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[Plan Commission Pre Meeting]
TO THE AUGUST 28TH MEETING OF THE GARLAND PLAN COMMISSION.THIS IS OUR WORKING SESSION PORTION OF OUR MEETING WHERE WE GET BRIEFINGS FROM STAFF TO ASK QUESTIONS OF STAFF.
AND AFTER WE'RE DONE WITH THAT PORTION, WE WILL GO INTO RECESS AND COME BACK AT SEVEN O'CLOCK FOR OUR PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF OUR MEETING.
UH, FIRST, UM, FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONSENT AGENDA? I SEE NONE.
OUR FIRST CASE TONIGHT IS, UH, Z 2306.
THE APPLICANT REQUESTS APPROVAL OF A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION FOR A RESTAURANT DRIVE THROUGH, USE A, UH, MOSTLY SNOW CONE WITH FOOD SERVICES ON A PROPERTY ZONED COMMUNITY RETAIL DISTRICT.
THE SITE IS LOCATED AT 5 5 1 4 AND 5 5 1 6 BROADWAY BOULEVARD.
IT IS A 0.289 ACRE SITE ON COMMUNITY RETAIL LAND.
THIS IS WHERE THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY, AND THIS IS WHERE THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE GENERAL AREA.
SO YOU CAN SEE IT IS MOSTLY SURROUNDED BY OTHER, UH, COMMUNITY RETAIL ZONE PROPERTIES, FEATURING THINGS LIKE RETAIL STORES, UH, UH, FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS, UH, MEDICAL OFFICE, UH, TATTOO SHOP, AND OTHER VARIOUS, UH, ALLOWED USES WITHIN THE ZONING.
AND THEN A SINGLE FAMILY, UH, ZONING TO THE EAST.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES HAVE THIS, UH, AREA LABELED FOR COMPACT NEIGHBORHOODS.
COMPACT NEIGHBORHOODS PROVIDE MODERATE, UH, INCREASES IN RESIDENTIAL, UH, DENSITY FOR THE AREA.
IT EXPANDS HOUSING OPTIONS AND INFILL, UH, FOR REDEVELOPMENTS WHILE CONTINUING WALKABLE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS.
UM, THEY PROVIDE TRANSITIONS BETWEEN, UH, RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND HIGHER DENSITY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, THEY ALSO PROVIDE, UH, AND ACCOMMODATE USES SUCH AS CONVENIENCE, RETAIL, GOOD AND SERVICES, UH, OFFICE SPACE AND PUBLIC SERVICES.
THE PROPOSED USE WILL OFFER ADDITIONAL FOOD SERVICE TO THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL AREA.
HERE ARE PHOTOS OF THE SITE LOOKING, UH, NORTH AND SOUTH DOWN BROADWAY BOULEVARD, UM, AND LOOKING SOUTH DOWN BROADWAY BOULEVARD.
YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, PARTIALLY AND, UH, THE EXISTING ICE KIOSK THAT WILL SHARE THE PROPERTY WITH THIS, UH, PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
HERE'S A VIEW OF THE SITE LOOKING EAST AND THEN, UH, LOOKING WEST ACROSS BROADWAY BOULEVARD.
UM, THERE IS ONE DEVIATION REQUIRED, UH, REQUESTED FOR THE PERIMETER SCREENING THAT I WILL SOON GET INTO.
AND HERE'S THE LANDSCAPE PLAN.
UM, THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER DEVIATION REQUESTED THIS TIME FOR THE, UH, LANDSCAPE, UH, BUFFER THAT I WILL GET INTO ON THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES.
AND HERE ARE THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS.
UH, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS DO MEET ALL G D C REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FIRST VARIANCE.
UM, IT IS A REQUEST ABOUT THE PERIMETER SCREENING.
UH, NORMALLY A SIX TO EIGHT FOOT, UH, TALL MASONRY WALL, A FIVE FOOT TALL ORNAMENTAL METAL FENCE WITH MASONRY COLUMNS, UM, OR A SIX FOOT TALL EARTHEN BERM OR UNDULATING SERIES OF BERM WITH A LIVING SCREEN IS REQUIRED.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A WOODEN FENCE THAT MATCHES THE CURRENT DESIGN AND THE HEIGHT OF THE EXISTING FENCE THAT DOES, UH, THAT IS ON THE, UH, ADJACENT NORTH AND SOUTH PROPERTIES.
THE APPLICANT'S JUSTIFICATION IS THAT, UH, THERE'S A LACK OF SPACE FOR A LARGER FENCE, SUCH AS A MASONRY WALL OR A ORNAMENTAL FENCE WITH A GREENERY.
UM, AND THEY WOULD PREFER, UM, A FENCE THAT WOULD BE THINNER AND WOULD MATCH ITS SURROUNDINGS.
UM, AND PROPOSING TO, UH, CONTINUE THE SAME STYLE WOODEN FENCE THAT DOES CURRENTLY EXIST ON NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES.
INSTEAD, UH, A, UH, FOR THE OTHER DEVIATION, A SITE AND PERIMETER LANDSCAPING, UH, DEVELOPMENT VARIANCE IS REQUESTED.
NORMALLY WE REQUIRE A 15 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG BROADWAY BOULEVARD, UM, PROPOSED AS A LANDSCAPE BUFFER.
UH, THAT IS RANGING FROM 6.67 FEET TO 10.46 FEET FOR TWO-THIRDS OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, DUE TO THE EXISTING ICE KIOSK AND THE LACK OF ROOM TO EXPAND THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER ON THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE PROPERTY ALONG BROADWAY BOULEVARD, THIS WOULD BE A SOUTH OF THE ENTRANCE TO THE SITE.
UM, A DEVELOPMENT VARIANCE, UH, TO ONLY REQUIRE A SIX FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER IS REQUESTED.
HOWEVER, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT MOST OF THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER ON THIS PART OF THE PROPERTY IS OVER 10 FEET, WHICH IS THE REQUIRED BUFFER FOR THOROUGHFARES LESS THAN TYPE D.
UM, ALSO A 15 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER IS PRESENT ON THE NORTHERN PART OF THE PROPERTY,
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SO THAT WOULD BE THE, UH, LAND OR THE FRONTAGE NORTH OF THE, UH, ENTRANCE TO THE PROPERTY.UM, ALSO THE REQUIRED, UH, LANDSCAPE PLANTINGS ARE PROVIDED, UH, PER THE G D C.
SO JUST TO GO BACK REAL QUICK, THE LANDSCAPE ELEVATION, THIS IS THE, UH, SIDE THAT WON'T MEET THE 15 FEET, AND THIS SIDE DOES MEET THE 15 FEET REQUEST.
A QUICK QUESTION, THAT'S AN EXISTING CROSS ACCESS EASEMENT, SO THAT'S REALLY BLOCKING 'EM IN, ISN'T IT? YES, SIR.
THIS IS, UM, ALL EXISTING, UH, CONCRETE THERE.
UH, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A 25 YEAR SPECIFIC USE PROVISION.
THE SS U P TIME PERIOD GUIDE RECOMMENDS 20 TO 25 YEARS FOR A RESTAURANT DRIVE THROUGH STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF A, UH, SPECIFIC USE PROVISION FOR A RESTAURANT DRIVE-THROUGH, UH, SERVICE USE, UH, IN A PROPERTY ZONE COMMUNITY RETAIL, AS WELL AS A VARIANCE TO SECTION 4.34 IN THE G D C REGARDING THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER WITH ALONG BROADWAY BOULEVARD.
WE ALSO RECOMMEND APPROVAL, UH, OF A PLAN FOR A RESTAURANT DRIVE THROUGH USE.
HOWEVER, REGARDING THE VARIANCE REQUEST TO SECTION 4.39 STAFF RECOMMENDS AN ENHANCED PERIMETER SCREENING FENCE, A MASONRY SCREENING WALL PER SECTION 4.39 IS THE TYPICAL STANDARD FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, COMMUNITY RETAIL DEVELOPMENT.
ALTHOUGH A BOARD ON BOARD STAINED WOODEN FENCE MAY BE CONSIDERED AS AN ALTERNATIVE, WE SENT OUT 70 LETTERS TO THESE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES AND WE RECEIVED ONE THAT WAS OUTSIDE THE NOTIFICATION AREA THAT WAS AGAINST THE REQUEST.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, COMMISSIONER JENKINS, THEN COMMISSIONER ROSE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
A QUESTION REGARDING THE FENCE, UH, JUST IN TERMS OF CONSISTENCY OF THE AREA AS I WAS DRIVING THROUGH AND THEN LOOKING ON GOOGLE MAPS, I DIDN'T SEE A LOT OF FENCING IN THE AREA, BUT THERE'S A REFERENCE IN THE REPORT TO, I GUESS, EXISTING FENCING.
CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH THAT? YES, SIR.
UM, I DO WISH I HAD SOME IMAGES OF THAT.
THEY MIGHT SHOW UP IN THE PHOTOS THAT I HAVE.
