YES, SIR. WE'LL CALL THE 7:15 MEETING TO ORDER.
[CALL TO ORDER]
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THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW RECESS TO THE CITY CONFERENCE ROOM.[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE ROOM TO CONDUCT A CLOSED SESSION UNDER A REAL PROPERTY RELATIVE TO THE LIBERATION OF THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE SALE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER SECTION 551.072 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND B CONFERENCE WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND STAFF TO DISCUSS DELIBERATE COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM BUSINESS PROSPECTS.THE CITY SEEKS TO HAVE, LOCATE, STAY OR EXPAND IN THE CITY AND DELIBERATE THE OFFER OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVE UNDER SECTION 551.087 AND WILL OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
AND WE'LL RECONVENE HERE IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES TO TAKE ANY NECESSARY ACTION.
FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT BEGAN ABOUT 15 MINUTES AGO.
MR. RUMBELOW. ANY ACTION OF THE COUNCIL? YES YOUR HONOR.
WE WOULD REQUEST A MOTION TO APPROVE A LEASE WITH THE DEACON FAMILY CONSISTENT WITH OUR DISCUSSIONS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE SAME AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTS AND TO TAKE ALL OTHER NECESSARY ACTION.
I'LL MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND.
THAT COMPLETES THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[2. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance: Commissioner Jason Parker]
FATHER, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE.LORD, WE DON'T WANT TO FORGET JUST WHAT IT TAKES TO TO MAKE THE HEART OF THIS COMMUNITY BEAT.
WE ASK YOU TO DO ALL THESE THINGS IN YOUR NAME.
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.
WELCOME YOU TO OUR MEETING TONIGHT.
AND AFTER THAT, WE WILL SEPARATE IN SEPARATE MEETINGS.
THE PROCEDURE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL WE WILL OPEN EACH PUBLIC HEARING.
WE'LL ASK OUR STAFF TO INTRODUCE THE REQUEST.
THE APPLICANT WILL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A PRESENTATION.
ANY GUESTS PRESENT THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THE APPLICATION NEEDS TO REGISTER WITH MISS BROOKS SO WE HAVE A RECORD OF YOUR PARTICIPATION, AND AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED, WE WILL OPEN THE NEXT ONE UNTIL WE GET THROUGH AND THEN WE WILL SEPARATE THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION WILL EVALUATE THE REQUEST AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL.
SO YOU'RE INVITED TO BE A PART OF YOUR GOVERNMENT TONIGHT.
WE'LL BEGIN BY OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING ON CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
[3. Conditional Use Permit CU22-54 (Crush-It Sports) – City Council and Planning and Zoning Commission to conduct a public hearing relative to an application submitted by Duncan Kim requesting a conditional use permit to amend the previously approved site plan CU19-30 (Ordinance No. 2019-071) for a planned commercial center. This request is specifically to allow for the possession, storage, retail sales and on- and off-premise consumption of alcoholic beverages (beer, wine, and mixed beverages) and an expansion in conjunction with an existing restaurant. The subject property is located at 401 West State Highway 114 and is currently zoned “CC”, Community Commercial District. ]
CU22-54.THIS REQUEST BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO AMEND THE PLANNED COMMERCIAL CENTER FOR AN EXISTING RESTAURANT, CRUSH-IT SPORTS SPECIFICALLY TO ALLOW A 3,800FT² BUILDING EXPANSION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE EXISTING RESTAURANT THAT STORES SELLS AND SERVES ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, BEER, WINE AND MIXED BEVERAGES.
THE SITE FEATURES AN EXISTING 8,070FT² RESTAURANT WITH SIX GOLF SIMULATORS.
THE PROPOSAL FOR THE 80 EXCUSE ME, 3,800FT²T EXPANSION TO THE REAR OF THE EXISTING RESTAURANT IS TO ACCOMMODATE THREE ADDITIONAL GOLF SIMULATORS, SEVEN SKILL OR COIN OPERATED MACHINES, AND ADDITIONAL SEATING FOR A TOTAL BUILDING AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 11,870FT².
114 PARKING SPACES ARE REQUIRED AND 117 ARE PROVIDED.
NO OTHER CHANGES ARE PROPOSED WITH THIS BUILDING EXPANSION TO PARKING SIGNAGE OR ACCESS TO THE SITE.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE, MR. MIKE SPEETS, IS HERE THIS EVENING TO PRESENT TO YOU AND TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE COMMISSION AND COUNCIL MAY HAVE.
I'M THE OWNER OF CRUSH-IT SPORTS.
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SO TO ADD TO THE GREAT INTRODUCTION AND THANK YOU FOR THAT, I WANTED TO KIND OF STEP BACK AND TALK ABOUT THE STATE OF THE UNION OF MY CURRENT BUSINESS.I THINK OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, I'VE WORKED REALLY HARD TO DEVELOP A REPUTATION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT'S POSITIVE, CONTRIBUTING TO CHARITIES AND NONPROFITS, AS WELL AS THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND SPORTS TEAMS OF THE AREA.
I THINK I'M KNOWN AS A FUN PLACE TO GO DO SPORTS SIMULATIONS.
WE HAVE GREAT SERVICE, GOOD FOOD AND GOOD DRINKS AND OVERALL A NICE AMBIANCE.
BUT WE, YOU KNOW, THREE YEARS INTO IT, I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S ENOUGH.
YOU HAVE CHICKEN AND PICKLE, RECENTLY WE HAVE EVO.
WE HAVE MANY OTHER ONES THAT ARE NOW SEEING THE SIMULATOR BUSINESS DOING WELL AND OPENING THEIR OWN SIMULATOR LOUNGES, NOT IN GRAPEVINE BUT IN THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, WHICH WILL IMPACT MY BUSINESS.
SO I NEED TO KEEP THAT INTO ACCOUNT.
AND I THINK ALSO WHEN I FIRST PURCHASED THIS BUILDING, I KNEW THAT IT HAD POTENTIAL FOR GROWTH.
SO IT'D BE A NICE WAY TO KIND OF PROVE THE CONCEPT AND THEN TAKE THE NEXT STEP FORWARD.
WHAT I CALL 2.0 VERSUS THE 1.0, I'D LIKE TO SPEND AROUND $1.5 MILLION OF MY OWN MONEY.
I HAVE NO INVESTORS TO ACTUALLY TRANSFORM THIS INTO A MULTI ATTRACTION VENUE WHERE I CAN NOT ONLY CAPTURE MORE DOLLARS FROM CUSTOMERS THAT ARE ALREADY ON ON SITE HAVING FUN, BUT ALSO BRINGING IN LARGER EVENTS.
SO I THINK TAKING THOSE THINGS INTO ACCOUNT AND TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THAT THE BUILDING DOES THE LAND DOES SUPPORT A LARGER BUILDING, IT MAKES SENSE FROM A BUSINESS STANDPOINT AND HONESTLY, FROM A CITY OF GRAPEVINE STANDPOINT, I'M EXPECTING TO DOUBLE MY SALES IF ALL GOES WELL, WHICH WOULD DOUBLE SALES TAX REVENUES.
AND AS A LOT OF MY EMPLOYEES WOULD LOVE TO, IS THAT I'VE BEEN PROMISING FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IS A NICE RAISES SO YOU KNOW BIGGER BUSINESS THEY CAN MANAGE A BIGGER OPERATION. I CAN GIVE THEM MORE MONEY.
SO FINALLY, THE ATTRACTION OVERVIEW.
IT'S A NEW MARKET WHERE IT ACTUALLY PITCHES AT YOU AND YOU'RE HITTING SO YOU COULD PLAY WITH YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR FRIENDS A SIMULATED COUPLE OF INNINGS OF BASEBALL, WHICH WOULD DEFINITELY SET GRAPEVINE APART BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING ELSE LIKE THAT AROUND THE AREA.
AND AS WAS STATED EARLIER, JUST A FEW SPORTS RELATED ARCADES, COIN OPERATED ARCADES, JUST TO KIND OF SUPPLEMENT ADDITIONAL FUND FOR SOMEBODY THAT MIGHT NOT WANT TO DO THE GOLF OR THE BASEBALL SIMULATORS AND A COUPLE LITTLE SEATING AREAS WHERE PEOPLE COULD HANG OUT.
ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? YOU ALL RIGHT? NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.
YOU WERE GENEROUS DURING THE PANDEMIC TO LOCAL CHARITIES.
AND I REALLY ADMIRE AND RESPECT THAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE SO FAR.
ANYBODY ELSE? NO, SIR. ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK? NO, YOUR HONOR. ANY CORRESPONDENCE? NO, YOUR HONOR. ALL RIGHT. DOES THE APPLICANT HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER? ALL RIGHT, MADAM CHAIRMAN.
OKAY. WE NEED A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
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MOTION TO CLOSE. SECOND.ALL IN FAVOR? THE COMMISSION IS CLOSED IN MOTION FROM THE COUNCIL.
ALL RIGHT. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN ON CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS CU22-61.
[4. Conditional Use Permit CU22-61 (Firebird’s Wood Fired Grill) and Final Plat of Lots 3R1 and 3R2, Block 1, Payton-Wright Addition – City Council and Planning and Zoning Commission to conduct a public hearing relative to an application submitted by ClayMoore Engineering requesting a conditional use permit to amend the previously approved planned commercial center. This request is specifically for a 6,341 square foot restaurant to allow for the possession, storage, retail sale, and on- and off-premise consumption of alcoholic beverages (beer, wine, and mixed beverages), outdoor dining, outdoor speakers and a 40-foot pole sign; and a replat of Lot 3R, Block 1R, Payton-Wright Addition. The subject property is located at 450 West State Highway 114 and is currently zoned “HC”, Highway Commercial District.]
