[Plan Commission Pre Meeting] [00:00:02] WE'RE GETTING READY TO GO. OK, HERE WE GO. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE NOVEMBER 22ND MEETING OF THE GARLAND PLANNING COMMISSION. THIS IS OUR WORK SESSION PORTION OF THE MEETING, AND I'LL LET YOU TAKE IT AWAY. THANK YOU. FIRST, I'D LIKE TO GO OVER THE MINUTES AND THE PLAT. WE HAVEN'T CHANGED AT ALL, MR. [INAUDIBLE]. I DON'T SEE ANY COMPLAINTS. OKAY. NEXT ITEM IS A ZONING CASE Z TWENTY ONE FORTY THREE THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO TO USE THE EXISTING BUILDING FOR RETAIL AND RESTAURANT USES. THE SITE IS LOCATED AT 1640 AND 1680 EAST GATE DRIVE. THIS IS A ZONING CHANGE FROM PLAN DEVELOPMENT SIXTY NINE THIRTY ONE FOR COMMUNITY RETAIL USES AND PLAN DEVELOPMENT, EIGHTY SIX TWENTY SIX FOR COMMUNITY OFFICE USES TO COMMUNITY RETAIL DISTRICT. HERE'S THE CASE INFORMATION THE ACREAGE IS APPROXIMATELY THREE POINT FIVE TWO ACRES. THIS IS THE CITY WIDE LOCATION MAP, THE RED STAR IDENTIFIES THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. AND THIS IS THE LOCATION MAP, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY'S OUTLINED IN THE TEAL BLUE COLOR. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH IS PD SIXTY NINE THIRTY ONE FOR COMMUNITY RETAIL USE AND PD EIGHTY SIX TWENTY SIX FOR COMMUNITY OFFICE USES. AND IN PD EIGHTY SIX TWENTY SIX, THERE IS A STIPULATION FOR RETAIL USE. IT HAS TO BE. IT'S ALLOWED AS LIMITED USE, WHICH LIMITED USE SHALL HAVE, SHALL NOT HAVE ANY EXTERIOR SIGNAGE OR EXTERIOR ACCESS FACING THE PUBLIC STREET. AND THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE THAT STIPULATION AND JUST COMPLETELY REZONE THE PROPERTY TO COMMUNITY RETAIL TO ALLOW RETAIL AND RESTAURANT USES. THE PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH ACROSS MARKETPLACE ARE ZONE FOR PD ZERO SIX THIRTY SEVEN FOR COMMUNITY RETAIL AND PD 1813 FOR MULTIFAMILY. AND THERE IS A SHOPPING CENTER GROCERY STORE. PROPERTIES TO THE EAST ARE ZONED PD ZERO EIGHT THIRTY SIX. SORRY YEAH ZERO EIGHT THIRTY SIX FOR COMMUNITY RETAIL AND THERE'S A RESTAURANT. PROPERTIES TO THE SOUTH ACROSS SIX THIRTY FIVE ARE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS AND PROPERTY TO THE WEST IS ZONED PD SIXTY NINE THIRTY ONE AND THERE IS A HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITY. THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE ENVISION GARLAND PLAN DESIGNATES A SUBJECT PROPERTY AS COMMUNITY CENTER. HERE ARE SOME OF THE SITE PHOTOS. THE TOP LEFT IS VIEW OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FROM SIX THIRTY FIVE, AND THAT'S THE EXISTING BUILDING THE APPLICANT WILL REMODEL. THE TOP RIGHT IS EAST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND THAT'S THE RESTAURANT. BOTTOM LEFT IS SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY CITY OF DALLAS AND BOTTOM RIGHT IS WEST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. THE PROPOSED USES ARE COMPATIBLE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND THIS IS A TRADITIONAL REZONING WITHOUT A PLAN DEVELOPMENT. AND THESE REQUESTS DO NOT REQUIRE ANY DETAILED PLAN OR APPROVAL TO COMMENCE OR DIRECT DEVELOPMENT. AND THE INTENT OF THE REQUEST IS TO RENOVATE THE EXISTING BUILDING FOR A RESTAURANT WITHOUT ANY DRIVE THRU AND RETAIL USES, AND THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT AND PARKING LAYOUT WILL REMAIN THE SAME. IN ADDITION, THE CURRENT SITE CONFIGURATION COMPLIES WITH THE DEVEL OPMENT STANDARDS IN THE COMMUNITY RETAIL DISTRICT. