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[1. Call Meeting to Order]
RIGHT.I NOW CALL THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLA OF THE, UH, ADDISON PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION ORDER.
IT IS TUESDAY, JUNE 20TH, 2023, 6:00 PM ADDISON CONFERENCE CENTER.
WE HAVE FIVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION PRESENT.
WE HAVE ONE ON ZOOM CALL AND ONE ABSENT.
AND THE ABSENCE, BY THE WAY, IS, IS HE? IT'S ZACK.
HE HAD HIS WIFE HAD A BABY, SO, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO, TO HIM.
UNLIKE SOME OF OUR MEMBERS WHO JUST DON'T SHOW UP.
HE'S, HE ACTUALLY HAD AN EXCUSE, BUT, OKAY.
SO THAT, AS WE DO AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH OF OUR MEETINGS, PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY, AND JUSTICE FOR ALL RIGHT.
I WANNA THANK ALL OF OUR GUESTS HERE THIS EVENING.
UH, AND, UH, IF ANYONE WISHES TO SPEAK, THERE ARE FORMS TO FILL OUT AND HAND ONE TO LESLIE, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE.
UH, I DO WANNA REMIND EVERYONE THAT IF YOU DO SPEAK, YOU KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO, UH, THREE MINUTES OR LESS AND REFRAIN FROM ASKING DIRECT QUESTIONS TO COMMISSIONERS.
HOWEVER, THE COMMISSIONERS MAY AT THEIR DISCRETION, ASK YOU QUESTIONS, AND YOUR ANSWERS WILL NOT COUNT AGAINST THE THREE MINUTES.
[ Consent Agenda: All items listed under the Consent Agenda are considered routine by the Planning and Zoning Commission and will be enacted by one motion with no individual consideration. If individual consideration of an item is requested, it will be pulled from the Consent Agenda and discussed separately.]
BEHIND US, OUR FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS CONSENT AGENDA.THERE ARE THREE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THE FIRST IS TO CONSIDER ACTION ON THE MINUTES FROM THE MAY 16TH, 2023 PLANNING, ZONING, COMMISSION MEETING.
SECOND ITEM IS TO CONSIDER ACTION ON A SITE PLAN FOR 3.10 ACRES WITHIN THE JOSIAH PANCOAST ABSTRACT NUMBER 1146, AND THE ALICIA FIKE ABSTRACT NUMBER 0 4 7 8 FOR A SPORTS TRAINING FACILITY LOCATED WEST OF INWOOD ROAD.
AND APPROXIMATELY 650 FEET NORTH OF LANDMARK PLACE IS THIS CASE, SP 2022 DASH ZERO SEVEN SLASH 14 8 0 1 INWOOD ROAD, AND WE'RE BEING REFERRED TO AS LACROSSE BARN.
THIRD ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA IS TO CONSIDER ACTION ON, ON AMENDING THE PLAT FOR THE ADDISON GROVE EDITION BLOCK A LOTS THREE X AND FIVE X BLOCK B LOT SIX X BLOCK C LOTS, NINE X AND 12 X AND BLOCK D LOTS, 14 X AND 16 X TO ESTABLISH ALLEY NAMES AND IDENTIFY AIR RIGHTS EASEMENTS ON 1.41 ACRES LOCATED SOUTH OF BELTLINE ROAD NORTH OF BELT WAY DRIVE, AND APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET WEST OF MIDWAY ROAD.
THIS IS CASE R 2023 DASH ZERO FOUR SLASH AS IN GROVE EDITION.
IS THERE ANY REQUEST FROM ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS TO REMOVE ANY OF THESE ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? IF I HEAR NONE, DO I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA? MOVE TO APPROVE.
ANY ABSTENTIONS? AND IT PASSES.
[4. Hold a public hearing, present, discuss, and consider action on a request to amend the permitted uses, development standards, and development plans for Planned Development (PD) Ordinance Nos. 085-093, 095-054, and 096-006, for a 12.22± acre property located at 16675 Addison Road, to allow for the conversion of an existing call center site to a multi-building office/warehouse development with associated site improvements. (Case 1886-Z/16675 Addison Road).]
