ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION

[b. Consider a request by The Kroger Co. requesting approval of 1) a Specific Use Provision (SUP) for Fuel Pumps, Retail Use and 2) a Concept Plan for a Fuel Pumps, Retail Use. The site is located at 6850 N. Shiloh Road in District 1.]

AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 11. B, CONSIDER A REQUEST BY THE KROGER COMPANY REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A SPECIFIC A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION FOR FUEL PUMPS, RETAIL USE, AND A CONCEPT PLAN FOR FUEL PUMPS. RETAIL USE SITE IS LOCATED AT EIGHT AT 6850 NORTH SHILOH ROAD IN DISTRICT ONE. PRESENTLY. REQUEST IS FOR 20 503 AND IT'S FOR A FUEL PUMPS USE AT THE PROPERTY ADDRESSED AS 6850 NORTH SHILOH ROAD. THE BASE ZONING IS PD 9828 AND IT HAS A COMMUNITY RETAIL ZONING ON IT. AND THIS IS THE SITE. THE ENTIRE PROPERTY IS ABOUT 6.183 ACRES IN SIZE. SO THE PROPOSED FUEL PUMP STATION IS GOING TO BE AROUND THIS AREA. HERE THERE IS AN EXISTING KROGER ON SITE, AND THE FUEL PUMPS WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE KROGER STORE. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IDENTIFIES THIS AREA AS COMMUNITY CENTERS.

COMMUNITY CENTERS ARE AREAS WITH COMPACT DEVELOPMENT, PRIMARILY NOT PRIMARILY NONRESIDENTIAL, SERVING A COLLECTION OF NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF A MIX OF USES INCLUDING RETAIL SERVICES, OFFICES, USE AND MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND ENTERTAINMENT USES. THESE ARE SITE PHOTOS. AND SEE THIS KROGER SIGN. IS THERE SOME MORE PHOTOS FACING THE RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION ACROSS THE STREET? AND THIS IS THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED AS PART OF THE PD SUBMITTAL. THE REQUEST IS FOR A TOTAL OF A TEN FUEL PUMPS. THERE WOULD BE A THERE WILL BE FIVE FUEL DISPENSERS AND THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE ONE ON EACH SIDE. SO TOTALING TEN FOR THIS SITE. AND THIS PROPOSED FUEL PUMPS, IT WILL OCCUPY 63 PARKING SPACES.

THERE WILL STILL BE A SURPLUS OF PARKING FOR THE LOT. SO THE CEP TIME PERIOD, THE TIME PERIOD GUIDELINE RECOMMENDS A PERIOD OF 20 TO 25 YEARS, AND THE APPLICANT REQUESTS AN INDEFINITE TIME PERIOD. WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF FEEDBACK AND CONCERNS CONCERNING THE REQUEST. ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS IS TRAFFIC. THE APPLICANT AND OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT HAVE WORKED TOGETHER,

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AND THE APPLICANT DID SUBMIT A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, AND OUT OF THAT THEY DID OUT OF THE ANALYSIS. WHAT WAS WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF IT WAS THAT THERE WAS GOING TO NEED TO BE A SOME SORT OF A TRAFFIC SIGNAL INSTALLED AT THE INTERSECTION WHERE IT HAS BEEN VERY DANGEROUS IN THAT AREA. AND THE PURPOSE OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL WOULD BE TO ALLEVIATE THE EXISTING PROBLEM AND TO ALLEVIATE ANY POTENTIAL ISSUES OR INCREASED TRAFFIC DUE TO THE FUEL PUMPS IN THE AREA.

THERE ARE THERE. THERE HAS BEEN SOME QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ABOUT VISIBILITY OF THE PUMPS.

GO BACK TO THE PICTURE THAT WE HAD FROM FROM THE RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION. THIS KROGER SITE WHERE THE FUEL PUMPS IS GOING TO BE LOCATED, WILL BE SEPARATED BY 100 FOOT WIDE THOROUGHFARE, AN EXISTING TREE LINE. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE LEFT PICTURE AND A CONTINUOUS LINE OF SHRUBS ALONG THE SITE. THE RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION ALSO HAS A SIX FOOT MASONRY WALL THAT SCREENS THEM FROM THE THOROUGHFARE. THERE ARE. THERE HAS BEEN SOME CONCERN ABOUT SAFETY. EACH GAS STATION IS REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TO RECEIVE APPROVAL BEFORE THEY INSTALL ANY OF THE UNDERGROUND TANKS ON SITE, AND THERE ALSO HAS BEEN CONCERN ABOUT LIGHTING IF THE APPLICANT IS WILL BE PROVIDING ANY ADDITIONAL LIGHTING THEY WILL BE PROVIDED TO, THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A PHOTOMETRIC OR LIGHTING STUDY SHOWING THAT THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY SORT OF GLARE ON THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES AND THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, OR THE THOROUGHFARE. SO THE PLAN COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE CEP FOR 20 YEARS, AND THEY ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING BE INSTALLED ALONG SHILOH TO SCREEN THE PROPOSED FUEL PUMPS. STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST AS WELL, FOR IN THIS INSTANCE, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE FUEL PUMPS, ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE A GENERALLY A CONCERN ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF FUEL PUMPS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN GARLAND. FOR THIS INSTANCE, IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE KROGER USE, AND THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY PATRONIZING THE STORE WOULD ALSO PATRONIZE THE GAS STATION, AND IT ALSO IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THESE ARE THE RESPONSES WE RECEIVED, THREE THAT ARE IN FAVOR THAT ARE WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA. AND WE RECEIVED 14 THAT ARE AGAINST THAT ARE WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA, AND WE RECEIVED 25 THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE NOTIFICATION AREA TT ARE IN FAVOR, AND WE RECEIVED 15 THAT ARE AGAINST THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE NOTIFICATION AREA.

AND THIS IS THE MAP. AND IN GENERAL FOR THE RESPONSES, THEY INCLUDED THE ITEMS THAT I HAD MENTIONED EARLIER WITH THE TRAFFIC, VISIBILITY, SAFETY, LIGHTING, AND FOR THE ONES THAT WERE IN SUPPORT, THEY THOUGHT THAT IT WAS A CONVENIENT LOCATION TO HAVE THE FUEL PUMPS RIGHT NEXT TO THE KROGER, AND STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCIL, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF ON THIS ITEM? COUNCIL MEMBER BASS THANK YOU. NO QUESTIONS. I JUST WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE YOU ADDRESSING MOST OF THE CITIZEN RESPONSES WITH YOUR PRESENTATION. I THINK THAT'S GOING TO SAVE US A LOT OF TIME LATER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MADAM SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE APPLICANT IS THE APPLICANT HERE? YES, SIR. MR. MICHAEL SWERTO, JUST AS A REMINDER, THE APPLICANTS HAVE TEN MINUTES TO SPEAK, AND ANY CITIZEN WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, THEY WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. SIR, YOU HAVE TEN MINUTES FOR PRESENTATION. PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. MICHAEL SERRATO, 3030 LYNDON B JOHNSON FREEWAY, DALLAS, TEXAS. HELLO, I'M MICHAEL SERRATO, WANTED TO START OFF BY SAYING THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR BUSY SCHEDULE TO TAKE THIS PROJECT INTO CONSIDERATION. I'LL KEEP IT SHORT AS EMMA DID SUCH A GREAT JOB EXPLAINING THE PROJECT. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE FIRST SLIDE, THIS IS THE GENERAL AREA OF WHERE OUR FUEL STATION THAT WE'RE PROPOSING WILL BE

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LOCATED. SOME OF THE OPERATIONAL ITEMS TO GO THROUGH. KROGER EXPECTS TO MAINTAIN THE FUEL OPERATIONS ON SITE FOR THE ENTIRE DURATION OF THEIR LEASE TERMS. IN THE EVENT THE LEASE AGREEMENT IS NOT RENEWED, KROGER WOULD DEMOLISH THE COMPLETELY, REMOVE THE FUEL STATION BACK TO PREEXISTING CONDITIONS. FUEL CENTER LOCATION IS A SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE LOT, AND AS EMMA STATED, IT'S A FIVE IN-LINE DISPENSER TEMPLATE WITH TEN FUELING LOCATIONS. THE OPERATIONAL HOURS FOR THE FUEL STATION ITSELF WOULD BE 24 OVER SEVEN, WITH A KIOSK ATTENDANT AVAILABLE 6 A.M. TO 10 A.M. AFTER 10 P.M. CUSTOMERS ARE LIMITED TO 25 GALLONS PER TRANSACTION. THERE ARE EMERGENCY STOPS FOR ALL PUMPS LOCATED AROUND THE KIOSK, AND PLENTY OF SIGNAGE TO SHOW PEOPLE WHERE THOSE EMERGENCY STOP BUTTONS ARE. THERE'S EMERGENCY SIGNS ALL OVER, AS I STATED WITH A 911 CALL BOX FOR AFTER HOUR EMERGENCIES AND CLIENTS AND GUESTS, MY APOLOGIES ARE ABLE TO GO INSIDE THE KROGER SUPERMARKET AND ACTUALLY ASKED ASSOCIATES FOR HELP SHOULD THEY NEED HELP. AFTER HOURS. ONE FUN LITTLE FACT IS THAT KROGER FOR THE DFW AREA HAS ONLY HAD TWO. REPORTABLE REPORTABLE SPILLS ACROSS 67 FUEL LOCATIONS OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS, AND THAT'S INCLUDING NIGHT OPERATIONS. SO KROGER TAKES SAFETY SERIOUSLY. AND PART OF THAT SAFETY IS INCLUDED WITH ASSOCIATES BEING AVAILABLE IN THE DISPENSER AREAS TO INSPECT EQUIPMENT REGULARLY ENSURE THINGS ARE CLEAN. THEY HAVE A 15 POINT DISPENSER CLEANING CHECKLIST THAT THEY COMPLETE DAILY. SPILL RESPONSE KITS ARE AVAILABLE ALL THROUGHOUT THE SITE, AND THERE IS WEEKLY PREVENTATIVE CLEANING THAT GOES A LITTLE BIT DEEPER THAN THAT.

DAILY CLEANING. THIS IS KROGER'S PROCESS FOR PROPER INSTALLATION OF THE UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS. CONTRACTORS ARE CERTIFIED BY THE ACTUAL TANK MANUFACTURERS. KROGER PROJECT MANAGERS PERFORM A 36 POINT INSTALL CHECKLIST AND IS COMPANY CERTIFIED TO INSTALL THE LOCAL T-C-E-Q. REGION FOUR REPRESENTATIVE IS INVITED TO WITNESS TANK INSTALLATION AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WITNESSES AS REQUIRED FOR TANK PRESSURE TESTS AND INSTALLATION OF TANKS. I KNOW THERE WAS A BIT OF A CONCERN ABOUT TRAFFIC AND THAT WAS BROUGHT UP IN THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS. AS EMMA STATED, WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE CITY AND WE ARE CURRENTLY PROPOSING A NEW SIGNAL FOR THAT INTERSECTION. WE ARE DEVELOPING THOSE PLANS NOW AND WORKING WITH THE CITY TO ENSURE THAT WE GET THAT INTERSECTION OF SHILOH ROAD AND CLEAR SPRINGS PARKWAY AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE, AND TO ADDRESS EVERYBODY'S CONCERNS FOR THAT AREA. AND FOR THE ITEM THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AT PLAN COMMISSION FOR THE LANDSCAPE SCREENING, WE DID REVIEW IT INTERNALLY AND WE REVIEWED IT WITH THE CITY, THE CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT. JUST OUR ONE CONCERN WAS, OR I GUESS NOT CONCERN, BUT OUR OBSERVATION WAS THAT THE TREE LINE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SCREEN MOST OF THE CANOPY BEING THAT IT SHOULD BE AROUND THE SAME HEIGHT, ALONG WITH THE EXISTING THREE FOOT SHRUBS THAT WE HAVE ALONG THE ENTIRETY OF THE RETAIL CENTER. THERE WAS SOME SOME CONCERNS FROM OTHER STORES IN OUR RETAIL CENTER THAT WE'RE MENTIONING A LOSS OF VISIBILITY. AND SO THEY AND JUST FULLY SO THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT POTENTIALLY LOSING CUSTOMERS DUE TO THEM NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE PAST THE SIX FOOT SHRUBS THAT WERE INITIALLY REQUIRED. SO WE'RE ASKING THAT PLANT CITY COUNCIL LOOKS AT THAT AND JUST TAKES THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CITY ON DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES, ALONG WITH THE LANDLORD, JUST TO MAKE THE SITE MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE BEAUTIFUL WITHOUT THE REQUIREMENT OF THOSE SIX FOOT SHRUBS THAT MAY BLOCK VISIBILITY. OOPS, SORRY. AND FROM A CIVIL ENGINEERING STANDPOINT, THE SITE IS MINIMAL RISK. IT'S ALREADY PAVEMENT, SO THERE'S NO INCREASE OR DECREASE IN PERMEABLE AREAS. DRAINAGE PATTERNS ARE GOING TO REMAIN THE SAME. THE SITE WILL BE REPLANTED TO CONFORM WITH PLAN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S REQUESTS, AND THERE'S JUST NO SUBSTANTIAL ITEMS. FROM A CIVIL PERSPECTIVE, THAT WOULD BE AN ISSUE. I DO WANT TO SAY IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I AM THE CIVIL REPRESENTATIVE, BUT I DO HAVE THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING TEAM AND FROM KROGER THEMSELVES. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS RELATED TO THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO BRING THEM UP HERE AND THEY CAN ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS. VERY GOOD. COUNCIL, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? COUNCIL MEMBER YES. THANK YOU.

NO QUESTIONS. I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THE VERY DETAILED REPORT. APPRECIATE THAT. THANK

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YOU, THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. THOMAS, THIS IS NOT IN MY DISTRICT, BUT I'M A DRIVER IN A THREE WOOD AWAY KITTY CORNER ACROSS THE ROAD FROM THIS. AND SO I KNOW THAT KROGER IS CLOSING SOME STORES THROUGHOUT DFW. AND DO YOU THINK DENIAL OF THIS REQUEST WOULD HAVE ANY IMPACT ON KROGER'S DECISION WHETHER TO KEEP THIS STORE OPEN OR NOT? I'M NOT QUALIFIED TO ANSWER THAT. CITY ATTORNEY IS CHIMED IN HERE. AS MAYOR, I THE. OKAY, I'LL TRY AGAIN. USED TO BE SO MUCH EASIER. I ASKED THAT THE COUNCIL NOT CONSIDER THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE IN DECIDING THIS CASE. NOW IT'S OUTSIDE THE PURVIEW OF WHAT YOU ALL ARE HERE TO DETERMINE, AND THAT WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE USE FOR THIS LOCATION. VERY GOOD. YOU YOU TALKED ABOUT PUTTING THE TRAFFIC LIGHT IN AND I SAW A LOT OFF REONSES. PEOPLE WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC. AND THAT SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT KROGER IS PAYING FOR THAT TRAFFIC LIGHT OR PARTICIPATING IN THAT COST, OR IS THAT ALL FOR THE CITY? KROGER IS PARTICIPATING IN COST SHARING FOR THAT FOR THAT SIGNAL DEVELOPMENT. YES. SO THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE A PART OF IT. AND LIKELY BEFORE THE PUMPS WERE OPEN, THAT THAT SIGNAL WOULD BE OPERATIONAL BEFORE THE PUMPS WERE, WERE OPERATIONAL. YEAH. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY ON THAT ON FOR TIMELINE, BUT THAT WOULD BE THE HOPE THAT THEY WOULD BE UP AND READY BY THE TIME THE FUEL STATION IS READY TO OPEN. THAT WAY, WE CAN WE CAN CUT IT OFF AT THE PASS AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT INTERSECTION IS SAFE. YEAH, BECAUSE WHEN I READ THE RESPONSES, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT SAFETY AT THAT INTERSECTION AND PEOPLE TRYING TO GO ACROSS THERE. AND SO A SIGNAL RIGHT THERE, I THINK WOULD GO A LONG WAY TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE SAFETY CONCERNS. SO VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCILMEMBER DUTTON, I ALSO JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THAT WE ARE INCLUDING A TRAFFIC LIGHT SIMPLY BECAUSE WITHOUT A GAS STATION, THAT LITTLE SECTION IS I'VE SEEN SOME SOME BIG ONES OVER THERE. PEOPLE HAVE GONE THROUGH THE WALL AND IT'S QUITE A MESS SOMETIMES, ESPECIALLY AT HOLIDAYS, PEOPLE GET A LITTLE WILD. SO I APPRECIATE THE TRAFFIC LIGHT GOING IN. AND AS AN AVID KROGER SHOPPER, WE LOVE THE FUEL POINTS. SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE ONE ON THAT END. SO THANK YOUOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU ALL. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR FIRST SPEAKER? YES, SIR.