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE CHANGE IN ZONING FROM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, SIXTY NINE THIRTY ONE FOR COMMUNITY RETAIL USES AND PLAN DEVELOPMENT, EIGHTY SIX DASH TWENTY SIX FOR COMMUNITY OFFICE USES TO COMMUNITY RETAIL DISTRICT. WE DID SEND OUT NOTIFICATION LETTERS, SENT OUT 12 LETTERS AND WE RECEIVED ONLY ONE RESPONSE THAT WAS WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA AND FOR THE REQUEST, BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER ROSE HAD INDICATED. WHAT RESTAURANT MIGHT BE MOVING IN THERE? THAT WOULD BE THE QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT. I UNDERSTAND, AND I HOPE THAT'S THEM SITTING OUT THERE, SO THEY MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER [00:05:02] THAT. THAT WAS THE REMINGTON COLLEGE BUILDING, WASN'T IT? CORRECT. COMMISSIONER LUCHT. ARE THERE ANY PLANS TO PRESERVE THE EXISTING TREES ON THE PROPERTY? I BELIEVE SO, AND I ALSO BELIEVE THEY'LL BE ADDING ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING. AND THIS IS STRAIGHT ZONING. SO AND NOTHING'S BEING CHANGED. SO THERE'S NO TRIGGERING OF ANYTHING RIGHT AND NO DETAIL PLAN BECAUSE IT'S A STRAIGHT ZONING CASE. I KNOW THEY'RE SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE, SO Y'ALL MAY WANT TO BE CAREFUL AS TO HOW MUCH SPACE YOU RENT OUT TO RESTAURANTS BECAUSE THEY REQUIRE MUCH MORE PARKING THAN RETAIL AND STUFF. SO COUNT YOUR PARKING SPACES AND RENT ACCORDINGLY. IT MIGHT HELP SAVE YOU SOME WOES FROM SOME WOES LATER. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER PARIS. YOU'VE ANSWERED MY YOU ACTUALLY ALLUDED TO THE QUESTION THAT I HAD WAS ABOUT PARKING AND THE RATIO FOR PARKING BECAUSE THIS IS MOVING TO COMMUNITY RETAIL FOR RESTAURANT AND WANTED TO BE SURE THAT PARKING RATIOS WAS GOING TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. SO I SENT THAT COMMUNICATION TO YOU EARLIER AND AND THANK YOU FOR COMMUNICATING THAT THAT WILL COME LATER THROUGH THE PROCESS. SO THAT WAS WHAT I WAS GOING TO JUST BRING UP. I JUST WANTED TO LET THE APPLICANT KNOW BECAUSE I'VE DONE MULTITENANT BUILDINGS BEFORE AND THEY WANT TO LOAD THEM UP WITH RESTAURANTS AND THEN THEY RUN OUT OF PARKING. AND THEN YOU GO BEFORE THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, WHICH MEETS NEXT DOOR OR THEY MEET HERE NOW, I GUESS. I DON'T KNOW. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I THINK THAT'S IT FOR NOW. SO WE WILL ADJOURN FOR REGULAR PORTION. OH, COMMISSIONER JENKINS. THANK YOU. HOW DO WE HOW DO WE GET TWO PD'S? WHAT WAS THE HISTORICAL, I GUESS, PROCESS BACK THEN THAT WE HAD TWO ON THE SAME SORT OF TRACK? I THINK THIS WAS BEFORE HER TIME, BEFORE MY TIME. SO IT'S BEEN QUITE SOME TIME. YEAH. SO I DON'T HAVE A CLUE. COMMISSIONER LUCHT. WHEN WAS THE BUILDING ERECTED? OH, I'D HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK. MAYBE THE APPLICANT IS AWARE. I'M JUST I MEAN, IT'S BEEN THERE AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER SO. EARLY 70S OR 80S. AND I WAS THINKING TOO. OKAY, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHTY. OKAY. IF THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS, WE WILL RECESS UNTIL THE MAIN PORTION OF THE MEETING AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. THANK YOU. [Call to Order] GOOD EVENING, WELCOME TO THE NOVEMBER 22ND MEETING OF THE GARLAND PLANNING COMMISSION. AS IS OUR CUSTOM, WE COMMISSIONERS START OUR MEETING WITH A PRAYER AND A PLEDGE. YOU'RE INVITED TO JOIN US, WHETHER YOU JOIN US OR NOT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE IN THE DELIBERATIONS OF THIS COMMISSION OR YOUR RIGHTS IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSION. NEVER HAS, NEVER WILL. COMMISSIONER PARIS WILL BE LEADING US TONIGHT. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN ROBERTS. IF YOU WISH TO JOIN, LET'S PLEASE BOW OUR HEADS AS WE PRAY. FATHER GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY FOR THIS IS THE DAY THAT THE LORD HAS MADE AND WE WILL REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT. FATHER GOD, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE YOUR PEOPLE. THANK YOU FOR OUR CITY. BLESS OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND OUR MILITARY. FATHER, GOD DURING THIS SEASON OF THANKSGIVING. WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE. WE GIVE THANKS FOR OUR LOVED ONES, FOR OUR GOOD HEALTH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. WE CONTINUE TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS WE COME TOGETHER THIS EVENING, ASKING FOR YOUR SAGACITY AND GUIDANCE AS WE SERVE ON THIS BOARD TO BETTER OUR CITY IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. WE PRAY AND WE ASK IT ALL AMEN AMEN. PLEASE JOIN US AS WE RECITE THE PLEDGE. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] WELL, GOOD EVENING AGAIN, EVERYBODY, AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH MY WHOLE SPIEL BECAUSE WE HAVE A SHORT AGENDA, SO I WILL TELL YOU OUR CONSENT [CONSENT AGENDA] AGENDA, OUR ITEMS THAT THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW AND WILL BE VOTING TO APPROVE IN ONE VOTE. AND I WILL READ THROUGH THEM. AND IF ANY COMMISSIONER WANTS AN ITEM REMOVED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION OR ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WISHES IT, I WILL PULL IT AND WE'LL CONSIDER IT SEPARATELY. CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 1A CONSIDER APPROVAL PLAN COMMISSION MINUTES FOR NOVEMBER 11 2021 [00:10:03] MEETING. ITEM TWO A PLAT TWENTY ONE DASH THIRTY THREE ROTH TERRACE REPLAT. NOBODY WANTS ANYTHING REMOVED. CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. COMMISSIONER PARIS. I MOVE TO ACCEPT [INAUDIBLE]. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER JENKINS. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE. AND THAT THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHTY. OUR NEXT ITEM IS A ZONING CASE CONSIDERATION OF THE APPLICATION OF HA REAL [3A. Consideration of the application of AJ Real Estate Investments, LLC, requesting approval of a Change in Zoning from Planned Development (PD) District 69-31 for Community Retail Uses and Planned Development (PD) District 86-26 for Community Office Use to Community Retail (CR) District. This property is located at 1640 and 1680 Eastgate Drive. (District 5) (File Z 21-43)] ESTATE INVESTMENT INC LLC, REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT SIXTY NINE DASH THIRTY ONE FOR COMMUNITY RETAIL USES AND PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT EIGHTY SIX DASH TWENTY SIX FOR A COMMUNITY OFFICE USE TO COMMUNITY RETAIL DISTRICT. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 1640 AND 1680EAST GATE DRIVE. I'LL ASK IF THE COMMISSIONERS THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? IF YOU COME ON DOWN, PLEASE, COMMISSIONER LUCHT THEN COMMISSIONER JENKINS. I THOUGHT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET YOU OUT OF HAVING TO COME DOWN AND TALK. I'M EXCITED. I LOVE COMING UP HERE. HI, MY NAME IS ARLENE MACIAS AND I LIVE HERE IN GARLAND AT TWO ZERO TWO TWO [INAUDIBLE] GARLAND, TEXAS THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER LUCHT. SO SINCE THIS IS A FRONTAGE PROPERTY, I WAS WONDERING WHAT YOUR I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO PRESENT A DETAILED PLAN, BUT I WAS WONDERING WHAT YOUR PLAN FOR THE PROPERTY IS. WELL, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. SO WE'RE HOPING TO REMODEL COMPLETELY THIS PROPERTY AND MAKE IT INTO RESTAURANT RETAIL. JUST SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE MODERN KIND OF OUR VISIONS, A LITTLE BIT SIMILAR TO LIKE THE TRINITY GROVE IDEA, WHERE WE HAVE STUFF OUTSIDE IN THE COURTYARD. VERY MUCH PLANNING TO KEEP THE TREES WERE ALL ABOUT KEEPING AS MANY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN AND ADDING MORE LANDSCAPING AND DOING SOMETHING WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME AND SHOP AND EAT AND SOMETHING KIND OF COOL. ANOTHER COOL PLACE TO GO TO IN GARLAND. THAT'S AWESOME. I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT. WE ARE SO EXCITED TOO. DO YOU HAVE ANY PAST PROJECTS THAT THAT YOU'VE DONE OR CURRENT PROJECTS THAT WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT ONLINE OR? WHAT