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GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE JUNE 22, 2021 REGULAR MEETING OF GARLAND CITY COUNCIL.

[Call to Order]

AND OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE STILL MEETING IN THE VIRTUAL FORMAT.

BUT FORTUNATELY, THAT IS THE LAST TIME I HAVE TO SAY THAT.

BUT WE ARE STILL MEETING IN THE VIRTUAL FORMAT.

ALL PARTICIPANTS WILL BE PARTICIPANTS WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY MUTED UNTIL THEIR UNTIL THE ITEM THAT THEY'RE HERE FOR IS CUED UP AND IF YOU COULD USE THE RAISE YOUR HAND FEATURE, WE CAN ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AND THEN ALSO STAR NINE FEATURE WE'LL GET.

WE'LL DO THAT AS WELL.

SO TO THAT POINT, THIS IS OUR LAST VIRTUAL MEETING, JUST TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW ONCE AGAIN THAT STARTING JULY 5TH, THE COUNCIL WILL BE BACK TO MEETING IN PERSON HERE AT CITY HALL.

BUT WE WE WILL BE CONDUCTING OUR MEETINGS IN PERSON, BUT WE WILL STILL HAVE THE ZOOM CAPABILITIES FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T JOIN US IN PERSON.

SO WITH THAT, IT IS THE CUSTOM AND TRADITION OF THIS CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE AN INVOCATION AND RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BEFORE OUR MEETINGS LED BY ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND TONIGHT, WE WILL BE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS FROM DISTRICT FOUR, SIR.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. IF YOU CARE TO, WOULD YOU PLEASE JOIN US IN A WORD OF PRAYER.

FATHER, GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE YOU BY SERVING YOUR PEOPLE, WE ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE, YOUR WISDOM AS WE MOVE TO TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS TONIGHT.

AND WE WILL FOREVER GIVE YOU THE PRAISE AND IN THE NAME OF JESUS.

WE PRAY.

AMEN. WOULD YOU NOW JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU SIR, AND I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS OTHER THAN OTHER THAN OUR

[Mayoral Proclamations, Recognitions and Announcements]

DEPARTURE FROM THE VIRTUAL WORLD.

SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GET INTO OUR AGENDA.

THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[Consent Agenda]

ALL ITEMS UNDER THIS SECTION ARE RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY A SINGLE MOTION OF COUNCIL WITHOUT DISCUSSION.

COUNCIL HAS HAD 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'LL ANNOUNCE THE AGENDA AND PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE OR THE CITY COUNCIL TO REQUEST THAT ITEM BE REMOVED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.

AT THIS POINT, I DON'T HAVE ANY REQUESTS.

LET ME GO AHEAD AND READ THROUGH THE AGENDA.

ITEM ONE CONSIDER APPROVAL FOR THE MINUTES OF THE JUNE EIGHT REGULAR MEETING AND JUNE 15TH, SPECIAL MEETING.

ITEM TWO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING BIDS.

TWO A CASUALTY INSURANCE COVERAGE, ITEM TWO B ROWLETT CREEK FORTY EIGHT INCH INTERCEPTOR MAIN REHABILITATION, PHASE SEVEN, ITEM TWO C LYONS ROAD WATER, WASTEWATER MAINS AND STREET IMPROVEMENTS, ITEM TWO D ROWLETT CREEK THIRTY SIX INCH PARALLEL SEWER INTERCEPTOR.

ITEM TWO E GP&L UNDERGROUND MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION, ITEM TWO F SHADY LANE TO ROSEBUD LANE, CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS.

TWO G INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS AND SURGE ARRESTERS FOR GP&L SUBSTATIONS.

ITEM TWO H TMPA ONE THIRTY EIGHT KB AND THREE FORTY FIVE KB TRANSMISSION LINE AS BUILD REMODELING AND CLEARANCE VERIFICATION.

AND ITEM TWO I VESTA 911 TRAINING EQUIPMENT.

ITEM THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS WERE PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONING CASES, COUNCIL APPROVES THE REQUEST AND INSTRUCTED STAFF TO BRING FORTH THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCES FOR CONSIDERATION. ITEM THREE A ZONING FILE, NUMBER Z TWENTY ONE DASH TEN SPIRES ENGINEERING IN DISTRICT ONE.

