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YES. OKAY. WE'LL CALL THE 7:30 MEETING TO ORDER AND ASK YOU TO RISE FOR THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE.
[CALL TO ORDER]
[2. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance: Council Member Leon Leal]
COUNCILMAN LEON LEAR.WE THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME TOGETHER.
AS WE AS WE MAKE DECISIONS FOR OUR WONDERFUL CITY.
WE PRAY YOUR BLESSINGS OVER ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, OUR SCHOOLS, OUR CHILDREN.
WE LOVE YOU FOR ALL YOUR MANY BLESSINGS.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PLEDGE. ALLEGIANCE.
ALLEGIANCE 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.
I'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO OUR MEETING TONIGHT.
WE HAD EXECUTIVE SESSION SCHEDULED FOR 715.
[3. Conditional Use Permit CU24-02 (Industrial Office/Warehouse) – City Council and Planning and Zoning Commission to conduct a public hearing relative to an application submitted by Josh Edge with Dynamic Engineering requesting a conditional use permit to allow outdoor vehicle storage in conjunction with a proposed 120,000 square foot office/warehouse building. The subject property is located at 3219 State Highway 360 and is currently zoned “PID”, Planned Industrial Development.]
STAFF TO ANNOUNCE THE REQUEST THAT'S BEING MADE, WE'LL GIVE THE APPLICANT AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION.THAT'S NOT AN APPLICANT THAT WISHES TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST ANY OF THE APPLICATIONS.
YOU NEED TO REGISTER WITH TARA BROOKS.
IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE THAT, SHE WILL CALL ON YOU IN THE ORDER THAT YOU HAVE REGISTERED.
THE COUNCIL HAS ITS OWN AGENDA AND WILL REMAIN IN SESSION HERE.
SO WE INVITE YOU TO BE A PART OF YOUR GOVERNMENT TONIGHT.
WE'LL BEGIN BY OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING ON CU2402.
AND ERICA MAROHNIC WILL MAKE THE REQUEST.
GOOD EVENING. HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
THIS REQUEST BEFORE YOU IS A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW OUTDOOR VEHICLE STORAGE IN CONJUNCTION WITH A PROPOSED 120,000 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENT LOCATED ON STATE HIGHWAY 360.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS PRESENTLY ZONED CC.
EXCUSE ME, PID PLANNED INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND IS ALSO UNDEVELOPED.
THE OFFICE WAREHOUSE USE IS PERMITTED BY RIGHT IN THE PID DISTRICT, WHICH FOLLOWS THE USES AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OUTLINED IN THE LI LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. ON THE SITE PLAN YOU WILL SEE AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE SITE ARE 16 OVERSIZE SPACES INTENDED FOR STORAGE OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES.
THEY WILL BE VISUALLY SCREENED FROM STATE HIGHWAY 360 BY THE PROPOSED BUILDING AND ADJACENT PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH AND EAST BY A VARIABLE HEIGHT RETAINING WALL, TREES AND SHRUBS.
SURROUNDING USES INCLUDE PAVESTONE TO THE NORTH, WHICH IS AN INDUSTRIAL USE GAS WELL DRILLING AND PRODUCTION, WESTPORT BUSINESS PARK FREIGHT FORWARDING AND GAMESTOP, AND ALSO VACANT LAND TO THE EAST.
TOTAL NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES FOR THIS ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT IS 99.
PROPOSED NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES IS 134.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS, MR. CHAIRMAN? FROM THE STAFF.
ALL RIGHT. QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL.
THE APPLICANT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
ADDRESS AT 714 SOUTH GREENVILLE AVENUE IN ALLEN, TEXAS.
MISS MAROHNIC DID A FANTASTIC JOB IN DESCRIBING THE PURPOSE OF OUR PROJECT.
WE DON'T HAVE A FORMAL PRESENTATION PREPARED, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT COMMISSIONERS OR THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. EDGE. MY QUESTION IS CONCERNING THE RETAINING WALL IT'S ON THE PLAN IT SAYS IT'S VARIABLE IN HEIGHT. CAN YOU TELL ME KIND OF THE HEIGHT NEAR WHERE THE STORAGE OF THE VEHICLES IS? YES, MA'AM. SO THE RETAINING WALL THAT THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING OF IS KIND OF ON THE EASTERN PROPERTY LINE FROM OUR BUILDING.
IT RUNS RIGHT AGAINST THE ONCOR SUBSTATION.
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THE RETAINING WALL THAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS ACTUALLY ON OUR PROPERTY, AND ONCOR SITE ACTUALLY SITS HIGHER THAN WHERE OUR SITE SITS.SO IT'S GOING TO BE A RETAINING WALL THAT WILL DROP DOWN VARIABLE HEIGHT ON EACH END.
IT'S GOING TO MATCH TO EXISTING GRADES, AND THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH IN THE MIDDLE ALMOST.
AND WE'RE ESTIMATING IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT 8 TO 10FT TALL AT THAT LOCATION.
OKAY. AND SO WHAT TYPE OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES WILL YOU BE STORING IN THE 16 OVERSIZE PARKING SPOTS? YES, MA'AM. THESE ARE INTENDED TO BE TRACTOR TRAILERS, 18 WHEELERS THAT ARE WHETHER THEY'RE PARKED FOR JUST THE LOADING AND UNLOADING THAT MAY HAPPEN IN THE, IN THE, IN THE BUILDING.
OR THEY COULD BE PARKED OVERNIGHT.
NOW WILL THEY? WILL THAT PARKING AREA BE SCREENED OTHER THAN THE RETAINING WALLS AS IT FACES OUT TOWARDS THE BUILDING, IS THE OTHER SCREENING THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED AS IT RELATES TO THE VISIBILITY ALONG HIGHWAY 360.
OKAY, SO SCREENED IMPLIES TRACTOR TRAILERS IMPLIES KIND OF HIGH.
HOW TALL WILL THE SCREENS BE? WELL, IF WE LOOK AT THE AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SCREENING AS FAR AS THE RETAINING WALL.
NO. YOU SAID THE VEHICLES WILL BE SCREENED.
THE SCREENING ON THE BACKSIDE FOR THE TREES AGAIN, THE PAVESTONE PROPERTY AS WE LOOK TO OUR NORTH IS GOING TO BE ELEVATED IN COMPARISON TO WHERE OUR SITE WHERE OUR PAVING IS BEING PROPOSED.
SO I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT OUR GRADING PLAN.
BUT I THINK THE ELEVATION DIFFERENCE FROM THE PAVESTONE PROPERTY TO WHERE THESE THESE TRUCKS ARE PROPOSED IS I'D SAY IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT A 5 TO 8 FOOT ELEVATION DIFFERENCE IN JUST THAT LOCATION.
WHAT SCREENING HAVE YOU PROVIDED OTHER THAN THE RETAINING WALL? DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE.
WE CAN'T HEAR YOU, LARRY. COULD YOU? I'M SORRY, I SAID.
I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE RETAINING WALL, BUT THOSE NORMALLY AREN'T CONSIDERED SCREENING BECAUSE IT'S, AGAIN AT GROUND LEVEL WHERE IT STOPS.
SO. BUT THERE'S NO YOU HAVE NOTHING ABOVE THE RETAINING WALLS ANYWHERE FOR ANY SCREENING.
WELL, THE RETAINING WALLS AND THE ELEVATIONS HERE, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT YOU HAVE NOTHING ABOVE THE RETAINING WALLS FOR SCREENING FROM A VISIBILITY STANDPOINT ALONG HIGHWAY 360, AS YOU'RE COMING IN, THE VISIBILITY, THE SCREENING THAT'S BEING PROVIDED IS ALREADY EXISTING BY THE THE, THE SCREEN WALLS THAT ARE EXISTING SURROUNDING THE ONCOR SUBSTATION.
THE REMAINDER OF THE SCREENING COMES FROM THE BUILDING ITSELF, FROM, FROM THE FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY.
BUT YOU DIDN'T REALLY PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL SCREENING ABOVE THE LAY OF THE LAND, PARTICULARLY THE SCREENING ALREADY EXISTED, YOU'RE SAYING? YES, SIR. YEAH. NATURAL.
NATURAL CONDITIONS CREATE THE SCREENING.
THAT'S THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY THAT WITH THE ADDITION OF OUR BUILDING THAT'S GOING TO BE 40FT IN HEIGHT, WILL BLOCK THE SCREENING FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY. THANK YOU SIR.
NOBODY ELSE. NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
I'M SORRY. ONE MORE FROM THE COUNCIL.
GOT ONE MORE. SORRY, I NEED TO ASK ONE MORE QUESTION.
WHAT ABOUT SECURING YOUR PROPERTY IN THE EVENING? THERE. YOU WON'T HAVE ANY WAY TO SECURE.
IT'S JUST GOING TO BE PARKED IN A PARKING SPOT.
AT THIS POINT, WE DON'T HAVE ANY.
THAT'S THAT'S PREPARED TO TO TO SECURE THESE PARKING SPACES.
AND IT MAY BE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A PARTICULAR TENANT FOR THIS SITE YET FOR THIS BUILDING.
THIS IS BEING BUILT SPECULATIVE.
SO IT COULD BE ONE TENANT, IT COULD BE TWO.
SO YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FENCE BEING SCREENING.
THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT CAN BE USED FOR SCREENING, SPECIFICALLY LANDSCAPING TALL TREES.
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I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE LANDSCAPE PLAN IN THE SLIDES, BUT THIS THIS SITE HAS QUITE A BIT OF TREES THAT ARE THAT ARE PROPOSED AND ACTUALLY EXISTING. THIS RIGHT? LANDSCAPE PLAN LP-0.THAT'S IN ADDITION TO THE TREES THAT ARE ALREADY EXISTING.
BUT THERE IS A VERY LARGE SWATH OF TREES EXISTING.
AND THEN WE ARE PROPOSING SOME IN THIS AREA AS WELL.
AND SO THOSE THAT ARE EXISTING ARE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE FENCE.
IS THAT CORRECT? I'M SORRY. COULD THE TREES THAT ARE EXISTING THAT YOU REFERRED TO.
YES. YOU'RE NOT PLANNING THE ONES THAT ARE ALREADY THERE? YES, MA'AM. ARE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE FENCE.
WELL, WE'RE NOT PROPOSING ANY FENCING.
THEY'RE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF OUR PROPERTY.
NO, MA'AM. WE DON'T HAVE ANY SCREENING FENCES.
THE FENCING THAT WE WERE SPEAKING OF BEFORE WAS A SECURITY FENCE.
AND THE SECURITY FENCE IS LOCATED WHERE.
I'M SORRY. NO, MA'AM. WE DON'T HAVE ANY SECURITY FENCES.
OKAY. I THOUGHT YOU JUST SAID YOU HAD.
IT WAS A SECURITY FENCE, NOT A SCREENING FENCE.
YES. SO WE DON'T KNOW HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO SECURE THE PROPERTY.
WE HAVE NO SECURITY FENCES ON SITE, NOR DO WE HAVE ANY SCREENING FENCES.
THERE'S NO FENCE OF ANY SORT ON THIS.
