CALL THE 7:30 MEETING TO ORDER.
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THAT SHOULD ARISE FOR THE INVOCATION OF PLEDGE COMMISSIONER JASON PARKER.[1. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance: Commissioner Monica Hotelling ]
JOIN ME IN PRAYER. DEAR FATHER, I WANT TO RAISE UP A PRAYER OF GRATEFULNESS.SOMEBODY WAVED AT ME IN A FRIENDLY FACE, AND IT WAS JUST OVERWHELMED WITH GRATEFULNESS.
AND LORD, WE'RE JUST WE'RE ENJOYING THE PEACE AND THE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER.
AND LORD, I JUST WANT TO RAISE UP THE ROTARY AND THE [INAUDIBLE] GROUPS FOR IN THAT WAY, LORD.
ALL THESE THINGS WE PRAY IN YOUR SON, JESUS.
AMEN. AMEN. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
WELCOME. WELCOME YOU ALL TO OUR MEETING TONIGHT.
WE HAVE JOINT PUBLIC HEARINGS BETWEEN THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AND THE COUNCIL WILL DECLARE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON EACH CASE IN THE ORDER THAT IT'S PUBLISHED, WILL GIVE THE STAFF AN OPPORTUNITY TO IDENTIFY THE REQUEST THAT'S BEEN MADE.
THEN THE APPLICANT WILL MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION.
IF YOU'RE HERE INTERESTED IN SPEAKING FOR OR AGAINST ANY OF THESE CASES, YOU NEED TO REGISTER WITH SUZANNE, OUR CITY SECRETARY, AND SHE WILL CALL ON YOU IN THE ORDER THAT YOU'VE REGISTERED.
YOU'LL BE A PART OF THE RECORD OF THE CASE.
AND AFTER THE HEARINGS ARE OVER, THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION WILL RECONVENE IN A SEPARATE MEETING TO DISCUSS THE MERITS OF THE APPLICATION, MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL WHO WILL ULTIMATELY VOTE ON IT.
SO, WE'LL BEGIN WITH ITEM TWO.
[2. Conditional Use Permit CU24-41 (Bull Lion Ranch Winery) - City Council and Planning and Zoning Commission to conduct a public hearing relative to an application submitted by Anthony C. Tordiglione requesting a conditional use permit to allow the possession, storage, retail sales of on- and off- premise consumption of alcoholic beverages (wine only) and outdoor dining in conjunction with a winery. The subject property is located at 150 West College Street, Suite 318 and is currently zoned “CBD”, Central Business District. ]
MY WIFE AND I OWN PROPERTY AT 507 CHURCH STREET.WE GOT NOTICE THAT WE WERE WITHIN 200FT, SO I'M ABSTAINING.
MAYOR PRO TEM WILL HANDLE THIS CASE.
I'M GOING TO OPEN CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT Q24-41 BULL LION RANCH WINERY.
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 THE WINERY.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS APPROXIMATELY 7/10 OF AN ACRE AND LOCATED AT 150 WEST COLLEGE STREET.
THE FLOOR PLAN INCLUDES AN OPEN CONCEPT WINE TASTING ROOM WITH WINE BAR, A 212 SQUARE FOOT PRIVATE WINE TASTING ROOM AT THE BACK OF THE SUITE FOR PRIVATE EVENTS, AND AN APPROXIMATELY 108 SQUARE FOOT OUTDOOR DINING DECK OVER THREE EXISTING PARKING SPACES, WHICH REQUIRES THE REMOVAL OF THREE PARKING SPACES ADJACENT TO THE SOUTH OF THE EXISTING BUILDING.
THE TOTAL PROPOSED NUMBER OF SEATS IS 45.
THERE WILL BE 37 INSIDE THE BUILDING AND EIGHT ON THE OUTDOOR DECK AREA.
20 PARKING SPACES ARE REQUIRED AS PART OF THIS REQUEST.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PARKING FOR ALL 12 TENANTS OF THE BUILDING ON THE PROPERTY IS 156, AND THERE IS AN EXISTING 44 PARKING SPACES ON SITE, WHICH ARE SHARED AMONG ALL OF THE 12 TENANTS OCCUPYING THE EXISTING BUILDING.
THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED A PARKING ANALYSIS, WHICH SHOWS A TOTAL OF 545 PARKING SPACES AND 12 PARKING LOTS SURROUNDING SOUTH MAIN STREET. NO OTHER CHANGES ARE PROPOSED WITH THIS REQUEST BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING.
CAN I DO THIS? OKAY. HI, Y'ALL.
THIS IS MY SECOND TIME TO BE HERE IN FIVE YEARS.
I'M ASKING TO BE ABLE TO MOVE.
I'VE BEEN HERE FOR FOUR YEARS.
I'M TELLING YOU, I WISH I COULD STAY THERE, BUT WE KIND OF.
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BUT WE WE'RE WE'VE LOST OUR LEASE, SO WE'RE GOING NEXT DOOR.WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO DO IS ALLOW ME TO HELP MAKE THIS LOOK LIKE A RETAIL SITE, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN AN OFFICE BUILDING SINCE DAY ONE. AND SINCE I'VE BEEN THERE, I BET THAT THING'S CHANGED HANDS FIVE TIMES.
AND SO I WENT OVER AND I SAID, LOOK, I THINK WE CAN MAKE THIS LOOK LIKE A RETAIL SHOP.
AND IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME AT ALL TO BE JUST OFF MAIN STREET A LITTLE BIT.
I AM CONCERNED ABOUT IT, WITHOUT A DOUBT.
AND BUT MY ARCHITECT KIND OF WENT A LITTLE ALL OUT WITH THE DECK THERE SHOWING YOU THE DECK, BUT ALL WE'RE ASKING YOU TO, TO ALLOW US TO, TO BUILD A FOUR FOOT CATWALK NEXT TO THE ALREADY SIDEWALK IS THERE, AND THAT GIVES ME ABOUT A TEN FOOT DECK ALL THE WAY ACROSS.
THAT SHOWS THAT COVERING THREE.
BUT I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT TWO.
CORRECT. DIDN'T WE TALK ABOUT TWO? IS IT THREE? OH, OKAY.
WELL THEN THREE. BUT IT WOULD TURN THOSE PARKING PLACES NOW INTO COMPACT CAR PARKING SPOTS.
SO I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO.
WE TRADE PARKING ALL THE TIME.
I'VE GOT MORE PARKING THAN WHAT I DID WHEN I WAS IN THE OLD FILLING STATION.
BUT AGAIN, I NEED THIS PLACE TO LOOK LIKE A RETAIL CENTER INVITING TO THE PUBLIC.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP PICTURE HERE, YOU CAN SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
IT JUST LOOKS LIKE AN OFFICE BUILDING.
AND I NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO THE FRONT OF IT.
AND MY ARCHITECT WENT A LITTLE ALL OUT THERE.
I DON'T I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE QUITE LIKE THAT.
BUT IT'S JUST A, IT'S AGAIN, IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A CATWALK IS WHAT I'M ASKING.
AND IF YOU ALLOW ME TO DO THAT, THAT WOULD REALLY I'D FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT.
AND I'M NOT JUST ANY WINERY HERE ASKING THIS REQUEST.
I'M 11-TIME GOLD MEDAL WINNER AT GRAPE FEST.
I WANTED TO BRING MY MEDALS UP HERE, BUT I JUST DIDN'T HAVE BIG ENOUGH SUITCASE.
THANK YOU ALL. MR. CHAIRMAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS? I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, TOO.
WHAT ARE WHAT ARE YOUR HOURS GOING TO.
WHAT ARE YOUR HOURS GOING TO BE AT THIS? WE'RE NORMALLY OPEN TILL ABOUT SEVEN, BUT ON SATURDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WE'RE OPEN 10 TO 11.
OKAY. AND ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE ANY OUTDOOR SPEAKERS OR MUSIC? ANY MUSIC? ANY MUSIC OR OUTDOOR? NO, MA'AM. IF I CAN'T HAVE THEM, I WON'T HAVE THEM.
OKAY. THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO IT.
IF I CAN'T HAVE THEM, I WON'T HAVE THEM.
RIGHT. YOU CAN SEE, YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE DECK IS.
AND IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY YOU CAN SEE THE PARKING LOT LINES.
THAT'S A THAT'S A STANDARD BIG TRUCK PULL IN THERE.
WELL NOW WE'RE JUST TAKING UP FOUR FEET OF THAT.
SO I DO NOT FEEL LIKE WE'RE REALLY TAKING UP ANY PARKING PLACES HERE.
WHAT KIND OF PARK? WHAT'S THE DISTANCE OF THE PARKING SPACE GOING TO BE LEFT BEHIND THERE? WE GOT THREE. WE'RE TALKING. WE GOT THREE.
SO, IT WILL BE REDUCED FROM THE TYPICAL STALL DEPTH OF 18FT TO EITHER 14FT OR 13FT.
EXCELLENT. WHAT DO YOU? AND THIS IS FOR YOU.
I'M SORRY. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO PROTECT THAT DECK FROM PEOPLE ROLLING RIGHT INTO IT? WHAT DO WE DO TO PROTECT IT? YES. I THINK PRETTY MUCH MAYBE PUT UP A LITTLE RAILING LIKE THAT.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, OR BUMPERS RIGHT IN FRONT OF IT.
YOU KNOW, IF WE HAD TO, WE'LL FIGURE SOMETHING OUT LIKE THAT.
I WOULD I HAVEN'T REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT ONE YET, BUT IT PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BE THAT DIFFICULT.
NO, IT SHOULDN'T BE DIFFICULT.
BUT WHEN YOU ONCE YOU PUT PROTECTION THERE, YOU'RE GOING TO REDUCE THAT PARKING SPACE EVEN MORE? SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE TRYING TO PARK AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE HANGING OUT ON THE ROAD OR IN THE WALKWAY.
I'LL TELL YOU, WHEN IT GETS RIGHT DOWN TO IT.
IT WILL NOT BE MORE THAN MORE THAN ABOUT SIX, EIGHT, NINE INCHES OFF THE GROUND.
ANY CHANCE TO REDUCE YOUR DECK SIZE A LITTLE BIT? I BEG YOUR PARDON? ANY CHANCE OF REDUCING YOUR DECK SIZE JUST A LITTLE BIT TO ACCOMMODATE THE PARKING?
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REDUCING YOUR DECK SIZE A LITTLE BIT TO ACCOMMODATE PARKING, POTENTIALLY.NO, THERE'S ACTUALLY A RIGHT OF WAY.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THAT OWNER.
HE DOESN'T OWN THAT WHOLE PARKING LOT.
THERE'S A RIGHT OF WAY RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE.
RIGHT ABOUT AT THE RIGHT, IN THE CENTER OF THAT RED TRUCK.
WE CAN'T. WE'VE LOOKED AT SOME.
RIGHT. I BELIEVE THERE WAS SOME WATER LINES IN THERE.
SO WE WERE GOING TO STAY OUT OF THAT RIGHT OF WAY.
ORIGINALLY I WANTED A FULL DECK, THE WHOLE PARKING SPACE, IF I COULD GET IT, YOU KNOW, I WAS GOING ALL OUT, BUT YEAH, I'D ALMOST RATHER SEE THAT, HONESTLY, THAN YOU PUT A DECK RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF THREE SPOTS, AND TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO PARK IN FRONT OF IT TO ME WOULD BE A CONCERN JUST AS MUCH.
SO WHAT IT WOULD DO IS JUST HELP US, LIKE I SAID, LOOK LIKE MORE RETAIL.
AND INSTEAD OF THAT FLAT LOOKING OFFICE BUILDING WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT THERE.
