Jul 27, 2023 Planning & Zoning Commission

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CALL TO ORDER THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE BEDFORD PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TODAY, THURSDAY, JULY 27TH.

WE'LL HAVE THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

TERRY SMITH PRESENT.

ROGER GALLENSTEIN PRESENT.

DANIELLE STELLRECHT PRESENT.

TOM JACOBSEN PRESENT.

BRUCE EMERY PRESENT.

STEVE OTTO PRESENT.

THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE PRESENT THIS EVENING WILL BE VOTING.

THIS WILL CONSTITUTE A QUORUM.

OUR TWO MISSING COMMISSIONERS WE'LL BE TWO SHORT TONIGHT.

BUT WE HAVE A QUORUM WITH WHO'S SITTING AT THE DAIS TONIGHT.

ALL RISE FOR THE INVOCATION THEN I'LL DO THE INVOCATION.

AND, TOM, IF YOU'D LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE.

OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE OUR CITY.

PLEASE GUIDE US WITH YOUR WISDOM AS WE MAKE DECISIONS THAT BENEFIT OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND ALL OUR POLICE AND OUR FIRE HERE IN TOWN THAT WATCH OVER US.

THANK YOU FOR OUR PUBLIC OFFICIALS THAT GUIDE AND LEAD US.

BLESS US ALL IN CHRIST'S NAME.

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.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS.

IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE.

SORRY THAT VICE CHAIRMAN HENDERSON ISN'T HERE THIS EVENING.

I THOUGHT HE DID A GREAT JOB RUNNING THE LAST MEETING.

AND YOU ALL WORKED THROUGH THOSE ORDINANCES AND GOT THAT TREE ORDINANCE DONE.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GALLENSTEIN, FOR YOUR EXPERTISE IN THE PLANT WORLD.

IT WAS VERY HELPFUL TO GET THAT ORDINANCE DONE.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR FOR WHAT YOU ALL DID LAST TIME.

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

ANY THOUGHTS? CORRECTIONS.

I KNOW IT'S A LENGTHY SET OF MINUTES.

Y'ALL DID GOOD. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE 22ND OF JUNE 2023.

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

OKAY. MINUTES ARE APPROVED.

[2. Conduct a public hearing and consider approval of a Planned Unit Development Amendment to allow for a demolition and reconstruction of a fast-food restaurant building (McDonald’s), drivethrough and site renovations legally described as Lot 2 Block 1 The Shops at Central Park Addition. The property is generally located on the north side of Central Park Boulevard, and the east side of Central Drive, commonly known as 2100 Central Park Blvd. (PUD-23-5)]

THIS IS CASE PUD 23-5.

I OPEN. IT'S 604.

WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

JOSE STAFF REPORT, PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU, MISTER CHAIRMAN AND GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS HERE.

SO AS INDICATED, I WAS DESCRIBED, THIS IS A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT TO ALLOW FOR A DEMOLITION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THE MCDONALD'S FACILITY, THAT ALSO INCLUDES THE DRIVE THRU AND SITE RENOVATIONS.

JUST LOCATED TO THE NORTH OF CENTRAL PARK BOULEVARD AND THE EAST SIDE OF CENTRAL DRIVE, 2100 CENTRAL PARK BOULEVARD, NOT TOO FAR FROM HERE.

SO HERE, HERE'S A LOCATION, JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE IT'S LOCATED AT AND THE SURROUNDING USES THERE.

A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS HERE.

THIS PROPOSED PROJECT HERE.

THE PROPERTY WAS PLATTED IN NOVEMBER 1986, AND THE MCDONALD'S FACILITY WAS LATER CONSTRUCTED ON THIS SITE.

THIS ESTABLISHED A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT.

AND IN SEPTEMBER 2003, AN ORDINANCE WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL THAT ALLOWED FOR SOME ALTERATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS FOR THE DRIVE THRU TO ALLOW FOR DUAL ORDERING.

SO FOR SOME OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN THERE RECENTLY OR HAVE BEEN TO THIS MCDONALD'S OR FAMILIAR, THERE'S LIKE TWO DIFFERENT MENU BOARDS RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY.

SO IT HAS A DRIVE THRU AND CURRENTLY SPLITS TO ALLOW FOR DUAL ORDERING.

