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WELL, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME
[Call To Order]
TO THE NOVEMBER 7TH, 2023 REGULAR MEETING OF THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL.IT IS A, IT IS THE CUSTOM AND TRADITION OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE AN INVOCATION AND RECITAL OF THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF OUR MEETING.
AND YOU ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IF YOU SO CHOOSE.
UH, BUT YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN EITHER OR BOTH, AND YOUR DECISION IS STRICTLY A MATTER OF YOUR OWN CHOICE AND WILL NOT HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THE DECISIONS WE MAKE HERE THIS EVENING.
AND TONIGHT WE WILL BE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK FROM DISTRICT FIVE.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEXAS RANGERS AND MITCH BATES FOR WINNING THE WORLD SERIES.
IT'S ALWAYS SPECIAL THE DAY AFTER A BIG WIN TO SEE AN ENTIRE METROPLEX CELEBRATE AND COME TOGETHER WHERE GENDER, RACE, AND POLITICS DON'T MATTER.
AND MY HOPE IS THAT WE CONTINUE THIS FORWARD MOMENTUM CARE FOR YOUR FAMILIES, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS.
SHOW KINDNESS TO EVERYONE YOU MEET BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THAT SMALL GESTURE WILL BRIGHTEN SOMEONE'S DAY.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE LIFE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A ROUTINE.
MAKE SURE I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING.
TRY TO GIVE PERMISSION TO TAKE THE DOG HOME.
[MAYORAL PROCLAMATIONS, RECOGNITIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS]
AND, UH, ALWAYS HAPPY TO SEE FACES IN THE CROWD.UH, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, UH, AT THE FIRST MEETING, UH, AT OUR FIRST REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OF EVERY MONTH, WE HAVE OUR PET OF THE MONTH.
AND SO, UH, WE HAVE AN ESPECIALLY FESTIVE, OH YEAH, LET'S GET THE HEAD THING FIXED.
WE HAVE, UH, CRYSTAL HERE FROM OUR, UH, ANIMAL SHELTER ADOPTION CENTER.
AND LET'S TELL US WHO'S HERE WITH US TONIGHT.
I DON'T THINK SHE'S CRAZY ABOUT THE, UH, THE RED CATTLE
MY NAME IS CRYSTAL AND I'M AN ADOPTION SPECIALIST AT GARLAND
UM, MY NAME IS CRYSTAL AND I'M AN ADOPTION SPECIALIST AT GARLAND ANIMAL SHELTER.
SHE'S ABOUT FOUR YEARS OLD, AND SHE'S AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION.
SHE'S ALREADY BEEN SPAYED AND SHE'S READY FOR A GOOD HOME.
UM, SHE HAS BEEN AT THE SHELTER SINCE MAY, AND SO, UM, SHE'S JUST KIND OF LEARNING HOW TO BE A DOG AGAIN OUTSIDE OF THE SHELTER.
UM, SO SHE WAS A LITTLE BIT SHY WITH SOME OF YOU, BUT SHE FOR SURE, UM, MELTED INTO SOMEBODY'S HANDS EARLIER.
AND SO HOPEFULLY MAYBE HE'LL TAKE IT HOME,
UM, BUT WE ARE OPEN EVERY SINGLE DAY EXCEPT FOR WEDNESDAYS, UH, 11 TO SIX.
WE HAVE SEVERAL OTHER DOGS AVAILABLE, UM, LIKE SADDLE.
UM, WE HAVE CATS AND GUINEA PIGS.
IF ANYBODY, YOU KNOW, WANTS TO START KIND OF SMALL.
UM, BUT WE ARE THERE AND WE HAVE SOME, SEVERAL GOOD DOGS, UH, FOR ADOPTION.
JUST KNOW, I'LL MAKE YOU A DEAL ON THIS DOG RIGHT HERE TONIGHT.
WE'LL DO LIKE A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, JUST A IMPROMPTU AUCTION.
WELL, NEXT UP WE HAVE, AND, UH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UH, HOLIDAY SEASON IS SWIFTLY APPROACHING US AT THIS POINT, AND I'M SURE YOU ALL RECOGNIZE THE RED KETTLES.
SO, UH, TONIGHT, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME FORWARD, WE HAVE, UH, IT IS TIME TO, UH, TO UN I GUESS TO, I DON'T KNOW, UNBOX THEM, WHATEVER YOU DO WITH THEM WHEN YOU'RE NOT USING THEM.
BUT, UH, I DO HAVE A, UH, RECOGNITION TONIGHT FOR THE SALVATION ARMY'S RED KETTLE CAMPAIGN.
AND WHEREAS THE ICONIC RED KETTLE PROGRAM ORIGINATED IN 1891 TO FEED THE HUNGRY CHRISTMAS DINNER,
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AND WHEREAS THE PROGRAM NOW EXPANDS ACROSS THE WORLD AND PROVIDES CRITICAL FUNDING THAT ENABLES THE SALVATION ARMY TO CONTINUE THEIR YEAR-ROUND EFFORTS OF HELPING THOSE WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE FORGOTTEN.LOVE BEYOND CHRISTMAS IS THEIR HOLIDAY THEME AND COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE HOPE AND HELP TO NEIGHBORS IN NEED 365 DAYS A YEAR.
THIS YEAR'S RED CATTLE CAMPAIGN RUNS FROM EARLY NOVEMBER THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, WHETHER IT'S FOOD FOR HUNGRY FAMILIES, VITAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, AND IN FOR INDIVIDUALS SEEKING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, OR THOSE NAVIGATING THE CHALLENGES OF POVERTY AND HOMELESSNESS, ALL FUNDS RAISED SUPPORT LOCAL PROGRAMS AND INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO FIND THEMSELVES FACING UNCERTAINTY AND HOPELESSNESS.
COINS AND DOLLARS DROPPED IN THE KETTLES GO FAR, BUT NOT FAR AWAY.
EVERY DONATION WILL HELP US CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FOOD, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, SPIRITUAL CARE, AND MORE TO THE RESIDENTS OF GARLAND.
AND WHEREAS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9TH IS THE DAY DESIGNATED FOR CITY MAYORS AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM GARLAND, SAXE ETTE, ROCKWALL WILEY, AND MURPHY TO BECOME BELL RINGERS AT KETTLE LOCATIONS ACROSS THEIR CITIES, ADDITIONALLY IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON THE UNWAVERING SUPPORT OF LOCAL CITY OFFICIALS.
THE GOAL IS TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS IN GARLAND AND ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THROUGH FUNDS RAISED THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.
SO NOW, THEREFORE, I SCOTLAND, MAY MAYOR OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, ALONG WITH THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL TO HEREBY CONVEY THE SPECIAL RECOGNITION IN HONOR OF THE SALVATION ARMY'S RED KETTLE CAMPAIGN.
YOU CAN MAKE, INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND SOUNDS GREAT.
TELL US WHAT ELSE WE'RE GONNA DO.
WE, WE APPRECIATE BEING HERE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME.
MY NAME IS BERNARD TOLAND AND I'M THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE SALVATION ARMY IN GARLAND.
UH, BUT BEFORE THAT, UH, ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO, I WAS THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB DIRECTOR HERE IN, IN GARLAND AND, UH, HAD AN AMAZING TIME GETTING TO KNOW GARLAND, AND SO I'M SURE GLAD TO BE BACK AND, UH, REALIZED THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT I HAVE TO, TO REJOIN AND, UH, TO, TO START NEW AND, AND, AND RE UM, AND BUILD THE OLD RELATIONSHIPS TOGETHER.
SO, UH, I'M, I'M REALLY, UH, PRIVILEGED TO BE THERE.
SHE'S THE COUNTY DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND FUNDRAISING FOR THE SALVATION ARMY.
AND SHE'S GONNA SAY A FEW, FEW WORDS.
SO, HAPPY TO BE HERE, UH, TONIGHT.
UM, I AM BORN AND RAISED IN GARLAND.
SO AT BORN AT THE HOSPITAL WHEN, UH, THAT WAS STILL HERE.
UM, STILL CONTINUE TO LIVE IN THE SERVICE AREA THAT THE SALVATION ARMY OF GARLAND, UH, PROVIDES TO INDIVIDUALS AND THE ORGANIZATION AND THE CITY OF GARLAND'S VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART, OBVIOUSLY, AS A RESIDENT FOR MANY YEARS.
OKAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THAT YOU WOULD AGREE THAT THE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE BEEN SOME OF THE HARDEST WE HAVE FACED AS A NATION.
AS WE CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE THROUGH THE PANDEMIC INFLATION, CIVIL UNREST, AND NATURAL DISASTERS AND UPROOT FAMILIES, WE FIND COURAGE AND STRENGTH AND LOVE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.
AS MAYOR LAME STATED, THE SALVATION ARMY IS SHOWING THAT LOVE EXISTS BEYOND THE MOST DIFFICULT SITUATIONS, AND WE APPRECIATE THE OFFER TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE HOW YOU CAN JOIN US EACH YEAR.
NORTH TEXAS, MORE THAN 11.6 MILLION MEALS ARE SERVED AT THE HUNGRY.
LAST MONTH OUT OF THE GARLAND SALVATION ARMY ALONE, 550 INDIVIDUALS WERE FED THROUGH OUR FOOD PANTRY, AND AN ADDITIONAL FOUR 50 MEALS WERE SERVED THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH CLOS.
GARLAND CORE COMMUNITY CENTER SERVES INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES LIVING IN POVERTY WHO LIVE IN SIX CITIES, AS MARILYN MENTIONED, WITH THE, UH, THE, THE, UH, MAYORS THAT ARE, WE'RE GOING TO ENCOURAGE TO, UH, START A BATTLE OF THE BANDS, IF YOU WILL,
LOVE BEYOND CHRISTMAS, AS MAYOR LAMAY ALSO MENTIONED IN THE PROCLAMATION IS OUR HOLIDAY THEME.
THAT IS OUR COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE HOPE AND HELP TO NEIGHBORS IN NEED FOR HUNDRED 65 DAYS A YEAR.
THE CAMPAIGN IS BASED ON THE SCRIPTURE FROM ONE PETER FOUR, EIGHT ABOVE ALL LOVE, AND AS A REMINDER TO LOVE OTHERS BEYOND ALL ELSE, BEYOND DIFFERENCES, BORDERS, GENERATIONS AND CIRCUMSTANCES, AND IS A SYMBOL OF THE RESOURCES AND PROGRAMS THAT THOUSANDS OF NORTH TEXANS RELY ON YEAR ROUND WHEN THEY TURN TO THE SALVATION ARMY, ME.
SO WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO INVITE EACH OF YOU HERE AND EVERYONE LISTENING TO PARTICIPATE AND HELP US SHOW FAMILIES IN NEED THAT LOVE EXISTS BEYOND THE MOST DIFFICULT TIMES.
THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO PARTICIPATE THIS YEAR, AND THAT'S TO RING THE BELL IN PERSON.
WE HAVE 15, UH, LOCATIONS HERE IN DALLAS, AND THEN, UH, 15 MORE ACROSS THE CITIES THAT WE'VE MENTIONED.
AND YOU CAN SIGN UP ON OUR WEBSITE TO GET MORE INVOLVED.
UM, YOU CAN ALSO PROMOTE YOUR VIRTUAL RED KETTLE PAGE, SO
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THE SEASON IS OPEN THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR, AND YOU CAN SCAN THIS CODE HERE TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION, UM, AT A LEVEL THAT'S MEANINGFUL FOR YOU.AND AS MAYOR LAME SAID, THOSE DONATIONS AND EVERY DOLLAR PLACED IN, UH, THE KETTLE, EVERY COIN STAYS LOCAL HERE IN GARLAND.
SO IT SERVES RESIDENTS IN NEED IN THIS COMMUNITY.
WE'RE SO VERY PROUD TO HAVE THE PARTICIPATION OF MAYOR LAME ALREADY, UM, AS WELL AS COUNCILWOMAN CARISSA DUTTON, COUNCILMAN BJ WILLIAMS AND COUNCILWOMAN DEBORAH MORRIS, WHO HAVE ALREADY SIGNED UP TO RING THE BELL.
WE'RE HAVING OUR MAYOR'S CHALLENGE ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER THE NINTH, AND THEY WILL BE AT BOTH THE GROCERY AND THE RETAIL DOORS AT THE WALMART AT 53 0 2 NORTH GARLAND ROAD.
BREAKING THE DAY INTO SHIFTS MAKES IT FUN AND EASY, AND EVERYONE CAN DO THIS.
BRING YOUR HOLIDAY SPIRIT AND YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR FRIENDS.
AND IF WE'RE SUCCESSFUL IN FILLING THOSE SHIFTS, THEN WE'RE GONNA OPEN IT UP TO OTHER WALMARTS, UM, ACROSS GARLAND, INCLUDING THE, THE ONE OFF I 30.
SO, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT.
SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL AS THEY RING BELLS OUT IN FRONT OF WALMART AND BRING YOUR DOLLARS.
BUT WE ALSO WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU THAT IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR MORE WAYS TO GET INVOLVED, YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONE'S FRIENDS, UH, YOUR SPHERE OF INFLUENCE CAN REGISTER TO RING THE BELL AT, UH, UH, ANY OF THE 25 BELL RINGING LOCATIONS IN OUR AREA, AND WE'D BE FOR FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SCHOOL, BUSINESS, CHURCH, OR CIVIC CLUB FOR HELPING NEIGHBORS IN NEED.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
SO GO AHEAD AND MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9TH, AND, UH, MYSELF AND, AND OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL BE OUT.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST GONNA SAY WE CANNOT LET THOSE OTHER CITIES BEAT US.
UM, WE ARE MULTIPLE SIZES LARGER THAN ALL OF THEM, ACTUALLY, WE'RE PROBABLY LARGER THAN ALL OF THEM COMBINED, SO WE DEFINITELY NEED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
SO I HOPE WE SEE YOU OUT THERE.
AND, UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND HAVE, UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY, UH, GO AHEAD AND POST FOR A QUORUM FOR THAT DAY, UH, IN CASE WE HAVE ALL NINE OF US SHOW UP, UM, OR IF WE HAVE TO BREAK INTO TWO GROUPS AND, UH, AND HIT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS.
SO WE'LL GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT SOON.
AND WHO KNOWS, YOU KNOW, WITH OURS, YOU KNOW, THERE MIGHT BE A, THERE MIGHT BE A FIRE TRUCK OUT THERE, MAYBE A POLICE SWAT VEHICLE JUST TO, YOU KNOW, GET PEOPLE'S ATTENTION.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED ON OUR AGENDA HERE THIS EVENING.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
CONSENT AGENDA.UH, ALL ITEMS UNDER THIS SECTION ARE RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY A SINGLE MOTION OF COUNCIL.
WITHOUT DISCUSSION, COUNCIL HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW EACH OF THESE ITEMS AT A PREVIOUS WORK SESSION AND APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO IMPLEMENT EACH ITEM.
I WILL ANNOUNCE THE AGENDA AND PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE OR THE COUNCIL TO REQUEST THAT AN ITEM BE REMOVED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.
I DON'T HAVE ANY REQUESTS CURRENTLY, BUT ALSO A REMINDER, UH, THAT WE ARE PULLING ITEM FIVE AND THAT WILL COME BACK TO US AT A FUTURE DATE.
UH, FIRST LET ME READ THROUGH THE AGENDA.
FIRST ITEM, UH, ITEM ONE, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 17TH, 2023, REGULAR MEETING.
ITEM TWO, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING BIDS.
ITEM TWO, A MONOCLONAL RESIDUAL CONTROL SYSTEM.
