.
BLESS THOSE UNDER THE SOUND OF MY VOICE, LORD GOD, TOUCH THOSE WHO WANTED TO BE HERE AND COULD NOT HELP US LOOK BEYOND OUR DIFFERENCES AND RECOGNIZE THE COMMON HOPES THAT BIND US.
BLESS THOSE WHO SERVE AND BLESS THOSE WHO LEAD.
REMIND US EACH DAY THAT WE ARE TRULY BETTER TOGETHER AND THAT OUR GREATER DAYS ONLY LIE AHEAD OF US.
LORD GOD, WE THANK YOU HERE AND ANSWER OUR PRAYER.
OUR PLEASURE, ALLE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL, HONOR THE TEXAS I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS ONE EIGHT.
IN AN EFFORT TO MINIMIZE DISRUPTIONS, THE FOLLOWING MEETING GUIDELINES WILL APPLY.
NUMBER ONE, THE STAFF WILL PRESENT FIRST ON ANY AGENDA.
ITEM NUMBER TWO, FOLLOWING A BRIEF PRESENTATION BY STAFF, APPLICANTS WILL HAVE A COMBINED TOTAL OF 30 MINUTES TO PRESENT.
NUMBER THREE, 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.
NUMBER FOUR, ADDITIONAL SPEAKING TIME MAY BE ALLOWED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIRMAN OR VICE 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.
AND NUMBER SEVEN, STAFF WILL BE AVAILABLE TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS FOLLOWING PRESENTATION OF EACH ITEM.
AT THIS TIME, CITIZENS MAY SPEAK UP TO FIVE MINUTES ON ANY ITEM NOT IN THE AGENDA.
DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS FOR OPEN AGENDA.
WE HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS FOR THE CITIZEN COMMENTS.
[PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA]
NEXT MATTER OF CONSIDERATION IS APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA.THERE'S ONE ITEM, THE CONSENT AGENDA, ITEM ONE, THE APPROVAL OF
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THE MINUTES OF AUGUST, 2020 FIFTH.SO DO WE HAVE ANY, ANYONE THAT CAN SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR.
WE HAVE NO SPEAKER COURTS FOR THIS CONSENT AGENDA.
UH, MR. VICE CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE, UM, UH, MINUTES FOR AUGUST 25TH, 2026 FOR P AND Z MEETING.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SMITH AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE? SEE NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
UH, MR. CHAIR, YOU HAVE A, UH, WE HAVE A TABLE? YEAH.
WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER TWO FOR POTENTIAL.
[2. SUP-26-07-0016 - Specific Use Permit/Site Plan - Dutch Bros at 2380 W Camp Wisdom (City Council District 6). Specific Use Permit and Site Plan for a restaurant with a drive-through on 1.3 acres. Lot 6, Block 1, Victory at Lakeridge Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, zoned Planned Development-283 District, within the Lake Ridge Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 2380 W Camp Wisdom Rd ]
ITEM NUMBER TWO, UH, SUP TWO SIX DASH ZERO SEVEN DASH 0 0 16 SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.UM, AT THIS POINT I'M GONNA ASK THE STAFF, DO WE NEED TO TAKE AN ACTION OR A MOTION ON THIS? IF YOU PLEASE, YES.
DO YOU WANT THEM TO TAKE IT TO A SPECIFIC INDEFINITE? NO SPECIFIC DATE? NO SPECIFIC DATE.
CAN SOMEBODY TAKE A MOTION? UH, MR. CHAIR, MR. VICE CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON NUMBER TWO SUP 26 0 7 0 0 1 6 SPECIFIC USE PERMIT SITE PLAN FOR DUTCH BROTHERS.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SMITH AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE? SEE YOU.
I GONNA POSTPONEMENT, UH, INDEFINITELY.
[3. SUP-26-07-0017 - Specific Use Permit - Peaceful Pet Cremation (City Council District 1). Specific Use Permit for Crematorium in a commercial lease space on 2.77 acres. Lot 2R, Block D, Cox and Hines Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, zoned Light Industrial (LI), and addressed as 520 S Great Southwest Pkwy, Suite 160]
GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS.THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER THREE SUP FOR PEACEFUL PET CREMATION SUP 26 0 7 0 0 1 7.
SO THIS ITEM WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED AT THE LAST PNZ MEETING.
THIS ITEM WAS TABLED BY PNZ COMMISSIONERS BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE OPERATION THAT WAS NOT, UM, THE APPLICANT WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND THE LAST MEETING.
UM, SO WE HAVE TABLED THAT SO THAT WE CAN ASK THOSE QUESTIONS.
SO I'LL BRIEFLY GO OVER THIS BECAUSE, UM, ALL THE OTHER INFORMATION IS INCLUDED IN THE PACKET.
SO THE APPLICANT WISHES TO OPEN A, UM, UH, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING SUP FOR CREMATORIUM.
UM, THEY WILL BE LOCATED IN THE EXISTING COM, UM, BUILDING LOCATED AT FIVE 20 SOUTH GRAY, SOUTHWEST STREET ZONE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
THE PORTION SHOWN IN THE ORANGE IS THE SUITE THAT THEY'LL BE OCCUPYING.
AGAIN, BASICALLY, THIS IS NOT A TRADITIONAL CREMATORIUM, BUT THEY ARE USING WATER-BASED CHEMICALS FOR THEIR PROCESSES, WHICH IS CALLED, UH, REFERENCED AS AN ACCLAMATION.
SO BASICALLY, UM, AT THE LAST PUBLIC HEARING, STAFF HAS PRESENTED THAT THE, UH, PROPOSAL IS COMPATIBLE WITH ITS SURROUNDINGS.
AND, UM, BECAUSE THE OPERATION IS, UM, APPOINTMENT ONLY AND THE EXISTING ESTABLISHMENT IN THE AREA IS ALREADY INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL, THAT STAFF FELT THAT THIS IS ALIGNING WITH THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN AND THE AREA CONTEXT.
ONE THING THAT WE DID WANNA MENTION IS AN APPOINTMENT ONLY OPERATION MODEL.
AND WE DO NOT EXPECT IT TO, UH, GENERATE SIGNIFICANT TRAFFIC TO THE SITE.
THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES WITH THIS REQUEST, AND WE HAVE SENT OUT 11 NOTICES, AND WE HAVE RECEIVED ONE LETTER IN OPPOSITION.
UM, SO IN SUMMARY, THE OPPOSITION LETTER WAS INCLUDED IN THE PACKET.
UM, BASICALLY THE RESIDENT EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT THE TRUE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THIS PROPOSAL BECAUSE THEY DO USE CHEMICAL, WHICH WILL BE DISPOSING TO THE CITY'S WASTEWATER SYSTEM.
SO BASICALLY, SHE JUST FELT THAT, UM, THE OPERATIONAL PLAN PROVIDED DID NOT PROVIDE DETAILED INFORMATION REGARDING THE ENTIRE PROCESS AND ITS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.
AND RAY'S CONCERN THAT THIS ACCLAMATION IS FAIRLY NEW TECHNOLOGY.
AND SHE FELT THAT, UM, SHE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT SHE FELT THIS WAS NOT AS CONCERNED OF ATORY METHOD IS THE APPLICANT, UH, EXPLAINING THE APPLICATION.
SO THE REQUEST ACTION IS THAT THE, SHOULD THE PNZ RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST, STAFF RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING CONDITION, WHICH IS THAT OPERATIONS OF THIS BUSINESS SHALL ADHERE TO THE EXHIBIT B OPERATIONAL PLAN.
IF THE METHOD OF THIS POSITION CHANGES TO TRADITIONAL CREMATION IN THE FUTURE, THE SUP AMENDMENT SHALL BE REQUIRED.
THIS CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION, THE APPLICANTS, UM, HERE TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL
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QUESTIONS.AND WE DO HAVE, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITIES WHO ARE, UH, PROBABLY MORE, UH, HAS MORE TECHNICAL BACKGROUND TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER SOME OF YOUR MORE DETAILED QUESTIONS.
IS THERE ANY QUESTION FOR ME, UM, AT THIS TIME? EXCELLENT PRESENTATION COMMISSIONERS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR JUNE? OKAY, THANK YOU.
AND DO WE HAVE SPEAKER CARDS? IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT AND WISHES TO SPEAK? OKAY.
NATHAN PACK, UH, WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
AND THIS IS FOR FIVE 20 SOUTH.
GREAT SOUTHWEST PARKWAY IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
WE JUST HAD CONCERNS, UH, WHEN THIS WAS PRESENTED LAST WEEK ABOUT THE ACTUAL, UH, PROCESS.
AND IS, FIRST OF ALL, IS THIS YOUR FIRST, UH, BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY OR DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER LOCATION? UH, WE CURRENTLY OPERATE IN ARLINGTON.
THE BUSINESS HAS BEEN RUNNING SINCE, UH, 2019 AND WE'VE BEEN OPERATING, IT'S ME AND, UH, ALL MY FAMILY SINCE 2022.
SO YOU'RE JUST EXPANDING AND GROWING AND DECIDING.
WE'RE LOOKING TO MOVE OUT OF OUR LOCATION IN ARLINGTON, UH, LOOKING FOR MORE SPACE.
SO WITH REGARD TO THE PROCESS ITSELF, IT'S, UH, THE, THE CONCERNS WERE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE, AND I BELIEVE THE BONES.
COULD YOU KIND OF GO INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT? YEAH, OF COURSE.
SO OBVIOUSLY WHAT WE DO IS WE RETURN ASHES TO FAMILIES, BUT WE DO HAVE A SMALLER SECTION OF FAMILIES OR WHO OPT TO NOT RECEIVE ANY OF THE, THE CREMATES BACK.
UH, THAT'S OUR COMMUNAL ACCLAMATION.
WE PARTNER WITH A, UH, PET MEMORIAL GRAVEYARD IN CEDAR HILL, AND WE RESPECTFULLY SPREAD THOSE ASHES.
UM, THOSE ARE THE ONLY ASHES THAT WE'D BE, YOU KNOW, I GUESS IF YOU WOULD SAY DISCARDING OF.
BUT, UH, EVERYTHING ELSE WE'VE RETURNED TO FAMILIES.
UM, AND THEN ANOTHER PRODUCT OF OUR PROCESS IS THE AFFLUENT.
UM, CURRENTLY IN OUR LOCATION IN ARLINGTON, UH, WE WORK WITH A SEPTIC HAULING COMPANY WHO TAKES OUR AFFLUENT TO A WATER TREATMENT FACILITY.
UM, BUT, UH, TYPICALLY FOR AFFLUENT, FOR ACCLIMATION IS DISCHARGED THROUGH THE SANITARY SEWER LINE WITH, UH, OBVIOUSLY WITH PROPER, UM, COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITY AND TREATMENT ON OUR RN.
BUT OUR MACHINES ARE EQUIPPED TO TREAT AND FILTER THE AFFLUENT, UM, AS NEEDED WITH CITY GUIDELINES.
ANYONE ELSE? I DO, I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO CLUE.
AND BEG MY PARDON? WHAT IS AN AFFLUENT? OH, AFFLUENT.
SO IT'S THE, IT'S THE WATER BYPRODUCT OF OUR PROCESS.
UM, SO WHAT WE RETURN TO FAMILIES IS THE, UH, IT'S THE BONES OF THE PETS THAT ARE THEN PROCESSED INTO ASHES, AND THAT'S WHAT WE RETURN AND EARNS TO FAMILIES.
UM, THE ORGANIC TISSUE MATTER OF THE PETS THANK YOU.
IS, UH, IS TURNED INTO THE AFFLUENT.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND THEN, SO, UM, WITHIN THE PROCESS, I THINK MY COLLEAGUE ASKED YOU ABOUT THE BONES.
EVERYTHING IN OUR PROCESS IS DRY, STERILE, AND ORGANIC.
UM, BUT OR AFTER WE DRY IT, BUT IT, EVERYTHING IS STERILE AND ORGANIC.
SO THERE'S REALLY NOTHING GOING BACK INTO THE WATER SYSTEM IN ANY FORM OR FASHION.
UM, IF WE WERE TO DISCHARGE INTO THE SEWER LINE, IT WOULD BE GOING INTO THE SANITARY SEWER LINE.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, IT'S TREATED IN A, IN A WATER TREATMENT FACILITY, UM, AS, AS OR AS OF HOW WE ARE IN ARLINGTON.
UM, BUT WE ARE EVENTUALLY LOOKING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH GRAND PRAIRIE AND DISCHARGE INTO THE SEWER LINE.
SO WOULD YOU CONSIDER MAYBE AN UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK? WE, SO WE CURRENTLY STORE OUR AFFLUENT IN AN ABOVE-GROUND STORAGE TANK.
UM, AND THEN IT'S, IT'S HAULED BY A, UH, SEPTIC HAULING TRUCK BOOT COMES.
THAT, THAT HELPS ME A WHOLE LOT.
UH, MR. MR. VICE CHAIR, I JUST HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.
WITH REGARD TO THE OPPOSITION LETTER, WHICH I'M NOT SURE, DO YOU HAVE THAT POSSESSION OF THAT LETTER? 'CAUSE IT SPOKE TO A COMPLAINT MM-HMM
AND ON THE OPPOSITION LETTER WITH REGARD TO YOUR FACILITY, WHAT DID YOU HAVE? IS, DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? ANYBODY COMPLAINING? I HAVE THE OPPOSITION LETTER.
UM, WE HAVEN'T HAD, SO WE'VE BEEN IN OUR LOCATIONS FOR FOUR YEARS IN ARLINGTON.
UM, IN TERMS OF COMPLAINTS FROM ANY OF THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS AROUND, OR THE SURROUNDING BUSINESSES, UH, WE, WE DON'T RUN INTO ANY COMPLAINTS MUCH,
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BUT WHEN WE DO, WE ADDRESS THE ISSUE AND, UH MM-HMMUH, THAT'S NOT REALLY, THAT'S NOT THE REASON WE'RE LOOKING TO MOVE OUT ARLINGTON AS COMPLAINTS, THE CITY.
RIGHT? NO, BUT I WAS JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THE ACTUAL COMPLAINT, THE RE BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME.
I JUST WOULD LIKE THAT TO BE, MAKE SURE WE GET THAT INTO THE RECORD.
UM, I DO HAVE A COPY OF THE COMPLAINT IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IT.
MR. CHAIR, CAN I READ THIS INTO THE RECORD? PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE.
UH, THIS IS, UH, FROM RAQUEL ZAMORA.
IT, UH, DO I READ HER ADDRESS? UH, JULIE, DO I READ HER ADDRESS? WE TYPICALLY DO NOT READ ALL OF THOSE.
UH, THE OPPOSITION SAYS I STRONGLY OPPOSE THE APPROVAL OF SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, SUP 26 0 7 0 0 1 7, WHICH SEEKS TO ESTABLISH A SECOND PET, UH, ACCLAMATION FACILITY FOR PEACEFUL PETS, DFW AT FIVE 20 SOUTH, UH, UH, GREAT SOUTHWEST PARKWAY, SUITE ONE 60.
THE FACILITY IS NOT ONLY ENVIRONMENTALLY AND SOCIALLY IRRESPONSIBLE, BUT IT ALSO DOES NOT ALIGN WITH, UH, CONSERVATION PRINCIPLES.
ADDITIONALLY, THE LACK OF CONSULTATION WITH IN INDIGENOUS LEADERS FROM THE KADU, KUA, KAMA COMANCHE, WHOSE, UH, CENTRAL, UM, LANDS, GRAND PRAIRIE OCCUPIES FURTHER UNDERSCORES THE FLAWED DECISION MAKING PROCESS AND THE KEY OBJECTIONS, I WON'T READ 'EM IN DETAIL.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS, CHEMICAL DISCHARGE.
AND IT SAYS, IN CONCLUSION, I COMPLETELY AGAINST APPROVAL OF THIS FACILITY, THE POTENTIAL RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH, THE ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITY AND WELLBEING, COMBINED WITH FAILURE TO CONSULT WITH INDIGENOUS LEADERS AND MISALIGNMENT WITH CON, UH, CONSERVATION PRINCIPLES.
MAKE THIS A RECKLESS AND IRRESPONSIBLE PROPOSAL.
I URGE YOUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL TO DENY THIS SUP AND, AND I, UH, APOLOGIZE FOR HAVING TO READ THIS, BUT I THINK THAT EVERY COMMENT IS IMPORTANT.
AND HAVE YOU HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THIS GROUP AT ALL? THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE? I HAVE NOT.
YOU KNOW, WHAT WE OFFER IS A GREENER ALTERNATIVE TO THE FLAME BASED CREMATION.
UM, OBVIOUSLY FLAME BASED CREMATION IS CULTURALLY TIED TO A LOT OF PRACTICES.
UM, SO WE DON'T OFFER IT AS, UM, WE OFFER IT AS A GREEN ALTERNATIVE FOR FAMILIES WHO ARE INTERESTED IN, UM, A MORE GENTLE AND, UM, A MORE ECO-FRIENDLY PROCESS.