AND RIGHT NOW THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO DEMO THIS MCDONALD'S FACILITY AND RECONSTRUCT A NEW 5,265 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY, ALONG BY INCLUDING RECONFIGURING THE PARKING LOTS AND ALSO DOING SOME REPAVEMENT WITH THE PARKING LOT THERE AND ALSO REDOING THE DRIVE THRU LANES AS WELL WITHIN THE

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HERE'S THE SUBMITTED SITE PLAN THAT WE RECEIVED THAT HAS THE NEW CHANGES TO THE SITE THERE, INCLUDING THE NEW MODIFICATIONS TO THE PARKING LOT AND ALSO TO THE DRIVE THRU LANES HERE AS WELL WITH A LITTLE BIT OF CHANGES AS WELL TO THE LANDSCAPING AND TO THE FACILITY.

SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT EXISTS ON THE SITE.

A LOT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S THERE, INCLUDING THE DRAINAGE PATTERNS, THE WATER SEWER LINES WILL REMAIN AND EXIST ON THE SITE, INCLUDING THE ACCESS POINTS AND THE DRIVEWAYS THAT ARE THERE AS WELL WILL ALSO REMAIN.

THE YOU KNOW, THE APPLICANTS ARE HERE AS WELL.

THEY CAN ALSO ADD A LITTLE MORE DETAIL TO THIS PROJECT AS WELL THIS EVENING, THE PARKING FOR THIS USE, THERE'S ONE SPACE REQUIRED FOR EVERY 150FT² OF THE FLOOR AREA OF THE SITE.

SINCE THE PROPOSED SPACE IS 5265FT², THERE IS A TOTAL OF 36 PARKING SPACES REQUIRED, BUT THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING AND PROPOSING 46 PARKING SPACES.

HERE WE HAVE THE LANDSCAPING PLAN AS PART OF THE ORDINANCE, 20% MINIMUM IS REQUIRED.

THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 25% OF THAT TO BE LANDSCAPED, SO APPROXIMATELY 11,065 SQUARE FOOT OF IT, SQUARE FEET OF THAT WILL BE LANDSCAPED OUT OF THE 43,607FT² OF THE ENTIRE SITE.

SOME BREAKDOWNS OF THE LANDSCAPING IT'S INCLUDED IN YOUR STAFF REPORT AS WELL AND ALSO THE LANDSCAPE PLAN HERE.

SO WHAT'S SURROUNDING HERE.

IF SOME OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR, IT'S MOSTLY COMMERCIAL.

WE DO HAVE THE MOVIE TAVERN AND OTHER RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL JUST NORTH OF THAT.

SOUTH WE ALSO HAVE A SMALL SHOPPING CENTER, AND RETAIL SERVICES ACROSS THE STREET IS A LARGE PARKING LOT FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STADIUM THERE THAT EXISTS FOR FOOTBALL GAMES AND OTHER EVENTS. WE DO HAVE A MEDICAL OFFICE THAT'S LOCATED EAST OF THIS SITE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY ZONED PUD.

AND JUST SOUTHEAST OF THIS SITE, WE DO HAVE A MULTIFAMILY APARTMENT COMPLEX THERE.

SO AS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN INDICATES, THIS AREA TO BE, THE LAND USE IS COMMERCIAL AND THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS PROPOSED PROJECT WILL BE IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE GOALS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ALSO WITH THE LAND USE CATEGORY.

HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS OF THE SITE HERE FOR SOME OF YOU WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH WITH THE CURRENT CONDITIONS OUT THERE.

AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE CARS LINED UP AS WELL WITH THE CURRENT DUAL ORDERING OF THE DRIVE THRU AND ALSO THE CURRENT CONDITIONS OF THE PAVEMENT THERE IN THE PARKING SURFACES THERE AT THE SITE AND A LITTLE BIT OF THE EXTERIOR AS WELL.

AS PART OF THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.

WE DID PUT A SIGN OUT THERE ON THE PROPERTY.

WE ALSO NOTIFIED THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES, WHICH ARE MOSTLY COMMERCIAL.

SO FIVE ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNERS WERE NOTIFIED AND AS OF TODAY, WE RECEIVED NO COMMENTS OR NO RESPONSES IN REGARDS FOR THE NOTIFICATION.

SO TONIGHT YOU WILL CONDUCT YOUR PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN THERE'S POSSIBLE OPTIONS YOU MAKE TONIGHT.

EITHER APPROVE THIS REQUEST AS PRESENTED, YOU RECOMMEND DENIAL, OR YOU CAN ALSO RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS.

OR IF WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME, YOU CAN ALSO TABLE THIS ITEM IF MORE THINGS NEED TO BE ADDRESSED FROM TONIGHT'S MEETING.