DAVID MCKNIGHT, AS A REMINDER, SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. AND IF YOU PLEASE, GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS DAVID MCKNIGHT. I LIVE AT 7001 WOOD SPRINGS DRIVE, GARLAND, TEXAS 75044. SO REAL QUICK, JUST TO ADD TO THIS, I'M GLAD YOU'RE ADDRESSING THE TRAFFIC CONCERN BECAUSE CARS ARE JUST STOPPED IN THAT INTERSECTION AND IT'S ALREADY A BIG PROBLEM TODAY AND VERY DANGEROUS. ALMOST GOT KILLED, ALMOST GOT HIT THE OTHER DAY. THE ONE THING I WOULD ADD TO THIS THAT MAYBE YOU HADN'T CONSIDERED IS, IS EVERY DAY I HEAR AMBULANCES GOING UP AND DOWN THIS ROAD. THEY'RE ALWAYS USING SHILOH TO COME UP TO THE HOSPITAL. IF WE ADD MORE TRAFFIC, THIS IS GOING TO GET IN THE WAY OF POTENTIALLY SOMEONE TRYING TO GET TO THE HOSPITAL. THE OTHER THING TO CONSIDER IS THAT THE STORM DRAIN RUNOFF, WE'RE HAVING MORE PEOPLE WITH CARS AND OIL AND GAS SPILLS, JUST INCIDENTAL GAS SPILLS DRAINING OFF INTO THE RIVERS. AND FINALLY, THE LAST THING IS THAT WE HAVE A CONCENTRATION OF GAS STATIONS ALREADY ON JUPITER ON 190. DOWN, DOWN SHILOH AT ARAPAHO. AND SO ARE WE OVERSATURATED ALREADY? AND TO ADD MORE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT FOR SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T LIKE THE KROGER POINTS, DON'T GET ME WRONG, SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T REALLY NEED IS THIS WISE. IS THIS A WISE WAY TO DO IT? SO THANKS. AND PLEASE DO CONSIDER GETTING THOSE TRAFFIC LIGHTS IN BEFOREHAND. I'M INTERESTING FELLOW, BUT I LIKE TO VERIFY. SO ANYWAY, THAT'S THAT'S MY CONCERN OKAY THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU CALL THE NEXT SPEAKER

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ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE? YES. BRITISH SHANNON. AGAIN, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. MY NAME IS RITESH CHOHAN. MY HOUSE AT 6809 CLEAR SPRINGS PARKWAY, GARLAND, TEXAS, 75 044. BASICALLY. YEAH. SO MY HOUSE IS VERY CLOSE TO THE MAIN STREET AND. SINCE I'VE BEEN IN THAT COMMUNITY, I HAVE SEEN OVER 50 ACCIDENTS. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR LIFE IN THAT ACCIDENT WHERE THE PUMP IS HAVING A LIGHT, IT'S GOING TO BE CLOSER TO 300FT TO THE ANOTHER LIGHT. SO THERE WILL BE A MUCH DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO SIGNAL LIGHTS. ANOTHER THING, TRAFFIC WILL INCREASE GUARANTEE. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE IT'S ALWAYS STUCK.

THE TRAFFIC IS ALWAYS THERE A LOT. AND AS THE GENTLEMAN MENTIONED, A LOT OF AMBULANCE FIRES JUST GO FROM THERE. I WOULD RECOMMEND CITY TO GET THE REPORT FROM AT LEAST CITY OF POLICE, DEPARTMENT OR FIRE DEPARTMENTS TO GET HOW MANY ACCIDENTS WAS HAPPENED IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, AND HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IN THAT ACCIDT. THE CAR WAS BEING PULLED IN THE COUPLE PEOPLE'S BACKYARD AS WELL. THEIR MAILBOX ALSO GOT BROKE MULTIPLE TIMES IN THAT SITUATION, AND I'M THE ONLY ONE. I ALWAYS HEAR THE ACCIDENT INSIDE MY HOME, SO I RUN AWAY FIRST TO HELP THOSE PEOPLES AND SOMETIME CAL 911 IF I'M, I'LL BE THERE THE FIRST ONE. SO JUST CONSIDER LIKE THE SITUATIONS AS WELL. THANK YOU SIR. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER? I SEE NONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH SIR. COUNCILMEMBER DUTTON, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE SPEAKER, FOR STAFF? REAL QUICK. WE'LL TAKE THAT AFTER THE SPEAKER SAID, YEAH. MADAM SECRETARY, ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? YES, SIR. WE HAVE ONE MORE DIANA HIGHTOWER. DIANE HIGHTOWER. PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. HI.

MY NAME IS DIANA HIGHTOWER. I ALSO LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM KROGER, 6905 CLEAR SPRINGS PARKWAY IN GARLAND. I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR THE FIRST SPEAKER, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW PROTOCOL, SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF I COULD ASK WHILE HE WAS SPEAKING. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT COUNTS FOR MY THREE MINUTES, BUT CAN I CAN I GO AHEAD AND ASK A QUESTION? THE QUESTION HE'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO REBUT. OKAY. ONE OF MY QUESTIONS WAS EITHER HE OR THE NICE LADY WHO PRESENTED COMMENTED, THERE'S A PROPOSED STOPLIGHT. IS THAT PART OF THE AGREEMENT OR IS THE PROPOSED THING? MAYBE IT WILL GET KILLED AFTERWARDS. IS THAT PART OF THE VOTE LIKE THE STOPLIGHT IS PART OF THE PROPOSAL OR IT'S A DIFFERENT THE APPLICANT COME BACK UP AND ADDRESS THAT. OH OKAY. SO THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS. SECOND QUESTION IS HE MENTIONED THAT IT'S OPEN 24 OVER SEVEN, WHICH WAS A SURPRISE TO ME. BUT HE SAID YOU COULD ALWAYS GO INTO THE STORE TO GET HELP IF YOU NEEDED TO. AND I DON'T KNOW IF HE KNOWS, BUT THEY JUST REDUCED THEIR HOURS AT THAT STORE NOW CLOSES AT 11:00 AT NIGHT. IT USED TO BE OPEN LATER, BUT IT'S CLOSES AT 11 AT NIGHT, EVERY NIGHT. THE THIRD THING IS HIS PICTURE CONCERNED ME BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE LIT UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE. THAT VERY FIRST PICTURE HE PUT, AND I THINK I HEARD YOU GUYS SAY SOMETHING ABOUT LIGHTING RESTRICTIONS, BUT I'M RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, SO I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD LIGHTING UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION WAS, THERE IS A LOT OF OVERSATURATION OF PUMPS AND THINGS THERE. AND I HAD ORIGINALLY HEARD THAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO BE DOWN TOWARD THE 7-ELEVEN AND THE VET CLINIC, BUT THAT THOSE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES OBJECTED.

SO IT GOT MOVED TO THE OTHER END OF THE PARKING LOT. SO AS A RESIDENT, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I'M CONCERNED THAT THE PERSPECTIVES OF US, THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE LITERALLY ACROSS THE STREET, ARE BEING OVERSHADOWED BY COMMERCIAL INTERESTS, AND THAT I JUST WANT TO URGE YOU TO GIVE EQUAL CONSIDERATION TO WHAT THE RESIDENTS ARE ACTUALLY SAYING, WHAT WE'RE CONCERNED WITH, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO EXPERIENCE, AND MAYBE LONG TERM PROPERTY VALUES, I'M NOT SURE, BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL BECAUSE I THINK YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB OF TRYING TO BALANCE RESIDENTS AND COMMERCIAL THINGS. AND OUR REPRESENTATIVE, MR. BASS, TALKED TO ME AFTER THE LAST MEETING, EXPLAINED A LOT OF STUFF TO ME, AND I REALLY APPRECIATED HIS PERSPECTIVE AND HIS OPENNESS TO TALK TO ME ABOUT SOME OF MY CONCERNS. BUT I STILL VOTE NO.

IF I GET TO VOTE, I VOTE NO. BUT THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER? I SEE NONE, AND I'LL INVITE THE APPLICANT BACK UP. WE'LL HAVE TIME TO ADDRESS ANY OF THE COMMENTS THAT HE'S HEARD. HI THERE. DO I NEED TO SAY MY NAME? NO, NO. YOU YOU'RE ALL

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GOOD. YEAH. SO FOR THE FIRST COMMENT REGARDING USING THE WORD PROPOSED WITH THE STREETLIGHTS, WE THAT IS A REQUIREMENT FOR US TO GET OUR PERMIT. SO THAT'S NOT GOING TO GO AWAY ANYTIME SOON.

THERE WILL BE THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS OR BASICALLY WE DON'T GET TO BUILD A FUEL STATION IF THERE'S NO SIGNAL LIGHTS. AND THEN FOR I'M SORRY, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE SECOND ITEM. I KNOW THAT THIRD ITEM SHE MENTIONED WAS LIGHTING. KROGER DOES HAVE SPECIAL LIGHTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE USING ON SITE. SINCE THIS WAS IDENTIFIED AS A CONCERN THAT OUR 33% DIMMER THAN THE STANDARD KROGER LIGHTS.

AND SO WE DO HAVE SPECIAL SHIELDING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOESN'T GO INTO THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. HOURS OF OPERATION, I BELIEVE, WAS THE OTHER QUESTION SHE HAD. OH, YES.

SO OUTSIDE OF WHEN KROGER EMPLOYEES AREN'T ON SITE, IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG, THERE'S ALWAYS THE EMERGENCY STOP BUTTONS AND THERE IS A 911 CALL BOX ON SITE AS WELL FOR EMERGENCIES. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT COUNCIL? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON, DID YOU STILL HAVE A QUESTION YOU WANTED TO K STAFF? ALL RIGHT. SO ONE OF THE CONCERNS IS INCREASED TRAFFIC. CAN YOU MAYBE GIVE US AN IDEA OF THE LIKELIHOOD OF INCREASED TRAFFIC FOR A GAS STATION? I FEEL LIKE GAS STATION NECESSARILY ISN'T SOMEWHERE YOU GO OUT OF YOUR WAY TO GO TO IT RIGHT OFF BASE. YEAH, ACTUALLY, DURING THE PC PRESENTATION, THE APPLICANT PROVIDED SOME DATA ON THE AMOUNT OF CUSTOMERS THAT VISIT THERE THAT ALREADY GO TO THE KROGER AND THE ADDITIONAL NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS THAT GO THERE. IF I DON'T KNOW, MICHAEL, IF YOU CAN BRING THAT THOSE STATISTICS UP. IT'S FINE. OH, IS HE HERE? HE IS. I DON'T THINK IT'S FINE. BUT DO WE DO WE FEEL LIKE THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO INCREASE JUST BECAUSE OF A GAS STATION. DO WE HAVE THOSE NUMBERS. DID YOU GET THAT? SORRY. NO. YOU'RE ALL GOOD FOR KROGER. BASED ON STORE DATA AROUND THE AREA, THEY FIND THAT 80% OF GAS STATION PEOPLE THAT FREQUENT THE GAS STATION ARE ACTUALLY EXISTING KROGER CUSTOMERS. SO BASICALLY THEY GROCERY SHOP, THEN THEY GO AND GET THEIR FUEL WHILE THEY'RE ALREADY THERE. SO WE SEE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF, I WOULD SAY OUTSIDE CUSTOMERS I GUESS IS THE TERM. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANYTHING ELSE? THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

COUNCIL, ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? COUNCILMAN BASS, THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT. THERE WE GO.

OKAY. YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'VE HAD A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM CITIZENS AND SOME THINGS I WANT TO DO. I WANT TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE SOME OF THE COMMENTS, SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED WAS THAT THE CITIZENS FELT THERE WAS A LACK OF COMMUNICATION. AND THIS IS ALL COMING FROM, BY THE WAY, JEFF BASS, 708 CLEAR SPRINGS PARKWAY. I LIVE LITERALLY ON THE BORDER OF THE NOTIFICATION AREA.

SO THIS THIS IS MY NEIGHBORHOOD, CONTRARY TO WHAT ONE OF THE ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS CLAIMED, I DIDN'T LIVE THERE. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY GOT THAT FROM. BUT ANYWAY, YEAH, I LIVE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM HERE. I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 17 YEARS. I LIVED HERE WHEN WE HAD A FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE END OF MY STREET. I KNOW THE TRAFFIC AT THE END OF MY STREET. I DON'T ALLOW MY SON TO DRIVE HIS CAR THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION. I MAKE HIM GO OUT THE OTHER END OF OUR STREET BECAUSE IT'S A VERY DANGEROUS INTERSECTION. AND WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT INTERSECTION, I'M TALKING ABOUT INTERSECTION OF CLEAR SPRINGS PARKWAY AND SHILOH. THE ENTRANCE TO THE KROGER IS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET, SO IT CREATES AN INTERSECTION. YOU KNOW, HAVING THTHERAFFIC LIGHT HERE TO CONTROL THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS WAS GETTING HAVING THIS INTERSECTION BE SAFER. AND IT'S BEEN A CONCERN OF MINE FOR YEARS. AND WHEN KROGER CAME AND PROPOSED PUTTING IN GAS PUMPS, WELL, WE KNEW THAT WAS GOING TO HAVE SOME TRAFFIC INCREASE AND WE WERE GOING TO NEED TO DO SOME CONTROL AT THAT INTERSECTION. SO IT WAS JUST JUST A AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, A BLESSING THAT KROGER WANTED TO COME AND DO THIS AND PARTNER WITH THE CITY ON MAKING THAT INTERSECTION SAFER. BUT ANOTHER THING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP ON SOME OF THE RESPONSES WAS LACK OF COMMUNICATION. AND IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, WE HAD OUR ANNUAL HOA MEETING, NOT EVEN JUST A MONTHLY ONE, THE ANNUAL ONE THAT'S ATTENDED BY LIKE 80 PEOPLE. AND THAT WAS IN FEBRUARY. AND SO THAT WAS MORE THAN FIVE MONTHS AGO WHEN I FIRST BROUGHT THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

IN ADDITION TO EVERY STATE REQUIREMENT FOR NOTIFICATION, EVERY CITY PROCEDURE FOR

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NOTIFICATION WAS NOT ONLY MET, BUT EXCEEDED. WE EVEN SENT OUT NOTIFICATION NUMBERS A SECOND TIME WHEN WE REALIZED THAT ONE RESIDENT HAD BEEN MISSED IN THE NOTIFICATION. SO I DON'T THINK THERE HAS BEEN ANY LACK OF COMMUNICATION OR TRANSPARENCY OR NOTIFICATION OF THIS TAKING PLACE. THE OTHER CONCERNS WERE ADDRESSED BY CITY STAFF AND I APPRECIATE THEM FOR TAKING CARE OF THAT. I DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS WITH THIS. I THINK IT'S GREAT, YOU KNOW, AND THE FACT THAT I DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE TO A KROGER IN DOWN HERE OFF OF WALNUT OR IN ANOTHER CITY TO USE MY FUEL POINTS IS A GREAT BONUS TOO. SO I'M IN. I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS. I DON'T SEE ANYTHING NEGATIVE ABOUT IT AT ALL. THANK YOU. AND I'LL GET MY MOTION BUTTON NOW WE HAVE A BUTTON NOW.

THERE WE GO. THERE'S MY MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE. ACTUALLY MOTION TO APPROVE AS RECOMMENDED BY THE APPLICANT, WITHOUT THE REQUIREMENT OF INCREASING THE HEIGHT OF LANDSCAPING. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE AND TIMELINE 20 YEAR 20 YEAR. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR A 20 YEAR'S U P SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE COUNCIL. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US? AND OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC? MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE, THERE YOU GO. WE GOT TOO MANY SCREENS. NOW WE HAVE FOUR SCREENS BACK HERE. AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. COUNCIL, I SEE THE WYNN FAMILY IS HERE NOW, AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. SO I WOULD INVITE THEM TO COME DOWN HERE AND COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON, IF YOU JOIN ME UP FRONT, PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THE WIND FARM.

I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND YOU WEREN'T HERE FOR WHEN WE READ THE PROCLAMATION, BUT I JUST WANTED TO INVITE YOU ALL DOWN HERE. AND COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON HAS BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR THIS, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE HER ADVOCACY AND HER BRINGING AWARENESS BACK TO THIS CASE. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THE FAMILY WITH A PROCLAMATION. WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE IT OUT.

OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING. OR. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY OF GARLAND CITY COUNCIL AND EVERYBODY HERE TO REOPEN MY BROTHER'S CASE IN A LONG TIME.

HE HAS AUTISM WITH HIS MIND. HIS SON. YOU STILL HAVE AUTISM TO. WELL, I WANT HE'S AUTISM IS REAL. AND AUTISM DOES SPEAK. I WOULD LOVE TO FIGURE OUT WHO KILLED MY BROTHER BECAUSE HE WAS ON THE SPECTRUM OF AUTISM. AND IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. I'D LIKE TO THANK CANON. THE MOST AND HIS MOM FOR DOING ALL THIS HARD WORK. I MET THEM THROUGH CHANGE.ORG AND I FOUND THEM. IT TOOK ME A YEAR AND I'M SO HAPPY. THIS IS THIS DAY ACTUALLY CAME JUST TO OPEN IT UP. HE'S STILL ALIVE OR NOT ALIVE. PEOPLE DO CARE. AND I SEE THIS. I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH. IT MEANS A LOT TO ME AND MY FAMILY, MY MOM, MY FAMILY, TO STRANGERS.

THANK YOU. FOR YOUR LIFE MEANS A LOT.