OBVIOUSLY, WE DON'T HAVE ANY DIRECT CARBON EMISSIONS, AND AS FOR THE CHEMICALS, IT'S ALL NATURAL MINERALS, UM, THAT WOULD BE FOUND.
UH, ESSENTIALLY WHAT OUR PROCESS DOES IS IT SPEEDS UP THE NATURAL DECOMPOSITION YOU'D SEE IF YOU WERE TO, TO BURY YOUR PET UNDERGROUND.
BUT WITH WARM WATER AND, UH, POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, UM, IT ESSENTIALLY SPEEDS UP THAT PROCESS AND TO ABOUT 24 HOURS TO 20 TO 24 HOURS, UH, WHERE WE CAN RETURN JUST THE BONES TO FAMILIES AND PROCESS THAT INTO ASHES.
UM, BUT WE HAVE NOT HAD DIRECT CON CONVERSATION WITH ANY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ABOUT OVER THESE ISSUES, THOUGH THE ONLY REASON I BRING THAT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, IN GRAND PRAIRIE OF COURSE.
AND SO YOU WANNA BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR, YOU WANNA MAKE SURE YOU AT LEAST HAVE A CONVERSATION.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
WE WERE VERY COMFORTABLE AND OPEN TO DOING THAT.
UM, AND IT'S BECAUSE I THINK THE SERVICE YOU PROVIDE IS A GOOD SERVICE.
IT'S NOT THAT, IT'S JUST THAT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, NO STONE UNTURNED THAT WE SHOULD ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, THE CONCERN.
SO FOR THE RECORD, IN ARLINGTON, YOU HAVE AN ABOVE GROUND STORAGE TANK? CORRECT? WE HAVE, UH, TWO ABOVE GARAGE STORAGE TANKS IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
WILL YOU HAVE THOSE TWO STORAGE TANKS? THEY WILL BE INSIDE OUR FACILITY.
WE CURRENTLY STORM IT AS OUTSIDE STORAGE.
THEY'LL BE INSIDE OUR FACILITY AND, UM, CONTAINMENT BARRIER CONTAINMENT BERMS. UM, BUT YES, WE WILL, WE WILL HAVE OUR ABOVEGROUND STORAGE.
SO YOU'RE GONNA CONTINUE THAT SAME PROCESS FOR THE TIME BEING CORRECT.
DO KNOW WHEN YOU PLAN TO START THE WASTE? WE WON'T DISCHARGE INTO THE SEWER LINE WITHOUT APPROVAL FROM THE CITY.
WE'LL BE, UM, DISCHARGING INTO OUR ABOVE GROUND STORAGE AND HAULING AS WE'RE DOING NOW UNTIL WE GET THAT, UH, APPROVAL.
AND WHERE ARE YOU AT IN THAT PROCESS? UM, WE, WE'VE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY.
WE WORK WITH A COMPLIANCE CONSULTANT WHO'S BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, THE, THE PROPER CITY, UH, DEPARTMENTS FOR THAT.
BUT WE, WE HAVE BEEN HAVING THE PRIOR CONVERSATIONS AND IT'S A BIG REASON OF WHY WE ENDED UP MOVING TO GRAND PRAIRIE.
SO THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH THEIR WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT WITH THE, OUR, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL TEAM? YES.
UM, THEY WON'T RECEIVE THAT PERMIT UNTIL OUR DEPART THAT DE DEPARTMENT IS COMFORTABLE WITH THE PROCESS.
UM, I'LL ALSO NOTE THAT THEY RECOMMENDED THAT WITH THIS SUP, THAT IF APPROVED THAT IT'D BE A SIX MONTH RENEWAL.
UH, JUST TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT IF THERE ARE ANY ISSUES, WE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING IT BACK TO THE TABLE SOON.
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EXCELLENT POINTS.YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AND, AND WITH THAT, I KNOW I WAS WATCHING THE RECORDING OF THE LAST MEETING, THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, WHETHER OR NOT WE'D BE ABLE TO, FOR THE AFFLUENT IF WE WERE TO DISCHARGE IN THE SEWER LINE AND THEY HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT IF WE'RE ABLE TO TEST THAT CONTINUOUSLY.
AND I DID WANNA SAY THAT WE ARE, ARE TOTALLY OPEN TO THAT.
WE INSTALLED A SAMPLING PORT FOR, THAT'S OUTSIDE FOR, FOR ANYONE IN THE CITY WANTS TO COME AND TEST OUR FLUENT FOR, FOR WHEN THAT TIME COMES.
ANY OTHER, UH, QUESTIONS? YES.
WE HAVE ONE MORE CARD FROM MICHAEL ALBERTO WHO WISHES TO NOTE HAS SUPPORTED THIS ITEM BUT DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK.
ANY OTHER SPEAKER COURTS? NO, SIR.
AT THIS POINT WE HAVE A, AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A MOTION OR DISCUSSION.
YOU HAVE ANY DISCUSSION, COMMISSIONERS, ANY DISCUSS HERE WITH REGARD TO THIS? I THINK WE'VE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THIS.
YEAH, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT ABOUT THAT, YEAH.
MR. VICE CHAIR, WITH YOUR APPROVAL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, PLEASE.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUP 26 0 7 0 0 1 7 SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, PEACEFUL PET CREMATION AND APPROVE AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS WITH A SIX MONTH, UM, UH, APPROVAL TO, TO COME BACK.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SMITH ON ITEM NUMBER THREE SUP TWO SIX DASH ZERO SEVEN DASH 0 0 1 7 AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER, UH, MENEZ ATARI.
AND IS THERE ANY OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE? SEE NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
[4. SUP-26-08-0019 - Specific Use Permit - Texstar Auto at 3317 E Jefferson (City Council District 5). Specific Use Permit for Auto Dealer (Non-Franchise Used) Use at an existing used auto sales lot on 0.72 acres. Tracts 16 & 17, William C. May Survey, Abstract No. 891, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Heavy Industrial (HI), and addressed as 3317 E Jefferson St and 315 West Ave]
YOU.THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
THIS IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A, UM, AUTO DEALER NON FRANCHISE USED SUP 26 0 8 0 0 1 9.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A USED AUTO SALES, UM, AT AN EXISTING FACILITY LOCATED AT 33 1 7 EAST JEFFERSON STREET ZONE HIGH AND, UM, HEAVY INDUSTRIAL.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE AREA OF VIEW, THE SITE CONTAINS AN EXISTING BUILDING WHERE THERE'S ALREADY AN EXISTING, UH, USE AUTO DEALER, UM, EXISTING AT THIS LOCATION, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE GENERALLY THIS AREA HAS A LOT OF AUTOMOTIVE RELATED AND OTHER LOGISTICS RELATED USES.
THIS SHOWS THE EXISTING BUILDING.
UM, AGAIN, THERE'S AN EXISTING BUSINESS, UM, IN THE SUITE A THEY WISH TO SPLIT THE OFFICE INTO TWO DIFFERENT SUITES, UM, SO THAT THE NEW DEALER CAN BE A NEW TENANT IN THIS LOCATION.
UM, THE OPERATION WILL BE MAINLY SALES OF A USED AUTO CO, UH, USED, USED, UM, VEHICLES.
AND THERE WILL BE NO SERVICES, NO MECHANIC WORKS OR ANY REPAIRS ON THE SITE.
THE SITE WILL BE USED FOR INVENTORY AND CUSTOMER AND EMPLOYEE PARKING ONLY.
HERE'S THE PHOTO OF THE EXISTING BUSINESS AND THEIR OPERATIONS.
THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.
IS THE PROPOSAL COMPATIBLE WITH ITS SURROUNDINGS? UM, THE PROPOSED USE IS COMPATIBLE BECAUSE THE ESTABLISHED AUTO SALES LOT AND OTHER AUTO RELATED USES ARE ALONG THIS CORRIDOR ALREADY, UH, WHICH ARE GENERALLY ZONE INDUSTRIAL AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL.
AGAIN, THIS IS, UM, CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
UM, THE DEVELOPMENT CHARACTERISTICS THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED, UM, I KNOW THE FULL DETAIL IS PROVIDED IN THE PACKET.
UM, JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT THERE'S NO, UH, RESIDENTIAL, UH, PROPERTIES IN, UM, IN THE PROXIMITY AND APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST WILL ACTUALLY BRING THE EXISTING LEGAL NON-CONFORMING AUTO BUSINESS, UM, INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CURRENT ZONING.
ALSO HAVING AN SUP UH, PROVIDES MEANS FOR STAFF TO, UM, MONITOR THE OPERATION BECAUSE WE NOW CAN ENFORCE WHATEVER IS INCLUDED INTO THE SUP RECOMMENDATIONS.
HERE ARE SOME CONSIDERATION THAT, UM, SHOULD THE PLANNING AND ZONING CONVENTION RECOMMEND APPROVAL STAFF RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS TO BE ADDED.
ONE, ALL REQUIRED PARKING SPACE SHALL REMAIN AVAILABLE FOR PARKING AND SHALL NOT BE USED FOR VEHICLE INVENTORY OR STORAGE.
AND VEHICLE INVENTORY FOR SALE SHALL BE LOCATED ONLY WITHIN THE SPACE DESIGNATED AS INVENTORY
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AND PRIOR TO THE ASSURANCE OF CITY, UH, CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, ANY ADDITIONAL AUTO DEALER ON THE PROPERTY OR ANY OTHER OWNERS OR OPERATOR SHALL DEMONSTRATE THAT THE SITE CAN ACCOMMODATE THE ADDITIONAL DEALER AND PROVIDE SUFFICIENT PARKING FOR THAT.THE OPERATION SHALL COMPLY AND REMAIN CONSISTENT WITH THE OPERATIONAL PLAN AND THE BUSINESS SHALL OBTAIN CERTIFICATE OCCUPANCY AS WELL AS THE AUTO RELATED BUSINESS PERMIT.
THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE PROOF OF GARBAGE SERVICES TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITIES, AND ALL OPERATIONS SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REGULATIONS UNDER THE CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE AUTO RELATED BUSINESSES.
THIS CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION.
I BELIEVE MICHAEL ALBERTO IS THE APPLICANT FOR THIS CASE.
HE MIGHT HAVE, UM, PROVIDED A WRONG CASE NUMBER.
SO, UM, THE APPLICANT IS HERE, I BELIEVE TO SPEAK.
UM, IS THERE ANY QUESTION PER STAFF AT THIS TIME? QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? WELL DONE THE PRESENTATION.
SPEAKER CARTS MI MICHAEL ALBERTO, ARE YOU THE APPLICANT FOR THIS ITEM? OKAY, IF YOU CAN STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE? YES.
MY NAME IS MICHAEL ALBERTO, 2 2 1 9 TALLON STREET.
COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS FOR MR. ALBERTO? YES.
AND CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR, YOUR BUSINESS? YOU KNOW, YOU WERE, YOU'VE BEEN IN THAT FACILITY FOR A WHILE, I MEAN THE YES.
AND THEN THE SECOND BUSINESS, HOW THAT CAME ABOUT.
SO THAT BUSINESS IS ACTUALLY A FAMILY BUSINESS.
WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR ABOUT 25 YEARS NOW.
WE'VE BEEN IN AT THIS LOCATION FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS.
UH, THAT IS OWNED BY MY GRANDPA.
HOWEVER, I WANT TO EXPAND AND USE MY OWN, UH, CREATE MY OWN DEALER LICENSE.
SO BASICALLY WHAT I WANNA DO IS I USE CAR SELL AND JUST SELL IT TO THE PUBLIC.
SO, SO CAN I MEAN, EXPLAIN YOU THE, THE BUSINESS RIGHT NOW IS JUST, UH, DEALERS.
I MEAN, YES, IT'S A USED DEALER RIGHT NOW.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS I'D WANT TO ADD ANOTHER SUITE AND MAKE IT MY OWN WITH MY OWN LICENSE AND MY UNDER MY OWN NAME.
DO YOU WANNA HAVE TWO DIFFERENT, UH, BUSINESSES GOING UNDER THE SAME FACILITY? CORRECT.
UM, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.
THAT WAS JUST MY ONLY CONCERN WITH THAT.
AND YOU'VE BEEN IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY ALREADY FOR A LONG TIME? YES, YES.
WE'VE BEEN FOR AND YOU HAVE A THRIVING BUSINESS, SIR.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER FACILITIES ANYWHERE ELSE? NO, THAT IS THE ONLY ONE.
GREAT QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER SMITH.
ANYONE ELSE? SO I DO HAVE A QUESTION THERE.
SO TWO DEALERSHIPS, SAME BUILDING, FAMILY RELATED, IM ASSUMING A LITTLE BIT OF A FAMILY COMPETITION HERE.
YEAH, WE ALL LOOK FOR OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER.
SO WE ALL SUPPORT ME, WE ALL SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND JUST HELP FOR THE BEST.
OKAY, SO THAT'S, UH, ONE MORE.
MICHAEL, WOULD WE BE CORRECT TO ASSUME THAT YOUR CARS ARE GONNA BE A WHOLE LOT FASTER?
SO I KNOW ON THE, THE PLAN THEY HAD PARKING, ARE YOU ALL SHARING STAFF BETWEEN THE TWO BUSINESSES OR YES, WE'RE ALL SHARING STAFF.
IT'S JUST FOUR OF US IN THAT OFFICE.
SO WE'RE ALL WORKING UNDER THE SAME, UNDER MY POTENTIALLY MY BUSINESS AND THEN THE EXISTING BUSINESS ALREADY.
SO THERE'S TWO BUSINESSES, BUT THEY'RE SHARING STAFF, RIGHT? CORRECT.
ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NO FURTHER CARDS NUMBER? NO MORE SPEAKER CARDS.
WE HAVE A OPEN FLOOR PROMOTION, UH, OR DISCUSSION.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? NO.
CAN I HAVE A, CAN I GET A MOTION PLEASE? YES.
I'LL MAKE, UH, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE PER DRC RECOMMENDATION OR CONDITIONS FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR SUP 2 6 0 8 0 0 1 9.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND THAT.
YOU KNOW, BY COMMISSIONER MENDEZ, ARI AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PRESLEY.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE? NO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO APPROVE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
[5. SUP-26-07-0018 - Specific Use Permit - Registered Group Home at 4544 Friars Lane (City Council District 2). Specific Use Permit for a Registered Group Home on 0.19 acres. Lot 7, Block 11, Castleridge at Westchester Phase 3, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Planned Development-136 (PD-136) District, and addressed as 4544 Friars Ln]
CASE, PLEASE.OKAY, ITEM NUMBER FIVE SUP 2 6 0 7 0 0 1 8 IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A REGISTERED GROUP HOME LOCATED AT 4 5 4 4 FRIARS LANE
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AND THAT THE PROPERTY IS ZONED PLAN DEVELOPMENT.HERE'S AN AERIAL VIEW WITH THE SUBJECT PROPERTY BOUNDED IN YELLOW.
YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL USES.
AND ON THE EAST SIDE WE DO HAVE REAGAN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
HERE'S A STREET VIEW OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
SOME BACKGROUND, YOU ALL HEARD THIS BEFORE, BUT FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER IN 2023, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING ALL GROUP LIVING UNITS TO REGISTER WITH THE CITY UPON REGISTRATION.
STAFF DETERMINES THE USE AND IF A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IS REQUIRED.
A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IS REQUIRED IF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN 2,500 FEET OF ANOTHER GROUP LIVING RESIDENTIAL UNIT.
OTHERWISE, THE USE IS ALLOWED BY RIGHT IN SINGLE FAMILY AND TOWN HOME ZONING DISTRICTS.
UH, ONCE AGAIN FOR, UH, THE GOOD OF THE ORDER.
THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT PROCESS PROVIDES FOR ADDITIONAL REVIEW OF USES THAT MAY BE APPROPRIATE WITHIN A ZONING DISTRICT, BUT DUE TO THEIR LOCATION, FUNCTIONAL OR OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS WARRANT FURTHER CONSIDERATION.
THE PROCESS ALLOWS THE CITY TO EVALUATE COMPATIBILITY WITH SURROUNDING PROPERTIES AND CONSIDER CONDITIONS WHEN APPROPRIATE TO ADDRESS SITE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT OR OPERATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS.
UM, SO AS I MENTIONED, A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IS REQUIRED WHEN WITHIN 2,500 FEET OR LESS FROM ANOTHER REGISTERED GROUP HOME IN THIS CASE.
THERE IS ANOTHER REGISTERED GROUP HOME LOCATED AT 5 4 0 EAST POLO ROAD.
UH, DID OBTAIN A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
THE LICENSE IS FOR TYPES A AND B ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY, UH, SPECIFICALLY A CERTIFIED ALZHEIMER AND DEMENTIA CARE HOME.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE CURRENT REGISTERED GROUP HOME IS MORE OR LESS 1900 FEET FROM THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO OPERATE AN EIGHT BED RESIDENTIAL GROUP HOME SERVICING GIRLS BETWEEN THE AGES OF FIVE AND 17 WITH AN ASTERISK THAT THE APPLICANT DID CONTACT STAFF LAST WEEK AND REVISED THE AGE GROUP TO BE FIVE TO 12 YEARS OF AGE.
