Jan 26, 2023 Planning & Zoning Commission

[CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL]

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IT'S 6:00. I CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE BEDFORD PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, TODAY IS JANUARY 26TH.

WE'LL START WITH A ROLL CALL OF THE MEMBERS STARTING ON THIS END OVER HERE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT.

START WITH YOU, KATE.

GO THIS WAY. KATE BARLOW PRESENT.

STEVE OTTO PRESENT.

BRUCE EMERY PRESENT.

BRYAN HENDERSON PRESENT.

TOM JACOBSEN PRESENT.

DANIELLE STELLRECHT PRESENT.

TREASURER FORD PRESENT.

THANK YOU. TREASURE. TREASURE IS ONE OF OUR ALTERNATES.

SO FILLING IN FOR ONE OF OUR ABSENT REGULAR MEMBERS.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.

WE'LL NOW HAVE AN INVOCATION FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

COUNCIL MAN JACOBSEN. DEAR LORD, PLEASE LET ME SAY THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THOSE GATHERED HERE TODAY.

THANK YOU FOR THE ABILITY TO BE INVOLVED IN THE USEFUL WORK OF OUR CITY.

PLUS OUR MAYOR, COUNCIL, CITY STAFF AND ALL OF THIS COMMISSION.

AMEN.

WELCOME, EVERYONE.

WE HAVE AN AUDIENCE THIS EVENING AS WELL SO.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

[1. Consider approval of the following Planning and Zoning Commission meeting minutes for the January 12, 2023 meeting.]

YOU ALL HAVE A NEW DRAFT OF THOSE MINUTES STIPULATING A REASON FOR THE ABSTENTION ON THE ON THE SECOND ITEM.

CHANGE TO THE MINUTES PER REQUEST.

WE DID MEET THE CHANGE AS FOUND IN PAGE 21, 18 OF THE MINUTES UNDER THE MOTION IN REGARDS TO COMMISSIONER OTTO, WHO ABSTAINED FROM THIS VOTE, THE REASON WHY HE ABSTAINED FROM THE VOTE. SO THAT'S THE MINOR CHANGE WE ADDED TO THE MINUTES THAT WERE THAT WAS MADE AFTER THE MINUTES WERE SENT OUT TO YOU.

SO WITHIN OUR MOTION HERE, WE APPROVE THE MINUTES AS STATED, WE DON'T HAVE TO SPECIFY AS AMENDED.

CORRECT. OKAY.

I'LL TAKE A MOTION. I MOVE THAT THE MINUTES FROM THE JANUARY 12TH MEETING BE APPROVED.

I'LL SECOND. OH, SORRY.

GIVE HER THE SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

OPPOSED? OKAY. WE'VE APPROVED THOSE MINUTES WITH THOSE CHANGES.

[2. Conduct a public hearing and consider approval of a Planned Unit Development Amendment for a hotel development on Lot 3A1 and Lot 3B, Block 1 Bedford Forum Addition. The 1.21 acres site is located northeast of Forum Parkway and Airport Freeway and commonly known as 3029 Airport Freeway (PUD-22-2).]

OUR HOTEL DEVELOPMENT LOT THREE A ONE AND LOT THREE B BLOCK ONE.

THIS IS CASE 22-2.

START WITH THE [INAUDIBLE] STAFF.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. COMMISSIONERS.

BASED ON THE COMMENTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS PRIOR TO THE MEETING, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY, WE'D LIKE TO ASK THAT Y'ALL MAKE A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THE COMMENTS.

SO MOVED TO TAKE A SECOND OUR MEETING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

DID YOU MOVE? I SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

WE WILL TEMPORARILY ADJOURN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND COME BACK AND RECONVENE.

ALL RIGHT. WE GOT EVERYBODY BACK.

WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE OUR REGULAR, REGULAR MEETING AFTER OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION.

AND AT 6:18, TURNING AGAIN TO ITEM TWO PUBLIC HEARING, CASE 22-2, WES.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. COMMISSION MEMBERS.

THIS IS A PROUD AMENDMENT PLAIN UNIT DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT FOR PROPERTY COMMONLY KNOWN AS 3229 AIRPORT FREEWAY.

IT'S AT THE CORNER OF FOREIGN PARKWAY AND AIRPORT FREEWAY.

SITE PHOTOS THERE TO GIVE YOU KIND OF AN IDEA OF THE PROPERTY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY THE ORIGINAL BEDFORD FORUM PUD, WHICH IS THE AMENDMENT

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WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1970, AND THERE'S TWO PARTS TO A PD.

