7. Mayor Tate to present a proclamation to the US Coast Guard Auxiliary, US Corps of Engineers, Grapevine Fire Department, and the Grapevine Parks and Recreation Department in recognition of Safe Boating Week.

[7. Mayor Tate to present a proclamation to the US Coast Guard Auxiliary, US Corps of Engineers, Grapevine Fire Department, and the Grapevine Parks and Recreation Department in recognition of Safe Boating Week. ]

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AVAILABLE. THOSE CAUSED 132 INJURIES, MORE THAN $2.7 MILLION IN DAMAGES.

MORE THAN 600 PEOPLE DIE EACH YEAR IN BOATING RELATED ACCIDENTS IN THIS COUNTRY.

MORE THAN 2000 ARE INJURED ON AN AVERAGE.

ALCOHOL USE REMAINS A LEADING CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IN FATAL BOATING ACCIDENTS.

THE MAJORITY OF THESE ACCIDENTS, HOWEVER, ARE CAUSED BY HUMAN ERROR, INEXPERIENCE, OR POOR JUDGMENT.

OPERATOR IN ATTENDANCE AND INEXPERIENCE ARE ALSO LEADING CONTRIBUTING FACTORS IN MISHAPS, CAUSING HUNDREDS OF ACCIDENTS AND DOZENS OF FATALITIES ANNUALLY.

BOATING SAFETY COURSES AND BOATING SAFETY CAMPAIGNS CAN TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO ADHERE TO BETTER BOATING PRACTICES AND HELP THEM TO BOAT MORE SAFELY. THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD CONSIDERS OPERATOR USE OF ENGINE CUT OFF SWITCHES TO BE IMPORTANT SAFETY MEASURES, BECAUSE WHEN OPERATORS OF POWERBOATS ARE EJECTED OR FALL OVERBOARD, THE ENGINE CUT OFF SWITCH WILL STOP THE WATERCRAFT.

A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF BOATERS WHO LOSE THEIR LIVES BY DROWNING EACH YEAR WOULD BE ALIVE TODAY HAD THEY WORN THEIR LIFE JACKETS.

THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD STATISTICS SHOW THAT OF THE OF THE ACCIDENTS WHERE THE LEVEL OF OPERATOR EDUCATION WAS KNOWN 75% OF BOATING DEATHS OCCUR ON BOATS WHERE THE BOAT OPERATOR HAD NEVER RECEIVED BOATING EDUCATION INSTRUCTIONS.

IT'S MY HONOR, AS YOUR MAYOR TO DECLARE MAY 18TH THROUGH THE 24TH AS SAFE BOATING WEEK IN THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, WE HAVE PRESENT JONATHAN SCHOLTEN, ERIC WILLIAM JAMES MCGRAW, ROY [INAUDIBLE] WITH THE FLOTILLA, 511 PARK RANGERS AMY WATKINS AND ABBY LANGSTON, OUR FIRE CHIEF, DARRYL BROWN, AND THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, CHRIS SMITH AND TRENT KELLY.

SO IF YOU WANT A PICTURE, I'LL COME OVER THERE AND WE GET IT ON THE CORNER OR YOU CAN JUST DO IT DOWN THERE.

IF Y'ALL WANT TO. Y'ALL COME ON UP AND HAVE YOUR PICTURE MADE WITH THE CHIEF.

WEEK IS JUST A HIGHLIGHT FOR THE SUMMER OF THE BOATING SEASON, AND WE JUST WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A INCIDENT FREE YEAR AND EVERYONE THAT IS ON THE WATER.

BE COGNIZANT OF THE SAFETY AND WEAR YOUR LIFE JACKETS.

MAKE SURE THAT THE YOUNG ONES ALSO HAVE THE LIFE JACKETS ON AT ALL TIMES.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU ERIC.

CHIEF. YES, SIR.

MAYOR, IF I MAY, REAL QUICKLY.

SINCE 2019, WE HAVE HAD 49 CALLS WITH PEOPLE ACTUALLY IN THE WATER IN DISTRESS.

13 OF THOSE WERE SUCCESSFULLY RESCUED BY YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.

OTHERS WERE RESCUED BY OUR COAST GUARD AUXILIARY AND OTHERS.

UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WERE FIVE DROWNINGS OVER THAT TIME, WITH TWO BEING MULTI-DAY DROWNING SCENARIOS.

WE CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH THAT WHEN PEOPLE COME TO GRAPEVINE LAKE AND ENJOY OUR LAKE, PLEASE WEAR YOUR LIFE JACKETS.

IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW GOOD A SWIMMER YOU ARE, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

PUT THOSE LIFE FLOTATION DEVICES ON THOSE LIFE JACKETS AND WE WANT TO HAVE A GREAT MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, A GREAT SUMMER.

THE LAKES UP HIGH RIGHT NOW, A LOT OF OUR LIFE JACKET STANDS ARE NOT USABLE, SO WE JUST ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TAKE GREAT CAUTION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHIEF.

MIC] THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO [APPLAUSE].

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KEEP OUR CITY SAFE AND OUR CITIZENS.

SO THAT BRINGS US TO THE JOINT PUBLIC HEARINGS BETWEEN THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION AND THE COUNCIL.

WE HAVE FIVE.

WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY.

[8. Conditional Use Permit CU24-01 (Grapevine Mills Mall, Burlington) – City Council and Planning and Zoning Commission to conduct a public hearing relative to an application submitted by Kimley-Horn requesting a conditional use permit to amend the previously approved site plan CU24-06 (Ordinance No. 2024-025) for a planned commercial center in excess of 1,000,000 square feet of gross, leasable spaces. This request is specifically to divide the existing Burlington Coat Factory into two separate suites for a new retail tenant, amend the building elevations for a new main entry, and to revise the parking lot to include seven additional handicap-accessible parking spaces, a crosswalk, a 5-foot sidewalk and loading dock. The subject property is located at 3000 Grapevine Mills Parkway, Suite 343 and is currently zoned “CC”, Community Commercial District. ]

WE WILL GIVE THE APPLICANT AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A PRESENTATION.

IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK EITHER FOR OR AGAINST AN APPLICATION, YOU NEED TO REGISTER WITH MISS BROOKS.

IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO, SHE'LL CALL ON YOU IN THE ORDER THAT YOU'VE REGISTERED.

AND AFTER THE TESTIMONY IS COMPLETED IN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS CLOSED PLANNED ZONING COMMISSION WILL RECONVENE IN THE MEETING ROOM TO THE RIGHT AND WILL DELIBERATE THE MERITS OF 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 CU 24-1.

AND ASK ERICA MAROHNIC FROM OUR STAFF TO INTRODUCE THE REQUEST.

GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

THIS REQUEST BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT IS TO AMEND THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED SITE PLAN FOR A PLANNED COMMERCIAL CENTER IN EXCESS OF MILLION SQUARE FEET OF GROSS LEASABLE AREA.

THIS REQUEST IS SPECIFICALLY TO DIVIDE THE EXISTING BURLINGTON COAT FACTORY, WHICH IS WITHIN SUITE 343 OF THE GRAPEVINE MILLS MALL, INTO TWO SEPARATE SUITES FOR A NEW TENANT.

CHANGES ALSO INCLUDE A NEW MAIN ENTRY FOR THE NEW TENANT TO THE PARKING AREA, AND TO REVISE THE PARKING LOT TO INCLUDE SEVEN ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACES, A CROSSWALK, A FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK, AND AN ADDITIONAL LOADING DOCK.

THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 3000 GRAPEVINE MILLS PARKWAY AND PRESENTLY ZONED CC COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.

NO OTHER CHANGES ARE PROPOSED TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY RELATED TO ACCESS SIGNAGE OR LOT CONFIGURATION AT THIS TIME.

THE APPLICANT, MISS JOCELYN GUBLER WITH SIMON, IS PRESENT THIS EVENING AND AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL OR COMMISSION MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

MY NAME IS JOCELYN GUBLER I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT FOR SIMON PROPERTY GROUP.

WE ARE THE OWNER OF THE GRAPEVINE MILLS HERE IN GRAPEVINE, TEXAS.

ERICA DID A REALLY GREAT JOB OF GIVING AN OVERVIEW OF THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING.

HOWEVER, I THOUGHT I'D GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND OR A LITTLE BIT OF COLOR.

THERE'S OFTEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS SURROUNDING THE RETAIL INDUSTRY, IN PARTICULAR SHOPPING MALLS THESE DAYS.

WE ALL READ THE ARTICLES, WE ALL HEAR THE STORIES THE MALL IS DEAD.

QUITE THE CONTRARY.

THE REFLECTION OF WHAT YOU'RE SEEING TONIGHT IS REALLY ABOUT THE CHANGING TRENDS IN OUR INDUSTRY.

IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FINANCIAL VIABILITY OF BURLINGTON, WHICH REMAINS A GREAT PARTNER FOR US ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

IT'S REALLY JUST ABOUT THE CHANGING TIMES IN OUR INDUSTRY.

FOR MANY YEARS WE HAD THE EMERGENCE OF THE, QUOTE, BIG BOXES.

THOSE COULD BE AS LARGE AS 100,000FT², WHICH THE BURLINGTON BUILDING IS TODAY.

WITH THE RISE OF ONLINE SALES, BUY ONLINE AND PICKUP, AND JUST THE GENERAL SHOPPING PATTERNS OF TODAY'S CONSUMER, THESE BOXES, LIKE THE DEPARTMENT STORES, ARE SHRINKING.

FOR EXAMPLE, WITHIN THE MILLS ORGANIZATION, WHICH IS 18 SHOPPING CENTERS MUCH LIKE GRAPEVINE MILLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WE HAVE 289 OF THESE QUOTE BOXES.

THAT'S ANYTHING LARGER THAN 20,000FT².

JUST FOR A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT, OUT OF THOSE 289 BOXES, ONLY SEVEN REMAIN AT 100,000FT² WITH A SINGLE USER. OF THOSE SEVEN, TWO ARE VACANT AND HAVE BEEN VACANT FOR MULTIPLE YEARS.

THREE OF THOSE ARE BURLINGTON COAT FACTORIES WITHIN THE MILLS PORTFOLIO.

ONE IS A THEATER, A VERY LARGE THEATER, AND ONE IS A BASS PRO FACILITY, NOT THIS ONE.

NINE OF THE BOXES, WE HAVE NINE BOXES THAT ARE OVER 70,000FT².

SO BETWEEN 70,000 AND 100,000 AND FOUR OF THOSE SIT VACANT.

WE HAVE FIVE BOXES THAT ARE BETWEEN 50,000 AND 70,000FT² WITHIN OUR PORTFOLIO AND THOSE ARE ALL OCCUPIED.

SO OF THE REMAINING 268 QUOTE BOXES THERE, EXCUSE ME, OF THE 289 BOXES THAT WE HAVE, 268 ARE BELOW 50,000FT².

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THAT'S WHERE THE TREND IS THAT WE'RE SEEING.

THEY JUST WANT TO BE SMALLER.

IT ALLOWS THEM TO BE MORE NIMBLE WITH INVENTORY, MERCHANDIZING.

IT ALLOWS STAFFING TO BE MORE NIMBLE FOR THEM.

IT'S AN ALL AROUND WIN FOR OUR PARTNERS.

SO BURLINGTON WILL DOWNSIZE WITH THIS PROPOSAL TO BE ABOUT 55,000FT².

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A NEW FIRST TO MARKET INTERNATIONAL RETAILER THAT WILL BE ABOUT 45,000FT².

THE TIMING OF THIS PROJECT IS THAT THIS BRAND NEW RETAILER WITH WITH AN APPROVAL TONIGHT, WHICH WE'RE HOPEFUL OF, WILL OPEN BEFORE HOLIDAY OF 2025.

IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THE VOLUMES OF MERCHANDIZING THAT ARE ANTICIPATED WITH THE ADDITION OF A NEW RETAILER.

WE HAVE THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, WHICH INCLUDES A NEW ENTRY, A NEW LOADING DOCK TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR MERCHANDIZING, AND THEN MODIFICATIONS TO THE SITE, SIDEWALK CURBS, LANDSCAPING THAT FACILITATE THE ADDITION OF THAT DOCK AND THAT ENTRY.

I HAVE AMPLE TIME THIS EVENING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT OUR PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU, ABOUT OUR INDUSTRY, AND I'M AVAILABLE ANYTIME AFTER THIS EVENING AS WELL TO SPEAK WITH EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY.

THANK YOU.

MR. CHAIRMAN. QUESTIONS.

NO QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL.

ASSUMING THAT THIS GETS APPROVED, WHAT WOULD BE THE TIMING OF ANNOUNCING? I REALIZE YOU CAN'T ANNOUNCE WHO THE RETAILER IS YET, BUT OBVIOUSLY, IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE A YEAR AND A HALF BEFORE THEY'RE DONE, DO YOU ANTICIPATE BEING ABLE TO ANNOUNCE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR? I DO, I THINK THAT'S VERY FAIR, IF NOT SOONER.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

ANY OTHER. APPARENTLY NOT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK? NO, YOUR HONOR. ANY CORRESPONDENCE? NO. YOUR HONOR. ALL RIGHT, MR. CHAIRMAN, WE NEED A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

CLOSE. ALL IN FAVOR, COMMISSION CLOSE THE MOTION FROM THE COUNCIL.