AND I'M, YOU KNOW, AS IT IS, I WORRY ABOUT BEING OFF MAIN STREET.
WE'VE BUILT QUITE A CLIENTELE THE LAST FOUR YEARS BEING THERE.
I'M REALLY LIKING WHAT I'VE, WHAT I'VE SEEN.
BUT 90% OF MY BUSINESS HAS BEEN OUTDOOR SEATING, RIGHT? SO IF I DON'T GET A DECK, I GOT A HUNDRED OF 100% INSIDE AND I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF WINDOW THERE.
AND SO, IT JUST CONCERNS ME, YOU KNOW, I FEEL YOU.
I JUST WANT MY FAMILY IN THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS.
WE'RE JUST A COUPLE DOORS DOWN FROM YOU, I GET IT.
YEAH. I WANT TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO HELP THE SITUATION.
COULD YOU COMMIT TO ACTUALLY HAVING A RAILING? HAVING A WHAT? I'M SORRY.
A RAILING LIKE IN THE PICTURE.
EVEN IF IT'S EVEN IF IT IS A FOOT OFF THE GROUND OR EIGHT INCHES OFF THE GROUND, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF SMALL RAILING THAT'LL KEEP SOMEONE FROM, YOU KNOW, STEPPING OFF OF IT.
EXACTLY. I JUST, YOU KNOW, IT IS WHAT IT IS.
IT'S BETTER THAN. IT'S BETTER THAN.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP OF ALL THESE, I'D RATHER BE BACKED OFF MY RETAIL SPOT THAN EVERYTHING PULLED UP STRAIGHT UP AGAINST IT, JUST LIKE YOU SEE AT THE TOP PICTURE.
AND BECAUSE THAT'S NOT GOING TO HELP MY VISIBILITY OFF MAIN STREET.
AND, YOU KNOW, I SAID, YOU KNOW, I THINK I CAN MAKE THIS WORK.
IN THE PAST, YOU'VE HAD LIVE MUSIC.
DO YOU PLAN TO DISCONTINUE THAT OR DOES IT GO INSIDE NOW? OKAY. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO.
WE FIGURED THAT'S GOING TO BE A TOUGHIE.
MAYBE ME OUT THERE SINGING OR SOMETHING, BUT I WON'T HAVE A SPEAKER OR ANYTHING, YOU KNOW? THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF, TOO.
IS HOW MUCH THERE'S BEEN A DISCUSSION ABOUT SIDEWALK.
HOW MUCH SIDEWALK IS THERE ACTUALLY THERE? THERE'S ABOUT SIX FEET OFF THE BUILDING.
I MEAN, YOU CAN SEE THE WHERE THE CARS ARE PARKED, PULLED UP AGAINST IT.
SO IF I HAD ANOTHER FOUR FEET, I GOT A TEN FOOT DECK.
I MEAN, THAT'S A NICE LITTLE DECK.
PUT ABOUT 3 OR 4 TABLES OUT THERE.
AND FOR MRS. MAROHNIC OR THE PARKING SPACES, ARE THEY A FULL 18FT AS DEPICTED ON THE SITE PLAN.
THEY'RE SHOWN TO BE 18FT IN DEPTH.
OKAY. I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IS, YOU KNOW, PARKING IS SUCH A A NEED IN THE DOWNTOWN, AND I HATE TO SEE US GIVING UP PLACES AND THEN WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING FOR COMPACT CARS, AS YOU SAID.
YES, SIR. AND ABOUT AND I KNOW COMMISSIONER PARKER ASKED ABOUT COULD YOU MAKE THE DECK SMALLER? SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS THERE ANYTHING TO DO TO REDUCE THAT SIZE OF THE DECK.
IT'S LIKE I SAID, IT'S FOUR FEET OUT FROM THE BUILDING.
NO, IT'S FOUR FEET OUT FROM THE SIDEWALK.
YEAH. YEAH. FOUR FEET OUT FROM THE SIDEWALK.
WELL, BUT IF YOU GOT SIX FEET OF SIDEWALK, IS THERE ANY WAY TO REDUCE THAT, TO MAKE THAT A LITTLE SAFER FOR PARKING? BECAUSE I AGREE, WE THE LENGTH OF THOSE SPACES, PEOPLE MAY BE COMPACT, BUT WE HAVE NO WAY TO ENFORCE THAT.
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AND THEY'RE GOING TO PARK IN THERE AND STICK OUT IN THE ROADWAY I'M CONCERNED ABOUT.I COULD PUT COMPACT CAR SIGNAGE UP IF I HAD TO.
COMPACT WOULDN'T ENFORCE IT, THOUGH.
ALSO, ON THE OUTSIDE OF THOSE SPACES, I'M RIGHT THERE WITH THAT TELEPHONE POLE.
AS YOU SEE. I PARALLEL PARKED THERE A MILLION TIMES.
RIGHT, RIGHT. THE PICTURE OF THAT TELEPHONE POLE.
I BEG YOUR PARDON. YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD YOU.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT I HAD? I DIDN'T HAVE MUCH PARKING OVER THERE IN THAT.
IN FACT, I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I WAS HERE, I REMEMBER PARKING WAS AN ISSUE, AND THEY BROUGHT UP WINERIES OR OUR SITUATION, GETTING TO USE THE PARKING GARAGE.
THE FIRST TIME I WAS IN THIS MEETING FIVE YEARS AGO, 4 OR 5 YEARS AGO, AND BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH PARKING OVER THERE AT THAT FILLING STATION EITHER, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING. BUT YOU HAD MORE THAN YOU HAVE NOW.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION.
YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT THE RAILING.
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT A RAILING? LIKE THE WOOD RAILING TO KEEP THE PEOPLE IN, OR ARE WE TALKING ABOUT A RAILING TO KEEP THE CARS FROM RUNNING UP OVER THAT DECK? PROBABLY BOTH.
THAT'S WHAT I KEEP FALLING OFF THE OFF THAT LITTLE ONE FOOT.
AND THEN KEEP CARS FROM GOING ANY ANY FURTHER? I WOULD THINK WE OUGHT TO BUILD SOMETHING THAT'S SAFE AND AND STRUCTURALLY CAPABLE OF, YOU KNOW, AND THEN MAYBE FOR THE STAFF COULD WE INSTEAD OF HAVING, INSTEAD OF HAVING THREE COMPACT, COULD WE SLANT THEM AND HAVE TWO FULL.
THIS WOULD NOT BE UTILIZED AS THREE PARKING SPACES.
IT'S ALREADY IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, BUT INTO THE TRAVEL LANE.
RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY? THANKS. NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL.
I'M LESS CONCERNED ABOUT THE THREE PARKING SPACES.
I KNOW YOU SAID EARLIER YOU'RE AN OUTDOOR BUSINESS.
BUT YOU'RE CONVERTING TO AN INDOOR BUSINESS.
YEAH. YOU'RE GOING 37 INDOOR SEATS WITH EIGHT OUTDOOR SEATS.
PREVIOUSLY YOU WERE 14 INDOOR AND EIGHT OUTDOOR.
NOW, I PULLED YOUR CASE FROM 2020, AND YOU WERE APPROVED FOR EIGHT SEATS OUTSIDE.
HOW MANY OF YOU THINK YOU HAVE NOW? I DON'T THINK WE WERE EIGHT BACK THEN.
IF THAT WAS, SOMETHING WENT BECAUSE WE HAD 12.
I'M SORRY, TWO FOUR SEAT TABLES AND WAIT FOR.
APOLOGIZE 16 FOR FOUR TOPS UNDERNEATH THE OVERHANG.
NOW WE HAVE MORE. PROBABLY NORTH OF 40, WOULDN'T YOU SAY? I KNOW IT IS MORE.
WITHOUT A DOUBT. WE JUST KEPT PEOPLE JUST WANTING TO SIT OUT THERE.
AND THEN I THINK MOST OF YOUR BUSINESS IS PROBABLY WALK UP.
I MEAN, TRAVELING DOWN MAIN STREET, LESS, LESS DRIVING THERE.
MY QUESTION IS, YOU'RE CURRENTLY ASKING FOR EIGHT SEATS ON THIS DECK.
IF YOU DECIDE YOU NEED 16, ARE YOU GOING TO DO 16 OR ARE YOU GOING TO COME BACK TO THE CITY AND ASK FOR MORE SEATING, OR ARE YOU JUST GOING TO DO IT THE REST OF THAT BUILDING? IF BUSINESS GOT REALLY GOOD, I'D COME RIGHT BACK HERE AND SAY, CAN WE BUILD THAT FOUR FOOT DECK ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE FRONT? SO, YOU COME BACK AND ASK FOR PERMISSION VERSUS JUST DOING IT ALL THE WAY ACROSS? I REALLY WOULD, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD MAKE THAT.
I MEAN, I'VE BEEN IN CONSTRUCTION MY WHOLE LIFE.
THAT'S ALL I DO. RIGHT NOW, I'M DOING WINE.
ALL RIGHT. BUT I'VE GOT 40 YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN.
THAT BUILDING WOULD LOOK GOOD WITH THAT DECK ACROSS THERE, AND HELP THAT FACADE LOOK MORE LIKE A RETAIL RATHER THAN A PLAIN JANE OFFICE BUILDING THAT IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW.
NOW, ALSO, YOU SHOWED SOME DIFFERENT TYPES OF FURNITURE FOR OUTSIDE IN THE PACKET.
IF YOU GET APPROVED, WILL YOU COMMIT TO DOING THAT TYPE OF FURNITURE? I GOT TO FIGURE THAT ONE OUT.
OKAY I GOT TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I WAS HOPING YOU WOULDN'T TAKE WHAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE AND JUST MOVE IT OVER.
NO, I'M THINKING IT MAY BE FOUR TABLES WITH UMBRELLAS.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE I ALSO DON'T WANT TO MESS UP MY THAT MY SIGNAGE.
GOTCHA. YOU KNOW, I GOT TO THINK ABOUT ALL THAT.
OKAY. I ALSO THOUGHT ABOUT ONE OF THOSE ELECTRIC AWNINGS.
BECAUSE I BET I'VE BOUGHT 20 UMBRELLAS SINCE I'VE BEEN THERE.
THE WIND UP THERE IN THAT HILL IS THE STRANGEST THING IN THE WORLD.
IN FACT, TONIGHT WE HAD TO ROLL THEM ALL UP BECAUSE THEY JUST GO BLOWING.
WE JUST, IT'S A PRETTY WINDY LITTLE HILL RIGHT THERE.
SO, YEAH, I'D HAVE TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT.
AND I DON'T THINK IF ANYTHING IT MIGHT BE SOME BARRELS AND SEATING, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
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I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.WHEN YOU WERE APPROVED, YOU WERE APPROVED FOR FOUR TABLES.
YOU HAVE ABOUT 10 OR 12 OUT THERE NOW.
YES. AND YOUR TABLES WERE APPROVED TO BE UNDER THE AWNING.
THAT'S RIGHT. SO THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR ME WITH WHAT YOU'RE WANTING TO DO.
AND IT'S GOT A LOT OF DIFFERENT A LOT.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU'RE USING IN ORDER TO YOU'VE GOT TWO PICNIC TABLES, YOU'VE GOT DIFFERENT CHAIRS, YOU'VE GOT A COUCH, YOU'VE GOT A WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THERE.
THE VISUAL THAT YOU PROVIDED IS NICE, AND I WOULD PROBABLY BE OPEN IF THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE, BUT TO LEAVE IT OPEN ENDED FOR YOU TO DO SOMETHING LIKE YOU'VE DONE ON MAIN STREET DOESN'T INTEREST ME AT ALL.
