[Plan Commission Pre Meeting]
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I'LL JUST SAY WELCOME TO THE AUGUST 14TH MEETING OF THE GARLAND PLAN COMMISSION. THIS IS OUR WORK SESSION PORTION OF OUR MEETING. WE'RE STAFF BRIEFS US ON THE CASES AND WE INTERACT A LITTLE BIT, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A BREAK UNTIL SEVEN O'CLOCK IN WHICH THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF OUR MEETING STARTS. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, LIKE TO GO OVER THE CONSENT AGENDA. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT. NOPE. OKAY THE NEXT ITEM IS THE 22 50, THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO CONSTRUCT 51 MULTI FAMILY DWELLING UNITS IN A TOWNHOUSE DELL CONFIGURATION. HERE'S THE CASE INFORMATION. THE ACREAGE IS APPROXIMATELY 2.15 ACRES AND THE EXISTING ZONING IS MULTI FAMILY ONE AND DOWNTOWN DISTRICT. AND HERE'S THE CITY. WHY LOCATION MAP? THE RED STAR SHOWS THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. JUST THE LOCATION MAP AND THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES OUTLINED IN THE TEAL BLUE COLOR. AS YOU CAN SEE, MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTY IS ZONED FOR MULTIFAMILY ONE AND THIS TOP TO THE NORTH IS ZONED DOWNTOWN DISTRICT AND SURROUNDING PROPERTIES TO THE EAST AND SOUTH ARE MAINLY ZONE.
MULTI FAMILY. THERE ARE SOME SINGLE FAMILY HOMES DIRECTLY TO THE EAST. TO THE NORTH, UM ACROSS WEST AVENUE DO THERE'S A GAS STATION AND THEN TO THE WEST OVER HERE, UM PDF 09-35 AND PDF 02-44. THERE IS A FUNERAL HOME. AND TO THE SOUTH ACROSS WEST AVENUE F THIS IS CURRENTLY VACANT. FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE ENVISIONED GARLAND PLANT DESIGNATES THIS PROPERTY AS TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL HOUSING AND THE DOWNTOWN AREA. IN ADDITION, MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONE FOR MULTI FAMILY USE AND ITS ADJACENT TO SEVERAL OTHER MULTI FAMILIES OWNED PROPERTIES. HERE ARE THE PHOTOS . THE LEFT PHOTO IS NORTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. THAT'S WHERE THE GAS STATION IS. AND TO THE RIGHT IS VIEW OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. AND TO THE LEFT, IS SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
AND TO THE EAST IS, UH SORRY TO THE LEFT IS RIGHT AS WEST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. AND HERE IS THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN, WHICH SHOWS A TOTAL OF SIX BUILDINGS, INCLUDING THE CLUBHOUSE OVER HERE AND A TOTAL OF 51 UNITS. AND THE APPLICANT PROPOSES THE BASE OWNING TO BE MULTI FAMILY ZERO. THERE ARE SOME DEVIATIONS THAT ARE REQUESTED WITH THAT. AND THE ACCESS WILL BE THERE'S ONE ACCESS FROM SOUTH SIXTH STREET. AND THEN THERE'S ONE ACCESS FROM WEST AVENUE F UM AND THE PIPELINE DOES COMPLY WITH THE PARKING REQUIREMENT. BUT THERE ARE SOME DEVIATIONS ON THE GARAGE SPACES THAT ARE REQUIRED WITH MULTI FAMILY ZERO. UM AND SITE PLAN DOES SHOW THE CLUBHOUSE, THE SWIMMING POOL AND THE LEISURE AREA WHICH ARE REQUIRED AMENITIES. BUT THERE ARE SOME DEVIATIONS THAT ARE REQUESTED FOR THE SIZE OF THOSE AMENITIES, WHICH I'LL GO OVER IN JUST A MOMENT. HERE IS THE PROPOSED LANDSCAPE PLAN. AND THE MULTI FAMILY DISTRICT REQUIRES 40% OF THE SITE TO BE LANDSCAPED, AND THIS LANDSCAPE PLAN SHOWS 28% TO BE LANDSCAPE AND ALONG WEST AVENUE, D. A 15 FT WIDE LANDSCAPE BUFFER IS REQUIRED, AND THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A VARIABLE WITH LANDSCAPE BUFFER. UM AND THE MINIMUM DEPTH WOULD BE 3 FT. UM AND IN ADDITION TO LARGE CANOPY TREES ARE REQUIRED WITHIN THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER AND THE LANDSCAPE PLAN SHOWS TWO SORRY. ONE LARGE CANOPY TREE AND 13 LOW LEVEL OF SCREENING SHRIMPS, WHICH ARE MORE VISIBLE HERE. AND THEN ALONG SOUTH SIXTH STREET, A 10 FT WIDE LANDSCAPE OFFERS REQUIRED, AND THE LANDSCAPE PLAN DOES SHOW THAT 10 FT WIDE BUFFER BUT ALSO, SEVEN LARGE CANOPY TREES ARE REQUIRED. AND THERE'S UM PROPOSED IS FOR HIGH LEVEL SCREENING SHRUBS YOU TO THE OVERHEAD UTILITY LINE. YOU ARE THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS. THIS IS FOR BUILDING ONE. AND SINCE THIS IS THE PROPOSED BASED ZONING IS MULTIFAMILY ZERO. THE GDC FOLLOWS THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING
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DESIGN STANDARDS, BUT IN THIS CASE, THE APPLICANT IS ACTUALLY PROVED PROPOSING THE MULTIFAMILY ONE AND MULTI FAMILY TO BUILDING DESIGN STANDARDS FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS IN THE ARTICULATION. FOR BUILDING TWO AND THREE. BUILDING FOUR. HOLDING FIVE. AND THIS IS THE CLUBHOUSE AND THE DUMPSTER. HERE ARE SOME THREE D RENDERINGS THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED. THE DEVIATIONS, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS A NUMBER OF DEVIATIONS THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED, WHICH IS FAIRLY COMMON FOR A SITE THAT IS SMALL, UM, AND A REGULAR SHAPE SIZE. UM AND SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT, AND THE FIRST DEVIATION IS BUILDING SETBACK. THE GDC REQUIRES A MINIMUM BUILDING SETBACK OF 20 FT WHEN ADJACENT TO THE STREET. AND WHEN BUILDINGS ARE NOT ADJACENT TO THE STREET, A 12 FT SETBACK IS REQUIRED. THE CLUBHOUSE, WHICH IS BUILDING SIX IS 10 FT. FROM THE PROPERTY LINE ALLOWANCE ALONG SOUTH SIXTH STREET SWIMMING POOL IS 10 FT, AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY LINE ALONG WEST AVENUE, D. THE CLUBHOUSE IS 10 FT FROM THE PROPERTY LINE ADJACENT TO THE RAILROAD. IN ADDITION, THE DUMPSTER IS WITHIN THE BUILDING STEP BACK ALONG SOUTH SIXTH STREET AND PER THE APPLICANTS. NARRATIVE THIS DEVIATION IS KEY IN MAXIMIZING THE SIZE AND AMENITY LEVEL OF THE POOL AND CLUBHOUSE. PARTICULARLY PROVIDING SUFFICIENT SPACE FOR AN ON SITE MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL. THE SECOND DEVIATION IS FOR AMENITIES AND ONE SWIMMING POOL HAVING A MINIMUM OF 800 SQUARE FEET OF SURFACE WATER MUST BE PROVIDED FOR EACH MULTI FAMILY DEVELOPMENT. AND ONE LEISURE AREA HAVING A MINIMUM OF 1000 SQUARE