MOVE TO CLOSE. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED. PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN ON CU 24-11 AND PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY PD 24-3, ERICA MAROHNIC.

[9. Conditional Use Permit CU24-11 and Planned Development Overlay PD24-03 (Avondale Porsche) – City Council and Planning and Zoning Commission to conduct a public hearing relative to an application submitted by Spiars Engineering requesting a conditional use permit to amend the previously approved site plan CU16-14 (Ordinance No. 2016-042) for a planned commercial center in conjunction with an automotive dealership with sales and service of new and used vehicles specifically to include an additional dealership and allow for a 20-foot pylon sign and a planned development overlay to deviate from, but not be limited to, a reduction in the masonry requirements. This request is specifically to allow for a 13,184 square-foot addition to the existing Porsche dealership along with four electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. The applicant is also requesting a planned development overlay to deviate from, but not be limited to, a reduction in the masonry requirements from Section 54 of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, No. 82-73. The subject property is located at 1280 Texan Trail and is currently zoned “CC”, Community Commercial District. ]

THIS REQUEST IS FOR AVONDALE PORSCHE.

IT'S BOTH A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY REQUEST.

THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT IS TO AMEND THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED SITE PLAN FOR A PLANNED COMMERCIAL CENTER IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN AUTOMOTIVE DEALERSHIP, WITH SALES AND SERVICE OF NEW AND USED VEHICLES.

THE REQUEST IS SPECIFICALLY TO ALLOW FOR A 13,000 SQUARE FOOT ADDITION TO THE EXISTING PORSCHE DEALERSHIP ALONG ITS NORTHERN FAÇADE. ADDITIONALLY, THEY ARE HOPING TO MEMORIALIZE FOUR EXISTING EV CHARGING STATIONS ADJACENT TO THEIR SOUTHERN PROPERTY BOUNDARY.

THE APPLICANT IS ALSO REQUESTING A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY TO DEVIATE FROM REQUIRED MASONRY MASONRY REQUIREMENTS WITHIN SECTION 54.

THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING IS AN ALUMINUM SHEETING AND THIS WAS OR SORRY COMPOSITE METAL THAT MATCHES THE EXISTING STRUCTURE WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED AS PART OF A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY IN 2016.

THE SITE REQUIRES 334 PARKING SPACES, 1084 ARE PROVIDED.

OF THOSE, 138 PARKING SPACES ARE DESIGNATED FOR EMPLOYEES AND 29 FOR CUSTOMERS.

FOR THE PROPOSED BUILDING ADDITION, IT WILL TAKE UP APPROXIMATELY 30 PARKING SPACES.

NO OTHER CHANGES ARE PROPOSED TO THE ACCESS OR SITE CONFIGURATION OR SIGNAGE FOR THIS REQUEST.

THE APPLICANT, MR. DAVID BOND WITH SPIRES ENGINEERING, IS PRESENT THIS EVENING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE COMMISSION OR COUNCIL MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM.

MRS. MAROHNIC, MAY I ASK YOU ON OUR AGENDA, IT SAYS THIS IS SPECIFICALLY TO INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL DEALERSHIP.

SO THAT WAS FROM THE ORIGINAL REQUEST WHEN IT WAS ONE LOT AND SUBDIVIDED, AND WE ADDED THE PORSCHE DEALERSHIP.

SO IN OUR CAPTIONS FOR BOTH THE AGENDA AND FOR PUBLIC NOTIFICATION, WE ALWAYS INCLUDE THE ORIGINAL REQUEST.

OKAY. AND THEN WE ADD AN ADDITIONAL SENTENCE THAT STATES WITH THE SPECIFIC REQUEST WILL BE FOR YOU THIS EVENING.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

EVENING MAYOR MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF COMMISSION AND COUNCIL DAVID BOND WITH SPIRES ENGINEERING.

JUST TO REITERATE ON THE QUESTION, THE EXPANSION IS JUST TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL SERVICE AREA FOR THE THE CURRENT PORSCHE DEALERSHIP.

AND THE PROPOSED BUILDING MATERIALS MATCH WHAT'S OUT THERE TODAY THAT YOU ALL APPROVED IN 2016 OR SO.

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SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO KIND OF KEEP KEEP IT CONSISTENT.

DON'T HAVE MUCH MORE TO ADD.

I APPRECIATE WORKING WITH STAFF AND BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE.

QUESTIONS FOR MR. BOND.

WILL THE CHARGING STATIONS BE AVAILABLE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC OR ARE THEY FOR CUSTOMERS ONLY? THE INTENT IS THAT THOSE ARE FOR CUSTOMERS OR EMPLOYEES.

I SUPPOSE WE COULD ALL GO THIS EVENING AND THE SECURITY FOLKS WOULD BE THERE IN PRETTY SHORT ORDER TO MAKE SURE WELL, IT'S CLOSED.

YOU COULDN'T GET ON THE SITE, BUT DURING THE DAY IT'S FOR FOR CUSTOMERS, FOR EMPLOYEES, THAT SORT OF THING.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM.

QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS.

NO OTHER QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? I ASSUME THAT YOU HAVE AND ARE AWARE OF SOME OF THE RECENT THINGS WE'VE DONE RELATIVE TO CHARGING STATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE MEETING ALL THE CRITERIA THROUGH THE FIRE CODE AND ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS RELATIVE TO PROTECTING ANYTHING FROM HAPPENING.

CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. AND THOSE WERE INSTALLED, AND I THINK THE SUMMER OF 2022, PRIOR TO THE MORATORIUM AND ALL THAT.

RIGHT. SO WE REVIEWED THE THE NEW STANDARDS AND THESE ARE COMPLIANT WITH THAT.

THEY WERE JUST BUILT PRIOR TO THAT BEING ENACTED.

SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO BE COMPLIANT WITH ALL OF THAT.

THEY'RE CURRENTLY COMPLIANT.

YES MA'AM. YES OKAY.

THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS? APPARENTLY NOT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY ONE WISHING TO SPEAK? NO, SIR. I DON'T. ANY CORRESPONDENCE? NO, SIR. ALL RIGHT, MR. CHAIRMAN, A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

MOVE TO CLOSE. SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION FROM THE COUNCIL.

CLOSE. SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR. ALL OPPOSED.

PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

PUBLIC HEARING OPEN ON CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT CU 24-13, MRS.

[10. Conditional Use Permit CU24-13 (Jiffy Lube) – City Council and Planning and Zoning Commission to conduct a public hearing relative to an application submitted by Drew Donosky with Claymoore Engineering requesting a conditional use permit to amend the previously approve site plan CU06-55 (Ordinance No. 2007-006) to develop an automotive repair garage with a full-service car wash. The subject property is located at 3500 North Grapevine Mills Boulevard and is currently zoned “CC”, Community Commercial District. ]

ERICA MAROHNIC. THIS REQUEST IS FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO AMEND THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLAN COMMERCIAL CENTER TO DEVELOP A NEW AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR GARAGE WITH A FULL SERVICE DRIVE THRU CAR WASH.

THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 3500 GRAPEVINE MILLS BOULEVARD NORTH AND PRESENTLY ZONED CC COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.

THE SITE IS ALSO PRESENTLY UNDEVELOPED.

THE PROPOSAL INCLUDES A 6100 SQUARE FOOT REPAIR GARAGE AND FULL SERVICE CAR WASH, JIFFY LUBE.

THE BUILDING WILL FEATURE INDOOR INDOOR AUTO SERVICE AREA, OFFICES, EQUIPMENT ROOMS AND EMPLOYEE BREAK ROOM RESTROOMS, LOBBY FOR PATRONS IN A SINGLE TUNNEL STYLE DRIVE THRU CAR WASH.

ADDITIONALLY, THERE WILL BE A TEN FOOT TALL, 5200 SQUARE FOOT CANOPY OUTDOOR CUSTOMER CONVENIENCE AREA TO THE NORTH OF THE BUILDING.

TO FACILITATE THE CAR WASH WE RECEIVED CLARIFICATION FROM THE APPLICANT PRIOR TO THE MEETING, SO ANY PATRON OF THE JIFFY LUBE WOULD ACTUALLY DRIVE THROUGH THE TUNNEL CAR WASH ITSELF SO THEY WOULD OCCUPY THEIR OWN VEHICLE THROUGH THE TUNNEL CAR WASH.

AND THEN ONCE THEY WRAPPED AROUND TO THE CANOPY AREA, THEY WOULD EXIT THE VEHICLE WHERE THE VEHICLE WOULD BE FURTHER DRIED, VACUUMED, OR DETAILED.

THE APPLICANT OR EXCUSE ME, THE PATRON WOULD ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO EXIT THE TUNNEL, CAR WASH AND LEAVE WITHOUT DOING ANY OTHER SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH CLEANING THE VEHICLE.

ACCESS TO THE SITE WILL BE PROVIDED VIA TWO NEW DRIVES, ONE AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE SITE AND ONE AT THE NORTH EAST CORNER OF THE SITE, AS WELL AS THROUGH INTERNAL CROSS ACCESS. 32 PARKING SPACES ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS USE BASED ON ITS INTENSITY, AND 36 ARE PROVIDED.

THE APPLICANT, MR. DREW DANOWSKI, IS HERE THIS EVENING FROM CLAYMORE ENGINEERING.

HE'S AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMISSION OR COUNCIL MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

CHAIRMAN YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US THIS EVENING.

MY NAME IS DREW DANOWSKI WITH CLAYMORE ENGINEERING, 1903 CENTRAL DRIVE, BEDFORD, TEXAS.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS USE.

THIS IS A NEW CONCEPT FROM JIFFY LUBE, WHICH IS A SUBSIDIARY OF SHELL CORPORATION.

SO THE OIL CHANGE FACILITY AND THE CAR WASH ARE ONE USE, BUT THEY COULD BE USED INDIVIDUALLY BY CONSUMERS.

YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO GET A CAR WASH.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET AN OIL CHANGE.

ALSO, THE CAR WASH WE ANTICIPATE WILL OFFER MEMBERSHIP SERVICES AS WELL ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

BUT AGAIN, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

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WHERE'S THE CLOSEST JIFFY LUBE TO THIS LOCATION? I COULD NOT ANSWER THE CLOSEST LOCATION.

I DO HAVE MY DEVELOPER HERE WITH JIFFY LUBE THAT MAY BE ABLE TO TO ANSWER THAT, BUT THIS WOULD BE A NEW CONCEPT.

SO SOMEWHAT OF A PILOT PROGRAM FOR JIFFY LUBE THAT THEY'RE HOPING TO FLAGSHIP HERE IN GRAPEVINE.

OKAY. AND CAN YOU TALK US THROUGH THE STACKING OF VEHICLES FOR THE CAR WASH, LIKE, JUST BY THE WELL, THERE'S A DRAWING UP ON OUR SCREEN, BUT, LIKE, HOW MANY VEHICLES ARE AVAILABLE TO BE STACKED IN THE LANE? SO PRIOR TO THE TUNNEL, WE HAVE ABOUT 14 STACKING SPACES AND TWO LANES THAT THEN CONVERGE INTO THE SINGLE TUNNEL FOR CONSUMERS OR CUSTOMERS TO QUEUE UP BEFORE THE TUNNEL AND THEN AFTER THE TUNNEL WE HAVE A PULL FORWARD AREA.

AND THEN WE HAVE 12 DETAIL BAYS UNDER THE CANOPY.

AND IT'S PROBABLY ON THE DIAGRAM SOMEWHERE.

BUT WHERE'S THE POINT OF SALE? WHERE DO YOU PAY? THE POINT OF SALE WOULD BE PRIOR TO THE TUNNEL.

BUT AFTER THE MERGE, I GUESS ABOUT 3 OR 4 CAR LENGTHS BEFORE THE TUNNEL.

OKAY, SO PRIOR TO THE MERGE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THE THE PAPERWORK WE RECEIVED BEFORE TONIGHT'S MEETING REFERRED TO AUTO REPAIRS.

WILL YOU BE DOING ANY OTHER REPAIRS OTHER THAN OIL FILTER CHANGES? JUST JUST OIL CHANGES FILTER CHANGES.

OKAY, STANDARD JIFFY LUBE.

THANK YOU. SURE.

HI. ANDREW DAVIES, 819 KELLY CREEK LANE, SAINT AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA.

I'M WITH THE PAVILION DEVELOPMENT.

THE COMPANY THAT IS PUTTING THIS PROJECT TOGETHER.

MAYOR TATE COUNCIL PLANNING AND ZONING I APPRECIATE THE TIME.

JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

MISS [INAUDIBLE] I BELIEVE THE CLOSEST JIFFY LUBE IS ABOUT EIGHT AND A HALF MILES AWAY FROM FROM THIS LOCATION.

AND THEN AS FAR AS SERVICES, WHILE JIFFY LUBE PREDOMINANTLY IS OIL AND LUBE, THIS IS A A CUSTOMER CAR CARE FACILITY FOR THEM.

SO THEY WILL OFFER SERVICES LIKE BRAKES, WHEEL ALIGNMENT, THAT, THAT KIND OF THING AS WELL.

SO A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN, THAN JUST THE OIL SERVICE.

BUT IT'S THEY ENVISION THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A LIKE A ONE STOP SHOP FOR A CONSUMER TO COME IN AND, AND TAKE CARE OF THEIR CAR [INAUDIBLE] AND A FULL SERVICE CAPACITY, BUT ALSO IF THEY NEED BRAKES OR OIL LUBE, ETC..

SO I HOPE THAT HELPS THAT, ETC.

. YES, SIR. WOULD ANY OF THESE REPAIRS REQUIRE THE CAR MAYBE STAY OUTSIDE OVERNIGHT? NO, SIR. NO, SIR.

YEAH. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. SO I'VE GOT A COUPLE ABOUT THE.

SO ONCE THE THE PATRON IS GOING TO GO THROUGH THE CAR WASH, IT'S A SELF-SERVE FULL TUNNEL CAR WASH.

RIGHT? YES, MA'AM.

AND THEN THE THEY'LL EXIT, BUT THEN THEY CAN GO TO THE, TO THE LEFT UNDER THE CANOPY AND ALSO VACUUM AND DETAIL THEIR CAR THERE.

OR DO THEY GO LIKE, I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW THEY'RE GOING TO GO OUT.

SO NO, MA'AM, THEY WILL NOT NO CUSTOMER WILL BY THEMSELVES BE ABLE TO VACUUM OR WIPE DOWN THEIR VEHICLE.

THEY SIMPLY DRIVE THROUGH THE TUNNEL.

SO EXTERIOR WASH ONLY AND THEN THEY DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF WASH THAT THEY PURCHASE IF IT'S A DETAIL WASH OR A INTERIOR VACUUM, THEY WOULD PULL FORWARD INTO THE CANOPY AREA WHERE THEN THEY WOULD GET OUT, GO INSIDE TO THE CUSTOMER LOUNGE AND AND WAIT FOR THE EMPLOYEES TO FINISH THEIR THEIR DETAIL. OKAY.

OKAY. THANK YOU. I THINK OUR CONCERN HAS BEEN FROM THE CAR WASHES WE SEE AROUND TOWN IS THAT THEY'RE PRETTY BUSY AT CERTAIN TIMES. AND AND WITH THE JIFFY LUBE THERE, TOO, I'M JUST NOT SURE THERE'S SUFFICIENT SPACE.

AND WITH CROSS TRAFFIC BEING ABLE TO GO TO OTHER BUSINESSES ALONG THERE, TOO, I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC FLOW AND ABOUT BEING ABLE TO STACK UP ENOUGH PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO USE THE CAR WASH AND NOT BE BLOCKING ENTRANCE INTO THE PARKING BY THE JIFFY LUBE AND SO FORTH.

AND I, I'M JUST ANYWAY, THIS LOOKS AWFULLY CROWDED ON THE SITE, JUST NOT.

SO NOT A QUESTION IF I MIGHT OFFER JUST A COMMENT.

THIS SITE IS IS A CORNER LOT, SO IT DOES HAVE TWO STREET FRONTAGES WITH FIVE DIFFERENT POINTS OF ACCESS THAT WE MUST

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MAINTAIN. WE'VE GOT THREE POINTS OF CROSS ACCESS THAT WE HAVE TO HONOR FOR FIRE LANES THAT ARE EXISTING STUBBED TO THE PROPERTY, AND THEN TWO DRIVEWAYS. THOSE ACCESSES THROUGH THE PROPERTY WERE PREVIOUSLY PLATTED.

SO WE HAVE TO HONOR THOSE, WHICH IS WHY WE TRIED TO CREATE A RING ROAD AROUND THE DEVELOPMENT TO FACILITATE ANY PATRONS THAT MAY BE USING THE DEVELOPMENT TO GET TO EITHER OF THE PUBLIC DRIVEWAYS AND NOT NECESSARILY OUR PATRONS.

THEY'D BE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE DEVELOPMENT RATHER THAN INTERNAL TO OUR PARKING LOT OR OUR YOU KNOW, OUR USE, OUR OPERATION THE PARKING THAT WOULD BE USED FOR, FOR THE JIFFY LUBE SIDE OF THE OPERATION, THE OIL CHANGE SIDE IS REALLY INTERNAL TO KIND OF THE CENTRAL PART OF THE SITE PLAN WHERE YOU SEE THE ADA PARKING.

THEN YOU'D HAVE THE, THE BAYS WHERE CUSTOMERS WOULD PULL IN FOR SERVICE.

SO THAT IS INTENTIONALLY BEEN SEPARATED FROM THE CAR WASH ELEMENT, WHICH IS AROUND THE SOUTH SIDE FOR, FOR QUEUING AND THEN UP THE EAST SIDE THROUGH THE TUNNEL.

SO WE'VE TRIED TO BE COGNIZANT OF HOW WE DIRECT CUSTOMERS SAFELY AROUND THE SITE.

CAN YOU JUST POINT OUT EXACTLY WHERE THE SERVICE BAYS ARE? BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE I'M READING IT CORRECTLY.

IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE BUILDING, IT'S IT'S THE PANHANDLE THAT GOES EAST WEST.

OKAY. IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF THE CANOPIES.

YOU GET TO AN IN AND OUT, WHEREAS ACCESS TO THOSE? THROUGH THE THROUGH THE DRIVEWAY THAT GOES EAST WEST TO THE WESTERN FIRE LANE PARALLEL TO GRAPEVINE MILLS PARKWAY.

SO IN THE IDEAL WORLD, THEY'RE SEPARATE PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT OF THE CAR WASH AND PEOPLE GOING INTO THE SERVICE SPACE.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

OTHER QUESTIONS.

QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.

SO LET ME JUST MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE TRAFFIC FLOWS THAT YOU'RE ENVISIONING HERE AS FAR AS THAT SOUTHERN DRIVE THAT'S BASICALLY THREE LANES THAT ARE ALL EASTBOUND.

THE ONE ON THE ONE IS THE CROSS ACCESS, AND THEN TWO LANES THAT ARE STACKING FOR THE CAR WASH THAT WOULD MERGE PRIOR TO THE TUNNEL.

RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.

SO WE'VE MAINTAINED A ONE WAY ACCESS FOR FOR PEOPLE GOING EASTBOUND.

AND ANYBODY PEOPLE WANTING TO GO THAT WANTS TO GO WESTBOUND HAS TO GO AROUND THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY AND THEN BACK OUT THAT WAY.

THAT IS CORRECT. GOT IT. OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ANY THE OTHER? APPARENTLY NOT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK? NO, SIR. ANY CORRESPONDENCE? YES, SIR. THERE'S ONE LETTER OF OPPOSITION FOR YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

WE NEED A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

MOVE TO CLOSE.

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? CLOSED THE MOTION FROM THE COUNCIL.

CLOSE. SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED.

THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN ON CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT CU 24-16.

[11. Conditional Use Permit CU24-16 (Office/Warehouse) – City Council and Planning and Zoning Commission to conduct a public hearing relative to an application submitted by Don Stone requesting a conditional use permit to allow outside storage and to revise building elevations. The subject property is located at 942 Minters Chapel Road and is currently zoned “LI”, Light Industrial District. ]

ERICA MAROHNIC.

THIS NEXT REQUEST IS FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW OUTSIDE STORAGE AND TO REVISE ELEVATIONS IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN EXISTING 31,500 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE WAREHOUSE BUILDING.

THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED AT 942 MINTERS CHAPEL ROAD AND PRESENTLY ZONED LI LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.

THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO REMODEL AN EXISTING SINGLE STORY, 31,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING FOR OFFICE WAREHOUSE PURPOSES.

EXTERIOR REVISIONS INCLUDE A REIMAGINED TEN FOOT MAIN ENTRY ON THE EASTERN BUILDING, ELEVATION ADJACENT TO THE EASTERN PROPERTY LINE ALONG MINTERS CHAPEL ROAD, AND TO ADD AN APPROXIMATE 667 SQUARE FOOT, 13 FOOT TALL CANOPY ALONG THE WEST BUILDING ELEVATION IN THE REAR YARD. AS PART OF THIS REQUEST IS A PROPOSED 6800 SQUARE FOOT OUTSIDE STORAGE YARD ADJACENT TO THE WEST BUILDING ELEVATION, WHICH WOULD BE COMPLETELY SCREENED FROM MINTERS CHAPEL.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS OUTSIDE STORAGE YARD IS INTENDED TO ASSIST WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING BY THE STATE DUE TO AN EXISTING CHROMIUM CONTAMINATION, A SHALLOW GROUNDWATER ON THE SITE.

THE STORAGE YARD WILL CONTAIN FEATURES TO ASSIST WITH MITIGATION WITHIN THE SCREENED AREA AND AS YOU CAN SEE WITHIN YOUR AGENDA MEMO, THERE ARE THREE OPTIONS IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE OF THE APPLICANT IS LOOKING TO SEEK APPROVAL FROM EITHER THE COMMISSION AND COUNCIL THIS EVENING.

IF APPROVED, THE OUTSIDE STORAGE WILL BE FULLY SCREENED CONSISTENT WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE.

THE CONTAINMENT TANKS, IF APPROVED, WILL BE COMPLETELY SCREENED FROM ADJACENT PROPERTIES VIA A SCREENING FENCE.

ACCESS TO THE EXISTING SITE IS VIA ONE EXISTING DRIVEWAY ALONG MINTERS CHAPEL, LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE SITE.

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THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES REQUIRED IS 44, AND 58 ARE PROVIDED.

IF APPROVED, THIS WILL BE THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE GIVING THE SUBJECT SITE ALSO HAS SOME SPECIAL CONDITIONS, VIA SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS, THAT NEED TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT AT THEIR NEXT MEETING ON JUNE 3RD.

IF APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT, IT WILL COME BACK FOR A SECOND READING AND APPROVAL CONSIDERATION BY COUNCIL AT YOUR JUNE 18TH, 2024 MEETING. THE APPLICANT AND OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, MR. DON STONE, IS HERE THIS EVENING TO PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL AND COMMISSION AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

WE ALSO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PUBLIC WORKS, HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS RELATIVE TO THE STATE PERMIT AND MONITORING AND MITIGATION THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE DUE TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ON THE SITE.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, DON STONE.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR COUNCIL BOARD AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, CITY STAFF THAT'S HELPED GET ME HERE WITH THIS CRAZY INVESTMENT OVER HERE AT 942 MINTERS CHAPEL ROAD.

PART OF WHAT I REALLY ENJOY DOING IS TAKING KIND OF GNARLY OLD BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN FORGOTTEN FOR LONG PEOPLE HAVE WRITTEN OFF AND FIXED THEM UP. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE.

THE OBVIOUS EYESORE ON THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY IS IN GREEN, AND THAT IS THE ORIGINAL WATER TREATMENT FACILITY THAT WAS BUILT IN 2002 AND HAD BEEN UTILIZED FOR PROBABLY 15 YEARS OF ACTUALLY EXTRACTING CHROMIUM FROM GROUNDWATER TO PREVENT IT FROM CONTAMINATING THE COTTONWOOD BRANCH CREEK.

FORTUNATELY, THE LEVELS HAVE COME DOWN TO THE POINT THAT THE EFFLUENT FROM THE CREEK IS IS WELL BELOW THE LEVEL WE CAN BY PERMIT PUT IT IN THE SANITARY SEWER.

SO THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT IS REALLY NOT NECESSARY RIGHT NOW, BUT WE WANT THE ADDITIONAL SAFETY OF HAVING SOME STORAGE AVAILABLE SO THAT IN THE EVENT OF AN EXCEEDANCE, WE CAN STORE WATER FOR A FEW DAYS AS WE GET ORGANIZED TO HAVE THE WATER HAULED OFF TO A REMEDIATION PLANT.

SO AFTER A WRESTLING MATCH WITH DEWEY STOFFELS AND OTHERS FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICE, WE AGREED THAT IF WE INCREASE THE STORAGE AVAILABLE STORAGE FOR POTENTIAL ISSUE, THAT THEY WOULD AGREE THAT WE COULD REMOVE THIS OLD WATER TREATMENT PLANT.

AGAIN, VERY UNSIGHTLY, BE VERY EXPENSIVE TO RESUSCITATE.

SO FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, IT HASN'T WELL, LAST EIGHT YEARS IT HASN'T BEEN UTILIZED AT ALL.