BUT, UM, CURRENTLY, SO THERE YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HERE, THERE IS PART OF THE FENCE OVER HERE ON THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY, BUT UM, THE TRUCK IS A BIT BLOCKING IT HERE, BUT NORMALLY ON STREET VIEW THIS, THESE ARE SITE PHOTOS, BUT ON STREET VIEW YOU'D BE ABLE TO BETTER SEE, UM, THERE IS AN EXISTING WOODEN FENCE BEHIND THIS, UH, PROPERTY TO THE NORTH.
THIS IS THE TATTOO SHOP AND THEN THERE IS FOR THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR, UM, A LITTLE BIT AS WELL.
AND IT'S KIND OF JUST A STRAIGHT UP, UH, NORMAL BROWN WOODEN FENCE.
UM, AND THEY WERE PROPOSING, SINCE IT DOES EXIST ON THE PROPERTIES ON BOTH ADJACENT SIDES, THAT THEY WOULD JUST FILL IT IN WITH THE EXISTING FENCE.
UM, THAT IS RATHER HARD TO SEE, ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S THICKER VEGETATION.
COMMISSIONER ROSE, WHEN YOU SAY A WOODEN FENCE BOARD ON BOARD, IS THAT A VERTICAL OR HORIZONTAL BOARD ON BOARD, WHICH YEAH, HORIZONTAL, UM, IS TYPICALLY IT, BUT, UM, THAT'S HORIZONTAL'S MORE DECORATIVE, I THINK.
WE MAY HAVE TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
'CAUSE I THINK BOARD ON BOARD ONE AND THEN IT'S OVERLAPPING VERSUS THE MM-HMM.
AND I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST STEEL POST BE PART OF THAT RECOMMENDATION SO IT STAYS THERE.
AND WHEN I WENT OUT THERE AND LOOKED AROUND, YEAH, THERE IS A WOOD FENCE TO THE NORTH.
AND TO THE SOUTH APPEARS TO BE A C M U WALL THERE TOO.
I DIDN'T GO ON THEIR PROPERTY.
AND THE WOOD FENCING THAT'S ON THAT PROPERTY, UH, I MEAN, BEHIND IT, THAT'S ON THEIR PROPERTY AND SOMEBODY'S PUT A STORAGE SHED ON THEIR PROPERTY, SO THEY MAY HAVE SOME ISSUES THERE, BUT THAT'S THEIR PROBLEM.
UH, THEY'VE ALSO TAKEN OVER THE CITY ALLEY TOO, SO THAT'S A CITY PROBLEM.
ON THE SITE PLAN, I BELIEVE THEY DON'T INDICATE THAT.
UM, YEAH, ANYTHING LIKE THAT EXISTS.
YEAH, IT'S A, IT'S A PLASTIC STORAGE BUILDING AND UH, APPARENTLY THE PEOPLE BEHIND HAVE TAKEN OVER THE 15 FOOT, IT'S A UTILITY ALLEY.
BUT IF WE GO WITH THE BOARD ON BOARD FENCE, I WOULD SUGGEST ADDING STEEL POSTS TO THE CONDITION.
AND, UH, NEXT ONE IS, AS Y'ALL HAVE SEEN, IS BEING, UH, UH, THE CONSIDERATION APPLICATION OF P UH, PACHECO COKE.
UH, THAT'S BEING PUT OFF FOR TILL SEPTEMBER 11TH.
UH, APPARENTLY THERE WERE SOME PROPERTY LINE ISSUES THAT THEY NEEDED TO GET CLEARED OUT, SO IT WASN'T ACCEPTED AS A FORMAL APPLICATION AND IT'S STILL UNDER THE 30 DAYS.
THE APPLICANT REQUEST APPROVAL OF A MOBILE FOOD TRUCK PARK.
THE ACREAGE IS APPROXIMATELY 0.078 ACRES, AND THE EXISTING ZONING IS DOWNTOWN DISTRICT.
AND HERE'S THE CITYWIDE LOCATION MAP, AND THE RED STAR SHOWS THE GENERAL LOCATION OF
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THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.AND HERE'S THE LOCATION MAP, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY OUTLINED IN THIS TEAL BLUE COLOR.
AND, UM, IT IS IN THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT AND MORE SPECIFICALLY IN THE DOWNTOWN HISTORIC SUBDISTRICT.
AND THE FOOD TRUCK, MOBILE FOOD TRUCK PARK REQUIRES A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION IN THE DOWNTOWN HISTORIC SUBDISTRICT.
AND ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT IN THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT REQUIRES A DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
AND SURROUNDING ZONING ARE ALL IN THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT, MAINLY RESTAURANT, RETAIL AND OFFICE USES THE FEATURE LAND USE MAP OF THE ENVISION GARLAND PLAN DESIGNATES THIS PROPERTY AS COMMUNITY CENTERS.
THIS PROPOSAL IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMMUNITY CENTER'S DESIGNATION AND MAY ADD TO THE VIBRANCY OF THE CORE DOWNTOWN AREA.
THE TOP LEFT IS A VIEW OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FROM SOUTH SIXTH STREET, AND THE RIGHT IMAGE IS SOUTH OF SOUTH SIXTH STREET.
LEFT PICTURE IS EAST OF THE CEDRIC PROPERTY, AND RIGHT PICTURE IS NORTH OF THE CEDRIC PROPERTY.
AND HERE IS THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN, WHICH SHOWS A MAXIMUM OF FIVE FOOD TRUCK PADS, AND THERE'S A CENTRAL SEATING AREA WITH BENCHES AND UMBRELLAS AND FESTOON LIGHTING.
UM, THERE'S ALSO SOME PLANTERS AROUND, UM, AND THE DOWNTOWN HISTORIC SUBDISTRICT DOESN'T HAVE A MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENT.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING FOR, UH, PEDE, SORRY, THE PATRONS TO USE THE ON STREET, UH, EXISTING PARKING.
UM, THAT'S ALONG SIXTH STREET AS WELL AS MAIN STREET.
AND THEY CAN PARK THERE AND THEN WALK OVER EITHER THROUGH SIXTH STREET OR THROUGH THIS ALLEY AS WELL.
AND THE FOOD TRUCKS CAN, UM, ENTER OR EXIT THE PROPERTY THROUGH THIS ALLEY.
IT'LL BE CURVED SO THEY CAN ENTER AND MANEUVER THROUGH THAT.
UM, AND THE, UM, THERE IS A RESTROOM, UM, JUST SOUTH OF SOUTH SIXTH STREET.
THERE'S A PUBLIC RESTROOM, WHICH YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PICTURE RIGHT HERE.
THERE WILL NOT BE A, UM, RESTROOM ON SITE.
AND THERE'S ALSO A DUMPSTER, A PUBLIC DUMPSTER, WHICH IS RIGHT HERE.
AND, UM, EVERYONE CAN USE THAT DUMPSTER AND THERE WILL NOT BE PROPOSING A DUMPSTER ON SITE.
AND THE APPLICANT IS ALSO REQUESTING TO WAIVE THE LANDSCAPING STANDARDS, UM, PER THE G D C JUST BECAUSE THIS SITE IS SMALL.
BUT, UM, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING THESE, UH, ROW OF PLANTERS, LARGE PLANTERS ALONG SOUTH SIXTH STREET, AND THAT'S TO CREATE A BUFFER BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK AND THE PROPERTY.
UH, THERE WILL ALSO BE PLANTERS THROUGHOUT THIS, UH, CENTRALIZED SEATING AREA AS WELL AS PLANTERS WITHIN EACH FOOD TRUCK POT.
IN ADDITION, UM, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A, UM, MAXIMUM OF EIGHT FOOT FENCE ALONG THE NORTHERN PERIMETER, UH, WHICH WILL COMPLY WITH G D C STANDARDS.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE APPROVAL OF A 10 YEAR SS E P.
THE S E P TIME PERIOD GUIDE DOES NOT HAVE A RECOMMENDED TIME PERIOD FOR A MOBILE MOBILE FOOD TRUCK.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF A DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT PLAN, MAJOR WAIVER ON A PROPERTY ZONE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT, AND IN THE DOWNTOWN HISTORIC SUBDISTRICT APPROVAL OF A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION FOR A MOBILE FOOD TRUCK PARK AND APPROVAL OF A PLAN ON A PROPERTY ZONE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT AND THE DOWNTOWN HISTORIC SUBDISTRICT.
WE RECEIVED EIGHT WITH A NOT WITHIN A NOTIFICATION AREA FOR THE REQUEST NINE WITHOUT, WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA AGAINST THE REQUEST.
ONE WAS A NEUTRAL REQUEST, ONE WAS OUTSIDE OF THE NOTIFICATION AREA FOR THE REQUEST, AND THREE WERE OUTSIDE OF THE NOTIFICATION AREA AGAINST THE REQUEST.
AND WE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 22 RESPONSES.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER ROSE AND COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. AND COMMISSIONER JAMES.
YOUR, UH, S S U P IS FOR 10 YEARS.
YOUR RECOMMENDATION, THE APPLICANT IS RECOMMENDING FOR 10 YEARS, AND YOU'RE ACCEPTING THAT WE ARE OKAY WITH THAT.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS? UH, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
IS THERE A GATE WHERE THAT FENCE IS? UH, IT'S JUST A SOLID FENCE RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS, UM, SO THIS IS THE EXISTING BUILDING.