NO, MA'AM. MAY I ASK ERICA A QUESTION, PLEASE? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, MAYOR.
ARE THEY ALL FENCED, DO YOU KNOW? BECAUSE THERE'S PAVESTONE'S GOT A LOT OF STUFF ON IT.
AND THEN THE BUILDING PAVESTONE DOES, DOES HAVE A, I GUESS I WOULD CALL IT A SCREENING FENCE.
AND IT CAN ONLY, YOU KNOW, SCREEN SO MUCH.
IT'S INDUSTRIAL ALL AROUND IT.
AND ALONG WITH ENCORE AS WELL.
SO YES MA'AM I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
IT'S, IT'S A REASONABLE QUESTION ABOUT HAVING SOME TYPE OF FENCING.
I UNDERSTAND YOUR STATEMENT ABOUT NOT MAKING A DECISION ON A SECURITY FENCE, BUT THERE MAY BE A DESIRE TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A FENCE, AT LEAST ON THOSE TWO SIDES, UNTIL YOU GET A DEVELOPMENT IN THERE.
SO YOU MIGHT THINK ABOUT THAT.
ARE YOU YOU SORT OF IMPLIED THAT YOU WOULD YOU'RE GOING TO LEAVE THAT UP TO A FUTURE TENANT.
THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU SIR. DO WE HAVE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK? NO, SIR. ANY CORRESPONDENTS? NO, SIR. MR. CHAIRMAN, I NEED A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MOVE TO CLOSE. SECOND IN FAVOR? NONE OPPOSED.
THE COMMISSION CLOSED A MOTION FROM THE COUNCIL.
MOVE TO CLOSE. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED. PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN ON CONDITIONAL USE.
[4. Conditional Use Permit CU24-06 (Meow Wolf) – City Council and Planning and Zoning Commission to conduct a public hearing relative to an application submitted by Kelly Schwartz requesting a conditional use permit to amend the previously approved site plan CU20-17 (Ordinance No. 2000-044) for a planned commercial center in excess of 1,000,000 square feet of gross leasable space. This request is specifically to allow the possession, storage, retail sale of on- and off-premise consumption of alcoholic beverages (beer, wine, and mixed beverages) in conjunction with an existing café inside of Meow Wolf. The subject property is located at 3000 Grapevine Mills Parkway, Suite 253 and is currently zoned “CC”, Community Commercial District. ]
CU24-6 ERICA MAROHNIC.THIS IS A REQUEST SPECIFICALLY TO ALLOW THE POSSESSION, STORAGE, RETAIL SALE AND ON AND OFF PREMISE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN EXISTING CAFE WITHIN THE MEOW WOLF ENTERTAINMENT AND ARTS BUSINESS.
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MEOW WOLF IS AN INTERACTIVE MUSEUM ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT ATTRACTION.THE SUBJECT SITE IS ZONED CC COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL.
THIS EXISTING CAFE FEATURES 32 SEATS AND OFFERS GRAB AND GO PREPARED FOOD ITEMS, WHICH ARE PREPARED IN AREA RESTAURANTS AND BAKERIES AND PROVIDED FOR SALE ON SITE. MAIN ACCESS TO THIS BUSINESS IS THROUGH THE MALL, WITH A SECONDARY ACCESS FROM A PARKING LOT.
NO OTHER CHANGES BESIDES THOSE SHOWN ON THE FLOOR.
PLAN IN THE AREAS LOCATED FOR ALCOHOL STORAGE AND ALCOHOL POINT OF SALE ARE PROPOSED WITH THIS REQUEST, EITHER TO THE ENTIRETY OF THE SITE PLAN FOR GRAPEVINE MILLS MALL OR THE EXTERIOR ELEVATIONS OF THE BUILDING.
THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
ERICA, MAY I ASK YOU, PLEASE, WHAT IS THE PREMISES FOR THIS CASE? WHAT'S DEFINED AS THE PREMISES? IT IS THE SUITE, THE 44,000 SQUARE FOOT SUITE WITHIN THE MALL.
OKAY. AND SO OFF PREMISE WOULD BE ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THAT AREA, CORRECT? CORRECT. INCLUDING OUTSIDE IN THE PARKING LOT.
I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THAT IS THEIR INTENT THOUGH.
THAT'S WHY I WAS WONDERING WHAT THAT WOULD ENTAIL.
I THINK IT'S STATE LAW. YES, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
WE DON'T HAVE TO AGREE TO IT, BUT IT'S BECAUSE I HAD THE SAME QUESTION.
YEAH, YEAH, SHE'LL ADDRESS IT, I THINK I HOPE THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
BUT WE'VE DONE, I THINK, SINCE COVID.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COMMISSIONERS.
I AM THE GENERAL MANAGER OF MEOW WOLF DALLAS LLC, MORE LOVINGLY REFERRED TO AS MEOW WOLF GRAPEVINE.
I THINK MOST PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY FAIRLY FAMILIAR WITH MEOW WOLF.
WE OPENED JULY OF LAST YEAR, BUT WANTED TO SHARE JUST A COUPLE OF FUN FACTS HERE WITH YOU ALL.
WE'VE DONATED MORE THAN 8000 TICKETS INTO THE DFW COMMUNITY, AND MORE THAN 1500 OF THOSE HAVE BEEN RIGHT HERE IN GRAPEVINE, IN PARTICULAR, PARTNERING WITH GCISD TO ENSURE THAT MANY OF OUR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS CAN VISIT THE FACILITY.
FROM THE POSITION OF DRIVING IN TOURISM.
LIKE WHO IS VISITING MEOW WOLF? WE CURRENTLY HAVE, 81% OF OUR GUESTS ARE COMING FROM WITHIN THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND 19% ARE COMING FROM OUT OF STATE.
THAT IS PARTLY HYPER LOCAL, WHICH IS KIND OF WITHIN TEN MILES OF OUR FOOTPRINT.
AND THE REST WOULD EXTEND OUT BEYOND INTO THE METROPLEX OF DFW.
AND THEN FROM A TOURIST STANDPOINT, WE ARE SEEING 41% TOURISTS.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE WE ARE A DESTINATION IN AND OF ITSELF.
SO MORE THAN 80% OF OUR GUESTS ARE ACTUALLY VISITING FROM OUTSIDE OF THAT 15 MILE RADIUS.
SO WE TRULY ARE DRAWING PEOPLE INTO GRAPEVINE AND HELPING WITH THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE CITY.
SO FAR SINCE OPENING, WE HAVE HAD 20 EVENTS WHERE ALCOHOL HAS BEEN AVAILABLE.
AND THOSE WERE ALCOHOL SALES THAT WERE PROVIDED UNDER PERMIT BY A THIRD PARTY.
I'M PLEASED TO SAY ALL 20 OF THOSE EVENTS WENT OFF WITHOUT A HITCH.
THERE WILL BE A SECONDARY SPACE, A BAR SPACE THAT IS CURRENTLY AN UNFINISHED SHELL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE EXHIBITION THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO FINISH OUT AND BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT BAR SPACE FOR PRIVATE EVENTS AND AT OTHER PEAK OCCUPANCY TIMES.
BUT THE PRIMARY PLACE WILL DEFINITELY BE IN THE EXISTING CAFE.
IT'S ONLY BEEN NINE MONTHS, AND THIS WOULD PROVIDE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER INVEST VERY QUICKLY.
SO WE DO HAVE IN-HOUSE SECURITY.
BOTH SECURITY AND OUR ENTIRE MOD TEAM ARE TRAINED IN FIRST AID, CPR AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
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AND THEN ALL OF OUR STAFF, OF COURSE, WILL BE TABC CERTIFIED.SO THAT'S KIND OF A BRIEF LOOK AT KIND OF THE OPERATIONS AND HOW IT WOULD WORK.
THE TWO LOCATIONS HERE, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE VISITED MEOW WOLF, THIS IS THE LAMP SHOP ALLEY.
THIS WOULD BE THAT SECONDARY LOCATION THAT WE WOULD USE PREDOMINANTLY FOR PRIVATE EVENTS.
AND OPERATIONALLY, IF THERE WAS DEMAND ON PEAK NIGHTS, THE PRIMARY SPACE WOULD BE HERE IN OUR CAFE.
THIS IS WHERE THE 32 SEATS ARE LOCATED.
THAT'S A SNAPSHOT JUST QUICKLY OF THEM.
WE DO ANTICIPATE IT MOSTLY BEING CANNED BEVERAGES.
AND THEN I BELIEVE YOU GUYS HAVE ALL SEEN THIS, BUT JUST A QUICK OTHER LOOK AT THOSE TWO LOCATIONS.
SO THE CAFE IS THE SPACE THAT IS IN THE LOWER PORTION OF THE PICTURE THERE.
AND WITH THAT I WOULD WELCOME YOUR QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS. WILL GUEST AT MEOW WOLF BE ABLE TO TAKE THEIR CAN THROUGHOUT THE EXHIBIT, OR DO THEY NEED TO JUST STAY IN THE CAFE AREA? OUR INTENTION IS THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO BRING THEIR BEVERAGE INSIDE THE EXHIBIT.
YES. AND IS IS THERE ANTICIPATED OR IS THERE RIGHT NOW LIKE A LARGE SPACE WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE CONCERTS OR ANYTHING? WE DO HAVE A PRIVATE EVENT SPACE, WHICH IS REALLY IT'S CLOSE.
I DON'T HAVE A PICTURE OF IT TODAY.
IT'S VERY CLOSE TO THAT SECONDARY, THAT BAR SPACE THAT I SHOWED YOU RIGHT OFF THE LAMP SHOP ALLEY.
IT IS NOT OUR INTENTION AT THIS STAGE TO HAVE ANY SORT OF CONCERTS.
IT WOULD PREDOMINANTLY BE USED FOR PRIVATE EVENTS.
NO OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.
I'M SORRY, MAYOR, I HAVE A QUESTION AND IT MAY BE ONE MORE FOR MATTHEW.
CAN WE TIE TO THE CASE THAT IT'S ONLY ON PREMISE? ARE WE ABLE TO DO THAT LEGALLY? SO THE TABC REGULATES THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.
YOU WERE JUST CONSIDERING A ZONING CASE RELATIVE TO THE PERMISSION TO SELL OR NOT SELL ALCOHOL, RIGHT? SO WE CAN'T SINCE THE ZONING CASE SAYS OFF PREMISE AND ON PREMISE, WE CAN'T SAY THAT THEY CAN'T DO THE OFF PREMISE.
I KNOW THAT'S NOT THEIR INTENTION.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE ZONING STAYS WITH CORRECT LOCATION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH I DO, I HAVE A QUESTION, MAYOR.
I MEAN, EVERYBODY'S HAPPY. YOU GUYS ARE DOING AN INCREDIBLE JOB.
WHY THE NEED OF ALCOHOL IF YOU'RE DOING SO WELL? IT IS ONE OF OUR MOST REQUESTED THINGS.
SO WE GET SO MANY GUESTS THAT DO COME AND THEY ASK, HEY, CAN I HAVE A BEER? CAN, YOU KNOW, CAN I HAVE A GLASS OF WINE? SO IT'S IT'S THE RESPONSE TO OUR GUESTS REQUESTS.
