[Plan Commission Pre Meeting] [00:00:02] GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE FEBRUARY 21ST MEETING OF THE GARLAND PLANNING COMMISSION. THIS PORTION OF OUR MEETING IS OUR WORK SESSION PORTION WHERE THE STAFF BRIEFS US ON THE CASES AND WE ASK QUESTIONS BACK AND FORTH. BUT THE FIRST PART OF THIS MEETING, WE ARE GOING TO RECESS TO CONVENE IN CLOSED SESSION, AS IT'S STATED IN OUR POSTED AGENDA. THE PLANNING COMMISSION MAY RECESS FROM THE OPEN SESSION AND CONVENE IN A CLOSED SESSION. IF THE DISCUSSION OF ANY LISTED AGENDA ITEMS CONCERNS AND MATTERS REGARDING PRIVILEGED CLIENT INFORMATION DEEMED CONFIDENTIAL BY RULE 1.05 OF THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT, SECTION 551.071 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. SO AT THIS POINT, WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND RECESS HOPEFULLY WON'T BE TOO LONG, BUT WE'LL BE BACK AS SOON AS WE CAN. THANK YOU. WE'RE IN RECESS. I'LL JUST LEAVE THIS UP HERE FOR YOU. I JUST WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK. WELCOME BACK, WE ARE NOW BACK IN REGULAR SESSION, AND WE WILL START WITH THE STAFF BRIEFINGS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING. I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN UP THE PRE MEETING BY ASKING IF ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. GOOD TO GO. THIS IS CASE NUMBER Z 21-39. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES SORRY ABOUT THAT, WE'LL GET RID OF THAT SPLIT SCREEN FOR YOU. IT HAPPENS A LOT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY, THIS IS CASE NUMBER Z 21-39 THE APPLICANT PROPOSES AUTOMOBILE SALES ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. THIS IS THE CASE INFORMATION. THE PROJECT IS LOCATED AT 3218 FOREST LANE. THE ACREAGE IS 0.4183 ACRES AND THE PROPERTY IS ZONED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 03-47 DISTRICT. THIS IS THE CITYWIDE LOCATION MAP. THE STAR REPRESENTS THE GENERAL AREA OF THE PROJECT. THIS IS THE LOCATION MAP. THIS IS THE SUBJECT AREA OUTLINED IN TEAL. THIS IS FOREST LANE AND THIS IS SOUTH KIRBY STREET. THIS SITE IS ZONE PLAN DEVELOPMENT 03-47. AND THIS AREA CONSIST OF A CHURCH RETAIL USE AND THEN ALSO THE FOREST JUPITER DART STATION. AND TO THE SOUTH ACROSS THE RAILROAD TRACKS THIS SITE IS ZONED INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AND IT'S DEVELOPED WITH MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTION USES. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN RECOMMENDS TRANSIT ORIENTED CENTERS. AND WITH THAT [INAUDIBLE] THE USE IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THESE ARE THE PHOTOS OF THE AREA. THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE. THIS IS THE DART STATION. THIS IS A RELIGIOUS FACILITY, AND THEN THESE ARE MIXED USES. THIS IS THE SITE PLAN THAT THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A AUTOMOBILE SALES NEW OR USED IN AN EXISTING BUILDING, WHICH IS 2200 SQUARE FEET TO OPERATE THE AUTOMOBILE SALES USE AT 3218 [00:05:09] FOREST LANE AND AMENDMENT TO THE EXISTING PLANNED DEVELOPMENT IS REQUIRED. THE APPLICANT IS MEETING THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS AS PER THE GARLAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. THE APPLICANT IS NOT EXPANDING THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE BUILDING, NOR ARE THEY EXPANDING THE PARKING LOT. THEREFORE, LANDSCAPING IS NOT REQUIRED. HOWEVER, THERE IS AN EXISTING LANDSCAPING ON SITE. THESE ARE THE EXISTING BUILDING ELEVATIONS THAT THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED. AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION FOR UNLIMITED TIME PERIOD AND NO DEVIATIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED BY THE APPLICANT. STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL OF THIS REQUEST. AND WE MAILED OUT 23 NOTIFICATION LETTERS AND WE RECEIVE NO RESPONSES. AND THAT CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION. ANY QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER JENKINS. I THINK YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS IT'S THE UNDERLYING PROPERTY IS ZONED COMMUNITY RETAIL IS THAT CORRECT? SO THE PROPERTY IS ZONED COMMUNITY RETAIL. THE PROPERTY IS ZONED COMMUNITY RETAIL. AND THERE ARE SOME COMMUNITY RETAIL USES IN THE AREA THAT I THINK YOU MENTIONED A CHURCH? YES. OK AND ACROSS FROM THAT, WE'VE GOT THE INDUSTRIAL. BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE, WE ARE LOOKING AT COMMUNITY RETAIL PRETTY MUCH ALL THE WAY DOWN IN SUPPORTING AREAS. THAT'S CORRECT. OK. THIS IS COMMUNITY RETAIL AND THEN ACROSS THE STREET. OK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'VE GOT A QUICK QUESTION ON THAT DETAIL PLAN, IT ONLY SHOWED FIVE SPACES FOR AUTO SALES. ARE THEY PROPOSING TO RESTRICT THEMSELVES TO FIVE CARS? YES. OK. BECAUSE I'VE SEEN TOO MANY OF THESE AUTO DEALERS WITH JUST PACKED WITH CARS TO WHERE YOU CAN'T EVEN GET AROUND. AND I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE LOOKED THIS UP. I APOLOGIZE. BUT WITH A USED CAR DEALERSHIP, ARE THEY ALLOWED TO DO MAINTENANCE IN THE BUILDING? I NOTICE THE OVERHEAD DOORS IN THE BACK. SO THE APPLICANT IS NOT PROVIDING MAINTENANCE INSIDE THE BUILDING. OK. YEAH. AND KIMBERLY IS CORRECT, PER MY UNDERSTANDING. BUT JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE GDC DEFINITION IN AUTO SALES DOES ALLOW AS AN ACCESSORY SOME REPAIR FOR CARS ON SITE. SO THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE QUESTION. YEAH. WOULD IT BE CONSIDERED A LIGHT AUTOMOBILE REPAIR VERSUS THE HEAVY AUTOMOBILE REPAIRS? CORRECT. SO IT'D BE LIKE OIL CHANGES, BRAKES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. OK. JUST TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT, THE USE. OK, THANK YOU. SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING. OK. THIS IS FOR CASE Z2156, AND THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO CONSTRUCT A FOUR THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE SQUARE FOOT RESTAURANT, AND THE SITE IS LOCATED AT 3900 LAVON DRIVE. AND THIS IS FOR A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AND A DETAIL PLAN FOR A RESTAURANT WITH SORRY WITHOUT A DRIVE THRU ON A PROPERTY ZONED PLAN DEVELOPMENT 19-18. HERE'S THE CASE INFORMATION, AND THE ACREAGE IS APPROXIMATELY 1.23 ACRES. THIS IS THE CITYWIDE LOCATION MAP. THE RED STAR IDENTIFIES THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IT IS IN THE FIREWHEEL TOWN CENTER. AND THIS IS THE LOCATION MAP, THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES OUTLINED IN THIS TEAL BLUE COLOR, AND IT IS WITHIN THE FIREWHEEL TOWN CENTER. AND THE PROPOSAL INTENDS TO DEVELOP AN ADDITIONAL SITE WITH IT THE FIREWHEEL TOWN CENTER, THE PROPERTY TO THE EAST PD AND S1919. IT WAS APPROVED FOR HOTEL DEVELOPMENT BUT IS CURRENTLY VACANT AND THEN PROPERTY TO THE WEST ACROSS LAVON IS ZONED AGRICULTURAL. IT'S CURRENTLY VACANT AND THEN PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH THERE'S RETAIL AND RESTAURANT. [00:10:07] THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE ENVISION GARLAND PLAN DESIGNATES A SUBJECT PROPERTY AS REGIONAL CENTERS. AND THE USE IS SUPPORTIVE TO THE SURROUNDING AREA AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE SITE PHOTOS. THE TOP LEFT IS VIEW OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FROM LAVON. TOP RIGHT IS NORTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. BOTTOM LEFT IS SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND BOTTOM RIGHT IS EAST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. HERE IS THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN, WHICH SHOWS A RESTAURANT WITHOUT A DRIVE THRU AND APPROXIMATELY FOUR THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE SQUARE FOOT. AND IT DOES MEET THE INTENT OF THE OVERALL FIREWHEEL PD. IT COMPLIES WITH THE PARKING REQUIREMENT AND AS YOU CAN SEE OVER HERE, THERE IS A ACCESS FROM LAVON THROUGH MUTUAL ACCESS EASEMENT. THIS IS THE ENTRY POINT AND THEY CAN EXIT THROUGH THIS MUTUAL ACCESS EASEMENT AND WILL CONNECT ALL THE WAY TO HORSESHOE DRIVE. HERE IS THE LANDSCAPE PLAN. THE GDC REQUIRES A LARGE CANOPY TREE AT THE END OF EACH PARKING ROW, AND THERE ARE THREE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS WHERE THE APPLICANT IS NOT PROVIDING THE LARGE CANOPY TREES. AND FOR ONE LOCATION OVER HERE, THE APPLICANT BELIEVES THAT THIS WOULD MINIMIZE THE VISIBILITY OF THE BUILDING. AND THEN OVER HERE THEY'RE PROPOSING A LIGHT POLE. SO IT WOULD OBSTRUCT WITH THE LIGHT POLE AND THEN OVER HERE DOWN HERE. THERE IS AN EXISTING SIGN AND THAT WOULD INTERFERE WITH THAT SIGN, BUT IT DOES COMPLY WITH ALL THE OTHER SCREENING AND LANDSCAPING STANDARDS PER THE GDC. HERE ARE THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS, AND IT COMPLIES WITH THE GDC AND THE FIREWHEEL PD. THE DUMPSTER ELEVATION. AND HERE'S THE SUMMARY OF THE DEVIATION, AND THE ONLY DEVIATION IS FOR THE PARKING LOT LANDSCAPING. AND THE GDC REQUIRES A LARGE CANOPY TREE AT THE END OF THE PARKING ROW, AND THERE ARE THREE LOCATIONS THAT DO NOT HAVE THOSE LARGE CANOPY TREES. AND THE APPLICANT CONTENDS THOSE TREES AND THOSE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS COULD POTENTIALLY INTERFERE WITH THE LIGHT POLE AND CAUSE VISUAL OBSTRUCTION. AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT TO THE PD AND APPROVAL OF THE DETAIL PLAN . AND WE MAILED OUT 19 NOTIFICATION LETTERS AND WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY RESPONSES. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. SURE. COMMISSIONER OTT. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. WILL, YOU HAD MENTIONED ABOUT THE HOTEL THAT WE HAD APPROVED TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO. WILL THIS AFFECT THE PLAN FOR THAT? WE'D SET UP SEVERAL SITES THAT WOULD BE DEVELOPED AROUND IT, BUT ARE THEY STILL PLANNING TO DEVELOP THAT HOTEL OR DO YOU KNOW? WELL, ACTUALLY, COMMISSIONER, I DON'T THINK IT AFFECTS THE PLANS, PER SAY, BUT I'VE HEARD AND THIS COULD JUST BE, YOU KNOW, HEARSAY, YOU KNOW, BUT I'M HEARING THAT THAT HOTEL IS NOT MOVING FORWARD. OK. AT LEAST NOT AT THIS TIME. SO. OK, THANK YOU. YES SIR. ALL RIGHTY. OH, COMMISSIONER JENKINS. REGARDING THE CANOPY TREES, THE DECISION TO NOT INCLUDE THOSE CANOPY TREES ARE BASED UPON SOME FACTORS THAT I'M HAVING TROUBLE KIND OF UNDERSTANDING. SO REGARDING THE FIRST AND WE'RE NOT TALKING FULL GROWN CANOPY TREES, WE'RE TALKING JUST THE INCLUSION OF TREES THAT WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME CANOPY TREES, RIGHT OR ARE WE MOVING FULL GROWN CANOPY TREES FROM SOMEWHERE? THERE'S A CERTAIN HEIGHT THAT THEY DO HAVE TO COMPLY WITH. THEY HAVE TO BE FROM THE APPROVED PLANT LIST, AND THEY ARE CONSIDERED LARGE CANOPY TREES PER THE GARLAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. WHEN THE TREES ARE PLANTED, ARE THEY MATURE AND TECHNICALLY CANOPY TREES OR DO THEY BECOME CANOPY TREES AT A LATER DATE AND TIME? I WILL HAVE TO VERIFY THE INITIAL HEIGHT AT THE TIME OF PLANTING, BUT THEY CAN BE ABOUT 10 TO 14 FEET HIGH. OK, IF A SIGN IF A TYPE OF SIGNAGES IS ON THE GROUND, FOR EXAMPLE, IT WON'T NECESSARILY [00:15:06] BLOCK THE VIEW OF THAT SIGN IF BECAUSE THE TREE IS ALREADY 10 TO 14 FEET HIGH. IF I'M UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. AND THEN REGARDING A LIGHT POST ARE GENERALLY 20 FEET OR SO. SO HAVING A CANOPY TREE THAT'S 10 TO 14 FEET WOULD STILL NOT TOTALLY BLOCK THE LIGHTING IN THE AREA. [INAUDIBLE]. OK, SO OVER HERE, THE APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT THIS ISLAND MAY NOT FIT BOTH THE CANOPY TREE AND THE LIGHT POLE. SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE ONLY PLACING THE LIGHT POLE ON THAT TREE. AND OVER HERE, THEY BELIEVE THAT AT SOME POINT THAT WHEN IT WILL GROW, IT WILL STILL MINIMIZE THE VISIBILITY OF THAT SIGN. OK, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AND THIS MAY BE MORE FOR THE APPLICANTS BENEFIT, AS I'M STILL UNCLEAR AS TO THE MOVEMENT OF TRAFFIC AROUND THERE. I WENT OUT THERE AND THAT LANE COMING INTO THE SIDE IS ALREADY THERE, BUT THE PLAN REFERENCES 30 FOOT FIRE LANE THAT IS NOT THERE. AND SO THEY CAN PROBABLY TELL ME IF THEY ARE GOING TO BE BUILDING THAT, WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY LEAD OUT TO THE MALL SITE AND EVERYTHING. OTHERWISE, THEY HAVE TO CUT THROUGH THE, I THINK IT'S PANERA BREAD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THERE, AND THEY WOULD GO RIGHT PAST THERE DRIVE IN LANE ALSO, WHICH COULD CAUSE SOME, YOU KNOW, PROBLEMS AS TRAFFIC WANTS TO TURN OUT INTO IT. SO I'LL GET THEM TO EXPLAIN THAT TO ME. THANK YOU AND BELIEVE THAT'S IT. THE NEXT FILE IS THE Z21-57 THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO CONSTRUCT ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY EIGHT MULTI-FAMILY UNITS, AND THIS IS FOR A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AND A DETAIL PLAN FOR AN APARTMENT COMPLEX AND A PROPERTY ZONED PD 15-40 FOR A MULTI-FAMILY USES. HERE'S THE CASE INFORMATION THE ACREAGE IS APPROXIMATELY 11.5 ACRES. THE CITYWIDE LOCATION MAP AND THE RED STAR SHOWS THAT LOCATION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IT DOES BORDER THE CITY OF SACHSE. THIS IS THE LOCATION MAP, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS OUTLINED IN THIS TEAL BLUE COLOR. JUST TO GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THIS ORIGINAL PD 15-40, THIS BROWN COLOR WAS INITIALLY ALL 15-40 AND THEN BACK IN 2016 DOMAIN PHASE ONE, WHICH IS MULTI-FAMILY AND IT'S EXISTING ON SITE, WAS APPROVED IN 2016. AND THEN IN 2021 PHASE TWO WAS APPROVED FOR MULTI-FAMILY. AND NOW THE APPLICANT HAS BROUGHT FORWARD A DETAIL PLAN FOR PHASE THREE, AND THAT'S FOR MULTI-FAMILY. AND RECENTLY THERE WAS A ZONING CASE PRESENTED FOR TO REVISE THE ZONING BOUNDARY LINES FOR PHASE FOUR, AND IN THE FUTURE, THE APPLICANT WILL PROPOSE ANOTHER DETAIL PLAN FOR THAT. THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE ENVISION GARLAND PLAN DESIGNATES A SUBJECT PROPERTY AS COMPACT NEIGHBORHOODS AND PARKS AND OPEN SPACE. THE PROPOSAL IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. HERE ARE SOME OF THE SITE PHOTOS. THE TOP LEFT IS VIEW OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FROM BUNKER HILL AND IN THE TOP RIGHT IS NORTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. BOTTOM LEFT IS EAST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND BOTTOM RIGHT IS WEST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. THIS IS THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN, AND THIS IS A URBAN TOWNHOUSE STYLE CONFIGURATION, BUT IT IS CONSIDERED MULTI-FAMILY BECAUSE IT WILL BE IN ONE LOT OF RECORD AND ZONED PER THE GDC THAT IS CONSIDERED MULTI-FAMILY. AND THEY'RE PROPOSING 148 UNITS. AND THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF ALL THE AMENITIES THAT ARE REQUIRED IN A MULTI-FAMILY, WHICH INCLUDES LEISURE AREAS THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT, A SWIMMING POOL AND A CLUBHOUSE. AND THEN THE ACCESS WILL BE FROM, THERE ARE TWO ACCESS POINTS FROM BUNKER HILL ROAD. AND EACH YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S THESE STRUCTURES WILL HAVE, SOME OF THEM HAVE FOUR UNITS, SOME OF THEM HAVE SIX UNITS AND SOME OF THEM HAVE EIGHT UNITS. AND EACH UNIT WILL HAVE A TWO CAR GARAGE AS WELL AS SURFACE PARKING, SO IT WILL COMPLY WITH THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS, PER THE GDC. [00:20:02] HERE IS THE LANDSCAPE PLAN AND THE PLAN SHOWS CONNECTION TO THE ROWLETT CREEK AND PRESERVE TRAIL SYSTEM, UTILIZING THE TRAIL BEING INSTALLED ALONG THE LAKEFRONT FOR PHASE TWO. SO IT WILL CONNECT TO PHASE TWO AND THEN TO THE REGIONAL TRAIL. AND THE GDC REQUIRES A 15 FOOT WIDE LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG BUNKER HILL ROAD AND WITHIN THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER THEY'RE REQUIRED 16 LARGE CANOPY TREES AND 11 SHRUBS. AND THE LANDSCAPE PLAN SHOWS 20 FOOT WIDE LANDSCAPE BUFFER, AND THEY'RE SHOWING 5 LARGE CANOPY TREES, 27 SMALL ORNAMENTAL TREES AND 228 SHRUBS. AND THE REASON FOR THIS DEVIATION IS BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME UTILITY LINES, AND THE APPLICANT BELIEVES THAT PROVIDING 16 LARGE CANOPY TREES WOULD INTERFERE WITH THOSE UTILITY LINES. BUT IT DOES COMPLY WITH ALL THE OTHER LANDSCAPING STANDARDS, PER THE GDC. HERE ARE SOME OF THE CROSS SECTIONS. THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS, AND IT DOES COMPLY WITH THE BUILDING DESIGN STANDARDS. THIS IS FOR THE FOUR UNITS. THIS IS FOR SIX UNITS. THIS IS FOR EIGHT UNITS. AND THIS IS AGAIN TOWNHOUSE STYLE, BUT CONSIDERED MULTI-FAMILY. THIS IS THE CLUBHOUSE. HERE'S A SUMMARY OF THE DEVIATION, AND THE ONLY DEVIATION IS FOR THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER. THE GDC REQUIRES 1 CANOPY TREE FOR EVERY 30 FEET, ALONG WITH 7 SHRUBS, AND PER THAT CALCULATION, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE 16 LARGE CANOPY TREES AND 111 SHRUBS. AND THE LANDSCAPE PLAN SHOWS A 20 FOOT WIDE LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG WITH 5 CANOPY TREES. TWENTY SEVEN SMALL ORNAMENTAL TREES AND TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT SHRUBS, AND THE 16 LARGE CANOPY TREES WOULD INTERFERE WITH THE OVERHEAD UTILITY LINES. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT TO PD 15-40 AND APPROVAL OF THE DETAIL PLAN. AND WE MAILED OUT EIGHT NOTIFICATION LETTERS AND WE RECEIVED ONE WITHIN A NOTIFICATION AREA AND FOR THE REQUEST TO OUTSIDE OF THE NOTIFICATION AREA AGAINST THE REQUEST AND A TOTAL OF THREE RESPONSES. BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. SURE, COMMISSIONER DALTON. THANK YOU. BUNKER HILL ROAD. IS THAT THE ONLY ACCESS FOR THIS PARTICULAR PHASE OF THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX? YES. WHAT IS THE CONDITION OF BUNKER HILL ROAD? IS IT TWO LANE, FOUR LANE, SIX LANE? I HAVE TO VERIFY THAT. IS THAT ACTUALLY A CITY OF GARLAND ROAD? IT'S IN CITY OF SACHSE. CITY OF SACHSE. THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING, YEAH, SO GARLAND HAS NO RESPONSIBILITY ON BUNKER HILL ROAD TO MAKE ANY IMPROVEMENTS. CORRECT. IS THAT CORRECT? SO THEY DID HAVE TO OBTAIN APPROVAL FROM CITY OF SACHSE, AND THEY HAD TO SHOW WHATEVER REQUIREMENTS ARE, PER THE CITY OF SACHSE, AND THAT'S HOW WE SIGNED OFF ON IT. OK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT PRESENTATION IS Z21-37. THE APPLICANT REQUEST TO CONSTRUCT A FIFTEEN THOUSAND EIGHTY THREE SQUARE FOOT CHURCH AND THE SITE IS LOCATED AT 2313 NAAMAN SCHOOL ROAD. THIS IS FOR A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AND A DETAIL PLAN FOR A CHURCH ON A PROPERTY ZONED PD 06-78. THIS IS THE CASE INFORMATION, THE ACREAGE IS APPROXIMATELY 2.27 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 IS OUTLINED IN THIS TEAL BLUE COLOR, AND IT IS ZONED FOR PD 06-78 [00:25:04] AND THAT PD HAS TWO DIFFERENT LOTS. ONE IS FOR THE COMMUNITY RETAIL USE AND THAT'S THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. AND THEN TO THE WEST IS A NURSING HOME AND DETAIL PLAN WAS APPROVED FOR THAT NURSING HOME. THE PROPERTIES TO THE NORTHEAST ARE ZONED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 94-53. PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH ARE ZONED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 00-52 FOR SINGLE FAMILY AND THE PROPERTY TO THE WEST IS THE NURSING HOME. THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE ENVISION GARLAND PLAN DESIGNATES A SEPARATE PROPERTY AS COMPACT NEIGHBORHOODS. AND THIS USE IS SUPPORTIVE TO THE SURROUNDING AREA. HERE ARE SOME OF THE SITE PHOTOS. TOP LEFT IS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FROM NAAMAN SCHOOL. TOP RIGHT IS NORTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FROM NAAMAN SCHOOL. BOTTOM LEFT IS SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FROM PLEASANT VALLEY AND THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS WEST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. HERE IS THE SITE PLAN FOR THIS CHURCH, AND I'D LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT A CHURCH USE IS ALLOWED IN THE COMMUNITY RETAIL DISTRICT, BUT THIS CURRENT PD REQUIRES A DETAIL PLAN APPROVAL. AND SO THE APPLICANT HAS BROUGHT FORWARD A DETAIL PLAN FOR THE CHURCH USE, AND IT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED IN TWO PHASES. PHASE ONE WILL BE FOR THE CHURCH, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN THOUSAND EIGHTY THREE SQUARE FOOT, AND THEN WITH THE PARKING SPACES, LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING WILL ALL BE INSTALLED IN PHASE ONE. AND PHASE TWO, WHICH IS THIS BROWN SHADED AREA, IT'S UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME WHAT THOSE PLANS WILL BE, BUT ONCE THEY DO HAVE PLANS WE'LL BRING FORWARD A DETAIL PLAN THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS. AND OVER HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS A LOADING AREA WHICH IS REQUIRED PER THE GARLAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, FOR ANY DELIVERIES, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THIS IS LOCATED WITHIN THE BUILDING SETBACK. AND THAT IS A DEVIATION THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING, WHICH I'LL GO OVER IN JUST A MOMENT. AND OVER HERE THIS IS LABELED AS LOADING AREA, BUT IT IS REALLY A DROP OFF FOR ANY CHURCH MEMBERS. INITIALLY, THIS PROPOSAL DID CONSIST OF DAYCARE USE, BUT THE APPLICANT IS NO LONGER PROPOSING THE DAYCARE USE. SO IT'S JUST A DROP OFF LOCATION. HERE'S THE LANDSCAPE PLAN, AND IT DOES COMPLY WITH THE SCREENING AND LANDSCAPING STANDARDS PER THE GDC. HERE ARE THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS AND IT COMPLIES WITH THE BUILDING DESIGN STANDARDS. THE SCREENING WALL AND DUMPSTER. THE DEVIATION AND THE ONLY DEVIATION IS FOR THE LOADING SPACE. THE GDC DOES NOT ALLOW IT TO BE LOCATED WITHIN ANY BUILDING SETBACK, AND THE LOADING SPACE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE SETBACK. AND THIS DEVIATION IS NEEDED IN ORDER TO AVOID PLACEMENT OF THE LOADING AREA NEAR THE STREET SIDE OF THE BUILDING. AND THE APPLICANT CONTENDS THE DELIVERIES TO THE CHURCH BY THE VENDORS WILL BE AT MOST ONCE A MONTH BECAUSE OF THE SUPPLIES OR FOOD ITEMS WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE CHURCH MEMBERS. IN ADDITION, THE LOADING AREA WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET FROM THE NEAREST BUILDING EDGE OF THE NURSING HOME. AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT TO PD AND APPROVAL OF THE DETAIL PLAN FOR CHURCH USE. AND MAILED OUT 88 NOTIFICATION LETTERS, AND WE RECEIVED THREE WITHIN A NOTIFICATION AREA AND AGAINST THE REQUEST AND IT WAS JUST A TOTAL OF THREE RESPONSES. ANY QUESTIONS? ONE OF THOSE RESPONSES CITED THE TREES AND THE SITE AND EVERYTHING, AND THOSE WILL PROBABLY ALL HAVE TO GO BECAUSE OF THE GRADE DIFFERENTIAL AND PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTION. SO THEY DID A FULL TREE MITIGATION PLAN AND THEY'RE PLANNING BACK ENOUGH TREES OR PAYING INTO THE FUND ENOUGH THEN OR? THEY WILL HAVE TO PROVIDE A TREE MITIGATION WHEN THEY SUBMIT A CONSTRUCTION PLAN. OK, SO GOOD. WE DON'T MAKE THEM DO THAT AT THIS PHASE NOW. GOOD. ALL RIGHT. BUT IT WILL BE ACCOMMODATED. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE AN OPENER AND CLOSER FOR PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT. [00:30:23] OK, THIS IS Z 21-59 THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A SELF-STORAGE FACILITY, MINI WAREHOUSE ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. THIS IS THE CASE INFORMATION. THE PROJECT IS LOCATED AT 3599 NORTH GARLAND ROAD IN THE ACREAGE IS 6.051 ACRES AND THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 85-49 DISTRICT. THIS IS THE CITYWIDE LOCATION MAP. THE STAR REPRESENTS THE GENERAL AREA OF THE PROJECT. THIS IS THE LOCATION MAP. THE PROPERTY IS OUTLINED IN TEAL. THIS IS NORTH GARLAND AVENUE AND THIS IS WAGON WHEEL ROAD. THIS SUBJECT IS SURROUNDED BY A VARIETY OF ZONING DISTRICTS. THE NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE TO THE NORTH IS DEVELOPED WITH A SCHOOL. THE AGRICULTURE DISTRICT IS DEVELOPED WITH A RELIGIOUS FACILITY. THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH IS DEVELOPED WITH A SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. AND THE PROPERTY TO THE WEST IS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 07-45 AND THIS ONE THIS SITE IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPED WITH ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY. AND TO THE EAST THE PROPERTY IS ZONED PD 85-49, WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN RECOMMENDS COMPACT NEIGHBORHOODS AND SO FOR ON COMPACT NEIGHBORHOODS THESE AREAS ACCOMMODATE USES SUCH AS CONVENIENCE, RETAILS, GOODS AND SERVICES, OFFICE SPACES AND PUBLIC SERVICES. THESE ARE THE PHOTOS OF THE AREA. THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE, THE RELIGIOUS FACILITY. THE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY AND ALSO THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES TO THE SOUTH. SO WITH THE EXISTING PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, IT WAS APPROVED BACK IN 1985 WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT. THIS PARTICULAR DISTRICT HAS A TOTAL OF FOUR TRACTS WHICH ARE LOCATED HERE. TRACT THREE, TRACT FIVE AND TRACT FOUR. AND SO WITHIN THESE TRACTS, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO BUILD ON TRACT THREE FOR THE SELF-STORAGE UNITS. TRACT ONE IS ZONED COMMUNITY RETAIL AS PER THE OLD PD AND IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPED WITH SENIOR LIVING FACILITY. TRACT FOUR WAS FOR MULTI-FAMILY USES AND THIS SITE IS NOW ZONED FOR TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT AND THEN TRACT FIVE WAS FOR GENERAL RESTAURANT USES AND WHICH IT IS NOW DEVELOPED WITH SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. THIS IS THE SITE PLAN THAT THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED. THEY ARE PROPOSING A TOTAL OF FIVE BUILDINGS ON THIS SITE. THE LARGER BUILDING IS TWO STORY AND THEN THE REMAINING BUILDINGS ON THE SITE ARE ONE STORY. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A TOTAL OF SIX HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR STORAGE UNITS FOR THIS SITE. IN ADDITION, THE APPLICANT WILL PROVIDE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS, INDOOR AND OUTDOOR ALONG WITH A CONTROLLED ACCESS GATE. THE CONTROLLED ACCESS GATES ARE LOCATED HERE AND THEY'RE LOCATED HERE. THE APPLICANT IS ALSO MEETING THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS REQUIREMENTS AS PER THE GARLAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND AS PER THE GDC SPECIAL STANDARDS, A EXTERIOR SOLID BRICK WALLS MAY SERVE AS A SCREENING WALL FROM THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES, AND SO THE APPLICANT IS [00:35:04] PROPOSING THOSE BUILDINGS TO SCREEN FROM THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES. HOWEVER, THE GDC DOES CALL OUT THAT THE BUILDINGS CANNOT BE USED AS A SCREENING WALL IF THEY ARE ADJACENT TO A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, WHICH ARE LOCATED TO THE SOUTH OF THE DEVELOPMENT. THEREFORE, A DEVIATION IS REQUIRED FOR THIS PROPOSAL, AND THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING A 40 FOOT SETBACK FROM THE PROPERTY LINE AND THE MINIMUM SETBACK REQUIREMENT IS 20 FEET. SO WITHIN THAT SETBACK REQUIREMENT, THEY ARE PROVIDING ADDITIONAL LARGE CANOPY TREES IN THE REAR TO ENHANCE THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER BETWEEN THEIR PROPOSAL AND THE EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY TO THE SOUTH. THE APPLICANT IS ALSO PROPOSING A DARK SKY LIGHTING FEATURES, WHICH WOULD ELIMINATE THE GLARE ONTO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY, WHICH IS ON THE SINGLE FAMILY. THESE ARE THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS. THIS IS BUILDING A WHICH IS THE TWO STORY BUILDING. BUILDING B. BUILDING C. BUILDING D. BUILDING E. OK, AND THIS IS THE SUMMARY OF THE DEVIATION AS PER THE GDC SPECIAL STANDARDS SECTION. IT IS REQUIRED TO HAVE A EIGHT FOOT TALL PERIMETER FENCE ALONG WITH SECURITY FENCING WITH AUTOMATIC GATES FOR SELF-STORAGE FACILITIES, AND THE GDC ALSO ALLOWS A STORAGE, THE SELF-STORAGE BUILDING WALL, TO SERVE AS A SCREENING WALL FROM THE ADJACENT PROPERTY AS LONG AS IT'S NOT A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT ON THE ADJACENT PROPERTY. AND SO THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING THE EXTERIOR WALLS TO SERVE AS A SCREENING WALL TO THE SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY. IN ADDITION, THEY ARE ENHANCING THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS TO THE SOUTH OF THE SITE AND INCLUDING ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING TO THE REAR. STAFF, I'M SORRY. THE APPLICANT REQUESTS A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION FOR 40 YEARS AND THE NUMBER OF YEARS THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING ALIGNS WITH THE SUP TIME PERIOD GUIDE. AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST. WE MAILED OUT 65 NOTIFICATION LETTERS WE RECEIVED TWO AGAINST WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA AND ONE AGAINST OUTSIDE OF THE NOTIFICATION AREA. AND THE TOTAL RESPONSES WAS THREE. AND THAT CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER OTT. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THE BUILDING A AND B, ARE THEY AN INTERNAL CORRIDOR ACCESS? IS IT SOMETHING THAT YOU GO INSIDE THE BUILDING AND YOU HAVE KIND OF LIKE HOW A MODERN MOTEL IS WHERE YOU GO INSIDE AND YOU GO TO YOUR UNIT IN THERE OR DO YOU PULL UP DIRECTLY OR DO SOME OF THEM HAVE ACCESS DIRECTLY TO THEIR UNITS? YOU'LL HAVE ACCESS RIGHT TO YOUR UNIT. OK. SECOND STORY OBVIOUSLY, YOU WON'T. THAT'LL BE INTERNAL. BUT THAT'S FOR A AND B BUILDING A AND B CORRECT OR THAT YOU'LL HAVE TO GO INSIDE? OK. WILL THEY BE HAVING OUR RETAIL SALES THERE, LIKE SELLING BOXES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? NOT THAT I KNOW OF, BUT. OK, I'LL CHECK WITH THE APPLICANT ON THAT. AND ARE THEY REQUIRED, THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF TOPOGRAPHY CHANGE ON THAT, AND ARE THEY REQUIRED TO HAVE A RETAINING POND? THEY'RE GETTING RID OF A LOT OF THE PERMEABLE AREA, THE DIRT. AND ARE THEY REQUIRED TO HAVE A RETAINING POND? [00:40:03] AND IF SO, IS THAT SHOWN? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT THEY DID REVIEW IT AND THEY DID NOT. DIDN'T HAVE ANY TROUBLE WITH IT? OK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER ITEMS? QUESTIONS? NO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE WE'VE GOT PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE AND WE WILL HAVE OUR PUBLIC HEARING PORTION AT SEVEN O'CLOCK, AND IF YOU WANT TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK, WE'VE GOT THE KIOSKS OUT THERE, SO YOU CAN DO THAT AT ANY TIME THEN. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONERS, GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. ONE QUICK CLARIFICATION FROM AN ITEM EARLIER, MR. CHAIRMAN, I APOLOGIZE. THE GDC DEFINITION OF AUTO SALES NEW OR USED IT DOES MENTION MAJOR AND MINOR AUTO REPAIR AS AN INCIDENTAL USE, SO JUST WANTED THAT CLARIFIED. THANK YOU. THAT'S IN CODE DEFINITION THAT MAY NOT BE THE APPLICANT'S INTENT, BUT JUST WANTED THAT CLARIFIED. APPRECIATE THAT. SURE. YES, I'LL KEEP THIS BRIEF AND THEN HAND IT OVER TO OUR CONSULTANT, DANIEL ACEVEDO FROM KIMLEY HORN & ASSOCIATES, BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING THIS AREA PLAN TO YOU ALL THIS EVENING. WE BRIEFED THE COUNCIL A FEW WEEKS AGO AND WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THEM FOR FORMAL CONSIDERATION NEXT WEEK. BUT IT'S AN AREA PLAN THAT INCLUDES THE GREENBELT, A COUPLE OF PROPERTIES ALONG GREENBELT PARKWAY, JUST NORTH OF I-30. AND IT'S A PROCESS THAT'S INCLUDED A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND AS WELL AS THE LAND OWNERSHIP, INCLUDING LAND THAT'S OWNED BY WALMART, AS WELL AS DART, AS THEY'VE ALL BEEN GREAT PARTNERS TO WORK WITH AND A POTENTIAL DEVELOPER AS WELL WHO'S BEEN AT THE TABLE. SO WITH THAT, IT'S ON YOUR AGENDA FOR A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION. AND REALLY, WITH THAT, I'LL GO AND HAND IT OVER TO MR. ACEVEDO. WELCOME. AS WELL MR. CHAIRMAN, COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. I JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY GO OVER THE PROJECT AND THE SPECIAL AREA, THE SPECIAL STUDY AREA FOR YOU AND JUST TALK ABOUT OUR PROCESS A LITTLE BIT AND HOW WE GOT WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THE PROJECT, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE ENGAGEMENT THAT WE RECEIVED AND THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD, AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS. SO THE FIRST PART OF THIS IS THAT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED ALONG GREENBELT PARKWAY, JUST NORTH OF I-30, NEXT TO THE WAL-MART SHOPPING CENTER, JUST WEST OF THE WAL-MART SHOPPING CENTER. IT'S APPROXIMATELY 27.15 ACRES, AND IT CONTAINS TWO LARGE PROPERTIES ONE ON THE NORTH SIDE BEING THE LAKE RAY HUBBARD TRANSIT CENTER, WHICH IS THE DART BUS STATION AND THEN TO THE SOUTH OF THAT IS CURRENTLY OWNED BY WAL-MART, AND THAT THAT PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH IS UNDEVELOPED. A COUPLE OF THE SITE CONDITIONS HERE, THERE'S A DRAINAGE CHANNEL THAT SORT OF BISECTS THE PROPERTY RUNNING EAST TO WEST, JUST RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE PROPERTY THERE, AND IT'S JUST ADJACENT TO THE DUCK CREEK TRAIL THERE ON THE WEST SIDE. SO WE WENT THROUGH A PROCESS OF REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY TO REALLY SEE WHAT AND HOW WE CAN INFLUENCE THE AREA AS FAR AS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF USES THAT CAN BE ACHIEVED THERE AND WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE IN THAT AREA? SO WE OPENED IT UP. WE WENT THROUGH A PLANNING PROCESS. AND THE FIRST PART OF THAT PLANNING PROCESS IS WHAT YOU SEE HERE, WHERE WE DID MAPS THAT LOOKED AT DIFFERENT SITE CONDITIONS, DIFFERENT THINGS ON THE SITE, LAND USES UTILITIES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND THEN THE NEXT PART IS WE WENT THROUGH A MARKET ANALYSIS AND STUDIED THE CURRENT MARKET AND LOOKED AT PROJECTIONS FOR WHAT THE FUTURE WANTS TO BE FOR THAT. THIS FULL MARKET STUDY IS PART OF THE FINAL REPORT, AND IT'S PART OF THE APPENDIX IN THE FINAL REPORT, AND IT GOES THROUGH HOUSING, RETAIL AND OFFICE, AND IT LOOKS IN DETAIL AT AGAIN CURRENT DEMAND AND THEN FUTURE PROJECTIONS AS WELL BASED ON WHAT WE'RE HEARING AND WHAT THE DEMAND IS GOING INTO THE FUTURE. SO THE FIRST PART OF THE STAKEHOLDER AND THE COMMUNITY INPUT WAS THAT WE CREATED A SURVEY FOR THE COMMUNITY AND WE'VE ADVERTISED THAT AT THE LIBRARY. WE ADVERTISED IT ONLINE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND ALSO AT THE PUBLIC MEETINGS. AND WE HAD 12 PARTICIPANTS INVOLVED IN THAT SURVEY AND WE ASKED VARIOUS QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE FUTURE OF THAT AREA WITH REGARD TO ACCESS AND WALKABILITY AND PARKING THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AGAIN, THAT IS ALSO PART OF THE FINAL REPORT AND IS DOCUMENTED THERE AT THE VERY END IN THE APPENDIX. FOLLOWING THAT, WE HAD TWO WORKSHOPS. ONE WAS A TOWN HALL IN CONJUNCTION WITH A CHARRETTE WORKSHOP, AND YOU CAN SEE PICTURES [00:45:06] HERE OF THAT WORKSHOP. WE HAD A BRIEF PRESENTATION. WE HAD BOARDS WHERE PEOPLE COULD ENGAGE WITH THOSE BOARDS AND DO [INAUDIBLE] EXERCISES, DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES TO REALLY GAIN INPUT AND INSIGHT AS TO WHAT THE COMMUNITY THINKS ABOUT WHAT ARE THE STRENGTHS, WHAT ARE THE WEAKNESSES, THE OPPORTUNITIES, THE CHALLENGES, CREATE A VISION FOR THE AREA, GET FEEDBACK ON THE CHARACTER AND DESIGN AND SOME VISUAL PREFERENCES AS WELL. IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED. BOTH DAYS WERE ACTUALLY VERY WELL ATTENDED. THE FIRST WAS KIND OF IN THE EVENING AND THE AFTERNOON, AND THEN THE SECOND WORKSHOP WAS DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY SO THAT WE CAN REACH AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE DURING THOSE TIME FRAMES AND JUST A FEW SNAPSHOTS. AGAIN, ALL OF THIS IS IN YOUR FINAL REPORT AND IN THE APPENDIX AND REALLY INFLUENCED AND IMPACTED WHAT WE CAME BACK WITH, WHICH WAS THESE NEXT CONCEPT PLANS. AND SO THERE ARE THREE CONCEPT PLANS. THERE'S ONE THAT'S KIND OF A PREFERRED SCENARIO THAT A LOT OF DIFFERENT PARTIES WEIGHED IN ON AND THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT NUMBER TWO IS REALLY THAT PREFERRED. BUT ALL OF THESE ARE VERY WELL VETTED AND THOUGHT THROUGH. AGAIN, THEY'RE DETAILED IN YOUR REPORT AND THERE'S SOME DETAIL IN THERE AS FAR AS ACTION ITEMS. SO IF AS AN EXAMPLE, THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SITE DEVELOPS PER THIS CONCEPT PLAN, THEN THERE'S SOME CONSIDERATIONS TO MAKE AS FAR AS WHAT GUIDANCE IS NECESSARY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT AREA. GOOD EXAMPLE IS THE COMMUNITY REALLY DESIRED CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH. AND SO IF THIS PLAN IS THE PLAN THAT GOES FORWARD, WHAT ARE THOSE CONSIDERATIONS? AND THOSE ARE ALL DETAILED IN THAT REPORT. THE FIRST ONE HAS REALLY A SPINE ROAD THAT CONNECTS THROUGH THE SITE, HAS OPEN SPACE, KIND OF DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE SITE AS WELL, IT LOOKS AT KEEPING THE DART BUS STATION RIGHT WHERE IT'S AT, HAVING SOME OF THE PARKING TO REMAIN IN PLACE, BUT THEN REDEVELOPING THE REST OF THE SITE. AND YOU CAN SEE HERE REALLY THAT TOWNHOME SCALE ON THE NORTH SIDE. SO KIND OF THAT LOWER DENSITY ON THE NORTH SIDE RAMPING UP TO URBAN RESIDENTIAL AND THEN FINALLY RETAIL COMMERCIAL ON THE SOUTH SIDE. DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT 2, AGAIN, THIS WAS KIND OF THE PREFERRED SCENARIO, ESPECIALLY ON THE PART OF DART AND WAL-MART. DART WANTED TO LOOK AT RELOCATING THE BUS STATION AND MAKING A SMALLER FOOTPRINT, INTEGRATING THEIR PARKING WITHIN THE MID BLOCK OF A DEVELOPMENT AND POTENTIALLY REDEVELOPING THE NORTHERN PORTION FOR THAT. AND BRINGING THAT INTO THE DRAINAGE CHANNEL, CLEANING UP THE DRAINAGE CHANNEL AND REALLY MAKING IT AN AMENITY AND ANCHORING THE DART BUS STATION IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SITE, AS WELL AS PROVIDING THAT CONNECTIVITY NORTH AND SOUTH. AND THEN AS IT PROGRESSES TO THE SOUTH, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE VIEW CORRIDOR ALONG 30 BY PLACING HOSPITALITY AND RESTAURANTS ON THE VERY SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE SITE AND THEN TRANSITIONING TO THAT URBAN RESIDENTIAL TOWARDS THE NORTH AND CLOSER TO THE DART STATION SO THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SHARED PARKING. AND THEN DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT 3 LEAVES THE DART STATION WHERE IT'S AT, BUT LOOKS AT A MORE URBAN SCALE APPROACH ON THE NORTHERN SIDE. IT'S VERY SIMILAR AS FAR AS AS IT TRANSITIONS TO THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE SITE. SO AGAIN, WE KIND OF CAME AWAY WITH A PREFERRED SCENARIO AND THIS CONCEPT IS REALLY CONCEPT NUMBER 2 THAT WE WENT BACK AND FORTH AND CAME BACK WITH SOME KEY POINTS. AGAIN, IT'S PART OF THE FINAL REPORT, BUT IT ADDRESSES ACCESS, CONNECTIVITY, FRONTAGE, VISIBILITY, LAND USE AND IT REALLY ESTABLISHES A VISION FOR THE 27 ACRES. WITH THAT AND PART OF YOUR PACKET, THERE IS A REPORT THAT'S ATTACHED AND ASSOCIATED WITH IT. AGAIN, WE HAD A LOT OF REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS WAS REALLY ONE OF THE CHAMPIONS OF THE PLAN FROM DISTRICT FOUR. HE WAS REALLY INVOLVED AND A KEY PERSON IN THE PROCESS, AND WE ARE NOW BRINGING IT FORWARD FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND RECOMMENDATION. SO WE'RE REALLY AT THE END HERE AND GETTING TO FINAL ADOPTION. WE HOPE TO MAKE THE FIRST MEETING, THE FIRST COUNCIL MEETING IN MARCH. BUT OF COURSE, IT'S HERE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. WITH THAT CAN OPEN UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. COMMISSIONER JENKINS. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. I REALLY JUST HAVE A COMMENT FOR YOU THIS EVENING. I WANT TO BEGIN BY THANKING THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, THE COMMUNITY LEADERS AND THE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE DISTRICT, OUR CITY STAFF THAT HAS ALSO WORKED VERY HARD ON THE PROJECT AND THE CONSULTANT TEAM FOR THEIR THOUGHTFUL WORK. [00:50:03] TO BE BRIEF, ALTHOUGH IT'S PRETTY EASY TO SUPPORT THIS AREA PLAN BASED UPON THE MATERIALS PROVIDED, I, ONE AGAIN WOULD URGE THE CITY LEADERSHIP TO CONSIDER UTILIZING COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURES LIKE PUBLIC WI-FI AS A WAY TO INTEGRATE THE CITY'S LONG TERM DEMANDS WITH ITS CURRENT SHORT TERM MARKET CONSIDERATIONS. ADDITIONALLY, THIS IDEA OF A SUPPORT FURTHER INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY RETAIL AREA AND SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF THE STAKEHOLDERS GENERALLY. THANK YOU. YEAH. VERY GOOD AND THOROUGH PROCESS AND IDEAS THERE, AND OF COURSE, WE ONLY HAD ABOUT AN HOUR OR SO TO READ THROUGH IT TO ABSORB IT ALL. SO I'VE GOT SOME IDEAS, SOME SUGGESTIONS, SOME QUESTIONS WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN IN THERE. PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF AND I KNOW YOU'VE PROBABLY THOUGHT OF ALL THIS STUFF. IS THIS THOUGHT OF AS MORE OF A SELF-CONTAINED AREA NOW WHERE THEY CAN DO EVERYTHING THERE OR IS IT? SURE. I THINK ONE OF THE GOALS WAS THAT THIS WAS REALLY A PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT LACKED ACCESS FROM ACROSS THE SITE AND LINKING THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO KIND OF THAT RETAIL AREA ALONG I-30. SO REALLY, IT TRIES TO KNIT THE NEIGHBORHOOD TOGETHER. BUT TO YOUR POINT, IT'S REALLY A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS KIND OF A NEIGHBORHOOD OF ITSELF. YEAH. OK. IS DART NOT USING ALL THE PARKING THEY HAVE NOW? SO WILL THIS HAVE REDUCED PARKING COUNT? THAT'S CORRECT, YES. SO WE WENT THROUGH AN EXERCISE WITH DART AND THEY, AND I BELIEVE AND I'M THROWING NUMBERS OUT RIGHT NOW, BUT I BELIEVE THEY HAD APPROXIMATELY 600 SPACES AND THEY'RE REALLY ONLY USING TWO SOMETHING. AND SO WE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, WE WENT THROUGH A PROCESS OF LOOKING AT NOT JUST HOW DO YOU REDUCE PARKING COUNTS, BUT ALSO HOW CAN WE PROVIDE A BETTER WAY OF PARKING SOME DIVERSITY OF PARKING TO ACHIEVE WHAT THEY NEED DURING THE DAY, BUT THEN ALSO HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND IT? I MAY HAVE MISSED THAT IN THE APPENDIX, BUT YEAH, PRETTY GLARING. YOU TAKE HALF THE SITE AND THEN [INAUDIBLE] OK, AND YOU TALKED ABOUT STRUCTURED PARKING AND I GUESS YOU'RE LOOKING AT OPTIONS. OK WHO PAYS FOR THAT? IS IT DART? IS IT THE CITY? IS IT DEVELOPERS? SO IN ONE AREA YOU MENTIONED PAINTED CROSSWALKS LATER ON, YOU'D MENTIONED ENHANCED PEDESTRIAN CROSSING. SO I WOULD CHANGE THE WORDING ON PAINTED TO ENHANCED PAVING. OKAY. BECAUSE PAINTING IS THE EASY WAY TO GET OUT AND THE CHEAP WAY. AND YOU ALSO HAD SOMETHING IN THERE ABOUT DART BEING CLOSER TO THE TOWNHOMES. BUT IT MIGHT ALSO HELP THE COMMERCIAL IF THERE'S A DIRECT PATH FROM DART TO THE COMMERCIAL BECAUSE PEOPLE GETTING OFF THE BUS AT NIGHT GOING AND GRABBING SOMETHING, OR MAYBE GRABBING COFFEE IN THE MORNING. SO I WANT TO SEE A STRONG CONNECTION THERE. AND YOU ALSO MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT FIRST FLOOR RETAIL ON SOME OF THE AND MAYBE THAT'S WHERE THAT NEEDS TO BE RIGHT NEXT TO THE DART BECAUSE AS WE'VE DISCOVERED, IT CAN WORK, BUT IT RARELY WORKS. THE FIRST FLOOR RETAIL, A LOT OF THESE PLACES ARE HAVING TO GO BACK AND DO RESIDENTIAL BECAUSE IT JUST CAN'T RENT OUT THE FIRST FLOOR. AND MAYBE THERE'S A POSSIBILITY FOR A DAYCARE USE IN ONE OF THOSE FIRST FLOOR THINGS OR EXECUTIVE SUITES FOR PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY LIVE THERE, BUT NEED MORE OF A QUIET OFFICE SPACE. SO I'M JUST TOSSING OUT IDEAS THAT I'VE RUN INTO OVER THE YEARS. OH YEAH. AND HOW DO YOU GUARANTEE THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT? I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY MECHANISM TO DO THAT. I'VE SEEN A NUMBER OF TIMES WHERE WE HAVE MIXED USE. BOOM, THE APARTMENTS GET BUILT. HOUSING GETS BUILT. AND THEN A YEAR OR TWO LATER, OH, WE CAN'T USE THIS OTHER LAND FOR ANYTHING ELSE. WE WANT TO DO MORE APARTMENTS. AND SO THE GOAL, THE IDEA IS LOST. AND SO SOME THINKING, HOW DO WE GO ABOUT DOING THAT. YOU ALSO TALKED ABOUT SHARING PARKING WITH THE RESIDENTIAL. AND IN THAT ONE, YOU HAVE A POCKET AREA FOR THE DART PARKING. BUT HOW DO WE CONTROL DART PARKERS GOING INTO THE RESIDENTIAL, TAKING THOSE SPACES AND STUFF? SO THESE ARE JUST SOME PRACTICALITY THINGS THAT WILL NEED TO BE WORKED OUT AS IT'S DEVELOPED. ON STREET PARKING FOR COMMERCIAL AND RESERVED FOR VISITORS OR RESIDENTIAL. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA, I LIKE THAT. ANY THOUGHT OF DOING A DEVELOPMENT PATTERN BOOK? MAYBE BECAUSE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT GETTING A DEVELOPMENT PARTNER, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S DONE WITH A DEVELOPMENT PARTNER. THE BIGGEST ONE IS A PATTERN BOOK. WHAT'S THIS GOING TO LOOK LIKE? WHAT IS THE SIGNAGE? WHAT IS THE, YOU KNOW, STREETSCAPE LIKE INSTEAD OF MAYBE A HODGEPODGE A PATTERN BOOK, AND MAYBE THAT'S WORKED OUT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT PARTNER. MM-HMM. SO THOSE ARE JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD IDEAS FROM ONCE THROUGH. SO THAT'S ALL I GOT. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. BUT IT LOOKS GOOD. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OK. THAT IS THE LAST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA. SO WE ARE GOING TO RECESS UNTIL OUR SEVEN O'CLOCK PUBLIC HEARING. [00:55:06] WE ARE IN RECESS. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE FEBRUARY 21ST MEETING OF THE [Call to Order] GARLAND PLANNING COMMISSION. IT'S THE TRADITION OF WE COMMISSIONERS TO START OUR MEETING WITH A PRAYER AND A PLEDGE. YOU'RE INVITED TO JOIN US, WHETHER YOU JOIN US OR NOT, IN NO WAY AFFECTS THE DECISIONS OF THE COMMISSION OR YOUR RIGHTS IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSION. TONIGHT'S PRAYER AND PLEDGE WILL BE LED BY COMMISSIONER ROSE. AND LET US BOW OUR HEADS. FATHER GOD, WE HUMBLY COME BEFORE YOU TO SEEK YOUR GUIDANCE IN OUR REPRESENTATION TO THE CITY OF GARLAND. WE ASK YOU TO WATCH OUT FOR ALL THE POLICE AND FIRE FOLKS THAT ARE OUT THERE PROTECTING US AND JUST BE CAREFUL WITH THE WEATHER IN THE NEXT TWO OR THREE DAYS, PLEASE. AND WE ASK ALL THIS IN YOUR NAME. AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. WELL, GOOD EVENING AGAIN AND WELCOME TO OUR MEETING. I'D LIKE TO START OUT AND I'D LIKE TO APOLOGIZE TO THE APPLICANTS THAT WERE CARRIED FORWARD FROM OUR FEBRUARY 16TH MEETING. AND I ALSO WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO ANY CITIZEN WHO PLANNED TO BE HERE ON FEBRUARY 16TH. BUT WE HAD A PERFECT STORM OF SITUATIONS WHERE IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET A QUORUM. SO HERE WE ARE TODAY. BUT THANKFULLY IT'S ONLY FIVE DAYS LATER AND TO YOU APPLICANTS, YOUR TIMELINE DOES NOT CHANGE. YOU'LL STILL GO BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE SAME TIMELINE, SO NO OVERALL TIME IS LOST. AND I WANT TO SAY ANOTHER APOLOGY TO THE PEOPLE WHOSE CASES ARE TONIGHT BECAUSE ALL THESE FOLKS IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU'RE GOING TO BE HERE LONGER LOOKING AT US. SO SORRY ABOUT THAT. AND FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK TONIGHT, WE HAVE KIOSKS OUTSIDE WHERE YOU CAN SIGN UP AND THEN YOU'RE, EXCUSE ME, YOU CAN SIGN UP AND THEN I WILL BE NOTIFIED AND CALL YOU FORWARD TO SPEAK. AND WHEN YOU COME TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE MICROPHONE. WE NEED THAT FOR THE RECORD, AND APPLICANTS WILL HAVE 15 MINUTES TO PRESENT THEIR CASE. OTHER SPEAKERS WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES, BUT IF YOU'RE SPEAKING FOR A GROUP SUCH AS A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, LET US KNOW AND WELL OUR THREE MINUTES TO RESPOND WE'LL DEFINITELY GIVE YOU MORE TIME. AGAIN, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. ALL RIGHT. THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA, AND THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE [Consent Agenda] ITEMS THAT THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE REVIEWED AND WE'LL BE VOTING TO APPROVE IN ONE MOTION. I WILL READ THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AND ANY COMMISSIONER OR ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE, WISHES AN ITEM TO BE MOVED TO BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY. JUST LET ME KNOW. OK. CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 1A CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES FOR THE JANUARY 24TH 2022 MEETING. ITEM 2A PLAT 21-01 Q.T. 909 ADDITION REPLAT. ITEM 2B PLAT 22-03 NBT ADDITION REPORT AND ATTACHMENTS. IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE OR ANY COMMISSIONERS WANT THIS ITEM REMOVED FOR INDIVIDUAL, ANY OF THEM REMOVED? SEEING NONE. CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. MOVE TO APPROVE. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS TO APPROVE. SECOND. I THINK I HEARD A SECOND FROM MY RIGHT FROM COMMISSIONER PARIS. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WILLIAM, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PARRISH TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. PLEASE GET READY TO VOTE AND VOTE, AND YOU GUYS MAY HAVE TO SPEAK UP BECAUSE WITH THESE PARTITIONS, I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, AND MY HEARING. THANK YOU. YEAH. ALL RIGHTY. OUR FIRST ZONING CASE AND THIS IS A TWO PARTER. [Items 3A & 3B] I'LL READ OUT BOTH PARTS. CONSIDERATION OF THE APPLICATION OF ALAN HAMEED, EXCUSE ME. REQUESTING APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 03-47 TO ALLOW AUTOMOBILE SALES NEW OR USED BY SPECIFIC USE PROVISION AND A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION TO ALLOW AUTOMOBILE SALES NEW OR USED. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 3218 FOREST LANE. ITEM 3B CONSIDERATION OF THE APPLICATION OF ALAN HAMEED REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A DETAIL PLAN FOR AUTOMOBILE SALES NEW OR USED ON THE SAME ADDRESS. [01:00:02] IS THE APPLICANT HERE TONIGHT. EXCUSE ME? MY NAME IS TAILIM SONG. MY ADDRESS IS 8111 LBJ FREEWAY SUITE 480 DALLAS, TEXAS 75251 AND I'M THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE APPLICANT, AND MR. HAMEED IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. BUT WE HAD PREPARED A PRESENTATION FOR YOU AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WHOLE COMMISSION AND ESPECIALLY MR. WILLIAMS IN DISTRICT SIX, WHICH I THINK THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT IS SITUATED IN. THE PRESENTATION, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT I HAD PROVIDED OR THAT I COPIED TO PROVIDE ALL OF YOU ALL, I ACCIDENTALLY HAD AN OLDER VERSION. OH, THE WORLD OF ELECTRONICS? YES. SO I GUESS I CAN TRY TO CUT TO THE CHASE AND GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF ADDITIONAL HISTORY BEHIND WHAT STAFF, YOU KNOW, VERY GENEROUSLY GAVE. THANK YOU. CAN YOU HELP ME WITH THIS? SO I KIND OF WANT TO TAKE THE COMMISSION BACK IN TIME TO THE YEAR 2004, WHERE THE ORIGINAL PLANNED DEVELOPMENT WAS BEING VOTED ON AND ADDRESSED. AND MR. HAMEED ACTUALLY WAS ASKED WHETHER OR NOT HE WOULD APPROVE OF THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT BACK IN 2004, WHICH WAS PASSED ON JANUARY 6TH AND AFTER THE PASSAGE, THERE WAS SOME ISSUES OF FAIRNESS AND SOME THINGS THAT WERE SCRIBNER'S ERRORS AND WHAT WHAT IT OCCURRED WAS HE AND SEVERAL OTHER CAR DEALERSHIPS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE GIVEN PERPETUAL SUP'S FOR THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. THROUGH A SCRIBNER'S ERROR, HIS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT WAS LEFT OFF. WE HAVE LETTERS THAT I WILL ADDRESS, BUT I'LL JUST GIVE YOU THE OVERVIEW NOW, WHERE ON FEBRUARY 14, THE THEN PLANNING DIRECTOR HAD STATED THAT BECAUSE HIS CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY HAD NOT BEEN GRANTED BY THE TIME OF THE PASSAGE, THERE WERE SCRIBNER'S ERROR, IT WAS LEFT OFF AS AN ADDRESS FOR USED CAR AND LIGHT AUTOMOTIVE REPAIRS AS WAS BROUGHT UP WITH STAFF. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT LETTER THAT STATED THAT BECAUSE OF THIS ERROR, HE'S STILL ENTITLED TO HIS SUP TO HAVE A USED AUTO SALE AT THAT LOCATION. AND I THINK ENTITLED IS A PERFECT WORD BECAUSE THIS IS AN ENTITLEMENT BECAUSE HE COULD HAVE OPPOSED THE PD, OR HE COULD HAVE DONE OTHER ACTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE 2004 PD. AND THEN I THINK THE PLANNING DIRECTOR AT THE TIME DID ANOTHER VERY FAIR GESTURE, AND HE WROTE A MEMO THAT STATED THAT HE DID GET ACCEPTED THAT HIS ADDRESS WILL BE INSERTED INTO AN AMENDMENT TO THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. SO AS ISSUES OF FAIRNESS, YOU KNOW, HE SHOULD BE ENTITLED TO THIS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT SUP. IN ADDITION TO THAT, HE HAD PROPOSED AND RECEIVED BUILDING PERMITS FOR A FREESTANDING BUILDING THAT WAS COMPLETED IN APRIL 2004, AND ALL OF THIS WAS IN DESIGN TO HAVE THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT SUP. AND I THINK THAT, OH, HAVE YOU GOT THIS UP? SO I THINK WE WERE ABLE TO DO THE PRESENTATION. WE CAN START WITH THE FIRST SLIDE. OK. SO ANYWAY, SO THEN DO YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF THIS? THE BUILDING? YES. OK. SO THIS IS A PICTURE OF HIS BUILDING, AND IT IS SITUATED IN THE FRONT AND BACK OF COMMERCIAL OTHER BUILDINGS. I THINK I DO WANT TO MAKE A SLIGHT CORRECTION TO THE STAFF'S PRESENTATION AT 3125 FOREST HILLS. I MEAN, FOREST LANE. HALE'S AUTO SALES IS A NEIGHBOR THAT'S IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THIS CURRENT PROPERTY THAT HAS THE SUP THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GIVEN TO THE APPLICANT. IN ADDITION TO THAT, AT 3430 FOREST, THERE IS A CAR ZONE AUTO DEALER. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STREET VIEW OF THIS DEALERSHIP, IT LOOKS MORE LIKE A PLACE YOU CAN GET YOUR CAR REGISTERED FOR INSPECTION PURPOSES, BUT IT IS ALSO LISTED ON GOOGLE AS AN AUTO DEALER, AND SO BOTH OF THESE ARE IN VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY TO OUR CLIENT. CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE ON THE BACKGROUND? SO ON THE BACKGROUND, IT ESTABLISHES SOME OF THESE ISSUES WHERE THE CITY HAD APPROVED HIS BUILDING PERMIT HAD TALKED TO HIM ABOUT THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. ON JANUARY 6TH PASSED THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AND THEN IN FEBRUARY SENT THESE TWO LETTERS [01:05:04] OUT. CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? I THINK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT BECAUSE BOTH THE 3125 FOREST LANE AND THE 3430 FOREST LANE DO LIST THOSE USED CAR SALES AND MINOR AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR. AND THEN I THINK THE ONE AT 3430 ALSO INDICATES IT COULD BE A CAR DEALER, I MEAN, A TIRE DEALER. AND LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE, THE BUILDING PERMIT. SO THIS WAS THE ACTUAL BUILDING PERMIT THAT WAS PROVIDED OUR CLIENT BACK IN 2004. AND THEN LET'S GO TO THIS LETTER. FIRST LETTER. SO THIS FIRST LETTER IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT STATES ON FEBRUARY. I APOLOGIZE. IT'S FEBRUARY 13 INSTEAD OF 14, NOT VALENTINE'S DAY, BUT ON THE SECOND PARAGRAPH, IT SAYS YOUR PROPERTY WAS INADVERTENTLY LEFT OFF OF THE LIST FOR SUPS GRANTED BY THE ORDINANCE BECAUSE THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY HAD NOT YET BEEN ISSUED. HOWEVER, BECAUSE YOU HAD ALREADY RECEIVED YOUR BUILDING PERMIT, YOU ARE ENTITLED TO AN SUP. I'VE ALSO ATTACHED A LETTER FROM NEIL MONTGOMERY, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, CLARIFYING THAT YOUR PROPERTY HAS BEEN GRANTED A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR AUTO CAR SALES AND MINOR AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR. AND LET'S GO TO THE NEXT, THE SECOND LETTER. AND THEN I'LL DRAW YOUR ATTENTION FROM NEIL MONTGOMERY. HE SAYS THE FOLLOWING CORRECTION IS TO BE MADE TO THE ORDINANCE 7589 ZONING FILE 03-47 A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. OH, IT'S HARD TO BREATHE IN THIS THING. I'M SORRY. MAY I? YEAH. A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR THE USED CAR SALES AND MINOR AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHALL BE GRANTED TO THE PROPERTY, LOCATED 3218 FOREST LANE, IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER SUPS LISTED ON THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT THIS SPECIFIC USE PERMIT SHALL BE TIED TO THE PROPERTY AND DOES NOT HAVE A TIME RESTRICTION. AND THEN, I GUESS, ARE THESE SLIDES AVAILABLE? AND SO BASICALLY THESE ARE JUST OVERVIEWS OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED. YOU KNOW, THE USED CAR LOT, THE CAR LOT REQUIREMENTS, INSTALLING SAND FOR THE TRAPS FOR THE CARS AND MR. HAMEED HAS BEEN A VERY GOOD CITIZEN THIS WHOLE TIME AND HAS COMPLIED WITH EVERYTHING. CAN WE SHOW THIS? AND SO THESE ARE VIEWS FROM HIS PROPERTY AND THEN ANOTHER OVERVIEW ON THE APPLICANT'S RELIANCE OF THE CITY'S REPRESENTATIONS BECAUSE HE DID BUILD THIS FREESTANDING BUILDING, WHICH DID RECEIVE A BUILDING PERMIT FOR THE PURPOSE OF USED CAR SALES AND LIGHT AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR. AND THEN, WHEN OUR CLIENT ALERTED STAFF OF THE MIX UP, STAFF RECOMMENDED THAT WE GO THROUGH THE AMENDMENT PROCESS. YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND AS A PUBLIC POLICY REASON WHY STAFF MAY DO A LIGHT REFUSAL, BUT HOPEFULLY THE CITY CAN KIND OF SEE THAT ONE OF ITS BUSINESS OWNERS, YOU KNOW, DID EVERYTHING HE WAS SUPPOSED TO. AND AS AN ISSUE OF FAIRNESS, HE'S ENTITLED TO THE SUP. IF THE COMMISSION HAS ANY QUESTIONS, WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER, OR WE COULD RESERVE THE REST OF OUR TIME. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? I SEE NONE. OK, THANK YOU. AND COMMISSIONER JENKINS. SORRY. THERE IS A QUESTION. COMMISSIONER JENKINS. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. GOOD EVENING. REGARDING CONTINUED OPERATIONS, WHICH KIND OF IMPLIES THAT PREVIOUSLY IT HADN'T BEEN USED FOR AUTO SALES HAS THERE HAD BEEN ANOTHER USE OF THE BUSINESS PRIOR TO THIS ATTEMPT TO RENEW OPERATIONS. SORRY, ALAN HAMEED, I'M ACTUALLY THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING AND I ACTUALLY BUILT IT. I KNOW EVERY BRICKS AND THAT THINGS AND I KNOW EVERY ELECTRIC WIRE AND I NEED YOUR ADDRESS. SORRY. WE INVESTED EVERY DIME WE HAD IN THE BUILDING IN 2003, WE GOT A PERMIT TO BUILD IT. WE COMPLY WITH EVERY REQUIREMENT FROM THE CITY. THEY REQUIRED IT FROM ME TO HAVE A SAND TRAP JUST IN CASE I WASH CARS. I PUT AT A GREAT EXPENSE A SAND TRAP, WHICH YOU SEE. MOST OF THE CAR LOT DEALERSHIP, IF NOT ALL [INAUDIBLE], IS NOT REQUIRED. IN ADDITION, THEY REQUIRED OF ME BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC OF THE SIX LANE HIGHWAY IN FRONT OF US, THE FOREST LANE IN PLACE I NEED TO CUT THE EXIT TO A THIRTY FIVE DEGREES TO PREVENT THE TRAFFIC FLOW SO YOU DON'T MAKE A SHORTER TURN AND YOU CAN SEE FROM PRESENT AND I HAD TO CUT IN THE TREE. IT COST ME FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AT THAT TIME JUST TO CUT INTO THE TREE AND MAKE THAT 30 DEGREES EXIT. AND I SINCE THEN LOOKED AT ALL FOREST LANE. NOT A SINGLE PERSON ACTUALLY HAVE THAT, BUT I COMPLY HAPPILY COMPLIED. THEY GAVE ME THE CO 2004 WITH THESE TWO LEATHER. [01:10:03] THEY CAME AS A PACKAGE. MY READING OF THEM IS THAT CHANGE HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE. MY SUP GRANTED VERY SIMILAR TO EVERY CAR LOT, EVERY SUP BUILDING THAT COMES IN WITH [INAUDIBLE]. I NEVER WENT BACK AND SAID, DID YOU DO THE CHANGES OR NOT? ON FEBRUARY, THIS JUST CAME IN FEBRUARY. ON APRIL 26, I WENT TO APPLY FOR MY CO. I WAS GRANTED A CO BASED ON THOSE TWO LETTERS THAT SENT TO ME BY HIGHLY OFFICIAL SAME PEOPLE WHO'S RUNNING THE PLACES IN THERE AND NEIL MONTGOMERY IF YOU GOOGLE HIS NAME, HE'S ON 50 OR 60 PD IN GARLAND, AND THANKS TO HIM, HE MADE THE MISTAKE. HE ACTUALLY WROTE THOSE LETTERS, CLEARLY SPECIFYING WHAT I NEED TO DO. I OPERATED THIS FROM 2004 TO 2017 DUE TO THE HEALTH ISSUE WE CLOSED IT FOR THREE YEARS. IT WAS A ROOFING COMPANY'S WAREHOUSE ROOFING COMPANY WHO OPERATED SINCE THEY MOVED OUT. I WANTED TO GO OPEN MY BUSINESS AGAIN. I PRESENTED THE PDU WITH THE LETTERS. THEY SAID, NOPE, YOU NEED TO GO THROUGH THE SUP PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN. SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE NOW. THAT BUILDING BUILT AS A CAR LOT NO CHANGE TO IT. IT'S TWO THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT TWO OFFICES AND 40 PARKINGS VERY DIFFICULT TO REPURPOSE, AND I'M SURROUNDED BY A FREIGHT TRAIN DART AND A HIGHWAY, SIX LANE HIGHWAY. I'M FIFTY SEVEN AND I CAN NOT CROSS THAT STREET WITHOUT GETTING KILLED. [LAUGHTER] AND I CHALLENGE EVERYBODY, GO DOWN THERE AND CROSS IT. SO THE PD REQUIRED ME TO GET A PEDESTRIAN. WHERE DO I GET THEM FROM? I KNOW ALL THE HOMELESS PEOPLE UNDER THE BRIDGE. WHEN WE SELL CARS, WE USED TO BEG THEM NOT TO SMOKE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON SO THE CUSTOMER DON'T THINK WE'RE SMOKING, NOT THEM. IN THE SUMMER WE BUY SPRAYERS, SO THE [INAUDIBLE] GIVE IT TO THEM. DART MEMBERSHIP IS DOWN. TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY. CITY HAVE APPROVED FOUR OR FIVE WAREHOUSES WITH OVER A MILLION SQUARE FOOT TO MY BACK. 18 WHEELERS EVERYWHERE. ON JUPITER THERE'S FIVE, SIX WAREHOUSES, EACH ONE OF THEM OVER A MILLION SQUARE FOOT. THE INTERNATIONAL WAREHOUSE OR FACTORY CONVERTED TO WAREHOUSING FOR TRAILERS. THAT AREA IS ZONED INDUSTRIAL. BEHIND ME IS A PLASTIC FACTORY. WELL, WHERE WILL I GET PEDESTRIAN TO REPURPOSE? DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER? YES. THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE]. SO I JUST DIDN'T COME UP WITH SURE. I UNDERSTAND. [INAUDIBLE] OPERATING. I UNDERSTAND. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET'S SEE IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE, IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? THANK YOU. SEEING NONE. DO WE HAVE ANY ZOOMING IN? WE DO NOT, SIR. OK. WE HAVE NO MORE SPEAKERS IN THE ITEM. COMMISSIONER'S, MOTION DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I MAKE A MOTION WOULD CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECONDED. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ROSE, TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO ONLY TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. PLEASE VOTE. COMMISSIONER [INAUDIBLE], YEAH, SHE'S WORKING ON IT. AND THAT PASSES 7 TO 1 WITH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN IN OPPOSITION. ALL RIGHTY, WE'RE NOW OPEN TO DISCUSSION ON THE CASE. ANY DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER JENKINS. THANK YOU CHAIRMAN. THE ENVISION GARLAND PLAN DESIGNATES THIS PROPERTY IN THE AREA AS TRANSIT ORIENTED CENTERS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I AM UNDER, THE IMPRESSION WAS DONE QUITE SOME TIME AGO. THESE CENTERS ARE IDEALLY TO BE USED FOR MIXED USE AREAS FOR LIVE WORK PLACE SHOP OPPORTUNITIES. THE SURROUNDING AREA INCLUDES OTHER COMMUNITY RETAIL ITEMS AS BOTH STAFF AND THE APPLICANT HAVE MENTIONED, AS WELL AS A NONPROFIT AND LEFTOVER INDUSTRIAL USE AS IT RELATES TO THE REQUEST FOR THE AMENDMENT TO THE PT PER THE GDC, TWO FACTORS STAND OUT AS THE APPLICATION IS PRESENTED. THE PROPOSED PD DOES NOT RESOLVE OR MITIGATE COMPATIBILITY ISSUES WITH THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT, AND THE PROPOSED PD DISTRICT IS NOT FURTHER CITY PLANNING POLICIES ESTABLISHED BY FORMALLY ADOPTED PLANNING DOCUMENTS THAT BEING THE ENVISION GARLAND PLAN. [01:15:01] AS IT RELATES TO THE APPLICATION FOR THE SUP THE PROPOSED USE IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PURPOSE AND INTENT OF THE APPLICABLE ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS. I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT ANOTHER POTENTIAL GRANT FOR AN SUP IN PERPETUITY, AND I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO KNOW WHETHER THE APPLICANT WOULD HAVE CONSIDERED AT THE TIME A LIMITED SUP PROPOSED TO BE 5 OR 10 YEARS. THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. OK, THANK YOU. AND COMMISSIONER OTT. THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. WELL, I ECHO A LOT OF THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DEFINITELY WOULD NOT SUPPORT AN UNLIMITED SUP. THIS WOULD BE SINCE THIS AREA, THE CITY WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT DEVELOPED IN A DIFFERENT WAY SOMEDAY. OBVIOUSLY NOT THIS WEEK AND NOT NEXT MONTH, BUT THIS BUILDING WAS BUILT WITH THE PURPOSE OF SELLING CARS AND REPRESENTING CARS. AND I THINK THAT CRAFTING SOMETHING THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO USE THEIR PROPERTY FOR WHAT THEY BUILT IT FOR AND RETURNING IT TO WHAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY USED FOR ON A LIMITED BASIS 5, 10 YEARS. WHATEVER THAT, WHATEVER THIS BODY DECIDES I WOULD BE OPEN AND AGREEABLE TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT UNLIMITED I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I COULD SUPPORT. ALSO, I BELIEVE THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU CAN DO BOTH LIGHT AND HEAVY AUTOMOTIVE WORK FOR THIS TYPE OF A USE AND LIMITING THAT TO LIGHT USE, WHICH TYPICALLY A CAR LOT NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO DO MAKE READY WORK AND BASIC WORK, CHANGING WHEELS CHANGING, PUTTING DIFFERENT TIRES ONTO THE VEHICLE BRAKES THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT WOULD BE FINE, BUT CHANGING ENGINES AND TRANSMISSIONS, THAT IS A MUCH MESSIER AND LARGER THING OF SCALE AND SCOPE. AND IF WE ARE GOING TO CRAFT SOMETHING, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN. SURE, I HAD THE NOMENCLATURE WRONG EARLIER IT'S MAJOR AND MINOR. SO, YEAH. YES. ALL RIGHTY. COMMISSIONER ROSE. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS QUESTION IS APPROPRIATE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW THE STAFF CAME UP WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS. WE HAVE THEIR STAFF IN THEIR REPORT AND WE'LL LET IT STAND ON ITS OWN. OKAY. ALL RIGHTY. I'M KIND OF IN AGREEMENT WITH COMMISSIONER JENKINS IN THAT LOOKING AT THE AREA IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO A DART STATION. THERE ARE OUR AUTOMOBILE USES, BUT THEY'RE CONGREGATED A COUPLE OF HUNDRED YARDS DOWN THE ROAD AND WHAT KIND OF SEALED IT FOR ME IS WE JUST HAD A PRESENTATION ABOUT DEVELOPMENT AROUND ANOTHER DART STATION, AND THEY'RE TALKING TOWNHOMES, THEY'RE TALKING MULTI-FAMILY, THEY'RE TALKING COMMERCIAL, THEY'RE TALKING RETAIL. NO AUTOMOBILE USE WAS PROPOSED FOR THAT WHOLE AREA. AND SO BASED SOLELY ON THE LAND USE WHICH WE'RE CONSIDERING, I WOULD HAVE TO VOTE AGAINST IT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS. COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. I'M PREPARED TO MAKE A MOTION, IF WE'RE FINISHED DISCUSSING IT. I BELIEVE WE ARE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION, WE DENY THE REQUEST AS PER STAFF RECOMMENDATION. WOULD THAT BE TO DENY THE REQUEST AND THE DETAIL PLAN? YES, SIR. OK. WE HAVE A MOTION. I'M SORRY, MR. CHAIRMAN. I CAN'T SUPPORT AN UNLIMITED SUP EITHER. OK. WE HAVE A MOTION TO DENY THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST IN THE DETAIL PLAN. DO I HEAR A SECOND? DO I HEAR A SECOND TO THE MOTION? MOTION DIES FOR LACK OF SECOND. YOU NEED TO COME UP WITH ANOTHER MOTION. COMMISSIONER ROSE. I AGREE WITH SOME OF THE COMMENTS. AND SO I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE AN SUP FOR FIVE YEARS MAXIMUM AND TO LIMIT THE AUTOMOTIVE WORK TO VERY, VERY MINOR WORK. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DEFINITION OF, I LIKED YOUR DEFINITION OF MINOR, BUT. IT'S DEFINED IN THE GDC. IS IT? YES, I DIDN'T READ IT ANYWAY. THAT'S WHAT MY MOTION IS. SECOND. OK. WE HAVE A MOTION BY A COMMISSIONER ROSE AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER OTT TO APPROVE THE SUP PROVIDED THAT IT'S ONLY MINOR AUTO REPAIR NOT MAJOR RELATED TO IT. WOULD THAT INCLUDE APPROVING THE DETAIL PLAN OR NOT? [01:20:01] FOR FIVE YEARS. YEAH FOR FIVE YEARS. CORRECT? YES. COMMISSIONER JENKINS. CHAIRMAN POINT OF ORDER ARE WE? I HEARD A REQUEST TO APPROVE THE SUP. ARE WE ADDRESSING THE REQUEST TO AMEND THE PD ITSELF TO ACCEPT THE PD? YEAH. OK, WELL THEN THE SUP IS NON VALID WITHOUT CHANGING. GOOD POINT THERE, SIR. WITHOUT CHANGING THE UNDERLYING ZONING TO ALLOW THE APPLICATION OF AN SUP. AND LET ME GO AHEAD AND IT SAYS, APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO ALLOW AUTOMOBILE SALES NEW OR USED BY SPECIFIC USE PROVISION. I JUST FIGURED THAT BY SAYING YES TO THE SPECIFIC USE PROVISION, YOU ARE ALLOWING THE CHANGE IN THE PD. AM I CORRECT? SAY THAT AGAIN. OK. IN ORDER TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PROVISION, WE ALSO HAVE TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT TO THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO ALLOW AUTOMOBILE SALES NEW OR USED BY A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION. JUST FOR THIS ONE LOCATION. NOT, GENERALLY SPEAKING. NO JUST FOR THIS ONE LOCATION. OKAY. IT'S JUST FOR THIS ONE LOCATION. I'LL DO IT. OK, THANK YOU. LET ME SEE IF I CAN SUMMARIZE WHERE WE ARE SO FAR. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT TO THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 03-47 TO ALLOW AUTOMOBILE SALES NEW OR USED BY SPECIFIC USE PROVISION AND A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION TO ALLOW AUTOMOBILE SALES NEW OR USED FOR PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS, AND TO ONLY ALLOW MINOR AUTOMOBILE REPAIRS ON SAID PROPERTY. YES SIR. DOES THE SECOND CONCUR WITH THAT? YES. OK, WE HAVE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ROSE AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER OTT. ANY DISCUSSION? I ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION OF THE APPLICANT IF I COULD BRING THEM BACK UP. THIS WOULD ALSO APPROVE THE DETAIL PLAN. THE DETAIL PLAN SHOWS ONLY FIVE SPACES FOR AUTOMOBILES FOR DISPLAY. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE IT'S 39 PARKING LOT. YEAH, YOU HAD FIVE SPACES SPECIFICALLY DETAILED FOR AUTOMOBILE DISPLAY. AND IF WE GO BY THAT, YOU'RE ONLY ALLOWED TO HAVE FIVE AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THERE MUST BE SOME MISPRINT SOMEWHERE THAT THE BUILDING HAD 39 PARKING LOT. WE, CIRCLED THEM. WE SEND THEM. THE STAFF HAVE [INAUDIBLE] ASKING FOR THEM. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AND IF WE'RE TO GO AHEAD WITH THIS, I'LL ASK THE MAKER OF THE MOTION IF HE WANTS TO AMEND HIS MOTION TO ALLOW MORE THAN FIVE CARS ON THE LOT. IT WAS JUST JUST FOR THE FIVE PARKING WAS THE VISITOR PARKING. I DON'T KNOW. YEAH, BUT I TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT. YEAH, I HAVE A TENDENCY TO LOOK AT THESE THINGS. BUT JUST FOR THE RECORD, I WAS SPEAKING, WE'RE ASKING FOR MINOR REPAIR. AND EVERY TIME SINCE WE OPENED 2004 TO NOW, WE NEVER DID MINOR ANYTHING BESIDES OUR OWN CAR. WE NEVER TOOK SOME CARS FROM PLACE. ALL RIGHT. IF I MAY JUST MAKE A, IF YOU PERMIT ME. YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHTY. COMMISSIONER ROSE. SO WE NEED TO ALTER THIS MOTION TO ALLOW. LET ME ASK MR. GUERIN IF I'M READING THAT DETAIL PLAN CORRECTLY. WELL, MR. CHAIRMAN, I MAY HAVE TO PULL IT UP AND LOOK, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THE APPLICANT'S INTENT IF THERE WAS AN INDICATION ON THERE THAT SAID, FIVE SALES OVER ON ONLY ON FIVE SPECIFIC PARKING SPACES, IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT WASN'T THE INTENTION. SO PERHAPS IF THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE OR RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH THOSE PREVIOUS CONDITIONS, PERHAPS THE APPLICANT WOULD BE WILLING TO WE CAN LOOK AT THAT SITE PLAN AND KIND OF CLEAN THAT UP SO THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE FIVE AND SO TO AVOID THAT CONFUSION. OK. ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT AS CLEAN AS POSSIBLE FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED. DOES THE MAKER OF THE MOTION AGREE WITH ALLOWING UP TO 39 CARS. IS THAT WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING? WHICH LEADS ME TO A FOLLOW UP QUESTION. THERE ARE SO MANY CARS REQUIRED FOR THE SPACE IN THE BUILDING. CORRECT. THERE IS A MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENT, SO WE WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT THAT AND PERHAPS WE CAN WORK WITH THE APPLICANT ON THAT BETWEEN NOW AND COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE THERE'S SUFFICIENT PARKING SPACES ON SITE FOR THE OFFICE AND CUSTOMER. SO IT MAY NOT ALLOW UP TO 39, WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT AND MAKE SURE WE BETTER DELINEATE THAT ON THE PLAN. THE PLAN, THE INTENT OF THE PLAN, I THINK, WAS IT WAS USING REALLY THE EXISTING IMPROVEMENTS IN A PREVIOUS SITE PLAN THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY CONTEMPLATED. [01:25:02] BUT IT MAY NEED A LITTLE CLEANUP. SO WE SHOULD PERHAPS MAKE THE MOTION AS IT STANDS, BUT ADD TO IT THAT THE APPLICANT MUST SIT DOWN WITH THE CITY STAFF AND WORK OUT THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS BEFORE THE PRESENTATION IS MADE TO THE CITY COUNCIL. YES. AND. OK, I WOULD CONCUR. AND THE SECOND CONCURS. SO LET ME GO AHEAD AND REVIEW THE MOTION, IF I CAN REMEMBER IT. THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT TO THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO ALLOW AUTOMOBILE SALES NEW OR USED BY SPECIFIC USE PROVISION, AND TO ALLOW A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION FOR FIVE YEARS AND TO RESTRICT ANY REPAIRS TO MINOR REPAIRS, AND THAT THE APPLICANT IS TO WORK OUT THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF CARS DISPLAYED FOR SALE WITH STAFF BEFORE PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL. WE HAVE A MOTION. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? IF NOT, PLEASE VOTE. THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE. AND THAT PASSES SEVEN TO ONE WITH COMMISSIONER ROBERTS IN OPPOSITION. THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHTY. ONTO OUR NEXT ITEM AND THIS ALSO A TWO PARTER. [Items 3C & 3D] CONSIDERATION OF THE APPLICATION OF DEC REQUESTING APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT PLANNED DEVELOPMENT PD DISTRICT 19-18 FOR COMMUNITY RETAIL USES TO ALLOW THE CONSTRUCTION OF A RESTAURANT. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 3900 LAVON DRIVE. TWO CONSIDERATION OF THE APPLICATION OF DEC REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A DETAIL PLAN TO ALLOW THE CONSTRUCTION OF A RESTAURANT. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 3900 LAVON DRIVE. IS THE APPLICANT HERE TONIGHT? AND NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS DANIEL STEWART 2591 DALLAS PARKWAY SUITE 300 IN FRISCO. I AM THE ENGINEER FOR THE PROJECT. GOOD SEEING EVERYBODY AGAIN AS STAFF PRESENTED IN THE WORK SESSION, IT'S A PRETTY SIMPLE ADDITION TO THE FIREWHEEL TOWN CENTER DEVELOPMENT. WE'RE COMING IN WITH A FREESTANDING RESTAURANT BUILDING THAT IS JUST SOUTH OF THE IN-N-OUT AND PANERA BREAD. WE ARE ASKING FOR THE COUPLE, I THINK, DEVIATIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO YOU AND BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? I JUST HAVE ONE, AND MAYBE YOU CAN JUST TELL ME. I SEE THE ENTRANCE INTO THE SITE COMING OFF LAVON AND THERE'S A 30 FOOT FIRE LANE SHOWN. IS THAT SOMETHING TO BE CONSTRUCTED OFF SITE TO LINK BACK IN WITH THE MALL? IT'S ACTUALLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW. OK, I SAW SOME WORK OUT THERE. DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS IT. I SAW THE SILK FENCES. AND WE'VE GOT AN INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW. OK. IT'S DOING ALL THE WATER, SEWER AND PAVING DRIVEWAYS THROUGH THERE, SO THAT'LL SET UP FOR THIS RESTAURANT. ALL RIGHT, THAT CLEARED THAT UP. TOTALLY. SECOND, ARE YOU ALLOWED TO DIVULGE WHICH RESTAURANT? I CAN'T AT THIS TIME? SORRY, I ASKED THAT QUESTION, BUT. [LAUGHTER] THAT'S WHY I ASKED IT THE WAY I DID. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT CONDITIONAL ON ANY KIND OF APPROVAL OR DENIAL. ALL RIGHTY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING DOWN. IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS CASE? SEEING NONE. COMMISSIONERS. OH, QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT. I'M SORRY THAT GLARE BLOCKS OUT THAT TOP NAME AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO PUT A PIECE OF PAPER OVER THERE TO SHADE THAT. YES, SIR. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. GOOD EVENING, SIR. THERE WAS A COMMENT IN THE CITY'S FUNDING REPORT REGARDING THE USE OF CANOPY TREES AND HOW IT WAS THE APPLICANT'S BELIEF THAT THE CANOPY TREE WOULD PRESENT AN OBSTRUCTION TO THE AMENITY THAT'S PROVIDED BY THE RESTAURANT. IS THERE NO WAY TO INCORPORATE THE USE OF THE CANOPY TREE IN CONSIDERATION OF THE AMENITY ITSELF? SO FOR THAT AMENITY AREA, WHAT WE HAD ENVISIONED THERE IS A KIND OF AN OPEN LAWN SPACE TO CREATE ACTIVITY. AND SO THE THOUGHT IS WITH A TREE WITH THAT AGAINST THAT PARKING SPACE THAT WOULD CREATE AN OBSTRUCTION TO THAT OPEN KIND OF PLAY AREA. WHAT WHEN WE LOOKED AT IT, THE DRIVE COMING IN THERE THAT KIND OF BORDERS, THAT AMENITY IS I WANT TO SAY IT'S 12 OR 15 FEET WIDE WITH A CANOPY TREE JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT. SO WE THOUGHT THAT THAT WOULD PROVIDE ADEQUATE SHADE AND CANOPY COVERAGE IN THE FUTURE FOR THAT AREA AS WELL AND WOULDN'T NEED THE TREE RIGHT THERE AT THAT LOCATION. INSTEAD OF, PERHAPS A CANOPY TREE WOULD THE APPLICANT BE WILLING TO CONSIDER A SMALLER TREE OR SOME TREE THAT MIGHT NOT BE AS OBSTRUCTIVE. [01:30:05] YEAH, I MEAN. NOT JUST AT THAT LOCATION. SURE. BUT ALL THREE OF THEM GENERALLY. I THINK AT THAT LOCATION, YEAH, WE COULD DEFINITELY CONSIDER THAT. THE CONCERN WITH THE I'LL CALL IT, THE MIDDLE LOCATION KIND OF AT THE END OF THAT SINGLE PARKING BAY IS SITE LIGHTING. SO THIS IS A PRETTY SMALL SITE AND THAT PARKING BAY IS A SINGLE STALL IN DEPTH. AND SO, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE TIME WHEN WE HAVE TWO CARS PARKED AGAINST EACH OTHER, WE CAN KIND OF SET IT RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE. THAT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT AN OPTION HERE BECAUSE IT'D BE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAVEL PATH FOR VEHICLES. AND SO WE THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS THE BEST OPTION TO GET IT OUT OF THE WAY OF THE VEHICLES. AND LIKE I SAID, THE PROBLEM WITH THIS BEING THE SIZE IT IS, IF YOU MOVE THAT POLE EVEN TEN FEET, IT STARTS TO REALLY HAVE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE LIGHTING OF THE PARKING AREA. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD REQUEST TO MAKE IN THE SENSE OF SECURITY LIGHTING AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. AND I THINK I HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK, I THINK WE HAVE SOME SHRUBS IN THERE AND WE CAN DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, ADD TO THAT IF YOU THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED OR NECESSARY, BUT AGAIN, THE TREE IN GENERAL, WE WOULD THINK, WOULD BLOCK THAT LIGHT AND CAUSE CONCERN FOR THE PHOTO METRICS ON THE GROUND LEVEL. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WE'LL LET YOU SIT DOWN BEFORE WE CALL YOU BACK UP. I'LL BE HERE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE? NO. ANY SPEAKERS? NO. OK. COMMISSIONERS. MR. CHAIR. COMMISSIONER DALTON. I MAKE A MOTION. WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I WOULD MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE WITH THE CHANGE IN THE CANOPY TREES AS THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTED. AND MY REASON FOR THAT IS THAT'S A VERY DIFFICULT INTERSECTION AS FAR AS SIGHTLINES, AND SOMEONE GOING NORTHBOUND ON 78 MIGHT TOTALLY MISS THIS RESTAURANT IF THERE WERE ONE TOO MANY TREES BLOCKING THAT AREA ON THAT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE. AND THAT'S MY ONLY REAL REASON. I DON'T THINK ONE OR TWO CANOPY TREES IS GOING TO MAKE THAT BIG A DIFFERENCE IN THE OVERALL LANDSCAPING OF FIREWHEEL. THANK YOU. WE HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE THE EXCUSE ME, THE AMENDMENT TO EXCUSE ME AMENDMENT TO THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND THE DETAIL PLAN. SECOND. AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE REQUEST TO REMOVE CANOPY TREES. ANY DISCUSSION. MR. CHAIRMAN. COMMISSIONER JENKINS. THE INCLUSION OF LANDSCAPING ELEMENTS ADDS VALUE BEYOND THE VALUE THAT YOU KNOW, THAT IS SHADE. IT CERTAINLY CAN, ESPECIALLY IN THE FIREWHEEL AREA, BE SOMETHING THAT MAKES THE RESTAURANT STAND OUT IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. AGAIN, I AM FOR THE MOTION AS IT STANDS, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE THIS AND EVERY APPLICANT TO CONSIDER THE USE OF LANDSCAPING AS IT IS A DESIGN FEATURE THAT ENHANCES THAT ENCOURAGES THE PROPERTY TO STAND OUT AND MORE THAN JUST ONE WAY. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, AND I AGREE WITH YOU, AND I WOULD SUGGEST MAYBE THE APPLICANT LOOK AT THAT OPEN AREA BECAUSE CARS WILL BE COMING IN THERE. AND I LIKE THE TREE NOT BEING THERE BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE KIDS RUNNING AROUND A TREE CAN BLOCK SEEING SOMEBODY RUNNING THROUGH THE STREET. SO MAYBE A BOUNDARY OF SHRUBS TO KEEP KIDS FROM RUNNING INTO THAT DRIVEWAY WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA. SO I'M JUST GOING TO TOSS IT OUT THERE. ALL RIGHTY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. PLEASE VOTE. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHTY, NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS AGAIN A TWO PARTER CONSIDERATION [Items 3E & 3F] OF THE APPLICATION. WE DID THAT ONE. CONSIDER THE APPLICATION OF KIMLEY HORN REQUESTING APPROVAL AMENDMENT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 15-40 FOR MULTI-FAMILY USES. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED 4401 BUNKER HILL AND ITEM 3F CONSIDERATION OF THE APPLICATION. KIMLEY HORN REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A DETAIL PLAN FOR A MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT THIS SAME ADDRESS. BEFORE WE GET GOING CAN WE HAVE A STAFF MOVE THIS INFORMATION ON THE SCREEN? [01:35:02] OK. WELL, THEY PROBABLY HAVE THEIR OWN PRESENTATION THEY WANT TO SHOW. SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ANYHOW. I'M SORRY. GOOD EVENING, CAITLIN FLAHERTY WITH KIMLEY HORN AND ASSOCIATES, 7208 RANDALL WAY IN PLANO. WE ARE PROPOSING A DEVELOPMENT 148 MULTI-FAMILY UNIT DEVELOPMENT, TOWNHOME STYLE BUILDINGS. DOUG HOY IS HERE WITH ME WHO IS GOING TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON THE BUILDINGS, A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE OPEN SPACE. GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS DOUG HOY. I RESIDE AT 3201 ST. JOHN'S IN DALLAS, TEXAS. I'M A PARTNER WITH ARCHCO RESIDENTIAL, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPER FOR THIS PROPERTY. YOU MIGHT ALSO NOTE THAT WE DEVELOPED THE PHASE ONE OF THE DOMAIN CONCEPT PLAN, DOMAIN 140. WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THIS ONE IS THE PRODUCT THAT WE ARE PROPOSING WAS WE ACTUALLY DID IT ACCIDENTALLY AT A PROJECT IN FORT WORTH. IT WAS LEFTOVER PIECE OF LAND AND WE PUT SOME TOWNHOMES ON IT. THEY DIDN'T EVEN ADVERTISE FOR THEM. AND IT TURNS OUT THE RESIDENTS LOVE THEM. PEOPLE FLOCKED TO THEM AND WE DISCOVERED THAT WAIT A MINUTE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT THAT WE DON'T DO NORMALLY, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE RESIDENTS LIKE. AND SO WE EXPLORED IT. AND THEN WE'RE CLOSE FRIENDS WITH REALTY CAPITAL, THE OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY, AND THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH. AND SO PRICE DEVELOPMENT WAS DOING THE PHASE TWO OF DOMAIN. AND WE SAID, LISTEN, WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THE NEXT PHASE, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IT WITH TOWNHOMES. AND THEY'RE STILL GOING TO BE APARTMENTS RENTAL. BUT WHAT IT WILL ALLOW IS THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A COMPLEMENTARY BALANCE TO THE EXISTING HIGHER DENSITY APARTMENTS. I MEAN, WE'RE REDUCING THE DENSITY OF WHAT WE COULD POSSIBLY BUILD BY APPROXIMATELY 60 PERCENT, DEPENDING UPON HOW MANY UNITS YOU WANT TO TALK. THEY'RE GOING TO BE ALL TWO AND THREE BEDROOMS, LARGER UNITS. WE'RE ALMOST SIXTEEN HUNDRED SQUARE FEET. SO SOMETHING THAT WE BELIEVE THAT WAS GOING TO BE AN ADDITIVE TO THE MARKETPLACE WITHIN GARLAND THAT HADN'T REALLY BEEN SERVED BY THE RESIDENTS, PEOPLE WHO ARE WANTING TO LIVE IN GARLAND, WANTING TO TRANSITION TO HOMES, BUT DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO LIVE IN THE TRADITIONAL APARTMENTS. SO THAT'S WHAT WE PROPOSED TO THE LANDOWNER, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO DO HERE. SO IF I CAN FIGURE THIS OUT. WHAT IT ALLOWS US TO DO AND YOU'LL SEE IT IN THE PHOTO NEXT IS IF YOU LOOK AT THE CENTRAL CORRIDOR, IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY TRADITIONAL STREETSCAPE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TREE LINED, NOT A BOULEVARD, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A TREE LINED STREET FRONT YARDS FOR EVERY UNIT. AND SO WHEN YOU DRIVE IT THROUGH, IT'S GOING TO FEEL VERY RESIDENTIAL. IT'S IN THIS LOCATION, WE CAN'T SAY IT'S URBAN, BUT IT IS URBAN-ESQUE. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THE THREE STORY BROWNSTONES OF CHICAGO. BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT PROVIDES A DIFFERENTIATION WITH THIS MARKET AND THAT DRIVE BASICALLY CIRCLES THE PROPERTY. AND WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO IS ENCOMPASS THE GREEN SCAPE THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY. SO YOU'LL SEE IN THE CENTRAL PART OF OUR PROPERTY, WE PROVIDED MORE GATHERING SPACES FOR THE RESIDENTS, NOT JUST ON THE LAKEFRONT. AND SO WE HAVE THE TRADITIONAL AMENITY STRUCTURE OF THE POOL. BUT WE WANTED PEOPLE TO EXPERIENCE MORE OF A SINGLE FAMILY LIFESTYLE. AND SO EVEN I'LL EVEN POINT OUT ON THE ALLEYWAYS, YOU'LL NOTICE WE CREATED THESE GREEN BELTS. SO IF YOU'RE GOING DOWN THE ALLEY TO AND WE'RE PROVIDING TWO CAR GARAGES FOR EACH UNIT. THERE'S NOT JUST CONCRETE, BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE GREEN SPACES THAT ARE INTERSPERSED THROUGH THE ALLEY EVEN. SO, WE REALLY LIKE THIS PRODUCT. WE REALLY LIKE THIS PRODUCT IN THIS LOCATION. AS I SAID, WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE. LET'S SEE IF I CAN FIND [INAUDIBLE]. THIS IS A PHOTO I WILL NOTE THAT THIS PRODUCT IN FORT WORTH WAS UTILIZING THIS TILE ROOFS WHERE WE'RE DOING ARCHITECTURAL STYLE SHINGLES HERE. [01:40:02] SAME PRINCIPLE, THOUGH. SAME MEDITERRANEAN ARCHITECTURE. AGAIN, WE LIKE A BLEND OF ARCHITECTURAL STYLES WHEN YOU'RE BUILDING A NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THAT CONCEPT PLAN THAT THE CITY APPROVED BACK IN 2 THOUSAND..[INAUDIBLE]. YOU KNOW, NOT JUST ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER, IT'S THE SAME, BUT A BLEND OF STYLES. SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT HERE ON THIS PROPERTY AND YOU'LL NOTICE, UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS RIGHT AFTER THE FREEZE FROM LAST YEAR. SO WE WERE REPLANTING EVERYTHING, BUT IT WAS BASICALLY ONE SIDE OF THE STREET AND IT WAS A NORMAL APARTMENT COMMUNITY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN STYLE. BUT WE PUT THE TOWNHOMES ON THE SITE AND PEOPLE LIKE I SAID, LOVED IT, AND WE LOVE THE ASPECT OF BEING ABLE TO CREATE A BOULEVARD OF THESE UNITS. I PROVIDED A BULLET POINT SUMMARY OF THIS. I NOTE THE DENSITY REDUCTION DOWN TO THE POINT WHERE TWO BEDROOMS ARE LESS THAN WHAT'S TYPICAL. THREE BEDROOMS ARE ABOUT THE SAME OF WHAT WE WOULD BUILD IF WE WERE GOING TO GO BUILD 350 APARTMENT UNITS. SO THE IMPACT IS GREATLY DIMINISHED TO THE COMMUNITY. THE LAST THING I'LL NOTE IS WE'VE WORKED IN COORDINATION WITH YOUR STAFF. WE'VE, YOU KNOW, ENJOYED WORKING WITH THEM OVER THE YEARS, AND WITH THE OWNER, YOU KNOW, ON THE LAKE IN THE POTENTIAL OF ENCOMPASSING AND INCORPORATING THAT WITHIN THE PARKS AND TRAIL SYSTEM. SO WHERE WE'VE WORKED WITH CLOSELY WITH PRICE DEVELOPMENT ON THEIR PROPERTY, WE'RE TO CONTINUE THE TRAIL THAT WILL GO AROUND THE LAKE AND CONNECT WITH THE GREATER TRAIL THAT THE CITY HAS. SO WE WANT THIS TO BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THAT SYSTEM. SO THAT'S THE BACKGROUND. I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR YOUR TIME WITH FURTHER DETAILS, BUT THAT'S THE BACKGROUND OF HOW WE CAME TO BE AND WHY WE THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA. AND WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS, OBVIOUSLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? COMMISSIONER DALTON. THANK YOU. WHAT IS THE TRAFFIC COUNT OUT OF THIS UNIT PER DAY? DO YOU KNOW, ANTICIPATED? NO, I DO NOT KNOW. AS PART OF THE PROCESS, WE WERE NOT REQUIRED TO DO AN ADDITIONAL TIA TO DETERMINE THAT TRAFFIC COUNT, PARTIALLY BECAUSE WE WERE REDUCING THE DENSITY. I WILL NOTE THAT THE CITY COORDINATED AND WE WERE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE CITY OF SACHSE AS WELL TO BE SINCE THE RIGHT OF WAY IS WITHIN THE CITY OF SACHSE, OBVIOUSLY, TO HAVE A RIGHT TURN IN AND THEN A CURB CUT WITH A LEFT TURN IN. AND WE ACTUALLY WIDENED OUR DRIVEWAY TO ACCOMMODATE THAT. AND THAT WAS WHAT BOTH TRAFFIC OR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENTS WANTED. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, I CAN'T GIVE YOU A DIRECT COUNT. SO THE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT HAS LOOKED AT THIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALL OF THE OTHER PROPERTIES AROUND AND ALL THE OTHER TRAFFIC THAT TRAVELS UP AND DOWN BUNKER HILL AND THAT GENERAL VICINITY. I CAN SPEAK TO OUR EXPERIENCE WITH THEM. WE'VE TALKED DIRECTLY TO THEM. WILL WOULD BE ABLE TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO WHAT THEY HAVE OR HAVE NOT DONE? BUT WE HAVE COORDINATED WITH BOTH DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR DESIGN ACCOMMODATES WHAT THEY WANTED. OK, WILL, WAS THERE ANY COMMENT FROM TRAFFIC? NO, SIR. THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT DID REVIEW THIS. JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER DETAIL PLAN, I'M SURE THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT KIND OF TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS. DRIVEWAY MEASUREMENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT'S VERY STANDARD. SO THERE WAS PROBABLY SOME OF THAT. AS MR. HOY MENTIONED, THERE WASN'T A FULL TIA REQUIRED, BUT IT IS A CITY OF SACHSE ROADWAY. RIGHT. AND SO IT WAS SHARED WITH THEM AND TO MAKE SURE IT MEETS THEIR TECHNICAL STANDARDS. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT WAS. AND THE CITY OF SACHSE GAVE THE THUMBS UP FROM A TECHNICAL REQUIREMENT STANDPOINT. OK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER ROSE, IF THIS IS APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL AS WELL, IF WE DO, WHAT'S THE TIME FRAME FOR THE DEVELOPMENT? IS IT SIX YEARS, SIX WEEKS, SIX MONTHS? I MEAN, WHEN YOU SEE DIRT TURNING. MAKING A BROAD ASSUMPTION, WE DON'T LIKE TO MAKE ASSUMPTIONS WITH YOUR APPROVAL, OF COURSE. BUT IF WE WERE TO GET APPROVED TONIGHT AND GO FORTH TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND BE APPROVED, WE WOULD EXPECT TO BREAK GROUND IN LATE SUMMER, EARLY FALL. [01:45:05] IT'D BE AUGUST SEPTEMBER TIME FRAME. 22? YES, SIR. I WILL NOTE THAT WE HAVE FUNDING IN PLACE FOR THAT. THAT'S ALWAYS A GOOD THING. IT'S ALWAYS A VERY GOOD THING. [LAUGHTER] ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? COMMISSIONER JENKINS. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. GOOD EVENING. TO BEGIN, THANK YOU FOR THE PROPOSAL, WHICH GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND IN A NUMBER OF FACTORS AND REQUIREMENTS SET OUT BY THE GDC. YOU MENTIONED THE DENSITY. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER FACTORS WHERE YOU ALL HAVE GONE WELL ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT YOU WERE REQUIRED TO, TO MAKE THIS A QUALITY PROPERTY. THANK YOU. YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ME JUST QUESTION THE PREVIOUS APPLICANT REGARDING THE USE OF CANOPY TREES. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT'S THE ONLY DEVIATION. AND IF YOU HAD NOT FOR THIS DEVIATION WOULD BE FORCED TO APPROVE. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHY THAT'S MY BIT HERE. HMM. ANY CONSIDERATION FOR THE ADDITIONAL USE OF AT LEAST SOME MORE OF THE CANOPY TREES, I KNOW 16 MIGHT BE TOO MANY, BUT SEVEN. YES, IT WAS A TECHNICAL REASON FOR THE REQUESTED DEVIATION. AND WE TRIED TO ACCOMMODATE THAT WITH ADDITIONAL TREES. AND I WILL TELL YOU THIS FROM MY BACKGROUND LANDSCAPE IS OUR FRIEND. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY TRY I GO OUT AND PURCHASE TREES NOW ON THE TREE FARMS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE MATURE TREES VERSUS, YOU KNOW, THE CODE REQUIRED. YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST NO FUN. THE ONLY ADDITION IS THAT THE ONLY REASON THAT THEY ARE IS BECAUSE THEY'RE [INAUDIBLE] UTILITIES ARE IN THE WAY. SO TO PLANT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE LARGER, THEY JUST WOULDN'T SURVIVE. IT JUST WOULDN'T WORK. BUT WE DO HAVE SIGNIFICANT PLANTINGS ALONG THAT. I THINK WE HAVE PROVISIONS IN OUR CODE THAT ALLOW THE PLANTING OF LOWER TREES WHEN THAT OCCURS. SO I'D MAKE SURE TO MAKE FULL USE OF THAT. I'M GOING TO SEE. OTHERWISE FULL CANOPY TREES THAT COME OUT ABOUT 20 YEARS LATER AND THEN THEY LOOK LIKE A V AFTER THEY'RE THROUGH CUTTING THEM. YEAH. FORGIVE ME. I'M TRYING TO. THERE WE GO. ALWAYS INTERESTING WORKING WITH A STRANGE COMPUTER, A NEW COMPUTER. YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE'VE ADDED TREES ALONG THE FRONTAGE THAT ARE NOT THE BROAD CANOPY TREES, BUT THEY'RE ORNAMENTAL. AND HONESTLY, IF YOU WANT US TO, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD QUANTIFY IT, BUT YOU KNOW OUR DESIRE WOULD BE THAT THAT WOULD BE A LUSH GREEN SCAPE AT OUR ENTRYWAY, THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT IT'S NOT JUST BARREN, EXCEPT FOR THE ENTRY SIGN TO OUR PROPERTY. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE COULD ACCOMMODATE A SPECIFIC REQUIREMENT OTHER THAN TO SAY THAT I RECOGNIZE YOUR CONCERN AND WE CAN, WE WILL WORK TO ACCOMMODATE IT WHEN WE COME BACK IN FOR PERMITTING. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS WE HAVE? I SEE ONE IN THE QUEUE, BUT YOU MAY HAVE SPOKEN ALREADY. ANY OTHER SPEAKERS IN THE AUDIENCE? SEEING NONE, COMMISSIONER'S MOTION DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER JENKINS. A MOTION TO APPROVE, AS PRESENTED. OK. SECOND. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER JENKINS TO APPROVE BOTH ITEMS AS PRESENTED A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. AND I WOULD HAVE TO AGREE BECAUSE THIS HELPS GIVE US A VARIETY OF HOUSING OUT THERE. WE'VE GOT DIFFERENT SIZED HOUSES, DIFFERENT SIZE LOTS, DIFFERENT TYPES OF APARTMENTS, TOWNHOMES. IT'S A ONE STOP SHOP FOR WHATEVER KIND OF HOUSING YOU WANT OUT IN THAT ROAD NOW. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE VOTE. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHTY. NEXT ITEM ITEM 3G AND 3H CONSIDERATION OF THE APPLICATION OF KRG CIVIL ENGINEERS [Items 3G & 3H] REQUESTING APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO PD 06-78 FOR COMMUNITY RETAIL USES. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 2313 NAAMAN SCHOOL ROAD. ITEM 3H CONSIDERATION OF THE APPLICATION OF KRG CIVIL ENGINEERING INC REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A DETAIL PLAN FOR A CHURCH USE. SAME ADDRESS. [01:50:01] MY NAME IS KELLY GOMEZ. I'M WITH KRG CIVIL ENGINEERS WERE LOCATED AT 2150 SOUTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY SUITE 200. THAT'S IN MCKINNEY 75072. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN TRY TO ANSWER THEM FOR YOU. ALL RIGHTY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT ON THIS ONE? I SEE NONE. I HAD SOME OTHER SPEAKERS. OH, I AM GOING TO SO MISPRONOUNCE THIS. I'LL JUST ASK BY FIRST NAME SEAN. I HAVE A MASTER'S IN MISPRONOUNCING NAMES, BUT I'M SORRY. MY NAME IS SEAN [INAUDIBLE]. I RESIDE AT 717 AT YELLOWSTONE DRIVE, FRISCO, TEXAS. I'M THE ARCHITECT ON THE PROJECT. I JUST REGISTERED JUST IN CASE YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS. OH OK. YOU KNOW SO. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE ARCHITECTURE? THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN AND PAUL KEGGLER, AND I CAN'T BLAME THE HANDWRITING BECAUSE IT'S AN ACTUAL TYPE. KEGGLER. I WAS RIGHT THE FIRST TIME I CHANGED IT. YOU DID? YEAH, I'M NEW TO THIS SORT OF THING, SO YOU'LL HAVE TO EXCUSE ME IF I ASK A BUNCH OF DUMB, DUMB QUESTIONS. I'M ONE OF THE RESIDENTS. I LIVE AT 2306 SHALIMAR DR. AND I GUESS MY CONCERN IS, AND I'M GLAD THAT THE TWO OF YOU ARE HERE. IF THIS IS A CHURCH THAT'S MOVING FROM SOMEPLACE, OR IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST. IF YOU'LL JUST TALK TO US AND IT'S IT'S NOT A BIG PIECE OF LAND. AND MY MAIN CONCERN IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GETTING A FIFTH BUILDING, A FIFTEEN THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT CHURCH WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO PARK. YOU KNOW THAT IT'S THERE'S NOT A LOT OF SPACE THERE. I MEAN, IF MAYBE IF THEY BUILD IT A TWO STORY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, MAYBE THEY CAN HAVE A BIG ENOUGH PARKING LOT, BUT IT LEAVES NO ROOM FOR GROWTH OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT SORT OF THING. AND I'M JUST WONDERING, YOU KNOW WHAT THE TRAFFIC IS GOING TO BE LIKE? I SURE DON'T WANT PEOPLE PARKING OUT ON OUR STREET, ON MY STREET, WHICH IS, THERE'S MY STREET AND THEN THERE'S A REHAB CENTER FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE RECUPERATING FROM OPERATIONS AND SUCH. AND I'M JUST IT SEEMS LIKE KIND OF A FARFETCHED IDEA TO PUT A CHURCH THERE. YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A GROWING CHURCH, THERE'S NO ROOM FOR EXPANSION. SO IF THEY GROW AND THEY HAVE TO MOVE SOMEPLACE ELSE, OK, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THAT CHURCH? THE AREA THERE, I THINK, WAS ZONED RESIDENTIAL AND FOR MAYBE FIVE HOUSES OR SO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT IT'S BEEN EMPTY FOR, OH, OVER 30 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN THERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SO I DON'T KNOW THESE ARE JUST CONCERNS THAT I HAVE ABOUT THE WHOLE IDEA OF PLOPPING A CHURCH ON THIS. I'M GUESSING MAYBE 200 BY 300 FOOT PARCEL OF LAND, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU COULD SAY IT'S JUST IT'S KIND OF IFFY TO ME. THAT'S ABOUT ALL I HAD TO SAY. ALL RIGHTY. BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN. WE APPRECIATE IT. BEFORE I ASK THE APPLICANT BACK UP, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OK, IF YOU CAN MAYBE ADDRESS A COUPLE OF HIS CONCERNS WHICH WERE PARKING AND FUTURE USE WAS REALLY HARD TO DETERMINE BUT GO AHEAD. WE WOULD LOVE TO ADD MORE PARKING. WE'RE DOWN TO THIS NUMBER IN WORKING WITH STAFF, CITY STAFF, THE SITE IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIGGER THAN WHAT IT LOOKS. INSTEAD OF 200 BY 200, WHICH WOULD BE A LITTLE LESS THAN AN ACRE, IT'S A LITTLE OVER TWO ACRES. IT'S A VERY NICE SITE. MR. CHAIRMAN, CAN WE GET THE CITY STAFF TO TAKE THIS WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN OFF AND MAYBE PUT A SITE PLAN UP THERE? SHE'S WORKING ON IT. WELL, I'LL ASK THE APPLICANT BACK UP. YOU DO HAVE THAT SPACE FOR FUTURE. IF YOU FELT THE NEED, WOULD YOU USE IT FOR PARKING? [01:55:03] AND YEAH, IF YOU'LL COME BACK UP, SIR. YEAH, YOU'VE GOT THAT SPACE RESERVED FOR FUTURE. WOULD YOU USE PART OF THAT FOR PARKING IF YOU FOUND A NEED FOR IT? AND WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS NOW FOR THE FUTURE? DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ON BOARD FOR THAT OPEN SPACE? NOT RIGHT NOW. THE PARCELS BIGGER THAN WHAT THEY NEED AT THIS CURRENT TIME. OK. OH, IN THE FUTURE, THERE'S BEEN SOME TALK ABOUT POSSIBLY HAVING, YOU KNOW, OUTDOOR BASKETBALL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT WE HAVEN'T WORKED THROUGH ALL OF THAT. SO STAFF HAS INDICATED THAT WHEN THE TIME COMES ON THAT THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO COME BACK WITH THE ANOTHER SITE PLAN. OK, WELL, SOMETIMES WE MAKE SUGGESTIONS THAT APPLICANTS GET TOGETHER WITH NEIGHBORS AND MAYBE TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE ISSUES, AND MAYBE YOU CAN INFORM YOUR PEOPLE NOT TO PARK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND STUFF LIKE THAT AND USE THAT PARKING. THANK YOU. I SEE NO OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM. CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN MOTION OR DISCUSSION. ANYBODY? MR. CHAIR? OH, WELL, OK. COMMISSIONER DALTON, COMMISSIONER ROSE PUNCHED THE BUTTON, BUT YOU SOUNDED FIRST, SO. OOP. GO AHEAD. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE AS STAFF RECOMMENDATION . AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PARIS. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DALTON, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PARIS TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION PER STAFF RECOMMENDATION, THAT WOULD BE THE AMENDMENT TO THE PD AND A DETAIL PLAN. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. AND IF WE COULD, WELL, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION HERE IN A SECOND. ALL RIGHTY. THANK YOU. [Items 3I & 3J] OUR NEXT ZONING CASE. PARTS 3I AND 3J. 3I CONSIDERATION OF THE APPLICATION OF ADVANTAGED SELF STORAGE ADVISORS LLC REQUESTING APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 85-49 AND TO A SPECIAL USE PROVISION TO ALLOW SELF STORAGE FACILITY MINI WAREHOUSE. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 3599 NORTH GARLAND AVENUE AND THE ITEM 3J. CONSIDERATION OF THE APPLICATION OF ADVANTAGE SELF STORAGE ADVISORS LLC REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A DETAIL PLAN FOR A SELF STORAGE FACILITY MINI WAREHOUSE ON PROPERTIES ZONED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 85-49. SAME ADDRESS. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS RICK JONES I RESIDE AT 3317 PRINCETON AVENUE IN DALLAS. I'M A PRINCIPAL AT ADVANTAGE STORAGE AND I WANT TO SHARE A FEW SLIDES WITH YOU TONIGHT. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT US WE'RE A LOCAL STORAGE DEVELOPER AND OPERATOR, AND WE DEVELOP FACILITIES, WE CONSTRUCT FACILITIES AND WE OWN AND OPERATE EACH OF OUR FACILITIES. WE'VE DONE ABOUT 50 FACILITIES HERE IN THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA FROM THE GROUND UP SINCE 1996 I DID MY FIRST FACILITY. I FOCUS ON HIGH QUALITY DEVELOPMENTS AND MANY OF THEM ARE IN HIGHLY RESTRICTIVE LOCATIONS. WE CURRENTLY OWN AND MANAGE 63 FACILITIES, COMPRISED OF ABOUT THIRTY THOUSAND UNITS AND FOUR MILLION RENTABLE SQUARE FEET. AND PROBABLY NONE OF YOU THINK OF THIS WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORD SELF STORAGE, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE, WHEN THEY GET A POSTCARD IN THE MAIL THAT SAID, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO BUILD MINI STORAGE, YOU KNOW, ON THE CORNER, THERE'S A LOT OF RED FLAGS GO UP BECAUSE OF WHAT SOME OF THE PERCEPTION HAS BEEN OF SELF STORAGE. AND WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THE PICTURE THAT WE SHOW HERE IS MORE IN KEEPING WITH WHAT MODERN STORAGE DEVELOPMENT REALLY LOOKS LIKE. THIS IS OUR FACILITY, FOR INSTANCE, LOCATED ON THE CORNER OF MCDERMOTT AND INDEPENDENCE PARKWAY IN PLANO. IT'S LOCATED ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL. I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A COUPLE MORE SLIDES ON THIS FACILITY. I GIVE YOU KIND OF A VIRTUAL TOUR OF THAT FACILITY, BUT IT'S GOT RESIDENTIAL HOUSES IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT ACROSS THE FENCE ONE WAY AND THEN IT'S GOT RETAIL. IT ACTUALLY KIND OF SITS IN A RETAIL CENTER. SO I THINK YOU'VE ALREADY THE PACKAGE PROBABLY SPELLS THIS OUT. WE'VE GOT SEVENTY EIGHT THOUSAND RENTABLE SQUARE FEET, ABOUT SIX HUNDRED AND FORTY UNITS, CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE. OUR LANDSCAPE, PARTICULARLY THE TREES, EXCEEDS THE REQUIRED AND OUR SETBACKS. WE'VE EXCEEDED THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF BUFFER FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO IS STORAGE AN APPROPRIATE NEIGHBOR FOR RESIDENTIAL? GOOD QUESTION. COMPARED TO RETAIL STORAGE, IT'S AN EXCELLENT NEIGHBORING USE FOR [02:00:04] RESIDENTIAL. IN THAT ONE THING, RETAIL ALMOST ALWAYS CONFIGURES THE TRAFFIC IN A FIRE LANE THAT GOES AROUND THE PERIMETER, PARKING, LIGHTING, PARTICULARLY IN THE REAR IN THIS CASE, WOULD BE ADJACENT TO THE RESIDENTIAL. YOU WOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, TRASH CONTAINERS AND PARKING LOT, LOTS AND THAT SORT OF THING. THERE WOULD BE A MASONRY SCREENING FENCE AT THE PROPERTY LINE, BUT IMMEDIATELY OVER THAT PROPERTY LINE, TYPICALLY COMMERCIAL RETAIL WOULD BE LAID OUT SO THAT THERE WOULD BE TRAFFIC IMMEDIATELY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE. SO WE PLAN TO POSITION A SINGLE STORY BRICK VENEER BUILDINGS BUFFERED BY A 40 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER FROM THE RESIDENTIAL. I'LL ADDRESS A LITTLE BIT MORE HERE IN A MOMENT. THE BACKS OF THE BUILDINGS ARE PROPOSED TO ACT AS THE SCREENING WALL. I KNOW THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE DEVIATIONS, THE ONLY DEVIATION, I GUESS THAT STAFF HAS MENTIONED, AND I'D LIKE TO TOUCH ON THAT WITH A PLAN IN FRONT OF US HERE IN JUST A MOMENT. STORAGE IS EXTREMELY LOW TRAFFIC. WE'LL HAVE FEWER CARS ON OUR BUSIEST DAY, WHICH IS A SATURDAY, THEN A LOT OF RETAIL USES ON A LOT THIS SIZE WOULD HAVE IN AN HOUR, ON YOU KNOW, ON A BUSY DAY. SO IT'S VERY, VERY LOW TRAFFIC. OK. THIS IS THE LOCATION. SO YOU'VE GOT THE THE BUDDHIST MEDITATION CENTER ACROSS THE STREET, VERIZON OFFICE, CATTY CORNER, SENIOR LIVING AND THE WAGON WHEEL CROSSING NEIGHBORHOOD IMMEDIATELY TO THE SOUTH. AND THEN IT'S BORDERED ON THE EAST WITH A HEAVILY WOODED CREEK AREA THAT'S IN THE FLOODPLAIN AND WILL LIKELY REMAIN UNDEVELOPED FOR A LONG TIME. SO THE FIRST THING WE POSITIONED THE TWO STORY BUILDING THAT IS AS FAR AS WE COULD AWAY FROM THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS SO THAT THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND WAGON WILL CROSSING ARE SINGLE STORY BUILDINGS. WE ALSO, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, WE'VE ARRANGED THE DRIVEWAYS SO THAT NOTHING ENTERS OFF OF WAGON WHEEL, WHICH IS MORE RESIDENTIAL THOROUGHFARE. ALL OF THE ENTRANCES ARE DESIGNED STRATEGICALLY TO COME OFF OF NORTH GARLAND AVENUE. A SINGLE STORY BUILDINGS AROUND THE PERIMETER. AND ADJACENT TO THE HOUSES, MOST IMPORTANTLY, AND THEN THE SETBACKS, WE'VE ALTHOUGH IT'S GREATER THAN REQUIRED, WE'VE GOT A 40 FOOT SETBACK ON NORTH GARLAND AVENUE AT 35 TO 40 IS BECAUSE IT'S NOT ACTUALLY A SQUARE ANGLE THERE ON THE WAGON WHEEL ROAD SIDE. AND THEN A 40 FOOT LANDSCAPE SET BACK. I'D LIKE TO ALSO COMMENT ON THIS SITE. I THINK ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS IN THE WORK SESSION MENTIONED OR HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE TOPOGRAPHY. THIS SITE HAS A GREAT DEAL OF TOPOGRAPHY. IT'S ABOUT 40 FEET FROM THE HIGH SIDE AT WAGON WHEEL, DOWN TO THE LOW SIDE AT THE CREEK. AND SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE UP ALL OF THAT 40 FOOT, BUT IT IS GOING TO REQUIRE THAT ON THE HIGH SIDE, WE'RE