ITEM FOUR, CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR, ARTICLE FIVE OF THE GARLAND DEVELOPMENT CODE BY ADDING A SECTION FOUR POINT SEVEN NINE HISTORIC SIGNS.

ITEM FIVE, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION FOR A PROJECT SPECIFIC AGREEMENT WITH DALLAS COUNTY TO SHARE CONCRETE REPAIR PROJECT COSTS.

ITEM SIX CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING MULTIPLE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER THIRTY ONE, ARTICLE NINE, CONSTRUCTION OF REPAIRS OF SIDEWALKS OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS.

PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE PROVIDING A PENALTY UNDER THE PROVISION OF SECTION TEN POINT

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ZERO FIVE OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND SETTING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND THE LAST ITEM ON CONSENT.

ITEM SEVEN CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 33 TRANSPORTATION OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, PROVIDING A PENALTY UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION TEN POINT ZERO FIVE OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THAT IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.

IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANY OF THOSE ITEMS PULLED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY? PARDON ME, AS I FLIP SOME PAPER HERE.

I SEE NONE. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. MAYOR I MOVE THAT THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED AS READ AND PRESENTED.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED WITH A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER AUBIN TO APPROVE.

UNLESS THERE'S ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, COUNCIL PLEASE VOTE.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH, IF YOU HAVE YOUR SIGN, I CAN'T SEE IT SO.

I THINK HE I THINK WE MAY HAVE LOST HIM.

AT THIS POINT, I CAN'T SEE WHAT HIS VOTE IS.

WE WILL SAY THAT THIS ITEM IS APPROVED EIGHT, EIGHT TO ZERO.

THERE HE GOES. HE'S KIND OF MOVING.

I CAN'T. SEE IF WE CAN GET ONE MORE SECOND OUT OF HIM.

AT THIS POINT COUNCIL, WE WILL JUST CONSIDER THE VOTE EIGHT IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA, BECAUSE I CAN'T WHILE I WHILE I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH IS VOTING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, I CAN'T I CAN'T PROVE THAT.

SO THANK YOU.

THAT WILL MOVE US ON TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.

ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST OR ON AN AGENDA ITEM HOPEFULLY HAS REGISTERED THROUGH OUR SYSTEM SO WE CAN CUE YOU UP.

WE'LL GET THOSE SPEAKERS LINED UP.

APPLICANTS WILL HAVE 10 MINUTES TO MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION AND THEN ANY SUBSEQUENT SPEAKERS WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

AND THEN WE WILL ALSO, IF NEEDED, GIVE TIME TO THE APPLICANT TO FOLLOW UP ON ANY OF THOSE ANYTHING THAT COMES UP DURING THE DISCUSSION.

THE FIRST ITEM, ITEM EIGHT, HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING.

[Items 8A & 8B]

EIGHT A CONSIDER A ZONING REQUEST BY CIVIL POINT ENGINEERING INC.

TO ALLOW ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY DWELLING UNITS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING AND ASSISTED LIVING. THIS SITE IS LOCATED AT TWO ZERO FIVE FIVE ARAPAHO ROAD IN DISTRICT SEVEN.

THIS IS ALSO A TWO PART.

PART B IS CONSIDER A DETAIL PLAN REQUEST BY CIVIL POINT ENGINEERING FOR THE SAME PROPERTY, SAME ADDRESS.

COUNCILMAN HEDRICK. DO YOU HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH TAKING THESE TWO ITEMS TOGETHER? NO, SIR. I'M FINE TO COMBINE THEM.

ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. MR. GUERIN. YES SIR MAYOR.

COUNCIL, GOOD EVENING. THIS IS A PROPOSAL FOR ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DWELLING UNITS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING AND ASSISTED LIVING USE.

RECORDING IN PROGRESS.

GET BACK HERE.

THIS REQUEST IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED DETAILED PLAN SITE LAYOUT FOR INDEPENDENT AND ASSISTED LIVING.

