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          WHO. ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOVE TO DO IS IF YOU REACH OUT. TO. INVITED TO JOIN US, WHETHER YOU DO OR NOT, NO WAY AFFECTS THE DECISIONS OF THIS COMMISSION. TONIGHT, THE PRAYER AND PLEDGE TO BE LED BY COMMISSIONER ABEL. IF YOU WISH, PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU TONIGHT AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF GARLAND. WE ASK FOR YOUR PROTECTION FOR OUR FIRST. FOR FIRST RESPONDERS, BOTH HOME AND ABROAD, AND THAT YOU LOOK AFTER EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US IN OUR DAY TO DAY LIVES. IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. WELL, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO OUR MEETING. LET'S SEE IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK TONIGHT. IF YOU'LL PLEASE FILL OUT ONE OF THESE LITTLE YELLOW SPEAKER CARDS AND HAND IT TO THE PLAN COMMISSION SECRETARY. AND I'LL TRY NOT TO BUMP THOSE IN THE MICROPHONE EITHER. SO. AND THEN WE CAN CALL YOUR NAME OUT. APPLICANTS WILL BE GIVEN 15 MINUTES TO PRESENT THEIR CASE. OTHER SPEAKERS WE ALLOW THREE MINUTES. IF YOU'RE SPEAKING FOR A GROUP SUCH AS A HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION, WE DEFINITELY ALLOW MORE. AND THEN AFTER ALL, THE TESTIMONY OF PUBLIC WILL ASK THE APPLICANT TO COME BACK UP IF THEY WISH TO ADDRESS ANY ISSUES. ALL RIGHTY. AND WE DO NEED YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS IN THE MICROPHONE FOR THE OFFICIAL RECORDS. SO TONIGHT'S MEETING WILL BE RATHER SHORT. ITEM ONE. A CONSIDER CONSIDERATION OF THE 
          [a. September 28, 2026 Plan Commission Minutes]
MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2026. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES. COMMISSIONER ABEL, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED. AND COMMISSIONER DALTON, I TAKE IT YOU'RE SECONDING. SECOND. ALRIGHTY. WE HAVE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ABEL AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DALTON TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. 
          YEAH. GO AHEAD AND HIT IT AGAIN. ALRIGHTY. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ALRIGHTY. 
          SECOND ITEM. AND OUR ONLY PUBLIC HEARING OF TONIGHT IS ITEM TWO. A HOLD A PUBLIC 
          [a. Z 26-33 Pilar Funeral Home (District 2)]
HEARING AND CONSIDER THE APPLICATION OF MILLER FUNERAL HOME REQUESTING APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT PD 09-53 TO ALLOW AN ACCESSORY BUILDING FOR THE EXISTIN MORTUARY, FUNERAL HOME USE AND ASSOCIATED CONCEPT PLAN. THE SITE IS LOCATED AT 650 WEST AVENUE D. GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONER, CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS. THIS IS KALYAN PLANNER WITH THE CITY. AS MENTIONED, THIS CASE IS TO. THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST IS TO AMEND THE PD TO ALLOW AN ACCESSORY STORAGE FOR THE EXISTING MATERIAL OR FUNERAL HOME AND THE ASSOCIATED CONCEPT PLAN. THE LOCATION IS 650 WEST AVENUE D. IT IS ZONED, PLANNED. PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 90935 AND DOWNTOWN DISTRICT. BOTH. THE ENTIRE PROPERTY WAS ORIGINALLY COVERED BY PD, WHICH CONTINUES TO GOVERN ITS DEVELOPMENT. THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUEST IS TO PROVIDE ENCLOSED STORAGE FOR METAL, FLOWERS, DISPLAYS AND OTHER ITEMS USED IN FUNERAL HOMES. EXISTING OPERATIONS. THE PROPOSED ACCESSORY BUILDING IS NOT CURRENTLY AUTHORIZED UNDER THE EXISTING PD, WHICH IS WHY THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THIS AMENDMENT. HERE IS THE LOCATION MAP. YOU CAN SEE THE MORE LIKE A SPLIT ZONING OF A PROPERTIES SPLIT ZONED WITH A DOWNTOWN DISTRICT AND ALSO THE PD. 935 TO THE NORTH, THERE IS A FIRST BAPTIST GARLAND FACILITIES BUILDING ZONED DOWNTOWN DISTRICT, WHILE THE PROPERTIES TO THE WEST CONTAIN BUILDINGS AND PARKING AREAS WITH. AND ALSO PLAYING FIELD TO THE SOUTHWEST. THE RAILROAD RUNS ALONG THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST SIDES OF THE PROPERTY, WITH VACANT LAND BEHIND IT. THE. THE FUTURE LAND USE FOR. FOR THIS SUBJECT, PROPERTY IS. 