A PD TYPICALLY HAS YOUR YOUR CONCEPT PLAN, WHAT I CALL SOMETIMES A BUBBLE PLAN, AND IT JUST IDENTIFIES LAND USES AND GENERALITIES OF WHAT THE SETBACKS ARE GOING TO BE, WHAT THE DESIGN IS GOING TO BE OF THAT PD.

SECOND PART IS A DEVELOPMENT PLAN, WHICH, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, IS IN WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS A DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

BUT IT'S JUST A VERY DETAILED SITE PLAN THAT SHOWS YOU EXACTLY HOW THE SITE IN QUESTION IS GOING TO BE DEVELOPED.

THIS IS A 700 ACRE PUD, SO IT WASN'T A LOT OF TIMES THOSE STEPS HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME, BUT WITH A 700 ACRE PUD, IT'S NOT VERY REASONABLE TO EXPECT THAT.

SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S ABOUT A 50 YEAR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CONCEPT PLAN PUD THAT WAS APPROVED IN 1970 AND THE APPLICATION THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.

THE PROPOSAL IS A 24,000 SQUARE FOOT, TWO STORY HOTEL WITH 49 ROOMS. THAT'S ON ABOUT A LITTLE OVER AN ACRE OR 1.2 ACRES.

THERE'S THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN.

YOU'LL SEE THIS PROPERTY IS ALSO LOCATED NOT ONLY IN OUR IN THE PUD, THE [INAUDIBLE], BUT THE MASTER HIGHWAY CORRIDOR OVERLAY DISTRICT.

THE SITE PLAN, AS PRESENTED, DOES COMPLY WITH ALL OF THE PUD STANDARDS AND ALL OF THE MASTER HIGHWAY OVERLAY STANDARDS.

JUST AN OVERVIEW OF INFRASTRUCTURE SERVING THE SITE.

THERE IS AN EIGHT INCH WATER LINE THAT IS ADJACENT TO THE SITE AND A SEWER LINE THAT IS ALSO A SITE THAT WILL BE CONNECTED TO NO EXTENSION OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. DRAINAGE IS ALWAYS A HOT TOPIC WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NEW DEVELOPMENT IN BEDFORD, SO WE'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING THAT ALL OF THE DRAINAGE GO TO A TXDOT STORM SEWER.

THEY'LL BE REQUIRED TO GET A TXDOT PERMIT FOR THAT.

IF THIS IS APPROVED AND MOVES FORWARD, THEY'LL BE REQUIRED TO GET A TXDOT PERMIT FOR THAT STORM SEWER.

LANDSCAPE PLAN AGAIN PROPOSED LANDSCAPES.

I'M NOT GONNA GO INTO THE DETAILS OF WHAT'S BEING PROVIDED, BUT JUST KNOW IT DOES.

AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE DETAILED QUESTIONS.

BUT IT DOES MEET THE RIGOROUS REQUIREMENTS OF THE MASTER HIGHWAY OVERLAY.

PURPOSE OF PUS IS, AS YOU'LL KNOW, WE'VE SEEN THEM BEFORE.

IT ALLOWS A CREATIVE WAY OF ZONING.

ESSENTIALLY, IT ALLOWS MIXED USES AND DIFFERENT IDEAS THAT CAN GO INTO A PUD.

TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT'S SURROUNDING THIS AREA AND THIS THAT IS ALL WITHIN THIS EXISTING PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, WE'VE GOT TWO HOTELS, ONE TO THE WEST, ONE TO THE NORTH.

JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION, ONE TO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER NORTH IS ALSO PLANNED THAT'S THE FAIRFIELD INN.

YOU'VE HEARD US TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE IN THE PAST.

AND THEN WE'VE GOT COMMERCIAL, WHICH IS A MOTORCYCLE SALES AND REPAIR SHOP, OFFICE SPACE, AND THEN CHURCH SURROUNDING . ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNER NOTICE, AS YOU'LL KNOW, PUBLIC HEARINGS.

THIS IS JUST LIKE A ZONING CHANGE.

SO WE WE POSTED A SIGN ON THE PROPERTY.

WE NOTIFIED THE FOUR ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET.

JUST FOR A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, WE DID RECEIVE TWO NOTICES WITHIN THE 200 FOOT NOTICE.

SO IF THIS APPLICATION MOVES FORWARD, THIS WILL TRIGGER WHAT WE CALL THE SUPERMAJORITY RULE, MEANING THAT 20% OR MORE OF THE PROPERTY RIGHTS ARE LISTED IN THE 200 FOOT RADIUS DOES GENERATE AN OPPOSITION.

AND SO COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE IT BY A SUPERMAJORITY IF THIS MOVES FORWARD.