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AND YOU GUYS CAN'T SEE IT. THERE'S MANY MORE SUPPORTERS OF THE WYNN FAMILY I SEE IN THE BACK WEARING T SHIRTS, AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AS WELL. THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON

[c. Consider a request by Dynamic Engineering Consultants, P.C. requesting approval of 1) an Amendment to Planned Development (PD) District 85-55 for a Self-Storage Facility (mini-warehouse) and 2) a Concept Plan for a Self-Storage Facility (mini-warehouse). The site is located at 1788 Firewheel Parkway in District 1.]

THEN TO OUR NEXT CASE. ITEM 11 C CONSIDER A REQUEST BY DYNAMIC ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS PC REQUESTING APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 8555 FOR A SELF-STORAGE FACILITY, MINI WAREHOUSE, AND A CONCEPT PLAN FOR A SELF-STORAGE FACILITY MINI WAREHOUSE. THE SITE IS LOCATED AT 1788 RWELL PARKWAY IN DISTRICT ONE. TO AMEND THE EXISTING PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR A SELF STORAGE FACILITY TO BE PERMITTED AS A SORRY, SORRY TO BE PERMITTED BY RIGHT AND NOTOT AS A SECONDARY USE. CURRENTLY, THE PD ALLOWS THE USE TO BE PERMITTED AS A SECONDARY USE ONLY. THE PROPERTY IS ADDRESSED AS 1788 FIREWHEEL PARKWAY, AND THE ENTIRE SITE IS ABOUT 4.4 4.14 ACRES IN SIZE, AND THIS IS THE SITE, THIS TRIANGULAR PIECE IN THE BLUE, AND THERE IS A DEVELOPED IT'S NOT SHOWING UP ON THE AERIAL, BUT THERE IS A DEVELOPED MULTIFAMILY TO THE EAST OF THE SITE. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IDENTIFIES THIS AREA AS COMPACT NEIGHBORHOODS. COMPACT NEIGHBORHOODS PROVIDE AREAS FOR MODERATE INCREASES IN RESIDENTIAL DENSITY, INCLUDING SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED AND SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOUSING.

IT EXPANDS HOUSING OPTIONS THROUGH INFILL AND REDEVELOPMENT WHILE CONTINUING WALKABLE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS. IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR OFFICE, RETAIL, AND PUBLIC SERVICE USES IN THIS AREA. THIS IS. THESE ARE SOME PICTURES OF THE SITE. IT'S CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED. AND THIS IS THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED. MOST OF THE SITE, AS YOU CAN SEE, WILL BE IMPERVIOUS OR ACTUALLY PERVIOUS AREA. AND THEN THEY WILL HAVE THE DRIVEWAY GOING FROM THIS AREA AND THEN EXITING ON THE SAME STREET. THERE WILL BE ABOUT 106,000 SQUARE FOOT SQUARE FEET OF BUILDING AREA. THE SITE. SO THE APPLICANT, THE PD, DOES ALLOW FOR A MINI WAREHOUSE USE AS A SECONDARY USE. AND IN THAT CONTEXT IT WOULD BE, FOR EXAMPLE, A DEVELOPED PLAZA OR RETAIL DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN THE MINI WAREHOUSE WOULD BE SOME SORT OF SECONDARY USE. SO IT MAY BE A SUITE AMONGST THE PLAZA TO DEVELOP RETAIL OR COMMERCIAL PLAZA. THAT'S WHAT IT WAS APPROVED AS 1985, BUT THEY ARE REQUESTING FOR IT TO BE A PRIMARY USE AND FOR THE SITE TO BE DEVELOPED AS A SELF STORAGE. STAFF DOES RECOMMEND DENIAL OF THE REQUEST BECAUSE IT DOES NOT FIT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AS I MENTIONED, THE VISION FOR THIS AREA IS FOR. YES SIR FOR SOME RESIDENTIAL, BUT IT'S ALSO ACCOMMODATES SOME RETAIL OFFICE SERVICE USES, WHICH IS WHAT STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND. THIS AREA IS ALSO A CRITICAL AREA BECAUSE IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SERVE AS A GATEWAY INTO ENTRY INTO THE CITY FROM THE EAST. SO WE WANT SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO HAVE A VIBRANT FEEL AS YOU ENTER INTO THE CITY. FROM ROWLETT TO THE EAST. THERE IS ALSO AN EXISTING SELF STORAGE FACILITY IN ROWLET. ACROSS CASTLE THERE'S AN EXISTING SELF STORAGE FACILITY THERE AS WELL. THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST. AND WITH REGARDS TO THE RESPONSES, WE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 28 ONE IN FAVOR WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA, AND WE DID RECEIVE ONE IN FAVOR OUTSIDE THE NOTIFICATION AREA. AND THEN WE RECEIVED THREE

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AGAINST OUTSIDE THE NOTIFICATION AREA. AND IN GENERAL, THE RESPONSES WERE THAT THE USE MAMAKES SENSE IN THIS AREA. AND THEN ANOTHER RESPONSE WAS THAT THERE IS ALREADY A STORAGE FACILITY IN THIS AREA, AND STAFF IS BILFOR ANY QUESTIONS. AND THE APPLICANT ALSO HAS A FURTHER COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF ON THIS ITEM. SEEING NONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MADAM SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE APPLICANT? YES, SIR. JOSEPH. GREER GORDON. BILL DAHLSTROM.

OH, YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES OR. EXCUSE ME, TEN MINUTES IF YOU PLEASE. GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. GO AHEAD. EXCUSE ME, CAN I HAVE SOME HELP WITH THE PRESENTATION? IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT TO DO? YES. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL. MR. CITY MANAGER, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, MY NAME IS BILL DAHLSTROM. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT, AND WE REALLY THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT AND YOUR ATTENTION. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT CASE. IT'S A IT'S A VERY REAL CASE. IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE FROM A PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE. SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY AND YOUR ATTENTION TO LISTEN TO US MAKE OUR PRESENTATION AND GIVE YOU WHAT WE THINK IS A SOUND, A SOUND PRESENTATION FOR A SOUND PROJECT. BEFORE I GET INTO THE SUBSTANCE OF MY APPLICATION, MY PRESENTATION. EXCUSE ME, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE GREER GORDON, WHO IS WITH JOHNSON DEVELOPMENT.

AND WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU GET A LITTLE BIT INFORMATION OF WHO WHO THE DEVELOPER IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE, WHO THE LONG TERM HOLDER IS GOING TO BE HERE. AS BILL SAID, MY NAME IS GREER GORDON. I WORK FOR JOHNSON DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATES. I'M A REAL ESTATE MANAGER FOR THEM, AND WITH US HERE TODAY, WE ALSO HAVE OUR PRESIDENT, CHRIS CALLAHAN, OUR DIRECTOR OF REAL ESTATE, BO GUNN, AND OUR DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, GLENN BROWN. BUT JUST SO A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON JDA, WE'RE A FAMILY OWNED COMPANY SPECIALIZING IN DEVELOPING MULTIFAMILY, INDUSTRIAL AND CLASS A SELF-STORAGE. WE ARE LONG TERM HOLDERS, SO WE DO CARE ABOUT THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE INVESTST IN AND HOPE TO BECOME A PART OF GARLAND AND TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR. SPECIFICALLY FOR THE SELF-STORAGE DIVISION. WE'VE DEVELOPED OVER 85 FACILITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY SINCE 2016, AND WE CURRENTLY OWN AND OPERATE 65 OF THOSE. AND HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF OUR OTHER PROJECTS AROUND DFW. AND WE HAVE ONE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN ALLEN AND A FEW IN PERMITTING IN FORT WORTH IN ARLINGTON. AND THEN THIS IS OUR PROJECT TEAM DYNAMICS, OUR CIVIL ENGINEER WITH JOHNSON DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE. AND BILL IS WITH JACKSON WALKER. THANK YOU AGAIN. BILL DAHLSTROM 2323 ROSS AVENUE. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.

WE'RE PROPOSING A SELF-STORAGE FACILITY, PRIMARILY CLIMATE CONTROLLED INTERIOR ACCESS. FOR THE MOST PART, IT'S ARCHITECTURALLY DESIGNED. IT'S GOT HORIZONTAL VERTICAL ARTICULATION. IT'S NOT THE OLD STYLE MINI WAREHOUSE THAT WE ALL GREW UP WITH. THIS IS A NEW STYLE. IT'S INTENDED TO RESEMBLE MORE OF AN OFFICE TYPE BUILDING THAN IT IS THE OLD STYLE WAREHOUSE BUILDING. DIFFERENT MATERIALS, DIFFERENT MATERIALS, DIFFERENT COLORS AND THE LANDSCAPING THAT YOU SEE. AND THIS WOULD BE ALL PART OF THE PD APPLICATION AND ORDINANCE.

AGAIN, THE STAR JUST SHOWS THE LOCATION. AND THIS IS I WANTED TO SHOW THIS BECAUSE IT SHOWS THE MULTIFAMILY THAT'S CONTIGUOUS TO THE EAST OF US. AND WE WENT OUT AND VISITED WITH THAT OWNER SEVERAL TIMES. THEY HAD SOME QUESTIONS. THEY ASKED US TO TRY TO RETAIN AS MUCH OF THAT GREEN BELT AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE PROPERTY LINE, WHICH WE HAVE DONE AND BUT STILL PROVIDE A MASONRY WALL, WHICH WE ARE DOING, AND ADDRESS OUR LIGHTING SITUATION, WHICH WE WILL DO. AND THEN ON THE SOUTH SIDE THERE IS SOME ZONED PROPERTY ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL AND TO THE WEST YOU CAN SEE IS THE CREEK. I WANTED TO SPEND SOME TIME ON THIS BECAUSE I THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY HAS GOT THAT PD ON IT, AND IT'S A BASE ZONING OF CR. CR IS PRETTY INTENSIVE DISTRICT AS YOU

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ALL KNOW. IT'S FURTHER REFINED UNDER THIS PD THAT WAS PLACED ON THE PROPERTY IN 1985. FAST FORWARD 2040 YEARS, 40 YEARS AND NOTHING'S BEEN BUILT ON THE PROPERTY. AND I KNOW THEY'VE THEY'VE TRIED SEVERAL TIMES FOR OTHER TYPES OF USES ON THE PROPERTY, COMMUNITY, RETAIL. YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO GO TO MAKE SOME CLARIFICATIONS IN THE STAFF REPORT THAT I THINK ARE ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. THE STAFF REPORT SAYS THAT SELF STORAGE IS ONLY PERMITTED BY RIGHT IN INDUSTRIAL HEAVY COMMERCIAL, BUT IT'S ALSO PERMITTED UNDER CR BY AN SP OR A MODIFICATION TO THIS PD, WHICH WE ARE DOING. IT'S ALSO PERMITTED BY RIGHT ON THIS PROPERTY AS A SECONDARY USE. WE ARE WANTING TO COME FORWARD, AS HAS BEEN STATED, AS A PRIMARY USE. THE PROPERTY HAS A CLASSIFICATION OF COMPACT NEIGHBORHOODS. I THINK THERE'S A CLARIFICATION THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE MADE IN THE STAFF REPORT THAT STATES THAT IT'S INTENDED TO BE FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL USES, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE DESIGNATION FOR COMPACT NEIGHBORHOODS, IT SAYS THESE AREAS ACCOMMODATE USES SUCH AS CONVENIENCE, RETAIL GOODS AND SERVICES, OFFICE SPACE AND PUBLIC SERVICES. AND I SUBMIT TO YOUU THAT A MINI WAREHOUSE SELF STORAGE FACILITY IS ACTUALLY CONVENIENCE USE FOR SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. AS WE KNOW, THERE ARE SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS NEARBY. THERE'S MULTIFAMILY CONTIGUOUS TO US. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR OFFICE AND RETAIL ADJACENT TO US ON THE SOUTH SIDE, SO OUR USE WOULD BE A CONVENIENCE USE FOR ALL THOSE OTHER USES THAT ARE SURROUNDING US. AND TO THAT EXTENT, I DISAGREE WITH THE STAFF REPORT THAT SAYS WE AREN'T COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING LAND USES. I THINK WE ARE DIRECTLY COMPATIBLE WITH THE ADJACENT MULTIFAMILY. WE ARE DIRECTLY COMPATIBLE WITH THE POTENTIAL NON RESIDENTIAL TO THE SOUTH OF US. MANY OF THOSE FOLKS COUOULD USE OUR SELF STORE AS WELL AS THE NEARBY SINGLE FAMILY. I THINK THOSE USES WILL USE OUR SELF STORAGE FACILITY AND THEREFORE OUR DIRECTLY COMPATIBLE WITH THAT USE. THERE WAS ALSO A COMMENT ABOUT THE INTENSITY OF THIS USE, BUT WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE INTENSITY OF THE TRAFFIC THAT'S GENERATED FROM THIS USE, IT IS FAR, FAR LESS THAN ANY NON RESIDENTIAL USE THAT COULD BE DEVELOPED ON THIS PROPERTY. SO AGAIN I SUBMIT THAT THIS USE IS COMPATIBLE SURROUNDING LAND USES. IT IS A CONVENIENCE USE AND SUPPORTED BY THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AS FAR AS THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS GO, WE DON'T PLAN ON CHANGING ANY OF THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. THAT IS OUR HEIGHT.

OUR HEIGHT WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S REQUIREMENT UNDER THE CR. AGAIN, THIS IS THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT WE ARE PROPOSING. WE THOUGHT THAT IN DISCUSSIONS WITH SOME FOLKS THAT MAYBE THERE'S A GREEN BELT DOWN THERE THAT'S NOT USED, THAT COULD BE USED AS A PICNIC AREA EITHER FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR THEHE FOS THAT USE THE SELF STORAGE FACILITY OR IF WE CAN WORK OUT SOMETHING WITH THE ADJACENT MULTIFAMILY, GREAT. WE WILL BE PUTTING IN THE SIDEWALK ALONG FIREWHEEL. AND AGAIN, SOMETHING TO NOTE ON THIS SITE. ALSO, IT'S AN ODD SHAPED TRACT OF LAND. AND YOU KNOW, I GO BACK TO ONE OF THE RESPONSES THAT YOU ALL RECEIVED FROM SCOTT LEMAY IN SUPPORT OF THIS. HE SAID, THIS IS THIS MOST LIKELY THIS IS MOST LIKELY A VERY CHALLENGING PARCEL TO DEVELOP ADJACENT TO THE CREEK. I'M NOT SURE WHAT ELSE IT COULD BE USED FOR. I WOULD HOPE IT WOULD BE MORE MODERN DESIGN, WHICH WE BELIEVE IT IS. THAT APPEARS MORE LIKE AN OFFICE BUILDING, WHICH WE THINK IT DOES. THERE ARE MANY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN THE AREA THAT COULD USE THIS SERVICE, SO WE AGREE WITH THAT, THAT COMMENT, THAT'S WHERE WE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET AT WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT. IT'S NOT YOUR OLD STYLE MINI WAREHOUSE THAT AGAIN, WE ALL GREW UP WITH. THIS SHOWS WHAT WE CALL A CONSTRAINT MAP, SHOWS HOW WE ARE CONSTRAINED EVEN THOUGH WE'RE 4.14 ACRES, RELATIVELY SPEAKING, WE'RE DOWN TO ABOUT 2.2 ACRES. LET ME GO BACK TO THAT. YOU SEE THE BLUE LINE. YOU CAN SEE HOW WE'VE ADJUSTED THE MASONRY WALL TO SAVE THAT GREEN BELT, THAT LITTLE GREEN BUFFER ALONG THE ADJACENT MULTIFAMILY TRACT OF LAND. THIS IS THE TYPE OF WALL WE WOULD BE PUTTING IN. HERE'S AN ELEVATION AGAIN WHICH WOULD BE ATTACHED TO THE PD HAS THE REQUIREMENT FOR ARTICULATION. AND THE OTHER ITEMS I MENTIONED.

AGAIN THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING. WE THINK IT'S A VERY NICE LOOKING BUILDING. IT'S A

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VERY GOOD USE OF THE PROPERTY. IT'S COMPATIBLE WITH CURRENT USES AND FUTURE USES ADJACENT TO US. AS WE KNOW THESE TYPES OF USES ARE ARE VERY LOW IMPACT, BOTH ON TRAFFIC AND ON CITY SERVICES. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, IF BY CHANCE A RETAIL DEVELOPMENT WOULD GO THERE. WE DON'T THINK IT'S A RETAIL TRACK BECAUSE IT'S NOT IT'S MID-BLOCK. IT'S NOT AT THE CORNER OF TWO, TWO INTERSECTING STREETS, WHICH IS WHERE YOU TYPICALLY SEE RETAIL. IT IS FAR LESS TRAFFIC, FAR LESS TRAFFIC THAN ANY TYPE OF NON NON RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD GO THERE.