SO WE'D LIKE TO BE BETTER, BE ABLE TO SERVICE THEIR NEEDS.
WE HAVE STARTED DOING ADULT NIGHTS.
WE CAN ONLY PULL A PERMIT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIMES TO BE ABLE TO HOST THOSE EVENTS.
SO DO YOU DO YOU THINK THE ALCOHOL IS GOING TO BRING THAT MANY MORE PEOPLE TO YOUR FACILITY? I'M SORRY, I COULDN'T HEAR.
DO YOU THINK THAT BY SERVING ALCOHOL IT'S GOING TO DRAW THAT MANY MORE PEOPLE, OR DO YOU THINK THEY WILL STILL COME REGARDLESS? I DON'T THINK SERVING ALCOHOL IS NECESSARILY GOING TO DRIVE MORE VOLUME.
I THINK THE STRENGTH OF OUR EXHIBIT DOES THAT.
AND HOW DO YOU ANTICIPATE REGULATING IT SUCH THAT IT'S JUST CONSUMED ON PREMISE AND NOT CLOSING OFF PREMISE? SO BOTH OF OUR ENTRANCES AND EXITS ARE STAFFED WITH SECURITY, AND YOU HAVE TO PASS THROUGH BOTH OF THOSE IN ORDER TO GET IN OR OUT.
SO SECURITY WOULD BLOCK THOSE.
WE ALSO HAVE SECURITY ON STAFF INSIDE THE EXHIBIT AS WELL AT ALL TIMES.
SO BOTH ENTRANCES AND IN EXHIBIT ARE ALL STAFFED BY OUR IN-HOUSE SECURITY TEAM.
OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK? YES, SIR. I HAVE ONE REQUEST.
ONE. WILDWOOD COURT NUMBER 200 AND GRAPEVINE.
ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
I DIDN'T THINK I WAS GOING TO SPEAK TONIGHT, SO PLEASE FORGIVE.
NEXT TIME I SHOW UP, I'LL DRESS BETTER.
AND AGAIN, I'M PUTTING MY BALD SPOT ON THE CAMERA BACK HERE.
I HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH MEOW WOLF AS AN ORGANIZATION HERE IN TOWN.
I THINK THEY DO GREAT FOR TOURISM.
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YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S GREAT THAT WE WANT TO ADD ALCOHOL TO IT AND ENTERTAIN THE GUESTS MORE.MY ISSUE COMES WITH THE ORGANIZATION.
ON FEBRUARY 14TH, THEIR LOCATION IN SANTA FE CANCELED A JEWISH PERFORMERS PERFORMANCE.
AND I JUST CAUTIONED THE CITY COUNCIL, WHEN WE GO INTO BUSINESS WITH LARGE ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THAT, THAT WE TAKE A LOOK INTO, AND UNFORTUNATELY NOW WE HAVE TO BE THIS WAY, LOOK INTO POLITICAL STANCES, LOOK INTO PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO SUPPORT ENEMIES OF AMERICA'S ALLIES.
AND IT'S JUST IT'S SAD THAT THAT HAPPENED, AND I DON'T WANT THAT TO COME TO OUR TOWN.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? NO, YOUR HONOR, ANY CORRESPONDENCE? NO, SIR. ALL RIGHT. MR. CHAIRMAN, I NEED A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. THE COMMISSION CLOSED A MOTION FROM THE COUNCIL.
PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN ON CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT CU 24-7.
[5. Conditional Use Permit CU24-07 (RaceTrac) – City Council and Planning and Zoning Commission to conduct a public hearing relative to an application submitted by David Bond with Spiars Engineering & Surveying requesting a conditional use permit to amend the previously approved site plan CU18-13 (Ordinance No. 2018- 043) for a planned commercial center to allow for the possession, storage, retail sale, and off-premise consumption of alcoholic beverages (beer and wine only), outside dining, gasoline service and a monument sign. This request is specifically to revise the site layout to add fueling pumps, fueling canopies, electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, and associated maneuvering area in conjunction with a convenience store. The subject property is located at 3955 Grapevine Mills Parkway and is currently zoned “CC”, Community Commercial District.]
ERIC MAROHNIC. THIS REQUEST FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT IS TO AMEND A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED SITE PLAN ASSOCIATED WITH THE PLANNED COMMERCIAL CENTER FOR THE POSSESSION, STORAGE, RETAIL SALE, ON OFF PREMISE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, OUTSIDE DINING, GASOLINE SERVICE, AND MONUMENT SIGN.THIS REQUEST IS TO REVISE THE SITE LAYOUT BY ADDING FUELING PUMPS, FUELING CANOPIES OVER THE PUMPS, EV CHARGING STATIONS, AND ASSOCIATED MANEUVERING LANES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE EXISTING CONVENIENCE STORE.
THEY ARE ALSO PROPOSING TO RELOCATE THE REFUSE CONTAINER ENCLOSURE.
TRACTOR TRAILER MANEUVERING LANES ARE PROPOSED ALONG THE OUTSIDE OF THE EXISTING CONVENIENCE STORE TO ALLOW FOR BETTER CIRCULATION OF THESE LARGER COMMERCIAL VEHICLES THAT ARE THERE FOR FUELING AND ON SITE DIRECTIONAL AND PARKING.
SIGNAGE IS ALSO PROPOSED AS PART OF THIS REVISION.
TOTAL REQUIRED PARKING FOR THIS SITE IS 36 SPACES.
65 PARKING SPACES ARE PROVIDED.
THE APPLICANT, MR. JOHN PAUL HOOVER, IS HERE TO PRESENT AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS.
COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF OUR APPLICATION.
I'M AN ENGINEERING PROJECT MANAGER FOR RACETRAC.
OUR AIM WITH THIS IMPROVEMENT IS TO BETTER SERVE LARGER TRUCKS.
TO ACHIEVE THIS, WE WILL PROPOSE THE FOLLOWING.
THERE WILL BE A SEPARATE EDO EXTENDED DIESEL OFFERING CANOPY WITH FOUR AVAILABLE DIESEL FUELING POSITIONS FOR TRUCKS AND DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THAT 4 PARKING SPOTS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE TRUCKS.
IT'S SIMPLY TO ALLOW A TRUCK DRIVER TO PULL IN, GET SOME FUEL, CIRCLE AROUND, PARK, GO TO THE STORE, MAYBE GRAB A DRINK OR A SNACK AND COME BACK OUT AND BE ON THEIR WAY. LIKE I SAID, IT DOES NOT CATER WELL TO, NOR IS IT INTENDED TO INTENDED TO ALLOW FOR OVERNIGHT PARKING.
IN ADDITION TO THAT PARKING, WE'RE PROPOSING ADDITIONAL PAVEMENT AROUND THE EDO CANOPY, AS WELL AS A DRIVEWAY GOING AROUND THE BACKSIDE OF THE STORE. THIS WILL BOTH ALLOW TRUCKS TO MANEUVER THE SITE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE NEW LAYOUT, AND IT WILL ENSURE THAT
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TRUCK AND AUTO TRAFFIC CAN REMAIN SEPARATED FOR SAFETY AND CONVENIENCE REASONS.SO WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING AN EV CHARGING CANOPY.
ALL RIGHT. HERE YOU CAN SEE AN AERIAL SNAPSHOT OF OUR EXISTING SITE, HOW IT LOOKS NOW AND HOW IT WOULD LOOK WITH OUR PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS.
AND I WANT TO STICK ON THIS SLIDE FOR A SECOND.
YOU CAN SEE HOW THE ACCESS IS INTERACT WITH 2499.
WE ARE AWARE THAT IS A VERY HEAVILY UTILIZED ROADWAY.
AND SO WE HAD A TRAFFIC STUDY COMPLETED BY LEE ENGINEERING.
IT WAS REVIEWED BY BOTH TEXAS DOT AND THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE.
AND AS A PART OF THAT ANALYSIS, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT VEHICLES ENTERING THE SITE UNDER THE PROPOSED CONDITIONS HAD A 76% PASS BY RATE, SO ONLY A FRACTION OF THOSE VEHICLES ENTERING UNDER THE PROPOSED CONDITIONS WOULD NOT HAVE ALREADY BEEN TRAVELING ON 2499, SO WE'RE NOT CREATING SUBSTANTIALLY MORE TRAFFIC ON THIS ALREADY HEAVILY, HEAVILY UTILIZED ROADWAY.
AND HERE YOU CAN SEE SOME COLORED ELEVATIONS OF WHAT THE NEW CANOPIES WOULD LOOK LIKE.
AND I SHOULD ALSO MENTION, SORRY, GOING BACK TO THE TRAFFIC TO ENABLE A SMOOTH INGRESS AND EGRESS MOTION OFF OF 2499 FOR TRUCKS AND AUTOS.
WE WILL HAVE DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE IN AND AROUND THE SITE.
A LITTLE WAYFINDING SIGNS, PARTICULARLY FOCUSED ON SOUTHBOUND TRUCKS TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE USING THE SOUTH, THE SOUTHERNMOST ACCESS, TO PREVENT THEM FROM GOING INTO THE NORTHERNMOST AS BEST AS WE CAN.
AND ON THESE CANOPIES AND THE COLORING IS A LITTLE OFF BASED ON HOW I PUT THE PRESENTATION TOGETHER.
BUT IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE STORE, THE THE WRAP ON TOP OF THE CANOPY, AS WELL AS THE STONE CLADDING GOING ON THE COLUMNS WILL BE IDENTICAL TO WHAT'S OUT THERE ON THE EXISTING CANOPY TODAY.
AND JUST IN CLOSING RACETRACK.
WE'VE BEEN A FAMILY OWNED COMPANY SINCE 1934.
WE'VE BEEN OPERATING IN TEXAS FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS.
WE'VE REALLY APPRECIATED HAVING THE STORE HERE.
IT'S ONE OF OUR TOP PERFORMING STORES IN THE DFW AREA, WHICH IS WHY WE WANT TO MAKE THIS REINVESTMENT INTO THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE WE'RE AWARE THAT IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE AS BEST WE CAN TO MEET THE NEEDS OF EVERYBODY IN THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, AND I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT.
I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE EV STATION.
HOW DO YOU CONTEND WITH ALL THOSE DIFFERENT VARIATIONS AND WHAT TYPE OF TECHNOLOGIES ARE YOU PLANNING FOR THAT PARTICULAR CANOPY AREA? SURE. SO PERSONALLY, I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE ON THE SPECIFICS OF THE CHARGERS.
I DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN ENTIRE TEAM IN OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT DEDICATED TO FINDING THE BEST CHARGER FOR EACH LOCATION, AND MY COLLEAGUE SCOTT HERE CAN DO.
SO SCOTT GRIFFIN, I'M THE SENIOR ENGINEERING PROJECT MANAGER.
AND THESE TWO CHARGERS ARE GOING TO BE DC FAST CHARGERS.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO PULL ROUGHLY ABOUT 120KW IN TOTAL PER CHARGER.
HOPEFULLY CHARGE THE ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN ABOUT 15 TO 20 MINUTES.