THE WATER ACTUALLY JUST FLOWS THROUGH IT, JUST TESTED AND DROPS STRAIGHT INTO THE SEWER.

THE AREA IN BLUE SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET DONE WHEN WE SAY OUTSIDE STORAGE, IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF THAT THERE IS AN AREA THAT I WANT TO MARK OFF, WHICH IS DESIGNATED IN BLUE, WHICH WILL BE RESTRICTED FROM ANY TENANT.

AND IN THAT AREA IT GIVES ME ROOM TO HAVE A STORAGE TANK.

WHICH OPTION NUMBER ONE IS A FRACK TANK, 500 BARREL TRAILER TANK THAT WOULD LIKE TO PARK BEHIND THE BUILDING.

RATHER THAN HAVING THE BIG ONE STICKING UP THERE, THE THE FRACK TANK WOULD ONLY BE 18IN TALLER THAN THE SCREEN FENCE.

THE SUN COVERS FOR ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT.

IN THE EVENT THAT WE EVER HAD TO TREAT WATER AGAIN, THE IDEA WOULD BE THAT WE COULD BRING IN A PORTABLE SKID MOUNTED FACILITY, WHICH WOULD ONLY BE ABOUT 50FT LONG, EIGHT FEET WIDE, AND ABOUT TEN FEET TALL.

SO IN THAT RESTRICTED AREA THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT EARLIER, EVERYTHING WOULD FIT BEHIND THE FENCE.

AND JUST IMPROVE EVERYTHING OPERATIONALLY GIVES US FLEXIBILITY IF WE NEED TO ADD ADDITIONAL TANKS OR WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO.

IT WOULD ALL OCCUR IN THE BLUE AREA, WHICH IS COMPLETELY BEHIND MINTERS CHAPEL.

NOT VISIBLE FROM MINTERS CHAPEL WOULD LOOK MUCH NICER AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

I BELIEVE YOU HAD A QUESTION ABOUT WHICH TANK AND WHY.

I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

OH. I'M SORRY. WELL, JUST TO THE TANK SPECIFICALLY, WE PUT OPTIONS ON THERE.

THIS ALL STARTED A LONG TIME AGO.

PART OF IT WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THINGS WE REALLY NEEDED.

BUT THE BEST, THE BEST TANK, THE HIGHEST USE OF THAT AREA WOULD BE A FRACK TANK PARKED INSIDE OF THE BLUE AREA, WHICH AGAIN IS ABOUT A FOOT TALLER THAN THE FENCE.

SO SHORTER THAN THE BUILDINGS THAT WOULD BE STICKING UP OUT OF THE FENCE.

SO OPTION ONE IS WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE HEADED FOR.

ANY AND OTHER QUESTIONS.

I'VE GOT A QUICK QUESTION ON THAT FRACK TANK, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

I'LL JUST FOLLOW UP. SO IT'S THE EIGHT FOOT APPROXIMATELY [INAUDIBLE].

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IT'S A MOBILE LIQUID CONTAINMENT TANK.

SO YEAH, THEY'RE THE CRAZY LOOKING ONES.

YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THEM GOING DOWN THE ROAD.

THEY'RE HUGE STEEL TANK WITH JUST TWO WHEELS AT THE BACK MOVING.

THAT'S A FRACK TANK.

THEY'RE TYPICALLY USED IN THE OIL AND GAS FOR FRACK SAND AND DOING OIL WORK.

THE ONE WE'RE BUYING IS HAS BEEN WATER ONLY.

SO THEY'RE USUALLY EITHER WATER OR THEY'RE OIL AND GAS.

THIS IS STRICTLY WATER.

IT'S THE CLEAN TANK.

IT'LL BE SIT THERE. AND THE IDEA IS THAT WE NEVER, EVER HAVE TO USE IT.

BUT IF YOU NEED IT AND YOU NEED IT RIGHT NOW TO CATCH THE WATER WHILE YOU GET THE PUMPS OFF AND TRANSITION TO HAULING WATER SO IT IT CAN LITERALLY BE BACKED IN THERE, SET DOWN ON THE CONCRETE AND WE'RE READY TO GO.

ADDITIONALLY, IF WE HAD A MAJOR ISSUE, WE COULD PARK ADDITIONAL FRACK TANKS AND MANIFOLD THEM TOGETHER.

SO IT JUST GIVES US A LARGE SAFETY FACTOR.

SO YOU HAVE ONE OF THE PITCHERS, YOU HAVE A TOWER STICKING OVER THE [INAUDIBLE].

YEAH. THIRD CHOICE WAS THE BIG WATER TANK.

WE THOUGHT, WELL, MAYBE IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO SPEND THE MONEY, LET'S PUT IT IN THE TANK WE CAN CATCH RAINWATER WITH, PERHAPS USE IT FOR FIRE WATER.

WE'RE ALSO INSTALLING SPRINKLER SYSTEM THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING.

BUT TO GET THE FIRE RATED TANK TURNED OUT TO BE VERY EXPENSIVE AND NOT REALLY NECESSARY.

IT WAS GOING TO BE A NICE THING, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO CATCH RAINWATER AT THIS POINT.

OWNERSHIP GROUP OWNED THE PROPERTY? BARBARA AND I BOUGHT IT MAY 1ST LAST YEAR.

OKAY, SO THE THE LETTER THAT YOU WHOM IT MAY CONCERN LETTER THAT I BELIEVE YOU WROTE VERY HELPFUL.

I ASSUME THE DATE IS SUPPOSED TO BE 2024 INSTEAD OF 2014.

YES. WELL, I WAS CONFUSED BECAUSE I THOUGHT.

THAT'S EMBARRASSING. WELL, I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS AN OLD LETTER FROM THE PRIOR OWNERSHIP.

SO DO YOU KNOW WHY NOTHING WAS HAS BEEN DONE SINCE 2015? I'M SORRY. AT NO TIME, SINCE 2015 HAS ANY ACTUAL REMEDIATION BEEN CONDUCTED.

REMEDIATION MEANING USING SOME TYPE OF TREATMENT.

SINCE THAT TIME, THE LEVELS HAVE BEEN SO LOW THAT BY PERMIT, AGAIN, THEY'RE TESTED MONTHLY AND JUST DROPPED IN THE SANITARY SEWER.

OKAY, SO THERE'S ALSO THE STATEMENT THE LEVELS REMAIN ABOVE THE CLEANUP STANDARD LEVEL DICTATED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS AGREED ORDER.

SO WHAT'S THE PLAN TO BRING THEM TO THE STATE OF TEXAS LEVEL? JUST KEEP PUMPING ABOUT 5 MILLION GALLONS A YEAR BACK TO THE PROPERTY, TESTING IT, DROPPING IT.

THE LEVELS HAVE REDUCED DRAMATICALLY.

AND WE THINK IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS PERHAPS EVERYTHING WILL BE FLUSHED OUT.

THE BENEFIT IS WE HAVE TO PAY YOU TO TAKE THE SEWER WATER.

AND DO YOU NOW HAVE THE REMEDIATION OBLIGATIONS VERSUS YOUR YOUR SELLER? YES. OKAY.

OKAY. MUCH TO MY BRIDE'S CHAGRIN.

AND THE SCREENING, THE LETTER TALKS ABOUT 80% SCREENING VERSUS I THINK THE CITY TALKED ABOUT FULL WELL.

I WAS TRYING THAT ON THE CITY STAFF AND THEY THEY WON THAT WRESTLING MATCH ALSO TO THIS POINT.

OKAY. SO THAT'S WE HAVE A EIGHT FOOT BLACK CHAIN LINK FENCE WITH SLATS IN IT THAT PROVIDES ABOUT AN 80% SCREEN, WHICH I PUT UP AROUND THE CURRENT TANKS BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST SO UGLY. I JUST WANTED TO HIDE THAT.

PLUS, YOU DON'T WANT KIDS ON THE WEEKEND OR SOMETHING WANDERING IN THERE.

THERE'S NOTHING REALLY THAT'LL HURT THEM OTHER THAN CLIMBING UP ON ONE AND FALLING OFF.

AND WE HAD HOPED TO USE THAT SO THAT IT MATCHED THE THE PERIMETER FENCE IS ALL EIGHT FOOT CHAIN LINK BLACK AROUND THE PROPERTY, AND WE HAD HOPED TO JUST BLOCK OFF THE BLUE AREA WITH THE SAME FENCE, THE SAME SLATS.

AND WE MIGHT RUN THAT BY THE BCA AND SEE IF THEY WOULD MAKE AN EXCEPTION, BUT WE'RE ALREADY ASKING FOR A LOT FROM THEM.

OKAY. OKAY. SO THE PROPOSAL IS FOR FOR FULL SCREENING THOUGH.

CORRECT. MASONRY OR WOOD, WE WILL PROBABLY PUT UP WOOD.

OKAY. I'D LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERT.

LARRY, CAN YOU PULL THE MIC A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO YOU, PLEASE? I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU HAVE ANY FEELINGS ONE WAY OR ANOTHER IN TERMS OF THE METHODOLOGY THAT HE WOULD PREFER TO USE FOR THE WATER.

AS FAR AS, AS FAR AS STORAGE VERSUS TREATMENT.

WHEN HE'S TALKING ABOUT WE HAVEN'T REMEDIATED, WHAT HE'S SAYING IS WE HAVEN'T TREATED THE WATER TO CREATE THE SLUDGE TO DISPOSE OF THE SLUDGE.

THE WATER HAS BEEN REDUCED BELOW THE LOCAL LIMITS.

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THE LOCAL LIMITS IS IS 2.9 THE TARRANT OR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

OH, NO. TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY IS LOOKING AT REDUCING THAT TO MAYBE .6 RIGHT NOW.

THIS YEAR THEY'RE RUNNING AT ABOUT .6, [INAUDIBLE] .66.

AND IT WAS TO GIVE YOU THE SCALE 2023 IT WAS AROUND 0.677, 2022 IT WAS AROUND .85.

SO IT'S BEEN REDUCING OVER THE YEARS.

IT'S AND IT'S IT'S PRETTY FAR BELOW OUR LOCAL LIMITS AS FAR AS THE AMOUNT OF CHROMIUM THAT'S IN THE GROUNDWATER.

WHAT ABOUT THE METHOD OF RETENTION OF WATER? IF IT DOES GET ABOVE THE LEVELS IN TERMS OF THE, THE TANKER VERSUS ON GROUND.

IT IS A CONCERN RIGHT NOW.

THE EQUIPMENT THAT'S OVER THERE I DON'T BELIEVE IS WORKING PROPERLY TO BE ABLE TO PULL THE CHROMIUM OUT OF THE WATER SO THAT EQUIPMENT, THE STORAGE TANKS, IF THEY DID HAVE THEM IN PLACE, AND THEY DID HAVE THEM IN PLACE AT A TIME IN THE PAST WOULD GIVE THEM A PERIOD OF TIME TO GET IT ADDRESSED OR HAUL IT OFF SITE TO TREAT IT AT ANOTHER LOCATION.

I'M SORRY. I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT YOUR FEELING IN REGARD TO THE THREE OPTIONS AVAILABLE OR THE REQUESTS NOW, IN TERMS OF A TRAILER THERE TO HAUL THE WATER OFF WITH, OR A LARGE TANK OR THREE SMALLER TANKS TO RETAIN THE WATER IF IT BECOMES NECESSARY. WHICH ONE WOULD I CHOOSE? I WOULD I WOULD CHOOSE THE ONE THAT WAS MOST CONVENIENT TO GET IT TO HAULED AWAY.

AND SO IN MY MIND, THAT IS THE TRAILER OPTION.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THAT'S THE BEST OPTION.

I KNOW THERE'S TANKER TRUCKS, SO IF YOU HAD IT IN A TANK, YOU COULD BRING THOSE INTO, SO WHATEVER IS WHATEVER'S GOING TO HOLD IT AND BE ABLE TO GET IT HAULED OFF SITE IF THEY HAVE TO, THAT'S THAT'S MY INTEREST.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FRAC TANKS AND THE GOOD THING ABOUT THE FRAC TANK IS IT INCREASES OUR STORAGE IMMEDIATELY BY 10,000 GALLONS, THAT THERE'S 12,000 AVAILABLE IN THE OLD SYSTEM.

FRAC TANK TAKES US TO 20,000.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

QUESTION IS FROM THE COUNCIL.

I DROVE BY THE PROPERTY AND LOOKED IT OVER CONSIDERABLY.

AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT FENCING BECAUSE I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT YOUR INTENT IS.

THE FENCE THAT IS AROUND THE PERIMETER OF WHAT I WILL CALL THE THE YARD, IS, I BELIEVE YOU SAID, IS IT A VINYL CLAD BLACK CYCLONE FENCE? CORRECT. OKAY.

SEVEN FOOT TALL, EIGHT FOOT TALL, EIGHT.

OKAY. AND YOU'RE PROPOSING, AND IT LOOKS VERY NICE, I MIGHT SAY.