I'M JUST SHARING THAT MY OPINION, I AGREE.
I GOT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I SOME THINGS GOT DICTATED TO ME.
THERE MAY HAVE BEEN OWNER, BUT YOU KNOW EVERY TIME I'D COME OUT THERE I'D HAVE A NEW COUCH OR I'D HAVE SOMETHING NEW, YOU KNOW? AND THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WANT.
WE'RE GETTING MORE PEOPLE OUT HERE, YOU KNOW, AND I JUST KIND OF WENT ALONG WITH THE FLOW.
BUT IT'S ALSO FOLLOWING THE RULES OF THE CITY.
I BEG YOUR PARDON? IT'S ALSO FOLLOWING THE RULES OF THE CITY AND WHAT YOU WERE APPROVED FOR.
THANK YOU. AND I THINK THE SMALL DECK I'M ASKING FOR YOU.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND BEYOND THAT.
YOU CAN'T. EXCEPT UNTIL YOU GO DOWN INTO A STEEP PARKING LOT AND.
YOU CAN'T ENCROACH INTO YOUR OTHER NEIGHBORS OVER HERE.
SO. SO THE BOTTOM LINE IS PROBABLY 4 OR 5 IS ALL I'M GOING TO GET IN THERE.
AND THAT'S ALL I'LL EVER BE ABLE TO GET IN THERE.
BUT IT'S 4 OR 5 MORE THAN WHAT I HAVE NOW.
WELL, IF WE'RE EFFECTIVELY LOSING THOSE PARKING SPACES ANYWAY, WHY WOULDN'T YOU BUILD THE DECK FURTHER OUT INSTEAD OF GOING ACROSS AND CHOPPING OFF 3 OR 4 OTHER SPACES? WELL, IT I WAS TRYING TO.
I TRIED TO REACH A HAPPY MEDIUM.
OKAY. BECAUSE THE WATER, THE WATER DEPARTMENT, THEY SAID THAT THAT THERE IS A RIGHT OF WAY THERE.
FAIR ENOUGH. AND THAT OWNER DOES NOT OWN, LIKE I SAID, RIGHT OVER THAT DECK, INTO THAT DECK, AS YOU'RE SEEING RIGHT THERE, PROBABLY ABOUT ANOTHER THREE, FOUR FEET OVER THIS DIRECTION. THERE'S A THERE'S A WATER LINE.
IT'S HALF YOUR PARKING LOT IS CUT IN HALF.
IT'S JUST KIND OF REALLY A STRANGE SITUATION.
SO RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE BUILDING UP TO THE EASEMENT POINT FOR THE WATER? YES, YES. OKAY. YEAH.
I'M STOPPING TO WHERE THEY'D BE.
THEY'D BE ABLE TO WORK, YOU KNOW? AND PLUS, I THOUGHT A FOUR-FOOT DECK.
AND IF YOU ADD MORE SEATING, THEN YOU END UP WITH MORE PARKING ISSUES THAN YOU HAVE NOW.
THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF AMBIANCE ON THE SIDE HERE, YOU KNOW.
AND I KNOW YOU KNOW THAT THAT BUILDING'S NOT THE MOST ATTRACTIVE ON THE SIDE.
IT WOULD BE BETTER IF IT WAS BIGGER.
BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, IF I WERE SITTING THERE HAVING A GLASS OF WINE AND CARDS.
PULL UP. THAT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE GOING TO.
I DON'T LIKE IT. I FEEL THE SAME WAY.
I USUALLY WHEN I, WHEN I GET A PLACE, ALL MY PLACES HAVE CHARACTER.
THEY DO. I'VE GOT OLD, OLD PLACES.
AND WHEN I GOT THIS OLD FILLING STATION, I MEAN, IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE.
BUT THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF PLACES UP THERE FOR RENT ON MAIN STREET.
I'VE GOT AN IDEA FOR IT, BUT NOBODY WANTS TO DO THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, I DO, I HAVE SO I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO EVERYBODY AND I'VE LISTENED TO YOU AND I'VE NOT HEARD REALLY ANYTHING THAT'S BEEN REAL POSITIVE ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO HERE. I MEAN, YOU'VE SAID IT, YOU KEEP SAYING IT, EVERYTHING COMES UP.
YOU AGREE THAT IT'S A PROBLEM HERE, A PROBLEM THERE, EVERYWHERE.
THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO.
OUR GOAL AS A COUNCIL, AS A CITY IS TO MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL.
I MEAN, WE GOT ONE OF THE BEST CVBS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR ESTABLISHMENT IN AN AREA THAT IT DOESN'T FIT IN.
THE AMBIANCE, THE WAY IT LOOKS.
YOU'VE GOT. IT'S VERY PROBLEMATIC.
AND THE REALITY OF IT IS, IS THAT I'VE BEEN BY YOUR PLACE PRETTY MUCH EVERY WEEKEND.
WE WALK BY THERE AND YOU GOT MUSIC GOING OUTSIDE.
YOU GOT PEOPLE OUT ALL OVER THE PLACE.
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AND YOU'VE GOT KIND OF A STREET THAT'S OFF OF MAIN STREET.IT JUST SEEMS TO ME THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
WE LOVE WHAT YOU BRING TO OUR CITY, BUT I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE PLACE YOU NEED TO BE.
AND I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I DON'T THINK I CAN SUPPORT THIS.
I'LL FOLLOW YOU DOWN THAT ROAD AND GO KNOCK ON THAT DOOR TODAY.
AND THAT'S MY ONLY OTHER OPTION, IS MOVE OUT OF THIS CITY.
WELL, YOUR PICTURE LOOKS LIKE AN OFFICE BUILDING.
I HAVE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. IT DON'T LOOK ANY DIFFERENT TO ME.
OKAY. AND I MEAN, YOU, YOUR ARCHITECT.
I'D GET A NEW ONE BECAUSE THIS AIN'T REAL ATTRACTIVE, HONESTLY.
I MEAN, SO, I MEAN, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO PUT THERE WHAT YOU HAVE OVER HERE IN THE FILLING STATION, THEN, YOU KNOW, HAVE THEM GO BACK AND DO SOME MORE RENDERINGS AND TRY TO BRING SOMETHING TO THAT PLACE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST NOT REAL APPEALING.
AND YOU'RE OFF MAIN AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF DRAW TO GET OVER THERE.
BUT I DON'T THINK THIS IS WHERE YOU WANT TO BE.
THERE'S JUST NOT MUCH TO OFFER IN HIS HAND.
I MEAN, THERE ISN'T. WE HAVE TALKED AND I'VE TALKED MULTIPLE TIMES.
THEY'RE JUST NOT. THEY'RE JUST NOT MUCH IN THIS TOWN AS FAR AS ANY WINERIES.
I KNOW YOU ALL WANT WINERIES HERE BECAUSE I HAVE THEM CALL ME ALL THE TIME.
I'M PRESIDENT OF OUR ASSOCIATION, 40 WINERIES.
AND THEY ASKED ME AND I SAID, WELL, CAN YOU FIND A PLACE IN THIS TOWN? I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING TO FIND ONE.
IT'LL GIVE ME MORE INDOOR SEATING IF THE MUSIC OUTSIDE DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
BUT I CAN GET FOR 30, 35, 40 PEOPLE INSIDE.
I WANT TO RETURN TO WHAT DARLENE WAS TALKING ABOUT A MINUTE AGO.
AND THAT'S HOW YOU WERE APPROVED FOR 12 TABLES.
AND YOU WOUND UP WITH LIKE 40 AND COUCHES AND EVERYTHING.
WHO IS DICTATING IT TO YOU IF YOU'RE THE OWNER? WELL, I KNOW YOU'RE RIGHT.
YOU'RE RIGHT. I AGREE, I'M GUILTY.
BUT AGAIN, I GUESS THE TOWN, THE TOWN KIND OF DICTATED.
AND SO, I MEAN, WE HAD THE PERFECT LOCATION FOR THE PARADES AND FOR EVERYTHING THAT WENT ON.
AND IT MADE SENSE TO PUT A FEW MORE TABLES OUT THERE.
IT JUST DID. WELL, AND THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ALL FINE AND GOOD, BUT YOU HAVE RULES IN THIS CITY AND ORDINANCES THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE ABIDED BY AND I THINK COME TO ME AND SAID, YOU'RE BREAKING THOSE RULES.
WHENEVER YOU WERE IN HERE FIVE YEARS AGO.
YOU WENT OVER IT THEN AND I'M GLAD THAT YOUR BUSINESS IS GOOD.
YOU'VE HAD SAID 2 OR 3 TIMES YOU HAVE BUILT QUITE A CLIENTELE.
AND THERE'S A GOOD REASON FOR THAT.
BECAUSE YOUR WINES ARE GOOD, I ENJOY THEM.
I DO THINK THAT THE LOCATION ON MAIN STREET IS PREFERABLE.
I THINK THAT THIS IS A STEP DOWN FOR YOU.
REALLY? I THE BUILDING ITSELF COULD USE SOME WORK.
IT NEEDS A ROOF ON IT, OTHER THAN JUST A SQUARE BOX OR A RECTANGULAR BOX.
SO IT COULD BE ENHANCED A LOT IF YOU DECIDE TO STAY THERE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY DOWN THE DOWN THE STREET CAN SAY, WELL, WE JUST WANT TO ELIMINATE THREE.
AND THEN SOMEBODY SAYS, WELL WE ONLY WANT TO ELIMINATE TWO AND THEN WE WANT TO ELIMINATE 5 OR 6 SOMEWHERE ELSE, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'RE DOWN 100 PARKING SPACES THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO LOSE.
I'VE LOOKED AT THE PARKING STUDY THAT I PRESUME YOUR ENGINEER OR ARCHITECT, OR SOMEONE PROVIDED, AND THEY DIDN'T DO A REALLY GOOD JOB FOR YOU ON THIS BECAUSE SOME OF THE SPACES THEY HAVE INCLUDED ARE UNDER PRIVATE OWNERSHIP.
THEY'VE INCLUDED THAT DOWN AROUND THE DEPOT, THE FOUNDERS BUILDING.
SO THESE ARE NOT WHAT'S CONSIDERED TYPICALLY PUBLIC PARKING SPACES, BUT THEY INCLUDED IN ANY WAY TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE THERE'S A LOT MORE PARKING THAT IS AVAILABLE. THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD REASONS WHY WINERIES WANT TO COME TO GRAPEVINE, AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE ATMOSPHERE THAT THAT WE'VE ALL WORKED REALLY HARD FOR A LONG NUMBER
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OF TIMES, A LONG NUMBER OF YEARS TO CREATE.I DON'T SEE A NANDU HERE TONIGHT.
HOPEFULLY THAT WILL RESOLVE BECAUSE I THINK YOU'VE GOT A GREAT SPOT THERE ON THE CORNER.
I THINK THIS WOULD NOT BE GOOD.
OUR PARKING SPACES ARE REQUIRED TO BE AT LEAST 18FT LONG.
AS MISS MAROHNIC INDICATED A WHILE AGO, WE DON'T DO COMPACT CAR SPACES.
THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED IN OUR ORDINANCE FOR GOOD REASONS.
PEOPLE AROUND HERE DRIVE THESE MONSTER PICKUP TRUCKS.
SO. SO I HOPE THAT YOU CAN WORK IT OUT.
I WANT YOU TO STAY HERE IN GRAPEVINE.
YOU'VE GOT TO DO WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO DO.
I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT LET'S HOPEFULLY FIND A WAY TO MAKE THIS WORK.
BUT LOSING THREE PARKING SPACES I CAN'T SUPPORT.