THIS IS A, UH, 20 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY.
AND THIS IS WHERE THE PROPERTY LINE IS, WHERE IT WILL BE FENCED.
I'M SAYING, IS THERE GONNA BE A GATE? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF.
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AND THEN COMMISSIONER BIN.UH, FIRST QUESTION'S ACTUALLY FOR OUR ATTORNEY.
UM, ARE YOU AWARE, SIR, OF ANY, UH, EXISTING, UH, CASES, UH, INVOLVING THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE? I AM NOT.
UM, WHAT ARE, UM, OUR LIMIT LIMITATIONS AS IT RELATES TO RECOMMENDATION, UM, TO TIE IN A USE OR OPERATION WITH A SPECIAL, UH, SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT? I'M PRESUMING THAT WE HAVE SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS THAT WE, UH, THAT, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, WOULD APPLY FOR THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
WHAT, HOW CAN WE, OR CAN WE AT ALL TIE AN SS U P IN THE OPERATION OF USE TO A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT? I'M NOT AWARE OF A WAY TO DO THAT.
CAN IT, THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY IN TO THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION, IS THAT CORRECT? I MEAN, OTHER THAN THROUGH THE PUBLIC ALLEY WHERE THE TRUCKS WOULD ENTER, THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO ACCESS THE SITE.
THE PUBLIC ALLEY IS MAINLY USED FOR THE FOOD TRUCK, UM, TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE IN THROUGH HERE, BUT, UH, THIS, THERE IS NO WAY TO ACCESS THROUGH SOUTH SIXTH STREET.
SO THIS IS ALL PLANTER, THIS IS THE SIDEWALK.
PE THE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS FROM THAT PARTICULAR, YOUR, YOUR EGRESS AND INGRESS IS FROM SIXTH STREET SPECIFICALLY.
IT CAN ALSO BE FROM THE ALLEY AS WELL, DEPENDING ON HOW THEY, FROM WHICH DIRECTION THEY'RE WALKING.
WELL WHY THE PROPOSAL FOR ONLY FIVE FOOD TRUCKS? THEY'VE GOT SPACE FOR A SIXTH.
THAT IS THE, WHAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING.
THAT WAS THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST AND NOT THE OKAY.
UM, AND, AND DO WE KNOW, I, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH OUR PROCESSES AS IT RELATES TO FOOD TRUCKS.
I DON'T THINK WE'VE GOT MUCH, UH, AVAILABLE.
DO WE HAVE A PROCESS TO VET, UM, FOOD TRUCK USE? UH, SO CAN, CAN WE SAY, YOU KNOW, THE FOOD TRUCK HAS TO BE, UH, YOU KNOW, HEALTH DEPARTMENT CERTIFIED OR WHAT HAVE YOU, UH, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL LOOK AT THIS, UM, AFTER THE ZONING, UM, PROVIDED THAT THE ZONING IS APPROVED.
BUT, UM, WHAT OTHER, UM, I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT OTHER, UM, THINGS THAT WE SURE.
SO JUST NEED CLARIFICATION ON THE QUESTION.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE ON, UH, IN SECTION, UH, 2.21, WE'VE GOT UNDER B SPECIFICALLY CONDITIONS THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, LIMIT, UH, OR, OR RECOMMEND, EXCUSE ME, REGARDING ANY APPLICATION FOR AN S U P.
ONE OF THOSE IS, UH, LIMITATIONS ON OPERATIONAL FUNCTION OF PROPOSED USE.
SO BASED UPON THE IDEA THAT YOU CAN HAVE, UH, FOOD TRUCKS, YOU'RE SAYING YES, YOU CAN OPERATE OR HIGHLY SHOOT FOOD TRUCKS, THE LIMITATION WOULD BE THAT THE FOOD TRUCKS MUST BE APPROVED BY CITY HEALTH, YOU KNOW, APARTMENTS OR SERVICES PRIOR TO, UM, YOU, THAT, THAT'S TIED IN WITH THE APPLICATION ISSUES PIECE SPECIFICALLY.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE WILL'S LEAN AND FORWARD.
UH, COMMISSIONER, GOOD QUESTION.
I, I BELIEVE THAT'S REALLY PART OF THE PROCESS ANYWAY.
THEY ARE SUBJECT TO HEALTH DEPARTMENT PERMIT APPROVAL REGARDLESS.
UM, SO WHETHER IT'S IN THE S U P ORDINANCE ANYWAY.
SO, BUT THERE'S, SO THERE'S NO, THERE'S NOTHING THAT THIS BOARD CAN DO AS IT RELATES TO RECOMMENDATION TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT ALL FOOD TRUCKS, ANY FOOD TRUCK THAT IS ON THAT SITE MUST BE APPROVED BY GARLAND SERVICES.
I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE A NECESSARY FUNCTION OF THE PLAN COMMISSION.
UM, THAT WOULD BE, WE WOULD REALLY JUST DEFER TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UM, ANY, ANY SIGNAGE, UH, THAT'S GONNA GO ON THE SITE? I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING.
UH, BUT NOTHING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, FOOD TRUCKS HERE, ANYTHING LIKE THAT? NO SIGNAGE, UH, PER THE APPLICANT.
SO I JUST, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY OR GET AN UNDERSTANDING.
SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS PROVE THIS, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT GONNA PROVE IF THEY DON'T PROVIDE ANY PARKING AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THEIR OWN BATHROOMS AND THEY'RE NOT EVEN GONNA HAVE THEIR OWN DUMPSTER? THAT'S CORRECT.
THERE IS, UH, FLEXIBILITY IN DOWNTOWN.
UM, AND AS I MENTIONED IN THE DOWNTOWN HISTORIC SUBDISTRICT, THERE IS NO MINIMUM PARKING, UH, REQUIREMENT.
AND, UH, IS THAT, THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE TRUE.
I'M, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO BE DIFFICULT, BUT, YOU KNOW, EVERY OTHER BUSINESS THAT COMES IN HAS PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
AND WE WENT THROUGH THIS WITH RESPECT TO PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING.
THE, THE, YOU ALL WENT THROUGH IT WITH THE TATTOO PARLOR YOU GO THROUGH, WE, THIS WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE, UM, THE WOMAN'S CLINIC THAT WAS PROPOSED TO
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COME IN AT, AT FIFTH AND MAINE, THAT THEY WOULD'VE NEEDED LIKE 32 PARKING SPACES.SO I'M A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED THAT, THAT THERE'S, SO THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT AT ALL, OR IS IT JUST BECAUSE IT'S NOT DEFINED WITHIN THE, AS A USE FOR THAT? NO, CORRECT.
UH, IT, IT ACTUALLY IN THE, UH, DOWNTOWN SQUARE AND DOWNTOWN HISTORIC SUBDISTRICTS, UM, PROBABLY, UH, IT'S PROBABLY BEEN MORE THAN A YEAR AT THIS POINT, YEAR AND A HALF, IF THE COMMISSION COMMISSIONERS MAY RECALL.
BUT, UM, A MINIMUM OFF STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS WERE REMOVED FROM THOSE TWO SUBDISTRICTS DOWNTOWN.
UM, THERE WAS A LIST OF G D C AMENDMENTS, BUT YES, SIR, THAT WAS, UM, THAT WAS CHANGED PROBABLY ABOUT A YEAR, A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHY THERE'S NO PARTNER REQUIREMENT.
IT'S NOT JUST THIS USE, IT'S THIS CORE DOWNTOWN AREA.
THE CORE OF DOWNTOWN NO LONGER HAS ANY PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
PART OF THE, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WITH THAT CORE DOWNTOWN, IT'S VERY COMMON WITH A LOT OF DOWNTOWNS, THE LOT COVERAGE IS SO HIGH.
SOMETIMES THE BUILDING TAKES UP THE WHOLE LOT.
SO THERE'S NO OFTENTIMES PHYSICAL ROOM FOR OFF STREET PARKING.
SO YOU'RE RELYING ON THAT, THAT PUBLIC PARKING AND ON STREETE PARKING.
AND DID, UH, DO Y'ALL FEEL THAT THE PARKING IS SUFFICIENT THERE TO HANDLE WHATEVER LOAD THERE IS? I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A BUNCH OF DISCUSSION IN THE CITY, JUST LEASE SOME PROPERTY FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING.
DO YOU, ARE WE WORRIED ABOUT PARKING CONSTRAINTS OR, WELL, AND I THINK THE APPLICANT SAID ANTICIPATED ABOUT SIX TO EIGHT PARKING SPACES.
UM, BASED ON MY CONVERSATION WITH THE APPLICANT, HE BELIEVES IT WOULD BE A MAXIMUM OF FIVE TO SIX DURING PEAK HOUR.
UM, AND THAT'S JUST BASED ON WHAT THE APPLICANT MENTIONED, WHICH SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT BASED ON THE ON STREET PARKING THAT WE HAVE.