FEET CONTAINING AT LEAST TWO PIECES OF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT OR OTHER OUTDOOR AMENITIES. AND THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING THE SWIMMING POOL WITH 756 SQUARE FEET OF SURFACE WATER. AND THE APPLICANT IS ALSO PROPOSING A 372 SQUARE FOOT LEISURE AREA, WHICH WILL CONSIST OF THE OUTDOOR SEATING TABLES AND BARBECUE GRILL AREA. AND THE SUBJECT. PROPERTY IS A CHALLENGING SIDE TO DEVELOP. IT IS A NARROW LOT AND INCORPORATING ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE HAS LEFT MINIMAL SPACE FOR AMENITIES. HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT HAS PRIORITIZED AMENITIES WHILE REQUESTING SOME DEVIATIONS. NEXT ONE IS A EFFICIENCY UNIT AND THE G D. C ALLOWS A MAXIMUM OF 10% AND IN THIS CASE, FIVE UNITS AND THE APPLICANT PROPOSES 21.5. JUST 11 UNITS AND THE PURPOSE OF THESE EFFICIENCY UNITS TO PROVIDE AN IN DEMAND LIVING OPTION AT A DIFFERENT PRICE POINT, WHILE STILL PROVIDING ACCESS TO GRADUATE ENTITY. AND THE NEXT DEVIATION IS DENSITY. UM THE GDC REQUIRES A MAXIMUM OF 12 DWELLING UNITS BREAKER FOR THE MULTI FAMILY ZERO DISTRICT. AND 18 FOR MULTI FAMILY ONE AND, UM, THE APPLICANT PROPOSES 23.4 DWELLING UNITS BREAKER. AND THIS DEVIATION WILL ALLOW FOR A DEVELOPMENT DENSITY, WHICH MAKES THE PROJECT ECONOMICALLY VIABLE , WHILE ALSO MAKING THE DEVELOPMENT COHESIVE WITH THE DENSITY OF THE SURROUNDING DOWNTOWN ENVIRONMENT. AND THE NEXT ONE IS GARAGE PARKING. THE MULTI FAMILY ZERO DISTRICT REQUIRES AN ATTACHED GARAGE PER UNIT. AND THE SITE PLAN SHOWS 22 SPACES FOR A TOTAL OF 51 DWELLING UNITS. AND THAT IS, UM THE APPLICANT REQUESTED DEEP THE DEVIATION FROM MULTI FAMILY ZERO ZONING DISTRICT TO ALLOW THE MULTIFAMILY UNITS TO BE STACKED IN THIS MANNER WITHOUT A DEDICATED GARAGE. PROVIDED FOR EACH UNIT. AND EACH GARAGE WILL BE ASSIGNED TO AN INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUAL UNIT. AND GARAGE USE WILL BE ENFORCED BY ON SITE MANAGEMENT. NEXT DEVIATION IS SCREENING AND LANDSCAPING. AND 40% OF THE SITE HAS TO BE LANDSCAPED THE LANDSCAPE OF FOR ALONG WEST AVENUE D REQUIRES TWO LARGE CANOPY TREES. WITHIN 15 FT WIDE LANDSCAPE BUFFER. AND THE LANDSCAPE. BUFFER ALONG SOUTH SIXTH STREET REQUIRES SEVEN LARGE CANOPY TREES. AND THE APPLICANT PROPOSES 27.6% TO BE LANDSCAPE. AND THE LANDSCAPE PLAN SHOWS 13 LOW LEVEL SCREENING SHRUBS AND ONE LARGE CANOPY TREE WITHIN A VARIABLE WITH LANDSCAPE BUFFER, AND THAT'S A LONG AVENUE D. AND, UM THE MINIMUM DEPTH IS 3 FT. AND ALONG SOUTH SIXTH STREET, UM FOR LARGE CAN FOR HIGH LEVEL SCREENING SHIPS ARE PROPOSED.THE APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT A GOOD FAITH EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE TO MEET THIS REQUIREMENT, WHILE
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ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT THE SITE IS TIGHT AND UNIQUE AND SHAPE AND THEREBY LIMITING. IN ADDITION, THE APPLICANT INCORPORATED THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES, WHICH CAUSED THE OPEN SPACE TO REDUCE. THE LAST DEVIATION IS THE BUILDING DESIGN. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING THE BASE OWNING TO BE MULTI FAMILY ZERO DISTRICT, WHICH FOLLOWS THE RESIDENTIAL, UM, BUILDING DESIGN STANDARDS AND THE BUILDING ELEVATION COMPLIES WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS AND THEIR ARTICULATION . PER THE MULTI FAMILY ONE AND MULTI FAMILY TO DISTRICT. AND THE APPLICANT BELIEVES THE MULTI FAMILY DESIGN STANDARDS ARE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THE PROJECT BASED ON THE ADJACENCY OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA, AND THE STACKED UNIT STACK LAYOUT OF INDIVIDUAL LIVING UNITS WITHIN THE PROJECT. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL OF THE CHANGE IN ZONING FROM MULTI FAMILY, ONE DISTRICT AND DOWNTOWN DISTRICT TO A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR MULTI FAMILY ZERO USE AND APPROVAL OF A DETAILED PLAN FOR MULTI FAMILY DEVELOPMENT. AND WE MAILED OUT.99 LETTERS RECEIVED TO WITHIN A NOTIFICATION AREA AGAINST THE REQUEST. I MEAN, ONLY RECEIVED TWO RESPONSES. BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER JENKINS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. WHOA! EXCUSE ME. UM I HELP ME UNDERSTAND, PLEASE. WHY THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING, UM A LESS THAN ZONING. REQUIREMENT OR AREA. BUT FULFILLING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR MORE DEBTS. ZONING. AREAS. WHY THE DISCREPANCY? GOOD QUESTION. UH APPLICANT WENT BACK AND FORTH WITH STAFF TO DETERMINE THE PROPOSED BASED ZONING AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THEY REQUESTED THE MULTI FAMILY ZERO DISTRICT WAS TO ALLOW THE MINIMUM BUILDING DISTANCE, WHICH IS IN THE M F. 0 10. FT IS ALLOWED AND MULTI FAMILY. ONE DISTRICT IS 20 FT, SO THEY WANTED TO MINIMIZE THE DEVIATION. BUT EITHER WAY, WHETHER THEY CHOSE THE MULTI FAMILY ZERO OR MULTI FAMILY ONE, THERE WOULD STILL BE A NUMBER OF DEVIATIONS. AND UM, THE MULTI FAMILY ZERO. IT'S THIS IS MORE OF A TOWNHOUSE STYLE CONFIGURATION, AND THE APPLICANT THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE, UM, A MORE APPROPRIATE BASED ZONING. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. YEAH I HAD THE SAME QUESTION AND WE DISCUSSED THAT EARLIER. IT'S KIND OF A HODGEPODGE OF ALL THE DIFFERENT MULTI FAMILIES OWNING AND MILDLY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS, AND I'M SURE THE APPLICANT DEVELOPMENT IS A LOT NUMBERS BASED IN SEEMS LIKE YOU KNOW. REQUIREMENT APPARENTLY FOR 51 UNITS, IS PUSHING OUT THE OPEN SPACE. MOST OF THE DEVIATIONS EASY TO LIVE WITH, BUT THE OPEN SPACE AND SOME OF THE ENCROACHMENTS LIKE THE DUMPSTER AND EVERYTHING. UM THIS STUFF ALONG AVENUE DE HAVING TO PULL THEIR THAT'S KIND OF A LANDSCAPE AMENITY AREAS, SO I HAVE NO ISSUES WITH THAT ONE. BUT THE OVERALL COVERAGE IS JUST A LITTLE MUCH AND MAYBE EVEN TAKING TWO UNITS OFF SCOOTING THINGS AROUND MIGHT HELP. I DON'T KNOW, BUT WE'LL LET THE APPLICANT ADDRESS THAT COMMISSIONER JENKINS ONE MORE QUESTION REGARDING THE PARKING.