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IDENTIFIES AS COMPACT NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH ENCOURAGES RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG WITH COMPATIBLE SUPPORTING SERVICES. ALTHOUGH THE PROPOSAL DOES NOT. DOES NOT ADD RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, IT SUPPORTS. IT SUPPORTS ESTABLISHED SERVICE USE WITH A LIMITED ACCESSORY BUILDING AND ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING. THE PROPERTY IS ALSO WITHIN DOWNTOWN ECONOMIC FOCUS AREA, IDENTIFIED IN THE CITY'S ADOPTED STRATEGIC PLAN. THE STRATEGIC PLAN ENCOURAGES TARGETED REDEVELOPMENT AND REINVESTMENT WITHIN DOWNTOWN, INCLUDING STRATEGIES FOR ADDITIONAL HOUSING AND MORE INTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT. IN THIS CASE, THE PROPOSED ENCLOSED STORAGE AND ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING REPRESENT REINVESTMENT IN AN EXISTING BUILDING BUSINESS. THESE IMPROVEMENTS WOULD ENHANCE THE PROPERTY'S FUNCTIONALITY AND APPEARANCE, AND ARE EXPECTED TO CONTRIBUTE POSITIVELY TO ITS VALUE. HERE ARE SOME SIDE PICTURES TAKEN FROM FROM INSIDE THE PROPERTY AND ALSO FROM THE OUTSIDE. THE CONCEPT PLAN HERE IS THE CONCEPT PLAN. THE RED BORDER SHOWS THE PROPOSED ACCESSORY BUILDING ON THE WEST SIDE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY BEHIND THE DUMPSTER, EXISTING DUMPSTER LOCATION AND THE NORTH SIDE IN THE GREEN RECTANGLE SHOWS THE PROPOSED LANDSCAPING AREAS. THOSE ARE MORE LIKE. SHRUBS ARE NOT ANY MAJOR CANOPY TREES. THE PROPOSED PLAN DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHES THREE MAIN CONDITIONS. FIRST ONE IS THE ACCESSORY, THE PROPOSED ACCESSORY STORAGE BUILDING WITH A MAXIMUM FLOOR AREA OF 450 SQUARE FOOT. A SECOND WOULD BE THE HEIGHT, WHICH IS LIMITED TO 15FT, AND THE LANDSCAPING. AS MENTIONED, WOULD INCLUDE CONTINUOUS SHRUBS WITH 48 INCH HIGH MINIMUM, FIVE GALLON SHRUB SIZE AND A SPACE OF 36IN ON CENTER. THE EXISTING LANDSCAPING WOULD REMAIN SAME AND WOULD FOLLOW THE APPROVED CONCEPT PLAN. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT TO PD 935 TO ALLOW AN ACCESSORY BUILDING FOR THE EXISTING MORTUARY, MORTUARY OR FUNERAL HOME, AND ALSO THE ASSOCIATED CONCEPT PLAN WITH THE CONDITIONS AS. PRESENTED EARLIER. STAFF HAS MADE A TOTAL OF 68 NOTICES TO THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS. WE RECEIVED NO RESPONSES WITH THIS. I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS BEFORE WE HAVE QUESTIONS. FOR THE RECORD, LET ME NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER TREVIZO IS RECUSING HERSELF FROM THIS ITEM. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? YES. COMMISSIONER DUCKWORTH AND THEN COMMISSIONER JENKINS. THANK YOU, MISTER CHAIR. DID YOU GO BACK TO THE SITE PLAN, PLEASE? YES. THIS IS A QUESTION. JUST TO CLARIFY, THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT BLOCKS ON HERE. PROPOSED STORAGE ADDITION. AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER PROPOSED ACCESSORY BUILDING, WHICH. SO I THINK THAT FOR THE OWNER LET'S MAKE SURE WE GOT THE RIGHT ONE. YEAH. THIS IS THE RIGHT ONE. THE ONLY THING IS THAT THEY HAVE USED THE OLDER CONCEPT PLAN FROM ONE OF THE PREVIOUS ZONING CASES WHERE THEY TRIED TO GET THE ADDITION STORAGE ON THE SOUTH SIDE, WHICH WHICH YOU WERE ABLE TO SEE IN THE PROPOSED STORAGE ADDITION. IS THAT THE CORRECT THE ONE ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER IS THE CORRECT ONE. PROPOSED ACCESSORY BUILDING. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER JENKINS. THANK YOU. 