AND THEN, UM, THE, THE NO BATHROOM, IS THAT, ARE BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN REQUIRED TO HAVE BATHROOMS OR WE JUST, I MEAN, I, I, I GUESS I'D HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT, BUT I MEAN, IF THIS WAS A RESTAURANT THAT'D HAVE TO HAVE A BATHROOM, CORRECT? YES, THERE IS A REQUIREMENT FOR THE BATHROOM.
UM, BUT THERE IS A, UM, PUBLIC RESTROOM THAT IS JUST SOUTH OF SIXTH STREET, AND I CAN SHOW, I'M SHOWING THAT PICTURE RIGHT HERE.
UM, SO IT IS EXISTING, SO PATRONS CAN ACTUALLY WALK THERE AND USE THAT RESTROOM, AND THAT'S WHAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO USE RATHER THAN CONSTRUCT ONE ON SITE.
DOES THAT REQUIRE A WAIVER FROM THE STANDARDS FOR MOBILE FOOD TRUCK PARKS? YES, SIR.
THAT, AND THAT'S A REQUIREMENT, ISN'T IT? IT'S A SPECIAL STANDARD WITH, FOR MOBILE FOOD TRUCKS PARKED, CORRECT? YES.
THAT'S THE TRIGGER FOR THAT MAJOR WAIVER? YES, SIR.
AND THEN SAME THING WITH THE DUMPSTER.
THEY DON'T, THEY'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THEIR OWN FACILITY FOR TRASH.
THEY'RE JUST GONNA USE A PUBLIC DUMPSTER YES.
WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT TO RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC RESTROOM AND, AND WHO'S PAYING.
SO THEY'RE NOT PAYING FOR THAT, THEN THE CITY'S GONNA, THE CITIZENS ARE GONNA PAY FOR THE DUMPSTER FOR THIS BUSINESS.
IS THAT, I MEAN, AM I MISREADING THAT? I I JUST, I MEAN, THEY'RE GONNA USE A PUBLIC DUMPSTER FOR ALL THEIR TRASH.
AND WE'RE NOT ASKING THEM THERE, THERE'S NO AGREEMENT.
AND I'M, THIS MAY BE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT, THERE'S NO AGREEMENT THAT, THAT THEY PAY FOR SOME PART OF THAT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? AS FAR AS I KNOW, IS THERE, I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT AGREEMENT.
UM, PERHAPS THE APPLICANT HAS SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER DALTON.
UM, IS THIS A WIDE OPEN PARKING? DO THEY JUST SHOW UP AND TAKE A PLACE, OR DO THEY HAVE TO CALL AND RESERVE TO BE IN THIS PARK BEFORE THEY CAN COME IN, OR IT'S JUST FIRST COME FIRST SERVE THE PUBLIC TO USE THE PUBLIC.
PUBLIC PARKING? NO, TO BRING IN THEIR, UH, FOOD TRUCK, FOOD TRUCKS.
UM, I BELIEVE THERE'S DESIGNATED LOCATIONS, BUT I, UH, THE APPLICANT CAN EXPAND ON HOW THAT OPERATION WOULD WORK AND, UH, WHETHER IT'S RESERVED PER FOOD TRUCK OR, UM, THEY CAN JUST BRING A FOOD TRUCK.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. UH, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
ARE THESE PERMANENT TRUCKS OR ARE THEY GONNA BE IN AND OUT WHENEVER? SO THE MOBILE FOOD TRUCK PARK USE IS INTENDED TO BE A, A PERMANENT FACILITY, UM, OR A LONG TERM, UH, WHERE THIS, THESE FOOD TRUCKS CAN STAY FOR MONTHS OR IT CAN STAY FOR A YEAR.
UM, THE APPLICANT MENTIONED THAT HE'S NOT SURE EITHER, WHETHER THESE WOULD BE FOUR TO FIVE MONTHS, DEPENDING ON WHICH FOOD TRUCKS HE GETS.
UM, BUT IT COULD BE FOUR TO FIVE MONTHS.
THEY'LL BE THERE ALL THE TIME.
THANK YOU MR. WELL, YOU GUYS COVERED A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS.
UM, I, I READ THROUGH ALL THE LETTERS AND, UH, EARLIER THIS, UH, EARLIER IN THE WEEK
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AND THE PARKING LOT TO THE WEST, UH, THERE'S ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE, SIX SPACES THERE.THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR PARKING SPACES BEING TAKEN UP.
SO, AND SOME OF THIS IS STUFF FOR THE APPLICANT MAYBE TO ADDRESS IN HIS PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
AND, YOU KNOW, HE MAY EVEN OFFER UP, YOU KNOW, PARKING ONLY FOR THAT BUSINESS AND NO TRUCK PARKING HERE.
AND I FORGOT TO LOOK AND I DIDN'T BRING MY TABLET.
WHAT KIND OF FENCE IS THAT ALONG THE NORTH SIDE? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
UM, THE APPLICANT WANTED TO LEAVE THE, UH, WANTED THAT FLEXIBILITY TO LEAVE IT OPEN.
UM, HE'S NOT CERTAIN AT THIS TIME.
IT COULD POSSIBLY BE A WOOD FENCE, BUT, UM, IT WILL COMPLY WITH THE G D C REQUIREMENTS.
UM, AND ANOTHER, WELL, THERE WERE THREE OTHER CONCERNS OR, OR PLENTY OF CONCERNS, BUT THREE, ONE BEING THE TRASH.
AND AGAIN, HOW WILL THAT BE HANDLED DURING REGULAR OPERATIONS? UH, HOW WILL BE COLLECTED AND STORED AND JUST, YOU KNOW, TAKING IT NIGHT OVER? SO THERE'S SOME OF THOSE THINGS PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT TRASH GETTING ALL OVER.
UM, AND IF THESE ARE SEMI-PERMANENT, A LOT OF THESE FOOD TRUCKS RUN OFF OF GENERATORS.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S GONNA BE ELECTRICITY PROVIDED TO THESE TRUCKS AND IF WE MAKE IT TO WHERE THEY CANNOT USE GENERATORS, UM, AND ODORS, PEOPLE ARE GONNA COMPLAIN ABOUT ODORS AND NOW RESTAURANTS HAVE SCRUBBERS AND STUFF TO REDUCE THE ODORS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT, SINCE IT COULD BE A SIX MONTH USE AT EACH, EACH TRUCK.
SO THESE ARE JUST SOME ISSUES THAT ASK THE APPLICANT TO ADDRESS AND, UH, SO WE CAN FIGURE SOMETHING OUT.
AND THAT'S THE LAST WHOOP I MISSED, COMMISSIONER JENKINS WITH THE, THE SLATED OPENING OF THE DOWNTOWN, BASED UPON THE REDESIGN, UM, WE, THE CITY EXPECTS THERE TO BE INCREASED FOOT TRAFFIC IN THE AREA GENERALLY, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.
BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THERE HAVE BEEN NO ADDITIONAL ADD-ONS AS IT RELATES TO TRASH OR PARKING OR THE, THE THINGS THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS EVENING.
OH, I DID FORGET ONE THING THAT I, I'D WRITTEN TO YOU ABOUT IF THEY WERE GONNA USE ANY ENHANCED PAVING OR MAYBE AT THE PEDESTRIAN ENTRYWAYS TO MAKE IT MORE OF A, A SPOT VERSUS CONCRETE AND GRAVEL.
AND MAYBE EVEN THE PLANTERS COULD HAVE SOME SIGNAGE AND A PLACE COULD BE GIVEN A LITTLE UNIQUE NAME TO, YOU KNOW, SUCH AND SUCH FOOD PARK IN DOWNTOWN GARLAND.
AND SO INSTEAD OF IT JUST BEING THERE, IT'S MORE OF A DESTINATION PLACE WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, ENHANCED PAVING.
AND, AND I NOTICED, AND YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT THEY WERE GONNA USE SOME KIND OF LIGHTING AND I, I'M NOT CERTAIN WHAT THAT IS, BUT AGAIN, MAYBE SOME LIGHTING OUT THERE TO GIVE IT SOME AMBIENCE AND STUFF AT NIGHT.
AND, AND THERE WERE THE QUESTIONS ABOUT WILL IT BE USED BY HOMELESS DURING THE NIGHT HOURS? SO SOME, SOME POSSIBILITIES THERE.
ALRIGHTY, I THINK THAT'S IT NOW.
SO WE ARE GONNA BE IN RECESS UNTIL 7:00 PM FOR OUR PUBLIC HEARING PORTION.
[Call to Order]
GOOD EVENING.WELCOME BACK TO THE AUGUST 28TH MEETING OF THE GARLAND PLAN COMMITTEE.
THIS IS OUR CUSTOM, WE COMMISSIONERS START OUR MEETING WITH THE PRAYER AND PLEDGE.
YOU'RE INVITED TO JOIN US, WHETHER YOU DO OR NOT, NO WAY AFFECTS THE DECISIONS OF THE COMMISSION.
TONIGHT'S PRAYER AND PLEDGE WILL BE LED BY COMMISSIONER ROSE.
FATHER GOD, WE HUMBLY COME BEFORE YOU FOR GUIDANCE THAT WE, UH, CAN HELP THE CITY OF GARLAND MOVE FORWARD.
