[Call to Order] [00:00:09] GOOD EVENING. OH, I THINK WE'RE GOING. [INAUDIBLE] THEY GOT THAT WORD AND GIVE TO THE ATTORNEY A MOMENT TO SAY A FEW WORDS BEFORE GETTING STARTED. OK, GO AHEAD. TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES COUNCIL REAL QUICK ON THE ONLY CASES I WANTED TO REMIND YOU OF, THE TECHNIQUE THAT WE USED TO USE TO EXPEDITE SOME OF THESE CASES, IF IT'S AN UNOPPOSED CASE, IT'S ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE TO ASK AFTER THE PLANNING DIRECTOR IS FINISHED WITH HIS INTRODUCTION, ASK THE MAYOR IF THERE ANY SPEAKERS IN THE QUEUE OTHER THAN THE APPLICANT. IF THERE ARE NONE AND IT'S YOUR PLEASURE AND YOU'RE THE SPONSOR OF THAT ITEM THAT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT, YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION YOU CAN STATE. AT THAT POINT, I HAVE A MOTION THAT WE WOULD OPPOSE. THE MOTION WOULD BE TO APPROVE AND WE DON'T HAVE TO HEAR FROM THE WITNESSES. YOU CAN MAKE THAT MOTION, HAVE IT VOTED ON AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT CASE. I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT TECHNIQUE, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTION ABOUT MOVING THROUGH THE AGENDA QUICKER, THAT'S SOMETHING WE USED IN THE PAST BACK WHEN WE USED TO HAVE 10 OR 15 CASES A NIGHT TO MOVE THE AGENDA ALONG. I KNOW WE NEED TO GET GOING , SO I'LL DROP IT THERE. THANK YOU. AND LET ME KNOW OFFLINE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THERE. THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT, WELL, WELCOME TO THE MARCH 16, 2021 REGULAR MEETING OF THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL. OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE CONTINUING TO MEET IN A VIRTUAL FORMAT AND A LINK, LINKS ARE PROVIDED IN OUR AGENDAS. AND ALL OUR MEETING PARTICIPANTS HOPEFULLY HAVE REGISTERED WITH OUR SYSTEM AND WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE MUTED UNTIL THEIR TIME TO SPEAK. AND IF YOU ARE NEEDING TO BE RECOGNIZED, OBVIOUSLY IN THE ZOOM PLATFORM, YOU CAN USE THE RAISE YOUR HAND OR THE *9 FEATURE. IF YOU'RE JUST BY PHONE, APPLICANTS WILL HAVE 10 MINUTES TO MAKE THEIR CASES AND SUBSEQUENT SPEAKERS WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. I WILL COVER THIS AGAIN ONCE WE GET TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. BUT RIGHT NOW IT IS THE CUSTOM AND TRADITIONS OF THIS CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE AN INVOCATION AND RECITAL OF THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PRIOR TO OUR MEETINGS LED BY ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND TONIGHT, WE WILL BE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VERA FROM DISTRICT SIX. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GO AHEAD. LETS BOW OUR HEAD, HEAVENLY FATHER. FIRST, LET ME SAY THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF ALL WHO ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ABUNDANT BLESSINGS. THANK YOU FOR LIFE ITSELF, FOR THE NATURE OF HEALTH. WE NEED TO FULFILL OUR [INAUDIBLE] AND FOR FRIENDSHIP. THANK YOU FOR THE ABILITY TO BE INVOLVED IN USEFUL WORK AND FOR THE HONOR OF BEARING APPROPRIATE RESPONSIBILITIES. THANK YOU FOR EVERY PUBLIC SERVANT INVOLVED IN GOVERNING OUR CITY, OUR STATE AND OUR COUNTRY. HELP THEM TO SEE THAT THEY ARE YOUR SERVANTS. FIRST AND FOREMOST, PLEASE EMPOWER US TO GIVE THEM THE RESPECT DUE TO THEIR OFFICE WHETHER OR NOT WE AGREE WITH THEIR POLITICAL POSITIONS. GIVE OUR LEADERS GRACE TO DO JUSTLY, LOVE MERCIFULLY AND WALK HUMBLY BEFORE YOU IN ALL INTEGRITY. MAY THEY DEFEND THE OPPRESSED, PROTECT THE VIRTUES AND DISCIPLINED WRONGDOERS. PLEASE GIVE THEM THE WISDOM TO ENACT LAWS AND REGULATIONS THAT FOSTER AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE EVERY CITIZEN CAN FLOURISH SPIRITUALLY, SOCIALLY AND PHYSICALLY. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. [00:05:03] SIR, BEFORE WE GET INTO OUR AGENDA, I DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION AND I THINK [Mayoral Proclamations, Recognitions and Announcements] CARMA I BELIEVE I SAW THIS IS FOR NATIONAL SAFE PLACE WEEK AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE DANIELLE BLANCO WITH US, WHO IS A VOLUNTEER AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH MANAGER. THERE YOU ARE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. VERY GOOD. WELL, LET ME GO AHEAD AND LET ME GO AHEAD AND READ TO THE PROCLAMATION AND THEN WE'LL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. NATIONAL SAFE PLACE WEEK THE YOUTH OF GARLAND, TEXAS WILL DETERMINE THE FUTURE STRENGTH OF OUR COUNTRY AND ARE THE BEARERS OF OUR DEMOCRACY. YOUTH NEED A SAFE HAVEN FROM VARIOUS NEGATIVE INFLUENCES SUCH AS CHILD ABUSE, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, DEPRESSION AND CRIME, ALONG WITH READILY AVAILABLE RESOURCES TO ASSIST THEM WHEN FACED WITH CIRCUMSTANCES THAT COMPROMISE THEIR SAFETY. WHEREAS THE SAFE PLACE PROGRAM IS COMMITTED TO PROTECTING THE YOUTH OF GARLAND TEXAS BY OFFERING ACCESS TO IMMEDIATE HELP AND SAFETY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE SEEKING ASSISTANCE AND GUIDANCE. WHEREAS THERE ARE DESIGNATED LOCATIONS WHERE YOUTH CAN GET INFORMATION, IMMEDIATE HELP SAFE PLACE LOCATIONS CAN BE FOUND AT BUSINESSES SUCH AS QUIKTRIP, CONVENIENCE STORES AND AT DART PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION STOPS, WHEREAS THE SUCCESS OF SAFE PLACES BASED ON PUBLIC PRIVATE COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN BUSINESSES, SCHOOL SYSTEMS, FIRE DEPARTMENTS, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND A NETWORK OF VOLUNTEERS, GARLAND NEEDS INCREASED NUMBERS OF COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS SERVING AS MENTORS AND POSITIVE INFLUENCES ON YOUNG PEOPLE. WHEREAS THE SAFE PLACE PROGRAM MUST MEET PERFORMANCE STANDARDS RELATIVE TO OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS TO RECEIVE DIRECT FEDERAL ASSISTANCE AS SET FORTH IN THE RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH ACT. IN WHEREAS MORE THAN 1,500 COMMUNITIES IN 38 STATES ADMINISTER THE SAFE PLACE PROGRAM AT MORE THAN 22,000 LOCATIONS IN MORE THAN 359,000, YOUTH HAVE BEEN HELPED AS SAFE PLACE LOCATIONS OR RECEIVED COUNSELING BY PHONE AS A RESULT OF SAFE PLACE INFORMATION RECEIVED AT SCHOOL. WHEREAS SINCE PROGRAM INCEPTION IN 1983, MORE THAN 15 MILLION YOUTH HAD BEEN EDUCATED THROUGH NATIONAL SAFE PLACE NETWORKS, SAFE PLACE OUTREACH EFFORTS, FAMILIARIZING THEM WITH SAFE PLACE SIGNS AND PROVIDING THEM WITH INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO SEEK HELP IN ORDER TO STAY SAFE. WHEREAS INCREASED AWARENESS WILL ENCOURAGE MORE COMMUNITIES TO ESTABLISH SAFE PLACE LOCATIONS WHERE YOUTH CAN READILY ACCEPT ACCESS TO HELP THAT THEY NEED. NOW, THEREFORE, I. SCOTT LAMAY, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 21- MARCH 27 2021 AS NATIONAL SAFE PLACE WEEK IN GARLAND, TEXAS. AND I CALL UPON THE CITIZENS OF GARLAND AND INTERESTED GROUPS TO PROMOTE AWARENESS AND VOLUNTEER INVOLVEMENT IN THE SAFE PLACE PROGRAMS AND OBSERVE THIS WEEK WITH APPROPRIATE CEREMONIES AND ACTIVITIES. DANIELLE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS FOR US. YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. MAYOR. I ACTUALLY WANT TO SAY OUR FABULOUS CEO, ALICIA FRYE, IS ALSO ON THIS CALL, AND I KNOW SHE WOULD LOVE TO SAY A FEW WORDS IF WE COULD GET HER ON, IF YOU COULD. I BELIEVE I SAW HER EARLIER WHEN EVERYONE WAS COMING INTO THE MEETING. YEAH. WE'LL GET CARMA TO MOVE HER OVER HERE. MAYBE, POSSIBLY, IF NOT, I CAN DEFINITELY TALK, BUT SHE IS THE MOST ARTICULATE. THERE SHE IS. HELLO, EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN B.J. WILLIAMS. HELLO, MR. WILLIAMS. SO GOOD TO SEE YOU, AND ALL OF YOU IN THE COMMUNITY OF GARLAND. [INAUDIBLE] FOR SUPPORTING JONATHAN'S PLACE, WE'VE BEEN CARING FOR ABUSED CHILDREN FOR OVER 29 YEARS AND 19 OF WHICH HAVE BEEN ON OUR 29 ACRE CAMPUS ON THE CORNER OF GARLAND AND GREENBELT. AND WE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CARE FOR THE OVER 6,000 CHILDREN THAT HAVE FOUND REFUGE AND SAFETY AND SUPPORT THROUGH ONE OF OUR MANY RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS, WHETHER THAT'S OUR EMERGENCY SHELTER OR SEX TRAFFICKING SHELTER OR OUR FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION PROGRAMS. SO WE CAN'T THANK THE CITY OF GARLAND ENOUGH FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND ESPECIALLY WITH OUR SAFE PLACE PROGRAM, EVERY WEEK WE RECEIVE A CALL FROM A CHILD THAT NEEDS HELP AND WE GO OUT TO THAT CHILD 24 HOURS A DAY, 365 DAYS A YEAR, AND BRING THEM BACK TO OUR [00:10:05] CAMPUS TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE OFF THE STREET AND THAT THEY ARE SAFE. SO WE CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH AND WE HOPE THAT ALL OF YOU WILL BE ABLE TO FIND TIME TO CELEBRATE WITH US DURING SAFE PLACE WEEK, WHICH TAKES PLACE BETWEEN MARCH 21ST AND MARCH 27TH. SO ANYONE CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR THAT WEEK AT A SAFE PLACE. AND WE WOULD ALL LOVE TO HAVE YOU ALL OUT FOR A TOUR. WE DO PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND WE WEAR OUR MASK AND WE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO COME OUT AND SEE OUR CAMPUS. BUT AGAIN, WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT FOR OUR AGENCY AND THE CHILDREN IN OUR CARE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL, THANK YOU BOTH. THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH. THAT'S A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW. ALL RIGHT, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH OUR AGENDA. AND THE FIRST ITEM, THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA. [Consent Agenda] ALL ITEMS UNDER THIS SECTION ARE RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY A SINGLE MOTION OF COUNCIL WITHOUT DISCUSSION. COUNCILS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW EACH OF THESE ITEMS AT A PREVIOUS WORK SESSION AND APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO IMPLEMENT EACH ITEM. I WILL ANNOUNCE THE AGENDA AND PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE OR THE COUNCIL TO REQUEST THAT AN ITEM BE REMOVED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY. AT THIS POINT, I DON'T HAVE ANY REQUESTS FOR THAT. SO LET ME GO AHEAD AND READ THROUGH IT. ITEM ONE, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE MARCH 2ND, 2021 REGULAR MEETING. ITEM TWO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING BIDS, ITEM 2A GP&L JOINT USE MANAGEMENT SERVICES ITEM 2B TMPA 345/138KV GIBBONS CREEK SWITCHYARD PHASE ONE PLANT DISCONNECTION ENGINEERING SERVICES ITEM 2C GP&L SERVERS, STORAGE AND NETWORK GEAR, REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT. ITEM 2D REPLACEMENT VEHICLES AND ITEM 2E GP&L SUBSTATION INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS AND SURGE ARRESTORS. ITEM 3 PUBLIC HEARINGS WERE PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONING CASES, COUNCIL APPROVED THE REQUEST AND INSTRUCTED STAFF TO BRING FORTH THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCES FOR CONSIDERATION. ITEM 3A ZONING FILE. NUMBER 20-35, JM CIVIL ENGINEERING DISTRICT 7. ITEM 3B, ZONING FILE NUMBER 20-43, BALDWIN ASSOCIATES IN DISTRICT 7 AND ITEM 3C ZONING FILE NUMBER 20-47 R DELTA ENGINEERS INC. IN DISTRICT 1. ITEM 4, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO TAKE THE NECESSARY ACTION TO PROVIDE RELIEF MEASURES FOR GARLAND RESIDENTS IMPACTED BY THE WINTER STORM AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ITEM 5 CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC SAFETY, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HOMELAND SECURITY PROJECTS AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ITEM 6 CONSIDERED BY MINUTE ACTION APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED LEASE AGREEMENT WITH GARLAND EMERGENCY CORPS OR LEASE. ITEM 7 CONSIDERED BY MINUTE ACTION. A CHILD CARE GROUP LEASE ITEM NUMBER 8. CONSIDER BY MINUTE ACTION A HEAD START LEASE RENEWAL. AND FINALLY, ITEM 9, SPECIFIC USE PROVISION SUP TIME PERIOD POLICY GUIDE. COUNCIL THAT IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. I DON'T SEE ANY REQUESTS TO HAVE ANY ITEMS PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. COUNCILMAN VERA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES AND THE CONSENT AGENDA AS WRITTEN BY STAFF. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN VERA AND A SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM MORRIS TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION SEEING THAT COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE. AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. AND NEXT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO EXCUSE ME, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. AGAIN, JUST TO GO OVER THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST OR ON AN AGENDA ITEM NEEDS TO HAVE REGISTERED WITH US IN OUR SYSTEM. [00:15:01] AND WE WILL GET YOU CUED UP FOR THE CASE OR THAT AGENDA ITEM THAT YOU'RE HERE FOR WE'LL RECOGNIZE THE SPEAKERS AS THEY COME THROUGH. AGAIN, APPLICANTS WILL HAVE 10 MINUTES TO MAKE THEIR PRESENTATIONS AND THEN ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. THE FIRST ITEM, WE HAVE OTHER ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. [10. Hold a Public Hearing and Adopt an Ordinance Related to Youth Programs Standards of Care Ordinance] ITEM 10, HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPT AN ORDINANCE RELATED TO YOUTH PROGRAM STANDARDS OF CARE ORDINANCE. IS THERE ANYONE, ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? I DON'T HAVE ANYONE REGISTERED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. COUNCIL I SEE NONE. I'M SORRY THINGS WERE POPPING UP HERE ON THE SCREEN. SO I HAVE NO ONE QUEUED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, SO I'M READY FOR A MOTION COUNCILMAN VERA. YOU'RE MUTED, SIR. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE EVERYTHING THAT'S WRITTEN BY STAFF. OK, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN VERA TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED WITH THE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, PLEASE VOTE. AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU SIR, THANK YOU. AND THAT MOVES US TO ITEM 11. CONSIDER AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 2, SECTION 2.61 OF THE GARLAND DEVELOPMENT CODE REGARDING HOME OCCUPATIONS. [11. Consider Amendments to Chapter 2, Section 2.61 of the Garland Development Code regarding Home Occupations] WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF DISCUSSIONS ON THIS AND OVER THE LAST HOWEVER MANY WEEKS. AND WE HAD SOME AMENDMENTS THAT WERE BROUGHT FORWARD LAST NIGHT. AND I BELIEVE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAD SENT THAT COPY OUT TO EVERYONE. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. I SEE NONE. COUNCIL. [INAUDIBLE] WHOOPS HANG ON, LET ME BACK UP. SEAN DAVIS. I'VE OPENED THE LINE ON OUR END, IF YOU CAN UNMUTED YOURSELF, CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME. YES, SIR. EXCELLENT. AT A SESSION LAST NIGHT AND BEFORE I GET STARTED, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE REAL SHORT AND SWEET. CONGRATULATIONS ON STAYING UP SO LATE. I MEAN, REALLY, IT WAS A REALLY LONG WORK SESSION. I WAS IMPRESSED. I WORKED ON THE WHOLE THING. IT TOOK ME AT LEAST FOUR CUPS OF COFFEE. SO WAY TO BE CIVIL SERVANTS. LOOK, THE REALITY IS, ACTUALLY, AFTER LISTENING TO THE DISCUSSION LAST NIGHT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR CHANGE, I DON'T REALLY HAVE A LOT OF CONCERN EXCEPT FOR SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE PULLED OR COULD BE PULLED, ACCORDING TO THE CITY ATTORNEY. BUT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THOSE ITEMS ARE. AND THEY'RE NOT LISTED ON LISTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND NO WAY TO TELL WHICH ONE IT IS THAT WAS PULLED. I THINK SECTION 4, SPECIFICALLY THE SECTION 261 C 4, THERE IS NO CHANGE TO THE OUTSIDE APPEARANCE OF A BUILDING OR PREMISES, THE VISIBLE EVIDENCE OR CONDUCT OF THE WHOLE OCCUPATION THAT I THINK HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE SUPREME COURT PROBLEM AND THAT WAS GOING TO BE STRICKEN. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY OTHER PART OF THIS THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TAKEN OUT. CAN ANYONE ENLIGHTEN ME AS FAR AS, FOR INSTANCE, THE WRECKER SERVICE? OK, MR. DAVIS, FIRST OF ALL, I'LL SEE IF ONE OF OUR STAFF CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTION BEFORE WE GET MUCH FURTHER DOWN THE RIVER. CAN YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD WELL YOU JUST LET ME TALK AND TALK? I'M SO SORRY. I'M SEAN DAVIS. I LIVE IN 3910 ZION ROAD HERE IN BEAUTIFUL GARLAND, TEXAS. AND NORMALLY I'M CALLING YOU GUYS BECAUSE I'M RAILING ABOUT THE RV PARK THAT'S GOING IN. BUT I GUESS THAT'S STARTING TO SETTLE IN WITH ME NOW, SO I'M NOT GOING TO DO IT TONIGHT. THERE IS ONE OTHER POINT OF CONTENTION, IF YOU DON'T MIND ME BRINGING THIS UP, AND IT DOES HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH ME PERSONALLY. THERE'S A LINE ITEM HERE UNDER SECTION D, PART 5 UNDER A CONTRACTING OR CONSTRUCTING SERVICES A SPECIFICALLY AFTER THAT IS IT SHALL BE [00:20:02] OFFENSE FOR ANY PERSON WITHIN VIEW FROM A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY IN A RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT TO CAUSE, CONDUCT, ALLOW SUFFER A PERMIT THE STORAGE, PARKING OR STAGING OF CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT OR MATERIALS OR TRAILER MOTOR VEHICLE. BY THE WAY, I UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS IN. THIS WHOLE THING HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP. I JUST IN MY PARTICULAR CASE, I HAVE AN ACRE OF LAND THAT'S A REALLY LONG ACRE OF LAND. AND OCCASIONALLY I WILL HAVE SOME CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, A SMALL AMOUNT ON MY PROPERTY. WHAT I WAS CONFUSED ABOUT WAS DOES THAT PUT ME IN THE WRONG WITH THE CITY? WHEN I SAY A SMALL AMOUNT, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT PALLETS AND PALLETS OF WOOD. THAT'S JUST NOT WHAT WE DO. BUT IF ANY AMOUNT ON THE PROPERTY IS IS VERBOTEN, I NEED TO KNOW THAT THAT'S THAT'S AGAINST CODE. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULDN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE FOR ME. WITH AN ACRE OF LAND AND ROUGHLY ABOUT TEN THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OF FREE SPACE AND A LARGE BACKYARD WHERE NOBODY CAN REALLY SEE THAT STUFF. AND THE ONLY OTHER THING I HAVE IS THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT VEHICLES 261C, SECTION 3. THERE IS NOT MORE THAN ONE VEHICLE USED IN CONNECTION WITH THE HOME OCCUPATION LOCATED ON THE PREMISES OR ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL STREET. WELL, MY WIFE AND I HAVE OWNED OUR COMPANY FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS. THIS IS OUR 20TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR ON THIS. I HAVE A PICKUP TRUCK WITH OUR COMPANY LOGO ON IT. MY WIFE HAS A PICKUP TRUCK AS WELL, AND WE'VE BEEN DEBATING, HEY, WHY DON'T WE JUST PUT A LOGO ON IT? WOULD THAT ALSO PUT ME IN THE WRONG WITH THAT? BECAUSE IT HAS OUR COMPANY LOGO ON TWO VEHICLES ON MY PROPERTY ANYWAY. THAT'S MY QUESTION. AND I'LL LET YALL DO YOUR MAGIC. DO YOUR THING, OK? THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS. PLEASURE. MR. NEIGHBOR, I SAW YOU POP UP THERE AT ONE POINT. CAN YOU ADDRESS THOSE POINTS? WELL, I WAS GOING TO SAY YEAH, AND WE HAVE I BELIEVE BRYAN IS ON. I DON'T HAVE A RED LINE IN FRONT OF ME. IF THE SPEAKER WOULD SEND ME AN EMAIL, I'LL BE GLAD TO SEND HIM A RED LINE. OF COURSE, THIS PORTION OF OUR MEETING ISN'T REAL CONDUCIVE TO QUESTION AND ANSWER. ITS REALLY FOR THE WITNESS TO PROVIDE HIS TESTIMONY. AND IT'S DULY NOTED IF THE COUNCIL HAS PARTICULAR QUESTIONS. SO WE'LL TRY TO DELVE INTO THOSE. AS TO THE SPEAKER, MR. DAVIS SENT ME AN EMAIL AT ENEIGHBORED JUST LIKE NEXT DOOR AT GARLAND TX.GOV. AND WE WILL SEND YOU A RED LINE OF WHAT THE COUNCIL IS LOOKING AT TONIGHT. I'M SORRY, I CAN'T BE MORE DESCRIPTIVE OF THAT, BUT THE COUNCIL IS GOING TO GO INTO ITS DEBATE IF IT HAS QUESTIONS IT CAN CERTAINLY ASK US THERE MAY BE DUPLICATES OF YOUR QUESTIONS AND WE'LL TRY TO ANSWER THEM BUT IN THIS CURRENT TEXT. WE CAN'T REALLY RESPOND TO THE CITIZENS QUESTIONS, AT LEAST NOT VERY EFFECTIVELY. AND I'M SURE THAT YOU MAY FEEL A LITTLE BIT TRAPPED HERE. BUT IN ORDER TO KEEP THE MEETING MOVING ALONG, WE'VE TAKEN YOUR TESTIMONY. AND IF THE COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS IN THAT REGARD, WE'LL TRY TO RESPOND TO YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. NEIGHBOR, I HAVE A COUPLE OF FOLKS IN THE QUEUE, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM MORRIS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WAS ACTUALLY PREPARED TO MAKE THE MOTION BEFORE I SEE THAT COUNCILMAN SMITH HAS HIS HAND UP, SO WHY DON'T I DEFER AND STEP BACK AND LET YOU ACKNOWLEDGE HIM FIRST? THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, FOR DEFERRING. I AM KIND OF CURIOUS ABOUT THE QUESTION THAT WAS BROUGHT UP, BY MR. DAVIS, ON THE MORE THAN ONE VEHICLE ON C3, AND IF YOU READ ON, I KNOW IT HAS TO DO WITH THE HOME OCCUPATION TAKING PLACE AT THE RESIDENCE. AND IF THIS IS AN OCCUPATION THAT HAPPENS OFF PREMISES, DO WE? AND I GUESS THIS QUESTION IS FOR LEGAL TOO DOES C3 REALLY APPLY IN THAT CASE. AND BEAR IN MIND, I'M SORRY [INAUDIBLE] NOT COMMIT THE CARDINAL SIN HERE C3. [00:25:07] NOW WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS A COMMERCIAL USE OF A RESIDENTIAL CHARTER OR RESIDENTIAL PLACE SO. THE OVERRIDING RULE IS THAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE USED FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE IS THE REALITY THAT THE RESIDENCES, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN RESIDENCES ALSO HAVE TO MAKE A LIVING. AND SOMETIMES THAT LIVING IS BROUGHT HOME IN MORE WAYS THAN THE BURDEN OF LIVING. AND SO THEY HAVE VEHICLES AND THAT SORT OF THING. THEY THE IDEA HERE, I BELIEVE, AND THAT [INAUDIBLE] STRUCTURES THE WAY YOU THINK IS BEST. THE IDEA HERE IS THAT AT LEAST TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES BEING USED IN A COMMERCIAL OPERATION, IT'S AN ACCOMMODATION OF THOSE WHO HAVE TO BRING YOUR WORK VEHICLE HOME. BUT WHEN WE START SEEING MULTIPLE VEHICLES, THEN YOU GET INTO THAT STAGING PROBLEM, WHICH IS ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS HERE. SHOULD IT BE TWO VEHICLES SHOULD IT BE THREE? AND AFTER A POINT, THE EXCEPTION SWALLOWS UP THE RULE. AND SO WHY HAVE THESE LIMITATIONS AT ALL? I THINK THAT THE BEST ANSWER, AGAIN, WE CAN GRAPH IT WHATEVER WAY THE COUNCIL CAN COMPLETE IT, NOT TO GET TOO CONVERSATIONAL DURING FORMAL CONSIDERATION, BUT I KNOW WE HAD LOOKED AT THAT, BUT WE WERE SENDING IT TO WHERE THE PEOPLE LIVING THERE OWN THE VEHICLES. WE CAN MAKE AN EXCEPTION FOR THAT. BUT THEN HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN A HOME? AND IT JUST AGAIN, IT WENT OFF THE RAILS PRETTY QUICKLY. SO. OK, THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL, EXCUSE ME, I BELIEVE WE HAVE CLEARED THE QUEUE ON THIS ITEM. IF YOU [INAUDIBLE] I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN HEDRICK, DO YOU HAVE. YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MS. SORRY TO JUMP IN LINE. I JUST WANTED TO GET AN ANSWER ON MR. DAVIS. OTHER QUESTION ABOUT STORAGE OF MATERIALS ON HIS ACRE PROPERTY OF THE CITY ATTORNEY TO WEIGH IN ON THAT AS WELL. YEAH. AND AGAIN, THERE WE COME INTO THE PROBLEM, I THINK, WHICH YALL HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH IS WHAT KIND OF STORAGE OR WHAT LEVEL OF STORAGE IS GOING TO BE REASONABLE. AND AS THE SPEAKER POINTS OUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO SAY TO ADOPT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL LAW THAT FITS ALL OF THE VARIATIONS THAT WE SEE IN OUR CITY. AND I'M FAMILIAR WITH HIS NEIGHBORHOOD. HE'S GOT A LARGE TRACT OF LAND. PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM TO THE NEIGHBORS. AGAIN, IT BECOMES A MATTER OF WINEGROWING, THE OCCASIONAL USE. IT'S NOT LIKE CODE COMPLIANCE IS OUT SPYING ON EVERYBODY SIMULTANEOUSLY ALL OVER THE PLACE. MOST OF THE ISSUES COME UP THROUGH COMPLAINT AND MOST OF THESE COMPLAINTS BEAR IN MIND WE TRY TO RESOLVE IN THE MOST AGREEABLE FORM THAT WE CAN. WE DON'T GO OUT AND IMMEDIATELY ISSUE CITATIONS BECAUSE THE POLICY HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT WE SEEK COMPLIANCE RATHER THAN PUNISHMENT. I KNOW I'M KIND OF SPEAKING AROUND YOUR QUESTION, BUT I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT LEVEL OF MATERIALS THAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT. I DOUBT THAT ANYBODY WOULD EVEN NOTICE A TRACT OF LAND OF THE SIZE THAT, HE OWNS WHEN YOU GET INTO SMALLER NEIGHBORHOODS. SO A LITTLE BIT OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL GOES A LONG WAY. AND WE CAN DRAW EXCEPTIONS TO THE EXCEPTIONS THAT STARTS GETTING VERY COMPLEX. IT'S POSSIBLE, BUT IT STARTS GETTING VERY COMPLEX. OK, THANK YOU FOR THAT. I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY BY THE LETTER OF THE LAW, HE WOULD BE IN VIOLATION. BUT THE LIKELIHOOD OF OUR COMPLIANCE ENFORCING THAT, UNLESS THERE IS A COMPLAINT, IS MINIMAL. I HAVE MR. BARKER HAS, I BELIEVE, HAS SOMETHING TO SHARE WITH US ON THAT PART OF YOU CAN INTRODUCE YOURSELF, PLEASE. YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MY NAME IS RICK BARKER. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF CODE COMPLIANCE. I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON THAT QUESTION. THE KEY IN THAT PARTICULAR STATUTE, IT SAYS WITHIN VIEW FROM MY PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. SO I BELIEVE MR. [00:30:01] DAVIS SHARED WITH US THAT HIS ITEMS WEREN'T REALLY SEEN FROM PUBLIC VIEW. SO THAT WOULD WOULD EASE THAT SITUATION, THEREFORE, WOULD MAKE THE STATUTE NOT TO BE IN VIOLATION IF THAT HELPS. VERY GOOD, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR EXPLANATION. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN, WE HAVE CLEARED THE QUEUE ON THIS ITEM, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM MORRIS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WAS PAUSING AS WELL. AND JUST TO KIND OF CLEAR OUT THE LAST CLARIFICATIONS BEFORE I MAKE A MOTION, I THINK THAT THAT SAME PARAGRAPH ABOUT STORAGE AT THE END PARAGRAPH THE END SENTENCE AND IT SAYS WHERE THE EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS ARE PRIMARILY USED FOR COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE. AND MY UNDERSTANDING FROM WHAT MR. DAVIS SAID, WOULD BE THAT THAT WOULD THAT WAS STUFF HE WAS USING ON HIS OWN PROPERTY THAT WOULDN'T BE BEING USED FOR COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE, AT LEAST AS I UNDERSTOOD IT. SO, OK, SO WE IF HAVE NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. I AM READY TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 2, SECTION 2.61, OF THE GARLAND DEVELOPMENT CODE REGARDING HOME OCCUPATIONS AS PRESENTED. VERY GOOD. I HAVE A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM MORRIS AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER VERA TO APPROVE THIS ITEM AS PRESENTED AND IT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY AMENDED. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE. AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL, AND THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS, FOR JOINING US. AND NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE ZONING CASES WITH ITEM 12, HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS AND JUST REAL QUICK, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM MORRIS, THE FIRST CASE ON THE AGENDA IS IN YOUR DISTRICT AND IT IS IN THREE PARTS. ARE YOU OPPOSED TO ADDRESSING ALL THREE SIMULTANEOUSLY NO PUT THEM TOGETHER? ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD. ITEM 12A IS CONSIDERED A ZONING REQUEST BY MASTER PLAN TO DEVELOP A MIXED-USE [12A. Consider a Zoning request by Masterplan to develop a mixed-use community. Three buildings would be constructed for apartment dwelling units in Phase 1. An existing Chase Bank building would be repurposed to add upper-floor apartment units in Phase 2. This property is located at 111 and 217 South Garland Avenue; 1413 West Avenue B; and 1412 and 1413 Rodando Drive in District 2.] COMMUNITY. THREE BUILDINGS WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED FOR APARTMENT DWELLINGS. APARTMENT DWELLING UNITS IN PHASE ONE AND EXISTING CHASE BANK BUILDING WOULD BE REPURPOSED TO ADD UPPER FLOOR APARTMENT UNITS IN PHASE TWO. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 111 AND 217 S GARLAND AVENUE, 1413 WEST AVENUE B, AND 1412 AND 1413 REDONDO DRIVE IN DISTRICT TWO AND THEN PART OF THAT IS 12 B IS [12B. Consider a Specific Use Provision request by Masterplan to allow the continuation of a drive-through lane for a bank for a period of fifteen (15) years. This property is located at 111 and 217 South Garland Avenue; 1413 West Avenue B; and 1412 and 1413 Rodando Drive in District 2.] CONSIDERED SPECIFIC USE PROVISION REQUEST BY MASTER PLAN TO ALLOW THE CONTINUATION OF A DRIVE THRU LANE PROVIDING FOR A PERIOD OF 15 YEARS THIS AND AT THE SAME PROPERTY ADDRESS. AND THEN ITEM 12 C CONSIDER A DETAILED PLAN REQUEST BY MASTER PLAN TO DEVELOP A [12C. Consider a Detail Plan request by Masterplan to develop a mixed-use community. Three buildings would be constructed for apartment dwelling units in Phase 1. An existing Chase Bank building would be repurposed to add upper-floor apartment units in Phase 2. This property is located at 111 and 217 South Garland Avenue; 1413 West Avenue B; and 1412 and 1413 Rodando Drive in District 2.] MIXED-USE COMMUNITY AND THE SAME DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PHASING AND THE STREET ADDRESSES. MR. GUERIN YES MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING. THIS IS THE ZONING AND DETAILED PLAN REQUEST FOR THE DRAPER REDEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL. AND HERE IS THE CASE INFORMATION. AND THIS IS A CITYWIDE LOCATION MAP SHOWING THE GENERAL LOCATION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, IT IS LOCATED ON THE WESTERN PORTION OF DOWNTOWN GARLAND AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, IT'S LOCATED HERE, OUTLINED IN TEAL AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF GARLAND AVENUE AND AVENUE B. IT'S ENCOMPASSED BY GARLAND AVENUE B. REDONDO DRIVE AND WILSON STREET AND SOME OF THE EXISTING IMPROVEMENTS ON THE PROPERTY HERE. IF YOU CAN SEE, MY CURSOR IS A FORMER BUILDING, I BELIEVE, PREVIOUSLY USED AS A RESTAURANT. IT'S CURRENTLY VACANT. OVER HERE IS A FORMER DRIVE THRU STRUCTURE. AND HERE IS THE CURRENT FIVE STORY CHASE BANK BUILDING. THE TWO VACANT BUILDINGS THE RESTAURANT BUILDING, AS WELL AS THE DRIVE THRU STRUCTURE, WOULD BE DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR THREE URBAN STYLE MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS AT THREE STORIES IN HEIGHT. THE CHASE BANK BUILDING WOULD REMAIN AND CHASE BANK WOULD CONTINUE TO USE THAT BANK. BUT IN PHASE TWO, THE BUILDING WOULD BE REPURPOSED TO ALLOW FOR POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL NONRESIDENTIAL USES ON THE GROUND FLOOR, INCLUDING RETAIL AND [00:35:02] DWELLING UNITS ON THE UPPER FLOORS. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IDENTIFIES URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS FOR THE SUBJECT SITE, AND THIS PROPOSAL IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS DESIGNATION. IT IS A DENSER RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, ALSO ALLOWING FOR SOME MIXED USES. IT'S IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO A DART BUS SERVICES, AND IT'S APPROXIMATELY ABOUT A ONE MILE WALK OR BIKE RIDE TO THE DOWNTOWN DART RAIL STATION. THERE ARE SOME PHOTOS THIS TOP LEFT, ONE, OF COURSE, SHOWS THE IN THE FOREGROUND, THIS VACANT BUILDING WHICH WOULD BE DEMOLISHED AND IN THE BACKGROUND IS THE EXISTENCE CHASE BANK BUILDING, WHICH WOULD REMAIN AND EVENTUALLY BE REPURPOSED. AND JUST SOME ADDITIONAL VIEWS, THIS IS A VIEW OF THE SITE FROM REDONDO DRIVE SOME PROPERTIES TO THE WEST, THE WEST OF REDONDO DRIVE AND THEN LOOKING EAST OF THE SITE ACROSS GARLAND AVENUE. THERE'S AN EXISTING PD, PD 14-23. IT HAS AN APPROVED CONCEPT PLAN. THIS DETAILED PLAN VERY CLOSELY RESEMBLES THAT THE LAYOUT IS ALMOST IDENTICAL REGARDING THE THREE NEW MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS. YOU CAN SEE SOME INTERNAL PARKING AND SOME PARKING, OF COURSE, ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF REDONDO AVENUE B, AS WELL AS SOME STREET TREES ALONG THOSE STREETS. AGAIN, THE DETAILED PLAN VERY CLOSELY FOLLOWS THIS APPROVED LAYOUT FROM 2014, SHOULD NOTE. AS A SIDE NOTE THEN, THIS PD IS SOMETHING UNIQUE ABOUT IT IS HAVING A SECOND ALTERNATIVE CONCEPT PLAN THAT ALLOWED UP TO FOUR STORIES IN HEIGHT, HIGHER DENSITY, UP TO 70 UNITS PER ACRE, I BELIEVE. SO THE DEVELOPER, THIS DEVELOPER CHOSE THE THREE STORY OPTION AND THE PROPOSALS ABOUT 40 UNITS PER ACRE. SO HERE'S THE SITE PLAN. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE LAYOUT FOR THE THREE NEW MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS, VERY, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT I JUST SHOWED IN THE CONCEPT PLAN. YOU'VE GOT ONE HERE, HERE AND HERE. IT'S AN INTERNAL PARKING. THE EXISTING CHASE BANK BUILDING IS HERE. I'M SHOWING RIGHT NOW THE SITE PLAN THAT WAS PRESENTED AT PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE PLAN OVERALL. BUT A COUPLE OF CONCERNS THAT CAME UP WAS THE PARKING ALONG REDONDO DRIVE. THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE ANGLE, OF THE PARKING THAT WAS SHOWN HERE. THE CONCERN SPECIFICALLY, AS I UNDERSTAND, WAS IF IT'S ANGLED AND A DRIVER BACKS OUT, IF YOU CAN KIND OF FOLLOW MY ARROW HERE, GIVEN AN EXAMPLE, IF A DRIVER BACKS OUT BUT WANTS TO GO BACK DOWN TO AVENUE B, IT WOULDN'T BE REAL EASY FOR THEM TO DO SO TO QUICKLY TURN AROUND. SO THEY MAY BE MORE INCLINED TO TRAVEL THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF REDONDO DRIVE, WHICH EVENTUALLY CIRCLES BACK AROUND TO AVENUE B TO THE WEST. SO THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED THAT THE APPLICANT RECONFIGURE THIS TO 90 DEGREE PARKING, WHICH I'LL SHOW HERE SHORTLY, WHICH ENCOURAGES OR POSSIBLY ENCOURAGE AND AT LEAST MAKES IT EASIER TO BACK OUT AND THEN GO DIRECTLY BACK DOWN TO AVENUE B IF THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO GO. ALSO THE APPLICANT HAS SENSED IN THIS PLAN ADDED OR ON THE PLANS, AND THEY'RE COMMITTING TO ADDING THIS BUT SIGNAGE TWO SIGNS ACTUALLY ON REDONDO DRIVE SAYING NOT A THROUGH STREET. THEY'VE WORKED WITH THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT ON PROVIDING THE SIGNS. AND THIS IS THE LANDSCAPE PLAN THAT WAS PROVIDED TO PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THE SAME ISSUES NOTED AND HERE'S THE SITE PLAN THAT IS REVISED FOR THE CITY COUNCIL. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS SHOWS THE 90 DEGREE PARKING ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF REDONDO DRIVE. AND THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TWO LOCATIONS FOR SIGNAGE SAYING NOT A THROUGH STREET FOR REDONDO DRIVE. A COUPLE OF OTHER NOTES ON REDONDO SINCE THERE'S BEEN SOME CERTAINLY SOME CONVERSATION AND SOME CONCERNS ABOUT IT. CERTAINLY KUDOS TO DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM MORRIS. I UNDERSTAND THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS FROM SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS ABOUT LIGHTING ALONG WITH REDONDO. I UNDERSTAND THERE WERE SOME PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH GP&L ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT SUFFICIENT LIGHTING WOULD BE PROVIDED ALONG REDONDO DRIVE AND SO THE APPLICANT UNDERSTANDS THAT. AND SO WE'LL CERTAINLY MAKE SURE, IF THIS IS APPROVED, THAT WE ALL WORK TOGETHER, DEVELOPER, APPLICANT, GP&L AND STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS SUFFICIENT STREET LIGHTING ON REDONDO DRIVE AND ALSO THE APPLICANT WILL BE. [00:40:04] WHILE THEY'LL ONLY BE PROVIDING PARKING AND A SIDEWALK ON THE EAST SIDE OF REDONDO, IT WILL BE IMPROVING THE ENTIRE WIDTH OF REDONDO TO CONCRETE STANDARD AND THEY WOULD BE PROVIDING A CURVE AS WELL ON THE WEST SIDE OF REDONDO. AND HERE'S THE LANDSCAPE PLAN, NO CHANGES IN THE LANDSCAPE PLAN OTHER THAN JUST STRAIGHTENING OUT THE LANDSCAPE ISLANDS AND THE PARKING TO A 90 DEGREE ANGLE. AND HERE ARE JUST SOME PHOTOS OF SOME OF THE STREET FURNISHINGS THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED IN THE PUBLIC SIDEWALK AREA ON THE PLAZAS, JUST AGAIN, JUST SOME EXAMPLES KIND OF HELP ENHANCE THE URBAN WALKABLE ENVIRONMENTS AND TRASH RECEPTACLES, BENCHES, BIKE RACKS, SOME SPECIAL PAVING LIGHTING STANDARDS, PLANTERS. HERE'S THE ELEVATION'S, THE APPLICANT, I PRESUME, WILL HAVE MUCH PRETTIER ELEVATIONS THAN THIS, BUT THESE ARE, OF COURSE, WE USE FOR TECHNICAL REVIEW, BUT THIS KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA. AGAIN, IT'S URBAN STYLE, MULTIFAMILY, THREE STORIES IN HEIGHT. GARAGES WOULD BE FACING INTERNALLY TO THE SITE, NOT TOWARDS THE STREET. THERE WOULD BE SOME COVERED PARKING PROVIDED WE'LL GET A LITTLE MORE INTO THAT HERE SHORTLY. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A NUMBER OF DEVIATIONS, BUT THIS IS PRIMARILY DUE TO THE EXISTING CONDITIONS. HE HAS BUILT CONDITIONS OF THE SITE AND REALLY MAKING THE SITE WORK, MAKING IT CONFORM TO THE APPROVED CONCEPT PLAN. AND THERE ARE SOME VARIOUS PHYSICAL CHALLENGES WITH THAT, SUCH AS OVERHEAD ELECTRIC, FOR EXAMPLE, AND AGAIN, JUST THE EXISTING PROPERTY BOUNDARIES, EASEMENTS AND WHATNOT. SO A LOT OF THAT HAS NECESSITATED THESE DEVIATIONS FROM A HIGH LEVEL STANDPOINT. THIS DETAILED PLAN IS VERY LARGELY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE APPROVED CONCEPT PLAN AND MEETS THE INTENT OF THE DOWNTOWN STANDARDS BY PROVIDING THE BUILDINGS CLOSER TO THE STREET AND REALLY ACTIVATING THE SIDEWALKS, CREATING A NICE URBAN ENVIRONMENT. BUT I'LL KIND OF GO THROUGH THESE REAL QUICK. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A 21 EFFICIENCY UNITS WHERE A MAXIMUM OF 19 WOULD BE ALLOWED. THE GDC HAS A MAXIMUM OF 10 PERCENT OF ALL UNITS, MAYBE EFFICIENCY UNITS. SO THEY'RE JUST REQUESTING TWO ADDITIONAL EFFICIENCY UNITS. THE PRIMARY BUILDING ENTRANCE THE GDC DOWNTOWN STANDARDS REQUIRE FOUR PRIMARY ENTRANCES AND DOORS TO FACE DIRECTLY ONTO THE STREET FRONTAGE. THEIR AMENITY, THE CLUBHOUSE, A LEASING OFFICE WOULD FACE MORE TOWARDS AN INTERNAL DRIVE. AND THAT DRIVE WAS REALLY NECESSARY FOR KIND OF TRAFFIC CIRCULATION PURPOSES. AND, OF COURSE, THE EXISTING CHASE BANK BUILDING THAT HAS AN EXISTING ENTRANCE FACING TO THE NORTH TOWARDS THAT PARKING AREA AND EVENTUALLY UP TOWARDS WILSON. THAT'S NOT PROPOSING TO CHANGE AT THIS TIME. PARKING THE PD 14-23 ESTABLISHED A PARKING RATIO OF 1.3 PARKING SPACES PER DWELLING UNIT. THE APPLICANT HAS CONDUCTED A PARKING STUDY. THEY HAD A TRAFFIC ENGINEER DO A PARKING STUDY WHICH SHOWED THE RATIO OF 1.1 PARKING SPACES PER DWELLING UNIT BEING SUFFICIENT. GIVEN THIS STYLE OF DEVELOPMENT, THE CONTEXT, THE LOCATION THE APPLICANT MAY BE ABLE TO EXPAND ON OTHER FACTORS TOWARDS THAT. BUT THE APPLICANT ESSENTIALLY REQUEST A REDUCTION IN THAT RATIO. WHAT THEY'RE PROVIDING IS ACTUALLY A BIT ABOVE THE 1.1 RATIO. I THINK IT'S 1.17, TO BE EXACT. BUT THE STUDY PROVED OUT A 1.1 RATIO AS BEING SUFFICIENT. STREET SCAPING FOR THE MOST PART, THE APPLICANT IS MEETING THIS. THEY ARE PROVIDING STREET SCAPING ALONG ALL FOUR EDGES. SO THE SIDEWALK, CURB, STREET FURNISHING, STREET TREES AS WELL, BENCHES, PLANTERS AND LIKE, LIGHTING JUST WITH THE EXISTING CONDITIONS. OVERHEAD ELECTRIC, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, PREVENTS A LARGE CANOPY TREES FROM BEING PLANTED UNDER OR IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THEM. SO THOSE NEED TO BE SUBSTITUTED WITH SMALLER ORNAMENTAL TREES. SPACE JUST WASN'T THERE TO MEET EVERY SINGLE AMENITY. BUT THEY ARE PROVIDING STREET SCAPING MORE FEASIBLE. COVERED PARKING, THE GDC REQUIRES 50 PERCENT OF PARKING TO BE COVERED, THE APPLICANT IS PRESENTING ABOUT FORTY THREE PERCENT OF COVERED PARKING. BUT IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT MUCH OF THE PARKING YOU'RE PROVIDING IS ALONG THE STREET AND [00:45:01] THAT CANNOT BE COVERED. CARPORTS COVERING STREET PARKING. THEY ALSO HAVE AN AISLE OF PARKING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE DEVELOPMENT ALONG AVENUE B THAT CAN ALSO NOT BE COVERED BECAUSE OF THE OVERHEAD ELECTRIC. NO STRUCTURES ARE ALLOWED. SO IF YOU WERE TO EXCLUDE THOSE FACTORS, THE STREET PARKING, AISLE THEY WOULD BE MEETING OR ESSENTIALLY MEETING AT 50 PERCENT OR EXCEEDING IT. PARKING LOT TREES DEVIATING JUST A BIT FROM THE ONE, TREE PER, SIX REQUIRED SPACES ON A COUPLE OF THE AISLES, NOT CERTAINLY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PARKING LOT, BUT JUST A COUPLE OF SPOTS. BUT THIS ALLOWS FOR JUST MAINTAINING AS MUCH PARKING AS THEY CAN GET. AND OF COURSE, THEY ARE PROVIDING TREES ALONG ALL THE STREET EDGES AND CARPORT COLUMN CLADDING. WE'VE SEEN THIS DEVIATION BEFORE. THE DEVELOPER SERVICES COMMITTEE HAS DISCUSSED THIS. YOU'LL PROBABLY BE SEEING SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN THE NEAR FUTURE OR EXAMINING THIS IN THE GDC. BUT THE CARPORT COLUMNS FOR MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT ARE REQUIRED TO BE ARCHITECTURALLY INTEGRATED AND SIMILAR TO THE MATERIALS AND COLOR OF THE MAIN BUILDING. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING MASONRY CLADDING OF THE COLUMNS ONLY AT THE ENDS OF THE STRUCTURES AND NOT THE MIDDLE COLUMNS. SUP IS REQUESTED THAT'S NEEDED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE DRIVE THROUGH SERVICE, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO REACTIVATE THAT DRIVE THROUGH LANE AT THE CHASE BANK BUILDING AND THEY WOULD HAVE AN ATM DRIVE UP ATMS THERE. SO THEY'RE PROPOSING A TIME PERIOD OF 15 YEARS FOR THAT DRIVE THRU LANE, WHICH IS BANK SITE. THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF ALL THREE REQUESTS WITH A FEW CONDITIONS, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE 90 DEGREE PARKING ON REDONDO DRIVE THE THE EAST SIDE OF REDONDO DR AND ALSO WITH A PARKING STUDY TO BE SUBMITTED FIVE YEARS AFTER COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT TO JUST KIND OF REEXAMINE THE PARKING SITUATION AND JUST SEE HOW IT'S GOING AND IF ANYTHING, ANY ACTION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN. AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION ALSO RECOMMENDED 15 YEARS FOR THE SUP. RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE DETAILED PLAN, AS WELL AND THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AS APPROVAL. AND WE MAILED OUT ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN NOTIFICATION LETTERS AND WE RECEIVED THREE IN FAVOR, TWO OF THOSE WERE WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA. ONE WAS OUTSIDE AND WE RECEIVED FIVE IN OPPOSITION. FOUR OF THOSE WERE WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA. ONE WAS OUTSIDE. ONE INDIVIDUAL OR ONE ADDRESS SUBMITTED. I THINK LIKE THREE, MAYBE FOUR OPPOSITION LETTERS. WE JUST COUNTED THAT AS ONE ADDRESS. ONE RESPONSE, ESSENTIALLY. AND MAYOR, I WILL STOP SHARING MIND TO ANSWER, ANY QUESTIONS? OK, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF FOLKS, COUNCIL MEMBER VERA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS IS FOR WILL. WILL THEY TAKE THAT SIGN IN THE FRONT ON GARLAND ROAD OFF WHEN THEY DEMOLISHED THE. RESTAURANT, YOU KNOW, COMING DOWN THERE NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THE APPLICANT MAY BE ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING, I SHOULD HAVE PROBABLY POINTED THAT OUT IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT IN LANDSCAPE PLAN, YOU MAY NOTICE A PLAZA WITH SOME TREE PLANTERS AND THE LIGHT ON THAT NORTHWEST CORNER OF GARLAND AVENUE AND AVENUE B WOULD BE NICE SEATING AREA. THE APPLICANT MAY BE ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT SO FEW QUESTIONS OK. [INAUDIBLE] SAYING, YES, IT'S COMING DOWN. SO THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. MR. MAYOR. MR. GUERIN. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON THE HOT TOPIC OF PARKING HERE, OF COURSE, ON THE PARKING ON THE WEST SIDE, THOSE PARKING SPACES. I KNOW THAT IN THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT WE CAN COUNT ADJACENT PARKING SPACES THAT ARE IN THE PUBLIC ROADWAY. THIS IS A LITTLE ATYPICAL. WHERE IT'S HALF IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY AND HALF ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE TYPICALLY SEE OR IS THAT STILL ACCEPTABLE AS PARKING SPACES THERE IT'S ACCEPTABLE. IT WAS REVIEWED BY THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS ENGINEERING. HOW OFTEN THAT'S HAPPENED IN THE PAST, I PROBABLY CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT TOO MUCH, BUT IT MAY BE SOMETHING WE SEE MORE WITH MORE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS HAVING OLDER STREET SECTIONS. SO PROBABLY WON'T BE THE LAST, CERTAINLY. BUT YES, CERTAINLY WE UNDERSTAND THE ODDITY OF HAVING THE MOST IMPROVED [00:50:05] SIDE ON ONE SIDE AND NOT AS MUCH ON THE OTHER. BUT OF COURSE, THE DEVELOPERS IS JUST KIND OF REQUIRED WHAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO. AND THE CITY WILL CERTAINLY HELP FACILITATE IN ANY WAY WE CAN. AND MY LAST QUESTION REGARDING PARKING IS THE PARKING POST CONSTRUCTION FIVE YEAR PARKING STUDY, IF THAT STUDY COMES UP LACKING IN PARKING, WHAT OPTIONS DO WE HAVE? IT'S ALREADY BEEN BUILT AT THAT POINT. I MEAN. [INAUDIBLE] WE CAN DO SO. YEAH. YEAH, THAT SCENARIO DIDN'T QUITE COME UP, I PROBABLY DON'T HAVE A GREAT ANSWER FOR YOU, I'M SORRY I UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGE WOULD HAVE TURNED OUT. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SIR, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I KNOW WE DO HAVE THE APPLICANT WITH US TO ANSWER SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS. AND I DON'T SEE ANYONE SO. MAXWELL, I BELIEVE YOU'RE UP. YES, MAYOR, COUNCIL, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, SIR. GO AHEAD, MAXWELL FISHER. WITH MASTER PLAN 2201 MAIN STREET, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75201 REPRESENTING GROUND FLOOR DEVELOPMENT. WE ALSO HAVE JOSH MILLSAP WITH KSM, OUR PROJECT ENGINEER, TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT I'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO ANSWER. I DO HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE. I COULD SHARE MY SCREEN. CAN YOU SEE THE SCREEN? YES, SIR, GO AHEAD. OK, SO THE GROUND FLOOR TEAM HAS OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE. THEY SPECIALIZE IN RESIDENTIAL AND MIXED-USE PROJECT IN URBAN AND SUBURBAN AREAS, AND THEIR GOAL IS TO CREATE THE MOST LONG TERM VALUE FOR BOTH THEIR INVESTORS AND THE COMMUNITY. NORMALLY THE PROJECT IS, I THINK, WHAT'S CRITICAL ABOUT THIS AND THE BENEFIT ABOUT THIS PROJECT IS THAT WE'VE SEEN NORTHEAST, DOWNTOWN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF DOWNTOWN REDEVELOP AND HAVE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AND RESIDENTIAL COME IN AND START TO REVITALIZE THE DOWNTOWN AREA. BUT THE WEST SIDE IS A BIT LAGGING. AND SO THIS PROJECT WILL BE A CATALYST FOR THE WEST PART OF DOWNTOWN. AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT NOT ONLY REDEVELOPING A CHALLENGING SITE THAT WAS FORMERLY DEVELOPED WITH THE FORMER WYATT CAFETERIA AND A CHASE BANK THAT IS SOMEWHAT BUT PREDOMINANTLY UNDERUTILIZED. BUT IT'S GOING TO SUPPORT A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN BY BRINGING IN INCREASING THAT CRITICAL MASS OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE DOWNTOWN. HERE'S A RENDERING OBLIQUE SHOT LOOKING AT THE NORTHWEST FROM AVENUE B AND GARLAND AVENUE. WE ARE PROPOSING THREE RESIDENTIAL NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS. ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE UNITS, THREE STORIES. WE'RE PROVIDING AN URBAN GARDEN, URBAN DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS THE BUILDINGS PUSHED OUT TO THE PERIMETER TO MEET THE SPIRIT AND EXTENT OF THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT AND WHERE YOU CAN SEE HOW WE'VE INTEGRATED THE DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE EXISTING CHASE TOWER. AND I'LL GET INTO IN A BIT. WE ARE PROPOSING A POCKET PARK OPEN SPACE FEATURE AT THE HARD CORNER OF AVENUE B AND GARLAND AVENUE, AND THERE WILL ALSO BE A WALL, A LIT WALL FEATURE WALL WITH ITS DISTINCTIVE LIGHTING, WITH ARTWORK THAT WOULD CREATE AN EXCELLENT PLAZA, AND FOCAL POINT FOR THE PUBLIC. THE LEASING AREA FOR THE RESIDENTIAL IS IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT THERE, WHERE YOU SEE THAT SLIP ROAD PARKING, THE OFFICE AND CLUBHOUSE WILL BE WITH WHERE YOU SEE THE ANGLED ROOF ALONG AVENUE B. AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO GO BACK TO THIS DRAWING LATER ON. THIS IS YOUR SITE PLAN. THE PLAN IS THREE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS. WE'RE GOING TO BE. HAVING IT AT THE CHASE BANK WILL BE USING THE NINETY SEVEN HUNDRED SQUARE FEET, THE ENTIRE FIRST FLOOR FOR NOW, THAT'S PART OF THE CURRENT LEASE. YOU'RE ASKING FOR A 15 YEAR LEASE FOR THE DRIVE THROUGH THE SUP DRIVE THROUGH COMPONENT OF THAT. THERE IS AN ATM DRIVE THROUGH THAT THE BANK WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO USE. WE'D ALSO AT LEAST LIKE THE FLEXIBILITY OF KEEPING ONE DRIVE THRU WINDOW. IT'S LIKELY NOT GOING TO BE USED BY THE BANK. THERE'S CURRENTLY THREE DRIVE THRU WINDOWS ALONG THAT DRIVE THROUGH, BUT WE LIKE TO KEEP ONE JUST FOR FLEXIBILITY. BUT IT WILL LIKELY JUST BE AN ATM FOR CARS. THERE'S GOING TO BE [INAUDIBLE] ON BOTH AVENUE B AND WILSON ON THIS DEVELOPMENT. AND I MENTIONED THE PUBLIC PLAZA. PHASE ONE IS 3 STORIES, 155 UNITS, AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE GOING TO BE CATERING TO TWO [00:55:08] THIRDS OF DEVELOPMENT, ONE BEDROOM. SO WE WILL BE TARGETING YOUNG, SINGLE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS. THAT WILL BE, OF COURSE, ALSO ACCOMMODATING VA EMPLOYEES, ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT STAFF, NURSES, SERVICE WORKERS, TEACHERS, POLICE AND FIREMEN. THIS WILL BE I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR A TOTALLY MARKET RATE UNIT. I THINK THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME DISCUSSION EARLY THAT IT WAS NOT GOING TO BE. THIS WILL BE STRICTLY MARKET RATE. WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THAT? WE DO OFFER A KERSEE OFFICER PROGRAM. WE LET A POLICE OFFICER LIVE A UNIT FOR EITHER A REDUCED RATE OR FREE. AND OF COURSE, WE'RE ACTIVELY MANAGED ON SITE AND, YOU KNOW, THEN JUST WHEN YOU HAVE AS YOU PROBABLY EXPERIENCE THIS WITH THE OTHER DISTRICT CROSSING, IS THAT WHEN YOU HAVE HIGHER OR TALLER BUILDINGS THAT FACE WITH BALCONY'S FACING THE STREET, YOU HAVE SORT OF THE EYES IN THE STREET. AND THAT ALONE ALSO HELPS WITH POLICING AND MINIMIZING CRIME AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AGAIN, THIS WILL BE A CATALYST FOR DOWNTOWN. I'LL BE HAPPY TO GO OVER THE DEVELOPMENT AGAIN WITH YOU. I THINK I'VE DONE OVER MOST OF THESE THINGS AND THE REASON WHY WE HAVE A PHASE ONE AND TWO, IT'S NOT SO MUCH THAT WE'RE DOING ONE PHASE AND THE NEXT PHASE IS GOING TO BE SOMEWHERE KICK DOWN THE ROAD. THE PHASE TWO, WHICH I'LL GET INTO IS THE 30 UNITS AND THE SECOND AND THIRD, SECOND THROUGH FIFTH FLOOR OF THE CHASE TOWER. AND THE REASON WHY THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE LONGER IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE REQUESTING MORE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION OR HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE AS A LANDMARK SO WE CAN RECEIVE ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO HELP US WITH THE ADAPTIVE REUSE OF THAT BUILDING. THAT BUILDING HAS ASBESTOS AND OTHER CHALLENGES, BUILDING FIRE CODES THAT MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO REDEVELOP A BUILDING AND MAKE IT OBVIOUSLY ACCOMMODATE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. SO THAT WILL HELP WITH THOSE CHALLENGES. BUT WE ARE VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE'LL MAKE IT HAPPEN. AND WE FIGURED OUT THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT. THAT MAY TAKE A LITTLE LONGER THAN, OF COURSE, THE NEW DEVELOPMENT. THERE'S ALSO A PLAN FOR IN THE FUTURE, IF THE BANK EVER GOES AWAY, THEY HAVE FIVE YEARS LEASE. TERMS EVERY FIVE YEARS THEY RELEASE THEIR RENEWAL, BUT THEY END UP GOING AWAY. WE WOULD LIKE TO PUT A CAFE, COFFEE SHOP WORK OR LIKE A WORK CAFE IN THE FRONT, TWO THOUSAND SQUARE FEET, THAT FACES, GARLAND AVENUE. AND THEN THE REBALANCE EITHER WOULD BE IF THE BANK, WHEN THEY GOT RENEGOTIATED AND REDUCE THE SIZE OF THEIR WORKSPACE, OR THAT COULD BECOME AN ADDITIONAL AMENITY POTENTIALLY FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS. SO THERE'S SOME THAT'S SORT OF UP IN THE AIR, BUT THAT'S SORT OF OUR PLAN. SO FAR, ALL THE STREET WORK WILL BE DONE AND ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS NEW AROUND THE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE DONE WITH PHASE ONE. OF COURSE, PHASE TWO IS BASICALLY THE INSIDE OF THE CHASE BUILDING. YOU WOULDN'T NOTICE A DIFFERENCE. AS MENTIONED BY WILL, WE ARE REQUESTING A REDUCTION IN PARKING, OUR PARKING DEMAND ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT WE NEED 1.1 BASIS PER UNIT. WE ARE ASKING ALSO FOR A REDUCTION ON THE CHASE TOWER LOT BECAUSE WE HAVE A COMPLEMENTARY MIX OF USES DURING THE DAY WHEN OUR RESIDENT PARKING IS DOWN BECAUSE SOME RESIDENTS ARE AWAY. THAT'S WHEN YOU HAVE THE PEAK HOUR OF THE BANK. AND SO WE'LL NEVER HAVE MORE THAN 31 PARKING SPACES USED AT ANY ONE TIME DURING THE DAY. AND WE HAVE 37 PLANNED ON SITE. NOT TO MENTION THE ADDITIONAL PARKING AROUND THE NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILDING. AND OF COURSE, WERE NEAR LIGHT RAIL, BUS, WALK, BIKE, A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL THEY MAY EVEN LIVE AND WORK IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND NOT NEED TO DRIVE NECESSARILY SOME OF THE TIME. HERE'S OUR ELEVATION. WE HAVE A MIXTURE OF BRICK AND CEMENT JUST FIBERBOARD, SOME LIMESTONE AT OUR TOWER FEATURES. WE BELIEVE THIS IS A POLICY THAT FOLLOWS THE RHYTHMIC PATTERN THAT YOU SEE IN SOME OF THE OTHER RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS DOWNTOWN. I'LL BE HAPPY TO GO BACK OVER THESE AND ANSWER QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY. OUR TUCK UNDER GARAGES ARE SHOWING US THE INTERIOR SPACE ON OUR BUILDING TOO. I'VE AND THIS CAME UP, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND ALSO I'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH THE NEIGHBORS, WITH THE [INAUDIBLE] AND MARCUS REED WITH SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS ON THE WEST SIDE AND SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS IS THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT TRANSITIONS INTO AN EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SO WE HAVE AGREED TO CHANGE OUR PARKING TO 90 DEGREE ON REDONDO TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO BACK TO AVENUE B, AS OPPOSED TO HEADING WEST ON REDONDO AND ALSO WORKING, COORDINATING WITH TRANSPORTATION ON PUTTING UP SOME SIGNS TO DISCOURAGE [01:00:01] PEOPLE FROM DOING [INAUDIBLE] . WE'RE ALSO COUPLE OF THINGS THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT LIGHTING, WE WERE WORKING WITH GP&L AND PROVIDING APPROPRIATE STREET LIGHTING, WE WANT TO PROVIDE SAFE AND APPROPRIATE STREET LIGHTING TO MEET SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS CONCERNS. BUT WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO CREATE SUCH THE AMBIENT LIGHT THAT WE HAVE A LIGHT ISSUE TO WHERE WE'RE JUST LIGHTING UP THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A CAREFUL BALANCE THERE. AND HOW THOSE ARE PLACED AND WHERE THEY ARE AND HOW MANY THERE ARE. AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK AND COORDINATE WITH GP&L ON THAT. I THINK I'LL STAND. STOP THERE, MAYOR, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE COUNCIL ASKED. MAXWELL, YOU HAD 30 SECONDS LEFT, SO WOW, THIS IS NEW FOR YOU. USUALLY I HAVE TO ASK YOU TO SUM UP AT SOME POINT. OH, OK. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM MORRIS, THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, MAXWELL, AND AS ALWAYS, A PLEASURE TO WATCH SOME OF THESE PLANS COME TOGETHER. I THINK THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION ABOUT THE STREET LIGHT ISSUE. SO I SPENT A LOT OF TIME OVER THERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE WESTERN RESIDENTIAL LOOP, AND THAT WAS WHERE THERE WAS A CONCERN THAT IT'S DARK. AND HAVING BEEN OVER THERE, IT'S DARK AT NIGHT. SO GP&L COMPLETELY INDEPENDENTLY HAS AGREED TO INSTALL A STREETLIGHT IN THAT RESIDENTIAL LOOP, PART OF REDONDO. AND THAT WOULD BE, OF COURSE, IN ADDITION TO WHAT YOU'RE ALREADY DOING ALONG THE NORTH SOUTH SECTION OF REDONDO THAT'S ADJACENT TO YOUR DEVELOPMENT. RIGHT. SO I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE HAVING THE THE CURBS AND GUTTERS ADDED TO THE WEST SIDE OF REDONDO AS WELL AS THE EAST. THAT WAS ANOTHER CAUSE OF DISTRESS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I APPRECIATE YOU ADDRESSING THAT. AND THE 90 DEGREE PARKING, THE SIGNS AND ALL OF THAT, ALL OF THAT WILL BE VERY HELPFUL. AND JUST FOR ANY OF THE NEIGHBORS, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF THEM ARE ON HERE TONIGHT OR IF THEY PLAN TO TALK OR THEY MIGHT BE WATCHING. BUT THE LITTLE PUBLIC SPACE POCKET PARK THERE AT THE NORTH WEST CORNER, OBVIOUSLY, THAT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. SO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND OTHER PEOPLE ARE FREE TO USE IT. THAT ISN'T THAT AMENITY JUST FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE DRAPER, CORRECT? CORRECT. OK. RIGHT. AND YEAH, THAT POST CONSTRUCTION PARKING STUDY HAS LEFT ME. PUZZLED. SO HAS THAT EVER BEEN A PART OF A DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU'VE DONE BEFORE? IT HAS NOT. WE HAD A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THAT INTERNALLY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM. AND TYPICALLY, ONCE DEVELOPMENT'S DONE, IT'S PRETTY DIFFICULT TO REQUIRE A POST ANALYSIS OF PARKING. TYPICALLY, THE ONLY TIME I'VE EVER SEEN THAT DONE IS IF YOU HAVE, FOR INSTANCE, A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE COMING UP FOR RENEWAL. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MIGHT BE CONSIDERED IS YOU WOULD EVALUATE WHETHER THERE'S ENOUGH PARKING OR THERE'S A PARKING ISSUE AND SOMETHING LIKE THIS. THAT'S A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT THAT BASICALLY RUNS WITH THE LAND. THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME THAT THAT'S EVER BEEN ASKED. AND I YOU KNOW, BEING A FORMER CITY ADMINISTRATOR, THAT'S A VERY HARD TO ENFORCE TYPE OF THING WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE'D BE HAPPY TO IF WE HAVE. I THINK THE FIRST PERSON THAT DOESN'T WANT A PARKING PROBLEM IS THE OPERATOR OR THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING. WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO PARKING PROBLEMS. THERE AND AS YOU PROBABLY ARE AWARE, THERE SOME POTENTIAL FUTURE INVESTMENT IN THIS AREA THAT THE DEVELOPER IS GOING TO DO. I THINK THEY MIGHT EVEN LEND ITSELF TO PROVIDING SOME ADDITIONAL PARKING IN THE EVENT THERE IS AN ISSUE THAT WE'VE SOMEHOW MISSED, BUT WE FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT THESE GUYS DO A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT AND THEY HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT THEIR PARKING DEMAND IS. OK? AND FROM MY LIVING DOWN THE STREET FROM THERE, THE ONLY THING THAT CROSSED MY MIND IS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET THAT SHEPARD CATHOLIC CHURCH IS A VERY LARGE CHURCH WITH LIMITED PARKING. AND THEY HAVE THEY HAVE LEASE AGREEMENTS ALL AROUND. AND SO THERE'S PLENTY OF PARKING FOR THEM. I WAS CONCERNED THAT YOU MIGHT GET OVERFLOW ON SUNDAYS, BUT ON SUNDAYS I WOULD. BY YOUR STUDIES. IS THAT WHEN YOU WOULD HAVE MORE RESIDENTS LIKELY TO BE HOME AND SO ALREADY PARKED IN THEIR SPACES? I THINK THAT'S A FAIR STATEMENT. [01:05:02] YES, DEFINITELY. I WOULD THINK PEOPLE ARE HOME ON SUNDAY MORE THAN ANY OTHER DAY. WE I THINK ANY TIME YOU HAVE INTENSIVE OR JUST ANY SORT OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT. YOU HAVE TO SORT OF SELF POLICE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT YOUR NEIGHBORS PARKING WHERE THEY SHOULDN'T BE ON YOUR PROPERTY BECAUSE IT CREATES A PROBLEM FOR US. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME OF THAT. BUT WE HAVE AN ON SITE MANAGEMENT TEAM THAT WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT AND MAKE SURE OUR RESIDENTS ARE ONLY PARKING IN OUR PROPERTY, AS WELL AS JUST A FEW GUESTS HERE IN THERE. ALL RIGHT, MAYOR, THOSE WERE THOSE WERE ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR THE DEVELOPER. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER VERA. MAXWELL, MAXWELL, HOW ARE YOU DOING? GREAT. ARE THE PARKING SPACES GOING TO BE DESIGNATED FOR THE RESIDENTS? THAT WON'T BE THERE? THEY'VE BEEN THERE, OR IS IT GOING TO BE FREE PARKING? WELL, THERE'S GOING TO BE RESIDENT PARKING ONLY IN CERTAIN AREAS, OF COURSE, THE GARAGES AND IN CERTAIN AREAS ON THE INTERIOR BEHIND THE CHASE BANK TOWER, AND THEN THERE WILL BE MORE FLEXIBLE PARKING ON THE CHASE BANK TOWER ITSELF, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE BANK PARKING AND RESIDENT PARKING. I SUSPECT THAT THERE MAY BE SOME MARKED SPACES FOR RESIDENTS VERSUS NOT, BUT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT HAS COME UP OR DISCUSSED IN DETAIL. BUT FOR THE MOST PART, IT'S GOING TO BE COORDINATED TO WHERE THE PUBLIC PARKING THE PARKING, THAT NEEDS THE FLEXIBILITY WHERE YOU HAVE POTENTIAL BANK CUSTOMERS AND RESIDENTIAL IS FLEXIBLE. AND THEN THE AREAS THAT ARE MORE PRIVATE WOULD BE FOR RESIDENTS, OF COURSE. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCIL, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? OK, LET ME IS THERE ANYONE, ANYONE WHO IS ATTENDING WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. HERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN HERE IS I WILL OPEN THE LINE ON OUR END AND THEN YOU CAN UNMUTED ON YOURS. AND IF YOU COULD GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, THEN WE WILL THEN YOU WILL HAVE YOUR TIME. THE FIRST SPEAKER IS CHRISTINE VALDEZ I'VE OPENED THE LINE ON OUR END. HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON AND GOOD EVENING, ACTUALLY. HOW ARE YALL. MY NAME IS CHRISTINE VALDEZ. I LIVE AT 1441 REDONDO. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT HERE FOR QUITE A WHILE. IN FACT, I PROBABLY EMAILED FEW OF THIS, THIS INFORMATION JUST A MINUTE AGO. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR TWENTY FIVE YEARS AND THIS IS AN OLD NEIGHBORHOOD. THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE ARE ARE MAINLY HISPANIC AND A BUNCH OF THEM DO NOT SPEAK ENGLISH. SO I'M SURE YOU'RE NOT GETTING A WHOLE LOT OF INPUT FROM THEM. MY QUESTION IS, HAS ANYBODY COME OUT TO SPEAK WITH THEM IN PERSON OR VIA SKYPE OR VIA ZOOM TO TRY TO SPEAK WITH THEM? BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE AWARE OF EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON AND I'M JUST CONCERNED WITH THE TRAFFIC THAT MAY OCCUR. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN GUARANTEE THAT WE WON'T BE HAVING A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON OUR STREET. IT IS A VERY QUIET STREET. OK, WE WILL TRY TO GET YOUR QUESTIONS ADDRESSED, EITHER BY STAFF OR THE DEVELOPER AND CAN I ADD ONE MORE THING, PLEASE? GO AHEAD YOU STILL HAVE TIME. OK, COOL. I RECEIVED THE LETTER WITH YAY OR NAY, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SEND IT BACK. THERE'S NO INFORMATION AS TO WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SEND THE LITTLE PIECE OF PAPER BACK TO YALL WITH WITH AN APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF THIS. AND I WAS LIKE, OK, IF I WHO SPEAK ENGLISH, CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHERE TO SEND THIS TO, HOW ARE MY NEIGHBORS WHO ARE HISPANIC GOING TO FIGURE THAT OUT? OK, WE HAVE UPDATED THAT PROCESS, SO I'LL HAVE MR. GUERIN SPEAK TO THAT. YES. MR. MAYOR, THAT LETTER POINT SHE MAKES IS A GOOD POINT. [01:10:03] THAT'S SOMETHING WE NOTICED ON ONE OF OUR LAST ROUNDS OF LETTERS THAT THE INSTRUCTIONS WEREN'T REAL CLEAR. WHERE WE HAD EMAIL ADDRESSES ON THERE AND KIND OF WHERE TO GO TO VOICE YOUR INPUT ONLINE. BUT THE COMMENT FORM ITSELF DIDN'T REALLY EXPLICITLY SAY WHERE TO MAIL IT TO. THE INFORMATION WAS VERY SPREAD OUT. SO WE ON THE COMMENT FORM IN THESE LATEST ROUNDS OF LETTERS THAT WE'VE BEEN SENDING OUT, WE'VE MADE SURE TO ADD THE SIMILAR INSTRUCTIONS THAT WE HAD BEFORE IN OUR PREVIOUS TEMPLATE SO THAT THAT HAS BEEN ADDED I APOLOGIZE. THAT WASN'T REFLECTED ON THE LETTERS THAT SHE RECEIVED. BUT BUT THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD. OK, THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY OTHER OF MY NEIGHBORS ON TODAY, I'VE GOT A FEW MORE PEOPLE IN THE QUEUE HERE. OK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. MY NEXT SPEAKER IS CARL STOUTS. MR. STOUTS I'VE OPENED THE LINE ON OUR END. IF YOU'D GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE CCOUNCIL. MY NAME IS CARL STOUTS. 3425 ROCKMARTIN IN FARMERS BRANCH. I'M SPEAKING TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF TWO OF THE NEIGHBORS AND ANOTHER FOUR FAMILIES WHO HAVE NOT FINALLY DECIDED TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES. AND THEY'RE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT ONE THING, THE TRAFFIC IN THE PARK. IN FACT, EVERYONE WE SPOKE TO SAID THEY DON'T WANT TO OPPOSE THE PROJECT. I THINK MOST OF THEM ACTUALLY WILL LIKE IT. BUT THE PARKING'S A BIG DEAL, BIGGER DEAL THAN HAS BEEN REPRESENTED TONIGHT. MS. VALDEZ MAKES AN EXCELLENT POINT TO SUM IT UP. IMAGINE US ADDING TWENTY FIVE PARKING SPACES COMMITTED TO SOMEBODY ELSE ON YOUR STREET. THAT'S WHAT THIS PROPOSAL DOES. IT'S NOT BAD, IT'S JUST INCONSIDERATE. YOU'VE ALREADY REDUCED EXCUSE ME, THE PARKING RATIO PROBABLY IS A REASONABLE THING TO DO IN TODAY'S URBAN WORLD. BUT AGAIN, IT MEANS THAT THE CARS ARE GOING TO FILL UP THE PARKING SPACES. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF EXTRA. CONSEQUENTLY, WE THINK THAT THOSE PARKING SPACES AND THE LIFESTYLES OF THE PEOPLE IN THE APARTMENTS ARE GOING TO MAKE THAT A FAIRLY BUSY AREA. SO THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS, LET'S SEPARATE THE TWO. LET'S SEPARATE THE REDONDO NEIGHBORHOOD FROM THE APARTMENT PROJECT. THEY'LL GET ALONG JUST FINE. THEY JUST DON'T HAVE TO COEXIST UP AND DOWN THE SAME TRAFFIC PATTERN. WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS THAT YOU SEPARATE THE TWO WITH A TRAFFIC BARRIER OF LANDSCAPING. AND TO THE EXTENT THAT WE WORK OUT A DETAILED SOLUTION WITH TRAFFIC, WE EITHER LEAVE THE EXISTING 12 FOOT PRIVATE DRIVE AS IT IS OR WIDEN IT TO TWENTY FOUR FEET. AND YOU'VE DONE A FULL FIRE LINE AND WORKING ZIGZAG STRAIGHT THROUGH THE REDONDO NEIGHBORHOOD. MS. POTTER, IF YOU WOULD, PUT UP OUR LITTLE GRAPHIC THERE AND SHOW THAT TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. ARE YOU ABLE TO SEE MY SCREEN? YES, WE CAN. COULD YOU CENTER IT A LITTLE BETTER? LET ME SEE IF I CAN. MUCH BETTER IS THAT HELPFUL. OK, YES, THANK YOU, MISS POTTER. YOU'RE WELCOME. UNFORTUNATELY FOR US TO DO THIS L-SHAPE EXTENSION OF REDONDO, WE WOULD LOSE A FEW PARKING SPACES ON THE WEST SIDE PARKING BEHIND THE APARTMENT BUILDINGS. BUT WE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE JUST TAKING AWAY FROM THE DEVELOPER. MR. FISHERS POINTED OUT EXACTLY HOW A LOT OF THIS WORKS AND I THINK THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB. SO IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, WE ARE SHOWING A REVISION TO ONE OF THEIR PARKING AREAS. IF WE SEPARATE REDONDO SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING FROM APARTMENT HOUSING, THEN THE USE OF REDONDO AS AN EXIT FOR THAT ADDITIONAL PARKING ALLOWS US TO EXPAND IT BY [01:15:03] EIGHT CARS. THE NET RESULT IS THAT WE CAN GET ALONG TOGETHER, EXPAND THE LANDSCAPING AS REQUIRED FROM URBAN DISTRICTS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES, AND THEY CAN PROCEED WITH THE PROJECT THEY'VE GOT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCILMAN OR MR. FISHER OR MR. GUERIN? OK, THANK YOU, CARMA, IF YOU CAN UNSHARE THE SCREEN FOR ME, THANK YOU. OK, MR. [INAUDIBLE], WE WILL GIVE SOME TIME TO MR. FISHER TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE. AND THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. IF STAFF HAS A COPY OF THAT IMAGE, CAN YOU PLEASE ASK THEM TO EMAIL IT OUT REAL QUICK? I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT A LITTLE MORE CARMA. CAN YOU DO THAT FOR US, PLEASE? SURE. THANK YOU MAYOR. OK, MR. FISHER, YOU'VE HEARD THE TWO SPEAKERS AND THEIR CONCERNS, AND SO AT THIS POINT, I GIVE YOU TIME TO ADDRESS THOSE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. TO MS. VALDES'S CONCERNS THERE ARE ONLY TWENTY FIVE PARKING SPACES ON CORONADO PLAN. SO WE ARE LIMITING THE OVERALL NUMBER OF THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT DOES ENCOURAGE ON STREET PARKING. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY FOLLOWING THE PLAN AND WE DO NEED THE PARKING. IT'S PART OF THE SUPPLY WE NEED TO SERVE BOTH RESIDENTS AND GUESTS. THERE WAS A PREVIOUS PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED AND I THINK WILL HAD MENTIONED THAT ACTUALLY HAD A FOUR STORY'S AT A GREATER DENSITY AND THAT ACTUALLY HAD A PARKING GARAGE THAT HAD A DIRECT ACCESS POINT TO RODANDO. THIS PLAN ACTUALLY HAD NO DIRECT ACCESS. SO I THINK THAT KEY IS THAT EVEN THOUGH WE DO HAVE SOME PARKING ON RODANDO, WE ARE EFFECTIVELY KIND OF CUTTING OURSELVES OFF FROM THE WEST, OUR ACCESS TO VEHICULAR DIRECT VEHICLE ACCESS IS FROM THE OTHER THREE STREETS. SO THE ONLY ACCESS THAT WE'LL HAVE DIRECTLY TO RODANDO IS THE SIDEWALK. SO I THINK THAT'S PRETTY CRITICAL HERE. ON THE COMMENTS ON THE OTHER PLANS. OH, AND ANOTHER THING IS, IS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING LANDSCAPING AND TREES AND SHRUBS ALONG OUR WESTERN BUILDING FACE TO BUFFER FROM OUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORS TO THE WEST. THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE DO HAVE A THERE'S A SLIP DRIVE OR A PRIVATE DRIVE THAT NOW CONNECTS RODANDO TO WILSON THAT'S ACTUALLY ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, THAT'S NOT IN THE CITY RIGHT OF WAY. AND SO THAT WILL GO AWAY THAT, YOU KNOW, TO ACCOMMODATE THE GRADING, THE LANDSCAPING WE HAD PLANNED ALONG THERE TO BUFFER FROM THE RESIDENTIAL. WE HAVE SOME UTILITIES THERE. AND I GUESS THAT'S A GOOD SEGWAY INTO THAT PLAN THAT WAS SHOWN. I DON'T KNOW IF THE PLAN CAN BE PUT BACK UP BY I ANALYZED IT AS QUICKLY AS I COULD IN ABOUT 15, TO 20 SECONDS. BUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I. I CAN HAVE CARMA BRING IT BACK UP. EITHER WAY THAT IS FINE. COUPLE OF THINGS IS THAT I THINK THERE WAS A THERE WAS A CONCEPT BROUGHT UP OF CLOSING OFF RODANDO, MAKING IT A TRUE DEAD END TODAY, IT JUST SORT OF IT WRAPS AROUND, IT'S NOT A DEAD END AT ALL, IT JUST DOESN'T GO THROUGH TO WILSON THROUGH A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. AND SO MAKING THAT A DEAD END, ONE DOES EVERY NEIGHBOR WANT THAT TO BE A DEAD END. I WOULD SAY MAYBE NOT. MAYBE THEY WANT TO MAINTAIN THAT ACCESS, AS YOU HAD NORTH OF RODANDO, WEST OF THERE, TWO YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE'RE BASICALLY TRADING OUT PARKING. WE'RE LOSING SOME PARKING THERE. IT WOULD REQUIRE RIGHT OF WAY TO BE ABANDONED AND INCORPORATE IN THE DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN THAT BY KEEPING THAT DRIVE THERE, WE'RE INTERFERING WITH SOME OF OUR DRAINAGE AND UTILITIES. I THINK THAT SUMS IT UP ON THIS PLAN. WE FEEL THE PLAN THAT IS PROPOSED STILL REMAINS THE BEST PLAN UNLESS THE LEAST AMOUNT OF DISRUPTION FOR THE NEIGHBORS AS THIS PROPERTY TRANSITIONS INTO THE DOWNTOWN AND THE EDGE OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA. AND CARMA YOU CAN BRING THE PLAN DOWN. THANK YOU. [01:20:05] OK, AND AS YOU WERE SAYING, THAT THE PLAN AS IT'S PRESENTED, MEETS OUR STANDARDS, CORRECT? {MULTIPLE SPEAKERS] SO YOU OR WILL THE THE PARKING PLAN AS PRESENTED, MEETS OUR CURRENT STANDARDS? CORRECT. IN TERMS OF THE PARKING CONFIGURATION ON THE STREET. YES. CORRECT. YES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. FISHER. AND LET'S SEE HERE, MR. [INAUDIBLE]. GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE ALLOW RESIDENTS, SPEAKERS ONE TIME IN THE QUEUE. I'M GOING TO MAKE AN EXCEPTION FOR JUST THIS MOMENT BECAUSE OF THE FORMAT THAT WE'RE IN. BUT I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO KEEP IT VERY BRIEF. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I THINK MR. FISHER IS GENERALLY CORRECT ABOUT WHAT HE'S SAYING, ALTHOUGH THE CHANGES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE PRETTY MINIMAL. PRINCIPALLY, WE'RE ASKING FOR A VISIBLE LANDSCAPE BARRIER SO PEOPLE DON'T DRIVE ONTO IT, ONTO THE RESIDENTIAL PART OF RODANDO. EXPANDING THE PRIVATE DRIVE TO THE NORTH MIGHT MAKE IT A FIRE LINE. THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS YOU CAN DO WITH THE CUL DE SAC OR A T HEAD NEITHER ONE OF THOSE NEEDS TO TAKE UP THAT MUCH LAND. THE TWENTY FOUR FOOT FIRE LINE WOULD ACCOMPLISH THAT. AND MR. FISHER KNOWS THAT ALL OF HIS DRAINAGE AND UTILITIES WILL BE DESIGNED CORRECTLY BY HIS FIRM IF THEY BUILT THE TWENTY FOUR FOOT FIRE LANE. SO I FIND IT A LITTLE BIT DISINGENUOUS THAT THIS IS A COMPLICATED CHANGE OF CONDITIONS ON THE PLAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. OK, THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, SORRY THAT YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT OFTEN THAT WE HAVE THIS MUCH INTERACTION AND THERE'S I FELT WE SHOULD ALLOW A COUPLE MORE MINUTES FOR THAT POINT. OK. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? I SEE NONE AND COUNCIL DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM MORRIS, WE HAVE CLEARED THE QUEUE ON THIS ITEM. OK, MAYOR, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WILL EXCLUDE THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE HOST OF PARKING STUDY AFTER FIVE YEARS. SO IF SOMEONE OBJECTS TO THAT, THEN I'LL CIRCLE BACK. BUT I WANT TO TRY IT THAT WAY FIRST, BECAUSE I'M STILL HAVING A HARD TIME SEEING THAT MAKES SENSE. SO I MOVE TO APPROVE A ZONING REQUEST, A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION REQUEST AND A DETAILED PLAN REQUEST BY MASTER PLAN AS AMENDED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE POST CONSTRUCTION FIVE YEAR PARKING STUDY TO DEVELOP A MIXED USE COMMUNITY LOCATED AT 111 AND 217 SOUTH GARLAND AVENUE 1413 WEST AVENUE B AND 1412 AND 1413 RODANDO DRIVE. AND WE HAVE A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM MORRIS, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER. SORRY, THERE YOU GO. COUNCIL MEMBER MCNEAL. I WAS LIKE I KNEW I SAW SOMEBODY MOTIONING AT ME TO APPROVE ITEMS 12 A, 12 B, 12 C, WHICH ARE THE ZONING REQUEST, THE SPECIFIC USE PROVISION IN THE DETAILED PLAN WITH THE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE INCLUDED. BUT EXCLUDING THE FIVE YEAR POST CONSTRUCTION PARKING STUDY, WHICH I CAN TELL YOU, I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THAT BEFORE. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT I'M NOT SURE ON THAT ONE. SO, COUNCIL, YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, PLEASE VOTE. AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. [01:25:01] AND THANK YOU TO THE CITIZENS WHO HAVE SPOKE ON THIS ITEM. THAT WILL MOVE US FORWARD TO ITEM 12. AND JUST REAL QUICKLY, COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS, THE NEXT CASE IS IN YOUR DISTRICT, AND IT IS ALSO A THREE PART PLAN. DO YOU HAVE ANY OPPOSITION TO ADDRESSING ALL PARTS AT THE SAME TIME? ABSOLUTELY NOT MAYOR. OK, VERY GOOD, SIR. [12D. Consider a Zoning request by Armando Palacios to allow the reconstruction of a restaurant with a drive-through. This property is located at 5621 Broadway Boulevard in District 4.] ITEM 12 D CONSIDER A ZONING REQUEST BY ARMANDO PALACIOS TO ALLOW THE RECONSTRUCTION OF A RESTAURANT WITH A DRIVE-THROUGH. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 5621 BROADWAY BOULEVARD IN DISTRICT FOUR AND IT INCLUDES 12 E. [12E. Consider a Specific Use Provision request by Armando Palacios to allow the reconstruction of a restaurant with a drive-through for a period of thirty (30) years. This property is located at 5621 Broadway Boulevard in District 4.] CONSIDER A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION REQUEST BY ARMANDO PALACIOS TO ALLOW THE RECONSTRUCTION OF A RESTAURANT WITH DRIVE THROUGH FOR A PERIOD OF 30 YEARS AT THE SAME ADDRESS AND THEN 12 F CONSIDER A DETAIL PLAN THAT WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS [12F. Consider a Detail Plan request by Armando Palacios for the reconstruction of a restaurant with a drive-through. This property is located at 5621 Broadway Boulevard in District 4.] SAME PROPERTY. MR. GUERIN. SORRY WAS MUTED. HAPPENS TO THE BEST OF US. LET ME RESTART THIS. OK, THANK YOU. [LAUGHTER] AND AS YOU SAID, MAYOR, THIS IS A PROPOSAL TO RECONSTRUCT AN EXISTING DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANT BUILDING SPECIFICALLY IT'S ACTUALLY A FORMER LONG JOHN SILVERS, WHICH IS BECOMING A BURGER KING. THE LOCATION IS 5621 BROADWAY BOULEVARD. AND THE GENERAL LOCATION CITY WIDE IS, AS THE STAR INDICATES IN SOUTH GARLAND. MORE SPECIFICALLY, IT'S ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF BROADWAY AND DUCK CREEK DRIVE, OUTLINED IN THE TEAL HERE, RIGHT ON THE CORNER SURROUNDING THE AREA IS MOSTLY OTHER COMMERCIAL USES, ZONED COMMUNITY RETAIL, THE LOT WITH THE LIGHT COMMERCIAL BASED ZONING TO THE NORTH. THE CONFERENCE AND PLAN DESIGNATES TRANSIT ORIENTED CENTERS TO THIS GENERAL AREA GOING REALLY STRETCHING ALL THE WAY DOWN BROADWAY TO I 30 OVER TO GREEN BELT PARKWAY. THIS PROPOSAL OFFERS A SUPPORTIVE SERVICE USE TO THIS AREA. IT IS CONVENIENTLY LOCATED CLOSE TO A DART BUS STOP. I BELIEVE THERE'S A STOP RIGHT THERE ON BROADWAY IN FRONT OF IT. AND THE PROPOSAL ALSO REPRESENTS REDEVELOPMENT IN THE REINVESTMENT OF AN EXISTING SITE. THE LONG JOHN SILVERS, AS I UNDERSTAND, IS NO LONGER THERE OR THE BUILDING IS CURRENTLY VACANT. SOME PHOTOS HERE IS ON THE TOP LEFT, THE SUBJECT SITE, THE BUILDING IN QUESTION. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO LARGELY STAY WITHIN THE EXISTING BUILDING FOOTPRINT, BUT IT WOULD INVOLVE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT RECONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING, THE WALLS AND THE ROOF AND ALL THAT. AND THE REMAINDER OF THE PHOTOS ARE THE SURROUNDING AREA, AGAIN, MOSTLY ZONED COMMERCIAL AND DEVELOPED AS VARIOUS COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL USES. THIS IS A SITE PLAN VERY SIMILAR TO THE EXISTING CONDITIONS. THE APPLICANT, OF COURSE, WOULD BE REACTIVATING THE DRIVE THROUGH LANE, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY TRIGGERING THE SUP AND THE NEW SUP. AND THE PROPOSAL COMPLIES WITH THE GDC PARKING REQUIREMENTS. THIS IS THE LANDSCAPE PLAN. THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING LANDSCAPING AND LARGELY BRING IT UP TO GDC COMPLIANCE WITH A FEW NEEDED DEVIATIONS DUE TO SOME SITE CONSTRAINTS. WE'LL GET TO HERE IN A MINUTE. BUT THEY'RE PROVIDING TREES AND SHRUBS ALONG BOTH BROADWAY AND DUCK CREEK, ALONG WITH SOME TREES AND SHRUBS INTERNAL TO THE SITE AS WELL. THESE BLACK AND WHITE ELEVATIONS SHOW A BEFORE AND AFTER THE TOP ELEVATION UP HERE IS HOW THE BUILDING CURRENTLY LOOKS RENDERING, OF COURSE, AND THE BOTTOM ELEVATION IS THE PROPOSAL. SO THESE ARE THE NORTH ELEVATIONS BEFORE AND AFTER. THE FRONT ELEVATION'S FACING DUCK CREEK DRIVE BEFORE AND AFTER, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A MORE MODERN STYLE OF BUILDING WHICH WOULD GO INTO MORE WINDOW SPACE OF COURSE, THE ELEVATION FACING BROADWAY AND THE ELEVATION FACING TO THE WEST TOWARDS ROBIN ROAD. AND HERE'S SOME COLOR ELEVATIONS TO ILLUSTRATE IT A LITTLE BETTER ON THE PROPOSAL TO THE EAST AND WEST ELEVATIONS AND THE NORTH AND SOUTH ELEVATIONS. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, A FEW DEVIATIONS ARE REQUESTED JUST TO KIND OF MAKE REALLY [01:30:06] MAKE THE SITE WORK WITHOUT REDESIGNING THE ENTIRE SITE PLAN, THE PARKING AND THE DRIVE THRU AISLE AND OF COURSE, THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT. AGAIN, THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING LANDSCAPING, REALLY AS MUCH LANDSCAPING THAT'S FEASIBLE JUST WITH THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER. FOR INSTANCE, THERE IS OVERHEAD ELECTRIC SIMILAR TO THE LAST ZONING CASE THERE IS OVERHEAD ELECTRIC, PREVENTING THE PLANTING OF LARGE CANOPY TREES. SO THEY'VE GOT TO SUBSTITUTE SOME OF THOSE WITH SMALL ORNAMENTAL TREES AND THE WIDTH OF THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER THEY'RE PROVIDING AS MUCH WIDTH AS THEY CAN. BUT THERE'S NOT REALLY SUFFICIENT SPACE FOR THE FULL 15 FOOT WIDE LANDSCAPE BUFFER WIDTH ALONG BROADWAY AND DUCK CREEK, SIMILAR ISSUE WITH THE PARKING AREA LANDSCAPING, THE LANDSCAPE ISLANDS THAT ARE PARTICULARLY CLOSE TO BROADWAY BOULEVARD HAVE OVERHEAD ELECTRIC JUST SIMPLY PREVENTING THE CANOPY TREES. SO THEY'RE SUBSTITUTING FOR ORNAMENTAL TREES AND THEY'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE ONE CANOPY TREE WHERE IT'S ENOUGH AWAY FROM THE OVERHEAD ELECTRIC. AND THERE'S ONE DEVIATION ON THE EAST ELEVATION REGARDING HORIZONTAL ARTICULATION. THIS IS JUST DUE TO THEM STAYING WITHIN THE EXISTING BUILDING FOOTPRINT. THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT SORT OF MINIMUM [INAUDIBLE] ON THAT EAST ELEVATION. OTHERWISE IT WOULD KIND OF MESS WITH THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT AND POTENTIALLY AFFECT THE SITE PLAN. SO BUT THAT'S OTHERWISE THE BUILDING ELEVATION'S CONFORM TO THE GDC. THAT'S THE ONLY DEVIATION. THE APPLICANT REQUESTS THE SUP TO BE IN EFFECT FOR A TIME PERIOD OF 30 YEARS. THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST, ALL THREE REQUESTS AS PRESENTED. AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS WELL. WE MAILED OUT FORTY SEVEN NOTIFICATION LETTERS ON THIS CASE AND WE ONLY RECEIVED ONE RESPONSE AND THAT WAS IN FAVOR AND IT WAS WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA. VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM. I SEE NONE. I KNOW WE HAVE THE APPLICANTS WITH US. I SEE THEM MOVING AROUND HERE, THERE YOU GO. HI, HOW ARE YOU DOING? GOOD. IF YOU COULD GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. MY NAME IS ARMANDO PALACIOS AND I LIVE IN A 4821 KINGFISHER LANE IN MESQUITE, TEXAS. AND I AM A PART OF THE DESIGNING GROUP FOR THIS PROJECT. DO YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION OR ARE YOU JUST HERE FOR QUESTIONS? I'M HERE FOR QUESTIONS. I DO WANT TO SAY I THANK THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND ALL THE STAFF FOR ALL THE HARD WORK AND HELP THAT THEY'VE BEEN PROVIDING TO US. AND WE'RE VERY, VERY HAPPY TO HAVE THIS PROJECT FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND SINCE THESE KIND OF BUILDINGS ARE FROM THE BURGER KING, THEY HAVEN'T BUILT THAT MANY OF THEM THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE FEWEST AND MANY MORE COMING THROUGH THE COUNTRY AS WELL. OK. VERY GOOD, SIR. THANK YOU. I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MAYOR. GOOD EVENING MR. PALACIOS. FIRST WELCOME TO GARLAND. THE CORNER THAT'S THE SITE YOU HAVE CHOSEN, BUT LONG JOHN SILVER LEFT THERE. I WAS WONDERING IF IT WAS GOING TO DO A HISTORICAL MARKER OR SOMETHING, THAT BUILDING. BUT AT THAT CORNER THERE, BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE MAJOR CORNERS IN SOUTH GARLAND AND IT'S BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE. AND I THINK THAT THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO BE WITH WHAT'S GOING ON ACROSS THE STREET WITH THE BANK, THE GROCERY STORE. MAYBE THIS SHOULD BE ANOTHER CATALYST TO UPGRADE THAT CORNER. SO I'M PLEASED TO SEE YOU. I'M PLEASED TO SEE THE PROJECT THERE. AND, YOU KNOW, AT THIS TIME, THE TIMING IS RIGHT. AND YOUR BRAND IS WELL KNOWN. BUT WHAT I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO DO IS PRIMARILY FOR THE BENEFIT OF CONSTITUENTS. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BRIEFLY ABOUT YOUR OPERATION THERE? WHAT KIND OF STAFFING ARE YOU LOOKING AT? CAN YOU JUST TELL US BRIEFLY ABOUT THE OPERATIONS, WHAT THE OPERATION IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AT THIS FACILITY? YES, JUST TO START WITH. I'M BASICALLY THE DESIGNER, BUT I HAVE SOME KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE OPERATION BECAUSE I DID WORK WITH THE OWNER OF THE FRANCHISEE THAT IS GOING IN THERE, HOPEFULLY. AND YES. AND THIS IS BASICALLY A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT. [01:35:02] IT DOESN'T. NOW, ON THIS TIME, THE WAY WE'RE LIVING NOW IS MOSTLY AND BUSINESSES MORE ARE GETTING EVEN BETTER FOR A DRIVE THRU THING. OK NOW. BUT OF COURSE, THIS IS HOPEFULLY WE GET OUT OF THESE THINGS REAL QUICK AND EVERYTHING GOES TO NORMAL AGAIN. AND THE STAFFING, NORMALLY IT'S FIVE TO SIX PERSON, FIVE OR SIX PEOPLE A DAY AND WILL NORMALLY OPERATE FROM 10 TO 10. 10 A.M. TO 10 P.M. AND OPEN FOR THE PUBLIC AND A DRIVE THROUGH AS WELL. LIKE I SAID, IT'S BASICALLY A DRIVE THROUGH, BUT IT'S A DINING IN AS WELL. NOW, AT THIS MOMENT, MOST OF THE BURGER KING'S ARE OPERATING. SOME OF THEM ARE OPERATING INSIDE AND JUST CARRY OUT AND SOME OF THEM ARE ONLY CARRY OUT. AT THIS POINT WE'RE PLANNING TO HAVE WHEN THESE BUILDING SHOULD BE ENDED OR READY, IT SHOULD BE OPERATING INSIDE AND OUTSIDE AS WELL. WE'RE PLANNING TO, OF COURSE, TO GET STAFF FROM TO HAVE STAFF FROM AROUND THE AREA AND WHENEVER THEY'RE HIRING PEOPLE TO TRY TO HELP PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE AREA TO BE HIRED TO WORK AT THAT SPECIFIC LOCATION AS WELL. AND, OF COURSE, AS YOU SAID, WE'RE SO PLEASED TO HELP THAT CORNER, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE IT LOOK BETTER, TRYING TO MATCH ALSO AND THE BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT AROUND, LIKE THE GAS STATION, THE BANK OF AMERICA AND OTHER BUILDINGS AROUND AND GET THAT CORNER BE LOOKING MUCH BETTER. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWER. YES, GO AHEAD. YES. AND AGAIN, WHAT WILL BE THE HOURS OF OPERATION? IT IT SHOULD BE FROM 10:00 A.M. TO 10:00 P.M., THAT'S WHAT IT NORMALLY GETS I DON'T THINK THAT THE OWNER AT THIS POINT HAS ANY DIFFERENT TIMING, BUT I WILL DEFINITELY GET WITH STAFF IF THAT IS DIFFERENT AT THIS AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE I'M THE DESIGNER, I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS, BUT IT'S NORMALLY FROM 10:00 A.M. TO 10:00 P.M. SIR. AND MY FINAL QUESTION FOR YOU. WHAT'S YOUR PROJECTION ON PROJECT COMPLETION? AFTER WE GET A BUILDING PERMIT IS ISSUED, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET ALL THE CONSTRUCTION DONE IN ABOUT FOUR MONTHS, FIVE MONTHS, THE LATEST. IT'S A COMPLICATED CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE SAME FOOTPRINT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BASICALLY DO A BRAND NEW BUILDING ANYWAY BUT IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE I SAID REALLY NICE BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO COMPLETELY CHANGE THE VIEW OF THAT CORNER. AND AND IT'S A BRAND NEW LOOK FOR BURGER KING. THEY CALL IT THE PAVILION IMAGE, AND IT'S A BRAND NEW IMAGE IN THE COUNTRY. OK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? JOSH GARCIA. THANK YOU MAYOR JOSH GARCIA 4029 MAYFLOWER DRIVE GARLAND, TEXAS, 75043. I THINK YOU ARMANDO AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION I'LL JUST TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT IS I JUST I KNOW THERE'S ANOTHER BURGER KING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF BROADWAY. IS THAT HIS, TOO? I DON'T KNOW THAT, WE'RE NOT HERE TO DISCUSS. WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY, NOT ONE'S ACROSS THE STREET. WELL, I'M SAYING BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO WELCOME HIM TO GARLAND. SO I JUST WANT TO WELCOME YOU IN. YOU KNOW, MY NAME IS JOSHUA GARCIA. I'M A RESIDENT OF GARLAND, TEXAS, AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD. I ALWAYS GET EXCITED WHEN THERE'S LIKE A NEW RESTAURANT OR SOME TYPE OF RESTAURANT HERE BECAUSE WE NEED A LOT OF RESTAURANTS HERE ON BROADWAY. BUT IT'S EXCITING. YOU KNOW, UNDER MY CONSIDERATION, WHENEVER YOUR BURGER KING IS OPEN I'LL MAKE SURE I INVITE MAYOR SCOTT LEMAY TO HAVE SOME BURGERS. AND, YOU KNOW, [INAUDIBLE]. HE ALSO LIKES PIES FROM PIEFALOOTIN. SO WE'LL MAKE SURE WE HAVE A GREAT LUNCH AND DINNER SO WE CAN MAKE LIKE THE CITIZENS PROUD OF OUR GARLAND MAYOR HERE. SO IT'S REALLY GREAT TO HAVE YOU AND WELCOME LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE THIS BURGER KING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU, JOSH. MAYOR IF THERE'S NOBODY ELSE. [LAUGHTER] COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, I DON'T KNOW HOW ANYONE WOULD FOLLOW THAT. I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT. IT'S A CHALLENGE [INAUDIBLE] WHAT I WAS ELSE IN THE [01:40:01] PUBLIC QUEUE OR COUNCIL HAS NO OTHER QUESTIONS THEN I'M PREPARED TO MAKE A MOTION. I BELIEVE WE HAVE CLEARED THE QUEUE ON BOTH SIDES. OK, WE CLEARED THE QUEUE MAYOR. I'M PREPARED TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE PD IN DISTRICT 80-42 FOR COMMUNITY RETAIL. SECONDLY, APPROVAL OF THE SUP TO ALLOW A RESTAURANT DRIVE THROUGH FOR A PERIOD OF THIRTY YEARS. AND THIRDLY, APPROVAL OF DETAILED PLAN ON A PROPERTY ZONED OF PD DISTRICT 80-42 FOR COMMUNITY RETAIL USES. VERY GOOD. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS AN A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM NICKERSON TO APPROVE ITEM 12D. THE ZONING REQUEST CHANGE ITEM 2E THE SPECIFIC USE PROVISION AND ITEM 12F THE DETAIL PLAN. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. IF NOT, PLEASE VOTE. AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MUCH. HAVE A NICE NIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. AND THE NEXT CASE IS IN DISTRICT. SORRY I LOST MY PAGE HERE. NEXT ITEM IS IN DISTRICT THREE. AND JUST REALLY QUICK, MAYOR PRO TEM NICKERSON. THIS IS ALSO ONE OF OUR MANY THREE PART ZONING CASES. ARE YOU OPPOSED TO ADDRESSING ALL AT THE SAME TIME? NO, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IT. OK, I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A STANDARD QUESTION. SO WE HAVE ITEM 12G. [12G. Consider a Zoning request by JDJR Engineers & Consultants, Inc. / Jim Dewey Jr. to improve an existing pole sign and reconstruct a new pylon sign. Additionally, the applicant requests to continue the gas station (including gas pumps for trucks) and drive-through restaurant uses. This property is located at 801 East Interstate Highway 30 in District 3.] CONSIDER A ZONING REQUEST BY JDJR ENGINEERS AND CONSULTANTS INC., JIM DEWEY JR. TO IMPROVE AN EXISTING POLE SIGN AND RECONSTRUCT A NEW PYLON SIGN. ADDITIONALLY, THE APPLICANT REQUEST TO CONTINUE THE GAS STATION, INCLUDING GAS PUMPS FOR TRUCKS AND DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANT USES. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 801 EAST INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 30 IN DISTRICT THREE. THE ACCOMPANYING PARTS 12 H. CONSIDER A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION BY JDJR ENGINEERS AND CONSULTANTS INC. [12H. Consider a Specific Use Provision request by JDJR Engineers & Consultants, Inc. / Jim Dewey Jr. to continue a drive-through restaurant use and a gas station (including gas pumps for trucks) use for a period of thirty (30) years. This property is located at 801 East Interstate Highway 30 in District 3.] AND JIM DEWEY JR. TO CONTINUE A DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANT USE AND GAS STATION, INCLUDING GAS PUMPS FOR TRUCKS FOR A PERIOD OF 30 YEARS. AND AGAIN, SAME PROPERTY ADDRESS AND ITEM 12 I CONSIDER A DETAILED PLAN BY [12I. Consider a Detail Plan request by JDJR Engineers & Consultants, Inc. / Jim Dewey Jr. to improve an existing pole sign and reconstruct a new pylon sign. Additionally, the applicant requests to continue the gas station (including gas pumps for trucks) and drive-through restaurant uses. This property is located at 801 East Interstate Highway 30 in District 3.] THE SAME APPLICANT AT THE SAME ADDRESS. MAYOR COUNCIL. MR. GUERIN. YOU CAN HEAR ME OK MAYOR. YES SIR GO AHEAD. OK MAKE SURE I'M NOT MUTED AGAIN. AS YOU SAID, MAYOR, THIS IS A PROPOSAL TO IMPROVE THE EXISTING POLE SIGN AND RECONSTRUCT A NEW PYLON SIGN AS WELL. ADDITIONALLY, THE APPLICANT REQUEST TO CONTINUE THE EXISTING GAS STATION FACILITY, INCLUDING GAS PUMPS FOR TRUCKS AND DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANT USE. THE LOCATION IS 801 EAST INTERSTATE 30. AND HERE'S A CITYWIDE LOCATION MAP IN SOUTH GARLAND. IT'S AT THE NORTH EAST CORNER OF I30 AND ZION ROAD. AND HERE IT IS MORE SPECIFICALLY OUTLINED IN TEAL. I SHOULD NOTE, THERE IS AN EXISTING SUP ON THE SITE AND IT ACTUALLY DOESN'T EXPIRE UNTIL 2027. IT DOES CURRENTLY ENTITLE THE FUEL PUMPS USE, INCLUDING BOTH FOR VEHICLES AND FOR TRUCKS AND THE DRIVE THRU RESTAURANT USE. IT'S BEEN VACANT AND IS NOW BEING REINVESTED IN AND REACTIVATED. AND OF COURSE THE SIGNAGE CONSIDERATIONS WERE KIND OF THE INITIAL TRIGGER FOR THIS PD REQUEST. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IDENTIFIES NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS FOR THIS SUBJECT PROPERTY AND THE USE IS LARGELY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THIS DESIGNATION. THERE ARE SOME FAIRLY TALL SIGNS BEING DISCUSSED THIS EVENING, BUT THEY PRIMARILY WEREN'T ORIENTED TOWARDS I30 AND HAVE A MINIMAL IMPACT ON ANY NEARBY RESIDENTIAL. AND IN ADDITION, THIS PROPOSAL REPRESENTS ANOTHER KIND OF REINVESTMENT OF AN EXISTING PROPERTY. AND SOME PHOTOS OF THE AREA. THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE. A SONIC RESTAURANT DRIVE THROUGH WOULD BE PART OF THIS REDEVELOPMENT REQUEST [01:45:01] AND SOME OTHER PHOTOS OF THE SURROUNDING AREA EAST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WEST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ACROSS ZION ROAD. AND THIS BUILDING IS SOUTH OF SUBJECT PROPERTY. BUT ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF INTERSTATE 30. THIS IS THE SITE PLAN. IT SHOWS A CONVENIENCE STORE PROPOSAL, BUILDING FOOTPRINT HERE. OF COURSE, A CONVENIENCE STORE. THE SONIC WOULD TAKE THIS PORTION OF THE BUILDING. THERE WOULD BE THE DRIVE THRU LANE AND TWO CANOPIES FOR FUEL PUMPS. THIS WOULD BE FOR STANDARD SIZED VEHICLES. AND THIS ONE OVER HERE IS FOR TRUCKS. I SHOULD NOTE THAT THERE IS NO TRUCK PARKING, NO TRUCK PARKING SPACES ON SITE. THE TRUCKS WOULD BE SIMPLY THERE TO FUEL UP AND GO. THE PROPOSAL COMPLIES WITH THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND ALSO COMPLIES WITH THE LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS, GDC LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS. THIS IS THE LANDSCAPE PLAN AND THE BUILDING ELEVATION SORRY IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO SEE, BUT THESE COMPLY WITH THE GDC BUILDING DESIGN REQUIREMENTS. AND HERE'S SOME PHOTOS OF THE FUEL CANOPIES, AGAIN, ONE FOR STANDARD VEHICLES, ONE FOR TRUCKS, THESE, AGAIN, WERE ENTITLED IN THIS PREVIOUS SUP. THIS APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO EXTEND THAT SUP FOR A NEW 30 YEAR TIME PERIOD. SO TO GET TO THE SIGNS, THERE IS AN EXISTING POLE SIGN. SEVENTY FIVE FEET TALL ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. THE LEFT HAND PHOTO SHOWS THAT SIGN AND THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT IS THE PROPOSAL. THEY WOULD KEEP THE EXISTING SEVENTY FIVE FOOT HEIGHT, BUT THEY WOULD BE, OF COURSE, ADDING SOME SIGNAGE SINCE THERE ARE ESSENTIALLY MULTIPLE TENANTS HERE. THIS ONE NINE FUEL NETWORK, WHICH I BELIEVE IS THE TRUCK FUELING PUMPS, OF COURSE, SONIC ADVERTISING, SONIC ON THE SIGN AND THE FUEL PRICE SIGNS. THIS IS FOR REGULAR AND DIESEL GAS SIGNS, OF COURSE. SO THAT DOES INCREASE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE QUITE A BIT. ONE CLARIFICATION COUNCIL IN THE REPORT, IT SAYS THAT THIS PROPOSAL WOULD BE 650 SQUARE FEET. IT'S ACTUALLY SIX HUNDRED AND TWO SQUARE FEET. SO IT WASN'T QUITE AS MUCH I THINK THE APPLICANT WAS INITIALLY REQUESTING SIX HUNDRED FIFTY. BUT WITH A MORE REVISED SIGN PLAN AND BREAKING OUT THE CALCULATION OF THE SIGNAGE, IT'S 602 AND SO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. THIS IS A BEFORE AND AFTER OF THE PYLON SIGN ON SITE. THIS IS THE EXISTING. THEY WOULD BE INCREASING THE HEIGHT AND SQUARE FOOTAGE, A BIT I'VE GOT A DEVIATION CHART HERE TO OUTLINE THAT. BUT ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS PROPOSED PYLON SIGN TO BE LOCATED IN THE SAME GENERAL AREA. IT WOULD BE ADDING MASONRY TO THE POLES AND SIDE OF THE SIGN. BUT AGAIN, THEY'RE ADDING SOME TENANT SPACES IN ADDITION TO JUST EXXON SONIC AND ADDING FOR THE FUEL PRICING AS WELL. HERE'S THE DEVIATION SUMMARY. IT IS FOCUSED REALLY JUST ON THE SIGNS, WHICH ARE THE GDC DEVIATION, WHICH AGAIN, IS WHAT REALLY TRIGGERED THIS PUBLIC HEARING REQUEST. THE POLE SIGN AGAIN THERE THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO KEEP THE EXISTING SEVENTY FIVE FOOT HEIGHT, BUT THE SURFACE AREA, ONCE ACCOUNTING FOR THE ADDITIONAL TENANTS, ADDING THOSE ADDITIONAL SIGNS, IT WOULD BE GOING FROM ONE HUNDRED FORTY TO SIX HUNDRED TWO SQUARE FEET. THE SET BACK WOULD REMAIN AT FIFTY FOUR FEET. THE APPLICANT CONTENDS THE DEVIATION IS NECESSARY FOR ADVERTISEMENT, AND THE PROPOSED SIGN WOULD ALLOW GREATER VISIBILITY FROM THE SH 190, AND EAST I30 CORRIDOR, THE INTERCHANGE IS JUST TO THE EAST. SO PART OF THE INTENT, I BELIEVE, IS TO ADVERTISE TOWARDS THAT INTERCHANGE AS VEHICLES COME AND GO OFF THAT SH 190 AND I30 INTERCHANGE AND OF COURSE, ZION ROAD GETS ELEVATED AND CROSSES I30 OVER I30. REGARDING THE PYLON SIGN, THE HEIGHT WOULD BE INCREASING FROM SEVENTEEN AND A HALF FEET TO TWENTY SEVEN FEET AND THE SURFACE AREA WOULD BE INCREASING FROM FORTY SIX SQUARE FEET TO ONE HUNDRED THIRTY SIX SQUARE FEET. THE SETBACK WOULD REMAIN AT THIRTY FEET AND THE APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT THE NEW AND IMPROVED PYLON SIGN WOULD BE A BETTER DESIGN AND ALLOW ADVERTISEMENT FROM A FURTHER DISTANCE. THE TIME PERIOD BEING REQUESTED. [01:50:01] AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, FOR THE NEW SUP WOULD BE FOR THIRTY YEARS AGO. AGAIN THIS IS FOR THE FUEL PUMPS AND THE DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANT. THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF ALL THREE REQUESTS AS PRESENTED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL AS WELL. AND WE MAILED OUT 18 NOTIFICATION LETTERS ON THIS CASE AND WE ONLY RECEIVED ONE AND THAT WAS IN OPPOSITION AND IT WAS OUTSIDE OF THE NOTIFICATION AREA. MAYOR I'LL STOP SHARE AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR MR. GUERIN ON THIS ITEM. I DON'T OH, MAYOR PRO TEM NICKERSON. GO AHEAD. YOU'RE MUTED. SORRY, I WAS A LITTLE LATE ON THE DRAW THERE. JUST ONE POINT WILL RIGHT THERE AT THAT LOCATION. AS YOU MENTIONED, WE'VE GOT, WHAT, THE 190 COMING IN FROM, I GUESS, THE NORTH. AND THEN, OF COURSE, I 30 GOING EAST AND WEST. I GUESS THE AREA THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE HIGH SIGNS ARE ALWAYS A CONCERN AND THEY'RE OLD. THE SEVENTY FIVE FOOTER HAS BEEN THERE FOR I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG FOREVER. AND THE SIGNAGE, I THINK IT'S STILL RELEVANT AT THAT HEIGHT BECAUSE OF THE ELEVATION OF OUR ROADWAYS IN THAT AREA. ALTHOUGH IT'S SEVENTY FIVE FEET OFF THE GROUND, THE HEIGHT SOME OF THOSE ELEVATED HIGHWAYS I THINK 190 IT COMES IN AND STARTS UP AS HIGH AS 60 FEET AND THEN GRADES DOWN TO HIT I30 RIGHT THERE AT LOCATION AND I 30 AT THAT LOCATION IS SOMEWHERE AROUND TWENTY FIVE TO THIRTY FEET ROAD ELEVATION OFF OF GROUND ELEVATION. AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY THE, I MEAN TO ME KIND OF ALIGNS WITH THE HEIGHTS NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO BE SEEN SAFELY FROM THOSE ELEVATED HIGHWAYS. I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. I THINK IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF ONLY TWO PLACES IN ALL OF OUR CITY WHERE WE'RE DEALING WITH ELEVATED STRUCTURES LIKE THAT. AND I THINK THAT'S WHY THE SIGNAGE WAS ORIGINALLY THAT HEIGHT AND WHY IT'S STILL BEING REQUESTED TO REMAIN THERE AT THAT HEIGHT. THE LOCATION ITSELF, I KNOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THE OLD TRUCK FUELING AREA THAT WAS THERE HAD BEEN REALLY BASICALLY ABANDONED FOR SEVERAL YEARS. AND WE HAD A PROBLEM WITH TRUCKERS PARKING IN THERE FOR SOME TIME. AND I WAS REALLY GLAD TO SEE THE INTEREST HERE FOR THE SITE. AND WHEN THEY ADDED ONE OF MY FAVORITE RESTAURANTS, SONIC'S IT REALLY MADE ME PERK UP. SO I THINK I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT HERE IN A MINUTE, BUT I'LL JUST REST ON THAT FOR RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR MR. GUERIN BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE APPLICANT? I SEE NONE. WE DO HAVE THE APPLICANT WITH US, MELINDA NELSON. I SEE YOU AND SEE YOU IN THE QUEUE. THERE WE GO, SORRY. SORRY THERE YOU GO. SORRY. NO PROBLEM. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. FANTASTIC. SO GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS MOHAMED SHARAF. I LIVE AT 3412 OVILLA ROAD RED OAK, TEXAS. I AM REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT. I HANDLE DEVELOPMENT FOR VICTRON ENERGY. MY FAMILY OWNS THE COMPANY AND FIRST AND FOREMOST, MAYOR LEMAY, MAYOR PRO TEM NICKERSON AND MR. GUERIN AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL THANK YOU ALL VERY, VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING THIS TIME TO CONSIDER. SO I HAD SOMEBODY GIVE ME GOOD ADVICE ONCE WHEN I WAS ON THE AGENDA LATE AT NIGHT FOR CITY COUNCIL, WHICH IS BE GOOD, BE BRIEF AND BE GONE. [LAUGHTER] SO I DON'T WANT TO STAND BETWEEN YOU GUYS AND YOUR DINNER AND THE REST OF THE EVENING. SO I WILL TRY MY BEST TO BE CONCISE. AND OF COURSE WE ARE HERE AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I AM UNFORTUNATELY WAS NOT ABLE TO BE IN MY OFFICE. I'M WORKING OFF OF MY IPAD HERE, BUT I'VE GOT MR. NICK VASQUEZ, OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, AS WELL AS MRS. [01:55:04] MELINDA NELSON, WHO HANDLES OUR PLANNING. AND MELINDA CAN SHARE PHOTOS AND IMAGES KIND OF AS NEEDED AND AS THEY COME UP. SO THE SHORT VERSION OF WHAT KIND OF HAPPENED HERE, MY FAMILY PURCHASED THIS STORE OUT OF BANKRUPTCY. WE'RE THE LARGEST FAMILY OWNED FUEL DISTRIBUTOR AND CONVENIENCE STORE OPERATOR IN DALLAS, FORT WORTH. WE OWN AND OPERATE ALMOST TWO HUNDRED CONVENIENCE STORES. MOST OF THE SHELL'S AND EXXON'S YOU SEE AROUND TOWN, ARE OURS. WE'RE FRANCHISEES WITH SONIC. I WAS GLAD TO HEAR THE SUPPORT FOR SONIC FROM MAYOR PRO TEM JERRY NICKERSON. WE ACTUALLY BUILT THE FIRST EVER SONIC WITH A CONVENIENCE STORE MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS AGO AND HAVE AROUND 20-22 UNITS RIGHT NOW. SO WE PURCHASED THIS LOCATION OUT OF BANKRUPTCY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. NO QUESTION IT WAS AN EYESORE AND WITH THE INTENT OF REVITALIZING IT AND WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WERE GOING TO, IN A SENSE, BE LIMITED AND BE CONFINED TO THE BUILDING AND THE SIGNAGE AND SEVERAL ASPECTS OF THE SITE IN ORDER TO KEEP THE GRANDFATHER AND BE ABLE TO APPLY AND RECEIVE A CONSTRUCTION PERMIT. SO ROUGHLY NINE, TEN MONTHS AGO, WE APPLIED AND RECEIVED THE CONSTRUCTION PERMIT FOR THE SITE AND BEGAN CONSTRUCTION. WE ACTUALLY THINK WE'RE GOING TO OPEN FOR BUSINESS IN JUST A WEEK OR TWO. HOWEVER, WHENEVER WE APPLIED FOR THE SIGN PERMIT, THE FEEDBACK WE GOT FROM THE CITY WAS THAT WE WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO NEED AN SUP FOR THAT. WE HAD NOT THOUGHT THAT THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY. MR. GUERIN SHOWED AN IMAGE OF WHAT THE EXON HIGH RISE SIGN CURRENTLY LOOKS LIKE, WHERE IT'S JUST KIND OF THE EXXON CABINET SORT OF AWKWARDLY SITTING THERE AT THE TOP. YOU ALL MAY REMEMBER, AND MRS. MELINDA CAN POTENTIALLY SHARE PHOTOS, IF YOU LIKE, THAT THERE WAS A VERY LARGE SORT OF BILLBOARD STYLE EXXON DIESEL SIGN THERE PREVIOUSLY WHENEVER WE PURCHASED IT. AND I BELIEVE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THAT SIGN, IT WAS ABOUT SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY SQUARE FEET. AND WE ACTUALLY REMOVED THAT SIGN BECAUSE A TORNADO CAME THROUGH ROUGHLY 13, 14 MONTHS AGO. AND WE'RE KIND OF AFRAID IT WAS GOING TO BE A TORNADO HAZARD. AGAIN, NOT NECESSARILY THINKING IT WOULD INTERFERE WITH THE GRANDFATHER CLAUSE AND CAUSE US TO COME BACK FOR A SUP FOR EXPANDING AND IN MY OPINION, REALLY MAKING THE SIGN WHAT IT SHOULD BE. MAYOR PRO TEM NICKERSON VERY CORRECTLY STATED THAT THE CHALLENGE HERE IS THE GRADING OF ZION ROAD AND HIGHWAY 30, AND THE ONLY VISIBILITY THAT WE HAVE AT ALL IS THIS HIGH RISE SIGN. AND SO WE WERE AND CONTINUE TO BE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE LOCATION. WE'VE MADE MULTIPLE CHANGES, COMPLETELY APPLIED MASONRY ON THE EXTERIOR, COMPLETELY GUTTED. WE DID THE INTERIOR. WE ADDED SONIC. PREVIOUSLY, I HAD SEVEN DIESEL LANES. WE TOOK SEVERAL OF THOSE OUT AND TURNED INTO FOUR. AND GENERALLY, I'VE MADE AS MANY CHANGES AS WE CAN TO TURN THIS FROM KIND OF AN EYESORE AND A DARK SPOT TO A BRIGHT SPOT IN THE COMMUNITY AND SHOWING WHAT YOU CAN DO WHEN YOU PROPERLY REVITALIZE SOMETHING. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND HOPE WE CAN EARN YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. AND IF YOU COULD UNSHARE YOUR SCREEN FOR ME, PLEASE. HERE WE GO, AND I JUST WANT TO CHECK REAL QUICK, I'VE GOT A IS ONE OF YOUR TEAM MEMBERS JUST ON THE PHONE WHERE THE PHONE NUMBER ENDS IN TWO THOUSAND. THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE. YES, SIR. THAT'S OUR OFFICE NUMBER. SO THAT WOULD BE MELINDA. YES, THAT'S OURS. OK, I SAW THE HAND WAS UP SO. OK, VERY GOOD. OK, COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? MAYOR PRO TEM NICKERSON. GO AHEAD. THANKS. YEAH, I JUST HAD ONE REALLY WASN'T TOO LONG AGO THAT I WAS BEAT UP PRETTY GOOD BY A TRUCK STOP APPLICATION JUST DOWN THE HIGHWAY ON I30. AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR HERE THAT WHAT WE'RE SEEING WITH THE TRUCK FUELING THAT GOES ON HERE, THERE ARE NO OVERNIGHT PARKING, NO FACILITIES TO ACCOMMODATE ANY SUCH TRUCK OPERATION. IS THAT CORRECT? YOU ARE EXACTLY CORRECT MAYOR PRO TEM NICKERSON, IN FACT, IT'S NOT ONLY NO OVERNIGHT PARKING THERE IS NO TRUCK PARKING WHATSOEVER. TRUCKS CAN ONLY COME IN AND FUEL IN THE LANES. WE HAVE NO TRUCKER LOUNGE. [02:00:01] WE HAVE NO SHOWERS. WE HAVE NO LAUNDRY. WE HAVE NONE OF ANY KIND OF THE TRUCK OR FACILITIES YOU'D EXPECT. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE ACTUALLY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF DIESEL LANES. THEORETICALLY, MAYBE IT MAKES US A LITTLE BIT LESS MONEY, BUT I THINK IT REALLY INCREASES THE FLOW AND TRAFFIC AND ALLOWS FOR MORE SAFETY AND ENCOURAGES COMMUTERS AND AUTO TRAVELERS TO COME THERE. SO YOU'RE CORRECT, SIR. GOOD THAT IT'S GOOD. AND ALSO THE BUILDING THAT WAS THERE BEFORE YOU JUST ABOUT COMPLETELY TORE DOWN. AND THIS IS A BRAND NEW BUILDING AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH LANDSCAPING. CAN YOU KIND OF TALK TO ME A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THAT? BECAUSE THE PLACE WAS REALLY, AS YOU SAID, IT LOOKED AWFUL. BURN UP ON THAT CORNER AND JUST WANT TO LET THE CITIZENS THAT ARE MAYBE LISTENING OR INTERESTED TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING THERE. ABSOLUTELY. SO MY CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, NICK VASQUEZ, CAN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE INTELLIGENTLY THAN I CAN, FRANKLY, REGARDING THE LANDSCAPING GENERALLY RIGHT AROUND THE DRIVEWAYS AND THE CURBS, WE KIND OF TRY TO ZEROSCAPE WITH KIND OF A NICE ROCK OR GRAVEL. SO WHENEVER IF OR WHEN CARS OR TRUCKS HIT THE CURBS, THEY DON'T DESTROY ANY OF THE PLANTS AND CAUSED KIND OF A SCENE. HOWEVER, EVERYWHERE ELSE, INCLUDING IMMEDIATELY BY THE STORE, BY THE PUMPS, WE HAVE A VARIETY OF BUSHES AND TREES THAT WE LANDSCAPE AND WE PAY EXTREMELY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THAT. AGAIN MY CONSTRUCTION MANAGER CAN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE INTELLIGENTLY ABOUT EXACTLY WHICH KIND OF SPECIES, SO ON AND SO FORTH, IF THAT'S NECESSARY. AND ONE LAST QUESTION ON THE LIGHTING ON THE SITE. CAN YOU EXPLAIN YOUR LIGHTING AND THAT THE LIGHTING IS REALLY GOING TO BE FOCUSED TOWARD THE GROUND AND NOT GOING TO BE DISSIPATED OUT INTO OR MAYBE OF ANY DISTANCE FROM THE SITE ITSELF? AND THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE BOTHERING OTHERS WITH LIGHT FROM OUR FACILITY? YES, SIR. EXCELLENT QUESTION. SO A NORMAL TRUCK STOP WITH OVERNIGHT PARKING IS GOING TO HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF KIND OF CIRCULAR LIGHTING IN ORDER TO KIND OF COVER THE ENTIRE TRUCK LOT. THAT IS NOT THE CASE HERE. SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE LIGHTING. HOWEVER, IT'S GOING TO BE MINIMAL, COMPLETELY INWARD FACING AND NOTHING DIFFERENT AT ALL FROM WHAT YOU WOULD SEE, SAY, AT A RETAIL CENTER OR A QUICK SERVE RESTAURANT. SO IN NO WAY IS IT GOING TO BE A, YOU KNOW, A STAR OR A BRIGHT, SHINING LIGHT ON THE GROUND THAT YOU SEE FROM EVERYWHERE. OK, WELL, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR ANSWERS AND THANKS FOR YOUR APPLICATION. I'M GLAD TO GET SOMETHING BACK ON THE GROUND THERE. THANK YOU. OF COURSE. THANK YOU. I THINK WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. I BELIEVE WE HAVE A SPEAKER CUED UP. STEPHANIE ANNE I HAVE OPENED THE LINE ON OUR END. HI MAYOR LEMAY, CAN YOU HEAR ME OK? YES. CAN YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. SURE. MY NAME IS STEPHANIE ANNE AND I LIVE AT 5818 DIANA DRIVE. GO AHEAD. SO FIRST, ON AN UNRELATED TOPIC, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU, MAYOR. I EXPERIENCED SOME POWER OUTAGE DURING THE SNOW POCALYPSE AND SO DID MY ELDERLY ACROSS THE STREET NEIGHBOR. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM. I REACHED OUT TO SOME FOLKS, I BELIEVE IT WAS PATRICK I NEED YOUR COMMENTS TO BE ABOUT THIS CASE. OH, I'M SORRY. OK, SO THEN I GUESS MAYBE I SHOULD ASK THE QUESTION. CAN I MENTION ALSO ON THE TOPIC OF THE QUICKTRIP TRUCK STOP OR IS THIS A DIFFERENT ONE? WE'RE JUST HERE TO TALK ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY TONIGHT. OK, THEN I WILL LOWER MY HAND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THAT'S ONLY THERE IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT I WONDER IF THEY'LL CALL ME AT THE END, WE WILL HAVE TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE END. YES. THANK YOU. I HAVE MY NEXT SPEAKER IS SEAN DAVIS. MR. DAVIS, IF YOU CAN. GOOD EVENING. GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, EVEN THOUGH YOU JUST DID A FEW MINUTES AGO. THAT'S QUITE ALL RIGHT. IT'S SEAN DAVIS. 3910 ZION ROAD IN BEAUTIFUL GARLAND, TEXAS. YOU'RE ACTUALLY THE MAYOR PRO TEM NICKERSON ACTUALLY ANSWERED QUITE A BIT OF MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT. WITH REGARDS TO THE LIGHTING. SOME OF YOU MAY RECALL I HAD REAL CONCERNS ABOUT THE LIGHTING FOR THE RV PARK AND GENERALLY JUST IN THE AREA SINCE IT'S SO PRETTY HERE AT THE LAKE AND I HATE TO SEE IT GET RUINED, BUT WITH A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON THE PROPOSAL FOR THE POLE SIGN, THE 602 [02:05:06] SQUARE FEET OF ADVERTISING REALLY ISN'T THAT BIG A DEAL FOR ME PERSONALLY. I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE YOU CAN SEE FROM MY HOUSE, BUT I'M ACTUALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT'S ON ZION ROAD, THAT 13 ACRES OF LAND THAT IS CURRENTLY. WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THIS PROPERTY TONIGHT. YES, ABSOLUTELY. MY CONCERN IS THAT POLE SIGN. I NOTICED ON THE EXAMPLE THAT WAS GIVEN THAT THERE'S A CREDIT AND CASH FOR DIESEL ON THAT SIGN, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S GOING TO FLASH ONE THAN THE OTHER. I'M PRETTY SURE THE ANSWER IS IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO MATTER BECAUSE THE SIGNS POINTING TOWARDS I30 IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. BUT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE RESIDENTS THAT DECIDE THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE TO GARLAND INTO THAT RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. AN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SEE THAT SIGN FLASHING BACK AND FORTH EVERY NIGHT FOR YEARS TO COME. OK, WE'LL HAVE THE APPLICANT ADDRESS THE SIGN ISSUES OR MR. GUERIN CAN PROBABLY JUMP IN ON THAT. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? NO, SIR. MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. GOOD EVENING. MOHAMED HERE AGAIN, I ASSUME I'M OK TO SPEAK TO RESPOND TO THIS GENTLEMAN'S QUESTION. YES, I BELIEVE WE HAVE WORKED OUR WAY THROUGH THE QUEUE. SO, YES, IF YOU COULD ADDRESS THAT ISSUE, I'D APPRECIATE IT. FANTASTIC. JUST BRIEFLY, I WILL CONFIRM, YES, THE PRICE DOES CHANGE. I WOULD PERSONALLY DISAGREE WITH THE USE OF THE WORD FLASH. IT IS NOT A BILLBOARD THAT CHANGES ADVERTISEMENTS EVERY EIGHT SECONDS THAT'S EXTREMELY BRIGHTLY ILLUMINATED. IT'S DARK AND GREEN AND IT'S LITERALLY GOING TO SHIFT, YOU KNOW, ONE LETTER AND PROBABLY TEN WHOLE SQUARE FEET OUT OF THE ENTIRETY OF THAT SIGN. SO VERY LITTLE OF IT IS GOING TO BE CHANGING. AND IT'S CERTAINLY NOT A FLASHING EFFECT, ALTHOUGH I APPRECIATE AND UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN . OK, SO THE SIGN YOU WILL BE ABLE TO CHANGE THE DIGITAL SIGN, BUT IT WILL NOT HAVE A FLASHING MESSAGE. AFFIRMATIVE. THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY KIND OF ADVERTISEMENT. IT'S JUST GOING TO SAY CASH 255 AND THEN FIVE SECONDS LATER 259 FOR CREDIT, FOR EXAMPLE, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY STANDARD ON EVERY PRICER IN THE INDUSTRY. OK, THANK YOU SIR. AND MR. GUERIN THAT MEETS OUR SIGN ORDINANCE. I KNOW WITH MR. NEIGHBOR, I DON'T KNOW IF HE KNOWS ABOUT THIS OR MR. [INAUDIBLE] IS ON THE CALL. I KNOW THERE WAS A CARVEOUT EXCEPTION FOR FUEL SALES WHEN WE DISCUSSED THE HEIGHT OF THE BILLBOARD AND DIGITAL SIGN DISPLAYS. THAT'S WHERE THIS MAY BE. IT MAY NOT APPLY TO THAT EFFECT. RIGHT? I THINK THAT'S CORRECT. MAYOR. OK, VERY GOOD. AND THAT WAS FROM OUR DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY, MIKE BETZ. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE CLEARED THE QUEUE ON THIS ITEM. MAYOR PRO TEM NICKERSON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. IF WE'VE ENTERTAINED, ALL THE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. I APPRECIATE THAT FROM EVERYONE. I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE TO APPROVE THE ZONING REQUEST, THE SUP AND THE DETAIL PLAN FOR CASE NUMBER Z 20-46 LOCATED THERE OFF OF I30 AS PROPOSED. OK, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY MAYOR PRO TEM NICKERSON FOR THE ZONING CHANGE FOR ITEM 12 G THE SUP FOR ITEM 12 H AN THE DETAIL PLAN FOR ITEM 12 I. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I DO FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VERA. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION COUNCIL. IF NOT, PLEASE VOTE. AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU ALL VERY, VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND YOUR DETAIL AND THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU'VE MADE TO THIS LOCATION. SURE. COME GET A CHERRY LIMEADE SOMETIME. OH, THAT'S MY FAVORITE. I'LL BE THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. [LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT, THAT WAS OUR LAST ZONING CASE FOR THE EVENING. [02:10:05] WE DO HAVE THE NEXT ITEM IS CITIZEN COMMENTS ITEM 13. [Items 13 & 14] PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS ISSUES NOT ON THE AGENDA MAY HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS COUNCIL AT THIS TIME. COUNCIL IS PROHIBITED FROM DISCUSSING ANY ITEM NOT POSTED, ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND WHAT I WILL DO. I'VE GOT SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO WERE IN THE QUEUE AND WHEN I OPEN THE LINE ON YOUR END, I WILL ASK YOU TO GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. THE FIRST PERSON I HAVE BELIEVE IS A PHONE CALL IS CRYSTAL BERRY. I BELIEVE IF YOU USE THE STAR NINE FEATURE, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO UNMUTE THE PHONE ON YOUR END. GO AHEAD. THAT LOOKS LIKE THE LINE IS OPEN. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T THINK WE CAN HEAR YOU. OK, THE LINE IS OPEN, I THINK I CAN HEAR YOU. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. ALL RIGHT, WE WILL COME BACK TO THAT ONE. MY NEXT SPEAKER IS JOSH GARCIA. THANK YOU, MAYOR JOSH GARCIA, 4029 MAYFLOWER DRIVE, GARLAND, TEXAS, 75043. JUST HAD TWO GOOD NEWS FOR YOU. ONE OF THE GOOD NEWS IS I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD ON NBC FIVE NEWS IRVING RESTAURANT OWNER THAT THE ONE I WAS TALKING YOU GUYS ABOUT THAT, BATTLING COVID-19 HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL YESTERDAY, YESTERDAY, MIDDAY. I DO APPRECIATE YOU GUYS VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS, ESPECIALLY COUNCIL MEMBER MCNEAL THAT HAS BEEN REQUESTING AND ALSO BEEN ASKING ME SOME UPDATES. HE HAS BEEN RELEASED. HE HAS BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL SINCE DECEMBER. SO NOW IT WAS A LONG, LONG RECOVERY. HE'LL BE IN RECOVERY FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS AND REHAB. SO WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SIT BACK ON HIS FEET AND, YOU KNOW, SEEING BACK AND WHAT HE WAS DOING IN HIS RESTAURANT. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. NUMBER TWO IS THE NATIONAL GUARD DOING THE WINTER STORM? I WAS VERY EXCITED TO SEE THE NATIONAL GUARD TO COME TO OUR CITY. THAT'S VERY AWESOME. I EVEN THOUGHT THE NATIONAL GUARD WAS GOING TO SALUTE OUR MAYOR SCOTT LEMAY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE GREAT MAYOR WE HAVE A GREAT MAYOR IN THE CITY OF GARLAND MAKES GREAT DECISIONS, CARES ABOUT OUR CITY. AND, YOU KNOW, I SHOULD EVEN CONSIDER HIM THE NEXT GOVERNOR OF TEXAS. LIKE, I'M REALLY PROUD OF HIM, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THE HARD WORK HE DOES. YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY A GREAT THING. SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY, MR. MAYOR. AND IT'S VERY NICE TO SEE YOU. YOU ALWAYS MAKE ME PROUD WHEN I SEE YOU [INAUDIBLE] YOU MADE.. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, JOSH. YOU'RE VERY WELL. MY NEXT SPEAKER IS STEPHANIE ANNE. WELL, HELLO AGAIN. HELLO AGAIN, STEPHANIE ANNE 5818 DIANA DRIVE. HAPPY TO BE ON TOPIC AND PROPERLY UNMUTED. THANKS FOR HUMORING MY INTERNET GAFFE IN 2021. BUT AGAIN, MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND IN ASSISTING WITH THE RESTORATION OF SERVICES AND CLEAN LIVING CONDITIONS FOR MY ACROSS THE STREET NEIGHBOR MR. LEE, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR. AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE TEAM OF FOLKS THAT WERE CONNECTED WITH HIM AND FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT SERVICE. SO THANK YOU. ON THE TOPIC OF THE QUICK TRIP TRUCK STOP THAT. AND HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW THE PROGRESS. I ASSUME THAT THE COMPANY HAS MOVED FORWARD WITH BUILDING PLANS. I'M NOT SURE. BUT THE REASON WHY I SIGNED UP FOR COMMENTS THIS EVENING IS BECAUSE AND ON THE TOPIC OF OVERNIGHT TRUCK STAYS, I HAVE TAKEN PHOTOGRAPHS OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS [02:15:01] SINCE THE PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF COUNTLESS, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY CLOSE TO MAYBE 40 TRUCKS THAT I HAVE SEEN PARKED ALONG BOBTOWN. AND ALSO IN THE LOT, WHICH WE HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT FOR QUICKTRIP. I HAVE SEEN TRUCKS DOWN LYONS. I HAVE SEEN TRUCKS HEADING THE AND I APOLOGIZE I DON'T KNOW THE STREET, BUT THE LEFT TURN IN FRONT OF EZ MART. AND THAT'S GREATLY CONCERNING BECAUSE AS OF NOW, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE THE TRUCK FACILITY AND WE HAVE TRUCKS PARKING OVERNIGHT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, TRAVELING ON OUR STREETS. AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE I GUESS THE DETAILS OF WHY THAT'S NOT GOOD. AND IN PART, I WOULD LIKE FOR MY COMMENT TONIGHT TO ALSO REFLECT THAT THE LOCAL CITIZENS HERE ARE STILL VERY MUCH IN OPPOSITION TO THE QUIKTRIP GAS STATION COMING TO OUR AREA. AND I JUST I DON'T KNOW IF ANYTHING CAN BE DONE TO STOP THE THE STEAM TRAIN THAT IS THAT. BUT WE'RE NOT HAPPY. WE'RE UNCOMFORTABLE ALREADY. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT. BUT THIS IS ME PARTICIPATING IN THIS MEETING AS AN EFFORT TO SHARE OUR VOICE AND TO ASK FOR HELP FROM THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE SO GRACEFULLY OFFERED TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO WE'RE SEEING NEGATIVE SITUATIONS ALREADY. WE HAVE PREDICTED AND FORESEEN OTHERS. AND I DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH ELSE TO OFFER ON THAT TOPIC OTHER THAN THE LOCAL CITIZENS ARE STILL UNHAPPY AND CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ENTITY COMING TOWN. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO ASK FOR OR, WHAT TO SAY. BUT I SHARE THAT MESSAGE FROM A VERY DEEP PLACE OF CONCERN AND CONSIDERATION AND PRIDE FOR WHERE I LIVE AND THE PEOPLE THAT I LIVE WITH IN THIS TOWN AND THIS PLACE IN OUR TOWN. THANK YOU MA'AM. AND IS IT? YOUR TIME IS UP AT THE MOMENT. OK, THANK YOU. OKAY MY NEXT I'M TRYING TO CROSS-REFERENCE PEOPLE WHO WERE IN THE QUEUE AND PEOPLE WHO'VE ACTUALLY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. THE NEXT ONE I HAVE IS ROBBY GREENE. I'VE OPENED THE LINE ON OUR END, IF YOU CAN UNMUTE YOURSELF. GREAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK FOR JUST A MOMENT. I WANTED TO JUST SAY A BRIEF WORD ABOUT SOME OF THE PUBLIC ACCUSATIONS AND DISCUSSION THAT HAS BEEN OCCURRING RECENTLY CONCERNING DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DEBORAH MORRIS AND SPECIFICALLY ONE OF THEM BEING THAT SHE HAS NOT BEEN ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY AND NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN CARING FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR ANYONE ELSE. I CAN ONLY REPRESENT MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. BUT IT HAS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE AS PASTOR OF LAVON DRIVE BAPTIST CHURCH THAT WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER NOW FOR NUMEROUS YEARS ON MANY DIFFERENT PROJECTS TO HELP BETTER OUR CITY. AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST MAYBE GIVE SOME CONTEXT TO SOME OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH AS A CHURCH AND HER SPEARHEADING, HELPING BRING THINGS TO OUR ATTENTION THAT WE CAN BE INVOLVED WITH AND BEING A BLESSING TO OUR COMMUNITY, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL HERE FOR, IS TO BLESS OUR CITY. THE TORNADO RELIEF IN OCTOBER OF 2019. I WAS OVER IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD LITERALLY JUST MOMENTS AFTER THE TORNADO HIT AND DEBORAH WAS ON THE PHONE WITH ME THAT EVENING. WE WERE COORDINATING A WAY TO WHAT ULTIMATELY WOULD BE FEED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, THOUSANDS OF MEALS FOR HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE OVER MANY DAYS, BOTH AT PARKS AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND OTHER PLACES THERE IN THE COMMUNITY. WE WERE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THE FOOD AND THE MANPOWER TO COOK IT. BUT IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR HER HELP AS CITY COUNCIL AND HELPING SET UP SOME OF THESE THINGS, WE WOULD HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO KNOW WHERE TO GO AND WHERE TO HELP. AND THEN FAST FORWARD TO THE MASK PROJECT OF 2020. WHEN COVID HIT THIS TIME OF YEAR AGO, SHE SAW THE NEED OF SHORTAGE OF MASK AND [02:20:07] LITERALLY OUR CHURCH MADE THOUSANDS OF MASKS BY VOLUNTEERS IN OUR CHURCH. AND I JUST THINK IT NEEDS TO BE SPOKEN THAT DEBORAH IS THE ONE THAT PERSONALLY DELIVERED EVERY ONE OF THOSE TO THE HOSPITALS AND THE DOCTORS OFFICES AND THE OTHERS THAT WERE IN NEED. OUR DEATH RATE FOR OVER AGE SIXTY FIVE IS SOMETHING LIKE NINETY FIVE PERCENT IN TEXAS, BUT IN GARLAND IT WAS AROUND SEVENTY NINE PERCENT. I THINK THIS WAS A HUGE THING. THE WATER DELIVERY THAT SHE HELPED COORDINATE BACK IN JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO WHEN WE HAD THE STORM, OUR CHURCH WAS THE ONE HELPING WITH THAT. I COULD TALK ABOUT GLOWS, I COULD TALK ABOUT NUMBERS OF THINGS. BUT LET ME JUST WRAP UP IN SAYING TO SAY THAT SHE IS NOT COMMITTED TO OUR COMMUNITY, I THINK IS AN UNFAIR STATEMENT. I KNOW PERSONALLY THAT SHE HAS DONATED THROUGH GLOWS AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES OVER EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS OF HER OWN MONEY TO HELP MAKE THIS HAPPEN. AND SO I JUST MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, BUT I JUST WANTED THE RECORD TO SHOW WHAT I KNOW TO BE TRUE ABOUT HER SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. EXCUSE ME. MY NEXT SPEAKER IS LINDSAY FINKLEMAN. I'VE OPENED THE LINE ON OUR END. AND IF YOU CAN JUST UNMUTE YOURSELF, IF YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. HI, THIS IS LINDSAY FINKLEMAN 1330 [INAUDIBLE] COURT. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, YES. GO AHEAD. OK, OK. I HATE SPEAKING. THANKS FOR ALLOWING US TO SPEAK HERE. I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK UP REGARDING THE SAME TOPIC REGARDING SOME INCIDENTS AS OF LATE, SOME CORRESPONDENCE. I AND MANY OTHERS BECAME AWARE OF THE EMAIL AND SPECIFICALLY FROM COUNCILWOMAN MORRIS TO THE MAYOR REGARDING MAKING SOME RATHER I DON'T EVEN HAVE A WORD FOR IT. I BELIEVE SHE CALLED THEM MENTALLY UNSTABLE, WHICH IS JUST INCREDIBLY INAPPROPRIATE WAY TO SPEAK OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED SO MUCH TIME AND EFFORT TO THE CITY. I MEAN, THE WAY SHE SPOKE ABOUT THEM WAS JUST UNACCEPTABLE. AND I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, BRING TO LIGHT MY OWN EXPERIENCE. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN THIS KIND OF THING FROM HER FOR MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. AND I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THE CONDUCT THAT I NOW SEE SEEMS TO BECOMING A PATTERN. AND AS FAR AS HER TRACK RECORD OF SERVICE, I'M SURE THERE IS A GREAT ONE. AND I'M SURE SHE'S DONE MANY GOOD THINGS A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE. BUT GOOD BEHAVIOR DOES NOT EXCLUDE ONE FROM BAD BEHAVIOR AS WELL. AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THERE. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MY NEXT SPEAKER IS KRISTEN GUERA. I'VE OPENED THE LINE ON OUR END AND IF YOU CAN GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. HI, GOOD EVENING. CAN YOU HEAR ME OK? YES, PLEASE. PERFECT. MY NAME IS KRISTEN GUERA, ADDRESSES IS 302 TULANE STREET AND 75043. I DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS TO MAKE REGARDING THE ISSUE WITH DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM MORRIS AND I HAVE A WRITTEN STATEMENT I'D LIKE TO READ AND I'M COMMENTING TODAY REGARDING THE SITUATION THAT OCCURRED AT MONTCLAIR ESTATES ON 2-20-2021 DURING THE RECENT ICE STORM. I WANTED TOUCH ON THE COMMENTS MADE BY AND LACK OF ACTION FOR THE DISTRICT TWO COUNCILPERSON AND DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DEBORAH MORRIS. AS A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FOUR, I TAKE PERSONALLY THE EVENTS OF THAT NIGHT, ALONG WITH THE ONGOING ISSUE SINCE. I WILL NOT REHASH THE EVENTS OF THAT EVENING, AS I AM SURE EVERYONE WELL REMEMBERS WHAT HAPPENED. MY CONCERN IS THAT THE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM USED HER GOVERNMENT EMAIL TO MALIGN TWO PRIVATE CITIZENS, AS WELL AS CALL INTO QUESTION THE ACTIONS OF FELLOW COUNCIL PEOPLE AND YOU, MAYOR LEMAY WHO WERE ALL ACTUALLY ON SITE THAT NIGHT HELPING OUR ELDERLY. ONLY AFTER HER EMAILS AND TEXTS WERE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC, SHE WROTE AN APOLOGY THAT WAS ANYTHING BUT. NOT A SINGLE PUBLIC SERVANT HAS THE RIGHT TO USE THEIR POSITION AS A BULLY PULPIT [02:25:03] TO SPEAK POORLY OF PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THOSE VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME TO MAKE SURE OUR ELDERLY RESIDENTS ARE NOT INJURED AND HAVE BASIC NECESSITIES. I, AMONG MANY OTHERS, AM CALLING FOR HER RESIGNATION. DISTRICT TWO AND GARLAND IN GENERAL NEED SERVANT LED LEADERSHIP, NOT LEADERS WHO LEAD BY EMAIL OR FACEBOOK. AS THE SAYING GOES, WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE, WHO NEEDS ENEMIES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION, AND ESPECIALLY YOU MAYOR LEMAY FOR REACHING OUT AND HANDLING EVERYTHING THAT NIGHT. MY NEXT SPEAKER IS, MAKING SURE EVERYBODY STILL ONLINE HERE. JENNIFER ERNST. THANKS, JENNIFER ERNST. MY ADDRESS IS 705 MALIBU DRIVE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AS A CONCERNED GARLAND RESIDENT AND A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FOUR. I HAVE READ AND REREAD AN EMAIL RELEASED THROUGH OPEN RECORDS FROM COUNCILPERSON MORRIS TO MAYOR LEMAY. IN THAT EMAIL, MS. MORRIS, YOU INDICATE, QUOTE UNQUOTE, MICHAEL IMMEDIATELY SENT OUT AN EMAIL UPON RECEIVING WATER, TELLING ALL RESIDENTS THE WATER WAS COMING. THIS IS NOT TRUE. ACCORDING TO RESIDENTS, THEY NEVER RECEIVED ANY EMAIL REGARDING WATER. MICHAEL, YOU ALSO STATED MICHAEL GOT ALMOST ALL OF THE FIRST 12 CASES INTO HIS RESIDENCE HANDS WITHIN HOURS. THIS IS NOT TRUE. IF THIS WAS TRUE, WHY WERE THERE RESIDENTS CONSIDERING BREAKING A WINDOW TO THE OFFICE TO GET THE WATER? YOU STATED PATRICK AND CHRIS, THEY WERE BOTH EMOTIONALLY UNSTABLE AND ASKED THE MAYOR SURELY YOU HAVE SEEN THAT. I'M JUST GOING TO LET THAT ONE SIT. YOU STATED, PATRICK, EXAGGERATED ISSUES. THIS IS NOT TRUE ACCORDING TO THE PEOPLE WHO WERE ON THE GROUND HANDLING THE SITUATION. YOU SAY THAT THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE WOULD HAVE BEEN TO CALL B.J. THE COUNCIL PERSON IN DISTRICT FOUR IF THIS WAS THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE WHY DID YOU NOT CALL B.J. WHEN YOU WERE FIRST NOTIFIED INSTEAD OF TELLING A VOLUNTEER THIS IS NOT A CITY ISSUE. ADDITIONALLY, THERE WAS ZERO COMMUNICATION WHICH WAS RECEIVED IN DOCUMENT PRODUCTION WHERE YOU COPIED OR E-MAILED B.J. REGARDING THIS ISSUE. YOU DISPARAGED THE MAYOR, THE CITY MANAGER, THE FIRE CHIEF, FIREFIGHTERS, FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS AND TWO OF GARLAND'S MOST LOVED AND VALUABLE VOLUNTEERS, ONE OF WHICH WASN'T EVEN THERE AND HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS. YOU STATED THIS WAS A MISFIRE. IT IS NEVER A MISFIRE. AND I REPEAT, NEVER TO CHECK ON OR ASSIST OUR RESIDENTS. NEVER. THE CONDESCENDING NATURE OF THE EMAIL. AND THEN YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF YOUR POSITION IN A CONDESCENDING TONE THROUGH YOUR EXPLANATION AND APOLOGY, LEAVE SOMETHING TO BE DESIRED. YOUR STATEMENTS IN THESE EMAILS ARE OUTRIGHT LIES AND MANIPULATION FOR YOUR OWN AGENDA. A FEW WEEKS AGO, AFTER A COUNCIL MEETING, YOU MESSAGED ME, WHICH ENDED AND YOU SAY IT IS CLEAR, YOU DON'T KNOW ME. MS. MORRIS. IT IS ABSOLUTELY CLEAR THAT I KNOW WHO YOU ARE. THESE EMAILS AND DOCUMENTS MADE IT CLEAR THAT I DO. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M ABOUT THE RESEARCH. I DO NOT LIKE TO BE LIED TO. I WOULD RATHER YOU JUST BE HONEST AND TELL ME WHO YOU ARE INSTEAD OF HIDING YOUR TRUE SELF UNTIL PEOPLE FIND OUT. AND THE LAST THING I'LL SAY AS AT THE LAST MEETING I'M GOING TO REQUEST AN UPDATE AGAIN FROM GP&L. SO THE ANSWER IS ON PROGRESS IN REGARDS TO WHAT OUR CITY CAN DO BETTER TO HELP WITH WHAT HAPPENED DURING SNOW [INAUDIBLE]. PLEASE ASK THEM TO RETURN TO A WORK SESSION. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU MA'AM. THAT IS THE LAST PERSON I HAVE WHO HAD REGISTERED TO SPEAK, WHO HAD IN THE COMMENTS, SAID THAT THEY WANTED TO SPEAK. I HAVE A FEW PEOPLE STILL IN THE ATTENDEES WHO HAD SIGNED UP. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL THIS EVENING? OH, AND ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO CIRCLE BACK TO THE FIRST ONE. CRYSTAL BARRY, I THINK WE WERE HAVING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. CRYSTAL BARRY, I HAVE OPENED THE LINE ON OUR END, IF YOU CAN UNMUTE. THE LINE APPEARS TO BE UNMUTED ON YOUR END, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF YOU CAN HEAR ME OR I CERTAINLY CAN'T HEAR YOU. [02:30:03] MS. BARRY. ALL RIGHT, WE WILL HAVE STAFF REACH OUT. I KNOW SHE'S BEEN IN CONTACT WITH STAFF, SO OBVIOUSLY WE'RE HAVING SOME SORT OF TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. WE'LL HAVE STAFF REACH OUT. SO IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL THIS EVENING? I SEE NO ONE IN THE QUEUE, SO WITH THAT AT 9:31, WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.