ITEM TWO B FOREST LANE, ELEVATED STORAGE TANK REHABILITATION ITEM TWO C, ROLLING WOOD COMMONS WATER AND MAINS REPLACEMENT ITEM TWO D-G-P-N-L, EMERGENCY WATER TRAILERS AND CONDENSATE POLISHING TANKS.
ITEM TWO E-G-P-N-L GERVIN SWITCH STATION MATERIALS.
ITEM TWO F-G-P-N-L OAKLAND SUBSTATION CONTROL ENCLOSURE, ITEM TWO G-G-P-N-L HOLFORD SWITCH STATION ENGINEERING SERVICES.
PUBLIC HEARINGS WERE PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONING CASES.
COUNSEL APPROVED THE REQUEST AND INSTRUCTED STAFF TO BRING FORTH THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCES FOR CONSIDERATION.
ITEM THREE A IS ZONING CASE Z 22 DASH 74, UH, NET INVERSION LLC IN DISTRICT FOUR.
ITEM THREE B IS ZONING CASE Z 23 DASH 27 EDG ARCHITECTS IN DISTRICT THREE.
AND EXCUSE ME, ITEM THREE C IS ZONING IN CASE Z 23 DASH 30 MOMENTUM TATTOO LLC IN DISTRICT TWO.
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SCHOOL ZONE ON MILLER ROAD.ITEM SIX T IMPAIRED DRIVING MOBILIZATION GRANT 2024.
AND FINALLY, ITEM SEVEN, RESOLUTION APPROVING A SCHEDULE FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS IN CALENDAR YEAR 2024 AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
AND THAT IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN ITEM PULLED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY SEEING NONE? COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK.
MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED MINUS ITEM FIVE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED, EXCLUDING ITEM FIVE AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM BASS.
MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU CAN PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US, PLEASE ANY COUNSEL AND DISPLAY THE VOTE.
AND THAT ITEM IS, OR THOSE ITEMS ARE APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY THAT WILL MOVE US
[8.a. Consider a request by Abreham Tessema to amend a Specific Use Provision for a truck storage facility. The site currently contains a Specific Use Provision for a Truck/Bus Storage Use. However, the applicant proposes an amendment to the site layout. The site is located at 2430 Lonnecker Drive in District 5.]
ON TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.MADAM SECRETARY, CAN YOU GO OVER THE SPEAKER REGULATIONS PLEASE? YES, SIR.
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IS GIVEN TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY RATHER THAN TO QUESTION THE CITY COUNCIL OR STAFF.
THE CHAIR MAY CALL A SPEAKER OUT OF ORDER IF THE SPEAKER PRESENTS QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION THAT WILL UNDULY DELAY THE TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS.
AT THIS MEETING, SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK ON A FIRST COME, FIRST TO SPEAK BASIS AS DETERMINED BY THE ORDER IN WHICH THE CITY SECRETARY RECEIVED THE, THE SPEAKER'S INFORMATION.
APPLICANTS ARE ALLOWED 10 MINUTES FOR PRESENTATIONS AND ALL OTHER SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK WHEN THE PODIUM BUZZER SOUNDS.
THE SPEAKER MUST END THEIR COMMENTS.
UH, SO ITEM EIGHT, HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS.
OUR FIRST, UH, ZONING CASE THIS EVENING.
ITEM EIGHT, A CONSIDER REQUEST BY ABRAHAM TIMA TO AMEND A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION FOR TRUCK STORAGE FACILITY.
THIS SITE CURRENTLY CONTAINS A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION FOR A TRUCK BUS STORAGE USE.
HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT PROPOSES AN AMENDMENT ON TO THE SITE LAYOUT.
AND THIS SITE IS LOCATED AT 24 30 LOKER DRIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE.
MR. GARRIN, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING.
UH, THE FIRST ZONING CASE ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA IS CASE Z 22 DASH 58.
IT IS A REQUEST FOR AN SUP AMENDMENT FOR A, UH, TRUCK STORAGE FACILITY.
THE LOCATION IS THE, UH, 24 30 LAER DRIVE AND THE, UH, ACREAGE OF THE SITE IS ABOUT 2.6 ACRES.
UM, IT IS ZONED IN THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, BUT WITH AN EXISTING SUP UM, 20 DASH 28 THAT WAS FOR TRUCK STORAGE.
BUT THE APPLICANT IS, UM, REQUESTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE SITE PLAN.
UH, HE'S REQUESTING FOR ADDITIONAL, UH, SPACES FOR TRUCKS, UM, AND JUST SOME OTHER KIND OF JUST, WHICH NATURALLY CHANGES THE SITE LAYOUT, BUT A SMALLER OFFICE BUILDING, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
BUT THE ADDITIONAL SPACES IS THE MAIN, UM, IMPETUS FOR THE SUP AMENDMENT.
UM, THE, UH, HERE'S THE GENERAL LOCATION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY LOCATED ON MONIKER DRIVE.
THIS IS LOCATED BETWEEN MILLER AND KINGSLEY ROAD.
UM, AND HERE IT IS HERE OUTLINED IN TEAL.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE JUST INDICATED BY THE PURPLE COLOR, UM, IT IS, UM, SURROUNDED BY OTHER INDUSTRIAL ZONE PROPERTIES AND BUILT ACCORDINGLY, INCLUDING SOME, UM, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND, AND INDUSTRIAL USES THAT GENERATE SOME TRUCK TRAFFIC IN AND OUT.
AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AGAIN, JUST KINDA INDICATED BY THE END OF, UH, PURPLE COLOR IS, UH, UM, ALIGNS WITH THE CURRENT ZONING, WHICH IS, UM, INDUSTRIAL.
AND, UM, THIS PROPOSAL OFFERS A SUPPORTIVE USE TO THE INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT SECTOR, UM, IN THAT, UM, KIND OF SUPPORTS, UM, PLACES FOR TO STAGE AND, AND STORE TRUCKS AS NEEDED.
THE, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN RECOGNIZES THE NEED FOR TRUCK STAGING AND PARKING, UH, IN THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
UM, IT ACTUALLY CALLS IT OUT, UH, PRETTY SPECIFICALLY IN THAT REGARD AND, UH, UH, SAYS OR STATE'S QUOTE, EVALUATE AND MOVE ON POTENTIAL OPTIONS FOR TRUCK STAGING AND PARKING AS A RECOMMENDATION.
AND HERE'S SOME PHOTOS OF THE AREA.
UM, THIS IS LAER DRIVE AGAIN, UH, PRETTY, UH, INDUSTRIAL TYPE ROADWAY.
AND, UM, CERTAINLY TRUCKS CAN BE FOUND GOING UP AND DOWN THE THE STREET.
HERE'S THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN.
UM, THE SUP THAT WAS APPROVED TWO YEARS AGO, UH, DID HAVE AN SUP CONDITION, UH, FOR A MAXIMUM OF 10 TRUCK PARKING SPACES.
HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A MAXIMUM OF 37 TRUCK PARKING SPACES WITH THIS REQUEST.
SO THE SITE LAYOUT, UM, REFLECTS THE, THOSE 37 SPACES.
UM, THE YELLOW JUST INDICATES THE SMALL, UM, OFFICE BUILDING THEY WOULD HAVE ON SITE.
UM, THE SITE LAYOUT AND, AND THE LANDSCAPE PLAN TWO, WHICH IS SHOWN HERE, UH, MEETS ALL GDC REQUIREMENTS.
THE, UM, REQUEST THIS EVENING OR, UH, FOR CONSIDERATION IS, UH, REALLY
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JUST THE SUP FOR THE LAND USE AND, AND AMENDING THAT SUP AND BUILDING ELEVATIONS IS JUST SHOWING THE SMALL OFFICE BUILDING THAT WOULD BE LOCATED ON SITE MEETS THE APPLICABLE GDC REQUIREMENTS.UM, THE APPLICANT REQUESTS THE SUP TIME PERIOD FOR A A PERIOD OF 20 YEARS, UH, WHICH ALIGNS WITH THE SUP TIME PERIOD GUIDE FOR THIS LAND USE.
UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL OF THE SUP AMENDMENT AND THE PLAN, UM, THE TRUCK STORAGE, OR EXCUSE ME, TRUCK SLASH BUS STORAGE USE IS CURRENTLY ENTITLED, UH, THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST FOR AN AMENDED SITE PLAN DOES NOT CARRY A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
AND THE ADDITIONAL SCREENING AND LANDSCAPING WILL IMPROVE THE SITE FROM ITS CURRENT CONDITION.
IN ADDITION, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN RECOGNIZES A NEED IN THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT FOR TRUCK STAGING AND PARKING.
UM, HOWEVER, AND THIS IS JUST A SUGGESTION, BUT HOWEVER, UH, GIVEN THE ORIGINAL SUP, UM, FOR 20 YEARS, UH, WAS GRANTED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO FOR FEWER PARKING SPACES, UH, THE COUNCIL MAY CONSIDER A SHORTER SUP TIME PERIOD, UH, UM, THAN THE NEW NEWLY REQUESTED 20 YEAR, 20 YEAR SUP TIME PERIOD.
UH, AND THE PLAN COMMISSION RECOMMENDED, UH, APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST AS WELL.
THAT WAS WITH AN EIGHT TO ZERO VOTE AND THAT WAS AS PRESENTED BY THE APPLICANT AND MAYOR, WE MAILED OUT, UH, 37 NOTIFICATION LETTERS ON THIS CASE AND WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY RESPONSES.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM? COUNCILOR RE MORRIS? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UM, WILL DO, YOU CAN, DO YOU HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT WHY TWO YEARS AGO IT WAS LIMITED TO ONLY 10 SPACES? THAT WAS THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST AT THE TIME? UH, IT DID SEEM PRETTY RESTRICTIVE, BUT THAT WAS THE REQUEST AND HOW THEIR SITE LAYOUT WAS SHOWN AND, UM, I THINK THEY KIND OF WENT BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND FIGURED THEY, THEY, UH, WOULD LIKE MORE.
SO THAT'S KINDA WHAT BRINGS US HERE TONIGHT.
UM, WE CERTAINLY NEED MORE TRUCK STAGING AND PARKING FACILITIES.
I DROVE OUT THERE INTO ALL THESE AREAS, UH, INDUSTRIAL AREAS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.
AND, UM, IT SEEMS LIKE A PERFECT PLACE FOR THIS.
I CONCUR WITH COUNCILWOMAN MORRIS.
IT IS, UM, VERY DIFFICULT FOR TRUCKS TO FIND A PARKING PLACE IN THAT AREA.
WHAT IS YOUR RECOMMENDED SEP TIME PERIOD? YOU KNOW, GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE CONCUR WITH THIS, THE, THE GUIDE, WHICH ACTUALLY IS 20 TO 25 YEARS, SO SHOULD NOTE THAT THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST IS, UM, UM, ALIGNS WITH THAT.
SO DON'T REALLY HAVE NECESSARILY A PARTICULAR SS EP TIME PERIOD.
WE JUST KIND OF WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE THAT SINCE THEY WERE GRANTED IT TWO YEARS AGO AND KIND OF, UM, WENT INTO THAT 20 YEAR TIME PERIOD AND THEY'RE ASKING FOR MORE SPACES, IT WAS JUST A CONSIDERATION THAT COUNCIL COULD TAKE.
BUT I WOULD SAY GENERALLY SPEAKING, COUNCIL MEMBER, WE AGREE WITH THE, WITH THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST AND THE SUP TIME PERIOD GUIDE, SO THANK YOU WILL.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? THANK YOU MR. GAR.
UH, MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE, UH, SPEAKERS FOR THE APPLICANT? I DO NOT HAVE CARDS FOR THE APPLICANT.
IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? OH, I THINK HE'S GOT ONE IN HIS HAND.
HEY, AT LEAST YOU FILLED IT OUT AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TO CHASE YOU DOWN.
UH, SIR, IF YOU COULD COME FORWARD, UM, AND YOU WILL HAVE 10 MINUTES TO MAKE A PRESENTATION OR SIMPLY ANSWER QUESTIONS.
UH, AND I WILL ASK YOU TO GIVE YOUR NAME AND THE ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOUR TIME STARTS NOW, SIR.
THANK YOU, ALL OF YOU OUT HERE.
UH, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY.
MY NAME IS FRA MTA AND I'M THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, I LIVE IN, UH, RICHARDSON, 6 2 4 PINE VALLEY, RICHARDSON, TEXAS 7 5 0 8 1.
AND I'M HERE IF THERE IS ANY QUESTIONS.
I'M, I'M HERE TO JUST, UH, GIVE MY BEST ANSWER FOR ALL OF THEM.
VERY GOOD, SIR, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? I SEE NONE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, COUNCILOR LUCK.
I WAS ON THE PLAN COMMISSION WHEN THIS CAME THROUGH THE FIRST TIME
SO I DO MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM EIGHT A AS PRESENTED WITH A 20 YEAR SEP.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN RELUCTANT, A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN DUTTON TO APPROVE ITEM EIGHT A AS PRESENTED WITH THE 20 YEAR SUP.
SEE NO FURTHER DISCUSSION MADAM SECRETARY, YOU CAN PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US PLEASE AND DISPLAY THE VOTE AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
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YOU, SIR.[8.b. Consider a request by CAT Scale Company to allow the addition of a truck scale and a freestanding sign for the truck scale on the subject property. The site is located at 1910 South Jupiter Road in District 6.]
NEXT CASE, ITEM EIGHT B, CONSIDER A REQUEST BY CAT SCALE COMPANY TO ALLOW THE ADDITION OF A TRUCK SCALE AND FREESTANDING SIGN FOR THE TRUCK SCALE ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.THIS SITE IS LOCATED AT 1910 SOUTH JUPITER ROAD IN DISTRICT SIX.
SO THIS NEXT CASE IS Z 23 DASH 20, UH, PROPOSAL TO ADD A TRUCK SCALE TO THE EXISTING RICKY ROCKETS FUEL CENTER SITE, AS WELL AS A FREESTANDING SIGN, UH, FOR THE TRUCK SCALE.
UH, THE LOCATION OF THIS, UH, RICKY ROCKETS LOCATION IS, UM, UH, OR THE ADDRESS I SHOULD SAY IS 1910 SOUTH JUPITER ROAD.
AND THE ACREAGE IS 7.29 ACRES.
AND THE, UH, ZONING FOR, UH, THE RICKY ROCKETS, UM, SITE IS PD 16 DASH 10, WHICH, UH, WAS SPECIFIC TO, UH, THAT LAND USE INCLUDED APPROVAL FOR, UH, CONVENIENCE STORE RETAIL RESTAURANT WITH A DRIVE THROUGH A CAR WASH, AS WELL AS THE GAS PUMPS INCLUDING GAS PUMPS FOR TRUCKS.
AND HERE'S A GENERAL LOCATION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF MILLER AND JUPITER, AND SHOWN MORE SPECIFICALLY HERE,
AND IT IS IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA AND IS SURROUNDED AS SUCH BY OTHER, UM, SIMILAR INDUSTRIAL USES.
UM, WHEN THIS WAS APPROVED IN 2016, UM, IT WAS KIND OF SEEN AS A, UM, KIND OF OFFERING SOMEWHAT OF A SUPPORTIVE, UH, UH, LAND USE TO THE SURROUNDING INDUSTRIAL SECTOR AND BUSINESSES IN THE AREA.
UH, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ALSO IDENTIFIES THIS, UH, GREATER AREA AS, UH, INDUSTRY AND JUST KINDA RUN THROUGH SOME PHOTOS OF THE AREA, INCLUDING KIND OF ZOOMING IN A LITTLE BIT, BUT, UM, INTO THE SITE KIND OF WHERE THE TRUCK SCALE WILL BE LOCATED.