WE ASK THAT YOU, UH, WATCH AFTER, WATCH OUT FOR OUR POLICE AND FIRE AND ALL THE, UH, PUBLIC WORKERS.
AND, UH, WE JUST APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR, UH, SUPPORT.
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, LIBERTY, JUSTICE FOR ALL.
WELL, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO OUR MEETING.
HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AGENDA HOUSEKEEPING FOR US HERE, UH, ON OUR AGENDA ITEMS TWO, UH, THREE C AND THREE D, CONSIDERATION OF THE APPLICATION.
UM, THAT ITEM IS GONNA BE POSTPONED TILL OUR SEPTEMBER 11TH MEETING, SO WE'LL NOT BE HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT ITEM OR THOSE TWO ITEMS. ALL RIGHTY.
WE, UH, GIVE THE APPLICANT 15 MINUTES TO PRESENT THEIR CASE AND WE ALLOW OTHER SPEAKERS THREE MINUTES.
IF YOU'RE SPEAKING FOR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION OR SUCH, WE DO ALLOW MORE TIME.
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EVERYBODY'S SPOKEN, WE DO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO COME BACK UP AND RESPOND TO ANY OF THE INPUT.NOW WE DO NEED YOU TO STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE MICROPHONE FOR OUR OFFICIAL RECORDS, AND WE'D APPRECIATE IT WHEN YOU DO THAT.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
FIRST ITEM AND OUR AGENDA IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA.CONSENT AGENDA ARE ITEMS THAT THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE REVIEWED AND WILL BE VOTING ON ONE VOTE TO APPROVE.
I WILL READ THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AND ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE OR COMMISSIONER WHO WANTS AN ITEM REMOVED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, JUST LET ME KNOW AFTER I'M THROUGH AND WE WILL DO THAT.
ALRIGHTY, CONSENT AGENDA ITEM ONE A, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE PLAN COMMISSION MINUTES FOR THE AUGUST 14TH, 2023 MEETING.
ITEM TWO, A PLA 23 DASH 27 GARLAND FAIR STORAGE FINAL PLATT, ITEM TWO B PLAT 23 DASH 29 SOTO ONE EDITION, FINAL PLATT ITEM TWO C, UH, PLAT 23 DASH 30 AVANT GARLAND ADDITION, FINAL PLAT.
THOSE ARE ALL THE ITEMS IN OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
ANYBODY CARE TO HAVE AN ITEM REMOVED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION? MOVE TO APPROVE.
SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS AND A SECOND, UH, BY COMMISSIONER JENKINS.
[Items 3A & 3B]
THREE, A CONSIDERATION OF THE APPLICATION OF JESSICA, UH, JAMES SIKA SIMS, RON HOBBS, ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN, L L P REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION FOR A RESTAURANT DRIVE THROUGH SERVICE ON PROPERTY ZONE COMMUNITY RETAIL DISTRICT, AND VARIANCES TO SECTION 4.34 AND 4.39 IN THE GARLAND DEVELOPMENT CODE REGARDING SITE AND PERIMETER SCREENING LANDSCAPING.THIS PROPERTY'S LOCATED 55 14 AND 55 16 BROADWAY BOULEVARD.
AND ITEM THREE B, CONSIDERATION THE APPLICATION OF JAMES SIMS, RON HOBBS, ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR PLANNING.
L L P REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A PLAN FOR RESTAURANT DRIVE THROUGH AT THE SAME ADDRESS.
IS THE APPLICANT HERE, OH, THERE YOU'RE, UM, THE APPLICANT IS HERE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? OR YOU CAN COME DOWN AND SAY SOMETHING IF YOU WANT.
OR IF YOU DON'T WANT WE'RE, WE'RE EASY AROUND HERE.
I HAVE MINI, LIKE A MINI PAMPHLET JUST SO YOU, I CAN BRING YOU INTO THE WORLD OF DOG CONE IS WHAT I'M ACTUALLY, UM, PROPOSING FOR THE LOT.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK.
YEAH, WE, WE DID GET THOSE OR DID Y'ALL SEE IT? I DIDN'T GET, NO.
I GUESS I WAS HOARDING THE INFORMATION THERE.
SO, UM, BASICALLY, BASICALLY RIGHT NOW IT IS A MOBILE TRUCK.
UM, AND THEN WITH THE LOCATION, I ACTUALLY WANNA BE ABLE TO EXPAND THE BUSINESS, UM, NOT JUST FOR THE BUSINESS, BUT ALSO, UH, CREATING JOBS FOR, FOR YOUNG, YOUNG ADULTS OR WHAT.
SO, UM, ALSO WORKING WITH SCHOOLS AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS JUST TO BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SOME OF THE COOL THINGS THAT WE DO, UM, IS JUST BEING CREATIVE.
THAT IS ONE OF THE BIG THINGS BEHIND THE BUSINESS.
JUST BEING ABLE TO CREATE DIFFERENT STYLE HOT DOGS, DIFFERENT STYLES, SNOW CONES OR WHATEVER.
AND JUST BEING ABLE TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE THE FAMILY CAN GO MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AND HAVE SOMETHING COOL AND SWEET AND JUST ENJOY FAMILY TIME.
ANY QUESTIONS TO THE APPLICANT? COMMISSIONER DALTON, AND THEN COMMISSIONER JENKINS.
SO YOU ARE GOING TO BUILD A PERMANENT FACILITY AT THIS ADDRESS? YES, SIR.
MS. SIMS, THIS IS A FANTASTIC IDEA.
AND, AND THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN.
HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THIS IDEA,
I WANTED TO GO TO SCHOOL FOR INTERIOR DESIGN.
UM, BUT WHEN I LOOKED AT THE ART INSTITUTE, IT COST LIKE A HUNDRED GRAND
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AND I WAS LIKE, THAT'S TOO MUCH MONEY.SO AS I WAS WORKING WITH MY FRIENDS, UM, AT THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, WE WOULD DO, WE WOULD WORK WITH USED AT RISK KIDS IN LOW COMMUNITY APARTMENT COMPLEXES, AND WE WOULD ALWAYS DO HOT DOGS AND WE WOULD HAVE TO RENT A SNOW C MACHINE WITH THE, WITH THE BLOCK CHIPS.
AND IT'S A HASSLE JUST GATHERING ALL THAT STUFF UP, HAVING TO PAY DIFFERENT VENDORS TO BRING DIFFERENT STUFF AT THE LOCATION AND SET UP AND TAKE DOWN.
SO THEY WERE LIKE, WHY DON'T YOU GET A TRUCK? LOOKED INTO THE TRUCK, GOT THE TRUCK, AND IT'S JUST BEEN A SUCCESS EVER SINCE.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN BUSINESS? I BOUGHT THE TRUCK IN 2016.
AND I DO NEED YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.
JAMIA SIMS. ADDRESS IS 3, 2 3 PHOEBE LANE, ALLEN, TEXAS 7 5 0 1 3.
I APOLOGIZE FOR BUTCHERING YOUR NAME.
IT'S ABOUT THE BEST THING I DO UP HERE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING DOWN.
ANYONE ELSE? NO, DON'T, DON'T SEE ANY.
HOPEFULLY I GET TO SEE ALL OF YOU SOON.
I DON'T BELIEVE I HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS IN THIS ITEM.
ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO ADDRESS THIS CASE? SEE NONE.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CORNELIUS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER JENKINS TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IS IT TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ONLY? AND I, I IMAGINE YOU MEANT TO SAY YES, RIGHT? NO, SOMETHING'S NOT.
IT'S RARE THAT SOMEBODY VOTES AGAINST THEIR OWN MOTION, BUT WON'T
UH, WE'RE OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
UH, COMM COMMISSIONER, UH, DALTON AND COMMISSIONER JENKINS.
I JUST THINK THIS IS A COOL THING TO DO.
NOT BECAUSE IT'S FROZEN ICE, BUT BECAUSE IT HAS OTHER THINGS AS WELL.
UH, I DO BELIEVE WE DID MENTION IN PRE-MEETING ABOUT HAVING THEM USE METAL POLES AND THE FENCING AND ALL THAT WE DO NEED TO, UH, BRING OUT, BUT OTHERWISE, LIKE I SAY, THIS IS A VERY NICE THING TO PUT ON THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY.
I'D LIKE TO, UH, PIGGYBACK ON COMMISSIONER DALTON'S COMMENTS.
UH, I THINK, UH, WE ARE CERTAINLY EXCITED, UH, ABOUT, UH, THE IDEA OF, UH, ENTREPRENEURS IN THE CITY, GROWING BUSINESSES AND, UH, HELPING, UH, UH, THOSE IN NEED, WHETHER THROUGH EMPLOYMENT OR WHETHER IT BE A PACE OF PLACE OF GATHERING.
UH, I WILL, UH, COMMENT AS WELL.
COMMISSIONER DALTON, UH, MADE, UH, REFERENCE TO THE FENCE.
UH, I BELIEVE THE RECOMMENDATION AS WE CONSIDERED IT AT THE WORK SESSION, UH, WAS THAT WE HAD METAL POLES, UH, AND THEN THE HORIZONTAL, UH, UH, BOARD ON BOARD AS OPPOSED TO THE VERTICAL BOARD ON BOARD.