HOPEFULLY WITH TECHNOLOGY GETTING BETTER, IT'LL GET FASTER AND FASTER OVER TIME.
BOTH CHARGERS WILL HAVE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT CONNECTIONS SO THAT MULTIPLE VEHICLES CAN, CAN CHARGE.
SO THAT WILL BE OPEN LATE APRIL.
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THANK YOU. SIR. WHILE YOU'RE UP THERE, PLEASE.YOU SAID PERHAPS MULTIPLE VEHICLES CAN CHARGE AT EACH CHARGER.
THERE ARE TWO CHARGERS WITH FOUR CHARGING SPOTS.
SO EACH EACH CHARGER WILL HAVE TWO HANDLES OKAY.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE FOUR SPOTS COME IN.
AND YOU CAN HAVE FOUR CARS CHARGING AT THE SAME TIME.
ON EACH OF THE TWO YOU CAN HAVE TWO CARS ON EACH CHARGER.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THIS IS A PRETTY EXTENSIVE RENOVATION.
JUST CURIOUS HOW LONG YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE YOU TO DO THIS.
THERE'LL BE A LOT OF, I WOULD THINK, KIND OF TRAFFIC PROBLEMS WHILE YOU'RE TRYING TO GET ALL THAT BUILT CONSTRUCTION WISE, I MEAN, IN GENERAL, THE DIESEL CANOPY AND THE EV CHARGING SPACES ARE KIND OF OFF SITE FROM OUR CURRENT CANOPY.
SO WE'RE NOT ANTICIPATING TOO MUCH ISSUES GETTING CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES IN AND OUT.
THANK YOU. SCOTT. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK? NO, SIR. ANY CORRESPONDENCE? NO, YOUR HONOR. MR. CHAIRMAN, I NEED A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ALL IN FAVOR? COMMISSION CLOSED.
PUBLIC HEARING NOW OPEN ON CONDITIONAL USE.
[6. Conditional Use Permit CU24-10 (Automotive Film Application Facility) – City Council and Planning and Zoning Commission to conduct a public hearing relative to an application submitted by Karl Crawley with Masterplan requesting a conditional use permit to amend the previously approved site plan CU09-47 (Ordinance No. 2010-003) to establish a planned industrial park. This request is specifically to allow for the application/installation of paint protection film and window film (window tinting) in conjunction with a proposed business. The subject property is located at 1702 Minters Chapel Road, Suite 112 and is currently zoned “LI”, Light Industrial District. ]
24 DASH TEN ERICA MAROHNIC.THIS REQUEST IS SPECIFICALLY TO ALLOW FOR APPLICATION AND INSTALLATION OF PAINT PROTECTION, FILM AND WINDOW FILM OR WINDOW TINTING IN CONJUNCTION WITH A PROPOSED BUSINESS. THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED LI LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AND DEVELOPED WITH ONE OFFICE WAREHOUSE STRUCTURE.
IT'S A MULTI TENANT STRUCTURE.
PAINT PROTECTION FILM IS APPLIED TO PAINT SURFACES OF NEW AUTOMOBILES TO PROTECT THE PAINT.
THE WINDOW FILM, OR TINTING IS APPLIED TO THE AUTOMOBILES GLASS TO REDUCE THE ULTRAVIOLET RAYS AND HEAT TRANSFER REQUIRED PARKING FOR THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT, SO ALL SWEETS WAS BASED ON OFFICE WAREHOUSE USE WHEN IT WAS INITIALLY DEVELOPED.
AND THAT'S 94 PARKING SPACE, AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE ITS EXISTING 98 PARKING SPACES.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
SO. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONS.
SO, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS WENG KWANG.
I'M WITH EASTMAN PERFORMANCE FILMS. I'M BASED OUT OF SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI.
AND THEN I'D LIKE TO GET INTO WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE DOING AT THE SITE.
SO WHO IS EASTMAN? EASTMAN. EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY IS A FORTUNE 500 COMPANY WITH OVER $9 BILLION IN REVENUE.
WE ARE A GLOBAL SPECIALTY COMPANY.
WE PRODUCE BROAD RANGE OF PRODUCTS, FOUND ITEMS IN IN USE EVERY DAY.
WE MAKE THE PVB INTERLAYER BETWEEN THE WINDSCREENS OF MOST VEHICLES.
SO A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW EASTMAN, BUT IF YOU GO TO EASTMAN KODAK, EVERYONE INSTANTLY KNOWS.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE ACTUALLY CAME FROM.
EASTMAN KODAK WAS FOUNDED IN 1920, 1993.
THEY SPUN OFF THE EASTMAN CHEMICAL DIVISION.
WE EASTMAN PERFORMANCE FILMS IS PART OF THE EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY.
WE OUR BUSINESS IS AROUND $25 MILLION A YEAR IN SALES.
OF THESE FILMS, WE THE PRODUCTS ARE SOLD THROUGH DISTRIBUTION CENTERS TODAY THROUGH ONE IN HOUSTON, AS WELL AS ONE IN NEARBY EULESS. WE SELL TO OVER 500 DEALERS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, AS WELL AS 200 CAR DEALERSHIPS.
SO THIS IS A SEGUE INTO THE REQUEST THAT WE HAVE.
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WE'VE OVERGROWN OUR INSTALLATION FACILITY IN EULESS, AND WE ALSO WANT TO BE CLOSER TO OUR CUSTOMERS, THE CAR DEALERSHIPS, MANY OF THEM HERE IN THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE.SO WHAT WILL WE BE DOING AT THE SITE? SO AS I MENTIONED, OUR CUSTOMERS ARE CAR DEALERSHIPS.
THE INSTALLATION OR APPLICATION OF THESE FILMS HAS TO BE DONE MANUALLY.
IT HAS TO BE DONE WITH PRECISION BY TRAINED INSTALLERS.
WE DID MENTION ALREADY PAINT PROTECTION, FILM WINDOW FILMS, THE TWO THINGS THAT WE, WE DO HERE.
AND THEN JUST FROM A PROCESS STANDPOINT.
ESSENTIALLY, NEW CARS ARE DELIVERED FROM LOCAL GRAPEVINE CAR DEALERSHIPS OVER TO THE SHOP.
THE CARS ARE ALREADY PRE-PREPARED.
THEY'RE ALREADY WASHED THROUGH THE FACILITY AND CLEANED IN PREPARATION FOR THE FILM.
AND THE FILMS ARE APPLIED USING TWO MAIN SOLUTIONS.
AND THAT'S JUST THE POSITION, THE FILM.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS A TACK SOLUTION.
AND THAT IS A MIXTURE OF WATER AGAIN A LOT OF IT WITH ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL.
THIS IS THE SAME ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL YOU BUY IN A WALGREENS.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE BASICALLY USING.
WE JUST USED 32 OUNCE SQUIRT BOTTLE.
WE'RE JUST REALLY POSITIONING THE FILM ON THE VEHICLES FOR USE AT ANY GIVEN TIME.
THE DURATION OF TIME THAT THE CAR IS, THERE COULD BE A FEW HOURS OR A FEW DAYS.
IT ALL DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH OF THE CAR WE'RE PROVIDING THE FILM COVERAGE.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT A HOOD INSIDE, IT COULD BE THERE MAYBE 3 OR 4 HOURS.
IF YOU'RE DOING THE WHOLE CAR, IT COULD BE THERE OR 2 OR 3 DAYS.
THERE WAS A QUESTION EARLIER ABOUT CURING TIME THAT MAY BE REQUIRED.
SO THE FILMS ARE NOT LIKE CERAMIC COATING.
CERAMIC COATING DOES REQUIRE SOME CURING TIME WITH THESE FILMS. BASICALLY, WHEN THEY'RE FILMED, WE CAN RETURN IT BACK TO THE CAR DEALERSHIP.
THE CAR DEALERSHIP WANT THE CAR TO GIVE IT TO THE CAR BUYERS RIGHT AWAY.
ALL THE INSTALLERS ARE EASTMAN EMPLOYEES.
THEY'RE ALL SCREENED PRIOR TO EMPLOYMENT.
THEY'RE ALL SUBJECT TO RANDOM DRUG TESTING.
THERE'S JUST TWO PICTURES I HAVE ON ANOTHER SLIDE.
A COUPLE MORE ON HOW THE FILM IS APPLIED.
YOU CAN SEE GENERALLY IT'S PUT ON THE CARS.
IT'S NOT A LOT OF WATER AROUND OR MESS.
THIS SLIDE GIVES A FEW MORE OF HOW THE FILM IS PRODUCED.
THE LEFT UPPER ONE IS ON THE HOOD.
IT'S AROUND THE, THE FRONT THE FRONT BUMPER.
ANOTHER ONE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.
ON THE UPPER SIDE IS ALSO THE HOOD.
THE ONE ON THE BOTTOM. IN THE MIDDLE.
THIS IS WINDOW FILM THAT'S BEEN YOU CAN PUT ON THE CAR.
THAT'S A SUMMARY OVERALL OF OF WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE PLAN TO DO.
QUESTIONS. CAN YOU DESCRIBE HOW HOW THE VEHICLES GET TO YOUR LOCATION? ARE THEY DRIVEN INDIVIDUALLY OR.
THEY'LL BRING IT DIRECTLY INSIDE.
OKAY. AND THEN WHEN, WHEN IT'S DONE, YOU JUST CALL THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY.
YEAH, WE LET THEM KNOW AND THEY'LL COME AND PICK IT UP.
TYPICALLY THEY'LL COME, THEY'LL BRING A NEW CAR OVER AND PICK UP ONE THAT'S FINISHED.
CORRECT. ALL THE TIME. AND THEN DO YOU WILL THERE BE ANY RETAIL SALES TO CUSTOMERS OR ANYONE ELSE?
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NO. THESE ARE WHOLESALE TO THE CAR DEALERSHIPS ONLY AT THIS POINT.OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU HAVE APPROXIMATELY EIGHT INSTALLERS.
HOW MANY OTHER EMPLOYEES? SO WE HAVE, LIKE, TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES, LIKE INSTALLATION MANAGER.
AND WE DON'T HAVE ONE YET, BUT LIKE, THE OFFICE TYPE MANAGER.
SO IN TOTAL, WE MAY HAVE 14 STAFF FOR THIS OPERATIONS, BUT ABOUT HALF OF THEM MAY BE WORKING ACTUALLY IN THE CAR DEALERSHIPS OUTSIDE OF THE AREA. OKAY. AND ARE THERE ANY HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ON SITE? NO. THERE'S NONE.
APPARENTLY NOT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK? YES, SIR. I HAVE ONE REQUEST.
STEVE. WORTH 1201 MINTERS CHAPEL ROAD, NUMBER 302.
COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME TONIGHT.
GRAPEVINE ALREADY HAS A LLUMAR WINDOW TINTING SHOP AT 1201 MINTERS CHAPEL ROAD, JUST NORTH OF THE MERCEDES DEALERSHIP.
THE BMW DEALERSHIP LEXUS RIGHT THERE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THEY'VE DECIDED TO ENCROACH ON MY TERRITORY.
QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU DON'T GET TO ASK QUESTIONS.