THIS CONDITION OF LOTS 3R1 AND 3R2 BLOCK 1 OF THE PAYTON-WRIGHT ADDITION.OKAY, THIS CONDITIONAL USE REQUEST IS FOR FIREBIRDS WOOD FIRE GRILL, WHICH IS A PROPOSED RESTAURANT.
THE REQUEST IS SPECIFICALLY TO AMEND THE PLANNED COMMERCIAL CENTER AND TO ALLOW FOR A 6,300FT² RESTAURANT WITH THE POSSESSION, STORAGE RETAIL SALE ON AND OFF PREMISE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, OUTDOOR DINING, OUTDOOR SPEAKERS AND A 40 FOOT POLE SIGN ASSOCIATED WITH THE RESTAURANT.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS PRESENTLY ZONED HC OR HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND PROPOSED TO BE REPLATTED INTO LOT 3R2 BLOCK 1 R PAYTON-WRIGHT ADDITION. THIS IS THE FOURTH RESTAURANT REQUESTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS PLANNED COMMERCIAL CENTER.
IT INCLUDES RESTAURANTS, ROCK AND BREWS TO THE WEST OF THE PROPOSED RESTAURANT VELVET TACO, WHICH WOULD BE TO THE SOUTH IN FRONT OF IT ALONG THE STATE HIGHWAY 114 FRONTAGE ROAD.
THE RESTAURANT WILL CONSIST OF 6,300FT², FEATURING A 665FT² OUTDOOR DINING AREA.
APPROXIMATELY 229 SEATS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PATRONS 192 OF THOSE SEATS WITHIN THE BUILDING AND 37 OF THOSE SEATS OUTSIDE WITHIN A PATIO DINING AREA ALONG THE SOUTH ELEVATION, WHICH WOULD BE ADJACENT TO THE VELVET TACO TO THE SOUTH.
WITHIN THAT PATIO DINING AREA, ARE EIGHT PROPOSED RECESSED OUTDOOR SPEAKERS, WHICH WOULD BE AWAY FROM THE EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION THAT IS IMMEDIATELY TO THE NORTH. SO THAT WOULD FACE SOUTH TOWARDS THE VELVET TACO, THE BACK END OF THE VELVET TACO.
THE APPLICANT IS ALSO PROPOSING ONE 40 FOOT POLE SIGN ALONG THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF THE SITE ADJACENT TO STATE HIGHWAY 114 FRONTAGE. 98 PARKING SPACES ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS PROPOSED RESTAURANT, AND 100 PARKING SPACES ARE PROVIDED.
ACCESS TO THE SITE WILL CONTINUE TO BE FROM CROSS ACCESS EASEMENTS TO THE WEST AND TO THE SOUTH AND WITHIN EXISTING DRIVEWAYS THAT ARE CONSTRUCTED ALONG THE FRONTAGE ROAD OF THE STATE HIGHWAY. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE, MR. CLAY CHRISTY, IS HERE THIS EVENING TO PRESENT AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL AND COMMISSION MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ONE.
CLAY CHRISTY, 1903 CENTRAL DRIVE, BEDFORD, TEXAS.
SHE GAVE A GREAT KIND OF OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, BUT WE HAVE A 6300FT² RESTAURANT THAT IS GOING TO GO IN JUST RIGHT BEHIND THE VELVET TACO IS IS WHAT WE ARE. IT'S GOING TO BE SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE PAST.
AND THEN BETWEEN THE BOTH OF US WE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS MAY HAVE.
SO FIREBIRDS IN GENERAL, THE OVERALL CONCEPT IS REALLY THIS IS KIND OF A POLISHED CASUAL CONCEPT.
SO I KNOW ONE OF THE BIG CONCERNS THAT I UNDERSTAND IS IS NOISE WITH THE OUTSIDE SPEAKERS, THE VOLUME AND THE NOISE IS REALLY NOT INTENDED TO BE ANYTHING MORE THAN JUST A PART OF THE GENERAL AMBIANCE OF THE RESTAURANT.
THIS IS INTENDED TO AGAIN, BE SORT OF AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE IT'S IT'S NOT NECESSARILY UPSCALE UPSCALE, BUT IT'S, LIKE I SAID, SORT OF POLISHED CASUAL WHERE YOU CAN GO AND YOU CAN ENJOY WE WANT THE THE ENVIRONMENT, THE MUSIC, EVERYTHING OVERALL TO JUST BE BLENDED IN AS A PART OF THE OVERALL EXPERIENCE.
UM, THE CONCEPT OF IS IS FIREBIRDS IS A WOOD FIRED GRILL.
SO IT'S REALLY A, A SORT OF REFINED, ALMOST INDUSTRIAL LOOK.
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THERE'S, YOU KNOW, BLACK BRICK, THERE'S A LOT OF FIRE FEATURES.AND, AND REALLY OVERALL, THE, THE IDEA IS THAT THE DINING AREA IS INCORPORATED THE BAR AND LOUNGE ALMOST BRING IN THE DINING AREA AS A PART OF IT.
AND THEN THE EXTERIOR PATIO BRINGS IN THE BAR AS A PART OF THAT.
SO IT'S IT'S COHESIVE AND IT'S NOT INTENDED TO BE NECESSARILY A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE BETWEEN THE BAR AND THE DINING ROOM IN TERMS OF THE THE SERVICE AND THE AMBIANCE AND THE FOOD AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
JUST MAYBE A DIFFERENT ATMOSPHERE DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS YOU'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THAT.
SO YEAH, I MEAN, WE'RE EXCITED TO, TO DEVELOP AND, AND BRING THAT HERE TO, TO GRAPEVINE.
ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ANSWER FOR ANYONE? MADAM CHAIRMAN, YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WHY DON'T YOU TELL US ABOUT YOUR OPERATING HOURS? OPERATING HOURS ARE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY OR I'M SORRY, SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ARE 11 TO 10 P.M..
AND THEN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ARE 11 TO 11 P.M..
ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'VE GOT A QUESTION ABOUT THE SPEAKERS.
SO THEY'RE BASICALLY THEY'RE IN THE CEILING, RIGHT? OR THEY ARE.
CORRECT. AND THEN THOSE SPEAKERS, AGAIN, ARE NOT AGAINST THE RESIDENTIAL AREA.
THE PATIO IS SOUTH FACING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING FROM THE RESIDENTIAL AREA.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IS THE PATIO ON THE FRONT? ON THE HIGHWAY SIDE OR THE BACK? THE HIGHWAY SIDE? IT'S THE HIGHWAY SIDE. YES.
YES. YOU'RE BACKING UP TO A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
SO WE HAVE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT LIGHTING AND SPEAKERS.
SO WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO NOT LIGHT UP YOUR NEIGHBOR'S YARDS? THE LIGHTING DESIGN REALLY IS INTENDED TO LIGHT AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S FOCUSED ON THE PARKING AND THE THE AREA OF FIREBIRD.
CERTAINLY WE WANT IT TO BE SAFE FOR FOR CUSTOMERS.
YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY GO TO THEIR CAR AND THEY THEY PARK BACK AND WHATNOT.
HOW FAR TO YOUR NORTH PROPERTY LINE ARE YOU HAVING LIGHTS? YOU CAN'T I MEAN THIS PLATS TOO SMALL TO READ ANYTHING.
SO THIS ONE MIGHT BE MR. MAYOR MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE SUITED ON MY END SINCE WE ARE PART OF THE DEAL.
WE DO ON ALL THE NORTHERN PROPERTY LINES HAVE ZERO FOOT CANDLES AT THE PROPERTY LINE.
ANOTHER BENEFICIAL IS THAT THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL IN THIS AREA IS ELEVATED HIGHER.
SO WE HAVE A NINE FOOT SCREENING FENCE ON TOP OF THAT.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE UP ON A HILL BROADCASTING LIGHT.
IT'LL BE THE OTHER WAY AROUND. THE RESIDENCES ARE UP HERE AND WE'RE A LITTLE BIT LOWER.
SO THEY'RE NOT SHINING BACK TOWARDS THE RESIDENCES.
SO THE POLES ARE AT THE PROPERTY LINE OR AT THE BACK OF THE PARKING STALLS ON THAT NORTHERN END.
BUT THEY ARE PROJECTING BACK TOWARDS THE RESTAURANT, NOT PROJECTING TOWARD THE RESIDENTIAL.
SO. SO WHY DO YOU NEED SPEAKERS? PARDON ME? WHY DO YOU NEED SPEAKERS? 37 TABLES OUT THERE.
I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THAT, BUT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE SPEAKERS.
SURE. SO AGAIN, THE OVERALL CONCEPT IS THAT THE THE EXPERIENCE ON THE PATIO ISN'T NECESSARILY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU HAVE IN THE LOUNGE AND THE BAR AND FROM THE DINING.
IT'S IT'S A WAY OF CREATING THAT THAT AMBIANCE AND ENVIRONMENT.
IF YOU HAD TO TRADE THE PATIO, I'M SORRY YOU HAD TO GIVE UP THE PATIO.