UM, BUT AGAIN, I, I AM, I THINK IT'S EXCITING AND I'M CERTAINLY IN FAVOR OF THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST.
I THINK IT'S GREAT FOR THE AREA IN DISTRICT FOUR THERE ON BROADWAY.
UM, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING FUN AND A NEAT WAY TO BRING OUT THE FAMILY, SO I'M DEFINITELY GOING TO RECOMMEND THIS ONE.
IS THAT IN THE FORM OF A, OH, COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS, DID SHE BRING A, UH, SAMPLE TONIGHT?
YOU KNOW, WE MAY HAVE TO PUT THAT IN OUR BYLAWS THAT ALL RESTAURANTS HAVE TO BRING SAMPLES AND CITY ATTORNEY WOULD AGREE ON THAT ONE.
UH, COMMISSIONER CORNELIUS, LET ME GET YOU BACK ON LIVE AGAIN 'CAUSE I THINK YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION.
I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF, UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, A AND B AS PRESENTED BY STAFF SECOND.
WOULD THAT INCLUDE THE, UH, ALONG WITH THE PROPOSED VARIANCE AND SUGGESTIONS? YES.
AND THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE EVENTS.
AND I HEARD A SECOND FROM WHERE MAY, COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CORNELIUS TO APPROVE ITEMS TWO A, UH, THREE A AND THREE B AS PRESENTED WITH THE PROVISION THAT THERE BE OFFENSE IN THE BACK BOARD AND BOARD HORIZONTAL WITH STEEL POST.
AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. ANY DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE.
OH, THE VOTE'S ALREADY UP THERE AND I'M GOING, THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
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CONGRATULATIONS.AND, UH, GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BUSINESS THERE.
UH, AS I MENTIONED IN AT THE BEGINNING, ITEMS THREE C AND THREE D, WE WILL NOT BE HEARING, HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT.
THOSE ARE POSTPONED TILL OUR SEPTEMBER 11TH MEETING.
SO WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM THREE
[Items 3E & 3F]
E AND F THREE E CONSIDERATION, THE APPLICATION OF LARRY.HI, UH, ISHMA REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION FOR A MOBILE FOOD TRUCK PARK AND MAJOR WAIVER ON A PROPERTY ZONE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
AND IN THE DOWNTOWN HIS, UH, HISTORIC SUB-DISTRICT.
THIS PROPERTY LO, IS LOCATED AT 1 0 1 SOUTH SIXTH STREET AND ITEM THREE F, CONSIDERATION OF THE APPLICATION OF LARRY ISHMA REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR A MOBILE FOOD TRUCK PARK ON PROPERTY ZONE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT AND IN THE DOWNTOWN HISTORIC SUB-DISTRICT.
I THINK THE APPLICANT'S HERE, IF YOU WANT TO COME ON UP AND NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.
LARRY ISHMA FIVE 20 MAIN STREET, GARLAND 7 5 0 4 0.
SO THE UM, FREE TRUCK LOT IS LOCATED NEAR THE BATHROOMS. THE DUMPSTER THAT WAS IN QUESTION IS NOT ACTUALLY THAT DUMPSTER.
THERE'S ANOTHER DUMPSTER THAT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN THAT THE CITY ACTUALLY MADE A LITTLE AREA FOR THAT DUMPSTER TO SIT AT, AT IT'S AN EIGHT YARD DUMPSTER.
I HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN TO, UH, THOMAS FROM THE SANITATION DEPARTMENT.
THERE'S NO FREE DUMPS DUMPING IN DOWNTOWN.
SO I'VE ALREADY MADE AGREEMENTS WITH THE CITY AS SOON AS I'M READY TO ACTUALLY START PAYING MY WAY THROUGH THAT.
THE ELECTRIC, THE WATER AND THE, THE, THE TRASH WILL ALL BE IN ONE BILL.
SO ALL OF THAT WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF BY THAT.
UM, THE REASON WHY FIVE TRUCKS IS BECAUSE I WANT TO KEEP ALL THE ELECTRIC AROUND THE FENCE LINE.
I DON'T WANNA KEEP ANYTHING OUT WHERE SOMEBODY COULD TRIP OVER, YOU KNOW, SO I WANNA KEEP EVERYTHING TUCKED AWAY IN THAT.
UM, THERE WILL BE LIGHTING, UM, I'M GONNA PUT A POST AND STRING LIGHTS WHERE THE DINING AREA WILL BE.
AS FAR AS THE HOMELESS, I MEAN, I GET TO WORK EVERY MORNING AT AROUND FIVE.
THERE ARE POLICE OFFICERS THAT PATROL THE AREA ALL THE TIME.
I SEE 'EM ALL THE TIME MOVING THEM OUT.
THEY SLEEP IN THE CHURCH THAT'S ACTUALLY BEHIND MY BUSINESS, WHICH IS ON MAIN STREET.
AND UM, SO I SEE IT EVERY DAY.
UM, IT'S PROBABLY NOT EVER GONNA GO AWAY, BUT IT CAN BE MINIMIZED.
SO FOR THEM TO SLEEP ON THE BENCHES AND STUFF LIKE THAT, IT MIGHT HAPPEN.
BUT THE OFFICERS ARE ALWAYS OUT RUNNING AROUND IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
I THINK IT'D BE A GOOD USE OF THE PROPERTY.
IT'S, UH, SMALL, BUT YET IT CAN STILL BE, UH, EFFICIENT.
UM, DON'T WANNA PUT ANY SIGNAGE BECAUSE MOST OF THIS STUFF IS ALL SOCIAL MEDIA DRIVEN.
INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK, MOST OF THESE PEOPLE WILL HAVE FOLLOWERS.
IN FACT, SHE'S EVEN ASKED IF SHE COULD PARK HER TRUCK ON MY PROPERTY
I THINK IT'LL BE A GOOD ADDITION TO DOWNTOWN.
I'VE BEEN TO NUMEROUS DOWNTOWNS AND I'VE SEEN FOOD TRUCK LOTS.
UM, IN FACT, I'VE BEEN TO THE ONE THAT THE CITY MANAGER, THE CITY THAT HE CAME FROM, I ACTUALLY WENT AND SAW IT.
PRETTY NICE LITTLE LOT IN DOWNTOWN.
SO, ANY QUESTIONS? UH, YEAH, WE HAVE A COUPLE.
SO YOU ARE PROVIDING POWER? YES.
SO THESE TRUCKS WILL DRIVE OFF AND DUMP WHEREVER THEY NORMALLY, RIGHT.
THE ESCAPE, THE ESCAPE PARK HAS FOUR TRUCKS AND THEY DON'T PROVIDE SEWER FOR THEM.
SO YOU HAVE POWER AND WATER SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO RUN GENERATORS ALL THE TIME.
HOW LONG CAN THEY STAY THERE? SO MY IDEA WAS TO ALWAYS CHANGE TRUCKS IN AND OUT.
SO NO MORE THAN A MONTH, BUT THEY CAN STAY A WEEK UP TO A MONTH AFTER THAT.
THEY GOTTA GO BRING IN A FRESH BATCH OF TRUCKS THAT ALL HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE CITY OF GARLAND'S HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
NOBODY WILL BE ALLOWED TO PARK UNLESS THEY'RE APPROVED.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO VET THESE FOOD TRUCKS AHEAD OF TIME? ABSOLUTELY.
I'M IN DOWNTOWN PRETTY MUCH ALL DAY LONG.
FIVE IN THE MORNING TILL FIVE AT NIGHT.
YEAH, I COME THROUGH DOWNTOWN PRETTY EARLY IN THE MORNING MYSELF GOING TO WORK.
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UM, THAT'S ALL FOR THE MOMENT.COMMISSIONER ROSE, WHAT ARE THE HOURS YOU THINK THESE TRUCKS WILL BE OPENING? I'M, I'M GONNA SAY NINE TO NINE BECAUSE MAINLY THEY'RE THE EVENING HOURS, BUT IF THEY WANNA OPEN UP IN THE LUNCH HOURS, THEY'RE WELCOME TO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PAYING FOR THAT SPOT.
THEY'LL BE LEASED A SPOT THEY WANNA LEAVE.
'CAUSE A LOT OF THEM DO EVENTS.
SO THEY'LL HAVE AN EVENT THEY NEED TO GO TO OR SOMETHING, BUT THEIR SPOT IS RESERVED BECAUSE THAT'S, THEY'RE PAYING FOR IT.
SO THEY CAN GO AND COME AS THEY PLEASE.
BUT AFTER A MONTH, IF THEY STAY A MONTH OR IF THEY STAY A WEEK, THEY HAVE TO GO.
AND THEN I BRING IN SOMEBODY ELSE.
SO IT'S ALWAYS A FRESH NEW TRUCK OR A FRESH NEW LOOK.
THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT'LL DRAW PEOPLE TO COME IN AND SAY, WOW, LET'S SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE FOOD TRUCK LOT.
COMMISSIONER OBIN EVENING SIR.