I'VE GOT A SITE PLAN TO SHOW IT MORE SPECIFICALLY.
UM, THERE'S ANOTHER VIEW, UH, FROM MILLER ROAD LOOKING AT THE RICKY ROCKET SITE AND JUST SOME OTHER VIEWPOINTS LOOKING AT THE SURROUNDING AREA.
REALLY THE ADDITION, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THIS IS ALREADY REFLECTS THE, UM, EXISTING CONDITIONS OF THE SITE, UM, INCLUDING THE RICKY ROCKETS BUILDING OVER HERE, CAR WASH FUEL PUMPS.
UH, THE TRUCKS ARE KIND OF TRUCKING AREAS LOCATED OVER HERE ON THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE SITE.
SO THIS YELLOW HIGHLIGHTED AREA IS WHERE THE ADDITIONAL TRUCK SCALE, UH, WOULD BE LOCATED AS REQUESTED BY THE APPLICANT.
THEY'RE REQUESTING A PYLON SIGN AS WELL, WHICH WOULD BE LOCATED WITHIN THE TRUCK SCALE AREA FOR KIND OF DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE FOR TRUCKS TO KIND OF PULL UNDER AND KINDA MAKING SURE THEY'RE IN THE RIGHT LOCATION.
UH, BUT REALLY, UM, IT DOESN'T AFFECT ANY OTHER IMPROVEMENTS, UH, TO THE SITE.
IT'S REALLY ADDING THIS TO, UH, AN EXISTING PAVED AREA NEXT TO SOME OF THE FUEL CANOPIES.
DOESN'T, UH, MOVE ANY LANDSCAPING AROUND OR, OR REDUCE IT.
UH, HERE IS THE REQUESTED PYLON SIGN.
SO, UH, ONE, UH, DEVIATION REALLY WITH THIS REQUEST IS, UM, THE PD WAS LIMITED TO, UH, TWO PYLON SIGNS ON THE SITE.
SO THEY'RE REQUESTING A THIRD PYLON SIGN, WHICH IS SHOWN HERE.
UM, AND ALTHOUGH GRANTED ONE DIFFERENCE IS THE TWO EXISTING PYLON SIGNS ARE LOCATED OUT TOWARDS THE ROADWAY ADVERTISING THE SITE, UH, THIS PARTICULAR PYLON SIGN IS INTENDED MORE INTERNAL TO THE SITE FOR DIRECTIONAL, UM, SIGNAGE FOR THE TRUCKS.
AND AGAIN, KIND OF LOCATED ON THE TRUCK SCALE ITSELF.
UH, I'LL KINDA READ THROUGH STAT'S RECOMMENDATION HERE.
UH, WHILE THE EXISTING USE PROVIDES, UH, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO TRUCKS AND GENERAL CUSTOMERS IN THE AREA, STAFF FINDS THE PROPOSED TRUCK SCALE TO BE MORE SUITABLE ON A SITE THAT IS APPROVED FOR A TRUCK STOP USE.
THE, UH, SUBJECT PROPERTY IS INTENDED FOR VEHICLE FUELING AND WASHING, UH, RESTAURANT DINING AND RETAIL SERVICES.
AND THE TRUCK SCALES IS A COMPONENT THAT IS TYPICALLY SEEN AT TRUCK STOPS, WHICH IS NOT A PERMITTED USE IN THE GARLAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
UH, THEREFORE STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL OF THE, UH, PD AMENDMENT AND THE DETAIL PLAN TO, UM, ALLOW A TRUCK SCALE AND A FREESTANDING SIGN TO THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT.
UM, HOWEVER, THE PLAN COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL, UM, OF THE REQUEST THAT WAS WITH AN EIGHT TO ZERO VOTE DURING THEIR OCTOBER 9TH MEETING.
AND WITH THAT MAYOR, WE MAILED OUT, WE MAILED OUT, UH, 32 NOTIFICATION LETTERS ON THIS CASE, AND WE RECEIVED TWO RESPONSES.
BOTH OF THOSE WERE IN FAVOR AND WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM? COUNCILOR WILLIAMS? SORRY.
YES, MAYOR YOU TO MR. GAR? GOOD EVENING.
UH, MY QUESTION IS, UM, ON THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
MM-HMM,
I'M NOT GONNA READ IT, I'M NOT GONNA SET YOUR INTELLIGENCE
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DOING THAT, BUT THE BASIS FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR DENIAL.AND I ASKED THIS QUESTION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M NO NOWHERE A TRUCK OR ANYTHING, BUT I'VE STOPPED AT ACROSS TEXAS AT TRUCK STOPS.
AND I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE THAT DID NOT HAVE SOME AUXILIARY RESTAURANTS EATING PLACES OR OUR, UH, SCALES.
SO CAN YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AS FAR AS WE ARE AND WHERE WE SH NEED, OR IF WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT, AT THIS ONE? I, 'CAUSE MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN CONTRARY TO WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS HERE AND P AND Z RECOMMENDED IT APPROVED TO EIGHT TO EIGHT ZERO.
SO CAN YOU HELP CLARIFY, TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION HERE SURE.
AND WHAT, HOW YOU THINK WE SHOULD PROCEED GOING FORWARD? ABSOLUTELY.
UM, WELL, YEAH, AND, AND FOR CLARIFICATION, UM, UH, AND YOU'RE RIGHT, UH, TRUCK, TRUCK STOPS AND TRAVEL CENTERS, UH, KIND OF AN INTERCHANGEABLE WORD.
UM, UH, OUR COMMONLY HAVE THE, THE TRUCK SCALE COMPONENT.
SO THAT WAS KIND OF THE BASIS OF THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION THAT THE EXISTING USE OF THE RICKY ROCKETS WAS NOT APPROVED AS A TRUCK STOP, UM, AS A TRAVEL CENTER, AS THE GDC HAS DEFINED IT.
UM, IT, IT ALLOWED FOR AN ARRAY OF USES, UM, THAT YOU SEE TODAY.
UM, BUT THAT, THAT WAS KIND OF JUST STAFF'S CONCERN WAS REALLY JUST WITH ADDING THE TRUCK SCALE THAT KIND OF BRINGS IT MAYBE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THAT, UM, THAT TRUCK STOP USE AND KIND OF INVITING MAYBE MORE TRUCKS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
SO, UM, THAT, THAT WAS REALLY THE BASIS THAT IT JUST WASN'T APPROVED FOR THAT LANE USE.
IN OUR OPINION, A CAT UH, TRUCK SCALE IS VERY COMMONLY FOUND AT A TRUCK STOP.
AND SO WE, WE JUST HAD SOME CONCERNS THAT IT MIGHT KIND OF BRING IT INTO THAT LAND USE, UM, MORE.
UM, MY QUESTION WOULD BE, UM, DO WE, DO WE KNOW OF ANY EXISTING ISSUES THAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON AT THAT LOCATION AS IT STANDS? UM, BE CODE COMPLIANCE OR ANY OF THOSE SITUATIONS? SURE.
MY UNDERSTANDING THERE, THERE HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY TODAY OR IF THOSE HAVE BEEN RESOLVED, BUT I KNOW AT SOME POINTS IN THE PAST THERE HAVE BEEN SOME, UH, TRUCK PARKING ISSUES OF, OF SOME, UH, TRUCKS AND TRACTOR WHEELERS, TRACTOR TRAILERS, PARKING ON SITE OUTSIDE OF THE DESIGNATED SPACES.
SO I KNOW CODE COMPLIANCE HAS BEEN OUT THERE.
UM, I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY TIMES OR IF THAT, AND THAT ISSUE MAY HAVE BEEN RESOLVED ALREADY, BUT THERE, THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY THERE.
SO MY, MY CONCERN WOULD BE, UM, THEY'VE GOT SIGNS OUT AT RICKY ROCKETS THAT SAY LIKE, 12 HOUR PARKING MM-HMM.
LIKE, SO I DON'T KNOW ZONING WISE, LIKE HOW THAT WOULD AFFECT WHAT IT ZONED NOW VERSUS WHAT THEY WOULD NEED TO BE ZONED IF THAT WERE A THING.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY, I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO REEL IT BACK INTO THE SPECIFIC ITEM IS THE SIGN AND THE SCALES.
THE, THE, THE OVERALL, THE OVERLAYING ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY IS, IS NOT IN QUESTION TONIGHT.
UM, WILL, CAN YOU TELL ME, UH, WHEN UTILIZING THE SCALE, DO WE KNOW HOW LONG DOES THAT ENTIRE PROCESS TAKE? OOH.
UM, I, I REMEMBER THERE WAS SOME, UH, CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT AT PLAN COMMISSION, BUT I DON'T RECALL.
I'LL, I'LL DEFER THAT A, UH, QUESTION TO THE APPLICANT.
AND THEN, UM, AND STOP ME SOMEBODY IF THIS IS INAPPROPRIATE OR NOT, BUT
MY, MY ONLY, UM, RECOLLECTION KNOWLEDGE JUST WITH CONVERSATIONS WITH MR. BARKER WAS JUST ON THE CODE COMPLIANT SIDE OF THINGS.
AND THEN I BRING UP MY NEXT QUESTION BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDATION FOR DENIAL WAS THAT IT'S GETTING CLOSE TO A TRUCK STOP.
SO WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF TRUCK STOP AND HOW DOES RICKY ROCKETS DIFFER FROM THAT DEFINITION? SURE, SURE.
WELL, UM, AND WE DO HAVE A DEFINED DEFINITION IN THE GDC, BUT WHAT WE FOUND, UM, WITH, WITH TRUCK STOPS, THEY, THEY OF COURSE DO, UM,
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INCLUDE SIMILAR, UH, FEATURES THAT WE SEE HERE, SUCH AS THE, THE FUELING FOR THE TRUCKS AND KIND OF A LARGER CONVENIENCE STORE AND THAT SORT OF THING, WHICH THEY HAVE.BUT, UM, A TRUCK SCALE IS A VERY COMMON ONE THAT WAS, UM, THAT WAS INCLUDED AT THE QT TRAVEL CENTER THAT WAS APPROVED, UM, ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO OR SO AT I 30 AND BOB TOWN THAT, UM, THAT DID HAVE A TRUCK SCALE COMPONENT TO IT.
UM, SOMETIMES YOU SEE SOME OTHER FEATURES AS WELL, SUCH AS SHOWERS AND LOUNGES AND, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S LOCATED HERE OR HAS ANY OF THAT.
BUT, UM, BUT YEAH, AT THE TIME OF THE, THE ZONING, KIND OF GETTING BACK TO THAT OTHER QUESTION, UM, IT WAS NOT AT THE TIME CLASSIFIED AS A TRUCK STOP.
IT WAS, IT WAS A PD REQUEST FROM THE APPLICANT AT THE TIME, THIS IS GOING BACK AGAIN TO 2016.
UM, AND THE AT THE, THE APPROVAL WAS NOT FOR A REALLY TRUCK STOP, IT WAS JUST KIND OF FOR KINDA A HODGEPODGE OF, OF, UH, USES AT THE LOCATION.
SO AS A CITY, WE DO HAVE A PRECEDENT OF APPROVING THIS USAGE AT WHAT A GAS STATION OR A TRAVEL CENTER, WHATEVER THIS IS CALLED.
THIS IS, UM, REALLY ONE OF, OF VERY FEW THAT I CAN THINK OF.
AND, AND IT'S WASN'T CLASSIFIED AS A TRUCKS.
THE ONLY ONE THAT I CAN THINK OF THAT WAS CLASSIFIED AS A, A TRAVEL CENTER TRUCK STOP WAS THE, UM, UH, QT TRAVEL CENTER AT I 30 IN BOB TOWN.
UM, WHERE'S THE NEAREST PUBLIC TRUCK SKILL? YES.
UM, SO WE FOUND ONE, IT CLASSIFIED AS A PUBLIC TRUCK SCALE, UM, ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF AWAY AT 27 50 MILLER PARK.
AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, OF COURSE WE HAVE THE QT TRAVEL CENTER IN GARLAND AT I 30, THAT'S ABOUT EIGHT MILES AWAY.
AND THEN BEYOND THAT, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE A COUPLE OF CAT SCALE UNDER THE APPLICANT THIS EVENING IS, UH, REPRESENTS CAT SCALE.
THERE'S ONE IN, UH, MESQUITE, UM, ABOUT 12 MILES AWAY OR SO AT TOWN EAST AND, UH, HIGHWAY 80, AND THEN ANOTHER ONE IN ROCKWALL AT THE TA TRAVEL CENTER ABOUT 18 MILES AWAY.
SO MOST OF THOSE SCALES ARE RIGHT OFF OF A MAJOR HIGHWAY, LIKE MOST OF THOSE YEAH.
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE MILLER PARK NORTH ONE, BUT YES, YES MA'AM.
THE ONE AT QT TA UM, AND THE ONE IN MESQUITE, THOSE, THOSE ARE KIND OF ALONG OR VERY NEAR MAJOR HIGHWAYS.
AND THEN ON THE, ON THE DETAIL PLAN, WILL YOU TAKE ME THROUGH WHERE TRUCKS WILL LINE UP ON THE PROPERTY? SURE.
AS THEY'RE TRYING TO GET WEIGHED.
MY UNDERSTANDING, OF COURSE, THIS TRUCK AREA IS ACCESSED FROM MILLER ROAD AND HERE'S A PRIVATE ROAD HERE.
UH, MY UNDERSTANDING APPLICANT CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY WOULD COME FROM THIS DIRECTION AND, UM, PARK HERE TO GET WEIGHED AND THEN THEY WOULD EXIT OUT THIS DIRECTION.
HOW MANY TRUCKS DO YOU THINK COULD LINE UP THERE? OH GOSH.
BEFORE THEY REACH THE PRIVATE ROAD THAT THEY SHOULDN'T BE STOPPED ON? YEAH, PROBABLY FOUR OR FIVE.
YOU CAN KIND OF GET A FEEL FOR THESE RIGHT HERE.
THESE ANGLED SPACES ARE FOR, UM, TRACTOR TRAILERS, SO YOU KIND OF GET A KIND OF AN EYEBALL LOOK AT IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE FOUR OR FIVE, YOU KNOW, BEFORE YOU KINDA START GETTING REAL CLOSE TO THE, THE DRIVEWAY THERE.
AND DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIMM MOORE.
WILL, WOULD YOU BRING BACK UP AGAIN THE, THE DEFINITION THAT STAFF USED TO MAKE THE, UH, DENIAL, UH, OKAY.
PER THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS INTENDED FOR VEHICLE FUELING.
AND AGAIN, TELL ME WHAT YOUR RATIONALE IS JUST BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE HERE.
WHAT IS THE RATIONALE FOR STAFF RECOMMEND DENIAL? SURE.
WELL, UM, THE APPROVED USE OF RICKY ROCKETS, IT WAS NOT, UM, IN, AS PART OF THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT APPROVED AS A, A TRUCK STOP OR TRAVEL CENTER, UM, AS, AS DEFINED BY THE GDC.
AND, UM, AND NOW IT DOES HAVE SOME, SOME VERY SIMILAR FEATURES AS TRUCK STOPS.
WE CERTAINLY, UM, ACKNOWLEDGED THAT, BUT IT WAS NOT OFFICIALLY APPROVED AS A TRUCK STOP.