IF YOU COULDN'T GIVE UP THE SPEAKERS, HOW WOULD YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT? THAT WOULD BE A WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SERIOUS CONSIDERATION WITH THAT I CAN'T SUPPORT THE SPEAKERS, SO I CAN SUPPORT THE PATIO.
WHICH WAY DO YOU WANT TO GO FOR MY VOTE? I UNDERSTAND, WE NEED TO HAVE THE PATIO.
I MEAN, THE PATIO, WE DO ACTUALLY SPEND QUITE A BIT IN THE PATIO AREA SO THAT IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT, INTEGRAL PART OF, LIKE I SAID, THE OVERALL DINING EXPERIENCE AND WITH THE SPEAKERS WITH THE VOLUME.
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WE WANT THE VOLUME OF THIS AND THE ENVIRONMENT OF THIS TO BE A PART OF.SURE. I'VE HEARD IT BEFORE, BUT I KNOW HOW SOUND TRAVELS.
SO, YOU KNOW, NO SPEAKERS FOR ME THAT CLOSE TO A RESIDENTIAL AREA.
MS. MAROHNIC. ARE YOU SATISFIED THAT THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE LIGHT IN THE BACKYARD OF THE RESIDENTIAL? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT.
WHILE YOU'RE UP THERE, ERICA, I HAVE A QUESTION WHILE YOU'RE STILL UP THERE.
I CAN'T REMEMBER AND MAYBE YOU CAN REMIND ME BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAD SOME CONVERSATION.
WE INITIALLY APPROVED THIS PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
CORRECT. FOUR TOTAL POLE SIGNS AT THIS TIME.
OKAY. AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE APPROVED TWO.
SO THIS WOULD DEFINITELY BE THE LAST ONE THAT WOULD GO ON THAT PROPERTY.
I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT.
THEY WILL NEED TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY WILL COME BACK TO YOU AND ASK FOR A FIFTH, WHETHER THEY WILL NOT HAVE ONE AND GO WITH A MONUMENT SIGN OR THEY WILL RELY ON JUST WALL SIGNAGE. BUT THERE'S NO THINKING THERE WILL BE SHARED USE OF ANY OF THE POLES.
RIGHT. WE WOULD NEED TO SPEAK WITH LEGAL AND SEE IF THAT'S EVEN POSSIBLE, BECAUSE AT THIS TIME OUR INTERPRETATION IS THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED OFF PREMISE SIGNAGE SINCE IT HAS BEEN REPLATTED INTO INDIVIDUAL LOTS.
OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE DEVELOPER KNOWS IT'S A TOTAL FOUR SIGNS.
WELL, THAT WAS PART OF THE DEAL WHENEVER YOU ALL CAME TO US, WE WERE GOING TO HAVE SO MANY RESTAURANTS AND WE LOVE THE FOOD AND THE SAMPLES THAT YOU BROUGHT US AND THAT KIND OF HOOKED US ON WANTING YOU TO COME HERE.
BUT FOUR POLE SIGNS WAS WAS THE DEAL.
SO JUST SO WE ARE CLEAR ON THAT NOW.
SO YOU GUYS KNOW, WE WERE TRYING TO DO THE SHARED SIGNAGE THAT WAS OUR INTENTION.
AND STAFF AT THIS POINT TOLD US THAT THAT'S NOT AN OPTION SO.
IT'S THE AMOUNT OF SIZE OF THE SIGN COPY.
I THINK, ISN'T IT? NO, THEY ACTUALLY SAID IT WAS NOT AN OPTION.
BECAUSE NOW THEY'VE SPLIT IT INTO INDIVIDUAL TRACTS.
AND SO NOW YOU HAVE A SIGN FOR A PROPERTY THAT'S NOT ON THAT PARTICULAR TRACT.
DON'T WE HAVE SOME LEEWAY THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THIS TYPE OF MATTER MR. CITY ATTORNEY IT'S A CONDITIONAL USE.
YOU DO HAVE LEEWAY RELATIVE TO A CONDITIONAL USE.
THAT IS CORRECT. YEAH. OKAY. I UNDERSTAND.
IS THERE ANY OTHER WAY? CAN WE STRADDLE THE PROPERTY LINE? IS THERE SOME TECHNICAL WAY TO DO IT? I'M JUST SAYING WE’RE NOT GOING TO PUT UP A BUNCH OF POLE SIGNS ALONG THAT PROPERTY.
THAT'S WHAT WE AGREED TO WAS FOUR.
SO WE JUST WANT YOU TO BE AWARE OF THAT AS YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT THERE THAT YOU DON'T.
WE ALL MADE THAT DEAL TOGETHER.
WELL, WE ALL TALKED TO IT, RIGHT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, TECHNICALLY, I GUESS WE CAN'T HAVE OFF PREMISE SIGN, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THERE MUST BE SOME WAY THAT THE LAST TENANT THAT'S ON THIS DEVELOPMENT CAN ADVERTISE LIKE EVERYBODY UP AND DOWN THAT STRIP.
JUST SAYING. I MEAN, YOU MIGHT LOOK AT A MONUMENT AND IT'S EVERYBODY ELSE'S DECISION.
I DON'T WANT TO LOOK. I MEAN, YOU'VE DONE A BEAUTIFUL JOB WITH THOSE RESTAURANTS.
GREAT. BUT WE DON'T WANT TO LINE UP THAT FRONTAGE ROAD WITH 40 FOOT POLE SIGNS.
WE JUST DON'T. RIGHT? NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT WHAT I GUESS I'M ASKING IS, WHAT IS THE MONUMENT SIGN? IS THE VELVET TACO A MONUMENT SIGN? WOULD THE LOOK THAT IT HAS AS OPPOSED TO A POLE? I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS.
I THINK MS. MAROHNIC CAN PROBABLY GET WITH YOU.
OKAY. AND EXPLAIN THAT TO YOU.
THERE'S WE JUST WANT TO COMMUNICATE THAT TONIGHT IF WE APPROVE THIS WITH THAT SIGN.
SURE. YEAH. AND SO WAS THE THINKING ORIGINALLY THAT IT WAS GOING TO REMAIN ALL ONE LOT SUCH THAT YOU COULD HAVE THE SHARED SIGNAGE AND SINCE THEN IT'S EVOLVED TO WHERE YOU'RE SPLITTING IT UP INTO INDIVIDUAL LOTS? YES, WE NEED TO SPLIT IT INTO INDIVIDUAL LOTS FOR SURE.
I KNOW WHEN YOU ALL PRESENTED IN THE VERY BEGINNING, WE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU WERE BUTTING RIGHT UP AGAINST A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE ABOUT LIGHTING AND THE OUTDOOR SPEAKERS.
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I UNDERSTAND RESTAURANTS NEED SPEAKERS FOR AMBIANCE AND I GET ALL THAT.SO IS THERE ANYTHING DIFFERENT ABOUT HAVE YOU IN WORKING WITH ERICA, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO CLARIFY THIS, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING DIFFERENT ABOUT THESE SPEAKERS THAT MAKES MAKES A DIFFERENT CASE? BECAUSE WE KNEW YOU KNEW THAT THIS WAS ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT? YES, MA'AM. I THINK BECAUSE THE RECESSED SPEAKERS AND BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR OWN VOLUME CONTROL AND THE MUSIC IN THIS RESTAURANT IS NOT ROCK AND ROLL.
THIS IS AN AMERICAN STEAKHOUSE.
SO IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S A DIFFERENT AMBIANCE.
IT CAN BE AT A DECIBEL LEVEL THAT IS PRESCRIBED.
SO I THINK THE APPLICANT IS OPEN TO THAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL DO WHATEVER MAKES SENSE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
YEAH, YOU JUST NEED TO ENCLOSE THE PATIO AND MAKE IT PART OF THE BUILDING.
IF YOU NEED 37 MORE TABLES, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, IT'S JUST NOT AN AREA WE NEED ANY SPEAKERS.
AND YOU'RE SELLING ALL OF THAT PROPERTY.
BUT IF I DO THAT, WHICH NO ONE'S MADE THE DECISION TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE THE TENANT HERE AS OWNER OF THAT PROPERTY UNTIL THEIR LEASE EXPIRES AND AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
I THINK SO WHEN I THINK OF LIKE STADIUMS, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS PROBLEM IN SOME OF THE STADIUMS IN OUR AREA WITH LIGHTING, RIGHT? AND SO I THINK Y'ALL HAVE NOT DONE A VERY GOOD JOB EXPLAINING NEW TECHNOLOGY AND REFERENCE TO LIGHTING AND UNDERSTANDING HOW LIGHTING CAN BE SPECIFIC TO AN AREA AND DRAW AN [INAUDIBLE] THERE'S IT DOESN'T EXPAND OUTSIDE I DON'T THINK YOU ALL HAVE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB HELPING US UNDERSTAND HOW THE LIGHTING IS LIMITED AND IT DOESN'T AFFECT BECAUSE OF TECHNOLOGY AND HOW LIGHTING IS NOW, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO LOOKING DOWN.
AND I DON'T THINK YOU'VE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB EXPLAINING YOUR MUSIC THAT I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT I'M NOT SURE PEOPLE ARE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE MUSIC IS COMING STRAIGHT DOWN. YES. AT A TABLE AT A VERY LOW DECIMAL.
CORRECT. AND IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S OUT AWAY FROM THE RESTAURANT.
AND SO I THINK PART OF YOUR PRESENTATION IS HOW YOU'RE PRESENTING AND HELPING US UNDERSTAND.