SO THE USE IS CURRENTLY ALLOWED AND THERE IS AN APPROVED DETAILED PLAN.

BUT THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO THAT.

THE LOCATION IS TWENTY FIFTY FIVE ARAPAHO ROAD AND THE ACREAGE OF THE OVERALL SITE IS THIRTY FIVE EXCUSE ME, THIRTY FOUR AND A HALF ACRES.

THIS IS THE GENERAL CITYWIDE LOCATION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS OUTLINED IN THIS TEAL COLOR HERE.

SAME AS THE PREVIOUS APPROVAL, WHICH WAS PD 17-52, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, AS SOME OF YOU MAY RECALL, SUBJECT PROPERTY IS THE SAME.

HOWEVER, THE DEVELOPMENT IS PRIMARILY BEING DEVELOPED IN THIS RED PORTION HERE CLOSER TO ARAPAHO ROAD, WHEREAS THE PREVIOUS APPROVAL WERE FOR TWO BUILDINGS AND IT WAS PUSHED A LITTLE BIT FURTHER BACK INTO THE PROPERTY.

AS FAR AS THE SOME OF THE SURROUNDING LAND GOES, THE AG LAND TO THE WEST AND NORTH IS STILL UNDEVELOPED.

THERE IS THERE IS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT NEARBY, AS WELL AS A CHURCH AND CHARTER SCHOOL USE ACROSS ARAPAHO ROAD AND TO DIRECTLY TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST.

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AT THIS PROPERTY HERE IS A MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

AND ON THE OTHER SIDE IS AN EXISTING MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT FACING NORTH GARLAND AVENUE.

A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IDENTIFIES THIS AREA AS COMPACT NEIGHBORHOODS.

COMPACT NEIGHBORHOODS GENERALLY REFERENCES KIND OF A MEDIUM MODERATE DENSITY OF RESIDENTIAL, AND THIS PROPOSED LAND USE IS COMPATIBLE WITH THAT DESIGNATION.

HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS OF THE AREA.

YOU CAN SEE THE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT THAT'S JUST ABOUT COMPLETE TO THE EAST IN THESE PHOTOS HERE. THIS IS A VIEW POINT LOOKING DOWN, LANCE [INAUDIBLE] DRIVE TO THE SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. AND THIS IS A PHOTO LOOKING WEST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

SO HERE'S A COMPARISON TABLE OF THE BEFORE AND AFTER, ON THE LEFT COLUMN IS THE PD SEVENTEEN FIFTY TWO AND ON THE RIGHT IS THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING.

THE LAND USE IS THE SAME.

IT IS STILL AN INDEPENDENT LIVING AND ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY.

OVERALL ACREAGE IS THE SAME THIRTY FOUR POINT FIVE ACRES.

THE DENSITY, HOWEVER, IS GOING DOWN.

THIS PROJECT, THIS REQUEST BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS ESSENTIALLY A REDUCTION IN THE SIZE AND DENSITY OF THE PROPOSAL.

SO THE DENSITY IN THE APPROVED SEVENTEEN FIFTY TWO DEVELOPMENT WAS ELEVEN AND A HALF DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.

AND THE DENSITY IN TONIGHT'S PROPOSAL FOR THE FULL THIRTY FOUR AND A HALF ACRES IS ONLY ABOUT THREE AND A HALF DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.

SO OBVIOUSLY A MUCH LOWER DENSITY.

AND EVEN WHEN ACCOUNTING FOR THE ELEVEN ACRES ACTUALLY BEING DEVELOPED, IT'S STILL A LOWER DENSITY AT JUST UNDER 11 UNITS PER ACRE.

AND THE NUMBER OF UNITS, THE APPROVED 17-52 DETAIL PLAN HAD A TOTAL OF FOUR HUNDRED UNITS. TONIGHT'S PROPOSAL IS ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY.

THAT INCLUDES FORTY SIX ASSISTED LIVING UNITS AND SEVENTY FOUR INDEPENDENT LIVING UNITS UNDER ONE BUILDING. AND THE BUILDING HEIGHT, OF COURSE, IS LOWERING AS WELL, FROM FIFTY FIVE FEET TO THIRTY SIX FEET.