BUT I DO SUPPORT YOU STAYING HERE SOMEWHERE.
BUT WE APPROVED ONE ON NORTH MAIN AND WE APPROVED ONE IN THE 925 BUILDING THERE.
SO THEY ARE FINDING SOME SPACES.
BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, IT TAKES A LOT OF PATIENCE.
AND I, AND YOU KNOW, TO ADDRESS THE ADDITIONAL TABLES I HAVE OUT THERE, I GOT TO TELL Y'ALL, IT HAS NOT BEEN EASY OVER THE LAST YEAR WE HAVE BEEN ALL THESE WINERIES ARE HURTING BAD.
AND SO YOU WANT TO EXPAND AND SO YOU WANT TO EXPAND.
KNOW WHAT I WANT TO DO IS WHAT I, WHAT WE GOT TO DO IS TRY TO CASH IN ON CHRISTMAS.
SO, AND ALL THOSE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON THAT THAT WE HAVE THE PARADES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT ADDITIONAL SEATING, IT HELPS MAKE UP FOR THE THREE WEEKS THAT WE JUST HAD A REALLY BAD WEEK.
YOU KNOW, Y'ALL, I WISH Y'ALL WOULD MAYBE STEP UP AND SAY, HEY, LET'S DO SOME MORE TO THAT FACADE, BECAUSE I'LL TELL THE OWNER, HEY, HE WANTS THE CITY WANTS MORE DONE TO IT IN ORDER TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE A RETAIL CENTER.
BUT DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? NO, MA'AM. NO, COMMISSIONER.
DO WE HAVE ANY LETTERS OR PETITIONS? NO, MA'AM. AND DO WE HAVE ANY FOLKS REGISTERED TO SPEAK? NO. OKAY.
OKAY. WE NEED A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ALL IN FAVOR? NEED A MOTION FROM THE COUNCIL.
ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
[3. Conditional Use Permit CU24-39 (Club Carwash) and a Final Plat of Block 1, Lots 14R-1R1 & 14R-1R2, Towne Center Addition No. 2 - City Council and Planning and Zoning Commission to conduct a public hearing relative to an application submitted by Claymoore Engineering requesting a conditional use permit to amend the previously approved site plan CU07-35 (Ordinance 2007-66) for a planned commercial center to revise the building elevations and building footprint to allow a medical office and professional office. This request is specifically to construct a 5,030 square foot drive-thru car wash with full-service and self-service options with dual lanes. The subject property is located at 901 Ira E Woods Avenue and is currently zoned “CC”, Community Commercial District. ]
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN ON CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT CU 24-39 AND FINAL PLAT OF BLOCK ONE.TOWN CENTER ADDITION NUMBER TWO ERICA MAROHNIC.
THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO DEVELOP A 5000 SQUARE FOOT TUNNEL STYLE DUAL LANE DRIVE THROUGH CAR WASH KNOWN AS CLUB CAR WASH, AND THIS WILL FEATURE BOTH FULL SERVICE AND SELF-SERVICE OPTIONS, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES A WASH BAY, EQUIPMENT ROOM, RESTROOMS, A PATRON, LOBBY, EMPLOYEE, OFFICE, CASHIER AND STORAGE.
THERE WILL BE FOUR POINTS OF ACCESS.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES REQUIRED FOR THIS USE IS 24, AND THE APPLICANT HAS DESIGNED 29.
THE APPLICANT, MR. CLAY CHRISTIE WITH CRAMER ENGINEERING, IS HERE THIS EVENING.
COMMISSION. COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
CLAY CHRISTIE, CLAYMORE ENGINEERING, 1903 CENTRAL DRIVE.
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KIND OF RIGHT BEHIND TARGET DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE JUST SOUTH OF THAT AND NORTH OF THE EXISTING BANK AND TACO BELL ACROSS FROM US, WE HAVE SOME MORE COMMERCIAL ON THE EAST SIDE OF WILLIAM D TATE, AND SO WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT ONE HERE.THIS IS THE PROPOSED SITE THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, JUST TO GIVE YOU GUYS BACKGROUND, WHICH I'M SURE YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH, BUT WE HAVE AN UNDEVELOPED PARCEL IN THE LARGE OVERALL SHOPPING CENTER.
WE ARE LOOKING TO DEVELOP ABOUT 1.5 ACRES OF THIS SITE.
SPLITTING IT KIND OF AS YOU WOULD KIND OF IMAGINE AS IT GETS DEVELOPED.
THERE'S AN EXISTING DRIVEWAY THAT CONNECTS THE EXISTING BANK TO THE STATION.
AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, ADJACENT TO US IS AN EXISTING VET CLINIC LAW OFFICE FIRM.
AND THEN I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT SAYS EXISTING FUEL STATION.
I'LL APOLOGIZE, BUT I BELIEVE THAT'S ANOTHER LARGER BANK THAT WE HAVE OVER THERE ON THE OTHER SIDE.
WHAT WE HAVE IS ABOUT A 5000 SQUARE FOOT CAR WASH.
THE VEHICLES WOULD THEN ENTER THE CAR WASH TUNNEL ON THE WESTERN SIDE, AND THEN WOULD COME AND EXIT OUT TO THAT, THAT SHARED ACCESS, THAT CONCRETE DRIVE THAT WAS EXISTING THAT I MENTIONED TO YOU.
PATRONS AT THAT POINT IN TIME COULD CONTINUE ON THEIR WAY AND THEY COULD EXIT ONTO WILLIAM D TATE.
KIND OF TALKING A COUPLE MORE DETAILS ABOUT OUR, OUR STACKING AND SOME OF THE TRAFFIC ACCESS THAT WE HAD THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE AND POINT OUT IS THAT WE'VE DONE A TRAFFIC STUDY ON THIS SITE, BOTH TO ANALYZE THE EXISTING ENTRANCES COMING IN AND OUT ALONG WILLIAM B TATE AS WELL AS THE STACKING OF THE CARS ENTERING THE QUEUE INTO OUR SITE THAT WOULD STACK UP FOR THE CAR WASHES THAT WOULD BE COMING IN.
AND THEN JUST FOR CIRCULATION AND DIFFERENT PURPOSES THROUGH THAT STUDY, WHAT WE FOUND IS ON THE RIGHT IN RIGHT OUT THERE ACCUMULATES IN THE PEAK TIMES THAT WE ANALYZED AND THAT WE HAD ACTUALLY AN ENGINEER TAKE VIDEOS AND RECORDINGS AND DIFFERENT THINGS OF THE STACKING THAT ON TYPICAL WITH THE PROPOSED TRAFFIC OF THE CAR WASH ADDED THAT THERE WOULD BE ABOUT TWO CARS IS WHAT STACKS UP THERE ON THE WILLIAM D TATE ON THE NORTHERN SIDE.
AND THEN ON THE SOUTH SIDE IT DOES ALMOST IT GETS TO ABOUT THREE CARS, WHICH IS A LITTLE OVER 60FT.
AND THERE'S ABOUT 83FT OF STACKING RIGHT THERE ON THAT ENTRANCEWAY.
IN REGARD TO THE QUEUING COMING INTO THE SITE.
AND WE HAVE OUR DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ACROSS THE METROPLEX THAT WE INCLUDED.
AND SO EVEN THOUGH THAT WE ANALYZE THAT THERE'S TEN, TEN SPACES THERE.
OUR CURRENT STACKING THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED FOR OUR SITE CAN ACCOMMODATE 22.
AND WE DO HAVE SOMETHING IN REGARDS TO THE ACTUAL CIRCULATION OF VEHICLES AND HOW QUICKLY THAT THEY COME IN WHEN THE VACUUM, WHEN THE CAR WASH GETS GOING AND MOVING IN, WE CAN PROCESS A CAR ABOUT EVERY 30S ENTERING INTO THE TUNNEL.
NOW THE WHOLE CAR WASH ITSELF WILL TAKE ABOUT THREE MINUTES TO GET THROUGH, BUT GIVEN THE SPACING AND THE LENGTH OF THE TUNNEL AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES THROUGH THERE, A CAR CAN ENTER IN ABOUT EVERY 30S.
SO WHENEVER YOU DO THE MATH ON THAT, WHENEVER VEHICLES ARE COMING IN, THEY'RE ABLE TO PROCESS THOSE VEHICLES VERY QUICKLY TO WHERE THEY CAN GET STARTED AND GET IN THE BAY TO WHERE THE STACKING DOESN'T QUEUE BACK QUITE AS FAR AS SOME OF THE OLDER, LESS MODERN TYPE CAR WASHES THAT WE HAVE.
YOU KNOW WHERE IT TAKES A COUPLE OF MINUTES OF GETTING IN IN THE PREWASH AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF OUR SITE PLAN IN REGARD TO OUR LANDSCAPING.
WE HAVE A FULL VEHICLE VEHICULAR BARRIER.
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PARDON ME. THAT'S GOING TO GO AROUND IN A SHRUB ROWE.WE DIDN'T LEAVE THE FRONT OF THE WILLIAM D TATE AREA.
WE DIDN'T INTENTIONALLY NOT PUT LANDSCAPING IN THERE, BUT THERE IS A LARGE ELECTRICAL EASEMENT FOR THERE, SOME MAJOR HIGH LINE AND POWER POLES THAT GO ALONG IN THAT, THAT RESTRICT US FROM BEING ABLE TO PLANT IN THAT AREA.
SO WE DIDN'T LEAVE THAT SPOT BARE AND NOT TAKEN CARE OF ON PURPOSE.
AND THEN ON THE BACK SIDE, WE'VE DONE THE SAME THING.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WESTERN NEIGHBOR WILL BE.
BUT AGAIN, WE'VE TRIED TO CREATE A GREEN BARRIER THAT WE WOULD HAVE THROUGH THAT.
WE DIDN'T PICK SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD DROP ITS LEAVES AND BE BURIED DURING THE WINTER TO TRY TO PROVIDE THAT COVER AND A FULL LANDSCAPING YEAR-ROUND . SO WE HAVE WITH THAT, I'M VERY HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMISSION OR COUNCIL MAY HAVE, MR. CHAIRMAN. QUESTIONS, MR. CHRISTIE? YEAH. WHAT ARE YOUR HOURS OF OPERATIONS GOING TO BE? 7 TO 8. 7 TO 8.
AND CAR WASHES HAVE USUALLY BEEN A PRETTY GOOD PLACE FOR THEM TO KIND OF MINGLE.
WILL THERE BE ANY KIND OF CAN YOU SHUT IT OFF? SO, I MEAN, WE'LL HAVE OUR SECURITY ON SITE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO MONITOR AND SEE WHAT ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING ON AROUND THE SITE AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT WE HAVE.
BUT TYPICALLY FOR WHAT WE HAVE FOR HERE IS THAT WE'D HAVE OUR SECURITY AND OUR CAMERAS FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE'D HAVE TO TRY TO MONITOR THAT OR JUST LIKE VIDEO, MORE VIDEO TYPE DEAL LIKE MONITOR TYPE STUFF THAT WE WOULD HAVE IN THE EVENT THAT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT BE NEFARIOUS ACTIVITY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I WILL SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE LOOKING FOR THIS LOCATION WE WERE TRYING TO FIND A COMMERCIAL, YOU KNOW, A COMMERCIAL SITE THAT HAD GOOD NEIGHBORS THAT KEPT THEIR SITES CLEAN, THAT KIND OF DO THAT. AND CLUB CAR WASH IS NOT JUST A MOM-AND-POP TYPE CAR WASH THAT IT HAS.
THAT IS PART OF THE SITE SELECTION PROCESS THAT WE LOOK FOR WHEN WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CLUB.