OF BUSINESS IS ON OUR REGULAR AGENDA IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A REQUEST TO AMEND THE PERMITTED USES DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR PLAN DEVELOPMENT PD.ORDINANCE NUMBERS 0 8 5 DASH 0 9 3 0 9 5 DASH 0 5 4 AND 0 9 6 DASH ZERO SIX FOR A 12.22 PLUS OR MINUS ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 16 6 75 ADDISON ROAD TO, TO ALLOW FOR THE CONVERSION OF AN EXISTING CALL CENTER SITE TO A MULTI-BUILDING OFFICE SLASH WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENT WITH ASSOCIATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS.
THIS IS CASE 1886 Z SLASH 16 675 ADDISON ROAD.
LESLIE, CAN YOU GIVE US STAFF REPORT, PLEASE? YES.
LESLIE KNIGHT PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
THIS ITEM IS A, UH, PLAN DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT REQUEST, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE, UH, AMENDING THE PERMITTED USES DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND DEVELOPMENT PLANS, AS WELL AS, UM, ESTABLISHING A CONCEPT PLAN FOR A FUTURE PHASE, UM, AT AN EXISTING CALL CENTER SITE, UH, AT THE, UH, SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF ADDISON ROAD IN EXCEL PARKWAY.
THIS PARTICULAR SITE IS, UH, JUST OVER 12 ACRES, AND AS I MENTIONED, IT IS A FORMER CALL CENTER THAT HAS BEEN VACANT FOR SOME TIME.
UM, THIS ZONING HISTORY ON THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY, IT WAS FIRST REZONED FROM
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COMMERCIAL TO THE, UH, PLAN DEVELOPMENT IN 1985.IN 1995, THERE WAS A PLAN DEVELOPMENT, UH, AMENDMENT ESTABLISHED, OR EXCUSE ME, APPROVED, WHICH ESTABLISHED THE CURRENT USE STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
AND, UM, ALSO AT THAT TIME ADOPTED DEVELOPMENT PLANS, WHICH WERE LATER AMENDED, UH, BY THE 1996 PD AMENDMENT.
SO IN 1996, THOSE DEVELOPMENTS, PLANS THAT WERE APPROVED, UH, APPROVED THE EXISTING SITE CONDITIONS TODAY, UH, OBVIOUSLY BEFORE YOU AS AN APPLICATION TO, UH, AMEND THOSE PLAN DEVELOPMENTS TO UPDATE THAT INFORMATION FOR THE PROPOSED, UH, REUSE OF THE EXISTING BUILDING, AS WELL AS, UH, FUTURE, UH, EXPANSION ON THE SITE.
SO WITHIN PHASE ONE, AS THIS DEVELOPMENT IS SPLIT UP INTO TWO PHASES, UH, THE FIRST PHASE BEING THE, UH, EASTERN PORTION OF THE SITE, UH, PHASE TWO IS THE WESTERN PORTION.
SO THIS PARTICULAR, UH, OR WITHIN PHASE ONE, THE PROPOSAL IS TO UTILIZE THE EXISTING, UH, CALL CENTER AND RENOVATING THAT TO REPURPOSE IT TO BE USED FOR OFFICE WAREHOUSE SPACE.
UH, IT IS SPECULATIVE AT THIS TIME AS THERE HAS NOT BEEN A TENANT OR MULTIPLE TENANTS IDENTIFIED.
SO THIS PARTICULAR RENOVATION, UM, IS PROPOSED BEFORE YOU WITH THE FIRST FLOOR ON THE LEFT AND THE, UM, SECOND FLOOR ON THE RIGHT.
ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS SOMEWHAT SPECULATIVE AS A FUTURE TENANT MAY WANT TO CHANGE THIS SLIGHTLY IN TERMS OF THE SPLIT OF OFFICE, UH, TO WAREHOUSE SPACE.
IN ANY INSTANCE, THE ZONING AS PROPOSED WOULD LIMIT THEM TO, OR REQUIRE THEM TO PROVIDE A MINIMUM OF 25% OFFICE, UH, TO 75% WAREHOUSE SPACE.
IN ADDITION TO THIS, ON THE, WHAT IS THE TOP OF THOSE FLOOR PLAN PHOTOS OR THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING WOULD BE, UH, THE ADDITION OF NEW DOCK DOORS, WHICH WE'LL LOOK AT LATER ON THE, THE FACADE PLAN.
UM, BUT EVENTUALLY, OR WITH THE PROPOSAL, THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED TO, UH, ADD UP TO 10 DOCK DOORS TO SERVE, UH, FUTURE TENANTS WITHIN THIS BUILDING.