ARCHITECTURE COMPATIBLE. WE WIDEN THE TAX BASE HOURS OF OPERATION YOU SEE THERE. AND AGAIN WE THINK IT'S COMPLIMENTARY TO THE SURROUNDING LAND USES AND WILL BE AN ASSET FOR THE CITY. I'M GOING TO STOP THERE BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S ONE MORE SPEAKER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JOSEPH TAYLOR IS THE PROPERTY OWNER. MY NAME IS JODY TALAL. I LIVE AT 6316 ABERCORN DRIVE IN ROWLETT. I AM THE OWNER AND SYNDICATOR ON THIS PROPERTY, WHICH IS THE BEST WAY TO PUT IT BACK IN 1994, WHICH IS NOW OVER 30 YEARS AGO, I BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY AND BROUGHT A GROUP OF MY CLIENTS WITH ME IN AS INVESTORS. WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO GO REALLY, REALLY GREAT BECAUSE YOU HAD GEORGE BUSH GETTING READY TO BE OPENED. YOU HAD A MALL THAT WAS GOING TO BE BUILT. YOU HAD THIS BEAUTIFUL SIX LANE ROAD, AND IT HAS BEEN I'VE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS SINCE 1972. NEVER HAD A PROPERTY THAT I COULDN'T GET SOLD. SO WE'RE SITTING HERE 30 YEARS AND I'VE DONE EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO FIND ANYTHING THAT COULD BE USED ON THIS PROPERTY. I HAVE HAD TWO OFFERS IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME. ONE WAS IN 2022. IT WAS ANOTHER MINI WAREHOUSE DEVELOPER. THEY CAME IN, THEY WENT THROUGH THE PRE-DEVELOPMENT. EVERYTHING WAS, YOU KNOW, LOOKED AT GREAT. THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS TO IT AS FAR AS USE AS A MINI WAREHOUSE. HOWEVER, THEY DID IDENTIFY SOMETHING THAT WE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND AND THAT WAS THAT THE HALF STUDY WAS DONE ON ROWLETT CREEK AND THAT THERE WAS AN ORDINANCE IN GARLAND THAT CHANGES WHAT YOU CAN DEVELOP.

AND THE FINISHED FLOOR HEIGHT HAD TO BE 2.5FT HIGHER THAN WHAT THE FLOOD LEVEL WAS. WELL, IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETING, THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE PLANS THAT THEY'VE DRAWN, AND A GOOD THIRD OF IT IS NOW IN THE FLOODPLAIN AND IT CAN'T BE USED. WE ENDED UP LOSING THAT CONTRACT BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THAT PROJECT WORK. THESE PEOPLE HAVE COME IN AND THEY'VE FIGURED THAT OUT, AND THEY'RE ON A SITE THAT WE HAVE TRIED TO MARKET AND HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANY OTHER USE FOR, AND IT'S NOW NONO LONGER 4.1 ACRES, WHICH IS WHAT WE THOUGHT WE HAD. IT'S ABOUT 2.1 USABLE ACRES. THE CITY HAD INDICATED THEY WANTED SOME TYPE OF HIGHER INTENSITY RESIDENTIAL. YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING ON TWO ACRES. THERE'S NOT ANYTHING YOU COULD BUILD LIKE THAT ON TWO ACRES. IT'S MID CITY BLOCK WITHOUT A MEDIAN CUT.

SO THE COMMERCIAL USE IS REALLY NONEXISTENT. YOU CAN'T PUT ANYTHING ON THE PROPERTY. I UNDERSTAND THAT THEIR PROJECT WILL GENERATE ABOUT $200,000 A YEAR IN REVENUE FOR THE CITY IN TAXES. UNFORTUNATELY, I'M HERE ASKING YOU TO PLEASE CONSIDER THIS. I KNOW THAT THERE'S OPPOSITION TO THIS. THE P AND Z. WHEN THEY HEARD IT, THEY WENT. I THINK IT WAS SEVEN 8 TO 1. SO THEY WENT IN FAVOR AGAINST WHAT STAFF HAD RECOMMENDED AND APPROVED IT BECAUSE IT MAS SENSE. THIS IS A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT'S GOING TO BE A FIELD FOR ANOTHER 20 YEARS IF WE DON'T FIND SOME TYPE OF USE FOR IT. AND THAT'S NOT THE ENTRARANE YOU WANT EITHER. AND I JUST AM IMPLORING YOU TO PLEASE CONSIDER THE REALITY THAT THIS IS A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE EASILY DEVELOPED BECAUSE OF ITS CONFIGURATION. STRONG POINT TO A TRIANGLE ON A CURVE OF A STREET THAT DOESN'T HAVE A MEDIAN CUT, AND IT'S REALLY NOT USABLE FOR THAT. IF YOU LOOKED AT THE PD, THERE'S A LOT OF USES. HOME IMPROVEMENT CENTER, MOVIE THEATER, DRUGSTORE, RETAIL, SUPERMARKET ALL OF THESE THINGS WOULD HAVE A HUGE IMPACT IF THEY COULD GO ON THE PROPERTY. THIS WOULD HAVE A LOT LESS. SO WE'RE PROPOSING SOMETHING THAT IS ACTUALLY BETTER THAN WHAT THE ORIGINAL PLAN BY RIGHT CALLED FOR. AND ALL THEY'RE ASKING FOR IS TO CHANGE THE PD FROM A SECONDARY USE OF MINI WAREHOUSE, WHICH WAS CONSIDERED AND APPROVED IN THE

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PRIMARY. I THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SIR. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANTS? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE. MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? YES, SIR.

ONE MORE, JOSH EDGE. ALL RIGHT. COME ON UP. YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. IF YOU PLEASE. GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. SIR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS JOSH EDGE WITH DYNAMIC ENGINEERING, 714 GREENVILLE AVENUE IN ALLEN, TEXAS. I AM THE CIVIL ENGINEER FOR THIS PROJECT. IT WAS MENTIONED A COUPLE OF TIMES IN THE PRESENTATION ABOUT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACED WITH ON THE SITE, SO I WANTED TO JUST COME UP HERE AND TALK THROUGH A COUPLE OF THOSE AND THEN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE, ONE OF THEM BEING IN RELATION TO THE FLOODPLAIN. THERE IS THERE WAS MORE FLOODPLAIN ON THE SITE THAN WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY ESTIMATED, AND IT'S SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE STUDY THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY DONE IN 1987 USED. WELL, NUMBER ONE, THEY DIDN'T HAVE FIREWALL PARKWAY IN THEIR FLOOD STUDY.

THE ELEVATIONS THAT WERE DETERMINED ON SITE FURTHER ENCROACHED INTO THE PROPERTY, THUS REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF DEVELOPABLE AREA. SO WE HAD TO WORK THROUGH SOME THINGS AND LOOK AT SOME GRADING ACTIVITIES TO TRY TO BALANCE THE SITE OUT. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE'S JUST SO MUCH FILL THAT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT ON THE PROPERTY. MAYBE PART OF THE REASON WHY IT WAS SO HARD TO DEVELOP IN THE IN THE PAST. THE OTHER THING THAT WE ARE CHALLENGED WITH ON THIS SITE IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE READILY AVAILABLE SANITARY SEWER SERVIC. IN ORDER TO BRING SANITARY SEWER SERVICE TO THIS SITE, WE HAVE TO EXTEND A LINE ABOUT A THOUSAND LINEAR FEET TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE EAST. THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM IS WILLING TO DO THAT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS. THIS PROJECT ALSO WANTED TO MENTION, AS PART OF THE THIS ZONING DISTRICT, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT STAFF MENTIONED WAS THE WALKABILITY PART OF IT. RIGHT. THERE IS A CURRENT SIDEWALK ALONG THE FRONTAGE ROAD RIGHT NOW, BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE IMPROVING THAT. SO WE'RE INCREASING THE WIDTH OF THE SIDEWALK ALL ALONG OUR FRONTAGE ROAD. AND AS YOU CAN TELL FROM THE MAP, IT'S QUITE A QUITE A LONG DISTANCE. BUT WE'RE WILLING TO DO THAT. AND IT DOES ACTUALLY CONNECT VERY WELL TO WHERE THE BRIDGE IS AT FIREWHEEL PARKWAY UNDERNEATH THE CREEK TO NOW THE BILL FOR RENT, OR THE SINGLE FAMILY BILL FOR RENT ADJACENT TO US. SO JUST A COUPLE OF CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACED WITH ON THIS PROPERTY AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR GO INTO ANY MORE DETAIL THAT WE MAY NEED TO. COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER. I SEE NONE. THANK YOU SIR. YES, SIR.

ALL RIGHT. MADAM SECRETARY, I BELIEVE THERE'S NO OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. THAT'S CORRECT. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMAN BASS, THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT, SIR. OH, ONE SECOND, MAYOR PRO TEM MOORE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'D LIKE TO BRING STAFF BACK VERY BRIEFLY, PLEASE. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE SITUATIONS LIKE THIS, THAT WE HAVE SOME CLARIFICATION. EMMA, COULD YOU VERY BRIEFLY, VERY QUICKLY, AGAIN, CONTRAST THE REASON THAT THE STAFF VOTED FOR DENIAL VERSUS PLANNING AND ZONING, VOTING FOR ACCEPTANCE. YES. IT'S PRIMARILY FOR THE BECAUSE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IT SUPPORTS. IT DOES SUPPORT DIFFERENT DENSITIES OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, TRANSITION OF DIFFERENT TRANSITIONS OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT DOES ALSO SUPPORT RETAIL, OFFICE GOODS AND SERVICES. SO WE DO BELIEVE THAT THERE COULD BE A HIGHER QUALITY USE THAT WOULD ATTRACT MORE TRAFFIC, RATHER THAN PEOPLE JUST STORINING ITEMS THERE. WE DO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE APPLICANT IS STATING FROM THE FACT THAT, YES, PEOPLE ARE STORING THEIR GOODS AND SERVICES THERE AND THEIR GOODS THERE, BUT WE DO FEEL LIKE BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION AND BECAUSE OF THE WE DO FEEL LIKE IT'S A GATEWAY, IT COULD HAVE THE PROSPECT TO BE A GATEWAY INTO THE CITY FROM THE EAST, COMING FROM ROWLETT AND MANY STORAGE WAREHOUSES. NOT EXACTLY A PREMIER KIND OF USE. WE UNDERSTAND ALSO WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT THE CHALLENGES AS WELL WITH DEVELOPMENT. SO YES, THAT'S THE REASONS AND PLANNING AND ZONING SAW IT DIFFERENTLY. YES.

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YOU REALLY DENIED IT. CORRECT? CORRECT. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND IN 1985, WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH THE MININUTES, THIS WAS ALSO A POINT OF CONTENTION WITH STAFF. THEY ALSO WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE MINI WAREHOUSE USE BEING PERMITTED. IT WAS ALLOWED AS A SECONDARY USE. SO IT'S NOT THAT IT'S COMPLETELY PROHIBITED, BUT IT CAN BE A COMPONENT OF A LARGER RETAIL USE, NOT COMPLETELY A SELF STORAGE. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, LOOK, I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS THAT IT'S CONSIDERED A SECONDARY USE IS SO THAT IT CAN BE HIDDEN AND HAVING SOMETHING LIKE THIS AT THE GATEWAY TO OUR CITY IS NOT SOMETHING I WANT TO SEE. I'D ALSO LIKE TO POINT THAT POINT OUT THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN LISTS STORAGE AND AUTO AS SOME OF THE USES THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER LIMITING IN ALL OF OUR FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS. ALSO, FOR THE SPACE THAT THEY TAKE UP.

STORAGE, PUBLIC STORAGE OR SELF-STORAGE, THEY REALLY DON'T BRING A LOT OF PROPERTY TAXES TO THE TABLE WHEN COMPARED TO OTHER DEVELOPMENTS AT THE SAME SIZE. SO I PERSONALLY AM AGAINST THIS DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. COUNCIL MEMBER BASS THANK YOU, MAYOR AND MARGARET, THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY NOTES FROM ME THERE. YOU KNOW, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, SOME SUMMED UP MY OPINIONS PERFECTLY. I DON'T I DON'T FEEL IT'S THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE FOR THIS, FOR THIS LOCATION. AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING BETTER IS GOING TO COME ALONG THE WAY. THIS LOT OF DEVELOPMENT STILL TO GO IN THIS AREA, A LOT OF GREEN SPACE STILL LEFT TO FILL. AND I DON'T WANT TO BE HELD BACK BY MAKING MAKING A POOR DECISION NOW. SO MY MOTION IS TO DENY ONE SECOND.

SIR, WE HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER, IF YOU WILL WAIT ONE SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER. THOMAS. I'M LOOKING AT THE PICTURES, AND I KNOW THAT STAFF SAID THEY WANT A MORE VIBRANT FEEL, AND THE RENDERINGS I'M SEEING LOOK PRETTY VIBRANT TO ME. YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT THE TIN BARN OF 30 YEARS AGO WHEN YOU ARE SELF STORAGE, THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE GETTING. SOMETHING THAT WAS FLUORESCENT ORANGE. IF THERE WERE A HIGHER AND BETTER USE FOR THIS LAND, I THINK SOMETHING WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE ALREADY IN THE LAST 30 YEARS. IF THERE WERE SOME OTHER WAY TO MAKE THIS VIABLE, SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE JUMPED ON THIS. IF THIS WAS ING TO BE A GOOD, A GOOD USE FOR IF THERE WAS ANY OTHER USE, THAT WOULD BE BETTER THAN SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE ALREADY TAKEN HIM UP ON THAT. AND SO I DO THINK THAT THIS IS A GOOD USE OF THE PROPERTY. I THINK THE QUALITY THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET HERE, JUST THE LOOK OF IT. AND I BELIEVE THEY'RE PARTNERING WITH EXTRA SPACE TO, TO DO THIS EXTRA SPACES OF, YOU KNOW, WELL KNOWN COMPANY HERE. I THINK THEY DO DO A GOOD JOB WITH THEIR NEW DEVELOPMENTS. SO I'M PERSONALLY IN FAVOR OF THIS ONE. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER ART. I'LL I'LL ECHO WHAT COUNCILMAN THOMAS SAYING ALSO I I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS USE. IT'S ADJACENT TO A FLOODPLAIN. IT'S A CHALLENGING PROPERTY TO WORK WITH. AND IT IT'S A IT'S A HIGH QUALITY PROJECT AND SO I, I WOULD DEFINITELY BE IN FAVOR OF THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. BACK TO YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK. YES. I WOULD JUST LIKE EVERYONE TO CONSIDER THE U-HAUL AT GARLAND. AND 635, BECAUSE I THINK AT ONE POINT IN TIME PEOPLE THOUGHT THE SAME THING ABOUT THAT AREA. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU MA'AM. COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON. IF I HAD A DOLLAR FOR EVERY TIME I HEARD SOMEONE COMPLAIN HOW MANY STORAGE BUILDINGS WE HAD, I THINK WE COULD ALL RETIRE FROM COUNCIL. MY, MY ISSUE WITH THIS IS I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HAS RECENTLY DRIVEN FIREWALL PARKWAY. THE PARTS, IF THAT'S HOW YOU SAY IT. DEVELOPMENT IS. IT'S A REALLY CUTE IT'S A REALLY CUTE LITTLE DEVELOPMENT. AND I JUST I DON'T SEE A STORAGE UNIT FITTING IN NEXT TO THIS REALLY CUTE LITTLE DEVELOPMENT OF HOMES. I JUST I CAN'T EVEN VISUALIZE IT. I CAN'T IMAGINE LIVING RIGHT THERE. I PROBABLY

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WOULD BE VERY UPSET, BUT I KNOW THE GENERAL CONSENSUS CITIZEN WIDE IS WE'VE GOT A LOT OF STORAGE FACILITIES. SO I JUST I CAN'T I CAN'T AGREE WITH THIS ONE UNFORTUNATELY. SO HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY EVERYONE WILL G GOOGLE MAPS IMAGES IT REAL FAST AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT AND JUST SEE IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD PUT ON YOUR BACKYARD. THANK YOU SIR, THANK YOU MA'AM. COUNCILMAN THOMAS SECOND ROUND. I BELIEVE THE PARK HOUSE COMMUNITY THERE IS ALL RENTAL PROPERTIES IS EXPLAINED BY THE PROPERTY. SO IS PEOPLE WITH THAT THAT RENT TYPICALLY DO USE A LOT OF STORAGE. THE OTHER THING I SAW DURING THE PRESENTATION IS, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY THE RADIUS FOR A STORAGE UNIT, YOU YOU'RE WITHIN A COUPLE OF MILES.

PEOPLE DON'T DRIVE PAST THREE STORAGE FACILITIES TO GO TO ONE. THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO PRETTY CLOSE ONE. AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE OTHER ONE WITHIN TWO MILES. IS THAT IS THAT RIGHT? AND NONE WITHIN THREE MILES. NONE. NO OTHERS WITHIN THREE MILES. CAN YOU CAN YOU ADDRESS THE. YES, GORDON RICHARDSON DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATES. SO THERE'S ONLY ONE OTHER STORAGE FACILITY IN A ONE MILE RADIUS OF THE SITE, AND THERE ARE NO CURRENT PROJECTS IN A THREE MILE RADIUS THAT ARE IN PERMITTING OR PLANNING. AND WE WOULD NOT BE HERE IF THERE WAS NOT A DEMAND FOR STORAGE.

