Jul 16, 2024 City Planning Commission Meetings

THIS WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THANK YOU, .

INCLUDE PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY CARE AND EDUCATION, HIRING AND RETAINING QUALIFIED AND CARING STAFF.

UH, PLANNING COMMISSION.

MY NAME IS NEIL RIA AND THIS IS MY WIFE JUSTIN RIA ARIA.

AND THIS IS OUR CONSULTANT.

UM, YOU'RE CALLING PASTOR SAM.

SHE'S A REVEREND MINISTER AND WE LIVE IN ROCKWALL.

BUT THE FACILITY, AS IKA MENTIONED, IS LOCATED IN RICHARDSON, UH, 1 0 0 6 HAMPSHIRE.

UM, OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE, UH, AFFORDABLE, SAFE, EDUCATIONAL, UM, ENVIRONMENT FOR CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF ZERO AND 12, 12 YEARS.

WE ARE COMMITTED, UM, TO FOSTERING COGNITIVE, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT IN EACH CHILD.

UM, OUR VALUES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING, PROVIDING A WARM AND WELCOMING ATMOSPHERE, ENCOURAGING CURIOSITY AND CREATIVITY, BUILDING FRIENDSHIP, SELF-ESTEEM, SOCIAL SKILLS AND CONFIDENCE, ENSURING THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF EACH CHILD, SUPPORTING DIVERSE FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUAL NEEDS, MAINTAINING A CLEAN, SAFE, AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT, ENCOURAGING OPEN COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION.

AND OUR OBJECT OBJECTIVES

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SO WE ARE BRINGING BUSINESS TO THE LOCATION.

THE FACILITY HAS BEEN VACANT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AND WE, THE INTENT IS TO BRING BACK BUSINESS BUT ALSO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY.

UM, AND THIS WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEATING THE MARKET PRICES, PROVIDE AFFORDABLE COMMUNITY.

SO THAT IS THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THAT.

AND DO UH, DO EITHER OF THE, UH, YOUR PARTNERS HAVE ANYTHING TO UH, ADD? UM, ALSO I'M A NURSE PRACTITIONER BY PROFESSION.

AND TO ADD TO THAT, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CHILDREN THAT ARE COMING IN ARE WELL SCREEN, THEY ARE MEETING THE STATE REQUIREMENT FOR IMMUNIZATION.

UM, SHOULD BE ALSO PRACTICING THE STANDARD WHILST THERE.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

AND THAT'S A UP ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? YEAH, SO MY NAME IS SAMUEL DCO.

UM, SO THE GOAL FOR GOOD SHEPHERD IS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE RAISE THE STANDARD OF CHILDCARE IN THIS COMMUNITY SO THAT THE KIDS THAT COMES UNDER OUR CARE WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF AND PARENTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO WORK AND NOT FEEL LIKE THEIR CHILDREN ARE SOMEWHERE THAT THEY'RE NOT SAFE.

SO THE GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS BALANCE, PARENTS CAN GO TO WORK AND AT THE SAME TIME THEIR CHILDREN WILL BE SAFE AND WILL BE GOOD TAKEN CARE OF.

AND WITH WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING, WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH AND PM SNACKS FOR THE CHILDREN.

SO WHEN THE KIDS COMES IN, THEY ARE GOING TO BE FED AS WELL.

SO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE, UH, PLEASE STAY BECAUSE THERE MAY SEE, MAY BE SOME QUESTIONS.

UH, I SEE THAT WE HAVE A COUPLE.

FIRST, MR. PURDY? YES.

UH, MR. MAY, IS YOUR BUSINESS MOTTO PRIMARILY A PICKUP AND DROP OFF SITUATION OR ARE YOU EXPECTING PARENTS TO STAY AT THE PROPERTY WITH CHILDREN THROUGHOUT THE DAY? ALRIGHT.

AND MR. ROBERT, UM, FIRST I, UH, APPLAUD YOU GUYS FOR, UH, OPENING A CHILD DAYCARE CENTER 'CAUSE THERE'S SUCH A HUGE NEED FOR CHILD DAYCARE AND AFFORDABLE DAYCARE AS WELL.

SO I APPLAUD YOU FOR, UH, TAKING THAT ON.

UM, THE QUESTION I HAD IS, UH, AROUND, DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME THE, UH, THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH OF YOU, THE SOCCER FACILITY, WHAT TIME THEY GET STARTED? YEAH, SO IN SPEAKING WITH THE DARREN, THE OWNER WHO HAS A VERY CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM, HE SAYS THAT THEY NORMALLY OPERATE IN THE EVENING AND ON WEEKENDS ALL DAY.