UH, SO THAT IS TRULY THE, THE PHASE ONE PROPOSAL AS FAR AS THE FLOOR PLAN IS CONCERNED.
WITHIN PHASE ONE IS FOR PARKING.
THIS DEVELOPMENT STANDARD DOES PROPOSE THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IDENTIFY A PARKING RATIO OF ONE SPACE FOR EACH 1000 SQUARE FEET OF FLOOR AREA WITHIN THE BUILDING.
THAT WOULD THE CURRENT PARKING FOR PHASE ONE ONLY.
SO THIS EXCLUDES PHASE TWO, DOES PROVIDE, UH, DOES EXCEED THE PARKING REQUIREMENT, UH, OF 138 SPACES.
THERE ARE ACTUALLY 199 SPACES PROVIDED, UH, WITHIN PHASE ONE ONLY.
UH, THE PROPERTY OWNER CURRENTLY OWNS THE WHOLE SITE, SO THEY COULD UTILIZE OBVIOUSLY ANY EXISTING PARKING IN THE MEANTIME PRIOR TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHASE TWO.
AS FAR AS OPEN SPACE AND LANDSCAPING IS CONCERNED, UH, STAFF LOOKED AT THIS IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT, UM, ASPECTS.
SO WE LOOKED AT IT COMPREHENSIVELY AS AN ENTIRE SITE AS FAR AS TREE MITIGATION IS CONCERNED, AND JUST THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AS PROPOSED, UH, WHICH WE'LL SEE ON THE CONCEPT PLAN IN A MOMENT.
BUT ALSO LOOKING AT THIS SPECIFICALLY FOR PHASE ONE, TO ENSURE THAT PHASE ONE ALSO MEETS ALL OF OUR STANDARDS.
SO STAFF DID FIND THAT THE PHASE ONE OF THE PROJECT DID MEET OR EXCEED ALL OF OUR LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS, UH, FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF THE SITE, WHICH IS PHASE TWO STAFF HAS, UM, MADE THE DETERMINATION TO DEFER COMPLIANCE UNTIL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT SIDE.
SO, UH, JUST FOR AN EXAMPLE, WE DO REQUIRE THAT EACH PARKING SPACE BE WITHIN 50 FEET OF A TREE.
IF WE WERE TO INFLICT THAT REQUIREMENT ON THIS PARTICULAR SITE, WE WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO ADD, UH, NUMEROUS TREES ON THE WEST HAND, WEST SIDE OF THE SITE, AND THEN ONLY TO WITH ANTICIPATION THAT THEY ARE GOING TO DEVELOP IT IN THE FUTURE.
SO WE, UM, CAME TO THAT DETERMINATION TO ALLOW THEM FOR, FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF PHASE TWO.
ADDITIONALLY, I'LL TOUCH ON TREE MITIGATION.
SO, UH, FOR PHASE ONE ONLY, UH, IN CONS CONSIDERING THESE, UH, FIGURES HERE, THERE WERE 15 TREES PROPOSED TO BE REMOVED, WHICH EQUATED TO 225 CALIBER PER INCHES.
UH, THE APPLICANT WAS ABLE TO ADD NINE TREES ON SITE, WHICH ALLOWED THEM 36 CALIPER INCHES.
UM, AND THEN THEY ARE PROPOSING TO PAY THE REMAINING MITIGATION INTO THE TREE MITIGATION
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FUND, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 36,000, UM, $36,000, EXCUSE ME.UM, THAT PARTICULAR, UH, MITIGATION WAS NOT ABLE TO BE ENTIRELY MITIGATED ON SITE DUE TO EXISTING UTILITY EASEMENTS, WHICH WAS, UM, AT STAFF'S REQUEST THAT THEY DON'T PLANT, UH, TREES WITHIN THOSE UTILITY EASEMENTS.
ALL RIGHT, SO AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, THIS IS THE, UH, EXISTING FACADE OF PHASE ONE AS WELL AS THE PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS FOR THE WEST ELEVATION SPECIFICALLY.
SO THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTH ELEVATIONS ARE PROPOSED TO REMAIN, UM, ON THE WEST ELEVATION.
THEY ARE PER, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO ADD 10 DOCK DOORS.
SO THAT WOULD, UH, BE DEMOING SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THAT AND REPLACING IT WITH, UH, THE DOCK DOORS FOR FUTURE TENANTS.