AND THAT WAS PART OF THAT TO FIT THAT.
I MEAN, CLUB RUNS A TIGHT SHIP WHERE THEY'RE CLEANING IT UP.
THEY HAVE EVERYTHING THEIR LANDSCAPES ALIVE.
WHY ARE YOU GOING TO BRING YOUR CAR TO BE WASHED THERE? WHY ARE YOU GOING TO GO TO THAT? AND SO THAT'S WHAT THEY WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
IT'S NOT FULL OF A, YOU KNOW, DARK HOLE THAT SOMEBODY GOES WHERE PEOPLE HIDE OUT IN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR THEIR BUSINESS AND IT'S NOT GOOD FOR THE CITY EITHER. SO AND ALSO THEN WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE FULL SERVICE IS THAT AND A LOBBY IS THAT I DON'T ARE YOU ALSO HAVE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHERE THEY WILL VACUUM YOUR CAR AND DO IT.
YEAH. IT'S MAINLY LIKE WHAT YOU DO YOURSELF.
OKAY. YES, SIR. SO IT IS AN AUTOMATED CAR WASH WHENEVER THEY COME IN.
AND YOU CAN COME AND GO WHENEVER YOU NEED AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT TYPE OF SERVICE IS PROVIDED THERE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MR. CHAIRMAN? WILL YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WITH THE FACADE? HAVE YOU EVER, ON ANY LOCATIONS, USED A LIGHTER COLORED BRICK, A DIFFERENT COLOR SCHEME THAT WOULD MORE FIT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD? BEIGE, LIGHT GRAY THAT JUST LIKE, LOOKS LIKE A HULKING BUILDING.
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I MEAN, IN ESSENCE, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE LONG, STRAIGHT TUNNEL FOR THE CARS TO COME IN.BUT BEING ABLE TO PUT THE END ELEMENTS AND PUTTING A LITTLE BIT OF THE WINDOWS AND THE GLAZING AND DIFFERENT THINGS OF THAT, WE'VE DEFINITELY DRESSED IT UP BEFORE IN THE PAST AND EVERYTHING ELSE. AS FOR THE COLOR I MEAN, I THINK THAT WE WOULD BE AMENABLE TO COLORS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
ABSOLUTELY. I DON'T THINK THAT YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE OUR, OUR LOGO OF LACK OF COLOR.
I'M TALKING ABOUT MORE LACK OF COLOR.
BUT IF THERE'S A COLOR ISSUE THAT WE HAVE THERE, I THINK ABSOLUTELY WE'D BE WILLING TO, TO WORK ON, ON SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE MORE AMENABLE AND MORE, YOU KNOW, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION AND THE COUNCIL TO DO SO.
QUESTIONS? I'VE GOT A QUESTION.
I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE SITE PLAN, IF YOU WILL.
AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND YOUR STACKING.
SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS THAT WE CAN FIT.
IF YOU LOOK JUST TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING, YOU'LL SEE KIND OF THE TWO LITTLE CANOPY AREAS, RIGHT? SO THAT'S THE PAY STATION THAT WE HAVE THERE.
AND THERE'S TWO LANES THAT WE HAVE THAT WE CAN FIT THERE.
AND JUST BEFORE THE PAY WINDOW THERE'S 16 CARS.
AND THOSE ARE NUMBERED THERE ON THE SITE PLAN.
AND SO THERE'S 16 RIGHT THERE.
AND THEN COMING INTO THE BAY THERE'S ROOM FOR ANOTHER FIVE SPACES RIGHT THERE WHENEVER THEY COME IN.
WE LOOK AT THEM AND SEE WHAT THE STACKING IS.
AND WE TRY TO GO THROUGH THAT.
AND WE SAW WHAT THAT WAS AND WE'RE LIKE, HEY ON.
AND SO I CAN TELL YOU HERE IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
SO, I KIND OF HAVE IT BOOKMARKED RIGHT HERE.
SO WE WENT TO A COUPLE CAR WASHES LOCATED AT 6628 COURT ROAD IN PLANO.
WE WENT TO SITE AT 788 KELLER.
WE LOOKED AT LOWER SONOMA LANE IN FORT WORTH.
WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF CARS ON A ON A NEWER CAR WASH FOR THE STACKING? AND ON THAT, WHAT WE HAD WERE TEN, SEVEN, SIX, NINE, SIX, SEVEN, SEVEN AND TEN.
AND THAT WAS FROM THE ENTRY INTO THE TUNNEL.
NOW WE DO, YOU KNOW, CLUB CAR WASH IS COMING HERE TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
THEY'RE COMING HERE TO BE THERE.
HOW WOULD THAT IMPACT EVERYTHING.
BECAUSE THERE IS WILLIAM D TATE RIGHT THERE.
THERE IS A FIRE LANE RIGHT THERE.
AND SO WE TOOK WHAT WE FOUND IN THE FIELD AND WHAT WE DID THAT.
AND WE'RE PROVIDING MORE THAN DOUBLE TO ALLOW FOR THAT.
SO IN THE EVENT THAT THERE ARE SOME ACCESS CARS.
WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE MORE THAN WHAT WAS OBSERVED AND WHAT WAS CALCULATED FOR THERE.
OH, DID YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS? I THOUGHT YOU WERE DONE. I'M SORRY.
JUST A QUICK COMMENT ABOUT THIS.
I GUESS OVER THE YEARS, AS THINGS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE POPULATION HAS GROWN.
WE SEE MORE AND MORE TRAFFIC ALONG THAT CONNECTOR BETWEEN THE BANK PROPERTY AND CUTE.
AND EVEN DURING LUNCHTIME, WITH AS MANY LANDSCAPE AREAS, PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE AT WORK, AND THEY EVEN BEGIN TO PARK TRAILERS AND THINGS ALONG THAT DRIVE THROUGH THERE AND, AND AS YOU SAID, YOU COULD EVERY 30S YOU COULD START A CAR THROUGH THE CAR WASH.
SO THAT MEANS ONE COULD COME OUT EVERY 30S, TOO, BUT IF THEY COME OUT, THEY'VE GOT TO TURN IN.
IF THEY'RE GOING TO DRIVE THEIR CAR OFF INTO THAT AREA WHERE THE VACUUMS AND THE TOWELS ARE FURNISHED, IT JUST LOOKS LIKE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A CONGESTED AREA.
AND I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT YOU DID YOUR SURVEY OF CAR WASHES, BUT YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY.
SO WHAT WE HAD IS THAT WE'VE I'M MAKING A STATEMENT.
I'M NOT ASKING YOU A QUESTION.
I UNDERSTAND YOU TOLD US YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY AGREEMENT, BUT I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC.
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TWO, THE BANK AND CUTE.AND I SEE PEOPLE PARKED THERE AT TIMES TOO.
SO I GUESS I LIKE THE IDEA OF WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
AND THAT WAS PART OF WHAT OUR TRAFFIC STUDY.
SO WE HAD LAMBETH ENGINEERING WHENEVER THEY WENT THROUGH AND THEY, THEY ANALYZED THAT PORTION OF IT.
AND WHAT SHE FOUND IS CORRECT.
AND THE FACT OF SOME OF THE CARS, VEHICLES PARKING OVER THERE, TYPICALLY IT WAS LANDSCAPE TRUCKS OR DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WERE GOING OVER TO THE RIGHT AND RIGHT, WRONG OR INDIFFERENT, THEY'RE PARKING THERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE A TRAILER AND BECAUSE THEY HAVE ACCESS TO IT, AND THAT'S WHERE THEY CAN GO AND GET IN AND GET OUT.
YOU KNOW, AGAIN, RIGHT, WRONG OR INDIFFERENT, THEY'RE NOT REALLY SUPPOSED TO PARK THERE.
THAT'S NOT A PARKING SPACE FOR THEM.
AND THROUGH THAT, WHAT WE FOUND, THE MAJORITY OF THAT TRAFFIC, THROUGH THE TRAFFIC STUDY, THE MAJORITY OF THAT TRAFFIC THAT'S COMING THROUGH THERE IS TO GET BACK TO THE WILLIAM D TATE FULL ACCESS POINT.
AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY THERE'S MORE STACKING ON THAT DRIVEWAY.
AND IF YOU NOTICE ON OUR SITE PLAN, OUR THROAT STACKING ALONG THAT AREA IS A LITTLE BIT A LITTLE BIT SHORTER THERE, JUST DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE DRIVE, THAT KIND OF CUTS UP THROUGH TO ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OVER THERE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A LITTLE BIT LARGER.
WE HAVE ABOUT I THINK IT'S 83FT THAT WE HAVE THERE WHERE CARS CAN STACK.
AND WHILE WE WOULD HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR CARS COMING IN AND OUT OF THAT CAR WASH EVERY 30S.
THAT IS NOT A THAT IS NOT A CONTINUOUS THING.
THAT MIGHT BE THE PEAK DURING A 30 MINUTE RUSH THAT THEY HAVE, OR REALLY NOT EVEN AN HOURLY THING.
THAT'S TYPICALLY WHAT CAUSES THE INFLUX OF LARGER CARS AND LARGER AMOUNT OF STACKING IN A CAR WASH ON A DAY-TO-DAY TYPE OPERATION AND BASIS, BECAUSE THEY ARE OPEN AND IT'S KIND OF A CONVENIENCE AS YOU'RE PASSING BY, YOU KNOW, CAR WASHES IN GENERAL DON'T GENERATE A LOT OF INDIVIDUAL TRAFFIC.
MOST OF THE TIME IT'S PASSING BY.
I'M GOING TO STOP BY AND GET MY CAR WASHED.
WELL, WHENEVER YOU'RE DRIVING THAT BY, THAT'S KIND OF A CONVENIENCE AND A TIME FRAME OF WHEN YOU DO IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY CORRELATE DIRECTLY WITH, HEY, THIS IS THE 7:00 RUSH HOUR FOR DINNER THAT WE ALL HAVE THAT A RESTAURANT MIGHT SEE THAT EVERYBODY COMES HERE AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
WE'RE KIND OF SPREAD THROUGHOUT AS PEOPLE ARE COMING BY AND PEOPLE ARE PASSING THROUGH.
AND SO WHILE WE CAN IN A, IN A, IN A PEAK TIME, ACCOMMODATE THOSE TYPE OF VALUES AND THOSE TYPE OF VEHICLES PASSING THROUGH, IT'S NOT ANTICIPATED THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE A CAR, YOU KNOW, FROM 7 A.M.
IT'S PROBABLY A QUESTION FOR STAFF.
I HAVE A REAL CONCERN ABOUT THIS FIRE LANE, BECAUSE IT SERVICES A LOT.
AND THE FACT THAT THEY'RE QUEUING, PEOPLE ARE COMING IN.
I MEAN, IS THERE SOME CONCERN FROM AT THE STAFF LEVEL ABOUT THAT? I BELIEVE SO, BUT I WOULD NEED TO DEFER YOUR QUESTION TO JOHN ROBERTSON OR ELIZABETH REYNOLDS FROM PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEERING, PLEASE.
THANK YOU. BECAUSE THAT'S A REAL CONCERN FOR ME BECAUSE IT'S A TIGHT SITE.
THANK YOU. YES, WE RECEIVED THE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS OF IT.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SITE PLAN, THEY'RE STACKING CARS RATHER TIGHTLY.
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COVERAGE FOR A SITE.AND NOT PARTICULARLY JUST OUR SITE, BUT LOOKING AT THE ADJACENT SITES ON HOW THAT MIGHT BE IMPACTED.