AND THEN THE LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE DID ALSO RECEIVE NON RESPONSES FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THOSE ARE ALL SITTING AT YOUR DESK TONIGHT.

TONIGHT YOU'LL CONDUCT YOUR PUBLIC HEARING.

THE YOU'LL TAKE ACTION THAT CAN EITHER BE APPROVE APPROVE OF CONDITIONS.

IF YOU SEE SOME CONDITIONS ARE NEEDED, YOU MAY TABLE TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT MORE TIME TO ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS THEY MAY HEAR TONIGHT.

OR YOU CAN RECOMMEND DENIAL.

WITH THAT, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

I ONLY ONE SMALL QUESTION.

IS THERE AN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN TO GO ALONG WITH THIS TO EVENTUALLY LATER ON? THERE WAS A PRELIMINARY UTILITY PLAN THAT WAS IN THE DOCUMENTS WE PROVIDED YOU, BUT SURE, THEY WILL DO A DETAILED INFRASTRUCTURE PERMIT, BUT THAT'LL BE AFTER ZONING.

THAT WILL BE DURING THE PLANNING STAGES, ACTUALLY.

THAT'S FINE. OKAY. YES, SIR.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

IT'S 6:23, I'LL CALL THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CASE PUD 22-2 TO ORDER.

IS THE APPLICANT IN ATTENDANCE? YES. WOULD YOU CARE TO SPEAK? OKAY. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS FREDERICK GADELHA.

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AND I WORKED IN THE EISENHOWER CONSULTING AS A DESIGNER FOR THIS PROPOSED TWO STORY HOTEL.

I WOULD LIKE TO JUST TO CONTINUE WHAT EXPLAINING FROM MR. WES ABOUT THOSE INFORMATION.

AGAIN, WE ARE PLANNING TO BUILD A TWO STOREY WITH 49 PROPOSED 49 GUESTROOMS. AND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PARKING.

I THINK IT'S I BELIEVE IT'S 49 AND WE PROVIDE 55 PARKING SPACES.

AND THE MOST THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE ABOUT THESE TWO STORY BUILDING, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE, MOSTLY WHEN WE SEE OR WITH THESE TWO STORY STRUCTURES, WE JUST PUT IN OUR MIND THAT THIS IS AN EXTERIOR CORRIDOR HOTEL, WHICH IS I'VE BEEN FIVE OF OUR CLIENTS, THAT WE CHANGE FROM EXTERIOR TO INDOOR CORRIDOR TO MORE OF FORMAL, YOU KNOW, TO LIVE TO, TO, TO REST FOR THE FOR THOSE GUESTS.

SO THIS IS A VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE EXTERIOR CORRIDOR AND INTERIOR CORRIDOR.

AND WHEN WE SAY THAT INDEPENDENT MOTEL, BECAUSE WE JUST MAKE AN OPEN PARENTHESIS THAT IS SCOTTISH INN AND I BELIEVE THAT THE SCOTTISH INN IS NOT AN INDEPENDENT HOTEL, IT'S A FRANCHISE HOTEL.

SO MORE THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE DESIGN, ABOUT THE UTILITIES AND THE STORM DRAINAGE.

IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERN OR QUESTION, I AM HAPPY TO TO ANSWER THAT ONE, IF YOU MAY.

THANK YOU, SIR, VERY MUCH. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SORRY TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE OTHER ANY CONCERN ON ON THIS PROPOSED PROJECT MAYBE ABOUT THE.

THANK YOU AGAIN. I'M SORRY.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

HI, MY NAME IS MEENA PATEL.

9425 SERRATA PARK FORWARD, TEXAS.

76126.

I AM ACTUALLY OWNER AND GOING TO BE ACTUALLY THE OPERATOR WITH THIS HOTEL.

IT'S IT'S NOT REALLY AN INDEPENDENT HOTEL.

WE ACTUALLY ARE SERVING FULL BREAKFAST.

WE HAVE AN EXERCISE FACILITY.

WE HAVE AN ELEVATOR.

IT'S MORE IS GOING TO BE MORE LIKE A FRANCHISE BASED HOTEL.

SO WE HAVEN'T REALLY DISCUSSED LIKE WHICH FRANCHISE WE WANT TO ACTUALLY PLACE ON THERE.

IT MIGHT BE A CHOICE HOTELS, PROPERTY, IT COULD BE A RED LINE PROPERTY, IT COULD BE A HOSPITALITY INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY.

IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT ONCE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, THEN WE'LL DECIDE AND WE'LL TRY TO CONTACT ALL THE FRANCHISEES AND SEE WHICH ONE WE CAN APPLY FOR.