THE ADDITIONALLY, A SCREENING WALL THERE IS AN, A EXISTING 16 FOOT TALL SCREENING WALL THAT CAN BE, IS VISIBLE FROM EXCEL PARKWAY.
UH, IT SCREENS THE CURRENT SERVICE AREA OF THE BUILDING, SO IT, UH, EXTENDS TO THE WEST OF THE SITE AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE BUILDING.
YEAH, SO THE, UM, KEN HAS THE CURSOR ON IT, THAT SITE.
SO THEY'RE PROPOSING TO EXTEND THAT ANOTHER 25 FEET TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SCREENING FOR THOSE DOCK DOORS.
UH, SO YOU CAN'T SEE IT FROM EXCEL PARKWAY, UNFORTUNATELY.
THERE WILL BE A PERIOD OF TIME WHERE, UH, SOME OF THAT SERVICE AREA MIGHT BE VISIBLE FROM EXCEL PARKWAY.
HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT IS ADDING SOME ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING ON EXCEL AS WELL AS EXTENDING THE SCREENING WHILE AND ADDING SOME ENHANCED LANDSCAPING TO, UH, PROVIDE AS MUCH SCREENING AS POSSIBLE IN THE NEAR TERM PRIOR TO, UH, PHASE TWO.
I WILL ALSO, UM, SORRY, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
ALL RIGHT, SO PHASE TWO CONCEPT PLAN WILL BRIEFLY GO OVER WHAT IS PROPOSED FOR THAT.
UH, I WILL MENTION THAT THIS IS JUST A CONCEPT PLAN, SO IT WILL BE WITHIN THIS PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT WILL BE REQUIRED TO COME BACK WITH A FULL SET OF DEVELOPMENT PLANS, INCLUDING A SITE PLAN, LANDSCAPE PLAN, UH, FACADE PLANS, FLOOR PLANS TO BE APPROVED, UH, PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION OR DEVELOPMENT OF PHASE TWO.
SO WITH PHASE TWO, THEY ARE PROPOSING A, UH, 97,000 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE WAREHOUSE STRUCTURE.
UH, THE SERVICE AND TRUCK COURT AREA WOULD BE AT THE REAR OF THE BUILDING, AND IT WOULD BE SHARED WITH THE EXISTING BUILDING.
UH, SO IT WOULD REMAIN CENTRAL TO THE SITE.
THERE ARE MANY PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS WITHIN THE, UH, APPLICATION, WHICH WOULD SPEAK TO PHASE TWO AS FAR AS THE, THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
SO IT WOULD LIMIT THE MAXIMUM, UH, SQUARE FOOTAGE OF A FUTURE TENANT TO 50,000 SQUARE FEET.
THERE ARE SOME EXCEPTIONS IF THEY MEET THAT.
UH, SO THIS WOULD, FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT WAS, UH, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOCUSED AND HAD A SMALLER WAREHOUSE COMPONENT, THEY WOULD HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY, UM, AS WELL AS ALLOWING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT IF THERE WAS A USE THAT DID WANT TO EXCEED THAT 50,000 SQUARE FEET.
SO ESSENTIALLY IS WHAT THIS DOES IS, UH, ENSURE THAT THAT BUILDING DOES BECOME AT SOME POINT MULTI-TENANT IN THE FUTURE.
SO IT IS NOT A 97,000 SQUARE FOOT, UH, POTENTIALLY LOGISTICS FOCUSED USE.
THAT WAS THE INTENT OF THAT REGULATION.
UH, ADDITIONALLY IT DOES, UH, STATE THAT A ENTRY ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING, WHICH WOULD FRONT EXCEL PARKWAY, IS REQUIRED.
SO THERE IS SOME COURT SORT OF BUILDING ENTRANCE, UH, FACING EXCEL PARKWAY, UH, THAT ALSO REQUIRES AN AMENITY AREA, A MINIMUM OF 400 SQUARE FEET FOR THE TENANTS THAT THAT CAN BE DEFINED BY THE TENANTS AT THE TIME OF BUILDING PERMIT.
UH, IT ALSO REQUIRES THE SCREENING OF ALL THE SERVICE AREAS AT THE BACK OF THE BUILDING.
UM, AND ON THIS ENTIRE SITE, UH, THERE'S ALSO INCLUDING PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO, UH, PROHIBITS, UH, OUTDOOR STORAGE OF, YOU KNOW, GOODS AND MATERIALS.