THE FUEL STATION, THEY WOULD HAVE TWO POINTS OF ACCESS WITHOUT THAT CUT ACROSS THAT WOULD GO THROUGH THERE TO WHERE IN THE EVENT THAT SOMETHING HAPPENED ON THE ROUTE THAT THEY COULD. IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE EXAMPLE THAT I PULLED UP RIGHT HERE, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO ENTER IT'S ON THE NORTH SIDE.
SORRY, GOOGLE IS ROTATED, BUT THEY'D BE ABLE TO ENTER ON THERE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE RED FIRE LANE THAT ACTUALLY GOES AROUND THROUGH THERE.
AND THEN THE SAME THING FOR THE BANK THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THERE AND GO AROUND AS WELL.
IT'S JUST WHEN THERE'S A FIRE THEY GOT TO GET IN.
THE EASIEST WAY THAT THEY CAN.
ABSOLUTELY. IF THEY COME THROUGH THE ONE WAY AND THEY NEED TO GET DOWN.
THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. SO THAT'S A REAL CONCERN FOR ME.
AND IF YOU GOT CARS JUST TURNING IN THERE, THEY SLOW DOWN.
I THINK THE COMMENTS ARE CORRECT.
I DO HAVE A JUST A QUESTION OF CURIOSITY, DO Y'ALL COLLECT ANY SALES TAX ON ANYTHING YOU SELL? I APOLOGIZE, MAYOR, THAT THAT GETS A LITTLE BIT ABOVE MY PAY GRADE, I MAY ASK.
SO IT IS IT WOULD BE TAXED ON LABORS AND SERVICES.
ON WHAT? ON THE LABOR AND SERVICES THAT ARE THERE.
DO YOU WANT TO COME? SORRY, I'VE GOTTA CALL IN SOME REINFORCEMENTS I APOLOGIZE, MAYOR.
YES, SIR. JUSTIN BARNES, VP OF DEVELOPMENT FOR CLUB CAR WASH.
I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ANSWER IT RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT WE CAN SURE GET THAT INFORMATION.
BE UNCOMFORTABLE TO TELL YOU SOMETHING I WASN'T SURE ABOUT, BUT YOU MADE A COMMENT THAT IT IS.
IT TAXED WHENEVER ANYBODY GOES THROUGH THE WASH OR YOU KIND OF SAID AN ANSWER.
I DIDN'T FULLY UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU WERE SITTING AS TO WHAT WAS TAXED IN SOME MUNICIPALITIES.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CHECK ON, ON THE LABOR AND SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED ON THERE.
THERE IS A SALES TAX THAT'S COLLECTED.
I'M JUST UNAWARE IF THAT IS HERE OR NOT.
BUT THERE'S NO SALES ON ANY MERCHANDISE OR ANYTHING THAT WE SELL.
THE VACANT SITE THAT FRONTS UP THERE ON OUR WOODS IS, SEEMS TO ME A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR IT.
IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE IT COULD BE LAID OUT ACCORDINGLY, AND I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU ALL LOOK AT THAT SITE AND IF YOU DO, AND COME BACK AND HAVE THE SALES TAX INFORMATION, THAT WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL.
SO I AND I APOLOGIZE, MR. ROGERS, BUT I KNOW IT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP A COUPLE TIMES, BUT ON OUR ON OUR STACKING, ALL, ALL OF OUR STACKING IS LOCATED ON SITE.
WE'RE NOT PROPOSING STACKING IN A FIRE LANE.
WE'RE NOT PROPOSING STACKING ON ANYBODY ELSE'S SITE WITH THIS.
AND I APOLOGIZE IF I DIDN'T MAKE THAT CLEAR WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THAT I, THAT'S MY FAULT.
WHENEVER I TALK ABOUT STACKING INTO THE DRIVEWAYS, I WAS TALKING ABOUT EXITING THE SITE.
AND SO WHENEVER I WAS TALKING ABOUT TWO CARS AT THE DRIVEWAY AND THREE CARS ON THE SOUTH SIDE, THAT WAS IN BUSINESSES COMING IN AND EXITING THE SITE FOR VEHICLES THAT ARE STACKING AND PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING INTO OUR SITE ARE STACKING, BOTH THROUGH CALCULATION AND OBSERVATION WOULD BE FULLY CONTAINED.
IF YOU LOOK WHERE THE VEHICLES ARE ON THAT NORTHERN SIDE RIGHT THERE, THOSE WOULD BE FULLY CONTAINED WITHIN THOSE LANES RIGHT THERE, NOT WITHIN THE SHARED THE FIRE LANE THAT CROSS AXIS CROSSES ACROSS THOSE TWO AREAS, OR ANY OF THE ENTRANCEWAYS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IT ACTUALLY, AND I SHOULD HAVE CLARIFIED STACKING WITH THE CARS AND VEHICLES FROM THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES IS WHAT WOULD BE STACKING IN THE INGRESS AND EGRESS THAT YOU'D BE SHARING WITH THOSE.
CORRECT. SO, AND THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED, LIKE EVEN ON THAT VACANT SITE.
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MISS ROGERS, JUST BECAUSE OF WHERE THE CROSS ACCESS POINTS AND WHERE THOSE ACCESS POINTS ARE, WE WOULD HAVE TO SHARE THOSE ENTRANCE POINTS COMING IN AND OUT OF THE SITE.WE WOULD NEED TO SHARE THOSE BECAUSE WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE BUILDING AN ACCESS DRIVE.
WELL, I'LL GO TO THE SITE PLAN.
SO LIKE THIS BACK REAR ACCESS DRIVE ON THE WESTERN SIDE IS TO CONNECT AND TO CONNECT THE BANK.
AND THAT'S TO CREATE MORE CONNECTIVITY WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHT HERE.
IF WE WERE ALLOWED TO PRESENT AND TO COME FORWARD WITH THIS OPTION, WE WOULD BE PROVIDING A SECOND ACCESS POINT AND A SECOND POINT OF CONNECTION FROM THE GETTING DOWN TO THE WILLIAM TATE AVENUE TO GET THAT ACROSS AND TO BE ABLE TO COME IN NOT ONLY TO THE BANK, BUT THEY COULD EVEN GO FURTHER SOUTH.
THAT WAY, VERSUS TRYING TO MAKE THE UNCONTROLLED SIGNAL THAT WOULD BE KIND OF MID-BLOCK, SO TO SPEAK, IN BETWEEN THE MAJOR INTERSECTION THAT WE HAVE, OUR MINOR INTERSECTION THAT'S JUST TO THE SOUTH THERE.
AND SO WE WOULD BE DOING THAT.
I DON'T THINK THAT IF WE WERE TO RELOCATE ON THAT ADJACENT SITE, AS YOU SAID, AT THAT POINT, GIVING THE DRIVEWAY SPACINGS AND DIFFERENT THINGS ALONG 26 AND BEING TXDOT, WE WOULD HAVE TO UTILIZE THOSE EXISTING DRIVEWAYS STILL TODAY BECAUSE WE WOULD NOT MEET ANY OF THE DRIVEWAY SPACINGS TO GET AN ADDITIONAL DRIVEWAY IN BETWEEN THE TWO THAT ARE THAT ARE EXISTING THERE TODAY.
THANK YOU. SO THE SO THE NUMBER OF CARS THAT YOU SAW, PEAK PERIOD IN THE OTHER PLACES YOU LOOKED AT, REMIND ME THAT NUMBER AGAIN THAT WE KIND OF NEED TO THINK OF AS THE HIGH END FOR THE STACKING. SO, WHAT WE SAW IN THOSE OBSERVATIONS WERE ABOUT TEN.
WE DO REALIZE AGAIN THAT THERE ARE CAR WASHES THAT DO MORE THAN THAT.
WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT THEY'RE NOT. FAIR ENOUGH.
AND SO WE TOOK THAT NUMBER AND WE DOUBLED IT.
AND THEN I GUESS THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF SPARE ON ONE CAR ON WHAT IT IS AS A SAFETY FACTOR, JUST TO TRY TO PREVENT THAT, KNOWING WHERE WE ARE ON THE SITE AND WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT. SO THE STACKING THAT YOU HAVE PROVIDED, EXCLUDING FIRE LANES AND EVERYTHING ELSE, JUST LITERALLY IN THE DRIVEWAY, APPROACHING INTO THE CAR WASH TUNNEL IS HOW MANY HOW MANY CARS? 21.
OKAY. SO IF YOU LOOK ON AND IF YOU LOOK ON SP TWO IN YOUR PACKET THERE FROM THE PAY WINDOW, WE ACTUALLY NUMBERED THE ONES FROM THE PAY WINDOW JUST GOING BACK. AND THERE'S 16 THERE THAT WE HAVE.
AND THEN WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT EXTRA.
WE SEPARATED THOSE OUT BECAUSE YOU'RE TYPICALLY NOT EXACTLY BUMPER TO BUMPER THERE.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE GET THE 21.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
DO WE HAVE ANY CORRESPONDENCE? NO, SIR. MR. CHAIRMAN, WE NEED A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THE MOTION CARRIES. PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
HEARING IS OPEN ON ZONING CHANGE.
[4. Zoning Change Application Z24-07, Planned Development Overlay PD24-06 and Historic Landmark District HL24-01 (717 East Worth Street) - City Council and Planning and Zoning Commission to conduct a public hearing relative to an application submitted by Neal Cooper requesting to rezone 0.407 acre from “RMF-2”, Multifamily District to “R-7.5”, Single-Family District to construct two singlefamily lots. The applicant is also requesting a planned development overlay to deviate from but not limited to minimum lot width and front yard setback City Council October 15, 2024 Page 2 requirements from Section 15 of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, No. 82- 73. The applicant is also requesting designation as a Historical Landmark subdistrict. Such sub-district may include buildings, land, areas, or districts of historical, architectural, archaeological or cultural importance or value that merit protection, enhancement, and preservation in the interest of the culture, prosperity, education, and welfare of the people. The subject property is located at 717 East Worth Street. ]
APPLICATION Z 24-7 AND DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY PD 2406 AND HISTORIC LANDMARK DISTRICT HL 2401.THIS REQUEST IS A ZONE CHANGE TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 4/10 OF AN ACRE FROM THE RMF TWO MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT TO R SEVEN AND A HALF SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT WITH THE INTENT TO CONSTRUCT TWO SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED STRUCTURES ON TWO SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED LOTS.
THE APPLICANT IS ALSO REQUESTING THE SUBJECT SITE BE DESIGNATED AS A HISTORIC LANDMARK SUBDISTRICT.
THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO DEMOLISH, EXCUSE ME TO ADJUST THE INTERNAL LOT LINE TO MORE EVENLY DIVIDE TO CREATE THE TWO RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND TO DEMOLISH THE EXISTING MULTI-FAMILY STRUCTURE.
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THE COLLEGE HEIGHTS ADDITION WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE 1920S AND HOLDS HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE AS PART OF THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT AND EXPANSION OF THE TOWN IN THE MID 20TH CENTURY. THE PROPERTY WAS ORIGINALLY TWO SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED LOTS AND STRUCTURES, UNTIL IT WAS REDEVELOPED INTO THE MULTI-FAMILY APARTMENT COMPLEX IN 1963 AND HAS REMAINED SO TO THIS DAY.THE APPLICANT, MR. NEIL COOPER, IS HERE THIS EVENING TO PRESENT AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL OR COMMISSION MAY HAVE.
MY NAME IS NEIL COOPER. I LIVE AT 404 EAST WALL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
SO, AS ERICA SAID, THIS IS PRETTY EXCITING.
THE EXCITING THING ABOUT THIS IS THIS IS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM GRAPEVINE FAITH.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
IF WE'RE SUCCESSFUL WITH THESE.