WELL, THANK YOU. AND YOU'RE PROPOSING THAT SAME FENCE TO GO AROUND THE AREA IN BLUE, IS THAT CORRECT? I WOULD THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO WITH SLATS IN IT TO PROVIDE THAT 80% SCREEN.

BUT I LOST THAT WRESTLING MATCH TO THIS MAN RIGHT HERE WHO SAID IT'S GOT TO BE MASONRY OR WOOD, SO WE'LL DO ONE OR THE OTHER, BUT WE'RE STILL RESERVE THE RIGHT TO ARGUE WITH BCA.

YEAH, HE'S RIGHT, HE'S HE'S RIGHT.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

AND SO AND WHAT WOULD BE THE HEIGHT OF THAT FENCE.

WOULD IT ALSO BE EIGHT FEET TALL? YES, MA'AM. OKAY.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

LIKE STUFF MATCHING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK? YES, SIR. ANY CORRESPONDENCE? NO, SIR. ALL RIGHT. MOTION TO CLOSE.

MOTION TO CLOSE SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? THANK YOU.

COMMISSION CLOSE THE MOTION FROM THE COUNCIL.

MOVE TO CLOSE. SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED.

PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

[12. Conditional Use Permit CU24-18 (OG Wine Cellars Wine Tasting Room) – City Council and Planning and Zoning Commission to conduct a public hearing relative to an application submitted by Transwestern Real Estate requesting a conditional use permit to allow for the possession, storage, retail sale and off-premise consumption of alcoholic beverages (wine only) in conjunction with a wine-tasting room and outdoor dining. The subject property is located at 909 South Main Street, Suite 104 and is currently zoned “MXU”, Mixed Use District. ]

PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN ON CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT CU 24-18, ERICA MAROHNIC.

THIS REQUEST IS FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW THE POSSESSION, STORAGE, RETAIL SALE, AND ON AND OFF PREMISE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, WINE ONLY, AND OUTDOOR DINING IN CONJUNCTION WITH A PROPOSED WINE TASTING ROOM.

THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED AT 909 SOUTH MAIN STREET, SUITE 104, AND PRESENTLY ZONED MXU MIXED USE DISTRICT.

THE SUBJECT SITE IS DEVELOPED AS A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT WITH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL USES.

THE APPLICANT PLANS TO DIVIDE THE PREVIOUS 4900 SQUARE FOOT DEVIATE SALON, WHICH IS SUITE 100, INTO TWO SEPARATE SUITES.

ONE OF THESE SUITES, SUITE 100, WILL REMAIN A SALON OCCUPYING APPROXIMATELY 2200FT².

THE NEW SUITE, SUITE 104, WILL BECOME A PROPOSED WINE TASTING ROOM.

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OG WINE CELLARS, OCCUPYING 2700FT².

AS PART OF THIS PROPOSAL AND SHOWN ON YOUR FLOOR PLAN IN YOUR BACKUP MATERIALS, THEY WILL HAVE 104 INDOOR SEATS AND 12 OUTDOOR SEATS WITHIN THREE TABLES.

THIS AREA WILL TAKE UP APPROXIMATELY 312FT² OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING.

THE DEVELOPMENT HAS A TOTAL OF 602 PARKING SPACES.

THESE ARE DIVIDED AMONG 510 WITHIN THE MULTI-LEVEL PARKING STRUCTURE, AND 92 SURFACE SPACES.

REQUIRED PARKING FOR THE WINE TASTING ROOM IS 39 SPACES, WHICH WILL BE UTILIZED BETWEEN BOTH THE GARAGE AND THE SURFACE SPACES AVAILABLE.

THE APPLICANT AND BUSINESS OWNER, MR. JAMES HAGER FROM OG WINE CELLARS, IS PRESENT THIS EVENING.

HE HAS PREPARED A PRESENTATION AND AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE COMMISSION AND COUNCIL MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, DISTINGUISHED COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS JAMES HANGER.

I AM FROM WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS.

MY ADDRESS IS 6 OAKWOOD COURT IN 76308.

MY WIFE AND I OWN OG CELLARS.

WE STARTED THIS WINERY TEN YEARS AGO IN 2014 IN SOME LAND WE HAVE OUT IN SUNSET, TEXAS, WHICH IS BETWEEN BOWIE AND DECATUR.

IN 2021, WE EXPANDED TO OUR SECOND LOCATION IN DOWNTOWN WICHITA FALLS.

SO THIS WOULD BE OUR THIRD LOCATION OF A TASTING ROOM, ONLY IT WOULDN'T BE ANY OPERATIONS GOING ON THERE.

AS FAR AS WINEMAKING GOES, IF ANYTHING, I COULD MIGHT BRING IN A BARREL OF PORT TO AGE J UST MAKES FOR A NICE AMBIANCE.

OKAY. THE LOCATION WE'VE CHOSEN IS A FORMER DEVIATE SALON.

IT'S A VERY NICE SPACE RIGHT NEXT TO THE HOTEL.

THEN AT THE CORNER OF DALLAS AND MAIN.

IT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE IN IN OUR SECOND LOCATION WITHIN WICHITA FALLS.

I'M IN A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THERE AS WELL, WHERE IT WAS AN OLD 100 YEAR OLD HOTEL THAT HAD BEEN RENOVATED INTO APARTMENTS.

AND WE'RE ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THAT ONE.

SO IT'S VERY, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING.

AND WE MAKE AWARD WINNING WINES USING 100% TEXAS GRAPES.

WE'RE PROUD OF THAT. I MAKE EVERY WINE.

I WAS FILTERING IT YESTERDAY.

AND IT'S IT'S BEEN QUITE AN ADVENTURE.

WE LOVE MAKING WINES, AND WE LOVE SEEING THE SMILES ON PEOPLE'S FACES.

AND WE LOOKED AT WHERE ELSE COULD WE GO? AND WE THOUGHT GRAPEVINE WOULD BE THE PERFECT FIT FOR US.

AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE THE PERFECT FIT FOR GRAPEVINE AS WELL.

WE'RE INTERESTED IN THAT CORRIDOR GOING THAT WAY AS WELL.

THERE'S MORE MIXED USE APARTMENTS GOING IN DOWN DALLAS STREET AND THE HOTEL VIN RIGHT THERE.

IT JUST BRINGS IT CLOSER TO HAVING IT RIGHT THERE.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE WINE AND MAYBE SOME CHARCUTERIE BOARDS.

I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN WITH MAC'S ON MAIN, AND THEY'RE EXCITED TO HAVE US NEXT DOOR.

WE MIGHT DO SOME THINGS WHERE PEOPLE CAN ORDER FOOD FROM OVER THERE, OR WE CAN HOPEFULLY GET OUR WINES ON THEIR WINE LIST AND JUST BRING MORE FOOT TRAFFIC TO THAT LITTLE AREA AND EXPANDING AS IT AS, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE RETAIL ON THE GROUND FLOORS GOING DOWN DALLAS STREET AS WELL.

THIS IS A PICTURE OF OUR ACTUAL THIS IS THE ACTUAL WINERY WHERE WE MAKE EVERYTHING IN THE VINEYARD THE THIRD HIGHEST POINT IN WISE COUNTY.

IT'S PRETTY, PRETTY, PRETTY PIECE OF PROPERTY.

AND LET'S SEE, THERE'S MY BARREL ROOM.

THERE'S ME CLEANING GLASSES.

OKAY. AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE AWARDS WE'VE WON, NOT JUST IN TEXAS COMPETITIONS, BUT IN SAN FRANCISCO AND CALIFORNIA AND OTHER MAJOR COMPETITIONS ACROSS THE US.

WE'VE WON GOLDS, BRONZE AND SILVERS.

AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO COMING IN HERE LIKE THIS SPACE HERE IS A IS A LARGE SPACE.

WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

IT'S GOING TO HAVE IT'S GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE BANQUET ROOM IN THE BACK THAT PEOPLE CAN WE CAN RENT THAT OUT FOR PRIVATE PARTIES SMALL ONES THAT'LL ONLY HOLD 36 PEOPLE, I THINK IS WHAT WE'VE GOT IT DRAWN UP FOR.

AND AND THEN A LITTLE BIT OF OUTDOOR SEATING WE HAVE THERE, WE MEASURE THAT OFF IT'S 312FT², WHICH COULD EASILY FIT THOSE THREE TABLES FOR THE REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH TABLE, FOR A OUR TOP AND THERE'S ONE OF OUR WINES.

IT'S NICE. AND OG, IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING, STANDS FOR MY CHILDREN, OLIVIA AND GRAYSON.

SO THERE YOU GO.

YEAH. ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS HERE.

NO QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF.

MY QUESTION IS, SINCE THEY'RE ACTUALLY COMING IN AS UNDER ALCOHOL, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE RESTRICTING IT ONLY TO WINE, CORRECT?

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YES. DOESN'T THAT MEAN THEY HAVE TO DO 50% FOOD? NO, NOT FOR WINE TASTING, NO.

SO THEY CAN DO A WINE TASTING.

SO THAT'S ALLOWED IN OUR ORDINANCE TO DO THAT.

CORRECT. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO CONFIRM.

THANK YOU. AND I HAVE A QUESTION.

DID I UNDERSTAND THAT DEVIATE IS GOING TO CONTINUE THEIR JUST IN A SMALLER LOCATION OR THEY'RE GONE.

TOTALLY. THEY'RE GOING TO COLLEYVILLE.

OKAY, GOOD.

I WAS GOING TO SAY I DON'T THINK THE SMELLS FROM A HAIR SALON MIGHT BE A GOOD THING RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO YOUR WINE TASTING, BUT WE HAVE GOOD WALL IN BETWEEN US.

SO YOU'RE TAKING THAT ENTIRE SPACE? YES. THEY'RE IN.

THE SPACE THAT WAS IN BETWEEN WAS ALREADY WALLS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT UP TO SEPARATE THE TWO.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. I MEAN, YOU'RE APPROVED TONIGHT.

WHEN WILL YOU BE OPEN? I HOPE TO BE OPEN BY THE 1ST OF AUGUST.

THE TABC USUALLY SAYS IT'S LIKE ABOUT 60 DAYS.

SO FROM AND THEY BASICALLY SAID WE'LL START THAT 60 DAYS FROM THE TIME YOU GET THE CITY APPROVAL.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

YOU WILL DO WELL.

THANK YOU I HOPE SO.

I NEED TO ASK THE OBVIOUS QUESTION.

I WOULD ASSUME YOU KNOW WHERE WINE TOWN AND YOU DIDN'T BRING SAMPLES FOR EVERYBODY HERE, SO JUST WOULD HAVE HELPED OUT A LITTLE BIT.

I'M JUST SAYING I WOULD LOVE TO HOST THE COUNCIL A PRIVATE TASTING.

ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHERS? NO, SIR.

APPARENTLY NOT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK? NO, SIR. ANY CORRESPONDENCE? NO, SIR. MR. CHAIRMAN, I NEED A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

MOVE TO CLOSE.

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? COMMISSION CLOSED A MOTION FROM THE COUNCIL.

MOVE TO CLOSE. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES.

WE GET A SECOND.

TARA. GOT IT. ALL RIGHT, YOU GOT THE SECOND.

ALL RIGHT, THAT COMPLETES THE JOINT PUBLIC HEARINGS.

WE'VE GOT ONE MORE ITEM OF BUSINESS BETWEEN THE JOINT MEETING BETWEEN THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND THE COUNCIL, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO RECONVENE AND THEIR MEETING ROOM IN A SEPARATE MEETING.

ITEM 13, THE COUNCIL AND PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO RECEIVE A PRESENTATION DISCUSSING AM 23-03, WHICH IS KNOWN AS THE PLANNING AND

[13. City Council and Planning and Zoning Commission to receive a presentation and discuss AM23-03 amendments to Chapter 19, Planning of the Grapevine City Code of Ordinances, also known as the Planning and Zoning Commission Bylaws. (The Commission and Council will consider and vote on this item separately.) ]

ZONING COMMISSION BYLAWS AND AMENDMENTS THERETO, ERICA MAROHNIC.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CHAIR FORMED A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMISSION AT THEIR WORKSHOP ON AUGUST 1ST, 2023 AND DISCUSSED AMENDING THE COMMISSION'S BYLAWS, WHICH ARE THE WRITTEN RULES THAT OUTLINE THE GROUP'S PURPOSE, REQUIREMENTS FOR MEMBERSHIP, OFFICERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

THE COMMISSION'S BYLAWS ARE ACTUALLY CHAPTER 19 PLANNING OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE CODE OF ORDINANCES AND OUTSIDE OF APPENDIX D, WHICH IS THE ZONING ORDINANCE.

THESE BYLAWS WERE LAST UPDATED IN 1999.

THREE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS FOLLOWED, ONE IN AUGUST, ONE IN OCTOBER, AND ONE IN NOVEMBER, AND THERE WAS A FINAL JOINT WORKSHOP BETWEEN THE COMMISSION AND COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 27TH, 2023 TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AS TWO GROUPS.