BUT I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

AND ALSO THE APPLICANT AND THE ENGINEER ARE HERE TONIGHT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

YOU WANT TO HAVE THE APPLICANTS FIRST OR YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? WELL, I GUESS EITHER STAFF.

WELL, PROBABLY THIS WILL BE FOR THE APPLICANTS.

WE SPENT AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF TIME OUR LAST MEETING, MUCH TO THE CHAGRIN OF OTHER MEMBERS ON OUR TREE ORDINANCE.

AND MY QUESTIONS RELATE TO THE TREE ORDINANCE.

SPECIFICALLY, I NOTICED ONE OF THE TREES.

TWO OF THE TREES YOU PLAN TO AS REPLACEMENT TREES ARE SWEETGUM TREES.

WE DON'T. WE WERE INDICATING THOSE AS NOT BEING PREFERABLE.

HOWEVER, OUR TREE ORDINANCE DOES NOT PROHIBIT, AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND, IT DOES NOT PROHIBIT AN APPLICANT FROM USING A SWEETGUM TREE IN A PROPOSED SITING.

BUT MY OTHER QUESTION IS, AS I DROVE BY THE MCDONALD'S TODAY, IT'S A IT'S A GREAT SITE.

AND WHAT'S REALLY GREAT ABOUT IT IS IT'S GOT TWO LOVELY TREES ON THE CENTRAL SIDE IN PARTICULAR.

AND IT LOOKED LIKE TO ME THAT ONE OF THEY'RE BOTH MATURE TREES, THEY'RE BOTH OAKS.

ONE OF THEM LOOKED LIKE IT HAD LIKE A 22 INCH DIAMETER.

AND THE OTHER 18 THIS WAS TO MY UNAIDED EYE.

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AND MY QUESTION IS, IT LOOKS LIKE THOSE ARE REQUIRED 2 TO 1 REPLACEMENTS WITH THE NEW ORDINANCE.

SO MY I GUESS IT'S JUST AN OBSERVATION.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT THOSE TREES.

I'D LOVE TO SEE IF THOSE TREES COULD BE PRESERVED AS OPPOSED TO BEING REPLACED BY SIX INCH DIAMETER TREES.

AND MAYBE WHETHER A LOOK AT THOSE TREES TO SEE WHETHER THEY'RE IN FACT AS LARGE AS I THINK THEY ARE.

SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS WITH RESPECT TO THE TREES.

YEAH. IF IT'S OKAY WITH THE COMMISSION, WE CAN INVITE THE APPLICANT OR THE ENGINEER TO COME UP AND SEE.

PLEASE. THANK YOU.

WELCOME. COME AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.

RANDY JEROME, AREA CONSTRUCTION MANAGER FOR THE DALLAS FIELD OFFICE FOR MCDONALD'S AND THE OVER THE REINVESTMENT SIDE OF MCDONALD'S FOR THIS SITE.

I AGREE WITH THE KEEPING THE TREES.

I JUST WAS TRYING TO LOOK AT THE LANDSCAPE PLAN TO CONFIRM IF THEY WERE STAYING OR NOT.

THERE'S A BETTER COPY HERE.

THEY'RE DEFINITELY IN THAT LANDSCAPE AREA ALONG CENTRAL.

SO I THINK WE CAN DEFINITELY, SINCE WE'RE TEN SPOTS, PARKING SPOTS OVER WHAT WE'RE REQUIRED, I DON'T SEE ANY ISSUES OF WHY WE COULDN'T KEEP THEM.

THAT'S MY ONLY THOUGHT IS THAT THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL TREES.

THEY'RE FULLY MATURE.

AND AS I LOOKED AT THE PLAT, I'M NOT EXPERT AT READING THESE PLATS.

I WAS HOPEFUL THAT THEY MIGHT BE PRESERVED BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO THOSE TWO LARGE TREES ON CENTRAL.

THE THREE THAT ARE ON CENTRAL PARK BOULEVARD ARE NOT THEY'RE LARGE TREES, BUT THEY'RE NOT AS FULLY DEVELOPED AS THOSE JUST THAT OBSERVATION ON MY PART. WELL, ALSO, SINCE WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDABLE AREA, THOSE TREES ARE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDABLE AREA.

IT'S MAYBE A LITTLE EASIER TO PRESERVE THOSE, PARTICULARLY WITHIN THE CONFINES OF WHAT WE JUST DID WHILE WE'RE ON THIS SUBJECT.