AND SO WE ALSO OPERATE IN THE MORNING WEEKDAYS.

SO 6:00 PM 6:30 PM SO, UM, WE DON'T CRASH OR WE DON'T, OKAY.

SO, SO YOU GUYS ARE OPEN TILL 6:30 PM AND THEY START WHEN? 8:00 PM 8:00 PM OKAY.

STAFF MENTIONED THAT I JUST, THERE WAS A LITTLE UN CLARITY ABOUT THAT, SO YES.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

ALRIGHT, MR. PO, HOW MANY EMPLOYEES AND WHERE WOULD YOU, UH, EXPECT THAT THEY WILL PARK? YEAH, SO, UM, WE EXPECT THE PLACE TO PARK, UM, IN THE, THE, WE ARE EXPECTING LIKE FIVE DEPENDING ON THE STUDENTS, RIGHT? SO IF WE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE GET A MAX, LIKE 80 STUDENTS, WE EXPECT TO HAVE LIKE, OH, SORRY ABOUT THAT.

SO IF WE GET, UM, MAX, LET'S ASSUME THAT WE GET 80 STUDENTS, WE EXPECT TO HAVE LIKE FIVE STAFF, FIVE TEACHERS, AND WE EXPECT THEM TO PACK, UM, OUR DESIGNATED PARKING SPOTS.

SO THEY PICK IT UP FIRST.

UM, BUT FOR WE ARE GETTING EXTRA 10 FROM THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR FOR DROP OFF AND PICK UP.

YEAH, BECAUSE THAT'S OURS.

SO WITH, UH, REGARDING, UM, SEMI, AGAIN REGARDING THE, THE PARKING WITH, WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS WITH A MINIMUM STANDARD THEY COPAY RATIO, SO THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN YOU HAVE IN THE FACILITY AND THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS.

SO BEGINNING STAGES WE ARE LOOKING AT, UM, ABOUT FIVE TEACHERS BASED ON THE RATIO OF THE KIDS THAT WE HAVE IN THERE.

SO ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PARKING, WE'RE GOING TO USE THIS ONE AS THE MAIN ENTRANCE, THE ONE ON

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THE LEFT.

SO THE STAFF WILL PARK ON THE RIGHT AND SO THAT THE PARENTS CAN EASILY PULL IN.

ARE THEY APART FROM THE UH, I GOT IT.

I SEE IT.

AND AGAIN, WE'LL BE DOING A MOBILE CHECKOUT CHECK IN AND CHECKOUT.

SO STAFF WILL BE OUTSIDE TO HELP PARENTS SO THAT THEY DON'T SPEND SO MUCH TIME BACK IN AND DROPPING OFF.

SO WE HELP THEM CHECK IN, GET THE KIDS OUT AND THEY LEAVE.

ESPECIALLY IN THE PEAK TIME WHEN LIKE HAVE A LOT OF CARS COMING IN, YOU HAVE STAFF OUTSIDE TO HELP WITH A CHECK-IN A CHECKOUT PROCESS.

SO THAT'S, THE TURNAROUND WILL BE FASTER.

MR. YORK.

SO I THINK THAT, UH, MOBILE APP PICKUP DROP OFF IS REALLY, UM, INNOVATIVE, BUT HAVE YOU SAW FOR LIKE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES DELIVERING CHILDREN IN THAT EXPERIENCE? HOW WOULD YOU HANDLE THAT? WHAT, WHAT VEHICLES? UH, AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES, ROBO TAXIS DELIVERING CHILDREN.

OH YEAH.

I DUNNO WHAT, THAT MAY BE A TOUGH ONE FORWARD THING.

SO AT THIS MOMENT, WE'LL NOT GO IN THAT DIRECTION.

IT HAS TO BE A LIVE HUMAN IN THE CAR.

GOT AND, AND IN THE FUTURE WE, WE PLANNING TO GET A SCHOOL BUS SO THAT WE CAN PICK UP THE KIDS FROM THEIR HOMES.

AND THAT'S ALSO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CARS THAT WILL COME IN THE FACILITIES.

BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES? SO I BELIEVE IN THE, IN THE STAFF, UM, PRESENTATION, IT WAS MENTIONED THAT THE PARENTS WOULD ACTUALLY BRING THE CHILD TO THE DOOR AND CHECK IN.

IS THAT RIGHT? THE, THE, THE PARENTS WOULD BRING THE, THE CHILDREN TO THE SCHOOL.