SO WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY DECIDED WHICH ONE, BUT WE DO WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE A RETRO PROPERTY WITH ALL THE AMENITIES WHERE WHEN TRAVELERS ARE TRAVELING IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD THAT THEY HAVE ALL THE AMENITIES WHERE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE MISSING HOME.

SO EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE IN THAT HOTEL, RIGHT? AND WE HAVE DONE LIKE SEVERAL HOTELS.

WE HAVE DONE HILTON PROPERTIES, WE HAVE DONE CHOICE HOTELS, WE'VE DONE EVEN A MARRIOTT PROPERTY WITH 49 ROOMS. MARRIOTT WOULD NOT GIVE ME A FLAG ANYWAYS.

IT'S TOO SMALL. BUT CHOICE HOTELS IS AN OPTION.

HOSPITALITY INTERNATIONAL UNDER THAT CHAIN.

THERE'S OTHER BRANDS WE CAN PUT ON THERE, SO IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE YOU COMING.

YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY OTHER REPRESENTATIVES OF THE APPLICANT? YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS MARK SKINNER, 4100 OXFORD COURT IN COLLEYVILLE, TEXAS.

I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE PATELS, AS WELL AS REPRESENTING THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY, THE JACK PRUITT AND ASSOCIATED CORPORATE LEASING.

WE ARE THE SELLERS OF THE PROPERTY.

I AM ACTUALLY THE BROKER ON THE REAL ESTATE SIDE OF THE EQUATION ALSO.

AND SO I WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I'VE SAT WHERE YOU ARE SITTING SO I UNDERSTAND THE TIME COMMITMENTS THAT ARE INVOLVED HERE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING THAT FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THIS IS A LOGICAL SITE FOR THIS HOTEL AND THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY ARE VERY EAGER TO MOVE THE PROPERTY.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE HISTORY OF THE SITE, BUT THE PRUITT'S HAD AN OFFICE BUILDING ON THE SITE YEARS AGO, AND WHEN THE NEW HIGHWAY EXPANSION TOOK PLACE, IT TOOK PART OF THEIR PROPERTY, SO THEY HAD TO RE REORGANIZE AND IT TOOK ENOUGH PARKING AWAY THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO KEEP THEIR OFFICE BUILDING THERE.

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AND THEY'VE SINCE BEEN TRYING TO SELL THIS PROPERTY FOR MANY YEARS.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS HAVE NOT BEEN SUCH THAT IT WAS CONDUCIVE TO THAT.

WE STARTED MARKETING THE PROPERTY FROM MY PERSPECTIVE ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.

WE'VE WORKED WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE FROM TIME TO TIME TRYING TO MARKET THE PROPERTY, BUT WE HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN ATTRACTING THAT THAT SINGLE TENANT OFFICE BUILDING THAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE OR ATTRACTING ANY TYPE OF A MEDICAL FACILITY OR EVEN A RESTAURANT FACILITY.

THE ACCESS IS NOT CONDUCIVE FOR RESTAURANTS, UNFORTUNATELY.

I'D LOVE TO HAVE ANOTHER ONE, AS WE ALL WOULD.

BUT AS A TAX REVENUE GENERATOR, THIS IS THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, FOR THE SITE.

IT WILL CREATE AD VALOREM REVENUE THAT WILL BE VALUED PROBABLY SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 6 AND $9 MILLION.

ON THE HOTEL SIDE ITSELF, THAT'S FAR IN EXCESS OF LT WOULD BE FOR A CPA OR AN ATTORNEY OR EVEN A DENTIST OR A DOCTOR.

SO IT FAR EXCEEDS THAT.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU'RE GOING TO BE RECEIVING HOTEL TAX REVENUE AND CITY TAX REVENUE.

SO FROM A GENERATION STANDPOINT, FROM A BENEFIT TO THE CITY IN TERMS OF ECONOMICS, THIS IS AN OUTSTANDING OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY OF BEDFORD TO EMBRACE A GROWTH IN AN AREA THAT IS CONDUCIVE TO THE GROWTH.

THE LIMITATIONS THAT ARE PLACED ON IT BY THE ACCESSIBILITY AS WELL AS THE EXISTING BUSINESSES THAT ARE HERE NOW, ARE VERY CONDUCIVE TO HAVING ANOTHER ANOTHER HOTEL ON THIS SIDE.

AND I WOULD HESITATE TO SAY THAT I WOULD NOT HESITATE TO SAY THAT THE THE ADDITIONAL COMPETITION IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE TALKED ABOUT FROM TIME TO TIME. BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY WITH THE PRICE POINT WITH WHICH THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THEIR ROOMS BEING IN THAT $90, $95 TO $100, UP TO $150 A NIGHT.