AND THEN WE'LL BACK UP AND LET YOU DO THE REST OF YOUR THING.

WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN TO THE POINT AS A COMMISSION OR COUNCIL OF ADDING TREES THAT ARE DESIGNATED FOR REPLACEMENT BECAUSE IT GOES INTO OUR LANDSCAPING ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVEN'T REVISED YET.

HOWEVER, IN YOUR REPLACEMENT PLAT HERE, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S CRAPE MYRTLE AND SWEETGUM AND THE CEDAR ELM THAT WE WERE NOT EXCITED ABOUT CONTINUING.

IF I REMEMBER SOME OF OUR LIST AND IF YOU'D BE OPEN TO WE HAVE A PROTECTED TREE LIST THAT'S IN THE TREE ORDINANCE AND AND IT'S A RELATIVELY NEW ORDINANCE.

WE RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT IT WAS ONLY APPROVED AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.

BUT IF YOU COULD SELECT FROM THE PROTECTED TREE LIST IN THE EXISTING BEDFORD TREE ORDINANCE AS FILL IN THE BLANK FOR YOUR REPLACEMENT TREES.

I THINK WE'D APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE'RE HEADED IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE.

WE JUST HAVEN'T REWRITTEN THAT ORDINANCE YET.

SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT I'D.

ROGER, YOU HAVE A THOUGHT ON THAT? YEAH, MR. CHAIRMAN, I'VE GOT A NUMBER OF THOUGHTS.

MAYBE WES OR JOSE CAN HELP ME OUT BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE THOROUGHLY LOOKED AT THE TREE ORDINANCE.

I SAID AT THE TIME, BECAUSE I BELIEVE HONEY LOCUST WAS NOT AN APPROVED TREE, BUT THERE ARE HYBRIDS AND ONE OF THEM IS HERE AND THAT'S A SHADE MASTER.

THERE'S ALSO A MORAINE.

THERE'S ALSO ONE CALLED SUNBURST THAT IS GORGEOUS.

OKAY, GROWING UP MYSELF, IT GROWS HERE.

SO I GUESS I'M KIND OF ASKING THE QUESTION AND I'M LOOKING AT WES AND HE'S KIND OF LOOKING BACK AT ME.

WE JUST KIND OF SAID HONEY LOCUST AND PUT A BIG X NEXT TO IT.

I DIDN'T THINK WE ALLOWED.

DOES THAT ALLOW THE HYBRIDS OF HONEY LOCUST? SORRY TO KEEP BRINGING THIS UP.

A COUPLE OF CLARIFICATIONS.

I WANT TO MAKE ONE IN THE TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE THAT WAS ADOPTED, IT HAS A LIST OF UNPROTECTED TREES, SO NOT OF PROTECTED TREES, JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR ON THAT.

SO I THINK TO TO TRY TO ANSWER ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS, IF YOU HAVE A PARTICULAR TREE OR A SPECIES OF TREE OR A IF YOU JUST WANT TO SAY A NATIVE TREE, THEN I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION OF APPROVAL WITH THAT CONDITION IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT TO ALLEVIATE ANY CONCERNS THERE.

SO I WOULD BE INCLINED TO DO THAT JUST SO WE GET IT IN WRITING AND EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHERE WE'RE HEADED.

RIGHT. SO I GUESS FROM A DEVELOPER'S STANDPOINT AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH, YOU'D HAVE NO DIFFICULTY EXCHANGING A SHADE MASTER LOCUST FOR A SUNBURST LOCUST,

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AND THEN I'VE GOT ANOTHER QUESTION.

PUTTING IN QUITE A FEW SHRUBS.

YOU DON'T DESIGNATE WHAT THEY ARE.

OR MAYBE I MISSED IT AND I'VE BEEN OUT OF TOWN FOR THE LAST 18 DAYS, BUT THEY APPEAR TO BE ONE GALLON SHRUBS.

THOSE ONE GALLON SHRUBS ARE PRETTY SMALL.

YOU KNOW, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WHEN WE'VE HAD TO REPLACE SHRUBS, WE GO IN WITH A MINIMUM SEVEN GALLON.

I MEAN, YOU CAN GO FROM THERE, BUT THEN IT BECOMES COST PROHIBITIVE.

WHAT'S YOUR RATIONALE FOR ONLY ONE GALLON SHRUBS? BECAUSE THOSE ARE REALLY SMALL.

AND WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF SHRUBS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO PLACE? BECAUSE IT JUST SAYS ONE GALLON.