BUT WE'LL HAVE A MOBILE, THE PARENTS WILL BRING THE CHILDREN TO THE SCHOOL, BUT IF IN THE PEAK TIME WHERE THERE ARE A LOT OF CARS COMING IN, STAFF WILL GO OUTSIDE AND HAVE A MOBILE CHECK-IN SO THAT THE PROCESS WILL BE FASTER.

BUT WHEN THERE'S LIKE SOMEBODY WANTS TO DROP HIS KID AT 10 O'CLOCK, WHERE ONLY ONE OFF, WE DON'T HAVE A STAFF OUTSIDE, BUT DURING THE MORNING, LIKE SEVEN TO EIGHT 30, WHERE A LOT OF CARS ARE COMING IN, WE HAVE STAFF OUTSIDE TO FASTEN THE PROCESS OF CHECKING IN.

SO WE HAVE A MOBILE APP THAT THEY CHECK IN, THEN TAKE THE KID INSIDE SO THAT THEY CAN TURN AROUND AND GO FASTER.

AND DO YOU USE A PHONE BASED APP? YES.

THEN TO COORDINATE THAT? YES.

THERE'S A APP FOR THAT.

ALRIGHT, TO CHECK IN CASE.

SO, UM, BACK TO THE PARKING ON THE PARKING SPOTS ON THE RIGHT, THAT LINE THERE, IS THAT A LOW FENCE? IS THAT A LITTLE, UH, THERE IS NO FENCE.

UM, SO YOU MEAN THE FE THE, THE BETWEEN THE PROPERTIES, THE, UH, THE SOCCER PLACE ON THE RIGHT AND THE, THE PARKING SPOTS THAT ARE ATTACHED ATTACHED TO THE PROPERTY.

THERE'S NO FENCE.

THERE'S NO OKAY.

THERE'S NO FENCE THERE AT ALL.

THERE'S NO FENCE.

YOU CAN, YOU CAN WALK OVER.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, WE'LL, UM, UH, WE WILL ASK IF THERE ARE ANY, UH, PEOPLE HERE TO, UH, SPEAK IN FAVOR OF OR OPPOSITION.

UM, YOU CAN GO BACK TO YOUR, UH, SEATS IF YOU LIKE, AND THEN WE'LL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO REBUT.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE WANTING TO, UH, COMMENT ON THIS APPLICATION? PRO OR CON? ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE.

UM, , YOU DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, UH, OFFER MORE INFORMATION IF YOU FEEL IT'S NECESSARY.

NO.

UM, SO LET'S, UH, LET'S DELIBERATE A BIT.

ANY COMMENTS, ANY QUESTIONS? UM, MY COMMENT WOULD BE, WOULD ECHO WHAT I SAID EARLIER, WHICH IS I APPLAUD THE APPLICANT FOR, UH, GETTING INTO THE CHILDCARE BUSINESS BECAUSE THERE'S A HUGE NEED, YOU KNOW, AND I ALSO WENT THROUGH THAT WITH MY WIFE AND WE HAD FOUR KIDS AND FINDING AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE.

SO I, I CAN, THAT RESONATES WITH ME.

SO I'M DEFINITELY, UH, IN FAVOR OF IT.

OKAY, MS, MR. CHAIRMAN, DO I, DO WE NEED TO MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING OR ARE WE STILL OPEN? WE, WE CAN, UH, UH, WE CAN MOVE TO CLOSE IT IF, UH, THERE ARE NO MORE COMMENTS.

ALRIGHT, MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE CAN DELIBERATE AND THEN WE CAN MAKE A DECISION.

AND, UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE CLOSURE? YEAH.

ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR, UH, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

UM,

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I THINK IT WOULD BE HARD TO GET TOO MUCH CHILDCARE IN ANY SUBURBAN COMMUNITY LIKE THIS.

IT'S JUST TERRIBLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S PROBABLY THE LARGEST EXPENDITURE THAT YOUNG MARRIED COUPLES HAVE.

UH, THEN IT CAN RUN INTO THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS PER MONTH.

SO I'M, I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING.

ALRIGHT, MR. PURDY.

AND I'LL JUST SAY NOT EVEN YOUNG , THAT THAT EXPENSE WHEN YOU DON'T SPEND IT ON A SOLUTION LIKE THIS, SHOWS UP IN OTHER WAYS IN YOUR MARRIAGE, IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD.

SO ABSOLUTELY THIS IS GOING TO RELIEVE A LOT OF TENSION I THINK FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

IT SOUNDS LIKE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.

MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE, UH, ZONING FILE 24 15 AS PRESENTED.

ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.

ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

UM, I'LL ASK FOR A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR? NONE OPPOSED.

SO THE MOTION PASSES.

UH, GOOD LUCK IN YOUR ENDEAVOR, .

ALRIGHT,

[3. ZF 24-16 Special Permit – Clay Cooley VW: Consider and act on a request for approval of a Special Permit for a Motor Vehicle Body Shop on a 1.4-acre lot, a Special Permit for a Motor Vehicle Storage Lot on a 0.04- acre lot, and a Special Permit for a Motor Vehicle Repair Shop (Minor) on a 1.2-acre lot, currently zoned Main Street/Central Expressway PD Planned Development (Interurban Sub-District) and located within existing buildings located between Bishop Avenue and N. Interurban Street, and between Jackson Street and Davis Street. Owner: Clay Cooley, 404 Bishop Ave LLC. Staff: Derica Peters]

WE NOW HAVE, UH, ZONING FILE 24 16, A SPECIAL PERMIT FOR CLAY COLEY, CLAY COOLEY, VW UH, THIS WILL ALSO BE PRESENTED BY MS. PETERS.

THANK YOU VICE CHAIRMAN.

TONIGHT'S REQUEST IS, UH, RELATED TO A FEW PROPERTIES, FEW LOTS LOCATED IN THE BLOCK THAT IS, UH, BOUNDED BY DAVIS STREET TO THE NORTH BISHOP AVENUE TO THE WEST INTERURBAN STREET TO THE EAST AND JACKSON STREET TO THE SOUTH.

THIS PROPERTY IS ZONED AS PART OF THE MAIN STREET CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY FORM BASED CODE PD AND IN THE INTERURBAN SUBDISTRICT, UH, THE SUBJECT SITES INCLUDE A PARKING LOT AND TWO BUILDINGS.

UM, TWO OF THOSE BUILDINGS HAVE OPERATED AS AUTO RELATED USES AUTO RELATED REPAIR BODY WORK SERVICES.

PROBABLY SINCE THEY WERE CONSTRUCTED IN 2016, THE PROPERTY WAS REZONED TO THE MAIN STREET CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY CODE.

AT THAT TIME THEY WERE STILL OPERATING AS THOSE AUTO RELATED USES.

SO THEY CONTINUE TO OPERATE BEING GRANDFATHERED IN.

HOWEVER, IN MORE RECENT YEARS THEY HAVE VACATED THE PROPERTIES.

SO BECAUSE THEY VACATED FOR A PERIOD EXCEEDING 180 DAYS, THOSE UH, PREVIOUS RIGHTS WERE DEEMED TO BE ABANDONED.

SO ANY OTHER AUTO RELATED USE WILL BE REQUIRED TO OBTAIN A SPECIAL PERMIT.

TONIGHT THE APPLICANT IS THE CLAY COOLEY VW DEALERSHIP, WHICH IS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THESE PROPERTIES SOUTH ON JACKSON STREET.

UH, THEY SEEK TO REESTABLISH THE AUTO RELATED USES IN THESE BUILDINGS.

FIRST IS DEVELOPMENT ONE, WHICH IS JUST A PAVED PARKING LOT SURROUNDED BY AN EIGHT FOOT TALL CHAIN LINK FENCE WITH RAZOR WIRE ON TOP AND IT'S ACCESSED FROM THE REAR ALLEY.

DEVELOPMENT TWO IS A SERIES OF FOUR INTERCONNECTED BUILDINGS AT THE NORTH, I'M SORRY, AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF DAVIS AND INTERURBAN AND DEVELOPMENT THREE IS AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF BISHOP AND JACKSON STREET.

GOING BACK TO DEVELOPMENT ONE, WHICH IS SHOWN IN THE TOP LEFT HERE, THIS IS AN 18,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT THAT I MENTIONED.

THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO USE THIS FOR OVERFLOW STORAGE FOR THE DEALERSHIP.

CURRENTLY THE LOT, THE LOT IS ONLY ACCESSED FROM THE REAR FROM THE ALLEY BY A SLIDING GATE.

AND AS A, AS A CONDITION OF THE SPECIAL PERMIT, THEY'LL BE LIMITED TO ACCESS TO AND FROM THAT DRIVEWAY APPROACH IN THE REAR FROM THE ALLEY ONLY.

DEVELOPMENT TWO IS A SERIES OF FOUR BUILDINGS THAT ARE APPROXIMATELY 29,800 SQUARE FEET IN TOTAL.