THE APPLICANT IDENTIFIES THE OPERATION AS A RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTER THAT WILL PROVIDE 24 HOUR SUPER SUPERVISION, THERAPEUTIC PROGRAMMING, MEDICATION SUPPORT, AND INDIVIDUALIZED BEHAVIORAL TREATMENT.
RESIDENTS WILL BE PLACED THROUGH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES OR AN APPROVED CHILD PLACING AGENCY.
AND PRIOR TO ADMISSION, THE APPLICANT WILL REVIEW THE PROSPECTIVE RESIDENT'S HISTORY AND NEEDS AND CONDUCT AN INTAKE ASSESSMENT.
THE APPLICANT IS NOT CURRENTLY REGISTERED OR OPERATING AT THIS LOCATION.
THE PROPOSED GROUP HOME WILL WILL SERVE AS CHILDREN WHO REQUIRE STRUCTURED SUPERVISION AND TREATMENT, BUT DO NOT REQUIRE ACUTE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALIZATION OR 24 HOUR NURSING CARE.
THE PROPOSED GROUP HOME WILL NOT SERVE CHILDREN EXPERIENCING SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL, CHILDREN WITH VIOLENT ADJUDICATIONS OR CHILDREN WHOSE MEDICAL NEEDS EXCEED THE SCOPE OF THE OPERATION.
THE TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION THROUGH ITS CHILDCARE REGULATION PROGRAM REGULATES CHILDCARE OPERATIONS AND CHILD PLACING AGENCIES TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH STATE HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDARDS.
THE CCR PROGRAM ADMINISTERS THE 24 HOUR RESIDENTIAL CHILDCARE PROGRAM, WHICH PERMITS AND MONITORS OPERATIONS PROVIDING AROUND THE CLOCK CARE FOR CHILDREN 17 YEARS OF AGE OR YOUNGER.
AND THE CCR PROGRAM CONDUCTS ROUTINE INSPECTIONS AND INVESTIGATES REPORTS OR COMPLAINTS INVOLVING POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS OF STATE MINIMUM STANDARDS, RULES OR LAWS.
GENERAL RESIDE RESIDENTIAL OPERATIONS.
I'M GONNA REFER TO THAT AS A GRO FROM HERE ON OUT.
AS FAR AS THE OPERATIONAL PLAN THAT WAS SUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANT, THIS WILL BE, AS I SAID BEFORE, A 24 HOUR OPERATION WITH AWAKE STAFF PRESENT AT ALL TIMES.
STAFF WILL INCLUDE AN ADMINISTRATOR, PROGRAM DIRECTOR, SHIFT SUPERVISORS, DIRECT CARE STAFF, CASE MANAGERS, CONTRACT NURSES AND THERAPISTS OR COUNSELORS.
STAFFING RATIOS WILL MEET OR EXCEED UH, TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION REQUIREMENTS.
ONE STAFF MEMBER FOR EVERY FOUR RESIDENTS DURING WAKING HOURS AND ONE STAFF MEMBER FOR EVERY EIGHT RESIDENTS.
UM, OVERNIGHT STAFF WILL RECEIVE TRAINING IN TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE, EMERGENCY BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION, CPR AND FIRST AID, NEGLECT REPORTING AND TRANSPORTATION.
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TRANSPORTATION SAFETY AND EMPLOYEES WILL BE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL HISTORY.BACKGROUND CHECKS, FBI, FINGERPRINTING, DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES, CENTRAL RE REGISTRY CHECKS AND OTHER BACKGROUND CHECKS.
AS A APPLICABLE, RESIDENTS WILL ATTEND PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND PARTICIPATE IN A STRUCTURED DAILY SCHEDULE THAT INCLUDES MEALS AND MEAL PREP, SCHOOL THERAPY, TUTORING OR SKILL BUILDING, RECREATION CHORES, AND GROUP ACTIVITIES.
THE APPLICANT WILL PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION WHEN NEEDED FOR SCHOOL, MEDICAL APPOINTMENT THERAPY, COURT DATES, FAMILY VISITS, AND RECREATIONAL OUTINGS.
THE PROPOSED HOME, UH, FEATURES A SHARED LIVING DINING AND KITCHEN AREA, UH, SHARED BATHROOMS. AGAIN, MY APOLOGY FOR THAT TYPO.
THERE ARE TWO BATHROOMS IN THE RESIDENCE.
SHARED BEDROOMS WITH AGE APPROPRIATE PAIRINGS.
UM, THE HOUSE CURRENTLY HAS THREE BEDROOMS. IF THE SUP IS APPROVED, THE APPLICANT MAY APPLY FOR BUILDING PERMITS TO PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL ROOMS. THERE IS AN ATTACHED TWO CAR GARAGE AND A CONCRETE DRIVEWAY THAT PROVIDES TWO PARKING SPACES.
LIFE SAFETY TOOLS SUCH AS FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AND SMOKE DETECTORS WILL BE PROVIDED.
SECURITY CAMERAS WILL BE INSTALLED ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE HOME AND ON THE INTERIOR.
FOR COMMON AREAS, THERE WILL BE A MONITORED SECURITY SYSTEM, LOCKED MEDICATION STORAGE AND AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN.
UH, DO NOTE IF THE SUP IS APPROVED, THE RESIDENCE IS REQUIRED TO BE CERTIFIED AS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE PORTIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE BY THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY IS REQUIRED FOR RESIDENTIAL GROUP HOMES WITH MORE THAN FIVE PERSONS, EXCLUDING STAFF WHO RESIDE ON ONSITE ON A 24 HOUR BASIS AND RECEIVE CUSTODIAL CARE.
A FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM IS REQUIRED FOR RESIDENTIAL GROUP HOMES WITH MORE THAN FIVE PERSONS RECEIVING MEDICAL OR CUSTODIAL CARE GROUP LIVING RESIDENTIAL UNITS WE'VE BEEN CALLING THEM.
GROUP HOMES ARE REQUIRED TO REGISTERED ANNUALLY WITH OUR PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY DEPARTMENT AND THAT REGISTRATION DOES REQUIRE, UH, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS ARE INTENDED TO MAINTAIN HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDARDS AND ENSURE ADEQUATE FIRE, POLICE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND IDENTIFY RESIDENTS WHO MAY REQUIRE SPECIAL ASSISTANCE DURING AN EMERGENCY.
THE REGISTRATION REQUIRES A COPY OF ANY APPLICABLE STATE ISSUED LICENSE AND AN OPERATIONAL PLAN IDENTIFYING THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS SERVICES PROVIDED AND INFORMATION REGARDING THE OWNER AND OPERATOR.
Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH STAFF'S ANALYSIS, SO I'M GONNA HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS HERE.
THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATES THIS PROPERTY AS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, WHICH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESCRIBES AS TRADITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT INCLUDE HOUSING AND LIVING UNITS FOR PEOPLE WITH A RANGE OF INCOMES AND NEEDS, THE PROPOSED USE MAINTAINS THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL FORM AND DENSITY OF THE PROPERTY.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ALSO RECOGNIZES THE NEED FOR FACILITIES AND SERVICES THAT SUPPORT CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS AND ENCOURAGES EXPANDED ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE AND SOCIAL SERVICES.
THE PROPOSED USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THESE OBJECTIVES BY PROVIDING RESIDENTIAL CARE AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL SETTING.
THE PROPOSED USE WILL OPERATE WITHIN AN EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE IN AN ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, NO SUBSTANTIAL MODIFICATIONS ARE PROPOSED THAT WOULD ALTER THE RESIDENTIAL APPEARANCE OR CHARACTER OF THE PROPERTY.
THE PROPOSED USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL FLU DESIGNATION AND ALLOWS THE EXISTING HOUSING STOCK TO ACCOMMODATE A SPECIALIZED RESIDENTIAL NEED WITHOUT INTRODUCING A DIFFERENT BUILDING TYPE OR DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
AND FINALLY, THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A MAXIMUM OF EIGHT RESIDENTS WITHIN THE EXISTING HOME.
THE UDC DEFINITION OF A SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED DWELLING LIMITS OCCUPANCY TO NO MORE THAN SIX PERSONS UNRELATED BY BLOOD MARRIAGE OR ADOPTION.
THE OPERATIONAL PLAN ANTICIPATES UP TO FIVE STAFF VEHICLES PER SHIFT.
THE PROPERTY PROVIDES A TWO CAR GARAGE AND A DRIVEWAY WITH PARKING FOR TWO CARS.
THEREFORE, STAFFING LEVELS AND SHIFT CHANGE OVERLAP SHOULD BE CONSIDERED IN EVALUATING OFF STREET PARKING CAPACITY AND POT POTENTIAL POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
THE OPERATION WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION.
THE CITY'S SUP REVIEW FOCUSES ON THE LAND USE COMPATIBILITY AND SITE SPECIFIC IMPACTS OF THE PROPOSED USE.
STAFF SENT 28 LETTERS OF NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 300 FEET OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
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RECEIVED TWO LETTERS REPRESENTING TWO UNIQUE VALID ADDRESSES IN SUPPORT.YOU CAN SEE ONE OF THE LETTERS SHOWN IN GREEN.
THE OTHER IS WELL OFF OF THE MAP FOR OPPOSITION.
WE RECEIVED 87 TOTAL, UH, POSITIONS IN OPPOSITION, REPRESENTING 68 UNIQUE VALID ADDRESSES.
YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE MAJORITY OF THOSE LETTERS THAT WE RECEIVED HERE ON THE MAP.
SHOULD THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST, STAFF RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.
THE NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS SHALL NOT EXCEED.
THE APPLICANT SHALL MAINTAIN ALL REQUIRED STATE LICENSES AND OR CERTIFICATIONS.
THE APPLICANT SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE BUILDING AND FIRE CODES.
THE APPLICANT SHALL OBTAIN AN APPROVED REGISTRATION FOR A GROUP LIVING RESIDENTIAL UNIT WITH THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE PRIOR TO OPERATING.
THE OPERATOR SHALL MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE STATE REGULATIONS AND LOCAL ORDINANCES.
AND FINALLY, THE GARAGE SHALL BE MAINTAINED AND USED FOR THE PARKING OF OPERABLE VEHICLES AND SHALL NOT BE USED FOR GENERAL STORAGE OR OTHER PURPOSES THAT PREVENT ITS USE FOR PARKING.
VICE CHAIR COMMISSIONERS, CAN I ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU? THANK YOU, AARON.
GREAT PRESENTATION COMMISSIONERS.
YEAH, I HAVE A, UH, I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, AGE APPROPRIATE PARENTING.
CAN YOU DEFINE THAT AND IS THERE A MAX NUMBER WHO CAN BE IN THAT ROOM WITH THEM? THAT IS AN EXCELLENT QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.
WHAT IS THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THIS HOME? THE SQUARE FOOTAGE IS 2,474 SQUARE FEET.
COMMISSIONER SMITH, THE CONCERN IS THE PROXIMITY AND, UM, LIVING CONDITIONS BEING RATHER TIGHT.
THERE'S THREE AREAS, UH, THEY'RE GOING TO SHARE THE KITCHEN, UH, LIVING ROOM AND, UH, DINING ROOM.
BUT THREE BEDROOMS FOR EIGHT PEOPLE IS A LOT.
AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE ALL THE STAFF COMING IN AND OUT.
AND, UH, IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM LIKE, UH, THAT IS, UH, FEASIBLE.
SO I GUESS WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE, UH, OWNER TO COME UP.
BUT IS THIS THE FIRST GROUP HOME FOR THIS PERSON, FOR THIS OWNER? UH, COMMISSIONER SMITH? I WOULD LIKE FOR THE APPLICANT TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
UH, ANYONE ELSE? COMMISSIONERS? I DO HAVE, UH, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
YOU KNOW, SIR, UH, FOR STAFF PRIMARILY THERE, BECAUSE I DO WANT TO GO ON RECORD THAT, UH, UH, REGISTERED GROUP HOMES ARE PERMITTED, RIGHT? UM, BY RIDING A SINGLE FAMILY HOME ZONING.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I, I GO ON RECORD, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF OPPOSITION.
IN REGARDS TO SPECIFICALLY HOW, UM, OH HOA RESTRICTIONS, HOW COVENANTS CODES AND RESTRICTIONS APPLY.
SO CAN JUST SOMEBODY ADDRESS THAT QUESTION ON OUR BEHALF? I'LL DO MY BEST.
UM, SO ULTIMATELY WE'RE, UM, WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE FAIR HOUSING ACT.
SO THE ONLY REASON WHY THIS IS BEFORE THE COMMISSION IS BECAUSE IT'S WITHIN A 2,500 FEET OF ANOTHER GROUP HOME LIVING, UH, ESTABLISHMENT.
SO IN OUR UUDC, WE HAVE THAT DISTANCE CRITERIA TO LIMIT, UH, A PROLIFERATION OF THESE TYPE OF USES WITHIN A NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, TO MAKE SURE WE MAINTAIN A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT TYPOLOGY.
UH, SO I THINK, UM, IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION, IT IS ALLOWED BY RIGHT.
BUT THE ONLY REASON WHY IT'S BEFORE COMMISSION IS BECAUSE OF THE DISTANCE FROM ANOTHER USE, A SIMILAR USE.
TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT, UH, THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS THAT MIGHT BE THERE FROM THE HOA, UH, THE CITY DOES NOT ENFORCE OR TAKE ANY ACTION ON OR, UM, INTERPRET ANY HOA RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS THAT MIGHT BE THERE.
SO THAT IS, UH, BETWEEN THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THE HOA HOAS DO HAVE TO ABIDE BY FAIR HOUSING ACT AS WELL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER? UH, THANK YOU.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SPEAKER CARDS.
THE APPLICANT WISHES TO SPEAK.
I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT BROUGHT SOME INFORMATION TO HAND OUT.
JUNE IS GONNA PASS THAT OUT FOR THE OFFICER.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
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FRIARS LANE, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS 7 5 0 5 2.UH, COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS FOR MRNE? YES, SIR.
UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING.
AND IS THIS YOUR FIRST GROUP HOME? WELL, IT IS.
AND WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO GO INTO THIS TYPE OF BUSINESS? WELL, THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT NEED FOR, UH, THIS DEMOGRAPHIC AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE RESOURCES.
MY WIFE, UH, UH, LISA HAS, UH, BEEN AN EDUCATOR FOR 26 YEARS AND, UH, UH, LICENSED COUNSELOR.
AND SHE HAS, UH, THAT EXPERIENCE, UH,
AND WE CONSIDERED OTHER OPTIONS WITH THE PROPERTY.
BUT WE TOOK IN, WE TAKE INTO, INTO CONSIDERATION OUR NEIGHBORS AND THE COMMUNITY AND WE WERE IN, WERE IN CONTACT WITH AARON, UH, EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
AND I REALLY WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO HER.
SHE WAS REALLY REMARKABLE IN, UH, ASSISTING US IN, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING, YOU KNOW, ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEEDED TO, TO, UH, YOU KNOW, GET, GO FORWARD WITH THIS, UH, UH, PROPOSAL.
WELL, WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING, UH, CONCERNED WITH, UH, OTHERS AND, AND BECAUSE THERE IS A GREAT NEED MM-HMM
BUT MY CONCERN IS, I KNOW THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO DO THIS BY RIGHT.
BUT DO YOU HAVE A GROUP HOME IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE YOU CURRENTLY LIVE? WELL, THAT, UH, I GUESS THE, I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S, THIS PROPERTY IS UN UNOCCUPIED AT THIS TIME.
SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE CURRENTLY LIVING IN ANOTHER RESIDENCE.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR, YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY WITH REGARD TO THIS BRINGING THIS, UH, OPERATION INTO THE COMMUNITY? AARON SUGGESTED THAT I SPEAK WITH MY NEIGHBORS, UH, AS SOON AS I COULD.
I LEFT TOWN, UH, OUT OF STATE ON AUGUST 18TH TO CARE FOR MY MOM AS WELL.
AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WE HAD A LULL IN COMMUNICATION.
BUT ONE, I, I JUST HAPPENED TO CHECK MY EMAIL AND ERIN SAID THAT SHE, WE, WELL, THE SIGN POSTING MM-HMM
NEEDED TO BE BY FRIDAY OF, UH, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE DATE, BUT THAT LAST FRIDAY BY FIVE, WELL, I HAD A COWORKER, UH, ASK HER COULD I HAVE THE COWORKER COME BY AND PICK UP THE SIGN BECAUSE I WAS OUT OF TOWN AND WE GOT THAT TAKEN CARE OF THE VERY NEXT DAY.
BUT TO, UH, I GUESS ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT, UH, SPEAKING TO MY NEIGHBORS, I WAS UNAVAILABLE.
BUT WHEN I GOT BACK TUESDAY, LAST TUESDAY, ME, MY WIFE AND I STARTED CANVASSING THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WEDNESDAY, WE HAD A COUPLE OF, UH, UH, UNRE, UH, NON RESPONSES WHEN WE WENT TO THE DOOR MM-HMM
SO, UH, DIFFERENT NEIGHBORS, BUT, UH, WE DID HAVE SOME CONTACT AND IT WAS MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, WELL, YOU HAD TO EXPECT THAT, YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THIS IS A ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, TO BRING IN A BUSINESS WHEN IT'S ALL RESIDENTS, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S DIFFERENT.