A SUMMARY OF THESE CHANGES INCLUDES REORGANIZATION OF THE CHAPTER, REMOVAL OF DUPLICATIVE SECTIONS AND SUBSECTIONS, CLARIFICATION OF THE ROLE OF THE FIRST AND SECOND ALTERNATE POSITIONS AND WHEN THEY SERVE, MEANING WHEN THEY ROTATE IN PLACE OF AN ABSENT MEMBER.

WE MODERNIZE SOME LANGUAGE, UPDATED PROCESSES BASED ON HISTORICAL PRACTICE, AND CORRECTED CAPITALIZATION AND SPELLING CONSISTENCY THROUGHOUT THE DOCUMENT. SEVERAL CHANGES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE DRAFT ORDINANCE FOR YOUR REVIEW THIS EVENING AFTER THE NOVEMBER 27TH JOINT MEETING, INCLUDING CLARIFICATION THAT BOTH SPECIAL MEETINGS OF THE COMMISSION AND FORMATION OF SUBCOMMITTEES SHALL BE SCHEDULED AND FORMED AT THE CHAIR'S DISCRETION.

AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE WAS ADDED TO LIMITATIONS ON RE-APPLICATIONS, AND THAT MEANT THAT AN APPLICANT CANNOT APPLY WITHIN ONE YEAR OF A DENIAL FOR A SAME OR SIMILAR USE ON THE SAME PROPERTY PROPERTY, UNLESS IT IS EXPLICITLY DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

OTHER THAN THAT, ALL OF THE CHANGES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR YOU IN THE ORDINANCE DRAFT THAT'S BEEN IN YOUR BACKUP.

I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

I'M SURE THE COMMISSION AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS AS WELL.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MR. CHAIRMAN? ERICA, JUST ONE THING ON SECTION, ON PAGE TWO, SECTION 1922 IN PARAGRAPH C, I THINK THAT WE'VE LEFT OUT A FEW WORDS THERE.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO ADD BACK IN SHALL REVIEW DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS FOR REQUIREMENTS AS CONSIDERED.

SO SUBSECTION C OF SECTION 1922, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION SHALL REVIEW DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS FOR REQUIREMENTS AS CONSIDERED NECESSARY TO CREATE REASONABLE

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TRANSITION TO AND PROTECTION OF ADJACENT PROPERTY CONSISTENT WITH CITY ORDINANCES.

OKAY. THAT WAS JUST THOSE WORDS WERE DISMISSING.

THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? ANYTHING ELSE? NO OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? YEAH, WELL, I HAVE ONE QUESTION.

UPDATE PROCESSES BASED ON HISTORICAL PRACTICE.

WHAT'S WHAT'S HISTORICAL PRACTICE? THE ALTERNATING OF THE ALTERNATES.

OKAY, BUT THE BYLAWS DIDN'T ACTUALLY STATE THAT.

IT ACTUALLY STATED THAT THERE WAS A FIRST AND SECOND ALTERNATE.

AND WHEN A REGULAR MEMBER WAS ABSENT, THE FIRST ALTERNATE WAS ALWAYS SUPPOSED TO SERVE IN THEIR PLACE UNLESS THEY WERE ABSENT.

THEN THE SECOND ALTERNATE COULD SERVE.

BUT THE PURPOSE FOR THE ALTERNATE POSITIONS WAS REALLY TO GIVE ALTERNATES THE EXPERIENCE AND THE TIME AT THE DAIS IN ORDER TO EFFECTIVELY SERVE IN A FUTURE FULL TIME REGULAR MEMBER POSITION.

I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT WE THANK YOU GUYS FOR THAT DOING WHAT YOU DID.

I KNOW IT TOOK A LOT OF TIME.

IT'S A PRETTY ARDUOUS PROCESS AND YOU GUYS SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND I KNOW A LOT OF HOURS DOING IT, AND WE APPRECIATE THOSE EFFORTS.

AND IT HAS BEEN A WHILE AND IT WAS PROBABLY WELL NEEDED.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING THAT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? APPARENTLY NOT. THANK YOU ERICA.

ALL RIGHT COUNCIL CONSIDER THESE LATER IN THE MEETINGS THAT WE WILL NOW SEPARATE INTO THE TWO MEETINGS HERE IN TO ATTEND EITHER ONE.

COUNCIL

[CITIZEN COMMENTS ]

WILL BEGIN WITH CITIZEN COMMENTS.

ANY PERSON WHO'S NOT SCHEDULED ON THE AGENDA MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL UNDER CITIZEN COMMENTS, OR ON ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEM BY COMPLETING A CITIZEN APPEARANCE REQUEST FORM WITH THE CITY SECRETARY.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA, EITHER BEFORE OR DURING THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION OF THE ITEM, UPON BEING RECOGNIZED BY THE MAYOR OR THE CONSENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

CITIZENS HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON A TOPIC OF THEIR CHOICE.

IN ADDITION, THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THE CITY COUNCIL IS RESTRICTED IN DISCUSSION OR TAKING ANY ACTION.

DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZEN REQUESTS? YES, SIR, I HAVE ONE.

ALL RIGHT.

ARAM AZADPUR.

OKAY, MR. MAYOR OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OTHER STAFFERS PRESENT GREATER AUDIENCE.

ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE WATCHING A SIMULCAST OR THE TAPE.

GREETING MY NAME IS ARAM AZADPUR.

I'M A HOMEOWNER AND A RESIDENT OF CITY OF GRAPEVINE.

I HAVE THREE ITEMS I WANT TO TALK IN THREE MINUTES AND NOT ENOUGH, SO I'LL BE AS FAST AS I CAN.

ONE IS SCHOOL VOUCHER, ONE IS REFERENCE AGAIN TO MY FAVORITE POLITICAL PARTY PLATFORM, THE STATE OF TEXAS REPUBLICAN PARTY PLATFORM.

AND MY OTHER FAVORITE SUBJECT, SB FOUR.

THE ILLEGAL ENTRY INTO THE STATE.

SCHOOL VOUCHERS IN THE IS IN THE NEWS AGAIN, I WANT TO READ FROM THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION ARTICLE SEVEN EDUCATION SECTION ONE SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE OF SYSTEM OF PUBLIC FREE SCHOOLS.

A GENERAL DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE BEING ESSENTIAL TO THE PRESERVATION OF THE LIBERTIES AND RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE.

IT SHALL BE THE DUTY OF THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE TO ESTABLISH AND MAKE SUITABLE PROVISION FOR THE SUPPORT MAINTENANCE OF AN EFFICIENT SYSTEM OF PUBLIC FREE SCHOOL.

IT MAKES NO REFERENCE TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS SO.

AND IT WAS ADOPTED ABOUT THE TIME I WAS BORN, FEBRUARY 15TH, 1876.

SO IT'S BEEN AROUND A WHILE.

SO I QUESTION THE STATE LEGISLATURE'S ATTEMPTS, AS WELL AS OUR GOVERNORS ATTEMPT TO BRING A SCHOOL VOUCHER FOR PUBLIC AND I, PARDON ME, FOR

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PRIVATE CONSUMPTION, PUBLIC SCHOOL, PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

OKAY. ON MY OTHER SUBJECT THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING ARE STATE PUBLIC REPUBLICAN PARTY PLATFORM.

ITEM 13 ON THE PLATFORM IS THE KEY TO THE CONSTITUTION, WHICH, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, IS CONSIDERED CONTRARY TO THEIR OTHER PLATFORM ITEMS THAT THEY WANT TO SECEDE FROM THE STATE, FROM THE UNION.

IT TALKS ABOUT SOME AMENDMENT ABSENT IS THE AMENDMENT TO HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL PROCEDURE TO SECEDE, AND THEY SEEMINGLY ARE AGAINST YOU ALL BECAUSE THERE IS A ITEM 33 ON THE PLATFORM THAT IS MUNICIPAL PREEMPTION, AND IT LISTS AN ITEM OF ITEMS THAT WOULD LIKE THE STATE TO PREEMPT ANY CITY COUNCILS, LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITIES OVER.

AND AGAIN, I WANT TO REFERENCE THIS BEFORE, WHICH IS CODIFIED AT CHAPTER 51, ILLEGAL ENTER INTO THE STATES, WHICH I, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, CAN EASILY BE SUBJECTED TO.

THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH THAT STATUTE IS THAT IT HAS NO DESCRIPTION OF WHAT CONSTITUTES A REASONABLE SUSPICION, AS WELL AS A PROBABLE CAUSE. TO HAVE AN ARREST, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PROBABLE CAUSE TO EVEN APPROACH A CITIZEN TO INVESTIGATE, YOU NEED TO HAVE A REASONABLE SUSPICIOUS. SO I SPEAKING WITH AN ACCENT OR HAVING A STRANGE NAME WOULD EASILY FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY.

SO I WONDER IF I SHOULD BE CARRYING MY PASSPORT THAT SHOWS I'M A US CITIZEN CITIZEN WHILE I'M WALKING AROUND THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE.

AGAIN, I DISFAVOR THAT LEGISLATION.

IT'S REDUNDANT.

ANYONE WHO IS LEGALLY ARRESTED CAN BE REFERRED TO THE FEDERAL AUTHORITIES FOR ANY MATTERS OF IMMIGRATION. AND AGAIN, IT HAS NO REFERENCE TO REASONABLE, SUSPICIOUS AND PROBABLE CAUSE.

THE POLICE PEOPLE BEHIND ME CAN RIGHT NOW COME UP AND ASK ME IF THIS WAS ENFORCEABLE.

RIGHT NOW, IT'S PENDING A LITIGATION IN THE FEDERAL COURTS.

ANYHOW, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I WISH EVERYONE A GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE? NO, YOUR HONOR. ALL RIGHT.

[INAUDIBLE] 15 PLANNING SERVICE DIRECTOR TO UPDATE THE COUNCIL ON DONATION BINS, ERICA.

[15. Planning Services Director to update Council on donation bins. ]

GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

THE INTENT OF THIS BRIEFING FOR THE COUNCIL IS TO BRING YOU UP TO DATE ON SOME COMPLAINTS THAT MANY OF YOU RECEIVED AS INDIVIDUALS AS A WHOLE COUNCIL AND OUR PLANNING SERVICES DEPARTMENT RECEIVED IN DECEMBER 2023 AND HAVE CONTINUED INTO 2024 RELATIVE TO DONATION BINS.

THESE COMPLAINTS CENTERED AROUND THE NUMBER OF BINS THAT WOULD BE LOCATED ON ONE PROPERTY AT A TIME, AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE ACCUMULATION OF DONATED ITEMS AROUND THE BINS THAT WAS NOT BEING MAINTAINED OR HAULED OFF BY THE BIN OPERATORS WHO HAD PLACED THOSE BINS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.

THE ACCUMULATION OF DONATED ITEMS WAS CITED AS NEGATIVELY IMPACTING THE VISUAL APPEAL OF DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY.

OCCURRENCES OF OVERFLOW FROM THE BIN ONTO THE PROPERTY WHERE IT WAS BEING COMPLAINED ABOUT THAT THEY WERE SPREADING ACROSS THE PROPERTY, WHICH WAS THEN BELIEVED TO ENCOURAGE MORE ILLEGAL DUMPING.

INSTANCES WHERE THE OVERFLOW WAS EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS, SUCH AS RAIN AND SNOW, WOULD LEAD TO FURTHER DETERIORATION, CREATING EYESORES AND ATTRACTING PESTS LIKE RODENTS, INSECTS, AND CREATING OTHER HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS.

BY DEFINITION, A DONATION BIN IS USED FOR THE COLLECTION OF GOODS OR ITEMS FOR BOTH CHARITABLE, NOT FOR PROFIT AND COMMERCIAL FOR PROFIT PURPOSES, AND BECAUSE WE RECEIVED SO MANY COMPLAINTS IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, WE CONSIDERED THE PLACEMENT OF THESE DONATION BINS A FORM OF OUTSIDE STORAGE, WHICH IS PROHIBITED IN MOST OF THE NON RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS, EXCEPT IN THOSE DISTRICTS THAT PERMIT IT WITH APPROVAL OF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT THROUGH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL PROCESS.

SO THIS EVENING WE ARE SEEKING GUIDANCE FROM THE COUNCIL.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE OVERALL CODE OF ORDINANCES TO FURTHER PROHIBIT DONATION BINS, THIS WOULD BE TO CHAPTER 12, HEALTH AND SANITATION OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.

WE BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER TO DO ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES, AND IT WOULD BE MUCH CLEARER TO BOTH PROPERTY OWNERS, WHO MAY OR MAY NOT GIVE PERMISSION TO BIN OWNER OPERATORS TO PLACE THEM ON THEIR PROPERTY AND WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.

AS A SNAPSHOT IN JANUARY OF 2024, WE CONDUCTED A BIN INVENTORY AND COUNTED A TOTAL OF 77 BINS ON 25 PROPERTIES.