HERE THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A MOTOR VEHICLE BODY SHOP SPECIAL PERMIT.

THEY INTEND TO O TO UH, OCCUPY 2,800 SQUARE FEET TO USE AS BODY SHOP BASE FOR BODY WORK AND THE REMAINDER WILL BE USED FOR FILE STORAGE.

AND FINALLY, DEVELOPMENT THREE IS TWO BUILDINGS.

THEY INTEND TO USE THE TOP BUILDING, BUILDING ONE FOR AUTO PARTS STORAGE FOR BODY WORK AND FOR OFFICES.

BUILDING TWO THAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE BOTTOM IS 5,700 SQUARE FEET THAT THEY INTEND TO REESTABLISH USES FOR MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR.

HERE THEY'RE REQUESTING A SPECIAL PERMIT FOR MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR MINOR, WHICH INCLUDES WINDOW TINTING SERVICES.

SO THEY WILL PRIMARILY BE DOING WASHING DETAILING OF CARS HERE, WAXING.

BUT WITH THOSE WINDOW TINTING SERVICES ALSO BECAUSE THAT IS PART OF OUR DEFINITION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR

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MINOR TYPE OF USE, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO GET A SPECIAL PERMIT FOR THIS FACILITY AS WELL.

UM, THEY DO NOT PLAN ON MAKING ANY MODIFICATIONS TO THE SITES.

THEY WILL BE, UH, SPRUCING UP THE PAINT ON THE EXTERIOR AND UH, CLEANING UP THE LANDSCAPING AND THE OVERGROWTH.

OTHER THAN THAT, THEY DON'T INTEND TO MAKE ANY PLANS UH, TO MODIFY THE SITES.

THEY'RE ASKING TO REESTABLISH THOSE FORMERLY ALLOWED AUTO RELATED USES AND THEY DO NOT EXPECT ANY VISITORS TO THE SITES AS CUSTOMERS WILL BE ASKED TO DROP OFF THEIR CARS AT THE MAIN CLAY COOLEY DEALERSHIP LOCATION ON UH, SOUTH OF JACKSON, OFF OF CENTRAL.

SHOULD THE CPC ACCEPT THE REQUEST AS PRESENTED, THE MOTION WOULD INCLUDE AN APPROVAL FOR EACH OF THOSE THREE SPECIAL PERMITS AND IT WILL BE LIMITED TO K CLAY COOLEY, VW AS THE OPERATOR FOR EACH OF THOSE.

AND WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY CORRESPONDENCE FOR THIS REQUEST AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE AS WELL.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE ASKED THIS QUESTION EARLIER, BUT I PRESUME THERE IS SUFFICIENT PARKING ON, UH, DEVELOPMENT TWO AND DEVELOPMENT THREE FOR EMPLOYEES THAT WILL BE WORKING IN THOSE BUILDINGS.

WE BELIEVE THERE IS, UH, DEVELOPMENT THREE, WE KNOW SPECIFICALLY THEY WOULD INTEND TO PARK IN THE BACK AREA.

THERE'S A GATE HERE, A VEHICLE GATE, AND THEY CAN ENTER INTO THE BACK AND PARK IN THE REAR.

UM, AND THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH PARKING ON SITE FOR EMPLOYEES FOR DEVELOPMENT TOO, FOR PARKING IN THE FRONT.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

I'M JUST CURIOUS, PREVIOUSLY WAS ALL OF THIS PART OF WHAT WAS UH, UH, CLASSIC BMW IN RICHARDSON? I KNOW THIS BUILDING WAS THIS LOT I'M NOT SURE ABOUT BACK HERE.

THIS MAY HAVE HAD OTHER OPERATORS, BUT THIS WAS CLASSIC BMW FOR SOME TIME.

I DO KNOW THAT FOR SURE.

SO IT'S ALL, I MEAN, TRADITIONALLY PAST 25 YEARS OR WHATNOT, IT'S ALL BEEN AUTOMOTIVE RELATED INDUSTRY IN THAT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MS. PETERS? THANK YOU.

PLUS THE ADDITIONAL WE'LL HAVE OVER HERE.

OKAY, WE'LL, UM, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO, UH, COME AND GIVE US THEIR COMMENTS.

AND PLEASE STATE YOUR, UH, NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

GOT IT.

ED HICKS JR.

I'M THE GENERAL MANAGER AT VOLKSWAGEN CLAY VOLKSWAGEN RICHARDSON.

I RESIDE AT 5 0 0 9 SPANISH OAKS, FRISCO, TEXAS 7 5 0 3 4.