THAT IS NOT A HOTEL.

THAT IS A SUBPAR HOTEL THAT IS ON PAR WITH SOME OF THE MAJOR HOTELS AROUND THE DFW AIRPORT.

SO FROM A COST PERSPECTIVE, IN TERMS OF THE TYPE OF CLIENTELE THAT WOULD BE ANTICIPATED BEING HERE, IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY UPSCALE CLIENTELE.

WITH REGARDS TO THE BOUTIQUE IDEA THAT IS EVEN MORE GOING TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO EMBRACE A PRICE DIFFERENTIAL IN THAT DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT BOUTIQUE STYLE.

SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY.

I GREW UP IN THIS AREA.

I WENT TO TRINITY HIGH SCHOOL.

I'VE LIVED HERE ALMOST ALL MY LIFE, SO THIS IS MY COMMUNITY AND I WOULD NOT FEEL LIKE I COULD STAND IN FRONT OF YOU AND TELL YOU THAT THIS IS NOT THIS IS A GOOD IDEA WHEN IT WASN'T.

SO I'M VERY SENSITIVE TO THAT.

I'VE BEEN DOWN THIS ROAD IN COLLEYVILLE AND I'VE SAT ON THE CITY COUNCIL AND I'VE SAT ON THE P&Z MEETINGS WHEN WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A HAMPTON INN RIGHT UP BY THE LA HACIENDA RESTAURANT.

AND THERE THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT CAME AND WOULD TALK ABOUT IT, AND THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT WERE DISINTERESTED IN HAVING IT THERE FOR WHATEVER REASON.

BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THERE ARE NO EMPIRICAL REASON, NO FACTUAL BASIS THAT WOULD INDICATE THAT BY HAVING ANOTHER HOTEL IN THE SITE, YOU'RE GOING TO INCREASE ANY KIND OF LIABILITY FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE OR ANY TYPE OF A CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THAT SIMPLY THERE'S NO EMPIRICAL DATA TO SUPPORT THAT.

AND SO I KNOW THAT THOSE ARE CLASSIC ARGUMENTS OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO COME AND TALK ABOUT WHY WE WOULD OR WOULDN'T HAVE ANOTHER HOTEL HERE.

AND AGAIN, I FEEL FAIR.

I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THEY HAVE CERTAINLY HAVE THE CAPABILITIES TO POLICE AND ENFORCE THE LAWS OF THIS COMMUNITY.

AND I DON'T I'M CONFIDENT THAT THEY WOULD HAVE NO ISSUES IN CONTINUING TO ENFORCE THOSE LAWS WITH ANOTHER HOTEL ON THE SITE.

SO THAT BEING SAID, IT IS THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE FROM A REAL ESTATE PERSPECTIVE.

I'VE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS FOR 36, 37 YEARS NOW.

I'VE SEEN A LOT OF THINGS COME AND GO.

I'VE SEEN WHAT HAS SURVIVED AND WHAT HAS NOT SURVIVED.

AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THE PATELS HAVE THE DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE WITH THEIR MULTIPLE HOTELS THAT THEY'VE DONE THROUGHOUT THE METROPLEX TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE AND IMPLEMENT THIS HOTEL IN A WAY THAT THE CITY OF BEDFORD WOULD BE PROUD TO HAVE IT ON THEIR SITE.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. SKINNER. APPRECIATE IT.

WE HAVE MANY OTHER SPEAKERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC PUBLIC HEARING.

WE DO? YEAH.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE.

I'M RENEE CHAPPELL.

I'M A RESIDENT OF BEDFORD.

I'M 3908 ASHBERY LANE.

I AM GOING TO BE REPEATING A FEW THINGS THAT HE SAID BECAUSE I WAS ALSO ON THE BOARD, THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, AND I WENT TO TRINITY AS WELL. PRETTY MUCH BORN AND RAISED HERE.

I GOT HERE WHEN I WAS EIGHT.

SO YOU'LL FORGIVE ME.

I GOT HERE AS QUICK AS I COULD.

I WILL SAY AFTER HEARING HIM THAT I AM LEERY.

WHAT I HAD HOPED FOR WAS THOSE KEYWORDS WAS BOUTIQUE.

I DON'T THINK BEDFORD NEEDS ANY MORE MOTELS.

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I DON'T THINK BEDFORD NEEDS ANY MORE HOTELS OR MOTELS.

HEARD HORROR STORIES ABOUT THE MOTEL 6 THAT'S OFF OF 121 AND HARWOOD FROM RESIDENTS THAT LIVE RIGHT BEHIND IT.