YOU JUST GET TO SPEAK. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. ANY CORRESPONDENCE? YES, SIR. THERE ARE TWO LETTERS IN FRONT OF ME.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. CHAIRMAN. YES? WE NEED A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ALL IN FAVOR? COMMISSIONER CLOSED A MOTION FROM THE COUNCIL.
PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN ON THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT PD 24-1 ERICA MAROHNIC.
[7. Planned Development Overlay PD24-01 (Reserve at Bear Creek) – City Council and Planning and Zoning Commission to conduct a public hearing relative to an application submitted by Ben Ford with Wright Group Architects - Planners requesting a planned development overlay to deviate from, but not be limited to, minimum lot size, side yard setback, front yard setback, lot width, lot depth, and maximum building height; and to allow front entry garages for lots less than 40- feet in width in conjunction with a townhouse development. The subject property is located at 4201 State Highway 360 and is currently zoned “R-TH”, Townhouse District. ]
OKAY. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A PLAN DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4201 STATE HIGHWAY 360 TO DEVIATE FROM, BUT NOT LIMITED TO MINIMUM LOT SIZE, YARD SETBACKS, LOT WIDTH AND DEPTH, MINIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT, AND TO ALLOW FOR FRONT ENTRY GARAGES FOR LOTS LESS THAN 40FT IN WIDTH IN CONJUNCTION WITH A TOWNHOUSE DEVELOPMENT.THE SUBDIVISION RECEIVED APPROVAL IN 2018 FOR A REZONE TO THE RTH TOWNHOUSE DISTRICT, AND AT THAT TIME IT WAS APPROVED WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY DEVIATIONS.
CONSTRUCTION BEGAN ON THIS DEVELOPMENT BUT WAS NOT COMPLETED SINCE THAT TIME.
PD 1802, WHICH WAS THE INITIAL PLAN DEVELOPMENT, HAS EXPIRED AND ALL PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT REQUESTS HAVE NOT CHANGED AS PART OF THIS REQUEST. IN 2022, PD 2203 WAS APPROVED, WHICH DID CHANGE THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS AND DECREASE THE MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT FROM THREE STORIES 45FT TO THREE STORIES 38FT.
SINCE THAT TIME, PD 2203 ALSO EXPIRED DUE TO LACK OF COMPLETION ON THE PROJECT, AND MOST RECENTLY, IN NOVEMBER OF 2023, YOU HEARD A NEW PLAN DEVELOPMENT REQUEST, AT WHICH TIME THERE WAS A CENTRAL AMENITY AREA SHOWN ON THE SCREEN THAT WAS PROPOSED TO BE REPLATTED TO ALLOW FOR TWO ADDITIONAL LOTS.
SO BRINGING IT FROM 69 TOWNHOUSE LOTS TO 71, THAT WAS DENIED BY THE COUNCIL AND COMMISSION.
SO NOW THE APPLICANT IS BACK WITH THE INITIAL REQUEST, WHICH WAS FOR THE 69 SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED TOWNHOUSE LOTS WITH NO OTHER CHANGES TO THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY SINCE IT HAS EXPIRED.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
MR. BEN FORD IS HERE TO PRESENT AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE COUNCIL AND COMMISSION MAY HAVE.
SO THIS ASIDE FROM THE FACADES AND THE HEIGHT, IS THIS GOING BACK TO THE LAYOUT OF PD 1802? YES. OKAY.
PD 2203 I'M SORRY, THIS IS THE FOURTH REQUEST.
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FAIR ENOUGH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.WHAT WAS THE TOTAL GOOD AFTERNOON. MAYOR, COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
BEN FORD WITH WRIGHT GROUP ARCHITECTS, 1430 SOUTH BROADWAY STREET, CARROLLTON.
OTHER THAN THAT, THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY OTHER CHANGES.
OUR CIVIL ENGINEER HAS BEEN WORKING WITH ONCOR.
THAT WAS INITIATED IN MID-FEBRUARY.
SO THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SITE.
AND THE CIVIL ENGINEER HAS ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY FOR THE TRAIL FOR THE NORTH WEST CORNER.
TO MEET THE TXDOT REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT TO BE AN ADA ACCESSIBLE ROUTE.
MR. CHAIRMAN, ARE YOU READY FOR QUESTIONS? YES, SIR. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTION.
IS THAT THE PROBLEM WITH ALL THESE DELAYS? YES, MA'AM. THAT WAS THE CAUSE FOR THE INITIAL DELAYS IN 22, WHEN THE PERMIT THE PD WAS APPROVED, WE SUBMITTED FOR BUILDING PERMIT REVIEW AND IT WAS APPROVED PENDING PUBLIC WORKS ITEMS, WHICH WAS THE MAIN ITEM WAS ONCOR'S LIGHTS.
THE OTHER ITEMS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED SINCE THEN, BUT ONCOR CHANGED SOMETHING WITH THE WAY THEY HANDLED THE LIGHTING, AND IT WAS KIND OF DIFFICULT FOR THE OWNERS TO GET ONCOR OUT THERE TO DO THE WORK.
THEY HAVE FINALLY INITIATED THE WORK ORDER AND SHOULD BE MOVING FORWARD VERY FAIRLY SOON WITH THAT.
OKAY. THE TRAIL THAT IS SHOWN ON THE PLAN THAT WE HAVE.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT HAS NOT ALL BEEN COMPLETED AT THIS TIME.
OR HAS IT BEEN? I BELIEVE IT HAS BEEN. OTHER THAN THE NORTH NORTHWEST CORNER.
NORTHWEST CORNER. IS THAT THE CONNECTION NEAR THE HIGHWAY? YES, MA'AM. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. AND YOU ALL HAVE INDICATED THAT YOU WANT TO DONATE ABOUT FOUR ACRES OF LAND FOR THE CITY TO HAVE A PARK. YES, MA'AM.
THAT WOULD SERVE THIS DEVELOPMENT.
I KNOW, CHRIS, THAT WE WE LOVE TRAILS IN OUR CITY.
YES, MA'AM. AND THIS SEEMS THAT IT WOULD PROVIDE US A GOOD CONNECTION.
I'M WONDERING ABOUT THE PARK LAND TOO, SINCE IT WOULD BASICALLY SERVE THIS ONE DEVELOPMENT RATHER THAN BEING A PARK THAT WOULD BE ACCESSIBLE TO A LOT OF OF NEIGHBORHOODS. CAN YOU SPEAK TO YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH THIS? THIS IS THIS WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED SIX YEARS AGO.
AND A LOT OF A LOT OF CHANGES HAVE OCCURRED IN SIX YEARS.
CAN YOU CAN YOU SPEAK TO THIS PLEASE? WELL, IN LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY, OUR ASSUMPTION WOULD GO BECAUSE THERE'S IT DEPENDS HOW YOU DEFINE A PARK.
BUT IF YOU'RE THINKING OF A PARK AS HAVING A PLAYGROUND AND PLAY APPARATUS AND SURFACING AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT GO WITH THE PLAYGROUND, THERE'S THE THERE'S THE DIFFERENCE.
SO IN WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT PUTTING THERE OR DONATING IT TO US, OUR ASSUMPTION WILL BE THAT WE WOULD NOT WANT TO USE IT FOR THE PURPOSE OF A PLAYGROUND PARK. IN OUR MIND, WHAT MAKES SENSE IS KEEP IT AS NATURAL, OPEN SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO GO OUT AND ENJOY.
MAYBE YOU HAVE A PICNIC UNDER A TREE AND THAT KIND OF STUFF, BUT AS FAR AS A PARK, LIKE YOU WOULD LOOK AT A PAR PARK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT WOULDN'T BE OUR OUR USAGE OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WE COULD SEE IT BEING VERY MUCH JUST A GREEN, OPEN SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY.
WE WOULD MAINTAIN IT, BUT IT WOULD JUST BE OPEN SPACE, NOT A PLAYGROUND, NOT ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THAT'S THE WAY I UNDERSTOOD IT FROM THE BEGINNING.
SO I WANT TO BE SURE THAT THAT HASN'T CHANGED BECAUSE THE UPKEEP AND THE MAINTENANCE IS VASTLY DIFFERENT FROM A MONETARY STANDPOINT, THAT OUR TAXPAYERS WOULD BE EXPECTED AND WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR.
OKAY, THE THE TRAIL AND THE CONNECTION OVER THERE THAT WOULD GO UNDERNEATH THE HIGHWAY.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT AS WELL? YES. THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR A LONG TIME.
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PIECE, BECAUSE THERE IS A LANDOWNER ON THE BEAR CREEK SIDE THE PARK SIDE, BEAR CREEK PARK SIDE THAT WE NEED TO CONNECT WITH AND FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE THAT TRAIL COME THROUGH THERE. THE ONLY PART THAT CONCERNS ME ON THE TRAIL, BECAUSE IT IS FINISHED TO THAT FAR NORTHWEST CORNER, AS HE WAS TALKING ABOUT, IS AS WE COME UNDER 360 RIGHT THERE, THERE'S GOING TO NEED TO BE A TIE IN AND THAT TIE IN TO WHERE THE TRAIL EXISTS VERSUS WHERE WE'RE COMING IN AT A DIFFERENT ANGLE.WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THAT PIECE.
AND THE ONLY OTHER PIECE THAT CONCERNS ME IS UP IN THAT NORTHWEST CORNER.
AND THIS HAS BEEN TALKED WITH A COUPLE OF TIMES WITH THE DEVELOPER IS THERE IS A LARGE BRICK WALL THERE, KIND OF A SCREENING WALL, IF YOU WILL, WITH A LARGE COLUMN THAT THERE'S ONE PANEL AND ONE LARGE COLUMN THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE WAY THAT THAT TIE IN COMES IN.
SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IS OKAY.
IS THE EXISTING TRAIL THAT THEY HAVE PROVIDED.
IS THAT GOING TO HAVE TO BE REBUILT IN SOME MANNER.
AND IS THAT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO DO THAT? TO ME, THE ASSUMPTION WOULD BE BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT ACCEPTED THAT TRAIL IN OUR SYSTEM YET, THAT UNTIL THAT TRAIL IS APPROVED TO MEET OUR STANDARD AND THE WAY WE NEED IT TO TIE IN, THAT WOULD BE ON ON THE DEVELOPER.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT RESPONSIBILITY? ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU BOTH.
THANK YOU. QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
THAT PARK AREA IT AS FAR AS PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ACCESSING THAT THEY CAN COME DOWN THE TRAIL SYSTEM, OBVIOUSLY, BUT IS THERE ANY PARKING AREA THAT IF THEY WERE TO DRIVE TO IT THAT THEY COULD ACCESS THAT? IS THERE A PLACE FOR THEM TO THE TWO HORSESHOE SHAPES IN THE CENTER? PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PARKING.
SO THAT WOULD BE SPACES THAT THEY COULD ACTUALLY POTENTIALLY USE TO GO TO THOSE TRAILS.
SO THOSE ARE OPEN TO PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIVE IN THAT AREA.
ALL OF THE TOWNHOMES HAVE A TWO CAR GARAGE, SO THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO MEET THEIR NEEDS.