UH, WE DID PURCHASE, UH, THE FACILITIES, UH, FROM CLASSIC MR. MOSS THAT, UH, HAD BEEN THERE FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND, UM, AS EVERYBODY KNOWS PROBABLY IN THE ROOM THAT WE JUST, UH, UH, ARE BUILDING A NEW FACILITY.

ACTUALLY IT'LL BE THE LARGEST IN THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR A VOLKSWAGEN.

AND, UH, WE NEEDED THE EXTRA PROPERTY AND MR. MOSS, UH, FINALLY AGREED, UH, AFTER FOUR YEARS TO SELL IT TO US.

SO, UM, WE ARE EXPANDING, UH, WE'RE GONNA PUT OUR ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT AND I THINK THAT'S BUILDING, UH, TWO THERE.

UH, WE'RE GONNA, WE DON'T HAVE ROOM NOW IN OUR CURRENT FACILITY, SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE THE ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT THERE.

UM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE BODY SHOP THERE.

UH, WE ALSO OWN COURTESY NISSAN, UH, THAT WE PURCHASED A YEAR AGO.

AND WE OWN, UH, KIA OF PLANO.

SO WE WILL BE DOING THEIR BODY WORK, UH, AT THIS FACILITY ALSO.

BUT IT WILL ALL BE RUN THROUGH, UH, THE VOLKSWAGEN RICHARDSON STORE.

UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE WINDOW TENT DETAILING FOR ALL VEHICLES THERE AND SOME EMPLOYEE PARKING.

AND MS. PETERS DID POINT OUT WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BE PARKING.

UM, WE'RE GOING TO STOCK 400 PLUS VEHICLES NEW AND USED.

SO WE DEFINITELY NEED, UH, THE PERMIT FOR THE PARKING, UH, FACILITY BACK THERE.

UH, 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA RUN OUTTA ROOM.

SO THE PLAN IS, UH, WE'RE GONNA IMMEDIATELY, UH, HIRE 22 EMPLOYEES IN THAT FACILITY.

UM, AND JUST BASED ON THE INCREASE BODY WORK AND SERVICE, UH, WE'RE GONNA ADD AN ADDITIONAL 25 EMPLOYEES, UH, THAT WILL BE ALL, UH, ENCAPSULATED WITH ONE VOLKSWAGEN RICHARDSON.

IT'LL ALL BE UNDER, UNDER CLAY COOLEY VOLKSWAGEN RICHARDSON.

SO WE'RE GONNA BRING EMPLOYEES TO THE, TO RICHARDSON AND, UH, TRY TO SPEND AS MUCH MONEY AS POSSIBLE HERE.

ANY QUESTIONS? ? YES.

UH, YOUR, UH, COMMENTS WOULD, WOULD PARTIALLY ANSWER THE QUESTION I HAD WITH THE, UH, CLAY COOLEY VW WITH THE DEALERSHIP.

WHAT'S THE TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT YOU EXPECT TO BE ON SITE ANY GIVEN DAY? WELL, CURRENTLY, CURRENTLY WE'RE AT 68 EMPLOYEES AND, UH, WE HAVE DOUBLED THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT.

WE EXPANDED.

SO WE'VE GONE FROM 26 STALLS TO 52

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SO THE GOAL IS TO BE INCLUDING THE BODY SHOP 130 TO 135 EMPLOYEES.

THAT'S, IT'S QUITE A BIG JUMP.

WITH ALL THE RESTAURANTS UP AND DOWN GREENVILLE, THAT THAT'D BE A GREAT ADDITION.

ABSOLUTELY.

MS. PARTNER, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT, UH, CLEANING UP THE LANDSCAPE AND IF THERE'S GONNA BE ANY CHANGES TO THE FENCE OR ANY PART OF THE FENCE? THANK YOU.

UH, YEAH.

AND YOUR TIMELINE FOR THAT AS WELL? WELL, TIMELINE, UH, WELL THE DEALERSHIP, WE'RE FOCUSED ON OPENING A NEW DEALERSHIP RIGHT NOW.

UH, SO WE'RE, WE'RE HOPEFULLY, WE'LL, WE'LL BE OPEN SEPTEMBER 1ST, THEN WE WILL SHIFT OVER AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA CLEAN ALL THE LANDSCAPE WILL BE COMPLETELY REDONE.

WE'RE GONNA PAINT THE EXTERIOR.

UH, THERE'S NOT REALLY MUCH TO DO IN INSIDE BECAUSE, UH, MR. MOSS, YOU KNOW, HAD EVERYTHING IT, UH, UP TO STANDARDS.