MAYBE I DIDN'T SEE IT. THIS IS REGGIE ANDERSON WITH CLAYMORE ENGINEERING.

REGGIE SMITH. CLAYMORE ENGINEERING.

YOU WOULD LIKE. I DON'T THINK THERE WASN'T A CONVERSATION WITH OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD BE PLANTING.

SO I THINK THAT THEY WERE JUST GOING OFF OF MINIMUM ORDINANCES AT THAT POINT.

THE ONLY THING I'M SAYING IS THAT THAT IS PRETTY SMALL IN TERMS OF ONE GALLON.

WE'RE TALKING LIKE THIS.

GOTCHA. AND I MEAN, YOU CAN GO 15 GALLON, 30 GALLON, 75, THAT BECOMES COST PROHIBITIVE.

GOTCHA. BUT I'M JUST THINKING THAT MAYBE WE COULD UP IT A LITTLE BIT FROM A GALLON, MAYBE FIVE.

AND THEN I'M THINKING AND MAYBE MY FELLOW COMMISSIONER SAW IT.

I WAS LOOKING, DOES IT SAY THE PARTICULAR TYPES? IT'S DELINEATED IN THAT PART OF THE PRESENTATION FROM THE FAR RIGHT.

OKAY, LET'S SEE.

THERE YOU GO FOR FOUNTAIN GRASS.

OKAY.

I LIKE. I LIKE WHAT I SEE.

OKAY. I WONDER, TOO, THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CROSSED MY MIND IS THE GROUNDCOVER.

YOU GUYS HAVE BERMUDA GRASS TO SWITCH THOSE OVER ALSO TO JUST NATIVE GRASSES, IF THAT'D BE POSSIBLE.

SOMETHING THAT CAN GROW AND NOT BE REQUIRED TO BE MOWED.

WE PARTIALLY APOLOGIZE FOR THIS SUBJECT, BUT WE'VE SPENT MAYBE 20 HOURS ON THIS SUBJECT AND DOING OUR TREE ORDINANCE.

SO IT'S ALL FRESH IN OUR MINDS.

AND THIS IS THE DIRECTION THAT THE CITY IS HEADED.

SO YOU CAN BE THE POSTER CHILD FOR HOW TO DO IT, RIGHT? GOTCHA. I GOTCHA.

AND IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT WHEN YOU SAY FRUITLESS SWEETGUM, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SWEETGUM THAT DOESN'T GET THE LITTLE BALL AT THE END OF THE YEAR THAT YOU STEP ON AND YOUR BARE FEET AND GO [INAUDIBLE], I'M JUST GOING TO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE I'LL LEAVE IT TO YOUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, BUT I THINK THAT'S WHAT HE'S TRYING TO SAY.

AND I DON'T KNOW THE BOTANICAL NAME OF THAT, BUT I'M GUESSING HE'S RIGHT.

BUT YOUR SHRUBS LOOK LIKE A NICE ASSORTMENT OF SHRUBS.

I'M JUST SAYING. MAYBE A LITTLE BIGGER THAN ONE GALLON.

AND THEN ALSO, IF YOU HAVE ANY DIFFICULTY MOVING FROM SHADE MASTER BASICALLY TO SUNBURST, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL TREE.

I WOULDN'T SAY IT IF IT WASN'T.

ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, WHY DON'T WE LET THESE THESE FINE GENTLEMEN GIVE US THE REST OF THEIR PRESENTATION AND THEY WILL WORK ON THE DETAILS WHEN IT COMES TIME FOR OUR MOTION.

GENTLEMEN, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

ABSOLUTELY. APPRECIATE THE TIME.

SO. JOSE PRETTY MUCH SUMMED IT UP LIKE WE'RE REPLACING THE EXISTING MCDONALD'S THERE WITH OUR NEW ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING. REMOVING WE'RE NOT GOING BACK IN WITH THE TOY SO THE PLAYLAND WILL NOT BE THERE ANYMORE.

WE HAVE A LARGER LOBBY, MAINLY FRANCHISEE REQUESTS DUE TO THE STADIUM ACROSS THE STREET.

HE SAYS DURING GAMES OR ANYTHING, LOBBY FILLS UP.

THAT'S A LOT OF HIS REVENUE.

SO AND THEN ACCESS POINTS STAYING THE SAME, AS JOSE MENTIONED.

WE DO ALLOW LARGER STACKING FOR THE DRIVE THRU NOW SINCE THE DRIVE THRU IS ABOUT 80% OF THE TOTAL SALES OF EVERYTHING THAT GOES THROUGH THIS SITE.

