[00:00:15] GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY, AND WELCOME TO THE JUNE TWENTY EIGHTH MEETING OF THE GARLAND PLANNING COMMISSION. AS IS OUR CUSTOM. WE COMMISSIONERS START OUR MEETING WITH A PRAYER AND A PLEDGE TONIGHT LED BY COMMISSIONER JENKINS. THANK YOU CHAIRMAN. IF YOU'RE SO MOVED PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS AND JOIN WITH US IN PRAYER. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE MULTITUDE OF BLESSINGS YOU'VE BESTOWED UPON THIS NATION, THIS CITY AND OUR PEOPLE. IN YOUR GRACE MOVE OUR HEARTS TO PEACE. AS WE GATHER THIS EVENING TO ASSIST THE CITY IN ITS BUSINESS, THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER. THAT IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO BE SERVANTS OF ALL. WE ASK FOR YOUR MERCY AND PROTECTION FOR THIS CITY'S CITIZENS, ITS FIRST RESPONDERS AND THOSE IN THE MILITARY. WE ASK THESE THINGS IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR WILL, AMEN. THANK YOU, JOIN WITH US NOW, PLEASE, IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. APPRECIATE IT. BEFORE WE GET INTO TONIGHT'S MEETING, I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF KIND OF KIND OF SAD ANNOUNCEMENTS TO MAKE. WE'RE LOSING A COUPLE OF COMMISSIONERS OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT MONTH OR SO. COMMISSIONER WELBORN, WHO'S BEEN WITH US, I THINK 12 YEARS NOW, 13 IS THIS IS HIS LAST MEETING WITH THIS. AND COMMISSIONER EDWARDS HAS SUBMITTED HIS RESIGNATION AND WILL BE REPLACED POSSIBLY IN JULY OR JULY OR AUGUST. AND I JUST PERSONALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF GARLAND, I WANT TO THANK THE TWO OF YOU FOR YEARS AND YEARS OF SERVICE. IT HAS BEEN GREAT AND WONDERFUL. AND IF EITHER ONE OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A WORD AND AS I SAID, COMMISSIONER WELBORN, PLEASE KEEP IT UNDER FORTY FIVE MINUTES IF YOU SAY ANYTHING. AND WE'RE ALL JUST VERY GRATEFUL AS THE CITY IS FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU FOR HEARING THE TIME TO EXPRESS MY THOUGHTS TO THE COMMISSION FOR LETTING ME SERVE. I LOVE ALL YOU GUYS. YOU MEANT A LOT TO ME. WE'VE LEARNED A LOT TOGETHER. I'D LIKE TO THANK JOHN [INAUDIBLE], BILLY MACK WILLIAMS, RICHARD AUBIN FOR GIVING TRUST ME TO PUT ME ON THE COMMISSION EACH YEAR THAT THEY ELECTED. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE STAFF THAT'S WORKED WITH ME, THE TIMES I'VE CALLED THEM. THEY'VE GIVEN ME ANSWERS. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN LETTING ME SIT BESIDE YOU. HAVE ENJOYED THAT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO RETIRING AGAIN. BUT GOOD LUCK AND I'LL BE WATCHING YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I'VE ENJOYED YOU SITTING NEXT TO ME BECAUSE MORE ON ONE OCCASION YOU KEPT ME ON STRAIGHT AND NARROW, DIDN'T WE FORGET TO DO THIS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO AND YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR DISTRICT HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL TOO, COMMISSIONER EDWARDS. IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK NOW OR WAIT UNTIL YOUR LAST MEETING, WE CAN DO IT EITHER WAY. WHY DON'T WE WAIT TILL THE LAST MINUTE? ALL RIGHTY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, DEFINITELY, WE'LL BE MISSING YOU GUYS AND WISH YOU ALL THE BEST OF LUCK IN THE BEST OF [INAUDIBLE]. ALRIGHTY. ON TO OUR MEETING NOW, FOR THOSE OF US, FOR THOSE THAT WILL BE SPEAKING TONIGHT ON ZOOM, I WILL NEED YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD. SO PLEASE DO THAT FOR US. APPLICANTS WILL GET 15 MINUTES TO PRESENT THEIR CASE. OTHER SPEAKERS BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES, BUT TYPICALLY WE ALLOW MORE. IF YOU'RE SPEAKING FOR A GROUP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. ALRIGHTY, WE'RE GOING TO START TONIGHT'S MEETING WITH OUR CONSENT AGENDA. [CONSENT AGENDA] CONSENT AGENDA, ITEMS THAT THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE REVIEWED AND WILL BE VOTING ON IN ONE MOTION TO APPROVE. AFTER I READ THE ITEMS IN THE CONSENT AGENDA, IF ANY COMMISSIONER WANTS AN ITEM REMOVED, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. AND IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WANTS AN ITEM REMOVED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. ALL RIGHT. CONSENT AGENDA, OH IT'S A LONG ONE TONIGHT. [00:05:03] ITEM ONE A CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE PLAN COMMISSION MINUTES FOR JUNE 14, 2021. THERE IS NO 1B SO. GENTLEMEN, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. MR. CHAIR? COMMISSIONER DALTON, YEAH COMMISSIONER DALTON. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS POSTED. I SECOND IT. AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WELBORN. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DALTON AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WELBORN TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL IN FAVOR. ALRIGHTY, THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ON TO THE FIRST ZONING CASE. [2.a. Consideration of the application of Pankaj Patel , requesting approval of an Amendment to Planned Development (PD) 03-53 District, 2) a Specific Use Provision for Hotel/Motel, Limited Service Use, and 3) a Detail Plan for Hotel/Motel, Limited Service. This property is located at 565 Town Center Boulevard. ( This application was submitted prior to September1, 2019 .) (District 1) (File Z 18-19)] ITEM 2A CONSIDER THE APPLICATION OF MR. PATEL REQUESTING APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT PD 03-53 SPECIAL USE PROVISION FOR A HOTEL, MOTEL LIMITED USE SERVICE AND A DETAILED PLAN FOR HOTEL MOTEL LIMITED USE SERVICES. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 565 TOWN CENTER BOULEVARD, WHICH IS IN THE MALL. GO AHEAD. STAFF PRESENTATIONS. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. THIS REQUEST IS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DETAIL PLAN AND A SPECIFIC PROVISION FOR A LIMITED SERVICE HOTEL. HERE'S THE CASE INFORMATION, THE ACREAGE IS APPROXIMATELY POINT THREE TWO SEVEN ACRE. THIS IS THE CITY BY LOCATION MAP, THE RED STAR IDENTIFIES THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. AND HERE IS THE LOCATION MAP, THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES OUTLINED IN THE TEAL BLUE COLOR, AND IT'S LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF TOWN CENTER BOULEVARD AND PRAIRIE CLOVER DRIVE. AND THE CORE OF THIS TRACT IS CONSTRUCTED WITH URBAN STYLE SHOPPING CENTER TO THE NORTH END OF THE SHOPPING CENTER ARE EXISTING MULTIFAMILY COMPLEXES AND TOWNHOUSE STYLE STRUCTURES. THE SITE IS ZONED FOR PD 12 36 AND FOR PD 03 53, ALTHOUGH 12 36 IS FOR SIGNAGE AND THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING TO AMEND SIGNAGE AT THIS TIME. SO THEY WILL BE AMENDING PD 03-53, WHICH IS IT HAS THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE ENVISION GARLAND PLAN DESIGNATES THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AS REGIONAL CENTERS. AND REGIONAL CENTERS ARE AREAS WITH A HIGHER CONCENTRATION OF ACTIVITY THAT SERVE AS A DESTINATION FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS. USES WITHIN THIS DEVELOPMENT TYPE PROVIDE A MIX OF RETAIL SERVICES, ENTERTAINMENT AND EMPLOYMENT AND MAY INCLUDE RESIDENTIAL USES. THIS PROPOSED LAND USE IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE SITE PHOTOS, THE TOP LEFT IS VIEW OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. THE TOP RIGHT IS LOOKING SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY. BOTTOM LEFT IS LOOKING EAST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS LOOKING NORTH OF THIS SUBJECT PROPERTY. AND HERE IS THE OVERALL SITE PLAN SHOWING THE ENTIRE SHOPPING CENTER AND THIS WAY IS THE NORTH OF THAT SHOPPING CENTER. THE RED CIRCLE IDENTIFIES THE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSAL IN THE SHOPPING CENTER. AND THE APPLICANT HAS BROUGHT FORWARD A PROPOSAL IN A VACANT LOT LOCATED WITHIN THE CORE OF THE SHOPPING CENTER. AND THE PROPOSAL IS TO AMEND PD 03 53 TO ADD A LIMITED SERVICE HOTEL BY A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION AND A DETAILED PLAN. THE DESIGN INTENT IS TO CREATE A UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS THE ENLARGED VERSION OF THE SITE PLAN, WHICH SHOWS THE LOCATION OF THE BUILDING AND THERE'S TWO OUTDOOR PATIOS, THERE WILL BE A TOTAL OF 85 GUEST ROOMS AND THE POST SIZE IS EIGHT THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY TWO SQUARE FOOT GROSS FLOOR AREA. AND THERE WILL BE A TOTAL OF SIX FLOORS. THE GDC STATES THAT GUESTROOMS MUST HAVE ACCESS FROM ONLY INTERIOR HALLWAY ACCESSIBLE FROM A CENTRAL LOBBY. ALL, ALL ENTRANCES AND EXITS OF ANY INCIDENTAL BUSINESS WITHIN A HOTEL MUST BE FROM INSIDE THE BUILDING, AND THIS PROPOSAL MEETS THAT REQUIREMENT. SOME OF THE AMENITIES THAT ARE PROPOSED WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES A FITNESS CENTER, COMMON LEISURE AREA, A CORNER MARKET, WHICH IS A PANTRY AND A SWIMMING POOL. [00:10:03] ALTHOUGH A CONFERENCE ROOM IS REQUIRED FOR A LIMITED HOTEL, LIMITED SERVICE HOTEL, THE APPLICANT REQUEST A DEVIATION TO NOT ALLOW A MEETING ROOM. AND THIS PROPOSAL ALSO REQUIRES EIGHTY NINE PARKING SPACES, AND THEY WILL BE REMOVING FIVE PARKING SPACES OVER HERE TO THE BACK OF THE BUILDING, BUT THEY ARE PROVIDING THREE DESIGNATED 20 MINUTE PARKING SPACES, WHICH WILL ALLOW GUESTS TO BE ABLE TO CHECK IN AND