THERE'S ACTUALLY IN OUR THREE MILE TRADE AREA. FACILITIES ARE 94% FULL ON AVERAGE. WE TYPICALLY SEE STORAGE FACILITIES. THEY'RE CHARACTERIZED AS FULLY OCCUPIED ONCE THEY HIT 90 TO 92% FULL. AND MAJORITY OF THESE FACILITIES IN GARLAND ARE NON-CLIMATE CONTROLLED. THEY'RE THE OLD PRODUCT TYPE. YOU KNOW, THE AVERAGE AGE OF THESE FACILITIES IS OVER 20 YEARS. THIS WOULD BE A NEW STORAGE FACILITY BUILT, YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR, 100% CLIMATE CONTROLLED. WE'D BE PROVIDING A DIFFERENT PRODUCT TYPE THAN A LOT OF THE OTHER FACILITIES IN GARLAND RIGHT NOW. SO JUST I MEAN, GOING BACK TO THE RENDERING, I WANT TO STOP RIGHT THERE BECAUSE YOU'VE ALREADY GIVEN TIME FOR PRESENTATION. I DON'T WANT TO REHASH EVERYTHING WHAT WE'VE SAID ALREADY, BUT THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN THOMAS, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO, I BELIEVE YOU. YOU TALKED TO THE OWNERS OF THE RENTAL MULTIFAMILY NEXT DOOR, AND THEY CERTAINLY WERE IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT. NO OBJECTION FROM THEM. AS CUTE AS THEY MAY BE, THEY FELT THAT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD NEED AND CLOSE TO PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE USING IT. SO ANYWAY, I STILL THINK THIS IS A GOOD USE FOR THIS LAND, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THE ODDBALL SHAPE OF THE LAND FLOODPLAIN, EVERYTHING ELSE. I STILL THINK THIS IS A GOOD USE.

THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. NEXT TO MIKE YOU HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER, BASS. COUNCIL MEMBER.

DUTTON'S ALSO IN THERE. YOU WOULD LET HER GO FIRST. I'LL LET HER GO FIRST AND COME BACK TO YOU. IT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT, SIR. SO, COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON. THANK YOU, SIR, I DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHAT RENTING HAS TO DO WITH. MEETING STORAGE UNITS. MAYBE IF WE HAVE LESS STORAGE UNITS, PEOPLE WILL STOP HOARDING MORE STUFF THAT THEY DON'T NEED. MAYBE AN IDEA. WHATEVER.

TYPICALLY SPEAKING, CLIMATE CONTROLLED STORAGE UNITS END UP BEING LITTLE MINI APARTMENTS FOR UNHOUSED PEOPLE. SO I WOULD LIKE YOU TO KEEP THAT IN MIND. THAT'S. THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY ABOUT THE ONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. COUNCILMAN BASS, SEND IT TO YOU TO WRAP THIS UP, SIR. THANK YOU, SIR, TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF POINTS THAT COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS BROUGHT UP THERE IS ACTUALLY IN THE STAFF PRESENTATION PHOTOS. THERE'S ANOTHER STORAGE FACILITY. IT'S AT THE NEXT INTERSECTION. IT'S ACTUALLY IN THIS. YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE STAFF PHOTO. THAT'S HOW CLOSE IT IS. SO THERE IS STORAGE CLOSE BY AT THE AT THE NEAREST INTERSECTION. THERE'S ANOTHER STORAGE FACILITY IN ADDITION. SO AS FAR AS DEVELOPING PROPERTIES GO TO SAY THAT IF THERE WAS SOMETHING BETTER THAT COULD GO THERE, IT WOULD ALREADY ALREADY BE THERE. IF THAT WERE THE CASE, WE WOULD BE 100% FILLED OUT. I MEAN, IF YOU CAN LOOK ALONG GEORGE BUSH AND SEE WE STILL HAVE GREEN SPACE ALONG GEORGE BUSH, THAT IS PRIME REAL ESTATE THAT IS NOT OCCUPIED YET. AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OVER THE PAST YEAR, PROBABLY APPROVED BETWEEN 8 AND 10 NEW ITEMS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF GEORGE BUSH AND NORTH GARLAND AVENUE IN THAT AREA. AGAIN, THAT'S STILL NOT FILLED OUT COMPLETELY. SO THERE'S PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY FOR HIGHEST AND BEST USE TO STILL COME ALONG. I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, DANCE WITH THE FIRST PERSON WHO ASKS US. I THINK WE NEED TO HOLD OUT FOR THE ONE THAT'S THE RIGHT FIT. AND I JUST I DON'T THINK THAT

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SAYING THAT BECAUSE NOBODY ELSE HAS FILLED THAT SPACE YET, THAT THIS IS THE BEST USE FOR IT.

THAT'S THAT'S A VERY SHORT SIGHTED WAY TO LOOK AT IT. I THINK WE SHOULD HOLD FOR HIGHEST AND BEST USE. AND I REPEAT MY MOTION TO DENY. THANK YOU. A MOTION TO DENY BY COUNCILMEMBER BASS AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK. COUNCILMAN. AFRAID TO ASK FOR ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? WE'VE ALREADY BEEN AROUND TWICE ALREADY. MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US? IS A MOTION TO DENY. THAT ITEM? THE MOTION TO DENY PASSES 5 TO 3 WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS SCOTT, THOMAS AND THE MAYOR IN OPPOSITION. ALL RIGHT,

[d. Consider a request by ZoneDev, requesting approval of 1) a Planned Development for Dwelling, Single Family Attached Uses on a property zoned Planned Development (PD) District 17-18 for Community Retail Uses and 2) a Concept Plan for a Dwelling, Single Family Attached Use. The site is located at 1800 North Jupiter Road in District 6.]

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 11 D. THIS IS. CONSIDER A REQUEST BY ZONE DEV REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DWELLING FOR A SINGLE FAMILY. ATTACHED USE ON A PROPERTY. ZONED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 1718 FOR COMMUNITY RETAIL USES AND A CONCEPT PLAN FOR A DWELLING SINGLE FAMILY. ATTACHED USE. THIS SITE IS LOCATED AT 1800 NORTH JUPITER ROAD IN DISTRICT SIX. AND COUNCIL, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT ON THE PROPERTY ZONED PD 1718 FOR COMMUNITY RETAIL. USES. THE PROPERTY IS ADDRESSED AS 1800 NORTH JUPITER ROAD, AND THE ENTIRE SITE IS ABOUT 12.62 ACRES IN SIZE. THIS IS THE SITE. IT'S ON JUPITER AND BUCKINGHAM. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IDENTIFIES THIS AS COMPACT NEIGHBORHOODS.

COMPACT NEIGHBORHOODS PROVIDE AREAS FOR MODERATE INCREASES IN RESIDENTIAL DENSITY, INCLUDING SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED AND SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOUSING. IT EXPANDS HOUSING OPTIONS THROUGH INFILL AND REDEVELOPMENT WHILE CONTINUING WALKABLE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS. THESE ARE A COUPLE OF SITE PHOTOS. THE SITE IS DIRECTLY. THIS PROPERTY DOES HAVE THE BASE ZONING OF COMMUNITY RETAIL, AND IT IS LOCATED BEHIND AN EXISTING RETAIL DEVELOPMENT. AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY WOULD BE SHARING A ACCESS EASEMENT WITH THE WALGREENS. THEN. OKAY, THIS IS THE WALGREENS RIGHT HERE. AND THEN THIS IS WHERE THEY ARE WANTING TO DO THE TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT. SO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES SUPPORT THE USE, BUT THEY DO HAVE TO COME BEFORE PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE THIS PROPERTY DOES ORIGINALLY HAVE A COMMUNITY RETAIL ZONING DISTRICT. SO THEY ARE PROPOSING 45 TOWNHOMES. AND THEY ARE ALSO REQUESTING A DEVIATION BECAUSE LOT DEPTH FOR TOWNHOMES ARE REQUIRED TO BE A MINIMUM OF 90FT, AND THEY'RE REQUESTING FOR A MAXIMUM OF FIVE LOTS TO HAVE A DEPTH OF 80FT BECAUSE OF THE TES LIKE ELBOWS, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS AREA HERE WHERE IT CUTS SHORT, THE LOT DEPTHS ARE DECREASED IN THIS AREA. SO THEY'RE REQUESTING FOR ORIGINALLY THEY REQUESTED FOR NINE, BUT NOW THEY WERE ABLE TO REDUCE IT TO NO MORE THAN FIVE. IF THIS WERE TO GET APPROVED DURING THE SITE PERMIT REVIEW, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DETERMINE OKAY, WHICH LOTS ARE GOING TO BE 80FT DEEP. THE PLAN ALSO SHOWS WHERE THEY'RE PROPOSING TO HAVE THE AMENITY AREAS, THE GUEST PARKING AND THE FENCING. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THEY ARE REQUESTING TO HAVE A MAXIMUM OF FIVE LOTS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A MINIMUM LOT DEPTH OF OR LOT DEPTH OF 80FT. THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST FOR FIVE LOTS TO HAVE A LOT DEPTH OF 80FT, AND THEY ALSO REQUESTED THAT IT BE PLACED IN THE PD CONDITIONS THAT THIS BE REAR ENTRY ONLY. STAFF DOES ALSO RECOMMEND SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST BECAUSE IT FULFILLS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS VISION FOR INFILL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, AND IT CREATES A SORT OF HORIZONTAL MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT WITH IF THIS WERE TO BE APPROVED WITH A TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT AND DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AT THIS CORNER. 6067 LETTERS WERE SENT OUT. WE DID RECEIVE FOUR IN

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SUPPORT THAT WERE IN THE NOTIFITION AREA. WE RECEIVED. ONE AGAINST THAT WAS WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA. WE RECEIVE TWO IN FAVOR THAT WERE THAT WAS OUTSIDE, THAT WERE OUTSIDE THE NOTIFICATION AREA, AND EIGHT IN TOTAL. AND THE ONLY RESPONSE THAT WE RECEIVED WAS THAT FOR THE PERSON WHO ACTUALLY WROTE SOMETHING WAS THAT THEY WERE GOOD WITH PLANNING DECISION ON THIS ONE. STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. COUNSEL, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF ON THIS ITEM? COUNCIL MEMBER BASS THANK YOU. THANK YOU EMMA. GOT A QUESTION I'M LOOKING AT THE MAP HERE. CAN YOU PULL BACK UP THE MAP. THANK YOU. OKAY SO LOOKING AT IT ON GOOGLE IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A THERE'S A CREEK AND SOME WOODED AREA BEHIND IT. IS THAT REPRESENTED BY THE GREEN THAT'S ON THERE? YES. AND THEN FURTHER TO THE SOUTH IS A MULTIFAMILY. YES. OKAY. AND SO WOULD THIS DEVELOPMENT AFFECT ANY OF THE EXISTING TREES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE LOT NEAR THE CREEK. SO THIS THE BOTTOM, THE BOTTOM AREA IS GOING TO REMAIN UNTOUCHED. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL ONLY BE FOR THIS. PORTION HERE. YES SIR. OKAY. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON. CAN YOU GIVE US SOME INSIGHT ON WHY THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED REAR ENTRY ONLY? SO THEY WANTED TO HAVE ASSURANCE THAT THEY COULDN'T, LIKE, SWITCH IT UP AND HAVE THE GARAGE FACING THE STREETS. BUT WITH THIS DESIGN, IT'D BE REALLY DIFFICULT TO DO THAT. SO I'M ASSUMING THAT'S WHY THE APPLICANT WAS FINE WITH HAVING THAT CONDITION BE IN THERE, THAT THE GARAGE FACED THE ALLEY AND NOT THE STREET. BUT DO WE KNOW WHY THEY WERE AGAINST FORWARD ENTRY? THEY JUST DON'T WANT THE GARAGE TO BE FACING THE STREET. AND WITH THE FRONT OF THE HOMES, IF IT WERE TO HAVE A TYPE OF FACADE THAT HAS LIKE ARCHITECTURAL, CERTAIN ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES, IT MAY HAVE A BETTER ESTHETIC LOOK IF THERE'S NOT GARAGE FACING THE STREET. THAT WAS THEIR PERSPECTIVE, BUT THEY WANTED IT IN WRITING TO BE PUT IN THE CONDITION. OKAY, I'VE GOT MY OWN OPINION ON THAT, BUT I'LL KEEP IT FOR A MINUTE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT. MADAM SECRETARY, IS THE APPLICANT HERE? YES. MAXWELL. FISHER. MAXWELL FISHER. SIR, YOU KNOW HOW THIS WORKS. YOU'LL HAVE TEN MINUTES FOR PRESENTATION. PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, SIR.

MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS MAXWELL FISHER WITH ZONE DEV 2502 GRANDVIEW DRIVE, RICHARDSON, TEXAS, 75080. REPRESENTING S R R A F. AS MENTIONED BY STAFF, THE. WE THINK THAT THE BEST PORTIONS OF THIS OVERALL CORNER OF DEVELOPED WITH COMMERCIAL AND THAT THE BALANCE THAT'S LEFT IS A GREAT RESIDENTIAL INFILL DEVELOPMENT. IT ALLOWS DEVELOPMENT ON THE SITE THAT'S THE MOST CHALLENGED BUT THEN ALSO PRESERVES THE GREENBELT ON THE SOUTH SIDE. SO WE THINK IT'S A GREAT BUFFER TRANSITION AS YOU TRANSITION FROM THE MORE EVERY YEAR RETAIL TO RESIDENTIAL TO THE SOUTH AND EAST. IT'S 45 UNITS, SEVEN UNITS PER ACRE. IT FALLS IN THE MEDIAN DENSITY CATEGORY. IT IS A TWO STORY PRODUCT. REAR ENTRY GARAGES ARE TOTALLY FINE.

THERE'S ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES TO HAVING REAR ENTRY. I CAN GO THROUGH THOSE. I MIGHT BORE YOU AT SOME POINT, BUT BE HAPPY TO GO THROUGH ALL THOSE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES. VEHICLE ACCESS WOULD BE TO BUCKINGHAM. IT'S A FULL TWO WAY ACCESS POINT. WE DO NOT HAVE A MEDIAN THERE, BUT THERE WOULD BE TWO WAY ACCESS HEADING AS YOU HAD TO HEAD OUT AND HEAD EAST. THE SECONDARY ACCESS POINT ON THE CUL DE SAC IS EMERGENCY ACCESS ONLY, SO THAT WOULD BE THERE IN THE EVENT THERE IS AN EMERGENCY, BUT IT WILL REMAIN SHUT. RESIDENTS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE IT THAT WAY. THERE'S NO CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC AND IT WILL CREATE MORE OF A COZY RESIDENTIAL ENCLAVE, WHICH IS WHICH IS OUR INTENT. AND LET ME LET ME GET INTO THE ALLEYS A LITTLE BIT. SO AS STAFF MENTIONED, IT'S A LITTLE MORE ESTHETICALLY PLEASING ON THE FRONT SIDE TO NOT HAVE GARAGES. IT'S ALSO THERE'S INCREASES WALKABILITY AND THEN HAVING ALLEYS IN THE BACK FROM AN ENGINEERING AND DRAINAGE STANDPOINT, IT'S BETTER IT'S YOU

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HAVE IT HELPS WITH THE FACILITATION OF DRAINAGE. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A PLACE FOR UTILITIES AND SUCH. SO THERE'S PROBABLY MAYBE A LEAN A LITTLE MORE TOWARDS ADVANTAGE OF HAVING A REAR ENTRY PRODUCT. SO THERE'S I GUESS IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU LIKE. AND OF THOSE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES. SO THIS IS A CONCEPT PLAN. WE DON'T HAVE VERY DETAILED LANDSCAPE PLANS. HOWEVER I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT AS PART OF THE PROCESS. SO WE AT LEAST DEVELOPED AN ILLUSTRATIVE OR PRELIMINARY LANDSCAPE PLAN TO SHOW WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING. WE'RE DOING A MASONRY SCREEN WALL ALONG BUCKINGHAM. AND THEN TYPICALLY YOU WOULD HAVE THE RESIDENTIAL WAS THERE AND THEN THE COMMERCIAL WAS PROPOSED. YOU WOULD HAVE A MASONRY WALL REQUIRED BY THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN THE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL.

WELL, SINCE THE COMMERCIAL WENT FIRST, THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE BURDEN OF HAVING TO DO THAT WALL. WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THAT BURDEN ON, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT REQUIRED FOR OUR RESIDENTS, AND BUILD A MASONRY WALL ALONG THAT NORTHERN COMMON PROPERTY LINE ON THE BACKS AND SIDES OF THE COMMERCIAL. WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT. AND THEN WE WOULD PROPOSE A BOARD ON BOARD WOULD FENCE FOR THE OTHER PROPERTY LINES, JUST FOR SECURITY AND SOME PRIVACY. WE HAVEN'T DECIDED ON THE SOUTHERN PROPERTY LINE. WOULD LIKE SOME FLEXIBILITY THERE BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE THE GREENBELT AND THE TREES. IT MAY MAKE SENSE TO LEAVE THAT OPEN WITH A WROUGHT IRON FENCE, THOUGH.