AND THEN THOSE ARE JUST OPEN SPACES BEYOND THAT.
YOU HAD JUST TO TAG ON TO THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT.
WHEN THE TIE IN COMES FROM BEAR CREEK PARK, OBVIOUSLY THAT IS A GOOD PLACE TO PARK.
THEN JUST UP FROM THAT WHERE THE PRESERVE WAS PUT IN THEIR WORST PARKING SPACES, SPECIFICALLY PUT IN TO HELP PEOPLE COME TO THAT LOCATION, PARK AND GET TO THAT TRAIL RIGHT THERE.
WE HAVE A VARIETY OF OPTIONS THERE, SO FAIR ENOUGH.
YES, SIR. THANK YOU. GOOD POINT.
ARE THESE REALLY CONDOMINIUMS? YOU'RE GOING TO BE SELLING THEM AS CONDOMINIUMS? THEY'RE SELLING THEM AS TOWNHOMES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OR APPARENTLY NOT.
THANK YOU MUCH. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK? NO, YOUR HONOR. ALL RIGHT.
ANY CORRESPONDENCE? CHAIRMAN, WE NEED A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
COMMISSION CLOSED A MOTION FROM THE COUNCIL.
THAT COMPLETES OUR JOINT MEETINGS.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WILL RECONVENE IN THE MEETING ROOM TO OUR RIGHT.
THAT'S A PUBLIC MEETING YOU'RE INVITED TO ATTEND.
COUNCIL RETAINED HERE AND BEGIN WITH CITIZEN COMMENTS.
FIRST ITEM IS CITIZEN COMMENTS.
[CITIZEN COMMENTS]
ANY PERSON WHO'S NOT SCHEDULED ON THE AGENDA MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THEIR CITIZEN COMMENTS BY FILLING OUT A FORM WITH THE CITY SECRETARY.DO WE HAVE ANY REQUESTS TONIGHT? YES, SIR, I HAVE TWO. ALL RIGHT.
SO YOU'LL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON ANY TOPIC OF YOUR CHOICE.
WOULD YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE THE REQUEST? YES, SIR. TIM YOUNG, 121, WILDWOOD COURT NUMBER 200 AND GRAPEVINE.
AGAIN, FORGIVE ME FOR MY ATTIRE.
IF I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO SPEAK HERE, I WOULD HAVE DRESSED BETTER.
I WANT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TO YOU GUYS.
I GO BY TIM, RUNS HIS MOUTH ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
I'M A HOST ON SIRIUS XM PATRIOT CHANNEL 125.
I MOVED TO GRAPEVINE AFTER I TRAVELED DURING COVID.
FOR TEN MONTHS. I WAS ON THE ROAD.
I WENT TO 80 CITIES, 30 SORRY, 80 CITIES, 35 STATES.
AND SO I PUT MY MONEY WHERE MY MOUTH WAS AND I MOVED TO TOWN.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF YOUR HARD WORK.
SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR MAKING THIS TOWN AWESOME.
ALSO, THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
AWESOME. I IF I TRAVELED ALL OF THE TRAILS, I'D BE LESS CHUNKY.
THAT BEING SAID, I NEED YOUR HELP WITH SOMETHING.
THERE IS A STREETLIGHT PROBLEM ON NORTH MAIN STREET BETWEEN HALL AND DOVE LOOP.
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RIGHT. I LIVE ON WILDWOOD COURT.WHEN YOU TURN INTO WILDWOOD COURT, IT IS THE DARKEST PLACE IN ALL OF AMERICA.
THERE ARE ABOUT 35 FAMILIES THAT LIVE THERE.
I MET WITH A NICE LADY, I BELIEVE IN PUBLIC WORKS DOWNSTAIRS, AND SHE SAID, WHAT HAPPENS IS USUALLY WHEN THERE'S A LAND DEVELOPER THAT COMES INTO TOWN, THEY ARE WHO COVER THOSE STREET LIGHTS. APPARENTLY THERE WERE TWO DEVELOPERS THAT CAME TO TOWN AT THE SAME TIME.
THEY STARTED TO DEVELOP, AND BOTH OF THEM GOT OUT OF THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BUILDING A STREETLIGHT.
I MEAN, I TRIP STONE SOBER, I TRIP WALKING ON THE SIDEWALKS, COMING HOME AT NIGHT.
SO I'D REALLY LIKE THE CITY COUNCIL IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE.
AND THERE'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO PUT A STREET LAMP IN THERE.
IT'S LITERALLY THE DARKEST PART OF MAIN STREET, AND I THINK IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANYONE ELSE? ARAM AZADPUR, P.O.
MR. MAYOR, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, VARIOUS CITY STAFFERS, GREATER AUDIENCE, ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE VIEWING LIVE OR TAPE RECORDING OF THE HEARING. GREETING. MY NAME IS ARAM AZADPUR.
I'M A HOMEOWNER AND A RESIDENT OF GRAPEVINE.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS REGARDING A.
STATUTE THAT WAS PASSED LAST YEAR.
IT'S PUBLICLY KNOWN AS SB FOUR.
IT WAS CODIFIED AS CHAPTER 51 OF THE TEXAS PENAL CODE.
AND TODAY, THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT LIFTED A TEMPORARY STAY.
THIS STATUTE HAS TO DO WITH GIVING POWER TO THE STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CITY WELL, MAGISTRATE, WHICH CITY COURTS WOULD BE ONE OF WHICH TO REMOVE A PERSON WHO IS PRESUMED TO BE ILLEGAL.
I AS MY ACCENT AND MY NAME SHOULD SUGGEST, AND MANY OF YOU KNOW, I WAS BORN ELSEWHERE.
I'VE SPENT MOST OF MY LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES.
SO I'VE BEEN PERSONALLY FACED SOME OF THESE ISSUES.
MY BIGGEST ISSUE WITH THE SB FOUR IS THAT THERE IS NO AND I HAVE READ THIS STATUTE AND AS YOU KNOW, AND FOR THE RECORD, I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY. ANYTHING I SAY, IT'S JUST MY OWN PERSONAL OPINION, NOT A LEGAL OPINION OF ANY KIND.
I HAVE READ THE STATUTE AS IT'S CODIFIED.
THERE IS NOTHING THAT ILLUMINATES A PROCEDURE OR GUIDELINES AS TO HOW TO DETERMINE ONE MIGHT BE HERE ILLEGALLY. SO FOR ALL, ALL PURPOSES, AS THE STATUTE IS WRITTEN, I COULD BE ASKED BY THE POLICE OFFICERS WHO ARE PRESENT HERE TO SHOW MY PAPERS THAT I'M HERE LEGAL, AND THAT IN ITS FACE GOES AGAINST THE DUE PROCESS AS WELL AS THE FOURTH AMENDMENT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS CHALLENGE, BUT MY DISCUSSION HERE IS TO REQUEST THE POLICE FORCE HERE, THE CITY POLICE FORCE AND THE.
POLICE AND THE CITY COURT, WHICH WOULD BE A MAGISTRATE COURT, TO CONSIDER THESE MATTERS.
IN THE BIGGER PICTURES, WE LIVE IN A RED STATE.
ANYONE WHO VOTES REPUBLICAN, WHO STOOD UP AND MADE A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS TO THE UNITED STATES SHOULD RECOGNIZE THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS REPUBLICAN PARTY'S PLATFORM HAS AN ITEM REQUESTING THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO FIND A WAY TO SECEDE FROM THE UNION.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHICH REPUBLICAN VOTERS WHO MIGHT BE PRESENT IN THIS BODY IN GOOD CONSCIENCE, JUST MADE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, TO THE UNITED STATES FLAG.
NOW, THERE IS A PROCESS BY WHICH WE CAN AMEND THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.
AND I HAVE SUGGESTED THAT TO PEOPLE SUCH AS OUR SENATOR, SENATOR RAPHAEL EDWARD CRUZ, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS TED CRUZ, TO PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION BY WHICH WE CAN SECEDE PROCEDURALLY, SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THE BREXIT.
RIGHT NOW, THERE IS NO PROCEDURE BY WHICH SOME STATE CAN REQUEST TO SECEDE FROM THE UNITED STATES.
REGARDLESS OF THE NONSENSE WE KEEP HEARING THE 10TH AMENDMENT.
THE LATE JUSTICE SCALIA MADE THAT CLEAR, AND HE REFERRED TO THE CIVIL WAR WE HAD.
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SO THERE IS NO PROCEDURAL MEANS BY BY WHICH WE CAN SECEDE PEACEFULLY, BUT WE CAN AMEND THE CONSTITUTION.THOSE WHO WISH, I SUGGEST THEY PUT THE EFFORT.
I GUARANTEE YOU THERE ARE MANY WHO WILL SIGN UP TO HAVE A PROCEDURE IN THE CONSTITUTION TO SECEDE.
I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE OF MY OWN FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE.
WHEN THE THEN CITIZEN TRUMP WAS RUNNING TO GAIN THE NOMINATION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES, AND AT THE SAME TIME SENATOR RAPHAEL EDWARD CRUZ WAS RUNNING AGAINST HIM FOR THE SAME NOMINATION.
I HAD AN ISSUE AND I CALLED SENATOR CRUZ'S OFFICE IN DC.
THE MAN WHO ANSWERED THE PHONE AFTER HEARING MY MY, MY I'M ALREADY EXCEEDING.
WELL, I'LL CONTINUE WITH THAT LATER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, THAT COMPLETES CITIZEN COMMENTS.
[9. Consider the purchase of construction remodel services for the practice area and chipping green at the Grapevine Municipal Golf Course from GreenScape Six, and take any necessary action. ]
CONSIDER THE PURCHASE CONSTRUCTION REMODELING SERVICES FOR THE PRACTICE AREA AND THE CHIP AND GRAIN AT THE GRAPEVINE MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE.MAYOR BRUNO MAYOR, DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND DO PLANNING AND ZONING THEY'RE BACK? IF YOU WANT TO DO PLANNING AND ZONING FIRST, CALL THIS.
THAT'S FINE. ACTUALLY, YOUR HONOR ROBERT SINGLETARY IS HERE TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION.
HE THOUGHT HE MIGHT NOT MAKE IT, WHICH IS WHY MY NAME WAS ON THAT.
BUT IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL DEFER TO ROBERT.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
YES. THE CONSIDERATION IS TO PURCHASE CONSTRUCTION TO DO A REMODEL OF OUR EXISTING CHIPPING GREEN THAT'S ON THE GOLF COURSE NOW, THAT'S LOCATED TO THE WEST SIDE.
THE CHIPPING GREEN WOULD ACTUALLY BE.
IT'S ABOUT A 4000 SQUARE FOOT CHIPPING GREEN.
THAT WOULD BE ELIMINATED IN THE TEE LINES.
THE TWO BACK TEE LINES WOULD BE EXTENDED APPROXIMATELY 40 YARDS FARTHER TO THE WEST TO GIVE US WAY MORE TURF SPACE THAT WE CURRENTLY USE IT ALL UP ALL THE TIME. IT BARELY GROWS BACK IN TIME BECAUSE OF THE DEMAND FOR GOLF IS SO GOOD RIGHT NOW, AND WE WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN ACCOMMODATE BETTER SPACING FOR THE TEE.