CHECK OUT. AND THERE IS ALSO A SHARED PARKING AGREEMENT WITH THE SHOPPING CENTER. SO ALL THE GUESTS WILL BE ABLE TO USE THOSE PARKING SPACES. AND HERE IS THE PROPOSED LANDSCAPE PLAN, AND IT DOES COMPLY WITH THE STANDARDS IN THE GDC AS WELL AS PD 03 53, THE LANDSCAPE PLAN SHOWS STREET TREES, PLANTERS, LIGHTS, PAVERS ALONG PRAIRIE CLOVER AND TOWN CENTER BOULEVARD TO PROVIDE COMFORTABLE PEDESTRIAN PATHWAY. AND THOSE STREET TREES, STREET LIGHTING, THEY WILL ALL BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT IS EXISTING TODAY. WITH THE BUILDING ELEVATION. THIS IS THE SOUTH AND THE NORTH ELEVATION, AND THIS WILL COMPLY WITH THE APPLICABLE BUILDING DESIGN STANDARDS FROM THE GDC AS WELL AS PD 03 53. AND THE PD ALSO REQUIRES FORESIGHTED ARCHITECTURE AND COMPATIBILITY WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL THEME OF THE TOWN CENTER CORE. AND OVER HERE TO THE LEFT OF THE SOUTH ELEVATION IS THE EXISTING BUILDING JUST TO GIVE A BETTER VISUAL OF WHAT THE PROPOSAL WILL LOOK LIKE NEXT TO AN EXISTING BUILDING. THIS IS THE EAST ELEVATION. AND THIS IS THE WEST ELEVATION. THIS IS THE DUMPSTER ELEVATION AND IT DOES COMPLY WITH THE GDC STANDARDS. THE APPLICANT REQUESTS THE SUP FOR THE LIMITED SERVICE MOTEL LIMITED SERVICE HOTEL TO BE IN EFFECT FOR A TIME PERIOD OF 30 YEARS, WHICH ALIGNS WITH THE SUP TIME PERIOD GUIDE. HERE ARE SOME OF THE DEVIATIONS THAT ARE REQUESTED WITH THIS PROPOSAL. THE FIRST ONE IS THE BUILDING HEIGHT. THE MAXIMUM REQUIRED IS FIFTY FIVE FEET AND THE PROPOSED HEIGHT IS EIGHTY ONE FEET. AND THE APPLICANT REQUESTS THIS DEVIATION TO ALLOW SIX FLOORS ON A SMALL [INAUDIBLE]. THE SECOND ONE IS LOT COVERAGE. THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED IS 40 PERCENT AND THE PROPOSED COVERAGE IS SIXTY THREE POINT EIGHTEEN PERCENT. AND THE APPLICANT REQUESTS THIS DEVIATION IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE 85 GUEST ROOMS AND AMENITIES. THE THIRD ONE IS THE SWIMMING POOL, AND THE GDC REQUIRES ONE INDOOR OR OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOL AND REQUIRED OF EIGHT HUNDRED SQUARE FEET OF WATER SURFACE AREA AND PROPOSED IS ONE INDOOR SWIMMING POOL WITH THREE HUNDRED EIGHTEEN SQUARE FEET OF WATER SURFACE AREA. AND THE MARRIOTT FRANCHISE REQUEST. THE PROPOSED SIZE DUE TO SITE CONSTRAINTS. THERE IS NO ROOM FOR A LARGER SWIMMING POOL. AND THE FOURTH DEVIATION IS THE PORTICO SHARE OR COVERED VALLEY AREA. THE GDC REQUIRES PORTICO SHARE OR COVERED VALLEY AREA AND MUST BE PROVIDED IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE LOBBY ENTRANCE AND REGISTRATION DESK. THE PORTICO SHARE OR COVERED AREA MUST BE SUFFICIENT TO ACCOMMODATE THE TEMPORARY PARKING OF AT LEAST TWO VEHICLES PARKED SIDE BY SIDE OR GUEST CHECKING IN AND CHECKING OUT. AND THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A CANOPY AT THE ENTRANCE, WHICH IS SHOWN IN EXHIBIT C, AND THEY'RE ALSO SHOWING THREE PARKING SPACES AT THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING DESIGNATED AS 20 MINUTE PARKING SPACE. AND THE APPLICANT STATES THAT THE MAIN ENTRY CANOPY HAS BEEN PROVIDED IN PLACE OF THE PORTICO SHARE. AND THE COVER VALET AND PORTICO SHARE ARE NOT PRACTICAL IN THE CURRENT SETTING. AND THE LAST DEVIATION IS FOR THE MEETING OR CONFERENCE ROOM. A MINIMUM OF SEVEN HUNDRED SQUARE FEET MEETING OR CONFERENCE ROOM IS REQUIRED AND THEY ARE NOT PROVIDING ANY AT THIS TIME. THE APPLICANT REQUESTS THIS DEVIATION DUE TO LIMITED SPACE. AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT TO THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 03 53 AND A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION FOR HOTEL MOTEL LIMITED SERVICE USE AND A DETAILED PLAN FOR HOTEL [00:15:03] MOTEL LIMITED SERVICE USE. WE DID MAIL OUT NOTIFICATION LETTERS AND THERE WERE A TOTAL OF NINETY FIVE THAT WERE MAILED OUT AND WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY RESPONSES. AND THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS, GENTLEMEN? COMMISSIONER OTT? THIS IS A GENERAL QUESTION, WE HAVE A WE APPROVED ABOUT A YEAR AGO AT A HOTEL MOTEL IN THE SAME AREA THAT'S CLOSER TO IN AND OUT BURGER, WHICH IS THREE BLOCKS AWAY FROM HERE. IS THAT IS THAT STILL PLANNING TO BE BUILT? THAT WE KNOW OF. I'M NOT SURE OF THE STATUS OF THAT PROPOSAL AT THIS TIME, I'M NOT SURE IF THEY SUBMITTED PERMIT PLANS YET OR NOT. OK. AND THE PARKING IN THAT AREA, IT'S SO THEY'RE GOING TO SHARE ALL OF THEIR PARKING IS GOING TO BE SHARED WITH THE OTHER TENANTS THAT ARE IN THE AREA, CORRECT? YES. OK. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ROSE. I SAW YOUR HAND GO UP. YES, THEY'RE ASKING FOR AN SUP. WELL HOW LONG? THIRTY YEARS. THANK YOU. OK. AND YOU AND I TALKED EARLIER. THEY'RE ASKING FOR SIXTY THREE POINT ONE EIGHT PERCENT COVERAGE AND I KNOW AS ARCHITECTURAL THINGS GOING ON. IT MAY VARY [INAUDIBLE]. AND YOU COULD PROBABLY GO TO SIXTY FIVE SIXTY SIX PERCENT AS A STAFF ADJUSTMENT WITH NO NEW ISSUES. SHOULD THAT HAPPEN. THAT WE COULD BE FLEXIBLE AND PERHAPS ADD A CONDITION. YES, YES. COMMISSION WANTED TO COVER THAT, WE COULD SAY SIXTY FIVE PERCENT BECAUSE I KNOW THINGS CHANGE AS WORKING DRAWINGS PROGRESS. AND WE'RE DOING THIS ALL ON ONE VOTE BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS WAS SUBMITTED BEFORE THE STATE LAW TOOK EFFECT. SO WE CAN DO ALL OF THIS IN ONE CASE. SO. AND IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, WE CAN BRING THE APPLICANT ON, WE HAVE TWO POSSIBLE SPEAKERS. SO WHICHEVER ONE OF YOU WANTS TO SPEAK AND DO NEED YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. AND YOUR MICROPHONE IS OFF MR. PATEL. THERE YOU GO. OK. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS, OFFICIALS AT PLANNING DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS AND EXECUTIVES. PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS DONE A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. MY NAME IS PANKAJ PATEL. I'M AN ARCHITECT. MY ADDRESS IS THREE COLONIAL COURT, FRISCO, TEXAS, SEVEN FIVE ZERO THREE FOUR. SO BASICALLY [INAUDIBLE] PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THEY HAVE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB GOING BACK AND FORTH AND WE TRY TO MEET AS MANY REQUIREMENTS AS POSSIBLE. AND DUE TO THE SITE CONSTRAINTS, THERE WERE A FEW DEVIATIONS WERE THERE. SO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, BESIDES THAT, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. AND I TRY MY BEST TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? COMMISSIONER ROSE [INAUDIBLE] ON MUTE. YES, SIR. WHAT'S YOUR TIME FRAME? YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS TOMORROW OR TWO YEARS OR WHAT? ACTUALLY. ACTUALLY, I'M AN ARCHITECT AND ON BEHALF OF THE OWNER, LAST TIME WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HERE, THE FUNDING, IT WAS A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK. BUT DUE TO THE PROCESS LAID OFF FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, IT TOOK A LITTLE LONGER THAN THAT. SO. AND DUE TO THE COVID, THE FUNDING WAS WENT AWAY. BUT MEANTIME, JUST RECENTLY, I WAS TALKING TO HIM ABOUT STARTING IT. THERE IS ANOTHER FUNDING PROJECT HAS BEEN ALREADY FUNDED RIGHT NOW. SO IT'S READY TO GO. BASICALLY, THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ONE ARCHITECTURE TO ANOTHER, I SEE YOU HAD A DIFFICULT JOB THERE AND THAT SMALL SITE, SO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DID THERE AND I, FOR ONE, AM GLAD TO SEE SOME NEW GOOD STUFF COMING INTO THE MALL OUT THERE THAT WILL BE A BENEFIT. IT'LL HELP THE PEOPLE IN THE APARTMENTS, IT'LL HELP THE PEOPLE IN MALL AND BRING TRAFFIC INTO THE MALL. SO THAT'S A GOOD THING TO SEE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANTS, ARE THERE? [INAUDIBLE] MR. CHAIR? YES, COMMISSIONER DALTON. IF NO MORE COMMENTS, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. LET ME LET ME CHECK TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NOBODY IN THE PUBLIC WANTING TO SPEAK FIRST. [00:20:03] SO I YOU KNOW, CHANCES ARE. NINETY NINE PERCENT THAT YOU'RE GOOD TO GO. BUT TRACEY, IS THERE ANYBODY LINED UP? THERE IS NOT SIR. GO FOR IT, COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TO APPROVE THIS APPLICATION THAT IS BOTH THE CHANGE AND THE DETAILED PLAN ALLOWING 65 PERCENT COVERAGE THAT WAS DISCUSSED BY YOU EARLIER. AND APPROVE THIS OTHERWISE. WOULD THAT INCLUDE THE APPROVAL OF THE SPECIAL USE PROVISION? YES, THAT WAS I WAS JUMPING OVER IT AND GOING RIGHT INTO THE DETAIL PLAN. NO PROBLEM. WE'RE ALL HERE TO HELP EACH OTHER. AND I SEE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER EDWARDS. SO WE HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT TO THE PD, TO APPROVE THE SPECIAL USE PROVISION FOR A PERIOD OF 30 YEARS AND AN AMENDMENT TO THE PD UP THE COVERAGE TO 65 PERCENT AND APPROVE THE DETAILED PLAN. THIS IS [INAUDIBLE] ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND MR. PATEL, HOPE YOU GET THOSE DRAWINGS FINISHED AND UNDER CONSTRUCTION SOON FOR US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COMMISSIONERS. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ALRIGHTY, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A TWO PARTER, BECAUSE IT CAME IN [Items 2.b. & 2.c.] AFTER THE STATE LAW CHANGED. AND SO WE HAVE CONSIDERATION OF THE APPLICATION OF PM DESIGN, REQUESTING APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 19-07, A DISTRICT FOR COMMUNITY RETAIL USES TO ALLOW RESTAURANT DRIVE THRU AND A PYLON SIGN. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 5345 NORTH PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE AND ITEM 2C CONSIDERATION OF THE APPLICATION OF PM DESIGN, REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A DETAILED PLAN FOR RESTAURANT DRIVE THRU AND PYLON SIGN ON PROPERTY ZONE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT PD 19-07 DISTRICT FOR COMMUNITY RETAIL USES. THIS IS THE SAME PROPERTY AT 5345 GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE. AND I BET, WE'VE GOT A PRESENTATION. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. THIS IS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, A DETAILED PLAN FOR A RESTAURANT WITH A DRIVE THROUGH. AND HERE'S THE CASE INFORMATION, THE ACREAGE IS APPROXIMATELY ONE POINT ONE FIVE ACRES. THIS IS THE CITYWIDE LOCATION MAP, THE RED STAR IDENTIFIES THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. AND HERE'S THE LOCATION MAP, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY'S OUTLINED IN THIS TEAL BLUE COLOR, AND IT IS LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF NORTH GEORGE BUSH HIGHWAY AND NORTH GARLAND AVENUE. AND THIS ISN'T A WE DIDN'T HAVE THE MOST UPDATED AERIAL, BUT THIS BUILDING RIGHT HERE, THIS WAS ACTUALLY DEMOLISHED IN 2019. IT WAS A MEDICAL BUILDING AND IN 2019, THEY THEY REQUESTED TO SUBDIVIDE INTO THREE SEPARATE TRACKS, WHICH I WILL GO OVER IN JUST A BIT. THE PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH ACROSS 190 ARE ZONED FOR COMMUNITY RETAIL, AND IT IS DEVELOPED WITH THE BANK. THE PROPERTIES TO THE EAST AND TO THE SOUTH ARE ZONED FOR PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 19 07 AND THE PROPERTY TO THE EAST IS CURRENTLY VACANT AND THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH IS DEVELOPED WITH A GAS STATION. AND THE PROPERTIES TO THE WEST ACROSS NORTH GARLAND AVENUE ARE ZONED FOR COMMUNITY RETAIL USE. AND THERE IS A GAS STATION. FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE ENVISION GARLAND PLAN DESIGNATES THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AS COMMUNITY CENTER. COMMUNITY CENTERS MAY BE DEVELOPED AT THE INTERSECTION OF MAJOR ARTERIAL STREETS AND ALONG MAJOR ARTERIAL HIGHWAYS AND TURNPIKE CORRIDOR. THE PROPOSED LAND USE IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE SITE PHOTOS, THE TOP LEFT IS VIEW AT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FROM NORTH GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE. AND THE TOP RIGHT IS LOOKING SOUTHWEST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. BOTTOM LEFT IS LOOKING NORTHEAST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. AND THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS LOOKING NORTHWEST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. [00:25:05] AND HERE'S THE APPROVED CONCEPT PLAN FROM 2019, WHICH SHOWS THREE SEPARATE TRACKS AND THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN RED IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH IS DEVELOPED WITH A GAS STATION, AND THIS EASTERN TRACT IS UNDEVELOPED AT THIS TIME AND THERE ARE NO INTENTIONS TO DEVELOP. BUT IT WILL REQUIRE A DETAILED PLAN APPROVAL IN THE FUTURE. AND HERE IS THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN, WHICH SHOWS THE RESTAURANT WITH TWO DRIVE THROUGH AND THE ESCAPE LANE. THE PROPOSED RESTAURANT IS APPROXIMATELY TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SIX SQUARE FOOT. AND THE SECOND DRIVE THROUGH HERE IS MAINLY USED FOR CUSTOMERS THAT MIGHT HAVE TO WAIT A BIT LONGER FOR THEIR ORDER AND THE EMPLOYEES WILL BRING THEIR ORDER TO THEM WHEN IT'S READY. THE SITE REQUIRES A TOTAL OF 30 PARKING SPACES AND THEY ARE COMPLYING WITH PARKING REQUIREMENTS. AND THE SITE CAN BE ACCESSED FROM 190 THROUGH A MUTUAL THROUGH AN ACCESS EASEMENT AND AS WELL AS FROM NORTH GARLAND AVENUE THROUGH AN ACCESS EASEMENT. AND THEY'RE ALSO PROPOSING A PYLON SIGN ALONG 190 AND THEY'RE ALSO REQUESTING A DEVIATION FOR THAT, WHICH I WILL GO OVER IN JUST A BIT. AND HERE IS THE PROPOSED LANDSCAPE PLAN. IT DOES COMPLY WITH THE APPLICABLE SCREENING AND LANDSCAPING STANDARDS PER THE GDC, AND THEY ARE ALSO USING EXISTING HEALTHY TREES TOWARDS MEETING THEIR LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENT, ALONG NORTH GEORGE BUSH HIGHWAY AS WELL AS NORTH GARLAND AVENUE. HERE ARE THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS, AND IT DOES COMPLY WITH THE SCREENING, WITH THE BUILDING DESIGN STANDARDS OF THE GDC. THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST ELEVATION. DUMPSTER ELEVATION, AND IT DOES COMPLY WITH GDC STANDARDS AS WELL. AND THIS IS THE PROPOSED PYLON SIGN ALONG NORTH GEORGE BUSH HIGHWAY AND THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS TWENTY TWO FEET, WHICH IS IN COMPLIANCE, AND THE AREA IS ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY SIX POINT EIGHT EIGHT SQUARE FEET. AND THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED IS 150 SQUARE FEET. SO THEY ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SQUARE FOOTAGE. HOWEVER, THE GDC DOES NOT ALLOW PYLON SIGN IF THE PROPERTY HAS ACCESS FROM AN ACCESS EASEMENT OR NONPUBLIC STREET. IN THIS CASE, THEY DO NOT HAVE DIRECT ACCESS FROM GEORGE BUSH HIGHWAY. IT WOULD BE THROUGH AN ACCESS EASEMENT AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A DEVIATION TO ALLOW THE PYLON SIGN WHERE IT'S LOCATED. AND THIS IS JUST A DEVIATION SLIDE, IT'S ONLY FOR ONE ONE DEVIATION, WHICH IS FOR THE PYLON SIGN, AND THE GDC DOES NOT ALLOW A PYLON SIGN FOR PROPERTIES THAT ONLY HAS ACCESS FROM ACCESS EASEMENT OR NONPUBLIC STREET. AND PROPOSE IS AS SHOWN ON EXHIBIT C. THE APPLICANT STATES THAT A PYLON SIGN WILL INCREASE THE VISIBILITY FROM NORTH GARLAND AVENUE AND FROM PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH AND THEREFORE ATTRACT CUSTOMERS AND IMPROVE THE LIVELIHOOD OF THE RESTAURANT. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT TO PD 19-07 OF THE DETAILED PLAN FOR RESTAURANT DRIVE THROUGH. HOWEVER, STAFF RECOMMENDS A MONUMENT SIGN WHICH IS ALLOWED PER THE GDC RATHER THAN A PYLON SIGN. AND WE DID MAIL OUT NOTIFICATION LETTERS WERE A TOTAL OF 20 THAT WERE MAILED OUT AND RECEIVED ONLY ONE RESPONSE, WHICH WAS WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA AND AGAINST THE REQUEST. THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ALRIGHTY, THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? MR. ROSE THEN COMMISSIONER JENKINS. TWO QUESTIONS, SOMEBODY VOTED AGAINST THE WHOLE CONCEPT? AND SECONDLY, DID THEY WANT TWO PYLON SIGNS OR ONE ON THE FRONTAGE ROAD OR ONE ON NORTH GARLAND ROAD OR ONE ON BOTH? [00:30:01] TWO QUESTIONS. THIS IS IS THIS REGARDING THE OPPOSITION THAT WE RECEIVED? YES. I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK. ON THAT ONE, ON THE OPPOSITION. WHILE SHE'S DOING THAT, I CAN ANSWER THE, THEIR ONLY ASKING FOR ONE PYLON SIGN, AND THAT WOULD BE ALONG THE GEORGE BUSH FREEWAY PORTION OF THE PROPERTY. AND I CAN'T PULL UP THE RESPONSE RIGHT NOW EITHER, SO. YEAH, MR. CHAIRMAN, UNLESS WE MISSED SOMETHING THAT WE RECEIVED ONE RESPONSE, BUT IT WAS IN FAVOR. OF THE REQUEST FROM DOMINIQUE [INAUDIBLE]. A NEARBY TENANT. THEY CHECKED IN FAVOR OF THE RESPONSE OF THE REQUEST. ALRIGHTY DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER? COMMISSIONER JENKINS? YES, THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. MA'AM WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO I KNOW THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER BUSINESSES ALONG THAT FRONTAGE ROAD, DO ANY OF THOSE OTHER BUSINESSES HAVE PYLON SIGNS [INAUDIBLE]? I BELIEVE MOST OF THEM ARE MONUMENT SIGNS IN THAT AREA. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OK, WE'LL ASK THE APPLICANT, AND THEY'VE GOT A POTENTIAL LIST OF FIVE SPEAKERS HERE, SO I'LL LET THEM FIGURE OUT WHO THEY WANT TO COME FORWARD. AND TRACEY IS PROBABLY WORKING ON THAT, RIGHT NOW. ALRIGHTY, I SEE SOMEBODY COMING, AND AGAIN, WE'LL NEED YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD [INAUDIBLE]. OH, THREE. SO WHOEVER WANTS TO SPEAK, PLEASE, UNMUTE YOURSELF. OK. HI, MY NAME IS ANGEL ROBINSON AND I AM THE PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR RAISING CANE'S. NICE TO BE HERE WITH ALL OF YOU THIS EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO THE STAFF PRESENTATION. WE HAVE, LET ME FIRST STATE MY ADDRESS. MY ADDRESS IS 309 [INAUDIBLE] CIRCLE IN HIGHLAND VILLAGE AND WE HAVE WORKED EXTENSIVELY WITH STAFF AND THE PRESENTATION COVERED ALL OF THE POINTS. I DID WANT TO TOUCH ON OUR SIGNAGE REQUESTS, WE IN DESIGNING THE SITE. OF COURSE WE WANT TO MAXIMIZE VISIBILITY AND WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE BRINGING A GREAT PRODUCT TO THE CITY OF GARLAND. WE'RE PROUD TO BE AT THIS LOCATION. WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF EXISTING CONDITIONS ON THIS SITE THAT WE NEEDED TO NAVIGATE AS WE WERE INCORPORATING ALL OF THE DESIGN FOR IT. SO ALONG BOTH FRONTAGES, THERE ARE EASEMENTS. THERE ARE ALSO SOME MATURE LANDSCAPE, SOME TREES THAT WE ARE PRESERVING AND STAFF COVERED THAT. AND THERE'S ALSO THE EXISTING ACCESS DRIVE. SO WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS SITE AND IT'S A CORNER SITE AND HOW DO WE MAXIMIZE VISIBILITY? NOT ONLY DID WE LOOK AT THOSE DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT WE HAD TO CAPTURE, BUT WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE SURROUNDING SITE. SO IF YOU LOOK AT EXON ACROSS THE STREET, THEY DO HAVE A PYLON AND THEY'RE A CORNER SITE. AND IF YOU LOOK FURTHER DOWN THE ACCESS ROAD ON THE SAME SIDE AS US, WALMART HAS A PYLON AS WELL. AND THEN ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD OUTBACK AND CARE NOW HAVE PYLON SIGNS. SO WE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE WE WERE ASKING FOR SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T EXIST IN THE AREA. WE DO FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A UNIQUE LOT BEING AT THE CORNER OF PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH AND GARLAND AVENUE, AND WE WANTED TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO PRESERVE THAT EXISTING LANDSCAPE AND ALSO STAY OUT OF THE EASEMENTS THAT ARE ALONG BOTH FRONTAGES. SO THERE WERE SOME CHALLENGES THAT DID MAKE THIS SITE UNIQUE. AND THE SIGN THAT HAS BEEN DESIGNED AT TWENTY TWO FOOT IN OVERALL HEIGHT AND UNDER ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SQUARE FEET IS ALSO IN COMPLIANCE WITH WHAT A STAND ALONE LOT WOULD BE [00:35:01] ALLOWED. SO WE DID WANT THE COMMISSION TO TAKE ALL OF THOSE ITEMS UNDER CONSIDERATION WHEN CONSIDERING OUR DEVIATION REQUEST. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS OF THIS APPLICANT? COMMISSIONER WELBORN. MS. ROBINSON IS THIS GOING TO BE A DIGITAL SIGN? NO, WE ACTUALLY HAD ORIGINALLY PROPOSED A DIGITAL SIGN AND WE WERE TOLD THAT'S PROHIBITED ON PYLON SIGNS. SO WE TOOK IT OFF. AND IT IS A MANUAL BOARD ONLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE IN YOUR TEAM THAT WOULD LIKE TO CHIME IN? I SEE ABOUT FOUR OTHERS HERE. YEAH, OUR WHOLE TEAM IS HERE REPRESENT IF PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BUILDING DESIGN OR THE SITE LAYING OUT, WE HAVE OUR ARCHITECT ON THE PHONE. WE ALSO HAVE OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT ON THE PHONE WHO DESIGNED THE LANDSCAPE FOR THIS SITE AND OUR CIVIL ENGINEER. SO IF YOU DO HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR ANY OF THOSE PARTIES, THEY'RE THEY'RE HERE TO ANSWER THOSE. COMMISSIONER WELBORN DID YOU? CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO TELL THE COMMISSION WE HAVE A RESTAURANT IN OUR AREA THAT THEY BUILT AND IT LOOKS REAL NEAT. THEY KEEP IT CLEAN. IT'S AN ASSET TO THE AREA AND I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO APPROVE THIS. THANK YOU. WELL, ONE THING I WILL NOTE, AND I THINK I AGREE WITH STAFF ON THE SIGNAGE THAT FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS. ONE, YOU'RE ON A HARD CORNER, WHICH HAS VISIBILITY IN ITSELF. AND IN YOUR STATEMENT OR STAFF PRESENTATION, ONE OF THE REASONS CITED FOR THE SIGN WAS VISIBILITY FROM 190. WELL, THE EXITS ARE HALF A MILE IN EITHER DIRECTION. SO NOBODY WOULD SEE THAT SIGN BY THE TIME, WELL THEY BE PASSED THE EXIT BY THE TIME THEY SEE THE SIGN. AND ALSO YOU'RE BUILDING YOUR SIGNAGE ON YOUR BUILDING IS ALREADY AT A TWENTY THREE FOOT HEIGHT. SO ALREADY AT THE HEIGHT BUILT IN FOR YOUR SIGNAGE THERE. YES. IT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT OF A LANDSCAPE ISSUE, BUT PRUDENT PRUNING OF A TREES SHOULD HELP MAINTAIN SIGHT LINES TO THE SIGNAGE OF THE BUILDING. AND SO I WOULD BE MORE IN FAVOR OF THE MONUMENT SIGN AS IT WILL BE FOR THE NEXT ONE THAT COMES IN NEXT TO IT TO TOO. AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO RESPOND. I WOULD THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, BUT I WOULD JUST SAY THAT, BEING ON THE HARD CORNER AND THEN HAVING THAT MATURE LANDSCAPE ONCE THAT LANDSCAPE IS IN BLOOM AND THE BUILDING IS PUSHED BACK AWAY FROM THAT HARD CORNER, HAVING THAT SIGN MORE TOWARDS THE CORNER OF THE PROPERTY WHERE IT'S PROPOSED TO BE LOCATED IS GOING. THERE IS AN AUDIENCE FOR THAT. I LIVE RIGHT UP [INAUDIBLE] ROAD THERE, AND IT'S A HIGHLY TRAVELED ROAD, SO I THINK WITHIN ABOUT A DAY AND A HALF, MOST PEOPLE IN THE AREA WILL KNOW YOU'RE THERE. I'M HOPEFUL THAT'S THE CASE. I CAN PRETTY WELL GUARANTEE. THANK YOU. YES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? ANY OTHER ANY OTHER INPUT FROM THE APPLICANT? NO, SIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME. AND TRACEY, IS THERE ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WANTS TO COME IN ON THIS ONE? THERE IS NOT SIR. ALRIGHTY. SO I TURN IT BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR DISCUSSION, MOTION. WHATEVER. CHAIRMAN. COMMISSION JENKINS. QUESTION, THE GEORGE BUSH, WHICH SITS I GUESS THAT'S NORTH, NORTH, NORTHEAST. IS THAT IS THAT AN OVERPASS THAT THAT CARS ARE GOING OVER? YES. SO SO THE CORNER LOT, IF THE APPLICANT WAS ORIGINALLY CONCERNED WITH VISIBILITY FROM GEORGE BUSH, THE CORNER MONUMENT SIGN MAY NOT PROVIDE THEM THE VISIBILITY THAT THEY'RE SEEKING. IS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING? YEAH, THAT'S THEIR ARGUMENT. WHICH DOES HAVE ITS MERIT. OK. MINE WAS THAT THE BUILDING SIGNAGE, WHICH IS UP THERE ACTUALLY A FOOT HIGHER THAN THEIR SIGN WOULD BE. COMMISSIONER ROSE. MONUMENT SIGN WOULD BE ON THE FRONTAGE ROAD OR NORTH GARLAND ROAD OR WHAT? I BELIEVE. [00:40:01] WELL, THAT PROBABLY WOULD BE UP TO THEM, IF I'M CORRECT ON THAT. I DON'T KNOW. YES, SO THIS IS ANGEL. THE LOCATION OF THE SIGN LIKELY WOULD NOT CHANGE FROM WHERE WE SHOW IT ON THE SITE PLAN. AND IT'S ALMOST AT THE CORNER, BUT IT'S MORE ON THE ACCESS ROAD FOR PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH. AND AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE UTILITY EASEMENTS THAT ARE EXISTING, HAVING JUST SET BACK BEHIND THOSE SO THAT WE HAVE, SO WE CAN'T BE INSIDE OF THE EASEMENT AND THEN THE PARKING THAT IS ALSO PROPOSED. TO MEET THE PARKING CALCULATION, SO. YEAH, ENGINEERING FROWNS ON PEOPLE DRILLING [INAUDIBLE] THROUGH THEIR UTILITY, SO YEAH. EXACTLY. [INAUDIBLE] THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS GET SOME KIND OF WATER OR [INAUDIBLE] LINE OUT THERE. OR GOD FORBID, THE INTERNET, RIGHT? OH, MY GOODNESS. EXACTLY. OK, THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER ROSE. I'M JUST IN MY OBSERVATION, WOULD BE THAT A POLE SIGN WOULD DO PEOPLE MUCH GOOD BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT SEE IT BEFORE THEY HAVE TO EXIT THE NORTH GARLAND ROAD EXIT, WHICH IS MAYBE A QUARTER MILE AWAY, THEY'D BE FLYING OVER THE TOP ON GEORGE BUSH. AND THEN THEY HAVE TO DO A U-TURN AND COME BACK AROUND. I'M NOT SURE A POLE SIGN WOULD DO MUCH GOOD. BUT OUR CHICKEN IS REALLY GOOD. AND PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO DO THAT U-TURN AND COME BACK AROUND. BENEFIT WOULD BE MORE IF SOMEBODY WHO NORMALLY DOESN'T STOP ON GARLAND IS DRIVING BY AND LOOKS OVER AND SEES A SIGN TO GO, WELL, MAYBE NEXT TIME I'LL GET OFF. SO IT'D PROBABLY BE FOR HOURS LATER USAGE THEN. UNLESS THEY REALLY GOT A HANKERING FOR THAT GOOD CHICKEN THAT THEY SERVE. COMMISSIONER [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. LOOKING AT THE LOOKING AT AN OVERHEAD SATELLITE PICTURE, THE I'M GOING TO CALL IT SOUTHBOUND, IT'S MORE EASTBOUND 190 EXIT RAMP. IS AT HOLFORD ROAD. IT'S GOING TO BE SO FAR AWAY, I DON'T SEE MUCH OF ANY SIGN DOING THEM. A WHOLE LOT OF GOOD. AND THE NEXT EXIT PASS THAT IS GOING TO BE [INAUDIBLE] HIGHWAY. SO I DOUBT IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE TURNING AROUND VERY OFTEN AND GOING THE NORTHWEST DIRECTION. AGAIN BRAND ROAD IS THE EXIT AND IT'S ACTUALLY OVER THE HILL A LITTLE BIT FROM NORTH GARLAND AVENUE. I DON'T SEE THE POINT IN DOING ANYTHING BUT THE MONUMENTS SIGN THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AND CHOSEN BY STAFF. SEEING NO MORE DISCUSSION. COMMISSIONER EDWARDS AND THEN AND THEN COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF, COMMISSIONER EDWARDS. OK, I AGREE I WILL GO WITH A MONUMENT SIGN, NOT THE PYLON SIGN, BECAUSE THE EXITS TO GET OFF IS TOO FAR AWAY EITHER WAY. AND IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO BENEFIT, AND IF WE PUT ONE SIGN UP THERE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT A WHOLE BUNCH OF THEM UP THERE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT DOING WE KEPT THE STRIP THERE WITH ALL MONUMENT SIGNS. SO WE'RE CHANGING OUR WAY OF DOING THINGS. JUST FOR ONE PERSON. YEAH. ALRIGHTY. COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD IN? YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I AGREE WITH YOU. THIS IS A WIDELY TRAVELED SECTION OF TOWN, AND I AGREE WITH THE CHAIRMAN THAT WITHIN A WEEK OR SO, EVERYBODY THAT LIVES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD OVER THERE THAT TRAVELS IS GOING TO KNOW THAT PLACE IS THERE. AND I'M IN FAVOR OF THE MONUMENT SIGN. AND THEY WILL BE ABOUT THE ONLY CHICKEN PLACE THERE, TOO, BECAUSE WE GOT WELL, THERE'S CHICK-FIL-A. YEAH, IT'S A DIFFERENT KIND. COMMISSION OTT. WELL, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I FIGURED I'D GIVE MY TWO CENTS ON IT. ALSO, I THINK MONUMENT SIGN WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR IT AS WELL. THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO KNOW WHAT THIS PLACE IS IN THE CONSTRUCTION. THEY KNOW THE STYLE, THEY KNOW IT'S THE WAY THAT THEY THAT THEY BUILD THEIR THEIR [00:45:07] BUSINESS AND THEIR BRAND IS VERY WELL DONE. AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE. AND IT'LL BE A NICE, CLEAN LOOK FOR ALONG 190 AND THE CORRIDOR ALONG THERE. WE WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE NEXT ONE NEXT DOOR WANTING TO HAVE AN EVEN BIGGER PYLON SIGN. AND SOME OF THOSE OTHER SIGNS CAME IN A DECADE OR TWO AGO. YES. ALRIGHTY. CHAIRMAN? COMMISSIONER JENKINS. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I GENERALLY AGREE WITH THE ASSESSMENT THAT A MONUMENT SIGN IS SUFFICIENT. THE HESITATION COMES BECAUSE THE EXON 7-11 ACROSS THE STREET DOES HAVE A PYLON SIGN. SO IT WAS REALLY A ARE WE BEING IS THE DECISION THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING BEING EQUITABLE TO THE APPLICANT'S DESIRES? BUT OVERALL, I DO BELIEVE THAT THE MONUMENT SIGN WOULD CONTINUE TO ESTABLISH A CLEAN LOOK FOR THE CORRIDOR AND THAT THERE IS PLENTY OF VISIBILITY FROM THE 190. I AGREE AS WELL. I BELIEVE IT WAS. COMMISSIONER EDWARDS STATED THAT THE EXITS ARE SO FAR FORWARD AND BACK THAT INDIVIDUALS WOULD HAVE TO KNOW THE AREA, THE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION IN ORDER TO MAKE AN ASSESSMENT OF THEIR FOOD NEEDS OR WANTS. THE MONUMENT SIGN AS IS LIKELY SUFFICIENT FOR THE FOR THE FOR THE CITY'S NEEDS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SEEING NO OTHER DISCUSSION IS THERE A MOTION IN THE WORKS. DO WE STILL HAVE, DO WE STILL HAVE TO DO A DETAILED PLAN OR WOULD STAFF? WE CAN DO IT IN ONE MOTION. THE DETAILED PLAN WOULD NEED TO BE APPROVED AS WOULD THE PD AMENDMENT. BUT WITH THE PROVISION THAT WHICHEVER WAY YOU WANT TO GO. OK. ALL RIGHT. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. ALL RIGHTY. GO AHEAD, SIR. WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE BOTH THE APPLICANT FOR THE ZONING CHANGE AND THE. IS THAT A ZONING CHANGE OR A SUP? IT'S AN AMENDMENT TO A PD PLAN. OH, PD OK. AND THE DETAILED PLAN PER STAFF RECOMMENDATION, WHICH DOES SPECIFICALLY INCLUDE THE USE OF A MONUMENT SIGN INSTEAD OF A PYLON SIGN. AND I SAW THE FIRST SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER JENKINS GETTING A LITTLE SLOW THERE. COMMISSIONER EDWARDS. SO WE HAVE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DALTON, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER EDWARDS, TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT TO THE PD, TO APPROVE THE DETAILED PLAN AND TO NOT ALLOW THE DEVIATION FOR A PYLON SIGN. AND COMMISSIONER ROSE, YOU HAVE A COMMENT? YEAH, I THOUGHT THE MOTION WAS TO INCLUDE THE PYLON SIGN. NO, IT WAS TO EXCLUDE THE PYLON. ARE YOU SURE? YEAH. PER STAFF RECOMMENDATION. GO WITH MONUMENT SIGN. AM I CLEAR ON THAT, COMMISSIONER DALTON? YES, SIR, YOU ARE. AND THANK YOU. AND THE SECOND CONCURS WITH THE MY INTERPRETATION OF THE MOTION THERE? OK, SO LET ME REPHRASE IT AGAIN. THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT AND TO THE PD AND A DETAILED PLAN, BUT TO DENY THE REQUEST FOR THE PYLON SIGN. EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND THE MOTION? IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. JUST SO THE APPLICANT KNOW I MAY BE ONE OF YOUR FIRST CUSTOMERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT, EVERYONE. OH, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHTY. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, ACTUALLY, NEXT TWO ITEMS HAVE BEEN REQUESTED, HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN BY THE APPLICANT. AND THAT WAS THE CONSIDERATION OF THE APPLICATIONS OF DIGNITARY DIGNITY MORTUARY TRANSPORT COMPANY. THOSE TWO ITEMS HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN. WILL NOT BE HEARD TONIGHT OR IN THE NEAR FUTURE. AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, OK. THAT MOVES US ON TO ANOTHER TWO PARTER, WHICH IS ITEM TWO F CONSIDERATION OF THE [Items 2.f. & 2.g.] APPLICATION OF BEAU DURHAM REQUESTING THE APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 95-34 AND 20-03 TO ALLOW PYLON SIGN FOR RESTAURANT DRIVE THROUGH. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 3428 WEST BUCKINGHAM. AND THEN THE ITEM TWO G IS CONSIDERATION THE APPLICATION OF BEAU DURHAM REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A DETAILED PLAN TO ALLOW A PYLON SIGN FOR RESTAURANT DRIVE THROUGH. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED 3428 WEST BUCKINGHAM ROAD. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. THIS IS CASE NUMBER Z21-20, THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A PYLON SIGN FOR A DRIVE [00:50:07] THROUGH ESTABLISHMENT. THIS IS FOR HTEAO. THIS IS THE CASE INFORMATION. THE ACREAGE IS ZERO POINT FIVE EIGHT THREE ACRES. THIS IS THE CITYWIDE LOCATION MAP. THE STAR REPRESENTS THE GENERAL LOCATION OF THE PROJECT. THIS IS THE LOCATION MAP, THE PROPERTY IS OUTLINED IN TEAL. THIS IS WEST BUCKINGHAM ROAD AND NORTH JUPITER ROAD. THIS PROPERTY IS SURROUNDED BY A MIXTURE OF RETAIL OFFICE AND ALSO RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. THIS MAP SHOWS THE OUTLINE OF THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 95-34, AND THIS IS THE HTEAO SIGN RIGHT HERE IN BLUE. THIS IS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN RECOMMENDS COMPACT NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH THEY CAN HAVE RETAIL GOODS AND SERVICES, ALSO OFFICE SPACES AND PUBLIC SERVICES IN THIS DISTRICT. THESE ARE THE PHOTOS OF THE AREA. THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE AND THE SURROUNDING BUSINESSES IN THE AREA. THESE TWO IMAGES SHOW THAT THE HTEAO IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. AND THIS IS THE WALGREENS MONUMENTS SIGN THAT IS LOCATED ALONG WEST BUCKINGHAM ROAD AND THE WALGREENS IS IN THE REAR. THIS IS THE SITE PLAN THAT THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED, SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE PYLON SIGN. THE PYLON SIGN IS TWENTY SEVEN FEET AWAY FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY, MEETING THE MINIMUM 20 FEET FOOT REQUIREMENT STATED IN THE GARLAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. AND THE PYLON SIGN THAT IS BEING PROPOSED IS ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR SQUARE FEET AND TWENTY TWO FEET IN HEIGHT. THE GDC REQUIRES A MAXIMUM SURFACE AREA OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SQUARE FEET FOR A PYLON SIGN AND A MAXIMUM OF TWENTY TWO FEET IN HEIGHT. AND THE APPLICANT IS MEETING THE GDC REQUIREMENTS IN REGARDS TO THE PYLON SIGN AS PER THE GDC. THE WALGREENS MONUMENT SIGN IS LOCATED RIGHT HERE, RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THE PROPERTY LINE. THE APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT A PYLON SIGN IS REQUESTED SO THAT THEY WILL NOT BLOCK THE WALGREENS EXISTING MONUMENT SIGN VISIBILITY FROM BUCKINGHAM ROAD. THIS IS THE ELEVATION OF THE PYLON SIGN. AND THIS IS THE PYLON SIGN SHOWING THE MASONRY COVER AND THE SQUARE FOOTAGE. THIS IS A NON ELECTRONIC MESSAGE READER BOARD. AND AS PER THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 95-34, THAT PD STATES THAT TWO FREESTANDING SIGNS FOR THE SHOPPING CENTER AND ONE MOMENT SIGN FOR EACH PAD SITE IS ALLOWED. CURRENTLY IN THAT PD, THERE'S ONLY ONE EXISTING MONUMENT SIGN, AND THAT'S THE WALGREENS SIGN OF BUCKINGHAM ROAD. AND ADDITIONALLY, THE PYLON SIGN MAY BE PERMITTED ON THE WITHIN THE DISTRICT. HOWEVER, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FOR THE HTEAO IS PLATTED AS A SINGLE USE PAD SITE AND A SINGLE USE PAD SITE DOES NOT ALLOW A PYLON SIGN. THE ONLY SIGN THAT IS REQUIRED IS A MONUMENT SIGN WITHIN THAT, PD. THE APPLICANT REQUESTS TO AMEND THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 95-34 AND 20-03 ALLOW A PYLON SIGN FOR A DRIVE THROUGH ESTABLISHMENT. THERE ARE TWO ISSUES. THE FIRST ISSUE IS THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 95-34 ALLOWS EACH PAD SITE ONE MONUMENT SIGN. [00:55:01] THE HTEAO IS A PAD SITE AND UP TO TWO FREE STANDING PYLON SIGNS ARE ALLOWED FOR THE SHOPPING CENTER. AND THE SECOND ISSUE IS THE GDC DOES NOT ALLOW A PYLON SIGN WHERE THE PROPERTY ONLY HAS AN ACCESS FROM AN EASE ACCESS EASEMENT OR NONPUBLIC STREET. STAFF RECOMMENDS A DENIAL OF THIS REQUEST. IN ADDITION, A MONUMENT SIGN IS ALLOWED BY RIGHT WITHOUT THE NEED OF A DEVIATION FROM THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OR THE GARLAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. WE MAILED TWENTY SEVEN NOTIFICATIONS, WE RECEIVED NO RESPONSES, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. I'LL ASK IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER OTT THEN COMMISSIONER ROSE. KIMBERLY, REMIND US, WHAT WHAT ARE THEY ALLOWED WITH THE MONUMENTS SIGN? WHAT WOULD BE THE DIMENSIONS THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO BUILD? THE MONUMENT, I BELIEVE IT'S A HUNDRED AND FIFTY SQUARE FEET. OK, SO THAT'S THE TOTAL AREA OF SIGN, INCLUDING ITS BASE? OR IS THAT JUST THE AMOUNT OF OF ACTUAL SIGN FOR THE COMPANY YOU CAN HAVE? I AM NOT SURE IF THAT INCLUDES THE BASE. YEAH, MR. CHAIRMAN, ACTUALLY, ONE CLARIFICATION ON THE DIMENSIONS, IT WOULD BE FOR MONUMENT SIGNS, IT WAS THE QUESTION? YES. OK. SEVEN FEET IS THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT SO SEVEN FEET FROM THE GROUND AT THE TOP OF THE SIGN. AND THEN IT'S ACTUALLY I BELIEVE IT'S 50 FEET IS THE MAXIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE. I'VE GOT THE GDC CONFIRMING THAT NOW BUT I BELIEVE IT'S 50 FEET. HOWEVER, PYLON SIGNS ALLOW THE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY SQUARE FEET. AND WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO IF THEY WANTED TO DEVIATE FROM THE MONUMENT AND MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT LARGER, WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO HAVE A