THERE'S SOMETIMES THERE'S SECURITY ISSUES THERE. WE JUST WANT THE OPTION AND IT'S NOT REQUIRED, BUT WE WANT TO. WE HAVEN'T DECIDED WHETHER TO DO A WOODEN BOARD ON BOARD OR OR AN ORNAMENTAL THERE. WE'D LIKE THAT FLEXIBILITY. WE WILL BE COMPLYING FULLY WITH THE TOWNHOUSE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, WITH EXCEPTION OF THAT LOT DEPTH JUST FOR THE ELBOW ON THE FAR SOUTHEAST SECTION THERE, THERE'S ABOUT FIVE LOTS, NO MORE THAN FIVE THAT WOULD NEED TO HAVE A SLIGHTLY LESS DEPTH. THERE'S EVEN MENTION OF THIS IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE FOR THESE TYPE OF SCENARIOS. WITH THIS WE ALSO SHOW SOME PROGRAMED OPEN SPACE AREAS, GRILLING STATIONS. WE'LL HAVE SOME PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS THROUGHOUT 18 GUEST PARKING SPACES IN ADDITION TO THE REAR ENTRY GARAGES. AND THEN ALSO WE'LL HAVE A DRIVEWAY IN THE BACK. AND THEORY YOU CAN PARK FOUR CARS ON SITE EVERY PROPERTY, AND WE'LL HAVE 18 PARKING SPACES. WE'LL HAVE SOME SHADED PICNIC AREAS, TREES THAT ARE PLACED WELL. WE'VE EVEN DISCUSSED POSSIBLY DOING PLAYGROUNDS TYPICALLY THIS THESE THIS DEVELOPER DOES A PLAYGROUND, DOES SOME SPECIFIC PROGRAMING, BUT WE JUST HAVEN'T GOT TO THAT DETAILED LEVEL YET. HERE'S SOME 3D RENDERINGS OF THE DEVELOPMENT. YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE SOME ROOFTOP ARTICULATION EXTENSION ABOVE THE ROOF TO CREATE SOME VISUAL APPEAL. I THINK THEY LOOK REALLY NICE AND A DIFFERENT PRODUCT TYPE AND UNIQUE COMPARED TO MAYBE SOME OF THE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS AROUND HERE. I'LL SUM UP MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS IS WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS AN EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT RESIDENTIAL INFILL DEVELOPMENT.

IT COMPLIES WITH THE GARLAND TOWNHOME STANDARDS AND EXPANDS HOUSING OPTIONS IN GARLAND AND ALIGNS WITH THE COMP PLAN. STAFF SUPPORTS IT AND PLANNING COMMISSION ALSO SUPPORTED IT AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK, MR. FISHER. WELL, THIS IS ONE OF YOUR GOOD ONES. OH, WELL THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. I REALLY LIKE IT. I WISH THAT THERE WAS A CLUBHOUSE, BUT I RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S REALLY NOT ENOUGH SPACE FOR THAT. I DO REALLY LIKE YOUR AMENITIES AND THE PARK AREAS. I THINK THE DESIGN IS GREAT. DO YOU HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE HILLS IN THE BACKGROUND? YEAH, TO US AS WELL. THOSE ARE UP BY CAMPBELL. NO, IT'S REALLY I THINK THAT YOU HAVE A REALLY GREAT DESIGN HERE. AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON OKAY, SO THE REAR ENTRY I WILL SAY I ABSOLUTELY HATE REAR ENTRY HOMES OKAY. ESPECIALLY IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. AND LET ME EXPLAIN WHY WHEN YOU HAVE A REAR ENTRY HOME AND A REAR ENTRY DRIVEWAY, VEHICLE BREAK INS ARE HIGHER. IF YOU'VE DROVE THIS AREA, IT IS NOT THE CREAM OF THE CROP. OKAY, SO I PERSONALLY WOULD BE TERRIFIED TO PULL INTO THE REAR OF THAT HOME IN THAT AREA AS IT IS RIGHT NOW. OKAY, I KNOW EVERYONE IS NOT AFRAID OF THEIR SHADOW LIKE I AM, SO THAT IS PERSONAL OPINION. STATISTICALLY SPEAKING, NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE FRONT ENTRY HOMES, THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO KNOW THEIR NEIGHBORS. AND IF YOU WANT A SMALL, COZY, COMFORTABLE LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD, A REAR ENTRY IS NOT GOING TO GET YOU THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY WITHIN THIS, WITHIN THIS DEVELOPMENT. SO I WOULD I WOULD BE TOLD THE REAR ENTRY. ASIDE FROM THAT. MAXWELL, I APPRECIATE THIS DESIGN SO VERY

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MUCH. THE LITTLE PARK SPACES AND THE AMENITY AREAS ARE FANTASTIC. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED IN THIS, IN THIS AREA TO GET IT UP TO PAR. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. IT'S LOVELY. I'M SUPER EXCITED FOR IT. I YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DUTTON. IF I COULD MAYBE GIVE YOU SOME ASSURANCE OR KIND OF HELP ON THAT SECURITY ISSUE. SO I USED TO LIVE IN CAMELOT, LIKE COUNCILMAN THOMAS AND I USED TO HAVE A REAR ENTRY PRODUCT. I THINK THE BIG DIFFERENCE, AND I, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND WE HAD SOME ISSUES IN OUR ALLEY, IS WHERE YOU HAVE A BACKYARD THAT'S FENCED. AND SO WHAT THAT DOES IS KIND OF CREATE THAT CANYON EFFECT. AND YOU CAN'T SEE AROUND THE CORNER AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. PEOPLE RACE DOWN THE ALLEY.

IN THIS CASE IT'S GOING TO BE ALL DRIVEWAYS BECAUSE IT'S TOWNHOUSE. IT'S A LITTLE MORE NARROW. AND SO YES, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE MAY NOT BE A LOT OF THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE LIKE ANY SORT OF LIKE PATIO IN THE BACK. THERE'LL BE A DOOR OF COURSE, TO BE ABLE TO GO IN, BUT IT DOES ALLOW US TO DO PORCHES ON THE FRONT. IF YOU LOOK AT OUR, OUR ELEVATIONS. SO I THINK THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY IN THE FRONT TO DO, TO MEET, TO TALK WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS. PLUS WE'LL HAVE A SIDEWALK THAT IS MORE CONTINUOUS. YOU DON'T HAVE CARS THAT ARE JUST BLOCKING THE SIDEWALK. SO I THINK IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN MAYBE YOUR TYPICAL SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED SITUATION LIKE YOU HAVE IN CERTAIN AREAS OF GARLAND. SO HOPEFULLY THAT HELPS AT LEAST ASSUAGE YOUR CONCERNS. I WILL SAY THAT IN THE CITY OF GARLAND, IT IS ILLEGAL TO BLOCK THE SIDEWALK WITH YOUR CAR. JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE. DON'T DO IT ANYWAY. AND I AND I APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION. I STILL I STILL HAVE MY CONCERNS ABOUT IT. HOWEVER. I I'M I'M NOT MAD AT WHAT YOU'VE PRESENTED BY ANY STRETCH OF THE MEANS. IT IS MY PERSONAL PREFERENCE, THE REAR ENTRY SITUATION. SO I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER BASS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAXWELL, GOOD TO SEE YOU. SO I JUST WANT TO I WANT TO LOOK AT THE TRAFFIC A LITTLE BIT OKAY. SO THERE'S NO THERE'S NO EGRESS JUPITER ROAD. SO THERE'S. AND THEN ON BUCKINGHAM IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S ONLY AN ENTRANCE FROM ETBOUND BUCKINGHAM. SO HAVE YOU GUYS DONE ANY KIND OF TRAFFIC STUDY TO FIND? I MN, HOW ARE PEOPLE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE TRAVELING WEST ON BUCKINGHAM, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO ACCESS THIS PROPERTY? IF PEOPLE WANT TO TURN LEFT PULLING OUT OF THERE, THEY CAN ONLY TURN RIGHT. THEY CAN ONLY TURN RIGHT. IT'S NOT THE MOST OPTIMAL CONDITION. HOWEVER, WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT 450 DAILY TRIPS AND ONLY ABOUT 25 TURNS IN IN IN OUR PEAK HOUR. SO IT WAS ABOUT HALF OF EVEN REQUIRING A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS. SO IT'S PRETTY MINIMAL. PEOPLE LEAVE AT DIFFERENT TIMES. THERE ARE MEDIANS THAT ARE TO THE EAST AND WEST OF OUR PROPERTY, ARE SO CLOSE THAT WE COULDN'T ADD ANOTHER MEDIAN. SO YES, WILL PEOPLE BE DOING SOME U-TURNS? THEY WILL. BUT YOU KNOW, THERE ARE NO TRAFFIC SIGNS THAT TELL PEOPLE WHERE THEY IT'S SAFE TO DO A U-TURN, U-TURN AND WHERE THEY CAN'T. SO WE WILL HAVE TO TRUST THAT. BUT THIS, THIS SITE JUST DOESN'T HAVE THAT ANYTHING ANY OTHER OPTION. YEAH. BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THE APARTMENT COMPLEX JUST ON THE BORDER HERE THEY HAVE THERE'S A LEFT TURN INTO THAT FROM BUCKINGHAM CORRECT. YEAH. THERE IS THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO MEDIAN CUTS THAT ARE REALLY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER. I FORGOT I FORGOT THE STREET NAME OVERVIEW OR THERE'S A STREET TO THE EAST OF HERE THAT ALSO HAS A MEDIAN CUT THAT'S ALSO VERY CLOSE. SO THERE'S AT LEAST SOME OPTIONS FOR U-TURNS IN A SAFE MANNER. SO AND TRANSPORTATION WAS NOT OPPOSED TO THIS. THIS ARRANGEMENT IS THERE. DO YOU KNOW THE THAT'S THE URGENT CARE CENTER RIGHT THERE IN THE IN YOUR ELBOW THERE I WORKED ON IS THERE YOU WORKED ON THAT. OF COURSE YOU DID. IS THERE A MEDIAN TURN IN FOR THAT FACILITY? YES. THERE IS A LEFT HAND TURN AND A MEDIAN INTO THAT MEDIAN OPEN. YOU CAN SEE IT THERE. SO THAT'S HOW RIGHT. SO THIS IS FLANKED ON BOTH SIDES BY TURNS. SO WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO KNOW. AND WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT TYPICALLY ISN'T ALLOWED TO ACCESS RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE IT'S CONSIDERED AN INTRUSION AND TRAFFIC INTRUSION. SO THERE'S NOT AN OPPORTUNITY THERE TYPICALLY TO CROSS ACCESS, PARTICULARLY IN THIS CASE THE WAY IT'S DESIGNED. BUT OUR TRAFFIC IMPACT, OUR TRAFFIC NUMBERS ARE REALLY LOW. IF THIS WERE TO GO SOME OTHER RETAIL DEVELOPMENT, YOU'D HAVE MUCH HIGHER TRAFFIC LEVELS AND YOU'D HAVE A BIGGER PROBLEM ON THE STREET. THAT'S TRUE. I GUESS WITH 45 UNITS, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF TRAFFIC.

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EXACTLY. I THINK YOU'VE DONE A GOOD JOB WITH A CHALLENGING LITTLE PARCEL OF LAND THERE. I'M HAPPY THAT WE'RE PRESERVING THE SMALL LITTLE FOREST BEHIND IT. THAT'S GOING TO BE A NICE BARRIER TO. SO YEAH. LIKE WHAT YOU PRESENTED. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS, THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN. I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE GATE ON THE WEST END THERE.

SO HOW IS THAT? HOW DOES THAT WORK EXACTLY? IT WOULD JUST BE. IT WOULD BE GATED KNOX BOX. SO IT WOULD BE ACCESS FOR EMERGENCY ONLY FIRE. FIRE DEPARTMENT. ONLY IF THEY NEEDED TO GET IN THERE IF THERE WAS A OKAY. SO THEY'VE GOT A I DON'T KNOW WHAT KNOX BOX IS BUT THEY'VE GOT A KEY TO IT SOMEHOW. YEAH. BUT THEY CAN GET THROUGH THERE REAL EASILY AND OKAY. AND AGAIN, LIVING IN CAMELOT WITH ALMOST ALL REAR ENTRIES, I CAN SAY THAT I'VE MET ALL MY NEIGHBORS. WE JUST MEET IN THE BACK AND SIT ON THE FRONT. AND SO THAT IS I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 12 YEARS NOW. THAT'S WORKED OUT AND I HAVEN'T HAD A SINGLE PROBLEM. I'VE ALSO HAVE A RING CAMERA THAT LOOKS AT MY DRIVEWAY SO THAT IF THERE'S ANYTHING GOING ON, IT'S USUALLY A STRAY CAT THAT'S SETTING THE THING OFF, BUT HAVE HAD NO ISSUES AT ALL WITH ANY INCREASED CRIME OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN OUR ALLEY, AND NOT EVEN REALLY SPEEDING, BECAUSE WE KIND OF ALL KNOW EACH OTHER AND HAVE MADE AN EFFORT TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER, BECAUSE WE ALL KIND OF SHARE THAT ALLEY. SO I REALLY DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE REAR ENTRY. I THINK THAT'S A HAVING THE PRETTY SIDE OF THE HOUSE FACE THE STREET IS SOMETHING I REALLY LIKE ABOUT CAMELOT. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF DRIVEWAYS FACING THE STREET THAT'S ALL HIDDEN IN THE BACK. SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO GO HERE. WILL THE AND I ASSUME THAT ON THE, ON THE EAST END HERE, THE MAIN STREET, THOSE HOUSES WILL FACE EACH OTHER AND THEN THEY'LL BE THE DRIVEWAYS WILL BE FACING THE MEDICAL.

CENTER THERE. AND YEAH, THE OTHER THING ON THE OTHER SIDE. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SIR.

THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER. SEE YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU. THIS IS A REALLY THIS IS A GOOD PROJECT. I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS. IT'S YOU KNOW, THIS COMPLETES THIS. THERE IS A PD FOR THIS THAT WENT BACK INTO THE 70S OR THE 80S WAY BACK, A SHOPPING CENTER THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BUILT THERE EONS AGO. RIGHT. AND SO FINALLY, THIS IS GOING TO COMPLETE EVERYTHING.

AND, YOU KNOW, IN A A VERY CREATIVE AND VERY USEFUL WAY. SO JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU BROUGHT. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR, WE DO NOT. THEN COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON, THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT. I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. WHATEVER I'M TRYING TO SAY. APPROVE THIS AS PRESENTED. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DENTON TO APPROVE.

AND A SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION? MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE FOR EVERYONE. ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

COUNCIL. WE'VE BEEN AT IT FOR A WHILE. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE A SHORT RECESS. I ASK THAT EVERYONE BE BACK AT 905. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WELCOME BACK TO THE

[e. Consider a request by ParcHAUS Firewheel, LP., requesting an approval of 1) a Specific Use Provision (SUP) for Fuel Pumps, Retail Use on property zoned Planned Development District 21-62 and 2) a Concept Plan for Fuel Pumps, Retail Use. The site is located at 3241 Castle Dr. in District 1.]

JULY 8TH JULY 8TH COUNCIL MEETING. COME OUT OF RECESS. WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM 11. E, CONSIDERING A REQUEST BY PARK HOUSE FIREWHEEL LP REQUESTING AN APPROVAL OF A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION FOR FUEL PUMPS, RETAIL USE ON A PROPERTY, ZONED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 2162 AND A CONCEPT PLAN FOR FUEL PUMPS. RETAIL USE SITE IS LOCATED AT 3241 CASTLE DRIVE IN DISTRICT ONE. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A FUEL PUMPS RETAIL USE ON THE SITE, ADDRESSED AS 3241 CASTLE DRIVE. THE PROPERTY DOES HAVE A ZONING DISTRICT OF PD 21 DASH 62, WITH THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT OF COMMUNITY RETAIL, AND THIS IS THE LOCATION OF THE SITE. THE PROPERTY IS ABOUT 2.1039 ACRES IN SIZE. AND THIS LOCATION, THIS PROPERTY IS ACTUALLY SO THE ONE THAT WE JUST LOOKED AT IS OVER HERE FOR THE SELF STORAGE. THIS PROPERTY IS JUST DOWN THE STREET ON FIREWOOD PARKWAY. THIS IS IT HERE ACROSS THE STREET IS ROWLETT. THE

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COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IDENTIFIES THIS AREA AS COMPACT NEIGHBORHOODS. COMPACT NEIGHBORHOODS PROVIDE AREAS FOR MODERATE INCREASES IN RESIDENTIAL DENSITY, INCLUDING SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED AND SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOUSING. IT EXPANDS HOUSING OPTIONS THROUGH INFILL AND REDEVELOPMENT WHILE CONTINUING WALKABLE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS. IT ALSO SUPPORTS OFFICE, RETAIL, GOODS AND SERVICE USES IN THIS AREA. THESE ARE PHOTOS OF THE SITE. IT IS UNDEVELOPED. AND THIS IS THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED. THEY ARE PROPOSING ACCESS FROM CASTLE AND FIREWHEEL PARKWAY. THEY ARE PROPOSING 20 FUEL PUMPS. SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THEY WOULD BE LOCATED IN THE FRONT. SO IT WOULD BE ONE TWO, THREE FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN. AND THEN THERE WOULD BE ONE ON EACH SIDE MAKING A TOTAL OF 20 PUMPS.