YOU CAN DO THAT, BUT IT'S STILL, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS PRIOR TO COMING TO US, AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE OPPOSITION IS MORE THAN THE IN FAVOR.
WE LOOK LIKE THE POPULAR KIDS IN TOWN RIGHT NOW MM-HMM
BUT BESIDES THAT, I ALSO LOOKING AT THE, UH, SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE PROPERTY AND, UH, HOUSING EIGHT, UH, CHILDREN.
AND WHEREAS THE, THE SPACING TO ME IS NOT SUFFICIENT.
AND THAT WAS ALL MY FAULT BECAUSE WE, I HAD MADE A REVISION WITH ERIN MM-HMM
I TOLD HER WE WOULD ONLY HOUSE FIVE, AND THAT WAS IT.
SHE TOLD ME TO GET THAT TO HER IN ANY, IN AN EMAIL MM-HMM
AND LIKE I SAID, I WAS RUNNING AROUND, YOU KNOW, UH, TRYING TO DO THINGS, UH, I UNDERSTAND.
AND I WAS OUTSIDE OF THE, I WAS OUTSIDE OF THE, THE HOME WHEN I WAS TALKING TO ERIN ABOUT IT, AND I TOLD HER I WOULD GET THAT TOUR AND DID NOT, BY THE TIME I EMAILED HER WITH THOSE REVISIONS MM-HMM
SHE HAD ALREADY PUBLISHED THE PACKET.
WELL, BIG, BIG PICTURE WITH THAT IS THAT THE MORE CHILDREN YOU HAVE, THE MORE FAMILIES WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE CHILDREN.
THEY'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, THEIR FAMILY VISITING SURE.
AND THEY'LL HAVE THE PRACTITIONERS COMING IN AND OUT.
SO WHEN YOU SAY FROM FIVE TO EIGHT, WHEN YOU SAY EIGHT INSTEAD OF FIVE, THAT'S A LOT MORE TRAFFIC SURE.
AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S THE REVISION WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE WAS, AND IT WAS NEVER
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EIGHT, UM, TO BEGIN WITH.WE WERE TRYING, JUST TRYING TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH WHAT THE STATE, UH, HAD RECOMMENDED, UH, AS FAR AS FAR AS, UH, UH, GENERAL RESIDENTIAL OPERATION.
WHICH IS A MINIMUM OF SEVEN, WHICH WE DIDN'T, I MEAN, LIKE YOU SAID, WITH THE THREE BEDROOMS, IT WOULD BE KIND OF TIGHT MM-HMM
AND WE WERE, UH, TALKING TO MY CONTRACTOR ABOUT ADDING A, UH, AN ADDITIONAL A ROOM.
SO, I MEAN, AND IT WAS ALTERNATIVE BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANNA INVEST THAT MONEY AND NOT HAVE AN APPROVAL, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH, UH, WITH CITY.
SO AT THIS POINT, YOU'RE, YOU'RE WILLING TO DO THE MINIMAL TO SEE HOW THE BUSINESS RUNS AND, AND, AND OPERATE, UH, MINIMALLY EXACTLY.
AND THEN YOU'D HAVE TO COME BACK FOR ADDITIONAL ROOM, I THINK, ANYWAY.
WELL, WELL, WITH THAT, I, SINCE I DON'T HAVE TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL ROOM, THERE'S NO REASON TO ADD IT MM-HMM
SO FIVE UP TO SIX WOULD SIX WOULD BE THE ABSOLUTE LIMIT.
YOU KNOW, TRYING TO AND AND COM REMAINING IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITY.
BUT THAT, THAT WAS ALL I HAD RIGHT NOW.
COMMISSIONER SMITH AND COMMISSIONERS.
I SEE ON THE PACKET YOU GAVE US, IT REFERENCES A FOSTER PROGRAM.
AND FROM WHEN I THINK OF A FOSTER PROGRAM, I THINK ABOUT A COUPLE OR INDIVIDUAL LIVING IN A HOME AND BRINGING KIDS INTO THEIR HOME.
BUT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, YOU WON'T BE LIVING THERE, RIGHT? NO.
MY WIFE AND I, UH, DECIDED NOT TO BECAUSE WE WERE, UH, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH MY MOTHER-IN-LAW, WHICH, LIKE, WE LIVE THERE NOW, CARING FOR HER, BUT WITH ALL THE, UH, I GUESS BACK AND FORTH AND THE, I GUESS THE TIME, THE TIMEFRAME IS, IS TOO RAPID TO TRY TO PLACE HER.
SO WE DECIDED TO STAY THERE AND HIRE STAFF.
HAVE YOU IDENTIFIED STAFF? NO.
IT'S ALL, LIKE I SAID, IT'S ALL TENTATIVE BECAUSE IT, WE, WE HAVE TO HAVE APPROVAL BEFORE WE MOVE ON.
ANY OTHERS? WHY THE SWITCH IN AGE FROM 17 TO 12? WELL, WE, THAT'S WHAT I, WE CONSIDERED OUR, OUR NEIGHBORS.
AND I KNOW WE, THEY HAD CONCERNS WITH THE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE, THE AGE GROUP.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, UH, WE DIDN'T WANT TO, WE WANTED TO HAVE, UH, BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE NARRATIVE OR THE ENVIRONMENT, AND WE DIDN'T, UH, AS IT, UH, STATES IN THE PACKET, WE'RE NOT TAKING, WE DON'T WANT TO ADMIT ANY, UH, SUBSTANCE, UH, ABUSE AND NO VIOLENT ADJUDICATIONS.
AND YOU HAVE A TENDENCY TO HAVE THAT WITH OLDER, YOU KNOW, TEENS.
SO HAVE ESSENTIALLY THESE STUDENTS OR, UM, YOUR CLIENTS HELD, BEEN REMOVED FROM A HOME FOR SITUATIONS FOR THEIR SAFETY.
HAS, COULD YOU REPEAT THAT? THE CLIENTS THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE THE RESIDENTS? YES.
HAVE THEY BEEN REMOVED FROM SITUATIONS INTO YOUR CARE? I'M NOT, I'M NOT SURE WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT DYNAMIC THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, HOW, HOW THOSE KIDS WERE REMOVED, OR WE HAVE NO IDEA.
WE JUST ACCEPT KIDS AS THEY'RE, AS THEY'RE BEING PLACED.
ANYONE ELSE? COMMISSIONERS, MR. PRESLEY? UM, UH, THANK YOU.
UM, UH, AT LEAST I, I, I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU HEAR IS, IS, IS KIDS.
WHATEVER SIDE OF THE AISLE YOU'RE ON.
SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHTS FOR THAT.
UH, MY QUESTION IS, UM, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT, I KNOW WE, WE, HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN BE IN A ROOM? I KNOW YOU LOWERED IT TO 5:00 AM AM I CORRECT? YES.
AND IT'S, AND IT'S GONNA BE ALL GIRLS? YES.
SO, UM, EXCUSE MY IGNORANCE, BUT HOW CAN YOU DETERMINE WHETHER THEY'RE GONNA BE NONVIOLENT OR, YOU KNOW, SEXUAL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? WELL, THAT'S, THEY HAVE, UH, I DON'T WANT TO SAY, UH, A RECORD, BUT THEY HAVE REPORTS THAT STATE, YOU KNOW, IF THEY, IF THEY HAVE A VIOLENT ADJUDICATIONS OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, SO ESSENTIALLY YOU GET TO READ THE REPORT AND YOU DECIDE, LIKE YOU SAID, THIS CAN GO.
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GOOD QUESTION.COMMISSIONER PRESLEY, ANYONE ELSE? JUST, JUST WANNA MAKE A COMMENT.
I JUST STILL WANT TO COMMEND YOU ON THE, UM, IDEA OF DECIDING ON A GROUP HOME JUST BECAUSE, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF CHILDREN IN NEED.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE TO BE COGNIZANT OF THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
SO I WOULD ASSUME THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A CASE STUDY.
YOUR WIFE IS AN EDUCATOR THAT, UH, WILL GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT WHAT EACH STUDENT, SO YOU HAVE TO OFFICIALLY ACCEPT THE STUDENT.
THE STUDENTS ARE NOT JUST, YOU ARE NOT JUST GIVEN A STUDENT.
THEY'RE, I MEAN, GIVEN A CHILD, THAT CHILD, UH, IS, UH, YOU HAVE TO APPROVE THAT INITIALLY, OR HOW DOES THAT PROCESS WORK? YES, MA'AM.
LIKE I SAID, UH, ONCE WE RECEIVE A, A PLACEMENT, WE, WE HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, UH, THE ABILITY TO READ THE REPORTS AND DECIDE WHETHER, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE A GOOD FIT FOR THE, BUT, BUT MY CONCERN IS THIS IS YOUR FIRST BUSINESS.
UH, SO IS YOUR WIFE A PRACTITIONER, A COUNSELING PRACTITIONER? BECAUSE YOU WOULD WANT TO, IS SHE HERE, YOUR WIFE HERE? YES.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND, UH, ADDRESS.
UM, I RESIDE AT 45 44 FRIARS LANE.
UM, I'M AN EDUCATOR OF 25 YEARS.
AND, UM, WE DECIDED TO OPEN A GROUP HOME, UM, WITH FIVE, UH, RESIDENTS, UM, THAT DIDN'T HAVE LIKE A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND OR ANYTHING THAT WOULD LIKE, AFFECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, BUT WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION? I WAS JUST WONDERING HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT, I MEAN, LIKE, UH, COMMISSIONER PRESLEY SAID, DO YOU WANT, HOW WOULD YOU REALLY KNOW IF THEY'RE VIOLENT OR NOT, OR HAD A SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEM? I MEAN, BECAUSE THAT WOULD ME, SEEMS LIKE THEY'VE WOULD GO INTO A LOT OF DETAIL WITH A LOT OF CLINICIANS AS TO WHAT THE STATE OF THIS THE CHILDREN ARE IN WHEN THEY GET READY TO COME TO YOU.
SO MAKING THAT DETERMINATION, I GUESS THAT'S GOING THROUGH ALL OF THE, I DON'T KNOW.
SO THAT'S A LOT WAY OVER MY HEAD.
AND I UNDERSTAND, UM, WE WOULDN'T KNOW EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHEN YOU, UH, FIRST IDENTIFY A KID AND YOU SEE THE REPORTS AND IT STATES THAT, BUT DEPENDING ON WHAT THEIR TRAUMA IS, IT MIGHT SHOW ITSELF LATER.
UM, EVEN AS AN EDUCATOR, WHEN WE, WHEN I'M TEACHING KIDS AND THEY FIRST COME IN, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING SEEMS NORMAL, BUT THEN OVER TIME YOU DO SEE THE DIFFERENCE AND YOU SEE THE CHANGES.
AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TREATMENT AND, UM, COUNSELORS AND EVERYBODY COME IN AND, UM, WORK WITH THAT CHILD AND, UM, HELP 'EM, UH, BEHAVIOR, THE, THE BRING OUT THE BEHAVIOR, THE TREATMENT AND EVERYTHING TO WORK WITH THEM AND STUFF.
AND, UM, I, I'M ALSO, UM, NOT NEW TO GROUP HOME AND STRUCTURE SETTINGS.
SO MY BACKGROUND IS, UM, LET ME SEE.
UM, I'VE WORKED IN, I'VE WORKED AT JUVENILE HALL, I'VE WORKED AT A BOYS RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT.
I WORKED AT AN ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL, AND I WAS A CORRECTIONAL OFFICER WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
I HOLD TWO BACHELORS, MASTER'S DEGREE, UM, COMMUNITY COUNSELING AND EARLY CHILDHOOD.
SO THIS IS NOT MY FIRST GO AROUND.
WE'RE WORKING WITH KIDS WITH BEHAVIOR.
SO I'VE HAD, UH, INTERACTION WITH THEM.
I, UM, BUT, BUT YOU KNOW, IT IS THE COMMUNICATION.
SO YOU WOULD DO EVERYTHING BUT ADMINISTER MEDS, SO THAT, THAT'S THE PRETTY MUCH, YEAH.
THE NURSES WOULD HAVE TO DO THAT.
THAT THE NURSES WOULD HAVE TO DO THAT.
BECAUSE THAT BRINGS TO ME, IT GIVES US MORE INSIGHT AS TO WHAT WE ARE REALLY DOING HERE.
UH, LET ME GO WITH THE COMMISSIONER MENDEZ ATARI, PLEASE.
AND WE'LL GO RIGHT BACK TO YOU, MR.
UH, YOU DID HELP CLEAR UP A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
UM, WITH THAT, UM, YOU DID ANSWER MINE THAT YOU DO HAVE EXPERIENCE IN THIS.
SO TYPICALLY WHEN THESE CHILDREN, I GUESS, ARE COMING TO YOU GUYS, THEY TYPICALLY WOULD GO INTO A FOSTER CARE, LIKE AN ACTUAL FOSTER FAMILY OR, WELL, WE WERE THINKING MORE LIKE DEPENDING ON THEIR HOME SITUATION AND WHERE THEY'RE AT, THAT THEY WOULD COME INTO OUR HOME AND WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH THEM AND TREAT THEM.
THEY WOULD STILL SEE THEIR FAMILIES DEPENDING
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ON WHAT THE COURT RECORDS SAY.AND THEN WE WOULD DO TREATMENT WITH THEM.
AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE A, A WHOLE BODY TYPE OF, UM, TREATMENT AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND THEN WHEN THEY'RE, UM, ABLE TO, UH, GO BACK WITH THEIR FAMILIES, WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, DO A, LIKE A, A RELEASE, LIKE A SLOW RELEASE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO THERE TYPICALLY COULD BE A LOT OF TURNOVER WITH THE KIDS BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF LIKE REHABILITATING.
BUT IT ONLY WOULD BE, WE WOULD ONLY ACCEPT FIVE.
WE WOULDN'T GO, WE WOULDN'T NOT GO PAST FIVE.
WE'LL HAVE FIVE GIRLS MM-HMM
SO, AND THEY'RE TYPICALLY JUST GOING BACK.
AND YOU HAD ROUGHLY, I GUESS, ON THE PRESENTATION FOR MS. AARON, UH, ROUGHLY SEVEN STAFF MEMBERS AT ONE TIME? NO, THEY WOULDN'T BE AT, OR IS THAT KIND OF, IT WOULDN'T BE AT, AT, I KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT, BUT IT WOULD NOT, IT'S A, IT'S A ONE TO FOUR RATIO, UH, CAREGIVER TO, TO RESIDENT.
SO THEN ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT YOU HAD LISTED ON THE AS STAFF WOULD NOT BE THERE AT ONE TIME? NO.
NO, THEY WOULDN'T BE THERE AT ONE TIME.
NO, IT WOULDN'T BECAUSE, UM, YOU WOULD, YOU DEFINITELY NEED THE SHIFT SUPERVISOR.
SO THEY WOULD WATCH OVER THE SHIFT, LIKE FROM THE MORNING SHIFT MM-HMM
AND THEN YOU WOULD HAVE THE, THE EVENING SHIFT MM-HMM
AND THEN YOU WOULD HAVE STAFF THERE.
BUT LIKE THE NURSES, THEY WOULD JUST COME WHENEVER, LIKE ON A, ON A, A CYCLE.
SO THEY MIGHT COME ON LIKE A MONDAY, OR THEY MIGHT COME ON WEDNESDAY, BUT THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE THERE 24 HOURS.
THE COUNSELOR'S NOT GONNA BE THERE 24 HOURS.
IT'S JUST THAT WHEN THERE'S A NEED AND WE NEED TO CALL ON THE COUNSELOR, THEN, THEN THERE WILL BE A COUNSELOR THERE.
THIS CONTRACTED A CONTRACTED COUNSELOR.
UM, IS THAT GOOD? YEAH, I THINK I'M GOOD.
COMMISSIONER LOCKHART, PLEASE? YES.
I GOT MARRIED, I JUST DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, SWITCH IT OVER, UM, ON THE, FOR THE MORTGAGE? YES.
UM, WITH, WITH YOUR EXPERIENCE, HOW, UM, INVOLVED WILL YOU BE WITH THIS? UM, I WILL REALLY BE INVOLVED BECAUSE FOR ONE THING, I LOVE KIDS.
UM, I LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS DECENT IN, IN ORDER.
UM, I DON'T, I'M, I'M A NEIGHBOR.
I WANT MY NEIGHBORS TO BE HAPPY.
I DON'T WANT THE HOUSE TO GET, YOU KNOW, RUN DOWN BECAUSE I HAVE, I'M TAKING CARE OF A FOSTER CARE.
SO I WOULD DEFINITELY BE INVOLVED IN THIS, UH, PRO PROGRAM.
AND WE ONLY LIVE TWO MINUTES AWAY RIGHT NOW.