I HAVE SEEN SOME PICTURES, SOME IMAGES OF SOME OF THESE BOUTIQUE, BOUTIQUE HOTELS.

AND THAT'S ONE WAY THAT I WOULD AGREE TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE I WOULD SAY THIS IS OK FOR BEDFORD BECAUSE OF THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GO WITH THE NEW GENERATIONS PARK, WITH THE NEW 18 ACRES THAT WE'RE BUYING AND TRYING TO REALLY DEVELOP AND BRING BEDFORD TO THE NEW 2023 AND TRY TO CATCH UP WITH EVERYBODY ELSE IN OUR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

SO I WOULD SAY I'M IN AGREEMENT ONLY IF IT'S GOING TO CLEARLY BE A VERY BOUTIQUE UNIQUE AND IT'S GOING TO STAND OUT AND IT'S NOT GOING TO JUST BE A RECTANGLE THAT'S BEIGE AND LOOK LIKE EVERY OTHER MOTEL THAT WE HAVE HAD FOR DECADES HERE.

THAT'S MY TWO CENTS. THANK YOU, MRS. CHAPELL. APPRECIATE IT. SIR.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS RUSSELL FLOYD.

I'M A RESIDENT OF BEDFORD.

I LIVE AT 3908 ASHBROOK LANE AS WELL.

I AM RENEE'S PARTNER.

MY ISSUE WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT HERE IS WE ALREADY HAVE VERY LOW OCCUPANCY RATES AT THE HOTELS WE ALREADY HAVE HERE.

WHAT? WHY DO WE NEED SOMETHING ELSE IF WE CAN'T FILL THE HOTELS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE HERE GOING FORWARD RENEE BROUGHT THIS UP.

I'VE HEARD MULTIPLE TIMES THE POLICE HAVING TO BE CALLED TO THESE MOTELS.

THIS IS NOT A HOTEL.

HOTELS ARE LARGER THAN TWO STORIES.

A MOTEL IS TWO STORIES WITH LESS THAN 100 ROOMS. ACCORDING TO ALL THE RESEARCH AND DEFINITIONS THAT I'VE READ TODAY.

WHY DO WE NEED ANOTHER ONE OF THESE MOTELS IN CITY OF BEDFORD WHEN OUR OCCUPANCY RATE AT THE ALREADY EXISTING HOTELS IS NOT WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE? THEY PROMISE REVENUE WELL HOW ARE THEY GOING TO GENERATE MORE REVENUE WHEN WE ALREADY HAVE HOTELS THAT AREN'T GENERATING REVENUE WITH LOW OCCUPANCY RATES? SO THAT'S MY TWO CENTS ON THAT.

THANK YOU, MR. FLOYD. APPRECIATE IT.

ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING? MR. PATEL. ALLOW ME TO RESPOND TO THOSE COMMENTS FROM THE OTHER TWO PERSON'S FIRST ONE IS ABOUT THE THE CONCEPT OF DESIGN.

WE CAN PROVIDE ANYTHING ELSE WHEN WE SAY HOTEL.

IF WE ARE.

WE HAVE TWO ACRES ON THIS PROPERTY AND THEN WE CAN.

EXCUSE US A MOMENT FOR OUR TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.

IT'S OKAY.

IT'S OKAY.

ALSO, WE TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE LAYOUT OF THE PROPOSED BUILDING FOOTPRINT.

WE CANNOT SAY THAT THIS IS, LIKE, COMMON.

IT'S A RECTANGULAR BECAUSE WE ONLY.

WE ALWAYS BASIS THE SHAPE OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH WE CAN ALSO PROVIDE THE PARKING SPACES AND THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS.

IN THIS CASE, WE HAVE ONE POINT SOMETHING ACRES ON THIS ONE, AND YOU CAN SEE THE THE SHAPE OF THE PROPERTY.

IT'S NOT LIKE A [INAUDIBLE].

SO IT'S VERY HARD TO DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, TO ADD MORE AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

WE'RE NOT ONLY PROPOSING TWO STORY, WE'RE NOT PROPOSING ONLY 50 ROOMS, PROBABLY MORE THAN ON THAT ONE.

SO WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS JUST ONLY TO ACCOMMODATE WHAT IS AVAILABLE.

AND WHAT WHAT IS THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE CAN PROVIDE AS PER THE CITY OF BEDFORD REQUIREMENTS.

AND THE SECOND ONE IS ABOUT THE REVENUE.

I AM NOT EXPERT ON THAT ONE, BUT I THINK IT DEPENDS ON THE GUESTS, THE GUEST.