THIS IS A VIEW OF THE APPROVED DETAILED PLAN FROM THREE YEARS AGO.

IT IS A LARGER DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF TWO BUILDINGS, ONE OF WHICH WAS ALLOWED TO BE UP TO FOUR STORIES IN HEIGHT, AND IT WAS DEVELOPED FROM ARAPAHO ROAD, BUT A LITTLE FURTHER UP INTO THE PROPERTY.

AND THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS SHOWN HERE, IT'S CONSIST OF ONE BUILDING WHICH INCLUDES BOTH THE ASSISTED LIVING AND INDEPENDENT LIVING USES CLUSTERED CLOSER TO ARAPAHO ROAD.

AND IT STILL INCLUDES A TRAIL NETWORK.

HERE AND SHOWN HERE, THEY'RE NOT REALLY AMENDING THE TRAIL, THE TRAIL WOULD STILL BE CONSTRUCTED AND PROVIDED PER THE ORIGINAL PLAN.

AND THERE WOULD BE TWO DRIVEWAY LOCATIONS IN AND OUT OF THE SITE.

THOSE WOULD BOTH BE ALONG ARAPAHO ROAD.

HERE'S A MORE ZOOMED IN SITE PLAN OF THE BUILDING, ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE IS THE INDEPENDENT LIVING PORTION, WHICH WOULD BE TWO STORIES IN HEIGHT.

AND ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS THE ASSISTED LIVING, WHICH WOULD BE ONE STORY IN HEIGHT.

YOU CAN SEE A CLUBHOUSE LOCATED HERE JUST BEYOND THE PORTE-COCHERE AND SOME INTERNAL COURTYARDS AS WELL, AND A SWIMMING POOL SHOWN OVER HERE.

THE AMENITIES ARE OPEN TO ALL RESIDENTS, SO THE COURTYARDS AND AMENITIES ARE NOT EXCLUSIVE TO ONE, ONE OR THE OTHER.

ALL RESIDENTS IN THIS FACILITY HAVE ACCESS TO THE AMENITIES.

AND SOME OF THE INTERNAL AMENITIES INCLUDE A SALON, SPA, CHAPEL AND THEATER, ARTS AND CRAFTS ROOM, DINING ROOM, CONFERENCE ROOM, STUDIO, AND A FITNESS ROOM, LOUNGE ROOM AND MULTIPLE GATHERING SPACES.

AND THE COURTYARDS, IN ADDITION TO THE SWIMMING POOL INCLUDE A WATER FEATURE, BENCHES, BARBECUE GRILL AND A PERGOLA.

HERE'S A MORE COLORFUL BUILDING PLAN KIND OF SHOWING THE INTERNAL UNITS, IF YOU WILL.

AND SOME OF THE COURTYARD'S, OF COURSE, THE SWIMMING POOL SHOWN HERE.

THERE'S THE LANDSCAPING, LANDSCAPE PLAN, THE PROPOSAL MEETS THE LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS OF THE GDC. AND HERE'S THE SORT OF LOOPED TRAIL AND OPEN SPACE AREA SHOWN JUST ON THE WEST HAND SIDE OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

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AND JUST ZOOM INS OF THE COURTYARD AREAS AND SWIMMING POOL AREA.

AND I'LL RUN THROUGH THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS.

THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS MEET GDC REQUIREMENTS.

AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE INDEPENDENT LIVING WOULD BE TWO STORIES AND THEN THE ONE STORY PRODUCT, YOU SEE IS THE ASSISTED LIVING PORTION.

AND THE SITE MEETS THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS OF THE GDC, INCLUDING THE COVERED PARKING REQUIREMENTS. THIS IS THE PORTE-COCHERE, WHICH WOULD BE THE ENTRANCE INTO THE BUILDING.

AND THE SITE WOULD BE SCREENED WITH A SIX FOOT METAL ORNAMENTAL FENCE.

WITH MASONRY COLUMNS.

THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TWO DEVIATIONS FROM THE GDC, THE FIRST ONE HERE IS THE GDC HAS UNIT SIZE REGULATIONS FOR ONE AND TWO BEDROOM UNITS, BUT DOES NOT QUITE CONTEMPLATE STUDIO OR EFFICIENCY UNITS.