BECAUSE I'M TAKING CARE OF MY MOM WHO IS A STROKE SURVIVOR, SO I AM TAKING CARE OF HER.
AND THEN I DON'T LIVE BUT AROUND THE CORNER, AND I DEFINITELY WILL BE INVOLVED.
WE WILL HAVE A 24 HOUR SOUTH, BUT I WILL DEFINITELY BE THERE.
SO THE, WITH THE AGES OF THE STUDENTS OR THE CHILDREN, THEY'RE IN SCHOOL THE MAJORITY OF THE DAY? YES.
SO THEY'LL BE IN THE LO THEY'LL BE LOCAL TO THE ISD HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
ANYONE ELSE? COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN.
UM, THANK YOU MR. AND MS. SNEAD FOR SHARING YOUR JOURNEY WITH US.
UH, I TOO AM THE EDUCATOR ON THIS GROUP, SO, UM, A LOT OF WHAT YOU HAVE MENTIONED WITH SCHOLARS MEANS SO MUCH TO ME.
UM, IT IS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT I AM MOSTLY PASSIONATE ABOUT BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AND A, A DUTY TO SHAPE.
UH, BUT I AM SO CONFUSED AND I AM, UM, VERY A STICKLER FOR READING COMMENTS, UM, ABOUT WHAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THOSE THAT ARE IN OPPOSITION AND THOSE THAT ARE FOR YOU AS WELL.
AND THEN HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO YOU, AND I DON'T KNOW IF PERHAPS IT'S LOST IN YOUR MESSAGING, BUT JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE SAID TODAY IN THIS MOMENT THAT HAVE KIND OF BEEN A RETRACTION BACK AND FORTH.
UM, MY COLLEAGUE COMMISSIONER PRESLEY ASKED YOU ABOUT THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL CAPACITY OF THE STUDENTS.
YOU SAID THAT YOU WOULD BE SELECTING STUDENTS THAT DIDN'T HAVE PROBLEMS. NOT ONLY DID THE PRESENTATION THAT AARON SAID, UM, SOMETHING ABOUT TAKING THEM BACK AND FORTH TO COURT.
THEN WE CAME BACK TO YOUR COMMENTS MOST RECENTLY AND YOU SAID THAT YOU WOULD BE GIVING THEM TREATMENTS.
SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND, AND MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME CORRELATE WHAT ALL THAT MEANS, UH, ALTOGETHER,
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BECAUSE IT, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE, AND ONE OF THE COMMENTS IN THE OPPOSITIONS, UM, WAS FROM SOMEONE THAT SAYS, UM, YOU KNOW, VERY DISTASTEFUL, NOT THE WAY THAT I WOULD SAY IT, BUT IT WAS A TRUST ISSUE.SO I THINK, THINK THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOUR COLLEAGUES WHAT YOU MEAN AND AND TRULY JUST BREAK IT DOWN TO WHAT YOUR INTENT IS FOR.
THIS SOUNDS LIKE A GROUP HOME.
UM, BUT IT'S BEING CALLED A GROUP HOME, BUT IT SOUNDS MORE LIKE FOSTER CARE TO ME BECAUSE YOU'RE ROTATING SU STUDENTS IN AND OUT, ALMOST CAROUSEL.
UM, AND THEN I'M ASSUMING THAT THEY HAVE IEPS OR SOMETHING ELSE THAT ARE GO, THAT'S GOING ON WITH THEM.
BUT I THINK THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY, AND I WOULD BE REMISS NOT TO TELL YOU TO SEIZE THIS MOMENT AND REALLY EXPLAIN WHAT YOU'RE DOING SO EVERYBODY, INCLUDING MYSELF, WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE DOING BECAUSE IT'S NOT COMING OFF CLEARLY.
I THINK WELL, UH, THE, THE, THE MAIN THING IS THE STAFF WILL CARE FOR THE RESIDENTS.
BUT SEE THAT THAT'S THE PART RIGHT THERE, BECAUSE MS. SNE, ARE YOU GONNA LEAVE YOUR JOB? ARE YOU GONNA LEAVE PRE-K? UM, NOT AT THIS MOMENT.
SO YOU GUYS, WHETHER YOU'RE I AND I UNDERSTAND, PLEASE, PLEASE BE WITH ME.
I SEE YOU TAKING CARE OF YOUR MOTHER, BUT YOU'RE NOT THERE.
YOUR NEIGHBORS ARE THERE 24 7.
THEY WANNA BE ASSURED IF YOU ARE, THEY'RE NOT DOWNING, I DON'T THINK YOUR BUSINESS VENTURE, BUT THEY ARE DOWNING WHAT CARE YOU'RE PUTTING IN PLACE.
WHAT GIVES THEM ASSURANCES THAT YOU'RE, THIS IS GONNA BE MANAGEABLE FOR THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WELL, WELL, THE STAFF IS CER HAS TO BE CERTIFIED.
AND YOU DON'T HAVE A STAFF YET.
WHAT THEY ARE, OH, OF COURSE NOT.
THAT'S AN AND THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING BEFORE, WE DON'T HAVE A GROUP HOME YET.
BEFORE WE HAVE THIS HOME, WE HAVE TO HAVE IT APPROVED.
WE DO NOT, WE, WE CAN'T AFFORD TO INVEST IN THIS HOME IF WE, IF IT'S NOT APPROVED.
SO THAT'S WHY CLARITY IS SO IMPORTANT.
SO OUR STAFF WILL CARE FOR THE, FOR THE, FOR THE RESIDENTS FOR THE MOST PART, WHICH WOULD BE CERTIFIED AND LICENSED AND PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED.
I DON'T, YOU KNOW, UH, I MEAN, I MEAN, AS FAR AS TREATMENT, I GUESS THAT'S WHAT SHE WAS.
I MEAN, WHAT I WOULD INTERPRET AS CARE AND THE STAFF WOULD CARE FOR THE, FOR THE RESIDENTS.
ANYONE ELSE? COMMISSIONERS? UH, I JUST LIKE TO SAY, I MEAN, IT, IT REALLY IS FOR A GREAT CAUSE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE START DEALING WITH CHILDREN.
I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THIS SPECIAL USE PERMIT, THE ONLY REASON IT'S COMING TO THIS COMMISSION IS BECAUSE AGAIN, UH, THERE'S ANOTHER, UH, GROUP HOME WITHIN THE 2,500 SQUARE LIMIT.
YOU KNOW, OTHER THAN THAT, YOU WOULD BE ON YOUR RIGHT TO JUST CONTINUE.
UH, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF, IF YOU, IF THAT WAS THE CASE, IT WON'T EVEN COME TO US, YOU BY, RIGHT.
YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND, AND, AND DO THIS.
UH, SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR, FOR BEING HERE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, UNLESS WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
WE'LL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
AND, AND MS. SNEE DID FILL OUT A CARD.
THANK YOU TO THE COMMISSIONERS.
UH, STEVEN PRYOR WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THIS ITEM.
SAY YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
STEVEN PRYOR, 45 40 FRIARS LANE, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS 7 5 0 5 2.
UM, MY ASSISTANT IS ABOUT TO DROP OFF SOME PACKAGES FOR YOU GUYS.
UM, SOME INFORMATION THAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH Y'ALL, I'M GONNA JUST RUN THROUGH IT VERY QUICKLY.
I REHEARSED THIS AND I COULD DO IT IN FIVE MINUTES, SO HOPEFULLY I CAN EXCELLENT.
KNOCK IT OUT IN FIVE MINUTES THAT I'M ALLOWED.
UM, ONE OF Y'ALL, AND I, SORRY, I DON'T REMEMBER WHO MENTIONED MESSAGING, AND I'VE GOT A NEXT DOOR MESSAGE HERE, WHICH IS ON THE TOP OF YOUR STACK.
WE'RE OPENING OUR HOME TO A FOSTER PROGRAM FOR GIRLS FIVE TO 12.
THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE, I THINK, IN MOST PEOPLE'S MINDS BETWEEN A FOSTER PROGRAM IN A GROUP HOME.
SO LET'S DISCUSS THE GROUP HOME.
HERE IS A, FROM MY MORTGAGE DOCUMENTS, WHERE IT EXPLAINS THAT CASTLE RIDGE IS A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, WHICH MEANS THE CC AND R APPLY TO EVERY HOME THERE.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE ASKING THE CITY TO ENFORCE THE CCNRS.
I THINK WE'RE ASKING THE CITY TO RESPECT THE CCNRS.
WE'VE GOT OUR CCNRS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I'LL GET TO IT HERE,
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WHAT THAT MEANS.ALRIGHT, THE NEXT PAGE, UM, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
THE NEXT PAGE, PAGE AFTER THAT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES ONLY THE PAGE AFTER THAT.
THAT'S AGAIN, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES ONLY, AND THEY MAY ONLY BE OCCUPIED BY ONE FAMILY.
ARE HOAS MANDATORY? I'M PRETTY SURE IN GRAND PRAIRIE HOAS ARE NOW MANDATORY FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
OLD ONES ARE GRANDFATHERED IN, BUT CASTLE RIDGE IS A MANDATORY HOA YOU HAVE TO APPLY, YOU HAVE TO, UM, FOLLOW THE CODES AND RESTRICTIONS.
IT SAYS THAT IF IT'S FILED WITH, IT'S, UH, IT'S APPLICABLE IF IT'S FILED WITH THE COUNTY, IT'S BEEN FILED WITH THE COUNTY.
THEY PURELY KNOW WHAT THE CC AND R ARE AND WHAT THEY SAY.
AGAIN, NOT ASKING YOU TO, UH, ENFORCE THEM, ASKING YOU TO RESPECT THEM.
YOU, YOU TALKED, UH, CHAIRMAN, YOU TALKED ABOUT BY RIGHT.
THE PROBLEM THERE IS BY RIGHT, IF THERE'S NOT ANOTHER HOME WITH ANOTHER HOME WITHIN 25 FEET, THEY NO LONGER HAVE THE RIGHT, CORRECT? MM-HMM
ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S KEEP GOING.
NO LOT OR IMPROVEMENT SHALL BE USED FOR BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL COMMERCIAL PURPOSES.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO POINT OUT, THE 68 HOUSEHOLDS AND 87 PEOPLE WHO REGISTERED THEIR PROTEST, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HAS A PROBLEM WITH SOMEBODY WORKING FROM THEIR HOME.
I THINK THE RESIDENTS HAVE A PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE TURNING THEIR HOME INTO A BUSINESS.
NOW, THIS NEXT PAGE IS FREIGHT TRIPPEN FREIGHT BROKERS, WHICH IS MR. SNEAD'S BUSINESS THAT HE WAS RUNNING OUT OF THAT WAS LICENSED TO 45 40 FRIARS.
I DON'T THINK, AGAIN, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S OBJECTING TO WORKING FROM HOME.
WE'VE GOT THE REPUBLIC REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION ABOUT TO HIT THAT PLACE.
I'M STAYING HOME AND WORKING FROM HOME THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
UM, OKAY, AGAIN, HERE'S, HERE'S A FACEBOOK OR A NEXT DOOR POST FROM LISA THAT SAYS, WE ARE OPENING OUR HOME TO A FOSTER PROGRAM.
AGAIN, I WE'RE BEING TOLD A FOSTER PROGRAM.
ALL THE PAPERWORK SAYS GROUP HOME.
UM, THE APPLICANT WILL REVIEW THE PROSPECTIVE RESIDENT'S HISTORY AND NEEDS AND CONDUCT A INTAKE ASSESSMENT.
THE APPLICANT HAS A HISTORY AS A FREIGHT BROKER AND ZERO EXPERIENCE THAT I CAN TELL IN RUNNING A GROUP HOME.
UM, WE'VE DISCUSSED THE EIGHT BEDS.
UM, YOU KNOW, ON THAT FIRST PAGE THAT I GAVE YOU GUYS, UM, IT SAID, BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
MY WIFE ASKED, HOW MANY STAFF WILL YOU EMPLOY? ONE OF OUR OTHER NEIGHBORS? WILL YOU CONTINUE TO RESIDE? THERE NOT ANSWERED.
UM, AND THE NEXT COMMENT, EVEN IF PLANNING AND ZONING APPROVED YOUR REQUEST, YOUR LEGAL HEADACHES ARE JUST BEGINNING THE NEXT PAGE.
ACCORDING TO THE CCNRS, IT'S LEGALLY BINDING.
A RESIDENT CAN SUE ANOTHER RESIDENT TO ENFORCE HOA RESTRICTIONS.
DO I WANNA SUE MY NEIGHBOR? HECK NO.
LIVED NEXT DOOR TO LISA FOR 20 YEARS.
JUST MY QUESTION IS, DO WE ALLOW IT TO CONTINUE? THANK YOU.
WOULD YOU ALL MIND IF I CONTINUE? SIR, WE HAVE TO GIVE EVERYBODY EQUAL TIME, SO YOUR TIME IS UP.
GLORIA CARILLO WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THIS ITEM.
MS. CARILLO, WHEN YOU'RE DONE, IF YOU CAN FILL OUT YOUR ADDRESS ON HERE, PLEASE.
I RESIDE AT 45 36 FRIARS LANE.
THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR TO ME IS MR. STEVE BREYER, AND THEN THE HOUSE NEXT TO MR. PRYOR WILL BE THE GROUP HOME.
SO I AM DEFINITELY IN OPPOSITION OF, UH, SUP 26, 0 7 0 0 18 SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A REGISTER REGISTERED GROUP HOME AT 45 44.
I, UM, HAVE BEEN LIVING AT THIS ADDRESS FOR PROBABLY 20, 25 YEARS, AND WAS APPALLED WHEN I SAW THE SIGN.
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I, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH, WITH A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS OPERATING TWO DOORS DOWN FROM MY HOUSE, AND IT WILL BE A COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE.I LOOKED UP, UM, LIKE, UH, MR. PRYOR DID, UH, FIGURES MINIMUM FIGURE FOR A MONTHLY, UH, PERSON THAT WILL BE LIVING IN THEIR HOME IS $812, AND IT GOES ALL THE WAY UP TO $4,700 A MONTH, DEPENDING ON THE SEVERITY OR DEPENDING ON, ON THE, UH, SITUATION WITH, WITH, UH, WITH THE CHILD.
UH, I BELIEVE THAT IT SAID THAT THEY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING THE CHILDREN TO SCHOOL.
UH, I'M, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT FIVE CHILDREN WHO'S GONNA BE TAKING THOSE CHILDREN TO SCHOOL.
WILL IT BE THE, THE CARETAKERS? WILL IT BE MR. SNEAD? WILL IT BE HIS WIFE? HIS WIFE IS WORKING FULL TIME.
UH, I'M ON THE SCHOOL BOARD AND I KNOW THAT SHE SAID SHE'S THE COUNSELOR TEACHER.
THEY PUT IN AN INORDINATE ORDINATE AMOUNT OF HOURS DAILY.
SO IT, I I'M JUST CONCERNED AS TO HOW MUCH TIME SHE'LL BE ABLE TO, TO, UH, PUT INTO THIS ENDEAVOR.
ALSO, A BIG CONCERN THAT SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS HAVE TALKED TO US ABOUT IS ALLEGATIONS OF ABUSE IN GROUP HOMES.
VERY COMMON PHYSICAL ABUSE AMONG GROUP HOME RESIDENTS.
50% OF GROUP HOME RESIDENTS HAVE EXPERIENCED PHYSICAL ABUSE MISTREATMENT, AND IT'S ALARMINGLY COMMON IN THESE SETTINGS.
I, I DON'T WANT THAT TWO DOORS DOWN FROM MY HOUSE.
UM, I KNOW, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE CHILDREN THAT NEED, THAT NEED THIS, THAT HAVE PROBLEMS AT HOME, THAT NEED A REST AT HOME.
BUT I BELIEVE THAT, THAT THIS SITUATION NEEDS TO BE STUDIED MORE BEFORE YOUR COMMISSIONERS AGREE TO THIS.
AND, UH, IT'S AGAINST OUR C IT'S AGAINST OUR, OUR HOA GUIDELINES.
WE MOVED THERE BECAUSE OF THE PROTECTION THAT WE FELT THAT WE WOULD HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND NOW THAT'S BEING POSSIBLY ABUSED.
SO I JUST WANNA REGISTER MY OPPOSITION TO THIS SPECIAL, UH, TO THIS EVENT.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THIS ITEM.
GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF.
I'M A RESIDENT AT CASTLE RIDGE AT 4 5 5 2 RUGBY LANE.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO RESPECTFULLY ASK THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION TO DENY SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
UH, 2 6 0 7 0 0 1 8 FOR 4 5 4 4 FRIERS LANE.
LET ME BE CLEAR FROM THE BEGINNING.
MY OPPOSITION IS NOT ABOUT THE CHILDREN WHO MAY LIVE IN THIS HOME.
OUR CONCERN IS WHETHER THE PROPOSED OPERATION IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE ESTABLISHED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WHETHER THE INFORMATION PRESENTED TO THE CITY ACCURATELY REPRESENTS THE PROPOSED USE IN ADDITION TO ALREADY HAVING ANOTHER GROUP HOME WITHIN 2,500 FEET OF THE PROPOSED LOCATION.