AS OF TODAY, THIS HAS DECREASED TO FIVE BINS ON ONE PROPERTY, WITH THE PLANS TO HAVE A CONTRACTOR REMOVE THOSE LAST FIVE BINS BY THE END OF THIS WEEK.

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AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY WERE IN THE SOUTHWEST AREA OF TOWN, ALONG OUR MAJOR THOROUGHFARES ALONG NORTHWEST HIGHWAY, AND THEN UP AND SURROUNDING THE GRAPEVINE MILLS RING WALL.

MOST OF THESE HAVE BEEN VOLUNTARILY REMOVED.

IT'S ONLY BEEN THROUGH THE DILIGENT WORK OF OUR TWO CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, JAMES ADAMS AND RAUL AGUILAR, THROUGH THEIR DILIGENT CONTACT AND COMMUNICATION WITH PROPERTY OWNERS AND THEIR TENANTS.

IN MANY INSTANCES, THE PROPERTY OWNERS DID NOT GIVE PERMISSION.

MANY OF THEM THAT OWN LARGE AMOUNTS OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTY WERE NOT AWARE THAT BINS WERE PLACED HERE.

TENANTS OCCUPIED THE BUILDINGS WHERE THE BINS HAD BEEN, UNFORTUNATELY IN SOME INSTANCES FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

HISTORICALLY, THE WAY WE'VE TRIED TO WORK THESE CASES DATING BACK TO 2014, WAS MAINLY WITH PROPERTY OWNERS AND STILL ALLOWING THE BINS, BUT JUST ASKING THEM IN AND ASKING THEM TO ENSURE THAT THE ACCUMULATION OUTSIDE OF THE BIN AND ANY JUNK AND DEBRIS THAT WOULD ACCUMULATE WOULD BE REMOVED QUICKLY.

BUT WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT ONCE THERE WAS ONE BIN, THEN THERE WAS TWO, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS FIVE, SIX AND SEVEN FROM DIFFERENT BIN OWNER OPERATORS AND NONE OF THEM HAD PERMISSION.

SO ALL BUT TWO PROPERTIES INFORMED CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF OF THE 25 THAT THEY HAD ACTUALLY GIVEN PERMISSION.

SO THEY WERE ILLEGALLY PLACED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, AND THEN IT WAS LEFT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER TO DEAL WITH IT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHO WE WERE MOST ABLE TO GET SOME TYPE OF TRACTION AND COMMUNICATION WITH.

SO AT THIS TIME, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

I THINK THAT OUR STAFF HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB IN RESPONDING TO THE COMPLAINTS.

IT HAS TAKEN SOME TIME, AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOUR GUIDANCE THIS EVENING TO TELL US, WOULD AN ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THAT WOULD ASSIST US? WE BELIEVE IT WOULD ASSIST US.

AND WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT THIS EVENING.

OF THE 77 BINS THAT WERE REMOVED WERE YOU ABLE TO FIND MANY OF THE OWNERS OF THOSE BINS OR WERE THEY JUST NOWHERE TO BE FOUND? AND THEY WERE EVENTUALLY A LOT OF THEM ARE FOR PROFIT, AND THEY ACTUALLY STATE THAT SPECIFICALLY, IF YOU RECALL, AT THE TOM THUMB ALONG NORTHWEST HIGHWAY, IT STATED THAT SOME OF THEM WERE VERY RESPONSIVE, SOME WERE NOT.

AND THAT'S WHY WE WE HAD TO WORK WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS.

THEY'RE ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE UPKEEP AND MAINTENANCE OF THE PROPERTY.

IS THAT CORRECT, OR DID WE RETURN THEM? WE DISPOSED OF THEM.

WELL, I APPRECIATE YOUR DILIGENCE TO GETTING IT THIS FAR DOWN THE ROAD, AND I KNOW THAT'S TAKEN A LOT OF A LOT MORE EFFORT THAN IT SHOULD HAVE, BUT I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF AN ADDITIONAL ORDINANCE TO HELP KEEP THIS FROM KIND OF MUSHROOMING AGAIN AND MAKING LIFE EASIER FOR FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM.

WILL YOU BE BRINGING AN ORDINANCE BACK TO US FOR ADOPTION? I WOULD SUPPOSE, YES, MA'AM.

I MIGHT MENTION YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER SOME WORDING IN THAT THAT WOULD ALLOW THE BIN THAT IS BEHIND ANGELS ATTIC.

THEY HAVE THEIR OWN DONATION BIN BACK BEHIND IT AS WELL AS GRACE HAS A DONATION BIN, I BELIEVE, TO THE SIDE OR BEHIND THEIR OWN BUILDING THAT THEY OWN. AND I THINK WE WOULD WANT TO CONSIDER THOSE BEING ALLOWED TO FOR THOSE TWO ENTITIES OR SIMILAR ENTITIES.

THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I FEEL.

I'D LIKE FOR US TO DISCUSS THAT AND PERHAPS GIVE STAFF DIRECTION ON THAT AS WELL.

WE COULD SET UP AN APPROVAL PROCESS.

THAT WOULD BE OUR BUSINESS.

YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

BUT IF THAT ARE JUST PUT ON SOMEBODY ELSE'S BUSINESS.

THAT'S CORRECT. BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE WORDING MAY SAY, AND I'M JUST GETTING THIS OUT THERE SO THAT IT COULD BE CONSIDERED AND A DONATION PROCESS.

I MEAN, AN APPLICATION PROCESS WOULD, WOULD SOLVE THAT.

SO I DEFER TO THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY'S ADVICE ON THAT.

WE CAN DO THAT.

THANK YOU. YEAH.

THE PROBLEM IS, AS SOON AS THE BUSINESS CLOSES DOWN, THERE ARE SEVEN BINS OUT THERE ON THE NEAR THE STREET AND WE JUST HAVE TO GET CONTROL OF IT.

YEAH WE DO. IT'S DONE A GREAT JOB.

I'M SORRY YOU HAD TO DEAL WITH IT.

YEAH, BUT IF THE BINS ON THE PROPERTY OF THE THE COMPANY THAT'S REPRESENTING.

THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT THING THAN JUST HAVING ALL THOSE BINS SITTING OUT AND PARKING LOTS AT THE GROCERY STORE AND ALL THAT.

SO YEAH, I AGREE.

I THINK THE APPLICATION PROCESS WOULD HAVE US GET A HANDLE ON THAT.

IF IT'S NOT A CHURCH OR SOMEBODY, IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IT NEEDS TO BE A NONPROFIT HELP AGENCY, I WOULD THINK.

OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK.

OKAY. AND GOOD JOB.

WE'LL GIVE YOU EVERY TOOL WE CAN TO ENFORCE IT.

THANK YOU. OUR OFFICERS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB.

THEY HAVE, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.

YOU JUST LEAVE IT LIKE. IT IS WITHOUT IT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS FOR A WHILE.

I DON'T SEE ANY NEED TO CREATE A ZONING CASE AND ALLOW THESE PEOPLE TO COME IN.

ONCE YOU DO, ONCE ONE'S THERE, THEN THE BUNCH OF OTHER PEOPLE ARE GOING TO PUT ONE THERE WITHOUT ANY PERMISSION.

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SO YOU'VE GOT SAME ENFORCEMENT PROBLEM.

BUT DOES IT HAVE TO BE A ZONING CASE? THEY'RE ALL UNSIGHTLY.

I THINK WE OUGHT TO JUST TAKE A HIATUS AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

A HIATUS IS IN NOT ALLOWING THEM.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YES.

I'M FINE. I THINK WE'RE ALL IN AGREEANCE WITH THAT AGREEMENT THAT WORKS.

SHARRON'S ONLY CONCERN WAS GRACE AND GRACE AND ANGELS AND ANGELS ATTIC.

THOSE WERE THE ONLY TWO THAT SHE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT.

THE APPLICATION PROCESS WOULD SOLVE THAT FOR ANY OF THEM I DON'T EVEN CARE IF THERE'S AN APPLICATION.

I DON'T LIKE THEM. THAT'S JUST LET IT PLAY OUT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

IF WE WRITE AN ORDINANCE, WE NEED FURTHER ACTION.

WE'LL CONSIDER IT.

IT BECOMES ANOTHER PROBLEM.

I THINK WE'RE GOOD.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.

THANK YOU. THAT NEXT WE NEED TO CONSIDER CALLING THE PUBLIC HEARING TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 4.64 ACRES, ERICA

[16. Consider calling a public hearing to rezone approximately 4.64 acres generally located south of Hall Street, east of North Scribner Street, west of North Main Street, north and south of West Peach Street and all north of Caviness Drive from a "R-MF-1", Residential Multifamily-1 to "R-5.0", Zero-Lot Line District for singlefamily detached homes and "R-3.5", two-family dwelling district for duplexes, and take any necessary action. ]

MAROHNIC YOU'RE GOING TO TALK TO US ABOUT THAT.

THIS IS A REQUEST TO CALL A PUBLIC HEARING FOR PROPERTY SITUATED SOUTH OF HALL STREET, EAST OF SCRIBNER STREET, WEST OF NORTH MAIN STREET, AND NORTH AND SOUTH OF WEST PEACH STREET, ALL NORTH OF CAVINESS DRIVE.

I WILL POINT OUT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE CLEARER ON THE MAP IN FRONT OF YOU ON THE SCREEN, IF I HAD CLOUDED AROUND THE TWO AREAS THAT I'M SPEAKING ABOUT.

THIS AREA TOTALS APPROXIMATELY 4.6 ACRES, INCLUDING RIGHT OF WAY, AND THIS AREA IS COMPLETELY ZONED RMF-1 OR RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY ONE ON THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP.

THIS AREA INCLUDES BOTH SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES AND ATTACHED DUPLEXES ON BOTH PLATTED LOTS AND PORTION PORTIONS OF UNPLATTED TRACTS.

THE AREA WAS ZONED RMF-1 SINCE THE 1984 CITYWIDE REZONING.

IN 19 EXCUSE ME IN 2011, THE RMF-1 DISTRICT WAS AMENDED TO RMF RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY, WHICH PROHIBITS BOTH SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES AND DUPLEXES.

STAFF OVER THE YEARS HAS RECEIVED QUESTIONS, CONCERNS AND MOST RECENTLY, A LETTER REQUESTING THE CITY REZONE THIS AREA BY PROPERTY OWNERS FOR REASONS INCLUDING THAT PROPERTY OWNERS ARE HINDERED IN THEIR ABILITY TO EXPAND OR MODIFY THEIR PROPERTIES DUE TO ZONING RESTRICTIONS THAT DO NOT REFLECT THE CURRENT USE OF THE LAND.

THEY ALSO HAVE DIFFICULTY FINANCING OR REFINANCING THE PROPERTY, AS THE ACTUAL USE IN ZONING CREATES CHALLENGES IN OBTAINING THAT FINANCING OR REFINANCING, AS LENDERS MAY BE WARY TO SUPPORT PROPERTIES THAT ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH EXISTING ZONING LAWS.

THEY'VE ALSO CITED THAT THERE'S A BARRIER TO INVESTMENT AND IMPROVEMENT ON THE PROPERTIES, WHICH CAN LEAD TO DETERIORATION OF THE AREA.

STAFF IS REQUESTING THAT THE COUNCIL CALL A PUBLIC HEARING TO REZONE THIS AREA TO REALIGN THE EXISTING ZONING REGULATIONS WITH THE ACTUAL LAND USES THAT ARE PRESENT.

I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'D RECOMMENDED TO THE STAFF.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS WHERE WE HAD ZONED MULTIFAMILY JUST YOU COULD BUILD ON A SINGLE LOT OF MULTIFAMILY.

WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET RID OF THOSE FOR YEARS.

AND RATHER THAN JUST PIECEMEAL THESE THINGS AND HOPE THEY CHANGE AND NOBODY BUILDS A MULTIFAMILY.

I SHOULD JUST TAKE THE MOTION AND GET IT CONVERTED TO WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE AND WHAT THAT AREA IS TRYING TO DEVELOP IN, WHICH IS SINGLE FAMILY OR DUPLEX.

SO MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE US CALL THE MEETING.

GET IT DONE. ERICA, IF WE GO THROUGH PUBLIC HEARING, DOES IT GO THROUGH OBVIOUSLY THE TRADITIONAL PROCESS WHERE EVERY PROPERTY OWNER IS NOTIFIED, WE WOULD NEED TO NOTIFY EVERY PROPERTY OWNER AND THEN EVERY PROPERTY OWNER WITHIN 200FT OF THOSE PROPERTIES.

THANK YOU. I'M FINE WITH IT.

I'M IN FAVOR OF THAT. I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION.

THAT NORTH SOUTH ROAD, CHURCH STREET, IS THAT REALLY CHURCH STREET OR IS THAT HALL STREET? YEAH, THAT'S PART OF CHURCH STREET CHURCH.

IS IT REALLY. IT STOPS AND STARTS.

YEAH. OH, SO YOU DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. GOOGLE MAPS HAS IT AS HALL.