IF THEY LIKE THE SERVICES, AS PER MY EXPERIENCE, THEY CAN COME IN BACK AND FORTH TO STAY IN CITY OF BEDFORD ANY HOTELS, AND I'M SURE THAT THEY ARE GIVING US BRING US MORE REVENUE ON THAT ONE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR.

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9425 SERRATA PARK.

JUST GOING BASED OFF THOSE.

SO I'VE BEEN IN THE HOTEL INDUSTRY ALONGSIDE MY PARENTS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY BOUTIQUE HOTELS ARE ACTUALLY BETWEEN 25 TO 100 ROOMS. THEY CAN RANGE BETWEEN 1 TO 4 FLOORS, BUT THEY CAN ALSO BE TWO STORIES AS WELL.

HOTEL INDUSTRY IS ALSO ALWAYS GROWING, RIGHT? SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE MOTEL 6 IN BEDFORD, YES.

MOTEL 6 QUALITY AND THOSE TYPE OF HOTELS, THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE A LOWER CLIENTELE, WHICH MEANS THAT THE RATES ARE BEING SOLD LOWER.

SO, YES, I COULD SEE WHY SAFETY IS AN ISSUE.

WE'RE TRYING TO DRIVE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF CLIENTELE TO THIS TYPE OF PROPERTY.

YES, BEING TWO STORY INDEPENDENT IS NOT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

WE ARE LOOKING TO DO BOUTIQUE, DIFFERENT DRIVING, MORE CLIENTELE.

I CURRENTLY RUN A HILTON PROPERTY, ACTUALLY, I RUN TWO AND MY PARENTS HAVE BUILT OVER 21 HOTELS.

SO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I CAN SAY THAT HOTELS LOSE FLAGS VERY EASILY IF THE HOTEL IS NOT MAKING MONEY.

HILTON WILL CLOSE, WILL SHUT IT DOWN.

MARRIOTT WILL SHUT IT DOWN.

YOUR OCCUPANCY RATES MAY NOT BE HIGH IN THIS AREA, BUT IT COULD ALSO BE FOR DIFFERENT DIVISIONS.

HOW DOES THE HOTEL LOOK FROM THE OUTSIDE? HOW IS THIS HOTEL LOOK FROM THE INSIDE? HOW IS THE CUSTOMER SERVICE? RIGHT. YOU CAN HAVE A REALLY BAD HOTEL ON THE OUTSIDE.

AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE JUDGING A BOOK FROM ITS COVER.

RIGHT? WHEN YOU WALK IN, YOU MEET SOMEONE.

THAT'S THE WAY I SEE IT.

WHEN PEOPLE SEE A BRAND NEW HOTEL IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LOOK AT MOTEL 6.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LOOK AT QUALITY.

LA QUINTA THEY'RE GOING TO SEE, WOW, THIS IS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF BOUTIQUE HOTEL.

LET'S TRY TO SEE WHAT WHAT THEY'RE ABOUT.

RIGHT? I DO UNDERSTAND OCCUPANCY RATES BEING LOW, BUT ALSO YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE TYPE OF CLIENTELE THAT'S CURRENTLY BEING BROUGHT TO THE HOTELS THAT ARE CURRENTLY HERE.

THEY'RE ALSO BEING RAN DOWN.

WE'VE RAN ALL OF OUR HOTELS UP AND WHICH IS WHY I THINK THAT A BOUTIQUE HOTEL IN THIS AREA WOULD ACTUALLY DRIVE MORE ATTRACTION.

HONESTLY, HOSPITALITY IS JUST MAINLY CUSTOMER SERVICE.

YOU DON'T MAINTAIN IT.

HOTEL IS GOING TO GO DOWN.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I DO THINK THAT FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF ALL THE HOTELS THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY BUILT AND THE FLAGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP, THAT'S JUST HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO RUN OUR BUSINESS.

VERY DIFFERENT FROM MOTEL 6, LA QUINTA.

SO I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU GUYS WOULD CONSIDER THE OPPORTUNITY OF GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY OF BUILDING A BOUTIQUE HOTEL IN YOUR CITY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CAN I ASK A QUESTION FROM THAT? MR. FLOYD, PLEASE.

YOU KEEP MENTIONING THE WORD BOUTIQUE HOTEL, BUT YET YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT GETTING A FRANCHISE FROM HILTON MARRIOTT OR SOMEPLACE LIKE THAT, OR SOME OF THESE OTHERS.

THOSE ARE NOT BOUTIQUE HOTELS.

THOSE ARE BIG BRAND NAMES AND NOT BOUTIQUE HOTELS.

SO HILTON HAS JUST.

SO HILTON HAS ACTUALLY JUST CAME UP WITH A NEW BRAND CALLED SPARKS, SPARKED BY HILTON.