SO, UM, AND GIVEN SOME, AND AGAIN, I, THE CODE COMPLIANCE ISSUES MAY HAVE VERY WELL BEEN RESOLVED, BUT JUST GIVEN A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY THERE, WE JUST HAD CON SOME CONCERNS ABOUT ADDING A TRUCK SCALE AND KIND OF, UM, MAYBE WORSENING THAT, THAT POSSIBLE ISSUE.
SO, UM, AND, AND AGAIN, KIND OF BRINGING IT CLOSER TO THAT, THAT INTENT OF WHAT A TRUCK STOP WOULD BE.
SO WITH THAT DEFINITION, IT SOUNDS LIKE STAFF WOULD BE COMPELLED THEN TO BRING ABOUT A DEFINIT, UH, REQUEST FOR DENIAL BASED ON THAT DEFINITION.
THEN WE HAVE THE ISSUE OF ZONING PLANNING, ZONING, AGREEING.
IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THIS MAY BE ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE THE GDC IS OUT OF LINE? THAT, UH,
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WE MAY, AND I, I NOTICED THIS CAME UP BEFORE THIS HAPPENED A FEW WEEKS AGO, AS YOU REMEMBER, WITH THE, UH, CAR WASH SITUATION.I, I, I KNOW THERE, THERE, ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, THERE, WELL, YEAH, WE, WE HAVE A DEFINITION FOR, FOR TRAVEL CENTERS IN THE, IN THE GDC AND I, I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK NECESSARILY BACK WHEN, WHEN THE ORIGINAL PD WAS APPROVED FOR THE USE.
BUT, BUT THERE IS A DEFINITION AND IT WAS APPLIED WITH THE QT TRAVEL CENTER.
UM, SO, UM, AND I KNOW WITH THAT CASE NOT TO GET OFTEN TALKING TO ANOTHER SITE, BUT WE KIND OF TIGHTEN THAT UP A LITTLE BIT TO PROHIBIT SHOWERS AND LOUNGES, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT ARE, UM, VERY COMMONLY SEEN AT TRUCK STOPS.
SO I, UM, BUT, BUT TO BE CLEAR, IT, IT'S NOT AN ALLOWED, IT'S NOT A PERMITTED USE IN ANY, UM, BY RIDE IN ANY DISTRICT OR BY SUP THAT, UM, IF, IF A TRUCK STOP OFFICIALLY WANTS TO BE, UM, APPROVED IN GARLAND, IT REALLY THE ONLY MECHANISM WOULD BE EITHER TO AMEND THE CODE OR TO ALLOW IT THROUGH A PD PROCESS.
UM, SO IT, IF, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL WANTS TO, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT, CERTAINLY THAT COULD BE A, A FUTURE ITEM.
BUT, UM, BUT AT THIS TIME, I KNOW WE, WE DO HAVE DEFINITIONS IN PLACE AND KIND OF REVIEW EVERYTHING ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS AND, OKAY.
MM-HMM,
WELL, I THINK IF IT'S APPROVED, I MEAN, IT, IT WOULD BE ONLY SPECIFIC TO THIS SITE AND, AND IT WOULD JUST BE ADDING THE TRUCK SCALE.
IT WOULD NOT BE OPENING THE DOOR NECESSARILY TO OTHER FEATURES ON THE SITE.
SO I, I THINK IF, IF THE COUNCIL DOES CHOOSE TO APPROVE IT, IT WOULD BE JUST, AS I KINDA SHOWED IN THE SITE PLAN AND THE DETAIL PLAN, IT WOULD BE VERY LIMITED TO THAT, JUST ADDING THAT ONE FEATURE TO THE ALREADY APPROVED DETAIL PLAN.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AND JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, COUNSEL, WHEN THIS, I THINK WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LOT HERE IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN THIS SITE WAS APPROVED, IT WAS ESSENTIALLY APPROVED AS A CONVENIENCE STORE, GAS PUMPS, COMMUNITY RETAIL ROLLOVER, CAR WASH, THAT WAS, ITS, THAT'S ITS BASE ZONING, IF YOU WILL, APPROVAL FOR THE PD.
THIS WHAT HAS DEVELOPED OVER TIME, I IS OBVIOUSLY DIFFERENT THAN THAT.
UM, AND, AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S SORT OF THE, THE, AS THE USE HAS SORT OF EVOLVED, IF IT CAME BACK THROUGH TODAY, YOU KNOW, IT, IT WOULD PROBABLY, IT WOULD PROBABLY LEAN MORE TOWARDS A TRAVEL CENTER, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT'S APPROVED AS AT, AT THIS POINT OR NOT WHAT IT'S APPROVED AT AT THIS POINT.
SO, UM, THANK YOU MR. GARRIN AND MADAM SECRETARY.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE APPLICANT HERE.
IF YOU CAN GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU WILL HAVE 10 MINUTES TO MAKE A PRESENTATION AND OR ASK ANSWER QUESTIONS.
MY NAME IS STEVE GOKEY AND I AM FROM 5 1 5 STERLING DRIVE, WALCOTT, IOWA 5 2 7 7 3.
SO FIRST I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING THE TIME TO CONSIDER OUR PROPOSAL.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION FOR VOTING UNANIMOUSLY TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOR A TRUCK SCALE AT RICKY ROCKETS, AS WELL AS YOUR STAFF HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT, UH, PROFESSIONAL AND HELPFUL DURING THE ENTIRE PROCESS.
WE HAVE OVER 2100 SCALES THROUGHOUT, UH, THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, MANY OF WHICH ARE LOCATED AT CONVENIENCE STORES THAT, UH, SERVE THE NEEDS OF TRUCK DRIVERS.
SIMILAR TO RICKY ROCKETS, OTHER CONVENIENCE STORES YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THAT WERE LOCATED AT, OR SEVEN ELEVENS CIRCLE, KSS, UH, RACETRACK, JUST TO NAME A FEW, AND NONE OF WHICH ARE CONSIDERED TRUCK STOPS.
THEY, THEY DO NOT HAVE AMENITIES FOUND IN TYPICAL TRUCK STOPS, SUCH AS SHOWERS, UH, LAUNDROMAT SERVICES, TV ROOMS, UH, LOUNGES, AND, UH, TRACTOR TRAILER REPAIR GARAGES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
PROVIDING WEIGHING SERVICE IS IMPORTANT WITH THE OVERALL SAFETY OF A TRACTOR TRAILER.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND STATE IMPOSE WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS THAT TRUCKING COMPANIES, UH, MUST NOT EXCEED WITHOUT, UH, STRICT PENALTIES BEING IMPOSED UPON THEM, SUCH AS FINES AND SAFETY VIOLATIONS.
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SERVICE WHICH A DRIVER CAN OPERATE AS TRUCK, WHICH MAKES EVERY MINUTE COUNT.HAVING A, HAVING A CAT SCALE IN GARLAND WILL ACTUALLY HELP REDUCE TRUCK TRAFFIC AND MAKE DRIVERS MORE EFFICIENT.
CURRENTLY, THE CLOSEST CAT SCALE IS 12 MILES AWAY.
THAT WAS REFERENCED EARLIER, UH, IN MESQUITE, WHICH CAN BE 30 MINUTES OR MORE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC.
AND FOR SOME OF THEM, THEY GET THERE ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT THEY'RE OVERWEIGHT OR LOADED IMPROPERLY AND MUST RETURN BACK TO GARLAND TO HAVE THAT PROBLEM, UH, TAKEN CARE OF THIS USES CRITICAL TIME AND FUEL RESOURCES THAT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN WASTED, UH, BY SIMPLY HAVING A SCALE AT RICKY ROCKETS.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT REASON DRIVERS WEIGH, UH, THEIR TRUCK IS TO SEE HOW MUCH FUEL THAT THEY CAN PUT ON.
MANY TIMES THAT THEY'LL, THEY'LL COME, THEY'LL PULL ONTO THE SCALE, WEIGH, UH, COMPUTE HOW MUCH FUEL THAT THEY CAN PUT ON BECAUSE THEY'RE ONLY ALLOWED AN 80,000 POUND MAXIMUM WEIGHT TO GO ACROSS THE INTERSTATE.
AND SO THEY'LL PULL BACK AROUND AND FUEL, WHICH BRINGS, UH, ADDITIONAL FUEL TAX REVENUE, WHICH DIRECTLY BENEFITS THE CITY OF GARLAND.
UH, CAT SCALE HAS APPS THAT, UH, OPERATE THE SCALE AND ALSO KIND OF KNOWS WHERE, UM, HELPS DRIVERS, UH, FIGURE OUT WHERE THE CLOSEST SCALE IS.
UH, THE APP THAT THEY HAVE ON THEIR CELL PHONES SPECIFICALLY TO PAY FOR AND GET THEIR WEIGHTS, UH, TAKES LESS THAN 60 SECONDS.
SO THERE WAS A QUESTION ON HOW LONG IT TAKES LESS THAN 60 SECONDS.
SO THAT TRUCK IS GONNA PULL OFF.
WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY, WELL, WE ALSO HAVE A LOCATOR APP THAT, THAT LETS DRIVERS, UH, KNOW WHERE THE, THE NEAREST SCALE IS.
EVERY TIME A DRIVER SEARCHES ON THAT APP, UH, WE STORE THAT INFORMATION IN ORDER TO FIGURE OUT WHERE, WHERE DRIVERS NEED, UH, THE WEIGHING SERVICE.
IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS, THERE WERE OVER A THOUSAND DRIVERS WHO SEARCH FOR A SCALE IN THE GARLAND AREA.
SO TO SUMMARIZE, BASICALLY THE NEED FOR A TRUCK SCALE IN THIS AREA HAS BEEN PROVEN.
THE FACILITY IS THERE, IT WILL HELP MAKE TRUCKS SAFER AND WILL ALSO HELP REDUCE TRAFFIC TRUCK TRAFFIC FROM TRUCKS LEAVING THE GARLAND AREA, FIND OUT THEY'RE OVERWEIGHT, HAVING TO COME BACK AND, UH, AND ALSO, UH, HELPS OUT THE DRIVER WITH THE CRITICAL TIME RESOURCES.
I APPRECIATE YOU ALLOWING ME TO GIVE MY LITTLE PRESENTATION HERE, AND I'M CERTAINLY, UH, WOULD LOVE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? COUNCILMAN MORRIS? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UM, WELL, I'LL JUST START WITH A, A TRUE CONFESSION.
MY HUSBAND AND I SPENT OVER A YEAR IN AN 18 WHEELER WHEELER WITH MAYFLOWER VAN LINES.
SO WE KNOW LOTS AND LOTS ABOUT TRUCK STOPS AND ABOUT SLEEPING IN TRUCKS SCALE ONCE OR TWICE.
UM, AND I AM GENERALLY VERY, UH, SYMPATHETIC TOWARD THE PLIGHTS OF, OF TRUCK DRIVERS.
I DO HAVE CONCERNS IN, IN THIS CASE, UM, I WENT AND SAT AND I DRIVE PAST RICKY ROCKETS ALL THE TIME, BUT I WENT AND SAT THERE YESTERDAY FOR A GOOD LONG TIME.
AND THE CONGESTION OF TRUCKS THERE AND THE DIFFICULTY WITH CAR VEHICLES NAVIGATING AROUND TRUCKS MOVING IN AND OUT EVEN WITH NO SCALE WAS PRETTY EXTREME.
AND THAT CAUSED SOME CONCERNS HERE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY ACTUAL DATA, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TRUCKS THAT, UM, THAT LOAD IN GARLAND AND THEN LEAVE AND GO TO A SCALE, AND THAT MAY BE A CAT SCALE, MAYBE 12 MILES AWAY, BUT APPARENTLY WE HAVE OTHER SCALES THAT ARE MUCH NEARER, INCLUDING A MILE AND A HALF AWAY.
BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY ACTUAL DATA THAT YOU'VE COLLECTED ABOUT HOW MANY TIMES THAT HAPPENS WHERE THEY LEAVE OUR CITY AND HAVE TO ACTUALLY TURN AROUND AND COME BACK AND UNLOAD, RELOAD, REDISTRIBUTE? I DON'T, I DO NOT HAVE ACTUAL DATA TO, UH, TO BACK THAT UP.
HOWEVER, IT, IT HAPPENS FREQUENTLY AT MANY OF OUR LOCATIONS WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE THING ABOUT CAT SCALE IS, IS OUR GUARANTEE TO THE DRIVER.
THEY WEIGH WHAT WE SAY THEY WEIGH OR WE PAY THE FINE.
SO IF THEY GO DOWN THE, IF WE SAY THEY WEIGH LEGAL AND THEY GO DOWN THE INTERSTATE, UH, AND GET A FINE FROM THE STATE SCALE, CAT SCALE PAYS THAT FINE, NO QUESTIONS ASKED.
AND SO BASICALLY WHAT THE DRIVER IS DOING IS WHEN THEY LOAD HERE IN THE, IN THE GARLAND AREA, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE TO FIGURE OUT IF THEY'RE CLOSE TO THAT 80,000 POUNDS OR NOT, THEY'LL HAVE THAT ACCESS RIGHT HERE.
AND LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, JUST ON THE SEARCHES ITSELF, WE HAD OVER A THOUSAND IN THE PAST YEAR OF DRIVERS LOOKING FOR THIS SERVICE.
AND, AND THAT IS VERY VALUABLE AND I, I HEAR YA.
UM, AND HAVING YOUR GUARANTEE, UM, OF THE WEIGHT BEING ACCURATE, PAYING THE FINES, THAT'S GREAT.
UM, I, I'M JUST CONCERNED WITH THE, UM, THE CLAIM THAT THIS IS
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GOING TO REDUCE, THAT'S A VERY CONGESTED SITE THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF, OF TRUCKS COMING THERE.WHEN YOU HAVE APPS THAT ARE GIVING A THOUSAND PINGS, WE'VE GOT 6 35 A MILE AND A HALF AWAY.
NOW WHAT I'M SAYING IS WHEN THEY GO AND THEY FIND OUT THAT THEY'RE OVERWEIGHT OR OVERLOADED ON A PARTICULAR AXLE GROUP, THEY HAVE TO COME BACK AND HAVE THAT, UH, THAT PRODUCT TAKEN OFF OF THEIR TRUCK.
MAYBE, UH, CERTAIN, UH, IF THEY'RE OVERWEIGHT, THEY HAVE TO TAKE POUNDS COMING OFF.
AND IF THEY'RE OVERWEIGHT ON A CIRCUIT AXLE GROUP, THEY HAVE TO READJUST THAT, THAT LOAD TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE AND GO OFF.
SO THAT'S WHAT'S, WHEN I'M SAYING THEY, THEY WOULD GO OFF SITE OR OUT OF GARLAND AND GET WEIGHED AND FIND THAT OUT.
THAT TRUCK, IF THEY CAN GET WEIGHED HERE INITIALLY, THEY WON'T BE COMING BACK BACK, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS WASTING FUEL.
IT'S, IT'S MORE WEAR AND TEAR ON THE CITY ROADS AND ALL THAT, THAT WON'T HAPPEN.
WELL, I THINK I UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
I'M JUST, I'M STILL HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE REDUCTION WHEN WE'VE GOT A THOUSAND PINGS IN THE LAST YEAR OF POTENTIAL PEOPLE WHO COULD THEN MAKE THEIR WAY, UM, ACROSS THE CITY OR FROM 6 35 TO THIS SITE WHERE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN COMING BEFORE.
I'M, I'M HAVING A LITTLE DIFFICULTY SEEING THAT BE A REDUCTION IS WHERE WE'RE GETTING THOSE PINGS.
I DID NOTICE WHEN I WAS, UH, SITTING THERE YESTERDAY, YOU DO HAVE THE 12 HOUR TRUCK PARKING, SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN FUEL AND FOOD AND THE ORIGINAL, UM, APPROVAL FOR THIS, THIS SITE.