ALL RIGHT, SO I'M GONNA BRIEFLY GO THROUGH THE PERMITTED USES AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
I'VE HIGHLIGHTED MANY OF THESE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION, BUT THE PERMITTED USES ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON THOSE USES PER PERMITTED WITHIN THE COMMERCIAL ONE DISTRICT, WHICH IS ALREADY HOW THE CURRENT PD IS WRITTEN.
UH, IT ALSO EXPANDS UPON SOME OF THE OTHER USES THAT MAY BE PERMITTED IN THIS, ON THIS SITE.
SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE PRODUCTION LIGHT ASSEMBLY OR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF USES RELATED TO PAPER GOODS, TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL DEVICES, DESIGN SERVICES ARE SIMILAR.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IDENTIFY A PARKING RATIO OF ONE SPACE FOR EACH 1000 SQUARE FEET.
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UM, OUTDOOR STORAGE IS PROHIBITED EXCEPT FOR, UH, REGISTERED AND OPERABLE TRAILERS, AND THOSE TRAILERS MUST BE SCREENED FROM ALL PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY.THE NEXT ITEM IS THE LOADING AND UNLOADING OR THE TRUCK COURTYARD AREAS.
SO THAT DOES REQUIRE THAT THOSE AREAS ARE SCREENED FROM THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
UM, AND THEN IT PROVIDES A MAXIMUM FOR THE NUMBER OF DOCK DOORS ON SITE TO 23.
UM, STAFF CAME TO THAT NUMBER BASED ON A SURVEY OF ALL OF THE EXISTING BUILDINGS ON EXCEL PARKWAY, AND THAT CA WE ARRIVED AT THAT BASED ON THE, UH, MAXIMUM DOCK DOORS OF OTHER BUILDINGS AND KIND OF THE AVERAGE OF THOSE DOCK DOORS BASED ON THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THOSE BUILDINGS AS WELL.
AND THEN FINALLY, WE ARE ASKING THAT THE APPLICANT PROVIDE AMENITY AREAS WITHIN EACH PHASE, AND THE TENANTS CAN CHOOSE WHAT THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, UM, ARE TO BE.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO JUST TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ON SOME OF THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THIS PARTICULAR SITE THAT LIMITS THE SITE AS A DISTRIBUTION HUB.
SO ONE THAT THERE'S NOT GREAT ACCESS TO A, UM, NON TOLL WAY.
SO OBVIOUSLY IT HAS GREAT ACCESS TO THE DALLAS NORTH TOLL WAY, HOWEVER, IT'S A PA IT IS A, UH, A TOLL WAY, SO IT IS NOT AN IDEAL LOCATION.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE NO TRUCK OR TRAILER STORAGE AREAS ON SITE.
THE ONLY AREA IS SPECIFICALLY WITHIN THE TRUCK COURTYARD, WHICH DOESN'T HAVE THE SPACE FOR, UH, PARKING ONLY MANEUVER MANEUVERABILITY.
AND SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE STORED AT A DOCK SPECIFICALLY, WHICH WOULD OBVIOUSLY MAKE THAT NOT FUNCTIONAL FOR OTHER USE OF THAT, THAT TENNIS SPACE.
UH, THERE ARE A LIMITED NUMBER OF DOCK DOORS WITHIN THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT, AND THESE IN MOST IN INSTANCES WILL BE A, UH, A SINGLE LOAD DOCK FOR THAT TENANT.
SO IT IS NOT DESIGNED OR TAILORED TO A LARGE SCALE DISTRIBUTION.
STAFF DID NOTIFY ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE SITE.
THAT DID INCLUDE 13, UM, RECIPIENTS AND STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY RESPONSES.
IN CONCLUSION, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS PLAN DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT WITH THE IDENTIFIED, UH, PERMITTED USES AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, UH, DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND CONCEPT PLAN.
COMMISSIONERS, I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, LESLIE, I HAVE JUST AN OBSERVATION.
SO WHEN I WENT BY THERE TO UH, VIEW THE SITE, UH, THIS WEEKEND, UM, SPEAKING OF PARKING, THERE WAS A CAB FOR AN 18 WHEELER PARKED THERE AND THERE WAS AN 18 WHEELER PARKED THERE AS WELL, I GUESS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
SO THEY GET THERE AND THEY FIND, AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOBODY THERE IF IT'S BOTHERING ANYBODY.