AND IF YOU NEED TO, YOU KNOW, GIVE EXAMPLES THROUGH, YOU KNOW, A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION OF SOME SORT OR BRING IT IN TO HELP US UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN YOU'RE PLAYING MUSIC FROM HERE, IT'S GOING DIRECTLY DOWN ON A TABLE.
I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
YEAH. YES, SIR. ESPECIALLY WITH LIGHTING AS WELL.
AND THAT'S CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT.
SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE BUILDING.
BUT I THINK THAT SOME OF THE COUNCIL'S NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT VERY WELL BECAUSE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU HAD SOMETHING TO SHOW SO THAT WE CAN SEE AND POSSIBLY HEAR WHAT IT IS YOU'RE SAYING.
IT PROBABLY WOULD HELP YOU IN YOUR PRESENTATION.
I'M JUST ESPECIALLY MOVING FORWARD.
TRUE. SO, NO, I APPRECIATE THAT.
CLAY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING MORE YOU COULD SAY ABOUT THE PHOTOMETRICS AND SO ON? WELL, THE PHOTOMETRIC IS INCLUDED IN THE ACTUAL CUP FOR OUR APPLICATION, SO I KNOW THAT'S NOT THERE IN THE PRESENTATION.
LET ME HELP YOU OUT WITH SOMETHING THAT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME.
THAT'S CHINESE. [LAUGHTER] OKAY? IT MAKES SENSE TO YOU, BUT I'M TELLING YOU THAT I NEED TO SEE, LIKE, I'M SITTING AT A TABLE AND THIS IS WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE.
BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN YOUR METRICS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.
SO I KNOW IT MEANS TO YOU IN YOUR WORLD.
AND BUT UP HERE, IT'S NOT RESONATING VERY WELL.
OKAY. THE LIGHTING IN THE DEVELOPMENT HASN'T CHANGED FROM THE DAY ONE.
IT HASN'T. IF WE WOULD HAVE KNOWN WE WOULD HAVE GIVEN A BETTER PRESENTATION.
I APOLOGIZE. I'M JUST TRYING TO HELP YOU.
SO BUT YES COUNCILMAN THAT IS THAT IS OUR POINT TO PRESENT TO YOU GUYS.
AND SORRY FOR NOT MAKING THAT CLEAR.
WE HAVE THE EXACT SAME FIXTURES, THE EXACT SAME LIGHTING, THE EXACT SAME LOCATION.
NONE OF THOSE LIGHTING POLITE POLES HAVE CHANGED SINCE WE SAT UP HERE WITH DAY ONE.
SO IT IS THE EXACT SAME THING THAT WE'VE BEEN HERE NOW FOR THE FOURTH TIME ON THE LIGHTING.
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NOW THE SOUND, I UNDERSTAND THAT'S ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, TYPE DEAL THAT WE'VE DONE.I UNDERSTAND WE'RE TALKING METRICS AGAIN HERE, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE COGNITIVELY, YOU KNOW, MEASURED AND MAINTAINED AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT DOES NOT EXCEED A CERTAIN LEVEL THAT IS ABOVE A NUISANCE LEVEL.
I WOULD THINK THAT WE'D BE OPEN TO SIMILAR TYPE DISCUSSION AND RESTRICTIONS POTENTIALLY FOR THAT, FOR THE SOUND AND FOR THAT TO PREVENT THAT FROM GOING INTO THE OTHER, JUST LIKE WHAT WE DID WITH THE PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF THESE.
AND AGAIN, MY APOLOGIES FOR MAYBE NOT MAKING THAT A LITTLE MORE CLEAR IN MY PRESENTATION.
WELL, WE ALSO HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT REQUIRES SHIELDS TO BE PLACED ON LIGHT POLES ON THE FIXTURE ITSELF THAT WILL HELP PREVENT LIGHT FROM STRAYING ACROSS THE FENCE.
I UNDERSTAND THE ZERO FOOT CANDLES AT THE PROPERTY LINE.
MY CONCERN JUST SO THAT WE CAN HELP YOU ALL UNDERSTAND AS IT RELATES TO THE SPEAKERS, WE HAVE HAD ISSUES AS HAS EVERY CITY WITH RESTAURANTS THAT SAY, OH, IT'S JUST SMALL.
IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A SMALL DECIBEL.
AND THE NEIGHBORS GET BLASTED OUT OF THEIR BEDS AT 10 AND 11:00 AT NIGHT OR 9:00 OR HOWEVER, BECAUSE WHOEVER IS OPERATING THE RESTAURANT AND THE SOUND MACHINE, THEY DON'T GET DECIBELS LIKE NEIGHBORS DO.
THAT'S WHY YOU ALL ARE NOT SEEING THESE CHAMBERS PACKED WITH PEOPLE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD OUT THE DOOR AND DOWN THE HALL BECAUSE OF THE WAY WE'VE HANDLED THIS THROUGH THE YEARS.
AND SO WHEN THE MAYOR SAYS HE HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE SPEAKERS, HE HAS GOOD REASON.
NOW, IF YOU WANT TO OFFER FEWER AND 1 OR 2, THAT MIGHT BE ONE THING.
I DON'T THINK YOU WILL GET HIS VOTE.
BUT JUST PLEASE UNDERSTAND, THERE'S A REALLY GOOD REASON WHY WE'RE VERY SENSITIVE TO SPEAKERS AT ALL, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT BACKS UP TO THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN OUR CITY THAT WE HAVE PROTECTED JUST LIKE SOMEBODY WOULD A CHILD.
WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD WORK? I DON'T KNOW. I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT.
BUT WHAT I AM GOING TO GO BACK AND SPEAK TO IS THE POLE SIGN, BECAUSE I BELIEVE AT THE OUTSET WHEN YOU CAME TO US, THERE WERE GOING TO BE FOUR RESTAURANTS AND THAT'S HOW WE CAME UP WITH THE FOUR POLES.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
OKAY. THANK YOU. I MUST SAY, THOUGH, WITH THE PATIO BEING ON THE FRONT OF THIS BUILDING, THE ONLY SOUND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE GOT SPEAKERS THAT COME DOWN THIS WAY, THE ONLY SOUND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MAY GO OUT THE SIDE, BUT YOU'VE GOT A BUILDING BEHIND YOU AND THEN A FENCE.
I HONESTLY DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT MUCH NOISE.
YEAH, WE'VE DONE, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE DESIGN, YOU KNOW, FROM THE GET GO WITH THE FENCE.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S QUITE A FENCE, QUITE A WALL.
I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM WITH AND IF I WERE SITTING THERE, I 100% WOULD FEEL THE SAME WAY BECAUSE YOU CAN NEVER BELIEVE AND UNDERSTAND SOMEONE SAYS THEY'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING.
I GUESS ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT SPECIFICALLY WITH FIREBIRDS AND THE DEMOGRAPHIC THAT WE'RE TRYING TO, TO ATTRACT AND THAT THE GENERAL FEEL THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GO THROUGH, WE DO NOT WANT A LOUD SPORTS BAR TYPE ENVIRONMENT. WE DON'T WANT THE MUSIC TO BE SO LOUD, EVEN LOUD ENOUGH THAT YOU CAN'T HEAR THE PERSON ACROSS THE TABLE FROM YOU TALK.
WE WANT IT TO BE A BACKGROUND.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US THAT IT'S ACTUALLY VERY LOW VOLUME.
AND WE ARE CERTAIN WE'D PROBABLY ADHERE TO IT ANYWAY.
BUT THAT IS KIND OF THE YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THE ROCK.
RIGHT. RIGHT. THAT IS NOT WHO FIREBIRDS IS.
THE PROBLEM IS YOUR SPEAKERS MIGHT TURN OUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE VOLUME IS GOING TO BE.
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WE DON'T KNOW. THERE'S NO EVIDENCE TO PROVE THAT.BUT THE POSSIBILITY TO INTERRUPT THE LIFE OF THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE HOUSES BEHIND IT IS VERY REAL.
AND WE'VE EXPERIENCED THAT BEFORE.
AND HIS MAY NOT BE THE SAME AS YOURS.
THAT'S NOT AN AREA WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SPEAKERS AND I DON'T THINK YOU NEED IT.
BUT IF PEOPLE WANT TO SIT OUTSIDE, THEY WANT TO ENJOY THE SUNSET AND THE COOL AIR AND EVERYTHING.
AND THAT'S GOT TO PREVAIL IN SOUTH WIND THAT'S GOING TO BE BLOWING IT RIGHT ACROSS THE FENCE.
WE'VE BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT ON THAT ON WHERE WE ALLOW SPEAKERS AND WHERE WE DON'T.
WE DON'T HAVE SPEAKERS DOWN MAIN STREET, YOU KNOW.
SO IT IS WHAT IT IS AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.
I'VE GOT TO PROTECT THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
THOSE PEOPLE HAVE HAD A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH SPEAKERS IN THE PAST WITH.
IT JUST WASN'T AT 11:00 AT NIGHT.
AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY CONCERNED ABOUT IT.
ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU. YEAH. WE'LL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO TAKE CARE OF IT.
WE HAVE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK? NO, YOUR HONOR, WE DO NOT. ANY CORRESPONDENCE? NO, SIR. MADAM CHAIRMAN.
OKAY. WE NEED A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? THE COMMISSION CLOSED.
MOTION CARRIES. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED ON ZONING APPLICATIONS Z 23-2 AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT CU23-5.