SO I LIKE CAT, I LIKE YOUR SCALES.
I'M, I'M JUST HAVING A HARD TIME SEEING THIS AS BEING THE RIGHT PLACE, DRAWING TRUCKS FURTHER INTO THE CITY.
UM, AND PROBABLY I WOULD STRONGLY SUSPECT THIS WOULD BRING MORE TRUCKS, NOT FEWER.
AND I, I NOTICED, I WATCHED THE PLAN COMMISSION, I NOTICED ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS EVEN SAID IT'D BE GOOD BECAUSE YOU'D SELL MORE FOOD AND DRINKS.
SO ANYWAY, UM, IF, IF I MAY MM-HMM.
IT'S PROVIDING A MUCH NEEDED SERVICE THAT THE TRUCKS THAT ARE CURRENTLY HERE THAT ARE LOADING AT, AT ALL OF YOUR IMMEDIATE, I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL AREA FOR, UH, FOR WAREHOUSING, DISTRIBUTION AND ALL THAT.
AND RICKY ROCKETS HAS THE SUPPORT FOR THE FUEL THAT'S NEEDED TO HELP THOSE TRUCKS THAT ARE ALREADY HERE.
AND THE SCALE IS A, IS A VITAL PART ESSENTIAL FOR THOSE TRUCKS THAT ARE ALREADY HERE, THAT YOU'VE ALREADY DRAWN THOSE TRUCKS INTO YOUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF THE, THE FACILITIES THAT YOU HAVE HERE.
IT'S, IT'S OFFERING THEM A SERVICE TO WHERE THAT THEY CAN MAKE SURE THEY'RE LEGAL BEFORE THEY LEAVE AND, AND BEFORE THEY GET TOO FAR AWAY FROM WHERE THEY JUST GOT LOADED IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA.
AND I, AND I DO APPRECIATE IT.
I APPRECIATE YOUR, UM, YOUR ANSWERS.
I DID ALSO CALL AROUND WITH A LOT OF OUR DISTRIBUTORS AND MANUFACTURERS THIS MORNING.
A GOOD MANY OF THEM HAVE SCALES ON SITE.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S NOT QUITE AS DIRE AS THAT, I DON'T BELIEVE.
UM, BUT AGAIN, MY, MY CONCERN IS MORE GIVEN THE PROXIMITY TO 6 35, THAT PEOPLE THAT MAY BE HEADING TO MESQUITE OR SOMETHING ELSE, THEY'LL BE ONE OF THOSE PINGS AND THAT WOULD DRAW, ACTUALLY DRAW THEM OFF THEIR FLIGHT ON THE WAY TO A DIFFERENT CITY AND PUT THEM ON OUR ROADS AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND, AND OVERLOAD.
I WISH RICKY ROCKETS WAS NICK THE BIGGEST THAT THAT WE HAD WAS IN WITHIN A FIVE MILE RADIUS.
AND, AND 6 35 IS A MILE AND A HALF AWAY.
HOW MANY TRUCKS WOULD YOU ESTIMATE PUTTING, INSTALLING THE CAT SCALE WOULD BRING TO RICKY ROCKETS? EVERY DAY WE'RE LOOKING AT, PROBABLY, MY INITIAL THOUGHT IS PROBABLY BETWEEN 30 AND 40 TRUCKS THAT'LL WEIGH ON A DAILY BASIS.
UM, SO WHEN YOU BREAK THAT DOWN, YOU'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, THREE, MAYBE TWO OR THREE AN HOUR.
SO I HAD ASKED MR. GARRIN ABOUT THE TRUCK STACKING AND HOW THAT WOULD WORK.
UM, HOW DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT WORKING IF MAYBE THERE ARE 12 TRUCKS THAT COME AT ONE TIME THAT I'M NOT GONNA SAY THAT WON'T HAPPEN, BUT WE DON'T SEE THAT HAPPEN.
UH, TRUCKS TYPICALLY WHEN THEY COME, IT'S, IT TAKES LESS THAN 60 SECONDS TO WEIGH AND THAT TRUCK IS OFF THE SCALE.
UM, THAT WOULD BE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS SOMETHING LIKE, IF, IF, UH,
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SAY AT A STONE QUARRY AND A TRUCK IS GETTING LOADED AND GOING RIGHT OFF AND ANOTHER TRUCK IS GETTING LOADED AND RIGHT OFF AND ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, RIGHT.IN A LINE AND WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO THE SCALE AND BOOM, BOOM, BOOM.
THAT'S NOT HAPPENING AT YOUR, YOUR LOCAL FACILITIES AROUND HERE.
A TRUCK GETS LOADED, IT LEAVES, ANOTHER ONE BACKS UP, YOU KNOW, AND IT TAKES A HALF HOUR, 45 MINUTES FOR THAT TRUCK TO GET, YOU KNOW, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO I DON'T, I DON'T FORESEE THAT TO BE AN ISSUE WHATSOEVER.
I GUESS I JUST HAVE LIKE THIS IMAGE IN MY MIND OF BEING ON THE HIGHWAY AND SEEING THE TRUCK SCALES AND ALL THE WELL YEAH.
LINED UP ON THE SIDE OF, OF THE ROAD.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE REQUIRING EVERY TRUCK THAT THAT GOES BY BE WADED.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT JUST OPERATIONALLY YOU'RE PUTTING THIS SCALE, PROPOSED LOCATION IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE FUEL PUMPS.
ARE THERE ANY CONCERNS OPERATIONALLY THAT YOU'RE BE BLOCKING OR SOMEONE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO CIRCULATE THOSE FUEL PUMPS TO GET AROUND AROUND? NOT AT ALL.
THEY CAN, THEY CAN BYPASS OVER OUR SCALE.
UH, COUNSEL ALSO IN THE SITE, THE SUPI LOOKED UP THE, THE 16 DASH 10 SITE PLAN.
IT WAS APPROVED WITH THIS CONVENIENCE STORE IN THE FRONT, BUT IT ALSO HAD, IT DID SHOW THE FUEL PUMPS FOR THE 18 WHEELERS AND THE PARKING SPACES FOR THOSE 18 WHEELERS.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN CON CONTEMPLATED.
I THINK THAT THIS USE WOULD BE GOOD FOR THIS AREA.
GOOD COMPLIMENT TO WHAT'S ALREADY THERE.
I MEAN, LET'S FACE IT WHERE THIS IS ZONED IN INDUSTRIAL AREA WITH, IN INDUSTRY ALL AROUND IT.
SO I THINK WOULD BE A GOOD COMPLIMENTARY USE TO THIS AREA.
UH, I'M NOT GONNA TAKE YOU DOWN THE, THE RABBIT TRAIL AGAIN ON WHAT'S A TRUCK STOP AND WHAT'S NOT.
I WE'RE, I, UM, WOULD YOU TELL ME AGAIN, UM, 'CAUSE OUR CHARGE IS HIGHEST AND BEST USE LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION, THAT'S DECISION.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHY THIS LOCATION, WHY YOU BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE HIGHEST AND BEST LOCATION FOR THIS LOCATION AND THIS PROPERTY FOR THIS USE? CAN YOU SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS WITH ME PLEASE? ABSOLUTELY.
UH, IN ORDER TO GIVE OUT A CERTIFIED WAY, A UH, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS REQUIRES THAT THE, THE OPERATORS OF THE SCALE, THE CASHIERS BE LICENSED WAY MASTERS.
SO THEY'RE LICENSED TO GIVE OUT A CERTIFIED WEIGHT, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU CAN BUY AND SELL, UH, FROM THE COMMODITY WEIGHTS THAT WE GIVE, UH, FROM THAT TRACTOR TRAILER.
FOR EXAMPLE, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MORRIS MENTIONED THAT THEY USED TO WORK FOR, UM, A MOVING COMPANY.
UH, JUST LIKE THEY, THAT TRUCK WOULD GET AN EMPTY WEIGHT FIRST, IT WOULD GO TO THE HOUSE, UH, LOAD UP THE HOUSEHOLD GOODS AND THEN COME BACK AND GET A FULL WEIGHT.
AND THEN THE, THE TEAR FROM THOSE TWO WEIGHTS WOULD BE WHAT THEY WOULD CHARGE TO, UH, MOVE THAT PRODUCT.
CERTIFIED WEIGHTS ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN.
AND IN ORDER FOR THOSE CERTIFIED WEIGHTS TO BE GIVEN OUT, AS I MENTIONED, THE OPERATOR OF THE SCALE, THE CASHIERS MUST BE LICENSED WAY MASTERS.
RICKY ROCKETS HAS THEIR CASHIERS ALREADY IN PLACE.
THEY HAVE A FACILITY THAT THAT CATERS TO THE PUBLIC, TO CUSTOMERS, TO TRUCK DRIVERS.
AND, UH, AND THEY'RE, THEY, THEY WILL BE LICENSED WAY MASTERS SO THAT THEY'LL, THE WEIGHTS THAT THEY GIVE WILL BE CERTIFIED WEIGHTS.
AND, AND TO CONTINUE WITH, IS THIS THE BEST LOCATION FOR IT? AGAIN, IT'S RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR DISTRIBUTION, WAREHOUSING, UH, SECTOR AND WHERE THE TRUCKS ARE ALREADY BEING LOADED AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO LEAVE AND COME BACK AND, YOU KNOW, WASTE ALL THAT VALUABLE TIME, THE HOURS OF SERVICE, THE DRIVER ONLY GETS X AMOUNT OF TIME BEFORE THEY'RE MANDATED TO TAKE A BREAK.
AND SO EVERY MINUTE THAT THEY CAN SAVE, BE IT, UH, WEIGHING HERE AND NOT HAVING TO SPEND AN HOUR BY GOING, YOU KNOW, 30 MINUTES AWAY OR, OR HOWEVER MANY, EVEN SAY 10 MINUTES AWAY, THAT'S 20 MINUTES WHERE THEY COULD BE 20 MINUTES DOWN THE ROAD MAKING A DOLLAR OR MORE AN HOUR THAT THE TIME IS MONEY AND THESE DRIVERS, UH, ARE ALREADY BEING, UH, DISCIPLINED BY, BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT DRIVERS HAVE THAT, UH, THAT, THAT THEY HAVE TO OVERCOME.
BUT, UH, AGAIN, THE FACILITY IS HERE, THE, THE NEED IS HERE, AND, UM, AND THE OPERATIONAL SIDE OF IT IS IN PLACE BY THE CASHIERS, UH, INSIDE.
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UH, MY LAST QUESTION, DO YOU, AND I'M ASKING YOU TO CRYSTAL BALL A LITTLE BIT ON THIS ONE, DO YOU FORESEE MOVING FORWARD THE REQUESTS FOR EXPANSIONS, THE AMEN, SOME OF THE AMENITIES, JUST TRUCK STOPS, SHOWERS, TV ROOMS, DO YOU FORESEE IN YOUR PLANNING IN THE FUTURE THAT, SO I, I CAN APPRECIATE THAT, UH, MR. MAYOR, MR. MAYOR, HANG ONE SECOND.I, I'LL, I'LL WITHDRAW THAT QUESTION.
I'M GETTING THE WINK FROM MY CITY ATTORNEY, SO I'LL, I'LL BACK, I'LL BACK OFF OF THAT ONE.
BUT, BUT IN, IN SUMMARY, YOUR LOOK, YOU'RE YOUR, IT'S YOUR OPINION THAT THIS LOCATION IS THE BEST LOCATION YES, SIR.
AND, AND YOU KNOW, QUITE FRANKLY, IF IT WASN'T, WE WENT AHEAD AND SPENT TIME AND, AND, AND RESOURCES TO COME ALL THE WAY FROM IOWA TWICE, YOU KNOW, AND WORK WITH YOUR, WITH YOUR STAFF AND, AND THE ZONING OR THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND ALL THAT, IF WE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS A VIABLE BEST CASE SCENARIO.
AND YOU HAVE NO OTHER LOCATIONS WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS? NO, SIR.
YOU KNOW, I HAD, UM, I DON'T HAVE A GREAT UNDERSTANDING OF WHY A TRUCK WOULD NEED TO BE WEIGHED, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR CLEAR AND CONCISE EXPLANATION.
I MEAN, THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD, YOU CROSSED THEM OFF VERY QUICKLY.
SO REALLY APPRECIATE THE, THE PRESENTATION AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I FEEL THAT THIS IS A GOOD USE FOR THE SPACE AND IT'S, IT'S AN AUXILIARY USE THAT FITS WELL WITH WHAT'S THERE.
AND, AND IF WE GO BACK AND LOOK AT HOW THE AREA ZONED, THE ENTIRE ENTIRE PICTURE WAS PURPLE, WHICH IS INDUSTRIAL.
SO I, I, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT USE FOR THE SPACE AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING DOWN HERE.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? I SEE NONE.
I'LL TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, JUST TO SPEAK, UH, UH, FROM THIS SITE, UH, AND CODE WAS REFERENCED EARLIER, UH, IN THE EARLY DAYS OF AMAZON CONTRACT DELIVERY, WE HAD A LOCAL CONTRACTOR WHO PURCHASED A, A, AN EXCEPTIONAL NUMBER OF VEHICLES AND PARKED THEM ON EVERY FLAT SURFACE IN THAT, IN THAT VICINITY.
SO THOSE, SOME OF THAT CODE ISSUE WAS NOT AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE SITE.
SO, BUT THAT ISSUE WAS RESOLVED.
SO JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME PERSPECTIVE OF, OF WHERE THAT HAS COME.
IS THERE ANYONE, OR I'M SORRY, WAS THAT THE ONLY SPEAKER FOR THE APPLICANT? YES, I BELIEVE SO.
UNLESS THERE IS ANOTHER QUESTION.
VERY GOOD CONSTRUCTION MANAGER.
I WAS MERELY HERE IF THERE'S ANY, UM, QUESTIONS ON CONSTRUCTION FOR THE, THE SITE.
ALTHOUGH I REALLY WANT TO TAKE THAT DOG HOME, BUT I DON'T LISTEN.
I CAN MAKE A CALL RIGHT NOW AND GET THAT DOG BAG UP HERE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? COUNCILOR, LUCK.
SO I AM CONCERNED ABOUT STACKING ON THE FACILITY.
I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S QUITE LARGE ENOUGH TO BRING THAT SKILL THERE.
UM, I ALSO AM NOT PLEASED WITH THE AESTHETICS OF THE SIGN.
HOWEVER, UM, MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE, IS ARE THE ROADS RIGHT AROUND THE FACILITY.
JUPITER AND MILLER IN THAT INTERSECTION ARE RIDDLED WITH POTHOLES AND ASPHALT BAND-AIDS, AND I JUST DON'T THINK THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE SURROUNDING ROADS WILL SUPPORT THAT EXTRA WEIGHT FROM THOSE TRUCKS.
UH, COUNCILMAN ROT? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A FEW COMMENTS ON THIS PROJECT.
I MEAN, A LOT OF THIS HAS AL ALREADY BEEN COVERED, BUT WE ARE AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THIS IS WHAT, UH, WE'VE WRITTEN IS A DEFACTO INLAND PORT.
AND ONE OF THE, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE IS A REQUIRED SAFETY AND COMMERCE AMENITY, WHICH IS WEIGHING TRUCKS.
AND WE, UH, IT'S BEEN MENTIONED THAT THERE'S A, THAT THERE'S A SCALE A MILE AWAY AT 27 50 MILLER PARK.
IF THAT IS A PUBLIC SCALE, THEY HAVE NO SIGNAGE.