          MR. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. GOOD EVENING SIR. TWO QUESTIONS. FIRST, DO WE KNOW OR HAVE A SENSE ABOUT THE PROPOSED USE? I KNOW IT'S A IT'S A WOOD SHED. I SUPPOSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE CONDUCTING BUSINESS OPERATIONS IN A WOOD SHED. SO ARE THEY JUST USING IT TO STORE LANDSCAPING EQUIPMENT? IS THAT THE IDEA? EXACTLY, YEAH. IT'S SOLELY FOR THE STORAGE PURPOSES. 
          THANK YOU. THE LAST QUESTION IS RELATED TO THE LANDSCAPING. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE WILLING TO IMPROVE THE SITE BY INCLUDING SOME BUSHES OR SHRUBBERY. YES. WAS THE SPECIFIC TYPE OF SUGARY SHRUBBERY PROPOSED BY THE APPLICANT, OR DID WE PROPOSE IT WAS PROPOSED BY THE APPLICANT. 
          WE JUST GAVE HIM THE RECOMMENDATION TO PROVIDE SOME LANDSCAPING ENHANCEMENTS. BUT THE THE EXACT IDEA WAS THE APPLICANT'S PLAN. SO TO CLARIFY, IN THE PD CONDITIONS, WE'RE 
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GOING TO TAKE OUT THE THE SPECIES NAME. WE'RE JUST GOING TO ESTABLISH THE HEIGHT AND THE SIZE OF THE SHRUB. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALRIGHTY. ANY NO OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. CHARLES. VOID. NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. CHARLES. VOID. CHAIR. MONK, MR. MONK AND VOID 1200 WEST STATE STREET, GARLAND, TEXAS 75040. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THAT, NATURALLY. AND I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I WOULD APPRECIATE THEM. TRY TO ANSWER THEM FOR YOU. THANK YOU ALREADY. ANY QUESTIONS? I SEE NONE. YOU OBVIOUSLY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB PRESENTING. THANK YOU. THE ONLY SPEAKER CARD I HAVE. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THIS CASE SEEING NONE. COMMISSIONERS. MOTION DISCUSSION. COMMISSIONER JENKINS. MR. CHAIR, MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING AND RECOMMEND APPROVAL BASED ON STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. COMMISSIONER DUCKWORTH, SECONDING THAT MOTION. MOTION. 
          ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER JENKINS AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DUCKWORTH TO APPROVE THIS APPLICATION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, YOU'RE READY TO VOTE. OKAY. FOR APPROVAL. 
          AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM ON 
          [a. Election of Officers]
OUR AGENDA IS THREE A ELECTION OF OFFICERS EACH YEAR. ABOUT THIS TIME, THE COMMISSION ELECTS OFFICERS, OFFICER, CHAIRMAN, FIRST VICE CHAIRMAN AND SECOND VICE CHAIRMAN. 