[5. Zoning Application Z23-02, Conditional Use Permit CU23-05, Planned Development Overlay PD23-01 (Sunbelt Rentals) – City Council and Planning and Zoning Commission to conduct a public hearing relative to an application submitted by McAdams requesting to rezone 22.33 acres from “CC”, Community Commercial District to “BP”, Business Park District; a conditional use permit to allow the sale and rental of heavy machinery and equipment; a planned development overlay to deviate from, but not be limited to, building encroachment and paving within the required front yard of the “BP”, Business Park District. The subject property is located at 1035 Texan Trail. ]
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY PD 23-01.THE ZONE CHANGE REQUEST IS TO REZONE 23.32 ACRES FROM A COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO A BUSINESS PARK DISTRICT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTEGRATED COMMERCIAL OFFICE WAREHOUSE WITH OUTSIDE STORAGE AND DISPLAY AREAS FOR HEAVY MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT.
AND THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY IS BEING REQUESTED TO DEVIATE FROM REQUIRED FRONT YARD SETBACKS FOR LANDSCAPED AREA AND TO ALLOW A SLIGHT BUILDING ENCROACHMENT AND PAVING WITHIN THAT REQUIRED FRONT YARD AS ESTABLISHED BY THE BUSINESS PARK DISTRICT.
THE PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT WILL FEATURE FIVE BUILDINGS WITH BUILDING ONE AT THE HARD CORNER OF COPPELL ROAD AND TEXAS TRAIL, WHICH WILL FEATURE A THREE STORY OFFICE BUILDING OF APPROXIMATELY 41,000FT².
FOUR OFFICE WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS ARE ALSO PROPOSED TO ALONG TEXAN TRAIL AND TWO ALONG COPPELL ROAD.
EACH OF THESE WILL BE ONE STORY BETWEEN 26 AND 1 HALF FEET AND 33FT TALL AND RANGING IN SIZE FROM 12,000FT² IN AREA TO 22,000FT² IN AREA. THE CONDITIONAL USE REQUEST IS FOR THE ADDITIONAL USE OF SALES AND RENTAL OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND MACHINERY IN A BUSINESS PARK DISTRICT AS PART OF THE CUP THE APPLICANT IS ALSO REQUESTING TO VARY FROM SEVERAL STANDARDS WITHIN THE BP DISTRICT AND THE USE SPECIFIC STANDARDS FOR THE SALE AND RENTAL OF HEAVY MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT.
THESE INCLUDE THE BUSINESS PARK DISTRICT MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 50FT.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THAT BUILDING ONE AT THAT HARD CORNER OF TEXAN TRAIL AND COPPELL ROAD ALLOW TO EXCEED THAT 50FT BY TWO FEET FOR A TOTAL HEIGHT OF 52FT. FOR USE SPECIFIC STANDARDS CURRENTLY WITHIN THE BUSINESS PARK DISTRICT, IT WOULD BE LIMITED TO 30% OF THE TOTAL LAND AREA OR DEVELOPMENT AREA.
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SITE. ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS A REQUIREMENT FOR A SIX FOOT MINIMUM TALL MASONRY SCREEN WALL TO SCREEN BETWEEN ADJACENT PROPERTIES FOR THESE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS AND ALONG RIGHTS OF WAY. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A MINIMUM SIX FOOT TALL METAL SECURITY FENCE WHICH RESEMBLES AND IS PROVIDED AS A DETAIL WITHIN YOUR PLAN SET AND RESEMBLES A WROUGHT IRON FENCE.ALONG THE SITE'S NORTHERN, EASTERN AND SOUTHERN PROPERTY BOUNDARIES.
THEY ARE PROPOSING TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIRED MASONRY SCREEN WALL ADJACENT TO TEXAN TRAIL.
THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT REQUEST IS ASKED TO REDUCE THE REQUIRED FRONT YARD SETBACK OF 30FT FOR BUILDING ONE AND ALLOW FOR A 3.3FT ENCROACHMENT OF THAT 30 FOOT FRONT YARD SETBACK ADJACENT TO TEXAN TRAIL.
ADDITIONALLY, REQUIRED LANDSCAPING IN THE 30 FOOT FRONT YARD WILL BE REPLACED WITH APPROXIMATELY 549FT² OF PAVED AREA FOR 13 PROPOSED PARKING SPACES ADJACENT TO TEXAN TRAIL AND WEST OF BUILDING TWO.
ACCESS TO THE SITE WILL BE PROPOSED BY FIVE PRIMARY POINTS OF ACCESS, ONE ADJACENT TO TEXAN TRAIL AND THEN FOUR ALONG COPPELL ROAD HEADING EASTWARD.
TOTAL PARKING REQUIRED FOR THE SUBJECT SITE IS 183 SPACES.
SIGNAGE IS PROPOSED AS WALL SIGNAGE FOR EACH BUILDING, AND THEN ONE MONUMENT SIGN WITH AN AMENITY FEATURE, AN AMENITY FOUNTAIN AT THAT HARD CORNER OF COPPELL ROAD AND TEXAN TRAIL.
THIS COMPLETES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE, MR. DOUG POWELL, IS HERE THIS EVENING TO PRESENT AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE COMMISSION AND COUNCIL MAY HAVE.
SHE DOESN'T KNOW WE CAN HEAR HER.
HAS THERE HAS THERE BEEN ANY THOUGHT ABOUT TAKING THAT SECTION OF COPPELL ROAD AND RENAMING IT WALL JUST TO BE CONTINUOUS THROUGH THE CITY? YES, SIR. [LAUGHTER] THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
I'M SORRY. WHAT'D YOU SAY? THAT'S THE PLAN.
THAT'D BE. WOULD BE BETTER TO BE NAMED WALL INSTEAD OF COPPELL. IT'S BAD ENOUGH NO OFFENSE TO COPPELL.
IT'S BAD ENOUGH THAT STREETS CHANGE NAMES WHEN THEY CROSS CITY LIMITS.
WE DON'T NEED TO DO IT WITHIN OUR CITY SO.
SO, MS. MAROHNIC, MAY I ASK A QUESTION? YES, MA'AM. IF I READ THIS CORRECTLY AND UNDERSTOOD YOU, THIS PROPERTY IS A LITTLE OVER 23 ACRES.
YES, MA'AM. AND THEY ARE WANTING TO ELIMINATE PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THE LANDSCAPING IN THE FRONT YARD.
NOT ALL OF IT. IT'S IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT AND IN FRONT OF BUILDING TWO AND THEN A LITTLE BIT FOR 3.3FT BUILDING ENCROACHMENT IN FRONT OF BUILDING ONE ADJACENT TO TEXAN TRAIL.
AND THEY'RE WANTING TO ENCROACH FOR 13 PROPOSED PARK.
IT'S TO MEET MINIMUM PARKING, THEY WOULD BE SHORT THE MINIMUM PARKING.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE BUILDINGS? CORRECT. THAT THEY ARE CHOOSING TO BUILD, THAT THEY WANT TO BUILD ON 23 ACRES? YES, MA'AM. OKAY.
THANK YOU. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT IT SOUNDED LIKE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IT'S, I'M GLAD TO KNOW THAT SUNBELT HAS FOUND A LOCATION TO GO TO, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN LOOKING TO RELOCATE OUT OF THE TRANSIT DISTRICT AND THEY WANT TO STAY IN GRAPEVINE.
SO I KNOW IT'S GOT SOME CHALLENGES, BUT I APPRECIATE THE WORK THEY'VE DONE TO TRY TO MAKE IT WORK.
MY NAME IS DOUG POWELL. I'M WITH MCADAMS CONSULTING FIRM.
WE HAVE OFFICES IN LEWISVILLE AND ROANOKE I OFFICE IN ROANOKE AT 201 COUNTRY VIEW DRIVE.
IT'S BEEN A LITTLE A LONG TIME GETTING HERE, BUT WE DID.
THEY COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE THEY DID HAVE A CORPORATE MEETING.
AGAIN, WE'RE MCADAMS. I ALSO HAVE IN THE AUDIENCE WITH ME DARREN ANDREWS, WHO IS AN ENGINEER WORKING ON THE SITE, AND ALEX BROWN ANOTHER PLANNER WITH OUR TEAM.
AND CESO IS THE ARCHITECTS THAT DESIGNED THE BUILDINGS.
THEY'RE ALSO NOT HERE TONIGHT.
YES, WE'RE NEXT TO GREAT WOLF LODGE.
WE WERE HALFWAY THROUGH THIS PROJECT BEFORE WE REALIZED IT WASN'T WALL STREET, BUT COPPELL STREET.
BUT IF YOU'VE DRIVEN DOWN THAT STREET, IT IS CONCRETE.
BUT IT'S NOT MUCH OF A STREET.
WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE CITY TO RECONSTRUCT THAT STREET.
THAT'S NOT PART OF THIS APPLICATION.
BUT WE DO HAVE PLANS IN THE CITY TO IMPROVE THAT STREET, AND NAMING IT WALL WOULD BE GREAT.
YOU CAN SEE IN THE AERIAL, WE'RE NEXT TO THE AIRPORT.
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WE'RE ALSO NEXT TO A SUBSTATION.THE BIG TRANSMISSION LINES ARE OUR SOUTHERN BOUNDARY AND ALSO GAS WELLS.
AND AS COUNCIL MEMBER FREED POINTED OUT, THIS IS A REPLACEMENT FOR THE EAST DALLAS SITE.