WE'VE DONE? WE JUST FINISHED DOING A DIFFERENT PROJECT. WE DID A RESIDENTIAL PROJECT WHICH WE DEVELOPED 14 THREE STORY TOWNHOMES IN FARMERS BRANCH. WE JUST FINISHED THOSE IN JULY, SOLD ALL 14 OF THEM. IT WAS A GOOD HIT AND WE'VE DONE A LOT OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AS WELL. OUR TEAM KIND OF FOCUSES ON THESE DISTRESSED PROPERTIES AND KIND OF BRINGING THEM BACK TO LIFE. WE HAVE A PROPERTY HERE IN GARLAND, ON BROADWAY, IN CENTERVILLE, WHICH WAS COMPLETELY EMPTY, AND WE KIND OF FILLED IT IN AND KIND OF BROUGHT IT BACK TO LIFE. AND SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE TWO EXAMPLES THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE KIND OF MORE RECENT. WE'VE DONE THAT ALSO IN DUNCANVILLE AS WELL AND ANOTHER BUILDING, BUT I'LL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE ADDRESSES AND STUFF IF YOU LIKE TO SEE THAT. I'D LOVE TO. I'D LOVE TO JUST SEE THEM. OH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH, THANK YOU. NO, NO. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER JENKINS. WELL, COMMISSIONER LUCHT STOLE ONE OF MY QUESTIONS, SO I'LL TRY TO BE SHORT. NOW YOU'RE FINE. BROADWAY IN CENTERVILLE, YOU TALK ABOUT THE TWISTED ROOT BURGER THAT'S OVER THERE NOW. IS THAT ONE OF THE PROPERTIES? PERHAPS. NO BROADWAY AND CENTREVILLE HAS. IT'S BEHIND THE MCDONALD'S. BEHIND THE MCDONALD'S. YEAH, OVER THERE. WHERE YOU FIT [INAUDIBLE] WE BOUGHT IT WHEN IT WAS EMPTY COMPLETELY. JUST THERE WAS NOTHING. BUT YEAH, IT WAS. IT WAS AN EXCITING PROJECT. NO, NO. THAT WASN'T MY FIRST QUESTION [INAUDIBLE] AGAINST ME? OH NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. IF ANYTHING, I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR FOR MAKING THE CHOICE TO REINVEST BACK IN GARLAND AS IT AT LEAST RELATES TO THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL. I DON'T SEE, YOU KNOW, WHY I SHOULD SAY ANYTHING AGAINST THIS. IT LOOKS LIKE A FANTASTIC EFFORT TO TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY. I'M PARTICULARLY HAPPY THAT YOU'RE MAKING THE CHOICE TO KEEP THE LANDSCAPING AND IMPROVE, ESPECIALLY AS THAT LANDSCAPING IMPACTS EVERYTHING RUN OFF AND, YOU KNOW, SHADES AND TEMPERATURE, YADA YADA. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT, AND I WILL BE QUIET NOW AND TURN THE MIC OFF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING DOWN. AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU STAY HERE IN GARLAND DOING THIS, YOU'VE GOT A LIFETIME'S WORTH OF WORK BECAUSE WE ARE A CITY THAT NEEDS TO BE REBORN AGAIN. WE'RE SO EXCITED. WE SPECIFICALLY LOOK AND TRY TO KEEP OUR STUFF HERE. [00:15:02] IT'S IT'S AWESOME. SO WE'RE EXCITED. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT. WE THINK IT'S GOING TO DO GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. I'D ASK IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE. BUT IF YOU WANT SOME PRACTICE, PUBLIC SPEAKING, WE CAN DO THAT. BUT I'LL ASK THE COMMISSIONERS IF THERE'S MOTION OR DISCUSSION. JUST I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ZONING REQUEST CHANGE FOR FILE Z 21-43. ALRIGHTY. DO I HEAR SECOND? A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER PARISH SO MOTION BY COMMISSIONER. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PARIS TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION AS PRESENTED. PLEASE VOTE. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, THANK YOU AND WELCOME. THAT WAS THE LAST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, BUT BEFORE WE ADJOURN ON BEHALF OF ALL THE COMMISSIONERS, I'D LIKE TO WISH EVERYBODY A GREAT THANKSGIVING AND Y'ALL PLEASE BE SAFE OUT THERE AND WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT MEETING WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15TH. UNTIL THAT TIME, WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. HAVE A GREAT THANKSGIVING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.