WE HAVE SOME MORE PROPERTIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS ON.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THIS PROCESS IN THAT AREA.
AND I THINK IT'LL MAKE A PRETTY DRAMATIC CHANGE TO THE AREA THERE.
SO, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT AND I HOPE YOU ARE TOO.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
MR. CHAIRMAN, ANY QUESTIONS? I'M CONFUSED.
WHICH ARE THE DRIVEWAYS INTO THE GARAGE? ARE THEY BOTH THE MIDDLE? YES, MIDDLE. SIX FOOT STRIPS.
AND THEN YOU TURN. NO, THEY'RE ACTUALLY ON THE OUTSIDE.
OKAY. THEY'RE ON THE OUTSIDES OF THE LOTS WHERE IT SAYS SIDE YARD.
THAT'S NOT REALLY A YARD, RIGHT? THE GARAGES ARE OFFSET, AND SO THE OUTSIDE OF THE TWO LOTS WILL BE THE DRIVEWAYS.
AND THAT ACTS AS A BUFFER TO THE TWO PROPERTIES THAT ARE ON BOTH SIDES OF IT.
OKAY. AND THEN SO THEN YOU JUST NEED TO BACK OUT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MR. CHAIRMAN? NO OTHER QUESTIONS? NO OTHER QUESTIONS, MR. PRESIDENT. ANYBODY? ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? MR. COOPER? I HAVE ONE.
I'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS HEARING.
I CAN SAY THE FACILITIES ARE VACANT, AND IT'S COINCIDES WITH OUR PLAN TO TRY TO ELIMINATE SOME OF THOSE MULTIFAMILIES IN THE RESIDENTIAL HISTORIC DISTRICT AND REPLACE THEM WITH THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
SO I'M GLAD YOU FIGURED OUT A WAY TO DO THAT.
WELL, WE APPRECIATE THE PATIENCE OF MR. TICKNER, TOO. THIS HAS BEEN THREE YEARS ACTUALLY ON WORKING THROUGH THIS.
SO WE'RE VERY PLEASED THAT EVERYBODY'S HELPED WORK THROUGH THIS.
MR. COOPER, JUST FOR A POINT OF INFORMATION, THERE'S A 15 FOOT ALLEY BEHIND THIS PROPERTY.
WHAT'S GOING WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THAT? IS THAT PART OF THIS PROPERTY? IS IT? I THINK IT BELONGS TO THE CITY, DOESN'T IT? IT BELONGS TO THE CITY.
THE HOPE IS THAT WE'LL BE DOING THE APARTMENT UNIT BEHIND IT AT THAT TIME.
THE PLAN IS TO TRY TO ABANDON THAT AND TO BRING THAT LAND BACK ONTO THE TWO PROPERTIES.
BUT IT WOULD REMAIN AN EASEMENT.
ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY LETTERS? NO, SIR. ALL RIGHT.
MR. CHAIRMAN, WE NEED A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CLOSED.
A MOTION FROM THE COUNCIL TO CLOSE.
SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
[5. Zoning Change Application Z24-08 (416 East College Street) and a Final Plat of Block 1, Lots 1-5, Grapevine College Heritage Addition - City Council and Planning and Zoning Commission to conduct a public hearing relative to an application submitted by Ridinger Associates, Inc. requesting to rezone 1.314 acres from “GV”, Grapevine Vintage District to “R-7.5”, Single-Family District to construct four single-family homes. The subject property is located at 416 East College Street. ]
HERITAGE EDITION.THIS IS A REQUEST TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 1.3 ACRES FROM THE GV GRAPEVINE VINTAGE DISTRICT TO R SEVEN AND A HALF SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT TO CONSTRUCT FOUR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 416 EAST COLLEGE STREET.
THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO DEVELOP FOUR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
THE PROPOSED FOUR LOTS ARE THE NORTHERN PORTION OF AN EXISTING 1.8 ACRE LOT.
FORMER LA BUENA VIDA VINEYARDS WITH FRONTAGE ALONG EAST COLLEGE STREET.
AT THIS TIME, ALL FOUR LOTS THAT ARE PROPOSED FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WILL MEET MINIMUM, LOT, BLOCK AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE R SEVEN AND A HALF SINGLE FAMILY ZONING DISTRICT REQUIREMENTS.
THE APPLICANT, MR. LEMOINE WRIGHT, IS HERE THIS EVENING.
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MY IT SPECIALIST I HAVE TO AGREE WITH LEMOYNE WRIGHT, 213 EAST COLLEGE STREET.AND WE'RE FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY.
USED TO BE SOMETHING VERY NICE MANY YEARS AGO, BUT IT'S BEEN IN DISREPAIR FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
SO, I'VE BEEN, WE HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH DAVID AND P.W.
ABOUT THIS, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL AND PROVIDE INFORMATION TO ANY PURCHASER TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE WANTS TO SEE IN THIS EAST OR THE COLLEGE STREET HISTORIC DISTRICT.
SO WE WANT TO GIVE THAT TO THEM UP FRONT.
SO NO SURPRISES THAT WE HAVE FOUR LOTS.
THERE ARE ROUGHLY 72 FOOT WIDE AND 195 FOOT DEEP, A LITTLE OVER 14,000 SQUARE FOOT EACH.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO DO, ANSWER THOSE.
ANYTHING TECHNICAL? JASON KILPATRICK'S HERE.
ALL RIGHT. QUESTIONS? CORRECT. COMMISSIONER JASON, YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? YES. MR. LEMOINE, WITH LOT FIVE, ARE YOU WILLING TO SHARE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE THINKING ABOUT THERE? WELL, WE'RE UNDECIDED AT THIS POINT.
SO ASSUMING THAT IT WOULD PROBABLY BE OFFICE AT SOME POINT OR POTENTIALLY ANOTHER RESIDENTIAL LOT.
BUT IF YOU LOOK ACROSS THE STREET FROM THAT LOT, IT'S A NOT SO WELL MANICURED.
ONE OTHER QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU TWO, BECAUSE I DIDN'T TAKE A LOT OF LOOK AT THIS, I JUST I LIKED WHAT'S GOING ON OBVIOUSLY, BUT WHY NOT OUR 12 FIVE SINCE WE'RE GOING TO BE AT 14,000 ON EVERYTHING? IS THERE A REASON THE LOT WIDTH ISSUE.
YEAH. SO, WE'RE ABLE TO FIT INTO OUR SEVEN FIVE WITH NO VARIANCES.
IT LOOKS LIKE LOT TWO IS COVERED WITH EASEMENTS.
ARE YOU GOING TO BE RELOCATING.
WELL IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING TO LOOK AT RIGHT NOW.
QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
CHEERS TO YOU, TOO, MR. WRIGHT. THIS IS ANOTHER JOHN LEE FOR OUR HISTORIC DISTRICT TO CLEAN UP THIS AREA THAT'S INVADED WHAT'S BECOME ONE OF THE NICEST RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN THE METROPLEX.
I APPRECIATE YOUR ABILITY TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE THIS CONVERSION.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? WOULD THESE ALL OF THESE LOTS WILL BE OPEN TO WHOEVER PURCHASES THEM TO.
RIGHT. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE'S A REVISION OR DESIGN MANUAL THAT'S ABOUT DONE.
IT GIVES MORE DETAIL FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.
SO. BUT YOU'RE NOT HAVING SOMEONE COME IN AND JUST TRY TO BUILD FOUR HOUSES.
NO, THESE WILL ALL BE SOLD TO JUST INDIVIDUALS.
YES. THEY'LL ALL HAVE TO GO THROUGH HPC FOR THEIR APPROVALS.
RIGHT, SIR? THEY'LL ALL HAVE TO GO THROUGH HPC FOR THEIR.
YES. ALL OF THOSE WILL HAVE TO COME.
ALL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS ZONING AND A PLAT.
IT IS. IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT YOU KNOW THAT AS YOU SAY THAT WAS A NICE PROPERTY YEARS AGO.
BUT IT'S BEEN SO SAD TO LOOK AT THAT ALL THESE YEARS.
SO I'M SO GLAD YOU'VE DONE THAT AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE SOME NICE HOUSES THERE.
THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY CORRESPONDENCE? NO. YOU JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT IN FRONT OF YOU CONCERNING MR. CHAIRMAN. OKAY.
WE NEED A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
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FAVOR. ALL OPPOSED.THAT COMPLETES OUR JOINT MEETING.
NOW, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN FOLLOWING THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION, IT'S A PUBLIC MEETING.
IF YOU WANT TO STAY HERE AND PARTICIPATE IN OUR REMAINING AGENDA, YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO SO.
OKAY. WE'LL BEGIN WITH CITIZEN COMMENTS.
[CITIZEN COMMENTS]
DO WE HAVE ANY REQUESTS TONIGHT? YES, WE HAVE ONE.ALL RIGHT. CITIZENS COMMENTS IS WHERE A PERSON IS NOT SCHEDULED ON THE AGENDA.
UPON BEING RECOGNIZED BY THE MAYOR ON THE CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL.
THE CITY COUNCIL IS RESTRICTED IN DISCUSSING OR TAKING ACTION DURING CITIZEN COMMENTS.
ALL RIGHT. WOULD YOU INTRODUCE THE SPEAKER? RICK CLARK, 2603 LONE STAR LANE.
I LIVE AT 2603 LONE STAR LANE GRAPEVINE.
I'M ACTUALLY A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY OF THE GRAPEVINE.
MY GRANDPARENTS LIVED HERE AS WELL.
I'M HERE TODAY TO GIVE YOU SOME UPLIFTING NEWS.
NOBODY'S GOT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT NOTHING.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO DO IS.
THANK SOME MEMBERS OF THE GRAPEVINE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
CHIEF HAMLIN, CHIEF STIMAC, CAPTAIN EASLEY, HE'S NOT HERE.
HE WAS. I BELIEVE YOU'D HEAR HIM AND DETECTIVE PETERSON FOR THE PRESENTATIONS THEY GAVE.
ACCORDING TO WHAT THE FBI SAYS, THIS IS THE FASTEST GROWING CRIME IN AMERICA.
SENIOR CITIZENS AND MEMBERS OF THE GRAPEVINE REC.
THE PRESENTATION WAS 90 MINUTES.
EVERYONE EVER ATTENDED SAID THAT THIS WAS ONE OF THE BEST PRESENTATIONS THEY'D EVER SEEN, AND IT GAVE THEM A MASSIVELY BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW NOT TO BECOME A VICTIM OF SENIOR FRAUD, AND ALSO HOW TO BETTER PROTECT THEMSELVES AND THEIR FINANCES FROM OTHER FRAUDULENT SCAMS. SO, CHIEF HAMLIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF SAMMUT AND YOUR TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES.
ACTUALLY, IF IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE LAST PERSON WOULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST.
BUT THE SECOND ONE IS I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND AND THANK THE GRAPEVINE FIRE CHIEF DARRYL BROWN.
THANK YOU CHIEF. HE SHOWED UP LAST WEDNESDAY.
NOW, I'M NOT A POWERPOINT GUY.
I'VE HAD DEATH BY POWERPOINT MY WHOLE CAREER.
BUT HE GAVE A POWERPOINT THAT WAS SIMPLY MAGNIFICENT.
HE PRESENTED A COMPLETE BREAKDOWN OF THE GRAPEVINE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND HOW IT WORKS, HOW HIS STAFF WORKED THEIR EQUIPMENT, THE DIFFERENT FIRE SUBSTATIONS, HOW THEY OPERATE, HOW THEY'RE STAFFED, WHAT THEIR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE.