FIRST, THERE'S A GENERAL QUESTION REGARDING THE OWNERSHIP AUTHORIZATION.
MR. LOCKHART, YOU HAD ASKED ABOUT, I BELIEVE, FROM, UM, THE TAX APPRAISAL WEBSITE ABOUT MS. MARTIN BEING THE A HUNDRED PERCENT OWNER ON THAT.
UH, THE APPLICATION THAT CAME IN IDENTIFIES DEREK SNEE AS THE APPLICANT AND LISTS LISA SNEE AS THE PROPERTY OWNER.
MY QUESTION IS, WAS A NOTARIZED AGENT AUTHORIZATION FORM SUBMITTED BY THE ACTUAL LEGAL OWNER, LISA MARTIN, AUTHORIZING THE APPLICANT TO FILE THE SUP.
SO BEFORE APPROVING THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT, CLEAR DOCUMENTATION SHOULD BE SUBMITTED, ESTABLISHING THAT THE APPLICATION WAS PROPERLY OR AUTHORIZED BY THE LEGAL OWNER.
SECONDLY, THERE'S SOME SIGNIFICANT QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S ACTUALLY BEING PROPOSED.
WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE CHANGE FROM AGES FIVE TO 17 TO FIVE TO 12.
UH, ONE THING IS THE PROGRAM WILL SERVE CHILDREN WITH TRAUMA HISTORIES, EMOTIONAL DYSREGULATION, OR BEHAVIORAL CHALLENGES, AS WELL AS YOUTH REQUIRING STRUCTURAL TREATMENT.
SO THIS IS NOT JUST, UNFORTUNATELY, MAINSTREAM KIDS THAT ARE COMING IN.
THESE ARE KIDS WITH ISSUES EXACTLY HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL RESIDE AT THE RESIDENCE AND HOW MANY STAFF WILL COME OUT, COME OUT DURING THE 24 HOUR PERIOD.
THE APPLICANT INDICATES AT LEAST TWO STAFF MEMBERS DURING WAKING HOURS, ONE STAFF MEMBER AWAKE DURING SLEEPING HOURS.
ADDITIONALLY, YOU'RE LOOKING AT AN ADMINISTRATOR, A PROGRAM SUPERVISOR, SHIFT SUPERVISOR, CASE MANAGERS, CONTRACT NURSES, THERAPISTS, COUNSELORS, AND POSSIBLY ANY FAMILY OR FRIENDS VISITING IN THE MEDIA.
THERE HAVE BEEN CASES OF NEGLECT AND ABUSE IN REGARD TO GROUP HOMES AND LICENSES FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS.
WE ARE CONCERNED WITH THE OPERATION AND WITH THE CLARIFICATION AND WOULD LIKE CLARIFICATION AS TO THE SPECIFIC SERVICES BEING OFFERED.
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WILL THE BUSINESS BE GETTING ITS REFERRALS? IS IT JUST COMING FROM THE STATE OR ARE THEY GETTING IT FROM OTHER SOURCES? WHAT ARE THE SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE CHILDREN THAT CURRENTLY LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD? THIRDLY, ARE THERE ARE UNANSWERED QUESTIONS REGARDING FIRE SAFETY.IF YOU NOTICE, IT'S NOW AT FIVE CHILDREN, AND I THINK THE NUMBER HAS BEEN LOWERED, AND I'D BE REMISS WITHOUT SAYING THIS, THAT THE NUMBER'S BEEN LOWER TO FIVE BECAUSE MORE THAN FIVE REQUIRES A FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM BE INSTALLED INTO THE HOUSE, WHICH IS NOT IN THE APPLICATION.
IT JUST SPECIFICALLY STATES, UH, CO2 FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AND FIRE, UH, ALARMS. IT SAYS NOTHING ABOUT THE FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM AND ALSO NO VARIANCES HAVE BEEN REQUESTED IN REGARDS TO THAT.
FOURTH, THERE ARE ADDITIONAL CONCERNS REGARDING OTHER BUSINESSES ALREADY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADDRESS.
MR. PRYOR'S ALREADY BROUGHT UP ABOUT, UH, FREIGHT TRIP AND FREIGHT BROKERS, LLC, WHICH DOES MAINTAIN AN ACTIVE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NUMBER AND MOTOR CARRIER NUMBER, BUT ALSO LISTED UNDER MR. STEEDS NAME IS DLS ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES.
SO OFFERING ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES TAX PREPARATION.
DOES THIS MEAN THERE'S GONNA BE PEOPLE COMING TO THE HOUSE IN JANUARY THROUGH APRIL TO GET THEIR TAXES DONE? IF THE RESIDENCE IS BEING APPROVED FOR SPECIFIC RESIDENTIAL CARE USE? THE COMMISSION SHOULD DETERMINE WHETHER THESE ADDITIONAL BUSINESS ACTIVITIES ARE COMPATIBLE WITH THE PROPOSED USE AND WHETHER THEY CREATE ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY, A PROPERTY LOCATED FOR A PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
FINALLY, THERE'S, UH, THERE ARE RECORDED HOA RESTRICTIONS GOVERNING THIS PROPERTY.
WE'VE ALREADY HEARD ABOUT THAT.
UH, UNDER TEXAS PROPERTY CODE CHAPTER 2 0 2 REQUIRES HOMEOWNERS WITHIN AN HOA TO LEGALLY FOLLOW THEIR CC AND S WHETHER THEY HAVE READ THEM OR NOT.
THESE RESTRICTIONS ARE RELEVANT TO THE ISSUE OF COMPATIBILITY WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSIONERS.
WE ARE ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER THE TOTALITY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES PREVIOUSLY STATED AND STATED BY OTHERS TONIGHT AS STATED IN THE PACKET FOR CONSIDERATION.
UNDER CONSIDERATIONS FOR APPROVAL, SHOULD THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL? THIS REQUEST STAFF RECOMMENDS ONE CONDITION BEING OPERATOR SHALL MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE STATE REGULATIONS AND OTHER ORDINANCES.
FOR THESE REASONS, WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DENY SUP 2 6 0 7 0 0 1 8 WITH NOT BEING IN COMPLIANCE WITH TEXAS PROPERTY CODE TO FOLLOW REGISTERED HO REGISTERED HOA CCNRS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION AND FOR LISTENING TO THE CONCERNS OF THE RESIDENTS OF CASTLE RIDGE.
JUDY, UH, SORRY IF I MISPRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME.
ZA, UH, WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THIS ITEM.
A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE THAT CAN SAY MY NAME,
I LIVE IN CASTLE RIDGE, UH, 6 36 BROAD SWORD LANE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND I HOPE I'M NOT GONNA JUST REPEAT A WHOLE LOT OF WHAT WE'VE SAID, BUT I'M GONNA GO WITH IT.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR PATIENCE IN LISTENING TO ALL OF THIS.
I JUST MOVED HERE THREE YEARS AGO.
I BOUGHT MY HOUSE BECAUSE OF HOA.
IT WAS ONE OF THE MANY REASONS, I KNOW Y'ALL KNOW ABOUT ALL THE HOA THINGS, BUT THE, I LOVE THE FACT THAT THERE'S COVENANTS, CODES AND RESTRICTIONS WHICH ARE LEGALLY BINDING OUR HOA SPECIFICALLY STATES, AS YOU KNOW, THAT IT'S FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ONLY, THAT ONLY ONE FAMILY, THAT WAS THE WORD THEY CALL ME FAMILY, MAY OCCUPY SUCH A HOME.
WE PAID THESE FEES TO KEEP OUR, OUR SUBDIVISION AS A FAMILY SUBDIVISION.
AND I UNDERSTAND THE RULE, THE FAIR HOUSING ACT THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT MM-HMM
BUT, UM, TO COMPLETELY IGNORE THESE RULES CREATES A PRECEDENT IF WE DO THIS.
WHAT OTHER THING IS GONNA JUST COME ON DOWN THE PIPE AND THIS, THIS IS OPENING PANDORA'S BOX.
WHEN PEOPLE WISH TO OPERATE A GROUP HOME, IT IS A BUSINESS REQUIRING PAID STAFF.
THIS WOULD NOT BE OWNER OCCUPIED AS, UH, THAT GENTLEMAN SPOKE OF EARLIER AS HE PUT IN HIS, HIS NEXTDOOR THING THAT IT WAS LIKE, UGH, WE WILL BE THERE.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE THERE.
THE GROUP HOME CONCEPTION DOES NOT ADHERE TO THE SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING REQUIREMENT OF OUR HOA.
MY BIG CONCERN IS THE DISCREPANCIES IN ALL OF THIS AND AN IMPASSIONED PLEA.
AND NEXT DOOR, THE OWNER STATED THEY WOULD HAVE GIRLS AGE FIVE TO 12.
THEIR APPLICATION STATES FIVE TO 17.
THEY STATED THEY OWN A FOUR BEDROOM HOME.
THE APPLICATION, UH, THEY STATED ON THE APPLICATION THEY OWN A FOUR BEDROOM HOME, UH, DALLAS, CAD SAYS IT'S A THREE BEDROOM HOME.
THEY STATED THEY WANTED TO OPEN THEIR HOME TO THESE CHILDREN.
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NOT EVEN GONNA BE THERE.THEY HAVE NOW AMENDED THIS APPLICATION, WHICH WE HEARD IN THE OTHER ROOM, UH, TO APPLICATION TO GIRLS FIVE TO 12, AND NOW THEY'RE GOING TO ADD, CONSIDER ADDING A FOURTH BEDROOM.
MY QUESTION IS, WHY WAS THIS NOT THREE BEDROOM ON THE APPLICATION? I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION IF YOU FILE AN APPLICATION BY GERMANY, YOU BETTER PUT DOWN WHAT'S RIGHT AND JUST NOT MAKE UP STUFF.
SO MY QUESTION IS, WHAT OTHER DISCREPANCIES MIGHT COME TO LIGHT IN THE FUTURE? YOU KNOW, WILL THEY BE ADDRESSED PROMPTLY? AND APPARENTLY HE WASN'T REALLY BIG ON RETURNING MS. AARON'S PHONE CALLS OR EMAILS OR ANYTHING.
WILL THE THESE CONCERNS BE EVEN ADDRESSED AT ALL? UH, THEY WILL NOT BE LIVING AT THE HOME, BUT WE WOULD HAVE AT THE HOME AN ADMINISTRATOR AND THANK YOU FOR YOU SAYING ALL THESE TOO.
ADMINISTRATORS, SUPERVISORS, CARETAKERS, CONTRACT NURSES, THERAPISTS AND COUNSELORS.
I THINK THAT'S QUITE A FEW PEOPLE.
NOT TO MENTION ADDING UP TO FIVE ADDITIONAL VEHICLES IN THE AREA OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS FLOODED, AND I DO MEAN FLOODED WITH VEHICLES, UH, FROM REAGAN MIDDLE SCHOOL EVERY AFTERNOON.
THEY LINE BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET.
YOU CAN'T EVEN GET OUT OF THE SUBDIVISION.
I DO APPLAUD THE FACT THAT THE OWNERS WANT TO SERVE, WANT TO HELP AN UNDERSERVED GROUP THAT'S VERY, VERY COMMENDABLE.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT, BUT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT THE PLACE TO DO IT.
I'M SURE THERE'S OTHER PLACES IN GRAND PRAIRIE THAT WOULD WELCOME SUCH A THING AND WHERE THAT WOULD THRIVE.
AND THAT'S THE WHOLE PR POINT.
WE NEED THESE CHILDREN TO THRIVE.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT THAT PLACE.
AND IT'S ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE IF THESE OWNERS ARE SO REALLY WANTING TO BRING THESE CHILDREN TO THEIR HOME, ADOPT, YOU KNOW, FOSTER, DO THAT.
SO A GROUP HOME, ALTHOUGH A CARING IDEA DOES NOT BELONG IN THE SUBDIVISION OF CASTLE RIDGE.
AND I HEREBY REITERATE MY OPPOSITION TO THIS GROUP HOME.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME.
HAROLD WILLIS WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THIS ITEM.
I'LL TELL YOU YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
LEMME TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT ME.
I'VE BEEN IN HEALTHCARE SINCE 1974, MY SENIOR YEAR AT GRAND PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL.
I WAS IN THE FIRST HEALTH OCCUPATIONS PROGRAM.
MY ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE IS IN ADDICTION STUDIES AND ADOLESCENT AND ADULT MENTAL HEALTH.
I'M A GRADUATE OF THE GERONTOLOGY PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER.
TEXAS RANKS 49TH OUT OF THE 50 STATES IN FUNDING FOR THIS TYPE OF CARE FOR CHILDREN LIKE MOLLY IVINS USED TO SAY
WE'RE STILL AHEAD OF MISSISSIPPI DOWN HERE IN TEXAS, THE SECOND LARGEST STATE IN THE NATION.
AND THIS IS HOW WE PROVIDE CARE.
THESE YOUNG GIRLS HAVE BEEN PHYSICALLY ABUSED.
THEY HAVE BEEN SEXUALLY ABUSED.
WHAT DOES THE STATE OF TEXAS DO? OH, LET'S JUST PUT 'EM OUT IN A HOME SOMEWHERE.
HERE'S HOW YOUR STAFFING WILL WORK IN THIS HOUSE.
I HAVE WORKED WITH CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
YOU WILL SUBCONTRACT OUT YOUR CAREGIVERS THROUGH ANOTHER 10 99 GROUP BECAUSE LAWSUITS ARE CAPPED AT $250,000.
YOU'LL LIMIT YOUR LIABILITY THIS PAST HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
WE'RE A LITTLE BIT SHORT STAFFED.
I NEED TO CALL UP RENT A CAREGIVER.
CAN YOU SEND A CAREGIVER OUT TONIGHT? ALL WE HAVE IS A MALE CAREGIVER.
THE GIRLS WILL BE ASLEEP ANYWAY.
LET ME TELL YOU WHAT REALLY GOES ON IN MY GREAT STATE OF TEXAS, AND I'M A FOURTH GENERATION TEXAN.
FEDERAL JUDGE JANICE JACK IN CORPUS CHRISTI IS PROVIDING FEDERAL OVERSIGHT OF MY GREAT STATE OF TEXAS BECAUSE OF WHERE WE RANK, HOW WE HANDLE THIS.
ANOTHER ISSUE YOU WILL SEE, THIS HOME WILL BE FLIPPED TO THE MINISTRY AND THE MINISTRY DOESN'T PAY TAXES OR IT WILL BE TURNED INTO A 5 0 3 C NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, NOT PAYING TAXES.
WHO PAYS TAXES OUT HERE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD? WE PAY THE TAXES.
THIS IS PART OF THE SCAM THAT GOES ON.
ASK THE APPLICANT, WHAT ARE THEY BEING PAID BY THE STATE OF TEXAS TO RUN THIS HOME? THERE'S THE ISSUE, LIKE LYNDON JOHNSON SAID, GIVE IT TO ME WITH THE BARK OFF.
AND THE BARK OFF IS, WE'RE NOT IN THIS TO HELP CHILDREN.
YOU DON'T HAVE THE BACKGROUND.
THIS IS DISGUSTING WHAT THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS TURNED INTO
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FOR THIS.AS YOU'VE SEEN TONIGHT, YOU'VE GOT 87 PEOPLE WHO SAID, NO.
WE ARE FED UP IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, GOODWIN AND MERCER.
THERE'S A HOTEL THAT WAS PACKED THIS WEEKEND.
RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS ARE BEING TURNED INTO PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT BUSINESSES, HOTELS, PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT FACILITIES.
HERE'S WHAT THE STATE OF TEXAS WILL DO.
CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND TAKE 'EM? WE'LL, WE'LL PUT 'EM OUT SOMEWHERE NEXT WEEK.
GO AHEAD AND PUT SOME BUNK BEDS IN THERE AND STACK 'EM IN THERE.
A CITY'S NOT GONNA KNOW ABOUT THIS.
THE TURNOVER RATE IN CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, IT'S A REVOLVING DOOR.
THE STATE OF TEXAS WILL WAREHOUSE THESE YOUNG CHILDREN EVERYWHERE THEY CAN.
AND IN TERMS OF PARENTS TO COME SEE THESE CHILDREN, THESE CHILDREN HAVE BEEN ABANDONED.
I'VE BEEN IN THESE FACILITIES.
I'VE BEEN IN THESE FACILITIES WHERE THE CAREGIVER WENT DOWN TO THE QUICKIE MARK TO GET THE CIGARETTES.
THEY'LL BE BACK IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
AS FAR AS BEING AWAKE ALL NIGHT, NAH, YOU 10 99 OUT, YOUR CAREGIVERS.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL BUY, YOU'LL GET SOMEONE FROM A FOREIGN COUNTRY AND MAYBE PAY 'EM SEVEN 50 AN HOUR.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT TAKING CARE OF YOUNG CHILDREN.
WHEN YOU HAVE A FEDERAL JUDGE OVERSIGHT, THE STATE OF TEXAS PROUDLY SAYS, WE'RE 49TH OUTTA 50TH IN FUNDING FOR THIS.