UM, JUST AS A HEADS UP, YOU'VE GOT A COUPLE OF OF HYPER TECHNICAL ATTORNEYS UP HERE, SO WE'RE GONNA PESTER YOU WITH A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS AND ABSOLUTELY.
AND YOU'RE GONNA WEATHER THE STORM.
UH, THE FIRST QUESTION I'VE GOT FOR YOU IS, UM, RELATING TO THE, THE LONG-TERM PRESENCE OF THE TRUCKS.
YOU KNOW, THE FOOD TRUCK, UH, EVENTS OR EXPERIENCES THAT I'VE HAD, THE FOOD TRUCKS DON'T LINGER LIKE THAT.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT IDEA AND GIVE ME AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW, SO THERE IS A FOOD TRUCK LOT IN LOWER GREENVILLE.
AND HE GAVE ME THE IDEA THAT HE ACTUALLY, 'CAUSE I CALLED HIM UP, SAID, HEY, I HAVE A FOOD TRUCK.
CAN I PARK THERE? HE IS LIKE, YES, YOU CAN STAY FOR A MONTH, BUT THEN YOU GOTTA GO, WE PUT YOU IN A ROTATION AND YOU CAN COME BACK AFTER A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
'CAUSE THERE'S SUCH A DEMAND TO BE THERE.
AND I'M TRYING TO CREATE THAT DEMAND HERE.
UM, WOULD, WOULD YOU HAVE ANY, UH, UM, ANGST, UH, IF THEY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE REQUIREMENT WAS THAT THEY COULDN'T STAY A MONTH.
THEY COULD, THEY COULD STAY TWO WEEKS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? UM, I, LIKE I SAID, IT WOULD BE UP TO A MONTH.
IF THEY WANTED TO STAY TWO WEEKS, THEY COULD, THEIR RENT WOULD BE ACCORDINGLY TO HOWEVER LONG THEY WANNA STAY.
SO IF THEY WANTED TO, BUT MAXIMUM WOULD BE A MONTH, THEN I'D PUT 'EM IN A ROTATION.
HOURS OF OPERATION IS ONE OF OUR QUESTIONS AS WELL.
UH, YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY FROM NINE TO NINE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A LOT.
UH, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO CONSIDER, UM, A REDUCTION IN YOUR NIGHTTIME HOURS? UNLESS IF, AND UNLESS THERE IS A SPECIAL EVENT THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE DOWNTOWN AREA AS WELL? MOST FOOD TRUCKS WORK AT NIGHT.
UM, MOST OF THEM, YOU KNOW, FEED OFF OF NIGHT BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, THE DINNER HOURS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, I MEAN, I DON'T SEE, YOU KNOW, THEM LEAVING BEFORE NINE O'CLOCK, MAYBE EIGHT O'CLOCK, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON THEIR, THE BUSINESS, DEPENDING ON THE DRAW, DEPENDING ON THE DAY.
SO ON A GOOD FRIDAY NIGHT OR A SATURDAY NIGHT, I DON'T THINK THEY'D LEAVE BEFORE EIGHT O'CLOCK.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WALKING AROUND DOWNTOWN WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHEN THERE'S NOT, YOU KNOW, MUCH.
YEAH, THEY PROBABLY PACK IT UP AND LEAVE.
SO IF, IF, IF, IF THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THIS BODY WAS THAT HOURS OF OPERATION HAD TO BE LIMITED TO A SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF HOURS, I'M HEARING YOUR REQUEST THAT IT'S, IF WE HAVE TO DO THAT, EIGHT O'CLOCK WOULD BE APPROPRIATE AS OPPOSED TO THE NINE O'CLOCK.
UM, THE ELECTRIC AND WATER CONNECTIONS, ARE THEY GONNA BE, IS THERE, IS, ARE THESE PERMANENT CONNECTIONS THAT ARE BEING BUILT? YES.
THE WATER WILL BE UNDERGROUND SO THEY WON'T FREEZE PIPES AND, YOU KNOW, START HAVING WATER EVERYWHERE AND, OKAY.
WHEN, WHEN YOU MENTIONED TRIPPING HAZARD, I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT IT WAS GONNA BE, WELL BECAUSE EXTENSION CORDS YES.
THAT'S WHY THEY, THE TRUCKS MIGHT HAVE THAT, THEY'LL HAVE CORDS TO PLUG IN, BUT I, THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T WANT TO PUT MORE THAN FIVE BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANNA SEE A CORD COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK, YOU KNOW, AND I DIDN'T WANT SOMETHING STICKING OUT OF THE GROUND.
UM, ARE YOU GONNA ALLOW OVERNIGHT PARKING OF THE TRUCKS? IN OTHER WORDS, IF SOMEONE'S THERE FOR A MONTH, CAN THEY JUST BE LIKE, YEAH, WE'RE JUST LEAVING IT HERE TONIGHT AND WE'LL BE BACK TOMORROW AT, AT THEIR OWN DISCRETION? SURE.
YOU KNOW, AT THE OWN, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IF THEY FEEL LIKE IT'S SAFE ENOUGH FOR THEM TO PARK THEIR TRUCK THERE AND NOBODY'S GONNA BREAK INTO IT, THAT'S UP TO THEM.
UM, THE, I I COULD NOT GET A SENSE FROM LOOKING AT THE DIAGRAM THAT WE WERE SHOWN THAT ARE, ARE TRUCKS GONNA BE ABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY COME IN AND OUT? I MEAN, IS THERE ENOUGH ROOM FOR THEM TO MANEUVER TO SAY, I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M IN THIS SPACE OVER HERE IN THE CORNER, BUT I'M GONNA GO.
SO THAT'LL BE MY JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT IF SOMEBODY SAYS, HEY, I'M ONLY GONNA BE HERE FOR A WEEK, I MAKE SURE THAT HE'S IN, GOT AN EXIT OUT QUICKER THAN SOMEBODY THAT SAYS, HEY, I'M GONNA BE
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HERE FOR A MONTH.OR IF SOMEBODY'S LIKE, I'M GONNA GO, I I'M GONNA GO CATER A RIGHT PARTY SOMEWHERE.
SO THE ONE THAT'S ALONGSIDE THE ALLEYWAY, HE'LL BE SOMEBODY THAT CAN LEAVE REAL QUICK.
THE ONE THAT'S GOING PARALLEL TO THE PARKING LOT WILL BE ABLE TO LEAVE REAL QUICK AND THE GUY IN THE FRONT WILL BE ABLE TO LEAVE REAL QUICK.
THE TWO ON THE END, THEY MIGHT STAY.
UM, IT, IT, CANDIDLY, I KINDA LEAN THE OTHER WAY, WHICH IS WHETHER YOU WOULD CONSIDER EXPANDING YOUR HOURS.
I MEAN, I THINK TOO MANY PLACES CLOSE TOO EARLY.
I'D RATHER, I'D RATHER BE ABLE TO, I CLOSE AT THREE.
I MEAN, I'D RATHER BE ABLE YEAH, YOU, YOU, YOU, SOMEONE CAN SHOW, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO GET LATE NIGHT FOOD, WHAT BETTER PLACE THAN A TACO TRUCK SITTING IN THE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S 500 PLUS APARTMENTS AROUND WALKING DISTANCE OF THAT FOOD TRUCK LOT, OR, YEAH.
OR SOMEBODY GETS, YOU KNOW, THAT WALKS ON AT THE PLAZA THEATER, YOU GET OUT, IT'S NINE O'CLOCK.
YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET SOMETHING TO EAT.
YOU WANT TO HAVE TO BE LIKE, NOW I HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT YOU, OKAY.
UH, ONE, ONE, UH, FOLLOW UP QUESTION.
I SAID, UH, I SUPPOSE, EXCUSE ME, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS IDEA, ARE YOU THE SOLE PERSON THAT'S GONNA BE MANAGING THE LOT ITSELF? THERE'S, YOU'RE NOT GONNA HIRE THAT OUT TO A 30? NO, SIR.
SEE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT.
HAVE A SEAT AND WE'LL, THANK YOU.
WE'LL SEE WHAT THE OTHER FOLKS HAVE TO SAY AND THEN CALL YOU BACK UP.
I HAVE PREPARED AN OUTLINE OF MY, MY SPEAKING.
I'D LIKE TO PASS THAT OUT TO EVERYBODY.
UH, IS THIS THE SAME LETTER THAT WE'VE ALREADY SEEN THEN? UH, IT IS.
SO IF YOU WANNA HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS, 'CAUSE THAT'S A LOT TO GO THROUGH IN THREE MINUTES.
NO, I'M GONNA ADDRESS A COUPLE THINGS.
UM, FIRST OF, UM, FIRST OF ALL, UM, THE IDEA OF A FOOD TRUCK, I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF SHOCKED, JUST ONLY NOTIFIED ABOUT A WEEK.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE PREPARATION OF TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS AND WRAP THIS AROUND, FIRST OF ALL, I FEEL THAT IT IS TOTALLY UNFAIR FOR THE BUSINESSES AND THE RESTAURANTS THAT ARE B BRICK AND MORTAR THAT ARE THERE RIGHT NOW, EXCUSE ME, THAT HAVE SUFFERED THROUGH THIS TWO YEARS, EXCUSE ME, THE MICROPHONE PLEASE.