I THINK THAT THAT IS A, THAT THAT'S PROBABLY A MOVING COMPANY, THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY A PRIVATE SCALE.
SO AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE'S NO PUBLIC SCALE IN THAT AREA.
AND I DON'T SEE HOW THIS IS GOING TO REALLY ADD THAT MUCH MORE VEHICLES TO THE SITE.
IT'S ACTUALLY VEHICLES THAT ARE PROBABLY ALREADY THERE THAT WOULD USE IT.
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AND SO I DON'T, I REALLY DON'T SEE THAT WE HAVE ANYTHING TO LOSE BY ALLOWING THEM TO ADD THIS AMENITY.I SEE NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE.
UH, COUNCILOR DUTTON, IT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT, MA'AM.
SO WE ALL KNOW, UM, WE ARE INDUSTRIAL OBVIOUSLY.
UM, AND SO WE DO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
HOWEVER, I, THIS ONE IS A LITTLE ROUGH.
WE'VE GOT, UM, A GAZILLION AMAZON VANS OVER THERE ALL THE TIME IN THAT AREA, WHICH JUST BOGS DOWN TRAFFIC AND IT'S, IT'S A HOT MESS OVER THERE A LOT OF THE TIME.
SO, UM, THAT'S JUST TO NAME A FEW OF THE, THE LITTLE, UM, NEGATIVES THAT I'VE GOT IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD.
UM, I, I DID GOOGLE, UM, THE CAT LOCATIONS.
UM, IN THE DFW METROPLEX THERE'S 13.
THEY'RE ALL ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY, SO I FEEL LIKE THE, WE PROBABLY SHOULD KEEP IT THAT WAY.
UM, SO MY, I, UM, I'M GOING TO MOTION TO DENY ITEM EIGHT B AS PRESENTED.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON FOR DENIAL.
AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK.
UM, SO JUST TO REITERATE, 'CAUSE I KNOW THIS GETS CONFUSING, THE MOTION IS TO DENY, SO YOU ARE VOTING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE TO SAY NO, JUST SO EVERYBODY'S CLEAR, BECAUSE I KNOW IT GETS CONFUSING.
SO UNLESS THERE'S ANY FURTHER COMMENT, MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US, AND AGAIN, THE MOTION IS TO DENY AND DISPLAY THE VOTE AND THE MOTION TO DENY FAILS FOR LACK OF A MAJORITY.
WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE FURTHER ACTION.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TIMM BASS TO APPROVE.
AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK TO APPROVE.
I THOUGHT I, I THOUGHT I PUSHED IT.
UH, IS THERE A TIME PERIOD ON THIS SUP THAT WE'RE APPROVING OR DOES IT CORRESPOND WITH THE 16 DASH 10? MR. GARRIN? UH, THERE IS NO TIME PERIOD SPEC IF I'M ON, YEAH, YOU'RE ON.
UH, THERE'S NO TIME PERIOD ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.
THIS IS AN, UM, AN ADDITION TO THE, UM, PD DETAIL PLAN.
THEN I WOULD RECOMMEND TO THE COUNCILMAN FRIENDLY AMENDMENT WHO MADE A MOTION TO COORDINATE THIS WITH THE PREVIOUS, SORRY, COORDINATE THIS WITH THE PREVIOUS SUP TO EXPIRE CONCURRENTLY WITH THAT ONE.
IT WAS A 20 YEAR THAT STARTED IN 2016, SO IT'D BE 2036.
IT SHOULD, UM, EXPIRE WHEN THE UNDERLYING, UM, SUP EXPIRES.
IT SHOULD EXPIRE AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, THERE SHOULDN'T BE A NEED TO DO THAT.
YOU CAN DO THAT, UM, IF YOU WANNA DO BELTS AND SUSPENDERS, BUT IT WOULD EXPIRE WITH ANY CURRENT SUP.
ALWAYS GOOD TO TEST ROBERT'S RULES OF BORDER SOME DAYS.
GETTING BACK TO BUSINESS, UH, WE HAD A MOTION TO DENY, WHICH FAILED.
UH, AND SO WE NOW HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY MAYOR PRO TIMM BASS AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK.
MADAM SECRETARY, YOU CAN PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US.
THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE AND COUNSEL AND DISPLAY THE VOTE AND THE MOTION TO APPROVE PREVAILS WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS MORRIS MOORE, LUCK AND DUTTON IN OPPOSITION.
[8.c. Consider a request by Angie Lemus to allow freestanding signs and attached signs above the first floor of an existing multi-family development. The site is located at 305 River Fern Avenue in District 1.]
EIGHT C.CONSIDER A REQUEST BY ANGIE LEMUS TO ALLOW FREESTANDING SIGNS AND ATTACH SIGNS ABOVE THE FIRST FLOOR OF AN EXISTING MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
THIS SITE IS LOCATED AT 3 0 5 RIVER FERN AVENUE IN DISTRICT ONE.
THE, UH, NEXT ZONING CASE IS Z 23 DASH 24, AND IT IS A REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE WITHIN THE FIRE WHEEL TOWN CENTER, UH, PLAN DEVELOPMENT, UH, FOR THE, UM, BRIO AT FIRE WHEEL APARTMENT COMPLEX.
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JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND OF WHAT BRINGS THIS FORWARD, THE PD FOR FIRE WHEEL AT, UM, OR AT LEAST FOR THIS SPECIFIC, UM, MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT THAT'S EXISTING, UM, IT DOES NOT ALLOW FREESTANDING SIGNS AND ALSO DOES NOT ALLOW, UM, ATTACHED SIGNS, UM, ON RESIDENTIAL PORTIONS OR IN OTHER WORDS, ABOVE THE FIRST FLOOR, UM, OF A DEVELOPMENT.SO, UM, THE PROPOSED SIGNS THIS EVENING ARE, UH, ESSENTIALLY AN AMENDMENT TO OR A DEVIATION FROM THE PD FROM THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
THE LOCATION IS, UH, 3 0 5 RIVER FERN AVENUE, AND THE ACREAGE OF THE SITE IS ABOUT, UH, 8.9 ACRES AND IS, UH, ZONED WITHIN THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR FIRE WHEEL TOWN CENTER AND GOT DETAILED PLAN APPROVAL, UM, FOR THE EXISTING MULTIFAMILY COMPLEX.
THE GENERAL LOCATION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, KINDA LOCATED ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE FIRE WHEEL TOWN CENTER, UH, SHOWN HERE THERE'S, UH, TWO BUILDINGS, UM, AS WELL AS SOME, SOME TOWNHOUSES, UH, KIND OF ON THE FAR EASTERN SIDE, BUT ALL PART OF THE BRIO AT FIRE WHEEL, UH, COMPLEX.
IT WAS RECENTLY RENAMED, AS I UNDERSTAND, UM, TO BRIO.
SO
UM, OF COURSE THE USE IS EXISTING.
THE PROPOSAL THIS EVENING IS SPECIFICALLY REGARDING SIGNAGE.
UM, AND HERE'S SOME PHOTOS OF THE AREA.
UH, HERE'S ONE, UH, VIEWPOINT THERE OF, OF THE BUILDING AND JUST KINDA SHOWING SOME OF THE SURROUNDING AREAS AS WELL.
HERE'S A VIEWPOINT OF THE PORTIONS OF THE BUILDING THAT ARE, UM, INCLUDING SIGNAGE, BUT I'LL, I'LL SHOW MORE IN DETAIL HERE IN A LITTLE BIT.
UM, I CAN REFERENCE BACK TO THE SITE PLAN IF NEEDED.
UM, THIS IS KIND OF SPLIT INTO TWO.
THE BUILDING IS, UH, THERE'S TWO BUILDINGS, ONE ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN SQUARE BOULEVARD, AND ONE ON THE EAST.
UM, BUT IT, THERE'S SEVEN SIGNS BEING REQUESTED IN TOTAL.
UM, I CAN PULL UP MY NOTES HERE, UH, FOUR ATTACHED SIGNS AND THREE DETACHED SIGNS, AND I'LL, I'LL RUN THROUGH THOSE WITH YOU, UH, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
UM, AND AGAIN, I CAN REFER BACK TO THIS, UH, SITE PLAN IF NEEDED, UM, ON SHOWING WHERE THE SIGNS ARE LOCATED.
BUT I'LL TRY TO WALK THROUGH THESE AND SHOW OR KIND OF INDICATE WHERE THEY'RE GENERALLY LOCATED.
SO, UM, THE FIRST TWO SIGN SIGNS A AND B, THIS IS SIGN A OF COURSE, ARE FOR ATTACHED SIGNAGE, UM, SHOWN UP HERE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, AGAIN, THE PD DOESN'T ALLOW, UM, ATTACHED SIGNAGE FOR RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS, UM, UH, UNLESS IT'S KINDA JUST ON THE FIRST FLOOR ADVERTISING MORE THE RETAIL OR, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, KIND OF MORE NON-RESIDENTIAL.
SO, UH, THIS IS SIGN A, THIS IS LOCATED AT RIVER FERN AND HORSESHOE, REALLY ON THE FAR WESTERN SIDE OF THE DEVELOPMENT, KIND OF ORIENTING OUT TOWARDS, UM, LEVON DRIVE OR HIGHWAY 78, IN OTHER WORDS.
AND SIGN B IS SIMILAR, UH, UH, LOOKS VERY SIMILARLY, UM, UM, KIND OF ORIENTING OUT TOWARDS, UM, HIGHWAY 78 LVO DRIVE AREA.
AND THIS IS AT, UH, FIRE WHEEL AND HORSESHOE YOU.
THERE'S ANOTHER ATTACHED SIGN, UH, IT'S SHOWN HERE.
YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IT'S A LITTLE BIT SMALL THERE, BUT THE EXISTING, UH, SIGNAGE THERE, I BELIEVE IT SAYS PARK, UH, PARK SIGN AT FIRE WHEEL.
UH, BUT THIS IS, UM, THIS IS KIND OF JUST A RENDERING OF WHAT THE NEW SIGNAGE WOULD LOOK LIKE.
IT'S ACTUALLY LOCATED OR WOULD BE LOCATED ON THE CANOPY.
UH, THAT KIND OF STICKS OUT OVER THE ROOF.
OVERHANG, I BELIEVE THAT'S THE LEASING CENTER, UM, FOR THE APARTMENT COMPLEX.
UH, SIGN D ONE, UH, IS JUST, UH, SHOWN HERE.
THIS IS JUST A RENDERING THAT'S NOT EXISTING.
EXISTING IS KINDA SHOWN UP HERE, BUT THAT'S JUST A RENDERING, JUST A SMALL KIND OF DIRECTIONAL, UH, SIGN ON SITE.
UH, JUST KIND OF POINTING FOLKS TO THE LEASING OFFICE.
AND THAT'S, UM, LOCATED, UH, AT RIVER FERN AND HORSESHOE, THIS IS ACTUALLY LOCATED WHERE SIGN A IS LOCATED, KINDA ON THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
SO SIGN A THAT WE LOOKED AT IS JUST RIGHT UP HERE.
THIS IS, UH, OR EXCUSE ME, D TWO.
THIS IS ON THE FAR EASTERN SIDE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OVER BY THE TOWNHOUSES, UM, AT RIVER FERN AND HORSESHOE.
THEY'RE, UH, KIND OF GOT IT FACING THE A DIFFERENT DIRECTION, BUT IT WOULD BE LOCATED HERE.
AGAIN, JUST DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE.
SO IT, UM, SHOWING WHERE THE LEASING OFFICE WOULD BE LOCATED.
UH, SIGN E TWO, OOPS, EXCUSE ME.
UM, THIS IS KIND OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE CURRENTLY.
THERE'S KIND OF A CORNER LANDSCAPED AREA.
THIS IS, UH, LOCATED AT, UM, FIRE WHEEL IN TOWN SQUARE, SO KIND OF THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX.
AND SO THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A, UH, MONUMENT SIGN, A FREESTANDING MONUMENT SIGN KIND OF WITHIN THIS LANDSCAPE AREA HERE, SAYING BRIO AT FIRE WHEEL.
AND THEN FINALLY SIGN E TWO, WHICH, UH, IS SHOWN, UH, HERE WOULD BE ATTACHED TO THE BUILDING FOR KIND OF THESE, UH, TOWNHOUSES.
AND THAT'S LOCATED ON THE FAR EASTERN
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SIDE OF THIS, UH, APARTMENT COMPLEX OVER TOWARDS, UH, FIRE WHEEL AND HORSESHOE.SO I'LL KIND OF WALK THROUGH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION ON THESE REQUESTS, AND I CAN CERTAINLY GO BACK IF NEEDED, MAYOR.
BUT, UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL, UH, FOR, UM, THE THREE DETACHED SIGNS THAT INCLUDES THE TWO SMALL, UH, DIRECTIONAL LEASE OFFICE SIGNS, AS WELL AS, UM, UH, SIGN E ONE THAT WAS THE MONUMENT SIGN, EXCUSE ME, THE MONUMENT SIGN WE JUST LOOKED AT THERE.
UM, AND STAFF COMMENDS DENIAL OF, OH, AND EXCUSE ME, I'LL STAY WITH APPROVAL
AND APPROVAL OF THE, UH, ATTACHED SIGN FOR SIGN C.
THAT WAS THE, UM, THAT WAS THIS HERE RE AT FIRE WHEEL AT THE LEASING CENTER.
SO STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THOSE PARTICULAR SIGNS, UH, BUT DENIAL OF THREE OF THE, OF THE FOUR ATTACHED SIGNS.
SO THAT'S THE SIGNS A AND B AT KIND OF THE TOP OF THE BUILDING AS WELL AS E TWO, WHICH WAS THIS LA LAST SIGN WE LOOKED AT.
UM, THE SIGNS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL ARE ORIENTED TOWARDS PEDESTRIAN AND LOW SPEED VEHICLE TRAFFIC AND WILL ONLY BE VISIBLE TO THOSE DRIVING OR WALKING DIRECTLY BY THE APARTMENTS.
THUS NOT IMPACTING THE URBAN STYLE APARTMENT BUILDINGS FROM BLENDING INTO THE FIRE RAIL TOWN CENTER.
UH, HOWEVER, STAFF FINDS THE ABOVE MENTIONED ATTACHED SIGNAGE, UM, DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE AREA DUE TO THE LARGER SIZE AND POSITION TOWARDS THE TOP OF THE BUILDINGS.
UM, AND IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT ANY SIGNS THAT ARE APPROVED, UM, WITH THIS REQUEST WILL BE LIMITED TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ONLY.
IT'S NOT OPENING UP THE WHOLE, UH, FIRE WHEEL, TOWN CENTER PD OR SETTING THAT PRECEDENT.
UM, AND ANY ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE FROM THE FUTURE WOULD BE REVIEWED INDIVIDUALLY ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS AND THE PLAN COMMISSION, UM, WITH A FIVE TO THREE VOTE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL, UH, AS PRESENTED BY THE APPLICANT.
UM, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, MY RECOLLECTION, MAYOR, IS THAT THE THREE THAT VOTED AGAINST THE MOTION, UH, CONCURRED WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON KIND OF APPROVING SOME, DENYING OTHERS.
SO, AND, UH, WITH THAT MAYOR, UH, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT MAILED OUT 32 NOTIFICATION LETTERS ON THIS CASE, AND WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY RESPONSES.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM? COUNCILOR LUCK.
UM, MR. GARRON IS THE, THE BRIO PART THAT'S ON THE LARGE FACADE OF THE BUILDING, UM, IS THAT PAINT OR IS IT LIKE A METAL THING THAT COMES OUT, OR HOW IS THAT? I BELIEVE THESE, THE SIGNS A AND B MM-HMM.