NO, I'VE BEEN IN THIS AND I'VE SEEN IT EVERY DAY.
AND IT'S JUST ABSOLUTELY PATHETIC.
THESE YOUNG CHILDREN DESERVE BETTER AND THE RESIDENTS AND THE TAXPAYERS DESERVE BETTER.
THANK, THANK YOU PUJA PATEL WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THIS ITEM.
JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
GOOD EVENING, COMM COMMISSIONERS.
I AM GENERAL COUNSEL FOR THE HOA.
I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE MY OFFICE ADDRESS.
ONE COWBOYS WAY, SUITE 5, 8 5, FRISCO, TEXAS.
SO, I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD TODAY A LOT ABOUT THE HOA.
AS I STATED, I'M GENERAL COUNSEL FOR THE CASTLE RIDGE ASSOCIATION OF HOMEOWNERS, WHICH THE, WHERE THIS PROPERTY RESIDES.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE APPLICATION.
THE PROPOSED GROUP HOME DOES NOT COMPLY WITH OUR RESTRICTIONS.
HAVE YOU HEARD MANY TIMES AND NO FEDERAL PROTECTIONS APPLY.
SO EACH HOME IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS BOUND BY THE RECORDED RESTRICTED COVENANTS THAT ARE IN THE REAL PROPERTY RECORDS.
THESE ARE PUBLIC DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE.
UM, THIS IS A CONTRACT THAT RUNS WITH THE LAND.
ANY HOMEOWNER PURCHASING THE PROPERTY AGREES TO ABIDE BY THESE RULES.
IT SAYS THREE THINGS IN THESE, IN THIS DOCUMENT, AND I QUOTE FIRST, ALL LOTS SHALL BE USED FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES ONLY.
SECOND QUOTE, EACH RESIDENCE MAY BE OCCUPIED BY ONLY ONE FAMILY.
AND THIRD QUOTE, NO LOT SHALL BE USED FOR BUSINESS, PROFESSIONAL, COMMERCIAL, OR MANUFACTURING PURPOSES OF ANY KIND.
THE PROPOSAL BEING ASSESSED TODAY IS NOT A FAMILY MOVING IN.
IT IS AN EIGHT BED WELL NOW, FIVE OR SIX BED GROUP HOME LICENSED BY THE STATE AND RUN UNDER A STATE CONTRACT.
AS YOU HEARD, THERE'S GOING TO BE, UM, ON THE, ON THE CLOCK, PAID AWAKE STAFF IN ROTATING SHIFT.
IT FURTHER PROPOSES UP TO FIVE STAFF VEHICLES PER SHIFT ON A LOT WITH A GARAGE BUILT FOR TWO.
I KNOW THERE WAS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT POSSIBLE TRAFFIC CONCERNS AND, AND PARKING CONCERNS.
UM, I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON ANY FEDERAL PROTECTIONS THAT MAY APPLY.
SO FIRST, THE APPLICANT MAY ARGUE CHAPTER 123 OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES CODE MAY APPLY.
IT DOES PROTECT CERTAIN GROUP HOMES FROM DEED RESTRICTIONS, BUT ONLY IF THE HOME FITS THE STATUTES NARROW DEFINITION.
THIS ONE DOES NOT FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
IT CAPS A PROTECTED HOME AT SIX RESIDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE APPLICATION MAY HAVE BEEN AMENDED FOR LESSER CHILDREN, BUT THERE ARE STILL COMPONENT OF RESIDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
I THINK THE APPLICATION AS SUBMITTED LEAVES A LOT OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS AS TO POSSIBLE BEHAVIORAL CONCERNS.
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WOULD A DISABILITY, IF ONE EXISTS, WOULD THAT BE? THERE ARE 13 DISABILITIES LISTED IN SECTION 1, 2, 3 0.002 OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES CODE.NONE OF THESE APPLY TO THE APPLICATION AS SUBMITTED.
ADDITIONALLY, THIS CHAPTER PERMITS A PROTECTED HOME TO BE RUN BY A SPECIFIC CLOSED LIST OF OPERATORS.
THOSE ARE A STATE AGENCY, A PUBLIC COMMUNITY CENTER, A LICENSED ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY, WHICH IS THE 1 2500 FEET AWAY, OR A TEXAS NONPROFIT CORPORATION.
NONE OF THESE APPLY TO THIS, UM, PROPOSED GROUP HOME.
THIS IS A PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT GROUP HOME CONTRACTING WITH THE STATE TO HOUSE F FOSTER CHILDREN.
THE TEXAS COURTS HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT THE STATUTES PROTECTION ONLY KICKS IN IF THE HOME MEETS THE COMMUNITY HOME DEFINITION IN THE CODE.
UM, AS AS STATED, THE THIS DOES NOT.
NOW MOVING ON TO THE FAIR HOUSING ACT, WHICH FORBIDS HOUSING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, AND IT CAN REQUIRE A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION.
THIS ALSO DOESN'T APPLY HERE BECAUSE OUR COVENANT, THE HOA COVENANT IS NEUTRAL.
IT LIMITS EVERYONE TO SINGLE FAMILY USE.
AND ENFORCING IT EVENLY AGAINST A BUSINESS IS NOT DISCRIMINATION.
SECOND, IT PROTECTS A, A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY, MEANING AN IMPAIRMENT THAT SUBSTANTIALLY LIMITS A MAJOR LIFE ACTIVITY AND THAT TAKES INDIVIDUALIZED PROOF FOR EACH CHILD.
A GENERAL REFERENCE TO TRAUMA OR BEHAVIORAL CHALLENGES WOULD NOT SUFFICE.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE ACCOMMODATION IS ONLY REQUIRED WHEN NECESSARY.
UM, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THERE IS A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION NECESSARY FOR THE HOA TO CONSIDER HERE.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY'S PERMIT AND ITS APPLICATION ASSESSMENT DOES NOT TAKE A FACTOR.
I'M SORRY, YOU NO, THAT'S OKAY.
CHRISTIAN PRYOR DOESN'T WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WISHES TO NOTE HIS OPPOSITION.
ANGELA SMI MEYERS, UH, DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WISHES TO NOTE HER OPPOSITION.
GLEN SEN DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WISHES TO NOTE HIS OPPOSITION.
UH, LAURIE SSEN, UH, DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WISHES TO NOTE HER OPPOSITION.
ADAM SHALER, UH, DOES WISH TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THIS ITEM.
HELLO, SIR, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
I LIVE AT, UH, 6 1 4 QUEENS WAY, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.
UH, SO YEAH, I LIVE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET.
UH, EYES VIEW TO THE, THE HOUSE.
UM, I WANT TO EXPRESS MY OPPOSITION TO THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
LIKE WE'VE HEARD A LOT AND A LOT IS THERE, BUT, UH, TO ME IT COMES DOWN TO THE DISCREPANCIES IN THE, UH, PROPERTY CAPACITY AND THE APPLICATION DETAILS.
THEY LISTED AS A THREE B, UH, FOUR BEDROOM HOUSE ON THE APPLICATION.
IT'S CLEARLY LISTED AS THREE THROUGH DC AD.
UM, THE BEDROOMS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ARE KIND OF SMALL.
UM, IF THERE'S THE MASTER BEDROOM AND THEN TWO OTHER BEDROOMS MM-HMM
MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO, UH, ACCOMMODATE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH OCCUPANT.
SIX OCCUPANTS, FIVE OCCUPANTS, EIGHT OCCUPANTS.
UM, I THINK PART OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THINGS THAT THEY FOUND OUT FROM THE CITY THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS.
UM, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS AN IDEA FOR A PLAN HERE, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A BUSINESS PLAN.
IT'S ANOTHER BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM.
I, I, I WOULD LOVE TO BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO THIS FOR THE GOODNESS OF THEIR HEART.
I DON'T THINK THAT THE GROUP HOME IS, IS WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY SHOOTING FOR.
UM, YOU KNOW, FOR HELPING PEOPLE OTHER THAN THEMSELVES IN A BUSINESS ENDEAVOR.
THE POLICE ARE THERE EVERY DAY DIRECTING TRAFFIC, BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET.
AGAIN, I LIVE MAYBE THREE HOUSES FROM THIS HOUSES.
CARS ARE PARKED ON BOTH SIDES OF MY STREET UP TO MY HOUSE, PAST MY STREET.
KIDS ARE RUNNING BACK AND FORTH ACROSS.
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ARE THERE FIVE STAFF MEMBERS? IS IT TWO? IS IT ONE AGAIN, THE PLAN IS KIND OF THERE, BUT NOT REALLY.HOW MANY CARS ARE GONNA BE AT A SHIFT CHANGE? IS THAT SHIFT CHANGE WHEN THE SCHOOL'S LETTING OUT? HOW MANY VISITORS ARE COMING? AGAIN, WE HEAR THAT SOMETIMES THERE'S NOT A LOT.
AGAIN, THAT BREAKS MY HEART, BUT THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SCHOOL ISN'T IN SESSION ALL YEAR, SO WHAT'S HAPPENING WHEN THEY'RE NOT IN SCHOOL? RIGHT.
UM, I, I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF, A LOT OF THINGS HERE.
YET, THE HOA COVENANTS IS ONE ASPECT.
THERE'S OTHER WAYS TO, TO LOOK AT THAT, BUT IT, TO ME, IT COMES DOWN TO SAFETY.
IS THIS THE RIGHT PLACE AGAIN? THERE'S ONE WITHIN 2,500 FEET.
I'M GLAD THAT THE CITY PUT THAT IN THERE SO WE COULD ASSESS THIS.
IT'S KIND OF SCARY THAT IT GOES, YOU KNOW, BY RIGHT, BECAUSE THIS CAN'T BE HEARD ALL THE TIME.
AND AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO FIX WHAT'S GOING ON IN AUSTIN.
BUT IT'S, IT'S AN INTERESTING THING TO HEAR.
AND IT'S JUST ANOTHER CONCERN OF WHAT WOULD BE COMING INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH AGAIN, IS SUPPOSED TO BE FOR FAMILIES, NOT FOR BUSINESSES.
KAREN LYNCH DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WISHES TO NOTE HER OPPOSITION.
JERRY LYNCH DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WISHES TO NOTE HIS OPPOSITION.
LUPE SALAZAR DOES WISH TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THIS ITEM.
YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
4 5 5 3 PADDINGTON LANE, GRAND PRIX, TEXAS 7 5 0 5 5 2.
UH, I GREW UP WITH EIGHT BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN TWO RESTROOMS. IT DOES NOT WORK
I TOLD MY I HAVE MY OWN PRIVATE RESTROOM NOW.
I TOLD MY WIFE WHEN WE WERE DATING, I'M NOT GONNA SHARE A RESTROOM WITH EIGHT PEOPLE.
I'M A LICENSED PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR.
I DON'T GET A LOT OF MY TIME TO CPS CASES, TO, UH, ESPECIALLY TO ATTORNEYS THAT DONATE THEIR TIME TO HELP KIDS.
AND SO I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS KIND OF STUFF FOR A LONG TIME.
I STARTED DOING THIS WHEN I WAS 19.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY THERE'S A LOT OF PROBLEMS IN THESE TYPES OF RESIDENTIAL HOMES.
I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A COUPLE QUICK, JUST QUICK EXAMPLES.
UH, JUNE 20TH, 2024, ARLINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, FILED A MURDER CHARGE DURING AN INVESTIGATION INTO, UH, COMMUNITY LIVING HOMES CONNECTED TO ALLEGATIONS OF NEGLECT, UNSAFE CARE, AND A RESIDENT'S DEATH.
THIS COMPANY, UH, HAD COMMUNITY HOMES OPERATING IN ARLINGTON, MANSFIELD, GRAND PRAIRIE.
UH, MANY OF THIS, MOST OF THIS WAS BLAMED DUE TO LACK OF PLANNING AND LACK OF SUPERVISION.
W-F-F-A-W-F-A-A NEWS, JANUARY 27TH, 2023, TEXAS HEALTH REGULATORS TEMPORARILY SHUT DOWN AND A LESS PROGRAM AT FORT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IN FORT WORTH.
AFTER DETERMINING THE FACILITY PRESENTED AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO THE CHILDREN THERE, THE HEALTH AND THE SAFETY 'CAUSE OF NO PLANS, NO SUPERVISION.
NOBODY KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
UM, I COULD GO ON AND ON AND ON AND ON.
I'M NOT GOING TO, BUT IF THERE'S, UM, I WAS INTERESTED IN WANTING TO KNOW WHAT THE PLAN WAS TONIGHT, THE PLAN KEPT CHANGING.
NOTICE ALL THESE NOTES ON MY PAPER BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PLAN IS.
THIS, WE'RE TALKING, THESE KIDS, I BELIEVE, WILL BE IN JEOPARDY AND DANGER.
AND YOU CAN FIND CASE AFTER CASE AFTER CASE RIGHT HERE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN DALLAS FORT WORTH, IN ARLINGTON IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
BECAUSE THIS IS NOT BEING SUPERVISED, PEOPLE DON'T HAVE A PROPER PLAN.
THE CITY SHOULD NOT APPROVE THE SPECIFIC, UH, USE PERMIT BASED ONLY ON THIS APPLICATION.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S THEIR RIGHT, IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S CORRECT.
THE TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ADMINISTRATIVE CODE CHAPTER 7 48 TITLED MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR GENERAL RESIDENTIAL OPERATIONS TREATS CHILD RESIDENTIAL OPERATIONS AS REGULATED FACILITIES BECAUSE DEFICIENCIES INVOLVING STAFFING, SUPERVISION, ABUSE, NEGLECT, FIRE SAFETY, OR EMERGENCY PROCEDURES CAN ENDANGER THE CHILD.
I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY OF THOSE PLANS.
HAVE THOSE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THIS COMMISSION? DO WE KNOW? NOT TO US.
THEREFORE, I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO PUT, TO DENY THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT, AT LEAST UNTIL THE APPLICANT PROVIDES A PROPOSED OPERATOR'S LICENSE, AN INSPECTION PLAN, A CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN, A STAFFING PLAN, FIRE SAFETY DOCUMENTATION, EMERGENCY PROCEDURES.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THIS IN PLACE.
OKAY? THIS IS NOT THE BEST THING FOR THE KIDS.
IT, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST NOT, UH, THIS HOUSE IS TOO SMALL.
THERE'S NOT ENOUGH RESTROOMS. BUT THE GENTLEMAN MENTIONED EARLIER, YOU SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE MAKING EIGHT TO $10 AN HOUR WORK IN THE NIGHT SHIFT THAT ARE JUST NOT QUALIFIED.
JUST 'CAUSE YOU GO THROUGH SIX MONTH COURSE AT A JUNIOR COLLEGE IS NOT QUALIFIED TO TAKE CARE OF FIVE OR SIX KIDS.
ON AVERAGE, THE STATE PAYS $200 PER CHILD MORE IF THE CHILD HAS MORE ISSUES.
$200 PER DAY, $200 PER DAY, $6,000 A MONTH, $30,000 A MONTH TIMES FIVE,
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$360,000 A YEAR.THIS IS A BUSINESS BEING RENT IN SOMEBODY'S HOME.
THIS HOME IS NOT BIG ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE THIS MANY PEOPLE.
THERE'S NO PLANS AS EVEN JUST A MINIMUM REQUIRED BY THE, BY THE STATE.
JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO DO IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY SHOULD DO IT.
PAMELA SCAR WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THIS ITEM.
LIKE SHE SAID, MY NAME IS PAMELA SCAR.
I LIVE AT SIX 13 QUEENS WAY IN CASTLE RIDGE, HOA AND I'M A LICENSED CERTIFIED SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST.
RETIRED FROM GRAND PRIX SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I CONTINUE TO SUB, I COVERED MATERNITY LEAVES FOR LOCAL SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST.
I'VE BEEN ON STAFF AT GRAND PRIX HIGH SOUTH GRAND PRIX, HIGH DUBISKI GARNER ELEMENTARY AND MOSLEY ELEMENTARY.
AND I'VE WORKED WITH SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN'S FOR OVER 26 YEARS.
SO THAT'S MY HEART SPECIAL ED AND STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.
AND I ALSO HAVE A HEART FOR FOSTER CARE.
THERE'S A GREAT NEED FOR FAMILIES, INDIVIDUAL FAMILIES TO TAKE IN A COUPLE OF CHILDREN AND, AND PROVIDE A FOSTER HOME FOR THEM.
I'M VERY SYMPATHETIC TO THAT, BUT I WOULD APPRECIATE SO MUCH OF WHAT MY NEIGHBORS HAVE SHARED.
I DON'T NEED TO REPEAT ANY OF IT.
I JUST WANT TO RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO DENY SUP 26 0 7 0 0 1 8.
BILL SCAR DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WANTS TO NOTE HIS OPPOSITION TO THIS ITEM.
JOAN MIMS WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THIS ITEM.
JULIE, HOW MANY, HOW MANY MORE, UH, SPEAKER CARDS DO WE HAVE? JUST FOR THE RECORD? BECAUSE I DO LIKE TO SEE THAT IF, UNLESS WE HAVE SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO, TO SAY.
IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO, UH, SUMMARIZE THIS? AT LEAST I JUST ASK.
THAT WILL BE UP TO THE SPEAKERS.
UH, WE'VE STARTED THE PROCESS, SO WE NEED TO GIVE EACH SPEAKER FIVE MINUTES.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
I'M JOAN MIMS. I LIVE AT, UH, 6 23 GWENDOLYN'S.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING NEW TO ADD TO ALL OF MY NEIGHBORS, BUT I WOULD ASK YOU TO, UH, TURN DOWN THIS, THIS APPLICATION.
DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK BUT WISHES TO NOTE HIS OPPOSITION.
DEBRA OVIEDO DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WISHES TO NOTE HER OPPOSITION.
ALANA LONG DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WISHES TO NOTE HER OPPOSITION.
MA'AM, DO YOU WISH TO SPEAK? NO.
YEAH, PAUL, FRED, UH, DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK BUT WISHES TO NOTE HIS OPPOSITION.
KATHY, FRED DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WISHES TO NOTE HER OPPOSITION.
RYAN LONG DOES WISH TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION.
HELLO, MR. LONG, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
I LIVE AT 46 16 FRIARS LANE, AND I OPPOSE SUP 26 0 7 0 0 1 8.
AS SUBMITTED, I WANT TO BE PRECISE ABOUT MY OBJECTION.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT WHO THESE CHILDREN ARE, AND I'M NOT ASKING THIS COMMISSION TO DECIDE PRIVATE HOA RIGHTS.
I'M ASKING YOU TO EVALUATE THE SPECIFIC LAND USE AND OPERATING PLAN.
ACTUALLY BEFORE YOU, THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED AN EIGHT BED TREATMENT OPERATION AND A FOUR BEDROOM HOUSE WITH 24 HOUR AWAKE SUPERVISION AND ADMINISTRATOR, PROGRAM DIRECTOR, SHIFT SUPERVISORS, DIRECT CARE STAFF, CONTRACT NURSES, THERAPEUTIC PROGRAMMING, MEDICATION SUPPORT, AND AS MANY AS FIVE STAFF VEHICLES PER SHIFT.
BUT CITY STAFF IS RECOMMENDING A MAXIMUM OF SIX OCCUPANTS.
THIS IS NOT MERELY CHANGING A NUMBER.
IT CHANGES THE REGULATORY MODEL.
TEXAS DEFINES A GENERAL RESIDENTIAL OPERATION AS PROVIDING 24 HOUR CARE FOR SEVEN OR MORE CHILDREN.
TEXAS DOES RECOGNIZE ARRANGEMENTS FOR SIX OR FUR CHILDREN, BUT THE OBVIOUS STATUTORY MODELS ARE MATERIALLY DIFFERENT FROM THE PLANS SUBMITTED HERE.
THE FOSTER HOME IS THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE OF THE FOSTER PARENTS.
A COTTAGE FAMILY HOME REQUIRES A HOUSE PARENT WHO LIVES IN THE HOME WHILE CHILDREN ARE IN CARE.
A SPECIALIZED CHILDCARE HOME LIKEWISE REQUIRES A LIVE-IN HOUSE PARENT.
I SEE NO RESIDENT FOSTER PARENT
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OR LIVE-IN HOUSE PARENT IDENTIFIED ANYWHERE IN THIS OPERATIONAL PLAN.INSTEAD, THE APPLICANT DESCRIBES A PROFESSIONALLY STAFFED ROTATING SHIFT TREATMENT OPERATION.
SO I'M NOT CLAIMING TONIGHT THAT NO LAWFUL SIX CHILD ARRANGEMENT COULD POSSIBLY EXIST.
I'M ASKING A MUCH SIMPLER QUESTION.
WHAT EXACT TAXES REGULATORY CATEGORY AUTHORIZES THE SIX RESIDENT STAFFING MODEL? THIS COMMISSION IS BEING ASKED TO APPROVE GRAND PRAIRIE'S OWN DEFINITION OF A REGISTERED GROUP.
HOME TIES THAT USE TO STATE REGULATED, UH, STATE REGULATED FACILITIES.
I UNDERSTAND A FINAL STATE LICENSE MAY NOT HAVE TO BE ISSUED BEFORE THE ZONING PROCESS IS COMPLETE, BUT THE APPLICANT SHOULD AT LEAST IDENTIFY THE REGULATORY PATHWAY AND SUBMIT AN OPERATIONAL PLAN THAT MATCHES THE OCCUPANCY AND STAFFING MODEL ACTUALLY BEING APPROVED.
THERE IS ALSO AN UNRESOLVED SITE ISSUE IN THE CITY'S OWN REPORT, UP TO FIVE STAFF VEHICLES PER SHIFT, BUT ONLY FOUR GARAGE AND DRIVEWAY PARKING SPACES, WHICH HAS BEEN COVERED.
AND THAT'S BEFORE CONSIDERING SHIFT CHANGE OVERLAP, REGULAR TRANSPORTATION FOR SCHOOL THERAPY, MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS, COURT DATES, AND FAMILY VISITS.
THESE ARE NOT SPECULATIVE OBJECTIONS.
THEY COME DIRECTLY FROM THE APPLICANT'S PLAN.
AND THIS CITY'S STAFF REPORT EARLIER THIS YEAR IN THE PLEASANT HILL ROAD GROUP, HOME CASE DRC RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS.
BUT THIS COMMISSION INDEPENDENTLY RECOMMENDED DENIAL AND CITY COUNCIL ULTIMATELY DENIED THE APPLICATION.
UNANIMOUSLY DRC REVIEW IS IMPORTANT, BUT IT DOES NOT REPLACE THIS COMMISSION'S INDEPENDENT JUDGMENT.
I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO RECOMMEND DENIAL OF THIS APPLICATION AS SUBMITTED.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE FAIR HOUSING ACT REQUIRES NON-DISCRIMINATION AND WHERE NECESSARY REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION.
IT DOES NOT REQUIRE AUTOMATIC APPROVAL OF AN INTERNALLY INCONSISTENT OPERATING PLAN OR PREVENT THE COMMISSION FROM, FROM ADDRESSING LEGITIMATE LICENSING ISSUES.
PLEASE BASE YOUR DECISION ON THE OPERATION ACTUALLY DESCRIBED IN THIS APPLICATION RATHER THAN APPROVING IT NOW AND LEAVING FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS ABOUT ITS LAWFUL OPERATING MODEL TO BE RESOLVED AFTERWARD.
MR. DARREN LUMAN WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THIS ITEM.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
DARREN LUMAN, 5 0 9 MORGATE COURT IN CASTLE RIDGE.
UH, WE CARRY COVERED A LOT OF THINGS TONIGHT.
WHEN I FIRST SAW THIS, I THOUGHT ABOUT THE OPTICS OF WHERE THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE, IF YOU GO TO, TO, AND SOME OF IT'S BEEN MENTIONED ON EXHIBIT A WHERE THE HOUSE IS AND QUEENS WAY COMES IN THERE.
THAT IS A QUEEN WAY, IS THE MAIN, ONE OF THE MAIN ARTERIES OF CASTLE RIDGE.
AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I THOUGHT WAS, UM, THE ADDITIONAL PARKING THAT'S GONNA NEED FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE TWO CAR GARAGE.
I, I VERY HIGHLY DOUBT WE'RE GONNA PARK CARS IN THAT GARAGE JUST BECAUSE OF THE GOING IN AND OUT.
BUT THEN TWO VEHICLES IN THE DRIVEWAY AND THEN IT'S NOT ILLEGAL TO PARK IN THE STREET.
BUT IT'S NOT IDEAL, ESPECIALLY IN THIS SITUATION.
UM, AS WE'VE ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED ABOUT, UM, THE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC THERE AND WITH, UM, THE CHILDREN THAT WE ALREADY HAVE THAT LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ARE CROSSING THROUGH THERE NOW, THERE'S GONNA BE ADDITIONAL CARS IN THAT SPOT.
UM, THAT'S REALLY THE MAIN THING.
I JUST, UH, TO, TO OPPOSE THE SUP 26 0 7 0 0 1 8.
SHARON LUMAN DOESN'T WISH TO SPEAK BUT WISHES TO NOTE HER OPPOSITION.
CARRIE CAVINS, UH, NOTES HER OPPOSITION.
DO YOU WISH TO SPEAK MA'AM? NO.
LILY TURNER DOESN'T WISH TO SPEAK BUT WISHES TO NOTE HER OPPOSITION.
PAUL CAVINS DOESN'T, DOESN'T WISH TO SPEAK BUT WISHES TO NOTE HIS OPPOSITION.
AND MATT RADIAN, UH, DOESN'T WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WISHES TO NOTE HIS OPPOSITION.
COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE NO FURTHER CARDS.
UM, WE DO HAVE, UM, IF THE APPLICANT HAS OR REQUEST TO, UH, GIVE ANY REBUTTAL TESTIMONY, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT AS WELL.
MS. OR, OR MRS. SNEE? UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT AND VOICING YOUR OPINIONS
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AND CONCERNS.UM, AGAIN, WE ARE ONLY ADMITTING FIVE RESIDENTS.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONETARY ISSUES.
IT'S NOT FOR THE MONEY, IT'S FOR CARE.
THIS IS WHAT WE'VE PROPOSED AND WE'RE STICKING, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WANNA SEE IT THROUGH AND WE, UH, WISH THAT YOU WOULD APPROVE SUP 26 0 7 0 0 1 8.
COMMISSIONERS, UM, OPEN FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.
I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN, UH, A LOT.
I WANNA CERTAINLY ACKNOWLEDGE EVERYBODY'S COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK.
IT'S WAS VERY HELPFUL AND APPRECIATE EVERYBODY TAKING THE TIME TO COME OUT HERE AND TO SHARE YOUR VIEWS WITH US.
COMMISSIONERS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION AT THIS POINT.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR OUR STAFF.
IS THERE ANY WAY POSSIBLE WE COULD TABLE THIS OR, 'CAUSE THERE IS NO, THE OPERATIONAL PLAN DOES NOT SEEM SUFFICIENT OR DO WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ON THIS TONIGHT? YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ON THIS TONIGHT.
I THINK SOME OF THE DETAILS CHANGED AS NOTED IN THEIR, UM, DISCUSSIONS TONIGHT.
SO, UH, IF YOU WOULD LIKE THAT TO BE UPDATED AND PROVIDED YOU, WE CAN DO THAT AND TABLE IT AND, BUT, UH, I THINK SOME OF THE INFORMATION IS, IT CAN BE CLARIFIED NOW OR WE CAN COME BACK FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, I HAVE MIXED EMOTIONS BECAUSE I DO CARE ABOUT THE CHILDREN.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE ALL CHILDREN HAVE, UH, WHAT THEY NEED.
BUT IF THERE'S NO SERIOUS, UH, THOUGHT THROUGH, THOUGHT OUT, OPERATIONAL PLAN, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS IS GOING.
WE JUST HAVE, UH, SOME THOUGHTS, BUT THEY'RE NOT, IT'S NOT CLEAR.
AND A LOT OF THE HOMEOWNERS BROUGHT UP A LOT OF GOOD POINTS AND I WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT BY RIGHT.
THAT THEY CAN HAVE THE GROUP HOME THERE, BUT LET'S JUST DO IT RIGHT IF THAT IS THE CASE.
AND IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM LIKE WE HAVE ENOUGH TO WORK WITH.
I WOULDN'T, I MEAN, I, I, I EITHER THINK WE, I MEAN WE COULD JUST, YOU KNOW, WE EITHER WE'RE GONNA APPROVE IT WITH NO, THERE ARE NO VARIANCES.
SO SINCE THERE ARE NO VARIANCES, THEN TECHNICALLY, AM I RIGHT WITH THAT? RASHAD? IT IS A SUP.
SO YOU CAN ADD OR REMOVE SPECIFIC CONDITIONS, BUT IF YOU DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL, STAFF HAS THESE REQUESTED ACTIONS TO ADD OR NOTE.
UH, SO IF YOU APPROVE IT AS PRESENTED, THESE ARE THE CONDITIONS THAT WILL BE FORWARDED ON TO CITY COUNCIL.
BUT IF WE CHOOSE NOT TO APPROVE IT, AND IT'S BY RIGHT, WHERE DO, I MEAN, IT JUST GOES TO COUNCIL.
IT'S NOT, IT'S, THIS SPECIFIC SITUATION IS NOT BY RIGHT.
I KNOW THAT KEEPS BEING SAID, BUT BECAUSE THERE'S A SUP REQUIREMENT, BECAUSE OF THE DISTANCE CRITERIA, IT IS NOT BY RIGHT.
IF THIS WAS OUTSIDE OF THAT 2,500 FOOT, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
UH, DISTANCE, THEN YES, IT WOULD BE ALLOWED BY.
SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO DENY AT THIS POINT IF WE CHOOSE TO.
I, UH, I'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS TO SAY, BUT I'M KINDA LEANING TO, UH, NOT AT THIS POINT.
ANY COMMISSIONERS? ANY OTHER, UH, DISCUSSION? UH, YEAH, THIS IS, UH, UH, THIS IS REALLY A TRICKY SUBJECT, UH, DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE FOUNDATIONAL ISSUE HERE IS REALLY KIDS.
AND, UM, I THINK THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT SO COMPLICATED.
I'M NOT HERE, UH, TO JUDGE, UM, MR. AND MRS. SNEAD'S, UH, HEART, UM, I DON'T KNOW YOU TO JUDGE YOU OR I SHOULDN'T JUDGE YOU ANYWAY.
UM, SO I COMMEND YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO.
HOWEVER, UM, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHEN THERE IS OPPOSITION THAT PEOPLE WILL POKE HOLES.
AND, UM, UM, COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN WANTED YOU TO ELABORATE MORE FOR CLARITY.
AND I THINK AFTER TODAY THERE WERE MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS.
AND THAT'S WHERE I, UM, THAT'S WHERE I'M HAVING A, A STRUGGLE WITH, UM, SAYING YES TO THIS.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PRESLEY.
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BECK VIEWS? I WOULD LIKE TO JUST ADD THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, AT LEAST FOR ME, IT WAS VERY HELPFUL TO HEAR ALL THE COMMENTS FROM ALL THE CITIZENS.IT'S REALLY HAS, UH, UH, CHANGED IN TERMS OF MY VIEWS TO THIS.
THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME LACK OF OPERATIONAL PLANNING THAT'S UNDERWAY HERE.
IT'S LIKE RASHAD SAID, THIS IS NOT BY, YOU KNOW, BY RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, IF, IF ANYTHING, UH, IF IT'S GONNA BE DONE.
I THINK COMMISSIONER SMITH ALSO MENTIONED MAKE SURE IT'S BEEN DONE RIGHT.
SO AT THIS POINT, I CANNOT AGREE, UH, WITH THIS, BUT I'M GONNA ASK THE COMMISSIONERS TO, UH, PLEASE PROVIDE ME, PLEASE.
SO MY BIGGEST CONCERN FOR THIS IS REALLY A STAFFING.
IF YOU GUYS, IF YOU WOULD'VE CAME WITH AN ACTUAL FOSTER PROGRAM AND YOU'RE GONNA STAY THERE 24 HOURS, I WOULD PROBABLY THINK A LITTLE DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS.
BUT THE STAFFING IS GONNA BE REALLY HARD, ESPECIALLY 24 HOURS.
AND IF THERE'S NO PLAN, I REALLY CAN'T UNDERSTAND IT.
RIGHT? SO I THINK YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH STAFFING.
I THINK THE, THE, YOUR RESIDENTS OR YOUR NEIGHBORS BROUGHT UP A LOT ADDITIONAL CONCERNS THAT I BELIEVE YOU GUYS REALLY NEED A, A GOOD PLAN TO ADDRESS.
SO, YEAH, THE STAFFING IS REALLY HUGE FOR ME.
AND ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE AN ADVISORY COMMISSION HERE.
UH, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL, YOU KNOW, WILL BE NEXT.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO, UH, TO ATTEND, YOU KNOW, AND TO MAKE YOUR VOICES HEARD.
AT THIS POINT, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN THE MOTION.
UM, MR. VICE CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, UH, TO DENY SUP 26 0 7 0 0 1 8 SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REGISTERED GROUP HOME AT 4 45 44 FRIARS LANE.
'CAUSE IT DOES NOT MEET THE CRITERIA THAT, UH, WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR HERE BY COMMISSIONER SMITH AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN.
IS THERE ANY OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE? SEE NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO DENY, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
BEFORE WE ADJOURN, I BELIEVE THIS IS OUR LAST CASE STAFF.
I WOULD LIKE TO JUST MAKE A, A COMMENT HERE.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THAT LATER THIS WEEK, MARCH THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2001.
WE REMEMBER THE NEARLY 3000 LIVES LOST THAT DAY.
THE FAMILIES WHO CONTINUED TO CARRY THAT LOSS AND THE FIRST RESPONDERS AND COUNTLESS OTHERS WHO DEMONSTRATED EXTRAORDINARY COURAGE AND SACRIFICE MAY WE NEVER FORGET.