THEY ARE PROPOSING A CONVENIENCE STORE AS WELL, WHICH WOULD BE A 4000, ABOUT 4319FT■S IN SIZE. AD THIS IS IT HERE, SHADED IN BLUE. THE CEP TIME PERIOD GUIDE RECOMMENDS A PERIOD OF 20 TO 25 YEARS. THE APPLICANT REQUESTS THE MAXIMUM TIME PERIOD ALLOWED FOR THIS REQUEST. THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED DENIAL OF THE REQUEST, AND STAFF CONCURS WITH THE RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE STAFF FEELS THAT THIS PROPOSED USE DOES IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THIS PARTICULAR AREA. THERE IS AN EXISTING GAS STATION JUST DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET IN ROWLETT, TEXAS, AND THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY, JUST LIKE THE OTHER SITE THAT WE LOOKED AT FOR THE SELF STORAGE TO HAVE A SORT OF GATEWAY FEATURE ENTERING THE CITY. A GAS STATION IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER A HIGHER QUALITY TYPE OF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE DEVELOPMENT. SO STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL OF THE REQUEST AND PLANNING COMMISSION DID AS WELL.

A TOTAL OF A TOTAL OF 16 LETTERS WERE MAILED OUT, AND WE DID RECEIVE SIX OUTSIDE THE NOTIFICATION AREA THAT WERE IN FAVOR. AND THE FEEDBACK THEY GAVE IS THAT IT IS AN APPROPRIATE LAND USE FOR THIS AREA. STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM? I SEE NONE, THANK YOU. OH ONE SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. THANK YOU. SORRY, I WAS TRYING TO HIT THE BUTTON AND IT WASN'T. IT'S MY ERROR. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. SO AND I HAVE DISCUSSED THIS WITH STAFF, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IDEAS DOES STAFF THINK ARE BETTER SUITED FOR THIS CORNER KEEPING? KEEP IN MIND THIS IS NEXT TO A RENTAL COMMUNITY AS WELL AS CONCRETE BATCH PLANT. YES, SOME OTHER RETAIL OR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE USES THAT WOULD BE HIGHER QUALITY, SUCH AS RETAIL OR RESTAURANTS. EVEN IF IT'S SOME SORT OF CAFE WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR THIS SITE BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE AT THE FUTURE AND WE ARE CONSIDERING WHAT MAY COME IN THE AREA, AND WE WANT TO SET A PRECEDENT FOR THIS ENTRY FROM THE EAST SIDE OF ROWLETT. SO ALTHOUGH NOW, YES, IT'S LOOKING A LITTLE BIT BLEAK BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS AREA IS UNDEVELOPED, WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE PERSPECTIVE FOR THIS AREA. SO THOSE TYPE OF USES THAT WE THINK COULD FIT OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM. SEEING NONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MADAM SECRETARY. IS THE APPLICANT HERE? YES, MA'AM. CISCO LIRA. COME DOWN. SIR, YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE TEN MINUTES. OF NARCISO LIRA WITH ODYSSEY SERVICES GROUP, 1824 SOUTHWOOD DRIVE, FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS. WE'RE HERE REPRESENTING CASES, AND WE DO HAVE A CASES REAL ESTATE REPRESENTATIVE, ALONG WITH OUR CIVIL ENGINEER ON BOARD. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO CLARIFY BEFORE I GO INTO MY SPIEL HERE. IT'S TEN FUELING PUMPS. IT IS A SINGLE LINE STACK DISPENSER WITH FIVE DISPENSERS. SO THERE'S TWO FUELING POSITIONS

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AT EACH DISPENSERS. IT'S ONLY TEN PUMPS, NOT 20. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT JUST BECAUSE OF AT 20 PUMPS. I THINK A SITE LIKE THAT WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SUPPORT MANEUVERABILITY INSIDE IT. SO IT'S TEN FUEL PUMPS, FIVE MPDS. I THINK FOR ME IT'D BE IMPORTANT TO KIND OF TOUCH BASE ON WHO CASES IS I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HERE IS FAMILIAR WITH CASES, BUT BEING THAT THEY WEREN'T IN TEXAS OR HAVEN'T BEEN IN TEXAS UNTIL VERY RECENTLY, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO IDENTIFY WHO THEY ARE, BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO PRESERVE HERE AND SOME OF THESE AREAS, I THINK YOU'LL SEE THAT THEIR CORE VALUES, THE WAY THEY OPERATE, WHAT THEY REPRESENT, MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN LINE WITH THAT. AND WHAT WE THINK. CASES WAS CO-FOUNDED IN 1968, WHEN YOU HAD TWO GENTLEMEN THAT SAW THAT THERE WAS A NEED FOR GOODS AND SERVICES PROVIDED FROM A CONVENIENCE STORE AND FUELING STATION IN SMALL TOWN IOWA. SO WHAT EVOLVED THERE WAS THE WE'RE YOUR LOCAL SMALL TOWN OPERATION MENTALITY FROM A CONVENIENCE STORE STANDPOINT. TO THIS DAY, THEY CONTINUE TO OPERATE THAT WAY. YOU SEE THEM GOING IN A LOT OF SMALLER COMMUNITIES OR PLACES WHERE THEY CAN ACTUALLY BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY. THEY ARE 2900 STORES TODAY IN 19 STATES. THE RANGE ACROSS THE MIDWEST ALL THE WAY DOWN SOUTH TO OKLAHOMA AND ARKANSAS. THEY VENTURED INTO TEXAS 18 MONTHS AGO WITH THE ACQUISITION OF THE LONE STAR CONVENIENCE STORES. IT WAS ABOUT 1315 STORES UP IN NORTH OF HERE, DOWN IN THE SHERMAN AREA, JUST KIND OF A EAST WEST LINE. IT WAS PARALLEL TO WHERE SHERMAN, TEXAS IS THAT KIND OF FIT INTO INTO THEIR MODEL. WITH THAT ENTRY, THEY STARTED LOOKING AT PROPERT. AND THEN NORTH TEXAS, KIND OF NORTH OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS. A LOT OF THE PLACES THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IS KIND OF WHERE THEY CAN ACTUALLY COME AND BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY. SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, THEY ACQUIRED CEFCO CONVENIENCE STORE IN CENTRAL TEXAS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR, BUT IT'S KIND OF LIKE A REOCCURRING PATTERN HERE IS A LOT IS ALSO KIND OF A MORE OF A GOING INTO A SMALLER COMMUNITIES BUT KIND OF SMALLER MENTALITY, KIND OF HOMEGROWN COMMUNITIES. SO THEY KIND OF TRY TO FOLLOW THAT GROWTH PATTERN WHERE THEY CAN COME IN AND BE PART OF YOUR COMMUNITY. AS PART OF THAT, THEY LIKE CONTRIBUTING BACK TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY'RE PART OF. THEY IN GARLAND ALONE, WE'RE LOOKING AT TWO SITES. I MEAN, THAT'S 4 TO $6 MILLION A SITE. WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $8 MILLION CAPITAL INVESTMENT. AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY LIKE TO GIVE BACK TO THE LOCAL CHARITIES AND SCHOOLS. LAST YEA, THEY GAVE $900,000 AND 80 DIFFERENT GRANTS TO THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND PRIVATE NONPROFIT SCHOOLS THAT WERE IN THE AREAS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY PARTNER WITH OTHER FUNDRAISING ENTITIES LIKE FEEDING AMERICA AND THE CHILDREN OF FALLEN PATRIOTS. AS PART OF THE STORE. THE STORE IS A 4000 SQUARE FOOT STORE, SO TO OPERATE THEM PROVIDE THE GOODS AND SERVICES THEY DO. THEY USUALLY EMPLOY ABOUT 25 TO 30 FULL TIME EMPLOYEES AND THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY'RE PART OF. AND WHAT THEY TRY TO DO IS PULL EMPLOYEES THE BEST THEY CAN FROM THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES, BECAUSE THEY LIKE TO OPERATE UNDER THE MENTALITY THAT WE'RE YOUR SMALL TOWN STORE AND TRY TO HELP MAKE LIFE BETTER AND KNOW YOUR CUSTOMERS NAMES AS THEY COME IN AND OUT, AS THEIR CUSTOMERS THAT ARE COMING IN 2 OR 3 TIMES A DAY. FROM THAT STANDPOINT, FROM A STORE OFFERING SIDE OF IT, YOU KNOW, THEY THEY OFFER YOUR TYPICAL GOODS AND SERVICES YOU SEE IN CONVENIENCE STORES, TRY TO CARRY SOME EXPANDED PRODUCTS. YOUR TYPICAL, YOU KNOW, MILK, DAIRY, EGGS, CHEESE AND STUFF LIKE THAT THAT'S AVAILABLE SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO RUN 20 OR 30 MINUTE ROUND TRIP TO A GROCERY STORE. WHEN YOU GO FIVE TEN MINUTES TO YOUR LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD STORE IN THE CORNER FROM A STORE OFFERING INSIDE THE STORE, THEY OFFER PACKAGED, FRESH MADE FOOD SERVICE AS WELL. THEY DO HOT AND COLD SANDWICHES, ALONG WITH THE BIG THING THAT CASES IS KNOWN FOR IS THEY OFFER A PIZZA. THAT PIZZA PROGRAM THAT THEY HAVE THAT IT'S MADE FROM SCRATCH DOUGH, ALL FRESH INGREDIENTS. THEY MAKE THEM, THEY DO A MORNING PIZZA. THEY MAKE EVERYTHING THAT MORNING FOR LUNCH AND FOR DINNER. THEY'RE ACTUALLY IN SOME PUBLICATIONS, RANKED AS THE FIFTH LARGEST PIZZA CHAIN IN THE COUNTRY. SO IN THE MIDWEST, THEY'RE HIGHLY KNOWN FOR THEIR THEIR PIZZA, WHICH KIND OF HELPS FEED THE PROGRAM INTO THE MENTALITY THAT IT'S KIND OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD STORE FOR KIND OF LOCAL RESIDENTS TO COME IN FROM A STORE PERSPECTIVE, THE STORE CONSTRUCTION TYPE, IT'S A MASONRY STORE WITH ARTICULATION.

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SO WHEN WE CAME IN LOOKING AT YOUR DESIGN GUIDELINES, WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE AN ISSUE MEETING THOSE BECAUSE A LOT OF THEIR CONSTRUCTION TYPES ARE BRICK VENEER. THE DIFFERING HEIGHTS IN THE PARAPETS ALL WERE KIND OF, FOR THE MOST PART, IN LINE WITH YOUR REQUIREMENTS, WHICH I THINK WOULD BE A GOOD. STORE WHEN YOU COME TO THE GATEWAY OF YOUR OF YOUR TOWN FROM THE EAST SIDE. SO FROM THAT STANDPOINT, THEY TRY TO OPERATE ON A BIGGER LOT, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TIGHT TURNS INSIDE THE LOT BETWEEN YOUR CUSTOMERS, AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE WALKING FROM THE FUEL PUMPS TO THE STORE TO GET FOOD, BEVERAGES, WHATEVER THEY MAY BE LOOKING TO PURCHASE INSIDE. SO IT'S A NICE BIG SITE ACROSS THE STREET. I THINK IT WAS MENTIONED THAT THERE'S A CONVENIENCE STORE GAS STATION, WHICH IS A SMALLER BOX 7-ELEVEN. I THINK ONE THING YOU'LL SEE DIFFERENT IS FROM A KC THAT'S COMPANY OWNED AND OPERATED. SO THEY'RE MANAGED BY INTERNAL EMPLOYEES, NOT BY FRANCHISEES, LIKE YOU SEE, WITH A LOT OF 7-ELEVEN AND OTHER MOM AND POP GAS STATION DISTRIBUTORS. SO FROM THAT STANDPOINT, THERE'S A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF CARE. TRY TO KEEP THE SITES CLEAN, OPERABLE FOR CUSTOMERS TO RETURN, AND IT'S THEIR PLACE TO COME SHOP WHEN THEY'RE FIRST THINKING OF GOING TO THE STORE. HAVING SAID THAT, I THINK WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, I THINK TYPICAL CONCERNS ARE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO BEEF UP THE SITE? I THINK BEING THE FIRST THING YOU SEE COMING INTO THE CITY OF GARLAND, I TALKING TO A JUDGE WITH CASES THERE, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY WE CAN LOOK AT ENHANCED LANDSCAPING TO KIND OF TRY TO BEEF UP THE APPEAL OF WHAT THE SITE LOOKS LIKE FROM A STANDPOINT. BEHIND US, WE'VE GOT A CREEK THAT'S BEHIND US, SO IT'S KIND OF A NATURAL BUFFER BEHIND THE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES THAT'S BEHIND US. THAT CREEK HAS TO STAY INTACT. IT'S A IT'S A IT'S A JURISDICTIONAL MODEL. CREEKS AND THERE'S A FLOODPLAIN ASSOCIATED WITH IT. SO WE'RE DEFINITELY STAYING CLEAR OF THE FLOOD FLOODPLAIN. BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE A NATURAL BUFFER THERE AS WELL. AND THEN LOOKING AT SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION TYPES OF BRICKS, THE BRICK HOMES IN THE GENERAL AREA, I THINK FROM AN ARCHITECTURAL STANDPOINT, I THINK YOU'LL SEE THAT THE BUILDING IS PRETTY IN LINE WITH KIND OF WHAT THE ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS AND THE ARCHITECTURAL APPEAL IS OF THE AREA. SO I THINK FROM THAT STANDPOINT, IT BEING THE FIRST THING YOU SEE, I KNOW THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME THINGS YOU COULD DO FROM ENHANCED LANDSCAPING PERSPECTIVE TO KIND OF HELP BEEF UP THAT VISION AND WHAT PEOPLE SEE COMING IN. AND AT THIS POINT, I THINK I'LL LEAVE IT OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU HAD ANYTHING ELSE. AND I'LL ASK YOU TO FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AS WELL. YEP. NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, SIR.

JUDGE WALKER, 1715 GILES STREET AND AUSTIN, TEXAS. AND YEAH, WOULD JUST REITERATE A LOT OF WHAT MARCHESSAULT MENTIONED IS THAT. IT FEELS LIKE THAT ONE OF THE LARGE CONCERNS IS THIS BEING SORT OF A GATEWAY IN AND THINKING OF A TYPICAL CONVENIENCE STORE. I DON'T THINK REALLY DOES, YOU KNOW, CASES JUSTICE. I KNOW NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH OUR BRAND, BUT. IT'S REALLY A MORE OF A HIGHER END AND A CUT ABOVE MOST OF YOUR TYPICAL EXPECTATIONS OF A CONVENIENCE STORE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A FULL KITCHEN INSIDE. AND AS YOU SAID, THE PIZZAS ARE MAJOR PRODUCT. AND WE. THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE ARE IN END UP HAVING ALMOST A CULT LIKE FOLLOWING FOR IT. AND WHEN I TELL PEOPLE I WORK FOR CASEY'S, I SEE A SMILE LIGHT UP ON THEIR FACE AND, YOU KNOW, OH, I'LL, YOU KNOW, AND THEY LOVE TO TALK ABOUT THE PIZZA AND HOW THEY LIKE TO VISIT. AND SO. I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS OF A CONVENIENCE STORE AND A CERTAIN RESPECT. BUT I THINK THINKING OF US AS A TYPICAL CONVENIENCE STORE, I WOULD LIKE TO SHIFT THE MENTALITY OF THAT THOUGHT PROCESS AND HELP YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND WHAT WHAT WE ARE ALL ABOUT. AND I KNOW I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME, BUT THE COMMUNITY ASPECT OF IT ALL REALLY IS A MAJOR PART OF CASEY'S. IN MY TENURE THERE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PAID TIME OFF FOR VOLUNTEER

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WORK. I DON'T THINK YOU SEE THAT VERY OFTEN IN LARGER CORPORATIONS. AND THERE IS EVEN WITHIN CASEY'S, A VERY FAMILY ORIENTED ATMOSPHERE. AND TAKE THAT INTO THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE AS WELL. THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK. THIS FACILITY SERVES 18 WHEELERS. NO.

OKAY. I HAD NEVER HEARD OF CASEY'S, AND I DID A GOOGLE SEARCH. I IT DOES LOOK LIKE A GAS STATION. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU HAVE BRICK AND OTHER THINGS TO ARTICULATIONS. I IT STILL JUST LOOKS LIKE A GAS STATION TO ME. AND THEN ALSO I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE LOW REVIEWS THAT YOU HAVE ON GOOGLE. I JUST THAT'S JUST FROM LOOKING YOU UP. NOTHING ABOUT PIZZA, BUT THE FACILITIES AND VACUUMS. APPARENTLY. I DIDN'T SEE A CAR WASH THERE, BUT I JUST HAVE A HARD TIME, YOU KNOW, IT'S A REALLY LARGE PIECE OF THE CORNER THERE AND RIGHT NEXT TO A NEIGHBORHOOD AND I, I JUST I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING SOMETHING THERE. AND OUR ENTRANCE TO GARLAND. YEAH. I GUESS MY RESPONSE WOULD BE THAT I THINK OUTSIDE OF JUST THE.