BRIAN, IS YOUR SIGNAGE INCORRECT? NO, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

WE'RE JUST TRUSTING BRIAN. I DIDN'T THINK HE WAS.

I KNEW IT WOULD BE GOOGLE PROBLEM.

OKAY MOTION IS IN ORDER.

THEN MOVE FOR THE OPENING OF A OR THE SETTING OF A PUBLIC HEARING.

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES AND CALL THE PUBLIC HEARING.

HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE YOU, BRIAN, YOU JUST A SECOND ON THIS ON ITEM 17?

[17. Consider an engineering services contract for the design of the Water Treatment Plant Improvements with Ardurra Group, Inc. and Ordinance No. 2024-041 appropriating the funds, and take any necessary action. ]

3 OR 4 MINUTES? 3 OR 4 MINUTES.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S GET IT DONE, THEN.

WE'LL GET THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION.

I HAVE TO CHECK SOMETHING ON THIS CASE.

THANK YOU. HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ITEM 17 ON YOUR AGENDA THIS EVENING IS AN ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT WITH ARDURRA GROUP FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CITY'S WATER TREATMENT PLANT.

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THIS DESIGN CONTRACT WAS DEVELOPED FROM A PRELIMINARY REPORT BY ARDURRA TO IDENTIFY AND SCOPE WHAT PROCESSES, EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY NEEDS WE HAVE FOR REHABILITATION AND REPLACEMENTS IN THE PLANT.

I'LL PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THOSE FINDINGS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED ENGINEERING CONTRACT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT.

THE IMAGE ON YOUR SCREEN SHOWS THE PLANT FROM ITS ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION IN 1959 TO THE TWO EXPANSIONS IN 1980 AND 1989.

THE BEST PRACTICE FOR WATER TREATMENT HAS AND CONTINUES TO EVOLVE.

I'D LIKE TO GIVE A BRIEF REMINDER OF THE GENERAL TREATMENT PROCESS AS IT IMPLIES THE IMPROVEMENTS TONIGHT.

WATER IS PUMPED FROM OUR RAW WATER PUMP STATION AT THE DAM OUTFALL TO THE PLANT.

IT ARRIVES AT THE PLANT WITH ENOUGH ENERGY TO RUN THROUGH ALL THE TREATMENT PROCESSES BY GRAVITY.

A CHEMICAL IS MIXED INTO THE WATER TO AGGREGATE THE SMALL SOLIDS INTO LARGER, HEAVIER SOLIDS AND DIRECTED INTO THE CLARIFIERS, THE LARGE ROUND BASINS ON THE IMAGE.

THERE THE SOLIDS SLOWLY SETTLED TO THE BOTTOM, LEAVING MUCH CLEARER WATER.

FROM THERE THE FLOW IS DIRECTED INTO A SERIES OF FILTERS, OURS ARE SAND WHERE THE WATER FILTERS DOWN, REMOVING THE REMAINING SOLIDS.

EVERY SO OFTEN THE FILTERS ARE TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE AND BACKWASHED TO REMOVE THE SOLIDS THEY HAVE CAPTURED AND DISPOSED OF AT A LANDFILL.

THE ACTUAL SAND MATERIAL IS CHANGED RARELY, PERHAPS EVERY 8 OR 10 YEARS.

FROM THERE, ADDITIONAL CHEMICALS ARE ADDED TO ENSURE CHLORINE RESIDUAL THAT CAN DELIVER CAN BE DELIVERED TO CUSTOMERS TAPS.

THE WATER IS THEN STORED IN LARGE TANKS WE REFER TO AS CLEAR WELLS UNTIL IT IS PUMPED TO OUR ELEVATED STORAGE TANKS.

ON TO THE PROJECTS.

THE ORIGINAL CLARIFIER NUMBER ONE, SHOWN IN PURPLE, WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1959.

THE INTERNAL WORKINGS OF THE RAPID MIXER WERE.

THE AGGREGATING CHEMICAL IS ADDED AND CLARIFIER NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

IN ADDITION, THE CONCRETE STRUCTURE NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED WITH SIGNIFICANT SPALLING THROUGHOUT THE SHELL.

CLARIFIER NUMBER TWO, SHOWN IN GREEN, WAS BUILT IN 1980 AND ALSO NEEDS TO HAVE ITS INTERNAL WORKINGS REPLACED.

THIS IMPROVEMENT WILL ALSO MODIFY THE TREATMENT PROCESS TO MATCH THOSE OF CLARIFIER ONE AND THREE, WHICH HAS SOME HYDRAULIC BENEFITS TO US, CLARIFIER THREE IS JUST FINE.

THE BIG ONE, THE FILTER GALLERY, CURRENTLY HAS SEVEN FILTERS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT AS THE PLAN EXPANDED THROUGH THE YEARS, WE PROPOSE TO ADD THREE NEW FILTERS TO MEET THE PLANT'S PERMITTED WATER PRODUCTION OF 8 MILLION GALLONS A DAY.

THE EXISTING FILTERS WILL ALSO BE REHABILITATED WITH NEW UNDER DRAINS, AIR SCOURING TECHNOLOGY FOR BACKWASH, AND UPDATED FILTER MEDIA.

THIS WILL IMPROVE THE PLANT'S WATER QUALITY BY PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FILTRATION AND LONGER CHLORINE CONTACT TIMES.

THERE ARE ALSO FIVE GROUND STORAGE TANKS ON THE SITE THAT NEED WORK.

FOUR OF THEM WILL HAVE MINOR IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING NEW PAINT AND OTHER SMALL STRUCTURAL REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS.

ONE OF THE TANKS INSTALLED IN 1980 IS LEAKING AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

WE REPLACED A 50 FOOT DIAMETER TANK WITH A 100 FOOT DIAMETER TANK TO INCREASE STORAGE CAPACITY AT THE PLANT.

SEVERAL OTHER IMPROVEMENTS ARE PROPOSED TO BE MADE, INCLUDING REPLACING YARD PIPING BETWEEN THE CLARIFIERS AND THE FILTERS TO IMPROVE PLANT HYDRAULICS.

WE'RE ALSO REPLACING PIPING WITHIN THE BUILDING TO ELIMINATE NON-COMPLIANT JOINTS AND MODIFY CERTAIN CHEMICAL FEED POINTS TO IMPROVE THEIR EFFECTIVENESS.

ARDURRA WILL ALSO BE TASKED TO EVALUATE THE NEW PFAS REQUIREMENTS FROM THE EPA, WHICH YOU MAY HAVE READ ABOUT RECENTLY.

PFAS STANDS FOR A SET OF INDUSTRIALLY CREATED CHEMICALS WITH VERY STRONG BONDS THAT DO NOT BREAK DOWN IN NATURE.

THE EPA RECENTLY SET LIMITS FOR WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE WITHIN THE WATER SUPPLY, AND WE UNDERSTAND THERE IS A FIVE YEAR TIMETABLE FOR WATER PRODUCERS TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE.

STAFF TESTED OUR WATER AND THE AMOUNT OF PFAS IS SLIGHTLY ABOVE THESE LIMITS.

ARDURRA WILL ANALYZE WHICH TREATMENT PROCESSES WILL BE EFFECTIVE WITH THE WATER CHEMISTRY OF THE LAKE AND PROPOSED TREATMENT SOLUTIONS TO US.

WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

BRIAN, ON NUMBER THREE THERE THAT YOU'RE REPLACING.

WILL IT SIT IN THAT SAME SPOT AND WILL IT FIT THERE WITH THE BEING TWICE AS LARGE? YES, YES AND YES.

THANK YOU. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO DO THAT? I MEAN IF YOU HAVE TO REPLACE THAT WHOLE TANK, IF YOU'RE UNTIL YOU PLACE IT.

RIGHT. WELL, IT'S A LITTLE EASIER FOR US TO STORE WATER IN THE PLANT BEFORE WE PUMP IT OUT TO THE TANKS.

IT JUST MEANS WE HAVE TO RUN THE PUMPS A LITTLE MORE WHILE WE'RE REBUILDING THAT ONE.

DOES IT TAKE A LONG TIME? WE'RE THINKING 12 TO 18 MONTHS FOR THE DESIGN AND A COUPLE OF YEARS TO CONSTRUCT ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PLANT.

THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT.

TAKE A WHOLE LOT OF DESIGN.

JUST A ROUND TANK. WELL, WE WON'T BUILD ONE THAT LOOKS JUST LIKE THAT WHEN WE PUT IT BACK.

OKAY, WE PROBABLY NEED TO DO SOMETHING.

WE HAVEN'T WON THE BEST TASTING WATER CONTEST IN A LONG TIME.

SMELLS WRONG.

TASTES PRETTY GOOD.

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APPARENTLY THE PERCENTAGE OF THE ENGINEERING FEE IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN WE'RE ACCUSTOMED TO.

IT'S RIGHT ABOUT 15.5% OF THE CONSTRUCTION COST.

YES, MA'AM. AND A LOT OF THAT IS DRIVEN BY THE THIS LAST ITEM WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PFAS REQUIREMENTS AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE THERE ARE THERE ARE 3 OR 4 REASONABLY WELL THOUGHT OF PROCESSES, BUT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS TO MODEL HOW THEY WORK WITHIN THE WATER CHEMISTRY OF WHATEVER WATER YOU'RE TREATING.

AND IT'S NOT INEXPENSIVE TO GO THROUGH THAT.

SO THAT THAT IN PART IS A LARGE PART OF THE THE OVERRIDE THAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THE DESIGN.

OKAY. AND THEY WILL BE DOING THAT.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

ANYTHING ELSE? MOTION IS IN ORDER, I'LL MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

SECOND. IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES.

THAT BRINGS US TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

[30. Conditional Use Permit CU24-01 (Grapevine Mills Mall, Burlington) – Consider the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission and Ordinance No. 2024-044, if applicable, and take any necessary action. ]

WE HAVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

GREAT. YES, SIR.

ITEM 30.

CU 24-01 WAS APPROVED SEVEN ZERO.

I'LL MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES ITEM 31.

[31. Conditional Use Permit CU24-11 (Avondale Porsche) – Consider the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission and Ordinance No. 2024-045, if applicable, and take any necessary action. ]

CU 24-11 WAS APPROVED SEVEN ZERO.

MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? NOT ALL IN FAVOR.

ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM 32.

[32. Planned Development Overlay PD24-03 (Avondale Porsche) – Consider the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission and Ordinance No. 2024-046, if applicable, and take any necessary action. ]

PD 24-03 WAS APPROVED SEVEN ZERO.

MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION, IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR.

ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES ITEM 33.

[33. Conditional Use Permit CU24-13 (Jiffy Lube) – Consider the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission and Ordinance No. 2024-047, if applicable, and take any necessary action. ]

CU [INAUDIBLE].

I'M SORRY 33.

CU 24-13 WAS APPROVED SEVEN ZERO.

I'LL MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED.

MOTION CARRIES ITEM 34.

[34. Conditional Use Permit CU24-16 (Office/Warehouse) – Consider the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission and Ordinance No. 2024-048, if applicable, and take any necessary action. ]

CU 24-16 WAS APPROVED SEVEN ZERO, WITH OPTION NUMBER ONE.

ALL RIGHT, I'LL MOVE FOR APPROVAL YEAH.

SECOND. DID WE GET A SECOND? YES, SIR. YES, SIR.

I SECOND IT.

DID THAT INCLUDE OPTION ONE? OPTION ONE? YES. ALL RIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM 35.

[35. Conditional Use Permit CU24-18 (OG Wine Cellars Wine Tasting Room) – Consider the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission and Ordinance No. 2024-049, if applicable, and take any necessary action. ]

CONDITIONAL USE CU 24-18 WAS APPROVED SEVEN ZERO WITH THE STIPULATION THEY USE THE DRAWING ON PAGE THREE OF THE APPLICATION THAT SHOWS THE RIGHT TRIANGLE TO DELINEATE THE AREA FOR THE OUTSIDE SEATING.

I MOVE FOR APPROVAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH P&ZS RECOMMENDATION.

SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM 36.

[36. Consider the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission regarding AM23-03 amending Chapter 19, Planning of the Grapevine City Code of Ordinances, also known as the Planning and Zoning Commission Bylaws and Ordinance No. 2024-050 and take any necessary action. ]

ITEM 23-03 AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 19 WERE APPROVED SEVEN ZERO APPROVAL IS IN ORDER.

SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR.

ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES.

THAT COMPLETES THE RECOMMENDATIONS THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, FOR YOUR GOOD WORK.

[CONSENT AGENDA ]

THAT RETURNS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT ARE NOT SCHEDULED FOR ANY COUNCIL DEBATE WOULD BE ITEM EIGHT THROUGH 29, 18 THROUGH 29.

ANY GUEST PRESENT CAN ASK ANY ITEM BE REMOVED FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.

HAVE ANY REQUEST.

IF NOT 18-29 THE MOTION IS IN ORDER.

MOVE FOR THE APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 18 THROUGH 29.