UM IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY WOULD BE INSUFFICIENT PARKINSON PARKING FOR THE DENSITY THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING. UM AND I MAYBE JUST A MIS MISUNDERSTANDING KIND OF WHAT THE PROPOSAL IS. SO 21. YOU KNOW? COUPLE OF GARAGES FOR 55 TOTAL UNITS, NOT INCLUDING OUTDOOR PARKING, PRESUMING EVERYONE HAS AT LEAST ONE CAR OR ONLY ONE CAR. IS THAT IS THAT CORRECT? THEY ARE MEETING THE MULTI FAMILY PARKING RATIO. UM WHICH, UM, WITH ME. IT'S PART OF WHAT CAME OUT OF GOING MULTI FAMILIES OWNING THAT EXTRA REQUIREMENT FOR GARAGES CAME IN M F ONE THAT WOULDN'T BE THERE JUST RATIO. UH BEDROOMS. I THINK TWO PARKING OVER CALCULATED THAT WOULD BE ON TOP OF THE PARKING NOBODY ON TOP OF THE PARKING REQUIREMENT THAT THEY WOULD NORMALLY HAVE, SO THEY STILL HAVE TO HAVE REQUIRED REQUIRED NUMBER OF SPACES. WELL, THE GARAGES ARE INCLUDED IN ACCOUNTING IN APARTMENT, OKAY. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. SORRY. ALREADY. I THINK THAT'S IT SO UNTIL IN FOUR MORE MINUTES, WE'LL COME BACK TO LIFE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION THEN THANK YOU. OUR CITY CLEAN AND GREEN. WELL GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME
[Call to Order]
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BACK TO THE AUGUST 14TH MEETING OF THE GARLAND PLAN. COMMISSION COMMISSIONERS START OUR MEETING WITH THE PRAYER AND PLEDGE YOU'RE INVITED TO JOIN US, WHETHER YOU JOIN US OR NOT. NO WAY FIXED. THE DECISIONS OF THIS COMMISSION OR YOUR RIGHTS IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSION NEVER HAS NEVER WILL. TONIGHT'S PRAYER AND PLEDGE WILL BE LED BY COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. IF YOU CARE TO JOIN US, MY WE PRAY THANK YOU, DEAR LORD, FOR THIS WONDERFUL DAY THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US THANK YOU FOR THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE BLESSED US WITH. HELP US MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS FOR CITY AND COMMUNITY. WE PRAY FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR DEPARTMENT E. M. T S AND ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED FOR OUR COUNTRY. MAKE THEM SAFE BY NIGHT AND DAY. FORGIVE US OF OUR SINS, THE LORD FORGIVE US FOR THE THINGS THAT WE'VE SAID AND DONE WRONG. BE WITH US AND ALL THAT WE DO AND HELP US BE SAFE. IN YOUR HOLY PRECIOUS NAME. WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. LEGISLATION'S FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH YOU'RE SAYING ONE NATION.OH, GOD, VISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. YEAH. WELL, LIKE I SAID, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO OUR MEETING. UH, WHEN YOU COME UP TO SPEAK PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS IN THE MICROPHONE. WE NEED THAT FOR THE RECORDS. APPLICANTS WILL BE GIVEN 15 MINUTES TO PRESENT THEIR CASE. OTHER SPEAKERS. WE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES FOR SPEAKING FOR A GROUP LIKE A HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION. LET US KNOW AND WE DEFINITELY WILL ALLOW YOU SOME MORE TIME. AND UH OH, AND I ESPECIALLY LIKE TO THANK COMMISSIONER JENKINS. SO FOR TAKING OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS ONE PLANNED ONE NOT SO PLANNED. YOU DID A GREAT JOB, SIR. AND I MAY GO ON THAT SIX MONTH WORLD CRUISE. I DO APPRECIATE IT. IT'S NICE KNOWING ABLE PEOPLE ARE HERE TO TAKE
[CONSENT AGENDA]
OVER. IT REALLY IS ALRIGHTY. WE WILL START WITH OUR CONSENT AGENDA CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS THAT THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE REVIEWED AND WILL BE VOTING ON AND ONE VOTE TO APPROVE. READ OUT THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS IF ANY COMMISSIONER WANTS AN ITEM REMOVED HER INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION OR SOMEBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WANTS AN ITEM REMOVED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.LET ME KNOW, AND WE WILL SEPARATE THAT OUT IN A SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND VOTE. ALRIGHTY CONSENT AGENDA ITEM ONE. A. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE PLAN COMMISSION MINUTES FOR THE JULY 24TH 2023 MEETING ITEM TO A PLATE 23-25 LIONS HERNANDEZ EDITION FINAL PLAN AN ITEM TO BE CONSIDERATION THE APPLICATION OF ASK QUIZ ENGINEERING LLC REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A SIDEWALK TO DEVELOPMENT VARIANTS. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED 64. 01 LIONS ROAD THAT IS ALL THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. LET LET ME MAKE SURE ANYBODY WANT AN ITEM REMOVED. I DIDN'T THINK SO. GO AHEAD, SIR. APPROVE AS PRESENTED A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER JENKINS AND COMMISSIONER PAIRS CLICKED IN, SO SHE GETS THE SECOND. OKAY LET'S DO A MANUAL VOTE. CITY COUNCIL'S NEXT DOOR. NATO NEED TO BE SEEN OUR VOTES ALL IN FAVOR. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[Items 3A & 3B]
ALREADY NEXT ITEM IS A ZONING CASE, AND IT'S A TWO PARTER. CONSIDERATION OF THE APPLICATION OF BLOOMING INVESTMENT GROUP LLC REQUESTING APPROVAL. OF A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM MULTI FAMILY MF ONE DISTRICT AND DOWNTOWN DISTRICT TO A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR MULTI FAMILY ZERO USE PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 600, WEST AVENUE, D. AND ITEM THREE B CONSIDERATION OF THE APPLICATION OF BLOOMING INVESTMENT GROUP LLC , REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A DETAILED PLAN FOR MULTI FAMILY DEVELOPMENT AT THE SAME LOCATION IS THE APPLICANT HERE. I HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS A PERVERT PATEL AND I'M FROM MINNESOTA, MINNESOTA. MINNEAPOLIS TO BE EXACT, BUT THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN. YES. ARE YOU FROM THERE? CLOSE ENOUGH STREET ADDRESS ON THAT. YEAH, WE NEED A STREET AGE. 18 300 MINNETONKA BOULEVARD SUITE NUMBER 202. WAS THAT A MINNESOTA SO BEFORE YOU AND OUR PARTNER BEHIND ME AS WELL, UM SO WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS 51 UNIT. WE SRTED THIS ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. IN THE COURSE OF THE TWO YEARS WE HAD SOME GOING BACK AND FORTH IN REGARDS TO OUR UNIT . COUNT. WE REDUCE THE UNIT COUNT ON OUR LAST GO, UM, ALONG WITH STAFF AND AS WELL AS PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UM, AND THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. WE HAD[00:20:04]
ISSUES IN REGARDS TO PARKING. WE HAD TALKED TO CONSULT. EXTENSIVELY ABOUT PARKING IN WHETHER OR NOT TANDEM PARKING OR NOT TANDEM PARKING AND ONE OF THE REASONS I JUST WANT TO KINDA ANSWER SOME OF THE CONCERNS ON THE FRONT END. ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE GOT TO THE UNIT COUNTS THAT WE DID IS WE HAD 58 UNITS, BUT IN ORDER TO KIND OF SIZE IT DOWN IN ORDER TO FACILITATE EVERYTHING IN THE SITE, AND IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT SITE BECAUSE OF THE WIDTH OF IT.AND THE ACTUAL THE MOVEMENT AROUND IT, AND WE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE A MULTI FAMILY HIGH RISE LEVEL COMING INTO THE PLACE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S EMBEDDED INTO THE COMMUNITY PRETTY WELL, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NEXT TO RAILROAD. I THINK THE NEIGHBORS WOULD HAVE BEEN AFFECTED. SO WHAT WE DID IS WE DID A TRANSITIONAL HYBRID MODEL, WHICH IS KIND OF A LOW UM, APARTMENT STYLE OR A TOWN HOME STYLE WITH TUCK AND GARAGES INSTEAD OF ONE CENTRAL AREA OR A GARAGE BANK.
AS YOU WOULD NOTICE IT IN THE PAST, SO THIS KIND OF COINCIDES WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WHAT THE DEMOGRAPHIC I THINK THAT IS NEEDED FOR THE DOWNTOWN CORE AND ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS AND THE REASONS WHY WE'RE UNFORTUNATELY YOU'LL BE SEEING ME HOPEFULLY MORE OFTEN BECAUSE WE'RE INVESTING MORE MONEY INTO THE DOWNTOWN COURT, RIGHT AND RIGHT BACK THERE. SO, UM WE EXPECT TO BE HERE. BUT ONE OF THE INTERESTING THING IS THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO LIVE IN DOWNTOWN BUT THEN HAVE ACCESSIBILITY ON THE GROUND LEVEL AS WELL BECAUSE WE HAVE AN OLDER POPULATION THAT REALLY REQUIRES US TO HAVE VEHICLES AND AS WELL AS LIVING UNITS ON THE FIRST FLOOR TO MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE. AND I'M NOT JUST SAYING SPECIFICALLY, UM OLDER CLIENTS, BUT ALSO WE HAVE SOME YOU KNOW, ACCESSIBLE CLIENTS AS WELL. SO I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. THAT'S WHY WE CHOSE THE HYBRID MODEL PLUS THE OTHER REASON WHY, BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY FITS INTO THE COMMUNITY. THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR REASONS WHY THE TWO STORIES VERSUS THREE WE COULD HAVE DONE TOWN HOME STYLES AND GONE TO THREE STORIES, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD HAVE KIND OF MIXED IT UP A LITTLE BIT AND AFFECTED THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS AND THEN IF YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS, AND I'LL BRIEFLY GO THROUGH IT, BECAUSE I THINK YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD, UM, FROM NUBIA IN PLANNING, SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH IT. QUICKLY.