SO, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT, BUT I'M SURE IT'LL BE DIFFERENT ONCE, YOU KNOW, SO SOMETHING, SOMETHING WE DID WELL, THE, THE SITE DEVELOPMENT WE'LL DO IS THERE ARE PARKING ISLANDS IN MANY OF THOSE PARKING AREAS.
SO FOR A, A TRUCK OR AN 18 WHEELER TO ACTUALLY MANEUVER INTO ONE OF THOSE SPACES AND BE OUT OF THE DRIVE AISLE WON'T BE POSSIBLE.
UM, I'M SURE THEY'RE, THEY WILL FIND AREAS SOMEWHERE, YOU KNOW, UH, BUT IT WILL BE VERY CHALLENGING IN MOST OF THE AREAS ON SITE WITH THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO YOU BROUGHT UP THE, THE NUMBER OF DOCUMENT A THAT THEY'LL BE IN PHASE ONE AND POTENTIALLY PHASE TWO.
AND YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT A KIND OF A SURVEY THAT THE 23 REPRESENTED KIND OF THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DOORS.
SO IS THERE NO REAL FIXED RULE ABOUT HOW MANY DOCKING BASE CAN BE IN A BUILDING BASED ON SQUARE FOOTAGE OR SIZE OR SOMETHING? UM, OUR ZONING ORDINANCE CURRENTLY DOES NOT HAVE ANY REQUIREMENTS.
UM, AND A LOT OF OUR, SO FOR THIS PARTICULAR USE AND REALLY ON EXCEL PARKWAY, MOST OF THESE EXISTING SITES ARE WITHIN A PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
SO IN A LOT OF THESE INSTANCES, THAT'S HOW THEY HAVE BEEN, UM, REGULATED OR ENFORCED, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY STANDARDS.
SO THIS WOULD ACTUALLY, THIS PROPOSAL WOULD ACTUALLY ADD MAXIMUM STANDARDS TO THE SITE, WHICH CURRENTLY DO NOT EXIST.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE IN THE UPCOMING UDC CAM? UH, WE, WE CAN ADDRESS IT.
IT WOULD BE MORE SPECIFIC TO, TO LOGISTICS TYPE USES.
IT'S NOT, THERE'S NOT A BIG MARKET FOR THAT HERE IN ADDISON CUZ WE'RE MORE URBAN.
UM, LIKE JUST LOOKING AT THE IMAGERY, THIS FACADE PLAN, IF THIS WAS MORE OF A, A PURE LOGISTICS, UH, BUILDING TYPE, YOU'D HAVE THAT WHOLE FACADE FILLED WITH DOCK DOORS VERSUS WHAT IS, UH, PROBABLY 40% OF THAT
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FACADE, IF, IF, IF THAT, UH, CURRENTLY.IS THE APPLICANT OR REPRESENTATIVE OF THE APPLICANT HERE THIS EVENING? DO YOU COME FORWARD? STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE? GOOD EVENING.
UH, JEFF WESTCOTT, 2336 FARRINGTON STREET, DALLAS, TEXAS.
UM, I MEAN LESLIE DID A TERRIFIC JOB PRESENTING THIS.
SO IN THE SPIRIT OF EVERYBODY'S TIME, I JUST WANNA SAY ONE, LESLIE CAN HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC WORK WITH, I THINK I BROUGHT THIS TO KEN IN JANUARY, SO WE'VE PUT A GOOD BIT OF WORK IN IT AND THEY'VE BOTH BEEN ABSOLUTELY GREAT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY FOR US TO GET WHAT WE NEED TO MAKE AN ACCEPTABLE PROJECT FOR US AS WELL AS PROTECT THE TOWN.
AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE PLAN WE'VE COME UP WITH.
UH, I TRULY BELIEVE IT'S MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL FOR BOTH.
UM, MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO ACTIVATE THAT PARKING LOT THAT WITHOUT A DIFFERENT USE IS LIKELY ALWAYS GONNA BE A PARKING LOT, JUST THE WAY CONCEPTUALLY OFFICE WOULD WORK IN THAT INSTANCE.
UM, AND YES, VERY EXCITED TO TRY TO GET THIS ONE THROUGH.
OKAY, COMMISSIONERS, ANYBODY? UH, I'VE GOT A COUPLE.