ESTHETICALLY PLEASING, YOU KNOW, A BRICK FACADE, I THINK THE INSIDE IS WHAT REALLY SETS US APART FROM HAVING A FULL KITCHEN. AND IF YOU, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SERVING AS MANY PIZZAS AS WHAT A THE STRIP CENTER HAD A DOMINO'S THERE OR ANYTHING ELSE, AND WE WILL EVEN DO DELIVERIES AS WELL. AND SO, YOU KNOW, ADDING THAT ASPECT TO IT, I THINK DOES SET IT APART FROM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PUMPS OUT IN FRONT AND WE CAN'T AVOID THAT IF THAT IS A MAJOR CONCERN. BUT SEEING IT FROM ALMOST MORE OF A RESTAURANT THAT ALSO HAS RETAIL IN IT AS WELL IS MORE OF OUR.

HOW WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE PRESENTING. YEAH, I SAW THAT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE SOME FACILITIES THAT DON'T EVEN HAVE PUMPS, AND YOU JUST HAVE CONVENIENCE STORES THAT. YEAH. AND WE'VE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S STARTING TO EXPLORE THAT MORE AS WELL AND MORE OF A WALKABLE, WALKABLE AREAS AND SAYING IF OUR IF WE CAN HAVE A MODEL THAT FITS THAT. AND SO YES, POTENTIAL TO EXPAND UPON MORE DENSE ENVIRONMENTS, I GET IT. I, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT COUNCIL DECADES AGO FELT THE SAME WAY ABOUT A RACETRACK AT GARLAND. AND 635 I'LL BRING UP THAT INTERSECTION AGAIN. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS THE FIRST THING YOU WANT TO SEE WHEN YOU GET INTO GARLAND, A GAS STATION. THAT'S THAT'S MY BIGGEST CONCERN. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT YOUR FACILITIES ARE NICE AND. THAT'S THAT'S JUST WHERE I STAND. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO ASK IF THIS LOCATION WOULD OFFER DELIVERY FOR PIZZA, BUT YOU ANSWERED THAT WHICH I HAVE BEEN TO THE CASEY'S LOCATION IN BEARDSTOWN, ILLINOIS, WHILE A WHILE BACK, AND IT IS COMPARABLE TO A BUCKY'S. IT IS IT IS GOT THE GROCERY STORE. IT'S GOT THE RETAIL IS IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER. KROGER HAS CHANGED THEIR HOURS. SO THEY CLOSE AT 11:00. SO GOOD LUCK GETTING EGGS OR ANY QUICK GROCERY STORE TYPE THINGS IN THIS ENTIRE CITY AFTER 11:00. I THINK THAT HAVING THAT OPTION IS, IS KIND OF IT'S A POSITIVE, BUT ALSO CASEY'S PIZZA IS A PLUS AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE DELIVERING. SO I THINK THAT'S PRETTY COOL. WE TALK A LOT ABOUT DESTINATIONS, AND I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT BUCKY'S IS A DESTINATION FOR MANY CITIES. SO I COULD SEE THIS BEING SOMETHING THAT WOULD DRAW IN PEOPLE AS WELL. SO I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK THAT IT'S A HORRIBLE IDEA.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. COUNCIL MEMBER BASS. THANK YOU MAYOR. APPRECIATE Y'ALL COMING OUT TONIGHT. I KNOW THAT SOME DISCUSSION WAS HAD WITH STAFF ABOUT THE HAVING THE GAS PUMPS NOT BE IN THE FRONT. HAVE THEM IN THE BACK. CAN YOU ALLUDE TO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHY

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YOU GUYS WEREN'T OPEN TO THAT. YOU KNOW, FROM AN INVESTMENT STANDPOINT YOU HAVE TO ASSUME CERTAIN VOLUMES, BOTH FROM THE INSIDE SALES AND OUTSIDE SALES. AND THERE IS A DETRIMENT THAT YOU YOU TAKE A HIT ON AND YOU THROW IN AN ALL IN DEVELOPMENT COST. AND THERE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS ABOUT THIS TRACK THAT INCREASE THE COST OF THIS PARTICULAR PARCEL. AND TAKING THOSE, YOU WOULD HAVE TO JUST LOWER OUR ASSUMPTIONS ON VOLUMES TO A POINT THAT FEASIBILITY, THE TENSION THERE BECOMES, YOU KNOW, IS PROBLEMATIC FOR US. OKAY. BUT THERE THERE ARE OTHER GAS STATIONS IN THE METROPLEX WHERE THE GAS PUMPS ARE NOT IN THE FOREFRONT. CORRECT. THERE ARE.

YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. AND THEN EVEN AS, AS DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM MENTIONED, YOU GUYS EVEN HAVE SOME THAT SOME LOCATIONS THAT DON'T EVEN HAVE GAS. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. IT'S VERY RARE.

OKAY, OKAY. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT. I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP. OKAY. YEAH. I MEAN, I COULD SAY IF YOU GUYS HAD GONE WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF HAVING THE, YOU KNOW, THE RETAIL IN THE FRONT AND THE GAS PUMPS IN THE BACK. SO THE FIRST THING PEOPLE SEE WHEN THEY PULL INTO OUR CITY ARE GAS PUMPS. YOU KNOW, I'D BE WAVING A BANNER FOR YOU. I DON'T KNOW. OKAY. THANK YOU. NO, NO OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. YES. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT. I WANT TO SAY I WAS RAISED IN OKLAHOMA. I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH CASES.

AND JUST ANECDOTALLY, IF YOU'RE IN OKLAHOMA CITY ON THANKSGIVING EVE AFTER 9:00, THE ONLY FOOD YOU CAN FIND, THE ONLY PLACE OPEN IS CASEY'S PIZZA DELIVERY, WHICH I DID LAST FALL. SO IT SAVED US FROM AFTER A LONG A LONG DRIVE ON ON A HOLIDAY WEEKEND. SO I'VE BEEN IN THESE STORES. THEY ARE MUCH NICER THAN YOUR AVERAGE 7-ELEVEN, YOUR AVERAGE CONVENIENCE STORE THAT WE HAVE HERE. I THINK IT IS A ONE OF THE HIGHER END CHAINS. I WASN'T AWARE OF THE THINGS YOU DO WITH CHARITY AND WITH THE COMMUNITY, SO I THINK THAT'S ADMIRABLE AND COMMENDABLE. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THIS IS IF WE WERE GOING TO PUT ANY GAS STATIONS IN THE CITY OF GARLAND, AND WE WANT TO ATTRACT PEOPLE LIKE CASEY'S TO OUR CITY, THEY THEY HAVE DONE A MARVELOUS JOB.

AND I CAN TELL YOU IN OKLAHOMA CITY ONES, THEY ARE VERY NICE, VERY WELL USED AND WELL RESPECTED. YOU JUST DON'T SEE MUCH NEGATIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. SO THANK YOU SIR, FOR CONSIDERING GARLAND AND I. I HOPE WE'LL APPROVE THIS ONE. THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS.

I'M GLAD WE COULD BE THERE FOR YOUR FAMILY ON THE THANKSGIVING EVE. THANK YOU SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MADAM SECRETARY. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR, WE DO NOT. ALL RIGHT. NO OTHER SPEAKERS.

COUNCILMAN BASS, THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT, SIR. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION? MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US? THAT ITEM PASSES 7 TO 1 WITH DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM LUCK IN OPPOSITION. MOVING ON TO OUR

[f. Consider a request by Carlos Porras, requesting approval of a Specific Use Provision (SUP) for Breweries/Wineries/Distilleries Use. The site is located at 532 Main Street Suite A in District 2.]

NEXT ZONING CASE. THIS IS ITEM 11 F, CONSIDERING A REQUEST BY CARLOS PORRAS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION FOR BREWERIES, WINERIES, DISTILLERIES. USE. THE SITE IS LOCATED AT 532 MAIN STREET, SUITE A IN DISTRICT TWO. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS IS Z 25 DASH 22 AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A SPECIFIC USE PROVISION FOR A BREWERIES, WINERIES AND DISTILLERY DISTILLERIES USE ON PROPERTY ZONED DOWNTOWN DISTRICT IN THE DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT. AS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE ADDRESS IS 532 MAIN STREET SUITE A. THIS

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PROPERTY IS ACTUALLY THE FORMER INFINITI ARCADE SITE THAT YOU ALL MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH, AND IT IS 5000FT■S IN SIZE. AND THIS IS THE SITE DOWNTOWN. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IDENTIFIES THIS AREA AS COMMUNITY CENTERS. COMMUNITY CENTERS. COMMUNITY CENTERS ARE AREAS WITH COMPACT DEVELOPMENT, PRIMARILY NONRESIDENTIAL, SERVING A COLLECTION OF NEIGHBORHOODS.

THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF A MIX OF USES, INCLUDING RETAIL SERVICES, OFFICE USE, MULTIFAMILY, RESIDENTIAL, AND ENTERTAINMENT. THESE ARE PHOTOS OF THE SITE.

SO WE ACTUALLY DO NOT HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE SUP TIME PERIOD GUIDE, BUT THE APPLICANT REQUESTS THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED AND THE PLAN COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH A 30 YEAR TIME PERIOD, AND STAFF CONCURS. SO WITH THIS USE, STAFF FEELS THAT IT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHICH SUPPORTS ENTERTAINMENT USES. SINCE IT IS THE DOWNTOWN AREA. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO DRAW PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC IN THE AREA AND ALLOW OTHER BUSINESSES TO FEED OFF OF THIS ONE AND VICE VERSA, AND TO JUST DRAW THE POPULATION TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

SO THAT'S WHY STAFF SUPPORTS THE REQUEST. SO WE DID SEND OUT 118 LETTERS, AND WE DID RECEIVE FOUR THAT ARE IN FAVOR THAT ARE WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA. WE RECEIVED ONE THAT WAS THAT IS AGAINST THAT IS WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA. AND THEN WE RECEIVED TWO THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE NOTIFICATION AREA THAT ARE IN FAVOR TOTALING SIX. I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT MAY BE HERE. HE CAN GO INTO SOME DETAILS ABOUT THE OPERATIONS THAT WILL ACTUALLY GO ON IN THEIR. IN THEIR LETTER, THEY DID MENTION THAT THEY WOULD HAVE A LIMITED FOOD SERVICE, WINE, ALCOHOL TASTING AND THEN SOME SMALL RETAIL SALES IN THEIR. AND THEN FOR THE RESPONSES WE DID RECEIVE, FOR THE ONES THAT WERE IN SUPPORT, SOME SAID THAT IT WAS A FANTASTIC ADDITION AND IT FULFILLS THE DOWNTOWN VISION. AND THEN OTHER. OTHERS HAD CONCERN ABOUT CONCERNS ABOUT DRUNK DRIVERS. AND STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

VERY GOOD. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. LOOK, WHY DID THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMEND 30 YEAR SEP. YES. SO ACTUALLY THEY HAD THAT DISCUSSION I BELIEVE IN THE APPLICANT CAN CAN CONFIRM THAT THEY HAVE A TEN YEAR LEASE PERIOD AND THEY HAVE TWO OPPORTUNITIES OF FIVE YEARS TO EXTEND. SO THEY TOTALING A MAXIMUM OF 20. IF THEY WANTED TO GIVE THEM LIKE AN EXTRA TEN YEARS TO KIND OF GIVE THEM LIKE A WELCOMING LIKE TO THE CITY AND KIND OF ENCOURAGE THEM TO STAY LONGER IN THE CITY. BUT YEAH, THEY RECOMMENDED 30. THAT'S DISCUSSION. OKAY. BUT THE APPLICANT ISN'T DISTILLING ON THIS PROPERTY. CORRECT. THEY WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE MANUFACTURING ALCOHOL. THEY DID PUT IN THEIR LETTER AND THEY CAN ALLUDE TO THIS MORE THAT THEY WEREN'T ACTUALLY BE INVOLVED IN THE LIKE DISTILLING. BUT THAT IS WHAT THE SEP IS FOR. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF SOMEBODY WERE TO LEAVE SOMEONE COULD DISTILL. BUT THIS APPLICANT WITH A TEN YEAR AND THEN A ANOTHER TEN YEAR LEASE OPTION IS NOT DISTILLING ON THE PROPERTY. YES. CORRECT.

OKAY. I MEAN, I WOULDN'T BE OPPOSED TO HAVING A DISTILLERY THERE. I DON'T THINK THAT WE DON'T THINK THAT OUR OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, DOES OUR ORDINANCE ALLOW FOR A DISTILLERY? AND WHAT ABOUT ALCOHOL SALES FROM A DISTILLERY? ACCORDING TO THE ORDINANCE, PART OF THE CLEANUP ORDINANCE THAT YOU ALL PASSED TONIGHT, EARLIER IN THIS MEETING INVOLVED

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DEFINING A RESTAURANT, CONSIDERING A DISTILLERY, A RESTAURANT USE TO MATCH UP WITH WHAT THE TABC DOES. AND SO YES, THEY CAN GET A TABC PERMIT AND SELL ON PREMISE ALCOHOL AT IT AS LONG AS THEY MEET CERTAIN TABC REQUIREMENTS. I MEAN, I THINK DOWNTOWN IS THE PERFECT PLACE FOR DISTILLERY, SO EVEN IF THEY DID LEAVE, I WOULD BE HAPPY WITH HAVING ANOTHER ONE COME IN AND WOULDD WELCOME THAT, AND WOULDNT WANT AN SP TO GET IN THE WAY OF THAT HAPPENING, ACTUALLY. SO YEAH, WE YES, STAFF'S SUPPORT IS IN SUPPORT OF THE 30 YEARS, BUT WE ORIGINALLY WE DIDN'T HAVE LIKE A TIME PERIOD ON IT. SO IT'S TOUGH TO CITY COUNCIL'S DISCRETION. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF ON THIS ITEM. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. MADAM SECRETARY. IS THE APPLICANT HERE? YES. SHAWN SAUNDERS. SAUNDERS, PLEASE COME UP. YOU'LL HAVE TEN MINUTES.

PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS SHAWN SAUNDERS. I'M HERE WITH LOCKWOOD DISTILLING COMPANY. THANKS, MAYOR. THANKS, COUNCIL. APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE ON THIS LONG DAY. LUCKY LAST OR CLOSE TO LAST AGENDA ITEM. SO I'VE BEEN BENEFICIAL TO KIND OF WATCH YOU GUYS GO THROUGH THIS. I'VE DONE IT WITH A COUPLE CITIES AND VERY IMPRESSED THAT YOU ALL SET UP. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE TIME HERE. I'LL SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LOCKWOOD. JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE'VE STARTED IN 2019 IN RICHARDSON. THAT WAS FIRST LOCATION OCTOBER PANDEMIC HITS COMPLETELY THROWS A WRENCH IN IT. AND WE GET INTO DISTRIBUTION BEFORE WE WANTED TO REALLY WANTED TO BUILD A RETAIL CHANNEL, BUILD A BRAND, GET THE DISTRIBUTION. IT PIVOTED. WE HAD TO USE OUR RETAIL EMPLOYEES TO MANUFACTURE AND KIND OF WORK THE BOTTLING LINE. WE DIDN'T LET ANYONE GO. WE KEPT EVERYONE. IT FUELED OUR GROWTH PROBABLY QUICKER. KIND OF A BLESSING IN DISGUISE AT THAT TIME. IT SPEARHEADED OUR GROWTH. THERE STILL HAVE THAT LOCATION THERE IN RICHARDSON TICK BELT LINE. WE CAN HIT TWO, RIGHT? IT'S A VERY CLOSE BUT NOT CLOSE AT THE SAME TIME. I DON'T KNOW, I FEEL LIKE IT TOO 30 MINUTES TO GET HERE IN THE RAIN, EVEN THOUGH I WAS ON ONE ROAD THE WHOLE WAY. WE OPENED UP IN FORT WORTH 2021. SO WE HAVE A LOCATION OUT THERE AS WELL, AND WE OPENED UP IN DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY IN EARLY 2024. AND THEN MOST RECENTLY, WE MOVED OUR PRODUCTION FACILITY INTO A 20,000 SQUARE FOOT PLANT, USED TO BE THE THUNDERBIRD ROLLER RINK IN RICHARDSON. SO IT HAD THE GOOD BONES FOR IT. SO THAT'S WHERE WE ACTUALLY DO A LOT. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, DEPUTY MAYOR WAS A LOT OF OUR MANUFACTURING IS DONE AT THAT BIGGER WAREHOUSE. WE'VE OUTGROWN THE ABILITY TO DO IT ON SITE. WE USED TO WITH THE MODEL. IT ALLOWS US TO IF WE WANT TO DO SOME SMALL BATCH TYPE, FUND TYPE PROJECTS TO HIGHLIGHT, YOU KNOW, COLLABORATIONS OR JUST FUN SMALL BATCH STUFF IN THE TASTING ROOM. THIS SGP ALLOWS US TO DO THAT, BUT FOR OUR DAY TO DAY WE WILL HEAVILY BE. DOING EVERYTHING YOU SEE AND HAVE AND DRINK. THERE WILL BE SPIRITS THAT ARE MANUFACTURED HERE IN NORTH TEXAS AND THE BOTTLE, THE LABEL WILL SAY AND INCLUDE BOTTLED IN GARLAND. SO THERE'S KIND OF A COOL KEEPSAKE PIECE TO EVERY EVERY DIFFERENT LOCATION YOU SEE. BUT WE'RE MORE THAN THAT. WE'RE MORE THAN THE DISTILLERY.