UH UM. OOPS. OKAY. SO, YOU GUYS . IT'S A IT'S A DIFFICULT TYPE. UM, IT'S REALLY NARROW, SO IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR THE TRAFFIC FLOW AND AS WELL AS THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS IF WE'RE TO UTILIZE , UH, THE ACCESS POINTS, WE WOULDN'T GET MUCH THERE AND THEN THE NUMBERS WOULDN'T PENCIL OUT . IT'S NOT A CONCERN, BUT IT IS A CONCERN WHEN WE LOOK AT THE VIABILITY OF THE PROJECT, SO WHAT WE DECIDED INITIALLY WAS 58 UNITS. WE CONDENSED IT DOWN IN ORDER TO MEET SOME OF THE CRITERIAS WITHIN THE ZONING AND AS WELL AS REQUIREMENTS. YES. DO WE HAVE DEVIATIONS? YES, WE DO HAVE DEVIATIONS. I THINK WE'VE TALKED THROUGH THE DEVIATIONS AND STAFF AND, UH, CITY MEMBERS , I THINK FEEL COMFORTABLE AS YOU HEARD NUBIA EARLIER, UM SO I THINK WE'VE SOLVED MOST OF THEM.
UM AND AS WELL AS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND EVERYTHING ELSE. ONCE AGAIN. WE'RE TRYING TO UTILIZE THE BEST POSSIBLE ARCHITECTURE WE CAN AND MAKE IT MOST COMFORTABLE AND KIND OF UTILIZE. UM THE TWO DEMOGRAPHICS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE MILLENNIALS AND AS WELL AS A SENIOR POPULATION. NOW THEY'RE THE ONES WHO HAVE CAPACITY. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE OVERALL GOAL THAT YOU GUYS HAVE IN DOWNTOWN AND THAT IS TO MAKE THE DOWNTOWN VIABLE. WE ALSO NEED EXPENDABLE CASH, AND THOSE TWO PARTICULAR DEMOGRAPHICS SEEMED TO KIND OF FIT THAT MOLD. UM AND WE'VE DONE THAT IN OTHER PARTS OF THE STATES. OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW, I'M FROM MINNESOTA. SO WE CONSISTENTLY DO THAT UP IN MINNESOTA AS WELL, BUT THEY'RE THE ONES WHO HAVE EXPENDABLE CASH, UM FOR THE COFFEES AND WALKING DOWNTOWN AND USING BICYCLES VERSUS YOU KNOW, IN BIG TRUCKS, AND SO UM. THE APARTMENT DESIGNS ARE OR IN THE UNIT. LOFTS DESIGNS ARE PRETTY SIMPLE, BUT THEY'RE COMPLEX AND THEY'RE ALSO EACH ONE OF THEM WILL HAVE WASHERS AND DRYERS. YOU'RE NOT DOING BANKS OF WASHINGTON DRYER OR UNITS SEPARATE, UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE ON SITE MANAGEMENT IN ORDER FOR US BECAUSE WE HAD ALSO HAD A CONVERSATION DURING A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING. ABOUT. UH ACTUALLY MONITORING THAT, SO WE'RE NOT BLEEDING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH OUR PARKING OR IF WE HAVE COMPLAINTS, WE KIND OF ISOLATE THAT SECURITY WAS YET ANOTHER CONCERN AS WELL AND AS WELL AS JUST BEING. NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDLY AND SO WHAT WE DID IS WE TRIED OUR BEST IN ORDER TO FACILITATE ALL THAT. SO UM, AS YOU CAN SEE. AH THE UNITS AND THEIR CONFIGURATIONS AND THEN
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THE LOBBY SPACE NEEDS TO BE INVITING, AND IT NEEDS TO KIND OF BRING THE COMMUNITY BACK TOGETHER AGAIN. WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS AS 51 UNITS, BUT THEN IT ALL HAS TO WORK TOGETHER. UM WHAT I'D LIKE TO SAY IS, YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE A BIG FAMILY OF THAT NATURE, EVERYBODY HAS TO FIT OTHERWISE. IF I'M ARGUMENTATIVE, AND THEN IT'S GOING TO RUIN THE WHOLE STEW. SO WE KIND OF THIS COMMUNAL SPACES KIND OF BECOMING IMPORTANT AND VAST MAJORITY OF THE PROJECTS AND IF WE HAVE IT OUR WAY AS WE SIT AND GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS THAT WILL BE A HUGE, INTEGRAL PART OF US WHEN WE COME IN FRONT OF YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN, SO, UM, WITH THAT THE EXTERIOR. WE WENT WITH THE MOTIF, UH, THAT HAS GOT A FLAT ROOF WITH WOOD AND BRICK CITING AND STUCCO HARDY PANELS, UM, IN ORDER TO INTEGRATE, BUT THEN ALSO CREATE THAT MODERN FEEL THAT A MILLENNIAL WOULD WANT TO BE AND TO CREATE THAT ACTIVITY AND THE AURA SO THE ARCHITECTURE IS BASED OFF OF THAT. CLUBHOUSE ONCE AGAIN, THE SAME THING GIVES YOU AMPLE AMOUNT A ROOM IT GIVES YOU. YOU KNOW THE SPACE THAT CEILING ALL THAT. UM IS IT I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THE SITE? UM IS IT TIGHT ANSWERS? ABSOLUTELY. DID WE HAVE TO GIVE ON LANDSCAPE ANSWER IS ABSOLUTELY IN ORDER TO MEET THE PARKING RATIOS AND, UM WE HAVE JUST ADDRESS ONE CONCERN THAT YOU HAD EARLIER. UM IN THAT IS THAT WE DO HAVE PARKING, BUT THEN ON TOP OF THE PARKING AND ACCOUNT WE ALSO HAVE PARKING BEHIND THE GARAGE IS THAT WE HAVE NOT INCLUDED IN THERE AS WELL. THEY'RE CONSTRUED ID THROUGH STAFF. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IS THAT, UM, TANDEMS, BUT THEY'RE NOT TANDEMS. BUT YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PART EXTRA PARKING . SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO BLEED INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THAT IS ONE PROMISE THAT WE HAD MADE TO THE CHURCH AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. THAT IS WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU. ALREADY. ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER JENKINS. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. I HEARD YOU MENTION THAT YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETING. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. APPROXIMATELY HOW LONG AGO? WAS THAT COMMUNITY MEETING? UM I WOULD SAY. PROBABLY LESS THAN 12 MONTHS AGO, RIGHT? YEAH. SO WITH, UH. DEBORAH WE SAT DOWN WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND AT THE CHURCH RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, AND WE HAD THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING. I WANT TO SAY THAT THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY ABOUT A YEAR AGO, THE SAME PLANS THAT YOU HAD FOR THE COMMUNITY MEETING. YEAH IT'S JUST SMALLER BECAUSE WE HAD 58 UNITS AT THAT TIME. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLAINED A LOT ANSWERED A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS. ORIGINALLY COMMISSIONER ROSE, HE'S ONE OR TWO BEDROOM APARTMENTS OR HOW MANY ARE ONE. AND HOW MANY OR TWO NOW YOU'RE TAXING MY BRAIN. SO THERE ARE STUDIOS AND ONE BEDROOMS AND THEN I BELIEVE WE DON'T HAVE AFTER THEIR LAST TRANSITION. WE DO. YEAH WE HAD TO CUT BECAUSE WE HAD TO REDUCE THE ACCOUNT. WHAT? WE DID EXACTLY WHAT YOU HAD SAID, UH, MR ROBERTS IS THAT WE HAD REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF UNITS THAT WE HAD TOWN HOMES. WE ACTUALLY HAD TOWN HOMES, BUT WE HAD TO REDUCE THOSE DOWN IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE UNIT COUNT. AND STUDIO. OKAY I THINK THERE'S 21 1 BEDROOM STUDIOS, RIGHT? 21. 11 STUDIO ELEVENS.ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. SORRY THAT I . SOME KIND OF A FEW. TOO MANY PROJECTS IN THE HEAD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. WELL AGAIN. I'LL SAY THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH STAFFS ALONG. SOMETIMES YOU DON'T ALWAYS GET THE BACK STORY, AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU ALL AND THEY'RE WONDERFUL. BY THE WAY THERE ARE AND THEY SHOULD BE COMMENDED. DON'T TELL THEM I THINK THEY'RE GREAT. OKAY YEAH, BUT YOU KNOW, THE DEVIATION SEEM REASONABLE AND EVERYTHING HAM LOW CONCERNED ABOUT THE COVERAGE AND WOULD HAVE BEEN A WHOLE LOT BETTER. BUT THOSE TO NEW HOMES WERE BUILT WITHIN THE PAST 16 YEARS, SO YOU WOULD HAVE HAD MORE SPACE TO WORK WITH. AND I'M GLAD FOR THE UPDATED ELEVATIONS OF AN ARCHITECT BY TRADE. I'M GOING AND THE OTHER ONES THAT DIDN'T SHOW ANY. ALL THOSE TALL WINDOWS LOOK LIKE THEY'RE CASEMENTS OR SOMETHING. I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT BEDROOMS AND IN TERMS OF EFFICIENCIES. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TAKE A LITTLE MORE OF IN THIS CITY THAT IT'S A MORE AFFORDABLE PRICE RANGE AND FOR THE YOUNG PROFESSIONAL, EXACTLY, AND YOU KNOW, WHEN WE UP IN MINNESOTA, WE CALL WE HAVE THESE EFFICIENCY , BUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY YOU KNOW IT BECOMES AND I DON'T WANT TO USE THE WORD BECAUSE THERE'S SO