SO, UH, WE'LL CLEAN THE IN INTERIOR UP AND JUST MOVE FORWARD THERE.

BUT, UH, THE FENCE YOU WERE REFERRING TO IN THE, UH, SESSION EARLIER, UM, I, I DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE THERE WAS A FENCE BACK THERE.

SO, UH, WE DON'T REALLY USE IT FOR SECURITY, UH, BY ANY MEANS.

BUT, UH, UH, IF, IF YOU FOLKS WANT US TO, TO REDO THE FENCE OR, OR REPAIR IT, WE'LL MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THAT.

ALRIGHT, MR. PURGE? YES.

WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO EXPOUND A LITTLE MORE ON THE FILE STORES SOLUTIONS BEING LEVERAGED IN THAT SQUARE FOOTAGE? ARE THESE JUST BIG FILING CABINETS OR IS IT LIKE A AMAZON PDC? NO, WITH ROBOTS MOVING IT? YEAH.

WELL ACTUALLY I, I, AND I WAS EXPLAINING TO HIM EARLIER, WE, WE HAVE 18 DEALERSHIPS AND, AND HOPEFULLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE EXPAND WITH ANOTHER FOUR.

UM, ALL THE FILING IS SPREAD ALL OVER DFW SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE, BECAUSE OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE HERE, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ALL THE FILING THERE AND THERE WILL BE, UH, UH, BIG FILE CONTAINERS TO, TO PUT THOSE, UH, WITH EACH ENTITY, UH, OUTTA CLAY'S ORGANIZATION.

WE WON'T FILL UP 27,000 SQUARE FEET, BUT HOPEFULLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE WE WILL.

RIGHT.

UM, ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, I'M, I'M CURIOUS HOW MANY IN THE, UH, PARKING LOT DEVELOPMENT ONE, HOW MANY CARS CAN YOU PARK THERE ROUGHLY IN THE FAR NORTH? UH, 6 62.

SIX TWO.

SO THE 400 CARS, THAT'S, LOT OF 'EM GONNA BE DOWN ON YOUR EXISTING PROPERTY.

IT'LL BE AN OVERFLOW.

YES, SIR.

THERE'S 538 PARKING SPACES WITH THE NEW FACILITY ONCE THE OLD SHOWROOM GOES DOWN.

AND A QUESTION CAME UP EARLIER ABOUT YOUR PROGRESS ON THAT, UH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COMMENT ON THAT.

YEAH, WELL IT'S DUE TO SUPPLY SITUATIONS, IT'S BEEN HARD.

VOLKSWAGEN MANDATES THE GLASS, THE A CM PANELS QUITE JUST ABOUT IT, FURNITURE, EVERYTHING.

AND, UH, WE, THERE'S BEEN A DELAY IN GETTING THESE SUPPLIES IN.

SO, UH, WE HAD PROJECTED JULY 1ST, THEN AUGUST 1ST, AND I THINK IT'S GONNA HAPPEN SEPTEMBER 1ST, JUST BASED ON THE PROCESS AND THE PROGRESS THEY'VE GOT GOING ON INSIDE.

AND, UH, WE'VE GOT, AGAIN, THE SERVICE FACILITY, WE'VE DOUBLED THAT CAPACITY.

SO THERE'S A LOT GOING ON THAT YOU CAN'T SEE FROM OUTSIDE THAT'S BEING DONE TO DEVELOP, UH, THE INTERIOR OF THE NEW STORE.

SO I, I THINK IT'S, UH, I FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT SEPTEMBER 1ST IS GONNA BE THE OPENING DATE.

AND YOUR TIMELINE FOR, UM, UTILIZING THESE NEW PROPERTIES, UH, ROUGHLY? WELL, ONCE IT GETS THROUGH, UH, UH, THEN, THEN WE HAVE TO FILE FOR CERTIFICATION WITH VOLKSWAGEN AND WITH KIA AND WITH NISSAN.

UH, SO WE CAN'T PROCEED UNTIL WE GET THROUGH THIS PROCESS WITH THE CITY.

SO ONCE THAT'S DONE, 30 TO 45 DAYS, BUT WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND CLEAN IT UP BEFORE THEN.

OF VOLKSWAGEN AND IT DID NOT MEET THEIR STANDARDS, UH, TO DO THAT.

AND MR. BEACH, ONE THING I I VAGUELY RECALL, I MEAN, I, I REMEMBER WHEN Y'ALL CAME BEFORE US, THE, UH, COMMISSION BEFORE, UH, I GUESS ON THE OTHER PROPERTY TO GET IT, UH, STARTED.