AND SO THAT ALLOWS US TO HAVE STACKING IN TWO LANES VERSUS ONE AND A BYPASS LANE TO GO AROUND IT.

AND PRETTY MUCH REDOING EVERYTHING THAT'S THERE EXCEPT LIKE THE OUTER PORTION THERE.

IT'S ALL THE DARK GRAY IS ALL NEW CONCRETE.

AND ALL NEW INFRASTRUCTURE SO IT'LL BE MUCH MORE USABLE, FRIENDLY SITE THAN WHAT IT IS NOW.

ARE YOUR CALL IN ORDERS OR PARKING STILL ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THAT PARKING PARKING AREA?

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IT'S STILL THE THE WAIT AREA FOR ONLINE ORDERS AND THINGS.

SO IF YOU SEE THE DRIVE THRU SIDE WHERE IT KEEPS GOING, IT HAS THAT THANK YOU STRIPING THERE, THE PULL FORWARD SPOTS AND THE ORDER SPOTS THAT WON'T BE ALONG THAT. SO THERE'S STILL ALONG THE NORTHERN SIDE.

OKAY, EXCELLENT. SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A COMPLETE DEMOLITION DOWN TO THE FOUNDATION.

120 TO 140 DAYS AS LONG AS THERE'S NO WEATHER DELAYS.

THAT'S THE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW ON AVERAGE.

WHEN ARE YOU PROPOSED TO START? HOPEFULLY BY MARCH.

OH, OKAY.

MARCH OF NEXT YEAR.

RIGHT. OKAY.

IF IT CAN BE SOONER, WE'LL DO SOONER.

BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S LOOKING LIKE MARCH.

MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU TALKED ABOUT ENERGY EFFICIENCY.

ARE WE TALKING ABOUT A LEED CERTIFIED BUILDING? NO, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO THAT JUST MORE EFFICIENT THAN WHAT'S THERE NOW.

CAN YOU BE A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC? I MEAN, ARE YOU DOING FOAM INSULATION INSTEAD OF JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR ENERGY CONSERVATION ON THIS? THIS IS AN OLDER BUILDING, AND SO OUR ROOFTOP UNITS ARE MORE EFFICIENT LED LIGHTS THROUGHOUT INSULATION.

THE ROOFING IS THE SYSTEM IS BETTER.

MATERIALS IN GENERAL ARE MORE SUSTAINABLE THAN WHAT YOU SEE THERE NOW.

SO NO SOLAR, NO GEOTHERMAL IN THE PARKING LOT.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO THAT EXTENT.

MCDONALD'S ISN'T QUITE THERE YET.

YEAH. OKAY. AND I'M NOT I'M NOT CONDEMNING.

I'M JUST ASKING A QUESTION.

WHAT YOU MEAN BY MORE EFFICIENT? I'M ASSUMING A HIGHER SEER, EFFICIENT AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

CORRECT. ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS FOR OUR APPLICANT? THANK YOU, SIR. ABSOLUTELY.

APPRECIATE YOU ALL. WE'RE ALL REALLY GLAD THAT MCDONALD'S IS THERE.

EVERYONE ELSE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? IT'S 6:23 WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

BRING IT BACK TO DISCUSSION WITH COMMISSIONERS OR STAFF.

WAS THERE ANYTHING WE MISSED? I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK WE'RE PUSHING THE PLANT THING.

BUT I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S SOME CHANGES THAT YOU WANT TO SEE ON THE PLANTING MATERIALS.

AND I THINK AS LONG AS WE'RE CONCISE ON WHAT THAT CONDITION IS GOING TO BE, WE'RE GOOD.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT, [INAUDIBLE] TREES.

I'D LIKE TO SWITCH IT TO NATIVE.

ROGER SAID LARGER SHRUBS.

SO. ALL RIGHT.

WE TALKED ABOUT A SUNBURST LOCUS INSTEAD OF A SHADE MASTER.

OKAY. IS THAT A MOTION? SO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT.

SO WE WANT TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE SHRUBS TO, WELL, HOW DO WE I MEAN, HOW DETAILED DO WE WANT TO BE? WELL, THEY COME IN GALLON SIZES, AS I EXPLAINED, ONE GALLON.

I DON'T THINK YOU CAN GET ANYTHING SMALLER THAN 35 YEAH 1357 IN OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN WE REPLACE WHICH WE HAD TO DO AFTER THE FREEZE AT 21, WE HAD TO REPLACE ALL ALONG [INAUDIBLE].