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MANY CONNOTATIONS TO IT, BUT THE EFFICIENCIES ALLOW A PRICE POINT TO COME IN AT A CERTAIN PERIOD, CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT WHEN IT DOES NOT BECOME AFFORDABLE FOR OTHER PLACES. SO I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT MORE OF THOSE, AND I THINK WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION WILL EARLIER AND THAT IS THAT YOU KNOW, THE EFFICIENCIES ARE STARTING TO SHRINK DOWN UNIVERSALLY, AND IT MAY NOT. IT'S HAPPENING IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS, BUT IT MAY EVENTUALLY GET HERE. BUT THE EFFICIENCIES ARE GETTING DESIGNED. AND SINCE YOU'RE AN ARCHITECT NOW THEY'RE GETTING DESIGNED SO WELL THAT IT BECOMES VERY EFFICIENT. YOU KNOW, THAT'S HOW IKEA MADE THEIR LIVING IS EXACTLY 386 SQUARE FIELD. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU. I HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS IN THIS ITEM. IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THIS CASE? COME ON DOWN AND NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. GO AHEAD AND PREPARE ANYTHING, BUT THAT'S OKAY. MY NAME IS BLAKE GIFFORD AND I LIVE ON 6 13 AGE FIELD. YOU'RE IN GARLAND. UM I WAS JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC. AS UH, THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA. UM SO JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THE MORNING TRAFFIC AND THE AFTERNOON TRAFFIC UM. THERE'S LIKE YOU SAID. IT'S A TIGHT SPOT. AND SO IT'S YES, IT'S GONNA BE INTERESTING WITH THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING IN THAT AREA. FOR THE SIZE OF THE ROAD. BOTH ON AVENUE IS IT F AND SIX UM. IT WOULD BE NICE IF THERE WAS CURBS ON THE STREETS. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. UM OR IF IT'S GOING TO BE, UH, SOLID CONCRETE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S MAINLY, UH, ASPHALT. OKAY SO LET ME ASK STAFF A QUESTION. YOU KNOW IF ENGINEERING IS REQUIRING ANY IMPROVEMENTS LONG. WELL THERE WON'T BE ANY LONG AVENUE ETHICS THAT MAYBE AT THEIR LITTLE ENTRY THERE BUT OR SIX IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I KNOW THERE SEE SOME CURBING IMPROVEMENTS AT THE DRIVEWAYS WHERE THEY ACTUALLY ARE MAKING ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. BEYOND THAT, I MAY HAVE TO DEFER BACK TO MR PATEL AND ABOUT THEIR CONVERSATIONS WITH ENGINEERING ANYTHING BEYOND THAT ON SIXTH STREET. I KNOW THERE WAS SOME THERE WERE SOME KIND OF THERE'S UTILITY PROJECT AND SOME IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AT THE CITY IS MAKING ACTUALLY ON SIXTH STREET THAT UNDER THEY SPOKEN WITH ENGINEERING AND TRANSPORTATION ABOUT SO, UM, IF THAT'S OKAY, MR CHAIRMAN AND ME BEYOND IMPROVEMENTS THEY'RE MAKING ON THE SUBJECT. PROPERTY ITSELF POINT BACK TO MR BUT YOU KNOW THAT IF THE CITY WANTS SOMETHING IMPROVED, THEY'LL GET YOU TO IMPROVING, OKAY? YEAH BUT , YEAH, THEY ARE PUTTING SOME SIDEWALKS IN THERE AND NOTICE, BUT THEY WON'T CONTINUE ONTO ANYWHERE SO UM, IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC, ONE NICE THING ABOUT THIS LAYOUT IS IT HAS TWO EXITS ON TWO DIFFERENT STREETS AND THAT THAT WILL HELP SOME, NOT EVERYTHING IS GOING TO GO OUT TO AVENUE D AND SO HOPEFULLY THAT SHOULD HELP AND IN TODAY'S SOCIETY, NOT EVERYBODY'S LEAVING AT SIX. 30 IN THE MORNING OR SEVEN O'CLOCK, SO IT IS A VERY NARROW STREET ON YEAH, AND SIX SO ANYWAY. THANK YOU. YEAH, THANK YOU. SORRY. SHOULD I JUST ANSWER QUICKLY CLICK IT. UH WELL , LET ME ASK IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE. FIRST WE SHOULD ADDRESS AND I'LL LET YOU COME UP AND ADDRESS EVERYTHING AFTERWARDS. COME ON UP, SIR. AND NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. I AM CHARLES DOUGLAS. MY ADDRESSES TO 29 CATS. WICK LANE MESQUITE. HOWEVER I AM A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CHURCH ACROSS THE STREET, ST LUKE A. M E CHURCH AND I WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH WAS IT BLOOMING INVESTMENTS. AFTER THE AFTER THE MEETING. WE HAVE A PLOT OF LAND. THAT IS ADJACENT TO WHERE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING. AND WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT, UH, USAGE SO YOU CAN DO THAT AT ANY TIME. OKAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT'S ALL I HAD. THANK YOU. UH, WAS THERE ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. COME ON. COME BACK UP, SIR. THANK YOU. HI UH, IN REGARDS TO THE GUTTERS AND THE STREET IMPROVEMENT THERE IS RIGHT NOW AS IT STANDS, AND I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S DEVIATED FROM IT. BUT THERE'S A C I P PROJECT THAT'S GOING STRAIGHT DOWN SIXTH AVENUE AND I THINK AT THAT POINT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ADDRESSING THE GUTTERS. EVERYTHING THAT'S IN HOUSE WITHIN OUR PARTICULAR SITE HAS GOT CURBS AND GUTTERS. SO THEN THAT WOULD THAT'S WHY IT'S SHOWN HERE. SO IT'S ACTUALLY ATTACHES WHEN IT'S READY. UM IN REGARD TO TRAFFIC WHEN WE WERE AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD[00:35:05]
MEETING, UH, THAT WAS A CONCERN , AND THAT'S PREDOMINANTLY ON F RIGHT AT THE RAILROAD TRACKS WERE KIND OF BACKS UP WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS GOING AT 33 PM AND THEN I DO UNDERSTAND HIS COMMENTS AS WELL AS A THOROUGHFARE. WE'VE GOT 51 UNITS AND WE EXPECT TO SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE GOING ON AVENUE D SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE THAT. GOING STRAIGHT UP THE LANE AND THEN TAKING A LEFT AND THEN RIGHT RIGHT ONTO AVENUE D. I DON'T EXPECT A LOT OF PEOPLE TO GO OFF ON FOURTH, BUT WE DID ALLOW THE TWO WAYS TO EXIT UM BUT I HAVE A FEELING THAT AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT AND BROADER WHERE THE RAILROAD CROSSING. IS THAT SIXTH, UM WITH THE KIDS, THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY ANYBODY ELSE? NO AUDIENCE.COMMISSIONERS. MOTION DISCUSSION. MR. COMMISSIONER JENKINS. CLOSED PUBLIC HEARING APPROVED AS PRESENTED SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER JENKINS SECOND BY A COMMISSIONER DALTON TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE ITEMS THREE A AND THREE B. THE CHANGE IN ZONING TO PD AND THE DETAILED PLAN. ANY DISCUSSION. WE'LL DO A MANUAL VOTE AGAIN ALL IN FAVOR. AND PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. THAT WAS THE LAST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA. SO UNTIL OUR MEETING OF AUGUST 28TH WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. WELL GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME BACK TO THE AUGUST 14TH MEETING OF THE GARLAND PLAN COMMISSION. WE COMMISSIONERS START OUR MEETING WITH THE PRAYER AND PLEDGE YOU'RE INVITED TO JOIN US, WHETHER YOU JOIN US OR NOT. NO WAY AFFECTS THE DECISIONS OF THIS COMMISSION OR YOUR RIGHTS IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSION NEVER HAS NEVER WILL.