IT DRAINS, I THINK, ALL THE WAY TO GRAPEVINE STATION AND DUMPS INTO GREAT WOLF LODGE.
THE ACCESS POINT WE'RE TAKING IS ACROSS FROM GRAPEVINE STATION.
YOU CAN SEE IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THAT DRAINAGE EASEMENT, WHICH AGAIN CAUSES KIND OF PROBLEMS. AND WE DO HAVE A SECONDARY ACCESS NEXT TO THE ONCOR STATION AND THEN A COUPLE DRIVES OFF OF COPPELL ROAD THAT WILL BE IMPROVED. SO THIS IS THE CONCEPT PLAN.
YOU CAN SEE I'VE OUTLINED IN GRAY THAT DRAINAGE EASEMENT THAT REALLY DOES CUT UP THE SITE.
ON THE CORNER IS A THREE STORY, WE THINK, A NICE BUILDING THAT WILL BE OFFICE LOOKING.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SUNBELT IS DOING, THEY'RE NOT ONLY MOVING THEIR EXISTING FACILITY, BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE A REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS AND WE'LL HAVE TRAINING FACILITIES AND ACTUALLY A ROOM FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES.
AND SO IT'LL BE A NICE OFFICE BUILDING.
WE WANTED TO FRAME THAT CORNER AND WE THINK IT'S A GREAT LOOKING BUILDING.
AND THERE DOES THAT WHITE SPACE IS ALL GRAVEL AREAS THAT THERE WILL BE STORAGE AREA.
THIS IS THE PURPLE IS A TUBULAR STEEL FENCE AND IT REALLY IS AGAINST THE INDUSTRIAL AREAS, AGAINST THE AIRPORT, AGAINST THE GAS WELL, AGAINST THE ONCOR.
BUT ALONG THE FRONT THAT BLUE LINE IS A SIX FOOT MASONRY FENCE.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE BUILDING ON THE SOUTH, THE WHITE IN THE BACK, THAT'S 480FT BEFORE THERE'S GOING TO BE EQUIPMENT.
SO IT'S NOT RIGHT UP ON THE STREET.
IT'S WAY BACK BEFORE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE EQUIPMENT.
THAT WHITE AREA KIND OF ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY THAT IS FOR RENTAL DEMONSTRATIONS.
SO WE THINK THAT WE THINK IT'LL BE A NICE ADDITION TO THE AREA.
THIS AGAIN IS THAT OFFICE BUILDING.
WE THINK IT'S A NICE MODERN LOOKING BUILDING.
AND IN THIS SLIDE, THERE'S TWO AREAS THAT KIND OF HAVE THIS PINCH POINT.
AND ONE IS THE BUILDING AGAIN, AT ITS DEEPEST POINT, IT'S THREE FEET OVER THE LINE.
AND WE THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS THE BUILDING SETBACK AND OUR APOLOGIES.
IT WAS GREAT WORKING WITH STAFF.
THEY'VE BEEN VERY ACCOMMODATING.
IT'S A STAIRWELL THAT NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW THAT'S THERE.
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THE PARKING IN FRONT OF BUILDING TWO, IT IS NOT NEEDED, BUT WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HAVE IT.IT'LL HAVE 15FT OF LANDSCAPING, BUT IT'LL ALSO BE LOWER.
SO YOU WON'T EVEN KIND OF SEE THOSE CARS THE TOP OF THOSE CARS.
AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT DRAINAGE EASEMENT IN THE BACK, WE HOPE THAT'S A MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCE.
THE LANDSCAPING IN THE FRONT, WE MEET A COUPLE TREES.
WE COULDN'T GET IN THAT AREA BECAUSE OF ALL THE UTILITIES RUNNING ALONG THAT AREA.
BUT THERE ARE TREES WILL BE PLANTED ON THE SITE TO MEET THE STANDARDS.
SO WE THINK THAT WE COMPLY WITH THE CITY'S STANDARDS.
AND EVEN YOU CAN SEE ALL THE LANDSCAPING WE HAVE UP ON COPPELL DRIVE, EVEN THOUGH THAT ROAD, WALL STREET DRIVE DEAD ENDS INTO THE AIRPORT, IT REALLY GOES NOWHERE. BUT EVEN THAT IS GOING TO BE VERY NICELY LANDSCAPED.
SO HOPEFULLY I GUESS IT IS THE LAST SLIDE.
AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL AS MY TEAM.
QUESTIONS. LET'S TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC.
BOTH CUSTOMERS, WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO ENTER? WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO LEAVE? AND THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC AND AS MUCH INFORMATION YOU CAN GIVE US ON THAT.
WELL, IT'S SET UP THAT MOST OF THE CUSTOMER TRAFFIC WILL COME OFF THE TEXAN TRAIL, BUT THE DRIVES ON COPPELL ROAD OR WALL STREET ARE REALLY FOR THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND THOSE ARE DESIGNED FOR EQUIPMENT [INAUDIBLE] OR THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT WILL COME IN AND OUT OF THAT ROADWAY. AGAIN, THAT ROADWAY IS GOING TO BE EXPANDED.
EVEN THE INTERSECTION IS GOING TO BE REDONE THROUGH THE IMPROVEMENTS.
SO CUSTOMERS WILL COME IN BY BUILDING TWO? YES. YOU DON'T YOU'RE NOT SHOWING THE BUILDING NUMBERS HERE.
BUT YES, THE FIRST THE LIGHT GREEN ONE IS THE OFFICE.
THE ONE SOUTH OF THAT IS BUILDING NUMBER TWO.
AND ALL THE EQUIPMENT WILL COME OUT ON WHAT WILL BE THE FUTURE WALL STREET BACK THERE.
I'D LIKE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT FENCING AND SCREENING.
WHAT IS THE HEIGHT OF THE EQUIPMENT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE IN THE BACK? IS THAT LIKE CHERRY PICKER TYPE OF HEIGHT? YES. AND IF YOU AND I DROVE BY THE SITE TODAY, THERE ARE SOME MOST OF THE EQUIPMENT IS I THINK, AGAIN, IT'S A SIX FOOT WALL. AND I THINK MOST OF IT WILL BE HIDDEN BEHIND THAT, ESPECIALLY AT THAT DISTANCE.
BUT SOME EQUIPMENT IS GOING TO BE TALLER THAN THAT AND YOU ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT.
BUT AGAIN, AT ITS NEAREST POINT, IT'S REALLY 480FT.
THE FENCING IN THE PURPLE ON YOUR SKETCH, YOU DESCRIBED IT AS A SECURITY FENCE.
BUT THIS ISN'T A GOLF COURSE, OBVIOUSLY.
SO IS THE PURPOSE SECURITY OR SCREENING OR IT'S REALLY NOT SCREENING.
YOU CAN SEE THROUGH IT, BUT IT'S ADJACENT.
AND WHY THE DECISION TO HAVE, ESPECIALLY ALONG ALONG THE PARTS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE ROAD, WHY NOT SCREENING? IT'S REALLY NOT. IT'S REALLY ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND THE EAST SIDE, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO THE AIRPORT AND THE GAS WELL AND THE ONCOR SUBSTATION, WE DON'T THINK YOU'RE REALLY GOING TO SEE THAT FENCE AT ALL.
RIGHT. AND IT REALLY IS SECURITY.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO PUT CHAIN LINK.
WE WANTED IT TO BE NICER THAN CHAIN LINK.
YES. IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT GOES ON THERE? WELL, IF SOMEONE COMES IN AND WANTS TO RENT A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, THEY CAN WALK OVER TO THAT AREA AND SHOW IT TO THEM.
SO THERE WOULD BE EQUIPMENT THERE THAT THEY COULD DEMONSTRATE AND SHOW PEOPLE THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THE THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF [INAUDIBLE].
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YOU CAN RENT.WHAT PERCENTAGE STORED OUTSIDE IS GOING TO BE WHAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER LARGE HEAVY EQUIPMENT VERSUS SMALLER, SMALLER EQUIPMENT THAT WOULD BE SCREENED? OH, I REALLY DON'T I APOLOGIZE.
I REALLY DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION, BUT I THINK IT'S PROBABLY AT LEAST 50/50.
BUT I THINK IT'S I THINK MOST OF THE EQUIPMENT, AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT THEIR EXISTING SITES, MOST OF THAT EQUIPMENT REALLY CAN BE HIDDEN BEHIND A SIX FOOT WALL.
YOU KNOW, IT'S THINGS SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, PORTABLE LIGHTS AND GENERATORS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF THAT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT IF YOU GO BY ONE OF THEIR YARDS.
YEAH, I JUST I DON'T KNOW THAT I AGREE THAT RIGHT NOW IT'S AN INDUSTRIAL AREA.
THERE'S MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL, THERE'S HOTEL.
AND I THINK THIS WILL TURN IT INTO AN INDUSTRIAL AREA IF WE AGREE TO IT.
I'VE GOT A QUESTION ALSO ABOUT THE FENCING.
SO THE BLUE, THAT'S A MASONRY FENCE, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. AND IT'S SIX FEET? YES. OKAY.
AND SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THERE ALONG COPPELL ROAD WITH THE ACCESS? IS THERE A GATE? YES.
AND WHAT I DID IS I DROVE DREW ACROSS THOSE DRIVE AISLES.
THAT WILL BE A GATE AND THERE WILL BE A GATE ALSO ON THE SOUTHERN PART.
THEY'LL BE SECURE AREA. THOSE ARE SECURE AREAS EVEN ALL ALONG COPPELL ROAD.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHY THERE'S THAT FENCE.