THAT HAVE SUFFERED THROUGH THIS YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS OF COVID THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION THAT CITY OF GARLAND HAVE DONE DOWNTOWN, AND THROUGH IT ALL, WITHOUT ANY COMPENSATION FROM THE CITY.
THESE BUSINESSES HAVE, UH, HAVE PERSEVERED THROUGH THIS ALL.
SO FOR YOU GUYS TO EVEN ALLOW THIS FOOD TRUCK WITH THIS DISTURBANCE, I MEAN,
UM, AND MY, MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS, YOU KNOW, THE CHALLENGING RESTAURANT AND BUSINESS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE, THAT HAVE BEEN THERE, AND FOR THEM TO PUT THIS FOOD TRUCK, IT'S GONNA TAKE AWAY THEIR BUSINESSES AND THE QUALITY OF THIS DOWNTOWN AREA.
UM, RECENTLY THE CITY OF GARLAND, DEBRA MORRIS, UM, HAD HOSTED THE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS FOOD TRUCK.
AND SOMEBODY HAD ASKED HER, WELL, WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT? UM, THE ONE THAT WAS ON APOLLO IN JUPITER HAS A MOVE SOMEWHERE.
SO THEN SHE ANSWERED, WELL, THE, THE, THE TRUCKS AT THE CLOSED CAR WASH THAT WAS NEVER A FOOD TRUCK.
THERE WAS A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT A CAUSING BACKUP TRAFFIC AND OTHER ISSUE, BUT DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY WENT.
SO AGAIN, AND I, AND I CAN, I CAN GIVE YOU OTHER EXAMPLES OF OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE HAD THESE FOOD TRUCK AND HAVE CAUSED PROBLEMS. UM, AND IT'S, IT'S AN INCONSISTENT BUSINESS AND HE'S ALLOWING THEM TO BE THERE A MONTH AT A TIME OR TWO WEEKS AT A TIME.
YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS HAVE PUT SO
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MUCH MONEY IN THIS DOWNTOWN AREA FOR THE CONSTRUCTION TO TRY TO DEVELOP A GOOD DEVELOPMENTAL AREA WITH THE BUSINESSES AND THE COMMUNITY TO PUT MORE MONEY INTO THE, UM, TO THE CITY.AND THEN ALLOWING THIS FOOD TRUCK, FIRST OF ALL, AND, AND I'LL GO THROUGH A LITTLE MORE EXTENSIVE PART ABOUT HOW HE'S WANTING TO PUT FIVE TRUCKS ON THERE.
THERE IS NO WAY FOR NUMBER ONE, I DON'T, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THE FIRE, UM, FIRE DEPARTMENT CAN EVEN ALLOW THIS.
WHAT ABOUT THE FIRE HAZARD OF IN CASE A TRUCK GOES ON FIRE OR ONE OF THE BUILDING OR MY BUILDING GOES ON FIRE, HOW IN THE WORLD THEY'RE GONNA GET OUT, HOW THE WORLD'S A FOOD TRUCK, THE THE FIRE ENGINE GONNA GET IN THERE, AND THE FACT THAT HI HIM TRYING TO SQUEEZE IN FIVE TRUCK IN THAT SMALL PERIOD.
NOW, PLEASE UNDERSTAND, OTHER FOOD TRUCKS HAVE WHERE THERE'S A PARK, THERE'S NO BRICK, BRICK AND MORTAR AREA.
BUT YOU HAVE BRICK AND MORTAR RESTAURANTS AND BUSINESSES HERE THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED.
AND, YOU KNOW, MY CONCERN IS ALSO THE, YOU KNOW, HE TALKS ABOUT HOW, UM, THE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN, IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T KNOW.
AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I KNOW LARRY FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE AND HAVE HAD SOME CHALLENGING DIFFICULTIES WITH HIM, AND I DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING HE SAYS.
BUT THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE TRUCKS ARE, THESE TRUCKS ARE GONNA BE WITH THE ELECTRICITY AND, AND WATER.
AGAIN, THERE'S SO MANY, UM, THE, THE, THE DISRUPTION OF THE BUSINESSES, THE CONTAMINATION ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, CONCERNS THAT I HAVE WITH THE FOOD TRUCK AND, YOU KNOW, AND THE NOISE, THE NOISE, THE, THE NOISE OF THE CORRUPTION, YOU KNOW, CAUSING SOME OF THESE OTHER BUSINESS.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, I HAVE A BUSINESS NEXT DOOR TO ME THAT, THAT, THAT I OWN.
I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE NOISE CONCERN AND, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, I THINK THE CITY'S PRIORITY IS THE CURRENT BUSINESSES AND THE CURRENT RESTAURANTS RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY WHAT THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.
AND, BUT, YOU KNOW, I DID OUTLINE MY LETTER THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ALL RECEIVED.
I THINK IT THOROUGHLY EXPLAINS EVERYTHING.
SO, UM, AGAIN, I I, ALL I ADVISE IS THE CITY DEFINITELY THOROUGHLY THINK ABOUT THIS AND, AND, UM, AND DECLINE THIS APPLICATION.
MA'AM, ARE YOU AWARE THAT THE, UH, FOOD TRUCK COURT ON JU ON JUPITER ROAD WAS HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL? AND THE REASON IT'S GONE IS BECAUSE THEY'RE SELLING THE LAND AND THEY WANTED TO GET THOSE TRUCKS OFF OF THERE.
THAT'S THE ONLY REASON IT'S CLOSED.
NO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REASON WAS, BUT THAT'S THE REASON.
WELL, ACCORDING TO, UM, THE COUNCIL, MS. MORRIS, THERE WAS A LOT OF COMPLAINTS AND LOTS OF TRAFFIC, WHICH IS GONNA COME HERE AS WELL.
A LOT OF COMPLAINTS AND A LOT OF TRAFFIC.
I'M JUST TELLING YOU, IT'S A PRE-WARNING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF THIS SPEAKER, MR. CHAIR? I'M NOT SURE WE RECEIVED MS. WILLIAMS' ADDRESS.
DID WE, WE, DID WE GET YOUR ADDRESS? 6 0 6 AND 6 0 8 MAIN STREET.
I'M BAD ON THAT, BUT IT GIVES YOU SOMETHING TO DO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING DOWN.
ALRIGHTY, UH, PATRICIA ELUSIVE, ELUSIVE, AND PLEASE CORRECT ME ON YOUR NAME, PRONUNCIATION.
UM, I AM PART OF, UH, ADOS OF BUSINESS OWNERS IN DOWNTOWN GARLAND.
AND, AND YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE? OH, YES, SIR.
THAT'S THE YOGA STUDIO NEXT TO MRS. WILLIAMS' PROPERTY.
UM, SO, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A DECLARATION IN, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE LETTER THAT WE SENT ON BEHALF OF A, OF A DOZEN OF BUSINESS OWNERS, INCLUDING MOST OF THE RESTAURANTS IN DOWNTOWN GARLAND.
SO THIS IS MY PERSONAL IMPACT STATEMENT.
UM, SO AS I SAID, I OWN THE YOGA STUDIO AT 6 0 4 MAIN STREET.
I'VE BEEN A GARLAND RESIDENT FOR 23 YEARS.
ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING A BUSINESS HERE IN GARLAND FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS HAS BEEN A LIBERAL LOVE THAT HAS ALLOWED ME TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT RESIDENTS IN NEED OF ALTERNATIVE HEALING METHODS.
I HAVE WORKED VERY, VERY HARD TO STAY OPEN AND HAVE STRUGGLED REALLY HARD ON THE PAST THREE YEARS.
UM, I USED TO HAVE A SECOND BUSINESS,
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A MASSAGE STUDIO AT 6 1 3 MAIN STREET.I HAD TO CLOSE IT FOR GOOD BECAUSE OF THE PARKING ISSUES WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY START CONSTRUCTION ON MAIN STREET, MY PATRONS JUST DIDN'T WANT TO DEAL WITH THE DETOURS, THE NOISE, THE FUMES.
SO THREE MONTHS AGO, I HAD TO CLOSE IT.
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING BUT SOMETHING SIMILAR WITH ALL, WITH A BUNCH OF FOOD TRUCKS THERE, BRINGING EXTRA PARKING ISSUES.
SO, UM, I UNDERSTAND BRINGING MORE VISITORS TO THE AREA IS IMPORTANT, BUT A VIBRANT DOWNTOWN ALSO BENEFITS FROM A DIVERSE MIX OF ESTABLISHMENTS SUCH AS MINE.
OUR CLIENTS VISIT US TO ESCAPE, RECHARGE, AND FIND RESPITE FROM THE HECTIC PACE OF THEIR LIFE.
AND DESPITE FACING FINANCIAL CHALLENGES, I'VE REMAINED COMMITTED TO OUR COMMUNITY, HOPEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE HORIZON, IN ADDITION TO THE IMPACT ON PUBLIC HEALTH, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE FOOD THAT THEY SERVE, THESE DRUGS ARE MAINLY HIGH IN CALORIES AND VERY UNHEALTHY.