TONIGHT'S PRAYER AND PLEDGE WILL BE LED BY COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. IF YOU CARE TO JOIN US, MAY WE PRAY? THANK YOU, DEAR LORD, FOR THIS WONDERFUL DAY THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US THANK YOU FOR THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE BLESSED US WITH. HELP US MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS FOR CITY AND COMMUNITY. WE PRAY FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR DEPARTMENT E. M. T S AND ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED FOR OUR COUNTRY. MAKE THEM SAFE BY NIGHT AND DAY. FORGIVE US OF OUR SINS, THE LORD FORGIVE US FOR THE THINGS THAT WE'VE SAID AND DONE WRONG. BE WITH US AND ALL THAT WE DO AND HELP US BE SAFE. IN YOUR HOLY PRECIOUS NAME. WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. LEGISLATION TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. INTO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ONE NATION OH, GOD. INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. LIKE I SAID, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO OUR MEETING. UH, WHEN YOU COME UP TO SPEAK PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS IN THE MICROPHONE. WE NEED THAT FOR THE RECORDS. APPLICANTS WILL BE GIVEN 15 MINUTES TO PRESENT THEIR CASE. OTHER SPEAKERS. WE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES FOR SPEAKING FOR A GROUP LIKE A HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION. LET US KNOW AND WE DEFINITELY WILL ALLOW YOU SOME MORE TIME. AND UH OH, AND I ESPECIALLY LIKE TO THANK COMMISSIONER JENKINS. SO FOR TAKING OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS ONE PLANNED ONE NOT SO PLANNED. YOU DID A GREAT JOB, SIR. AND MAY GO ON THAT SIX MONTH WORLD CRUISE. I DO APPRECIATE IT. IT'S NICE KNOWING ABLE PEOPLE ARE HERE TO TAKE OVER. IT REALLY IS ALRIGHTY. WE WILL START WITH OUR CONSENT AGENDA CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS THAT THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE REVIEWED AND WILL BE VOTING ON AND ONE VOTE TO APPROVE OUR READ OUT THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS IF ANY COMMISSIONER WANTS AN ITEM REMOVED HER INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION OR SOMEBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WANTS AN ITEM REMOVED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
LET ME KNOW, AND WE WILL SEPARATE THAT OUT IN A SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND VOTE. ALRIGHTY CONSIDERED AGENDA ITEM ONE. A. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE PLAN COMMISSION MINUTES FOR THE JULY 24TH 2023 MEETING. ITEM TWO A PLAT 23-25 LIONS HERNANDEZ EDITION FINAL PLAN AN ITEM TO BE CONSIDERATION OF THE APPLICATION OF ASK QUIZ ENGINEERING LLC, REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A SIDEWALK TO DEVELOPMENT VARIANTS. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED 6401 LIONS ROAD THAT IS ALL THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. LET LET ME MAKE SURE ANYBODY WANT AN ITEM REMOVED. I DIDN'T THINK SO. GO AHEAD, SIR. APPROVE AS PRESENTED. A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER JENKINS AND COMMISSIONER PAIRS CLICKED IN, SO SHE GETS THE SECOND. OKAY LET'S DO A MANUAL VOTE. CITY
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COUNCIL'S NEXT DOOR. NATO NEED TO BE SEEING HER BOATS ALL IN FAVOR. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.ALRIGHTY NEXT ITEM IS A ZONING CASE, AND IT'S A TWO PARTER. CONSIDERATION OF THE APPLICATION OF BLOOMING INVESTMENT GROUP LLC REQUESTING APPROVAL. OF A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM MULTI FAMILY MF ONE DISTRICT AND DOWNTOWN DISTRICT TO A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR MULTI FAMILY ZERO USE PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 600, WEST AVENUE, D. AND ITEM THREE B CONSIDERATION OF THE APPLICATION OF BLOOMING INVESTMENT GROUP LLC , REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A DETAILED PLAN FOR MULTI FAMILY DEVELOPMENT AT THE SAME LOCATION IS THE APPLICANT HERE, CARE TO. HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS A PERVERT PATEL AND I'M FROM MINNESOTA CO . MINNESOTA MINNEAPOLIS TO BE EXACT, BUT THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN. YES. ARE YOU FROM THERE? BOTH ENOUGH STREET ADDRESS ON THAT, SO, YEAH, WE NEED A STREET AT 18 300 MINNETONKA BOULEVARD SUITE NUMBER 202 WAS THAT OF MINNESOTA. SO BEFORE YOU AND OUR PARTNER BEHIND ME AS WELL, UM SO WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS 51 UNIT. WE STARTED THIS ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. IN THE COURSE OF THE TWO YEARS WE HAD SOME GOING BACK AND FORTH IN REGARDS TO OUR UNIT COUNT. WE REDUCE THE UNIT COUNTS ON OUR LAST GO, UM, ALONG WITH STAFF AND AS WELL AS PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UM, IN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. WE HAD ISSUES IN REGARDS TO PARKING. WE HAD TALKED TO CONSULT.
EXTENSIVELY ABOUT PARKING IN WHETHER OR NOT TANDEM PARKING OR NOT TANDEM PARKING AND ONE OF THE REASONS I JUST WANT TO KINDA ANSWER SOME OF THE CONCERNS ON THE FRONT END. ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE GOT TO THE UNIT COUNTS THAT WE DID IS WE HAD 58 UNITS, BUT IN ORDER TO KIND OF SIZE IT DOWN IN ORDER TO FACILITATE EVERYTHING IN THE SITE, AND IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT SITE BECAUSE OF THE WIDTH OF IT. AND THE ACTUAL THE MOVEMENT AROUND IT, AND WE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE A MULTI FAMILY HIGH RISE LEVEL COMING INTO THE PLACE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S EMBEDDED INTO THE COMMUNITY PRETTY WELL, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NEXT TO RAILROAD. I THINK THE NEIGHBORS WOULD HAVE BEEN AFFECTED. SO WHAT WE DID IS WE DID A TRANSITIONAL HYBRID MODEL, WHICH IS KIND OF A LOW UM, APARTMENT STYLE OR A TOWN HOME STYLE WITH TUCK AND GARAGES INSTEAD OF ONE CENTRAL AREA OR A GARAGE BANK. AS YOU WOULD NOTICE IT IN THE PAST, SO THIS KIND OF COINCIDES WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WHAT THE DEMOGRAPHIC I THINK THAT IS NEEDED FOR THE DOWNTOWN CORE AND ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS AND THE REASONS WHY WE'RE UNFORTUNATELY YOU'LL BE SEEING