IT JUST DOESN'T HAVE A SIZE MINIMUM FOR THOSE OF THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A TOTAL OF FIVE STUDIO UNITS FOR THE INDEPENDENT LIVING PORTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT, AND THOSE DWELLING SIZES WOULD BE THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY AND FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY ONE SQUARE FEET. ALL OTHER UNITS IN THE DEVELOPMENT WOULD MEET THE MINIMUM UNIT SIZE REQUIREMENTS, THOUGH, AND STAFF HAS DRAFTED A PD CONDITION WHICH WOULD LIMIT THESE STUDIO UNITS TO NO MORE THAN FIVE. AND THE APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT THE.

YEAH, INDEPENDENT LIVING PORTION ONLY AND THE APPLICANT SAYS THERE IS A MARKET DEMAND FOR THIS UNIT TYPE AND THEY HAVE LEASED THESE UNIT SIZES AT THEIR OTHER PROJECTS.

AND THEN THE OTHER DEVIATIONS REGARDING PERIMETER SCREENING, I MENTIONED THE SITE WOULD BE SCREENED, BUT THAT IS REALLY JUST ON THREE SIDES.

THE APPLICANT REQUEST A DEVIATION NOT TO HAVE TO SCREEN THE FRONT AND ACROSS THE DRIVEWAYS OF THE DEVELOPMENT. THEY PREFER TO HAVE THAT VISIBILITY.

THEY PREFER NOT TO HAVE THE BLOCKED VISIBILITY.

AND THEY CONTEND THAT THE THAT THAT WOULD HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE PROPERTY.

STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST, BOTH THE PD AMENDMENT AND THE DETAILED PLAN. AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AS WELL WITH A NINE ZERO VOTE FOR BOTH THE PD AMENDMENT AND DETAILED PLAN AS PRESENTED.

AND WE MAIL OUT EIGHTY THREE NOTIFICATION LETTERS, WE RECEIVED FOUR IN FAVOR, THOSE WERE ALL WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA AND THREE IN OPPOSITION, TWO OF WHICH WERE OUTSIDE OF THE NOTIFICATION AREA. AND WITH THAT, MAYOR I'LL STOP SHARING AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

VERY GOOD, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM? I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE THE APPLICANT QUEUING UP.

BUT ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? ALL RIGHT, I SEE NONE.

I BELIEVE WE'VE GOT.

GOT THE APPLICANTS IN THE QUEUE.

THERE THEY ARE, I WAS LIKE. AND, SIR, I WILL SAY.

IF YOU CAN GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU WILL HAVE TEN MINUTES.

YES, MY NAME IS STEVEN [INAUDIBLE] WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM OF JEFFREY [INAUDIBLE] AND ASSOCIATES, LOCATED AT FIVE NINE ZERO FIVE GRANITE LAKE DRIVE, GRANITE BAY, CALIFORNIA. AND I'M JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE PROJECT.

WE PLANNING DID A WONDERFUL JOB EXPLAINING, I THINK A THROUGHOUT JOB AS WELL.

THEY'RE JUST ONE LITTLE THING TO ADD TO THE STATEMENT WITH REGARD TO THE STUDIO UNITS ON THE INDEPENDENT LIVING. WE BELIEVE, IN FACT, THAT BECAUSE THIS IS NOT MULTIFAMILY, IT IS SENIOR LIVING THAT IS VERY APPROPRIATE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER UNIT.

AS THE PLANNING DIRECTOR STATED, WE HAVE BUILT THESE THIS TYPE OF STRUCTURE IN OTHER LOCATIONS AND THERE IS A DEMAND FOR A LIMITED NUMBER OF STUDIO UNITS.

AND ALSO THERE'S OVER FOURTEEN THOUSAND THIRTY THREE OR THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY THREE SQUARE FEET OF OTHER AMENITIES WITHIN WITHIN THE BUILDING.