GOING TO EXCAVATE TO BE REQUIRED THAT WE ESTIMATE DOWN ABOUT FOUR FEET AND THEN WE'LL, YOU KNOW, AS IT GOES DOWN THAT HILL, WE WILL EVENTUALLY ON THE OTHER SIDE WILL ADD FILL. THE RESULT OF THAT IS THAT MOST OF THE FACILITY IS GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW WHERE THE ELEVATION OF, FOR INSTANCE, THE BACKYARDS, ALONG WAGON WHEEL CROSSING. BUT WE HAVE TAKEN THAT CONSIDERATION AND WE THINK THAT WE'VE INCORPORATED THAT INTO OUR PLAN. AND IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THIS SLIDE, THIS SHOWS THAT OUR BUILDINGS FORM A PERIMETER AND ALL OF OUR DRIVES, UNLIKE A RETAIL DEVELOPMENT, OR AN OFFICE DEVELOPMENT OR EVEN A LOT OF INDUSTRIAL THAT'S ALLOWED BY RIGHT IN THIS PARTICULAR ZONING. OUR DRIVES ARE INTERNAL, SO THERE'S NO DRIVES, NO LIGHTING, NO PARKING THAT'S TO BE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THOSE RESIDENTIAL HOMES. ARCHITECTURE IS A VERY CONTEMPORARY, MODERN ARCHITECTURE THAT WE THINK WILL BE AN ATTRACTIVE ADDITION TO THAT PART OF THE CITY OF GARLAND. I'D LIKE TO TAKE YOU THROUGH A QUICK TOUR OF THIS FACILITY, THE ONE THAT I MENTIONED ON MCDERMOTT IN PLANO AND INDEPENDENCE IN PLANO. THIS IS A TWO STORY BUILDING THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, SO THIS IS A VERY SIMILAR SCALE TO WHAT WE'VE PROPOSED HERE ON THIS SITE. THERE'S OUR OFFICE RENTAL OFFICE AT THE FRONT OF THE FACILITY. THIS IS AS YOU GO AROUND IN THIS CASE TO THE SIDE OF THE FACILITY. THIS IS THE ENTRANCE INTO THE STORAGE PORTION, WHICH IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE IN GARLAND, BOTH OF OUR ENTRANCES. WELL, ONE ENTRANCE AND ONE EXIT. IT'S ACTUALLY ONE WAY IS GOING TO BE ON NORTH GARLAND ROAD. SO NONE OF THIS WOULD FACE WAGON WHEEL. IT'S ONLY TO NORTH GARLAND ROAD. ONCE YOU GET INTO THE TWO STORY AREA, THE LOADING AREA, THIS IS THE LOADING AND UNLOADING AREA THAT YOU'LL SEE WHERE OUR TENANTS ACCESS DIRECTLY INTO THE GROUND FLOOR AND THEN ALSO INTO THE ELEVATORS UP TO THE SECOND FLOOR STORAGE UNITS. I'D LIKE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS SLIDE HERE WITH ME. THIS IS A SIDE OF THE FACILITY THERE IN PLANO AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S RESIDENTIAL WOOD, RESIDENTIAL FINISHED FENCES. THIS IS DIFFERENT IN THAT THERE IS AN ALLEY BETWEEN US. BUT YOU CAN SEE THE ENVIRONMENT. YOU CAN SEE THE SOLID BRICK WALL, NO OPENINGS. YOU CAN'T SEE IT, REALLY, BECAUSE IT KIND OF DISAPPEARS INTO THE DISTANCE AND THE TREES [02:05:01] OBSCURE IT. BUT IT'S WELL PLANTED WITH WITH TREES, PRIMARILY TREES RATHER THAN SHRUBS, BECAUSE EVENTUALLY THE SIZE OF THE CANOPY CREATES A BETTER SCREEN FOR THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE LOOKING OVER THE TOP OF THE FENCE. I MEAN, SHRUBS PLACED ON THE OTHER SIDE REALLY DON'T HELP THEM AS MUCH AS SEEING TREE CANOPY. SO THIS IS THE EXACT SAME KIND OF ENVIRONMENT THAT WE HAVE DESIGNED FOR THAT 40 FOOT BUFFER BETWEEN THE RESIDENTS BACK FENCE AND OUR PROPOSED BUILDINGS, AND WE USE THE BACK OF THE BUILDINGS AS THE SCREENING WALL. THIS IS THE INTERIOR OF CLIMATE CONTROLLED SPACE, SO THE EXISTING ZONING PD 85-49. I THINK THIS IS IN YOUR STAFF REPORT. SO I'M NOT GOING TO SLOW DOWN HERE, BUT IT'S IN TITLE FOR OFFICE SHOWROOM TECHNICAL USES A LOT OF INDUSTRIAL USES AND THEN THERE'S A LIST OF RETAIL USES THAT ARE ALSO APPROVED IN THAT PD. PROPOSED USE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY RESIDENTS. 80 PERCENT OF OUR TENANTS COME FROM A THREE MILE RADIUS, SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE DRAWING FROM A GREAT DISTANCE. WE'RE GOING TO SERVE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. AND STORAGE PRODUCES VERY LOW TRAFFIC, APPROXIMATELY 60 CARS A DAY AND HIGH QUALITY ARCHITECTURE. HERE'S A QUESTION THAT COMES UP DOES GARLAND NEED ANOTHER STORAGE FACILITY? I THINK A COUPLE OF THE OBJECTION LETTERS THAT THE STAFF RECEIVED, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY SAID. WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER STORAGE BUILDING. I WAS JUST GOING TO SHOW YOU THIS MAP. WE TAKE A LOT OF CARE IN CHOOSING MARKETS BECAUSE ITS STORAGE IS A VERY SUPPLY SENSITIVE REAL ESTATE ASSET. SO WE HAVE CAREFULLY AND METICULOUSLY ACCOUNTED FOR EACH OF THE OTHER STORAGE FACILITIES AND HELP OF STORAGE FACILITIES THAT ARE IN THE PLANNING STAGES WITHIN A THREE MILE RADIUS. SO WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THOSE ARE. WE'VE ADDED THEM UP AND WE KNOW WHAT THE SUPPLY IS. WE KNOW WHAT THE DEMAND IS AND I DON'T HAVE MY READING GLASSES ON, SO I CAN'T EVEN SEE THAT. BUT I THINK WHAT THE SLIDE INDICATES IS THAT EVEN WITH OUR PROPOSED FACILITY BUILT AND COMPLETED THAT THIS THREE MILE RADIUS STILL APPEARS TO BE ABOUT 300,000 SQUARE FOOT UNDERSERVED, SO WE DON'T TAKE CHANCES ON THAT SORT OF THING. THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT MARKET FOR US AND SO WE'LL HOPEFULLY GET APPROVAL FOR IT. TAX BENEFITS WE'VE GOT APPROXIMATELY 10 MILLION DOLLARS THAT WILL BE INVESTED IN THIS FACILITY. A VALUE THAT WILL BE TAXED AT GARLAND RATES IS ABOUT TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS IN ANNUAL PROPERTY TAXES. AND AS YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THAT STAYS IN THE COMMUNITY IN THE FORM OF SCHOOL TAXES AND SOME CITY TAXES AS WELL. DEVELOPERS, I THINK IN FACT, I THINK SEVERAL OF YOU WHEN WE HAD OUR CAMPBELL ROAD FACILITY ENTITLED A FEW YEARS AGO, YOU GUYS ARE HERE, I RECOGNIZE THE FACES. I ALWAYS CLOSE WITH THIS BECAUSE I'VE SEEN A LOT OF DEVELOPERS, YOU KNOW, HAD BEAUTIFUL PICTURES AND SOMETIMES THEY DON'T DELIVER THE PRODUCT AS PRETTY AS THE PICTURE, IF YOU WILL. AND SO HERE'S A FEW SLIDES. THIS IS A FACILITY MANY YEARS AGO PROPOSED IN FRISCO ON STONEBRIAR THERE BY STONEBRIAR COUNTRY CLUB. THAT'S THE PICTURE OF THE FACILITY THAT WE DELIVERED. HERE'S A RENDERING OF A FACILITY THAT WE BUILT IN A MASTERPLAN COMMUNITY OF CRAIG RANCH IN MCKINNEY. AND HERE'S THE FACILITY THAT WE DELIVERED. HERE'S A QUIRKY SORT OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FACILITY THAT WE WORKED WITH THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION IN LAKE HIGHLANDS TO KIND OF BLEND WITH, THIS IS WHAT THEIR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION WANTED. WE FOLLOWED THEIR ARCHITECTS DESIGN AND THIS IS THE FACILITY THAT WE DELIVERED THERE. AND LASTLY, THIS IS A FACILITY THAT THERE'S A RENDERING OF FACILITY THAT WE BUILT HERE IN GARLAND ON CAMPBELL ROAD. AND THERE'S THE FACILITY THAT WE DELIVERED. AND SO WITH THAT, I WOULD SAY THANK YOU AND BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? COMMISSIONER ROSE. WILL YOU PUT THE SITE PLAN BACK ON THE SCREEN THAT SHOWS THE RELIGIOUS FACILITY ACROSS THE STREET IN WAGON WHEEL AND SO FORTH. I'M JUST SCROLLING BACK. THAT'S GOOD, THAT WILL WORK. WELL. THAT'LL WORK, THAT'LL WORK. OK. THE ONLY WAY YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET IN TO YOUR FACILITY IF YOU'RE GOING NORTH IS DO A U-TURN AT WAGON WHEEL AND THEN COME BACK. HAVE YOU CONSIDERED PUTTING A LEFT TURN ON NORTH GARLAND ROAD SO YOU CAN TURN IN SOMEWHERE THE SOUTHERN END OF IT? NO, SIR. AND THE REASON IS JUST THE PROXIMITY OF OUR DRIVE, IN FACT, TO WAGON WHEEL [02:10:02] CROSSING, IF YOU'LL SEE THERE'S ALREADY A LEFT HAND TURN LANE THERE FOR WAGON WHEEL ROAD. SO THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ROOM YOU HAVE THE STACKING REQUIREMENTS FOR A LEFT HAND TURN LANE AND THEN THE WIDTH OF THE MEDIAN BRAKE OPENING. THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH ROOM. I WILL SAY THIS STORE, NOW GRANTED, IF YOU ARE IN A MOVING TRUCK AND YOU'RE GOING WESTBOUND ON NORTH GARLAND ROAD, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO DOWN TO SOMEWHERE AND MAKE A U-TURN AND COME BACK, WHETHER THAT'S AT WAGON WHEEL CROSSING OR NOT. GOING NORTH. ISN'T THAT GOING NORTH? NORTH GARLAND ROAD THERE GOES MORE OR LESS EAST AND WEST? WELL, KIND OF NORTH NORTHWEST. WHATEVER. YEAH. ANYWAY. YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO TURN INTO YOUR FACILITY UNLESS YOU DO A U-TURN ON WAGON WHEEL OR SOME OTHER STREET. BUT. YES, YES, THAT'S TRUE FOR OUR BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PURPOSES THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM BECAUSE NUMBER ONE, WE HAVE SUCH LOW TRAFFIC AND FEW TRIPS PER DAY, IT'S GENERALLY NOT A PROBLEM. AND SO WE DIDN'T CONSIDER THIS TO BE A LIMITATION THAT WOULD LIMIT US FROM BEING ABLE TO DEVELOP THERE. IF WE HAD MOVED OUR MAIN ENTRANCE DRIVE DOWN TO THE POINT WHERE THERE WOULD BE ENOUGH ROOM TO HAVE A LEFT HAND TURN LANE THEN THERE WOULD BE NO DISTANCE WHERE WE COULDN'T HAVE A SECOND DRIVE AND THAT WOULD PUT US BACK OUT ONTO WAGON WHEEL ROAD, WHICH WE. I ACTUALLY HAD, I MET WITH COUNCILMAN HEDRICK WHEN I HAD A DIFFERENT PLAN AND TOOK SOME OF HIS INPUT. AND ONE OF HIS SUGGESTIONS, AMONG OTHER THINGS, WAS THAT WE NOT PUT ANY TRAFFIC OUT OR MY FIRST PLAN SHOWED GOING OUT ON WAGON WHEEL ROAD. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE DID THAT. ALL RIGHTY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE CONCERN. IT WAS ADDRESSED BY STAFF'S ANSWER, BUT THE LIGHTING ON THAT BACK WALL, WILL THERE BE ANY LIGHTING ON THE UPPER PORTION OF THE WALL? THEY HAD MENTIONED THAT THE LIGHTING IN THE BACK IS GOING TO BE LIKE AT A FOUR FOOT LEVEL, SHINING DOWN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YES. BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THE PEOPLE LOOKING AT THE BACK OF THEIR YARD TO A BIG LIT UP WALL. YOU KNOW, IF IT'S DARK, IT JUST KIND OF GOES AWAY. YEAH, I AGREE. AND WE KNOW THAT THAT'S CONCERNING, ESPECIALLY FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE RIGHT THERE ADJACENT TO IT. AND SO WE PUT THESE LOW LIGHTS DOWN AT ABOUT FOUR FOOT LEVEL AND THEY SHINE DOWN ANYWAY. AND SO WHAT YOU GET IS REALLY JUST A SMALL POOL OF LIGHT. WE SUBMITTED A PHOTOMETRIC PLAN AND IT SHOWS ZERO LUMENS ON THE PROPERTY LINE. SO I DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE DARK BACK THERE, NOT BECAUSE WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IT BEING, YOU KNOW, A SECURITY PROBLEM AS MUCH AS JUST WHEN THE RESIDENTS DRIVE DOWN WAGON WHEEL IN THE EVENING AND LOOK DOWN THERE, I DIDN'T WANT IT TO JUST BE THIS 40 FOOT WIDE BLACK HOLE. AND SO WE PUT THOSE THERE ALMOST LIKE WALKWAY PATH LIGHTS, IF YOU WILL. RIGHT. THERE ON THE BACK OF THE BUILDING. OK. ALL RIGHT. AND SPEAKING TO SECURITY, THE REPORT DID SAY YOU'VE GOT SECURITY CAMERAS THROUGHOUT. YES. AND I THINK ACCORDING TO CODE, IN FACT, WE DON'T NORMALLY CAMERA EVERY SINGLE SQUARE FOOT OF THE COMMON SPACE, BUT I THINK THE CODE HERE REQUIRES IT. SO YES SIR THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'LL DO. IF SOMETHING WERE TO COME UP WERE YOU HAVE KIDS BECAUSE THERE'S A JUNIOR HIGH NEARBY THERE. KIDS STARTED LOITERING BEHIND THERE BETWEEN THE HOUSES AND THE BUILDING WOULD YOU SET UP CAMERAS THERE TO MONITOR THAT AND KEEP IT UNDER CONTROL? YOU KNOW, WE THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND A GOOD SUGGESTION AS WELL. WE TYPICALLY DON'T CAMERA THE PERIMETERS OUTSIDE. WE CAMERA, YOU KNOW, THE INSIDE DRIVEWAY. SO IF SOMEONE LIKE COMES OVER A FENCE OR COMES INTO RIGHT THE FACILITY. RIGHT. NOT THAT I EVER WOULD HAVE DONE THAT AS A KID. [LAUGHTER] YEAH, BUT THAT'S A PERFECT PLACE TO HIDE. AND THE CAMERAS HAD TO BE SUCH THAT MAINTAINS A PRIVACY OF THE RESIDENCE, BUT INCREASES SECURITY. AND MAYBE THAT'S JUST A PROVISION IN CASE SOMETHING STARTS TO HAPPEN THERE, THAT YOU COULD DO THAT. WE'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT. ALL RIGHT. I DO WANT TO SAY TOO, THAT 40 FOOT BUFFER PART OF THAT WAS TO MY FIRST PLAN WAS 30 FOOT AND I INCREASED IT TO 40. AGAIN, I WAS TRYING TO BE SENSITIVE TO THE RESIDENTIAL BECAUSE THIS THING, QUITE FRANKLY, UNLESS THE RESIDENTS ARE RELATIVELY OK WITH IT. I MEAN, YOU GUYS WOULD HAVE A HARD TIME APPROVING IT IF IT WAS A TERRIBLE SITUATION. SO THAT'S WHY WE PUSHED THAT AWAY. ALSO IS BECAUSE THE TOPOGRAPHY FOR US TO LOWER THAT, THAT WAGON WHEEL SIDE WE HAVE TO GET FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM THAT RESIDENTIAL FENCE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN CREATE A TRANSITION DOWN TO IT. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. I THINK THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE. WE'LL SEE IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY INPUT. LET'S SEE, DO I HAVE ANY? I HAVE NO SPEAKERS REGISTERED ANYBODY HERE IN THE AUDIENCE, WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OK, COMMISSIONER'S MOTION DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER ROSE. I MOVE WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE APPLICANTS REQUEST, BOTH I AND J. [02:15:04] ALL RIGHT. SECOND. OK, WHERE DID I HEARD A SECOND. [LAUGHTER] FROM COMMISSIONER DALTON? A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ROSE? I SAW A HAND, BUT HE SPOKE UP IN A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DALTON TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION AS PRESENTED BOTH ITEMS THE AMENDMENT TO THE PD AND THE DETAIL PLAN. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHTY. WE HAVE ONE MORE ITEM ON OUR AGENDA. [Item 4A. Consideration and possible recommendation on I-30/Greenbelt Parkway Area Plan] IT'S A MISCELLANEOUS ITEM. IT'S A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION ON THE I-30 GREENBELT PARKWAY AREA PLAN. DURING OUR WORK SESSION, THE COMMISSION WAS BRIEFED ON THIS AND HADN'T PLANNED ON HAVING STAFF BRIEF US AGAIN. IF THERE IS ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE, ESPECIALLY THE VIEWING AUDIENCE, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU GO TO THE POSTED AGENDA FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING AND DOWNLOAD THE FULL AGENDA ABOUT THE LAST 80 PAGES IS THIS DOCUMENT AND IT'S WELL WORTH A READ. I WILL ASK IF ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE HAS ANY QUESTIONS ON IT, OR IF ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT ABOUT IT? AND BECAUSE WE NEED TO EITHER VOTE TO OR NOT TO PASS IT ON TO CITY COUNCIL. COMMISSIONER JENKINS. TO REITERATE THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE EARLIER THIS EVENING, AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE CITY LEADERSHIP, TO COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, TO THE CONSULTANTS, TO THE STAKEHOLDERS AND THE COMMUNITY FOR THEIR INPUT. THE PLAN ITSELF IS OUTSTANDING AND IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE THE CHAIRMAN MENTIONED 80 PAGES. IT'S MORE LIKE 120. IT'S VOLUMINOUS. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DO SO. I ONCE MORE AGAIN, I ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO CONSIDER AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT INCLUDES WI-FI, SUCH THAT THERE CAN BE A FANTASTIC MERGER BETWEEN THE RESIDENTIAL AREA AND THE COMMUNITY RETAIL AND THE EXISTING STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE THERE NOW. AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR HARD WORK. AND THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN FOR THE TIME. YOU'RE WELCOME. SECOND. I TAKE IT THAT WAS A MOTION TO APPROVE AT THE SAME TIME. YES, IT WAS. [LAUGHTER] A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER JENKINS TO PASS THIS ALONG TO COUNCIL WITH OUR APPROVAL AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THAT WAS LAST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. AND SO UNTIL OUR MEETING OF MARCH 16TH, WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.