ME HOPEFULLY MORE OFTEN BECAUSE WE'RE INVESTING MORE MONEY INTO THE DOWNTOWN COURT, RIGHT AND RIGHT BACK THERE. SO, UM WE EXPECT TO BE HERE. BUT ONE OF THE INTERESTING THING IS THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO LIVE IN DOWNTOWN BUT THEN HAVE ACCESSIBILITY ON THE GROUND LEVEL AS WELL BECAUSE WE HAVE AN OLDER POPULATION THAT REALLY REQUIRES US TO HAVE VEHICLES AND AS WELL AS LIVING UNITS ON THE FIRST FLOOR TO MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE. AND I'M NOT JUST SAYING SPECIFICALLY, UM OLDER CLIENTS, BUT ALSO WE HAVE SOME YOU KNOW, ACCESSIBLE CLIENTS AS WELL. SO I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. THAT'S WHY WE CHOSE THE HYBRID MODEL PLUS THE OTHER REASON WHY, BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY FITS INTO THE COMMUNITY. THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR REASONS WHY THE TWO STORIES VERSUS THREE WE COULD HAVE DONE TOWN HOME STYLES AND GONE TO THREE STORIES, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD HAVE KIND OF MIXED IT UP A LITTLE BIT AND AFFECTED THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS AND THEN IF YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS, AND I'LL BRIEFLY GO THROUGH IT, BECAUSE I THINK YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD, UM, FROM NUBIA IN PLANNING, SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH IT. QUICKLY. UM OOPS. OKAY. SO YOU GUYS IT'S A IT'S A DIFFICULT SITE. UM, IT'S REALLY NARROW, SO IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR THE TRAFFIC FLOW AND AS WELL AS THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS IF WE'RE TO UTILIZE , UH, THE ACCESS POINTS, WE WOULDN'T GET MUCH THERE AND THEN THE NUMBERS WOULDN'T PENCIL OUT . IT'S NOT A CONCERN, BUT IT IS A CONCERN WHEN WE LOOK AT THE VIABILITY OF THE PROJECT, SO WHAT WE DECIDED INITIALLY WAS 58 UNITS. WE CONDENSED IT DOWN IN ORDER TO MEET SOME OF THE CRITERIAS WITHIN THE ZONING AND AS WELL AS REQUIREMENTS. YES. DO WE HAVE DEVIATIONS? YES, WE DO HAVE DEVIATIONS. I THINK WE'VE TALKED THROUGH THE DEVIATIONS AND A STAFF AND, UH, CITY MEMBERS, I THINK FEEL COMFORTABLE AS YOU HEARD NUBIA EARLIER, UM SO I THINK WE'VE SOLVED MOST OF THEM. UM AND AS WELL AS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND
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EVERYTHING ELSE. ONCE AGAIN. WE'RE TRYING TO UTILIZE THE BEST POSSIBLE ARCHITECTURE WE CAN AND MAKE IT MOST COMFORTABLE IN KIND OF UTILIZE. UM THE TWO DEMOGRAPHICS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE MILLENNIALS AND AS WELL AS A SENIOR POPULATION. NOW THEY'RE THE ONES WHO HAVE CAPACITY. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE OVERALL GOAL THAT YOU GUYS HAVE IN DOWNTOWN AND THAT IS TO MAKE THE DOWNTOWN VIABLE. WE ALSO NEED EXPENDABLE CASH, AND THOSE TWO PARTICULAR DEMOGRAPHICS SEEMED TO KIND OF FIT THAT MOLD. UM AND WE'VE DONE THAT IN OTHER PARTS OF, UM THE STATES. OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW, I'M FROM MINNESOTA. SO WE CONSISTENTLY DO THAT UP IN MINNESOTA AS WELL, BUT THEY'RE THE ONES WHO HAVE EXPENDABLE CASH, UM FOR THE COFFEES AND WALKING DOWNTOWN AND USING BICYCLES VERSUS YOU KNOW, IN BIG TRUCKS, AND SO UM. THE APARTMENT DESIGNS ARE IN THE UNIT. LOST DESIGNS ARE PRETTY SIMPLE, BUT THEY'RE COMPLEX AND THEY'RE ALSO EACH ONE OF THEM WILL HAVE WASHERS AND DRYERS. YOU'RE NOT DOING BANKS OF WASHING AND DRYER OR UNITS SEPARATE. UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE ON SITE MANAGEMENT IN ORDER FOR US BECAUSE WE HAD ALSO HAD A CONVERSATION DURING A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING. ABOUT UH, ACTUALLY MONITORING THAT, SO WE'RE NOT BLEEDING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH OUR PARKING OR IF WE HAVE COMPLAINTS, WE KIND OF ISOLATE THAT SECURITY WAS YET ANOTHER CONCERN AS WELL AND AS WELL AS JUST BEING. NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDLY AND SO WHAT WE DID IS WE TRIED OUR BEST IN ORDER TO FACILITATE ALL THAT. SO UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, UH THE UNITS AND THEIR CONFIGURATIONS AND THEN THE LOBBY. SPACE NEEDS TO BE INVITING, AND IT NEEDS TO KIND OF BRING THE COMMUNITY BACK TOGETHER AGAIN. WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS AS 51 UNITS, BUT THEN IT ALL HAS TO WORK TOGETHER. UM WHAT I'D LIKE TO SAY IS, YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE A BIG FAMILY OF THAT NATURE, EVERYBODY HAS TO FIT OTHERWISE. IF I'M ARGUMENTATIVE, AND THEN IT'S GOING TO RUIN THE WHOLE STEW. SO WE KIND OF THIS COMMUNAL SPACES KIND OF BECOMING IMPORTANT AND VAST MAJORITY OF THE PROJECTS AND IF WE HAVE IT OUR WAY AS WE SIT AND GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS THAT WILL BE A HUGE, INTEGRAL PART OF US WHEN WE COME IN FRONT OF YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN, SO, UM, WITH THAT THE EXTERIOR. WE WENT WITH THE LATIF. AH THAT IS GOT A FLAT ROOF WITH WOOD AND BRICK CITING AND STUCCO HARDY PANELS, UM, IN ORDER TO INTEGRATE BUT THEN ALSO CREATE THAT MODERN FEEL THAT A MILLENNIAL WOULD WANT TO BE AND TO CREATE THAT ACTIVITY AND THE AURA SO THE ARCHITECTURE IS BASED OFF OF THAT. CLUBHOUSE ONCE AGAIN, THE SAME THING GIVES YOU AMPLE AMOUNT A ROOM IT GIVES YOU. YOU KNOW THE SPACE THAT CEILING ALL THAT. UM IS IT I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THE SITE? UM IS IT TIGHT ANSWERS? ABSOLUTELY. DID WE HAVE TO GIVE ON LANDSCAPE ANSWER IS ABSOLUTELY IN ORDER TO MEET THE PARKING RATIOS AND, UM WE HAVE JUST ADDRESS ONE CONCERN THAT YOU HAD EARLIER. UM ISN'T THAT IS THAT WE DO HAVE PARKING, BUT THEN ON TOP OF THE PARKING AND ACCOUNT, WE ALSO HAVE PARKING BEHIND THE GARAGE IS THAT WE HAVE NOT INCLUDED IN THERE AS WELL. THEY'RE CONSTRUED ID THROUGH STAFF. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IS THAT, UM, TANDEMS, BUT THEY'RE NOT TANDEMS. BUT YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PART EXTRA PARKING . SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO BLEED INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THAT IS ONE PROMISE THAT WE HAD MADE TO THE CHURCH AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. THAT IS WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU.ALREADY. ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER JENKINS. YOU SIR.