WE WENT WITH SEVEN GALLON SHRUBS.

PRETTY MUCH BULLETPROOF.

I WAS GLAD TO SEE YOU GOT A VERY NICE ARRANGEMENT HERE.

IT'S JUST NOT ALL HOLLIES OF DIFFERENT TYPES AND THEY MIGHT NOT REQUIRE 113 IF THEY GO TO BIGGER SIZES.

RIGHT? SO BUT I'M JUST LOOKING SO THEY DON'T LOOK LIKE THE SIZE OF A SOFTBALL, A LITTLE LITTLE LARGER THAN THAT.

I THINK FIVE GALLON WOULD BE SUFFICIENT, YES.

OKAY. BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING A NUMBER OF THEM.

YOU DON'T SPECIFY.

YOU DIDN'T SPECIFY THE ANNUAL COLOR.

IS IT GOING TO, LET'S SAY, LIKE WE DO IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, DO YOU DO PANSIES IN THE SUMMER AND PANSIES IN THE WINTER? I DON'T KNOW YOUR MCDONALD'S.

I'M JUST ASKING THE QUESTION.

BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU KEEP COLOR ALL YEAR.

LET'S JUST PUT IT THAT WAY. YEAR ROUND COLOR, SEASONAL COLOR.

OKAY. YOU MENTIONED NATIVE GRASSES AND SWITCH EVERYTHING TO NATIVE NATIVE TREES AND GRASSES, GRASSES AND SHRUBS. YEAH.

OKAY. AND SHRUBS TOO [INAUDIBLE].

MAKE IT NATIVE IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE'RE TRYING TO GO.

MAKE SURE IT SURVIVES AND NOT OUT HERE REPLANTING WHEN IT FREEZES OR BURNS.

OKAY, THAT'S FAIR.

IS THAT GOING TO DRIVE THE COST UP FOR YOU ALL? YES AND NO. YES AND NO.

IT JUST DEPENDS ON BECAUSE THE LANDSCAPING IS A FRANCHISEE COST 100%.

SO AS FAR AS MCDONALD'S STANDS [INAUDIBLE].

ONE OF THE THINGS YOU MIGHT BE AWARE THE CITY IS LOOKING AT UPGRADING OUR ENTRYWAYS BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO THINK OF A KIND WORD.

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AND SO WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE, SINCE YOU'RE REBUILDING THIS FROM THE GROUND UP, IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE THIS IN THE SAME CALIBER THAT THE CITY WILL EVENTUALLY DO OUR ENTRYWAYS AND THEY'RE GOING TO DO THEM, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE AT A TIME.

BUT THE ONES WE HAVE NOW ARE PRETTY UNDESIRABLE.

I'LL JUST PUT IT TO YOU THAT WAY.

DANIELLE, CAN CAN I ASK YOU TO ARTICULATE THE MOTION WITH THE CONDITIONS? YEAH, SURE. AND YOU SAID WHICH TREES TO KEEP THE ONES THAT WERE OVER.

THE TWO TREES, THE TWO OAKS ON CENTRAL.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS TO KEEP THE TRUE LARGE OAK TREES ON CENTRAL TO SWITCH THE PLANT SCHEDULE TO NATIVE TREES AND PLANTS AND SHRUBS, GRASSES AND TO INCREASE THE SHRUB GALLON SIZES TO FIVE GALLON REPLACEMENTS.

ARE WE GOING TO GO WITH SUNBURST LOCUST INSTEAD OF SHADE MASTER LOCUST? WE CAN AMEND IT TO THAT.

AND SPECIFICALLY FOR THE HONEY LOCUST TO BE THE SUNBURST LOCUST.

OKAY. SECOND.

ROGER. YES.

I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.

THANK YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GENTLEMEN, FOR ATTENDING AND YOUR HARD DILIGENCE AND YOUR PATIENCE WITH US AS WE PLAY WITH PLANTS.

WELL, ACTUALLY THIS WILL COME BACK TO AS A FINAL PLAT LATER OR THIS IS IT.

[INAUDIBLE] PROPERTIES ALREADY PLATTED SO YOU WILL NOT SEE THIS AGAIN.

OKAY. I AMEND THEM TO THE PUD.

RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT. GOOD QUESTION.

I KNOW FOR LIKE SOME BUSINESSES THEY'RE GOING FOR LIKE THE LOCAL CERTIFICATIONS OR THOSE TYPES OF CERTIFICATIONS.