THERE WILL BE GATES AT THOSE DRIVEWAYS.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIG EXPANSION OF YOUR FOOTPRINT.
DOES IT ALSO MEAN AN EXPANSION OF EMPLOYMENT? WILL THIS CREATE MORE JOBS? I WOULD BELIEVE SO.
JUST THE OPERATIONS ON THE OFFICE BUILDING I KNOW WILL INCREASE.
I WOULD THINK BY SEVERAL MAGNITUDES WHAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE IN GRAPEVINE.
YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT EMERGENCY.
NO, SOME OF THOSE IS FOR TRAINING.
OKAY. AND SO YOU'LL HAVE PEOPLE COMING FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY TO THIS FACILITY TO RECEIVE TRAINING.
ANOTHER THING THEY DO WITH THAT BUILDING IS STAFF EMERGENCIES.
BUT MOST OF THE USE WILL BE FOR TRAINING.
AND THEN THERE'S CORPORATE OFFICES.
IT'S A THREE STORY BUILDING, SO THERE'LL BE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THAT OFFICE.
BUT I THINK IT'S THE SECOND FLOOR REALLY.
IT'S KIND OF FOR THE TRAINING AND I THINK THEY PLAN TO USE THAT MOST WEEKS, BUT I REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN. THANKS.
ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST WANT TO SAY SUNBELT ON DALLAS ROAD HAS BEEN THERE, I DON'T KNOW, 30 YEARS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
DALLAS ROAD USED TO BE SOMEWHAT INDUSTRIAL, BUT THE CITY WORKING WITH TEXRAIL AND THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU AND A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER FOLKS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED TO REALLY STEP THAT UP AND CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY.
AND GRAPEVINE I'VE NEVER REALLY NOTICED ANY TRAFFIC MUCH COMING OUT OF OR INTO SUNBELT RENTALS.
I REALIZE THIS IS A MUCH BIGGER FACILITY FOR YOU AND I KNOW THAT YOU'VE WORKED WELL WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO TRY TO FIND A SPOT SO THAT WE CAN STILL KEEP YOU HERE. AND THE FACT THAT YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND AT FIRST SOME OF THE SETBACK EXCEPTIONS YOU WERE ASKING FOR.
BUT NOW THAT I HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING WITH THESE GRAPHICS THAT YOU PROVIDED RELATIVE TO DRAINAGE AND SO FORTH, I NOW UNDERSTAND IT AND I THINK THAT YOU'VE DONE EVERYTHING YOU CAN IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE AND BE ABLE TO STAY IN GRAPEVINE.
SO I'M HAPPY WITH ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE.
I APPRECIATE YOU BEING DIRECT IN HOW YOU'VE TRIED TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS.
I DON'T REALLY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE FENCE GIVEN WHERE YOU'VE GOT ONCOR AND YOU'VE GOT OTHER THINGS GOING ON THERE AND YOU'VE WORKED HARD TO CREATE SOME ACCESS POINTS TO MAKE IT SAFER AND EASIER TO GET IN AND OUT.
BUT I JUST I APPRECIATE YOU BEING AS CANDID AS YOU'VE BEEN TO TRY TO EXPLAIN THESE DETAILS FOR US.
IT'S A DIFFICULT TRACK WITH ITS LIMITING FACTORS.
I THINK YOUR PROPERTY, YOUR CLIENTS HAVE FOUND A WAY TO FIT ALL THEIR NEEDS THEIR MULTIPLE NEEDS ONTO THAT IT STILL LEAVES A LOT OF LANDSCAPING, A LOT OF OPEN SPACE COMPARED TO A TYPICAL COMMERCIAL SITE.
MUCH IMPROVEMENT OVER WHAT YOU HAVE TODAY.
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SO CAN I ADD? YOU KNOW, A LOT OF BUSINESSES COULDN'T FIT ON THIS PARTICULAR TRACT.THAT'S RIGHT. IT'S WHY IT HADN'T DEVELOPED.
SO I THINK YOU ALL HAVE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH AND BRAIN STORMING AND TRYING TO COME UP WITH A CONCEPT THAT WORKS AND IT LOOKS GOOD TO ME.
CAN I ADD ONE MORE THING? I APOLOGIZE. I JUST REMEMBERED ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE KIND OF DELAYED GETTING HERE.
SO THEY'RE LONG TIME BUSINESS HERE.
AND THAT'S I THINK YOU HAD TO BE PRETTY CREATIVE TO MAKE THAT PROPERTY WORK.
AND THEN YOU'VE RETAINED THE TREES IN THAT AREA AND THEN YOU CAN BUILD AROUND THAT.
SO I THINK YOU'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF FITTING IT AROUND THE CONSTRAINTS THAT YOU HAVE.
AND THE WAY THE PROPERTY FALLS OFF AT THE BACK WILL HELP WITH THE VISUAL FROM TEXAN TRAIL AND THE BUCKET TRUCKS.
ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, SIR. IF NOT DO WE HAVE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK? ANY CORRESPONDENCE? NO, YOUR HONOR.
CHAIRMAN, WE NEED A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? THE COMMISSION CLOSED A MOTION FROM THE COUNCIL.
THAT COMPLETES THE JOINT MEETING.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.
WE'LL SEPARATE NOW THE P&Z WILL GO TO THE RIGHT TO THE MEETING ROOM.
IT'S A PUBLIC MEETING. YOU'RE INVITED TO ATTEND.
THE COUNCIL WILL REMAIN HERE AND WILL CONSIDER ITS AGENDA.
SUCH AS CITIZEN COMMENTS MS. BROOKS DO WE HAVE ANY REQUESTS TONIGHT? NO, YOUR HONOR. IS ANYBODY HERE THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON CITIZEN COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, THEN THE NEXT ITEM WILL BE ITEM SEVEN.
[7. FORVIS, LLC, the City’s auditing firm, to present the annual audit report in compliance with the City Charter, Article 3, Section 3.14.]
THAT'S A REPORT FROM OUR ANNUAL AUDIT AND FIRM.OUR INTERNAL AUDITOR, SHELLIE JOHNSON, WILL MAKE THE INTRODUCTION.
GOOD EVENING. HONORABLE MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
STAFF MET WITH THE AUDIT COMMITTEE ON MARCH 10TH TO GO OVER THIS REPORT.
RACHEL ORMSBY WITH FORVIS IS HERE TO PRESENT THE REPORT TO YOU TONIGHT.
AND NO FORMAL ACTION OF THE COUNCIL IS REQUIRED.
WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO RACHEL.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SHELLIE.
GOOD EVENING. HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
AS SHELLIE MENTIONED, I AM RACHEL ORMSBY, YOUR DIRECTOR WITH FORVIS.
I'M SURE YOU'RE WONDERING WHO FORVIS IS.
WE ARE A NEW FIRM, SO WE'RE NEW TO THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE.
SO VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE THIS YEAR TO PRESENT THE RESULTS.
I JUST WANT TO STEP BACK AND SAY ANY TIME YOU SWITCH AUDIT FIRMS, IT CAN BE A DAUNTING TASK.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT AND KUDOS TO SHELLIE, JEFF, GREG, THE ENTIRE FISCAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, I REALLY FEEL LIKE THIS WAS A SMOOTH TRANSITION AND REALLY PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS THAT WE'RE HERE TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT TO YOU TONIGHT.
SO I THINK THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES.
I ALSO WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T INTRODUCE TIFFANY KEATING HERE WITH ME TONIGHT.
SO JUST REALLY QUICK, LET'S JUMP RIGHT INTO THE RESULTS, PLEASE, TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT THE FINAL BOUND COPIES IN FRONT OF YOU WILL CONTAIN CLEAN, UNMODIFIED OPINIONS.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I HAVE A KINDERGARTNER.
SO SOMETHING YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD ABOUT.
THE CITY ALSO IMPLEMENTED GASB 87 THIS YEAR.
THAT WAS THE LONG AWAITED LEAL STANDARD.
AND GETTING HERE TODAY, WE DID ISSUE OUR REPORT, OUR FINAL OPINION LAST FRIDAY.
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MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS.IT'S ABOUT 10 TO 12 PAGES AND IT REALLY, YOU KNOW, THIS TEAM DID A GREAT JOB OF GIVING A VERY HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR CITY THIS TIME, THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.
SO REALLY GOOD HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY, ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ IT.
AND THEN LASTLY, NOT THAT I HAVE ANY CONCERNS WITH CYBER SECURITY, BUT WE HAVE ALL LIVED THROUGH THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC AND WE'VE SEEN THAT GOVERNMENTS ARE USUALLY THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO CYBERSECURITY.
AND THIS IS MY PLUG TO EACH OF YOU.
SO IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE THAT, THIS IS YOUR FRIENDLY REMINDER TO GET THAT DONE.
SO I PROMISED I WOULD BE BRIEF, PROVIDE A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW.
I THINK THE RESULTS HERE SPEAK WELL FOR YOU KNOW WHEN WE CHANGED AUDITORS LAST YEAR, YOU GUYS BLEW US AWAY EVEN IN THE PRESENTATION THEN, AND I THINK YOU'VE MET AND EXCEEDED THOSE EXPECTATIONS. SO VERY WELL DONE FOR YOUR TEAM AND FOR THE STAFF TEAM HERE.
I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF REALLY GOOD CONTENT.