UM, BUT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY Y'ALL GOT A BIG QUIET BUILDING THERE AND, UH, SOME SIDES OF IT.

IT WOULD BE BEAUTIFUL TO PUT, UH, SOME TYPE OF MURAL THERE THAT WOULD BE FAR MORE ATTRACTIVE TO THE CITY OF RICHARDSON THAN A BIG WHITE WALL.

AND UH, I NOTICED LAST TIME I'VE GONE BY THERE, UH, THAT HAS NOT MOVED FORWARD.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S EVEN STILL IN THE THINKING PROCESS OR IS THAT JUST MY WISHFUL THINKING? WELL, IT'S MY WISHFUL THINKING TOO.

UH, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, I WAS NOT AT THE MEETING, UH, THAT WHEN THIS WAS BROUGHT UP IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION AND I IMMEDIATELY REQUESTED, UH, SENT OUT A REQUEST

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SO IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH, WITH CLAY COOLEY.

UH, THEY HAVE SPECIFIC COLORS, THE TONE, EVEN THE SHOWROOM, EVERYTHING IS, IS SET BY VOLKSWAGEN.

SO THEY, UH, WITHIN A WEEK DECLINED MY REQUEST.

WELL, THANK YOU , I APPRECIATE.

YES, SIR.

ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, WE'LL, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

WE WILL ASK FOR, UH, ANY COMMENTS, PRO OR CON, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME FROM THE AUDIENCE AND ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED TO THE APPLICATION.

UH, IF YOU, UH, IF ANY OTHER , UH, THOUGHTS HAVE COME TO YOUR MIND IN THAT UH, BRIEF BREAK, YOU'RE WELCOME TO IF ANYBODY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD.

EVERYBODY WILL BE WELCOME TO SPEAK OUT.

VERY GOOD.

OKAY, MR. BEACH, MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE, WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE AND A SECOND BY SECOND BY MR. ROBERTS.

OKAY, I VOTE ON THAT IN FAVOR.

IT'S, UH, UNANIMOUS.

WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

UM, ANY FURTHER DELIBERATIONS MS. PART, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU HAVE, IS THAT SOMETHING WE ACTUALLY HAVE, UM, THE, ON THE CONCEPT PLAN PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT, THEY'VE INDICATED THAT, THAT THAT PERIMETER CHAIN LINK FENCE WILL BE CHECKED THOROUGHLY AND REPLACED AS NEEDED.

THAT THAT'S NOT WHAT TALKING YEAH, NO, I'M THE IT'S A JURY.

IF IT'S YOUR, I'M NOT EVEN SURE IT IS.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I RE WE REALLY DON'T HAVE USE FOR IT.

I CAN HAVE IT REMOVED IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT.

I HAVE A PICTURE, I GUESS I'M CONFUSED AS TO WHERE THAT FENCE IS AT.

IT'S NOT THE CHAIN LINK ITSELF IF FENCE AND IT'S, UH, IS IT HERE OR IS IT RIGHT HERE.

SO I THINK THAT , I I BELIEVE THAT ENCLOSES OR PROVIDES AN ENCLOSURE FOR THIS AREA BECAUSE THAT IS YOUR PROPERTY AS WELL.

BUT IT IS NOT A CHAIN LANE OR IT'S, UH, IT'S A, LIKE A RIGHT IRON.

RIGHT IRON.

THREE, FOUR OKAY.

SECTION.

IT'S A VERY LOW, WE'LL HAVE CO UM, OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES, UH, LOOK AT IT.

SO BEST TO BE THAT YOU ALL NOT CORRECT? CORRECT.

WE DON'T NEED TO ADD THAT TO ANY CONDITIONS.

ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? UM, THEN I GUESS I WOULD ENTERTAIN THOUGHTS ON A, A MOTION.

MR. ROBERTS? I DIDN'T MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

OH, WE, OH THERE.

OH WE ALREADY DID.

YEAH, THIS MOTION APPROVE.

I'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH, UM, A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS FILE AS WRITTEN.

SECOND.

ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. ROBERTS, A SECOND BY MR. BEACH.

UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION AND NONE OPPOSED SO IT PASSES FIVE ZERO.

UM, , YOUR PRESENTATION WAS VERY CONVINCING , SO GOOD LUCK IN YOUR ENDEAVOR THERE.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE GRAND OPENING.

ALRIGHT, WITH NO MORE BUSINESS TO CONSIDER, I'LL DECLARE THE, UH, THE MEETING CLOSED.