AND THEN WE WOULD BUILD A NEW CHIPPING COMPLEX, APPROXIMATELY 10,000 SQUARE FOOT AREA, JUST FARTHER TO THE WEST OF WHERE THE EXISTING ONE IS NOW, AND GO DOWN THE HILL AND BUILD KIND OF A FAIRWAY SET UP WITH TWO REALLY SMALL CHIPPING GREENS.
RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST KIND OF OPEN SPACE UNUSED.
SO THAT'S THAT'S A PROPOSAL FOR THAT.
THE CONTRACTOR THAT THAT IS ONLINE THAT DID OUR PUTTING GREEN LAST YEAR.
ALL RIGHT. WELCOME TO TAKE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'M SURPRISED THAT IT DOESN'T COST MORE THAN THAT.
I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S A PRETTY EXPANSIVE SPACE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO.
IT'S A PRETTY GOOD SPACE. WE'RE USING MOST OF THE.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THE DIRT THAT'S THERE, WE'RE JUST KIND OF RELOCATING IT.
WE'LL BRING IN TOPSOIL, OF COURSE, FOR THE GREENS AND THE SAND MIX AND THE IRRIGATION.
BUT YOU KNOW IT'S A GOOD PLAN.
YEAH. IT'S GONNA BE GREAT FOR THE JUNIORS.
IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT FOR INSTRUCTION.
AND THEN ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE DRIVING RANGE.
SO EVERYBODY OUT THERE IS EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CONSIDERATION IS IN ORDER I'LL MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES.
NOW WE HAVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION.
[23. Conditional Use Permit CU24-02 (Industrial Office/Warehouse) – Consider the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission and Ordinance No. 2024-024, if applicable, and take any necessary action.]
I BELIEVE ITEM 23 IS THE FIRST ONE.SEVEN ZERO. I'LL MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES.
[24. Conditional Use Permit CU24-06 (Meow Wolf) – Consider the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission and Ordinance No. 2024-025, if applicable, and take any necessary action.]
CU2406 WAS APPROVED.SEVEN ZERO. I'LL MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? NOT ALL IN FAVOR.
[25. Conditional Use Permit CU24-07 (RaceTrac) – Consider the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission and Ordinance No. 2024-026, if applicable, and take any necessary action. ]
25. SEE YOU.SEVEN ZERO. I'LL MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES ITEM 26.
[26. Conditional Use Permit CU24-10 (Automotive Film Application Facility) – Consider the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission and Ordinance No. 2024-027, if applicable, and take any necessary action. ]
SEE YOU 24.SEVEN ZERO. I'LL MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT. ALL IN FAVOR.
ITEM 27 PD 2401 WAS APPROVED SEVEN ZERO.
[27. Planned Development Overlay PD24-01 (Reserve at Bear Creek) – Consider the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission and Ordinance No. 2024-028, if applicable, and take any necessary action.]
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MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND.ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED? I'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE FOR IT.
THAT COMPLETES THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
WE'LL RETURN BACK TO [INAUDIBLE] OUR CONTRACT FOR A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FOR THE RENOVATION
[10. Consider a contract for a Guaranteed Maximum Price for the renovations of the Municipal Service Center with Sedalco Construction Services, and take any necessary action.]
OF THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE CENTER.BRIAN BECK. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
OUR 30 YEAR OLD SERVICE CENTER WAS STRUCK BY A TORNADO, CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE ROOF.
WHAT? THE TORNADO DIDN'T DAMAGE THE RAIN THAT FOLLOWED DID.
SINCE THAT TIME, IN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE FACILITIES, COMMITTEE STAFF HAS RETAINED BROWN, REYNOLDS AND WATFORD BRW AS OUR ARCHITECT AND SYDELKO AS OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK TO ASSIST WITH THE REBUILD.
SHOWN IN WHITE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE IMAGE, WE PROVIDED FOR ENHANCED TRAINING ROOMS, CONFERENCE SPACE, AND RESTROOM SPACE, PROVIDE AN INCLEMENT WEATHER, BUNK ROOMS, AND AN IMPROVED HARDENED SPACE IN CASE OF ANOTHER TORNADO.
WE ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDED THE USE OF THE SECOND FLOOR WITH THE ADDITION OF PROPOSED ELEVATORS, ADDING OFFICE SPACE, AND RESTROOMS. DURING THIS PROCESS, WE VISITED SEVERAL OTHER MUNICIPAL COMPLEXES TO ENSURE THAT WE REBUILT AS BEST WE COULD.
THEY INCLUDE REPLACING THE EXISTING FUEL ISLAND, WHICH IS AT THE END OF ITS LIFE.
THIS IMPROVEMENT WILL LOWER OUR INSURANCE COST AND STREAMLINE OUR ANNUAL TCEQ PERMITTING.
SECOND, THE WEST, SOUTH AND EAST EQUIPMENT CANOPIES.
THESE CANOPIES WILL COVER AND PROTECT EQUIPMENT FROM THE SUN AND HAIL.
THE THIRD IS OUR LOADING DOCK.
THIS IS A PROPOSED DEDICATED DOCK TO TAKE LARGE SEMI TRUCK DELIVERIES.
AND LAST, THE MATERIAL STORAGE CANOPY.
THIS IMAGE GIVES AN OVERVIEW OF HOW TONIGHT'S ACTION FITS INTO THE OVERALL COST TO REBUILD.
THE TOTAL PROJECT STANDS AT A LITTLE UNDER 19 MILLION.
WE DO HAVE ADDITIONAL ENTERPRISE FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT.
WE HAD ANTICIPATED ROUGHLY 10 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND SUPPORT FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION.
WE ARE PLEASED THAT THE PROPOSED CONTRACT BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING MEETS THAT GOAL.
STAFF FEELS THAT THIS WORK WILL ALLOW THE SERVICE CENTER TO FUNCTION WELL FOR ANOTHER 30 YEARS.
I'M JOINED BY ARCHITECT SAM WATKINS.
KEITH AND CHAD ARE HERE ALSO TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
WHAT ARE THE ODDS THAT ANOTHER TORNADO LIKE YOU MENTIONED, JUST IN CASE, HITS THAT PLACE? I THINK THEY WENT UP WITH THAT QUESTION, SIR.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS APPROPRIATE.
IT BETTER NOT BE ANOTHER TORNADO.
OKAY, WELL, JUST IN CASE WE'RE COVERED.
RIGHT. THE FACILITIES COMMITTEE HAS MET NUMEROUS TIMES WITH THE STAFF, AND I HAVE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE WORK THAT THE STAFF HAS PUT INTO THIS.
THEY'VE DONE A VERY THOROUGH JOB.
AND LIKE, LIKE THE COMMITTEE FOR YEARS HAS TOLD OUR STAFF, WHENEVER WE HAVE A PROJECT, WHETHER IT'S A BUILDING FROM SCRATCH OR WHETHER IT WAS A REMODEL, IS WE WANT YOU TO HAVE EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED, AND WE WANT TO GIVE YOU EVERYTHING THAT YOU WANT THAT WE CAN AFFORD.
AND THAT'S NOT EVERYTHING THAT THEY WANT.
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COULD POSSIBLY ANTICIPATE FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS.AND THEY'VE DONE IT IN A VERY THOUGHTFUL A VERY ECONOMICAL WAY.
AND YET IT IS GOING TO BE AN AWESOME PLACE FOR OUR STAFF TO WORK.
SO MY HAT'S OFF TO YOU, BRIAN AND BRUNO.
THE FUNDING IS IN PLACE AND I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS.
AND BRIAN, I WANT TO OBVIOUSLY THANK HEATH AND CHAD MORE THAN YOU.
I THINK THEY'VE WORKED A LITTLE HARDER ON THIS PROJECT BECAUSE I THINK THEY ARE.
I THINK THEY ARE CURRENTLY SHARING AN OFFICE.
OR A DESK, I'M NOT SURE, BUT I'M EXCITED.
YOU GUYS DID A PUT IN A LOT OF HARD WORK.
AND WHAT'S THE TIME FRAME ON COMPLETION IF WHEN THIS IS APPROVED? OH. FOR A YEAR.
DIDN'T YOU SAY? MAY 25TH? MAY 25TH. YOU THINK I'D PUT THAT IN MY NOTES? NOT TOO BAD. THAT'S NOT BAD AT ALL.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT IF THERE'S NOT ANY MORE.
I'LL SECOND. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? APPARENTLY NOT. ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
BRIAN. BRIAN HAS THE NEXT ITEM TO CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION 24-04 APPROVING LOCAL PROJECT EVENTS
[11. Consider Resolution No. 2024-004 approving the Local Project Advance Funding Agreement with Texas Department of Transportation to establish funding participation levels for the reconstruction of Euless Grapevine Road from State Highway 360 to Hughes Road, Ordinance No. 2024-022 to appropriate the funds, and take any necessary action.]
FUNDING AGREEMENT ON GRAPEVINE EULESS ROAD AND HIGHWAY 360 BRIAN BECKER.GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
ITEM NUMBER 11 ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT IS TO AUTHORIZE A LOCAL PROJECT ADVANCE FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO EULESS GRAPEVINE. STAFF HAS BEEN ADVANCING THIS PROJECT SINCE IT WAS SELECTED FOR FUNDING IN A 2018 CALL FOR PROJECTS.
WE EXPECT THE PROJECT TO START LATER THIS SUMMER AND BE COMPLETED IN THE SPRING OF 2025.
WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
ARE WE DOING THE PROJECT OR IS TXDOT? IT'S A LOCAL PROJECT.
OKAY, YOU GOT A LOT OF STUFF GOING RIGHT NOW, BUT NOT WITH OUR OWN FORCES.
JUST SAYING YOU'RE NOT USING YOUR OWN PEOPLE.
NO, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE.
THAT WAS THE QUESTION. THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO CONFIRM.
BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS IN MOTION RIGHT NOW.
ALL RIGHT. CELEBRATION IS IN ORDER.
I WILL MOVE FOR APPROVAL. MAYOR.
SECOND. DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED.
[12. Consider a compensation update for sworn police and fire personnel, and take any necessary action. ]
CONSIDER A COMPENSATION UPDATE FOR SWORN POLICE AND FIRE PERSONNEL.GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
EACH YEAR, THE CITY EVALUATES.
LET ME GET ONE MORE SLIDE HERE.
THE CITY EVALUATES BOTH CIVILIAN AND PUBLIC SAFETY JOBS TO ENSURE WE MAINTAIN A MARKET POSITION AT THE 50TH PERCENTILE PER CITY COUNCIL DIRECTION IN 2006. THE CITY HAS HISTORICALLY COMPARED JOBS AND COMPENSATION WITH THE SAME 18 CITIES.
THE USE OF THE SAME COMPARISON CITIES OVER TIME PROVIDES A STEADY MEASURE OF ANY MARKET FLUCTUATION.