REQUEST THAT OF THAT COULD BE DONE? AT LEAST THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION AND BECAUSE THERE IS AN EXISTING PD THAT ALLOWS FOR SUCH OR MECHANISM FOR SUCH DEVIATIONS, THE PLANNING COMMISSION COULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE MONUMENT SIGN WITH A LITTLE BIT TALLER HEIGHT OR LARGER SQUARE FOOTAGE, IF THAT IS YOUR WISH. OK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ROSE. I, BASED UPON THAT CONVERSATION, I'M LEANING IN THAT DIRECTION. MY QUESTION IS, WHERE CAN THEY LOCATE THAT MONUMENT SIGN? IS THERE A SPECIFIC LOCATION OR CAN THEY PUT A WIDE OUT ON THE SIDEWALK OR A FOOT FROM THE SIDEWALK OR WHAT? YEAH, MR. CHAIRMAN, I CAN ADDRESS THAT THE MINIMUM SET BACK FOR MONUMENT SIGNS IS FIVE FEET. PYLON SIGNS ARE A BIT MORE RESTRICTED BECAUSE THE MINIMUM SET BACK FOR PYLONS IS 20 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE. BUT FOR MONUMENT SIGNS, IT CAN BE UP TO FIVE FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE AS LONG AS IT'S NOT WITHIN ANY EASEMENTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. OK, SO IT WOULD BE ON A PAR WITH THAT WALGREENS SIGN THAT WE SAW IN TERMS OF LOCATION? YES, SIR. OK, THEN NOT, FOLLOW UP. QUESTION IS, COULD THEY NOT OR COULD WE NOT GRANT THEM? TO BE A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE PROPERTY LINE TO GET AROUND THE WALGREENS SIGN. HERE'S MY HERE'S MY CONCERN. IF WE ALLOW A PYLON SIGN, IT WILL NEVER BE SEEN. IF YOU'RE GOING FROM EAST TO WEST ON BUCKINGHAM. THERE ARE SO MANY TREES THERE, YOU'LL NEVER SEE THE PYLONS SIGN. IF YOU'RE GOING WEST FROM EAST TO WEST ON BUCKINGHAM, SURE, YOU'LL SEE IT. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE MONUMENT SIGN STRATEGICALLY LOCATED WOULD BE MUCH MORE BENEFICIAL FOR THEM THAN A PYLON. CUZ A PYLON SIGN WILL DISAPPEAR WITH THOSE WALGREEN TREES. THOSE ARE BIG TREES AND THEY'RE ONLY GOING TO GET BIGGER. THAT'S IT. KIMBERLY, LET ME ASK ONE QUESTION, I THINK THERE ALREADY IS A PYLON SIGN FOR THE SITE, CORRECT? THERE'S NOT A PYLON SIGN ON THE SITE. NOT YET. OK. WELLS FARGO HAS A PYLON SIGN THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE. OK. PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. SO THEN MAY BE SOMETHING THAT THE WHOLE DEVELOPMENT COULD ADD LATER WOULD BE A PYLON SIGN LISTING EVERYBODY THAT'S THERE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE [01:00:03] THE RIGHT TO ONE SIGN. AND IF WE DO THIS, WALGREEN'S CAN GO. WE'VE PUT UP WITH THAT DINKY SIGN THIS LONG. WE WANT ONE TOO. WELL, ONE CLARIFICATION [INAUDIBLE] ACTUALLY, MR. CHAIRMAN, THE WALGREENS ON THE JUPITER FRONTAGE HAS A PYLON SIGN OVER ON THAT SIDE. AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, THERE IS AN OPEN TENANT SPACE ON THAT ON THAT PYLON SIGN. BUT AGAIN, THAT IS ON THE JUPITER SIDE OF THE ROADWAY. SO YOU JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. SO IS THAT PYLON SIGN CONSIDERED THE SITE, PART OF THE SITE DEVELOPMENT ALLOTMENT OF A PYLON SIGN? I BELIEVE IT IS WITHIN THE NINETY FIVE THIRTY FOUR BOUNDARIES. SO THEY HAVE USED THEIR ONE SIGN ALLOTTED. RIGHT. AND THE COMMISSIONER OTT'S IDEA OF OK, DO YOU NEED 60 FEET, 70 FEET? THAT'S I HADN'T THOUGHT OF THAT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF POSSIBLE PEOPLE TO SPEAK FOR THE APPLICANT. AND TRACEY IS WORKING MADLY BEHIND THE SCENES TRYING TO GET THEM LOGGED IN. THERE'S ONE. AND AGAIN, AT MR. [INAUDIBLE], IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND UNMUTE YOURSELF. CHIME ON IN. OH, ON MR. DURHAM, SAME THING. SO WHOEVER WANTS TO SPEAK, GO AHEAD. THIS IS BEAU DURHAM. LET ME SHOW YOU MY FACE, HI. I DIDN'T REALIZE THIS WAS GOING TO BE REJECTED. THIS IS A BIG DEAL TO OUR BUSINESS. FIRST OF ALL, GOOD EVENING. WE'RE EXCITED TO BE IN GARLAND. THE PYLON SIGN IS A BIG DEAL TO OUR BUSINESS. WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH WALGREENS. WE CANNOT BLOCK THEIR SIGN IN ANY WAY FROM BUCKINGHAM. PUTTING TWO MONUMENT SIGNS ON THAT SITE WILL LOOK RIDICULOUS. IT REALLY WILL. AND YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE IT IF WE HAVE TO PUSH IT BACK AND NOT BLOCK THAT WALGREENS SIGN IN ANY WAY, WHICH THEY WILL. IF WE IF WE GET CLOSE, THEY WILL COME AFTER US. THEY'LL MAKE IT TAKE US DOWN AND MOVE IT. THE PYLON SIGN IS THE ONLY WAY FOR US TO GET ANY SIGNAGE AWAY FROM OUR BUILDING AND FOR IT TO BE SEEN AT THE INTERSECTION. IT WILL BE IT WILL BE SEEN FROM JUPITER COMING NORTH AND SOUTH. IT MAY NOT BE SEEN THROUGH THOSE THROUGH THOSE WALGREENS TREES, BUT IT WILL BE SEEN BECAUSE IT'LL IT'LL BE LARGE. AND AND THERE'S THERE'S PYLON SIGNS ALL AROUND US. WALGREENS HAS THEM, WELLS FARGO HAS THEM, HOME DEPOT HAS THEM, THE CAR WASH ACROSS THE STREET HAS THEM. AND FRANKLY, WE SEE THIS IS A REALLY VITAL PIECE TO OUR TO OUR BUSINESS TO BEING SUCCESSFUL. AND IF WE HAVE TO HAVE A MONUMENT SIGN, IT'S WORTHLESS. I DON'T EVEN WANT TO DO IT. I DON'T WANT TO GET A SIGN AT ALL IF WE HAVE TO DO A MONUMENT SIGN, BECAUSE I THINK IT WILL LOOK RIDICULOUS HAVING TWO MONUMENT SIGNS ON THE PROPERTY. IN MY OPINION, IT'S JUST AS GOOD TO HAVE A BUILDING SIGN, NO MONUMENT SIGN. I CAN'T SEE WHY THIS WOULD BE REJECTED. IF EVERYONE AROUND US HAS PYLON SIGNS, IT DOESN'T SEEM FAIR AT ALL. AND FRANKLY, IT'S GOING TO HINDER OUR BUSINESS. WE NEED SIGNAGE, WE'RE A CONVENIENCE DRIVEN CONCEPT PEOPLE HAVE TO KNOW WE'RE THERE, THEY HAVE TO SEE US. WE HAVE TO HAVE RECOGNITION. AND THAT'S PART OF OUR BRANDING. IT'S IT'S A VERY EXPENSIVE SIGN. IT'S GOT WOOD IN IT. AND AND IT'S JUST PART OF OUR FEEL, IT'S PART OF OUR VIBE. AND IT'S A BIG PIECE TO THIS DEVELOPMENT. SO I WOULD I WOULD EMPLOY YOU, I WOULD BEG YOU PLEASE, ON BEHALF OF OUR GROUP, ALLOW US TO DO THIS PYLON SIGN. WE'RE NOT INTERFERING WITH THE LINES. WE'RE NOT INTERFERING WITH TRAFFIC, WE'RE NOT INTERFERING WITH ANYONE. WE'RE PUSHING IT BACK AWAY ONTO OUR PROPERTY. SO WE'RE NOT INTERFERING WITH ANY OF THE CITY CODES OR WALGREENS OR ANYTHING, BUT WE REALLY DESPERATELY WANT THIS SIGN. CHAIRMAN? COMMISSIONER JENKINS. [INAUDIBLE] MR. DURHAM THANK YOU FOR YOUR IMPASSIONED SPEECH. CHAIRMAN, DID THE APPLICANT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE HIS FIRST AND LAST NAME AND HIS ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? NEED NAME AND WELL YOU GAVE US YOUR NAME, NEED YOUR ADDRESS, SIR. THANK YOU. BEAU DURHAM 5803 74TH FOURTH STREET, LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79424. THE HUB CITY, THE SOUTHWEST [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER]. AND AS WE ALL KNOW, THE HUB IS THE SLOWEST MOVING PART OF THE [INAUDIBLE] COMMISSION ROSE. OK, IF YOU GET A POLE SIGN, WHAT? HOW TALL, HOW HOW MANY SQUARE FEET AND SO FORTH? YEAH, THE LET ME PULL IT UP, I WAS HOPING OUR OUR SIGN COMPANY WOULD ACTUALLY BE ON, BUT [01:05:03] SHE SENT ME ALL THIS INFORMATION BECAUSE SHE WAS [INAUDIBLE]. ACCORDING TO WHAT KIM, WHILE YOU'RE LOOKING, ACCORDING TO WHAT KIMBERLY PRESENTED, IT'S TWENTY TWO FEET HIGH. AND MEETS WITH THE TYPICAL STANDARD FOR A PYLON SIGN IS A, IS IT ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FEET SQUARE FEET? ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR SQUARE FEET. YES, COMMISSIONER ROSE, IS IT LIGHTED? IS IT IS IT VARIABLE, A LOT OF DIFFERENT SIGNS GOING ON, OR IS IT A STRICTLY ONE SIGN THAT STAYS UP? IT'S ONE SIGN THAT STAYS UP, WE HAVE A READER BOARD FOR SPECIALS BELOW OUR SIGN THAT WE COULD CHANGE AND IT'S NOT A NEON SIGN DOESN'T MOVE. WE JUST WE PUT OUR LETTERS IN IT TO SAY YOU KNOW HALF OFF GALLONS, THINGS LIKE THAT. THE, SHE HERE, SHE HAS HERE THE THE BACKING IS ALUMINUM, IT IS NOT LIT. OK, SO THE MIDDLE AREA IS A BOX SIGN WITH ACRYLIC AND ALUMINUM AND IT'S IN INTERNALLY LIT, BOTTOM CABINET IS A MARQUEE SIGN MADE OF ACRYLIC AND IS INTERNALLY LIT. ALRIGHTY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? COMMISSIONER DALTON. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. THANKS FOR COMING DOWN. I BELIEVE YOU RECENTLY OPENED A FACILITY ON HIGHWAY 78 [INAUDIBLE] HIGHWAY, CORRECT? NOT OUR GROUP, BUT ANOTHER FRANCHISEE VERY WELL COULD HAVE. OK, ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THAT LOCATION? HIGHWAY 78? I'M NOT. OK. IT'S ALSO KNOWN AS [INAUDIBLE] HIGHWAY. THEY HAVE A SIGN ON THAT FACILITY AND I DON'T FIND IT OBJECTIONABLE. IT JUST SEEMS TO FIT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE EXCEEDINGLY OUT THERE, SHALL WE SAY. BUT YOU SURE KNOW WHAT THE NAME OF THE STORE IS. IF IT WERE COMPARABLE TO THAT, I WOULDN'T HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE SIGN. ARE YOU SAYING IT HAS A PYLON SIGN OR A MONUMENT SIGN SIR? THEY HAVE A PYLON SIGN. OK, IF IT'S IF IT'S A SIZE ISSUE, I THINK I'D BE WILLING TO ADJUST OUR SIZE IF IT'S SOMETHING IF THAT'S WHERE THE OBJECTION IS COMING FROM. KIMBERLY, IF I COULD ASK YOU TO PUT UP THE SITE PLAN, JUST BRIEFLY, I WANT TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY SITE ISSUES INVOLVED WITH THE SIGNAGE AND TRAFFIC. IF THAT WERE LOWERED, WOULD IT BE BLOCKING VISIBILITY OF A CAR, DRIVING AROUND AND SEEING WHAT'S AHEAD OF OR BEHIND? OK. NOT REALLY, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL GOING ONE WAY AND ONE WAY OUT SO THEY'RE. OK, THANK YOU. ALRIGHTY, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I SEE NONE, ANYBODY ELSE PRESENTING ON YOUR SIDE OR? IS IS JUST ME. OK. ALL RIGHT. WELL, STAY ON THE LINE AND LET ME CHECK WITH TRACEY, SEE IF THERE'S ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC CHIMING IN. IF YOU GO AND MUTE YOURSELF, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. YEAH. OK, SO I'LL TURN IT BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR DISCUSSION. I SEE SOME DISCUSSION IN OUR FUTURE HERE ON THIS. COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. I MAKE A MOTION WE CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING. ALRIGHTY, A MOTION TO CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING BY COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER JENKINS. THIS IS TO ONLY TO CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING, NOT ANY VOTE ON THE APPLICATION ITSELF. SEEING NO DISCUSSION, ALL IN FAVOR. ALRIGHTY. WE ARE OPEN FOR DISCUSSION. COMMISSIONER ROSE. HOW DO WE? IT'S A BASIC QUESTION BUT HOW DO WE AND WHAT CAN WE SAY TO LIMIT THE POLE SIGN? HOW BIG, HOW MANY SQUARE FEET? DO WE HAVE TO PUT THIS INTO MOTION OR DO WE ALLOW STAFF TO CONTROL THAT OR WHAT? WELL, I WOULD THINK THAT STAFF WOULD NEED DIRECTION FROM THE COMMISSION AS TO WHAT DIRECTION WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO WORK WITH THE APPLICANT ON. RIGHT. YEAH MR. CHAIRMAN, THE GDC DOES ALLOW PYLON SIGNS THAT THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT WOULD BE TWENTY TWO FEET AND THE MAXIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE IS ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SQUARE FEET. [01:10:03] SO WE DO HAVE THAT AT AND A MINIMUM SET BACK OF 20 FEET. SO THAT WOULD BE THE PARAMETERS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE TO WORK WITH. BUT THAT'S THE MAXIMUM, THE TENANT. BUT THE APPLICANT, EXCUSE ME THE APPLICANT HAS SAID HE IS WILLING TO ADJUST THAT SOMEHOW. HOW DO WE GO ABOUT DO WE SAY ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY TWO FEET AND 18 FEET TALL? I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW. BUT I THINK STAFF WORKED WITH THE APPLICANT TO MAKE IT MORE APPLICABLE, BETTER. BUT MAYBE THERE'S A HYBRID SOLUTION THAT WAS INSTIGATED BY COMMISSIONER OTT'S SUGGESTION. RIGHT. THIS IS JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, MAYBE A 16 FOOT HIGH MONUMENT SIGN. THAT'S A SOLID SLAB. THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO LOOK AT THE SITE PLAN TO SEE IF IT WAS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO SEE THROUGH A SIGN FOR TRAFFIC PURPOSES AND MAYBE 16 FOOT SIGN, WHICH WOULD STILL ALLOW SIGNAGE AND A READER BOARD. AND IN A WAY, WE'RE GETTING A MONUMENT SIGN. IT'S JUST MODIFIED REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE LARGER AND TALLER. AND I JUST TOSS IT AS AN IDEA AND I SEE. LET'S GO TO COMMISSIONER DALTON THEN BACK TO YOU, COMMISSIONER ROSE. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. DIDN'T THE APPLICANT SAY THAT THEY ARE RESTRICTED WHERE THEY CAN. HOW BIG A SIGN, A MONUMENT THEY COULD PUT IN BY THE AGREEMENT WITH WALGREENS, HE'S NOT ALLOWED TO BLOCK IT. SO IF IT WERE PUT OUT FRONT, BUT IF IT'S IN THE SAME POSITION, I DON'T THINK WOULD BLOCK. COMMISSIONER ROSE. I AGREE WITH THAT, IF IT'S STRATEGICALLY LOCATED AND IT IS TALLER THAN THE WALGREENS SIGN, IT WON'T DO ANY BLOCKING. AND IF YOU'RE GOING AGAIN EAST ON BUCKINGHAM, YOU WILL SEE THE MONUMENT SIGN WHERE IF YOU'RE GOING EAST ON BUCKINGHAM, YOU'LL NEVER SEE THE POLE SIGN BECAUSE IT WILL BE BLOCKED BY THOSE TREES AND THE TREES, GET BIGGER AND BIGGER AND BIGGER AS TIME GOES ON. I THINK STRATEGICALLY LOCATED MONUMENT SING A LITTLE TALLER SO IT DOESN'T OBSTRUCT WALGREENS WOULD BE A GOOD ALTERNATIVE. PART OF THE METHOD TO MY MADNESS HERE WAS THAT IF YOU LOWER IT AND TRIM UP THE TREES, THERE'S A VIEW CORRIDOR TO WHERE YOU TRIM UP THE LOWER DEALS. BUT LET ME ASK MR. DURHAM BACK IN HERE BECAUSE WE'RE DISCUSSING THE FUTURE OF HIS BUSINESS. OH, COMMISSIONER OTT, I'M SORRY YOU WOULD WANT TO CHIME IN? WELL, ONE THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS THAT THE PLACEMENT OF THEIR SIGN IS ACTUALLY PRETTY CLEVER. I LIKE THE WAY THAT IT, THAT THE WAY THAT CARS DRIVE AROUND IT. IT'S BACK IN A NICE WAY. SO IT'S JUST THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT MR. DURHAM NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT WE ARE, PYLON SIGNS, POLE SIGNS HAD FALLEN OUT OF FAVOR WITH MOST CITIES AND IN GARLAND WE ARE NO DIFFERENT IN THAT IN THAT REGARD. AND YOU FALL ON A DAY WHERE WE WERE JUST HAVING A DISCUSSION ON THESE PYLON SIGNS TONIGHT THAT WAS THE CASE RIGHT BEFORE YOU AND THAT. AND SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE MERITS OF WHY WHY A PYLON SIGN, THE ONES THAT ARE ACROSS THE STREET, ONES THAT ARE AROUND THIS SITE, ARE ONES THAT ARE LEGACY SIGNS, HAVE BEEN THERE FOREVER. AND IF WE COULD IF WE COULD HAVE THEM BE CHANGED, WE PROBABLY WOULD, BUT WE CAN'T. THEY'RE THERE. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE BEST PURPOSE AND WHILE WE WANT SUCCESS BUSINESS AS WELL. IT'S A VERY IT'S A GREAT CONCEPT. AND I THINK THERE'S A MIDDLE GROUND THAT WE CAN FIND SOMETHING THAT HAS A MASONRY FOOTING ON IT RATHER THAN EXPOSED METAL, SOMETHING THAT IS LIT IN THE WAY THAT YOU WANT IT TO BE LIT AND HAS THE FLAVOR OF WHAT YOU WANT TO HAVE, BUT IS OR MONUMENT SIGN SOMETHING THAT. AND SO THAT'S BASICALLY THE SPIRIT OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE I TURN IT BACK TO MR. DURHAM WHO I BET IS CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO SAY SOMETHING. YES COMMISSIONER HOW HOW ARE WE DIFFERENTIATING THE AND I KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON A HYBRID SOLUTION HERE. WE'VE GOT A MAXIMUM HEIGHT ALLOWED FOR A PYLON SIGN AT TWENTY TWO FEET, BUT THE MAXIMUM FOR A MONUMENT IS SEVEN FEET. SO IN OUR HYBRID SOLUTION, WHERE ARE WE PUTTING AT WHAT POINT DOES IT CROSS OVER JUST AND AUTOMATICALLY BE A PYLON SIGN. WELL, IT WOULD STILL BE AN AMENDMENT TO THE PD ALLOWING A NONSTANDARD MONUMENT SIGN TO WHATEVER DIMENSIONS WE COME UP WITH. WHERE HE WAS LOOKING AS A DEVIATION TO THE PD TO EVEN ALLOW A PYLON SIGN. [01:15:06] SO WE WOULD STILL BE ACTING ON THE PD IN A DIFFERENT MANNER. AND WE COULD ASK STAFF TO WORK WITH HIM. YOU KNOW, IF WE WENT IN THAT DIRECTION TO FINE TUNE. COMMISSIONER, FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO THAT, IS THERE AN OPTION AND THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR WILL, IS THERE AN OPTION TO TABLE THE APPLICATION FOR A PERIOD OF TIME UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING SO THAT THE APPLICANT HAS A CHANCE TO WORK OUT THOSE DETAILS? IS THIS A SHOTGUN OR THE SHOT CLOCK? IT IS, YES, SIR. OK. GOD BLESS THE STATE. THEY TOOK THAT OPTION AWAY. AND IN CASE ANYBODY DOESN'T KNOW, I'M BEING VERY SARCASTIC ABOUT THAT SO. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY TOOK AWAY FROM US, IS THE ABILITY TO WORK THINGS OUT OVER TIME VERSUS DONE ON THE FLY, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE. MR. DURHAM. YES, THANK YOU. MY [INAUDIBLE] THE I BELIEVE KIM [INAUDIBLE] YOU'RE BREAKING UP SIR, YOU'RE FROZEN. WE'RE NOT HEARING YOU. [INAUDIBLE] AND I MEAN, I'M NOT. [INAUDIBLE] REALLY [INAUDIBLE]. I CAN'T I CAN'T MAKE OUT WITH MR. DURHAM IS SAYING. NO. ALL RIGHT, UNMUTE YOURSELF AND UNMUTE IT AGAIN. TRY MUTING YOURSELF AND UNMUTING AGAIN MR. DURHAM AND SEE IF THAT WORKS. I [INAUDIBLE] CAN YOU HEAR ME? I APOLOGIZE, I LOST CONNECTION. OK, NOW WE'RE GOOD TO GO. I'M CERTAIN YOU HAD SOME GREAT STUFF TO SAY JUST NOW REPEAT IT. YEAH, WE I JUST WORRY IF IT'S JUST GOING TO LOOK LIKE A WALL IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR PROPERTY, IF IT'S 16 FEET, I JUST I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. I WOULD HAVE TO GO TO OUR SIGN COMPANY AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. BUT IT WOULD BE I DO FEAR IT MIGHT LOOK A LITTLE STRANGE RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR PROPERTY. IF IT'S A MONUMENT SIGN AND IT'S THAT LARGE AND WE'RE ONLY TALKING YOU KNOW ANOTHER FEW FEET JUST WITH TWO POLES RATHER THAN LIKE A FULL STRUCTURE. IF I'M THINKING ABOUT A MONUMENT SIGN CORRECTLY AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE NOT GRANDFATHERED IN HERE, ALL THESE OTHER ONES ARE GRANDFATHERED IN AROUND THIS PROPERTY. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD MATCH. I UNDERSTAND IF THERE'S A NEW DEVELOPMENT AREA IN GARLAND AND Y'ALL ARE TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM THE PYLON SIGNS THERE, IF IT'S IF IT'S UNIFORM, IT'S ONE THING, BUT THIS ONE WOULD NOT BE UNIFORM. IT'S GOING TO BE OUR ONE PROPERTY WITH TWO DINKY MONUMENT SIGNS ON IT. AND AND IT WON'T IN MY OPINION, IT WON'T LOOK GOOD. THIS WAS OUR SOLUTION. WE TRIED OUR BEST TO GET WALGREENS TO COME ON TO SIGN WITH US. AND THEY WEREN'T WE WERE ABLE TO WORK SOMETHING OUT. AND SO THIS WAS OUR THIS WAS OUR WAY TO GET SIGNAGE, VISIBLE SIGNAGE TO THAT PARTICULARLY TO THAT TO THE EAST WEST TRAFFIC UP AND DOWN BUCKINGHAM. AND THEN AS MUCH AS WE CAN ON JUPITER. IF YOU'RE TRAVELING SOUTH THERE ON JUPITER, IF YOU'RE AT THE LIGHT, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE OUR SIGN PRETTY WELL. AND SO EVEN THROUGH THOSE TREES AND I KNOW THEY'LL GROW AND I WOULD LOVE A MOTION TO HAVE THEM TRIM THEIR TREES. BUT IF THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, I STILL THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO BE SEEN, EVEN IF EVEN IF YOU SHRUNK OUR SIGN A LITTLE BIT, IT'S NOT ONE HUNDRED FOUR FORTY FOUR, IF IT'S ANOTHER SIZE, THERE'S OTHER SIZES. BUT I WOULD YEAH, I WOULD WORRY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW A 16 FOOT MONUMENT SIGN WOULD LOOK IF OUR IF OUR DESIGN COMPANY WAS ON, THEY MIGHT COULD COMMENT IF THAT COULD LOOK GOOD. BUT JUST IN THE WAY I THINK ABOUT A MONUMENT SIGN. SO I DON'T SEE HOW THAT COULD LOOK LOOK FAVORABLE. WELL IT'S AWFULLY UNFAIR TO MAKE YOU TRY TO MAKE THESE SPLIT DECISION AS IT IS FOR US BECAUSE THE STATE RULES. BUT PART OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS OUR DISCUSSION WILL BE SEEN BY THE COUNCIL. AND WHICHEVER WAY WE GO, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ARGUE AGAIN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. [01:20:02] AND THAT'S THAT'S A TWO WEEK DELAY FOLKS BETWEEN OR BETWEEN US AND THE COUNCIL WANTS TO MAKE. YEAH. COMMISSIONER ROSE. SIR, HAVE YOU? IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, HAVE YOU DISCUSSED WITH WALGREENS, PERHAPS BOTH BEING ON THIS WHOLE SIGN AND THEY REFUSED TO DO THAT. THEY DID. [INAUDIBLE] THEIR MONUMENT SIGN. THEY DID. WE WOULD LOVE THAT. THAT'S THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE WANTED. WE WANTED TO KNOCK DOWN THEIR SIGN, PUT THEM ON OURS. WE'LL PAY FOR IT THE WHOLE BIT. AND THEY REFUSED? THEY REFUSED BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE AS THEY DON'T CARE HOW IT LOOKS, THEY WANT TO BE AS CLOSE TO BUCKINGHAM AS POSSIBLE. WELL, BUT YOU WILL BE ON BUCKINGHAM WITH THIS POLE SIGN. AND NO IT'D BE IT WOULD BE 20 FEET. 20 FEET PAD. SO SEE AND THAT'S WHERE, AGAIN, NOT BEING ABLE TO LAY I AS A COMMISSIONER WOULDN'T EVEN MIND A SLIGHTLY LARGER PYLON SIGN CLOSER OUT TO ACCOMMODATE BOTH AT THE SAME TIME AS A HAPPY SOLUTION TO EVERYBODY. THEN WE, CAN WE NOT SUGGEST THAT THAT IT IS CLOSER TO BUCKINGHAM, BUT IT HAS TO ACCOMMODATE BOTH THEIR BUSINESS AND WALGREENS AND WALGREENS HAS TO TAKE THEIRS DOWN AT THE APPLICANT'S EXPENSE. CAN WE NOT SUGGEST THAT? WE CAN'T PUT CONDITIONS ON SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROPERTY, BUT WE CAN MAKE THAT SUGGESTION THAT WE WOULD ONLY APPROVE IT UNDER THOSE CONDITIONS, BUT AND GIVEN TIME TO WORK IT OUT. WILL, HOW LONG IS IT BEFORE IT WOULD BE SEEN BY COUNCIL? THIS CASE? WHEN DOES IT GO TO COUNCIL? YEAH. THIS IS SCHEDULED FOR THE JULY 20TH COUNCIL MEETING. SO THAT'S A LITTLE UNDER A MONTH. WE'VE COME UP WITH A BUNCH OF OPTIONS, NONE THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT RIGHT NOW IS WHAT IT AMOUNTS TO, BUT WE CAN MAKE A SUGGESTION IN THE MOTION AND UNDERSTAND WE ARE AN ADVISORY BOARD TO THE COUNCIL. COUNCIL MAKES A FINAL DECISION AND THEY WILL SEE ALL THE CONSTERNATION WE'VE GONE THROUGH. AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN WORK SOMETHING OUT WITH WALGREENS, SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET MAYBE EVEN A LITTLE BIGGER SIGN, MAYBE OUT CLOSER IF WE'RE BOTH ON IT. IT MIGHT BE A WIN WIN FOR BOTH OF US. YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT OR WHEN IT GOES TO COUNCIL, COME BACK AND SAY WE REALLY WANT OUR PYLON SIGN. WELL, WE MAY BE SUGGESTING SOMETHING ELSE. AND YOU'RE MUCH MORE PASSIONATE THAN OUR PREVIOUS APPLICANT WAS TOO. SO I THINK WE ALL FEEL FOR YOU. IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION OR LOOK, COMMISSIONER DALTON. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I HAVE SEEN A COUPLE OF THESE STORES WHEN I'VE BEEN OUT AND ABOUT, AND THEIR SIGN IS VERY, VERY, VERY UNIQUE. IN IT'S APPEARANCE, AND THIS IS WHY I QUESTIONED THIS STORE'S APPEARANCE, SIMILAR TO THE ONE ON SEVENTY EIGHT AND SO FORTH. IT'S UNIQUE AND IT AND IT'S AN IDENTIFIER FOR THEIR BUSINESS THAT IT IS SO UNIQUE AND I CANNOT SUPPORT A MONUMENT SIGN FOR THEM. I KNOW THE SITUATION WITH A PYLON SIGN AND THE ORDINANCES AND SO FORTH, BUT TO ME THAT IS THE BEST SOLUTION FOR THEIR STORE, FOR THEIR TRADEMARK, FOR THEIR APPEARANCE. AND SO WHICHEVER WAY IT GOES, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THEIR MONUMENT SIGN, THEIR PYLON SIGN. COMMISSIONER ROSE. CAN WE THEN, IF THAT BE THE CASE, CAN WE CONTROL THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PYLON SIGN SO IT'S NOT JUST A COUPLE OF METAL POLES STICKING UP OUT OF THE GROUND? IT WAS NOTED IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A MASONRY COVER AROUND THE POLES. IT JUST DIDN'T APPEAR THAT WAY IN THE RENDERING. OK, OK. AND WOULD YOU MIND THROWING UP THE RENDERING AGAIN, I THOUGHT IT DID INDICATE THAT IT WOULD BE MASONRY. YEAH IT SAID IN THERE, BUT IT LOOKED LIKE TWO BLACK STEEL POLES. I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. NO, NO, NO. WELL, I SPOTTED IT. I'M AN ARCHITECT. I READ THOSE THINGS, SO. YEAH, IT SAYS MASONRY COLUMN AND EVEN ON THE 3D ARTWORK, IT APPEARS TO BE A STEEL POST. AND THAT'S WHAT COMMISSIONER ROSE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT. RIGHT. WE COULD WRAP THAT IN MASONRY OR [INAUDIBLE]. YEAH, AND I THINK HE'D LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE MORE MASS ON THAT, TOO, IF I'M READING HIM [01:25:03] RIGHT, RATHER THAN LOOKING LIKE AN EIGHT BY EIGHT STEEL POST. WITH SOME BRICKS. YEAH. WE COULD DO THAT. DRESS IT UP. AND QUITE FRANKLY, I COULD GO ANY OF THE THREE OR FOUR WAYS WE'VE DISCUSSED RIGHT NOW BECAUSE COUNCIL SEEN OUR DISCUSSION AND WILL MAKE A FINAL. COMMISSIONER EDWARDS. PLEASE, UNMUTE. I USED TO LIVE BY SIGNS, I KNOW WHAT A SIGN CAN DO AND WHAT IT HOW IT CAN HURT YOU. HE'S GOT A BEAUTIFUL SIGN. THIS BOARD IS FINE. THE ONLY THING IS THAT I. IF YOU DROP IT, IT'S GOING TO LOOK FUNNY. SO I'M FOR LEAVING IT EXACTLY LIKE HE WANTS IT, AND THAT'S WHAT I WILL SUPPORT. COMMISSIONER ROSE. I MOVE WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. I BELIEVE IT HAS IT ALREADY BEEN DONE? YES, WE ALREADY CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE ARE IN DISCUSSION MODE. COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS MADE THE MOTION. YEAH, YEAH, AND I THINK I'M RIGHT NOW, I'M WITH COMMISSIONER EDWARDS AND DALTON THAT WE HAVE NOT COME UP WITH A VIABLE SOLUTION YET. WE'VE COME UP WITH WHAT IFS. IS THERE ANY? MR. CHAIRMAN? COMMISSION JENKINS. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE OPPORTUNITY STILL, I BELIEVE, AND WE HAVEN'T ASKED HIM BACK IN AFTER THE CLOSING. YEAH, IT'S ONLY PUBLIC INPUT. WE DON'T HAVE ANY INPUT ANYHOW. SO I'M ALWAYS WILLING TO WORK WITH AN APPLICANT. GO AHEAD AND STATE A QUESTION. DO WE HAVE ANY INDICATION OF WHAT THE HEIGHT OF THE SURROUNDING POLE SIGNS MIGHT BE? DOES THE APPLICANT HAVE ANY IDEA? IS THAT HOW THEY CAME UP WITH HOW TALL THE THEIR SIGN SHOULD BE? I DON'T, BUT BASED ON THE RENDERING AND IT LOOKS TO BE THE SAME SIZE OR SMALLER THAN THE SURROUNDING PYLON SIGNS, BUT I COULD I COULD GET THAT FOR YOU. I COULD I'LL PAY SOMEBODY TO RUN UP THERE AND MEASURE IT. BUT I THINK THEY DESIGNED IT TO THE ALLOWABLE CODE LIMIT. YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT, MR. CHAIRMAN, NOT TO SPEAK FOR THE APPLICANT, BUT THE TWENTY TWO FEET IN HEIGHT, FOR INSTANCE. YEAH, THAT'S THE GDC ALLOWANCE, I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT WAS TRYING TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE GDC. COMMISSIONER ROSE. I MOVE WE APPROVE THE PYLON SIGN TO A LIMIT OF 20 FEET AND THE SUPPORTING COLUMNS TO BE VERY DECORATIVE WITH BRICK SURROUNDING NOT JUST THE PAINTED ON BREAK, BUT A REAL BRICK-Y LOOK TO IT. OK, WOULD THAT BE A MOTION TO, LET'S SEE. A AND B. YEAH, OK, I HAD TO REVERT TO AMEND THE PD, WHICH IS NINETY FIVE DASH THIRTY FOUR AND 20-03 AND TO, AND TO APPROVE THE DETAILED PLAN. YES, SIR. OK, AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER EDWARDS. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION WITH THE PROVISION THAT THE SIGN ONLY BE 20 FEET HIGH AND THAT MORE VISIBLY ADHERE TO THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SUPPORT OF THE PYLON SIGN AND APPROVAL OF THE DETAILED PLAN. THAT MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROSE AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER EDWARDS. ANY DISCUSSION AFTER WE'VE SLATED THIS ONE? SEEING NONE. PLEASE VOTE. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. I KNOW WE PUT YOU THROUGH THE RINGER, BUT WITHOUT THE OPTION TO DELAY, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER WAY TO WORK THROUGH THE ISSUES. APPRECIATE YOUR DILIGENCE WITH THIS. THANK YOU ALL FOR WORKING THROUGH IT. I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU. WE'RE EXCITED. WE'RE SO SO CLOSE TO OPENING. [01:30:01] WE'RE GOING TO GET TO YOU AND [INAUDIBLE] HANDS. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT. THANK YOU. THAT WAS THE LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA. AND TYPICALLY, WE DO NOT TAKE THE MOTION TO ADJOURN. BUT SINCE THIS IS COMMISSIONER WELBORN'S LAST MEETING AND FOND FAREWELL, IF COMMISSIONER WELBORN WISHES TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. CHAIR, WILL ACCEPT THAT. OF COURSE, HE HAS TO UNMUTE HIMSELF. UNMUTED. THERE YOU GO. THERE YOU GO. I'M SORRY. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW. GO AHEAD. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADJOURN. THANK YOU. AND THAT'S NOT A DEBATABLE ITEM. AND SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS, HOPEFULLY, GOD WILLING, THIS IS OUR LAST ZOOM MEETING AS OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE LIVE BACK DOWN AT CITY HALL. SO UNTIL OUR MEETING OF JULY 12TH, WE WISH COMMISSIONER WELBORN BON FAREWELL. AMEN. THANK YOU. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.