HAVE ONE QUESTION. I HEARD YOU MENTION THAT YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETING. IS THAT CORRECT? YES APPROXIMATELY. HOW LONG AGO? WAS THAT COMMITTEE MEETING? UM I WOULD SAY. PROBABLY LESS THAN 12 MONTHS AGO, RIGHT? YEAH. SO WITH . DEBORAH WE SAT DOWN WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND AT THE CHURCH RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, AND WE HAD THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING. I WANT TO SAY THAT THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY ABOUT A YEAR AGO, THE SAME PLANS THAT YOU HAD FOR THE GREENING MEETING. YEAH IT'S JUST SMALLER BECAUSE WE HAD 58 UNITS AT THAT TIME. THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLAINED A LOT ANSWERED A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS. ORIGINALLY COMMISSIONER ROSE THESE ONE OR TWO BEDROOM APARTMENTS OR HOW MANY ARE ONE. HOW MANY OR TWO? NOW YOU'RE TAXING MY BRAIN. SO THERE ARE STUDIOS AND ONE BEDROOMS AND THEN I BELIEVE WE
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DON'T HAVE AFTER THEIR LAST TRANSITION. WE DO. YEAH, WE HAD TO CUT BECAUSE WE HAD TO REDUCE THE ACCOUNT. WHAT? WE DID EXACTLY WHAT YOU HAD SAID, UH, MR ROBERTS IS THAT WE HAD REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF UNITS THAT WE HAD TOWN HOMES. WE ACTUALLY HAD TOWN HOMES, BUT WE HAD TO REDUCE THOSE DOWN IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE UNIT COUNT. YOU HAVE ONE. STUDIO OKAY, I THINK THERE'S 21 1 BEDROOM STUDIOS, RIGHT? 21% 21. A WOMAN STUDIO 11TH. THANK YOU. SORRY THAT I SOME KIND OF A FEW. TOO MANY PROJECTS IN THE HEAD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. WELL AGAIN. I'LL SAY THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH STAFFS ALONG. SOMETIMES YOU DON'T ALWAYS GET THE BACK STORY, AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU ALL AND THEY'RE WONDERFUL. BY THE WAY THERE ARE AND THEY SHOULD BE COMMENDED. DON'T TELL THEM I THINK THEY'RE GREAT. OKAY YEAH, BUT YOU KNOW, THE DEVIATION SEEM REASONABLE AND EVERYTHING, HAM LOW CONCERNED ABOUT THE COVERAGE AND WOULD HAVE BEEN A WHOLE LOT BETTER. BUT THOSE TO NEW HOMES WERE BUILT WITHIN THE PAST 16 YEARS. SO YOU WOULD HAVE HAD MORE SPACE TO WORK WITH AND I'M GLAD FOR THE UPDATED ELEVATIONS OF AN ARCHITECT BY TRADE, AND I'M GOING AND THE OTHER ONES THAT DIDN'T SHOW ANY. ALL THOSE TALL WINDOWS LOOK LIKE THEY'RE CASEMENTS OR SOMETHING. I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT BEDROOMS AND IN TERMS OF EFFICIENCIES. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TAKE A LITTLE MORE OF IN THIS CITY THAT IT'S A MORE AFFORDABLE PRICE RANGE AND FOR THE YOUNG PROFESSIONAL, EXACTLY, AND YOU KNOW, WHEN WE UP IN MINNESOTA, WE CALL WE HAVE THESE EFFICIENCY , BUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY YOU KNOW IT BECOMES AND I DON'T WANT TO USE THE WORD BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY CONNOTATIONS TO IT. BUT THE EFFICIENCIES ALLOW A PRICE POINT TO COME IN AT A CERTAIN PERIOD, CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT WHEN IT DOES NOT BECOME AFFORDABLE FOR OTHER PLACES, SO I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT MORE OF THOSE , AND I THINK WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION WILL EARLIER AND THAT IS THAT YOU KNOW, THE EFFICIENCIES ARE STARTING TO SHRINK DOWN UNIVERSALLY. AND IT MAY NOT. IT'S HAPPENING IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS, BUT IT MAY EVENTUALLY GET HERE. BUT THE EFFICIENCIES ARE GETTING DESIGNED. AND SINCE YOU'RE AN ARCHITECT NOW THEY'RE GETTING DESIGNED SO WELL THAT IT BECOMES VERY EFFICIENT. YOU KNOW, THAT'S HOW IKEA MADE THEIR LIVING IS EXACTLY 386 SQUARE FEET, SO.THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU. I HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS IN THIS ITEM. IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THIS CASE? COME ON DOWN AND. NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. GOD AND PREPARE ANYTHING, BUT THAT'S OKAY. MY NAME IS BLAKE GIFFORD AND I LIVE ON 6 13 EDGEFIELD. YOU'RE IN GARLAND. UM I WAS JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC. AS UH, THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA. UM SO JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THE MORNING TRAFFIC AND THE AFTERNOON TRAFFIC UM. THERE'S LIKE YOU SAID. IT'S A TIGHT SPOT. AND SO IT'S YES, IT'S GONNA BE INTERESTING WITH THE AMOUNT OF UH, PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING IN THAT AREA. FOR THE SIZE OF THE ROAD. BOTH ON AVENUE IS IT F AND SIX UM. IT WOULD BE NICE IF THERE WAS CURBS ON THE STREETS. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. UM OR IF IT'S GOING TO BE, UH, SOLID CONCRETE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S MAINLY, UH, ASPHALT. OKAY SO LET ME ASK STAFF THE QUESTION. YOU KNOW, IF ENGINEERING IS REQUIRING ANY IMPROVEMENTS LONG. WELL THERE WON'T BE ANY LONG AVENUE ETHICS THAT MAYBE AT THEIR LITTLE ENTRY THERE BUT OR SIX IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I KNOW THERE SEE SOME CURBING IMPROVEMENTS AT THE DRIVEWAYS WHERE THEY ACTUALLY ARE MAKING ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. BEYOND THAT, I MAY HAVE TO DEFER BACK TO MR PATEL AND ABOUT THEIR CONVERSATIONS WITH ENGINEERING ANYTHING BEYOND THAT ON SIXTH STREET. I KNOW THERE WAS SOME THERE WERE SOME KIND OF THERE'S UTILITY PROJECT AND SOME IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AT THE CITY IS MAKING ACTUALLY ON SIXTH STREET THAT I KNOW THEY SPOKEN WITH ENGINEERING AND TRANSPORTATION ABOUT SO, UM, IF THAT'S OKAY, MR CHAIRMAN AND ME BEYOND IMPROVEMENTS THEY'RE MAKING ON THE SUBJECT. PROPERTY ITSELF POINT BACK TO MR THAT IF THE CITY WANTS SOMETHING IMPROVED, THEY'LL GET YOU IMPROVEMENT, OKAY? YEAH BUT, YEAH, THEY ARE PUTTING SOME SIDEWALKS IN THERE AND NOTICE, BUT THEY WON'T CONTINUE ONTO ANYWHERE SO. AND IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC, ONE NICE THING ABOUT THIS. LAYOUT IS IT HAS TWO EXITS ON TWO DIFFERENT STREETS, AND THAT THAT WILL HELP SOME, NOT EVERYTHING IS GOING TO GO OUT TO AVENUE D AND SO HOPEFULLY THAT
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SHOULD HELP AND IN TODAY'S SOCIETY, NOT EVERYBODY'S LEAVING AT SIX. 30 IN THE MORNING OR SEVEN O'CLOCK, SO IT IS A VERY NARROW STREET ON YEAH, AND SIX SO ANYWAY. THANK YOU. YEAH, THANK YOU. SORRY. SHOULD I JUST ANSWER QUICKLY CLICK IT. UH WELL, LET ME ASK IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE. FIRST WE SHOULD ADDRESS AND I'LL LET YOU COME UP AND ADDRESS EVERYTHING AFTERWARDS. COME ON UP, SIR. AND NAME AND ADDRESS. PLEASE I AM CHARLES DOUGLAS. MY ADDRESSES TO 29 CATS. WICK LANE MESQUITE. HOWEVER I AM A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CHURCH ACROSS THE STREET, ST LUKE A M E CHURCH AND I WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH VISIT BLOOMING INVESTMENTS.AFTER THE AFTER THE MEETING. WE HAVE A PLOT OF LAND. THAT IS ADJACENT TO WHERE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING. AND WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT, UH, USAGE SO YOU CAN DO THAT AT ANY TIME. OKAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT'S ALL I HAD. THANK YOU. UH, WAS THERE ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY.
COME ON. COME BACK UP, SIR. THANK YOU. BY UH, IN REGARDS TO THE GUTTERS AND THE STREET IMPROVEMENT. THERE IS RIGHT NOW AS IT STANDS, AND I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S DEVIATED FROM IT.
BUT THERE'S A C I P PROJECT THAT'S GOING STRAIGHT DOWN SIXTH AVENUE AND I THINK AT THAT POINT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ADDRESSING THE GUTTERS. EVERYTHING THAT'S IN HOUSE WITHIN OUR PARTICULAR SITE HAS GOT CURBS AND GUTTERS. SO THEN THAT WOULD THAT'S WHY IT'S SHOWN HERE. SO IT'S ACTUALLY ATTACHES WHEN IT'S READY. UM IN REGARD TO TRAFFIC WHEN WE WERE AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING, UH, THAT WAS A CONCERN , AND THAT'S PREDOMINANTLY ON F RIGHT AT THE RAILROAD TRACKS WERE KIND OF BACKS UP WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS GOING AT 33 PM AND THEN I DO UNDERSTAND HIS COMMENTS AS WELL. THERE'S A THOROUGHFARE. WE'VE GOT 51 UNITS AND WE EXPECT TO SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE GOING ON AVENUE D SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE THAT. GOING STRAIGHT UP THE, UM THE LANE AND THEN TAKING A LEFT AND THEN RIGHT UP RIGHT ONTO AVENUE D. I DON'T EXPECT A LOT OF PEOPLE TO GO OFF ON FOURTH, BUT WE DID ALLOW THE TWO WAYS TO EXIT UM BUT I HAVE A FEELING THAT AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT AND BROADER WHERE THE RAILROAD CROSSING IS THAT SIXTH UM WITH THE KIDS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY ANYBODY ELSE? NO AUDIENCE.
COMMISSIONERS. MOTION DISCUSSION. MR CHAIR.
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