THE TWO PAY PLANS THAT WE EVALUATE ARE OPEN RANGE PAY TABLES FOR CIVILIAN JOBS, AND GRADE AND STEP SCALE PLANS FOR POLICE AND FIRE SWORN PERSONNEL. THEY'RE REVIEWED AND COMPARED TO THE 18 SURVEY CITIES, AND AS NECESSARY, A MARKET ADJUSTMENT IS PROPOSED TO MAINTAIN THE 50TH PERCENTILE. ANNUAL BUDGET DISCUSSIONS, CONSIDER MERIT INCREASES FOR CIVILIAN STAFF AND STEP INCREASES FOR SWORN PERSONNEL AND FIRE STAFF USING THE CITY'S PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PROGRAM.
THIS BUDGET YEAR, THE FOLLOWING COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS WERE APPROVED.
THIS INCLUDED A 2% MARKET ADJUSTMENT TO BOTH CIVILIAN AND PUBLIC SAFETY JOBS, A 3% MERIT FOR CIVILIAN JOBS, AND A THREE AND 5% STEP INCREASE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY JOBS ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY PAY PLAN.
THERE ARE SOME CITIES WITHIN OUR 18 CITY AREA.
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THE SURVEY GROUP THAT WE USE THAT ADJUSTS THEIR PAY PLANS IN JANUARY INSTEAD OF OCTOBER.WE HAD SEVERAL CITIES IN OUR SURVEY GROUP THAT DID DO THAT THIS YEAR IN JANUARY.
HUMAN RESOURCES BEGAN GATHERING THOSE MOST RECENT PAY PLANS THAT WERE ADOPTED IN JANUARY FROM SOME OF THESE OTHER CITIES TO ENSURE THAT WE DID STAY WITHIN THE 50TH PERCENTILE FOR OUR JOBS BASED UPON THIS MOST RECENT DATA THAT WE COLLECTED IN JANUARY.
WE WERE RECOMMENDING AN AVERAGE OF 5 TO 6% INCREASE, A MID-YEAR MARKET ADJUSTMENT TO CERTAIN SWORN POLICE AND FIRE POSITIONS IN ORDER TO KEEP WITHIN THAT 50TH PERCENTILE OF OUR COMPARATOR CITIES.
WE WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE TO MAKE THIS EFFECTIVE THE FIRST PAYROLL CYCLE IN JUNE.
THE ESTIMATED IMPACT TO THE BUDGET FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR IS ABOUT $374,864.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE.
RACHEL, I KNOW WE'RE WE SORT OF STAY A LITTLE BIT BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL IN TERMS OF HIRING POLICE AND FIRE BECAUSE IT TAKES SO LONG TO GET THEM TRAINED AND, YOU KNOW, UP TO SPEED WHEN THEY COME ON THE JOB.
SO EVEN IF YOU COULD HIRE A BUNCH OF NEW PEOPLE TODAY, IT WOULD TAKE A LONG TIME.
AND I KNOW WE'VE LOST A FEW BECAUSE I'M AWARE OF IT AT AT NOT RETIREMENTS BUT GOING AWAY PARTIES.
WE'VE LOST A FEW TO OTHER CITIES.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA? I MEAN, WHAT ARE WE LOSING IN TERMS OF PERSONNEL GOING TO OTHER CITIES FOR BETTER PAY? DO YOU HAVE ANY CLUE? WE HAVE LOST SOME PERSONNEL, VERY FEW THIS YEAR TO OTHER CITIES.
IT'S PRIMARILY UP IN THE PLANO ALLEN, FRISCO AREA, WHICH ARE THE HIGHER PAYING PUBLIC SAFETY JOBS.
WE HAVE LOST A COUPLE OF PEOPLE UP THERE.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO FIND POLICE AND FIRE RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT'S THAT'S A NATIONWIDE PROBLEM.
IT'S NOT JUST A GRAPEVINE PROBLEM.
ALL THE CITIES IN THE METROPLEX ARE COMPETING FOR THOSE POSITIONS.
AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE STAY ON THESE NUMBERS.
WE WATCH THEM VERY CAREFULLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WE KNEW THAT SEVERAL CITIES IN JANUARY WERE GOING TO BE UPDATING THEIR PAY PLANS.
IT'S VERY COMPETITIVE OUT THERE.
I'M I KNOW IT IS, BUT WE SURE DON'T NEED TO BE LOSING ANY GOOD PEOPLE IF WE CAN HELP IT.
I GUESS IT'S BECAUSE THE WAY OUR BUDGET IS SET UP IN OCTOBER, RIGHT? YES. SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO KIND OF RECTIFY THAT MOVING FORWARD? ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK EVERY JANUARY AFTER THERE'S AN ANALYSIS DONE AND HAVE TO DO MIDSTREAM? IS THERE SOME WAY THAT WE CAN KIND OF BE A LITTLE BIT MORE PROACTIVE? YES. WELL, WE DO LOOK AT THE DATA.
WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THE DATA RIGHT NOW FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET YEAR.
SO WE DO PUT THOSE NUMBERS TOGETHER FOR BUDGET WHEN WE START THAT PROCESS.
I DO NETWORK WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THE METROPLEX ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING TO DO.
HR DIRECTORS IN GENERAL ARE HESITANT TO LOCK IN NUMBERS AND SAY ANYTHING PUBLICLY TO EACH OTHER.
BUT I DO ASK AROUND, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING YOU'RE GOING TO DO IN JANUARY? ARE YOU GOING TO DO AN APRIL ADJUSTMENT? I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO AT LEAST ONE OTHER CITY THAT'S LOOKING AT POSSIBLY AN APRIL ADJUSTMENT.
I WILL SAY THAT I'VE DONE COMP FOR A LONG TIME, AND IT USED TO BE THAT WE ADOPTED THEM EVERY OCTOBER 1ST, AND EVERYBODY SAT STILL FOR THAT ENTIRE YEAR UNTIL WE WERE LOOKING AT OCTOBER 1ST AGAIN.
BUT EVER SINCE COVID, OR EVEN PRE-COVID, WE STARTED SEEING PAY PLANS BEING ADJUSTED IN JANUARY, IN APRIL, IN JUNE AND JULY, WE'RE PROPOSING A JUNE ADJUSTMENT OURSELVES.
SO IT'S A MOVING TARGET ALL YEAR LONG, AND WE ARE STAYING ON THE NUMBERS MORE FREQUENTLY THAN WE USED TO, BECAUSE WE USED TO JUST LOOK AT THEM ONCE A YEAR, AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THEM THREE AND FOUR AND FIVE TIMES A YEAR.
AND ARE WE LOOKING AT THE EXPECTATION COMPARABLE TO OTHER CITIES BASED ON THE POSITION AND THE SALARY THAT THEY'RE DOING? AS WE GROW AS A CITY, AS OUR STREETS GET A LITTLE MORE CROWDED AND WE HAVE A LOT MORE PEOPLE COMING IN TOWN AND WE HAVE ALL THESE THINGS GOING ON.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT SALARY, YOU ALSO LOOKING AT THE JOB THAT THEY DO, WHERE THEY DO IT, THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITIES AND ALL THOSE OTHER FACTORS, HOW ARE YOU KIND OF BALANCING THAT AS WELL? WELL, WHEN WE LOOK AT WHERE A JOB NEEDS TO BE PLACED ON A PAY PLAN, WE LOOK AT THE LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY, THE EXPOSURE TO DANGEROUS ELEMENTS.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS COME INTO PLAY WHEN WE WHEN WE DO AN ANALYSIS ON A JOB, BUT WE ALSO LOOK TO THE MARKET TO SEE WHAT THE MARKET'S PAYING, BOTH SOMETIMES PRIVATE SECTOR AND PUBLIC SECTOR. WE LOOK AT ENGINEERING JOBS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE'RE COMPETING IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AS WELL.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS THAT GO INTO EVALUATING THOSE JOBS.
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OKAY. LAST QUESTION IS, SO YOU'VE KIND OF COME UP WITH A NUMBER, AN ADDITIONAL 5% FOR A CERTAIN LEVEL.IS THAT BASED ON MINIMUMS OR IS THAT GOING TO GET US ABOVE SO THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE HAPPIER? ARE THEY GOING TO COME BACK AND SAY, WELL, THEY JUST GAVE US THE MINIMAL, THIS IS REALLY NOT WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
THE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING ARE GOING TO PUT US AT THAT 50TH PERCENTILE, AND THAT'S THE DIRECTIVE THAT WE WORK OFF OF BASED UPON WHAT THE COUNCIL HAS PROVIDED DIRECTION TO US TO DO.
SO THESE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING WILL GET US TO THAT 50TH PERCENTILE.
SO THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN BUDGETED.
THEY'VE GOT A 2% RAISE OCTOBER 1ST.
WE'RE PLANNING FOR ANOTHER 5 TO 6 AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
PLUS THEY ALSO HAVE THEIR THREE AND 5% STEPS.
OKAY. IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE ACTUALLY DONE THE POSITION BY POSITION ANALYSIS.
AND EVEN THOUGH THE AVERAGE IS 5 TO 6 YOU PROBABLY HAVE SOME THAT ARE HIGHER, SOME THAT ARE LOWER.
YES. EACH INDIVIDUAL POSITION TO THAT 50TH PERCENTILE.
RIGHT. THAT'S CORRECT. FAIR ENOUGH.
YEAH. IT DOES VARY BY POSITION TO GET US INTO THAT 50TH PERCENTILE BY THE POSITION.
SO DOES THIS ALSO INCLUDE THESE INCREASES FOR NEW HIRES BASED ON POSITION.
THANK YOU. HISTORICALLY, TRAVEL TIME TO AND FROM WORK FOR ANY POSITION HAS BEEN A FACTOR.
HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE IF THE, THE, THE POSITIONS THAT WENT TO OTHER CITIES LIKE THE PLANO'S AND THE FRISCO'S THAT YOU MENTIONED A MINUTE AGO, WERE THOSE EMPLOYEES, SOME THAT LIVE OVER IN THAT AREA ANYWAY? SO MY KNOWLEDGE, THE ONES THAT WE'VE LOST TO THAT AREA HAVE BEEN PRIMARILY FIRE.
SO IT REALLY DOES GIVE PARTICULARLY FIRE PERSONNEL THAT FLEXIBILITY.
SO TRANSPORTATION TIME COULD BE A FACTOR IN THOSE, NOT JUST SALARIES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
CONSIDERATION IS NOW IN ORDER.
I'LL MOVE FOR APPROVAL, MAYOR.
I'LL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? NOT ALL IN FAVOR.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
THAT BRINGS US TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.ITEM 13 THROUGH 22 ARE NOT SCHEDULED FOR COUNCIL DEBATE.
ANY GUESTS CAN REQUEST ANY ITEM BE REMOVED FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION AT THIS TIME.
I DON'T HEAR ANY. SO 13 THROUGH 22 IS THE CONSENT? A MOTION IS IN ORDER.
I'LL MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS 13 THROUGH 22.
SECOND. OKAY. THAT'S OKAY I SECOND ADMIT WE'RE PAUL AND I.
SECONDED. SORRY I COULDN'T HEAR YOU.
CARRIES. THAT COMPLETES OUR AGENDA.
ON MOTION TO ADJOURN IS IN ORDER.
COUNCIL STANDS ADJOURNED.
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