          CURRENT OFFICERS ARE. COMMISSIONER ROBERTS IS CHAIRMAN. COMMISSIONER JENKINS IS FIRST VICE CHAIRMAN, AND COMMISSIONER DALTON IS SECOND VICE CHAIR. SO AT THIS TIME, WE'LL TAKE ANY MOTIONS, WHETHER SINGLY OR AS A GROUP, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO. COMMISSIONER ABEL. I WAS GOING TO START WITH ASKING IF THERE WAS ANYBODY ELSE THAT THOUGHT WE SHOULD CHANGE ANYTHING, OR IF WE WANTED TO STAY EXACTLY THE SAME AS WE HAVE. I LIKE IT AS IT SITS. I THINK EVERYBODY HERE DOES A GREAT JOB, AND I THINK THAT I LIKE THE WAY WE'RE SETTING. SO IF THERE'S A MOTION TO LEAVE IT THE SAME, I'LL OBVIOUSLY SUPPORT COMMISSIONER JENKINS. DID YOU CHIME IN? ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT HE MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN, YOU KNOW, HE'S HE'S VOICED SUPPORT FOR CONTINUING SLATE. THAT'S BEEN CONSISTENT. BUT OF COURSE, IF THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTED ITSELF, HE CERTAINLY. WELCOME TO TO JOIN US UP HERE. I APPRECIATE THAT. I WOULD LOVE IT, BUT I AM NOT GOING TO WHERE WE ARE. YOU DO A GREAT JOB, SIR. 
          YOU'RE A VICTIM OF YOUR OWN SUCCESS. ALL RIGHT. ARE THERE ANY NOMINATIONS? CHAIRMAN ROBERTS, FOR SLATE FOR TO CONTINUE AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMISSION. OKAY. I GUESS WE CAN DO THESE ONE AT A TIME IF WE WANT ANY. ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR CHAIRMAN? SEEING NONE. AND OKAY. SO, MADAM SECRETARY, HOW DO YOU WANT TO DO THIS AS A REGULAR MOTION? AND SECOND, AND VOTE BY. I, I UNDERSTAND THE PREFERENCE WOULD BE FOR A WHOLE SLATE. IS THERE ANYBODY WANTING TO TALK ABOUT THE FIRST VICE CHAIR? SECOND VICE CHAIR, WHAT DO THEY WANT TO DO ANYWAY? SO YEAH. I'LL GIVE YOU THE MOTION AS WELL. WE'LL DO THAT. YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND WELL, IT'S NOMINATIONS AND THEN WE VOTE ON NOMINATIONS. OKAY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE MR. ROBERTS CHAIR, MR. JENKINS, AS VICE CHAIR. MR. DALTON IS SECOND VICE CHAIR. YOU CAN'T HIDE. YOU ALL ACCEPT THESE SENTENCES. I MEAN, THESE POSITIONS. OKAY. 
          ALRIGHTY. WE HAVE ARE THERE ANY MORE NOMINATIONS? SEEING NONE. NOW, DO YOU NEED US TO HAVE A 
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MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THIS WITH FOR THE SOFTWARE? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. COMMISSIONER ABEL MADE THE MOTION, AND COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER LUCIDO IS SECONDING. ALL RIGHT. 
          THE MOTION IS FOR THE SLATE OF OFFICERS TO BE CHAIRMAN. COMMISSIONER ROBERTS, FIRST VICE CHAIR, COMMISSIONER JENKINS, AND SECOND VICE CHAIR. COMMISSIONER. CORRECT. TRYING TO THROW ME THERE. 
          ROBERTS. PARDON? OKAY. THANK YOU. OH, IT DIDN'T IT DIDN'T SHOW UP. OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. BOTH PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AGAIN, AS IN THE PAST. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE AND SUPPORT. AND I'LL STRIVE TO DO THE BEST I CAN. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL REALIZE, YOU KNOW, I. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I COULDN'T DO THIS WITHOUT THE COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF. AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE PUBLIC THAT COMES DOWN AND SPEAK IN THE APPLICANT. SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT. AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THIS STARTS MY 20TH YEAR AS CHAIRMAN HERE. 
          YEAH. THANK YOU KNOW, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 646 OUR NEXT MEETING IS OCTOBER 2
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.