SO THAT, THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT PAINTED ON THE APPLICANT CAN CERTAINLY, UH, CLARIFY THAT IF NEEDED.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF MAYOR PRO TIM BASS? THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
WILL, WILL, CAN WE TALK ABOUT, UH, SIGN C FOR A MOMENT, PLEASE? SURE.
UM, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE, UM, THE CITY, UH, REQUIREMENT, THE CITY MAXIMUM CANOPY SIGNAGE, UH, BEING 25 SQUARE FEET? YES, SIR.
AND OF COURSE, ASIDE FROM THE MATH, HOW THAT COMPARES TO THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEIR REQUEST FOR 57.
SO YES, THAT, THAT IS, UH, A GOOD POINT.
THE, UM, THIS PROPOSED SIGNS, TECHNICALLY THIS SIGNAGE TECHNICALLY, UM, EXCEEDS THE MAXIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR CANOPY SIGNS IN THE GDC, WHICH IS 25 SQUARE FEET.
UM, IT, IT DOES REST KIND OF ON THAT, THAT CANOPY.
UM, I THINK KIND OF THIS WAS ONE OF THE SIGNS THAT STAFF RECOMMENDED APPROVAL ON, I THINK OUR THOUGHT WAS IT IS, IS REALLY TO SCALE AND IF IT WERE LOOKED AT FROM A, UM, WALL SIGN STANDPOINT, ATTACHED WALL SIGN IT, IF THIS WERE JUST KIND OF SCOOTED BACK ON A WALL, IF THAT WERE JUST FLAT AND TWO D UM, IT WOULD MEET THE SQUARE FOOTAGE AND THE SIGN APPEARS TO KIND OF SERVE THAT PURPOSE.
THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE SIGNAGE ABOVE, UM, ABOVE THE SIGN, UM, ANYWHERE ELSE ON THAT BUILDING.
SO, UM, IF YOU WERE TO CALCULATE IT MORE AS A WALL SIGN, WHICH IS KIND OF HOW THEY'VE, UM, PRESENTED IT AND HOW THEY ATTEND TO SORT OF ADVERTISE THIS BUILDING.
UM, NOT TO MENTION THERE ARE SOME TREES THERE THAT KINDA, UM, ARE IN THE WAY A LITTLE BIT.
BUT, UM, WITH, WITH THAT, WE KIND OF FELT IT WAS TO SCALE, UM, JUST WITH THE TECHNICALITY OF IT BEING ON THE CANOPY SIGN, WHICH IT EXCEEDS THAT PARTICULAR SQUARE FOOTAGE.
'CAUSE WHAT I'M, AND WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS, YOU KNOW, INITIALLY JUST LOOKING AT THIS, I WAS OPPOSED TO, UM, APPROVING THIS ONE AS PRESENTED.
UM, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M PERFECTLY CLEAR ON, ON MY PERS PERCEPTION HERE.
SO BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THERE'S A CANOPY THERE AND THIS IS A SIGN ON THE CANOPY.
IF THE CANOPY WEREN'T THERE AND IT WERE AGAINST THE BUILDING, THEN
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IT WOULD COMPLY.ANY ADDITIONAL, EXCUSE ME, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I SEE NONE.
MADAM SECRETARY, I'M ASSUMING WE HAVE AN APPLICANT HERE.
WE HAVE CURTIS HOEK FOR THE APPLICANT.
GOT AN APPLICANT PRESENTATION HERE, MAYOR.
I'LL JUST ASK YOU TO GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
YOU'LL HAVE 10 MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION AND OR ANSWER QUESTIONS.
MY NAME'S KURT HOAK, UH, 6 0 5 VICKSBURG COURT, SOUTH LAKE, TEXAS.
UH, THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND PRESENT TO YOU.
UM, SO YES, BRIO AT AT FIRE WHEEL.
REALLY THE INTENT IS, UM, BOTH TO NAME THE COMPLEX.
UM, IT, IT HAS BEEN RENAMED UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP AND, UH, CURRENTLY IT IS A RATHER LARGE COMPLEX.
SOME OF THE DISCUSSION DURING THE, UM, PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING WAS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DRIVE BY AND REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE BUILDINGS ARE OR WHAT GOES ON INSIDE THEM.
UM, I WILL SAY, I JUST KIND OF WANNA GO THROUGH, WE WE'RE SEEKING APPROVAL, AS WILL MENTIONED, FOR FOUR WALL SIGNS, A MONUMENT SIGN AND TWO DIRECTIONALS.
THE PURPOSE OF THE WALL SIGNS IS REALLY TO IDENTIFY THE COMPLEX AND AS YOU APPROACH IT, YOU, YOU REALLY CANNOT SEE, UH, OR YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COMPLEX IS.
AND THEN AS YOU GET CLOSER, UH, THE DIRECTIONALS HELP YOU FIND THE LEASING OFFICE.
SO THIS, THIS ILLUSTRATION KIND OF HELPS YOU.
SO COMING DOWN HIGHWAY 78, THE ENTRANCE FROM THE WEST, UM, AND AS YOU, AS YOU COME DOWN RIVER FERN HERE, YOU WOULD START TO PICK UP THIS WALL SIGN RIGHT HERE.
SO YOU, YOU PROBABLY SAW IN THE PRESENTATION THAT THE SIGNS LOOK PRETTY BIG, BUT ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE PROPORTIONAL TO THE COMPLEX.
AND THAT WAS JUST KIND OF A SMALL CORNER, SO YOU REALLY NEED THAT SIZE OF A SIGN.
IT'S NOT OVERPOWERING, IT JUST, IT GIVES YOU SOME VISIBILITY AS YOU'RE COMING DOWN THE, THE, UH, STREET THERE.
THE, THE OTHER SIGN, UH, B AS YOU'RE COMING DOWN, FIRE WHEEL PARKWAY.
UM, IT'S, IT'S DESIGNED TO IDENTIFY THE COMPLEX FROM THIS ANGLE.
AND THEN ON THE, UH, AS YOU'RE APPROACHING THE TOWN HOMES FROM THE EAST, UH, WE ALSO HAD A WALL SIGN HERE.
THE DIRECTIONALS, AS WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, ARE RIGHT, THERE'S ONE HERE, THERE'S ALSO ONE HERE THAT POINT TOWARD THE LEASING OFFICE.
AND, AND YOU GUYS WERE JUST ASKING ABOUT THE LEASING OFFICE SIGN, AND THAT'S THE ONE ON THE CANOPY.
SO WE JUST TRIED TO GET ENOUGH SIGNAGE TO IDENTIFY THE BUILDINGS AND ALSO TO HELP PEOPLE FIND THE LEASING OFFICE.
UM, REALLY THE RATIONALE ON THE, UM, SIGNS ON THE BUILDING.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT ANGLE.
THIS IS, UH, SO THIS IS AS YOU'RE, AS YOU'RE COMING DOWN RIVER FERN FIRE WHEEL PARKWAY IS OVER HERE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S NOT A BIG SIGN.
UH, THE BUILDING IS GONNA BE REPAINTED.
UM, THAT'S NOT PART OF THE SIGNAGE.
THE SIGNAGE IS JUST WHAT'S GONNA GO IN FRONT THERE.
UM, AND IT IDENTIFIES, THIS IS, THIS IS THE WEST SIDE OF THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX.
THIS IS THE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE BLOWN UP PORTION OF THAT CORNER.
AND THEN THIS IS, AS YOU'RE COMING IN PARK FIRE WHEEL PARKWAY, UM, FROM THE WEST.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE, THE WALL SIGN THERE, THE BUILDING SIGN, THE OTHER ONE'S ON THE OTHER SIDE FACING SOUTH THAT WE JUST LOOKED AT.
AND THEN THIS, THIS ONE IS, YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT, UM, THIS ONE, THIS SIGN IS ACTUALLY ON THAT CANOPY.
IT IS OVER THE ENTRANCE TO THE LEASING OFFICE.
UM, AND WE ALSO BELIEVE IT'S PROPORTIONAL.
AND THEN THIS, THIS IS THE SIGN THAT'S ON THE, UH, TOWN HOMES AS YOU APPROACH FROM THE EAST.
AND UM, SO THIS IS THE EAST CORNER.
SO AS YOU'RE COMING DOWN, FIRE, FIRE WHEEL PARKWAY, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THAT FROM THAT SIDE WHEN YOU ACTUALLY GET TO THE, UH, THE APARTMENT COMPLEX.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT, SO YOU CAN SEE IT'S NOT OVERPOWERING AS YOU'RE COMING DOWN FIRE WHEEL PARKWAY, IT'S, IT'S NOT A BIG SIGN.
AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS TRAFFIC FLOW.
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IS WHERE WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT THE TOWN HOMES AS YOU'RE COMING DOWN.UM, AGAIN, THE, THE, UH, BUILDING SIGNS ON THE CORNER, THE, UH, TOP FLOOR, THERE'S ONE HERE THAT YOU COME IN FROM THIS SIDE, AND THERE'S ONE HERE.
AND THEN WE ALSO ARE ASKING FOR THE MONUMENT SIGN AND THE DIRECTIONALS.
AND LIKE I SAID, AS YOU GET CLOSER TO THE, UM, TO THE, UH, COMPLEX, YOU, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO ROUTE TRAFFIC, UM, POTENTIAL RESIDENTS, NEW, NEW RESIDENTS OR VISITORS TO, UM, FIND THE LEASING OFFICE AND, AND ALSO THE APARTMENT COMPLEX.
SO THIS IS ON FIREWOOD PARKWAY, UM, AND IT'S KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, TWO DIRECTIONALS, ONE ON EACH, UH, ON THE EAST AND ONE ON THE WEST TO TRY TO, UH, DIRECT TRAFFIC TOWARD THE, UH, LEASING OFFICE.
SO THAT'S REALLY, UM, ALL I HAD FOR A PRESENTATION.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? I, YOU DID SUCH A GOOD JOB.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, MAYOR PRO, TIM BASS AND YOUR DISTRICT, SIR.
WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UM, AS, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDED WITH DENIAL FOR SIGNS A, B AND E TWO AND APPROVAL FOR SIGNS C, D ONE, D TWO, AND E ONE.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, TO APPROVE PER STAFF RECOMMENDATION, UH, BY MAYOR PRO TIM BASS AND A SECOND BY COUNCILOR MORRIS.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU COULD PRESS VOTE FOR US PLEASE AND COUNSEL AND DISPLAY THE VOTE THAT ITEM, OR ITEMS I SHOULD SAY ARE APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
UH, FOLKS, UH, WE ARE GONNA TAKE A SHORT RECESS, UM, AT, UH, WE'RE GONNA TAKE, TAKE A 10 MINUTE RECESS.
UH, LET'S HAVE EVERYBODY BACK, UH, AT EIGHT 40 PLEASE.
ALRIGHT, WE ARE COMING BACK FROM RECESS.
WE ARE IN THE NOVEMBER 7TH, 2023 REGULAR MEETING OF THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL.
[8.d. Consider a request by First Place Foods to allow a food processing facility from a newly constructed building. The site is located at 751 South International Road in District 6.]
ARE COMING BACK TO ITEM EIGHT D.CONSIDER REQUEST BY FIRST PLACE FOODS TO ALLOW A FOOD PROCESSING FACILITY FROM A NEWLY CONSTRUCTED BUILDING.
THIS SITE IS LOCATED AT 7 51 SOUTH INTERNATIONAL ROAD IN DISTRICT SIX.
MR. GARIN HERE IS, THIS IS KZ 23 DASH 34, AND AS YOU SAID, IT IS A REQUEST FOR A, UH, FOOD AND PICKLE PROCESSING FACILITY FROM A NEWLY CONSTRUCTED BUILDING.
UH, IT IS LOCATED AT 7 51 SOUTH INTERNATIONAL ROAD AND THE ACREAGE OF THE SITE IS 4.38 ACRES.
UM, THE SITE IS ZONED WITHIN, UH, PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 93 DASH ZERO ONE FOR INDUSTRIAL USES.
UM, THIS IS NOT AN AMENDMENT TO THAT PD.
UM, IT DEFERS, UH, PRIMARILY TO THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, WHICH REQUIRES AN SUP FOR THIS LAND USE, UH, FOOD PROCESSING AND STORAGE USE.
UH, HERE'S THE GENERAL LOCATION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND LOCATED HERE WITHIN THE INDUSTRIAL, UH, DISTRICT.
UM, THIS AERIAL IS A LITTLE BIT OLD.
THE, UH, THERE IS A BUILDING THAT'S, UH, JUST RECENTLY BEING CONSTRUCTED ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS, UH, SURROUNDED BY OTHER, UM, INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS AND USES AND WHATNOT.
IT WAS BUILT AS KIND OF JUST A FLEX, UM, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL BUILDING.
BUT AS THIS TENANT TENANT CAME ALONG AND WANTED TO OCCUPY THE BUILDING, THAT'S WHAT TRIGGERED THE SUP REQUEST.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UM, ACTUALLY HAS THIS AREA, IT'S KIND OF RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT OR TRANSIT ORIENTED CENTERS AND INDUSTRIAL.
IT DOES FALL WITHIN THE TRANSIT ORIENTED CENTERS, UH, DESIGNATION.
UM, THE FOREST JUPITER STATION, OF COURSE, IS LOCATED, UH, JUST TO THE NORTHWEST OF THIS PROPERTY.
UM, THE, UH, SITE OF COURSE IS DEVELOPED AS A PERMITTED, UH, BY RIGHT INDUSTRIAL FLEX BUILDING AND PROVIDES AN ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT TO THE IMMEDIATE AREA.
THE PROPOSED USE ALIGNS WITH THE SURROUNDING LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AREA AND IS NOT, UH, EXPECTED TO HAVE ADVERSE IMPACTS AND DOES NOT INHIBIT, UH, FUTURE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FURTHER NORTH TOWARDS THE FOREST JUPITER DART STATION.
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ABOUT, UH, 15 OR A LITTLE OVER 1500 FEET AWAY.AND REALLY NO, UM, GOOD KIND OF CLEAR ROADWAY OR BICYCLE OR PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION TO THAT AT THIS TIME.
UM, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN, UM, NOTES THAT, UH, PRODUCTION EMPLOYMENT AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL BUILDING TYPES ARE CONSIDERED AMONG THE HIGHER, UH, REVENUE PER ACRE GENERATORS.
UM, IN ADDITION, THIS PROPOSAL WOULD KEEP AN EXISTING INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURER IN GARLAND.
SO I SHOULD NOTE THAT FIRST PLACE FOODS IS CURRENTLY LOCATED ON MILLS ROAD IN GARLAND AND THEY WISHING TO RELOCATE AND OCCUPY THIS, UM, BUILDING.
AND A LITTLE BIT OF REGARDING THEIR OPERATION.
THEY, IT INVOLVES THE PROCESSING OF PICKLES, PEPPERS AND PICKLE RELISH.
UM, AND AGAIN, THEY WISH TO RELOCATE THEIR OPERATION, UM, STAY WITHIN GARLAND BUT RELOCATE TO THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY.
UM, THE PROPOSED OPERATIONS WOULD BE CONDUCTED INDOORS, SO IT'D BE ALL THE PROCESSING, FOOD STORAGE, ALL THAT WOULD BE INDOORS.
UH, HERE'S SOME PHOTOS OF THE AREA, INCLUDING THE SUBJECT SITE ON THE NORTHWEST, OR EXCUSE ME, ON THE TOP LEFT THERE.
IT, UH, MEETS ALL GDC UH, REQUIREMENTS.
UM, UH, THE BUILDING THERE IS HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE.