IT'S ACTUALLY AN ECONOMY TYPE HOTEL, KIND OF LIKE A CHEAPER BASED HOTEL.

WE COULD LOOK INTO DOING THAT.

WE WERE GOING TO LOOK INTO DOING MARRIOTT, MAYBE A HILTON.

BUT ALSO IT IS 49 ROOMS. SO YOU HAVE TO GET THOSE THINGS APPROVED.

IN THE GRAND RETROSPECTIVE THINGS, I DO ONLY SEE IT BECOMING A BOUTIQUE HOTEL.

SO WE CAN DISREGARD EVERYTHING ELSE ABOUT FRANCHISES AND WE CAN STICK TO A BOUTIQUE HOTEL, BECAUSE FROM MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, I DO THINK A BOUTIQUE HOTEL WILL BE BETTER HERE. ALL RIGHT.

ANYONE ELSE WITH ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION? OH, EXCUSE ME. YES, SIR.

IT MIGHT BE HELP TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO PROVE.

I SENT SOME YESTERDAY.

IF YOU DON'T.

THAT RENDERING WAS RECEIVED YESTERDAY BY THE APPLICANT.

OKAY. THAT CAME WITH THE WITH THE PACKAGE.

THERE WE GO. IT DID NOT COME IN YOUR PACKET BECAUSE IT WAS RECEIVED YESTERDAY MORNING, SO WE DID NOT PUT IT IN THE PACKET.

PERFECT. IT IS.

6:44 I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

WE TAKE ACTION ON THIS ITEM.

[00:30:04]

I'LL SECOND THAT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

OPPOSED? THE MOTION TO DENY PASSES.

THIS WILL BE REFERRED ON TO CITY COUNCIL AT THEIR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED HOME, NOT NECESSARILY THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING ON TO CITY COUNCIL FROM HERE.

THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING THIS EVENING.

WE HAVE ONE OTHER PIECE OF BUSINESS FOR UPDATE ON CURRENT PLANNING PROJECTS.

[UPDATE ON PLANNING PROJECTS]

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT.

JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF CHANGE THE FORMAT ON THIS TO KIND OF FIT EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT GOING ON, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT NOW TWO YEARS OR REALLY MORE THAN TWO YEARS OF PROJECT SPANNING. JUST A COUPLE OF UPDATES.

AMHERST TOWNHOMES, THEIR BUILDING PERMIT IS IN REVIEW.

THEY'RE CIVIL PLANS ARE STILL UNDER REVIEW.

LET'S SEE ARC MICHAEL ANGEL CHURCH THEIR PLOT WAS APPROVED AND WE'RE WAITING ON THE APPLICANT TO SCHEDULE PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING.

CHRISTIAN LIFE TABERNACLE, WHICH IS A CHURCH AT 1104 CENTRAL.

THAT BUILDING PERMIT IS UNDER REVIEW.

SPLUTTER AND SMASH, WHICH I BELIEVE I TOLD YOU LAST TIME, THAT BUILDING PERMIT IS UNDER REVIEW.

COMBAT ARCADE. WE MADE A NOTE THAT WILL PROVIDE YOU A PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT IN APRIL AND THEN THE [INAUDIBLE] THAT BUILDING PERMIT IS UNDER REVIEW AS WELL.

AND THEN TONIGHT'S APPLICATION I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION, THE ARCADE, YOU REPORTED THAT THEY DID HAVE THEIR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, BUT HAVE THEY MOVED IN AND ARE THEY FUNCTIONING? SO THEY, THEY DO HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND BASED ON WHAT I CAN TELL, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY HAD ONE EVENT AND THEN THEY POSTED SOME THINGS ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT CLAIMS THAT THEY ARE SHUTTING DOWN.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S HOW ACCURATE IT IS.

IT'S SOCIAL MEDIA.

I TRY NOT TO USE IT AS A SOURCE, BUT I'M DOING THE BEST I CAN WITH WHAT I GOT.

SO WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON IT AND WE'LL DEFINITELY HAVE A REPORT AS SOON AS WE HAVE SOMETHING TO REPORT.

ARE THEY OBLIGATED TO REPORT TO THE CITY THAT THEY'RE NOT? NO, NO. BUSINESS IS OBLIGATED TO REPORT THAT THEY ARE SHUTTING THEIR DOORS.

THEY TYPICALLY JUST SHUT DOWN.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF WES CONCERNING PROJECTS? ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? ANYONE? WHO WANTS TO DO THE MOST POPULAR MOTION.

I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. WE'RE ADJOURNING AT 6:47 P.M..

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR ATTENDANCE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU STAFF.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.