SO THERE'S PLENTY OF SPACE TO GO HAVE DINNER, TO HAVE ACTIVITIES, THERE'S FITNESS AND LOTS OF OTHER ACTIVITIES FOUND WITHIN THE BUILDING.

AND REALLY THE GOAL WITH THOSE SMALLER UNITS IS TO GET THE RESIDENTS OUT AND ABOUT TO

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HAVE OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT THEY'RE ENGAGED IN.

WE'VE RECOGNIZED THAT AN ACTIVE SENIOR IS A HEALTHY SENIOR AND SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO PROMOTE THAT. ANOTHER THING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO MENTION IS FRONTIER MANAGEMENT, WHO IS ONE OF THE LARGEST MANAGERS OF SENIOR LIVING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, WILL BE THE OPERATOR OF THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.

GRAY RODERICK, THE CEO AND PRESIDENT IS WILL ALSO BE OF FRONTIER MANAGEMENT.

WE'LL BE PARTICIPATING IN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT AND IS THIRD GENERATION IN THAT INDUSTRY. SO WE BELIEVE THE THIS PARTICULAR BUILDING WILL BE IN VERY, VERY GOOD HANDS.

JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO MENTION.

AND WITH THAT, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS THAT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER.

OK. VERY GOOD, SIR.

COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR. BRADLEY, FOR BEING HERE. AND QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU IS, WHY COME BACK FOR A PD THAT IS PRODUCING WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED? IT'S NOT OFTEN THAT WE GET SOMEONE COMES BACK AND ASKS FOR LESS THAN THAT WAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED. THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.

SO THERE'S A COUPLE ANSWERS TO THAT.

ONE IS THE OPERATOR HAS RECOGNIZED THE DEMAND IN THIS PARTICULAR MARKET A LITTLE LESS THAN WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY ANTICIPATED.

IT'S ALSO VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE BUILDING ISN'T OVER.

THERE'S NOT TOO MUCH SPACE.

IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE SPACE DESIGNED FOR THE NUMBER OF OF RESIDENTS THAT ARE FOUND WITHIN THE THE LOCATION, IF YOU WILL.

THERE MIGHT BE ADDITIONAL UNMET DEMAND.

THIS IS ONLY A PORTION OF THE SITE.

SO THERE IS ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ON THE SECOND PORTION OF THE SITE TO TO OBVIOUSLY BUILD ADDITIONAL STRUCTURES.

THE GOAL AGAIN, AND A NEW DEVELOPMENT IS TO GET IT IS AS OCCUPIED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

AND THAT SYNERGY OF THE RESIDENTS WITHIN THE BUILDING IS KIND OF A CROWD ATTRACTS A CROWD KIND OF MENTALITY. SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO BE AS FULL AS POSSIBLE, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, TO THEN MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE AMENITIES, STAFF AND SUCH IS APPROPRIATELY SET UP TO PROVIDE SERVICE FOR THE RESIDENTS.

THE OTHER THING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS WE BELIEVE THE SCALE OF THE PREVIOUS PROJECT WAS QUITE LARGE AND MAYBE.

WE BELIEVE THAT THIS PROJECT FITS IN WITH THE COMMUNITY A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

WE BELIEVE THE MATERIALS, THE THE SCALE, THE STYLE, THE ARCHITECTURAL VERNACULAR FITS WITHIN THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND I KNOW THERE'S TALLER MULTIFAMILY ADJACENT, BUT WE FEEL THAT THIS ORIENTS ITSELF VERY WELL TO ARAPAHO AND ALSO TO THE EXISTING RESIDENTS.

WE BELIEVE THAT IN SENIOR HOUSING ESPECIALLY, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO CREATE A VERY COMFORTABLE AND COMFORTABLE AND WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT.

AND WE BELIEVE AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHY ALSO WE THINK IT WOULD BE NICE TO NOT HAVE THE FENCE ACROSS THE FRONT. WE HAVE A WONDERFUL BUILDING.

WE'VE DESIGNED IT TO MEET THE GDC REQUIREMENTS.

AND WE BELIEVE BECAUSE OF THAT, NOT HAVING A FENCE WILL CREATE A MORE WELCOMING STRUCTURE, IF YOU WILL. SO SORRY FOR THE LONG WINDED ANSWER, BUT HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS PROPERLY.