IT IS CONSTRUCTED AND HAS ALREADY BEEN REVIEWED AND AND PERMITTED ACCORDINGLY.
THE CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING IS SIMPLY THE SUP FOR THE LAND USE AND THE LANDSCAPE PLAN.
THAT'S ALL BEEN, UH, INSTALLED AND MEETS ALL GDC REQUIREMENTS AS DO THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS.
THERE'S STILL THREE D RENDERING THERE.
UH, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE SUP TO BE VALID FOR 25 YEARS, WHICH ALIGNS WITH THE SUP TIME PERIOD GUIDE FOR THIS LAND USE.
THERE ARE NO DEVIATIONS FROM THE GDC OR THE PD REQUESTED WITH THIS APPLICATION.
UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL OF THE, UM, OF THE SUP AND PLAN AND PLAN COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AS WELL.
THAT WAS WITH A, UH, AN EIGHT TO ZERO VOTE.
AND MAYOR, WE MAILED OUT 33 NOTIFICATION LETTERS ON THIS CASE.
WE RECEIVED TWO, UH, IN FAVOR AND TWO AGAINST ALL WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA.
UM, INTERESTINGLY, ONE PROPERTY ACTUALLY HAD A, BOTH A FOUR AND AN AGAINST, SO IT WAS A LITTLE CONTROL, BUT JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.
CONFLICTING, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM? I SEE NONE.
UH, SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE A SPEAKER ON THIS ITEM? YES, PAT HUN, THE APPLICANT.
VERY GOOD SIR, THANK YOU FOR COMING IN TONIGHT AND UH, AS I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY QUITE A FEW TIMES BEFORE, YOU'LL HAVE 10 MINUTES TO MAKE A PRESENTATION AND OR ASK OR ANSWER QUESTIONS.
AND IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
I LIVE IN SALINA AT 7 7 6 4 SHADE TREE LANE.
BUT AS, UH, WILL MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE, UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY LOCATED AT FIVE 15 MILLS ROAD WITH OUR BUSINESS AND I CAN SPEND 10 MINUTES TELLING YOU HOW TO MAKE PICKLES OR I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS, WHICHEVER ONE, UH, Y'ALL PREFER.
GENERALLY I'D PREFERRED, I WOULD'VE PREFERRED IF YOU'D BROUGHT SOME SAMPLES, BUT YOU SOUND LIKE SOME OF YOUR COLLEAGUES THERE THAT HAVE ALREADY ALREADY HIT ME UP.
BUT BIRDS OF A FEATHER LIKE TO THINK TOGETHER.
MOST OF YOU ARE PROBAB, PROBABLY HAVE BEEN BY THE SITE THAT WE'RE, UH, THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY AT WHERE WE DO SOME OUTDOOR FERMENTATION PROCESSING THAT WILL NOT MAKE THE TRIP OVER TO, UH, TO THE NEW FACILITY.
UM, AS I WAS TELLING COUNCILWOMAN MORRIS, THE, UH, PICKLING INDUSTRY IS THE OLDEST FORM OF FOOD PRESERVATION KNOWN TO MANKIND.
UH, MY, MY KIDS THINK I WAS THERE.
UH, BUT, UH, SO CONSEQUENTLY IT'S, IT'S BEEN IN AMERICA FOR AMERICA'S ENTIRE HISTORY.
SO A LOT OF PICKLE FACTORIES THAT WERE BUILT WERE BUILT A HUNDRED, 150 YEARS AGO, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S A VERY OLD INDUSTRY AND IT'S A LOT OF OLD FACILITIES.
THIS WILL BE THE TAJ MAHAL OF ALL PICKLE FACILITIES IN THE UNITED STATES.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S REALLY TOO NICE FOR OUR PICKLE FACTORY, BUT WE'RE TICKLED TO DEATH TO GET IN THERE.
SO, UM, SO YEAH, WE THINK, UH, WE THINK IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT MOVE FOR US.
THE MOVE IS TOTALLY 100%, UH, UH, CAUSED BY OUR GROWTH.
UH, AND SO THAT'S A GOOD THING.
AND SO WE, UH, I WAS TELLING THE LADY A MOMENT AGO THAT WHEN, WHEN I BOUGHT THE, THE CURRENT FACILITY 17 YEARS AGO, WE HAD TWO PART-TIME EMPLOYEES AND WE'RE UP TO 70 PLUS.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ADDED AS MUCH AS WE CAN ADD WHERE WE'RE AT.
SO IT'S TIME TO MOVE TO A BIGGER FACILITY AND KEEP PUTTING MORE PICKLES OUT THERE IN THE, IN THE WORLD.
SO I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OR ABOUT THE PICKLE BUSINESS.
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WELL, MR. HUN, THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN.UH, I WAS ON THE PLAN COMMISSION A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN YOU CAME AND PRESENTED THE, UM, YOUR EXPANSION ON YOUR CURRENT FACILITY AND IT WAS VERY ENCOURAGING AT THAT TIME.
I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT EVERYTHING HAS GONE WELL AND SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A KUDOS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, HEARING ABOUT, UH, BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS.
GREAT, WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND YEAH, THE ONLY THING THAT KIND OF DERAILED THOSE PLANS WAS, UH, ABOUT THE TIME WE WERE GETTING READY TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FINANCING AND GETTING EVERYTHING LAID OUT.
I I SPENT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON THE CIVIL ENGINEERS AND ALL THAT STUFF.
THEN THAT LITTLE THING CALLED COVID HIT AND ALL OF OUR COSTS JUST WENT THROUGH THE ROOF AND YOU COULD NOT JUSTIFY THE EXISTING GROUND SPACE TO BUILD A SMALL BUILDING.
IT JUST, IT JUST WOULDN'T WORK.
WE'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT PROBLEM, BUT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW AGAIN IF YOU'VE BEEN BY THERE, BUT WE ARE JUST SO THRILLED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING ON NEXT DOOR, UH, TO THAT REALLY LARGE WAREHOUSE FACILITY THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WISH THAT WOULD'VE BEEN US.
BUT, UH, ANYWAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR HAVING US AND FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
WELL, AGAIN, I AM SAD TO LOSE THE PICKLE FACTORY FROM DISTRICT TWO, BUT VERY DELIGHTED THAT YOU'RE STAYING IN THE CITY AND THAT YOU ARE GROWING AND YEAH, I WENT OVER AND LOOKED AT YOUR NEW FACILITY YESTERDAY AND IT IS A TAJ MAHAL THAT IS A, AN AMAZING BUILDING.
UM, AND I HOPE YOU EXPAND AND EXPAND AND GROW IT UNTIL YOU'RE NEEDING TO GO EVEN BIGGER.
WELL, I WILL WARN YOU THAT COUNCILWOMAN LUCKED THERE.
IF SHE GOES OVER THERE AND SEES ALL THOSE WHITE WALLS, THE NEXT THING SHE'S GONNA BE SUGGESTING IS THAT YOU DO A PICKLE MURAL.
I'VE GOT THE PERSON THAT CAN DO IT.
BRACE YOURSELF FOR THAT REQUEST.
AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS ON, ON YOUR SUCCESS.
UM, WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO GARLAND, I LIVED NOT FAR FROM YOUR FACTORY AND IN ALL THESE YEARS I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY COMPLAINTS, WHICH IS PRETTY AMAZING.
SO YOU ALL ARE WONDERFUL NEIGHBORS AND I AM SURE WEST GARLAND WILL COMPLETELY ENJOY HAVING YOU THERE.
WELL, WE DON'T GET ANY COMPLAINTS EITHER, BUT OF COURSE MOST OF OUR NEIGHBORS ARE DEAD PEOPLE, SO THAT HELPS.
YEAH, THAT HELPS BILL CEMETERY.
SO
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET OUT OF THIS.
ALRIGHT,
THERE'S PROBABLY STILL A FEW OLD TIMERS AROUND WHO WOULD TELL YOU ABOUT THE COMPLAINTS OF THE SMELL FROM THE, THE OLD DAYS, BUT OBVIOUSLY TIMES HAVE CHANGED AND VENTILATION AND, AND ALL OF THAT HAVE IMPROVED, SO VERY GOOD.
I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? COUNCILOR VE DONE THIS IN YOUR DISTRICT? YES SIR.
WELL WE ARE SUPER EXCITED THAT YOU'RE STAYING IN GARLAND
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR STILL CHOOSING US.
UM, I'M A BIG PICKLE FAN SO I EXPECT YOU TOUR, UH, WHEN WE GET UP AND RUNNING.
UM, SO I MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM EIGHT D AS PRESENTED.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MORRIS TO APPROVE ITEM EIGHT D AS PRESENTED.
SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION MADAM SECRETARY, YOU PREPARE THE VOTE FOR PLEASE COUNCIL AND DISPLAY THE VOTE AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
[8.e. Consider a request by Bohler Engineering TX, LLC to allow an expansion of the existing Walmart Garden Center. The site is located at 5302 North Garland Avenue in District 1.]
COMING UP TO OUR LAST ZONING CASE FOR THE EVENING, ITEM EIGHT E CONSIDER A REQUEST BY BOER ENGINEERING TX LLC TO ALLOW AN EXPANSION OF AN EXIST OF THE EXISTING WALMART GARDEN CENTER.THIS SITE IS LOCATED AT 53 0 2 NORTH GARLAND AVENUE IN DISTRICT ONE.
AND THIS IS KZ UH, 2335 REGARDING THE UH, WALMART GARDEN CENTER AND ON NORTH GARLAND AVENUE 53 0 2 NORTH GRA GARLAND AVENUE.
TO BE SPECIFIC, UH, THE ACREAGE OF THE OVERALL SITE IS JUST OVER 20 ACRES.
IT IS ZONED, UH, WITHIN PD DISTRICT, UH, NUMBER 23 DASH 15.
UM, IF YOU RECALL THE UM, MEDICAL CLINIC THAT WAS ADDED TO THIS NORTH GARLAND LOCATION RECENTLY, UM, THEY'RE DOING ONE MORE ADDITION, UM, JUST KIND OF ADDING SPACE FOR THE GARDEN CENTER.
UM, THE LOCATION OF COURSE IS SHOWN HERE, NORTH LIN AVENUE, JUST SOUTH OF UH, PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE AND OUTLINED HERE AND
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EXPANSION, I'LL SHOW THE SITE PLAN, BUT IT'S ESSENTIALLY EXPANDING THE GARDEN CENTER THERE ON KIND OF THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING.UH, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IDENTIFIES THIS SHOPPING CENTER AREAS, COMMUNITY CENTERS, AND THE EXISTING USE AS WELL AS THE PROPOSAL, UM, ALIGNS WITH THAT, UH, DESIGNATION, FIND IT COMPATIBLE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH LARGELY ALIGNS WITH UM, COMMERCIAL CENTERS AND SHOPPING CENTERS AND WHATNOT.
UM, REGARDING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN, UM, THE SUBJECT SITE IS CONSIDERED A LARGE FORMAT RETAIL USE.
THE PROPOSAL WILL EXPAND AND CO ACCOMMODATE UH, THE EXISTING WALMART, WHICH GENERATES UM, SIGNIFICANT SALES TAX FOR THE CITY AND UH, SHOW THE SITE PLAN.
UM, THERE'S THE KIND OF OVERALL PROJECT AREA BUT UM, OUTLINE IN BLUE THERE, THE BOUNDARIES OF THE EXISTING BUILDING AND AND GREEN THERE IS THE PROPOSED EXPANSION REALLY JUST JOGGING ABOUT ABOUT 20, 25 FEET OR SO.
UM, THEY'LL, SOME PARKING SPACES WILL BE REMOVED, UM, KIND OF ON THE SIDE THERE TO ACCOMMODATE THE BUILDING AS WELL AS THE DRIVE AISLE AND FIRE LANE.
BUT UM, THE SIDE IS STILL SUFFICIENTLY PARKED.
UM, HERE'S SOME, HERE'S KIND OF A PHOTO ELEVATION OF THE FRONT OF THE EXISTING WALMART, UH, GARDEN CENTER AND THE PROPOSED ELEVATION.
REALLY NOT MUCH OF A CHANGE, JUST KIND OF ADDING ANOTHER SEGMENT THERE OF ORNAMENTAL FENCING AND UH, MASONRY COLUMNS.
AND SIMILARLY ON THE SIDE THERE, THERE'S KIND OF A PHOTO OF THE EXISTING BUILDING AND IT'S REALLY JUST KIND OF JOGGING OUT, UM, THE FENCING AND, AND GARDEN CENTER AREA.
SO REALLY NOT MUCH OF AN ELEVATION CHANGE OTHER THAN JUST THE SIZE DIFFERENCE.
AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST AND THE PLAN COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AS WELL.
AND, UH, WITH THAT MAYOR, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT MAILED OUT 93 NOTIFICATION LETTERS ON THIS CASE AND WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY RESPONSES.
ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM? I SEE NONE.
MADAM SECRETARY, I BELIEVE WE HAVE AN APPLICANT HERE.
MR. CARDWELL, I'M GONNA SAY THIS ONE MORE TIME TONIGHT.
UH, YOU'LL HAVE 10 MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION OR ANSWER QUESTIONS IF YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
I'M WITH BOULDERER ENGINEERING 2,600 NETWORK BOULEVARD IN FRISCO, TEXAS.
UM, I REALLY DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION.
UM, AND APPRECIATE ALL THE HUMOR ABOUT PICKLES.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT?
UH, CUCUMBERS MAYBE CAN COME INTO THE PLAY.
UH, I HAVE NO, UH, I HAVE NO QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, MAYOR PRO TIMM BASS IN YOUR DISTRICT, SIR.
MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE PD AMENDMENT AND DETAIL PLAN AS PRESENTED.
I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TIMM BASS AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS TO APPROVE ITEM EIGHT E AS PRESENTED.
MADAM SECRETARY, PREPARE THE VOTE FOR, PLEASE COUNSEL AND DISPLAY THE VOTE.
AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
UH, THAT WAS OUR LAST ZONING CASE FOR THE EVENING.
[9.Consider appointments to Boards and Commissions.]
NINE, CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.UH, WE DO HAVE TWO APPOINTMENTS TONIGHT.
THE FIRST IS A COUNCIL APPOINTMENT, UH, AND THE SECOND IS, UH, MAYORAL APPOINTMENT.
AND AS WE DISCUSSED LAST NIGHT, JUST FOR SIMPLICITY, STA SAKE, UH, MAYOR PRO TIMM BASS, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, SIR.
UH, I HAVE A ANIMAL SERVICES BOARD, ASHLEY THOMPSON.
AND, UH, THE MAYOR IS, UH, PRESENTING, UH, FOR COMMUNITY MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION.
YOU'VE HEARD, UH, THE NOMINATIONS THAT DON'T REQUIRE A SECOND.
UH, MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US, PLEASE, WE WILL TAKE THESE AS A BLOCK AND DISPLAY THE VOTE PLEASE.
THOSE APPOINTMENTS ARE APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
UH, THAT MOVES US TO ITEM 10, CITIZEN COMMENTS, PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS ISSUES NOT ON THE AGENDA.
MAY HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS COUNCIL AT THIS TIME.
COUNCIL IS PROHIBITED FROM DISCUSSING ANY ITEM NOT POSTED.
ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS SIGNED UP.
UH, BUT WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF FOLKS LEFT HERE IN THE CHAMBER.
SO I'LL SAY, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK
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TO THE COUNCIL THIS EVENING? THEY DIDN'T EVEN FLINCH AT THAT, SO I'M GONNA TAKE THAT AS A NO.AND WITH THAT, AT 8 57, WE ARE ADJOURNED.