WHAT, UH, WHAT MADE YOU CHOOSE ADDISON TO BRING THIS FACILITY? UM, SO THERE IS NOT A LOT OF WAREHOUSE IN ADDISON AND ADDISON FROM A PURE DESCRIPTION OF THIS TYPE OF PRODUCT IS PERFECT IN THAT IT HAS ACCESS TO DALLAS NOR TOLLWAY.
IT'S CLOSE TO GEORGE BUSH, IT'S CLOSE TO 6 35, IT'S CLOSE TO 35.
SO FROM AN ACCESS PERSPECTIVE, IT CAN ACCESS ALL OF THE METROPLEX VERY QUICKLY.
SO SERVICE INDUSTRIES OR ANY SORT OF INDUSTRY THAT HAS A HEAVIER LABOR FORCE CAN GET TO A DEMOGRAPHIC TO BUILD UP THEIR LABOR.
UM, AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, IT HAS AN AMENITY BASE.
SO SOMETHING LIKE THIS WHERE IT'S GONNA HAVE A HEAVIER OFFICE USE COMPARED TO LOGISTICS, THAT'S MAYBE 3% OFFICE.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE ALL THE AMENITIES OF BELTLINE, YOU HAVE ALL THE AMENITIES OF VILLAGE ON THE PARKWAY, SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS FOR EMPLOYEES TO COME TO AS WELL.
UM, SO IT, IT TAKES ADVANTAGE OF WHAT ADDISON WAS, IS ALWAYS A GREAT OFFICE MARKET BEFORE THE PANDEMIC KILLED A LOT OF IT AND CAN KIND OF CREATE A VERY NICE HYBRID FOR WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER SIMILAR, UH, FACILITIES IN, IN THE DOWS AREA OR TEXAS EVEN? SO, MY PARTNER AND I, OLD HOUSE CAPITAL, WE USED TO OWN A BUNCH OF STUFF, UH, IN THE DESIGN DISTRICT IN PLO.
THAT WAS A LOT OF SH SO IT WAS WAREHOUSE, BUT A LOT OF THAT TURNS INTO SHOWROOM.
SO YOU HAVE IN THAT INSTANCE MAYBE 15 TO 20% OFFICE SHOWROOM AND THE REST OF IT'S WAREHOUSE.
THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS IT'S SUCH A TIGHT LITTLE AREA DOWN THERE THAT TRUCKS BECOME VERY COMPLICATED INTRODUCING MORE TRUCKS TO THAT AREA WITHOUT THINGS LIKE A SHARED TRUCK COURT.
AND THE SCREENING, UH, MAKES IT A MUCH LESS AMENABLE SITE TO WHAT THIS WOULD BE.
AND YOU'LL HAVE A GOOD, AGAIN, WHY WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT.
AND YOU HAVE FRONT ROW SEAT TO KABOOM TOWN TOO.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S ALWAYS A PLUS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, I'LL JUST SAY WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TONIGHT AND APPRECIATE YOUR INTEREST IN ADDISON.
I'LL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE MEETING.
LESLIE, KEN, DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK EITHER PRESENT OR ONLINE? YES, SIR.
IF THERE, UH, NOBODY ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK, I WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE MEETING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR KEN AND LESLIE? ALL RIGHT.
DO I HEAR A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 1886 Z AND TO INCLUDE THE USE AND DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS, CONCEPT PLAN AND DEVELOPMENT PLANS? AYE.
DO I HAVE A SECOND, DIANE? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UH, THE LAST PORTION OF THE MEETING, I'LL NOW OPEN UP FOR THE CITIZEN COMMENT SECTION.
SO THERE'S ANYONE HERE TONIGHT OR ON ZOOM THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ANY MATTER OTHER THAN PERSONNEL MATTERS UNDER LITIGATION OR ITEMS ALREADY DISCUSSED AND VOTED ON PER PERTON, TONIGHT'S AGENDA FOR A LENGTH OF TIME NOT TO EXCEED THREE MINUTES.
NO P AND Z ACTION OR DISCUSSION MAY TAKE PLACE ON ANY MATTER UNTIL SUCH MATTER HAS BEEN PLACED ON AN AGENDA AND POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? IF NOT, I WILL CLOSE.
THIS IS IN COMMENT SECTION OF THE MEETING.
AND IF THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS, WE ARE ADJOURNED.