ANSWERED IT. THANK YOU AND THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? I WILL SAY I SUPPORT THE NOT HAVING THE FENCE ACROSS THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.

WE'VE WE'VE MADE THOSE ALLOWANCES BEFORE.

THERE WAS A VERY SIMILAR DEVELOPMENT THAT WE APPROVED MANY YEARS AGO NOW.

WAGON WHEEL IN NORTH GARLAND.

WE MADE THAT SAME CONCESSION ON IT.

IT DOES. YOU KNOW, IT DOES OPEN UP THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING AND IT'S MUCH NICER LOOKING.

SO. I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE, COUNCILMAN HEDRICK.

IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS THAN I MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 17-52 AND ALSO APPROVAL OF A DETAILED PLAN.

I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER VERA TO APPROVE ITEMS EIGHT A AND EIGHT B AS PRESENTED.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, COUNCIL PLEASE VOTE.

AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY WITH NINE.

THANK YOU, SIR. AND THAT MOVES US TO ITEM

[9. Consider appointments to Boards and Commissions.]

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NINE, CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS I'M SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK, TURNED ON YOUR MUTE THERE FOR A SECOND.

I BELIEVE YOU HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TONIGHT.

YES, SIR. I'D LIKE TO APPOINT CHIP VAN PELT TO THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION.

VERY GOOD. AND AS WE SAID LAST NIGHT, WE DON'T NEED A SECOND ON NOMINATIONS.

SO COUNCIL, YOU'VE HEARD THE NOMINATION AND PLEASE VOTE.

AND MR. VAN PELT IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

AND THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, ITEM 10 CITIZEN COMMENTS.

[10. Citizen comments.]

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 MY FIRST SPEAKER IS.

JOSH GARCIA.

SORRY, GETTING MY TIMER SET.

MR. GARCIA, I HAVE OPEN THE LINE ON OUR END, IF YOU CAN UNMUTE, GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

JOSH GARCIA, 4029 MAYFLOWER DRIVE GARLAND, TEXAS 75043.

FIRST OFF, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE HONORABLE MR. JERRY NICKERSON FOR HIS HARD WORK IN DISTRICT THREE.

HE WILL BE REALLY MISSED AND I ENJOYED BEING WITH HIM.

I KNOW I MET HIM SEVERAL TIMES IN PERSON AND SHAKE HIS HAND, BUT I MISS HIM [INAUDIBLE] HIM. AND FIRST OFF, WE HAVE ANOTHER BRAND NEW FACE TONIGHT, WHICH IS COUNCILMAN [INAUDIBLE] IS IN MY DISTRICT AND I'M REALLY, REALLY GLAD TO HAVE HIM IN MY DISTRICT.

AND I HEARD A LOT OF GREAT THINGS ABOUT HIM.

I ACTUALLY HEARD THEY HE'S A PASTOR.

SO I HOPE THAT ONE DAY HE GETS TO PREACH THE GOSPEL WITH ALL THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND I SAW THAT THAT WOULD MAKE US REALLY PROUD AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THEM.

AND SECONDLY, I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A, WHOEVER WAS A FATHER AND HIS SON OR DAUGHTER.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY.

I ALSO HAVE A FATHER'S DAY JOKE.

I HOPE YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO HEAR IT.

WHY DO COWS WEAR A BELT AROUND THE NECK? YOU GUYS WANT TO HEAR IT? IT'S BECAUSE THE HORNS DON'T WORK.

I HOPE YOU GUYS ENJOY THE THE JOKE, SO IT'S SOMETHING I WANTED TO EXCITE EVERYBODY FOR FATHER'S DAY [INAUDIBLE], THAT THIS WILL CONCLUDE MY LAST CITIZEN COMMENTS VIRTUALLY.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SHAKE HANDS.

AND IN JULY 5TH OR 6TH, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE YOU GUYS IN PERSON.

THANKS SO MUCH. THANK YOU, JOSH.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AT THIS TIME? SEEING NONE AT 7:28, WE ARE ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.