HE EVEN MENTIONED THE LAKE AND IRONICALLY, WHAT HAPPENED A FEW DAYS LATER.
HE SPOKE ABOUT HOW OTHER FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER AGENCIES ASSISTED AND HELPED IN THE GRAPEVINE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHEN THEY HAVE THE MAJOR ISSUES, AS WE SAW, EIGHT OTHER CITIES HELPED ON THAT SITUATION AT THE LAKE.
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AND LASTLY, PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRST, BUT I WANT TO ALSO THANK THE PARK AND REC CENTERS, CHRIS AND TRENT.TRENT IS NOT HERE TONIGHT, BUT SPECIFICALLY MEGAN VARNER.
SHE'S THE ADULT SUPERVISOR FOR THE FOR THE ACTIVE ADULTS.
HER AND HER STAFF WERE HELPING MAKE THIS PROGRAM HAPPEN.
THANK YOU. DUFF. I TOLD YOU IT WAS GOING TO BE NICE.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHERS? NO, SIR. ALL RIGHT.
NEXT. I HAVE A PRESENTATION TO MAKE.
[7. Mayor Tate to present a proclamation recognizing the Monarch Pledge. ]
A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE MONARCH PLEDGE.THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY IS AN ICONIC NORTH AMERICAN SPECIES WHOSE MULTIGENERATIONAL MIGRATION AND METAMORPHOSIS FROM CATERPILLAR TO BUTTERFLIES CAPTURED THE IMAGINATION OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS IN THE 1990S.
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF EASTERN MONARCH BUTTERFLIES MIGRATED TO MEXICO.
SINCE THEN, THE POPULATION HAS DECLINED TO APPROXIMATELY 100 MILLION DUE TO HABITAT DESTRUCTION.
CITIES, TOWNS AND COUNTIES HAVE A CRITICAL ROLE TO PLAY TO HELP SAVE THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY.
THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE HAS PLAYED A LEADERSHIP ROLE, PROVIDING A HABITAT AT PUBLIC PARKS.
COMMUNITY GARDENS AND MULTIPLE BUILDINGS.
EVERY RESIDENT OF GRAPEVINE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR THE MONARCH BY PLANTING NATIVE MILKWEED AND NECTAR PLANTS TO PROVIDE HABITAT FOR THE MONARCH AND THE POLLINATORS AND LOCATIONS WHERE PEOPLE LIVE, WORK, LEARN, PLAY, AND WORSHIP.
ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE WHO HAVE ALREADY JOINED ME IN CREATING HEALTHY HABITAT FOR THESE MAGNIFICENT BUTTERFLIES, I'M HONORED TO JOIN OTHER MAYORS WITH SIGNING THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION'S MAYORS, MONARCH PLEDGE AND CITY OF GRAPEVINE AND DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 2024 AS MONARCH PLEDGE MONTH AND ASK OUR CITIZENS TO TAKE A PART IN INCREASING AWARENESS OF THE PLIGHT OF THESE AMAZING CREATURES IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE ALSO SO CELEBRATE.
BUTTERFLY FLUTTER BY HONOR AND BRING ATTENTION TO THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY.
SO, DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE TO PRESENT THAT TO YOU? YES. CHRIS. KEVIN.
OKAY, WELL, KEVIN, YOU GET THE PROCLAMATION.
YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE? YOU CAN TELL US ABOUT THE BUTTERFLY FLUTTER BY COMING UP RIGHT QUICK.
HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS PLEDGE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED DEDICATION TO SUPPORTING THE IMPORTANCE OF POLLINATORS.
GRAPEVINE HAS DONE A FABULOUS JOB THROUGH THE YEARS OF SUPPORTING AND MAINTAINING, RESTORING AND DEVELOPING THESE HABITATS THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR DAILY LIVES.
AREAS SUCH AS THE BOTANICAL GARDENS, THE PARK POLLINATOR PRAIRIE.
THESE ARE ALL IMPORTANT HABITATS FOR THE MONARCH AND FOR THESE POLLINATORS.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF ALL OF THAT.
THE EVENT TAKES PLACE FROM 10 A.M.
AND AGAIN PROVIDES EDUCATION AND RESOURCES TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROTECTION OF THIS HABITAT.
[8. Consider Resolution No. 2024-017 authorizing the acceptance of funds for the State of Texas, Office of the Governor, Crimes Against Women Formula Grant Program for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 and Ordinance No. 2024-091 appropriating the funds. This is a three (3) year grant, renewable each year by the end of its cycle (September 30th) and take any necessary action.]
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN FORMULA GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2425 AND ORDINANCE, 2024-091.THIS IS A THREE YEAR GRANT RENEWABLE EACH YEAR BY THE END OF THE CYCLE.
IN THIS ITEM THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN SELECTED TO RECEIVE GRANT FUNDS FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS.
THE FUNDS ARE CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN FORMULA GRANT PROGRAM FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025.
THE THREE YEAR REIMBURSABLE GRANT WILL ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT TO DEDICATE ONE ADDITIONAL DETECTIVE POSITION TO BE SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN.
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TRAFFICKING. AND SO, BECAUSE IT'S A THREE YEAR GRANT, WE LOOKED AT THE PAST THREE YEARS, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE VOLUME OF CASES THAT COULD BE OUT THERE.961 FELONY CASES WERE IN ALL OF THESE CASES.
FEMALES WERE VICTIMS. BEYOND THE INVESTIGATIONS, THIS POSITION WILL ASSIST VICTIMS, COLLABORATE WITH ADVOCACY GROUPS AND ENSURE THE COLLECTION AND PROCESSING OF EVIDENCE.
BEFORE YOU TODAY IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024-17 TO AUTHORIZE THE FINAL APPLICATION STEP AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE GRANT FUNDS AND ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024-091 TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE POSITION.
THE RECOMMENDATION IS FOR APPROVAL.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
I'LL MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF BOTH ORDINANCES AND JUST SAY GOOD WORK.
I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION.
AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES.
[9. Consider an agreement between the City of Grapevine and the City of Euless for temporary animal shelter services and take any necessary action. ]
CHIEF HAMLIN. THANK YOU, HONORABLE MAYOR COUNCIL, IN THIS, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF EULESS TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY HOUSING AND ADOPTION SERVICES FOR THEIR SURRENDERED AND STRAY CATS DURING THE RENOVATION OF THE EULESS ANIMAL SHELTER.THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT INCLUDE DOGS.
AS A RESULT, AN AGREEMENT WAS ACHIEVED WHEREBY A GRAPEVINE WOULD SHELTER ONLY CATS FOR THE CITY OF EULESS, AS THE GRAPEVINE ANIMAL SHELTER HAS CAPACITY TO DO SO. RENOVATIONS OF THE EULESS ANIMAL SHELTER ARE SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IN DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR, WHICH WILL RESTRICT THEIR ABILITY TO HOUSE AND ADOPT STRAY AND SURRENDERED CATS.
THROUGHOUT THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT, THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE WILL RETAIN FULL DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY CONCERNING THE WELFARE AND CARE OF CATS AND WILL COLLECT, COLLECT AND KEEP ALL ADOPTION FEES.
THIS AGREEMENT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT THEIR SEPTEMBER 24TH COUNCIL MEETING, AND WITH YOUR APPROVAL, IT WILL TAKE IT WILL TAKE EFFECT UPON THE COMMENCEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION WITH THE US ANIMAL SHELTER.
WITH THAT, THE RECOMMENDATION IS FOR APPROVAL, AND WE'LL TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
CHIEF, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THEIR DOGS? I DO NOT. THEY'RE NOT COMING HERE.
I MEAN, WE OBVIOUSLY HAD THOSE SAME TYPE OF AGREEMENTS WITH.
YES, WE DID WITH OTHER CITIES WHEN WE REDID OUR ANIMAL SHELTER.
YES, EXACTLY. I'LL MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIED.
THIS BRINGS US TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
ITEM TEN THROUGH 25 ARE NOT SCHEDULED FOR ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION.ANY PRESIDENT CAN ASK THAT ANY ITEM BE REMOVED FOR FURTHER DEBATE.
DO WE HAVE ANY REQUESTS? ALL RIGHT. THE CONSENT IS ITEM TEN THROUGH 25.
I MOVE FOR THE APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS TEN THROUGH 28.
SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES.
MAYOR. MAYOR, WE HAVE ERICA HERE TO DO THE ARA.
[26. Conditional Use Permit CU24-41 (Bull Lion Ranch Winery) - Consider the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission and Ordinance No. 2024-092, if applicable, and take any necessary action.]
ERICA IS HERE TO DO THE P AND Z.SHE'S HERE TO GIVE THE RECOMMENDATION.
I'M GOING TO CALL THE FIRST ONE, IF THAT'S OKAY.
ITEM 26, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT CU 24- 41, BULL LION RANCH WINERY.
YES, MA'AM. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED DENIAL 7 TO 0.
DO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION OR DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL? I'LL MOVE TO ACCEPT THE PNC RECOMMENDATION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? ABSTAIN.
[27. Conditional Use Permit CU24-39 (Club Carwash) – Consider the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission and Ordinance No. 2024-093, if applicable, and take any necessary action.]
FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 2439 CLUB CAR WASH.THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED DENIAL SIX ONE.
SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES.
ITEM 28 THE FINAL PLAT OF BLOCK ONE.
[28. Final Plat of Block 1, Lots 14R-1R1 & 14R-1R2, Towne Center Addition No. 2. - Consider the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission, if applicable, and take any necessary action.]
LOTS 14 R THROUGH ONE R AND 14 R-1 R2.TOWN CENTER EDITION NUMBER TWO.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED DENIAL 6 TO 1.
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SECOND. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION.YOU HAVE TO READ IT. OH, DO YOU HAVE TO READ IT? I'M ASKING. NO, NOT ON IT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ IT FOR DENIAL. WE'RE GOOD TO GO.
WE'RE GOOD TO GO. I MAKE THE MOTION.
I SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES.
ITEM 29, ZONING CHANGE APPLICATION Z 24-07 FOR 717 EAST WALL STREET.
[29. Zoning Change Application Z24-07 (717 East Worth Street) – Consider the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission and Ordinance No. 2024-094, if applicable, and take any necessary action.]
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL 7 TO 0.SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES.
[30. Planned Development Overlay PD24-06 (717 East Worth Street) – Consider the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission and Ordinance No. 2024-095, if applicable, and take any necessary action.]
THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY REQUEST PD 24-06 FOR THE SAME PROPERTY.PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL 7 TO 0.
SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES.
ITEM 31 THE HISTORIC LANDMARK SUBDISTRICT HL 24-01 FOR SAME PROPERTY.
[31. Historic Landmark District HL24-01 (717 East Worth Street) – Consider the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission and Ordinance No. 2024-096, if applicable, and take any necessary action.]
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL 7 TO 0.SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED.
[32. Zoning Change Application Z24-08 (416 East College Street) - Consider the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission and Ordinance No. 2024-097, if applicable, and take any necessary action.]
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL 7 TO 0.SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED. ABSTAIN.
ITEM 33 THE FINAL PLAT OF BLOCK ONE.
[33. Final Plat of Block 1, Lots 1-5, Grapevine College Heritage Addition – Consider the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission, if applicable, and take any necessary action.]
LOTS ONE THROUGH FIVE. GRAPEVINE COLLEGE HERITAGE EDITION.THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL 7 TO 0.
SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES.
THAT COMPLETES THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THANK YOU.
OUR AGENDA. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
A MOTION TO ADJOURN IS IN ORDER.
COUNCIL STANDS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.