DOES MCDONALD'S GO FOR ANY OF THOSE CERTIFICATIONS FOR THEIR CONSTRUCTION SITES? LIKE ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO PUT A PLAQUE UP AND BE LIKE, OH, HERE'S ONE OF OUR THIS IS A NATIVE PLANT, WHATEVER.

SO YOU GUYS HAVE SOME KIND OF THING FOR THE PUBLIC THAT SAYS, YEAH, WE'VE DONE ALL NATIVE LANDSCAPING OR SOMETHING HERE.

NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF, NO. OKAY.

CAN I ASK ANOTHER QUESTION? BECAUSE IT WAS INTERESTING.

YOU'RE SAYING THE COST OF THE LANDSCAPING IS ABSORBED NOT BY MCDONALD'S CORPORATION, BUT BY THE FRANCHISEE? YES, THE OPERATORS CONTROL THE COST OF THE LANDSCAPE, BUT WE CONTROL THE PLANTS.

OKAY. SO YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH.

YEAH. OKAY. THAT'S.

DOES MCDONALD'S STILL OWN THE BUILDINGS? YES, I READ THAT.

SMART. YEAH.

WE'RE A REAL ESTATE COMPANY.

YES. WE DON'T SELL BURGERS.

ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONERS.

[UPDATE ON PLANNING PROJECTS]

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WELL AS WE PLAYED WITH OUR TREES.

NO, IT'S GOOD.

IT'S GOOD. A COUPLE OF CHANGES ON THE LATEST PROJECT LIST.

AMHERST TOWNHOMES IS PENDING A PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING.

THE SHREVE GARDEN HOMES THEY ARE BUILDING PERMITS ARE UNDER REVIEW AND ACTUALLY SOME HAVE BEEN RECENTLY ISSUED.

SO YOU'LL START SEEING CONSTRUCTION OUT THERE.

UM, ARCHANGEL MICHAEL CHURCH IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

DEMOLITION PERMIT HAS BEEN ISSUED AND DEMOLITION HAS COMMENCED AT 2513 BEDFORD ROAD.

THEIR CONSTRUCTION PERMIT IS PENDING.

THEY'VE CLEANED THAT LOT.

BUT THEIR CONSTRUCTION.

YEAH, THE DEMOLITION HAS HAPPENED, BUT THE CONSTRUCTION PERMIT FOR THE NEW BUILDINGS IS PENDING SO.

AND THEN NICOLE COURT THAT REVISED FINAL PLAT IS STILL PENDING.

MY GUESS IS IT WILL PROBABLY BE ON YOUR NEXT YOUR NEXT AGENDA, IF NOT THE ONE AFTER.

AND I BELIEVE THAT IS THE ONLY UPDATES I HAVE.

ONE LAST THING I WANT TO MENTION REAL QUICK.

WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF OR BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED.

I HAVE THREE OF YOU THAT ARE SIGNED UP FOR TRAINING IN NORTH RICHLAND HILLS TOMORROW.

IF ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO GO TO THAT, SEE ME IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS MEETING AND I CAN GET YOU SIGNED UP SO.

ALL RIGHT. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

ON THE SUP FOR BANQUET AND MEETING FACILITIES AT 201 HARWOOD, THE CLOCK SHOP IS STILL THERE.

WE DON'T KNOW. THEY GOT A YEAR TO DO SOMETHING.

IS THAT. YES.

THE ORDINANCE SAYS THEY HAVE TO PULL A BUILDING PERMIT OR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY WITHIN ONE YEAR.

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THEY COME IN AND ASK FOR A ZONING OR A SUP.

AND I JUST DROVE BY THERE JUST TO SEE.

I UNDERSTAND. WOULD THAT ALSO HOLD TRUE? BECAUSE I ASK THIS EVERY TIME FOR OAKWOOD HILLS THAT JUST SITS THERE.

OAKWOOD HILLS HAS A FINAL PLAT APPROVED, SO THEY ARE GOOD TO GO.

OKAY, WE'RE WAITING ON A PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING AT THIS POINT.

WE'VE BEEN WAITING ON ONE FOR QUITE SOME TIME, ABOUT A YEAR NOW, I THINK.

OKAY. THAT'S QUITE SOME TIME.

YEAH. OKAY. I MEAN, THEY HAVE A THEY HAVE MONEY INVOLVED IN IT.

SINCE THEY OWN IT, YOU WOULD THINK THEY WOULD WANT TO DEVELOP IT.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.