THE NUMBERS LOOK GOOD, WHICH IS ALWAYS GREAT.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU POINTING OUT THE CYBERSECURITY THING.
BUT THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR GREAT WORK AND REALLY GOOD CONTENT HERE.
WELL, I MUST SAY, I DID SPEND A LOT OF TIME READING IT.
THANK YOU. YEAH, I WOULD SAY WE SPENT.
YES. YES. WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME.
YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T JUST MANAGEMENT.
YOU KNOW, I HAD A KEY PART OF PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
AND VERY PLEASED TO BE STANDING HERE.
YOU KNOW, THE DEADLINE FOR THIS IS THE END OF THE MONTH.
WE ARE EARLY AND REALLY PROUD OF THAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU ALL. YOU HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.
[8. Consider approving and ratifying the emergency purchase repair for pond shoreline at the Grapevine Golf Course from Black Fox Services LLC, and take any necessary action. ]
ROBERT SINGLETARY.GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE FUNDING FOR EMERGENCY PURCHASE REPAIR FOR THE SHORELINE ON HOLE NUMBER EIGHT GREEN AND NUMBER NINE TEE BOX AREA BY THE TEES.
WE'VE HAD A QUITE A LARGE AREA THAT THE POND HAS ERODED THE SIDE BANK.
WE HAD ABOUT SIX FEET OF TURF THERE AND NOW THERE'S NONE.
IT'S ENCROACHED UP UNDER THE CART PATH, WHICH IS NOW DROPPED A LITTLE OVER A FOOT.
THE COMPANY, BLACK FOREST LLC, WAS A NUMBER OF COMPANIES THAT'S USING A VERY UNIQUE EROSION CONTROL.
THEY ACTUALLY WILL COME IN AND PUT A SOCK, A MATERIAL.
IT'S NOT CLOTH. IT'S LIKE A PLASTIC TYPE MATERIAL THAT CREATES A BIG SOCK.
THEY FILL IT FULL OF DIRT AND TURF.
THEY ATTACH IT AT THE TOP AND THE BOTTOM, AND THEN YOU PLANT GRASS INSIDE ON TOP OF IT.
AND IT LOOKS JUST LIKE THE GOLF COURSE.
IT'S BEING USED AT QUITE A FEW GOLF COURSES AROUND THE STATE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR APPROVAL.
SOME FUNDS IN THE LAND IMPROVEMENTS FUND FOR $89,000 TO GET THEM GOING ON THIS PROJECT.
ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, IT'S DEFINITELY NEEDED FOR SURE.
ONCE IT'S APPROVED TIME FRAME? THEY'RE LOOKING TO START WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS [INAUDIBLE] APPROVAL.
HOW LONG? ABOUT TWO WEEKS TO COMPLETE.
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ALL RIGHT. WELL, THAT'S A BIG SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR US.WE NEED TO GET THAT GOLF COURSE.
THANKS. GOING GOOD. ALL RIGHT.
SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES.
THIS BRINGS US TO THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
NINE THROUGH 23 ARE NOT SCHEDULED FOR ANY COUNCIL DEBATE.ANY GUESTS PRESENT CAN ASK THAT ANY OF THOSE ITEMS BE REMOVED FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION AT THIS TIME.
DO WE HAVE ANY REQUESTS? HEARING NONE. ANY FROM THE COUNCIL? ITEM 9 THROUGH 23 IS THE CONSENT.
MOVE FOR THE APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 9 THROUGH 23.
WE'RE WAITING ON THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION.
SO . AGAIN. NOT THIS TIME. MS. HOTELLING. DO YOU HAVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION? YES, I DO.
[24. Conditional Use Permit CU22-54 (Crush-It Sports) – Consider the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission and Ordinance No. 2023-015, if applicable, and take any necessary action. ]
ON ITEM 24, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL SEVEN ZERO.I'LL MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND.
ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
[25. Conditional Use Permit CU22-61 (Firebird’s Wood Fired Grill) – Consider the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission and Ordinance No. 2023-016, if applicable, and take any necessary action. ]
ITEM 25.THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL SEVEN ZERO.
I'LL MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND.
WITH THE SPEAKERS AND EVERYTHING.
ALL RIGHT. DISCUSSION IS IN ORDER.
I CAN'T. YOU KNOW, THE ONLY WAY IT'S OUR ONLY SHOT AT THE SPEAKERS.
AND IF WE DON'T STOP IT NOW, WE CAN'T STOP IT.
SOONER OR LATER, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A MISTAKE AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S GOING TO BE UPSET.
SO THE ONLY FAIR WAY TO DO IT, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, IS JUST NOT ALLOW THEM.
THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAVE WITH IT.
I'M SATISFIED WITH THE STAFF THAT THE LIGHTING HAS BEEN ACCOMMODATED.
SO I AGREE WITH YOU. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE.
OKAY, I'M THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE.
I WILL CALL FOR A MOTION WHEN I'M READY FOR IT.
OKAY. BUT WE'RE TRYING TO SEE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY COMMENTS.
OKAY. AGAIN, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND AND I RESPECT THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND WE'VE GOT TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE.
BUT WHEN WE APPROVE RESTAURANTS, YOU KNOW, PART OF WHAT MAKES THEM SUCCESSFUL, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE INVESTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, IS HAVING SOME AMBIANCE.
I DON'T LIKE LOUD BLARING MUSIC, BUT A PATIO ON THE FRONT OF THIS BUILDING WITH STRAIGHT DOWN SPEAKERS ON A LOW VOLUME AND I KNOW WE'D HAVE TO MONITOR IT.
IF WE GET COMPLAINTS, WE GET COMPLAINTS.
WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT. BUT I DON'T IT'S IMPORTANT TO THESE BUSINESSES.
I DON'T SEE HOW WE CAN JUST BLANKETLY SAY NO SPEAKERS.
WE'VE GOT TO HAVE SOME CONTROL OVER IT.
WELL, THE ONLY WAY TO KNOW THE EFFECT OF THE SPEAKERS IS HAVE A SOUND STUDY IN EVERY CASE.
IF YOU CREATE A PROBLEM, IT CREATES A PROBLEM FOR US.
IT CREATES A PROBLEM FOR THEM AND IT MAKES LIFE MISERABLE.
AND I'VE ALWAYS, MY WHOLE CAREER BEEN SENSITIVE TO COMMERCIAL BACKING UP TO SINGLE FAMILY AND TRYING TO BALANCE IT AND PROTECT BOTH THE SINGLE FAMILY HAS TO HAVE PROTECTION TO ENJOY THEIR PROPERTY.
THE RESIDENT DOESN'T HAVE TO HAVE THE SPEAKERS TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
I'M VOTING AGAINST IT. BUT I THINK SOMETIMES WE SHOULD HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE, JUST LIKE YOU'RE SAYING ON MAIN STREET DURING THE CHRISTMAS CAPITAL. I LIVE THREE BLOCKS FROM MAIN.
EXACTLY. BUT IT'S NOT EVERY DAY, EVERY 365 DAYS A YEAR, BUT IT'S EVEN IN THE EVENINGS.
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IT'S NOT THE SAME THING, OKAY? IT'S NOT THE SAME THING.AND IF PEOPLE START COMPLAINING ABOUT THAT, WE'LL HAVE TO STOP IT.
WELL. ANYWAY, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, WE UNDERSTAND TO HAVE A MOTION.
WHO MADE THE MOTION? I DID, SIR.
WHO SECONDED? I DID. ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS 5 TO 2.
IS THAT RIGHT? SO THE WAY YOU SAW IT.
YOU'LL HAVE TO STAY ACCOUNTABLE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
[26. Final Plat of Lots 3R1 and 3R2, Block 1, Payton-Wright Addition – Consider the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission, and take any necessary action. ]
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.[27. Zoning Application Z23-02 (Sunbelt Rentals) – Consider the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission and Ordinance No. 2023-017, if applicable, and take any necessary action.]
ITEM 27.THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.
SEVEN ZERO. I MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
SECOND. UNLESS THERE'S MORE DISCUSSION.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED.
[28. Conditional Use Permit CU23-05 (Sunbelt Rentals) – Consider the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission and Ordinance No. 2023-018, if applicable, and take any necessary action.]
ITEM 28.THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL SEVEN ZERO.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
[29. Planned Development Overlay PD23-01 (Sunbelt Rentals) – Consider the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission and Ordinance No. 2023-019, if applicable, and take any necessary action.]
ITEM 29.THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL SEVEN ZERO.
MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR.
[30. Preliminary Plat for Lot 3, Block 1, Lakeshore Estates – Consider the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission regarding the application submitted by Patrick Monahon to plat uplatted property into one lot. The subject property is located at 2464 Lakeshore Drive and is currently zoned “R-7.5”, Single Family Residential.]
ITEM 30. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.SECOND. WE HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND.
[31. Final Plat for Lot 1, Block 1, Esmond Ball Addition – Consider the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission regarding the application submitted by Steve Esmond to plat uplatted property into one lot. The subject property is located at the southwest corner of Ball Street and West Sunset Drive and is currently zoned “R-7.5”, Single Family Residential.]
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL SIX ZERO AND ONE WITH ONE ABSTENTION.MOTION CARRIES. THAT COMPLETES THE RECOMMENDATION.
THE COUNCIL HAS COMPLETED ITS AGENDA, SO A MOTION TO ADJOURN IS IN ORDER.
MOTION STANDS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.